What inspired you?
People who never give up inspire me. If you have an ambition, you should
never give up until you've achieved it. And I am inspired by
originality. If you do something original and fail, it's better than
doing something that's just the same as everyone else and succeeding. I
am a writer and aikido teacher. I am inspired by writers who are unique -
whose works cannot be mistaken for someone else's. Favourite writers
include: P G Wodehouse, Thomas Hardy, John Rechy and Philip K Dick. As
an aikido teacher, I am inspired by people who slog away year after
year, no matter how hard it seems or how slow their progress. The secret
is to never give up.
What plans do you have for the future?
Later in the year I will be teaching a special seminar (with another
teacher) to introduce more people to aikido. See my blog to keep up to
date with the latest news: http://hartlandaikido.blogspot.co.uk/
Apart from that, my main plans are to do more fiction writing. I've
spent most of my adult life writing for magazines . From now on, I want
to write stories and novels.
What are your aims?
As a writer, I just keep on writing. I am currently working on a novel
set in the Victorian period. This is something new for me. Researching
the 19th Century is interesting and fun. As an aikido teacher, I want to
teach more people the power, joy and elegance of this wonderful martial
art: http://hartlandaikido.blogspot.co.uk/
Sunday, 9 March 2014
Planet X,’ The Mysterious Planet Beyond Pluto, Is Nowhere To Be Found In NASA’s WISE Survey
Those hoping to replace Pluto with a new planet may be
disappointed with news about the hypothetical “Planet X.” The gas giant
looming in the outer reaches of our solar system was nowhere to be found
as NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer observed millions of
objects but no sign of Planet X.
According to NASA, new analysis of the WISE data didn't turn up any evidence of Planet X. The research, published in the Astrophysical Journal,
was unable to observe a Saturn-size planet, or larger, 10,000
astronomical units away and no Jupiter-size planet, or larger, 26,000
au. An astronomical unit is the distance between the earth and the sun,
93 million miles.Planet X, or Tyche, is a hypothetical gas giant, up to four times larger than Jupiter, that could be found in the Oort Cloud and affecting the orbits of comets. Two University of Louisana at Lafayette physics professors, John Matese and Daniel Whitmire, are credited as the researchers behind the theoretical planet. When news of their research began getting plenty of mainstream attention in 2011, it was met with plenty of doubt.read more
Stonehenge 'may have been giant musical instrument'
Stonehenge may have been used as a giant musical instrument, according to a study.
Researchers from the Royal College of Art discovered that the central Blue Stones, which originated in South Wales, had musical tones when struck.
The theory could explain why the stones were arranged in a circle - so the sound would resonate.
Paul Devereux, who part led the study, told BBC Radio 5 live's Drive: "We do know such rocks were deemed very important in other parts of the ancient world.read more
Researchers from the Royal College of Art discovered that the central Blue Stones, which originated in South Wales, had musical tones when struck.
The theory could explain why the stones were arranged in a circle - so the sound would resonate.
Paul Devereux, who part led the study, told BBC Radio 5 live's Drive: "We do know such rocks were deemed very important in other parts of the ancient world.read more
Saturday, 8 March 2014
JESSICA TAYLOR: interviewed by Mark Antony Raines
Well the work that Jon does
inspired me as I have a very strong love of animals (all species) and
having this experience with Jon has helped me get into college and
further work placements. It also gave me a much wider knowledge of
animals as I've learnt about different species
NEW DINOSAUR SPECIES
Torvosaurus gurneyi, the name of a new dinosauar spiecies believed to have been the largest land predator in europe discovered.LIVED 150 MILLION YEARS AGO,33FT LONG WEIGHT 5 TONS,4IN TEETH.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26452266
MONKEYS-NOT A PET -ANIMAL WELLFARE REPORT.
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SUNFISH -MORA MORA -X-RAY HELPS TO DIS PLAY
A rare sunfish caught in 1877 in ex estuary waas x-rayed at the royal devon and exeter hospital,devon.This was due to a large piece of wire inserted and the royal alert mermorial muesuem and art gallery,exeter in order to conserve the specimen.When the wire was found it can be carefully be removed at r.a.mm.The sunfifh -mora mora-is found in tropical and temperate oceans and in 1877 very rare although the species can be found off south west coast posibly due to climate change.
EMILY TAYLOR: interviewed by Mark Antony Raines
I've always enjoyed
learning about, and love animals.
Since Jon and the crew are involved in all of that, I wanted to help out in some way. I helped with the making of Jon's film about wild big cats around the countryside as well as helping him with other little bits of voice overs et.
I've already moved on and got a job, but learning what I did has always been useful. What I continue to learn from my visits to the CFZ I am sure will always be useful and interesting.
To be honest I haven't really thought about my plans for the future I tend to take each day or week as it comes. It all depends on what life leads me too.
Since Jon and the crew are involved in all of that, I wanted to help out in some way. I helped with the making of Jon's film about wild big cats around the countryside as well as helping him with other little bits of voice overs et.
I've already moved on and got a job, but learning what I did has always been useful. What I continue to learn from my visits to the CFZ I am sure will always be useful and interesting.
To be honest I haven't really thought about my plans for the future I tend to take each day or week as it comes. It all depends on what life leads me too.
Wednesday, 5 March 2014
CARL MARSHALL: interviewed by Mark Antony Raines
I would have to say the biggest inspiration to me is my father, as it
is he who first inspired me as a child to develop an interest in the
animal kingdom - my father was a Taxidermist for 50 years and is a
brilliant naturalist, and even as an adult he consistently
amazes me with what he knows, often informing me of something I was
previously unaware of - usually something ornithogical. As for my interest in Cryptozoology I would have to say it was
reading the works of Bernard Heuvelmans, Karl Shuker and then later, Jonathan Downes.
My long term aims are to continue working in zoology at Stratford upon Avon Butterfly Farm and
to continue my travels searching for species of interest, and to seek
out and document any cryptozoological reports along the way.
After my next Borneo expedition in November - investigating
claims of 10 metre+ reticulated pythons, I will be seriously considering
trips to both Sumatra - mainly in search of its "forgotten Ape", the
orang pendek -and to Tazmania for any credible evidence
of surviving thylacines.
Sunday, 2 March 2014
HOW IS GHOSTMANRAINES?
Why such a stupid name as ghostmanraines well is due to the fact that people treat you as aghost by pretending not to see you.Also if you look carefully at my facebook personna ghostmanraines you will see mar in it which kis my real name mark antony raines-mum like richard burton in cleoparta-anyway at least it makes you amile and think who is this idiot,that being me,plus if you meet me you maybe taken aback due to my tattooos,earrings and a crutch which makes you stand out a bit ,thats the end of this post as i can be boring you to sleep by now.
ANTI -ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS REPORT
Saturday, 1 March 2014
MYSTERY DISEASE KILLS DOGS
If you a dog owner please read this post about a mystery illness tahat at least 19 dogs have suffered agonising deaths whithin 2-5 days of contracting disease.What to lok for -unexplained cuts,ulcers,bruising ,blisters usually on the leg,between the toes,or on the head.Vomiting,los of apperetite,mucus,blood,acting depressed,cold limbs,runny nose,signs of kidney failure.the beast advive is to visit a vet immediately if woried.
DONKEYS SAVED
WELFARE CHARITY-THE DONKEY SANCTUARY had to rescue 13 donkeys.A mare and foal and a group of stallions all underweight and in atrocious conditions their now reside in the sanctuary.please support.
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