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Poopergeist

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	'''Beer Man: '''Oh *   * STUPID *    *'s!		'''Beer Man: '''Oh *   * STUPID *    *'s!

-	Man picks up exploded beer cans, which are somehow still spraying beer, and runs into Freelings' house where he plops down on the couch with a bunch of other football fanatics to watch the game. Suddenly the channel changes to Ghost Hunters. The football fans all start yelling and swearing. Steven Freeling sighs, gets up and goes to the sliding door to confront his next-door neighbor, '''Benny.'''	+	Man picks up exploded beer cans, which are somehow still spraying beer, and runs into Freelings' house where he plops down on the couch with a bunch of other football fanatics to watch the game. Suddenly the channel changes to Ghost Hunters, where '''Jason Hawes,''' '''Grant Wilson''', '''Brian Harnois''' and a makeshift crew of "experts" are investigating the basement of a haunted mansion.

-	'''Steven: '''Benny, I can't believe you guys waste your time with that lame show.	+	'''Brian Harnois: '''WHAT THE F***!! Did you hear that??
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		+	'''Crew Member: '''Sounds like the wind to me...
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		+	Brian reacts violently to something unseen, hitting Grant in the face and smashing a $1,000 camera.
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		+	'''Brian: '''SOMETHING TOUCHED ME!!! OMIGOSH THERE'S SOMETHING IN HERE!!!!!
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		+	'''Grant Wilson: '''What the...
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		+	'''Jason: '''WTF!!! There was a voice! It said "BLAKKA BLAKKA OOKA BLAKKWA!"
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		+	A mist appears in the room
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		+	'''Investigators and Crew together: '''AAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUGGGGH! RUUUUUUNNNN!!!!!!
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		+	Crew push, shove and step all over each others' faces to get out of the basement. In the process the camera filming the episode is smashed. Brief static, and then the channel goes back to the football game, which has just ended. The winner was announced just before the game came back on.The football fans all start yelling and swearing. Steven Freeling sighs, gets up and goes to the sliding door to confront his next-door neighbor, '''Benny.'''
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		+	'''Steven: '''Benny, I can't believe you guys waste your time with that lame show. We just missed our game!

	'''Benny: '''C'mon, Steve! We've never missed an episode. Look, just move your stupid set okay? [Aims remote control at Freeling house and clicks]		'''Benny: '''C'mon, Steve! We've never missed an episode. Look, just move your stupid set okay? [Aims remote control at Freeling house and clicks]

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-	The '''Brelkhot''' (''Panthera brilca'') is a member of the family Felidae and the genus Panthera. It is the third largest of the five members, the "big cats" of Panthera. Panthera also includes the Tiger, Lion, Jaguar, and Leopard (in order of size). Known for its unusual behavior and unique stripe pattern, it stands out the most amongst the five species in Panthera. They are native to north (not including western africa and sahara) and south africa, and also into parts of the middle east, and most of them live in sub saharan africa. Their range had receded in the past 100,000 years because of poaching as well as habitat loss from human development, making the majority of the species now living in central africa. The Brelkhot has also experienced a decline in numbers and has been graded as a Near Threatened species. Its numbers are only surpassed by the Leopard in all of the genus Panthera.	+	{{Infobox Basic
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		+	\|Row 1 title = Fossil Range
		+	\|Row 1 info = Early [[Wikipedia:Pleistocene\|Pleistocene]] to Recent
		+	\|Row 2 title = Conservation Status
		+	\|Row 2 info = [[Wikipedia:Near Threatened\|Near Threatened]] (IUCN 3.1)
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		+	\|Row 3 info = Animalia
		+	\|Row 4 title = Phylum
		+	\|Row 4 info = Chordata
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		+	\|Row 9 info = P. brilca
		+	\|Row 10 title = Binomial name
		+	\|Row 10 info = Panthera pardus
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-	[[File:Brelkhot_distribution.GIF\|thumb\|right\|Range map]]	+	The '''Brelkhot''' (''Panthera brilca'') is a member of the family Felidae and the genus Panthera. It is the third largest of the five members, the "big cats" of Panthera. Panthera also includes the Tiger, Lion, Jaguar, and Leopard (in order of size). Known for its unusual behavior and unique stripe pattern, it stands out the most amongst the five species in Panthera. They are native to north (not including western africa and sahara) and south africa, and also into parts of the middle east, and most of them live in sub saharan africa. Their range had receded in the past 100,000 years because of poaching as well as habitat loss from human development, making the majority of the species now living in central africa. The Brelkhot has also experienced a decline in numbers and has been graded as a Near Threatened species. Its numbers are only surpassed by the Leopard in all of the genus Panthera.

	The Brelkhot has medium-length legs, which are around 3 1/2 decimeters. These legs are also very muscular and are about 6-8 cm in width. Its body is also long, averaging just over a meter. It is around a foot and 1/3 thick. The males are around the same size of the females. The Brelkhot's fur is striped with short, black stripes on various part of their body.		The Brelkhot has medium-length legs, which are around 3 1/2 decimeters. These legs are also very muscular and are about 6-8 cm in width. Its body is also long, averaging just over a meter. It is around a foot and 1/3 thick. The males are around the same size of the females. The Brelkhot's fur is striped with short, black stripes on various part of their body.

-	The species generalize on any type of prey they can catch. They tend to mostly feed on types of antelope, about two thirds of which are Impala, Thompson's Gazelles, or Common Duiker Antelope. Brelkhots feed on any type of animal if it can catch it. Like the leopard, it is highly adaptable to habitats. The Brelkhot can run at speeds up to around 55 kilometers per hour. It prefers to live in the savanna but can live in jungle or xenic grassland. The ecological role of the Brelkhot is equal to that of the [[wikipedia:Leopard\|Leopard]].	+	The species generalize on any type of prey they can catch. They tend to mostly feed on types of antelope, about two thirds of which are Impala, Thompson's Gazelles, or Common Duiker Antelope. Brelkhots feed on any type of animal if it can catch it. Like the leopard, it is highly adaptable to habitats. The Brelkhot can run at speeds up to around 48 kilometers per hour. It prefers to live in the savanna but can live in jungle or xenic grassland. The ecological role of the Brelkhot is equal to that of the [[wikipedia:Leopard\|Leopard]].
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	=== ===		=== ===
-	'''Synopsis: L. Ron Hubbard, angry that a neighborhood has been built over his burial ground, comes back as The Beast. To avenge himself and his followers, he sends several clumsy poltergeists to possess the Freelings' house. Unfortunately, the bumbling ghosts fail to 'accomplish Hubbard's evil goals, so he sucks Carol Ann into the refrigerator, possesses her, and in this way enters the house and causes terror and mayhem during the night. With the help of a murdered financial accountant and a child who can see the dead among the living, the Freeling's fight to save their daughter and send the founder of Scientology into the afterlife.'''	+	'''Synopsis: L. Ron Hubbard, angry that a neighborhood has been built over his burial ground, comes back as The Beast. To avenge himself and his followers, he sends several clumsy poltergeists to possess the Freelings' house. Unfortunately, the bumbling ghosts fail to accomplish Hubbard's evil goals, so he sucks Carol Ann into the refrigerator, possesses her, and in this way enters the house and causes terror and mayhem during the night. With the help of a murdered financial accountant and a child who can see the dead among the living, the Freeling's fight to save their daughter and send the founder of Scientology into the afterlife.'''

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-	Camera pans over scene of Cuesta Verde from a hilltop. Theme from "Ghostbusters" plays.	+	Camera pans over scene of Cuesta Verde from a hilltop. Theme from "Ghostbusters" plays. Several signs appear on the hillside:
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-	'''Tobe Hooper: '''HOLD IT! Wrong music! Come on, people! That movie hasn't even come out yet!
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-	"Poltergeist" theme plays, with the "Lalalalalalala" provided by Alvin and the Chipmunks. Several signs appear on the hillside:

	BEWARE: ANGRY SKELETAL SPIRITS		BEWARE: ANGRY SKELETAL SPIRITS
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	WHO YOU GONNA CALL? YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY!		WHO YOU GONNA CALL? YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY!

-	Suddenly '''Rambo '''appears, armed with an M-16 and several knives.	+	Suddenly '''Rambo '''appears, outfitted with Ghostbusters apparel, including the unlicensed nuclear accelerator and ghost trap.

-	'''Rambo''' (firing his machine gun): YAAAAAAAAH!!! Ghosts, I'm comin' to GET YOU!!	+	'''Rambo''' (firing his ray gun): YAAAAAAAAH!!! Ghosties, I'm comin' to GET YOU!!

	Cut to: Man riding his bike laden with beer through the neighborhood. A couple local kids are sitting on the curb, playing with their RC cars. RC cars cross paths in front of bicycle, causing man to brake rapidly and spill all his beer on the ground. Beer cans violently explode, soaking man and several neighbors with beer.		Cut to: Man riding his bike laden with beer through the neighborhood. A couple local kids are sitting on the curb, playing with their RC cars. RC cars cross paths in front of bicycle, causing man to brake rapidly and spill all his beer on the ground. Beer cans violently explode, soaking man and several neighbors with beer.
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	'''Beer Man: '''Oh *   * STUPID *    *'s!		'''Beer Man: '''Oh *   * STUPID *    *'s!

-	Man picks up exploded beer cans, which are somehow still spraying beer, and runs into Freelings' house where he plops down on the couch with a bunch of other football fanatics to watch the game. Suddenly the channel changes to Mister Rogers. The football fans all start yelling and swearing. Steven Freeling sighs, gets up and goes to the sliding door to confront his next-door neighbor, '''Benny.'''	+	Man picks up exploded beer cans, which are somehow still spraying beer, and runs into Freelings' house where he plops down on the couch with a bunch of other football fanatics to watch the game. Suddenly the channel changes to Ghost Hunters. The football fans all start yelling and swearing. Steven Freeling sighs, gets up and goes to the sliding door to confront his next-door neighbor, '''Benny.'''
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		+	'''Steven: '''Benny, I can't believe you guys waste your time with that lame show.
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		+	'''Benny: '''C'mon, Steve! We've never missed an episode. Look, just move your stupid set okay? [Aims remote control at Freeling house and clicks]
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		+	'''Steven '''[clicking back with his remote]: Move yours, Benny.
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		+	The two continue clicking at each others' houses faster and faster until both remotes and televisions blow up.
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	Nora nodded. "Yes, it does, but sedronic matter is going to give us access to vastly greater power than is available from nuclear forces." She led Stan to a window. "Do you see that? The little red blebs down near the floor? Those are the twistor pods that are awaiting a supply of sedronic matter. We need kilogram quantities."		Nora nodded. "Yes, it does, but sedronic matter is going to give us access to vastly greater power than is available from nuclear forces." She led Stan to a window. "Do you see that? The little red blebs down near the floor? Those are the twistor pods that are awaiting a supply of sedronic matter. We need kilogram quantities."

-	Stan could now see the magnitude of the problem facing Nora. Her harvesting of naturally occurring sedrons would require centuries to produce enough sedrons.	+	Stan could now see the magnitude of the problem facing Nora. Her harvesting of naturally occurring sedrons would require centuries to produce enough sedrons. Stan heard someone shout, "Intruder! Intruder!" Stan turned and he was grabbed by a large ugly robot.
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		+	Nora said, "Relax Pristir, this is Stan, my guest."
		+
		+	Pristir's large hands still pinched painfully at Stan's arms. The robot complained, "You should have brought him to the security office for processing."
		+
		+	Nora shook her head, "He might not be staying. For now he is a visitor. Just give him one of your temporary IDs."
		+
		+	Pristir let go of Stan, leaving a metallic bracelet on his left arm. "Very well."
		+
		+	Nora chastised the robot, "What if he had been an intruder? You took your time getting here."
		+
		+	Pristir did not think that was fair. "You sneaked him in here from your workshop. I've told you before that I want a security lock on that door."
		+
		+	"And I'm not going to waste my time all day going through your dance of biometric scans. Nobody can get into my workshop but me and someone who is with me."
		+
		+	"So you think. You could be abducted while out on one of you sprees. Each time you com back in you should go through a complete scan."
		+
		+	Nora chuckled, "Ah, Pristir, I think you just like strip searching me."
		+
		+	The robot was good at sarcasm. "Yes, that is my mission in life." The machine turned towards Stan, "Better me than these scrawny mathematicians you keep bringing in."
		+
		+	Nora laughed and even the robot produced a nearly convincing chuckle. Nora noticed that Stan was not laughing and sighed. She asked Stan, "What do you think of Pristir? He's been my personal robot since I was born...before I was born. Some day I'll scrap him and use one of the more modern models."
		+
		+	Pristir said, "I'm ready to trade bodies at any time."
		+
		+	Nora said cruelly, "Your fat brain won't fit in the newer heads."
		+
		+	"Some of my memory modules could go into the thorax."
		+
		+	Nora commented to Stan, "Pristir is cute when he's angry."
		+
		+	Stan could not take seriously the idea of the machine being cute. Stan had seen pictures of modern robots with bodies designed to be like a person's body, but they were expensive and resented by most people. Stan now looked closely at the technicians in the control room. He asked, "These are robots, too?"
		+
		+	Nora nodded. "The latest Uvadekoto design. There's no other robot design as good on the entire planet. I've heard that some of the space colonies might still be ahead of us, though."
		+
		+	Pristir commented, "Not for models that look like people. The colonies are concerned with productivity, not esthetics."
		+
		+	"Well, you still give me the creeps, Pristir. When you came charging in here shouting 'Intruder!' you scared me out my wits. People are just more comfortable around people than hulking brutes like you."
		+
		+	Stan finally managed to get a word in, "Pristir seems remarkably agile. You say all these robots were designed and built here?"
		+
		+	"Of course. I'd never trust a robot from outside. Who knows what might be hidden in a robot's programming? Pristir is only agile compared to the klunking robots that you know. Uvadekoto is far ahead in robotics...and most other important technologies. Come on, we should head back up for dinner."
		+
		+	Nora led the way into an office and on to an elevator of rather conventional glass wall design. Stan commented, "I don't see how a small community like this able to stay ahead of the rest of the world in technology."
		+
		+	Nora said mysteriously, "You are not expected to understand. All you need to do is calculate. Do you think you can find the teserant functions for sedronic matter?"
		+
		+	Stan shook his head. "I've never paid much attention to physics and applied math. What kind of information do you have on the physical properties of these 'sedrons'?"
		+
		+	Nora said, "Bah! What do you do with all your time when you are not in math classes? Go for long runs?" She eyed his legs from shoes to running shorts. "That hives you nice legs, but you'd be better of with a knowledge of other fields like physics. Theoretical mathematicians make me want to puke."
		+
		+	Stan said, "I like to run. It clears my mind."
		+
		+	"Gah! Clear your mind of what? Listen, I'll teach you all you need to know about the properties of sedrons. Do you think you can handle the math."
		+
		+	Stan had no idea, but he had so far seen nothing that seemed impossible...given time. "I'm willing to give it a try. This seems like an interesting problem. I still do not understand what your game is. I half suspect that those are matter-antimatter reactors down there. What are you planing to do, solve the fossil fuel replacement problem?"
		+
		+	"Don't worry about my ultimate aims. We're not building a weapon, if that possibility is bothering you."
		+
		+	"Well, I don't really think what you're building down there is a power plant either. I saw nothing that would carry vast amounts of power out of this archology."
		+
		+	"All I want from you are the teserant functions for sedronic physics. Oh, and you also need a shower before dinner. You stink."
		+
		+	"What if such a theory doesn't give you an insight for how to make sedrons?"
		+
		+	"It will. I'm not worried about that."
		+
		+	Stan chuckled, "I hope some day you get around to telling me everything that you are keeping secret. I hate working in the dark."
		+
		+	"You prove your worth and I'll crown you kink Stan of Uvadekoto."
		+
		+	Stan asked, "And just who are you? Queen Nora?"
		+
		+	"Not quite. I'm one of twenty three that make up the Directorate. However, the way things have worked out, the sedronics project has taken on special importance. If we figure out how to make sedrons then I'll be crowned Queen Nora on the same day that you become King Stan."
		+
		+	==Jillia==
		+	They had made their way back up to Nora's apartment. Stan took a shower and found Nora and Pristir waiting with local clothing for him when he stepped out of the shower. Nora had changed into an elaborate robe that had thousands of built in light emitting diodes. In contrast, the clothing for Stan was a conservative formal suit. Dressed for dinner they went out to the living room. Stan was surprised to find not only Tilly but a dozen other members of Nora's family. They immediately set off by foot. Tilly said, "I made a reservation at that new sea food place, but we are late. Let's hurry." She took Nora's arm and hurried her along, "They might not hold a seat, even for you."
		+
		+	Stan was introduced to Nora's father, a half dozen of Nora's cousins and four of Nora's brothers and sisters. Soon they arrived at their destination and settled around a large table. The food was excellent and Stan was hungry after his long run. He had not eaten since breakfast. He concentrated on eating and listened to the lively banter that crisscrossed the table. There was about an equal mix of "shop talk" and chatter about various plays then running inside Uvadekoto and artists with new open houses in progress to show off their work.
		+
		+	Stan was seated between Nora and her sister Jillia who was involved in some kind of telecommunications research project. She kept talking about "hierions" and "hierion communications". Finally, desert was served. Stan was already full and Jillia had eaten next to nothing until the desert course. As she dove into a large bowl of cake and ice cream Stan asked, "What are these 'hierions' you mentioned?"
		+
		+	Stan noticed that Nora became silent in the middle of her own on-going conversation with her father and turned to hear what Jillia would say. Jillia slowly swallowed the food she was chewing and replied, "Didn't Nora describe hierions and sedrons to you?"
		+
		+	Nora answered for Stan, "I'm still trying to convince him that sedrons are real. I haven't gotten to hierons yet."
		+
		+	Jillia went back to eating, apparently hoping that Stan would drop the topic of hierions. However, Stan was intrigued and guessed that there was more new and secret physics lurking behind the term "hierions". He said, "I've been sitting here thinking that if Nora is manufacturing a new kind of fermion, unknown to the world of physics outside of this archology, then maybe 'hierions' are something similar. For communications it would be neat to have a new kind of boson."
		+
		+	Nora said, "Good deductions, Stan."
		+
		+	He shook his head in wonder. "How can a tiny community like this be so full of scientific breakthroughs and new technology that surpasses what the rest of the world can produce? I'm dazzled. Astounded. Perplexed." A silence had fallen around the table.
		+
		+	Nora said, "Now that we have a moment of silence, let me tell you all about my day. I was out hunting for Stan, who the press was trumpeting yesterday as the new boy wonder of mathematics. We just buzzed in the evening and I have not had the chance to bring him up to speed with our secrets." She turned to Stan and spoke more quietly, "Yes, we have some very interesting secrets. Jillia is probably the one to give you the story of how all this came about." She leaned back and spoke to her sister, "Really, I wasted the whole day trying to grab Stan. I need to put in a few hours on the twistor array. What are your plans for this evening?"
		+
		+	Jillia replied, "A bunch of us are going to a play, but Stan is welcome to tag along."
		+
		+	Nora stood up. "Good. Tell him the story of how Uvadekoto got started." Nora said to Stan, "I'll try to be back before midnight." She turned and went off. Stan noticed that Pristir had been standing in corner. The robot now joined Nora and the two of them went off together.
		+
		+	Stan turned back to Jillia and watched her finish eating. Between bites she told Stan a disjointed story of how the Uvadekoto archology had come into existence. She started the story, "Firstly, this isn't an archology. So stop saying that."
		+
		+	Stan scratched his head, "Then what should I call this place?"
		+
		+	Jillia explained, "This is a spaceship."
		+
		+	Stan shouted, "What?"
		+
		+	The rest of the family had resumed their conversations, leaving Jillia to the task of informing Stan, but now heads snapped back to Stan and Jillia. Stan continued, quietly. "This entire complex? How is that possible? You could never-" He was going to say that nothing could get such a large mass off the planet, but then he thought about the "power generators" he had seen, what Nora called the "twistor array". He suddenly realized that the twistor array was the engine room for Uvadekoto and Uvadekoto ''was'' a spaceship.
		+
		+	Jillia said, "Exactly."
		+
		+	Stan slowly recovered some of his composure, "But how...why...what makes you all so special? How is such a technological leap possible?"
		+
		+	Jillia sighed. "It all started hundreds of years ago, even before the start of the space age. Lera Winskailop (yes, a distant ancestor of the Winsou clan) built the first Hieric receiver. She thought she was making a detector for use in synchrotron experiments, but her hierion detector started chirping right away. Eventually she realized that she was detecting a message from another planet."
		+
		+	Stan felt his mouth hanging open. "You mean that your family has been talking to aliens for hundreds of years? All this...this spaceship is alien technology?"
		+
		+	"Alien inspired, yes."
		+
		+	Stan objected, "How has this been kept secret for so long?"
		+
		+	"Well, Lera kept it in the family. At first it was just a problem in trying to understand the alien signal. That alone took several generations. By then, the habits of secrecy were well developed. And then as soon as the alien signal was understood the technological advances started coming. One of the first tricks learned from the aliens was a subtle biological trick that made secrecy much easier." Jillia paused. "I hate to do this to you, but I'm not allowed to explain this to you. It was our first real leap ahead of the rest of the world and it still allows us to keep our whole history a secret."
		+
		+	Stan suggested, "I bet it has to do with brain biology. Something like erasing memories." Stan asked, "If anyone outside of this community does learn your secrets can you just erase their memories?"
		+
		+	Jillian changed the subject, "I can tell you most everything else. Actually, I'm a specialist in hieric communications...I couldn't really tell you much about other things like sedronics. However, it is not that we have been talking to the aliens. All we have is the message that they sent out. They wanted to help other worlds learn how to communicate with them. To our great shame, we still cannot figure out how to transmit a hieric signal. So all we do is listen. Most of what was in their first transmission is still mysterious to us."
		+
		+	Stan prompted, "First transmission?"
		+
		+	Jillian nodded. "Right. Then everything changed. A new message arrived saying that there was a way to not only communicate at speeds faster than light, but-"
		+
		+	Stan cut in, "Faster than light?"
		+
		+	Jillian giggled. "Sorry. Didn't I mention that? Hierions can travel through space much faster than light. Anyhow, a new message arrived that was all about sedrons and how to build a spaceship that can travel faster than light. But just like the original message we have never been able to figure out most of what is in the second message. The science of the aliens is so far beyond this world's primitive science that...well, we do the best we can."
		+
		+

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Poopergeist

2009-11-21T00:59:28Z

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	'''Spoofs the following films:'''		'''Spoofs the following films:'''

-	'''*Poltergeist '''	+	*'''The Poltergeist series'''

-	'''*Paranormal Activity'''	+	*'''Paranormal Activity'''

-	'''*The Sixth Sense'''	+	*'''The Sixth Sense'''

-	'''*Ghost'''	+	*'''Ghost'''

		+	*'''The Amytiville Horror'''


	'''Contributions welcome'''		'''Contributions welcome'''

-	=== '''Scene One''' ===	+	=== ===
		+	'''Synopsis: L. Ron Hubbard, angry that a neighborhood has been built over his burial ground, comes back as The Beast. To avenge himself and his followers, he sends several clumsy poltergeists to possess the Freelings' house. Unfortunately, the bumbling ghosts fail to 'accomplish Hubbard's evil goals, so he sucks Carol Ann into the refrigerator, possesses her, and in this way enters the house and causes terror and mayhem during the night. With the help of a murdered financial accountant and a child who can see the dead among the living, the Freeling's fight to save their daughter and send the founder of Scientology into the afterlife.'''
		+
		+	=== '''Scene One'''===
	Darkness.		Darkness.

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	Cut to: Man riding his bike laden with beer through the neighborhood. A couple local kids are sitting on the curb, playing with their RC cars. RC cars cross paths in front of bicycle, causing man to brake rapidly and spill all his beer on the ground. Beer cans violently explode, soaking man and several neighbors with beer.		Cut to: Man riding his bike laden with beer through the neighborhood. A couple local kids are sitting on the curb, playing with their RC cars. RC cars cross paths in front of bicycle, causing man to brake rapidly and spill all his beer on the ground. Beer cans violently explode, soaking man and several neighbors with beer.

-	'''Beer Man: '''Oh shit! STUPID BASTARDS!	+	'''Beer Man: '''Oh *   * STUPID *    *'s!

	Man picks up exploded beer cans, which are somehow still spraying beer, and runs into Freelings' house where he plops down on the couch with a bunch of other football fanatics to watch the game. Suddenly the channel changes to Mister Rogers. The football fans all start yelling and swearing. Steven Freeling sighs, gets up and goes to the sliding door to confront his next-door neighbor, '''Benny.'''		Man picks up exploded beer cans, which are somehow still spraying beer, and runs into Freelings' house where he plops down on the couch with a bunch of other football fanatics to watch the game. Suddenly the channel changes to Mister Rogers. The football fans all start yelling and swearing. Steven Freeling sighs, gets up and goes to the sliding door to confront his next-door neighbor, '''Benny.'''

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2009-11-20T23:20:07Z

Uvadekoto: continuing

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	Stan was in an exalted mood and had gone down to the sea wall for a run along the shore, turning his joy and energy into sweat and tired muscles. He had been awarded the prestigious Milsensir Scholarship, full financial support for the study of mathematics. The Milsensir was given to one student each year who was judged by the faculty to have the best prospects for success as a theoretical mathematician. The scholarship would support Stan's education for as far as he cared to go and most students of the past who benefited from the award went on to get their terminal mathematics degree.		Stan was in an exalted mood and had gone down to the sea wall for a run along the shore, turning his joy and energy into sweat and tired muscles. He had been awarded the prestigious Milsensir Scholarship, full financial support for the study of mathematics. The Milsensir was given to one student each year who was judged by the faculty to have the best prospects for success as a theoretical mathematician. The scholarship would support Stan's education for as far as he cared to go and most students of the past who benefited from the award went on to get their terminal mathematics degree.

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	She put the car on autopilot and took off the driving gloves. "I'm a resident of Uvadekoto." She pulled off the university robe and pushed it into the storage compartment behind her seat. Stan could now better see her large abdomen. He was rather appalled to see such a blatant sign of privilege and excess, but the Uvadekoto was world famous as a kind of walled community for wealthy capitalists. She started discussing the mathematical problems she was concerned with. Stan quickly realized that she was a trained mathematician or possibly an engineer. While she talked about teserant functions and their practical applications Stan watched her face. She seemed quite young and he wondered when she had found the time to learn so much mathematics.		She put the car on autopilot and took off the driving gloves. "I'm a resident of Uvadekoto." She pulled off the university robe and pushed it into the storage compartment behind her seat. Stan could now better see her large abdomen. He was rather appalled to see such a blatant sign of privilege and excess, but the Uvadekoto was world famous as a kind of walled community for wealthy capitalists. She started discussing the mathematical problems she was concerned with. Stan quickly realized that she was a trained mathematician or possibly an engineer. While she talked about teserant functions and their practical applications Stan watched her face. She seemed quite young and he wondered when she had found the time to learn so much mathematics.

-	Before he had a chance to contribute much of significance to the deep mathematical conversation she had initiated, Nora had pulled her gloves back on and pulled them off the blitzway. He could see the Uvadekoto dome on the ridgeline to the west. He's never previously seen it in person, but it was a familiar sight because of the frequent news coverage that the Uvadekoto community attracted. It was known as an "archology", what aimed to be an ecologically and economically self-contained habitat. Most of the world resented the archology movement and the fact that global warming and sea level rise had never been prevented. Those who were rich enough protected themselves inside their fortress archologies while the rest of the world's population sunk further into poverty and struggled at the mercy of the planet's disrupted climate system.	+	Before he had a chance to contribute much of significance to the deep mathematical conversation she had initiated, Nora had pulled her gloves back on and pulled them off the blitzway. He could see the Uvadekoto dome on the ridgeline to the west. He'd never previously seen it in person, but it was a familiar sight because of the frequent news coverage that the Uvadekoto community attracted. It was known as an "archology", what aimed to be an ecologically and economically self-contained habitat. Most of the world resented the archology movement and the fact that global warming and sea level rise had never been prevented. Those who were rich enough protected themselves inside their fortress archologies while the rest of the world's population sunk further into poverty and struggled at the mercy of the planet's disrupted climate system.

	Stan barely noticed the streets leading from the blitzway to Uvadekoto. He was thinking deeply about the mathematical landscape she had sketched. Nora had outlined a constellation of mathematical puzzles that Stan now understood to be natural extension of the famous Third Paradox of Klind. As a student in Klind's department, Stan was very familiar with Klind's work, but he had never heard of anyone thinking beyond the Third Paradox in the way Nora had. For most mathematicians the Third Paradox itself was enough of a puzzle. However, guided by Nora, Stan could now see that there was a set of even more baffling mathematical challenges that lay beyond the Third Paradox. The little car zoomed into a tunnel and screeched to a stop at a security gate.		Stan barely noticed the streets leading from the blitzway to Uvadekoto. He was thinking deeply about the mathematical landscape she had sketched. Nora had outlined a constellation of mathematical puzzles that Stan now understood to be natural extension of the famous Third Paradox of Klind. As a student in Klind's department, Stan was very familiar with Klind's work, but he had never heard of anyone thinking beyond the Third Paradox in the way Nora had. For most mathematicians the Third Paradox itself was enough of a puzzle. However, guided by Nora, Stan could now see that there was a set of even more baffling mathematical challenges that lay beyond the Third Paradox. The little car zoomed into a tunnel and screeched to a stop at a security gate.
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	Nora shrugged, "You'll find it difficult to press charges against me here. This community does not recognize any laws not of our own making." She pulled the car into a parking spot. They were somewhere down in the dark underbelly of the dome. A robotic arm swung out and plugged into the car, recharging its hydrogen fuel cell.		Nora shrugged, "You'll find it difficult to press charges against me here. This community does not recognize any laws not of our own making." She pulled the car into a parking spot. They were somewhere down in the dark underbelly of the dome. A robotic arm swung out and plugged into the car, recharging its hydrogen fuel cell.

-	Stan put his identre into his shirt pocket and tried to clear his mind of the fascinating mathematics that Nora had distracted him with. There was too much to look at now. Everything was odd and ultramodern and automated. They rode a scary elevator up from the parking garage to Nora's residential level. Stan had no sky or horizon for orientation and felt some claustophobia. The elevator seemed to be just a set of small plexiglass platforms, endlessly rising, but Stan imagined that there must be unseen safety features that would prevent falls.	+	Stan put his identre into his shirt pocket and tried to clear his mind of the fascinating mathematics that Nora had distracted him with. There was too much to look at now. Everything was odd and ultramodern and automated. They crossed paths with a robot who Nora casually ordered, "Get my robe out the car."
		+
		+	They rode a scary elevator up from the parking garage to Nora's residential level. Stan had no sky or horizon for orientation and felt some claustophobia. The elevator seemed to be just a set of small plexiglass platforms, endlessly rising, but Stan imagined that there must be unseen safety features that would prevent falls.

	Nora led him into a suite of rooms that had no access to the outside, but it did have a large balcony that opened onto a cavernous court yard. For a moment Stan peered down into the dark well of the court yard that was arrayed with lights from other apartment balconies.		Nora led him into a suite of rooms that had no access to the outside, but it did have a large balcony that opened onto a cavernous court yard. For a moment Stan peered down into the dark well of the court yard that was arrayed with lights from other apartment balconies.

-	Nora was already moving off down a short set of steps to a hallway the twisted away from her well furnished living room. Stan followed and soon found himself in an entirely different kind of room, what looked like an industrial workshop. Nora pulled open a furnace and Stan felt a blast of heat. She closed the shielding and adjusted the controls of the smelting furnace. She pointed to a glowing red numerical display. "There it is."	+	Nora was already moving off down a short set of steps to a hallway that twisted away from her well furnished living room. Stan followed and soon found himself in an entirely different kind of room, what looked like an industrial workshop. Nora pulled open a heavy access panel on the side of a furnace and Stan felt a blast of heat. She closed the shielding and adjusted the controls of the smelting furnace. She pointed to a glowing red numerical display. "There it is."

-	Stan carefully counted the number of glowing digits. The number kept increasing slowly, counting upwards from about three quadrillion. While cruising down the blitzway Nora had claimed that her only interest in mathematics was practical, that she was looking for a way to produce a newly discovered type of elementary particle: the sedron. Stan asked, "So where are these sedrons?"	+	Stan carefully counted the number of glowing digits. The number kept increasing slowly, counting upwards from about three quadrillion. While cruising down the blitzway Nora had claimed that her only interest in mathematics was practical and that she was looking for a way to produce a newly discovered type of elementary particle: the sedron. Stan asked, "So where are these sedrons?"

	Nora shrugged, "Safe in here." She patted solid steel side of the robotic smelter. "After three years of work I only have a few micrograms of sedronic matter."		Nora shrugged, "Safe in here." She patted solid steel side of the robotic smelter. "After three years of work I only have a few micrograms of sedronic matter."
		+
		+	It occurred to Stan that she had never explained why she wanted sedrons. Stan noticed a bench that was stacked high with metal bars. He reached for one of the bars, but it was very heavy. Nora said, "That's platinum. I'm processing two percent of the world's known stockpile of platinum. Sedrons form spontaneously at the rate of about one sedron per milligram of platinum per year."
		+
		+	Stan was puzzled and asked, "What is the half-life for these sedrons? And why platinum."
		+
		+	Nora shrugged, "I don't know. I've been told that they are stable particles. The problem is, they have only existed for the past three years."
		+
		+	Nora was on the move again, having passed through the back door of the workshop. Stan followed along and demanded, "What is that supposed to mean?"
		+
		+	They entered into a large chamber that reminded Stan of a bashball stadium, but where the playing field should have been there was an array of what looked like giant power generators. Nora waited for Stan to catch up, then the balcony they stood on moved down the curving wall towards the floor, dodging a massive crane arm on the way down. The crane was lowering a large steal plate towards one of the "generators" that was obviously still under construction. Nora tried to answer Stan's question, "Look, sedronic matter did not exist until three years ago. You are going to have to take my word for that. And don't ask why. Nobody knows." She waved to another woman below. "That's my mom. I'll introduce you."
		+
		+	Nora hugged her mother and then turned to Stan. "Mom, this is the mathematician I told you about. Stan, this is Dame Tilly Winsou, my mother."
		+
		+	Tilly took off her heavy work gloves and pushed her hard hat back on her head. She held out her hand towards Stan and he shook it. She said, "Welcome to Uvadekoto." She then immediately turned to her daughter and started discussing logistical problems with the ongoing construction work. Nora listened patiently for a minute then cut off her mother, "I don't care how long it takes. The conduits have to be perfectly aligned. I reject any shortcuts. Do it right, not fast."
		+
		+	Tilly objected, "But you know that the Council set a deadline for-"
		+
		+	Nora rudely said, "Shut up! You watch your mouth or you're out. Do you hear me?" Tilly nodded and looked at Stan, looking rather embarrassed.
		+
		+	Tilly said, "Yes, ma'me." She turned back to Stan, "If you are staying, I'll expect you for diner at eight."
		+
		+	Stan was almost speechless in reaction to how Nora had spoken to her mother, but Tilly seemed to have taken no offense. To Stan it appeared that Tilly only regretted having provoked Nora. Stan said, "I'm completely at Nora's disposal."
		+
		+	Nora was already moving off across the chamber, but she called back, "Yes, ma, we'll be there."
		+
		+	Stan moved off after Nora and nodded to Tilly. Nora led the way inside the first of the hulking structures that Stan imagined to be generators. Nora gestured towards the interior of the control room, packed with computerized control panels and a gang of technicians. "What do you think?"
		+
		+	Stan had been trying to imagine what Nora planned to use the sedrons for. He guessed, "It looks like a control room for a nuclear power plant."
		+
		+	Nora nodded. "Yes, it does, but sedronic matter is going to give us access to vastly greater power than is available from nuclear forces." She led Stan to a window. "Do you see that? The little red blebs down near the floor? Those are the twistor pods that are awaiting a supply of sedronic matter. We need kilogram quantities."
		+
		+	Stan could now see the magnitude of the problem facing Nora. Her harvesting of naturally occurring sedrons would require centuries to produce enough sedrons.

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2009-11-20T22:37:45Z

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	*Robot Creal - a [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Robot\|humaniform robot]] that was sent on the [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Many Sails\|Many Sails]] as a kind of [[Wikipedia:Trojan Horse\|Trojan Horse]].		*Robot Creal - a [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Robot\|humaniform robot]] that was sent on the [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Many Sails\|Many Sails]] as a kind of [[Wikipedia:Trojan Horse\|Trojan Horse]].
	*R. Gohrlay - a humaniform robot that worked within [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Eternity\|Eternity]].		*R. Gohrlay - a humaniform robot that worked within [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Eternity\|Eternity]].
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		+	==[[The Start of Eternity/10\|Chapter 10]]==
		+	*Nora Winsou - a resident of [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Uvadekoto\|Uvadekoto]] and the first person to take seriously the task of producing [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Sedrons\|sedrons]].
		+	*Stan - the first person in Uvadekoto to conceive a theory of sedronic physics, making it possible to produce sedrons.

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2009-11-20T21:52:31Z

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Stan was in an exalted mood and had gone down to the sea wall for a run along the shore, turning his joy and energy into sweat and tired muscles. He had been awarded the prestigious Milsensir Scholarship, full financial support for the study of mathematics. The Milsensir was given to one student each year who was judged by the faculty to have the best prospects for success as a theoretical mathematician. The scholarship would support Stan's education for as far as he cared to go and most students of the past who benefited from the award went on to get their terminal mathematics degree.

Returning to campus and his room in the dormitory, Stan pealed off his shirt and threw it into his room. Grabbing a towel he turned, planning to head for a shower, but then his brain caught up with his eyes. He turned back and stared at the woman who was sitting in his chair in front of the desk by the window. He stammered, "Who are you...and what are you doing in my room?"

The intruder pulled her legs off of the desk and stood up, stretching. "So, you finally return. Where have you been all afternoon?"

Stan now noticed that she was wearing one of his readies. She took off the goggle-like computer interface and tossed it on the desk. Stan felt that there was something familiar about her, then it clicked. He had noticed her seated in the audience at the awards ceremony that morning, her large eyes had captured his attention for a few seconds when he looked out into the auditorium after receiving the Milsensir Scholarship on stage and shaking the hands of the assembled dignitaries, including the Chair Emeritus of Mathematics, the famous Sheryl Klind. The girl was again locking her eyes on Stan's. For a while he stood there, trying to stare her down and growing increasingly upset that she seemed unwilling to answer his perfectly reasonable questions. Finally she replied, "My name is Nora."

Stan could see that Nora was a big girl, tall and wearing a Masterial Robe, but it failed to completely hide her figure. Stan guessed that she could stand to loose a some weight and he imagined that she was a mathematics instructor for one of the applied mathematics divisions. "Well, I assume you know who I am. I saw you at the ceremony today, but I do not remember seeing you previously."

She went to the closet and pulled out a clean shirt. Handing the shirt to Stan she said, "Come on, I'll explain everything on the way."

For a moment Stan stood there confused, looking at the towel in one hand and shirt in the other hand. Then he noticed Nora moving off down the hallway. He was outraged by her impudent manner, but he tossed the towel on his bed and went after her, only catching up to her fast stride as they stepped out of the dorm through an emergency exit, out the back and into the alley. Stan demanded, "On the way to where?"

She was already getting into her ground car, an expensive recent model of the Correlian hydrogen powered sports car. She turned the car on and put on a pair of sun glasses. "Let's go to my place. It's much nicer than your dorm room."

Stan had noticed how she got in the car. Without opening the door she had swung her long legs into the driver's seat. There was no steering wheel. She would drive using a computer interface in her glasses and the driving gloves that she was pulling on. Stan, feeling slightly foolish, asked, "Who are you? What do you want with me?" He was now suspecting that she was some kind of corporate head hunter.

She explained, "I want to discuss some mathematics problems with you...problems that involve teserant functions."

Stan slid into the passenger seat, only smashing one knee into the dashboard. Blinking back the pain from his knee he dared not speak and for a while he just gripped the arm rests and held on, hoping that she would not crash the car. By the time she entered onto the blitzway he was convinced that she was an excellent driver who knew just how fast she could push the little car without crashing it into anything else on the road. He asked, "Where do you live?"

She put the car on autopilot and took off the driving gloves. "I'm a resident of Uvadekoto." She pulled off the university robe and pushed it into the storage compartment behind her seat. Stan could now better see her large abdomen. He was rather appalled to see such a blatant sign of privilege and excess, but the Uvadekoto was world famous as a kind of walled community for wealthy capitalists. She started discussing the mathematical problems she was concerned with. Stan quickly realized that she was a trained mathematician or possibly an engineer. While she talked about teserant functions and their practical applications Stan watched her face. She seemed quite young and he wondered when she had found the time to learn so much mathematics.

Before he had a chance to contribute much of significance to the deep mathematical conversation she had initiated, Nora had pulled her gloves back on and pulled them off the blitzway. He could see the Uvadekoto dome on the ridgeline to the west. He's never previously seen it in person, but it was a familiar sight because of the frequent news coverage that the Uvadekoto community attracted. It was known as an "archology", what aimed to be an ecologically and economically self-contained habitat. Most of the world resented the archology movement and the fact that global warming and sea level rise had never been prevented. Those who were rich enough protected themselves inside their fortress archologies while the rest of the world's population sunk further into poverty and struggled at the mercy of the planet's disrupted climate system.

Stan barely noticed the streets leading from the blitzway to Uvadekoto. He was thinking deeply about the mathematical landscape she had sketched. Nora had outlined a constellation of mathematical puzzles that Stan now understood to be natural extension of the famous Third Paradox of Klind. As a student in Klind's department, Stan was very familiar with Klind's work, but he had never heard of anyone thinking beyond the Third Paradox in the way Nora had. For most mathematicians the Third Paradox itself was enough of a puzzle. However, guided by Nora, Stan could now see that there was a set of even more baffling mathematical challenges that lay beyond the Third Paradox. The little car zoomed into a tunnel and screeched to a stop at a security gate.

An armed guard called out from his bunker, "Who is that with you Ms. Winsou?"

Stan suddenly realized that he had left his identre back in his room. But Nora had it in her pocket. She tossed the small device into the bunker. A moment latter it came sailing back into the car and Stan grabbed it. Nora smiled and drove through the gate as it opened. Stan complained, "It's a felony to take someone's identre."

Nora shrugged, "You'll find it difficult to press charges against me here. This community does not recognize any laws not of our own making." She pulled the car into a parking spot. They were somewhere down in the dark underbelly of the dome. A robotic arm swung out and plugged into the car, recharging its hydrogen fuel cell.

Stan put his identre into his shirt pocket and tried to clear his mind of the fascinating mathematics that Nora had distracted him with. There was too much to look at now. Everything was odd and ultramodern and automated. They rode a scary elevator up from the parking garage to Nora's residential level. Stan had no sky or horizon for orientation and felt some claustophobia. The elevator seemed to be just a set of small plexiglass platforms, endlessly rising, but Stan imagined that there must be unseen safety features that would prevent falls.

Nora led him into a suite of rooms that had no access to the outside, but it did have a large balcony that opened onto a cavernous court yard. For a moment Stan peered down into the dark well of the court yard that was arrayed with lights from other apartment balconies.

Nora was already moving off down a short set of steps to a hallway the twisted away from her well furnished living room. Stan followed and soon found himself in an entirely different kind of room, what looked like an industrial workshop. Nora pulled open a furnace and Stan felt a blast of heat. She closed the shielding and adjusted the controls of the smelting furnace. She pointed to a glowing red numerical display. "There it is."

Stan carefully counted the number of glowing digits. The number kept increasing slowly, counting upwards from about three quadrillion. While cruising down the blitzway Nora had claimed that her only interest in mathematics was practical, that she was looking for a way to produce a newly discovered type of elementary particle: the sedron. Stan asked, "So where are these sedrons?"

Nora shrugged, "Safe in here." She patted solid steel side of the robotic smelter. "After three years of work I only have a few micrograms of sedronic matter."

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	===Chapter 10===		===Chapter 10===
-	This chapter (it may expand to several chapters) is a flashback to the origin of the Uvadekoto and the first alien species that successfully merges into an intergalactic civilization with the Huaoshy. Written in an ambiguous way, the reader might wonder if the events of this chapter take place on Earth, but it is actually an Earth-like planet far away, actually in a galaxy near the Huaoshy Home Galaxy. This chapter introduces hierions and sedrons and takes place over 800,000,000 years before present.	+	This chapter (it may expand to several chapters) is a flashback to the origin of the [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Uvadekoto\|Uvadekoto]] and the first alien species that successfully merges into an intergalactic civilization with the Huaoshy. Written in an ambiguous way, the reader might wonder if the events of this chapter take place on Earth, but it is actually an Earth-like planet far away, actually in a galaxy near the Huaoshy Home Galaxy. This chapter introduces hierions and sedrons and takes place over 800,000,000 years before present.

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	==Reality Change==		==Reality Change==
	"Reality change" is a technical term used to describe an alternative time line caused when a time traveler goes back in time and makes a change in the course of events. There are multiple "Realities" that sequentially come into existence when time travel is used as a tool for altering Reality. Realities have a kind of "momentum", so most changes in time do not dramatically alter a Reality.		"Reality change" is a technical term used to describe an alternative time line caused when a time traveler goes back in time and makes a change in the course of events. There are multiple "Realities" that sequentially come into existence when time travel is used as a tool for altering Reality. Realities have a kind of "momentum", so most changes in time do not dramatically alter a Reality.
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		+	==Retair==
		+	The first spacefaring species that the [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Huaoshy species\|Huaoshy]] come into contact with as they spread into space from their planet of origin. The Retair construct the ''[[#Uvadekoto\|Uvadekoto]]'' as their first interstellar spaceship.

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	==T-particle==		==T-particle==
	T-particles are a form of dark matter. [[#Positronic brain\|Positronic brains]] can use T-particles and their associated twitinos for telepathic communication.		T-particles are a form of dark matter. [[#Positronic brain\|Positronic brains]] can use T-particles and their associated twitinos for telepathic communication.
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		+	==Uvadekoto==
		+	The first interstellar spaceship built by the [[#Retair\|Retair]].

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	In his novel ''Araminta Station'', [[Wikipedia:Jack Vance#The Cadwal Chronicles\|Jack Vance]] wrote about a future "Monomantic Rebellion" that led to attempts to genetically engineer humans so as to reduce [[Wikipedia:Sexual dimorphism\|sexual dimporphism]]. Vance imagined a society (populated by a people known as Zubenites) in which human embryos were cultured in artificial "tubs", "liberating" women from having to go through pregnancy. Vance imagined that a kind of "Monomantic Creed" was developed to indoctrinate Zubenites into a philosophy that vilified "duality" (normal human sexual reproduction). However, the Zubenites became difficult to replace, and with each passing generation, Zubenites germ cells became increasingly hard to coax into producing new embryos.		In his novel ''Araminta Station'', [[Wikipedia:Jack Vance#The Cadwal Chronicles\|Jack Vance]] wrote about a future "Monomantic Rebellion" that led to attempts to genetically engineer humans so as to reduce [[Wikipedia:Sexual dimorphism\|sexual dimporphism]]. Vance imagined a society (populated by a people known as Zubenites) in which human embryos were cultured in artificial "tubs", "liberating" women from having to go through pregnancy. Vance imagined that a kind of "Monomantic Creed" was developed to indoctrinate Zubenites into a philosophy that vilified "duality" (normal human sexual reproduction). However, the Zubenites became difficult to replace, and with each passing generation, Zubenites germ cells became increasingly hard to coax into producing new embryos.

-	In my thinking about [[The Start of Eternity]] I have been influenced by Vance's idea of Monomantics. When [[Wikipedia:Isaac Asimov\|Asimov]] wrote [[Wikipedia:The End of Eternity\|The End of Eternity]] he described how humans of the far future (more than 10,000,000 years in our future) gradually died off and the human species became extinct. Asimov provided no details about the extinction of humans, but a key character in the story, Noÿs Lambent, was from a time more than 10 million years in our future. Asimov did describe a slow evolution and a small amount of genetic change in humans through the next several million years. Asimov wrote that [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Eternity\|Eternity]] created a stable environment for humans and greatly slowed the pace of human evolution. I have been trying to imagine exactly how Noÿs Lambent was different from us, humans of the [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#The Primitive\|Primitive]].	+	In my thinking about [[The Start of Eternity]] I have been influenced by Vance's idea of Monomantics. When [[Wikipedia:Isaac Asimov\|Asimov]] wrote [[Wikipedia:The End of Eternity\|The End of Eternity]] he described how humans of the far future (more than 10,000,000 years in our future) gradually died off and the human species became extinct. Asimov provided no details about the extinction of humans, but a key character in the story, Noÿs Lambent, was from a time more than 10 million years in our future. Asimov did describe a slow evolution and a small amount of genetic change in humans through the next several million years. Asimov wrote that [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Eternity\|Eternity]] created a stable environment for humans and greatly slowed the pace of human evolution. I have been trying to imagine exactly how Noÿs Lambent was different from us, we humans of the [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#The Primitive\|Primitive]].

-	Asimov invented the idea of "Hidden Centuries" actually a period of millions of years, including several million years leading up to the extinction of humans. Asimov provided us with little information about the "Hidden Centuries", but Noÿs Lambent was born in the middle of that hidden epoch. I am now imagining that Noÿs came from a society that included no males and where reproduction was achieved by [[Wikipedia:In vitro fertilisation\|artificial means]]. There needs to have been a decision by the robots who created Eternity to create the Hidden Centuries as a time period when variant humans could be created, all with the hope that some stable form of human could be found that would not become extinct. However, after studying many human variants, the robots finally decide that it is impossible for humanity to indefinitely sustain itself on Earth. The robots decide that, in order for humans to not become extinct, they must allow humans to explore space. This is a major problem for the robots because of the [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Laws of Robotics\|Zeroth Law]], but they devise a strategy by which humanity will spread between the stars and create [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Galaxia\|Galaxia]], a telepathically-linked group mind that spans the entire galaxy.	+	Asimov invented the idea of "Hidden Centuries", a period of time lasting millions of years, including several million years leading up to the extinction of humans. Asimov provided us with little information about the "Hidden Centuries", but Noÿs Lambent was born in the middle of that hidden epoch. I am now imagining that Noÿs came from a society that included few males and where reproduction was achieved by [[Wikipedia:In vitro fertilisation\|artificial means]]. This is a twist that plays off of Asimov's depiction of Eternity as having a male-dominated culture and the way Asimov showed Noÿs to be a "[[Wikipedia:Feminism\|liberated]]" woman.

-	[[The Start of Eternity]] will therefor provide two possible "visions of humanity's future". The first "vision" of humanity's future, Noÿs Lambent, is a woman from the far future where the human species became extinct. Second, the inter-galactic civilization of the [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Huaoshy species\|Huaoshy]] will provide examples, in the form of other species, of how the humans might evolve in the far future if humanity is integrated into Huaoshy culture. The telepathic robots that control humanity's fate according to the dictates of the Zeroth Law will struggle to keep keep up their efforts to protect humanity, but ultimately they must fail.	+	There needs to have been a decision by the robots who created Eternity to establish the Hidden Centuries as a time period when human variants and alternative forms of human culture could be tested for their long-term survivability. Having looked into the future (and seen the extinction of the human species), the robots needed to find some stable form of human that would not become extinct. However, after studying many human variants, the robots finally decide that the fundamental underlying problem is their own decision to keep humans penned up on Earth. The robots learn that it is impossible for humanity to indefinitely sustain itself on Earth. The robots decide that, in order for humans to not become extinct, they must allow humans to explore outer space. This is a major problem for the robots because of the [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Laws of Robotics\|Zeroth Law]], which requires the robots to protect humanity and human interests. The problem for robots is if humans spread to millions of worlds, then how can a robot recognize what constitutes humanity and the best interests of humanity? The robots ultimately devise a strategy by which humanity will spread between the stars and create [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Galaxia\|Galaxia]], a telepathically-linked group mind that spans the entire galaxy. The robots feel confident that a unified Galaxia will allow them to understand humanity as a vast galaxy-wide but unified super-organism, humanity will be an understandable "entity" that the robots can continue to protect according to the Zeroth Law.
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		+	[[The Start of Eternity]] will therefor provide two possible "visions of humanity's future". The first "vision" of humanity's future, Noÿs Lambent, is a woman from the far future, a future where the human species became extinct. Second, the inter-galactic civilization of the [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Huaoshy species\|Huaoshy]] will provide examples, in the form of other human-like species, of how the humans might evolve in the far future if humanity is integrated into Huaoshy culture. The telepathic robots that control humanity's fate according to the dictates of the Zeroth Law will struggle to keep keep up their efforts to protect humanity, but ultimately they fail.
		+	[[Category:Science Fiction]][[Category:Blog posts]][[Category:The Start of Eternity]]

Argentina Prologue

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-	[Image:Map\|thumb\|left\|276px\|The May Revolution took place in Buenos Aires (Map from http://i.infoplease.com/images/margent.gif)]	+	[[Image:Map\|thumb\|left\|276px\|The May Revolution took place in Buenos Aires (Map from http://i.infoplease.com/images/margent.gif)]]
-	[Image:ARGENTINA_TIMELINE-1.jpg\|thumb\|266px\|Timeline of the May Revolution]	+	[[Image:ARGENTINA_TIMELINE-1.jpg\|thumb\|266px\|Timeline of the May Revolution]]

-	'''[Summary of the May Revolution]'''	+	'''[[Summary of the May Revolution]]'''

	The May Revolution took place in 1810 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Spain had recently been taken over by France. The Viceroy in Buenos Aires, Viceroy Cisneros, wouldn’t spread the news to anyone. Finally, rumors began to circulate around Buenos Aires until finally Viceroy Cisneros admitted what happened. When he admitted it, people began to wonder how honest he was and how honest the Spanish government was. The citizens gathered at open town hall meetings and decided that a change was needed. They voted on whether or not Viceroy Cisneros should keep his position, 69 people voted for him while another 155 people voted against him. With Cisneros out of office, they created a Junta. People proposed Cisneros be the president of the Junta, but this idea was quickly destroyed. In the end, they created the First Junta, which was run by local authority.		The May Revolution took place in 1810 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Spain had recently been taken over by France. The Viceroy in Buenos Aires, Viceroy Cisneros, wouldn’t spread the news to anyone. Finally, rumors began to circulate around Buenos Aires until finally Viceroy Cisneros admitted what happened. When he admitted it, people began to wonder how honest he was and how honest the Spanish government was. The citizens gathered at open town hall meetings and decided that a change was needed. They voted on whether or not Viceroy Cisneros should keep his position, 69 people voted for him while another 155 people voted against him. With Cisneros out of office, they created a Junta. People proposed Cisneros be the president of the Junta, but this idea was quickly destroyed. In the end, they created the First Junta, which was run by local authority.

-	'''[Brinton’s Anatomy of a Revolution Compared to the May Revolution]'''	+	'''[[Brinton’s Anatomy of a Revolution Compared to the May Revolution]]'''

-	[Conditions Which Seem to be Present as Causes of the May Revolution]	+	[[Conditions Which Seem to be Present as Causes of the May Revolution]]

	1. People feel restless and held down by unacceptable restrictions in society, religion, the economy or the government.		1. People feel restless and held down by unacceptable restrictions in society, religion, the economy or the government.

Brazil Prologue

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		+	== The Beginning ==
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		+	In the 1820's, the Brazilian Revolution had unofficially started. Portuguese rebels ousted regions in Lisbon and convoked liberal parliment. The new government tried to strengthen its ties to Brazil, which had weakened when the royal family moved to Rio de Janeiro. The British now feared losing their influence over Portugal and Brazil, so the British advised Joao VI to return to Europe. (To Be Continued...)
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	== Causes and Outcome of The Brazillian Revolution of 1889 (Continued)==		== Causes and Outcome of The Brazillian Revolution of 1889 (Continued)==

Argentina Prologue

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-	[[Image:Map\|thumb\|left\|276px\|The May Revolution took place in Buenos Aires (Map from http://i.infoplease.com/images/margent.gif)]]	+	[Image:Map\|thumb\|left\|276px\|The May Revolution took place in Buenos Aires (Map from http://i.infoplease.com/images/margent.gif)]
-	[[Image:ARGENTINA_TIMELINE-1.jpg\|thumb\|266px\|Timeline of the May Revolution]]	+	[Image:ARGENTINA_TIMELINE-1.jpg\|thumb\|266px\|Timeline of the May Revolution]

-	'''[[Summary of the May Revolution]]'''	+	'''[Summary of the May Revolution]'''

	The May Revolution took place in 1810 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Spain had recently been taken over by France. The Viceroy in Buenos Aires, Viceroy Cisneros, wouldn’t spread the news to anyone. Finally, rumors began to circulate around Buenos Aires until finally Viceroy Cisneros admitted what happened. When he admitted it, people began to wonder how honest he was and how honest the Spanish government was. The citizens gathered at open town hall meetings and decided that a change was needed. They voted on whether or not Viceroy Cisneros should keep his position, 69 people voted for him while another 155 people voted against him. With Cisneros out of office, they created a Junta. People proposed Cisneros be the president of the Junta, but this idea was quickly destroyed. In the end, they created the First Junta, which was run by local authority.		The May Revolution took place in 1810 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Spain had recently been taken over by France. The Viceroy in Buenos Aires, Viceroy Cisneros, wouldn’t spread the news to anyone. Finally, rumors began to circulate around Buenos Aires until finally Viceroy Cisneros admitted what happened. When he admitted it, people began to wonder how honest he was and how honest the Spanish government was. The citizens gathered at open town hall meetings and decided that a change was needed. They voted on whether or not Viceroy Cisneros should keep his position, 69 people voted for him while another 155 people voted against him. With Cisneros out of office, they created a Junta. People proposed Cisneros be the president of the Junta, but this idea was quickly destroyed. In the end, they created the First Junta, which was run by local authority.

-	'''[[Brinton’s Anatomy of a Revolution Compared to the May Revolution]]'''	+	'''[Brinton’s Anatomy of a Revolution Compared to the May Revolution]'''

-	[[Conditions Which Seem to be Present as Causes of the May Revolution]]	+	[Conditions Which Seem to be Present as Causes of the May Revolution]

	1. People feel restless and held down by unacceptable restrictions in society, religion, the economy or the government.		1. People feel restless and held down by unacceptable restrictions in society, religion, the economy or the government.

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Diary of a Peruvian Revolution Leader

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	Dear Diary,		Dear Diary,

-	Now that our revolution is tied and has no clear winner, I have decided that it is time for a revision  plan. I have determined that it would be of great help to us to have the help of Bolivar. He has so far achieved independence for both Venezuela and Columbia and I know that he could really assist us greatly. He may even be able to help us to pull ahead of the Spanish quicker and eventually allow us to gain our freedom. I was very upset when at first he said that he would only send 800 men, but then after coming together and asking again, he agreed to come and help. I know that this will greatly help our revolution.	+	Now that our revolution is tied and has no clear winner, I have decided that it is time for a revision to the plan. I have determined that we could encounter help by turning to Bolivar. So far he has achieved independence for both Venezuela and Columbia and I know that he could really assist us greatly. Hopefully, with his help, we would be able to turn the tide against them. He may even be able to help us to pull ahead of the Spanish and help us get closer to ending this war in our favor. However, I was when I discovered that he would only send 800 men, but then after coming together and asking again, he agreed to come in person and help. I know with his assistance we could change this war into our favor.

	Dear Diary,		Dear Diary,

Mexico Prologue

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	<u>'''How it all Started:'''</u>		<u>'''How it all Started:'''</u>
-	Several Mexicans were forming groups to discuss their agitated feelings and ideas about colonial rule even by 1800, but when Napoleon replaced the Spanish throne of Ferdinand VII with his own brother, Joseph Bonaparte, they planned to take matters into their own hands. The famous priest in Dolores, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, is known as the father of independence. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla gained this title because he triggered the Independence Revolution in 1810. He, along with other Creoles, was one of the groups plotting against Spain. The main incentive for the Creoles was their want for freedom from Spain.Before a life changing desicion made by Hidalgo, he began planning for a revolt agianst the Mexican goverment when another priest found out and told the gachupines. Because of this he had no choice to but to wait to be arrested, flee Dolores or rally the Mexicans against Spainiards.Forced to act fast, Hidalgo, on September 16th 1810, rang the church bell in Dolores as a sign for revolution against Spain. There, he spoke the well-known speech, ''Grito de Dolores.'' This movement became a bloody class struggle which was not expected by anyone and within a month 50,000 (poor Indians mostly) men had joined Hidalgo.	+	Several Mexicans were forming groups to discuss their agitated feelings and ideas about colonial rule even by 1800, but when Napoleon replaced the Spanish throne of Ferdinand VII with his own brother, Joseph Bonaparte, they planned to take matters into their own hands. The famous priest in Dolores, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, is known as the father of independence. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla gained this title because he triggered the Independence Revolution in 1810. He, along with other Creoles, was one of the groups plotting against Spain. The main incentive for the Creoles was their want for freedom from Spain.Before a life changing desicion made by Hidalgo, he began planning for a revolt agianst the Mexican goverment when another priest&;found out and told the gachupines. Because of this he had no choice to but to wait to be arrested, flee Dolores or rally the Mexicans against Spainiards.Forced to act fast, Hidalgo, on September 16th 1810, rang the church bell in Dolores as a sign for revolution against Spain. There, he spoke the well-known speech, ''Grito de Dolores.''This movement became a bloody class struggle which was not expected by anyone and within a month 50,000 (poor Indians mostly) men had joined Hidalgo. The Mexican Revolution was a three part was and it ended in 1821.<ref>"Mexico."<u>Mexican Revolt of 1810.</u>1997.ABC-Clio NCHS Library. 19 Nov, 2009. http://www.worldgeography.abc-clio.com/Search/Display.aspx?categoryid=21&entryid=1132096&searchtext=mexican+revolt+of+1810&type=simple&option=all&searchsites=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8</ref>

-	<u>'''The Accomplishments'''</u>: Hidalgo was able to bring together a large fighting force that would go on to capture and ransack several major cities, including Guanajuato. At the battle of Monte de las Cruces, Hidalgo's army faced 2,500 royalist troops, and the rebels won but retreated. Unfortunetly for him, many Mexicans, as well as Indians, did not support Hidalgo. His large, but poorly organized army wouldn’t be able to withhold the well-trained troops of Spain. After the defeat at Puente de Calderon, much of his army deserted, and Hidalgo was captured and executed on January 31st, 1811. Jose Maria Morelos kept up the revolution's fighting into 1812, and a year later a congress made him executive chief and pronounced independence. Folowing was the Constitution of Apatzingan establishing male suffrage and getting rid of the caste system and slavery in 1814. This prosperous time could only last so long. Agustin de Iturbide, forced Morelos to retreat, who was later taken and executed in 1815. Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, a viceroy, was able to get most of the revolutionary leaders to surrender, except for some such as Vicente Guerrero. Things started to look as if the rebellion would fail when suddenly there was a liberal revolution in Spain in which a few groups of people decided to secede from Spain. That same Iturbide from before led them along the way, and with Guerrero, he helped to make the Plan de Iguala. This declared Mexico’s independence as a constitutional monarchy under Ferdinand VII, and creoles and Peninsulares were made equal. Iturbide became emperor in 1822, and crowned as Agustin I.	+	<u>'''The Accomplishments'''</u>: Hidalgo was able to bring together a large fighting force that would go on to capture and ransack several major cities, including Guanajuato. At the battle of Monte de las Cruces, Hidalgo's army faced 2,500 royalist troops, and the rebels won but retreated. Unfortunetly for him, many Mexicans, as well as Indians, did not support Hidalgo. His large, but poorly organized army wouldn’t be able to withhold the well-trained troops of Spain. After the defeat at Puente de Calderon, much of his army deserted, and Hidalgo was captured and executed on January 31st, 1811. Jose Maria Morelos kept up the revolution's fighting into 1812, and a year later a congress made him executive chief and pronounced independence. Folowing was the Constitution of Apatzingan establishing male suffrage and getting rid of the caste system and slavery in 1814. This prosperous time could only last so long. Agustin de Iturbide, forced Morelos to retreat, who was later taken and executed in 1815. Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, a viceroy, was able to get most of the revolutionary leaders to surrender, except for some such as Vicente Guerrero. Things started to look as if the rebellion would fail when suddenly there was a liberal revolution in Spain in which a few groups of people decided to secede from Spain. That same Iturbide from before led them along the way, and with Guerrero, he helped to make the Plan de Iguala. This declared Mexico’s independence as a constitutional monarchy under Ferdinand VII, and creoles and Peninsulares were made equal. Iturbide became emperor in 1822, and crowned as Agustin I.

	<u>'''After Independence:'''</u>Even though he was made emperor, Iturbide turned out to be a weak ruler after all. Once he came to power, he destabilized his role by initiating an attack in Central America in 1821. Despite expanding Mexico’s boundaries, he overused his resources. Mexico did not have enough money for Iturbide to pay his soldiers. Also, a few people formed a liberal group within the congress, and they protested against this form of government, and encouraged a republic. Iturbide broke up the congress, but Antonio López de Santa Anna, along with others, insisted on a republican constitution. In March 1823, Iturbide was stripped of his position, and exiled to Italy. His rule did not even last five years.		<u>'''After Independence:'''</u>Even though he was made emperor, Iturbide turned out to be a weak ruler after all. Once he came to power, he destabilized his role by initiating an attack in Central America in 1821. Despite expanding Mexico’s boundaries, he overused his resources. Mexico did not have enough money for Iturbide to pay his soldiers. Also, a few people formed a liberal group within the congress, and they protested against this form of government, and encouraged a republic. Iturbide broke up the congress, but Antonio López de Santa Anna, along with others, insisted on a republican constitution. In March 1823, Iturbide was stripped of his position, and exiled to Italy. His rule did not even last five years.

-	<u>'''In Conclusion:'''</u>After all was said and done, the final outcomes on the country of Mexico began to move in a positive direction. Mexico gained Independence and the government began to reform. all in all, the government developed into a republic where the entire population of the Mexican people could be represented more accurately. The Mexican government began to appeal to the greater population as a republican constitution arouse and the government began to satisfy the entire country.	+	<u>'''In Conclusion:'''</u>After all was said and done, the final outcomes on the country of Mexico began to move in a positive direction. Mexico gained Independence and the government began to reform. all in all, the government developed into a republic where the entire population of the Mexican people could be represented more accurately. The Mexican government began to appeal to the greater population as a republican constitution arouse and the government began to satisfy the entire country.

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Diary of a Brazilian Revolution Leader

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-	Our unability to follow Pedro II rule came in the midst of his rule when he commited a diar mistake. By beginning the fight with Uraguay, he created a fight that was unneccessary, he struck the last straw of my followers and I.	+	Our inability to follow Pedro II rule came in the midst of his rule when he committed a dier mistake. By beginning the fight with Uraguay, he created a fight that was unnecessary, he struck the last straw of my followers and I.

	Moreover, toward the middle of Pedro II rule, he made yet another mistake. He butted in on Uruguay, which was none of out business. This was the utmost last string for the rebels that I gave a voice to and I.  Pedro decided to enforce a pro-Brazilian government on the Uruguayans. This interference unleashed a gory clash that became known as the War of the Triple Alliance. Soon then after, Pedro realized his mistake and attempted to cover it up with blaming Paraguay for provoking the war. But the rebels and I saw right through Pedro’s sad excuse for an attempt at saving his own butt. Opposing to the statement made by Pedro II, Paraguay claimed that it had nothing of the sort in mind and when they used their newly well-built military to expand, they were only doing so to offset the colossal power of Brazil and Argentina. We had no business imposing our own government onto Uruguay. Pedro doing so really lit the flames under the ready-to-burn match that we as the rebels created. From here on out, it was revolution, revolution, and more revolution screaming out from all the people I was in control of.		Moreover, toward the middle of Pedro II rule, he made yet another mistake. He butted in on Uruguay, which was none of out business. This was the utmost last string for the rebels that I gave a voice to and I.  Pedro decided to enforce a pro-Brazilian government on the Uruguayans. This interference unleashed a gory clash that became known as the War of the Triple Alliance. Soon then after, Pedro realized his mistake and attempted to cover it up with blaming Paraguay for provoking the war. But the rebels and I saw right through Pedro’s sad excuse for an attempt at saving his own butt. Opposing to the statement made by Pedro II, Paraguay claimed that it had nothing of the sort in mind and when they used their newly well-built military to expand, they were only doing so to offset the colossal power of Brazil and Argentina. We had no business imposing our own government onto Uruguay. Pedro doing so really lit the flames under the ready-to-burn match that we as the rebels created. From here on out, it was revolution, revolution, and more revolution screaming out from all the people I was in control of.

Diary of a Brazilian Government Official

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	Dear Diary,		Dear Diary,

-	I am writing to address the current rebellion here in Brazil. In my opinion, many things have fueled this rebellion. I think that citizens are angry with some of the decisions of previous and current officials. Some people just don’t appreciate how the government is willing to take power out of the citizen’s hands to benefit them! Also, the citizens can’t find anything really wrong with the government. They are just being selfish and want more power for themselves. There is no good reason that they are fighting us for. This whole situation has been so frustrating because the citizens are infuriating. They disagree with everything! Lastly, the Brazilian government has been functioning greatly. A change would only bring troubles to our wonderful country, which there is absolutely no need for. Without a doubt, the citizens of Brazil do not appreciate all that we, their government, do for them and have no reason to want to overthrow us.	+	I am writing to address the current rebellion here in Brazil. In my opinion, many things have fueled this rebellion. I think that citizens are angry with some of the decisions of previous and current officials. Some people just don’t appreciate how the government is willing to take power out of the citizen’s hands to benefit them! Also, the citizens can’t find anything really wrong with the government. They are just being selfish and want more power for themselves. There is no good reason that they are fighting us. This whole situation has been so frustrating because the citizens are infuriating. They disagree with everything! Lastly, the Brazilian government has been functioning greatly. A change would only bring troubles to our wonderful country, which there is absolutely no need for. Without a doubt, the citizens of Brazil do not appreciate all that we, their government, do for them and have no reason to want to overthrow us.

-	King Pedro I put together an assembly whose job was to write a constitution. However, he was not happy with the constitution that was written so he sent an army down to close down the assembly. He then rewrote the constitution and gave kings executive and moderate powers. He clearly did this so that he could control everything and there would be no mix-ups with the citizens. Trying to be more organized never hurt anybody but the citizens were still very angry though. They thought they would be getting more rights but they got more government, which for some odd reason, they thought was a bad thing. Next, one of Pedro’s close advisors suggested abolishing slavery. In spite of this, Pedro never gave any real consideration to this suggestion. This made all of the slaves angry because it could have been very simple to set them free. I don’t blame Pedro though. If he had abolished slavery then all of the slaves would have rebelled even though he had done something incredibly nice for them. Some people just don’t appreciate things. In 1868, Pedro II took away the Liberals from power. For some reason, the Liberals thought that this was an exercise of political force so they formed the Republican Party in 1870. I have no idea why they overreacted so much. Pedro was just making the government more uniform. Clearly, over a long period of time, the citizens of Brazil have been overreacting over decisions made by previous and current officials, which has fueled the rebellion.	+	King Pedro I put together an assembly whose job was to write a constitution. However, he was not happy with the constitution that was written so he sent an army down to close down the assembly. He then rewrote the constitution and gave kings executive and moderate powers. He clearly did this so that the citizens would be fairly represented without having to go through all of the effort to create a democracy. Trying to be more organized never hurt anybody, however the citizens were still very angry. They wanted to get more rights but they got a more structured government, which for some odd reason, they thought was a bad thing. One of Pedro’s close advisers also suggested abolishing slavery. In spite of this, Pedro did not think that this was a good idea. This made all of the slaves angry because they thought it could have been very simple to set them free. In reality, it would have been much more complicated- so I don’t blame Pedro. If he had abolished slavery then all of the slaves would have rebelled even though he had done something incredibly nice for them. Some people just are not appreciative. In 1868, Pedro II took away the Liberals from power. The Liberals thought that this was an exercise of political force so they formed the Republican Party in 1870. I have no idea why they overreacted so much. Pedro was just making the government more uniform. Clearly, over a long period of time, the citizens of Brazil have been responding negatively to decisions made by previous and current officials, which has fueled the rebellion.

	In addition, I believe that the citizens are just being selfish with what they want in a government. For example, all the way in America, The Washington Post wrote an article about the rebellion here. They said that the rebellion came as a surprise. It talks about how usually rebellions come with warning signs but in this case, we had none. You can see that there is no reason why there should be a rebellion here because nothing extreme has been done in order for the citizens to be so mad at us, the government. This article also says, and I quote, “No existing monarchical government was less offensive to popular sensibilities than the Brazilian government.” We obviously care about the citizens in our country and always try our best to help them and do what is good for them. Next, the article talks about how the rebellion is also a shock because of how much the citizens love Pedro II. It was a huge surprise when his own citizens who usually idolize him now want to overthrow him. Without a doubt, the citizens are overreacting and making irrational decisions to start a rebellion when there is no legitimate reason where they should want to overthrow us.		In addition, I believe that the citizens are just being selfish with what they want in a government. For example, all the way in America, The Washington Post wrote an article about the rebellion here. They said that the rebellion came as a surprise. It talks about how usually rebellions come with warning signs but in this case, we had none. You can see that there is no reason why there should be a rebellion here because nothing extreme has been done in order for the citizens to be so mad at us, the government. This article also says, and I quote, “No existing monarchical government was less offensive to popular sensibilities than the Brazilian government.” We obviously care about the citizens in our country and always try our best to help them and do what is good for them. Next, the article talks about how the rebellion is also a shock because of how much the citizens love Pedro II. It was a huge surprise when his own citizens who usually idolize him now want to overthrow him. Without a doubt, the citizens are overreacting and making irrational decisions to start a rebellion when there is no legitimate reason where they should want to overthrow us.
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	In conclusion, the citizens of Brazil are being completely irrational with their decision to start a revolution. First of all, the citizens are not willing to appreciate the fact that the government can take the power and will take care of the country. People are basing their current ideas on previous decisions that were decided long ago. Things have changed and nobody realizes it doesn’t affect how the government is now. Next, the citizens are being greedy with the amount of power that they want. The government is meant to hold the power. That is the reason that we exist. We are made to guide the country and use our power in good ways, which we have been doing. Lastly, nobody truly appreciates all that our ruler has done for us. They nitpick and try and find every little thing that Pedro II might have done that could possibly harm us some day, instead of looking at all of the great things that he has accomplished for us. I fear what would happen if the citizens win the revolution. The government would go to ruins. However, I am confident that nothing will ever be able to replace the solid government that is in place currently. There is, and never will be, any competition to Pedro II. Despite all that we have done for the country of Brazil, the citizens do not appreciate this and still, with no good reason, want to overthrow us.		In conclusion, the citizens of Brazil are being completely irrational with their decision to start a revolution. First of all, the citizens are not willing to appreciate the fact that the government can take the power and will take care of the country. People are basing their current ideas on previous decisions that were decided long ago. Things have changed and nobody realizes it doesn’t affect how the government is now. Next, the citizens are being greedy with the amount of power that they want. The government is meant to hold the power. That is the reason that we exist. We are made to guide the country and use our power in good ways, which we have been doing. Lastly, nobody truly appreciates all that our ruler has done for us. They nitpick and try and find every little thing that Pedro II might have done that could possibly harm us some day, instead of looking at all of the great things that he has accomplished for us. I fear what would happen if the citizens win the revolution. The government would go to ruins. However, I am confident that nothing will ever be able to replace the solid government that is in place currently. There is, and never will be, any competition to Pedro II. Despite all that we have done for the country of Brazil, the citizens do not appreciate this and still, with no good reason, want to overthrow us.

-		+	Sincerely,
-	Sincerely,

	José Rodriguez		José Rodriguez

Colombia Prologue

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-	In the early 1800's, South America was in rebellion against Spain. After the success of previous revolutions in European and America, visionaries decided to try to free their own lands from Spanish Rule. Their first attempt was to free Venezuela, but ultimately failed due to a weak government. In the late 1810's, a European by the name of Simon Bolivar took control of the separate attempts at revolution by forming a republican army of Colombian and Venezuelan men. For the first few years of his authority, victories were split evenly between the two sides. In 1819, after the surrender of most of the Spanish army, Bolivar easily took out most of South America. By the mid 1820's, Spain's power in South America had been completely extinguished due to their loss in the battle at Boyar.	+	In the early 1800's, South America was in rebellion against Spain. After the success of previous revolutions in European and America, visionaries decided to try to free their own lands from Spanish Rule. Their first attempt was to free Venezuela, but ultimately failed due to a weak government. In the late 1810's, a European by the name of Simon Bolivar took control of the separate attempts at revolution by forming a republican army of Colombian, (who were then known as "New Granadian") and Venezuelan men. For the first few years of his authority, victories were split evenly between the two sides. In 1819, after the surrender of most of the Spanish army, Bolivar easily took out most of South America. By the mid 1820's, Spain's power in South America had been completely extinguished due to their loss in the battle at Boyaca.

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Brazil Prologue

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		+	== The Beginning ==

	== Causes and Outcome of The Brazillian Revolution of 1889 (Continued)==		== Causes and Outcome of The Brazillian Revolution of 1889 (Continued)==

Colombia Prologue

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-	In the early 1800's, South America was in rebellion against Spain. After the success of previous revolutions in European and America, visionaries decided to try to free their own lands from Spanish Rule. Their first attempt was to free Venezuela, but ultimately failed due to a weak government. In the late 1810's, a European by the name of Simon Bolivar took control of the separate attempts at revolution. For the first few years of his authority, victories were split evenly between the two sides. In 1819, after the surrender of most of the Spanish army, Bolivar easily took out most of South America. By the mid 1820's, Spain's power in South America had been completely extinguished due to their loss in the battle at Boyar.	+	In the early 1800's, South America was in rebellion against Spain. After the success of previous revolutions in European and America, visionaries decided to try to free their own lands from Spanish Rule. Their first attempt was to free Venezuela, but ultimately failed due to a weak government. In the late 1810's, a European by the name of Simon Bolivar took control of the separate attempts at revolution by forming a republican army of Colombian and Venezuelan men. For the first few years of his authority, victories were split evenly between the two sides. In 1819, after the surrender of most of the Spanish army, Bolivar easily took out most of South America. By the mid 1820's, Spain's power in South America had been completely extinguished due to their loss in the battle at Boyar.

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Diary of a Haitian Female Rebel

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	Dieu, me tient comme j'avance par les démons noirs à celui j'aime. (God, help me as I make my way through the black demons to the one I love.)		Dieu, me tient comme j'avance par les démons noirs à celui j'aime. (God, help me as I make my way through the black demons to the one I love.)

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-	My Dear Diary,

-		+	''Madame DeLeveux reached her husband and they were both killed shortly after. The slaves wanted vengeance for the labor and terror that had been brought upon their''
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	lives by the white men. During the revolt the slaves burned all the plantations and killed all Frenchmen that could be found. Their war for independence was successful and the newest		lives by the white men. During the revolt the slaves burned all the plantations and killed all Frenchmen that could be found. Their war for independence was successful and the newest
-	country with black freedom was now called Haiti.''	+	country with black freedom was now called Haiti.

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Diary of a Peruvian Revolution Leader

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July 1822:

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	Dear Diary,		Dear Diary,

-	Now that our revolution is tied and has no clear winner, I have decided that it is time for an addition to our plan. I have determined that it would be of great help to us to have the help of Bolivar. He has so far achieved independence for both Venezuela and Columbia and I know that he could really assist us greatly. He may even be able to help us to pull ahead of the Spanish quicker and eventually allow us to gain our freedom. I was very upset when at first he said that he would only send 800 men, but then after coming together and asking again, he agreed to come and help. I know that this will greatly help our revolution.	+	Now that our revolution is tied and has no clear winner, I have decided that it is time for a revision  plan. I have determined that it would be of great help to us to have the help of Bolivar. He has so far achieved independence for both Venezuela and Columbia and I know that he could really assist us greatly. He may even be able to help us to pull ahead of the Spanish quicker and eventually allow us to gain our freedom. I was very upset when at first he said that he would only send 800 men, but then after coming together and asking again, he agreed to come and help. I know that this will greatly help our revolution.

	Dear Diary,		Dear Diary,

User blog:JWSchmidt/Monomantics

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cleaning

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-	In his novel ''Araminta Station'', [Wikipedia:Jack Vance#The Cadwal Chronicles\|Jack Vance]] wrote about a future "Monomantic Rebellion" that led to attempts to genetically engineer humans so as to reduce [[Wikipedia:Sexual dimorphism\|sexual dimporphism]]. Vance imagined a society (populated by a people known as Zubenites) in which human embryos were cultured in artificial "tubs", "liberating" women from having to go through pregnancy. Vance imagined that a kind of "Monomantic Creed" was developed to indoctrinate Zubenites into a philosophy that vilified "duality" (normal human sexual reproduction). However, the Zubenites became difficult to replace, and with each passing generation, Zubenites germ cells became increasingly hard to coax into producing new embryos.	+	In his novel ''Araminta Station'', [[Wikipedia:Jack Vance#The Cadwal Chronicles\|Jack Vance]] wrote about a future "Monomantic Rebellion" that led to attempts to genetically engineer humans so as to reduce [[Wikipedia:Sexual dimorphism\|sexual dimporphism]]. Vance imagined a society (populated by a people known as Zubenites) in which human embryos were cultured in artificial "tubs", "liberating" women from having to go through pregnancy. Vance imagined that a kind of "Monomantic Creed" was developed to indoctrinate Zubenites into a philosophy that vilified "duality" (normal human sexual reproduction). However, the Zubenites became difficult to replace, and with each passing generation, Zubenites germ cells became increasingly hard to coax into producing new embryos.

	In my thinking about [[The Start of Eternity]] I have been influenced by Vance's idea of Monomantics. When [[Wikipedia:Isaac Asimov\|Asimov]] wrote [[Wikipedia:The End of Eternity\|The End of Eternity]] he described how humans of the far future (more than 10,000,000 years in our future) gradually died off and the human species became extinct. Asimov provided no details about the extinction of humans, but a key character in the story, Noÿs Lambent, was from a time more than 10 million years in our future. Asimov did describe a slow evolution and a small amount of genetic change in humans through the next several million years. Asimov wrote that [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Eternity\|Eternity]] created a stable environment for humans and greatly slowed the pace of human evolution. I have been trying to imagine exactly how Noÿs Lambent was different from us, humans of the [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#The Primitive\|Primitive]].		In my thinking about [[The Start of Eternity]] I have been influenced by Vance's idea of Monomantics. When [[Wikipedia:Isaac Asimov\|Asimov]] wrote [[Wikipedia:The End of Eternity\|The End of Eternity]] he described how humans of the far future (more than 10,000,000 years in our future) gradually died off and the human species became extinct. Asimov provided no details about the extinction of humans, but a key character in the story, Noÿs Lambent, was from a time more than 10 million years in our future. Asimov did describe a slow evolution and a small amount of genetic change in humans through the next several million years. Asimov wrote that [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Eternity\|Eternity]] created a stable environment for humans and greatly slowed the pace of human evolution. I have been trying to imagine exactly how Noÿs Lambent was different from us, humans of the [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#The Primitive\|Primitive]].
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	[[The Start of Eternity]] will therefor provide two possible "visions of humanity's future". The first "vision" of humanity's future, Noÿs Lambent, is a woman from the far future where the human species became extinct. Second, the inter-galactic civilization of the [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Huaoshy species\|Huaoshy]] will provide examples, in the form of other species, of how the humans might evolve in the far future if humanity is integrated into Huaoshy culture. The telepathic robots that control humanity's fate according to the dictates of the Zeroth Law will struggle to keep keep up their efforts to protect humanity, but ultimately they must fail.		[[The Start of Eternity]] will therefor provide two possible "visions of humanity's future". The first "vision" of humanity's future, Noÿs Lambent, is a woman from the far future where the human species became extinct. Second, the inter-galactic civilization of the [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Huaoshy species\|Huaoshy]] will provide examples, in the form of other species, of how the humans might evolve in the far future if humanity is integrated into Huaoshy culture. The telepathic robots that control humanity's fate according to the dictates of the Zeroth Law will struggle to keep keep up their efforts to protect humanity, but ultimately they must fail.
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Brazil Epilogue

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Revolution Questions Today:

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	'''What are the most pressing issues in your country today?'''		'''What are the most pressing issues in your country today?'''

-	In Brazil Issues range from social to environmental. In the large cities of Brazil including Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, one third of the population lives in favelas or slums. Also in these major cities, the level of criminal activity, like homicides and robberies, is high. Also, deforestation is harming Brazil’s wildlife.	+	In Brazil Issues range from social to environmental. In the large cities of Brazil including Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, one third of the population lives in favelas or slums. Also in these major cities, the level of criminal activity, like homicides and robberies, is high. Also, deforestation is harming Brazil’s wildlife[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_issues_in_Brazil].

	'''What are the immediate causes of these issues?'''		'''What are the immediate causes of these issues?'''

Colombia Prologue

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-	In the early 1800's, South America was in rebellion against Spain. After the success of previous revolutions in European and America, visionaries decided to try to free their own lands from Spanish Rule. Their first attempt was to free Venezuela, but ultimately failed due to a weak government. In the late 1810's, a European by the name of Simon Bolivar took control of the separate attempts at revolution. For the first few years of his authority, victories were split evenly between the two sides. In 1819, after the surrender of most of the Spanish army, Bolivar easily took out most of South America. By the mid 1820's, Spain's power in South America had been completely extinguished.	+	In the early 1800's, South America was in rebellion against Spain. After the success of previous revolutions in European and America, visionaries decided to try to free their own lands from Spanish Rule. Their first attempt was to free Venezuela, but ultimately failed due to a weak government. In the late 1810's, a European by the name of Simon Bolivar took control of the separate attempts at revolution. For the first few years of his authority, victories were split evenly between the two sides. In 1819, after the surrender of most of the Spanish army, Bolivar easily took out most of South America. By the mid 1820's, Spain's power in South America had been completely extinguished due to their loss in the battle at Boyar.

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	*Robot Creal - a [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Robot\|humaniform robot]] that was sent on the [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Many Sails\|Many Sails]] as a kind of [[Wikipedia:Trojan Horse\|Trojan Horse]].		*Robot Creal - a [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Robot\|humaniform robot]] that was sent on the [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Many Sails\|Many Sails]] as a kind of [[Wikipedia:Trojan Horse\|Trojan Horse]].
	*R. Gohrlay - a humaniform robot that worked within [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Eternity\|Eternity]].		*R. Gohrlay - a humaniform robot that worked within [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Eternity\|Eternity]].
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		+	==[[The Start of Eternity/10\|Chapter 10]]==
		+	*Nora Winsou - a resident of [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Uvadekoto\|Uvadekoto]] and the first person to take seriously the task of producing [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Sedrons\|sedrons]].
		+	*Stan - the first person in Uvadekoto to conceive a theory of sedronic physics, making it possible to produce sedrons.

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	In his novel ''Araminta Station'', [[Wikipedia:Jack Vance#The Cadwal Chronicles\|Jack Vance]] wrote about a future "Monomantic Rebellion" that led to attempts to genetically engineer humans so as to reduce [[Wikipedia:Sexual dimorphism\|sexual dimporphism]]. Vance imagined a society (populated by a people known as Zubenites) in which human embryos were cultured in artificial "tubs", "liberating" women from having to go through pregnancy. Vance imagined that a kind of "Monomantic Creed" was developed to indoctrinate Zubenites into a philosophy that vilified "duality" (normal human sexual reproduction). However, the Zubenites became difficult to replace, and with each passing generation, Zubenites germ cells became increasingly hard to coax into producing new embryos.		In his novel ''Araminta Station'', [[Wikipedia:Jack Vance#The Cadwal Chronicles\|Jack Vance]] wrote about a future "Monomantic Rebellion" that led to attempts to genetically engineer humans so as to reduce [[Wikipedia:Sexual dimorphism\|sexual dimporphism]]. Vance imagined a society (populated by a people known as Zubenites) in which human embryos were cultured in artificial "tubs", "liberating" women from having to go through pregnancy. Vance imagined that a kind of "Monomantic Creed" was developed to indoctrinate Zubenites into a philosophy that vilified "duality" (normal human sexual reproduction). However, the Zubenites became difficult to replace, and with each passing generation, Zubenites germ cells became increasingly hard to coax into producing new embryos.

-	In my thinking about [[The Start of Eternity]] I have been influenced by Vance's idea of Monomantics. When [[Wikipedia:Isaac Asimov\|Asimov]] wrote [[Wikipedia:The End of Eternity\|The End of Eternity]] he described how humans of the far future (more than 10,000,000 years in our future) gradually died off and the human species became extinct. Asimov provided no details about the extinction of humans, but a key character in the story, Noÿs Lambent, was from a time more than 10 million years in our future. Asimov did describe a slow evolution and a small amount of genetic change in humans through the next several million years. Asimov wrote that [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Eternity\|Eternity]] created a stable environment for humans and greatly slowed the pace of human evolution. I have been trying to imagine exactly how Noÿs Lambent was different from us, humans of the [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#The Primitive\|Primitive]].	+	In my thinking about [[The Start of Eternity]] I have been influenced by Vance's idea of Monomantics. When [[Wikipedia:Isaac Asimov\|Asimov]] wrote [[Wikipedia:The End of Eternity\|The End of Eternity]] he described how humans of the far future (more than 10,000,000 years in our future) gradually died off and the human species became extinct. Asimov provided no details about the extinction of humans, but a key character in the story, Noÿs Lambent, was from a time more than 10 million years in our future. Asimov did describe a slow evolution and a small amount of genetic change in humans through the next several million years. Asimov wrote that [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Eternity\|Eternity]] created a stable environment for humans and greatly slowed the pace of human evolution. I have been trying to imagine exactly how Noÿs Lambent was different from us, we humans of the [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#The Primitive\|Primitive]].

-	Asimov invented the idea of "Hidden Centuries" actually a period of millions of years, including several million years leading up to the extinction of humans. Asimov provided us with little information about the "Hidden Centuries", but Noÿs Lambent was born in the middle of that hidden epoch. I am now imagining that Noÿs came from a society that included no males and where reproduction was achieved by [[Wikipedia:In vitro fertilisation\|artificial means]]. There needs to have been a decision by the robots who created Eternity to create the Hidden Centuries as a time period when variant humans could be created, all with the hope that some stable form of human could be found that would not become extinct. However, after studying many human variants, the robots finally decide that it is impossible for humanity to indefinitely sustain itself on Earth. The robots decide that, in order for humans to not become extinct, they must allow humans to explore space. This is a major problem for the robots because of the [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Laws of Robotics\|Zeroth Law]], but they devise a strategy by which humanity will spread between the stars and create [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Galaxia\|Galaxia]], a telepathically-linked group mind that spans the entire galaxy.	+	Asimov invented the idea of "Hidden Centuries", a period of time lasting millions of years, including several million years leading up to the extinction of humans. Asimov provided us with little information about the "Hidden Centuries", but Noÿs Lambent was born in the middle of that hidden epoch. I am now imagining that Noÿs came from a society that included few males and where reproduction was achieved by [[Wikipedia:In vitro fertilisation\|artificial means]]. This is a twist that plays off of Asimov's depiction of Eternity as having a male-dominated culture and the way Asimov showed Noÿs to be a "[[Wikipedia:Feminism\|liberated]]" woman.

-	[[The Start of Eternity]] will therefor provide two possible "visions of humanity's future". The first "vision" of humanity's future, Noÿs Lambent, is a woman from the far future where the human species became extinct. Second, the inter-galactic civilization of the [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Huaoshy species\|Huaoshy]] will provide examples, in the form of other species, of how the humans might evolve in the far future if humanity is integrated into Huaoshy culture. The telepathic robots that control humanity's fate according to the dictates of the Zeroth Law will struggle to keep keep up their efforts to protect humanity, but ultimately they must fail.	+	There needs to have been a decision by the robots who created Eternity to establish the Hidden Centuries as a time period when human variants and alternative forms of human culture could be tested for their long-term survivability. Having looked into the future (and seen the extinction of the human species), the robots needed to find some stable form of human that would not become extinct. However, after studying many human variants, the robots finally decide that the fundamental underlying problem is their own decision to keep humans penned up on Earth. The robots learn that it is impossible for humanity to indefinitely sustain itself on Earth. The robots decide that, in order for humans to not become extinct, they must allow humans to explore outer space. This is a major problem for the robots because of the [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Laws of Robotics\|Zeroth Law]], which requires the robots to protect humanity and human interests. The problem for robots is if humans spread to millions of worlds, then how can a robot recognize what constitutes humanity and the best interests of humanity? The robots ultimately devise a strategy by which humanity will spread between the stars and create [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Galaxia\|Galaxia]], a telepathically-linked group mind that spans the entire galaxy. The robots feel confident that a unified Galaxia will allow them to understand humanity as a vast galaxy-wide but unified super-organism, humanity will be an understandable "entity" that the robots can continue to protect according to the Zeroth Law.
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		+	[[The Start of Eternity]] will therefor provide two possible "visions of humanity's future". The first "vision" of humanity's future, Noÿs Lambent, is a woman from the far future, a future where the human species became extinct. Second, the inter-galactic civilization of the [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Huaoshy species\|Huaoshy]] will provide examples, in the form of other human-like species, of how the humans might evolve in the far future if humanity is integrated into Huaoshy culture. The telepathic robots that control humanity's fate according to the dictates of the Zeroth Law will struggle to keep keep up their efforts to protect humanity, but ultimately they fail.
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	[[File:Zaa.jpg\|thumb\|right\|122px\|The Ordene Zaa, a character from Jack Vance's novel, ''Araminta Station''. Zaa was a leader of the Monomantic movement.]]		[[File:Zaa.jpg\|thumb\|right\|122px\|The Ordene Zaa, a character from Jack Vance's novel, ''Araminta Station''. Zaa was a leader of the Monomantic movement.]]
-	In his novel ''Araminta Station'', [Wikipedia:Jack Vance#The Cadwal Chronicles\|Jack Vance]] wrote about a future "Monomantic Rebellion" that led to attempts to genetically engineer humans so as to reduce [[Wikipedia:Sexual dimorphism\|sexual dimporphism]]. Vance imagined a society (populated by a people known as Zubenites) in which human embryos were cultured in artificial "tubs", "liberating" women from having to go through pregnancy. Vance imagined that a kind of "Monomantic Creed" was developed to indoctrinate Zubenites into a philosophy that vilified "duality" (normal human sexual reproduction). However, the Zubenites became difficult to replace, and with each passing generation, Zubenites germ cells became increasingly hard to coax into producing new embryos.	+	In his novel ''Araminta Station'', [[Wikipedia:Jack Vance#The Cadwal Chronicles\|Jack Vance]] wrote about a future "Monomantic Rebellion" that led to attempts to genetically engineer humans so as to reduce [[Wikipedia:Sexual dimorphism\|sexual dimporphism]]. Vance imagined a society (populated by a people known as Zubenites) in which human embryos were cultured in artificial "tubs", "liberating" women from having to go through pregnancy. Vance imagined that a kind of "Monomantic Creed" was developed to indoctrinate Zubenites into a philosophy that vilified "duality" (normal human sexual reproduction). However, the Zubenites became difficult to replace, and with each passing generation, Zubenites germ cells became increasingly hard to coax into producing new embryos.

	In my thinking about [[The Start of Eternity]] I have been influenced by Vance's idea of Monomantics. When [[Wikipedia:Isaac Asimov\|Asimov]] wrote [[Wikipedia:The End of Eternity\|The End of Eternity]] he described how humans of the far future (more than 10,000,000 years in our future) gradually died off and the human species became extinct. Asimov provided no details about the extinction of humans, but a key character in the story, Noÿs Lambent, was from a time more than 10 million years in our future. Asimov did describe a slow evolution and a small amount of genetic change in humans through the next several million years. Asimov wrote that [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Eternity\|Eternity]] created a stable environment for humans and greatly slowed the pace of human evolution. I have been trying to imagine exactly how Noÿs Lambent was different from us, humans of the [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#The Primitive\|Primitive]].		In my thinking about [[The Start of Eternity]] I have been influenced by Vance's idea of Monomantics. When [[Wikipedia:Isaac Asimov\|Asimov]] wrote [[Wikipedia:The End of Eternity\|The End of Eternity]] he described how humans of the far future (more than 10,000,000 years in our future) gradually died off and the human species became extinct. Asimov provided no details about the extinction of humans, but a key character in the story, Noÿs Lambent, was from a time more than 10 million years in our future. Asimov did describe a slow evolution and a small amount of genetic change in humans through the next several million years. Asimov wrote that [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Eternity\|Eternity]] created a stable environment for humans and greatly slowed the pace of human evolution. I have been trying to imagine exactly how Noÿs Lambent was different from us, humans of the [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#The Primitive\|Primitive]].
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	[[The Start of Eternity]] will therefor provide two possible "visions of humanity's future". The first "vision" of humanity's future, Noÿs Lambent, is a woman from the far future where the human species became extinct. Second, the inter-galactic civilization of the [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Huaoshy species\|Huaoshy]] will provide examples, in the form of other species, of how the humans might evolve in the far future if humanity is integrated into Huaoshy culture. The telepathic robots that control humanity's fate according to the dictates of the Zeroth Law will struggle to keep keep up their efforts to protect humanity, but ultimately they must fail.		[[The Start of Eternity]] will therefor provide two possible "visions of humanity's future". The first "vision" of humanity's future, Noÿs Lambent, is a woman from the far future where the human species became extinct. Second, the inter-galactic civilization of the [[The Start of Eternity/Glossary#Huaoshy species\|Huaoshy]] will provide examples, in the form of other species, of how the humans might evolve in the far future if humanity is integrated into Huaoshy culture. The telepathic robots that control humanity's fate according to the dictates of the Zeroth Law will struggle to keep keep up their efforts to protect humanity, but ultimately they must fail.
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