Mysterious ‘horned’ sea monster washes ashore in Spain

Remains of odd, unidentified creature stretches 13 feet, leaves officials baffled; Loch Ness, water dinosaur, sea dragon are among absurd guesses

August 21, 2013 by David Strege

A mysterious sea creature featuring what appear to be horns on its head was discovered in the advanced stages of decomposition along the shoreline of Luis Siret Beach in Villaricos, Spain, on Thursday.

A woman first discovered the head and then found the body farther down the beach, according toThinkSpain.com. The entire carcass with the head stretched 13 feet.

“A lady found one part and we helped her retrieve the rest,” said Maria Sanches of Civil Protection in Cuevas. “We have no idea what it was. It really stank.”

The find caused widespread speculation as to what it could be, some humorously suggesting it was a link to the Loch Ness Monster or was some sort of sea dragon or water dinosaur. Others surmised it was a mutant fish or some sort of shark species. The best guess here is an oarfish.

“It’s hard to know what we’re dealing with,” A PROMAR (Programa en Defensa de la Fauna Marina-Sea Life Defense Program) spokesman Paco Toledano told Ideal.es Ameria, according to Inexplicata. “It’s very decomposed and we cannot identify what it is.

“Perhaps we could learn something more from the bones, but to be precise, it would be necessary to perform a genetic analysis, which is very expensive and who would pay for it?

“Anyway, we have submitted the information to colleagues with more experience and knowledge to see if they can tell us something more specific.”

Toledano did shed some light on the horns of the sea creature, however. He said they are actually bones that have fallen out of place.

“It’s not a longhorn cowfish, that’s for sure,” he joked.

Photos from Ideal.es Ameria Facebook page. 

Interview with Sedat Canbaz: Computer Chess World

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Friday, July 6, 2007 06:08 M. Wealth Culture

For many of you know, but does not recognize Canbaz'ı Sadat Dear friends, I hope that this interview will handle. I conducted an interview with me to get the right cut and welcome him. www.sedatchess.comaddress are engines as a reference to the world accepted this chess tournament organizer and announced the name of her lover, let's see what konuşmuşuz Rating Listiyle.

M.Servet Culture: First, thanks for the interview, Mr. tumblers do not convert back to my request. I have followed your work closely. Connected to each other, so that today it is chess and programs, account of high start dating. Sedat Canbaz: Chess six years old when I started with the help of my father's request, and. Desire to play against chess programs in 1997/98 substantial rebuilding was born. I first met and played chess program Fritz, Chessmaster, Arasan formed from such programs. This powerful against programs was being defeated in almost all the games and never won these programs is the best one day I will see what I said, Let them play with each other. Of course, I did not know at that time that Auto232 mode and as an example Chessmaster faced with the Fritz i manually moves to bring together the two computers oynatırdım myself. This kind of matches played between the two computers is very controversial. Been following and getting an amazing way to enjoy great competitions. These days they did not need it, everything takes place automatically by editing turnavalar.

M.Servet Culture: Well, how the idea of creating oluşdu Engine Rating List? How many years do you test? 
Sedat Canbaz: Enginee games that have achieved a certain time after the results of the request for clarification I felt the world. And it's happy to share with you yaşamaktayım.Enginleri Rating Listlerimi and tournaments on the internet for over 10 years was to test.

M.Servet Culture: What Exactly engine Rating List, the place in the world? 
Sedat tumblers: a good question. I follow the latest computer technologies and the new engine versions and applying been giving you the chance to create and select a quality rating.I think the real answer to this problem, and the best you yaacaksınız comment.

M.Servet Culture: Rating List, engine makers in this area, and what people's reactions? 
Sedat Canbaz: They constantly communicates with, and have been receiving very positive feedback. Also a beginner friends trying to help as much as I can.

M.Servet Culture: How do you evaluate the other lists the engine rating? 
Sedat Canbaz: SSDF, CCRL, as CEGT yardstick rating lists the successful and have followed with interest.

M.Servet Culture: Rating List and Tournament games except Opening books available on your site. Perfect series of books I want to talk about this opening. Perfect opening books and give some information about the features and also the opening books used tests are the differences between their own books? And of course, suggestions ... 
Sedat tumblers: In fact, almost all of my tests of my own, I use Perfect opening books or positions in the Top 100 requests. Enginee not use its own books, the reason is very clear in a tournament because I am an independent planner. And some notes about the opening books of advice: Playchess server or an international computer chess tournament is taking place, do kulanılmasını enginee recommend their books ederim.Nedeni move in independent books usually plays up 10-15, 20-25, whereas the average moves are taking their own books enginee uygulumamaktadır.Coğu some openings are engines are engines and in particular gaming kaybetiği moves are taking their own books, and a short time later with a 20-25 tablebaseler girmektedir.Bu activated, which means we do not test enginee, and only books and I long openings tablebaseleri izliyoruz.Kısacası the books, but to test the strength of their enginee some games and see if isterim.Ve employed by their own books because it is a bit boring is not possible to see many different openings. 3000-5000, especially in games right now to see if there is exactly the same as many games as possible. Also some of these openings are engines of their books and start game losing disadvantaged openings. When it comes to books independently, does not belong to any enginee, all moves are engines typically optimized for books. In addition, independent play and many other books, not to exceed 10 to 15 openings, into which move. Computer chess 1998-1999 yılarda just started a new enginee kulanırdım their own books. Some enginee because it is weak and long openings yaptıktarı their books for independent in 2002, I decided to write books: Perfect books! Perfect books I had written the most recent three different GUIs that are used in the following mentioned: * Perfect 12.32.ctg - Chessbase Opening Book (up to 8 move in) * Perfect 12.2.bkt - Shredder Classic Open Book (up to 8 move in) * Perfect 10.abk - Arena Open Book (up to 20 move in) also had written to all GUIs'''' TOP 100 positions (position Opening PGN file) Perfect features and contents of the books: - IM moves books are made ​​up of players of all games since 1970, and Elo average of 2650. - the book moves gathered from different sources and over 25 games PGN file, to include a blitz game and computer chess game. - handmade and carefully selected the most powerful moves. - 3 times, resulting in a draw by repetition moves openings have been canceled. - Perfect 12.32.ctg the book learning deactivated edilmiştir.Tavsiyelerim:-Engine setting up tests and book all the same book-utilization-Perfect 12.32.ctg are engines of the Fritz GUI settings: Optimized, Min Games: 3

M.Servet Culture: When you look back, assess the current situation and development of the engine? 
Sedat Canbaz: Engine, especially in recent years to develop in a very dynamic and active. As an example, does not exceed 40 to 50 were 10-15 years ago, but nowadays we look at the number of enginee about 400 finds this number. We also play a 3-5 Engine until the 2000s up to 2700 Elo Elo composed of the current situation can play at least 30 engine available in 2700 -3000.

M.Servet Culture: As you know What do you think about Rybka etmekte.Rybka dominate this area in recent years? 
Sedat Canbaz: Yes, it is hard to find these days Rybka'ya a serious contender. In short, a terminator-destructive'''' Rybka! Other Sheddadis: Rybka is not from this planet!

M.Servet Culture: So what are your thoughts for the future? strong enginee chess will be the impact? Sedat Canbaz: As you know, people are eaten in the last days the machine. This means that people can get help solving a strong position in chess kulanarak top Enginee.M.Servet Culture : Enginee How do you provide? 




Sedat Canbaz: Most chess programs as a CD ChessBase / I'm available to order by Germany. In some programs, Lokasoft, RybkaChess ... etmekteyim.Freeware download directly from the web sites such as the WBEC http://wbec- ridderkerk.nl Engine / html / newspage.htm would be found at.

M.Servet Culture: What do you think to work in Turkey? 
Sedat Canbaz: Chess on the programs until the 2000s there was almost no one working in Turkey. But I see in the last years successful work on computer chess. Chess School in Turkey, in particular the recognition of computer chess heartfelt thanks for helping. Also contributing to the computer chess M. Wealth Culture, Erdogan Sun, Peters Outstanding (Peters Max enginee owner) Ended Ata Bleda (Elf enginee owner) would like to congratulate the work. World Computer Chess is a great pleasure and pride that I am. M.Servet Culture:Thank you on behalf of myself and family, Mr. Canbaz Chess School. Sedat Canbaz: I thank you. '' Computers have changed, Engine changed, changed Tournaments, just love to Computer Chess hasn''

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RANK PARTICIPANT                     : RATING    POINTS   GAMES    (%)
   1 Houdini 2.0Kayra2 Pro x64 6c    : 3367.6     813.0    1100   73.9%
   2 Houdini 2.0t3* Pro x64 6c       : 3363.2     746.0    1000   74.6%
   3 Houdini 2.0t3 Pro x64 6c        : 3361.2    1252.0    1800   69.6%
   4 Houdini 2.0z Pro x64 6c         : 3355.9    1134.5    1600   70.9%
   5 Houdini 2.0s2 Pro x64 6c        : 3353.5     742.0    1000   74.2%
   6 Houdini 2.0Bar2 Pro x64 6c      : 3350.7     787.5    1100   71.6%
   7 Houdini 2.0Higgs Pro x64 6c     : 3340.7     739.5    1050   70.4%
   8 Houdini 2.0c Pro x64 6c         : 3340.3    1058.0    1500   70.5%
   9 Houdini 1.5a x64 6c             : 3340.0     742.5    1100   67.5%
  10 Houdini2Bar1 Pro x64 6c         : 3329.9     755.0    1100   68.6%
  11 Critter 1.6 x64 6c              : 3300.0    1252.0    2000   62.6%
  12 Critter 1.4 x64 6c              : 3283.1     797.0    1200   66.4%
  13 Stockfish 120430P x64 6c        : 3276.2    1166.0    1950   59.8%
  14 Rybka 4.1 79DT v1 x64 6c        : 3275.6     781.0    1200   65.1%
  15 Rybka 4.1 SSE42 x64 6c          : 3267.9    1069.0    1800   59.4%
  16 Stockfish 2.2.2 JA x64 6c       : 3266.2     749.5    1200   62.5%
  17 Rybka 4.1 NO-SSE x64 6c         : 3265.5     905.5    1500   60.4%
  18 Ivanhoe B46fE.02 x64 6c         : 3265.5    1165.5    2000   58.3%
  19 Ivanhoe B46fC x64 6c            : 3264.5     788.5    1250   63.1%
  20 Stockfish VE09 x64 6c           : 3253.8     634.0    1000   63.4%
  21 Fire 2.2 xTreme x64 6c          : 3250.4    1127.5    2000   56.4%
  22 Vitruvius 1.11C x64 6c          : 3247.5    1120.0    2000   56.0%
  23 Gull II beta2 x64 6c            : 3192.8     749.5    1500   50.0%
  24 Strelka 5.5 x64 1c              : 3171.1     780.5    1750   44.6%
  25 Bouquet 1.4 x64 6c              : 3157.0     618.5    1350   45.8%
  26 Naum 4.2 x64 6c                 : 3148.4     865.5    2000   43.3%
  27 Deep Hiarcs 14 WCSC w32 6c      : 3129.9     468.0    1050   44.6%
  28 Komodo 4.0 x64 1c               : 3126.1     809.5    2000   40.5%
  29 Equinox 1.35 x64 6c             : 3090.7     652.5    1650   39.5%
  30 Deep Fritz 13 w32 6c            : 3089.6     720.5    2000   36.0%
  31 Spike 1.4 Leiden w32 6c         : 3070.6     675.5    2000   33.8%
  32 Chiron 1.1a x64 6c              : 3067.4     668.0    2000   33.4%
  33 Deep Junior 13.3 x64 6c         : 3051.6     550.5    1800   30.6%
  34 Deep Fritz 12 w32 6c            : 3048.3     435.5    1200   36.3%
  35 Protector 1.4.0 x64 6c          : 3042.4     611.0    2000   30.6%
  36 Spark 1.0 x64 6c                : 3040.3     598.5    1950   30.7%
  37 Deep Junior 13 x64 6c           : 3040.2     454.5    1300   35.0%
  38 Deep Shredder 12 x64 6c         : 3035.0     594.5    2000   29.7%
  39 Hiarcs 13.2 w32 6c              : 3022.2     543.0    1900   28.6%
  40 Zappa Mexico II x64 6c          : 3005.2     459.0    1600   28.7%
  41 Fruit 090705 x64 6c             : 2925.3     270.0    1200   22.5%

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Alien Viruses:

Weekend Edition   August 19, 2013    Coast Insider Audio

Alien Viruses: On Sunday night's program, George Knapp was joined by Fortean researcher Nick Redfern and doctor of Physics from Cornell University, Bob Wood, for a discussion on the many leaked documents that describe research into alien biology and virology. Wood cited specific cases, including the Roswell crash, where alleged human interaction with either UFOs or their ET passengers appears to have directly resulted in illness and death. He argued that this contamination seems to be inadvertent rather than a sinister plot by aliens. However, the duo conceded that only is it possible for ETs to orchestrate a pandemic on Earth, but it would be an ideal tactic to eradicate humans in a simple and clandestine way. "It would be far easier, cleaner, and cheaper, from their perspective, to just release something that would wipe us all out within a few weeks or months," Redfern observed of the dangers posed by ET biowarfare. Although the aliens may not be purposely infecting the human race with deadly viruses, Wood's research suggests that the US government has a longstanding program aimed at weaponizing ET germs. To that end, he quoted from a leaked 1951 report by the US government which boasted that "the samples extracted in bodies found in New Mexico have yielded new strains of retrovirus not usually understood, but give promise of the ultimate BW [biowarfare] weapon." Beyond the leaked documents which mention alien viruses, Redfern noted that there are also files, which have officially been released via the FOIA, that also cover a connection between UFOs and diseases. For example, he pointed to the case of a doctor who studied UFO flaps and found a connection with "sudden outbreaks of polio in the US." This research was so strong, he said, that it drew the interest of several government agencies. Redfern also revealed insights he received from a man who claimed to be the custodian for secret documents held by the US government. According to this man, the space suits worn by the ETs were considered biological hazards and that, when worn by a person, their thoughts mirrored those of an alien, resulting in a hostile perception of the human race. "It was like the person had a unique window image of the alien mindset, almost like a hive mind," Redfern recalled learning about these suits, "it created a lot of panic within the person, themselves, and they couldn't wear them for long." This interface between the mind and technology, Wood posited, may provide greater understanding as to how UFOs are controlled by their ET pilots.

Alien Activities:

August 17, 2013      Coast Insider Audio

During Friday's show, author Whitley Strieber discussed alien activities on Earth and a force responsible for policing or controlling them—a premise presented in his new novel, Alien Hunter. Strieber estimated that he and his wife Anne have received close to a million letters and emails describing both wonderful and terrifying interactions with aliens. The dead sometimes show up within the context of these experiences, he added. Strieber shared a story about a seven-year-old boy who claimed to have seen little blue men in his bedroom after a ball of fire blazed across the sky over his family's home. The young boy told his parents that his brother, who had died a week earlier in an auto accident, was also with the beings, he noted.

We do not know what these visitors are, Streiber continued, pointing out that they could be extraterrestrials, time travelers, residents of parallel dimensions or some combination of the aforementioned. Based on his own alien experiences, which he described as feeling less real than reality, Streiber proposed that someone could be projecting something into our reality from another dimension. He shared a remarkable missing persons case from Indonesia that suggests parallel worlds may exist. Whether or not these alien visitors are from distant planets in our universe or different dimensions altogether, they can move instantaneously from their world to ours, he said.

Streiber reported on an unusual number of vagrants who had disappeared off the streets, been drowned in the ocean, mutilated like cattle and then put back where they were originally found. This monstrous killing spree eventually stopped, which hints to Streiber that "there's some kind of control out there... trying to keep things in order." He also commented on recently declassified documents that show the CIA acknowledging the existence of Area 51. Streiber said he once spoke with a staff member who traveled to Area 51 with his senator, who had long expressed interest in what goes on at the facility. After a tour and a private briefing the senator returned and told his group, "The subject is over. We're dropping it." Streiber wondered what he was told or shown that made him decide to back off from further inquiry.

SpaceX's Reusable 'Grasshopper' Rocket Leaps Sideways In Amazing Test Flight (Video)

Megan Gannon 15 hours ago

An experimental reusable rocket built by the private spaceflight company SpaceX has soared though a series of ever-higher test flights over its Texas launch site, but it may have just taken its most awesome leap yet: a sideways rocket hop.

Nicknamed Grasshopper, the rocket prototype successfully performed a sideways "divert" test yesterday (Aug. 13) at SpaceX's proving grounds in McGregor, Texas. SpaceX released an amazing video of the sideways Grasshopper rocket flight today (Aug. 14).

The new video shows SpaceX's Grasshopper launching to an altitude of 820 feet (250 meters). The rocket then went into a hover mode, moved 328 feet (100 m) sideways, and then returned back to the center of its launch pad. From launch to landing, the flight lasted just over one minute.

The Grasshopper rocket, which is officially known as the Falcon 9 test rig at SpaceX, stands roughly 10 stories tall and its large size presents a challenge of control for sideways maneuvers. SpaceX officials said in a statement that the test proved "the vehicle's ability to perform more aggressive steering maneuvers than have been attempted in previous flights."

"Diverts like this are an important part of the trajectory in order to land the rocket precisely back at the launch site after re-entering from space at hypersonic velocity," SpaceX officials added.

SpaceX's Grasshopper rocket is a prototype for a new launch system built around completely reusable rocket vehicles. The project aims to make spaceflight cheaper and more efficient than current systems that use expendable rockets that burn up in Earth's atmosphere after lifting their payloads into space, SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk has said.

The Grasshopper rocket incorporates the first-stage tank of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, which is used to launch the company's robotic Dragon capsule on contracted cargo runs to the International Space Station for NASA. The Hawthorne, Calif.-based SpaceX holds a $1.6 billion NASA contract to make 12 unmanned deliveries to the orbiting outpost. It has flown two of those 12 flights so far.

Wednesday's test flight is the latest in a series of ever-more ambitious tests for the Grasshopper rocket system. In mid-June, the SpaceX's Grasshopper made its highest flight so far, reaching an altitude of 1,066 feet (325 m) before returning to its launch pad.

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