Chornoby, the Dwarf Star
Thomas Keske
Chornoby, the Midget Clown from Ukraine
was laughing hard and trying to explain
the coded messages contained
in his crazy quatrains:
"Unclassified Eridanus is a dwarf who is pink"
"The coffin shall be made of ZINC"
"To pygmy nations, wounds and death they bring"
"The Sun shall become a Diamond Ring"
In the circus, Chornoby's life is to perform
for the pleasure of people who are amused that he is deformed
The crowd cannot believe that it is the proper perspective
to view Life through the eyes of a misfit, so very defective
But no one sees more clearly, the small-mindedness,
the blindness of the Watchmaker
or the cruelties of humankind
Or the arrogance of the loutish boors
before they collapse in a heap, of 110 floors
Dwarf-tossing is not a safe sport
At the Circuity Circus, the midgets are causing a short
They are unimpressed by the Leviticus injunction
and causing critical equipment to have serious malfunction
Miniature Magic Mavericks,
with death-defying Diablo tricks
Godiva, the Marseilles-based circus high-diver
distracts the crowd from the midgets
with their stubby screwdrivers
Do not forget that you, too, unexpectedly can morph
And find yourself living in the reality of a Dwarf
The most clever and deadly of the innovations
is the increasing trend of miniaturization
Tom Thumb, the Little Boy,
Tom Ton, the Circus Fat Man-
The freak show might seem to you, a thing most bizarre
But in the Greatest Show on Earth, the Dwarf is the Star
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History: The Show that Magic Built Professor N.P. Lewchuk
The Show that Magic Built
In the beginning there was GRAMPA
On April 30, 1896 in the village of Svedeev in the Ukraine,
Nicholas Paul Lewchuk was born. His mother placed a piece of
paper and a pen in his tiny hands, for it was believed he would
then grow to be a wise and intelligent man. At age 6, in 1902,
his family immigrated to the NEW LAND called Canada. At age 17,
in 1913, his future fate rolled into town, a magician was to
perform at the local theatre. The long awaited day finally
arrived and upon buying a ticket to the show, he found the
theatre filled to capacity. Magical Miracles were performed one
after another, followed by thunderous applause. He had come to
the revelation ""this was it!"". The spectacle of live
performance mixed with the mysteries of the unknown was too much
to pass up. He decided ""this is the life I want to have and I
will be the happiest man on Earth... I will find myself a wife
and we will travel and perform a magic and vaudeville show.""
Anastasia
Now came the time to look for a suitable bride, one who
displayed high moral standards and had the potential skills to
appear on stage. It seemed at first that all efforts were
hopeless, he could not find his bride among the local settlers
in the area. But of course things do not come to you when you
are looking for them... it's Murphy's Law. One day, while
shopping at Goldsteins store, Nicholas came across an attractive
girl that he had never seen before. When the girl left, Nick
asked Mr. Goldstein who she was and he replied"" Oh, she is the
daughter of Harry Humeniuk who lives 12 miles south of here.""
Soon after, on June 11, 1916, they were married.
Now began the task of planning and creating a 2 1/2 hour show.
It would consist of magic,sideshow feats,hypnotism, juggling,
feats of strength, fire eating and even music played on a
carpenters saw! Nicholas asked many friends and even a priest
and Municipal Secretary what their thoughts were on the
feasibility of a travelling Vaudeville sideshow. Some thought it
was a great idea, but a few had said ""just forget about it.
People might think that the show is a work of the Devil"".
Nonplussed, Nicholas Paul Lewchuk was to become the very first
Ukranian magician and sideshow owner in Canada!
N.P. Lewchuk had described professional magic as a very
interesting, but not an easy occupation to pursue. ""Famous
professional showmen are born, not made. Those with a deep love
for mysticism may eventually make the grade and achieve success.""
Johnny the Dwarf
The first show was performed in the late fall of 1920, in the
village of Stenon Saskatchewan. From there the theatrical troupe,
which consisted of 5 performers and a booking agent traveled by
train across Canada. While playing in Arran Saskatchewan, Nick
met John Chornoby, a dwarf who stood just 29 inches high. Nick
found that John had a wonderful singing voice and decided to
train him to be a true vaudeville performer. Johnny became a
very popular attraction in the show and Nick was expanding his
new found horizons. This was the beginning of my Grandfather's
credo, that no human would be exploited for his deformity or
malady... and would be employed as a performer, not as a freak.
Johnny sold his pictures and assorted candy kisses during
intermission and kept the money earned from his extra
enterprises as an added bonus. Each year the show would change
and slowly the Lewchuk's began to have children to incorporate
into the show. As they grew up one by one they took leading
parts in both performance and other tasks. The members of the
family who took part in the show were Mary, Anne, Elizabeth,
Earnest, and of course Nick and life partner Anastasia. The show
was now becoming a family run business with little need for
outside help. Earnest became the advance agent, booking the
theatres two weeks in advance and also had the prestige of being
the Master Of Ceremonies.
A Mentor
In the fall of 1927 Nick received a letter from a 16-year-old
boy who had seen the show in Waskentenau, Alberta his name was
John Umrysh and he wrote that the show had left a great
impression upon him. He asked if he could join the show. Nick
was delighted to learn of the boy's decision and invited him to
Canora. The bond was immediate, they were very like-minded and
John became a good friend and stage partner. John brought to the
stage his own unique brand of comedy and Magic and was the
perfect foil to Nick's personality. For many years he travelled
with the show and before long, became a member of the Lewchuk
family when he married Nick's oldest daughter Mary.
Also During this time, strong man and escape artist Mike Yanyk
joined the show performing feats of strength such as bending
iron bars in his teeth and escaping from ropes and chains.Nick
would perform The HUMAN PINCUSHION and Anastasia would SWALLOW 7
SWORDS at one time! During the Depression years the show rolled
on and Nick opened a side company called New Era Publishing,
which printed posters,catalogues and calendars etc. This was
another time of innovation for as Vaudeville began to die, Nick
started to take an interest in expanding into a travelling
Carnival and shows.
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2. RE: Article: UN Faces Tough Sell on Chornobyl Research
... their version of Cyrillic) and pronunciation of Chernobyl/
Chornoby/whatever. ... "Chornobyl" is reportedly the correct
Ukrainian spelling of the name.
www.vanderbilt.edu/radsafe/0210/msg00410.html
[Found on Google, Ask.com]
In any case, "Cherno" or "Chorno" =(equals) to
the English "Black" so lets we all call
"Chernobyl" as "Blackobyl"
At least there will be less animosity
between russian and ukrainian scientific
communities.
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1. The Chornobyl Nuclear Accident and its Ramifications
Collection of papers, studies and publications about the
accident. Provides general and detailed accident information,
reactor design analyses, maps, ...
www.infoukes.com/history/chornobyl/
[Found on Google, MSN Search, Yahoo! Search, Ask.com]
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http://www.unmuseum.org/soearch/over1104.htm
Science Over the Edge
A "Pink" Dwarf? - Scientists have recently discovered an object
that is in unknown class of dwarf stars. This dark star appears
to have been killed by it's companion, a white dwarf star. The
object is a warm body one-twentieth the mass of our sun. Its
companion star seems to have sucked enough material from this
object that it no longer has the mass to continue the nuclear
fusion process necessary for it to shine in visible light. This
body does not seem to fit any known class of dwarf star, which
are usually given the names of colors that are somehow relevant
to their situation (white dwarf, brown dwarf, red dwarf, etc.).
One scientist did suggest calling it a "pink" dwarf because the
object only shines in infrared light. The unclassifiable star is
named EF Eridanus and is located 300 light-years from Earth in
the constellation Eridanus.
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19. The Astrophysics Spectator: The Instability of Compact Stars
A star that exhausts its nuclear fuel becomes one of three types
of object: a degenerate dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole.
Small stars such as the Sun ...
www.astrophysicsspectator.com/topics/stars/Collaps...
[Found on Google]
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25. Space: An Exploration: Stars
Stars leave the main sequence when they use up their nuclear
fuel at the end of ... The white dwarf will continue glowing
with the remaining nuclear energy ...
library.thinkquest.org/C0110484/content.php?id=41 [Found on Google]
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1. Real or Unreal?
Each dwarf will be given gay roommates, hang out at gay dwarf
nightclubs, and even go on a ... "Seriously, Dude, I'ma Gay
Dwarf" is thankfully not real. ...
joelavin.com/reality2.html [Found on Google, Yahoo! Search]
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10. Blizzard apologises for GLBT blunder - WOW Insider
... really are not that clueless to think you'll be getting hit
on by a gay dwarf, are you ... a truly gay man playing a 'gay
dwarf'. If your daily reality ...
www.wowinsider.com/2006/02/09/blizzard-apologises-...
[Found on Yahoo! Search]
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13. Useful Idiot Caption-A-Rama: Special Gay Pride Edition!
... of a caption (admittedly, a lame one) for the French Dwarf
picture: "I am not a gay French dwarf, I'm a gay dwarf ...
www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/945917/posts
[Found on Yahoo! Search]
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16. Buy: GAY DWARF TOSSING.
GAY DWARF TOSSING . Black ink on card stock. Size: 8 1/2" X 11"
Price: $32.00
www.angusoblong.net/gallerypages/GayDwarfTossing.h...
[Found on MSN Search
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20. Scifi and Fantasy Forum: Writers Discussion: Questions :Writing Styles
Writing Styles. We have moved to new forum software and posting
here is closed! ... switch to gary the gay dwarf then say that
gary the gay dwarf is cutting people up ...
speculativevision.com/forum/messages/385/3030.html
[Found on Yahoo! Search]
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http://www.pick-n-mix.co.uk/pageone.html
From big, down to the smallest wheeled tallest unicycle in the
world! (almost) This is Russell at his best, with unique
unicycling skills, diablo tricks, magic and juggling all rolled
up on one wheel. A guaranteed crowd pleaser.
" a Compleat Circus on One Wheel ".
Headed up by "The Ringmaster" himself you'll be taken on a
musical story of love , set in the 1860's , complete with
beautiful singers, Can Can dancers ,and slack rope artiste.
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. Carnival Diablo freak side show with over 20 astounding feats ...
While playing in Arran Saskatchewan, Nick met John Chornoby, a
dwarf who stood just 29 inches high. Nick found that John had a
wonderful singing voice and ...
www.carnivaldiablo.com/show_history_1.html
[Found on Google, Ask.com]
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1. Diablo Canyon Power Plant
PG&E's Diablo Canyon Power Plant is recognized as one of the top
nuclear power facilities in the United States.
www.pge.com/education_training/about_energy/diablo...
[Found on Google, Yahoo! Search, MSN Search]
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48. Diablo Canyon power plant a prime terror target /
Attack on spent fuel rods could ...
... A huge release of radiation that could dwarf Chernobyl and
render thousands of square miles of ... scientists say the plant'
s spent nuclear fuel storage is vulnerable to terrorist ...
sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/03/17/M...
[Found on Yahoo! Search]
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. DIABLO CANYON POWER PLANT: STEAM GENERATOR REPAIR/REPLACEMENT
COST/BENEFIT ANALYSI...
... Proceedings of the 2005 Crystal Ball User Conference. DIABLO
CANYON POWER PLANT: STEAM GENERATOR ... Each Diablo Canyon Power
Plant unit has four operational steam generators, one of ..
www.crystalball.com/cbuc/2005/papers/cbuc05-anders...
[Found on Yahoo! Search, MSN Search]
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. Diablo Dancers - Lesbian and Gay Square Dance Club
A gay and lesbian square dance group located in Concord/Walnut
Creek, California. Open to all square dancers, Diablo Dancers
does not discriminate in..
www.diablo-dancers.org/ [Found on Ask.com]
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. Re: Diablo Is gay
Design Community 3D Game Space Forum ... Message - Re: Diablo Is
gay. Follow Ups | Post Followup | 3D Game Space Forum | Search |
List New
www.designcommunity.com/play/5510.html [Found on Ask.com]
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http://www.frombelow.dk/interview_caprahircus.htm
Capra Hircus
Decimator has arranged an interview with bestial Canadian goat
metal assault act Capra Hircus....
First off, I'd just like to commend you both for belting out
such a worthy demo!!! Right on! For me, this is how I think
extreme music should be played and it's a shame that very few
bands desecrate in this vein of pure blackened/deathy WAR Metal.
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Ode 1.13
Source: Tobogganning on Parnassus (1911), pp. 13-14
Jealousy
What time thou yearnest for the arms
Of Telephus, I fain would twist 'em;
When thou dost praise his other charms
It just upsets my well-known system;
My brain is like a three-ring circus,
In short, it gets my capra hircus.
O triply beatific those
Whose state is classified as married,
Untroubled by the green-eyed woes,
By such upheavals never harried.
Ay, three times happy are the wed ones,
Who cleave together till they're dead ones.
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55. Four Oaks Farm | Nigerian Dwarf Goats
Nigerian Dwarf Goats ... Diablo" Born: July 19, 2005. By:
Shirefarms Rachmaninov. Out Of: Valley View Marquis
www.freewebs.com/fouroaksfarm/theherd.htm [Found on MSN Search]
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http://ctcweb.lunarpages.com/goatpeds.html
Nigerian Dwarf and Pygmy Goats
Inavale Mr Magic Piddlin Acres Maverick
Inavale Texas Ranger
Goodwood Tamborine
Joyspring Patriots Legacy D-8730
Dam
ARMCH OTR Circe the Enchantress 3
Piddlin Acres Dark Victory
Far N Best Bullet
OTR Merlin the Charmer
Goodwood Zeppo
Goodwood Ali Babba
Goodwood Harry Houdini
Goodwood Zippy Mariri
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1. BBC NEWS | Africa | Nuclear experts head to Nigeria
A delegation from the global nuclear agency is on its way to
Nigeria to help track down lost radioactive material.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2800769.stm
[Found on Google, Yahoo! Search]
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58. Nigerian Yellow Cake - Facts and Fiction - Page 3
Examination of the facts and fiction surrounding the
intelligence community and allegations that Iraq attempted to
purchase yellowcake from Niger.
uspolitics.about.com/od/wariniraq/a/niger_3.htm
[Found on About]
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. Production of Cloned Goats after Nuclear Transfer Using Adult ...
... were within the normal ranges for growing kids of the
Nigerian Dwarf breed [28]. ... Generation of dwarf goat (Capra
hircus) clones following nuclear ...
www.biolreprod.org/cgi/content/full/66/1/199
[Found on Google, Yahoo! Search]
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13. SHORTHOPEUNFILTERED
... Cheney's office knew the Nigerian nuclear documents were a
fake ... Sexuality of any sort will lead to Fred Durst boffing a
goat at the MTV Music Video Awards 2008
shorthopeunfiltered.blogspot.com/2003_06_01_shorth...
[Found on Yahoo! Search]
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Nigerian gay and lesbian Christians challenge Archbishop Akinola -
news from ekkle.. a
n article that relates to theology and politics from ekklesia,
a news service and think tank promoting theology in public life ...
make lesbian and gay Anglicans recognized in every Nigeri...
www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/news_syndication/articl...
[Found on Yahoo! Search]
ISP | Peace Products | Charity Gifts | Oxfam Gifts | Books |
Bibles | Music | Videos & DVDs | Fairtrade Gifts | Software |
Fairtrade Clothes | Send a goat | Special gifts |
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http://www.thehawkeye.com/COLUMNS/sweet/2002/c21002.html
The goats are just glad they don't have to die.
This summer a flock of 150 mutant Nigerian miniature milking
goats will be roaming a field on the old military base. They
will live in abandoned ammunition bunkers and graze on sweet
grass and will be milked religiously.
They will be oblivious to their arachnid ancestry or their
contributions to humankind.
I suppose he would, like me, find it bizarre to know that goats
with the genes of spiders are bleating and walking in the
footsteps of warriors. Even if it is to make soldiering safer.
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33. The Soviet Weapons Program - The Tsar Bomba
... days, we were obsessed with a very different idea -
miniaturization ... We looked into the problem and at once
spotted two weaknesses in ... Kalinin 1994] AV Kalinin. 1994.
Secrets of t
www.nuclearweaponarchive.org/Russia/TsarBomba.html
[Found on MSN Search]
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http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2004_04/
003792.php
At this point what matters is not plutonium but miniaturization
of the warhead, the " trigger " that detonates the bomb and the
ballistic missile capability. A " Fat Man " type atomic bomb is
not something North Korea will be able to deliver against a
modern air defense but a Soviet type warhead is a militarily
effective weapon.
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1. famousfunerals
(famous circus fat man) Tom Ton was a famous circus performer
from the early 1900's in the circus sideshow or freak-show as
"The Fat Man". ...
www.gravesights.org/famousfunerals.htm
[Found on Google, Yahoo! Search, Ask.com]
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2. Ongoing Tales Fairy Tale Tom Thumb
The queen kissed the little boy and named him Tom Thumb. Each of
the other fairies made Tom a gift. He had a shirt made of silk
from a spider's web, ...
www.ongoing-tales.com/SERIALS/oldtime/FAIRYTALES/t...
[Found on Google, MSN Search, Yahoo! Search]
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http://www.richardjessewatson.com/tomthumb.htm
Tom Thumb is a little boy- a very little boy. Just about the
size of his father's thumb. But Tom is very adventurous for
such a little person
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1. Little Boy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The mushroom cloud over Hiroshima after the dropping of "Little
Boy". Enlarge. The mushroom cloud over Hiroshima after the
dropping of "Little Boy". ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Boy
[Found on Google, MSN Search, Yahoo! Search]
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6. Circus Art/Tom Thumb
Menu-A-Go-Go Propaganda Visuals Site Info Linkage. Purple Disco
v8.0. Tom Thumb. Return to Circus Art.
Copyright 2000-2006 Happy Death, Inc., ...
www.happydeathinc.com/circus/Pages/thumb.htm
[Found on Google, Yahoo! Search]
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http://www.hogonice.com/good_morning_nigeria/
He says that when I was a teenager, I had sex with a turkey and
caught the disease, and that it has been rotting my brain ever
since. He says my mother used to find me wandering in the yard
naked, mooing like a cow. I deny all this strongly, and he says
that's part of the illness.
Tomorrow, the midgets exact Mrs. Abacha's revenge on me.
More Accursed Midgetry
Just wrote up the midget sex scene for the Nigerian movie. I'm
taking a break while my batteries recharge. I seem to get a
surprising amount done by working half an hour at a shot and
then wandering off to regroup. The script is a third of the way
done.
Just Can't Leave Midgets Alone
Walken and I are going to go from the Lagos airport straight to
a brothel and cabaret run by Mrs. Abacha. We will take in a show,
with some perverted Germans. I stole this idea from an earlier
script. The show will feature a midget and a donkey, which I
will secretly enjoy tremendously. Mrs. Abacha will accept my
apology, only after I agree to be spanked onstage by a bondage
midget. That idea came to me while I was walking inside to type
this.
Walken will say something like, "Stupidity is Steve's art. And
he's about to paint his masterpiece."
The Walken Method for Dealing With Nigerian Spam
Nigerians, my friends. You must take a firm hand with them. If
they were here now, there would be a large stain on MY rug, and
the source would be a pile of twitching Nigerians. But why must
we talk of unpleasant possibilities, when the night is yet young
and the Courvoisier is flowing?
Nigerians Falling Into Line
Down to 59,000 Words
The Nigerian business is going great today. I just redid the
first third of the book, and I'm about to go and and do the
second third. Problems that seemed challenging the last time I
looked at the book were much easier to handle today. I think the
time off helped, and believe it or not, I also pray for guidance
with my work. Even though I'm writing a horrible obnoxious book.
I suppose that's why I felt moved to take the more off-color
stuff out.
People seem to think the book will be funny because it's not PC,
but that's not really true. Some of the funniest parts are G-
rated and don't make fun of Africans per se. I'm still keeping
the MIDGETS in, of course
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http://www.harpers.org/Entertainer.html
There was rioting in Freetown, Sierra Leone, after two dwarf
comedians were substituted for a pair of Nigerian midgets called
Aki and Paw Paw, who didn't show up for a performance.
Jerry Springer, the talk-show host, filed to run for the Senate
in Ohio
A member of MiniKiss, a KISS tribute band made up of dwarves,
denied that he had tried to sneak past security at a Las Vegas
concert of Tiny Kiss, a KISS tribute band made up of three
little people and a 350-pound woman
The United Nations Human Rights Committee upheld France's ban on
dwarf tossing; a 3-foot 9-inch stuntman had filed a claim saying
the ban was discriminatory and had cost him his job in a
discotheque.
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http://www.thekeyboard.org.uk/Nostradamus.htm
Near the death of the Pillar of a palace,
An Indian people, take away the 2, a petite royal,
Way of a saint, a deliverer of the mud, a French Saints order,
a dwarf nun, deformed, a traveler, worm of the fruit
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. Evil Nigerian Spammers: 419 scam foiled
Frank Peters (real name NOT) is one of these Nigerian con-
artists who inadvertently contacted Kilgore Trout. Kilgore is a
mute ex-circus performer who is ...
www.casinomeister.com/bello.html [Found on Google]
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http://www.newprophecy.net/popejohnpaul.htm
The fiery invasion of southern France is echoed in this ancient
document authored by an unknown clergyman in AD 346. It presages
three world wars that will directly involve Germany, the first
two as an aggressor and the last as a defender of "the Empire"
against the invaders from the East.
So, I think De Labore Solis could actually be the pope in
question because this quatrain and other related prophecies
sound like a true "labour of the sun" for any pope: a pope who
must flee the Vatican when a great star burns so brightly that
it looks like a second sun; when nuclear weapons and Fuel Air
Explosives are bursting like deadly but beautiful "suns" on the
horizon; and when southern France is ravaged by enemies and "the
sun halts in its path" ... now there's a "Labour of the Sun" for
you!
I fear the Vatican has forced a prophecy of peacemaker on to a
man who may, instead, end up being the pope who flees Rome
during the horror of nuclear world war and a terrifying flyby
from Planet X.
Prophets like Alois Irlmaier and Erna Stieglitz agree that a
pope will flee Italy when World War III comes to Europe. There
is also an ancient prophecy that describes what may be the
slowing of the earth's rotation, something that researchers
abscribe to the gravitational force exerted upon the earth by an
object like a brown dwarf star, something that "Planet X" is
purported to be. Liber Vaticinationem Quodam Instinctumentis
describes the sun "halting" in the heavens and terrible hot
winds that will blow:
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http://com2.runboard.com/bcarnivaldiablomessageboard.fmainchat.t189
So, MM and myself are just chatting away in a thread (small talk
that has absolutely nothing to do with the subject at hand mind
you) and she said something along the lines of "we need a thread
for random things". So here it is. Bad day at school? Vent here.
Skipped a rent payment? Beg for money here. Parents just found
out you're gay? Freak out here. You get the idea soooooo...let's
post!
.s- if anyone knows the location as to where Carnival Diablo is,
please let me know! Cause I can't find it, or figure it out!
Last edited by Diablo Child, 3/5/2005, 1:03 am
There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.
-Shakespeare
I like kittens.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from
mediocre minds. - Albert Einstein
Last guy I dated dressed as a woman for Halloween. He dressed in
one of my skirts, a tank top, a stuffed bra, heels...
He can walk in heels better than I can.
Hell, he even got hit on by a guy.
Re: The Thread of Random Chatter! *Inspired by Mors Mortis*
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5. Louise Brooks Part II: Jerry Vermilye
Godiva, the conniving Marseilles-based circus high-diver in
Howard Hawks' A Girl in Every Port , opposite Victor McClagen
and Robert Armstrong. Exemplifying the studio politics of that
era,...
www.psykickgirl.com/lulu/fir_article5.html
[Found on MSN Search, Yahoo! Search, Ask.com]
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5. Klein Tools Vaco Screwdrivers Midget, Keystone-Tip
This midget screwdriver is specially designed for delicate
instrument work. Hexagon-shaped handle of tough amber plastic. .
www.mytoolstore.com/klein/a000.html
[Found on Google, Yahoo! Search
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http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/text/p522022s.txt
FOREWORD
This Supplement to the Industrial Security Manual for
Safeguarding Classified Information
There is also a significant body of information indicating
that TOP SECRET keying material is a high priority target
for exploitation by hostile intelligence services and,
therefore, it must be afforded special attention.
The procedures relative to TOP SECRET keying material
contained in this Supplement do not apply to Nuclear
Command and Control COMSEC material, which is controlled
in accordance with JCS PUB 13, nor to key locally generated
for late use, but they do apply to locally generated
key, which is held in physical or electronic form for
future use. This Supplement establishes security requirements
consistent with national policy established to protect
U.S. communications as it applies to the private sector.
C15.3.5.2.1. Remove the screw posts or binder rings,
or open the multi-ring binder and remove all pages from
the KAM.
C15.3.5.2.2. Insert a thin metal rod (e.g., wire or
screwdriver) through the remaining top left-hand hole
of the document.
C15.3.5.2.3. Grasp the rod in both hands and shake
the document vigorously; the sensitive pages should
fall out freely.
C15.6. EMERGENCY DESTRUCTION TOOLS
The following is a list of
suggested tools that should be kept in a designated
area reserved exclusively for emergency destruction
of COMSEC equipment:
C15.6.3. Stubby screwdriver, 1-inch blade, 7/32-inch
wide tip.
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http://www.waltpatterson.org/nppenguin.pdf
On 21 May 1946 Louis Slotin, a Canadian physicist working at Los
Alamos, was performing an exercise he called 'twisting the
dragon's tail'. He had done the operation many times, while
determining experimentally the details of fast critical assembly
of the hemispheres of uranium-235 which had to slam together to
produce the desired nuclear explosion. In this way Slotin had
determined experimentally the critical mass for the Hiroshima
bomb. Slotin's exercise involved sliding the two hemispheres
gradually towards one another along a rod, using two
screwdrivers, and watching the neutron detectors display the
build -up to criticality. On 21 May he was showing the phenomenon
to a group of a half-dozen colleagues, when the screwdriver
slipped. The room was filled with blue light. Slotin tore the
hemispheres apart with his bare hands, and in so doing probably
saved the lives of his colleagues. But he himself was doomed,
and knew it. He died nine days later, his terminal sickness
being meticulously charted by otherwise helpless medical staff.
Slotin's Los Alamos colleagues were forbidden for security
reasons to alter their daily routine or reveal anything about
the accident, while they witnessed his lingering death.
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29. Dwarf -- Neverwinter Nights Vault
It looks like a gay dwarf, if such a thing is possible. Posted
by Gloren ( ..xxx.xxx ) at 2002-12-20 07:51:00 ... What...
nwvault.ign.com/Files/portraits/data/1027817382820...
[Found on Ask.com]
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30. The Official Ben Harper Website :: :: Other Discussion :: As ...
harperman, I think to properly continue your post you'd have to
pose the question "If a gay dwarf jumped on your back would you
beat him off?" Enquiring minds want to know.
forum.benharper.net/read.php?4,136672 [Found on MSN Search]
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36. Joke of the Day Page 24 7 Joke
Joke of the Day 5 What do you call a gay dwarf? A low blow.
www.247joke.com/jokeofday.shtml [Found on MSN Search]
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37. How to get your submission on Plastic's front page
... So if your submission is a Feed story involving a gay dwarf
in Kansas who cuts off his fingers as an homage to God after ...
www.honan.net/plastictips.html [Found on Yahoo! Search]
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6. SAB, Leviticus, Chapter 21
Leviticus 21:16-23. God can't stand the sight of handicapped
people. The blind, the lame, dwarfs, people with funny noses or
blemishes, with damaged testicles, or broken hands or feet, croo...
www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/lev/21.html [Found on MSN Search,
Yahoo! Search]
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19. Leviticus 18:22; 20:13
Leviticus 18:22 provides a direct prohibition against same-sex
acts, which reads, ... Blemished animals were unacceptable as
sacrifices and cripples, dwarfs ...
fou.uniting.com.au/Leviticus18.doc [Found on Google]
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26. Eunuch Arguement
... The twenty-first chapter of the book of Leviticus is
concerned with who may be a priest ... those who are blind or
lame cannot be priests. Dwarfs cannot be priests ...
www.transgenderchristians.com/eunuch_arguement.htm
[Found on Yahoo! Search]
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. Vatican affirms ban on gay priests - Europe - MSNBC.com
The Vatican on Tuesday published its long-awaited document on
gays in the priesthood, saying that men with ... affirms ban on
gay priests. Document says men with 'transitory' gay tendencies
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10248368 [Found on Yahoo! Search]
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31. No Treason When institutions and organizations condition
benefits on marriage, gay partners often find themselves on the
short end of the stick. ...
www.no-treason.com/archives/2004/04/23/equality-un...
[Found on Google]
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61. SIFF Reviews: First week's films with a C rating
... red brick loft, bonds with the "crippled Jewish gay dwarf"
downstairs and plays tag with police surveillance, but she ...
seattlepi.nwsource.com/movies/71678_siffc.shtml
[Found on Yahoo! Search]
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http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news1203/rotk.html
What caused Brother Harry the most concern, however, was an
apparent subtext involving midgets and dwarfs working for Satan.
"Needless to say, Jews don't come right out and say they are
making a movie to glorify Satan, just as the most any Catholic
will divulge, before the 12th pint of Guinness, is that they
never knew anybody but Mary lived in Heaven. The crafty unsaved
conceal their intentions through sneaky symbolism and the
renaming of things, much as they did before they took over the
world's financial institutions and caused the Great Depression,
for which there was no Prozac. You see, the Jews are very
covert; a lot of them write the name God in code as "G_d" to try
to trick folks.
The Landover Baptist website is not intended to be viewed by
anyone under 18
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18. Theta13 Neutrino Experiment at the Diablo Canyon Power Plant,
LBNL Engineering Sum...
Theta13 Neutrino Experiment at the Diablo Canyon Power Plant,
LBNL Engineering Summary Report Theta13 Neutrino Experiment at
the Diablo Canyon Power Plant, LBNL Engineering Summary Report T.
www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/834621-D19KMy/native/
[Found on Yahoo! Search]
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28. Stellar Death
At what stage a star leaves the AGB (Asymptotic Giant Branch)
and becomes a white dwarf depends on how fast it ... The rest
was released as neutrinos and kinetic energy to explode the star....
zebu.uoregon.edu/~js/ast122/lectures/lec18.html [Found on MSN
Search]
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10. Pat Robertson Displays Satanic 'El Diablo' Sign During
700 Club Show
Pat Robertson, the so-called voice of Christian America, has
again been caught 'El Diablo red handed' flashing occult and
satanic hand signals during his ...
www.prisonplanet.com/articles/november2005/181105e...
[Found on Google, MSN Search]
To fans of UT football El Diablo simply means 'Hook 'em Horns'
but it is also used by Satanists as a form of communication.
The gesture represents the horned devil, also known as the sign
of Il Cornuto and Diabolicus and was fully embraced by modern
day Satanic cults. It is now seen as a trendy thing to do
amongst heavy metal and goth fans. They see it as a sign of
rebellion against the establishment, which couldn't be further
from the truth.
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http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hp&cf=prev&id=1808403702&intl=us
What's El Diablo Mean?: The title is Spanish for "The Devil."
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61. Satan's "El Diablo" Hand Sign
Manuela and Daniel Ruda and their many Goth friends gave the El
Diablo hand sign back and forth as a sign of recognition. It was
a sign indicating their love and worship of their Master, Lu...
www.texemarrs.com/satans_el_diablo.htm [Found on MSN Search]
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20. BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | 'Dead star' erupts for big show
The white dwarf star in the Ophiuchus constellation has exhausted its own
nuclear fuel but is now stealing it from a neighbouring giant. ...
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4885700.stm [Found on Google]
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http://www.harvestfields.ca/ebook/02/041/04.htm
The antitheses of men- Dwarfs, and Giants- must not be
overlooked, as they are abnormal, and yet have existed in all
ages. Dwarfs are mentioned in the Bible, Leviticus xxi. 20,
where following the injunction of "Let him not approach to offer
the bread of his God"- are mentioned the "crookbackt or dwarf."
Dwarfs in all ages have been made the sport of Royalty, and the
wealthy; but it is not of them I write, but of a race called the
Pygmies, very small men who were descended from Pygmies
us. They are noted in the earliest classics, for even Homer
mentions them in his Iliad (B. 3, 1. 3-6), which Pope translates:?
"So, when inclement winter vex the plain
With piercing frosts, or thick descending rain, To warmer seas,
the Cranes embody'd fly,
With noise, and order, through the mid way sky; To pigmy nations,
wounds and death they bring, And all the war descends upon the
wing."
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17. Morbid Outlook - Nefarious Doings in the Literary Milieu of Edgar ...
The boorish lout of a king and his entourage, who are tricked by
the tormented dwarf, Hopfrog (likely indicating Poe himself),
into dressing in ourang-outang suits and then burned alive in ...
www.morbidoutlook.com/art/articles/2000_07_poe.htm...
[Found on MSN Search]
. LewRockwell.com Blog: The Cult of the Boob
But in George Bush, the philosopher king has collapsed into the
boorish emperor. He was the perfect lout to enthrone for the
boobs who like to delude themselves with the thought that, becau...
blog.lewrockwell.com/lewrw/archives/008643.html [Found on MSN
Search, Yahoo! Search]
4. Burning Bush, Dwarf Euonymus alatus Compactus - Direct Gardening ...
The Dwarf Burning Bush is one of the most beautiful of all
shrubs, becomes a different color with each season. Through the
summer the foliage is an ...
www.directgardening.com/detail.asp?pid=5780
[Found on Google, MSN Search]
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http://www.dgs.state.pa.us/dgs/cwp/view.asp?a=3&Q=114838&dgsNav=|
5056|
Plants of the Capitol -- Dwarf Burning Bush
Scientific Name: Euonymus alatus "Compactus"
We plant dwarf burning bushes in hedges in front of light-
colored walls for maximum visual impact. One hedge is located
on the upper plaza of the East Wing Building and another is in
the Medal of Honor Memorial in Soldiers' Grove.
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. Re: First: Multiple instances of "properties" window. Second:
List-view ...
... Alexander Larsson Red Hat, Inc al...@redhat.com alla@lysator.
liu.se He's a war-weary gay dwarf from a doomed world.
mail.gnome.org/archives/nautilus-list/2003-August/...
[Found on MSN Search]
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http://boifromtroy.com/?p=4738
Success! At a Price. Filed under: Gay - Marriage, Gay - Politics
Texas Proposal could ban Marriage
The Bible-thumping dwarf then got the vague language thrown back
in on the floor where there could be less anaylsis of the
drawbacks. It almost serves them right if this ends up
eviscerating the benefits of marriage for all Texans. If they
had even said "any other legal status" instead of "any legal
status," they would probably be ok.
The same thing happened in Ohio.
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42. announcer - announcer
Special races will include the Texas Dwarf Car Association,
Southern States Midgets and the ever popular, standing room only,
Demolition Derbys. ...
fortprogress.org/ [Found on Google]
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http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_459.shtml
Texas City a strike point for nuclear attack?
By Jerry Mazza
Online Journal Contributing Writer
Jan 27, 2006, 22:07
Well, somebody's up to something again. As reported in Greg
Szymanski's article Houston PD Running Nuclear Disaster Drills
As Build-Up of Numerous Law Enforcement Agencies Seen in Nearby
Texas City.
The subhead goes on to say, "Army Intel Captain Eric May warns
Bush cabal days away from a nuclear strike. The Texas City
resident 'opens up a hornet's nest' as he warns local law
enforcement about the possibility of nuclear strike, 26 Jan 2006."
Now Jan. 26 has passed but the lingering and weird facts of this
drill remain loaded, with a hair trigger. Let me explain . . .
As Szymanski reported, sources in the Houston Police Department
(HPD) had confirmed that in recent weeks their officers were
taking part in nuclear disaster drills, which added serious
concern to the targeting of Texas City by "enemies within" the
Bush administration.
Texas City resident and former Army Intel Captain Eric May
reported, "In the last week I have multi-checked with my sources
in the Houston Police Department and confirmed that the
Department has been running nuclear disaster drills. Among my
sources, I've been calling HPD CID Sergeant John Karshner and
HPD Internal Affairs Lt. Felix Garcia, to let them know that the
set-up is on." What makes May so sure a set-up is on? Let's take
a look.
Captain May, who once backed the government's position while
serving, became disillusioned after 9/11. For him, facts
surfaced making it "crystal clear" the enemy wasn't al Qaeda but
an "enemy within," as he puts it, the Bush New World Order Cabal.
I believe he's far from alone in this belief.
After concluding that 9/11 was an "inside government job,"
Captain May focused his military training, energy and
intelligence to personally try to stop the Bush administration
in what he bluntly calls its "phony war on terror." This may
sound like heresy to some, but to many it sounds spot on.
Captain May went so far as to organize a "cyber-unit" in his
info-war against disinformation. Appropriately, it's called the
Ghost Troop and you can Google Ghost Troop Bibliography for more
writings and information on his point of view.
May, as many others, has said that the "al Qaeda scare has been
contrived, literally manufactured by the Bush Cabal in the rush
to cover-up the real criminals and culprits in the White House."
He points out that every so-called terrorist attack increases
both in size and body count. Most seriously, he warns that the
next one will involve a nuclear blast on American soil.
Strangely, he reports, that on the night of Jan. 26, no less
than the History Channel did a repeat airing of a documentary
called Wrath of God: Texas City Explosions, which immediately
went on sale for $24.95 in DVD format. The title alone gives you
the religious right willies, and makes you wonder about media
complicity. Check out the ad copy describing the story:
It was the worst industrial disaster in American history,
claiming the lives of 567 people. On the morning of April 16,
1947, the cargo ship SS Grandcamp was being loaded with ammonium
nitrate, a fertilizer with explosive properties. As longshoreman
loaded the volatile cargo on the ship, one of them smelled smoke.
At 9:12 AM, the Grandcamp blew up, sending red-hot pieces of
steel hurtling up to several thousand feet away. They cut
through everything in their path, killing hundreds, injuring
scores more, puncturing oil tanks, and sparking countless fires.
For one terrible morning, the fires of hell took over a Texas
town. THE WRATH OF GOD goes back to that fateful day to tell the
complete story
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1413466990/103-1910256-5300639?
v=glance&n=283155
For a pLoT we created a bathroom. yoU are decOmpOsinG! All the
human race began wAtching the bathroom for thousands of years.
flAmEs! So I became a Longshoreman. The nUclEar boMbs were very
nIce to mE.
"I am a bottle of Whiskey," said god. So goD began waLking
thrOugh CentrAl pArk dragGing the baThRoom with hiM and everyone-
lOoked-uP-And-becAme-fa-l-l-iNg wOrds.
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http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=49976
The analogy I made previously to Russian ICBM's during the Cold
War is a perfect one. If just one of those missiles gets through
our defenses, it's all over for a major city. Somehow, I would
assume that would be the ultimate disruption of business and
choking of travel and trade that Mr. Ahern is so concerned about.
After such an incident where a nuke goes off in one of our ports,
what longshoreman would want to handle another container? And,
would we be inclined to go back to Mr. Ahern's version of "port
security"? I don't think so;
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39. www.paragonasset.com
The longshoreman unloading and loading the ships will not
suddenly show up wearing head scarves. ... where a terrorist
could inflict unimaginable harm if they were to smuggle and
detonate a...
www.paragonasset.com/ourviews.asp?SPID=3693&LinkID...
[Found on MSN Search]
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http://www.lynnlake.ca/A_Place_to_Remember_8.htm
Lewis Urry, a Canadian scientist, died a few weeks ago. Does the
name ring a bell?
The key element in what Mr. Urry gave the world was ZINC.
Zinc is a bluish-white, lustrous metal. It is brittle at
ordinary temperatures but malleable at 100 to 150
degrees C. It is a fair conductor of electricity, and burns in
air at high red heat with evolution of white clouds of the oxide.
Zinc oxide (ZnO), a common zinc compound, forms when metallic
zinc is exposed to the air and forms a protective coating that
protects the rest of the metal. Zinc oxide is used in paints,
some rubber products, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, plastics,
printing inks, soap and batteries, among other things. Zinc
sulfide (ZnS), another zinc compound, glows when it is exposed
to ultraviolet light, X-rays or electrons and is used to make
luminous watch dials, television screens and fluorescent light
bulbs. Zinc chloride (ZnCl2) is another zinc compound that is
used to protect wood from decay and insects.
Zinc is also a necessary element for proper growth and
development of humans, animals, and plants; it is the second
most common trace metal, after iron, naturally found in the
human body.
There you have it ? a short review of the metal zinc, one which
may have given you a better under-standing of why the mines that
supported Sherridon, Lynn Lake, and leaf Rapids were important
and beneficial to our society and economy.
Here are a number of photos of Fox mine from the LLMM,
My husband and I lived in Lynn Lake until 1989. Philip worked
in the Exploration Department with Jim Chornoby and Dave
Speakman, along with Francie Walsh. For a number of years I
worked at Fox Mine as Mine Managers Secretary, then worked at
the Hospital, and finally at the School Board. I was very
active in Girl Guiding along with Ann Perry, Midge Tanasichuk,
and Blanche Irwin. Bernie and Kathy Cockerill were also friends
of ours.
Our years in Lynn Lake were amazing, and we keep in touch with a
number of people. We don't get to see as many as we would like
to see, but those that travel through Ottawa are always welcome
at our house.
The section on Francie Walsh was so good to read. Francie is a
very special person, and her artwork is finally getting the
recognition is deserves. I am fortunate to own one of her
charcoal drawings. It is really lovely and I treasure it.
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http://geocities.com/zincisrael/features/f47globalizing_nukes.htm
THE ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA'S ISRAEL NEWS CONNECTION
Z.I.N.C.
Nuclear sabre rattling
goes global
To contact ZINC's Webmaster,
Email Benjamin at: zinci...@usa.net
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33. salted bomb: Information From Answers.com
salted bomb A salted bomb is a nuclear weapon constructed like ...
Zinc has been proposed as an alternate candidate for the
"doomsday role". ...
www.answers.com/topic/salted-bomb [Found on Google]
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67. Atomic Rocket: Space War: Weapons
... there are two types of nuclear weapons. An "atomic bomb" is
a weapon ... of cobalt or zinc to make large quantities of
deadly radioactive dust. Nuclear weapons will destroy a ...
www.projectrho.com/rocket/rocket3x.html [Found on Yahoo! Search]
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http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2006pres/20060213.html
HHS Awards BioShield Contract for Two Additional Medical
Countermeasures for Radiological or Nuclear Incidents
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today awarded
a $21.9 million contract to Akorn, Inc. of Buffalo Grove, Ill.,
for the manufacture and delivery of two medical countermeasures
for radiological or nuclear incidents. Akorn, Inc. will deliver
390,000 doses of Ca-DTPA (Pentetate Calcium Trisodium Injection
Sterile Solution) and 60,000 doses of Zn-DTPA (Pentetate Zinc
Trisodium Injection Sterile Solution).
a-DTPA and Zn-DTPA are chelators used to treat internal
contamination with radioactive isotopes of plutonium, americium,
or curium. Chelators are compounds that react with metals and
form stable ionic complexes, allowing the body to safely expel
the metal-chelator complex. Ca-DTPA and Zn-DTPA will be used to
treat those exposed through contamination from the detonation of
a radiological dispersal device ("dirty bomb"), improvised
nuclear device, or terrorist attack against stored radioactive
material.
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1. NPR : 'Voices of Chernobyl': Survivors' Stories
The memories of those who survived Chernobyl were collected in
the book <em>Voices ... And then they put all that into a
zinc coffin. They squeezed it in. ...
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5355...
[Found on Google, MSN Search, Yahoo! Search]
Right before my eyes -- in his formal wear -- they put him in
that cellophane bag of theirs and tied it up. And then they put
this bag in the wooden coffin. And they tied the coffin with
another bag. The plastic is transparent, but thick, like a
tablecloth. And then they put all that into a zinc coffin. They
squeezed it in. Only the cap didn't fit.
Everyone came -- his parents, my parents. They bought black
handkerchiefs in Moscow. The Extraordinary Commission met with
us. They told everyone the same thing: it's impossible for us to
give you the bodies of your husbands, your sons, they are very
radioactive and will be buried in a Moscow cemetery in a special
way. In sealed zinc caskets, under cement tiles. And you need to
sign this document here.
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5. WISE NC; CHERNOBYL - A CONTINUING CATASTROPHE
A new report, Chernobyl - a continuing catastrophe, by the
United Nations ... severe mental and growth retardation; in
children it can cause dwarfism; ...
www.agroeco.nl/~wise/530/5170.html [Found on Google, Ask.com]
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http://lanl-the-real-story.blogspot.com/2005_02_01_lanl-the-real-
story_archive.html
Pete knows how to completely shut the Laboratory down. Any clown
could do that trick. But what he doesn't know (and worse, doesn'
t know he doesn't know) is how he will get the Lab re-started.
That takes great managerial talent, and Pete seems to be sorely
lacking in this arena. After all, this place is not a military
installation. You can't simple order that things be done at Los
Alamos, though, Pete hasn't quite pick up on this important
tidbit of information, even as of yet. There is no military-
style chain of command here at LANL. The staff has not been
indoctrinated with a command and control mind-set. We don't go
through boot-camp on job entry.
From Anonymous:
I have a hard time swallowing most of the ABQ Journal article
from ourfriend, Don Brown. As a denizen of TA-18, I couldn't
even tell youwho this guy is. He allegedly was hired on in 2003
to evaluate QAacross the facility. However, I can't point to a
single time I sawhim at 18. That doesn't mean he wasn't ever
there, but how many timescould he really have been there?
Further, the article states, "...herecounted problems he said he
uncovered at LANL's Technical Area-18,where the lab performs
subcritical nuclear experiments." TA-18 iswhere the *critical*
assemblies are housed. Sure, we do stuff at thesubcritical
level, but we also operate at the delayed critical, we dobursts,
etc. However, the statement that TA-18 could have a Chornoby-
type accident is just completely bogus. All of these little,
technical errors definitely point to someone who clearly has no
ideawhat a critical assembly is or does or how any type of a
failure ofthe system might work.Yet it doesn't change the fact
that we, the denizens of 18, are mostlikely going to have to
address these completey far-fetched claims.Lab management has *
never* understood what it means to operate such afacility. They
constantly ignore the input of the experts in order topacify
people who have clearly demonstrated they know nothing aboutwhat
they are talking about, such as Don Brown. The result is a
setof safety analyses that are based on accidents that are
impossible tooccur. The scientists at TA-18 have for nearly two
decades (orwhenever it was that the tiger teams occured) had to
rationalize theirexistences against a set of ridiculous and
impossible safetyrequirements.The end result is that TA-18 is
being shut down. The Category I/IIquantities of nuclear
material are being moved to the Nevada Test Site. The scientists
are having a mass exodus because of managements'inability to
demonstrate a clue. The vital missions being performedat TA-18
are being handed off to Livermore. One guy I know, one ofthe
most brilliant minds when it comes to the designing scenarios
totest various detectors against, is transfering out of N
Division because, "someone needs to make management see how they
are killing this group."It is truly sad that incompetant unknowns
(i.e. the Don Brown's of theworld) are dictating how we do
criticality safety at LANL and in this country.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3492919.stm
Diamond star thrills astronomers
By Dr David Whitehouse
BBC News Online science editor
A diamond that is almost forever
Twinkling in the sky is a diamond star of 10 billion trillion
trillion carats, astronomers have discovered. The cosmic
diamond is a chunk of crystallised carbon, 4,000 km across, some
50 light-years from the Earth in the constellation Centaurus.
It's the compressed heart of an old star that was once bright
like our Sun but has since faded and shrunk.
Astronomers have decided to call the star "Lucy" after the
Beatles song, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.
The huge cosmic diamond - technically known as BPM 37093 - is
actually a crystallised white dwarf. A white dwarf is the hot
core of a star, left over after the star uses up its nuclear
fuel and dies. It is made mostly of carbon.
Astronomers expect our Sun will become a white dwarf when it
dies 5 billion years from now. Some two billion years after that,
the Sun's ember core will crystallise as well, leaving a giant
diamond in the centre of the solar system.
"Our Sun will become a diamond that truly is forever," says
Metcalfe.
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