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October 08, 2009

ONTENTS

Editors Corner

Gadgets and Gizmo’s

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Members

Research Assistant

Back to Basics–

Putting Your Best Foot Forward

Quick and Dirty PhotographyTips

Special Announcements:

Members benefit from the launch of newParaNexus Research Assistant.

ParaNexus Newsletter

As I alluded to in my Editor Corner, new membership resources and toolsare constantly being developed and added to the ParaNexus Universe by somevery talented people. One such resource is the recently introduced ResearchAssistant. A convenient, one stop shop for all your reference needs, with ad-ditional tools being added as they are on a regular basis.In the Research Assistant, members will currently find such information as,world time zones; weather data and forecasts for any given region, long andshort-range; atmospheric data; a latitude/longitude finder, enabling the re-searcher to find the exact lat/long anywhere in the world simply by inputtingan address. Additionalresources are customiza-ble sky maps; satellitetrackers; NASA J-Track,NASA J-Track 3D and At-mospheric Optical Phe-nomena guide, to helpthe UFOlogist rule outnaturally occurring ormanmade objects in thenight sky; and, one of myfavorite little toys,EMAG2 – Earth MagneticAnomaly Grid (2 Arc-Minute Resolution)EMAG2 is, as the name indicates; a satellite imaged map indicating mag-netic fields around the world. This tool enables researchers to determine baseline magnetic field readings at a glance, prior to visiting an area for compari-son with readings at the research site. Accompanying EMAG2 is a very handyEMF calculator which translates nano Tesla (nT) to milliGauss (mG) makingconversions quick and painless.This is but one of the new tools that we offer here at ParaNexus, and I lookforward to the addition of many more reference tools and services that are indevelopment for a common goal.

Editors Corner

by Dave Desjardins

Once again, things here at Para-Nexus have been busy over the lastweek. Board meetings have beenheld, new pages and research toolsadded and a lot of discussion on avery bright and promising future withmuch more to come.For those not aware, thePara-Nexus Café Press store has beenopened for your shopping pleasure,with many great gift ideas for your-self or your favorite anomalous re-searcher for the upcoming holidayseason.Memberships are on the rise asare Newsletter subscription, witheach week seeing more people fromaround the world joining our commu-nity. To all those who are new, wel-come, we look forward to getting toknow you all better in the months tocome.Over the next few days, I will bedrafting a brief questionnaire whichwill be posted in the forums for bothmembers and non-members. Thisquestionnaire will enable us to betterserve you, the researcher and willcover such topics as what we can doto make things better and what youwould like to see as membership pri-vileges.Finally, to my fellow Canadians, aHappy Thanksgiving! Enjoy your longweekend and remember - you cannever have too many turkey leftov-ers.Questions, comments or sugges-tions pertaining to this newsletter oranything posted herein, may be sentto ddesjardins@paranexus.org.

Gizmos and Gadgets

– by Dave Desjardins

A weekly review of the latest tech in paranormalresearch.

Paranormal Investigator Certification Course (CPI)

A serious and professional academic course with certification available in a home study or structured class ver-sion. Discounted pricing for ParaNexus members.

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New! Just Launched! You Can Choose a Winner!

ParaNexus Fake-a-Photo Contest

I’m happy to announce that the ParaNexus Fake-a-Photo Con-test is now open for entries! This contest was inspired by StephenWagner at About.com and is designed to be a fun and educationalexperience. This contest is open to everyone including non-members. You can even participate in judging entries by voting foryour favorite fake photo!As a contestant, your mission is to create a fake photo that willstump the experts! Your subject can be any type of anomalousphenomena including ghosts, shadow people, UFOs, aliens, cryptids(such as Bigfoot), etc. You can use any type of software availableincluding PhotoShop, cgi software, etc. You can start with any par-ticular photo and then manipulate and enhance it to produce yourfinal entry.The overall objective of this contest is to educate and raiseawareness of what fake photos look like and how they areachieved. This will aid anomalous researchers to better identifyphotos that are faked, hoaxed, and/or are false-positives. The en-tries from this contest will be published and available on ParaNex-us.org for the benefit of all members.The contest will begin on Thursday, September 3, 2009, 12amEastern, and end on Thursday, October 29, 2009, 12 pm Eastern. The winners will be announced on ParaNexus Radio onThursday October 29, 2009 at 9pm Eastern.

So, You Ready to Start Hoaxing?

For More Info, Contest Rules, Judging Criteria, and to Enter, Visithttp://www.paranexus.org/forum/index.php?page=193

PRIZESFirst Place Winner

(determined by panel) will receive:1.

1 year paid membership to ParaNexus ($39 value)which includes all member benefits.2.

Your choice of the CPI or CLPI Course (digital on-line version) on ParaNexus Academy ($55/$65 val-ue). These prizes can be assigned to another per-son if you desire.3.

A printed 1

Place Certificate showcasing yourachievement (U.S. residents only. A PDF certifi-cate will also be emailed).4.

A guest spot on ParaNexus Radio on October 29,2009 to discuss how you created your fake photo.

Second Place Winner

(determined by panel) will receive:1.

6 month paid membership to ParaNexus ($19.50value) which includes all member benefits.2.

A PDF Second Place Certificate showcasing yourachievement.3.

A guest spot on ParaNexus Radio on October 29,2009 to discuss how you created your fake photo.

Popular Vote Winner

(determined by public vote) will re-ceive:1.

6 month paid membership to ParaNexus ($19.50value) which includes all member benefits.2.

A PDF Second Place Certificate showcasing yourachievement.