Monday, February 28, 2011

Underground Horns in a Magazine



Hey bloggers, or whoever could be reading this blog, and in between reading those headline news headlines of the day which can sometimes be consuming, I find myself coming across one of those facebook posts in internetland that says Underground Horns is in a magazine. And I know some good friends Underground Horns are in New York Magazine because that Underground Horns facebook post titled something like "Check out this interview/article on the underground horns in New York Magazine! The article also features many other talented underground artists" says so. And so I find myself reading about Underground Gourmet and Welf Dorr's Underground Horns in this months New York Magazine on this day. And Underground Horns will be playing at Nublu, that cool and beyond club and bar in that seemingly trendy of a neighborhood of the Lower East Side now called the East Village for real estate marketing purposes maybe to be found in that city of New York, on Mardi Gras day, March 8th, 11pm if you happen to be in the neighborhood. And Nublu Mardi Gras Rocks. Have a great music and more day.
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Sunday, February 27, 2011

Find This Website

And on this day finds itself another one of those Sundays that has rolled around, the day of the sun, the day of God, the day of rest, the sabbath, or is that Saturday. And yet I find myself blogging about the phrase adwords management for some reason or another. And in case you have been hiding out under one of those rocks or stuck in the stone age or something, you may have realized by now that the world seems to be all about high technology gadgets and internet world wide web everything. And so along comes those phrases like the computer, the internet, websites and SEO up this website, as in optimize this websites internet presence so that it can be found on page one of those internet search engines instead of that search engine graveyard of page one thousand and one. And those search engines of the internet world seem to be so much around these days and times that the word Google now seems to be a verb. And now again with the age of all things internet, if you happen to be looking for those market my website websites, finding them can be just a website visit away.
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Friday, February 25, 2011

Floors

Hey again bloggers, or whoever could be reading this blog. And still in between reading those headline news of the day which can sometimes find itself consuming in that information overload seemingly a bazillion headline news headlines to be found everywhere each second, ten second attention span generation, for some reason or another this blogging post on this blogging day seems to be about the Floor company. You know, those stores and companies that usually sell those materials that go on floors, such as tiles, vinyl, ceramic, hardwood, granite and other kinds of materials that human beings sometimes find themselves walking on throughout their travels here on planet earth. And so what else is there that I can say about that word floor that has not already been said in floor time except that if you find yourself walking on those floors you may at some point in time start to wonder what kind of material to put on that floor to make it a floor, or something like that. And so along comes those places to find that flooring. And now with the digital age of all things digital and the internet, finding that floor has never been easier.
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Thursday, February 24, 2011

The Domain Name Game

And though this post does not exactly happen to be about those headline news of the day that can sometimes be all consuming in the age of technology and information internet overload ten second attention span generation stuff, it does happen to be about domain names , you know, those names that are for domains that are usually to be found on the world wide web internet that those websites call themselves. And so who would have thought that one day the space age superman Jetsons cartoon like day would come to where everyone could have one of those personal computers to do personal computing on. And so if you happen to find yourself as one of those persons with one of those personal computers with one of those websites, you may sometimes find yourself in search of one of those websites to help you host your domain name and find your website. And so along comes those web hosting websites that can help you host your website. And now with the age of all things internet, finding that website host, website domain name, market this website, design this website, website hosts and other all things internet communications and more can be just a website visit away.
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Monday, February 21, 2011

Unrest


And in case you may have been hiding out under one of those rocks or stuck in the stone age somehow, you may have heard by now that the focus of world news seems to be on Jerusalem, The Middle East, North Africa, Egypt, Morocco, Libya, Jordan, Tunisia, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Bahrain and beyond in their uprisings these days and times, so much that I thought to post a map of this unrest that I found of these events in my internet travels. And what else is there that one can say about these current events that find themselves transpiring that may have not already been said in time. Peace on earth and goodwill to all mankind.
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Print This Ink

And so if you happen to find yourself with one of those printers that usually go along with one of those computers, you may sometimes find yourself running low on ink every so often and looking for a way to replace that printer cartridge. And I would think it would be possible to say that even though those printers can be cheap to buy, the cost of replacing those printer cartridges can cost even more than the printers themselves. And so along comes discount ink, that can save one hundreds and even thousands of dollars when it comes to replacing that HP printer ink. And when it comes to buying that printer ink cartridge new in the store, well sometimes one needs five full time jobs just to afford buying them. And so if you happen to be looking for that remanufactured ink cartridge, discount printer ink and more, now with the age of all things recycling, finding them can be just a website visit away.
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A Poem



Hey again bloggers, or whoever could be reading this blog. And in between reading those headline news of the day of a nation and world of unrest in Egypt, Syria, Libya, Morocco, Bahrain, Tunisia, Algeria, Jordan and Yemen, Northern Africa, the Middle East, Europe, North America and beyond, I somehow came across this what could be called a poem on Yahoo News posted by ufo area 51, that seems to be about that Jerusalem UFO found flying over the temple mount, dome of the rock in Jerusalem sometime a while ago. And I am not exactly sure if this following could be called a poem, though I called the title of this blog post a poem and it does seem to make sort sort of statement that wants to speak for itself that also seems as if it wants to be a poem titled "The Secret Covenant". And so I thought to repost it on this blog because hey, it's less writing sometimes, I think, in my attempt to maintain content for this blog and my other blog whenever possible.


We will control all aspects of their lives and tell them what
to think and how.

We will guide them kindly and gently letting them think they
are guiding themselves.

We will make them kill each other when it suits us.

We will keep them separated from the oneness by dogma and religion.

Our families will never mix with theirs. Our blood must be pure
always, for it is the way.

We will always hide our objective but carry out our plan.
They will perform the labor for us and we shall prosper
from their toil.

We will use fear as our weapon.

We will establish their governments and establish opposites within.
We will own both sides.

Their minds will belong to us and they will do as we say.
If they refuse we shall find ways to implement mind-altering
technology into their lives.

We will focus their attention toward money and material goods
so they many never connect with their inner self. We will distract
them with fornication, external pleasures and games so they may
never be one with the oneness of it all.

We will render them docile and weak before us by our power.

They will grow depressed, slow and obese, and when they
come to us for help, we will give them more poison.

When their teeth decay we will fill them with metals
that will kill their mind and steal their future.
When their ability to learn has been affected, we will create
medicine that will make them sicker and cause other diseases
for which we will create yet more medicine.

We will start early on, when their minds are young, we will
target their children with what children love most, sweet things.

They will see our products being used in film and will grow
accustomed to them and will never know their true effect.

When they give birth we will inject poisons into the blood
of their children and convince them its for their help.

Those they look up to will help. We will enlist them to
push our poisons.

We must be ingenious in dispensing the poisons for they
can see far.

We will teach them that the poisons are good, with fun images
and musical tones.

The poisons will be hidden in everything that surrounds them,
in what they drink, eat, breathe and wear.

From all this, their children will be born dead, and we
will conceal this information.

The soft metals will cause them to lose their minds. We will
promise to find a cure from our many fronts, yet we will
feed them more poison.

The poisons will be absorbed trough their skin and mouths,
they will destroy their minds and reproductive systems.

you will be blanketed by poisons everywhere they turn.

We will use soft metals, aging accelerators and sedatives in
food and water, also in the air.

We will keep their lifespan short and their minds weak while
pretending to do the opposite.

We will use our knowledge of science and technology in subtle
ways so they will never see what is happening.

We will always stand above the relative field of their experience
for we know the secrets of the absolute.

We will work together always and will remain bound by blood and
secrecy. Death will come to he who speaks.

We will create separate fronts to prevent them from seeing the
connection between us.
We will behave as if we are not connected to keep the illusion alive.
Our goal will be accomplished one drop at a time so as to never bring
suspicion upon ourselves. This will also prevent them from seeing
the changes as they occur.

An illusion it will be, so large, so vast it will escape their
perception.

Those who will see it will be thought of as insane.

the secret covenant

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Sunday, February 20, 2011

Advertise This Business

And on this day finds itself a Sunday again, that day of the sun, the day of rest, the day of God, the sabbath. Or is that Saturday. And yet I find myself blogging away for some reason or another. And in between reading those headline news of the day, world news and current events, which can sometimes be consuming, I find myself blogging about logo design, as in I would assume a design for a logo. And you know about those logos don't you, those photos and icons of drawings usually used to represent and identify ones business, person, place, product or thing. And sometimes the world seems as if it can all be about business, business and more business. And so if you happen to be looking for that logo design for that business, corporation or what not, the internet has them. And with the age of technology and internet everything, you can now find all kinds of styles, designs and colors of those logos you may be looking for without ever having to leave home, or at least without ever having to leave a computer. As now finding those logo designs you may be looking for can be just a website visit away.
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Email This

Hey again bloggers, or whoever could be reading this blog. And in between reading those headline news of the day which can sometimes be consuming, I somehow find myself blogging about email campaigns for some reason or another. And so welcome to the age of web 2.0, technology and internet marketing everything. And unless you have been stuck in one of those caves from the stone age of long lore ago, you may have heard of email campaigns by now, you know, those marketing and advertising messages one can send in an email on one of those computers that can sometimes be read instantly by the receiver on the other end of a computer at the speed of light, as in instant advertising that does not use the cost of one of those postage stamps to arrive in the mail days letter. And can these email campaigns also be called an email blitz? And I have read many an email for those campaigns, advertisements and announcements that seem to find themselves arriving in that email inbox every so often throughout my internet travels. And so what else is there that I can say about that market this product with an email that has not already been said in internet computer time, except that if you happen to be looking for that email campaign to send those emails to those email addresses, finding it can be just a website visit away.
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Thursday, February 10, 2011

An Outsider Art Fair

And another one of those Outsider Art Fairs is happening again in that city of New York again this year. And I know that 19th Annual Outsider Art Fair is happening again this year at 7 West 34th Street because that ad in the Village Voice says so. And I think I may have heard of that Outsider Art Fair that used to be held at that Puck Building of long lore ago, as it seems to be a festival of art from the outside, or something like that. And so some of this years exhibitors include:

American Primitive Gallery,The Ames Gallery ,Galerie Christian Berst,Bodell Umbrella Arts, Galerie Bonheur, Galerie Bourbon-Lally, Henry Boxer Gallery, Grey Carter - Objects of Art, Cavin-Morris Gallery, Creative Growth Art Center,The Electric Pencil,
Andrew Edlin Gallery,Fountain Gallery,Gilley's Gallery,C. Grimaldis Gallery,The Gallery at HAI,Carl Hammer Gallery,Marion Harris,Galerie Atelier Herenplaats,Dean Jensen Gallery,Just Folk,Yukiko Koide Presents,Lindsay Gallery,Maxwell Projects,Olof Art Gallery,Outsider Folk Art Gallery,The Pardee Collection,Ricco/Maresca Gallery,Stephen Romano,Judy A. Saslow Gallery,Tanner-Hill Gallery,Wasserwerk.Galerie Lange,Marcia Weber Art Objects and a whole lot more.

Have a great art day.
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Monday, February 7, 2011

Clothes

Clothes. And I would think that everyone wears those pieces of cloths to cover ones self that can come in all different kinds of shapes, colors and styles and can usually make some kind of statement about that person who finds themselves wearing that cloth. And so this post happens to be about clothes, women's clothes, men's clothes, girls clothes and boys clothing. And what else is there that I can say about that word clothing that has not already been said in time except again, if you find yourself as one of those human beings dwelling here on planet earth, you may find yourself wearing that clothing. And buying and shopping for clothes can be fun sometimes, I think. And now with the invention of all things internet, one can view those clothing catalogs and shop for those clothes online all without ever having to leave home, or at least without ever having to leave a computer. As one can now find those dresses, pants, shirts, blouses, jackets, pajamas, gifts and more with just a website visit away.
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The Prophecy of John of Jerusalem V


And being that all eyes are on Egypt and the middle east in the headline news these days and time, those religious thoughts come to mind. And so I thought to continue to post another excerpt from "The Prophecy of John of Jerusalem" on this blog in an attempt to maintain content for this blog and my other blog whenever possible.

The birth pains increase and the blind multiply.

For the blind cannot see, no matter if Jesus stands right in front of them.

Surely Lord, is there even more to save?
When they only scoff and mock and are filled with evil thoughts?

Surely Lord, you know the hearts of men.
Is there left any man still that can be called to you Lord?

In Jesus Christ.


A Thousand Years
The Prophecy of John of Jerusalem

When the Year Thousand that comes after Year Thousand begins
Men will be so numerous over the lands
That they will resemble an ant’s nest
Into which a stick has been poked
They will swarm everywhere and death will crush them underfoot
Like frightened insects.
Great movements will push them from one country to another
Brown skins will mix with white skins
The Christian faith with that of the Infidel
Some will preach sworn peace
But everywhere there will be fighting among enemy tribes.

When the Year Thousand that comes after Year Thousand begins
Men will want to break down all barriers
The mother will have the hair of an old woman
The path of nature will be abandoned
And families will be like scattered grains
That nothing can unite.
It will therefore be another world
Each person will roam without ties like a bolted horse
Going in all directions with no guide
Unhappy the knight who mounts this steed
He will be without stirrups and will fall into the ditch.

When the Year Thousand that comes after Year Thousand begins
Men will no longer rely on the law of God
But will want to lead their lives like a horse
They will want to choose their children in their wives’ wombs
And will kill those that they don’t like.
But what sort of man takes himself for God like that?
The Powerful will seize the best lands
And the most beautiful women
The poor and the weak will be cattle
Each home will become a donjon
Fear will be in every heart like a poison.

When the Year Thousand that comes after Year Thousand begins
A black and secret order will have risen
Its law will be of hate and its arm poison
It will want always more gold and will spread its reign
Over the earth
Those who serve it will be bound to each other by a kiss of blood.
Good men and the weak will be submitted to its rule
The Powerful will enter its service
The only law will be that which it dictates in the shadows
It will sell the poison even in the churches
And the world will walk with the scorpion under its heel.

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The City Of Orlando

And I have heard of that city of Orlando to be found in that state of Florida that is to be found in that country or North America before. And isn't that state called the Sunshine State? And even though the title of this blog finds itself called No Police State, it seems that it is not so often every so often that I find myself blaghing about everything No Police State and other random thoughts. And so this post happens to be about police harassment for some reason or another, as in I assume some sort of harassment that is by those policy polizei police in that city of Orlando. And everyone, or at least a lot of people must have heard of that term police harassment by now I would think as one of those human being dwellers here on planet earth. And so if you happen to be wondering what that police harassment is all about as I am, now with the invention of all things world wide web and internet forums land, you can find it and read all about it at OrlandoForums.com, as they are an internet forum about police harassment in Orlando and more all the time. And what, if anything does this have to do with a No Police State?
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Friday, February 4, 2011

The Prophecy of John of Jerusalem IV



And being that all eyes are on Egypt and the middle east in the headline news these days and time, those religious thoughts come to mind. And so I thought to continue to post another excerpt from "The Prophecy of John of Jerusalem" on this blog in an attempt to maintain content for this blog and my other blog whenever possible.


The birth pains increase and the blind multiply.

For the blind cannot see, no matter if Jesus stands right in front of them.

Surely Lord, is there even more to save?
When they only scoff and mock and are filled with evil thoughts?

Surely Lord, you know the hearts of men.
Is there left any man still that can be called to you Lord?

In Jesus Christ.


A Thousand Years
The Prophecy of John of Jerusalem

When the Year Thousand that comes after Year Thousand begins
Man will have changed the face of the earth
He will think himself the master and Ruler
Of the forests and the flocks
He will have burrowed into the ground and the sky
And left his mark in the rivers and the seas.
But the earth will be naked and sterile
The Air will become burning hot and the water will stink
Life will wilt because man will use up the richness of the world
And man will be alone like a wolf in hatred of himself

When the Year Thousand that comes after Year Thousand begins
The child too will be sold
Some people will use him like a quintain
To get sexual pleasure from his new skin
Others will treat him like a servile animal.
They will forget the sacred weakness of the child
And his mystery
He will be a foal to be trained
Like a lamb to be bled, to be slaughtered
And man will be nothing more than savage cruelty.

When the Year Thousand that comes after Year Thousand begins
The opinions and the minds of men will be imprisoned
They will be intoxicated and will not know it
They will take images and reflections for the truth of the world
They will be treated like sheep.
Then the flesh-eaters will come
Rapacious people will herd them
The better to lead them to the cliff’s edge
And turn them against each other
They will be skinned for their wool and their leather
And man if he survives will be stripped of his soul

When the Year Thousand that comes after Year Thousand begins
Rulers with no religious beliefs will reign
They will issue orders to unsuspecting and passive crowds of people
They will hide their faces and keep their names secret
And their castles will be hidden in the forests.
But they will decide the fate of everything and of everyone
No-one will participate in the meetings of their order
Everyone will be a true serf and will believe himself to be a free man and a knight
The only ones to rise up will be those of the untamed cities
And of the heretic faiths
But first of all they will be defeated and burnt alive

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The Roof

And so it seems as if I blog about everything but the kitchen sink on this blog sometimes. And so this post happens to be about Austin Roofing Repair and repairing that roof. And if you happen to find yourselves as one of those human being dwellers here on planet earth, you may sometimes find yourself in search of that basic necessity of shelter called a house or some other type of dwelling. And so along comes the phrases, roof repair, Roofing Contractor Austin and Austin Roofing. And I have heard of that city of Austin, located in that state of Texas to be found in that country of North America. And what would those houses and other dwellings be like without those roofs to cover them. And so what else is there that I can say about that word roof that has not already been said in time, except that if you happen to be looking for a roof to put over your head, or a repair for that roof over your head, finding it can be just a website visit away.
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The Prophecy of John of Jerusalem III



And being that all eyes are on Egypt and the middle east in the headline news these days and time, those religious thoughts come to mind. And so I thought to continue to post another excerpt from "The Prophecy of John of Jerusalem" on this blog in an attempt to maintain content for this blog whenever possible.


The birth pains increase and the blind multiply.

For the blind cannot see, no matter if Jesus stands right in front of them.

Surely Lord, is there even more to save?
When they only scoff and mock and are filled with evil thoughts?

Surely Lord, you know the hearts of men.
Is there left any man still that can be called to you Lord?

In Jesus Christ.


A Thousand Years
The Prophecy of John of Jerusalem

When the Year Thousand that comes after Year Thousand begins
The noise of killing will roll like a storm upon the earth
There will be barbarians among the soldiers of the last legions
People of different faiths will live in the heart of the Holy Cities
Each in turn will be barbarous, faithless and lawless.
There will be no more law and order
Hate will spread like a flame in the dry forest
Barbarians will massacre soldiers
Those of no faith will slit the throats of the faithful
Brutality will be everywhere and the cities will die.

When the Year Thousand that comes after Year Thousand begins
Men will judge each other according to their Race and their Religion
Nobody will listen to the suffering hearts of the children
They will be taken from their nests like baby birds
And no-one will be able to protect them from the rapid hand
By the gauntlet.
Hate will flood the lands which thought themselves pacified
And nobody will be spared, neither the elderly nor the wounded
Houses will be destroyed or stolen
People will take the place of others
Each one will close his eyes so as not to see the women raped

When the Year Thousand that comes after Year Thousand begins
Everyone will know what is happening everywhere on Earth
They will see the child whose bones are piercing his skin
And the one whose eyes are covered in flies
And the one being hunted like a rat.
But the man who sees will turn away his head
For he will be thinking only of himself
That man will give a handful of seeds in charity
When he sleeps on full sacks
And what he gives with one hand he will take back with the other.

When the Year Thousand that comes after Year Thousand begins
Man will make mechandise of everything
Everything will have its price
Trees, water and animals
Nothing more will be given and everything will be sold.
But then Man will be no more than his weight of flesh
His body will be bartered like a side of meat
They will take his eye and his heart
Nothing will be sacred, neither his life nor his soul
They will compete for his dead body and his blood
Like a dead animal to be cut up

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Vistaprint

Hey again bloggers, or whoever may be reading this blog. And in between reading those headline news of the day which seem as if they can be consuming sometimes, I somehow find myself blogging about Vistaprint business cards and Vistaprint coupons. And sometimes the world seems as if it can be about business, connections, networking and more business. And you may have heard about those Vistaprint business cards haven't you. You know those free business cards that you can design and receive in the mail for free, as it seems as if every other person is handing out those Vistaprint business cards these days and times. And so if you happen to be looking for Vistaprint coupon codes or Vistaprint free shipping code, you can find them online with just a website visit away. And what better way to save on that shipping cost that with a shipping code coupon. And now with the invention of internet everything and online shopping, you can also find magnets, stickers, stamps, pens, labels, signs, banners, cards, shirts, bags, books and a whole lot of other products at their website as well, as they are all printing and more all the time.
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Thursday, February 3, 2011

The Prophecy of John of Jerusalem

And being that all eyes are on Egypt and the middle east in the headline news these days and time, those religious thoughts come to mind. And so I thought to continue to post excerpts from "The Prophecy of John of Jerusalem" on this blog in an attempt to maintain content for this blog whenever possible.

The birth pains increase and the blind multiply.

For the blind cannot see, no matter if Jesus stands right in front of them.

Surely Lord, is there even more to save?
When they only scoff and mock and are filled with evil thoughts?

Surely Lord, you know the hearts of men.
Is there left any man still that can be called to you Lord?

In Jesus Christ.


A Thousand Years
The Prophecy of John of Jerusalem


When the Year Thousand that comes after Year Thousand begins
Hunger will squeeze the stomachs of so many men
And cold will turn blue so many hands
That these people will want to see another world
And dream-merchants will come who will offer them the poison.
But it will destroy bodies and rot souls
And those who will have mixed the poison with their blood
Will be like wild beasts caught in a trap
And will kill and rape and extort and steal
And life will become an everyday apocalypse.

When the Year Thousand that comes after Year Thousand begins
Each person will seek as much sexual pleasure as he can
The man will repudiate his wife as many times as he marries
And the woman will go from place to place taking whomever pleases her
Giving birth without giving the Father’s name
But no educator will guide the child
And each one among the others will be alone
Tradition will be lost
The Law will be forgotten
As if the Annunciation had never been made and man
Will become wild again

When the Year Thousand that comes after Year Thousand begins
The father will take his pleasure with his daughter
Man with man, woman with woman
The old man with the impubescent child
And that will be known by all.
But blood will become impure
The disease will spread from bed to bed
The body will receive all the putrefactions of the earth
Faces will be gaunt, limbs will be emaciated
Love will be a great threat
For those who only know each other sexually.

When the Year Thousand that comes after Year Thousand begins
He who speaks of sworn Oaths and of Law
Will not be heard
He who preaches the Christian Faith
Will lose his voice in the desert.
But everywhere will spread the strong waters
Of other religions
False messiahs will assemble blinded men
And the armed Infidel will be like never before
He will speak of justice and of right
And his faith will be burning and decisive
He will take his revenge for the Crusade

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Theater

Theater, performances, concerts, shows, events. And it seems as if everyone, or at least a lot of people can use a break from the every day routine to go watch some sort of entertainment. And then there are those sports events. And if you happen to be one of those sports fans who watches those sports events, and if you also happen to be looking for those sporting event tickets, you can find them at ACheapSeat.com. They are a website where you can find those Colorado Avalanche Tickets, Edmonton Oilers Tickets, Los Angeles Kings Tickets, Montreal Canadiens Tickets, New Jersey Devils Tickets and more. You can find all kinds of tickets for different shows at their website such as U2 concert tickets, Lady Gaga tickets, King of Leon tour dates, Usher tour schedule, Jersey Boys tour dates, Lion King tickets, Spiderman tickets and a whole lot more in many different venues such as Madison Square Garden and in just about any state in that country of North America that one can think of. And now with the invention of all things internet, finding that sport, theater or concert ticket has never been easier.
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Technology



And I'm not exactly sure what it means when I start posting USATODAY.com articles titled "2010: The year technology replaced talking", on this blog in an attempt to maintain content for this blog and my other blog whenever possible. It's just that hey, maybe it's less writing sometimes, I think. And so this is one of those articles I came across from someones facebook page throughout my travels in internetland. And though the words may have changed in this following article, the story remains the same.

When someone gets home from work as a New York City book editor, they check their BlackBerry at the door.

"I think we are attached to these devices in a way that is not always positive," says someone, who'd rather focus at home on their husband and 12-year-old daughter. "It's there and it beckons. That's human nature (but) ... we kind of get crazy sometimes and we don't know where it should stop."

Americans are connected at unprecedented levels — 93% now use cellphones or wireless devices; one-third of those are "smartphones" that allow users to browse the Web and check e-mail, among other things. The benefits are obvious: checking messages on the road, staying in touch with friends and family, efficiently using time once spent waiting around.

The downside: Often, we're effectively disconnecting from those in the same room.

That's why, despite all the technology that makes communicating easier than ever, 2010 was the Year We Stopped Talking to One Another. From texting at dinner to posting on facebook from work or checking e-mail while on a date, the connectivity revolution is creating a lot of divided attention, not to mention social angst. Many analysts say it's time to step back and reassess.

"What we're going to see in the future is new opportunities for people to be plugged in and connected like never before," says someone else who studies the social implications of using mobile devices. "It can be a good thing. But I also see new ways the traditional social fabric is getting somewhat torn apart."

Our days are filled with beeps and pings — many of which pull us away from tasks at hand or face-to-face conversations. We may feel that the distractions are too much, but we can't seem to stop posting, texting or surfing.

"We're going through a period of adjustment and rebalancing," says someone else, principal researcher in socio-digital systems at Microsoft Research in Cambridge, England, and author of the new book Texture: Human Expression in the Age of Communications Overload.

And another person, director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self in Cambridge, Mass., wants to remind people that technology can be turned off.

"Our human purposes are to really have connections with people," that person says. "We have to reclaim it. It's not going to happen naturally."

Their new book, Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other, suggests that the time is right for reassessment. "You have to have experiences with it before you can ask these questions. You can't ask in the first five years. You have to see how it plays out," they say.

Their worried about what they see today.

"We've come to confuse continual connectivity with making real connections," they say. "We're 'always on' to everyone. When you actually look more closely, in some ways we've lost the time for the conversations that count."

Connected to your social circle

A sociologist is familiar with dire predictions associated with new technology: They outlined them in a 1992 book America Calling: A Social History of the Telephone to 1940.

"If you go back 100 years, people were writing things about the telephone not unlike people are writing about these technologies. There was a whole literature of alarm — how it's turning everything upside down," he says.

In a new book, Still Connected: Family and Friends in America Since 1970, this person says the total contact time with friends and family has not changed much in 40 years; there has been a slight decline in face-to-face contact but a substantial increase in other ways of communicating, such as phone and e-mail.

The "major" change is "the idea that you are available to everybody in your social circle at every minute and they are available to you," this person says. "What its consequences and implications are, we don't know."

A Social psychologist is among those studying our relationship with technology. "At any moment, you're dividing your attention between the person in front of you and the person you're giving snippets of your attention to. We don't know the net consequence of reducing the quality of the relationship a little bit with the person you're with while improving or maintaining it with the person you're electronically tied to."

That psychologist says, "Some researchers do worry that connections to other people elsewhere are weakening the connections to people you're with."

A director of the Center for Mobile Communication Studies at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., and editor of Mobile Communication: Dimensions of Social Policy says "There's no question that these mobile gadgets are affecting our behavior. There is not a uniform declaration that everyone agrees to as to what this change means. Everybody sees merits and demerits, but whether the effect is good or bad is hotly contested."

That person says mobile phones provide opportunities to coordinate social activities more easily.

"The more people use mobile phones, the more likely they are to see friends and family because it strengthens those relationships," he says. "It doesn't take away from how much we see our friends, but it can take away from the quality of the time we spend with people when we're physically together and using the technology with others."

The statistics paint a clear picture of dramatic increases in mobile devices. According to a semi-annual wireless survey released in October by the industry trade group CTIA-The Wireless Association, 93% of Americans now use a wireless device or cellphone — and not just for voice calls.

From June 2009 to June 2010, subscribers sent 1.8 trillion text messages (up 33% from the previous year) and 56.3 billion multimedia messages (up 187% from the year before). In its latest monthly report, the Nielsen Co. found that almost 30% of mobile subscribers in the USA have a smartphone such as a BlackBerry or iPhone.

"Mobile telephony is becoming ubiquitous, with access to mobile networks now available to over 90% of the global population," says the International Telecommunication Union, a United Nations agency.

That person also says Americans feel these changes so profoundly because we're just now "truly experiencing this kind of critical mass."

"It's not just about the adoption level being high, but this technology has really worked its way into our everyday lives," he says.

Less than full attention

As with much in technology, some differences may be generational.

Teens are just fine with being together and texting others at the same time, they say.

"There's no social disruption," a person says. "But across generational lines, there is major disruption." Adults "are offended and don't understand why, when the family is trying to spend time together, teens have to be socially someplace else."

It's not just happening with parents and teens.

When someone starts texting at a party or a business meeting, it may be taken as in insult by those physically present. When a parent pulls out the BlackBerry to e-mail the office while at home with the kids, the unfortunate message they send to the children may be that "there is someone I'd rather be interacting with than you."

There are upsides: The increased use of mobile devices does help keep relationships alive, says someone, who says cellphones allow people to convert otherwise wasted time (such as that spent walking somewhere) to contact with others.

"It's multitasking in a way that's good," that person says. "They need to get someplace, but can have a pleasurable conversation when they're doing it."

At the same time, a person says, we can no longer assume we have someones full attention when we're physically with them. "We're saying to each other in one way or another that we can always put each other on pause."

Sharing space

Another person, more tech lovers are setting limits.

No one had to tell someone how consumed by technology their family was. They unplugged for six months, and they recounted the experience in The Winter of Our Disconnect: How Three Totally Wired Teenagers (and a Mother Who Slept With Her iPhone) Pulled the Plug on Their Technology and Lived to Tell the Tale.

"We're connected to everything but one another and it's completely normal for this time and place," that person says.

That person was spurred to act when they looked around the living room and "all I could see were the backs of people's heads, because they were interacting with their screens."

At the time, that persons kids were 14, 15 and 18.

"It was the prime of their teenage years — that last moment when we were going to all be together under that one roof," that person says. "I felt sick at the pit of my stomach that this was going to all dwindle away."

The person says it was liberating to be free of their devices, even though they loves technology.

Others have these mixed feelings, as well.

"There's no question cellphones somehow make you reachable 24/7, and I don't like it," says a lawyer and mother of two daughters, ages 12 and 7.

"Now, they expect you to answer the phone all the time," she says. "I think it's disruptive and disconcerting. But my 12-year-old thinks it's wonderful to be connected all the time."

Someone else says times have changed.

"It used to be if someone was talking to themselves, they were usually not in their right state of mind. Nowadays, you realize they have an earpiece and are talking to someone and not really where they are. They're not connected to the time or place they're in," she says.

Despite the persons cellphone, BlackBerry, Kindle and the iPad they share with colleagues at work, someone says adults are having a more difficult adjustment to the world consumed by technology. That person doesn't thinks kids will.

"They're so used to it and like everything, they'll get blasé about it," the person says.

But, that person has their concerns: "I worry for the kids that they won't know what it's like to share a story, to look people in the eyes — to know that sharing a space with someone is all about connecting and not with the technological device."

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Cars

Hey again bloggers or whoever could be reading this blog. And in between reading those current headline news headlines of the day which seem as if they can be completely consuming sometimes these days and times, I somehow find myself blogging about the lincoln town car , the subaru, the subaru outback and a volkswagen car called VW GTI for some reason or another. You know cars don't you? Those objects usually made out or metal that move people around from place to place, the stuff that that thing called oil is made for. And I have seen a lot of those moving objects around on the roads throughout my travels here on planet earth. And so what was life like before the invention of those cars and the invention of that thing called crude oil used to fuel those objects. What would the world be like without them? And so back to that subject of cars again. Well, if you happen to be looking for one of those people movers for some reason or another, with the invention of that thing called the internet you can now find them with just a website visit away without ever having to leave home, or at least without ever having to leave a computer. And at Car Connection, you can find that car you may be looking for and you can look for those make, model and years that car was made at their website as well. And so back to that subject of the automobile again, and what else is there that I can say about that word car and automobile that has not already been said in time, except that it seems as if the evolution of that first car on the road that was invented has come a long way to today's current model that is to be found out there on planet earth. And now again with the ages of all things internet, finding that car you may be looking for has never been easier.
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

The Thousand Years



And when I read those current events of Egypt and the middle east in the headline news these days and times, those thoughts of religion come to mind. And below are some of those sayings that I have come across in my internet travels.


The birth pains increase and the blind multiply.

For the blind cannot see, no matter if Jesus stands right in front of them.

Surely Lord, is there even more to save?
When they only scoff and mock and are filled with evil thoughts?

Surely Lord, you know the hearts of men.
Is there left any man still that can be called to you Lord?

In Jesus Christ.

When the Year Thousand that comes after Year Thousand begins
Partial excerpt from The Prophecy of John of Jerusalem

Gold will be in the Blood.
Whoever looks at the sky will calculate how to profit from it.
Whoever enters the Temple will meet merchants.
The Rulers will be money-changers and usurers.
The Sword will defend the Serpent.
But fire will be smouldering.
Each town will be Sodom and Gomorrah.
And the children of the children Will become the fiery swarm. They will raise up the old banners.

When the Year Thousand that comes after Year Thousand begins
Man will have peopled the Heavens and the Earth and the Seas with his Creatures.
He will want the powers of God.
He will know no limit.
But each thing will turn against him.
He will stagger like a drunken king.
He will gallop like a blind knight.
And with his spurs he will push his mount into the forest. At the end of the road will be the fall.

When the Year Thousand that comes after Year Thousand begins
Towers of Babel will rise in all corners of the Earth.
That one will be Rome and this one will be Byzance.
The fields will be empty.
The only law will be that of oneself and one’s clan.
But the Barbarians will be in the city this time.
There will not be enough bread for everyone.
And games will no longer be sufficient.
Then people with no future Will light great fires.

When the Year Thousand that comes after Year Thousand begins
He who speaks of sworn Oaths and of Law Will not be heard. He who preaches the Christian Faith Will lose his voice in the desert.
But everywhere will spread the strong waters Of the infidel religions.
False messiahs will assemble blinded men.
And the armed Infidel will be like never before.
He will speak of justice and of right And his faith will be burning and decisive.
He will take his revenge for the Crusade.

When the Year Thousand that comes after Year Thousand begins
The noise of killing will roll like a storm upon the earth There will be barbarians among the soldiers of the last legions.
The infidels will live in the heart of the Holy Cities. Each in turn will be barbarous, faithless and lawless. There will be no more law and order.
Hate will spread like a flame in the dry forest.
Barbarians will massacre soldiers.
The infidels will slit the throats of the faithful. Brutality will be everywhere and the cities will die.

When the Year Thousand that comes after Year Thousand begins.
Everyone will know what is happening everywhere on Earth. They will see the child whose bones are piercing his skin. And the one whose eyes are covered in flies.
And the one being hunted like a rat.
But the man who sees will turn away his head.
For he will be thinking only of himself.
That man will give a handful of seeds in charity When he sleeps on full sacks.
And what he gives with one hand he will take back with the other.

When the Year Thousand that comes after Year Thousand begins.
Whole regions will be prey to war Beyond the Roman limes and even on the former territory of the Empire,
Men of same cities will cut each others throats.
Here it will be war between tribes and there between religious believers.
The Jews and the children of Allah will unendingly oppose each other And the land of Christ will be their battlefield.
But the infidels will want to defend the purety of their faith everywhere.
And opposite them will be only doubt and power.
Then death will advance everywhere like the flag of the new times.

When the Year Thousand that comes after Year Thousand begins.
Man will think that he is God when he will be nothing more than a baby.
He will hit out, always overcome by anger and jealousy.
But he will be armed with the power that he has taken.
And blind Prometheus will be able to destroy everything around him.
He will remain a dwarf of the soul and he will have the strength of a giant.
He will take enormous strides forward but he will not know which road to take.
His head will be heavy with knowledge.
But he will not know why he lives and dies.
He will be like the fire always gesticulating or the child who whimpers.

If you believe. Will this arm be healed. Peace on earth and goodwill to all mankind.
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