SHADES OF GEORGE ORWELL/INVISIBILITY

IN I IBILITY ACH IVED?

Scientists Create Cloak of Invisibility
WASHINGTON - Scientists are boldly going where only fiction has gone before - to develop a Cloak of Invisibility. It isn't quite ready to hide a Romulan space ship from Capt. James T. Kirk or to disguise Harry Potter, but it is a significant start and could show the way to more sophisticated designs. In this first successful experiment, researchers from the United States and England were able to cloak a copper cylinder. It's like a mirage, where heat causes the bending of light rays and cloaks the road ahead behind an image of the sky. "We have built an artificial mirage that can hide something from would-be observers in any direction," said cloak designer David Schurig, a research associate in Duke University's electrical and computer engineering department. For their first attempt, the researchers designed a cloak that prevents microwaves from detecting objects. Like light and radar waves, microwaves usually bounce off objects, making them visible to instruments and creating a shadow that can be detected. Cloaking used special materials to deflect radar or light or other waves around an object, like water flowing around a smooth rock in a stream. It differs from stealth technology, which does not make an aircraft invisible but reduces the cross-section available to radar, making it hard to track. The new work points the way for an improved version that could hide people and objects from visible light. Conceptually, the chance of adapting the concept to visible light is good, Schurig said in a telephone interview. But, he added, "From an engineering point of view it is very challenging." The cloaking of a cylinder from microwaves comes just five months after Schurig and colleagues published their theory that it should be possible. Their work is reported in a paper in Friday's issue of the journal Science. "We did this work very quickly ... and that led to a cloak that is not optimal," said co-author David R. Smith, also of Duke. "We know how to make a much better one." The first working cloak was in only two dimensions and did cast a small shadow, Smith said. The next step is to go for three dimensions and to eliminate any shadow. Viewers can see things because objects scatter the light that strikes them, reflecting some of it back to the eye. "The cloak reduces both an object's reflection and its shadow, either of which would enable its detection," Smith said.
The cloak is made of metamaterials, which are mixtures of metal and circuit board materials such as ceramic, Teflon or fiber composite. In an ideal situation, the cloak and the item it is hiding would be invisible. An observer would see whatever is beyond them, with no evidence the cloaked item exists. "Since we do not have a perfect cloak at this point, there is some reflection and some shadow, meaning that the background would still be visible just darkened somewhat. ... We now just need to improve the performance of cloaking structures." In a very speculative application, he added, "one could imagine 'cloaking' acoustic waves, so as to shield a region from vibration or seismic activity." Natalia M. Litchinitser, a researcher at the University of Michigan department of electrical engineering and computer science who was not part of the research team, said the ideas raised by the work "represent a first step toward the development of functional materials for a wide spectrum of civil and military applications." Joining Schurig and Smith in the project were researchers at Imperial College in London and SensorMetrix, a materials and technology company in San Diego. The research was supported by the Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program and the United Kingdom Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
Science: http://www.sciencemag.org

IN I IBILITY ACH IVED?

Scientists Create Cloak of Invisibility
WASHINGTON - Scientists are boldly going where only fiction has gone before - to develop a Cloak of Invisibility. It isn't quite ready to hide a Romulan space ship from Capt. James T. Kirk or to disguise Harry Potter, but it is a significant start and could show the way to more sophisticated designs. In this first successful experiment, researchers from the United States and England were able to cloak a copper cylinder. It's like a mirage, where heat causes the bending of light rays and cloaks the road ahead behind an image of the sky. "We have built an artificial mirage that can hide something from would-be observers in any direction," said cloak designer David Schurig, a research associate in Duke University's electrical and computer engineering department. For their first attempt, the researchers designed a cloak that prevents microwaves from detecting objects. Like light and radar waves, microwaves usually bounce off objects, making them visible to instruments and creating a shadow that can be detected. Cloaking used special materials to deflect radar or light or other waves around an object, like water flowing around a smooth rock in a stream. It differs from stealth technology, which does not make an aircraft invisible but reduces the cross-section available to radar, making it hard to track. The new work points the way for an improved version that could hide people and objects from visible light. Conceptually, the chance of adapting the concept to visible light is good, Schurig said in a telephone interview. But, he added, "From an engineering point of view it is very challenging." The cloaking of a cylinder from microwaves comes just five months after Schurig and colleagues published their theory that it should be possible. Their work is reported in a paper in Friday's issue of the journal Science. "We did this work very quickly ... and that led to a cloak that is not optimal," said co-author David R. Smith, also of Duke. "We know how to make a much better one." The first working cloak was in only two dimensions and did cast a small shadow, Smith said. The next step is to go for three dimensions and to eliminate any shadow. Viewers can see things because objects scatter the light that strikes them, reflecting some of it back to the eye. "The cloak reduces both an object's reflection and its shadow, either of which would enable its detection," Smith said.
The cloak is made of metamaterials, which are mixtures of metal and circuit board materials such as ceramic, Teflon or fiber composite. In an ideal situation, the cloak and the item it is hiding would be invisible. An observer would see whatever is beyond them, with no evidence the cloaked item exists. "Since we do not have a perfect cloak at this point, there is some reflection and some shadow, meaning that the background would still be visible just darkened somewhat. ... We now just need to improve the performance of cloaking structures." In a very speculative application, he added, "one could imagine 'cloaking' acoustic waves, so as to shield a region from vibration or seismic activity." Natalia M. Litchinitser, a researcher at the University of Michigan department of electrical engineering and computer science who was not part of the research team, said the ideas raised by the work "represent a first step toward the development of functional materials for a wide spectrum of civil and military applications." Joining Schurig and Smith in the project were researchers at Imperial College in London and SensorMetrix, a materials and technology company in San Diego. The research was supported by the Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program and the United Kingdom Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
Science: http://www.sciencemag.org


SHADES OF GEORGE ORWELL ----------1984-2007
Judge Upholds Smoking Ban in Colorado


DENVER - A federal judge on Friday upheld Colorado's statewide smoking ban, rejecting arguments that it violates the constitutional rights of bar owners.
The bar owners had sued to overturn the ban, arguing it unfairly applied to them while exempting casinos and airport smoking lounges. U.S. District Judge Lewis T. Babcock ruled they had not shown the exemptions were irrational or unfair. He rejected the plaintiffs' arguments that the ban unfairly made bar owners criminally liable for their patrons' actions, that its penalties were vague and that it infringed on their property rights. The smoking ban, approved by the Legislature and governor last spring, took effect July 1. It exempts casinos, cigar bars, airport smoking lounges and private workplaces with three employees or less. The suit was filed in June by the Coalition for Equal Rights Inc. and Shari Warren, a tavern owner in Black Forest. Deputy Attorney General Jason Dunn said the ruling upholds lawmakers' authority to pass constitutional legislation, despite opposition from some groups. Joseph Becker of the Mountain States Legal Foundation, who represented the plaintiffs, rejected that argument, saying, "If there's a role for the judiciary, it's to be a check on the tyranny of the majority." "No matter how big a majority you have, you can't take away an individual's rights," he said, calling the ban "a very blatant case of treating similarly situated entities differently." He said no decision had been made on an appeal.

RUSSIA REJECTS ISRAEL'S PLEA

This day in Knoxville Tennessee the Traffic Cams are tracing visitors with tickets for going through the "Yellow Light" on the trafficam system ( Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter. Ecclesiastes 10:20 ) which they will receive after a month or two (their way of saying thanks for visiting the Great Smokey Mountains, I assume), and the "ladybugs, wasps, and other insects are dismayed and confused" as they come out to enjoy sunlight to the temperature degrees of 80 for this date of 10/18/2006. Israel has made it's appeal to Russia to deter it's Nuclear Program but Russia resounds with a loud NO, which indicates the reverse of the United States policy to intervene against Iran and it's nuclear ambition against the annihilation of Israel, after all, it is an election year. South Korea and Japan may need to take notice of our support of Israel it could spell the future for them and that of Taiwan as we seem to be backing off of our support of so-called Democracies.

Israel Wants Russian Help With Iran


MOSCOW - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert appealed to Russia on Wednesday to help block Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, but Russian President Vladimir Putin offered the visiting Israeli leader no public reassurances.
Relations between Russia and Israel have warmed dramatically in recent years, but the countries are in deep disagreement over the Iranian nuclear issue. Israel, like the West, doesn't believe Tehran's claims that its nuclear program is for energy, and wants its capabilities nipped.
But Russia says it has no proof Iran seeks a nuclear weapon and continues to build Iran's first, $800 million nuclear reactor. Russia, which wields veto power as a permanent Security Council member, has been a major impediment to imposing U.N. sanctions on Iran for refusing to scale back its nuclear ambitions.
But Olmert said those ambitions need to be thwarted.
"We don't have the privilege to ignore the true intentions of Iran, whose leadership publicly calls for the destruction of the state of Israel," Olmert said at a joint news conference with Putin after their meeting. "The entire international community must join ranks to block Iran's intention of arming itself with nuclear weapons."
"I leave this meeting with the sense that President Putin understands the danger that is lurking from Iran's direction, should it succeed in realizing its objectives of arming itself with nuclear weapons," he added.
Putin remained stonily silent, appearing to brush off Olmert's request by saying nothing about Iran at the news conference.
Fears about Russia's role in the Iranian standoff grew last month when Moscow, caving in to Iranian pressure, agreed to ship fuel to the atomic power plant it is building in Iran. The fear is that the fuel will be diverted and used to produce bombs.
Despite the tensions, relations between Russia and Israel have improved dramatically since the days of the Cold War, when Moscow helped to arm Arab nations fighting Israel and barred Jews from leaving the Soviet Union.
As the Soviet Union was collapsing in the early 1990s, both nations restored ties, and Moscow loosened the emigration restrictions, prompting more than 1 million Russian-speakers to immigrate to Israel.
Now, Russia is a member of the Quartet of international Middle East peace negotiations, along with the United States, the United Nations and the European Union, which proposed the "road map" peace plan that foundered shortly after it was introduced in June 2003.
Putin, who took office in 2000, called for a resumption of talks.
"The only way to get out of the vicious circle of violence is to stop making mutual accusations, free hostages and resume peaceful dialogue. Russia, as a member of the Middle East Quartet, intends to assist in a rapid stabilization of the situation and a resumption of the negotiating process," he said.
Olmert said that Israel was committed to the resumption of peace talks and that he wants to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a moderate who was elected last year separately from government members of Hamas, which refuses to recognize Israel. Israel is boycotting the Islamic militant group.
However, Olmert reiterated that the conditions laid down by the Quartet must be respected, in particular the recognition of Israel and of all existing peace agreements between Israel and the Palestinians.
Abbas doesn't want to meet with Olmert without assurances he would have something to show for it - such as an Israeli promise to release some of the thousands of Palestinian prisoners Israel holds. But Israel says it won't free prisoners until Hamas-linked militants free an Israeli soldier they captured nearly four months ago.
Olmert alluded to Russia's supply of military technology to other Israeli enemies. Israel claims Lebanon-based Hezbollah guerrillas used Russian missiles in a summer war with Israel. Israel does not accuse Russia of directly supplying Hezbollah, but maintains the arms were sold to Syria and Iran, which sent them on to their Hezbollah proxies.
Russia denies its missiles reached Hezbollah, but Israeli media reported that Russia has issued directives to tighten arms export controls. The Russians have reported no tightening of controls and Olmert said weapons transfers were an issue in his meeting with Putin.
"We discussed the importance of implementing the arms embargo on countries that transfer weapons to Hezbollah," Olmert said.
As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us. Lamentations 4:17

PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE

PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE
A MOVIE (?) FROM PRODUCER ED WOOD
OR A PRELUDE TO ANSWERS OF A UFO LANDING - CONSIDER -
FILMAKER OR PERHAPS PROPHET?
Plot Summary for
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
"Can your heart stand the shocking facts about Graverobbers from Outer Space?" That's the question on the lips of the narrator of this tale about flying saucers, zombies and cardboard tombstones. A pair of aliens, angered by the "stupid minds" of planet Earth, set up shop in a California cemetery. Their plan: to animate an army of the dead to march on the capitals of the world. (The fact that they have only managed to resurrect three zombies to date has not discouraged them.) An intrepid airline pilot living near the cemetery must rescue his wife from this low-budget terror. "Can you prove it *didn't* happen?" In this classic and underrated low budget horror, evil aliens attack Earth and set their terrible "Plan 9" in action. As the aliens resurrect the dead of the Earth to destroy the living, our stupid minds are in danger, in this horrifying and excellent thriller from legendary filmmaker Edward D. Wood, Jr. Tagline: Unspeakable Horrors From Outer Space Paralyze The Living And Resurrect The Dead!
Plot Outline: Aliens resurrect dead humans as zombies and vampires to stop human kind from creating the Solaranite (a sort of sun-driven bomb). Note: Solar Panels?
NOTE: In the scriptures there are many resurrections – two of which are most notable. 1. Is the resurrection unto life for believers in Jesus Christ another 2. Is a type of resurrection which occurs out of the bottomless pit.
1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. 2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. 3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. 5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. 6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. 7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. 8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. 9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. 10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. 11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. 12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter. Revelation 9:1-12
Plan 9 from Outer Space is a 1959 science fiction/horror film written, produced and directed by Edward D. Wood, Jr. The movie is widely regarded as a leading candidate for the title of "worst movie ever made", although this is subject to considerable debate amongst aficionados of bad cinema. It earned Edward D. Wood, Jr. (a devotee of Orson Welles) a posthumous Golden Turkey Award as the worst director ever. See: Late Great Planet Earth, author Hal Lindsey starring Orson Welles circa 1970(?) Despite its reputation as a bad film, it does not appear on the The Internet Movie Database's "Bottom 100" list of the 100 worst-reviewed films on the site. Reportedly, in his research for the film Ed Wood, Martin Landau watched all of Bela Lugosi's movies and said Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla "made the Ed Wood films look like Gone with the Wind."
History
Plan 9 was originally titled Grave Robbers from Outer Space, but it was changed to Plan 9 from Outer Space. The reason for the change is said to be because the original title was supposedly considered sacrilegious by the film's backers, the deacons of the Baptist Church of Beverly Hills (this story is documented in the film biography Ed Wood).
In reality, the Baptists who sponsored the film were not opposed to the title Grave Robbers from Outer Space. The exact circumstances are unknown, but the film, which took three years to release, was distributed as Plan 9 from Outer Space without any acknowledgement of the congregation. It is possible that Wood, or his distributor, were trying to avoid paying royalties. Note: The difference between grave robbers (which men do) and the resurrection is the resurrection is caused by God (or as the movie would depict by an alien force). To convince the church to bankroll the film, Wood had the entire cast baptized. However, since Tor Johnson, a professional wrestler, was such a huge man (well over 300 pounds) he couldn't fit into the church's baptismal. Thus the baptism was convened at a swimming pool. The film is introduced and narrated by television psychic The Amazing Criswell, and involves aliens who attempt to conquer the Earth by resurrecting corpses from a cemetery. The aliens have divined that the human race will soon develop the ultimate weapon: a bomb made of solarbenite that can "explode the particles of sunlight" and ultimately destroy the universe. They have attempted eight times to persuade humanity not to build the bomb, but find themselves unable to even get humanity's attention. "Plan 9", their plan to resurrect the dead, is their final, desperate attempt. Unbelievably, this is all claimed to be based on sworn testimony, even though Criswell says it takes place in the future. At the end of the film, the aliens are defeated, although according to the film's internal "logic" this is a Bad Thing because it will allow the humans to develop the solarbenite bomb and destroy the universe. In many respects, the film is a remake of the science-fiction classic The Day the Earth Stood Still albeit with horror elements attached. The film is infamous for "almost starring" (as modern releases invariably phrase it) Bela Lugosi. The scenes featuring Lugosi were not shot with this film in mind at all. They likely were test shots from a proposed Wood film "The Ghoul Goes West"; when Lugosi was released from rehab, he told an interviewer he was about to begin work on that said film. Wood essentially wrote it into the Plan 9 screenplay after Lugosi died in 1956 and re-wrote it so that his "character" returns from the dead as a vampire. However, this role was filled by the late Dr. Tom Mason, his wife Kathy O'Hara's chiropractor. Dr. Mason, in reality, looked nothing like Lugosi and was far taller. Reportedly Wood was amazed by how Mason's nose and eyes were Lugosi-like. Wood attempted (unsuccessfully) to hide the subterfuge by having Mason perform all his scenes while holding his cape in front of his face. However, in another Wood film shot later that year, Night of the Ghouls, Mason was allowed to show his face. These were his first and last films.
Mistakes
Plan 9 From Outer Space is widely noted for having a plethora of obvious goofs. Some of the most glaring include: *"Night" and "day" shots are interspersed constantly within the same scene (for example, Paula Trent runs in darkness through the cemetery, while the old man's corpse chases her in daylight). One porthole on the alien spaceship shows a cloudy day (shown during a scene set at night), while the others show only blackness. *Mason's attempts to hide the fact that he is not Lugosi are wildly unsuccessful. As an early version of Leonard Maltin's movie guidebook put it, "Lugosi died during production, and it shows." (Lugosi actually died before production ever started.) *Criswell's opening narration redundantly informs the viewer how "future events such as these will affect you in the future". *In the numerous graveyard scenes, as characters brush against tombstones, the stones wobble and, in one case, fall over. *During a scene in an airplane cockpit, a flash of light from a flying saucer reveals the shadow of the boom mike. Also in this scene, the actress playing the flight attendant bumps into the curtain several times while waiting for her cue. *The flying saucers (visibly wobbling on strings) cast shadows over the "space" backdrop. *When Tor Johnson drops the girl in the cemetery, a pillow is clearly visible beneath her. *Most notably in the first scenes, string is clearly visible from the top of the wobbly saucer to the top of the screen. Documenting the film
The movie is the subject of a documentary entitled Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The Plan 9 Companion, which is notable for being 30 minutes longer than the movie itself. The documentary is included on many DVD releases of the movie. Rudolph Grey's book Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood Jr. contains anecdotes regarding the making of this film. Grey notes that participants in the original events sometimes contradict one another, but he relates each person's information for posterity regardless. In 1994, Tim Burton directed a fictionalized biopic, Ed Wood, which climaxes with the making and release of this film, starring Johnny Depp in the title role, Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi, and Bill Murray as Bunny Breckinridge (who played the alien "Ruler" in Plan 9). Ed Wood also featured frequent Wood cohorts Conrad Brooks and Gregory Walcott, both of whom appeared in Plan 9. The DVD featured an audio commentary track by comedian Michael J. Nelson of Mystery Science Theater 3000 fame. (The producers of the series at one point actually screened the film for Mystery Science Theater 3000, but found it to have too much dialogue to fit the show's format. Instead, the series' cast mocked an earlier Wood film, Bride of the Monster, which also starred Bela Lugosi and Tor Johnson.) The DVD also featured a restored black and white version of Plan 9 as well as a home movie of Edward D. Wood in drag performing a striptease (Wood, in real life, was a cross-dresser) and the "lost" Plans 1-8. The standard release of the DVD also included an information text track not available on the pre-release edition. Fans of the film affectionately said of the colorized version that it made "Ed Wood's incredibly cheap sets look even worse." [1] The autographed edition also came with a limited edition air freshener. [2] The colorized version was also shown at various theaters throughout the country, including the Castro Theatre on March 11, 2006. [3]References in popular culture
*An unofficial theatrical version of Plan 9 was staged in the 2006 Toronto Fringe Festival. "Plan LIVE from Outer Space!" was written by James Gordon Taylor and featured well known Canadian comedians (most of them Second City alumni) such as Lisa Brooke, Aurora Browne, Brandon Firla, Chris Gibbs, Sandy Jobin-Bevans and Ron Sparks. *A murder mystery play was written, Plan 10 From Outer Space, featuring Ed Wood directing his next blockbuster. *[4]An adventure game of the same name was made in which you must recover the film from Bela Lugosi's double, who has stolen it. [5] *The Bell Labs successor to the Unix operating system was named Plan 9 from Bell Labs based on the name of this movie. Horror punk icons The Misfits named one of their record labels "PLAN 9", and released a song, "Vampira", named after the film's female lead. [6] *Chiller Theatre in New Jersey hosts an annual horror convention, featuring two of the three zombies from Plan 9 (Maila Nurmi and Tor Johnson).[citation needed] *Those that preordered the video game Destroy All Humans!, available for the Xbox and PlayStation 2 video game consoles, received a bonus DVD of Plan 9 from Outer Space when the game was released. The game itself also features several references to the movie. But the movie is also unlockable in the game, along with Teenagers From Outer Space, but neither has any controls (play, pause, fast forward). *Aside from referencing and including a scene from the film, Night of the Creeps also intentionally has a similar plot - an alien experiment is inadvertently sent to Earth that can reanimate the dead. *A "neo-psychedelic" rock band from the 1980's named themselves Plan 9. [7] *There is a Seattle band called The Dudley Manlove Quartet (Manlove is the actor who played Eros). [8] *Plan 9 Music is a chain of record stores in Virginia. [9] *The film is referenced in two Seinfeld episodes: in "The Chinese Restaurant" where Jerry, George, and Elaine are going to the movie following their dinner, but plans fall through and Jerry refuses to see it alone. Jerry calls it "the worst movie ever made." Also referenced in "The Postponement," where Jerry and Kramer see an advertisement on a telephone pole for a second chance to see it. Also said in "The Chinese Restaurant" is "This is not plans 1 through 8, this is plan 9 - the one that actually worked!" *Episode number 66 of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 cartoon series is named Plan 6 from Outer Space. This is a wordplay and the 6 here stands for the fictional TV-channel Channel 6 in this cartoon. *In the Mission Hill episode Plan 9 from Mission Hill (or I Married a Gay Man from Outer Space), Kevin becomes a classic film fan with the help of Wally, and one day he discovers a long-lost movie, The Man from Pluto, and calls the media to promote its re-projection. The movie is clearly a spoof of Plan 9 from Outer Space (although the backstory behind the making of The Man from Pluto is based upon rumors circulated around the making of another cult film, Teenagers from Outer Space). *Fox Mulder, a primary character in the TV series X-Files, claims to have seen the movie exactly 42 times, simultaneously a reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. *In The Simpsons episode Worst Episode Ever, a terrible comic book "Biclops" is made by Plan 9 Comics on behalf of LensCrafters. *Rockabilly/surf band Department of Crooks (also known as Casino Crooks) released a CD entitled "Plan 9 From Las Vegas" in the late 90s. [10] *In 1997, David G Smith wrote and composed the music for Plan 9 from Outer Space: The Musical. It received better reviews than the original film. [11] *Karl Edward Wagner's story "Plan Ten from Inner Space" purports to be a film treatment for a Roger Corman ripoff of Plan 9 from Outer Space which, in the alternate world the story inhabits, is apparently a critically acclaimed big-budget epic.[citation needed] *In popular webcomic 8-Bit Theater episode 473, Red Mage calls his plan to defeat Kary "Plan 9 From Outer Space." The name also references to the fact that the plan involves Ice-nine, of Kurt Vonnegut fame.[citation needed] Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13 have a song called "Plan 9 From Outer Space." [12] *Plan 10 From Outer Space is a movie which makes fun of Mormons and Mormon history.[13] *The foot soldiers of the X-Naut aliens in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door salute their superiors with a similar "X-salute" to the one given by the aliens in Plan 9 From Outer Space. *This movie was used in an episode of Steve Smith Playhouse, in which Canadian comedian Steve Smith re-dubs the dialogue of only one character in various b-movies to achieve a humourous effect. *Plan 9 is also the original record label that The Misfits used *In Uncanny X-Men #479, Nightcrawler suggests the use of a fighting maneuver called "Plan 9" during a mission in outer space.

TROOPS TO STAY IN FOREIGN NATIONS 2010

2010 That Magic Date When The World Will Come Together As One Under The Command Of Ten Kings And One Anti-Christ.

Army: Troops to Stay in Iraq Until 2010

Army Preparing for Possibility of Keeping Current Troop Levels in Iraq Through 2010
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, right, accompanied by Gen. George Casey , the top U.S. General in Iraq, gestures during a news conference at the Pentagon, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2006.
WASHINGTON - For planning purposes, the Army is gearing up to keep current troop levels in Iraq for another four years, a new indication that conditions there are too unstable to foresee an end to the war. Gen. Peter Schoomaker, the Army chief of staff, cautioned against reading too much into the planning, which is done far in advance to prepare the right mix of combat units for expected deployments. He noted that it is easier to scale back later if conditions allow, than to ramp up if they don't. "This is not a prediction that things are going poorly or better," Schoomaker told reporters. "It's just that I have to have enough ammo in the magazine that I can continue to shoot as long as they want us to shoot. "Even so, his comments were the latest acknowledgment by Pentagon officials that a significant withdrawal of troops from Iraq is not likely in the immediate future. There are now 141,000 U.S. troops there. At a Pentagon news conference, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. George Casey, said that as recently as July he had expected to be able to recommend a substantial reduction in U.S. forces by now. But that plan was dropped as sectarian violence in Baghdad escalated. While arguing that progress is still being made toward unifying Iraq's fractured political rivalries and stabilizing the country, Casey also said the violence amounts to "a difficult situation that's likely to remain that way for some time. "He made no predictions of future U.S. troop reductions. Appearing with Casey, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said he and other senior Pentagon officials are still studying how the military might keep up the current pace of Iraq deployments without overtaxing the Army and Marine Corps, which have borne the brunt of the conflict. Rumsfeld said one option is to make more use of the Air Force and Navy for work that normally is done by soldiers and Marines. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said Wednesday that the advance planning Schoomaker described was an appropriate cautionary approach. However, he added, the Pentagon should increase the overall size of the military to reduce stress on troops repeatedly sent into combat. "I applaud the new realism but I think they also have to recognize that this (war) is going to put a huge stress on our forces," said Reed, a former Army Ranger. Reed and other Democrats have called on President Bush to start bringing home troops within a year to force the Iraqi government to take more responsibility for security. At his news conference, Rumsfeld was asked whether he bears responsibility for what has gone wrong in Iraq or if the military commanders there are to blame. "Of course I bear responsibility," he replied in apparent exasperation. "My Lord, I'm secretary of defense. Write it down. "In recent months the Army has shown signs of strain, as Pentagon officials have had to extend the Iraq deployments of two brigades to bolster security in Baghdad and allow units heading into the country to have at least one year at home before redeploying. The Army is finding that the amount of time soldiers enjoy between Iraq tours has been shrinking this year. In the case of a brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division, its deployment to Iraq was delayed by about six weeks because it otherwise would have had only 11 months to prepare instead of the minimum 12 months. As a result, the unit it was going to replace has been forced to stay beyond its normal 12-month deployment. In separate remarks to reporters, Gen. Richard Cody, the Army vice chief of staff, said soldiers need more than 12 months between deployments to Iraq so they can do a full range of combat training and complete the kinds of educational programs that enable the Army to grow a fully mature officer corps. That kind of noncombat experience is necessary "so that we don't erode and become an Army that only can fight a counterinsurgency," Cody said. He added that North Korea's announced nuclear test "reminds us all that we may not just be in a counterinsurgency fight and we have to have full-spectrum capability."
This date precludes that the next President, irregardless of party affliation will keep the troops in Iraq and throughout the world so that the US will be ultimately defenseless in their own borders. The aim of Fox of Mexico is to overrun the American homeland for Europe and soon CAFTA will reinsure this desire. When you go to vote thinking that your vote will bring home the troops you are sadly mistaken the troops are to be gone for good from the US. The current view is to divide Iraq into 3 sections and this is the same view which will occur to the world into 10 regions (also predicted in the book of Revelation) as the 10 Kings who will rule a short space. In Revelation it is foretold also of the division of the city/state.
And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great. Revelation 16:19-21
And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. Revelation 17:12-14
And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. ............And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: Revelation 13:15-17 and chapter 14:9-10 So whats it all about Alfie? What's the point? Why do the kings desire to kill the Jew and the Christian? It's simple if they go to hell we go to heaven, if they can destroy all the Jews and the Christians then God would have to end the whole scheme of things and give the earth to Satan and his boys and girls - remember Job when Satan went before God and stated that there is none left there is no one righteous on the earth, to which God replied, Not so, have you tried my servant Job. Basically, it is as it alway has been they kill us or they go to hell and if they kill us they go to hell either way they go to hell. The rapture has occurred in Revelation 5:9
And they sung a new song, sayin, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; .............and the killing begins........And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: Revelation 5:9 & 6:9
2010 - 3 = 2007
The Baker commission has grown increasingly interested in the idea of splitting the Shi ’ite, Sunni and Kurdish regions of Iraq as the only alternative to what Baker calls “cutting and running” or “staying the course”
Sen. Biden: Divide Iraq into Three Regions. Day to Day, September 29, 2006 · Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE) talks about his plan for a decentralized Iraq, divided along ethnic and religious lines -- a Kurdish area to the north, and the rest divided between Shia and Sunni Muslims.
He also discusses why other Democrats haven't proposed detailed strategies for dealing with the continued U.S.-led occupation of Iraq, where insurgent attacks against American troops have increased dramatically. npr news

RUSSIA AND CHINA SAY NO TO SANCTIONS

UNITED NATIONS - Russia and China on Thursday opposed tough sanctions the U.S. wants to impose against
North Korea this week for its claimed nuclear test, saying they want more time to work out a more moderate response to Pyongyang's nuclear brinkmanship. The United States and Japan, which has already imposed tough unilateral sanctions on the North to protest the reported test Monday, had initially hoped for a U.N. Security Council vote on Thursday. But if Washington wants to get China and Russia — the two council nations closest to Pyongyang — on board, a vote could be delayed until early next week.China, the North's closest ally, opposes any mention of the U.N. Charter's Chapter 7, which authorizes punishments including economic sanctions, naval blockades and military actions. China and Russia want to see sanctions focus primarily on reining in North Korea's nuclear and weapons programs.Beijing and Moscow also object to the wide scope of financial sanctions and a provision authorizing the inspection of cargo going in and out of North Korea, council diplomats said, speaking on condition of anonymity because talks are private. There is concern among some diplomats that boarding North Korean ships could lead to a military response from the North.The U.S. circulated a revised draft resolution late Wednesday, formally introduced it in the Security Council on Thursday and said it would be put in a final form that can be put to a vote on Friday. Britain, France, Japan and Slovakia signed on as co-sponsors."We're certainly in favor of keeping all the diplomatic channels open, but we also want swift action, and we shouldn't allow meetings, and more meetings ... to be an excuse for inaction," U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said. But Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said the U.S. should wait for the results of more diplomacy. China's U.N. Ambassador Wang Guangya agreed, saying Beijing would welcome more talks so the Security Council can send a united and forceful message to Pyongyang condemning its reported test Monday. Churkin said "the international community will easily understand if on the matter of this gravity and importance, the Security Council will take a few more days to have a reasoned and united response to the challenge we face from this explosion in North Korea.""We think that there should be a strong reaction, but it has to be a cool-headed reaction," he said. Without naming the United States, Churkin appeared to take aim at the tough U.S. policy toward Pyongyang and President Bush's inclusion of North Korea in the so-called "axis of evil." "This resolution would be a very strong statement from the Security Council," Churkin said. "And we know that in this problem, in this part of the world, some strong statements made by others than the Security Council have hurt the entire thing — and have aggravated matters. So we do not want to repeat this on the level of the Security Council." He said a high-level Chinese representative was en route to Moscow for talks on Friday and Saturday, and Russia's deputy foreign minister was in northeast Asia talking to the countries most affected by North Korea's announcement. A special envoy of Chinese President Hu Jinato met with Bush and top U.S. officials in Washington on Thursday, and South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun was due in Beijing on Friday for talks with China's top leaders, he said. The latest draft would condemn the claimed nuclear test, demand that North Korea immediately return to six-party talks on its nuclear program without precondition, and impose sanctions for Pyongyang's "flagrant disregard" of the council's appeal. It adds new words demanding that North Korea "not conduct any further nuclear test or launch of a ballistic missile." The new draft remains under Chapter 7 of the U.N. Charter. Bush has said the United States has no intention of attacking North Korea and Bolton stressed that any military action would require another resolution. The revised U.S. draft would require all countries to prevent the sale or transfer of arms, luxury goods, and material and technology which could contribute to North Korea's nuclear, ballistic missile or other weapons of mass destruction-related programs. The new draft would also impose a travel ban on people supporting North Korea's nuclear, ballistic missile and other weapons-related programs — a Japanese proposal. The previous U.S. draft called on all states to undertake and facilitate inspection of cargo to and from North Korea to ensure compliance with sanctions. The new draft would allow states to inspect cargo "as necessary" to ensure compliance and to prevent illegal trafficking. In 2002, a ship carrying a dozen Scud-type missiles believed to originate in North Korea was intercepted in the Arabian Sea. U.S. officials said the missiles were at least initially headed for Yemen. The latest U.S. proposal would still require countries to freeze all assets related to North Korea's weapons and missile programs, but a call to prevent "any abuses of the international financial system" that could contribute to the transfer or development of banned weapons was dropped.

IMAGE OF THE BEAST

5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. EXODUS 34:5
12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
13 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
14 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
15 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
16 And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.
17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. EXODUS 34:12-17
19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.
30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?
31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.
33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.
34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.
35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.
EXODUS 34:19,30-35
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. ROMANS 1:21-32
19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
22 Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.
DEUTERONOMY 16:19 & 22
15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. DEUTERONOMY 27:15
14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. MATTHEW 24:14
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. MATTHEW 24:21-26
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. REVELATION 13:8-18
9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. REVELATION 14:9-12

SPYING NOW ALLOWED ON YOUR TURF

Court Temporarily OKs Domestic Spying
Court Allows Bush Administration to Continue Warrantless Surveillance Program During Appeal

President Bush campaigns on behalf of Rep. Rick Renzi, R-Ariz., Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006, in Scottsdale, Ariz.,

CINCINNATI - The Bush administration can continue its warrantless surveillance program while it appeals a judge's ruling that the program is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
The president has said the program is needed in the war on terrorism; opponents argue it oversteps constitutional boundaries on free speech, privacy and executive powers.
The unanimous ruling from a three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals gave little explanation for the decision. In the three-paragraph ruling, judges said that they balanced the likelihood an appeal would succeed, the potential damage to both sides and the public interest.
U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit ruled Aug. 17 that the program was unconstitutional because it violates the rights to free speech and privacy and the separation of powers in the Constitution.
The Justice Department had urged the appeals court to allow it to keep the program in place while it argues its appeal, claiming that the nation faced "potential irreparable harm." The appeal is likely to take months.
"The country will be more vulnerable to a terrorist attack," the government motion said.
The program monitors international phone calls and e-mails to or from the United States involving people the government suspects have terrorist links. A secret court has been set up to grant warrants for such surveillance, but the government says it can't always wait for a court to take action.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the program on behalf of journalists, scholars and lawyers who say it has made it difficult for them to do their jobs because they believe many of their overseas contacts are likely targets. Many said they had been forced to take expensive and time-consuming overseas trips because their contacts wouldn't speak openly on the phone or because they didn't want to violate their contacts' confidentiality.
Similar lawsuits challenging the program have been filed by other groups, including in New York and San Francisco. The issue could wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court.
6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals: http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov
Taylor's ruling: http://www.mied.uscourts.gov/eGov/taylorpdf/06%2010204.pdf
Information on the case from the ACLU: http://www.aclu.org/nsaspying
National Security Agency: http://www.nsa.gov