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A komodo dragon's bite is comparatively weak but its venom is lethal. Photograph: Theo Allofs/Corbis

Researchers have discovered that the bite of the world's largest lizard, the Komodo dragon, is venomous.

The carnivorous beasts are unusual because they release their prey after biting them, apparently leaving the animals to bleed to death before eating them. But many experts have claimed the victims die after being infected with bacteria that cover the lizards' serrated teeth.

Komodo dragons live on several Indonesian islands and typically grow to 3m long and weigh around 50kg. They lie in wait for prey and ambush them by charging forwards with their jaws open. The lizards can spend hours in one spot, waiting for wild boar, deer, goats and other large mammals to pass by.

Scientists at the University of Melbourne used computer models to investigate the strength of the lizards' bite and found it was weak compared with other predators, such as the Australian saltwater crocodile.

But magnetic resonance imaging scans revealed complex venom glands in the dragons' mouths that had never been documented before.

Bryan Fry, who led the team, surgically removed the glands from a terminally ill dragon in a zoo. Tests showed they contained a similar poison to that found in Gila monsters and snakes, according to a report in Proceedings of the National Academy Sciences.

The powerful venom has a devastating effect on prey, causing a sudden drop in blood pressure that sends them into shock. At the same time, the venom stops the victim's blood clotting, so it bleeds to death.

The discovery suggests many more lizards may possess snake-like venom than previously thought. Until recently, only two poisonous lizards were thought to exist, the Gila monster and the Mexican beaded lizard. Both live in southern US states and Mexic

insanity virus

Disease in its advanced stage.

Human beings are likely to catch this virus that sends them temporarily insane. It can start early as the photo below shows. Teen agers seem to be particularly prone to catching this disease which causes them to act in giggles or with cow-like looks ogling each other, pawing each other and sometimes taking off their clothes and doing unmentionable things to each other.

It is said that a cold shower three times a day and reading the good book will give immunity.

Spring is the time when it is most catching.

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Sometimes the virus crosses species.

Anti-gravity?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uHukbDOu9k

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press either. Are they here already? Did they come in comets and space rock debris and meteorites? Did they evolve over billions of years from viruses, microbes to invertebrates then finally to us? Are we THEM? Are we migrant aliens in our own land? Yes brother, we are. Hail the great spirit of interacting universal http://www.freewebs.com/area51topsecret/ AREA 51 ......................................................It was only a few days ago when I was pondering the supposed energy shortage that my recollection of a T.V. demonstration returned. It was something I had marveled at thirty years before, but had almost forgotten. Remembering it, an idea began to form and I soon found myself at my desk with pencil and paper inventing a revolutionary means of transport. "Let's see now," I mused "It better be disk- shaped so it will be able to skim along the sky and change direction in a flash!" I became enthusiastic thinking that I could invent a machine using a different energy source, That of "gravity." What I had seen on T.V. was a fairly puny man trying to lift a bar with circular weights (the same king of device that weightlifters use.) Obviously it was too much for him. Stage two of this demonstration was this guy using an electric motor to spin the circular weight on one end and then doing the same thing to the weight on the other end. With the two heavy weights revolving at high speed he lifted the bar high about his head with one hand. Remembering this, I reasoned that I could use this principle to raise a weight (the human body?) and move it around in the air. I figured that additional energy would be necessary from a conventional motor to help with the lift and proposed that a small helicopter blade and motor would do the job, or maybe a fan below would give enough lift. The hybrid machine would use much less conventional fuel. as much of the energy would come from gravity (or was it anti-gravity?) I had a vague feeling that the principles of the gyroscope was involved. So I did what I always do, I checked the internet. To my surprise (perhaps chagrin) I found that my idea has already been extensively tested and the results have been patented. Out the window went my hopes for fame and glory as tumbled back to reality with a bump. Still it doesn't matter who invented it, does it? As long as someone gets it into production.(Ric) http://newilluminati.blog-city.com/antigravity_machine.htm Sandy Kidd set out to create an anti-gravity machine in 1980, a device which could one day power flying saucers with energy derived from high-speed gyroscopes. While working as a planning engineer with a North Sea oil company for four years, he spent nearly every spare minute in a makeshift workshop in his garden shed in Dundee, Scotland. Then, at Christmas in 1984, his machine generated its first vertical thrust. “Not much, but it was there and I was over the moon,” he recalls. A few weeks later the device was demonstrated at Imperial College, London, for Professor Eric Laithwaite, a pioneering expert on gyroscopes.

After watching the three kilogram, 45-centimetre unit with a gyroscope at each end of a crossarm rise from the test-bench against a counter-weight, he described Kidd as ‘ingenious’.

“What we have here is a potential space drive,” Laithwaite said. “Properly developed, this would take you to the outer universe on a spoonful of uranium.”

Two years later, research physicist Dr Bill Ferrier of Dundee university examined the device on campus. “Its potential is mind-boggling,” Ferrier announced. After Sandy Kidd moved to Australia a second prototype was tested in Melbourne for three days under the supervision of specialist engineers. Placed in a sealed wooden box, it was suspended from a cord attached to an overhead beam fitted with sensitive measuring instruments. Powered by a model aircraft engine, the entire device lost weight as the vertical thrust overcame the ‘force’ of gravity.

“It created enough thrust to float a small orange through the middle of a room,” said Kidd. “People in the laboratory were clearly shaken.”

The Kidd Machine produces lift without reacting on air, water or a solid surface and therefore appears to be defying Newton’s Third Law of Motion that states that every action must have an equal and opposite reaction.

“What Kidd has achieved will certainly shake the scientific world to the core when they realize the implications of the results,” announced prematurely optimistic astrophysicist Dr Harold Aspden of Southampton University in the 1980s. “It should now be possible to build a machine big enough to lift itself off the ground with a full payload.”

Mr Kidd was working under contract to BWN, an Australian-based company. BWN refused to divulge laboratory details despite wide mainstream media disclosure, including demonstrations on a number of TV programs. “Full public disclosure would simply encourage others to build similar devices and perhaps overtake us,” said Noel Carrol of BWN. “Industrial espionage is another risk we face.” Work to increase lift and design a commercial prototype “may take several years but we’ll get there,” said Kidd in 1988…

My question (from Ric Williams, webmaster) "If that happened back in 1988, what has happened in the last twenty years? Have the multi-national oil companies and motor manufacturers bought the patent and shelved it so they can continue to make trillions from motorists paying far too much for gasoline?"

See http://www.gyroscopes.org/propulsion.asp and http://au.geocities.com/psyberplasm/ch4.html and http://www.geocities.com/r_ayana/FreeEnergy2.html for far more

- R.A.

- Images - http://www.gyroscopes.org/propulsion.asp

New Scientist jan. 2006: "A leap into Hyperspace." ...."Burkhard Heim began to explore the hyperdrive propulsion concept.........suggested that all fundamental forces including electro- magnetism might arise from a new different set of dimensions.....He claimed it is possible to convert electo-magnetic energy into gravitational and back again...." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkhard_Heim

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Warning: Very graphic  view of bonobos mating. Might be disturbing for children.

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Children William Nash Maria Haynes NASH., William.d.1789 1 NASH., John. 2 HALL, Mary.Married Robert Hall.1810.Sydney 3 NASH., William.d.1804. 4 NASH., George.Married Mary Lees(bc) 1828. 5 WILLIAMS, Sarah.Married John Williams.Parramatta.1814 6 NASH, William 7 Grandchildren HALL, Elizabeth 3.1 HALL, Mary.A. 3.2 NASH, George.Jnr. 5.1. NASH, Henry 5.10. NASH, John 5.2. NASH, Esther 5.3. NASH, William 5.4. NASH, James 5.5. NASH, Mary 5.6. NASH, Sarah 5.7. NASH, Maria 5.8. NASH, Eliza 5.9. WILLIAMS., RobertMarried Susannah Tindall 6.1 WILLIAMS., David.Married Mary Ann Ward. 1857. 6.10. WILLIAMS., George.Married Janet Crawford.1862. 6.11. WILLIAMS., Edward.Married Mary Ann Rawson. 1864. 6.12. WILLIAMS., William.Married Catherine McDonald 6.13. BROWN, Mary.Married Thomas Brown.& Edward Carrigan. 6.2.HYLAND, Ann.Married Martin Hyland. 1843. 6.3. CONNORS, Sarah.Married Joseph Connors.Died at child birth 6.4. CHRISP, Elizabeth.Married Amos Chrisp 6.5. GAIT, Maria.Married Thomas Gait. 1850 6.6. DAY, Eliza.Married George Day. 1849 6.7. WILLIAMS., John.Married Esther Kilpatrick.1858 6.8. COLLMAN., Susannah.M.Charles Collman.d.1858.m.William Brown. 6.9 BROWN(COLLMAN.), SusannaMarried William Brown.1859.& had 3 children Sarah,Julie&Mary. 6.9.B. Great Grandchildren COLLMAN, Charles.Married Louisa Weston.1874 6..9.1 WILLIAMS, James 6.10.1. THOMSON, Stella Adelaide.m. Claude John Thomson. 6.10.10. WILLIAMS, William Herbert. 6.10.11 WILLIAMS, Alfred Dudley. 6.10.12. WILLIAMS, Joseph(Twin) 6.10.2. WILLIAMS, Eliza (Twin) 6.10.3. WILLIAMS, David 6.10.4. CAMPBELL, Mary Ann. m. James Joseph Campbell.1888. 6.10.5. PHILLIPS, Clara. m. Samual Phillips. 1902. 6.10.6. WILLIAMS, Henry. m. Emma.(Dolly) Sophia Spellman.1894. 6.10.7. WILLIAMS, Edward Ernest. m. Agnes Eva Thomson. 1909. 6.10.8. WILLIAMS, Albert. m. Mary Ann Barry.1902. 6.10.9. WILLIAMS, George Alexander.m.Mary Stewart. 1897 6.13.1. RITCHIE, Grace Edna.m. Fred Richie. (No Children) 6.13.10. SCARLETT, Jessie Ann. m. Ernest Scarlett. 6.13.2. WILLIAMS, Amos Edward. Marr. Millicent Wheatley. 6.13.3. WILLIAMS, William. m. Mary McPhie. 6.13.4. SCARLETT, Mabel. m. Sydney Scarlett. 6.13.5. GARNETT, Linda. M. Du Verney Garnett. 6.13.6. WOODS, Sarah Eliza.m. Alfred William Woods. 6.13.7. WILLIAMS, Edith Lillian (Lil) Not Married 6.13.8. COLVIN, Catherine Macdonald.(Katie.) M. George Colvin. 6.13.9. HYLAND, Elizabeth 6.3.1. GAIT, John. 6.6.1. GAIT, Eliza 6.6.2. GAIT, Female 6.6.3. GAIT, Thomas.M.Janet.e.Hayden.1901. 6.6.4. WILLIAMS, Sarah 6.8.1 WILLIAMS, Ann 6.8.2. WILLIAMS, Margaret 6.8.3. WILLIAMS, James.R. 6.8.4. WILLIAMS, George.W. 6.8.5. WILLIAMS, Esther 6.8.6. WILLIAMS, Henry. I. 6.8.7. WILLIAMS, Isaac. E. 6.8.8. COLLMAN, Edward.Law.M.Jane Rawson.1874.(sister..6.12.) 6.9.2. DUCKWORTH, Caroline.Married Thomas Duckworth.1876 6.9.3. COLLMAN., John.Married Ema Pearce 6.9.4. COLLMAN, Thomas.William.Married Augusta Weston.1880. 6.9.5. KILKEARY, Sarah. m. Michael.D.Kilkeary. 6.9.B.1. LIDDELL, Julie. m. John.Geo.Liddell. 6.9.B.2. ANGLIN, Mary.m. Francis. J.Anglin. 6.9.B.3. Great Great Grandchildren COLLMAN, Emily Olive. d. 1962. 6..9.1.7. WILLIAMS, Athol Raymond. m. Ann Lovelock 6.10.7.1. WILLIAMS, Clifton 6.10.7.2. TOMSON, Barbara. m.Hartley.( Tommy.'doctor')Tomson. 6.10.7.3. WILLIAMS, Angus. Died age 7. 6.13.1.1. WILLIAMS, Ian.M. Leah Davies.(first cousin.) 6.13.1.2. WILLIAMS, Kelvin Davidson (twin) m. Gladys Victoria Kearns 6.13.1.3. WILLIAMS, Geoffrey MacDonald (twin) m. Jean Ashton. 6.13.1.4. MYERS, Isobel (Belle) m.Jack Myers 6.13.1.5. WILLIAMS, Jessie . not married. 6.13.1.6. WILLIAMS, Edward.(Teddy) 6.13.3.1. WILLIAMS, Jean 6.13.3.2. WILLIAMS, William David. Marr. Cecilia.Mary.Green. 6.13.3.3. ARNOLD, Maria.J.Marr.Joseph Arnold.1930. 6.6.4.1. GAIT, Thomas.H. Marr.Valerie.May.Harrison. 1938. 6.6.4.2. COLLMAN, Agnes Caroline. d. 1877 6.9.1.1. COLLMAN, George.C. Died. 1962. m. Catherine McGregor. 6.9.1.2. DEEGAN, Augusta Maria (Daisy) m. Henry.V.Deegan. 6.9.1.3. QUINN, Marcia. M. George Quinn. 6.9.1.4. COLLMAN, Charles 6.9.1.5. COLLMAN, Christina d. 1885 6.9.1.6. COLLMAN, Robert Herbert. Killed in France. 1916.Age 26 years. 6.9.1.8 ROBERTSON, Ivy.J. Marr. William.C.Robinson. 1919. 6.9.1.9. MARTIN, Susan.Marion.Married Richard Martin.1897 6.9.2.1. LEONARD, Bridgatina.Jane.Married Micheal Leonard 1896 Omeo 6.9.2.2. COLLMAN, Charles.E.Rawson.(Died very young.) 6.9.2.3. COLLMAN, Arthur. Gordon.(Never Married.) 6.9.2.4. DUCKWORTH, Thomas.C. 6.9.3.1. DUCKWORTH, George Edward. M. Eva.E.Cranny. 1910. 6.9.3.2. THORNBER, Beatrice.M. Marr. Charles Thornber 6.9.3.3. PICKWORTH, Caroline.r. Marr. Darcy.M.Pickworth. 6.9.3.4. JONES, Amy.O. Marr. John.M.Jones. 1923 6.9.3.5. DUCKWORTH, Thomas.H.C. Marr. Ivy. 6.9.3.6. DUCKWORTH, Oswald.L.C. Marr. Elizabeth.C.Crawley. 1915 6.9.3.7. COLLMAN, Charles.P. 6.9.4.1. CULPIN, Hilda.E. Marr. Ernest Culpin. 6.9.4.2. COLLMAN, Sydney.Arthur. d.1921. Marr. Lola.E.Hough.1909 6.9.5.1. COLLMAN, Thomas. 6.9.5.2. COLLMAN, John.W. 6.9.5.3. YOUNG, Augusta.G.Marr. William.B.Young. 1913. 6.9.5.4. WEBB, Doris.I. Marr. William.Webb. 6.9.5.5. COLLMAN, Caroline.E.d.1886. 6.9.5.6. KILKEARY, Mary.E..(never married.) 6.9.B.1.1. KILKEARY, Sarah.T. (never married.) 6.9.B.1.2. DONNELLY, Emily. married.Joseph Donnelly 6.9.B.1.3. KILKEARY, Michael.Daniel. married. Elma. 6.9.B.1.4. KILKEARY, William. married Cecilia Baldwin. 6.9.B.1.5. LIDDELL, Ellen 6.9.B.2.1. Great Great Great Grandchildren COMMONS, Thelma Jean. m. Andrew Commons. 6.10.7.1.1. WILLIAMS, Innis Athol. m. Jean Williamson. 1944. 6.10.7.1.2. WILLIAMS, Gordon Williams. m. Gwen Williams. 6.10.7.1.3. JAMIESON, Shirley Doreen..m. Bruce Jamieson. 6.10.7.1.4. WILLIAMS, Ivan Raymond. m. Gladys Manuel / Bev Clark. 6.10.7.1.5. RICHES, Iris Elaine. m. Kevin Riches. 6.10.7.1.6. FREEBODY, Naomi.marr.Pat Freebody. 6.10.7.3.1. THOMSON, Jean 6.10.7.3.2. THOMSON, Doug 6.10.7.3.3. THOMSON, Jimmy 6.10.7.3.4. THOMSON, June 6.10.7.3.5. SMITH, Rosemary.Cecil. Marr. Roger.M.Smith.1962 6.13.3.3.1. PARKER, Margaret. Marr. John Fraser(div)m.Barry Parker. 1992 6.13.3.3.2. THOMAS, Louisa Elizabeth. m. Archibald Stanley Thomas. 1948. 6.9.1.9..3. ROBERTSON, Charles.Robert. M.Sheila Suthern. 6.9.1.9.1. ROBERTSON, Mark Henry. m. Sheila Freeman 6.9.1.9.2. MARTIN., Ethel.Jane.Died.41/2.Months.Glenwills 6.9.2.1.1. MARTIN., Evelyn.Mary. 6.9.2.1.2. WILLIAMS, Myrtle.May. 6.9.2.1.3. BOLAM, Myra. Marion.Married Henry Bolam 6.9.2.1.4.. MARTIN., Thomas.Edward.Married Beatie. 6.9.2.1.5. MARTIN., Charles.Norman.Married Ethal May Fuller.1927 6.9.2.1.6. MARTIN., Laurie. 6.9.2.1.7. MARTIN., George.Married Laurel Arthur. 6.9.2.1.8. BRETT, Maureen. marr. Jack.Brett 6.9.B.1.3.1. BRENNAN, Madeline(Wister).marr. Jack Brennan 6.9.B.1.3.2. DONNELLY, Joseph.marr. Kay Brett.(sister of Jack) 1. 6.9.B.1.3.3. RICKETTS, Joan. marr. Frank Ricketts. 6.9.B.1.3.4. FORK, Eileen. marr. Keith Fork. 6.9.B.1.3.5. KILKEARY, Anne 6.9.B.1.4.1. KILKEARY, Michael 6.9.B.1.4.2. KILKEARY, John 6.9.B.1.4.3. KILKEARY, Paul 6.9.B.1.4.4. KILKEARY, Patricia 6.9.B.1.4.5. KILKEARY, Patrick Desmond 6.9.B.1.5.1. SHARP, Marie Cecilia. marr. Gordon Sharp 6.9.B.1.5.2. SAXBY, Margaret Mary. marr.Barry Saxby 1961 6.9.B.1.5.3. KILKEARY, Catherine Regina. b & d. 1942 6.9.B.1.5.4. JONES, Cecilia Bernadette.marr. Neville Jones. 1971 6.9.B.1.5.5. RICHARDSON, Maureen Carmel. marr. John.J.Richardson.1966 6.9.B.1.5.6. MOLLOY, Christina Elizabeth. marr. Jeffery Molley.1966 6.9.B.1.5.7. Great Great Great Great Grandchildren RUSHTON, Sandra Ann. m. Laurence Rushton. 1971. 6.10.7.1.2.1. WILLIAMS, Leonard Allan. m. Wanda Weston./J.Turner. 6.10.7.1.2.2. ARNOLD, Janice Ellen. m. Glenn Rey Arnold.1971. 6.10.7.1.2.3. WILLIAMS, Kirby Innis.marr. Nardia Sturna 6.10.7.1.2.4. WILLIAMS, Sydney Raymond.marr.Daniella Donavan. 6.10.7.1.2.5. WILLIAMS, Phillip David. 6.10.7.1.2.6. THOMSON, Virginnia 6.10.7.3.1.1. OAKLEY, Samantha Maureen. m. Terance Oakley. 1991 6.13.3.3.1.1. REED, Vanessa Louise. m. Andrew Reed. 1992. 6.13.3.3.1.2. SMITH, Luke. Andrew. m. Kristen Millman. 1999. 6.13.3.3.1.3. FRASER, Angela. m. Colin Fitzgerald. 1997 6.13.3.3.2.1. FRASER, Mark.William.Ross. 6.13.3.3.2.2. THOMAS, Ian Douglas. m. Moira Mallon. 1977 6.9.1.9..3.2. AITKEN, Lynette Anne. m. John J.Aitkens. 1974. 6.9.1.9.3.1. ABRAHAM, Edna.Married Laurie Abraham 6.9.2.1.4.1. BOLAM, Raymond.Henry(Harry)Jnr.Married Ivy West. 6.9.2.1.4.2. BOLAM, Keith.Married Joy & Val. 6.9.2.1.4.3. BOLAM, Thomas.(Tom.)Married Shirley.Dawes. 6.9.2.1.4.4. MARTIN., James.Norman.Married Val.Fulford. 6.9.2.1.6.1. JOHNSON(PENDLINGTON), Elma.(Alma.)MayMarried Ronald Johnson 1950 6.9.2.1.6.2. Great Great Great Great Great Grandchildren BOLAM, Anthony BOLAM, Carol BOLAM, Wendy OAKLEY, Jessica Louise. 6.13.3.3.1.1.1. OAKLEY, Alison Mariah. 6.13.3.3.1.1.2. REED, Nicholas Matthew.. 6.13.3.3.1.2.1. REED, Georgina Francis. 6.13.3.3.1.2.2. FITZGERALD, Derek William. 6.13.3.3.2.1.1. FITZGERALD, Russell Colin 6.13.3.3.2.1.2. AITKEN, Jeanette Elizabeth 6.9.1.9..3.1.2. AITKEN, David James 6.9.1.9..3.1.3. THOMAS, Amy Kathleen 6.9.1.9..3.2.1. THOMAS, Emily Louise 6.9.1.9..3.2.2. AITKEN, Bronwyn Jean 6.9.1.9.3.1.1. BOLAM, Susan 6.9.2.1. BOLAM, Ray.Marr.Ray Tucker.2000. 6.9.2.1.4.2.1. BOLAM, Debra 6.9.2.1.4.2.2. BOLAM, Peter. m. Rebecca Wright 6.9.2.1.4.3.1. BOLAM, Susan 6.9.2.1.4.3.2. BOLAM, Wendy 6.9.2.1.4.3.3. BOLAM, Carol 6.9.2.1.4.3.4. BOLAM, Anthony 6.9.2.1.4.3.5. BOLAM, Glenn.Marr.Tanya Stockdale. 6.9.2.1.4.3.6. BOLAM, John Edward.Died.1960.Age.2yrs.9.months. 6.9.2.1.4.4.1. PRICE, Karen Ella. Marr. Keith Price. 6.9.2.1.4.4.2. BOLAM, Darren Thomas.M.Christine Ann.King. (Divorced) 6.9.2.1.4.4.3. COULSTON, Kaye Lynn.Married Wayne Coulston.1971. 6.9.2.1.6.1.1. MARTIN, Peter James.Married Elizabeth Therese.1974. 6.9.2.1.6.1.2. SEUREN, Faye.Roslyn.M.Kevin Quirk.d1975.m.Lou Seuren.1984 6.9.2.1.6.2.1. Great Great Great Great Great Great Grandchildren JAMES, Brody 6.9.2.1.4.2.2.1. JAMES, Mycalie 6.9.2.1.4.2.2.2. BOLAM, Sophie Louise 6.9.2.1.4.3.1.1. BOLAM, Morgan 6.9.2.1.4.3.6.1 BOLAM, Claudia Jade 6.9.2.1.4.3.6.2 PRICE, Madison.Laura. 6.9.2.1.4.4.2. BOLAM, Matthew John. 6.9.2.1.4.4.3.1. BOLAM, Kristopher Thomas. 6.9.2.1.4.4.3.2. BOLAM, Emma Maree. 6.9.2.1.4.4.3.3. COULSTON, Kelli Emma 6.9.2.1.6.1.1.1. COULSTON, Scott James 6.9.2.1.6.1.1.2. COULSTON, Blake Vivian 6.9.2.1.6.1.1.3. MARTIN, Christian James John 6.9.2.1.6.1.2.2. MARTIN, Samantha Jane 6.9.2.1.6.1.2.3. MARTIN, Donna Michelle 6.9.2.1.6.2.1. SEUREN., Michelle.Roslyn.(Quirk) 6.9.2.1.6.2.1.1. SEUREN., Heath.Ronald.(Quirk) 6.9.2.1.6.2.1.2. NB: Superscript behind each descendant name represents the lineage number of that descendant. This family information was last updated by FAYE ROSLYN SEUREN on the 9 November, 2001. odd snippets: Arthur Nash Ward - Date of Death 08/04/1931, Granted On 18/06/1931 ,Monaro Pioneers. for comprehensive coverage of the history of the Monaro region. Includes details of aboriginals, bushrangers, explorers, buildings, maps, newspapers and pioneers' biographies. The town history pages cover Alum Creek, Adaminaby, Bemboka, Berridale, Bombala, Bungarby, Bunyan, Candelo, Cooma, Dalgety, Delegate, Jindabyne, Kameruka, Kiandra, Lobbs Hole, Michelago, Nimmitabel, Rocky Hall, Tantawanglo, Towamba, Wyndham, Wolumla and Yarrangobilly

Israel Laurence Lewis Shannon was born on January 30, 1813 in London, England, died on December 4, 1893 in Cooma, NSW⁴ at age 80, and was buried on December 5, 1893 along side of Samuel at Wren's Nest, Church St., Cooma, NSW. The cause of his death was Gastric catarrah and exhaustion - 3 weeks. He was usually called Lewis. 

Notes: Lewis Shannon was a convict who arrived in the colony on the 17th August 1834 aboard the ship "Surrey". The ship had left Plymouth in England on the 7th April 1831. He was arrested and charged of stealing clothes and other items, on the 13th April 1831, and tried at Old Bailey in London in 1831. He was found guilty and sentenced to 7 years transportation. On his arrival he was assigned to James Hutton, George St., Sydney NSW.
His transportation indent papers give the following information:-
Born. 1815.
Height. 5ft 3ins.
Complexion. Sallow.
Hair. Light brown.
Eyes. Brown.
Religion. Jew.
General remarks. Eyebrows partially meeting. Mole on right cheek another , right side of chin, raised scar left side of same, top of both little fingers crooked. A/R.
He was granted his Certificate of Freedom, No. 38/458, on the 29th May 1838.
It is thought that he and Sarah and family moved to Cooma in 1858.


Old Bailey Session Papers 1831 Fifth Session Fourth Day p567
1123 LAWRENCE SHANNON was indicted for stealing, on 13th of April, 3 razors, value 3s.; 1 shaving box, value 4d.; 1 shaving brush, value 2d.; 1 pair of trousers, value 2s.; 1 chain, value 2s.; 1 seal, value 6d.; 1 comb, value 4d.; 1 book, value 6d.; and 1 halfpenny, the property of Elijah Farmer.

Elijah Farmer. I am a plumber and glazier - I lodge in Baker's row, Mile-end road; I have been there four or five years. The prisoner came there about eight days before this happened - I believe he is a slipper-maker; I went out between five and six o'clock in the morning, on the 13th of April - I left the prisoner there; he slept in the same room - my box was near the bed; it was locked - when I came home the hinges were nearly off, and I missed the articles stated out of it; the prisoner was gone - I did not see him again until the 26th, when he was in custody in Worship street; I have not found any of my property - he has given no notice of leaving; I expected him to come home in the evening.
MARY COBB. I am mistress of the house - prosecutor has been with me for years. The prisoner came there on the 1st of April, to lodge by the week - on the 13th he left without notice; about half past seven o'clock after the prosecutor was gone, I heard him come down and shut the door - he never returned; he took away his night cap and his property - the prosecutor complained of losing his property ; I went the same evening to where the prisoner had told me I might have his address, No.
38 Great Garden street - as I went up the steps I saw him at the window; I went into the passage - the room door was locked; I saw a young woman, who made a sort of stammer - I said I wanted to see the prisoner, and it was no use denying it, for I had seen him; she then went into the back room, and said 'You had better come forward, she has seen you;" he then came forward, and I accused him of it - he denied it; I said, "The young man is at the corner of the street, and you had better go with me to him;" he went with me part of the way, and then ran away - my brother , who was with me, ran after him, but did not like to follow him further; we afterwards heard he was at No. 21, Baker's row - we sent for him; he was denied, but the officer got him.

Prisoner. You said you would give charge of me.
Witness. Yes, I did, and I would if I could have got an officer.
Prisoner's defence. I did not run - the prosecutor's room door was wide open, and there was free access for any of the lodgers ; I had not time to return to my lodgings - she came the same afternoon; I never did such a thing - I was at my father's house, and my sister told me she had come; she did not say she had seen me.
GUILTY. Aged 20 - Transported for Seven Years

Cooma Express Friday 8 December 1893 p2
The funeral of Mr. Lewis Shannon, sen. who died on Monday last took place on Tuesday, when a goodly number of relatives and friends followed the remains to the grave. The remains were interred in a private piece of land near the Wren's nest and alongside his brother.
The deceased was highly respected and was 83 years of age at the time of his death and had been a resident of Cooma for very many years, and leaves behind him a wife, three sons, several daughters, and grandchildren, and other relatives to mourn their loss. Mr. C. Solomon read the burial service at the grave.

• Occupation: Shoemaker.

• He was circumcised on February 6, 1813 in London, England.

Lewis married Sarah Tucker on February 11, 1839 in St. James' Church of England, Sydney, NSW.⁴⁰ Sarah was born circa 1812 in England, died on June 9, 1896 in Cooma, NSW⁴¹ at age 84, and was buried in Mittagang Cemetery, Cooma, NSW.

Marriage Notes: Marriage Certificate V1839 74 23B/1839
St. Andrew's County of Cumberland
Lawrence Shannon of the Parish of St. Andrew's Bachelor
Sarah Tucker of this Parish Spinster
married in this church by Banns this eleventh day of February in the year 1839 By me William Hor. Walsh Officiating Minister
This marriage was solemnized between us Lawrence Shannon
Sarah Tucker X her mark
In the presence of us
Esther Cooper of Sussex Street Sydney
Robert Bell of Sussex Street Sydney

Notes: Cooma Express Friday 12th June 1896 p2
The second death is that of Mrs. Louis Shannon, relict of the late Louis Shannon, and mother of Messrs. Louis David and John Shannon of this town, which took place Tuesday morning last. The deceased was a very old resident of Cooma, having lived here for fully 30 years if not more, and as deceased had arrived at the mature age of 85 years her demise was not altogether unexpected. Mrs.. Shannon was known to almost every man woman and child in the community, and was universally esteemed by all. The deceased leaves behind her three sons and several daughters, all grown up, mostly married, besides a number of grandchildren and other relatives. The cause of death was general breaking up of the system. The funeral took place on Wednesday afternoon last and the remains were interred in the RC Cemetery Mittagang.

cellphone cancer risk.

Would you please get of your cellphone a minute to read this?

Or  at  least  tell  your  mummy.

Study Links Brain Cancer to Children Using Cell Phones

Tuesday March 17, 2009

People who begin using mobile phones before age 20 are more than five times as likely to develop a malignant brain tumor, according to an international group of scientists who studied the effects of electromagnetic fields and radio frequency radiation on living cells and human health.

The team examined the results of 15 studies from health researchers in six different countries, and reported their findings in the journal Pathophysiology. The scientists also called on nations worldwide to adopt tougher safety standards for mobile phone use and to issue warnings about the potential danger of cell phone radiation, particularly for children.

Dr. Lennart Hardell, an oncologist from University Hospital in Sweden, found that after one or more years of cell phone use, the risk of brain cancer in people who begin using mobile phones before they turn 20 is 5.2 times greater than for the general population. For people who begin using mobile phones later in life, the risk of a malignant brain tumor is 1.4 times greater.

"What stands out is the consistency of the association of exposure and disease,” said Dr. David Carpenter, director of the Institute for Health & the Environment at the University at Albany and a co-author of the report. “The evidence, as I see it, is sufficiently strong that there needs to be public warnings, there needs to be establishments of exposure guidelines and that the present guidelines — in Canada, the United States or anywhere else — are not protective of human health.

"I see us facing a major problem in the future because of the fact that young children are on cell phones constantly, and we may be setting ourselves up for an epidemic of brain cancer, the same thing we did with cigarette smoking and lung cancer."

The official position of most government agencies charged with monitoring the public health risks of cell phone radiation—and certainly the stance of the wireless phone industry—is that there is not sufficient scientific evidence to determine that cell phones pose a risk to human health. Yet, scientists continue to study the issue and their findings continue to raise questions.

These new findings, which indicate a much higher potential risk of brain cancer for children who use cell phones, should at least serve as a caution for parents.

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Unnecessary Deaths.

Excuse me. I still don't understand why this young lady soldier had to die and why Canadian troops are in Afghanistan anyway. Are the Afghan Taliban going to invade Ottawa and take out the parliament building? If so let's give them a medal (the Taliban, that is.) Ric

Last updated: Wednesday, 15 April 2009 | 12:38:41 AM ET

Fallen soldier's casket begins journey to Canada 

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Tearful soldiers carried the casket of Trooper Karine Blais onto a waiting plane at Kandahar Airfield on Tuesday during a solemn ramp ceremony honouring a woman described as "full of energy" and "friendly to everyone."

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Why there are pirates in Somalia

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/14/piracy-somalia-us-foreign-policy

	-  Garoweonline.com A Somali local Medie netwerk managed to interview one of the most dangereus people on earthh a(Pirate leader) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj5f6ApIjUE -

Abdul Hassan the leader of a group of 350 Somali pirates,whose takings this year alone was   350,000 dollar. Last year,  his group gained in excess of 10 million dollars.

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Photo of U.S. invasion of Somali in 1993. The Somali finally beat the U.S. troops and they withdrew, though they have been conducting raids ever since, giving the reason that Al Qaeda is there. There has never been any proof that there is any close connection between the Somalis and Al Qaeda.

11th April 2009....

Good news has just come in that U.S. forces have freed the captain of the Alabama and killed three of the four pirates. Well done!

It might be wondered  whythese hijackings are occurring. Is it just for money or do these Somalis really have a grievance?

Well, this is what happened a very few years ago.....atrocities by the Americans and other Nato allies that turned Somalis against them....

UN soldiers accused of atrocities in Somalia: Human rights group urges adherence to Geneva Conventions

RICHARD DOWDEN, Africa Editor 

Friday, 30 July 1993

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THE United Nations force in Somalia (Unosom) is accused of atrocities including killing of unarmed people, the bombing of a hospital, beating civilians and theft, according to a report published in London today.*

Africa Rights, a newly formed human rights body, accuses the United States-led operation of 'grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions' and acting with 'near-total impunity'. Complaints procedures against the UN are woefully inadequate, the report says. It calls on the UN to reverse the policy of militarisation of the aid operation and for strict adherence to the Geneva Conventions.

Its most serious complaints concern the helicopter gunship attacks on buildings on 17 June and 12 July, but it also accuses the UN of the killing of unarmed civilians, the forced relocation of Mogadishu residents and the demolition of their homes. 'These are not cases of undisciplined actions by individual soldiers, but stem from the highest echelons of the command structure,' the report says.

The report will reopen the dispute between the American command in Mogadishu and the Italians and other forces that broke out two weeks ago over repeated American helicopter gunship raids aimed at killing General Mohamed Farah Aideed, the leader of the largest Somali faction. The Italians complained that the attempt to kill Gen Aideed was counterproductive, and demanded a return to the humanitarian aims of the operation.

The report concedes that the UN troops are in a difficult and dangerous position and accepts that Gen Aideed's forces have committed many gross violations of human rights, but says this does not excuse UN atrocities in reply. It adds that in Bardera the UN force has been 'consistently respectful of human rights'. It says that the welcome given by Somalis to US forces last December turned to disappointment, then bitterness and finally anger. 'Unfortunately the bloodiest confrontations are yet to come,' it predicts.

Describing the attack on Digfer Hospital by US, French and Moroccan forces - at least nine patients died - Africa Rights says: 'There is a prima-facie case that the UN command in Mogadishu committed a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions . . . The case warrants detailed and independent investigation to determine whether a war crime has been committed, and if so by whom, and with what level of culpability.

Just a year ago more attacks by U.S. forces on Somalia have occurred, many not reported in the press.

The piracy can be better understood in the light of foreign incursions into their territory.

 

By Mike Pflanz, East Africa Correspondent Last Updated: 2:31AM GMT 04 Mar 2008

America has launched a missile attack on southern Somalia against a suspected terrorist with links to al-Qa'eda.

Three Tomahawk missiles fired from a submarine hit the town of Dobley, five miles from Somalia's border with Kenya, destroying a house and injuring at least six people.

 

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A Pentagon official said it was a "deliberate and precise strike" aimed at a specific target - believed to have been Hassan Turki, the head of the hardline Shebab youth organisation - at a meeting of militant Islamists.

"This attack was against a known al-Qa'eda terrorist," said Bryan Whitman, a Pentagon spokesman.

"As we have repeatedly said, we will continue to pursue terrorist activities and their operations wherever we may find them."

It was unclear last night if the attack had achieved its objective.

It was the fourth air strike by US forces in Somalia in 14 months, all targeted at hardliners who Washington believed were linked to al-Qa'eda.

None of the earlier attacks succeeded in killing the targets, the US has admitted.