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Summer 2012 Daly City, California Lake Merced Golf Course Clubhouse I had to take a little nap in my truck after a liquid lunch at our hospitality room here at the Merced Golf Course. But Tiger and Jim Furyk will be teeing it up soon and I need to shuttle back into the war that is the US Open at Olympic. Impossible to see anything, move around or get a beer but the electricity is palatable - something very noteworthy is taking place. My forehead is better after a $27 hat from the merchandise tent and I am reasonably sober....

3:05 Pacific Time Olympic Golf Course Daly City, California Lake Merced Golf Course Clubhouse Had to take a little nap in my truck after a liquid lunch at our hospitality room here at the Merced Golf Course. But Tiger and Furyk will be teeing it up soon and I need to shuttle back into the war that is the US Open at Olympic. Impossible to see anything, move around or get a beer but the electricity is palatable - something very noteworthy is taking place. My forehead is better after a $27 hat from the merchandise tent and I am...

THE COMING WAVE (An Interview With Mother Abigail) I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form. "Come in," she said, "I'll give you—shelter From the storm” -Bob Dylan-

TRANSITIONAL ORIENTATION The last days had dwindled down to a final few. Evil was moving and extremely confident while Good was leaderless. The Middle East was in turmoil and Evil was now in position to finally achieve its only goal - the destruction of mankind. That destruction was to start, to no one's surprise, with the annihilation of Israel. Annihilation was now portable. A few travelers to whom death was an honor would deliver suitcases filled with devices of ultimate horror. Those suitcases had been gathered and assembled from around the world by a cabal that transcended race, religion, culture...

THE THIRD WAVE Sympatric Speciation In 2003 a retired biologist took the lead position in sounding the alarm about SARS. Her work would include redefining how information is exchanged in the digital age, educating professionals and laymen alike and creating the new media phenomena now known as the “Flu Blog”. She would later go on to accurately describe the natural host of the Ebola Virus – five years before confirmation of her hypothesis was published. I was fortunate enough to interview her on a wide variety of topics. That conversation has lasted several years. The first four discussions are linked...

This is the final chapter in my series of interviews with the enigmatic Mother Abigail. It has been the most challenging project of my career. It has also been the most rewarding. I hope that you enjoy the four works and I will briefly recap the first three for those who are just joining us.

Archive Number 20091006.3469 Published Date 06-OCT-2009 Subject PRO/AH> Ebola & Marburg hemorrhagic fever, Egyptian fruit bat - W. Africa EBOLA AND MARBURG HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EGYPTIAN FRUIT BAT - WEST AFRICA ********************************************************************* A ProMED-mail post ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases Date: Fri 2 Oct 2009 Source: Bloomberg.com [edited] Virus Hunters Find Ebola, Marburg Source in Fruit Bat ----------------------------------------------------- Scientists are closing in on the source of Ebola and Marburg [hemorrhagic fevers], 2 of the world's most-lethal infectious diseases. After a 5-year search in the jungles of Africa, an international team of virus hunters has identified...

THE COMING WAVE(An Interview With Mother Abigail) I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form. "Come in," she said, "I'll give you…” Bob Dylan 2006While researching the New Media, I became fascinated with the development of the “Flu Blog”. It seemed to represent – not only the direction – but the form and structure of the changing media in the Internet Age. My original thesis was to write a series of articles detailing, as thoroughly as possible, the creation of the “Flu Blog” – from inception to mainstream assimilation. However, as often happens in war and creativity,...

EXPLORING THE NEW MEDIA'S EVOLUTIONARY PATH -THE BIRTH OF THE FLU BLOG - Every beginning is a consequence - every beginning ends some thing (Paul Valery) In February of 2003 newspapers, cable news and radio were the interface between the American public and breaking news. It had long been such. No one set out to destroy the relevancy of these institutions. Like so much change it just happened. Passion and thirst mixed with a witches' blend of electronic gadgetry created a new paradigm. A paradigm where power was snatched from the media elite and taken by the citizenry - and...