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Sunday, 22 May 2011
#SilentSunday 22nd May 2011
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How quaint - I remember letters that you had to post....ReplyDelete
That reminds me! I have a card to post! Lovely I like the reflection in the shop windowReplyDelete
- Anonymous22 May 2011 at 09:39
What a clever photo! Love it :)ReplyDelete
This is so novel - I adore it! At first I focussed on the mail-box - which made me smile with nostalgic home-sickness - and then I tried to see what was in the window - realizing the most wonderful reflections! Very clever :)ReplyDelete
I really like that. Very creative. The reflections are excellent.ReplyDelete
Keith aka Reluctant Housedad
- Anonymous22 May 2011 at 11:00
Looks like a lovely little village shop!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous22 May 2011 at 11:09
Such a lovely picture! I love the proper red post boxes.ReplyDelete
I love the old letter boxes. My mum and dad used to live in a conservation area so both phone boxes and post boxes had to be preserved or replaced with replica old ones painted in uniform bright red. One day a drunk drive came zooming down the hill and crashed into the post box knocking it over. They replaced it but it's a modern red one and looks nothing like the original.ReplyDelete
oo, I love 'proper' postboxes!ReplyDelete
Aww you can't beat a shot of a good ol' post box.ReplyDelete
What a great picture. Looks like a lovely place to live.ReplyDelete
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Home Burglary Statistics for Charlotte, NC
Charlotte, NC we've compiled home burglary statistics to raise your awareness of home invasions - how often they occur, when and where they happen the most and what you need to look out for to see if your home is a welcome target for break-ins.
How many home burglaries occur?
It's estimated that 2,000,000+ home burglaries are reported in the US each year.
How often?
It's estimated that a home burglary or break-in occurs every 14 seconds in the United States.
When do most home burglaries happen?
- Most home break-ins occur in the daytime between the hours of 10 am and 3 pm, when most homeowners are at work.
- Summertime is when most home invasions occur. July and August are the two months with the most frequent break-ins.
- February is the month with the fewest burglaries.
Which homes make the best targets?
- Homes without video surveillance systems
- Residences with landscaping hiding the view of doors, windows, patio doors and other entry points
- Homes with the best escape routes
- An unlit home
- A house with mail piling up
- Residences with unlocked doors, windows and garages
- Apartments are just as likely to fall victim to break-ins as homes
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- Thieves look for small, expensive items that are easy to carry and easily converted to cash
- Jewelry, watches, laptops and tablets, guns, digital cameras, small electronics, DVDs and cash
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- It's estimated that 66% of all burglaries in the United States are residential or home break-ins
- Homes without security systems are 300% more likely to get broken into
- Roughly only 17% of residences have a security system installed
- 85% of residential burglaries are performed by amateurs (versus professional thieves)
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Is there oine character in The Dry Grass of August that you identify with more than the others?
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I think it would be Mary, for her maternal and protective instincts- especially with Jubie. She could see that she was a sensitive child, and she nurtured her, building up her self-esteem. I felt touched by Mary. There was so much prejudice and disrespect that she dealt with, yet she carried on with dignity. She seemed so accepting of how things were. But then, what choice did she have?
Here Mary was in this time and place, being treated terribly by white people that came into her life, yet she took care of this white family. It wasn't just a job to her. She was basically raising the children. She seemed to spend more time with them than the mother and father put together. She definitely was there for them and caring for them with love. I think her spiritual faith helped her to stay focused on the right and be able to withstand the wrong in her life.
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I agree with Jeann. I identified the most with Mary, she was really the rock of the family and really the only person who treated Jubie as a beloved child. She was really the best character in the book, she stood for everything that a person should be: dignified, moral, caring and have empathy for others.
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From Conservapedia
King of Wessex
|In office
|Preceded by
|Succeeded by
|Ethelred I
| October 865[1]
Sherbourne, Wessex
Ethelbert (also Æthelberht), king of Wessex (860-865) succeeded his elder brother Ethelbald. He had the misfortune to rule at the time of increased Danish incursions into many parts of England. It is recorded that his forces had a victory during the first year of his reign, but by 865 the Danes were encamped permanently at Thanet (north-east Kent) and being offered tribute for a truce. Outside his kingdom, in northern East Anglia and Northumbria, cities were falling, not to raiding parties, but to armies of occupation. By the year of his death, they had moved down to Nottingham. He was succeeded by his younger brother, Ethelred I.
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Spend a Night In a Spooky Cool UFO Treehouse [PHOTOS]
Aliens have invaded and you can live in their spaceships. Ok, not really, but check out these awesome UFO 'treehouses'. They're part of a so-called Treehotel in Harads, Sweden that is comprised of several themed-treehouses in a beautiful and densely wooded area of the town.
Currently about six have been built with 24 in total being planned. If you ask us, the $600/night is totally worth the chance to sleep in a sleek 'realistic'-looking UFO.
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Saturday, May 30, 2015
Free the Colonies! Final Update
129 comments:
I'm in
Great big greet :-)ReplyDelete
YES........COBRA....TODAY IS A GREAT DAY.....FREEDOM FOR ALL....FREEDOM FOR OUR BROTHERS.....WE LOVE YOU....LOVE AND PEACE FOR ALLReplyDelete
I wanted to say thank you to Cobra for introducing me to what is now my favorite movie, Interstella 5555! Such a great/informative/deep story paired with the perfect Daft Punk soundtrack. If anyone reading this loves anime and great jams, please watch this movie! It's full of great symbolism and definitely relates to what's really happening on this planet (with occultism/brainwashing/pretty much everything else in the movie). I highly reccomend it, I got such a high from watching it! Anyways, good luck everyone with today's meditation!ReplyDelete
THIS IS THE TIME TO SING THIS ALL OVER THE WORLD!!ReplyDelete
I'm asking everybody to, please, sing "IMAGINE" before you start your meditation.
IT is composed on 528hz=the LOVE frequency, and of course, the lyrics are WHAT we are dreaming about to be gone from our reality, and WHAT we'd like to create for our NEW reality.
So, please, sing it and IMAGINE IT HAPPENING!!!!!!
"IMAGINE" with the lyrics:
How many Collars, keys, codes, shields and weapons do the Zionists have today? NONE!ReplyDelete
Earth is a Sovereign Being. And those who choose not to recognize this well established fact is NOT welcome here.
Ab initio.
Love and lightReplyDelete
Know ThyselfReplyDelete
Whatdya know Joe? Do you know that you know some things? How do you know that you know these things Jane Doe?
Ask yourself this question: "Who am I that I know, and that I know that I know these things?"
You won't need to follow a white rabbit. You are your best guide into the known and the unknown.
ready and waiting lets do it!ReplyDelete
"Big changes are afoot, my child! Brace yourself, buckle up, batten down the hatches, and tie it down if you choose not to lose it…..but, it will be happening. If you have been experiencing the slightly uncomfortable stirring in your core, this is a signal from The Universe that it is about to begin! Do not panic; these movements are the old beliefs you hold that are in need of release and it is time to let them go. You cannot move forward with them. Just like a ride on a bumpy road, one you get past the rough spots it makes the smooth parts all the more enjoyable." ~ CreatorReplyDelete
I'm ready. Love and Light!ReplyDelete
We CAN and We WILL :-)
It's The Only Way Forward
Auf Los geht's Los.
See You Down The Road
Lars B.
All in. It's what "we" doReplyDelete
For the Light, for the Colonies, for Earth...ReplyDelete
WE WIN, I WIN, YOU WIN, WE ALL TODAY WIN!!ReplyDelete
Im not the brightest, not the strongest or most active light, but today im not a single raindrop of light here, cause of all of you WE ARE SEA OF LIGHT, AND TODAY WE SUCCEED!
There is very important person for me, my second half, up there, in the space and I As BEING OF LIGHT WHO HAVE SHARE OF GODDESS INSIDE OF ME, I WILL TAKE MY DUTY, MY Responsibility for my creation..... MY CREATION IS= I WANT LIGHTS ON!
no more words,
VICTORY OF THE LIGHTReplies
We are with you M Miecz! :-)Delete
2 hours 2 go...ReplyDelete
Love you all! :)
Love and light from here,ReplyDelete
Thank you all and thank you deeply Cobra,
We are in,
SW Florida is there!ReplyDelete
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Let's do this!!!ReplyDelete
The Space Coast Titusville ,,,,Nasa ,,,,Pillars of Light JamminReplyDelete
Sacred space engaged activated .
Great White Brotherhood Mission
Solar System Peace , Hostage Liberation Complete .
Yon Mee Shee HAA
He Mee Shee Shee
Thank You Family of Light !
Nova Earth Now .
thats what we are here for ;)ReplyDelete
william b. descends the MountReplyDelete
10 minutes lets go!ReplyDelete
Lets do this....ReplyDelete
That was MAGNIFICIENT !! BRAVO everyone !!! Much love.ReplyDelete
Light is ON ! :)ReplyDelete
At 10.16pm I felt it was done, I hope it was a successReplyDelete
Cobra I have been waiting all my life :) 15 years is not too long. Children of all ages fasten your seat belts!ReplyDelete
Quarantined Planet
And the rest of us
25000 years
To change the contract
And yet both trying
And yet almost nothing
And yet under the surface
Change is happening
Slaves by choice
Since some wars of old
To try to learn
Or forget
Or both
And yet out there
And yet in here
On our quarantined planet
White hats and all
We have light
For ever
Time is nothing
Except for the waiting
How to remember
Almost unbearable
Amman 01.12.14
love you all... thank you... dark age is over... tomorow is new dayReplyDelete
I connected with all people visualizing all over the world. It was like the wings beneath me. Beautiful feeling of Love and that all is accomplished. My deepest gratitude to Cobra, RM, all good ET's.ReplyDelete
Thank you everyone!ReplyDelete
it' s amazing to be part of this!ReplyDelete
gracias Cobra!
Now change to the next shift and bring um help to Earth.....................ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 30, 2015 at 3:32 PM
Keen to hear how everything turned out .... Felt like a powerfulReplyDelete
I am sure that all were released ..... IN PEACE ....NOW WE WAIT ON EARTH.....IN PEACE AND LOVE ....FREE FOREVER..THANK YOU ALLReplyDelete
As I started the meditation, my mind suddenly flooded with an old Russian songReplyDelete
The Day of Victory, like an ember in the fire,
Seemed so distant, but remained our hearts` desire.
Miles behind us, scorched and battered there we stood,
Bringing victory as closer as we could.
That`s our Day of Victory
Ringing through the skies
Proud and joyful
We have bought it for a price
There is gladness
But with sadness in our eyes.
The Day of Victory!
The Day of Victory!
The Day of Victory!
Come now, mother. I have made it back to you…
Feel like running barefoot in the morning dew.
Miles behind us, we`ve lost many souls for good
Bringing victory as closer as we could.
That`s our Day of Victory
Ringing through the skies
Proud and joyful
We have bought it for a price
There is gladness
But with sadness in our eyes.
The Day of Victory!
The Day of Victory!
The Day of Victory!
This was the best most amazing meditation yet! I could feel the energies! I saw myself talking to and teaching E.T. children on the planet I was visiting ( as I am a teacher). So beautiful, emotional, and profound! We love you Cobra and RM!~~ReplyDelete
good prospectReplyDelete
Magnificently powerful! Great job everyone! This truly feels like a brand new day! I can hardly wait for Cobra's update. I think incredible things were accomplished today. Huge hugs and biggest blessings to all.ReplyDelete
I knew there was a moment that I acted as a shield to protect and heal... I saw the captors just fall down... It was a very strange thing... Large amounts of people fell down as if they were just shut off? Blessed be to all our light family... Ty cobraReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 30, 2015 at 7:06 PM
I meditated for 25 minutes, starting at 5:11 am in Taiwan. It was an extremely powerful meditation/activation! While visualizing the colonies being cleared, I got several psychic images of the Eye of Ra. While visualizing the dark beings being taken to Ganymede in a steady stream, I got several psychic images of a pyramid with a large, golden sun behind it. And when visualizing the whole solar system being free, I got a psychic image of a rising, golden sun on the horizon. I took that as a sign that the solar system is facing a new dawn. I felt that Mars was liberated very quickly, like in the blink of an eye. But the moon was more difficult to be liberated and there was some fighting there. I also got the image of an implant station on an asteroid, which I guess that was liberated quickly. At the end I could see the whole Milky Way galaxy, from the side, as a ribbon of freedom with the Galactic Central Sun shining brightly in the center (practically smiling!). Also, throughout many times, I kept hearing the song "Imagine" as suggested by Hye Angel. Anyway, I think the activation was a roaring success and I am looking forward to Earth being next!!!ReplyDelete
I was there, and I am not the meditative type.ReplyDelete
I listened to the video during part of the meditation and I visualised people being unchained and all going well. That music is amazing!
But you know what? Last night, first type it happened, I was snoring very loudly in an unusual way (I am a girl and I don't snore, only slightly and very occasionnally), my husband shook me a bit, no reaction on my part, he got pissed off by the noise, went to the lounge, stayed there 20 minutes, came back, and I was back to normal.
I have strictly no recall of dreams or nightmare or anything.
That's strange. Really strange.
We just do not understand.
The only thing I can say is that before I went to sleep, I was filled with the consciousness of the oncoming event, so that may be why.
Complete mystery to both of us.
Never happened before, never!
Any clue?
Victory to the light!
Since ever BelovedReplyDelete
give me your hand
let us go
Amazing is the WORD. Tears of connection and joy, Thanks to all who held the light so well. Thanks to those who held the dark so well, yours was the far more difficult assignment and now you work is done and you may rise into eternal peace. In holding this word in chains, you created the longing to be free, for all time, for all souls. Bless and release, bless and release,bless and release.ReplyDelete
Hey Cobra & fans! Found myself vacillating between freedom & then immediate /need 4/ healing. Including healing 4 all of us here on Earth, but it's all 1 healing process. & connectedness w/ lost sibs. Acknowledgment. 1 healing 4 all of us humans.ReplyDelete
Sometime during /just after, realizing that a set of unhappy dreams that I have been having 4 20-30-40 yrs -- About smallish work groups of ppl in huge enclosed environments, outdoors = indoors; no sun, daytime is foggy grey light; futuristic apocalyptic-trashed city landscape, broken cement, metal structures; /huge underground cave systems w/ undifferentiated, uncomfortable work-living structures (like trying 2 live in an unfinished *alien* office w/o amenities; u never go home bc u have no home); /ship?; /unfinished storage environments w/ dark /various blue shades of lighting, lots of shadows bc it's always night; futuristic, plastic, spacesuit /worksuit types of clothing & tools; conflicting bad /useless /wasteful work instructions --
-- Dreams that I had been thinking were psychotronics broadcast program dreams, were THESE PPL. In their environments.
Whoa! What?! ... Ah. Just another layer of amnesia clearing.
Has anyone else had these dreams? (I don't watch films; no tv.) Psychotronics broadcasts?
Now we all focus on healing alongside each other. As part of each other. Be well all.
- AnonymousMay 31, 2015 at 12:07 AM
YES! It was/Is a great Victory!!! I saw many faces and movements, it was tough at the beginning, then it smoothed into a bright Energy. I am very proud of my Angel Crew and All who brought their beacon of light in. Great gratitude to Cobra, Isis and RM for being amongst us. Love Love Love......ReplyDelete
And back to daily worry.... Why does PFC have the clock on for tonight and Portal not?ReplyDelete
I have joined you as well , I hope that all that effort of each of us was helpful....ReplyDelete
Thank you Cobra and the Light Forces who are working to Free this Beautiful Planet!!ReplyDelete
Victory to the Light and All Agents of the Light!
- AnonymousMay 31, 2015 at 3:03 AM
une grand victoire, c'est certain, vivement la nouvelle mis à jour !ReplyDelete
I did try to meditate at the time but I felt that I couldnt get any connection. I can only hope that it went good and that others could pitch in.ReplyDelete
I did what little I could as I am not trained. I asked for angelic help. That none of the human slaves be harmed and as little loss of life as possible occur. That all colonies be freed and healing for those in them swiftly be helped. Please let us know the results as quickly as you can.ReplyDelete
I tried my bestReplyDelete
Thank You All!!ReplyDelete
During meditation, I could feel that we are all working as a wonderful team now more than ever....Our transmission of our Energy/Light/Love was profound & profound things are happening as a result....I imaged many prisoners being unshackled and released....We pray for the safety and healing of all those held against their will and those abductors who wish to join the Light.ReplyDelete
I dreamed last night of a distinctive ship in the sky that had to be pointed out to others to see it....it was shaped like a ship that sails the waters....Perhaps, we'll be sailing on a ship soon to visit other places in our Universe....I'm ready to sail!
Financial Reset Coming? China's Currency Nears World Reserve StatusReplyDelete
Unholy Secret SocietiesReplyDelete
Still trying to get your hooks into Me for the Power of Gold? Fuck you.
I have stated over and over again here and elsewhere: WE EAT OUR CAKE IN PUBLIC.
There will be ONLY transparency from here on out.
I am a Sovereign and NOBODY speaks for me - and that goes double and triple for those who do their business in the shadows - starting with the Knights of Malta and the Knights of Columbus. YOU ARE NO LONGER WELCOME ON THIS PLANET AND NEITHER IS YOUR WEB CONTENT - AB INITIO.
Don't give up on your own garden to hoe your neighbor's potatoes.
Sovereign of Earth
As always; I'm hesitating putting this up here for everybody to see.ReplyDelete
But.... Let's hope I got the message correctly from my team, and it is not just "my wish", or my IMAGINEation. ;))
# 1 - There were MORE THAN 144,000 people participating. (Could be 155,000+...)
# 2 - A major REVELATION/announcement in 1 week.Replies
Wow. I was in a ship too. We sailed the water from Mexico to Florida. A fellow alien said, "At caramba, baby" as we passed by Mexico. I remember asking other starseeds where they were from. Such an exquisite feeling stepping into that ship. I can't wait for the real deal. I like to think it'll be soon. Everyone have their journeys. But only starseeds understand this longing. It was awesome.ReplyDelete
2015 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF LIGHTReplyDelete
2nd posting attempt. My meditation experience was at first that the energy was chaotic for a short while, then it became peaceful almost suddenly and the whole way through, I felt so much love for the brave RM members and that they were successful. I was just able to concentrate on sending them love, my visualizations aren't too successful. Thank you Cobra and RM.ReplyDelete
00:11:11 local time I placed crystal to my forehead and started meditating. For a 25 minutes I was zoning on and off consciousness as I felt so tired. Then I finished meditation and started to sleep. I did see something, but I cant remember but a black space that had a pillar of light in it.ReplyDelete
Just before I woke this morning I drempt that I came to this site and rather than a new Cobra post there was an audio message that played. The voice stated that Cobra's work here has been completed and that he has just left the planet.ReplyDelete
the more a consciousness is developed the more it is unable to lieReplyDelete
i am innocent
and you are too
completely innocent you are
the most pressure was on you
and now
can we all let go what we have conquered
now it comes even more to the light how expanded the manipulation wasReplyDelete
we where all manipulated against each other
the more one is enlightened
when there is one left unhealed spot
it hurts beyond pain
and when its gone
the light goes on
with expanding
if i would have been in an unforgiving state
i would have been complete shizophrenia to have done anything i did
your pain is my pain
The blending of all of our energy was greatly significant.. it was the energy of LOVE pushed through with our power human emotions (unique in the Universe) that was the what was needed for success. I witnessed the light forces and light beings hold BOTH the innocent slaves and then the beings of darkness with such pure love and great intent - lifting both to their destinations - for healing, or for the central sun. The most powerful images that I have ever seen. Thank you , yes YOU... you did it, We did it!ReplyDelete
IRON SKY (2012)ReplyDelete
Genre: Action Sci-Fi Comedy
II. the last moments of World War II in a secret Nazi space program to escape the dark side of the moon that part of the army lost a war. During 70 years in hiding from the Nazis prepared to cut a gigantic fortress and build an army of flying saucers.
When an American astronaut James Washington with the rover gets too close to the fortress, the Moon Führer (Kier) decides the time has come to restore the glory of the Fourth Reich, and assume control of the entire population of Earth.
Ganymede portal will remain closed in perpetuity. Consequences of the treaty breach will not be announced in advance of manifestation.ReplyDelete
Callisto portal aperture is at 55% and this is not likely to change.
Gap management is at Mega.Replies
Even though I don't know much details about the operations... how is it that this note if true does not surprise me. Anyways... as always best wishes to everyone above and below working for universal/Global/local Freedoms.Delete
how do u know ganymede is closed? haha any channeling? cuz cobra sais.. is the most important portal of the solar sistem and here u are saying its closed hahahaDelete
- AnonymousMay 31, 2015 at 2:37 PM
Good one Abraham. You gotta wonder about the people who post all kinds of updates on what the Nature Spirit is doing, etc.Delete
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We are all light! The light is ONReplyDelete
I envisioned two types of forces making a landing on what appeared to be a moon with little atmosphere or gravity. There were distinctly human like beings in suits and there boots would lock them into the stone surface with every step they took- and then angels came in - Michael landing first - no suits of course and when the angels were landing they came down solid and sure footed (control over the gravity relative to the mechanisms needed by the humanoids to land/walk on the surface. I didn't invasion any warfare per say but instead more evacuation like procedures as if it was more a mop up effort. After all when the angels show up led by Michael how do you think it's going to turn out?ReplyDelete
Thank you light warriors for liberating the innocent and getting their healing underway. Next stop Gaia.
Open The United Gate
Lars B.
We can always repeat this and help Light forces if necessary. :)ReplyDelete
A grand effort by many peoples from different planets etc. Some of which are not human, not tall and beautiful as far as limited human standards go. These operations are huge efforts of the most diverse beings uniting to solve monumental galactic, planetary etc problems.ReplyDelete
How'd it go yesterday? Felt some pretty extreme tension a bit later. For 3-4 hoursReplyDelete
The Zebra Cake trophy is awarded to the faction of free-agents in the Columbia River Gorge. Now listen carefully victors: What was the item which gave your opponent (Mal-TA) a head start over you?ReplyDelete
Those looking on - observe and learn. What have you noticed about the conditions for success? Thrive and Disclosure. YOU SHALL RECOGNIZE THE ONLY LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT IN EXISTENCE ON THIS PLANET - AND THEIR WISHES. No exceptions. The Credo system is completely dependent on this.
Nexus Levels, additions to your flavors of Ice Cream will be incremental according to Highest Will. Thank you for your Service (and patience - a very human attribute).
Celesta is not happy about this new delay. Grace is very costly to those holding space for it. Yet, She has touched the Face of THE Father. And He now has Her hand. There will be no letting go of it. And when HE decides to pull Her to Him, it won't matter day or night ... those with the proper access to her will go to Him with Her. No exceptions.
Seth has returned to the light.ReplyDelete
The one main fear of Isis (to lose Osiris) and the one main fear of Osiris (to get fractionalized or destroyed) are in the process to heal now. While I am writing this I guess Seth will help here. He is not completely in the light, yet I think he chooses it instead of being destroyed, as he is a very big and powerful being. Only one knows how it is. And think why things have been as they have been. Think what has been done by them and why some other things have been resolved by others through stepping into those undergrounds.
There has been made a bit progress already, to heal the split between divine feminine and masculine and the manipulation/division, which have benn installed in forms of geometrical structures.
Those 3 creator Gods I had mentioned, there has been actually been the fourth one also been in the dark, not by his choice, and a few days ago he has returned to the light very fast (he never wanted to be in darkness), as sson he was detected he went to heaven like a spaceship. He waited for that all the time.
The 4 are really doing great work now. You can please them to help with any element you want to solve.
There has been a geometrical structure removed that was installed to block the flow of life energy and communication between all beings. After this there was an even bigger structure removed and then, then appeared something extremely beautiful:
There was coming something from the place inside of the removed matrix, so to say, it has been imprisoned there all the time. Woooooow, I am realizing now why..... woooow........ .It came from "inside" and "below" something, I first thought might be a building, than it grew bigger like a temple and then I thought it was Atlantis, after this I saw even more. There where worlds and worlds and worlds and worlds and worlds coming and coming and coming, endless, endless...... . I heard the words...."look, like this it will be....shall I show you more? loook......." wooooow...... and it went on and on and on..... . So I never have to doubt what will there come or how will it be like. And eeeevery world looked different. I have not seen them all in all, only like a fan (the chinese thing to make fresh air in the summer). And I understood I do not have to worry if there will be no ideas. It is really endless. To know is one thing and to see another. After this I said to myself: "Heeey it is over, really it IS over."
So now I am a bit less afraid.
Oh yes, what I was realizing, while writing, was: This are the worlds that have waited during the time of darkness. This is, what could have been there instead. I promise you it would have been countless, countless, countless worlds, one more beautiful than the other. So, Cobra was always right when he said darkness has absolutely no meaning. I knew it was true and now I have seen it.
Some more cosmological: Btw Seth has not done it all on his own. He did it together with his dark twinflame. She will also return to the light I think. She was the one who manifested his energy into the physical in a downwards spiral. It is over. Only informing you. Horus is holding the light as always.ReplyDelete
To the people around the world, help the world to heal by also sending positive thoughts of love , peace and freedom to all corners of the earth. I think everyday when you can send LOVE VIBRATIONS AND LOTS OF LIGHT. I also in my part call the Source to put a end to the slavery here and get rid of the Demonic beings here pretending to be a source of light. FREEDOM TO THE LIGHT FORCES ALWAYS!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
I'm all in! I can't wait! Is like I've been waiting for this for eternity! I guess patience is a virtue. (sigh!)ReplyDelete
An impossible thing has become reality.ReplyDelete
Masculine divine has come to liberate Goddess energy flow, so Goddess energy could liberate the divine masculine energy. This means something that needs to be liberated liberated what liberates IT. This is a mystery in itself and it is without description.
Would be nice to get some sort of feedback.ReplyDelete
Big or small.
Anyways... It is a warm feeling to know there are still many like minded individuals out there.
My patience has run out with the waiting and 'carrots on a string'. If someone out there someday come up with a plan that entails making real time positive changes let me know at email@example.com (Please let it be a cryptic message as my emails may be public knowledge) I don't have the finances but I have me will and impatient heart.
Take care all.. I guess is appropriate to say - May the Force be with you.
Next time I check this site I hope to see that many positive worldly expectations have been met. Finally, Stay safe everyone on whatever path you are on above or here below.
This is being sai in the best way I can, no disrespect is intended. We are not in charge! You can help facilitate by your actions, prayers, meditations, it does not matter if you have run out of patience, we are involved in spiritual matters and they all operate on a way different system, we are so used to thinking we are in control, living by that clock or that dollar, yes I too am weary but we have to keep to the path and dig deep and have faith that good things ARE on the way and happening. Lest you think I have it cozy I surely do not. I am exhausted but what is the alternative? i was laughing to my husband about how we signed up for this etc etc he said it was our fifth time, I said we are going to do it this time! In the mean time lets try to have some fun, we need more joy!ReplyDelete
What ever you focus on energizes! Focusing on the wait, delay, exhaustion, frustration etc just energizes it more!ReplyDelete
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- Slim and lightweight nylon composite body built tough for DH and enduro riding - Concave shape and 9 replaceable pins per side for secure foot engagement - Durable chromoly steel spindle - Sealed cartridge bearing for smooth long-lasting performance - Weight: 380g
Foot, meet pedal. Thanks to the Stamp, you two will be closely acquainted. After scrutinizing data from the outsoles of top mountain bike shoe brands, Crank Brothers discovered that two distinct surface areas can optimize the shoe/pedal bond through the whole range of shoe sizes. The result is the Stamp, a pedal with minimum profile and maximum concavity. Specifications: - spindle material: forged scm 435 chromoly steel - body material: forged 6061-T6 - inner bearing type: igus LL-glide bearing - outer bearing type: igus LL-glide bearing - footprint: 100mm x 100mm (small) / 114mm x 111mm (large) - adjustable pins: 10 per side - minimal profile: 11mm-13mm thin - stamp small recommended for shoe sizes: 5-10 (us) // 37-43 (eu) - stamp large recommended for shoe sizes: 10-15 (us) // 43-49 (eu) - weight: 375g per pair (small) / 405g per pair (large)
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- Pedal body made of ruggedly durable engineering-grade thermoplastic - LSL sleeve bushing and sealed bearing - 9/16" CNC machined Chromoly spindle - 10 M3-8mm replaceable pins per side - Platform size: 113mm x 105mm - 350g per pair
Low And Lean Made from super-strong 6061-T1 aluminum, the double concave body is sleek and light while still giving your foot a nice wide platform to stand on. Round And Round We Go Fully sealed 4-bearing design makes for smooth rolling rotations over an extremely long life. And the ability to rebuild makes it nearly unkillable. Ride Don't Slide Pins at the front and back of the pedal are angled slightly to provide improved traction and foot comfort. Because pedal bites suck. Look Good Ride Good Our top of the line pedals come in 6 different colors so that you can add as much flavor and flair to your ride as you like. Pedal Envy More than just a trusty platform for stomping landings and railing around berms, the Atlas Pedal has long been Race Face's top contender. It's strong, thin, concave, lightweight, rebuildable, and ideally suited for getting wild in the woods. Specs: - Axle Material: Chromoly Steel - Body Material: 6061 Aluminum - Material: 6061 Aluminum - Platform Height (MM):14.5 - # of Pins: 20 SHCS hex traction pins per pedal (10 per side) - Platform L x W (MM): 114 x 101 - Weight: 355g
A versatile, lightweight dual-sided pedal designed for use with flat soled or SPD-compatible shoes. - Dual sided cage for clipless SPD and flat soled shoes. - CNC machined Cr-Mo spindle . - LSL sealed ball bearing . - Adjustable spring tension. - Shimano SPD compatible.
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The RaceFace Ride pedal features a slim nylon-composite platform, and offers a concave and lightweight design for legitimate performance. - Molded traction pins give you all the grip you need without risk of damaging your shoes or shins - Durable Cro-Mo steel axle features a standard 9/16" pedal thread and serviceable internal parts - 9/16"
Chromag worked with Brandon Semenuk to design a pedal that features a lightweight, compact platform body that extends inboard bringing the riders feet closer to the cranks for superior control. The Contact pedal has a very low-profile, concave CNC'd surface that is only 13mm at pedal center and weighs in at only 190g per pedal.
Odyssey JC/PC Pedals are designed with replaceable pedal bodies, pins, and nuts. - No bearings, adjustable bushing tension - Two-piece plastic bodies with replaceable metal pins and CroMoly spindles
- Oversized, hollow, steel axle, is lightweight yet rugged enough for any trail condition. - TIME's clamping system makes clipping in super easy. - Two release angle options (13° or 17°) along with a self-cleaning design that means you'll always be able to clip in – even in the muddiest of conditions. - Pedal Material: Composite - Pedal Weight: 190g - Cleat Compatibility: ATAC - Spindle Material: Steel - Pedal Bearing: Ball bearings - Pedals Thread: 9/16''
- Carbon body and titanium axle. - Power transfer and stability are maximized with a large, 725mm surface area. - Bottom fairing to improve aerodynamics and protect the carbon blade. - TIME's patented preopened ICLIC system allows for fast and easy cleat engagement. - Tension adjustment on the carbon blade has three positions to precisely manage the pressure of the clamping mechanism. - Maximum rider weight of 90kg. Specs: - Pedal Material: Carbon - Pedal Weight: 94g - Cleat Compatibility: ICLIC - Spindle Material: Titanium - Pedal Bearing: Ball bearings - Pedals Thread: 9/16"
- Galvanized steel pedal body - 2-piece block platform - Boron axle - Plastic blocks w/ integrated reflector - 553g pair
- CNC aluminum body - Sealed bearing - Toe clip compatible - Reflectors included - 9/16-inch spindle
Crank Brothers' most versatile pedal. The Candy excels at it all—cyclocross, XC, trail, and all mountain. 4-sided entry enables superior mud-shedding capability, and customizable float and release angles create a dialed-in feel. Specs: - Spindle material: Forged scm 435 chromoly steel - Body material: 6061-T6 aluminum - Wing material: Stamped steel - Spring material: 300 series stainless steel - Release angle: 15° / 20° - Q-factor: 52mm - Inner bearing type: Igus LL-glide bearing - Outer bearing type: Enduro cartridge bearing - Cleat: Premium brass cleats with shims included - Weight: 355g per pair - Warranty: 5 years
Crank Brothers' Candy 3 pedals combine 4-sided cages for super-easy entry/exit with CNC'd aluminum platforms for low weight, great foot stability, and on-trail durability. The Candy 3s feature chromoly axles, stainless steel springs, CNC machined aluminum wings, and an open design that sheds mud fast, making them ideal for sloppy conditions and cyclocross. They're also enhanced with inner needle bearings and water-tight internals for consistently smooth pedaling.
Sometimes you wear mountain bike shoes; sometimes you wear sneakers. MSW's CP-200 Platform and Clipless Pedals have you covered, whatever your footwear. These versatile pedals feature a wide, stable platform on one side and an SPD-style clipless entry on the other. Adjustable spring tension on the clipless side lets you customize how much pressure it takes to unclip, while sealed bearings keep you spinning smoothly for endless miles. And, the pedals are rebuildable to further maximize their lifespan.
Size specific composite platform pedal with optimal shoe/pedal interface. - Optimal surface area - Minimal profile 13mm thin - 9 hex traction pins per side - Premium bearings & seal system - Stamp large recommended for shoe sizes: 10-15 (us) // 43-49 (eu) - Body Material: Composite - Footprint: 111mm x 114mm - Hex Traction Pins: 9 per side (mounted from back) - Inner Bearing Type: Igus LL-glide bearing - Outer Bearing Type: Enduro cartridge bearing - Shoe Size: 10-15 (us) // 43-49 (eu) - Spindle Material: Forged scm 435 chromoly steel - Warranty: 5 years - Weight: 329g per pair
Size specific composite platform pedal with optimal shoe/pedal interface. - Optimal surface area - Minimal profile 13mm thin - 9 hex traction pins per side - Premium bearings & seal system - Stamp small recommended for shoe sizes: 5-10 (us) // 37-43 (eu) - Body Material: Composite - Footprint: 111mm x 114mm - Hex Traction Pins: 9 per side (mounted from back) - Inner Bearing Type: Igus LL-glide bearing - Outer Bearing Type: Enduro cartridge bearing - Shoe Size: US 5-10 // EU 37-43 - Spindle Material: Forged scm 435 chromoly steel - Warranty: 5 years - Weight: 329g per pair
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- Scallop shape provides extra grip and a stable platform. - Low-profile design. - 10 replaceable and adjustable pins per side. - Giant original Laser-etched pattern. - Ball bearing. - Cro-Mo axle.
Get connected to your daily ride with MSW's MP-100 Dual-Sided Clipless Pedals. They feature dual-sided entry so clipping in quickly is a snap, and the adjustable spring tension lets you customize exactly how much force it takes to unclip. These no-nonsense pedals are stellar in all conditions, and when the going gets sloppy, the mud-shedding design ensures you can still get in and out of your pedals quickly and easily.
Dimension Combo Pedal Sets are assembled with size large toe clips, straps and reflectors. - Pedal Body Material: Plastic - Pedal Spindle: 9/16-inch - Pedal Type: Toe Clip Compatible - Spindle Material: Chromoly Steel - Weight: 475g
- One-piece ABS resin body - Molded pins - 320g pair
- Street platforms with one-piece alloy body - Great for use with soft-soled street shoes - Toe clips and straps required (single strap only)
- Forged alloy body and cage - Oversize oval design - Chromoly spindle - Toe clip compatible - 467g pair
TMAC Signature Tyler McCaul Pedal. With over two years of development features one of the most concave designs on the market. Not only does the TMAC pedal give precise control, the non-offset design provides more contact with the pedal with equal weight distribution in front and back of the pedal spindle. This non-offset design feels like the largest pedal ever made at a mere 110mm x 105mm footprint.
A nylon evolution of DMR's V12 body design. Equipped with the same concave footprint and narrow profile DMR pedals are known for, while spinning on a Dual DU bushing system to provide the value of a plastic pedal with a thoughtful approach to increased durability. - Chromoly axle - Dual DU bushing system - Full-length 6mm off-road pins for added grip
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A number of readers have asked us, "What do you guys have to say about the BadBIOS story that's unfolding at the moment?"
In a nutshell, it's a story about a virus that is claimed to have some remarkable characteristics.
Sufficiently remarkable, in fact, to inspire Ars Technica's Dan Goodin to describe it as not just "mysterious" but "omnipotent."
What it does
Here are some of the claims that have been made about the BadBIOS virus:
- It is said to infect the low-level system firmware of your computer, so it can't be removed or disabled simply by rebooting.
- It is said to include components that work at the operating system level, so it affects the high-level operation of your computer, too.
- It is said to be multi-platform, affecting at least Windows, OS X, and OpenBSD systems.
- It is said to prevent infected systems being booted from CD drives.
- It is said to spread itself to new victim computers using Software Defined Radio (SDR) program code, even with all wireless hardware removed.
- It is said to spread itself to new victim computers using the speakers on an infected device to talk to the microphone on an uninfected one.
- It is said to infect simply by plugging in a USB key, with no other action required.
- It is said to infect the firmware on USB sticks.
- It is said to render USB sticks unusable if they aren't ejected cleanly; these sticks work properly again if inserted into an infected computer.
- It is said to use TTF (font) files, apparently in large numbers, as a vector when spreading.
- It is said to block access to Russian websites that deal with reflashing software.
- It is said to render any hardware used in researching the threat useless for further testing.
- It is said to have first been seen more than three years ago on a Macbook.
By now, you may be thinking that this sounds more like a science fiction movie than real life.
In fact, if you're a certain age, you may well be waiting for Jeff Goldblum to burst forth with a Mac, some mysterious and onmipotent file transfer software, and a countervirus that will save the planet.
You're probably also thinking that with as many symptoms, twists, turns and apparent tell-tales as are listed above, we ought to know a lot about it after three years.
The thing is, all the facts above come from one observer on Twitter, @dragosr, the guy who runs the CanSecWest, Eusec and PacSec security conferences.
The abovementioned details have only come out in the past short while, so we can collectively be excused for not knowing an awful lot just yet.
What we know
One BIOS sample file has been made available; SophosLabs took a brief look and largely concurred with an already-public analysis published on Reddit. (For the record, our analysts didn't see the Reddit story until after they'd looked at the file.)
The BIOS we saw seems all but identical to an official Dell Alienware BIOS, so it would be no use on a Mac, for example.
And even if a byte-by-byte analysis of the whole BIOS were to reveal a pre-planted backdoor, that would nevertheless only be one small part of the whole story.
Furthermore, the software defined radio and speaker-to-microphone infection vectors mentioned above, as a vehicle for jumping airgaps, sound highly speculative.
Not impossible, of course – never say impossible where malware is concerned, not least since Stuxnet appeared – but certainly very unlikely.
Spreading via USB sticks, like Stuxnet did, would surely be a satisfactory explanation on its own (though the part assuming automatic code execution via USB on multiple operating systems sounds highly speculative, too).
Imagine that you could reliably get an infected system to beam out radio waves in the absence of any radio hardware, for example by relying on some serendipitously-located internal circuit parts to serve as your transmitter and antenna.
Imagine that you could somehow turn on the speaker and produce reliably-decodable but inaudible sounds.
How would you persuade the uninfected computer to receive them at all, let alone to treat them as shellcode that would ultimately let you reflash the BIOS?
Update. As several readers pointed out, @dragosr has tweeted, "To be explicit, no audio infection, just c&c, only 2 unusual infection vectors IDed, USB and one other, waiting on patches before discussion." C&C means Command and Control, the name given to the data transfer mechanism by which a botnet is operated. [2013-11-01T20:00Z]
What we can predict
So the short answer to the question of what we have to say about BadBIOS is, "We can't yet say."
Based on @dragosr's tweets, it looks as though additional information, including access to affected USB sticks, will become available at the PacSec conference in Tokyo in just under two weeks' time; until then, says Dragos, he's got to knuckle down to prepare for the event.
And, talking of the event, there are various papers about firmware and BIOS level attacks at PacSec 2013, so let's hope that one or more of them will shed some light on what's true and false about BadBIOS.
Until then, it's a bit like the dilemma we faced nearly five years ago when the Conficker virus came out and stood poised to do something new on 01 April 2009.
Everyone wanted to know what it would do, but all anyone could say with honesty was, "We shan't know until 01 April."
What to do about BadBIOS
I don't think there is any need for alarm over the BadBIOS story.
There isn't an obvious threat to everyone (like there was with Stuxnet, even before we knew its inner purpose); it doesn't seem to be spreading in the wild (like Stuxnet was, despite having a specific target); and there are plenty of clear and present threats we can usefully concern ourselves with in the interim.
So that's about that for now, I'm afraid – it's a question of watching and waiting.
NB. It's possible, of course, that this is an elaborate hoax, intended as a combined publicity exercise and social engineering experiment that will be wrapped up at PacSec. If so, expect it to be aimed at outing anyone who jumped to detailed conclusions without having the details to go on!
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Probably every one of you who has a business and a website have been approached through email or personal contact, and asked to spend money on paid search results (appear on the first page of search results, despite low SEO rank). What most people don't realize is, according to recent statistics, despite top positioning, only a quarter of sites selected comes from paid search.
Thus I recommend that you stick with organic search, and use SEO to raise your ranking. Paid search engine ranking (PPC) is just buying advertising for your business. Their computers then merge your ads with search results when users search words imply an interest in your products. If you sell widgets, and a user is searching for widgets, your ad will appear on the first page.
This is NOT the same as or better than Search Engine Optimization (SEO). SEO is not placing ads, but tuning your website so that it is more highly ranked by Google, and featured in the first page of results, not in an ad beside the results. PPC is sometimes called "buying your way into search results." Both have the same end goal of getting people to your website.
With PPC, the goal is for the search user to not only see your ad, but to click on it to get to your website (click-through), and buy your widget (conversion to sale). In this context, there are many parameters and concepts you need to understand before you buy advertising:
Cost per impression (CPI). This cost model is the most like traditional newspaper and television advertising, where advertisers pay for each ad appearance or page-view (impression) on a search result page, even if the user pays no attention. For Google, this is pay per impression (PPI), or pay per mille (PPM) per thousand impressions.
Cost per click (CPC). In this more popular model these days, advertisers do not pay for each appearance of the ad, but only when a user clicks on an ad and is redirected to the advertiser website. For sites displaying the ads, this is called pay per click (PPC).
Cost per action (CPA). Another alternative was added a couple of years ago to mitigate the problem of people clicking just to get paid (click fraud). It pays only if a customer clicks through AND takes a further action (conversion), such as buying a product or filling out a web form. The display side is called pay per action (PPA) or pay per lead (PPL).
Keyword research and budget forecasting. All these models start with the advertiser choosing the right search keywords to match user searches. Popular keywords have higher costs. PPC experts charge you to research, analyze, and estimate hit ratios, to optimize your success and set a campaign spending budget for you.
Campaign setup and ad copy writing. There are many additional variables that the inexperienced marketer may not even think to consider: competition and positioning strategies, budgeting, match types, search and content syndication, and ad copy testing, as well developing the best ad wording and layouts.
Tracking and performance reporting. Advertising is all about getting the most results for the least cost. You may be getting great traffic, but poor conversions. Other PPC experts will track your campaign from click to transaction, providing you with detailed reports on and return on investment (ROI).
If you do all these things right as a search results advertiser, you will make money from selling your product. If you do all these things right by displaying other people's ads on your website or blog, you will make money from advertising – like Google and Facebook, who offer services for free, and still make millions in revenue.
But either way, it requires big numbers to work (traffic), click-through rates are small, and the pay per click is tiny. Until your traffic is in the millions of page-views per month, don't expect to live off the conversions or other people's ads. For credibility with investors, stick to the organic SEO model and other revenue streams until you have the high traffic to survive on PPC revenue.
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12-Sep-2006 -- This is the 7th confluence visit on a bicycle trip from China to Central Asia. The story starts at 32°N 107°E.
I spent the previous night in the village Qijiaojing at a simple hostel with 6 beds inside my room. At two o'clock in the night a truck arrived and a couple came to share the room with me. Three hours later, I got up – this time revenging the noise nuisance.
The road conditions were extremely tough: deep sand, uphill and headwinds. My speed maximum didn't exceed the 10km/h marker. It is hard to be in good mood under these conditions, in particular when all goals for the day slowly melt away…
It was already late afternoon when I reached the village Dashitou (which means Big Stone Head). This little place is located 30km beeline from the confluence and is also the turnoff from the main road. Here I took the chance to get my bicycle rag fixed (which continuously kept loosing screws) and also to have a last meal before heading into the desert. I thought through the options that I had: to head for the confluence or to keep going on the highway in order to reach a town and hotel for the night.
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Big Oil's Favorite Congressman Apologizes to Tony Hayward for $20 Billion 'Shakedown' (Update)
Texas Rep. Joe Barton, who's more or less an employee of the oil industry, delivered an incredible statement to comical BP CEO Tony Hayward this morning, apologizing for the White House's $20 billion dollar "shakedown" fund.
This may go down as one of this year's most out-of-touch statements from a member of Congress, which is permanently out-of-touch anyway. "A tragedy in the first proportion," holy crap:
"I'm ashamed of what happened in the White House yesterday," said Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.) during a hearing on Thursday morning with BP's CEO Tony Hayward." I think it is a tragedy in the first proportion that a private corporation can be subjected to what I would characterize as a shakedown — in this case a $20 billion shakedown — with the attorney general of the United States, who is legitimately conducting a criminal investigation and has every right to do so to protect the American people, participating in what amounts to a $20 billion slush fund that's unprecedented in our nation's history, which has no legal standing, which I think sets a terrible precedent for our nation's future."
Joe Barton will chair the powerful Energy & Commerce Committee should Republicans take the House this fall.
Update: Joe Barton has made the White House's day, with his hilarious apology to BP. It didn't take long for them to issue this response:
Statement by the Press Secretary on Congressman Joe Barton's Apology to BP
"What is shameful is that Joe Barton seems to have more concern for big corporations that caused this disaster than the fishermen, small business owners and communities whose lives have been devastated by the destruction. Congressman Barton may think that a fund to compensate these Americans is a 'tragedy', but most Americans know that the real tragedy is what the men and women of the Gulf Coast are going through right now. Members from both parties should repudiate his comments."


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Sun's war against clarity and business continues
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Comment The problem with the Particpation Age, as Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz describes the current state of internet affairs, is that everyone thinks it a good idea to participate.
We were beyond skeptical when Schwartz fired up a blog and started banging on about the Participation Age. CEOs have a horrible fondness for hearing their own voice, and we feared that a constantly updating virtual soapbox would be a step too far. As reporters, we're already forced to attend keynotes, media summits and earnings calls. Now you want us to read about your child's morning battle with oatmeal and how that relates to moving technology gear? No thanks.
As it turns out, Schwartz has provided Sun with a valuable service via the blog. Hundreds if not thousands of stories have celebrated him as the most prominent CEO blogger, garnering lots of attention for Sun. In addition, many of the executive's posts prove helpful. Schwartz has copped to customer disasters, explaining what went wrong and how Sun plans to fix the issue in the future. He also dives into Sun's quarterly financial results, providing far more detail than most CEOs on the real ins and outs of the business. Schwartz's writing style is digestible, which results in him having a regular audience to hit with what amount to be softish sells about Sun's technology and promotions.
Even if you find him over-the-top pro-Sun at times, and what else would you expect, it's hard to dispute the notion that Schwartz's blog is a big win for his company.
The same, however, cannot be said for one of Sun's newest bloggers – Brian Cinque.
A couple of weeks ago, Cinque, Sun's internal data center architect, revealed a plan to do away with the company's data centers by 2015. We use "plan" in its loosest sense since Cinque did not provide any measure of detail as to how Sun would accomplish this goal.
Where would Sun turn for compute power and storage? Why would it outsource compute power and storage when those are the very things it sells today and wants to rent tomorrow to customers under a utility model? How on Earth could Sun - a company centered on servers - announce it would abandon servers on a blog that no one reads?
We wondered these things right alongside numerous people who posted their own queries in the comments section on Cinque's blog. In fact, the data center architect was torn to shreds for being vague about such an important matter. Sun, you may have heard, sells data centers. So you might think it would want to issue a coherent plan for getting rid of its own gear.
Instead, Cinque followed up that first post with an even more vague post.
He wrote,
Some clarification has been requested of me via email and the blog comments. Is every data center ready to consolidate infrastructure and become more efficient? I would say yes. Is every corporation ready to accept SaaS today? I can not answer that question but I can make a personal observation. I challenge you to look at your data center today. Is there an eco-system within your data center eco-system? What the hell am I talking about? The observation is, not every application is directly tied or is a boundary system to your "important" product or application. I say "important" in quotes as its all relative .
Still with us? Okay.
Ask a user and that application is the most important, ask the CxO and you may get a different answer. Don't go running off and saying: what only non important application can be SaaS'ed out? The answer is NO. What I am saying, in general, is its human nature to resist change. In general, people eventually accept change and that acceptance is to start off slowly (crawl, walk, run approach) and progress from there. Yes there are some fantastic examples of corporations going direct to the run phase but each corporation can be different from one another. That corporate personality is a factor with regards to the acceptance rate of the cloud model.
And those were the only quasi-substantive bits from the post.
Obviously, Cinque and Sun think they're being proactive by telling the world that even a server seller has embraced the utility computing idea. But, you know, a single fact about Sun's planned transition to utility computing would help. Rather, we're told that Sun will cut its data centers in half by 2013 and then magically eliminate them by 2015.
Analogies are always dangerous, but we're inclined to picture Cinque's posts as the equivalent of Dell hiring Jessica Simpson to educate customers on the company's plans to do away with internal PCs.
Cinque joins the likes of BusinessWeek's Stephen Baker in what we'll call the decadence of the Participation Age.
With Baker, you find a paid journalist who can't help himself from avoiding the embarrassing trappings of having too many places to write. Baker recently penned a horrific puff piece on Google's cloud computing project so full of hyperbole that it bordered on fiction. He then made matters worse by blogging about his inner thoughts related to writing a cover story.
Baker ponders the deep philosophical question – should I disclose online parts of an upcoming print story?
"So, which is better: Writing what we learn as we learn it, or holding it secret and publishing it later? Given this readership, I'll bet 9 of 10 of you would say to publish as we learn. But as I write this, I'm coming to appreciate the traditional approach. "
After babbling for a bit, he concludes,
"All that said, I'm planning to try starting my next stories online. I'll start in January (I'm on vacation now) I want to see if it can lead to a new type of magazine story. Or at least new for me. I'm tired of worrying about getting scooped."
Baker's solipsistic blog post makes it sound like he's a war correspondent dealing with mental anguish over how to handle a delicate story instead of a guy who must go through the arduous task of eating lunch with Google engineers.
Worried about getting scooped? Please. Then stop blogging about the innards of penning a spoonfed story and get on the phone.
The Participation Age provides too much opportunity and temptation, and companies – be they hardware vendors or magazines – ought to consider putting some checks in place where appropriate rather than encouraging an all out bloggasm.
Here's hoping Sun's public relations staff will put a stop to the Cinque madness before it's too late. The need for a skilled hand to deal with delicate subjects remains.
As for Baker? Well, we suspect that's a lost cause. ®


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Romney PAC Attracts New Jewish Donors
A small group of Jewish private equity investors, hedge fund managers and real estate developers are playing an outsized role in Republican hopeful Mitt Romney's fundraising efforts.
Top Jewish donors account for more than 10% of the $36 million raised by Romney's super PAC.
While Romney has long been the consensus pick of establishment Jewish Republicans, many of the super PAC's biggest Jewish givers are outside that establishment group. A few have hardly any history of Republican giving, and some gave thousands in individual donations to the Obama campaign in 2008.
"It sounds like these guys, they have a personal vested interest in making sure [Obama] gets beat," said Fred Zeidman, a prominent fundraiser for the Romney campaign, of the Jewish super PAC donors in the financial services industry.
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Romney's super PAC, called Restore Our Future, has spent $30 million campaigning against Romney's opponents and $900,000 in support of the former Massachusetts governor.
Created in 2010 by a series of judicial rulings, super PACs differ from traditional political action committees in that federal regulations don't limit the amount donors can contribute. While a super PAC cannot formally coordinate its activities with a candidate, it can explicitly support a particular one. So while individual donors were previously limited to giving their candidate a few thousand dollars in an election year, now they can give as much as they want.
The emergence of super PACs in the 2012 presidential race has changed the way in which money and influence work. Big political moneymen previously raised funds from friends and colleagues. While the campaigns still maintain their networks of fundraisers, super PACs now allow individuals to give as much as a major bundler would have raised from scores of givers.
The top ranks of the super PAC donors are necessarily limited to the ultra-wealthy. Romney's super PAC in particular is well seeded with hedge fund managers and private equity investors, including people associated with Bain Capital, the private equity firm Romney founded. While people from other industries, demographics and interest groups may be fundraising for Romney, the campaign has not disclosed its list of volunteer fundraisers. The Obama campaign has released its list of 2012 volunteer fundraisers, and all presidential campaigns revealed their bundlers in 2008.
One of the Romney campaign's major Jewish volunteer fundraisers, former Republican National Committee finance chairman Mel Sembler, said that the super PAC attracts a certain sort of donor. "They're probably usually business associates, close friends and major supporters of Romney," Sembler said. "I think it all depends on who the people running the super PAC know."
Sembler, like other big GOP Jewish bundlers, is a board member of the RJC. While some of the Jewish givers to the super PAC fit that profile, others don't.
The Forward identified a dozen Jews among the 120 donors of $100,000 or more to Restore Our Future as of the end of January.
Among the donors are two RJC board members: hedge fund magnate Paul Singer, a Republican kingmaker, and real estate developer David Flaum, the RJC's national chairman, who gave $100,000. Singer was among the super PAC's largest donors, giving $1 million in mid-October 2011. That gift came two weeks after Singer's early choice, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, announced that he would not seek the Republican nomination for president.
Others among the major Jewish super PAC donors are deeply entrenched in Republican Jewish politics. Bruce Kovner of the hedge fund Caxton Associates, who gave $500,000, is a former chairman of the conservative American Enterprise Institute and a onetime backer of the now-defunct neoconservative-oriented paper The New York Sun. A 2005 New York magazine profile dubbed Kovner a "neoconservative godfather."
But some of the Jewish givers to the Romney super PAC have a history of giving to Democratic candidates and Democratic Party groups. Steven Roth, chairman of the real estate investment firm Vornado Realty Trust, gave $100,000 to the Romney super PAC. But he and his wife were among the top donors in the country to Democratic candidates and party groups in the 2006 election cycle, according to [CRP. Roth raised between $50,000 and $100,000 for John McCain in 2008, though he and his wife were also top individual donors rated "solidly Democratic" by CRP.
Paul Fireman of the private equity firm Fireman Capital Partners, former chairman of the shoe company Reebok, gave $250,000 to Restore Our Future. He made individual donations of a few thousand dollars to Obama's campaign in 2008 and made donations of $30,000 and $22,000 to Democratic Party groups in 2008 and 2009, respectively. But Fireman also gave to a pro-Romney PAC in 2007.
David Tepper of the hedge fund Appaloosa Management, who gave the Romney super PAC $375,000, also appears to have little history as a Republican donor. Though he gave to Rudolph Giuliani's 2008 presidential campaign, Tepper also made a $23,000 donation to a Democratic Party-related organization that year. He was reportedly among the donors urging Christie to enter the Republican race.
Hedge fund manager John Paulson, known for his success during the 2007 subprime mortgage crisis, was a $1 million donor to the super PAC. Paulson, a member of the board of New York's 92nd Street Y, has made donations to both political parties, including a $30,000 gift to a Democratic Party-related organization in 2009. He gave to Giuliani, McCain and Romney in the last election cycle.
Marc Leder and Rodger Krouse, co-CEOs of the private equity firm Sun Capital Partners, Inc., each gave $125,000 to the super PAC. The two also co-hosted a September fundraiser for the Romney campaign. While both Leder and Krouse gave to Romney and McCain in 2008, Krouse also gave to the Obama campaign in 2007.
Other $100,000 donors include Brad Bloom of the private equity firm Berkshire Partners, investor Thomas Kaplan of the Electrum Group, and Stephen Ross, a real estate developer with The Related Companies and an owner of the Miami Dolphins. All have a history of Republican giving.
None of the 12 major Jewish super donors to Restore Our Future responded to requests for comment from the Forward that were submitted through their business offices.
RJC Executive Director Matt Brooks said that the presence of former Obama supporters on the list of Romney super PAC donors validated his argument that Jews are moving away from the president. "I've been saying all along that there's a lot of buyer's remorse out there, especially in the Jewish community, with people who supported Obama in 2008 who are not supporting him in 2012," Brooks said.
But Democratic pollster Mark Mellman said that the movements of a few individuals had no broader implications. "In every election cycle there are individuals who, for personal reasons or financial reasons or business reasons, move from one party to the other, and it's hardly surprising that a couple people end up in the Romney camp who have given to Democrats in the past," Mellman said.
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Senate to vote on campaign finance
The Senate will vote this year on a constitutional amendment that would allow Congress and the states to regulate the nation's campaign finance laws.
A roll call on the constitutional amendment, written by Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.), is a direct response to recent Supreme Court rulings seen by Democrats as injecting a new flow of "dark money" into the world of politics. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is expected to formally announce the vote at a Rules Committee hearing on campaign finance reform Wednesday morning that will feature testimony from former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.
There is growing unease among Democrats over the recent ruling in McCutcheon vs. FEC, which struck down aggregate contribution limits for candidates and political parties, as well as lingering despair over Citizens United, the 2010 ruling that boosted the First Amendment rights of corporations' political activities. Schumer will say on Wednesday that these decisions "permanently taint future elections" and have necessitated a response from Senate Democrats, according to Schumer's prepared remarks, obtained by POLITICO.
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"We are going to bring it up, and we ought to pass it in the Senate without delay. I will be working with Senator Udall and Majority Leader [Harry] Reid and every Republican who cares about honest elections to bring it to the floor this year," Schumer will say Wednesday, according to the remarks. "It's time for Congress to act — to reassert its role and protect the right of all Americans, not just those with the fattest wallet, to participate in our political system and be heard."
Udall's billwould allow Congress to limit fundraising and spending on federal campaigns, give states the authority to govern campaign finance laws at the state level and allow Congress to oversee super PACs and independent expenditures.
There is little chance of Udall's constitutional amendment passing the Senate this year, given that it needs the support of 67 senators and few Republicans will support rolling back conservative court decisions. But such a vote jibes with Democrats' election-year party platform, which seeks to contrast Democratic positions with those of Republicans on raising the minimum wage, decreasing pay disparities between men and women, and now, rewriting campaign finance laws.
"Free and fair elections are a founding principle of our democracy, but the Supreme Court's rulings have ensured that they are now for sale to the highest bidder," Udall will say Wednesday. "It's now crystal clear that we need a constitutional amendment to restore integrity in our election system."


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Being a sports reporter is, at times, an absolutely horrible job. Sure you get to watch games, travel and interact with athletes, but there is a horrendous downside. (Which is pretty much everything else.) And this is never more disturbingly clear than when a reporter has their first (or 50th) awful experience with a half-naked, exhausted athlete. Sometimes they'll be openly dismissive, sometimes they'll yell, and sometimes, well, they'll fart in your face. Most of these stories never end up in the newspaper the next day. So now, Deadspin proudly presents "The Dark Side of the Locker Room" where current and former sports writers can share some of their most distressing interactions. If you've got your own story to share, please send it along to email@example.com.
Tommy Craggs is a writer for Play and Slate and other magazines. Tommy Craggs spent an enlightening period of time with the Knicks' Stephon Marbury for a New York magazine profile. Here's one part that didn't make the story.
We were sitting in a Charleston, S.C., hotel room, Stephon Marbury and I, debating the finer points of Holy Scripture. Specifically, we were talking about Noah's Ark and spaceships, but let's not get ahead of ourselves. This was a little less than a year ago, the night before training camp and in retrospect probably the last good night any Knick would have that season. I was in Charleston on assignment for New York Magazine, working on a profile of Marbury, who in the preceding six months had given an excellent impression of a man gone completely and very publicly round the bend. There were the rambling interviews. There was the cameo in the Anucha Browne Sanders lawsuit, from which we learned that Marbury was doing full-gainers into the Knicks' intern pool. And there were the weird pronouncements: "I drink life's happy water which is bottled at the divine source," he blogged for the New York Post at one point, a sentiment that falls roughly halfway between Lourdes and Jonestown.
It was getting late, and Marbury was tucked snugly into bed, and all I could see of him was his large bald dome, lolling about just above the covers. A personal assistant, a fellow named Gaylord, was snoring softly from a nearby couch. We were on the sixth floor of the Charleston Place hotel, where earlier in the day Marbury had checked in under the initials "JCIMS." In the past, he told me, he would travel under a series of different names — usually "Star-something," he recalled. But perhaps he found it a touch grandiose, naming himself for the firmament. So "JCIMS" it was. Jesus Christ Is My Savior.
We talked about many things that night. About the Knicks. About his shoe line and his philanthropy. About the business of basketball. (It was here that he declared memorably: "If I didn't play the way how I played, I wouldn't have gotten no max contract. ... Don't get mad at me, because I'm telling you what's real. One plus one is two, all day long, and it's never gonna change. And that's factorial.") He spoke wistfully of the family time he'd sacrificed for the game. "Like my son going to the bathroom for the first," he told me. "Those are monumental moments."
Mostly, though, Marbury seemed bored. He had played basketball's boogeyman for so long — since the start of high school, really (reading The Last Shot now, you're struck not by young Marbury's ambition and cynicism, with which we're very familiar, but by the lucidity of his thoughts, with which we most definitely are not). By now Marbury was well-accustomed to explaining himself to journalists, and before long his answers started to drift from their moorings and more and more seemed to be directed at the Monday Night Football game unfolding on his television.
It was about this time that I said I don't believe in God.
Let me say here that I generally found Marbury to be an accessible, fairly genial subject, or at least I did right up until he proved himself to be neither, just a few weeks later. (This had something to do with my contacting Gaylord, his assistant, without Marbury's permission, after which I was denied any future access. This still seems backward to me, but as the Good Book tells us, "The wind blows where it wishes.") Marbury liked to communicate via text message, and I can report to you that even Stephon Marbury, on occasion, says "LOL." So believe me when I tell you that, while what follows may at times sound like a pointed exchange between a believer and a skeptic, it was not, as these things go, altogether unpleasant. It was just so unexpected: an epistemological inquiry with Stephon Marbury
It began when I spotted a Bible on the end table and asked if he had read any of it today.
"I'm in Genesis," he explained. "I'm reading from the front to the back."
"The good stuff's up front," I offered.
Marbury agreed. "Genesis is hot."
He turned to me. I knew where this was going. "What's your religion?" he asked.
I told him I had none.
"At the end of the day, it's all about you and your relationship with — you believe in God, right?"
I don't.
"You don't believe in God?"
I don't.
Marbury chewed on this for a moment. "Everybody's different," he said. "You don't believe in God. So ... are you an atheist?"
Yes, I would say so.
Some bad Abbott and Costello dialogue ensued. Marbury began poking at the edges of my non-belief, trying to take its measure.
"So that's like you not believing — like, if I said to you, somebody could jump from the free-throw line, you automatically don't believe it?"
It's nothing like that.
"So you don't believe there was a Jesus Christ?"
I believe that Jesus was a great carpenter.
Marbury laughed. "That's cool. That's what you believe."
We went on in this vein for awhile. I expressed the standard skepticism about Noah and the 300-cubit-long boat that could somehow accommodate the rough equivalent of the San Diego Zoo, at which point Marbury offered the following thought that we now pick up midstream:
"... Why does green mean that's the color green? Why can't you say another word for green being green? Know what I'm saying?"
I did not.
"If your mind can transform thoughts to create rockets to go into space, who is to say if an Ark was built? Like, if you could build spaceships to go from off this ground, to go up into the sky, and go land on the moon — you're saying, these things can't happen? So everything gets challenged, you understand what I'm saying?"
I did not, but he was rolling now.
"So at that time, they probably would say, 'Nobody can make a rocket to go up into space.' You know what I'm saying? Who's gonna build it, how they gonna built it to go all the way up?"
It soon emerged that Marbury had never met an atheist. And so, for a half-hour, he turned the questions onto me. He asked if I felt lost. He asked if I felt confused. He asked what I wanted out of life. He invited me to church. (Marbury goes to Christian Cultural Center, a megachurch at the far edge of Brooklyn. It's the sort of church that has ATMs. A few weeks after this interview, I texted Marbury and asked if his offer was still good, joking stupidly that God might strike me down at the door. He responded: "GOD will never strike you down. GOD is love and love is love. You don't get it, and that's ok. In time.") Atheism seemed to confound him. I ventured that in fact he probably had met an atheist before, and that many, if not all, of the journalists covering him are very likely atheists (not that I had any evidence). "For real?" Marbury replied. He thought that over for what seemed like a long time.
The next day, after practice, I was milling around the sideline with the rest of the media. I heard someone call out.
"Hey, Tommy! Tommy!"
It was Marbury, splayed lengthwise and propped on an elbow. He was rolling back and forth on some sort of padded cylinder. I went over to him. The beat guys, none of whom knew me from Adam, turned to look at me. "All?" Marbury asked, gesturing to the press. "All of them?" Embarrassed, I explained the matter to my colleagues. Howard Beck, from the New York Times, just shook his head and smiled thinly and began to walk away. "I'm not even going to touch that."


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Cisco to bundle Trend security suite with wireless routers
Another route into the home security market
Cisco has signed a deal with Trend Micro to embed internet security software into Linksys wireless routers. The deal represents a different way to market security software to families rather than a recognition that routers need anti-virus, which they don't.
The Home Network Defender software will include parental control (censorware software), virus protection, and network activity reporting technology. The two firms are marketing the technology as a way of providing network protection for family PCs and other home-network devices, including online game consoles, Wi-Fi enabled phones, and personal media players.
The tools are designed to provide a way to identify malicious websites, including sites associated with fraud, and content at the router level. The parental controls can be customised by parents, and adjusted by time of day. Because the controls are embedded in routers, rather than running on PCs, they will be harder to defeat, Cisco and Trend argue.
The bundling of anti-virus technology in the package is to provide protection of connected PCs that to guard against the still largely theoretical threat of malware on routers. The Home Network Defender bundle includes four licenses of Trend Micro AntiVirus plus AntiSpyware.
Home Network Defender is a software service that will come bundled with selected Linksys by Cisco wireless-N routers, with a 30-day complimentary trial. As such it's similar to bundling security software packages with new PCs. Suggested price for the annual service will come in at around £64.95 or $60 (cheap at half the price, no?).
Cisco and Trend have been enterprise security partners for some years. For example, under an agreement signed in 2004, Cisco agreed to integrate Trend Micro's network worm and virus signatures into Cisco Intrusion Detection System (network security monitor/bouncer) software deployed in Cisco routers, switches and network security appliances. ®


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50 Cent posted a photo montage on Instagram yesterday (March 2) that features a photo of Steve Stoute putting his arm around Diddy and Diddy face-to-face with Rick Ross, according to TMZ.
"I ain't saying nothing, but something ain't right. Lmao," 50 Cent said on his post, which has since been removed. A screen shot is below.
A beef between 50 Cent and Rick Ross, whose forthcoming Mastermind album is executive produced by Diddy, surfaced in 2009 over what was allegedly an indirect encounter at the BET Awards. The conflict led to the release of parody videos and diss records.
In a 2011 interview with MTV News, 50 Cent stated that his beef with Ross was more of a battle than a beef.
"Over time, if you personalize everything that is said in each competition," he said at the time. "This is why they changed the terminology from 'battling' to 'beefing.' It was always that battling was a part of the culture. They didn't do that until Tupac and Biggie Smalls' situation. That's when it became taboo to actually mention an artist's name."
Last week, Stoute said that 50 Cent is no longer influential because he believes the musician hasn't released a hit record since 2007's "I Get Money."
"He hasn't had a hit in a really long time," Stoute said. "I mean, he has not made anything musically that's changed anything in a very long time. And I feel like he's always like gearing up for something that never happens. Hopefully, now that he's independent and there's no record company to blame, his aggressive content can get on the air…I think he's trying to get back, but those guys—you know, music is a great platform. If you're an entrepreneur and you have a—you're currently active making music. You're currently active touching people with albums. That it makes it much easier for you to venture into business deals that will become successful using the music to parlay it to get it done. And without having any music that's meaningful over the last—probably the last great song he's made was 'I Get Money'…Kanye's put out three albums, four albums since then."
50 Cent confronted Steve Stoute at the New York Knicks game against the Golden State Warriors in New York Friday (February 28).
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I took a 13 month career break to travel and came home to get 5 job offers in 3 months. My travel hardly ever came up, at least not in a negative way. I emphasized the skills it helped me develop and talked about how ready I was to get back into a routine and work again. I ended up taking a position that paid about the same as the one inject and was at the same level.
So no, travel didn't hurt my career at all. :)


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