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Did you measure the total snowfall accumulation in your neighborhood?
It snowed until sundown Monday, chilling my fingers just thinking of it as I sat at my desk with cabin fever rocking back and forth with a cup of hot cocoa.
After the last of winter storm Inga passed through the region late Monday, one of my neighbors came over and asked if I had a measuring stick. I laughed when I realized that I hadn't had one since I was a child and got whooped. It's one less weapon I have in the home.
Instead I used the measuring unit on a multi-tool — when it's unfolded end to end it measures eight inches — and we measured the snow. We took measurements of seven to 10 inches across the neighborhood with additional accumulation on the ground Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.
Another neighbor set out to clear their sidewalk mid-day Monday before the snow stopped accumulating. I decided to wait though, just in case the snow kept piling up and defeated the purpose of clearing it early on. I noticed that the plow trucks came by once Monday evening. I feel like there are two approaches to clearing the snow: working throughout the duration of the snow storm before the snow has stopped, or waiting until the storm has passed, to clear the snow.
After the cabin fever set in I decided to shovel the sidewalk and driveway. My shovel measures about one square foot of snow per load so I ended up shoveling several hundred square feet of snow. One forecast model projected that our region in southern Ohio would receive one to three inches of snow; another forecast predicted 23 inches. I wonder about the weather projections and if the two forecasts could be averaged to create some sort of balance.
Two hundred square feet into shoveling the snow, I thought of the following story.
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, a journalist was giving a small group presentation at a college for professional writers. This person wrote specifically about things like parachuting into the wilderness and hunting bears in the Arctic, trout fishing in Canada after diving from airplanes, etc., and I said, "Wow, you went to college for journalism and now you know how to do all of that with a four-year degree and everything?"
The journalist said, "Well, I went to college for journalism, but I'm not an expert in what I write about. I just find the experts and go talk to them. You don't have to be an expert in what you want to write about, you just have to find the experts and go talk to them."
I thought that was pretty keen advice, since I too aspire to hunt bears in the Arctic someday, but now that the Arctic ice is melting and never coming back, that's just another millennial dream we can toss out the window.
I was soon working as a journalist and later went to talk to an expert about something I wanted to write about.
I asked an expert mostly procedural questions for the way that a system was designed and integrated. As we toured the large building, the expert asked me why I wanted to write what I was writing. I said that it was important and interesting, and although I didn't know much about it firsthand, I was looking for an expert to explain more details of what it was that I was writing about.
Turning halfway to look me in the eyes, the person stopped walking and said, "Look, I am no expert. You may think I am an expert, but quite frankly, nobody is really an expert in anything. You might have people who think they know more, or have more experience in doing something, but just because they have more experience in doing something does not mean that they are an expert. If anybody ever tries to tell you that they are an expert in something, they're an idiot. I don't care what anybody tells you about experts: there are no experts in this world and people who say that they are experts have no clue how life works.
"Now, if you still want to talk about what I know as someone who is already involved with this project, I am happy to walk you through it from my perspective. And don't put that on the record in your report on this — that I said people are idiots if they think they're an expert in anything — but that's something to consider."
The end.
As the wind blew and snow drifted over into the spots I had already shoveled, I considered the two perspectives defining experts. On one hand, there's an expert for anything, and on the other hand, there are no experts.
There is no balance between the two perspectives that ought to be achieved. I believe there is no such thing as work/life balance, we all just do our best to move forward as one whole being. There are people who know nothing, there are people who know something, and there are people who know more than most. There is no snow, there is snow predicted, and then there is snow.
And maybe that's what winter storm Inga was trying to teach me: "The cabin fever, sweaty, is reminding you that there is no such thing as balance. No matter how much you think you know, just look at the weather forecasts for snow and let yourself be reminded that no one is an expert."
Thanks for the reminder, Inga! I think I'll go ahead and pick up measuring sticks from the hardware store and start a rogue winter weather forecasters club with my neighbors. To predict the weather we'll probably use dowsing rods.
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The Suffering of Africa is our Shame
The first of these news posts will be about Africa. Now this, is already a strange thing in itself. Unlike Bob Geldof who is currently claiming on BBC World that Africa is the best place on Earth ("yeah, my continent is better than yours !"), I have no, and never had any, attraction for Africa and African culture whatsoever. On the other hand, I have always been a great admirer of South-American ancient civilizations (the Inca, the Maya, the Aztec) and the Japanese past and present history, these are cultures I'm fascinated about. Africa is, for me, just a wonderful place for animals and a terrible place for humans with what seems a never-ending source of pain for those poor people.
Lately, if my mind on the matter of civilization hasn't changed, recent events have drawn my attention again to the suffering of these people and have literally infuriated me against the indifference our world has shown. It is going to be difficult to put in words all the anger I feel towards the people who rule us and also towards some of our fellow men, but let's try. "As usual" I'd be tempted to say, many tragedies have been happening in Africa, but two mostly have been grabbing our attention lately: the excruciating genocide in Sudan and the famine in Niger.
Not so long ago, there was this Live8 concert. I didn't watch, I couldn't care less about the people there and modern music in general. Still, it sounded like a generous idea, to put an end to poverty, perhaps to try to cut the long-time running circle of pain. But when you compare this to what's happening in Africa right now, genocide and famine, you can't help thinking the whole thing is just a damn joke. Not only do you have to bring entertainment and individuals they cherish - the "stars" - to the crowd to draw their attention and sympathy, but seemingly this cause only interests them the time the concert lasts. Moreover, the idea in itself I think is leading nowhere, it's a "let's have a party to save the world" event, it's just a fleeting moment.
What's killing Africa right now is rock-solid and is definitely not a "fleeting moment", that's what is horrendous about it. It's been happening for so long that it could have been well prevented, but not only did we fail to prevent it, but we, the people who can, the people with the money, the people who waste so much everyday, we did not even try to prevent it. The massacres of the Darfur region, in Sudan, are taking place since February 2003 ! Everyday children, women and men are killed and their cry for help has remained unanswered, no one in the world stood up for them. They've been moved from their land, they've lost their home and they now have to live in the worst misery with, in their mind, in their body, the horror of it all, murders, rapes, and the indifference of their fellow men.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is our beautiful, civilized world. In a rush we went to Iraq to fight the large army of a madman, while not a single army was sent to fight a disorganized milicia and protect the civilians slain on the screens of our TVs, right in front of our eyes, in the poor country of Sudan. Incredible efforts and money were spent to make a war in Iraq, but an even more important issue such as an eminent genocide, with much less opposition and complexity, did not raise a single fund from the countries of the world. This is a shame for everyone of us, a burden we should all carry for the rest of our lives because we are all just equally guilty for not caring about it. But carrying a burden is meaningless if we keep ignoring the calls of distress from the people in need. So what are we waiting for, what is the world and our leaders are waiting for to save the people in Darfur ? That it becomes history and these poor people too perhaps ?
There are so many terrible scenes and stories about Darfur. The BBC has been doing a great job in talking about it, their reporters went there and they showed, and they pleaded; they talked to the victims and we heard stories of events, of dreadful events, which none should be allowed to take place in our modern world. These people had almost nothing, now they are really left with nothing at all. They begged for help, they cheered when they thought the US would come to save them; I remember that's what an officer who was sent there as an observer mentioned in one BBC report, but no help came and since then they've just been losing their hopes and lives by great numbers.
And now recently, another tragedy from the African continent came to overshadow the events in Darfur, perhaps because people's generosity is so restrain that they cannot give it to more than one cause at the same time. People in Niger, and children mostly, are dying, dying of starvation. I remember a speech I often heard on TV when I was a kid in the 80's, it was saying that in the times we are living in, in such advanced times, where welfare is so well-spread in our modern countries, intense and sometimes deadly hardships such as starvation or slavery should not be happening anymore. Great speech, so true. But 20 years later, I still hear the same speech, the same words, these things should not be happening, still, they happen right now, exactly like before. There's a difference though, we're richer, we're more advanced, but the people are as poor as they used to be. Where is the logic in that ? There's no logic in hypocrisy. Things like this should not happen, but they will keep happening, because we don't care: our well-being is not affected, why should we care ? This is merely the truth.
We, the fat, ugly, stupid people for whom destroying ourselves is a luxury, a refinement, a pleasure, that we accomplish by smoking, drinking, polluting, overeating. Look at all our old fat leaders, both in politics and economy, in their tight suit laughing together at the world, their disobedient pet, going insane. Why should we care about what's happening to the very poors in the heart of Africa ? What makes this even more disgusting, even more intolerable once again is the predictability. This famine in Niger was announced, back in november 2004 reports BBC World. And it's true, so true, I remember like if I had witnessed it. When they announced the famine some days ago, I couldn't believe it, I remembered this report months and months ago, about how the locusts had destroyed the crops and about reporters and experts warning that something should be done otherwise next year a famine would occur. It was told so long before ! Imagine someone is going to announce you will die in 10 months unless you receive food. Wouldn't you laugh at him ? If you were living in Niger, you wouldn't.
Africa is a person dying in front of us, bleeding from his many wounds, we could save him just by touching him, by putting our hands on the wounds, to stop the flow of blood. But we don't, we just watch him die and tell him how sorry we feel.
If you want to do something, here are a few links, hopefully these sites can really help:
- http://www.worldvision.org
- http://www.savedarfur.org
- http://www.savedarfur.com


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Frank Schildinder, a friend of Gabriel, has sent me this very informative and intriguing article about a recognizable post-modern pulp hero whom you know as Hellboy....
Hellboy, Nazis, Occult & Weird Science
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"Sarcasm? My sarcasm is the very LEAST of your worries, Sorcerer. You promised the Fuehrer a MIRACLE. Something which would reverse the course of this war and ensure victory of the Reich. Herr Hitler does not take kindly to failure" (SOD 7)
Among Hellboy's recurring menaces through his adventurous series are the comic world's favorite evil stooges, the followers of the infamous Nazi party of World War 2 Germany. The fantastic world of comic books seems to gravitate towards this past evil terror of mankind, with such colorful villains as the Red Skull, Baron Zemo and Captain Nazi, to name but a few. Their plots range from dealing drugs to America to weaken its power as a people (Captain America: Streets of Poison) to replacing the brain of a superhero with that of Adolph Hitler (Golden Age).
Mignola's Hellboy series takes a darker tone with the Nazi's evil, presenting a collection of evil individuals devoted to both science and occult means of ruling, or possibly destroying the world. Both areas of study, occult and science, are a much speculated area of study by scholars and wild conspiracy theorists to this day. The beliefs and theories often expounded upon are often as wildly improbable as those presented within the comics. Books have been published that state that the Nazis were seeking a magic spear that pierced the side of Jesus Christ, to a New Age conspiracy to create demi-gods to rule the world. This credibility factor was best stated by Lowell K. Dyson (Ph.D, Columbia, 1968) in his article, "The Nazis and the Occult". Dyson stated:
"There is probably more mythology about the Nazis and the Occult that about Hitler's sex life or his later life in Argentina – or at the South Pole. In certain circles it is a cottage industry and a particular kind of writer repeats "facts" from earlier books which were repeated from "facts" in other books, which in turn may have come from such absolutely trustworthy sources as the National Inquirer" (NAO)
However the Nazi's presented in Mignola's Hellboy series appear to be somewhat different from the norm presented by even "credible" sources. Though theatrical, a more sinister and subtle evil appears to exist within many of the character, causing some readers to speculate as to the truth behind the Nazi occult and evil science presented in the Hellboy stories. Is there any truth to the legends of occult influences with the World War Two Nazi Party? And what form did their scientific experiments take that they would be later labeled "evil" by many in the world community? This article will endeavor to examine these questions as well as possible roots of the Nazi philosophy of genocide; all of which appear to be touched upon to some degree by the Hellboy comic book series.
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"I permitted myself to be joined with those puny minds the Reich had assembled for itself, believing the UNEQUALED in the world in the world... also utterly UNTARNISHED by the limitations of CONSCIENCE and MORALITY" (SOD Ch. 3, 16)
As previously stated, there are those who suggest or outright state that the basis of Nazi belief comes directly from the occult. While the roots are often wildly exaggerated by writers, a common occult theme is regularly cited and appears to be considered acceptable fact. Many agree the Nazi philosophy's forefather is probably the Austrian Pan-Germanic philosopher, Guido (von) List. List is described by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke is his scholarly work, The Occult Roots of Nazism as "the first popular writer to combine volkish ideology with occultism and theosophy" (ORN 33). Volkish ideology was a philosophy that invoked German nationalism and racism in reaction to the changing modern world (ORN 3). The occult belief of theosophy was created by Helen Petrovna Blavatsky that spoke of ancient powerful races that ruled the world before humanity and still acted as the "Secret Masters" behind the scenes (TO 333). Goodrick-Clarke writes:
"In his books and lectures List invited true Germans to behold the clear and discernible remains of a wonderful theocratic Ario-German state, wisely governed by priest-kings and gnostic initiates, in the archaeology, folklore, and landscape of his homeland" (ORN 33)
One of List's disciples, Lanz von Liebenfels, proved to be a definite early influence on a young Adolph Hitler in 1909. A writer of cheap List philosophy tracts that preached anti-Semitic beliefs combined with his mentor's mythological views, he claimed in 1951 that Hitler visited him in 1909. Goodrick-Clarke verifies Lanz's claims that he met a young Adolph Hitler, provided him with several tracts and two crowns for his return fee home (ORN 195).
Emerging from the occult philosophies of Guido List were several sources proved to have a profound affect on Adolph Hitler. One of the favorites mentioned in basic history texts are the Thule Society. In The Life and Death of Adolph Hitler by Robert Payne, the following is stated about the Thule society:
"[S]everal floors were given over to the Thule Society, ostensibly a literary club devoted to violent anti-Semitism and rule by an aristocratic elite. The name of the organization derives from Ultima Thule, the unknown northern land believed to be the original home of the German race" [LDA 125)
Nazi party leaders often cited as members of the Thule Society include Rudolph Hess, Alfred Rosenberg and most importantly Dietrich Eckard. Eckard, a friend and teacher of Hitler's was a journalist, poet and dramatist who blamed his lack of success on Jews and Marxists; a hatred he later espoused as the cause for Germany's defeat in World War One. In 1923 Eckhart and Hitler published a paper entitled "Bolshevisim from Moses to Lenin" in which they stressed "their opinion that the Jews have represented the occult power of revolutionary subversion throughout history and are responsible for deflecting humankind from its natural path" (HT). Dietrich Eckard's influence upon Hitler is best presented by Hitler himself in his infamous work, Mein Kampf. Hitler ended the book with the following:
"I wish at the end of the second volume to remind the supporters and champions of our doctrine of those eighteen heroes, to whom I have dedicated the first volume of my work, those heroes who sacrificed themselves for us all with the clearest consciousness. They must forever recall the wavering and weak to the fulfillment of his duty, a duty which they themselves in best faith carried to its final consequence. And among them I want to also count that man, one of the best, who devoted his life to the awakening of his, our people, in his and his thoughts and finally in his deeds: Dietrich Eckart" (MK)
After Eckart's death in 1923, the role of Nazi ideologist was assumed by one of his Thule Society pupils, Alfred Rosenberg. His book, The Myth of the Twentieth Century stated that race was "the decisive factor determining art, science, culture" and that "The Teutons represented the 'master race' of 'Aryans', whose task it was to subdue Europe." (EH ??)
The Thule Society's most famous contribution to the Nazi party was the use of the swastika as its primary symbol. It was a representation of their neo-pagan beliefs (The Nazi Expedition, Robin Cross). The swastika, was an ancient Indian symbol of the sun as well as (according the Thule members), that of the Norse God Thor. However the Asian version of the symbol has the swastika facing the right, rather than the left as used by the Nazi party. According to reports, the creator of the symbol for the Nazi party, Dr. Freidrich Krohn, designed the symbol facing the right rather than the left, but Hitler insisted on the change. Some theories regarding this change have emerged, with some believing the change was either a conscious rejection of God or a Guido List theory that the swastika was a Scandinavian rune. None appear to be proven as of this time, though clearly the Thule Society's use of the symbol has changed it from an Asian sun symbol to one associated with death and evil. Therefore, it does appear that the occult beliefs represented in Mignola's Hellboy series, are not as outlandish as those by actual members and forefathers.
Project Ragnarok
"For more than twenty years I lived in isolation, preaching to those brave souls who dared approach me. Telling of the Ragna Rok, the new age of the serpent. Speaking as the Prophet of the apocalypse" (SOD Ch. 3, 15)
A recurring theme in the Hellboy universe is the end of the world, which according to Norse mythology is known as "Ragnarok" which roughly translates to mean "Doom of the Gods". In Seeds of Destruction Rasputin reveals that the group he formed from the Nazis created a project named "Ragna Rok" and an engine of the same name meant to bring about the end of the world (SOD 16). Herman Van Klempt calls it "the passing of man" (SOD 26). According to Lindemans, Ragnarok "also called Gotterdammerung, means the end of the cosmos in Norse mythology. It will be preceded by Fimbulvetr, the winter of winters. Three such winters will follow each other with no summers in between. Conflicts and feuds will break out, even between families, and all morality will disappear. This is the beginning of the end" (R). In An Interview with Mike Mignola, the artist-author states:
"In some ways, that also describes the way the miniseries evolved because The Conqueror Worm started out to be a much-smaller-in-scale kind of story. Once I started doing it, I realized that I was dealing with the kind of characters who tend to grow loftier goals as they go. And eventually, I ended up going back to that whole Ragnarok thing – the end of the world/beginning of the world kind of nonsense that people expect from me now. So, from these humble beginnings, where these idiots are trying to do their bad Nazi stuff, everything snowballs into this giant thing about the end of the world, the creation of a new race of man and blah, blah, blah" (IMM)
Though Hitler's views on religion appear to fit his famous quote from a speech at Nuremberg in September, 1935, "Christianity succeeded for a time in uniting the old Teutonic tribes, but the Reformation destroyed this unity. Germany is now a united nation, National Socialism succeeded where Christianity failed" (IP 11). Though it would fit the more hysterical points-of-view of the Nazi to believe he based all of the Nazi religious beliefs on the Norse mythos, Adolph Hitler appeared to willing to use beliefs and systems from groups such as the Christians and Freemasons. In Mein Kampf Hitler seems to present a point-of-view of a practical of one who wishes a unifying religion based in both Christianity and "on the imagination through magic and the symbols of a cult… Don't you see that our party must be of this character?" (HAH xviii)
Heinrich Himmler placed a greater emphasis on Norse mythology, merging it with the "history" of King Arthur, the Holy Grail, the Knights Templar and even parts of the Jesuits (ORN 188). His grand visions, using Wewelsburg Castle as seat of his new SS order had grand plans that included the following:
"Photographs of models showing the project, due for completion in the 1960s, suggest that Himmler dreamed of creating an SS vatican on an enormous scale at the center of a millenarian Greater Germanic Reich. It also seems likely that this visionary city would have witnessed the celebration of ancient religion and traditions initially revealed by Weisthor in the 1930's." (ORN 188)
There seems to be no evidence that Himmler included the Ragnarok myths in his mixed religion, though portions of the Norse mythos appear to have been merged with other philosophies he found fit his racist Aryan based beliefs. In merging these ideas with the world of Hellboy, Mike Mignola picked a perfect starting point for Rasputin to "preside over the fall of humanity" (SOD 5).
Nazi Weird Science and Hellboy
"...physicist Ernst Oeming… was probably THE scientist of the Third Reich, often referred as the 'Nazi Einstein'... the Gestapo moved what was left of Oeming to Hunte Castle... along with astronomers, astrologers, and mystics from all over Europe" (CW 7-8)
In An Interview with Mike Mignola, the artist-author said "It's pretty well-known that there were rocket scientists working for the Nazis, and in fact, some of these guys went on to work for NASA. So they were building, you know, bombs – even flying bombs. Why couldn't they have been working on a space program? When you hear about the scientific experiments of the Nazis and their huge-scale plans in so many different areas, it doesn't seem like that much of a stretch to imagine that they were working on space crafts. I'm sure it came up in a meeting" (IMM).
Another running Nazi theme through the Hellboy comics is the unusual scientific devices used by these villains. Like the occult connection, many myths regarding Nazi science has emerged post World War Two, however the verified evidence is often more terrifying and unusual than the tales presented in comic books.
In Conqueror Worm Mike Mignola presents an unusual mix of characters, a scientist operating with occult scholars in a space experiment for the Reich. Though this appears somewhat odd to our current manner of thinking, an examination of Nazi documents as well as Nuremberg Trial Court Records demonstrates that Mignola's enjoyable stories barely scratched the surface of unusual pseudo-scientific practices of the Nazis. One of the best examples of this was the famous German rocketry programs forced delays because of the theosophical belief known as "World Ice". The World Ice theory, a discredited and somewhat assuming belief that the building block of all planets are solid ice, were rumored to be a delaying factor in the Nazi rocket program; with the occultist followers of this theory holding that the rocket's fuel might pierce the Earth's crust and destroy the layer of ice beneath, presumably creating a global catastrophe.
The majority of the Nazi Party's unusual pseudo-science emerged from a body known as the "Ahnenerbe Society" (Ancestral Heritage Research and Teaching Society), a body created to research German "pre-history" as applied to the Aryan super race as well as scientific endeavors to further the war effort. The pre-history studies included digs in Iceland for evidence of the legendary island of Thule as well as a famous 1938 expedition to Tibet to search for descendants and information about the legendary Aryan of the Nazi occult beliefs (NE). The many departments of the Ahnenerbe Society, a group lead by Heinrich Himmler and later made a department of the SS under his control is described as the following:
"The society's purpose was to establish support for Wirth's 'Germandom' cult by studying aspects of of Germany's spiritual and historical heritage. However from the beginning, the society delved into all sorts of esoteric subjects that did not have much scientific basis, such as research of ancient German letters of the alphabet and interpretation of German symbols like the SWASTIKA. Himmler took charge of Ahnenerbe in 1937. All kinds of new projects were initiated, including the listing of 'Jewish scientists or scientists related to Jews by marriage' and the confiscation of Jewish libraries It was quite hard to tell which projects were politically motivated, which were politically motivated, and which were downright ridiculous. In 1942 Ahnenerbe began sponsoring pseudo-scientific medical experiments that were performed of concentration camp victims." (EH 102)
Based on all credible sources, such as the Weissenthal Foundation and the Nuremberg Trial transcripts, this portion of the Nazi scientific effort is rather similar to that of the Hellboy series. As shown in Seeds of Destruction and Conqueror Worm, a pseudo-science/occult combination such as Mignola's is quite similar to the existing body created by Himmler.
But the pseudo-science/occult studies were merely a part of a far more horrific body of work by the Nazi war machine. Once absorbed into the SS, many of the departments turned their attention to medical testing upon human subjects. The Ahnenerbe, operating as a military scientific research institute, conducted tests such as freezing temperature's affect on the human body, high altitude experiments on human subjects, the affect of drinking processed sea-water on the human body and many other illegal and often murderous "medical" studies (Nuremberg, Vol.1, 269). Doctor's Rascher and Brandt conducted these experiments ostensibly for the war effort but also, the war tribunal determined, for the systematic genocide of the human subjects. Multiple memos were entered into evidence in the Nuremberg Trial such as the following:
"Enclosed is an interim report on the low-pressure experiment so far conducted in the concentration camp of Dachau...
"Only continuous experiments at altitudes higher than 10.5 km resulted in death. These experiments showed that breathing stopped after about 30 minutes, while in two cases the electrocardiographically charted action of the heart continued for another 20 minutes.
The third experiment of this type took such an extraordinary course that I called an SS physician of the camp as witness, since I had worked on these experiments all by myself. It was a continuous experiment without oxygen at a height of 12 km, conducted on a 37-year-old Jew in good general condition..." (Nuremberg Vol.1, 144-147)
Such memos, all used as evidence in the Nuremberg Military Tribunal Trials, demonstrate that while the Ahnenerbe was the legendary occult division of the SS, its other purpose was far more sinister. Human military experiments under the Ahnenerbe were subsequently judged crimes against humanity and the members of this organization were duly executed after their respective trials.
The Floating Head – Fact or Fiction?
"Professor Herman von Klempt...Himmler recruited us together into his 'Special Group'. He should have been one of us. He should have been part of the Ragnarok project, but Rasputin failed to recognize his genius" (WD 17-18)
Professor Herman von Klempt is unquestionably one of Mike Mignola's most inspired evil Nazi scientists, being a floating head in a jar that lives, talks and plans evil actions against the world. First introduced in the nameless short story that appeared in the Comic Buyer's Guide, he later returned in Conqueror Worm with a desire to end the world. Though the concept has appeared before in films such as They Saved Hitler's Brain, Donovan's Brain and of course, The Brain that Wouldn't Die, Herman von Klempt appears to be more menacing in the Hellboy series than any villain save Rasputin himself.
Surprisingly, there was a Nazi doctor whose murderous habits in the name of science were quite similar to that of Herman von Klempt. The Nazi in question was Professor Doctor August Hirt, the co-inventor of the fluorescent microscope and head of the anatomy department of the University of Strasbourg (MMTR). But to this day Hirt is best known for collecting the skulls of Jewish prisoners murdered at Nazi concentration camps. Hirt, apparently a favorite of SS leader Heinrich Himmler, was given permission assemble a skeleton collection, specifically the heads of human beings (Nuremberg, Vol. 2, 517-518). In fact Hirt prepared a report that was later presented at the Nuremberg trials regarding the preparation and collection procedures of Jewish prisoner's skulls. The report read as follows:
"We have large collections of almost all races and peoples at our disposal. Of the Jewish race, however, only very few specimens of skulls are available, with the result that it is impossible to arrive at precise conclusions from examination. The war in the East now presents us with the opportunity to overcome this deficiency. By procuring the skulls of Jewish-Bolshevik commissars, who represent the repulsive, but characteristic, subhuman, we have the chance now to obtain scientific material." (Nuremberg, Vol. 2, 518)
Additionally, August Hirt had a directive sent out to SS forces regarding the collecting and preserving of skulls for his collection. This gruesome memo appeared also as evidence in the trials of Ahnenerbe Reich Manager Wolfram Sievers as well as several doctors who participated in adding to Hirt's skull collection. The memo regards the dealing with the skulls in his collection should Strasbourg be endangered by the war:
"The corpses can be stripped of flesh, and thereby rendered unidentifiable. This, however, would mean that at least part of the whole work had been done for nothing and this unique collection would be lost to science, since it would be impossible to make plaster casts afterwards. The skeleton collection as such is inconspicuous. The flesh parts could be declared as having been left by the French at the time we took over the Anatomical Institute and would be turned over for cremating. Please advise me which of the following three proposals is to be carried out: 1) The collection as a whole to be preserved; 2) The collection to be dissolved in part; 3) The collection to be completely dissolved" (Nuremberg, Vol.2, 524).
One can infer from this memo that a good portion of August Hirt's skull collection were not merely bare bone, but actually heads in the flesh. Terrifying to consider, but also similar to Mike Mignola's Professor Herman von Klempt. There's no evidence that Mignola used Professor Doctor August Hirt as a model for his villainous von Klempt, but the similarity is remarkable to some degree.
The Magus of the SS
"...very popular with Himmler's Inner Circle--mystics, astrologers and pseudo-scientists working on Hitler's various doomsday projects..." (WD Ch. 1, 9)
While Mignola presents us with Gregori Rasputin as Himmler's prime sorcerer, an examination is needed to discover if anyone else occupied such a position in Nazi Germany. As previously established, the credulity factor regarding Nazi occult information is rather high, so all information must be taken with a skeptical view.
However one name does appear to occupy such a position within the SS, a former army officer and "rune expert" named Karl Maria Wiligut. Wiligut, a former Colonel in the Austrian army, claimed to be a clairvoyant as well as the last of a secret line of German kings who were the true characters in the Holy Bible; one in which Jesus Christ was actually an Aryan (ORN 179). In 1924, Wiligut was involuntarily committed to a mental hospital in Salzburg, diagnosed with schizophrenia, and remained hospitalized until 1927. Joining the SS in 1933, he became a favored advisor to Heinrich Himmler in a very short time.
The most dramatic link between the occult and top Nazi officials was without question Wiligut, who rose to prominence through the use of a claimed ancestral memory which he used to promote representation of an archaic Germany that was favourable to Himmler's beliefs. He became "the favored mentor of Reichsfuhrer-SS Heinrich Himmler on mythological subjects and was given an official assignment for pre-historical research in the SS between 1933 and 1939." (ORN 177). Wiligut's mythological theory utilized elements of List's beliefs as well as the philosophy of German pagan Theodor Czepl, leader of the Order of the New Templars. Claiming to be the heir to a race of Germanic kings who descended a race of mythological air and sea Gods. (ORN 181) Using the alias Karl Maria Weisthor as a means of hiding a period spent in a mental institution from 1924-1927, Himmler appointed him as head of a Department for Pre- and Early History within the Race and Settlement Main Office (Rasse-und Siedlungshauptamt) of the SS based in Munich.
Wiligut rose to the rank of Brigadier General in the SS by October 1934 and was influential the creation of pagan based rituals for members of the SS. His most lasting accomplishment was the commission by Himmler of the SS Death's Head ring, known as the "Totenkopfring". (ORN 187) The ring, which combines Nazi regalia with ancient runes interpreted by Wiligut aka Weisthor are described as, "symbols and rituals demonstrate Weisthor's contribution to the ceremonial and pseudo-religion of the SS" (ORN 187). Additionally Wiligut was part of Himmler's inner circle that urged the SS leader to make Wewelsburg Castle the center of his new order of the Teutonic Knights.
"When an SS officer fell in battle, his ring was returned to the SS and then displayed at a memorial in Wewelsburg Castle, a 17th-century fortress Himmler converted into a weird reproduction of King Arthur's court with a round table and seats for the SS leader and 12 of his trusted lieutenants" (CSIB)
Though Wiligut's influence is still visible to this day, he did not remain within the SS for long. By 1939 his history of mental illness became an embarrassment and he retired on the grounds of age and poor health. But to this day, Karl Maria Wiligut is renowned for being the highest ranking "magus" in Nazi Germany. It seems that Mike Mignola's use of Gregori Rasputin was not nearly as outlandish as most comic book plots for the Nazis.
Therefore, based on the presented evidence, it appears that the Nazis presented in the Hellboy series were clearly as unusual and terrifying as some of the real individuals that occupied Germany of the past. Though the occult links and weird science were not nearly as imaginative and enjoyable as Mignola's series, one can see a clear influence in place. From the occult roots that appeared to be more used to explain their actions, their use of religion and mythology, the men who helped shape it as well as their odd and terrifying pseudo-sciences, the Nazis were the perfect menaces for Hellboy.
* Cross, Robin. "The Nazi Expedition". 2004. 17 January. 2005.
* de Cruet, R.H. Perez. "The Holocaust–Timebase 1920-24". 1997. 17 January. 2005.
* Dyson, Lowell K. "The Nazis and The Occult". n.d. 17 January. 2005.
* Evrin-Gore, Sawna. "An Interview with Mike Mignola". 2002. 17 January. 2005.
* Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas. The Occult Roots of Nazism. New York University Books. 1992. [ORN]
* Gunther, John. Inside Europe. New York. Harper Bros. 1936. [IP]
* Hitler, Adolf. Mein Kampf (Volume Two: The National Socialist Movement /
Chapter 15: The Right of Emergency Defense). 17 January. 2005.
* Lindemans, Micha F. "Ragnarok" 1997. 17 January. 2005.
* Mignola, Mike. Hellboy: Seed of Destruction. Canada, Dark Horse Comics. 1997 [SOD]
* Mignola, Mike. Hellboy: Wake the Devil. Canada, Dark Horse Comics. 1997 [WD]
* Mignola, Mike. Hellboy: Conqueror Worm. Canada, Dark Horse Comics. 2002 [CW]
* Nuremberg Trial Transcripts, Online posting 8, http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/nuremberg/nuremberg.htm August 2004
* Payne, Robert. The Life and Death of Adolph Hitler. America, Praeger Publishers. 1973. [LDA]
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* Ruffner, Kevin C. "SS Death's Head Ring". Center for the Study of the Intelligence Bulletin, Issue 9, 1999. 17 January. 2005.
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* Suster, Gerald. Hitler and the Age of Horus, London, Sphere Books. 1981. [HAH]
* Wilson, Colin. The Occult. America, Duncan Baird Publishers. 2004. [TO]
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Highlights - next week:
- Learning about the Creek Indians - and making a mural!
- Reading biographies:
Tomichichi, James Oglethorpe, Mary Musgrove.
- Creating powerpoints in the computer lab!
Highlights - next week:
- Book fair - we will "preview the book fair" on Tuesday from 1:40-2:00.
We will "shop at the book fair" on Thursday from 12:00 - 12:20.
- Finishing up our current Math unit - Time and Measurement.
- Completing our powerpoints (GA Symbols) - you will be impressed!
- Storybook night - Thursday, Dec. 12. I am so disappointed that I won't be there to participate with my amazing Second Grade colleagues! I have a commitment that night that was made many months ago. I hope you are able to go as a family. It is always a special time.


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NASA has an effort to find exoplanets (planets orbiting stars other than Brangelina or old Sol). And it has had some success with 429 distant planets found so far (given all this new real estate, can interplanetary realtors with "Open House" balloons and reedy bonhomie be far behind?)
To promote all this planet sleuthing, NASA has put together a little web site. Called PlanetQuest (wasn't that a lousy 80's movie with Tim Allen?), the site details all of the 429 exoplanets yet discovered.
It also has a map of our galaxy, the Milky Way, showing Earth's generally accepted position and a circle showing the furthest extent of the known exoplanet's distance from Earth. The "You Are Here" sort of map you find in shopping malls, cavernous museums and imperial escapades like the Iraq war.
What's striking about this map is how little of the galaxy we have searched for planets. If there are at least 429 in that little circle, then the galaxy has a whole bunch more (sorry for the technical scientific speak). This means there is an excellent chance of humans some day finding those bug-eyed fish-headed aliens who helped us destroy the Death Star and defeat the evil Cheney er, emperor from Star Wars.
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I'd love to check that one out, but I'll be too busy watching "The Santa Clause" numbers 1, 2 and 3, along with a bootleg DVD of "Home Improvement," episodes I picked up in Belgrade. It's in Serbian with Croat subtitles, but humor is universal, n'est-ce pas?


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The Skull Buddies' new armor piece makes a pretty neat shape when arranged in a circle. Very nicely rounded. Was trying to make like a demon nautilus or something but I've run out of ideas at the moment. I think if I had more of the inner components I could make the full circle, since I have eight of the armor pieces.
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The comparison that Arch Brown hinted at in the headline of this driveReport that appeared in SIA #86, April 1985 – that between the Railton-Terraplane and the Shelby Cobra – comes close to describing this trans-Atlantic hybrid with its high-performance American power and British body, though the story is rather more complicated than that, as […]
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* Over at Off-Road Action, Wes posted a set of Doug Sutton's photos from the 1971 Mint 400 desert race, which featured a variety of machinery, from Broncos and dune buggies to bikes and four-wheel-drive Barracudas. *Continuing with the race theme, BigLorryBlog (huh? racing?) posted some photos and a video this week about the original […]
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This list of Buddhist Guru Master monks will auto-update each time we add a new Master. Click each link in the list to view the amulets and read about each Guru Monk
- Ajarn Nong Wat Sai Khaw
- Luang Por Daeng Wat Khao Bandai It
- Luang Por Guay Chudtintaro Wat Kositaram
- Por Tan Nam Puttasaro Wat Don Sala
- Luang Por Phaew – Wat Tanode Luang
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- Luang Por Chuea Sugawanno (Wat Mai Bampen Bun)
- Luang Phu Nai – Wat Ban Jaeng (Ayuttaya)
- Luang Phu Rod (Wat Bang Nam Won)
- Luang Por Suang Apayo (Wat Chee Ba Khaw)
- Luang Por Nok (Wat Sangkasi)
- Luang Por Lae Tidtappo (Wat Khao Song)
- Luang Por Hyord (Wat Gaew Jaroen)
Rian Kroo Ba Srivichai Hlang Chedi - Blessed by LP To, LP Kasem, LP Waen, KB Chum, Ajarn Nam, Luang Por Guay - Wat Pratat Doi Sutep 2515 BE
Rian Roop Muean Krueng Ongk Kroo Ba Srivichai - Nuea Tong Daeng (Sacred Alchemical Copper Alloy). Blessed at Wat Doi Suthep in the year 2515 BE, in a massive Buddha Abhiseka Ceremony, with a large number of Great Guru Monks of the Era, including Luang Phu To (Wat Pradoo Chimplee), LP Kasem, LP Waen Sujjino (Wat Doi Mae Ping), LP Guay (Wat Kositaram), Kroo Ba Chum (Wat Wang Mui), Por Tan Nam (Wat Don Sala), and Kroo Ba Kam Saen (Wat Pha Don Moon).
This Fine Example of this Classic and Ultra Collectible Amulet from Wat Doi Sutep in Chiang Mai is in Absolute Pristine Condition, and is a highly prized amulet for the image of the Great Lanna Guru Master Monk Kroo Ba Srivichai, and for the powerful blessings given by some of the Greatest Master Monks of that Era.
This coin was released in the same edition as the Pra Ruang Rang Pern bullet shell shaped Standing Buddha amulet, and ws released with about 20 different models of coins in this round shape, with different images, ranging from Buddha Images of the Lanna Region, to Guru Monks.
The Kroo Ba Srivichai coin was the main model of the 20 different designs made for this edition, with 6 of the 20 designs being dedicated to his image. Kroo Ba Srivichai, was well-known all over northern Thailand.
He sponsored many construction projects and was responsible for getting lots of temples built. Bridges were built, even the road up to Doi Sutep was built by volunteer labor under his direction. Kroo Ba Srivichai is one of the most Prominent Lanna Guru Master Monks in Living Memory, and who is worshipped by the Lanna people with extreme Reverence. He was the Kroo Ba Ajarn and Mentor of many Great Master Monks whose names are household names around the world.
This amulet was one of a range of amulets (all now famously preferred by collectors and devotees) which were empowered in an Important and Officially Documented Putta Pisek ceremony at Wat Doi Sutep, with the Great Honorable Presence of the Great Arahant Luang Por Kasem Khemago, to assist in the Empowerment.
Above & Below; Front and rear sides of the 6 different models, in different sacred metals of the Rian Kroo Ba Srivichai Amulet
The amulets were Blessed in Puttapisek by some of the Era's Greatest Practitioners, including Luang Phu To (Wat Pradoo Chimplee), the Great Arahant Luang Por Kasem Khemago (Sussaan Trailaks in Lampang), Ajarn Nam Gaew Jantr, (Wat Don Sala) LP Waen Sujino (Wat Doi Mae Pang), and Luang Por Guay, of Wat Kositaram.
Luang Por Guay Chudtintaro
The Devotees of Luang Por Guay revere and Seek this amulet extremely because of his Personal Involvement in the empowerment ceremony, and this in itself makes the amulet an ever rarer to find amulet.
Luang Por Guay's amulets have reached the highest level of respect and collectorship in their history now, and are considered to have noticeable effects that are felt be everybody who owns and wears one of his amulets.
The stories of confirmation of their power are more than can be counted, and his gereat Patipata and Exceedingly Powerful applied methods of Sorcery are a large part of what attributes to their power.
Luang Por Guay amulets are anyway now becoming so rare and ever increasing in price, that any editions which he was involved with are becoming highly sought after.
Read full Biography of Luang Por Guay Chudtintaro - Wat Kositaram
Luang Por Kasem Khemago
The presence of Luang Por Kasem is in itself another factor which makes this amulet a highly faith instilling Buddhist Artifact. Luang Por Kasem Khemago of Sussaan Dtrailaks in Lampang is considered an Arahant in Thailand. His Birth was predicted by the Great Kroo Ba Srivichai naming him as the 'Meritorious One', and his Legend is One of Great renunciation and Purity.
Read Biography of Luang Por Kasem Khemago
Luang Phu To
In addition, the Powerful Magic of the Great Luang Phu To of Wat Pradoo Chimplee being bestowed upon this All Time Eternal Classic Buddhist Amulet, makes it Undoubtably a Best Choice for any and every Buddhist.
Luang Phu To was born on the 27th March 2429 BE in Ban Klong Bang Noi in Samut Prakarn and passed away on 5th March 2524 BE. His amulets are both highly revered for their sacred Power of Protection and Prosperity, but also as a connection and Buddhanissati reminder of the Great Guru master, to beseech his blessings through the amulet.
His amulets are of the most highly sought after of all Masters ever seen to grace the pages of any and every important amulet encyclopedia, and are the highly prized and jealously guarded treasures of the high end collector and devotee.
His many honorable awards of status reflect his great practice and diligence, since beginning to study the Dhamma Vinaya at Wat Pradoo as a Samanera Novice monk, through to become the Bishop of the Ta Pra Municipality (2463 BE), to becoming awarded the charge of being the Pra Kroo Sangka Wichit for the Abbot of Wat Maha Tat in 2457 BE.
In 2463 BE, Luang Phu To became ascended to the status of Pra Kroo Sanya Badtr Chan Dtri (Third Level, tantamount to Batchelor of Arts in Dhamma). In 2497 BE, Luang Phu then became promoted to Pra Kroo Sana Badtr Chan Toe (Second Level, tantamount to a Doctorate in Dhamma), of Royal Category. In the year 2500 BE, Luang Phu was then given the additional status of Upachaya Ordaining Officer.
In the year 2506 BE, Luang Phu attained the status of Pra Kroo Sanya Badtr Chan Ek (tantamount to a Masters Degree in Dhamma). In 2510 BE Luang Phu To was given the charge of being the Gammagarn treasurer of the Temples of Ta Pra Minicipality. Then, in 2511 BE, Luang Phu To was promoted once more to Pra Kroo Chan Kroo Pised (tantamount to an Honors degree in Dhamma).
In 2516 Luang Phu became Pra Racha Kana (Royal Appointment Sangha Comittee) and head officer of the General Affairs of Vipassana Practice. In 2521, Luang Phu To received the status of Pra Racha Kana Chan Rach (tantamount to being an Archbishop of the Royal Decree). His Blessings are believed to possess the most powerful protective power, and to increase success and prosperity.
Apart from the Rian Kroo Ba Srivichai, there were many other amulets blessed in this very same ceremony of importance, including the Pra Ruang Rang Pern, Pra Kring Chiang Saen, Rian Pra Putta Sihingk Buddha Coin, Rian Pra Jao Saedtangka Muni Buddha Coin (Wat Chiang Man), Rian Luang Por Tan Jai Buddha Coin Amulet, Rian Jao Kun Pra Racha Sit Ajarn Monk Coin Amulet, and the Rian Jao Kun Pra Apay Sarata Monk Coin Amulet.
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8th Annual Wiliwili Festival
The Wiliwili Festival is a fun, free educational event for all ages and a great opportunity to learn more about the unique environment of our island.
This year we'll be offering guided tours of the Waikoloa Dry Forest Preserve, on-site workshops, educational talks, music, food, vendors, and a silent auction. Join us and celebrate our island's beloved wiliwili trees!
THis event is kid friendly!
Learn more about the The Waikoloa Dry Forest Initiative here
Also, Don't miss Wiliwili Fun Day!
In partnership with Hilton Waikoloa Village, WDFI will be hosting a Wiliwili Fun Day at the Hilton on Sunday, February 10th from 10am-2pm.
This exciting event will include all-day access to the pools and lagoon, games, a scavenger hunt, photo booth, wiliwili merchandise, food and beverages, all you can eat ice cream and more at the Kona Pool. We'll be offering resort passes at half price and proceeds will benefit the Waikoloa Dry Forest Initiative. You can get your resort pass online now, or at the Wiliwili Festival!
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The Green & White will open the 2018 CFL season on Friday at home against the Grey Cup-champion Toronto Argonauts, however we still don't know who will be behind centre for Saskatchewan.
Head Coach & GM Chris Jones says it's still a battle between Zach Collaros and Brandon Bridge for the #1 job coming out of training camp.
"They're both competing for a job," Jones said on Monday. "Zach's certainly a guy who's played a lot of football and we know what Brandon did for us last year. We'll talk about the rotation later in the week."
As far as Collaros is concerned, he says the indecision won't affect how he prepares for the Argos.
"You just really have to worry about what you're doing personally," Collaros shrugged. "If you do that, and your teammates see that and follow you, whoever's out there, they'll follow you."
As for last week's loss to Calgary, Collaros said they were far-from-perfect but it's still very early in the season.
"We left some plays out there and we just have to get better at the details," Collaros offered. "Everybody does, starting first and foremost with myself. It's a process - it is each and every year - and we just look forward to getting better every day."
Collaros was battered around in that game, taking a forearm shot to the head and a double-team that folded him in half.
"I took a couple good shots in that game!" Collaros laughed. "I was a little sore but I felt really good today and the training staff's done a great job. I'm just taking care of myself and I've learned a lot of things from a lot of great players along the way on how to take care of yourself. I'll be ready for game day."
NOTES: The Riders released rookie RB Zac Stacy on Monday. Chris Jones said Stacy declined to accept a practice roster spot ... The Riders host Toronto Friday at 7:00 on TSN, ESPN2 and the 620 CKRM Rider Radio Network.


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At the Bexhill Town Forum meeting next Friday (July 17) I understand that the committee will be putting forward a constitution containing a proposal which would change the original – and current – purpose of the forum.
Rother's terms of reference spell out the democratic nature of the forum, particularly in relation to local government.
Specifically the terms, as set by the council, say the forum should complement the role of the elected members of the district council.
It goes on to say that it should provide views on local needs and priorities, monitor service performance at local level and act as a public forum for consultation.
These terms of reference were accepted by members of the forum at its inaugural meeting.
In contrast to the above, however, the description of the purpose of the forum set out in the proposed constitution is brief and makes only a passing reference to its democratic role.
The constitution would also seem to transfer power from its members, the residents of Bexhill, to the committee.
Moves should soon be underway for Bexhill to have some form of local governance but as this may take two or more years it is vital that the forum remains a strong democratic body, both in its role and in its own way of operating.
The meeting, which will be a crucial one for the forum, will be held at St John's church, Victoria Road with doors open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start.
I hope that all residents who value the opportunity that the forum presents will attend this meeting.
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Last weekend, I was asked to compete in a Live Gingerbread House Decorating Contest hosted by the flagship Bloomingdale's store in New York City. Even though I only got a few days notice, I didn't panic. We were allowed to bring only royal icing and an open mind — so how much prep could I more »
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I cannot believe it. Today marks the one year anniversary of The Hudson Cakery!!! It's been an amazing year full of unexpected challenges, surprises and a lot of happy customers! Thanks to my friends and family for the support, encouragement and cake orders in our inaugural year : ) Here's to many more years of more »
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Hi All! This is my 1st blog post. Ever. Very exciting I know…. Here I will post the latest cake photos, ideas, stories and other sweet snipets from our cake studio for you all to enjoy. Hopefully I can persuade some of you loyal "followers" to … gasp! …actually subscribe to this blog. But only more »
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Spotlight on Faculty: September 2014
Susan Brenner participated in a meeting of the International Working Group on Cybercrime and the Law. The event was held in Washington, D.C., and brought together 30 participants, including government officials, members of law enforcement and others who have significant expertise in cybersecurity. Brenner chaired as well as presented at the session analyzing how law can be adapted to deal effectively with the challenges of cybercrime and cyberterrorism.
Jeanette Cox spoke to Yahoo! News on "What If Men Could Get Pregnant?"
Tom Hagel, Thaddeus Hoffmeister and Lori Shaw all spoke to Dayton television stations and newspapers to help the public understand the legal developments in the Beavercreek, Ohio, Walmart shooting. There were more than 400 outlets in the U.S., Canada and Taiwan that picked up the Associated Press story quoting Shaw about the grand jury decision. You can find links to the posted media stories here.
Thaddeus Hoffmeister also signed a book contract with West Publishing to publish Social Media Law in a Nutshell. Hoffmeister spoke at the Sixth Annual Constitution Pre-Law Day at Central State (Ohio) University, the Chicago Kent Law School Symposium on Juries and at the Southern Methodist University (Texas) Dedman School of Law Symposium on Social Media; his remarks will be published in an upcoming law review. Hoffmeister presented a Cybercrimes seminar for LexisNexis as well as appearing in a podcast for WHUR Howard University (Washington, D.C.) radio and on "The Legal Pad" with James E. McCollum, Jr., Esq., on XM Radio 141 to discuss both juries and social media.
Denise Platfoot Lacey spoke on a panel in Columbus, Ohio, for the monthly meeting of Women for Economic and Leadership Development (WELD) on the topic of work-life balance. You can read more on "What would you do with an extra hour?" from one of the presenters on her blog.
Tracy Reilly co-moderated the panel on Authorship and Creativity at the First Annual David & Ann Brennan Intellectual Property Scholars Forum at the University of Akron (Ohio) School of Law. Also, Reilly's article, "Copyright and the Tragedy of the Common" was accepted for publication in IDEA: The Intellectual Property Law Review at University of New Hampshire School of Law.
Charles Russo talked to the Houston Chronicle on who is responsible when a family wants the school district to pay for special education needs.
Richard Sapphire spoke to WDTN TV Dayton on the SCOTUS decision on not too hear cases on same-sex marriage.
Blake Watson recently updated his "Hydraulic Fracturing Litigation Summary", which is available here. The document summarizes trespass and groundwater contamination disputes involving hydraulic fracturing.
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UCD 1 - 0 Drogheda UnitedSat, Oct 13 2012
Late drama at the Belfield Bowl on Saturday night saw UCD take three deserved points. A David McMillan penalty made it 1-0 with just a few minutes left on the clock, though Drogheda United saw an equaliser ruled out by the referee in the dying moments.
The game was still young when the home side forged the first clear opportunity and it came from a set piece on the two minute mark.
A low-flighted corner from Ciaran Nangle found Michael Leahy in the area, but Leahy's stab with his right foot was cleared off the line by Philip Hand, who had been stationed on the post.
Indeed, the Students had the better of the opening exchanges but struggled to combine solid possession with the dangerous runs from Samir Belhout, David McMillan, Robbie Benson and Chris Mulhall in the final third.
Drogheda had the first opening as Philip Hand and Brian Gannon combined, the latter on the receiving end of a deep cross from Hand, but the finish wasn't there and UCD goalkeeper Ger Barron could watch the ball go wide.
The chance had a settling effect on the visitors and, from midfield anchor Alan Byrne onwards, they began to pass the ball well, though it was through a set piece that they nearly made a breakthrough on the 20 minute mark.
A Philip Hand corner was met by a rising Derek Prendergast, but the centre-half couldn't find the target with his header.
Hand was the provider again a few minutes later when he broke down the left and crossed for Peter Hynes just five yards from goal. However, the striker fluffed his chance to put the Drogs ahead.
UCD maintained their crisp passing and Paul O'Conor worked goalkeeper Michael Schlingermann towards the end of the half with two long range efforts in successive minutes, the first comfortably gathered by the Drogheda stopper and the second well wide.
Schlingermann had more trouble a moment later, doing superbly to push a Robbie Benson shot wide. The resulting corner, swung in by Ciaran Nangle, also found Benson, but his looping header went over.
Gary Burke had Schlingermann at full stretch just a minute into the second period, firing from distance and forcing the goalkeeper to push the ball wide.
UCD certainly picked up where they left off after the break, Paul O'Conor feeding David McMillan who was the next to coax a comfortable save from a busy Schlingermann with an effort from a narrow angle.
The tantric teasing Martin Russell's side practiced in the first half was well and truly abandoned and Gary Burke finally beat Schlingermann with a powerful strike from distance with 55 minutes on the clock, but could only watch as it cracked the upright and went wide.
Against the run of play, a Declan 'Fabio' O'Brien header from a Philip Hand dead ball delivery almost threatened Ger Barron's goal but the striker's effort missed the target. But it was a solitary chance and UCD were in control.
That all changed with 15 minutes left to play though, as David O'Connor saw red. A hopeful ball over the UCD defence saw O'Connor racing against Fabio O'Brien. The defender took O'Brien down in a tangle and, deemed to have denied the striker a clear goal chance, was sent for an early bubble bath.
Mick Cooke's charges pressed in the final stages as they played against ten men and Tiernan Mulvenna looked the most dangerous, catching Ger Barron well out of position to cross for Paul Crowley but the UCD defenders were quick to rush to the goal in place of Barron and clear.
It was UCD who got their deserved reward for a dominant second half display with five minutes left on the clock through a David McMillan penalty. The striker blasted home emphatically from the spot after being taken down in the area by a clumsy Derek Prendergast challenge.
The ball was to cross the line at the other end just two minutes later but any hope of a Drogheda equaliser was ruled out by Maltese referee Trustin Farrugia Cann. After recovering his own fumble, UCD 'keeper Barron was deemed to have been bundled over with the ball in a goal line scramble.
Drogheda huffed and puffed in the final moments but couldn't blow the College down, leaving the Students to toast three points they were certainly worthy of.
UCD: Ger Barron; Hugh Douglas, David O'Connor, Michael Leahy, Ciaran Nangle; Chris Mulhall, Robbie Benson, Gary Burke (Mark Langtry, 79), Paul O'Conor, Samir Belhout (Dean Clarke, 68); David McMillan.
Subs not used: Mark McGinley, Barry McCabe, Daniel Ledwith, James Kavanagh, Chris Lyons
Booked: D McMillan (90+3).
Sent off: D O'Connor (74).
Drogheda United: Michael Schlingermann; Brian Gannon, Derek Prendergast, Alan McNally, Philip Hand; John Sullivan (Sean Brennan, 71), Jason Marks, Alan Byrne, Paul Crowley; Declan O'Brien, Peter Hynes (Tiarnan Mulvenna, 58).
Subs not used: Gabriel Sava, Stephen Quigley, John Breen, Connor O'Keefe.
Booked: Hynes (56).
Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta).
Attendance: 318


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RHN Putney, London13.12.2017
Clients IBI Group appointed Survey Base to provide a Measured Building Survey of the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability (RHN) in Putney. The detailed brief included the tracking of services running above the suspended ceiling.
Tracking services can be a challenge and needs careful planning and management. Working with the RHN and maintenance teams we scheduled a logical survey traverse that protected all users of the building. Ceiling tiles were removed ahead of our Laser Scanning team. Tiles were then replaced, and the ward rigorously cleaned before returning to normal patient care.
The results of the survey demonstrate our capability of undertaking an intrusive survey within a controlled hospital environment.
The Hospital has a fascinating history as the first institution in the UK to care for people living with chronic illness or disability. Established in 1854 the RHN was a prominent Victorian charity and received support from Florence Nightingale and Charles Dickens, among other 'celebrities' of the day


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Eight years ago, my new-found friend, Wayne, and I decided to embark on a mutual dream of forming an Inklings group of our own. But distance was not our friend, he being in Maryland and I being in northern New York. So rather than a weekly gathering in some local pub, we decided upon meeting for a full weekend at a locale halfway between his home and mine.
The result has been a faithful convergence on a poetic (if not sleepy) Pennsylvanian town or city for the last eight years. And what a blessing it's been for both of us. The mutual camaraderie is immeasurably valuable, as are the long talks concerning writing, plot and character development, theology, doctrines of the faith. Not to mention the verbose amount of gregarious guffawing we engage in.
And threading through it all are the continuous clicks of our laptop keys as we work on our next stories for the world to read. Wayne is working on a new supernatural thriller series called GHOST, while I'm very close to announcing the title and release date of my newest work, codenamed TSR.
Here's to Inkblots everywhere who enjoy fellowship and the pursuit of the intellectual.
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Christian Fahey · 2 Feb '13 at 2:08 pm
Two thumbs up, C. Enjoy, learn, grow, and travel safely. A GREAT annual event!
Jag Swiftstorm · 3 Feb '13 at 2:22 am
I think I remember Sky, and 't' is probably 'the', so 'The Sky —' For some reason, I'm thinking Régime, but that's probably wrong. Runner?
And no, I don't expect you'll say whether I actually got it right or not 😛
The Princess Writer · 3 Feb '13 at 2:54 pm
The Small Rhinoceros. A high thrilling adventure, involving the great peanut butter episode! I'm looking forward to it! Keep it up! (Oh, and please, please, PLEASE put in that wonderful thirty versed song the hippo sung in the shower. I'm really looking forward to it.) (Don't smile. I know you have a secret love for rhinos somewhere in you.) (Just kidding.)
Congrats and may your pen ever flow with the love of the King!
The Princess Writer · 3 Feb '13 at 5:21 pm
Ah! My friends, you must learn from moi, the great master at all related things in this subject!
You must sneak into the person's house dressed as a rhino—because a hippo costume would be to suspicious—creep into the study, grab the manuscript, and devour its peanut-buttery goodness while standing on your head. If you do not conduct yourself in this exact manner, the Great Hippo Monster will come along and take you to Hippo Land. *cue scary music*
Gabe · 5 Feb '13 at 11:57 am
Yay! Looking forward to what you guys come up with!
Bytheway, is there a way I can subscribe to your blog? Get an email every time you post?
Gabe · 7 Feb '13 at 3:54 pm
Sorry, didn't get to this until now. On it I am, let you know how it went, I will. 😀
Gabe · 7 Feb '13 at 4:00 pm
It works! Thank you!!!
Gabe · 7 Feb '13 at 8:55 pm
I clicked the post thingy at the top, copied the address, went to Google Reader, clicked the button that says "subscribe", and pasted the address. Now, every post will come up on my Google reader, along with blogspot blogs I've subscribed to.
It doesn't, however, notify me of new posts, but I got a free app on my iPod called Feedler which connects directly to my Google reader, and notifies me every time there is a new post on any of my RSS subscriptions, including your blog.
This won't work for everyone, but works awesome for me. 🙂
For those who don't have an iPod, here's something that I'm not sure whether or not it works: http://blogtrottr.com
'Tis supposed to send an email to you minutes after a new post, but when I entered your RSS link, it said told me that it worked, but also says
"However, that feed won't tell us when it has new content, so we'll check it every hour instead."
Not sure what that means.
Why don't you try making a post on RSS feed, and I'll let you know how fast blogtrottr sends me an email? That would be the easiest way to test it.
Gabe · 7 Feb '13 at 9:59 pm
Correction: The app is called FeeddlerRSS.
Gabe · 8 Feb '13 at 11:31 am
Okay, now that you've posted, I can tell you how it went. I received an email from http://blogtrottr.com within an hour of your posting. Works awesome.
The app, as it turns out, does not notify me until I open it, so that's useless, but it does allow me to read blogs I've subscribed to directly on my iPod (even though I don't have Safari on it), which is really handy.
Whether or not anyone gets the app, the http://blogtrottr.com is the way to go. Just click the POSTS button @ the top of Sir Hopper's website, copy the link that is in the top, paste it in bloggtrottr, enter your email address, and you'll get an email within an hour of any new post.


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text: Norwood celebrates its legion of tireless volunteers with annual awards ceremony 15 September 2017 Press Release Over 200 guests enjoyed a night of celebration at Norwood's fifth annual Volunteer Recognition Awards, held on Monday (11 September) at Allianz Park in Hendon. The awards recognise the huge contribution Norwood's volunteers make to the UK's largest Jewish children's, family and learning disability charity. The volunteers do everything from working in Norwood's charity shops, to befriending and mentoring families in need of support. Over the evening, Norwood trustees handed out an impressive nine awards. The evening was hosted by Norwood's Volunteer Awards Chair, Rachael Davis-Stollar. She said: "The selfless contribution from Norwood's 1500 fantastic volunteers is truly invaluable. They each make an absolutely vital difference and improve the quality of life for thousands of people that Norwood supports: that is the magic of Norwood. The panel and I were honoured to have the opportunity to thank all our volunteers on the night. It was a superb evening with an electric atmosphere and we are already looking forward to the next one!" One of the highlights of the evening was the Special Commendation Award. Marylin Graham, who has been volunteering for Norwood as an enthusiastic befriender for more than 20 years, was the deserved winner. Guests watched this video on the Norwood befriending programme before Joint President Lady Mendelsohn CBE presented Marylin with the award. On the importance of befriending, Lady Mendelsohn said: "Our wonderful befrienders help improve confidence in those who use our services, reduce isolation, and often take pressure off families just by being there. There is certainly a growing need for befriending. Norwood has survived for over 200 years because we are responsive and forward-thinking, and this is a service we want to grow even more, because it has such an impact and is so valuable to those we support." At the end of the evening, Norwood Vice-President Ronnie Harris reflected on a "special and inspirational evening". He said: "Norwood simply wouldn't be able to do what we do without our amazing volunteers. I am always humbled by the time that they give up and the work they do. It was fantastic seeing so many smiling faces tonight as the awards were handed out. I hope nights like this go some way to giving back to all these exceptional people." Notes for editors The results for the other categories were as follows: Norwood's Young People's Volunteer Award was awarded to Sophie Goligorsky, a regular volunteer at Norwood's shop in Golders Green. There were two winners of the Fundraising Award; Flora Frank and the Toy Sweep Committee. Flora, a great-grandmother, has run over 30 marathons, raising over £300,000 for Norwood. In 2015 she was awarded the British Empire Medal in the Queen's birthday honours. The Toy Sweep Committee raises funds throughout the year for children to spend a voucher on toys of their choice at Toys R Us in the run-up to Chanukah. Tony Greenfield, a volunteer at Norwood for over 30 years, won the Professional of the Year award. His experience in the retail and manufacturing section has enabled him to build relationships with many businesses supplying the Norwood shops with stock. The Unsung Heroes Award went to the team of volunteers at the Ravenswood Stables. They ensure the 75 people using the facilities each week are able to enjoy horse riding, no matter what their disability. They assist people in getting on and off the horses, help with cleaning or running errands, and provide vital support to the stables staff. The Community Award was given to students from Wellington College. 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Berkeley Outdoors in Alcolu, SC is one of the top pontoon boat dealers in the greater Alcolu, SC area located minutes from Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie. Earning customers is all about trust. You can trust that we offer select quality units, fully serviced and ready to go, and at a fair price.
We have a full line of pontoon boats in stock and some great pontoon sales and promotions running, so stop by or contact us to learn more.