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Why I think this is because of the true
feeling of shame I had when I did something
when I knew there were other things
I could have done but did’nt and knew it.

A soul assumes a body to find out the fun of being less than l00%

Just happening to look out my bedroom window on 24/7/9 at about 23:30 BST (GMT+1), I saw a star suddenly flare up, and glow extremely brightly for about 4 or 5 seconds. Then, it slowly cooled down over the next 2 or 3 seconds, at which point 2 bright objects projected from the cooling star, one shot left, the other right. Both looked exactly like stars and they were moved in opposite directions to each other. I was amazed. The speed of the moving star on the right, was a bit faster than the one on the left. I tried to track both. At first, I could maintain both in my sight. Then, I just concentrated on the right hand side one. About 10-15 seconds later, I lost both. The stars’ brightness seem to diminish slightly, then either due to haze (or my eyesight!) I struggled to see it. It was an amazing sight. I presumed initially, that perhaps a star had exploded. I returned my sight to where the explosion was, but the same star was still there. Perhaps a smaller unseen star then maybe? The incident was in the centre of Perseus constellation, around the Mirphak star. Now, given that there’s black holes in that region, I’m half thinking I’ve seen a black hole swallow a star, and the 2 projectiles were the remnants.

Any comments, responses much appreciated. Anyone with any video?

IMHO, You witnessed a satellite flare. A satellite flare occurs when sunlight glints of the solar collector or body of an orbiting satellite. The flare can be quite bright and appear to be coming from a star. You can read about satellite flares on www.heavens-above.com

I doubt it was a supernova. With as many amateurs and professionals scanning the skies at night. I don’t think and even like that would go unnoticed.

Law 1

Never Outshine the Master

Always make those above you feel comfortably superior. In your desire to please or impress them, do not go too far in displaying your talents or you might accomplish the opposite – inspire fear and insecurity. Make your masters appear more brilliant than they are and you will attain the heights of power.

Law 2

Never put too Much Trust in Friends, Learn how to use Enemies

Be wary of friends-they will betray you more quickly, for they are easily aroused to envy. They also become spoiled and tyrannical. But hire a former enemy and he will be more loyal than a friend, because he has more to prove. In fact, you have more to fear from friends than from enemies. If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.

Law 3

Conceal your Intentions

Keep people off-balance and in the dark by never revealing the purpose behind your actions. If they have no clue what you are up to, they cannot prepare a defense. Guide them far enough down the wrong path, envelope them in enough smoke, and by the time they realize your intentions, it will be too late.

Law 4

Always Say Less than Necessary

When you are trying to impress people with words, the more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in control. Even if you are saying something banal, it will seem original if you make it vague, open-ended, and sphinxlike. Powerful people impress and intimidate by saying less. The more you say, the more likely you are to say something foolish.

Law 5

So Much Depends on Reputation – Guard it with your Life

Reputation is the cornerstone of power. Through reputation alone you can intimidate and win; once you slip, however, you are vulnerable, and will be attacked on all sides. Make your reputation unassailable. Always be alert to potential attacks and thwart them before they happen. Meanwhile, learn to destroy your enemies by opening holes in their own reputations. Then stand aside and let public opinion hang them.

Law 6

Court Attention at all Cost

Everything is judged by its appearance; what is unseen counts for nothing. Never let yourself get lost in the crowd, then, or buried in oblivion. Stand out. Be conspicuous, at all cost. Make yourself a magnet of attention by appearing larger, more colorful, more mysterious, than the bland and timid masses.

Law 7

Get others to do the Work for you, but Always Take the Credit

Use the wisdom, knowledge, and legwork of other people to further your own cause. Not only will such assistance save you valuable time and energy, it will give you a godlike aura of efficiency and speed. In the end your helpers will be forgotten and you will be remembered. Never do yourself what others can do for you.

Law 8

Make other People come to you – use Bait if Necessary

When you force the other person to act, you are the one in control. It is always better to make your opponent come to you, abandoning his own plans in the process. Lure him with fabulous gains – then attack. You hold the cards.

Law 9

Win through your Actions, Never through Argument

Any momentary triumph you think gained through argument is really a Pyrrhic victory: The resentment and ill will you stir up is stronger and lasts longer than any momentary change of opinion. It is much more powerful to get others to agree with you through your actions, without saying a word. Demonstrate, do not explicate.

Law 10

Infection: Avoid the Unhappy and Unlucky

You can die from someone else’s misery – emotional states are as infectious as disease. You may feel you are helping the drowning man but you are only precipitating your own disaster. The unfortunate sometimes draw misfortune on themselves; they will also draw it on you. Associate with the happy and fortunate instead.

Law 11

Learn to Keep People Dependent on You

To maintain your independence you must always be needed and wanted. The more you are relied on, the more freedom you have. Make people depend on you for their happiness and prosperity and you have nothing to fear. Never teach them enough so that they can do without you.

Law 12

Use Selective Honesty and Generosity to Disarm your Victim

One sincere and honest move will cover over dozens of dishonest ones. Open-hearted gestures of honesty and generosity bring down the guard of even the most suspicious people. Once your selective honesty opens a hole in their armor, you can deceive and manipulate them at will. A timely gift – a Trojan horse – will serve the same purpose.

Law 13

When Asking for Help, Appeal to People’s Self-Interest,

Never to their Mercy or Gratitude

If you need to turn to an ally for help, do not bother to remind him of your past assistance and good deeds. He will find a way to ignore you. Instead, uncover something in your request, or in your alliance with him, that will benefit him, and emphasize it out of all proportion. He will respond enthusiastically when he sees something to be gained for himself.

Law 14

Pose as a Friend, Work as a Spy

Knowing about your rival is critical. Use spies to gather valuable information that will keep you a step ahead. Better still: Play the spy yourself. In polite social encounters, learn to probe. Ask indirect questions to get people to reveal their weaknesses and intentions. There is no occasion that is not an opportunity for artful spying.

Law 15

Crush your Enemy Totally

All great leaders since Moses have known that a feared enemy must be crushed completely. (Sometimes they have learned this the hard way.) If one ember is left alight, no matter how dimly it smolders, a fire will eventually break out. More is lost through stopping halfway than through total annihilation: The enemy will recover, and will seek revenge. Crush him, not only in body but in spirit.

Law 16

Use Absence to Increase Respect and Honor

Too much circulation makes the price go down: The more you are seen and heard from, the more common you appear. If you are already established in a group, temporary withdrawal from it will make you more talked about, even more admired. You must learn when to leave. Create value through scarcity.

Law 17

Keep Others in Suspended Terror: Cultivate an Air of Unpredictability

Humans are creatures of habit with an insatiable need to see familiarity in other people’s actions. Your predictability gives them a sense of control. Turn the tables: Be deliberately unpredictable. Behavior that seems to have no consistency or purpose will keep them off-balance, and they will wear themselves out trying to explain your moves. Taken to an extreme, this strategy can intimidate and terrorize.

Law 18

Do Not Build Fortresses to Protect Yourself – Isolation is Dangerous

The world is dangerous and enemies are everywhere – everyone has to protect themselves. A fortress seems the safest. But isolation exposes you to more dangers than it protects you from – it cuts you off from valuable information, it makes you conspicuous and an easy target. Better to circulate among people find allies, mingle. You are shielded from your enemies by the crowd.

Law 19

Know Who You’re Dealing with – Do Not Offend the Wrong Person

There are many different kinds of people in the world, and you can never assume that everyone will react to your strategies in the same way. Deceive or outmaneuver some people and they will spend the rest of their lives seeking revenge. They are wolves in lambs’ clothing. Choose your victims and opponents carefully, then – never offend or deceive the wrong person.

Law 20

Do Not Commit to Anyone

It is the fool who always rushes to take sides. Do not commit to any side or cause but yourself. By maintaining your independence, you become the master of others – playing people against one another, making them pursue you.

Law 21

Play a Sucker to Catch a Sucker – Seem Dumber than your Mark

No one likes feeling stupider than the next persons. The trick, is to make your victims feel smart – and not just smart, but smarter than you are. Once convinced of this, they will never suspect that you may have ulterior motives.

Law 22

Use the Surrender Tactic: Transform Weakness into Power

When you are weaker, never fight for honor’s sake; choose surrender instead. Surrender gives you time to recover, time to torment and irritate your conqueror, time to wait for his power to wane. Do not give him the satisfaction of fighting and defeating you – surrender first. By turning the other check you infuriate and unsettle him. Make surrender a tool of power.

Law 23

Concentrate Your Forces

Conserve your forces and energies by keeping them concentrated at their strongest point. You gain more by finding a rich mine and mining it deeper, than by flitting from one shallow mine to another – intensity defeats extensity every time. When looking for sources of power to elevate you, find the one key patron, the fat cow who will give you milk for a long time to come.

Law 24

Play the Perfect Courtier

The perfect courtier thrives in a world where everything revolves around power and political dexterity. He has mastered the art of indirection; he flatters, yields to superiors, and asserts power over others in the mot oblique and graceful manner. Learn and apply the laws of courtiership and there will be no limit to how far you can rise in the court.

Law 25

Re-Create Yourself

Do not accept the roles that society foists on you. Re-create yourself by forging a new identity, one that commands attention and never bores the audience. Be the master of your own image rather than letting others define if for you. Incorporate dramatic devices into your public gestures and actions – your power will be enhanced and your character will seem larger than life.

Law 26

Keep Your Hands Clean

You must seem a paragon of civility and efficiency: Your hands are never soiled by mistakes and nasty deeds. Maintain such a spotless appearance by using others as scapegoats and cat’s-paws to disguise your involvement.

Law 27

Play on People’s Need to Believe to Create a Cultlike Following

People have an overwhelming desire to believe in something. Become the focal point of such desire by offering them a cause, a new faith to follow. Keep your words vague but full of promise; emphasize enthusiasm over rationality and clear thinking. Give your new disciples rituals to perform, ask them to make sacrifices on your behalf. In the absence of organized religion and grand causes, your new belief system will bring you untold power.

Law 28

Enter Action with Boldness

If you are unsure of a course of action, do not attempt it. Your doubts and hesitations will infect your execution. Timidity is dangerous: Better to enter with boldness. Any mistakes you commit through audacity are easily corrected with more audacity. Everyone admires the bold; no one honors the timid.

Law 29

Plan All the Way to the End

The ending is everything. Plan all the way to it, taking into account all the possible consequences, obstacles, and twists of fortune that might reverse your hard work and give the glory to others. By planning to the end you will not be overwhelmed by circumstances and you will know when to stop. Gently guide fortune and help determine the future by thinking far ahead.

Law 30

Make your Accomplishments Seem Effortless

Your actions must seem natural and executed with ease. All the toil and practice that go into them, and also all the clever tricks, must be concealed. When you act, act effortlessly, as if you could do much more. Avoid the temptation of revealing how hard you work – it only raises questions. Teach no one your tricks or they will be used against you.

Law 31

Control the Options: Get Others to Play with the Cards you Deal

The best deceptions are the ones that seem to give the other person a choice: Your victims feel they are in control, but are actually your puppets. Give people options that come out in your favor whichever one they choose. Force them to make choices between the lesser of two evils, both of which serve your purpose. Put them on the horns of a dilemma: They are gored wherever they turn.

Law 32

Play to People’s Fantasies

The truth is often avoided because it is ugly and unpleasant. Never appeal to truth and reality unless you are prepared for the anger that comes for disenchantment. Life is so harsh and distressing that people who can manufacture romance or conjure up fantasy are like oases in the desert: Everyone flocks to them. There is great power in tapping into the fantasies of the masses.

Law 33

Discover Each Man’s Thumbscrew

Everyone has a weakness, a gap in the castle wall. That weakness is usual y an insecurity, an uncontrollable emotion or need; it can also be a small secret pleasure. Either way, once found, it is a thumbscrew you can turn to your advantage.

Law 34

Be Royal in your Own Fashion: Act like a King to be treated like one

The way you carry yourself will often determine how you are treated; In the long run, appearing vulgar or common will make people disrespect you. For a king respects himself and inspires the same sentiment in others. By acting regally and confident of your powers, you make yourself seem destined to wear a crown.

Law 35

Master the Art of Timing

Never seem to be in a hurry – hurrying betrays a lack of control over yourself, and over time. Always seem patient, as if you know that everything will come to you eventually. Become a detective of the right moment; sniff out the spirit of the times, the trends that will carry you to power. Learn to stand back when the time is not yet ripe, and to strike fiercely when it has reached fruition.

Law 36

Disdain Things you cannot have: Ignoring them is the best Revenge

By acknowledging a petty problem you give it existence and credibility. The more attention you pay an enemy, the stronger you make him; and a small mistake is often made worse and more visible when you try to fix it. It is sometimes best to leave things alone. If there is something you want but cannot have, show contempt for it. The less interest you reveal, the more superior you seem.

Law 37

Create Compelling Spectacles

Striking imagery and grand symbolic gestures create the aura of power – everyone responds to them. Stage spectacles for those around you, then full of arresting visuals and radiant symbols that heighten your presence. Dazzled by appearances, no one will notice what you are really doing.

Law 38

Think as you like but Behave like others

If you make a show of going against the times, flaunting your unconventional ideas and unorthodox ways, people will think that you only want attention and that you look down upon them. They will find a way to punish you for making them feel inferior. It is far safer to blend in and nurture the common touch. Share your originality only with tolerant friends and those who are sure to appreciate your uniqueness.

Law 39

Stir up Waters to Catch Fish

Anger and emotion are strategically counterproductive. You must always stay calm and objective. But if you can make your enemies angry while staying calm yourself, you gain a decided advantage. Put your enemies off-balance: Find the chink in their vanity through which you can rattle them and you hold the strings.

Law 40

Despise the Free Lunch

What is offered for free is dangerous – it usually involves either a trick or a hidden obligation. What has worth is worth paying for. By paying your own way you stay clear of gratitude, guilt, and deceit. It is also often wise to pay the full price – there is no cutting corners with excellence. Be lavish with your money and keep it circulating, for generosity is a sign and a magnet for power.

Law 41

Avoid Stepping into a Great Man’s Shoes

What happens first always appears better and more original than what comes after. If you succeed a great man or have a famous parent, you will have to accomplish double their achievements to outshine them. Do not get lost in their shadow, or stuck in a past not of your own making: Establish your own name and identity by changing course. Slay the overbearing father, disparage his legacy, and gain power by shining in your own way.

Law 42

Strike the Shepherd and the Sheep will Scatter

Trouble can often be traced to a single strong individual – the stirrer, the arrogant underling, the poisoned of goodwill. If you allow such people room to operate, others will succumb to their influence. Do not wait for the troubles they cause to multiply, do not try to negotiate with them – they are irredeemable. Neutralize their influence by isolating or banishing them. Strike at the source of the trouble and the sheep will scatter.

Law 43

Work on the Hearts and Minds of Others

Coercion creates a reaction that will eventually work against you. You must seduce others into wanting to move in your direction. A person you have seduced becomes your loyal pawn. And the way to seduce others is to operate on their individual psychologies and weaknesses. Soften up the resistant by working on their emotions, playing on what they hold dear and what they fear. Ignore the hearts and minds of others and they will grow to hate you.

Law 44

Disarm and Infuriate with the Mirror Effect

The mirror reflects reality, but it is also the perfect tool for deception: When you mirror your enemies, doing exactly as they do, they cannot figure out your strategy. The Mirror Effect mocks and humiliates them, making them overreact. By holding up a mirror to their psyches, you seduce them with the illusion that you share their values; by holding up a mirror to their actions, you teach them a lesson. Few can resist the power of Mirror Effect.

Law 45

Preach the Need for Change, but Never Reform too much at Once

Everyone understands the need for change in the abstract, but on the day-to-day level people are creatures of habit. Too much innovation is traumatic, and will lead to revolt. If you are new to a position of power, or an outsider trying to build a power base, make a show of respecting the old way of doing things. If change is necessary, make it feel like a gentle improvement on the past.

Law 46

Never appear too Perfect

Appearing better than others is always dangerous, but most dangerous of all is to appear to have no faults or weaknesses. Envy creates silent enemies. It is smart to occasionally display defects, and admit to harmless vices, in order to deflect envy and appear more human and approachable. Only gods and the dead can seem perfect with impunity.

Law 47

Do not go Past the Mark you Aimed for; In Victory, Learn when to Stop

The moment of victory is often the moment of greatest peril. In the heat of victory, arrogance and overconfidence can push you past the goal you had aimed for, and by going too far, you make more enemies than you defeat. Do not allow success to go to your head. There is no substitute for strategy and careful planning. Set a goal, and when you reach it, stop.

Law 48

Assume Formlessness

By taking a shape, by having a visible plan, you open yourself to attack. Instead of taking a form for your enemy to grasp, keep yourself adaptable and on the move. Accept the fact that nothing is certain and no law is fixed. The best way to protect yourself is to be as fluid and formless as water; never bet on stability or lasting order. Everything changes.

Wow – those are different – yet they sound very Machivellian.

A person that followed them might become successful and powerful but at great expense to themselves and their own true self.
They also sound like "the art of war".

It was a image that people would flash in movies. it was so quick that the human eye coundent see it but your brain would recognise it and it would make you think about it. – it is no longer legal

Yeah,here’s history

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subliminal_message#Television_and_video

what has been seen cannot be unseen

lmao i never noticed that!!!! subliminal messages are EVERYWHERE!!!!

We’re like a pre-adolescent child who has not been told outright that Santa Claus is not real, but is beginning to have some doubts of their own about the existence of all mythical entities, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy included. This child stands on the unseen line that separates sinless juvenile simplicity and accountability for ones decisions.

The human race is beginning to realize accountability for their actions in the form of quite dramatic climate change and unprecedented culture difference based violence. Gone are the days of reckless use of seemingly limitless resources and religious harmony is today a laughable concept.

In short, our collective sentience is approaching adolescence. The existence of mythical entities is being doubted. And we are denying accountability for our actions. The planet suffers and the rate of suffering rises exponentially. A solution is there in the form of population control and everybody is aware of it but we keep denying it.

They will refer to now days as the days of Desirees

There might be thousands of reasons that you leave your previous company.I’m an under graduate student would like to examine bout the reasons ppl leave their organization.This might provide deeper insight for the fresh grad like me in future to face those unseen challenges.

I hope u can provide me some articles if possible *bout reasons employee leave that particular organization* Thanks!!!

i left my company because they were telling me to do things that were way ouot of my job description… so i left the company an months later came back to a higher job position at the same company.

I am looking to purchase a motorcycle and I want to know what I should be looking for.

Broken or bent frame is about the most serious and common unseen damage.It can be hard to spot and even a bent frame will not always be apparent even with a test ride.When you do a test ride always make sure you try all the gears and at some point loosen your grip on the bars and see if the bike still tracks ok.Look at the bottom corners of the engine cases for road rash which would be a clue it has been on the ground

I posted this in the sports forum as well.
I’ve chosen the topic of racehorse cloning for an opinion paper in my Sociology class. What do you guys think about the subject? Please give a valid, specific reason for your answer. Try to weigh both the pros and cons. Consider how the genetics of the horses could be affected and what unseen problems could arise.

Thanks!
Abby
I’d like to add that while racing cloned horses is against the rules, horses that are born from the clones are allowed to race.
Also, the cloned animal will have very little in common with the original DNA donor. The environmental factors that contributed to make a great racer (whether in the womb or not) would likely not be present a second time.

While genetic cloning and AI are illegal with the American Jockey club, if it were allowed it would initially help, then hurt the industry.

Taken as a given that cloning would be used when it is perfected to the degree that the resulting horse would have no defects, but be the traditional view of cloning where the DNA is identical and there are not resulting imperfections present in cloning today.

First, the racehorse industry would not change much – until cloning becomes more popular. For a time, people will be interested to see that the clones race as well as the ‘parent’. Eventually cloning and training will be perfected to the degree that the clone will perform equal to the ‘parent’.

The race horse industry is mostly based on betting and the thrill of trying to see who will win. With cloning, the winner will be predetermined. This will bore most of the industry and clones will have a low pay off, since their possibility of winning will be determined.

For example – a horse that has never won would have maybe 20 to 1 odds – which means they have a 1 out of 20 chance to win. On a 2 dollar bet, a horse with these odds would get the better 40 dollars. After this horse wins one race, the odds would go down to say 15 to 1, 10 to 1, with more wins and placings.

A horse with a history of winning would have 2 to 1 odds. A 2 dollar bet would get a better 4 dollars – not quite as fun.

A clone would have the same odds as the parent – so a 2 to 1 horse’s clone would start his first race at 2 to 1 odds. Today many young horses start their first race with 10 to 1 or 20 to 1 odds.

Therefore, no money for the gamblers and no thrill of trying to figure out who is going to win. There is also less thrill for the owners and trainers. While those that have the money to clone winners may be sitting pretty – those without that money will fall out of the industry.

The only other thing that may happen is that the smaller tracks will become more popular because the people who cannot afford to clone will still be breeding and the interest will still be there.

A song from the black metal band forgotten tomb. Album: negative megalomania.
Lyrics:
They want to force me in the corner once again
When I was thinking there was difference between us and them
A bird with its wings nailed to the ground
Waiting for the justice that I never found
I’m just the scapegoat for you all
To brush away the dirt from your rotten souls
When friendship’s a lie, and life’s a fragile dream
I struggle so much, but my hate remains unseen
I’m just the scapegoat for you all
I’m just the scapegoat for you all
It’s so easy to talk when you’re not walking in my shoes
Try to be like I am for 1 day, and see what would be left of you
I look in the past and I can’t see a single face I would still call friend
Just don’t forget sooner or later all lies come to an end
They want to enjoy my end, they wait for my defeat
I’m really sorry buddies, I’m still on my feet
I’ve been cast in tears and blood
I’ve been treated like a dog
Not their fake pathetic lives
Not their sickening disguise
I’m just the scapegoat for you all
To brush away the dirt from your rotten souls
When all seems to be wrong, there’s a place where I find myself
In my sea of distrust, I am sure I don’t need any help
I’m just the scapegoat for you all
I’m just the scapegoat for you all
It’s so easy for them to judge the life of others
They’re all made of the same poisoned blood
They would even sell their mothers
I look in the future and I know I won’t make the same mistakes
I know someday things will be different and with scorn I will on
your graves

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