March 24, 2013

  • Psychotherapeutic Techniques

    A NewThinker.jpg ¹

    Source: Astounding Science Fiction Editorial “Brain-Washing”- 1954-10 (Vol 054 No 02) 

    I was reading a sci-fi magazine’s editorial about psychotherapeutic techniques representing brain-washing gone wrong. In an attempt tp redirect that energy towards a more peaceful solution, an analysis for understanding the concept of brain-washing is required. It is based on not using torture (abuse,assault,electric shock, dungeon and chains, lie detector, sodium pantathum or truth serium, straw under the fingernails, water drip on the head,uttering threats,etc.). Instead of forcing a change, by sheer agony, the red brain-washers rely on inducing changes in the brain itself – beyond subliminal and hypnosis messaging.

    Torture and human rights abuse is widespread and should not be tolerated by civilized nations that have come together for discussion. Historically, torture has taken many a wrong turn for the worst in breaking the covert spy’s resistance. There must be more than one way to get a secret out of someone. Methods without torture include:

    1. A painless prefrontal lobotomy initiates the effective control of the judgement centers. A hyperdermic needle is inserted behind the eyeball, and novacaine is injected directly into the brain tissues. The temporary effect, eliminated by the severing or paralyzing of the nerve trunk, suppresses memories like the sense of fear, guilt, shame or sorrow; they become readily available to a questioner. The patient is a living robot without courage or determination.

    2. An “Insulin-shock treatment” produces a change of direction of determination.

    3. A “Mind alteration technique” directing the patient to be will-less and do unpleasant things to themselves; if so commanded.

    4. The “Brain Stravation technique” starves the brain of sugar or oxygen affecting the judgement faculty, further affecting beliefs and opinions of the mind – going into a slump, showing weakness and a permit of some realignment.

    5.The “Red Brain-Washers” produce a state of semi-starvation and weaken the resistence of the whole organism with cold, damp, and by encouraging chronic minor infections such as colds. In addition, the intellect is starved by solitary confinement, acting as an additional effective factor. Without an hallucination consultation with someone else, ideas slip sideways and judgements weaken and fog. Hunger, chill, misery results in the brain, operating on a biochemical principle, not fueled properly. The new orientation is supplanted in the subconscious gradually as the brain is nourished gradually.

    Note: A pilot flying too high without oxygen is hit with “hypoxia” causing the pilot to act drunk and irrational before blacking out. The pilot thinks their judgement is still working because the judgement needed to detect and confirm the concept is not working – it just isn’t there.

    Also note: A spy if captured must become a psychopathic liar. They’re told to  confess to anything to save their skin. Any confession said under duress would be automatically valueless to the enemy.

         Opinion: The description behind the experiment reminds me of Doc Savage and the way he approached the problem in his Crime College.  Doc Savage, being a surgeon and engineer also questioned transorbital leukotomy and the practice of subtotal euthanasia by destruction of the neural pathways to the prefrontal lobes.  What bothers the psychiatrist is “intractableness” not the insanity which bothers the patient.  There is a frantic search in a controlling method for race-homicidal, race-suicidal tendencies without enacting mind-murder – creating patient zombies avoiding pain.  A function of the brain is to avoid pain based on a preconditioned response; it is counter survival – avoid it.  Physical pain can be modified and changed from human memory. Hubbard’s Dianetics with Life Coaching is helping to restore many persons with mental disease or a head injury.  New legislation slated for 2013, for marijuana possession in the states of Washington and Colorado, should back-up statistics and lower the crime rate by at least five percent. Other studies by Universities are tapping into the pain relief properties of illegal narcotics.  How the states will tax it, is  still in debate.  Well, it serves you right for leaning on authority! One investigation leads to another because memory is in use leading to conclusions drawn from experience and conclusions drawn from its conclusions.  The results are computed in various ways to obtain correct answers. Beliefs such as thought alienation, blocking, broadcasting, insertion and withdrawal are delusional and dealt with by hidden unconscious memories because we have minds with which to think. Make note: the velocity of light is half that of electricity – we just have to plug in. Further application of a lithium power grid would give us warp speed. The stars are up there and we can reach

    Additional Sources:

    ¹ British fantasy Pics

     

March 23, 2013

  • Patterns of Truth

    Orient.jpg Theology.jpg British Fantasy Pics   

         Only the one who knows the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth can be certain that the statement chosen to say is completely false. Until a person is on the witness stand, they seem to be under the illusion of not having to tell the truth. The only true statement any human being can make is, “I  never state the complete truth.” Further, “What I say is a complete lie.” is as presumptuous to say, “What I say is the complete truth.”

         The idea of a pathological lie implies that the speaker knew the truth, and knowingly chose to communicate a statement other than the truth. Leaving aside the impossibility of any human being knowing absolute truth, if there is such a thing, let’s examine the matter of communication of statements. A lie is a communication that conveys to the listener an impression which the speaker considers incorrect. The human concept of lying, cause and source is a phenomenon in itself. Observe what society believes to be the indications of “the truth” and we can now deduce from that what the layman and scientific belief about lying is.

         To get at the truth, society has employed many methods of persuasion. Methods to get at the truth include getting a person drunk or the use of braining chemical drugs. The modern truth serum, scopolamine and the sodium pentothal narcosynthesis approach; like alcohol, serve to paralyze the higher brain centres, rendering the ability to select and judge greatly diminished if not inoperative. The lie detector or polygraph systems depend on the principle that any human being does not have complete conscious control of their emotional reactions. Heart rate, breathing and perspiration are not directly controlled by any process involving a thought or judicious selection. The ancient Hindu “rice test” involves the principle that the person who is afraid of being caught lying, tends to have a dry mouth and therefore, the guilty party will not be able to spit out a mouthful of rice, while the innocents have no problem. A person capable of judging conscious, thoughtful action will lie thru their teeth while the nonthinking person, reacting to an impulse will tell the truth.

         Emotion should not get the better of your thinking. Emotion is an unreliable guide when making judgements. If emotions are mankind’s worst enemy they will betray the human and force emotion into play. Every possible effort to employ emotional thinking is made when a space alien wants to ‘detect the truth’ amidst a confusion of ideas. A human will never call another a liar if they agree with them. If they never agree with them and if they fail to understand the point of view or become too lazy to follow the argument, then one should try to divert their discussion somehow.¹

    Espionage Notes ( Infiltrate, take over and inform)   … the weak system of any espionage is the transfer of information … involving contact between sender and receiver, intermediate checkpoint, a tap or intercept hidden in sound.² … suspicion is that is needed … because the only way the secret agent can remain undetected is to remain unsuspected … because once the eye of counterintelligence is upon them, they must inevitably be unmasked. No cover can survive an investigation in depth.²

    Philosophical Concept of Methodological Self-analysis:

         A reasonable doubt questions the evidence. If it’s an argument you want, you’ve come to the right spot.
    An argument or argus is the process of reasoning; the shewing or proving that which is doubtful by that which is known. The middle term of a syllogism is sometimes called specially ‘the argument’ or the ‘inference’.
    Evidence is literally the seeing of anything – meaning any facts apprehended by the mind, and made the grounds of knowledge and belief of thought, being the same or different in certain points. Therefore, define all terms and prove all propositions. Descartes’ Rules of Truth Attainment includes questioning all information to the source, condensing problems to its lowest denomination, understanding simplicity to comprehend the complex and considering all scenarios.

         Lies:  Zeus gave no aid to liars. Saint Augustine said, “He who says some lies are just might also say that some sins are just, and therefore, some things are just which are unjust: what can be more absurd? and “Quid est enim fides, nisi credere quod non vides” or rather, Augustine is asking, “what is faith save to believe what you do not see.” Homer said, “Congreve had his measure too: Thou liar of the first magnitude.” Shakespeare said, “For my part, if a lie may do thee grace, I’ll gild it with the happiest terms I have.” ( source: “The Testimony of Dr. Farnsworth” by F.L. Golden )

         Note: If a man says he is lying is his statement true? If so, then he is lying, and his statement is false. Is his statement false? If so, then he is lying, and his statement is true. Epimenides, the celebrated poet and prophet of Crete, is supposed to have said his famous remark, “All Cretan are liars”or, in other words, ‘All statements made by Cretan are false.’ Paradoxically, this remark is true as a self-contraction because it can be said, “All statements made by Epimenides are false because he is Cretan.” ³

    Sources:

    ¹ Astounding Science Fiction 1955-06 Editorial

    ² Tales of the Black Widowers” by Isaac Asimov

    ³ “Riddles in Mathematics” by Eugene P. Northrop

October 13, 2012

  • What me worry?

    Dusk over Atlantis.jpg ¹ Near the end of the year (December 2012) marks the “end of the world“. Well, according to television’s History Channel and the Mayan Indians anyways. In times of despair, the Russian finds a bottle of Vodka, the Frenchman a woman, the German turns to magic, the American a Bible and the Canadian just plays sports. I’m not too worried about this doom or gloom – I think the Mayans meant the end of their enemies, the Toltecs -  they based their war activities on the Venusian calendar. Let’s play the game!!

    ¹ British Fanatasy Pics

September 22, 2012

  • “Hey, first the ring!?!”

    Computer Heart.jpg ¹

    Science LabTech

    Natural diamonds mined from miles beneath the Earth, go through a geological process of nature and many stages of development (time, pressure, heat, extraction)- each of course, has to be payed for eventually, by the end purchaser – you.

    Let’s eliminate the control that middle men have on diamonds’ prices.

    Since I can’t afford the inflated price of natural diamonds, then giving her or myself the next best thing is worth exploring. Control is an interesting term in science. The science labratory process does the same thing as nature – in quick time!!  Scientific Zirconium is the poor man’s diamond!! Natural zircon is MOHS hardness 7.5. My stone was invoiced as an eleven carats octagon (10x12mm) Adamant Lab CZ White diamond transparent. The company’s web page, (seen off ebay) describes the lab process completed with 8.5 MOLS hardness – harder than natural ruby/sapphire gem quality stones!! The inflated price control of the gem is now in my hands; with the choice of setting. Gold is currently worth more than platinum!! Given to the ‘bride to be’, with an upgrade promise later, gets me over the hurdles of engagement – leaving room for improvement later and a major savings.

    Properties of Lab Cubic Zirconia
    Chemical Composition        ZrO2
    Hardness                             Mohs 8.5
    Specific Gravity                   5.65 – 5.95 g/cm3
    Refractive Index                  2.088 – 2.176  

    Addditional Reference: Television - Miami CSI  - “Lost Son”.

    Sources: ¹ British Fantasy Pics

     

July 29, 2012

  • Sport Coaching

    “How do you feel about exercising?”

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         The local YM-YWCA has a weight-room with lots of weight machines to assist in muscle development. My favorite sport is golf. To prevent injuries while in play, strengthening does help. Putting together a cross-reference of sports and weight training, I found some interesting points. Using only seven ( 7 ) exercises, I can increase muscle growth and excell in this individual sport of golf. Looks like there’s money in it.

         My game of golf can be improved doing sets of bent laterals, dumbbell curls, incline press, lat machine, side laterals, twisting and wrist curls. These same seven basic exercises will enhance the body further for other sports like archery, baseball, bowling, fencing, judo, squash and tennis – to name a few.²

    Source:

    ¹ British Fantasy Pics
    ² “The Gold’s Gym of Strength Training for Athletes” by K. Sprague  - covers every sports activity.

     

July 1, 2012

  • Beale Research

    Beale Research has turned up some interesting facts that might pertain to this treasure.

    The word Enigma comes from the Latin aenigma; from Greek ainigma; and from ainissesthai, ainig-, to speak in riddles, from ainos, fable and means puzzling, ambiguous or inexplicable such as a perplexing speech or text or riddle.

    According to Edgar Allen Poe in his short story,”The Gold Bug”, in English, the letter which most frequently occurs is e. Afterward, the succession runs thus: a o i d h n r s t u y c f g l m w b k p q x z.  The letter E predominates so remarkably, that an individual sentence of any length is rarely seen, in which it is not the prevailing character. He also wrote the short poe on Enigma in 1848.

    The lost colony of Roanoke was founded in 1585. The innkeeper of an English settlement in Virginia was a guy called Robert Morris. The United States of America Secretary of State during 1781 was also a Robert Morris. During the American revolution, Robert Morris, Superintendent of United States of America Finances was permitted to conduct profitable, private business ventures while serving the government. It seems no one else could carry on his job. The first United States of America Treasury was a small iron chest (similarly described in the Beale cipher) kept by Robert Morris (innkeeper), George Washington’s Superintendent of Finances. It held all the money that financed the American Revolution. The revolt against England resulted in the signing of the documents of Independence. Governor Morris (1752 – 1816) headed the committee that wrote the final draft of the United States of America Constitution. He had been suspected of sympathies for England at the outbreak of the American Revolution. Decimal coinage was introduced by G. Morris in 1782. President Jefferson introduced dollars and cents in 1832.

    The Constitution (1791) and the Declaration of Independence (1776),of which there are 300 variations, were both signed by Robert Morris of Pennsylvania. The United States of America Bill of Rights was an addition to the United States of America Constitution in 1789 and was later ratified in 1791. Morris later introduced the Erie Railroads.President Jefferson first mentioned Virginia gold deposits in 1782. North Carolina discovered gold in 1830. Virginia is mentioned in the United States Constitution only three times – the same number of ciphers in the Beale treasure. In 1776 Kentucky was a county of Virginia. In 1780, Kentucky was divided into three counties. Virginia is the place of Beale’s treasure concealment in 1817.

    Source: Helen Rex Keller a noted historian
                                        
    Another Historical Document called the “Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence” of 1775-04-31, Written by the committeemen of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and published in 1819, shows this document is generally looked at as a compilation of recollections of the committeemen from 1775. When first published, it led some to believe that Jefferson may have been guilty of plagiarism when writing The Declaration of Independence, but it later became clear that he had never heard of it before 1819.

    Source: World Library of the Future 
     

June 10, 2012

  • History 101

    Visions.jpg ¹ The Beale ciphers are three encoded documents left by Mr. Thomas Beale in 1819 & 1821, which are purported to identify a location of a fortune in buried golden treasure. The second of these three ciphers has already been decoded using the United States of America’s Declaration of Independence. The cipher tells of a fortune in buried gold and says that the exact location can be found by decoding the others. The encryption is to record only the distances starting from a known starting point in some well known document (ie: United States of America’s Declaration of Rights) to the next occurrence of that letter. Other possible clues include using a substitution cipher or displacement cipher. The Information Highway or Internet goes into a lot more detail.  

    Word Identification

    Source:

    United Colonies of America, Declaration of Taking Up Arms: Resolutions of the Second Continental Congress, Philadelphia, July 6th, 1775, John Hancock President. ²

     

    Beale Cipher #3 > NAMES AND RESIDENCES.

    317 = A, 8 = United, 92 = inhabitants, 73 = infinite, 112 = over, 89 = and, 67 = over, 318 = residence, 28 = taking, 96 = might, 107 = evidence, 41 = to, 631 = in, 78 = the, 146 = government, 397 = and,  118 = that, 98 = least, 114 = has, 246 = with, 348 = unceasing, 116 = granted, 74 = goodness, 88 = severe, 12 = America, 65 = unbounded, 32 = it, 14 = met, 81 = a, 19 =Philadelphia, 76 = wisdom, 121 = a, 216 = right, 85 = rightfully, 33 = was,  66 = power, 15 = in, 108 = that, 68 = others, 77 = as, 43 = that, 24 = and, 122 = reverence, 96 =  might, 117 = to, 36 = men, 211 =had, 301 = inhabitants, 15 = in, 44 = the, 11 =North,  46 = Author, 89 =and, 18 = at, 136 = must, 68 = others, 317 = a, 28 = taking, 90 = oppressive, 82 = legal, 304 = island, 71 = by, 43 = that, 221 = those,198 = and, 176 = passion,  310 = native, 319 = for, 81 = a, 99 = require, 264 = rage, 380 = legislatures,56 = race, 37 = who, 319 = for, 2 = declaration,44 = the, 53 = of, 28 = taking, 44 = the, 75 = and,  98 = least,   102 = Parliament, 37 = who, 85 = rightfully, 107 = evidence, 117 = to, 64 = an, 88 = severe, 136 = must, 48 = our, 151 = the,99 = require,175 = inordinate, 89 = and, 315 = these, 326 = expense, 78 =  the, 96 = might, 214 = law, 218 = at, 311 =land, 43 = that, 89 = and, 51 = a, 90 = oppressive, 75 = and, 128 = of, 96 = might, 33 = was,28 = taking, 103 = of, 84 = never,  65 = unbounded,26 = of, 41 = to, 246 = with, 84 = never, 270 = slight,  98 = least, 116 = granted, 32 = it, 59 = an, 74 = goodness,66 = power, 69 = marked, 240 = it, 15 = in, 8 = United, 121 = a, 20 = setting, 77 = as, 89 = and, 31 = if, 11 = North, 106 = some, 81 = a, 191 = by, 224 = effect, 328 = their, 18 = at, 75 = and, 52 = part, 82 = legal, 117 = to, 201 = success,  39 = their, 23 = causes, 217 = have, 27 = their, 21 = forth, 84 = never, 35 = for, 54 = the, 109 =  this,128 = of, 49 = existence, 77 = as, 88 = severe, 1 = a, 81 = a, 217 = have, 64 = an, 55 = human, 83 = domination, 116 = granted, 251 = reason, 269 = to, 311 = land, 96 = might, 54= the, 32 = it, 120 = But, 18 = at, 132 = dictates, 102 = Parliament, 219 = length, 211 = had, 84 = never,150 = promote, 219 = length, 275 = of, 312 = to, 64 = an, 10 = of, 106 = some, 87 = however, 75 = and, 47 = of, 21 = forth,29 = up, 37 = who, 81 = a, 44 = the, 18 = at, 126 = Creator, 115 = been, 132 = dictates, 160 = for, 181 = unjustifiable,203 = any,76 = wisdom, 81 = a, 299 = Our, 314 = on, 337 = the, 351 = an, 96 = might, 11 = North,   28 = taking, 97 = at, 318 = residence, 238 = thereby, 106 = some, 24 = and, 93 = of, 3 = by, 19 = Philadelphia, 17 = Congress, 26 = of, 60 = absolute,73 = infinite, 88 = severe, 14 = met, 126 = Creator, 138 = all, 234 = by, 286 = the, 297 = our, 321 = and, 365 = then, 264 = rage, 19 = Philadelphia,  22 = the, 84 = never, 56 = race , 107 = evidence, 98 = least, 123 = for, 111 = authority,214 = law,136 = must,   7 = the, 33 = was, 45 = Divine, 40 = reason, 13 = now, 28 = taking, 46 = author, 42 = believe, 107 = evidence, 196 = that, 227 = and, 344 = which, 198 = and, 203 = any,  247 = their, 116 = granted, 19 = Philadelphia, 8 = United, 212 = to, 230 = of, 31 = if, 6 = of, 328 = their, 65 = unbounded, 48 = our, 52 = part, 59 = an, 41 = to, 122 = reverence,33 = was,117 = to, 11 = North, 18 = at, 25 = necessity,71 = by, 36 = men, 45 = Divine, 83 = domination, 76 = wisdom,  89 = and, 92= inhabitants, 31 = if, 65 = unbounded, 70 = out, 83 = domination, 96 = might, 27 = their, 33 = was, 44 = the,50 = intended, 61 = property, 24 = and, 112 = over, 136 = must, 149 = to, 176 = passion, 180 = not, 194 = constitution, 143 = the, 171 = however, 205 = of, 296 = of,  87 = however, 12 = America, 44 = the, 51 = a, 89 = and, 98= least, 34 = possible, 41 = to, 208 = regard, 173 = by, 66 = power, 9 = Colonies, 35 = for, 16 = general, 95 = colonies, 8 = United, 113 = has, 175 = inordinate,90 = oppressive, 56 = race , 203 = any, 19 = Philadelphia, 177 = for, 183 = but,     206 = contest, 157 = to, 200 = of, 218 = at, 260 = be, 291 = to, 305 = of, 618= zealous, 951 = increase,320 = civil, 18 = at, 124 = our, 78 = the, 65 = unbounded, 19 = Philadelphia, 32 = it, 124 = our, 48 = our, 53 = of, 57 = to, 84 = never, 96 = might, 207 = where, 244 = to, 66 = power, 82 = legal, 119 = body, 71 = by, 11 = North, 86 = resistible, 77 = as, 213 = truth, 54 = the, 82 = legal, 316 = shores, 245 = close, 303 = the, 86 = resistible,97 = at, 106 = some, 212 = to, 18 = at, 37 = who, 15 = in, 81 = a, 89 = and, 16 = general, 7 = the, 81 = a, 39 = their, 96= might, 14 = met, 43 = that,    216 =right, 118 = that, 29 = up, 55 = human, 109 = this, 136 = must, 172 = stimulated, 213 = truth, 64 = an, 8 = United,227 = and, 304 = island, 611 = from, 221 = those, 364 = America, 819 = colonists, 375 = or, 128= of, 296 = of, 1 = a, 18 = at, 53 = of, 76 = wisdom, 10 = of, 15 = in, 23 = causes, 19 = Philadelphia, 71 = by, 84 = never, 120 = But, 134 = common, 66 = power, 73 = infinite, 89 = and, 96 = might, 230 = of, 48 = our, 77 = as, 26 = of, 101 = the,127 = principles, 936 = for, 218 = at, 439 = realm, 178 = a, 171 = however, 61 = property, 226 = cruel, 313 = seek, 215 = or, 102 = Parliament, 18 = at, 167 = legislature, 262 = their, 114 = has, 218 = at, 66 = power, 59 = an, 48 = our, 27 = their, 19 = Philadelphia, 13 = now, 82 = legal, 48 = our, 162 = attainment, 119 = body, 34 = possible, 127 = principles, 139 = those, 34 = possible, 128 = of, 129 = humanity,74 = goodness, 63 = and, 120 = But, 11 = North, 54 = the, 61 = property, 73 = infinite, 92 = inhabitants, 180 = not, 66 = power, 75 = and, 101 = the, 124 = our, 265 = for,  89 = and, 96 = might, 126 = Creator, 274 = opinion, 896 = it, 917 = them, 434 = strength,461 = war,235 = violence, 890 = single, 312 = to, 413 = in, 328 = their, 381 = were, 96 = might, 105 = Britain, 217 = have, 66 = power, 118 = that, 22 = the, 77 = as, 64 = an, 42 = believe, 12 = America, 7 = the, 55 = human, 24 = and, 83 = domination,67 = over, 97 = at, 109 = this, 121 = a, 135 = sense, 181 = unjustifiable, 203 = any, 219 = length, 228 = impolitic, 256 = blinded, 21 = forth, 34 = possible,77 = as, 319 = for, 374 =Societies, 382 = formed, 675 = years, 684 = consequences, 717 = an, 864 = can, 203 = any, 4 = the, 18 = at, 92 = inhabitants,16 = general, 63 = and, 82 = legal, 22 = the, 46 = author, 55 = human, 69 = marked, 74 = goodness, 112 = over, 134 = common, 186 = know, 175 = inordinate, 119 = body,  213 = truth, 416 =  time, 312 = to, 343 = from, 264 = rage, 119 = body, 186 = know, 218 = at, 343 = from, 417 = so, 845 = be,  951 = increase, 124 = our, 209 = should, 49 = existence, 617 = dutiful, 856 = By, 924 = laws, 936 =for, 72 = his,19 = Philadelphia, 28 = taking, 11 = North,   35 = for, 42 = believe, 40 = reason, 66 = power, 85 = rightfully, 94 = these, 112 = over, 65 = unbounded,82 = legal, 115 = been, 119 = body, 236 = and, 244 = to, 186 = know, 172 =stimulated, 112 = over, 85 = rightfully, 6 = of, 56 = race, 38 = exercise, 44 = the, 85 = rightfully, 72 = his,  32 = it, 47 = of, 63 = and,96 = might, 124 = our,217 = have, 314 = on, 319 = for, 221 = those, 644 = by, 817 = upon, 821 = time, 934= ostensible, 922 = of, 416 = time, 975 = we, 10 = of,22 = the, 18 = at, 46 = author,137 = convince, 181 = unjustifiable, 101 = the, 39 = their, 86 = resistible,103 = of, 116 = granted, 138 = all, 164 = that, 212 = to, 218 = at, 296 = of, 815 = quartering, 380 = legislatures,412 = became, 460 =  late, 495 = the, 675 = years, 820 =in, 952 = ours. ³

    Notes:

    Method: Words identified in text by numbers and then cross-checked with cipher, using edit – search.

    Extension: Beale Cipher Number One (Location of the Vault) has not been compared to this document source – it is comprised of three times as many characters.  Maybe, I should initiate an electronic workshop checking the Library of Congress against the cipher!?! Hey, it’s a hobby!  

    Sources:

    ¹ British Fantasy Pics

    ² Ebook Library

    ³ Personal Treasure files.

April 22, 2012

  • Only looking, eh?

    Cinema.jpg  OK, here’s what I think … To get ahead and find work in the Canadian Performing Arts, it might be best to consider joining a Union. Some companies are allowed to hire only Union members. Here’s the scenario – The applicant is walking into a group of offices with Union representatives from all the major and independent film studios. Their looking for work and an emmy. They ask to join the union as an apprentice. Their name is placed on an active member listing or other listing that best describes their work requests like choreography, dancing, documentaries, film, music recordings, television, voice overs, etc. Their name moves up the list as work is dished out. If work is refused, then their name moves to the bottom of the list. Remember, it is the Union’s job to keep their members working in a short-term work environment. Various North American Unions are listed under the search for ‘Canadian performing arts unions’.

     Dueling Guitars.jpg Thinking beyond that point of expense, I would enter the dragon so, to speak, as a security guard trained in Standard First Aid, CPR and Difibrillation on the look-out for any street drugs in use. I understand the industries (performing arts and music) are loaded with the stuff. The newspaper tells of many an aspiring star with talent, ruined by nacotics use. It should not be tolerated. A good security guard with any knack for observation could ’nip the dealer in the bud’ with a bust. I would think that art companies would welcome this type of surveillance in their mists. Way to move up!! 

February 26, 2012

  • Coaching the Pet Owner

    Tiger3.jpg ¹

    The big outdoors is perfect for walking the pet. Both the owner and pet need the fresh air and exercise. Walking the pet needs no special skill but does require a certain finesse or technique. The pet must be attached to a tether, with the owner or walker/trainer close by to restrain the animal in case of reaction to whatever until they do their business.

    People and children use the parks, playgrounds and sidewalks for recreation and do not appreciate stepping in a pets’ left-over mess. Public pet-parks are now a common sight. Public bylaws, in place for the majority of citizens and property owners, are strictly enforced outside the restricted fenced in pet areas. Littering fines could be costly as, the local civic government is scrambling for the revenue. Look over your shoulder, almost everybody has a phone camera for evidence collecting.

    The “stoop and scoop” procedure is not always understood and does sometimes, result in a misunderstanding of intelligence to the owner. Step by step, the pet needs direction with their public display of “gotta get rid of it somewhere” attitude. For this enjoyable relief of approaching the end of the walking exercise, may we suggest preparedness for it. At the beginning of the pet walk – consider the end of the animal left-over remains.

    Some pets are trained to talk to the handler. They use certain gestures like pointing with their paws to the mess or clawing dirt, leaf and twig to the area in question. This is an excellent sign of pedigree training and should be addressed immediately before the purebred makes too much noise.

    The pet-walker needs, an official civic government enforced nickel (5 cents) plastic bag, for the refuse placement in the nearest trash container – that is what it’s for. Any pet also appreciates a clean swipe after doing their business. May we suggest “Lysol Disinfectant Wipes“. These wipes murder 99.9% of common viruses and bacteria associated with the pet droppings both on the pet and hands. Lysol Disinfectant Wipes also murder (kills) influenza A virus, just like soap and water.

    I approve of this product and highly recommend it for the conscious pet owner not holding their nose after the walk. Yes, this was a product review disguised as feedback to the news.

    Picture Source: ¹ British Fantasy Pics

February 8, 2012

  • 007

    “Bond, James Bond.”

    Topless.jpg¹      

    Current news has informed the public of five (5) James Bond films slated for production. The current trend is to dramatize the secret agent exactly as portrayed by his author.  Ian Fleming has at least three short stories not put on film.

    The Property of a Lady ( radio broadcast ) is the story of a cipher clerk employed, by the Mi6 or Mi7 receiving a Russian antique emerald Fabergé. This intell sends James Bond to Southey’s of London.

    The Diamond Smugglers ( 1957 ) is the exciting story of the world’s biggest smuggling leak – and the private intelligence entity created to plug it. A real-life assignment worthy of an Ian Fleming hero !!

    The Hildebrand Rarity (1960) this story finds James Bond in the state of Florida. (Playboy Magazine 1960-03, p. 28)

    Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, is probably today’s most popular author of thrillers. His knowledge of international spy networks, the background both for his novels and for this exciting documentary, dates from his service as a Commander in Naval Intelligence and as foreign correspondent for Reuters and the London Sunday Times. (Collier Books)

    Quoteable Quote:

    “Any system for transmitting information is top flight dangerous. The government does not want any system of transmitting any information to remain unbroken – unless it is under their own control.” ²

    James Bond movies (1962 to present) Basically they remake Thirty-Nine Steps (1935), Secret Agent (1936), North by Northwest (1959), Marnie (1964) and Topaz (1969) ad infinitum. ³

    Source:  ¹ British Fantasy Pics

                  ² Tales of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov”, 1974, page 68

                  ³ Alfred Hitchcock Pocket Essential by Paul Duncan, page 94 etc, 1999.