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Deberg_1990 · 03-20-2012, 07:04 AM

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The State Department plans to join a new effort to find the plane of pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart, 75 years after she mysteriously disappeared over the South Pacific.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will take part in a ceremony Tuesday morning announcing the joint public-private search at the State Department, The Wall Street Journal reports. The event, "Amelia Earhart, a Pacific Legacy," which is pitched as a celebration of the U.S.'s pan-Pacific ties, will be streamed live at 9 a.m. on the State Department's website, a spokesman for the agency said.

Earhart's twin-engine Lockheed vanished July 2, 1937, as she and her navigator, Fred Noonan, left New Guinea (now Papua New Guinea) on their way to Howland Island in the South Pacific as part of an attempt to circle the Earth.

The search will center on the Nikumaroro Islands in the South Pacific.
The half-million-dollar search, financed with private funds, will begin in July. The key area is the Pacific atoll of Nikumaroro between Hawaii and Australia, The Journal reports:

A search team will concentrate on the deep waters near Nikumaroro, which was the site of a 2010 search that focused on coral reefs and nearby shallow waters, these people said.

The search will be spearheaded again by the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery, which has championed the theory that the renowned female aviator and Fred Noonan, the other crew member on the July 1937 flight, ended up on or near the west coast of the island, formerly called Gardner Island.

patteeu · 03-21-2012, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Donger

Sure. When men masturbate/ejaculate, they apparently make a face like a politically-incorrect caricature of a Japanese person.

Therefore, this song is about masturbation and the goofy faces one makes while masturbating.

The VH1 program True Spin called that a myth and band members seemed to verify that. Jump to 2:21 if you don't want to watch the whole video:

P.S. There are some pretty good euphemisms in that video.

crazycoffey · 03-21-2012, 05:54 PM

I just watched it, the vapors denied it meant masturbation, the only thing true spin did was verify it was a rumor or a myth. Even at the end, spin says "to all you that think it's about punching the hog" or whatever "it isn't, it's a love song"

**Donger** · 03-21-2012, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by patteeu

The VH1 program True Spin called that a myth and band members seemed to verify that. Jump to 2:21 if you don't want to watch the whole video:

P.S. There are some pretty good euphemisms in that video.

I don't believe the scrawny, little English ****. It's about pulling the plonker.

patteeu · 03-21-2012, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by CrazyCoffey

I just watched it, the vapors denied it meant masturbation, the only thing true spin did was verify it was a rumor or a myth. Even at the end, spin says "to all you that think it's about punching the hog" or whatever "it isn't, it's a love song"

It sure would have made for a better story if they would have just gone with the masturbation explanation. I liked "hand to gland combat".

DTLB58 · 03-21-2012, 07:06 PM

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better late than never

Except for her of course.

**bevischief** · 03-22-2012, 07:21 AM

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Investigators say they've found key clue to fate of Amelia Earhart

Investigators think they've uncovered a key clue that will lead them to solve the mystery of what happened to legendary aviator Amelia Earhart, who disappeared on a trans-Pacific flight 75 years ago.

Ric Gillespie, executive director of The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR), said a new enhanced analysis of a photo taken on the Pacific atoll of Nikumaroro, formerly Gardner Island, three months after Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared, may show the landing gear of her Lockheed Electra protruding from a reef.

“We found some really fascinating and compelling evidence," Gillespie said at a news conference in Washington on Tuesday.

“Finding the airplane would be the thing that would make it conclusive,” he said.

Gillespie said the photo was taken by a British survey team in October 1937 and had been seen by Earhart researchers many times. But investigators took a new look at it in 2010 and, when their suspicions were triggered, had the photo checked by U.S. State Department experts. In a blind review, they determined the component in the picture is the landing gear of a Lockheed Electra.

"This is where the airplane went into the drink," Gillespie said.
On July 2, 75 years to the day after Earhart was last heard from, Gillespie will depart Honolulu on a University of Hawaii research vessel to try to find that plane in the deep waters off a flat reef on Nikumaroro.

The privately funded effort will use robotic submarines from Phoenix International, the U.S. Navy's primary contractor for deep ocean search and recovery, to comb the area. The Discovery Channel will film the exploration for a TV presentation, Gillespie said.

Gillespie acknowledged there would be skeptics after his 23 years of searching for Earhart had yet to yield an answer.

“There are some very smart people who think we’re wrong about this, but there are some very smart people who think we’re right about this,” he said.

One Gillespie supporter is Robert Ballard, the explorer who found the Titanic and other deep sea wrecks, who called himself "a ringer" brought in to vet Gillespie's case.

Ballard said he had rejected offers to look for Earhart's plane, thinking the task too difficult.

“If you ever wanted a case of finding a needle in a haystack, this is at the top of the list in deep sea exploration,” he said at the Washington press conference.

Ballard said he did a strict analysis of Gillespie's research and signed off on the science.

"Every time he passed the test," Ballard said. "Clearly the smoking gun was the analysis of that enhanced image."

Earhart and Noonan disappeared while on a flight from New Guinea to Howland Island that summer of 1937. The flat reef off Gardner Island, 300 miles off their course, had been a suspected landing spot. But those suspicions were largely based on speculation.

At Tuesday's press conference, Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell called the disappearance of Earhart "the last great unsolved mystery of the 20th century."

If the mystery is solved this summer, Earhart's aviation trailblazing will have played a part, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood said.

"In no small part because of Amelia Earhart our world is smaller," LaHood said. "This very voyage to recover her remains in some ways is doable because of Earhart herself."

“We take a special measure of pride in an expedition that is as enterprising and inspiring as the woman with which it will unite us,” he said.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton saluted Earhart's memory, too.

“Her legacy resonates today for anyone girls and boys who dreams about the stars,” Clinton said. “She gave people hope and she inspired them to dream bigger and bolder.”

**loochy** · 03-22-2012, 08:09 AM

Earhart is probably nowhere near where they think she should be. She was a woman after all, so she probably had no clue of how to read a map or follow directions. She probably crashed somewhere in the North Atlantic.

**buddha** · 03-22-2012, 08:18 AM

BTW, just because private money is being used, doesn't mean it's not costing US money. I read the phrase, "public-private", which means it is costing us tax dollars. No other way to spin it. If it leads to some kind of definitive discovery, it is probably worth it. If it's more bread and circuses to distract us from other things, then not.

lcarus · 03-22-2012, 08:42 AM

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So it appears that most of her remains may have been taken away from the scene and buried in underground crab tunnels by Coconut Crabs (hence the fact that researchers have only located a few bones).

This is a coconut crab:

http://www.magazine13.com/giant-coconut-crab/

Mother of God. If she offed herself, it's small wonder why...

That looks like good eatin to me. Especially if I was deserted on an island. HIT IT WITH A ROCK QUICK! FOOD!

**RockChalk** · 03-22-2012, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by buddha

If it's more bread and circuses to distract us from other things, then not.

I'm not really sure how the search for Amelia would distract us from other American/Worldwide problems.

J.Doe #1: Hey, did you hear the economy has collapsed and Iran is planning to attack?

J.Doe #2: No, I've been too wrapped into this Amelia Earhart search mission. It's been my entire focus for months

Otter · 03-22-2012, 08:57 AM

It would be awesome if they found the Hindenburg Baby in her lap.

**loochy** · 03-22-2012, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Otter

It would be awesome if they found the Hindenburg Baby in her lap.

lol wut?

**buddha** · 03-22-2012, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by RockChalk

I'm not really sure how the search for Amelia would distract us from other American/Worldwide problems.

J.Doe #1: Hey, did you hear the economy has collapsed and Iran is planning to attack?

J.Doe #2: No, I've been too wrapped into this Amelia Earhart search mission. It's been my entire focus for months

Given the ass clowns that we have in Washington, it wouldn't surprise me that it has been part of their discussions. And RC, it doesn't have to be just one thing distracting the unwashed masses. Just anything to eat a few days is gold.

Frazod · 03-22-2012, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Otter

It would be awesome if they found the Hindenburg Baby in her lap.

Or pieces of the Lindbergh blimp.

**mikeyis4dcats.** · 03-22-2012, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by frazod

Or pieces of the Lindbergh blimp.

the Lindenburgh was a ZEPPELIN dummy!

03-20-2012, 07:04 AM
Deberg_1990 In Search of a Life Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: San Antonio Tx. Casino cash: $3624454	US to search again for Amelia Earhart's plane http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/20...earharts-plane The State Department plans to join a new effort to find the plane of pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart, 75 years after she mysteriously disappeared over the South Pacific. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will take part in a ceremony Tuesday morning announcing the joint public-private search at the State Department, The Wall Street Journal reports. The event, "Amelia Earhart, a Pacific Legacy," which is pitched as a celebration of the U.S.'s pan-Pacific ties, will be streamed live at 9 a.m. on the State Department's website, a spokesman for the agency said. Earhart's twin-engine Lockheed vanished July 2, 1937, as she and her navigator, Fred Noonan, left New Guinea (now Papua New Guinea) on their way to Howland Island in the South Pacific as part of an attempt to circle the Earth. The search will center on the Nikumaroro Islands in the South Pacific. The half-million-dollar search, financed with private funds, will begin in July. The key area is the Pacific atoll of Nikumaroro between Hawaii and Australia, The Journal reports: A search team will concentrate on the deep waters near Nikumaroro, which was the site of a 2010 search that focused on coral reefs and nearby shallow waters, these people said. The search will be spearheaded again by the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery, which has championed the theory that the renowned female aviator and Fred Noonan, the other crew member on the July 1937 flight, ended up on or near the west coast of the island, formerly called Gardner Island.
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03-22-2012, 07:21 AM	#66
bevischief .... Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Somewhere Kansas Casino cash: $8659352 VARSITY	http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/20...rt/?hpt=hp_bn2 10:50 AM ET Share Comments (565 comments) Permalink Tweet Investigators say they've found key clue to fate of Amelia Earhart Investigators think they've uncovered a key clue that will lead them to solve the mystery of what happened to legendary aviator Amelia Earhart, who disappeared on a trans-Pacific flight 75 years ago. Ric Gillespie, executive director of The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR), said a new enhanced analysis of a photo taken on the Pacific atoll of Nikumaroro, formerly Gardner Island, three months after Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared, may show the landing gear of her Lockheed Electra protruding from a reef. “We found some really fascinating and compelling evidence," Gillespie said at a news conference in Washington on Tuesday. “Finding the airplane would be the thing that would make it conclusive,” he said. Gillespie said the photo was taken by a British survey team in October 1937 and had been seen by Earhart researchers many times. But investigators took a new look at it in 2010 and, when their suspicions were triggered, had the photo checked by U.S. State Department experts. In a blind review, they determined the component in the picture is the landing gear of a Lockheed Electra. "This is where the airplane went into the drink," Gillespie said. On July 2, 75 years to the day after Earhart was last heard from, Gillespie will depart Honolulu on a University of Hawaii research vessel to try to find that plane in the deep waters off a flat reef on Nikumaroro. The privately funded effort will use robotic submarines from Phoenix International, the U.S. Navy's primary contractor for deep ocean search and recovery, to comb the area. The Discovery Channel will film the exploration for a TV presentation, Gillespie said. Gillespie acknowledged there would be skeptics after his 23 years of searching for Earhart had yet to yield an answer. “There are some very smart people who think we’re wrong about this, but there are some very smart people who think we’re right about this,” he said. One Gillespie supporter is Robert Ballard, the explorer who found the Titanic and other deep sea wrecks, who called himself "a ringer" brought in to vet Gillespie's case. Ballard said he had rejected offers to look for Earhart's plane, thinking the task too difficult. “If you ever wanted a case of finding a needle in a haystack, this is at the top of the list in deep sea exploration,” he said at the Washington press conference. Ballard said he did a strict analysis of Gillespie's research and signed off on the science. "Every time he passed the test," Ballard said. "Clearly the smoking gun was the analysis of that enhanced image." Earhart and Noonan disappeared while on a flight from New Guinea to Howland Island that summer of 1937. The flat reef off Gardner Island, 300 miles off their course, had been a suspected landing spot. But those suspicions were largely based on speculation. At Tuesday's press conference, Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell called the disappearance of Earhart "the last great unsolved mystery of the 20th century." If the mystery is solved this summer, Earhart's aviation trailblazing will have played a part, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood said. "In no small part because of Amelia Earhart our world is smaller," LaHood said. "This very voyage to recover her remains in some ways is doable because of Earhart herself." “We take a special measure of pride in an expedition that is as enterprising and inspiring as the woman with which it will unite us,” he said. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton saluted Earhart's memory, too. “Her legacy resonates today for anyone girls and boys who dreams about the stars,” Clinton said. “She gave people hope and she inspired them to dream bigger and bolder.”
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03-22-2012, 08:09 AM	#67
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03-22-2012, 08:18 AM	#68
buddha You may think you know... Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: California Casino cash: $10006184	BTW, just because private money is being used, doesn't mean it's not costing US money. I read the phrase, "public-private", which means it is costing us tax dollars. No other way to spin it. If it leads to some kind of definitive discovery, it is probably worth it. If it's more bread and circuses to distract us from other things, then not.
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