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"Brave Protest"

 

Hall, Franklin. Atomic Power with God

 It is very difficult to break the fast properly and very important. The importance of breaking the fast correctly and wisely cannot be over-emphasized. If you wish to avoid any consequences after your fast, please use plain common sense as well as heeding the following directions carefully. Very often an individual takes a fast of several weeks and gets along fine in the fast, but to his disappointment has uncomfortable physical difficulties while he is in the process of breaking the fast, which in practically all cases can be traced directly to his impatience to begin eating the accustomed rations days and weeks too soon. If you have fasted very long, or have taken a complete fast, you have practically a brand new stomach and it will have to be adjusted to food again. If you had your automobile engine overhauled, it would be necessary to break it in slowly for so many miles. If it were a major overhaul, you would have to run it at a lower R.P.M. even longer. The same thing applies to a new engine.

Hall, Franklin. Atomic Power with God, Thru Fasting and Prayer (p. 102). Mockingbird Press LLC. Kindle Edition. 

The final state of observation approaches

The final state of observation approaches the actual substance of mind where you observe that both existence and non-existence are not real, and yet both existence and non-existence are real. Emptiness (samadhi) and phenomena are both false, and emptiness and phenomena are also both valid. This is madhyamika, or the Middle Way, where you see that emptiness and phenomena coexist but you don't abide in either: you perceive both realms, but fall into neither. Yes, you rest your mental realm in the quiet of samadhi, and yes, you allow the phenomenal world (including the physical body) to continually transform but without your falling into any sort of clinging to this realm. That which knows is freely born and freely functions, but it doesn't abide in either of these states. It doesn't dwell. There's no affirmation or negation or arguing in this state of attainment, there's just the middle way. This is the true path of observation—observing emptiness and phenomena—the middle way of prajna. And this is also philosophy, science, psychology, and the study of our true ontological essence. But in our explanation, it's just the step of observation. After you understand this, you proceed to another step called “returning,” which means returning to one's original nature, or “original face.” What do you return to? This is hard to explain, so a story will have to suffice.

Bodri, William; Shu-Mei, Lee. Twenty-Five Doors to Meditation: A Handbook for Entering Samadhi (pp. 29-30). Red Wheel/Weiser. Kindle Edition. 

Retrieves local Administrators group members, filters out default accounts, and exports the results to a CSV file.

 <#

.SYNOPSIS

    Retrieves local Administrators group members, filters out default accounts, and exports the results to a CSV file.

    Optionally removes the file if it's empty.

.DESCRIPTION

    This script gathers members of the local Administrators group, excludes well-known system SIDs, and formats the output with computer name, 

    date/time, and other relevant information. The output is saved to a CSV file in a specified network location. 

    If the resulting CSV file is empty (after filtering), the file is deleted.

.PARAMETER OutputPath

    Specifies the network path where the CSV output file should be saved. Defaults to "\\XXXXX\ScriptRunResults".

.EXAMPLE

    .\Get-LocalAdmins.ps1 -OutputPath "\\server\share"

    Exports local Administrators group members to "\\server\share\LocalAdminOutput-HOSTNAME.csv".

.EXAMPLE

    .\Get-LocalAdmins.ps1

    Exports local Administrators group members to "\\XXXXX\ScriptRunResults\LocalAdminOutput-HOSTNAME.csv".

.NOTES

    This script requires PowerShell 3.0 or later.

    Ensure the script execution context has appropriate permissions to access the network share.

    The script filters out built-in SIDs: Administrator (500), Domain Admins (512), and two potentially environment-specific SIDs (17741 and 23112).

    Adjust the filtered SIDs as needed for your environment.

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    .DISCLAIMER  This script has been uploaded to and delivered by the Absolute Platform.

    A digital signature is used to ensure integrity, authenticity, and non-repudiation, but does not imply that Absolute is the author.

    Details about who uploaded and who executed the script are available in the Absolute console.

#>

[CmdletBinding()]

param(

    [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]

    [string]$OutputPath = "\\XXXXX\ScriptRunResults"

)

# Get computer hostname and current date/time for output file and data

$hostname = $env:COMPUTERNAME

$datetime = Get-Date -Format "yyyyMMdd_HHmmss"

# Construct the output filename

$filename = "LocalAdminOutput-$( $hostname ).csv"

# Construct the full output filepath

$filepath = Join-Path -Path $OutputPath -ChildPath $filename

try {

    # Retrieve and filter local Administrators group members

    Get-LocalGroupMember -Group Administrators |

        Where-Object { $_.SID -notmatch "500$|512$|17741$|23112$|1000" } |

        Select-Object @{ Name = "ComputerName"; Expression = { $hostname } },

                      Name,

                      ObjectClass,

                      PrincipalSource,

                      @{ Name = "DateTime"; Expression = { $datetime } },

                      SID |

        Export-Csv -Path $filepath -NoTypeInformation -Encoding UTF8 #Use UTF8 encoding for better compatibility

    # Check if the exported file is empty and remove if so

    if ((Get-Content -Path $filepath | Measure-Object).Count -eq 0) {

        Remove-Item -Path $filepath -Force #Added -Force to avoid confirmation prompts.

        Write-Verbose "Removed empty file: $filepath"

    } else {

        Write-Verbose "Successfully exported data to: $filepath"

    }

}

catch {

    # Handle any errors that occur during script execution

    Write-Error $_

}

Protestors...

 

data_decoder.mojom.DataDecoderService

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --type=utility --utility-sub-type=data_decoder.mojom.DataDecoderService --lang=en-US --service-sandbox-type=service --string-annotations --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=6952,i,10858419173244041618,8725912151972485119,262144 --variations-seed-version --mojo-platform-channel-handle=6420 /prefetch:8

 This command line is launching the Microsoft Edge web browser in a specific configuration to perform a data decoding task. Let's break down the key parts:

• "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe": This is the path to the Edge executable file.
• --type=utility: Indicates that Edge is being launched as a utility process, not the main browser window.
• --utility-sub-type=data_decoder.mojom.DataDecoderService: Specifies the type of utility process, in this case, a data decoder service. This suggests the process will be used to decode or process some kind of data.
• --lang=en-US: Sets the language for the process to English (US).
• --service-sandbox-type=service: This likely refers to the security sandbox environment that the process will run in, providing isolation and security.
• --string-annotations --always-read-main-dll --field-trial-handle=6952,i,10858419173244041618,8725912151972485119,262144 --variations-seed-version: These are internal flags and parameters likely related to debugging, testing, or specific feature configurations within Edge.
• --mojo-platform-channel-handle=6420: Mojo is an inter-process communication mechanism used in Chromium-based browsers. This flag likely specifies a handle for communication with other processes.
• /prefetch:8: This might be related to prefetching resources or data for faster loading.

In simpler terms:

Edge is being launched in the background to act as a tool for decoding some data. The specific details of what data is being decoded and why are hidden in the internal flags and parameters. This is likely part of Edge's internal workings and not something a regular user would interact with directly.

Possible reasons for this:

• Handling different data formats: Web browsers deal with various data formats (images, videos, compressed files, etc.). This process might be responsible for decoding a specific format.
• Security and sandboxing: Running the decoder in a separate process with a specific sandbox type enhances security by isolating it from the main browser.
• Experimentation and testing: The field-trial-handle suggests that this might be related to A/B testing or experimenting with new features or decoding mechanisms.