tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44146485309824542902024-03-13T08:26:31.358-07:00Strange Days in LA: From Magnolia to Inherent ViceGawarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09760013195693181745noreply@blogger.comBlogger499125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414648530982454290.post-67460655468010126992015-01-07T04:12:00.000-08:002015-01-10T06:24:44.194-08:00Charle Hebdo Attack Leave 12 Dead<http: news="" online.com="" suspect-surrenders-in-paris-terror-attack-that-left-12-dead=""> </http:><br /><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1" style="clear: left; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">UPDATE: French police have published the names and photographs of two suspects wanted in Wednesday's terrorist attack on the <i>Charlie Hebdo</i> magazine in Paris.<br /><br />In a statement posted on its website, French national police ask for information on the whereabouts of two suspects: Cherif Kouachi and Said Kouachi, warning that both are potentially armed and dangerous.</span><br /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span><br /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Gunmen have attacked the Paris office of French satirical magazine <i>Charlie Hebdo</i>, killing 12 people and injuring 10, French officials say.</span></div><div style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Witnesses spoke of sustained gunfire at the office as the attackers opened fire with assault rifles before escaping.</span></div><div style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Police have launched a major operation in the Paris area in their hunt for the attackers.</span></div><div style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Charlie's latest tweet was a cartoon of the Islamic State militant group leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.</span></div><div style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The satirical weekly has courted controversy in the past with its irreverent take on news and current affairs.</span></div><div style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The magazine was fire-bombed in November 2011 a day after it carried a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad.</span></div><div style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">President Francois Hollande is at the scene and is planning to hold an emergency cabinet meeting.</span><br /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div><span class="cross-head" style="display: block; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">'Black-hooded men'</span></span><br /><span class="cross-head" style="display: block; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px 0px 16px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></span><div style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Two of those killed are police officers, France's AFP news agency reports, and five of those wounded are critically injured.</span></div><div style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">An eyewitness, Benoit Bringer, told French TV channel Itele: "Two black-hooded men entered the building with Kalashnikovs.</span></div><div style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"A few minutes later we heard lots of shots."</span></div><div style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The men were then seen fleeing the building.</span></div><div style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"It's carnage," French police official Luc Poignant told another French channel, BFMTV.</span></div><div style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Police have warned French media to be on alert and pay attention to security following the attack.</span></div>Gawarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09760013195693181745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414648530982454290.post-35401388443321941692015-01-07T01:00:00.000-08:002015-01-10T06:24:44.240-08:00Star Wars/Batman/007/Laura Craft Actor Dies Suddenly<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WoFPZe0cWZU/TUwWSxox2DI/AAAAAAAAApE/agzRk90YXMo/s1600/r1779285488.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WoFPZe0cWZU/TUwWSxox2DI/AAAAAAAAApE/agzRk90YXMo/s1600/r1779285488.jpg" height="210" width="320" /></a></div><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1" style="clear: left; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">An actor who appeared in James Bond films and as a Jedi master in the Star Wars franchise has collapsed and died during a theatre rehearsal.</span></div><div style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Kan Bonfils was rehearsing for Dante's Inferno, which was due to open at The Rag Factory in London this week.</span></div><div style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Members of the production's Craft Theatre company and paramedics were unable to resuscitate Bonfils.</span></div><div style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Chris Hislop, the company's spokesman, said the cast and crew were devastated by the death.</span></div><div style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">''Kan collapsed during a rehearsal and the director Rocky Rodriguez Jr performed CPR on location."</span></div><div style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mr Hislop added: "The entire company are in shock. There is absolutely severe sadness, it is a real tragedy."</span></div><div style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The cause of death is not known.</span></div><div style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Dante's Inferno is expected to continue with another actor from the theatre company replacing Bonfils.</span></div><div style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mr Hislop said: ''It was due to open on Thursday. If things go to plan and if the incoming actor is able to do the job we are hoping to open on Saturday.''</span></div><div style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bonfils played a "henchman" in 2012's Skyfall with Daniel Craig and Isagura in 1997's Tomorrow Never Dies with Pierce Brosnan. He also appeared as Jedi master Saesee Tiin in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), opposite Liam Neeson and Ewan McGregor.</span></div><div style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: auto;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He also had roles in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life (2003), Batman Begins (2005) and several productions on the West End stage.</span></div>Gawarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09760013195693181745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414648530982454290.post-86776423699309513242015-01-04T17:58:00.000-08:002015-01-10T06:24:44.253-08:001.5.15What is all this business about something huge happening on 1/5/15?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nn3O7mSe5tM/VHh_QvTRnmI/AAAAAAAAcKQ/8JWBSrUrs-g/s1600/masons.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nn3O7mSe5tM/VHh_QvTRnmI/AAAAAAAAcKQ/8JWBSrUrs-g/s1600/masons.gif" height="162" width="320" /></a></div><br />Gawarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09760013195693181745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414648530982454290.post-55667009297765547512015-01-02T18:26:00.000-08:002015-01-10T06:24:44.304-08:00Clinton and Fayette Factors Kick Off New Year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8bmBqjtB3Ck/VKdUsS7y42I/AAAAAAAActQ/bBW0e76yHCI/s1600/42bc_header_sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8bmBqjtB3Ck/VKdUsS7y42I/AAAAAAAActQ/bBW0e76yHCI/s1600/42bc_header_sm.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Could this been #42's year?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-85TDaCUoId4/VKc08T9UczI/AAAAAAAAcso/8a1jNXYgxfI/s1600/245D71F300000578-2893591-image-a-38_1420134380563.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-85TDaCUoId4/VKc08T9UczI/AAAAAAAAcso/8a1jNXYgxfI/s1600/245D71F300000578-2893591-image-a-38_1420134380563.jpg" height="283" width="400" /></a></div><br />The year has begun with a bang ~ especially as linked to the <a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2012/06/fayette-factor.html">Fayette Factor</a>.<br /><br /><b><i>Fayette County, Georgia </i></b><br /><br />First up, on January 1, 2014, at approximately 4:17 AM, Chief McCollom, 57, called the Fayette County (GA) 911 center to report he had shot his wife, Margaret McCollom, 58, in their home at 103 Autumn Leaf in Peachtree City. First responders were dispatched to the McCollom home and Ms. McCollom was airlifted to the Atlanta Medical Center to be treated for her injury.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Zno-FFkln4s" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The GBI has released the recording of the 911 call from Chief William McCollom to the Fayette County 911 center.<br /><br />It was initially reported that the chief shot her two times, according to the 911 recording, but authorities now say she was shot just once. <br /><br />The story is a bit more complicated that initially thought. See "<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2894886/Tangled-marriage-round-revealed-wife-critically-shot-Georgia-Police-Chief-4am-New-Year-s-Day-DIVORCED-15-years-ago-married-South-Florida-RABBI-year.html">Tangled marriage-go-round revealed as Georgia police chief and 'wife' he critically shot were DIVORCED 15 years ago - and he was married to a Florida RABBI until last year when she claimed he cheated</a>."<br /><div><br /></div><div><b><i>Lafayette High School</i></b></div><div><br /></div>Then it broke on January 2, 2015, that newly convicted billionaire pedophile, Jeffery Epstein has been linked to Prince Andrew, <i><b>Bill Clinton</b></i>, Kevin Spacey, Chris Tucker, Gerald Edelman, Murray Gell-Mann and Stephen Hawking, and Manhattan-London society figure Ghislaine Maxwell, daughter of the late media titan Robert Maxwell. <br /><br />Epstein, 61, was born in Brooklyn, New York, and attended Brooklyn’s Lafayette High School and excelled at mathematics. This helped him secure job in his early 20s as a maths teacher at the exclusive Dalton School, a private college located on New York’s Upper East Side.<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IZG-sn8QNMQ/VKc3SrHu4iI/AAAAAAAAcs0/JFN6jmndtY4/s1600/jeffrey-epstein.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IZG-sn8QNMQ/VKc3SrHu4iI/AAAAAAAAcs0/JFN6jmndtY4/s1600/jeffrey-epstein.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /><br />"Epstein reportedly flew Tucker and Spacey to Africa on his private jet as part of a charitable endeavour. <i><b>Clinton</b></i>, meanwhile, flew on multiple occasions in the same plane to Epstein’s private Caribbean island, Little St James, between 2002 and 2005 as he developed his philanthropic post-presidential career. It would later be alleged in court that Epstein organised orgies on that same private island in the US Virgin Islands," says <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/who-is-jeffrey-epstein-a-study-of-the-man-linked-to-worlds-of-celebrity-politics--and-royalty-9954397.html">one source</a>, based on the court records.</div><div><br /></div><div><i><b>Fayette County, West Virginia</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xdz2OQQ9xIk/VKc4vhavEZI/AAAAAAAActA/M3oV6xJjLmw/s1600/10873012_198942006943012_8295713364422706869_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xdz2OQQ9xIk/VKc4vhavEZI/AAAAAAAActA/M3oV6xJjLmw/s1600/10873012_198942006943012_8295713364422706869_o.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>On the afternoon of January 2, 2015, a serious accident in Fayette County, West Virginia, had shutdown Route 19. The 911 dispatchers reported three cars were involved in an accident on Rt 19 North at the Glen Jean exit. <br /><div><br /></div><div>There were other news from the netherworld of the <a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2012/06/fayette-factor.html"><i>Fayette Factor</i></a>, including from...</div><div><br /></div><div><b><i>Lafayette, Colorado</i></b>: "<a href="http://fox59.com/2015/01/01/two-holidays-two-dead-bodies-in-lafayette/">Body found on New Year’s Day marks second found in Lafayette during holiday season</a>."</div><div><br /></div><div><b><i>Fayetteville, Arkansas</i></b>: "Miller Williams, a Fayetteville resident, long time University of Arkansas professor and inaugural poet for President <i><b>Bill Clinton</b></i>, died on Thursday [January 1, 2014] after battling Alzheimer’s disease for the last several years," wrote the <a href="http://www.fayettevilleflyer.com/2015/01/02/fayetteville-poet-miller-williams-dies/"><i>Fayetteville Flyer</i></a>. His daughter is the famed singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams.</div><div><br /></div><div>The first notable celebrity death of 2015 was Mario Cuomo, and the name mentioned in most of his obituaries was former Fayetteville, Arkansas' <b><i>Bill Clinton</i></b>. Cuomo's dropping out of the running for president in 1992 resulted in the opening for <i><b>Clinton's</b></i> successful campaign. See CNN's "<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/02/politics/cuomo-clinton-relationship-remembered/">Cuomo and Clinton: A complicated, but mutually beneficial, relationship</a>."</div><div><br /></div>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_House_(Fayetteville,_Arkansas)">Clinton House</a> is a house in Fayetteville, Arkansas built in 1931. The house is the first home of <b><i>Bill Clinton</i></b> and Hillary Rodham while they both taught at the University of Arkansas School of Law. The home also witnessed the marriage of Bill and Hillary in the living room in 1975. <b><i>Bill Clinton</i></b> is tied to the <i>Fayette Factor</i>.<br /><div><br /></div><div>Does it seem that there might be a background <b><i>Bill Clinton factor</i></b>, too, this year?</div><div><br /></div><div>A sort of 'n sync thing seems to be happening with <i><b>#42</b></i>.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div>Gawarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09760013195693181745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414648530982454290.post-14768855079823824622015-01-01T07:40:00.000-08:002015-01-10T06:24:44.318-08:00New Year's Eve Party, Fergie, Lady Gaga, Madonna, and the Illuminati<div style="text-align: center;">Happy New Year 2015.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fw6TDGIokLA/VKVmV7YDd6I/AAAAAAAAcrg/ebSxtHQZTxo/s1600/666_ha48.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fw6TDGIokLA/VKVmV7YDd6I/AAAAAAAAcrg/ebSxtHQZTxo/s1600/666_ha48.jpg" /></a></div>Last night saw the annual televised dropping of the ball in New York City's Times Square, via the ghost of Dick Clark and the mainstream national networks.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BR3MDO-QyWc/VKVwAzFsJxI/AAAAAAAAcsY/uYlsXL2-5U8/s1600/Fergie2014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BR3MDO-QyWc/VKVwAzFsJxI/AAAAAAAAcsY/uYlsXL2-5U8/s1600/Fergie2014.jpg" height="320" width="234" /></a></div><br />Also, once again, the rock entertainer Fergie appeared, flashing what some have said are Illuminati hand signals. Were they? Some were merely linked to "L" and "A" for Los Angeles, we are told.<br /><br />But what is this thing the rock music industry has going on with the overt showing of alleged Illuminati signaling?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VokflCjlv7k/VKVmVzoW_XI/AAAAAAAAcrk/Xf630PN1C-A/s1600/fergie-nye-hand-signs-la-love.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VokflCjlv7k/VKVmVzoW_XI/AAAAAAAAcrk/Xf630PN1C-A/s1600/fergie-nye-hand-signs-la-love.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">From 2011.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QpGMTnjorSg/VKVmVWK20OI/AAAAAAAAcrU/XgiV7fS9odI/s1600/10890905_815329955197500_1048748228_a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QpGMTnjorSg/VKVmVWK20OI/AAAAAAAAcrU/XgiV7fS9odI/s1600/10890905_815329955197500_1048748228_a.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Certainly, Lady Gaga makes no mystery about her hand signs being Illuminati-inspired. Look at the All-Seeing-Eye imagery behind her symbol-packed act, below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1xc9cQ62B6Q/VKVmVXVdjDI/AAAAAAAAcrc/67oHVIOEsYg/s1600/666_ha32.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1xc9cQ62B6Q/VKVmVXVdjDI/AAAAAAAAcrc/67oHVIOEsYg/s1600/666_ha32.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cv5DCwuQRho/VKVmVWfCUgI/AAAAAAAAcrY/o5TiymiEY50/s1600/666_ha33.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cv5DCwuQRho/VKVmVWfCUgI/AAAAAAAAcrY/o5TiymiEY50/s1600/666_ha33.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Photo credit above, thanks to <a href="http://wakeupbd.wordpress.com/2011/02/26/804/">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VAx02AIRmBQ/VKVpAFnXX4I/AAAAAAAAcsE/N8qHykwL6c0/s1600/jackets_clothes--w%3D600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VAx02AIRmBQ/VKVpAFnXX4I/AAAAAAAAcsE/N8qHykwL6c0/s1600/jackets_clothes--w%3D600.jpg" height="640" width="417" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Madonna in <i>Desperately Seeking Susan</i> (1985) wears her dark metallic jacket with its gold and red brocade pyramid under the All-Seeing Eye. Madonna's choice of jacket has been acknowledged by many writers as her first public homage to the Illuminati.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fzh_1rsXrvs/VKVo_4CkT2I/AAAAAAAAcsA/iEqHRBSYKxI/s1600/illuminati.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fzh_1rsXrvs/VKVo_4CkT2I/AAAAAAAAcsA/iEqHRBSYKxI/s1600/illuminati.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">What messages do these individuals wish to project?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">What does it all mean?</div></div>Gawarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09760013195693181745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414648530982454290.post-49531057993513541382014-12-28T02:43:00.000-08:002015-01-10T06:24:44.365-08:00Missing AirAsia QZ8501<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YTkS3ko0dbI/VJ_Y7of-QOI/AAAAAAAAcqQ/O-c4soOom6E/s1600/486_airasia2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YTkS3ko0dbI/VJ_Y7of-QOI/AAAAAAAAcqQ/O-c4soOom6E/s1600/486_airasia2.jpg" /></a></div><br />The logo for AirAsia (AA = 11) shows the Petronas Twin Towers in their hub city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. AirAsia was created to compete against the established Malaysian Airlines (the source company for the missing MH307 flight - see below). AirAsia followed the model of Virgin Airlines who wished to compete against British Airways. AirAsia’s logo resembles Virgin’s, from its script typeface to its red color (which, one notices, is also reversed out of red to white, when appropriate).<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FDeO8ds_nUk/VJ_blhyCaeI/AAAAAAAAcqs/Gq8ahT_bplI/s1600/Virgin-Logo-300x257.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FDeO8ds_nUk/VJ_blhyCaeI/AAAAAAAAcqs/Gq8ahT_bplI/s1600/Virgin-Logo-300x257.jpeg" height="170" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4pAoldPJw2k/VJ_bxlN33sI/AAAAAAAAcq0/a80E55yC-bg/s1600/virgin_logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4pAoldPJw2k/VJ_bxlN33sI/AAAAAAAAcq0/a80E55yC-bg/s1600/virgin_logo.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div>An AirAsia flight has lost contact with air traffic control in Jakarta, Indonesia, a crisis center for the airline said Sunday. The plane's flight number is AirAsia Flight QZ8501.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--fWHlhe8hfc/VJ_Y6nwDcSI/AAAAAAAAcqc/D9zFJ1MXhkw/s1600/150px-AirAsia_New_Logo.svg.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--fWHlhe8hfc/VJ_Y6nwDcSI/AAAAAAAAcqc/D9zFJ1MXhkw/s1600/150px-AirAsia_New_Logo.svg.png" /></a></div><div><br /><br />Surabaya, Indonesia, airport official said the missing AirAsia plane had 155 passengers, 6 crew on board. The pilots aboard the flight were Captain Iriyanto, who had a total of 6,100 flying hours, First Officer Remi Emmanuel Plesel, who had a total of 2,275 flying hours, and Flight Engineer Saiful Rakhmad. The cabin crew consisted of four flight attendants.</div><div><br /></div><div>The actual craft now missing, PK-AXC, involved in this incident, is pictured below, from August 2011.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jmxki1d8qZE/VJ_Y6icvUtI/AAAAAAAAcqA/-PBJOCCBu0g/s1600/260px-Indonesia_AirAsia_Airbus_A320-216%3B_PK-AXC%40SIN%3B07.08.2011_617eo_(6068918367).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jmxki1d8qZE/VJ_Y6icvUtI/AAAAAAAAcqA/-PBJOCCBu0g/s1600/260px-Indonesia_AirAsia_Airbus_A320-216%3B_PK-AXC%40SIN%3B07.08.2011_617eo_(6068918367).jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /><br />Here is AirAsia's official statement:<br /><blockquote>AirAsia Indonesia regrets to confirm that flight QZ8501 from Surabaya to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control at 07:24 (Surabaya LT) this morning. The flight took off from Juanda International Airport in Surabaya at 0535hours.<br />The aircraft was an Airbus A320-200 with the registration number PK-AXC. There were two pilots, four flight attendants and one engineer on board.<br />The captain in command had a total of 6,100 flying hours and the first officer a total of 2,275 flying hours.<br />There were 155 passengers on board, with 138 adults, 16 children and 1 infant. Also on board were 2 pilots and 5 cabin crew.<br />Nationalities of passengers and crew onboard are as below:<br />1 Singapore<br />1 Malaysia<br />1 France<br />3 South Korean<br />156 Indonesia<br />At this time, search and rescue operations are being conducted under the guidance of The Indonesia of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). AirAsia Indonesia is cooperating fully and assisting the investigation in every possible way.<br />The aircraft was on the submitted flight plan route and was requesting deviation due to enroute weather before communication with the aircraft was lost while it was still under the control of the Indonesian Air Traffic Control (ATC).<br />The aircraft had undergone its last scheduled maintenance on 16 November 2014.</blockquote><br />The flight took off from Juanda International Airport, Surabaya, at 05:35 Western Indonesian Time (WIB, UTC+7) and was scheduled to land at Singapore Changi Airport at 08:30 Singapore Standard Time (SGT, UTC+8). The plane had been under Indonesian air traffic control when it requested to deviate from its original flight path due to poor weather conditions. The pilot had requested to climb to 38,000 feet (11,600 m) to avoid thick cloud, although the final altitude indicated by the transponder and collected by Flightradar24 is 32,000 ft (9,750 m). The plane lost contact with air traffic control at 06:24 WIB while travelling over the Java Sea between Kalimantan and Java, still under Indonesian Air Traffic Control, at normal cruising altitude and speed. A meteorological analysis revealed that the aircraft was traversing a storm cluster during the minutes prior to its disappearance.<br /><br />No distress signal was sent from the missing aircraft, the Indonesian Transport Ministry said. <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gCfVPRcqYVU/VJ_Y7NAXaqI/AAAAAAAAcqI/w1MSYVRSgp0/s1600/440px-QZ8501_flight_path.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gCfVPRcqYVU/VJ_Y7NAXaqI/AAAAAAAAcqI/w1MSYVRSgp0/s1600/440px-QZ8501_flight_path.png" /></a></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">More on Malaysia Airlines MH370, a Boeing 777:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9409160#editor/target=post;postID=9088483611179062242;onPublishedMenu=posts;onClosedMenu=posts;postNum=3;src=postname">Terrorism, Aliens, Vile Vortices: The Mysteries of Missing Flight 370</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9409160#editor/target=post;postID=7646834365495467411;onPublishedMenu=posts;onClosedMenu=posts;postNum=2;src=postname">Flight 370: Look in Ivan Sanderson's Indian Ocean Vortex?</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9409160#editor/target=post;postID=5541151016537353625;onPublishedMenu=posts;onClosedMenu=posts;postNum=1;src=postname">Mystery Flight 370 Ends in the Indian Ocean Vile Vortex</a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Your support keeps this blog going, is greatly appreciated, and is critically needed. 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Bush remained at a Houston hospital for a third day in a row on Christmas Day 2014, after experiencing shortness of breath earlier this week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5bQXQ2ZXKL8/VJzUx5fAMwI/AAAAAAAAcpE/6eswYGFb2q4/s1600/33ht_header_sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5bQXQ2ZXKL8/VJzUx5fAMwI/AAAAAAAAcpE/6eswYGFb2q4/s1600/33ht_header_sm.jpg" /></a></div><div><br />Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd President of the United States (1945–53).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-95ahDRHhxn0/VJzU3GcYXgI/AAAAAAAAcpM/Ar4y62URaDM/s1600/38gf_header_sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-95ahDRHhxn0/VJzU3GcYXgI/AAAAAAAAcpM/Ar4y62URaDM/s1600/38gf_header_sm.jpg" /></a></div><div><br />Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr.; July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and, prior to this, was the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974 under President Richard Nixon.<br /><br />Gerald Ford died on December 26, 2006 at 6:45 PM, the latest in the calendar year a president has died. Harry Truman also died on December 26 (exactly 34 years earlier, in 1972); he died earlier in the day, at 7:47AM.<br /><br />December 26, 1799, was the date for George Washington's funeral. Four thousand people attended George Washington's funeral where Henry Lee III declared him as "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen."<br /><br />Washington had died at his Mt. Vernon, Virginia home around 10 p.m. or 11 p.m. (reports vary) on Saturday, December 14, 1799, aged 67. His corpse was measured and he was found to be 6 feet 3.5 inches tall.<br /><br />John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. James Monroe in 1831 and John Adams and Thomas Jefferson in 1826 all died on July 4.<br /><br />Millard Fillmore in 1874 and William Howard Taft in 1930 both died on March 8.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o9Kt9sG6RD4/VJzU9lVJFzI/AAAAAAAAcpU/2toVb4XDRqE/s1600/41gb_header_sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o9Kt9sG6RD4/VJzU9lVJFzI/AAAAAAAAcpU/2toVb4XDRqE/s1600/41gb_header_sm.jpg" /></a></div><div><br />George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) is an American retired politician who served as the 41st President of the United States (1989–1993).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IHxQ0kwijfs/VJzVWTrK3KI/AAAAAAAAcpc/5i0-Hj0LKTE/s1600/nc_george_hw_bush_ll_131210_4x3_992.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IHxQ0kwijfs/VJzVWTrK3KI/AAAAAAAAcpc/5i0-Hj0LKTE/s1600/nc_george_hw_bush_ll_131210_4x3_992.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>In this November 17, 2013 photograph, former President George H.W. Bush, who turned 90 in 2014, sits on the sidelines before a game between the Houston Texans and Oakland Raiders, in Houston, Texas.<br /><br />Other notable December 26th events:<br /><br />On December 26, 1811, a theater fire in Richmond, Virginia killed the Governor of Virginia George William Smith and the president of the First National Bank of Virginia Abraham B. Venable.<br /><br />On December 26, 1862, the largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, 38 Native Americans died.<br /><div><br /></div><div>On December 26, 1977, Howard Hawks, American director and screenwriter (b. 1896) died.<br /><br />Louis Whitley Strieber (born June 13, 1945, San Antonio, Texas) asserts that he was abducted from his cabin in upstate New York on the evening of December 26, 1985 by non-human beings. He wrote about this experience and related experiences in <i>Communion</i> (1987), his first non-fiction book. Although the book is perceived generally as an account of alien abduction, Strieber draws no conclusions about the identity of alleged abductors. He refers to the beings as "the visitors," a name chosen to be as neutral as possible to entertain the possibility that they are not extraterrestrials and may instead exist in his mind. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NnKlTDcT66w/VJ111zrsnYI/AAAAAAAAcps/J4_fQ97Pb14/s1600/220px-Communion_book_cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NnKlTDcT66w/VJ111zrsnYI/AAAAAAAAcps/J4_fQ97Pb14/s1600/220px-Communion_book_cover.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />The following Strieber books have been adapted into movies: <br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfen_(film)"><i>Wolfen</i></a> (1981; Orion/Warner Bros.),<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunger_(1983_film)"><i>The Hunger</i></a> (1983; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer), and<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communion_(1989_film)"><i>Communion</i></a> (1989; New Line Cinema).<br /><br />In the <i>Communion</i>, Christopher Walken plays Whitley Strieber and Lindsay Crouse plays Anne Strieber. The film's score is by Eric Clapton. The movie is directed by Philippe Mora.<br /><br /><i>The Hunger</i> is directed by Tony Scott, Ridley Scott's brother who jumped from a bridge to his death. (See "<a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2012/08/scott-king.html">Tony Scott: Divine Sacrifice of the King</a>.")<br /><br />On December 26, 1986, Elsa Lanchester, English-American actress and singer (b. 1902) died. She is best remembered for her dual roles of Mary Shelley and the Monster's Bride, in <i>Bride of Frankenstein</i> (1935).</div>Gawarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09760013195693181745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414648530982454290.post-17202597893751078992014-12-21T07:47:00.000-08:002015-01-10T06:24:44.426-08:00The Beginning: Cop Killer Copycats?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QUG2M2niJ5Y/VJbhyhXkq0I/AAAAAAAAcnY/P_sT_6JacX8/s1600/635546963502530273-AP-NYPD-Officers-Shot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QUG2M2niJ5Y/VJbhyhXkq0I/AAAAAAAAcnY/P_sT_6JacX8/s1600/635546963502530273-AP-NYPD-Officers-Shot.jpg" /></a></div><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>"This is just the beginning. There are people out there who will want to be copycats. The tension out there is the worst I’ve ever seen it," stated a police officer, who happened to be AfricanAmerican.</i></blockquote>In a horrific moment, two New York City police officers were shot "execution-style" and killed December 20, 2014, Saturday afternoon, while in a parked patrol car in Brooklyn, in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area pictured above.<br /><br />In a somber news conference Saturday evening, New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton said the two officers were deliberately targeted. They were shot directly in their heads.<br /><div><br /></div><div>The officers were killed outside the <i>Tompkins</i> Houses in Bedford-Stuyvesant about 2:45 p.m. <i>Tompkins</i> Avenue is photographed above, as near the site of this slaying. <i>Tompkins</i> is a patronymic form of <i>Thomas</i>, from the nickname <i>Tom</i>, and the added diminutive suffix "- kin," meaning <i>near relative</i>, plus the suffix "-s," itself a short form of "son." <i>Thomas</i> is ultimately of biblical origin, deriving from an aramaic byname meaning "twin," and was borne by one of Christ's disciples, best known for his skepticism about Christ's resurrection. Thus <i>Tompkins</i> means "twin sons" or "son of a twin."</div><div><br /></div><div>A twin, of course, is literally a <i>copycat</i>.<br /><div><div><div><br /></div><div>Bratton acknowledged the danger officers face as part of the "thin blue line between us and anarchy....They were, quite simply, assassinated, targeted for their uniform and the responsibility they embraced," Bratton said. "Both were ambushed and murdered."</div><div><br />Bratton said the attacker approached the officers' vehicle from the passenger side and opened fire, shooting his weapon several times. The officers, Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, "never had an opportunity to draw their weapons" and were "killed with no warning, no provocation...They may have never even seen their assailant, their murderer," Bratton said.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-E3WoPLaye1I/VJbk5f-rmpI/AAAAAAAAcoA/ANw1YS_vlQE/s1600/635547337953560273-EPA-USA-CRIME-POLICE-SHOOTING.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-E3WoPLaye1I/VJbk5f-rmpI/AAAAAAAAcoA/ANw1YS_vlQE/s1600/635547337953560273-EPA-USA-CRIME-POLICE-SHOOTING.jpg" height="225" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Officers Ramos and Liu</div><br />The suspect, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, fled to a nearby subway station, where he was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Bratton said.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-apcteqZ8OJs/VJbk5eqJqAI/AAAAAAAAcn0/_3AWbyivv_o/s1600/635547164363130273-brinsley-mug-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-apcteqZ8OJs/VJbk5eqJqAI/AAAAAAAAcn0/_3AWbyivv_o/s1600/635547164363130273-brinsley-mug-2.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /><br />Earlier Saturday, Brinsley (pictured) shot his former girlfriend, injuring her at a Baltimore County, Maryland, residence, Bratton said. Brinsley also posted on the victim's Instagram account, where his comments indicated Brinsley had a "very strong bias against" police, Bratton said. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IgbIDFceyLE/VJbrZTP35BI/AAAAAAAAcoU/iyn3vi8UqBY/s1600/brinsley-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IgbIDFceyLE/VJbrZTP35BI/AAAAAAAAcoU/iyn3vi8UqBY/s1600/brinsley-2.jpg" height="400" width="393" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J8KgnchR_cY/VJbrZeNHmjI/AAAAAAAAcoY/VJBmKUUuRl4/s1600/ismaaiyl-brinsley.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J8KgnchR_cY/VJbrZeNHmjI/AAAAAAAAcoY/VJBmKUUuRl4/s1600/ismaaiyl-brinsley.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /><div><br /></div>The Internet postings appear to show Brinsley, who is black, wanted revenge for the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and Eric Garner in Staten Island, N.Y., police said.<br /><br />Shortly before the shooting, Instagram user "dontrunup" posted a photo of a silver handgun with wooden grips and the caption: "I'm putting wings on pigs today. They take 1 of ours … Let's take 2 of theirs. #shootthepolice #ripericgardner #ripmikebrown This may be my final post … I'm putting pigs in a blanket."</div><div><br /></div><div>“I’m putting wings on pigs today. They take 1 of ours ... let’s take 2 of theirs,” Brinsley, 28, wrote on Instagram. This alludes to copycatting and twinning, sadly.<br /><div><br /></div><div>The Instagram account is linked to Facebook user named Bleau Barracuda, who police said appears to be Brinsley.<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CpHYubAQZ40/VJbhyhGR0GI/AAAAAAAAcng/1_RddjTq9Bg/s1600/Islam-and-the-shooter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CpHYubAQZ40/VJbhyhGR0GI/AAAAAAAAcng/1_RddjTq9Bg/s1600/Islam-and-the-shooter.jpg" height="640" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Reports are that Ismaaiyl Brinsley, the gunman, murdered in the name of the Jihad. Ads stating such bias were to be seen in ads on NYC subway clocks, on the waiting platforms. Note this <i>23 Street</i> location.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aAfQNvEs_TM/VJbhyydniFI/AAAAAAAAcnc/EbtfmHj1Wx8/s1600/subway-afdi-ads2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aAfQNvEs_TM/VJbhyydniFI/AAAAAAAAcnc/EbtfmHj1Wx8/s1600/subway-afdi-ads2.png" /></a></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div><div>A period of police officer shootings occurred in a concentrated fashion, said to be attributed to Black Panthers and the Black Liberation Army, during the 1969-1971 timeframe.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Learn more about <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Copycat-Effect-Tomorrows-Headlines/dp/0743482239"><i>The Copycat Effect</i></a>.</div></div>Gawarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09760013195693181745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414648530982454290.post-59475432855350859562014-12-17T15:12:00.000-08:002015-01-10T06:24:44.440-08:00Synchromystic Of The Year 2014: Alan Abbadessa-Green<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yjhlc7OU74k/VJILCHIOR1I/AAAAAAAAcjI/hE8cpl9KVj4/s1600/ASC-Prize.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yjhlc7OU74k/VJILCHIOR1I/AAAAAAAAcjI/hE8cpl9KVj4/s1600/ASC-Prize.JPG" /></a></div><br /><i>The Twilight Language</i> is giving its First Annual "<i>Synchromystic Of The Year</i>" Award to Alan Abbadessa-Green on December 17, 2014. This is an honor that will be bestowed upon a deserving individual every year who has contributed to the broad dissemination of a better understanding of the objectives and goals underpinning the field of synchromysticism.<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">"Synchromysticism: The art of realizing meaningful coincidence in the seemingly mundane with mystical or esoteric significance." ~ Jake Kotze, <a href="http://thebravenewworldorder.blogspot.com/"><i>The Brave New World Order</i></a>, August 18, 2006.</blockquote><div>For those unaware, or reading about synchromysticism for the first time, here are a couple other formal definitions.<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>Synchromysticism</i>: The drawing of connections in modern culture (movies, music lyrics, historical happenings and esoteric knowledge); and finding connections that could be coming from the "collective unconscious mind"; and finding connections between occult knowledge (i.e. esoteric fraternities, cults and secret rituals), politics and mass media. <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/synchromysticism">Source</a>.</blockquote><div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>Synchromysticism</i> is a portmanteau of the words "synchronicity" and "mysticism." A Synchronicity is a coincidence <i>with meaning</i> which is usually far less likely to occur naturally than typical coincidences. An observance of synchronicity is often coupled with a recent moment of personal enlightenment or great insight. A shift in consciousness of perceived reality will usually determine ones ability to see an increased number of synchronicities. <a href="http://synchromystic.wikia.com/wiki/Synchromysticism">Source</a>.</blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yQrqeIxX05w/VJH8NqkqlRI/AAAAAAAAci4/N6lpuI56Uto/s1600/mysticalwar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yQrqeIxX05w/VJH8NqkqlRI/AAAAAAAAci4/N6lpuI56Uto/s1600/mysticalwar.jpg" /></a></div><br />Synchromysticism is a new field, and a few individuals, from Jake Kotze to the <a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2012/11/TopSyncBks2012.html">authors of recent books</a> on the topic, are at the threshold of breaking new ground. <a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2012/04/top-20-tl.html">Twenty top theorists</a> on synchromysticism and twilight language were highlighted <a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2012/04/top-20-tl.html">here</a>. I've also discussed "<a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2008/12/synchromystisms-godfather.html">Synchromysticism's Godfather</a>," James Shelby Downard, as well.<br /><br />As I have attempted to explain in a piece on being a "<a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2012/08/understanding-aurora.html">synchromystic Fortean</a>," part of being a synchromystic is to have a lightness about you. As I wrote, "I am not adverse to using a sense of humor in trying to find the keys along the way."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QwDYsqTYV6k/VJIM-SzefuI/AAAAAAAAcj4/osJw5pY9RnU/s1600/SyncQ.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QwDYsqTYV6k/VJIM-SzefuI/AAAAAAAAcj4/osJw5pY9RnU/s1600/SyncQ.jpg" height="185" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>For Alan Abbadessa-Green's remarkable year of the positive promotion of synchromystic intellectual pursuits, via his new <i>Sync Quick News</i>, online, podcast, and other involvements, this blog chooses him as our "Synchromystic of the Year."</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-voo6k2qvCmI/VJINjUBhTnI/AAAAAAAAckA/4FDRXCLIkC0/s1600/258296_234012509948892_7420943_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-voo6k2qvCmI/VJINjUBhTnI/AAAAAAAAckA/4FDRXCLIkC0/s1600/258296_234012509948892_7420943_o.jpg" height="200" width="149" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Every year, a unique artifact from the past and/or present will be awarded. This year, it is a beer stein that was created in 1990 to celebrate the 1969 Apollo 11 Mission to the Moon. Those involved in this field will understand the deeper level of this artifact, linked to 11, Apollo, the Moon, Stanley Kubrick, and much much more.</div><div><br /></div><div>Place it in a location of honor, Alan Abbadessa-Green. With all good humor, sync and seriousness, <i>congratulations</i>!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZOyUxqmp9Vk/VJHt15bgHfI/AAAAAAAAcio/Kjb8vmGb_cg/s1600/AAG-Prize1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZOyUxqmp9Vk/VJHt15bgHfI/AAAAAAAAcio/Kjb8vmGb_cg/s1600/AAG-Prize1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0OKs_U8Por4/VJILt0YRVMI/AAAAAAAAcjY/DOq59xVNlv4/s1600/AlanGreen_CosmicGnostic103.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0OKs_U8Por4/VJILt0YRVMI/AAAAAAAAcjY/DOq59xVNlv4/s1600/AlanGreen_CosmicGnostic103.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />For more complete insights into who is Alan Abbadessa-Green, Guillaume Samard (with the assistance of Jj Draa) has shared the following biography:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Alan Abbadessa-Green is an author and researcher who published <i>The Sync Book</i>, a collection of 26 essays on synchronicity. This led to the creation of Sync Book Press and the publication of three additional books, including his followup, <i>The Sync Book Vol. 2</i> (with 26 new contributors). </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">The website, <a href="http://thesyncbook.com/"><i>The Sync Book</i></a> is a wonderful place to search and use, with over 600 hours of radio archives, four weekly shows and a wide variety of books and HD videos. With Sync Book Press, Alan has published other books from different authors (<i>Winter's Labyrinth</i>, a novella in four parts; <i>Dog Park: Accidental Initiations,</i> and more recently <i>The Yogic Gospel of Thomas</i> and <i>Astromusik</i>). </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">Sync Book Press has also given birth to "Sync Book Radio," which hosts multiple weekly radio shows such as "42 Minutes," "Always Record," "Synchronize," and recently the addition of two new shows, "Marty Leeds' Mathemagical Hour Radio" and "Pentamental." </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">Before <i>The Sync Book</i>, Alan was already the originator of a few projects, including <i>Squares That Touch</i> (a graphic novel) and his first book, <i>All the Happy Creatures</i>. </blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4MXMftno-vo/VJHsKTUs-eI/AAAAAAAAciU/IiTjrzU0LUQ/s1600/happycreatures_NEW2D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4MXMftno-vo/VJHsKTUs-eI/AAAAAAAAciU/IiTjrzU0LUQ/s1600/happycreatures_NEW2D.jpg" height="320" style="cursor: move;" width="210" /></a> </div><blockquote class="tr_bq">Alan is also the creator of the excellent blog <i><a href="http://allthehappycreatures.blogspot.fr/">All the Happy Creatures</a>. </i></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">Alan has given a number of interviews (on Red Ice Radio 2013, Red Ice Radio 2011, Anthony Peake's Consciousness Hour, The Corbett Report, Mike Clelland's Hidden Experience, The Vinny Eastwood Show, Sky Blue Symposia, Ground Zero with Clyde Lewis, Time Monk Radio, Frater X's Middle Chamber, Truth Frequency, Cosmic Gnostic Radio, and many more). On which you could have heard him say: "One of the things I cover is the fact that a publisher asked me in 2007 to write a book about the 2012 meme, which I hadn't studied at all at the time. It was their very very specific demand that I write the book to promote the idea that the world was going to end as to 'scare people into buying books.' It is with this perspective that I know just how fear is used as a motivator and that facts are often unpleasant obstacles. I have instead pledged myself to spreading truth and cutting through fear-based propaganda." - Alan Abbadessa Green </blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FnzOTTk27sQ/VJHsI1YfAWI/AAAAAAAAciE/sRMl-zYj3ac/s1600/SKings_PlaceholderLOW.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FnzOTTk27sQ/VJHsI1YfAWI/AAAAAAAAciE/sRMl-zYj3ac/s1600/SKings_PlaceholderLOW.jpg" /></a> </div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>The Sync Book</i> adventure will enter its fifth year soon: "We have outgrown one model and are birthing another." </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">He recently released the first part of the upcoming three part video series <i><a href="http://thesyncbook.com/oly2014">Suicide Kings</a></i>, which you can watch for free <a href="http://thesyncbook.com/oly2014">here</a>. </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">A few weeks ago, Alan started a new and very innovative show, called <i>Sync Quick News</i>. It is a short video format published weekly, which explores in 5 minutes or less, the news (local/community and general/mainstream headlines) through "synchronicity's wide angle looking glasses," and, of course, with Alan's personal view of this world, which is often expressed in his unmistakable sharpened sense of humor. </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">Who knows what's coming next with a such complete artist?</blockquote>Alan is a multimedia artist. He has had his self-published anthology on display at The Baltimore Museum of Art. His animation has been projected onstage at the New York International Fringe Festival, commissioned by a Bollywood director, shown in corporate boardrooms and featured in music.<br /><div><br /></div>Besides the video component, his project <i>Suicide Kings</i> will be a book exploring synchronicity, archetypes and esoteric symbolism in the JFK assassination, 9/11 and the death of Osama Bin Laden.<br /><br />Here are some of Alan's books.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ImCwQK2oCeo/U2OFFy-Zt7I/AAAAAAAAXJM/1laVqduDVwY/s1600/cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #29aae1; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ImCwQK2oCeo/U2OFFy-Zt7I/AAAAAAAAXJM/1laVqduDVwY/s400/cover.jpg" height="400" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative;" width="258" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Sync-Book-Mindscapes-Synchronicity/dp/1463764006/"><i>The Sync Book: Myths, Magic, Media, and Mindscapes: 26 Authors on Synchronicity</i></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NEzilr9G55w/U2OFXb5hmNI/AAAAAAAAXJU/erGoiw3k_1o/s1600/SB2_coversidebar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #29aae1; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NEzilr9G55w/U2OFXb5hmNI/AAAAAAAAXJU/erGoiw3k_1o/s400/SB2_coversidebar.jpg" height="400" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.199219) 0px 0px 20px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative;" width="256" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Sync-Book-Shadow-Synchronicity/dp/0615724892/"><i>The Sync Book 2: Outer + Inner Space, Shadow + Light: 26 Essays on Synchronicity</i></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Also, Alan organized the following "sync summit," which I predict will grow in the coming years.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-40KskcxaUDA/VJHs9kihk-I/AAAAAAAAcic/Oc8OGOjbXDc/s1600/Unknown.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-40KskcxaUDA/VJHs9kihk-I/AAAAAAAAcic/Oc8OGOjbXDc/s1600/Unknown.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-np5zPUXk-tM/VJIMF5UFJGI/AAAAAAAAcjo/U0M7QbFnj3k/s1600/%24_12-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-np5zPUXk-tM/VJIMF5UFJGI/AAAAAAAAcjo/U0M7QbFnj3k/s1600/%24_12-1.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qBeXRuIZ7mg/VJILCOQOXKI/AAAAAAAAcjM/vSZhkEkdrlI/s1600/Alan-Prize.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qBeXRuIZ7mg/VJILCOQOXKI/AAAAAAAAcjM/vSZhkEkdrlI/s1600/Alan-Prize.JPG" height="640" width="451" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div></div>Gawarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09760013195693181745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414648530982454290.post-25318402249876289872014-12-16T16:39:00.000-08:002015-01-10T06:24:44.486-08:00Jumping Deaths: Korn, Amber, and Onassis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NTHWn-Lqnts/VJDGfxrroSI/AAAAAAAAcg4/zAaxakuhC5I/s1600/B43R7XfCQAIEEB6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NTHWn-Lqnts/VJDGfxrroSI/AAAAAAAAcg4/zAaxakuhC5I/s1600/B43R7XfCQAIEEB6.jpg" height="400" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Overnight, I received this tweet: "What's with all these people falling out of windows? Seems up your alley. ~ @consprcy_carrot."<br /><br />Sometimes a little note may reveal a lot. Okay, I searched and found a few. Where they lead is surprising.<br /><br />First and foremost, in the news this morning, is the suicide of Jeffrey Vanchiro, a popular Brooklyn Nets fan, who died Sunday, December 14, 2014, night from injuries he sustained when he jumped out of a second-story window at his father's house in Flushing, Queens, on Saturday night, December 13th.<br /><br />Vanchiro, commonly known as Jeffrey Gamblero, was 38. He was one of the most active graffiti artist in the late 1990s under the alias "Korn." (Below is an example of his craft.)<br /><div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', monospace; font-size: 20px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RYwlnyuQDPc/VJDGhgF_U0I/AAAAAAAAcgc/-AsAOwrRyt8/s1600/Korn-Throw-Up-2009-652x434.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RYwlnyuQDPc/VJDGhgF_U0I/AAAAAAAAcgc/-AsAOwrRyt8/s1600/Korn-Throw-Up-2009-652x434.jpg" height="266" width="400" /></a></div>Vanchiro/Gamblero is to be recalled as the one-legged man who was <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2014/12/03/nets-superfan-kicked-out-of-msg-without-his-prosthetic-limb-video/">unceremoniously ejected</a> from Madison Square Garden during a Knicks-Nets game in early December. </div><div>Those close to Vanchiro stated that the ejection took a serious toll on the 38-year-old’s mental health. </div><div><br /></div><div>“He was paranoid. He was erratic,” a friend told <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/nets/nets-superfan-prosthetic-leg-life-support-fall-article-1.2045278"><i>New York Daily News</i></a>. “He was frightened. He was horrified. He was a bit delusional. He was having a lot of trouble sleeping. He couldn’t sleep at all. When he would sleep, or try to sleep, it would only take about 10 or 15 minutes before he would jump up screaming covered in sweat.”<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qjpS7fCQI88/VJDGiLfZjvI/AAAAAAAAcgk/FFiCxJQW2QQ/s1600/nba_g_gamblero_b1_200x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qjpS7fCQI88/VJDGiLfZjvI/AAAAAAAAcgk/FFiCxJQW2QQ/s1600/nba_g_gamblero_b1_200x300.jpg" height="400" width="266" /></a></div><br />Another jumping death that happened on Saturday night, December 13, 2014, involved a woman leaping from the 10th Street Bridge, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.<br /><br />The Allegheny County medical examiner’s office has <a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2014/12/13/Woman-jumps-from-10th-Street-Bridge-apparent-suicide/stories/201412130150">identified</a> the woman as Amber Woodhouse, 24, of Lebanon. She fell into traffic lanes of I-376 and was killed.<br /><br />Pittsburgh police said the woman apparently jumped from the 10th Street Bridge, landed on the Parkway East, and was struck by oncoming traffic, shortly after 7:00 p.m. She was pronounced dead at 7:33 p.m., according to the supervisor with the medical examiner’s office.<br /><br />A witness told police the person had been hanging onto the bridge railing before releasing her grip and falling to her death.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hhisUMLB6tw/VJDGhxOfu9I/AAAAAAAAcgY/UVOQQvM3uhk/s1600/Scorpiop.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hhisUMLB6tw/VJDGhxOfu9I/AAAAAAAAcgY/UVOQQvM3uhk/s1600/Scorpiop.JPG" /></a></div><br />Word of a third jumping death brings with it news from the names tied to the Gemstone stories.<br /><br />Athina Onassis's horse was killed after a rare show-jumping accident on Thursday evening, December 11, 2014, at the Credit Suisse Grand Prix event in Geneva, Switzerland. The French-Greek heiress, who was riding the 11-year-old mare Camille Z, was unharmed, <a href="http://www.tdg.ch/sports/actu/Un-drame-frappe-le-concours-hippique-de-Pale%20xpo-Athina-Onassis-perd-son-crack/story/14421248">local news reports</a> say. Yes, an 11 year-old horse dies on the 11th, in the Year of the Horse.<br /><br />Onassis, 29, and Camille Z were competing in front of a full arena. After failing to successfully clear an oxer – a show-jumping obstacle that is both tall and wide – Onassis was thrown and her horse suffered a break in its rear leg.<br /><br />According to the <i>Tribune de Geneve</i>, it required 45 minutes for teams to tranquilize the animal and remove it by ambulance to a veterinary facility where, after an examination, the decision was made to euthanize the animal.<br /><br />A competition jumper since her teens, Onassis has been riding Camille Z in competition since 2013. The heiress and her husband, Brazil's four-time Olympic rider Alvaro "Doda" Affonso de Miranda Neto, travel the show-jumping circuit year-round while maintaining homes and stables in Sao Paolo, Florida and Belgium. The only child of Christina Onassis, Onassis inherited the greater portion of her grandfather's Aristotle Onassis's fortune following her mother's 1988 death.<br /><br />At that time, Athina was 3 years old and her inheritance was believed to have been in excess of $1 billion. Fighting over control of the inheritance was a source of legal dispute for two decades, leaving Onassis, it has been said, with much antipathy towards all things Greek.<br /><br />In April, 2013, she attempted to sell off Skorpios, her family's private island where her grandfather married Jacqueline Kennedy in October 1968.<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IheLvQ3r4MM/VJDNAsdKzjI/AAAAAAAAchI/B1i0qGcRXz0/s1600/together--a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IheLvQ3r4MM/VJDNAsdKzjI/AAAAAAAAchI/B1i0qGcRXz0/s1600/together--a.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Mainly known as the private island of the late Greek shipping billionaire Aristotle Onassis, Skorpios was bought in 1962 for 3 million Greek Drachmas. It was the site of his wedding to former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy on October 20, 1968 which brought the island onto international spotlight. The media went crazy for both the celebrity couple and the idea of private islands, and owning one quickly became the highest symbol of wealth and status.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> </span></div><div><br /></div>Skorpios (which means "scorpion") is tied to conspiracy theories involving JFK, Howard Hughes, and Aristotle Onassis. The document, The Gemstone File portrays Onassis as the main force behind the election of John F. Kennedy as President, and subsequently, Kennedy's assassination in 1963. <br /><br /></div>Furthermore, Ian Fleming's book, <i>Diamonds Are Forever</i>, is an overt fictional revealing of the covert Gemstone File. At its core, it is about James Bond observing the faking of the Apollo Moon missions while in the secret NASA base outside of Las Vegas. It is also about the use of diamonds to make a space-based laser system, one that could project holographic images into the sky. For more, see, "<a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2012/07/gemstones.html">Gemstones Are Forever: Bond, Elrod House, Onassis, Hughes & JFK</a>."<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6qyuULpOfNU/VJDN-f9cmtI/AAAAAAAAchQ/VO-WVZ8wxOs/s1600/250px-007DAFposter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6qyuULpOfNU/VJDN-f9cmtI/AAAAAAAAchQ/VO-WVZ8wxOs/s1600/250px-007DAFposter.jpg" height="400" width="266" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">See also more on Apollo and <a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/10/Scorpion.html">Scorpion here</a>.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qrpEhrcDq_I/VJDUFj_tNlI/AAAAAAAAchg/hy_bK-r67bM/s1600/Comp-S%2BS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qrpEhrcDq_I/VJDUFj_tNlI/AAAAAAAAchg/hy_bK-r67bM/s1600/Comp-S%2BS.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div></div>Gawarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09760013195693181745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414648530982454290.post-63713500452251717982014-12-16T13:48:00.000-08:002015-01-10T06:24:44.501-08:00From the Gateway Arch to the Khyber Pass Gateway<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NXy5IOU5oQM/VJCmAxZAYqI/AAAAAAAAcfo/HABmqU3HmM0/s1600/Peshawar-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NXy5IOU5oQM/VJCmAxZAYqI/AAAAAAAAcfo/HABmqU3HmM0/s1600/Peshawar-1.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The Gateway to the Khyber Pass, at Peshawar, is an archway to a mountain pass linking Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Pass was an integral part of the ancient Silk Road and throughout history, it has been an important trade route between Central Asia and South Asia and a strategic military location. It also lies at the end of the Grand Trunk Road.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Jq3T-B3fzwU/VJCmA9g7orI/AAAAAAAAcfs/SyDL5Rdt1U8/s1600/2131534960_e15554904e_z1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Jq3T-B3fzwU/VJCmA9g7orI/AAAAAAAAcfs/SyDL5Rdt1U8/s1600/2131534960_e15554904e_z1.jpg" height="302" width="400" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The heart of Khyber Pakhtonkhwa was initially termed “Pushpapura” and means "the city of flora." Peshawar is sited on the boundary of South Asia and Central Asia and become the business center of South Asia. Peshawar is also known as “The City of Frontier” because the city that link the Afghanistan and Pakistan through the Khyber Pass. Peshawar is the commercial center of the Pakistan based, in part, on their connection to its unique food industry and home of textile, silk, carpets and other items.</div><div><br /></div><div>From the Gateway Arch to the Khyber Pass Gateway, the thread of destruction of human life continues. We living in times of violence.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DQTLh1xElEE/VJChz9s2pzI/AAAAAAAAcfM/taJI5PwcfeY/s1600/_79757855_pakistan_army_school_attack_624map.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DQTLh1xElEE/VJChz9s2pzI/AAAAAAAAcfM/taJI5PwcfeY/s1600/_79757855_pakistan_army_school_attack_624map.jpg" height="339" width="400" /></a></div><div><div><br /></div><div>The Taliban stormed a military-run school in northwest Pakistan, gunning down and killing at least 141 people -- most of them children -- in one of the bloodiest attacks in the country's history.</div><div><br /></div>The Army Public School is located at Warsak Road near Cantonment, Peshawar, which is part of Army Public Schools & Colleges System that runs 146 schools in Pakistan.<div><br /></div>The attack began at around noon when seven gunmen, dressed in uniforms of the Pakistani Frontier Corps, entered the school from the back through a cemetery adjacent to the school, after scaling its walls. Before entering the school the gunmen set fire to vehicles, then indiscriminately opened fire with automatic weapons in the central auditorium of the school, where children were gathered for a school function.<br /><div><br /></div><div>The Pakistani Taliban killed 141 people, including 132 children, in an attack on an army run school in Peshawar, a city in the country’s north-west. The attack was the deadliest in Pakistan’s history.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v8iJdvYAiWc/VJChzANaPRI/AAAAAAAAcfA/gBhDDU0OZyk/s1600/Peshawar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v8iJdvYAiWc/VJChzANaPRI/AAAAAAAAcfA/gBhDDU0OZyk/s1600/Peshawar.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div>All of the militants in the school attack in northwest Pakistan have been killed, a Peshawar police official says.</div><br />Pakistan’s Major General Asim Bajwa says there were seven militants, all wearing suicide jackets, and that several special forces soldiers were wounded in the fighting.<br /><br />“The terrorists used a ladder to cross the school walls from the graveyard behind the school. The terrorists and the Pakistani army fought in the administrative block of the school.”<br /><br />He says 960 students and staff were saved in the rescue operation, and that 121 children were wounded during the attack.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9rHMuIK6SC4/VJChzC_B_iI/AAAAAAAAce8/wxrGPhDdmXo/s1600/Route_of_grand_trunk_road.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9rHMuIK6SC4/VJChzC_B_iI/AAAAAAAAce8/wxrGPhDdmXo/s1600/Route_of_grand_trunk_road.png" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div>This is a short overview of similar attacks in Pakistan.<br /><br />16 December 2014: Taliban attack on school in Peshawar leaves at least 135 people dead, most of them children<br /><br />22 September 2013: Militants linked to the Taliban kill at least 80 people at a church in Peshawar, in one of the worst attacks on Christians<br /><br />10 January 2013: Militant bombers target the Hazara Shia Muslim minority in the city of Quetta, killing 120 at a snooker hall and on a street<br /><br />28 May 2010: Gunmen attack two mosques of the minority Ahmadi Islamic sect in Lahore, killing more than 80 people<br /><br />18 October 2007: Twin bomb attack at a rally for Benazir Bhutto in Karachi leaves at least 130 dead. Unclear if Taliban behind attack.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Peshawar is situated in a large valley near the eastern end of the Khyber</div><div>Pass.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6KQWziBQyU0/VI8aB4HZHBI/AAAAAAAAccI/qfcXf8cV_g0/s1600/OBL-flage.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6KQWziBQyU0/VI8aB4HZHBI/AAAAAAAAccI/qfcXf8cV_g0/s1600/OBL-flage.JPG" height="225" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>In 2002, Osama bin Laden slipped into Pakistan. He then lived in at least</div><div>five different places including Peshawar before finally settling down in</div><div>Abbottabad in 2005. It was there where he was eventually killed by US Navy</div><div>SEALs in a covert raid begun on May 1, 2011. The official death date for</div><div>Osama bin Laden is given as May 2, 2011.</div><div><br /></div><div>The operation, code named Zero Dark Thirty, and used as the title of a</div><div>famed film on the event, was defined as "a military term for 30 minutes</div><div>after midnight, and it refers also to the darkness and secrecy that</div><div>cloaked the entire decade-long mission."</div><div><br /></div><div>The raid was completed shortly after 1am local time when he was shot once</div><div>in the chest and once in the head by a Navy Seal who announced, "For God</div><div>and country Geronimo, Geronimo, Geronimo," because Geronimo was the</div><div>code-name given to the al-Qaeda leader.</div><div><br /></div></div></div></div>Gawarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09760013195693181745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414648530982454290.post-24711606202270651032014-12-15T11:13:00.000-08:002015-01-10T06:24:44.546-08:00Sheikh Haron, Self-Styled Black Magician, Slain as Sydney Siege Ends; Two Hostages Die<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MKpjiv_wrCE/VI8wbric8MI/AAAAAAAAcdE/G-f18ax3h3Q/s1600/Archibald%2BFountain%2B06b%2B-%2Bmedium%2B-%2B121299.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MKpjiv_wrCE/VI8wbric8MI/AAAAAAAAcdE/G-f18ax3h3Q/s1600/Archibald%2BFountain%2B06b%2B-%2Bmedium%2B-%2B121299.gif" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good defeats Evil is the metaphor of Archibald Fountain's sculpture, located near the Lindt Cafe, Sydney, Australia.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lR05vYdUWlY/VI8aBcu3-aI/AAAAAAAAcb4/8XpdVatPFec/s1600/771622-sheik.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lR05vYdUWlY/VI8aBcu3-aI/AAAAAAAAcb4/8XpdVatPFec/s1600/771622-sheik.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The siege in Sydney is over, with the alleged gunman Sheikh Haron dead, and some of the hostages, apparently, as well. Seventeen hostages were involved. Two hostages died and the gunman too. One police officer was slightly injured.<br /><br /><div>I posted last night on the "<a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/12/Lindt.html">Oz's Lindt Chocolate Cafe Hostage Situation</a>." This is an update of the situation.</div><div><br /></div><div>The situation seemed to be getting to a dangerous point of no return. Gun shots were heard. One of the hostages (<a href="http://themuslimissue.wordpress.com/2014/12/15/iranian-refugee-lone-wolf-claim-bombs-have-been-placed-across-city-while-australian-hostages-indicate-sign-language-threats-of-beheading/comment-page-1/">allegedly</a>) had made signs "running her thumb across her throat" in a chilling gesture during the Martin Place siege.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>The Flag</i>:</div><div><br /></div><div>Held up in the window was a specific flag seen before.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NKQSV3G87uI/VI8kJy6ZFSI/AAAAAAAAccU/71yOI5QGctE/s1600/269197-ccc4a2c0-83e7-11e4-b7a3-5366c32c384a-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NKQSV3G87uI/VI8kJy6ZFSI/AAAAAAAAccU/71yOI5QGctE/s1600/269197-ccc4a2c0-83e7-11e4-b7a3-5366c32c384a-1.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ncH6S6SsMDs/VI8kvRLFgyI/AAAAAAAAccc/3jNFETn8-VE/s1600/_79730565_79730564.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ncH6S6SsMDs/VI8kvRLFgyI/AAAAAAAAccc/3jNFETn8-VE/s1600/_79730565_79730564.jpg" height="224" width="400" /></a></div>The black flag used bore the white Arabic text of the "shahada," the basic statement of the Islamic faith. It is used by jihadist groups worldwide. The statement on the flag translates as, "There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger."<br /><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span"> The black flag was the battle flag of the Prophet Muhammad and was carried into battle by many of his companions.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div>It was shown behind Osama bin Laden (1957–2011) in some of his released videos.<br /><div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6KQWziBQyU0/VI8aB4HZHBI/AAAAAAAAccA/4aasyZIM8_M/s1600/OBL-flage.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6KQWziBQyU0/VI8aB4HZHBI/AAAAAAAAccA/4aasyZIM8_M/s1600/OBL-flage.JPG" height="224" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /><br />Gunfire could be heard in the vicinity of the cafe in Sydney. Reportedly, seven people have have been shot, and, at least, two have died.<br /><br />The man who has held hostages in a Sydney, Australia, cafe for nearly 16 hours was Man Haron Monis, and he is reported to have been killed in the exchange. <br /><br />He's also known as Sheikh Haron, a self-styled Muslim cleric, who pleaded guilty last year to writing offensive letters to the families of deceased Australian service members. <br /><br />For that, Haron received 300 hours of community service, the Weekend Australian reported.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nj1OgmQo544/VI8aBT46UQI/AAAAAAAAcbw/R1tNPM54gvc/s1600/141215-man-haron-monis-930a_efa8d96ac559854aa4d5b9c87df1c4a7.nbcnews-ux-1080-800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nj1OgmQo544/VI8aBT46UQI/AAAAAAAAcbw/R1tNPM54gvc/s1600/141215-man-haron-monis-930a_efa8d96ac559854aa4d5b9c87df1c4a7.nbcnews-ux-1080-800.jpg" height="266" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></div><i>Name Change</i>: Sheikh Haron is an Australian Muslim cleric originally from Iran. Haron was born Manteghi Bourjerdi in Iran where, as an ayatollah, his liberal interpretation of Islam led to the detention of his wife and children. Bourjerdi fled Iran to Australia in 1996 as a refugee, and changed his name to Man Haron Monis, assuming the title of Sheikh Haron.</div><div>On December 16, 2014, Haron was identified in media reports as the person who took hostages in a siege at the Lindt Chocolate Cafe in Sydney.<br /><br />The chosen name of this individual includes "<i>Haron</i>," which means "<i>mountain of strength</i>." <br /><br />The name "<i>Monis</i>" has roots in "<i>monish</i>," which means "<i>to admonish</i>," "<i>to warn</i>." This derives from the Latin <i>monēre</i>, "<i>to warn</i>."<br /><br /><i>Sex Offender</i>: In April 2014, the self-proclaimed Muslim sheikh was charged with sexually assaulting a woman while posing as a "spiritual healer."<br />Mohammad Hassan Manteghi, also known as Sheik Haron and Man Haron Monis, appeared in Kogarah Local Court April 14, 2014, charged with one count of sexual assault and two counts of indecent assault. It is alleged he assaulted the woman at Wentworthville in the city's west in August 2002. Police say the woman, who was 27 at the time, met Manteghi after responding to an advertisement offering "spiritual consultation" in a community newspaper.<br /><br />He <b><i>allegedly</i></b> claimed to be an <b><i>expert in astrology, numerology, meditation and black magic</i></b>. (Please note, "Sheik Haron" was self-styled, apparently, as an occult expert for the purpose of sexually assaulting women.)<br /><br />Detective Inspector Michael Haddow says their investigations have revealed advertisements about the healing centre were placed in Fijian, Chinese, Macedonian, Indian and Spanish local newspapers between 2000 and 2002.<br />Police allege the first time the woman was indecently assaulted when she met Manteghi at his business on Station Street.<br />Detectives says when they met again about a week later Manteghi indecently and sexually assaulted the woman under the guise of a spiritual healing technique.<br />Manteghi allegedly told the woman not to tell anyone what happened. <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-14/spiritual-healer-arrested-for-sexual-assault/5388332">Source</a>.<br /><br /><i>Murder?</i>: On November 15, 2013, Haron was charged by NSW Police with being an accessory before and after the fact to the murder of Noleen Hayson Pal, allegedly stabbed and set alight in a Werrington apartment stairwell on April 21, 2013. His partner Amirah Droudis, was formally charged with Pal's murder. Pal was Haron's ex-wife.<br />On December 12, 2013, Haron and Amirah were given bail at Penrith Local Court. Magistrate Darryl Pearce said there wew significant flaws in the Crown's case against the pair. "It is a weak case'" he said. Prosecutor Brian Royce said Monis' claims the Iranian Secret Police and ASIO were trying to frame him for the murder was fanciful. Magistrate Pearce said all theories needed to be examined.<br />On January 22, 2014, Haron told magistrate Joan Baptie that he was representing himself and proceeded to talk about documents ASIO has on him that he wanted to see. He told the court he has been charged in connection to the murder of his ex-wife because ASIO is conspiring against him to have him jailed. But Magistrate Baptie told him she cannot order ASIO to release documents about him. Haron stood outside the Parramatta Local Court wearing chains and holding a sign claiming he has been tortured in jail. He said: "This is not a criminal case. This is a political case." <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_Monis#Murder_case">Source</a>.<br /><br /><i><b>Synchromysticism.</b></i><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wx9WT-79Cgc/VI8aBYUFR6I/AAAAAAAAcbs/nkoIhrbmX3Q/s1600/7%2B7%2Bgunman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wx9WT-79Cgc/VI8aBYUFR6I/AAAAAAAAcbs/nkoIhrbmX3Q/s1600/7%2B7%2Bgunman.jpg" height="179" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div>Syncs are being picked up by <a href="http://newspaceman.blogspot.com/2014/12/thats-entertainment.html">some</a>. </div></div></div><div><br /></div>Johanna Lenski writes: "King St., Queen's Square, (saint) Martin's Place, (saint) George St., St. James Church. Lindt Chocolatier: right in the power center. Theatre Royal alright. Plus, the reflection of the shooter behind glass, sort of looks like he has an Egyptian pharoh's veil on."<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PEGzW1NhWy8/VI8waGETPAI/AAAAAAAAccs/gvoWs4rsOxQ/s1600/450px-Hyde_Park_Obelisk.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PEGzW1NhWy8/VI8waGETPAI/AAAAAAAAccs/gvoWs4rsOxQ/s1600/450px-Hyde_Park_Obelisk.JPG" height="640" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0LCbun_TwdM/VI8wafcPn5I/AAAAAAAAcc0/LX3X9hpa80I/s1600/1920px-Hyde_Park_Obelisk_Design.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0LCbun_TwdM/VI8wafcPn5I/AAAAAAAAcc0/LX3X9hpa80I/s1600/1920px-Hyde_Park_Obelisk_Design.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Kevin McMahon says: "Hyde Park Obelisk modeled after London's Cleopatra's Needle is less than 1/2 mile from here."</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZWAWUCTJ8i8/VI8xGoY4NhI/AAAAAAAAcdk/pJ2TkJbBWZg/s1600/1920px-SydneyArchibaldFountain_gobeirne.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZWAWUCTJ8i8/VI8xGoY4NhI/AAAAAAAAcdk/pJ2TkJbBWZg/s1600/1920px-SydneyArchibaldFountain_gobeirne.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /><div><div><br /></div>David Isnes notes: "Archibald Fountain: 200 metres away with some big Apollo themes. The geometry of Hyde park is interesting."<br /><div class="UFICommentContent" data-reactid=".6j.1:3:1:$comment813575122018881_813615768681483:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0" style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 15px;"><span data-reactid=".6j.1:3:1:$comment813575122018881_813615768681483:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.5"></span></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NLeUNtZzkC0/VI8wbQsakXI/AAAAAAAAcdA/BW9ij4lOtSE/s1600/800px-Archibald_Fountain_side_sculpture_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NLeUNtZzkC0/VI8wbQsakXI/AAAAAAAAcdA/BW9ij4lOtSE/s1600/800px-Archibald_Fountain_side_sculpture_3.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K4cnOWISwiU/VI8wbDs8I7I/AAAAAAAAcc8/-tpA6G9dzkU/s1600/800px-Archibald_Fountain_side_sculpture_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K4cnOWISwiU/VI8wbDs8I7I/AAAAAAAAcc8/-tpA6G9dzkU/s1600/800px-Archibald_Fountain_side_sculpture_1.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The Archibald Fountain, properly called the J. F. Archibald Memorial Fountain is located in Hyde Park, in central Sydney, New South Wales. Diana (the huntress), Aristaeus (as a shepherd with rams), and Theseus defeating the Montaur, topped with Apollo, are depicted at the Fountain.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3M7QrvRFnOw/VI8yPMGLrRI/AAAAAAAAcd4/gvTASN9bt9c/s1600/54471294.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3M7QrvRFnOw/VI8yPMGLrRI/AAAAAAAAcd4/gvTASN9bt9c/s1600/54471294.jpg" height="257" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Kevin McMahon observes: "It's on the 33rd parallel (33.87 deg S)."<br /><br />To which, Johanna Lenski replies: "Well, there we go! 33rd degree, right inside the center of the King (3rd King of KK33?) and Queen's royal theatre!"<br /><br />Darren Broo wants us to remember that this happened on Philip Street, since <i>Philip</i> means "horse" and this is the <i>Year of the Horse</i>. <br /><br />Meanwhile, a mass shooting in <i>Phila</i>delphia involving several people being killed has been unfolding in the last 24 hours. See "<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/12/15/suspect-sought-in-3-separate-shootings-that-killed-5-in-pennsylvania/">Suspect sought in 6 shooting deaths near Philadelphia</a>." Bradley William Stone, 35, is being hunted.<br /><br />And also, "<a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-15/belgian-police-in-standoff-as-armed-men-enter-apartment/5969180">Belgium Siege: Armed Suspects Surrender to Police; No indications of Terrorism</a>" is worthy of your attention.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B84ZCNXInUE/VJDa_H7GimI/AAAAAAAAchw/r6xPZ_YiM2w/s1600/10387548_851290698256689_7468322005422305181_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B84ZCNXInUE/VJDa_H7GimI/AAAAAAAAchw/r6xPZ_YiM2w/s1600/10387548_851290698256689_7468322005422305181_n.jpg" height="400" width="367" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o_ObYKHER5Y/VI9FWVDnK-I/AAAAAAAAceI/oxaLrllrKMs/s1600/_79731217_sydney_cafe_hostages2_624map(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o_ObYKHER5Y/VI9FWVDnK-I/AAAAAAAAceI/oxaLrllrKMs/s1600/_79731217_sydney_cafe_hostages2_624map(2).jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BKuFz_6C7eg/VI9G1UFfpPI/AAAAAAAAcek/0vQh8c22Efk/s1600/141214230146-map-martin-place-sydney-story-top.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BKuFz_6C7eg/VI9G1UFfpPI/AAAAAAAAcek/0vQh8c22Efk/s1600/141214230146-map-martin-place-sydney-story-top.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F5KjOuXiCfY/VI9G1WRzvdI/AAAAAAAAceU/6xHC5bP9IWQ/s1600/GN32495C.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F5KjOuXiCfY/VI9G1WRzvdI/AAAAAAAAceU/6xHC5bP9IWQ/s1600/GN32495C.jpg" height="604" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kWWRRH_CBxI/VI9G2OWBWsI/AAAAAAAAcec/xisXPHL0jLE/s1600/sydney-siege-map-exclusion-zone-data.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kWWRRH_CBxI/VI9G2OWBWsI/AAAAAAAAcec/xisXPHL0jLE/s1600/sydney-siege-map-exclusion-zone-data.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div>Gawarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09760013195693181745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414648530982454290.post-3924008421645307042014-12-14T19:22:00.000-08:002015-01-10T06:24:44.562-08:00Oz's Lindt Chocolate Cafe Hostage Situation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5V6kGcHzSxk/VI5ISW5_9AI/AAAAAAAAcbU/cQxjY2DjwmQ/s1600/269197-ccc4a2c0-83e7-11e4-b7a3-5366c32c384a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5V6kGcHzSxk/VI5ISW5_9AI/AAAAAAAAcbU/cQxjY2DjwmQ/s1600/269197-ccc4a2c0-83e7-11e4-b7a3-5366c32c384a.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>A Lindt Chocolate Cafe is the focus of a terrorist hostage situation in Oz. The exact <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/locations">filming location</a> of some of the scenes in <i>Matrix</i> are where this event is occurring.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B84ZCNXInUE/VJDa_H7GimI/AAAAAAAAchw/r6xPZ_YiM2w/s1600/10387548_851290698256689_7468322005422305181_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B84ZCNXInUE/VJDa_H7GimI/AAAAAAAAchw/r6xPZ_YiM2w/s1600/10387548_851290698256689_7468322005422305181_n.jpg" height="400" width="366" /></a></div><br /><br />A major police operation was under way on what is Monday morning, December 15, 2014, at the Lindt Chocolate Cafe, on the corner of Elizabeth Street and Martin Place, Sydney, Australia.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NedEMyq6e0o/VI5IST5KTuI/AAAAAAAAcaA/TB1VDJLcu6w/s1600/292239-8988036a-83e9-11e4-b7a3-5366c32c384a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NedEMyq6e0o/VI5IST5KTuI/AAAAAAAAcaA/TB1VDJLcu6w/s1600/292239-8988036a-83e9-11e4-b7a3-5366c32c384a.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NIJUAGNekxg/VI5IS6tmJDI/AAAAAAAAcaI/9-caP_ZZRX0/s1600/375085-c73d6820-83ef-11e4-b7a3-5366c32c384a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NIJUAGNekxg/VI5IS6tmJDI/AAAAAAAAcaI/9-caP_ZZRX0/s1600/375085-c73d6820-83ef-11e4-b7a3-5366c32c384a.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div><br /></div>An armed man was filmed with black headband with Arabic writing (see below). A black Arab flag was seen flying inside the cafe. Witnesses described seeing cafe staff and shoppers pinned up against the building’s front window, with their arms raised and a black and white Islamic flag in the window (as shown at top).<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', monospace;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZAqNja6r3eo/VI5ITSn-c_I/AAAAAAAAcaU/U7fuKh169-E/s1600/544458-6486d558-83fa-11e4-a702-553dc58650c9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZAqNja6r3eo/VI5ITSn-c_I/AAAAAAAAcaU/U7fuKh169-E/s1600/544458-6486d558-83fa-11e4-a702-553dc58650c9.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', monospace;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Uox06CP6OQ4/VI5ITPrwGiI/AAAAAAAAcaM/AUCkZDYMwtA/s1600/423010-bcc138dc-83f3-11e4-a702-553dc58650c9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Uox06CP6OQ4/VI5ITPrwGiI/AAAAAAAAcaM/AUCkZDYMwtA/s1600/423010-bcc138dc-83f3-11e4-a702-553dc58650c9.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', monospace;"><br /></span></div>As many as 13 hostages were being held in the Lindt Cafe. At least two gunmen took over cafe just before 10 a.m. Customers and staff locked in David Jones in Elizabeth Street. Davy Jones' Locker, also Davy Jones's Locker, is an idiom for the bottom of the sea: the state of death among drowned sailors and shipwrecks.<br /><br />It is believed six Black Hawk helicopters with troops on board are headed to the city. Castlereagh Street is swarming with hundreds of shocked onlookers and media personnel. <br /><br /><div>Lindt & Sprüngli AG, more commonly known as Lindt, is a Swiss chocolate and confectionery company, dating back to 1845. Rudolf Lindt, (July 16, 1855 – February 20, 1909) was a Swiss chocolate manufacturer and inventor.</div><div><br /></div><div>Lindt has opened eight chocolate cafes in Australia, four in Sydney and four in Melbourne. The first one opened in 2004 at Martin Place in Sydney.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5pdxXxnqfuY/VI5IVFkw3pI/AAAAAAAAcbE/czYcq5yhMuA/s1600/logo_lindt_by_happygio-d37wbpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5pdxXxnqfuY/VI5IVFkw3pI/AAAAAAAAcbE/czYcq5yhMuA/s1600/logo_lindt_by_happygio-d37wbpg.jpg" height="238" width="400" /></a></div>The name Lindt is derived from the Upper German word lind, which means "tender," "gentle hearted." The similar phonetic name Linde comes from "Linden," which is a type of tree. It is generally known as a sacred, hallowed tree in Slavic and Germanic cultures, and in England is called a "lime tree."<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Eeh_0B2rjK4/VI5IUqOc3vI/AAAAAAAAcak/VSeN1-XjmkA/s1600/LindtDragon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Eeh_0B2rjK4/VI5IUqOc3vI/AAAAAAAAcak/VSeN1-XjmkA/s1600/LindtDragon.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The symbol found on the logo is of a dragon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tX6NKqzuejU/VI5IT4V0lvI/AAAAAAAAcac/2tgoX9j0yxo/s1600/6a00d8341d0e2c53ef0168e4d3f0e9970c-320wi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tX6NKqzuejU/VI5IT4V0lvI/AAAAAAAAcac/2tgoX9j0yxo/s1600/6a00d8341d0e2c53ef0168e4d3f0e9970c-320wi.jpg" height="361" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Imprinted on individual chocolates is the logo's dragon. But, intriguing, turned...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-grDtTdupxAE/VI5ITpFFJuI/AAAAAAAAcaY/-BbU1yAt_Sg/s1600/6a00d8341d0e2c53ef01675fd30a5f970b-320wi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-grDtTdupxAE/VI5ITpFFJuI/AAAAAAAAcaY/-BbU1yAt_Sg/s1600/6a00d8341d0e2c53ef01675fd30a5f970b-320wi.jpg" height="376" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...upside down, the head of the dragon looks like a machine gun. This was discovered and noted <a href="http://karmynsdreamings.typepad.com/dreaming_what_ifs/2012/01/lindts-underlying-message.html">here</a>, and mentioned in a blog in 2012.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><><><></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A rundown of the current breaking news follows. First, a bit of history:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', monospace;">In September 2014, the Australian Federal Police made "a host of arrests after allegedly uncovering a plot to abduct a random Australian and execute them by beheading in a public place, possibly Martin Place and post the act on social media."</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4U9pOvNGOmE/VI5IUM8MXsI/AAAAAAAAcag/hQmCKC8WfxY/s1600/LindtChocHostage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4U9pOvNGOmE/VI5IUM8MXsI/AAAAAAAAcag/hQmCKC8WfxY/s1600/LindtChocHostage.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/martin-place-siege-hostages-taken-in-lindt-chocolate-shop-by-armed-robber/story-fni0cx4q-1227156245751">Source</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xkffjatQrE4/VIyNa8wElaI/AAAAAAAAcYQ/KaRYJlAa0hU/s1600/Racist-Sambo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xkffjatQrE4/VIyNa8wElaI/AAAAAAAAcYQ/KaRYJlAa0hU/s1600/Racist-Sambo.jpg" height="320" width="238" /></a></div><div>Deciding what was racist use to be so easy. Today, the media, sometimes due to law enforcement, sometimes not, is putting out confusing messages.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wxdruYxW-tE/VIyuROZXAzI/AAAAAAAAcZQ/UPMoMwSHjU4/s1600/DTK.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wxdruYxW-tE/VIyuROZXAzI/AAAAAAAAcZQ/UPMoMwSHjU4/s1600/DTK.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yAA-2gVGVic/VIyuWKj2oGI/AAAAAAAAcZY/d-8ShlSmxuo/s1600/dontsnitchcartoon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yAA-2gVGVic/VIyuWKj2oGI/AAAAAAAAcZY/d-8ShlSmxuo/s1600/dontsnitchcartoon.jpg" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Take for instance news out of Portland, Oregon on Friday.</div><div><br /></div>Four students were shot in front of a peace mural just outside of their alternative Rosemary Anderson High School in Portland, Oregon, at a North Killingsworth location. The gunmen fled the scene, prompting panic and a massive search on an otherwise quiet Friday on December 12, 2014.<br /><br />Portland Police Department spokesman Sgt. Pete Simpson <a href="http://heavy.com/news/2014/12/rosemary-anderson-high-school-portland-oregon-shooting-injuries-victims-suspect/">told</a> the media that it could be “gang related.” <br /><br />Describing those involved as AfricanAmericans, Simpson said, "The suspect may be affiliated with a gang but it's not known if the shooting was gang-related or 'a personal beef.'"<br /><br />One victim, Taylor Zimmers, 16, was in critical condition. Two more, David Jackson-Liday, 20, and Labraye Franklin, 17, were in fair condition. Olyvia Batson, 17, was treated at the scene after a bullet grazed her foot.<br /><br />The family of one of the victims <a href="https://twitter.com/KATUNews/status/543529492858146816">told KATU News</a> that he has “no gang affiliations.”<br /><div><br /></div><div>Confusing reports of a "drive-by" shooting turned into eyewitness accounts that the gunman or gunmen had "run away" from the scene.</div><div><br /></div><div>Was it a school shooting or not? The media appears confused by how to handle shootings at schools involving blacks.<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G-XfMvDWtPQ/VIykEhb7EZI/AAAAAAAAcY4/mEzq6wRIB1M/s1600/00003501312459.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G-XfMvDWtPQ/VIykEhb7EZI/AAAAAAAAcY4/mEzq6wRIB1M/s1600/00003501312459.jpg" height="320" width="256" /></a></div><div><br />Portland, Oregon, police arrested a 22-year-old man, Lonzo Murphy (pictured), early Saturday in connection with the shooting.<br /><br />Okay, let's review: The Friday shooting appeared to be gang-related, police <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/police-oregon-shooting-appears-gang-related-083728130.html">said</a>. Witnesses told authorities there may have been a dispute outside Rosemary Anderson High School just before the shooting occurred at a street corner. The victims are students or in affiliated job training programs.<br /><br />Gang investigators "feel comfortable saying this is a gang-related shooting based on some of the people involved," Sgt. Pete Simpson <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/police-oregon-shooting-appears-gang-related-083728130.html">said</a>. Police believe the shooter has gang ties. </div><div><br /></div><div>But there's no real evidence of any of those statements.<br /><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/06/Troutdale.html">Another school shooting occurred</a> about six months earlier in the Portland area. A 14-year-old freshman at the school, named Emilio Hoffman, was killed. A male teen gunman with a semi-automatic weapon (reportedly an AK-15) and one victim were both dead after shots were fired at Reynolds High School in <a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/06/Troutdale.html">Troutdale</a>, Multnomah County, Oregon on June 10, 2014. The killer was identified as Jared Michael Padgett.<br /><br />The Portland, Oregon, shooting of December 12, 2014, comes just two days shy of the second anniversary of the Sandy Hook massacre in Connecticut.</div><div><br /></div>The syncs between the Aurora, the Clackamas, and the Sandy Hook shootings were strong. Most school shootings are traditionally seen as "white male students" killing their classmates or students at their former schools.<br /><div><br /></div><div>The <a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2012/12/12.12.12.html">Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting</a> occurred on <a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2012/12/newtown.html">December 14, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut</a>, when 20-year-old Adam Lanza <a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2012/12/Newtown-mask.html">fatally shot 20 children and 6 adult staff members</a>. Prior to driving to the school, Lanza shot and killed his mother at their Newtown home. As first responders arrived at the scene, Lanza died by suicide by shooting himself in the head.</div><div><br /></div>On December 11, 2012, a <a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2012/12/Clackamas.html">shooting occurred at the Clackamas Town Center</a> in unincorporated Clackamas County, outside the city of Portland, Oregon. The gunman, 22-year-old Jacob Tyler Roberts, ran into the shopping center wearing tactical clothing and a hockey mask and opened fire on shoppers and employees with a stolen Bushmaster M4 Type Carbine. He fired a total of seventeen shots, killing two people and seriously wounding a third person before shooing himself, dying by suicide.<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pGRJQ1Tp1DA/VIyNbKys9JI/AAAAAAAAcYg/pHqizMvCbnk/s1600/CRTN-Teabagger-racist.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pGRJQ1Tp1DA/VIyNbKys9JI/AAAAAAAAcYg/pHqizMvCbnk/s1600/CRTN-Teabagger-racist.bmp" height="311" width="400" /></a></div><div>Did everyone really think that racism would disappear just because an AfricanAmerican was elected President?</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><><><></div><div style="text-align: left;">The media loves the simplistic phrase "school shooting" to whip up interest in their stories. The problem is, they don't exactly know what to do when the shootings involve <a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/keeping-kids-safe/201212/school-shooters-who-are-not-white-males">non-whites</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>In the fall of 2005, there was a nonfatal "school shooting" in Saginaw, Michigan. According to the media, a probable "gang-member" Clarence Russell III, 15, was accused of shooting fellow sophomore Daniel Foster, 15, October 20, near a stairwell inside Saginaw High School. Foster did not die of his injuries, and some speculation occurred that it was a "gang-related shooting" (translate this from the media as "African-American"*). Days later, on October 24, in a drive-by shooting, three teens were targeted, with two hit. The one teen who was not shot was the 17-year-old half brother of Clarence Russell III. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Wi4tL1I7GQw/VIyk41wRluI/AAAAAAAAcZA/YJ4VXxgln6I/s1600/Asa-Coon.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Wi4tL1I7GQw/VIyk41wRluI/AAAAAAAAcZA/YJ4VXxgln6I/s1600/Asa-Coon.png" /></a></div><br />On October 10, 2007, Asa Coon (above), a 14-year-old student at SuccessTech Academy high school in Cleveland, Ohio shot four people, including two teachers and two students. Asa H. Coon was a Caucasian going to a predominantly AfricanAmerican school. His was a face and personality that was the different one in that enviornment. He was a "death Goth" Columbine copycat in a trenchcoat, according to some media accounts. His shooting resulted in only one death - his own when he turned the gun on himself.<br /><br />In<a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2007/10/clevelands-coon-columbine-copycat.html"> 2007</a>, I made these observations:<br /><blockquote>I've written in recent years of the diverse and ethnic underpinnings that must be acknowledged in these school shootings, and the shifting trend from white rural to white suburban to more ethnicities taking on the mantle of Columbine, over and above their own cultural background. This school shooting cries out for further analysis on that level too.<br />The [Cleveland's] shooter had a name that hardly can be ignored, and must have been a burden to carry. "Coon" is an insulting term for a black person. "Coon" is known as a derogatory term for AfricanAmericans, and is similar to the n-word. Its origins are traced back to a shortened form of the word "raccoon," used in reference to the animal. The black eye masks and noctural habits of the animal paralleled the characteristics of typical robbers and thiefs. The stereotype was then applied to black people. It was used extensively in the South, but then followed blacks into the Northern urban areas where they settled.<br />This young man named Coon was a white student living alone with a Goth Columbine mentality among AfricanAmericans. He is said to have liked Marilyn Manson versus God. Allegedly, the fight that resulted in his suspension was related to an argument about his Devil worship. Simplistic ways to describe a life, I know, but that is what you get from the media after a shooting.</blockquote><i>*"Gang-related" incorrectly means "black teens," to the media</i>: In 1996, 50 percent of gang members were juveniles (i.e., younger than 18) and 50 percent were adults (i.e., 18 and older). In 1999, these numbers were 37 percent and 63 percent, respectively. In 1999, respondents reported that 47 percent of gang members were Hispanic, 31 percent African American, 13 percent white, 7 percent Asian, and 2 percent "other" (Source: <a href="http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/ojjdp/fs200203.pdf"><i>National Youth Gang Survey Trends From 1996 to 2000</i></a>, 2002). </div></div></div></div>Gawarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09760013195693181745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414648530982454290.post-87016844846599154272014-12-13T08:30:00.000-08:002015-01-10T06:24:44.637-08:00Strange Days in LA: From Magnolia to Inherent Vice<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cZjcyoYsbkY/VIxo71nb-FI/AAAAAAAAcXo/tA3PBOsh5pY/s1600/LA-12.12.14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cZjcyoYsbkY/VIxo71nb-FI/AAAAAAAAcXo/tA3PBOsh5pY/s1600/LA-12.12.14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qhwWRO4yXss/VIxvZCYgSBI/AAAAAAAAcYA/jvaAvJoda_s/s1600/Inherent_vice_cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qhwWRO4yXss/VIxvZCYgSBI/AAAAAAAAcYA/jvaAvJoda_s/s1600/Inherent_vice_cover.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cZjcyoYsbkY/VIxo71nb-FI/AAAAAAAAcXo/tA3PBOsh5pY/s1600/LA-12.12.14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cZjcyoYsbkY/VIxo71nb-FI/AAAAAAAAcXo/tA3PBOsh5pY/s1600/LA-12.12.14.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><br />"It is in the humble opinion of this narrator that this is not just 'something that happened.' This cannot be 'one of those things'...This, please, cannot be that. And for what I would like to say, I can't. This was not just a matter of chance.…These strange things happen all the time." ~<i>Magnolia</i><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/_F-M6Ly3Jqw" width="420"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">A small tornado hit South Los Angeles on December 12, 2014</div><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/6sWJuQD0cL8" width="420"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">Frogs fall from the sky in <i>Magnolia, </i>an American drama film written, produced, and directed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Thomas_Anderson">Paul Thomas Anderson</a>, narrated by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Jay">Ricky Jay</a>, was released on December 17, 1999.<br /><br />Meanwhile, what new film was released on 12.12.14? Something novel (as in a novel from Thomas Pynchon) turned into a movie from Paul Thomas Anderson, <i>Inherent Vice</i>:<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/BTRMkQzFYHI" width="560"></iframe> </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Location of the plot of Pynchon's novel: "The setting is Los Angeles in 1970; the arrest and trial of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manson_Family">Manson Family</a> is featured throughout the novel as a current event. Larry 'Doc' Sportello, private investigator and 'pothead,' receives a visit from his former girlfriend Shasta Fay Hepworth, now having an affair with the real-estate mogul Mickey Wolfmann."<br /><div><br /></div><div>Shasta Fay Hepworth links to the <a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2012/06/fayette-factor.html">Fayette Factor</a>, of course.<br /><br />Someone wrote this about <i>Magnolia</i> at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnolia_(film)#Raining_frogs_and_Exodus_.28Bible.29_references">Wikipedia</a>: "The film has an underlying theme of unexplained events, taken from the 1920s and 1930s works of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fort">Charles Fort</a>. Fortean author <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loren_Coleman">Loren Coleman</a> has written a chapter about the film, entitled "The Teleporting Animals and <i>Magnolia</i>," in one of his recent books [<i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mysterious-America-Strangest-Creepiest-Creatures/dp/1416527362">Mysterious America</a></i>]. One of Fort's books is visible on the table in the library and there is an end credit thanking Charles Fort."<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QI9tlYy2sA4/VIxm9pkUPCI/AAAAAAAAcXc/sNyn3JZZ4YE/s1600/frogMagnolia%2B1999-300x211.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QI9tlYy2sA4/VIxm9pkUPCI/AAAAAAAAcXc/sNyn3JZZ4YE/s1600/frogMagnolia%2B1999-300x211.jpg" height="281" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Several of the actual film prop frogs from <i>Magnolia</i> </div><div style="text-align: center;">are at the <a href="http://cryptozoologymuseum.com/">International Cryptozoology Museum</a>.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qUZcXqoTsy8/VIxslCXAT4I/AAAAAAAAcX0/STbl6j7mKS4/s1600/article-2360579-1AC47CA2000005DC-48_634x350.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qUZcXqoTsy8/VIxslCXAT4I/AAAAAAAAcX0/STbl6j7mKS4/s1600/article-2360579-1AC47CA2000005DC-48_634x350.jpg" /></a></div><br />Of course, Los Angeles became the Z-target of sharks from the sky when <i><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2360579/Los-Angeles-destroyed-flying-sharks-sucked-tornado-new-film.html">Skarknado</a></i> was released on SyFy, July 11, 2013.</div></div>Gawarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09760013195693181745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414648530982454290.post-66132726905942810902014-12-07T21:02:00.000-08:002015-01-10T06:24:44.690-08:00Eyes Wide Furry: Foreshadowing the Future<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Qz5mE8_x51w/VIUqC6svDVI/AAAAAAAAcWM/OubyNkOyIfE/s1600/Furry3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Qz5mE8_x51w/VIUqC6svDVI/AAAAAAAAcWM/OubyNkOyIfE/s1600/Furry3.JPG" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Does opening oneself to synchromysticism result in predicting future "coincidences" and "syncs"?</div><div><br /></div>Early on December 7th, I posted "<a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/12/Deja-Vu.html">Déjà Vu, Sync Quick News, and Hanging Man</a>," here at this Twilight Language blog.<br /><br />In that examination of syncs tied to Heath Ledger, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Robin Williams, I detailed my discovery last week of a weird clip from <i>Tosh.0's</i> episode on furry characters. Two furry costumed "celebrities" were identified as "Robin Williams" and "Philip Seymour Hoffman." Bizarrely, the "Hoffman" character was shown hanging himself. (Autoeroticism aside, the gesture was suicidal, as well.)<br /><div><br /></div><div>In my posting yesterday (December 6, 2014), I said that <i>Tosh.0's</i> scenario took place at a party, "which is sort of a furrie <i>déjà vu</i> version of Stanley Kubrick's <i>Eyes Wide Shut</i>."</div><div><br /></div>I found an old blog article that agreed with me today. Writing September 5, 2013, at the Furry News Network, Markos Sinister observed in "<a href="http://www.furrynewsnetwork.com/2013/09/kusa-the-arctic-fox-gets-web-redemption-on-comedy-centrals-tosh-0/">Kusa the Arctic Fox gets Web Redemption on Comedy Central’s <i>Tosh.0</i></a>":<br /><div><blockquote class="tr_bq">The clip ends with Daniel taking Cody to a “Furry Party” spoofing Stanley Kubrick’s <i>Eyes Wide Shut</i>, where he and Cody encounter celebrities having sex in mascot costumes.</blockquote><div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T3HH-edj9PE/VIUll2uj1ZI/AAAAAAAAcVw/1wJIAvfmfNc/s1600/Tosh-sync.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T3HH-edj9PE/VIUll2uj1ZI/AAAAAAAAcVw/1wJIAvfmfNc/s1600/Tosh-sync.jpg" height="278" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">"Robin Williams" identifies this pink furry as "Philip Seymour Hoffman."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I have no idea why I thought it was important to post this at that time. I was going to be on Coast to Coast AM at 1:00 Eastern Standard Time, talking about different news. I did want to get this "furry" item out of my head - I'd been "writing" it in my mind since mid-week - and wished to move on.</div><br />I finally got it posted at 12:33 A.M. EST. Here's the time stamp.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iZeSP3Wv1qA/VIUmiEPBfJI/AAAAAAAAcV4/th1x-12bjAc/s1600/Published.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iZeSP3Wv1qA/VIUmiEPBfJI/AAAAAAAAcV4/th1x-12bjAc/s1600/Published.jpg" height="112" width="320" /></a></div><div><br />At a Facebook group, <i>KitchenSync/SyncBookPress/The Conscious Collective</i>, I shared the link later on the 7th. One member, Jason Barrera, wrote, perhaps somewhat truthfully but definitely humorously, a comment, "<i>Look what you did, Loren</i>."<br /><br />Barrera added a link to news from the Chicago area, "<a href="http://chicagosuntimes.com/news/chemical-leak-prompts-evacuation-during-midwest-furfest-at-rosemont-hyatt/">Chemical leak at Hyatt Regency during furry festival deemed intentional</a>."</div><div><br /></div><div>I was startled by what I read. I was in the midst of an overlapping sync.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hu1HJvWruys/VIUqC9_K42I/AAAAAAAAcWQ/Fi17RGUDW0g/s1600/Furry1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hu1HJvWruys/VIUqC9_K42I/AAAAAAAAcWQ/Fi17RGUDW0g/s1600/Furry1.JPG" height="225" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Furry conference goers mill about outside the Hyatt.</div><br />"Nineteen people were hospitalized early Sunday after an intentional chlorine leak at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare during the 2014 Midwest FurFest," noted the <i><a href="http://chicagosuntimes.com/news/chemical-leak-prompts-evacuation-during-midwest-furfest-at-rosemont-hyatt/">Chicago Sun-Times</a></i>.<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wPIHp2-fgMY/VIUp4t0PhlI/AAAAAAAAcWE/oK-PNWTO7-Q/s1600/PoliceFurry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wPIHp2-fgMY/VIUp4t0PhlI/AAAAAAAAcWE/oK-PNWTO7-Q/s1600/PoliceFurry.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /><i><a href="http://my.chicagotribune.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-82214276/">The Chicago Tribune</a></i> recorded the time: "The incident happened around 12:40 a.m. at the Hyatt, at 9300 West Bryn Mawr Avenue in Rosemont, according to a statement from the Rosemont Public Safety Department. First responders were called to investigate a noxious odor that was spreading across the ninth floor of the hotel, where a high level of chlorine gas was discovered in the air."</div><div><br /></div><div>Okay, this incident began at 12:40 a.m., which would have been Central Standard Time in Chicago. Almost exactly the "same time," 12:33 a.m., but Eastern Standard Time, and thus technically an hour earlier, I posted my "furry" notes. (You will see that I misspelled it "furrie," because I had never written about the subject before!)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-G6GO7RpG2J4/VIUqDYgyhwI/AAAAAAAAcWc/SQbBJ01AXbE/s1600/Furry4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-G6GO7RpG2J4/VIUqDYgyhwI/AAAAAAAAcWc/SQbBJ01AXbE/s1600/Furry4.JPG" height="266" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>The intentional gassing at the furry convention is a sync that is beyond amazing, personally.</div><div><br /></div><div>It happened in Rosemont, Illinois, a tiny city of 4000 people. Rosemont derives from the mount (hill, incline, mountain) of roses (traditionally red flowers). I've visited Rosemont, because that's where my brother Jerry use to live. </div><div><br /></div><div>Being neither paranoid nor psychic, I do remain, very curious about this process. Do predictable moments occur on a level not yet understood? There are no coincidences, right? What is this then, when this happens?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">***</div>UPDATE<br /><br />On the Facebook group <i>Synchronicity</i>, member Ronald Christopher Walker left this comment regarding the above posting:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Chlorine, atomic number 17. Very esoterically appropriate & the "least random number." John Lennon is murdered two 17 year cycles ago, tomorrow, the 8th. 17 years & 17 days after the assassination of JFK. Ah, 34 years ago, & Robin Williams was <i>Popeye</i>, who is "34 years old." Nicole Kidman stars in <i>Fur</i> after <i>Eyes Wide Shut</i>, as photographer of the damned Diane Arbus, making love to freakishly hairy Robert Downey Jr., & Kubrick's Grady twin girls are not only straight from the Arbus photo, but Arbus kills herself in a bathtub on Kubrick's 43rd birthday, July 26, 1971. The naked old lady lifting herself out the bathtub in Room 237 has the haunting eyes of Diane.</blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UKDaNMjjnFk/VIWsM5sVLmI/AAAAAAAAcW0/COnwGTXac24/s1600/12.8.1980-john-lennon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UKDaNMjjnFk/VIWsM5sVLmI/AAAAAAAAcW0/COnwGTXac24/s1600/12.8.1980-john-lennon.jpg" /></a></div></div></div>December 8th is the anniversary of the death of my father, at 64 in 1985, in Illinois. John Lennon's music would play all day on the radio, throughout 12.8, as a reminder of his death, for years. December 8th, of course, is the anniversary of the death Lennon, at 40, in 1980. By "coincidence," Paul McCarthy's vocals were recorded for "When I'm Sixty-Four" on December 8, 1966. The recording was one of the first sessions for <i>Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band</i>. It is a song McCarthy wrote when he was 16.<br /><br />My father seemed to wait until Pearl Harbor Day came around again to die, in Decatur, Illinois. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, in the Pacific theater.<br /><br />Lennon was killed by Mark David Chapman, outside the <a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2011/08/dakota.html">Dakota</a>, infamous as the site of where <i>Rosemary's Baby</i> was filmed.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k9fTj9dBlxo/VIWtDARlV-I/AAAAAAAAcW8/8mToyzp7qQk/s1600/the-dakota-hotel-replica-shop.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k9fTj9dBlxo/VIWtDARlV-I/AAAAAAAAcW8/8mToyzp7qQk/s1600/the-dakota-hotel-replica-shop.JPG" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The <a href="http://www.replicabuildings.com/proddetail.php?prod=334">replica of the Dakota</a>.</div></div><div><div><br /></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">+++++ </div><div style="text-align: center;">Consider supporting the work of this blog with a modest or generous donation.<br /><br />Every amount assists.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" target="_top"><div style="text-align: center;"><input name="cmd" type="hidden" value="_s-xclick" /><input name="hosted_button_id" type="hidden" value="PRXS3TB4MW282" /><input alt="PayPal - 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The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrGHuNbuBfA">Sync Quick News' "Cops Cameras and Cards</a>" clicked on all pistols.<br /><div><br /></div><div>Mixing nicely with the content, I was struck by Green's use of a word - <i>déjà vu -</i> early in his news that I also found had popped up in the news I was following on the 3rd of December. It was that kind of week. </div><div><br /></div><div><i>Déjà vu</i>, from the French, literally "already seen," is the phenomenon of having the strong sensation that an event, feeling, or perception currently taking place has been experienced in the past, whether it has actually happened or not.</div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-50IiDGUVuls/VIEoZgY_nxI/AAAAAAAAcRU/hRLeiuRJ8dw/s1600/DejaVu3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-50IiDGUVuls/VIEoZgY_nxI/AAAAAAAAcRU/hRLeiuRJ8dw/s1600/DejaVu3.jpg" height="212" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">As it turns out, I was looking into a report of five people being shot outside a restaurant in Newport News Tuesday night, at about 8:20 pm, December 2nd. The telling name of the location: <i>Déjà Vu</i> Restaurant and Lounge, Newport News, near Norfolk, Virginia. The Déjà Vu site is attached to Wynnwood Plaza Hotel. The victims were ages 28, 32, 42, 45, and 59, and were together. One was a Navy sailor, and now the Déjà Vu is off-limits to Navy personnel.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Had I just heard some news from Newport? Or Newport News (oh ya, on <a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/11/Austin.html">November 28th</a>)? Or <a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2012/12/newtown.html">Newtown</a>? Or Newton? Was this the same story or <a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/09/norfolk.html">another</a>? And that restaurant name? Whoa. Oh, and yes, I was recently in Newport, Connecticut. </div><blockquote class="tr_bq">"It is in the humble opinion of this narrator that this is not just 'something that happened.' This cannot be 'one of those things'....This, please, cannot be that. And for what I would like to say, I can't. This was not just a matter of chance.…These strange things happen all the time." ~ <i>Magnolia</i>, 1999.</blockquote><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oj6bmqoTYmo/VIEoZsmALPI/AAAAAAAAcRY/AcEGaKjWYW4/s1600/DejaVu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oj6bmqoTYmo/VIEoZsmALPI/AAAAAAAAcRY/AcEGaKjWYW4/s1600/DejaVu.jpg" height="400" width="383" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KPtw4zXe_xs/VIEoZr1XlSI/AAAAAAAAcRQ/Z9dzzoh3XO0/s1600/DejaVu2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KPtw4zXe_xs/VIEoZr1XlSI/AAAAAAAAcRQ/Z9dzzoh3XO0/s1600/DejaVu2.jpg" height="150" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Alan Green's video news also, in and of itself, gave me a <i>déjà vu</i> feeling because it spent time talking about this <a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/">Twilight Language's</a> and the <a href="http://themaskofgod.blogspot.com/">Mask of God's</a> recent discussions of the Hanging Man Tarot Card.<br /><br />My images were of the Hanging Man card and Heath Ledger's last character as a hanging man.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-drTX25tngN0/VIPRYe2Po5I/AAAAAAAAcUU/s_gGQ914oGU/s1600/150px-RWS_Tarot_12_Hanged_Man.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-drTX25tngN0/VIPRYe2Po5I/AAAAAAAAcUU/s_gGQ914oGU/s1600/150px-RWS_Tarot_12_Hanged_Man.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Sfly4NhMPD0/VIPRYL6iK1I/AAAAAAAAcUQ/D7NrOCdfwHI/s1600/HL-HM-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Sfly4NhMPD0/VIPRYL6iK1I/AAAAAAAAcUQ/D7NrOCdfwHI/s1600/HL-HM-1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus</i>: Heath Ledger's final role.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>This all linked to more syncs coming my way.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2vP7t4ArMRk/VIPy5STaEaI/AAAAAAAAcVg/D1cWCMJQZLI/s1600/LedgerKeegan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2vP7t4ArMRk/VIPy5STaEaI/AAAAAAAAcVg/D1cWCMJQZLI/s1600/LedgerKeegan.jpg" height="205" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Heath Ledger and Andrew Keegan starred in <i>10 Things I Hate About You</i> (1999).</div><br />This is the week when celebrities and syncs <i>became</i> news.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.vice.com/read/andrew-keegan-started-a-new-religion-814">According to Vice</a>, actor Andrew Keegan started a new age temple and spiritual movement in Venice, California, called "Full Circle." (Venice Beach? Venice Beach? See <a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/07/venice-deaths.html">here</a> and <a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/07/VeniceBeach.html">here</a>.)<br /><br />"Synchronicity. Time. That's what it's all about," Keegan told Vice. "Whatever, the past, some other time. It's a circle; in the center is now. That's what it's about."<br /><br />Andrew Keegan's last film role is an uncredited policeman in <i>The Dark Knight Rises</i> (2012), which, of course, starred Heath Ledger as the Joker.</div><div><br /></div><div>What occurred also earlier in the week is that I randomly stumbled across a repeat broadcast of a <i>Tosh.0 </i>episode about "furries" (people who dress up as furred animals for fun, frolic, and sometimes sexual encounters). It gave me a deep <i>déjà vu </i>feeling watching Tosh's creepy scenario. But not because I had seen this <i>Tosh.0</i> episode before, for I had not.<br /><br />Originally broadcast on September 3, 2013, this specific one was noted as being from Season 5, Episode 5. You can see the video entitled "Furries-Kid," <a href="http://TOSH.CC.COM/VIDEO-CLIPS/4KY324/FURRIES-KID">here</a>.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Pk4Z0GBgeLk/VIEoyuBWnmI/AAAAAAAAcRs/hqXQUBa5Rqc/s1600/Tosh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Pk4Z0GBgeLk/VIEoyuBWnmI/AAAAAAAAcRs/hqXQUBa5Rqc/s1600/Tosh.jpg" height="228" width="400" /></a></div><div>In one of his "web redemptions," Tosh decides to stage a "celebrity" furries party. The associated identities assigned to various characters in the sketch are, well, coincidentally bizarre and <i>déjà vu</i>.<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vCQ_-u6nyyE/VIEoyhlZUoI/AAAAAAAAcRo/ouaye2XL3ik/s1600/Tosh-RWms.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vCQ_-u6nyyE/VIEoyhlZUoI/AAAAAAAAcRo/ouaye2XL3ik/s1600/Tosh-RWms.jpg" height="400" width="395" /></a></div><div><br />Tosh, on the left above, with skin-colored tights on, and elaborate fake body fur, says he is "Robin Williams."<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Bfe-TdeM7B4/VIEoyo4BbII/AAAAAAAAcRw/tMYtInFIGIc/s1600/Tosh-PSH.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Bfe-TdeM7B4/VIEoyo4BbII/AAAAAAAAcRw/tMYtInFIGIc/s1600/Tosh-PSH.jpg" height="277" width="400" /></a></div><br />At the "party," which is sort of a furrie <i>déjà vu </i>version of Stanley Kubrick's <i>Eyes Wide Shut</i>, the "Williams" character goes around identifying the costumed "celebrities."</div><div><br />Coming to the pictured pink furrie above, who is engaging in motions suggestive of masturbation and hanging himself, "Williams" identifies this is furrie as "Philip Seymour Hoffman." What?</div><div><br /></div><div>This was prophetic, in a way, as far as these two characters exchanging behaviors.<br /><br />[Little did I know how "prophetic." See "<a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/12/Furry.html">Eyes Wide Furry</a>."]</div><div><br />Back to what took place after Tosh's fiction was produced, in an act of parasuicide, the real Philip Seymour Hoffman, 46, died February 2, 2014 (Groundhog Day), with a syringe in his arm. Hoffman's death was caused by "acute mixed drug intoxication, including heroin, cocaine, benzodiazepines and amphetamine," according to the New York City's Medical Examiner's office. </div><div><br /></div><div>This all seemed a bit of <i>déjà vu</i>, for Hoffman's friend, Heath Ledger's autopsy result of February 6, 2008, from the same medical examiner's office said Ledger had died "as the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam and doxylamine." Heath Ledger was 28, when he died January 22, 2008. </div><div><br /></div><div>By the way, the film <i>Groundhog Day</i> (1993) is the ultimate cinematic treatment of <i>déjà vu</i>, when the same day repeats over and over again.</div><div><br /></div><div>A few months after Hoffman's death, on August 11, 2014, the real <a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/08/robin-williams.html">Robin McLaurin Williams</a>, 63, died in his Paradise Cay, California, home. The Marin County Sheriff's Office deputy coroner stated Williams had hanged himself with a belt and died from asphyxiation.<br /><br />Williams hanged himself (in the real world). Not Heath Ledger nor Philip Seymour Hoffman (who both, through film and in Tosh's fiction, did hang). The fiction foreshadowed the reality, however, among friends, in a strange twist of programming. </div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: BrandonTextBold,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Gd7monQ88l0/VIPhwH0zjBI/AAAAAAAAcU0/NoHj6WiwMtU/s1600/PhilipSeymourHoffmanHeath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Gd7monQ88l0/VIPhwH0zjBI/AAAAAAAAcU0/NoHj6WiwMtU/s1600/PhilipSeymourHoffmanHeath.jpg" height="238" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">(L-R) Clifton Collins Jr, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bennett Miller, Heath Ledger, and Abbie Cornish.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9J1oMkdLz9E/VIPhvvNOIwI/AAAAAAAAcUs/xLscW2KpcLI/s1600/PhilHeathOthers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9J1oMkdLz9E/VIPhvvNOIwI/AAAAAAAAcUs/xLscW2KpcLI/s1600/PhilHeathOthers.jpg" height="235" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Heath Ledger (far right) next to Philip Seymour Hoffman, at the 2006 Oscars with George Clooney, Joaquin Phoenix and Jake Gyllenhaal.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3RayshXmlr0/VIPhvrJyZzI/AAAAAAAAcVA/e3r86krY-rc/s1600/Patch-Adams-1998-574x322.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3RayshXmlr0/VIPhvrJyZzI/AAAAAAAAcVA/e3r86krY-rc/s1600/Patch-Adams-1998-574x322.jpg" height="223" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Above and below: Philip Seymour Hoffman and Robin Williams in <i>Patch Adams</i> (1998).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p5Fy0UqugYc/VIPhvm3kWUI/AAAAAAAAcUo/lFFb2VuebtU/s1600/PatchAdams1998.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p5Fy0UqugYc/VIPhvm3kWUI/AAAAAAAAcUo/lFFb2VuebtU/s1600/PatchAdams1998.jpg" height="266" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YDoRbTPLrpc/VIPiGWORibI/AAAAAAAAcVM/xCfwkM-NsF0/s1600/B3xH2ToCYAEEAh7.jpg-large.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YDoRbTPLrpc/VIPiGWORibI/AAAAAAAAcVM/xCfwkM-NsF0/s1600/B3xH2ToCYAEEAh7.jpg-large.jpeg" height="225" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />On December 1st, just by "coincidence," I found myself watching <i>Magnolia</i> again. And there was Philip Seymour Hoffman again.<br /><br />Phil Parma [Philip Seymour Hoffman]: "Why are frogs falling from the sky?" ~ <i>Magnolia</i>, 1999. </div><div><br /></div><div>Why, indeed?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">See also, update, <a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/12/Furry.html">here</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">+++++ </div><div style="text-align: center;">Consider supporting the work of this blog with a modest or generous donation.<br /><br />Every amount assists.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" target="_top"><div style="text-align: center;"><input name="cmd" type="hidden" value="_s-xclick" /><input name="hosted_button_id" type="hidden" value="PRXS3TB4MW282" /><input alt="PayPal - 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Sirius? Poseidon? Helios? Scorpio? Apollo? Why is the simple name of a spacecraft more than meets the eye?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Like in the <a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/11/philae.html">Philae name game</a>, the twilight language of the Orion spacecraft is linked to a deeper meaning than is obvious from your cable news highlights.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GTPHW6cQ8zw/VIJmPSB3RWI/AAAAAAAAcS4/1K0u0HSPlYU/s1600/OrionDelta.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GTPHW6cQ8zw/VIJmPSB3RWI/AAAAAAAAcS4/1K0u0HSPlYU/s1600/OrionDelta.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The Delta rocket that launched Orion appeared to be a fiery trident to correspondent RPJ.</span></i></div><div><br /></div><div>The Orion spacecraft was launched on the morning of December 5, 2014, from Cape Canaveral in Florida and finished its first test flight by falling safely into the Pacific Ocean, supported by a trio of parachutes. It was picked up by Navy personnel in a Zodiac (of course).<br /><br />The details are easy to find in the mainstream media. The Orion blasted off at 7:05 a.m. EST, circled the globe twice, reached 3,600 miles above Earth, then landed in the sea off Baja California. The flight lasted about 4.5 hours, and served as a test of a spacecraft, similar to a large-sized Apollo capsule, which will take humans to asteroids and Mars.<br /><br />But what is the name game behind the moniker Orion?<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ut0T6g84zj0/VIJtUB1yX4I/AAAAAAAAcTQ/fS5OYBTGRn0/s1600/Orion.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ut0T6g84zj0/VIJtUB1yX4I/AAAAAAAAcTQ/fS5OYBTGRn0/s1600/Orion.jpg" height="400" width="287" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Orion (Ancient Greek: Ὠρίων or Ὠαρίων, Latin: <i>Orion</i>) was a giant hunter in Greek mythology whom Zeus placed among the stars as the constellation of Orion.<br /><div><br /></div>In the works of Homer and Hesiod we have linkages of some interest in this quest.<br /><blockquote>Orion is mentioned in the oldest surviving works of Greek literature, which probably date back to the 7th or 8th century BC, but which are the products of an oral tradition with origins several centuries earlier. In Homer's <i>Iliad</i> Orion is described as a constellation, and the star Sirius is mentioned as his dog. In the <i>Odyssey</i>, Odysseus sees him hunting in the underworld with a bronze club, a great slayer of animals; he is also mentioned as a constellation, as the lover of the Goddess Dawn, as slain by Artemis, and as the most handsome of the earthborn. In the <i>Works and Days</i> of Hesiod, Orion is also a constellation, one whose rising and setting with the sun is used to reckon the year.<br /><br />The legend of Orion was first told in full in a lost work by Hesiod, probably the <i>Astronomia</i>; simple references to Hesiod will refer to this, unless otherwise stated. This version is known through the work of a Hellenistic author on the constellations; he gives a fairly long summary of Hesiod's discourse on Orion. According to this version, Orion was likely the son of the sea-god Poseidon and Euryale, daughter of Minos, King of Crete. Orion could walk on the waves because of his father; he walked to the island of Chios where he got drunk and attacked Merope, daughter of Oenopion, the ruler there. In vengeance, Oenopion blinded Orion and drove him away. Orion stumbled to Lemnos where Hephaestus — the lame smith-god — had his forge. Hephaestus told his servant, Cedalion, to guide Orion to the uttermost East where Helios, the Sun, healed him; Orion carried Cedalion around on his shoulders. Orion returned to Chios to punish Oenopion, but the king hid away underground and escaped Orion's wrath. Orion's next journey took him to Crete where he hunted with the goddess Artemis and her mother Leto, and in the course of the hunt, threatened to kill every beast on Earth. Mother Earth objected and sent a giant scorpion to kill Orion. The creature succeeded, and after his death, the goddesses asked Zeus to place Orion among the constellations. Zeus consented and, as a memorial to the hero's death, added the Scorpion [as Scorpio] to the heavens as well. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(mythology)#Homer_and_Hesiod">Source</a>.</blockquote><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-n2UmZuxOkXs/VIJvKEISL3I/AAAAAAAAcTc/xZHqjxuwkYk/s1600/SiriusEgypt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-n2UmZuxOkXs/VIJvKEISL3I/AAAAAAAAcTc/xZHqjxuwkYk/s1600/SiriusEgypt.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Sirius, the star of Isis, takes us full circle to other connections. Isis was the primary goddess of the isles of <a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/11/philae.html">Philae</a>. NASA is not unaware of the names they are bestowing on their craft.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bWc6c6hYHRc/VIJs9DthRYI/AAAAAAAAcTI/H7n76fgQRqY/s1600/Comp-S%2BS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bWc6c6hYHRc/VIJs9DthRYI/AAAAAAAAcTI/H7n76fgQRqY/s1600/Comp-S%2BS.jpg" height="319" width="400" /></a></div><br />The youthful Walter O'Brien (played by Daniel Zolghadri) on CBS's hit series <i>Scorpion</i> is wearing a sweater that mirrors, in a fashion, the Apollo 11 USA sweater being worn by Danny in <i>The Shining</i>. (For more, see <a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/10/Scorpion.html">here</a>.)<br /><br />Cory Panshin reminds us: "So Orion was 'the lover of the Goddess Dawn' -- which would be Aurora, of course."<br /><br />In the official feed to the news <a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765663754/Dawn-of-Orion-NASA-launch-opens-new-era-in-space.html">media</a>, at splashdown, NASA launch commentator Mike Curie is heard to say, in his (seemingly scripted) enthusiasm that this moment was "the dawn of Orion in a new era of American space exploration!"<br /><div><br /></div><div>So many syncs, of late, seem to be foreshadowing events, as well as reflecting them.</div><div style="text-align: center;">+++++ </div><div style="text-align: center;">Consider supporting the work of this blog with a modest or generous donation.<br /><br />Every amount assists.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" target="_top"><div style="text-align: center;"><input name="cmd" type="hidden" value="_s-xclick" /><input name="hosted_button_id" type="hidden" value="PRXS3TB4MW282" /><input alt="PayPal - 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Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies, has died at the age of 77.<br /><div><br />Tom apparently passed away on Tuesday, December 2, 2014, from pneumonia following complications from colon surgery in September.<br /><div><br /></div><div>(Benson is pictured above, on the left, with ufologists Jim Moseley, Antonio Huneeus and David Houchin.)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tOS6473yTUE/VIIE1U-V4GI/AAAAAAAAcSk/rt-yl3gJcdA/s1600/BensonTheSixthQuark.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tOS6473yTUE/VIIE1U-V4GI/AAAAAAAAcSk/rt-yl3gJcdA/s1600/BensonTheSixthQuark.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Benson, during the 1980s, was the editor of the zine, <i>The Sixth Quark Journal</i>. Above is Number 2 for 1981, which Benson self-published from his hometown of Trenton, New Jersey.<br /><br /><div>Benson <a href="http://culteducation.com/group/1208-the-ufo-believers/21129-where-aliens-arent-a-foreign-concept.html">worked</a> for the State of New Jersey as a personnel management analyst, as well as a sideline selling vintage UFO books.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><div>Tom Benson was deeply involved with field investigations in New Jersey, and then presenting his research results at conferences, when our paths overlapped.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>One presentation of Benson's has been used in various field manuals throughout ufology. It issued from his personal investigations of an alleged UFO landing case from September 1986. The insightful paper he gave at the MUFON Symposium at American University in 1987, was entitled, "Misinterpretation of Slime Molds as UFO Physical Trace Evidence."</div><div><br /></div>Most people, in recent years, only heard about Benson through James Moseley's <i>Saucer Smear Newsletter</i>. On November 16, 2012, Moseley, 81, died in Key West, Florida (see obituary, <a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2012/11/moseley-obit.html">here</a>). Since Tom Benson was a close friend, he inherited Moseley's archives.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RIZIsTcCgAg/VIICtHqx_HI/AAAAAAAAcSQ/2om8ajsi3DA/s1600/TomBenson%2B.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RIZIsTcCgAg/VIICtHqx_HI/AAAAAAAAcSQ/2om8ajsi3DA/s1600/TomBenson%2B.jpeg" height="306" width="400" /></a></div><br />Tom Benson is the third UFO-related researcher/writer to have died recently.</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7WRG44DizNs/VIICtPDI2RI/AAAAAAAAcSM/w_zI0aM4Gpw/s1600/TomBenson.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7WRG44DizNs/VIICtPDI2RI/AAAAAAAAcSM/w_zI0aM4Gpw/s1600/TomBenson.JPG" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Now Tom Benson joins the list of those who have written about ufology in the past, who have died this fall.</div><div><br /></div><div>Wes Nations, 47, died on November 25, 2014. Read his obituary, <a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/12/Wes-obit.html">here</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>Rocky Wood, 55, died on December 1, 2014. Read his obituary, <a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/12/Rocky-obit.html">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Reading of these men's deaths have revealed surprise as to where their lives took them.</div><div><br /></div>Patrick Huyghe, author of <i><a href="http://www.anomalistbooks.com/catalog.cfm?genre=ufos">Swamp Gas Times</a></i>, and publisher of <a href="http://www.anomalistbooks.com/catalog.cfm?genre=ufos">Anomalist Books</a>, writes: "I remember Wes Nations and <i>Crash Collusion</i>; I used to exchange zines with him. I never knew about his Vagabond identity though. He was a cool guy. Sad to lose him at just a young age." </div><div><br /></div><div>Jerome Clark, author of <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/UFO-Book-Encyclopedia-Extraterrestrial/dp/1578590299/">The UFO Book</a></i>, emails: "I used to know Rocky Wood many years ago but had since lost touch with him. He was a nice guy. I'm sorry that he suffered and died too soon."<br /><br />Others have mentioned that they "did not know that Rocky Wood was an expert on Stephen King."</div><div><br /></div><div>Condolences to their friends, family, and loved ones.<br /><div style="text-align: center;">+++</div><div style="text-align: left;">The formal obituary follows:</div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><br />Thomas Anthony Benson Jr Obituary<br />Date of Birth:<br />Monday, September 13th, 1937<br />Date of Death:<br />Tuesday, December 2nd, 2014<br />Funeral Home:<br /><a href="http://www.obitsforlife.com/funeral-home/2744/Brenna-Cellini-Funeral-Homes.php">Brenna-Cellini Funeral Homes</a><a href="http://funeralhomeshamiltonnj.com/"><br /></a>2365 Whitehorse Mercerville Road<br />Hamilton, New Jersey, UNITED STATES<br />08619<br />Obituary:<br />Thomas Anthony Benson, 77, of Ewing Township, New Jersey, passed away surrounded by his loving family on December 2, 2014 at the University Medical Center of Princeton. Born in Manhattan, New York, he had resided in Ewing for most of his life. A U.S. Army veteran, he was educated at Trenton Boys Catholic, Mercer County Community College, and Rutgers University. He received his Masters in City and Regional Planning, graduating cum laude from Rutgers University. Thomas retired after 35 years of service as a personnel management analyst with the State of New Jersey, Department of Personnel. A good father, he was instrumental in sparking his daughter Marisa’s interests in diplomacy, and the arts and his son Alan’s interests in soccer, as well as in rocks and minerals.<br />Throughout his adult life, Tom had an abiding interest in Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO’s). He taught a course at the local high school on ufology. He served as State Section Director and Investigator for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON). In the late seventies, he founded a UFO study group for the scientific study of UFO’s. Tom traveled extensively to present talks, participate, and sell books at many UFO conferences, including MIT and the American University. In the eighties, Tom published his UFO magazine the Sixth Quark Journal. Once at the National UFO Conference (NUFOC) he was awarded the honor of Ufologist of the Year. He was a member of the New York Fortean Society.<br />He loved folk music, especially the tunes of Pete Seeger. A social activist, Tom marched with Martin Luther King for freedom. He was an avid collector of Christmas and Halloween decorations, and was known by family, friends, and neighbors for his magical displays. As a book dealer, he enjoyed selling books online through ABE Books. Tom was a master gardener and helped begin the Ornamental Horticulture Program at Mercer County Community College.<br />Tom was a courageous, competent and compassionate person with high moral values, and will be deeply missed by all who knew him.<br />Son of the late Thomas A. and Ann (Shestko) Benson; he is survived by his wife, Melanie; his daughter, Marisa; son, Alan; sister, Susan; two sisters-in-law, Eileen and husband Jack Simzak, and Susan Miller; niece, Nancy Miller, and nephews, Andrew and Stephen Miller.<br />A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday, December 12, 2014 at 10:30 am at Incarnation Church, 1545 Pennington Rd., Ewing, NJ. Cremation will be private. Calling hours will be held Thursday from 5 to 8 pm at the Parkside Brenna-Cellini Funeral Home, 1584 Parkside Ave., Ewing, NJ 08638. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Mercer Street Friends, 151 Mercer St., Trenton, NJ 08611 or Isles, Inc., 10 Wood St., Trenton, NJ 08618. Please visit Tom’s tribute page at www.brennacellinifuneralhomes.com<br />Brought to you by: <a href="http://funeralhomeshamiltonnj.com/">Brenna-Cellini Funeral Homes</a></blockquote></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">===</div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(Thanks to George P. Hansen and Patrick Huyghe for the initial news, plus T. Peter Park for the link to the formal obit.)</span></i><br /><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></i><br /><div style="text-align: center;">+++</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The following are the links to my remembrances for the three ufology researchers/writers who died in one week (November 25 – December 2, 2014):</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/12/Benson-obit.html">Tom Benson</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/12/Rocky-obit.html">Rocky Wood</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/12/Wes-obit.html">Wes Nations</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; 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text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BcVTro2auMs/VIBoPkJJb9I/AAAAAAAAcP4/1VpY9ImyldU/s1600/NationsCambodia2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BcVTro2auMs/VIBoPkJJb9I/AAAAAAAAcP4/1VpY9ImyldU/s1600/NationsCambodia2012.jpg" height="300" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Wes Nations was a young man when he passed away on November 25, 2014, at the age of 47. He left behind a legacy of 1990s' alternative Austin-scene involvement that was close to legendary. But what came next will be circulating among the winds for decades to come. He exited the self-publishing field to undertake a long-held vision he'd fostered. He rid himself of most of his worldly possessions (the main exception being his beloved MacBook) and took off to travel for a year. His globe-trotting turned into six years on the road, a highly praised blog, and a persona known around the world as "Johnny Vagabond."<br /><div><br /></div><div>James Wesley ("Wes") Nations was born on July 1, 1967, in Aransas Pass, Texas. Famed for water sports, fishing, kayaking, and birding, Aransas Pass is the home to the largest hummingbird garden in Texas. Before Nations, the most recalled person from Aransas Pass was Emory Bellard (1927-2011), former University of Texas offensive coordinator and head coach at Texas A&M, inventor of the Wishbone formation. The citizens of Aransas Pass now have the genius of Wes Nations to add to their history, and they should be proud of him.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vTeLCSVDAbw/VICPCdAmksI/AAAAAAAAcQw/O_Rrq_Zaarg/s1600/crash-collusion-ebay-images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vTeLCSVDAbw/VICPCdAmksI/AAAAAAAAcQw/O_Rrq_Zaarg/s1600/crash-collusion-ebay-images.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Nations began to make a name for himself in the age of news magazines ("alt-news-zines") in the 1990s. Wes Nations was the editor and publisher of <i>Crash Collusion Magazine</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O-WO27rKcoE/VIBoWbRoPLI/AAAAAAAAcQY/yM6MpCsRErY/s1600/ZinesNations.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O-WO27rKcoE/VIBoWbRoPLI/AAAAAAAAcQY/yM6MpCsRErY/s1600/ZinesNations.jpg" height="304" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.smileslewis.com/blog/">SMiles Lewis</a>, Austin anomalist, conference organizer and archivist, personally alerted me to Wes Nations' death and his far-reaching linkages. Lewis observed:</div><blockquote class="tr_bq">Wes was my entre to the world of alt-news-zines in the 1990s. He was friends of many of the 1990s Zine Scene publishers (and early website operators) from the <i>Excluded Middle</i> magazine (Greg Bishop, Robert Larson, Peter Stenshoel), <i>Steamshovel Press</i> (Kenn Thomas), Adam Gorightly, <i>E.L.F. Infested Spaces</i> (published by me), <i>The Konformist</i> (Robert Sterling), <i>The Devil's Advocate</i> (Tim Brigham), and many more.</blockquote><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8fMd6D_LvI4/VIBoPrAwj0I/AAAAAAAAcP0/sZlYp1tXhi0/s1600/NationsBellRockSedona1997.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8fMd6D_LvI4/VIBoPrAwj0I/AAAAAAAAcP0/sZlYp1tXhi0/s1600/NationsBellRockSedona1997.jpg" height="283" width="400" /></a></div><i>Meditative pose at Bell Rock, Sedona. 1997 Texufornia Kookout, with Peter Stenshoel, Paul Rydeen, Adam Gorightly, Mick Taylor, Dave Reimer and Wes Nations. Back row, Greg Bishop. Facebook.</i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>As Nations planned his escape from Texas civilization to travel the world, he had to figure out what to do with his large library. Lewis writes: "When Wes moved away from Austin he gave away his vast collection of books and most of them went to Paul Rydeen and I. It was Wes's collection and mine that made up the foundation of my non-profit <a href="http://www.anomalyarchives.org/public-hall/collections/files/nations-wes/">Anomaly Archives collections</a>."</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5vBVkxRKM8o/VICdFqdDTRI/AAAAAAAAcRA/fdPIfXtAOqw/s1600/johnnyvagabond.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5vBVkxRKM8o/VICdFqdDTRI/AAAAAAAAcRA/fdPIfXtAOqw/s1600/johnnyvagabond.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /><div class="" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal;"><br /></div>Kevin Revolinski said in his Wes Nations' <a href="http://tbexcon.com/us/2014/12/03/in-memoriam-a-tribute-to-wes-nations/">remembrance</a>,</div><blockquote class="tr_bq">He dreamed, planned, and saved, and finally, in 2009, already in his 40s, he set off on a one-year journey that became indefinite. <a href="http://www.johnnyvagabond.com/">Johnny Vagabond</a> was born. He worked hard on his writing and photography, and due in no small part to his keen sense of storytelling, he was soon a typical inclusion on any list of travel bloggers to follow. </blockquote><div>Wes Nations' trips turned into a well-loved blog by many. "He was Johnny Vagabond in the travel writing world," Kevin Revolinski wrote.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px;"> </span></div><div><br /></div>After Wes Nation died, Glenn Dixon <a href="http://www.vagabondians.com/legend-johnny-vagabond/">recalled</a> that "Wes was fairly well-known in travel blogger circles. One time Dixie and I were having lunch in our favorite restaurant, TierrADentro, and were approached by a cute young couple. They said hi, and then asked me, 'Are you Johnny Vagabond?' I got a big laugh out of this. Johnny Vagabond was Wes’ alter ego and the name of his blog. I’m pretty sure I told them that, no, I’m much younger and more handsome than him, but that I could connect them."</div><div><br /></div>In Leigh Shulman <a href="http://thefutureisred.com/johnny-vagabond/">ode</a> to Wes Nation, she shared an overview sense of Wes' blog: "Raw is the word I hear most often applied to his writing. Things like how <a href="http://johnnyvagabond.com/crazy-stories/murdered-someone-yesterday/">he almost killed a man</a> who offered him an eight year old girl for sex. Or stories about <a href="http://johnnyvagabond.com/crazy-stories/you-cant-chase-the-moment/">the ethereal nature of travel</a>."<br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #006621; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Idwqt9xJuqY/VIBoPnuTH-I/AAAAAAAAcPw/gF7Aa9D9fz0/s1600/NationsJoshuaTree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Idwqt9xJuqY/VIBoPnuTH-I/AAAAAAAAcPw/gF7Aa9D9fz0/s1600/NationsJoshuaTree.jpg" height="263" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> At Joshua Tree.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9JZkScFOSIY/VIBoVQGG-kI/AAAAAAAAcQQ/TbUPXEonS-s/s1600/SixYearsNations.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9JZkScFOSIY/VIBoVQGG-kI/AAAAAAAAcQQ/TbUPXEonS-s/s1600/SixYearsNations.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></div> Traveling the world, Wes soon found it was about the people, more than the places.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SCvEj-5NDYU/VIBoVmdpFwI/AAAAAAAAcQM/AZ-O_fIAxoU/s1600/TikalNations2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SCvEj-5NDYU/VIBoVmdpFwI/AAAAAAAAcQM/AZ-O_fIAxoU/s1600/TikalNations2012.jpg" height="266" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Wes at Tikal, a couple years ago. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">When the journey on which Wes Nations found himself reached its final destination, via liver disease, he was "back in his hometown, his parents Tommy and Barbara at his side. He had traveled full circle," as Keith Revonlinski <a href="http://tbexcon.com/us/2014/12/03/in-memoriam-a-tribute-to-wes-nations/">nicely put</a> it.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ycrJymgdkoY/VIBoVrWibjI/AAAAAAAAcQI/5nKZu_gWZpA/s1600/WesNations1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ycrJymgdkoY/VIBoVrWibjI/AAAAAAAAcQI/5nKZu_gWZpA/s1600/WesNations1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">One of Wes Nations' favorite photographs of himself, which he used as his profile pix on blogs, Facebook, Twitter and elsewhere.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The man moved from writing about UFOs and conspiracies, to sex slaves and the mistreatment of the disenfranchised. We appreciate seeing the world through his eyes, even for such a small amount of time. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Most of his peers, in the end, agreed, despite Nations' blog's tagline that "He's traveling cheap, taking pics, and telling lies," he saw truths and reported realities through his writings and images. He will be missed.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">+++</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The following are the links to my three remembrances for the three ufology researchers/writers who died in one week (November 25 – December 2, 2014):</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/12/Benson-obit.html">Tom Benson</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/12/Rocky-obit.html">Rocky Wood</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/12/Wes-obit.html">Wes Nations</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; 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text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fE4ul7qHJo8/VH6GX-ZD8zI/AAAAAAAAcPg/Uzg9TDT_VBk/s1600/011289-79e67302-1f30-11e3-ad70-38522abde594.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fE4ul7qHJo8/VH6GX-ZD8zI/AAAAAAAAcPg/Uzg9TDT_VBk/s1600/011289-79e67302-1f30-11e3-ad70-38522abde594.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kWdGVXg6Rgs/VH55C3XTuOI/AAAAAAAAcPQ/5piOw_UEk4I/s1600/8bd50b2243ecfbfbd5c6ae5865271685_resized1%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kWdGVXg6Rgs/VH55C3XTuOI/AAAAAAAAcPQ/5piOw_UEk4I/s1600/8bd50b2243ecfbfbd5c6ae5865271685_resized1%5B1%5D.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Former UFO author, Horror Writers Association president and Stephen King scholar Rocky Wood, 55, died December 1, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia, of complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).<br /><br />Rocky Wood was born October 19, 1959 in Wellington, New Zealand.<br /><div><br /></div>Wood was a freelance writer for over 35 years. His writing career began at university, where he wrote a national newspaper column in New Zealand on extra-terrestrial life and UFO-related phenomena and published other articles about the phenomenon worldwide, in the course of which research he met such figures as Erich von Däniken and J. Allen Hynek.<br /><div><br /></div><div>Some of Wood's ufology articles include, </div><div><br /></div>1978. <i>The UFO Phenomenon in New Zealand – A Brief Review</i> "Erich von Daniken and UFOs in New Zealand" April.<br /><div>1978. "Was a UFO Responsible for the Disappearance of an Australian Aircraft?" <i>Wairarapa Times-Age</i> 16 November.<br />1978. "Did a UFO Kidnap Australian Pilot and Plane?" <i>The UFO Examiner</i> December.<br />1979. "Sky Watch" <i>New Zealand Truth</i> 16 January.</div><div>1979. "Did UFO Abduct Aircraft?" <i>Fate Magazine, </i>March. <br />1979. "Final Conclusions on the Kaikoura UFO Mystery" <i>Earth Colonisation Report</i> April (with Dr Jan Feike de Bock).<br />1979. "The Greatest UFO Film Ever Made" <i>Fate Magazine, </i>June. <br />1979. "Degenerate Humanoids and UFOs" <i>AUFOS Newsletter</i>, July/August.<br />1979. "The Kaikoura UFO Controversy" (special issue of the <i>Earth Colonisation Report</i>) September (with Dr Jan Feike de Bock and Dr Bruce Maccabee).<br />1979. "UFO Centre Will Study All Cases" <i>New Zealand Truth</i> 4 September.<br />1979. "UFO’s – Phenomenon That Won’t Go Away" <i>Kapiti Observer/News Shopper</i> 8 October.<br />1979. "UFO Blitzes Police Car and KOs Driver!" <i>New Zealand Truth</i> 23 October.<br />1979. "Leaked Files Show UFO Sighting" <i>New Zealand Truth</i> 13 November.</div><div><div>1980. "New Zealand UFO Studies Centre: Kaikoura UFO Controversy," ed. by Rocky Wood. Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand UFO Studies Centre, 4th special issue.</div>1980. "Future Looks Bright for UFO Searches" <i>New Zealand Truth</i> 15 January.<br />1980. "When a UFO Can Become an IFO" <i>New Zealand Truth</i> 22 January.<br />1980. "Strange Signs in the Sky: What are They?" <i>New Zealand Truth</i> 19 February.<br />1980. "Mystery in Night-Lights" <i>New Zealand Truth</i> 26 February.<br />1980. "Lights With a Roar – The Rarest of All!" <i>New Zealand Truth</i> 25 March.<br />1980. "Mystery of the Mutilated Animals" <i>New Zealand Truth</i> 22 April.<br />1980. "What UFO Did to Police Car" <i>New Zealand Truth</i> 6 May.<br />1980. "Amazing Space: God and the Maori War" <i>New Zealand Truth</i> 8 July.<br />1980. "Kaikoura UFOs: At Last the Full Story" <i>New Zealand Truth</i> 2 September.<br />1981. "Lights At Sea Puzzle Parkers" <i>New Zealand Truth</i> 24 March.<br />1981. "Aussie Triangle Theory Suspect" <i>New Zealand Truth</i> 31 March.<br />1981. "Huge Tank Drained in UFO Visit" <i>New Zealand Truth</i> 14 April.<br />1981. "Space Probe Spots Odd Bodies" <i>New Zealand Truth</i> 2 June.<br />1981. "Debate A Major Advance in UFO Research" <i>New Zealand Truth</i> 9 June.<br />1982. "Ancient Astronauts Aren’t Shot Down" <i>New Zealand Truth</i> 13 April.<br /><div><br /></div><div><div>Wood also wrote articles on the security industry published in the US, Canada, the UK, New Zealand and South Africa.<br /><div><br /></div><div>Wood was one of the globe's foremost experts on Stephen King, writing many articles and books on the author, including <i>The Complete Guide to the Works of Stephen King</i> (2003), <i>Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished</i> (2006), <i>The Stephen King Collector’s Guide</i> (2006), <i>Stephen King: The Non-Fiction</i> (2009), and Stoker Award winner<i> Stephen King: A Literary Companion</i> (2011). </div><div><br /></div><div>Wood assisted King with research on <i>Doctor Sleep</i>, sequel to <i>The Shining</i>, with King calling Wood “my go-to guy for all things <i>Shining</i>….The Rock knows my work better than I do myself.”</div><div><br /></div><div>In 2002, Wood traveled to Orono, Maine, and spent three weeks researching the Stephen King Archives at the Special Collections Unit of the Raymond H. Fogler Library at the University of Maine. Wood has undertaken five research trips to Maine in the course of his research on King's work.</div><div><br />Wood was a Trustee in the Horror Writers Association from 2008-10, and was elected as president for the 2010-12 term. He was re-elected for the 2012-14 term. He also wrote non-fiction graphic novels, including Stoker Award winner <i>Witch Hunts: A Graphic History of the Burning Times</i> (2011).<br /><br />Wood was diagnosed with ALS in October 2010. He is survived by two daughters and a granddaughter.<br /><br />See the January 2015 issue of <i>Locus</i> for <a href="http://www.locusmag.com/News/2014/12/rocky-wood-1959-2014/#sthash.rDeNo1QM.dpuf">the announcement</a> of Wood's death.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">+++</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The following are the links to my three remembrances for the three ufology researchers/writers who died in one week (November 25 – December 2, 2014):</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/12/Benson-obit.html">Tom Benson</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/12/Rocky-obit.html">Rocky Wood</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/12/Wes-obit.html">Wes Nations</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', sans-serif; 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text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N2rI2nPK4co/VH0hqEyyg5I/AAAAAAAAcOs/wxe_SRFP9dg/s1600/23A19E0900000578-2855795-image-6_1417435886599.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-N2rI2nPK4co/VH0hqEyyg5I/AAAAAAAAcOs/wxe_SRFP9dg/s1600/23A19E0900000578-2855795-image-6_1417435886599.jpg" height="224" width="400" /></a></div>Over the weekend in the United Kingdom, the widespread reports of strange aerial bangings and what was speculated to be sounds produced by supersonic or hypersonic aircraft has called forth an often mentioned name.<br />According to the <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2855795/So-secret-existence-not-acknowledged-Futuristic-Aurora-spy-plane-travels-SIX-TIMES-speed-sound-blamed-mysterious-booms-heard-weekend.html"><i>Daily Mail</i></a>, conspiracy theorists are attributing,<br /><div><br /></div><div><blockquote class="tr_bq">The booms to a spy plane rumored to be under development by the US military, under the codename <i><b>Aurora</b></i>....People described it as loud enough to shake their homes and rattle windows. This has led conspiracy theorists to claim the power source could be behind a hypersonic US spy plane, dubbed <i><b>Aurora.</b></i> <i><b>Aurora</b></i> is rumored to be an ultra top secret aircraft that has been in development since 1989.</blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-po4GRGLmgaI/VH0hqFdiQNI/AAAAAAAAcOw/bMbkqv4qxlg/s1600/239EC44800000578-2854551-image-1_1417380495686.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-po4GRGLmgaI/VH0hqFdiQNI/AAAAAAAAcOw/bMbkqv4qxlg/s1600/239EC44800000578-2854551-image-1_1417380495686.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span>Enthusiasts claim that such a supersonic or hypersonic plans could be what caused the strange noises at the weekend. In particular, an expert said the sound is similar to that created by pulse detonation engines. An artist's illustration of what the <i><b>Aurora</b></i> plane could look like is pictured.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oh44Rs3fzXM/VH0ikA8RPFI/AAAAAAAAcO8/i1wktRinrqg/s1600/Aurora.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oh44Rs3fzXM/VH0ikA8RPFI/AAAAAAAAcO8/i1wktRinrqg/s1600/Aurora.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">(Thanks to R.S. on the latest Aurora news.)</div><div style="text-align: center;">+++++++++</div><div style="text-align: center;">The significance of the name Aurora surfaced in 2012. </div><div style="text-align: center;">See the following for more details:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/11/Aurora-clown.html">Aurora's Phantom Clown</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/05/Aurora-FedEx.html">Aurora Name Game & FedEx</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/04/overland-aurora.html">Aurora Name Game Surfaces In Overland Park Shootings</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/11/Aurora-clown.html">Aurora Update: Superman Killer</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/11/Aurora-clown.html">Aurora Again - Four Dead</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/11/Aurora-clown.html">Another Red Dawn: The Webster Link</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/11/Aurora-clown.html">Aurora Will Be In The Arena</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/11/Aurora-clown.html">Post-Aurora Lexilinking</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/11/Aurora-clown.html">The Man Who Predicted The Aurora Shooting</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/11/Aurora-clown.html">Aurora Copycat Effect: The Complete List</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/11/Aurora-clown.html">Red Dawn Again</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/11/Aurora-clown.html">Aurora: Synchromystic Wonderland</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/11/Aurora-clown.html">Aurora Copycats: Prepare Now</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/11/Aurora-clown.html">Anticipating Aurora and Beyond</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/11/Aurora-clown.html">Red Dawn</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/11/Aurora-clown.html">Dark Knight Shooting: 12 Dead, 58 Injured</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/11/Aurora-clown.html">Bane/Bain Bursts Bare (Part 3)</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/11/Aurora-clown.html">Bane/Bain Continues (Part 2)</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/11/Aurora-clown.html">Bane/Bain (Part 1)</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A few 2012 interviews, about the Aurora shootings:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.wgnradio.com/shows/mikemcconnell/wgnam-loren-coleman-20120724,0,509494.mp3file">WGN - Mike McConnell: Loren Coleman</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.corbettreport.com/the-copycat-effect-with-loren-coleman-video/">The Corbett Report: <i>The Copycat Effect</i> with Loren Coleman</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://binnallofamerica.com/boaa072712.html">Binnall of America: Loren Coleman and Bruce Rux</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/audioPop.jsp?episodeId=650087&cmd=apop">Talk Shoe - 42 Minutes: Loren Coleman</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.redicecreations.com/radio/2012/08/RIR-120801.php">Red Ice Creations</a></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br />Support the blog and the blog writer. 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text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4Wc4-p34kN8/VHtpdXyM6yI/AAAAAAAAcNo/38gvKqouYR8/s1600/masons.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4Wc4-p34kN8/VHtpdXyM6yI/AAAAAAAAcNo/38gvKqouYR8/s1600/masons.gif" height="162" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"Oh Lord, my God, is there no help for the widow's son?"</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;">I was reading Matthew Bell's blog, "<a href="http://curveofbell.blogspot.com/2014/11/keystone-kop.html">Keystone Kops</a>" today, enjoying his extension of the linkages made to the <a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/11/Ferguson.html">Gateway Arch</a> and Ferguson's police-related items. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Darren Wilson's Widow's Peak</b></i></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div>Looking at Darren Wilson's photo there, one I've seen often before during November, I noticed for the first time something intriguing about Darren Wilson. The famous/infamous police officer has an incredibly accentuated "widow's peak," especially emphasized with his reclining hairline. Some names for the "widow's peak" link back to a mourning cap or "Mary Stuart Cap."</div><div><br /></div>Widow's peaks are a symptom of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnai-Barrow_syndrome">Donnai-Barrow syndrome</a>, a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in the LRP2 gene. Could Darren Wilson have some minor problems with his eyesight or hearing?<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V4it1deEAE0/VHuuT9tJP7I/AAAAAAAAcOE/wg97tMe_yJg/s1600/DarrenWilson.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V4it1deEAE0/VHuuT9tJP7I/AAAAAAAAcOE/wg97tMe_yJg/s1600/DarrenWilson.JPG" height="303" width="320" /></a></div><blockquote class="tr_bq">A widow's peak is a V-shaped point in the hairline in the center of the forehead....The term stems from the belief that hair growing to a point on the forehead – suggestive of the peak of a widow's hood – is an omen of early widowhood. The use of peak in relation to hair dates from 1833. The expression <i>widow's peak</i> dates from 1849. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widow's_peak">Source</a>.</blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0_zhLQqfpTY/VHttlYTGiRI/AAAAAAAAcN0/nhNLZr62VGY/s1600/JP-WILSON1-master180.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0_zhLQqfpTY/VHttlYTGiRI/AAAAAAAAcN0/nhNLZr62VGY/s1600/JP-WILSON1-master180.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Darren Wilson is shown here as a sophomore in the </div><div style="text-align: center;">2002 St. Charles West High School yearbook.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ymMacvigXmw/VHuvG8T3cgI/AAAAAAAAcOM/aoWm_yrj_1I/s1600/Wilson2014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ymMacvigXmw/VHuvG8T3cgI/AAAAAAAAcOM/aoWm_yrj_1I/s1600/Wilson2014.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Darren Wilson, 2014.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><i>Darren</i> is of Irish and Gaelic origin, and the meaning of <i>Darren</i> is "great."<br /><div><br /></div><div><i>Wilson</i> is derived from a Viking settlers' name arriving in Scotland in the medieval era. The name <i>Wilson</i> is from the personal name <i>William</i>. The name <i>Wilson</i> literally issues from the patronymic expression "<i>son of William</i>" or "<i>son of Wil</i>." <i>William</i> means "<i>helmet</i>."</div><div><br />Darren Wilson, the Ferguson police officer (now retired) is neither a widow (yet) or a widow's son, as far as any information discovered to date has revealed. What Wilson does appear to have been is the son who has experienced his mother's mysterious death, when he was 16 years old. </div><div><div><br /></div><div>His mother, Tonya Durso, allegedly was a woman <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2726614/Mother-policeman-shot-dead-Michael-Brown-serial-artist-defrauded-thousands-dollars-neighbors-stolen-credit-card-scheme.html">described</a> as a "serial con artist who defrauded thousands of dollars from neighbors in stolen credit card scheme."</div><div><br /></div><div>According to the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/darren-wilsons-first-job-was-on-a-troubled-police-force-disbanded-by-authorities/2014/08/23/1ac796f0-2a45-11e4-8593-da634b334390_story.html"><i>Washington Post</i></a>, </div><div><blockquote class="tr_bq">Wilson was born in Texas in 1986 to Tonya and John Wilson, and he had a sister, Kara. His parents divorced in 1989, when he was 2 or 3 years old. His mother then married Tyler Harris, and they lived in Elgin, Tex., for a time, records show. Tyler and Tonya Harris had a child named Jared. The family later moved to the suburban Missouri town of St. Peters, where Wilson’s mother again got divorced and married a man named Dan Durso, records indicate.</blockquote>Was Darren Wilson a metaphorical "widow's son"?<br /><br /><div>In 2001, Wilson's mother pleaded guilty to six counts of forgery and one count of stealing at the 11th Judicial Court in St Louis. She did not serve any time in jail and went into bankruptcy in October 2002. The following month she died.</div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Widow's Peak, Widow's Son</b></i></div></div><div><i><b><br /></b></i></div>One of the Masonic signs of distress is the holding up of your arms, a gesture that has been often discussed in the Michael Brown shooting. Did Brown have his arms up? Down? To the side? How? Clearly, the universal sign of surrender and distress is with the hands and arms up.<br /><br />A specialized verbal distress signal is "Oh Lord, my God, is there no help for the widow's son?"<br /><div><div><br /></div><div>Some speculate that the Mormon leader's Joseph Smith's final words, "O Lord, my God!" was a cry for help, in the Freemasonry tradition, at the Carthage jail, as he was being shot.<br /><div><blockquote class="tr_bq">Those who knew Joseph Smith believed that his use of the phrase "O Lord, my God!" was an attempt to save his life and the life of his friends by calling out to Freemasons in the mob. (Joseph and the other Mormons in the jail were Masons, Joseph himself having been inducted on 15 March 1842.)<br />Among the brotherhood of Freemasons, there is the Grand Hailing Sign of Distress: "Oh Lord, my God, is there no help for the widow's son?" According to Masonic code, any Mason who hears another Mason utter the Grand Hailing Sign must come to his aid.<br />Most adult men in Hancock County, Illinois, were Masons, and there were Masons in the mob that attacked the jail. If Joseph was attempting to give the Grand Hailing Sign, they would have been obligated to stop their attack and defend Joseph, Hyrum, John Taylor, and Willard Richards. <a href="http://en.fairmormon.org/Joseph_Smith/Martyrdom/Masonic_cry_of_distress">Source</a>.</blockquote><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>What is the Widow's Son?</b></i></div><blockquote class="tr_bq">In Ancient Craft Masonry, the title applied to Hiram, the architect of the Temple, because he is said, in the first Book of Kings (vu, 14) to have been "a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali." The Adonhiramite Freemasons have a tradition which Chapron gives (<i>Nécessaire Maçonnique</i>, page 101) in the following words: "The Freemasons call themselves the widow's sons, because, after the death of our respectable Master, the Freemasons took care of his mother, whose children they called themselves, because Adonhiram had always considered them as his Brethren. But the French Freemasons subsequently changed the myth and called themselves Sons of the Widow, and for this reason.<br />'As the wife of Hiram remained a widow after her husband was murdered, the Freemasons, who regard themselves as the descendants of Hiram, called themselves Sons of the Widow."' But this myth is a pure invention, and is without the Scriptural foundation of the York myth, which makes Hiram himself the widow's son. But in French Freemasonry the term <i>Son of the Widow</i> is synonymous with Freemason.<br />The claim has often been made that the adherents of the exiled <a href="http://www.masonicdictionary.com/stuart.html">House of Stuart</a>, seeking to organize a system of political Freemasonry by which they hoped to secure the restoration of the family to the throne of England, transferred to Charles II the tradition of Hiram Abif betrayed by his followers, and called him the Widow's Son, because he was the son of Henrietta Maria, the widow of Charles I. For the same reason they presumably subsequently applied the phrase to his brother, James II. - Source: Mackey's <i><a href="http://www.masonicdictionary.com/widowsson.html">Encyclopedia of Freemasonry</a></i></blockquote><br />The widow's peak, a/k/a "Mary Stuart Cap," and widow's sons, linked to the House of Stuart, gives one pause about the role of Freemasonry in the background, symbolically, of Ferguson's melodrama - one of distress and death.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pH_MMdpe0fs/VHx2vJmAAJI/AAAAAAAAcOc/-jQ8md55mgo/s1600/Unknown.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pH_MMdpe0fs/VHx2vJmAAJI/AAAAAAAAcOc/-jQ8md55mgo/s1600/Unknown.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Robert Anton Wilson's <i>The Widow's Son</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">See also: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/11/Tarot.html"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/11/Tarot.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"></span></a><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/11/Tarot.html">Tarot Cards As Criminal Twilight Language</a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/11/Austin.html">McQuilliams -> More on Son of William</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/11/arch-bomb.html">Gateway Arch Bomb Plot</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/11/Ferguson.html">Gateway Arch to Hell: Ferguson in Trident Times</a><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nn3O7mSe5tM/VHh_QvTRnmI/AAAAAAAAcKM/zJRTBHjPv20/s1600/masons.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nn3O7mSe5tM/VHh_QvTRnmI/AAAAAAAAcKM/zJRTBHjPv20/s1600/masons.gif" height="162" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /></i></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Consider assisting my present dilemma with any size donation.<br />You are critical. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" target="_top"><div style="text-align: center;"><input name="cmd" type="hidden" value="_s-xclick" /><input name="hosted_button_id" type="hidden" value="PRXS3TB4MW282" /><input alt="PayPal - 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The Hierophant? Jack the Ripper? The Hanging Man? Twilight Language abounds.<br /><br />As a followup to the recent Austin shootings (see "<a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/11/Austin.html">Gunman McQuilliams Targets 3 Major Austin Governmental Sites</a>"), the identification of the shooter as Larry Steven McQuillams revealed his use of the Twilight Language. <br /><br />Before his attack, McQuilliams changed his last public individual Facebook profile photo to the following:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Etk_Z8inksI/VHnUW6liEkI/AAAAAAAAcMQ/TdEjUx47VEw/s1600/TwilightLanguage!.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Etk_Z8inksI/VHnUW6liEkI/AAAAAAAAcMQ/TdEjUx47VEw/s1600/TwilightLanguage!.jpeg" /></a></div><br />It is the Hierophant Tarot card (<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">h/t SMiles</span></i>). Following is the complete view.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gw78oXHFhvE/VHnUW6FuVYI/AAAAAAAAcMI/IqpR5KEGDBQ/s1600/TwilightLanguage2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gw78oXHFhvE/VHnUW6FuVYI/AAAAAAAAcMI/IqpR5KEGDBQ/s1600/TwilightLanguage2.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">The Hierophant (V), in some decks named The Pope, is the fifth trump or Major Arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks.<br />...<br />In many modern packs, the Hierophant is represented with his right hand raised in what is known esoterically as the blessing or benediction, with two fingers pointing skyward and two pointing down, thus forming a bridge between Heaven and Earth reminiscent of that formed by the body of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hanged_Man_(tarot_card)">The Hanged Man</a>. The Hierophant is thus a true “pontiff”, in that he is the builder of the bridge between deity and humanity.<br />...<br />In most iconographic depictions, the Hierophant is seen seated on a throne between two pillars symbolizing Law and Liberty or obedience and disobedience, according to different interpretations. He wears a triple crown, and the keys to Heaven are at his feet. Sometimes he is shown with worshippers, as his alternate title is the Pope or, sometimes, Jupiter.<br />...<br />Some interpretations also suggest a link between the card and the myth of Isis and Osiris, a claim made about many cards. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hierophant">Source</a>. </blockquote><div><br /></div><div>There is a long tradition of leaving "calling cards" of various types at crime scenes. </div><div><br /></div><div>One of the most significant examples in history is those left by Jack the Ripper, which were wrongly interpreted as being Jewish in origin, when, in fact, they were Masonic.</div><blockquote class="tr_bq">Jack the Ripper is believed to have left two calling cards by Goulston Street, London on September 30, 1888, the night he murdered Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes: a scrap of Eddowes' apron and some graffiti reading <i>Juwes are the men That Will not be Blamed for nothing</i>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calling_card_(crime)">Source</a>.</blockquote>First off, the actual location of the killings, near or in Mitre Square is important, Freemasonically.<br /><br />Also, in one widely disseminated theory:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Author Stephen Knight suggested that "Juwes" referred not to "Jews," but to Jubela, Jubelo and Jubelum, the three killers of Hiram Abiff, a semi-legendary figure in Freemasonry, and furthermore, that the message was written by the killer (or killers) as part of a Masonic plot. There is no evidence that anyone prior to Knight had ever referred to those three figures by the term "Juwes". Knight's suggestion was used in fictional treatments of the murders, such as the film <i>Murder by Decree</i>, and the graphic novel <i>From Hell</i> by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goulston_Street_graffito">Source</a>.</blockquote>In terms of the Beltway Sniper mystery, Tarot cards were used to leave messages.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2007/october/snipers_102207">John Muhammad and Lee Malvo</a>, the so-called "Beltway Snipers," engaged in 23 days of random attacks in the Washington, D.C, area, in October 2002. Muhammad used a Bushmaster .223 rifle.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VSTJOz35FrU/VHnUXHGEjxI/AAAAAAAAcMM/ViVo9P7uZ88/s1600/tarot102307.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VSTJOz35FrU/VHnUXHGEjxI/AAAAAAAAcMM/ViVo9P7uZ88/s1600/tarot102307.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The snipers left Tarot “Death” cards like this one</div><div style="text-align: center;">at some of the shooting sites. Note the words</div><div style="text-align: center;">“Call me God” at the top. Photo: <a href="http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2007/october/snipers_102407">Official FBI page</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><blockquote class="tr_bq">On October 7, 2002, at 8:09 a.m., Iran Brown, a 13-year-old boy, was shot in the abdomen and critically wounded as he arrived at the Benjamin Tasker Middle School at 4901 Collington Road in Bowie, Maryland, in Prince George's County (Brown's name was concealed from the public but was later revealed). His aunt, a nurse who had just brought him to school, rushed him to a hospital emergency room. Despite serious injuries, including damage to several major organs, Brown survived the attack and ultimately testified at Muhammad's trial. At this crime scene the authorities discovered a shell casing as well as a Tarot card (the Death card) inscribed with the phrase, "Call me God" on the front and, on three separate lines on the back, "For you Mr. Police." "Code: 'Call me God'. Do not release to the press."<br />...<br />Allegedly, at several scenes Tarot cards were left as calling cards, including one <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_(Tarot_card)">Death card</a> upon which was written "Call me God" on the front and on the back on three separate lines the words, "For you mr. Police." "Code: 'Call me God'." "Do not release to the press." This information was leaked to the press and misquoted often as "I am God" or some similar misquote of the actual words on the tarot card. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beltway_sniper_attacks">Source</a>.</blockquote><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-L4HyBe1mw1c/VHnacsdWVuI/AAAAAAAAcM4/x-I8o9FcdrQ/s1600/dark-knight-joker_l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-L4HyBe1mw1c/VHnacsdWVuI/AAAAAAAAcM4/x-I8o9FcdrQ/s1600/dark-knight-joker_l.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Heath Ledger's Joker and his card.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JCQNUuNttsg/VHnachuF1hI/AAAAAAAAcMo/BPvh6ygaNtw/s1600/150px-RWS_Tarot_12_Hanged_Man.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JCQNUuNttsg/VHnachuF1hI/AAAAAAAAcMo/BPvh6ygaNtw/s1600/150px-RWS_Tarot_12_Hanged_Man.jpg" height="400" width="227" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Hanging Man Tarot card.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uT4cVG_Wheo/VHndOZ7M2AI/AAAAAAAAcNE/m-e2OBka0NE/s1600/HL-HM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uT4cVG_Wheo/VHndOZ7M2AI/AAAAAAAAcNE/m-e2OBka0NE/s1600/HL-HM.jpg" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus</i>: Heath Ledger's final role.</div>Gawarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09760013195693181745noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4414648530982454290.post-30104655710533282942014-11-28T06:00:00.000-08:002015-01-10T06:24:44.961-08:00Gunman McQuilliams Targets 3 Major Austin Governmental Sites<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DUosHftvHwE/VHk4x5NGF9I/AAAAAAAAcL4/rmvVv1TqW-4/s1600/250px-2_antique_sai.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DUosHftvHwE/VHk4x5NGF9I/AAAAAAAAcL4/rmvVv1TqW-4/s1600/250px-2_antique_sai.jpg" height="400" width="228" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r2ishSlcZ3g/VHixfKwVPmI/AAAAAAAAcLE/OsdmV6J2Gos/s1600/pr050614_13lg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r2ishSlcZ3g/VHixfKwVPmI/AAAAAAAAcLE/OsdmV6J2Gos/s1600/pr050614_13lg.jpg" height="213" width="320" /></a></div><br />Neptune/Poseidon, symbolized by tridents, was the ruler of the seas and associated locations, but also, surprisingly, of <i>horses</i>.<br /><br />A new violent situation ended when a "veteran Austin police officer putting away horses for the night was able to stop a gunman rampaging through the city's downtown early Friday — ending the suspect's 10 minutes of terror before anyone was hurt." <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/gunman-dead-after-shots-fired-police-hq-mexican-consulate-austin-n257626">Source</a>.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">An individual fired at three targeted downtown Austin, Texas public buildings -- the Austin Federal Courthouse, the Consulado General De Mexico (Mexican consulate), and the Austin Police headquarters -- before police shot and killed him. Sgt Adam Johnson, a 15-year veteran of the department, has been identified as the cop who shot the suspect.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This occurred early "black Friday" morning, November 28, 2014. The gunman also tried to set the Mexican consulate afire.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9MCtjHPBOsA/VHh3SE4HUFI/AAAAAAAAcJw/gW2jAK12oRE/s1600/800px-Federal_Courthouse%2C_Austin%2C_TX_IMG_6339.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9MCtjHPBOsA/VHh3SE4HUFI/AAAAAAAAcJw/gW2jAK12oRE/s1600/800px-Federal_Courthouse%2C_Austin%2C_TX_IMG_6339.JPG" height="297" width="400" /></a></div>The Austin Federal Courthouse opened in 2012, <a href="http://msmearch.com/type/government-and-civic/united-states-courthouse-austin-texas">designed by Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects</a>, occupies a full city block, directly west of Republic Square Park.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o79QUK7tgJg/VHh2_gf45MI/AAAAAAAAcJo/Noo77FKtCFo/s1600/mexican-consulate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o79QUK7tgJg/VHh2_gf45MI/AAAAAAAAcJo/Noo77FKtCFo/s1600/mexican-consulate.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Mexican consulate building.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sU4tnAhGs6k/VHh5fqUF95I/AAAAAAAAcJ8/TnI7AeryKoU/s1600/800px-AustinPoliceHQ.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sU4tnAhGs6k/VHh5fqUF95I/AAAAAAAAcJ8/TnI7AeryKoU/s1600/800px-AustinPoliceHQ.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Austin Police Headquarters.</div><br />The unidentified North Austin man was suspected of shooting into buildings at around 2:30 a.m. local time, <a href="http://www.kvue.com/story/news/2014/11/28/shooter-targets-downtown-buildings/19605941/">KVUE-TV reports.</a><br /><br />The <i>Austin American-Statesman</i> <a href="http://the%20austin%20american-states%20reported%20that%20the%20mexican%20consulate%20and%20federal%20courthouse%20were%20targeted%20by%20the%20suspect%20in%20addition%20to%20the%20police%20building./">reported</a> that the locations were the Mexican consulate, federal courthouse, and the Austin Police building.<br /><br />Assistant Chief Raul Munguia told reporters that the suspected shooter, who was wearing some type of a vest, was killed near his vehicle, which may have contained an improvised explosive device. The police bomb squad was on the scene.<br /><br />Officers pursued leads and were investigating a North Austin address where the suspect allegedly lived. They said they are checking the residence for other potential bombs.<br /><div><br /></div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;">+++</div><br /><b>Update:</b> By the end of the day, Friday, November 28, the shooter was identified as Larry Steven McQuilliams.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lwFSqfzYm2g/VHkzRL4OcBI/AAAAAAAAcLo/CoJibIzZN48/s1600/Steve-McQuilliams-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lwFSqfzYm2g/VHkzRL4OcBI/AAAAAAAAcLo/CoJibIzZN48/s1600/Steve-McQuilliams-1.jpg" height="320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><i>Larry</i>, derived from Lawrence, means "laurel crowned," as in a victor of a battle or war.<br /><br /><i>Steven</i>, derived the Greek <i>Stéfanos</i>, meaning "wreath, crown, honor, reward." In ancient Greece, a wreath of laurels denoted a winner of a contest, from which the crown, a symbol of rulers, was derived.<br /><br />The root of the ancient Dalriadan-Scottish name <i>McQuilliam</i> is the personal name <i>William</i>. The Gaelic form of the surname is <i>Mac Uilleim</i>, meaning the son of <i>William</i>. The name is first found on the Isle of Harris, Scotland. <br /><br />W<i>illiam</i> is a name of old Germanic origin. <i>William</i> comes ultimately from the given name <i>Wilhelm</i> (cf. Old German <i>Wilhelm</i> > German <i>Wilhelm</i> and Old Norse <i>Vilhjálmr</i>). The Anglo-Saxon form should be <i>Wilhelm</i> as well (although the Anglo-Saxon chronicle refers to William the Conqueror as <i>Willelm</i>). That is a compound of two distinct elements : <i>wil</i> = "will or desire"; <i>helm</i>; Old English <i>helm</i> "helmet, protection"; > English <i>helm</i> "knight's large helmet."</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--82OhU7uXS4/VHkzOslRdYI/AAAAAAAAcLc/4uCa0yqIZ6Y/s1600/Steve-McQuilliams-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--82OhU7uXS4/VHkzOslRdYI/AAAAAAAAcLc/4uCa0yqIZ6Y/s1600/Steve-McQuilliams-3.jpg" height="400" width="400" /></a></div><div><br />Therefore, <i>Larry Steven McQuilliams</i>, literally is a triple name specifically linked to the covering of the head in laurels, a wreath, a crown, and the son of a helmeted one. <br /><br />Videos posted onto <a href="http://www.myfoxaustin.com/story/27503979/who-is-larry-steve-mcquilliams">McQuilliams' Facebook timeline</a> show him practicing his skills with a Sai (shown at top), a weapon based on the Indian trisula, which is a trident.<br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px;"><br /></span></span></div><br />The <i><a href="http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/neighbor-says-shooter-sought-fresh-start-in-austin/njHXG/">Austin Statesman</a></i> gave a sketch of Austin's gunman:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">McQuilliams, 49, was a Renaissance Fair enthusiast and martial artist, Matlack said. He took care of neighbors’ pets when they were away. Matlack said she saw him every couple of days while walking her dog. McQuilliams loved “Barking Springs,” the spillway end of Barton Springs where many owners take their dogs to roam off leash, and where many of Austin’s free spirits go to hang out. He would help clean up the hike-and-bike trail when heavy rains washed through it. He felt at home in drum circles….He was incarcerated in Texarkana, and his time behind bars — police have not released details of it, and online records are incomplete.</blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9d4IIhbWjT8/VHkzOnYLraI/AAAAAAAAcLY/fkP0wVlpt4E/s1600/Steve-McQuilliams-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9d4IIhbWjT8/VHkzOnYLraI/AAAAAAAAcLY/fkP0wVlpt4E/s1600/Steve-McQuilliams-2.jpg" height="320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">+++</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Meanwhile, just after midnight, also on Friday, November 28, 2014, a stand-off in Newport News, Virginia, <a href="http://wavy.com/2014/11/27/ft-eustis-barricaded-subject-not-considered-a-threat/">ended at the Fort Eustis base</a>. An unidentified soldier locked his wife outside their base residence on Thanksgiving Day, at about 8 p.m., and barricaded himself inside, according to military officials. The man was not a threat, not violent, but refused to come out until the early morning. Rumors of an active shooter on the base were unfounded. It was unknown if he was armed.<br /><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">See also: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/11/arch-bomb.html">Gateway Arch Bomb Plot</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://copycateffect.blogspot.com/2014/11/Ferguson.html">Gateway Arch to Hell: Ferguson in Trident Times</a><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nn3O7mSe5tM/VHh_QvTRnmI/AAAAAAAAcKM/zJRTBHjPv20/s1600/masons.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nn3O7mSe5tM/VHh_QvTRnmI/AAAAAAAAcKM/zJRTBHjPv20/s1600/masons.gif" height="162" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;">I need help.</div></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /></i></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Consider assisting my present dilemma with any size donation.<br />You are critical. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" target="_top"><div style="text-align: center;"><input name="cmd" type="hidden" value="_s-xclick" /><input name="hosted_button_id" type="hidden" value="PRXS3TB4MW282" /><input alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!" name="submit" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_donateCC_LG.gif" type="image" /><img alt="" border="0" class="aligncenter" height="1" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></form><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" class="aligncenter" height="1" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" /><input name="encrypted" type="hidden" value="-----BEGIN PKCS7-----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-----END PKCS7-----" /></div><div></div></form></div></div>Gawarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09760013195693181745noreply@blogger.com0