The Midnight Writers Journal

Photo Credit: Mountain Spirit Productions taken by Photo Gent

This beautiful elk with the velvet buttons on his antlers just stood there eating and watching us while we watched him. He showed no fear of humans whatsoever. We were only a few feet off the narrow Highway 101 and he was eating with a young one nearby about twenty feet from the road. There was a herd behind him that seemed oblivious to our presence, but the young calf got curious and wanted to walk towards us so we drove away. We didn't want to see him come out onto the highway. There was a lot of traffic yesterday.

Enjoy one of our rare experiences. Share the photo but please give credit to Photo Gent with a link to our website. Thanks. See you somewhere down the highway on an adventure unknown to us today!

The Midnight Writer

This photo was taken on a southward trek two weeks ago in the small town of Orrick near one of our favorite beaches. The Hog Wild Cafe is the feature here. Though we didn't stop in to check out their cuisine, we thought the signs were pretty cool. Maybe next time we'll stop for lunch when we pass by this way again. Since we're vegetarians, the burger really doesn't entice us but who knows, maybe they serve salad or garden burgers.

Usually we camp out on Orrick Beach for at least one night, if it's not storming. It's that old embedded fear of tsunamis that keeps us away during heavy storms. But we know that if it's our time, oh well, God will take us home.

I keep speaking in the plural and if you are not familiar with my blog, then you have no idea who the "we" in this post is supposed to be. Let me clarify. It's my husband Cephas, also known as Raven in rainbow circles, and me, Summer Breeze, a/k/a The Midnight Writer.

On this pass by the beach we were in a hurry to get to Mom's since we were concerned about her welfare. Our brother Ron had some work for us, too. It's been an intense couple of weeks this trip on the coast. We really got involved in many events about which I have not really begun to write. If you get a chance, check out Angels for Gabriel to read out the little boy who drowned May 25, 2009 during a Memorial Day campout. Cephas and I began a foundation in his honor. We raised funds for his burial.

Our race to get to the rainbow gathering has begun so we are tying up loose ends personally and financially in preparation to be in the forest for a few weeks. We wanted to be there by now but will probably arrive about the 21st or 22nd and stay till about July 15 to help with clean up. I'll most likely be offline during that time so don't think I've stopped writing. I'll just be on a sabbatical working in the peace and political field that has encompassed a large part of our lives these past thirteen years.

Enjoy the photos. We're loving taking them. Wait till you see our rainbow gathering photos and videos!

The Midnight Writer

Almost every walk of life utilizes technology today and with that rise in the sophistication of the internet technologies, IT Security needs have increased in an attempt to meet the demand. Internet technology advances at such a rapid pace that security code writers and antivirus software struggles to keep up with it. That's what makes this such a lucrative industry with huge opportunities are being created on a steady basis. IT security is a field that is evolving with technical modernization and it is a field that is coming of its own.

The term for a professional legal hacker is "ethical hacker" and big businesses are open to hiring trained, qualified individuals to help increase their system securities. You can enroll for classes now at EC-Council and become skilled in an area you may have always dreamed about.

In case you are not familiar, visit this interactive website for an online class overview on Ethical Hacking. I visited the site and found it to be very impressive. Let me share my experience with the EC-Council/iClass Online. This class offers IT security lessons to you according to your schedule and you can study at your own pace. That is the first part that impressed me. A classroom situation versus an interactive online experience opens possibilities that might not be available to you if you have a tight work schedule or a busy company that leaves zero openings for classes in real time.

With iClass and the help of their sponsors, training to become a Certified Ethical Hacker opened up to any city, state or country in the world. Your computer and laptop become the main tools for your class. Using partner channels, there are 280 authorized training centers in North America.

You can add another notch in your continuing education belt by adding EC Council certifications in the fields of Forensics, Penetration Testing, Disaster Recovery, and Secure Programming. Now you can add all those special skills you always wanted to your technical resume portfolio.

Changing to better paying jobs is a dream being realized now instead of some far advanced future. This is the peak in Internet Technologies so prepare yourself for the advancements yet to come in a very near future and be ready to meet the challenges and the demands. I recommend taking a course as soon as possible to keep pace.

Imagine being an ethical hacker and how cool it would be to brag to all your friends. Better yet, imagine how useful your skills would be to companies looking for someone just like you to tighten up their securities online. I can think of many opportunities in this line of business where you would be a great asset. Just to name a few, banking, money trading, all businesses who maintain company information and payrolls online, auction and trading companies, software companies, and even many government industries or homeland security agencies will be hiring more ethical hackers in the coming future.

Personally, I think this is an ageless industry where the young and old can compete, with the right training and education.

 For more information, visit this website.

#CEH

It is with a heavy heart that I write this today because I miss a little boy named Gabriel. Watching his brother Raven and his father Woodstock, a/k/a Loren David O'Connor, suffer through the pain of their loss while trying to make arrangements for his burial, memorial and wake is really hard. Gabriel Jaden Coates was with us for a short 3 years, 2 months and 2 days, yet he has made a profound impression on the hearts of people that will last forever. He left this earth to enter the spirit world on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at about 11 am. Gabriel fell into the water of the Antelope Creek, which was fast moving and deep. His body was recovered by very compassionate rescue workers about two hours later.
Woodstock, Raven, his friends and family are sort of moving in a state of unreal shock. Things need to get done. So we are helping in whatever way we can. Funds are urgently needed to buy the casket and to buy a plot where he will be laid to rest. Please spread the word and help in whatever way you can.

Please visit the dedication site for Gabriel at http://www.angelsforgabriel.org. News and information about his memorial, burial and wake will be posted on this blog. Lots of pictures will be loaded soon that I took of the gathering site where little Gabriel drowned. We took photos of the creek and the campsite where he laughed, played and enjoyed. There is a very spiritual picture on the site now that shows what we believe is Gabriel's spirit that appeared while Woodstock and I were standing by the stream talking about Gabriel, about what happened, about his life, about what to do now. It is then that we both felt his presence and a butterfly landed on Woodstock after that moment. I took a photo in the direction of where they found Gabriel's body in the water and that is where the column of light appeared. It was an intense, sad, happy, etherical time.
We will be assisting Woodstock with transferring of funds to the Funeral home when it is placed on the paypal in the amount we need. The general manager Chris Girdner at the Girdner Funeral Chapel is giving us until Tuesday at closing time to come up with the total for the casket. This is urgent. Other arrangements are being made and other funds are needed very much. Please email angelsforgabriel@gmail.com if you have questions or if you want to help in some way.

The Forest Service, the fire department, the Siskiyou county Sheriff's department, the Fish and Game dept. personnel, and the townspeople volunteers from Tennant were very gentle, kind, compassionate during the entire ordeal. We are all grateful to them for the way they handled this situation.
I have many things to write and memorial signs and brochures to make, and a website to update, so please help us facilitate this link being spread far and wide to get the funds together. Gabriel deserves a decent casket, memorial, burial and wake. Help us give him that much, please. Woodstock should not have to concern himself with money at a time like this. Right now we are all camping in our rigs while this is all taking place, so family please plug into this compassionate service.

Much love and blessings.
Summer Breeze on behalf of Woodstock, Raven, Gabriel & Raven and
Jazzy all his friends and family.

The Editor on Bingo Hideout wrote a good report about the alleged £10k game fixing scam at Gala Bingo Hall in Sunderland. According to the Editor's report, one employee was fired and another suspended. Apparently, they were in cohoots.

The article states that the scam artist's girlfriend actually helped to rig the game. The article described how they pulled off the deception during the games. The article points out that this was done by somehow interfering with the random number generator. It states that somehow a secret code was generated.

 Imagine playing a con game on bingo at such proportions! The grand prize was set high enough to raise this alarm. As Bingo Hideout's Editor pointed out in this article, fraud at such a large Bingo Hall is rare. Gala Bingo Hall toots an employee roster of 19,000 people. They also noted that this should not discourage people from playing at their favorite Bingo Halls since this type of fraud is very rare.

According to this article, the police have the matter under investigation and will decide if any criminal charges will be filed. If you want to read more about this alarming incident, visit Bingo Hideout to read their report.