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Altobello faces challenge from Dunlop in 82nd District race
MIDDLEFIELD >> Just when Democratic state Rep. Emil Altobello thought he was running for re-election in the 82nd Assembly District unopposed, Republican candidate Arline Dunlop joined the race a month ago to challenge him.
"It's time for a change," said Dunlop, an 86-year-old from Meriden. "Whenever I called Altobello about (addressing an issue), he would say 'I will see.' He's a very smooth character and takes wonderful pictures, but he's just going along with the other Democrats. I don't know if he's ever had an opinion."
The 82nd District covers parts of Meriden and all of Middlefield, serving approximately 27,000 constituents.
Dunlop, a political activist, ran twice for state representative and once for the mayor of Meriden under the Libertarian Party, but lost in all three races due to low campaign funding and not enough support, she said.
"I've never served in government," Dunlop said. "But I've fought for the people for years."
If elected, she said she would work to repeal the governor's executive order to unionize childcare and personal aides, as well as the death penalty in the state; 65 percent of people wanted it to remain. Altobello voted for the unionization, Dunlop said.
Even though she hasn't done any campaigning, Dunlop feels she still has a good chance of winning in the Nov. 6 election.
"A lot of people know me," Dunlop said, referencing the many city projects she's worked on over the years. Dunlop is one of the last charter members of the World War II Veteran's Memorial Hospital Auxiliary that honors more than 300 service members killed in the war, she said. She graduated from high school in Meriden, and went to Hunter College in New York, where she became a registered nurse.
And she's been the voice of the people in the political arena for 60-plus years. Dunlop said people should vote for her because they, "ought to be aware of what's going on."
But Altobello, who's serving his ninth term, said he should be re-elected because there's more work to be done.
"I'm going to try and help people get back on their feet from this lingering recession," said Altobello, a Meriden resident, who served half of the constituents in Middlefield for eight years before redistricting went into effect this year.
Unlike Dunlop, the 63-year-old incumbent has been a local government official since 1987, when he was elected for a four-year term to the Meriden City Council. He's been re-elected to House of Representatives since 1996.
"I've been effective over the years and responsive to my constituents," Altobello said. "I bring a comprehensive understanding of both local and state government, their wants and their needs -- and blending the two together."
Altobello grew up in a family-owned manufacturing business, and then went on to work in retail for 15 years and as a real estate broker for about 12 years.
He said his late uncle, Henry D. Altobello, was a longtime political figure in the state, who served three terms as the mayor of Meriden, and inspired him to get into politics.
"He treated people fairly and honestly, and that prescription worked very well when he was in office," Altobello said.
The reason why Dunlop has continued to push on past her losses and remain hopeful is that she's "tired of what's going on in the country" and at the state Capitol, she said.
When asked why run for office at age 86, Dunlop said bluntly, "because I can." And if she's defeated for a fourth time, she said, she may run again in two years -- but she'll just have to wait and see what the polls results are. For now, she feels that taking over the 82nd District seat will help her to put an end to all the spending in the state.
"The (state) spends too much and wastes too much," Dunlop said when asked about the projected $27 million deficit for the 2012-13 fiscal year. "We cannot take more money from people."
She added that the state doesn't have enough funding for what's necessary because lots of money has been invested in the health care of union workers.
Altobello, on the other hand, said it's the responsibility of the governor to bring forth a balanced budget.
"He almost did last year and I feel strongly that he will do it this year," Altobello said. "It's his job. I'm sure he's up to the task."
Though affiliated with different parties, each candidate said if elected they would try to lower taxes.
"Hopefully, we'll be able to lower them next fiscal year," Altobello said. "I voted to eliminate $2.2 billion in taxes... We absolutely shouldn't need new taxes or increases in existing taxes."
Dunlop said she would work to lower taxes.
A bill that's been heavily debated, one in which both candidates support, but differ slightly, was signed into law by Governor Dannel P. Malloy that limits the number of hours for remediation at the college level.
"In the long-term, it will benefit everyone," Altobello said. "We're holding schools to higher standards. It's better for students to learn when they're supposed to learn, and keep up with their grade level."
Dunlop said, "(Those students) shouldn't be taking up space in college. It's late -- very late (to learn what you should have in 12 years.) They're going to fall behind. There's other things in life than college. There are plumbing positions."
When it comes to jobs, Dunlop said the governor made a big mistake when he enacted "First Five," a state economic development incentive program, providing tax credits to large corporations that commit to creating 200-plus new full-time jobs in two years or to businesses that can invest $25-plus million and create 200-plus jobs within five years.
"There's no guarantee," she said. "I don't know what he's doing (but) we're not in his book."
Altobello, however, feels it's a bit too early to put a rating on the packages. "The jury's still out," he said.
The candidates also differed on what they feel the biggest challenge the state government is faced with.
While Dunlop said the obstacle is getting more people involved, Altobello said it's the current job climate and the economy.
"It's an era of uncertainty," Altobello said. "I'm going to put emphasize on getting rid of that uncertainty in my next term so businesses can move forward with expansion plans. This will benefit businesses as well as constituents."
Whether or not she wins the vote, Dunlop said, she wants to "see change in Hartford for the people."


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"I've always been driven by curiosity: Can I do that? Can I do it again?"
Reba McEntire settled into a comfortable armchair Saturday afternoon (Aug. 10) on the stage of the Ford Theater at Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and for the next 90 minutes regaled a capacity crowd with stories of how she became one of the entertainment industry's most enduring success stories.
The appearance was in conjunction with the Aug. 9 opening of the exhibit called Reba: All the Women I Am. It will be on display at the Hall of Fame for the next 10 months.
In addition to more than 200 fans clogging the theater proper, an overflow crowd of 300 watched her performance on closed-circuit TV in the Hall of Fame rotunda. The event was live streamed as well.
Seated facing McEntire and pelting her with questions was former entertainment reporter and current Hall of Fame staff member Michael McCall. A screen behind them showed still pictures and video clips.
As customary, McEntire was dressed casually, this time in a long-sleeved purple blouse and black pants tucked into the top of knee-high black boots. Her red-haired mother, Jacqueline, sat front row center, alongside other close friends and associates, drinking it all in.
Early in the conversation, McEntire spoke about making a quick costume change during a concert and winding up with her boots on the wrong feet as she sang "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia."
Multiple costume changes became a big part of her stage shows as her career blossomed, she said "Velcro was our friend."
McEntire was a green 20-year-old ranch kid from Chockie, Okla., when she first came to Nashville in 1975. It was not a great time in country music for women to thrive, she acknowledged. But it was a period during which record labels still allowed artists time to develop — rather than discarding them quickly if they didn't catch on at radio.
She signed to Mercury Records and released her first single, "I Don't Want to Be a One Night Stand" in 1976. It went only to No. 88. She wouldn't have a Top 10 record until four years later or a No. 1 until two years after that. That historic first No. 1 was "Can't Even Get the Blues."
During those early years, she had no say at all about which songs she would record. That was a decision left entirely in the hands of her producers.
"I didn't even have the knowledge to dream big [then]," she recalled.
In October 1980, she noted, she hired a steel player for her band. His name was Narvel Blackstock. He would become her manager in 1988 and her husband a year later. He still occupies both positions.
Things began to change, she said, after she switched from Mercury to MCA in late 1983. MCA assigned Harold Shedd, who was having enormous success with the group Alabama, as her producer.
Shedd put an orchestra behind her, she said, and basically ignored her when she told him that this wasn't the sound she wanted. So she took her complaint to Jimmy Bowen, the head of MCA. He took over as her producer and sent her out to visit music publishers to choose her own songs.
She gave Bowen credit for allowing her the artistic freedom she needed to flourish. "When you have successes, you get more confidence," she said. "It just kept getting better and better."
In 1984, McEntire won the Country Music Association's female vocalist of the year award. She and McCall paused in their conversation to watch a clip of her acceptance speech for that honor.
"That outfit is upstairs [in the exhibit]," she observed, alluding to the gown she was wearing on screen. "It took me a long time to pay it off. It was about $5,000."
She would go on to win the same award the next three years.
McEntire made her first music video in 1986 to accompany the single "Whoever's in New England." The record won a Grammy for best country female vocal, and the video stirred her interest in acting.
In 1987, she divorced her husband, Charlie Battles. The next year, she parted with her manager, Bill Carter, who helped steer her toward a number of successes, and appointed Blackstock in his stead.
"I've always wanted individual attention," she confessed — and then added, with a grin directed at her mother, "since I didn't get it at home."
With Blackstock, she established Starstruck Entertainment, which would move much of her career oversight functions "in house." She told the crowd that the company name was inspired by Cher's 1987 romantic comedy, Moonstruck.
McEntire said Blackstock's muscle as a manager was first tested when she was scheduled to sing on an Academy of Country Music awards show. She said the backdrop chosen for her number clashed with the image she was trying to project with her costume and song. So she sent Blackstock to do something about it.
When the show's producer told Blackstock the backdrop was "just fine" as it was, Blackstock said, in effect, "The backdrop goes or Reba goes." The backdrop went.
"If he'd backed down," McEntire declared, "he'd have been over as manager."
In 1990, McEntire appeared in her first movie, Tremors, and gave birth to her son, Shelby.
After several albums with Bowen, McEntire switched to Tony Brown as her producer. "One of the things Tony Brown let me do was the song 'Fancy,' " she said.
When she had suggested the song to Bowen, she recalled, his response was, "Woman, that's about a prostitute."
"I never finish a show without [singing] 'Fancy,'" she added.
On March 16, 1991, seven members of her band were killed in a plane crash. "We finally got the call that nobody survived," she said. Blackstock was faced with the sad duty of calling the victims' parents before the story hit the news.
The music community rallied around her, she said. Vince Gill volunteered his services to her as a musician, and Dolly Parton offered her the use of her band. Ken Kragen, who was managing Kenny Rogers, called and asked her to be in one of the Gambler movies. "I think that saved my sanity," she said.
The extent of her emotional pain became evident in the album she recorded with Brown just months after the accident occurred. For My Broken Heart, which contained not a single happy or upbeat song, became her tribute to the band members lost — and one of the most moving pieces of music in country music history.
As McEntire was finishing up her reminiscences about the tragedy, her mother's cell phone began ringing loudly. "That's a treacle-cutter," the singer observed wryly.
McCall moved on to ask her about the elaborate stage shows she did as her career escalated, including the 1996 concert tour, which featured three separate stages and 15 costume changes.
"Once you start developing stuff," she said, "they become three-ring circuses."
In 1999, McEntire did the more intimate and autobiographical the Singer's Diary tour.
McEntire said she and Blackstock were scheduled to fly from New York to Europe on the Concorde to do some promotional work when a caterer's truck backed up and damaged a door on the supersonic plane.
With their flight canceled, they decided to see a Broadway production, and McEntire chose Annie Get Your Gun, the Irving Berlin musical then being revived with Bernadette Peters in the lead role. McEntire had already been approached about starring in the play, and after seeing it, she was hooked on the idea.
She said she began rehearsals as Annie Oakley on Jan. 2, 2001, and started her run in the role on Jan. 23. "It was the hardest work I've ever done but the most fun I've ever had onstage," she mused.
The critics loved her. "After the opening night reviews came in," she said, "I just bawled."
From recalling this stage triumph, the conversation moved on to her six-and-a-half years as the star of the sitcom, Reba. "Pretty much the 'Reba' character was just me," McEntire admitted.
After leaving MCA and signing with Big Machine Records, she continued, her recording career took off again. As a side venture, she developed a clothing line with the Dillard's department store chain. And she returned to series television last year with the ABC sitcom, Malibu Country.
When the series wasn't renewed, McEntire said, she had time to indulge herself in one of her favorite pastimes — traveling. She said she'd gone to Africa, Ireland and France and hopes to travel even more recreationally.
She used the last few minutes of her conversation to bring the crowd up to date on her son, Shelby, who is distinguishing himself as a racecar driver.
"What's next?" McCall inquired.
"It's touring," she said. So it's back to the spotlight and Velcro.


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8 Secrets of Falling in Love
From your voting history to your facial symmetry, research is proving that attraction stems from a lot more than Cupid's arrow. This is your brain on love.
People fall in love every day — but when a twosome goes completely gaga over one another, what's going on in their brains?
Over the past few decades, many researchers have looked at the so-called "rules of attraction" — what it is about our chemical makeup that sparks up chemistry with another person. "It's never just one thing, like facial symmetry or pheromones," says Brian Grossman, PhD, a psychologist and communication expert in Los Angeles. "But there are some concrete, specific issues that lend themselves to immediate, long-term attraction and relationships."
Ever wondered what it is about your honey that got you hooked? Perhaps it's one of these fall-in-love factors.
Political Parallelism
Think it was his clever sense of humor or killer pot roast that had you falling for him? Turns out, it probably had more to do with his voting history. A recent Rice University study published in the Journal of Politics found that we tend to choose partners with similar political views — in fact, couples who swing the same way politically outnumbered those with similar personality traits, appearances, and religious beliefs. And that makes sense, says Dr. Grossman: "It would be hard to have a relationship long-term with someone with a dramatically different political view. It's a different value set, which goes to our core."
A Woman's Measurements
There's no denying that physical appearance plays a big role in romantic attraction — but who knew it got this specific? Researchers at the University of Texas found that women with a low waist-to-hip ratio (in which the waist is significantly narrower than the hips) are more attractive to men than those with wider waists.
What's in a waist size? Researchers believe that a good waist-to-hip ratio may subconsciously signal to a man that a woman has good health and reproductive ability. "We can't help but look at health and attractiveness," Grossman says. "Heavier people have a harder time. But it's not something we do consciously. No one's ever gone to a bar and seen a woman and said, 'Wow, look at her waist-to-hip ratio, she looks great!'" Chalk it up as one of those subliminal rules of attraction.
Chivalry (It Isn't Dead!)
If you're one of those types who puts others first, you're in luck: You may have a greater chance at a satisfying, healthy relationship. A survey by the University of Chicago showed that people who agreed with altruistic statements, like "I'd rather suffer myself than let the one I love suffer," reported more happiness in their marriage than those who did not concur with those statements.
While it's not all that surprising that altruistic people have better relationships (they are more likely to be considerate and thoughtful toward their spouses, says Grossman), there's a fine line between being selfless and a people-pleaser. It's important to know how to say no (for example, when you're overextending yourself), or you may end up doing damage to your emotional health.
A Symmetrical Face
Could it have been your partner's evenly spaced eyes that got you all starry-eyed? An Australian study found that, subconscious though it may be, women tend to prefer male faces that are symmetrical (which is often considered a sign of good health). "It's a survival of the fittest thing," Grossman says. "We subconsciously look at their face and say, 'That's a great face — our kids are going to look awesome!" This judgment is a quick one, too — it takes more than a nanosecond, but less than a second, says Grossman.
Your Zip Code
No one likes long-distance relationships — but that has little to do with why someone's address impacts whether you'll be romantically attracted to them. Instead, it has to do with cultural values: If you're raised in one place, your idea of attractiveness may be completely different than that of someone raised somewhere else.
In fact, a study published in the journal Psychological Science found that men who live in cultures where food and money are scarce tend to find heavier women more attractive than thinner ones. These men may see the extra pounds as a status symbol; a buxom figure signals having the means to purchase plenty of food. Given these findings, it's not surprising that super-skinny people are idealized in places where there are plenty of resources to go around.
The Number of Candles on the Cake
We've become a culture that's obsessed with defying age — and research may help prove why: A study from the journal Current Anthropology found that men from five different cultures showed a preference for females with youthful features like large eyes, a small nose, and full lips. Don't be too quick to write these men off as pigs, however: These findings show that we subconsciously seek out partners who are most likely to be able to reproduce. And though the study didn't examine women's preferences, Grossman is willing to bet that females have similar penchants for younger-looking partners.
But Grossman warns that physical attraction doesn't always add up to a healthy relationship. Though a 65-year-old man might find a 20-year-old woman attractive, they're probably not a great match. "A more than 25- or 30-year difference is always difficult to overcome," he says.
Mirror Images
Opposites may attract, but that doesn't mean they're a match made in heaven. In fact, recent research has helped explained the phenomenon of doppelganger couples. While participants in a Canadian study were less likely to choose people with similar-looking faces for a short-term relationship, they were more trusting of people with faces that resembled their own — and therefore more likely to end up with them in the long term.
The researchers theorize that this response evolved to prevent accidentally becoming sexually attracted to relatives, while at the same time guiding us to fall in love with long-term mates who are reasonably similar to us. "We do not want to date relatives, but we do trust people who are similar to us," Grossman says. Now we realize the whole 'opposites attract' thing is lust.. Most opposites don't stay together long-term."
Your Genes
The types of relationships you forge may be influenced by your genetic makeup. An Italian study found that people with certain relationship styles were most likely to carry specific biological markers in their brains. This may indicate that biology plays a factor in our romantic attractions, but it doesn't mean that our fall-in-love behavior can always be forecasted by science. "I absolutely believe a lot of behavior is predictable," Grossman says. "But can you prove this, exactly, every time? No. You can make specific predictions of people, but there are always things that we haven't been able to quantify, like emotions and the human heart. There will always be outliers."
Bottom line? The rules of attraction can't be written in stone — which is why love leaves even the best of us mystified.


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Sergei Korostin
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2006-07: Sergei Korostin enjoyed success in his U18 international ventures. Most notably, the U18 World Junior Championships where he registered five goals (tied for most on the team) and six points in seven games; an effort that yielded a gold medal. He also participated in three other tournaments, notching 10 points in 12 combined games. The Stars selected him in the 3rd round (64th overall) in the 2007 draft.
2007-08: Korostin made the jump to North America after starting the year with Dynamo Moscow (RSL). He joined the Texas Tornado (NAHL) where he registered eight goals and 18 points in just 19 games. The London Knights (OHL) selected him 37th overall in the CHL Import Draft in 2008.
2008-09: Korostin split his final junior season between the London Knights (OHL) and the Peterborough Petes (OHL). He scored a combined 13 goals and 23 assists. He also represented Russia at the U20 level, scoring 1 goal and 1 assist in 7 games.
2009-10: Korostin turned pro, appearing in 4 games with the Idaho Steelheads (ECHL) and 63 games with the Texas Stars (AHL). He scored a combined 17 goals and 14 games in his first pro year.
2010-11: Korostin, who was scratched for much of the 2010 Calder Cup Playoffs, was loaned to Dynamo Balashikha of the VHL (second-tier Russian league). In 28 games, he potted nine goals and 16 points.
2011-12: The Dallas Stars voided Korostin's contract in July 2011 – allowing them to free up contract space under the 50-player limit. The 22-year-old forward skated for three teams in Russia's second league – the VHL – seeing his most extensive action with VMF St. Petersburg. In 24 games in St. Petersburg he scored 2 goals with 6 assists and was minus-2 with 10 penalty minutes. He had no points and 8 penalty minutes in five playoff games for VMF St. Petersburg.
2012-13: Korostin skated in 47 games for HK VMF-Karelia in Russia's VHL (second league); the most games he's played in a single season since playing 63 games for Dallas affiliate Texas in 2009-10. Korostin scored 8 goals with a career-high 16 assists and was -4 with 52 penalty minutes. VMF-Karelia missed the playoffs – finishing 18th in the 27-team league.
Talent Analysis
Korostin has tremendous acceleration and agility and his foot speed is tremendous. He can dance his way around any would-be defender at top speed. He has a quick, accurate shot and can score from virtually anywhere in the offensive zone. Shows aptness for getting open in "safe" scoring areas. Has intriguing vision as a playmaker, but it's not always there. Has the tendency to handle the puck too much and, by all accounts, is not a team player. His work ethic is usually strong, he is surprisingly effective on the forecheck in terms of puck retrieval. In terms of positioning and anticipation, Korostin has potential to get better but is passable at this point. Tends to shy away from high traffic areas, physicality is far from a strong point for him. Size is not ideal.
Potential: A flashy offensive second line winger, like a less polished Jiri Hudler.


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|Aquatics Center Dedication - the 17,000 square foot Aquatics Center became the region's premier swimming and diving facility and home to the University's 15th and 16th intercollegiate teams, Men's Swimming and Diving and Women's Swimming and Diving
|Sister Anne Munley, IHM, President of Marywood University, appointed Dr. Alan M. Levine, Ph.D. as Vice President for Academic Affairs effective July 1, 2011. The Board of Trustees approved this appointment on April 16, 2011. Dr. Levine has been part of Marywood for 33 years beginning as an Instructor and rising to Full Professor.
|Tennis Coach of the Year - Art Comstock was named CSAC Coach of the Year after leading the Pacers to an undefeated conference regular season and their second straight CSAC title and NCAA tournament berth.
|Sister M. Coleman Nee, ninth President of Marywood University, dies on July 9, 2011. Sister guided the University for 18 years, from 1970 - 1988. "I think we have to realize that we are preparing our students for life, not just a particular profession." - - Sister M. Coleman Nee
|On August 3, 2011, Sister Anne Munley and Sister Catherine Luxner visited Washington D.C. along with other participating colleges and universities to celebrate the launch of the Inter-faith Challenge, connect with other participants and discuss respective campus plans. This initiative "invites institutions of higher education to commit to a year of interfaith and community service programming on campus. In May 2011, Sister Anne Munley created a sixteen-member task force representing all areas of the University. Focusing on "Domestic Poverty and Educational Opportunity", Marywood University will initiate a number of programs such as the collection and distribution of blankets for homeless persons, food collections for area pantries and cultural competency training for its employees. Sister Anne stated: " We remain committed to creating culturally diverse and global educational experiences for our students, so they can become positive forces for good in this complex world."


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I am interested in your list
post some list please...we all will be interested to know!
Inventory Clearance
Here is the list. I do have many other items that are not on this list. If you are looking for something particular please ask as I may have it. I also do have multiples of many items. I have make-up as well.
6.9oz Body Butters $12.50 ea
Grapeseed, Candied Citrus, Banana, Almond, Peach, Golden Apple, Vanilla Spice, Cranberry, Pink Grapefruit
1.75 oz Body Butters $5.00 ea
, Grapeseed, Satsuma, Nut, Cocoa Butter, Almond, Strawberry,
6.9oz Body Scrubs $11 ea
Coconut, Passion, Mango
8.4oz Body Lotion $12 ea
Cassis Rose, Honey & Almond, Banana, Mandarine, Aloe, lemon/lime
8.4oz Shower Gel $8 ea
, Strawberry, Passion, Papaya, Banana, Golden Apple,
Tea Tree
Blemish Stick $5, Face Scrub $10, Cleansing Wipes $8,
Vitamin E
Cream Cleanser $9, Cream Exfoliator $10, Night Cream $11, Cleansing Wipes $8, , Toner $10,
Spa Wisdom
Body Balm $15, Milk Bath $12, Salt Scrub $18, Miracle Oil $12, Body Mask $12, Body Cleanser $12
Miscellanious items:
1. Bajik items all $10 ea Body Mudd, Kukui Spray, Shower Cream, Sugar & Rice Scrub
2. Soy item all $10 ea Moisture Cream, Night Cream, Day cream, Cleanser, Scrub
3. Moonflower shower cream $5, Body Lotion $8
4. Lip Butters $5 ea: Grapeseed, Passion, Mango, Pink Grapefruit
5. Shimmer Lotion $12 ea: Cranberry, Golden Apple, Vanilla Spice
6. Salt Scrubs $15 ea: Mandarine, Bergamont, Lavender
7. Seaweed: Face Wash $8, Control Mist $5, Daily Shine $9, Toner $8
8. I also have warming mineral mask, some vit c items, bubble baths etc.
**If there are other items you are looking for please le me know as I might have them
This is just a rough estimate of items, some I only have one some I have more.
So are you on here to swap? Or just to sell? Just curious...thanks
There use to be one that I liked from the Body Shop called Pink Grapefruit...do you have any lotions/spray of that scent?
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Gothmog (Lieutenant of Morgul)
|"Gothmog" by John Howe
|Biographical Information
|Lieutenant of Morgul
|Second-in-command to the Witch-king
|Sauron, the Witch-king
|presumably Westron and/or Black Speech
|probably 15 March T.A. 3019
Battle of the Pelennor Fields
|Physical Description
|Images of Gothmog
|By Ardamir. (Help; more articles)
Gothmog was a lieutenant of Minas Morgul. He shared his name with Gothmog, lord of Balrog from the First Age.[1]
[edit] History
At the Battle of the Pelennor Fields he was second-in-command to the Witch-king of Angmar, lord of the Nazgûl. He commanded the forces of Morgul after the Lord of the Nazgûl was slain by Éowyn.[2]
His fate is never specified; presumably he perished along with almost all of the servants of Sauron that fought before the gates of Minas Tirith, or he fled with the others out of Rammas and across the Anduin.
[edit] Origin
Almost nothing is known of Gothmog, not even what being he was. Tolkien scholars speculate that he might have been one of the following:
- A Man,[3] in which case he was probably a Black Númenórean like the Mouth of Sauron
- One of the Nazgûl,[4] although Tolkien never specifically mentions his name among the Nazgûl.
- He could be anything from an Orc or Uruk, (although he had a Sindarin name) or a Boldog, a fallen Maia in Orc form.
[edit] Portrayal in adaptations
1979: War of the Ring (board game):
- Gothmog is the second most powerful Nazgûl. He begins the game at Dol Goldur.
1982-97: Middle-earth Role Playing:
- Gothmog is a half-troll, a crossbreed of trolls and Variags.[5]
2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King:
- Gothmog is portrayed as an Orc-general with a misshapen face. He is played by Lawrence Makoare and voiced by Craig Parker.[6] Peter Jackson wanted to show a hideously deformed orc, one that would aptly convey the "ugliness" of Mordor. The upper left side of Gothmog's body is swollen and pock-marked from a disease of some sort, as described by the design department. His pale, yellow skin may also be a consequence of this illness. Gothmog's intelligence is far above that of the common orc and he, understandably, would be the perfect link between the Witch-King and the other planners of the siege of Minas Tirith (most likely men in Sauron's service) and the mindless mass of orc infantry on the front lines. While Gothmog likely did not have the intelligence to design the attack on the White City he certainly would have been able to ensure orders were carried out. Gothmog is clearly a brutal commander, but also an over-confident one. Peter Jackson comments that Gothmog feels powerful with Mordor's massive army behind him, but in reality is a crippled orc, as seen in his failed dismount from a Warg in the Extended edition. Gothmog does, however, seem to be a capable warrior, though somewhat inhibited by his crippled left side.
- In the midst of the chaos, Gothmog is forced into hand-to-hand combat. He sees a pocket of particularly stiff resistance, primarily from Théoden and Éowyn, and decides to fight Éowyn. She is a more skilled fighter than he, however, and soon injures him on his crippled left leg, rendering him essentially unable to walk and useless to Mordor's army as a whole. After Éowyn has killed the Witch-King, in an act of revenge, Gothmog attempts to kill her with a mace he finds nearby. He is, however, killed just in time by Aragorn and Gimli. As he is about to strike, Aragorn cuts off his armored right arm, but Gothmog persists and Gimli hits him in the abdomen with his axe. Aragorn then cuts through Gothmog's armor on the right side with his sword to finally bring the Orc down.
2015: The Lord of the Rings Online:
- Gothmog was a wraith. He was first encountered at the end of Book 3: "Voices of the Past", where he revealed himself to the player as being Mordirith pulled back from the Void and given a new form.
[edit] External links
- Gothmog as a Human - article by Steuard Jensen discussing the nature of Gothmog
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Index of Names"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields"
- ↑ Steuard Jensen, "Gothmog as a Human", tolkien.slimy.com (accessed 25 October 2020)
- ↑ Robert Foster, The Complete Guide to Middle-earth, p. 172
- ↑ Peter C. Fenlon, Coleman Charlton, Jessica Ney, John Croudis, Keith Robley, Anders Blixt (1990), Gorgoroth (#3112)
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Extended Edition) , Director's Commentary


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Australian scientists are testing an unusual treatment for especially severe asthma: a shot of Botox right to the throat.
According to the Telegraph, half of people with asthma also have voicebox spasms that can make it difficult to exercise or perform other normal activities. Researchers hope to stop these spasms by injecting the voicebox with Botox, something already used for other vocal cord problems. The treatment sounds scary — a shot of a paralytic toxin in your throat — but Prof. Phil Bardin, who's directing the trial, hopes it will provide significant benefits for patients: "They won't have asthma symptoms which make them unable to walk far or go up stairs or when their chest tightens up they think they are going to die. It will help them live with an illness that disables them."
The trial, which will include thirty patients, is supposed to last a year, and getting the treatment approved in the US will likely take longer. But Botox is already used here to treat the vocal cord disorder spasmodic dysphonia — perhaps it will one day be used to treat asthma as well. At the very least, the research is a reminder that the toxin — which was first used to treat excessive muscle contractions — has uses beyond smoothing of celebrity foreheads.
Asthma Sufferers To Have Botox Injected Into Voice Box [Telegraph]
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Leisure Realm has announced that they plan to end the current sale that is running on their 'Cool Rider' range of bicycle saddle bags. The UK based company has reported that the sale will come to an end within a week or so and the price of the bags will revert to the normal retail price.
Founder of the company, Andy Lunt states, "We wanted to give our customers as good a deal as possible on the purchase of the 'Cool Rider' range of bags. Hence our sale price."
According to Lunt, Leisure Realm has plans to hold sales in the future for many of its branded products. This could potentially include another sale involving the 'Cool Rider' bike saddle bags.
"If you are hesitating about buying one of our bags then you still have enough time to take the plunge and get yourself a cool and funky, yet eminently practical, bike seat bag" he said.
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|Cycas revoluta, one of the most primitive living
seed plants, are very unusual and popular ornamentals. A rugged trunk,
topped with whorled feathery leaves has lead to the common name "Sago Palm",
however it is actually related to conifer and Ginko trees - all cone bearing
plants which trace their origins back to the ancient flora of the early
Mesozoic era. Often called "living fossils", Cycads have changed very little
in the last 200 million years.
While various species of Cycads can be found throughout the world, the subtropical C. revoluta is native to the Far East and has been used as a choice container and landscape plant for centuries. The growth habit of Cycas revoluta displays an upright trunk with a diameter from 1" to 12" depending on age, topped with stiff feather-like leaves growing in a circular pattern. Rather than continuously adding foliage, Sagos produce a periodic "flush" of new leaves, called a "break". Eventually, offsets begin to grow at the base of the specimen, and occasionally in the crown. The addition of offsets provides a source of new plants and many possibilities for developing an unique specimen.
Regardless of age or size, Cycas revoluta is one of the easiest plants to grow, indoors or out, by beginner or expert. This subtropical adapts to a wide range of temperatures from 15 to 110 degrees F (-11 to 42 degrees C), accepts full sun or bright interior light, thrives with attention, and tolerates neglect. In addition, Cycads are extremely long-lived. A 220 year old specimen of Encephalartos, a relative of Cycas revoluta, is on display at the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew England; the restoration of the famous Palm House required it to be temporarily transplanted to a holding area for more than a year; the move was successful and is an example of the durability of these ancient "living fossils".
|Care and Culture of Cycas
PROPAGATION is by seed
or removal of offsets called "pups".
Cycads are dioecious, having both males and females. In South Texas, females
sagos began to "flower" and male sagos produce "cones" in May when it is
time to pollinate.
We hand pollinate our own sagos, for more information, take this link. Sometimes, wind, bees, or insects can pollinate the plants. Seed develop in the female over the summer and are ready to be removed in January or February.
Soak seed in water for several days, then remove the red skin, but leave the white hard seed coat. They can be planted immediately, or retained in a cool, dry place until March or April. Plant seed sideways, with only the top edge exposed, in well drained soil and keep soil moist but not soggy. Seed will usually germinate in 3-9 months, but may require more than three years of growth to reach a small bulb size 1" in diameter. For more information about pollinating Sagos and growing them from seed, you will find a link to another page at the end of this article.
Offsets or "pups", growing at the base or along
the sides of mature Sagos, are an excellent source of new plants. Remove
them in early spring, late fall, or winter by using a hand trowel to pop
small ones from the trunk side, or a sharp-shooter shovel to dig and gently
crow-bar large ones from the base of the plant. Remove all the pups'
leaves and roots, then set them aside for the raw spot to dry for a week
or so. Plant in well-drained soil or a sandy mixture so that half
the ball or trunk is below soil level - water thoroughly. Allow the soil
to become nearly dry before watering. It's best to start new pups in a
shady area or a bright indoor area. Roots will slowly begin to form
and the first leaves appear several months later. At that time, apply a
mild dose of fertilizer and water when almost, but not completely dry.
Allow the new plants to form a good root system before repotting into a
larger container or planting in your garden or landscape. Warning! Removing
pups can be very hard work on large Sagos with lots of babies.
TEMPERATURE RANGE is from 15 to 110 degrees F (-11 to 42 C). Temperatures in the high teens may frost-damage leaves which may turn yellow or brown. Remove these to reduce stress on the plant and encourage new leaves in the spring. If temperatures fall below 15, the sago may die, however, as long as the trunk and leaf crown is hard wood, it should recover. If the trunk turns soft, your sago may be damaged beyond recovery. Our field of sago palms survived 11 degrees, a century low in South Texas, however large live oak trees planted throughout the "sago patch" provided some protection. We removed all the damaged leaves and the sagos grew new ones the following spring.
HUMIDITY range is from dry to wet.
LIGHT: Sagos grow in full sun, but adapt to outdoor shade or an indoor area which receives bright light or a few hours of morning or afternoon sun.
RATE OF GROWTH is extremely slow. The fastest rate observed in South Texas commercial production (which has excellent growing conditions of hot summers and mild winters) under 30% shade is three new sets of leaves and an increase of 1" (3 cm) of height and trunk diameter per year. When grown as potted indoor specimens, Cycads may add only one set of new leaves every year or two and remain somewhat the same size (one reason they are excellent for bonsai).
LONGEVITY: Cycas revoluta are extremely
long lived and old specimens can grow in curious ways. The multi-trunk
and multiple branched specimen shown below was planted at the Huntington
Gardens in San Marino, California over 80 years ago and is 15' (5 m) tall
with a clump diameter of 12' (4 m).
PRONUNCIATION: sAgo (long A) often mistakenly pronounced or spelled sego (see-go) palm.
SOIL should be well drained and rich in humus, although these durable plants seem to grow in almost anything. In the landscape or garden, be sure to plant Sagos slightly above the soil line and not in a hole or depression which retains water or is "swampy". Sagos much prefer to be on the dry than the wet side.
WATER AND FERTILIZER needs are related to the amount of light available. Unlike most plants which can wilt when dry or turn yellow from lack of fertilizer, Cycads give little indication of when to water or feed. Generally, they should be treated as a cactus and watered when almost dry.
WATERING: If grown in a container, allow the soil to become almost dry, then water thoroughly slowly adding water around the top of the soil. If the plant is receiving morning or afternoon sun or temperatures are warm, Sagos may need to be watered at least weekly. Plants grown in low light or cool temperatures may need water every few weeks or so. We generally water a plant twice. The first time wets the soil, the second watering a few minutes later soaks the soil. If planted in the landscape, water when dry, but do not keep continuously wet. Established plants can easily survive drought conditions.
FERTILIZER is generally applied during spring and late summer. Sagos growing in partial sun should receive an average rate as listed on the container, those in low light should receive only 1/4 rate. Too little plant food is far better than too much. If organic or slow release fertilizer is used, do not allow any to fall into the plant crown which is protecting the formation of future leaves.
OLD LEAVES MAY TURN YELLOW from over watering or too much fertilizer.
NEW LEAVES MAY TURN YELLOW from excess fertilizer or poor soil conditions.
Note: Once leaves turn yellow or brown, they should be removed from the plant.
INSECTS are limited to scale (can form a white
or gray crust) or occasional attacks of mealy bugs. Use an insecticidal
soap or a product labeled for scale. In all cases, use caution and follow
the directions on the container. Always water a plant before treatment
or spraying during the coolest part of the day or morning. The combination
of heat, direct sun, and insecticide can burn leaves. If your Sago seems
to have an insect or fungus on the leaves, remove one or two and take them
to your nearest Garden Center for identification and recommended treatment.
REPOTTING is best done in spring or summer. Cycads prefer to be root bound and should be repotted into a container only slightly larger than the root system. If roots are trimmed for bonsai use, remove a comparable amount of lower leaves.
PLANTING IN THE LANDSCAPE OR GARDEN: Sagos do not like to be planted in a low area where they might stay continuously wet; they do best when established in a well-drained area, or when planted slightly (an inch or so) above ground level. Also, be aware that these plants can eventually become quite large with a leaf span of over 6' (2 m) in diameter. Choose an area which will allow ample room for future growth and one which is not located next to walkways or too close to buildings or homes.
PRUNING LEAVES and "SPRUCING UP" your Sago palm should be done at least once a year. Oldest and lowest leaves eventually have brown tips or turn brown (to allow the plant energy to go to growing new leaves) and should be removed. Cut as close to the trunk as possible. If new leaves emerge yellow or distorted, then you have probably been over or under fertilizing. Cut them off immediately so that the Cycad will start making a new set of leaves.
TOXICITY: The seed and plant parts of Cycas revoluta are not for
consumption and is often confused with a true palm tree Mextroxylon, also
called Sago Palm, which is used for food in tropical countries. For
more information about THAT palm, take this link: Metroxylon
If it is a relatively small one with trunk diameter of 4" or less, it won't be a big problem. First remove all but the uppermost ring of leaves - you will damage some roots in the transplant process so you must reduce the number of leaves to one ring of the topmost leaves - remove all others. This will also help you see the base of the plant while you are digging. Use a sharp shooter shovel (one that is straight and narrow, plus sharp at the end) and dig about 6" away from the trunk, at least 12" deep while retaining as many roots as possible. Using the shovel, gently crowbar it out of the ground.
Move it to a pre-dug hole slightly larger than the root-ball of the plant. Center the plant in the hole, being sure that the soil level is slightly above the old one, about an 1" (add soil to the bottom of the hole if needed). Backfill with a mixture of 1/2 peat moss and 1/2 garden soil that was removed from the hole. Water when the soil becomes almost dry. If transplanting is successful, new leaves will emerge by summer. It often takes a year or two for the Cycad to actively resume normal growth.
If you prefer to put the big sago in a large pot or box instead of planting it, use a container only slightly larger than the rootball.
If it is a large sago, with a trunk diameter of 6" or more and trunk height of over 12", then you will need plenty of help. Sago trunks and roots can be very heavy. Use the same procedure above, but dig a larger, deeper root-ball and hole.
If you have never transplanted a large palm or Cycad, then call your local landscape contractor and arrange to have them do it. I remember the first one our nursery ever dug - with a trunk diameter of 12" and height of 5'. It took two men an hour to dig the root ball, then we found it all so heavy that we had to bring our farm winch truck just to lift it out of the ground! Unless you have a winch truck handy, don't even try it. We moved about 2 more large ones over the years and then decided it was just too much trouble!
VALUE of huge old landscape specimens can vary depending on what part
of the country you are in - visit your local garden centers to check prices
or call a landscaper.
In the Rhapis Gardens collection is a fine subject
with an interesting history. During a harsh winter with a "century low"
of 11 degrees F, it froze, withered into a donut-shaped lump of trunk (leafless,
rootless, and centerless) and was tossed aside as a bad weather casualty.
The following spring, someone noticed that it was sprouting roots and a
ring of offsets. Retrieved and potted, this sago has grown into an unusual
specimen with numerous sago heads surrounding an empty center. What seemed
a total loss transformed into a one-of-a-kind "multi-head" masterpiece.
This specimen is shown below in a short 12" (30 cm) Bonsai Pot & Saucer.
MULTI-HEAD SAGOS are an unusual creation of Mother Nature. While large Sagos often produce new offshoots at the base or sides of the trunk and eventually grow into huge multi-branched clumps, this species occasionally produces a cluster of heads in the crown as shown by the one on the left above. Small multi-head and multi-trunk sagos in 6" to 10" (15 to 25 cm) pots are extremely rare and provide unique additions to indoor plant collections. They are fabulous when used as bonsai.
|Variegated Cycas Revoluta:
Variegated Cycas revoluta are extremely rare. In the numerous specimens grown at Rhapis Gardens during the last 20 years, only a few exhibit striped leaves. One of the most interesting has yellow "stripes" as illustrated above. Another has light blue-green streaks throughout the leaves which are more coarse and thicker than normal as shown in the photo and inset below.
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I hope you have enjoyed learning more about Cycas revoluta.
Each day I receive lots of email asking questions about "what's wrong with my Sago" - far too many for me to answer! Usually, the answer to a question can be found within this article and the "growing from seed" or "Sago Palm Pups" article linked to this one.
If you have a question about your garden planted or outdoor sago, contact your local garden center for advice. Each region of the country has different soils, water quality, and climate. Plants may need fertilizers related to your soil conditions. So, it is impossible for me to determine what the plant problem might be related to your area.
If you are growing your Sago as a houseplant and have a problem, then it's best to contact the place you purchased it from. Sagos are grown all over the U.S. and very few nurseries grow them in shade, as we do, for houseplant use. So, I suspect that if you purchased a Sago from a garden center that it was sun grown for outdoor use and has far too much fertilizer in the soil and plant system to successfully become a indoor plant.
People often wonder the value of their ancient landscape Sago - prices vary from one end of the country to another - contact your local Garden Center and inquire, or go visit one and see if they have one the same size and what the cost is.
If you HAVE purchased a Sago palm from Rhapis Gardens, then feel free to send an email - I can probably answer your question since my greenhouse operation grew it. We use a custom blended soil, mild fertilizers, shaded greenhouses, and it should successfully become one of your favorite indoor or patio plants.
-- Lynn McKamey,
|To find out how to pollinate and grow Sagos from seed, take this
LINK to page 2 of this article.
To learn how to grow Sagos from pups (offsets), take this LINK.


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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- It may have been the most anticipated package ever delivered to the Buffalo Zoo: an orphaned polar bear cub that arrived Wednesday from Alaska and will spend the summer with another cub born six months ago.
Kali arrived aboard a UPS flight at Buffalo Niagara International Airport shortly before 5:30 a.m., ending a 14-hour trip that was set in motion in March when a hunter in Alaska realized an adult female bear he'd killed was nursing.
"He followed the tracks back to the den, crawled down inside, found a cub, pulled it out, put it in his coveralls, rode it back into Point Lay and then got hold of U.S. Fish and Wildlife," said Patrick Lampi, executive director of the Alaska Zoo, which has cared for the bear since.
Subsistence hunting is allowed in the area, but hunters aren't allowed to shoot females with cubs, Lampi said after accompanying the cub to Buffalo.
Called Kali after the Inupiat name for Point Lay, the male cub now weighs 65 pounds and is estimated to be just less than 5 months old. It would have been unable to care for itself in the wild, experts said. Young polar bears stay with their mothers for about 2 years.
In Buffalo, it will slowly be introduced to Luna, a female polar bear born Nov. 27 that has become a visitor favorite and the face of an $18 million fundraising campaign for a planned Arctic exhibit and new zoo entrance. Experts said both cubs will benefit from interacting with each other rather than only human caretakers.
A few hours after Kali's arrival, the cubs were in adjacent dens, able to smell and hear each other but prevented by a solid barrier from visual and physical contact. The next step will be to replace the barrier with mesh.
"Then they can have some limited physical contact, visual contact," zoo president Donna Fernandes said. "If that goes well and they're spending lots of time near each other by the mesh barrier and showing interest, then we can gradually open it up a little bit, give them room for a paw to go through.
"If they're not swiping at each other and it looks good, we'll open the door a little bit more, a little bit more, until they get a full physical introduction," Fernandes said at a press conference as Luna, behind a glass partition, dove over and over into a pond, pounced on a toy ark and ball, and wrestled with shrubbery.
"When you have adult animals, it can be more problematic," Fernandes said, "but I don't think we'll have a problem with these young guys. I think they'll be very excited to have a playmate."
Kali, expected to stay in Buffalo six months, made the 4,400-mile trip in a stainless steel crate, tended to by handlers given Federal Aviation Administration clearance to be on the cargo deck, UPS Capt. Jon Burrows said.
The logistics were hammered out over about 225 emails, Lampi said.
"Knowing he's coming here to be with another cub, that's just perfect," he said. "You just can't substitute being with a same species 24/7 so it'll be great for both of them."
The Buffalo Zoo hopes Kali will be a permanent resident, but the decision will be up to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.


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OTTAWA - Canadian soldiers got an up-close look at bomb-detecting dolphins during a military training exercise with the Americans off the coast of British Columbia, a newly released document shows.
The U.S. navy brought four bottlenose dolphins and a small support team to Esquimalt, B.C., last year to practise anti-mine tactics as part of Exercise Trident Fury. The large-scale training operation took place in May 2011 and involved the armed forces and coast guards of Canada and the United States.
A briefing note to the chief of maritime staff described the exercise as a rare opportunity for the Canadian military to gain valuable experience working with the animals — something it currently does not do.
"Canada has no similar programme for the conduct of mine counter-measures (MCM) and no intent to develop one," the April 2011 briefing note says.
"However, this is a principal means by which the (U.S. navy) will conduct such operations. It is likely that any MCM operation in our Pacific approaches will involve a combined defence construct and it is thus essential that we practice such procedures."
The document suggests the chance to train with the Americans and their dolphins on mine-clearing techniques was worth any risk of bad press.
"While there is a risk of negative perception developing within the public over this activity, operating with the full spectrum of USN MCM forces, including the (Marine Mammal System), affords the Canadian navy a unique opportunity to gain exposure to some of the most advanced MCM tactics and mine hunting systems in service today."
The Canadian Press obtained the briefing note under the Access to Information Act.
The American military has long used its so-called Marine Mammal System comprised of dolphins and California sea lions to hunt for mines and stop hostile swimmers and divers.
Canada does not use aquatic animals in its military operations and apparently has no plans to do so.
What makes the animals so useful to the U.S. navy is their sensory and diving capabilities.
A dolphin's natural sonar is still superior to any device used by the military, the briefing note says. Dolphins send out sound waves by making high-frequency clicking noises. They can tell what else is in the water by reading the echoes that bounce back.
Sea lions have excellent low-light vision and can tell which direction sounds come from underwater, which humans cannot do.
The U.S. navy Marine Mammal Program has been training dolphins and sea lions since the 1960s, but it was only in the early 1990s that the program was declassified.
During the 2003 invasion of Iraq, navy dolphins helped U.S. forces clear anti-ship mines and underwater booby traps planted in the port of Umm Qasr by Saddam Hussein's forces.
Earlier this year, a retired U.S. navy admiral told National Public Radio the Americans would use dolphins to find explosives if Iran followed through on its threat to mine the Strait of Hormuz, a passage in the Persian Gulf through which one-fifth of the world's oil shipments pass.
But the use of marine mammals in military operations remains controversial.
Animal-rights groups have criticized the U.S. military for putting dolphins in harm's way. Dolphins are big enough to set off a mine by accident, although the navy insists the animals never get close enough to the explosives to detonate them.
Canadian military planners worried the public might not like the idea of dolphins being used for the training exercise.
"It is assessed that the presence of the (Marine Mammal Systems) has the potential to be negatively received and portrayed due to local attitudes concerning human interaction with dolphins," the briefing note says.
"As a result, a reactive approach will be taken with regard to the MMS."
The document also made clear the military's intent to keep the dolphins out of the spotlight.
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The Most Powerful Man in the World: The Black Pope
Black Pope Adolfo Nicolas, Superior General of the Society of Jesus Diabolical Plan for a New World Order.
1. The Superior General of the Jesuits The Black Pope, Adolfo Nicolas and his 6 generals control the "White Pope" Pope Benedict XVI and the Vatican.
2. The Illuminati, Zionists, globalist Elites, Council on Foreign Relations, Bilderberg group, Freemasons, Council of 300 and the evil Council of Trent.
3. The Jesuits control the Knights Templar, Knights of Columbus and the Knights of Malta.
4. The CIA, FBI, NSA, ASIO, MI5, MI6, NCIS, FSB, DGSE, Mossad and every intelligence agency in the world are masonic and controlled by the Jesuits.
5. The Jesuits have infiltrated all governments & Leaders like Obama, Rudd, Blair, Jintao, Sarkozy, Peres are only puppets that carry out Jesuit orders.
The"NEW WORLD ORDER" is the GLOBAL TOTALITARIANISM dream that a BANKER called Mayer Amschel Rothschild, helped revive in 1760?s to protect his private bank from global government regulation. His grand blue print is best described by his paid social engineer called Dr. Adam [Spartacus] Weishaupt, Professor of Canon Law in the university of Ingolstadt. Weishaupt adopted the term "Illuminati." This nightmare is still sought after today by their family's decedents. Below is the 'outline' Weishaupt set out for his banker financier master! Carefully notice the similarities between Karl Marx's 10 Plank's of his Communist Manifesto and Weishaupt's outline. Also, please read Communism & The New World Order.
The blue print for the NWO is:
* Abolition of all ordered governments
* Abolition of private property
* Abolition of inheritance
* Abolition of patriotism
* Abolition of the family
* Abolition of religion
* A global population of 500 million
* Creation of a world government
Mayer Amschel Rothschild 1828 "Allow me to issue and control the money of a nation, and I care not who writes the laws." [Even a 4 year old can understand that people with control of money…write the laws!]
"Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it." – Woodrow Wilson
So who is this subtle, complete organized power that Wilson is talking about? The answer to that my friends is the Jesuits.
Who are the Jesuits you may ask? Arent they just missionaries, priests and general do-gooders who establish schools, universities and pride themselves in being pillars in the community? If so, then why was The Jesuit Order abolished in over 80 countries in 1773? J.E.C. Shepherd states that "Between 1555 and 1931 the Society of Jesus [i.e., the Jesuit Order] was expelled from at least 83 countries, city states and cities, for engaging in political intrigue and subversion plots against the welfare of the State, according to the records of a Jesuit priest of repute [Thomas J. Campbell]. Practically every instance of expulsion was for political intrigue, political infiltration, political subversion, and inciting to political insurrection." They are overlords of chaos. In a nut shell the Jesuits are Warlords, Assassins, Teachers, Infiltrators, Tyrants. They tried their hand at global domination with the "League of Nations" but it failed, now they are trying again, under a new name…The United Nations, and its about to work!
What people are not understanding is that the Jesuits command the White Pope and the Vatican City, Obama /Bush's/ Clinton's / Blair's / Peres/ Rudd / Jintao / Sarkozy / Medvedev (and frankly every government on earth) including the the evil Council of Trent, CFR, Illuminati, the Zionists, the Bilderberg group, the Freemasons, the Knights of Malta, the Knights of Columbus, the Knights Templar, Council of 300, and every intelligence organization in the world all have ties to the Jesuit Order and more specifically, the Superior General of the Jesuits known as The Black Pope Adolfo Nicolas who as of January the 19th, 2008 succeeded Peter-Hans Kolvenbach as the 30th Superior General of the Jesuit Order.
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For three weeks in October of 2008, the 12th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops met in the Vatican on the theme "The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church." Among those advising the bishops in their studies and discussions was Dr. Michael Waldstein, Thomas Aquinas College Class of 1977.
The Synod on the Word of God, a continuation of the 2005 Synod on the Eucharist, focused on examining the intrinsic connection between Holy Scripture and the Blessed Sacrament. Dr. Waldstein, who in 2008 joined the faculty at Florida's Ave Maria University as the Max Seckler Professor of Theology, was appointed a peritus (expert) for the Synod, one of only 41 periti from around the world to be so appointed.
Dr. Waldstein previously spent eight years as the founding president of the International Theological Institute in Gaming, Austria, following eight years as a theology professor at the University of Notre Dame. He and his wife, Susan (Class of 1978), were also one of only nine couples appointed by Pope John Paul II to serve on the Pontifical Council for the Family.
In 2006, Dr. Waldstein published Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body, an authoritative and highly acclaimed translation of Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body, based on a long-missing outline of the works that Dr. Waldstein discovered among the Holy Father's papers in the John Paul II archives at Rome's Casa Polacca. Dr. Waldstein holds a masters in philosophy from the University of Dallas, a licentiate in Scripture from the Pontificium Institutum Biblicum in Rome, and a doctorate in New Testament studies from Harvard Divinity School.


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Stone's Public House
Posted 20 October 2004 - 02:52 PM
The waitress brought the dress back, confessed what she did to the owner, and placed the dress back exactly where she found it.
The first time I visited Stone's Public House, the former owner wouldn't allow me in the attic, so in my book I wrote "allegedly the dress is still there today," because that's what I was told.
Today I was at Stone's Public House to be interviewed for a regional television show that was doing a segment on haunted inns and restaurants. The new owner allowed me to go to the attic. I can now tell you, there is no allegedly... it's there. And I brought my camera:
Posted 20 October 2004 - 04:15 PM
I'm gonna go read that chapter RIGHT NOW!
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Posted 20 October 2004 - 09:19 PM
You can get it online here: http://www.ghostvill...mhp/index.shtml (scroll down and look on the left for the Amazon and B&N links, or ask for it at your local bookstore.
Posted 21 October 2004 - 05:32 AM
"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results." Albert Einstein
I've been hit by mrsspookypants
Posted 21 October 2004 - 07:42 AM
Posted 21 October 2004 - 07:47 AM
That is cool that you got up there to see the dress. Did you see any blood stains on it?
Posted 21 October 2004 - 08:15 AM
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"There are some things money can't buy...A good imagination is one of them
Posted 21 October 2004 - 09:43 AM
Posted 21 October 2004 - 10:44 AM
Did you experience anything strange there Jeff?
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Posted 21 October 2004 - 11:09 AM
The book ROCKS...It is seriously one of the most entertaining reads I've had in several years.
I wanna get the book for sure now, and now I am temted to get cable just so I can watch ghosthunter's. I am not much into T.V. but from everyone's opinions, it just might be worth it!!! Thanks guys!
Posted 21 October 2004 - 11:39 AM
An interesting side-note -- several patrons of the restaurant have reported seeing a little girl staring at them from the upper floor windows (which are only used for either storage or are completely empty and in disrepair.
Posted 21 October 2004 - 01:16 PM
Also, has the dress ever been looked at by any historians to say whether it actually is from the little girl's time period?
The T.A.P.S. people were just flopping it around and messing with it as if it were any old piece of cloth instead of treating it as a possible artifact owned by one of the spirit's said to reside there.
I HAVE to get the book!!!!!!!!! Gonna try to eek it out of my budget this week or next!!!!!
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Game of Thrones is back on TV, and has wasted no time in delivering the shocking game changers that it's famous for. Over the past three seasons, the show has managed to amass a massive and vocal fan base. The HBO original based on the fantasy books "A Song of Ice and Fire" invariably manages to trend every week soon after it airs. However, for those of us who haven't read the books and don't watch the show during its initial broadcast, this poses a big challenge. Short of completely avoiding Twitter and Facebook, it's almost impossible to remain spoiler free among all the #redwedding and #purplewedding chatter. Thankfully, as always, there's a better and an easier solution!
The first option is an Android and iOS app called Spoiler Shield. It is actually a Twitter and Facebook client, which automatically hides everything on your stream about the TV series that you don't want to get spoiled about. Spoiler Shield also supports NBA, NHL, MLB, NFL, and other sports and live events. It ships with a list of shields, and all you need to do is enable the ones that you want.
Spoiler Shield is well designed, intuitive, and easy to use. However, quite obviously, it can't replace dedicated Facebook and Twitter clients. It probably isn't even meant to do so. You should probably only use it when you're weary of getting spoiled. For example, the day of the Academy Awards, the day Netflix releases House of Cards, and of course the day Game of Throne airs. All the essential options including tweeting and retweeting for Twitter, and liking and replying for Facebook are included. Blocked posts are replaced with a shield, and in case you can't hold your curiosity, you can double tap to reveal the hidden content.
Spoiler Shield promises that a Google Chrome extension is also in the works. However, there's another similar solution called Silencer that desktop users can use in the meanwhile. Silencer is a Google Chrome extension, which promises to filter spoilers from your social media feed. Like Spoiler Shield, it also comes with pre-configured block lists. Here, they are called Mute Packs. Once again, both TV shows and live events (AFC and NFC matches) are supported. The number of filter packs in Silencer is fewer than Spoiler Shield, but you can manually add terms that you wish to block.
No automated filtering technology is going to be perfect. However, these two free utilities should make it easier to avoid accidentally spoiling yourself. Take them for a spin, and don't forget to let us know how well they worked for you.