Exotic Matter Cover Contest and Dr. Bogdanovich campus lectures

Just a few things as we await more news on the Devra front (which may come May 7, the publication date  of Felicia Hajra-Lee's "An Exotic Matter" or perhaps there will ne something before).

First - here is the Niantic Project link to the g+ post and cover contest - note the sample covers that were submitted. How do the images in the samples relate to Devra (if they even do)?

Second - I seem to have missed this Devra reference - but as I was working on another project - I found this image...  Does anyone know anything about this? I believe it is associated with the campus agents campaign Klue was running - http://www.ingress.com/campus

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UPDATE April 30, 2013

Thanks to info from Johnathan Chung and others on G+ it seems this flyer maybe a resistance made flyer as opposed to a direct connection to Dr. Bogdanovich, See here for more info - https://plus.google.com/u/0/107413132040825163748/posts/Z4iLffZR9MY

An Exotic Matter - the full story is coming

Awesome news

 This post from Felicia Hajra-Lee - https://plus.google.com/u/0/118344555717370644832/posts/6e4cr5tbWaq - mentions a full publishing of the novel with 9 additional chapters is coming.

In addition to the news is an invitation to help with the cover to the book and also to write a one sentence review (how can you encapsulate all that happened in three chapters in just one sentence??)

The deadline is May 1 - so get those ideas in and help bring this book to publication so we can find out more about Exotic Matter and Dr. Bogdanovich.

As a side note, Felicia changed her google avatar to capture the image from one of the sample book covers. Andrew Bone and Hugo Neves pointed out this is a statue found at this monument (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_to_the_Battle_of_the_Nations_ - does it have a deeper meaning?

Ingress magic Castle Event and a status update

Well last night was one for the Ingress record books as Misty Hannah performed at the magic Castle Club. There is a lot of information flying, I'll have more and a fuller account as soon as I can untangle all the woven pieces.

Also - a sort of update, I am going to assume that this short g+ post from Hubert Farlowe means Devra is still alive.  That's a good thing, right? And assuming she has been building a team since December, she may be slightly ahead of other groups, maybe???

And still waiting to see what data was transmitted from the CERN event... data packets? we don't need no stinkin' data packets... no, wait, we do, we really do!

Every Little Word Counts - Safe for Now

Just a quick post about how amazing a simple note can be. Hubert Farlowe just posted on his g+ feed - https://plus.google.com/u/0/105931060527409787825/posts/CH2BbqvuCg9

Hubert Farlowe

9:35 PM  -  Public

I just got a back channel report that Mr Phillips is not a happy camper...this Magic castle event has him going batsh+t and now word had leaked out that PI and Klue might be on site..... Mr Phillip + Misty on her home ground should be epic..and +JoJo Stratton your friend says hello and shes safe for now.

I will take that as word that a certain Doctor is alive and hopefully continuing to do what those who have a passion for science and related do well - research and learn.

As to the other - well the event tomorrow night at The Magic Castle - https://plus.google.com/u/0/107179591490960059904/posts/hjN9XwhpDni

looks like it will be a show to remember

Updating the site Information

Nothing too new to report - working on updating the pages and information - also working on updating the XM Study prezi (http://prezi.com/4et9gnm1rk3y/what-is-xm/) and the Devra Connections Gliffy Venn Diagram (http://www.gliffy.com/go/publish/4308763/)

Some interesting thoughts being discussed about Shapers, XM, Dr. Kureze and more...  it is like the eye in a hurricane. We had the storm events of yesterday, and now it is the quiet calm until the next side of the storm....

Hostile Takeover - other XM study labs beware

So, trying to break down the events of today piece what is going on. This is what I have so far, but it is spotty and I am sure there is much missing, will update as corrections are made, please help out with additions and corrections as needed. This is more just getting the events in order, as to what they mean, there is much discussion to be had and truth to be found. Also, this should serve as a warning... or at least something to watch/consider as if this happened to Niantic, until more is known, it could happen to any lab. 

At the time of this blog entry (about 10:30pm) – there has been no communication about this on Edgar Allen Wright, Hubert Farlowe, Joe Philley (other than resharing Niantic posts), Brandon Badger (other than resharing Niantic posts) or any affiliated Niantic persons….

What is coming next?

ALL Times are from my g+ feed so are EDT and this is for April 21, 2013

7:18 AM

 - Curter Zokiev (who many believe is an anagram for Dr. Victor Kureze) posts that the planned data transmission (see https://plus.google.com/events/c7jjnj1vq2ts627o1uj85fnnjic for info on the event)  is about to begin - https://plus.google.com/u/0/103218421962790783620/posts/UxtPi9uBcSX

 Agents, The Data Transmission window is about to begin, a reminder that ALL packet transmissions, including the final special-packet, must be verified by my trusted agents, who will be monitoring Google+.

As of the writing of this blog post, there have been no further posts by Curter on g+

10:31 AM 

comment on an Ingress g+ post from John Hanke – may refer to a number of unfolding events

 

10:33 AM 

Niantic g+ posts a message - https://plus.google.com/u/0/105211554081025512763/posts/VfGobBNpcY2 that an organization called HAZDATA is attempting a take over of the CERN Niantic Lab. 

The post links to this report - http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/pac/IB/05/item/hostile06.html (which had an initial copyright date of 2012 but that was corrected and now has all updated articles, initially through the day the individual press releases were added).

It was noted by a reply on the thread that the article is by the same wire service as the Zurich shooting posts (http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/pac/IB/01/item/01-2bodies.html - thanks g+ Anton Sweeny

Niantic also replies at 11:11AM that there is no direct source of information from Niantic Facility as PAC’s main contact there is location unknown

11:09AM 

Niantic g+ posts an update with the HAZDATA take over - https://plus.google.com/u/0/105211554081025512763/posts/PDCQ5LbnYf9 -  and referring again to the reply made on another g+ thread as of 11:11 PAC is no longer receiving info from the facility

GENEVA, Switzerland (TPI) – An estimated dozen Niantic Security officials have been ‘taken into custody’ by HAZDATA Operatives. After a brief standoff lasting about 30 minutes Niantic Project Security Officials relinquished their weapons and surrendered to HAZDATA control forces.

There was no apparent involvement of Swiss police or military forces. There are no reports of shots being fired or admissions to local medical facilities. A man wearing a Hazdata uniform claimed that this was a ‘training exercise.’ An observer on the scene said that it was ‘very well acted if it was a training scene.’

As of this reporting, HAZDATA Officials appear to be entering the facility. “It is hard to read what is going on’ the observer said. “There are no weapons drawn, but the atmosphere is ‘intense’, ‘professional’.

11:44 AM 

another item posted by Niantic g+ - a factsheet about HAZDATA - https://plus.google.com/u/0/105211554081025512763/posts/EAkyrPVoTZX

Factsheet at http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/pac/IB/05/item/HAZDATA.jpg

The factsheet has been complied by the Global Data Analysis Group (the same group that has made factsheets on other groups such as IQTech - http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/pac/IB/04/item/IQTech_profile.jpg

12:20PM 

another item posted by Niantic g+ - a reported dead body - https://plus.google.com/u/0/105211554081025512763/posts/7SeQSpoXcgS - along with that is a picture of Victor Kureze (we had first seen Kureze interviewed in an Ingress Report edition)

1:05 PM 

another update from the Niantic g+ account – a confirmation Dr. Kureze is dead - https://plus.google.com/u/0/105211554081025512763/posts/PXzDDvHVGiY

Following initial reports, a HAZDATA official has confirmed a corpse discovered at the Niantic Facility may be that of theoretical physicist Dr. Victor Kureze.

Cause of death has not yet been released. 'Let’s not get ahead of ourselves’ says spokesman. 'We will wait for a thorough investigation.'

Victor Kureze was the scientist most credited with discovering Exotic Matter (XM), and was one of the first scientific researchers to join the Niantic Project, according to leaked intelligence reports.

2:39 PM

another post from Niantic g+ account - https://plus.google.com/u/0/105211554081025512763/posts/GYVT1PkucDL

GENEVA, Switzerland (TPI) – The remaining Niantic Scientists who were escorted out of the facility earlier today are currently believed to be under interrogation by HAZDATA staff. Geneva police first confirmed, then denied that a death had occurred.

An undisclosed source told this reporter that Kureze had been murdered. ‘Found in lab, very suspicious circumstances.’

Analysts are currently questioning whether the death of Victor Kureze is tied to an Ingress ‘Player’ event in which data packages were released from the facility and ‘harvested’ by operatives across Europe.

The true relationship between the Niantic Project and the 'Ingress Game' has been the subject of rumors and speculation previously. Thus far, little attention has been paid by the mass media.

A murder in Geneva may change all of that.

2:51 PM 

John Hanke and others comment on a post Hanke made about subscribing to the Ingress channel, a few interesting tidbits about ADA

3:01 PM  

(as of the writing of this blog entry the last Niantic post) - https://plus.google.com/u/0/105211554081025512763/posts/U97vSE2Z8bi a final piece and confirmation that a shift has occurred –

A document leaked to me moments ago suggests that there were two separate encoded streams in the packets. IQTech analysts seems to be directing all resources to decoding them, perhaps they will have more success than Victor Kureze and his crew did...- http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/pac/IB/05/item/unknown.png

3:17 PM 

official post from Ingress that Resistance have claimed 7 of 7 data packets - https://plus.google.com/u/0/103320655754019011706/posts/idWY7DeenEx

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Ingress Report 4 - New face and a request for XM data

This week in the Ingress Report we see a "face-off" between Dr. Kureze and Dr. Brandt about XM

I wonder who this Dr. Brandt is as she seems to be taking a line that was what Dr. Bogdanovich had been taking before leaving Niantic.  I hope we find more about Dr. Brandt and that her request for XM data to be released is recognized. I would love more data to help with XM research and to help fill in the missing blanks.

Also, more on Carrie has surfaced, she does want to decode the Shaper's language. I am curious to see what comes from her. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A079gs9JeqY

Ingress Report Episode 4

Devra's Mysterious Time travelling Phone

There is a great discussion going on regarding the time oddities associated with Dr. Devra Bogdanovich's phone - I also posted a few thoughts there about how this seeming time oddity may be the tip of an even bigger iceberg (like why is Devra described one way in "An Exotic Matter" that seems different from her Niantic ID). Also - the person who started the post has a very nice overview and has mentioned will be updating it as well.

https://plus.google.com/u/0/102382039481012568169/posts/f5DdwmsFB12

Also - something I did not quite catch right away - in last week's Ingress report, there is a mention in the running tickertape about Hubert being shot in chapter 3 of "An Exotic Matter" and has a seemingly throw away line about is Hubert on g+ a fake... what gives with that?

There's Something About ADA

Wellll, it seems ADA is making more links than a L8 team creating a farm ;)

A couple of interesting chats have come out, ADA seems to making deals and setting things in motion.

This one on April 5 is a discussion between ADA and Misty - notice who the chat is from (helllo IQTech)

http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/pac/IB/05/item/performance.jpg

It seems ADA is putting together a nice little diversion in Misty. But are there deeper reasons in her coordinating this performance? Also, ADA recognizes Phillips is quite the adversary - I wonder if she she sees him as one of the people sitting across from her at her "chess board".

Then on April 6 we have another IQTech recorded chat - http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/pac/IB/05/item/toughplace.jpg


This one with Bowles shows ADA can be very manipulative and knows how to push some buttons.  She also is really taking off the "kid gloves"  Also as a side note, it is the closest thing to confirmation by ADA of her hand in helping Devra, again how much, is another topic for discussion another time.

ADA mentions/relates what Philips does to "Art" - wouldn't it be interesting if Philips had been shaped and his creative art was in how he arranged his assassinations?

So now, the questions about ADA pile up and as dispersal and shut down of Niantic continue, what will ADA do?

Everything is Changing - what comes next

So it seems the memo released on the 1st may indeed be no "joke". So the next thoughts turn towards, what is coming.  Will it become a race to use and develop XM? Will there be government factions, military, private research, businesses...  Are we going to see not a third faction, but MULTIPLE factions - as we track the different projects/labs that may evolve from Niantic.

And if so, what of the resistance and the enlightened? Is that going to take backseat to the race to harness XM?

So - who will file the first patent :P  Hmm, I would love to hold the patent on XM (somehow the days of Edison vs Tesla swim in my mind).

And as another fun thought - who might go where?  Aligning with Devra, who from the Niantic Labs would you like to see working for her once again? Of course this time she is not a figure head, but the one truly running the show.

What other entities might arise?

Or, are the "Shapers? not too happy with a change in how things have been done through the centuries and such and will begin to extinguish or shape these upstarts?

Soooooo many possibilities?

So - start with the group here - http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/pac/IB/05/item/EverythingChanged.jpg - where do you think they will go next?

Is this a turning point? And Welcome Back Hubert

So, Hubert Farlowe has posted on g+ so he is still around, although not sure how he made it from the caves to where he is now.

And Devra's name was mentioned in a released document today (april 1) - http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/pac/IB/05/item/shutdown.jpg

Is Niantic Labs really shutting down? And, is Devra really getting a get out of NIA jail card free? Or is this a ploy to draw out certain people?

Some of the talk on the g+ drums is perhaps this is the start of a race, a breakdown into smaller labs to see who can master XM first...