A Classic Tail Symbol: Modern Day Analogy
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." The classic opening line from Charles Dickens' novel "A Tale of Two Cities" published in 1859 seems to be relevant to any moment of time throughout history. If it was not the case, man would not had survived his darkest hour.
The snake eating it's own tail image of the Ouroboros symbolizes Dicken's concept of "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." Best of times in that there is food in it's mouth and the worst of times is that the snake is devouring itself.
According to Wikipedia, the ouroboros is one of the oldest mystical symbols in the world and that it can be recorded as far back to the Hongshan culture (4700 BC to 2900 BC). What is very interesting is that the "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" analogy with the ouroboros symbol is very relevant to our modern times, 6700 years later.
US Military Restricts Google Maps
InformationWeek
The DOD took action when Street View images of Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, appeared on Google Maps. By Thomas Claburn The US Department of Defense put Google on the defensive last week when it issued a communique to make it clear that the ...
Google Street Views and the military threat
Google Pulls Army Base Maps, Says Photographer Violated Policy
Transgender Man's Baby May Have Health Problems
ABC News
By AINA HUNTER Among the important issues raised by the pregnancy of Oregonian Thomas Beatie is whether a female-to-male transgender person who becomes pregnant might be endangering the fetus in the process.
Oregon Transgender Man Is Five Months Pregnant
Transgender man is pregnant
Urge for Text Messaging and Emailing May Suggest Mental Disorder
eFluxMedia
By Anna Boyd Text messaging and emailing are fun as long as you don’t become addicted to them, an article in the American Journal of Psychiatry wrote.
Addicted to Texting or E-Mail? You May Be Mentally Ill
Text-Messaging An Illness?
Heart Donated by Slain Marine Saves Man's Life
eFluxMedia
By Sarah Vasques A heart donated by a Marine who survived two tours in Iraq and was killed by a stray bullet back home has saved a former Marine's life.
Parents of slain Marine happy his heart helped ailing Rockford man
Heart recipient talks with family of donor
Walgreen Profit Rises on Higher Prescription Sales (Update1)
Bloomberg
By Lauren Coleman-Lochner March 24 (Bloomberg) -- Walgreen Co., the largest US drugstore chain, said second-quarter profit rose more than some analysts estimated on increased sales of prescription drugs.
Walgreen's Profit Edges Higher
Walgreen 2Q Net Rises 5.2% To $685.9 Million; Revenue Up 10%
Cell Phones Bad For Your Health – Again
Digitaltrends.com
By Christopher Nickson It’s the issue that won’t go away. Are cell phones detrimental to your health? Will the electromagnetic radiation cause brain tumors?
Will cell phones kill more than cigarettes?
Yet another doctor claims mobiles fry your brains
cyberculture news
Have I told you?
Have I told you I love you today?
Love is the anxiety and apprehension I experience even before I see you. The anticipation of your beauty and presence alters the state of my mind.
Have I told you I love you today?
Love is the moment in time when I hold you in my arms and my heart and soul are filled with mixed emotions. For if it is true love, I must be able to let you go.
Have I told you I love you today?
As I am about to release you from my hug and say goodbye, my conscious and guilt recalls these quotes.
"True love doesn't have a happy ending, because true love never ends. Letting go is one way of saying I love you." -- Author Unknown
Have I told you I love you today?
"There are things that we never want to let go of, people we never want to leave behind. But keep in mind that letting go isn’t the end of the world, it’s the beginning of a new life." -- Author Unknown
Have I told you I love you today?
"Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over." -- Gloria Naylor
Have I told you I love you today?
"You never leave someone behind, you take a part of them with you and leave a part of yourself behind." -- Author Unknown
Have I told you I love you today?
And finally, "Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure." -- Oprah Winfrey
Have I told you I love you today?
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Cursed with a Gift
Visions
Woe is me for I am cursed with a gift. A higher consciousness state of mind and the responsibility of seeing visions of the future.
To come forth with this gift is to open oneself to the ridicule and insanity labels of your fellow man. To shelter your thoughts in the depths of your mind is an act of intellectual madness.
Woe is me for I am cursed with a gift of madness: seeing visions of the future.
Be aware of the vision on March 26, 2008 at 9:20 a.m. that brings forth an image of a well respected black top dog with skin surface infections.
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Hollywood Script Dictated by Cosmic Mind
Mind over Matter?
The great cosmic mind is dictating a script on current events in the magnitude of mythical proportions. We are experiencing a real life mystery of the Orient as it happens. Future cultures may depict these scenarios in their arts and literature.
It would behoove the present day entertainment industry to pay attention to the sequential series of headlines the Cyberculture News is posting. If a screen writer could only imagine current events unfolding into a real life, action-packed and mystical drama, he or she would surely win an Oscar.
The latest development in the Symbolism-China-Syndrome-Portentous Headlines is the following mind over matter phenomena.
United Press International
By SHAUN WATERMAN WASHINGTON, March 17 (UPI) -- The Chinese authorities' crackdown on Tibetan protests spread to the Internet at the weekend, with censors blocking YouTube and other sites as the Dalai Lama accused the regime of "cultural genocide" ...
Video: China struggles with Tibetan unrest - 17 Mar 08China Confirms Outbreak of Bird Flu
The Associated Press
HONG KONG (AP) - Chinese officials have confirmed that bird flu was to blame for killing chickens in poultry markets in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, Hong Kong's health bureau Sunday.
Hong Kong Flu Outbreak under Control
Hong Kong Flu Scare Closes Schools
China Says It Is Willing to Resume Rights
Washington Post
By Edward Cody BEIJING, Feb. 26 -- China declared Tuesday it is willing to resume a long-stalled human rights dialogue with the United States, seeking to improve its image before this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing.
China Willing to Resume Human Rights Talks With US (Update3)
Rice Wins Chinese Help on N. Korea Nukes
French diplomat talks about boycotting Beijing Olympics' opening ...
USA Today
If violence continues in Tibet, a senior French official says European nations should consider skipping the opening ceremonies of the Summer Olympics in Beijing, according to the Associated Press.
Rights group urges boycott of Chinese Olympics show
Gwen Knapp: Tibet Problem To Affect Olympics
China Blacks Out Tibet News
BusinessWeek
YouTube was down over the weekend, while Baidu and the Chinese versions of Yahoo! and MSN are sticking with the party line by Chi-Chu Tschang A convoy of Chinese military trucks drives down a street in the Tibetan capital Lhasa after violent protests ...
So the net routes around censorship? Tell it to China
YouTube ban only erodes China's image
The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) - A major earthquake struck a sparsely populated region of western China early Friday. Some houses collapsed, but there were no injuries, state media reported.
Big quake, aftershocks hit China's Xinjiang
Strong quake hits western China
China accuses Dalai Lama of taking Olympics "hostage"
Reuters
China has accused the Dalai Lama of plotting "terror" in Tibet and colluding with Uighur separatists in Xinjiang as it escalates a security and propaganda drive to stifle anti-Chinese unrest ahead of the ...
Video: Frost over the World - Tenzin Wangmo Dunchu - 21 Mar 08IOC president in 'silent diplomacy' with China
Expressindia.com
AP Ancient Olympia (Greece), March 24: IOC president Jacques Rogge says he is engaged in "silent diplomacy" with China on Tibet and other human rights issues in advance of the Beijing Olympics.
Greeks to light Beijing flame
Clouds won't cast a shadow over torch-lighting
Tibet deaths, arrests and protests shadow Olympics
Reuters India
By Chris Buckley and Lindsay Beck BEIJING (Reuters) - At least two people have died in fresh protests in a Tibetan part of western China, reports said on Tuesday, as authorities made arrests in Tibet's capital Lhasa in an effort to reassert control ...
Don't support Dalai Lama: China
EU tells China to stop using force against Tibetan protesters
Exclusive: Chinese police kill eight after opening fire on monks ...
New Violence Reported in Tibetan Area
Sarkozy 'open to Olympic boycott'
BBC News
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said that "all options are open" on possible boycotts of this summer's Olympic Games in China.
French Leader Considers Olympic Boycott
All options open regarding Olympics boycott, Sarkozy says (Roundup)
Germany Urges China to Talk on Tibet as Olympic Doubts Persist
Bloomberg
By Alan Crawford March 25 (Bloomberg) -- Germany's government said it's ``essential'' that China holds talks with the Dalai Lama if it hopes to win over world public opinion before the Olympic Games, as French President Nicolas Sarkozy refused to rule ...
The Tibet question; The Palestinian message
China puts ethnic-Tibetan area of Sichuan under lockdown after ...
BBC News
By Charles Haviland A group of more than 20 Tibetan schoolchildren has staged a protest in the main United Nations compound in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu.
Tibetan Students Enter UN Compound
Pro-Tibetans storm UN office in Nepal
China slams EU on Tibet statement; world protests mount (Roundup)
Monsters and Critics.com
Beijing - Amid protests around the world about China's handling of the Tibet unrest, Beijing on Monday blasted the European Union for interference at the same time that China made a show of business as usual in staging the launch of the Olympic torch ...
China Arrests Suspects in Tibetan Riots
Tibet monks 'won't be punished'
The Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) - The Internet must be open during the Beijing Olympics. That was the message a top-ranking International Olympic Committee official delivered Tuesday to Beijing organizers during the first of three days of meetings - the last official ...
Video: Olympic Torch Given to Chinese Amid ProtestsChinese Official in Tibet Calls for Swift Trial of Alleged Lhasa ...
Voice of America
By VOA News China's top law and order official in Tibet has called on judges in the remote region to swiftly try and judge Tibetans accused of involvement in recent rare anti-government unrest.
Exclusive: Chinese police kill eight after opening fire on monks ...
New Violence Reported in Tibetan Area
Foreign Media in China Harassed on Tibet
The Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) - Western reporters in China have received harassing phone calls, e-mails and text messages, some with death threats, supposedly from ordinary Chinese complaining about alleged bias in coverage of recent anti-Chinese protests in Tibet.
Tibetan Buddhism's next leader?
Latest Move in Tibet:
Paris torch relay canceled
SI.com
AP PARIS (AP) -- Police say the last section of the Olympic torch relay through Paris will not be run because of chaotic protests.
Video: Protests Follow Olympic Torch Through EuropeWall Street Journal
By DAVID L. PHILLIPS Given the scrutiny Beijing faces for its handling of the recent uprising in Lhasa, it may come as a surprise that there is a relatively simple solution to the problem: China need only implement existing laws on cultural autonomy.
Brown denies avoiding China row
China orders Tibetans 'reeducated' about Dalai Lama
New York Times
By GRAHAM BOWLEY The Olympic torch arrived in San Francisco on Tuesday for the latest stage of its worldwide relay as the International Olympic Committee for the first time raised the possibility of cutting short the relay or amending the route after ...
Video: Chaos marks Paris Olympic torch relay - 08 April 2008Olympic Torch Arrives in the US
MyFox Gulf Coast
President George W Bush should boycott the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games this summer, Hillary Clinton has argued. Beijing unless there were "major changes by the Chinese government".
Protesters Scale Golden Gate Bridge
Pro-Tibet Activists Scale Golden Gate Bridge
Winnipeg Sun
By Terry Pedwell, THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - The Conservative government has not ruled out a boycott of the Olympic Games in Beijing, says Defence Minister Peter MacKay.
MacKay won't rule out boycott of Beijing Olympics
Clinton: Bush Should Boycott Olympic Ceremony
Dalai Lama: Open Tibet 'to the world'
United Press International
SEATTLE, April 14 (UPI) -- The Dalai Lama, in Seattle for a conference, called upon China to open Tibet "to the world" and reiterated his support for Beijing's hosting of the Olympics.
Merkel spokesman rebuffs Chinese pressure on Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama is "anti-human rights": Chinese media
Monsters and Critics.com
Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose meeting with the Dalai Lama caused a chill in relations with China last year, called Thursday for continued dialogue with Beijing over Tibet's status.
Japan urged China to improve Tibet problem, agree to smooth ties ...
New Museum Offers the Official Line on Tibet
Washington Post
By Jill Drew BEIJING, April 17 -- Ratcheting up an active campaign against what it calls Western media bias, China demanded a "sincere apology" from CNN for statements made by commentator Jack Cafferty who last week called the Chinese "goons and thugs.
China calls for "sincere apology" from CNN
China snubs CNN apology over Cafferty remarks
New York Times
By ANDREW JACOBS BEIJING - As many as 100 Tibetans were arrested in northwest China on Thursday after they demonstrated against the earlier detention of monks from a nearby monastery, witnesses and a Tibetan human rights group said Friday.
About 100 Tibetans were arrested, witnesses say
China arrests Tibetans protesting monks' detentions
Los Angeles Times
Beijing has fanned the nationalism, critics say, but doesn't want it to get out of hand before the Summer Olympics. By Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer As Chinese nationalism flares across cyberspace, the government is growing concerned ...
Caught in the Middle, Called a Traitor
Chinese protests against French supermarket Carrefour spread
Think Outside the Box
Do you hear that sound? Listen again. Do you smell that scent? Breathe in deep. That is the silence and smell of God farting in your general direction. Hey! God works in mysterious ways.
The lesson for one to acknowledge hear is for you to perceive things differently to the preconceived notions instilled in your mind. Open your mind to accepting that there may be other interpretations in the imagery and experiences of everyday life.
Ha! Ha! Ha!
Did you hear and feel the laughter?
Sure you did.
Want to experience it again?
Pull the finger of God.
Remember! Open your mind to other interpretations.
Are you afraid to pull this finger of God for he may pass gas toward you? Or are you afraid to touch this finger because it is the sign of a certain four letter word and to use it in the same notion of God is sacrilegious?
Even if you don't pull his finger, you know he is still going to pass gas your way, hence illuminating your mind.
Bet you didn't know that the symbolism of the finger came about as a result of urban legend. The word Fuck came from Irish law. If a couple were caught committing adultery, they would be punished "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge In the Nude", with "FUCKIN" written on the stocks above them to denote the crime.
Hey! Don't kill the messenger, the Cyberculture News. Not only is the above acronym a part of cyberculture, it is a piece of Irish legend. Blame it on God for instilling such wisdom into the mind of the Irishmen.
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Symbolism: China Syndrome: Portentous Headlines
On March 16, 1979, a movie entitled The China Syndrome opened in movie theaters. Twelve days later, a nuclear accident had occurred at the Three Mile Island power plant located a few miles from Harrisburg, Pa.
According to Dictionary.com , the China Syndrome is a hypothetical nuclear-reactor accident in which the fuel would melt through the floor of the containment structure and burrow into the earth. From the jocular notion that the hot reactor core would pass through to the other side of the earth.
Twenty nine (29) years later on March 17, 2008, the Cyberculture News, located near Harrisburg. Pa. identifies portentous China syndrome headlines on current events. The consequences of these events shall pass through to the other side of the earth.
United Press International
By SHAUN WATERMAN WASHINGTON, March 17 (UPI) -- The Chinese authorities' crackdown on Tibetan protests spread to the Internet at the weekend, with censors blocking YouTube and other sites as the Dalai Lama accused the regime of "cultural genocide" ...
Video: China struggles with Tibetan unrest - 17 Mar 08China Confirms Outbreak of Bird Flu
The Associated Press
HONG KONG (AP) - Chinese officials have confirmed that bird flu was to blame for killing chickens in poultry markets in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, Hong Kong's health bureau Sunday.
Hong Kong Flu Outbreak under Control
Hong Kong Flu Scare Closes Schools
China Says It Is Willing to Resume Rights
Washington Post
By Edward Cody BEIJING, Feb. 26 -- China declared Tuesday it is willing to resume a long-stalled human rights dialogue with the United States, seeking to improve its image before this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing.
China Willing to Resume Human Rights Talks With US (Update3)
Rice Wins Chinese Help on N. Korea Nukes
French diplomat talks about boycotting Beijing Olympics' opening ...
USA Today
If violence continues in Tibet, a senior French official says European nations should consider skipping the opening ceremonies of the Summer Olympics in Beijing, according to the Associated Press.
Rights group urges boycott of Chinese Olympics show
Gwen Knapp: Tibet Problem To Affect Olympics
China Blacks Out Tibet News
BusinessWeek
YouTube was down over the weekend, while Baidu and the Chinese versions of Yahoo! and MSN are sticking with the party line by Chi-Chu Tschang A convoy of Chinese military trucks drives down a street in the Tibetan capital Lhasa after violent protests ...
So the net routes around censorship? Tell it to China
YouTube ban only erodes China's image
The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) - A major earthquake struck a sparsely populated region of western China early Friday. Some houses collapsed, but there were no injuries, state media reported.
Big quake, aftershocks hit China's Xinjiang
Strong quake hits western China
China accuses Dalai Lama of taking Olympics "hostage"
Reuters
China has accused the Dalai Lama of plotting "terror" in Tibet and colluding with Uighur separatists in Xinjiang as it escalates a security and propaganda drive to stifle anti-Chinese unrest ahead of the ...
Video: Frost over the World - Tenzin Wangmo Dunchu - 21 Mar 08IOC president in 'silent diplomacy' with China
Expressindia.com
AP Ancient Olympia (Greece), March 24: IOC president Jacques Rogge says he is engaged in "silent diplomacy" with China on Tibet and other human rights issues in advance of the Beijing Olympics.
Greeks to light Beijing flame
Clouds won't cast a shadow over torch-lighting
Tibet deaths, arrests and protests shadow Olympics
Reuters India
By Chris Buckley and Lindsay Beck BEIJING (Reuters) - At least two people have died in fresh protests in a Tibetan part of western China, reports said on Tuesday, as authorities made arrests in Tibet's capital Lhasa in an effort to reassert control ...
Don't support Dalai Lama: China
EU tells China to stop using force against Tibetan protesters
Sarkozy 'open to Olympic boycott'
BBC News
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said that "all options are open" on possible boycotts of this summer's Olympic Games in China.
French Leader Considers Olympic Boycott
All options open regarding Olympics boycott, Sarkozy says (Roundup)
Germany Urges China to Talk on Tibet as Olympic Doubts Persist
Bloomberg
By Alan Crawford March 25 (Bloomberg) -- Germany's government said it's ``essential'' that China holds talks with the Dalai Lama if it hopes to win over world public opinion before the Olympic Games, as French President Nicolas Sarkozy refused to rule ...
The Tibet question; The Palestinian message
China puts ethnic-Tibetan area of Sichuan under lockdown after ...
BBC News
By Charles Haviland A group of more than 20 Tibetan schoolchildren has staged a protest in the main United Nations compound in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu.
Tibetan Students Enter UN Compound
Pro-Tibetans storm UN office in Nepal
Chinese Official in Tibet Calls for Swift Trial of Alleged Lhasa ...
Voice of America -
By VOA News China's top law and order official in Tibet has called on judges in the remote region to swiftly try and judge Tibetans accused of involvement in recent rare anti-government unrest.
Exclusive: Chinese police kill eight after opening fire on monks ...
New Violence Reported in Tibetan Area
Foreign Media in China Harassed on Tibet
The Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) - Western reporters in China have received harassing phone calls, e-mails and text messages, some with death threats, supposedly from ordinary Chinese complaining about alleged bias in coverage of recent anti-Chinese protests in Tibet.
Tibetan Buddhism's next leader?
Latest Move in Tibet:
Paris torch relay canceled
SI.com
AP PARIS (AP) -- Police say the last section of the Olympic torch relay through Paris will not be run because of chaotic protests.
Video: Protests Follow Olympic Torch Through EuropeOlympics Photo Wire
New York Times
By GRAHAM BOWLEY The Olympic torch arrived in San Francisco on Tuesday for the latest stage of its worldwide relay as the International Olympic Committee for the first time raised the possibility of cutting short the relay or amending the route after ...
Video: Chaos marks Paris Olympic torch relay - 08 April 2008Olympic Torch Arrives in the US
MyFox Gulf Coast
President George W Bush should boycott the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games this summer, Hillary Clinton has argued. Beijing unless there were "major changes by the Chinese government".
Protesters Scale Golden Gate Bridge
Pro-Tibet Activists Scale Golden Gate Bridge
Dalai Lama: Open Tibet 'to the world'
United Press International
SEATTLE, April 14 (UPI) -- The Dalai Lama, in Seattle for a conference, called upon China to open Tibet "to the world" and reiterated his support for Beijing's hosting of the Olympics.
Merkel spokesman rebuffs Chinese pressure on Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama is "anti-human rights": Chinese media
New York Times
By ANDREW JACOBS BEIJING - As many as 100 Tibetans were arrested in northwest China on Thursday after they demonstrated against the earlier detention of monks from a nearby monastery, witnesses and a Tibetan human rights group said Friday.
About 100 Tibetans were arrested, witnesses say
China arrests Tibetans protesting monks' detentions
Los Angeles Times
Beijing has fanned the nationalism, critics say, but doesn't want it to get out of hand before the Summer Olympics. By Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer As Chinese nationalism flares across cyberspace, the government is growing concerned ...
Caught in the Middle, Called a Traitor
Chinese protests against French supermarket Carrefour spread
