themindunleashed--2020-10-08--New Book Says Van Halen Once Held A Gun To Fred Durst’s Head After Limp Bizkit Audition

( TMU ) – According to a new book by Andrew Bennett , Eddie Van Halen once held a gun to the head of Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst .
Bennett reportedly recalled the encounter for the new photobook , “ Eruption in the Canyon : 212 Days & Nights With the Genius of Eddie Van Halen.
” In addition to short stories about the band , the book also features photos from Van Halen ’ s studio recording time and tours between 2004 and 2007 .
Bennett says that Van Halen was a potential replacement for former Limp Bizkit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the incident , Borland had recently left the band and they were looking for a replacement .
Durst and Van Halen were reportedly introduced at a party where a record-label executive suggested they work together .
Bennet says that Durst thought the suggestion was funny because Van Halen was so overqualified .
“ That would be hilarious .
The greatest guitar player ever plays with the worst band ever , ” he allegedly said .
Van Halen was willing to at least play together once and see how it went , so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a house in Beverly Hills .
The meeting quickly went sour because there were so many people smoking cannabis in the house , which is something that Van Halen had a problem with .
He left abruptly without taking any of his gear with him , and then tried to recover it the next day , but didn ’ t immediately hear back .
After waiting about a day , he decided to take matters into his own hands .
“ Eddie once bought an assault vehicle from a military auction .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back and is not legal .
Eddie drove that assault vehicle through L.A. , into Beverly Hills , then parked and left it running on the front lawn of the house Limp Bizkit was rehearsing in .
He got out wearing no shirt , his hair in a Samurai bun on top of his head , his jeans held up with a strand of rope and combat boots held together by duct tape .
And he had a gun in his hand , ” Bennett recalled in his new book .
According to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Halen told him , “ That a****** answered the door .
I put my gun to that stupid f***ing red hat of his , and I said , ‘ Where ’ s my s*** , motherf***er ?
’ That f***ing guy just turned to one of his employees and starts yelling at him to grab my s*** .
… Eddie Van Halen stood on the front lawn of a residential home in Beverly Hills in broad daylight , smoking a cigarette while holding a gun on Fred Durst as he went back and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vehicle , lugging amps and guitars.
” The story does sound outrageous , and it is important to note that the band has previously taken Bennett to court because they were unhappy with his work .
Van Halen passed away this Tuesday at the age of 65 , after years of battling throat cancer .
He lived with the illness for years but his condition rapidly declined in the days before his death , family , and friends told the media .

(TMU) – According to a new book by Andrew Bennett, Eddie Van Halen once held a gun to the head of Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst. Bennett reportedly recalled the encounter for the new photobook, “Eruption in the Canyon: 212 Days & Nights With the Genius of Eddie Van Halen.”
In addition to short stories about the band, the book also features photos from Van Halen’s studio recording time and tours between 2004 and 2007.
Bennett says that Van Halen was a potential replacement for former Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland.
At the time of the incident, Borland had recently left the band and they were looking for a replacement. Durst and Van Halen were reportedly introduced at a party where a record-label executive suggested they work together.
Bennet says that Durst thought the suggestion was funny because Van Halen was so overqualified.
“That would be hilarious. The greatest guitar player ever plays with the worst band ever,” he allegedly said.
Van Halen was willing to at least play together once and see how it went, so the pair organized a jam session at a house in Beverly Hills. The meeting quickly went sour because there were so many people smoking cannabis in the house, which is something that Van Halen had a problem with.
He left abruptly without taking any of his gear with him, and then tried to recover it the next day, but didn’t immediately hear back. After waiting about a day, he decided to take matters into his own hands.
“Eddie once bought an assault vehicle from a military auction. It has a shine gun mount on the back and is not legal. Eddie drove that assault vehicle through L.A., into Beverly Hills, then parked and left it running on the front lawn of the house Limp Bizkit was rehearsing in. He got out wearing no shirt, his hair in a Samurai bun on top of his head, his jeans held up with a strand of rope and combat boots held together by duct tape. And he had a gun in his hand,” Bennett recalled in his new book.
According to his retelling of the story, Van Halen told him, “That asshole answered the door. I put my gun to that stupid f***ing red hat of his, and I said, ‘Where’s my shit, motherf***er?’ That f***ing guy just turned to one of his employees and starts yelling at him to grab my shit. … Eddie Van Halen stood on the front lawn of a residential home in Beverly Hills in broad daylight, smoking a cigarette while holding a gun on Fred Durst as he went back and forth from the house to the assault vehicle, lugging amps and guitars.”
The story does sound outrageous, and it is important to note that the band has previously taken Bennett to court because they were unhappy with his work.
Van Halen passed away this Tuesday at the age of 65, after years of battling throat cancer. He lived with the illness for years but his condition rapidly declined in the days before his death, family, and friends told the media.
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themindunleashed--2020-10-09--Chris Watts is getting romantic fan mail from women pen pals while behind bars

( TMU ) – For some reason , murderers always seem to have fans and penpals when they end up in prison , even after it is proven that they are guilty of atrocities .
In many cases , killers who preyed on women , still maintain relationships while behind bars , with women who seem unconcerned about their prior crimes .
This happens so often that it is typically expected in high profile cases , but it is still surprising to see people like Chris Watts corresponding with women as he sits in prison for the murder of his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A source that has spoken with Watts in jail recently told People that he began responding to fanmail out of boredom and now has developed a deeper bond with some of his pen pals .
“ He got a lot of letters at first .
Many of them are from women who thought he was handsome and felt compassion for him .
He had nothing better to do , so he wrote them back .
And he started having penpals .
A couple of them stood out , and they ’ ve kept @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
When asked if the women were disturbed by what Watts did to his family , the source said , “ Believe it or not , no .
They have compassion on him , despite what he did.
” Not all of the letters were from fans though , some of them were people who wrote in anger , and many of them came from religious people .
“ Some of the letters are angry .
A lot of them are from people of faith who want to pray for him .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ want to connect with him , you know , romantically .
He responds because he doesn ’ t have anything better to do , ” the source said .
Watts had the largest shipment of mail when he was first jailed , because the story was so viral online and in the media , but the stream of letters slowed down until recently , when the Netflix series based on the murders began streaming on September 30th .
The series is titled , American Murder : The Family Next Door .
Now Watts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that his story is on Netflix .
Watts pleaded guilty to killing his wife , Shanann , and then driving her body to a job site at the oil company where he worked .
He then killed his two daughters Bella , and Celeste , ages 3 and 4 .
Watts was believed to be having an affair with a co-worker who thought that he was already separated .
Instead of handling the situation like a rational adult , he lashed out in violence and killed his entire family .
He is currently @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prison .
Due to the high profile nature of his case , Watts is being held in protective custody at the prison .
He is only about to leave his cell for an hour each day for showers and exercise , and is separated from the general population .
He will never be eligible for parole so he will be spending the rest of his life in prison .

(TMU) – For some reason, murderers always seem to have fans and penpals when they end up in prison, even after it is proven that they are guilty of atrocities. In many cases, killers who preyed on women, still maintain relationships while behind bars, with women who seem unconcerned about their prior crimes.
This happens so often that it is typically expected in high profile cases, but it is still surprising to see people like Chris Watts corresponding with women as he sits in prison for the murder of his pregnant wife and their two daughters.
A source that has spoken with Watts in jail recently told People that he began responding to fanmail out of boredom and now has developed a deeper bond with some of his pen pals.
“He got a lot of letters at first. Many of them are from women who thought he was handsome and felt compassion for him. He had nothing better to do, so he wrote them back. And he started having penpals. A couple of them stood out, and they’ve kept in contact,” the source said.
When asked if the women were disturbed by what Watts did to his family, the source said, “Believe it or not, no. They have compassion on him, despite what he did.”
Not all of the letters were from fans though, some of them were people who wrote in anger, and many of them came from religious people.
“Some of the letters are angry. A lot of them are from people of faith who want to pray for him. But then he gets letters from women who want to connect with him, you know, romantically. He responds because he doesn’t have anything better to do,” the source said.
Watts had the largest shipment of mail when he was first jailed, because the story was so viral online and in the media, but the stream of letters slowed down until recently, when the Netflix series based on the murders began streaming on September 30th. The series is titled, American Murder: The Family Next Door.
Now Watts has started to get more letters now that his story is on Netflix.
Watts pleaded guilty to killing his wife, Shanann, and then driving her body to a job site at the oil company where he worked. He then killed his two daughters Bella, and Celeste, ages 3 and 4. Watts was believed to be having an affair with a co-worker who thought that he was already separated. Instead of handling the situation like a rational adult, he lashed out in violence and killed his entire family.
He is currently serving a life sentence in a Wisconsin prison. Due to the high profile nature of his case, Watts is being held in protective custody at the prison. He is only about to leave his cell for an hour each day for showers and exercise, and is separated from the general population. He will never be eligible for parole so he will be spending the rest of his life in prison.
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themindunleashed--2020-10-09--Judge Says Cop Charged With Killing George Floyd Can Leave State, Citing “Safety Concerns”

( TMU ) – Derek Chauvin , the former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd , was released after posting a $ 1 million bond earlier this week , and he will be granted special privileges as a result of his connection with law enforcement .
Inmates are typically not allowed to leave the state that they are facing charges in .
However , a Minnesota judge is allowing Chauvin to live in a neighboring state while he awaits trial , citing “ safety concerns ” and referencing the ongoing protests that are focused on the case .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of preferential treatment from the legal system is exactly why people are protesting in the first place .
As expected , Chauvin ’ s release has sparked new protests in Minneapolis , leading St. Paul .
Gov .
Tim Walz to mobilize National Guard troops and state law enforcement officers to quell the demonstrations .
According to the Star Tribune , Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill said that the state Department of Corrections , which is supervising Chauvin while he ’ s on release , presented evidence in private “ supporting safety @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this evidence was not shared with the public , nor were any details of its nature .
Initially , the terms of Chauvin ’ s release were fairly standard , and included a requirement for him to stay in the state of Minnesota unless he had court permission to leave , but now the requirements have been relaxed , giving him a level of freedom that most people charged with far less serious offenses could never even dream of .
It is unclear how Chauvin was able to raise the bail money for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and financial problems , and the trouble that he has had raising funds online .
When dealing with a bail company , the person posting bond is only required to pay 10 % of the full amount , which in this case would be $ 100,000 .
He would also need to put his assets up for collateral , like his house or cars .
At first many activists believed that his bond was paid by The Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association , which has a legal defense fund for disgraced police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ organization says that they did not provide any money for the case .
It is still possible that his police union picked up the tab .
Initially , after the incident hit the news , police supporters attempted to raise money through the popular fundraising site GoFundMe , but the page was quickly taken down .
He then turned to GiveSendGo.com , a free Christian crowdfunding site , but it has only raised $ 4,198 of its $ 125,000 goal , with donations from more than 35 people .
Since his arrest , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ felony tax evasion for failing to report income from various side jobs including close to 100,000 from his off-duty security jobs .
Chauvin and his now-ex-wife are accused of underreporting their joint income by $ 464,433 between 2014 and 2019 , and they currently owe the state $ 37,868 in unpaid taxes , interest , and fees .
Kellie Chauvin , a former Mrs. Minnesota winner , filed for divorce on the same day that her husband was charged with murder .

(TMU) – Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd, was released after posting a $1 million bond earlier this week, and he will be granted special privileges as a result of his connection with law enforcement.
Inmates are typically not allowed to leave the state that they are facing charges in. However, a Minnesota judge is allowing Chauvin to live in a neighboring state while he awaits trial, citing “safety concerns” and referencing the ongoing protests that are focused on the case.
However, killer cops receiving this type of preferential treatment from the legal system is exactly why people are protesting in the first place.
As expected, Chauvin’s release has sparked new protests in Minneapolis, leading St. Paul. Gov. Tim Walz to mobilize National Guard troops and state law enforcement officers to quell the demonstrations.
According to the Star Tribune, Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill said that the state Department of Corrections, which is supervising Chauvin while he’s on release, presented evidence in private “supporting safety concerns that have arisen.”
However, this evidence was not shared with the public, nor were any details of its nature.
Initially, the terms of Chauvin’s release were fairly standard, and included a requirement for him to stay in the state of Minnesota unless he had court permission to leave, but now the requirements have been relaxed, giving him a level of freedom that most people charged with far less serious offenses could never even dream of.
It is unclear how Chauvin was able to raise the bail money for his release, considering his recent legal and financial problems, and the trouble that he has had raising funds online.
When dealing with a bail company, the person posting bond is only required to pay 10% of the full amount, which in this case would be $100,000. He would also need to put his assets up for collateral, like his house or cars.
At first many activists believed that his bond was paid by The Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association, which has a legal defense fund for disgraced police officers, but a spokeswoman for the organization says that they did not provide any money for the case.
It is still possible that his police union picked up the tab.
Initially, after the incident hit the news, police supporters attempted to raise money through the popular fundraising site GoFundMe, but the page was quickly taken down.
He then turned to GiveSendGo.com, a free Christian crowdfunding site, but it has only raised $4,198 of its $125,000 goal, with donations from more than 35 people.
Since his arrest, Chauvin was charged with multiple counts of felony tax evasion for failing to report income from various side jobs including close to 100,000 from his off-duty security jobs.
Chauvin and his now-ex-wife are accused of underreporting their joint income by $464,433 between 2014 and 2019, and they currently owe the state $37,868 in unpaid taxes, interest, and fees. Kellie Chauvin, a former Mrs. Minnesota winner, filed for divorce on the same day that her husband was charged with murder.
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themindunleashed--2020-10-09--“She’s done”: Unreleased video shows bloody, chaotic scene after botched Breonna Taylor raid

( TMU ) – Police body camera footage has been released that shows the moments immediately following the fatal raid on Breonna Taylor ’ s home .
In the video , officers with the Louisville Metro Police Department SWAT team can be seen clearing her apartment as her body laid motionless in her hallway for several minutes .
The officers eventually check for a pulse before stating , repeatedly , “ She ’ s done.
” The footage is just one small component of the over 250 videos and more than 4,000 pages of documents from the case was released @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s family and community advocates continue to demand transparency and justice for the 26-year-old woman .
In addition to revealing the disturbing details about the botched raid , the video footage also raises fresh questions about why police targeted her home in an effort to prosecute her ex-boyfriend .
Following the shooting , one police lieutenant who arrived at the scene told investigators , “ something really bad happened.
” In another video , Taylor ’ s boyfriend Kenneth Walker can be heard answering an officer who demanded to know who else might @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just walked out of the apartment and surrendered to SWAT officers , who can be heard saying “ The female is supposedly the one that ’ s shot.
” After officers cleared various parts of the apartment for several minutes , they finally addressed Taylor ’ s body , asking “ Ma ’ am , can you hear us ?
” Another officer checked her pulse before declaring , “ She ’ s done.
” Another officer can be heard telling the others not to turn their body cameras off , and as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the floor he says , “ Is that theirs ?
No that ’ s ours , the only casings look like 9mils.
” Taylor was shot at least six times in the undercover raid by three officers while shade and Walker had been sleeping .
The police had a no-knock search warrant intended to find Jamarcus Glover , Taylor ’ s ex-boyfriend who was wanted on drug charges .
Louisville Metro Police deployed a battering ram to force their way into the apartment before Walker fired a warning shot that struck an officer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of rounds into the apartment , including 10 rounds fired blindly by Officer Brett Hankison , who has since been fired .
Walker maintains that the officers failed to identify themselves , but police claim that they did so clearly .
In the video , Walker is in a distraught state and tells the police why he fired as they broke into the apartment , saying “ We didn ’ t know who it was.
” An officer responded by telling Walker that they announced themselves three times .
However , Walker and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ themselves during the no-knock raid .
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron has also supported the police claim and attempted to argue that the warrant was not a no-knock because police supposedly announced their presence before entering the apartment .
The video footage depicts a grisly scene , with bloodstains and bullet holes across the walls while Taylor ’ s lifeless body lies on the floor .
In a phone recording also released on Wednesday , Taylor ’ s ex-boyfriend Glover tells the mother of his child , “ Me and Bre ain ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two months , damn near two months.
” Glover had been arrested on the night prior to the early-morning raid on Taylor ’ s home , raising questions about why police executed the fatal no-knock raid to begin with .
Contrary to disinformation being spread by police supporters and online conspiracy theorists , police found no drugs at Taylor ’ s apartment and she was not a target of the LMPD investigation .
On Sept. 23 , a Kentucky grand jury announced three counts of first-degree “ wanton endangerment ” in the first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ firing into another apartment .
A $ 15,000 cash bond was also attached to the charges , none of which are directly related to the killing of Taylor .
Attorney General Cameron said that the grand jury charged the former detective because the shots passed through her apartment walls into a neighboring apartment , endangering the lives of her three neighbors present at the time .
The other two officers involved in the raid , Sgt .
John Mattingly and Det .
Myles Cosgrove , face zero charges and remain on the force @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to demand that the attorney general recuse himself from the case and be replaced by a special prosecutor .
Cameron has also opposed the lifting of a gag order from the grand jurors after two members of the jury sought legal help that would allow them to go public .

(TMU) – Police body camera footage has been released that shows the moments immediately following the fatal raid on Breonna Taylor’s home.
In the video, officers with the Louisville Metro Police Department SWAT team can be seen clearing her apartment as her body laid motionless in her hallway for several minutes. The officers eventually check for a pulse before stating, repeatedly, “She’s done.”
The footage is just one small component of the over 250 videos and more than 4,000 pages of documents from the case was released Wednesday, and comes as Taylor’s family and community advocates continue to demand transparency and justice for the 26-year-old woman.
In addition to revealing the disturbing details about the botched raid, the video footage also raises fresh questions about why police targeted her home in an effort to prosecute her ex-boyfriend.
Following the shooting, one police lieutenant who arrived at the scene told investigators, “something really bad happened.”
In another video, Taylor’s boyfriend Kenneth Walker can be heard answering an officer who demanded to know who else might be in their apartment.
“Nobody, my girlfriend’s dead,” he replied.
Walker had just walked out of the apartment and surrendered to SWAT officers, who can be heard saying “The female is supposedly the one that’s shot.”
After officers cleared various parts of the apartment for several minutes, they finally addressed Taylor’s body, asking “Ma’am, can you hear us?”
Another officer checked her pulse before declaring, “She’s done.”
Another officer can be heard telling the others not to turn their body cameras off, and as he examines the bullet casings strewn across the floor he says, “Is that theirs? No that’s ours, the only casings look like 9mils.”
Taylor was shot at least six times in the undercover raid by three officers while shade and Walker had been sleeping. The police had a no-knock search warrant intended to find Jamarcus Glover, Taylor’s ex-boyfriend who was wanted on drug charges.
Louisville Metro Police deployed a battering ram to force their way into the apartment before Walker fired a warning shot that struck an officer. Police responded by firing a barrage of rounds into the apartment, including 10 rounds fired blindly by Officer Brett Hankison, who has since been fired.
Walker maintains that the officers failed to identify themselves, but police claim that they did so clearly.
In the video, Walker is in a distraught state and tells the police why he fired as they broke into the apartment, saying “We didn’t know who it was.”
An officer responded by telling Walker that they announced themselves three times. However, Walker and other neighbors deny that the officers announced themselves during the no-knock raid.
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron has also supported the police claim and attempted to argue that the warrant was not a no-knock because police supposedly announced their presence before entering the apartment.
The video footage depicts a grisly scene, with bloodstains and bullet holes across the walls while Taylor’s lifeless body lies on the floor.
In a phone recording also released on Wednesday, Taylor’s ex-boyfriend Glover tells the mother of his child, “Me and Bre ain’t been around each other in over two months, damn near two months.”
Glover had been arrested on the night prior to the early-morning raid on Taylor’s home, raising questions about why police executed the fatal no-knock raid to begin with.
Contrary to disinformation being spread by police supporters and online conspiracy theorists, police found no drugs at Taylor’s apartment and she was not a target of the LMPD investigation.
On Sept. 23, a Kentucky grand jury announced three counts of first-degree “wanton endangerment” in the first degree against former officer Hankinson for blindly firing into another apartment. A $15,000 cash bond was also attached to the charges, none of which are directly related to the killing of Taylor.
Attorney General Cameron said that the grand jury charged the former detective because the shots passed through her apartment walls into a neighboring apartment, endangering the lives of her three neighbors present at the time.
The other two officers involved in the raid, Sgt. John Mattingly and Det. Myles Cosgrove, face zero charges and remain on the force.
Taylor’s family is continuing to demand that the attorney general recuse himself from the case and be replaced by a special prosecutor. Cameron has also opposed the lifting of a gag order from the grand jurors after two members of the jury sought legal help that would allow them to go public.
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themindunleashed--2020-10-09--Ocean Spray Buys New Truck For Star Of Viral Fleetwood Mac TikTok Video

( TMU ) – In the midst of all the pain , suffering , and hatred going on in the world right now , a TikTok user named Nathan “ Doggface ” Apodaca , inspired millions with a short and uplifting video of himself skateboarding down the street while listening to Fleetwood Mac ’ s “ Dreams ” and drinking a container of cranberry juice .
Nathan was riding his skateboard that day because his car broke down , but he was making the most of a bad situation and enjoying his life as much as he could in that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the world ’ s attention , and turned into an accidental advertising campaign for both Fleetwood Mac and Ocean Spray .
The video sent streams of the Fleetwood Mac song soaring to record numbers , and inspired Mick Fleetwood to join TikTok and post his own video .
Dreams had 8.47 million streams in the US last week , which far surpasses the previous high of 3.83 million .
The song also returned to the UK charts last week , at No 85 .
Rumours , the album that features Dreams , returned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first time since 2013 , reaching No 27 .
In the UK , it holds its position from the previous week , No 22 .
Rumours has spent the last 41 weeks in the UK Top 40 , and a total of 856 weeks in the Top 100 since its 1977 release , according to the Guardian .
Ocean Spray has not revealed exactly how much the video has boosted sales for them , but the company ’ s stock price has climbed significantly since the video first went viral .
The increase @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to catch the attention of the company ’ s executives , who decided to give back and get Nathan a new truck .
The company posted a video of Nathan ’ s reaction on its Instagram page .
Representatives from the company showed up at Apodaca ’ s home with a new 2020 Nissan Frontier truck , and a large supply of Ocean Spray cranberry juice .
“ This is from Ocean Spray to you .
Thanks for keeping it positive .
That truck is yours .
All the Ocean Spray is yours @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , man .
Congratulations , ” the representative said .
Ocean Spray is not a traditional corporation , but an agriculture cooperative owned by more than 700 grower-owners .
Chris Ferzli , Ocean Spray ’ s director of global corporate affairs , says that the video “ struck a chord.
” “ Just the fact he was making the best of a situation despite a challenge really resonated with people .
There is such a calm and positive energy to the video and given 2020 is an especially challenging year , it was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , according to The Drum .
“ We caught notice of it about a week ago and we knew we wanted to get involved .
We heard his story and wanted to help so we took some time , pulled together a plan to buy him a new truck , and filled it with cranberry juice , ” he added .
Ferzli also hinted in a recent interview that the company may be bringing Nathan on as a full-time brand ambassador .
This may be the beginning of a new partnership and possibly @ @ @ @ @ @

(TMU) – In the midst of all the pain, suffering, and hatred going on in the world right now, a TikTok user named Nathan “Doggface” Apodaca, inspired millions with a short and uplifting video of himself skateboarding down the street while listening to Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” and drinking a container of cranberry juice.
Nathan was riding his skateboard that day because his car broke down, but he was making the most of a bad situation and enjoying his life as much as he could in that moment. The short clip quickly captured the world’s attention, and turned into an accidental advertising campaign for both Fleetwood Mac and Ocean Spray.
The video sent streams of the Fleetwood Mac song soaring to record numbers, and inspired Mick Fleetwood to join TikTok and post his own video.
Dreams had 8.47 million streams in the US last week, which far surpasses the previous high of 3.83 million.
The song also returned to the UK charts last week, at No 85.
Rumours, the album that features Dreams, returned to the US Top 40 for the first time since 2013, reaching No 27. In the UK, it holds its position from the previous week, No 22. Rumours has spent the last 41 weeks in the UK Top 40, and a total of 856 weeks in the Top 100 since its 1977 release, according to the Guardian.
Ocean Spray has not revealed exactly how much the video has boosted sales for them, but the company’s stock price has climbed significantly since the video first went viral. The increase in sales and stock price was enough to catch the attention of the company’s executives, who decided to give back and get Nathan a new truck. The company posted a video of Nathan’s reaction on its Instagram page.
Representatives from the company showed up at Apodaca’s home with a new 2020 Nissan Frontier truck, and a large supply of Ocean Spray cranberry juice.
“This is from Ocean Spray to you. Thanks for keeping it positive. That truck is yours. All the Ocean Spray is yours. All from Ocean Spray to you, man. Congratulations,” the representative said.
Ocean Spray is not a traditional corporation, but an agriculture cooperative owned by more than 700 grower-owners.
Chris Ferzli, Ocean Spray’s director of global corporate affairs, says that the video “struck a chord.”
“Just the fact he was making the best of a situation despite a challenge really resonated with people. There is such a calm and positive energy to the video and given 2020 is an especially challenging year, it was just so welcome,” Ferzli said, according to The Drum.
“We caught notice of it about a week ago and we knew we wanted to get involved. We heard his story and wanted to help so we took some time, pulled together a plan to buy him a new truck, and filled it with cranberry juice,” he added.
Ferzli also hinted in a recent interview that the company may be bringing Nathan on as a full-time brand ambassador. This may be the beginning of a new partnership and possibly a new path for Nathan.
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themindunleashed--2020-10-10--Elon Musk building “war rocket” for US military that delivers weapons ANYWHERE in only an hour

( TMU ) – Multibillionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is quickly moving toward becoming a real-life Tony Stark after his aerospace corporation SpaceX signed a deal with the Pentagon to build a rocket capable of delivering up to 80 tons of war cargo anywhere in the world , in only one hour .
The new deal could revolutionize war logistics and would be capable to transporting weapons anywhere around the world 15 times faster than the current gold standard in large military transport aircraft , the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III , reports Business Insider .
For example , the 7,652-mile journey @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an hour using the proposed high-speed rocket , which travels at 7,500 mph .
The C-17 Globemaster , however , would take 15 hours to complete the journey , in addition to being an expensive aircraft that costs $ 218 million and has a maximum speed of 590 mph .
“ Think about moving the equivalent of a C-17 payload anywhere on the globe in less than an hour , ” said Gen. Stephen Lyons of U.S. Transportation Command at a Wednesday conference .
“ I can tell you SpaceX is moving very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I ’ m really excited about the team that ’ s working with SpaceX , ” he added .
While SpaceX was originally devised as a means to pursue the colonization of Mars and revolutionize space transportation while drastically cutting the costs of space travel , SpaceX has also been eager to team up with the Pentagon to augment and secure U.S. empire and military hegemony across the globe .
Just this week , SpaceX won a $ 149 million contract with the U.S. military ’ s Space Development Agency to manufacture four @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with wide-angle infrared missile-tracking sensors .
The U.S. Army has also worked with SpaceX to develop new military navigation networks relying on the company ’ s Starlink broadband satellites .
In August , the company also won 40 percent of a billion-dollar Pentagon contract to launch new rockets for the U.S. Space Force , with the remaining 60 percent going to the United Launch Alliance , a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing ’ s space divisions .
The new concept for transporting war cargo using rockets vaguely resembles Musk ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ proposed in 2017 , which involved firing passengers into space before they quickly landed at their terrestrial destination point .
In this case , however , the plan involves weapons rather than people .
U.S. rivals such as Russia and China have long accused Washington of using its massive war budget and sprawling military-industrial complex to militarize outer space , a trend that has only escalated under U.S. President Donald Trump , who inaugurated the Space Force just last December .
Since the 1990s , there has been an intensified race to develop @ @ @ @ @ @ @ use ” military hardware in space in a sort of post-Cold War sequel to the 20th-century arms and space races that began in the ‘ 60s with the debut of Sputnik and Echo , which were the first communication satellites launched by the Soviet Union and United States , respectively .

(TMU) – Multibillionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is quickly moving toward becoming a real-life Tony Stark after his aerospace corporation SpaceX signed a deal with the Pentagon to build a rocket capable of delivering up to 80 tons of war cargo anywhere in the world, in only one hour.
The new deal could revolutionize war logistics and would be capable to transporting weapons anywhere around the world 15 times faster than the current gold standard in large military transport aircraft, the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, reports Business Insider.
For example, the 7,652-mile journey from Florida to Afghanistan would only take an hour using the proposed high-speed rocket, which travels at 7,500 mph.
The C-17 Globemaster, however, would take 15 hours to complete the journey, in addition to being an expensive aircraft that costs $218 million and has a maximum speed of 590 mph.
“Think about moving the equivalent of a C-17 payload anywhere on the globe in less than an hour,” said Gen. Stephen Lyons of U.S. Transportation Command at a Wednesday conference.
“I can tell you SpaceX is moving very, very rapidly in this area. I’m really excited about the team that’s working with SpaceX,” he added.
While SpaceX was originally devised as a means to pursue the colonization of Mars and revolutionize space transportation while drastically cutting the costs of space travel, SpaceX has also been eager to team up with the Pentagon to augment and secure U.S. empire and military hegemony across the globe.
Just this week, SpaceX won a $149 million contract with the U.S. military’s Space Development Agency to manufacture four new missile-tracking satellites that will be fitted with wide-angle infrared missile-tracking sensors.
The U.S. Army has also worked with SpaceX to develop new military navigation networks relying on the company’s Starlink broadband satellites.
In August, the company also won 40 percent of a billion-dollar Pentagon contract to launch new rockets for the U.S. Space Force, with the remaining 60 percent going to the United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing’s space divisions.
The new concept for transporting war cargo using rockets vaguely resembles Musk’s concept for passenger space travel that he proposed in 2017, which involved firing passengers into space before they quickly landed at their terrestrial destination point. In this case, however, the plan involves weapons rather than people.
U.S. rivals such as Russia and China have long accused Washington of using its massive war budget and sprawling military-industrial complex to militarize outer space, a trend that has only escalated under U.S. President Donald Trump, who inaugurated the Space Force just last December.
Since the 1990s, there has been an intensified race to develop and deploy weapons platforms and “dual use” military hardware in space in a sort of post-Cold War sequel to the 20th-century arms and space races that began in the ‘60s with the debut of Sputnik and Echo, which were the first communication satellites launched by the Soviet Union and United States, respectively.
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themindunleashed--2020-10-13--Engineer creates fully functional ‘Star Wars’ lightsaber that cuts through steel

An engineer and YouTuber based in Canada has created a fully functional – and likely very deadly – lightsaber , turning the concept introduced over four decades ago by the first Star Wars film into a reality .
While numerous Star Wars fanatics have tried their hand at creating an actual working version of the Jedi weapon , these “ weapons ” have largely been combinations of non-retractable metal tubing and light , or glorified versions of the retractable plastic toy lightsabers .
However , for James Hobson – known to his YouTube fans as “ The Hacksmith ” – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the lightsaber as a fixed-length laser that both glows and can melt through metal .
And because Hobson understands the basic principles of laser engineering , he was able to create his own version of the glowing blade wielded by the Jedi and described in the 1977 film as “ An elegant weapon – for a more civilizd age.
” In a new video for Hacksmith Industries ’ “ Make It Real ” series , Hobson demonstrates how he managed to transform a concept previously depicted through Hollywood special effects and CGI @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which dropped on Thursday , has since gone viral and racked up over 12 million views .
The replica lightsaber relies on a portable backpack connected to a hilt designed to appear similar to those in the films .
The hilt pumps out a constant stream of propane gas which , when mixed with oxygen , creates a beam-like blast of plasma flame that looks similar to the light from the sabers and burns at over 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit – meaning that it can make short work of thick pieces of metal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hobson also showed how a range of different salts can be placed into the plasma stream to alter the color of the beam .
For example , boric acid can make the beam green , while sodium chloride ( table salt ) can turn it yellow .
Calcium chloride will produce an amber color , while strontium chloride will turn the beam red .
“ Even with all of our new equipment and capabilities , we ’ re still bound by the laws of thermodynamics , ” the Hacksmith explains in the video @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plasma is best held in a beam by a magnetic field , which , scientifically , checks out , ” he continues .
“ The issue is producing a strong enough electromagnetic field to contain a blade , well the lightsaber would have to be quite literally built inside a box coated in electromagnets , which turns it into a kind of useless science project.
” The outcome of Hobson ’ s project is a retractable lightsaber replica that glows “ so bright … this actually hurts to look at , ” Hobson @ @ @ @ @ @ @ resist owning the epic armament of Jedi knights and Sith lords who engaged in bitter struggles “ a long time ago in a galaxy far , far away , ” the price tag also matches its intense heat : The laminar nozzle alone cost about $ 4,000 .
“ What we ’ ve made so far are some of the closest representations of lightsabers using real life technologies , ” Hobson said .
“ They look like a lightsaber , they sound like a lightsaber and at temperatures of over 3000F , they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ”

An engineer and YouTuber based in Canada has created a fully functional – and likely very deadly – lightsaber, turning the concept introduced over four decades ago by the first Star Wars film into a reality.
While numerous Star Wars fanatics have tried their hand at creating an actual working version of the Jedi weapon, these “weapons” have largely been combinations of non-retractable metal tubing and light, or glorified versions of the retractable plastic toy lightsabers.
However, for James Hobson – known to his YouTube fans as “The Hacksmith” – such prop-like devices ignore the essential nature of the lightsaber as a fixed-length laser that both glows and can melt through metal.
And because Hobson understands the basic principles of laser engineering, he was able to create his own version of the glowing blade wielded by the Jedi and described in the 1977 film as “An elegant weapon – for a more civilizd age.”
In a new video for Hacksmith Industries’ “Make It Real” series, Hobson demonstrates how he managed to transform a concept previously depicted through Hollywood special effects and CGI into a working device.
The video, which dropped on Thursday, has since gone viral and racked up over 12 million views.
The replica lightsaber relies on a portable backpack connected to a hilt designed to appear similar to those in the films.
The hilt pumps out a constant stream of propane gas which, when mixed with oxygen, creates a beam-like blast of plasma flame that looks similar to the light from the sabers and burns at over 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit – meaning that it can make short work of thick pieces of metal and can even slice through steel.
Hobson also showed how a range of different salts can be placed into the plasma stream to alter the color of the beam. For example, boric acid can make the beam green, while sodium chloride (table salt) can turn it yellow. Calcium chloride will produce an amber color, while strontium chloride will turn the beam red.
“Even with all of our new equipment and capabilities, we’re still bound by the laws of thermodynamics,” the Hacksmith explains in the video.
“Well, theories say that plasma is best held in a beam by a magnetic field, which, scientifically, checks out,” he continues. “The issue is producing a strong enough electromagnetic field to contain a blade, well the lightsaber would have to be quite literally built inside a box coated in electromagnets, which turns it into a kind of useless science project.”
The outcome of Hobson’s project is a retractable lightsaber replica that glows “so bright … this actually hurts to look at,” Hobson said.
If you can’t resist owning the epic armament of Jedi knights and Sith lords who engaged in bitter struggles “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away,” the price tag also matches its intense heat: The laminar nozzle alone cost about $4,000.
“What we’ve made so far are some of the closest representations of lightsabers using real life technologies,” Hobson said.
“They look like a lightsaber, they sound like a lightsaber and at temperatures of over 3000F, they actually cut stuff like a lightsaber.”
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themindunleashed--2020-10-13--Human “micro-evolution” clear as more babies born without wisdom teeth and with extra artery

More babies are being born without wisdom teeth as human evolution continues to rapidly move forward in smaller spans of time , according to a new study .
According to research published in the Journal of Anatomy , the human race is undergoing a micro-evolution that has seen evolutionary changes take place over a shorter period of time than at any other point in the past 250 years .
Researchers from Flinders University in Adelaide , Australia , have found that modern babies are being born with much shorter faces and smaller jaws , which leave less room for teeth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as we have learnt to use fire and process foods more , ” said Dr. Teghan Lucas , who co-led the study .
“ A lot of people are just being born without wisdom teeth.
” Wisdom teeth are the third molars in our mouths , and consist of four broad and tough teeth at the back of our mouths .
They are often surgically removed later in life if they don ’ t grow in healthy or fully erupt , remain hidden within the gums , or crowd nearby molars and result @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , along with fellow University of Adelaide professors Maciej Henneberg and Jaliya Kumaratilake , also found that some people are being born with additional bones in their arms and legs , or with bizarre connections of two or more bones in their feet .
The researchers also found that there has been a major increase in the prevalence of the median artery since the end of the 19th century .
The median artery forms while babies are in their womb , and it is the main vessel that supplies blood to the forearm @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gestation period the median artery is replaced by the radial and ulnar arteries – which are the two main arteries .
“ But increasing numbers of cases retain it , so a person can have all three arteries , ” the study noted .
“ This evolutionary trend will continue in those born 80 years from today , with the median artery becoming common in the human forearm.
” The startling results of the study show how fluidly human evolution can be , and the shortening time frames in which changes can occur @ @ @ @ @ @ @ perfect example of how we are still evolving because people born more recently have a higher prevalence of this artery when compared to humans from previous generations.
” The study was carried out through the tracking of rates of retention of different parts of the body across the generations and by dissecting the preserved corpses of people who were born during the 20th century .
“ We ’ ve collected all the data published in anatomical literature and continued to dissect cadavers donated for studies in Adelaide and we found about one third @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their forearm and everyone will have it by the end of the century if this process continues , ” Henneburg added .
The authors of the investigation suggested that changes in natural selection could be the driving factor motivating micro-evolution .
“ A lot of people thought humans have stopped evolving , ” Lucas said .
“ But our study shows we are still evolving – faster than at any point in the past 250 years .
”

More babies are being born without wisdom teeth as human evolution continues to rapidly move forward in smaller spans of time, according to a new study.
According to research published in the Journal of Anatomy, the human race is undergoing a micro-evolution that has seen evolutionary changes take place over a shorter period of time than at any other point in the past 250 years.
Researchers from Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, have found that modern babies are being born with much shorter faces and smaller jaws, which leave less room for teeth.
“This is happening in time as we have learnt to use fire and process foods more,” said Dr. Teghan Lucas, who co-led the study.
“A lot of people are just being born without wisdom teeth.”
Wisdom teeth are the third molars in our mouths, and consist of four broad and tough teeth at the back of our mouths. They are often surgically removed later in life if they don’t grow in healthy or fully erupt, remain hidden within the gums, or crowd nearby molars and result in damage to other teeth.
Lucas, along with fellow University of Adelaide professors Maciej Henneberg and Jaliya Kumaratilake, also found that some people are being born with additional bones in their arms and legs, or with bizarre connections of two or more bones in their feet.
The researchers also found that there has been a major increase in the prevalence of the median artery since the end of the 19th century.
The median artery forms while babies are in their womb, and it is the main vessel that supplies blood to the forearm and hand. However, during the gestation period the median artery is replaced by the radial and ulnar arteries – which are the two main arteries.
“But increasing numbers of cases retain it, so a person can have all three arteries,” the study noted.
“This evolutionary trend will continue in those born 80 years from today, with the median artery becoming common in the human forearm.”
The startling results of the study show how fluidly human evolution can be, and the shortening time frames in which changes can occur.
“This is ‘micro evolution’ in modern humans,” Henneburg commented.
“The median artery is a perfect example of how we are still evolving because people born more recently have a higher prevalence of this artery when compared to humans from previous generations.”
The study was carried out through the tracking of rates of retention of different parts of the body across the generations and by dissecting the preserved corpses of people who were born during the 20th century.
“We’ve collected all the data published in anatomical literature and continued to dissect cadavers donated for studies in Adelaide and we found about one third of Australians have the median artery in their forearm and everyone will have it by the end of the century if this process continues,” Henneburg added.
The authors of the investigation suggested that changes in natural selection could be the driving factor motivating micro-evolution.
“A lot of people thought humans have stopped evolving,” Lucas said.
“But our study shows we are still evolving – faster than at any point in the past 250 years.”
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themindunleashed--2020-10-13--Utah hiker chased by cougar in terrifying 6-minute video – and he behaved just right

A man in Utah faced a terrifying ordeal after stumbling into a mountain lion family , only for the mother cougar to stalk him for six minutes as he captured the terrifying scene on video .
Kyle Burgess , 26 , was running near his home along the Slate Canyon trail near Provo when he encountered a group of wild kittens , reports Deseret News .
Believing that these were bobcat cubs – a common sight in the area – Burgess began recording the small creatures .
Moments later , their mother appeared and he realized that these were mountain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Burgess was then thrust into possibly the scariest moment of his life as the mature female mountain lion began to charge at him .
His fear was obvious based on the audio from the scary encounter , where he can be heard screaming at the mountain lion as it stalked him through the tree-lined , rocky path .
“ No !
No !
I ’ m big and scary !
Go away !
” Burgess yelled .
“ You ’ re good !
” Burgess continued as she continued following him .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ cat .
… Nice and slow .
Come on.
” Three minutes into the ordeal , the cougar began growing more aggressive as it began hissing , growling and lunging at Burgess , swishing her tail and flashing her teeth menacingly .
“ OK , this is when I f**king die , ” he says .
“ Come on , dude .
I don ’ t feel like dying today.
” Burgess then began screaming back , cursing and growing at the creature while continuing to slowly back away as he continued to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is scary , my heart is racing , ” Burgess said .
After about 6 minutes of being chased by the cougar , Burgess quickly kneeled down to grab a rock and toss it directly at her , causing the large cat to quickly turn tail and run back to her cubs .
Despite the gut-wrenching emotions Burgess felt , he was also awestruck by how “ beautiful ” the over-protective mother was despite being powerful and “ scary.
” Fortunately , the young hiker managed to escape without so much a scratch @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , that just happened , ” Burgess remembered thinking after the cat escaped .
“ Honestly right now it still feels like a dream.
” “ My emotions were a jumbled mess , ” he continued .
“ So it was kind of like … ‘ K , well this is going one of two ways .
What ’ s the outcome going to be ?
’ ” Burgess has now been thrust in the position of being the subject of viral attention after his six-minute video went live on Instagram and quickly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , social media users have assailed the young man for intruding on the cougars home or yelling at the large cat .
However , knowledgeable hikers and outdoorspeople have hailed his actions as an exemplary way of responding to the threat .
Scott Root , a conservation outreach manager for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources , said Burgess ’ actions were awesome .
The official met Burgess on Monday as DWR officers arrived in the area to locate the mountain lions , who appear to have moved on .
“ He backed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ toward the mountain lion or her kittens .
He made a lot of noise , ” Root said .
“ He stayed large , he stayed loud and he backed away from the area for quite a while .
I think he did everything really well.
” If anything , hikers might want to carry bear spray and bring a friend for similar trail runs .
Burgess did well otherwise , Root said .
“ In that situation , with that mother mountain lion who ’ s being very protective , as you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my eyes off of her and I wouldn ’ t bend down , ” he added .
“ You want to remain large and you want to remain making a lot of noise .
And that ’ s what he did .
”

A man in Utah faced a terrifying ordeal after stumbling into a mountain lion family, only for the mother cougar to stalk him for six minutes as he captured the terrifying scene on video.
Kyle Burgess, 26, was running near his home along the Slate Canyon trail near Provo when he encountered a group of wild kittens, reports Deseret News.
Believing that these were bobcat cubs – a common sight in the area – Burgess began recording the small creatures. Moments later, their mother appeared and he realized that these were mountain lion cubs and their extremely protective mother.
Burgess was then thrust into possibly the scariest moment of his life as the mature female mountain lion began to charge at him.
His fear was obvious based on the audio from the scary encounter, where he can be heard screaming at the mountain lion as it stalked him through the tree-lined, rocky path.
“No! No! I’m big and scary! Go away!” Burgess yelled.
“You’re good!” Burgess continued as she continued following him. “You’re good little kitty cat. … Nice and slow. Come on.”
Three minutes into the ordeal, the cougar began growing more aggressive as it began hissing, growling and lunging at Burgess, swishing her tail and flashing her teeth menacingly.
“OK, this is when I f**king die,” he says. “Come on, dude. I don’t feel like dying today.”
Burgess then began screaming back, cursing and growing at the creature while continuing to slowly back away as he continued to face the big cat.
“This is scary, my heart is racing,” Burgess said.
After about 6 minutes of being chased by the cougar, Burgess quickly kneeled down to grab a rock and toss it directly at her, causing the large cat to quickly turn tail and run back to her cubs.
Despite the gut-wrenching emotions Burgess felt, he was also awestruck by how “beautiful” the over-protective mother was despite being powerful and “scary.”
Fortunately, the young hiker managed to escape without so much a scratch from the aggressive cougar.
“Wow, that just happened,” Burgess remembered thinking after the cat escaped. “Honestly right now it still feels like a dream.”
“My emotions were a jumbled mess,” he continued. “So it was kind of like … ‘K, well this is going one of two ways. What’s the outcome going to be?’”
Burgess has now been thrust in the position of being the subject of viral attention after his six-minute video went live on Instagram and quickly spread across social media platforms.
Predictably, social media users have assailed the young man for intruding on the cougars home or yelling at the large cat. However, knowledgeable hikers and outdoorspeople have hailed his actions as an exemplary way of responding to the threat.
Scott Root, a conservation outreach manager for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, said Burgess’ actions were awesome. The official met Burgess on Monday as DWR officers arrived in the area to locate the mountain lions, who appear to have moved on.
“He backed away. He didn’t go toward the mountain lion or her kittens. He made a lot of noise,” Root said. “He stayed large, he stayed loud and he backed away from the area for quite a while. I think he did everything really well.”
If anything, hikers might want to carry bear spray and bring a friend for similar trail runs. Burgess did well otherwise, Root said.
“In that situation, with that mother mountain lion who’s being very protective, as you can tell, I would not take my eyes off of her and I wouldn’t bend down,” he added. “You want to remain large and you want to remain making a lot of noise. And that’s what he did.”
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themindunleashed--2020-10-13--Cop Keeps His Job After Killing Unarmed Woman At A Traffic Stop And Claiming She Had A Gun

( TMU ) – Earlier this year , a 25-year-old woman named Hannah Fizer was shot and killed by an officer with the Pettis County Sheriff ’ s Office during a traffic stop in Missouri .
The officer involved is now back on the job , even after it was determined that she was shot because she reached for her cellphone to record the encounter .
At first , the officer , who has still not been named by the department , claimed that Fizer had a gun and threatened to shoot him , but no gun was found after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sephen P. Sokoloff ruled that “ the shooting , albeit possibly avoidable , was justifiable under current Missouri criminal law , ” because the officer believed that she had a gun , and therefore was justified in using any force that he felt was necessary .
The officer clearly killed a defenseless woman for no reason , but he did not violate any laws or policies , which is exactly why people across the country have been protesting for months .
In a written statement , Sokoloff claimed that there was “ evidence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police officer and told the officer she had a gun , even though she didn ’ t .
This claim was made despite the fact that no evidence of a gun was found , and no recordings of the incident were released or even referenced .
The only evidence that indicated that she claimed to have a weapon was the testimony of the officer , but all of the other evidence collected contradicted his claims , which means that there is a very good chance that he has been lying about the entire @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officer ’ s word at face value and seemed to ignore all of the other evidence , while suggesting that it is ok for police to kill people if they reach down during a traffic stop .
“ The evidence indicates that the deceased , who had been stopped for multiple traffic violations and who had refused to provide any information to the officer , had advised him that she was recording him , and then shortly thereafter , that she had a gun and was going to shoot him .
At the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she had reached down into the floorboard of the car and raised up towards him .
Based on the information and circumstances available to the officer during the event , it can not be said that the officer did not have a reasonable belief that he was in danger of serious physical injury or death from the actions of the deceased at the time he fired.
” Family and friends say that she was on her way to work and that she was a friendly person who never carried weapons .
They are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ events very hard to believe .
People across the United States have become fed up with police and are now calling for radical changes to the criminal justice system because these types of violent encounters are happening on a daily basis , and there is rarely any accountability for the officers involved .

(TMU) – Earlier this year, a 25-year-old woman named Hannah Fizer was shot and killed by an officer with the Pettis County Sheriff’s Office during a traffic stop in Missouri. The officer involved is now back on the job, even after it was determined that she was shot because she reached for her cellphone to record the encounter. At first, the officer, who has still not been named by the department, claimed that Fizer had a gun and threatened to shoot him, but no gun was found after the vehicle was searched.
Special prosecutor Sephen P. Sokoloff ruled that “the shooting, albeit possibly avoidable, was justifiable under current Missouri criminal law,” because the officer believed that she had a gun, and therefore was justified in using any force that he felt was necessary. The officer clearly killed a defenseless woman for no reason, but he did not violate any laws or policies, which is exactly why people across the country have been protesting for months.
In a written statement, Sokoloff claimed that there was “evidence” that she threatened to shoot the police officer and told the officer she had a gun, even though she didn’t. This claim was made despite the fact that no evidence of a gun was found, and no recordings of the incident were released or even referenced. The only evidence that indicated that she claimed to have a weapon was the testimony of the officer, but all of the other evidence collected contradicted his claims, which means that there is a very good chance that he has been lying about the entire encounter. Still, Sokoloff took the officer’s word at face value and seemed to ignore all of the other evidence, while suggesting that it is ok for police to kill people if they reach down during a traffic stop.
In his statement, Sokoloff wrote:
“The evidence indicates that the deceased, who had been stopped for multiple traffic violations and who had refused to provide any information to the officer, had advised him that she was recording him, and then shortly thereafter, that she had a gun and was going to shoot him. At the time the officer discharged his weapon, she had reached down into the floorboard of the car and raised up towards him. Based on the information and circumstances available to the officer during the event, it cannot be said that the officer did not have a reasonable belief that he was in danger of serious physical injury or death from the actions of the deceased at the time he fired.”
Family and friends say that she was on her way to work and that she was a friendly person who never carried weapons. They are finding the officer’s version of events very hard to believe.
Hannah Fizer, 25, was killed Saturday night in Sedalia, Missouri driving to her job as an assistant manager at a convenience store. She was pulled over because she was ran a red light while speeding and kept going as the deputy tried to stop her, patrol Sgt. Bill Lowe said Monday.“The suspect allegedly threatened the deputy by stating she was armed and going to shoot him,” the patrol said in a news release. “The incident escalated and the deputy discharged his weapon, striking the suspect.”There was no available dashboard camera or body camera footage of the shooting. The county sheriff, Kevin Bond, said his department doesn't have or use such technology. Posted by David Handy on Tuesday, June 16, 2020
People across the United States have become fed up with police and are now calling for radical changes to the criminal justice system because these types of violent encounters are happening on a daily basis, and there is rarely any accountability for the officers involved.
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themindunleashed--2020-10-14--Massive 5,000-ton ‘earthquake bomb’ from WWII explodes as Polish Navy tries to defuse it

A massive bomb known as Tallboy that was dropped by British air forces has dramatically exploded after it was discovered to be lying at the bottom of a canal in Poland .
Known as an “ earthquake ” bomb , the 5.4-ton Tallboy packed a massive 2.4 tons of explosives – equivalent to roughly 3.6 tons of TNT – and was dropped by Royal Air Force pilots ( RAF ) in an attack on the N*** German heavy cruiser Lützow during the final weeks of the war in April 1945 .
The RAF deployed several Lancaster bombers from its “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tallboys on the Lützow , but one of the bombs failed to detonate .
The ship sank but managed to survive the attack in the final days of the war as a stationary gun battery versus advancing Soviet forces before it was finally captured and scrapped a few years after the war .
The bomb was discovered last year at a depth of 39 feet ( 12 meters ) with its nose popping out when the area surrounding the port city of Swinoujscie , near the Baltic Sea , was being dredged .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ tried to defuse the massive bomb on Tuesday through the method of deflagration , which involves heating the explosive device until it safely burns .
However , the bomb ended up exploding in the canal , sending a towering plume of water into the air .
Fortunately , navy divers were a safe distance away from the bomb and nobody was hurt by the huge blast .
Over 750 residents were evacuated from the area surrounding the Piast Canal as authorities imposed a 1.5-mile ( 2.4-km ) exclusion zone around the bomb to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Defense began the bomb removal operation on Monday , with navy personnel moving residents as divers assessed how best to handle the dormant Tallboy .
Like much of Europe , Poland faced severe bombing from Allied pilots while it was under N*** occupation during World War II .
Between 1940 and 1945 , U.S. and British air forces are believed to have dropped some 2.7 million tons of bombs on Europe , with half of that amount being dropped on Germany alone .
The extensive bombing campaign was a part of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ capacity of Hitler ’ s Germany by striking major blows at the Third Reich ’ s infrastructure , crippling countless railheads , arms manufacturing facilities , oil refineries , and logistics centers .
As many as 10 percent of the bombs dropped by Allied aircraft failed to explode , leaving thousands of tons of unexploded ordnance strewn across the former battlefields of Europe .
Over 75 years after World War II and a century after World War I , unexploded munitions are still frequently discovered in countries like Germany and Austria , typically @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about 11 tons of unexploded ordnance was recovered from the lakes and rivers in Austria while 659 kilos were uncovered in the mountains from the furious battles between Austrian and Italian troops in World War I .
The Tallboy discovered in the Polish canal is believed to be among the largest individual pieces of unexploded ordnance since another Tallboy was recovered in 1958 during the renovation of the Sorpe Dam in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany .

A massive bomb known as Tallboy that was dropped by British air forces has dramatically exploded after it was discovered to be lying at the bottom of a canal in Poland.
Known as an “earthquake” bomb, the 5.4-ton Tallboy packed a massive 2.4 tons of explosives – equivalent to roughly 3.6 tons of TNT – and was dropped by Royal Air Force pilots (RAF) in an attack on the Nazi German heavy cruiser Lützow during the final weeks of the war in April 1945.
The RAF deployed several Lancaster bombers from its “Dambusters” squadron to drop a dozen Tallboys on the Lützow, but one of the bombs failed to detonate.
The ship sank but managed to survive the attack in the final days of the war as a stationary gun battery versus advancing Soviet forces before it was finally captured and scrapped a few years after the war.
The bomb was discovered last year at a depth of 39 feet (12 meters) with its nose popping out when the area surrounding the port city of Swinoujscie, near the Baltic Sea, was being dredged.
#Tallboy, the largest unexploded #WWII bomb detonated?
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Lt Cmdr G.Lewandowski, 8th Coastal Defence Flotilla: The deflagration process turned into detonation. The object can be considered neutralised, it will not pose any more threat to the Szczecin-Swinoujscie shipping channel. pic.twitter.com/xHkRzAaONn — Poland MOD ?? (@Poland_MOD) October 14, 2020
Demolition experts with the Polish Navy had tried to defuse the massive bomb on Tuesday through the method of deflagration, which involves heating the explosive device until it safely burns.
However, the bomb ended up exploding in the canal, sending a towering plume of water into the air.
Fortunately, navy divers were a safe distance away from the bomb and nobody was hurt by the huge blast.
Over 750 residents were evacuated from the area surrounding the Piast Canal as authorities imposed a 1.5-mile (2.4-km) exclusion zone around the bomb to prevent any injuries.
The Polish Ministry of Defense began the bomb removal operation on Monday, with navy personnel moving residents as divers assessed how best to handle the dormant Tallboy.
Like much of Europe, Poland faced severe bombing from Allied pilots while it was under Nazi occupation during World War II.
Between 1940 and 1945, U.S. and British air forces are believed to have dropped some 2.7 million tons of bombs on Europe, with half of that amount being dropped on Germany alone.
The extensive bombing campaign was a part of the effort to paralyze the industrial and war-fighting capacity of Hitler’s Germany by striking major blows at the Third Reich’s infrastructure, crippling countless railheads, arms manufacturing facilities, oil refineries, and logistics centers.
As many as 10 percent of the bombs dropped by Allied aircraft failed to explode, leaving thousands of tons of unexploded ordnance strewn across the former battlefields of Europe.
Over 75 years after World War II and a century after World War I, unexploded munitions are still frequently discovered in countries like Germany and Austria, typically during consruction work.
In 2017, about 11 tons of unexploded ordnance was recovered from the lakes and rivers in Austria while 659 kilos were uncovered in the mountains from the furious battles between Austrian and Italian troops in World War I.
The Tallboy discovered in the Polish canal is believed to be among the largest individual pieces of unexploded ordnance since another Tallboy was recovered in 1958 during the renovation of the Sorpe Dam in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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themindunleashed--2020-10-15--7-Year-Old Autistic Boy Handcuffed and Taunted Face Down For 40 Minutes In School

Footage was recently released showing an altercation that a police officer working at a North Carolina school had with a 7-year-old autistic boy .
The video shows the young boy being handcuffed and threatened by the police officer for about 40 minutes as other members of the staff looked on .
The young boy ’ s mother is now suing the state , the school district , and the officer for negligence , emotional distress , and violating the Constitution .
The incident took place in September of 2018 at the Pressly School in Statesville , North Carolina , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a result of the family ’ s lawsuit .
School Resource Officer Michael Fattaleh was called to a classroom where the young boy was getting in trouble for spitting .
Body camera footage shows Fattaleh arriving in the room where two staff members are restraining the young boy by his arms .
Fattaleh immediately grabbed the child and placed him into handcuffs and then forced him to lay face down on the ground and interrogated him like he was an adult criminal .
“ He ’ s mine now , ” the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ young boy .
“ Don ’ t move .
You spit on me , I ’ ll put a hood on you , ” he threatened .
At one point the officer told the boy that he was “ fixing ” to be charged with a crime .
“ I ’ m not playing that game .
I don ’ t do the spitting .
I don ’ t mind the walking .
I don ’ t mind the occasional shove .
But you don ’ t spit here .
He ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , my friend , are not acquainted with the juvenile justice system , you will be very shortly .
You ever been charged with a crime before ?
Well , you ’ re fixing to be , ” Fattaleh said .
The staff members did absolutely nothing to help the young boy , and allowed the officer to tramatize him without question .
Nobody questioned the officer ’ s actions until the boy ’ s mother showed up .
The mother asked him , “ How can you charge a special needs kid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The boy ’ s mother told them that he has autism as well as separation anxiety and explained that his episode was likely triggered by a busy day at school .
The officer has since resigned from his post at the school , and the boy ’ s mother has taken him out of the school and quit her job so she can teach him at home .
Fattahel faced no consequences for his attack on the young boy .
His attorney Ashley Cannon told the Charlotte Observer that the state ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the incident , and concluded that Fattahel did nothing wrong , which is a typical ruling regardless of how severe an officer ’ s transgression is .
Last month , The Mind Unleashed reported that a 13-year-old autistic boy was shot 11 times by a Salt Lake City police officer because he ran away from a group of cops that came to his door because his mother was having difficulty with him .
One of the officers on the scene expressed that the situation was none of their business , but the @ @ @ @ @ @ @

Footage was recently released showing an altercation that a police officer working at a North Carolina school had with a 7-year-old autistic boy. The video shows the young boy being handcuffed and threatened by the police officer for about 40 minutes as other members of the staff looked on.
The young boy’s mother is now suing the state, the school district, and the officer for negligence, emotional distress, and violating the Constitution. The incident took place in September of 2018 at the Pressly School in Statesville, North Carolina, but the video is just now being released as a result of the family’s lawsuit.
School Resource Officer Michael Fattaleh was called to a classroom where the young boy was getting in trouble for spitting. Body camera footage shows Fattaleh arriving in the room where two staff members are restraining the young boy by his arms. Fattaleh immediately grabbed the child and placed him into handcuffs and then forced him to lay face down on the ground and interrogated him like he was an adult criminal.
“He’s mine now,” the officer said before launching threats at the young boy.
“Don’t move. You spit on me, I’ll put a hood on you,” he threatened.
At one point the officer told the boy that he was “fixing” to be charged with a crime.
“I’m not playing that game. I don’t do the spitting. I don’t mind the walking. I don’t mind the occasional shove. But you don’t spit here. He’s going to get charged. If you, my friend, are not acquainted with the juvenile justice system, you will be very shortly. You ever been charged with a crime before? Well, you’re fixing to be,” Fattaleh said.
The staff members did absolutely nothing to help the young boy, and allowed the officer to tramatize him without question. Nobody questioned the officer’s actions until the boy’s mother showed up.
The mother asked him, “How can you charge a special needs kid with a count of assault?”
The boy’s mother told them that he has autism as well as separation anxiety and explained that his episode was likely triggered by a busy day at school.
The officer has since resigned from his post at the school, and the boy’s mother has taken him out of the school and quit her job so she can teach him at home. Fattahel faced no consequences for his attack on the young boy. His attorney Ashley Cannon told the Charlotte Observer that the state’s Bureau of Investigation conducted an independent review of the incident, and concluded that Fattahel did nothing wrong, which is a typical ruling regardless of how severe an officer’s transgression is.
Last month, The Mind Unleashed reported that a 13-year-old autistic boy was shot 11 times by a Salt Lake City police officer because he ran away from a group of cops that came to his door because his mother was having difficulty with him. One of the officers on the scene expressed that the situation was none of their business, but the other officers decided to intervene anyway.
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themindunleashed--2020-10-15--Utah apartment terminates young woman’s lease for her suicidal thoughts and depression

There are plenty of common reasons why tenants typically get their lease terminated by a landlord .
An inability or unwillingness to pay rent , significantly damaging the property , being a complete nuisance to neighbors , and otherwise violating the lease are among the more common reason .
However , one college freshman has been kicked out of her apartment in Orem , Utah , for an entirely different reason : her clinical depression and suicidal thoughts .
The woman had told her three roommates about her ongoing struggles in hopes that it help open some dialogue around mental @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Shortly afterward , she found a notice posted on her door informing her that she had to vacate her home in five days .
“ We have been made aware that you have vocalized suicidal tendencies which has caused undo ( sic ) stress and alarm to your roommates and violated your lease , ” the letter signed by a manager at Ventana Student Housing said .
As it turns out , her roommates had informed the management of the apartment complex about her bouts with suicidal thoughts , which she had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ roommates used them against her after an argument .
“ They used my mental challenges to their benefit … I was asking for help and that is the opposite of what I got , ” she said .
“ I was completely shocked .
I was crying and shaking and immediately trying to pack , ” she told KSTU .
“ It ’ s so morally wrong for them to be doing this to someone who ’ s been having such a hard time.
” The woman had lived in the unit for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which carefully avoids use of the word “ eviction.
” Instead , the letter cites parts of the lease that stipulate that a lease can be terminated if a tenant breaches “ the quiet enjoyment of the premises ” or causes “ any nuisance , health or safety hazard.
” While she is fortunate to have family in Utah County to stay with in between living arrangements , she is still stunned by the heartlessness of the management company .
“ The thing that upsets me most about this is that they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a hard time would make it easier on them , ” she said .
“ The reason they were kicking me out was because of my depression and my suicidal thoughts , which just only made them worse — and it would make it worse for anyone having to find somewhere else to live.
” However , she could soon be compensated for the ordeal since the apartment management company appears to have completely flouted her rights , which she enjoys due to laws protecting tenants from discrimination on the basis of race @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , sex , familial status , or disability .
“ Frankly , that appears to be blatant discrimination under the Fair Housing Act , ” said Nate Crippes , a staff attorney at the Disability Law Center .
“ There ’ s a lot of stigma around mental illness , ” Crippes said .
“ At this point , I think we would hope to see people respond better to someone in this situation.
” “ This appears to be somebody who has vocalized a symptom of a disability , like mental illness @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just seems particularly heinous for a person to take this action against someone .
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There are plenty of common reasons why tenants typically get their lease terminated by a landlord. An inability or unwillingness to pay rent, significantly damaging the property, being a complete nuisance to neighbors, and otherwise violating the lease are among the more common reason.
However, one college freshman has been kicked out of her apartment in Orem, Utah, for an entirely different reason: her clinical depression and suicidal thoughts.
The woman had told her three roommates about her ongoing struggles in hopes that it help open some dialogue around mental health, the anonymous woman told KUTV.
Shortly afterward, she found a notice posted on her door informing her that she had to vacate her home in five days.
“We have been made aware that you have vocalized suicidal tendencies which has caused undo (sic) stress and alarm to your roommates and violated your lease,” the letter signed by a manager at Ventana Student Housing said.
As it turns out, her roommates had informed the management of the apartment complex about her bouts with suicidal thoughts, which she had shared with confidence. Instead, the roommates used them against her after an argument.
“They used my mental challenges to their benefit … I was asking for help and that is the opposite of what I got,” she said. “I was completely shocked. I was crying and shaking and immediately trying to pack,” she told KSTU. “It’s so morally wrong for them to be doing this to someone who’s been having such a hard time.”
The woman had lived in the unit for about a year before receiving the notice, which carefully avoids use of the word “eviction.” Instead, the letter cites parts of the lease that stipulate that a lease can be terminated if a tenant breaches “the quiet enjoyment of the premises” or causes “any nuisance, health or safety hazard.”
While she is fortunate to have family in Utah County to stay with in between living arrangements, she is still stunned by the heartlessness of the management company.
“The thing that upsets me most about this is that they decided evicting someone who was already having a hard time would make it easier on them,” she said. “The reason they were kicking me out was because of my depression and my suicidal thoughts, which just only made them worse — and it would make it worse for anyone having to find somewhere else to live.”
However, she could soon be compensated for the ordeal since the apartment management company appears to have completely flouted her rights, which she enjoys due to laws protecting tenants from discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, or disability.
“Frankly, that appears to be blatant discrimination under the Fair Housing Act,” said Nate Crippes, a staff attorney at the Disability Law Center.
“There’s a lot of stigma around mental illness,” Crippes said. “At this point, I think we would hope to see people respond better to someone in this situation.”
“This appears to be somebody who has vocalized a symptom of a disability, like mental illness,” he added. “This just seems particularly heinous for a person to take this action against someone.”
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themindunleashed--2020-10-14--Massive 5-ton ‘earthquake bomb’ from WWII explodes as Polish Navy tries to defuse it

A massive bomb known as Tallboy that was dropped by British air forces has dramatically exploded after it was discovered to be lying at the bottom of a canal in Poland .
Known as an “ earthquake ” bomb , the 5.4-ton Tallboy packed a massive 2.4 tons of explosives – equivalent to roughly 3.6 tons of TNT – and was dropped by Royal Air Force pilots ( RAF ) in an attack on the Nazi German heavy cruiser Lützow during the final weeks of the war in April 1945 .
The RAF deployed several Lancaster bombers from its “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tallboys on the Lützow , but one of the bombs failed to detonate .
The ship sank but managed to survive the attack in the final days of the war as a stationary gun battery versus advancing Soviet forces before it was finally captured and scrapped a few years after the war .
The bomb was discovered last year at a depth of 39 feet ( 12 meters ) with its nose popping out when the area surrounding the port city of Swinoujscie , near the Baltic Sea , was being dredged .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ tried to defuse the massive bomb on Tuesday through the method of deflagration , which involves heating the explosive device until it safely burns .
However , the bomb ended up exploding in the canal , sending a towering plume of water into the air .
Fortunately , navy divers were a safe distance away from the bomb and nobody was hurt by the huge blast .
Over 750 residents were evacuated from the area surrounding the Piast Canal as authorities imposed a 1.5-mile ( 2.4-km ) exclusion zone around the bomb to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Defense began the bomb removal operation on Monday , with navy personnel moving residents as divers assessed how best to handle the dormant Tallboy .
Like much of Europe , Poland faced severe bombing from Allied pilots while it was under Nazi occupation during World War II .
Between 1940 and 1945 , U.S. and British air forces are believed to have dropped some 2.7 million tons of bombs on Europe , with half of that amount being dropped on Germany alone .
The extensive bombing campaign was a part of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ capacity of Hitler ’ s Germany by striking major blows at the Third Reich ’ s infrastructure , crippling countless railheads , arms manufacturing facilities , oil refineries , and logistics centers .
As many as 10 percent of the bombs dropped by Allied aircraft failed to explode , leaving thousands of tons of unexploded ordnance strewn across the former battlefields of Europe .
Over 75 years after World War II and a century after World War I , unexploded munitions are still frequently discovered in countries like Germany and Austria , typically @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about 11 tons of unexploded ordnance was recovered from the lakes and rivers in Austria while 659 kilos were uncovered in the mountains from the furious battles between Austrian and Italian troops in World War I .
The Tallboy discovered in the Polish canal is believed to be among the largest individual pieces of unexploded ordnance since another Tallboy was recovered in 1958 during the renovation of the Sorpe Dam in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany .


themindunleashed--2020-10-17--Hyper-realistic robot dolphins may soon end captivity at theme parks and aquariums for good

A life-sized robotic dolphin could help finally put an end to animal captivity in marine parks and aquariums for good by replacing real-life animals .
U.S.-based animatronics company Edge Innovations has designed a revolutionary mechanical mammal that appears nearly as playful as the real thing , and the company hopes that the robot will soon be used in aquatic theme parks and Hollywood films in place of actual living animals .
So far , the robot can nod , swim in aquariums , and interact closely with humans .
Developers claim that the mechanical creature is nearly identical to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ robotic versions of predators like great white sharks or even the massive reptiles that Jurassic-era seas teemed with millions of years ago .
However , the huge difference here is that despite the large price tag of $ 26 million , this robotic dolphin is a truly cruelty-free alternative to the capture and confinement of live animals for the sake of entertainment at amusement parks and aquatic zoos – and it will likely prove cheaper than the real thing , too .
The robot dolphin weighs in at 550 pounds and has medical-grade @ @ @ @ @ @ @ alternative to the once-profitable industry of capturing , breeding , and training live animals .
“ It ’ s surprising there are 3,000 dolphins currently in captivity to generate several billion dollars just for dolphin experiences , ” Edge Industry CEO and founder Walt Conti told Reuters .
“ There ’ s obviously an appetite to love and learn about dolphins and so we want to use that appetite and offer different ways to fall in love with the dolphin.
” In recent decades , animal rights activists and casual animal lovers alike @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that are seen as subjecting dolphins and other intelligent , self-aware creatures to inhumane acts just for the sake of human amusement .
Feature films like Free Willy ( 1993 ) and the documentary Blackfish ( 2013 ) have helped educate viewers about the miserable living conditions faced by orcas and other cetaceans that have been deprived of their nature life and thrust into small enclosures at amusement parks like SeaWorld .
Increased outrage over the plight of cetaceans , or aquatic mammals , have led to countries like Canada and around 20 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on whales , dolphins , and porpoises being bred , imported and exported , captured or or held in captivity for entertainment purposes .
Edge Industry hopes that with its extensive experience developing animatronics for major Hollywood features – including Free Willy , Deep Blue Sea , The Abyss , and other films – the robotic replacement can soon win over those who prefer a humane alternative to viewing creatures who naturally belong in the wild .
The company has worked closely with marine biologists to replicate the physiology of dolphins and nail @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to know if using an animatronic dolphin is different to using a real dolphin .
The truth is in many ways they ’ re the same , ” Holzberg said .
“ If you want to design a show that uses real dolphins you have to capture real dolphins , train them and get them to do that show , ” he continued .
“ With creating robots you have to do exactly the same thing .
The difference is you don ’ t have to have breeding programs , worry about safety @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seen demand for its creations decrease as major film studios opted for computer-generated images rather than practical effects and animatronics .
However , the company is now focusing on developing attractions for theme parks , and its robot dolphins will soon roll out at marine parks being built in China .
“ The idea of this pilot is really to create a Sesame Street under water , ” Holzberg said .
“ Those characters taught a generation how to feel about different kinds of aspects of humankind in ways that hadn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s what we dream of with this project.
” Animal rights activists have greeted this new development that could spell an end to animal captivity at marine theme parks .
“ There is an end in sight to cruel ‘ swim with dolphins ’ programs , for which young dolphins are traumatically abducted from their ocean homes and frantic mothers , sometimes illegally , ” said Katherine Sullivan of PETA .

A life-sized robotic dolphin could help finally put an end to animal captivity in marine parks and aquariums for good by replacing real-life animals.
U.S.-based animatronics company Edge Innovations has designed a revolutionary mechanical mammal that appears nearly as playful as the real thing, and the company hopes that the robot will soon be used in aquatic theme parks and Hollywood films in place of actual living animals.
So far, the robot can nod, swim in aquariums, and interact closely with humans. Developers claim that the mechanical creature is nearly identical to the cetacean, and could even coexist with robotic versions of predators like great white sharks or even the massive reptiles that Jurassic-era seas teemed with millions of years ago.
However, the huge difference here is that despite the large price tag of $26 million, this robotic dolphin is a truly cruelty-free alternative to the capture and confinement of live animals for the sake of entertainment at amusement parks and aquatic zoos – and it will likely prove cheaper than the real thing, too.
The robot dolphin weighs in at 550 pounds and has medical-grade silicone skin, and offers a viable alternative to the once-profitable industry of capturing, breeding, and training live animals.
“It’s surprising there are 3,000 dolphins currently in captivity to generate several billion dollars just for dolphin experiences,” Edge Industry CEO and founder Walt Conti told Reuters.
“There’s obviously an appetite to love and learn about dolphins and so we want to use that appetite and offer different ways to fall in love with the dolphin.”
In recent decades, animal rights activists and casual animal lovers alike have turned their back on marine parks that are seen as subjecting dolphins and other intelligent, self-aware creatures to inhumane acts just for the sake of human amusement.
Feature films like Free Willy (1993) and the documentary Blackfish (2013) have helped educate viewers about the miserable living conditions faced by orcas and other cetaceans that have been deprived of their nature life and thrust into small enclosures at amusement parks like SeaWorld.
Increased outrage over the plight of cetaceans, or aquatic mammals, have led to countries like Canada and around 20 European countries to effectively placing a ban on whales, dolphins, and porpoises being bred, imported and exported, captured or or held in captivity for entertainment purposes.
Edge Industry hopes that with its extensive experience developing animatronics for major Hollywood features – including Free Willy, Deep Blue Sea, The Abyss, and other films – the robotic replacement can soon win over those who prefer a humane alternative to viewing creatures who naturally belong in the wild.
The company has worked closely with marine biologists to replicate the physiology of dolphins and nail their natural movements.
“Everyone wants to know if using an animatronic dolphin is different to using a real dolphin. The truth is in many ways they’re the same,” Holzberg said.
“If you want to design a show that uses real dolphins you have to capture real dolphins, train them and get them to do that show,” he continued. “With creating robots you have to do exactly the same thing. The difference is you don’t have to have breeding programs, worry about safety with human beings.”
Edge Industry has seen demand for its creations decrease as major film studios opted for computer-generated images rather than practical effects and animatronics. However, the company is now focusing on developing attractions for theme parks, and its robot dolphins will soon roll out at marine parks being built in China.
“The idea of this pilot is really to create a Sesame Street under water,” Holzberg said. “Those characters taught a generation how to feel about different kinds of aspects of humankind in ways that hadn’t been imagined before. And that’s what we dream of with this project.”
Animal rights activists have greeted this new development that could spell an end to animal captivity at marine theme parks.
“There is an end in sight to cruel ‘swim with dolphins’ programs, for which young dolphins are traumatically abducted from their ocean homes and frantic mothers, sometimes illegally,” said Katherine Sullivan of PETA.
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