text: Leather Goddesses of Phobos Part One SEX! There's nothing like it! And, to be honest, there isn't really all that much of it in the game. True, you can play at the 'lewd' level, and make out a few times here and there, but of course you know that you aren't going to run into anything even remotely pornographic. After all, this is an Infocom game. Still, you do get some thrills, so you may want to set it to 'lewd' as soon as you boot up. Further, as you will see, the game is non-linear. This means that you can solve the puzzles in almost any order; this walkthru only shows you one way of doing it, there are many more. And you may also find (if you experiment on your own now and then) that some of the puzzles have alternate solutions. Finally, a word about Tiffany/Trent. If you play in the female mode, your partner is Tiffany, and Trent if you play as a male. Either way, there is virtually no difference between them in the game, so throughout the text I will just refer to your companion as T. Ok, so it's 1936 and you're guzzling down cheap beer in Joe's Bar, the social center (such as it is) of Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Several mugs of brew have activated your bladder, so hurry along to the toilet. This is where the program determines if you are male or female (and this will then be set for the rest of the game). Inside you find a stall and a stool. Well, you needn't worry; this stool is the perfectly respectable three-legged type. After attending to business, get that and leave the bathroom (remember to keep your scratch'n'sniff handy throughout the game!). Now just hang out and wait. It won't be long before mysterious green tentacles appear from nowhere and whisk you away to a cozy little cell on Phobos. Of course, you've been out for awhile, and when you wake up you find yourself dressed in some rather odd clothes: a brass bikini for the ladies and a brass loincloth for the gentlemen, each furnished with a rulebook in the back pocket (although how there could be a back pocket on a bikini is something else again). Looking around, you see that all your stuff is here, except for your regular clothes. Get everything in the cell (except the tray, but make sure you take the brown food), then open the door, which isn't locked, and go south. This brings you to a corridor, facing another cell door. Open that and go inside. Here is T, your trusty companion who will accompany you for the rest of the game. Most of the time, T just tags along with you, but in several situations, your friend's help will be invaluable. Just remember that T isn't the type to take orders. In the cell is a scrap of paper with words on it, some readable but the rest looks like gibberish. Actually, this is a word search puzzle, composed of all eight objects you must find in the game. If you transcribe the paper, and then circle all the words, the left-over letters spell out a message: "Hissing frightens fly trap". This is one of the two methods for getting past that carnivorous plant (later I'll tell you about the other one). Speaking of objects, sooner or later T will toss you a matchbook with a list of them. When they are all assembled, you'll have a Super Duper Anti Leather Goddesses of Phobos Attack Machine! Just the thing! So write them down then drop the matchbook, which has no matches and serves no other purpose in the game. Ok, the preliminaries are taken care of, and you're ready for a wild and wooly journey among the planets in your quest to defeat the evil LGOP! Leave the cell and take the stairs up to the Observation Room. Do not go in any other direction; the signs don't lie. In this room is a closet. Pretty dark place, huh? Good thing you brought your flashlight along. Turn it on and you'll notice two things: a basket on a shelf out of reach, and a black hole on the floor. Those black holes turn up everywhere, and are the means of travelling from one place to another. You'll be stepping through plenty of them before this game is over. But first you need the basket. Drop the stool then stand on it. Take the basket and get off the stool (you don't need this for anything else in the game). Now step on the black hole, and in no time at all, you're on Venus! (By the way, there is another hole on the roof that takes you to Mars, if you felt like going there first). Hmmm, this sure is a scary-looking jungle. Even scarier is that Venus Fly Trap that's sidling up to you (on Venus, these things can walk). However, you recall the secret message, and hiss at the ambulating vegetation. How about that! You scared the poor thing into cardiac arrest! On the other hand, you're safe for the time being. Move along east until you come to the clearing, making sure you pick up the can of black stain. Then go Northeast to the front door of a strange house (hmmm, wonder who'd be living in a place like this?). Don't knock yet; go East to the Rocky Clifftop, then North and you're at the back door. And look what's here: a platoon of door-to-door salesmen! Persistent bunch, aren't they? One of them wants to make a deal with you, if only you have something interesting. How about offering him your flashlight? Zowie! Just the thing! In return, he gives you a strange machine called a T-remover. And that's just what it does: it removes the letter T from any object you put inside it. In the meantime, a giant moth, attracted by the light, has just swooped down and made off with the salesman. Too bad. But I wouldn't spend any time feeling sorry for him if I were you, because you're about to have some pretty serious problems of your own. Knock on the back door, and it will be opened by no less than a genuine Mad Scientist, complete with heavy German accent. He grabs the two of you and pulls you inside. Bet you're feeling nervous, huh? And even more nervous when he locks the door and destroys the key in a vat of acid. There's nothing you can do to get out, so you might as well hop on down the stairs to the laboratory, which doesn't do anything to reassure you. While the Mad Scientist is fussing around, put the brown food in the cage, which you notice contains two gorillas and a rubber hose. Hmmm...that's one of the items on your list! Unfortunately, it's somewhat out of your reach. So, just wait a bit for some exciting things to happen. Ok, being strapped down on the slab may be more nerve-wracking than exciting. Just wait, and before you know it, your mind has been transferred into that of a gorilla (of the appropriate sex). Talk about out of body experiences! Still, this isn't going to help too much in your quest. And there's not much you can do until the MS leaves. The fastest way to do that is (ready for this?) make out with the other gorilla in the cage. If you'd prefer not to, then just wait a short while, and the MS will leave on his own. Now, quickly eat the brown food, which is actually a piece of chocolate cake! When you feel the sugar rush, bend the bars, take the hose, and get out of the cage. Drop the hose, untie yourself from the slab, and push the switch that will bring your mind (and T's) back to their proper places. Whew! Pick up the hose while the gorilla ambles back into its cage, and step on the black hole sitting at the foot of the stairs. You're back at the Rocky Clifftop, and it's time to examine the Vizicomm Booth, which happens to be out of order. No matter, work the coin return knob, and you'll have a 10-marsmid coin. Leave the booth and make your way back to the place you started from in the jungle, and go due west from there to the (ugh) Spawning Ground. Amid the muck, you see a jar and a black hole. Get the jar and examine it. Hmmm...Untangling Cream? Well, you can worry about that later; right now, it's time to go travelling again, so step on the hole. And look where you are: in the hold of one of the LGOP attack ships! But you hardly have a chance to catch your breath when a mysterious black figure tosses a grenade in your direction! Without hesitation, T bravely jumps on the grenade. BOOOOOOOM! Bits of T are now splattered all over the place! Alas. There is no way to avoid this, sorry to say. However, you still have a mission to complete, so take the sword and move South into the stable. What a fine-looking horse! I'll bet you could ride it, too. Mount up and ride the horse west. In hardly any time at all, you'll be at the Main Hatch. Dismount, get and wear the white suit, open the hatch, and step out into space. Look who's there....the fiendish assassin Thorbala (if you're female) or Thorblast (if you're male) the rotten scum who threw the grenade!! And he/she has a helpless prisoner of the opposite sex. Upon seeing you, T/T ties the captive to a small spaceship and comes to do battle. Now it's just you and him/her...and the bug-eyed monster who just showed up and is making a beeline for the helpless person bound to the space ship! There's no time to lose! You must get past T/T quickly! Fight the assassin with your sword until your opponent drops his/hers. Grab it quick. Here comes the fun part. Back in the '30s, believe it or not, the good guys (and gals!) not only won every time, they also NEVER killed an unarmed opponent. Fair play was big back then. So, since you're a good guy or gal, there's only one thing to do: give the assassin back the sword. Wow! T/T, seeing this gesture on your part, also realizes that you are truly a good guy or gal, and promptly commits suicide, saving you both a lot of time! Speaking of saving, better hustle over there and save the poor wretch before the BEM makes off with him/her. That was easy, and now you're invited into the space yacht, where the grateful rescuee hands you a photograph. Aha! Now you have the second item on your list! And if you happen to be in lewd mode, you can also follow the person into the other room and enjoy a little extra reward, if you're so inclined. Soon enough, it's time to return to the other ship (you do have other things to do!). Stepping through the door of the LGOP ship, you get the surprise of your life: there's T, alive and well again!!! (I'll tell you a secret: there will be more of these episodes to come; T is harder to kill than Rasputin). Breathing a sigh of relief, the two of you now walk east along the long corridor until you come to (what else?) the inevitable black hole. One step, and you're on the fabled red planet, Mars!!! Well, maybe you hadn't quite planned on seeing Mars from several hundred feet up, and falling fast. Ooops. But, don't panic! Fortunately, a Martian Pterodactyl flits by, grabs you both, and deposits you somewhere on the surface. Where is a random item, so there is no telling at what exact spot you'll end up. Think of it as good reason to take out some time and map the area. Mars is pretty small, and there are no tricks or mazes, so you should have little trouble finding your way around. Ok, head along to (ahem) Hickory and Dickory Dock (there are more of these in the game, so be prepared), where you notice a cute little marsmouse running around. Mouse? That's on the list too, but the little rodent is just too fast to catch. You'll have to slow him down somehow. What are mice more afraid of than anything? Cats! (purrr) So, show the picture of the pussy cat (but, is it art?) to the mouse, who will freeze in its tracks. Gotcha! That was an easy one, right? Drop the painting which you don't need any more, then put the jar into the T-remover. Close the machine, and turn it on. Wow! Sparks! Excitement! When it's all over, open the machine and get the jar, which is now a jar of Unangling Cream! Leave the machine (unless you want to put the rabbit in it; the bunny is there only for a joke with the T-remover) and go to King Mitre's palace. Now, why anyone would want to turn everything into 45 degree angles is a mystery, but it takes all kinds to make a world, I suppose. Anyway, the poor guy is morose over his daughter, who he accidently turned into an angle, too. But, now you can help him out! Apply the Unangling Cream to the daughter and voila! she is back to normal again! Mitre is so thrilled, he gives you an 88 degree angle! You're really making some progress now! However, just between us, I wouldn't shake his hand if I were you. Instead, leave the throne room (uh-oh, sounds like poor Mitre forgot himself, and all your good work has been undone). You can drop the jar (it's empty) and head along to the oasis. Bypass the frog for now; you'll be coming back to that later on. Here at the oasis you see a black hole, but it just turned white! You can't go through it that way, so just paint the hole with the black stain. Too bad it took the whole can to do that (you can drop the can now). However, the hole is black again, and you can step on it for an all-expense paid trip to delightful (?) Cleveland! Hmmm...well, maybe it's not all that delightful. It doesn't seem to be all that big, either, but I guess it was a smaller place 50 years ago. South of your location is the lawn. You don't really need anything from there, but if you didn't know about hissing at the flytrap, you'd need that bag of leaves. More on that in a short while. For now, head Northeast to the teensy-weensy house. Yep, it sure is teensy-weensy all right. There's not much down here, so let's see what's upstairs. Not much either, except for a bed with one sheet and a window. Wonder if there's anything interesting out there? Oooh...look! Down below is a Ford...a 1933 Ford, with a loose headlight! Hold it! You can't just go climbing down, and it's too far to jump. Of course you think right off of tying the sheet to the bed, but there's a slight problem: Steve Meretzky short-sheeted the bed! Hehehe! The sheet isn't long enough to go from the bed out the window, and the bed is too heavy to move (no, you can't get T to help you move it). But you're a hero, and heroes are never stumped for long. Especially when you've seen all those prison escape movies! So, you tear up the sheet into strips, then tie the strips together. Ta-da! Now you have something that is long enough to climb down to get to the car. Except that T gets into the act first (after properly admiring your flash of insight). Claiming lighter weight, T hustles down the sheet and starts to undo the headlight when....SCREEEEEEECH!!!! Oh my, it seems there's just been a traffic accident, and there's no sign of poor T. Then again, all may not be as it seems. After all, if T could survive being blown to bits, being hit head-on by a truck should be nothing. So you just hang around a little while, and sure enough, T comes falling into the room, along with a good chunk of ceiling. Amazing good luck, T has. But now you've got the headlight, and you're half-way to constructing the SDALGOPAM! Of course, you still have to get back to Mars, and there are no black holes in sight. Go back down (making sure you take the stairs!), and go East into the garden. Lovely place, eh? The flowers are just for show, but if you move the piece of sod...there's the black hole! Before you go running off, however, a word about that alternate solution to the Flytrap (and one that I preferred over the hissing). If you look carefully, you'll see a trellis in the garden. This item is takeable. So you get the trellis and the bag of leaves, and go back to Venus. The Fly Trap only follows you so far when you keep moving, then it goes away. When that happens, you return to the large hole where the tree was. Cover the hole with the trellis, then cover the trellis with the leaves. Now you have a little pit trap. Find the Fly Trap and entice it to follow you. With the leaves covering the hole, the Fly Trap is fooled, and will walk right over it. Crash!! Bye bye, Fly Trap! (admit it, isn't this more fun than just going "hiss"?) Ok, back to the main event. Step on the circle in the garden. Instant deja-vu! Haven't you been here before? Yep, you sure have: you're in the hallway outside your cell on Phobos! Don't stick around too long, climb the stairs all the way to the roof top. Step on the circle you see there, and you'll be on Mars again in no time at all! In fact, you're just outside Mitre's throne room again. Go all the way north until you come to the Royal Dock and the Royal Barge. It's time to do a little cruisin'! All right! You've always wanted to be a sailor, true? No? That's ok, this barge is really simple to operate, although it seems Martians had a one-way track of mind. The Barge only goes forwards; there is no way to turn it around. Then again, you don't really have to worry about it, so just hop in and enjoy the ride. Push the orange button and wait until the next dock (on the north shore) comes into sight, then press orange again. Here you are at (ick) Baby Dock (I warned you there were more!). Exit the barge and make your way among the sand dunes to the north. Poor alien. Seems the Martian climate didn't agree with him. However, that's good for you. Pick up the lip balm, then get the note. Looks like gibberish, but it's actually in code, the same code mentioned in the comic book that comes with the game, so translating it is pretty easy. Do keep in mind that the note is also written backwards. The important thing is the number of the wife or husband in the note. This number is only written backwards; it is not encoded. I suggest saving the game at this point, because the number is randomly chosen the first time you pick up the note, and will probably not be the same twice (especially with 8000+ numbers to choose from!). You can drop the paper after you've read it. Back at the barge, you continue on your way down the canal. You can stop off at the next dock (south); this is (choke) Donald Dock. It isn't important to do this right now, since the sand dune leads to the Exit Shop, and you can't buy the exit just yet; the proprietor, obviously an ancestor of New York cabbies, doesn't have change for a ten. No matter, you'll get it later. Back in the barge, rev up the engines to full speed ahead and get ready. Right after the turn are two docks, and by going at the faster pace, you are now close enough to the one you want: MY Kinda Dock! Push the orange button, then exit. Now, while you're still standing there, press the orange button again (didn't know you could do that, eh?). The Barge steams away out of sight down the canal. Don't worry about it, tho, this is only temporary. Admire the sights to take your mind off it. Pretty ritzy place, eh? It should be, this is the home of the Sultan(ess, depending on whether you are male or female). Walk in, and go Northeast to the Audience Chamber. This is even fancier, but you may not get much of a chance to see it. The Sultan(ess) has a riddle for you to answer. Give the correct answer, and you get to spend a whole hour with one of his/her harem mates. But should you be wrong, well, the tigers haven't eaten yet today.... Of course you don't say no. Unfortunately, T guesses first and is horribly wrong. As your companion is dragged off to face the jaws of the ravenous cats, your turn comes up. Uh-oh. But really, the answer is so simple, and right there in front of you. In fact, the answer IS "riddle"! That sure took the wind out of the Sultan(ess)'s sails! While an argument ensues, you slip away west to the Harem, and give the guard the number of the husband/wife that you found on the note. Wait a bit, and before long, the selected person appears. There is time here for a little pleasure, if you like. Now say the secret phrase, and the husband/wife gives you a map and a reliable torch, then opens a hidden door leading to the catacombs. This is the fun part of the game (sure). You have to slosh back and forth, up and down the catacombs, until you've found the two objects you need, as well as the way out. There is also one room with a black hole in it; DO NOT step on that hole until you're told to! You really need to have your map handy for this, and a re-reading of the comic book is very helpful. The catacombs are infested with some nasty little (and not so little) creatures. Fortunately, you know from the comic book what to do to keep each of the three types away. The trick is counting your steps correctly. The easiest way to do this is to get a piece of paper and write dashes along it on several lines. Count along the dashes and put the appropriate actions (such as 'clap hands') on the appropriate dashes. Now you have a guide to when you need to perform each one. As you go through the catacombs, note down the directions on the dashes. Just remember that EVERYTHING you do counts as a move, including taking objects! Some of the tunnels shown on the map will have collapsed. That makes things a little harder, but overall the map is correct, and you won't go wrong by following it. Remember that you will have to go up and down to reach all the places you need to go. Your first stop should be the square box in the upper left corner on the lower level; here's where you'll find the telephone book. The other square room on this level has the black hole, so just bypass that one. The next room you want is the square box on the lower left of the Very Lower Level, which is the Burial Chamber that has the raft. Take that and make your way to the other square box on this level, the Ladder Room. Climb up the ladder, and you're in the palace Laundry Room (you can get rid of the map and the torch now). Not much here except a clothes pin, but that's very important, so snarf it and leave North, then East into the gardens. After admiring the scenery, climb down the well and....oops! Looks like you fell...right on top of that black hole! And look where it took you: back to the Barge! And because you sent the Barge off before, it's now safely past the ion beam and sitting at the Icy Dock! Ok! Exit the Barge...uh oh, looks like you just lost T again. But he/she will probably turn up again later. Go South and Southeast to Penguin Park. The Penguins are collecting for a charity, and you being the noble person you are, donate your marsmid coin to a worthy cause. But all donations are a fixed price, and you get back...one marsmid! Still, you have a couple of other things to do here, so go Southeast to the robot Gypsy camp. Alas, no sooner do you arrive than a meteoroid flashes down and wipes out the robots, leaving only a now-orphaned baby in the tent. Enter the tent, then wrap the baby in the blanket. At least it's quiet now. But you can't go lugging the thing around with you forever. Drop the raft and empty the basket into the raft (of course you've been using the basket to carry stuff around, right?). Now put the baby in the basket, leave the tent, and go south. Looky there! Just the thing, an orphanage! Although I would advise you not to go knocking on the door; you'd get a pretty rude welcome! Put the basket on the stoop. Then wait while you hide behind a snowdrift. In a short while the matron will open the door and take the baby inside. Lucky for you, she also forgets to lock the door. After she leaves, go inside and take the pair of cotton balls you see there, then get out fast. Go back to the camp, retrieve your raft, then head for Penguin Park and west from there to the Allusion Room. Step on the black hole, and you're back at Wattzup Dock (sigh). It's time to make fairy tales come true! Go west to the oasis, where T will suddenly pop up yet again, then West and Northwest to the ugly amphibian. Ready? One: apply the lip balm to your lips. Two: Stuff the cotton balls in your ears (note: you could cover your ears with your hands as a fourth step instead, but this is easier). Three: put the clothes pin on your nose. Four: close your eyes. Now....*SMOOOOOCH*!!! RATS!!! Just when things were getting good, the Prince(ess) decides to leave. *sigh* Oh well, at least you have something to remember him/her by: a common household blender! (that's a heckuva goodbye gift!). And now, at last, you have everything you need to make the SDALGOPAM! (Oh, don't forget to remove the clothespin and get the cotton out of your ears!). Now hop along back to the Royal Dock and use the raft to take you down to the Donald Dock. Climb up the sand dune and make your way to the Exit Shop. Buy the exit, which comes in a tube. Open the tube, get the hole, then drop the hole and step on it. Wherever could you be? You're in the private boudoir of the Leather Goddesses themselves! (gulp) And it's not long before you're discovered and dumped out into the main plaza, where the entire LGOP attack force is bearing down on you! Crazed monsters and robots of every description are tearing up the place to get to you! The air force is swooping in!! And the army is setting up a ray gun!!!! There's no time to lose! Hand T each item as its asked for. The army is getting closer! Hurry, T! (Talk about tension!) Finally, the machine is completed, and just in the nick of time!! T throws the switch, and out pops...a banana peel!! (A banana peel??). Now you can relax, sit back, and watch the total destruction of the LGOP attack force! The Earth has been saved from a fate worse than death! Yaaaaay!!! Of course, no one will ever know about it except you and T. Still, you did have one terrific romp! Yet sometimes, when I think back on this, I get the feeling that T had better adventures than I did..... Leather Goddesses of Phobos is copyrighted 1986 by Infocom Inc. This walkthru is copyrighted 1986 by Scorpia, all rights reserved.


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Perhaps the best-kept secret of modern medicine is the link between oral contraceptives and increased breast cancer risk.
While combined oral contraceptives, better known as The Pill, rank as Group I carcinogens according to a 2005 report released by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, an arm of the World Health Organization, doctors continue to routinely prescribe the pill for a variety of conditions, ranging from acne to birth control (American Cancer Society, 2008)....
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Everyone, meet Madeline Stuart. She's the first-ever professional model with Down Syndrome, and she's inspiring millions of people around the world:Combined oral contraceptives are composed of estrogen and progesterone or progestin, a synthetic form of progesterone. Estrogen and progesterone are female sex hormones; estrogen thickens the lining of the uterus, and progesterone/progestin prepares the endometrium for implantation of the egg. (National Cancer Institute, 2006).
The reasoning behind a combination of estrogen and progesterone/progestin is that estrogen given on its own increases the risk of uterine cancer. Taking a combination of the 2 confers protection from uterine cancer but increases breast cancer risk.
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Everyone, meet Madeline Stuart. She's the first-ever professional model with Down Syndrome, and she's inspiring millions of people around the world:In short, the science behind the increased breast cancer risk stems from 2 primary mechanisms. In both instances, progesterone/progestin becomes a double-edged sword, as it confers protection from increased uterine cancer risk but "gives permission" for estrogen to negatively affect breast DNA.
First, the combination of estrogen plus progesterone/progestin functions as a genotoxin, meaning it directly damages DNA in the breast. Several estrogen metabolites, or breakdown products, including 4-hydroxy-catechol-estrogen quinine, have been proven to function in this manner (Lanfranchi, 2007).
Second, estrogen functions as a mitogen, or cancer promoter, and estrogen promotes cancer in 2 ways. As seen in the graph, it stimulates an explosion of rapid proliferation of cells in breast lobules, causing a greater likelihood of mutations with the increased rate of division.
Additionally, estrogen promotes speedier development of any already-cancerous cells in the breast (Lanfranchi, 2007).
Why doesn't the American public know about the increased risk? Why is the teenage girl on the pill for acne unaware of the health risks involved? Women deserve better.

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By: Jay Dyer
Yes, I admit it, I went to see Transformers 2. It was so bad I was hoping it would transform into a different movie. But what can you expect from Michael Bay. While this movie had almost nothing good about it, there are a couple conspiratorial/esoteric elements worth mentioning. Shia Labeouf's character moves off to college and happens to fall in with a band of annoying preppy, frat-boy "conspiracy theorists" who run a website devoted to exposing the truth about government cover ups. This was clearly a reference to yours truly (just kidding). What is interesting about this was the portrayal of the "conspiracy." The theorists had been speculating along with others about the existence of aliens among us. What we find out is that the "alien Transformers" are really ancient deities with super advanced technology and they are among us – some protecting, others seeking to destroy. But between the hour-long explosions and the 75 trademark Michael Bay lense flares, we can perceive a deeper meaning.
What we have with this variation on the ever-popular alien theme is an insight into the real conspiracy – that there are aliens, but not what Hollywood thinks. The "aliens" who are contacting us are not benevolent space brothers, but demons. Now, not all phenomena related to UFOs are demonic – much of it is merely advanced human technology mixed with instances of imaginative abductees. I don't think Roswell is anything special. What is real is that there is a fallen angelic hierarchy (as well as a good angelic hierarchy), and these beings are as real as you and I. They do not exist in our dimension, but in the next – the spiritual realm. The Bible is very clear about these beings, and they are truly invoked by and aid humans, be they evil "gods" or good angels. Just as there is an angelic liturgy, so there is a demonic. Famous exorcist and writer, Fr. Malachi Martin, in his classic The Keys of This Blood noted that the pedophilia scandal was not just some random phenomena of perverts, but was actually the workings of a network of underground Satanists who see pedophilia as the culmination of the "Fallen Angels' Rites." Indeed.
So what Spielberg and Michael Bay want you to believe is true in a sense and not true in another. Spielberg has for years promoted the lie that aliens are our more or less benevolent space brothers. In Indiana Jones 4 we learned as well about ancient technology of the gods, and that "aliens" were apparently our creators, (or harvesters). Richard Dawkins has said he finds space alien creators believable (and not the Bible). As much as I loved X-Files, it was the same there as well. It's also a little-known fact that the X-Files writers even received story lines from the CIA. Recall Eric Von Daniken's goofy Chariots of the Gods propaganda? It's no accident that the alien mythos has been among us for the last 50 years so heavily. Pop culture via Spielbergianism has inundated us with this new replacement theology – replacing the Christian mythos with a modern, new agey story of alien origins.
So what does this have to do with Transformers 2? It's another example of the reality of this propaganda – the government is not covering up the existence of aliens races. The intelligence agencies and think tanks are more than happy to have you believing in contacting higher dimensional entities from Planet X. This is what SETI is all about. And, that is precisely where all the modern fads and hype about aliens came from – intelligence agencies. So, oddly, there is some truth to Transformers 2. There are ancient gods and deities, they're just not robots and they don't come here to teach us about global governance and how to save the planet. They aren't returning in 2012 because they've been here all along. They are the angelic hierarchies, good and bad. Azazel is real (Lev. 17), and so is Lilith (Is. 24) – but so are Michael and Gabriel.
Personally, I do think there were high-tech ancient societies and I do think the Book of Enoch is correct. However, this has to be parceled out and separated from the pop culture chaff nonsense about invaders from Mars. How many movies do you see about aliens? Countless. How many movies do you see about angelic hierarchies? Zero. This is the real coverup – the real top secret information. I am reminded of the excellent article by Fr. Alexey Young from several years ago detailing how, from a biblical worldview, the aliens are demons.
We also see in Transformers 2 the occult theme of channeling. Shia comes in contact with an ancient, magical talisman (the "Allspark") that has the power to create life. Again – not a personal God, but an impersonal force from which life spontaneously emerges. Precisely the Darwinian-occult view. Shia at one point in the film dies near the pyramids in Egypt and comes before the council of the gods and learns he is the chosen one to save the race. This is a prominent theme among new agers and occultists who "channel" alien entities. Often they are told the very same thing. The alien spirit possesses him over a period of time and leads him to his destiny – to save the world. What we see is not of course a Christian worldview, but rather the occult obsession with ancient Egypt, and when Shia dies, he passes over to the gods like the Pharoahs of old. At many points in the film the winged disc of Horus is displayed to clue you in to that fact. Shia achieves theosis – deification, but not by the Christian mysteries and sacraments, but by himself – by his own willpower and humanism.
Note also the shirt Shia wears throughout the film – the moon, the earth, 6 stars and the number six. This is cluing you in as well that the "aliens" Shia is working with are not "aliens" but the rulers and principalities associated with those planets and stars.


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Here's the next installment in our series telling you how to build a low-cost homemade mini-tractor.(See the detailed mini-tractor diagrams in the image gallery.)
In the last issue of this publication, we described building a low-cost homemade mini-tractor that one of our research staffers designed and built for less than half of what it would have cost him to buy an equivalent factory-made piece of equipment (see MOTHER EARTH NEWS NO. 76, page 122). That first installment also detailed the fabrication of the vehicle's frame and drive train, as well as the selection of the engine and running gear.
This article, then, will go on to describe how we cut and formed the sheet-metal body parts (with the help of a special bending brake that we'll show you how to build) . . . hooked up the electrical, brake, and control systems . . . and installed a versatile, sturdy bar hitch to the rear of the tractor.
Nearly all of the body components used in this project consist of precut sections of 14-gauge sheet metal, which were bent to the proper shape by means of the made-from-scrap manual brake detailed in the diagrams in the image gallery. By referring to our illustrations to determine the appropriate dimensions and crease points, you should be able to duplicate our results in your own workshop . . . or — if you've chosen to modify our tractor's design by using a different powerplant, wheel size, frame length, or whatever — to use our plans as guidelines for fabricating sheet-metal parts to suit your own needs.
The Volkswagen steering box mounts to a 2 inch square tubular steel adapter on the floorboard (its column, in turn, is fastened to an extension attached to the dash panel), and the standard pitman arm has been modified — using a 1/2 inch by 1-1/4 inch by 9 inch flat bar bent in an offset — so it can connect the box to the drag link described in issue 76.
The brake and clutch pedals are made from sections of 1/4 inch by 1-1/4 inch flat bar, cut and bent to shape, and 1/4 inch by 3 inch by 5 inch plates serve as foot pads for these levers. An 8 inch-long section of 7/16 inch rod — with a 7/16 inch by 2 inch bolt welded to one end and a piece of 3/4 inch rod fused to the other — provides a fine throttle control unit . . . once a 1/8 inch by 1 inch by 2-1/4 inch flat bar is fastened to the end of the pivot bolt to regulate the accelerator cable.
Our tractor's dashboard (and its trim) was fashioned from sheet-metal panels, and was designed to bolt directly to existing holes in the Kohler KT17 engine. Of course, if you're using any powerplant other than this horizontal twin, you'll likely have to cut panels to fit your particular engine ( or simply make a small frame to support the forward end of the dash unit).
By the same token, our tractor's fuel tank is nothing more than a metal box contoured to provide compatibility with the Kohler's low profile. The fill neck was salvaged from a junked pickup truck, and the outlet is a 1/8 inch drain cock. Short lengths of 4 inch E.M.T., welded to the front of the tank, serve as headlight buckets (two simple clamps — made from this same conduit and a pair of sheet-metal rings — hold the lamps in place), and 1-1/4 inch sections of 11-gauge square tubular steel are used to provide a protective channel for the wiring and support the tank itself.
All of the remaining body parts — including the hood and the rear fenders — can be formed using the sheet metal brake. The engine cover incorporates a small scooplike bulge that contains the fuel filler cap, and the fenders are braced with 1/8 inch angle iron sections (in 3/4 inch, 1 inch, and 1-1/2 inch dimensions) that also serve to support the battery, the hinged seat panel, and the reservoir for the optional hydraulic system. The seat itself (in our case, it's a $45 Massey-Ferguson replacement unit . . . but you could likely fabricate, or salvage, one for less) fastens to a cross-drilled 13 inch length of 3/16 inch by 1-1/2 inch by 4 inch channel iron, and a front cover — measuring 17-3/4 inch by 18-3/4 inch — bolts across the face of the fenders to shield the components between them. (We also installed a panel, beneath the dashboard and behind the engine, to keep the powerplant's cooling air from blowing onto the driver during the warm months . . . the plate can be removed to provide winter heating.)
Finally, the brake lines and electrical wiring can be installed. If you're a true-blue scrounger, you might be able to make use of the existing lines from the junked VW that supplied many of the parts for this project . . . if not, simply buy a 60 inch length of 3/16 inch brake tubing from the auto parts store. In either case, you should install a tee between the master cylinder (which is fastened to the support bracket on the right side of the frame) and the right and left wheel cylinders. You'll have to obtain (buy it only if you can't borrow one) a double flaring tool to finish the ends of any brake lines you cut.
Hooking up the electrical components should be no problem if you follow the schematic shown. We used 14-gauge wire throughout (with the exception of the battery cables, of course), and — since the ignition coil, starter, and alternator came with our engine — we only had to purchase the battery, headlamps, ignition switch, solenoid, ammeter, and fuse holder to make the system complete.
At this point, there are several decisions that you'll have to make before completing your tractor. If you plan to use it as a light-duty towing vehicle for a trailer or a simple gang mower, you can just build the removable bar hitch detailed in this article, paint your "baby" up, add oil and brake fluid, and cut loose.
However, should you want to go the whole nine yards and equip your workhorse with such "big tractor" features as a hydraulically operated three-point hitch (category 0) and a power-takeoff shaft, that's entirely possible, too — if you're prepared to lay out some additional cash — since this "Little Hercules" is more than stout enough to take the strain. (In fact, while working the garden shown in the color photographs here, we had to load the rear tires with an antifreeze solution for better traction . . . and neither the engine nor the drive train nor the frame showed any signs of fatigue under these conditions.)
Unfortunately, space limitations make it impossible for us to present the construction of these optional features, this time around, in enough detail to be sure of leading you through the project. But keep an eye out for MOTHER NO. 78, because we'll have more on MOM's mini-tractor then . . . and we'll be better able to report on how well our tractor-and-implement team performed "in the field".
EDITOR'S NOTE: Because some readers might want particular details concerning this project's construction that cannot possibly be covered in a series of magazine articles, MOTHER's staffers are working on step-by-step building plans, which will include every phase of our tractor's fabrication. Information about how to order your set will be provided in next issue's article on MOTHER's mini-tractor.
In order to make "clean" creases on the sheet-metal parts used for this project (or for any other undertaking that makes use of bent panels, for that matter), a substantial bending brake is an absolute necessity. Though a professional's brake could run into thousands of dollars, it's possible to put together a close copy of a heavy-duty manual metal-bender — mostly from scrap pieces of angle iron — for only a few bucks.
The tool shown here is the unit we actually used to form parts of the tractor, and that experience proved that it's fully capable of bending a 24 inch-wide piece of 14-gauge mildsteel sheet . . . and, of course, would make short work of anything smaller or lighter than that. To build your own, just collect the materials noted below, cut them to the sizes indicated, and assemble them according to our illustration.
After all the holes have been drilled, the handles should be welded to the ends of the pivot bar . . . the backstop welded to the clamp-down bar (at a point 1-1/2 inches from its corner) . . . and the side stanchions, in turn, welded to the base bar in the same manner. The 1/2 inch by 6 inch anchor pins are merely welded to the upper corners of the stanchions (along with some exterior supports), and 1/2 inch nuts — fastened to handled 3/4 inch black pipe collars — thread down on the pins to apply pressure against the clamp-down bar. With this done, hinge pins can be installed and tacked in place.
Because we designed this brake for boxmaking as well as for simple sheet bending, we didn't want the clamp-down bar to tighten directly against the base. Instead, we cut a section of 3/16 inch by 1-1/2 inch by 4 inch channel iron to various lengths (up to 23-7/8 inch and used those pieces as progressively sized (and interchangeable) hold-down clamps . . . which fit between the clamp-down bar and the base, and rest against the backstop at the rear. These channel iron clamps press against the work and hold it firmly while the handyperson operates the pivot bar handle.


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A lot can be told about a cockatiel by his home. In fact, the way our birds are housed has a tremendous impact on their susceptibility to disease, behavior problems, and breeding capabilities. To keep them safe, secure, and healthy, cockatiels need a cage that is big on space, cleanliness, and intelligent design. I now give to you all, the EZ Care Bow Clear Acrylic Front Panel Series Cockatiel Bird Cage!
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If you are looking for an easy way to watch the Ladies Figure Skating events at the 2014 Olympics online there are two easy ways to access them. While the Winter Olympics features a great number of events and even multiple skating based competitions Ladies figure skating is regularly one of the most anticipated events of the games.
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Those who do not have a cable subscription or password have another choice. Using the Internet based service, USTV Now, fans can sign up for a free internet television package that provides a standard definition feed of the NBC broadcast live. USTV is free for fans inside and outside of the US. This is a great way for Americans overseas to enjoy the broadcast from the comfort of their own home away from home. For a full article on viewing the Olympics via USTV Now click here.
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Apple TV owners with up to date IOS devices and computers along with Chromecast owners have a unique option that others do not. AirPlay and Google Cast will let Olympics fans enjoy all of the action taking place on their computer or screens on their big screens. As of yet the BC Extra app is not compatible with Chromecast so users of the Dongle must rely on TabCasting. Apple device owner though can utilize AirPlay on multiple devices as well as mirroring on iPones starting with the 4s and iPads starting with the now entry level iPad2. For more info on mirroring with IOS devices click here
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Protect your important data against fire, water, and theft with the 1515+ 10TB 5-Bay NAS Server from ioSafe. This isn't just any NAS enclosure, the 1515+ features FloSafe Venting along with DataCast Fire and HydroSafe Water Protections. With the DataCast Fire Protection your critical information is safe against fire as it is able to withstand temperatures of up to 1550°F (843°C). HydroSafe water protection guards against disasters like floods allowing the NAS enclosure to be submerged in up to 10 ft (3 m) of water for up to 72 hours. You can also secure the NAS as it comes equipped with a Kensington security lock slot as well as optional floor mount and rack mount kits for added protection.
Inside the outer fireproof and inner waterproof doors, you will find five SATA II drive bays housing five 2TB hard drives. The drive bays are backed up by a quad core 2.4 GHz CPU and 2GB of DDR3 RAM. On the outside of the enclosure, you can take advantage of four USB 3.0 and two eSATA ports to connect this NAS enclosure to a variety of computer configurations. Network connectivity is achieved through four Gigabit Ethernet ports.
Keeping the enclosure cool are two replaceable fans that draw air through the FloSafe Vents and across the HydroSafe chamber. This enclosure is made fireproof with the help of a water-based insulation. This non-toxic, liquid based insulation helps to keep the internal components cool as it converts to steam during a fire the same way boiling water keeps a pot or pan from burning. This in turn keeps your drives and the data they contain safe.
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Protects data from flood Fully submersed, fresh or salt water, 10 foot depth, 72 hours |
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Wireless Support (Dongle) | Yes (wireless dongle sold separately) |
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