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Antares enters Sagittarius 10° [28 Feb 2017|07:29am]

Antares enters Sagittarius 10° on 01-Mar-2017 at 03:29:17 UT.


NASA Announces Plan To Bring Wi-Fi To Its Headquarters By 2017

NASA's heroic first steps into the Wi-Fi Age

Since spring, NASA has also conducted some preliminary, small-scale reconnaissance missions to a Houston-area Best Buy, where crews conducted research and compared prices. Scientists within the agency say early data from the trips is promising, showing a generous return policy and an extended warranty plan. In addition, researchers have investigated the digital cable setup at veteran space shuttle astronaut Ken Bowersox's house.

AQ 996 = NASA ANNOUNCES PLAN TO BRING WI-FI TO ITS HEADQUARTERS BY 2017 = FICTIONAL QUANTITY FUNCTIONAL AS A TIME-TRAVELING DEVICE (AQ-550 THE ELEMENTS OF HYPERSTITION) = PATTON'S THIRD U.S. ARMY - COUNTERATTACK AGAINST THE BULGE (1944) (AQ-416 PIVOTS OF OPERATIONS).

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Aldebaran enters Gemini 10° [03 Oct 2014|11:00am]
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Regulus enters Virgo [29 Nov 2011|12:18pm]
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Operation Noble Cause [01 Jul 2011|12:00am]

[24-Dec-2006|02:45am]

827 Orchis Calender

Final 827 Cycle #04/101/11 :: 23-Dec-2008 to 03-Jan-2009.

GON 56 = OPERATION NOBLE CAUSE.
GON -56 = VVVVVVV (Seven letters hath Her holiest name).

GON 67 = SEVEN LETTERS HATH HER HOLIEST NAME = DEPLOY CASEY NOBLE CAUSE.

GON 24 = WARATAH-BLOSSOMS = WHAT'S PHALCON'S FIRST ACTIVITY?

GON 73 = MALPHAS PLAYS QUEEN OF DIAMONDS .

[24-Dec-2006|03:53am]

GON 61 = THE MERLIN EFFECT ({6::1} Djungo) = OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM = PHALCON PLAYS QUEEN OF SPADES .

GON 100 = SAMMAELHAIN HAS QUEEN OF HEARTS .

GON 161 = ATEH - MALKUTH - VE GEBURAH - VE GEDULAH - AUM HA - AMEN (Liber A vel Follis) = CHAKRAS, AND A THIN CORD OF LIGHT CONNECTING THEM = THE CUP OF BABALON - ELECTRICAL MAGICK.

GON 88 = FRACTAL_NEPHILIM PLAYS QUEEN OF HEARTS = ALIF-BA-JIM-DAL = BECAUSE SO, AND ONLY SO, CAN HE GO = CASTILE-LA MANCHA = CHALICE GEMMA = COILED UP SPIROCHETE-TAILED SPERMATZOA ([info]mr_six) = EXCHANGE PARADIGM = FABRIC OF IMMANENT RELATIONS = I STAND AT THE CENTRE OF THE SPIDER'S WEB = LIBER XCVII: THE AMALANTRAH WORKING = QABBALA UNSHELLED = SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE = THE SINGLE PHENOMENON IS PEACE (PAZ, Fourth Æthyr) = WORKING TO BUILD A BETTER FUTURE FOR ALL MANKIND (Black Mesa's motto).

[24-Dec-2006|03:59am]

GON 40 = SANTA PLAYS QUEEN OF CLUBS = NATALEE = #39-MALPHAS = CIPAA (Cure in Place Ablator Applicator, GOO CREW) = GOTTA SAY, LEAD THE WAY (The Rascals) = I DROVE ALL NIGHT (Cyndi Lauper) = PEACE.

[24-Dec-2006|04:26am]

GON 82 = DEALER DEALS TO LIVING FROM THE FRONT (Nammamad {8::2} Mirroracle) = REVEAL NEW ANGELIC ASSIGNMENTS.

GON 49 = SECOND LIEUTENANT EMILY PEREZ || GON -49 = SYNONYMOUSLY.

GON 51 = EMILY PLAYS QUEEN OF DIAMONDS .

GON 15 = BIFRONS

#66-CIMEJES



GON 68 = DEALER DEALS
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[06-Aug-2009|07:00pm] :: 29-Nov-2011 @ 12:18PM PST (20:18 UT)

[06-Aug-2009|08:38pm] :: 01-Mar-2017 @ 03:29 UT (7:29PM PST on 28-Feb-2017)

[03-Dec-2009|10:33pm] :: #39-Malphas in Cycle #3172/106DuQuette's Angels & Demons: Aries 25º-30º ~ Four of Wands ~ Night Demon ~ 6-Lelah

AQ 1285 = A NOBLE CAUSE WITH NOBLE WARRIORS CAN WIN THE DAY AGAINST OVERWHELMING ODDS (AQ-381 HENRY V: A STUDY GUIDE) = WE ARE THE COLLECTIVE INTENT ON PURSUING THIS PROJECT WHERE IT TAKES US (AQ-348 ORBIS MEDIOLOGICUS).

[04-Dec-2009|12:26am] :: timestamp changed from 28-Feb-2017 @ 07:29pm PT to 01-Jul-11 @ 12:00am PT.

AQ 1638 = REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN ADDRESS TO THE NATION ON THE WAY FORWARD IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN (December 01, 2009 · 8:01 P.M. EST · Eisenhower Hall Theatre, United States Military Academy at West Point, West Point, New York) = THE NOBLE BROTHERHOOD OF THE NINE HEROES CAN BE ONE OF THE INSPIRATIONS OF THE ORDER OF THE ELEPHANT (Genealogica & Heraldica; AQ-267 NINE WORTHIES).

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T-Minus 10 Seconds [12/19] [16 Sep 2010|08:57am]
[ mood | rainbow-y ]
[ music | The Rainbow Connection - Kermit the Frog ]



[RTF-1]-STS-114 Discovery • [RTF-2]-STS-121 Discovery
[01]-STS-115 Atlantis • [02]-STS-116 Discovery • [03]-STS-117 Atlantis
[04]-STS-118 Endeavour • [05]-STS-120 Discovery • [06]-STS-122 Atlantis
[07]-STS-123 Endeavour • [08]-STS-124 Discovery • [09]-STS-126 Endeavour
[10]-STS-119 Discovery • [11]-STS-125 Atlantis • [12]-STS-127 Endeavour
[13]-STS-128 Discovery • [14]-STS-129 Atlantis • [15]-STS-130 Endeavour
[16]-STS-131 Discovery • [17]-STS-132 Atlantis • [18]-STS-134 Endeavour
[19]-STS-133 Discovery
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Discovery (STS-133 / ULF5) delivers the Express Logistics Carrier 4 (ELC4), a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MLPM) and critical spare components to the International Space Station.

NASA Assigns Crew for Final Scheduled Space Shuttle Mission :: Sept. 18, 2009 :: WASHINGTON -- NASA has assigned the crew for the last scheduled space shuttle mission, which is targeted to launch 16-Sep-2010 @ 11:57 a.m. EDT. The flight to the International Space Station will carry a pressurized logistics module to the station. Veteran shuttle commander and retired Air Force Col. Steven W. Lindsey will command the ten-day mission, designated STS-133. Air Force Col. Eric A. Boe will serve as the pilot; it will be his second flight as a shuttle pilot. Mission Specialists are shuttle mission veteran Air Force Col. Benjamin Alvin Drew, Jr., and long-duration spaceflight veterans Michael R. Barratt, Army Col. Timothy L. Kopra and Nicole P. Stott.

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T-Minus 10 Seconds [18/19] [29 Jul 2010|04:51am]
[ music | shut up and drive - rihanna ]



[RTF-1]-STS-114 Discovery • [RTF-2]-STS-121 Discovery
[01]-STS-115 Atlantis • [02]-STS-116 Discovery • [03]-STS-117 Atlantis
[04]-STS-118 Endeavour • [05]-STS-120 Discovery • [06]-STS-122 Atlantis
[07]-STS-123 Endeavour • [08]-STS-124 Discovery • [09]-STS-126 Endeavour
[10]-STS-119 Discovery • [11]-STS-125 Atlantis • [12]-STS-127 Endeavour
[13]-STS-128 Discovery • [14]-STS-129 Atlantis • [15]-STS-130 Endeavour
[16]-STS-131 Discovery • [17]-STS-132 Atlantis • [18]-STS-134 Endeavour
[19]-STS-133 Discovery
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Endeavour (STS-134 / ULF6) delivers EXPRESS Logistics Carrier-3 (ELC-3) and an Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) to the International Space Station.

NASA Assigns Crew for STS-134 Shuttle Mission, Change to STS-132 :: August 11, 2009 :: WASHINGTON -- NASA has assigned the crew for space shuttle mission STS-134 to the International Space Station. The flight will deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, or AMS, to the station. The AMS is a state-of-the-art cosmic ray particle physics detector designed to examine fundamental issues about matter and the origin and structure of the universe. Navy Capt. Mark Kelly (1996/16:STS-121/STS-124) will command the STS-134 mission, which is targeted to launch 29-Jul-2010 @ 7:51 a.m. EDT. Retired Air Force Col. Gregory H. Johnson (1998/17:STS-123) will serve as the pilot. Mission Specialists are Air Force Col. Michael Fincke (1996/16:ISS-18 CDR), Greg Chamitoff (1998/17:ISS 17-18) and Andrew Feustel (2000/18:STS-125). European Space Agency astronaut and Italian Air Force Col. Roberto Vittori (ESA 1998:17/ISS Eneide) also will serve as a mission specialist. The flight will include three spacewalks and the installation of the AMS to the exterior of the space station using both the shuttle and station arms. The AMS will be attached to the right side of the station's truss, or backbone.

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T-Minus 10 Seconds [17/19] [14 May 2010|11:28am]



[RTF-1]-STS-114 Discovery • [RTF-2]-STS-121 Discovery
[01]-STS-115 Atlantis • [02]-STS-116 Discovery • [03]-STS-117 Atlantis
[04]-STS-118 Endeavour • [05]-STS-120 Discovery • [06]-STS-122 Atlantis
[07]-STS-123 Endeavour • [08]-STS-124 Discovery • [09]-STS-126 Endeavour
[10]-STS-119 Discovery • [11]-STS-125 Atlantis • [12]-STS-127 Endeavour
[13]-STS-128 Discovery • [14]-STS-129 Atlantis • [15]-STS-130 Endeavour
[16]-STS-131 Discovery • [17]-STS-132 Atlantis • [18]-STS-134 Endeavour
[19]-STS-133 Discovery
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Atlantis (STS-132 / ULF4) — NASA has assigned the crew for space shuttle mission STS-132, targeted for launch 14-May-2010 @ 2:28 p.m. EDT. This flight will deliver the Russian-built Mini Research Module (MRM1) to the International Space Station. Navy Capt. Ken Ham (1998:17/STS-124) will command the shuttle Atlantis for this 11-day mission. Navy Cmdr. Tony Antonelli (2000:18/STS-119) will serve as the pilot. Mission specialists are Navy Capt. Steve Bowen (2000:18/STS-126), Michael Good (2000:18/STS-125), Piers Sellers (1996:16/STS-112/STS-121), and Garrett Reisman (1998:17/STS-123/Expedition 16 & 17/STS-124).

NASA Assigns Crew for STS-134 Shuttle Mission, Change to STS-132 :: August 11, 2009 :: NASA also has named Air Force Col. Michael Good to replace Karen Nyberg (2000:18/STS-124) on shuttle Atlantis' STS-132 mission, targeted to launch in May 2010. Nyberg is being replaced due to a temporary medical condition. Nyberg will be assigned to a technical role while she awaits a future assignment… This will be the second mission for Good, who flew on STS-125. He was born in Parma, Ohio, and considers Broadview Heights, Ohio to be his hometown. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Notre Dame.

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T-Minus 10 Seconds [16/19] [18 Mar 2010|10:34am]









STS-131 Discovery (OV-103)
Primary Payload: MPLM / LMC
Launch Date: March 18, 2010
Launch Time: 1:34 p.m. EDT
Mission Duration: 12 days
Landing Site: KSC
Inclination/Altitude: 51.6°/122nm

[RTF-1]-STS-114 Discovery • [RTF-2]-STS-121 Discovery
[01]-STS-115 Atlantis • [02]-STS-116 Discovery • [03]-STS-117 Atlantis
[04]-STS-118 Endeavour • [05]-STS-120 Discovery • [06]-STS-122 Atlantis
[07]-STS-123 Endeavour • [08]-STS-124 Discovery • [09]-STS-126 Endeavour
[10]-STS-119 Discovery • [11]-STS-125 Atlantis • [12]-STS-127 Endeavour
[13]-STS-128 Discovery • [14]-STS-129 Atlantis • [15]-STS-130 Endeavour
[16]-STS-131 Discovery • [17]-STS-132 Atlantis • [18]-STS-134 Endeavour
[19]-STS-133 Discovery
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Discovery (STS-131 / 19A) delivers the Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module filled with science racks that will be transferred to laboratories of the station. The 12-day mission will include at least three spacewalks to attach a spare ammonia tank assembly outside the station and return a European experiment that has been outside the Columbus module. Navy Capt. Alan Poindexter (1998/17/STS-122) will command the shuttle Discovery during STS-131, targeted for launch on 18-Mar-2010 @ 1:34 p.m. EDT. Air Force Lt. Col. James P. Dutton, Jr. (2004/19/Ascent/Entry CAPCOM: STS-122, 123), will serve as the pilot. Mission specialists are NASA astronauts Rick Mastracchio (1996/16/STS-118), Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger (2004/19), Clayton Anderson (1998/17/Expedition 15), Stephanie Wilson (1996/16/STS-121/STS-120) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Naoko Yamazaki (2004/19). Dutton, Metcalf-Lindenburger and Yamazaki will be making their first trip to space.

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T-Minus 10 Seconds [15/19] [04 Feb 2010|02:52am]









STS-130 Endeavour (OV-105)
Primary Payload: Tranquility Node 3 / Cupola
Launch Date: Feb. 4, 2010
Launch Time: 5:52 a.m. EST
Mission Duration: 12 days
Landing Site: KSC
Inclination/Altitude: 51.6°/122nm

[RTF-1]-STS-114 Discovery • [RTF-2]-STS-121 Discovery
[01]-STS-115 Atlantis • [02]-STS-116 Discovery • [03]-STS-117 Atlantis
[04]-STS-118 Endeavour • [05]-STS-120 Discovery • [06]-STS-122 Atlantis
[07]-STS-123 Endeavour • [08]-STS-124 Discovery • [09]-STS-126 Endeavour
[10]-STS-119 Discovery • [11]-STS-125 Atlantis • [12]-STS-127 Endeavour
[13]-STS-128 Discovery • [14]-STS-129 Atlantis • [15]-STS-130 Endeavour
[16]-STS-131 Discovery • [17]-STS-132 Atlantis • [18]-STS-134 Endeavour
[19]-STS-133 Discovery
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Endeavour (STS-130 / 20A) begins its 24th mission as the first flight in 2010, delivering the final connecting module, Node 3 (Tranquility), and the Cupola, a robotic control station with six windows around its sides and another in the center that provides a 360-degree view around the station. At least three spacewalks are planned during the 12-day mission. Marine Col. George Zamka (1998/17/STS-120) will command the 32nd station assembly mission, targeted for launch on 04-Feb-2010 @ 5:52 a.m. EST. Air Force Col. Terry Virts, Jr. (2000/18/CAPCOM: Expedition 8-15, STS-115, 116, 117), will serve as the pilot. Mission specialists are NASA astronauts Air Force Lt. Col. Robert Behnken (2000/18/STS-123), Kathryn Hire (1995/15), Nicholas Patrick (1998/17/STS-116), and Stephen Robinson (1995/15/STS-114). Virts will be making his first trip to space. » YouTube: The Ultimate Observation Deck

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my stoopid to-do list [02 Dec 2009|03:27pm]
[ music | Show Me - John Legend ]


check so much to do, so little time
update gematria: Soyuz TMA-16/20S launch
update gematria: The Projection of England
hmm? golem thingy
Jane Eyre's dark side (blush); does it really need more gematria?
apparently, yes: AQ 543 = CONSTRUCTING THE 72-LETTER NAME {M&K pp. 93–106}
AQ 598 = THE TOTAL OF THE FOUR NAMES--72, 63, 45, AND 52 IS 232 {check pages 45, 52, 63, 72, & 129 & vowels: 88, 95, 99, 104, 185, 213, 246 in M&K & remember the glassblower} = KOROIT OPAL,MUSEUM AAA GRADECTS NC-187 = UNITED STATES BICENTENNIAL COINAGE
friend new friends: acesifda, laughing_cloud, ritualwhore, sonjapoet, votum_succendo
create stoopid to-do list!
complete: chart work for #7001 Noether
review Dr. Rudd stuff (see below) ~ On the Shelf: The Goetia of Dr. Rudd [+][+][+][+][+][+][+][+][+] ~ Goetia of Dr Rudd @ Lashtal.com ~ Critical Review/Response @ The Magickal Review ~ Liber Chanokh (PDF) @ Hermetic.com ~ Robert Boyle - Curious Mathematical Forms @ USNO w/ images ~ When Beautiful Minds Talk To Higher Intelligences

AQ 3025 = IN A MANUSCRIPT CODEX BY DR. RUDD, WHICH IS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, HEBREW NAMES OF THESE 72 SPIRITS ARE GIVEN; BUT IT APPEARS TO ME THAT MANY ARE MANIFESTLY INCORRECT IN ORTHOGRAPHY (AQ-1340 CLASSIFIED LIST OF THE 72 CHIEF SPIRITS OF THE GOETIA, ACCORDING TO RESPECTIVE RANK) = RECEIVE THE CROWN AND WEAR IT WITH PRIDE. WITH IT COMES MORE THAN JUST THE GLORY AND GOLD. EMBRACE THE TASK TO STAND BY OUR SIDE. FIGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM WITH THE POWERS YOU NOW HOLD (AQ-274 THE CORONATION).

»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» • AQ 1177 = PARALLEL-TRANSPORTING A VECTOR ALONG A CURVE USING ONLY GEODESICS = PRINCES AND PRELATES.--(3.) VASSAGO; (12.) SITRI; (22.) IPOS; (33.) GÄAP; (36.) STOLAS; (55.) OROBAS; (70.) SEERE = THEN, TOO, THE PILOT'S CARE: THE STARS ARE SCALED, AND SKY WITH OCEAN JOINED (AQ-1219) = YAHWEH POSSESSED ME IN THE BEGINNING OF HIS WORK, BEFORE HIS DEEDS OF OLD ({86} Meditation & Kabbalah).

AQ 1079 = MIGHT IN HEBREW (GBVRH=216) IS NUMERICALLY EQUIVALENT TO "FEAR" (YRAH=216) = KINGS.--(1.) BAEL; (9.) PAIMON; (13.) BELETH; (20.) PURSON; (32.) ASMODAY; (45.) VINÉ; (51.) BALAM; (61.) ZAGAN; (68.) BELIAL = FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE PERSON OR PERSONS WHO HAVE TO ACT ({38} AQ-488 UNREASONING FROM ANALOGIES) = THE FOUR STAGES OF CRUELTY: CRUELTY IN PERFECTION 1 FEBRUARY 1751 (AQ-487 THE FOUR STAGES OF CRUELTY).

AQ 1264 = THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 54 WAYS IN WHICH THE FOUR LETTERS OF YHVH CAN BE PERMUTED (AQ-237 GATES OF LIGHT; {129} Meditation & Kabbalah, AQ-5769) = TURN ON YOUR HEARTLIGHT, LET IT MAKE A HAPPY GLOW FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE (AQ-198 HEARTLIGHT).

AQ 449 = DUQUETTE'S ANGELS & DEMONS = EAST AUSTRALIAN CURRENT = PEDAGOGY OF THE OPPRESSED (AQ-270 CONSCIENTIZAÇÃO) = PSYCHOLOGICAL STRATEGY ({49} AQ-458 THE TAO AND CHINESE CULTURE) = SEVENTY-TWO TRIPLETS (AQ-218 SHAAREY ORAH, AQ-237 GATES OF LIGHT; {129} Meditation & Kabbalah, AQ-5769) = STARGATE'S NINTH CHEVRON = THE DIFFICULTY OF BEING A DOG = THE GEOGRAPHICAL REALITIES (AQ-242 GO BIG OR GO DEEP) = UNAVOIDABLE REQUIREMENT (AQ-242 GO BIG OR GO DEEP).

»» • AQ 2364 = "AS YOU MAY KNOW," LANGDON SAID, "THIS ROTUNDA WAS DESIGNED AS A TRIBUTE TO ONE OF ROME'S MOST VENERATED MYSTICAL SHRINES. THE TEMPLE OF VESTA." (AQ-302 THE LOST SYMBOL, AQ-1874) = (SEAL IN COPPER AND SILVER ALIKE EQUAL.) EARLS, OR COUNTS.--(17.) BOTIS; (21.) MARAX; (25.) GLASYA-LABOLAS; (27.) RONOVÉ; (34.) FURFUR; (38.) HALPHAS; (40.) RÄUM; (45.) VINÉ; (46.) BIFRONS; (72.) ANDROMALIUS.

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chart work [30 Nov 2009|08:30pm]

7001 Noether at 00:00UT from 18-Nov-1947 to 03-Sep-1948

YYMMDD Asteroid        Longitude (Sign)   Speed        Declination
471118 Noether         29 vi 44'34.2703   0.4098173    0°49'14.3350
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{1} 29 vi 44'34.2703 is Virgo 29°44'34.2703" (Degrees Minutes Seconds)
{2} when Speed is negative planet is in retrograde

Noether :: Main-belt Asteroid, Discovered 1955-Mar-14 by Indiana University at Brooklyn; named after mathematician Emmy Noether, "the most important woman in the history of mathematics".

the reason why i'm looking at Noether during this range is that it's very close to Spica on 12-Mar-1948:

480312 Noether         19 li 21'34.7382  -0.1885065   -1°26'26.2660
480312 Spica,alVir     23 li  7'11.5535   0.0000000  -10°53'33.4824

but Noether went retrograde (approx.) 16-Feb-1948 at Libra 21° and didn't reach Libra 23° until 14-Aug-1948. during Feb-Mar 1948 there's a mystic rectangle and hexagram… {12-Mar-1948 chart}. however, it needs to be rectified to discover the hexagram similar to the 23-Jan-1997 hexagram {chart} — i have never rectified a chart before & don't know how, but i think this is an example of a chart rectifying itself.

someone told me about the 1997 chart, then mentioned Noetics. so, 1007 Noether represents Noetics. what's interesting about Noetics is There’s Something Noetic in the Air. Katherine Solomon, a character in Brown's The Lost Symbol, studies noetics.

my Aurora is within 1° of my natal Sun, so using asteroids (94) Aurora & (2194) Asmodeus to establish baseline with 12-Mar-1948 chart. couple of other things to consider: chart's signifier (VIII Strength, rules Leo) & note how huge Houses 1 & 7 & how, overall, the chart seems to suggest the infinity symbol (∞).

after checking range of dates before & after 12-Mar-1948 pinned down hexagram occurring prior to the date (see also 06-Mar-1948). but then decided to see what happened when Aurora aligned with Saturn because there seemed something weird going on in that corner of the mystic triangle.

several things occur when Aurora aligns with Saturn on 28-Feb-1948: Leo becomes the rising sign, Uranus and Asmodeus conjunction becomes tighter, Sun is above the horizon and the 1st and 7th Houses shrink from approximately 50° wide to about 15°.

which brings me back to Noether and the journey this chart seems to suggest.

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STS-129 Atlantis - Flight Day #12 :: KSC Landing [27 Nov 2009|06:44am]











STS-129 Atlantis (OV-104)
Landing Date: Nov. 27
Landing Time: 9:44 a.m. EST
Landing Site: KSC - Runway 33

[RTF-1]-STS-114 Discovery • [RTF-2]-STS-121 Discovery
[01]-STS-115 Atlantis • [02]-STS-116 Discovery • [03]-STS-117 Atlantis
[04]-STS-118 Endeavour • [05]-STS-120 Discovery • [06]-STS-122 Atlantis
[07]-STS-123 Endeavour • [08]-STS-124 Discovery • [09]-STS-126 Endeavour
[10]-STS-119 Discovery • [11]-STS-125 Atlantis • [12]-STS-127 Endeavour
[13]-STS-128 Discovery • [14]-STS-129 Atlantis • [15]-STS-130 Endeavour
[16]-STS-131 Discovery • [17]-STS-132 Atlantis • [18]-STS-134 Endeavour
[19]-STS-133 Discovery
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ATLANTIS CREW WAKE UP (Orbit #166 ~ begins FD 12 :: 12:28AM CST)
ATLANTIS DEORBIT PREPARATIONS BEGIN (Orbit #168 :: 03:43AM CST)
PAYLOAD BAY DOOR CLOSING (Orbit #169 :: 04:56AM CST)
ATLANTIS DEORBIT BURN (Orbit #171 :: 07:36AM CST)
MILA C-BAND RADAR ACQUISITION OF ATLANTIS (Orbit #172 :: 09:31AM EST)
KSC LANDING (Orbit #172 :: 09:44AM EST)
POST-LANDING NEWS CONFERENCE ( NET L+2 HRS. EST)
ENTRY FLIGHT CONTROL TEAM VIDEO REPLAY ( ~ L+3 HRS. EST)
STS-129 MISSION HIGHLIGHTS VIDEO REPLAY ( ~ L+3.5 HRS. EST)
STS-129 CREW NEWS CONFERENCE (NET L+4.5 HRS. EST)
VIDEO B-ROLL OF STOTT IN CREW QUARTERS (NET L+6.5 HRS. EST)

Atlantis Ready for Landing Friday :: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:02:50 AM PST :: The STS-129 crew spent its final full day in space Thursday. The crew tested Atlantis’ flight control system, the flaps and rudders that will guide it through the atmosphere, and test fired the thruster jets that control its orientation in space and during early re-entry. All crew members spent time stowing items in the shuttle’s cabin in preparation for the return to Earth. Landing is scheduled for 9:44 a.m. EST at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Atlantis (OV-104) :: Atlantis, the fourth orbiter to become operational at Kennedy Space Center, was named after the primary research vessel for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts from 1930 to 1966. The two-masted, 460-ton ketch was the first U.S. vessel to be used for oceanographic research. Such research was considered to be one of the last bastions of the sailing vessel as steam-and-diesel-powered vessels dominated the waterways.

R/V Atlantis : Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution :: Atlantis [Built: 1931 in Copenhagen, Denmark] was the first Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution research vessel and the first ship built specifically for interdisciplinary research in marine biology, marine geology and physical oceanography. Columbus Iselin, her first master and a major influence in her design, felt that speed was not essential; steadiness, silence and cruising range were of primary importance.

STS-129 Mission Stats :: Landed: Friday, Nov. 27, 2009, 09:44a.m. EST  •  Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida  •  Mission Elapsed Time: 10 days, 19 hours, 16 minutes, 13 seconds § Official Landing Times :: Main gear touchdown: 9:44:23 a.m. EST  •  Nose gear touchdown: 9:44:36 a.m. EST  •  Wheels stop: 9:45:05 a.m. EST  •  Total miles: more than 4.5 million

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STS-129 Atlantis - Flight Day #8: EVA-3 [23 Nov 2009|04:18am]

Bobby (right, no stripes) wearing MIT Cardinal Red & Steel Gray,
Komrade (right, broken stripes) & Abigail Mae Bresnik (6ibs, 13oz, 20in)

EVA-3 Begins: 06:18 AM CST, Ends: 12:48 PM CST

EVA Operations: HPGT & MISSE-7 Transfer from ELC2 to Quest Airlock • Quest Airlock Debris Shield Removal

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STS-129 Atlantis - Flight Day #6: EVA-2 [21 Nov 2009|05:18am]
[ music | Voyage To Atlantis - Isley Brothers ]


Mikey (left, solid red stripes) is wearing USN Blue & Gold,
Komrade (right, broken stripes) wearing Citadel Blue & White

EVA-2 Begins: 08:38 AM CST, Ends: 02:33 PM CST

EVA Operations: SSRMS Installation Of ELC2 on S3 Upper Outboard PAS • GATOR Ham Radio Bracket Installation on Columbus • SSRMS Base Change • FPMU Relocation From S1 to P1 Truss • S3 Zenith PAS Deploy • Camera Position 1 WETA Install on S3 Truss

Second STS-129 Spacewalk Complete :: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:43:03 PM PST :: Spacewalkers Mike Foreman and Randy Bresnik completed a six-hour, eight-minute spacewalk at 3:39 p.m. EST. The spacewalking pair finished all their assigned work way ahead of schedule and completed several get-ahead tasks. They deployed the last two of the Payload Attach Systems that remained on the outside of the International Space Station. This was the second of three STS-129 spacewalks, the 229th conducted by U.S. astronauts, the fifth for Foreman and the first for Bresnik. It was the 135th in support of International Space Station assembly and maintenance, totaling 843 hours, 36 minutes. It was the 107th spacewalk out of the space station, totaling 656 hours, 21 minutes.

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STS-129 Atlantis - Flight Day #4: EVA-1 [19 Nov 2009|04:00am]
[ music | In Wonder - The Newsboys ]


Mikey (left, solid red stripes) is wearing USN Blue & Gold,
Bobby (right, no stripes) wearing MIT Cardinal Red & Steel Gray

(click pic for vid: Sarah Kazukiewicz Korona,
STS-129 Lead Spacewalk Officer)

EVA-1 Begins: 08:18 AM CST, Ends: 02:48 PM CST

EVA Operations: Install spare S-band antenna structural assembly • Install redundant space-to-ground antenna cabling • Remove Unity node handrail and replace with ammonia line routing bracket • Lubricate Payload Orbital Replacement Unit Accommodation and Japanese robotic arm • Reposition local area network cable on Zarya • Troubleshoot S0 panel

First STS-129 Spacewalk Complete :: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:06:48 PM PST :: Spacewalkers Mike Foreman and Robert Satcher completed a 6-hour, 37-minute spacewalk at 4:01 p.m. EST [spacewalk officially began at 9:24 a.m.]. After finishing all their scheduled chores with two hours to spare, Foreman and Satcher were assigned a task that had been planned for the second spacewalk. They deployed the outboard Payload Attach System on the Earth-facing side of the Starboard 3 truss, after overcoming some initial difficulties. This was the first of three STS-129 spacewalks, the 228th conducted by U.S. astronauts, the fourth for Foreman and the first for Satcher. It was the 134th in support of International Space Station assembly and maintenance, totaling 837 hours, 28 minutes. It was the 106th spacewalk out of the space station, totaling 650 hours, 13 minutes. happy birthday Nicole!

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T-Minus 10 Seconds [14/19] [16 Nov 2009|11:28am]
[ music | It Takes Two - Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston ]










STS-129 Atlantis (OV-104)
Primary Payload: ELC1 / ELC2
Launch Date: November 16
Launch Time: 2:28 p.m. EST
Mission Duration: 11 days
Landing Site: KSC
Landing: Nov. 27 - 9:43 a.m. EST 

[RTF-1]-STS-114 Discovery • [RTF-2]-STS-121 Discovery
[01]-STS-115 Atlantis • [02]-STS-116 Discovery • [03]-STS-117 Atlantis
[04]-STS-118 Endeavour • [05]-STS-120 Discovery • [06]-STS-122 Atlantis
[07]-STS-123 Endeavour • [08]-STS-124 Discovery • [09]-STS-126 Endeavour
[10]-STS-119 Discovery • [11]-STS-125 Atlantis • [12]-STS-127 Endeavour
[13]-STS-128 Discovery • [14]-STS-129 Atlantis • [15]-STS-130 Endeavour
[16]-STS-131 Discovery • [17]-STS-132 Atlantis • [18]-STS-134 Endeavour
[19]-STS-133 Discovery
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Atlantis's (STS-129 / ULF3) 31st mission will focus on staging spare components outside the station. The 11-day flight is scheduled to include at least three spacewalks. The payload bay will carry two large External Logistics Carriers holding two spare gyroscopes, two nitrogen tank assemblies, two pump modules, an ammonia tank assembly, a spare latching end effector for the station's robotic arm, a spare trailing umbilical system for the Mobile Transporter, and a high-pressure gas tank. The completion of this mission will leave five space shuttle flights remaining until the end of the program. Marine Col. Charlie ‘Scorch’ Hobaugh (1996/16/STS-118) will command the mission, which is targeted to launch 16-Nov-2009 @ 2:28PM EST. Navy Capt. Barry Wilmore (2000/18) will serve as the pilot. Mission Specialists are Navy Capt. Michael Foreman (1998/17/STS-123), Marine Lt. Col. Randy Bresnik (2004/19), Leland Melvin (1998/17/STS-122), and Robert Satcher (2004/19). Wilmore, Bresnik and Satcher will be making their first trips to space. The mission will return Expedition 20/21 flight engineer Nicole Stott (2000/18). This is slated to be the final space shuttle crew rotation flight to or from the space station.

Mission Managers Praise STS-129 Launch Teams :: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:15:31 PM PST :: "What a great way to start this mission," said Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for Space Operations. "I can't say enough about the teams that got this vehicle ready to fly." Gerstenmaier congratulated the teams and the work they accomplished preparing the payload and vehicle for this complex and ambitious mission. "We still have a tough mission in front of us … but it (the shuttle) looked really, really good," Gerstenmaier continued. Mike Moses, mission management team chairman, remarked that the launch ended up being picture-perfect after a low-layer of clouds settled over the center for the first few hours of the countdown. "As a management team we had no issues of any note to talk about," Moses said. "It (the countdown) was nice and quiet and smooth." "We had a great countdown today," said Mike Leinbach, shuttle launch director. He said Atlantis broke the record for the lowest problems reported, previously held by space shuttle Discovery. "It's due to the team and the hardware processing. They just did a great job." The record will probably never be broken again in the history of the Space Shuttle Program, so congratulations to them," Leinbach continued. Leinbach also honored the midbody team with an award for the processing of Atlantis' payload bay, which included the turnaround "down-processing" after the return of Atlantis from the Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. He said they did an outstanding job and they deserved their award today. + STS-129 HD Launch + STS-129 Launch Replays + STS-129 Post Launch News Conference

think official launch time was 2:28:10 p.m. EST (ontime) :: T-minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 and liftoff of space shuttle Atlantis. A mission to build, resupply and to do research at the International Space Station :: Houston now controlling. Atlantis begins its penultimate journey to shore up the International Space Station. Atlantis now in the proper alignment for its 8½ minute ride to orbit — 4½ million pounds of hardware and humans taking aim at the international outpost … {throttleup} kicking off their workweek with a Monday commute to orbit … {srb separation} Atlantis steering into the center lane of Highway 129 en route to the International Space Station. (think Rob Navias today at PAO).

 

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620, Final Endpoint [01 Nov 2009|05:33pm]

620 Cycle #73/232 of Cycle #3241/109 (01/30) :: 18-Nov-11 to 29-Nov-11

#6471-COLLINS • Main-belt Asteroid; Discovered 1983-Mar-04 by Mrkos, A. at Klet § Named for NASA astronaut and Apollo 11 command module pilot Michael Collins § Statement From Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins: ~ NASA Public Release no. 09-164. Collins's statement on the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, July 9, 2009 :: I really believe that if the political leaders of the world could see their planet from a distance of 100,000 miles their outlook could be fundamentally changed. That all-important border would be invisible, that noisy argument silenced. The tiny globe would continue to turn, serenely ignoring its subdivisions, presenting a unified façade that would cry out for unified understanding, for homogeneous treatment. The earth must become as it appears: blue and white, not capitalist or Communist; blue and white, not rich or poor; blue and white, not envious or envied. Small, shiny, serene, blue and white, FRAGILE.

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€0.02 [22 Oct 2009|10:19pm]
[ music | The Rhythm Of The Heat - Peter Gabriel ]

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straightforward presentation of big AQ, most of the biggies still on old pc but these are recent. also checking old pc for key phrases & retyping stuff {about to walk for dinner. 4000+ slow going, numbers start increasing}

AQ 10764 = DUEL OF THE FATES IS A MUSICAL THEME RECURRING IN THE PREQUEL TRILOGY AND THE NAME FOR A SCENE IN STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE. IT WAS COMPOSED BY JOHN WILLIAMS. IT WAS ALSO FEATURED IN EPISODE II, EPISODE III, AND STAR WARS: CLONE WARS, THOUGH NOT IN ITS FULL FORM. THIS SYMPHONIC PIECE IS PLAYED WITH BOTH A FULL ORCHESTRA, AS WELL AS A CHOIR THAT CHANTS AN ARCHAIC WELSH POEM CAD GODDEU (BATTLE OF THE TREES) IN SANSKRIT. IN ENGLISH, THE POEM READS: "UNDER THE TONGUE ROOT A FIGHT MOST DREAD, AND ANOTHER RAGING BEHIND, IN THE HEAD." MUSICALLY, IT RECALLS ONE OF THE PRIMARY MOTIFS HEARD IN THE OPENING OF THE THIRD MOVEMENT OF DVORÁK'S "NEW WORLD SYMPHONY" (AQ-273 DUEL OF THE FATES § just noticed starwars wiki uses DVOŘÁK {AQ-10737, correct spelling} & my old pc notes have DVORÁK) = IRAN-ISRAEL: FOR THE RECORD. HAARETZ REPORTED TODAY THAT THE DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND ARMS CONTROL FOR THE ISRAEL ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, MEIRAV ZAFARY-ODIZ, AND IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA) ALI ASGHAR SOLTANIEH MET IN CAIRO 29-30 SEPTEMBER, DURING A MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT, ACCORDING TO SOURCES QUOTED IN THE AUSTRALIAN DAILY THE AGE. A SPOKESMAN FOR IRAN'S NUCLEAR AGENCY SAID REPORTS OF THE MEETING WERE "SHEER LIES," ADDING, "THERE HAS BEEN NO MEETING IN CAIRO." THE AGE IS USUALLY REASONABLY ACCURATE. SUPPOSEDLY THE MEETING WAS BRIEF AND ACRIMONIOUS (AQ-219 NIGHTWATCH 20091022).

AQ 9974 = NGHIJ LMNQUVWX ZKRYPTOSA BCDEFGHIJL / OHIJLMNQ UVWXZKRY PTOSABC DEFGHIJL / PIJLMNQ UVWXZKR YPTOSABCD EFGHIJLM / QJLMNQU VWXZKRYPT OSABCDE FGHIJLMN / RLMNQUV WXZKRYPTO SABCDEF GHIJLMNQ / SMNQUVWX ZKRY PTOSABCDE FGHIJLMNQU / TNQUVWX ZKRYPTOS ABCDEFGH IJLMNQUV / UQUVWX ZKRYPTO SABCDEFG HIJLMNQUVW / VUVWXZK RYPTOSABC DEFGHIJ LMNQUVWX / WVWXZKRY PTOSAB CDEF GHIJLMNQU VWXZ / XWXZKRY PTOSAB CDEFGHIJLM NQUVWXZK / YXZKRYPT OSABCD EFGHIJLM NQUVWXZKR / ZZKRYPTOSABCDE FGHIJLM NQUVWXZKRY / ABCDEF GHIJKLMNOP QRSTUV WXYZABCD (AQ-550 SOLVING THE ENIGMA OF KRYPTOS) = SISTER JANE, HIS MOTHER, AND HIS FATHER SERVED AS MODELS FOR MANY OF THE CHARACTERS WHO WOULD POPULATE DICK'S FICTIONAL UNIVERSES IN THE DECADES TO COME. IN PARTICULAR, THE DEATH OF JANE - AND PHIL'S TRAUMATIC SENSE OF SEPARATION FROM HER, AN EXPERIENCE COMMON TO MANY TWINS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR SIBLING - CONTRIBUTED TO THE DUALIST (TWIN-POLED) DILEMMAS THAT DOMINATED HIS CREATIVE WORK - SCIENCE FICTION (SF)/MAINSTREAM, REAL/FAKE, HUMAN/ANDROID. IT WAS OUT OF THESE PRESSING DUALITIES THAT THE TWO VAST QUESTIONS EMERGED WHICH DICK OFTEN CITED AS ENCOMPASSING HIS WRITING: WHAT IS REAL? AND WHAT IS HUMAN? (Philip K. Dick).

AQ 9146 = I RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING NOTE IN AN EMAIL FROM OUR CRYPTO-SPENGLER WITH NO FURTHER EXPLANATION. I JUST ADDED THE PICTURE FROM MY ARCHIVE: • THE MONGOL INVASIONS, BEGUN BY THE FEROCIOUS GENGHIS KHAN IN 1218, WITH BLIND DESTRUCTIVENESS RUINED THE LANDS THEY CONQUERED, STRIKING A NEAR-FATAL BLOW FROM WHICH PERSIA NEVER FULLY RECOVERED. BUT BY THE MID-CENTURY - TAMED AND INSTRUCTED BY PERSIAN CULTURE, BY ISLAM AND EVEN BUDDHISM - HULAGU KHAN (1217-65), GRANDSON OF GENGHIS, CHIEF OF THE WEST, BEGAN TO THINK OF BUILDING. • POSTED BY REZA NEGARESTANI AT JANUARY 17, 2005 04:51 PM (AQ-597 HULUGU: DESTRUCTION AND GRANDEUR) = THERE IS ONE ARGUMENT BEING USED BY ADVOCATES OF GO BIG MAKING THE ROUNDS RIGHT NOW WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE NEAR UNIVERSAL ACCEPTANCE: THAT THE SURGE IN IRAQ WAS A MEANINGFUL SUCCESS AND OUGHT TO SERVE AS A MODEL IN CERTAIN REGARDS FOR OUR CURRENT EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN. BUT THIS ARGUMENT MAKES A NUMBER OF ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE IRAQI SURGE WHICH ARE INACCURATE. IF THESE ERRONEOUS ASSUMPTIONS ARE NOT EXPOSED AND CORRECTED THEY COULD LEAD POLITICAL LEADERS TO REACH FLAWED DECISIONS WITH POTENTIALLY SERIOUS REPERCUSSIONS IN AFGHANISTAN (AQ-242 GO BIG OR GO DEEP).

AQ 9016 = AS A MYSTICAL CONCEPT, THE NUMBER 36 IS EVEN MORE INTRIGUING. IT IS SAID THAT AT ALL TIMES THERE ARE 36 SPECIAL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, AND THAT WERE IT NOT FOR THEM, ALL OF THEM, IF EVEN ONE OF THEM WAS MISSING, THE WORLD WOULD COME TO AN END. THE TWO HEBREW LETTERS FOR 36 ARE THE LAMED, WHICH IS 30, AND THE VAV, WHICH IS SIX. THEREFORE, THESE 36 ARE REFERRED TO AS THE LAMED-VAV TZADIKIM. THIS WIDELY-HELD BELIEF, THIS MOST UNUSUAL JEWISH CONCEPT IS BASED ON A TALMUDIC STATEMENT TO THE EFFECT THAT IN EVERY GENERATION 36 RIGHTEOUS "GREET THE SHECHINAH," THE DIVINE PRESENCE (AQ-340 TZADIKIM NISTARIM) = ENDYAH ROHNLSRHEOCPTE OIBIDYSHNAIA / CHTNRE YULDSLLS LLNOHSNOSMRWXMNE / TPRNGATI HNRARPESLNN ELEBLPIIACAE / WMTWNDIT EENRAHCTENEUD RETNHAEOE / TFOLSEDTIWENHAE IOYTEYQHE ENCTAYCR / EIFTBRSPAMHHEW ENATAMATEG YEERLB / TEEFOASFIOTUET UAEOTOARMAEER TNRTI / BSEDDNIAAHTT MSTEWPIEROA GRIEWFEB / AECTDDHILCE IHSITEGOEAOSDD RYDLORIT / RKLMLEHAG TDHARDPNEOHMGF MFEUHE / ECDMRIPFE IMEHNLSSTTRTVD OHW?OBKR / UOXOGHULBS OLIFBBWFLRV QQPRNGKSSO / TWTQSJQSSEK ZZWATJKLUDIAW INFBNYP / VTTMZFPKWGDKZ XTJCDIGKUH UAUEKCAR.

AQ 7484 = BUT EVEN WHEN YOU DO THIS, YOU CAN'T ALWAYS EXPECT IMMEDIATE RESULTS. BACK WHEN I WAS DOING THE "TOURING THE EARTH TABLET" AND "BOOK OF THE SENIORS" INVOCATIONS, I HAD THIS CONTINUING SENSE THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING BEHIND THE OVERT MANIFESTATIONS THAT I WAS MISSING. IT TOOK OVER A YEAR -- AND A BAD CASE OF BURNOUT -- BEFORE THAT MISSING STUFF FINALLY CAME TO THE SURFACE IN THE FORM OF AN EXTENDED SERIES OF REALIZATIONS CONNECTED WITH THE INRI FORMULA (AQ-82 10·AUG·94·16:41:00) = UNLIKE THE FATIMID-STYLE RIBBED BRICK DOMES, THE MAMLUK RIBBING OF STONE DOMES WAS NOT HOLLOW, I.E., IT WAS CONVEX ON THE OUTSIDE BUT NOT CONCAVE OR FLUTED ON THE INSIDE. THIS NEW TECHNIQUE WAS VERY POPULAR UP TO THE INTRODUCTION OF THE DECORATED (CARVED) STONE DOMES, THE EARLIEST EXAMPLE OF WHICH IS THE DOME OF AMIR MAHMUD AL-KURDI (1394-5) WITH THE EXTERIOR DISPLAYING CHEVRONS (ZIGZAG) MOLDINGS, THE FIRST GENUINE DECORATION FOR CAIRENE STONE DOMES (AQ-469 AL-SULTANIYYA MAUSOLEUM).

AQ 7273 = SPEAKING SPEECH IS LANGUAGE IN THE MAKING… A LANGUAGE I AM SPEAKING… THEREFORE, SPEAKING SPEECH IS A PRAXIS… "SPEECH IS A PRAXIS: THE ONLY WAY TO UNDERSTAND SPEECH IS TO SPEAK (TO SPEAK TO… OR TO BE INTERPELLATED BY…)". THIS BEING INTERPELLATED BY—SOMEONE IS INTERROGATING "TO" ME—NEEDS A RESPONSE. MERLEAU PONTY DEFINES THE RESPONSE TO INTERPELLATION IN TERMS OF WHAT HUSSERL CALLS NACHVERSTEHEN ("REUNDERSTANDING") IN "THE ORIGIN OF GEOMETRY" (AQ-259 NACHVERSTEHEN, AQ-308 REUNDERSTANDING, AQ-720 HUSSERL AT THE LIMITS OF PHENOMENOLOGY) = THE OPERATIONS IN BASRA THIS WEEK LEND THEMSELVES TO A STRUCTURED ANALYSIS THAT APPLIES THE ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUE OF NEUSTADT AND MAY IN THEIR SEMINAL TEXT, THINKING IN TIME. NIGHTWATCH SPOKE TODAY WITH SEVERAL KNOWLEDGEABLE ANALYSTS TO CLARIFY THE COLUMNS OF KNOWNS, UNKNOWNS AND PRESUMPTIONS BASED ON THE BEHAVIOR OF THE ACTORS, NOT THEIR WORDS, SINCE THE GOVERNMENT BEGAN THE CHARGE OF THE KNIGHTS OPERATION IN BASRA (AQ-226 NIGHTWATCH 20080328).

AQ 7187 = BOTH LANGUAGE AND MONEY ALLOW HUMAN ACTORS TO MAKE CONTEXTUAL KNOWLEDGE SOCIALLY AVAILABLE. HOWEVER, THIS MEDIATION PROCESS IS NOT A SIMPLE COPYING - OR MAPPING - OF THE MIND ONTO WORDS OR PRICES WHICH THEN ARE UNAMBIGUOUSLY RECEIVED BY OTHERS. LANGUAGE AND MONEY DO NOT REVEAL SOME PRE-EXISTING MENTAL CONSTRUCTS OR PREFERENCES, RATHER THEY CONSTITUTE THE WAY IN WHICH WE EXPRESS THOSE CONSTRUCTS AND PREFERENCE²º (AQ-1257 MONETARY EXCHANGE AS AN EXTRA-LINGUISTIC SOCIAL COMMUNICATION PROCESS) = TO FIGURE OUT WHY ACTION IS CALLED FOR HELPS IN DEFINING THE OBJECTIVES OF ACTION. IF THE SITUATION WAS TOLERABLE EARLIER, THEN ONE POSSIBLE OBJECTIVE IS TO PUT IT BACK THE WAY IT WAS. IN ANY CASE THE OBJECTIVES PROBABLY OUGHT TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE FACTORS THAT FORCE ACTION; IF THEY DON'T, THE DECISION-MAKER SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THEY DON'T. IN ORDINARY PRACTICE, AS WE HAVE OBSERVED OR READ ABOUT IT, THAT OFTEN IS NOT THE CASE ({38} AQ-488 UNREASONING FROM ANALOGIES).

AQ 6358 = ACCORDING TO TIMOTHY FERRIS (COMING OF AGE IN THE MILKY WAY, WILLIAM MORROW & CO. 1988) THE SUMERIANS, WHO WERE LIVING ON THE PLAINS OF THE TIGRIS-EUPHRATES, IDENTIFIED THE SUPERNOVA WITH THEIR GOD EA, WHO INVENTED WRITING AND AGRICULTURE, AND THE EGYPTIANS IDENTIFIED IT WITH THEIR GODDESS SESHAT, THE PRINCIPAL WIFE OF THOTH, AND MAY HAVE REPRESENTED IT BY THE GREAT PYRAMID AT GIZA (AQ-212 SUPERNOVA) = THE SOLUTION -- TO THE EXTENT THE PROBLEM HAS ONE -- IS TO KEEP INVOKING, EVEN PUSHING THE FREQUENCY OF YOUR INVOCATIONS A BIT BEYOND WHAT I'VE ELSEWHERE PRESCRIBED AS "SAFE" LEVELS. AND HOPE THAT CONTINUED EXPOSURE TO THE ENERGIES WILL BREAK UP WHATEVER BLOCKAGES THERE ARE TO RECEIVING WHATEVER THEY WANT TO TELL YOU, AND BUILD UP NEW CONNECTIONS THAT WILL HELP IT MAKE SENSE.

AQ 6318 = I FEED UPON THE NAMES OF THE MOST HIGH. I CHURN THEM IN MY JAWS, AND I VOID THEM FROM MY FUNDAMENT. I FEAR NOT THE POWER OF THE PENTAGRAM, FOR I AM THE MASTER OF THE TRIANGLE. MY NAME IS THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY AND THREE, AND THAT IS THRICE ONE… THOU CANST TELL ME NAUGHT THAT I KNOW NOT, FOR IN ME IS ALL KNOWLEDGE: KNOWLEDGE IS MY NAME. IS NOT THE HEAD OF THE GREAT SERPENT ARISEN INTO KNOWLEDGE (The Cry of the 10th Aethyr, Which is Called ZAX) = THE COLD WORLD OF BLACK METAL IS A DELIBERATE FREEZING OF THE WORLD, FIXING IT WITHIN A TERMINAL IMAGE, IN ORDER THAT ITS FROST-BITTEN SURFACE MAY BE SHATTERED BY ANONYMOUS, INHUMAN FORCES RISING FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE SELF. IT IS A WITHDRAWAL OF AFFECT FROM THE WORLD, IN ORDER TO EXPERIENCE "THE EERIE BLISS AND TORTURE OF SOLITUDE" AND SO DISCOVER THE FORCES AT WAR WITHIN ONESELF (AQ-461 EURONYMOUS'S EPISTLES).

AQ 5860 = 4 FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD UNTO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, SEEK YE ME, AND YE SHALL LIVE: 5 BUT SEEK NOT BETHEL, NOR ENTER INTO GILGAL, AND PASS NOT TO BEERSHEBA: FOR GILGAL SHALL SURELY GO INTO CAPTIVITY, AND BETHEL SHALL COME TO NOUGHT. 6 SEEK THE LORD, AND YE SHALL LIVE; LEST HE BREAK OUT LIKE FIRE IN THE HOUSE OF JOSEPH, AND DEVOUR IT, AND THERE BE NONE TO QUENCH IT IN BETHEL (AQ-99 AMOS 5:4–6) = THE STORY FOLLOWS THE PROGRESS OF A GROUP OF DISAFFECTED COMPUTER WIZARDS WHO ARE EARLY ADOPTERS OF A NEW FULL-IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNOLOGY, CALLED THE "OTHER PLANE". FORMING A CABAL, THEY MUST KEEP THEIR TRUE IDENTITIES -- THEIR TRUE NAMES -- SECRET TO AVOID PROSECUTION BY THEIR "GREAT ADVERSARY" -- THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES (AQ-197 TRUE NAMES).

AQ 5777 = I ALSO BELIEVE THERE IS A POETICS OF PEOPLES' HISTORY, AND THAT IF WE CAN CAPTURE THE POETRY OF STRUGGLE, THE BEAUTY AND TRUTH OF WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TRIED TO DO FOR THEMSELVES, OFTEN UNDER THE MOST DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES AND AT THE COST OF THEIR LIVES, IF WE CAN BRING THEM INTO THE LIGHT OF SPEECH, WE CAN TAKE THEIR EXAMPLE AS INSPIRATION AND GUIDANCE (AQ-848 THE SLAVE SHIP: A HUMAN HISTORY' BY MARCUS REDIKER) = IT IS THEREFORE CURIOUS TO SEE K-PUNK, THE GREAT DUBSTEP-DOUBTER FOR MANY YEARS, FINALLY COMING AROUND TO THE GENRE IN A REVIEW FOR THIS ALBUM. K-PUNK IS CORRECT TO POINT TOWARDS THE ESSENTIAL INTERPRETATION OF DUB-AS-PROCESS RATHER THAN PLASTIC RASTA SIGNIFIER, AND TO THE PRIMACY OF THE ART OF SPACE-SCULPTING IN ANY DUB INSPIRED MUSIC (AQ-541 FALLING OUT OF LOVE PT 1: DUBSTEP).

AQ 5708 = DURING THIS 20-YEAR GREAT ERUPTION, IT SPIT OUT TWO TO THREE SUNS' WORTH OF MATERIAL. ... IN 1994, THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE ... COULD LOOK AT THE NEBULOSITY SURROUNDING THE STAR AND SEE ITS SHAPE AND DETAILED STRUCTURE. ...THE MOST OBVIOUS FEATURES IN THE HUBBLE IMAGES ARE THE TWO LARGE AND GRAYISH BIPOLAR LOBES, SHAPED SOMEWHAT LIKE AN HOURGLASS (AQ-212 SUPERNOVA) = IN SUCCESSFUL COUNTER-INSURGENCY OPERATIONS, OUTREACH AND CULTURAL SENSITIVITY INITIATIVES MAKE A DIFFERENCE ONLY AFTER SECURE CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN RESTORED, MEANING THAT SECURITY PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN REDUCED TO THE LEVEL THAT THEY CAN BE MANAGED BY POLICE OR PARAMILITARY POLICE WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF MILITARY COMBAT FORCES (AQ-227 NIGHTWATCH 20090706) = MASTER, WHICH IS THE GREAT COMMANDMENT IN THE LAW? JESUS SAID UNTO HIM, THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD THY GOD WITH ALL THY HEART, AND WITH ALL THY SOUL, AND WITH ALL THY MIND. THIS IS THE FIRST AND GREAT COMMANDMENT. AND THE SECOND IS LIKE UNTO IT, THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF. ON THESE TWO COMMANDMENTS HANG ALL THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS (AQ-170 MATTHEW 22:36-40).

AQ 5703 = IT IS THE SCI-FI IDEA THAT THE CERN PARTICLE ACCELERATOR THAT HAS BEEN PLAGUED BY CURIOUS DIFFICULTIES, AS WELL AS OTHER PURSUITS TO PRODUCE THE HIGGS PARTICLES, ARE BEING INTERFERED WITH FROM THE FUTURE, SUPPOSEDLY TO WARD OFF A POTENTIALLY UNIVERSAL CATASTROPHE THAT WOULD BE TRIGGERED BY A SUCCESSFUL UNCLOAKING OF HIGGS PARTICLES (AQ-752 REVERSE CAUSATION, CHANGES FROM THE FUTURE) = THE ECHOES OF THE SAGA THAT WE HEAR IN “SUMMER PUDDING” SUGGEST A USE OF STORYTELLING TO COVER AMBIVALENT MEMORIES OF THE PAST SIMILAR TO BOURKE’S ARGUMENT THAT: “THE ESSENCE OF FAIRY-BELIEF IS AMBIVALENCE […] OCCASIONS OF TRANSITION AND AMBIGUITY […] THE LIMINAL, THE MARGINAL, AND THE AMBIGUOUS, WHETHER IN TIME, IN THE LANDSCAPE, OR IN SOCIAL RELATIONS” (AQ-1536 RE-IMAGINING WOMEN’S HISTORY IN THE FICTION OF ÉILÍS NÍ DHUIBHNE, ANNE ENRIGHT, AND KATE O’RIORDAN).

AQ 5647 = AND OF COURSE YOU GET TO WRITE AN ARTICLE FOR THE OTHER MOTHERFUCKERS OUT THERE TO NOD THEIR HEADS TO. ZIPLESS WAR - OH WHEN, GREAT WORLD SOUL, WILL WE GET THE ZIPLESS WAR THAT THE REVOLUTIONARY CONTINGENT, FROM MOTHERFUCKER IGNATIEFF TO MOTHERFUCKER HITCHENS, CAN WATCH ON TV WITH MOTHERFUCKING PRIDE? LIFE IS A MOTHERFUCKER (AQ-769 THE FALL OF THE ZIPLESS WAR - A HEARTFELT LAMENT) = WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, IN ORDER TO FORM A MORE PERFECT UNION, ESTABLISH JUSTICE, INSURE DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY, PROVIDE FOR THE COMMON DEFENCE, PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE, AND SECURE THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY TO OURSELVES AND OUR POSTERITY, DO ORDAIN AND ESTABLISH THIS CONSTITUTION FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA = YHVH, ALHA, YLVH, ALLA, ThOTT, ABGD, ATAT, MOTT, AGZI, SVRI, DEVS, ThEOS, BOOG, DIOS, IDIO, DIEV, GOTT, BOOG, BOGI, TIOS, BVEG, GOOD, DIEH, ESAR, ORSY, AGDI, ThEOS, ADAD, ZIMI, TVRA, TELI, ANOT, AGAD, ANEB, ANVP, ALLA, ABDA, AGLA, GOOT, GOED, GVDI, BIVB, SOLV, BOSA, HOBA, PIVR, HANA, ZACA, MORA, POLA, BILA, ABAG, OBRA, BORA, ALAI, ILLI, POPA, PARA, ELLA, GENA, SILA, SVNA, MIRI, ALLI, TARA, PORA, BOGO, DEOS, DHOS, ARIS, ZEVT, KALO.

AQ 5565 = A YEAR AGO, IT WAS HARDLY UNTHINKABLE THAT A MATH WIZARD LIKE DAVID X. LI MIGHT SOMEDAY EARN A NOBEL PRIZE. AFTER ALL, FINANCIAL ECONOMISTS—EVEN WALL STREET QUANTS—HAVE RECEIVED THE NOBEL IN ECONOMICS BEFORE, AND LI'S WORK ON MEASURING RISK HAS HAD MORE IMPACT, MORE QUICKLY, THAN PREVIOUS NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIELD (AQ-969 RECIPE FOR DISASTER: THE FORMULA THAT KILLED WALL STREET) = THE CALCINATED CORPSES OF ALLOPOIETIC MACHINES DO NOT AWAIT NECROMANTIC GIFTS OF ORGAN-FUNCTIONS TO ANSWER THE AUTOPOETS' INCANTATION - EMERGE, EMERGE! - BUT ARE CAPTURED ON ANORGANIC REACTION-PATHS, IN TURBULENT TRANSIT FROM MOLECULAR ICE (ABSOLUTE ZERO), A METALLIC FLOW BIFURCATING INTO VORTICES-TO-ZERO AND EDDYING ROUND THEM (AQ-460 BURNING AUTOPOIOEDIPUS).

AQ 5513 = SITAEL GUARDS THOSE THAT WERE BORN UNDER ARIES ON DATES MARCH 31 GOING THROUGH APRIL 4TH. SITAEL IS A SERAPH TO OVERCOME ADVERSITY. HE RULES THE NOBILITY AND IS ONE OF THE SEVENTY-TWO ANGELS OF THE ZODIAC. HE IS ALSO GRACED WITH BEING ONE OF THE SEVENTY-TWO ANGELS THAT BEAR THE NAME OF GOD. WHEN SITAEL LEAVES ARIES, ELEMIAH TAKES HIS PLACE (Diary of Ancient Rites, Volume 2: Living A Magical Life; AQ-120 SITAEL) = WITHOUT THIS HOPE AND BELIEF IN THE UNITED STATES' ABILITY TO DELIVER RESULTS AND A TRUST IN THE LEGITIMACY OF THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT, MR. RAHIMI EXPLAINED, THE POPULATION WILL NEVER SUPPORT OUR MILITARY EFFORTS, AND THUS NO COUNTERINSURGENCY EFFORT, REGARDLESS OF HOW FULLY SUPPORTED WITH TROOPS, WILL SUCCEED (AQ-242 GO BIG OR GO DEEP).

AQ 5407 = SECURITY IS WHAT THE TALIBAN OFFER IN OVER 150 OF AFGHANISTAN'S 398 DISTRICTS. THEIR LEADERS KNOW THE INCREASED US AND OTHER COALITION FORCES ARE TO HELP ENSURE THE SECURITY OF NATIONAL ELECTIONS IN AUGUST. THEY CAN OUT WAIT THEM. MEANWHILE, THE REDUCTION IN AIR SUPPORT EXACTS A HIGH PRICE IN ALLIED CASUALTIES ON THE GROUND (AQ-227 NIGHTWATCH 20090706) = "TEACHER, WHICH IS THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT IN THE LAW?" JESUS REPLIED: "'LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' THIS IS THE FIRST AND GREATEST COMMANDMENT. AND THE SECOND IS LIKE IT: 'LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF'. ALL THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS HANG ON THESE TWO COMMANDMENTS" (AQ-170 MATTHEW 22:36-40).

AQ 5357 = THE ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE MUST REMAIN RIGIDLY FOCUSED ON THE ATTAINMENT OF THE PRESIDENT'S STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES: "WE HAVE A CLEAR AND FOCUSED GOAL: TO DISRUPT, DISMANTLE AND DEFEAT AL QAEDA IN PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN, AND TO PREVENT THEIR RETURN TO EITHER COUNTRY IN THE FUTURE." -- PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, MARCH 27TH, 2009, WASHINGTON, DC (AQ-242 GO BIG OR GO DEEP) = THE WORD "QABALAH" IS DERIVED FROM THE HEBREW ROOT QBL, MEANING "TO RECEIVE", AND FROM THIS SOURCE WE MAY INDEED RECEIVE OF THE FRUIT OF THE "TREE OF LIFE". WE MUST FIRST, HOWEVER, LEARN TO TRANSCEND THE "KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL" AND, IN FACT, ALL THE SO-CALLED "PAIRS OF OPPOSITES," FOR IT IS WRITTEN "EQUILIBRIUM IS THE BASIS OF THE WORK" (AQ-466 Q.B.L. OR THE BRIDE'S RECEPTION).

AQ 5331 = A TEAM OF NINE SCIENTISTS HAVE RELEASED A STARTLING NEW REPORT ON THE EVENTS OF 9/11, USING DATA FROM DUST GATHERED IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS AFTER THE TOWERS CAME DOWN. THEY DISCOVERED THAT SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE DUST SAMPLES WERE RED AND GRAY CHIPS OF ‘ACTIVE THERMITIC MATERIAL’, OR AN UN-REACTED PYROTECHNIC EXPLOSIVE (AQ-918 SCIENTISTS FIND ACTIVE ’SUPER-THERMITE’ IN WTC DUST) = REVOLUTIONS DON'T HAPPEN WHEN THINGS HAVE BEEN BAD FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. BY THAT TIME, PEOPLE ARE USED TO IT. RATHER, THEY HAPPEN WHEN THERE HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT IMPROVEMENTS FOLLOWED BY A CHANGE FOR THE WORSE, OR EXPECTATIONS OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT SUDDENLY FAIL TO MATERIALIZE. IMAGINE AN UPSIDE-DOWN LETTER J. GET IT? (AQ-409 THE HOUSE ALWAYS WINS) = TODAY WE'RE GOING TO VERBALLY AND EMOTIONALLY ABUSE THIS WOMAN'S SENSE OF INDIVIDUALITY UNTIL SHE SPENDS TONS OF MONEY, TIME, AND GRIEF OVER EVERY SINGLE ASPECT OF HER PHYSICAL APPEARANCE IN A WAY THAT IS APPROPRIATE TO US, BECAUSE ONLY WE KNOW WHAT PEOPLE SHOULD LOOK LIKE IN ORDER TO BE ACCEPTABLE AS HUMAN BEINGS.

AQ 5295 = BASED ON THE NSA'S HISTORY OF OFTEN BEING ON THE WRONG END OF A SURPRISE AND A TENDENCY TO MISTAKENLY GET THE COUNTRY INTO, RATHER THAN OUT OF, WARS, IT SEEMS TO HAVE A RATHER DISASTROUS COST-BENEFIT RATIO. WERE IT A CORPORATION, IT WOULD LIKELY HAVE GONE BELLY-UP YEARS AGO. THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS ARE A CASE IN POINT (AQ-534 WHO'S IN BIG BROTHER'S BIG DATABASE?) = PRESUMPTIONS AND ASSUMPTIONS ARE COGNITIVE TOOLS THAT ARE USED AS SUBSTITUTES WHEN FACTS ARE MISSING. LIKE FACTS THEY MAY BE EVALUATED AS TO THEIR RELIABILITY AND SUBSTANCE, BUT USUALLY NO ONE EXERCISES THAT DEGREE OF INTROSPECTION. IF THESE ARE POORLY GROUNDED IN EXPERIENCE, DECISIONS WILL MISCARRY (AQ-226 NIGHTWATCH 20080328).

AQ 5263 {check your email} = EVEN IF WE HAVE TO ROLL BACK SOME OF THE SOVEREIGNTY WE PREVIOUSLY GAVE TO THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT, WE MUST DO SO IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH CREDIBLE, FUNCTIONING INSTITUTIONS, WITHOUT WHICH THE PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN - AND INDEED EVEN THE GOVERNING MINISTERS - WILL NEVER DEVELOP A SENSE OF TRUST IN THEIR RULERS (AQ-242 GO BIG OR GO DEEP) = IT IS NOW SUGGESTED THAT THE PRACTICE OF MAKING METAL PIECES OF FIXED WEIGHT AND STAMPING THEM WITH A NAME AND/OR SYMBOL WAS INTRODUCED TO DEAL WITH THE SPECIFIC PROBLEMS ARISING FROM THE USE IN EXCHANGE OF ELECTRUM, A RELATIVELY RARE METAL WHOSE VALUE IN TERMS OF THE COMMONER GOLD AND SILVER WAS HARD TO STABILIZE (AQ-674 ANFÄNGE POLITISCHEN DENKENS IN DER ANTIKE).

AQ 5201 = LET ME STATE IT AS PLAINLY AS POSSIBLE. THE U.S. MILITARY OFFICER CORPS CONDUCTS THEMSELVES AS A SORT OF AMERICAN ROYALTY. ASK ANYONE WHO WAS EVER AN ENLISTED MAN. IT WILL BE A COLD DAY IN LAJOLLA BEFORE THEIR ROYAL POMPOUSNESSES EVER TRULY WELCOME "SUGGESTIONS, OPEN COMMUNICATIONS," OR "ADVICE" FROM BELOW (AQ-46 FM 3-24) = THE CALL OF OX: OX MIONA. HER·I·TAZ. OL NOKTOSUI ZOI SO. ORPA ELIA KATRISA SONT SAJIM NAVA LE ATHA RI I VA NA KELIA HOIJA. MEJ NOS DA AVABHE OGUNA RO MAN, TE RAI NOS DA HAR·AN·TE LEM VI TAS OGIA. FI MATARZ, FORUN STA DO STOK LOIJA OD NATIR SEK MI TO TOJ ATVA DES SAMVELG. GEDIN BABALON, SEK PIRIM; TEJO GORS. ENAI DOKU RATI ES NO VAITI LAM HAM (AQ-121 THE I·GED, AQ-220 THE CALL OF OX).

AQ 5180 = PARADOXICALLY, "THE GREATEST, WHO ARE THE SOLITARY ONES, HAVE TRUST IN THE WORLD," A TRUST AS IN A BROTHER. THEIRS IS THE FRATERNITY OF THE ESSENTIAL. THIS IS LUDWIG HOHL'S METHODOLOGICAL POINT. ONLY SOLITUDE, DIFFICULT, HUMILIATING, EVEN CORROSIVE AS IT IS, CAN SAFEGUARD ART AND THOUGHT FROM CORRUPTION (AQ-358 GRAMMARS OF CREATION) = THE I·GED IS AN ENOCHIAN GRIMOIRE THAT CONTAINS THE CALLS AND THE TABLES OF NAMES OF THE SPIRITGROUPS WHICH WAS ENTITLED WITH NUMBERS IN CALLS OR KEYS OF DEE AND KELLY. THESE SPIRITGROUPS HAVE DIVERSE FUNCTIONS AND OFFERS THE ENOCHIAN MAGICIAN WITH SPECIFIC TOOLS AND THAT OFTEN WHERE THERE HAS BEEN NONE BEFORE.

AQ 5073 = SHIELD RENAISSANCE, QUARTERLY, I GULES A LION SALIENT TO SINISTER OR, II VERT A SERPENT ARGENT, III OR A BADGER REGUARDANT PROPER, IV AZURE AN EAGLE DISPLAYED OR, IN FESSE COUPED OR SCROLL WITH LETTER H SABLE, TOP RIBAND FOR THE NAME HOGWARTS, BASE RIBAND FOR THE MOTTO "DRACO DORMIENS NUNQUAM TITILLANDUS" = IN THE FIFTH MONTH LOOK FOR EGG MASTS IN THE THANG-LANG'S NESTS. PLACE SEVERAL IN THE VICINITY OF THE CHRYSANTHEMUMS. BY EARLY AUTUMN, THE YOUNG MANTIS WILL HAVE EMERGED AND WILL BE JUMPING ABOUT AMONG THE PLANTS. THEY DO NOT FEED ON THE LEAVES, BUT PREY ON OTHER INSECTS AND DRIVE AWAY THE BUTTERFLIES ({546} AQ-538 SCIENCE AND CIVILISATION IN CHINA; AQ-158 TZU-FANG) = PLAYING AROUND WITH CARDS ALREADY PICKED. DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT JUMPS OUT, BUT FIRST SET HAD 4 SWORDS, 1 WAND, 2 CUPS & 2 DISKS -- WELL REPRESENTED, BUT HEAVY ON AIR LESS ON FIRE. 2ND SET: 4 CUPS & 4 WANDS & 1 DISK -- NO AIR. ALTOGETHER, THERE ARE 5 WANDS, 7 SWORDS, 7 DISKS & 8 CUPS. LOTS OF WATER, LESS OF FIRE. BUT AIR AND EARTH ARE BALANCED.

AQ 5052 = "IF SOMEONE COMES TO MY GRAVE, GIVES A COIN TO CHARITY, AND SAYS THESE TEN PSALMS [THE TIKKUN HAKLALI], I WILL PULL HIM OUT FROM THE DEPTHS OF GEHINNOM!" (RABBI NACHMAN'S WISDOM #141). "IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WHAT HE DID UNTIL THAT DAY, BUT FROM THAT DAY ON, HE MUST TAKE UPON HIMSELF NOT TO RETURN TO HIS FOOLISH WAYS" (AQ-257 TIKKUN HAKLALI) = THE ISSUE IS CRITICAL BECAUSE AT THE NSA, ELECTRICAL POWER IS POLITICAL POWER. IN ITS TOP-SECRET WORLD, THE COIN OF THE REALM IS THE KILOWATT. MORE ELECTRICAL POWER ENSURES BIGGER DATA CENTERS. BIGGER DATA CENTERS, IN TURN, GENERATE A NEED FOR MORE ACCESS TO PHONE CALLS AND E-MAIL AND, CONVERSELY, LESS PRIVACY (AQ-534 WHO'S IN BIG BROTHER'S BIG DATABASE?).

AQ 4956 = THE NEW MANUAL IS CALLED ARMY FIELD MANUAL 3-24 BY THE ARMY AND MARINE CORPS WARFIGHTING PUBLICATION NO. 3-33.5 BY THE MARINES. WHY GIVE IT TWO DIFFERENT NAMES? BECAUSE THE MARINE CORPS INCESSANTLY SEEKS TO ATTRACT ATTENTION TO ITSELF AND WHINES ABOUT NOT GETTING IT LIKE SOME ANNOYING LITTLE BROTHER (AQ-46 FM 3-24) = RAMSUND CARVING. THE RAMSUND CARVING ALSO KNOWN AS THE SIGURD CARVING IS A RUNIC CARVING WITH THE OFFICIAL NAME SÖDERMANLANDS RUNINSKRIFTER 101 (SÖ 101) … THE CARVING CLEARLY DEPICTS THE STORY OF SIGURD IN THE VOLSUNGA SAGA IN ITS NORDIC FORM. IT IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF NORSE ART (AQ-1493, AQ-1572, AQ-1882, AQ-2146, AQ-2436, AQ-2520; AQ-829 NORSE: WEBSTER'S QUOTATIONS, FACTS AND PHRASES).

AQ 4918 = CLUB– AND RAVE–SCENE ADVOCATES OFTEN TURN THEIR NOSES UP AT AVANT–JUNGLE, CALLING IT "DRILL 'N' BASS" FOR SQUAREPUSHER'S INFAMOUS USE OF ELECTRIC DRILLS AS SOUND SOURCES, BUT THE EXPERIMENTAL HANGERS–ON ARE DEFINITELY MORE WILLING TO ROCK WILD, DIFFICULT BEATS THAN THE "MAINSTREAM" JUNGLISTS (AQ-204 ELECTRONICA) = VINGE'S "WALL ACROSS THE FUTURE," WHAT HE AND SCIENTISTS ARE CALLING THE COMING TECHNOLOGICAL SINGULARITY. VINGE WAS THE FIRST TO USE THE MATHEMATICAL TERM "SINGULARITY" TO DESCRIBE THE POINT IN HISTORY WHERE ACCELERATING TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS BECOMES NEAR INFINITE AND THUS UNKNOWABLE (AQ-409 THE END OF SCIENCE FICTION).

AQ 4916 = AS FOR COALITION FORCES, THE PASHTUNS WANT THEM OUT OF AFGHANISTAN. THEY SAY SO, OPENLY. THEY DO NOT NEED COALITION FRIENDSHIP, HOWEVER, WELL INTENDED. THE WINDOW OF OPENNESS TO FOREIGN FORCES CLOSED FIVE YEARS AGO, INCLUDING TO ARABS; THE OPPORTUNITY FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT CLOSED WITH IT (AQ-227 NIGHTWATCH 20090706) = BUT AS DOVES' DUNG MUST BE NOT ONLY DISAGREEABLE, BUT SCARCE AFFORDING ANY NOURISHMENT, SOMETHING ELSE MUST BE MEANT; SOME HAVE THOUGHT THAT THE GRAINS FOUND IN THEIR CROPS, OR IN THEIR EXCREMENTS, UNDIGESTED, AND PICKED OUT, ARE MEANT; AND OTHERS, THEIR CROPS OR CRAWS THEMSELVES, OR ENTRAILS (AQ-409 JOHN GILL'S EXPOSITOR; AQ-286 THE MILK-VETCHES, AQ-3105) = LIBER AL II:6–7. I AM THE FLAME THAT BURNS IN EVERY HEART OF MAN, AND IN THE CORE OF EVERY STAR. I AM LIFE, AND THE GIVER OF LIFE, YET THEREFORE IS THEKNOWLEDGE OF ME THE KNOWLEDGE OF DEATH. I AM THE MAGICIAN AND THE EXORCIST. I AM THE AXLE OF THE WHEEL, AND THE CUBE IN THE CIRCLE. "COME UNTO ME" IS A FOOLISH WORD: FOR IT IS I THAT GO.

AQ 4884 = MADAME DE SITAEL WAS ONE OF THE COMPANY, AND TRIED IN VAIN, MY FRIEND TOLD ME, TO BRING HIM INTO CONVERSATION ; FOR SOME REASON OR OTHER HE MAINTAINED A MARKED RESERVE. TALENTED LADIES ARE NOT ALWAYS FAVOURITES OF TALENTED GENTLEMEN. BUONAPARTE IS KNOWN TO HAVE DISLIKED MADAME DE STAEL EXCESSIVELY (AQ-120 SITAEL) = REZA - THE SHEER AUDACITY OF THIS PROVOCATION DESERVES APPLAUSE. I'M SICK, SHIVERING AND STRUGGLING WITH A MOUNTAIN OF EDITING SO IN NO POSITION TO COUNTER-ATTACK FOR A DAY OR TWO ... "AS HE IMAGINED THE ISLAMIC HEAVEN IS THE ONLY SAFE PLACE FOR HIS SON" - SHIVER, GRIMACE ... • POSTED BY: NICK AT JANUARY 18, 2005 02:08 AM (AQ-597 HULUGU: DESTRUCTION AND GRANDEUR).

 • AQ 1062 = AS HE IMAGINED THE ISLAMIC HEAVEN IS THE ONLY SAFE PLACE FOR HIS SON = A GOOGOL IS PRECISELY AS FAR FROM INFINITY AS IS THE NUMBER ONE = WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY: AN EXPLANATION OF ESTIMATIVE LANGUAGE (AQ-353 ESTIMATIVE LANGUAGE).

 • AQ 1155 = A GOOGOLPLEX IS PRECISELY AS FAR FROM INFINITY AS IS THE NUMBER ONE = THE KEY TO THE COMPREHENSION OF HIDDEN THINGS AND THE RESTITUTION.

AQ 4866 = I AM STAGGERED THAT SOME AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS HAVE DECIDED TO PUBLISH PURPORTED SPOILERS IN THE FORM OF REVIEWS IN COMPLETE DISREGARD OF THE WISHES OF LITERALLY MILLIONS OF READERS, PARTICULARLY CHILDREN, WHO WANTED TO REACH HARRY'S FINAL DESTINATION BY THEMSELVES, IN THEIR OWN TIME = MADAME DE STAEL WAS ONE OF THE COMPANY, AND TRIED IN VAIN, MY FRIEND TOLD ME, TO BRING HIM INTO CONVERSATION ; FOR SOME REASON OR OTHER HE MAINTAINED A MARKED RESERVE. TALENTED LADIES ARE NOT ALWAYS FAVOURITES OF TALENTED GENTLEMEN. BUONAPARTE IS KNOWN TO HAVE DISLIKED MADAME DE STAEL EXCESSIVELY (AQ-220 MADAME DE STAEL) = THE SUM OF THESE SYMBOLS IS THEREFORE WITHOUT OPPOSITION; HENCE THE CARD PROCLAIMS THE IDEA OF AUTHORITY IN THE INTELLECTUAL WORLD. IT IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DOGMA, AND LAW CONCERNING IT. IT REPRESENTS A REFUGE FROM MENTAL CHAOS, CHOSEN IN AN ARBITRARY MANNER. IT ARGUES FOR CONVENTION (AQ-287 FOUR OF SWORDS).

AQ 4580 = FOR NEARLY FORTY YEARS THIS STORY HAS GIVEN FAITHFUL SERVICE TO THE YOUNG IN HEART; AND TIME HAS BEEN POWERLESS TO PUT ITS KINDLY PHILOSOPHY OUT OF FASHION. TO THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL TO IT IN RETURN… AND TO THE YOUNG IN HEART WE DEDICATE THIS PICTURE (AQ-301 OVER THE RAINBOW, AQ-293 THE WIZARD OF OZ) = PETROLEUM'S HADEAN FORMATION DEVELOPED A SATANIC SENTIENCE THROUGH THE POLITICS OF IN-BETWEEN WHICH INEVITABLY 'WELLS UP' THROUGH THE GOD-COMPLEX DEPOSITED IN THE STRATA (THE LOGIC OF 'DOUBLE-ARTICULATION, THE DOUBLE-PINCER' ACCORDING TO DELEUZE AND GUATTARI), TO THE SURFACE ({p17} AQ-230 CYCLONOPEDIA) = THE BEAUTY AND TRUTH OF WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TRIED TO DO FOR THEMSELVES, OFTEN UNDER THE MOST DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES AND AT THE COST OF THEIR LIVES, IF WE CAN BRING THEM INTO THE LIGHT OF SPEECH, WE CAN TAKE THEIR EXAMPLE AS INSPIRATION AND GUIDANCE… THIS POINT IS A STAR I STEER BY (AQ-848 THE SLAVE SHIP: A HUMAN HISTORY' BY MARCUS REDIKER).

AQ 4511 = NEVERTHELESS, AFTER MUCH DEBATE IN THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION, A POLITICAL DECISION WAS MADE NOT TO GO AFTER BIN LADEN. TWO CIA AGENTS - "MIKE" AND "JEFF" (WHOSE NAMES WERE CHANGED IN THE 9/11 REPORT TO PROTECT THEIR TRUE IDENTITIES) - HAD BEEN COORDINATING THE EFFORT TO TAKE BIN LADEN OUT (AQ-242 GO BIG OR GO DEEP) = THE QUESTION OTHERNESS AS VARIEGATION OR COLOREDNESS IS COMPLEX FOR GREEK SOCIETY, FOR THEIR DIVISIONS OF SAME AND DIFFERENT DID NOT MEET THE SAME RACIAL AND NECESSARILY OPTICAL CATEGORIES THAT HAVE BEEN PRIVLEGED IN MODERN EUROPEAN THOUGHT SINCE THE 17TH CENTURY (AQ-539 THE WHITENESS OF METAPHYSICS) = THE SAGES SAY: "IN NISAN OUR FOREFATHERS WERE REDEEMED FROM EGYPT, AND IN NISAN WE WILL BE REDEEMED." THE NAME OF THE MONTH, NISAN, IS COGNATE TO THE HEBREW WORD FOR "MIRACLES" (נסים). THE TWO LETTERS, NUN, AT THE BEGINNING AND END OF NISAN, ALLUDE, ACCORDING TO OUR SAGES, TO "MIRACLES OF MIRACLES" (נסינסים) (Nisan: The Month of Redemption; AQ-1351).

 • AQ 1351 = IN NISAN OUR FOREFATHERS WERE REDEEMED FROM EGYPT, AND IN NISAN WE WILL BE REDEEMED [+][+][+] = AN OBJECT OR GOAL THAT KICKS THE STORY INTO ACTION AND DRIVES IT TO THE THIRD ACT (AQ-345 KEYS TO THE KINGDOM :: The first building block of any Indiana Jones movie, according to Lucas, is something called the MacGuffin. The term, popularized by Alfred Hitchcock, refers to an object or goal that kicks the story into action and drives it to the third act. Hitchcock held that the less specific the MacGuffin the better) = IT'S A KIND OF MYTHOLOGICAL MECHANICAL DEMON… SOMEWHAT ANALOGOUS TO A JEWISH GOLEM (AQ-224 YAH'MALAHJINN; AQ-352 LOOKING FOR THE MAHDI) = TENSION IS RELAXED THROUGH SUBMISSION TO MILITARISTIC DISCIPLINE AND DOGMA (AQ-287 FOUR OF SWORDS; Tarot of Ceremonial Magick ~ General divinatory meanings: Truce. Compromise. Tension is relaxed through submission to militaristic discipline and dogma. Refuge from sorrow).


The custom of naming all asteroids in Jupiter's L4 and L5 points after famous heroes of the Trojan War was suggested by Johann Palisa of Vienna, who was the first to accurately calculate their orbits.[2] Asteroids in the L4 group are named after Greek heroes (the "Greek node or camp" or "Achilles group"), and those at the L5 point are named after the heroes of Troy (the "Trojan node or camp").[2] Confusingly, 617 Patroclus was named before the Greece/Troy rule was devised, and a Greek name thus appears in the Trojan node; the Greek node also has one "misplaced" asteroid, 624 Hektor, named after a Trojan hero.




AQ 1239 = ({HEB:AHBH}} = 13) · 44,^17 AGAIN ALLUDING TO THE FACT THAT THE ROOT OF THE ENTIRE TORAH IS INDEED LOVE (AQ-202 LOVE AND FEAR, AQ-286 FIGURATE NUMBER, AQ-865 LOVE AND FEAR: A STUDY IN INTERMEDIATE LEVEL GEMATRIA {PDF}) = 3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841971 6939937510 5820974944 5923078164 0628620899 8628034825 3421170679 8214808651 3282306647 0938446095 5058223172 5359408128 4811174502 8410270193 8521105559 6446229489 5493038196 4428810975 6659334461 2847564823 3786783165 2712019091 4564856692 3460348610 4543 = A CARPET OF BLACK SQUARES AND WHITE, AND THE BORDER THEREOF SHALL BE BLUE AND GOLD (AQ-177 LIBER VIII 1) = AMERICA WASN'T FOUNDED A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY. IT BECAME A CHRISTIAN COUNTRY (AQ-493 SECRETS OF THE LOST SYMBOL) [+] = AMERICAN CAPTAIN RICHARD PHILLIPS TAKEN HOSTAGE FREED FROM SOMALI PIRATES = BETWEEN THE DARKNESS ON THE STREET AND THE HOUSES FILLING UP WITH LIGHT (AQ-329 TENDER IS THE NIGHT) = CONFRONTATION WITH THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE EDIFICE OF POLITICAL THEORY (Notes on Virno's Motto di Spirito e Azione Innovativa and other texts) = EVERY DEGREE IS BY ITSELF, YET THEY ARE ALL ONE, AND ARE BOUND TOGETHER IN ONE (1 John 5:7) = OCTOBER 13, 1792 ~ WHITE HOUSE (THEN CALLED THE PRESIDENT'S HOUSE) IN WASHINGTON, D.C. (AQ-532 MASONIC CORNERSTONE LAYINGS) = SURELY THERE ARE WEIGHTIER SUBJECTS BEGGING FOR PERSUASIVE ANALYSIS = THE CALCULATION OF THE EQUINOXES AND GEMATRIA ARE THE DESSERTS OF WISDOM (AQ-224 PIRKEI AVOT 3:23) = THE GOETIA: THE LESSER KEY OF SOLOMON THE KING (CLAVICULA SALOMONIS REGIS) = THE MOST SACRED SIGNS OF THE OLD AEON, THE COMBINATION OF THE ROSE AND CROSS (AQ-225 XIX. THE SUN) = TRANSMIT THE ESTABLISHED FACTS; DO NOT TRANSMIT WORDS OF EXAGGERATION (AQ-316 IN THE WORLD OF MEN).

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AQ-286 THE PERFECT TONE [17 Oct 2009|03:00pm]
[ music | won't you be my neighbor? - fred rogers ]



« AQ 1607 = WHICH LEVERS OF NATIONAL POWER GIVE US THE BEST CHANCE OF ACHIEVING NATIONAL POLICY OBJECTIVES (AQ-242 GO BIG OR GO DEEP) = HUANG-CHUNG · TA-TSHOU · KU-HSIEN · JUI-PIN · I-TSE · WU-YI § TA-LÜ · CHIA-CHUNG · CHUNG-LÜ · LIN-CHUNG · NAN-LÜ · YING-CHUNG (AQ-549 CLASSIFICATION OF BELLS IN KUO YÜ, AQ-538 SCIENCE AND CIVILISATION IN CHINA {p171}; AQ-1593 {AQ-75 I-TSÉ})

{Sonopuncture} Music was “invented” by the legendary emperor, Huang Di (the “Yellow Emperor”) in the 27th century BCE. Acting on Huang Di’s orders, Ling Lun traveled west to Kunlun and found a special bamboo grove in the valley of Hsieh-chhi. “Cutting one between the nodes …, he blew it, and took its fundamental note (kung) to be that of the Huang-chung tube. Blowing again, he said ‘This is good enough’, and proceeded to make all the twelve pipes. Then at the foot of the Juan-yu (i.e., Kunlun) mountains, he listened to the singing of the male and female phoenix and divided the pitchpipes accordingly…, the male notes making six and the female also six. Indeed the Huang-chung fundamental (kung) is capable of generating the entire (series). …(Upon his return) Ling Lun … was ordered by Huang [Di] to cast twelve bells in order to harmonise the five notes so that splendid music might be made.” (Needham, Vol. 4, Pt. I, pp. 178-179; Needham follows up this passage with a theory that the Chinese actually received these pitches from Babylon.)

AQ 5311 = IN THE UNIVERSAL MATRIX OF 7 HEAVENS AND 2 LANDS, WE EXIST IN REALM NUMBER 8, AS OUR PHYSICAL (EARTHLY) REALM. THE LAST REALM — NUMBER 9 — IS WHERE OUR COMPLIMENTARY OPPOSITE EXISTS. THE SIAMESE TWINS WHO LIVE IN REALMS 8 AND 9 ARE IN PERFECT HARMONY. IN MUSICAL TERMS, THE RATIO/RELATIONSHIP 8:9 REPRESENTS THE PERFECT TONE (AQ-286 THE PERFECT TONE) = IT IS A LITTLE KNOWN FACT — AT LEAST, TO THE WESTERN MEDIA — THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF IRAQIS CANNOT POSSIBLY WANT TO LIVE UNDER THE MURDEROUS TYRANNY OF A RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER OF ISLAMIST PSYCHOPATHS, OF FOREIGN INSPIRATION, AND WILL DO EVERYTHING EXCEPT MASTER THE ART OF SELF-GOVERNMENT TO AVOID IT (AQ-630 DO WE HAVE PERMISSION TO WIN IN IRAQ) = ONCE ENTERING UPON THE SPHERE OF MALKUTH A NEOPHYTE IS OFTEN BATHED IN THE SORROW WHICH ABOUNDS THE CASTLE OF THE HOLY GRAAL… THE NATURE OF THIS SORROW IS THE SINGLE GREATEST STUMBLING BLOCK OF OUR NEOPHYTES… IT IS SIMPLY ACCEPTED THAT MOST INDIVIDUALS, AT LEAST NINE OUT OF TEN, WILL FAIL AT THE NEOPHYTE STAGE (AQ-817 AN OPEN EPISTLE ON THE DANGERS OF BEING A NEOPHYTE) = THE ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE MUST REMAIN RIGIDLY FOCUSED ON THE ATTAINMENT OF THE PRESIDENT'S STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES: "WE HAVE A CLEAR AND FOCUSED GOAL: TO DISRUPT, DISMANTLE AND DEFEAT AL QAEDA IN PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN, AND TO PREVENT THEIR RETURN TO EITHER COUNTRY IN THE FUTURE." -- PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, MARCH 27th, 2009, WASHINGTON, DC (AQ-242 GO BIG OR GO DEEP).

twelve bell hodology • AQ-367 DISSIPATIVE ORGANEL = ARITHMETIC MEDIATION » AQ-1263 IN ORDER TO ARRIVE AT WHOLE NUMBER SOLUTIONS, WE WILL USE THE OCTAVE OF 6:12 » AQ-228 THE OCTAVE OF 6:12 » AQ-862 THE TWELVE-NOTE GAMUT AND THE SET OF STANDARD BELLS {09.19.09}

AQ 394 = CERVUM FRONTE REFERT = ELEMENTARY PROCEDURE ({37} AQ-488 UNREASONING FROM ANALOGIES).

AQ 1216 = THIS REPORT PROPOSES SOMETHING OF A HYBRID ALTERNATIVE CALLED "GO DEEP" (AQ-242 GO BIG OR GO DEEP) = GO BIG USES THE WRONG INSTRUMENTS + GO DEEP USES A MORE NUANCED APPROACH (AQ-242 GO BIG OR GO DEEP) = 3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841971 6939937510 5820974944 5923078164 0628620899 8628034825 3421170679 8214808651 3282306647 0938446095 5058223172 5359408128 4811174502 8410270193 8521105559 6446229489 5493038196 4428810975 6659334461 2847564823 3786783165 2712019091 4564856692 3460348 = AND THE RING OF THE HORIZON ABOVE HER IS A COMPANY OF GLORIOUS ARCHANGELS = BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AS A MODERN SCIENTIFIC DESCIPLINE WAS ABOUT TO BE BORN ({546; sp} AQ-538 SCIENCE AND CIVILISATION IN CHINA; AQ-158 TZU-FANG; AQ-1220, 1537) = DRAMA THAT RELIES ON SIMPLE EFFECTS IS NOT NECESSARILY DRAMA SIMPLIFIED (AQ-240 EUGÈNE IONESCO) = EXPERIMENTATION WITH THE FLOWS OF ENERGY AND MATTER, IDEAS AND ACTIONS (AQ-768 THE GEOPHILOSOPHIES OF DELEUZE AND GUATTARI) = MAINTAIN WHAT HAS BEEN DECIDED AND DO NOT ALTER THAT WHICH HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED (AQ-239 STARE DECISIS) = SOME HANDMADE JIANZIS MAKE USE OF A WASHER OR A COIN WITH A HOLE IN THE CENTER (AQ-123 JIANZI).

AQ 346 = HYBRID ALTERNATIVE = CHARGE OF THE KNIGHTS (AQ-226 NIGHTWATCH 20080328) = DEO DUCE COMITE FERRO = HAIL FELLOW WELL MET = INTERNAL STRUGGLE (AQ-244 BEYOND CAPITAL) = NAKED SHORT SELLING = PHENOMENAL REALITY = STUDIES ON THE LEFT (AQ-244 BEYOND CAPITAL) = THE UNIFYING FOCUS (AQ-242 GO BIG OR GO DEEP) = XENOGENIC OMNIPHAGE.

AQ 543 = HYBRID ALTERNATIVE CALLED "GO DEEP" = 2ND MARINE EXPEDITIONARY BRIGADE (AQ-320 OPERATION KHANJAR) = DIDACTIC, PRESCRIPTIVE APPROACH (AQ-364 ANTOINE-HENRI JOMINI) = SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY (Einstein used to say that the special theory of relativity was in the air when he discovered it, that Paul Langevin, for instance, might have done so as well. The general theory, on the other hand, was, he thought, a unique achievement that would not have found an alternative discoverer).

AQ 1610 = THE GENERAL THEORY… A UNIQUE ACHIEVEMENT THAT WOULD NOT HAVE FOUND AN ALTERNATIVE DISCOVERER = A SAVANT IS REVEALED, A MAN WHO HAS CREATED NEW FORMS FOR OLD SYMBOLS THAT HAVE LOST THEIR MEANING = THEREFORE THE FINAL EQUATION IS: LAMBDAT=0.28979. THIS EQUATION IS KNOWN AS THE WIEN DISPLACEMENT LAW.

AQ 151 = LAMBDAT=0.28979 = FM 3-24 MCWP 3-33.5 = FOLADI JAL = INISFAIL = NAVAMSHA.

AQ 540 = GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY = CHARGE OF THE KNIGHTS OPERATION (AQ-226 NIGHTWATCH 20080328) = SEE WHERE THINE ANGEL HATH LED THEE.

AQ 220 = DANIEL L. DAVIS = GAME CHARACTER = 'ILM AL LADDUNI = NIGHTWATCH 20091014 = PALIMPSEST (AQ-187 KRYPTOS) = PEKING GARLIC = SELF-EVIDENT.

AQ 282 = LTC DANIEL L. DAVIS = ANY DREAM WILL DO = MINCHIATE TAROT = OFFICE OF THE RAKIA = ONLOOKER TEXT (AQ-549 THIS BEATITUDE COMES IN TERROR) = SUN TZU PING FA (AQ-413 MASTER SUN'S ART OF WAR; AQ-538 SCIENCE AND CIVILISATION IN CHINA) = VIGENERE TABLEAU (AQ-187 KRYPTOS).

AQ 1090 = GO BIG OR GO DEEP: AN ANALYSIS OF STRATEGY OPTIONS ON AFGHANISTAN (AQ-242 GO BIG OR GO DEEP) = 3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841971 6939937510 5820974944 5923078164 0628620899 8628034825 3421170679 8214808651 3282306647 0938446095 5058223172 5359408128 4811174502 8410270193 8521105559 6446229489 5493038196 4428810975 6659334461 2847564823 37867831 = ALL LIFE IS THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE UNIVERSE (AQ-249 FRIEDRICH HEBBEL) = HAPPY ARE THEY THAT PRAISE THEE; FOR THEY SEE THEE WITH MINE EYES (LIBER LXV I:22) = PRESENT-DAY SORCERERS, THE STEWARDS OF THE CULTURE OF SILENCE ({viii} AQ-678 EDUCATION FOR CRITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS) = SPERM MUST FIRST BIND TO, AND THEN PENETRATE THE ZONA PELLUCIDA = THE FOUR STAGES OF CRUELTY: FIRST STAGE OF CRUELTY 1 FEBRUARY 1751 (AQ-282 WILLIAM HOGARTH) = THE METAVERSAL LIGHTCRAFT HYPER-ABYSSIC ASTROLOGY FORECAST = THE PERPETUAL PARADE OF FALSE NOVELTIES REQUIRED BY CAPITALISM = VOTE AGAINST LEADERSHIP ON PROCEDURAL VOTES WITH IMPUNITY (AQ-361 MOTION TO RECOMMIT) = YOUR CREDIBILITY HAS BEEN BREACHED TO THE POINT OF BEING ACTIONABLE (AQ-1010 SENATOR ARLEN SPECTER TO AG GONZALES, COUNTDOWN FOR 24-JUL-2007).

AQ 1725 = GO BIG OR GO DEEP: AN ANALYSIS OF STRATEGY OPTIONS ON AFGHANISTAN, 14 OCTOBER 2009, BY LTC DANIEL L. DAVIS, US ARMY (AQ-242 GO BIG OR GO DEEP) = AT THIS POINT WE MUST INTRODUCE AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION BETWEEN STATIC AND CHANGING PHASE SPACES (AQ-768 THE GEOPHILOSOPHIES OF DELEUZE AND GUATTARI) = THE DORMANT BEAST IN ENKI BILAL'S STORY IS WAR, AND BILAL, A YUGOSLAVIAN, IS WELL AWARE OF THE EFFECTS OF WAR (AQ-321 THE BEAST TRILOGY).

nummied twelve bells on 09.19 (AQ-1607). with Go Big or Go Deep AQ-1607 match noticed military diviner & Book of War. while hybrid only used once in GBGD it is the key word of the text. unicorn = hybrid animal. all this seems numerologically suggestive of Davis' intent.

AQ 7334 = THE GREAT INSTRUCTOR BLOWS THE TUBES, UNITING THE SOUNDS. IF IT IS SHANG THERE WILL BE VICTORY IN THE FIGHT; THE SOLDIERS OF THE ARMY ARE STRONG. IF IT IS CHIO THE ARMY IS TROUBLED; MANY VACILLATE, AND LOSE THEIR MARTIAL COURAGE. IF IT IS KUNG THE ARMY IS IN GOOD ACCORD; OFFICERS AND MEN ARE OF ONE MIND. IF IT IS CHIH THERE IS RESTLESSNESS AND MUCH IRRITATION; THE SOLDIERS ARE TIRED. IF IT IS THE SOLDIERS ARE SOFT, AND LITTLE GLORY WILL BE GAINED (AQ-538 SCIENCE AND CIVILISATION IN CHINA {141}; AQ-608 THE FIVE NOTES: KUNG, SHANG, CHIO, CHIH, YÜ; AQ-395 NUMBERS IN ASIAN MUSIC) = GRANT EXPLAINS CROWLEY'S CHOICE OF PSEUDONYM BY TELLING THAT CROWLEY WAS "INSPIRED BY THE SPIRIT OF KHALED KHAN WHILE ON THE 'HOLY HILL' OF SIDI BOU SAID, TUNISIA, THE PRESENT SITE OF ANCIENT CARTHAGE. KHAN WAS A GREAT WARRIOR WHO DELIVERED THE ARABS FROM THE STRANGLEHOLD OF CHRISTIANITY AT THE BATTLE OF DAMASCUS. BOTH THE KHAN AND CROWLEY WERE THEREFORE AVATARS OF THE ANTI- CHRISTIAN CURRENT REPRESENTED IN THE APOCALYPSE AS THE BEAST 666 (Aleister Crowley books) = YOU SEE, MECHANICALLY DIRECT DAMAGE IS RED. OH, BLACK HAS A LITTLE (I.E. DRAIN LIFE). AND GREEN HAS A LITTLE (I.E. HURRICANE). EVEN WHITE HAS SOME (I.E. HEAVY BALLISTA). BUT BLUE… BLUE ISN'T SUPPOSED TO DEAL DIRECT DAMAGE (AND BEFORE I GET DELUGED WITH MAIL, YES, BLUE HAS HAD SOME DIRECT DAMAGE SPELLS, SUCH AS PSIONIC BLAST, BUT NOTHING WE'D PRINT TODAY). HECK, WE'VE EVEN MOVED THE "TIM" ABILITY OFF TO RED. BLUE IS THE PASSIVE, CONTROLLING COLOR. IT DOESN'T SMACK THE OPPONENT IN THE FACE (AQ-287 TOP DOWN AND GOAL).

Khalid = eternal/immortal & Crowley might've been inspried by Khalid ibn al-Walid & the Siege of Damascus:


Khālid ibn al-Walīd (Arabic: خالد بن الوليد‎; 592-642) also known as Sayfu l-Lāhi l-Maslūl (or Sayfullah, the "Drawn Sword of God", "God's Drawn Sword" or simply "Sword of God"), was one of the most successful commanders in military history. He is noted for his military prowess, commanding the forces of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and those of his immediate successors of the Rashidun Caliphate; Abu Bakr and Umar (Umar ibn al-Khattab).[1] He has the distinction of being undefeated in over a hundred battles, against the numerically superior forces of the Byzantine Roman Empire, Sassanid Persian Empire, and their allies.
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Damascus was conquered by the Rashidun army after a siege lasting about one month, from 21 August to 19 September 634 AD. It was the first major city of the Byzantine empire conquered by Muslims during the Muslim conquest of Syria.

AQ 485 = LIU PANG • HSIANG YU • CHANG LIANG (AQ-458 THE TAO AND CHINESE CULTURE) = ARMY VERSUS MARINE TERMS (John T. Reed; AQ-46 FM 3-24) = CORRELATION OF TIMBRE WITH (AQ-538 SCIENCE AND CIVILISATION IN CHINA) = PAVEL ROMANOVICH POPOVICH = SORTING OUT PARTICULARS ({38} AQ-488 UNREASONING FROM ANALOGIES) = THE MONTH OF THIRST IS ENDED (AQ-335 SLEEPING IN CARTHAGE).

AQ 5611 = AS IT TURNED OUT, HSIANG YU'S ARMY SCORED A DECISIVE VICTORY AND ROUTED THE IMPERIAL FORCES. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, LIU PANG WAS ABLE TO ADVANCE MUCH MORE QUICKLY TOWARD THE CAPITAL AND WITH RELATIVELY LITTLE BLOODSHED, SMOOTHING HIS WAY BY MEANS OF A POLICY OF POLITICAL CONCILIATION TOWARD THE LOCAL IMPERAL OFFICIALS ALONG HIS ROUTE ({46} AQ-458 THE TAO AND CHINESE CULTURE) = WHILE SOME SIMPLE SYSTEMS CAN BE MODELED BY A FIXED PHASE SPACE WITH A STABLE SET OF ATTRACTORS AND BIFURCATORS THAT ARE MERELY “EXPLORED” BY THE SYSTEM, MORE COMPLEX SYSTEMS REQUIRE FOR THEIR REPRESENTATION A CHANGING PHASE SPACE IN WHICH THE ACTIVITIES OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE SYSTEM CHANGE THE VERY NATURE OF THE SPACE ITSELF (AQ-768 THE GEOPHILOSOPHIES OF DELEUZE AND GUATTARI).

AQ 4713 = THE MISSION OF THE NCTC IS TO CONDUCT "STRATEGIC OPERATIONAL PLANNING FOR CT ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE USG, INTEGRATING ALL INSTRUMENTS OF NATIONAL POWER, INCLUDING DIPLOMATIC, FINANCIAL, MILITARY, INTELLIGENCE, HOMELAND SECURITY, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TO ENSURE UNITY OF EFFORT (AQ-242 GO BIG OR GO DEEP) = SUCCESS AND FAILURE… ARE DETERMINED, IN LARGE PART, BY THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF OUR OPPORTUNITIES: THAT IS, WE ARE OFTEN THE PRODUCT OF FACTS THAT WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER - SUCH AS BEING BORN AT THE RIGHT TIME - AND ARBITRARY PATTERNS FROZEN IN OUR INSTITUTIONS AND CULTURES (AQ-512 WELL-WRITTEN, THINLY ARGUED) = THE ACES REPRESENT THE ROOTS OF THE FOUR ELEMENTS. THEY ARE QUITE ABOVE, AND DISTINCT FROM, THE OTHER SMALL CARDS IN THE SAME WAY AS KETHER IS SAID TO BE SYMBOLIZED ONLY BY THE TOPMOST POINT OF THE YOD OF TETRAGRAMMATON… THEY FORM A LINK BETWEEN THE SMALL CARDS AND THE PRINCESSES (AQ-220 THE FOUR ACES, AQ-294 THE BOOK OF THOTH).

AQ 4607 = THE MISSION OF THE ODNI IS TO "INTEGRATE FOREIGN, MILITARY, AND DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES THROUGH POLICY, PERSONNEL AND TECHNOLOGY ACTIONS TO PROVIDE DECISION ADVANTAGE TO POLICY MAKERS, WARFIGHTERS, HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICIALS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL" (AQ-242 GO BIG OR GO DEEP) = MARX DRAWS OUR ATTENTION TO SOCIAL VIOLENCE EMBEDDED IN A SYSTEM THAT TREATS HUMAN BEINGS AS THINGS/OBJECT AND ENTHRONES MONEY AS KING/SUBJECT. HUMANITY IN SERVICE OF PROFIT. THIS INVERSION OF HUMANS' PLACE IN THE WORLD WAS AT THE ROOT OF MARX'S CRITIQUE OF CAPITALISM (AQ-443 KARL MARX AND NONVIOLENCE).

AQ 2990 = A VERY SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN LIU PANG'S ULTIMATE SUCCESS WAS THE STRATEGIC ADVICE HE RECEIVED FROM HIS CHIEF MILITARY AND POLITICAL STRATEGIST, CHANG LIANG, ALSO KNOWN AS TZU FANG ({47} AQ-458 THE TAO AND CHINESE CULTURE) = AT THE TIME OF THE WHEAT HARVEST REUBEN WENT OUT AND FOUND SOME MANDRAKE PLANTS IN A FIELD AND BROUGHT THEM TO HIS MOTHER LEAH. RACHEL SAID TO LEAH, "GIVE ME SOME OF YOUR SON'S MANDRAKES" (AQ-156 GENESIS 30:14-16) = IN TYPICAL AMERICAN FASHION, IT WAS DECREED THAT ONLY THOSE ELEPHANT FIGURINES WITH THEIR TRUNKS UPRAISED WERE LUCKY. THE REST WERE, AS A FRIEND OF MINE PUT IT, "JUST ELEPHANTS" (AQ-358 LUCKY ELEPHANT CHARM) = THE NATION VERY MUCH NEEDED A PRESIDENT WITH THAT LEVEL OF CERTITUDE, WITH THAT CLARITY OF VISION SUCH THAT HE COULD SAY YOU'RE EITHER FOR US OR YOU'RE FOR THE TERRORISTS (Bush biographer Robert Draper) = TWO YEARS AFTER ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCES REACH HUMAN EQUIVALENCE, THEIR SPEED DOUBLES. ONE YEAR LATER, THEIR SPEED DOUBLES AGAIN. / SIX MONTHS - THREE MONTHS - 1.5 MONTHS… SINGULARITY.

AQ 4743 = MARINE COLONEL DALE ALFORD SAID AT A SEPTEMBER COUNTERINSURGENCY CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE SOMEWHERE ON THE ORDER OF 10 BRIGADES JUST TO TRAIN THE AFGHAN NATIONAL POLICE (ANP) AND ANOTHER EIGHT TO WORK WITH THE AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY (ANA) - ON TOP OF WHAT WE HAVE TODAY (AQ-242 GO BIG OR GO DEEP) = III:6. IT IS A SIGN OF SUCCESS, THOUGH ONLY BY THE STUDENT HIMSELF IS IT PERCEIVED, WHEN HE HEARS THE NAME OF THE GOD VEHEMENTLY ROARED FORTH, AS IF BY THE CONCOURSE OF TEN THOUSAND THUNDERS; AND IT SHOULD APPEAR TO HIM AS IF THAT GREAT VOICE PROCEEDED FROM THE UNIVERSE, AND NOT FROM HIMSELF (Liber O Vel Manvs Et Sagittae Svb Figvr VI).

AQ 4462 = BUT HELIOS SHINES FIRST UPON THE RECLINING IMMORTAL HERO, HERAKLES, WHO HAD LED MANKIND IN ITS SUCCESSFUL REVOLT AGAINST NOAH (NEREUS) AND HIS GOD, ESTABLISHING ZEUS-RELIGION, WORSHIPPING HUMANITY'S ANCESTORS AS GODS, AND EXALTING MAN AS THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS (AQ-1672 THE EAST PEDIMENT OF THE PARTHENON RESTORED IN COLOR FROM THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE BY HOLMES BRYANT, AQ-1367) = I FIND LT COLONEL DAVIS' VIEWS ON THE SUBJECT TO BE A BENEFICIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE PRESENT DEBATE ALTHOUGH I AM NOT WILLING TO ACCEPT A LONG TERM COMMITMENT QUITE AS LARGE AS THAT WHICH HE FINDS NECESSARY AND I WOULD NOT HAVE USED "JACK BAUER" AS AN EXAMPLE FOR ANYTHING. PL (AQ-715 LTC DANIEL L. DAVIS ON AFGHANISTAN STRATEGY).

AQ 1367 = THE EAST PEDIMENT OF THE PARTHENON RESTORED IN COLOR FROM THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE = THOUGH I KNOW THAT EVENIN'S EMPIRE HAS RETURNED INTO SAND / VANISHED FROM MY HAND.

AQ 543 = TAOISM AND MILITARY STRATEGY = THE CHOGO RI EXPEDITION HAD BEGUN (Confessions, Ch. 33).

AQ 474 = THE EXPEDITION TO CHOGO RI, 1902 (AQ-22 K2, AQ-138 CHOGO RI) = BRITISH MANDATED DURAND LINE = COMPLETING MARX'S PROJECT (AQ-244 BEYOND CAPITAL) = INTERNATIONAL TIME BUREAU = NEGATIVE ELONGATION FACTOR = NETS ARE BETTER THAN LADDERS (GO Proverb) = NORMAN CONQUEST OF ENGLAND = NOTEWORTHY REPETITION (AQ-242 GO BIG OR GO DEEP) = ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL = SUCH PHENOMENAL LIGHTNESS.

AQ 153 = JACK BAUER = AMBER SEED (AQ-417 ABELMOSCHUS MOSCHATUS) = BIOCHIPS (AQ-218 COUNT ZERO) = FIANNA FÁIL (AQ-103 LIA FÁIL) = KARTHAGO (AQ-135 CARTHAGE).

AQ 1144 = DA AFGHAN PA NANG ME WATARLA TURA, NANAGYALAI DA ZAMANA KHUSHAL KHATTAK YAM = MAKING NATIONAL DECISIONS THROUGH THE USE OF HISTORICAL ANALOGIES (AQ-288 THINKING IN TIME)

AQ 1670 = I HAVE TAKEN UP THE SWORD TO DEFEND THE PRIDE OF THE AFGHAN, I AM KHUSHAL KHATTAK, THE HONORABLE MAN OF THE AGE (AQ-348 KHUSHAL KHAN KHATTAK, AQ-1144) = THE HIDDEN FORCE, THE INVISIBLE HAND OF DESTINY THAT DECIDES WHAT THE RESULT OF YOUR EFFORTS WILL BE (AQ-134 NAVAMSA).

AQ 348 = KHUSHAL KHAN KHATTAK = ADOPTIVE ADMISSION (AQ-226 NIGHTWATCH 20080328) = EMOTIONAL FRISSON = FIRST-ORDER MEANING = INTELLIGENCE OFFICER = THE SITUATION NOW ({38} AQ-488 UNREASONING FROM ANALOGIES).

AQ 1816 = I DID NOT REALIZE THAT STEEL OF SUCH EXQUISITE TEMPER MIGHT BE BEATEN INTO A SWORD FIT FOR THE HAND OF A FREE MAN (Confessions, Ch. 65) = A TRIM AND SPLENDID YOUNG MISS AT THE CAMP OF A SEMI-MILITARY ORGANIZATION BLOWS HER BUGLE TRIUMPHANTLY (Pisces 8°) = ALL AMERICANS ARE ENTITLED TO THEIR OWN OPINIONS ABOUT IRAQ, BUT THEY ARE NOT ENTITLED TO THEIR OWN FACTS = CARDS NEED TO MATCH THE PROPER FLAVOR IN THEIR ENTIRETY. NOT EVERY PIECE HAS TO BE IN FLAVOR, JUST THE WHOLE (AQ-287 TOP DOWN AND GOAL) = COMPREHENSIVE ATTRIBUTION OF ALL SIGNAL … TO ARTIFICIAL AGENCIES, ALLEGIANCES, CULTURES AND CONTINENTITIES (AQ-154 MYTHOS, AQ-550 THE ELEMENTS OF HYPERSTITION) = I KNOW THAT THE UNDERLYING IDEA OF THE POST WAS UNORIGINAL - I WAS JUST TYING IT TO THE ETYMOLOGY THING ("THEOS") = IN A SCENE OF WEIRD DISPLAY AND BRILLIANT COLORS, GLASS-BLOWERS PRODUCE ONE-BY-ONE THE MARVELS OF THEIR CRAFT (Leo 9°) = IT IS BETTER TO DO NOTHING THAN TO WORK FORMALLY TOWARD MAKING VISIBLE WHAT THE WEST DECLARES TO EXIST (Badiou; AQ-258 CREATIVE WORK) = REPRESENTED BY THE ACCENT MARKS, THE VOWEL POINTS, THE LETTER DECORATIONS, AND BY THE LETTERS THEMSELVES (AQ-339 THE FIFTH UNIVERSE) = WE DO NOT HAVE "EVIDENCE" THAT SHOWS SOMETHING TO BE A FACT OR THAT DEFINITIVELY LINKS TWO ITEMS OR ISSUES (AQ-353 ESTIMATIVE LANGUAGE, AQ-55 NIE).

AQ 3325 = LAM IS THE TIBETAN WORD FOR WAY OR PATH, AND LAMA IS HE WHO GOETH, THE SPECIFIC TITLE OF THE GODS OF EGYPT, THE TREADER OF THE PATH, IN BUDDHISTIC PHRASEOLOGY. ITS NUMERICAL VALUE IS 71, THE NUMBER OF THIS BOOK (Crowley; AQ-2046) = O FORTUNE, JUST AS THE MOON YOU VARY YOUR STATE ALWAYS INCREASING OR DECREASING; THE DETESTABLE LIFE NOW DIFFICULT AND THEN EASY WITH YOUR GAMES SHARPENS POVERTY, POWER DISSOLVES LIKE ICE (AQ-182 O FORTUNA, AQ-233 CARMINA BURANA).

AQ 71 = ANAS = FISA = ISAF.

AQ 3091 = NIGHTWATCH SPOKE TODAY WITH SEVERAL KNOWLEDGEABLE ANALYSTS TO CLARIFY THE COLUMNS OF KNOWNS, UNKNOWNS AND PRESUMPTIONS BASED ON THE BEHAVIOR OF THE ACTORS, NOT THEIR WORDS (AQ-226 NIGHTWATCH 20080328) = O FORTUNA VELUT LUNA STATU VARIABILIS, SEMPER CRESCIS AUT DECRESCIS; VITA DETESTABILIS NUNC OBDURAT ET TUNC CURAT LUDO MENTIS ACIEM, EGESTATEM, POTESTATEM DISSOLVIT UT GLACIEM (AQ-182 O FORTUNA, AQ-233 CARMINA BURANA) = ONE OF THE MOST SERIOUS PROBLEMS AFFECTING THE PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN IS THE ABSENCE OF HOPE. HOPE IN A VIABLE AFGHAN STATE, HOPE IN THE PROSPECTS FOR A GOOD LIFE, HOPE THAT THEY CAN HAVE JUSTICE (AQ-242 GO BIG OR GO DEEP).

AQ 3730 = BECAUSE THIS COMPLETELY UNDERCUTS THE ABILITY OF AFGHANISTAN'S CITIZENS TO FOSTER HOPE. THEY BELIEVE RIGHT NOW THAT THE WEST IS NOT LIKELY TO SUCCEED IN 12 MONTHS AND SO WILL LIKELY WITHDRAW, LEAVING THEM IN THE LURCH (AQ-242 GO BIG OR GO DEEP) = HELMAND IS ONE OF THE MOST INTENSE BATTLEFIELDS IN AFGHANISTAN, WITH THE TALIBAN CONTROLLING SEVERAL AREAS AND USING FUNDS FROM A LUCRATIVE TRADE IN OPIUM AND HEROIN TO REARM FOR THEIR FIGHT AGAINST THE FRAGILE GOVERNMENT (AQ-705 TALIBAN LAUNCH 'OPERATION' AGAINST MARINES) = HERE'S WHAT KILLED YOUR 401(K) DAVID X. LI'S GAUSSIAN COPULA FUNCTION AS FIRST PUBLISHED IN 2000. INVESTORS EXPLOITED IT AS A QUICK—AND FATALLY FLAWED—WAY TO ASSESS RISK. A SHORTER VERSION APPEARS ON THIS MONTH'S COVER OF WIRED (AQ-969 RECIPE FOR DISASTER: THE FORMULA THAT KILLED WALL STREET) = IT SUBSISTS WITHOUT THE SUBJECT WHO INSCRIBED IT… THE MEANING OF THE TEXT IS NEVER CONSTRAINED BY ITS CONTEXT… THIS POSSIBILITY OF RUPTURE FROM ITS ORIGIN IS PROVIDED BY A TEXT'S ELEMENTS… SEPARATED BY SPACING (AQ-188 LIMITED INC, AQ-690 DERRIDA LISTS THREE TRAITS OF WRITING).

AQ 3936 = THE BOOK'S TWO ESSAYS, 'LIMITED INC.' AND 'SIGNATURE EVENT CONTEXT,' CONSTITUTE KEY STATEMENTS OF THE DERRIDEAN THEORY OF DECONSTRUCTION. THEY ARE PERHAPS THE CLEAREST EXPOSITION TO BE FOUND OF DERRIDA'S MOST CONTROVERSIAL IDEA (AQ-188 LIMITED INC) = IN AFGHANISTAN TODAY, EVEN THE MOST OPTIMISTIC SUPPORTER OF GO BIG WOULD NOT SUGGEST THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE PASSED ANY TIPPING POINT LEADING TO A WILLINGNESS TO OPPOSE THE TALIBAN AND OFFER EVEN TEPID SUPPORT FOR THE COALITION (AQ-242 GO BIG OR GO DEEP) = LIGHT, ANGELIC AND BLACK, / LAUGHTER OF WAVES ON THE SEA'S HIGHWAYS / TEAR-STAINED LAUGHTER / THE OLD SUPPLIANT SEES YOU / AS HE MOVES TO CROSS THE INVISIBLE FIELDS — / LIGHT MIRRORED IN HIS BLOOD, / THE BLOOD THAT GAVE BIRTH TO ETEOCLES AND POLYNICES (‘Thrush’, George Seferis; AQ-8116, 12052).

AQ 3961 = THE OBJECTIVES PROBABLY OUGHT TO HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE FACTORS THAT FORCE ACTION; IF THEY DON'T, THE DECISION-MAKER SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THEY DON'T. IN ORDINARY PRACTICE, AS WE HAVE OBSERVED OR READ ABOUT IT, THAT OFTEN IS NOT THE CASE ({38} AQ-488 UNREASONING FROM ANALOGIES) = WHEN TAO PREVAILS IN THE EMPIRE, CEREMONIES, MUSIC, AND THE CHASTISEMENT OF WRONGDOERS PROCEED FROM THE EMPEROR. WHEN TAO DOES NOT PREVAIL IN THE EMPIRE, CEREMONIES, MUSIC, AND THE CHASTISEMENT OF WRONGDOERS PROCEED FROM THE LOCAL DUKES ({6} AQ-458 THE TAO AND CHINESE CULTURE).

AQ 4407 = AND LOOK AT YOUR ILAAH (GOD), TO WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN DEVOTED. WE WILL CERTAINLY BURN IT, AND SCATTER ITS PARTICLES IN THE SEA. YOUR ILAAH (GOD) IS ONLY ALLAH, THE ONE (LAA ILAAHA ILLA HUWA) (NONE HAS THE RIGHT TO BE WORSHIPPED BUT HE). HE HAS FULL KNOWLEDGE OF ALL THINGS.” [SOORAH TAAHAA (20):97-98] (AQ-406 BADEE-UD-DEEN SHAH AS-SINDHEE; AQ-5731, 6150) = TAKING CREATIVE ACTION AND EXERTING AN INFLUENCE. SOME FORM OF GUIDANCE WILL BE BENEFICIAL, LIKE THE HELP OF AN ADVISOR OR MENTOR, OR INFORMATION FROM A BOOK. (THE DRAGON FLYING IN THE SKY IS LIKE THE SUN THAT IS NOW FULLY SHINING UP IN THE SKY, SOME TIME AFTER SUNRISE.) (AQ-250 1. SUNRISE, LINE 5).

AQ 2883 = IN WRITTEN LANGUAGE… [THE FOUR LEVELS OF THE FIFTH UNIVERSE ARE] REPRESENTED BY THE ACCENT MARKS, THE VOWEL POINTS, THE LETTER DECORATIONS, AND BY THE LETTERS THEMSELVES = THE NCTC WAS DESIGNED TO CORRECT SOME OF THE DEFICIENCIES PREVIOUSLY CITED OF POOR COORDINATION BETWEEN PERTINENT DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES WITHIN THE US GOVERNMENT = AND THERE WAS WAR IN HEAVEN: MICHAEL AND HIS ANGELS FOUGHT AGAINST THE DRAGON; AND THE DRAGON FOUGHT AND HIS ANGELS, AND PREVAILED NOT; NEITHER WAS THEIR PLACE FOUND ANY MORE IN HEAVEN (AQ-97 REV 12:3,4,7,8) = BIND NOTHING! LET THERE BE NO DIFFERENCE MADE AMONG YOU BETWEEN ANY ONE THING & ANY OTHER THING; FOR THEREBY THERE COMETH HURT. BUT WHOSE AVAILETH IN THIS, LET HIM BE THE CHIEF OF ALL! = EXODUS 21 AND MOSES STRETCHED OUT HIS HAND OVER THE SEA; AND THE LORD CAUSED THE SEA TO GO BACK BY A STRONG EAST WIND ALL THAT NIGHT, AND MADE THE SEA DRY LAND, AND THE WATERS WERE DIVIDED (AQ-2888 EXODUS 14:21 AND MOSES STRETCHED OUT HIS HAND…) = METHOD OF ENCRYPTING ALPHABETIC TEXT BY USING A SERIES OF DIFFERENT CAESAR CIPHERS BASED ON THE LETTERS OF A KEYWORD. IT IS A SIMPLE FORM OF POLYALPHABETIC SUBSTITUTION = THE FIRST PRESUPPOSITION IS THAT CAPITAL STANDS ON ONE SIDE AND LABOUR ON THE OTHER, BOTH AS INDEPENDENT FORMS RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER; BOTH HENCE ALSO ALIEN TO ONE ANOTHER (AQ-366 THE CHAPTER ON CAPITAL; AQ-377 CURRICULUM MORTIS).

AQ 2424 = THE NCTC MUST DO MORE THAN SIMPLY CONDUCT "FUSION ANALYSIS," IT MUST ALSO BE EMPOWERED TO COORDINATE ACTION. IT NEEDS A JACK BAUER-LIKE CAPABILITY = O NOX, NOX QUI CELAS INFAMIAM INFANDI NEFANDI, DEO SOLO SIT LAUS QUI DEDIT SIGNUM NON SCRIBENDUM. LAUS VIRGINI CUIUS STUPRUM TRADIT SALUTEM = WHEN A MAN, THOUGH AWARE OF HIS MASCULINE STRENGTH, ABIDES BY A WOMANLY MEEKNESS, HE IS CONTENT TO OCCUPY THE MOST HUMBLE POSITION IN THE WORLD ({47} AQ-458 THE TAO AND CHINESE CULTURE; Tao Te Ching, Chapter 28).

AQ 2150 = UNION BETWEEN THESE TWO MYTHS: THE ARTIFICIAL WOMAN AND THE PARTURATING MAN COME TOGETHER IN THE CRUCIBLE OF THE HOMUNCULUS (AQ-199 DIRTY MAGIC) = I HONED THE ART OF BEIN', AS MY BROTHER LIKES TO PUT IT, SOUR-CASTIC WHEN I WAS THREE, AND I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REPRESS IT EVER SINCE! = TAURUS 17° AN IMAGINATIVE BATTLE IS UNDERWAY BETWEEN SWORDS (THE DISCIPLES OF MIGHT) AND TORCHES (THE DISCIPLES OF ENLIGHTENMENT) = THERE IS ONE ARGUMENT BEING USED BY ADVOCATES OF GO BIG MAKING THE ROUNDS RIGHT NOW WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE NEAR UNIVERSAL ACCEPTANCE = WIT EXPRESSED A TRUTH THAT WE REFUSE TO RECOGNISE AND WE WOULD NEVER ADMIT TO IF IT WAS AFFIRMED SERIOUSLY AND EXPLICITLY.

AQ 1871 = AS STRANGE AS IT MAY SOUND, ONE OF THE MOST URGENT PROBLEMS FACING NSA IS A SEVERE SHORTAGE OF ELECTRICAL POWER = CLASS CONFLICT UNDER CAPITALISM SPONTANEOUSLY FINDS ITS FIRST EXPRESSION AT THE POINT OF PRODUCTION = I READ THE GRUNDRISSE AND HEGEL, AND WAS INCREASINGLY DRAWN TO THE NOTION THAT THERE WAS A MISSING SIDE IN CAPITAL.

AQ 5059 = IT IS IN THE "HERMETIC AND ALCHEMICAL WRITINGS OF PARACELSUS," HOWEVER, THAT I FIND THE MOST INTERESTING UNION BETWEEN THESE TWO MYTHS: THE ARTIFICIAL WOMAN AND THE PARTURATING MAN COME TOGETHER IN THE CRUCIBLE OF THE HOMUNCULUS, AND LEAD ME TO MY CONCLUSIONS ABOUT SEIÐR, SCIENCE, THE BODY, AND "DIRTY" MAGIC (AQ-199 DIRTY MAGIC) = RAYMOND DESCAT'S 'ARGYRONETOS: LES TRANSFORMATIONS DE L'ÉCHANGE DANS LA GRÈCE ARCHAIQUE' IS A RICH AND ENERGETIC PIECE WITH WIDE SIGNIFICANCE, TYING TOGETHER A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT STRANDS IN THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL HISTORY OF ARCHAIC GREECE -- THOUGH IT STARTS ALMOST FROM A SINGLE WORD IN ATHENAEUS = STRANGER: I SAT THAT THAT WHICH HAS ACQUIRED ANY POWER (CAPACITY) OF ANY KIND, EITHER TO CREATE A CHANGE IN ANYTHING OF ANY NATURE [247E] OR TO BE AFFECTED EVEN IN THE LEAST BY THE SLIGHTEST, EVEN IF ONLY ON ONE OCCASION, ALL THIS ACTUALLY IS. FOR I SET UP THE TERM TO DIVIDE BEINGS TO BE NOTHING ELSE BUT POWER (CAPACITY).

AQ 3426 = FOR THE OPPRESSED CLASS TO BE ABLE TO EMANCIPATE ITSELF, IT IS NECESSARY THAT THE PRODUCTIVE POWERS ALREADY ACQUIRED AND THE EXISTING SOCIAL RELATIONS SHOULD NO LONGER BE CAPABLE OF EXISTING SIDE BY SIDE = THAT MEANS THAT BETWEEN JANUARY AND AUGUST 2010, THE US WILL HAVE TO REDEPLOY APPROXIMATELY 80,000 TROOPS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT - AT PRECISELY THE SAME TIME THEY WOULD HAVE TO DEPLOY 40,000 TO AFGHANISTAN = IF THEY PRESS ON RELENTLESSLY [TO FIGHT DEFLATION] TILL THE FINAL END, THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE OUTCOME: THE US DOLLAR WILL BE JOINING THE LONG LIST OF FAILED FIAT PAPER MONEY IN THE ANNALS OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION = WHAT I SAY IS MISSING IS THAT WHOLE SIDE OF MARX WHICH RECOGNIZES THE CONCEPT OF REVOLUTIONARY PRACTICE, THAT THROUGH THEIR STRUGGLES PEOPLE TRANSFORM BOTH THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES AND THEMSELVES.

AQ 3456 = IN SHORT, CONDITIONS ON THE GROUND IN AFGHANISTAN OF LATE 2009 ARE NOTHING LIKE THAT OF IRAQ OF EARLY 2007 AND THERE IS LITTLE REASON TO BELIEVE THE TACTICAL SUCCESS OF THE IRAQ SURGE CAN BE REPEATED TODAY IN AFGHANISTAN = THE IRAQI POLITICAL ORDER IS NEARLY DYSFUNCTIONAL, AND THERE IS LITTLE THAT CAN CURRENTLY BE DONE, POLITICALLY OR PRACTICALLY, ABOUT THE SPONSORS OF ISLAMIST SUBVERSION IN IRAN, SYRIA, AND SAUDI ARABIA.

AQ 3469 = FEW AMERICANS REALIZE, HOWEVER, THAT AFTER THE BRITISH WITHDREW OUR COUNTRY ALMOST DISINTEGRATED \BECAUSE OF SIGNIFICANT INTERNAL DISPUTES BETWEEN THE VARIOUS STATES AND POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS = IT WASN'T UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 3800 B.C. THAT BRONZE WAS PRODUCED IN TEPE YAHYA, IRAN FROM THE ACCIDENTAL BLENDING OF COPPER WITH OTHER METALS. THIS NEW MIXTURE EXHIBITED BETTER PROPERTIES THAN COPPER ALONE.

AQ 1030 = CHANNELS FOR CHHI; THE MILITARY DIVINER AND HIS HUMMING TUBES = I SEE IN YOUR EYES THE SAME FEAR THAT WOULD TAKE THE HEART OF ME (AQ-356 BATTLE OF THE BLACK GATE) = THIS MUST STOP; THE US MUST HOLD THESE PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE = WE CAME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION SO WE RAN A SHIP-WIDE DIAGNOSTIC (AQ-356 SHIP-WIDE DIAGNOSTIC).

AQ 1218 = ATTAINMENT OF THE KNOWLEDGE AND CONVERSATION OF THE HOLY GUARDIAN ANGEL = IT IS NECESSARY THAT THE FICTIONS MUST BE OPENED UP TO PARTICIPATION = PASSED A TIPPING POINT IN REGARDS TO THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SUPPORT = THIS FUNNY WORK ALAN HAS IMPROVISED (CROSSTARRIE, BUTTON AND TWIGS).

AQ 1214 = DE-CISION [LITERALLY, A CUTTING OFF] WHERE THE SUBJECT IS BORN OF THE ABYSS = IN 1901 ALL THE WORLD'S RECORDS, EXCEPT ONE, WERE HELD BY MYSELF AND ECKENSTEIN = ONE OF THE FIRST HARD QUESTIONS AMERICAN DECISION-MAKERS MUST ANSWER = TURNING POINTS: ESSAYS IN THE HISTORY OF CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS.

AQ 8385 = SPECIAL NOTE: NIGHTWATCH HAS BEEN STUDYING THE UNCLASSIFIED FIGHTING REPORTS IN AFGHANISTAN BY DISTRICT FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF OCTOBER. THE NIGHTWATCH FOCUS, AS ALWAYS, IS ON THE NOW 400 DISTRICTS BECAUSE THEY ARE WHERE THE GOVERNMENT SUCCEEDS OR FAILS, MUCH MORE THAN IN KABUL. THAT MEANS THEY ARE WHERE THE TALIBAN EXPLOIT CORRUPTION, BAD GOVERNMENT AND THE ABSENCE OF GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO EXPAND. THE FIGHT FOR AFGHANISTAN IS NOT WON IN KABUL. THAT IS JUST THE PRIZE THAT GOES TO THE WINNER (AQ-224 NIGHTWATCH 20091018) = NOW IF YOU'RE LIKE ME I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THESE ELEMENTS WERE. I HAD HEARD OF PLATINUM, PLATINUM JEWELRY, BUT WHAT ARE THESE OTHER ELEMENTS. WELL THERE ARE SIX PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS IN THE PERIODIC TABLE NOT JUST PLATINUM. THEY DIDN'T FIND OUT ABOUT THEM AT THE SAME TIME SO THEY HAVE BEEN ADDED ONE AT A TIME. THEY ARE ALL ELEMENTS JUST LIKE IRON, COBALT AND NICKEL ARE THREE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS RUTHENIUM, RHODIUM AND PALLADIUM ARE LIGHT PLATINUMS AND OSMIUM, IRIDIUM AND PLATINUM ARE THE HEAVY PLATINUMS (AQ-696 SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND MODERN ALCHEMY).

AQ 206 = 400 DISTRICTS = LEAVE-TAKING = 38TH PARALLEL = CERTIORARI = CLARA VENUS = FIELD MANUAL 3-24 = HOLE IN SPACE.

AQ 1080 = A CIRCLE IS DIVIDED INTO 400 GRADS, WHICH IS EQUAL TO 360 DEGREES AND 2π RADIANS = IMMEDIATELY NARROW OPTIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES (AQ-288 THINKING IN TIME).

AQ 1160 = A CIRCLE IS DIVIDED INTO 400 GRADS, WHICH IS EQUAL TO 360 DEGREES AND 2π RADIANS (π=80) = FOCUS ON THE SELF-DEVELOPMENT OF PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR STRUGGLES = FOCUSING ON MATTERS OF EVIDENCE PROVIDES MOMENTARY PROTECTION ({38} AQ-488 UNREASONING FROM ANALOGIES) = LET ME GIVE YOU MY INTERPRETATION OF THE CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE = USE THE REVERSE SCIENTIFIC METHOD TO ARRIVE AT THEIR CONCLUSIONS.

AQ 3438 = (SEAL IN COPPER.) DUKES.--(2.) AGARES; (6.) VALEFOR; (8.) BARBATOS; (11.) GUSION;(15.) ELIGOS; (16.) ZEPAR; (18.) BATHIM; (19.) SALLOS; (23.) AIM; (26.) BUNÉ; (28.) BERITH; (29.) ASTAROTH; (41.) FOCALOR; (42.) VEPAR; (47.) VUAL; (49.) CROCELL; (52.) ALLOCES; (54.) MURMUR; (56.) GREMORY; (60.) VAPULA; (64.) HAURES; (67.) AMDUSIAS; (71.) DANTALION = A YOUNGER CONTEMPORARY OF SOCRATES, KRATYLOS IS MENTIONED AS ONE OF THE TEACHERS OF PLATO. KRATYLOS ESPOUSED A RADICAL AND SIMPLIFIED VERSION OF HERACLITUS' DOCTRINE THAT ALL IS IN CONTINUOUS FLUX = COLLAPSE VI: GEO/PHILOSOPHY BEGINS WITH THE PROVISIONAL PREMISE THAT THE EARTH DOES NOT SQUARE ELEMENTS OF THOUGHT BUT RATHER ROUNDS THEM UP INTO A CONTINUOUS SPATIAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL HORIZON.

AQ 823 = HERE COME OL' FLATTOP, HE COME GROOVIN' UP SLOWLY = TO BRING TOGETHER ALL OF THE RAW INTELLIGENCE DATA (AQ-242 GO BIG OR GO DEEP).

AQ 377 = 11. THE NINE SITUATIONS = SUN TZU'S ART OF WAR.

AQ 499 = CLASSIC TWO-TRACK STRATEGY (AQ-217 NIGHTWATCH 20091020) = COMMONLY KNOWN AS CHHI PU FÊN.

AQ 754 = OPERATION RAH-E-HIJAT IN SOUTH WAZIRISTAN (AQ-217 NIGHTWATCH 20091020) = SUN TZU'S ART OF WAR : 11. THE NINE SITUATIONS.

AQ 433 = THE HELMAND VALLEY REGION = A DRAGON FLYING IN THE SKY.

AQ 5971 = BAZMELO I TA PI RIPSON OLN NA ZA VABH OX CASARMG VRAN CHIS VGEG DSA BRAMIG BAL TO HA GOHO I AD SOLAMIAN TRIAN TA LOL CIS A BA I UO NIN OD A ZI AGI ER RIOR IR GIL CHIS DA DS PA A OX BUFD CAOSGO DS CHIS ODI PURAN TELOAH CACRG ISALMAN LONCHO OD VOUINA CARBAF NIISO BAGLE AUAUAGA GOHON NIISO BAGLE MOMAO SIAION OD MABZA IAD O I AS MO MAR POILP NIIS ZAMRAN CI A O FI CAOSGO OD BLIORS OD CORSI TA A BRA MIG = IT IS NOW VITAL THAT ALL ELEMENTS OF AFGHAN SOCIETY CONTINUE TO COME TOGETHER TO ADVANCE DEMOCRACY, PEACE AND JUSTICE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO A SECOND ROUND OF VOTING, AND THE COMPLETION OF THE PROCESS TO CHOOSE THE PRESIDENT OF AFGHANISTAN. IN THAT EFFORT, THE UNITED STATES AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ARE COMMITTED TO PARTNERING WITH THE AFGHAN PEOPLE.

AQ 3967 = INSECURITY IN THE COUNTRY PREVENTED SOME AFGHANS FROM VOTING, BUT IT IS A TESTIMONY TO THE BRAVERY OF THE AFGHAN PEOPLE THAT SO MANY OF THEM DID COME OUT TO VOTE IN THE FIRST ROUND UNDER TREMENDOUSLY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES = THE STALLED OPERATION ESTABLISHES THAT THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO ASSERT ITS MANDATE AGAINST THE ARRAY OF ITS OPPONENTS IN THE MOST IMPORTANT CITY IN IRAQ. NO FORCE OUTSIDE IRAN MIGHT HAVE THAT CAPABILITY (AQ-226 NIGHTWATCH 20080328) = THIS SPEECH GAVE BEN BERNAKE THE NICKNAME OF “HELICOPTER BEN.” HE IS A STUDENT OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND IS CONVINCED THAT DEFLATION MUST BE PREVENTED AT ALL COST. PARTICULARLY, HE IS OBSESSED WITH SOMETHING KNOWN AS THE “ZERO BOUND PROBLEM” (AQ-882 MILTON FRIEDMAN'S FAMOUS "HELICOPTER DROP" OF MONEY).

AQ 345 = ZERO BOUND PROBLEM = AWAKENING MOVEMENT = IRRESISTIBLE FORCE ({36} AQ-488 UNREASONING FROM ANALOGIES) = ON BEHALF OF ALL AFGHANS = OPERATION FOLADI JAL (AQ-227 NIGHTWATCH 20090706) = THE COUNTER-WEIGHT.

AQ 905 = THE METAL OF ONE PLANET, MARS, IS EXCLUDED FROM THE LIST = IMPLICATIONS FOR OPERATIONAL SUSTAINMENT DESIGN (AQ-416 PIVOTS OF OPERATIONS) = KARZAI IS BOUND TO ACCEPT THE RESULTS BASED ON THE LAW (AQ-217 NIGHTWATCH 20091020).

AQ 527 = MARS, IS EXCLUDED FROM THE LIST = JOINT SUSTAINMENT DOCTRINE (AQ-416 PIVOTS OF OPERATIONS) = PAVLO ROMANOVYCH POPOVYCH = THE BRAVERY OF THE AFGHAN PEOPLE = USUS+FRUCTUS=POSSESSION.

AQ 3120 = ¹SO GOES THE PLAN. BUT AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF WAR, THIS APPROACH IS SURPRISINGLY IGNORANT OF BOTH THE REALITIES OF AFGHAN SOCIETY AND THE LIMITATIONS OF AMERICA'S TOLERANCE FOR CASUALTIES (AQ-403 THE AFGHANISTAN PROBLEM¹) = THE FRENCH IMPRESSIONISTS WERE GREATLY INFLUENCED BY CHEVREUL’S BOOK, AND GEORGES-PIERRE SEURAT, IN PARTICULAR, BECAME OBSESSED BY CHEVREUL’S THEORIES WITH HIS POINTILLISM STYLE.

AQ 3901 = ²AMERICANS, INSISTENT THAT THE DOMINION OVER WHICH THEY PRESIDE DOES NOT MEET THE DEFINITION OF EMPIRE, EVINCE LITTLE INTEREST IN HOW THE BRITISH, RUSSIANS, OR OTHERS HAVE FARED IN ATTEMPTING TO IMPOSE THEIR WILL ON THE AFGHANS (AQ-322 THE WAR WE CAN'T WIN²) = IN PEACOCK FEATHERS, COLOR IS PRODUCED BY THE REFLECTION OF LIGHT WITH FREQUENCIES WITHIN THE PARTIAL PHOTONIC BAND GAP. IF YOU CHANGE THE VIEW ANGLE, THE PARTIAL PHOTONIC BAND GAP WILL SHIFT TO SHORT WAVELENGTHS FOR OBLIQUE INCIDENCE.

AQ 6044 = ²AMERICA'S MESOPOTAMIAN MISADVENTURE CONTINUES. PRETENDING THAT THE SURGE HAS REDEEMED THE IRAQ WAR IS AKIN TO CLAIMING THAT WHEN ANDY JACKSON "CAUGHT THE BLOODY BRITISH IN THE TOWN OF NEW ORLEANS" HE THEREBY ENABLED THE UNITED STATES TO EMERGE VICTORIOUS FROM THE WAR OF 1812. SUCH A JUDGMENT WORKS WELL AS FOLKLORE BUT IGNORES AN ABUNDANCE OF CONTRARY EVIDENCE = VLADAN, ON THE OTHER HAND, DISGUSTED WITH THE IDEA OF ISTREF'S FINDING HIS PLACE IN THE NEW AND, AS HE PERCEIVES IT, BARBAROUS AND PRIMITIVE SOCIETY, COMMITS A REALLY NASTY THING BY SYMBOLICALLY KILLING THE PIGS THAT HIS CO-HABITANTS BROUGHT TO LIVE IN THE BACKYARD OF HIS FAMILY HOME AND THIS WITH THE SWORD EVOKING THE PAST HEROIC AND GLORIOUS TIMES OF HIS FAMILY.

AQ 7129 = ¹FRANKLY, WE DON'T HAVE THE HUMAN RESOURCES TO DO WORK OF THIS KIND. VERY FEW WESTERNERS SPEAK A LOCAL LANGUAGE, AND IT IS TOO MUCH TO EXPECT SOLDIERS CARRYING HEAVY PACKS TO HAVE SUSTAINED CONTACT WITH THE POPULATION IN HOSTILE VILLAGES, WHERE THE THREAT OF IEDS IS ALWAYS PRESENT. THE POPULATION RARELY CONFRONTS FOREIGNERS DIRECTLY -- IT IS NOT POLITE -- BUT IT PURSUES INDIRECT MEANS OF NEGOTIATION AND FIGHTING = FOR FAR TOO LONG THE ACCENT WAS PLACED ON CREATIVITY. PEOPLE ARE ONLY CREATIVE TO THE EXTENT THEY AVOID TASKS AND SUPERVISION. WORK IS A SUPERVISED TASK - ITS MODEL: POLITICAL AND TECHNICAL WORK - IS ATTENDED BY DIRT AND DETRITUS, INTRUDES DESTRUCTIVELY INTO MATTER, IS ABRASIVE TO WHAT IS ALREADY ACHIEVED, CRITICAL TOWARD ITS CONDITIONS, AND IS IN ALL THIS OPPOSITE TO THAT OF THE DILETTANTE LUXURIATING IN CREATION.

AQ 7784 = ¹IN ARMY GEN. STANLEY A. MCCHRYSTAL'S VIEW, THE KEY TO SUCCESS IN AFGHANISTAN IS TO "SECURE THE POPULATION." THE THINKING IS THAT THE POPULATED AREA OF THE COUNTRY, LARGELY THE PASHTUN BELT IN THE SOUTH AND THE EAST, MUST BE CLEARED OF TALIBAN INSURGENTS. CONCURRENTLY, THE U.S. MUST WIN HEARTS AND MINDS THROUGH LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. OVER TIME, WITH ENOUGH U.S. TROOPS, THE POPULATION WILL COME TO FEEL PROTECTED AND THE INSURGENTS WILL BE MARGINALIZED = LUTHER, WITHOUT QUESTION, OVERCAME SERVITUDE THROUGH DEVOTION, BUT ONLY BY SUBSTITUTING SERVITUDE THROUGH CONVICTION. HE SHATTERED THE FAITH IN AUTHORITY BY RESTORING THE AUTHORITY OF FAITH. HE TRANSFORMED THE PRIESTS INTO LAYMEN BY TURNING LAYMEN INTO PRIESTS. HE LIBERATED MAN FROM EXTERNAL RELIGIOSITY BY MAKING RELIGIOSITY THE INNER MOST ESSENCE OF MAN. HE LIBERATED THE BODY FROM ITS CHAINS BECAUSE HE FETTERED THE HEART WITH CHAINS.

AQ 8079 = ¹TO SUCCEED, THE COALITION MUST FOCUS ON SECURING AFGHANISTAN'S CITIES, WHERE INSTITUTION-BUILDING CAN TAKE PLACE AND THE POPULATION IS NEUTRAL OR EVEN FAVORABLE TO THE COALITION. THE AFGHAN ARMY AND, IN CERTAIN CASES, SMALL MILITIAS MUST PROTECT CITIES, TOWNS AND THE ROADS LINKING THEM. FEWER CASUALTIES WILL BUY THE COALITION TIME TO BUILD UP THE AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES, STABILIZING THE COUNTRY AND ALLOWING IT TO FOCUS ON AL QAEDA, THE ENEMY THAT ATTACKED THE UNITED STATES ON 9/11 = THE EXALTED AND DIVINIZED MOSES IS THE HERO OF THE DRAMA, YET IT IS RAGUEL WHO DISCERNS THE MEANING OF MOSES' THRONE VISION. THIS ARTICLE ARGUES THAT RAGUEL'S SUPERNATURAL INTERPRETIVE ABILITY, AS WELL AS THE NAME, TITLES, AND CHARACTERISTICS ATTRIBUTED TO HIM IN THE DRAMA, SUGGEST A TRANSCENDENT IDENTITY. RAGUEL MAY, IN FACT, BE AN ANGEL, A PARALLEL TO THE ANGELIC FIGURES IN OTHER APOCALYPTIC WORKS WHO ACCOMPANY THE EXALTED PATRIARCHS IN THEIR ASCENT AND INTERPRET THEIR VISIONS.

AQ 3197 = DUKES.--(2.) AGARES; (6.) VALEFOR; (8.) BARBATOS; (11.) GUSION;(15.) ELIGOS; (16.) ZEPAR; (18.) BATHIM; (19.) SALLOS; (23.) AIM; (26.) BUNÉ; (28.) BERITH; (29.) ASTAROTH; (41.) FOCALOR; (42.) VEPAR; (47.) VUAL; (49.) CROCELL; (52.) ALLOCES; (54.) MURMUR; (56.) GREMORY; (60.) VAPULA; (64.) HAURES; (67.) AMDUSIAS; (71.) DANTALION = THE ABILITY TO DETECT BROADER AND MORE DIVERSE TERRORIST PLOTTING IN THIS ENVIRONMENT WILL CHALLENGE CURRENT US DEFENSIVE EFFORTS AND THE TOOLS WE USE TO DETECT AND DISRUPT PLOTS (AQ-882 NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATES AND THE NIE PROCESS).

AQ 4135 = SUN TZU SAID: THE ART OF WAR RECOGNIZES NINE VARIETIES OF GROUND: (1) DISPERSIVE GROUND; (2) FACILE GROUND; (3) CONTENTIOUS GROUND; (4) OPEN GROUND; (5) GROUND OF INTERSECTING HIGHWAYS; (6) SERIOUS GROUND; (7) DIFFICULT GROUND; (8) HEMMED-IN GROUND; (9) DESPERATE GROUND = INDIFFERENT TO LANGUAGE, ENIGMATIC AND FEMININE, THIS SPACE UNDERLYING THE WRITTEN IS RHYTHMIC, UNFETTERED, IRREDUCIBLE TO ITS INTELLIGIBLE VERBAL TRANSLATION: IT IS MUSICAL, ANTERIOR TO JUDGMENT, BUT RESTRAINED BY A SINGLE GUARANTEE: SYNTAX.

AQ 328 = DATA SET (GROUND DATA) = MALARKEY MILKSHAKE = PATH TO SALVATION = STÅRGÅTE UNIVERSE = THE CORE OF THE FORCE.

AQ 5209 = ORBITAL MANEUVER WHEREIN DISCOVERY ROTATED OUT-OF-PLANE, FIRED ONE OMS ENGINE TO MOVE TO A DIFFERENT ORBITAL TRACK, RAPIDLY TURNED AROUND 180° USING RCS THRUSTERS AND RETURNED TO ITS ORIGINAL ORBITAL TRACK. THIS RAPID SEQUENCE OF MANEUVERS WAS NAMED AFTER THE LEADER OF THE JSC GUIDANCE TEAM WHICH DEVELOPED IT = AFCEA INTELLIGENCE SEEKS TO BE THE PREMIER INTELLIGENCE ASSOCIATION, PROVIDING THE STRUCTURE AND INTERACTIVE FORUM FOR NETWORKING AND SHARING IDEAS IN ORDER TO STRENGTHEN THE PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND TO ADVOCATE FOR FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE IN SUPPORT OF IMPROVED NATIONAL SECURITY.

AQ 200 = EURO COINS = IMAGINE, NOW (AQ-242 GO BIG OR GO DEEP) = MINI-METHOD ({37} AQ-488 UNREASONING FROM ANALOGIES).

AQ 1535 = 2 CENT EURO COINS (€0.02) HAVE A VALUE OF ONE-FIFTIETH OF A EURO AND ARE COMPOSED OF COPPER-COVERED STEEL = START WITH THE TONE. UP A FULL TONE. DOWN A MAJOR THIRD. NOW DROP AN OCTAVE. UP A PERFECT FIFTH = SUPERFICIAL ANALYSIS OF THE CONSTANTLY EXPLODING VOLUME OF COLLECTED INTELLIGENCE DATA (AQ-227 NIGHTWATCH 20090706).

AQ 5168 = WHAT MAN IS AT EASE IN HIS INN? GET OUT. WIDE IS THE WORLD AND COLD. GET OUT. THOU HAST BECOME AN IN-ITIATE. GET OUT. BUT THOU CANST NOT GET OUT BY THE WAY THOU CAMEST IN. THE WAY OUT IS THE WAY. GET OUT. FOR OUT IS LOVE AND WISDOM AND POWER. GET OUT. IF THOU HAST T ALREADY, FIRST GET UT. THEN GET O. AND SO AT LAST GET OUT = AND THERE IS A WRITING IN AN ARCH THAT SPANS THE CROSS, IN AN ALPHABET IN WHICH THE LETTERS ARE ALL FORMED OF LITTLE DAGGERS, CROSS-HILTED, DIFFERENTLY ARRANGED. AND THE WRITING IS: WORSHIP IN THE BODY THE THINGS OF THE BODY; WORSHIP IN THE MIND THE THINGS OF THE MIND; WORSHIP IN THE SPIRIT THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT.

05307 = ΚΕΦΑΛΗ ΚΓ • 23 • SKIDOO • WHAT MAN IS AT EASE IN HIS INN? GET OUT. WIDE IS THE WORLD AND COLD. GET OUT. THOU HAST BECOME AN IN-ITIATE. GET OUT. BUT THOU CANST NOT GET OUT BY THE WAY THOU CAMEST IN. THE WAY OUT IS THE WAY. GET OUT. FOR OUT IS LOVE AND WISDOM AND POWER.(12) GET OUT. IF THOU HAST T ALREADY, FIRST GET UT.(13) THEN GET O. AND SO AT LAST GET OUT = WHEN SULLA SOUGHT TO RESTORE ROME HER LIBERTY, SHE COULD NO LONGER RECEIVE IT; SHE RETAINED BUT A FAINT VESTIGE OF VIRTUE; AND, SINCE SHE HAD CONTINUALLY LESS OF THIS, INSTEAD OF WAKING AFTER CAESAR, TIBERIUS, CAIUS, CLAUDIUS, NERO, DOMITIAN, SHE WAS EVER MORE ENSLAVED: EACH BLOW FELL UPON THE TYRANT, NONE UPON TYRANNY.

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AQ-232 ALLEGRA GELLER.

SEG 141 = ALLEGORIA DE CAISSA = DAVID CRONENBERG = EUREKA MOMENT = IMBAS FOROSNAI = INTERNET MEME = LUX ARDORIS.

SEG-56 ALLEGRA = 265+379+337+137 = RULE || SEG-59 GELLER = ACTS 19:15 = DIRECT = JEGICHAGI = TALIBAN.

SEG 202 = YVGENY NOURISH = A CARAFE OF CONSIDERATION = A LITTLE MORE COWBELL = A NEW RECOMMIT RECORD = AFGHANISTAN AND ANALOGIES = ASGARD COMPUTER CORE = COMMUNITY RATING = GLOBAL STATUS QUO = GROOVE BETWEEN THEM (AQ-126 GEMELLI) = KYRIE FOR THE MAGDALENE = NETROOTS RISING = NICKNAMED "LITTLE AMERICA" = STÅRGÅTE UNIVERSE.

SEG 167 = COUNTER-COINING = DIALING COMPUTER = FIELD PROGRAMMING = STARGATE CONCEPT = THE BLACK BROTHERS = THE HELMAND VALLEY = TIME DILATION FIELD.

SEG 47 = ALSO = COBOL = JOHN = JSOC = WALK.

SEG 55 = CUJU = DOUGH = FINAL HE' = XIV.

SEG 77 = AN FORRAD = GRADECTS = MATTER = GAME URGE.

SEG 85 = ELEMENT 47 = SILVER.

SEG 93 = AG, ELEMENT 47 = CAPSTONE = GOING HOME = JOHN BOYD = PLEACHIST = THE ORDER.

SEG 72 = AIWASS = AMBER SEED = COWBELL = FIANNA FÁIL = THE KOM.

SEG 178 = SILVER, AG, ELEMENT 47 = HYPERSTITION = 2, 3, 11, 23, 983, 2179, 24631, 3626149, 253450711, 596572387 = STARGATE PROJECT = PROGENITOR KING (AQ-94 THE'U-RANG, AQ-94 9 CHEVRON, AQ-94 MAAS BIOLABS {AQ-218 COUNT ZERO}).

SEG 599 = THE FIRST WEDDERBURN-ETHERINGTON NUMBERS THAT ARE PRIMES = WERE YOU WONDERING WHY I BOTHERED WITH RULE XIV TODAY?

SEG 111 = 4.134105 X 1028 YEARS (AQ-214 2012 PHENOMENON) = ABELMOSK SEED = ANGEL LUST = BETA DRACONIS = CHANGE THE PLL = RULE XIV = TIME ZERO

SEG 538 = THE MAGUS IS [IH] - THE VIRGIN IS [HV] - AIWASS IS OF COURSE [SH] = THE TAO OF HEAVEN IS LIKE AN ARROW, YET IT WOUNDETH NOT = WHEN THE GREAT CYCLE OF THE LONG COUNT REACHES COMPLETION.

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Soyuz TMA-16/20S launch [30 Sep 2009|12:15am]
[ music | Mamy Blue ]


















Союз ТМА-16
Commander: Max Suraev
Launch Date: Sept. 30, 2009
Launch Time: 10:14:42 a.m. DMT
Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome - LC-1/5

09/30/09 -- Soyuz TMA-16/20S launch (3:14:42am, Baikonur: 1:14:42pm, Moscow DMT: 10:14:42am) -- J. Williams/M. Suraev/G. Laliberté

AQ 4629 = FROM THIS DESCRIPTION OF UNICORNS GREW THE FOLLOWING AENIGMA: CERVUM FRONTE REFERT, ELEPHANTUM SED PEDE, CAUDA APRUM, VOCE BOVEM, CORPORE PRODIT EQUUM [RIDDLE: HIS FRONT RECALLS THE DEER, BUT HIS FEET THE ELEPHANT, HIS TAIL THE BOAR, HIS VOICE THE COW, AND HIS BODY REVEALS THE HORSE] (AQ-277 HERBARZ POLSKI, AQ-320 MINCHIATE UNICORN) = THE MAGUS IS [IH] PROVIDING THE ENERGY & THE SUBSTANCE OF THE PANTACLE. THE VIRGIN IS [HV] RECEIVING & INTERPRETING & ALSO EXPRESSING IT INTELLECTUALLY & IMPRESSING THAT IDEA UPON THE COIN. AIWASS IS OF COURSE [SH] HARMONIZING ALL FOUR, & INSPIRING THE WHOLE CONCEPTION & EXECUTION (AQ-832 THE MAGICAL DIARIES OF ALEISTER CROWLEY: TUNISIA 1923, p102).


AQ 1503 = CERVUM FRONTE REFERT, ELEPHANTUM SED PEDE, CAUDA APRUM, VOCE BOVEM, CORPORE PRODIT EQUUM = ASTRONOMICAL DATA FOR THE TRANSNEPTUNIAN FACTORS OF ALFRED WITTE AND FRIEDRICH SIEGGRÜN = GO DEEP OFFERS THE BEST CHANCE OF SUCCESS BETWEEN THE OPTIONS CURRENTLY BEING CONSIDERED (AQ-242 GO BIG OR GO DEEP) = IF THIS HIGHLY REGARDED COLONEL IS RIGHT, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HIS VIEW CANNOT BE OVERSTATED (AQ-242 GO BIG OR GO DEEP) = SOLUTIONS TO THE "PROBLEM" THAT LAYS OUT THE MANIFOLD OPTIONS FOR INCARNATING BODIES (AQ-768 THE GEOPHILOSOPHIES OF DELEUZE AND GUATTARI {PDF}) »

AQ 1118 = THE MAGUS IS [IH] PROVIDING THE ENERGY & THE SUBSTANCE OF THE PANTACLE = 356-T6 ALUMINUM INVESTMENT CASTING HOUSING WHICH IS TEFLON COATED = A LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS, AND THE DARKNESS HAS NOT OVERCOME IT = ACCORDANCE WITH UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1723 = ADAM STORCH NAMED MANAGING EXECUTIVE OF SEC'S ENFORCEMENT DIVISION = CHANCES OF ALCHEMICAL SUCCESS IN THE EXTERNAL WORLD ARE DIMINISHING = EVEN THE DARK SIDE POTENTIAL IS A SOURCE OF OFTEN UNAVOWED DELIGHT = MILITARY ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR SEPARATION OF AIRCRAFT = NETROOTS, GRASSROOTS, AND THE RISE OF PEOPLE-POWERED POLITICS = QUELLI DELLI MORTACCI DELLI MORTACCI DELLI MORTACCI (BOOM) SUA, OH YEAH = RASTABAN (THE POINT OF ORIGIN ALLOWING A ROUTE TO BE EXTRAPOLATED) = SAMADHI ARISES FROM PRECEPTS, AND WISDOM IS REVEALED OUT OF SAMADHI = SOUP OF AER AND ERATH, WITH A LARGER PROPORTION OF ERATH INVOLVED = THE GROUND IN WHICH TO OPEN UP NEW TERRITORY TO CREATE WITHIN = THE OVERALL EFFECTS OF SOFTWARE DEFECTS ON BUSINESS PERFORMANCE = THE TRADITIONAL BOGEYS OF MATERIALISM: DETERMINISM AND VITALISM = THOSE LETTERS WHICH WE CALL DOUBLE [Ζ Ξ Ψ = δς, κς, πς] ARE THE IMAGES OF THESE ELEMENTS.

AQ 1974 = THE VIRGIN IS [HV] RECEIVING & INTERPRETING & ALSO EXPRESSING IT INTELLECTUALLY & IMPRESSING THAT IDEA UPON THE COIN = A GROUP OF OLD-FASHIONED AUTOMOBILES COMPRISE A CARAVAN OF SETTLERS ON THE MOVE; A FRESH ENTHUSIASM MARKS THE PARTY = AT THAT POINT, IT'S JUST A SIMPLE MATTER OF RE-ARRANGING ALL THAT DATA INTO THE EXACT CARD TEXT OF ALL THE CARDS IN THE SET = CAPRICORN 30° IN THE MAHOGANY-PANELED AND MAGNIFICENTLY FURNISHED DIRECTOR'S ROOM A SECRET BUSINESS CONFERENCE HAS BEGUN = ECCLESIASTICAL REFORM OF DRASTIC NATURE IS IN PROGRESS AND A PURGED AND PURIFIED PRIESTCRAFT OPENS A NEW MINISTRY.

AQ 1537 = AIWASS IS OF COURSE [SH] HARMONIZING ALL FOUR, & INSPIRING THE WHOLE CONCEPTION & EXECUTION = A BEAUTIFUL EXPANSE SHOWS NATURAL STEPS LEADING UPWARD TO A LAWN OF CLOVER IN FULL BLOOM = Æthyrs 30-28: 4C•5W·9S § 2W·10D·3S § 6W·4D·10W ::: Æthyrs 27-19: 8S·9W·3C·2C·5S·6S·2S·2D·7D ::: Æthyrs 18-10: 4W·6D·8C·8W·3W·9C·7W·6C·5C ::: Æthyrs 1-9: 10S·9D·7C·5D·8D·3D·7S·10C·4S = AFTER THE DOUBLE EXCURSION INTO MISFORTUNE, THE CURRENT RETURNS TO THE MIDDLE PILLAR = FIELD THAT STUDIES THE COLLECTIVE PATTERNS EMERGING FROM MANY INTERACTING COMPONENTS = FIGURE 3 SHOWS U.S. IMPORTS OF GOODS AND SERVICES AS A PERCENTAGE OF REST-OF-WORLD GDP SINCE 1980 = PHILOSOPHERS TEND TO ASK FACILELY FOR A GENERAL KIND OF THING AND WIND UP UNFAIR TO THE FACTS = SELECTION OF A DIVERGENT SERIES THAT ACTUALIZES A CERTAIN SET OF VIRTUAL SINGULARITIES = THERE IS A MYSTIQUE ABOUT PLAYING CARDS THAT PERMEATES CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN CULTURE = THERE IS A PASSAGE IN THE PU HUANG YAO CHÜEH (EFFECTIVE WAYS TO CONTROL LOCUSTS), 1885, WHICH SAYS ({546} AQ-538 SCIENCE AND CIVILISATION IN CHINA; AQ-5153 When locust nymphs are seen in abundance, there may suddenly appear small dark red insects flying among the fields. They fly swiftly. As soon as they see the larvae they bite and kill them. The people are jubilant and call them chhi pu fên (anger without exasperation). In a few days, none of the nymphs would be left) = VIDYAM CAVIDYAM CA YAS TAD VEDOBHAYAM SAHA AVIDYAYA MRTYUM TIRTVA VIDYAYAMRTAM ASNUTE.

AQ 899 = DEALER DEALS FOUR OF ♠ TO SOYUZ TMA-16 COMMANDER SURAEV = IT'S JUST A SIMPLE MATTER OF RE-ARRANGING ALL THAT DATA.



AQ 1258 = BRING INTO EXISTENCE UNFORESEEN PROPOSITIONS AND REPRESENTATIONS (AQ-306 SCHIZOANALYSIS) = INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL FACT-FINDING MISSION ON THE CONFLICT IN GEORGIA (AQ-116 IIFFMCG :: On 30 September, the results of the investigation were presented in the form of a Report to the parties to the conflict, and to the Council of the European Union, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the United Nations (UN), in the form of a Report) [+].

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STS-128 Discovery - Flight Day #15: EDW Landing [11 Sep 2009|05:53pm]
[ music | Rock and Roll (Part 2) – Gary Glitter ]








STS-128 Discovery (OV-103)
Landing Date: Sept. 11
Landing Time: 8:53 p.m. EDT
Landing Site: EDW - Runway 22

[RTF-1]-STS-114 Discovery • [RTF-2]-STS-121 Discovery
[01]-STS-115 Atlantis • [02]-STS-116 Discovery • [03]-STS-117 Atlantis
[04]-STS-118 Endeavour • [05]-STS-120 Discovery • [06]-STS-122 Atlantis
[07]-STS-123 Endeavour • [08]-STS-124 Discovery • [09]-STS-126 Endeavour
[10]-STS-119 Discovery • [11]-STS-125 Atlantis • [12]-STS-127 Endeavour
[13]-STS-128 Discovery • [14]-STS-129 Atlantis • [15]-STS-130 Endeavour
[16]-STS-131 Discovery • [17]-STS-132 Atlantis • [18]-STS-133 Endeavour
[19]-STS-134 Discovery
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DISCOVERY CREW WAKE UP (begins FD 15 :: Orbit #212 :: 09:29AM EDT)
DEORBIT PREPARATIONS BEGIN (Orbit #214 :: 12:49PM EDT)
PAYLOAD BAY DOOR CLOSING (Orbit #215 :: 02:01PM EDT)
1ST KSC OPPORTUNITY DEORBIT BURN (Orbit #217 :: 4:41PM EDT)
MILA C-BAND RADAR ACQUISITION OF DISCOVERY (Orbit #217 :: 5:35PM EDT)
1ST KSC OPPORTUNITY LANDING (Orbit #217 :: 5:48PM EDT)
2ND KSC OPPORTUNITY DEORBIT BURN (Orbit #218 :: 6:17PM EDT)
2ND KSC OPPORTUNITY LANDING (Orbit #218 :: 7:23PM EDT)
1ST EDW OPPORTUNITY DEORBIT BURN (Orbit #219 :: 7:47PM EDT)
1ST EDW OPPORTUNITY LANDING (Orbit #219 :: 8:53PM EDT)
2ND EDW OPPORTUNITY DEORBIT BURN (Orbit #220 :: 9:23PM EDT)
2ND EDW OPPORTUNITY LANDING (Orbit #220 :: 10:28PM EDT)
POST-LANDING NEWS CONFERENCE (NET L+2 HRS)

Discovery Ready for Landing :: Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:50:40 PM PDT :: Space shuttle Discovery underwent the Flight Control System checkout and Reaction Control System hotfire using all the primary jets. A piece of debris jarred loose from the shuttle during the checkout, though it was determined not to be a piece of the thermal protection system. Late inspection results cleared the Discovery's wing leading edge and nose cap and the shuttle is ready for landing. Thursday's landing opportunities begin with a planned deorbit burn at 5:59 p.m. EDT and a daylight landing at 7:05 p.m. The next opportunity is one hour after sunset with the deorbit burn at 7:36 p.m. EDT and a landing at 8:42 p.m. EDT.

Possible Engine Firing to Avoid Debris; Landing Scheduled Today :: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:05:52 AM PDT :: Ground crews are trying to determine whether an orbital adjustment engine firing is needed to move space shuttle Discovery out of the path of a piece of orbital debris. If needed, the burn will be executed at 12:02 p.m. EDT. Thursday's landing opportunities begin with a planned deorbit burn at 5:59 p.m. EDT and a daylight landing at 7:05 p.m. The next opportunity is one hour after sunset with the deorbit burn at 7:36 p.m. EDT and a landing at 8:42 p.m. EDT.

Discovery to Perform Orbital Adjustment Burn :: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:59:26 AM PDT :: Today's wakeup song was "Good Day Sunshine" by the Beatles, played for Pilot Kevin Ford at 10:59 a.m. EDT. Space shuttle Discovery will perform an orbital adjustment burn at 12:02 p.m. to avoid an unidentified piece of debris. The latest tracking data indicates that the debris will move in and out of the conjunction box around Discovery. The first time it would move within the box would be at about 12:55 p.m. Although unclear, the object is believed to be from the mission's third spacewalk. After the maneuver, the debris will no longer be an issue. This move will not have an impact on the shuttle's deorbit burn times scheduled for today, which begin with a planned deorbit burn at 5:59 p.m. and a daylight landing at 7:05 p.m. The next opportunity is one hour after sunset with the deorbit burn at 7:36 p.m. and a landing at 8:42 p.m.

Discovery Performs Orbital Adjustment Burn :: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:08:20 AM PDT :: Space shuttle Discovery performed an orbital adjustment burn at 12:02 p.m. EDT to avoid an unidentified piece of debris. Although unclear, the object is believed to be from the mission's third spacewalk.

Payload Bay Doors Closed :: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:04:19 PM PDT :: The STS-128 crew has closed Discovery’s payload bay doors. The weather conditions at Kennedy Space Center are being closely monitored.

Dynamic Weather Closely Watched :: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:57:33 PM PDT :: The weather at the Kennedy Space Center is being monitored for a planned deorbit burn at 5:57 p.m. EDT and a daylight landing at 7:04 p.m. The second opportunity is one hour after sunset with the deorbit burn at 7:35 p.m. and a landing at 8:40 p.m.

Crew to Begin Fluid Loading, Suiting Up :: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:04:24 PM PDT :: Mission control has given the crew a "go" to start fluid loading. It involves drinking large amounts of liquids and salt tablets to help readapt to gravity. The astronauts also are beginning to get into their launch/landing pressurized suits. Flight controllers continue to closely watch the weather, which is considered very dynamic. Currently, we are observed and forecast NO GO for the first landing opportunity at Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility tonight. Because of the debris avoidance maneuver conducted this afternoon, the deorbit burn now would be at 5:57 p.m. EDT for a landing at 7:04 p.m.

First Landing Opportunity Waved Off :: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:25:38 PM PDT :: The weather forecast is "no go" today for the first landing opportunity at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. If the weather cooperates for the second Kennedy landing opportunity tonight, the deorbit burn would occur at 7:35 p.m. EDT with landing at 8:40 p.m.

Second Landing Opportunity Waved Off :: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:28:51 PM PDT :: With the weather not cooperating Thursday for a second landing opportunity at Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle Discovery will stay in orbit another day.

No Go for KSC Landing Today :: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:35:53 PM PDT :: The weather forecast is "no go" for tonight's second landing opportunity at Kennedy Space Center because of the threat of rain and thunderstorms near the Shuttle Landing Facility. Entry Flight Director Richard Jones and his team are now looking at the weather forecast for a Kennedy landing tomorrow. Edwards Air Force Base in California also will be activated for possible landing possibilities.

Friday's Landing Outlook :: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:15:22 PM PDT :: The STS-128 crew has been informed that Edwards Air Force Base will be activated for landing opportunities Friday. The weather at Kennedy Space Center Friday is forecast to be dynamic again. Weather at Edwards for Friday looks good.

Friday's Landing Strategy :: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:14:02 PM PDT :: Capcom Eric Boe informed the crew that if weather looks unfavorable for Friday’s first Kennedy Space Center landing opportunity, the entry team will focus early on the 2nd landing opportunity. If weather prevents landing on the 2nd Kennedy opportunity, Boe said the shuttle will land Friday at Edwards Air Force Base.

Kennedy Landings Waved off, Discovery to Land at Edwards :: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:42:59 PM PDT :: Mission Control has decided to target Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., for today's landing since the weather at Kennedy is unstable. The deorbit burn is timelined to begin at 7:47 p.m. EDT for an 8:53 p.m. landing at Edwards. The burn lasts three to four minutes, slowing Discovery enough to begin its descent.

Flawless Landing Caps Great Mission, Officials Say :: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:07:06 PM PDT :: "It was great to get Discovery home, back on Earth," Launch Integration Manager Mike Moses said about an hour after the shuttle landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California to end the STS-128 mission. "The orbiter performed almost flawlessly (during the mission)." It will take about a week for technicians at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center to ready the shuttle for its flight across the country on the top of a modified 747, STS-128 Launch Director Pete Nickolenko said. The seven astronauts have left the shuttle and are expected to look around the bottom of the shuttle while it sits on the runway shortly.

Sturckow: Crew, Discovery 'Great' After Landing :: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:58:07 PM PDT :: Space shuttle Discovery touched down at Edwards Air Force Base In California on Friday to end a 14-day mission to the International Space Station dedicated to outfitting the orbital laboratory with new experiments, science equipment, supplies and other gear the six people living on the station will need. Unacceptable weather conditions at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida Thursday and Friday forced the detour by Discovery to the West Coast. "We're very happy to be back on land here in California," STS-128 Commander Rick "C.J." Sturckow said after the astronauts got off the shuttle and surveyed their craft. "It was a great mission and we just want to thank everybody for their support." The crew of seven astronauts, including former station resident Tim Kopra, will fly to their training base at Johnson Space Center in Houston on Saturday. Meanwhile, technicians at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, adjacent to Edwards, will take about a week to get the spacecraft ready for its cross-country flight back to Kennedy atop a modified 747.

STS-128 MCC Status Report #29 :: 09.11.09 - Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew landed at 7:53 p.m. CDT Friday at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., capping off a 14-day mission to deliver supplies and research facilities to the International Space Station and its six-person crew.

STS-128 Clock :: Landed: Friday, Sept. 11, 2009, 08:53 p.m. EDT  •  Landing Site: Edwards Air Force Base, California  •  Mission Elapsed Time: 13 days, 20 hours, 53 minutes, 45 seconds § Official Landing Times :: Main gear touchdown: 8:53:25 p.m. EDT  •  Nose gear touchdown: 8:53:34 p.m. EDT  •  Wheels stop: 8:54:35 p.m. EDT  •  Total miles: more than 5.7 million

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STS-128 Discovery - Flight Day #7: EVA #2 (Danny & Christer) [03 Sep 2009|09:29am]
[ music | Rose Royce - Wishing On A Star ]

what they really look like


EVA #2 Begins (04:50 PM CDT), Remove the new ammonia tank from the shuttle’s payload bay and replace it with the used tank on the station. The new tank, weighing about 1,800 pounds (820 kg), is the most mass ever moved around by spacewalking astronauts. After the new tank is installed, the old one will be stowed in the shuttle for its return to Earth. With this spacewalk, ESA astronaut Fuglesang will become the first person, who is not from either an American or Russian space program, to have participated in four or more spacewalks. :Robotic Arm Operators: Ford and Stott

ISS On-Orbit Status 09/02/09 :: Conjunction Alert: Ground teams are tracking a conjunction with a debris object (Ariane V debris, SYLDA, #29274). The time of closest approach is 9/4, 11:06am EDT. A decision will be made tomorrow morning by1:00am on whether to perform a DAM (Debris Avoidance Maneuver). The DAM would be performed using the Shuttle PRCS (Primary Reaction Control System), and the maneuver duration would be approximately 3-5 hours. Retrograde and posigrade options are being discussed for the DAM. If the DAM is performed, EVA-2 may be moved to FD8 and an extra docked day will be added to the mission.

ISS On-Orbit Status 09/03/09 :: Conjunction Update: Further tracking of the debris object (Ariane V debris, SYLDA, #29274) showed a Collision Probability of zero. A DAM (Debris Avoidance Maneuver) was not required.

Astronauts Informed of Possible Conjunction Maneuver :: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:32:20 PM PDT :: NASA space shuttle Capcom Tony Antonelli informed Discovery commander Rick Sturckow about a possible conjunction with debris from a portion of an Ariane 5 rocket body. The conversation was preempted on NASA Television by the HTV preflight briefing and was replayed after the briefing at 2:41 p.m. EDT. Tony Antonelli: We’ve been analyzing whether we need to do Debris Avoidance Maneuver (DAM). We’re considering all the options and they’re all still on the table. The closest point of approach is at GMT 247:15:06 minutes (11:06 a.m. EDT Friday). The options that are still being considered are: we don’t need to do anything; there would be an attitude maneuver with a reboost option that we would accomplish post-EVA; the other is a deboost that will take a good chunk of the time tomorrow and would delay EVA 2 by a day. We will know more later today. We plan to do the campout tonight either way to keep our options open. NASA PAO commentary summarized that Mission Control has not yet decided if there is a need for an avoidance maneuver. Flight controllers will continue to evaluate the conjunction before making that determination. The object, with unknown dimensions, is in a highly-elliptical orbit, 32,000 by 317 kilometers. Experts in Mission Control believe the object will make its closest approach to the shuttle and station on Friday morning just after 11 a.m. EDT, at a distance of just under 11 kilometers. Since no DAM decision has been made, preparations will continue to conduct the second spacewalk on Thursday.

Debris Avoidance Options Narrowed :: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:42:55 PM PDT :: As experts continue to analyze a possible conjunction with debris from a portion of an Ariane 5 rocket body, NASA space shuttle CAPCOM Tony Antonelli informed Discovery and International Space Station crew members that the options have been narrowed to two: either not performing a Debris Avoidance Maneuver at all; or performing a reboost avoidance maneuver after Thursday’s second spacewalk. There no longer is any consideration being given to deboosting the shuttle and station, which would have delayed the second spacewalk by a day.

Debris Avoidance Maneuver May Not be Necessary :: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:08:19 PM PDT :: John McCullough, chief of the Flight Director Office, stated that it doesn’t look like the International Space Station will have to do a debris avoidance maneuver. However, the final decision will be made during the last hour of Thursday’s spacewalk. Mission Control is building a plan to conduct a reboost just in case. The piece of debris that is being tracked is approximately 19 square meters and is in an elliptical orbit. It is a fairly big piece which makes it easier to track. The closest approach (about 3 kilometers from the station) is expected at 10:06 a.m. Friday.

Crew Prepares for Second Spacewalk :: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:09:06 PM PDT :: Astronauts Danny Olivas and Christer Fuglesang are camping out in the Quest airlock starting at 2:54 a.m. EDT Thursday, in preparation for the second STS-128 spacewalk which begins at 5:19 p.m. John McCullough, chief of the Flight Director Office, stated that it doesn’t look like the International Space Station will have to do a debris avoidance maneuver. However, the final decision will be made during the last hour of Thursday’s spacewalk. Mission Control is building a plan to conduct a reboost just in case. The piece of debris that is being tracked is approximately 19 square meters and is in an elliptical orbit. It is a fairly big piece which makes it easier to track. The closest approach (about 3 kilometers from the station) is expected at 10:06 a.m. Friday.

Second STS-128 Spacewalk Today :: Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:38:30 AM PDT :: Today’s wakeup song was “There is a God” by 33 Miles, played for Mission Specialist Patrick Forrester at 12:30 p.m. EDT. NASA Television will air edited footage of Discovery’s launch, taken from the Solid Rocket Booster cameras, at 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. The second spacewalk of the STS-128 mission begins at 5:19 p.m. Spacewalkers Danny Olivas and Christer Fuglesang will install a new Ammonia Tank Assembly on the International Space Station’s Port 1 truss, aided by station robotic arm operators Kevin Ford, STS-128 pilot, and Nicole Stott, Expedition 20 flight engineer.

Spacewalk Delayed :: Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:08:43 PM PDT :: The second spacewalk of the STS-128 mission scheduled to begin at 5:19 p.m. EDT has been delayed about 30 minutes. There was an issue with Mission Specialist Danny Olivas’ chinstrap that has been resolved.

Spacewalk To Begin at 5:50 p.m. EDT :: Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:26:13 PM PDT :: Today’s spacewalk with Danny Olivas and Christer Fuglesang now is expected to begin at approximately 5:50 p.m. EDT. The spacewalkers will install a new ammonia tank on the International Space Station truss and stow a depleted tank in Discovery’s cargo bay for return to Earth.

Second Spacewalk of STS-128 Mission Begins :: Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:16:35 PM PDT :: At 6:12 p.m. EDT, NASA astronaut Danny Olivas and ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang began the second of three spacewalks scheduled during the STS-128 mission. The spacewalk is scheduled to last 6.5 hours. Olivas, the STS-128 lead spacewalker, is wearing a spacesuit marked with solid red stripes. Fuglesang is wearing an all-white spacesuit.

Second of Three STS-128 Spacewalks Concludes :: Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:14:37 PM PDT :: The second of three STS-128 spacewalks concluded Friday at 12:51 a.m. EDT. It lasted 6 hours, 39 minutes. The spacewalkers, Danny Olivas and Christer Fuglesang, completed their major objectives and some get-ahead tasks, including the installation of portable foot restraints on the station's truss.

Ammonia Tank Working Well; Transfers Ahead of Schedule :: Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:45:05 AM PDT :: During the second STS-128 spacewalk, mission specialists Danny Olivas and Christer Fuglesang installed a new Ammonia Tank Assembly on the International Space Station. Mission Control says the new tank is working perfectly. The spacewalkers were able to perform some get-ahead tasks, but when they went to a pressurized mating adapter on node 1 to reroute cables, they did not find the cables in the expected configuration. Mission managers will decide how to approach this situation before the next spacewalk procedure review. The crews have completed more than 60 percent of the transfer work from the Leonardo multi-purpose logistics module to the station. Expedition 20 Flight Engineer Nicole Stott is preparing for the arrival of the Japanese HTV cargo craft. She will grapple it with the space station's robot arm and attach it where Leonardo is now. She is reviewing procedures and will use a trainer on the station to practice grapples with the arm.

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STS-128 Discovery - Flight Day #5: EVA #1 (Danny & Nicky) [01 Sep 2009|08:59am]
[ music | Out in the Country - 3 Dog Night ]

Danny (left) is wearing Orange, Blue, White & Silver for University of Texas at El Paso;
Nicky (right) is wearing Black & Old Gold for the University of Central Florida.

what they really look like


EVA #1 Begins (04:49 PM CDT), Prepare for the replacement of an empty ammonia tank on the station’s port truss by releasing its bolts. They also will retrieve the Materials International Space Station Experiment and European Technology Exposure Facility (Forward & Starboard Face) mounted outside the Columbus laboratory, and stow them in Discovery’s cargo bay for their return to Earth. Robotic Arm Operators: Ford and Thirsk

First Spacewalk of STS-128 Mission Complete :: Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:28:12 PM PDT :: The first of three STS-128 spacewalks concluded at 12:24 a.m. EDT. It was 6 hours, 35 minutes. The spacewalkers, Danny Olivas and Nicole Stott, completed all of their major objectives. The mission status briefing is scheduled to begin at 3 a.m. EDT. The participants will be ISS Flight Director Heather Rarick and Lead Spacewalk Officer Zeb Scoville.
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Mission Specialist Danny Olivas and Expedition 20 Flight Engineer Nicole Stott completed the first spacewalk of the STS-128 mission at 12:24 a.m. EDT Wednesday. The astronauts began the spacewalk at 5:49 p.m. Tuesday.

During the spacewalk, shuttle Commander Rick Sturckow and Mission Specialist Pat Forrester guided the spacewalkers through the procedures. Pilot Kevin Ford and Flight Engineer Bob Thirsk operated the station’s robotic arm.

Meanwhile, mission specialists Jose Hernandez, Tim Kopra and Christer Fuglesang and Flight Engineer Mike Barratt continued unloading the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module. The crew got a head-start on unpacking Monday, and plans to transfer an air revitalization system, a new crew quarters compartment and the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (COLBERT).

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