Sheri Myler interviewed by mark antony raines aka ghostman

What inspired you? As a budding cryptozoologist, I have read many stories of mystery animal sightings and ensuing investigations. A recurring theme is the inclusion and importance of eye witness testimony. This is often criticised by those who do not realise that this is merely the starting point of the investigation. However, as a key element in the initiation of research, it is important to consider the reliability witnesses to potentially mysterious sightings. What are your aims? The aim of my dissertation was to consider the first step in this type of investigation and assess the reliability of witness. I limited my research to the British public and their knowledge of British animals. I developed a quiz-style questionnaire to hand out randomly to people, while trying to include a range of people, to avoid bias. The data collection phase is ongoing at this time. Analysis of this data will hopefully provide an answer to how well the British public know what animals are around them. What plans do you have for the future? On completion of this dissertation, and indeed my degree course, I intend to develop further in this line of work. I hope to be able to optimise the process of cryptozoological research, for the betterment of the field as whole as well as myself, when I embark on my own investigations. At this time, I am uncertain as to whether I will go immediately onto a post-graduate degree, or develop my work experience for a year or so first.

EARTH AND OCEAN MARTIAL ARTS A ARTICLE

smalllogo.jpg INSTRUCTORS of Cheng Ba Gua Zhang Mr. Alex Gallifent students/alexgallifent.jpg I began my Tai Chi practice in 2004 studying under Lindsay Jenkins of the Cotton hands Tai Chi school. I studied under Lindsay on a weekly basis for 3 years learning the Peking 24 step form, the Shi Ba Shi qigong set, the eight silk brocade qigong set and the Zhuan Zhuang standing postures. During this 3 year period I also studied Long fist Kung fu from Matt Williams of the ancestral mountains kung fu school (now learnkungfu.org) on a twice weekly basis reaching Orange belt. I then moved to Devon in 2007 and continued my Tai chi practice under Tim Prescott of Tien Tien Tai Chi Chuan. From him I learned the simplified 24 step Tai chi form, the 42 step competition form and the 38 step Sun style Tai chi form. I studied with Tim on a weekly basis for about 2-3 years. From 2007 to the present I have been studying Cheng style Baguazhang from Andy Coles of Earth and Ocean martial arts on a twice weekly basis. From him I have learned the eight main energy postures of the Cheng system as well as the eight main palm changes. I have also been taught the swimming dragon form, the Bagua sword form and the Deer horn blades form. I have been complimenting this practice with the home study of the Bruce Frantzis Bagua mastery program. I have also learned the Xing Yi Quan (Shanxi style) 5 element fist form from Andy Coles. In March 2010 I attended a week long intensive Tai Chi training event in Brighton where I learned internal components of Tai Chi from Bruce Frantzis of Energy Arts. In 2010/2011 I studied the Cheng Man Ching short form under Ranald Macdonald. In 2011 I attended and passed a Sun style level two instructor training course under Faye Yip of Deyin Tai Chi Chuan. This course qualifies me to teach the 38 step Sun style Tai Chi form. At the same time I started an 18 month Tai Chi instructor course with Tai Chi nation, which I passed with a distinction. The course qualifies me to teach the 24 step compact Tai Chi form, the Shi Ba Shi qigong set and Daoyin practices. I have also studied Dragon and Tiger Qigong with Mike Turner of Better Health Tai Chi. As well as the above I also practice the 88 step Yang Tai Chi Form, the Marriage of Heaven and Earth Chi Kung, the Wu style Tai Chi short form and Taoist and Zen meditation. 2013 April, being granted recognition and certified by Mr.Andy Coles to be an instructor of Cheng Ba Gua Zhang. INSTRUCTORS of Earth Ocean Martial Arts Mr. Wayne Ley students/wayneley.jpg In 1987 I remember watching a martial arts film one night when I was just 9 years old, and I said to my mum & dad, I want to do that! So I went along to the Barnstaple Leisure centre and joined up with Mr. Peter Hill learning Wado Ryu karate, I managed to get my 'Yellow belt' in 1988. When I turned 11 years old I trained in a Kung Fu style called Lau Gar with Mr. Chef Prince. I studied with him for 3 years. In 1996 I started Freestyle Tae Kwon Do gaining my Black Belt in 2001. In May 2001 I then started training with Andy Coles in what became Earth Ocean Martial Arts and have been their ever since. I've also completed a Basic body guard course, held a SIA licence in security, I am First Aid trained, and have an up to date CRB enhanced disclosure certificate (DBS). April 2013, I was certified by Mr.Andy Coles to be an instructor of Earth Ocean Martial Arts. June 2013, 1st Dan Black Belt of Earth Ocean Martial arts. Assistant Instructors of Earth Ocean Martial Arts Mr. Laurence Sellors students/laurencesellors.jpg I began my martial arts training at the age of 12, studying and practising Kyokushin kai Karate for 3 years, which acted as a good foundation for training that I undertook later. In 1993 I began training in Practical Wudang Tai Chi Chuan in London under Dave Durrant and Norman Jones, both early students of Sifu Dan Doherty. Over the next 6 years I attended many workshops with Sifu Dan Doherty and competed in Tui Shou competition, winning the British Open Tai Chi Championships for my weight in 1995 and coming runner up the following year. In 1996 I began teaching Practical Tai Chi Chuan. I moved to Australia in 1997 and continued to train with a Wudang Tai Chi Chuan club in Melbourne. In 1998 I began training in a style of Kung Fu called Po Ket under Dr Peter Lewis, which is a striped down derivative of Choy Ley Fut Kung Fu, that literally translates as Full Contact. I trained and competed in full contact open style, open weight (at 65 kg), Coming 3rd in the Victorian ISKA state titles. During my study of Tai chi I also became very interested in the practise of Chi Kung, Nei Kung and meditation, and I studied and learnt from both my Tai chi teachers and Tibetan Lamas residing in Melbourne, which I maintained during any periods whilst not formally training with a club. Also during this period I also worked as a fitness instructor and personal trainer in gyms in Berkshire, London and Melbourne over a 10 year period, I returned to the UK in 2001 and did not train with a club until I began training in Hung Gar Kung Fu for 2 years in Barnstaple. In Jan 2012 I began training with Mr Andy Coles in both Earth Ocean Martial Arts, Cheng BaGuaZhang and Shan Xi style Xing Yi Quan. 2013 July, being granted recognition and certified by Mr.Andy Coles to be an assistant instructor of Earth Ocean Martial Arts Mr. Mark Williams students/markwilliams.JPG From a young age (8) I've always had a big interest in martial arts, ever since watching my first martial arts movie in 1984 'the karate kid' This led me to begin researching and reading various books on the subject. I have been involved in many different styles for the last 17 years. The following are some that I have studied and grades achieved if available: 1985-1987 Karate (yellow belt) 1989-1991 Judo (Orange belt 2 tags) 1998-1999 Jiu Jitsu (just training) 1993-2003 Kick boxing (just training) 2003-2005 Tae Kwon do (Yellow belt) 2005-2008 Freestyle Martial Arts (going for Brown) 2011 to present Earth Ocean Martial Arts (3rd Kyu Brown belt) I also have a basic first Aid Certificate 2013 July, being granted recognition and certified by Mr.Andy Coles to be an assistan-t instructor of Earth Ocean Martial Arts-http://www.chengbaguazhang.com/index.htm-https://www.facebook.com/groups/74765733936/?fref=ts-

Ghostly presence' created in lab

Feelings of a ghostly presence - the sense that someone is close-by when no-one is there - lie in the mind, a study has concluded. Scientists say that they have identified the parts of the brain that are responsible for generating these spooky sensations. They have also created an experiment that makes some people feel like there is a ghost nearby. The research is published in the journal Current Biology. There are many tales of the paranormal, but an often-reported phenomenon is that of the invisible apparition. Dr Giulio Rognini, from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), says: "The sensation is very vivid. They feel somebody but they cannot see it. It is always a felt presence." He said it was common in those who experience extreme conditions, such as mountaineers and explorers, and people with some neurological conditions, among others. "What is astonishing is that they frequently report that the movements they are doing or the posture they are assuming at that specific moment is replicated by the presence. So if the patient is sitting, they feel the presence is sitting. If they are standing, the presence is standing, and so on," he explained.READ MORE-http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29939672

Dorothy Davies interviewed by mark antony raines aka ghostman

What inspired me... I have written stories since I could write, but the trigger came through copies of Astounding and Fantasy and Science Fiction magazines, given to me by an uncle. SF in all its glory took over and sparked my already fertile imagination. From then it was headfirst into Ray Bradbury's worlds ... and there was no stopping me! I wrote tons of fan fiction until about 1980 when it got serious and I began writing professionally. I haven't stopped since. I took a copy editing course and began working long distance for a small independent publisher. Within a year I was working at their premises and five years later I took over as editor. So... a long time editing too. Now I edit horror anthologies for Thirteen O'clock Press, released through Horrified Press, also independent (prefer it that way!) and write my horror stories and books for them. Spiritually I have always been drawn to that side of life, I recall reading books on opening the third eye in my early teens. But the awakening only came when I finally broke away from a long confining marriage and came to live on what is officially the Isle of Wight -old name Isle of Spirits. My mediumship developed from the time I arrived here. My aims, to help as many as I can, either writing or spiritually. Around my writing I do tarot and stone readings - these can be booked through www.chooseapsychic.com I work full time in a shop selling curios and other items and have a wonderful time keeping the shop floor looking inviting and clean and re-arranging the window displays to suit the seasons and the festivals. The Festival of Remembrance is close and there will be a full War Remembrance window in place by Monday afternoon, complete with poppies. Plans for the future, to live as long as possible, looking at being 100, and getting as much out of life as I can during that time! Thanks for asking me!!

vicki zell an article

Hello Ghostman Raines and thank you. If you get a moment come by and see me... Take a look. http://vlzbooks.weebly.com/ I am adding author’s Amazon sites to one of my pages on my site. That way, it gives authors, as well as viewers of my site, more of a selected chance to view author pages at Amazon. Just thought it would be a way to help authors get another foot hold on readers. I believe as a writer we should help each other to gain an audience. After all, that is why we write. Have a most splendid day. VLZ.I've lived all around upstate New York. Syracuse and Rochester and Henrietta and Toronto Canada and London Canada and Tampa Florida and Oldsmar Florida and New Port Richey Florida Savannah and Montezuma Port Byron and South Butler. Of all those places, there never was a place better than home, and home is where the heart is. Some of those places I left my heart, but as for the others, they were just a passing in time, where I learned new things, met a lot of people of a lot of races and discovered we all have one thing in common; we are all human beings on this round ball in the vast universe of space who are all trying to make their way. Never judge a person until you have walked in their shoes. That is a true statement.Publications Identity Crisis(Link) pagepublishing May 13, 2014 Mystery/thriller/suspense/whodunit with a twisted ending.

http://www.carolemann.com/

 Book The Spirit of Things II: Here We Go Again “By opening your inner being to enhance your intuitive energies, you will have the opportunity to become more aware of Spirit. A conscious interaction with your energy can help validate and communicate with your Spirit Guides. It will “open that door” and give you that much-needed nudge to allow a clearer awareness of who you are. I should know, because my Spirit Guides have again given me the guidance I needed to be able to write this second book.” - Carole Mann

https://www.samaritansradar.org/#activate

This app may help someone you know so please share-The Samaritans charity has launched a new app which will notify Twitter users if people they follow on the site appear to be suicidal. Samaritans Radar uses an algorithm to identify key words and phrases which indicate distress. They include "tired of being alone", "hate myself", "depressed", "help me" and "need someone to talk to." Users who have signed up for the scheme will receive an email alert if someone they follow tweets these statements. The app asks whether the tweets are cause for concern. However it does not yet identify sarcasm, according to the website. The charity says it will not get involved directly unless requested. 'not private' Joe Ferns, executive director of policy, research and development at Samaritans, told the BBC the app was not designed to be a furtive tracking tool. "Radar is only picking up tweets that are public, giving you an opportunity to see tweets that you would have seen anyway," he said. "But imagine that a friend had posted something in the early hours of the morning, you're on the way to work or college and your Twitter feed is full of messages that are arguably less important - Samaritans Radar gives you the opportunity to see that tweet again and have it highlighted to you. "It's not looking over your shoulder, it's not looking anything that's private, it's just giving you the opportunity to see something and act on it." Samaritans Radar was created by digital agency Jam and uses Twitter's API. It is primarily aimed at 18-35 year olds. "They are 'digital natives' - growing up using new technology and the first generation to grow up with computers in their home," said Patricia Cartes, global head of trust and safety outreach at Twitter. "They are the most active age group across social platforms and spend an average of just over three hours daily on social networks." Jump media playerMedia player helpOut of media player. Press enter to return or tab to continue. WATCH: Emma suffered from undiagnosed depression as a teenager Samaritans said it was looking at extending the service to other social media networks in the future. line Analysis: Rory Cellan-Jones, technology correspondent Samaritans Radar is aimed in particular at a generation which lives its life online - and sometimes finds it easier to express its deepest hopes and fears in a tweet rather than face to face. The app has some smart technology which will learn from its users to distinguish phrases that are really indicative of suicidal tendencies. Samaritans is aware that there may be a "creepy" factor, with users worried that someone is looking over their shoulder as they and their friends tweet. But the charity says it needs to be where people are in the modern digital world - and it believes helping people help each other could save lives."