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Season 6 released on DVD and Blu-ray Posted September 10, 2013
The Big Bang Theory: The Complete Sixth Season DVD was released today in the United States and Canada. The Season 6: Blu-ray Combo Pack, which also includes the season on DVD and UltraViolet downloads, is also out now. The box-sets include all twenty-four episodes of the show's latest and highest-rated season yet, along with new behind-the-scenes bonus features. Among the special features are two out-of-this-world featurettes which include contributions from real-life astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Mike Massimino.
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The three-disc box-set includes all twenty-four episodes of The Big Bang Theory's latest season. The episodes are presented in their original widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. The bonus features are a Gag Reel, "One Small Step for Wolowitz, one Giant Leap for Primetime" featurette, "Houston, We Have a Sit-Com" featurette, "Electromagnetism" - the best relationship moments of Season 6 featurette, and finally highlights of the 2013 Paley Festival Q&A session with the show's cast and crew hosted by NCIS's Pauley Perrette. The DVD features English, French, Thai, Spanish, Korean and Portuguese subtitles.
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Season 6 DVD & Blu-ray announced August 3, 2013
Warner Home Video has announced the release of The Big Bang Theory: Season Six DVD and Blu-ray this September in the United States and Canada. The sixth season box-sets will be released in North America on Tuesday, September 10. Fans in the United Kingdom and Ireland have a slightly shorter wait, with the Season 6 box-sets landing on Monday, September 2.
The Big Bang Theory Season 12, Complete Series Box-sets June 23, 2019
The Big Bang Theory: Season 12 and The Complete Series Box-set will be released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States and Canada on November 12, and in the United Kingdom and Ireland on November 11, and in Australia on November 13.
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The Big Bang Theory: Season 11 was released today on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States and Canada.

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> We're down to 4 pages of open PRs (from 7).
> Sorry for the huge number of "closed pull request" emails.
> > Wow thanks Andor!
> > > > ancient pull requests and close them if it makes sense.
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Persuasion Techniques
Conspiracy theories and Conspiracy theorists
By KorbenDallas, October 25, 2016 in Persuasion Techniques
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Alt-Right Trolls Are Trying To Trick People Into Thinking Trump Dossier Was A 4chan Prank
Trump supporters are spreading misinformation about a dossier that was released by BuzzFeed News Wednesday full of unverified allegations against President-elect Donald Trump.
posted on Jan. 11, 2017, at 7:48 a.m.
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You link to BuzzFeed? Really? The very BuzzFeed that published the fake news?
Well, if BuzzFeed says it, it must be true.
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2 hours ago, Michael Stuart Kelly said:
Who's the conspiracy theorist now?
Here's a very good analysis on what is now happening from Rush Limbaugh:
Establishment Attempts to Smear Trump with Fake News
Rush discusses it all, CNN and BuzzFeed, 4Chan, Reddit, John McCain, the intelligence community, he even calls up the Dan Rather episode from the Bush time.
The anti-Trump folks have been sitting on this thing for months, but have not been able to verify it. As time is running out, they made their play and got a big-ass cream pie in their faces in return.
They totally embarrassed themselves. And they did it good, too, with the Pissgate stuff. It's going to be a long while before they can make another play and be taken seriously by the public.
I want to quote from Rush's analysis, but there's just too much good stuff to choose from.
So go there and read it.
EDIT: Add this one, too:
Trump Is Conducting a Class in How to Win
This should go in the Trump Humor thread, but the context of today's presser about Pissgate would be lost.
So it belongs here.
From the Wall Street Journal:
Christopher Steele, Ex-British Intelligence Officer, Said to Have Prepared Dossier on Trump
Former spy is director of London-based Orbis Intelligence Ltd.
By BRADLEY HOPE, MICHAEL ROTHFELD and ALAN CULLISON
Jan. 11, 2017 2:22 p.m. ET
A former British intelligence officer now working for a private security-and-investigations firm produced the dossier of unverified allegations about President-elect Donald Trump's activities and connections in Russia, people familiar with the matter say.
Christopher Steele, a director of London-based Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd., prepared the dossier, the people said. The document alleges that the Kremlin colluded with Mr. Trump's presidential campaign and claims that Russian officials have compromising evidence of Mr. Trump's behavior that could be used to blackmail him. Mr. Trump has dismissed the contents of the dossier as false and Russia has denied the claims.
Mr. Steele, 52 years old, is one of two directors of the firm, along with Christopher Burrows, 58.
Mr. Burrows, reached at his home outside London on Wednesday, said he wouldn't "confirm or deny" that Orbis had produced the report. A neighbor of Mr. Steele's said Mr. Steele said he would be away for a few days. In previous weeks Mr. Steele has declined repeated requests for interviews through an intermediary, who said the subject was "too hot."
The dossier consists of a series of unsigned memos that appear to have been written between June and December 2016. Beyond creating the document, Mr. Steele also came up with a plan to get the information to law-enforcement officials in the U.S. and Europe, including the F.B.I., according to a person familiar with the matter.
Speaking about corporate-intelligence work in general terms, Mr. Burrows said "the objective is to respond to the requirements set out by our clients. We have no political ax to grind."
He said when clients asked a firm like Orbis to investigate something, you "see what's out there" first and later "stress test" your findings against other evidence.
No presidential campaigns or super PACs reported payments to Orbis in their required Federal Election Commission filings. But several super PACs over the course of the campaign have reported that they paid limited liability companies, whose ultimate owners may be difficult or impossible to discern.
The dossier's emergence—it was published online and widely circulated Tuesday—has generated a firestorm less than 10 days before Mr. Trump's inauguration. U.S. officials have examined the allegations but haven't confirmed any of them. The Wall Street Journal also hasn't corroborated any of the allegations in the dossier.
"It's all fake news," Mr. Trump said in a news conference Wednesday. "It's all phony stuff. It didn't happen."
The dossier contains lurid and difficult-to-prove allegations. The F.B.I. has found no evidence, for example, supporting the dossier's claim that an attorney for Mr. Trump traveled to the Czech Republic to meet with Kremlin officials, U.S. officials said. The attorney has also denied the claim.
The author of the report had a good reputation in the intelligence world and was stationed in Russia for years, said John Sipher, who retired in 2014 after 28 years in the CIA's clandestine service, where he specialized in Russia and counterintelligence. Mr. Sipher is now director of client services at CrossLead Inc., a Washington-based technology company set up by retired U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal.
Private-intelligence firms like Orbis have a growing presence. Major corporations use them to conduct due diligence on potential business partners in risky areas, but quality control can be loose when it comes to high-level political intrigue, according to executives of private intelligence companies.
When government intelligence agencies produce clandestine political reports, they often include thick sections about sources, possible motivations behind their information and the methods used to approach them. Such background helps decision makers determine how reliable the information is.
Andrew Wordsworth, co-founder of London-based investigations firm Raedas, who often works on Russian issues, said the memos in the Trump dossier were "not convincing at all."
"It's just way too good," he said. "If the head of the CIA were to declare he got information of this quality, you wouldn't believe it."
Mr. Wordsworth said it wouldn't make sense for Russian intelligence officials to be exposing state secrets to a former MI-6 officer, because "Russians believe once you are an agent, you're an agent forever."
Wired:
How Spy Agency Vets Read That Bombshell Trump Report: With Caution
Imperfect Intelligence
At the very least, the document is no hoax: According to CNN and the Guardian, senior intelligence officials presented a two-page summary of its contents to both Trump and President Obama. Trump, for his part, denied the report immediately and furiously. "FAKE NEWS – A TOTAL POLITICAL WITCH HUNT!" the President-elect wrote on Twitter, in a rare all-caps missive.
But those who spent their careers in the intelligence world are reading the report with more tempered skepticism, what ex-CIA analyst Patrick Skinner describes as "interested caution." He says he's neither dismissing the report nor taking its claims at face value, but like other intelligence agency alums WIRED spoke to, called it "raw intelligence" that would require far more work before it can be considered useful evidence.
[... ]
"My general take is that the intelligence community and law enforcement seem to be taking these claims seriously. That itself is highly significant. But it is not the same as these allegations being verified," says Hennessey, who is now a fellow at the Brookings Institution. "Even if this was an intelligence community document—which it isn't—this kind of raw intelligence is still treated with skepticism."
The intelligence report, in other words, shouldn't be accepted as fact. But neither should it be dismissed as fiction. As with all raw intelligence, the intelligence community's task will be separating the two. And with its subject set to control the world's most powerful office—and the agencies involved—in just over a week, the time left to do so may be quickly running out.
I caught this note about the actual "context" with which the summary/synopsis was made available to 'the briefers.' From an NBC article (emphasis added):
"Intel and law enforcement officials agree that none of the investigations have found any conclusive or direct link between Trump and the Russian government period," the senior official said.
According to the senior official, the two-page summary about the unsubstantiated material made available to the briefers was to provide context, should they need it, to draw the distinction for Trump between analyzed intelligence and unvetted "disinformation."
The briefers also had available to them unvetted "disinformation" about the Clinton Foundation, although that was not orally shared with Trump.
I kinda like this statement in your quote from the Wall Street Journal--by Hope, Rothfeld and Cullison.
Note that it takes three--yes, three, count 'em--journalists so come up with this pearl of great wisdom.
(Extra note: The words below are not from you, but the three reporters. I'm just too lazy to do a workaround with the OL software right now.)
1 hour ago, william.scherk said:
Mr. Trump has dismissed the contents of the dossier as false and Russia has denied the claims.
These journalists knew that Trump was presented with this report as an example of disinformation, as the last quote in your post makes clear. He was not warned that Russia may have something on him. He was warned that this kind of report was crap.
To have Trump DISMISS something false as false makes no journalistic sense. In this context, you dismiss something contrary, not something you agree with. Trump AGREED the dossier was false, he didn't dismiss it as false.
Yet the news is spinning it that way.
These people have lived up to their necks in so much bullshit for so long, they can't even tell it stinks anymore.
Oh, the conspiracy theory... the conspiracy theory...
Where are the tin-foil hats for the Trump team?
From the Daily Mail:
Trump conducts his own sting operation to ensnare intelligence briefers – and says he caught them leaking
President-elect Donald Trump, after growing suspicious that intelligence officials were leaking news about their classified briefings with him, says he conducted a sting operation to try to prove top spies were behind the leaks.
Trump revealed the extraordinary scheme to try to entrap the senior spies in a furious press conference where he suggested the intelligence community had been behind salacious and totally unproven allegations against him.
'I think it's pretty sad when intelligence reports get leaked out to the press. First of all, it's illegal. These are classified and certified meetings and reports,' Trump said during a press conference at Trump Tower – his first since getting elected.
Then he revealed the details of the stealthy sting he says he conducted on the nation's senior spooks.
'I'll tell you what does happen. I have many meetings with intelligence. And every time I meet, people are reading about it,' Trump complained, possibly referencing reports on his classified briefings, which he has chosen not to receive daily.
'Somebody's leaking them out,' Trump said, after inveighing against leaks generally.
'So I said, "Maybe it's my office. Maybe my office." Because I've got a lot of people … Maybe it's them?'
'What I did, is I said I won't tell anyone. I'm going to have a meeting, and I won't tell anybody about my meeting with intelligence,' Trump continued.
He even shielded one of his closest aides from word of the meeting.
'Nobody knew – not even Rhona, my executive assistant for years. She didn't know – I didn't tell her. Nobody knew,' Trump continued – drawing laughter from collected family members and staff.
Having set the trap, Trump says the word leaked anyway.
'The meeting was held. They left, and immediately the word got out that I had a meeting. So, I don't want that. It's very unfair to the country. It's very unfair to our country what's happening,' he said.
Oops... It looks like that one was real...
btw - This is front-page Drudge Report, also...
And the media was soooooooooo outraged for days that Trump said spooks lie. I guess they forgot that spooks lie for a living, at least the competent ones do.
They lie to us--we the people--too.
Another that should go in Trump Humor, but it only makes sense here:
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Our less than honest "news" media can make even a semantics professional doubt language.
Do you know how The Serpent tricked Eve? He put a "spin" on what God said about eating of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge.
Our media have modified Josef Goebel's approach. Instead of the Big Lie they apply the intermediate size lie persistently and without ceasing. Eventually the moderate lie and the truth begin to look and sound alike. It is the inability to distinguish between true and false that makes confusion.
It's getting bad.
Even Obama's folks are mocking CNN.
CNN's Jim Acosta will be calling out sick today. Doctor's have been unable to dislodge the President-elect's foot from his ass.
— Josh Earnst (@NotJoshEarnest) January 12, 2017
3 hours ago, BaalChatzaf said:
This is a pretty good description of how a process called "gaslighting" works.
This term comes from a play (and later movie) from the early days of last century when people still used gas for indoor lighting. The plot is about a con man who wants to run his new wife crazy and have her committed so he can freely get his mitts on all her money. So he tries to get her to doubt her own perceptions. He has the gaslights flicker and when she notices, he acts surprised because he says he sees nothing of the sort. (He has others in on it, too.) He has the furniture rearranged when she is out of the room, then claims it was always that way. And so on. And she starts to doubt her own mind.
The payoff for the con man in the story is to get his wife committed. The payoff for culture manipulators is for people to doubt their own judgments and listen to the manipulators as purveyors of the truth instead. Then they get their own agenda across, get laws passed, amass money and power, etc., all without serious opposition from the average person.
Now, get a load of this.
CNN has gone on the attack against Trump claiming he is gaslighting America:
Donald Trump is 'gaslighting' all of us
By Frida Ghitis
Really? After what CNN just did? What a joke!
This lady essentially is saying Trump is doing what CNN does all the time.
There is a young guy on YouTube named Ollie Mathews (video below). I like to watch him sometimes because he's an expert in narcissism. He runs a narcissism-abuse service where he helps people who suffer with narcissists in their lives.
Ollie went ballistic over this CNN article. Despite an inaccuracy he made over the golden showers story (he understood the story as saying Trump paid prostitutes to pee on a bed where Obama would still sleep rather than where he had already slept), Ollie's analysis of what is going on with the media is spot on.
I had never thought of the news media being a vehicle of narcissism, but it sure as hell is. To me, the cultural narcissism it promotes got lost in all the partisan yelling, but now I can see it as clear as day. And gaslighting is one of the main tools it uses.
Thank you, Ollie.
Well, welcome to the world of the Internet. No longer will a small number of broadcast and cable channels be gatekeepers for what goes into the public for discussion.
Ollie ain't polished and he cusses. But he believes in what he is saying. Passionately. Competently. And just like him, there are oodles of folks out there dissecting what the mainstream is doing.
Has anyone noticed that the credibility of the mainstream news is at an all time low and the public's trust in it keeps getting lower by the day?
Ollie is a good example of why. Multiply him by thousands or tens of thousands or even more--on all sides, too--and you can see what a good example he is.
Centralized cultural gaslighting is going the way of the dodo bird and the ruling class that is used to employing it on the masses is so terrified, it doesn't know what to do. They can't even get their spooks to work effectively anymore.
And I'm loving it.
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As Archie Bunker said, "Personally Edith, I think he only urinates in the terlot, wit da seat up.'
The following reminds me of the recent fake news about President Trump.
Written on the Snow by Paul Greenberg Posted: Jan 13, 2017 12:01 AM . . . . This much all can be sure of: Our lives are as fleeting as yesterday's snow in a universe which has been evolving and revolving since the Big Bang set everything in motion, and the world hasn't stopped swirling about ever since. For as an eminent geophysicist played by Bette Davis once announced: Buckle your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night. Or words to that effect, for it's hard to remember the exact quote. It might as well have been written on snow. end quote
On 1/12/2017 at 11:57 AM, william.scherk said:
Why did you switch the video? I liked the other one better since the one you replaced it with was merely a rant. Here's the one I liked better:
btw - I don't know what set Seaman off, but he's got a real bug up his rear end about this Pizzagate thing. He's not going to let it go. And now that the FBI is involved for real (if his words are true), this is going to get ugly. The folks who laugh at Seaman might not be laughing for too long.
Also, Seaman made an update about a run-down building that's had recent disquieting construction going on inside (to hear him tell it). It's called the Pegasus Museum and the Ping Pong Pizza guy is involved.
Down in Brazil, I had a little mutt (Corky) who was part chihuahua, part basset hound and part God knows what else. I once sat in a corner and watched him, over the space of about a couple of hours, destroy a split log from a pile of firewood. I have never seen a dog concentrate like that over such a long period of time. Granted, the quarter-split log was pine, so it was soft wood, but when that little mutt got finished shredding it, there was only kindling left.
He would put both front paws on the log, bite down on the middle, pull hard with his mouth to see what came up, then drop the sliver of wood. Sometimes he would back off and bark at the log a little. Then he would attack again. It was one of the funniest things I have ever seen. And Corky was damn pleased with himself when he finished, too.
David Seaman reminds me of Corky...
Alex Jones' Gay Frog Dossier.
John McCain is not a lesbian, it turns out.
Here's another conspiracy theory.
The theory is that a group called the DC Anti-Fascist Coalition is going to set off butyric acid stink bombs at the National Press Club during the Deploraball the night before the inauguration. Probably elsewhere, too. Butyric acid smells like human vomit and, according to one of the people filmed, lasts a long time.
Oddly enough, part of the video sting for this conspiracy theory was made at Comet Ping Pong Pizza. Where have I heard about that place before?
This is a story that James O'Keefe (Project Veritas) is stringing out in at least another installment. So more is coming.
And, to the chagrin of the conspiracy theory mockers, it looks like law enforcement is already involved...
That is what they want you to think...
I had a feeling you were going to post this, but from a different video. The Young Turks did a report on this, too.
As to the substance?
That's the way dirty tricks roll. Ask Obama's friend, Creamer.
However...
The Young Turks video left out the run-up, which your folks did not. So it sounded a lot worse the way the YT did it. In other words, did I just hear what I just heard?
Basically, I just heard the following (paraphrased):
COUNTERSTING: So you got money and you want disruptions, right?
MAASS: Ummm hmmm...
COUNTERSTING: And you know we can do this and that and that other thing (escalating toward violence).
COUNTERSTING: And if we do that, you'll pay us, right?
COUNTERSTING: Gotchaaaaaaaaaa! We don't do violence.
Now they spin it that Veritas was actively procuring violence. Granted, Maass walked right into it and her warning bells should have gone off, but dirty tricks people get nailed at times.
I wonder how these countersting folks are going to say the term "butyric acid" was somehow edited into the mouths of the anti-Trump people O'Keefe stung this last go around, though.
It doesn't look to me like the short takes were edited at all. It looks like those folks actually said these things and how badly they wanted to fuck up the inauguration. And it looks like they were right there in Comet Ping Pong Pizza saying them, too. I hear the pizza's good over there.
It looks like we are going to have some fine entertainment this year:
In one corner...
Dirty tricks funded by George Soros,
... and in the other corner,
Dirty tricks funded by Donald Trump.
Anyone wanna bet a crow on the winner?
Hey... How come the Soros sting folks can't nail Roger Stone?
1 hour ago, Michael Stuart Kelly said:
Because they don't exist?!?
1 hour ago, KorbenDallas said:
Korben,
You don't think Soros funds these things when he's openly said he does?
Also, the money trail is drop dead easy to follow.
Here. Let me help you (courtesy of David Horowitz).
or here:
Guide to the George Soros Network
Organizations Funded Directly by George Soros and his Open Society Foundations
I like the banter, but I don't understand your comment. This information is well documented and pretty much public knowledge.
It would be like me claiming Trump never says anything controversial.
Come to think of it, I like Trump's manner of funding dirty tricks a lot better than what Soros does.
You can call James O'Keefe anything, but a high-end video producer he is not. In fact, he's rag-tag and his political influence (ACORN, Planned Parenthood, the 2016 election videos--especially Creamer & Co., crossing the US-Mexico border while dressed as Bin Laden, New Jersey Teachers' Union, etc.) has been in a HUUUUUUUUUGE disproportion to his sophistication and the money he has received.
On the other hand, Soros keeps pouring money, money, money into countless front groups and has been doing this for decades. When compared to Trump, Soros just doesn't get much bang for his buck.
I hear he funds a mean pizza, though.
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The Ecuadorian piedtail (Phlogophilus hemileucurus) is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Taxonomy and systematics

The Ecuadorian piedtail shares its genus with the Peruvian piedtail (P. harterti). It is monotypic.

Description

The Ecuadorian piedtail is  long and weighs . The adult male and female are alike. They have a short, straight, black bill with a yellowish base. Their crown is greenish brown and the rest of the upperparts grass green. They have a white spot behind the eye. The throat and breast are white with green spots with a white band separating them. The belly is whitish. The innermost pair of tail feathers are blue-green; the others are blue with white bases and broad white tips. Juveniles resemble the adults but their head and neck feathers have buff fringes.

Distribution and habitat

The Ecuadorian piedtail is found in the eastern foothills of the Andes from Colombia's Putumayo and Cauca departments south through eastern Ecuador into northeastern Peru's departments of San Martín and Loreto. It inhabits primary forest edges and secondary forest at elevations between .

Behavior

Movement

The Ecuadorian piedtail is mostly sedentary but local altitudinal movements are believed to be likely.

Feeding

The Ecuadorian piedtail typically forages between  above the ground. It perches to take nectar from flowers and to glean small insects from foliage.

Breeding

The Ecuadorian piedtail's breeding season spans from December to April. The typical nest is a cup of fine rootlets and fern leaf placed  above the ground. It is sited in vines or under overhanging thickets. The clutch size is two eggs.

Vocalization

The Ecuadorian piedtail's song is "a series of typically three high-pitched buzzy notes...followed by several twittering notes 'tzeeeee...tzeee.tzew..tititititi', continuously repeated." Its calls include "a descending series of 3–4 high-pitched 'see' notes..., a repeated 'tsik' note and high-pitched twittering."

Status

The IUCN  assesses the Ecuadorian piedtail as least concern. "Much of its habitat is under intense pressure from agriculture and cattle pasture, low-intensity farming, tea and coffee growing, mining operations and logging."

References

Ecuadorian piedtail
Birds of the Ecuadorian Andes
Ecuadorian piedtail
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I don't pretend to fully understand this so I will explain what I do know and will add more later as I am taught. It certainly is very complex for us to grasp. I think that all we can really do is to go with the flow and do our best. Remember that this is all about Gaia and her Ascension. We are all invited to be present at such a momentous time. That is true for everyone on Earth and a very fortunate few will make the journey with her as guests as she ascends (we've all been invited) and advance to 5D lives on the new 5D Earth.. This is an enormous step forward for us and inevitably it will be challenging in many ways. But what an adventure and prize!
The 5D Earth is already in place and has many recognizable features on it including forests, seas, mountains, grasslands and plants. Most of the lower life forms are there as are many of the life forms from the seas and rivers. Lots of the higher animals that live on the land are also there but in smaller numbers. There are also many life forms that will be new to us. There are no 20th/21st century type humans yet and they won't be added until the last phase of development. Basic facilities are being put in place for these humans by 5D Light Beings, who are creating them with their minds and hearts.
The power of the Dnet has been and is being used to create and keep clear 300,000 portals between the 3D and 5D Earths. Also that power has fully opened and keeps clear 23 Earth chakras that are linking the two planets together and the 5D portal is also used. Energy and life forms are moving from the 3D Earth to the 5D Earth through the portals and chakras. The dark side doesn't want this to happen and is fighting it, which is why the portals and chakras get blocked and need clearing every day. The power of the Dnet is also being used to help to clear the 3D Earth and the connections to the 5D Earth on a daily basis.
The best way I find to understand the 5D Earth and life on it is to think of ghosts. They exist around us but live primarily in the 4th Dimension so they vibrate at a different frequency to us. Some gifted people can see, feel or hear them but most aren't even aware of them yet they go about their new lives around us. It is similar with the 5D Earth, which exists besides the 3DEarth but in a different dimension. 5D Mars has existed for a long time and sits besides 3D Mars as we know it but 5D Mars is full of life and 3D Mars is barren. This is what will happen to 3D Earth as the energy level is moved upwards and it will no longer be able to sustain anything but limited life on 3D Earth. Another analogy is clouds over a lake where the water exists in one form in the lake and a different lighter form in the clouds, plus it also exists in the air between them as it is transported to the clouds.
I can only partially see the 5D Earth and some of the more gifted people in the Dnet can see it much clearly. I can feel Gaia though and feel both 3D and 5D versions of her planet and the stress she is going through in this transition. The 5D planet is beautiful and many of the colours are outside of our current range of perception. They are so striking. The energy feels lovely but words cannot convey the beauty, although I can share it with people on a psychic level. There is growth everywhere as the planet and its various spiritual levels are being formed and shaped. Gaia the artist loves this part and it needs someone better than me to do it justice.
3D bodies and spirits could not function on 5D Earth much like the water in the lake could not exist in the cloud in the same way. We will need to vibrate at a higher frequency and our bodies will be less dense. So being in the Dnet, and connected to the 5D portal, is gradually altering us at very deep levels. The effects are cumulative and over time they become more obvious. The more we apply ourselves to the Dnet Ascension process, the quicker it happens.
I can see how the people in the Dnet are changing and how the Light has grown in them. Some are gaining new or enhanced powers such as sensing ghosts and entities, clairvoyance, telepathy, healing abilities, etc. On the 5D Earth, these powers will become the norm and many of our daily tasks will be done with the mind and heart. Our bodies will be scrubbed clean, far less dense and younger. Our lessons of ageing will be over and we will be like 45 or less for the rest of our lives. They will only come to an end when we have completed our service and need to move on to the next level.
This will be a wonderful experience but it's no more right or wrong than the paths some of our friends and loved ones may take to other 3D worlds on other planets. We will all have different bodies to some extent and be living in completely changed planetary environments. We will live new lives with new friends and experiences and, in many ways, we will all be starting over.
Those of us on the 5D New Earth will be living 5D lives at a more refined Spiritual vibration because we will be ready to live and grow at his level. Those staying on 3D and 4D worlds for the time being will have many further opportunities to qualify, graduate and move to 5D, when they are ready. So it is a natural progression and there is no need to feel guilty about others following their individual schedules.


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We were developing the first version of the MaximaTelecom STATMAxima big data platform and a system for profiling users of Wi-Fi in the Moscow Metro. We had no data at all. We had no data to train on and no data to infer user traits from. Except for the raw BIND DNS logs.
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This article was first published in El País on 7 December 2013. It has been translated without permission for the Mexican Journalism Translation Project (MxJTP).
On that "first September 11," while Pinochet's dictatorship took La Moneda, Diego Fonseca (Argentina, 1970) was grabbing records from his father's collection so he could trample them with his orthopedic shoes. Fonseca was three years old at the time. He uses that image from 1973 in his latest book, but it took three months to spring to mind, and came to him when he was looking at his four-year-old son. Little Matteo, of course, doesn't scratch records – "because there are none in the house" – but with unconscious energy he will break an iPad's screen.
The conversation with the journalist and writer takes place around a table on the third floor of Guadalajara's Hilton Hotel, between events at the Feria Internacional del Libro (International Book Fair). Crecer a golpes. Crónicas y ensayos de América Latina a cuarenta años de Allende y Pinochet brings together the vision of 13 important storytellers and journalists to review the last four decades of the region's ongoing conflicts. During the interview the author speaks about Latin America's past and present, a story that belongs to a generation that grew up among the dictatorships. Diego Fonseca was 13 years old when Argentina recovered its democracy. Son of a teacher and a provincial lawmaker, at 14 he became politically active. "At the time I thought that being young could change things. Now I believe more in transformation as a progressive process. If you clear away everything at once the problem is that tomorrow people expect that public services will continue to function. Processes take time. Changes require force, dedication. Deep transformations don't occur from one day to the next," he says.
Question. Some say that Latin America has turned its back on its past. Do you think that there can be justice without damaging the economic and social well being that some of the region's countries have achieved in spite of not judging their dictators?
Answer. I think that there's an attempt at recuperation, of a re-reading of the past. At certain moments some countries did turn their backs because the necessary conditions did not exist. Argentina was the only country that didn't turn its back. Scarcely two or three years after democracy's return to Argentina, Alfonsín had put more than 300 soldiers in prison, between 40 or 45 years old, and who were fully a part of the armed forces. To me Guatemala's attempt also seems consummately dignified. El Salvador is trying, a little, to look at that past. Chile still has a way to go. Argentina was complicated because while it tried to deliver justice, the economy tanked and the government couldn't manage both fronts. Chile's process, however, is distinct. Its economy has remained pretty stable but the political sphere needs some redefining. I hope it won't take too long. But I don't believe either retaliation or revenge make justice. The past needs to be reviewed in its entirety. Across the political spectrum they have made errors and I prefer that justice come later [rather than never].
Q: After the first round of elections in Chile, there are predictions of the Left's return to power. Do you welcome that?
A: Yes I welcome the coalition's return to government. I have always liked Bachelet. She's a solid woman, a statesperson. The experience of the unreconstructed right, still stuck to the Chilean military's old praetorian guard really wasn't practical. It seems to me that there's a huge social movement trying to argue about Chile's values and I think that Bachelet must place before her some attention to those values that arose during her first period in office. Looked at another way, her style of managing social issues is different. Under Piñera, society's demands exploded and I think that these can't be ignored. Questions about educational policy need to be looked at again and that's going to be central.
Q: How do you view the recent results of the Honduran elections: the victory of the official party's candidate and the claims of fraud from the Left?
A: What's certain is that I haven't followed the elections deeply enough to judge the results. But on first blush it seems there is not sufficient proof to speak of fraud.
Q: You write that Latin America still hasn't come of age. How old is it then?
A: It's surely more than 13 years old and it's probably closer to being a 17 year old. At that age rebellion sets in, responsibilities are looming, and one has to think about doing something in life. Latin America has thickened its understanding of strengthening institutions. The main goal is to try to bring stability, in society, as well as in the economy. Through politics it's possible to create those much-needed transformations. If any one of those three factors falters in a process of transformation, problems are going to arise. For example, in Chile's specific case, if your economy is good and your institutions are good but you don't manage social conflict, you are going to have little fare ups that, in Piñera's case cost him keeping the Right in power. Improvement in equilibrium is much needed and Latin America is learning. But there are countries that still have to resolve many things, like freedom of the press or the rights of individuals.
Q: And what's left for Mexico to resolve?
A: Mexico has many things left to do: the war against drug traffickers, the problems in managing public information… I think that there is an enormous question mark in respect to the PRI's capacity and desire to show that it's had a deep internal discussion about bringing democracy to the Party and at the same time that it has the capacity to manage the state through democratic government. This is a huge doubt that's going to follow Peña Nieto throughout his term in office.
Q: Since drug trafficking is one of this country's outstanding problems, does the growth of the self-defense movement warrant an opinion?
A: It's a complex phenomenon. I don't think it's reasonable that civilian or social groups should take justice into their own hands. Having said that, one has to think about how to build the Mexican state. The idea of the nation hasn't taken hold throughout the country. When one travels into the country's deep south, like Chiapas, one finds that ethnicity exists before the idea of Mexico. It's as if politics was a game of occupying spaces, and where the state doesn't have any presence other political actors occupy that vacuum. In this way, the narco has created its own proto-state micro-relationships in places where it's dominant. The self-defense groups finish with the state by saying it doesn't have the capacity to provide the required security and that because they've been deserted the only thing that families can do is defend themselves. It's an ugly message. I don't like them. I understand why they've sprung up but I don't like them.
Q: By way of conclusion, would you ever return to politics?
A: No [it's resounding no]. I want to write. I believe that my role is trying to understand processes. My father's a politician, but I'm not motivated in the same way. I dedicated the book to those who believed, to my father who still believes, and to my son who will believe, but I don't put myself in any of those three places. I have believed and I stopped believing. I want to believe again but I am not stubborn like my father. I ought to be a bit more stubborn to return to politics and I think that just doesn't grab me.
Journalist Paula Chouza reports from Mexico for El País. Follow her on Twitter @pchouza. This interview first appeared bearing the title "Diego Fonseca :"No creo que se deba hacer justicia por revancha ni venganza"," available at: http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2013/12/07/actualidad/1386376286_662915.html.
Writer, journalist, and editor Diego Fonseca is the author of numerous articles and several books. His latest edited volume is Crecer a golpes (Penguin Random House, available on Kindle and in paper). You can follow him on Twitter @DiegoFonsecaDF.
This satirical news piece – about hiving off Mexico's troubled western state of Michoacán, making it independent – was published in El Deforma on Monday 24 March 2014. Mexico's press has a lengthy tradition – stretching back to even before independence from Spain in the early nineteenth century – of employing satire to steer through thorny issues. It has been translated without permission for the Mexican Journalism Translation Project (MxJTP).
Mexico.- The Governor of the State of Mexico — the gurantor of safety for all the country's inhabitants — requested the Senate erase the State of Michoacán. He says the state must not keep operating because it does not meet security standards.
Eruviel Ávila argues that there are not enough police resources to maintain order in that state and the healthiest thing to do is shut it down until there's certainty that it can operate according to minimum standards to avoid instances of violence.
"We can't let Michoacán go on. I know that there will be a lot of people affected by this proposal, but the damage will be greater if it continues being part of the country. Besides, they are going to refund money for everybody who bought a house there," declared an energetic Eruviel, a man who never tires of protecting the nation.
The Senate will analyze the proposal inviting Michoacán to declare itself independent for an indefinite period. Some lawmakers have already shown they are in favor. "Well, if we run some quick numbers, if we separate Mexico from Michoacán, then the violence in this country will go down automatically. The Monarch butterflies present a bit of a problem, because they bring in a ton of tourist money and they normally live in Michoacán, but surely we'll be able to relocate them here," stated Senator Eduardo Merénguez.
A vote on the proposal is expected in the following hours when a decision is expected.
Satirical news portal El Deforma pokes fun at all things in Mexico, including the country's political class. The article first appeared under the title, "Asegura que Michoacán no cuenta con los estándares mínimos para llevarse a cabo," available at: http://eldeforma.com/2014/03/24/eruviel-cancela-el-estado-de-michoacan-por-falta-de-seguridad/.
Translator Patrick Timmons' last piece of droll satire appeared on CounterPunch as "Interviewing Myself: A Selfie Portrait," available at: http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/03/14/a-selfie-portrait/.
This article was first published in Proceso on 15 March 2014. It has been translated without permission for the Mexican Journalism Translation Project (MxJTP).
TEPALCATEPEC, Mich., (apro). – José Manuel Mireles Valverde, member of the Michoacán Self-Defense Council (known in Spanish by its acronym, CAM) accused Enrique Peña Nieto's government of betraying them and censoring the media that is telling the truth about a social movement that has now lasted for longer than one year.
According to Mireles, the arrest resulted from a trap because Mora was delivered to the Attorney General for his alleged responsibility in the murders of Rafael Sánchez Moreno, "El Pollo," and José Luis Torres Castañeda, "El Niño," both executed and incinerated on 8 March.
"The government jailed Hipólito and wants to arrest the other leaders. And it's destroying the image of our self-defense forces by paying the media for unfounded stories, saying we are criminals. That's a lie. Nobody messes with Michoacán, not even the damned government," he maintained.
Mireles said that Carmen Aristegui's program is proof of the government's censorship because she frequently interviews CAM leaders but that the show is not broadcase in Michoacán.
He added that the government "manipulates" things, beginning a series of telephone surveys "designed to damage" the self-defense forces' prestige.
"The great heroes who gave us this country really weren't the best people. So the government fears that Mexico will wake up. But with social networks it's impossible for the government to take us for a ride," Mireles said.
"The surveys put the safety of Michoacanos at risk since they ask people for opinions about the self-defense forces. The questions always look to damage the movement. It would be better for people to hang up the phone. Nobody should take this sort of call. They are ringing from telephone numbers in Mexico City that begin with 55," Mireles said.
According to the leader of the self-defense forces, they are conducting surveys with "rigged data" in cities such as Uruapan, Morelia, Los Reyes, Zamora, Zacápu, Zitácuaro, Pátzcuaro, Lázaro Cárdenas, Los Reyes [sic.] Múgica and others.
Mireles also insisted that the self-defence forces have not broken with the government. He emphasized that the authorities have not lived up to the original agreements with the self-defense forces' general council and it does not trust them because whenever they talk with the press, there are repercussions.
By way of an example of these repercussions, Mireles labeled the agreements signed between the government and the self-defense fores as "pure theater." After Mireles gave an interview to newspaper El País and to Carmen Aristegui, authorities withdrew federal bodyguards who had been protecting his son.
Journalist Francisco Castellanos J. reports from Michoacán for Proceso, Mexico's weekly news magazine. This article first appeared under the title, "'Si el gobierno quiere guerra, guerra tendrá': Mireles," available at: http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=367446.


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package com.jeeplus.weixin.fastweixin.api;

import com.jeeplus.weixin.fastweixin.api.config.ApiConfig;
import com.jeeplus.weixin.fastweixin.api.entity.Article;
import com.jeeplus.weixin.fastweixin.api.enums.MediaType;
import com.jeeplus.weixin.fastweixin.api.response.*;
import com.jeeplus.weixin.fastweixin.util.JSONUtils;
import com.jeeplus.weixin.fastweixin.util.NetWorkCenter;
import com.jeeplus.weixin.fastweixin.util.StreamUtils;
import org.apache.http.Header;
import org.apache.http.HttpStatus;
import org.apache.http.client.config.RequestConfig;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.CloseableHttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * 多媒体资源API
 *
 * @author peiyu
 */
public class MediaAPI extends BaseAPI {

    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MediaAPI.class);

    public MediaAPI(ApiConfig config) {
        super(config);
    }

    /**
     * 上传资源,会在微信服务器上保存3天,之后会被删除
     *
     * @param type 资源类型
     * @param file 需要上传的文件,多媒体文件有格式和大小限制,如下:
                    图片(image): 2M,支持bmp/png/jpeg/jpg/gif格式
                    语音(voice):2M,播放长度不超过60s,支持AMR\MP3格式
                    视频(video):10MB,支持MP4格式
                    缩略图(thumb):64KB,支持JPG格式
     * @return 响应对象
     */
    public UploadMediaResponse uploadMedia(MediaType type, File file) {
        UploadMediaResponse response;
        String url = "https://api.weixin.qq.com/cgi-bin/media/upload?access_token=#&type=" + type.toString();
        BaseResponse r = executePost(url, null, file);
        response = JSONUtils.toBean(r.getErrmsg(), UploadMediaResponse.class);
        return response;
    }

    /**
     * 上传群发文章素材。
     *
     * @param articles 上传的文章信息
     * @return 响应对象
     */
    public UploadMediaResponse uploadNews(List<Article> articles){
        UploadMediaResponse response;
        String url = BASE_API_URL + "cgi-bin/media/uploadnews?access_token=#";
        final Map<String, Object> params = new HashMap<String, Object>();
        params.put("articles", articles);
        BaseResponse r = executePost(url, JSONUtils.toJson(params));
        response = JSONUtils.toBean(r.getErrmsg(), UploadMediaResponse.class);
        return response;
    }

    /**
     * 上传群发消息图片素材
     */
    public UploadImgResponse uploadImg(File file){
        UploadImgResponse response;
        String url = "https://api.weixin.qq.com/cgi-bin/media/uploadimg?access_token=#";
        BaseResponse r = executePost(url, null, file);
        response = JSONUtils.toBean(r.getErrmsg(), UploadImgResponse.class);
        return response;
    }

    /**
     * 下载资源,实现的很不好,反正能用了。搞的晕了,之后会优化
     *
     * @param mediaId 微信提供的资源唯一标识
     * @return 响应对象
     */
    public DownloadMediaResponse downloadMedia(String mediaId) {
        DownloadMediaResponse response = new DownloadMediaResponse();
        String url = "https://api.weixin.qq.com/cgi-bin/media/get?access_token=" + this.config.getAccessToken() + "&media_id=" + mediaId;
        RequestConfig config = RequestConfig.custom().setConnectionRequestTimeout(NetWorkCenter.CONNECT_TIMEOUT).setConnectTimeout(NetWorkCenter.CONNECT_TIMEOUT).setSocketTimeout(NetWorkCenter.CONNECT_TIMEOUT).build();
        CloseableHttpClient client = HttpClientBuilder.create().setDefaultRequestConfig(config).build();
        HttpGet get = new HttpGet(url);
        try {
            CloseableHttpResponse r = client.execute(get);
            if (HttpStatus.SC_OK == r.getStatusLine().getStatusCode()) {
                InputStream inputStream = r.getEntity().getContent();
                Header[] headers = r.getHeaders("Content-disposition");
                if (null != headers && 0 != headers.length) {
                    Header length = r.getHeaders("Content-Length")[0];
                    response.setContent(inputStream, Integer.valueOf(length.getValue()));
                    response.setFileName(headers[0].getElements()[0].getParameterByName("filename").getValue());
                } else {
                    ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
                    StreamUtils.copy(inputStream, out);
                    String json = out.toString();
                    response = JSONUtils.toBean(json, DownloadMediaResponse.class);
                }
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            LOG.error("IO处理异常", e);
        } finally {
            try {
                client.close();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                LOG.error("异常", e);
            }
        }
        return response;
    }

}

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On Sometimes, Forever, Soccer Mommy Excel Outside Their Comfort Zone
The Nashville indie-rock group's Oneohtrix Point Never-produced third album is their most creative work to date, and sacrifices none of their signature sound
By Eric Bennett | June 22, 2022 | 12:30pm
Music Reviews Soccer Mommy
Since her debut album Clean made waves in 2018, it's been clear that Soccer Mommy's Sophie Allison is an unstoppable creative force. Though little about that record sounds groundbreaking now, it wound up influencing legions of other young songwriters to try their hand at this specific kind of isolated, effusive indie rock. Soccer Mommy's ascent also made it apparent that Allison's aims were much higher. The more fleshed-out color theory saw Soccer Mommy's music leaning more into Third Eye Blind-adjacent pop-rock but still forging its own path, often side-stepping common structures, like on the seven-minute-long "yellow is the color of her eyes." In their recent live shows, Allison and her band have been blowing up their old songs, transforming each into something fuller, more distorted, and completely new. This more shoegaze-inspired sound is prominent on their third studio album, Sometimes, Forever.
The most apparent change Soccer Mommy have made this time around is their enlisting of Daniel Lopatin as producer. Lopatin's experimental electronic project, Oneohtrix Point Never, seems far enough removed that when this news broke, it inspired a lot of questions about what on Earth this record would sound like. Fortunately, Lopatin's influence is positive, and Sometimes, Forever is endlessly more interesting because of his and Allison's interplay. The album is a refreshing departure from the band's prior work as Lopatin helps to twist their sound into new, more mangled shapes.
Album opener "Bones" sounds like Soccer Mommy's discography in miniature, as its gradual build mirrors Allison's own progression. Though it begins in the soft terrain of Clean, the song pulls in louder guitars, drums that hit harder, and a chorus whose melody feels ready to captivate college radio. As it wears on, triumphant in sound despite its vulnerable subject, it warps, and little silvery pinpricks of electronic instrumentation shoot in. By its end, "Bones" is a torrent of fuzzy guitars and an exemplar of everything Soccer Mommy is aiming for at present.
Some of the best songs on Sometimes, Forever are the ones where the album's electronic influence is more subtle. Swirling keys and drums kick off "With U," a laid-back rocker marked by its stunning, harsh chorus. "Being with you is all I can do / The stars and the moon can't compare," Allison sings, her voice cushioned by a mass of distorted guitars. The album's lead single "Shotgun," a song about the stifling nature of waiting, similarly takes only the sparing cue from the chaotic stylings of Oneohtrix Point Never. It's made in the image of past classic Soccer Mommy songs like "Your Dog" or "Circle The Drain" in that everything about it serves its chorus, ensuring it bursts forth, a gripping and dynamic melody ready to stick with you forever. Here, that chorus comes decked out with ethereal gliding synths and a drum machine that echoes out like a bullet firing into the air. It's an undeniable hit, easily one of the record's best.
"Fire in the Driveway," a more subdued number in the album's back half, is a quieter highlight. A strummed acoustic guitar sits front and center with Allison's soft voice singing about a fleeting encounter. Its wispy qualities are gradually hijacked as an eerie affectation and grinding synths creep up around it, transforming this ballad into something more abstract. Allison's voice sounds labored, as though she's trying to maintain composure amid the shaking of turbulence. These more measured changes help set Soccer Mommy's new music apart but never make it feel foreign, grounding her sound in familiar territory, but letting itself take chances that never would have been possible before.
There are a handful of songs that sound completely different from anything Soccer Mommy has ever done. These are the moments when they get to play with influences they admire, but were never previously able to integrate into their music. "Unholy Affliction" is a murky track with a warped arrangement. Allison's voice is a distant deadpan as she bristles against the trappings of success—"I don't want the money / That fake kind of happy." Its clashing, mechanical drums recall Portishead, and the effects applied to Allison's voice make her sound more like Elizabeth Fraser than she ever has before. The dark turn is repeated on "Darkness Forever," a song that brings Sylvia Plath's famous suicide to the forefront as Allison begins: "Head in the oven / didn't seem so crazy / My head was burning / Hot to the touch." Soccer Mommy has discussed pain, both mental and physical, in the past, but never from such a stark perspective. As this monstrous track builds, it grows more ominous. With sludgy guitar riffs and rumbling drums, all of which are flanked by screeching synths, there's nothing comfortable here. These tracks both serve as testaments to the band's versatility, and to how much they can change if given the right push.
Despite how inventive things can be when Soccer Mommy think outside the box, two of the record's best songs feel less like experiments—instead, they feel more like the natural next step from color theory. "Still," the album's closer, is a sparse, natural-sounding song about how dehumanizing fame can be. All the dramatics of the album it finishes out are gone, and only Allison's voice is there to captivate us and move us to see her specific plight. "Feel It All The Time" is an extended metaphor in which Allison sings about her pickup truck as a source of confidence. It's a breezy rocker with an immediately memorable hook, and it leans harder into Allison's country music fan roots than any of Sometimes, Forever's dark electronics. "Still" and "Feel It All The Time" shine because they feel like an alternate reality within the album. These are insights into the direction Soccer Mommy could have taken. This doesn't negate the power of Sometimes, Forever, a record that will be noted for its big swings, but rather reinforces it. When a band is able to thrive both inside and outside their comfort zone, it is built to last. The release of Sometimes, Forever is just another indication that Soccer Mommy will persevere in the face of an industry that is always changing.
Eric Bennett is a music critic with bylines at Post-Trash, The Grey Estates and The Alternative. They are also a co-host of Endless Scroll, a weekly podcast covering the intersection of music and internet culture. You can follow them on Twitter at @violet_by_hole.
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Photos from the Santa Cruz Half Marathon/10k Race on 04.12.15. While there were plenty of hired photographers, I might have been the only one walking the course.
Learn about Abalone's "Rise to Culinary Fame" with fisheries historian Tim Thomas. Learn the history of red abalone fishing in Monterey Bay, see photos of Japanese fishermen who came to California to risk their lives diving for it, and the German restauranteur who made abalone famous. Presented by Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary.


Understanding how git works internally "from the ground up" has been incredibly helpful in my everyday work; things like blobs, commit objects, hashes and how they connect to form the git experience as I know it. Where I had been cargo-culting along previously, it all became clear once I understood the fundamental model of what was going on underneath the interface.
I feel like the same thing could apply to PGP/GnuPG. I am cargo culting my way along but I feel like I would feel much, much, much more comfortable if I knew how it worked from the ground up.
I have loose ideas of asymmetric cryptography and trust circles and such, but nothing concrete to hinge my actions upon, so I mostly try different permutations of command line arguments until GPG appears to do what I want it to do.
Is there a "from the ground up" good guide to PGP that allows me to break out of this pattern?
Typically if you send an email from a@example.com to b@example.com, it will find the two public keys from both parties and encrypt the symmetric key for both. The sender obviously wrote it, but they might want to read it back so the symmetric key is also encrypted with their public key, as well as the recipient's.
A random symmetric key is chosen to encrypt the message, since it would be silly to encrypt the whole message for each recipient again and again. And even if there's only one recipient, random key generation plus symmetric key encryption is typically faster than encrypting the whole message with asymmetric crypto (unless the message is just a few bytes, in which case it's fast regardless).
File encryption probably works the same way, except you're typically the sole recipient.
Signatures are done by encrypting a hash of the message with your private key, which everyone can decrypt with your public key to verify the hash. Since you're the only person with the private key, you are the only person who could have encrypted that hash, and since hashes are unique, you must have wanted to sign this text. (N.B. Both keys, public and private, can be used for both encryption and decryption, you just can't use the same key to decrypt if it was already used to encrypt and vice versa.) The hash is used rather than the full message for both speed and because it makes your signature a lot shorter.
Did I miss anything, at least from a crypto standpoint (since I don't know details of the file structure)?
I'm hoping that by understanding the meaning of the raw data structures, I can ask much more educated questions when I am faced with a new operation I want to perform using GnuPG. The idea is that instead of asking myself "what happens if I set a new, future expiration date on a revoked key?" with no clear answer, I could just think in terms of (e.g., I have no idea how it really works) "since the expiration date is set as an optional header extension to the key data structure, and the revocation bit is maintained in the mandatory header, the revocation bit takes precedence over any other extension headers, including the new expiry date I accidentally set."
This way, knowing the raw data structures makes it easier for me to figure out which command line arguments I want, if you will.
That's like saying that if I understand the layout of the Ext4 filesystem, I can ask much more educated questions about how to write shell scripts or other kinds of programs to manipulate files in various ways.
I haven't read it, but "PGP: Source Code and Internals", by PGP's author Philip Zimmerman is worth a try. I've read his other book "Official PGP User's Guide" and learned quite a bit.
Mea culpa. I could try to blame autocorrect, but the fault is entirely mine.
I'm a very competent git user and don't know how blobs work (nor care). I haven't hit a problem scenario so far in which I had to dissect a blob.
> I feel like the same thing could apply to PGP/GnuPG.
If you don't know crypto, the internals of GNUPG are a bad way to learn it.
I would recommend reading a book, such as Applied Cryptography by Bruce Schneier.
Someone who reads that should be a much better informed, much more sophisticated user of crypto, whether it be an application like GNUPG or a some cryptographic programming library or communication protocol. A developer who reads that book should have the know-how to implement some crypto and spot some crypto-related security flaws.
How GNUPG stores things in various formats is less important than the semantics of those things: like what is a private key, what is a signature and so on. You need to understand what is happening when you, say, verify a signature; just not necessarily at the bit level.
If you have time and are fine with it being a bit dry, you can read RFC4880 , the RFC for OpenPGP.
This is something I have done some work on (I wrote a basic implementation in an attempt to understand a while ago ), but I don't have a nice writeup.
The pubkey encrypted packets contain a key used to encrypt the data. The encrypted data packet includes that symmetrically encrypted data.
When I have more time, I may do a more useful writeup on my site, but currently I am too busy.
If you have some pointers to Git internals explanation, similar to what you're looking for PGP/GnuPG, can you provide them? That would be useful and illustrative :) .
The latter is newer but a bit longer.
Don't be fooled by the video names, these are introductions to the internals not just the interface.
I'm not OP, but I found this to be useful.
https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/ scroll to Chapter 10 "Git Internals"
The official git page has very good documentation regarding git internals. (The whole book is worth reading) https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Internals-Plumbing-and-Po... gives you a good overview on how git handles things internally.
Although it doesn't have PGP/GnuPG, I found "The Architecture of Open Source Applications" to be very interesting and something that should be spread out more.
My work demanded me to read the ITK and VTK parts. Git and GDB are also very nice.
Good coverage of the fundamentals before attempting a deeper understanding of PGP specifically.
I found The Code Book a helpful read, though it's very much a high-level overview.
If you want to really understand what's going on at low level, one option is to just read the RFC and follow the references.
I was going to recommend Singh's book as well. I have an older edition of it, and some of it is certainly out of date (I think it has a whole chapter on Freenet, which may still be around but these days has been eclipsed by Tor), but the core principles are quite good. It's among the best explanations of asymmetric cryptography that I've read, anyway.
The low-level is more than good covered, the actual use of the GPG in different scenarios is what's not discussed enough.
How RSA works belongs to those snippets of random information that I do possess, but can't reliably link together to get a full picture of the PGP experience.
but note that older GPG's used less strong symmetric ciphers by default.


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Posted in: Movies.	Tagged: abi casson thompson, british, candy cane, Demon, England, Erebus Horror, evil, jon callaway, kate lush, Movie, Movie Review, review, spirit, Surrey, The Candy Witch, Uncork'd Entertainment, uncorkd, Urban Legend.	1 comment
There's something about urban legends that tends to resonate with the masses. Whether this be the mystery, intrigue or the peril they usually portray, many of these chilling tales of folklore have been around for generations. Some have regional variations, whilst others are a mosaic of legends; bits and pieces of different stories brought together to show a terrifying new image. The Candy Witch seems to fall into this category.
With a tagline of 'Sweet dreams… forever!' The synopsis states;
Two ghost hunters are called upon by a distressed family who claim they are being tormented by an evil spirit known in their local town as The Candy Witch. But as the mystery of her curse is uncovered, surprising and sinister turns are discovered around The Candy Witch's identity. Their hardest case yet, can they solve this evil curse before more people are killed by the demonic spirit?
Now before we go into the review let's address the elephant in the room. Yes, there are a number of similarities with Candyman, the biggest being the Candy Witch's hook-like weapon of choice; a sharpened candy cane (ingenious right?) And also a few other themes from popular culture (turning lights on/off which conceals/reveals the spirit for example) However, as mentioned previously, some of the best urban legends are a mishmash of horror tales. Whilst The Candy Witch adopts a number of these traits, it doesn't lose its individuality in terms of storyline, location and unique delivery.
The movie itself starts out strongly. There's a brief introduction to the turmoil of the O'Neil family, followed by a bit of a prelude which introduces ghost hunters Reece (Jon Callaway) and Kat (Abi Casson Thompson). The prelude in particular provides us with some great visual effects which sets the standard for the rest of the movie.
In terms of acting, The Candy Witch is comprised of a stellar cast who all bring a unique aspect to the movie. Admittedly, there are a few shaky performances here and there, but overall it was very good. Whilst Callaway plays a decent part he doesn't really dominate the screen in a lead role, but he is supported by a convincing performance from Thompson. However, the accolade for acting performance has to go to The Candy Witch herself (Kate Lush). Whilst there isn't a great deal of speech on her part, Lush brings the character to life through expression, mannerisms and good old fashioned jump scares (helped tremendously by the amazing cinematography)
The only critique I have is the number of Americanisms adopted throughout the movie. I get that the director is trying to appeal to the US market, but it feels to have sacrificed a level of authenticity in doing so, with the majority of the movie being set in Surrey, England. If some of these were dropped (as well as the questionable American accents that popped up every now and then…) I feel the movie would sell just as good, if not better. However, saying that, I completely understand the reasoning behind the 'Candy' Witch as the 'Sweet' Witch (as most Brits would call it) doesn't have the same effect!
Overall though The Candy Witch is a fun, compelling splatterfest filled with inventive confectionary-related kills. I thought it was a great film and a great premise for an antagonist. I feel if there was extra work done to give the Candy Witch more of an initial, impactive scare, it could easily pave the way for a new horror icon.
From writer-director Rebecca J.Matthews (Pet Graveyard), and starring Kate Lush, Abi Casson Thompson, Heather Jackson and Richard D Myers, The Candy Witch serves up sweet death June 9 on DVD and Digital from Uncork'd Entertainment. Check out the trailer below!
You can check out the IMDB link here
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Worship Me
Posted in: Literature.	Tagged: Book Review, church, craig stewart, Demon, demonology, Erebus Horror, Fear, hellbound books, horror, religion, review, terror, the behemoth, worship me, writer.	1 comment
Worship Me. The spine-chilling, gut-wrenching debut demon horror novel from Craig Stewart!
Something is listening to the prayers of St. Paul's United Church, but it's not the god they asked for; it's something much, much older.
A quiet Sunday service turns into a living hell when this ancient entity descends upon the house of worship and claims the congregation for its own. The terrified churchgoers must now prove their loyalty to their new god by giving it one of their children or in two days time it will return and destroy them all.
As fear rips the congregation apart, it becomes clear that if they're to survive this untold horror, the faithful must become the faithless and enter into a battle against God itself. But as time runs out, they discover that true monsters come not from heaven or hell…
…they come from within.
Pretty deep, right? That's the synopsis of 'Worship Me', the debut novel of Craig Stewart, and WHAT a debut it is!
The book delves deep into human morality and portrays traits and attitudes which I think are synonymous with the current climate we're living in. Quarantine, lockdown and fear has brought out the worst in some people, showing human nature for what it potentially can be. Given that 'Worship Me' was released prior to the pandemic, Stewart has knowingly portrayed these traits in his characters which in itself is an applaudable feat.
As I'm sure you've worked out from the above synopsis, the book centres around demonology, with The Behemoth as the demonic antagonist. Whilst the congregation are faced with an agonising choice, it's not long before they start to turn on each other. As the story progressed I just started to read faster and faster; desperate to know how it all panned out.
The book itself is written in a way that totally immerses the reader making you feel like you're actually part of the congregation. It's detailed, with well-written characters and a great storyline. Blood and gore flow profusely through the pages, with Stewart not afraid to describe the splatterfest in great detail.
The only aspect of the book I wasn't fond of was the beginning. It took a while to get going, but once it did there was no stopping. This isn't necessarily a criticism – after all, the best rollercoasters in the world start with a slow, tension-building ascent before you're plunged into an abyss of fear, excitement and shock. 'Worship Me' does just that.
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Erebus Horror Exclusive
Posted in: Movies.	Tagged: Alice Orozco, Anatomy of Fear, Anna Christina Pullig, Bill Oberst Jr, Demon, Dismal Productions, Ed Thomas, Erebus Horror, Halloween, horror, independent, Jekyll, Lord Bateman, Richard Bradley, Roderick Usher, Spencer Filichia, Take This Lollipop, Test shots.	Leave a Comment
We have a REAL exclusive for you this time guys, and it comes in the form of Bill Oberst Jr.'s new project Lord Bateman!
We are the ONLY site based in the UK that has been granted this access – So as you can imagine, we feel extremely privileged! We, like so many of Bill's ever-growing fan-base, believe this guy is one of the top indie horror actors out there. His talent far exceeds many of Hollywood's big paid stars and it's an injustice that he hasn't yet received the worldwide recognition he deserves. With this in mind, we hope to promote and highlight his career in any way we can. And from that picture above you can see why! It's enough to make your skin crawl.
Fans of Bill Oberst Jr. will be well aware of his ability to portray the creepy, obsessive, psychopath (as seen in Take This Lollipop) but these test shots just show that his portrayal of horror characteristics knows no bounds!
I mean look at this guy!
Now think back to the horror movies that have come out on the big screen in the past 12 months – Do any of them even come close to the potential of this movie? I think not – Lord Bateman is not a sequel, it's not a remake and it's not cashing in on any pre-established horror icons…
Anyway we've given you a few of the exclusive pictures, here's the exclusive press release:
"Erebus Horror has been granted a UK exclusive from Los Angeles, including test shots which depict actor Bill Oberst Jr. as the demonic Lord Bateman for his in-development film project of the same name. The shots, showing Oberst as a bile-drooling creature with charred red skin and horns, are a sneak preview of a much larger photo set to be released on Halloween.
Oberst, whose performance in the horror-themed Facebook application 'Take This Lollipop' won a Daytime Emmy Award in June, told Erebus Horror that while the pics here are "just a tease," they represent the tone of the entire Lord Bateman photo set to come on Halloween. "I wanted to run a make-up test anyway, so we got two gorgeous models, Anna Christina Pullig and Alice Orozco, to interact with the demon. The shots that came out of the session are truly skin-crawling. The release of the full photo set with the female models on October 31 will also mark the roll-out of our feature film proposal to investors."
The Lord Bateman project sprang from Oberst's interest in depictions of demonic beings by medieval artists and from his often-expressed desire to play a classic cinematic monster. "Frankly, my sympathies have always been with the monster," he says, "and I'm tired of seeing demons who look like pretty people with FX contact lenses. Maybe it's time for the return of the red devil."
Oberst says the current screenplay outline places the action in 16th century Europe. "Lord Bateman is a man of royal lineage who is plagued by visions of himself as a demon. He comes to believe that he actually is a demon, cursed to live a human existence as punishment for some infraction down below. The question is whether he is right…or delusional. Of course, to his victims it matters little." The actor says Lord Bateman will have both a hellishly brutal side and a gentle, sophisticated side evoking classic dark literary characters like Robert Louis Stevenson's Henry Jekyll and Edgar Allan Poe's Roderick Usher. "I'm a big fan of classic Hammer horror," says Oberst, "and we're adding a little hellfire to that vibe." The Lord Bateman concept is based on original ideas from Oberst's 'Anatomy Of Fear' and the novella 'Cipher In The Sun' by Ed Thomas, who shot the session with fellow photographer Spencer Filichia.
Lord Bateman is currently in the early script stage and is in active pre-development in association with Dismal Productions. Erebus Horror readers will get the full Lord Bateman photo set a little earlier than anyone else in the U.K., says Oberst "I'm a big supporter of what Erebus Horror is trying to do for the genre…and being named Erebus' King Of Horror earlier this year was a big boost to my career. I'm proud to support the site."
Erebus Horror has been around for nearly two years now, and in that time we have established a growing number of followers with the same blood-thirsty interests as ourselves. So I'm sure the majority of you will be making a note of this movie and will show your support to make the investor's decision a little easier (although let's face it – If you had the cash you'd invest too right?) And why wouldn't you? This project looks great! And yet how do we know that the next 12 months will see another wave of terrible 'horror' movies on the big screen.
I fail to see why the industry overlooks projects such as Lord Bateman… If only they would take a chance on them… just once… They would realise how awesome these flicks are. More people would back them, and our horror genre would be saved from circling the drain.
It's a great dream right? Well my friends its possible! All we have to do is support great projects like these. Share a link on your Facebook/ Twitter pages. Give your own reviews. Tell your friends, family or strangers in the street (y'know if you don't mind the terrified stares…) If every horror fan shows their support for these projects, movie producers will eventually take notice. I know they must be the dumbest fucks in the world, but even a blind man could see that the horror genre is in decline. The solution? Take a chance on the underdogs.
I urge you all to help us. Let's get the word out. Lord Bateman is going to rock! It would be a shame for so many to miss out just because they never heard about it. Educate your peers. You heard it here first!
We'll bring you another exclusive real soon.


November 10-13th, Avomeen Analytical Services will be participating in the AAPS Exposition in San Antonio to display their pharmaceutical testing services.
CEO and Chief Chemist, Dr. Shri Thanedar invites everyone to come to the expo and meet Avomeen face to face.
Avomeen has just released a statement that they will be participating in this year's American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Annual Meeting and Exposition November 10-13, at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio. They will be joining hundreds of companies on the forefront of pharmaceutical research and development to share in learning the latest industry innovations and offer their specialized services to those in attendance.
Avomeen will be located at Booth #1113 where their senior scientists will be offering personalized consultations in the areas of pharmaceutical research, formula development, litigation support, and manufacturing support services.
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CEO and Chief Chemist, Dr. Shri Thanedar invites everyone to come to the expo and meet Avomeen face to face. He also extends a free day pass to any potential clients who want to come to the exhibit and converse with our scientists. You can access the guest pass by emailing scientist(at)avomeen(dot)com with the subject: AAPS Guest Pass Request.


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Mo Egeston Music Update- Late Night Grooves Tonight!
Late Night Grooves: A blend of modern soul, improvisation and beats featuring duo & trio collaborations with a variety of vocalists, instrumentalists and beat producers.
10P most Saturdays. No cover- incredible new menu and as always a top flight wine and cocktail list. Most Saturdays there will also be an early set of music starting at 7:30.
Tonight (6/25) I'll be joined by Mo E All-Stars Eric "Snoopy" Tyler and Duane "Jingo" Williams.
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On March 8, Laurice Rahmé of Bond No. 9 announced a new fragrance for a global sensibility called The Scent of Peace. After creating numerous scents for the diverse neighborhoods of New York, Rahmé created The Scent of Peace as a fragrance for citizens of the world who share a common commitment and hope for peace. The scent itself offers top notes of grapefruit and black currant, a heart of lily of the valley and hedione, and base notes of cedar and musk. It is intended for both men and women, and bears the eternal symbol of peace, the dove, on its flacon. For the launch, Bond No. 9 is donating $2 for every bottle purchased to UNICEF. Michel Almairac of Robertet, created the fragrance, which is available in the United States at Bond No. 9 locations and Saks. In addition to the fragrance itself—available in a 3.4 oz. artist-designed bottle and box presentation—there is also a matching candle, a travel-size fragrance and a per-ounce purchase available in a variety of vintage or art bottles.
On March 14, Daniela Bartels, senior designer, Peclers Paris, presented a seminar at the Fashion Group International headquarters in New York City on the colors, textures and styles of spring/summer 2007 and fall/winter 2007/08. Bartels began working as a stylist for Peclers Paris in 1988, and has been a consultant for designer Yohji Yamamoto and a variety of French retailers. She punctuated her presentation with artistic, global and multimedia influences. From brown blousons to taupe trenches, to folklore and French finery, the overview was multilayered, colorful and nuanced.
Breaking the trends into four categories for fall/winter 2007–2008, she designated mute, functional, counter-cultural and futuristic as reference points. Mute was associated with re-balance, natural fibers, blends and high-tech performance. Functional featured refined color and a new form of textured, sensorial luxury. Counter-cultural showcased archetypal references and radical icons like Vivian Westwood and Bjork as influences. For color, there was a "Chromo Collision," which would bring a re-ordering of color in surprising combinations. This would hold true for fabrics found in street wear. Colors would range from pastels and almost overexposed color to pigment tones and colorfast brights. Oxidized patinas would be strong, grayed and pulpy shades of artichoke. Subtle contrasts between ivory white and graphic black were also forecast.
The second aspect, called Real Fantasia, explored the human spirit with asymmetrical cuts, free-spirited styles, playful layering and architectural cuts. Lastly, Classic Delice, an exploration of the senses and society, represented by Shannon Lamm, who gave the audience a wealth of information on TopChic Neutralights from Goldwell, which provide nuanced caramel-colored brown tones. Lamm also provided commentary on how "hairstyle classics change just like everything else," noting that even yesterday's pompadour has been reinvented.
Finally, Goldwell introduced the new Goldwell Care Collection, a customized assortment of hair care products formulated for specific hair structures. The products also address color, curl and moisture levels, allowing for personalized hair care selection.
Cosmetic Executive Women welcomed John Demsey to its sold-out Newsmaker Forum on March 21 at New York's Harmonie Club. Demsey, global brand president, Estée Lauder, described a journey that took him from the retail worlds of Bloomingdale's, Macy's and Saks Fifth Avenue to Benetton and M-A-C. He ran the M-A-C division for seven years before taking on his current role, and worked with M-A-C as it raised $40 million for the M-A-C AIDS Foundation. He described himself as "the elder statesman of the cosmetic industry," noting that he has been with Lauder for 15 years out of his 22-year career. He credited M-A-C with helping him learn about unconventional thinking, which affected his professional perspective, and noted that March marked the 60th anniversary of The Estée Lauder Company. He paid tribute to the woman who started the Lauder Companies, saying, "What began as one woman's vision became one of the world's leading businesses." He further noted, that while the brand was built store by store by Estée Lauder, service continues to be the most important factor for the third generation of Lauders.
To punctuate his comment, White Linen is being launched in spring in a new translation called Pure White Linen. Azurée, which Tom Ford has reconceptualized, also will launch in spring. Lastly, Demsey said that in rediscovering a brand, beauty, aspiration and quality are the driving forces, leaving the audience with the understanding that the heritage and modernity of the Lauder brand have come full circle.
The 34th Annual FiFi Awards, hosted by The Fragrance Foundation, took place in New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom on April 3. The event united the worlds of fragrance and celebrity, with Geena Davis taking center stage to welcome attendees. An array of glamorous presenters added excitement to the evening. Don Loftus, president and CEO, P&G Prestige Products, Inc., and chairman of the Fragrance Foundation's board of directors, offered opening remarks on the state of the industry. He noted that the 2005 saw the launch of 137 new women's fragrances and 58 new men's fragrances—adding that 114 are slated for launch in 2006. The key word in the industry, according to Loftus, is now coopitition, referring to the newest form of collaboration and competition in the industry. Fragrance Foundation President, Rochelle Bloom greeted guests, noting that, after 32 years, designers now are being invited to submit entries to create a newly designed FiFi award.
The parade of stars and award-winning fragrances began with Davis honoring the "olfactory wizardry" of the perfumers, and joking that she might have her own fragrance—Geena Te. Celebrity presenters included Sarah Jessica Parker, Vivica A. Fox, Philip Bloch, Betsey Johnson, Lee Ann Womack, John Corbett, Bo Derek and Vanessa Minnillo. Evelyn H. Lauder and Fracas de Robert Piguet by Fashion Fragrances & Cosmetics, Ltd., were inducted into the Fragrance Hall of Fame.