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Yachting Monthly 0shares Tributes have been paid to sailor, journalist and sailing instructor John Goode, who has died after a short illness John Goode was renowned for his plain language teaching methods, particularly in navigation and pilotage. Credit: John Goode Credit: John Goode John Goode, who helped train thousands of sailors through his Southern Sailing School and enlightened many more through his books and articles on seamanship and pilotage, has died aged 7...

Former Deputy Editor Dick Everitt pays tribute to a long-time contributor and friend to PBO

by: Wes Mills, Inside INdiana Business Posted: May 14, 2021 / 01:28 PM EST BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (Inside INdiana Business) — A Monroe County manufacturer that produces parts for the biggest names in the aerospace, aviation, and defense industries says it is broadening its scope. As part of the effort, Bloomington-based MSP Aviation is rebranding to MSP Manufacturing. The company says the change better reflects its expertise and capabilities. MSP says it now operates seven divisions, serving avia...

The Progressive Era lasted from the 1890s to the 1920s and was marked by efforts to root out governmental corruption and waste, and to protect the rights of women, children, and the working-class. Not all progressive reforms were strictly democratic, however. For instance, reformers sought efficiency in government by emphasizing the roles of experts and specialists over elected officials and common citizens. In Virginia, progressives attempted to make experts, or “virtuous” voters, out of t...

Over the years (decades, in fact) there have been claims to the effect that more than a few people in the UFO field have been murdered for what they knew. We’re talking about those who allegedly got too close to “the truth,” and who just had to be exterminated by the likes of the Men in Black and hired assassins. There’s no doubt this is one of the most controversial angles of Ufology. For that reason, it’s a topic that should be examined carefully. Very carefully. Today, I’m going...

A special election in January 1861 allowed Virginia voters the opportunity to pick delegates to the convention. To the dismay of secessionists in Virginia and across the South, of the 152 delegates they elected, a solid majority were Unionist. Desire to leave the Union had never been as strong in the Upper South, and some Unionists speculated that Virginia’s example might even draw the wayward Deep South back into the United States. When the convention met on February 13 in the Mechanics Inst...

What should you do if you're at sea and lightning strikes? Ben Sutcliffe-Davies has some advice

The Expanding Case for the UFO. Certainly, The Case for the UFO was the most controversial of the three. His book was a detailed study of the theoretical power-sources for UFOs: what was it that made them fly? How could they perform such incredible, aerial feats, such as coming to a complete stop in the skies, hovering at incredible heights? Jessup believed that the vitally important answers lay in the domain of gravity. Or, as he saw it: anti-gravity. Jessup may well have been onto something,...

POMPANO BEACH — Gov. Ron DeSantis stood by the side of an 88-year-old former Missouri school teacher and watched her become one of the first seniors in a long-term care facility in the country to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.  But before Vera Leip was inoculated by a state strike team, DeSantis expressed concerns about the shifting availability of the Pfizer vaccine and criticized Walgreens and CVS for their slow start in getting to other nursing homes and assisted living facilities.  Aft...

0 whatever we had was monitored. if we got a newspaper, pieces were clipped out of it that were pertinent. tv was monitored on what we could watch. >> did you gather any information of any racial animosity or racial profiling in this case. >> no. i didnt see any evidence that was presented in court that there was racial profiling. he justified trayvon martin was a suspicious guy and i dont see anything in there related to race. >> one interview in this case was my interview with george zimmerman...