Hi,
I searched, but wasn't quite able to find anything. I imagine it's something with a simple answer in a config I just haven't found yet. I have a node with a 1Gbe on-board and a dual 10Gbe nic. When I set it up / added it to my cluster of six, I wasn't paying attention and I gave the node, itself, one of the 10G ports on the nic. I'm attempting to place vmbr0 with the on-board line so that the 10G line can be dedicated to vms via a different bridge, but for some reason, the node falls out of the cluster when I do. /etc/pve/corosync.conf doesn't show the hardware, and I'm a bit surprised it matters given that I'm changing it via the GUI. /etc/network shows only the configuration of the individual node, and /etc/networks/interfaces.d is empty. I am not using ceph or high availability. The IP / gateway are not changing.
The behavior happens specifically when I change the hardware interface of vmbr0. The 1G line is up on ip link, blinks on ethtool -p, and shows UP on ip a. I've isolated it to the single step. I can still access the node directly, it can just no longer communicate with the other nodes.
Any ideas? I can try a reboot, I just have a long-running rsync project going in the background on vmbr1 / one of the 10G ports that I'd like to let finish (and that will probably take a few days) first.
Note: For some reason, I can't get a q-device working on my main (ubuntu) computer. My current configuration involves two votes for a node that I always have online to make quorum. That is likely relevant to my current issue.
Edit: it must be related to a common config file. I added both nics to the bridge, applied, and then removed one, and now each half of the cluster can communicate within itself, but not with the other half (cluster split in half). So, some progress is made in that now I have a true split brain. I can access any half at once, so long as I'm not trying to access the other half. Fixable by returning the original nic configuration.
Edit: Fixed it with a reboot. Apply config in the gui caused a split brain, but changing the nic without applying the config and rebooting created a temporary split brain that self-resolved once the node was down, and then the node re-added itself upon boot. Manual editing of the network config / service restart did not fix the problem; only a reboot. Didn't figure out which common config was the cuplrit.

I have a problem. I am addicted to knowledge. I believed in the myths of the 1989s and 90s. NBC said "The more you know..." One of my former attorneys told me that I am too smart for my own good. How funny is it that the people we give power over us are the ones we need to defend ourselves against. I stayed in a horrible marriage too long. I should have never married him the second time. That being said, I am grateful for the life I lived. The song says "I could have missed the pain, but I'd a had to miss the dance... it's MY life, and it's better left to chance.". I don't believe in chance or fate. I believe that we have a certain measure of control over our lives and we allow others to derail us. What we do about that impact is a choice. I choose to be the captain of my own vessel until the river runs dry. No lawyer, no judge, no man, and no institution will force me to do anything else that is not for my own good or for the good of my family. Everywhere I go, I am turned away. I sat in an ER having a reaction to spider bites. I drove myself to an ER 2 hours from home because the ER here said nothing was wrong. I did call the individual who should have driven me, but he could not leave work he said. Funny how quickly he runs to help a woman he thinks will inherit money some day. When I got to the ER, I could barely breathe and had lost sensation in my hands and arm. I am not a doctor but know the difference between an ant bite and a venomous spider bite. And no, you don't feel a Brown Recluse bite. You will certainly feel a Black Widow bite IF bitten by an adult spider. Spiders are not insects, and if we are going to practice medicine, then we need to learn that yes, there is a difference between a 2, 4, or 6 leg creature and one with 8 or more legs. I was told there are no species of insects in this state that are poisonous. Well venom and poison are not the same thing and arthropods, arachnids, and serpents all have venomous species in this state. But if you really want to be technical about it, yes, there are poisonous insects in this state as well. Certain species of beetles have a coating on their exoskeleton that poison predators that eat them. I should sue that hospital, but when I try to do so, I am told constantly about statute of limitations. Well, that would be correct unless we are discussing a conspiracy. If even one party of a conspiracy is an employee of the business or government involved in the series of crimes which include a cover up of epic proportions, then the statute clock does not begin into the last probable occurrence of the group. Preventing someone from seeking legal counsel is the main reason statute of limitations cease to apply in all jurisdictions. Considering my 5g gateway I hold in my hand is alerting me that my IP address is being traced and altered, I am documenting that the time clock has not started ticking on this knowledge bomb. My confession here is that I have procrastinated in filing paperwork necessary to begin the next phase of my life. I don't intend to procrastinate, but it is something I cannot help. I have attention deficit disorder with hyperdiatractability. Oh yes, I thought you might bring that up. My ex-userband is a master manipulator when it comes to taking genuine disabilities and twisting them to fit his current need. Like using the multiple personality possibility to steal and then say it must have been one of the others living in my head. The truth is that I do have multiple entities dwelling within me. He is no longer living rent free in my head. And he of all people should have known better than to try to hurt me and my family. He knows good and well what I am capable of. Why in the hell would he or any of my close degree relatives even think about throwing me to the wolves? Think about that for a minute. He says I am unstable. He says I am dangerous. He says I am a genius. My doctor has said he fears for the world if I ever have a breakdown. Lol. A weapon of mass destruction? Come on you idiots. I am not a villain. And the AI shit can create crap about Darth Vader being a good guy and laugh all they want. I don't blackmail people or take money in romance schemes. What are you talking about now? I am talking about the tangled web we mortals weave that is host to a very dangerous arachnid. I don't know how to write code or do math. I don't know anything about the occult arts nor do I need to. I believe in one philosophy that you should read about a cave. The allegory in which we wage war with ourselves and have to ultimately decide to be or not to be. So why would anyone who knows me choose to strike against me? That would be me. They did not betray me. I stepped in front of them myself to make myself the target. There's your confession my dears. Clueless? Still don't know what the hell I am talking about? Let me ask you a question about something I observed once. Do you know what a dead ringer is ? How many kids do you see in the yard playing horseshoes or volleyball or hopscotch or anything? How are the enrollment numbers for youth sports in your area? How many 4-H clubs exhibit in your local fair? What is the pH level in the community pool? So if you can't make a profit from it, then it is something that should be eliminated or monetized? Well I guess I am the idiot here. I actually don't think like that. I would rather have a generation of healthy children who learn morals and ethics than to be a billionaire. Ever watched the movie Congo? Yeah, I am that level of crazy. You think I care about the money? I will not hesitate to burn every dollar I could possibly ever own to stop the children from being hurt by us. You want the truth? You can't handle the truth. Because the truth is that I am a good woman who loves very deeply and cares about people regardless of ethnicity or national origin. And that pisses people off like nothing else will. And that is the absolute truth. You didn't earn any right to be born in a free country any more than a child born in the deepest jungles of an unpronounceable country did anything wrong to be porn into starvation. You are no better than that person. So call me what you want to call me. But if I were you, I would not call me at all. Go ahead and tell me more about what I can and cannot do. Because the entire time you are busy searching for the next thing you can find online about me, the less time you are handling your own affairs and that allows the chance for something to invade your life. One. One chance. That's all I needed. Your motion for mercy has been denied. Well thank you for your consideration. Have a good day. Oh, and one more thing, how do you feel about NPR? Are those radio waves still available for broadcast? Or would you like to sell those to private investors as well? One chance. Lord give me one chance for a fair fight. You are not going to get me to do something that gives you the chance to shoot me or arrest me unless you intend to do so in a public place such as the private property you call county land, aka, my front porch. And the next time that happens, please allow me to call my father instead of unlocking my phone to call the ex-husband using my own device that you somehow unlocked using the passcode. And that was the one you actually needed, sir. How ironic that you gave that gateway to the man who broke it beyond repair. You did that. I'm done with money. I'm done with the man. And I am done trying to prove myself. Charge me now with whatever you think you have or make sure everyone connected to your organization ends all active tracking of us. I don't need a phone or any piece of paper to make my case. That's where you and whomever snatches my device to transfer shit doesn't understand. Yahoo! Yippee kai yah mother fuckers. Pass it on around. You want to go one more round? Or do you want to run? I'm not using Google on my train. I'm on my bridge. I'm using free tokens. I'm not doing anything more than playing a game using cartoon characters. And those Xs are beacons using analytics for the trackers to pinpoint the ones who joined the conspiracy against us. Just because you logged me out and changed my information to your information doesn't work. I asked you to give it back. You ignored me. Fine. Keep it. You want to be famous and rich beyond your wildest dreams? Be my guest, but don't say I didn't warn you what would happen. I can't stop it. I didn't start it. Rufus=the time traveler with a phone booth. James=King James. Travis=country music singer. Don=American Pie. Jerry=Maguire. Tom=Hanks. Bridge=the bifrost. And you can waste your time trying to figure it out but you will never do so. Because there is no "it ". Lmao. Hell yeah. The multiverse is full on all servers. Damn. Looks like I'm not as crazy as you made me out to be. All freaking servers on the Dark Web that bridges the US and Japan are full. Not one vacancy to let me play my game. Wow. I wonder how many of these players are from within the same state as me. Why do so many of you keep running up to St. Louis? That's not the geoblock zone anymore. You better get outside the continental US and any outlying territories if you want to be on the real web. The former president said it would crash harder than it did in 1929 if he was not elected. Wtf is that supposed to mean? Damn let me get a history book and look that up. Maybe it hasn't changed yet. But let me warn you about time travel. If anyone ever tells you to write an email to yourself in the future, call Interpol and file a report. That's a violation of international law. And it will get you on the list even if it is an assignment. Bet I don't do that again. Gee, Roger. You made me an international fugitive for that assignment. Wish I knew who to call for help on that one. Damn. Never trust anyone who is so well organized to guide your future. You never know what to expect from the shock waves. I opened the damn email on June 3, 2020. The day I died. How ironic. I wonder what would have happened if I had not received that email. Scary. But back to the spider bites...I didn't get help from that ER either. I ended up buying a knife and an onion. Actually I ordered Arby's, used the onion off my sandwich, and the knife to open my horsey sauce. I put the onion on my hand, wrapped it using the plastic from the knife, and several days later, the venom had drained from my hand enough that the swelling in my feet was going down and my blood pressure was returning to normal. Baby black widows don't have the kick mama does, but they are 1,000 times more deadly because they don't know how much of their spit to stick in you. And your earlobe and nostril don't have a pulse in them, by the way. So keep on bullshitting with the fake crap. If you have insurance for something highly unlikely to occur prior to the occurrence, doesn't that mean that you have a sixth sense and can predict the volcanic eruption that spewed counterfeit currency all over the state without a volcano? 💩♾️😱 Damn girl, just shut up and let them have it. I tried that. They keep trying to send it back to me when they can't make it work. It is never going to work again because you idiots changed everything so much that it can't be fixed. And that is all I am going to say about it ever because you don't want help. You want someone to do it for you so you can blame that person when it fails and cut them out when it succeeds. No. There's no solution. I'm not sure if you even know there's a problem. You will. But don't ask anyone for help when you do figure out how bad things already are. I am disinclined to aquiese to your request on grounds of I don't give a damn. Haha. What else do you want me to confess to for you to add to that admission you started in 2020? That's so funny that I forgot to laugh. I wonder how bullshit sounds in Morse code pinging on nft relays from me to you. Oh yeah. Well here's your tip for the day, big guy. You are not a good person. You are a bully. And some day, someone will knock you off that horse and when you land in shit just like me, I hope someone hands you hand sanitizer and a baby wipe. 😘

I have simple product. 18650 Lithium Battery Charge Shield Board with 4 18650 battery + DS18B20 3m cable + DS18B20 module + ESP32. I need a low power and low maintenance temp meter as possible. I need it to send the data via wifi (I will some point make it to send the data via Sim card). First I wrote the code myself, but them started using AI and it kept and kept improving the code. To my eyes it looks pretty perfect, but seems that AI never stops so seems pointless and slow to keep asking it. Do you find any improvements possible or what should be done or is this good enough? The times how long it is in deep sleep is not yet final. I would be using this same code with diffrent meters so this is important. Also updathing the code once it is in place will be pain in the ass so trying not ever need to do it.

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// Define constants constexpr bool DEBUG = true; constexpr int SENSOR_PIN = 4; constexpr unsigned long DELAY_DURATION = 10000; constexpr int MAX_HTTP_RETRIES = 3; constexpr int MAX_RECONNECT_ATTEMPTS = 5; constexpr int DEEP_SLEEP_DURATION = 10; constexpr unsigned long WIFI_TIMEOUT = 30000; constexpr unsigned long HTTP_TIMEOUT = 5000; constexpr unsigned long INITIAL_BACKOFF_DELAY = 500; constexpr unsigned long MAX_BACKOFF_DELAY = 8000; constexpr int WDT_TIMEOUT = 60; // Watchdog timeout in seconds
struct WiFiCredentials { const char* ssid; const char* password; };
// Secure method for storing and handling WiFi credentials const WiFiCredentials wifiCredentials = {"Name", "PASS"};
// Server URL constexpr const char* serverURL = "https://myaddress .com/temperature-endpoint.php";
// Logging levels enum class LogLevel { INFO, ERROR };
// Namespace for utility functions namespace Utils {

ifdef DEBUG

void logMessage(LogLevel level, const char* msg) { const char* levelStr = (level == LogLevel::INFO) ? "INFO" : "ERROR"; Serial.println(String(levelStr) + ": " + msg); }

else

void logMessage(LogLevel, const char*) {}

endif

void exponentialBackoffDelay(unsigned long& delayTime) { delay(delayTime); delayTime = std::min(delayTime * 2, MAX_BACKOFF_DELAY); } }
// WiFiManager class class WiFiManager { public: void initWiFi() const { WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA); }
bool connectToWiFi(const WiFiCredentials& credentials) { WiFi.begin(credentials.ssid, credentials.password);
unsigned long startTime = millis(); int attempts = 0; unsigned long backoffDelay = INITIAL_BACKOFF_DELAY;
while (!isConnectedToWiFi() && millis() - startTime < WIFI_TIMEOUT) { if (attempts < MAX_RECONNECT_ATTEMPTS) { Utils::logMessage(LogLevel::INFO, ("Retrying WiFi connection... Attempt: " + String(attempts + 1)).c_str()); Utils::exponentialBackoffDelay(backoffDelay); } else { Utils::logMessage(LogLevel::ERROR, "Max WiFi connection attempts reached"); break; } attempts++; }
if (isConnectedToWiFi()) { Utils::logMessage(LogLevel::INFO, "Connected to WiFi"); return true; } else { Utils::logMessage(LogLevel::ERROR, "Failed to connect to WiFi"); disconnectFromWiFi(); return false; } }
void disconnectFromWiFi() const { WiFi.disconnect(true); WiFi.mode(WIFI_OFF); }
private: bool isConnectedToWiFi() const { return WiFi.status() == WL_CONNECTED; } };
// HTTPManager class class HTTPManager { public: HTTPManager() : httpClient(std::unique_ptr(new HTTPClient())) {}
bool sendData(float temperature) { httpClient->setTimeout(HTTP_TIMEOUT);
for (int i = 0; i < MAX_HTTP_RETRIES; ++i) { if (makeHttpRequest(temperature)) { httpClient->end(); return true; } delay(1000); }
httpClient->end(); return false; }
private: std::unique_ptr httpClient;
bool makeHttpRequest(float temperature) { String url = String(serverURL) + "?sauna=2"; httpClient->begin(url); httpClient->addHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
int httpResponseCode = httpClient->POST("temperature=" + String(temperature)); if (httpResponseCode == HTTP_CODE_OK) { return true; } else { handleHttpError(httpResponseCode); return false; } }
void handleHttpError(int errorCode) { static const std::map httpErrorMessages = { {HTTP_CODE_BAD_REQUEST, "HTTP Error: Bad Request"}, {HTTP_CODE_NOT_FOUND, "HTTP Error: Not Found"}, {HTTP_CODE_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, "HTTP Error: Server Error"}, {HTTP_CODE_GATEWAY_TIMEOUT, "HTTP Error: Timeout"}, {0, "HTTP Error: Other"} };
auto it = httpErrorMessages.find(errorCode); const char* errorMessage = (it != httpErrorMessages.end()) ? it->second : httpErrorMessages.at(0); Utils::logMessage(LogLevel::ERROR, (String(errorMessage) + ", Code: " + String(errorCode)).c_str()); } };
// SensorManager class class SensorManager { public: SensorManager() : oneWire(std::unique_ptr(new OneWire(SENSOR_PIN))), sensors(std::unique_ptr(new DallasTemperature(oneWire.get()))) {}
void begin() { sensors->begin(); }
float readTemperature() { sensors->requestTemperatures(); return sensors->getTempCByIndex(0); }
bool isValidTemperature(float temperature) const { return !isnan(temperature); }
private: std::unique_ptr oneWire; std::unique_ptr sensors; };
// SleepManager class class SleepManager { public: void prepareForDeepSleep(unsigned long& lastReadingTime) { lastReadingTime = millis(); Utils::logMessage(LogLevel::INFO, "Preparing for deep sleep..."); WiFiManager().disconnectFromWiFi(); enterDeepSleep(); }
private: void enterDeepSleep() const { Utils::logMessage(LogLevel::INFO, "Entering deep sleep mode..."); esp_sleep_enable_timer_wakeup(static_cast(DEEP_SLEEP_DURATION) * 1000000ULL); esp_deep_sleep_start(); } };
// StateMachine class class StateMachine { public: enum class State { INIT, CONNECT_WIFI, READ_SENSOR, SEND_DATA, SLEEP };
StateMachine() : state(State::INIT), lastReadingTime(0), sensorManager(std::unique_ptr(new SensorManager())), httpManager(std::unique_ptr(new HTTPManager())), sleepManager(std::unique_ptr(new SleepManager())), wifiManager(std::unique_ptr(new WiFiManager())) {}
void run() { switch (state) { case State::INIT: init(); break; case State::CONNECT_WIFI: connectWiFi(); break; case State::READ_SENSOR: readSensor(); break; case State::SEND_DATA: sendData(); break; case State::SLEEP: sleep(); break; } }
private: State state; unsigned long lastReadingTime; std::unique_ptr sensorManager; std::unique_ptr httpManager; std::unique_ptr sleepManager; std::unique_ptr wifiManager;
void init() {

ifdef DEBUG

Serial.begin(115200);

endif

sensorManager->begin(); wifiManager->initWiFi(); state = State::CONNECT_WIFI; }
void connectWiFi() { if (wifiManager->connectToWiFi(wifiCredentials)) { state = State::READ_SENSOR; } else { state = State::SLEEP; } }
void readSensor() { if (millis() - lastReadingTime >= DELAY_DURATION) { float temperature = sensorManager->readTemperature(); if (sensorManager->isValidTemperature(temperature)) { state = State::SEND_DATA; } else { Utils::logMessage(LogLevel::ERROR, "Invalid temperature reading"); state = State::SLEEP; } } }
void sendData() { float temperature = sensorManager->readTemperature(); if (httpManager->sendData(temperature)) { Utils::logMessage(LogLevel::INFO, "Data sent successfully"); } else { Utils::logMessage(LogLevel::ERROR, "Failed to send data"); } state = State::SLEEP; }
void sleep() { sleepManager->prepareForDeepSleep(lastReadingTime); } };
// Watchdog initialization void initWatchdog() { esp_task_wdt_init(WDT_TIMEOUT, true); esp_task_wdt_add(NULL); }
// Global state machine instance std::unique_ptr stateMachine;
void setup() { initWatchdog(); stateMachine = std::unique_ptr(new StateMachine()); }
void loop() { stateMachine->run(); esp_task_wdt_reset(); // Reset the watchdog timer }

Gave my very first CUET exam today. I got my own school as exam centre, reached there on time, got done with the checking, got bored for an hour straight waiting for the exam to start everything went great till here.
The moment I received the question booklet and OMR- my hands were shaking uncontrollably my palms were all sweaty, heart was racing so fast I couldn't even hold the pen my handwriting looked like a 3 y/o tryna write w his left hand this wasn't any ordinary exam anxiety. there was this fear. Fear of what? idk I was pretty confident, well prepared the least I could score was 170-78
They distributed the OMR AT FUCKING 3:00 expected us to fill the details within a minute my hands just wouldn't stop shivering while I was filling the details everyone around me already started solving the paper this made me so anxious that I would be left behind and made the situation even worse. I was fucking scared and tried to calm my self down and proceed with the paper. The CONSTANT INTERRUPTION every 4 mins. Signature on 10000 places, fill this, fill that- Bro the invigilators (my school teachers) didn't even know that they were suppose to collect the admit card and self declaration form
The moment she said "only 5 Minutes are left" my heart skipped a beat. I just filled 27 ans. I know I WAS FUCKED. They started snatching the ans sheet. Somehow made it to 32 ans at the very last moment. There it was in a blink of any eye my answer sheet was gone, my future decided.
I was crying internally and on the verge of having a mental breakdown. Talked to other students they attempted all 40 ques this made me question myself I felt like a fuckin failure. One of batchmates who don't even require english for his course is sure of getting a good score , here's me on the other hand who completely depended upon english as a gateway to du. English was my strongest sub😭 I was so sure of getting 200/200 filhaal toh 160 ka paper hi attempt Karke aayi hu.
Went home and cried. I don't remember when was the last time I cried infront of my father. My parents are super supportive they comforted me with all positive words, took me shopping to freshen up my mood, they're proud of me regardless but still feel like I let them down
I'll never forget today, felt like the worst day to be alive. DU Shuru se mera dream college raha hai and english acvga gaya hota toh there were high chances ki hojaata but I don't think so anymore cuz domains mein my syallbus is still left Paper was literal halwa but samay:(
Call it skill issue or whatever (I gave several mocks beforehand, completing each within 30 mins) I just wanted to vent.
TLDR : my pessimistic mind fucked up one of the biggest exams of my life

Wonder Woman #78: Eclipse

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Author: Predaplant
Books: Wonder Woman
Arc: Season 3: Darkness
Set: 96
Diana stared out at the horizon. She flew high above the ground. Isolated. Alone.
She watched the land below her, as far as she could see, looking for any signs of conflict, of combat. Of anything that looked abnormal at all, really. She couldn’t be too sure.
The land was crowded, busy. People had travelled halfway across the world to see what was about to happen in the sky above Diana.
But that just made it all the more dangerous.
Diana steeled herself, focused even more strongly.
The sky started to go dark.
“Seems like nothing yet,” came a voice through Diana’s earpiece, from back home in Gateway City.
Diana’s wife Chloe watched each of her displays, waiting. One thing she had gotten better at over her time as the Justice League’s coordinator was minimizing the amount of typing, clicking, and dragging that she had to do. Learning how to let the information come to her, rather than make her have to go to it, really helped her have time to process major events and effectively co-ordinate the team.
But those physical motions helped to stave away the fear, in a way. Helped her feel like she could control something, even in the times where there wasn’t much for her to actually do. Now, she sat in front of her computer, completely focused on the screen to leap into action as soon as she did start to receive reports that seemed to indicate an issue.
It felt like she was on a roller coaster, climbing the first hill, blindfolded.
As much as she had tempered her mind, had learned to quell that fear, it still poked and prodded at the back of her mind.
“Totality starts in five minutes,” Chloe called out to everybody listening. The Justice League, the Titans, Cassie’s squad, and a number of other heroes who Chloe had gotten into contact with all formed a slim band across the continent, watching the line of the eclipse.
Chloe knew that there was a chance the Dark Gods would completely overwhelm them all. They had a lot of power on their side, sure, but they couldn’t be everywhere at once. At the same time, she knew there was a chance this would all be for nothing, and there wasn’t even going to be an attack.
Hard to say for sure.
She crossed her fingers as she continued to watch for notifications.
The timer ticked down, slowly, second by second.
“Totality starts now, everybody! Keep an eye open!”
In the skies above Mexico, Diana kept her head on a swivel. The sky around her had gone dark, light swallowed up by the eclipse, but Diana’s eyes were still sharp enough to make out fine details on ground level below her. She scanned all the people looking up at the sky, but none seemed to be swept up in anything supernatural or unseemly.
Chloe’s voice came through her earpiece again. “Anybody see anything, let us know ASAP.”
But there was nothing.
Chloe knew that she couldn’t let herself get complacent, as difficult as it was to keep her focus up. There were so many little details that she had to keep an eye on. Social media activity was a big one that she usually tried to watch, but it was already elevated with the eclipse... which meant that she had to sort by region within the line of the eclipse, to see if there was any part of the line with a spike relative to the others.
She also kept watch on power grids, earthquakes, wind and weather patterns... all the sorts of things that might get triggered when an army of the gods bursts through onto the mortal plane. Her monitors were all alight with data.
But nothing indicated a target.
They had gone through so much effort to get heroes ready to spring into action... and there was nothing so far. She was almost disappointed, as much as she truly hoped against disaster.
Then something popped up on her stream that made Chloe raise an eyebrow. A trend correlated along the eclipse line that shouldn’t have anything to do with the eclipse.
She clicked on it, and it expanded to fill one of her monitors. She scrolled through posts, narrowing her eyes. This was definitely out of the ordinary.
In front of her eyes were an array of what almost looked like zombies. People who had died, but who appeared pallid, ghoulish.
Their eyes recessed into their sockets, and their mouths hung open in grotesque poses. Chloe couldn’t tell if they were smiles of delight or screams of terror. She turned away, opening up the comm link as she did so.
“Hey everybody? Think we found the problem. It’s not a physical attack, it never was. They’re attacking death.”
“Attacking death? I’m sorry, how’s that even possible?” came a voice Chloe didn’t recognize. She pressed on.
“I don’t know how they did it, but people who are dying are really weird. I’m sorry, I know this is a lot to ask, but do we happen to have any doctors here today?”
“I’m a doctor,” came a reply. “Where do you need me to go?”
WWWWW
Doctor Mid-Nite examined his patient closely. He was in a small hospital in Ohio, where an old woman had recently passed away. Mid-Nite was told that the patient was a hundred and two years old. It really hurt to see somebody who had been through so much, who deserved a peaceful death after such a long life, contorted and defaced.
But so she was.
By the time he got there, the doctors were already starting to perform an autopsy. Mid-Nite conferred with the team; they hadn’t found anything yet that would indicate why she was in such a condition. He radioed Watchtower to let her know, and joined in on the autopsy.
Back in Gateway City, Watchtower tapped her foot impatiently. She knew that autopsies took time, but the eclipse would be over fairly soon, and she wanted to be able to minimize the damage, if at all possible.
The worst part was, she knew that it wasn’t that likely that the autopsy would turn up with much at all. If this was truly magical or cosmological in nature, that change wouldn’t likely have a medical component to it. It would just... happen.
Maybe they could get somebody with more of a magical background in on this? But who was there, even? Zatanna had asked to not be contacted for heroic activities after her short stay in Gateway, and they had respected that. Maybe that British magician guy, Constantine, would show up. He always seemed to show up when he was needed... but he was a tricky one to contact. And unfortunately, she couldn’t spare the time it would take to go to Olympus and plead for help.
Maybe Diana could, though? She wasn’t a god anymore, but she was still Wonder Woman.
Chloe froze. Her brain put together the pieces.
The Wonder. The thing that had given Diana her codename in the first place. The place where the newly dead passed through on the way to their final destination, protected by the Amazons.
She immediately slammed the button to open the comm line.
“Wonder Woman! Do you think they could have gained access to the Wonder?”
Diana’s voice came back over the line, in a tenor that Chloe had so rarely heard her use. Diana was furious, and she sounded like a storm rumbling over the horizon, unstoppable, tearing the landscape apart as it growled. “That would be possible.”
“Let me know what you need to get in there and fight them back.”
Diana’s response was simple, but chilling. “I need to die.”
The line was filled with a handful of objections, from heroes across the continent. Chloe swiftly muted anybody talking for ten seconds, and continued the conversation. “Do what you need to do. We can’t let them win.”
“There would be a way to get me back. The Well of Souls on Themyscira is meant as an escape hatch back into the outside world from the Wonder. It’s protected by monsters in order to prevent us from attempting to circumvent our role as the Wonder’s protectors unless the need is dire.”
“I... I think we do still need you, Wonder Woman,” Chloe said quietly. She took her finger off the button.
“At least, I do,” Chloe muttered under her breath. Summoning her courage, she put her finger back on the button and continued.
“We’ll send a team to the Well. Do what you need to do to join the fight on that side.” She glanced at the clock. The eclipse was rapidly approaching its end. “Everybody else... if you have something important to do, feel free to go. I’d appreciate you sticking around until the end of the eclipse, but I doubt we’ll be having the fight we anticipated.”
WWWWW
It was very hard to kill an Amazon. Diana debated the best way to do it, the way she could join the fight the fastest. A number of options ran through her head. It was so hard to choose, to even consider the unpleasantness of death... but she could think of one that she might be able to handle.
She turned on her earpiece, flicking the button that would let her communicate directly with Chloe, and only her.
“I love you.”
“I love you, too,” Chloe replied. Diana could hear that she was crying. “Diana... come back.”
Diana sucked in a lungful of air. “I will.”
She took off upwards, accelerating as she did so. She thought about Chloe, Donna, Cassie, and all the other bonds she had made since coming to Man’s World. About how devastated they’d be if she didn’t return.
So she knew that one thing was true: she would have to return. Fight through the Dark Gods’ hordes, save the dead, and save the day.
She knew that one day, she would take her rest in the Wonder amongst her fallen comrades, but she knew her story still had more pages remaining. It was not the end. Not yet.
She flew higher and higher still. The air around her grew colder and thinner. She struggled to pull in a breath.
She closed her eyes and focused. She needed to keep going. Higher, and higher.
Her powerful lungs heaved, but there was barely any oxygen for her to pull on. She opened her eyes. She had made it to the stratosphere.
Diana tried to fly higher, but it felt like she was treading water. She struggled to produce force greater than that pulling her back down to Earth... but slowly, still, she pushed her way upwards.
She could feel herself fading away. She did her best to accept it. Seeing what laid beyond life was daunting... but she knew she had to do it. This was her role in this moment. Nobody else’s.
She let go, at peace with herself.
And she plummeted thirty-five kilometres downwards into the Gulf of Mexico.
WWWWW
Cassie gathered her team together as Chloe signed off. They were stationed in downtown Dallas, and the sky was cloudy enough that it was hard to watch the eclipse. There was even a warning for a storm coming in later that night.
Shame, really.
“So Wonder Woman’s dying?” Peony asked Cassie.
“Yeah,” Cassie said dourly. “I guess so.”
“We can’t let that lie,” Tora said, determination in her eyes. “Can we help her out?”
“There was that Well of Souls team, right?” Kiran asked. “Maybe we could be a part of that?”
“Not a lot of men on the Justice League,” Dolphin observed wryly. “They’re gonna need us if they want to be allowed on Themyscira.”
Cassie took a deep breath. “Yeah, sure. We can do that.”
“What’s wrong?” Kiran asked.
“It’s hard to describe,” Cassie started to say, pushing her hair back behind her ear as she did so. “But it’s kind of scary to see somebody you care about so much stare down death so bravely.”
She balled her hands up into fists. “Guess that just means those of us who are left need to fight that much harder to get her out of the Well of Souls. I’ll go tell Watchtower that we want to help out with this. Sorry, Peony, but I think you’re going to have to stay home with this one.”
Peony nodded. “Yeah… I get it. Kick Urzkartaga’s butt for me, will you?”
“We will,” Dolphin chuckled. “Or, well, Wonder Woman will.”
“Good enough,” Peony replied with her own laugh.
WWWWW
Diana opened her eyes. She was in a place that was very difficult to describe. It was dark… or, that was how she would describe it at first glance. But despite there being no sources of light, she found that she understood the geography that surrounded her perfectly, as if she were walking around her house in the dark, despite never having seen any of it before.
She could hear sounds of battle. She put a hand on her Lasso, and rushed forwards towards the fighting.
She might not have been able to see them, but she knew that there were a group of Amazons ahead, fighting off an army. That army was harder to discern; it felt like Diana’s knowledge of this place was almost repelled by them, and yet the Amazons themselves shone bright. She could see one of them getting pushed back by some sort of plant creature, and she lashed out her lasso, restraining the creature long enough for the Amazon to slice her sword clean through it, killing it.
The Amazon smiled at Diana. It was a smile Diana recognized well.
It was Sable, Diana’s former lover, lost in combat in Diana’s first few days within Man’s World.
“Diana. Glad to see you finally made it!”
The two women flew into the fight together, ready to put an end to the threat of the Dark Gods, once and for all.
<< < [>]

Western Expedition
[Evan Yang] vs [Zygarde Lee]
Evan rampaged on. He had no intellect, he had become a machine.
Intelligence: N/A
Zygarde: Snap out of it!
Zygarde took out his batons.
Evan: ...
[Gangseo (No 4): "Lu Bu" Evan Yang]: ???, XXR, A+ (Assurged), N/A, ???

Zygarde couldn't block it. The force of Evan's punches crumpled his batons.
Zygarde: Crazy bastard.
Lower 5: we will help you sir!
Lower 5
[North Gangseo (No. 16): Won Hakjun]: SSR, SR, B (Awakened), B, SR
[North Gangseo (No 17): Bae Ji-Woong]: SR+, SR, B+ (Awakened), B, SR
[North Gangseo (No 18): Taekbeom Gu]: SR+, SR+, B (Awakened), A+, SSS+
[North Gangseo (No 19): Jeong Baek]: SR, SR, A(Awakened), A, SR
[North Gangseo (No 20): Cheonhak Kim]: SSS+, SR, A(Awakened), C, SR+
Zygarde: What the fuck are you morons doing?! Stay back!
Zygarde sighed. I didn't want to use this now...
He dropped his batons and got into a new stance.
Ji-Woong: What's that?
One month prior...
???: My great-grandbaby! I can't believe you guys made something so cute!
??? vs Zygarde Lee and Hae-in Kim
Winner: ???
Zygarde: F-fuck...
???: I'll be taking Yeon for now...
He looks down to see Zygarde biting on his Achilles tendon.
???: Because a real father's strength comes out when the baby is in danger!
Place: ???
Yeon: Grapa! Grapa! ???: Zygarde and Hae-in have done a good job raising you.
Day 1: Winner: ??? ???: Not bad for a first try.
Day 2: Winner: ??? ???: I don't see it.
Day 3: Winner: ??? ???: You've gone soft my boy.
The old man sighed.
???: I don't see it, boy.
...
A month later...
Yeon: Grapa! Bye!
???: Good Job. You've finally learnt it.
Zygarde swaddled Yeon in her arms.
???: Unfortunately, we only have a month, but you're a smart boy. You'll do well.
???: You've finally picked up CQC.

[Gangseo (No 4): "Lu Bu" Evan Yang]: XR, XXX, A+ (Assurged), D, XR
Evan: Zuhhhh...
[Gangseo (No 5): "Commander" Zygarde Lee]: XX, XXX, A+ (Ascended), SS, XX



Zygarde: It's time to rest, Evan.
[Gangseo (No 5): "Commander" Zygarde Lee]: XXX^up!, XR^up!, A+ (Ascended), SS, XX

Evan fell.
Winner: Zygarde Lee
Western Expedition: Complete!
Southern Expedition
???: What are you doing?
[North Gangseo (No 9): "Six Fingers" Seongji Yun]: XX, X, S(Ascended), B, XX
Yun: Y'all are slow. Yechan told me to send some of y'all to the east.
Kai: Meh-
William: I'll go.
Kai (muttering): Excited bitch.
Yun: Sure.
William: Bong. Great job.
[Bucheon High (No 1): Hu Jiram] vs [Gangseo (Personal Executive): Bong Kwang]
Winner: Bong Kwang
[Gangseo (Personal Executive): Bong Kwang]: SSR+, SSR, A+ (Awakened), C, SSR+ (Rebirth)
Southern Expedition: Complete!
Eastern Expedition
[Gangseo (No 7): "Swordsman" William Texiter]: XX, XX, S (Ascended), A, X ^new!
Northern Surveillance
Adrian: Mapo union huh? Interesting. This should be good enough for now.
Adrian calls Mangu.
Adrian: I'm coming back.
Northern Surveillance: Complete!
Eastern Expedition
William: This should be where he is. I should surprise him!
William broke the door with a heavy strike.
William: Sup b-
William saw the twisted remains of men. Some were lodged into the walls, some were twisted. Many had a look of fear before succumbing to their fates.
William: Seol Jin went above and beyond huh?
Doha: Sir.
[Gangseo (Personal Executive): Doha Han]: UR, UR+, A(Awakened), C, UR+
William: Oh. Doha. Great progress. Why am I here though?
Doha shifted nervously. He couldn't maintain eye contact with William.
William: Spit it out. Doha: The thing is... William: Is? Doha: Mr Seol Jin.... William: Does he need any help? Doha: I think you should see it for yourself.
Place: Head office of Gateway
William: Oh.
Seol Jin was out of it. He trashed the room. He was reduced to a man with nothing but rage.
William: Jin?
The teenager stood up.
[North Gangseo (No 10): "Vanguard" Kim Seol Jin]: X, X, B(Ascended), F ^down!, XX
He took a step forward. In his hand was the heart he had ripped out of the man's chest.
William: What the f-
He crushed it and fell with a thud.
Western Expedition: Complete!
A few hours later...
Place: Gangseo HQ
Mangu: Great job you guys. Take a break. Adrian, Zygarde, Evan, Hwangyan. We need to talk.
A few moments later...
[Gangseo (No. 1): "Emperor" Hwangyan]: XXR, XR, S(Assurged), A, XXR
[Gangseo (No. 2): "Genius" Adrian Ciel]: XX, XXX, A+ (Ascended), S, XX
[Gangseo (No 3) "Business Man" Mangu Yeong]: XX, XXX, A+ (Ascended), S+, XX
[Gangseo (No 4): "Lu Bu" Evan Yang]: XR, XXX, A+ (Assurged), D, XR
[Gangseo (No 5): "Commander" Zygarde Lee]: XX, XXX, A+ (Ascended), SS, XX
Zygarde: So. How was Mapo, Adrian? Adrian: There is a union controlling the region. I think it's called "Mapo Union". They have various businesses. The north needs more planning than we expected.
The men in the room nodded at one another.
Evan: So we can't barge in and take over? Mangu: Yeah. At least not for the time being. Evan: Wuh? Hwangyan: It means we can barge in later. Evan: Cool! I can wait!
Mangu stood up.
Zygarde: Is it finally time for that?
Mangu nodded.
Mangu: It's time for a reshuffle. Hwangyan: Reshuffle? Zygarde: The crew's grown. The normal rankings aren't gonna cut it anymore. Adrian: So what do you propose?
Mangu smiled.
Mangu: We'll do it like the workers have!
Hwangyan's ears perked.
Mangu: We'll rename our crew to Empire.
Hwangyan's rubbed his nose.
Hwangyan (shameless): No need to thank me. Evan: So cool! Empire! Zygarde and Adrian: Cringey bastards.
Mangu coughed.
Mangu: Moving on. We have to make do without the numbers.
Mangu brought a whiteboard in. It showed the hierarchy of the members
Emperor (Head) >>> Archdukes (Vice-Heads) == Dignitaries (VVIPs) >>> Ministers (Affiliate heads)
MInisters:
Dukes (President/ Affiliate Heads) >>> Marquess (Chairmen) >>> Earls (High Executive) >>> Viscount (MIddle Executive) >>> Baron (Low executive) >>> Commoners (Workforce)
Zygarde: You've been reading Otome Isekais! Mangu: They spark joy.
Hwangyan scrutinised the board.
Hwangyan: So I'm the Emperor. You guys are my archdukes? Mangu: Yep. Though Zygarde and Evan will have a "Duke" and "Marquess" title as well. Hwangyan: I see... Mangu: I think we should start on the reshuffle.
[I'll leave the list for AU Character positions (3)]

I’m think about using vlans in my home network, therefore, I was wondering if using a layer 3 switch would be a good idea instead of a router.
So I will connect my L3 switch to my ISP router, and I’ll get 3 access points connected to the L3 switch and place them in different places around the house to make sure the there’s WiFi everywhere. I will also connect my PC with an Ethernet cable to the L3 switch.
So I’m going to need a L3 switch with at least 5 ports + 3 access points that supports vlans, any recommendations?
Is there anything I’m missing?
Should I use a router and a L2 switch instead of just L3 switch, and why?
My ISP router should still be the default gateway or is it going to be used only for NAT and connecting me to the internet?

Hi, my landlord changed ISP two days ago and since then I've been getting lag spikes in game every 30ish seconds. I can make actions and move my camera, but the game freezes. I've checked for packet loss on Dota 2 and it reads 0.
The new smart hub is in the same place as before and I've checked I'm on the same bandwidth (5GHz).
I've tried: releasing/renewing ipconfig and flushing DNS; changing "netsh wlan set autoconfig enabled=no interface="Wi-Fi"" in cmd; I also turned off roaming in the wifi adapter properties.
I ran a ping test with the default gateway ip and it shows a ~2000ms spike every 30-40 packets. This happens even when I'm in the same room as the hub.
The new network is on an EE smart hub, I'm on windows 10 using a Lenovo V15-ADA. Network adapter is a Realtek 8822CE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC.
Unfortunately I don't have an ethernet port so can't test a wired connection.
Any help would be massively appreciated!
EDIT: I've run a ping test using my phone, max was only 271ms.
EDIT2: Think I fixed it - I changed the wireless mode from auto to b/g/n (network adapter properties > advanced settings). Ping test max is now ~300ms.
EDIT3: Welp, it's better but still not great. Don't suppose changing wireless mode reducing the lag spikes severity helps identify the underlying issue?

Hi folks,
I'm looking to hire somebody to create a Wordpress website which is for an e-commerce brand. It is a brick and mortar fashion store who will ship within the UK. For simplicity, we will need the following plugins to be set up:

• Elementor Pro
• WooCommerce
• MailChimp 4 Wordpress Premium
• Payment Gateways (Klarna, ClearPay, Apple Pay, etc.)
• UpdraftPlus Premium

We will also need SEO monitoring in place, perhaps through something like YoastSEO. We will assume the costs of all licenses, so please do not include pricing for these in your quotes.
We need the website live by the end of June, and do not necessarily have a set budget in place but were thinking around the £500 mark. Please send your portoflio alongside an estimated cost with your message so that we can review accordingly. We would prefer to pay in GBP, but other currencies will be considered.

Hey gang long question,
Had a few question that I would like answers on design function for this Collapsed Core.
I have a lab built with a Collapsed-Spine built with help of Mist and it's 2 EX4400-24MP (spine), and 4 EX4100-48p in leaf. The leafs are in a virtual chassis with 2 and 2 for each side interconnected directly between the between spines and leafs with 4 cables.
What I want to know is where can I place my 2 firewalls representing 2 locations for data centers and Internet access that gives me the highest redundancy.
I don't want to put them at the spine because I'm limited by the amount of cables cause I'm already using all 4 cables representing 4 layer 2 circuits between the datacenters. So I don't want 2 more. Also at spine I can only go into each spine then with a lag with FW. Basically not really giving the spines a smooth failover.
I was wondering if I could put it at the leaf layer that are doing virtual chassis on each side. Problem I ran into with that is that one Firewall side was not distributing FW routes to the spine 2 like it was on spine 1 with ospf between the shared virtual gateways in the dedicated VRF for Prod Network. I created a Prod VRF, OOB mgmt VRF for vme0, and left the Default instance to the evpn vxlan. Segmenting the traffic away for Prod to make it easier to work with in routing.
Am I missing something protocol wise that I can't use the VC leafs as internet access for both sides?
BONUS QUESTION:
Can you do macsec between the switches with evpn vxlan running on top? For security reasons. Or are we going to have problems?
Edit: this is going to be my setup between 2 data centers for my operations. So that they can act as one data center.

Setup: a promox server with 1*10Gbit NIC VM running debian with 3 NICs, 1 for outside and 2 for storage. Using separate VLANs QNAP TVS-863 with 2 gbit NICs NFS shared from the QNAP NAS
I have setup 2 NICs for storage on the linux VM to share the load between the two physical NICs on the QNAP. Each QNAP NIC is connected to a switch on separate VLANs. Each NIC on the VM is placed on the corresponding VLANs. QNAP NIC1: 10.82.15.50 (default gateway to firewall) QNAP NIC2: 10.82.16.50 (no default gateway) VM NIC1: 10.82.15.51 VM NIC2: 10.82.16.51
VM can ping both IPs, showmount -e 10.82.15.50 and 10.82.16.50 shows all shares. Here comes the problem, I'm only able to utilize one of the IPs for pushing data, even though the mount says the 2nd IP, clientaddr= shows the first IP as this: Running: mount -t nfs4 -o clientaddr=10.82.16.51,proto=tcp 10.82.16.50:/test22 /mnt/test22
Running mount shows: 10.82.16.50:/test22 on /mnt/test22 type nfs4 (rw,relatime,vers=4.1,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,namlen=255,hard,proto=tcp,timeo=600,retrans=2,sec=sys,clientaddr=10.82.15.51,local_lock=none,addr=10.82.15.50)
If I try to lock down the NFS share on the QNAP to 10.82.16.* the VM reports: mount.nfs4: mounting 10.82.16.50:/test22 failed, reason given by server: No such file or directory
Mainly 2 shares on the QNAP I use so currently I "resolved" it with using NFS4 for 1 share and NFS3 on the 2nd share. However this is far from what I'd like to see and based on my understanding of NFS4.1 I should be able, with the hardware I got, to even utilize both NICs on the QNAP with a single share (as long as there is multiple streams/copy or move jobs).

The payment gateway, which acts as a digital middleman when you make an online purchase, makes sure your credit card information is secure and gets to the appropriate locations. This is the process in detail:
You Make a Purchase: Suppose you choose to make a purchase while browsing a website. You input your credit card number or other payment method along with additional payment data. Security Through Encryption: Your payment information is taken and encrypted by the payment gateway as soon as you click "buy". This indicates that your information is encrypted to prevent unauthorized parties from viewing it. Transmission to the Payment Processor: Subsequently, the payment processor receives the encrypted payment details. This business assists in overseeing safe payment processing between your bank and the retailer (the store you are purchasing from).
Checking with Your Bank: In order to determine whether the transaction can proceed, the payment processor then gets in touch with your bank, which is the one that issued your credit card.
The Bank's Choice: After reviewing the request, your bank determines whether to allow or deny the transaction depending on many factors such as available cash and security checks.
Reaction to the Payment Gateway: The bank replies to the payment gateway via the payment processor, indicating whether or not the transaction is approved.
Merchant Gets the News: The payment gateway then tells the merchant (the online store) whether your payment was approved or declined.
Finalizing the Transaction: The funds transfer from your bank to the merchant's bank account, if all goes according to plan. This is not instantaneous and may require some processing time.
Verification for You: Finally, the website will confirm that your order was placed and processed.
When you shop online, payment gateways ensure that everything runs quickly and safely behind the scenes, ensuring that your transactions are safe and successful.

I was seeking a solution for an issue encountered with my client’s Sophos Gateway Firewall (Site-to-Site IPsec VPN Setup), which was due to the ISP’s PPPoE Service causing frequent changes in the WAN Interface IP.
I’ve learned that Dynamic DNS could be a viable solution for the fluctuating WAN IP. With Dynamic DNS—a third-party service—we can utilize the hostname of the Gateway Firewall instead of the WAN IP. Therefore, my question is: In Sophos Firewall, Can we use the “hostname” in place of the WAN IP in the site-to-site VPN configuration, specifically in the Remote Gateway settings, to accommodate Dynamic DNS?

I was seeking a solution for an issue encountered with my client’s Sophos Gateway Firewall (Site-to-Site IPsec VPN Setup), which was due to the ISP’s PPPoE Service causing frequent changes in the WAN Interface IP.
I’ve learned that Dynamic DNS could be a viable solution for the fluctuating WAN IP. With Dynamic DNS—a third-party service—we can utilize the hostname of the Gateway Firewall instead of the WAN IP. Therefore, my question is: In Sophos Firewall, Can we use the “hostname” in place of the WAN IP in the site-to-site VPN configuration, specifically in the Remote Gateway settings, to accommodate Dynamic DNS?

Plastic pollution has emerged as a pressing environmental challenge globally, and India is no exception. In response to this issue, the concept of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) has gained prominence as a crucial policy tool.
Extended Producer Responsibility places the onus on producers to manage the lifecycle of their products, especially concerning disposal and recycling. In India, plastic packaging constitutes a significant portion of the plastic waste generated, prompting the government to introduce EPR regulations tailored for different plastic packaging categories.

EPR Registration for Plastic Waste in India

EPR Registration for plastic waste in India is a pivotal aspect of the country's efforts to tackle plastic pollution. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has issued comprehensive guidelines on Extended Producer Responsibility under the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016.
These guidelines, coupled with the prohibition of specific single-use plastic items notorious for their low utility and high littering potential from July 1, 2022, mark crucial steps towards mitigating the pollution caused by discarded plastic waste across the nation. The framework provided by the guidelines aims to bolster the circular economy of plastic packaging waste, foster the development of alternative materials to plastics, and chart a course towards sustainable plastic packaging practices by businesses.
Mandates within the guidelines include the promotion of the reuse of rigid plastic packaging materials to curtail the consumption of fresh plastic and the setting of minimum recycling levels for plastic packaging waste collected under EPR, along with the utilization of recycled plastic content, which collectively work towards reducing plastic consumption and bolstering plastic packaging waste recycling efforts.

Plastic Packaging Categories are Covered Under EPR

Under the Extended Producer Responsibility framework, several categories of plastic packaging fall within its scope, including:
Category I: Rigid plastic packaging
Category II: Single-layer or multilayer flexible plastic packaging, plastic sheets, carry bags, sachets, or pouches
Category III: Multi-layered plastic packaging with at least one layer of material other than plastic
Category IV: Plastic sheets and compostable plastic carry bags
Producers, importers, and brand owners utilizing any of these types of plastic packaging are required to register for EPR and meet their respective responsibilities as per the regulations.

The Significance of EPR Registration for P-waste

EPR registration for plastic waste management holds significant importance for producers, importers, and brand owners due to several reasons:

• EPR Registration ensures adherence to the Plastic Waste Management Rules and other pertinent regulations governing plastic waste management in India.
• By actively managing plastic waste through EPR registration, businesses contribute to reducing the adverse environmental effects associated with plastic pollution, thereby fostering a healthier ecosystem.
• EPR fosters the principles of a circular economy by advocating for the recycling, reuse, and responsible disposal of plastic packaging materials. This approach minimizes resource consumption, maximizes resource efficiency, and reduces the reliance on virgin materials.
• Producers, importers, and brand owners can bolster their brand reputation by showcasing their commitment to sustainable waste management practices through EPR registration. Consumers increasingly value eco-friendly initiatives, and adherence to EPR demonstrates corporate responsibility and environmental stewardship.
• EPR Registration facilitates collaboration opportunities with plastic waste processors and other stakeholders engaged in the plastic waste management ecosystem. By working together, businesses can leverage expertise, resources, and networks to enhance their waste management strategies and contribute positively to environmental conservation efforts.

How to Get EPR License for Plastic Waste?

To obtain EPR License for plastic waste management, follow these steps:
Step 1: Begin by registering on the centralized EPR portal developed by the CPCB. This registration grants access to the application form and provides necessary login credentials.
Step 2: Log in to the portal and complete the application form, ensuring all required information is provided. Separate application forms are available for producers, importers, and brand owners. Upload relevant documents as per the specified requirements.
Step 3: Alongside the application, submit the requisite application fee. Utilize the integrated payment gateway on the portal for convenient online payment processing.
Step 4: Applications from entities operating in one or two states are forwarded to the respective State Pollution Control Boards for further processing. For entities operating in more than two states, the CPCB manages the application processing.
Step 5: Authorized officials review the submitted application for completeness and accuracy. Upon successful verification, the CPCB or SPCB issues the EPR registration certificate, featuring a digital signature integrated into the portal.
Conclusion
In conclusion, navigating the intricacies of EPR Registration for different plastic packaging categories in India is a crucial step towards sustainable waste management practices. As plastic pollution continues to pose significant environmental challenges, it becomes imperative for producers, importers, and brand owners to fulfill their EPR obligations effectively.
In this endeavor, Brand Liaison, a trusted partner specializing in regulatory compliance, plays a pivotal role in assisting businesses to obtain EPR Authorization seamlessly.
By leveraging our expertise and experience, we facilitate the EPR registration process, ensuring that companies adhere to regulatory requirements and streamline their compliance efforts.
Plastic pollution has emerged as a pressing environmental challenge globally, and India is no exception. In response to this issue, the concept of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) has gained prominence as a crucial policy tool.
Extended Producer Responsibility places the onus on producers to manage the lifecycle of their products, especially concerning disposal and recycling. In India, plastic packaging constitutes a significant portion of the plastic waste generated, prompting the government to introduce EPR regulations tailored for different plastic packaging categories.

EPR Registration for Plastic Waste in India

EPR Registration for plastic waste in India is a pivotal aspect of the country's efforts to tackle plastic pollution. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has issued comprehensive guidelines on Extended Producer Responsibility under the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016.
These guidelines, coupled with the prohibition of specific single-use plastic items notorious for their low utility and high littering potential from July 1, 2022, mark crucial steps towards mitigating the pollution caused by discarded plastic waste across the nation. The framework provided by the guidelines aims to bolster the circular economy of plastic packaging waste, foster the development of alternative materials to plastics, and chart a course towards sustainable plastic packaging practices by businesses.
Mandates within the guidelines include the promotion of the reuse of rigid plastic packaging materials to curtail the consumption of fresh plastic and the setting of minimum recycling levels for plastic packaging waste collected under EPR, along with the utilization of recycled plastic content, which collectively work towards reducing plastic consumption and bolstering plastic packaging waste recycling efforts.

Plastic Packaging Categories are Covered Under EPR

Under the Extended Producer Responsibility framework, several categories of plastic packaging fall within its scope, including:
Category I: Rigid plastic packaging
Category II: Single-layer or multilayer flexible plastic packaging, plastic sheets, carry bags, sachets, or pouches
Category III: Multi-layered plastic packaging with at least one layer of material other than plastic
Category IV: Plastic sheets and compostable plastic carry bags
Producers, importers, and brand owners utilizing any of these types of plastic packaging are required to register for EPR and meet their respective responsibilities as per the regulations.

The Significance of EPR Registration for P-waste

EPR registration for plastic waste management holds significant importance for producers, importers, and brand owners due to several reasons:

• EPR Registration ensures adherence to the Plastic Waste Management Rules and other pertinent regulations governing plastic waste management in India.
• By actively managing plastic waste through EPR registration, businesses contribute to reducing the adverse environmental effects associated with plastic pollution, thereby fostering a healthier ecosystem.
• EPR fosters the principles of a circular economy by advocating for the recycling, reuse, and responsible disposal of plastic packaging materials. This approach minimizes resource consumption, maximizes resource efficiency, and reduces the reliance on virgin materials.
• Producers, importers, and brand owners can bolster their brand reputation by showcasing their commitment to sustainable waste management practices through EPR registration. Consumers increasingly value eco-friendly initiatives, and adherence to EPR demonstrates corporate responsibility and environmental stewardship.
• EPR Registration facilitates collaboration opportunities with plastic waste processors and other stakeholders engaged in the plastic waste management ecosystem. By working together, businesses can leverage expertise, resources, and networks to enhance their waste management strategies and contribute positively to environmental conservation efforts.

How to Get EPR License for Plastic Waste?

To obtain EPR License for plastic waste management, follow these steps:
Step 1: Begin by registering on the centralized EPR portal developed by the CPCB. This registration grants access to the application form and provides necessary login credentials.
Step 2: Log in to the portal and complete the application form, ensuring all required information is provided. Separate application forms are available for producers, importers, and brand owners. Upload relevant documents as per the specified requirements.
Step 3: Alongside the application, submit the requisite application fee. Utilize the integrated payment gateway on the portal for convenient online payment processing.
Step 4: Applications from entities operating in one or two states are forwarded to the respective State Pollution Control Boards for further processing. For entities operating in more than two states, the CPCB manages the application processing.
Step 5: Authorized officials review the submitted application for completeness and accuracy. Upon successful verification, the CPCB or SPCB issues the EPR registration certificate, featuring a digital signature integrated into the portal.
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I was seeking a solution for an issue encountered with my client’s Sophos Gateway Firewall (Site-to-Site IPsec VPN Setup), which was due to the ISP’s PPPoE Service causing frequent changes in the WAN Interface IP.
I’ve learned that Dynamic DNS could be a viable solution for the fluctuating WAN IP. With Dynamic DNS—a third-party service—we can utilize the hostname of the Gateway Firewall instead of the WAN IP. Therefore, my question is: In Sophos Firewall, Can we use the “hostname” in place of the WAN IP in the site-to-site VPN configuration, specifically in the Remote Gateway settings, to accommodate Dynamic DNS?

Chapter Two - Part One
First Half
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Outposts sprang up on Mercury and the moons of the Kuiper Belt, each a testament to human ingenuity and perseverance. The harsh landscapes of these worlds posed new challenges, but they also offered new resources and opportunities. The ability to leap across the galaxy using faster-than-light travel encapsulated the dark, relentless drive of the human spirit to explore, expand, and survive.
The network of colonies became interconnected, serving as launch pads for further exploration. The new FTL technologies transformed the galaxy into a neighborhood rather than an infinite wilderness. Each jump through space brought humanity closer to its neighbors in the cosmos, for better or worse.
The universe, once a vast, lonely place, was now a landscape of potential new homes and new challenges. As humanity spread out from the Solar System to the stars, the stage was set for new conflicts and new stories, written not in the light of the Sun but in the starlight of distant worlds.
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Humanity's march to the stars was driven by necessity and survival, stark against the backdrop of Earth's dwindling resources and rising conflicts. After World War I, the foundational theories of rocketry emerged, setting the stage for the later technological leaps that would propel humans into space. The brutal rivalry of the Cold War accelerated these advancements, pushing the Soviet Union and the United States to compete in the space race, a silent war fought with satellites and lunar landings.
The practical applications of these early missions were not just about planting flags but also about testing human limits and technologies in the harsh environment of space. The moon landings of 1969 were a global spectacle. Yet, they also underscored the sheer isolation and vulnerability of human life suspended in the cosmic void.
As the decades rolled on, the international focus shifted from competition to cooperation. The space shuttle program symbolized this new era, with nations coming together to build the International Space Station and to send joint missions to Mars. These efforts turned sci-fi dreams into reality—establishing bases on the moon and sending manned missions to Mars laid the groundwork for future colonization.
The drive to inhabit Mars and the moon grew out of a blend of fear and fascination. Habitats expanded into fully functioning colonies, tapping into local resources to create self-sustaining environments. Technologies developed for extracting water and producing air on these barren worlds were critical for long-term survival.
In the shadows of these achievements, the Alcubierre Warp drive emerged as a revolutionary breakthrough, allowing humanity to leapfrog across vast stellar distances in a blink. The UNV Pathfinder and its sister ship, the UNV Exploration, were equipped with this technology to reconnect with colony ships sent out decades earlier in the Great Exodus. These vessels carried not just new drives but also vital updates in agriculture, medicine, and communications to ensure the colonies could thrive.
Each successful mission with the warp drives was a lifeline, not only physically connecting distant colonies to Earth but also weaving a web of interstellar human culture. Resources and knowledge flowed freely, bolstering each colony's chance of success. These ships were built to endure the extremes of space. They were equipped with advanced life-support systems and autonomous navigation, and they were fortresses navigating the unknown.
Meanwhile, Earth and its solar system colonies were pushed further into space. Massive construction projects like O'Neal Cylinders and space elevators dotted the celestial landscape, marking human progress in the cosmos. Each colony, from Mars's rugged plains to the cloud tops of Venus, developed its distinct culture and identity, united by their shared heritage and mutual challenges.
Space travel was fraught with hazards. Asteroids and solar flares were just the beginning; the cosmos was a place of deep unpredictability and danger. Despite these risks, during this era, not just hundreds of thousands but hundreds of millions of people chose to leave Earth. They embarked on journeys aboard new colony ships. These immense vessels were comparable in size to or even surpassed the O'Neal Cylinder habitats in scale. These ships were behemoths, carrying the very essence of Earth and the seeds of future colonies.
The exodus reached systems like Alpha Centauri A and B, Proxima Centauri, Sirius A and B, Barnard's Star, Luyten 726-8 (BL Ceti and UV Ceti), Ross 154 (V1216 Sagittarii), and Wolf 359. These stars became the bedrock of the United Nations of Sol, the precursor to what would be known as the "Human Sphere." It was a time of unprecedented growth and prosperity for humanity, expanding further than ever before in its history.
As humans settled in these new worlds, they faced not only the physical challenges of new environments but also profound isolation and the psychological burden of being light-years away from Earth. Each colony developed its own way of life, adapting to the unique conditions of their new worlds. The challenges of establishing a foothold in these alien places were immense. Local resources were harvested, and technologies were adapted to create habitable atmospheres and viable ecosystems.
Communication between the colonies and Earth was sparse, limited by the vast distances. Each message took years to travel, even at the speed of light, making each colony effectively isolated in its own right. This isolation led to a variety of cultural evolutions and deviations from Earth's norms, which in turn led to a tapestry of diverse human experiences spread across the stars.
The technologies that allowed these pioneers to travel to and settle new worlds were monumental. Fusion drives, quantum computers, and terraforming equipment were standard on these ships. Life aboard the colony ships was a mix of awe at the cosmic vistas and the mundanity of daily life in confined spaces. Generations were born and died in transit, with only stories of Earth as their legacy.
Each new home was a gamble against the cosmos, and not all were successful. Some colonies failed tragically, and their populations were lost to space or were unable to survive in harsh new environments. But for every failure, there was a story of remarkable success and resilience. The human spirit, driven by a need to explore and expand, thrived in adversity. Humanity never gave up and, over the next century, continued to send colonists to each of these star systems and began the process of colonizing each system.
In the stark expanses of space, every new settlement humanity attempted was a stark challenge against the cosmos, and the failures were as common as the successes. Many colonies were lost—whole populations vanished into the void or succumbed to the inhospitable climes of unfamiliar planets. Despite these setbacks, for every outpost that fell, others sprang up in defiance of the odds, showcases of human resilience and determination.
This relentless push into the unknown was not powered by naïve optimism but rather a hardened will to forge a path, wherever possible, to lay claim to the stars themselves. Humanity's spirit, unbroken by repeated failures, continued to drive its expansion across galaxies. Over the decades, this resolve only hardened as each failed colony became a lesson in survival, a step towards mastering life in the cosmos.
The stark realities of space tested human resolve to its limits. Beyond the safety of the Solar System, the universe emerged not just as a vast place of exploration but as a harsh environment of extreme conditions and existential threats. The initial failures taught valuable lessons in logistics, life support, and sustainable living on alien soil, which were crucial for future endeavors.
Colonization efforts became more sophisticated over time. Humans developed technologies that could convert inhospitable terrains into somewhat livable habitats. Advanced terraforming equipment and life-support systems became standard in new colonies. These tools represented more than mere survival mechanisms; they were symbols of humanity's unyielding quest to inhabit the stars.
As colonies spread further into the galaxy, each new venture was underpinned by an increasingly detailed understanding of interstellar travel and survival. The experiences gathered from every failed settlement informed the next, creating a cumulative body of knowledge that bolstered human persistence. The drive to expand took on a rhythm of its own, a cycle of trial, error, and success that slowly but surely extended the reach of human civilization.
This cycle was reflected in the evolution of colonial policies and technologies. From the early days of rudimentary habitats to the development of massive, self-sustaining complexes that could house thousands, the growth was palpable. Each successful colony served as a proof of concept for the next. With each launch, humanity's footprint in the galaxy grew larger.
The colonies themselves varied wildly—a testament to human ingenuity and the diverse environments encountered. Some were burrowed into asteroids, others sprawled across red Martian sands or nestled in the volatile cloud tops of Venus. Each presented unique challenges and required bespoke solutions to make them habitable.
Interstellar ships, equipped with the latest in warp drive technology, ferried resources between these colonies. They were lifelines essential for maintaining the flow of essential supplies and personnel. These vessels were also carriers of culture and connection, linking distant humans across the void of space.
Despite the vast distances and slow communications, a network of human presence began to stitch together disparate points of light into a coherent tapestry of colonies. This network was more than a mere chain of outposts; it was the backbone of a burgeoning interstellar society—a network that held potential not only for survival but for a new era of human prosperity.
However, this expansion was not without its darker aspects. The harsh conditions of space required strict governance and often harsh penalties for breaches of colony protocol. Life in these new worlds was rigidly structured, a necessity to maintain order in environments where even a small mistake could be fatal.
Each new settlement was a dice roll against the vast uncertainties of space, and many did not survive. Failures were frequent; entire colonies vanished into the void or succumbed to the inhospitable conditions of their newfound planets. The loss of life was substantial, casting a shadow over the ambitious interstellar expansion efforts. However, each disaster also hardened the resolve of those who remained. The cumulative knowledge gained from these failures informed future endeavors, refining the protocols and technologies needed to endure and thrive in alien environments.
Despite the high stakes and frequent setbacks, human resolve remained unshaken. The determination to push forward, to establish a foothold in the cosmos, was fueled by necessity and the innate human drive to explore. As each failed colony became a lesson learned, the strategies for survival evolved. More robust life support systems were developed, and habitats were designed to be more adaptable to the unpredictable conditions of new worlds.
The stark reality of these endeavors was that many who left Earth would never return. They journeyed knowing the risks—trading the safety of their home planet for the promise of a new start on distant, uncharted worlds. This was the cost of progress, paid willingly by those driven by a vision of humanity's future among the stars.
With each new wave of colonists, technology and experience accumulated, reducing the risks and increasing the chances of success. Ships became more advanced, equipped with better navigation systems and life-support capabilities. Colonization techniques also improved, with genetic engineering playing a crucial role in adapting human physiology to extraterrestrial environments.
The harshness of space demanded a relentless pursuit of efficiency and sustainability. Resources were scarce, and logistical challenges were immense. The vast distances between colonies meant that each had to be largely self-sufficient. Communication lags, sometimes spanning years, forced these communities to develop a high degree of autonomy.
Over the centuries, this relentless expansion forged a new breed of human. These spacefarers were tough, adaptable, and fiercely independent. Their lives, spent on the frontier of human existence, were a testament to the species' tenacity. They cultivated their new worlds, turning barren landscapes into bustling colonies. These settlements eventually grew into hubs of culture and technology, distinct yet still connected to their ancestral home by shared history and common humanity.
Yet, the expansion was not without its darker aspects. The isolation of distant colonies often led to psychological strain and societal breakdown. In some cases, governance structures collapsed under the weight of external pressures and internal conflicts. Pirates and marauders, drawn by the wealth of fledgling colonies, became a significant threat, leading to the establishment of militarized zones and the deployment of defense forces.
As humans adapted to life in space, they also had to contend with the presence of other sentient species. Initial interactions were cautious and fraught with tension and misunderstandings. Some encounters led to conflict, others to alliances. These relationships were complex, shaped by a mix of diplomacy, trade, and, occasionally, warfare.
Humanity's venture into interstellar space fundamentally transformed its cultural and identity landscapes. As humans spread across the stars, encountering diverse environments and nurturing colonies on planets ranging from Mars to far-flung systems, the challenges of survival and the ethical dimensions of expansion pressed hard on their collective psyche.
Values long held sacred on Earth were reevaluated in the face of new realities. The discovery of life—fauna and flora—on other planets during these colonization efforts marked a pivotal shift. While no sentient alien species were encountered, the existence of alien ecosystems was profound. It highlighted not only humanity's isolation in the cosmos but also its responsibilities.
On Alpha Centauri, the first successful integration of Earth's lifeforms with alien biomes set a precedent. Genetic manipulation technologies were refined, allowing Earth's organisms to coexist with and enhance these extraterrestrial habitats. Conservation efforts were paramount; preserving the integrity and diversity of alien ecosystems became a moral imperative as much as a scientific endeavor.
Each colony, from the red dust of Mars to the lush jungles of distant exoplanets, became a testbed for these principles. They were microcosms where human ingenuity, ethical considerations, and ecological stewardship intersected. Through these experiences, humanity did not just spread through space; it grew, evolved, and redefined what it meant to be human in the vast expanse of the universe.
Through all these trials, the human spirit's resilience shone brightly. Never deterred by the enormity of their challenges, humans continued to push the boundaries of their known universe. Each colony, each ship, and each life represented a thread in the vast tapestry of human endeavor in space—a relentless march toward an uncertain but ceaselessly pursued future.
Chapter Two
Beginning of Entry…
StarDate: Redacted
Perspective: Noah Stark
Species: Human, Humanoid Mammalian Species, no tail.
Description: 5 feet 2 inches [1.6 meters] to 6 feet 9 inches [2.1 meters] average height. 185 lbs [84 kilograms] average weight.
Longevity: 70 to 500-year life expectancy with life extension medical tech.
Unique Trait: Resilience and Indomitable Will.
Vessel: ICV The Argonaut
Location: New Eden Star Cluster
Noah, his gaze locked on the viewport, watched the ancient ship float aimlessly among the asteroids. The ICV The Argonaut, under his skilled control, edged closer, enabling the deployment of EVA suits for inspection. Behind him, his mother, Gwendolyn Stark, and his sisters, Jane and Joan, prepared for the walk, their movements a blend of anticipation and professionalism. The ship, a silent relic of a bygone era, revealed no signs of life, a fact confirmed by both Shinra Hinaba and Serenity, the Argonaut's AI.
This discovery, hidden among the celestial debris, was a treasure. It wasn't just a ship; it was a gateway to unparalleled recognition for the Shinra-Stark-Daiwa Mining Group. While the Argonaut and its crew focused on this historical artifact, the rest of the fleet mined the surrounding asteroids, harvesting resources critical for the survival of distant colonies.
Hinaba's voice, laced with a mix of excitement and concern, snapped Noah back to the present. "Focus, Noah!" she said, her fist-bumping Noah's shoulder in a friendly gesture. "We've got a lot riding on bringing this ship in intact."
"I know, I know! Just relax, Hinaba! I've got this," Noah assured her, his attention riveted to the controls. His reputation as the fleet's top pilot wasn't unfounded, a fact even the skeptical private military contractors had come to acknowledge. Almost as if summoned by their conversation, the Director's face appeared on the communications screen next to Hinaba, an uncanny timing that suggested he was closely monitoring their progress.
It was then that Director Shinra Senzo's image flickered onto the communications screen, his timing almost too perfect. "What's your status, Noah?" he asked, a brief glance toward his daughter betraying his deeper concerns. Despite his reservations about Noah's closeness with Hinaba, he was willing to see where their partnership might lead, a stance influenced by discussions with Noah's father.
"We're in!" Gwendolyn's voice crackled through the comms, marking their successful approach. But their moment of triumph was shattered by a distress signal, a desperate call cutting through the static. Elaine and Beth Frost, Noah's cousins, scrambled to decipher it, their faces etched with growing alarm.
After a tense moment, Beth's face drained of color, but it was Eliane who eventually shared the grim news, which was dire: "An unknown force has attacked New Eden. Their defenses are falling…" The weight of their words hung heavy in the bridge. An unseen adversary had breached the colony's defenses, leaving them vulnerable. The realization that any hope of immediate assistance from the USSA or SFR was weeks or even a full stellar month away if at all, underscored the gravity of their situation. With the defense fleet in ruins, their only hope lay with the ICV Ishimura, and the hired PMC mercenary group onboard, initially engaged to fend off pirates, might now be their only hope against this new and formidable threat.
Silence enveloped the bridge as the magnitude of the crisis dawned on them. They were alone, far from help, facing a threat of unknown proportions. Noah felt a tightness in his jaw, anger and resolve mixing in equal measure. The prospect of what lay ahead was daunting, yet there was no room for doubt. They had to act swiftly.
Gwendolyn's voice broke the silence, her command clear. "We need to act, and quickly. Our priority is the safety of this crew and ensuring we can lend aid to New Eden. Noah, plot a course back. We have to prepare for what's to come."
Hinaba, her usual levity gone, nodded. "We have the Ishimura, and we're not defenseless. Let's make sure we're ready for whatever's out there."
As Noah adjusted the ship's course, a sense of determined urgency took hold. They were heading back, not just to confront a threat, but to defend their home, their people.
Director Senzo's voice crackled through the communication channel, his tone tinged with impatience yet seeking reassurance. "It would be great to know what the status of your progress is, Noah," he pressed, his words carrying a sense of urgency.
Noah could sense the weight of expectation in Director Senzo's inquiry. Despite the pressure, Noah remained composed, and his years of experience in the field allowed him to maintain a calm demeanor even in the face of such scrutiny. With a steady voice, he replied, "We're making steady progress, Director. I'll provide you with a detailed update shortly."

He paused as he focused on the holo-Feed in front of him and analyzed the available data in real-time thanks to his military-grade holo-NeuralSyne Implant. "We're adjusting course," Noah replied, his tone firm yet marked by an undercurrent of urgency. "Heading back to New Eden. We'll be ready." 

In the silence that followed, a collective resolve fortified them. They were facing the unknown, as the derelict ship could bring untold bounty from within its hull.
Director Senzo's command carved through the static a clear mandate that reset their priorities. "Noah, before you depart the asteroid belt, I am dispatching a Porter Tug to commandeer the derelict ship. It's our top priority... Get that ship secure before you Skip Jump back to the ICV Argos-1. That is a Prime Directive!" His voice, a blend of authority and urgency, left no room for debate.
Noah, hands steady on the controls, glanced briefly at the communications panel. The weight of the directive pressed into him, a stark reminder of the stakes involved. He turned, catching the gaze of his crew, a silent signal that it was time to adapt their plan. The crew exchanged quick, significant glances, each understanding the gravity of the order. The derelict ship, an ancient relic floating among the asteroids, was not just another find—it was a piece of history, potentially holding untold knowledge and value. The directive from Director Shinra Senzo underscored its importance, not just to their mission but to the broader ambitions of the Shinra-Stark-Daiwa Mining Group.
Noah's mind went back over the meaning of what such an order entailed. Refusing to follow the directive would most certainly spell the end of his career. On one hand, he wanted to help those in need and who were under siege by an unknown force. The New Eden Star Cluster was not just a single system but a series of star systems in close proximity to one another. Noah and the rest of the ICV Argos-1 collective fleet were mining ore around Eden-159; currently, the planets were still being colonized, but in ten years, that would change. Our job was to mine ore to return to Eden-109, one of the 1,119 star systems in the New Eden Cluster.
The directive was clear: any new discovery in the outer rims of human space takes top priority above all other mandates, and the crew of The Argonaut was ready. Despite the risks, the potential rewards were too significant to ignore. As preparations for the operation began in earnest, the sense of unity and purpose among the crew was palpable. Each member knew their role and was prepared to execute it with precision. Noah Stark, standing firm at the helm, nodded sharply. "Understood, Director. We'll secure the derelict and rendezvous with the Argos-1 as planned." His voice was calm, a stark contrast to the racing thoughts behind his composed exterior. The task was daunting, yet his confidence in his crew's abilities was unshakeable.
Shinra Hinaba, her eyes reflecting a mix of determination and concern, shifted in her search. Her fingers were already dancing across the console, setting up communication channels. Her role as the ship's specialist meant she was well-versed in the technicalities of such operations, and her confidence was discernible. "We'll need to coordinate with the tug. I can set up a direct comms link and guide their approach." Her voice, usually light and teasing in their private moments, now carried the professional edge of her role.
Gwendolyn Stark, the matriarch and seasoned explorer, nodded in agreement. "Time is of the essence. Let's secure that ship and make sure it's safe for the tug. We can't afford any delays." Her experience shone through, her demeanor calm yet commanding, rallying her children and the crew with a few choice words. "Everything is by the book. This ship could be a significant find for us," she stated, her voice firm.
Elaine, renowned for her cool demeanor under pressure, exchanged a glance of shared determination with Beth. With a nod, they moved to their stations, their movements precise and efficient, a testament to years of seamless coordination in the face of adversity.
Beth, known for her unwavering focus and quick thinking, shared a silent understanding with Elaine. Together, they pivoted to their respective stations, their synchronization seamless and instinctual. In the heart of chaos, their unity forged a stronghold of resolve, a beacon of stability amid the storm.
"We're on it, Mom," Elaine stated, her hands flying over her console, prepping the EVA suits for another walk.
Beth said decisively, "We'll be ready to assist the Tug team with anything they need." Beth nodded in agreement, both sisters moving to gather the necessary gear. Their well-honed skills in extravehicular activities made them indispensable for the task at hand.
Elaine intonated as she focused on the external sensors: "I'll keep an eye out for any debris or potential hazards for the tug. We don't want any surprises."
Grace Frost, the voice of strategy and foresight, considered the logistics. "Once the ship is secure, we'll need to plot a careful course back. The extra mass will affect our jump calculations."
Jennifer Stark, my youngest sister, a blend of youth and sharp intellect, nodded. Jennifer's hands moved to assist Shinra with the communications setup. Meanwhile, Jamie reviewed the ship's specs, ensuring they had all the data needed for a smooth operation. "Let's ensure we have all the data we need for a smooth operation," she said, her tone serious, betraying the gravity of their task.
Jamie Stark, also my youngest sister, focused on the ship's specs. Her hands moved deftly over the controls as she reviewed the data. "Absolutely," she chimed in, her voice steady as she continued her meticulous review. "We can't afford any oversights if we want this mission to succeed." Her words echoed Jennifer's sentiment, highlighting the importance of thorough preparation.
Jamie added, "I'll run a diagnostic on the derelict's structural integrity. We need to know it can withstand the jump."
Director Senzo's image flickered on the screen once more, a stern reminder of the urgency. "Even if you return now, the fleet can't make the FTL jump until all ships have returned to their hangars and docking bays. You have time to tug the derelict ship back to the ICV Argos-1."
Noah, absorbing every detail, finally responded. "Understood, Director. We'll secure the ship and ensure it's ready for the tug. Argonaut out." His voice, firm and confident, belied the racing thoughts of potential complications and the precision required for their new task.
The directive was clear, and the crew of the Argonaut was ready. Despite the risks, the potential rewards were too significant to ignore. As preparations for the operation began in earnest, the sense of unity and purpose among the crew was palpable. The bridge buzzed with activity, each member of the crew moving with purposeful speed. The Argonaut, once a silent observer among the stars, was now a hive of focused energy, ready to execute a directive that could very well shift the balance of their task. Each member knew their role and was prepared to execute it with precision. The arduous task of securing the derelict ship was directive from above; it was a challenge they were all eager to meet head-on.
"Let's get to work," Noah said, his gaze sweeping over his crew and his family. "We have a ship to secure." His statement, simple yet laden with unspoken responsibility, set them into motion, each person aware of the part they played in the intricate dance of space exploration and survival. Aboard the Argonaut, there was no room for doubt. Only action, determination, and the collective will to succeed in the face of the unknown. Then, they would make the FTL jump to Eden-109 to aid the colonists under siege.
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I have a large 2 story house. I am using the DECO X55 Pro mesh. The reason for that pick is that it is the cheapest quality Mesh that had dual 2.5gbps ports (though it’s only dual band not tri-band). I don’t have too many WiFi devices. Many of my devices are wired via ethernet / gigabit switch. I am using 4 access points (Main gateway + 3 access points). This maybe excessive but with only 3 I get a dead zone with speeds degrading more than 90% within that zone. (Probably it’s because how the house is designed). Anyways, to minimize the load on the mesh channels I backhauled all of them via MoCA. All dead zone are eliminated. I am very happy with the speeds. However, I am considering getting a 5th access point and a for a reason. I have a few RING security cameras scattered over my backyard. Until now I had them connect to a separate routers/ separate network and those routers were strategically placed. I know it doesn’t seem pretty smart. It’s a long story for why I had them connected this way. So I am considering eliminating this second network and moving all my RING devices to my main mesh (the Deco). A cluster of RING cameras are remotely located and will probably suffer extreme signal degradation unless: A. I redesign my mesh access points locations (which I dread doing because I am pretty happy with the current arrangement) B. I add AP another unit (which will add them to a total of 5) which will be backhauled still. My question after this long intro : should I worry about interference or downgrade in performance given the number of mesh AP I have ?

About the Gateway tapes: In the ’80s, the spy agency investigated the "Gateway Experience" technique to alter consciousness and ultimately escape spacetime.
The intrigue revolves around a classified 1983 CIA report on a technique called the Gateway Experience, which is a training system designed to focus brainwave output to alter consciousness and ultimately escape the restrictions of time and space.
The CIA was interested in all sorts of psychic research at the time, including the theory of applications of remote viewing, which is when someone views real events with only the power of their mind. The documents have since been declassified and are available to view.
This is a comprehensive excavation of The Gateway Process report. The first section provides a timeline of the key historical developments that led to the CIA’s investigation and subsequent experimentations. The second section is a review of The Gateway Process report. It opens with a wall of theoretical context, on the other side of which lies enough understanding to begin to grasp the principles underlying the Gateway Experience training. The last section outlines the Gateway technique itself and the steps that go into achieving spacetime transcendence.
Let’s go.
THE TIMELINE
• 1950s - Robert Monroe, a radio broadcasting executive, begins producing evidence that specific sound patterns have identifiable effects on human capabilities. These include alertness, sleepiness, and expanded states of consciousness.
• 1956 - Monroe forms an R&D division inside his radio program production corporation RAM Enterprises. The goal is to study sound’s effect on human consciousness. He was obsessed with “Sleep-Learning," or hypnopedia, which exposes sleepers to sound recordings to boost memory of previously learned information.
• 1958 - While experimenting with Sleep-Learning, Monroe discovers an unusual phenomenon. He describes it as sensations of paralysis and vibration accompanied by bright light. It allegedly happens nine times over the proceeding six weeks, and culminates in an out-of-body experience (OBE).
• 1962 - RAM Enterprises moves to Virginia, and renames itself Monroe Industries. It becomes active in radio station ownership, cable television, and later in the production and sale of audio cassettes. These cassettes contain applied learnings from the corporate research program, which is renamed The Monroe Institute.
• 1971 - Monroe publishes Journeys Out of the Body, a book that is credited with popularizing the term “out-of-body experience.”
• 1972 - A classified report circulates in the U.S. military and intelligence communities. It claims that the Soviet Union is pouring money into research involving ESP and psychokinesis for espionage purposes.
• 1975 - Monroe registers the first of several patents concerning audio techniques designed to stimulate brain functions until the left and right hemispheres become synchronized. Monroe dubs the state "Hemi-Sync" (hemispheric synchronization), and claims it could be used to promote mental well-being or to trigger an altered state of consciousness.
• 1978 to 1984 - Army veteran Joseph McMoneagle contributes to 450 remote viewing missions under Project Stargate. He is known as “Remote View No. 1”.
• June 9th, 1983 - The CIA report "Analysis and Assessment of The Gateway Process" is produced. It provides a scientific framework for understanding and expanding human consciousness, out-of-body experiments, and other altered states of mind.
• 1989 - Remote viewer Angela Dellafiora Ford helps track down a former customs agent who has gone on the run. She pinpoints his location as “Lowell, Wyoming”. U.S. Customs apprehend him 100 miles west of a Wyoming town called Lovell.
• 2003 - The CIA approves declassification of the Gateway Process report.
• 2017 - The CIA declassifies 12 million pages of records revealing previously unknown details about the program, which would eventually become known as Project Stargate.
THE REPORT
Personnel
The author of The Gateway Process report is Lieutenant Colonel Wayne M. McDonnell, hereon referred to simply as Wayne. There isn’t a tremendous amount of information available on the man, nor any photographs. In 1983, Wayne was tasked by the Commander of the U.S. Army Operational Group with figuring out how The Gateway Experience, astral projection and out-of-body experiences work. Wayne partnered with a bunch of different folks to produce the report, most notably Itzhak Bentov, a very Googleable American-Israeli scientist who helped pioneer the biomedical engineering industry.
A scientific approach
From the outset of the report, Wayne states his intent to employ an objective scientific method in order to understand the Gateway process. The various scientific avenues he takes include:
• A biomedical inquiry to understand the physical aspects of the process.
• Information on quantum mechanics to describe the nature and functioning of human consciousness.
• Theoretical physics to explain the time-space dimension and means by which expanded human consciousness transcends it.
• Classical physics to bring the whole phenomenon of out-of-body states into the language of physical science (and remove the stigma of an occult connotation).
Methodological frames of reference
Before diving into the Gateway Experience, Wayne develops a frame of reference by dissecting three discrete consciousness-altering methodologies. He’s basically saying, there’s no way you’re going to get through The Gateway without a solid grounding in the brain-altering techniques that came before it.
1) He begins with hypnosis. The language is extremely dense, but the basic gist is as follows: the left side of the brain screens incoming stimuli, categorizing, assessing and assigning meaning to everything through self-cognitive, verbal, and linear reasoning. The left hemisphere then dishes the carefully prepared data to the non-critical, holistic, pattern-oriented right hemisphere, which accepts everything without question. Hypnosis works by putting the left side to sleep, or at least distracting it long enough to allow incoming data direct, unchallenged entry to the right hemisphere. There, stimuli can reach the sensor and motor cortices of the right brain, which corresponds to points in the body. Suggestions then can send electrical signals from the brain to certain parts of the body. Directing these signals appropriately, according to the report, can elicit reactions ranging from left leg numbness to feelings of happiness. Same goes for increased powers of concentration.
2) Wayne continues with a snapshot of transcendental meditation. He distinguishes it from hypnotism. Through concentration the subject draws energy up the spinal cord, resulting in acoustical waves that run through the cerebral ventricles, to the right hemisphere, where they stimulate the cerebral cortex, run along the homunculus and then to the body. The waves are the altered rhythm of heart sounds, which create sympathetic vibrations in the walls of the fluid-filled cavities of the brain’s ventricles. He observed that the symptoms begin in the left side of the body, confirming the right brain’s complicity. Bentov also states that the same effect might be achieved by prolonged exposure to 4 - 7 Hertz/second acoustical vibrations. He suggests standing by an air conditioning duct might also do the trick. (David’s Lynch and other celebrities are committed adherents to transcendental meditation today.)
3) Biofeedback, on the other hand, uses the left hemisphere to gain access to the right brain’s lower cerebral, motor, and sensory cortices. Whereas hypnosis suppresses one side of the brain, and TM bypasses that side altogether, biofeedback teaches the left hemisphere to visualize the desired result, recognize the feelings associated with right hemisphere access, and ultimately achieve the result again. With repetition, the left brain can reliably key into the right brain, and strengthen the pathways so that it can be accessed during a conscious demand mode. A digital thermometer is subsequently placed on a target part of the body. When its temperature increases, objective affirmation is recognized and the state is reinforced. Achieving biofeedback can block pain, enhance feeling, and even suppress tumors, according to the report.
The Gateway mechanics
With that, Wayne takes a first stab at the Gateway process. He classifies it as a “training system designed to bring enhanced strength, focus and coherence to the amplitude and frequency of brainwave output between the left and right hemispheres so as to alter consciousness.”
What distinguishes the Gateway process from hypnosis, TM, and biofeedback, is that it requires achieving a state of consciousness in which the electrical brain patterns of both hemispheres are equal in amplitude and frequency. This is called Hemi-Sync. Lamentably, and perhaps conveniently, we cannot as humans achieve this state on our own. The audio techniques developed by Bob Monroe and his Institute (which are comprised as a series of tapes). claim to induce and sustain Hemi-Sync.
Wayne employs the analogy of a lamp versus a laser. Left to its own devices the human mind expends energy like a lamp, in a chaotic and incoherent way, achieving lots of diffusion but relatively little depth. Under Hemi-Sync though, the mind produces a “disciplined stream of light.” So, once the frequency and amplitude of the brain are rendered coherent it can then synchronize with the rarified energy levels of the universe. With this connection intact, the brain begins to receive symbols and display astonishing flashes of holistic intuition.
The Hemi-Sync technique takes advantage of a Frequency Following Response (FFR). It works like this: an external frequency emulating a recognized one will cause the brain to mimic it. So if a subject hears a frequency at the Theta level, it will shift from its resting Beta level. To achieve these unnatural levels, Hemi-Sync puts a single frequency in the left ear and a contrasting frequency in the right. The brain then experiences the Delta frequency, also known as the beat frequency. It’s more familiarly referred to these days as binaural beats. With the FFR and beat frequency phenomena firmly in place, The Gateway Process introduces a series of frequencies at marginally audible, subliminal levels. With the left brain relaxed and the body in a virtual sleep state, the conditions are ideal to promote brainwave outputs of higher and higher amplitude and frequency. Alongside subliminal suggestions from Bob Monroe (naturally), the subject can then alter their consciousness.
The Gateway system only works when the audio, which is introduced through headphones, is accompanied by a physical quietude comparable to other forms of meditation. This increases the subject’s internal resonance to the body’s sound frequencies, for example the heart. This eliminates the “bifurcation echo”, in which the heartbeat moves up and down the body seven times a second. By placing the body in a sleep-like state, The Gateway CD’s, like meditation, lessen the force and frequency of the heartbeat pushing blood into the aorta. The result is a rhythmic sine wave that in turn amplifies the sound volume of the heart three times. This then amplifies the frequency of brainwave output. The film surrounding the brain—the dura—and fluid between that film and the skull, eventually begin to move up and down, by .0005 and .010 millimeters.
The body, based on its own micro-motions, then functions as a tuned vibrational system. The report claims that the entire body eventually transfers energy at between 6.8 and 7.5 Hertz, which matches Earth’s own energy (7 - 7.5 Hertz). The resulting wavelengths are long, about 40,000 kilometers, which also happens to be the perimeter of the planet. According to Bentov, the signal can move around the world’s electrostatic field in 1/7th of a second.
To recap, the Gateway Process goes like this:
• Induced state of calm
• Blood pressure lowers
• Circulatory system, skeleton and other organ systems begin to vibrate at 7 - 7.5 cycles per second
• Increased resonance is achieved
• The resulting sound waves matches the electrostatic field of the earth
• The body and earth and other similarly tuned minds become a single energy continuum.
We’ve gotten slightly ahead of ourselves here though. Back to the drawing board.
A psycho-quantum level deeper
Wayne then turns to the very nature of matter and energy. More materially (or less if you will), solid matter in the strict construction of the term, he explains, doesn’t exist. The atomic structure is composed of oscillating energy grids surrounded by other oscillating energy grids at tremendous speeds. These oscillation rates vary—the nucleus of an atom vibrates at 10 to the power of 22, a molecule vibrates at 10 to the power of 9, a human cell vibrates at 10 to the power of 3. The point is that the entire universe is one complex system of energy fields. States of matter in this conception then are merely variations in the state of energy.
The result of all these moving energies, bouncing off of energy at rest, projects a 3D mode, a pattern, called a hologram, A.K.A our reality as we experience it. It's best to think of it as a 3D photograph. There’s a whole rabbit hole to go down here. Suffice it to say, the hologram that is our experience is incredibly good at depicting and recording all the various energies bouncing around creating matter. So good, in fact, that we buy into it hook, line, and sinker, going so far as to call it our "life."
Consciousness then can be envisaged as a 3D grid system superimposed over all energy patterns, Wayne writes. Using mathematics, each plane of the grid system can then reduce the data to a 2D form. Our binary (go/no go) minds can then process the data and compare it to other historical data saved in our memory. Our reality is then formed by comparisons. The right hemisphere of the brain acts as the primary matrix or receptor for this holographic input. The left hemisphere then compares it to other data, reducing it to its 2D form.
In keeping with our species' commitment to exceptionalism, as far as we know humans are uniquely capable of achieving this level of consciousness. Simply, humans not only know, but we know that we know. This bestows upon us the ability to duplicate aspects of our own hologram, project them out, perceive that projection, run it through a comparison with our own memory of the hologram, measure the differences using 3D geometry, then run it through our binary system to yield verbal cognition of the self.
The click-out phase
Wayne then shows his cards as a true punisher, issuing, "Up to this point our discussion of the Gateway process has been relatively simple and easy to follow. Now the fun begins." Shots fired, Wayne. What he's preparing the commander reading this heady report for is the reveal—how we can use the Gateway to transcend the dimension of spacetime.
Time is a measurement of energy or force in motion; it is a measurement of change. This is really important. For energy to be classified as in motion, it must be confined within a vibratory pattern that can contain its motion, keeping it still. Energy not contained like this is boundary-less, and moves without limit or dimension, to infinity. This disqualifies boundary-less energy from the dimension of time because it has no rate of change. Energy in infinity, also called "the absolute state," is completely at rest because nothing is accelerating or decelerating it—again, no change. It therefore does not contribute to our hologram, our physical experience. We cannot perceive it.
Now back to frequencies. Wave oscillation occurs because a wave is bouncing between two rigid points of rest. It's like a game of electromagnetic hot potato (the potato being the wave and the participants' hands being the boundaries of the wave). Without these limits, there would be no oscillation. When a wave hits one of those points of rest, just for a very brief instant, it "clicks out" of spacetime and joins infinity. For this to occur, the speed of the oscillation has to drop below 10 the power of -33 centimeters per second. For a moment, the wave enters into a new world. The potato simply disappears into a dimension we cannot perceive.
Theoretically speaking, if the human consciousness wave pattern reaches a high enough frequency, the “click-outs” can reach continuity. Put another way, if the frequency of human consciousness can dip below 10 to the power of 33 centimeters per second but above a state of total rest, it can transcend spacetime. The Gateway experience and associated Hemi-Sync technique is designed for humans to achieve this state and establish a coherent pattern of perception in the newly realized dimensions.
Passport to the hologram
In theory, we can achieve the above at any time. The entire process though is helped along if we can separate the consciousness from our body. It’s like an existential running head start where the click-out of a consciousness already separated from its body starts much closer to, and has more time to dialogue with, other dimensions.
This is where things get a little slippery; hold on as best you can. The universe is in on the whole hologram thing, too, Wayne writes. This super hologram is called a "torus" because it takes the shape of a fuck-off massive self-contained spiral. Like this:
Give yourself a moment to let the above motion sink in...
This pattern of the universe conspicuously mirrors the patterns of electrons around the nucleus of an atom. Galaxies north of our own are moving away from us faster than the galaxies to the south; galaxies to the east and west of us are more distant. The energy that produced the matter that makes up the universe we presently enjoy, will turn back in on itself eventually. Its trajectory is ovoid, also known as the cosmic egg. As it curls back on itself it enters a black hole, goes through a densely packed energy nucleus then gets spat out the other side of a white hole and begins the process again. Springtime in the cosmos, baby!
And that is the context in which the Gateway Experience sits.
[Deep breaths.]
THE TECHNIQUE
The following is an outline of the key steps to reach focus levels necessary to defy the spacetime dimension. This is an involved and lengthy process best attempted in controlled settings. If you’re in a rush, you can apparently listen to enough Monroe Institute Gateway Tapes in 7 days to get there.
The Energy Conversion Box: The Gateway Process begins by teaching the subject to isolate any extraneous concerns using a visualization process called “the energy conversion box.”
Resonant Humming: The individual is introduced to resonant humming. Through the utterance of a protracted single tone, alongside a chorus on the tapes, the mind and body achieve a state of resonance.
The Gateway Affirmation: The participant is exposed to something close to a mantra called The Gateway Affirmation. They must repeat to themselves variations of, “I am merely a physical body and deeply desire to expand my consciousness.”
Hemi-Sync: The individual is finally exposed to the Hemi-Sync sound frequencies, and encouraged to develop a relationship with the feelings that emerge.
Additional Noise: Physical relaxation techniques are practiced while the Hemi-Sync frequencies are expanded to include “pink and white” noise. This puts the body in a state of virtual sleep, while calming the left hemisphere and raising the attentiveness of the right hemisphere.
The Energy Balloon: The individual is then encouraged to visualize the creation of an “energy balloon” beginning at the top of the head, extending down in all directions to the feet then back up again. There are a few reasons for this, the main one being that this balloon will provide protection against conscious entities possessing lower energy levels that he or she may encounter when in the out-of-body state.
Focus 12: The practitioner can consistently achieve sufficient expanded awareness to begin interacting with dimensions beyond their physical reality. To achieve this state requires conscious efforts and more “pink and white noise” from the sound stream.
Tools: Once Focus 12 is achieved, the subject can then employ a series of tools to obtain feedback from alternate dimensions.
Problem Solving: The individual identifies fundamental problems, fills their expanded awareness with them, and then projects them out into the universe. These can include personal difficulties, as well as technical or practical problems.
Patterning: Consciousness is used to achieve desired objectives in the physical, emotional, or intellectual sphere.
Color Breathing: A healing technique that revitalizes the body’s energy flows by imagining colors in a particularly vivid manner.
Energy Bar Tool: This technique involves imagining a small intensely pulsating dot of light that the participant charges up. He or she then uses the sparkling, vibrating cylinder of energy (formerly known as the dot) to channel forces from the universe to heal and revitalize the body.
Remote Viewing: A follow-on technique of the Energy Bar Tool where the dot is turned into a whirling vortex through which the individual sends their imagination in search of illuminating insights.
Living Body Map: A more organized use of the energy bar in which streams of different colors flow from the dot on to correspondingly-colored bodily systems.
Seven days of training have now occurred. Approximately 5 percent of participants get to this next level, according to the report.
Focus 15 - Travel Into the Past: Additional sound on the Hemi-Sync tapes includes more of the same, plus some subliminal suggestions to further expand the consciousness. The instructions are highly symbolic: time is a huge wheel, in which different spokes give access to the participant’s past.
Focus 21 - The Future: This is the last and most advanced state. Like Focus 15, this is a movement out of spacetime into the future.
Out-of-Body Movement: Only one tape of the many is devoted to out-of-body movement. This tape is devoted to facilitating an out-of-body state when the participant’s brain wave patterns and energy levels reach harmony with the surrounding electromagnetic environment. According to Bob Monroe, the participant has to be exposed to Beta signals of around 2877.3 cycles per second.
CONCLUSIONS
Wayne expresses concern about the fidelity of information brought back from out-of-body states using the Gateway technique. Practical applications are of particular concern because of the potential for “information distortion.”
The Monroe Institute also ran into a bunch of issues in which they had individuals travel from the West to the East Coast of the U.S. to read a series of numbers off of a computer screen. They never got them exactly right. Wayne chalks this up to the trouble of differentiating between physical entities and extra-time-space dimensions when in the out-of-body state.
Wayne swings back to support mode though, lending credence to the physics foundation of the report. He cites multiple belief systems that have established identical findings. These include the Tibetan Shoug, the Hindu heaven of Indra, the Hebrew mystical philosophy, and the Christian concept of the Trinity. Here he seems more interested in hammering home the theoretical underpinnings that make The Gateway Experience possible, rather than the practical possibilities promised by The Gateway Tapes.
Possibly with his CIA top brass audience in mind, Wayne then gives an A-type nod to The Gateway Experience for providing a faster, more efficient, less subservient, energy-saving route to expanded consciousness. This finishes with a series of recommendations to the CIA for how to exploit Gateway’s potential for national defense purposes.
The missing page
One curious feature of The Gateway Report is that it seems to be missing page 25. It’s a real cliffhanger too. The bottom of page 24 reads “And, the eternal thought or concept of self which results from this self-consciousness serves the,” The report picks back up on page 26 and 3 sections later as if Wayne hadn’t just revealed the very secret of existence.
The gap has not gone unnoticed. There's a Change.org petition requesting its release. Multiple Freedom of Information Act requests have demanded the same. In all cases, the CIA has said they never had the page to begin with. Here’s a 2019 response from Mark Lilly, the CIA’s Information and Privacy Coordinator, to one Bailey Stoner regarding these records:
One theory goes that that rascal Wayne M.-fricking-McDonnell left the page out on purpose. The theory contends that it was a litmus test—if anyone truly defies time-space dimensions, they’ll certainly be able to locate page 25.
[Cosmic shrug.]
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CIA Declassified Report– The Gateway Experience
Here is a copy of the Missing Page 25
There will be a Gateway Help Post following within the next few days. Thought you might be interested in a little background history in the meantime. Cheers!