tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17186562042275758212024-03-08T06:39:53.059-08:00FPM: A Scientology Network Engineer's BlogI don't keep this particular blog up as much anymore, more of my current stuff is at http://jetteroheller.wordpress.com/fastpagemodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18226100613891463631noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718656204227575821.post-7626317973441920482008-02-07T19:14:00.001-08:002008-02-07T19:14:54.688-08:00Volunteer Ministers Help Villagers in Botswana<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/vkXh0bGvIQc' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/vkXh0bGvIQc'/></object></p><p>Great video about Scientology VM's helping out in Botswana. </p></div>fastpagemodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18226100613891463631noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718656204227575821.post-80110290695506506752007-12-15T15:07:00.001-08:002007-12-15T15:07:46.447-08:00Johannesburg - Dianetics & Scientology Basics Book-a-Thon<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scientologytoday/2113620550/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2273/2113620550_5835d9857a_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scientologytoday/2113620550/">Johannesburg - Dianetics & Scientology Basics Book-a-Thon</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/scientologytoday/">scientologytoday</a>. </span></div>This is from the 2007 Scientology & Dianetics Basics Books Book-a-thon! See http://bookathon.wordpress.com for more information!<br clear="all" />fastpagemodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18226100613891463631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718656204227575821.post-71572638109317874622007-12-15T02:36:00.001-08:002007-12-15T02:36:17.629-08:00Dianetics Book-a-Thon in L.A.!<div style="width:480px; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w252.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w252.photobucket.com/albums/hh6/scientologytoday/LA Dianetics Book-a-thon/11eba3f9.pbw" height="360" width="480"></embed><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/album/slideshow/wrapper_logo.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a><a href="http://s252.photobucket.com/albums/hh6/scientologytoday/LA%20Dianetics%20Book-a-thon/?action=view¤t=11eba3f9.pbw" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/album/slideshow/wrapper_viewshow.gif" style="float:right;border-width: 0;" ></a><a href="http://photobucket.com/redirect/album?action=slideshow" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/album/slideshow/wrapper_getyourown.gif" style="float:right;border-width: 0;" ></a></div>fastpagemodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18226100613891463631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718656204227575821.post-67113657666728126282007-12-04T07:47:00.001-08:002007-12-04T07:47:43.020-08:00Someplace in Wyoming<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scientology/2086107371/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2244/2086107371_1b2bc9b08d_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scientology/2086107371/">Someplace in Wyoming</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/scientology/">jetteroheller</a>. </span></div>I just found this one, taken by my old buddy, Amy, somewhere in Wyoming (see my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scientology/map">Flickr map</a>).<br /><br />I need to go camping.<br clear="all" />fastpagemodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18226100613891463631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718656204227575821.post-85103976552271144322007-11-08T00:27:00.001-08:002007-11-08T00:27:44.536-08:00Cappy's Chowder House in Camden, ME<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scientology/1870490976/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2018/1870490976_89b4998826_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scientology/1870490976/">Cappy's Chowder House in Camden, ME</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/scientology/">jetteroheller</a>. </span></div>This place has positively the <a href="http://www.cappyschowder.com/">best Clam Chowder</a> of any place on the planet. Including Boston. Including the west coast. Most certainly including New York City. <br /><br />I took a trip back there to ensure my childhood memory wasn't failing me, and it wasn't. Their chowder is out of control.<br clear="all" />fastpagemodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18226100613891463631noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718656204227575821.post-7115847767002138092007-11-06T23:10:00.001-08:002007-11-06T23:10:39.924-08:00This one made me cry<object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SI7BXFdjyJg&l=48&t=OEgsToPDskK_9UKk-t_-hdP5chrEqucB&sk=kfCsVii22gByviN7mv8KqwU&sourceid=y"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SI7BXFdjyJg&l=48&t=OEgsToPDskK_9UKk-t_-hdP5chrEqucB&sk=kfCsVii22gByviN7mv8KqwU&sourceid=y" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></object><p class="citation"><cite cite="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v/SI7BXFdjyJg&l=48&t=OEgsToPDskK_9UKk-t_-hdP5chrEqucB&sk=kfCsVii22gByviN7mv8KqwU&sourceid=y&sdetail=p%3A/profile"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v/SI7BXFdjyJg&l=48&t=OEgsToPDskK_9UKk-t_-hdP5chrEqucB&sk=kfCsVii22gByviN7mv8KqwU&sourceid=y&sdetail=p%3A/profile">Embedded Video</a></cite></p><p style="text-align: right; font-size: 8px">Blogged with <a href="http://www.flock.com/blogged-with-flock" title="Flock" target="_new">Flock</a></p>fastpagemodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18226100613891463631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718656204227575821.post-6782258075513568032007-11-06T12:40:00.001-08:002007-11-06T12:40:53.887-08:00Enhance my download experience? Another symbol of moral decay.<p>I just got the following message when downloading a new Windows Media Encoder:<a href="http://lh6.google.com/fastpagemode/RzDRS-myAtI/AAAAAAAAACM/Cg6X1aYEnFk/image%5B4%5D.png"><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="349" alt="image" src="http://lh5.google.com/fastpagemode/RzDRTumyAuI/AAAAAAAAACY/HsmImkhswLw/image_thumb%5B2%5D.png" width="504" border="0" /></a></p> <p>"Some downloads are made available only after users have validated their versions of Microsoft Windows. Firefox and Netscape Navigator browser users may install a helper program, the Windows Genuine Advantage plug-in, <strong>to enhance their download experience.</strong>"</p> <p>I'm not sure precisely what this means.  I think that the inference is that when you can download the software, it enhances the experience - more so than if you're prevented from doing so. </p> <p>Personally, I think the whole WGA ("<em>Windows Genuine Advantage</em>") issue is a enormous framework and hassle trying to solve the absolutely wrong problem.  It's the same thing as DRM and all of the woes that befall anyone trying to live with DRM-based music.  It ends up being more hassle than it's worth. </p> <p><a href="http://www.scientologyhandbook.org/">Scientology</a> founder <a href="http://www.lronhubbard.org/">L. Ron Hubbard</a> had a much more simple solution.  He wrote it in <em><a href="http://www.twth.org/">The Way to Happiness</a></em>, and it's called "Seek to Live with the Truth" and "Don't Do Anything Illegal".  </p> <p>  </p> <embed id="embedContent" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" src="http://www.twth.org/flash/vp/singlevideoplayer.swf?b=http://www.twth.org/flash/vp/&autoStart=false&startUpVideo=seek_truth" width="467" height="300" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" quality="high" scale="noScale" flashvars="startUpVideo=" wmode="transparent"></embed></embed> <br /></embed><a style="font-size: 10px; color: #0099cc; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" href="http://www.twth.org/video/player.html">Click here to view other Public Service Announcements</a> <p>If you've really bought something, just be truthful about it, and don't tell harmful lies.  The simplicity of just having and following a moral code like this is more powerful than any DRM solution there could be.  </p> <p> </p> <embed id="embedContent" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" src="http://www.twth.org/flash/vp/singlevideoplayer.swf?b=http://www.twth.org/flash/vp/&autoStart=false&startUpVideo=do_not_steal" width="467" height="300" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" quality="high" scale="noScale" flashvars="startUpVideo=" wmode="transparent"></embed></embed> <br /></embed><a style="font-size: 10px; color: #0099cc; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" href="http://www.twth.org/video/player.html">Click here to view other Public Service Announcements</a> <p>Likewise, it just doesn't pay to steal.  You can tell people that, or you can educate them on it using an easy text like <em>The Way to Happiness</em>.  </p> <p>This is the reason why you have big banks, insurance companies, hospitals, credit card companies, etc all getting and distributing TWTH to all of their customers.  You can harp at someone to be good, you can make it really uncomfortable and inconvenient for them to be bad, but in the end -- if you target the actual problem, which is declining moral values in society, you'll have ended up making a positive change.  As opposed to more digital rights management, more restrictions, more whack solutions to try to make it more and more difficult to pirate software, etc.  All you end up getting there, in Microsoft's case, is people moving over to Linux because they can't stand the hassle. </p> <p>It's the same in the music industry, and look <a href="http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9811410-7.html?tag=nefd.blgs">what's happening with the DRM trend</a>.  People are fed up with it. </p> <p>So, let's try to buck the trend a bit and actually attack the heart of the problem.  Sure, it's way bigger of a subject to tackle (the international decline in moral values) but in the end it will end up solving way more than just my download of Windows Media 9 encoder.  That's for sure. </p> fastpagemodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18226100613891463631noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718656204227575821.post-11812008983572340602007-11-05T09:07:00.001-08:002007-11-05T09:07:18.219-08:00Maiden's Cliff, Camden, Maine<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scientology/1870492588/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2202/1870492588_2df477e1e6_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scientology/1870492588/">Maiden's Cliff, Camden</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/scientology/">jetteroheller</a>. </span></div>When most people ask, I tell them "I'm from the United States". Mostly because I am, and have lived on every corner of the U.S.<br /><br />But to friends, I'll tell them where I'm really from, and that's from Maine. <br /><br />Despite mosquitoes large enough to carry small children away, I still consider Maine one of the most beautiful places on earth. <br /><br />I look at places like this photo (which I took while on a hike along Maiden's Cliff in Camden, Maine) and remember why it is that I'm involved in <a href="http://www.scientologyhandbook.org/">Scientology</a>, and why it is that this planet is worth doing something about. There are a lot of real beautiful places left, and a lot of genuinely good people around.<br clear="all" />fastpagemodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18226100613891463631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718656204227575821.post-23561197173922212012007-10-31T00:28:00.001-07:002007-10-31T00:28:07.599-07:00Glenfinnan Scotland 2nd October 2007<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/loose_grip_99/1491862580/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/231/1491862580_39d89b95fd_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/loose_grip_99/1491862580/">Glenfinnan Scotland 2nd October 2007</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/loose_grip_99/">loose_grip_99</a>. </span></div>Whoa - that's another one taken with my model of camera -- a Konica Dimage Z2. <br /><br />My photos were all with the wide-angle attachment, but this fellow doesn't look like he needed it with that expanse of country. <br /><br />That's Scotland. If you're a Scientologist in Scotland, or want to get involved, there's a <a href="http://www.scientology-edinburgh.org/">Church of Scientology in Edinburgh</a>.<br clear="all" />fastpagemodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18226100613891463631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718656204227575821.post-27536529045199207812007-10-29T20:04:00.001-07:002007-10-29T20:04:29.422-07:00They Said Half a Hit of Ecstasy Would be Fun....<object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/isB5dObZb1o&rel=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/isB5dObZb1o&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></object><br /><br /><br />After seeing this <a href="http://www.drugfreeworld.org/psas/index.html?item=ecstasy#player">Anti-ecstasy PSA</a> on I was just over at a <a href="http://www.bluelight.ru/vb/showthread.php?t=348169">pro-ecstasy forum</a> to see if this is really the case. Its actually ridiculous to me. In the same sentence people were saying how the xtc made them feel all fantastic or whatever, and at the same time were saying that it makes them soil themselves and vomit all over the place. <br /><br />I really don't get it. Can someone enlighten me?fastpagemodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18226100613891463631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718656204227575821.post-5064516924096937272007-10-24T16:23:00.001-07:002007-10-24T16:23:29.593-07:00Note on Flickr Photos in Search ResultsJust noted this, and figured it'd be worth mentioning - even if just as a note to self. I <a href="http://fastpagemode.blogspot.com/2007/10/are-flickr-photos-well-indexed-in.html">posted a few days ago</a> about the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scientology/1516218149/">anti-psychiatry photo</a> that I posted on Flickr, which was - the next day - the number 1 result on Google when searching for "anti-psychiatry". By the end of the day, it was at #2, and days later it was at #4. <br /><br />Now, I just checked for the same thing, and found it back down on the 3rd page of search results. <br /><br />So, for blog-type content, it appears that freshness is a bit of a factor in where it appears in the results. <br /><br />Hmmm....curious. <br /> <p style="text-align: right; font-size: 8px">Blogged with <a href="http://www.flock.com/blogged-with-flock" title="Flock" target="_new">Flock</a></p>fastpagemodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18226100613891463631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718656204227575821.post-86160600582766291262007-10-19T08:22:00.001-07:002007-10-19T08:22:50.307-07:00Wife Swing Dancing at the IAS Christmas Ball<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scientology/1620578528/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2198/1620578528_5002e72796_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scientology/1620578528/">Wife Swing Dancing at the IAS Christmas Ball</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/scientology/">jetteroheller</a>. </span></div>My wife is a whupass swing dancer. At the Christmas Ball of the <a href="http://www.iasmembership.org/">International Association of Scientologists</a> in DC, swing phenom and instructor <a href="http://www.gottaswing.com/">Tom Koerner</a> showed up, and started dancing with my wife. She took classes with him years before. When he said, "Damn, you're good - who taught you to dance?", she replied, "YOU DID!" :) And yes, those are the Swing greats, the <a href="http://www.jiveaces.com/">Jive Aces</a> playing in the background.<br clear="all" />fastpagemodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18226100613891463631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718656204227575821.post-82015698752056284782007-10-15T10:25:00.001-07:002007-10-15T10:25:04.004-07:00It's Blog Action Day: Safeguard and Improve your Environment<embed id="embedContent" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" src="http://www.twth.org/flash/vp/singlevideoplayer.swf?b=http://www.twth.org/flash/vp/&autoStart=false&startUpVideo=safeguard_envmt" quality="high" scale="noScale" flashvars="startUpVideo=" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="300" width="467"><br /><br /><a style="font-size: 10px; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 153, 204);" href="http://www.twth.org/video/player.html">Click here to view other Public Service Announcements</a><br /><br />As a part of <a href="http://blog.blogactionday.org/">Blog Action Day</a>, make sure that you apply the above precept from The Way to Happiness, and do your part to <a href="http://www.twth.org/video/player.html?videoId=safeguard_envmt">Safeguard and Improve your Environment</a>! Obviously this means different things for different people, but if that means riding your bike in to work, not throwing your lead-acid battery into the ocean, recycling your paper, cutting down on your trash output, helping push through legislation, or whatever - everyone can help make the planet a cleaner place!<p style="text-align: right; font-size: 8px">Blogged with <a href="http://www.flock.com/blogged-with-flock" title="Flock" target="_new">Flock</a></p>fastpagemodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18226100613891463631noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718656204227575821.post-17223009498100511352007-10-13T09:20:00.001-07:002007-10-13T09:20:51.399-07:00Are Flickr Photos Well-Indexed in Google?Something I wondered a bit ago, was that with the billions of photos that have been uploaded to Flickr and Photobucket, whether or not all of these photos and their content would actually be indexed in Google. I had read in a little SEO Best-practices article that someone wrote that utilizing Flickr images could possibly be a good source of inbound traffic for your site. <br /><br />But I was then left to wonder whether or not these photos actually get indexed, and whether or not they're used at all. <br /><br />So, I just now <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=anti-psychiatry+demonstration&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=FlockInc.:en-US:official&client=firefox">Googled for "Anti-Psychiatry Demonstration"</a>, the title of a Flickr photo on my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scientology/1516218149/">anti-psych demonstration in DC</a> which I uploaded not too long ago. And what do you know - the photo in Flickr is right now the number one result for that! Wouldn't have thought it would be the case, what with so many anti-psych demonstrations happening around the world, but it proved an interesting point on whether or not Flickr content is indexed!<br /><br /><br /><p style="text-align: right; font-size: 8px">Blogged with <a href="http://www.flock.com/blogged-with-flock" title="Flock" target="_new">Flock</a></p>fastpagemodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18226100613891463631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718656204227575821.post-50231252845002261692007-10-12T20:37:00.001-07:002007-10-12T20:37:56.729-07:00At the Delphi Soccer Jamboree '93<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scientology/1556545029/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2063/1556545029_a0d32908cd_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scientology/1556545029/">At the Delphi Soccer Jamboree '93</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/scientology/">jetteroheller</a>. </span></div>After blogging about the <a href="http://jetteroheller.wordpress.com/2007/08/29/scientology-school-for-tom-cruises-kids/">school Tom Cruise sent his kids to in Oregon</a>, I found this little one from the photo archives. This was soccer jamboree at Delphi in Oregon that I played in back in '93. This was back when I played sweeper on the team and had a 39bpm resting heart rate. Oh, for the old days!<br clear="all" />fastpagemodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18226100613891463631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718656204227575821.post-10958698189195290132007-10-09T09:10:00.001-07:002007-10-09T10:11:51.579-07:00What if you debugged a computer like a psychiatrist?<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scientology/1516218149/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2195/1516218149_755f3c202b_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style=" margin-top: 0px;font-size:0.9em;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scientology/1516218149/">Anti-Psychiatry Demonstration in Washington, D.C.</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/scientology/">jetteroheller</a>. </span></div>At the APA convention that was held in Washington, D.C., my wife and I joined a ton of other people (I think the count was a few thousand by the time the event was in full swing) to protest the big pharma drones and their yearly vote-in of psychiatric disorders.<br /><br />I wish that debugging computers could be done in the same method as psychiatry uses for debugging people. It'd be great! Check this out - instead of having to actually dig around and find out the root cause for something (the 'Why', if you've studied <a href="http://www.volunteerministers.org/train">Scientology Data Series tech</a>), all you'd have to do is state the phenomena that you were running into, and develop an excellent term for it that you and the other engineers in the room could agree on. The name of the term would be key - otherwise nobody would believe you. If someone was complaining about a slow Internet connection, you could just let them know about the reverse-transductive route congestion disorder his line was experiencing. When asking for a handling, you could just act like a psychiatrist and bring over a portable rack of 10 12-volt car batteries hooked together, and then just take both leads and touch them to the network card int he back of the computer. <br /><br />Then, afterwards, when the stinky black smoke clears, you'd ask him if he was still experiencing the same network lag. I'll bet you that same behaviour he was experiencing would no longer be present! Validation of therapy!<br /><br />Unfortunately, their debugging methodology for people is about the same as I describe above, thus you see outraged people like my wife and I out in protest when they go to <b>vote</b> their next disease into the DSM.fastpagemodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18226100613891463631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718656204227575821.post-17905257876407719052007-10-08T10:00:00.001-07:002007-10-08T10:00:02.160-07:00Harper's Ferry West Virginia at Christmas<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scientology/1507731446/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2227/1507731446_e6e1c65811_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scientology/1507731446/">Harper's Ferry West Virginia at Christmas</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/scientology/">jetteroheller</a>. </span></div>This was another one I just dug up from the archives, when looking through my photos for something else. It's my wife & I on a bitterly cold Christmas morning, taking a drive out to Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, for a little space. <br /><br />She was just my fiancee back then, though - our wedding ceremony (which we used a <a href="http://www.marriagesolutions.org/">Scientology wedding service</a> for, quite similar to the one Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes used when they were married). <br /><br />I'd have to say that it worked. That photo was taken close to 8 years ago, and I'm still rather married. <br /><br />How about those hills, too!?<br clear="all" />fastpagemodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18226100613891463631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718656204227575821.post-43570271861388613782007-10-05T15:51:00.001-07:002007-10-05T15:51:22.007-07:00RX7 in a Snowy Driveway in Bloomington, IL<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scientology/1491443435/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2349/1491443435_620a299d2c_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scientology/1491443435/">RX7 in a Snowy Driveway in Bloomington, IL</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/scientology/">jetteroheller</a>. </span></div>I just happened to find this photo, and it reminded me of when I was back in Illinois. It was terrible, actually. Though the projects I was working on were fun, I was 2 1/2 hours away from my closest <a href="http://www.scientologyhandbook.org/">Scientology</a> Organization. The <a href="http://www.scientology-stlouis.org/">Church of Scientology of Saint Louis</a> was over 2 hours to the south, and the <a href="http://www.scientology-chicago.org/">Church of Scientology of Chicago</a> was close to 3 hours to the north. And there I was stuck in a cornfield!<br clear="all" />fastpagemodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18226100613891463631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718656204227575821.post-21812981722430638452007-10-01T21:32:00.001-07:002007-10-01T21:32:02.313-07:00First try at posting a Photobucket SlideshowWe'll see how this comes out!<br /> <div style="width: 480px; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w199.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w199.photobucket.com/albums/aa141/turbotad/52413b9b.pbw" height="360" width="480"><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/album/slideshow/wrapper_logo.gif" style="border-width: 0pt; float: left;" /></a><a href="http://s199.photobucket.com/albums/aa141/turbotad/?action=view&current=52413b9b.pbw" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/album/slideshow/wrapper_viewshow.gif" style="border-width: 0pt; float: right;" /></a><a href="http://photobucket.com/slideshow?action=landing" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/album/slideshow/wrapper_getyourown.gif" style="border-width: 0pt; float: right;" /></a></div><p style="text-align: right; font-size: 8px">Blogged with <a href="http://www.flock.com/blogged-with-flock" title="Flock" target="_new">Flock</a></p>fastpagemodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18226100613891463631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718656204227575821.post-5847513029508175472007-10-01T18:56:00.001-07:002007-10-01T18:56:33.610-07:00Rocking old Honeywell E-Mail Ad<img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1143/659305959_fb4a666400.jpg?v=0" alt="" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" height="500" width="366" /><br /><br />Mmm....just like back in college. :) <p style="text-align: right; font-size: 8px">Blogged with <a href="http://www.flock.com/blogged-with-flock" title="Flock" target="_new">Flock</a></p>turbotadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18382895885937063371noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718656204227575821.post-27944457230552382482007-09-25T22:01:00.000-07:002007-09-25T22:02:00.023-07:00Lighting Striking Sears TowerThis is a slick video I found of lighting hitting the Sears tower in Chicago. I need to dig up a similar one I have of lighting hitting the MetLife building in New York, which I took when visiting the Church of <a href="http://www.scientologyhandbook.org/">Scientology</a> in <a href="http://www.scientology-newyork.org/">New York</a>. <br /> <embed src="http://www.liveleak.com/player.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="autostart=false&token=27a_1187998916" scale="showall" name="index" height="370" width="450"><p style="text-align: right; font-size: 8px">Blogged with <a href="http://www.flock.com/blogged-with-flock" title="Flock" target="_new">Flock</a></p>fastpagemodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18226100613891463631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718656204227575821.post-75875377361555024182007-09-25T15:35:00.001-07:002007-09-25T15:35:18.186-07:00Sun's new Intel-Based 16-Core Server<script language="javascript" src="http://sunfeedroom.sun.com/linking/launch.jsp?skin=oneclip&fr_story=FRsupt218281&rf=ev&hl=true&w=322&h=278"></script><p style="text-align: right; font-size: 8px">Blogged with <a href="http://www.flock.com/blogged-with-flock" title="Flock" target="_new">Flock</a></p>fastpagemodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18226100613891463631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718656204227575821.post-12103061632058425262007-09-23T19:20:00.001-07:002007-09-23T19:20:59.300-07:00Dubai: Scientology Organization Technology<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9075858@N02/575335634/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1278/575335634_71a14930be_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9075858@N02/575335634/">Skyline von Dubai</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/9075858@N02/">jochen.westermann</a>. </span></div>Skipping through Flickr, I happened to come upon yet another intense photo of the Dubai skyline - something (as you can probably tell) I have been intrigued with of late. Look at the sheer number of cranes here, and you'll see why the local slogan is apparently "Dubai will be great, when it's finished."<br /><br />Well, one of the things that immediately hits my mind, seeing an affluence of this nature, is to give people tools that they'd need to be able to continue this affluence into the future. <br /><br />The <a href="http://bpi.goldenageofknowledge.net/items/pow.html?view=detail&locale=en_US">introductory Scientology text, "Problems of Work"</a>, is one that has also been on the forefront of my thoughts since the new Scientology Basics books & lectures were release by Mr. <a href="http://miscavige.rtc.org/">David Miscavige</a> in July of this year. Problems of Work, specifically, is probably the simplest book you'll ever read - yet it has page after page of just jaw-dropping simplicities that can utterly save a business or a culture. <br /><br />Now, why would I bring that up when referring to an affluent town like Dubai? Dubai is certainly not the same thing as a town like <a href="http://www.scientology-buffalo.org/">Buffalo</a> - where it itself had its peak years ago, and is now due for a new renaissance. Dubai is one where, if you don't handle the affluence right - and ensure the people have a good game to play and a purpose and a reason for being there -- can crash and burn and you can end up with all manner of crime, people moving away in droves, etc.<br /><br />This is why a whirlwind of a place like Dubai could stand to make use of key principles covered in <a href="http://bpi.goldenageofknowledge.net/items/pow.html?view=detail&locale=en_US">Problems of Work</a> like <i>Confusion and the Stable Datum</i> and the solution for worker exhaustion (that ISN'T Red Bull!), and others. <br /><br />I know from my friends at <a href="http://www.bridgepub.com/">Scientology publisher Bridge Publications</a>, that there is interest in Scientology basics already brewing in Dubai - but I just wanted to put in another plug for it.<br clear="all" />fastpagemodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18226100613891463631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718656204227575821.post-7921076481918067692007-09-21T09:09:00.001-07:002007-09-21T09:09:10.411-07:00Dubai: A Trip Through the Time Machine<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/swaalf/54647992/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/29/54647992_0bcd649edd_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/swaalf/54647992/">A Trip Through the Time Machine</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/swaalf/">UAE style</a>. </span></div>I've posted before on the growth in Dubai which to me is just beyond astounding. It's almost indescribable for a westerner like me, who's used to things staying somewhat the same from year to year. <br /><br />This gives you an idea what 14 years worth of <a href="http://www.twth.org/video/player.html?videoId=be_industrious">industrious work</a> can accomplish. This is Sheikh Zayed Road, with the lower photo taken in 1991, and the upper one taken in 2005. <br /><br />These guys are actually putting a future their for their country which is beyond just oil, which is what I find quite respectable about the whole ordeal. Now, they just need a <a href="http://www.scientologyhandbook.org/">Scientology church</a>, as there isn't a single one right now in the whole country!<br clear="all" />fastpagemodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18226100613891463631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1718656204227575821.post-32842291566668992252007-09-16T16:25:00.001-07:002007-09-16T16:25:52.601-07:00Scientology Volunteer Ministers VideoThis is a test of the VideoBlogging feature in Flock. I just found this video of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v/afULJrWAlrQ&l=379&t=OEgsToPDskK8xtkFhNcBTeJsVQts-APP&sk=HNEAOn4rX_TYPhat697lwgU">Scientology Volunteer Minister campaign</a> -- something that is also in translated languges on the <a href="http://www.volunteerministers.org/land/?locale=ja">Scientology VM site</a>. <object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/afULJrWAlrQ&l=379&t=OEgsToPDskK8xtkFhNcBTeJsVQts-APP&sk=HNEAOn4rX_TYPhat697lwgU"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/afULJrWAlrQ&l=379&t=OEgsToPDskK8xtkFhNcBTeJsVQts-APP&sk=HNEAOn4rX_TYPhat697lwgU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></object><p class="citation"><cite cite="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v/afULJrWAlrQ&l=379&t=OEgsToPDskK8xtkFhNcBTeJsVQts-APP&sk=HNEAOn4rX_TYPhat697lwgU"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v/afULJrWAlrQ&l=379&t=OEgsToPDskK8xtkFhNcBTeJsVQts-APP&sk=HNEAOn4rX_TYPhat697lwgU">Embedded Video</a></cite></p><p style="text-align: right; font-size: 8px">Blogged with <a href="http://www.flock.com/blogged-with-flock" title="Flock" target="_new">Flock</a></p>fastpagemodehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18226100613891463631noreply@blogger.com2