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If you ever see a person that has a black dot on the palm, you should call the police immediately. The black dot means that the person is in trouble. “Black Dot Campaign” started on Facebook and it’s a campaign to recognize the victims of domestic abuse. That simple black dot on their hand signifies a call for help. By putting a black dot on their palms, victims of domestic violence can show that they’re in danger. So if you ever notice a person with a black dot on his/her palm, help this person and call the police. “The black dot on the hand lets professionals know you’re a really vulnerable domestic violence survivor, and that you need help but can’t ask because your abuser is watching your every move. In just 24 hours, the campaign has reached over 6,000 people worldwide, and has already helped 6 women. Please spread the campaign, and post a picture of your hand with the black dot, to show your support to all survivors of domestic violence,” said the organizers of ...

I found this poem (“For a New Beginning” by John O’Donohue) to be greatly inspirational in dealing with making life changes. This is truly to all and as I close the chapter, I open the new with this. Wise Words for You is stronger, undoubtedly open minded and full of ideas. If you like to contribute email me at dhackstt83@gmail.com. The blog is fast approaching 27,000 page views. My target for reaching to you by July would be 30,000 page views whether it is posts from me or from you it be truly special. One last bit of small news before the poem I would like to say Good Luck to Penwith Radio 96.5 & 97.2 FM or online via www.penwithradio.co.uk your new chapter is only just around the corner. Now onto the poem In out-of-the-way places of the heart, Where your thoughts never think to wander, This beginning has been quietly forming, Waiting until you were ready to emerge. For a long time it has watched your desire, Feeling the emptiness growing inside you, Noticing how you willed ...

In the town of Axum in the province of Tigray is the most significant church in Ethiopia: the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion. The Church claims to have had in their possession the Ark of the Covenant, or a wooden chest housing the stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments were scribed, for the past 3,000 years.  According to a traditional story found in the Glory of the Kings (Kebra Negast), Menelik I was born unto the Queen of Sheba and King Solomon. Menelik later went to visit his father and returned to Ethiopia with the firstborn sons of Israelite nobles, one of which secretly stole the ark. The royal son accepted that since no harm had come their way, it must have been God's will. Virgin monks commit to living exclusively on chapel grounds for the remainder of their lives once anointed, and are assigned as guardians of the Ark. No one else has ever laid eyes on it, contributing to difficulties in confirming or disproving the claim.

Have you ever wondered how Google manages to provide free e-mail storage to hundreds of millions of Gmail users, over 3 billion daily search queries, millions of ad auctions and YouTube videos, among other incredible things? We sometimes rely on Google more than we rely on our own memories, and the billions of pages that the company indexes each day – in real time – exist in data centers around the world. As a global giant, employees must learn how to keep the secrets behind its organizational prowess. In 2012, however, Google published photos of its data centers for the public. This photo is of a central cooling plant in Google's Douglas County, Georgia, data center.

Area 51 has risen in popularity for its association with government secrecy and supposed holdings of alien spacecrafts. A few years ago, the CIA released documents officially acknowledging the Nevada-based area – about 125 miles northwest of Las Vegas – and its purpose as a testing site for government’s U-2 and OXCART aerial surveillance programs.  Pop culture enthusiasts may be disappointed, but the reports are said to be only the beginning of public access to the top secret work behind this legendary site.

This members-only club and executive lounge is located above the Blue Bayou in New Orleans Square at Disneyland Park, Anaheim. Walt Disney originally created the club for dignitaries, investors, and other VIPs at a membership price of $11,000 per year.  The waiting list for potential members is assumed to be several years long, but special exceptions have been made for people to dine at the club as a one-day visitor. Celebrity-spotting is one perk for visitors to the club.

In the Republic of Bashkortosan in Russia, near Mount Yamantau, is the closed military town of Mezhgorye. Its status means that it is administratively subordinated to the federal government, who has the power to grant and deny access to visitors. Previously called Ufa-105 and Beloretsk-16, Mezhgorye and its surrounding areas are speculated to be bunkers against nuclear attack. Some suspect graver purposes for the site as a growing nuclear base.

A visit to North Korea is something many of us will never think about much less do in our lifetimes. According to an article by Business Insider, there's a secretive building within this distant country that even locals will never gain access to.  Room 39 is committed to securing foreign currency for the nation's leaders. The office was created by Kim Jong Il in the 1970s, and is thought to be a center characterized by illicit economic activities such as slush fund scandals and counterfeiting.

Not to be confused with the Moscow Metro, Metro-2 is a special subway system rumored to have been built for the paranoid leader Joseph Stalin. Some believe that it was meant to provide high-ranking officers, including Stalin, for easy access to a sabbatical home or escape, especially in the case of nuclear war.  Adventurous diggers claimed to find the entrance to the system in the mid-90s. Although its existence has neither been confirmed or denied, it has been mentioned in a few documents including one by the US Department of Defense.

Pine Gap is a satellite tracking system station located near Alice Springs in Central Australia. The secretive station, dubbed a joint defense facility run by both Australia and the United States, is often associated with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Edward Snowden named it as one of the key facilities in US surveillance. 

You’ve learned about these Palaeolithic cave paintings, most prominently the Great Hall of the Bulls, in art history. Lascaux was discovered in southwestern France in September 1940, enriching the world with prehistoric art telling of human origins.  In 1979, together with other caves in the Vézère Valley, Lascaux was honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Though visitors were allowed access to the cave in previous years, a fungus was discovered. It was believed to be caused by the newly installed air conditioning system, high powered lights, and frequent visitors. The situation has become even more serious in recent years, with authorities closing the cave for three months in 2008, even for qualified researchers.

The Vatican Secret Archives, more accurately the private archives, stores the pope’s personal documents which date back to the 8th century. Among these documents is a copy of Pope Leo X's papal bull that excommunicated Luther, which he later burned in protest. Though the archives have been closed off to the public in the past, Pope Leo XIII granted access to expert researchers in the late nineteenth century.

Pharmacist John S. Pemberton’s Coca-Cola formula, created in 1886, is regarded as one of the world’s most highly regarded trade secrets. In 2011, the Coca-Cola company moved its then 125-year-old recipe from its original vault at SunTrust Bank in downtown Atlanta to the World of Coca-Cola.  Guests can visit the World of Coca-Cola after passing through a strict security checkpoint and can even see the Vault of the Secret Formula, but it’s just a teaser. The vault remains closely guarded. A quick Internet search will lead you to many similar recipes, though none have been officially confirmed.

The factory makes approximately 1.5 million Creme Eggs every day (Rex) Last year was a dark day for chocolate fans – when Cadbury unveiled a new, not improved recipe for Creme Egg. But Britain’s Creme Egg fans have struck Kraft, the new owner of Cadbury, where it hurts – as sales slumped £6 million in one year. Research by analysts IRI found that the brand dropped £6 million in sales in 2015, narrowing its market share from 42% to 40%. Below is a small sample of what people think of the new eggs, where the Dairy Milk chocolate is replaced by ‘milk’ chocolate. Spoiler: it’s not flattering.

True non-violence means never hurting others even through words. Most of us make a great effort not to hurt people physically, but sometimes we hurt others through our words, often accidently. Today I will really think about the consequence of my words before I speak and consider how they might hurt others, I will also notice how when I do express negativity it makes those around me feel negative, which in turn affects me for the worst too.

About 75 miles north of San Francisco you will find a 2,700-acre redwood region called the Bohemian Grove. Every year during the last few weeks of July, some of the richest, most powerful men meet at Monte Rio to drink and exchange secret conversations. You must be a member of the Bohemian Club to gain entry into the camp, but there have been a few infiltrators that have managed to sneak in. Among them were Texas-based filmmaker Alex Jones, who entered with a group and a hidden camera, and Vanity Fair editor Alex Shoumatoff, who was arrested for trespassing in 2008.

So many people suffer from anxiety and headaches these days. I believe this to be a mixture of our lifestyles and many of the changes that are taking place in our world that are pushing people to question what we’ve been doing as a society repetitively for many years. You know what I mean… that feeling that there is something more than just going to work, making money, coming home, eating and repeating it all. It may sound cliche, but it’s evident. Deep down we can feel it, that something isn’t quite “right” with our world anymore and there’s a certain sense of freedom from it all that is calling us from deep within ourselves. Not knowing what that feeling is exactly or what to do, we sometimes will feel anxiety or overwhelm as we look at our lives. How do we deal with these things? . It’s important that we begin to explore this feeling inside. That knowing that things can be different, that our world doesn’t have to be the way it is. Whether it is people getting fed up with the 9 – 5,...

Located nine miles west of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, this Royal Air Force Station (RAF) covers about one square mile of moorland, or open area typically covered with grass. Run by the US National Security Agency (NSA), it is thought to be the largest electronic monitoring station in the world. Its distinctive golf ball structures, formally known as radomes, are believed to secretly monitor and possibly even intercept communications. Controversy remains, especially among activists who are unsure whether the secret activities conducted within the base are acceptable, or accountable, to the British public.

His latest album Blackstar was released just last Friday, although Bowie had rarely performed or been seen in public in recent months. Bowie's son Duncan Jones, also known as Zowie Bowie, confirmed the news, writing on Twitter: 'Very sorry and sad to say it's true. I'll be offline for a while. Love to all.' Other stars paid tribute to the British singer - Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon tweeted: 'So sad to hear of David Bowie dying x'. Sadness: Bowie's son Duncan Jones confirmed the news and posted a touching photograph of himself with his father Release: Bowie in the music video for his recent single Lazarus, recorded while he was suffering from cancer Kanye West wrote: 'David Bowie was one of my most important inspirations, so fearless, so creative, he gave us magic for a lifetime.'  Ricky Gervais tweeted, 'I just lost a hero. RIP David Bowie,' while Eddie Izzard wrote: 'Please could every radio station around the gl...

BUS operators across Great Britain are benefiting from the advanced ITSO ticketing solutions developed by Parkeon. Parkeon remains the only ticketing technology company involved in every major ITSO scheme in progress or under development in Britain and recently added a second ticketing platform – the Wayfarer 200  ETM  – to its fully certified range of ITSO compliant on-bus systems, which also includes the Wayfarer 150 platform. The certification is all the more significant because the Wayfarer 200, which is currently being installed in ITSO schemes in Scotland and across the West Midlands, is an open platform that acts as a true systems integrator for a multiplicity of on-vehicle applications. The Parkeon contract with Centro, the West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority, will see ticket machines and associated back office technologies supplied to over 20 operators across the region. This latest achievement confirms that Parkeon, with its range of Wayfare...

With breakthroughs in technology every year, from improvements in transportation to new trip planning applications, wanderlusts can travel to more secluded places. However, there are some places that will remain off limits -- and for good reason.  In the next twenty two days (one per day) I will share the most fascinating on earth -- from the vault containing the highly coveted, secret formula for Coca-Cola to an island inhabited by thousands of snakes. Some are temporarily closed off from the public while others will remain so permanently, meaning exploration will have to be conducted via imagination.

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There was once a small shop hidden away somewhere out on the edge of the universe. It had long since lost its sign — it had been carried away by a hurricane, and the new owner had not taken the trouble to put up a new one since all the locals knew what you could buy there: it sold wishes. The range of wishes which it sold was huge. One could buy almost anything there: huge yachts, new apartments, marriage; the post of vice-president in a large corporation; money, children, a dream job, the perfect body, success in a competition, big cars, power, success, and many, many other things. The only things it didn’t sell were life and death — this was dealt with by head office, which was located in another galaxy. Every visitor to the shop first of all had to find out the price they would have to pay to achieve their wish. The prices varied...

We found an article which presents an unusual perspective for dealing with tiredness. We recommend that you take a deep breath, read it — and follow its advice. ’I know what it’s like to feel tired — and not just in the physical sense. The world that we live in is an exhausting place to be. It is wearing. It is thankless. It is endlessly trying and scarcely rewarding. You’re tired simply because you live in it. You’re tired of loving too much, caring too much, giving too much to a world that never gives anything back. You are tired of investing in indefinite outcomes. You’re tired of uncertainties. Tired of grey. I know you haven’t always been this worn out — that there was a time when you were hopeful and pure. When your optimism outweighed your cynicism and you had an infinite amount in you to give. I ...

Bus passengers in Scotland will soon be travelling on some of the newest and most advanced buses in the country as Scotland’s largest operator First Bus welcomes state-of-the-art new vehicles into its fleet. Derek Mackay, Minister for Transport and Islands, gave a selection of double decker buses his official seal of approval at First’s Caledonia depot as they arrived fresh from the production line, one year on from its official opening as the biggest bus depot in the UK.  The new vehicles are the result of a £14million investment in the First Glasgow fleet in 2015 and all come fitted with leather seats, CCTV and Wi-Fi, providing customers with free internet access during their journey. They feature dedicated space for wheelchair users as well as extra space for pushchairs.  In addition, the vehicles are all Department for Transport ‘low carbon certified’, making them among the most fuel efficient buses on the market. They all carry advanced Euro 6 engines, a stron...