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Study of UFO, NASA STS 48 Transmissions Footage
Much has been written on UFO and many sites have been dedicated to the study of UFO phenomena.

Most of them have them photos, some of them of dubious authenticity.

Sifting through the material is very difficult.

I have been following the UFO information and posting this.

I have come across information that seems to be more authentic in that the study does not accept all the claims about UFO blindly and puts the Data to strict tests .

STS-48 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Backed by hard Data from original sources and unrelenting scientific approach, some reliable information is emerging.

The information is available , classified as ‘under fair use’ for distribution’ at the Link provided at the end of the post.

Excerpts.

During the 1990′s, Martyn Stubbs recorded over 2.500 hours of live video transmissions fromSTS-48 to STS-80 NASA missions. In this footage that was captured, there are many phenomena observed. In this 3+ hour documentary, David Sereda analyzes the footage, and provides a very in-depth level headed scientific investigation into these phenomena. It is important to note that David Sereda does not automatically jump to the conclusion that everything seen in this footage is inherently an alien or man-made spacecraft, but that there are some very peculiar phenomena occurring in the videos. He keeps a logical scientific open mind as to what is observed. In his investigation he contacted several officials at NASAabout the footage, only to be told it was dust and debris, or could just simply not be explained. In the second half of this documentary David Sereda presents his new Theory of physics, called “Gravity Beyond Light Speed Theory”, in which he presents how to travel faster than the speed of light. This is the most comprehensive analysis of the NASA footage obtained by Matryn Stubbs. In the beginning Dan Akroyd gives a quick synopsis of what you are about to see. Watch, Enjoy, Share, and decide for yourself.

http://panoffolin.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/evidence-the-case-for-nasa-ufos-full/
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5 Nov 2012
Scientific Data Fraud is Destroying Science.
I have often lamented the fact there is very little development in Sciences, mainly after Newton.

One of the reasons is the commercialization of Science .Please read my blog on this.

The faking of Scientific Data has grown to such an extent that a website has been on to check if the Data is original.

Next time you find a new Research finds’ please don’t follow that if it relates to Health , Medicine.

http://www.researchgate.net/

http://ramanisblog.in/2012/08/22/now-you-can-view-the-mistakes-of-scientists/

Faked Science Data.

Now it reported that Psychology was rocked recently by stories of academics making up data, sometimes overshadowing whole careers. And it isn’t the only discipline with problems – the current record for fraudulent papers is held by anaesthesiologist Yoshitaka Fujii, with 172 faked articles..

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‘This is happening because the entire way that we go about funding, researching and publishing science is flawed. As Chris Chambers and Petroc Sumner point out, the reasons are numerous and interconnecting:

• Pressure to publish in “high impact” journals, at all research career levels;
• Universities treat successful grant applications as outputs, upon whichcontinued careers depend;
• Statistical analyses are hard, and sometimes researchers get it wrong;
• Journals favour positive results over null findings, even though null findings from a well conducted study are just as informative;
• The way journal articles are assessed is inconsistent and secretive, and allows statistical errors to creep through.’

As I have posted earlier this is due to the Educational system which does not encourage original thought and insists on developing entrenched theories.

http://www.reddit.com/tb/12i6sr

Related:

A detailed review of all 2,047 biomedical and life-science research articles indexed by PubMed as retracted on May 3, 2012 revealed that only 21.3% of retractions were attributable to error. In contrast, 67.4% of retractions were attributable to misconduct, including fraud or suspected fraud (43.4%), duplicate publication (14.2%), and plagiarism (9.8%). Incomplete, uninformative or misleading retraction announcements have led to a previous underestimation of the role of fraud in the ongoing retraction epidemic. The percentage of scientific articles retracted because of fraud has increased ∼10-fold since 1975. Retractions exhibit distinctive temporal and geographic patterns that may reveal underlying causes.

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/09/27/1212247109.abstract
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3 Nov 2012
Your Mobile Phone can predict your movements
Mobile users with fancy handsets beware.

Mobile Phone Nokia

Your phone with a lot of features like GPRS,Direction Finder,Google maps and other apps. may be under scanner .

Your profile including your future movements can be predicted.

You lose your right to privacy when you publicly declare your details.

Story:
- Your future location is calculated using data from your phone
- University of Birmingham team made location predictions of users with an error margin of just 60ft
- If developed, it can be used for personalised marketing, but has been accused of invading privacy
From telling us when our train is coming, helping us when we’re lost and letting us watch our favourite TV shows, there seems no limit to how involved our smartphone is with our day-to-day life.

Now the gadget promises something so advanced it verges on the supernatural: it will know exactly what we’re doing tomorrow.

Scientists have found a way of predicting an individual’s future movements by analysing information their mobile phone.

A team of computer scientists at the University of Birmingham successfully predicted future locations with an error margin of just 60ft, which has fuelled fears of privacy invasions.

While mobile phone networks can already track where a handset is in ‘real time’, the scientists have developed an algorithm – or formula – to forecast our future movements.

They compared data from one individual and their closest social network to predict a person’s future location based on places and areas visited in the past and the frequency of contact between those studied, The Sunday Times reported.

For example, if two individuals who have close contact visit a particular restaurant, it is highly likely that this is where they will be the next time they are both heading towards the area where the restaurant is.

This means that mobile phone providers will be able to predict the future whereabouts of their customers .

The study used mobile phone data from a group of 200 people living in the vicinity of Lausanne in Switzerland.

Dr. Mirco Musolesi, who led the study, said: ‘Information extracted from the usage of a mobile phone is an intriguing source of data about people behaviour.’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2190531/Mobile-phone-companies-predict-future-movements-users-building-profile-lifestyle.html#ixzz245b1zuE0
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20 Aug 2012
Google Tools For Students.
Image via CrunchBase

Use Google Forms, to can email questions and data to others and it will automatically fill in your spreadsheet, making it very easy to collect information.

Revert to an earlier version. If you’re sharing access to a document in Google spreadsheets, you might want to go back to an earlier version before someone made changes. The program makes that simple. Click on File and then revision history to make changes.
1. Chat while editing. Because Google has many integrated features, you can chat with your classmates, research subjects or professors while you chart data.
2. Insert a formula. Formulas can make you life a whole lot easier, allowing you to perform functions on a cell or a group of cells to better organize and analyze your data.
3. Spice it up with gadgets. Why stick with a boring old spreadsheet when you can spice things up with some gadgets? Try out a few to make your data much more visually appealing.
4. Track your finances. If your spreadsheet is related to the stock market, then Google makes things pretty simple by integrating Google Finance with Google Spreadsheets.
5. Google search inside a spreadsheet. Think of a question while you’re working on your spreadsheet? Get answers without ever leaving it with a feature that lets you use Google search right within your document.
6. Color code it. If you want to better organize your data, colors can be a big help. With Google Spreadsheets, it’s simple to color code and highlight just about anything you want. If you want to get fancy, you can have these colors automatically change within a given set of guidelines.
7. Track changes. Whether you’re working with a group or on your own, it can be useful to track your changes as you go. You can see them in a list or receive emails each time a change is made.
- Essential for working with Google Spreadsheets.
- Ctrl+A: Hit these keys and you’ll select all the data in your spreadsheet.
- Ctrl+S: While Google Spreadsheets has an autosave function, you’ll still want to save using this shortcut as well.
1. - Ctrl+W:
  - Ctrl+Shift+S: If you need more than one copy of your spreadsheet, this combination of keys will let you easily make a duplicate.
  - Ctrl+O: To get started with work, use this shortcut to open an existing document.
  - Ctrl+P: Sometimes you just need a hard copy to look at. Hit these keys to print one.
  - Ctrl+N: Start a new project by using this shortcut which brings up a new document.
  - Ctrl+Z: Made a mistake? No problem, simply undo the changes using these keys.
  - Ctrl+Y: Want to undo that undo? Hit control and Y to redo any action again.
  - http://www.onlinecollege.org/2011/05/03/50-fantastic-google-spreadsheet-shortcuts-for-students/
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2. These tools will help you do everything from learning how to finance your education to getting the best deals on the books for your classes.
3. http://www.onlinecollege.org/2009/08/25/100-free-and-essential-web-tools-for-the-college-bound/
4. Mobile Editing.
5. Google has enabled many of the same mobile editing capabilities in Google Docs, for Google Spreadsheets.
  You can now edit Google Spreadsheets in 45 languages on Android, IPhone and IPad devices.
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5 May 2011
Sony PlayStation Network’s 77 Millions Users Information Stolen.
Image via Wikipedia

Sharing information Online is always dangerous.

Paying Online is still more risky.

Preferable one avoids transactions Online as far as possible.

For those who are likely to laugh off this suggestion, people have lived and live with out these risky technologies.

Well, a child needs to be burnt to dread the fire!

“We believe that an unauthorised person has obtained the following information that you provided: name, address (city, state, zip), country, email address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/Qriocity password and login, and handle/PSN online ID,” the alert said….

“If you have provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, out of an abundance of caution we are advising you that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may have been obtained.”..

http://www.news.com.au/technology/gaming/sorry-someones-stolen-your-information-sony-tells-playstation-network-users/story-e6frfrt9-1226045466624

Valued PlayStation Network/Qriocity Customer:

We have discovered that between April 17 and April 19, 2011, certain PlayStation Network and Qriocity service user account information was compromised in connection with an illegal and unauthorized intrusion into our network. In response to this intrusion, we have:
1. Temporarily turned off PlayStation Network and Qriocity services;
2. Engaged an outside, recognized security firm to conduct a full and complete investigation into what happened; and
3. Quickly taken steps to enhance security and strengthen our network infrastructure by re-building our system to provide you with greater protection of your personal information.
We greatly appreciate your patience, understanding and goodwill as we do whatever it takes to resolve these issues as quickly and efficiently as practicable.

Although we are still investigating the details of this incident, we believe that an unauthorized person has obtained the following information that you provided: name, address (city, state, zip), country, email address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/Qriocity password and login, and handle/PSN online ID. It is also possible that your profile data, including purchase history and billing address (city, state, zip), and your PlayStation Network/Qriocity password security answers may have been obtained. If you have authorized a sub-account for your dependent, the same data with respect to your dependent may have been obtained. While there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken, we cannot rule out the possibility. If you have provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, out of an abundance of caution we are advising you that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may have been obtained.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/04/26/update-on-playstation-network-and-qriocity/
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27 Apr 2011