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Jumat, 30 Juli 2010

Pupuh



Pupuh teh wangun dangding atawa lagu anu kauger ku aturan nu geus pararuguh. Jumlahna aya 17 nyaeta: Asmarandana, Balakbak, Dangdanggula, Jurudemung, Durma, Gambuh, Gurisa, Kinanti, Ladrang, Lambang, Magatru, Maskumambang, Mijil, Pangkur, Pucung, Sinom, Wirangrong.
Masing-masing pupuh ngabogaan watek tur aturan nu beda-beda, ngawengku jumlah padalisan (baris), guru wilangan atawa jumlah engang (suku kata) dina unggal padalisan (baris), sarta guru lagu atawa sora a-i-u-e-o dina tungtung padalisan. Sedengkeun jumlah pada (bait) mah henteu disengker, kumaha kahayang nu nganggit guguritan.
Baheula mah pupuh teh sok dipake ngarang carita, disebutna wawacan. Salah sahiji contona nu kuring masih keneh inget nyaeta wawacan Purnama Alam. Inget soteh judulna, bukuna mun teu salah aya dua jilid, da ari eusi caritana mah poho deui, ma'lum macana ge keur budak keneh tur kekecapanana loba nu can kaharti. Ngan nu masih keneh inget teh salah sahiji tokohna ngaranna Ratna Suminar.
Dina wawacan, suasana carita diluyukeun jeung watek pupuh. Upamana bae, nu keur nalangsa ditinggalkeun kabogoh moal mungkin dicaritakeun dina pupuh Durma, sabab Durma mah watekna heuras. Nu keur sedih mah leuwih cocog dicaritakeun make pupuh Mijil atawa Maskumambang. Sabalikna nu keur perang moal dicaritakeun make pupuh Pupuh Lambang anu watekna banyol atawa pikaseurieun.
  1. Asmarandana: Watekna silih asih silih pikanyaah atawa mepelingan. Unggal pada diwangun ku tujuh padalisan.
  2. Balakbak: Watekna pikaseurieun. Unggal pada diwangun ku 3padalisan.
  3. Dangdanggula: Watekna bungah atawa agung. Unggal pada diwangun ku sapuluh padalisan.
  4. Jurudemung: Watekna kaduhung, atawa hanjakal. Unggal padadiwangun ku lima padalisan.
  5. Durma: Watekna heuras atawa siap rek tarung. Unggal pada diwangun ku tujuh padalisan.
  6. Gambuh: Watekna bingung, samar polah atawa tambuh laku. Unggalpada diwangun ku lima padalisan.
  7. Gurisa: Watekna pangangguran, lulucon atawa tamba kesel. Unggalpada di wangun ku dalapan padalisan.
  8. Kinanti: Watekna miharep atawa prihatin. Unggal pada diwangun ku genep padalisan.
  9. Ladrang: atawa pikaseurieun. Unggal pada diwangun ku opatpadalisan.
  10. Lambang: Watekna banyol atawa pikaseurieun. Unggal padadiwangun ku opat padalisan.
  11. Magatru: Watekna lulucon deukeut deukeut kana prihatin. Unggalpada diwangun ku lima padalisan.
  12. Maskumambang: Watekna prihatin, sasambat atawa nalangsa. Unggal pada diwangun ku opat padalisan.
  13. Mijil: Watekna sedih, susah atawa cilaka. Unggal pada diwangun ku genep padalisan.
  14. Pangkur: Watekna napsu, lumampah atawa sadia rek perang. Unggalpada diwangun ku tujuh padalisan.
  15. Pucung: Watekna piwuruk, wawaran, atawa mepelingan. Unggal padadiwangun ku opat padalisan.
  16. Sinom: Watekna gumbira. Unggal pada diwangun ku salapanpadalisan.
  17. Wirangrong: Watekna era atawa wirang. Unggal pada diwangun ku genep padalisan.
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Kamis, 29 Juli 2010


(July 28, 2010) — Researchers have collected venom from octopuses in Antarctica for the first time, significantly advancing our understanding of the properties of venom as a potential resource for drug development.

The study, conducted by an international team of researchers from the University of Melbourne, the Norwegian University of Technology and Science and the University of Hamburg, provides the first insight into the properties of Antarctic octopus venom. It has also revealed the existence of four new species of octopus.

Venom has long been recognised as a potentially valuable resource for drug development. However, scientists have only recently discovered the largely untapped resource cephalopods such as octopuses, cuttlefish and squid, possess in their unique venom properties -- especially the species that live in sub-zero temperatures.

Team Leader, Dr Bryan Fry from the Bio21 Institute says it was a mystery how venomous animals have adapted their venom to have an effect even in sub-zero temperatures, where most venoms would normally lose their function.

"This is the first study that has collected Antarctic octopus venom and confirmed that these creatures have adapted it to work in sub zero temperatures -- the next step is to work out what biochemical tricks they have used," he says.

Dr Fry says the venom analysis revealed that Antarctic octopus venom harbours a range of toxins, two of which had not previously been described.

"We have discovered new small proteins in the venom with very intriguing activities -- these are potentially useful in drug design, but more will be revealed as the study continues," he says.

The study follows from Dr Fry's revelation last year that all octopuses are venomous. The team of scientists then embarked on a huge task to collect and study completely novel venoms to gain a greater understanding of how they work.

"An understanding of the structure and mode of action of venom found in all octopuses may help design drugs for conditions like pain management, allergies and cancer."

Through funding from the Australian Antarctic Division, the team collected 203 octopuses from Antarctic waters. They then genetically profiled each specimen to identify the species and collected venom to analyse in the lab.

"Not only do Antarctic octopuses have the most unique venoms out there, but there is a lot more species than we originally thought."

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Rabu, 28 Juli 2010

Exorcism

Exorcism is the act of driving out or warding off demons from persons, places or things that are possessed or infested by them, or are liable to become victims or instruments of their malice. During the exorcism ritual, a solemn and authoritative adjuration of the demon is applied in the name of God or any of the higher powers to which the demon is subject.


Exorcisms in General
Excerpt from the invocatio:
Priinceps gloriosissime cælestis militiæ, sancte Michaël Archangele, defende nos in prælio et colluctatione, quæ nobis adversus principes et potestates, adversus mundi rectores tenebrarum harum, contra spiritualia nequitiæ, in cælestibusus. Veni in auxilium hominum, quos Deus creavit inexterminabiles, et ad imaginem similitudinis suæ fecit, et a tyrannide diaboli emit pretio magno.

Most glorious prince of the divine army, Saint Michael Archangel, defend us in this fight of ours against the hostile princes and powers, against those that want to govern the world in the darkness, against the negativity of all things spiritual. Do come to help men, those that God created in great number, those that He made in his image, and with great (effort) free (them) by the tyranny of the devil.

Excerpt from the Exorcism proper:
Exorcizamus te, omnis immundus spiritus, omnis satanica potestas, omnis incursio infernalis adversarii, omnis legio, omnis congregatio et secta diabolica, in nomine et virtute Domini Nostri Jesu Christi, eradicare et effugare a Dei Ecclesia, ab animabus ad imaginem Dei conditis ac pretioso divini Agni sanguine redemptis.


Exorcisms in Supernatural

"Devils Trap" ritual

Regna terrae, cantate Deo,
psallite Domino
qui fertis super caelum
caeli ad Orientem
Ecce dabit voci Suae
vocem virtutis,
tribuite virtutem Deo.

Exorcizamus te, omnis immundus spiritus
omnis satanica potestas, omnis incursio
infernalis adversarii, omnis legio,
omnis congregatio et secta diabolica.

Ergo draco maledicte
et omnis legio diabolica adjuramus te.
cessa decipere humanas creaturas,
eisque aeternae Perditionis venenum propinare.

Vade, Satana, inventor et magister
omnis fallaciae, hostis humanae salutis.
Humiliare sub potenti manu dei,
contremisce et effuge, invocato a
nobis sancto et terribili nomine,
quem inferi tremunt.

Ab insidiis diaboli, libera nos, Domine.
Ut Ecclesiam tuam secura tibi facias
libertate servire, te rogamus, audi nos.
Ut inimicos sanctae Ecclesiae humiliare digneris,
te rogamus, audi nos.

Ut inimicos sanctae Ecclesiae
te rogamus, audi nos.

Terribilis Deus de sanctuario suo.
Deus Israhel ipse truderit virtutem
et fortitudinem plebi Suae.
Benedictus Deus. Gloria Patri.

English Translation:

Kingdoms of the Earth, sing unto God,
Praises to the Lord
that carry above the sky
of heaven to the East.
Behold, He sends forth His Own Voice,
the Voice of Virtue.
Attribute the Virtue to God.

We exorcise you, every impure spirit,
every satanic power, every incursion
of the infernal adversary, every legion,
every congregation and diabolical sect.

Thus, cursed demon
and every diabolical legion, we adjure you.
Cease to deceive human creatures,
and to give to them the Poison of Eternal Perdition.

Go away, Satan, inventor and master
of all deceit, enemy of humanity's salvation.
Be humble under the Powerful Hand of God --
tremble and flee -- I invoke by
us the Sacred and Terrible Name
at which those down below tremble.

From the snares of the devil, free us, Lord.
So that You may make Your Church safe to serve You freely
we ask You, hear us.
So that You may destroy the enemies of Your Sacred Church,
we ask You, hear us!

That ... the enemies of Your Sacred Church [2* see issue noted above]
we ask You, hear us!

God is frightening about His Own sacred place. [3*]
The God of Israel Himself will have thrust excellence
and strength to His Own people.
Blessed be God. Glory be to the Father.


"Crossroad Blues" Ritual

Regna terrae, cantate Deo,
psallite Domino
qui fertis super caelum
caeli ad Orientem
Ecce dabit voci Suae
vocem virtutis,
tribuite virtutem Deo.

Deus caeli, Deus terrae,
humiliter majestati gloriae Tuae supplicamus
ut ab omni infernalium spirituum potestate,
laqueo, deceptione et nequitia,
omnis fallaciae, libera nos, Domine.

Vade, Satana, inventor et magister
omnis fallaciae, hostis humanae salutis.
Humiliare sub potenti manu Dei-- [This is where Dean cuts off.]

English Translation:

Kingdoms of the Earth, sing unto God,
Praises to the Lord
that carry above the sky
of heaven to the East.
Behold, He sends forth His Own Voice,
the Voice of Virtue.
Attribute the Virtue to God.

God of Heaven, God of the Earth,
humbly by the majesty of Your Glory we implore
that from every power of the infernal spirits,
from their snare, their deception and their wickedness,
from every deceit, free us, Lord.
[Or, less word-for-word, but perhaps more easily understood: God of Heaven, God of the Earth, humbly we implore, by the Majesty of Your Glory, that You free us, Lord, from every power of the infernal spirits, from their snare, their deception and their wickedness, from every deceit.]

Go away, Satan, inventor and master
of all deceit, enemy of humanity's salvation.
Be humble under the Powerful Hand of God--[Dean stops...]


"Born Under a Bad Sign" Ritual

Exorcizamus te, omnis immundus spiritus
omnis satanica potestas, omnis incursio
infernalis adversarii, omnis legio,
omnis congregatio et secta diabolica.

Ergo draco maledicte
et omnis legio diabolica adjuramus te.
cessa decipere humanas creaturas,
eisque aeternae Perditionis venenum propinare. [Bobby pauses.]

[skips two lines that are in the other exorcisms.]
Humiliare sub potenti manu Dei-- [Bobby stops cause it's not working...]

English Translation:

We exorcise you, every impure spirit,
every satanic power, every incursion
of the infernal adversary, every legion,
every congregation and diabolical sect.

Thus cursed demon
and every diabolical legion, we adjure you.
Cease to deceive human creatures,
and to give to them the Poison of Eternal Perdition. [Bobby pauses.]

Be humble under the Powerful Hand of God--[Bobby stops 'cause it's not working...]


"Long Distance Call" Ritual

The exorcism attempted by Dean in this episode was different than others used in previous episodes. Dean says: "Crux sancta sit mihi lux non draco..." He stopped
The full exorcism is,
Crux sancta sit mihi lux / Non draco sit mihi dux
Vade retro satana / Nunquam suade mihi vana

Sunt mala quae libas / Ipse venena bibas

English translation: "May the Holy Cross be my light / Let not the demon lead me
Step back Satan / Never tempt me with vain things
What you offer me is evil / You drink the poison yourself."
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Selasa, 27 Juli 2010

The Dumbest Deaths in Recorded History

Attila the Hun:
One of the most notorious villains in history, Attila's army had conquered all of Asia by 450 AD-from Mongolia to the edge of the Russian Empire-by destroying villages and pillaging the countryside.
How he died: He got a nosebleed on his wedding night.
In 453 AD, Attila married a young girl named Ildico. Despite his reputation for ferocity on the battlefield, he tended to eat and drink lightly during large banquets. On his wedding night, however, he really cut loose, gorging himself on food and drink. Sometime during the night he suffered a nosebleed, but was too drunk to notice. He drowned in his own blood and was found dead the next morning.

Tycho Brahe:
An important Danish astronomer of the 16th century. His ground breaking research allowed Sir Isaac Newton to come up with the theory of gravity.
How he died: Didn't get to the bathroom in time.
In the 16th century, it was considered an insult to leave a banquet table before the meal was over. Brahe, known to drink excessively, had a bladder condition-but failed to relieve himself before the banquet started. He made matters worse by drinking too much at dinner, and was too polite to ask to be excused. His bladder finally burst, killing him slowly and painfully over the next 11 days.

Horace Wells:
Pioneered the use of anesthesia in the 1840s
How he died: Used anesthetics to commit suicide.
While experimenting with various gases during his anesthesia research, Wells became addicted to chloroform. In 1848 he was arrested for spraying two women with sulfuric acid. In a letter he wrote from jail, he blamed chloroform for his problems, claiming that he'd gotten high before the attack. Four days later he was found dead in his cell. He'd anaesthetized himself with chloroform and slashed open his thigh with a razor.

Francis Bacon:
One of the most influential minds of the late 16th century. A statesman, a philosopher, a writer, and a scientist, he was even rumored to have written some of Shakespeare's plays.
How he died: Stuffing snow into a chicken
One afternoon in 1625, Bacon was watching a snowstorm and was struck by the wondrous notion that maybe snow could be used to preserve meat in the same way that salt was used. Determined to find out, he purchased a chicken from a nearby village, killed it, and then, standing outside in the snow, attempted to stuff the chicken full of snow to freeze it. The chicken never froze, but Bacon did.

Jerome Irving Rodale:
Founding father of the organic food movement, creator of "Organic Farming and Gardening" magazine, and founder of Rodale Press, a major publishing corporation.
How he died: On the "Dick Cavett Show", while discussing the benefits of organic foods.
Rodale, who bragged "I'm going to live to be 100 unless I'm run down by a sugar-crazed taxi driver," was only 72 when he appeared on the "Dick Cavett Show" in January 1971. Part way through the interview, he dropped dead in his chair. Cause of death: heart attack. The show was never aired.

Aeschylus:
A Greek playwright back in 500 BC. Many historians consider him the father of Greek tragedies.
How he died: An eagle dropped a tortoise on his head
According to legend, eagles picked up tortoises and attempt to crack them open by dropping them on rocks. An eagle mistook Aeschylus' head for a rock (he was bald) and dropped it on him instead.

Jim Fixx:
Author of the best selling "Complete Book of Running," which started the jogging craze of the 1970s.
How he died: A heart attack....while jogging
Fixx was visiting Greensboro, Vermont when he walked out of his house and began jogging. He'd only gone a short distance when he had a massive coronary. His autopsy revealed that one of his coronary arteries was 99% clogged, another was 80% obstructed, and a third was 70% blocked....and that Fixx had had three other attacks in the weeks prior to his death.

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Electricity First Discovered 2500 years ago

Electricity was first discovered about 2 500 years ago. The Greek scientist Thales of Miletus (c. 620 BCE – c . 546 BC) noticed that a piece of amber (th e hard fossilized sap from trees) attracted straw or feathers when he rubbed it with a cloth. The word “electricity” comes from the Greek word for amber – “elektron”. Thales is also known as the father of philosophy.

The word “electric” was first used in 1600 by William Gilbert, a doctor to Queen Elizabeth I. He carried out experiments and discovered that materials such as diamond, glass and wax behaved in a similar way to amber.

Count Alessandro Volta invented the first battery in the 18th century. He called it a “voltaic pile.” It consisted of a pile of zinc and silver or copper discs separated by pads moistened with an acid solution. The unit for measuring a unit of electricity, a volt, is named after Count Volta.

During the 1860s, George Leclanche developed a battery which did not use dangerous acids, known as the dry-cell battery. The batteries we use in flash lights, portable radios, etc. are based on Leclanche’s design.

Every year thousands of people are electrocuted but few die of it directly. Instead, more people die in the almost 10 000 fires that are caused by overloaded receptacles. Don’t overload your plugs and limit the use of extension cords by using them only for temporary operations.

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Largest Particle Accelerator 'Rediscovers' Fundamental Subatomic Particles

The world's largest particle accelerator -- Europe's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) -- hRata Tengahas yielded its first measurements of fundamental subatomic particles, so far confirming physicists' Standard Model but also paving the way to future discoveries that may offer new insights into the forces that govern the universe.

First results from the LHC at CERN are being revealed at the International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP), the world's largest international conference on particle physics, which has attracted more than 1000 participants to its venue in Paris. The spokespersons of the four major experiments at the LHC -- ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb -- are presenting measurements from the first three months of successful LHC operation at 3.5 TeV per beam, an energy three and a half times higher than previously achieved at a particle accelerator.

With these first measurements the experiments are rediscovering the particles that lie at the heart of the Standard Model -- the package that contains current understanding of the particles of matter and the forces that act between them. This is an essential step before moving on to make discoveries. Among the billions of collisions already recorded are some that contain 'candidates' for the top quark, for the first time at a European laboratory.

"Rediscovering our 'old friends' in the particle world shows that the LHC experiments are well prepared to enter new territory," said CERN's Director-General Rolf Heuer. "It seems that the Standard Model is working as expected. Now it is down to nature to show us what is new."

The quality of the results presented at ICHEP bears witness both to the excellent performance of the LHC and to the high quality of the data in the experiments. The LHC, which is still in its early days, is making steady progress towards its ultimate operating conditions. The luminosity -- a measure of the collision rate -- has already risen by a factor of more than a thousand since the end of March. This rapid progress with commissioning the LHC beam has been matched by the speed with which the data on billions of collisions have been processed by the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid, which allows data from the experiments to be analysed at collaborating centres around the world.

"Within days we were finding Ws, and later Zs -- the two carriers of the weak force discovered here at CERN nearly 30 years ago," said Fabiola Gianotti, spokesperson for the 3000-strong ATLAS collaboration. "Thanks to the efforts of the whole collaboration, in particular the young scientists, everything from data-taking at the detector, through calibration, data processing and distribution, to the physics analysis, has worked fast and efficiently."

"It is amazing to see how quickly we have 're-discovered' the known particles: from the lightest resonances up to the massive top quark. What we have shown here in Paris is just the first outcome of an intense campaign of accurate measurements of their properties." said Guido Tonelli, spokesperson for CMS. "This patient and systematic work is needed to establish the known background to any new signal."

"The LHCb experiment is tailor-made to study the family of b particles, containing beauty quarks," said the experiment's spokesperson Andrei Golutvin, "So it's extremely gratifying that we are already finding hundreds of examples of these particles, clearly pin-pointed through the analysis of many particle tracks."

"The current running with proton collisions has allowed us to connect with results from other experiments at lower energies, test and improve the extrapolations made for the LHC, and prepare the ground for the heavy-ion runs," said Jurgen Schukraft, spokesperson for the ALICE collaboration. This experiment is optimized to study collisions of lead ions, which will occur in the LHC for the first time later this year.

Two further experiments have also already benefited from the first months of LHC operation at 3.5 TeV per beam. LHCf, which is studying the production of neutral particles in proton-proton collisions to help in understanding cosmic-ray interactions in the Earth's atmosphere, has already collected the data it needs at a beam energy of 3.5 TeV. TOTEM, which has to move close to the beams for its in-depth studies of the proton, is beginning to make its first measurements.

CERN will run the LHC for 18-24 months with the objective of delivering enough data to the experiments to make significant advances across a wide range of physics processes. With the amount of data expected, referred to as one inverse femtobarn, the experiments should be well placed to make inroads in to new territory, with the possibility of significant discoveries.

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Wise Word for this Week

Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.

Hargailah segala yang kau miliki; anda akan memiliki lebih lagi. Jika anda fokus pada apa yang tidak anda miliki, anda tidak akan pernah merasa cukup dalam hal apapun.

~ Oprah Winfrey

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Salem, Satu-Satunya Kota Penyihir di Dunia


Kota Salem adalah satu-satunya kota di dunia yang diakui sebagai kota sihir yang sangat penuh dengan misteri. Kota Sihir memang benar-benar ada, Letaknya di Amerika serikat atau lebih tepatnya di Negara bagian Massachusetts. Kota ini secara resmi telah ditetapkan sebagai kota sihir oleh Michael Dukakis, gubernur Massachusetts pada masa itu.


Kota ini ditetapkan sebagai kota sihir karena di Kota ini, pernah terjadi suatu peristiwa yang sangat mengerikan (pastinya ada hubunganya dengan sihir). Yaitu peristiwa The Salem Witch Trial, peristiwa dimana lebih dari 150 penduduk kota ini ditangkap, diadili, dan dihukum hanya karena dianggap mempraktekkan ilmu sihir.
Kota Salem ini berdiri pada tahun tahun 1629. Pada tahun 1641 hukum Inggris mulai diterapkan di kota ini (pada masa itu, Amerika serikat masih terdiri dari koloni-koloni Inggris). Dan salah satu hukum yang ditetapkan di kota ini adalah bahwa segala sesuatu yang berhubungan dengan praktek sihir merupakan pelanggaran berat.

Tahun 1688, Martha Goodwin, seorang remaja penduduk lokal disana bertengkar dengan seorang tukang cuci bernama Goode Glover yang memicu kemunculan ilmu sihir ini.


Martha kemudian mendapat penyakit aneh, disusul kemudian saudara lelaki dan kedua adik perempuannya mengalami hal serupa. Glover kemudian ditangkap karena dianggap telah mempraktekan ilmu sihir kepada keluarga Goodwin.

Kemudian seorang pendeta bernama Cotton Mather menemui Glover untuk membujuk Glover agar segera mengakui perbuatanya, karena jika tidak, maka ia akan dijatuhi hukuman gantung oleh pengadilan setempat.
Tapi muka Glover malah menjadi seram dan menakutkan kemudian pada tahun baru 1692, Abigail Williams (11 tahun) dan Elizabeth Parris (9 tahun) menderita penyakit yang sama dengan anak-anak keluarga Goodwin empat tahun lalu.

Selang kemudian seorang gadis bernama Ann Putnam Jr. dan beberapa gadis lain pun mengalami hal serupa. Pada pertengahan bulan Februari 1692, seorang dokter menganggap apa yang dialami oleh penduduk Salem itu adalah akibat dari ilmu sihir.

Tituba, seorang budak wanita diidentifikasi sebagai orang aneh karena dia pernah memberi makan anjingnya sepotong kue buatannya yang diberi nama kue sihir beberapa hari sebelumnya.

Beberapa penduduk lain menuduh Sarah Good dan Sarah Osborne sebagai penyihir. John Hathorne dan Jonathan Corwin dari kepolisian setempat memeriksa Tituba, Sarah Good dan Sarah Osborne atas tuduhan itu. Tituba mengaku bahwa praktek sihirnya didapat dari Goode Glover dan Sarah Osborne.
Kemudian ada tiga orang bernama Mercy Lewis, Mary Walcott dan Mary Warren mengaku tertular penyakit aneh dari Ann Putnam Jr. Ann menuduh Martha Cory adalah seorang penyihir, begitu pula Abigail Williams menuduh Rebecca Nurse. Deputi Samuel Brabrook juga menangkap Dorcas Good yang kemudian diperiksa oleh kedua polisi Hathrone dan Corwin, mereka juga menangkap Rebecca Nurse.
Selanjutnya Elizabeth Proctor dan Sarah Cloyce (adik dari Rebecca Nurse) dituduh sebagai penyihir, setelah Sarah Cloyce membela habis-habisan kakaknya dan mengatakan bahwa kakaknya itu bukan penyihir.

Hal yang sama terjadi pada John (suami dari Elizabeth Proctor) sewaktu dia membela istrinya dan menjadikan dia lelaki pertama yang tertuduh sebagai penyihir. Aksi tuduh menuduh inipun semakin berkembang dan membuat banyak orang ditangkap (baik lelaki maupun perempuan) dan dimasukan ke penjara.
Tanggal 27 Mei 1692, keadaan kota Salem semakin memanas. Pengadilan pun digelar. Bridget Bishop adalah wanita pertama yang diadili karena Elizabeth Booth (perempuan yang menuduhnya penyihir) terbukti mendapat gejala penyakit aneh tersebut, Bridget Bishop-pun dihukum gantung.

Selanjutnya Rebecca Nurse, Susannah Martin, Elizabeth Howe, Sarah Good dan Sarah Wildes diadili dan mereka pun digantung di Gallows Hill.

Kemudian George Jacobs Sr., Martha Carrier, George Burroughs, John Willard, John and Elizabeth Proctor diumumkan bersalah dan mereka pun juga digantung, kecuali Elizabeth Proctor karena dia sedang mengandung.

Disusul Martha Corey, Mary Easty, Alice Parker, Ann Pudeator, Dorcas Hoar dan Mary Bradbury. Tuduhan penyihir pun bertambah dengar hadirnya Giles Cory.
17 September 1692, Margaret Scott, Wilmott Redd, Samuel Wardwell, Mary Parker, Abigail Faulkner, Rebecca Earnes, Mary Lacy, Ann Foster dan Abigail Hobbs diadili dan dijatuhi hukuman gantung.

Apa yang dialami Giles Cory lebih sadis dan mengerikan, lelaki itu ditindih dengan batu besar sampai mati karena dia menolak untuk mengakui kesalahannya dan itu memakan waktu dua hari hingga dia tewas. Beberapa hari kemudian Martha Cory, Margaret Scott, Mary Easty, Alice Parker, Ann Pudeator, Willmott Redd, Samuel Wardwell dan Mary Parker dihukum gantung.
Tanggal 3 Oktober 1692, Pendeta Increase Mather, presiden dari Harvard College (ayah dari Pendeta Cotton Mather) mengumumkan cara penggunaan bukti-bukti sihir di pengadilan. Tetapi Gubernur Phipps mengatakan bahwa bukti-bukti itu tidak berlaku pada pengadilan ilmu sihir.

Pada musim gugur, Gubernur Phipps membebaskan beberapa tersangka yang tidak cukup bukti. Hakim Stoughton mendapat perintah dari Gubernur untuk melanjutkan proses pengadilan ilmu sihir dan menghukum gantung para wanita walaupun mereka sedang hamil, dikarenakan itulah Hakim Stoughton mundur dari jabatannya sebagai Hakim kota.
Akhirnya, 49 dari 52 orang tersangka dibebaskan termasuk Tituba yang kemudian dijual kepada tuannya yang baru. Pada musim panas Gubernur Phipps memohon maaf kepada seluruh tersangka yang masih tersisa di dalam penjara.

Hingga tahun 1697, pengadilan kota mengakui kesalahan telah memenjarakan dan menghukum mati banyak orang tanpa bukti yang jelas dan menentukan hari puasa dan soul-searching atas tragedi di kota Salem itu. Mereka pun mendeklarasikan bahwa tahun 1692 sebagai tahun tanpa hukum.
Kini, Kota salem kemudian menjadi sebuah kota wisata yang sarat akan nilai supranatural. Peristiwa The Salem Witch Trials sampai sekarang masih dikenang dan pengunjung kota Salem masih bisa melihat.

Seperti di The Witch House, rumah milik Hakim Jonathan Corwin, salah satu hakim dalam peristiwa Salem Witchcraft Trials. Bangunan ini sekarang milik Departemen Taman dan Rekreasi kota Salem dan dijadikan tujuan wisata lengkap dengan program tur keliling, wisata sejarah, dan wisata arsitektur.

Selain itu, turis juga bisa mengunjungi The Salem Witch Museum. Di museum ini pengunjung benar-benar seperti dibawa kembali ke peristiwa mengerikan tersebut. Di museum itu ada pertunjukan drama teater, narasi dan dialog serta cuplikan persidangan peristiwa itu. Ada juga tur keliling menyaksikan sel-sel penjara buatan lengkap dengan patung-patung terpidana yang mirip manusia asli.

Sampai saat ini masih banyak penduduk kota Salem yang memang seorang penyihir, atau lebih cocok disebut sebagai paranormal. Tapi walau begitu, jangan harap anda bisa menemukan penyihir yang berpenampilan seperti Harry Potter disini kecuali pada malam Hallowen.
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