Senin, 27 Juni 2016

10 Commonly Believed Myths

10 Five Senses
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The error: We have five body senses – sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste.
These are the traditional five senses, but there are in fact many more – some say up to 21. Obvious additions to the list are balance, pain, and temperature. Furthermore, we have internal senses which traditionally number four: imagination, memory, common sense (not to be confused with commonsense which many people lack!), and the estimative power. Wikipedia has a very interesting article which covers the large number of senses seldom mentioned.
9 The Rainbow Lie
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The error: A rainbow has seven colors
We are, no doubt, all familiar with the old phrase “Roy G. Biv” used to remember the colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. This series of colors was coined by Newton who initially excluded indigo and violet. While a rainbow does appear to have seven colors, it is, in fact, one continuous spectrum of color and it is merely an artifact of human color perception that makes it appear to be a series of bands. There are also things called supernumerary rainbows which have more than 7 bands visible to the human eye (pictured above – note the extra green and purple bands at the bottom of the rainbow).
8 Cold Comfort
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The error: Drinking alcohol warms you up
This is entirely untrue – yet it is still commonly seen as an antidote to coldness in movies, and people still believe the myth about the St Bernard dogs with casks of liquor around their necks! In fact, when you drink alcohol, your body temperature drops! This is because alcohol allows more blood to reach the surface of the body, and more heat is radiated or conducted away. Any feeling of warmth experienced after drinking alcohol is explained by the fact that this flow of blood to the surface warms the skin and the ends of the sensory nerves in the skin, and these convey to the brain a sensation of warmth. The fact that alcohol actually lowers the temperature of the body was first announced by Sir B. Ward Richardson in 1866 to the British Association.
7 Quake with Fear
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The error: Small earthquakes can reduce the chance of a big one
There is a common myth (particularly in New Zealand where earthquakes are common) that if you have a lot of small earthquakes, it helps to alleviate the pressures building up that can cause a big one. But this is not true. Seismologists have observed that for every magnitude 6 earthquake there are 10 of magnitude 5, 100 of magnitude 4, 1,000 of magnitude 3, and so forth as the events get smaller and smaller. This sounds like a lot of small earthquakes, but there are never enough small ones to eliminate the occasional large event. It would take 32 magnitude 5’s, 1000 magnitude 4’s, 32,000 magnitude 3’s to equal the energy of one magnitude 6 event. So, even though we always record many more small events than large ones, there are never enough to eliminate the need for the occasional large earthquake.
6 Don’t Swim
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The error: You must wait 30 minutes after eating before swimming
While there is a theoretical concern based on the fact that the body diverts the circulation of blood to the gut and away from the muscles that this might possibly cause a cramp, no one has ever drowned because they went swimming with a full tummy. Going swimming after eating a big meal might make you uncomfortable, but it won’t cause you to drown. And even if you did get a cramp, in most cases you could easily exit the water before any real damage is done.
5 Population Explosion
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The error: The earth is dangerously overpopulated or is getting close to being so
This is a myth which has been around for quite some time – from the Anglican minister Malthus in the 18th century who said: “The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man” to environmentalists who see humans as evil in comparison to the rest of nature. But, in truth, the world is a big place with plenty of space. So, how much land does it take to hold 6 billion people? To give you an idea, consider the small nation of Japan. It has about 143,000 square miles of area. One square mile has 5280 * 5280 = 27.9 million square feet. Japan has a total of about 4 trillion square feet, enough to give each person of the earth 670 square feet. If we housed people in families of four in simple two-level buildings (8 people per building, one family of four per level), each building could be on a lot of over 5300 square feet. If we used the American average of 8,000 square feet to four people, the entire population of the planet would fit into a space as big as Texas and Nevada combined – leaving the rest of the land for food production and entertainment venues. I should also mention that many countries in the west are now in a period of population implosion as families are getting smaller.
4 Cellphone Plane Crash
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The error: Using a cellphone on a plane can cause interference and, consequently, a crash.
The FAA has tested all sorts of electronic devices for 25 years, at 100 times the RF interference levels—and nothing happened. The FAA simply states that no link between operating the devices has been proved. It’s been left up to the airlines to determine their own policy—and that policy is to put away your Blackberry. By using your cellphone during flight, you risk interfering with a flight crew—but the plane won’t crash. Consequently, some airlines are now allowing the use of cellphones during flights.
3 Grumpy Old Men
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The error: When you get older, you become bad tempered
A recent study found that our personalities don’t change much after age 30. So, if you’re cheerful and gregarious in your 40s, you can expect to be the same in your 80s. Marked personality changes some seniors experience are due not to normal aging but to some related disease like dementia or stroke. This is something worth considering when you are planning to marry in your thirties – your future spouse probably behaves now the same way he or she will for the rest of his or her life.
2 Raw Fish
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The error: Sushi is raw fish
Sushi does not mean raw fish, and not all sushi includes raw fish. The usual Japanese term for raw fish is sashimi. The term sushi actually refers to the way the rice is prepared with a vinegary dressing. Toppings for the rice may traditionally include raw fish—but also cooked seafood, fish roe, egg, or vegetables such as cucumber, daikon radish, or ume plum. The dish constituting sushi and other fillings wrapped in a seaweed is referred to as makizushi, not sushi.
1 Are you a Cop?
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The error: In the United States, a policeman must answer truthfully when asked if he is a cop
Entrapment law in the United States does not forbid police officers from denying that they are police. It is more concerned with enticing people to commit crimes they would not, in the normal course of events, have considered. This is an error that is frequently seen in movies – or perhaps it is just that films are realistically depicting people who believe the myth – though I doubt it.

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St. Louis Cemetery No. 1


Tomb of the Voodoo Queen - Dr. Von Zuko 1998Unsolved Mystery. - In the famous old city of New Orleans, just outside the colorful and infamous French Quarter lies a crumbling ancient cemetery with a eerie notoriety of its own. This cemetery is well known for mysterious happenings and vaporous apparitions, it is also the final resting place of Marie Laveau (1794-1881), otherwise known as the "Voodoo Queen of New Orleans."

Unlike conventional cemeteries that are laid out as neat rows in grid like patterns, the St. Louis No. 1 is a unique, twisting labyrinth of narrow walkways. These narrow footpaths wind their way through serenely beautiful marble mausoleums, massive wall vaults, and dilapidated unmarked tombs. Walking through this ancient necropolis in the wee hours of the morning can be an unnerving and eerie experience, in fact many visitors have reported strange encounters with the spectral inhabitants of the graveyard.
Since 1881, an apparition of the Voodoo Priestess, Marie Laveau, has materialized many times in the narrow passages of the cemetery. Her tomb has become a shrine to those interested in Voodoo or the occult. In the cover of darkness, practitioners perform secret Voodoo rituals. Practitioners often leave small offerings, scratching three Xs with a piece of soft red brick on the crypt and knocking three times on the wall of the tomb; believers do this to request special favors or invoke spells.




Marie Laveau was said to have been well over 100 years old when she died, yet she was reported to have been as beautiful and vibrant as any 25 year old woman.  It can only be assumed that her devotion to the practice of Voodoo held the secret to her eternal beauty.  Perhaps it is the pursuit of this enduring youth and beauty that compels the Voodoo practitioners to pay homage to Marie Laveau to this day. 
With numerous unmarked and crumbling tombs within the necropolis, unexplained phenomena seems to be common place. Strange mournful sounds emanating from the cavernous crypts and inexplicable glowing vaporous masses have startled countless numbers of people wandering the ancient cemetery. In one area of the cemetery, the ghostly image of a mans face frequently appears on the wall of a tomb, as if he is looking out from someplace on the other side of reality.
Note: St. Louis cemetery No. 1 is the oldest surviving necropolis in New Orleans, it is a preservation project of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, defacing or marking the tombs such as described above is considered vandalism and could result in fines or your arrest.




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Cities of the Dead and Vampire Tales: New Orleans, Louisiana

Unsolved Mystery.-St. Louis Cemetery Number 1 - Zuko.com  1998The centuries-old, above ground cemeteries of New Orleans, are icons to an earlier time.  These hauntingly beautiful cities of the dead came into existence due to the unusually high water table under the old city.  The soggy earth made under ground burial impossible before modern drainage systems were devised.
On dark stormy nights it was not uncommon for caskets to literally pop out of the ground and float down the streets.  Of course, this was quite unsettling for the residents, and after a few unpleasant incidences of the dead floating by their homes, above ground burial was agreed to as the only secure sane solution. 
These eerily beautiful and unique cemeteries have also served as an inspiration
to numerous film producers and authors of the macabre.  For example, Anne Rice one of New Orleans' more famous resident authors, in crafting her haunting, gothic horror stories of vampires and the undead.  Interview With The Vampire, The Vampire Chronicles, a spellbinding screen adaptation of Anne Rices best seller, was filmed with Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 as the backdrop.  This ornate gothic necropolis figures prominently in Annes other books, as the macabre refuge of the vampire Lestat.

Orpheum Theater : Memphis Tennessee

Unsolved Mystery.-Once called the "South's Finest Theater," the playhouse on the corner of Main and Beale Street in downtown Memphis has risen from the ashes and evaded the wreaking ball several times in its history. 
Built in 1890 as "The Grand Opera House," the theater rivaled those of New York City and Chicago.  Its primary venue was Vaudeville and over time, the theater became part of what was known as the Orpheum Vaudeville circuit.  As a result it was renamed The Orpheum Theater in 1907.  In 1923, during a show, a fire broke out and the theater burnt to the ground.  It was rebuilt in 1928 and the new Orpheum was twice as large and twice as opulent as the Grand Opera.  Today, the newer Orpheum Theater  is a mainstay in the Memphis entertainment complex.
This more recent theater however, has a few unsettling ties to the past.  Over the years many people have reported seeing a diaphanous apparition of a young woman, who has come to be called Mary.  Theater staff and patrons alike have encountered Mary at the most unexpected times.  On many occasions she is glimpsed sitting in seat C-5, sometimes at night after the audience has left the theater, other times she is glimpsed during the day.  In other instances, it is the sound of faint giggling that is heard, and there have also been reports of unseen fingers running across the keys on the massive Wurlitzer pipe organ.   

Maintenance and office staff have also been subjected to mysteriously opening and closing doors, sounds coming from areas in the theater that are unoccupied and other mischief such as misplaced objects.    

The Central City Opera House

Unsolved mystery.-Once known as the "Richest Square Mile on Earth" Central City was the largest city in the early years of Colorado's development.  Central City was not only the economic center of Colorado in the 1860s and 1870's, it was also the cultural center of the territory.

One of the more famous landmarks in the old mining town is the Central City Opera House. Here, some of Colorado's finest troupes of entertainers performed, and some have stayed on to perform in the spectral light of the hereafter.  One such spirit is that of Mike Dougherty, a miner turned accomplished stage performer, and a favorite in the territory of 1865.  Unfortunately, and like many residence of this rough and tumble frontier town, Dougherty drank himself to death.  Apparently Mike's love of the stage has caused him to linger.  
Over the years, numerous back-stage visitors have reported being nearly  overwhelmed with the strong (but fleeting) odor of alcohol sometimes accompanied by a stout nudge on the shoulder, or their hair being lightly ruffled from behind.  While Dougherty seems to be a friendly ghost, the living are always considerably startled when they turn to look and realize that they are alone in the darkened corridor.  
Other reported occurrences have included strange flickering orbs of light that seem to float across a darkened stage and then vanish into the wings. The distinct sound of footsteps in the balcony, thought to be those of a long departed female patron, and the presence of an occasional cold spot that moves from one corner to the next backstage.  Nearly all of these occurrences have been reported when the theater is dark (not in use for performances.)

The Victoria Theater: Dayton Ohio

Unsolved Mystery.-Dayton Ohio is best known as the birthplace of aviation, and perhaps a little bit more obscure, for the electric automotive starter, and the cash register.  Besides its history of innovation and progress in modern industry, Dayton has a few more equally interesting stories.  In the heart of downtown there is a lovely old theater called the Victoria.  Closed several times over the years, and turned into a movie house for a short time in the 60's the theater is now restored to its former ornate beauty.   The theater is once again active with numerous theatrical productions and concerts throughout the year.  There are at least two ladies, however, who would argue that the theater has continuously been active.
Some time in the theater's early years, a young woman was attacked in one of the upper boxes during a performance.  In the darkness and as the music peaked, she was murdered.  While the spirit of this young woman has only been seen a few times since, there have been instances reported, where gentlemen have entered the theater box only to be slapped hard across the face.  Of course no one is ever found in the box, but the phantom hand strikes so hard that it leaves a bright red welt on the face of the gentleman.
A sudden and powerful sent of roses has frequently caught visitors and patrons by surprise.  In several instances they are even more startled, when the sent is accompanied by a vision of a young woman in a beautiful gown.  Paying little attention to anyone, and after just a few seconds she vanishes into the shadows of the theater.  The legend suggests that she was an actress  who left the stage for what was intended to be only a few minutes, but vanished never to be heard from again.  While this incident is said to have occurred at the turn of the century, the mystery remains unsolved to this day.]

Stickney Mansion Crystal Lake, IL

Stickney Mansion Photo: Dr. Von ZukoCrystal Lake is a popular and booming northwest suburb of Chicago.  Growth is so dramatic that homes are likely to sell nearly as soon as they go on the market.   However, just north of the city, a bit off of the beaten path,  you'll find a rather unusual but large stately home that no one seems to want.  
This remnant of the past, was built in 1849 by George and Sylvia Stickney.  Unfortunately, George and Sylvia (or someone) still appears to inhabit the house.  Persistent disembodied sounds and strange occurrences night or day, have caused more recent owners to abruptly vacate the house and give it back to the Stickneys.
The Stickneys were seriously involved in the Spiritualist Movement that was considered to be fashionably vogue in the Victorian era.
The house started to gain it's rather dark and sinister reputation early in its existence.  The Stickneys were known to hold frequent and numerous sances in the house, and  socialites from Chicago and other mid-western cities, traveled to the remote country house in hopes of communicating with the dear departed.
A rather unique architectural characteristic of the house, is that it was built almost exclusively without corners. One set of Spiritualist beliefs theorized that evil could sometimes be trapped or lurk in the corners of a normally shaped square room.
Only one room in the house was built with a 90-degree corner.  Allegedly, it was in this corner that George Stickney was found dead with a frozen terrified expression on his face, and his hands clutching at his throat.  His exact cause of death, however, remains a mystery.

Top 10 Most Evil Men

The most unfortunate aspect to researching this list was the realization that that I could do a top 100 most evil men and still have a multitude of people for a second list! The selection of this list is based not upon death tolls, but upon the general actions, and impact, or brutality of the people. From bad to worst, here are the top 10 evil men in history.
10. Attila The Hun
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Attila was Khan of the Huns from 434 until his death in 453. He was leader of the Hunnic Empire which stretched from Germany to the Ural River and from the Danube River to the Baltic Sea. In much of Western Europe, he is remembered as the epitome of cruelty and rapacity. An unsuccessful campaign in Persia was followed in 441 by an invasion of the Eastern Roman Empire, the success of which emboldened Attila to invade the West. He passed unhindered through Austria and Germany, across the Rhine into Gaul, plundering and devastating all in his path with a ferocity unparalleled in the records of barbarian invasions and compelling those he overcame to augment his mighty army. Attila drowned in his own blood on his wedding night.
9. Maximilien Robespierre
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Maximilien Robespierre was a leader of the French revolution and it was his arguments that caused the revolutionary government to murder the king without a trial. In addition, Robespierre was one of the main driving forces behind the reign of terror, a 10 month post-revolutionary period in which mass executions were carried out. The Terror took the lives of between 18,500 to 40,000 people, with 1,900 being killed in the last month. Among people who were condemned by the revolutionary tribunals, about 8 percent were aristocrats, 6 percent clergy, 14 percent middle class, and 70 percent were workers or peasants accused of hoarding, evading the draft, desertion, rebellion, and other purported crimes.
In an act of coincidental justice, Robespierre was guillotined without a trial in 1794.
8. Ruhollah Khomeini
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Ayatollah Khomeini was the religious leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989. In that time he implemented Sharia Law (Islamic religious law) with the Islamic dress code enforced for both men and women by Islamic Revolutionary Guards and other Islamic groups. Opposition to the religious rule of the clergy or Islam in general was often met with harsh punishments. In a talk at the Fayzieah School in Qom, August 30, 1979, Khomeini said:
“Those who are trying to bring corruption and destruction to our country in the name of democracy will be oppressed. They are worse than Bani-Ghorizeh Jews, and they must be hanged. We will oppress them by God’s order and God’s call to prayer.”
In the 1988 massacre of Iranian prisoners, following the People’s Mujahedin of Iran operation Forough-e Javidan against the Islamic Republic, Khomeini issued an order to judicial officials to judge every Iranian political prisoner and kill those who would not repent anti-regime activities. Many say that thousands were swiftly put to death inside the prisons. The suppressed memoirs of Grand Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri reportedly detail the execution of 30,000 political activists.
After eleven days in a hospital for an operation to stop internal bleeding, Khomeini died of cancer on Saturday, June 04, 1989, at the age of 86.
7. Idi Amin Dada
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Idi Amin was an army officer and president of Uganda. He took power in a military coup in January 1971, deposing Milton Obote. His rule was characterized by human rights abuses, political repression, ethnic persecution, extra judicial killings and the expulsion of Indians from Uganda. The number of people killed as a result of his regime is unknown; estimates range from 80,000 to 500,000. On August 4, 1972, Amin issued a decree ordering the expulsion of the 60,000 Asians who were not Ugandan citizens (most of them held British passports). This was later amended to include all 80,000 Asians, with the exception of professionals, such as doctors, lawyers and teachers. Amin was eventually overthrown, but until his death, he held that Uganda needed him and he never expressed remorse for the abuses of his regime.
6. Leopold II of Belgium
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Leopold II was King of Belgium from 1865-1909. With financial support from the government, Leopold created the Congo Free State, a private project undertaken to extract rubber and ivory in the Congo region of central Africa, which relied on forced labour and resulted in the deaths of approximately 3 million Congolese. The regime of the Congo Free State became one of the more infamous international scandals of the turn of the century. The area of land privately owned by the King was an area 76 times larger than Belgium, which he was free to rule as a personal domain through his private army, the Force Publique. Leopold’s rubber gatherers tortured, maimed and slaughtered until at the turn of the century, the conscience of the Western world forced Brussels to call a halt.
5. Pol Pot
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Pol Pot was the leader of the Khmer Rouge and the Prime Minister of Cambodia from 1976 to 1979, having been de facto leader since mid-1975. During his time in power Pol Pot imposed an extreme version of agrarian communism where all city dwellers were relocatedto the countryside to work in collective farms and forced labour projects. The combined effect of slave labour, malnutrition, poor medical care and executions is estimated to have killed around 2 million Cambodians (approximately one third of the population). His regime achieved special notoriety for singling out all intellectuals and other “bourgeois enemies” for murder. The Khmer Rouge committed mass executions in sites known as the Killing Fields. The executed were buried in mass graves. In order to save ammunition, executions were often carried out using hammers, axe handles, spades or sharpened bamboo sticks.
4. Vlad Ţepeş
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Vlad III of Romania (also known as Vlad the Impaler) was Prince of Wallachia three times between 1448 and 1476. Vlad is best known for the legends of the exceedingly cruel punishments he imposed during his reign and for serving as the primary inspiration for the vampire main character in Bram Stoker’s popular Dracula novel. In Romania he is viewed by many as a prince with a deep sense of justice. His method of torture was a horse attached to each of the victim’s legs as a sharpened stake was gradually forced into the body. The end of the stake was usually oiled, and care was taken that the stake not be too sharp; else the victim might die too rapidly from shock. Wikipedia has an article that describes, in great details, the methods of Vlad’s cruelty. The list of tortures he is alleged to have employed is extensive: nails in heads, cutting off of limbs, blinding, strangulation, burning, cutting off of noses and ears, mutilation of sexual organs (especially in the case of women), scalping, skinning, exposureto the elements or to animals, and boiling alive. There are claims that on some occasions ten thousand people were impaled in 1460 alone.
3. Ivan IV of Russia
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Ivan IV of Russia, also know as Ivan the Terrible, was the Grand Duke of Muscovy from 1533 to 1547 and was the first ruler of Russia to assume the title of Tsar. In 1570, Ivan was under the belief that the elite of the city of Novgorod planned to defect to Poland, and led an army to stop them on January 2. Ivan’s soldiers built walls around the perimeter of the city in order to prevent thepeople of the city escaping. Between 500 and 1000 people were gathered every day by the troops, then tortured and killed in front of Ivan and his son. In 1581, Ivan beat his pregnant daughter-in-law for wearing immodest clothing, causing a miscarriage. His son, also named Ivan, upon learning of this, engaged in a heated argument with his father, which resulted in Ivan striking his son in the head with his pointed staff, causing his son’s (accidental) death.
2. Adolf Hitler
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Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, becoming “Führer” in 1934 until his suicide in 1945. By the end of the second world war, Hitler’s policies of territorial conquest and racial subjugation had brought death and destruction to tens of millions ofpeople , including the genocide of some six million Jews in what is now known as the Holocaust. On 30 April 1945, after intense street-to-street combat, when Soviet troops were spotted within a block or two of the Reich Chancellory, Hitler committed suicide, shooting himself while simultaneously biting into a cyanide capsule.
1. Josef Stalin
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Stalin was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union’s Central Committee from 1922 until his death in 1953. Under Stalin’s leadership, the Ukraine suffered from a famine (Holodomor) so great it is considered by many to be an act of genocide on the part of Stalin’s government. Estimates of the number of deaths range from 2.5 million to 10 million. The famine was caused by direct political and administrative decisions. In addition to the famine, Stalin ordered purges within the Soviet Union of any person deemed to be an enemy of the state. In total, estimates of the total number murdered under Stalins reign, range from 10 million to 60 million.
Bonus: Emperor Hirohito of Japan
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Hirohito was the Emporer of Japan from 1926 to 1989. In 1937, Japanese troops committed the war crime that is now known as the Rape of Nanking (the then Capital of China, now known as Nanjing). The duration of the massacre is not clearly defined, although the violence lasted well into the next six weeks, until early February 1938. During the occupation of Nanjing, the Japanese army committed numerous atrocities, such as rape, looting, arson and the execution of prisoners of war and civilians. A large number of women and children were also killed, as rape and murder became more widespread. The death toll is generally considered to be between 150,000 and 300,000. The Wikipedia article contains images and descriptions of the atrocities committed.

News The haunted bus stop...

•Ooooer! Does a ghost appear regularly at this spot on the Coleford-Cinderford road near the Dilke?
•Ooooer! Does a ghost appear regularly at this spot on the Coleford-Cinderford road near the Dilke?
Lone figure waits…then vanishes
A LONG-time driver who regularly passes the Dilke Hospital during the night has the shivers after encountering what he believes is a ghost…twice!

Not wishing to be identified in case his employers worry about his state of mind, the man says he is sure there is something supernatural about a figure waiting in the road by the bus stop at the Dilke side of the road – only to vanish when the kind-hearted driver offered him a lift into Cinderford.

The first time it happened 18 months ago, knowing no bus was due, he drew in to offer the man a lift. The half-past midnight encounter was unsettling.

“The shelter has windows and when I pulled up and looked out and there was nobody there at all, I wondered if it had just been a reflection in one of the glass panels,” he said.

But he looked all around and there was nobody in sight…

Putting the mystery to the back of his mind he had all but forgotten it until last Sunday, when the figure again appeared at the bus stop at around 7pm and he slowed down. Once again it had gone when he drew level. Once again, there was nobody at all in sight.

And thinking back to the earlier occasion, he remembered the figure had looked exactly the same and was even looking in the same direction on both occasions, as if waiting for somebody he knew.

The driver is so convinced that there is something odd about the encounters that he wonders if anyone knows of “something terrible” that happened at this spot many years ago.

“It might be quite some time ago, because everyone I have told about it says they have heard of nothing like that. And the bus stop itself must be fairly recent,” he said.

“Even the cemetery and crematorium over the road, the sort of place you might expect to have ghostly goings-on, only started in the 1950s.” 

Minggu, 26 Juni 2016

Nostradamus-Fulfilled Prophecies

Nostradamus was born as Michel de Nostredame, in 1503. After his family was struck by plague and none remained except for Nostradame, he moved to Italy. He then intended to write an Almanac. Almanac's success had such impact that, he decided to write it on an yearly basis. It was while writing this Almanac that he had latinized his name to Nostradamus.

Nostradamus was a man who was way ahead of his time. He was a physician, astronomer and astrologer. Nostradamus wrote his predictions in the form of short poems consisting four lines called the Quatrains. Nostradamus completed a total of 942 quatrains, which were organized into centuries(100 Quatrains) and 46 Quatrains make a century.

In the posts that will follow we shall look into each of the centuries in detail.

In the present post, we shall look into the fulfilled Prophecies of Nostradamus.

The Death of King Henry II.

The Quatrain goes thus.

The young lion will overcome the older one,
On the field of combat in a single battle;
He will pierce his eyes through a golden cage,
Two wounds made one, then he dies a cruel death.
King Henry



The young lion will overcome the older one,
On the field of combat in a single battle
Henry II ignored the forewarnings of Nostradamus. Here are the details of his death. He participated in a joustling contest, against Comte de Montgomery, Montgomery was younger than Henry. Both had lions embossed on their shields.

Two wounds made one, and then he will die a cruel death.

Montgomery had failed to lower his lance which shattered, sending a large splinter through Henry's gilded visor (golden cage). The result was two moral wounds One splinter spliced eye; the other impaled his temple just behind the eye. Both the splinters from the lance penetrated his brain. Henry lived for ten days in agony, thus fulfilling the Nostradamus' prophecy that he would die a cruel death.

What is a Ghost?

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The question "What is a ghost?" has been asked by millions of people for thousands of years. Every culture across the planet views ghosts differently. Some believe that ghosts are evil spirits that should be feared, while others believe that ghosts are here to help and protect the living. 

Ghosts are generally thought of as the apparition ( the appearance of) or spirit of someone or some thing that is no longer living. Many theorize that a ghost is simply caught between the world of the living and the afterlife. Possibly confused about their own  death. This is why many people believe that ghosts are often found in places of terrible tragedy and sudden death.

Other theories regard ghosts as just another form of energy. We are all made up of energy. Some scientists believe that energy doesn't die, but simply changes form. Ghosts could be the same energy in a new form, without a physical body. Another theory is that ghosts are only imprints left on the atmosphere around us by what some call our "life force". 

Although there may be no definite explanation for what a ghost is, it is hard to deny that there is definitely something about them that has captured the minds of millions. With thousands of reported sightings and encounters for centuries, it is also hard to deny that ghosts just might be real. The thought of a ghost being real is scary to some and fascinating to others. Can they see us? Do they hear us when we speak?

There are different types of ghosts that people have reported encounters with as well. History will tell us that not all ghosts are considered friendly and some actually create feelings of sadness and terror.

A poltergeist is said to be one form of a ghost that is reported to move objects and make noises to let it's presence be known. Poltergeists are often regarded as bad or evil spirits and are sometimes even associated with demons. A poltergeist is said to sometimes center around one person in a household. This person is usually someone who may be suffering from some form of emotional turmoil or change. Adolescents are often associated with this type of ghost.

Demons are often referred to as ghosts, but are theorized by many to be a completely different thing. Demons are most commonly believed to be fallen angels or forces of pure evil. Some believe that there are two basic forces that hold our world into place. One being in the form of goodness and purity, while the other takes the form of absolute darkness and evil. Demons are believed by some to a manifestation of that influence. They are also believed to have the power to inhabit the bodies of humans or animals.


Apparitions are the most common type of ghost and involve the appearance or sighting of someone that is no longer living. Apparitions can be full body or partial in appearance. Some apparitions are said to appear only in places that were familiar to them in life, while others remain a mystery. Some say that this type of ghost can appear to relatives or loved ones and have been said to warn of imminent danger.

There are many other types of ghosts and paranormal activity and the best way to get the answers that you may be seeking is to do some investigating of your own. Research and theorize for yourself. "What is a ghost?" just might be a question that can never be completely answered. People will continue to investigate and theorize, but we may not get the answer to this age old question until we become ghosts ourselves.

Bentwaters UFO sightings

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There have been many UFO sightings in American history, as some of the famous ones such as Area 51 Roswell, Belgian UFO wave, and the Battle for Los Angeles, are all extremely well-known UFO sightings. However, amongst these top tier famous sightings lies another unsolved UFO mystery, and that is the case of the Bentwater sightings, more commonly known as Rendlesham Forest incident. It is coined Rendlesham Forest due to the unexplained sightings, lights, and alleged landings of multiple unknown crafts from an unknown entity. The Rendlesham Forest located in Suffolk England, was the primary a victim of these sightings during the later end of December in 1980.

 As many ufologists consider it Britain's Roswell, many believe this is the most infamous case of sightings ever seen within England. Suspiciously enough, England's Ministry of Defense chose not to investigate the scene nor the incidents, as it was believed that it posed no serious threat to the security of the area or the nation. There were apparently two main dates of which the sightings went on, December 26 and 28. December 26, during the early hours of the day there was an apparent report of unusual lights spotting into the Rendlesham Forest. One serviceman by the name of Sgt. Jim Penniston claimed in his report that it was an unknown craft from somewhere unknown. Currently, Penniston's report of the incident shows no such claim and was not dated nor signed, as many believe this was the governments attempt to cover up what had truly gone on. However, even though the Jim Penniston's claim is covered, there were a massive amounts of calls that were sent to the Ministry of Defense from Orford Ness lighthouse, where individuals claimed to have seen an unusual light. Furthermore, during this period of time, many farm animals were unexpectedly acting in a state of panic. Only two days later during the early hours of December 28, some individuals reported seeing a flashing light into the field to the east, as many thought it was in alignment of the farmhouse that was prevalent two days prior. That night there were reports of unusually bright stars in the sky to the north and south of which case the brightest of them all was an apparent beam. There are apparently multiple video takes that were taken of the incident, however, the tapes have not been found nor made public ever since.

Since the apparent incidents, there have been later studies and findings that indicate that the sightings that underwent on December 26 and 28 were of top-notch concern to be covered up by both the British and American governments. As the American and British governments both went to exponentially extensive lengths in order to cover up the apparent incidents from ever occurring, the Rendlesham Forest was a scenario that will remain a mystery to man for many years to come. 


osama dead body conspiracy

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There are news coming up that osama bin laden dead body is disposed of at sea in Islamic tradition.

what was there so hurry to perform this death ceremony rather than show to the world his dead body so that every one would believe he is really dead.

Why did they buried him so suddenly, now the conspiracy theories are saying all this Osama killing is hoax that US govt is saying.
we got to wait and see the real news as to whether US military still posses the Osama bin laden dead body or this news about disposing off his body at sea is some rumors.

osama bin laden death mystery is still unsolved .

Crop Circle



What you see here is NOT a Graphics Designd Picture of Geometric formation


Crop circles are geometrical formations of flattened crops found in many countries but mainly in England. They have been found in wheat, barley, canola, rye, corn, linseed and soy.
The phenomenon itself entered the public consciousness in its current form after notable appearances in England in the late 1970s. Various explanations were put forward to explain the phenomenon, which soon spread around the world.


In 1991, two men, Doug Bower and Dave Chorley, revealed that they had been making crop circles in England since 1978 using planks, rope, hats and wire as their only tools. Circlemakers a UK-based arts collective founded by John Lundberg have been creating large scale complex crop circles since the early 1990s.




Early examples of this phenomenon were usually simple circular patterns of various sizes, which led some people to speculate that it was a natural phenomenon. But after some years, more and more elaborate and complex geometric patterns have emerged.


Later formations, those occurring after 2000, appear to be based on other principles, natural sciences and mathematics designs, including fractals. Many crop circles have fine intricate detail, regular symmetry and careful composition.

Elements of three-dimensionality became more frequent, culminating in spectacular images of cube-shaped structures.



After the public admission of the original creators, crop circle activity skyrocketed. Each new design sought to be more complex than earlier designs. Today crop circle designs have increased in complexity to the point where they have become an art form in and of themselves.

Davinci Code mystery has been Solved?

Scientist and researcher Art of Italy which named Maurizio Serancini claimed to have uncovered a secret code da Vinci better known by the term da Vinci Code. Professor Serancini sure there are things hidden in a number of paintings at Florence's Palazzo Vecchio is described by da Vinci in which a battle in Anghiari.
Da Vinci Code mystery is considered to have a purpose that is essential
Da Vinci Code mystery is considered to have a purpose that is essential
 Hint: A nearby banner revealing the words Cerca Trova - seek, and ye shall find
Hint: close of the banner express the words Cerca Trova - seek, and ye shall find
The unfinished painting since 1503 to save a puzzle and mystery, which looks at the painting there are parts that you can look at the area indicated by the red circle there is a secret code or password da Vinci. In his research Professor Serancini using radar and X-ray to detect a cavity behind the wall by 1 inch.
Professor Serancini been given permission to use a neutron beam projector to see if these walls hide linseed oil-based paint da Vinci is known to have utility. Marco Agnoletti spokesman for the Mayor of Florence Matteo Renzi said for now they just want to know if a painting Leonardo da Vinci actually there or not. We may find something he told ruanghati.com of online mail. Da Vinci's work is considered as being important.
Da Vinci painted the battle of Anghiari to mark proklamas Florence as a republic, following the dropping of the family Medici. He did not finish because the Medici returned to power in 1560, is estimated to Vasari commissioned to produce new works in the same place.+

Mysterious Lake , who Can Whistle to Calling You!

Surely you've come a point which There was suddenly a magical force around you, causing you to stand chilling. LHA also this feeling that is felt by local residents Son Doong Cave, cave The biggest is located in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Bo Trach District, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam. This cave strange noises all day and coupled with its cold temperatures actually cause hair-raising residents of housing surrounding the creeps.
Created strange noises eerie impression of this cave so that people around the Phong Nha Go Bang National Park, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam, did not dare to set foot into the cave Son Doong. Belief in the supernatural found in the cave is eerie all the residents there.
Khabar about this mysterious cave and reached the ears of British scientists. These scientists also came to this cave to make observations. They were very surprised this vast cave five times the amount even larger than the largest cave in Vietnam, Phong Nha. More surprised when they take measurements above the cave, was greater than the record holder of the largest caves in world, Deer in Malaysia, it is only 2km long, 100 meters high and 90 meters wide. Son Doong Cave thus is the largest cave in the world with a length of about 5 km, height 200 m, and width of 150 meters.
Until last year, a group of British scientists uncover the hidden treasure Vientam. The researchers went to Son Doong Cave for observation. How surprised they were, it turns out that the vast cave. This cave was five times larger of gaa largest in Vietnam, Phong Nha, even after measured, the extent is much larger than the world's largest cave, Deer in Malaysia.
Not only that, the team of British researchers from the British Cave Research Association has also managed to uncover the strange noises that had been feared by the population. According to them the strange whistling caused by wind and river underground water is very swift, so strange voices echoing it.
After a spectacular discovery, the British expedition team is continuing research about the mountains of the western province of Quang Binh and get incredible discovery. Within one month of eksedisi merea, found 20 more caves which thus means in Phong Nha Go Bang National Park, there are 150 caves.

Capuchin Catacombs in palermo

Catacombs of the Capuchins (Italian Catacombe dei Cappuccini) – burial catacombs located in the city of Palermo in Sicily, in which the clear remains of more than eight thousand people – the local elite and prominent citizens: the clergy, the aristocracy and the representatives of various professions. This is one of the most famous exhibition of mummies – skeletirovannye, mummified, embalmed body of the dead lie, stand, hang, form a composition.

Capuchin catacombs are located under the Capuchin monastery (Italian Convento dei Cappuccini) outside the historic center of Palermo. Piazza Independents (Norman and palaces of Orleans) to pass along Corso Kalatafimi two blocks and then turn on Via Pindemonte. Said street ends Piazza Cappuccino, which is building a monastery.
By the end of XVI century, the inhabitants of the Capuchin monastery has grown considerably, and there was a need for a dignified and spacious cemetery for the monks. For this purpose we adapted the crypt under the monastery church. In 1599 there was buried brother Silvestro of Gubbio, and then the remains were moved here several previously deceased monks. In what room crypt was close, and the Capuchins gradually dug a long passage in which up to 1871 placed the body of deceased monks.
Already in the XVII century, it became clear that the singularity of soil and atmosphere Capuchin Catacombs prevent decomposition of bodies. The basic method of preparing bodies for placement in the Catacombs was drying them in special chambers (Collatio) for eight months. After this period the mummified remains were washed with vinegar, clothed in the finest clothes (sometimes, according to the wills, the body changed clothes several times a year) and placed directly into the hallways and kubikulah Catacombs. Some bodies were placed in coffins, but in most cases the bodies were hung, exposed or laid in an open form in niches or on shelves along the walls. During epidemics method of preserving bodies is altered: the remains of the dead were immersed in diluted lime or solutions containing arsenic, and after this procedure, the body also exhibited on display.
Philanthropists and benefactors of the monastery have also expressed a desire to be buried in the catacombs. For their burials were dug up additional lanes and kubikuly. Up until 1739 the burial permit issued in the catacombs of the archbishops of Palermo Capuchin or managers, then – the abbot of the monastery. In XVIII-XIX centuries, the Capuchin Catacombs became prestigious cemetery for the clergy, the nobility and the bourgeois families of Palermo.
Capuchin catacombs were officially closed for burials only in 1882. Over three centuries in this unique cemetery were buried about 8,000 residents of Palermo – the clergy, monks and laymen. After 1880, for exceptional petitions in the catacombs were placed a few of the dead, including Vice Consul Giovanni Paterniti (1911) and two years of Rosalia Lombardo, the incorrupt bodies of which are the main attractions of the catacombs.
After the official closing of the Catacombs (1881) is buried a few more people whose remains have been embalmed. The most recent was buried here Rosalia Lombardo (died December 6, 1920). Doctor performing the embalming – Alfredo Salafia, never discovered the secret of preserving the body, was only known that it was based on the chemical injection. As a result, remain incorruptible, not only the soft tissues of the face the girls, but the eyeballs, eyelashes, hair. Currently, the secret is open-ended Italian scientists on the study of embalming. Alfredo Salafia found a diary that describes the composition: formalin, alcohol, glycerin, zinc salts and some other ingredients. The mixture was fed under pressure through the arteries and to disperse the blood vessels throughout the body. Conducted in the U.S. research on embalming with the use of the Salafi gave excellent results.
As the number of bodies buried here Catacombs expanded – increased existing corridors, and broke new. As a result, the Catacombs in terms of acquired form of a rectangle with an additional corridor (Corridor priests), parallel to the lesser of the parties.
Side of the rectangle – the so-called corridors of the monks, men, women and professionals. At the intersection of major corridors created small kubikuly – children, virgins and the Chapel of St. Rosalia.
For practical reasons, the entrance to the “dead-end” corridors and kubikuly blocked lattices, and the movement of visitors is organized around the perimeter of the rectangle.
Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo residents were considered as a cemetery, though unusual. Since the XVIII-XIX centuries buried here was a matter of prestige, are buried in the catacombs of the ancestors of many current residents of Palermo.
The Catacombs are regularly visited by the descendants of those whose bodies are here. Moreover, after the official closing of the Catacombs for burials (1882), the walls of the monastery was arranged by the “usual” cemetery, so that the tradition of burial “of the Capuchins’ remains to this day.
In various towns and villages of Sicily Capuchins established in imitation palermitanskim catacombs other underground vaults, which also displayed the mummified body. The most famous of these tombs are the Catacombs of the Capuchins in the town Savoka (Province of Messina), which holds about fifty mummies from the local clergy and nobility.
Unique Cemetery is one of the most famous attractions of Palermo, attracting many tourists. Although the photo-and video in the catacombs forbidden to several European and American broadcasters, including NTV, managed to get permission to shoot.


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