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Issues: PHOTOGRAPH THEFT

  [caption id="attachment_1114" align="aligncenter" width="400"]Hope  (c) 2011 by wlk photography    Hope (c) 2011 by wlk photography[/caption] THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS COPYRIGHTED 2011 BY WLK PHOTOGRAPHY !      

               Recently,  here on Incoming Bytes.com  it came to my attention that IncomingBytes.com  has been hacked.  In the process,

  A  FALSE PHOTO CREDIT ATTRIBUTION  was ADDED. SPECIFICALLY :   "Photo Credit by  Chris 73 Wikimedia commons" ---was ILLEGALLY and improperly,  ADDED to a photograph that is, and remains, the property of Incoming Bytes.com ANY AND ALL site users are therefore  reminded that  ALL CONTENT, INCLUDING  photographs, articles, video and audio content found in IncomingBytes.com is the EXCLUSIVE property of Raymond Alexander Kukkee  as his original work,  or by obtaining permission for use of specific works of art.   CONTENT on IncomingBytes.com  MAY NOT BE COPIED, OR REBLOGGED  WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BLOG AUTHOR. An unknown person or persons  ILLEGALLY hacked INTO  Incoming Bytes.com and  added this bogus photograph attribution TO THE ABOVE PHOTOGRAPH ON OR ABOUT AUGUST 15, 2013.     A 198.20.175.42  IP address AND PRESENCE ON INCOMING BYTES has been LOGGED, traced,  AND NOTED.  Hacking websites  is  illegal and unprofessional.  It is not clever. The photograph in question is that of a burning candle, an amethyst clock, and a gold cross on a chain, with the reflection of the flame IN the polished amethyst clock.This photograph was, and remains  COPYRIGHTED (2011) by  wlk photography, ( Wendy Lee Kukkee, MY SPOUSE AND PHOTOGRAPHER ).  This photograph has been used repeatedly  by IncomingBytes.com  and IncomingBytes.blogspot.com with the photographer's  express permission.   BE ADVISED: This incident of HACKING INTO  INCOMINGBYTES.COM  HAS BEEN NOTED AND REPORTED.  THIS ATTEMPT TO APPLY BOGUS  "ATTRIBUTION" TO THIS PHOTOGRAPH HAS BEEN NOTED AND WILL ALSO BE REPORTED . USE OF THIS PHOTOGRAPH WITHOUT PERMISSION IS THEFT.

I now ask my loyal readers HERE AT of Incoming Bytes AND www.incomingbytes.blogspot.com  :

Have YOU seen THIS photograph with attribution by anyone other than  wlk photography  , Wendy L. Kukkee,  or  Wendy Lee Kukkee ?  
  • If you have, kindly report it WITH A LINK to us in the comments  of ANY post here on IncomingBtes.com 
  • -- or LEAVE A COMMENT AT my older site,  www.incomingbytes.blogspot.com 
  • OR  EMAIL ME DIRECTLY AT:  rkmywest@gmail.com    

  Thank you.

Raymond Alexander Kukkee

Is that Incoming I hear?

 
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A-Z Challenge: ‘S’ is for Saboteurs and Sabotage

© 2013  by Raymond Alexander Kukkee [caption id="attachment_1336" align="aligncenter" width="800"]Spy and Saboteur? Spy or Saboteur?     Deadly Black Widow[/caption]  On any ordinary day, any ordinary week,  have you ever wondered why things have gone inexplicably wrong? What happened?   Did you open both eyes and look around?   Apply logic first.   Maybe Murphy did it. Lady Luck ran out screaming, leaving you with the luck of the draw. Circumstance. The challenge may be to  recognize the fact that  S can be for saboteurs and sabotage. Maybe.  Perhaps you are the victim of a spy, or genuine sabotage,  destructive action taken against others  by saboteurs of any description;  crabby neighbours, political enemies,  or misguided, arrogant control freaks individuals with a lack of people-handling skills.   Perhaps they are highly-trained mercenaries or everyday ordinary  sex-starved people with low self-esteem, jealousy,  anger issues. Wiley planners.  How about an unresolved guilt complex? Let's throw that in.  Include less than stellar ethics, too, and you may be dealing with saboteurs. 

Who are Saboteurs?

Those who deviously pretend innocence, but are enabled  by circumstance and character to arbitrarily choose sabotage;  evil instead of good. What are the people who conduct sabotage?  In the extreme contemporary view, they might be considered mindless terrorists or plain, ordinary, common people of any description.   Often and erroneously stereotyped as foreigners  and /or religious lunatics,  an individual saboteur may indeed  be slightly crazy, mentally unbalanced,  unhappy, terribly insecure.  He or she may feel alienated, ineffective and helpless with the status quo. Madmen do come self-made, or  in pairs, factions, and sleeper cells too, brainwashed every one.   They may imagine themselves to be victims of society or purveyors of their own utopian beliefs, however extreme. No matter, their own inadequacies turn and fester to ultimate destruction. Human beings are capable of doing anything possible to hurt, destroy or impede the lives, dreams of  others--even those close to them..  Saboteurs purposefully destroy as much as possible, minimize the successes, happiness and well-being of others and society itself,  believing it enhances their own ego, cause,  power, and image.  Viciously and habitually abusing  their authority from  whatever position they may hold in life, they may strike out unexpectedly with bombs,  betrayal, malice and forethought.  Do you know people like this? They may be 'changed' somehow, a fact that is often recognized after-the-fact. Individuals so inclined will do anything to wreak vengeance upon the innocent at all cost, even murder or mayhem, to effect their program at will.   Any place, person,  project, establishment, company,  program, social construct or country may be arbitrary targets.  Most interestingly, individuals or groups of people working toward the end goal of sabotage,  a hidden agenda-- tend to ensure anything they do is beneficial to themselves, seeking power,  fame, fortune, or self-entitlement. Where are these people?  Everywhere.  The world of personal, business, political and international sabotage is shrouded in darkness. Devious minds crawl out of secular shadows, old industrial buildings, the latest spy movies from Hollywood. Some boldly take the elevator to the 37th floor of a high-end condo if they they do not already  live in the cottage behind the white picket fence across the street from you.   Really?  No kidding. Who are these people, you ask?  Sometimes it's better not to ask.

It can be anyone. Anywhere. That's why S is for Saboteurs and Sabotage.

History can be changed in a minute by people you may or may not know.  People with issues considered unresolvable--in their own minds. Humanity weeps a true state of paranoia, boots  filled with vitriolic fear, self-doubt and propaganda.  In our society, saboteurs and sabotage can grievously affect anyone. Here at IncomingBytes we prefer to heed good advice.   Let us equally look for the good in people.  Do something constructive for the better.      Should I just go back to "R & R."?    Hmm....I could become a rookie recluse.  Eat beans from a can. Not  too likely. I'm bold and fearless.  I'm out there in the sunlight.  Highly recommended.  Try it. It works.   Is that Incoming I hear? Photo credit: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. +
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