The Book of THoTH Newsletter Issue 163

[ReverendChaos]

Newsletter for the week of October 5th to October 11th

Hello to everyone! To all of our new subscribers out there, welcome
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that you enjoy what we have to offer in its pages.

As of this newsletter, we've have had 29 new members to join us at BoT
since our last newsletter. To those who've joined, we say thanks for
taking the time to be a part of the greatest paranormal site on the
web! Due to this new addition of members, we now stand at 8,389
members strong. A huge thanks to each and everyone of you for helping
to make this site what it has become! We couldn't do it without you.


This Week at BoT:
Nighlighter, our last holder of the GoldStar award, has kept up with
tradition and passed the star along to another worthy recipient. This
week, Nightlighter has chosen BubbaEarlIII. Bubba has won this most
prestigious award for, in Nightlighter's words, "all the excellent
materials he adds to this great website". Congratulations, Bubba!
It's very well deserved, so keep it shining and spinning!

In the news of the BoT LabCoat, Homer-16 is still wearing the LabCoat
and has posted the newest question. That question is:
How will astronauts on Mars supply the oxygen for bases there?

He's given a couple of hints, but no one's gotten the answer he's
looking for yet. If you think you know what it is and want a shot at
wearing the coveted and fashionable BoT LabCoat, then head on over to
the "BoT LabCoat Quiz Part IX" thread and let him know your answer.
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopic-21115-150.html


This Week in the Forums:
"Exploring Abandoned Titan I Missile Bases" is Nebula's thread that
gives us a look at what is possibly one of the world's largest
underground missile complexes. If you're one for exploring abandoned
places, the articles that Nebula has furnished us with will excite the
sense. To read more about these bases and to see some rare
photographs, don't miss Nebula's thread in the General Board section
of the forums.
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-21839.html

Tiaka9 has posted a video in the UFO section about a man who claims
that he's traveled to Nibiru. Is this true? To see an interesting
video documenting his claims, be sure to see "Journey To Nibiru and
the return of the Anunnaki".
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-21618.html

"Communicating person to person though the power of thought" is a
thread by minifang that brings us some new information obtained from
research from the University of Southampton. Conducted by Dr.
Christopher James, this research shows that "brain-to-brain"
communication is possible. To read more on this subject and to join
in with your views, don't miss minifang's thread in the ESP & PSI
section.
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-21829.html

Nebula has a very interesting article i the Phenomena section for
those interested in what will happen in the year 2012. According to
the article that she's provided us with, Mayans insist that 2012 isn't
going to be the end of the world like many believe. To find out more
about this subject, take a look at "2012 isn't the end of the world,
Mayans insist".
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-21833.html

In the Animal Kingdom & Cryptozoology section, Lonecat has given us
the link to an article about the "amazing Jesus Christ Lizard". How
does this reptile do what it does? To find out how and to see some
great pictures of this lizard in action, see Lonecat's "Walking on
water" thread.
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-21843.html

Has the body of a Goth warrior been discovered in Gloucester? The
answer is "yes", according to an article that Lonecat points us
toward. Found in 1972, tests on the skeleton prove that he was from
an area east of the River Danube and was possibly a Goth mercenary in
the Roman army. To read more about this out-of-place skeleton, catch
"Goths in the U.K." in the Great Civilisations section.
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopict-21837.html


Random Site Feature of the Week:
If you've ever wondered where all of our members are from, then stroll
on over to our Visitor Map. This is a map, courtesy of Google Maps,
where you can place a virtual pin on your location for all of BoT's
members to see where you live. And if you're lucky enough to be
photographed by a satellite, you can even place it right on top of
your house! So please, have a look and let us know what part of the
world you call home.
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/View-Members.html


Strange Fact of the Week:
According to a law passed by the U.S. Congress on October 5, 1982,
NASA has the right to quarantine you if you are abducted by
extraterrestrials.

Reading the law, it more than likely pertains to astronauts and the
people that they come in contact with ("extra-terrestrially exposed")
after coming back from a mission. But Dr. Brian T. Clifford of the
Pentagon reportedly announced at a press conference at the time that
contact between U.S. citizens and extra-terrestrials or their vehicles
is strictly illegal.


Trivia Question of the Week:
What was the Battle of Los Angeles?


Answer to Last Weeks Trivia Question:
Why did Union General Ulysses S. Grant not go to Ford's Theater on the
night that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated?

Grant's wife had a premonition that he would die. Unbeknown to Grant
or his wife, Booth had planned to have Grant assassinated as well.


This Week in History:
October 11, 1899: The Boer War began in South Africa.

October 11, 1939: A letter from Albert Einstein was delivered to
President Franklin D. Roosevelt concerning the possibility of atomic
weapons.

October 12, 1492: Columbus landed in present-day Bahamas.

October 12, 1964: The Soviets launched Voskhod I, the first space
capsule to carry three people into orbit.

October 13, 1775: The Continental Congress authorized the
construction of a naval fleet.

October 13, 1943: Italy declared war on Germany, its former Axis
partner, during World War II.

October 14, 1947: U.S. Air Force Captain Charles "Chuck" Yeager
became the first person to travel faster than the speed of sound.

October 14, 1968: The first live telecast from a staffed U.S.
spacecraft was transmitted from Apollo 7.

October 15, 1993: Nelson Mandela and F. W. de Klerk were awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize for their work to end apartheid in South Africa.

October 15, 2003: China became the third country to launch a staffed
space mission.

October 16, 1793: French queen Marie Antoinette was guillotined for
treason.

October 16, 1964: China detonated its first atomic bomb.

October 17, 1931: Mobster Al Capone was convicted of income tax
evasion for which he was sentenced to 11 years in prison.

October 17, 1989: An earthquake measuring 7.1 in magnitude killed 67
and injured over 3,000 in San Francisco.


This Week's Birthdays:
H. J. Heinz (October 11, 1844) - Born Henry John Heinz, he was a
German-American businessman who, at the age of eight, sold vegetables
from the family garden door to door. By age nine, he was growing,
grinding, bottling, and selling his own brand of horseradish sauce.
In 1876, he founded F & J Heinz with his brother and cousin. After a
reorganization in 1888, his company was renamed to H J Heinz Company
and continues to prosper today.

Samuel Elmer Imes (October 12, 1883) - Samuel Elmer Imes was the
second African American to earn a doctorate in physics. Presenting a
new form of research that fundamentally changed quantum theory, his
dissertation broke new scientific ground. In discovering how to
determine molecular structure through infrared spectroscopy, Imes
proved that quantum theory could be applied to all things at the
molecular level. Imes served as head of the Physics department at
Fisk University from 1930 until his death in 1941.

Mary Kingsley (October 13, 1862) - Mary Kingsley was an English writer
and explorer who greatly influenced European ideas about Africa and
African people. After traveling to Africa to finish a book that her
father had started on African culture, she later returned to study
cannibal tribes. From there, she collected specimens of unknown fish,
climbed Mount Cameroon by a route unconquered by any other European,
and returned back to England to give lectures about her life in
Africa. She later gained disfavor with the Church of England after
she criticized missionaries for attempting to change the people of
Africa.

Elwood Haynes (October 14, 1857) - Elwood Haynes was an American
inventor, metallurgist, and automotive pioneer who built his first car
in Kokomo, Indiana using bicycle wheels. On July 4, 1894, it made a
successful trial trip at a speed of about 7 mph. In 1894, Haynes
joined with brothers Elmer and Edgar Apperson to build one of the
earliest automobiles in the United States. His company produced
vehicles until the 1920s. Haynes also received patents on two alloys:
stainless steel and stellite.

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (October 15, 1844) - A nineteenth-century
German philosopher and classical philologist, Friedrich Nietzsche
wrote critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture,
philosophy, and science, using a distinctive German language style and
displaying a fondness for metaphor and aphorism. His influence
remains substantial within and beyond philosophy, notably in
existentialism and postmodernism.

Noah Webster (October 16, 1758) - Noah Webster was an American
lexicographer, textbook author, spelling reformer, political writer,
word enthusiast, and editor who has been called the "Father of
American Scholarship and Education". His "Blue-backed Speller" books
taught five generations of children in the U.S. how to spell and
read. His name soon became synonymous with "dictionary", especially
the modern Merriam-Webster dictionary that was first published in 1828
as "An American Dictionary of the English Language".

Evel Knievel (October 17, 1938) - Born Robert Craig Knievel Jr., Evel
Knievel was an American stunt person and daredevil who is best known
for his public displays of long distance, high-altitude motorcycle
jumping. His achievements and failures got him into the Guinness Book
of World Record several times. He is perhaps most famous for his
attempt to jump over Idaho's Snake River Canyon in a rocket-powered
motorcycle.

We have and have had a couple of BoT members to celebrate birthdays
this week. The first one was Graham who's birthday was on October
11th. The other is Travis who's birthday is on the 24th. Happy
Birthday to both of you! Here's to a great day and a wonderful and
exciting year to come!


Tech Tip of the Week:
With Windows Vista, many programs and utilities need to be run as
administrator so that they'll function properly. This is especially
true with programs that haven't been updated to support Vista yet. To
open a program as an administrator, you'll have to right click on it
and then click on "Run as administrator". To save some time, we'll
tell you how this week to set a program to always run as administrator
without having to right click it to select that option.

First, right click on the desktop shortcut of the program that you
wish to always run as administrator. Select "Properties" and then
click on the "Shortcut" tab. Click on the "Advanced" button. You'll
then see the Advanced Properties dialog box. In this box, check "Run
as administrator". Click OK on this box and then on the Propertis
box.

From now on, the program will always run as administrator if you use
the desktop short cut to launch it.


Quote of the Week:
"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength"
- Socrates


That concludes this week's edition of the BoT newsletter. We hope
that you've enjoyed it, found it a nice change in your inbox, and are
looking forward to receiving the next one. As always, we should have
lots more waiting in store for you.

Until next time, keep your eyes to the skies and the door to your mind
unlocked. You never know who might drop by for a visit.