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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Chapter One of Where Are You Really From?           There are many names for the God Force.  This force is known by all beings on all planets, by one name or another.  The name by which you refer to the God Force is not important.  In this message, we will refer to it as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ascendingstarseed.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16643557&amp;post=10380&amp;subd=ascendingstarseed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p><span style="color:#333333;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;"><strong>Chapter One of Where Are You Really From? </strong></span><strong></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">   </span></p>
<p><span style="color:#333333;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">        </span><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">There are many names for the God Force.  This force is known by all beings on all planets, by one name or another.  The name by which you refer to the God Force is not important.  In this message, we will refer to it as the God Force or Prime Creator.  The God Force is not of a sex or gender, but is all.  All physical beings are part of the God Force. There are simply various degrees of awareness of the connection. </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#333333;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">         </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">In the beginning there was only Prime Creator.  Prime Creator was ever knowing, ever growing, expanding, always changing, questioning, thinking and being.  At some point, Prime Creator began to think heavily upon one thought.  Prime Creator had always existed.  There was no remembered beginning, and no end to the existence of Prime Creator.  Questioning induces growth and change, and Prime Creator began to question his existence and beginning.  This led to a decision to expand further to enhance growth and learning potential.  To best do this, Prime Creator decided to divide into many parts.  Each part would remain connected to Prime Creator.  Each part would have full communication with Prime Creator.  At the same time, each new part would have full freedom to grow and explore whatever path was attractive to it.  This would allow Prime Creator to grow and learn at a more rapid pace, because each part would be separate, yet one. </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#333333;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">         </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;"> The experiences and knowledge gained by each part would in time come back to Prime Creator, when that part had completed all it desired to learn and experience.  Each part would be called a Oversoul.  As each was a part of the God Force, it would have ability and power to create, as long as it kept it’s connection with the God Force. </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#333333;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">         </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">Prime Creator began the separation of parts of himself, lovingly and joyfully.  There were great expectations, and excitement at the variety of knowledge and experiences which could be available!  New parts were formed from all areas of Prime Creator, as there were many variations of activity, questioning and types of energy within Prime Creator.  These first created were group energies, or large energy portions called oversouls.  There were many oversouls.  Each would eventually develop into a number of individual spirits, or souls which were like in energy, interest and being.  The parts, or individual spirits,  which were created of energy closest to one other were of course the most alike, even within the oversoul.  The oversoul groups tended to be composed of individual spirits who were similar in what they desired to learn, and how they wanted to go about learning.  At first, the oversouls simply  were. </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#333333;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">         </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;"> They learned that they were capable of independent thought, of communicating with Prime Creator, and with each other within the oversoul, and with other oversouls.  They began to realize that they were capable of movement, and change.  They realized that they could create thought forms and experiment with them and that was one method of learning. </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#333333;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">         </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;"> Prime Creator decided to create physical life, and physical forms, to allow new levels of experience and growth for all parts of the God Force energy.   It was decided that twelve universes would be created.  These would be created with intent for the oversouls to go to these to learn, grow and gain many experiences.  Each Universe would have a special emphasis, to create a certain type of knowledge.  The oversouls would be free to go to the Universe that </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">most appealed to them, and there they could work together to create whatever physical forms appealed to them.  They could learn and experience all that they wished.  Each Universe would exist until each Oversoul or individual spirit portion of each oversoul had learned and experienced all it wished to learn in that universe.  </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#333333;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">         </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">When all knowledge was experienced and completed by all in that universe, it would return to Prime Creator.  Prime Creator would then possess all knowledge contained within that universe.  Twelve Universes were created by Prime Creator.  At the point in “time” where you currently exist, one universe has completed and returned to Prime Creator.  This could be considered the first Universe, as the first created was the first completed.  The Universe we will now focus on is the one that you live in, which will be called the fourth Universe.  This is a free will Universe.  This means that all is allowed.  In a free will Universe, there is no judgment, no good,  no bad&#8230;all is experience, all is learning. There were no rules or restrictions placed upon those in that universe by Prime Creator. There would be no control or judgment of choices or decisions made by them as to areas of growth or experience desired.  </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#333333;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">         </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;"> As oversouls were drawn to the Universes which had most interest for them, many oversouls found themselves being drawn to the same areas in the same universes.  They decided to work together and learn to create together.  This is how many of the planets and star systems in your universe were formed.  With the help of Prime Creator, and his blessing, many planets were formed.  On these planets, many different life forms were then created. </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#333333;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">         </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">As the oversouls learned to create, several things began to happen.  The oversouls began to act, think and exist more as individual energies, within the group energy  than as group energy.  Portions of these oversouls, individual spirits, began to think of themselves very highly&#8230;not as a part of Prime Creator, but as superior to Prime Creator.  Some were excessively proud of the abilities to create and allowed themselves to lose the realization that all power comes from the connection with Prime Creator.  These began to separate from the oversouls, and become individual beings.  They began to drift away from the connection with Prime Creator.  </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#333333;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">         </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">Some consciously decided that they could learn more alone, without the connection to the oversoul.  These became individual spirits and found themselves changing as they lost the connection with Prime Creator.  They no longer had the abilities to create life as they had before.  They began to forget the abilities they once had and gravitated to planets they had created, or helped to create.  Many of them took up residence in some of the life forms which they had helped to create on these planets. </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#333333;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">         </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">  As life forms were created on many different planets, many oversouls began to experiment with physical life themselves. This required a separation of energies into separate spirit energies, to allow each the opportunity to experience physical realities.  In time they came to consider themselves more the “physical” self  than the spirit self.  This was all allowed and encouraged, as all is growth and experience.  Others of the oversouls stayed close to Prime Creator and continued to create beautiful planets and life forms of very high frequency.  Thus,  there were a great variety of planets and life forms of many types created in time.  The majority of oversouls, at some point in their development, chose to experiment and learn from physical life and all that could be learned through physical life. </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#333333;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">         </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">As many planets and galaxies in your Universe were created, Prime Creator watched the  creation, and the development of the oversouls.  It was evident that much experience and growth was occurring rapidly through physical experience.  With this knowledge, it was decided to begin a special project. A group of oversouls were selected from all areas of the universe. Representatives of each of these oversouls were called to help with this project, if separation into individual spirit portions had occurred, but the connection to Prime Creator maintained. For those oversouls that had not yet separated, and were chosen to help with the project, that entire oversoul energy was called upon. From these selected energies,  Prime Creator asked for the creation of a very special planet.  This planet was to be of great beauty and variety.  Samples of the DNA of life forms that had been created on each planet in the entire universe were to be brought to this planet to create similar life forms.  These life forms would all exist on the one planet. </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#333333;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">         </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">The planet was to be called Terra; although later it became Earth.  It was to be a happy place where oversouls,  spirits from this universe, and other universes could visit.  It was to be similar to what you now know as a library.  A living Library.  A spirit could visit the planet, watch the life forms, choose one to experience, and enter the physical form.  The experience could be as long or as short as desired.  When the life form had been experienced, another could be chosen to experience.  Thus, you could experience being a frog, a cat, an elephant or a tree, and see what the reality is like for each.  At any time you would be free to leave, and to return at any time.  </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#333333;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">         </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">Human forms were designed to be caretakers of the planet.  They were also to be used by spirits, to allow that form to be experienced briefly.  A special type of ego, which would be responsible for the physical function and life “support” of the human form was created. The ego was to be responsible for taking care of the human form and care of the planet,  when the form was not in use by a visiting spirit.  When being visited by a spirit, the ego was to continue body maintenance, yet allow the spirit to control of all else.  All life forms were planned to be peacefully coexistent. </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#333333;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">         </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">All did not go exactly as planned.  Many oversouls and visitors became very enamored of physical life on this planet, the wide variety of physical forms available for experience, and the variety of physical terrain and environments available in different areas of the planet. They began to forget that they could leave the physical forms, or to choose not to leave.  More began to stay in the forms, especially the human forms, which were very well liked.  Many began to forget their connection to the God Force, and began to consider themselves Eartheans. </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#333333;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">         </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">There were other unplanned for considerations.  Due to the large variety of life forms and creation that had occurred on the planet, there was a large amount of freely available creation energy, or universal life-force.  Therefore, it became a very popular place for many “visitors” to come to work with and develop their skills of creation.  Many of the original life forms were altered and changed dramatically, not only physically, but the energies they had been originally given to allow them to peacefully coexist were also changed by experimenting visitors. </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#333333;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">         </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">When created, Terra, was ninth dimensional, higher frequency  than many planets in the universe.  This was due to the original intent for the planet to remain a pure center of learning, to be shared by all.  All physical forms were created to be eternal, with no life cycle needed, due to their original purpose.  As changes occurred with life forms, such as spirit attachment to the forms, and their sequential lack of willingness to leave the planet, the frequency of the planet was lowered.  The plan for the planet was altered according to need.  This meant that a decision was made to allow this to be a planet for physical life experience and life cycle experience.  The name was changed from Terra  to Earth, and frequency was lowered to a sixth dimensional level.  Over time, as a result of many changes which followed, it eventually was lowered to a third dimensional level. </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#333333;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">            </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">Many other changes were added at the time of the first lowering of frequency.  The addition of a life cycle and cycle of reincarnation was made to allow for greater experience.  It was felt that greater growth would occur through the reincarnation cycle already being used on other planets of the universe.  It was felt that through this cycle, there would be a greater likelihood of eventual reconnection to the God Force, and it would also allow greater opportunities for others to partake of the experiences available on Earth.  Sleep, the need for food intake for survival, the creation of male and female gender, reproduction through sexual intercourse, childbirth, and the death experience were among the additions.  </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#333333;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">            </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">The creation of higher selves, addition of spiritual guides, and adding of the use of multidimensionality also occurred then for those who had not previously developed in these ways.  Those who had previously experienced physical life on other planets had already begun to work with higher selves, spiritual guides, and multidimensionality. There were many who had not began to experience on this level, for those these additions were made. </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#333333;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">            </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:medium;">After these changes, a large number of beings from other planets began coming to Earth to form settlements.  The majority came for research and exploration of creation abilities, or for learning about the developing Eartheans.  Some came to have the opportunity to influence and affect the development of the new planet Earth. This continued for much of Earth’s history. The adding of these outside energies, genetic  structures and changes which these added influences brought, and the wide variety of planetary teachings and cultures which  would then affect Earth and the beings who lived upon her changed much.  The original plans were allowed to be altered, and the planet was watched to see what developments would occur through allowing free will exploration of all involved. </span></strong></span></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks goes out to Karen for bringing this to my attention! USGS is at it again, not taking their job seriously keeping the public informed about seismic activity, while proving to be just one more program wasting tax payer dollars when they actively deleting data from seismic charts. Newcomers here should know that this has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ascendingstarseed.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16643557&amp;post=10376&amp;subd=ascendingstarseed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks goes out to Karen for bringing this to my attention! USGS is at it again, not taking their job seriously keeping the public informed about seismic activity, while proving to be just one more program wasting tax payer dollars when they actively deleting data from seismic charts. Newcomers here should know that this has happened so often in the past, that this website even has a sub-category under Earthquakes for USGS Cover-ups!</p>
<p>This is great investigative work on Dutch&#8217;s part as he connects the dots on what began as a mystery question, asked from a reader on his blog.</p>
<span style="text-align:center; display: block;"><a href="http://ascendingstarseed.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/dutchsinse-reports-on-usgs-shenanigans-with-another-new-madrid-east-coast-quake-cover-up/"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/Bd0qAVI6x4Y/2.jpg" alt="" /></a></span>
<p>Reports of a censored earthquake came to me today — from a few different viewers who saw the USGS knock a Virginia / West Virginia earthquake off the map.</p>
<p>With a little sleuth work , and some LUCK that the other feed wasn’t yet censored — I was able to track down the approximate epicenter of this quake based upon the helicorder signatures at each ANSS backbone station.</p>
<p>Heaviest shaking occurred in Florida, South/North Carolina!</p>
<p>Here is the link to use.. pull the charts before THEY TOO are gone for good !</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where I am in Leilani Estates, it woke me up with a sudden jolt and you could hear every joint in the house move, but I don&#8217;t remember hearing the sonic boom. Also these earthquake swarms have been going on since the Japan earthquake, they&#8217;re nothing new. They don&#8217;t have seven satellites peering down on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ascendingstarseed.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16643557&amp;post=10370&amp;subd=ascendingstarseed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p><em>Where I am in Leilani Estates, it woke me up with a sudden jolt and you could hear every joint in the house move, but I don&#8217;t remember hearing the sonic boom. Also these earthquake swarms have been going on since the Japan earthquake, they&#8217;re nothing new. They don&#8217;t have seven satellites peering down on this little island for nothing, something&#8217;s up.</em></p>
<div id="single-date">2012 February 23</div>
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<p><em>BZ: There are two sources for coverage on this “Mysterious Boom” in The Puna area on Hawaii Island.  The first one focuses just on the boom by a local video news outlet does not allow video embedding, you will need to go to the link to watch the video. The second is a CBS affiliate covering the story.</em></p>
<h2><a href="http://ascendingstarseed.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=98487" rel="attachment wp-att-98487"><img title="0222explosionPIC" src="http://cdn.the2012scenario.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/0222explosionPIC.jpg" alt="" width="193" height="121" /></a>Puna area on Hawaii Island Shaken by Mysterious Force</h2>
<p>Civil Defense says a number of agencies have no explanation for “quake” before 9 a.m.</p>
<p>Video by Daryl Lee</p>
<p>http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2012/02/22/video-puna-area-on-hawaii-island-shaken-by-mysterious-force/</p>
<p><em>PUNA, Hawaii</em>: A noisy, unexplained shaking in the Puna area of Hawaii Island remains a mystery at this time, but it certainly has the area talking.</p>
<p>A number of people in a triangular area between Seaview Estates, Leilani Estates, and Black Sand Beach Subdivision  report hearing a thunder-like sound, or an explosion, and feeling the ground shake around 9 a.m. on Wednesday. Folks leaving comments on the popular <a href="http://punaweb.org/Forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=14002">Punaweb forum</a> are saying it happened around 8:42 a.m.</p>
<p>John Drummond, the acting administrator of the Hawaii County Civil Defense, says that the incident cannot be explained at this point in time. Drummond says that he spoke to operators of Puna Geothermal Venture, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, and personnel on the ground… no one has an explanation.</p>
<p>One theory being considered is some sort of sonic boom, although who or what could have produced such an effect is presently unknown.</p>
<p>News videographer Daryl Lee, who says he felt the shaking in Hawaiian Paradise Park, immediately hit the road in search of the source of the rumble. What he found were many folks around Puna makai who felt the same thing… but no answers. Drummond says luckily, there are no reports of damage as of 2 p.m</p>
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<h2>Big Island “booms” have residents asking questions</h2>
<p>Reported by: Brianne Randle</p>
<p>February 22, 2012</p>
<p><a href="http://www.khon2.com/news/local/story/Big-Island-booms-have-residents-asking-questions/BA3CRfCXIkehDyTXDUXyMQ.cspx?rss=3030">http://www.khon2.com/news/local/story/Big-Island-booms-have-residents-asking-questions/BA3CRfCXIkehDyTXDUXyMQ.cspx?rss=3030</a></p>
<p>Kilauea Volcano has always been a sight to see, especially when Madame Pele is at her best. Early Wednesday, the active volcano sparked a swarm of small earthquakes that lasted all day.</p>
<p>“We haven’t seen event rates this high or this size of earthquakes become this large since 2006,” said Wes Thelen, the US Geological Survey’s Seismic Network Director.</p>
<p>The USGS’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory recorded over 60 earthquakes strong enough to be located beneath Kilauea, over a dozen of which were greater than a magnitude 2.0; the largest was a magnitude 3.2 earthquake.</p>
<p>“We are still seeing increased rates of seismisity in that area. We just had a magnitude 2.4 come through during the course of this call,” Thelen said.</p>
<p>Previous earthquake “swarms”  have occurred at this same spot near the boundary between Mauna Loa and Kilauea Volcanos in 1990, 1993, 1997 and 2006.</p>
<p>The USGS received about ten reports from residents who felt Wednesday’s swarm.</p>
<p>“I was at home on my computer at about 8:40 and coincidentally I was blogging about the earthquakes that were happening throughout that time, all of a sudden a loud boom and a half-second later, my house shook,” said Pahoa resident Damon Tucker.</p>
<p>Damon Tucker was about 30 miles away in Pahoa. However, he’s never heard an explosion before an earthquake. He was told Hawaii County Civil Defense said the “boom” cannot be explained.</p>
<p>“It’s kinda been the word on the streets right now,” Tucker said.</p>
<p>It’s not known exactly what residents felt.</p>
<p>But, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory assures that Wednesday’s seismic swarm has not caused any apparent changes in the summit or east rift zone eruptions.</p>
<p>“Continue to keep close eye on what’s going on,” Thelen said.</p>
<p>Hawaii Volcanoes National Park canceled a lava tour today, uncertain if there would be bigger earthquakes to follow.:</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I saw this when it came out and didn&#8217;t quite know what to think of it, then today SOTT.net has it featured under their &#8220;High Strangeness&#8221; category with that has an analysis of the event. Uploaded by UFOKanali on Feb 19, 2012 No description available. This video from last year shows a massive, stationery [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ascendingstarseed.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16643557&amp;post=10363&amp;subd=ascendingstarseed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>I saw this when it came out and didn&#8217;t quite know what to think of it, then today SOTT.net has it featured under their &#8220;High Strangeness&#8221; category with that has an analysis of the event.<br />
<span style="text-align:center; display: block;"><a href="http://ascendingstarseed.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/strange-light-anomalies-at-japans-sakurajima-volcano-orbs-plasma-balls-ufos/"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/V1l-dXyU7hQ/2.jpg" alt="" /></a></span></p>
<p id="watch-uploader-info">Uploaded by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/UFOKanali" rel="author">UFOKanali</a> on Feb 19, 2012</p>
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<p>This video from last year shows a massive, stationery bright light that shoots a few lights off to the right and if you watch over the top of the volcano orbs begin to appear, some of them may be plasma balls and others appear to drop into the volcano. A lot of orb type activity which makes a real case for Nassim Haramein&#8217;s theory that volcano&#8217;s also serve as stargates or portals to other dimensions.</p>
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<p id="watch-uploader-info">Uploaded by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/videogigante" rel="author">videogigante</a> on Apr 8, 2011</p>
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<p id="eow-description">Interesting to say the least. But what is it? Most intriguing are the sequentially flashing lights to the right of the bright light.<br />
UFO,<br />
OVNI,<br />
strange lights,<br />
Disco voador,<br />
Japao,<br />
Volcano,<br />
Paranormal,<br />
UFO Hoax?</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who still believes time is linear and that the Earth doesn&#8217;t have well established life and death cycles, needs to take a good look at the chart below which clearly illustrates how mass extinctions began over a century ago. It&#8217;s also very likely that everything about the last 50 years has been designed to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ascendingstarseed.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16643557&amp;post=10360&amp;subd=ascendingstarseed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Anyone who still believes time is linear and that the Earth doesn&#8217;t have well established life and death cycles, needs to take a good look at the chart below which clearly illustrates how mass extinctions began over a century ago. It&#8217;s also very likely that everything about the last 50 years has been designed to keep us completely distracted, numbed out and dumbed down so that the we, the unwashed masses won&#8217;t know what hit us when Mother Nature brings the curtain down on this episode of life on planet Earth.</em></p>
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<div>Andrew Glikson<br />
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<div><a title="© Mr Kimberley / Flickr" href="http://www.sott.net/image/image/s4/95060/full/dinosaur.jpg" rel="ibox&amp;ignore_target=true" target="_blank"><img title="Click to enlarge" src="http://www.sott.net/image/image/s4/95060/medium/dinosaur.jpg" alt="Dinosaur" border="0" /></a></p>
<div>© Mr Kimberley / Flickr<br />
You have to go back to the time of the dinosaurs to see where Earth is heading.</div>
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<p>Why have mass extinctions of species occurred since the late Proterozoic (from 580 million years ago) and repeatedly through the Phanerozoic? Integral to these extinctions were abrupt changes in the physical and chemical properties of the atmosphere, ocean and land, inducing environmental changes at a pace to which many species could not adapt.</p>
<p>The best documented example to date is the 65 million years-old K-T boundary asteroid impact and <a href="http://books.google.com.au/books?id=kkHhl67ixwEC&amp;pg=PA163&amp;lpg=PA163&amp;dq=Alvarez+impact&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=g5lvd8JNyD&amp;sig=pUUkn01vydFJiJ2a7zVsgavin9g&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=EzU7T4mwEszJmAXJ-f3BCw&amp;sqi=2&amp;ved=0CGQQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&amp;q=Alvarez%20impact&amp;f=false%20;%20www.paleolands.org/pdf/DinoextinctN.Am.pdf" target="_blank">extinction event.</a> But several other <a href="http://journalofcosmology.com/Extinction103.html" target="_blank">mass extinctions</a> were associated with volcanic eruptions and asteroid/comet impacts (see Figure 1).</p>
<p>Instantaneous effects of impacts (initial fireball flash as the asteroid or comet enters the atmosphere, crater explosion, seismic shock, tsunami waves, incandescent ejecta, dust plumes, greenhouse gas release from carbon-rich limestone and shale) occurred over periods ranging from seconds to weeks and months.</p>
<p>As shown in figure 1, Phanerozoic history (since about 540 million years ago) is marked with a number of mass extinction events. About 80% of genera were lost at the ~251 Ma Permian-Triassic boundary event. This was a consequence of both volcanic eruptions (known as the Siberian Norilsk traps) and an <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/630144.Under_a_Green_Sky" target="_blank">asteroid impact</a> near Araguinha, Brazil (Araguinha: 40 km-diameter; 252.7+/-3.8 Ma).</p>
<div><a title="© Andrew Glikson, after Keller (2005)" href="http://www.sott.net/image/image/s4/95061/full/chart.jpg" rel="ibox&amp;ignore_target=true" target="_blank"><img title="Click to enlarge" src="http://www.sott.net/image/image/s4/95061/large/chart.jpg" alt="Mass Extinction_1" border="0" /></a></p>
<div>© Andrew Glikson, after Keller (2005)<br />
Figure 1: Phanerozoic genera extinction rates, extraterrestrial impact events (circles denote relative magnitude of impacts) and major volcanic events.</div>
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<p>These mass extinction events came on top of more gradual geological processes. These included plate tectonic movements, continental rifting and associated increases in volcanism and mountain building. There were intermittent build up and precipitation of volcanic aerosols and the longer term accumulation and sequestration of atmospheric greenhouse gases (see Figure 2).</p>
<div><a title="© Andrew Glikson" href="http://www.sott.net/image/image/s4/95062/full/cainozoic_events.jpg" rel="ibox&amp;ignore_target=true" target="_blank"><img title="Click to enlarge" src="http://www.sott.net/image/image/s4/95062/large/cainozoic_events.jpg" alt="Cainozoic Events" border="0" /></a></p>
<div>© Andrew Glikson<br />
Figure 2. Evolution of atmospheric CO2 over the last 80 Ma as measured by multiple proxies (stomata leaf pores, 13C in phytoplankton, 13C in paleosols) (data after D. Royer, with permission). Main features: (1) a low-CO2 late Cretaceous (~70-65 Ma) period terminated by the K-T impact, raising CO2 to ~1700-6500 ppm; (2) high-CO2 Eocene (~50-32 Ma) period terminated by a ~35 Ma impact cluster followed by opening of the Drake Passage, formation of the circum-Antarctic cold current and the Antarctic ice sheet, leading to low-CO2 (~200-500 ppm) Oligocene to present climates.</div>
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<p>These past events have much to teach us. But the loss of biodiversity associated with the rise of hominids, and in particular since the onset of the industrial age, constitutes a unique phenomenon in Earth history. It is fundamentally different in origin &#8211; although similar in terms of some of its consequences &#8211; to previous mass extinction events.</p>
<p>For the first time in planetary history a species has mastered combustion, first of carbon products of the biosphere, then of fossil carbon products hundreds of millions of years old. This has magnified its oxygenating capacities by many orders of magnitude. For example, whereas human respiration uses about two to seven calories each minute, driving a car commonly uses more than 1000 calories a minute and operating a power plant more than one million calories a minute.</p>
<div><a title="© Andrew Glickson/Democracy in Action" href="http://www.sott.net/image/image/s4/95063/full/species_extinction.jpg" rel="ibox&amp;ignore_target=true" target="_blank"><img title="Click to enlarge" src="http://www.sott.net/image/image/s4/95063/large/species_extinction.jpg" alt="Species Extinction" border="0" /></a></p>
<div>© Andrew Glickson/Democracy in Action<br />
Figure 3: The rise in human population and in the number of extinct species between 1800 and 2010.</div>
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<p>The magnitude of current loss of species is portrayed in figures 3 to 5. According to the <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2167/t/9524/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1150373#two" target="_blank">Centre for Biological Diversity:</a></p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;The human population is 6.8 billion and growing every second. The sheer force of our numbers is dominating the planet to such a degree that geologists are contemplating renaming our era the &#8216;Anthropocene&#8217;: the epoch where the human species is the dominant factor affecting land, air, water, soil, and species.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;We now absorb 42 percent of the planet&#8217;s entire terrestrial net primary productivity. We use 50 percent of all fresh water. We&#8217;ve transformed 50 percent of all land. We&#8217;ve changed the chemical composition of the whole biosphere and all the world&#8217;s seas, bringing on global warming and ocean acidification. Most importantly, we raised the extinction rate from a natural level of one extinction per million species per year up to 30,000 per year. That&#8217;s three per hour.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<div><a title="© Ecosystems and Human Well-being Synthesis A Report of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment" href="http://www.sott.net/image/image/s4/95064/full/converted_area.jpg" rel="ibox&amp;ignore_target=true" target="_blank"><img title="Click to enlarge" src="http://www.sott.net/image/image/s4/95064/large/converted_area.jpg" alt="Original Biomes" border="0" /></a></p>
<div>© Ecosystems and Human Well-being Synthesis A Report of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment<br />
Figure 4: Loss of original biomes (major regional group of distinctive plant and animal communities best adapted to the region&#8217;s physical natural environment, latitude, elevation, and terrain) by 1950, during 1950 and 1990 and projected loss by 2050.</div>
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<p>The utilisation of solar energy stored in plants through photosynthesis, fossil remains of planets and of marine organisms, increases entropy in nature by many orders of magnitude. The mastery of fire by the genus Homo signifies not only a blueprint for the species, but for much of terrestrial nature.</p>
<p>The splitting of the atom increases potential release of entropy by 14 to 15 orders of magnitude for a 1 megaton TNT-equivalent device. Only a species capable of controlling these devices would be able to avoid the catastrophic consequences of the release of such levels of energy into the biosphere.</p>
<div><a title="© Millennium Ecosystem Assessment" href="http://www.sott.net/image/image/s4/95065/full/species_number.jpg" rel="ibox&amp;ignore_target=true" target="_blank"><img title="Click to enlarge" src="http://www.sott.net/image/image/s4/95065/large/species_number.jpg" alt="Biodiversity" border="0" /></a></p>
<div>© Millennium Ecosystem Assessment<br />
Figure 5: Relative Loss of Biodiversity of Vascular Plants between 1970 and 2050 as a Result of Land Use Change for Different Biomes and Realms in the Order from Strength Scenario.</div>
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<p>The rate at which radiative forcing and temperature in the atmosphere are now rising exceeds those of previous events in the atmosphere and ocean system, excepting those associated with mass extinctions of species.</p>
<p>As shown in Figure 6, if we compare the current rise of more than 2ppm/year to the mean rise in atmospheric CO₂ of +0.43 ppm/year since 1750, the only recorded rise of similar magnitude occurred 55 million years ago. At this time, the release of some ~2000 GtC carbon as methane took place <a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v451/n7176/full/nature06588.html" target="_blank">at a rate of ~0.1 ppm/year. </a></p>
<div><a title="© Andrew Glikson" href="http://www.sott.net/image/image/s4/95066/full/state_atmosphere.jpg" rel="ibox&amp;ignore_target=true" target="_blank"><img title="Click to enlarge" src="http://www.sott.net/image/image/s4/95066/large/state_atmosphere.jpg" alt="State of the Atmosphere" border="0" /></a></p>
<div>© Andrew Glikson<br />
Figure 6: Summary of rates of temperature changes, temperature changes per year, CO2 changes and CO2 rates per year during Cainozoic events.</div>
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<div>In terms of temperatures, the current rise rate of ~0.02 to 0.03 degrees Celsius/year is consistent with the fastest rates recorded in Cainozoic history (see Figure 6).</p>
<p>Throughout geological history many species succeeded in adapting to slow to moderate environmental changes. Some survived the most extreme environmental events. Burning the world&#8217;s fossil fuel reserves of <a href="http://www.columbia.edu/%7Ejeh1/mailings/2012/20120127_CowardsPart1.pdf" target="_blank">more than 2000 GtC,</a> analogous to the magnitude estimated for the 55 Ma-old Paleocene-Eocene Thermal event, is leading Earth&#8217;s climate and habitats into uncharted territory.</div>
<div><a href="http://www.sott.net/articles/show/242014-Is-Another-Mass-Extinction-Event-on-the-Way-">http://www.sott.net/articles/show/242014-Is-Another-Mass-Extinction-Event-on-the-Way-</a></div>
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		<description><![CDATA[From: secureteam10 &#124; Nov 20, 2011 &#124; 248,246 views See: Double Slit Experiment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT-_uCLwKhQ Every Black Hole Contains Another Universe? http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/04/100409-bl&#8230; Mass of the universe in a black hole http://arxiv.org/abs/1110.5019<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ascendingstarseed.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16643557&amp;post=10357&amp;subd=ascendingstarseed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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From: secureteam10 | Nov 20, 2011 | 248,246 views<br />
See: Double Slit Experiment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT-_uCLwKhQ<br />
Every Black Hole Contains Another Universe?</p>
<p>http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/04/100409-bl&#8230;</p>
<p>Mass of the universe in a black hole</p>
<p>http://arxiv.org/abs/1110.5019</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Through Jo Amidon                            Family of Light volunteers are on Earth to aid in planetary change and transformation. They are to bring in or &#8216;remember&#8217; high levels of information, guidance and awareness&#8230;and most importantly to anchor the energy of unconditional love. This is to aid in raising the overall energy of the planet. Much [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ascendingstarseed.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16643557&amp;post=10352&amp;subd=ascendingstarseed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:medium;">Through Jo Amidon                   </span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:medium;">        Family of Light volunteers are on Earth to aid in planetary change and transformation. They are to bring in or &#8216;remember&#8217; high levels of information, guidance and awareness&#8230;and most importantly to anchor the energy of unconditional love. This is to aid in raising the overall energy of the planet. Much of the information given to the planet is not new to you, it acts to stir memory, and to remind you of what you have known before. It is time to remember your mission on Earth, what you are to do, who you truly are.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:medium;">           You are incarnated upon Earth at this time to help create a high level of light, unconditional love, knowledge, willingness to grow, and to aid in the shifting of consciousness needed for the planet. In this lifetime, you are to reclaim your power, ability and knowledge.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:medium;">Due to the roles, as Family of Light volunteers, the reasons behind your being on Earth will differ from those given in standard Earth teachings. You are highly developed beings of spirit, light, and power. Before you came to Earth, you were physical in other realities, of higher levels of dimensionality than third dimensional Earth. Therefore, growth to that previous level is NOT NECESSARY. It is only necessary to REMEMBER AND RECLAIM YOUR POWER AND ABILITY.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:medium;">You, who are Family of Light, are well-trained masters of disguise. You excel and thrive on adventure, challenge, going into areas of &#8220;darkness&#8221; and purposefully forgetting who you are &#8212; and then remembering who you are at the proper time. Some of you have been on many missions with Family of Light, and others are on your first mission.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:medium;">Each of you have had lifetimes specifically designed to go &#8220;deeper&#8221; and &#8220;deeper&#8221; into the density on Earth. This is planned to create an understanding of areas of difficulty and the level of darkness (lack of knowledge or connection to the God Force) upon the planet. To truly understand, you must BE of and experience a reality. To truly create change, you must have understanding.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:medium;">Through the lifetimes you have had on Earth, there have been several areas of focus and accomplishment:</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:medium;">     Personal growth and development on a spiritual level, through lifetimes planned for growth, understanding, and awareness. Strong understanding of Earth reality, how it works, the challenges, the beliefs. Changes in the history and people of Earth were created to allow for a stronger probability of planetary ascension.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:medium;">At a point in the history of Earth, Prime Creator became concerned over probabilities for Earth. There was concern for planetary well being, free will and the growth patterns of individuals who lived on the planet. There was lessening light and knowledge upon the planet. Prime Creator decided that Family of Light would be called in to help create a new reality for Earth, and avoid the probability of self destruction and eventual planetary destruction by those on the planet.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:medium;">         Other groups of volunteers and individuals desiring to help had come into the reality of Earth at various times to attempt to spread light and knowledge, however many of these became &#8220;stuck&#8221; in the illusion of third dimensional reality. Many of these were themselves in need of assistance.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:medium;">All of this led Prime Creator in this decision. As always, when a mission for Family of Light is decided upon by Prime Creator, a call is resounded. This is done through a sound or energy wave, which is given by Prime Creator. It is intended to resonate with those of a high level of integrity, focus upon light, willingness to serve, and willingness to sacrifice personal plan.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:medium;">There must be love of adventure, time travel, challenge, and experimentation. There must be willingness to experience a wide variety of realities, and play a wide variety of roles. Those who felt this call were brought to an area used by the Council of Light for these purposes.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:medium;">In this area, information was given: about this mission, need to sacrifice or leave the current lifetime situation, and the possible dangers. At that point, another call was resounded, and those who still wished to respond based on that level of knowledge which had been shared, were retained. Others were returned to the lifetimes in progress. Those who volunteered for this mission, then ended the physical lifetimes that were in progress, and remained in spirit, for a period of training.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:medium;">Those who had previously been on Family of Light missions and volunteered again had previous knowledge and experience. These served as teachers for those who were &#8220;new&#8221; volunteers. Among those who volunteered were those from all planets, all realities and a number of angels. Angels were chosen in a different way, a way of selection rather than choice. As was done for each Family of Light mission, a number of angels, from those who served under each Archangel and each level, were chosen for representation.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:medium;">For each Family of Light mission, it is necessary to volunteer again. Once a mission is completed, one is freed from that commitment. Training is given in knowledge, awareness, abilities, planning and methods of impact.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:medium;">Changes in Earth history were to be done carefully, with planning and delicacy. It was necessary to have understanding of Earth time, and methods that would be used in creating changes in Earth reality. Planning was done by those with high levels of knowledge and expertise in areas of time, impact, and creation of gentle change.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:medium;">It was not planned to have Family of Light members incarnate into lifetimes of important historical figures and make major changes in Earth history. Instead, it was planned to incarnate in small groups into time periods, cities, and situations. Those in each group would find one another through the assistance of spirit guides at points in these lives to aid one another in various ways.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:medium;">Change was created by bringing in new ideas, flexibility and awareness to the lifetimes and roles that were chosen. This would create shifting of mass consciousness and create change slowly. Changes were created in many time periods, by sending groups into different time periods. This allowed impact to be made throughout history, without limitations of time.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:medium;">Between lifetimes, you have experienced group incarnation planning periods. You have worked to select who would incarnate in which groups for each lifetime period. You have worked with many who are Family of Light, and experienced many scenarios with these.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:medium;">At times, you chose to incarnate into families together and experience those roles with one another. Other times, marriage, friendships, or other relationships were planned. At times, you have killed one another to create awareness or teach those around you of injustice, equality, and morality. Many situations were created to cause questioning and awareness among others.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:medium;">Much of the role playing and exchanging was to aid in creating, planning and selecting roles for this lifetime. Much thought was given to this lifetime, the family you chose, the body, sex, and personality characteristics which were important and needed. Most choose to create scenarios likely to create a desire for spiritual growth and awareness. All of you chose certain encoded personality traits to ensure awakening. You planned to &#8220;be born into&#8221; a wide range of realities, locations, and family types to ensure a wide range of affect of your light upon Earth situations and realities.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:medium;">Each of you, along with higher self, chose a role or ability to focus upon in this lifetime. This was based on abilities and talents developed in other lifetimes as these abilities would be easily &#8220;recultivated&#8221;. You who were often healers, are again healers. Those who have often been teachers, leaders, or energy, technology or communication workers and developers are again working in these areas.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:medium;">Spiritual partners in relationships may be mates who worked well with you. Many planned to allow for the development of abilities, awareness, and knowledge before finding one another. This allows you to work with releasing past relationship patterns before connecting with the spiritual partner in this lifetime. There are many planned connections with those from past lifetimes, who had strong emotional bonds or attachments which needed releasing. Often these connections and relationships were planned to occur before the stronger, more supportive relationships.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:medium;">There are many aspects of being a Family of Light volunteer, understanding some of these and having knowledge of your history as a volunteer is intended to aid you in accomplishing your mission.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:medium;">The Teachers of the Universal Mind</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:medium;">through  Jo Amidon  1995 revised 1997. </span></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.lightconnection.org/libraryofinformation/channeledinfo/familyoflight.htm"><strong><span style="font-size:medium;">http://www.lightconnection.org/libraryofinformation/channeledinfo/familyoflight.htm</span></strong></a></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Many thanks to Karen for an excellent read! Global Research, February 23, 2012 Washington&#8217;s Blog Censorship By Top Social Media Websites Facebook pays low-wage foreign workers to delete certain content based upon a censorship list. For example, Facebook deletes accounts created by Palestinian resistance groups. Digg was caught censoring stories which were controversial or too [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ascendingstarseed.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16643557&amp;post=10349&amp;subd=ascendingstarseed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<td rowspan="1" align="left" width="0"><em> Many thanks to Karen for an excellent read!</em></td>
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<h3 align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;">Censorship By Top Social Media Websites<br />
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<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Facebook </span><a title="pays low-wage foreign workers to delete certain content based upon a censorship list" href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/02/22/low-wage-facebook-contractor-leaks-secret-censorship-list/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">pays low-wage foreign workers to delete certain content based upon a censorship list</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;">. For example, Facebook deletes accounts created by Palestinian resistance groups. </span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Digg was caught censoring stories which were controversial or too critical of the government. See </span><a title="this" href="http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/news/2007/03/72835" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">this</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> and </span><a title="this" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20070311084954/http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=20587" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">this</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;">.</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Now, even social media site Reddit – which helped launch the anti-Sopa Internet blackout and publicize GoDaddy’s slimy Sopa support – is doing the same thing.</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">As just one example, posts from this website are being censored by Reddit. Specifically, a friend of this site who has submitted stories to Reddit has received the following messages of rejection from a Reddit moderator named davidreiss666:</span></p>
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<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">from <strong><a title="davidreiss666" href="http://www.reddit.com/user/davidreiss666" target="_blank">davidreiss666</a> via /r/worldnews/</strong></span></p>
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<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">WashingtonBlog is not something we consider a good source for r/Worldnews.</span></p>
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<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">from <strong><a title="davidreiss666" href="http://www.reddit.com/user/davidreiss666" target="_blank">davidreiss666</a> via /r/worldnews/</strong> </span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Please submit that story from an alternate domain. Thank you.</span></p>
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<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">And another moderator named Maxion:</span></p>
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<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">from </span><strong><a title="Maxion" href="http://www.reddit.com/user/Maxion" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Maxion</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> via /r/worldnews/</span></strong></p>
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<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I am sorry but this submission is not appropriate for this subreddit. </span></p>
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<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">There are certainly also more open-minded moderators at Reddit. But a couple of censors can squash discussion on entire topics.</span></p>
<h3 align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:medium;">Why Are They Censoring?<br />
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<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Why are they censoring?</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Well, </span><a title="censorship is rampant" href="http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/07/mainstream-media-presstitutes-for-the-rich-and-powerful.html"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">censorship is rampant</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> in America … and social media has grown so big that it has become a target as well.</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">In addition, as I </span><a title="pointed out" href="http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/07/pentagon-seeks-to-manipulate-social-media-for-propaganda-purposes.html"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">pointed out</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> last year [for ease of reading, we'll skip indentation]:</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Wired </span><a title="reported" href="http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/07/darpa-wants-social-media-sensor-for-propaganda-ops/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">reported</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> on Friday:</span></p>
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<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The Pentagon is looking to build a tool to sniff out social media propaganda campaigns and spit some counter-spin right back at it. </span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">On Thursday, Defense Department extreme technology arm Darpa unveiled its </span><a title="Social Media in Strategic Communication" href="https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&amp;mode=form&amp;id=6ef12558b44258382452fcf02942396a&amp;tab=core&amp;_cview=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Social Media in Strategic Communication</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> (SMISC) program. It’s an attempt to get better at both detecting and conducting propaganda campaigns on social media. SMISC has two goals. First, the program needs to help the military better understand what’s going on in social media in real time — particularly in areas where troops are deployed. Second, Darpa wants SMISC to help the military play the social media propaganda game itself.</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">This is more than just checking the trending topics on Twitter. The Defense Department wants to deeply grok social media dynamics. So SMISC algorithms will be aimed at discovering and tracking the “formation, development and spread of ideas and concepts (memes)” on social media, according to Darpa’s announcement.</span></p>
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<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">SMISC needs to be able to seek out “persuasion campaign structures and influence operations” developing across the social sphere. SMISC is supposed to quickly flag rumors and emerging themes on social media, figure out who’s behind it and what. Moreover, Darpa wants SMISC to be able to actually figure out whether this is a random product of the hivemind or a propaganda operation by an adversary nation or group. </span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Of course, SMISC won’t be content to just to hang back and monitor social media trends in strategic locations. It’s about building a better spin machine for Uncle Sam, too. Once SMISC’s latches on to an influence operation being launched, it’s supposed to help out in “countermessaging.”</span></p>
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<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">SMISC is yet another example of how the military is becoming very interested in what’s going on in the social media sphere.</span></p>
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<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Indeed, as I </span><a title="wrote" href="http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/02/you-know-those-obnoxious-posters-who-almost-seem-like-alter-egos-of-the-same-person-they-actually-might-be.html"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">wrote</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> in February:</span></p>
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<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I </span><a title="noted" href="http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2009/01/does-the-government-manipulate-social-media.html"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">noted</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> in 2009, in an article entitled “Does The Government Manipulate Social Media?”:</span></p>
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<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The U.S. government long ago announced its intention to </span><a title="“fight the net”" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4655196.stm" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">“fight the net”</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;">.</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">As revealed by an official Pentagon report signed by Rumsfeld called “Information Operations Roadmap”:</span></p>
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<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The roadmap [contains an] acknowledgement that information put out as part of the military’s psychological operations, or Psyops, is finding its way onto the computer and television screens of ordinary Americans. </span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">“Information intended for foreign audiences, including public diplomacy and Psyops, is increasingly consumed by our domestic audience,” it reads. </span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">“Psyops messages will often be replayed by the news media for much larger audiences, including the American public,” it goes on.</span></p>
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<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">“Strategy should be based on the premise that the Department [of Defense] will ‘fight the net’ as it would an enemy weapons system”.</span></p>
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<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Indeed, the Pentagon publicly </span><a title="announced" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1830500.stm" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">announced</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> years ago that it was considering using “black propaganda” – in other words, knowing lies.</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">CENTCOM announced in 2008 that a team of employees would be </span><a title="“[engaging]   bloggers who are posting inaccurate or untrue information, as well as   bloggers who are posting incomplete information.”" href="http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Raw_obtains_CENTCOM_email_to_bloggers_1016.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">“[engaging] bloggers who are posting inaccurate or untrue information, as well as bloggers who are posting incomplete information.”</span></a></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The </span><a title="Air Force" href="http://blog.wired.com/defense/2009/01/usaf-blog-respo.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Air Force</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> is now also engaging bloggers. Indeed, an Air Force spokesman said:</span></p>
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<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">“We obviously have many more concerns regarding cyberspace than a typical Social Media user,” Capt. Faggard says. “I am concerned with how insurgents or potential enemies can use Social Media to their advantage. It’s our role to provide a clear and accurate, completely truthful and transparent picture for any audience.”</span></p>
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<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">In other words, the government is targeting “social media”, including popular user-ranked news sites.</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">In addition, when you look at what the Israeli lobby has done with Megaphone software to automatically vote stories questioning Israel down and to send pro-Israel letters to politicians and media (see </span><a title="this" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/09/israel-foreign-ministry-media" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">this</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;">, </span><a title="this" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2006/nov/20/mondaymediasection.israel" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">this</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> and </span><a title="this" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/03/AR2009010301993.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">this</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;">), you can start to see how the U.S. military – an even larger and better-funded organization – could substantially influence voting on social news sites with very little effort. </span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Moreover,the military has outsourced many projects to private contractors. For example, in Iraq, much of the fighting has been outsourced to Blackwater. And </span><a title="governmental intelligence functions have largely been outsourced to private companies." href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/06/AR2007070601993.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">governmental intelligence functions have largely been outsourced to private companies.</span></a></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">It is therefore not impossible that the government is hiring cheap labor to downvote stories on the social media sites which question the government, and to post pro-government comments.</span></p>
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<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">(other governments and large companies “astroturf” online as well. See </span><a title="this" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7783640.stm" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">this</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;">, </span><a title="this" href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/07/15/1351204/Internet-Astroturfer-Fined-300000?from=rss" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">this</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> and </span><a title="this" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2010/dec/13/astroturf-libertarians-internet-democracy" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">this</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;">.)</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I pointed out the same month: </span></p>
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<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Government propagandists, their hired private contractors and useful idiots are creating “downvote bots” or scripts to bury stories which question the government.</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">***</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">One free, simple scripting program to create automatic downvotes of certain topics or news posters is called “Greasemonkey”, which is commonly used on large social news sites such as Reddit.</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">For example, there are some 2,480 hits … for the google search </span><a title="site:reddit.com greasemonkey downvote" href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&amp;hs=Hsj&amp;q=site%3Areddit.com+greasemonkey+downvote&amp;btnG=Search" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">site:reddit.com greasemonkey downvote</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;">. This is some 2,480 times that Reddit users are publicly admitting to using greasemonkey (see also </span><a title="this" href="http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Areddit.com+%22downvote+bots%22&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;client=firefox-a" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">this</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;">).</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Propaganda agents obviously aren’t going to publicly brag about what they are doing, and you can bet that their use of downvote bots is much greater. Moreover, they probably have more sophisticated software than Greasemonkey.</span></p>
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<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Today, Raw Story </span><a title="reports" href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/02/18/revealed-air-force-ordered-software-to-manage-army-of-fake-virtual-people/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">reports</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> that the Air Force ordered software to manage army of fake virtual people: </span></p>
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<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Internet users would be well advised to ask another question entirely: Are my “friends” even real people? </span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">In the continuing saga of data security firm HBGary, a new caveat has come to light: not only did they plot to help destroy secrets outlet WikiLeaks and discredit progressive bloggers, they also crafted detailed proposals for software that manages online “personas,” allowing a single human to assume the identities of as many fake people as they’d like.</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The revelation was among those contained in the company’s emails, which were dumped onto bittorrent networks after hackers with cyber protest group “Anonymous” broke into their systems. </span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">In another document unearthed by “Anonymous,” one of HBGary’s employees also mentioned gaming geolocation services to make it appear as though selected fake persons were at actual events. </span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">“There are a variety of social media tricks we can use to add a level of realness to all fictitious personas,” it said.</span></p>
<p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Government involvement</span></strong></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Eerie as that may be, more perplexing, however, is </span><a title="a federal contract" href="https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&amp;mode=form&amp;id=d88e9d660336be91552fe8c1a51bacb2&amp;tab=core&amp;_cview=1" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">a federal contract</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> from the 6th Contracting Squadron at MacDill Air Force Base, located south of Tampa, Florida, that solicits providers of “persona management software.”</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">While there are certainly legitimate applications for such software, such as managing multiple “official” social media accounts from a single input, the more nefarious potential is clear. </span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Unfortunately, the Air Force’s contract description doesn’t help dispel their suspicions either. As the text explains, the software would require licenses for 50 users with 10 personas each, for a total of 500. These personas would have to be “replete with background , history, supporting details, and cyber presences that are technically, culturally and geographacilly consistent.” </span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">It continues, noting the need for secure virtual private networks that randomize the operator’s Internet protocol (IP) address, making it impossible to detect that it’s a single person orchestrating all these posts. Another entry calls for static IP address management for each persona, making it appear as though each fake person was consistently accessing from the same computer each time. </span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The contract also sought methods to anonymously establish virtual private servers with private hosting firms in specific geographic locations. This would allow that server’s “geosite” to be integrated with their social media profiles, effectively gaming geolocation services.</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The Air Force added that the “place of performance” for the contract would be at MacDill Air Force Base, along with Kabul, Afghanistan and Baghdad. The contract was offered on June 22, 2010. </span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">It was not clear exactly what the Air Force was doing with this software, or even if it had been procured.</span></p>
<p align="justify"><strong><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Manufacturing consent</span></strong></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Though many questions remain about how the military would apply such technology, the reasonable fear should be perfectly clear. “Persona management software” can be used to manipulate public opinion on key information, such as news reports. An unlimited number of virtual “people” could be marshaled by only a few real individuals, empowering them to create the illusion of consensus. </span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">***</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">That’s precisely </span><a title="what got DailyKos blogger Happy Rockefeller in a snit" href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/02/16/945768/-The-HB-Gary-Email-That-Should-Concern-Us-All" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">what got DailyKos blogger Happy Rockefeller in a snit</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;">: the potential for military-run armies of fake people manipulating and, in some cases, even manufacturing the appearance of public opinion.</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">“I don’t know about you, but it matters to me what fellow progressives think,” the blogger wrote. “I consider all views. And if there appears to be a consensus that some reporter isn’t credible, for example, or some candidate for congress in another state can’t be trusted, I won’t base my entire judgment on it, but it carries some weight.</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">“That’s me. I believe there are many people though who will base their judgment on rumors and mob attacks. And for those people, a fake mob can be really effective.”</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">***</span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">“Team Themis” [</span><a title="tasked by the Chamber" href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/02/14/us-chamber-hired-firm-to-investigate-families-and-children-of-critics/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">tasked by the Chamber</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> of Commerce to come up with strategies for responding to progressive bloggers and others] also included </span><a title="a proposal" href="http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/479144/plan_solicited_by_chamber_lawyers_included_malware_hacking_to_discredit_progressive_organizations/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">a proposal</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> to use malware hacks against progressive organizations, and the submission of fake documents in an effort to discredit established groups. </span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">HBGary was also behind a plot by Bank of America to destroy WikiLeaks’ technology platform, other emails revealed. The company was </span><a title="humiliated by members of “Anonymous”" href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/02/07/anonymous-hacks-security-firm-probed-membership/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">humiliated by members of “Anonymous”</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> after CEO Aaron Barr bragged that he’d “infiltrated” the group.</span></p>
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<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">And see </span><a title="this" href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/03/17/134631649/report-u-s-creates-fake-online-identities-to-counter-enemy-propaganda" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">this</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;">, </span><a title="this" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">this</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;">, </span><a title="this" href="http://www.centcom.mil/en/about-centcom/posture-statement/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">this</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;">, </span><a title="this" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2011/feb/23/need-to-protect-internet-from-astroturfing" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">this</span></a><span style="font-family:Verdana;">.</span></p>
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<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">*** </span></p>
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Postscript: Gaming social media is only one propaganda technique employed by the government:</span></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Uploaded by Sheilaaliens on Feb 22, 2012 http://www.sheilaaliens.net &#8220;It was an incredible sight for anyone lucky enough to catch a fleeting glimpse Tuesday night of a very bright light that streaked across the sky above Alberta and Saskatchewan. Witnesses went on Twitter to report a multi-hued flash between Lloydminster and Saskatoon that lasted just seconds. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ascendingstarseed.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16643557&amp;post=10346&amp;subd=ascendingstarseed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>&#8220;It was an incredible sight for anyone lucky enough to catch a fleeting glimpse Tuesday night of a very bright light that streaked across the sky above Alberta and Saskatchewan.</p>
<p>Witnesses went on Twitter to report a multi-hued flash between Lloydminster and Saskatoon that lasted just seconds.</p>
<p>One observer in Calgary who had a camera pointed skyward caught the flash northeast of the city and posted it on YouTube.</p>
<p>A motorist driving just north of Saskatoon near the community of Martensville described seeing a ball of fire suddenly light up the sky.</p>
<p>Other people reported hearing booming noises in the North Battleford region in western Saskatchewan.&#8221;<br />
Read more: <a title="http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20120222/flash-spotted-sky-above-prairies-120222/" href="http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20120222/flash-spotted-sky-above-prairies-120222/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20120222/flash-spotted-sky-above-prairie&#8230;</a></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Campaign for intelligent marine mammals to have right to life, which would protect them from hunters and captivity, Ian Sample The Guardian, Monday 20 February 2012 Fishermen drive bottle-nose dolphins into a net during their annual hunt off Taiji, Japan. Photograph: Kyodo News/AP Campaigners who believe that dolphins and whales should be granted rights on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ascendingstarseed.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16643557&amp;post=10318&amp;subd=ascendingstarseed&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p>Campaigners who believe that dolphins and <a title="More from guardian.co.uk on Whales" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/whales">whales</a> should be granted rights on account of their intelligence are to push for the <a title="More from guardian.co.uk on Animals" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/animals">animals</a> to be protected under international law.</p>
<p>A group of scientists and ethicists argues there is sufficient evidence of the marine mammals&#8217; intelligence, self-awareness and complex behaviour to enshrine their rights in legislation.</p>
<p>Under the declaration of rights for cetaceans, a term that includes dolphins, whales and porpoises, the animals would be protected as &#8220;non-human persons&#8221; and have a legally enforceable right to life.</p>
<p>If incorporated into law, the declaration would bring legal force to bear on whale hunters, and marine parks, aquariums and other entertainment venues would be barred from keeping dolphins, whales or porpoises in captivity.</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re saying the science has shown that individuality, consciousness and self-awareness are no longer unique human properties. That poses all kinds of challenges,&#8221; said Tom White, director of the Centre for Ethics and Business at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.</p>
<p>&#8220;Dolphins are non-human persons. A person needs to be an individual. And if individuals count, then the deliberate killing of individuals of this sort is ethically the equivalent of deliberately killing a human being. The captivity of beings of this sort, particularly in conditions that would not allow for a decent life, is ethically unacceptable, and commercial whaling is ethically unacceptable,&#8221; White said.</p>
<p>The group spoke at the annual meeting in Vancouver of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, to raise support for the declaration among scientists and the visiting public. The 10-point declaration sets out a framework to protect cetaceans&#8217; &#8220;life, liberty and wellbeing&#8221;, including rights to freedom of movement and residence in their natural environment, and protection against &#8220;disruption of their cultures&#8221;.</p>
<p>&#8220;The next step is taking the science and advocating for law in different places, from a regional point of view, from a national point of view, and eventually from a multinational and international view,&#8221; said Chris Butler-Stroud of the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society.</p>
<p>Decades of research on cetaceans, and dolphins in particular, has revealed that their brains, while markedly different from humans, are large, complex and capable of sophisticated behaviour. Observations of dolphins have shown that they can recognise themselves, use tools and understand symbols and abstract concepts.</p>
<p>In 2001, Lori Marino of Emory University in Atlanta, who is promoting the declaration, <a title="" href="http://www.pnas.org/content/98/10/5937.full">tested whether dolphins recognised themselves</a> by drawing temporary marks on different parts of their bodies and watching them check the mark by swimming up to an immersed mirror. &#8220;When we did that with two dolphins they passed with flying colours,&#8221; she said.</p>
<p>Orcas off Patagonia displayed a seemingly extraordinary act when an aged member of the group suffered jaw damage and could no longer eat properly. The whale&#8217;s companions kept the animal alive by feeding it. &#8220;The animal, we would say, was past its sell-by date, an older creature. They must have conceptualised that if it wasn&#8217;t fed, something would have happened to it, and they were able to work out what was needed to keep it alive,&#8221; said Butler-Stroud.</p>
<p>At the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Mississippi, a dolphin named Kelly outwitted its human keepers and passed on some of its tricks to its offspring. Dolphins at the centre were rewarded with fish if they collected litter from their tanks and carried it in their mouths to the staff but Kelly found a weakness in the scheme. When people dropped paper into her tank, she hid it under a rock on the bottom. When a keeper next approached, she swam down and tore a small piece off, and returned to the surface to claim her reward. She worked out that a small piece of paper earned the same reward as a big piece, and so maximised her meals.</p>
<p>Then one day, Kelly managed to grab a gull that flew into the tank. When she delivered it to her keepers, she got an especially large fish reward. The next time Kelly was fed she hid the fish at the bottom of the pool, and later brought it to the surface to lure more gulls into the pool. The strategy proved so successful that she taught her offspring, who went on to teach others.</p>
<p>Though much of the declaration is intended to bring pressure on whaling nations and venues that keep cetaceans in captivity, the document has major implications for conservation programmes and environmental assessments that impinge on communities of dolphins, whales and other cetaceans.</p>
<p>As an early step, the special rights for cetaceans are being considered by the UN as part of its convention on migratory species, which aims to protect migrating species over their entire ranges.</p>
<p>Enshrining the rights in law could be some time, though. &#8220;If we are lucky it could take 10 years,&#8221; said White. &#8220;We are at the stage of climate scientists 20 years ago. This is the first step.&#8221;</p>
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