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Alien Gods: Huang-Di, Son of Heaven
Fortean / Oddball News: Ontario Mystery Lights, Start a Cult and Birth of a Black Hole
Former County Clerk is Back and Still in Charge

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 10:42 AM PST

Proponents of ancient astronaut theories often maintain that humans are either descendants or creations of beings who landed on Earth thousands of years ago. The most popular theory is that human knowledge, religion, and culture came from extraterrestrial visitors in ancient times. Ancient astronauts have been widely used as a plot device in science fiction, but the idea that ancient astronauts actually existed is not taken seriously by most academics.

Arguments can be made that the evidence for ancient astronauts comes from supposed gaps in historical and archaeological records, and they also maintain that absent or incomplete explanations of historical or archaeological data point to the existence of ancient astronauts. The evidence is said to include archaeological artifacts that are beyond the presumed technical capabilities of the historical cultures with which they are associated. This also includes artwork and legends that are interpreted as depicting extraterrestrial contact or technologies.

Notwithstanding these contentions, let us say that there is an axiom to the ancient astronaut theory. Then we need to ask, who were these beings? What did they represent to the inhabitants of earth? Where these beings the ancient Gods of antiquity?

I would like to periodically chronicle my speculation of how the native people interpreted these unknown entities. This edition describes Huang-Di, Son of Heaven.

Huang-Di (2697-2598 B.C.) is considered to be the first emperor of China and the ancestor of all Chinese. Huang Di, or the Yellow Emperor, is referred to as the "Originator of the Chinese Culture", and all people of the Chinese race regard themselves as descendants of Yan Di and Huang Di. According to many sources he was one of the legendary 'Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors'. Chinese scholars have argued whether Huang-Di was "real" or "mythical". Depending on the source you use he has been described as a god-king, a mythical-king, a real king, a god-like-king, a "son of the heavens" or a half-god. Chinese history suggests that he was real but not human.

A dragon shaped kite is seen flying above the worship ceremony to commemorate 'Huang Di', or the Yellow Emperor, the legendary ancestor of the Chinese nation at the Huang Di Mausoleum on April 5, 2005 in Xian of Shaanxi Province, China.

Many ancient cultures have kings and rulers that have descended from the skies and referred to as "Gods" and their offspring, as a result from relations to humans, as "half-gods". Chinese accounts are no different in this respect. According to legend, before Huang-Di was born there was "a radiance from the great star Chi and the Dipper Constellation (Ursa Major)". His conception was marked by a "thunderclap on a clear day in the skies". Huang-Di then begins his unification of China and is also credited with being a culture-hero, having brought traditional Chinese Medicine (including acupuncture) to the country. His wife taught the Chinese how to make silk. He was said to live in the Kunlun-Mountains in the heart of Tibet. After he lived and ruled for over 100 years he is said to have prepared his "return to the skies". Then a Dragon "descended from the sky and took Huang-Di away". Some sources say that he did not die then but lived another 200 years in the Syuan Yuan stars (the Leo Constellation).

Huang-Di is also said to have authored a book called "Bai Ze Tu" which describes 11520 types of "shapeshifters, monsters, spirits, beings" in the Universe. This book is considered lost. Some sources also cite Huang-Di as having instructed Lao Tzu...the originator of Taoism.

Ancient accounts on Huang-Di refer to him as an inventor of odd mechanical devices. A machine called "the south pointing chariot" helped him win various battles. Another odd device which Huang-Di is supposed to have invented is described as "a tripod". This "tripod" was 4 meters in height and "100s of energies filled its inside" and made "odd noises". According to legend this tripod depicted "dragons flying in the clouds". Furthermore, the tripod was set up at the "Summit Lake Mountain" and "had to be pointed at the Syuan Yuan star" (the brightest star in this Constellation is Regulus). This is also the star Huang-Di is said to be from. Apparently this "tripod" was also able to store data and has recorded the life and times of Huang-Di. Huang-Di's "Dragon" is not described as some mythological creature but as a device to ascend to "the suns"...a means of transportation and more than three thousand years old.

The works on Huang-Di's life state that the dragon named 'Changhuan' covers an extreme distance in only one day and that any human who rides it can reach the age of two thousand years...a concept consistent with other worldwide legends and accounts of gravitational time dilation in regards to these "vehicles of the Gods".

When the Huang-Di reached the age of just over a hundred years, he arranged his worldly affairs with his ministers, and prepared for his journey back to the Heavens. The close of his long reign was made glorified by the appearance of a phoenix and a mysterious animal known as the Qilin as tokens of his administration. The life of Huang-Di is celebrated annually by the Chinese people.

What can be extracted from this information? The start of Chinese culture has always been murky...they are a remarkable civilization with an uncommon and mysterious history. If the ancient Chinese were helped by so-called ancient astronauts, it would not take away any of the skill and traditions they have left for subsequent generations.

Fortean / Oddball News: Ontario Mystery Lights, Start a Cult and Birth of a Black Hole

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 09:40 AM PST

Mystery lights have Ontario residents abuzz

Similar lights were seen over the Niagara Falls area earlier this year

thewhig - Sarah Fisher doesn't believe in UFOs -- at least, she didn't until Friday night.

"There were three bright lights in the sky," she said of what she saw near Ingleside, Ont., around 6:45 p.m. on Nov. 12.

"They got closer and bigger. Then poof, they disappeared."

Nearly five hours earlier, when Fisher was driving west near Long Sault, Ont., she noticed four strange shapes in the sky.

"They looked like rockets or spaceships," she said.

Fisher said she stopped her car for a closer look, but after a few minutes the objects went straight up until they disappeared.

While she found the sight odd, it was the three lights that hovered in the night sky for about 30 seconds that haunted her.

"Last night I could not even sleep," she said Saturday. "Every time I closed my eyes I saw those three lights."

She said one was lower and between the other two, and they turned very slowly.

"It was amazing but scary at the same time," she said. "It was a once-in-a-lifetime thing."

Fisher said she watched tons of news coverage that night, but heard nothing about the lights.

An OPP officer said they didn't have any calls about the lights or reports of strange activity, but Fisher is not the only one who viewed the phenomenon.

A local resident wrote his story on a paranormal sighting blog, detailing how he saw three orange lights appear one after the other over Cornwall Island. He said he spoke to several people who also witnessed it Friday evening.

Ingleside resident Jennifer Lalonde was sitting on her porch when the orbs suddenly appeared in the sky.

"They weren't normal lights," she said. "My husband and I were talking about it, but we have no clue what it could have been."

She said the lights were separate, yet close enough and with a line around them that made her believe they were all connected.

"It looked a lot like a UFO or something like that," said Lalonde. "It was so low but the lights were so bright. You couldn't see what it was because the lights were so bright."

Lalonde said the strange sight disappeared after less than a minute and so suddenly it was like someone flipped a light switch.

"It didn't fade away or anything," she said.

Lalonde said she also had trouble sleeping after the sighting, though for her the experience caused more fright than curiosity.

"I was petrified," she said. "I seriously thought there were bombs going off, there was a war going on."

Fisher agreed that it was an unsettling experience, one that she will mull over for years.

"I have no clue what it was," she said, "But to be honest, it was freaky. It's always going to puzzle me."

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Birth of a Black Hole

For the first time, scientists believe they have witnessed the birth of a black hole.

The evidence began arriving 30 years ago from a star 50 million light-years away that had imploded, setting into motion events that created a region where gravity is so great that nothing can escape, even light.

The initial 1979 observation of the exploding star was made by an amateur astronomer from Western Maryland, but the profession's top scientists have studied it intently with increasingly sophisticated orbiting X-ray telescopes.

In announcing the discovery Monday at NASA headquarters, the researchers said that although the information they have collected is consistent with the birth of a baby black hole, they cannot rule out other possibilities. Nonetheless, they spoke enthusiastically about what they are learning and will learn about the evolution of black holes. Continue reading at WashingtonPost.

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UK author jailed for book on Singapore hangings

AFP - A Singapore court jailed a 75-year-old British author for six weeks on Tuesday for publishing a book critical of executions in the city-state.

Alan Shadrake was handed the prison sentence and a fine of 20,000 Singapore dollars (15,000 US) for contempt of court over the book, which features an interview with a former chief executioner.

High Court Judge Quentin Loh dismissed a last-minute apology by Shadrake as "nothing more than a tactical ploy in court to obtain a reduced sentence" and ruled that the freelance journalist will have to serve two extra weeks in prison if he fails to pay the fine.

"A fine should be imposed to prevent Mr Shadrake from profiting from his contempt (of court)," the judge said.

The ruling said the sentence was the stiffest ever imposed for contempt of court in Singapore. The previous longest jail term was 15 days.

Shadrake, who lives in Malaysia and Britain, was arrested by Singapore police in July after launching the book, "Once a Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice in the Dock".

It includes a profile of Darshan Singh, the former chief executioner at Singapore's Changi Prison who, according to the author, executed around 1,000 men and women from 1959 until he retired in 2006.

It also features interviews with human rights activists, lawyers and former police officers on cases involving capital punishment.

In a November 3 ruling that found Shadrake guilty, the judge said, "Mr Shadrake's technique is to make or insinuate his claims against a dissembling and selective background of truths and half-truths, and sometimes outright falsehoods.

"A casual and unwary reader, who does not subject the book to detailed scrutiny, might well believe his claims... and in so doing would have lost confidence in the administration of justice in Singapore."

NOTE: Singapore's justice system is a travesty. Research some of the penalties and punishment doled out for minor crime as well as the uneven sentences for major infractions. I'm surprised there is very little said about it. Here is an article link - The uneven nature of Singapore's justice system and a historical perspective - Singapore's Criminal Law And Justice System...Lon

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Learn How to Create Your Own Cult!

How to Create Your Own Cult, the Scientology Way
by Martin Poulter

When: Thu, Nov 18, 2011 8.00 – 11.00 PM [2011 is prolly a typo]*
Where: The Vines (aka the Big House), 81 Lime Street, Liverpool

Summary
Scientology has been described in the States as "ruthless, litigious and lucrative" and in this country as "corrupt, sinister and dangerous", yet it boasts global success and has made hundreds of millions of dollars. Thanks to the Internet, it now faces an unprecedented global opposition. The scary secrets of Scientology and its recruitment methods will be exposed in this talk. It will be useful for anyone wanting to set up their own lucrative cult.

Biography
Martin Poulter first encountered skepticism while a teenager. He has a Philosophy and Psychology degree from Oxford University and a PhD in Philosophy of Science from the University of Bristol. He has been a Scientology-watcher since 1995, when he was threatened with legal action over material he posted online. He is an ordained minister in the Church of the SubGenius, which offers eternal spiritual salvation or triple your money back.

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Another attempt to create demand: 'My First Bacon', a huggable talking slab of meat

westword - "What child on this planet wouldn't want to befriend a piece of mostly meat held together with fat and love?" asks ThinkGeek, the affable producer of all kinds of geeky wares.

Mario Batali jokes notwithstanding, we have the same question. Who WOULDN'T love that? That's why ThinkGeek created My First Bacon, an adorable, fuzzy hunk of meat that says, "I'm bacon!" when squeezed. And yes, it's actually available for purchase.

ThinkGeek designed the stuffed strip as an April Fools' Day joke and brought it to life at the request of several customers. Now the company is releasing it just in time for the holiday season.

We're normally against toys that make noise when shopping for the Fraggles in our families, but we'll make an exception for the cuddly, stuffed pork product with an important lesson to teach. Raising kids with discriminating palates is tough, after all, and we'll take all the help we can get. As ThinkGeek says, My First Bacon shares the message "You've got a friend in meat." That's a good first nugget in the body of food wisdom we'll eventually bestow on Junior. Plus, it could subliminally ensure that the little guy will never go to the dark side, condemning the consumption of animal protein and becoming a militant vegan.

And just in case anyone was looking for gift ideas for us, we kind of want one for ourselves.

Former County Clerk is Back and Still in Charge

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 08:45 AM PST

Photographs of former Comal County clerks, including Irene Nuhn, are displayed inside the Comal County Courthouse Annex late last month. Some believe Nuhn's ghost may be haunting the building.

herald-zeitung - NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas - They say she refused to leave her desk after she was voted out of office.

They say it took the sheriff and his deputies to forcibly evict her so the newly elected county clerk could start her term.

And now, they say, she's back.

"That woman drives us nuts sometimes," said Cynthia Jaqua, commissioners' court recorder in the county clerk's office. "There's all kind of strange things that happen."

Jaqua tells the story of how she had gone up to the attic to put away some papers and found the attic light on.

"I said, 'Somebody didn't turn out the light.' Then, bloop, the lights went out. I was nowhere near the light switch. Irene did it," Jaqua said.

Irene, who the folks in the county clerk's office refer to as "our ghost," would be the late Irene Nuhn, who was the Comal County clerk as late as the early 1980s.

Current County Clerk Joy Streater isn't sure it's Irene that is haunting the office.

"But I definitely think we have a spirit," Streater said.

Streater has seen strange things happening ever since she's been in office.

"People will come in and computers are on that we know we turned off, stuff like that," she said. "After dark, you hear creaks and groans and footsteps and everything else."

Research analyst Kat Brown said workers sometimes notice the heights of their chairs have been readjusted overnight.

"It's like someone's been sitting there. Things on our desks are moved," Brown said.

Jaqua, who no longer goes by herself up to the attic, believes Irene doesn't like modernization. That's why she messes with the computers. She also seems to resent the office's records being tampered with.

Mike Johnson, land records coordinator, learned that first hand recently. He was making up hours, working late by himself.

Stacked on his desk was a pile of old, no-longer-used papers he was getting ready to toss.

"I was working on a project on the computer and the papers go flying off my desk. I said, 'What the heck was that?' I wasn't anywhere near them," Johnson said.

As Johnson was leaving the office that night, he felt the hair on the back of his neck stand up.

"As I walked out, I hear somebody walking in the office. It was obviously a woman. It sounded almost like high heels clicking on the floor. I was the only one here, but I still checked behind me. I didn't see anybody. But I still heard her walking."

Johnson walked all the way to his car with his car keys sticking out between his fisted fingers, just in case he needed to protect himself.

Other workers say Irene, who wore heels when she was younger, had a walker in her latter days after she fell and broke her hip. That's what Johnson heard clicking on the floor, they believe.

Kat Brown said that when Johnson came in the next day, "he was really terrified."

But he worked late again.

"I could see something out of the corner of my eye. I could see movement, like somebody was walking across the office," he said. "I got up and looked, and there was nobody there. I said, 'I'm not even going to mess with this."

Streater said Mike had heard the stories and had always kind of pooh-poohed them. "But that next morning he said, 'I'm a believer.' He's a big burly man, but he told me he won't be caught by himself in here after dark again."

Irene seems to make her presence felt a lot, the workers say.

Joy said the county's information technology director swears he saw Irene's ghost wearing a pink dress and walking in the hallway outside his office. It scared him so bad that he put up a surveillance camera. "Now you round that corner, honey, you're on camera."

There's even video tape, they say, of a deputy running away from an Irene sighting.

The deputy was escorting a judge out of the empty courthouse one evening after a session of court. The lights suddenly snapped on and off inside a restroom as they passed it.

"The deputy took off running," Joy said.

"Irene almost scared the lights out of him," said Mike. Vivian Nuhn, wife of A.D. Nuhn Jr., Irene's son, said Irene died in 1990 at age 84.

"She loved her job. She made sure things were done the right way. She was very much an in-charge type of person," Vivian said. "I can believe that she'd be haunting the courthouse."

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