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Pegasus (Pegasos) in Greek Mythology is the winged horse born when the Greek hero Perseus cut off the Gorgon Medusa's head. Pegasus caused Hippocrene, the fountain of the Muses on Mount Helicon, to well forth with a stroke of his hoof. His name is possibly derived from 'springs of the Ocean' (pegai) or 'of the wells.' It is a variant of the Greek word pege which means "spring" or "fountain" and the form sus is pre-Greek in origin - it means "bridled horse" referring to the figurehead of a ship. Thus Pegasus can literally mean "Fountain Horse."
When the Gorgon Medusa was decapitated by the hero Perseus, Pegasus and his brother, Chrysoar, were born from the mix of seafoam and blood. Ridden by Perseus, he carried the hero over the sea and aided in the defeat of Cetus, the Sea-dragon, and the rescue of the Princess Andromeda.
After this adventure, the young colt was gathered by Athena (Minerva) and carried to Mt. Helicon where she entrusted the Muses with his care. In his excitement young Pegasus struck the ground with his hooves and cause the springs of Aganippe and Hippocrene to gush forth their bounty of inspiration. Urania, the Muse of Astronomy and Universal Love (also an aspect of Aphrodite) showed the most interest in his rearing. Prophesying of his future heroic deeds and eventual celestial honor she grieved the most when Bellerophon, at Athena's beckoning, came to take Pegasus away from Mt. Helicon.
After the many long years of heroic deeds Pegasus had accomplished in the companionship of Bellerophon, and the hero's thankless death, Urania was enraptured by Pegasus' triumphant arrival to Mt. Olympus.
(The tragic ending of the tale of Bellerophon would seem to be a shrewd illustration of the folly of assuming that something or someone is subject to our will and cannot function successfully without us. The Greeks may have also attempted to tell us that simply being a member of the human race does not, in itself, warrant our acceptance into the transcendental realms. The simple fact that it was the Horse and not the Man must surely convey something of the status of man in the universal scheme of things.)
(The Pegasus Syndrome, as exemplified in the legends of Perseus and Bellerophon, is concerned with the innate ability possessed by some people to negotiate difficulties by rising above them, on the one hand, and the danger of overreaching themselves, on the other. Pegasus, by birth, is the child of Medusa and Neptune, symbols of 'wisdom' and 'emotion,' respectively, which shows the dichotomy of his nature. As in the story, Bellerophon attempted to fly to Olympus (overreach his potential). He believed that Pegasus was subject to his will. However, it was Pegasus who made it to Olympus, while Bellerophon was tossed back to earth, lame and reproached by others. It is unwise to take any situation for granted as the 'lesser' person (or, in this case, beast) may be the very one to teach us the much-needed lesson in humility. Pegasus is also indicative of a specific mission in life which the inquirer will always find the time and energy to pursue, although the path may be sewn with difficulties (the Chimaera) and limitations (Bellerophon's doubt or arrogance). So, the Pegasus Syndrome is the seeming ability to "fly over any situation," though the reverse may be a lesson in humility, being "taken down a peg," as it were.)
Pegasus went on to become the occasional mount of the goddess Eos (Aurora) on her mission to bring forth the Dawn. At other times he was ridden by Apollo (Phoebus) as he brought the sun across the sky. And, even more importantly, Pegasus served as Zeus' Lightning Bearer, when Pegasus' own hooves could be heard thundering across the skies in a storm.
As a tribute to his exceptional life and heroic deeds, Zeus honored Pegasus with a constellation in the sky. According to an amalgam of several other myths stemming from Cheiron's progeny, there is a formidable afterlife for Pegasus involving a wife, Euippe (or Ocyrrhoe), and two children, Celeris and Melanippe. In poetry, the phrase "My Pegasus will not go this morning" means the author's brain will not work (lacks inspiration), and "I am mounting my Pegasus" means he's going to write (he's becoming inspired), and "I am on my Pegasus" means he's engaged in writing.
The Pegasus Constellation is situated to the north of the Urn of Aquarius and the eastern fish of the constellation Pisces. Most notably, four of its brightest stars form the Great Square, however, Pegasus is confusingly flying upside down. The Greeks called the constellation Hippos, though sometimes Hippos Ieros (the divine horse) and there are many related or derived terms, including the Latin Equus, Equus Ales, Alatus (winged), Sonipes (noisy-footed), and so on. It is suggested that the jackal-like animal on the Denderah Zodiac represents at least part of Pegasus. It's five brightest stars are Markab (the saddle), Scheat (the upper arm), Algenib (the side or wing) which, along with Alpheratz or Sirrah (navel of the steed) which is alpha Andromedae (but sometimes called delta Pegasi) form the Great Square.
Other important stars in Pegasus are Enif (the nose), Homan (lucky star of the hero) and Matar (fortunate rain). In Astrology, Ptolemy associates its brightest star with the influence of Mercury conjunct Mars, and the constellation is said to bring ambition, vanity, enthusiasm, and bad judgment.
Ancient astrologers believed that all the stars of Pegasus protected horsemen in battle. In the so-called Lost Zodiac, those persons born between March 13 and April 1 are said to be born under the sign of Pegasus. Because of horseshoes the hoof-marks which horses leave behind look like crescent moons, horses in Greece were sacred to the Moon, which, as it lights up the darkness of the night, governs the world of imagination, instinct and intuition to which the horse also belongs. The moon was also thought to be the source of all moisture, and it was believed to be the moon-shaped hooves of Pegasus, that, when they struck the flowering earth, had caused the Muses' fountain of poetic inspiration to start flowing. The moonlit realm of the imagination, of visions, dreams and intuition, is where those born under the sign of the winged stallion, Pegasus, feel most confident and at home.
Horses are a potent symbol from almost every world religion and mythology. Many of its myths express the horse's innate clairvoyance and ability to perceive the magic within humans. Some view the horse as the symbol of strength, virility and lust. According to popular belief it loses its sexual powers when its mane is cut, and is the only animal which shows sorrow because it weeps for its dead master (though this is later belief is not exclusive to the Horse-Human relationship). Also, it is a symbol for loyalty and devotion, such as the faith it has with it's master. It also represents the warrior spirit, bravery and courage.
Wings are a symbol that denotes "flight" and often represent prayer and contemplation, especially in the sense of feathered bird-like wings. A spiritual or religious symbol they represent the soul's ability to transcend the weight of earthly burdens and rise above such concerns into the air, even to Heaven itself, to the presence of God. In Christian symbolism, through demonization, there are also the accursed wings of such infernal creatures as vampires, basilisks, dragons and others. These are the leathery wings of skin, like those of a bat, whose appearance adds to the attributes of evil inherent in the beast. "Skin" being a symbol of the carnal nature of man, therefore sinful, is connected to the to the idea of the perversion of the intellectual faculties toward evil purposes. Azrael, the Angel of Death, is often depicted with leathery wings, (i.e., the satyr-like devil, Satan [the former Angel of Light, Lucifer] the Destroyer). These are the typical wings of the Hellhorse or the Chimaera.
TheWinged Horse or Pegasus symbolizes heightened power of the natural forces - the innate capacity for spiritualization and for inverting evil into good. As a Christian and religious symbol, Pegasus was adopted from the attribution as the mount of Apollo, the God of pure light, beauty and truth to be included in the symbolic fauna of Christ.
Winged horses, in general, symbolize the transport of the soul of the deceased Christian to Heaven, and figuratively, like Apollo the Sun-god, represents Christ lifted up and, like the sun, 'Full of Glory,' and as the Revealer of Mysteries and the causer of refreshing (as in the passage: "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings as eagles..." - Isaiah 40:31).
Also, during the Apocalypse, Pegasus has been compared to the "white horse" whom the conqueror rides in the book of Revelation in the Bible. Aside from being a general symbol of creative inspiration and poetry, the flying horse is an expression for speed, power and swift transport.
As an animal totem, Pegasus symbolizes the immortality of the soul, and serves as the carrier and protector of the spirit in its journeys to the astral plane (especially to the Moon - the emotional plane). Pegasus is closely linked to the Greek gods Poseidon (Neptune) [emotion ], his father; Athena (Minerva) [heavenly wisdom ], his protectress; Zeus (Jupiter) [guidance & creativity ] as his Thunder-bearer; and the Muse Urania [heavenly love ], his nursemaid, and the Muses [inspiration, memory and the arts ] in general; the heroes Perseus [intellect ] and Bellerophon [impudence ]; and the monsters Medusa [mortal wisdom ] and Chimaera [complex evil ].
When Perseus
cut off Medusa's head, the blood sinking into the earth produced the
winged horse Pegasus. Minerva (Athena) caught and tamed him and presented
him to the Muses. The fountain Hippocrene, on the Muse's
The Chimaera
was a fearful monster, breathing fire. The fore part of its body was a
compound of the lion and the goat, and the hind part a dragon's. It made
great havoc in Lycia, so that the king, Iobates, sought for some hero to
destroy it. At that time there arrived at his court a gallant young
warrior, whose name was Bellerophon. He brought letters from Proetus, the
son-in-law of Iobates, recommending Bellerophon in the warmest terms as an
Iobates, on perusing the letters, was puzzled what to do, not willing to violate the claims of hospitality, yet wishing to oblige his son-in-law. A lucky thought occurred to him, to send Bellerophon to combat with the Chimaera. Bellerophon accepted the proposal, but before proceeding to the combat consulted the soothsayer Polyidus, who advised him to procure if possible the horse Pegasus for the conflict. For this purpose he directed him to pass the night in the temple of Minerva. He did so, and as he slept Minerva came to him and gave him a golden bridle. When he awoke the bridle remained in his hand. Minerva also showed him Pegasus drinking at the well of Pirene, and at sight of the bridle the winged steed came willingly and suffered himself to be taken. Bellerophon mounted him, rose with him into the air, soon found the Chimaera, and gained an easy victory over the monster.
After the conquest of the Chimaera Bellerophon was exposed to further trials and labours by his unfriendly host, but by the aid of Pegasus he triumphed in them all, till at length Iobates, seeing that the hero was a special favourite of the gods, gave him his daughter in marriage and made him his successor on the throne. At last Bellerophon by his pride and presumption drew upon himself the anger of the gods; it is said he even attempted to fly up into heaven on his winged steed, but Jupiter sent a gadfly which stung Pegasus and made him throw his rider, who became lame and blind in consequence. After this Bellerophon wandered lonely through the Aleian field, avoiding the paths of men, and died miserably.
Interesting note on Mobilis the Flying Red Horse: Two of the strongest elements in Mobil Corporation's trademark history have been the word "Mobil" and the Flying Red Horse, Pegasus. Probably motivated by the Latin word mobilis meaning "capable of being moved" the name of the company was derived. The use of the Flying Red Horse, or Pegasus symbol was adopted as a trademark in the US in 1931, but its first use can be traced back to 1911 where Pegasus was used as a symbol of speed and power for the Mobil company in South Africa. Mobil Sckiyu in Japan, however, first colored it red.
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Yes, GISHWHES is over and I'm back to blogging.
This year had some fun and crazy items to do. I did seven days of happiness, making a different person happy with a kind act every day. That was a lot of fun.
Went prospecting in a public fountain. And my friend and I played badminton in the mall food court for 30 mins without anyone even noticing. Everyone was too busy on their phones.
Then we had to wear white and get red wine poured on us from a two story building.
I taped coupons to five items in the store to help someone out, a coupon fairy.
I made postcards for William Shatner wishing he has joined us in GISHWHES.
Made a mural all about the wonderful Honeybees and what they do for us.
Did five chores for a mom who is overworked (in honor of Mr. Rogers). Serenaded a store employee who is overworked with a musical instrument I made myself.
Dressed up a a Jedi and went to get a root beer float at a '50s diner.
I turned 15 people into robots! (their facebook pics).
I put a compilation of our team pics together, representing where we were from. I even used The Brady Bunch font for our names. (I hope they notice and give extra points!) For the people who didn't give a photo I had to replace them with Misha Collins.
And I "buried" a person in popcorn in box (for the coffin, I couldn't get a real one) in a mausoleum.
And I did this all between my regular three jobs and donating my Saturday to a children's free backpack fair. There was a lot more I wanted to do, but just ran out of time.
And that being said I am now tired. Tired with a capital T, which rhymes with P, which stands for pooped out.
But it was worth it. It was nice taking a week out and having this big adventure, doing all kinds of things you wouldn't normally do.
But now back to regular things like laundry, bills, repairs, cleaning, etc. You know all those things I ignored last week. That is…after a long nap…or reading.
For more on GISHWHES, go to GISHWHES Girl
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James Cameron is writer and director of Avatar ($2.7 billion grossed), The Terminator, Aliens, and Titanic, among other blockbusters and genre-defining films.
On October 9th, James Cameron, Jim Gianopoulos (Fox Films Chairman/CEO), Peter Diamandis (X PRIZE Foundation Founder and Chairman), Tim Ferriss (that's me), and a select group of others will experience zero gravity. And you could be with us…
I have one extra ticket (one seat), and I'm auctioning it off this week, starting now. 100% of the proceeds will go to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital:
The mission of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is to find cures for children with catastrophic illnesses through research and treatment. Children are treated without regard to a family's ability to pay. St. Jude covers all costs not covered by insurance for medical treatment rendered at St. Jude. Families without insurance do not pay. St. Jude freely shares research findings with doctors and scientists around the world.
The auction is here and ends at 8pm PDT this Saturday, Sept. 25. Not interested in an auction? No problem. There is a "buy it now" option for the first person to grab it.
[UPDATE: The seat sold for the "buy it now" $20,000 within 24 hours. Incredible thanks to M.L.! $20,000 will do a tremendous amount of good at St. Jude.]
This once-in-a-lifetime experience, which will last about 8 hours, includes:
• VIP lunch reception with lecture from James Cameron discussing Avatar, Zero Gravity Corporation (ZERO-G), and humanity's future in space.
• Pre-flight training to maximize your ZERO-G Flight Experience. This will include an orientation video, a chance for you to meet the group joining the flight, and a chance to ask questions and learn about the science behind ZERO-G.
• 90-minute flight of approximately 15 parabolas including Lunar gravity (one sixth your weight), Martian gravity (one third your weight), and Zero gravity (weightlessness). You will experience approximately eight minutes of weightlessness, which is about as much zero-gravity time Alan Shepard experienced on America's first human spaceflight.
• Your very own ZERO-G flight suit, which is yours to keep.
• Personal in-flight photography and video of you floating with James Cameron.
• Post-flight photo with James Cameron and X PRIZE chairman Peter Diamandis.
• Special Avatar gift bag from Twentieth Century Fox.
The flight is identical to those used by NASA to train its astronauts, and you will be able to fly like Superman or flip like an Olympic gymnast.
Martha Stewart, Ozzy Osbourne and Stephen Hawking are just a few notable passengers who have flown with ZERO-G and proclaimed it to be one of the most thrilling experiences of their lives.
Here's where you can learn more and get your seat.
Please note: This is a non-refundable ticket for the XPRIZE Charter flight only. ZERO-G cannot issue a credit or certificate for a future flight should the purchaser be unable to fly on the XPRIZE flight.
The Tim Ferriss Show is one of the most popular podcasts in the world with more than 900 million downloads. It has been selected for "Best of Apple Podcasts" three times, it is often the #1 interview podcast across all of Apple Podcasts, and it's been ranked #1 out of 400,000+ podcasts on many occasions. To listen to any of the past episodes for free, check out this page.


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Agricultural economists at Colorado State University are surveying farmers and ranchers to better understand the impact of the 2012 drought on Colorado agriculture — and to design effective management tools for dry times ahead.
"The question we ultimately want to address is, 'How do we improve the resiliency of agriculture and rural communities in Colorado?' because we expect more drought," said James Pritchett, associate professor in the CSU Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, who is leading the survey project. "It's time to make these systems more resilient, so they can adapt to changes ahead."
Colorado producers may complete the online questionnaire by visiting http://tinyurl.com/CSU-drought.
The CSU survey project, called "Telling the Story — Drought in Colorado," is funded with $35,000 from the Colorado Water Conservation Board and the Colorado Department of Agriculture.
Pritchett urges farmers and ranchers to complete the questionnaire by Jan. 1 so economists may begin compiling data shortly after the first of the year.
Economists are particularly interested in responses from an estimated 6,000 Colorado farms and ranches with annual income surpassing $100,000. These producers are at the core of the state's agricultural industry — a leading industry that contributes some $40 billion each year to the Colorado economy, according to the Colorado Department of Agriculture.
"We really want to take the temperature of what this drought has meant to farmers, ranchers and rural communities," said Pritchett, who is a CSU Extension specialist in farm and ranch management. "That helps us design assistance going into the future."
Among other issues, the survey asks producers about the likelihood that drought could force them out of farming and ranching. It also asks about tools and strategies producers need to improve management effectiveness in the face of drought.
The survey project is under way against the backdrop of drought that has intensely affected many regional farmers and ranchers. The U.S. Drought Monitor, which provides weekly updates, reports that all of Colorado is suffering from drought conditions, ranging from moderate to exceptional.
This was the case during much of the 2012 growing season, with the most severe known impacts on agricultural sectors that produce dryland crops, such as wheat, or that rely on forage, Pritchett said. The latter group includes cow-calf operations and sheep operations.
Data show the look ahead could be equally grim: Very little snow has accumulated in much of western Colorado, the state's chief water source; meantime, temperatures have been above average, leading to melting of even low amounts of snowfall.
"There are large deficits in precipitation and snowpack," the Colorado Climate Center, based at CSU, reported in its Colorado Drought Status Briefing last week. The briefing noted, however, that it is still early in the snow season.
A secondary effect of drought is on the economic vibrancy of rural communities, where farmers and ranchers live and conduct business, and this makes effective management strategies even more important, Pritchett noted. "The ripple effects can last for years," he said.
People with questions or comments about the survey may contact Pritchett at (970) 491-5496 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Tableau previewed its latest release in my "Cool BI" class at The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI) World Congress in Orlando earlier this month. As I wrote in a recent in-depth review, Tableau's visual discovery tool is one of the easiest to use.
For customers with a well-designed data warehouse or data mart, Tableau Software nicely leverages the power of the underlying database, whether relational, OLAP, or columnar. This approach has been in stark contrast to QlikTech QlikView's and Tibco Spotfire's approach of bringing all the data into memory. Replicating data has its advantages and disadvantages.
With Tableau 6.0, customers seem to get the best of both worlds. Tableau's new Data Engine leverages the source database when necessary, or it can bring portions of the data into memory when that offers better performance. Adding support for Windows 64-bit operating environments improves the product's scalability.
The other major improvement in Tableau 6.0 is the ability to handle multiple data sources -- a capability the company calls Data Blending. The lack of this option was one of the oft-cited reasons customers would choose other products over Tableau. With Data Blending, an end user can drag and drop new data sources onto a visualization. As long as the dimension names are conformed, the tool will automatically create the joins.
During my Cool BI class it was interesting to see that many attendees had heard of Tableau but few had actually used the software. I suspect these latest enhancements will change that.
Following my usual practice of surveying class attendees, I learned that dashboards and advanced visualization once again topped the list of innovations attendees most want to pursue. But here's the rub: these BI users would like these capabilities to be delivered in one tool. Currently these capabilities are fragmented. Some advanced visualization products can be used to create dashboards but not all; and not all dashboards support visual discovery.
Predictive analytics was the second-highest innovation priority among the 50 or so attendees of my class. On this front, SAS demoed its new Rapid Predictive Modeler during. The third-highest priority was a split between BI Search, with Endeca demoing its solution, and in-memory analytics, a key innovation gaining momentum in the marketplace.
I wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving this week and safe travels! I'm thankful for having an amazing job that connects me to so many wonderful business intelligence practitioners, readers, colleagues, and vendors with cool products! To my family and friends, thank you... for everything.
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We've all either given or received the career advice: "Follow your dreams." "Do what you love." "Love what you do."
Recently, there have been an increasing number of counterarguments making the case that if we were all going to "do what we love," we'd starve doing it.
I came across a 2006 post by Paul Graham: "How To Do What You Love" that offers what may be the best thought-leadership on the subject that I have read.
Graham is an essayist, programmer, and investor. In 1995, he co-developed the first web-based application, Viaweb, which was acquired by Yahoo in 1998. He has an AB from Cornell and a PhD in Computer Science from Harvard, and studied painting at RISD and the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence. Graham's blog is one of the most followed in the blogosphere.
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Adventures after Dark
Adorable little bee! Breathtaking picture!
Because of advancing age and early injury that result in the slow breakdown of the body, I make compensations or compromises to go on doing what I most enjoy as far as practical application of my skills, character and predisposition are concerned.
So, in the cool of the night, rather than the heat of the day, I have been making the best of what I know of the wildlife hear-abouts – capturing them while they sleep or are otherwise less cognisant of me and my approach for a shot.
Since finding them and learning of their roosting and sleeping habits a few years ago bee's have been my favourite creature to image, especially at the dawn or dusk when the temperature is best for taking some time for getting the composition right – for my taste – especially the now little seen Leaf-Cutter bee.
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"…Look at the DSM-IV [Psychiatric Diagnostic Manual. It] is strongly influenced by the insurance companies and people having no experience in the richness of the human mind and spirit. That's one of the things that the MK-Ultra victims taught me. Over and over I heard the phrase, "They didn't mess with my mind; they messed with my soul." I've begun to think in spiritual terms of what has gone on here. This is a horrible thing. [It is] just like the Inquisition, but more sophisticated and less visible. There's no blood on the streets, but that makes it even more insidious. And of course the technology is now available to everyone…" – Walter Bowart
Agent Provocateur is a person assigned to provoke unrest, violence, debate or argument by or within a group while acting as a member of the group but covertly representing the interests of another. In general, agents provacateur seek to secretly disrupt a group's activities from within the group. Agents provocatuer are employed to disrupt or discredit a group by performing acts for which the group will be falsely accused, by leading the group into activities that they would not otherwise pursue or by creating discord between group members. Provacateurs may encourage illegal acts, recomend belligerant tactics a group might otherwise reject, spread false rumors intended to provoke hasty action by a group, spread malicious rumors within a group about a group member or employ other tactics intended to provoke improper action by a group or to divert a group from its chosen purpose. An agent provocateur might attempt to implicate as an accomplice an innocent target who the agent unwittingly involves in a crime or criminal conspiracy (sourcewatch.org).
BATF – U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
Black Listing A list of individuals or organizations designated for special discrimination or boycott; also to put a person or organization on such a list. Blacklists have been used for centuries as a means to identify and discriminate against undesirable individuals or organizations. A blacklist might consist, for example, of a list of names developed by a company that refuses to hire individuals who have been identified as union organizers; a country that seeks to boycott trade with other countries for political reasons; a Labor Union that identifies firms with which it will not work; or a government that wishes to specify who will not be allowed entry into the country (legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com).
Bullying is generally seen as aggressive intentional behavior to control someone physically, mentally, or emotionally. Not all bullying is aggressive sometimes it's punitive. Bullying occurs in every city, community and school. Bullying has no barriers it affects all races and gender (Bullying Information).
C-SPAN – Two cable channels dedicated to broadcasting both houses of Congress and other U.S. governmental functions.
CALEA – A 1994 law ("Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act") to force a massive reworking of the U.S. telephone infra- structure so that the government can intrinsically wiretap it. Also called the FBI Digital Telephony Act. It is a domestic extension of ECHELON.
Cause stalking is an alternate term for what some multi stalking targets call "organized stalking" or "gang stalking.". It is specialized groups of people who think they are supporting some cause, but are more interested in harassing targets designated by their leaders. Lies told by the leaders add fuel to the fire (raven1).
CISPES – Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador
COINTELPRO or Counter Intelligence Program was a series of covert, and often illegal, projects conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting domestic political organizations. COINTELPRO tactics included discrediting targets through psychological warfare, planting false reports in the media, smearing through forged letters, harassment, wrongful imprisonment, extralegal violence and assassination. Covert operations under COINTELPRO took place between 1956 and 1971, however the FBI has used covert operations against domestic political groups since its inception. The FBI's stated motivation at the time was "protecting national security, preventing violence, and maintaining the existing social and political order" (Wikipedia).
Coercive Persuasion or Thought Reform is best understood as a coordinated system of graduated coercive influence and behavior controls designed to deceptively and surreptitiously manipulate and influence individuals, usually in a group setting, in order for the originators of the program to profit in some way, normally financially or politically. Using rewards and punishments, efforts are made to establish considerable control over a person's social environment, time, and sources of social support. Social isolation is promoted (Organized Stalking by Groups – FAQ).
Conspiracy a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act (The Economist: A Powerful Elite IS Secretly Running Things…but You're Still Crazy).
Councils (llluminati) – The Illuminati has frequent meetings. Some of these meetings are organized to appear "acephalous" and "accidental" in their meetings, when in reality they are structured and planned. One group, MJ-12 has gone by the following names: the Group, the Special Study Group, the Wise Men, the Operations Coordinating Board (OCB), 5412 Committee, 303 Committee, 40 Committee, PI-40 Committee, and Policy Planning Group (PCG). Some of the formal policy and ritual groups have names that all Illuminati members who have gotten high enough to learn, will recognize: The Council of 3, Council of 5, Council of 7, Council of 9, The Grand Druid Council, The Committee of 300, and the Committee of 500 (known as Fortune 500). Many of the meetings are conclaves without formal names. The Grand Druid Council is not something fictional, but an actual body of people who formally meet and whose membership, we have been trying to keep track of. The groups which make decisions to control this planet are networked together. Each decision has its own origin and route that it takes. (The Illuminati Formula Used to Create an Undetectable Total Mind Controlled Slave)
Crime Against Humanity means murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation, imprisonment, torture, sexual violence, persecution or any other inhumane act or omission that is committed against any civilian population or any identifiable group and that, at the time and in the place of its commission, constitutes a crime against humanity according to customary international law or conventional international law or by virtue of its being criminal according to the general principles of law recognized by the community of nations, whether or not it constitutes a contravention of the law in force at the time and in the place of its commission. "genocide" means an act or omission committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, an identifiable group of persons, as such, that, at the time and in the place of its commission, constitutes genocide according to customary international law or conventional international law or by virtue of its being criminal according to the general principles of law recognized by the community of nations, whether or not it constitutes a contravention of the law in force at the time and in the place of its commission (Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act).
Criminal Harassment The crime of stalking is defined legally as criminal harassment. The following section of the Criminal Code of Canada pertains to criminal harassment: Section 264. (1) No person shall, without lawful authority and knowing that another person is harassed or recklessly as to whether the other person is harassed, engage in conduct referred to in subsection (2) that causes that other person reasonably, in all the circumstances, to fear for their safety or the safety of anyone known to them. Prohibited conduct: (2) The conduct mentioned in subsection (1) consists of (a) repeatedly following from place to place the other person or anyone known to them; (b) repeatedly communicating with, either directly or indirectly, the other person or anyone known to them; (c) besetting or watching the dwelling-house, or place where the other person, or anyone known to them, resides, works, carries on business or happens to be; or (d) engaging in threatening conduct directed at the other person or any member of their family (The Criminal Code of Canada and Sexual Harassment).
Crowd manipulation is the intentional use of techniques based on the principles of crowd psychology to engage, control, or influence the desires of a crowd in order to direct its behavior toward a specific action. This practice is common to politics and business and can facilitate the approval or disapproval or indifference to a person, policy, or product. The ethical use of crowd manipulation is debatable and depends on such factors as the intention of and the means used by the manipulator, as well as the ends achieved. Crowd manipulation differs from propaganda although they may reinforce one another to produce a desired result. If propaganda is "the consistent, enduring effort to create or shape events to influence the relations of the public to an enterprise, idea or group", crowd manipulation is the relatively brief call to action once the seeds of propaganda (i.e. more specifically "pre-propaganda") are sown and the public is organized into a crowd. Crowd manipulation also differs from crowd control, which serves a security function. Local authorities use crowd-control methods to contain and defuse crowds and to prevent and respond to unruly and unlawful acts such as rioting and looting (Wikipedia).
Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet or other electronic means to stalk or harass an individual, a group of individuals, or an organization. It may include false accusations, monitoring, making threats, identity theft, damage to data or equipment, the solicitation of minors for sex, or gathering information in order to harass. The definition of "harassment" must meet the criterion that a reasonable person, in possession of the same information, would regard it as sufficient to cause another reasonable person distress (Wiki: Cyberstalking).
DEA – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration DIA – U.S. Pentagon Defense Intelligence Agency DIA – U.S. Drug Interdiction Agency (older)
Decoy(ing) is usually a person, device or event meant as a distraction, to conceal what an individual or a group might be looking for. Decoys have been used for centuries most notably in game hunting, but also in wartime and in the committing or resolving of crimes (Wikipedia).
DICTIONARY – Keyword searching with exclusion logic software.
Direct Energy Weapon (DEW) emits energy in an aimed direction without the means of a projectile. It transfers energy to a target for a desired effect. Intended effects may be non-lethal or lethal. Some such weapons are real, or are under active research and development (Wikipedia: Directed-energy weapon).
Dielectric heating, also known as electronic heating, RF heating, high-frequency heating and diathermy, is the process in which a high-frequency alternating electric field, or radio wave or microwave electromagnetic radiation heats a dielectric material. At higher frequencies, this heating is caused by molecular dipole rotation within the dielectric. At lower frequencies in conductive fluids, other mechanisms such as ion-drag are more important in generating thermal energy. RF dielectric heating at intermediate frequencies, due to its greater penetration over microwave heating, shows greater promise than microwave systems as a method of very rapidly heating and uniformly preparing certain food items, and also killing parasites and pests in certain harvested crops (Wikipedia).
Disability as a condition which limits a person's ability to function in major life activities – including communication, walking, and self-care (such as feeding and dressing oneself) – and which is likely to continue indefinitely, resulting in the need for supportive services (What is the Legal Definition of a Disability?).
Dehumanization is to make somebody less human by taking away his or her individuality, the creative and interesting aspects of his or her personality, or his or her compassion and sensitivity towards others.[citation needed] Dehumanization may be directed by an organization (such as a state) or may be the composite of individual sentiments and actions, as with some types of de facto racism. State-organized dehumanization has been directed against perceived racial or ethnic groups, nationalities (or "foreigners" in general), religious groups, genders, minorities of various sexual orientations (e.g., homosexuals), disabled people as a class, economic (e.g., the homeless) and social classes, and many other groups (Wikipedia).
Disinformation is false or inaccurate information that is spread deliberately with intentions of turning genuine information useless. For this reason, it is synonymous with and sometimes called black propaganda. It is an act of deception and false statements to convince someone of untruth. Disinformation should not be confused with misinformation, information that is unintentionally false. Unlike traditional propaganda techniques designed to engage emotional support, disinformation is designed to manipulate the audience at the rational level by either discrediting conflicting information or supporting false conclusions (Wikipedia ).
ECHELON is NSA's world-wide surveillance network and associated software.
Electronic Harassment is a term referring to the use of electronic devices to harass, torture, and/or physically harm a person, not to be confused with cyberstalking. In Michigan, Public act 257 of 2003 makes it a felony for a person to "manufacture, deliver, possess, transport, place, use, or release" a "harmful electronic or electromagnetic device" for "an unlawful purpose"; also made into a felony is the act of causing "an individual to falsely believe that the individual has been exposed to a harmful electronic or electromagnetic device." In Maine, Public law 264, H.P. 868 – L.D. 1271 criminalizes the knowing, intentional, and/or reckless use of an electronic weapon on another person, defining an electronic weapon as a portable device or weapon emitting an electrical current, impulse, beam, or wave with disabling effects on a human being (Publicsignal).
Electromagnetic radiation can be classified into ionizing radiation and non-ionizing radiation, based on whether it is capable of ionizing atoms and breaking chemical bonds. Ultraviolet and higher frequencies, such as X-rays or gamma rays are ionizing. These pose their own special hazards: see radiation and radiation poisoning. Non-ionizing radiation, discussed here, is associated with two major potential hazards: electrical and biological. Additionally, induced electric current caused by radiation can generate sparks and create a fire or explosive hazard (Wikipedia: Electromagnetic radiation and health).
Electromagnetic shielding is the process of reducing the electromagnetic field in a space by blocking the field with barriers made of conductive and/or magnetic materials. Shielding is typically applied (1) to enclosures to isolate electrical devices from the 'outside world' and (2) to cables to isolate wires from the environment through which the cable runs. Electromagnetic shielding that blocks radio frequency electromagnetic radiation is also known as RF shielding. The shielding can reduce the coupling of radio waves, electromagnetic fields and electrostatic fields, though not static or low-frequency magnetic fields[citation needed] (a conductive enclosure used to block electrostatic fields is also known as a Faraday cage). The amount of reduction depends very much upon the material used, its thickness, the size of the shielded volume and the frequency of the fields of interest and the size, shape and orientation of apertures in a shield to an incident electromagnetic field (Wikipedia).
Electrosensitivity Electromagnetic hypersensitivity, called also electro sensitivity or electro hypersensitivity is a disorder in which a person presents symptoms of a sickness caused or aggravated by magnetic fields or waves. These symptoms are recognized by the WHO and by numerous scientific studies (ref. Bioinitiative Report). Here is the WHO'S definition: "For some time, numerous individuals complained of diverse health problems attributed to exposure to electromagnetic fields. While certain individuals report mild symptoms and are able to avoid these fields, others are so gravely affected that it becomes necessary to stop working and to modify their lifestyle totally. This sensitivity is presumed to be from electromagnetic fields and is generally called electromagnetic sensitivity (EMS)" (aseq-ehaq.ca).
FBI – U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Flash mob A flash mob (or flashmob) is a term coined in 2003 to denote a group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual and sometimes seemingly pointless act for a brief time, then disperse, often for the purposes of entertainment and/or satire. Flash mobs are organized via telecommunications, social media, or viral emails. The term is generally not applied to events and performances organized for the purposes of politics (such as protests), commercial advertisement, publicity stunts, that involve public relation firms, or paid professionals (Wikipedia).
GAK – Government Access [to cryptographic] Keys. Any cryptography product with GAK has been compromised so the government can read it.
Harassment covers a wide range of offensive behaviour. It is commonly understood as behaviour intended to disturb or upset. In the legal sense, it is behaviour which is found threatening or disturbing. Sexual harassment refers to persistent and unwanted sexual advances, typically in the workplace, where the consequences of refusing are potentially very disadvantageous to the victim. In 1984, the Canadian Human Rights Act prohibited sexual harassment in workplaces under federal jurisdiction (Wikipedia).
Hate Crime The Criminal Code of Canada says a hate crime is committed to intimidate, harm or terrify not only a person, but an entire group of people to which the victim belongs. The victims are targeted for who they are, not because of anything they have done. Hate crimes involve intimidation, harassment, physical force or threat of physical force against a person, a family or a property. Sections 318 and 319 of the Criminal Code of Canada address hate crimes. (What is a hate crime?).
Human rights concerns the private rights and power of people. This typically has broad meaning, covering all human rights protected under the law outside of the criminal law context. Civil rights primarily gravitates around issues such as discrimination, accommodation, suffrage (voting), and to a lesser extent, property rights. Human rights are primarily protected under the federal and provincial Human Rights Acts in private context, and under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms where the state is a party to the matter. Controversial human rights issues in Canada have included patient rights, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, parents' rights, children's rights, abortion rights vs rights of the unborn, minority rights, majority rights, rights of the disabled, aboriginal rights, tenant rights and economic, social and political rights (Human rights in Canada).
Gagged Person (GP) is whispered lies and slander, by a Perp, about a TI. If the GP believes the lies, they become infuriated at the TI — and are recruited into piling on, and targeting (perping) them. GPs are threatened, either subtly or aggressively — when they are gagged by the Perp, even though they usually have no legal authority to do so. After this the GP will not advise the TI — of either the slander they have been told, or the identity of the cowardly Perp who whispered it. The GP's fear is based on the possibility that the slander may be justifiable and true — or even worse — if it is false, they fear that similar slander may be unleashed against them, unless they cooperate with the unjust targeting of the TI (exposegangstalking.com).
Gaslighting is a form of psychological abuse in which false information is presented to the victim with the intent of making them doubt their own memory and perception. It may simply be the denial by an abuser that previous abusive incidents ever occurred, or it could be the staging of bizarre events by the abuser with the intention of disorienting the victim. Gaslighting had a colloquial origin explained below, but the term has also been used in clinical and research literature (Wikipedia).
Gang Stalking Under Occupational Health and Safety laws, individuals are being flagged and placed on community notification lists. This is happening without the targets knowledge. In many countries these community notifications are being used by companies and others to target innocent individuals such as whistle-blowers, the outspoken, etc. In conjunction with these notifications, companies and others are in some cases using a practice that was used in the former soviet union called the psychiatric reprisal. This is used as a means of retaliation, blacklisting, silencing, or controlling members of society. Once on the notification system, warnings about the targets are sent out to every individual the target comes in contact with, thus poisoning their associations, and socially annexing the targeted individual (targetedindividuals.com).
Gang-Stalker is a person who participates, in a group that stalks, follows, mobs, bullies, harasses, and slanders TI's on a 24×7 basis. Block Watch programs are notorious participants, as are organized motorcycle gangs (OMG's), churches, or any other group that can be infiltrated and manipulated. The orchestrating umbrella above the gangs of stalkers has access to the most sophisticated law enforcement surveillance and communication resources. The scheme is government sponsored, their funding is endless, and the protocol is secretive (Definitions gang stalking related).
Handler in the intelligence services (and MKULTRA survivor group) is the direct supervisor of an intelligence "asset". Someone who has been programmed to do the will of a controlling agency, such as a mind control target, is a "asset" to the controlling agency. Current day organized stalking and electronic harassment targets are not usually acquainted with their handlers, however, we can be certain at any given time that each of us has one. The term handler is heard and read much more frequently among MKULTRA survivors. The handlers know the appropriate hypnotic words, tones, or other signals to invoke the "asset's" hypnotic programming (raven1).
HAARP or Highfrequency Active Auroral Research Project The vast majority of unscientific theories, research or reason, so if you want to focus on HAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program) which is a military and a scientific program of research on the ionosphere driven by the Air Force, United States Navy, DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) and the University of Alaska. Its main objective is the study is to improve the radio telecommunications and monitoring systems such as missile detection. HAARP by definition can not change the climate: the energy transmitted to the ionosphere is not absorbed by the troposphere and the stratosphere, the two layers of our atmosphere where weather phenomena occur. All electromagnetic interaction occurs near the area, about 70 miles up. At this point the influence of the sun's rays are immensely more powerful than any made by electromagnetic emission antennae on Earth, therefore, if the ionospheric turbulence caused by the Sun is not able to create weather havoc on our planet, much HAARP can cause less (What is HAARP and why has not caused earthquakes).
Illuminati – The Illuminati are 13 elite bloodlines which have maneuvered themselves into control over this planet. They lead double lives, one for society and a hidden one which is based on a gnostic luciferian philosophy which consists of lots of blood rituals. (The Illuminati Formula Used to Create an Undetectable Total Mind Controlled Slave)
Informened Consent The signing of consent forms for other kinds of medical procedures, such as surgery, or for cancer treatments such as radiation or chemotherapy. However, informed consent for a clinical trial involves much more than just reading and signing a piece of paper. Rather, it involves two essential parts: a document and a process. The informed consent document provides a summary of the clinical trial (including its purpose, the treatment procedures and schedule, potential risks and benefits, alternatives to participation, etc.) and explains your rights as a participant. It is designed to begin the informed consent process, which consists of conversations between you and the research team. If you then decide to enter the trial, you give your official consent by signing the document. You can keep a copy and use it as an information resource throughout the course of the trial. The informed consent process provides you with ongoing explanations that will help you make educated decisions about whether to begin or continue participating in a trial. Researchers and health professionals know that a written document alone may not ensure that you fully understand what participation means. Therefore, before you make your decision, the research team will discuss with you the trial's purpose, procedures, risks and potential benefits, and your rights as a participant. If you decide to participate, the team will continue to update you on any new information that may affect your situation. Before, during, and even after the trial, you will have the opportunity to ask questions and raise concerns. Thus, informed consent is an ongoing, interactive process, rather than a one-time information session (cancer.gov).
Key Recovery – See GAK.
Lawful interception (LI) is the legally sanctioned official access to private communications, such as telephone calls or e-mail messages. In general, LI is a security process in which a network operator or service provider gives law enforcement officials access to the communications of private individuals or organizations. Countries around the world are drafting and enacting laws to regulate lawful interception procedures; standardization groups are creating LI technology specifications (lawful interception).
Mind Control The most insidious threat to our basic freedoms, such as freedom of mind and freedom of speech, is a little-known phenomenon known as mind control. As used by FACTNet, "mind control" refers to all coercive psychological systems, such as brainwashing, thought reform, and coercive persuasion. Mind control is the shaping of a person's attitudes, beliefs, and personality without the person's knowledge or consent. Mind control employs deceptive and surreptitious manipulation, usually in a group setting, for the financial or political profit of the manipulator. Mind control works by gradually exerting increasing control over individuals through a variety techniques, such as excessive repetition of routine activities, intense humiliation, or sleep deprivation (FACTNet).
MISO The U.S. Special Operations Command, which, by law, is the executive agency for psychological operations, or "PSYOPs," decided that a name change was in order: Operations aimed at influencing the emotions of people outside the United States would now be known as "Military Information Support Operations." When the name change was first proposed, it took a millisecond for the thousands of active psychological operations officers and noncommissioned officers to deride the new acronym. "MISO" (Psychological Operations Get a New Name).
MK-ULTRA or Project MKULTRA was the code name for a covert, illegal CIA human research program, run by the Office of Scientific Intelligence. This official U.S. government program began in the early 1950s, continuing at least through the late 1960s, and it used U.S. and Canadian citizens as its test subjects. The published evidence indicates that Project MKULTRA involved the use of many methodologies to manipulate individual mental states and alter brain functions, including the surreptitious administration of drugs and other chemicals, sensory deprivation, isolation, and verbal and sexual abuse (Wikipedia).
Mobbing can be understood as the stressor to beat all stressors. It is an impassioned, collective campaign by co-workers to exclude, punish, and humiliate a targeted worker. Initiated most often by a person in a position of power or influence, mobbing is a desperate urge to crush and eliminate the target. The urge travels through the workplace like a virus, infecting one person after another. The target comes to be viewed as absolutely abhorrent, with no redeeming qualities, outside the circle of acceptance and respectability, deserving only of contempt. As the campaign proceeds, a steadily larger range of hostile ploys and communications comes to be seen as legitimate (Introduction To Workplace Mobbing).
Monarch Programming – This was a specific Project carried out by secret elements of the U.S. government and intelligence groups. There were, according to someone a few years ago who had access to the computer(s) which contains all the names of active monitored human slaves, 40,000 actively monitored Monarch slaves. However, this book uses the term generically to include all victims who have suffered this type of trauma-based mind-control. In the same way, that a brand name like "Hyster" is used to describe all lifts–when we use the term we use it in its broadest sense. This is the only way it can be used and technically correct, because as of this date, the authors have not seen who is on the active Monarch Program list of slaves. (The Illuminati Formula Used to Create an Undetectable Total Mind Controlled Slave)
The Nazi Pig Theorem (NPT) Anyone who nonconsensually violates your brain/mind/mentation using Mengele-like methods is a Nazi pig. You do not care what a Nazi pig thinks. You do not care a Nazi pig's opinions. You do not respond to a Nazi pig ridiculing you, threatening you, trying to distract you, or otherwise trying to manipulate you. You work to get a Nazi pig hanged (Mental Firewalls).
New World Order or NWO The phrase New World Order is a probable mistranslation of novus ordo seclorum (which literally means "new secular order" in Latin), part of the seal of the United States. The actual phrase "New World Order" was used by George Herbert Walker Bush in the context of post-Cold-War politics (sourcewatch.org). Also: The New World Order is the global design for a One-World-Government One-World-Dictator and its constituents. Insiders call themselves the "network" and "the neighborhood." (The Illuminati Formula Used to Create an Undetectable Total Mind Controlled Slave)
Neuro-monitoring or Intra-Operative Neurophysiological Monitoring (IONM) Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM) or intraoperative neuromonitoring is the use of electrophysiological methods such as electroencephalography (EEG), electromyography (EMG), and evoked potentials to monitor the functional integrity of certain neural structures (e.g., parts of the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves) during surgery. The purpose of IONM is to reduce the risk to the patient of iatrogenic damage to the nervous system, and/or to provide functional guidance to the surgeon and anesthesiologist (Wikipedia).
Noise Campaign is an orchestrated effort to produce stress in a victim through prolonged exposure to significant noise levels. A Noise Campaign can range from multiple neighbors routinely playing loud music, individual stalkers with air-horns or fireworks, or organized "repair work" that involves a high level of noise (myspace.com).
Nonpersonis a citizen or a member of a group who lacks, loses, or is forcibly denied social or legal status, especially basic human rights, or who effectively ceases to have a record of their existence within a society (damnatio memoriae), from a point of view of traceability, documentation, or existence. The term also refers to people whose death is unverifiable and about which inquiries result in a "blank wall" of "nobody knows" (Wikipedia).
ORATORY – Speech recognition. Think of it as speech-to-text software. Subject to DICTIONARY searches.
Organized Stalking is the preferred term for that portion of the full crime of organized stalking and electronic harassment where people who live in the community will mercilessly harass a designated target, based on LIES, such as the target is a drug dealer, the target has a long criminal record, or the favourite lie, the target is a pedophile (raven1).
Perps are perpetrators of the organized stalking and electronic harassment crimes (raven1).
Perpetrator a person who does something harmful or dishonest, especially a person who commits a crime (Law-Glossary).
PGP – Free and unbreakable encryption, available world-wide.
Propaganda is a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position. As opposed to impartially providing information, propaganda, in its most basic sense, presents information primarily to influence an audience. Propaganda often presents facts selectively (thus possibly lying by omission) to encourage a particular synthesis, or uses loaded messages to produce an emotional rather than rational response to the information presented. The desired result is a change of the attitude toward the subject in the target audience to further a political agenda. Propaganda can be used as a form of political warfare. Common media for transmitting propaganda messages include news reports, government reports, historical revision, junk science, books, leaflets, movies, radio, television, and posters (Wikipedia).
Psychotronic weapons remain, at least for a layman uninformed of secret military research, in the sphere of science fiction, since so far none of the published scientific experiments was presented in the way which would allow for its replication. That it is feasible to manipulate human behavior with the use of subliminal, either sound or visual, messages is now generally known. This is why in most of the countries the use of such technologies, without consent of the user, is banned. Devices using light for the stimulation of the brain show another way how the light flashing in certain frequencies could be used for the manipulation of human psychic life. As for the sound, a report on the device transmitting a beam of sound waves, which can hear only persons at whom the beam of sound waves is targeted, appeared last year in the world newspapers (bibliotecapleyades.net/).
PSYWAR or PSYOP Psychological warfare (PSYWAR), or the basic aspects of modern psychological operations (PSYOP), have been known by many other names or terms, including Psy Ops, Political Warfare, "Hearts and Minds," and Propaganda.[1] Various techniques are used, by any set of groups, and aimed to influence a target audience's value systems, belief systems, emotions, motives, reasoning, or behavior. It is used to induce confessions or reinforce attitudes and behaviors favorable to the originator's objectives, and are sometimes combined with black operations or false flag tactics. Target audiences can be governments, organizations, groups, and individuals (Wikipedia: Psychological warfare).
Satanic Ritual Abuse (SRA) -This is used to represent all categories of ritual abuse which would be inspired by the desire to rob, kill, or destroy something worthwhile in a person, especially their freedom of thought. Many groups carrying out SRA do not mention Satan by that name. They may make Pacts to Baphomet, and call upon Rex Mundi, or Belair, or Lucifer, or the Father of Light, God, or Kali or even "Jesus" or "Jesus Christ". SRA is not a value judgment by the authors against some group, the victims themselves on some level know that he or she is being abused. (The Illuminati Formula Used to Create an Undetectable Total Mind Controlled Slave)
Sensitization is an example of non-associative learning in which the progressive amplification of a response follows repeated administrations of a stimulus. An everyday example of this mechanism is the repeated tonic stimulation of peripheral nerves that will occur if a person rubs his arm continuously. After a while, this stimulation will create a warm sensation that will eventually turn painful. The pain is the result of the progressively amplified synaptic response of the peripheral nerves warning the person that the stimulation is harmful. Sensitization is thought to underlie both adaptive as well as maladaptive learning processes in the organism (Wikipedia).
SIGINT – Signals Intelligence = NSA = electronic snooping
Skin effect is the tendency of an alternating electric current (AC) to distribute itself within a conductor with the current density being largest near the surface of the conductor, decreasing at greater depths. In other words, the electric current flows mainly at the "skin" of the conductor, at an average depth called the skin depth. The skin effect causes the effective resistance of the conductor to increase at higher frequencies where the skin depth is smaller, thus reducing the effective cross-section of the conductor. The skin effect is due to opposing eddy currents induced by the changing magnetic field resulting from the alternating current. At 60 Hz in copper, the skin depth is about 8.5 mm. At high frequencies the skin depth may be much smaller. Increased AC resistance due to the skin effect can be mitigated by using specially woven litz wire. Because the interior of a large conductor carries so little of the current, tubular conductors such as pipe can be used to save weight and cost (Wikipedia).
Sleep Deprivation The forced deprivation of someone's necessary amount of sleep has been used in the interrogation of terrorist suspects to make them more amenable to providing information or confessions. There is some debate about whether sleep deprivation is a form of torture or one of a number of "stress and duress" techniques, and thus whether it is a legal and ethically acceptable in interrogation. According to the United Nations, sleep deprivation is a form of torture. The effects of sleep deprivation range from irritability, confusion and a decreased ability to concentrate, to loss of consciousness resulting from the failure of red blood cells to transport oxygen to the brain (Sleep Deprivation).
Stalking is a term commonly used to refer to unwanted, obsessive attention by individuals (and sometimes groups of people) to others. Stalking behaviors are related to harassment and intimidation. The word "stalking" is used, with some differing meanings, in psychology and psychiatry and also in some legal jurisdictions as a term for a criminal offense. It may also be used to refer to criminal offences or civil wrongs that include conduct which some people consider to be stalking, such as those described in law as "harassment" or similar terms (Wikipedia).
Street Theater when spoken of in an organized stalking context refers to carefully scripted harassment by neighbours and strangers especially, but can include harassment by family, friends and co-workers. These acts are designed to keep a target at a high stress level, and are crafted so that outside observers are likely to wave the skits off as "life's normal breaks". The cumulative effect of such acts can be crushing to sensitive targets. Noise, crowding in person or on the highway, stealing items from shopping cart when in the checkout line, and kids sent to hang out in front of, stare, make noise, and even throw tennis balls against the target's house are simple examples. What differentiates street theater from "the breaks" is that street theater goes on every day, often by different mind control operatives, far too often to be random or "natural". Cover is provided by the tendency of people to refuse to acknowledge the frequency of these acts and consider the complainer just being "a crank" (raven1).
Switching – This is when one part (fragment) of the mind takes over from another, or in simple terms, this is when one alter personality (or alter fragment) takes the body from the alter which is holding the body. Switching can occur via the Programmers' codes for calling up alters, or by external or internal stimuli that trigger an alter to come out. Switching will usually cause at least a flicker of the eyes, and for outside observers, who know the different personalities, they will observe another personality take the body. (The Illuminati Formula Used to Create an Undetectable Total Mind Controlled Slave)
System – This term is used in several ways. It is frequently used to refer to a victim of total mind control because the victim consists of alters, programming, implant(s), internal computers, and numerous dissociative states which function together as a system. The word is also used in this book to refer to the body's functional physiological units, such as the respiratory system. The word is also infrequently used to denote the established social-economic-political system controlling the world, also known insiders as the Network. Other standard meaning may also occasionally be used for the word. (The Illuminati Formula Used to Create an Undetectable Total Mind Controlled Slave)
Targeted Individuals a department of defence term, are people who locals deem unfit for society, in one way or another. Some are whistle-blowers; some are dissidents, like anti-war demonstrators; some have a beef with one corporation or another; some just have different political or religious ideologies then the norm; some are targeted for reasons of lust and greed, and some are targets of convenience. They are targeted by means of gang-stalking, b & e's, harassment, poisonings (biological and/or chemical), remote electronic harassment (messing with radios and tv's, etc., remotely), vandalism, character assassinations, staged accidents, etc. Harassment is on-going, in and outside the home (About Gang-Stalking, Cause Stalking, And Targeted Individuals).
TI or Targeted Individual is an individual who has been placed into a maze of psychological and often physical warfare tactics which is orchestrated by the U.S. military, C.I.A. and federal law enforcement. From community harassment known as "Organized Stalking" and various other invasion of privacy tactics and violations of basic constitutional rights to invisible, silent physical torture through the use of highly targeted overexposure to electromagnetic radiation (Targeted Individuals – And The C.I.A.).
Targeted killing is the targeting and killing, by a government or its agents, of a civilian or "unlawful combatant" taking a direct part in hostilities in the context of an armed conflict who is not in that government's custody and cannot be reasonably apprehended.[1] The target is a person taking part in an armed conflict or terrorism, whether by bearing arms or otherwise, who has thereby lost the immunity from being targeted that they would otherwise have under the Geneva Conventions.[1] Targeted killing has been used by governments around the world, and has become a frequent tactic of the United States and Israel in their fight against terrorism (Wikipedia).
Torture means any act or omission by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person (a) for a purpose including (i) obtaining from the person or from a third person information or a statement, (ii) punishing the person for an act that the person or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, and (iii) intimidating or coercing the person or a third person, or (b) for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, but does not include any act or omission arising only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions (Criminal Code).
UKUSA – pronounced 'you-koo-za' – a secret wartime treaty that says member nations can spy on each others population without warrants or limits, and that this can be shared with the spied-on country's SIGINT agency
Ultra-secret agencies: NSA – U.S. National Security Agency; GCHQ – British Government Communications Headquarters; CSE – Canada's Communications Security Establishment; DSD – Australian Defense Signals Directorate; GCSB – New Zealand's Government Communications Security Bureau
Walter Bowart on DSM-IV: "…Look at the DSM-IV [Psychiatric Diagnostic Manual. It] is strongly influenced by the insurance companies and people having no experience in the richness of the human mind and spirit. That's one of the things that the MK-Ultra victims taught me. Over and over I heard the phrase, "They didn't mess with my mind; they messed with my soul." I've begun to think in spiritual terms of what has gone on here. This is a horrible thing. [It is] just like the Inquisition, but more sophisticated and less visible. There's no blood on the streets, but that makes it even more insidious. And of course the technology is now available to everyone…" (Walter Bowart interview)
Vengeance/Terrorist Stalkers do not seek a personal relationship with their targets. Rather, vengeance/terrorist stalkers attempt to elicit a particular response or a change of behavior from their victims. When vengeance is their prime motive, stalkers seek only to punish their victims for some wrong they perceive the victim has visited upon them. In other words, they use stalking as a means to "get even" with their enemies (Organized Stalking by Groups – FAQ).
Victimization or victimisation is the process of being victimised. According to Wiktionary, to victimise is to (1) make someone a victim or sacrifice (2) punish someone unjustly, or (3) swindle or defraud someone (Wikipedia).
Voice to Skull devices or V2K is a nonlethal weapon which includes (1) a neuro-electromagnetic device which uses microwave transmission of sound into the skull of persons or animals by way of pulse-modulated microwave radiation; and (2) a silent sound device which can transmit sound into the skull of person or animals. NOTE: The sound modulation may be voice or audio subliminal messages. One application of V2K is use as an electronic scarecrow to frighten birds in the vicinity of airports (fas.org).
Workplace Bullying is repeated, health-harming mistreatment of one or more persons (the targets) by one or more perpetrators that takes one or more of the following forms: Verbal abuse; Offensive conduct/behaviors (including nonverbal) which are threatening, humiliating, or intimidating; Work interference:sabotage which prevents work from getting done (Definition of Workplace Bullying).
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SANTA CLARA — The San Francisco 49ers will soon be playing their home games on the corner of Marie P DeBartolo Way and Bill Walsh Drive.
The city of Santa Clara said Monday it will name two small streets bordering the Niners new stadium after 49ers luminaries at the request of the team's front office.
DeBartolo, the matriarch of the 49ers ownership family who died in 1987, will have her name on the new street that will replace torn-up Centennial Boulevard south of Tasman Drive, an area that has been closed for construction. The official address of the $1.2 billion stadium will be 4900 Marie P DeBartolo Way when it opens in 2014.
The team's headquarters has long been at 4949 Centennial, next to the 49ers practice facility and stadium site, and will now be on 4949 Marie P DeBartolo Way.
To the south of the stadium, a new street serving the back of the 49ers training facility and the rear of the stadium will be named after Walsh, the Hall of Fame coach who died in 2007. No doubt the sign marking the street, reached via Stars and Stripes Drive, will be a popular photo spot for fans.
The streets will also serve the existing Youth Soccer Park, which will also continue to have its own less-hectic entrance off Stars and Stripes Drive.
Contact Mike Rosenberg at 408-920-5705. Follow him at twitter.com/RosenbergMerc.


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Like a foamy, flaccid force of nature, she came tumbling into my life. No discernable shape, fluffy, mildly offensive. But somehow, some way—like a tapeworm—she burrowed herself deep into my existence. I know she'll be mine forever. She is indispensible, an irreplaceable part of my world. 2012 has been a big year for me, an important year, and I honestly don't know how I could have gotten through it without my Lollipop Chainsaw Juliet Starling Japanese Hug Pillow.
I'll never forget the day she arrived, the forced laughter, the disbelief. At the time I worked in the same office as two talented female writers, Tracey Lien and Elly Hart. I remember how weird it felt—the veiled sexism, the pillow in the centre of our pod that was there to be literally objectified. I wanted nothing to do with Juliet back then. She was a reminder, an awkward centrepiece. Tracey scoffed at her presence. I did too.
Juliet: nothing but a silly joke. A promotional tool, direct from Warner Bros. 'Write about my video game,' she said, 'give me your attention', she asked, pleading. But there Juliet sat, ignored. Until that one day, that one fateful day... when I got a really, really sore back.
Thank you Juliet, you were there for me, the whole time—just waiting, weren't you? Waiting for that day to arrive, that day when your true function in life would become apparent. On that day, with my really sore back, you solved my problem. You healed me, physically. And you changed me. You changed me forever.
But that was just the beginning...
Dakimakura: from the Japanese 'Daki', to cling, and 'makura', which means 'pillow'. How did you find your way into my world? You've rescued me from so many tricky situations. Changed me. Helped me evolve. Allowed me to face the challenges of everyday life with a smile on my face and a song in my heart.
In June, I needed support. I needed your support. I planned to undergo an insane experiment—the polyphasic sleep experiment. For the month of June I intended to sleep for a total of two hour a day, 20 minutes every four hours. This meant I would have to sleep in the office.
I stumbled in, buggered, clutching a foam mattress and a sleeping bag. In my exhaustion I had forgotten one all important piece of the puzzle—a pillow upon which to rest my tired noggin. Juliet, once again, You were there for me.
For those six days, during office hours, you were my sleepy sanctuary. Twice a day, for 20 minutes at a time, I would rest my head in your flaccid embrace. If it wasn't for you, god knows what I would have done, how I would have slept.
What would I have done without you, my precious Dakimakura. In my time of need I clung to you, my Japanese love pillow.
I have many trinkets on my desk—video game t-shirts I will never wear, sad plushies in search of a home. My desk is a wasteland. But, you Juliet, filled a purpose, you plugged a gap in my gaping existence.
Nowadays, I wake up next to you. This is our life. Together.
Being pregnant is hard. I'm not pregnant, but my wife is. There's back pain, the heartburn, the morning sickness. You knew, didn't you Juliet. You knew. One day, I know not how, you appeared on my bed. Ready to comfort, ready and willing to help my wife through this difficult time in her life.
She couldn't sleep, she couldn't get comfortable. She needed something soft, supportive. Something to ease the pain and get her through this traumatic period in her life. She needed something, Juliet. She needed you.
We share a bed now Juliet, you help my wife get to sleep while I doze. You prop her up when turns on her back. You do what needs to be done, no matter what.
I thank you Juliet. My wife thanks you. My unborn son thanks you.
Juliet, you were there for me—you exploded into my life, and it hasn't been the same since. Your soft foam, your comforting embrace, I can't imagine how life would have been without you. My poor back, my weary head resting directly on the carpet. The friction, the slight discomfort—unbearable.
If it wasn't for you, Juliet, I would have had to go Spotlight. I would have had to actually buy an extra pillow. 15 minutes of my life, lost to history, lost to Westfield, lost to expensive parking and the crowds. Lost forever in the sands of time, dripping away like so many lost seconds,
You Juliet, are my saviour. My shining scantily clad white knight. You are my armour. You are my sweet embrace.
Thank you Juliet. For everything.
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Last few weeks I have had some very interesting meetings and discussions.
If you follow my writings, presentations, etc. you know that I don't believe in the need for ROI (Return on Investment) calculations for — well, most of the stuff we buy for Enterprise Software. In my view, ROI is something that is either:
- Asked by an overly careful CFO that does not care what you are buying, as long as there is a return somewhere of something
- Asked by Sr. Management that does not understand what you are buying and want to make sure that if it explodes somewhere down the line they are covered and can say it was not their fault – it was supposed to work.
Neither one of those statements consider the strategic nature of acquiring and implementing Enterprise Software (hardware is a different animal, and a different post). Besides, any vendor worth their salt will have a variety of models you can use, including great historical data from other implementations, to help you show there is an ROI.
There are two problems with using ROI: first, calculations are very simple, for example saying it is the costs minus the benefits while ignoring time-value of money or lost-opportunity costs, and tend to be very wrong. Just because it can be proven on paper does not mean that it will be the same in real-life — too many assumptions go into those calculations to make sense.
Second problem with ROI is that is void of value. Calculations are never made counting for value accumulated or generated, only on the potential costs and benefits that may be created from implementing the software. This is because the calculation of value has been almost impossible to do.
Until now, we did not really understand what Value meant – but that is starting to change.
I will no embark on that discussion right now, I had some posts in the past on the definition of value and it truly gets nowhere very fast, but I will definitely use it – by any definition you want. The change we are seeing: we are moving into a fair-value market where both (organization and consumer) value what they get from each other. Whether its timely feedback to improve a product, help with support, or anything else organizations are starting to recognize there is value in the contributions from users and consumers that goes beyond the traditional ROI model.
On the other hand, consumers and users don't conduct ROI calculations to give you their business, but they do know value when they see it. Although you could say this is not new, the information and communication evolution we are experiencing makes it very, very different – for both parties.
This fair exchange of value is what is driving this new evolution of business (and what powers the collaborative enterprise). In view of this, making a ROI calculation be responsible for implementing (or not) enterprise software seems silly. No?
This is why I have been having plenty of conversations lately about a "new" concept – time-to-value (yes, I know it is not new – but the way it is being used is).
Time to value (again, without going into a war of definitions) is how long it would take an organization to reach a specific milestone: maybe it is getting feedback from 20% of their customers who tried the new product, maybe is increasing the readership for their blog by 25%. Maybe it is getting new users for their freemium product. The specific milestone does not matter, nor does it have a simple financial calculation attached to it. Whereas it could be used to compute tangible benefits, it works far better for intangible ones. There are too many unknowns and variables that change too rapidly for a financial value to be easily calculated.
In the face of an impossible ROI calculation (at least an accurate one) but a certain value that can be delivered to the business (and that will eventually be easier to calculate in financial terms, once more variables and assumptions are known) we use Time To Value.
I must confess, this is probably still a metric mostly driven by vendors in enterprise software conversations. At the same time, the users i talked to about this metric are very encouraged. In their words (and paraphrasing several conversations into one soundbite):
"With implementations times down to 3-4 months with cloud-based solutions, I can always prove an ROI within 12 months as my CFO demands – but what does it mean? how do we benefit? the concept of time to value is intriguing"
Beyond the infomercial-sounding-paraphrase above — what do you think? Something to consider?


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G. Phil Poirier, Master
Phil Poirier is a true Master of many trades. He is a world class lapidary as well as goldsmith. He is a teacher, having presented numerous times at the Santa Fe Symposium as well as taught individual workshops all over the world.
A manufacturer of tools that make the jobs of goldsmiths, silversmiths, and metal artists the world over so much easier, he is the owner of Bonny Doon Tools. His broad array of products are available through Rio Grande Jewelers Supply in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Though I am not affiliated with either company in any way, I do consider myself among the many happy customers whose elbows and ligaments are less sore and tired through the use of the ingenious tools and accessories Phil has developed. His knowledge of CAD and CNC is broad and deep and allows him to realize the creation of such marvels, among many, as synclastic and anti-clastic bracelet and ring formers that move metal as if it were clay and make production easier for creators everywhere.
What I didn't know until a couple of years ago is that for over 20 years Phil has been restoring, repairing, and collecting engine turning equipment as well as become master in the art of its practice. He is also an accomplished ornamental wood turner. Last year, he presented an excellent paper on titled, "Art, History and Processes of Guilloché Engraving" at the Santa Fe Symposium. This article is available and free to download from the web link above.
This year, Phil's presentation, his fourth, at the Santa Fe Symposium will be titled, "Implementing the Processes of a Rose Engine in the Modern Shop" and will cover a broad range of topics and include more information on engine turning/guilloché. It is still possible to register and attend this event as of this posting through the links included herein.
In order to see this Master in action, please have a look this well executed video, "For the Love of Jewelers":


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Darden looking to spin off or sell Red Lobster
ORLANDO, Fla. — Darden Restaurants Inc. is looking to either spin off or sell Red Lobster, part of its plan to boost shareholder value.
The company, which also runs Olive Garden and other restaurants, said Thursday that it is also suspending the opening of new Olive Garden locations and will limit the opening of new LongHorn Steakhouse restaurants.
Its shares rose in premarket trading about 90 minutes ahead of the market opening.
Red Lobster has 705 restaurants in the U.S. and Canada and is the biggest full service dining seafood specialty restaurant operator in North America. Its fiscal 2013 sales were about $2.6 billion.
Restaurant chains such as Olive Garden and Red Lobster have suffered since the downturn, with people being more careful about their spending. People are also increasingly heading to chains such as Chipotle, where it tends to cost less and take less time than a sit-down meal at a restaurant.
Darden Chairman and CEO Clarence Otis said in a statement that the company regularly assesses its business and strategic direction and takes action when market conditions change. Otis said there is significant change occurring in the restaurant sector, " with relatively low levels of consumer demand in each of the past several years for restaurants generally, and for casual dining in particular, as well as additional unexpected softness since June."
Darden said it has decided it won't make any acquisitions of additional brands "for the foreseeable future."
Its board also plans to take a look at senior management's compensation and incentive programs so that there is more direct emphasis on same-store restaurant sales growth and free cash flow.
Darden anticipates that after separating from Red Lobster it will be able to report higher and more consistent same-restaurant sales and new restaurant sales growth and increased and more consistent earnings per share growth.
The company anticipates that its cost-cutting efforts will bring about at least $60 million in annual savings starting in fiscal 2015. This is up from the $50 million in savings it previously predicted. Darden said it will use the increase in cash flow from lowering capital spending and operating support expenses for dividends, stock buybacks and to help strengthen its credit profile.
Darden named Kim Lopdrup, president of its specialty restaurant group and new business, to serve as Red Lobster's CEO after the separation. Harland Herrmann, president of Yard House, will become president of the specialty restaurant group in January. Red Lobster President Salli Setta will remain in that position. If Red Lobster is spun off, Darden Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Brad Richmond will become chief financial and administrative officer for Red Lobster once the transaction is complete. Darden said it's started the process of identifying its board and a possible successor for Richmond.
Darden announced Thursday that its second-quarter net income fell to $19.8 million, or 15 cents per share, from $33.6 million, or 26 cents per share, a year earlier. Excluding severance costs and other items, earnings were 20 cents per share. Revenue rose to $2.05 billion from $1.96 billion.
Analysts polled by FactSet predicted earnings of 20 cents per share on revenue of $2.07 billion.
The company now foresees fiscal 2014 earnings per share falling 15 percent to 20 percent compared with the prior-year period. It previously predicted a 3 percent to 5 percent decline.
The planned Red Lobster spinoff still needs final approval from Darden's board. It does not require a shareholder vote. The company expects any possible separate to close in early fiscal 2015.
Darden's stock rose $1.08, or 2 percent, to $54 in premarket trading after initially fall as much as low as $50 per share.