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Russian ape woman Zana – Was she a real life Yeti?

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Russian ape woman Zana – Was she a real life Yeti?

Professor Bryan Sykes of the University of Oxford claims a towering woman named Zana who lived in 19th Century Russia – and appeared to be ‘half human, half ape’ – could have been the fabled yeti.

Witnesses described the six-foot, six-inches tall woman discovered in the Caucasus mountains between Georgia and Russia as having ‘all the characteristics of a wild animal’ – and covered in thick auburn hair.

Experts believe the wandering ‘Wild Woman’ was found lurking in the remote region of Ochamchir in the Republic of Abkhazia.
She was captured by a local merchant in the 1850s who hired a group of hunters to subdue and shackle her in the mountainous terrain.

Professor Sykes claims Zana was kept in a ‘ditch surrounded by sharpened spikes’ and sold from owner to owner until she came to serve nobleman Edgi Genaba as a servant.

The ape woman

Famously known as the ape woman, Zana had at least four children by local men and some of her descendants still live in the region, the Times reported.

Sykes made an astonishing discovery when he carried out saliva tests on six of her living relatives and the tooth of her deceased son Khwit.

The DNA analysis revealed that they all contained the right amount of African DNA for Zana the ape woman to be ‘100 per cent African’ but remarkably she did not resemble any known group.

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The region Zana was discovered in

A Yeti?

Her resemblance was that of a wild beast – ‘the most frightening feature of which was her expression which was pure animal,’ one Russian zoologist wrote in 1996.

In his book ‘Nature of the Best’, Sykes argues that Zana could be the yeti. She would outrun a horse and swim across the Moskva river even when it rose in violent high tide.’

DNA evidence

Some have argued that she was a runaway Ottoman slave but Professor Sykes says her ‘unparalleled DNA’ refutes that theory.

He believes her ancestors came out of Africa over 100,000 years ago and lived in the remote Caucasus for many generations.
Zana was eventually ‘tamed’ by the nobleman who bought her as a servant and kept her on his estate in Tkhina in the Republic of Abkhazia.

Accounts from the time claim she was incredibly muscular, slept outdoors and ran around naked until she died on the estate in 1890....

More: https://coolinterestingstuff.com/russian-ape-woman-was-not-human-dna-test-prove-was-she-a-real-life-yeti

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Phobos 2 – The strange Russian space incident

 

Phobos program was an unmanned space mission consisting of two probes launched by the Soviet Union to study Mars and its moons Phobos and Deimos.

 

Only one of the probes made it to Mars, and just days before it was due to land, it sent a few mysterious photos to mission control before going offline forever due  to a critical failure.

The Mars orbiter had returned 38 images with a resolution of up to 40 meters – before the strange event caused a failure and it was lost forever.

Evidence suggests a possible  alien encounter.

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Phobos

Phobos 1 Incident

Phobos 1 operated nominally until an expected communications session on September 2, 1988 failed to occur. The failure of controllers to regain contact with the spacecraft was traced to an error in the software uploaded on August 29/August 30, which had deactivated the attitude thrusters. By losing its lock on the Sun, the spacecraft could no longer properly orient its solar arrays, thus depleting its batteries.

Software instructions to turn off the probe’s attitude control, normally a fatal operation, were part of a routine used when testing the spacecraft on the ground. Normally this routine would be removed before launch. However, the software was coded in PROMs, and so removing the test code would have required removing and replacing the entire computer.

Because of time pressure from the impending launch, engineers decided to leave the command sequence in, though it should never be used. However, a single-character error in constructing an upload sequence resulted in the command executing, with subsequent loss of the spacecraft.

Phobos 2 incident

Phobos 2 was launched on July 12, 1988, and entered orbit on January 29, 1989. Phobos 2 operated nominally throughout its cruise and Mars orbital insertion phases on January 29, 1989, gathering data on the Sun, the interplanetary medium, Mars, and Phobos. Phobos 2 investigated Mars’s surface and atmosphere and returned 37 images of Phobos with a resolution of up to 40 meters.

Included within the images was an unexplained image of what appears to be a UFO on the surface of Mars.

Soviet scientists desperately tried to re-establish communication with their injured craft for many hours but were unsuccessful. Then suddenly all efforts to regain command faded as the final image slowly appearred on giant screens deep inside space command. All attention was now focused on the anomaly

Despite demands by those leading the mission to cover-up the failure and subsequent discovery, news about the anomaly was leaked. An image has since been released, however, few Soviet agents have come foward with official evidence or conclusive mission data

Since that historic event, space agencies around the world have quietely funded extraordinary experiments, sent alongside succesful missions, such as the Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Express, and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. With the hope of uncovering the mystery of the Phobos anomaly, these secret experiments may provide the data needed to either explain the 1988 event or confirm the existence of an exotic force protecting the moonlet.

 

The Phobos Mystery

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Alien building on Phobos

The Phobos monolith is a large rock on the surface of Mars’s moon Phobos. It is a boulder about 85 m (279 ft) across.

A monolith is a geological feature consisting of a single massive piece of rock. Monoliths also occur naturally on Earth, but it has been suggested that the Phobos monolith may be a piece of impact ejecta or even an ALIEN structure.

The monolith is a bright object near Stickney crater, described as a “building sized” boulder, which casts a prominent shadow.

When the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft was mapping the small moon of Mars, Phobos, and sent its incredible images from the small, potato-shaped moon back to Earth satellite ufologists had a field day speaking about the mysterious structure that was clearly visible on the surface of Phobos. There in plain view, a large rectangular object undoubtedly resembling an artificial monolith stands alone.

Nothing in the vicinity has a similar shape or size, so the question is, what is it? What is its purpose? And who placed it there?

Unexplained surface features as numerous grooves located on Phobos deserve special attention according to researchers.

Theories trying to explain the mysterious monolith on the Martian satellite accumulated throughout the years. Renowned scientist Dr. Isaac Asimov wrote a story where he suggested that Phobos was an abandoned alien Ship from the distant past, that was captured by the gravity of the Red Planet.

The origins of Mars moons continues to be highly controversial. Scientists do not agree with the significance or even relevance of certain aspects constituting the different theories. This discord has arisen primarily because neither moon resembles any other satellite in our solar system. There existence has puzzled scientists to the point of exhaustion

Here: https://coolinterestingstuff.com/phobos-2-the-strange-russian-space-incident

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Some Russia's women...

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... all become ponyatnym ...

Here: https://popularopinions.wordpress.com/2010/07/02/russian/

 

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bodybuilding.com Forums...: https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php - hmm no photo?..no thread?...I've problem with my browser.

 

Woman prisoner: http://www.usprisonculture.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/womenprisoner2-e1377668759382.jpg

- from here: https://www.usprisonculture.com/blog/2013/10/06/image-of-the-day-woman-prisoner-19th-century-russia/

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Quora topic:

Are people sent to prison in Russia as punishment or rather for punishment? Does the crime dictate the type of prison one would be sent to?

 

Mila Lana - Lives in Bratsk, Siberia, Russia:

"The type of crime determines the type of prison to which the convicted person will be sent.

For light crimes that were committed for the first time, and which did not entail serious consequences, an easy form of punishment is provided. This is a suspended sentence or 3 years in prison in the first type of prison. This prison represents a village with minimal security and freedom of movement for prisoners. Prisoners must report to the warden twice a day to record their presence. For women, a delay of such punishment is provided until the time when her children are 14 years old.

On the territory of the prison there are conditions for playing sports, a library, a school, a common room with a TV and tea, and during meetings with relatives, festive performances are organized in the prison's concert hall. Each prison has its own radio station or TV studio."

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MORE photos here: https://www.quora.com/Are-people-sent-to-prison-in-Russia-as-punishment-or-rather-for-punishment-Does-the-crime-dictate-the-type-of-prison-one-would-be-sent-to

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The Russian Protectorate of Mongolia: 17 Incredible Color Photos of Mongolia in 1913

 

Here's a series of photographs from the collection of Albert Kahn devoted to Mongolia visited by a photographer Stefan Passe in 1913.

Mongolia declared independence from China in 1911. It was under protectorate of the Russian Empire at the time of Passe’s journey, with full autonomy and own theocratic leaders. But, after only 1 year of protectorate, Russian Empire recognized suzerainty of China over Mongolia. The country from the point of view of a civilized European was a shocking feodalic reservation.

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National Geographic magazine published this shot with a description: "A Mongolian woman sentenced to starvation death", though this box could be used just as a portable prison popular among nomadic people.

 

MORE: https://www.vintag.es/2012/05/russian-protectorate-mongolia-1913.html

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NASA promises colonization of the Moon by 2030

11/20/2022, 5:12:38 PM

With the start of the Artemis program, NASA has opened a new chapter in space travel. A manager at the US space agency assumes that by 2030 people will be living and working on the moon.

First of all, it only goes close to the moon, or more precisely up to 100 kilometers from the moon: on Wednesday, with the successful launch of the Start Launch System (SLS) with the "Orion" space capsule, NASA's first Artemis mission started, which should last around 42 days.

There are also no astronauts on board, but radiation measurement dummies and a dummy.

However, people could already be living and working on the moon in this decade.

That's what Howard Hu, head of NASA's "Orion" program, promised in a BBC program.

Before 2030, according to Hu, people would definitely be working on the moon for “a long time”, living in habitats and using rovers for locomotion – although it remains unclear which period of time Hu specifically meant.

NASA will send people to the moon's surface to do science, Hu said.

It was already known that the Artemis program also aims for the presence of people on the moon, i.e. the stay of astronauts in habitats.

However, there has not yet been any clarity as to when this should happen.

On Wednesday, the launch of "Artemis I" was successful after it had to be postponed several times due to technical problems and adverse weather.

The follow-up mission "Artemis II", which is planned for 2024, is not yet scheduled to land on the moon either.

This should then take place during the third mission, which is announced in 2025 at the earliest.

Then humans would set foot on the moon for the first time since 1972.

The European space agency Esa is also involved in the Artemis program.

In Germany, for example, large parts of the service and propulsion module for the »Orion« capsule are being built...

Here: https://newsrnd.com/tech/2022-11-20-nasa-promises-colonization-of-the-moon-by-2030.rJ1bGAvUj.html

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Cologne translation start-up »DeepL« valued at one billion dollars

11/17/2022, 4:41:16 PM

    

A German platform has been competing with Google's Translate for some time. The young company has now completed a new round of financing and is regarded as the first "unicorn" from Cologne.

The online translation service DeepL from Cologne is valued at one billion dollars (960 million euros) after a new round of financing.

This was reported on Thursday by the “Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger”, citing information from the company environment.

DeepL is thus the first "unicorn" from the cathedral city.

The financiers of the financing round include the US investors IVP and Bessemer and the European venture capitalist Atomico, as "Business Insider" initially reported.

It was initially unclear how many shares the companies would take over.

DeepL did not respond to a request as of Thursday afternoon.

A »unicorn« is a term used to describe start-ups with a market valuation of more than one billion US dollars.

DeepL started in Cologne in 2017 and now employs around 400 people.

The website deepl.com with the translation service is one of the hundred most visited sites worldwide.

DeepL says it has achieved exceptional machine translation quality with improvements in neural network mathematics and methodology, and is up to six times more accurate than other providers.

Even in independent tests, DeepL overshadowed established providers such as Google Translate.

However, Google supports 133 languages, DeepL only 29. DeepL translates up to 5,000 characters and up to three documents per month free of charge - unlimited and other features require a subscription.

Here: https://newsrnd.com/tech/2022-11-17-cologne-translation-start-up-»deepl«-valued-at-one-billion-dollars.SJ4VXI07Ij.html

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Russian ape woman Zana – Was she a real life Yeti?

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Russian ape woman Zana – Was she a real life Yeti?

Professor Bryan Sykes of the University of Oxford claims a towering woman named Zana who lived in 19th Century Russia – and appeared to be ‘half human, half ape’ – could have been the fabled yeti.

Witnesses described the six-foot, six-inches tall woman discovered in the Caucasus mountains between Georgia and Russia as having ‘all the characteristics of a wild animal’ – and covered in thick auburn hair.

Experts believe the wandering ‘Wild Woman’ was found lurking in the remote region of Ochamchir in the Republic of Abkhazia.
She was captured by a local merchant in the 1850s who hired a group of hunters to subdue and shackle her in the mountainous terrain.

Professor Sykes claims Zana was kept in a ‘ditch surrounded by sharpened spikes’ and sold from owner to owner until she came to serve nobleman Edgi Genaba as a servant.

The ape woman

Famously known as the ape woman, Zana had at least four children by local men and some of her descendants still live in the region, the Times reported.

Sykes made an astonishing discovery when he carried out saliva tests on six of her living relatives and the tooth of her deceased son Khwit.

The DNA analysis revealed that they all contained the right amount of African DNA for Zana the ape woman to be ‘100 per cent African’ but remarkably she did not resemble any known group.

image7.jpg

The region Zana was discovered in

A Yeti?

Her resemblance was that of a wild beast – ‘the most frightening feature of which was her expression which was pure animal,’ one Russian zoologist wrote in 1996.

In his book ‘Nature of the Best’, Sykes argues that Zana could be the yeti. She would outrun a horse and swim across the Moskva river even when it rose in violent high tide.’

DNA evidence

Some have argued that she was a runaway Ottoman slave but Professor Sykes says her ‘unparalleled DNA’ refutes that theory.

He believes her ancestors came out of Africa over 100,000 years ago and lived in the remote Caucasus for many generations.
Zana was eventually ‘tamed’ by the nobleman who bought her as a servant and kept her on his estate in Tkhina in the Republic of Abkhazia.

Accounts from the time claim she was incredibly muscular, slept outdoors and ran around naked until she died on the estate in 1890....

More: https://coolinterestingstuff.com/russian-ape-woman-was-not-human-dna-test-prove-was-she-a-real-life-yeti

Wow ... I found this to be very interesting ... thank you for sharing it.

Overall (I've not asked in a while) @msfntor, how are you doing? Good I hope.

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3 hours ago, msfntor said:

NASA promises colonization of the Moon by 2030

11/20/2022, 5:12:38 PM

With the start of the Artemis program, NASA has opened a new chapter in space travel. A manager at the US space agency assumes that by 2030 people will be living and working on the moon.

First of all, it only goes close to the moon, or more precisely up to 100 kilometers from the moon: on Wednesday, with the successful launch of the Start Launch System (SLS) with the "Orion" space capsule, NASA's first Artemis mission started, which should last around 42 days.

There are also no astronauts on board, but radiation measurement dummies and a dummy.

However, people could already be living and working on the moon in this decade.

That's what Howard Hu, head of NASA's "Orion" program, promised in a BBC program.

Before 2030, according to Hu, people would definitely be working on the moon for “a long time”, living in habitats and using rovers for locomotion – although it remains unclear which period of time Hu specifically meant.

NASA will send people to the moon's surface to do science, Hu said.

It was already known that the Artemis program also aims for the presence of people on the moon, i.e. the stay of astronauts in habitats.

However, there has not yet been any clarity as to when this should happen.

On Wednesday, the launch of "Artemis I" was successful after it had to be postponed several times due to technical problems and adverse weather.

The follow-up mission "Artemis II", which is planned for 2024, is not yet scheduled to land on the moon either.

This should then take place during the third mission, which is announced in 2025 at the earliest.

Then humans would set foot on the moon for the first time since 1972.

The European space agency Esa is also involved in the Artemis program.

In Germany, for example, large parts of the service and propulsion module for the »Orion« capsule are being built...

Here: https://newsrnd.com/tech/2022-11-20-nasa-promises-colonization-of-the-moon-by-2030.rJ1bGAvUj.html

Interesting information.

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