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THE
‘X’ CHRONICLES NEWSPAPER
Planet Earth’s ONLY Paranormal / Parapsychology Newspaper
Vol. 15, No 03 ISSN - 1499-8599 (E-dition) / ISSN - 1499-8602 (CD-ROM)
UFOLOGY
DESPERATELY
NEEDS A
“REALITY
CHECK”
UFOLOGY horrid physical examinations
extraterrestrials, those who have been sexually
by
DESPERATELY assaulted and abused by ET, and those who
claim to have their children removed from their
NEEDS A wombs.
“REALITY CHECK” I have spoken to those who claim that
they were whisked from their bedrooms while
they slept and taken to “Mother ships” 100’s of
miles in diameter that hover this very planet.
Those interviewed also have included
sky watchers over the Great Lakes on North
America - all of whom have stories to share
with any one who will listen - especially if they
have access to a radio microphone, television
camera or newspaper column.
The photographs that they produce are
anything less then compelling.
The physical evidence non-existent.
With global access to the largest septic
receptacle ever invented by mankind, the
internet, and computer graphic and CGI
software, anyone can now turn their fantasy into
a virtual reality for which there is no lack of
By eager believers found throughout the matrix of
ROB McCONNELL the internet.
Believers of extraterrestrial visitors
Hamilton, Ontario: Since 1992, I have had my would have you believe that even after all the
fingertips on the pulse of the UFO community, years of their tireless self-styled research,
sky watchers, UFO experts, contactees, which, to this time has not produced any
abductees, implanted human specimens, evidence whatsoever that this planet is being
unwilling alien subjects who have been given visited by "intelligent" beings from another
MARCH 2010 $4.95(US)
world - in this dimension or another.
They point to lights in the night sky,
which ultimately turn out to be conventional
terrestrial aircraft (the type that are from a
planet in our solar system called "Earth") or to
photographs which have been taken with
cameras being operated by inexperienced
photographers and videographers that clearly
show pixellated unidentified unrecognizable
that UFO buffs claim to be "flying saucers."
When believers in UFOs are asked why
the aliens just do not land on the front lawn of
the White House in Washington, DC... the
Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada... Buckingham Palace in London,
England or the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia,
they use the reality escape clause: the aliens, not
unlike the Prime Directive in StarTrek, does not
allow them (the alien occupants of the UFOs) to
interfere with the development of this planet.
Right.
Then you have the UFO enthusiasts who
claim that the governments of the world are
suppressing and covering up the fact that the
aliens have landed and that the governments of
the world - the US Government in particular -
have been working with them and allowing
aliens to "abduct" citizens of this planet for
experimentation purposes in exchange for alien
technology.
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2 UFOlogy Needs A Reality Check
In This Edition of
The ‘X’ Chronicles
Newspaper
(Print/Online/CD ROM/e-Book
Version)
MARCH 2010 - 44 Pages
These are just some of the stories
and articles in this edition of
THE ‘X’ CHRONCILES
NEWSPAPER
01 - UFOlogy Desperately Needs A “Reality Check”
03 - I’ve Seen A Ghost - Tim Burton
03 - Heaven’s Gate, A Religious Group?
03 - Mysterious Hole In Moon Discovered
04 - Phew! UFO’s Aren’t A Military Threat
04 - Truth About MOD’s UFO Files
04 - UFO Dominates Farrakhan Speech
04 - UFO’s Are Just Sky Lanterns
05 - Alien Abduction Day
05 - UFO Sighting Believed To Be Meteor
05 - Revealed: Limerick UFO
06 - UK’s UFO Unit To Shred It’s UFO Files
06 - Elin Needs Therapy, Not Tiger Says Rael
07 - Act Naturally - Dr Nance MacLeod PhD DNM
09 - Why Avatar Did Not Win The Oscar
11 - PETA Upset at Mike Tyson
11 - Prototype ‘Invisibility Cloak” Created
11 - Chinese UFOs Turn Out To Be Kites
11 - CIA Concludes Study Of UFO’s Futile
12 - Russian Flying Saucer Set For Production
12 - Russian “Flying Saucer” Program Approved
14 - Mystery Of The Silent Aliens
15 - End Of The World Not Coming In 2012
16 - Why 2012 Is A Hoax
17 - Wake Up And Smell The Science Hollywood
17 - Sean David Morton Charged With Fraud
18 - 2012: The Nonsense Of It All
21 - New Jersey Woman Sues Psychic
24 - Where Have All The Werewolves Gone?
26 - Gorilla On Mars ?!?
27 - Psychic Apologizes For Critical Comments
28 - ‘X’ Zone FACT-oids
29 - Religious Struggle Over Cryptozoology
31 - Shirley Gale Butts Wilson
32 - Battle Of The Sex Cults
33 - Is Nibiru Really Hurtling Towards Earth?
36 - Have Conspiracy Theories Gone Too Far?
40 - Is This A Cure For Cancer?
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Give me a break!
You see, I have my very own UFO
conspiracy theory, which I have formulated
over the past 20 years writing, publishing and
broadcasting on the paranormal based on all of
the people I have interviewed on the subject of
UFOs from Stanton Friedman (who has never
seen a UFO) to a lady in New Jersey who say a
150 mile diameter UFO over the Empire State
Building.
The UFO Conspiracy / Cover-up IS
REAL.
However, it is not being perpetrated by
any government or the Vatican. It is being
manipulated and perpetrated by the believers
and members of the UFO community itself. As
long as the UFO community keeps pointing the
finger at the governments of the world and
claiming that they have evidence which they are
suppressing, they (the UFO community) do not
have to provide any evidence to support their
claims - which they never do.
After all the years of research into the
alleged UFO crash near Roswell, New Mexico
in July 1947, is there yet any evidence...
physical evidence, not hearsay evidence, that as
millions believe, a UFO or even two UFOs
crashed on that day nearly 63 years ago?
The answer is "NO".
Theories abound, books are sold,
lectures are given, TV shows are shot, people
dress up in a carnival atmosphere and fill the
streets of Roswell, which is the Mecca of
UFOlogy, to pay tribute to an event that never
happened.
Now, I am not saying that something did
not happen near Roswell, New Mexico in July
1947, but whatever it was, it had nothing to do
with a craft from another planet and
extraterrestrial entities.
If so, where is the physical evidence?
Oh wait, the UFOlogists are yelling and
I can hear them loudly, that the government has
the proof and it is being suppressed, and the
bodies of the aliens are at Area 51, which were
shown to the world in 1996 by Dr. Brackish
Okun (chief scientist at Area 51 a.k.a. Brent
Spiner also known for his role as Data on "Star
Trek: The Next Generation) in the film
Independence Day.
And wait!
Then there is E.T., who, in 1982 called
home for his rescue mission after being stranded
on this planet.
Richard Dreyfuss and his movie family
saw UFOs which ultimately had him making
mashed potatoes and other monuments to
Devils Tower National Monument and
ultimately a spaceship ride in a massive UFO in
1977 at the end of Close Encounters of the
Third Kind.
And all the people who suffered at the
hands of the invading forces that killed
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UFOlogy Needs A Reality Check
I have seen ghosts says
Tim Burton
From IANS
Hollywood filmmaker Tim Burton
doesn't believe it is rare to have experiences
with ghosts and says he finds cemeteries
"positive" places.
The 51-year-old claims to have had
experiences with the supernatural, which he
insists is not uncommon, reports Contact music.
"I've seen things and felt things. I think
most people do. I think it's just how much you
suppress it. I don't go out and say, 'Oh, my god,
I was abducted by a UFO,' or, 'I've seen these
ghosts'. You feel an energy," he said.
The "Alice in Wonderland" filmmaker
also claims to find cemeteries "positive" places.
"Most people say about graveyards, 'Oh,
it's just a bunch of dead people; it's creepy.' But
for me, there's an energy to it that is not creepy
or dark. It has a positive sense to it," he said.
However, the eccentric filmmaker
doesn't believe anyone can force a spirit to
reveal themselves.
"I think anytime you try, it ain't gonna
happen. It always seems to occur when you're
sort of open but not thinking about it. I've never
held a seance," he said. []
Heaven’s Gate, A
Religious Group?
Heaven’s Gate – - Founded by the
Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles duo
Heaven’s Gate was a religious group in
America that came under the UFO Religion
category.
The group believed that a certain gate
would open at a specific time when the Hale-
Bop comet would come at its brightest position
around the Earth. A mass of thirty-nine people
were discovered dead after committing suicide
on the twenty-sixth day of March in the year
1997, this was the time that the group
acknowledged as the exact date for their
mission.
Heaven’s Gate believed that the world
was about to go through a major catastrophe in
the coming years and that it would be destroyed
and “recycled.” They believed that it would be
better for them to leave this world before that
catastrophe came claiming that the body was
only an instrument that was there to aide them
with their journey.
The Heaven’s Gate groups started off in
the seventies taking its inspiration from the near
death or out of body experience that Marshall
Applewhite went through when he suffered
from a heart attack. White and his nurse at the
time Nettles started to claim that they were the
witnesses mentioned in the Holy Bible in its
book of revelation.
The Heaven’s Gate group believed that
there were a couple of ways in which a human
could come to leaving this body without being
certain at all of the next levels existence. One of
the ways that they taught was to hate with
extremity. They thought that if someone hated
this world enough or even their human bodies
to the extent that they do not care about what
happens then they can leave this world.[]
Mysterious Hole in the Moon
Discovered
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Moon captured by the Kaguya probe have
discovered a mysterious hole that is thought to
be approximately 300 feet deep and in excess of
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may connect to a lava tube 1,200 feet across.
The existence of lava tubes on the moon has
been posited by scientists but a surface entrance
has never been found. The hole may be able to
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Continued from Page 2
thousands, destroyed cities in 1938 and when
the invaders once again tried to take over our
planet in 2005 in what we call War of the
Worlds.
What about the UFO believers who
gather on the shores of Lake Ontario on summer
evenings, with coffee and donuts in hand, and
watch the lights from the sky disappear into
what they believe to be an underwater UFO
base in Lake Ontario?
They can't be wrong!
I mean, just because the lights that seem
to vanish into Lake Ontario have been matched
with landing conventional aircraft at Pearson
International and Toronto Island Airport doesn't
mean that there is no underwater UFO base in
Lake Ontario, does it?
The similarities between the quest
throughout the centuries for the truth and
understanding of the established theologies is
reflected today by the UFO community.
Is it possible that UFOlogy is another off
shoot of theology?
I mean, religion, Greek Mythology and
UFOlogy have mortal human's from planet
Earth searching the skies for their deities to
descent, to help guide their lives, give mortals
hope of a continuation of life and many other
similarities.
So to all the UFOlogists who scan the
skies... look for UFO bases in mountains,
beneath government bases, beneath the waters
of the Great Lakes and search for non-existent
crashed extraterrestrial vehicles, do yourself a
favour. Get a Reality Check.[]
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4 Phew! UFOs aren't a military threat

Phew! UFOs aren't a
military threat
From TG Daily

We can all breathe easy: the British

Ministry of Defence has decided that UFOs
aren't dangerous.
That's the reason that it's decided to shut
down its UFO hotline - it's not pressure from the
little grays after all.
Professor David Clarke at Sheffield
Hallam University says that he received the
explanation from the MoD after putting in a
Freedom of Information request - only to
discover that the MoD is now destroying all
Amazingly (to Dr Clarke at least) it of the time discussing a vision.
UFO reports it receives after 30 days, just so
appears that indeed this is being done: all UFO He recounted how in 1985 he was in
that it doesn't have to respond to such requests
reports received by the MoD are nowadays Mexico when he believes a UFO he calls "the
in future.
answered with a form letter and then thrown in wheel" invited him aboard where he was spoken
"Reported sightings...should be
the bin after thirty days. The "Hotline" phone to by Elijah Muhammad, the late Nation of
answered by a standard letter and, on the advice
number no longer exists. Islam leader. He says it turned him into an
of Corporate Memory and The National
Meanwhile there has been a policy of excellent predictor of future events.
Archives, should be retained for 30 days and
transferring the existing, vast piles of filed A vigorous long-time Obama supporter,
then destroyed, largely removing any future
reports to the National Archives, which then he said his organization, which for decades has
FOI liability and negating the need to release
makes them public. Thus the MoD has managed helped black inmates reform, needs his support.
future files post 30 November 2009," says the
to rid itself of a tiresome chore and some minor He said Obama is being manipulated to disavow
MoD document.
expense at a time when it has little cash to spare. him. When asked if he´s met with Obama he
It seems the MoD was getting a bit tired
But Dr Clarke is understandably cross: said: "I ain´t going there."
of being besieged by UFOlogists convinced it
was hiding something. Apparently, they're all a
bit busy in Iraq at the moment or something.
As I suspected all along, the closure of
the UFO desk and the decision to transfer all
UFOs are just
"The level of resources devoted to this
task is increasing in response to a recent
remaining MoD files to The National Archives sky laterns
are linked ... by the end of the disclosure
upsurge in reported sightings, diverting staff
programme MoD will retain no further A UFOLOGIST has admitted that mysterious
from more valuable Defence-related activities,"
paperwork on UFOs. orange lights repeatedly seen in the night sky
says the document.
The disclosure of this document makes could be nothing more than Chinese lanterns.
Clarke isn't impressed. "If MoD have
it evident this is the endgame as far as the Roy Lake, 71, of the London UFO
learned anything from 50 years experience it
MoD are concerned. Studies group, said the "glows" spotted in
should be that UFOs will simply not go away,"
But if MoD have learned anything Dagenham since October could be cheap sky
he says on his blog.
from 50 years experience it should be that lanterns let off in groups before suddenly
"I suspect that the next time a near-miss
UFOs will simply not go away. I suspect that "vanishing" when their candles go out.
incident involving civil or military aircraft
the next time a near-miss incident involving In the latest sighting, in the early hours
occurs, they will be forced to rethink this
civil or military aircraft occurs, they will be of February 14, Karen Gray was shocked to see
somewhat short-sighted policy. Only time will
forced to rethink this somewhat short-sighted several orange orbs over the Heathway that
tell." []
policy. disappeared after three minutes.
On Boxing Day, Linda Hunt, 60, saw
Secret documents: The Although he belongs to the "sceptic" four orange lights going along the same
wing of the UFO community, Dr Clarke plainly
Truth about MoD's UFO loves UFO files for their own sake and
trajectory within minutes, supporting the theory
they may have been lanterns blown off by winds
files considers taxpayers' money well spent on after being let off, perhaps as a prank.
collecting and filing them. But Mr Lake, of Tudor Road, Barking,
Alert Print Post comment'Soon But there may be a tiny crumb of urged witnesses to contact researchers and
they will have no paperwork at comfort for the doc and other frustrated UFO criticised the Ministry of Defence for pulling
all' fanciers. They can no longer expect to while the plug on its UFO reporting service in
away pleasant hours trawling through vast MoD December.
files and pestering hapless civil servants with The Government said no report had
By Lewis Page FoI requests: but there will still be UFO files of revealed evidence of a potential UK threat for
a sort. The fabulous soaraway Sun, as everyone more than 50 years.
Following an announcement by the knows, has pledged to take on the task of
Ministry of Defence (MoD) that it will no Mr Lake, who has researched UFOs for
running the nation's UFO files from the MoD. [] 55 years, said: "The likes of myself, and any
longer keep files of reported UFO sightings, it
has emerged after painstaking detective work ufologist is going to take this subject very
that - in fact - it is no longer doing so. Vision of Boarding UFO seriously."
He also lent credibility to the triangle
The shock move by the MoD was
revealed at the weekend by Blighty's foremost
Dominates Farrakhan UFO sighting near Asda in Merrielands
UFO expert and talking head, Dr David Clarke Speech Crescent, Dagenham, on November 30.
Mr Lake said he saw a noisy triangle
of Sheffield Hallam uni, after he obtained "a ShortNews.com
formerly secret MoD document" using the craft flying very low in Ripple Road, Barking,
Freedom of Information Act. before it headed off down the River Thames
Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam towards central London around six years ago.
This document was drafted at the time of
spoke Sunday in Chicago for four hours, urging He added that increasing numbers of
the MoD decision last November to close its
help from Obama for the downtrodden and UFOs were set to be captured on camera thanks
UFO desk - manned by a single case officer -
blacks, and that Obama is being conspired to the versatility of digital technology. []
and to cease keeping files of reported UFOs.
against by the "white right." But he spent most
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From The ‘X’ Zone NewsDesk
Alien Abduction Day
Arrives, But Will Little
Green Men?
FOXNews.com
Clamp on your foil hat and cower under
your bed, Alien Abduction Day is here!
March 20 was Alien Abduction Day,
when "the skies are carefully watched by those
expecting / wishing to be abducted by an alien
life form," states eHow.com.
The strange holiday's origins are
unclear, though it was clearly popularized by
the 2008 Alien Abduction Day festival in
Toronto. That means no "Free UFO Rides,"
"Random Abduction Incidents" or "getting in
touch with your inner-extraterrestrial," which
were highlighted on a flyer for a past festival.
The festival was an all around sci-fi
street party in Toronto, sponsored by a comic
book shop and several local businesses. But
references online exist to the even from years
earlier -- and watch for Twitter to heat up
Saturday with the #AlienAbductionDay tag.
For UFO fans in Toronto and beyond,
hoping to celebrate this year, eHow.com offers
the following tips for enjoying your own Alien
Abduction Day.
For starters, you can keep track of all
your alien and UFO sightings. If you are new at
this sort of extraterrestrial stuff, UFOcenter.com
can help. You will find "The Web's most
comprehensive and up-to-date UFO
information source; provided by America's
foremost UFO Reporting Agency; in continuous
operation since 1974." The site even features a
UFO sighting report form.
Another idea, thanks to eHow.com, is to
visit a Web site devoted to alien abduction
experiences at Abduct.com. This site describes
itself as "the world's oldest and largest research
Web site into the alien abduction and UFO
experience." It features several computer
screens worth of helpful UFO/alien links, along
with an Alien Abduction Survey, discussion
group, questions and answers, research, photos,
drawings, personal encounters, and more.
If this is all a little too far out, go more
mainstream and simply enjoy an alien abduction
movie on March 20. Here are a few suggestions:
"Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "Fire in
the Sky," "Men in Black," "The Astronaut's
Wife," "Taken" and "Signs."
Still too much? There's always "Ghost
Busters." []
UFO sighting believed to
be meteor
By ROBIN FITZGERALD
Reports of possible UFO sightings in
South Mississippi this week appear to have been
a fireball from a Gamma Normids meteor
shower, according to the Mississippi
Emergency Management Agency.
MEMA received calls on Sunday
afternoon from Stone, Jackson and Carroll
counties reporting a fireball that fell from the
sky.
MEMA spokesman Jeff Rent said the
annual meteor shower is expected to continue
through Tuesday.
“People see shooting stars at night and
they’re not too surprised, but when they see it in
the daytime, it can catch people off guard,” Rent
said.
There were no reports of the meteor
touching ground. Sightings also were reported
in Louisiana, Rent said. []
Revealed: the strange
mystery of a Limerick
UFO - and how it was
solved
20 March 2010
By Staff Reporter
EMERGENCY services, including a
rescue helicopter, rushed out to Caherconlish
following a report to the Gardai from a man
there on Sunday, March 7, that a small plane
appeared to have crashed.
Strangely, as the Limerick Leader
reported the following day, the emergency
services, including ambulance, fire brigade and
a rescue helicopter "found no evidence of a
plane crash".
I was initially hoping that the man who
reported the downed plane saw what I saw from
the back garden of my home in Fedamore only
a couple of hours afterwards. If so, he had seen
a UFO and would probably have thought that he
was going mad.
I was going to put him out of his misery
until I got more details from the gardai about the
Caherconlish incident.
"The man who reported it to us – and to
Shannon Rescue Service – saw smoke coming
from a plane, it flew low and he didn't see it
coming back up," said a Garda spokesperson
from Roxboro. "We've since learned that there's
a local fellow out there who performs stunts
with a plane using smoke. It was a false report."
One mystery solved.
So what did I see then?
At 7.40pm that same evening, I saw a
bright, round light travelling through the sky at
the same speed, trajectory and direction as an
airplane. There was no sound, it lasted for just
over a minute, moving northwestwards, until
suddenly it vanished.
"Where'd it go, daddy?" my two-and-a-
half year old son, Oisin, asked.
I didn't know.
"What was it, daddy?" he asked.
I was stumped.
But I'd been quick enough to take a snap
with my camera-phone, shoot 30 seconds of
crappy video with the same phone, and I even
phoned a friend who used to work in Shannon
Airport while it was still visible.
He didn't know either, but by Tuesday he
was able to tell me that the international space
station was visible over Ireland that week and
for four minutes that very evening, at 8.35pm
(GMT). Sounded plausible, except the timing
was out. I saw what I saw at 7.40pm (GMT). We
double-checked the times. They were correct.
In the meantime, I'd put the word out
through Live 95FM asking had anyone else in
5
south Limerick seen strange lights in the sky. I
begged them not to give out my name, one's
reputation being rather important to a journalist.
Later, I promised – if I can solve this.
But they got no reply from listeners.
So our orange light in the sky and its
silent passing remained a puzzle until I Googled
around and, lo and behold, there are dozens of
people all around Ireland who've seen exactly
the same thing at different times. Most gave
their names in full and locations. Check out
www.myufo.com
For instance, Fred Johnston from
Galway city reported seeing something on
January 1 that was "bright red or orange",
"round" in shape and "large, fading into the
distance and silent."
At least I wasn't the only one.
You can see for yourself what appears to
be a close-up of what we witnessed if you log
onto YouTube and watch a video posted by a
woman from Kilnamona, Clare, called, UFO
over County Clare Ireland Dec 2008.
Over 5,000 people have viewed the
video. The shimmering effect of the UFO is
supposedly caused by atmospheric diffraction,
according to one comment.
However, the most helpful website I
found was one that tracks satellites that just
happen to reflect light from the sun on to earth:
www.heavens-above.com
In particular, it tracks Iradium
Corporation satellites, they're used for
communications and each features three highly
reflective mission antennae. There are at least
80 such satellites overhead and they have a
magnitude of -8, which is brighter than the
space station or Venus.
So what were the chances of one
happening to reflect light our way that evening?
Very slim indeed, but not beyond possibility. As
it happens, the website provides an option to log
in your latitude, longtitude and height above
sea-level to plot where the nearest one to you is
at any given time. It also crucially allows you to
backtrack the satellites' movements over the
previous 48 hours.
And that's where the breakthrough
came.
I typed in my co-ordinates and found
that Iradium Satellite 49 just happened to pass
over our house at 7.50pm (my co-ordinates
were approximate, not absolutely precise which
might explain the 10 minute gap in timing).
Eureka! We didn't see an alien craft. We'd
witnessed an Iradium flare.
"An Iridium flare looks like a star that
moves slowly and quickly brightens, then
slowly fades away and it travels silently,"
reports the website.
It would only have been visible within a
two-mile or more radius and only for a matter of
minutes. The narrow focus of the sun's relection
on earth and the short timeframe explained why
Live 95FM was not inundated with UFO
sightings. You had to be standing where we
were, or nearby.
When Oisin grows up, I'll fill him in and
at least if we see another strange light in the sky,
or a reader does, they can keep going without
losing their minds.[]
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6 From The ‘X’ Zone NewsDesk
UK's UFO unit says it will
shred ex-X files
(AP) – Feb 28, 2010
LONDON — Britain's defense ministry
says it will shred records of UFO sightings after
a huge rise in the number of reports submitted
by the public.
The Ministry of Defense said Sunday
that new reports will be thrown out after 30
days, rather than kept on file.
It means details of the sightings will be
exempt from freedom of information laws that
have allowed campaigners to force Britain's
government to disclose details of apparent UFO
encounters.
The ministry had 634 reports of UFO
sightings in 2009, the highest total since 1978
when the public submitted 750.
In December, Britain scrapped a phone
line and e-mail account for the public to report
details of UFO activity.
Britain's government said the service
was a waste of defense resources. []
Elin needs therapy, not
Tiger, says guru Rael
FRENCH UFO guru Claude Vorilhon, alias
Rael, advised golf superstar Tiger Woods in an
open letter to divorce his wife and embrace
multiple sexual partners.
"Adultery is not mental disease but a
very normal behavior among both humans and
animals," said the leader of the atheist Raelian
Movement, whose followers believe life on
earth was created by extra-terrestrials.
"I encourage you to explore what more
and more people are calling 'polyamory', which
means loving many people simultaneously and
with no jealousy," he said.
Alluding to Woods's televised apology
last week for his extramarital dalliances, Mr
Vorilhon urged the golfer to "stop making his
life a model of guilt, sadness and conformism to
antiquated Judeo-Christian values".
This, he said, sets a bad example for the
younger generation.
Woods's remarks last Friday, in which
he said he was undergoing therapy, were his
first public comments in nearly three months,
since a sex scandal spiralled into a global media
storm and pushed him into self-imposed
seclusion.
"The only person close to you who
needs therapy is your wife," Mr Vorilhon said,
saying the golfer's spouse Elin Nordegren
welcomed Woods's partying ways so long as he
didn't engage in extramarital affairs.
"If she doesn't get therapy, you will be
better off divorcing such a jealous partner to
freely enjoy your sexual partners," he added,
inviting Woods to an upcoming Raelian seminar
in Las Vegas.[]
Deeside UFO 'sighting'
explained
DeeSide Piper
THE Ministry of Defence's response to reported
sightings of a UFO over the Royal Estate at
Balmoral has been published.
The incident was amongst hundreds of
close encounters described in previously top
secret files that were made public by the MoD
last week.
The response followed newspaper
reports that an unidentified flying object was
spotted being pursued by RAF jets over the
Balmoral Royal Estate on February 28, 1996.
The MoD explained the alleged sighting
by saying a night-time exercise by Harrier jump
jets was taking place at the time.
A letter from the MoD read: "I was able
to establish that two Harrier aircraft from No 4
Squadron, which were on detachment at RAF
Leuchars from RAF Laarbruch in Germany,
were conducting routine night vision goggle
training in the Balmoral area at the time the
sighting was reported. There is no question that
they were sent up to intercept 'UFO/flying
saucers'."
The response to the alleged sighting is
part of more than 6,000 pages of previously
unseen material detailing hundreds of close
encounters that took place from 1994 to 2000.
The sightings include a testimony from a
senior air traffic controller from Prestwick
Airport saying he had tracked a fast moving
UFO on the airport radar in February 1999.
The crew of a trawler in the North Sea
19 miles north-east of Fraserburgh reported
seeing a flat, shiny, round object hovering on
August 18, 1997. []
UFOs were Chinese
lanterns say family
Rhiannon McDowall
Macclesfield's case of the mysterious Valentine
UFOs has been solved – and in the truth lies a
poignant tale of love and loss.
When the Express reported how
Margaret Frain, of Ullswater Mansions, saw a
series of lights hovering over town on February
14, Theresa Bowers realised she and her family
were the unwitting culprits.
Mum-of-seven Theresa, of Wilton
Crescent, had arranged for her whole family to
release 14 Chinese lanterns into the air in
celebration of what would have been son Jack
William Mellor’s 18th birthday, who died when
he was five years old.
Theresa said: "We thought it would be a
fitting tribute to him for the whole family to
release these lanterns on what would have been
his 18th birthday.
"When we were letting them off I did
joke at the time someone might report them as
UFOs.
"We were in Tesco and I saw the words
‘UFO’ and ‘spotted’ in the Macc Express, I
thought ‘oh no, it can’t be us?’ Then of course I
saw the date and realised it had to be.
"We felt terrible about it but we did
laugh about it too."
Jack, who suffered from spastic
quadriplegia, went to Park Royal Special school
and died peacefully in hospital where he was
preparing for a gastronomy to help him eat.
Theresa, who drives children with
special needs, added: "With it being his 18th we
wanted to do something special. It was a very
beautiful occasion, we all wrote messages on
the lanterns wishing him a happy birthday.
"It was very peaceful and calm and we
stood and watched them float into the sky until
they disappeared."
Theresa, whose son Adam sadly died of
cot death 24 years ago, added: "We are going to
be letting some more off on April 20, which is
the anniversary of Adam’s death so if you look
out and see them it’s us up to our old tricks
again!" []
Bob Irwin reveals: I hear
Steve from the grave
Woman’s Day
For the first time since Steve Irwin’s tragic
death, his father, Bob, has finally managed to
find peace and contentment – after an
extraordinary beyond-the-grave encounter with
his son.
Although Bob says he has long sensed
Steve’s presence around him, he reveals it
wasn’t until he received Steve’s message of
love and support from the other side that he was
convinced his son’s spirit truly lives on – and
wants him to be happy.
“He has told me everything is OK, not
to be sad and to keep up the fight, to continue
looking after the animals,” Bob, 69, tells
Woman’s Day.
A former psychic cynic, Bob describes
his first true spiritual experience with Steve –
who was killed three years ago by a stingray
barb while diving in north Queensland – as both
“powerful and moving”.
“Steve told me things only he and I
knew about,” he reveals. “I still get goose
bumps just thinking about it.”
Deb Webber put Bob in touch with
Steve during a reading at his remote bush
property, Camp Chilli, near Bundaberg in
Queensland. Bob had requested the reading
with Deb after she was recommended by a
friend.
“I told Deb how I had felt Steve around
me, how I would often wander into the bush, sit
on a rock and open my heart to Steve,” Bob
says. “I just desperately wanted to talk to him,
and Deb thankfully made that possible. “Steve
was so much more than a son to me, he was my
best mate.” []
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Dr. Nance MacLeod, PhD, DNM/NMD 7

ACT NATURALLY
Natural medicine specialist Dr. Nance
MacLeod is changing the face of
health care one patient at a time!

Originally published in the Health, Wellness

& Safety Magazine
Vol 1 Issue 2

by Scott Leslie

Everyone dreams of leading healthier,

more energetic lives. But Dr. Nance MacLeod
PhD, DNM is working hard to make that dream
a reality—by going back to nature. As the
owner and operator of the Niagara-on-the Lake
Natural Health Clinic on 1410 Niagara Stone
Road in Virgil, Nance is a Natural Medicine
Doctor, offering several health solutions like
natural medicine physicals, pain and stress
relief, super foods and nutritional supplements
for any age group.

Natural Therapies and Their Benefits

With nearly three decades of experience
in the field of natural medicine, Nance offers the
latest in non-invasive medical technology at her
Niagara-on-the-Lake clinic. One of Nance’s
biggest specialties is her Complete Young
Forever™ Natural Medicine Physicals which
includes an Iridology reading, a tongue analysis,
a blood pressure check, a complete health
history interview, a nutritional consulting
session, and an EIS full body health scan.
Through her comprehensive EIS Scan,
Nance is able to look at every internal organ and
take measurements of brain chemicals, bone
density, hormones, vitamins and trace minerals.
She can also identify areas of the body that are
affected by issues such as toxins, parasites and
stress—and recommend additional tests that can
be done by your physician.
“There are only a few clinics in the GTA
that offer an EIS Scan,” Nance says. “But no
one else is doing natural medicine physicals—
and most of them are charging three times more
than I am for the EIS Scan alone.” C l i e n t s
will often seek Nance’s services when they’ve
tried everything else. Others just want to make
sure they’re on the right track with their health.
“My physicals don’t replace medical
physicals,” she explains. “But they do help
patients educate themselves and make the right
decisions. It also helps them know what to ask
when they’re dealing with their doctor.”
In terms of pain and stress relief, Nance
provides a wide variety of medical devices and
therapies. These include five different types of
SCENARs, Low Intensity Lasers, Vibro-
acoustic Sound Therapy, RIFE Medical
Frequencies, Ion Cleanse foot detoxification, a
Chi Machine, Oxygen, Reflexology, Egyptian
Head and Neck Massage, and Medical
Hypnotherapy.According to Nance, her
treatments are focused on helping her patients
increase their range of motion and relieve their
pain quickly.
“One of our patients sees us every other week
for maintenance pain relief,” she explains.
“He’s been a patient with us since 2006, and it’s
really had a beneficial effect. He was able to
play golf six days in a row pain-free while on
vacation recently.”
Nance has also been called the Canadian
expert when it comes to super foods like Salvia
Hispanica, Shatavari, Raw Cacao, Incan
Berries, Maca and Kapikacchu seeds. By
introducing the right super foods to your diet,
people can treat issues like cholesterol, blood
pressure, obesity and depression. Super foods
can also help people increase their energy,
vitality, brain function, immunity and memory.
“When I recommend any super food,
cleanse or supplement, I always test my patients
first to make sure they’ll get the complete
benefit of the product,” Nance says. “Most of
these products can be purchased from my clinic
and I’m adding new ones all the time.”
A Passion for Healing
Nance has spent years building up her
clinic—and it’s been a long and fulfilling
journey. Her passion for the natural therapy
field all started back in 1979 when she was
working as an accounting clerk for a large
corporation.
“It was year end and I was getting very
stressed,” she explains. “My friend dragged me
to a Chinese breathing course called Ki Kou—a
type of Chinese yoga. The first couple of classes
were really silly. But I soon realized I was
sleeping and dealing with my stress much
better—and that really opened my eyes to the
benefits of natural medicine.”
As the years progressed, Nance began
training with some of the world’s leading
specialists in areas such as integrative medicine
physicals, medical hypnotherapy and super
foods, and launched her own full-time practice.
She’s also graduated from several institutions
including the University of Bridgeport, Pan
American School of Natural Medicine, the
Canadian School of Nutrition, and the
University of Integrated Medicine.
But Nance has never been one to rest on
her laurels. She works one week each month at
the Southampton Centre For Wellness—a full
service wellness centre in Southampton,
Ontario that provides the latest in healing
medical technology and natural treatments. In
addition, she’s published over 100 books and
articles, and spoken around the world on the
subject of natural medicine.
In terms of the future, Nance is hoping
to spread the word about natural medicine by
training other like-minded practitioners. In
1995, she founded the Ancient Journeys School
of New Medicine Association based on ancient
traditional medicines and new technologies.
Nance’s school—and the field of natural
medicine—has seen a lot of growth in recent
years. And according to Nance, that’s becoming
more and more important as time goes on.
“Our medical doctors and professionals
are simply overworked these days,” she says.
“But with the help of doctors in the natural
medicine community, we can lighten the load
on our medical professions and work together to
create a patient-focused health care system.
That’s what makes natural medicine so
necessary.” HWS
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Why Avatar Didn’t Win the Oscar
Why Avatar Didn’t Win
the Oscar:
Psychologist, Dr. Jeffrey Fine
Asserts: The Corporate World
is Bulldozing America
When Katherine Bigelow’s The Hurt
Locker won for “Best Picture,” many believed
that James Cameron’s Avatar had been robbed.
Speculation focused on Oscar politics and the
directors’ ill-fated marriage. But noted
psychologist Dr. Jeffrey Fine says the reason is
simpler: Avatar didn’t win because the
Academy missed the movie’s deeper meaning
and chose a “real-life” film instead.
Those who’ve argued that Avatar
mimics Dances With Wolves or Pocahontas
prove Dr. Fine’s point. “The message in Avatar
is not a simplistic return to nature or to a
previous evolutionary stage,” he argues, adding,
“It may be the next leap in the evolution of
consciousness, and the only one that may hold
the promise of survival.”
Pointing to the greed and cynicism that
not only mark much of American culture, but
have hardened American hearts, he says that
unless we wake up to Avatar’s message,
humanity will be lost. “This film should be seen
by every man, woman and child” he says,
suggesting that parents should take their teens
and tweens to see it and discuss hidden
meanings. “I see you," for example, comes from
the Sanskrit Namaste, which translates to: "The
God in me sees the God in you" or “I see myself
in your eyes.”
Like Star Wars, Avatar also appeals to
our collective unconscious, or world soul. The
Na’vi experience of unity of consciousness with
other beings, all of which (themselves included)
are really just manifestations of One Awa, or
Yahweh -- echoing our ancestors’ belief in an
interconnected, ever changing intelligent web of
life, symbolized by the World Tree.
Unfortunately, says Dr. Fine; Avatar’s
“everything is connected” message lies in
glaring contrast with the culture of separation
most Americans experience. Focusing on a rise
of the feminine, and the importance of bonding,
this movie offers a blissful alternative to a world
where mothers are devalued, and babies sent to
day care at the ripe old age of six weeks.
In the end, Dr. Fine concludes; this film
is about standing at a crossroads: What do we
choose for our children; commercial
materialism or reconnection with all life?
“Sadly,” says Dr Fine, “the bulldozers in Avatar
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From The ‘X’ Zone Newsroom
Man arrested after
claiming to be federal
bounty hunter, police say
By ANNE JUNGEN
A La Crosse man with dreams of being a federal
agent now faces charges that accuse him of
impersonating a bounty hunter.
Kevin Shirel forfeited his leather-cased
fugitive recovery agent identification card,
badge and squad car lights after his arrest for
claiming to work also as a federal agent and
undercover drug investigator, according to a La
Crosse police report.
"You know where I live. I will abide by
what you say. I just wanted some meaning in my
life," he told investigators.
Shirel, 47, flashed his badge and
holstered handgun in February and March at
Payday Loan Store, 4009 Mormon Coulee
Road, where employees believed he worked in
law enforcement, according to the report.
Surveillance video showed him pointing
the gun at two employees Feb. 27.
In mid-January, Shirel used his white
sport utility vehicle equipped with squad lights
and a K-9 sticker to stop a vehicle near Losey
Boulevard and Crowley Place, according to
reports. He asked the occupants for
identification after claiming to be a federal
agent.
When arrested March 12 for
impersonating a peace officer, Shirel told police
he paid $400 for a recovery agent training kit
that included a DVD, badge and book that
stated he could hold fugitives for law
enforcement.
He admitted to stopping the vehicle in
January but denied claiming to be a federal
agent "because that would be illegal," reports
stated. Shirel also said he used his badge only
once to calm a dispute between a manager and
customer at Pawn America.
Shirel explained in a typed letter to the
FBI after his arrest that he didn't remember the
incidents because prescription drugs affected
his memory. He apologized for what he called
"stupid" actions, the letter stated.
Shirel, of 515 N. Losey Blvd., is free on
a signature bond. A court date has not been set.
Torture Television: The
Game of Death
In an experiment reminiscent of a 1960s
Yale University study, French researchers have
used a fake game show pilot to test how far
people could be pushed by television. Parallels
with historical atrocities have been made by
some.
Contestants were told to zap a fellow
contestant, really an actor, with increasing
amounts of electricity for getting questions
wrong until it apparently kills him. Only 16 of
80 people refused to use the maximum voltage,
despite pleas from the ´victim´.
"They are not equipped to disobey. They
don´t want to do it, they try to convince the
authority figure that they should stop, but they
don´t manage to," said Christophe Nick, who
recorded the experiment as a documentary.
PETA Upset at Mike
Tyson for Racing Pigeons
People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals (PETA) in NYC have appealed to city
prosecutors to investigate boxing star Mike
Tyson, claiming that his practice of pigeon
racing is cruel to animals.
Tyson´s hobby is the subject of a new
Brooklyn-based reality TV show. PETA argues
that the races could also encourage or involve
illegal gambling. Tyson has raised pigeons all
his life, but never raced them before.
A spokeswoman for Animal Planet,
where the show will be aired, says that the birds
are "cherished and respected by their owners",
including Tyson, and that there will be no
wagers set down at the races.
Prototype ´Invisibility
Cloak´ Created
Researchers from Germany and the UK
have created a prototype ´invisibility cloak´
using photonic crystals. Previous technology
allowed cloaking in two dimensions. This is the
first one to work on three dimensions.
To date, the technique has been
demonstrated by hiding a bump on a surface.
Years of further work will be required before
anything of note can be shielded.
"This is very exciting, because mankind
has always thought about being invisible or
having invisibility cloaks. This is the first proof
of principle. It shows that the technique works,"
said lead researcher Tolga Ergin.
CIA concludes study of
UFOs futile — who'd trust
findings?
By Erik Lacitis
Seattle Times staff reporter
It's a 17-page report available on the
CIA's Web site that acknowledges the futility of
investigating UFOs by the government agency.
It concludes, "Like the JFK
assassination conspiracy theories, the UFO
issue probably will not go away soon, no matter
what the Agency does or says.
"The belief that we are not alone in the
universe is too emotionally appealing and the
distrust of our government is too pervasive to
make the issue amenable to traditional scientific
studies of rational explanation and evidence."
Still, "CIA's Role in the Study of UFOs,
1947-90," makes for fascinating reading.
It was published in 2007 by Gerald K.
Hines, the historian for the National
Reconnaissance Office.
If you haven't heard of the NRO, it says
it "designs, builds and operates the nation's
reconnaissance satellites" and is staffed by
Department of Defense and CIA employees. It
lists its "vision" as "Vigilance from Above."
In the 17 pages, Hines has put together
what reads as an objective, thorough history of
11
the CIA and UFOs.
Not that anything the CIA says — well
researched as it may be by a historian — will
change many minds.
As Hines says in his report, "an
extraordinary 95 percent of all Americans" have
heard of UFOs, and "57 percent believe they are
real. Former U.S. Presidents Carter and Reagan
claim to have seen a UFO."
Chinese UFO’s Turn Out
To Be Kites!
Two pyramid shaped UFOs reported
over Xi'an, China on January 28, 2010 have
turned out to be kites!
Another example of why no one is
taking UFO researchers seriously.
Cult Act To Attempt To
Link Up With Aliens
Cult band SAINT MOTEL have teamed
up with alien hunters at the International Flying
Saucer Bureau in a bid to track down space
beings at an upcoming Los Angeles concert.
The group will mark World Contact Day
on 10 April (10) by staging a show at the
Echoplex in Los Angeles - and star watchers
will beam their live music into space.
Band frontman AJ Jackson says, "We
will be trying to finish what Albert Bender from
the International Flying Saucer Bureau
attempted to do in 1953. The goal was to make
contact with extraterrestrials via telepathic
communication.
"However, days before the 1953 World
Contact Day, Albert Bender had a mysterious
visit from some officials who scared him so
badly he disbanded the IFSB and receded into
the wilderness.
"Nobody knows exactly what happened
but it is rumoured that he was onto something -
something that Saint Motel plans to discover."
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12 From The ‘X’ Zone Newsroom

Stars foretell more
teaching of nonsense
Darwin and climate change
aren't the only "debates."
By Leonard Boasberg
Darwin's detractors have devised what they
consider an intelligent design joining their
doubts about evolution and global warming,
according to the New York Times.
In Kentucky, for instance, a bill in the
state legislature would encourage teachers to
discuss "the advantages and disadvantages of
scientific theories," including "evolution, the
origins of life, global warming, and human
cloning."
In Louisiana, a 2008 law says the state
board of education may help teachers promote
"critical thinking" on all those subjects. The
Texas state school board requires teachers to
present all sides on evolution and global
warming.
All well and good, but not good enough.
I am in favor of critical thinking, but let's go
further. Our young people are entitled to think
about the advantages and disadvantages of other
controversial matters.
Astrology, for example. According to a
recent Pew Research Center survey, 25 percent
of Americans believe in astrology.
Being an Aries, I am open-minded on
the subject. I do not know whether the stars can
predict the future, reveal my personality, or
advise me on my love life and whether I ought
to buy or sell securities. And I do not know if
the zodiac can explain why I burst into maniacal
laughter when I read that one out of four
Americans believes in astrology.
In any case, though, the fact that one out
of four Americans believes in anything surely
means it's important enough that our young
people should be taught about its advantages
and disadvantages. Right?
Which brings me to a related subject: the
controversy over whether men really landed on
the moon. I know, I know. We have seen
pictures of men allegedly walking around on the
moon. But how do we really know they are real?
I think they are real, but what I think doesn't
matter. What's important is that there is a
controversy, and our young people's minds
should be open to the pros and cons.
And what really happened on July 2,
1947, in Roswell, N.M.? According to
eyewitnesses, a flying saucer crashed on the
Foster ranch. An Air Force general, however,
declared that the wreckage was actually that of
a weather balloon, and the government has
stuck to that story all these years.
But there is considerable literature
claiming that it was in fact a flying saucer, and
that the U.S. government engaged in a massive
cover-up.
And there is the related question of
whether aliens from outer space have been
visiting our planet, abducting people, and
carrying them off to their spaceships, where
they have done unspeakable things to their
bodies before returning them.
Don't scoff. Quite a number of people
have testified to experiences like these - enough
that we must keep an open mind and have the
subject taught, pros and cons, in our classrooms.
I will not go into the matter of the
Kennedy assassination, except to suggest that
Oliver Stone's conspiratorial film about it be
shown in our classrooms, in the interest of being
as fair and balanced as Fox News.
Finally, there is this matter of Einstein's
theory of relativity. Do you understand the
meaning of "E = mc2"? I thought not. Neither
do I. The scientists claim it's true, but why
should we believe scientists? Most of them
believe in stuff like global warming. []
Russia's Flying Saucer
Aerostat Set For
Production
The government of the Ulianovsk
Region in the Volga area has approved a five-
year program to produce so-called "flying
saucers" - a bizarre hybrid of a helicopter and an
aerostat.
The first such aircraft, officially named
"aerostatic thermoballasted vehicle" or simply
"Locomoskayner" after its manufacturer
LocomoSky, was presented MAKS-2009 air
show. The prototype flying saucer was seven
meters (23 feet) in diameter and was able to
transport 20 kg (44.4 lbs) of cargo.
The company, however, plans to
produce aircraft with a cargo-carrying capacity
of up to 600 metric tons or a passenger capacity
of up to 11,000 people.
It will be able to hover, perform a
vertical landing, move in a straight line with
speeds close to 100 kmph, turn around and will
need no special ground-based facilities to land.
The flying saucer will have low fuel
consumption as compared to ordinary aircraft
due to its aerodynamic form and will be able to
transport outsized cargoes to remote and
inaccessible areas.
According to the regional government's
estimates, the project will attract over $90
billion in investments. It will also create about
800 jobs in the region and bring some $4
million to the budget in tax payments.
LocomoSky has already started to build
a production facility site in an industrial zone in
the area. []
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“Flying Saucer”
Programme Approved
Government of Ulianovsk region
recently approved the long-term project of
flying saucer construction.
The project is aimed at developing and
building a revolutionary transportation device –
aerostatic thermoballasted aerial vehicle. This
new vehicle doesn’t depend on time of the
season and provides high lifting capacity, low
fuel consumption, almost unlimited flying range
and flight duration. The vehicle doesn’t need
airdromes and complex terrestrial
infrastructure.
This project was approved by Russian
government last November. New aerial vehicle
is useful for military men, medics, rescuers, and
etc. []
It’s a bird! It’s a plane!
No, it’s Russia’s “flying
saucer”
Russia has launched a program to build
a powerful, multi-purpose airship that will
certainly cause many people on the ground to
take notice.
The “Locomoskayner” airship takes to
the air with nothing more than helium, but will
also have special outfitted hot air cells to
regulate its buoyancy, RIA Novosti news
agency reported.
Propulsion of the craft is provided by
several electric motors, and small wings on the
periphery of its disc-shaped hull give the
vehicle extra lift in flight. The aircrafts unusual
shape, which strikingly resembles an
unidentified flying object (UFO) also gives it
extra stability, and ability to resist wind currents
to hover for extended periods above targets on
the ground.
Varying models of the Locomoskayners
are expected to be used for the transportation of
people and cargo, as well as surveillance and
monitoring. The largest version in the works
will be able to airlift 600 tons.
The five-year project is based in the city
of Ulyanovsk, some 900 km east from Moscow.
The project’s developer, LocomoSky, plans to
generate $90 million worth of investment.[]
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14 The mystery of the silent aliens
The mystery of the silent
aliens
Michael Hanlon, contributor
Sixty years ago, space aliens were the
preserve of lunatics and eccentrics, thanks to
decades of sci-fi schlock, flying-saucer
nonsense and Lowellian fantasies of Martian
canals. Then, in 1950, came Enrico Fermi and
his paradox - "Where the hell is everyone?" -
and, 10 years later, the first attempts to put the
search for ET on a scientific footing, courtesy of
Frank Drake, who pointed a radio telescope at
Tau Ceti and heard... silence.
Since then, a modestly funded
programme to detect alien radio transmissions
has stepped up a gear, and we have made
significant astronomical discoveries pertinent to
the question of alien life. Despite this, Fermi's
paradox has deepened, as the sheer size and
antiquity of the universe has become
increasingly apparent.
Today it is rare to meet an astronomer
who doesn't believe that the universe is teeming
with life. There is a feeling in the air that light
will soon be shed on some of science's most
fundamental questions: is Earth's biosphere
unique? Do other minds ponder the universe?
In April, the world will celebrate the
quinquagenary of SETI, the search for
extraterrestrial intelligence, so it seems a good
time to take stock of the silence. Three new
books tackle the issue in three different ways.
One, an immensely readable investigation of the
SETI enterprise (with a surprising conclusion);
the second, a technical guide to what we should
be looking for and how; and the third, a left-
field argument that the alien question has
already been answered.
In The Eerie Silence, Paul Davies - who
makes a living tackling the biggest questions of
life, the universe and everything - begins with
the assumption that the universe should be full
of life. There are more stars out there than there
are grains of sand on all the Earth's beaches, and
now that more than 400 planets have been found
orbiting other stars, we can be almost certain
that most stars have planets. Surely our Earth is
not unique.
But while the odds against life seem to
be shortening, thanks to those exoplanets, it is
now pretty clear that our part of the galaxy, at
least, is not a hive of obvious alien activity. The
cosmos may be buzzing with life, or even with
intelligence, but it is not Star Trek out there.
Perhaps we are looking in the wrong
way, muses Davies. At the core of his rather
wonderful book is a list of imaginative
alternatives to the current focus on radio signals
from nearby stars - a search that is, he claims,
shackled by anthropocentric assumptions and
innate conservatism, and ripe for a shake-up.
Rather than expecting to stumble upon a
high-power radio transmission aimed directly at
Earth, we might look for ghostly neutrino
signals or messages encoded in the otherwise
clockwork light flashes from pulsars. We should
also be on the lookout for alien life forms - or
their probes - closer to home, and search for
circumstantial evidence that aliens are here, or
at least were here, perhaps millions of years
ago. Beacons in the asteroid belt, perhaps, bits
of ancient machinery left on the moon, or here.
suspicious polygonal craters. Maybe ET will For one, Kasting dismisses some of the
tune into the internet: the ieti.org website has "rare Earth" arguments put forward by Peter
been set up to allow them to do exactly that. Ward and Don Brownlee a decade ago. He
Not all the arguments here totally argues persuasively that Earth's large moon and
convince. Davies assumes aliens will be, well, strong magnetic field are red herrings; neither is
alien: slithery tentacled things with seven eyes, a prerequisite for life. The second part of his
and so forth. Actually there may be good book is a detailed account of the search for
reasons, espoused by the University of Earth-like exoplanets, and prospects for future
Cambridge biologist Simon Conway-Morris, success.
why ET may be more like us than many For a few scientists, the alien question
imagine. And I disagree with Davies that the has already been answered. Not by the UFO
physical appearance of our putative neighbours loonies but by the Viking landers which, 34
is of no interest. Humans are visual creatures. years ago, produced startling results when they
It would help if we knew just how life baked and wetted samples of Martian soil.
got started on Earth, and where. We know
genesis happened early, when Earth was a very (Continued on Page 15)
different place to what it is today, and this marks
the starting point for James Kasting's rather
technical account of what makes a habitable
planet and how we should go about finding such
bodies. Kasting too often eschews everyday
language and resorts to scientific shorthand,
even if no accuracy is gained and some clarity is
lost. But, this gripe aside, there are nuggets
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End of the World NOT Coming
The mystery of the silent
aliens
Michael Hanlon, contributor
Continued from age 14
In We Are Not Alone, Dirk Schulze-
Makuch and David Darling flesh out the
argument that the landers, which touched down
in 1976, probably did find life. The mainstream
explanation for the initial apparently positive
findings - some unusual abiotic Martian soil
chemistry - does not, the book claims, hold up.
And the Vikings' gas chromatograph-mass
spectrometer, which found no organics in the
heated soil, leading scientists to rule out the
discovery of life, may have malfunctioned and
never tested any soil at all.
Their case for Martian life is fairly
compelling; less so, their cases for life on Titan
and other moons of the gas giants. Perhaps the
most convincing case is for a biosphere 50
kilometres above the scorching surface of
Venus. The title is perhaps misleading: "not
alone" implies intelligent company, not
microbes.
However many places there are out there
where life could survive, a habitable planet is
not the same as an inhabited one, as Kasting
points out. And, as Davies writes, we should no
more assume that evolution tends towards
intelligence than it does towards the elephant's
trunk. There were likely dinosaurs as clever as
cats, yet in all those millions of years not one
reptile learned how to farm or make fire.
When drawing conclusions about the
probability of alien life, we must always
remember that when it comes to hard data we
have a sample size of precisely one. We have to
date seen no signals and no messages, and
found no microbes: nothing, as Davies says,
looks fishy at all. Furthermore, we see no sign
of a galactic conquest by self-reproducing von
Neumann machines - proof alone, say some,
that ET does not exist. Finally, we have
absolutely no idea how or where life on Earth
got started and whether this was a fluke or a
near-inevitability. If the latter, it prompts the
question of why only one genesis, something
Davies tackles in some depth.
Three books, three takes on the silence
from space. Kasting tends towards the
mainstream view: a few hundred civilisations in
our galaxy, separated by vast gulfs of space. The
title of Schulze-Makuch and Darling's well-
written and provocative book is self-
explanatory. Paul Davies confesses his desire to
conclude that they are out there - but admits that
they may not be.
Earth is odd, life odder and intelligent
life the oddest of all. There is great mystery
here, and it is not clear we are any nearer to
solving it than we were 50 years ago. Believing
in aliens is fashionable these days, but that does
not mean it is justified. It is the result, as Davies
says, of sentiment as much as discovery. We
may yet be alone. But this, the most awe-
inspiring of all possible solutions of the Fermi
paradox, is surely the one we will never be able
to prove. []
End of the World's Not
Coming in 2012, Local
Professor Says
By KATIE HELLER
It's not the end of the world as we know
it, says a local professor taking aim at the
doomsday theory.
The Mayan doomsday prophecy is a
prediction by the ancient Mayans that the world
will end in 2012. But Kristine Larsen, an
astronomy professor at Central Connecticut
State University, is debunking that theory,
according to the Bristol Press.
Larsen is giving talks and writing
articles about how prophecies make sense only
to people wholly ignorant of science and the
Mayan calendar.
"The Mayan calendar ran in cycles. One
of their cycles is "Bak-tun," called the 'long
year' or 'great year,' which is 144,000 days
long," Larsen tells the Press. "Think of it like a
decade or century ending for us. It's much
bigger than the end of the year."
According to Larsen, the current Long
Year ends in 2012, but the end of one year
predicts nothing more than the beginning of a
new one. The equivalent, she says, to looking at
our calendar ending on Dec. 31 and believing
the world will end too.
The Mayan doomsday idea is all over
the place and Larsen has a theory on where it
began. She believes it started with a man named
Jose Arguelles, a believer in the Harmonic
Convergence, which was supposed to end the
world in August 1987 after other planets in our
solar system lined up in a certain way, the Press
15
reports.
She also has a there an idea of the kind
of reaction doomsday believers will have when
they wake up on either New Year's Day 2013 or
Dec. 22, 2012, the day after the winter solstice.
"Some people will take credit for it, like
they always do -- 'it was because I prayed, it was
because I made a sacrifice,' In 1910, Halley's
Comet came astronomically close to earth.
People committed suicide. One man in
California somehow managed to nail himself to
a wooden cross -- don't ask me how -- and
offered himself as a sacrifice for the planet.
Fortunately, someone found him in time, and
took him to get medical care," Larsen tells the
Press.
"My biggest fear is someone will be
hurt, either by their own hand or someone's
else's," Larsen said. []
California company
cashes in on end of the
world fear
To survive the predicted Mayan calendar
end – Vivos is offering underground shelters
around the U.S. for about 3,000 people who can
then run the rest of the planet.
Vivos is running a countdown on their
website – 1,000 days remaining – yet, it claims
the shelters are not just for the so-called end of
time in 2012. Well, if the world doesn’t end
then, you can always use the shelter later.
“Millions of people believe that we are
living in the “end times”. Many are looking for
a solution to survive future Earth devastating
events,” the company says on its web site.
“Eventually, our planet will realize another
devastating catastrophe, whether man-made, or
a cyclical force of nature. Disasters are rare and
unexpected, but on any sort of long timeline,
they’re inevitable.”
“The accepted solution to most of the
threat scenarios is to find underground shelter,”
it says.
Now, the company says it is building a
$200 million shelter known as Vivos – the Latin
word for to ‘live.’
“The Vivos complexes are deep-
underground, airtight, fully self-contained blast
proof shelters, designed to survive virtually any
catastrophe or threat scenario including: natural
disasters, a nuclear blast, chemical and
biological weapons, or even widespread social
anarchy,” it says.
Each facility costs more than $10
million. Each shelter will house 172 to 200
people for up to a year.
Members who are also co-owners, will
reside in furnished living quarters, with semi-
private bedrooms, bathrooms, and kitchens.
Don’t worry if you’re one of those living below
about getting bored with the menu abundant
supply of gourmet foods for 1 year. That
includes gourmet coffee.
Unlike Noah’s Ark, animals aren’t the
main focus, but there is a DNA depository
available for every living species on Earth in
Vivos refrigerated vaults.
The shelters should be finished by mid-
2011 giving plenty of time for the Mayan
deadline of life in 2012. []
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Why 2012 is a hoax!
By Himmat Singh
YOU must have heard rumours that on
Dec 21, 2012, the world will end. Some call it
the apocalypse, while others call it doomsday.
But how is it possible for somebody, or
even a community, to pinpoint the exact date,
month and year, of the world’s expiration date?
Theorists fuel their claims from two separate
sources.
The first theory is based on the ancient
Mayan calendar, which comes to an abrupt end
on the above stated date.
The next claim is based on the
controversial prophecy of Nostradamus, a 16th
Century philosopher. This theory has been
gaining so much steam that it has become a part
of pop culture.
A plethora of books - fiction and non-
fiction have been written on this topic.
A film has even been created in its
“honour”.
Here are reasons why the 2012 end-of-
the-world theory is just a hoax.
Mesoamerican Calendar
This calendar stipulates that its present
cycle will conclude in December 2012.
But that doesn’t mean that the world will
come to an end as the cycle will restart.
Although many scholars believed in the
theory initially, in-depth studies suggested that
there is no reason to believe in it.
Nostradamus’ predictions
Nostradamus was a 16th Century philosopher
who wrote a collection of prophecies.
Written in rhyming quatrains, his
prophecies are very vague.
People say that he predicted the 9/11
attacks, but there isn’t proof to suggest that any
of his prophecies have come true.
Planetary collision
It is not possible that the world would end in
such a way, not on Dec 21, 2012 at least.
If there were to be an inter-planetary or
asteroid collision, scientists would have alerted
us as they track objects in outer space.
By using their deep-space probing
devices, they can calculate the trajectories of
planets and asteroids. God God works in ways
we humans know not of.
When will we die? When will our
dreams be realised? These are but a few
questions that we have no answers to. Likewise,
only God knows the answer to the question:
When will the world end? In short, I would say
that it is foolish for someone to be a believer of
the 2012 doomsday theory based on a couple of
ideologies.
Yes, the world will someday come to an
end, but that is the prerogative of the Almighty
himself. []
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www.xzonetv.com
Why 2012 is a hoax!
Will Earth pass through
2012 disaster flick flooded
the galactic plane in 2012?
with flaws
Jerold LeBlanc
Staff writer
Wetaskiwin Times
Jumbo shrimp.
Military intelligence.
Best disaster movie ever.
Nothing like an oxymoron to catch your
attention, especially when it's on the front of the
DVD case for the overhyped 2012, now out on
DVD.
For those few of the uninformed, 2012 is
about the end of the Mayan long count calendar,
which actually exists, which some say foretells
the end of the world.
Leave it up to Hollywood to come up
with a disaster movie loaded with more special
effects that would make high-tech guru James
Cameron (he of Avatar fame) a tad jealous.
Don't get me wrong, the jaw-dropping
special effects are the real star of the movie.
While John Cusack has the leading role
of Jackson Curtis, I firmly believe that you
could have put Madonna – yes, Madonna – in
the starring role, and still provide enough kick
at the box office to make even the most grizzled
board member laugh all the way to the bank.
The other major flaw was casting '70s
Hollywood star George Segal (Fun With Dick
and Jane), who is 76 years old.
I kept expecting to see Steve McQueen
as a firefighter, a la 1974s Towering Inferno, or
any other cheesy disaster flick from that era.
There are, however, some outstanding
roles by the supporting cast, specifically Woody
Harrelson as Charlie Frost, a Doomsday radio
host prophet, who gets the last laugh for all
those years people have called him crazy.
Oh wait, I'm talking about Harrelson's
career as Woody the bartender on that '80s
sitcom Cheers.
While a big budget movie demands big
budget stars, people like Danny Glover are
wasted in there supporting cast roles.
Glover, a black U.S. president, does
what every politician should do in time of crisis
– step aside and adhere to the mantra every
woman and child first.
At least that' what should have
happened.
Special effects aside, 2012 gives
viewers a chance to play a Hollywood version
of Where's Waldo as some of the brightest
minds of our time are gathered up – sort of like
preserving the human race.
And including the entire world –which
means every creed, class and race on this planet
–was a nice touch.
Yet, leave it up to the U.S. government
to treat most of the Earth's population like
unicorns, or those who scoffed at Noah for
building his ark.
Yet, 2012 flies in the face of the Bible
itself when God told Noah that He would never
again destroy the world with a flood.
Apparently, those Hollywood types
either don't read their hotel Bibles as they travel
from city to city, or they are, in fact, a bunch of
heathens. []
According to the computational wizard
Jean Meeus (page 301-303 of Mathematical
Astronomy Morsels), the solstice points were in
alignment with the galactic equator as recently
as the year 1998.
In other words, the 2012 alignment isn’t
unique. Consider the view from our local star,
the sun. As seen from the sun, Earth crosses the
Milky Way’s galactic plane (also called the
galactic equator) twice a year, every year.
Or consider the view from Earth. As
seen from Earth, the sun crosses the galactic
plane – also called the galactic equator on our
sky – twice a year, every year. All of this is just
part of Earth’s normal motion, as projected on
our sky’s dome, as we travel around the sun.
Quite by coincidence, the ecliptic – the
projection of the Earth’s orbital plane onto the
stellar sphere – intersects the galactic plane near
the solstice points. That’s why these points are
so near each other on our sky’s dome.
However, it’s true that the sun on the
December solstice doesn’t return to the same
exact spot in front of the backdrop stars every
year. The solstice point slowly but surely moves
westward through the stars at about one degree
per every 72 years. (For reference, the sun’s
diameter equals about 1/2 degree.)
Therefore, the solstice point moves
about 30 degrees westward every 2,160 years.
By the year 2269, the December solstice point
will cross into the constellation Ophiuchus.
Then the solstices won’t happen so near the
location of the galactic plane in our sky.
Take a look at our sky chart. If you could
see the stars during the daytime, you’d see the
sun in front of the constellation Sagittarius on
each December 21 solstice. We show Sagittarius
as a Teapot on this sky chart, because many
people are able to see that pattern. On or near
each December solstice, the sun crosses the
plane of the Milky Way galaxy above the spout
of the Teapot, a bit north of the galactic center.
Can you see that intersection? Also look for the
various M-objects along the galactic equator, as
shown on our chart. Those are star clusters in
the star-crowded plane of the galaxy. []
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Wake Up and Smell the Science, Hollywood!
Wake Up and Smell the
Science, Hollywood!
by Ian O'Neill
Neutrinos? You're going to kill the Earth
using... neutrinos?!
That was the thought echoing through
my brain during the November 2009 screening
of Roland Emmerich's disaster orgy, 2012.
However, I was in the minority.
At the end of that painful 158 minutes,
the filled-to-capacity midnight movie screening
erupted with applause.
What?! Everyone else enjoyed it? Did I
miss something?
Unfortunately, that's the problem, I
didn't miss anything. In my mind, I knew
neutrinos couldn't cause the Earth's interior to
boil, turning our planet into a sphere of Jello; I
knew the much fabled "galactic alignment" and
"killer solar flare" doomsday theories are bunk;
I knew the polar shift as depicted by Emmerich
was completely flawed. Don't get me started on
the tsunamis, Arks and silly plot twists.
After writing a review on the science
failings of 2012, I received a mixed bag of
comments, but the overriding sentiment was
that I needed to "suspend disbelief" and that I
shouldn't take movies so seriously.
At the American Association for the
Advancement of Science (AAAS) meeting in
San Diego, at a session chaired by The Science
and Entertainment Exchange director (and
Discovery News blogger) Jennifer Ouellette, a
professor from Emory University in Atlanta
shared his frustration about the science failings
in movies.
Prof. Sidney Perkowitz (also a member
of the Exchange) suggested that movies should
be allowed just one major suspension of belief
for the sake of the storyline.
Often movies that contain more than
their fair share of science failings (such as The
Core, as singled out by Perkowitz as the worst
offender), will be the least memorable movies,
whereas more accurate movies (such as Contact
and Apollo 13) will often go down in movie
history.
"Contact has one of the best depictions
of an actual scientist, and a woman to boot, ably
played by Jodie Foster. Perkowitz is also a fan
of last year's indie film Sleep Dealer, District 9,
and Moon, and Gattaca. As for the bad: The
Core takes top honors, about drilling to the
Earth's core, in order to detonate a nuclear
device that will kick-start the core's rotation.
And the giant insect aliens in Starship Troopers
would collapse under their own weight were
real insects scaled up to that size." -- The
Science and Entertainment Exchange blog.
Although "bad science" doesn't
necessarily translate into a failed movie (for
example, 2012 pulled in almost $800 million
worldwide), in my opinion it does miss an
opportunity to prove just how exciting real
science can be without having to make stuff up.
Movies can be an educational tool, why not
depict science accurately?
"That's the true power of science fiction:
not only can it entertain and inspire the next
generation of scientists, but it provides a
compelling framework in which to explore how
science fits into our culture at large, and the
inevitable ethical/philosophical questions that
accompany major breakthroughs in research." -
- The Science and Entertainment Exchange
blog.
There is the requirement for sci-fi
movies to create fictional worlds, futuristic
technologies and bizarre alien creatures, but
sticking with believable science shouldn't be
just an option. Granted, some disbelief
suspension should be expected at the movies,
but it would be nice if The Core was the
exception rather than the rule.
As one commenter said in reply to my
2012 review: "Knocking science in science
fiction movies is like shooting fish in itty-bitty
barrels with a very big gun. It's fun and can
make a big splash, but isn't very hard."
But when the movie is really bad, it
becomes a really, really small barrel. []
Stock Market 'Psychic'
Charged With Fraud by
SEC
CNBC / Reuters
Sean David Morton, a psychic who calls
himself "America's Prophet," apparently did not
see investigators coming when he touted
investments.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission sued Morton, 51, on Thursday on
civil fraud charges, accusing him of
fraudulently raising more than $6 million from
more than 100 investors for Delphi Investment
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Group in 2006 and 2007.
"In soliciting these individuals, Morton
claimed that he would use his psychic expertise
to provide investment guidance to his
investment team, and falsely touted his
historical success in psychically predicting the
various rises and falls of the market," the
complaint filed in Manhattan federal court said.
The U.S. market regulator's lawsuit said
Morton and his wife Melissa Morton, 42,
diverted investor money, including at least
$240,000 to their own nonprofit religious
organization, Prophecy Research Institute
(PRI).
It said Morton enticed investors through
a monthly Delphi Associates Newsletter, a web
site and public appearances in New York City
and elsewhere. He also broadcasts on a
nationally syndicated radio show with an
average audience of nearly 3 million listeners,
the SEC said.
It quoted from a July 20, 2006
newsletter, which said: "I have called ALL the
highs and lows of the market, giving EXACT
DATES for rises and crashes over the last 14
years."
Morton is representing himself and
could not immediately be reached for comment
by phone or email at his Hermosa Beach,
California, organization Heaven & Earth.
Morton hosted "financial survival"
workshops at the Mount Shasta Resort in
California in September 2007, where he told
prospectives investors he could make them
"piles of money," according to the complaint.
Morton placed investor's money in shell
companies Vajra, 27 Investments and Magic
Eight Ball, controlled by him and his wife. She
was also named as a defendant in the complaint.
"While Morton promised investors that
all of their funds would be used to trade foreign
currencies, in fact, he invested only about half
with foreign currency trading firms," the SEC
said.
The Mortons are defendants in two
pending private civil actions, the SEC said. The
market regulator is asking the court to order
disgorgement of any illgotten gains and fines
under securities laws.
The case is SEC v Sean David Morton et
al, U.S. District Court for the Southern District
of New York, No. 101720. []
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18 2012: The Nonsense of It All

2012: The Nonsense of It
All
Written by David P. Kuhlman

In the world in which we live, money

and the power of the almighty dollar have
always been at the forefront. It seems the more
money a person makes the more socially
attractive a person becomes. This has led people
from all walks of life in search of the quickest
and simplest ways to make their fortune. In
2009 the United States suffered one of the most
crippling economic crises since Black Monday
in 1929. The country went from a free spending
economic giant, to a frugal and meek money
hoarding nation reeling on its heels from the
devastating blow of a society that was
uncontrollably over-spending. I must say that
there have been numerous institutions and
products that folded under the strain, which I
never thought would. People stopped buying the
products they all were so use to, and
unnecessary buying was halted immediately.
The things we think of in the sense of
earth’s long existence. There have been proven predictions was the rise of Adolf Hitler and the
buying are usually material and tangible goods.
eradication of many civilizations in history, Third Reich as well as the modern day events of
We saw a major decline in this area of spending.
such as the ancient Druids and the Mayans, as the twin towers destruction of September 11,
Most every market that sold these items were
well as complete destruction of certain life 2001 in New York by terrorist attacks. Many,
shaken hard, and if they did not collapse they
forms on earth other than humans, which paved upon many claim that the writings by
had to seriously rework their agendas to bypass
the way for new beginnings of life on this Nostradamus clearly show his gift of predicting
the near inevitable crash. One thing selling
planet. One of the most recognized of these is future events, however a closer look at his
however was unaffected by the turmoil of
the demise of the giant lizards or dinosaurs that writings show that many of his writings can be
economics, a product that has been selling for
inhabited this planet for millions of years. It is linked in a loose way to many events and not to
years to people all over the world. In times of
clear that man existed sometime after this age any one in particular. In fact, his writings or
hardship this product gains in momentum in
and that the time of man was a new era in the visions were so openly written that you could
sales rather than falls, and the seller continues to
earth’s timeline. Could have man existed relate just about any disaster or change of
rake in money at other peoples expense. The
without the destruction of the dinosaur? significance throughout history with his memos.
item for sell is fear itself.
Possibly, but it was not in the great plan of It is my belief as it is others too, that
In our society it seems most are suckers
earths development, at least it isn’t a part of our Nostradamus was more a false prophet than
for the extreme of speculation and raw
current knowledge. Possibly one day we may anything else. There were many upon many
propaganda. Aren’t we? We are never content
find that man did indeed exist with these great predictions made by him that you rarely hear of
with just life, which already holds its own set of
lizards of prehistoric times, but for now we have that were never related to anything or came to
mind-blowing moments and problems that we
no evidence. We know there have been many pass in any shape or form. People can read into
all must deal with everyday. No, we need more!
changes over time, this is very evident, but is it any situation or prediction what they want, no
Most humans are not happy unless they have
possible for one to predict such events for our matter what the situation may be. At this point
placed more confusion and extreme uncertainty
future, the demise and eradication of all let me comment on another area that I think is of
upon their lives in daily doses. Why? Do we
mankind? We speculate that the dinosaurs’ reign importance. Every time a prediction is made it
thrive on gloom and doom? This type of
was cut short on earth by a giant asteroid that seems to always involve gloom, doom,
behavior has been going on since man has been
impacted the earth’s surface, which forced an destruction and evil. Why not at least predict
in existence. The need for extreme concern or
ice age and the immediate cessation of life, or good things that have or will happened
worry in practically trivial situations during
was it something else? The worries of this throughout this world’s history? It is because
otherwise calm times ushers in fear in people all
happening again still exist today, and they are sadly, man himself lives and thrives on fear
over the world and has been the norm; today it
used as a hypothetical end of life scenario for all itself, a waiting for the evil end to come. This
is no different by far. Why do people
mankind. The dinosaurs’ extinction however trait seems to be as much part of the humans’
continuously indulge and worry about such
was not a predicted event due to the evident make-up as is the red blood that flows through
irrational events even though we have no proof
absence of any form of written communication. his veins. Lets take a look at the past regarding
of their legitimacy? This is the million-dollar
There is one event that was predicted however, speculation of the end of the world, as we know
question and it makes no sense at all. Humans
and it has been proven to have taken place just it, and the selling of utter worldly nonsense,
live their lives not looking for the good life has
as accounted. This event was the great flood, as which led to fear and chaos.
to offer now, but what may or may not lie ahead
reported in the Bible. God used water to level The year was 2800 B.C. and the oldest
to cause a complete catastrophe for all the
the earth, to cleanse it from the wickedness that surviving prediction of the end of the world was
inhabitants of planet Earth…a global
had found its way into mans life, to start a new found inscribed on an Assyrian clay tablet. It
awakening.
beginning. Could there be another ending in read, “Our Earth is degenerate in these latter
Throughout time, in many of our recent
store for us all? days. There are signs that the world as we know
past, there have been those who rise out of the
We can use history to look back at many it is speedily coming to an abrupt end. Bribery
ashes to predict irrational and destructive
people throughout time that could ‘see the and corruption are very common.” In 1284,
scenarios that mankind will unavoidably have to
future’, and make ‘historic predictions’ of Pope Innocent III predicted the second coming
face. The apocalypse. A time of complete chaos
calamity and chaos that would befall humans in of Christ was at hand in this year. He based this
and unspeakable cataclysm, that will leave all of
the coming ages. One of the most recognized of on the date of the inception of the Muslim faith,
earths civilizations either extinct or on the brink
these people is Nostradamus, 1503 to 1566, the then he added 666 years to that, what is known
of complete demise, an event of global
great so-called prophet, who supposedly as the ‘Mark of the Beast’ in the Bible.
proportions. I will not argue the fact that these
type scenarios have happened at times in the predicted many of the futures great catastrophes
and uprisings. Included in Nostradamus (Continued on Page 19)
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2012: The Nonsense of It All 19

2012: The Nonsense of It numerous predictions and loosely constructed
speculations regarding the end of the world, as
is their near perfect discoveries about our world
in the light of present day. Today, we are still
All we know it. We also know that all of these puzzled as to how these ancient people could
predictions were pure fantasy, and the have known so much, with such little to work
Continued from Page 18
brainchild of some very questionable people with. I will be the first to say that it is
and groups all over the world. Why were these fascinating to me on just how much these
In 1524, some 20,000 people panicked
predictions made? Where did it in history, help people knew to be fact about our planet and
by predictions made by a group of London
our civilization as a whole? The answer is universe as a whole.
astrologers abandoned their homes and fled to
nowhere. This brings us to today. I wish I could The Mayans were timekeepers. This was
high ground in anticipation of a second great
say that today is different. A place where all their expertise and this is what they based their
flood that was predicted to overflow from the
humans as a whole have learned from off the lives upon day by day and year by year. They
Thames River. In 1648 a close study of the
wall speculations and weak assumptions, but used the heavens as their clocks, and gazed
kabbalah, the Turkish rabbi Sabbatai Zevi
nothing is farther from the truth sadly to say. towards them routinely. Based on cycles the
predicted that the Messiah would make a
Today we are approaching one of the most Mayans kept written record of events. They
miraculous return, and that his name would be
monumental and radical predictions for us in used the stars to map out timelines and
Sabbatai Zevi. The year 1666 brought much
history. As I write this paper, there are many important dates in time that had significance to
anxiety and false predictions due mainly
millions of people all over this globe that are them and their survival on earth. To know so
because of the evident number 666 in the date.
preparing for the final day of human existence. much, these ancient star dwellers had to spend
In 1792, the Shakers predicted the end of the
The day that man was supposedly destined to countless hours studying the skies above, and
world, as they knew it. Throughout history
meet face to face with one day, a day that has that is mainly all they did. They created
many individual groups and faiths have
been inscribed in the very DNA of our existence calendars of events. Throughout the years only
speculated about the end of days. The Jehovah’s
in this cosmos, the unavoidable end of the world a portion of the Mayan written materials have
Witness group have predicted this many times.
December 21, 2012, the certain day of the survived the thousands of years. The books
Predictions were made in 1914, 1915, 1918,
apocalypse and the cessation of life as we know known as the Dresden Codex, the Madrid
1919, 1920, 1925, 1941, 1975, and as recent as
it on this earth. Codex, the Paris Codex, and the Grolier Codex
1994. In 1844 Baptist preacher William Miller
The date December 21, 2012 is now have made it into modern day times. The
predicted the return of Christ and the rapture in
recognized as a date of some significance by all Dresden Codex also known as the Codex
upstate New York on October 22 of that year.
who see it, whether they buy into the Dresdenis contains a multitude of astronomical
This has become known as the “Great
predictions made or not. This day, other than calculations and eclipse-prediction tables, plus
Disappointment” in history.
being just four days prior to Christmas, has a twenty different calendars. It is this book or
Some of the most memorable
huge following for other reasons. It has been codex that many say has pinpointed the end of
predictions of the end of the world made within
postulated that this very day will be the the world.
my lifetime, and that I can recall from
unavoidable last day of all things that we have The galactic alignment of the sun and
experience began in the year 1988. In this year
come to know on earth, and very possibly the the earth with the center of our galaxy, the
there were many predictions made by many
last day of all mankind itself. I really can’t Milky Way, takes place on December 21, 2012,
separate groups and individuals as to why the
remember the first time I heard about this as does the end of the 5000-year cycle of the
world would end in this year. A major book that
prediction myself, but it hasn’t been too long Mayan long count calendar. This specific
was written was titled “ 88 Reasons Why Christ
ago. As the reader knows I write articles mainly calendar was used to record cycles, which
Will Return in 1988”, by Edgar Whisenant. In
regarding the UFO phenomenon. During my repeat over and over throughout time. There are
1994, Harold Camping wrote a book titled “ Are
research into this phenomenon I was inevitably five cycles within this timeframe and four of
You Ready?” It predicted Christ would return
going to run into this event sooner or later. these have already expired. On 12-21-12, the
in September 1994. Oddly enough, this same
Many tie UFOs with the coming predictions of fifth one ends. These events were recorded in
man has set a new date for apocalypse since his
2012, a tie I do not support in any shape form or ancient Mayan writings, and we know this
first one missed its mark. The date for the doom
fashion. To be honest, when I first saw the because we have them in our possession today.
of man has been rescheduled for October 21,
reports on 2012 I was not moved greatly at all, The Mayans kept no more writings or records
2011!
neither did I have a willingness or secret desire after this date. Why? Does this represent the
The year 1997 will be remembered well
to join in on the festivities regarding this issue. end? Will this cause a great catastrophe and the
by many because of the extremes that were gone
Like many other times as stated before, people loss of nearly ninety percent of all life on earth
to regarding the possible end of the world. This
are making these predictions hand over fists, that day? Many believe it will. If the Mayans
was the year of the comet ‘Hale-Bopp’ and it
and I am not someone who jumps on the were able to record what is happening today in
gave rise to many end-of-the-world theories. All
‘bandwagon’ to satisfy others. However, as our world over two thousand years ago, why
of these scenarios were based on a mistaken
more time passed, more and more information would they be wrong about the apocalypse
observation by amateur astronomer Chuck
has been brought to light on the situation, so I taking place on the recorded date? The fact is
Shramek. A cult group known as the ‘Heavens
decided to take a cautious, yet educated and that man has no idea what the alignment will
Gate’ seized on these combined rumors and
level headed look at these predictions that have hold. It has been six thousand years since the
speculations as the their signal to commit mass
so many in an unsettled state. last one, so no one in recorded history has a
suicide in March of that year. The belief was
It seems the notion that the world would definite answer, but there are many who have
that a UFO was trailing the comet within its tail,
end on or about December 21, 2012, only some taken this information to the edge of our
and after these brainwashed people committed
twenty-four months from now, has been existence. There are many theories of what
their own deaths, they would be taken aboard
predicted by an ancient civilization, one whose might happen, such as a polar shift of the earth
this craft and be transformed immortally. This
existence has been long gone. The ancient causing floods and destruction of everything, to
year was also said to be the 6000th anniversary
Mayans known as a people of great intellect and huge solar flares from the Sun that will leave the
of creation, which was supposedly calculated by
technology for their time was a civilization of earth and all that exists or dwells here to nothing
Bishop Ussher who lived from 1581 to 1656.
meticulous calculations. They were a cosmic but a smoldering cinder. Another hypothesis is
This led to mass panic near the end of this year.
educated society to say the least. They were that the rapture will take place on this date. As
In 2000, many church fathers believed
fluent with the understanding of the universe the time of 2012 draws closer, I am sure more
that the earth would only last 6000 years. They
regardless of the absence of modern day tales of unimaginable carnage will surface, no
made this speculation with the six days of
technology that we have today. They used the doubt.
creation combined with the reading in 2 Peter
stars and all heavenly bodies as their guide in
3:8 in the Bible. In September 2008 based on
the early days of mankind. They were near (Continued on Page 21)
certain feast days and “blood moons”, many
perfect on the calculation of an earth year as
predicted the apocalypse and rapture; this was
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2012: The Nonsense of It
All
Continued from Page 19
The fact is that society has bought
another piece of pure and random speculation,
which has brought fear and anxiety to many.
Yes, the Mayans were a brilliant group of
people. But could they predict the future?
Hardly, I think. In perspective, yes the Mayans
knew a great deal about our physical world,
quite possibly more than we actually do today,
but they have not predicted the apocalypse. The
apocalypse is quite simply unpredictable, why?
One must read the Bible to find these answers.
Gods’ words regarding the end of the world is
the only words that will hold true in the end.
God clearly stated that no man knows the time
or the day for the end, no man. This includes
everyone that has ever existed on this planet
then and now. So, why do these people come
forward and make such bold statements
regarding our end? Simply because they are
unaware that the most important questions
about the end times have already been written
down right in front of them, in the Bible.
It is true that we have found ancient
writings and art from a long vanished
civilization, these writings show much about
our present day world, but the fact that they
show us our doomsday has been misconstrued
by our society, a society that thrives on
manipulation, money, and fear. People will sell
you anything if you show an interest to buy it.
They may not even stand behind what their
selling as long as it benefits them at some point,
and totally forsaking what harm it could do in
the end to others and eventually their selves.
People are making money hand over fist
regarding this 2012 farce at your expense. Yes,
I think many do actually believe that 2012 holds
the apocalypse, but others have just jumped on
the bandwagon to make a buck. Regardless of
the intent of these people, whether it is because
they truly believe and fear the coming future, or
they just want what they can get out of society,
the fact is they are both wrong. As 2012
approaches more and more speculation and lies
will surface. More stories of great cataclysm
that will befall the human race will make their
way out of the depths of people’s troubled
minds, and many more people will make their
preparations for the coming of the apocalypse.
No doubt there will be many fooled as well as
many fools that will wake up to a normal day on
December 22, 2012.
I have written this article in hopes that
many will read and take to heart just how fast
news can be altered and misconstrued. People
all over the world are at least pondering the date
of December 21, 2012 whether they feel
strongly about it or not. I hope all of you will
take the time to read a little about the real
coming of the apocalypse that is written in the
Bible. The Bible is Gods word, and it is the
same now as it was then. There are many real
prophecies written in the Bible, for God is the
only true prophesier. I also hope that people will
not go to unnecessary extremes regarding these
false claims about 2012. Do not put your lives in
the hands of man, let God guide you.
The End
N.J. woman sues her
former psychic for fraud
BY PEGGY WRIGHT • GANNETT / THE
DAILY RECORD
A Randolph woman has sued her former
psychic for fraud, alleging the woman took
$160,000 of her money, including borrowing
her credit card to buy jewelry, by exploiting her
depression and making her believe she might
die without her assistance.
Filed by attorney Noel C. Crowley on
behalf of Randolph resident Karen Brown, the
lawsuit accuses psychic Paula Lee, also known
as Pauline Lee, of fraud and deceit and seeks
return of $160,000.
Lee could not immediately be reached,
as an Internet website listing her as a psychic in
Randolph was not working.
"My client was preyed upon by this
person with her superstitious tales and scary
warnings," Crowley said. He said he believes
that Lee may be in the process of moving her
psychic office.
Before she filed the suit — made public
Tuesday in Superior Court, Morristown —
Brown filed a complaint for fraud with
Randolph police in November 2008 but was
advised it was a civil matter.
The suit states that Brown in December
2004 saw a sign for Lee's business, advertising
help in marriage and relationships, and went to
her because she was feeling sad and vulnerable
about her marriage and on medication for
depression.
Brown became convinced that Lee "had
genuine psychic abilities, powers and the ability
to influence future events," the suit said. She
claimed she could communicate with departed
souls and convinced Brown she was under a
curse and "dark forces were obstructing her
efforts to find happiness," the suit said.
Lee, allegedly, also claimed her psychic
powers had medicinal value "by saying the
cancer which plaintiff contracted, and which
had necessitated radical surgery, would have
been fatal without" Lee's efforts, the suit said.
Lee allegedly convinced Brown to give
her money that she promised to return, and
borrowed her credit card to buy an $11,000 ring,
the suit said.
She also used Brown's credit card to buy
a miniature scale model of a church that cost
$12,000, persuaded her to turn over a charm
bracelet and pearl necklace valued at $3,000
together, and got her to co-sign a loan for a
Chevrolet Suburban vehicle, the suit said.
Monies were turned over from Brown to
Lee between December 2004 and April 2008,
the lawsuit said.
Brown became disillusioned when none
of Lee's specific predictions came true so she
began demanding back the extra money she had
extended.
Brown was refunded $19,000 of the
$160,000 she believes she is owed, but she also
received an e-mail from a person writing on
Lee's behalf that warned Brown might die if the
psychic returned money because she would stop
her ministrations, the lawsuit said. []
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Woman Arrested Over
Psychic Scams, Strange
Rituals, & False Protection
Published: Mar 17, 2010
Florida police say a professed psychic
not only allegedly bilked a female client, but
also convinced her to coat her body in gel and
cellophane before jogging.
The Broward County Sheriff's Office
alleges Gina Marie Marks bilked the client of
nearly $300,000 in cash and other items.
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel said
Tuesday among the allegations made against
Marks is that she convinced the client to give
her thousands of dollars in gift cards to help
prevent the client's father from having a heart
attack.
Marks, 37, is also accused of convincing
the client, whose identity was not released, to
perform a series of strange rituals, including
coating her body in gel and cellophane before
going for a six-mile jog.
The alleged events took place during a
19-month period that ended in February.
The Sun-Sentinel said Marks is charged
with illegally obtaining property worth more
than $50,000, grand theft and probation
violations.
Randolph woman sues her
psychic, claiming $160,000
fraud
RANDOLPH — A Randolph woman
has sued her former psychic for fraud, alleging
the woman took $160,000 of her money —
including borrowing her credit card to buy
jewelry — by exploiting her depression and
making her believe she might die without her
assistance.
Filed by attorney Noel C. Crowley on
behalf of Randolph resident Karen Brown, the
lawsuit accuses psychic Paula Lee, also known
as Pauline Lee, of fraud and deceit and seeks
return of $160,000.
Lee could not immediately be reached,
as an Internet website listing her as a psychic in
Randolph was not in working order.
''My client was preyed upon by this
person with her superstitious tales and scary
warnings,'' Crowley said. He said he believes
that Lee may be in the process of moving her
psychic office.
The suit, filed in state Superior Court,
Morristown, states that Brown in December
2004 saw a sign for Lee's business, advertising
help in marriage and relationships, and went to
her because she was feeling sad and vulnerable
about her marriage and on medication for
depression.
Brown became convinced that Lee ''had
genuine psychic abilities powers and the ability
to influence future events,'' the suit said. She
claimed she could communicate with departed
souls and convinced Brown she was under a
curse and ''dark forces were obstructing her
efforts to find happiness,'' the suit said.
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Where Have All The
Werewolves Gone?
Did the arrival of Darwin's
theory of evolution put paid to a
widespread belief in half-human
creatures?
By Brian Regal
For most of recorded history, the half-
man, half-wolf lycanthrope reigned supreme as
the creature travellers most feared encountering
in the woods and along dark roads at night.
Numerous legends concerned werewolves – the
awful deeds they committed, how to protect
against them, how to kill them – and belief in
their reality can be found in many cultures from
ancient times to the present. But while the
werewolf still holds a place in fiction and films,
few people today actually fear meeting one in
reality. Many individuals and groups actively
search for cryptids, but there are no werewolf-
hunting organisations. So – where have all the
werewolves gone?
From the late 19th century on, anomal-
ous primates like the Yeti, Sasquatch and
Bigfoot nudged aside the wolfmen of old and
stepped forward to occupy the niche of this
fearsome man-like monster. But what accounts
for this curious transformation?
A mythology as potent as that of the
werewolf doesn’t disappear because of any
single cause – if it ever does. Superstitions die
hard, and a complex of ideas, cultural changes
and other social elements helped put an end to
the werewolf’s biological reality. One of those
elements, the appearance of Darwinian
evolution theory – centred on the idea of natural
selection and descent through modification – in
the mid-19th century, played a key role in
pushing the werewolf out of the realm of the
real. Paradoxically, while evolution helped do
away with belief in one kind of monster, it
helped give a form of scientific legitimacy to
another. The evolution from werewolf to
Bigfoot, though, did not happen quickly, but by
transitional forms.
THE SLOW DEATH OF THE WOLFMAN
The werewolf can trace its lineage back
at least to 2,000 BC. In the later Roman period,
Pliny the Elder gave it a cousin amongst the
monstrous races. The Cynocephali, or dog-
headed men, didn’t have the supernatural
accoutrements of the more fearsome werewolf.
They weren’t shape-shifters, and could be both
enemies and friends. In some versions of his
story, St Christopher was a cynocephalus.
Despite the widespread cultural acceptance of
werewolves as a reality, by the late 1500s some
European writers were questioning the concept.
While belief in witches flourished with
murderous abandon, views on werewolves had
little consistency in learned circles, and though
werewolves often found themselves associated
with witches, no werewolf ‘craze’ ever
developed. In fact, there are only a few
werewolf trials on record. As the Enlightenment
dawned, a debate ensued over whether demons
could transmute a human into a werewolf.
Philosophers and theologians wondered
whether the human soul was capable of
becoming genuinely bestial, and such
theological reservations posed the same
problems for werewolfery as evolution did two
and a half centuries later. [1] It was during this
period of scientific revolution that
psychological, rather than physical,
explanations for lycanthropy gained currency.
The slide towards oblivion already
being experienced by werewolves took on
added momentum in 1859 with the publication
of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species. Evolution
science played a complex role in the discussion
of monsters, and monsters played a complex
role in early discourse on evolution. Some who
objected to evolution pointed to mermaids and
other similar composite creatures and chuckled
that belief in evolution meant belief in the poss-
ibility of such childish and superstitious
phantasms. Others argued that mermaids, the
Minotaur and sea serpents were purely
imaginary, so, in order to prove evolution,
Darwin and his supporters would have to
produce examples of such beasts; if none were
forthcoming, then evolution must be a sham.
Anti-transmutationists argued that the world
should teem with such creatures if Darwin and
his followers’ ideas had any merit. Some
naturalists countered that evolution actually
supported the notion of mythical creatures like
satyrs and sea serpents, offering plausible
scientific explanations for legends from the
past.
Others, though unwilling to accept
mermaids, argued that even more wondrous
creatures existed as a result of evolution.
Archaeopteryx, for example, no less fantastic
than a hippogriff, existed in the fossil record.
The dinosaurs and long-necked plesiosaurs
bestrode the land and swam the seas just as
majestically as anything from Greek mythology.
[2] Most evolutionists, however, dismissed
monsters as charming creatures of folklore and
superstition, which Darwin had helped do away
with. In 1865, Francis Buckland expressed the
opinion that to “anyone with the slightest
pretence to knowledge of natural history [a
mermaid is] a decided make-up”. [3]
Evolutionary biologists felt proud that
their work brought a deeper and more profound
understanding of the workings of nature so that
people would be less likely to believe in the
existence of werewolves and other wonders.
Charles Darwin himself made little mention of
monsters in his work. When he did, he referred
to hereditary mutations in plants rather than
long-toothed, hairy killers. While he didn’t
address the werewolf issue directly,
circumstantially he dismissed the idea. In 1843,
some years before the publication of the Origin,
he wrote to fellow naturalist GR Waterhouse
(1810–1888), who had just published an article
on biological links. “I never understood,”
Darwin wrote, “a half-way link, but merely one
in a long series. I think you have done good
service in pointing out how rare half-way-links
are, if indeed they exist… one cannot have a
simple species intermediate between two great
families.” [4] In general, such attitudes, along
with the view that dogs and primates followed
two very different lines of descent, suggested
they could in no way join together or one turn
into the other. Natural historians had also shown
that while various living organisms could
change their shape or colour temporarily, when
threatening or being threatened, for example,
none could shape-shift in the manner attributed
to werewolves.
The scientific method and evolutionary
theory put such a stain on monsters that by the
end of the century any attempt by naturalists to
engage with them could be seen as an
intellectual step backward – a problem which
still haunts cryptozoology today. In 1886,
Cornell University physiologist Simon Henry
Gage believed monsters and mythical creatures
had finally been put down. “Fairies are fled,” he
wrote, “the genii banished the mermaid and the
remora are captured.” [5] However, this heroic
narrative of science triumphing over darkness
and superstition is not quite as straightforward
as it appears. Science caused one monster to
whither, but another to flourish.
(Continued on Page 25)
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Where Have All The connection between the Satyrs of classical
myth, the Asian orang-utan, and the European
ferocious as, and looking disturbingly like, a
werewolf. In 1866, German evolutionist Ernst
Werewolves Gone? Wild Man; all of them had been accused of Haeckel (1834–1919) suggested the word
assaulting humans, especially women, just as Pithecanthropus (Ape man) for the as yet
Continued from Page 24
werewolves once had. The orang-utan in its undiscovered ‘missing link’ between humans
Enlightenment era guise already had a long and primates; in 1894 the Dutch anatomist
MISSING LINKS
history amongst local people as The Man of the Eugene Dubois used Haeckel’s term for the
Woods – they saw it not as an ape or monster, fossils he discovered in Java, which he felt
The first in a line of contenders for the
but rather as another form of human. When fitted the part.
werewolf’s position was the ‘ape’. Classical
Europeans encountered the animal they too, Starting off as bestial, dim-witted brutes,
authors knew a number of monkeys, such as
Rousseau and caricatures aside, saw it as neither the Neanderthals experienced a reversal of
macaques and baboons, but presented them as
human nor monster, but wholly ape. fortune. No longer fiends to be feared, they
physically ugly tricksters rather than monsters.
Tyson also helped inaugurate the idea of transformed into 1960s-style flower children, in
The numerous wild men of monstrous race lore
the missing link by arguing that his Pygmie fell tune with their environment, to be admired and
held similar positions, but had yet to be equated
somewhere between apes and humans on the even emulated. Like the monstrous races and
with apes. The problem with the primates arose
Great Chain of Being. He concluded that while apes before them, the ape-man’s initial
from their physical appearance. A debate raged
humans and apes had superficial similarities fearsomeness began to evaporate.
about whether apes could be counted human,
they ultimately fell into different groups Human nature still needed a monster,
part-human or not human at all. Enlightenment
anatomically and metaphysically. He did not though, and luckily one was available in the
philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, for
want to upset Christian sensibilities and so form of the anomalous primate. By the mid-
example, thought the orang-utan of Asia an
strove to separate the two groups. Later, 20th century, the stage for Bigfoot, from a
early form of human as yet uncorrupted by
contemporaries like Swedish systematist natural history point of view, was set. Stories of
modern civilisation.
Carolus Linnaeus tried to push the two back wild men did appear prior to the publication of
Europeans at first did not understand the
together again with varying levels of success. Darwin’s Origin of Species, but with a notable
various species of primates and tended to lump
Naturalists of the 18th century, in their efforts to lack of ape-related accounts. Monster
them together. The term ‘Orang-Outang’
work out the relationship between apes and enthusiasts routinely point to Native American
covered any primate found in the tropical zones
humans, still acted within a Christian folklore as evidence of sasquatch prior to the
of the world. The Dutch anatomist Nicholas
worldview and not an evolutionary one, tending arrival of Europeans, but these stories are
Tulp (1593–1674) first used the term in print in
to believe in the fixity of species. This meant consistent with wild man stories and don’t
an article called “Homo Sylvestris, or Man of
that not only the non-human primates, but also specifically mention anything expressly simian
the Woods” as part of his larger Observationes
people of colour, occupied lower rungs on the in nature as later Sasquatch and Bigfoot stories
Medicæ (1641). Tulp – subject of the famous
ladder leading to God, with Europeans at the do. Early European-American explorer tales of
Rembrandt painting – was able to see one of the
top, closest to the deity. Evolution assaulted this encounters also speak of strange creatures and
first live primates brought to Europe, an
notion by making all men equal regardless of wild men rather than apes. Indeed, researchers
‘Orang-Outang’ (probably a chimpanzee) in a
superficial differences, and by making them find themselves hard pressed to find any
local menagerie. The first thorough scientific
relatives, if not descendants, of the apes. legends or myths with a linkage to ape-human
description of primate anatomy appeared in
hybrids or composites prior to the middle of the
British anatomist Edward Tyson’s Anatomy of a
FROM APES TO APE MEN 19th century. Yeti stories can be traced back in
Pygmie (1699). Working from a creature
Tibetan and Nepalese folklore to the 4th century
brought from Angola (probably a bonobo), but
Eventually, more authentic knowledge BC, but again, they are wild man stories that do
which had died before he acquired it, Tyson
of foreign lands and people did away with belief not necessarily speak of apes or monkeys. It’s
(1650–1708) included a number of exactingly
in the monstrous races. Greater scientific not until the debate about the primate ancestry
rendered illustrations of the creature’s
knowledge of primate anatomy made the of humans that monstrous ape-men begin to
musculature and skeleton in his book.
monkeys less threatening as well, turning them roam the landscape.
Part of Tyson’s reason for producing his
back into their clownish image, resurrected Because of its supposed ability to shape-
work focused on his desire to dispel various
from antiquity. These factors, along with a shift, the werewolf holds a unique place in
mythical beliefs about creatures he felt were
general move to ‘modernity’ in the broadest monster lore and presents problems of
misidentifications of existing, non-monstrous,
sense, saw a drop off in reports of werewolves. classification for historians of science as well as
species. In this way, Tulp and Tyson’s work can
The werewolf’s position was threatened but not cryptozoologists. The werewolf’s condition
be seen as an early cryptozoological enterprise:
eliminated. It took a special new breed to unseat separates it from traditional composite monsters
they strove to replace fictive creatures with
the lycanthrope. In the mid-19th century the like sea serpents or mermaids, or even Bigfoot,
genuine ones, to take the mythical and make it
formerly separate wild men and apes merged who inhabit their forms permanently. The
rational and scientific. Paradoxically, however,
into a unified whole more potent than either werewolf falls into the category of part-time,
Tyson undermined his own efforts with the life
separately: ‘Men-of-the-Woods’ from around hybrid composite. It undergoes change through
rendering he included of his ‘Pygmie’ – never
the world took on the morphology of hairy, a vaguely supernatural process, discounting it as
having seen the creature alive, he depicted it in
bipedal Ape-Men, who in turn joined with the a genuine cryptid. Werewolves and anomalous
a bipedal stance supporting itself on what is
next challenger to the werewolf’s old position: primates do share characteristics beyond the
clearly a man’s walking stick. As a result, the
the caveman. superficial. Although Bigfoot is normally
image strikes the viewer as a hairy, beast-like
Unlike the werewolf, the ape man/cave thought to be a pastoral animal, encounter stor-
human.
man arose in part from the fossil record. When ies include some violent episodes. The Windigo
As the debate over the extent of the
first found in Germany in 1856, Neanderthal of Canada, for example, has a reputation to give
relationship between humans and apes
Man caused a sensation and a debate as to how the loup-garou a run for its money, while some
continued, ‘apes’ in a generic form took on a
it should be classified – man, ape or other? monster enthusiasts argue that Sasquatch is a
sinister appearance as the dark and brutal other.
Opposition, borne out of racial concerns, arose shape-shifter.
Europeans and Americans equated them with
immediately to the idea of it as a human
people of colour rather than themselves.
ancestor. As a result, in 1908 when French (Continued on Page 26)
Monsters – in any culture that believes in them
anthropologist Marcellin Boule (1861–1942)
– take on analogous roles, usually depicting
made the first major reconstruction of a
something felt to be unsavoury. In Euro-
Neanderthal based on the La Chapelle-aux-
American culture, the ape became the focus for
Saints skeleton, he configured it as the classic
fears about race, gender, empire and all the
cave man: a stoop-shouldered brute. A 1909
malignant things lurking in the human psyche.
illustration based on Boule’s work appeared in
Tyson’s use of the name Pygmie and his
the Illustrated London News showing the
discussion of mythical animals made a temporal
Neanderthal as a malignant ape-like monster as
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First the Face on Mars and Now - a Gorilla !?!
Written by Nancy Atkinson
Classify this one under the same
nonsense as the "Bigfoot on Mars" the wooden
plank on Mars, or perhaps even the "Face on
Mars." Just an optical illusions, folks from a
very, very zoomed in image from the Mars
rovers. The Sun newspaper seemingly started
this foolishness on what must have been a slow
news day.
The original image has been around
awhile. It was taken by the Opportunity rover
back on sol 87 in 2004. Can you see any
gorillas? I'm sure if you look really close and
zoom in and distort any of the rocks you can see
whatever you fancy.
Let’s see! Face on Mars.... Bigfoot on
Mars... Plank on Mars.... Pyramid on Mars....
and now Gorilla on Mars!
However, there have never been reports
of Aliens on Mars. []
Canadian Researcher
Snaps Sasquatch in
Vancouver
A Canadian researcher managed to take
a picture of the face of the legendary hairy giant
– the mascot of the Winter Olympic Games
2010.
Randy Brisson, a well-known Canadian
cryptozoologist, shared hot information with his
Russian colleagues. The researcher sent a
photograph of the North American Bigfoot to
Igor Burtsev and Dmitry Bayanov, the directors
of the International Center for Hominology. The
Canadian took the picture of the creature in
Vancouver, the capital of Winter Games 2010.
Brisson assured his Russian colleagues
that it was a photo of the legendary Bigfoot, or
Sasquatch. The popularity of the mythical
creature has won it the honor to become a
symbol and a mascot of Winter Olympics in
Vancouver. Mr. Brisson’s photo may mean that
the mascots ramble somewhere in the woods of
the Olympic city.
The Canadian cryptozoologist said that
he had seen a Sasquatch peeking out from
behind a huge stub in the woods near Pitt Lake.
The spot, where the creature was supposedly
photographed, is quite far from sports objects.
Randy and his son Ray found big tracks
on the snow along a hauling road. The footprints
were quite big – it was obvious that they had
been left by an adult creature. There were
smaller footprints found nearby too.
A Gorilla on Mars!
The so called, “Gorilla” is just another
example of those who want to believe will
believe anything at any time in order to fulfill
their fantasy.
Photo of the alleged “Bigfoot” from a
Russian Tabloid News Service
The toes on the feet of both the adult and
the youngster were pathologically angled to one
side. The researcher claimed that the creatures
were breeding since he had found the footprints
of both a parent and a baby.
Mr. Brisson also said in his message to
the Russian researchers that he and his son
decided not to trace the couple because the
creatures, when trying to escape, were throwing
rocks at them.
The story may sound very strange, but
Burtsev and Bayanov said that they had never
exposed the Canadian of any falsifications in
their studies of the unknown. []
Where Have All The
Werewolves Gone?
Continued from Page 25
While evolution theory does not prove a
priori that Bigfoot exists — the majority of
palæoanthropologists and primatologists
discount the possibility – it does give tacit
approval to the possibility that it could exist. All
the academics who supported the existence of
the Yeti, and later Sasquatch, beginning in the
1950s, specialised in these fields. Their
approval was based less on any physical
evidence, of which none acceptable to
mainstream science existed, than on an
evolutionary theoretical model. With Bigfoot
and its kindred the story comes full circle.
Science helped disprove the existence of
monsters such as mermaids, hippogriffs and
werewolves, but simultaneously allowed for the
appearance of monsters like Bigfoot.
Admittedly, this thesis about the demise
of the werewolf has its flaws. Darwin and
evolution did not banish belief in werewolves
completely. There are still places in the world
that harbour werewolf and were-predator
beliefs. Even in the US, sightings of the ‘Beast
of Bray Road’ in Wisconsin have continued to
be reported since the 1990s, with local people
claiming that the creature behaves like a
werewolf. On the other hand, not all believers in
Bigfoot take evolutionary models into account:
a surprising number of Sasquatch enthusiasts in
North America self-identify as creationists.
What is certain, though, is that when it
comes to creatures of supposed biological
reality, the werewolf has been replaced by
Bigfoot and his ilk, and that Darwinian
evolutionary theory helped make the change
possible.
Notes
1 Nicole Jacques-Lefèvre: “Such an Impure,
Cruel and Savage Beast”, in Katheryn A
Edwards, ed: Werewolves, Witches and
Wandering Spirits: Traditional Belief and
Folklore in Early Modern Europe, Trueman
State University Press, Kirksville, 2002; and
Brian J Frost: The Essential Guide to Werewolf
Literature, University of Wisconsin Press,
Madison, 2003.
2 For an excellent study of sea-serpents in
discussions of evolution see H Brink-Roby:
“Siren canora: the mermaid and the mythical in
late nineteenth-century science”, Archive of
Natural History 35, April 2008, pp1–14.
3 Francis T Buckland: Curiosities of Natural
History, Macmillan & Co., 1865, p134.
4 Charles Darwin to GR Waterhouse, 3 or 17
Dec 1843. Darwin Online, correspondence.
5 SH Gage: “Zoology as a Factor in Mental
Culture,” Science 4, 1896, p209.
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Posted By PATRICK MALONEY, QMI
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A self-styled psychic criminal profiler
has apologized for critical comments he made
about the sister of Karen Caughlin amid
withering criticism from the slain Sarnia teen's
family.
Robbie Thomas, who also lives in
Sarnia, said this week on an Internet radio show
that one of Caughlin's sisters -- who's made
numerous appeals for help solving the 1974
homicide -- has "forgotten" about the case's
importance.
Those comments came days after a
Thomas show at Sarnia's Imperial Theatre,
where he says he steered clear of mentioning the
Caughlin case at the family's urging.
"Karen's not a statistic, she's not a case
number, she's a person and people have
forgotten that," Thomas told the All Souls
Paranormal Radio Network in an interview e-
mailed out by his management company.
"Even her family member has forgotten
that and still insinuates that certain things
shouldn't be said."
Contacted Friday, Thomas -- who says
he regrets making the comment -- said he was
referring to Kathy Caughlin, a sister of the
victim who has criticized Thomas for
mentioning the case in promoting his live
shows.
His apology, however, got little traction
"I think that is the lowest thing
somebody can say," Kathy Caughlin, reached at
her Alberta home, said. "This is disrespect in the
highest form. It just gets me so angry."
The unsolved slaying of 14-year-old
Karen Caughlin will reach its 36th anniversary
on Tuesday. Its receiving increased public
interest amid a renewed effort by OPP
investigators.
Though Thomas's websites make no
mention of Caughlin, a cached version of a site
linked to his management company says shows
on his tour that starts this month will discuss
"his involvement with such high-profile cases
as . . . Karen Caughlin" and several others. It's
unclear when the references were taken down.
The Caughlin sisters say they met with
Thomas once, in 2005, but Kathy and her sister,
MaryLou Schwemler, both say they didn't speak
with him again. []
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Religious Struggle Over Cryptozoology
The Religious Struggle
Over Cryptozoology
From Joe Laycock, a doctoral
candidate studying religion and
society at Boston University
In 2003, Loren Coleman started the
world’s first cryptozoology museum in
Portland, Maine. Coleman’s International
Cryptozoology Museum opened publicly in
November 2009, and I recently made the trek
north to see it. Cryptozoology—the search for
animals not yet verified by Western science—is
either a useful and legitimate zoological
endeavor or a pseudoscience, depending on
whom you ask. The media has focused intensely
on the most legendary subjects of
cryptozoology: the Loch Ness Monster,
Bigfoot, and the Yeti. But aside from “the big
three,” cryptozoologists claim a number of
recent discoveries, including the woodland
bison, the giant panda, the okapi (an African
mammal related to the giraffe), and the
coelacanth—a fish once believed to have been
extinct since the Cretaceous period.
You cannot get a degree in
cryptozoology. It is not a scientific discipline
but rather a network of investigators (often
using their own funds) with training in zoology,
anthropology, or marine biology.
Cryptozoology often resembles scientific
research before the advent of
professionalization, when discoveries were
made not by research institutions but by “men
of science” epitomized by individuals like
Benjamin Franklin.
Like the first museums of the
Enlightenment, Coleman’s museum evolved
from his private “cabinet of curiosities.” The
collection features a variety of plaster casts
made from possible Bigfoot prints, primate
skulls, and unusual pieces of taxidermy. Prizes
include an 8-foot statue of Bigfoot covered in
musk oxen fur and the rather hideous “Feejee
mermaid” prop from the film P.T. Barnum.
However, the real attraction of the
museum is Coleman himself, who gives
personal guided tours of the collection.
Coleman has training in both anthropology and
zoology, as well as a master’s degree in social
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work and uncompleted doctoral work in both
social anthropology and sociology. He began
fundamentalists sought to reconcile religion and
science, by the 1920s, a movement had begun to
doing field investigations in 1960. Since then, openly discredit evolution. This gave rise to
he has published 30 books as well as countless several varieties of creationism and finally to
articles and is one of the foremost experts on what has been called “creation science.”
cryptozoology in the world. Both movements can be read as a
Having written on the religious religious response to the cultural authority of
dimension of a West Virginian cryptid known as science. Within this struggle, the search for “the
the Mothman, I wanted to talk to Coleman unexplained” becomes a powerful asset.
about the strange relationship between Because cryptozoology has positioned
cryptozoology and religion. As it turns out, the itself on the periphery of the scientific
search for hidden animals attracts two very establishment, it offers these groups hope of
different religious elements: the New Age and undoing scientific paradigms and creating room
creationism. Cryptozoology has long been for new sources of meaning and cultural
associated in the public consciousness with authority. “Creation science” groups like
UFOs, ghosts, and the paranormal. Meanwhile, Accelerated Christian Education and Answers
some creationists see cryptozoology as a way to in Genesis seek scientific credibility despite the
gain scientific support for their claims. For overwhelming opposition of the scientific
example, textbooks created for private schools establishment. As such, they must rely heavily
by the Accelerated Christian Education program on fringe theories, sometimes distorting them to
claim that the Loch Ness Monster disproves suit their own ends. The claim that Nessie
evolution. disproves evolution is a case in point.
Coleman seemed mildly annoyed that The periphery of science may also be a
his work has gained these associations. When source of religious meaning unto itself.
the term “cryptozoology” was coined by Ivan If science “disenchanted” the world as
Sanderson in the 1930s, and then extended in Max Weber famously claimed, deviant fields of
the 1950s by Bernard Heuvelmans, the field study like parapsychology and Ufology can
built on a history of “romantic zoology,” a way offer a type of “re-enchantment” by introducing
for explorers and animal collectors to find new new mysterious forces into the world. A
species. Often, this work included the study of sighting of a cryptid is sometimes akin to what
folklore, hypothesizing that legends of monsters Rudolph Otto called “the wholly other,” an
could have a basis in fact. Since the 1970s, the experience of both wonder and dread that takes
discipline has struggled to distinguish itself on religious significance. In some cases, quasi-
from paranormal research and other studies religious rites have formed around specific
involving the anomalous, especially as media cryptids. Numerous rituals have been devised to
interest began to focus on cryptozoology at the summon Bigfoot and Nessie, often involving
close of the 20th century. However, the search drums and chanting.
for funding often compels cryptozoologists to So what are we to make of
work with television shows that juxtapose the cryptozoology? Perhaps we would do well to
hunt for cryptids alongside psychics, hauntings, take Coleman’s advice to keep “an open but
and alien abduction. This has occasionally led to critical mind”—but it’s tough when spiritual
confusion as to what cryptozoologists actually seekers and polemicists are using it as
do. ammunition against the scientific establishment.
“I’m just not interested in ghosts and
aliens,” said Coleman. Coleman’s approach is
empirical, and he remains agnostic as to the
existence of Bigfoot. “Belief in Bigfoot”, he
argues, “is the providence of religion.” Many
sociologists of religion agree; in fact, the Baylor
Religion Survey has been monitoring belief in
Bigfoot for some time.
But why would New Agers and
creationists both be drawn to the hunt for
Bigfoot? For many in the West, Darwin’s On the
Origin of the Species (1859), as well as The
Descent of Man (1871), seemed to confirm that
religion and science had become incompatible.
This perceived split inspired two very different
responses.
In 1875, the Theosophical Society was
established. Founders like Madame Helena
Blavtasky sought to reconcile religion and
science into an esoteric doctrine greater than
both. Blavatsky’s writings describe enlightened
beings from other planes of existence, the
inhabitants of other planets, and a process of
spiritual evolution that is largely at odds with
Darwin’s ideas. Most of the features of the
modern New Age milieu are derived from
Theosophy.
In 1876, the first annual Niagara Bible
Conference was held. This conference set the
stage for the interdenominational
fundamentalist movement. While early
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30 Navigating the Healthcare Maze

NAVIGATING
THE
HEALTHCARE
MAZE
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Shirley Gale Butts Wilson
SHIRLEY GALE BUTTS
WILSON
Shirley Gale Butts Wilson is the CEO
of a commercial and residential cleaning
service in Los Angeles, CA; she is also a
mother of a murdered 7 year old son. This
horrifying reality in Ms. Wilson’s life has
channeled her career to that of activism. Ms.
Wilson has now written her first book to help
all adults realize their role as lovers and
protectors of children, moving her to start
Heavensgate Publishing House, a company
with a mission to bring wisdom and
information to the public about the plight of
parents, families and friends of murdered
children. As owner/manager of Heavensgate,
Shirley is searching for other talented
writers, speakers and professionals who
desire to share their stories and earned
knowledge to direct the focus of a
complacent world to the plight of
endangered children. Shirley works closely
with VPC (Violence Prevention Coalition),
Project Cry No More, and other affiliated
agencies that fight for the safety and well
being of children and adults throughout
America.
Prior to losing her child, Shirley was
a career woman, raising 3 children. She
worked with the Atlanta Georgia police
department as a police officer for 5 years and
developed an affinity for women and
children who are abused or mistreated, since
she herself had suffered through an abusive
marriage. Leaving the police department to
start a cleaning service, life seemed as if it
was heading toward stability but still had a
few major roadblocks. Fighting through the
normal challenges of a single parent, victory
seemed fleeting, but foreseeable when during
a home invasion, Ms. Wilson’s 7 year old son
was brutally murdered, destroying any dream
of stability and catapulted her to have to
battle for her sanity. She won that battle.
Shirley has experience in the
following areas of expertise: Author of
“Light In The Darkest Hours”,
Owner/Manager of an A+ rated company for
the past 15 years, Mother of two lovely 40+
year old daughters, Grandmother of 7
grandchildren and Great Grandmother of two
great grandchildren, She has specialization in
recovery from grief after losing a child to
murder and has designed a social network
community that honors murdered children
with a large online shopping mall attached,
where a percentage from proceeds will
purchase safety devices to protect vulnerable
children. []
www.britewinds.com
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Over the past 18 years
being the host and
executive producer of
The ‘X’ Zone Radio &
TV Show and publisher
of The ‘X’ Chronicles
Newspaper, I thought that I had heard
and seen it all..that was until the day that
I interviewed Shirley Gale Butts
Wilson.
Her story is one of bravery, a
fight against all odds, and the never end
search for the killer(s) of her 7 year old
son during a home invasion 23 years
ago.
Where others would have failed,
Shirley was successful in turning her
life around, and is now helping those
through the many organizations that she
belongs to and her new publishing
company, Heavensgate Publishing.
Shirley is a great lady and a great guest.
Rob McConnell, Host, The ‘X’ Zone
The Shirley Wilson Show
Shirley Gale Butts Wilson, born and reared in Southern United States,
Bessemer, Alabama. Endured an abusive marriage, a murdered seven year old son, a
challenging life without family support, to rise above it all. Shirley is now hosting her
first Online radio talk show mixed and mingled with Spoken Word, Poetry, Hot topics,
Surprise Guests and so on.
The main purpose in Ms. Wilson's life is to fight for her son's right to life and
the rights of millions of children who have fallen victim to violent crime. She has
researched to find solutions to the problems that ripple through single parent families
and other challenged families that causes so much fear and anxietiy for mothers of all
cultures who may have to leave children alone for brief to long hours while they work
and care for their children, and she will bring those solutions to families and listeners
with music, comedy and other warm activities that will encourage the hearts of
burdened victims who have lost their babies to violent crime.
She will call out victims to become voices to stop the violence against all
children everywhere. The show will be therapeutic for this mother and is intended to
inspire other victims to rise up in their pain to heal, both through wholesome laughter
and passionate voices that speak out against adult complacency while our children are
being viciously murdered. Stay tuned
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32 Battle of the Sex Cults

Battle of the sex cults His defence was that his behaviour was
selfless service designed to quicken the spiritual
Article By: Rebekah Kendal development of the devotees. All part of that
Crazy Wisdom.
Repeat after me: Rebekah is awesome. The moral of the story: never trust a man
Rebekah deserves my adoration. I live to meet who feels the need to change his name four
Rebekah's every need. times. For that matter, never trust a man who
Nothing? Damn! I need to work on those looks like Yoda on welfare.
brainwashing techniques. Perhaps if we
introduced a little sleep deprivation... David Koresh
Seriously, after a guy in Papua New Because the world can always do with
Guinea managed to convince an entire village another self-proclaimed prophet of doom,
(bar one) that public sex would lead to better David Koresh (born Vernon Wayne Howell)
banana crops and a chap in Indonesia (claiming carved out a nice little niche for himself in
explained later) from the planet of the Elohim.
to be God) led his followers into wild sex Waco, Texas. With a following of over 80
The alien was short, had long dark hair, almond
orgies, you would think that I could manage a people, Koresh set himself up as the father of
shaped eyes, and olive skin. You get where this
bit of adoration. the Brach Davidian religious sect (a splinter of
is going (hint: if not, grab a map and check out
Apparently not. Perhaps you're just not the Seventh Day Adventist Church). Literally.
Asia).
good cult material. You know — those Opting for a polygamous lifestyle when
The alien told Rael that his race — also
susceptible to yarns about aliens, creepy- he felt the urge to marry his second (14-year-
human, but much more advanced — created
looking self-professed messiahs, and a penchant old) wife, Koresh was soon preaching that he
earth humans using DNA. Rael was to be a
for communal living. In a word: suckers. was allowed 140 wives à la King Solomon. He
prophet who would tell the world about the
In light of the recent arrest of Israeli 'sex annulled the marriages of all couples who
Elohim and prepare an embassy for their arrival
cult' leader Goel Ratzon, we've put together a joined the cult and then had exclusive sexual
on earth. Apparently they'll be landing
list of famous cults that are just as infamous for access to the women (to spread his holy seed).
sometime between now and 2030 (but, and
their sexual deviance as they are for their end- He had sex with various young girls, some as
here's the catch, only if earth humans are
of-days prophecies. young as 12, including his first wife's younger
welcoming enough).
In October 1975, Rael got another extra- sister and fathered at least 15 children on the
The Family compound.
terrestrial visitor. This time, they took him up to
Think hippies and free love (lots of it), Koresh's reign came to an end when the
the spaceship and to their own planet, which is
not the offspring of Don Vito Corleone. FBI laid siege to the compound in April 1993,
not in our solar system, but is in our galaxy.
Formerly known as the Children of God and following a botched raid by the Bureau of
Convenient that. Apparently they have big
The Family of Love, The Family was founded Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
computers that observe everything we do. Uh-
by David Berg in 1968. Its beliefs are basically The siege lasted for 51 days before the majority
oh.
Evangelical Christian, with two major of the cult was burnt to death in the church
So, on to the juicy bits: an important
deviations: (1) Berg is a prophet who has been building where they were holed up. The burnt
teaching of the Raelian Movement is sensual
sent by God to spread the end-of-days message, remains of 54 adults and 21 children were found
meditation. The ultimate experience is the
and (2) the Law of Love is the supreme tenet on alongside Koresh. Nine members of the
Cosmic Orgasm… which may or may not
which all behaviour should be based. Somehow, movement managed to escape.
involve little green fellows. Because sex is a
this boils down to lots and lots of free sex. A fair
pretty important part of the philosophy, there is
amount of it involving David Berg. Charles Manson
a group of women called the Raelian Order of
When Berg died, his prophetic powers Famous for the role he played in the
Angels, who devote their sexuality solely to our
were transferred to his wife Karen. Apparently gruesome Tate and LaBianca murders, Charles
creators (the aliens) and their prophets.
this happens. She is also pretty into the whole Manson has become a notorious icon of evil.
Hmm... no aliens; one prophet. That's
loving Jesus literally vibe. In fact, it was she The fact that he used young women to commit
one lucky former cabaret singer.
who introduced the group's famous Flirty the murders has made him that much more
Fishing policy during the 1970s. fascinating.
Adidam
FFing — Flirty Fishing — was a Manson set himself up as something of a
Who wouldn't want to join a cult with a
recruitment method. The bait: women. Yip, the hippie guru in San Francisco in the 1960s.
spiritual leader who looks like Yoda with a
family's ladies would head out to bars and Having spent most of his adult life in and out of
mullet? I, for one, am quivering with
nightclubs — those dens of iniquity — and prison, Manson was an aspiring, but not very
excitement. Did I mention that he is holiest man
recruit new members using (yip, you guessed it) successful, musician. He was obviously also a
to have ever graced the earth? No, seriously, he
sex. bit of a womaniser.
claimed that his spiritual stature exceeds that of
Because of the threat of HIV/AIDS and He moved in with the 23-year-old Mary
Jesus, Buddha, or any of the great spiritual
a bit of bad publicity, FFing was banned in Brenner, but soon they were sharing their home
leaders from human history.
1987; sexual contact between adults and with 18 other women. At a later stage, when
Who is this vessel of all things good and
children (commonly known as paedophilia) in Manson moved his followers to the Spahn
holy? Adi Da Samraj aka Da Free John aka
1986; and incest... well... there's no exact date Ranch, they numbered over 100, mostly young
Bubba Free John aka Franklin Jones who
for that one. women between the ages of 15 and 25. The
founded the Adidam movement (aka the Crazy
The new and improved Family, boasting ranch was allegedly the setting for countless
Wisdom Fellowship aka Free Primitive Church
a membership of approximately 10 000, is still drug-fuelled sex orgies which helped Manson to
of Divine Communion aka the Johannine Daist
all for encouraging young teens to develop a maintain his hold over the women.
Community) in the 1970s.
sexual relationship with Jesus, but adults are Claiming to be a reincarnation of Jesus
With a following of approximately
only allowed to shag those within The Family. Christ, Manson prophesised a massive race war
2000, Adi Da Samraj is spiritual small fry
(despite his self-proclaimed greatness), but he between blacks and whites, that would result in
The Raelian Movement the destruction of America. The gruesome
does trump Jesus and Buddha in the sex-scandal
Okay, okay, I admit it: the sex is pretty murders — ordered by Manson and carried out
stakes.
thin in this one. But the cult's mythology is just by his followers — were, in part, an attempt to
In the 1970s and 80s, numerous
too good to resist. It has aliens (human aliens!), spark this race war. Needless to say, they failed
accusations of sexual abuse were levelled
a cabaret-singer-cum-racing-car-driver-cum- to do so. Manson and his accomplices are all
against Jones and his movement. He was
prophet, and sex-crazy angels. currently serving life sentences. []
accused of having sex with large numbers of his
So, here's the gist of it: on 13 December
devotees, abusing drugs, and forcing members
1973, Rael (previously Claude Vorilhon) was Download The ‘X’ Zone Podcasts
to undergo humiliating sexual activities in front
visited by a human alien (don't worry, it'll be www.xzonepodcast.com
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Is Nibiru really hurtling towards Earth?
Is Nibiru really hurtling
towards Earth?
by D VOGT
Almost certainly, it is not. According to
one theory, based upon a tenuous analysis of
obscure ancient Sumerian texts, the ancient
peoples of the Near East were aware of a planet
which follows a drawn-out 3600 year orbit,
passing near Earth once during that time period.
Moreover, according to the theory, we're due for
one of those passes very soon now. Fortunately,
there is no physical evidence whatsoever to
support this theory.
- The Theory of Nibiru -
The idea of Nibiru originated with
Nancy Lieder, who claimed during the mid-
1990s she was passed information by Zeta
Reticuli aliens that excitement about the Hale-
Bopp comet was a deliberate misdirection to lull
people into a false sense of security while a
much greater threat, Nibiru, approached the
inner solar system. Lieder predicted that Nibiru
would arrive in 2003; this date, obviously,
proved incorrect. However, information is still
available from her website, ZetaTalk.
A more sophisticated theory of Nibiru
has been provided by Zecharia Sitchin, a
Middle Eastern-born journalist who believes
that the ancient Sumerians were aware of a
planet today's scientists have not yet found (or
are suppressing evidence of), which they called
Nibiru. Sumerian astronomers, Sitchin claims,
knew that Nibiru, Nibiru's moons, and another
planet, Tiamat, had been involved in a collision,
which destroyed Tiamat. Part of Tiamat became
the Earth; the remaining debris broke apart to
create the Asteroid Belt.
Sitchin goes further. He claims that
Nibiru is home to another intelligent species,
which has been plundering Earth's resources for
a half-million years and were known to the
Sumerians as Anunnaki. The Anunnaki created
the early humans from lower primate species for
use as slaves, but left after an interstellar war
occurred around 2000 BC (when the ancient
Sumerian city of Ur was destroyed, possibly
during a skirmish in this greater war). Details of
his theory have been published in a variety of
books between the 1970s and the present, the
latest of which is "The End of Days:
Armageddon and Prophecies of the Return."
- A Lack of Evidence -
One thing is clear: Those who say that
Nibiru exists have been unable to point to any
meaningful published debate on this subject
within the scientific community, nor have they
submitted any physical evidence which has
stood up to careful scientific scrutiny. If Nibiru
really were poised to begin its once-in-a-few-
millennia traverse of the inner solar system, it
ought to be easily visible to the naked eye either
now, or at least very soon - and certainly it
should be possible to locate Nibiru in a
telescope.
In addition, there have been devastating
critiques of Sitchin's analysis of Sumerian
astronomy; Michael Heiser, for instance, points
out that the single document on which Sitchin
bases his claims actually says nothing explicit
about astronomy (nor does it correspond to
other astronomical texts left by the Sumerians),
and, most importantly, all of the other evidence
about Sumerian astronomy suggests that they
were aware of just five planets. None of these
were Nibiru. One would assume that, if the
Sumerian civilization really were the product of
systematic alien intervention, there would be far
more references to this fact.
More to the point, however, it's worth
looking at why it's safe to assume that a roughly
Earth-sized planet like Nibiru can't plausibly be
found in a 6000-year orbit around our own Sun
- Nibiru and the Solar System -
The current form of Earth and of the
solar system simply does not support Sitchin's
theories about ancient astronomy. It seems
extraordinarily implausible that any collision so
devastating that it separated one large planet
into remnants in the form of Earth and the
Asteroid Belt would not have left anything large
enough and stable enough to support life (i.e.
the Earth). Moreover, such a theory does not
explain why some of the debris ended up in
Earth's orbit, and the rest ended up in the
Asteroid Belt, with a space in between that is
essentially empty except for the planet Mars.
Second, it is hard to imagine a large
planet having an orbit as great as the one
attributed to Nibiru. The outer solar system is
mostly empty, but beyond the gas giants
themselves (with orbits that take less than a
century), all of the dwarf planets of the Kuiper
Belt and the scattered disk regions, like Pluto
and Eris, can't even rival our own Moon in
terms of size. There are objects beyond this, but
it is doubtful they would be any larger - get out
too far, and the Sun's gravity simply isn't strong
enough to hold a very large object to a regular
orbit.
Finally, our solar system, from what we
can guess based on current observations, is a
pretty stable place nowadays. That wasn't so
billions of years ago, when the planets were
forming (and still molten, in most cases), and
33
there were hundreds of large objects zipping
around in irregular orbits. Things have settled
down since then, however. Jupiter's massive
gravity tends to keep the system in line:
Asteroids and comets that get too close are
either pulled in, to crash into that planet, or have
their orbits disrupted so that they are flung out
of the solar system.
If a giant planet named Nibiru were
pushing through the solar system every several
thousand years, however, it would disrupt all of
the orbits of the planets as it went. More comets
and asteroids would be pushed around the
system, resulting in large impacts on Earth -
which do happen, but nothing like every 3600
years, which they would if they were caused by
Nibiru. (Major impacts tend to happen every
few tens of millions of years, not every few
thousand years.) Moons might be pushed out of
orbit, and planets' orbits would be altered,
resulting in enormous and possibly devastating
climate changes on Earth. We have no evidence
in the archaeological or fossil record to support
sudden, occasionally drastic changes every few
thousand years.
Of course, Nibiru's orbit would have to
be altered just as drastically as it altered all of
the other planets' orbits, too. So it wouldn't have
a 3600 year orbit on anything like a regular
basis. Sooner or later, such a planet would either
be pushed too far in one direction (so that it
crashed into the Sun, or perhaps Jupiter), or too
far in the other direction, so that it moved into
an even longer orbit.
The Nibiru theory does bear certain
similarities to another scientific theory, that of
Nemesis - a brown dwarf star which might pass
by the solar system in a multi-million-year
orbit. Advocates of Nemesis, too, have
suggested that the implicit evidence for the
existence of this star lies in the periodic
cometary devastations of Earth's orbit, which
might occur whenever Nemesis disrupts the
Oort cloud or even the Kuiper Belt. As with
Nibiru, there is no evidence to suggest that
Nemesis exists. Of course, that evidence could
be discovered tomorrow - and would then
require a complete reassessment of existing
theories. (Continued on Page 36)
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36 Have Conspiracy Theories Gone Too Far?
Have conspiracy theories
really gone too far?
by Todd Daigneault
Conspiracy theories abound from talk
radio to cable to the Internet...and beyond. We
hear everything from President Obama not
being constitutionally-qualified to be president,
to a waiting space fleet to deal with the possible
pending demise of humanity from the 3,600
year orbit of a passing brown star that will pass
near the Earth, wreaking mind-numbing
amounts of devastation. The only problem with
such theories is that little evidence and proof is
offered. In the case of President Obama not
being constitutionally-qualified, as some
conspiracy-theorists have pointed out, a
mountain of evidence is offered to support
President Obama. But some of the conspiracy
theorists never hear it, propagating wildly
exaggerated claims, backed up by shreds of
flimsy evidence-and a hidden-agenda..
Sadly enough, the Internet seems to
have become a wasteland for such claims and
theories. With a global platform that can easily
reach billions, many can come on and write wild
claims, backed up by little or no scientific
evidence. Sure enough, scientists can, at times,
be an arrogant lot, with closed minds and non-
yielding belief structures. Scientific-
"humanism" has almost become a religion in
itself-humanism being the belief that humanity
is the center of its known sphere of influence.
There is nothing else that can't be explained
away by conventional scientific doctrine.
Some of the scientists and their doctrine
are to blame for this flood of conspiracy
theories. Science has to yield more in its beliefs,
doing real investigations into some of these
claims. With many scientists refusing to hear
anything, and even actively debunking,
conspiracy theories will grow and multiply,
spreading a wave of paranoia, from everything
like the 'New World Order' to UFO space fleets
waiting to rescue humanity from its possible
demise from the passing brown star...
In the case of the passing brown star,
some evidence is offered through ancient
records and accounts of ancient global
catastrophes, such as the Biblical flood. The
brown star theory has been interchanged with
the ancient Sumerian account of the passing of
the god's primal home, planer Nibiru. It has
been equated to the return of Nibiru...or the
brown star. There may be some truth to it. We
just don't know for certain. With the Mayan
calendar ending in 2012, many have jumped on
that to mean that Nibiru, or the passing brown
star is about to wield its arc of death onto a
largely unsuspecting global population, with
only the elite-cabals knowing what's about to
happen.
There is no doubt that conspiracy
theories have gone way too far, at times
seemingly verging on deluded and paranoid
belief structures. But there has to be a more
active look into these things by science, or else
paranoia and delusion reign the day. There also
is no doubt that many things like UFOs and
other things do have validity. But unless there is
either disclosure or a more active and thorough
investigation that brings it more to the
mainstream, such things get swept under the
rug, and the theories of the waiting space fleets
to save a doomed humanity from the effects of
the passing brown star reign the day. []
Do you believe that
humanity was created by
extraterrestrials?
by Frank L Parket
At a time long before the human race
was born, immense comets crashed into our
young and impressionable planet, as some
current theories describe, and deposited the
essential building blocks and main ingredients
for life itself. If you are one who accepts this
theory, then every living thing that has ever
existed on Earth, from trilobites to a dozen
fragrant red roses with thorny stems, is
extraterrestrial in nature.
Extraterrestrial meaning that all of the
particles necessary for life to originate and then
flourish here on Earth, came from space to
begin with. I believe this theory and find it
plausible.
On the other hand, asking, "do you
believe that humanity was created by
extraterrestrials," is a different question entirely.
The inherent implication of this query is that
Earth was visited by sentient beings who
originated elsewhere, migrated here, and that
we are their descendants. I do not believe that,
but am aware that many people do.
Science states that every species of
insect, fish or mammal that has ever been
discovered, observed or cataloged, is
indigenous. Why not us? We are animals too,
though we have evolved independently and
differently than our mammalian cousins in
certain respects and have acquired things like
self-awareness, structured
civilization, immense cities, and space
language,
technology. In these ways we are set apart from
other animals, but there is nothing to suggest
that we are alien in origin. In all the ways that
truly matter we are the same. We have no
special claim to longevity, we are susceptible to
disease, we need air to breathe, and we need
food and water to live. We are all are part of the
same eco-system, and the DNA that makes the
animal kingdom what it is, is part of our genetic
makeup as well.
While the seeds of life might have come
from space in the form of comets crashing into
our planet-sized egg, there is no evidence in our
collective human heritage to suggest that we, as
a race, were born anywhere other than here. We
can trace our line all the way back to our cave
dwelling ancestors, who didn't have starships,
and left behind plenty of artifacts for us to adorn
museum displays with. From those common
ancestors to "Mitochondrial Eve," we can
follow our footsteps forward in time to the more
"evolved" humans whose genius and ingenuity
invented the atomic bomb and the MTV Music
Awards. The human race through countless
years and many evolutionary changes has
struggled and grown into who and what we are
now, and despite the numerous flaws in our
society, our ability to learn and grow and change
makes us unique, but not of extraterrestrial
origin.
Why then are so many enthralled by
belief in an extraterrestrial grandparent?
Perhaps it is because stargazing is something
that we alone of all the mammals enjoy doing,
as we look up at the night sky and gaze into a
galaxy filled with dark matter, quasars, black
holes, suns, moons, and planets. It forces us to
wonder what else is out there, and fires the
imagination with thoughts of other worlds
conceivably populated by intelligent beings
with varying levels of evolutional development.
Do I believe there is life on other worlds? Yes I
do, or else the galaxy is a colossal waste of real
estate.
Do I believe that humanity was created
by extraterrestrials? No I don't. The thought that
we are descended from a race of beings that
originated on "Planet-X," visited Earth at the
dawn of time and created humanity, effected our
evolution, or combined their DNA with ours, I
do not believe for a second. We are all children
of Earth, the mother of us all, and that alone is
something to be proud of, and a reason to care
for her as best as we can. []
Is Nibiru really hurtling
towards Earth?
Continued from Page 33
- But What If...? -
The pro-Nibiru community has probably
got one thing bang on: If there really was a
planet poised to unleash astronomical and
biological devastation by swinging through the
inner solar system, and we had just learned
about this in the past few years, then very likely
governments would not be in a rush to tell their
citizens about it. They would want to come up
with a plan first - and it would be difficult to
have a plan for something as celestially huge as
that.
The problem is, however, that the vast
majority of astronomers have either no or very
little connection to the central structures of
government that would be responsible for
keeping this secret. Most of them are either
amateurs or at least academics. The conspiracy
required to suppress such knowledge would be
breathtakingly huge. Which, I imagine, is very
little comfort, for those readers who already
believe that the moon landings were faked or
that the government is already suppressing
widespread evidence of contact with
extraterrestrial space travellers. If it was doing
that, I suppose it just might be able to suppress
evidence of Nibiru as well.[]
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Mike M Joseph - www.mikemjoseph.com 37

SORRY...! THERE IS NO AFTERLIFE:
NONE GOES TO HEAVEN OR HELL
All religions believe in an afterlife existence – immediately after death. All believe in the immortality of
the soul. Some believe in reincarnation. Jews, Christians, and Muslims believe that good people will go to
Heaven, evil ones will go to Hell. Many devout Jews pray to their Saints in Heaven. Catholics pray to their
Saints, especially to Mary -- “The Queen of Heaven.” Protestants pray to their loved ones in Heaven. Devout
Muslims believe that their Prophet Muhammad ascended up to Heaven from Jerusalem. They regard this city as
the third holiest place to Islam. As a consequence, much of the Jew/Arab conflict centers over the holiness of the
City to both Jews and Muslims -- and the alleged “Temple Mount” true location. Fanatic Muslim terrorists
believe the road to Paradise as Shahids, immediately after death, must be paved over the body parts of their
indiscriminate victims.
According to Iran’s president, Ahmadinejad, the purpose of the revolution and nuclear Iran is to prepare
for the imminent return of the Mahdi, the twelfth Imam. Hence Israel must be destroyed, the West must be
subjugated, and the rest of the world must submit to the coming Mahdi’s “reign of peace on earth.”
If the belief in an afterlife -- immediately after death -- is true, then both the Bible and the Qur’an should
fully confirm it in plain words. But what if they, instead, contradict it? What if God, Jesus, and Muhammad are
not the source of this doctrine? What if the doctrine of an afterlife immediately after death is a hoax? What if
man has no immortal soul?
In the pages of this book, the unbiased reader will discover the real story about the afterlife, the true
destiny of humanity, the true location of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and its link to the afterlife.
www.mikemjoseph.com

MIDDLE EAST:
Blueprint For the Final Solution
The Coming Fall and Rise of Western Democracy

The Middle East conflict originated, literally, in the womb of a beautiful woman –Rebekah, Isaac’s
wife. Her ‘struggling’ twins, from their mother’s womb, have often engaged in a love/hate embrace, scorching
their lands with periodic eruptions of bloody conflicts. Their descendants, though gradually lost their identity,
have spread their struggle for ‘the global inheritance’ into Europe, the Americas, and elsewhere.
The march of Islam, of Muhammad,“the man of the sword”; the present Jew/arab conflict; the Persian
Gulf menace; fanatic Islamic world terrorism and their main target – the West – are a direct result of the twins’
struggle, which begun while in their mother’s womb.
Human history and its future can’t be fully comprehended without correct understanding of the roots
and turbulent history of the struggling twins. You, the reader, are destined, regardless of your ethnic
background and religion, to soon experience the final consequences and glorious triumph of this age-long
bloody conflict.
Through the pages of this work the author takes you on a fascinating journey of the Biblical and
historic records, which faithfully traced the stormy blazing trails of ‘the struggling twins,’from the inception of
the conflict to its glorious ‘final solution.’

www.mikemjoseph.com

Conspiracy
Against
Divine Sexuality
It All Started in Eden

by MORAN M JUDSON
Whether you believe in a Creator or not, human sexuality affects every layer of your spirit and life. You
are either ‘tickled’ to your heart’s delights by the streams of fiery passions of your sexuality, or are aimlessly
drifting through the doldrums of the monotonous waves of life -as a shipwreck.
In this graphic and honest discussion on the complexity and history of human sexuality and its purpose
and impact on us all, the author is boldly delving into this stormy topic with these aims in mind: How did it all
start and where to find the answers? Was there an original pure teaching of this dynamic human phenomenon?
Who was interested in ‘fouling the atmosphere’ of human sexuality? How and by whom was it perpetuated on
innocent lives throughout history? What were the results of this “conspiracy” on you personally? How to
reverse it? What is “The Song of Solomon” the master lover all about, and how to achieve the ideal spiritual
and sexual intercourse?
In this work, the Biblical and historic narratives concerning human sexuality will enlighten us, one step
at a time, until we reach the sparkling and inviting lights at the end of our sexual journey.

www.mikemjoseph.com

www.mikemjoseph.com
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38 When Technology Fails

WORRIED ABOUT THE FUTURE?

DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!
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difference between life and death."
—Matt Savinar, author of Life After the Oil Crash

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everyone from the casual do-it-yourself enthusiast to someone who
wants to attempt self-reliance and the ultimate emergency
preparedness."
—Howard Backer, MD, author of Wilderness First Aid: Emergency
Care for Wilderness Locations and past president of the Wilderness
Medical Society

"A marvelous guidebook for helping us through the worst of times, and
even improving on the best of times."
—Thom Hartmann, syndicated radio host and author of The Last
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sustainability practices in the best tradition of Paul Ehrlich, Lester
Brown, and Jared Diamond."
—Stephen Schneider, PhD, Melvin and Joan Lane Professor for
Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies at Stanford University and
coordinating lead author in IPCC summary papers on climate change
[NOTE: Stephen accepted the Nobel Peace Prize alongside Al Gore on
behalf of the IPCC]

Knowledge is power, and When Technology Fails is the “Bible” for disaster prep, self-reliance and survival
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About Matthew Stein:

Matthew Stein is an author, engineer, and licensed building contractor. As the
owner of Stein Design & Construction, he has built hurricane resistant, energy efficient and
environmentally friendly homes. The mechanical engineering side of his firm specializes
in product design and development. Matthew Stein is a graduate of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT) where he majored in Mechanical Engineering.

In recognition of his expertise, Matthew Stein has appeared on numerous radio and
television programs and has been a repeat guest on many shows, including the Thom
Hartmann Show, Lionel, Fox News, MSNBC and Coast-to-Coast AM. He has also written
several articles on the subject of sustainable living and is a guest columnist for the
Huffington Post.

Matthew Stein has been an active outdoorsman since he was a small child, an
extreme skier and climber (over a hundred Yosemite Valley ascents including several El
Capitan and Half Dome big walls), and serves as a guide and instructor for blind skiers
with the Ski for Light cross-country program. Stein currently resides with his wife Josie in
the High Sierra Mountains near Lake Tahoe, California.

WWW.WHENTECHFAILS.COM
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When Technology Fails 39

SECRETS OF AN IMMORTAL
by Ben Abba
"What if you met a man who was
2,800 years old? What questions
would you ask him about History?
Religion? Would you want to learn his
secrets of immortality?

Ben Abba went looking for the oldest

person alive on earth today. Ben
wanted to find out from them what
they eat and what did they do, to
accomplish such a long and healthy
life. to his absolute shock he located
and made contact with a man whose
real physical age is nearly 2,800 years
old.

Would you like to know more about

the story on how Ben Abba found such
a remarkable man and what stories he
had to tell about the unwritten history
of our Western Civilization?

Ben is writing a series of books to

detail this man's life, his experiences,
and his secrets of immortality; starting
with Book 1 titled:

"Secrets of an Immortal - An
Eyewitness Account of 2,800
Years of History"
"Throughout my life, I have seen and experienced things that far overshadowed the science fiction I read growing up in America's Midwest.
Still nothing really prepared me for the day I successfully located and made contact with a man who's real age is nearly 2,800 years old. As crazy
as this sounds, I now have to believe that there are people living among us who are 500 years of age, and older. They have blended themselves
within our civilization so well, it is nearly impossible to distinguish them from a typical senior citizen. The gentleman that I have made friends
with has spent most of his life in the various countries that surround the Mediterranean Sea. And yes, he was living near Jerusalem around 2,000
years ago. How I found this amazing man is a long story that would take a book just to describe all of the details. For now, let me just say that I
used my unique researching skills to find this even more unique man. I do not know if it is even possible to prove he is older than 150 years.
Certainly this has helped him fit in with the rest of us. However, as I spoke with him, the eyewitness accounts of 2,800 years of history make it
difficult to believe he is anything but an immortal. The stories he has to tell are too incredible to ignore. So I am writing them down and am
planning to release them in a book someday soon. In the meantime, I will try to figure out what evidence I can find that would prove this man is
a real immortal. Obviously there is no such thing as a Roman Empire Chariot Driver's License or an Israeli Passport signed by King David to rely
on for absolute proof. He has a few trinkets older than 2,000 year. And I know, if the opportunity presents itself, I could try to get a blood or saliva
sample to perform a DNA test on. However, I could use some advise as to what other forms of evidence I could use to prove someone really is
over 150 years old.I am also asking everyone for questions that I should ask this incredible man about his past. Even if I cannot prove his true age,
I certainly can present his eyewitness observations of the birth of our western civilization. And the stories he has told me so far are all priceless.
"Secrets of an Immortal - An Eyewitness Account of 2,800 Years of History" - Ben Abba

www.secrets-of-an-immortal.com
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40
IS THIS A CURE FOR
CANCER ?
By Dr. Nance MacLeod, PhD., DNM / NMD
I just returned home from assisting at a
Mastery of Self Expression workshop in
Kitchener Waterloo. This workshop is an
intensive workshop that helps you release
emotional blocks that can hold you back in life.
The leader of the workshop made a comment, “I
believe this work is the cure for cancer”.
I thought to myself wow that is quite a
big thing to say, and then I realized that she has
made a good point. Many of us already know
that disease begins in the emotional body or you
can say energy field. Louise Hay has several
books on the subject. The theory is that when
you are holding on to anger, frustrations, hate,
and resentments these negative emotions will
manifest into a disease in the physical body. So
is the cure for cancer just getting rid of these
negative emotions that plague our lives?
Louise Hay was diagnosed with cancer,
which she claims to have healed through her
ideologies. She went on to be an author, teacher,
lecturer, and founder of Hay House Publishing.
She contends that disease is caused by mental
thought patterns, especially patterns of
criticism, anger, resentment, and guilt. Festering
resentments eat away at the self and can
ultimately lead to tumors and cancers. Anger
turns into things that burn, boil, or infect the
body. A pattern of criticism can turn into
diseases like arthritis, and guilt seeks
punishment and leads to pain.
Psychologists and neurologists now
agree mind and body, aren't that different. The
brain is just another organ, even though more
intricate than the rest.
More and more doctors—and patients—
recognize that mental states and physical well-
being are intimately connected. An unhealthy
mind can lead to an unhealthy body, and an
illness of the mind can trigger or worsen
diseases in the body.
Way back in 1952, the Department of
Medicine at New York Hospital-Cornell
Medical Center found that diseases and
conditions ranging from eczema and cold hands
to migraine and hypertension were correlated to
particular attitudes and emotions.
Visit Dr. MacLeods Website at:
www.
thewellnessdiva.
org
Is This A Cure For Cancer?
Liquor Heiresses
Reportedly Blew $100M
on 'Cult'
NYPost.com
Billionaire mogul Edgar Bronfman Sr. is
“considering legal action” to restrict the trust
funds of daughters Clare, 30, and Sara, 33, after
they lost $65 million in a commodities-trading
scheme, according to one insider.
Two Seagram’s liquor heiresses have
blown nearly $100 million on an upstate group
headed by a shady svengali — and their furious
father now may cut his girls off to keep the
group — which he describes as a “cult” — from
getting any more of the family fortune, sources
said yesterday.
Billionaire mogul Edgar Bronfman Sr. is
“considering legal action” to restrict the trust
funds of daughters Clare, 30, and Sara, 33, after
they lost $65 million in a commodities-trading
scheme, according to one insider.
Among Edgar Bronfman’s options, said
a source, is to have his girls declared
“financially incompetent.”
The failed investment plan and the
Bronfman sisters’ staggering financial loss were
revealed in court papers filed in Los Angeles
and first reported by the Albany Times Union.
The scheme was engineered by Keith
Raniere, a Brooklyn-born smooth talker who
has been investigated for fraud in several states
and is described in legal documents as a
“compulsive gambler.”
Raniere, 49, now heads a controversial
Albany-based group, NXIVM (pronounced
nex-eeum), that conducts “group awareness
seminars.”
The Bronfman girls are among his most
devoted acolytes. Their dad has called the group
a “cult.”
Over the years, Clare and Sara have
pumped millions into Raniere’s group, buying
him more than a dozen upstate properties and
even letting him fly around in their private
plane.
The Los Angeles lawsuit says that
starting in 2006, the sisters pumped $65 million
into the commodities scheme, which, along with
a $26 million real-estate deal, quickly went
south.
Raniere — who was trading the
commodities using a mathematical plan he had
concocted — blamed the financial losses on
Edgar Bronfman. Raniere said there was a
“conspiracy” and the “market was rigged”
against him because the mogul didn’t want his
girls involved with NXIVM, court papers
allege.
Mexican Catholic order's
founder abused boys, sect
admits
Rome, Italy (CNN) -- The founder of a
Mexican Catholic order sexually abused minor-
age seminarians and fathered three children
with two women, the religious sect has
revealed.
The Legionnaires of Christ and its lay
Regnum Christi Movement asked for
forgiveness Thursday for "the reprehensible
actions of our founder," the Rev. Marcial
Maciel.
"We express our sorrow and grief to
each and every person damaged by our
founder's actions," said a communique signed
by the Rev. Alvaro Corcuera and 15 other
Legionnaires of Christ leaders.
The Vatican started an investigation into
Maciel's actions in 2004 and concluded in May
2006 that he was guilty of sexual abuse, the
group said. Law enforcement officials
apparently were not informed.
"We had thought and hoped that the
accusations brought against our founder were
false and unfounded, since they conflicted with
our experience of him personally and his work.
However, on May 19, 2006, the Holy See's
Press Office issued a communique as the
conclusion of a canonical investigation that the
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
(CDF) had begun in 2004. At that time, the CDF
reached sufficient moral certainty to impose
serious canonical sanctions related to the
accusations made against Fr Maciel, which
included the sexual abuse of minor seminarians.
Therefore, though it causes us consternation, we
have to say that these acts did take place," the
group said.
The Vatican, "mindful of Father Maciel's
advanced age and his delicate health, decided to
forgo a canonical hearing and ask him to retire
to a private life of penance and prayer, giving up
any form of public ministry," the letter says.
Pope Benedict XVI approved the decision.
Maciel died January 30, 2008.
The announcement comes against a
deepening crisis in the Catholic church, which
is investigating complaints of abuse in Ireland,
Germany, Britain and several other countries. []
The ‘X’ Zone FACT-oids
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
- Colouring Easter eggs dates back to the
ancient Egyptians and Persians, who
practiced the custom during their spring
festivals.
- Juneteenth, a multiday celebration of the
emancipation of slaves, originated in
Galveston, Texas.
- Traditional Christmas dish in medieval
England: swan.
- The average adult American male recieves
six Christmas presents.
- Americans buy approximately 165 million
Easter cards every year.
- President Wodorow Wilson made Mother’s
Day a national holiday in 1914.
- The Easter Egg Roll, held on Easter
Monday, has been a White House tradition
since 1878.
- Americans generate an extra 5 million tons
of trash between Thanksgiving and New
Year’s.
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Damned & Natalie Locke 41

"Fascinating and simultaneously disturbing,"
Father Paul Keenan, author of Elisha's Jars

"If you're worried about the evil eye, think you have bad karma or that
someone has put the hoodoo on you... this book is worth more than a big
mojo bag filled with good luck charms anyday!"
Timothy Beckley, ConspiracyJournal.com

"By far, Shelley's best work ever!!!

Simple in approach, chilling in delivery, the true life spine tingling tales in
"Damned" are down right disturbing yet eerily enlightening. After reading,
be prepared to spend a sleepless night with only your thoughts and
goosebumps to keep you company."
Keith Sniadach, screenwriter, The Gatekeeper

Are You Blessed, Cursed or Just Lucky?

That’s the question Dr Kaehr asked her mailing list several years ago,
assuming they would all feel like she does – incredibly blessed.
Unbelievably, the answer she received turned out entirely different. 80%
of respondents said they were cursed beyond repair and the stories they
told were so fascinating, she included them in her latest book, Damned:
True Tales of the Cursed, Hexed and Bewitched.

She believes we get what we think about, so the book also discusses the
counseling work she did to assist these cursed souls in creating happier
lives. For more information and insight visit her website at....

www.shelleykaehr.com

NATALIE LOCKE
& THE
SHAPESHIFTER
On her way to a weekend ski vacation, Natalie Locke is involved in
a head-on collision on a snowy highway and finds herself traveling through
the space between life and death, where she sees a Native American man
who visited her rock shop earlier that day.

Lone Eagle went to Locke’s Rocks in Albuquerque to find an

important tribal artifact and return it to his father, Chief Looking Elk.
Before the elderly chief passes away, he makes Lone Eagle promise one
thing – to teach Natalie the ways of their tribe.

There’s only one problem – Natalie suffered a coma from her

injuries. Now, Lone Eagle must use his medicine as a Native American
Shapeshifter to travel between worlds and help the girl get home. In the
process, he learns a dark secret, and the painful past he shares with the
Locke family threatens to destroy his tribal legacy.

Will Natalie wake up and return to the world of the living? And if
so, can she forgive Lone Eagle's father for the past they share, and
ultimately accept the gifts of healing and prophecy that await her?

For more information on Leah Leonard and her other books visit...

www.leahleonard.com
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Dr Nader Pourhassan, PhD 43

The Corruption of Moslem Minds
and
God's Scripture: A Faithful Comparison
by DR. NADER POURHASSAN
THE CORRUPTION OF MUSLIM MINDS :

This book is the result of Dr. Nader Pourhassan’s personal

disillusionment with Islam as it is manifested in the modern
world. The message of the Koran is resoundingly simple. We
should believe in God, which of itself would encourage us to be
good, and love our neighbor. If we do, we will go to Heaven:
"Those who do good to men or women and have faith [in God],
we will give them life, a pure life, and their reward will be
greater than their actions." This message, which is stated over
sixty times in the Koran, has been perverted by those who seek
to promote themselves as spiritual leaders, with appalling
results - most shockingly, the attacks on America on September
11th, 2001. Whether you are a Moslem, or non-Moslem, a
Christian, a Jew, a Hindu, or indeed of any faith, Dr. Pourhassan
hopes that you will find his comments enlightening and be
inspired to read the Koran for yourself. The only way we can
break the current impasse between the Moslem and non-
Moslem peoples is by fostering mutual understanding of the
many historical, cultural, and religious ties that bind us.

GOD’S SCRIPTURE :

The author, Dr. Nader Pourhassan, has researched the

Koran and the Bible in depth for the last twenty years. God's
Scripture is the result of his personal disillusionment with Islam
as it is manifested in the modern world. The message of the
Koran is resoundingly simple. We should believe in God, which
would encourage us to love our neighbor. If we do, we will go
to Heaven: "Those who do good to men or women and have
faith (in God), we will give them life, a pure life, and their
reward will be greater than their actions." This message, which
is stated clearly over sixty times in the Koran, has been
perverted by those who seek to promote themselves as spiritual
leaders, with appalling results, most shockingly the attacks on
America on September 11, 2001. His disillusionment grew as
he learned about the disparity between the holy book and Islam
as it is practiced today. Now, more than ever, there is an urgent
need for Muslims and non Muslims alike to understand the
truth about Islam, and to return to the original message of the
Prophet Muhammad, and that of Jesus, that humankind should
strive to be good, to love God and one another.

www.ChristianMuslim.org
www.SolvingReligion.com
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44 The Exodus Revelation

The Exodus Revelation

www.mysteriousworld/Journal/2008/Spring/Artifacts