There is a new generation of video games which are being made so difficult, that many players last no longer than 10 seconds. Yet it is the very nature of the ultimate challenge that keeps many people coming back time and again, just as we need to always be on the look out for Blue Moon Opportunities that completely change our lives.

One producer of video games told us, “Ikaruga, re-released their latest video game in April for Microsoft Xbox’s Live Arcade. It is so difficult that some users post their best performances on YouTube.”

A video game researcher at MIT, Jesper Juul, says “There is an art to exasperating people in such a way that it keeps them interested in the game.” This is what makes video games different from all other forms of creative media. It’s all about the feeling of inadequacy and how stupid it makes you feel to get stuck somewhere. Juul explains “People love the rush it gives them when they eventually achieve. Isn’t that why athletes push themselves to the point of no return and beyond, so as to achieve a medal at the Olympics? It’s all about the feeling of satisfaction and being able to outperform others.”

It is facing the same impossible odds that pushed Wendy and Rick to take up the challenge and create Win a Resort and the Blue Moon Opportunity. It is the challenges of life that push us to give of our best, no matter what situation we find ourselves in. It’s all about how to think outside the box.

Rick and Wendy retired to a tropical island, Vanuatu, in the South Pacific. It’s great living in the Happiest Country on Earth and the home of South Pacific Survivors. The best decision we ever made.

Isn’t this cartoon by Mark Lynch fabulous. You need to check out his site.

Maybe you have some great out-of-the-box ideas to share, that pushes people in the ultimate challenge. It only takes one whacky idea to make you a success.

You can find  out more about the author at http://winaresort.com

It seems Killer Rabbits keep surfacing, even in the tropical island nation of Vanuatu, in the South Pacific.

The original ‘Killer Rabbit’ was a fictional beast created for the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail. This was followed the President Carter’s incident when the Killer Rabbit decided to take a swim.

In Monty Python and the Holy Grail , Bors, one of knights of King Arthur’s round table, boldly approached the innocent looking Guardian Beast, known as the White Rabbit. Bor’s head is chopped off by the White Rabbit, to the sound of a tin opener at work. The knights then attacked in force, only to be driven off by the ‘Killer White Rabbit’.

The Killer Rabbit made its next appearance in a musical, Spamalot, inspired by the Monty Python movie, which in turn was inspired by Shakespeare’s, Hamelot. Since then there have been many Killer Rabbit products: ‘Killer Rabbit slippers’, ‘Killer Rabbit dolls’, ‘Killer Rabbit Tshirts’, even a Jimmy Carter Killer Rabbit attack.

President Jimmy Carter, on a break from the pressures of office, was fishing in a pond in a canoe, when he saw a desperate looking rabbit swimming straight for him. “It’s nostrils flared, hissing menacingly, with its teeth flashing, it was frantically struggling to reach a safe haven,” was the report from one eye witness. No doubt it brought back many memories to the President, of tales told in his childhood, of killer rabbits in the swamps. The President’s Secret Service men were caught flatfooted.

As he was without a weapon of any kind,  the President  was forced to use the oar against the monster rabbit, in an attempt to defend himself. Fortunately for (we are not sure who), the rabbit decided to turn tail swim for the shore line. It was thought, a photo taken of the incident by a White House photographer, suffered the fate of all ‘Killer Rabbit‘ photos. Flushed down the Presidential toilet, never to see the light of day again (until now).

Then Dean Hunt’s killer rabbit surfaced and ran riot on the social network, hitting the front page of DIGG.
Rumour has it that Dean’s Killer Rabbit has a Killer Rabbit mate who has immigrated to Vanuatu, a tiny tropical island nation, that is the travel adventure destination of the South Pacific. It has been reported that Dean’s Killer Rabbit may be holding a secret tryst with MKR-Vu (Ms Killer Rabbit, Vanuatu) later this year, at Resort, Vanuatu. Stay tuned as we bring you more in the ‘Killer Rabbit’ series.

You can find  out more about the author at http://winaresort.com

The World of Cyber Space

So that you can maintain your sanity, you need to know how to deal with 5 of the most annoying people in Cyber Space. That is if you are keen to take your place among the successful entrepreneurs and make the most of every Blue Moon Opportunity that comes your way.

While the Internet is humongous in size, it is populated by people who have discovered a new-found freedom. Many express themselves in ways they wouldn’t be able to do if they were standing face to face with each other. Some of these annoying types are nothing more than time-wasters.

• According to Netcraft.com there were over 178 million websites online, in August 2008
• Miniwatts Marketing Group reports  in the 2nd quarter of 2008, there were 1.5 billion users
• Google searches 1 trillion unique URLs daily
• Search Engines spider over 5 billion pages which are added daily.

Warning:

Humongeous as Cyber Space is, we find ourselves bombarded with five of the most irritating types of people. (And this completely ignores the unspeakable creatures known as ‘Spammers’.) Actually, we met a couple once, when they stayed at our place, Seachange Lodge Resort, in the tropical island nation of Vanuatu, in the South Pacific. Nice looking, clean cut, older teenage guys. Over a six-week period they managed to high-jack our email address and get it blacklisted for a time. It was only when they were spiked and suddenly jumped on the next plane out of Vanuatu, we learned what they had been up to. We even had a police car patrolling past our place looking for the guilty parties.

But we’re off the subject. Back to dealing with the most irritating creatures on the Web:
1.      Cretin
First there is the Cretin who doesn’t have anything much of value to say.  The Cretin likes to use buckets of foul language and seems as if he barely get out of bed in the mentality department. Too busy relating everything to sex. (Not that there is anything wrong with sex.) Luckily the Cretin  is easily identifiable, so you can quickly beat the Cretin with the dreaded ‘Click Away’.
2.     Lunatic

The Lunatic is also fairly easy to recognize and seems to be harmless enough. Occasionally you feel sorry for the Lunatic, who doesn’t appear to have an understanding of the rules. The Lunatic has no interest in anything logical and it seems everything a Lunatic says confirms the lunacy. However, the Lunatic may occasionally have a brilliant flash of inspiration, which some hold as being an eccentric. The eccentric may even have some out-of the-box idea which works - after all, that’s how we have the light bulb. Edison was in the eccentric class and many of his friends wrote him off. It is easy to skim read the Lunatic’s writing, looking for that rare moment of insight. It could be the one idea that makes your website rise up out from the crowd.
3.     Moron
The Moron is a little bit harder to identify, as the Moron disappears into the crowd and appears to think like everyone else. The Moron will often say the right thing, but eventually you will discover there is a warped logic behind the words. It’s easy to get caught up in the Moron’s illogical way of thinking, so if what the Moron is saying doesn’t fit in with your logic, throw it aside. That is provided you know where you’re going.

4.     Fool

The Fool doesn’t quite seem to be on the same page as everyone else, constantly sticking his/her foot in the mouth. The Fool can’t keep focused and is very easily bamboozled. The Fool doesn’t have a creative thought, or original idea and is expert at wasting your time, particularly if he/she is trying to sell you something of  little or no value. The Fool can be of use, however, if you are looking to have a laugh. Like the Cretin, the Fool is easily identifiable and a laugh a day, helps maintain your sanity.
5.     Dummy

The dummy is also easily muddled and quickly gets lost in Cyber Space, with the hard-to-get-a-handle-on language, that Internet gurus just seem to have to use. The dummy wants everything explained in simple and easy to follow instructions, with NO STEPS MISSED OUT! Internet experts (squirts under pressure) have little tolerance for the so called, lesser intelligent Dummy.

While you may get annoyed with the Dummies, don’t bash them to death. Their questions often identify something you still need to learn. No matter how far you journey in Cyber Space, there is always another area where you will be the Dummy.

Then there is You.

Now, having sorted everyone else out, how about you? You are a mixture of all of the above and can be any one of the Annoying Five at any point in time. You and I can face any of the above situations at any point in time. Nothing is ever secure in Cybre Space.

You and I sound and act just like them. You have your own stumbling blocks to get over. There is only one pathway to the Summit of Success in Cyber Space. It is paved with Discipline, Patience, Passion and Perseverance.

On your  journey to sucess, there will always be others ahead of you and others behind you. When you trip over the five most annoying people, go around them and move quickly on. Keep yourself locked into your own goals and ambitions. If you are prepared to stick with your dream long enough, you too will take your rightful place as a successful Internet entrepreneur, in spite of the irritating people around you.

Its easy to think of a lot of people we know personally who fit into these categories. After reading this you will be amazed at how much easier they are to spot.

You can find  out more about the author and a genuine Blue Moon Opportunity at http://winaresort.com

Here is Blue Competition No.1. Just fill in the competition form. It’s that easy and you can enter for FREE.

There will be 50 tickets given away in October. So are you ready to wrack your brain with a couple of brain teasers? The answers aren’t that difficult.

Question 1 ( this is so common to all of us. You will kick yourself when you realize the answer - it’s that easy)

What Am I?

• Everyone has one if not several of me
• I control a lot of people’s lives
• I am often seen as a symbol of authority
• I am one of the most common articles around
• In some places I can’t even be seen anymore
• Going back a couple of generations I was not used very much at all
• I can be retrieved on occasions from deep places with a piece of string and a magnet
• I am usually made of metal, but can be made of plastic or cardboard. Then I am in a different shape to my metal cousins.

So what am I?

Question 2 (we really want to know this one)

In less than 75 words tell us why you should be the new owner of Seachange Lodge Resort, in Port Vila, Vanuatu in the South Pacific. Seachange Lodge is situated in the tropical island of Vanuatu, the ‘Must See’ travel adventure destination of the South Pacific.

Question 3 (this is a trivia question that will fascinate you when you see what it is)

In less than 50 words tell us what you think this might be. 

We are really looking forward to hearing from you on this. Should be lots of fun.

You can find  out more about the author at http://winaresort.com

We have heard of the Ice Age, The Age of Industrial Revolution, The age of the Space Race, the Age of Dot Com. Yet there is an age of information that has its own deadly threats.

Behind us are the four decades of the cold war, where the big spy stories came from the superpowers spying on each other, the Soviet Union and America. Their rivalry involved propaganda, military coalitions, espionage, weapons development,  technological development, advances in industry and the space race. The battle between the two powers became a costly build up of military support right across the globe. When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the United States was left as the sole superpower.

Now we are in the Age of Information where there is a war of a different kind. A war which is being fought in the wild frontiers of Cyber Space. A New Frontier, where Blue Moon Opportunities abound (opportunities that completely change lives).

America’s Secret Room

EFF logoThis logo, drawn for Electronic Frontier Foundation, represents what is happening in a court in America, where Jewel versus NSA. EFF was founded in 1990 by a group of concerned Americans. EFT is now calling for the people who authorized, or have participated in a warrantless dragnet surveillance of millions of ordinary Americans’ emails, to be held accountable, in the American courts.

An ex-employee of NSA tells of a secret room in San Francisco, where copies of communications and communication records of all Internet Traffic are sent to. The prosecution list includes President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Chief of Staff David Addington, former Attorney General and White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales and others, as well as NSA. While firmly denying that the surveillance dragnet exists,  the  U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey asked ad Judge to grant immunity to any company involved in communication surveillance.

Europe’s Bank Scandal

In February 2008 an ex-employee of a Lichenstein bank sold a CD to the German intelligence Service, containing  the account information of foreigners holding foundation accounts in the bank. It is believed the German government, headed by the ‘Iron Lady’ Angela Merkle, paid between $6 - $7.3 million for the stolen information. They thought they would recover hundreds of million dollars of lost tax revenue. The list contained names of Americans, Australians, Canadians, Spaniards, French,  Italians, New Zealanders, Finns and Swedes. These names were turned over to their respective governments, allegedly for some undisclosed amounts. The bank states the information was misappropriated and therefore sold unlawfully.

Cyber Space

Now the information-spying business threatens to escalate to new heights. Internet Service Providers hold all their users’ conversations, relationships, secrets, acts and omissions. Up until now ISPs have left the spy business alone, mainly due to fact they lacked the tools necessary to spy efficiently. With the recent advances made in eavesdropping technology, ISPs can now spy on people in ways never before tried.

Copyright owners and advertisers have been coercing Service Providers  to take the secrets of their users and put them up for sale. From a recent flood of reports, it would seem the ISPs are giving in to the enticement to sell the information. This could be the beginning of a storm of unparalleled and invasive ISP surveillance, never before seen.

The privacy of private individuals is no longer something which can be taken for granted. Google alone has the ability to scan 1 trillion unique URLs daily. Internet traffic and information has become one of the world’s most sought after and valuable commodities.

The main thing is not be afraid of the Internet. It has become our life blood. So they want to read our emails. Good luck to them. Maybe the guys in NSA should get a life of their own. What do you think?

You can find out more about the author and a genuine Blue Moon Opportunity at http://winaresort.com

From time to time we all have bad days. Some more so than others. No matter how bad a day you feel you are having, there is always someone who has things a whole lot harder than you do. Take a few minutes to see just how bad it gets. It might even  make you fell a little better.

• When Wall street had the worst fall in years, there were some whowoke up a millionaire in the morning. By nightfall they were broke, bent and penniless because Lenham bank had filed bankruptcy, owing over $60 billion dollars. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted 505 points and the US economy looked as if it was headed out the back door. Just as well there came a bail out.
• In Pakistan women are beaten and buried alive just because they dare to choose their own husband. These crimes continue to go unpunished.
• Cuba has been battered senseless by Tropical Storm Fay, Hurricane Gustave and Hurricane Ike – all this in just three weeks. The new president, Raul Castro, is nowhere to be seen. He is not like his brother Fidel, who used to leap into his jeep and chase after the storms. Fidel keeps putting out news reports on the Internet, even though he is a sick man.
• A man went fishing in Canada, but instead ended up sitting in a boat trying to beat off a rogue bear. It took four mates to rush to his rescue and slit the bear’s throat
• A school bus is the 7th vehicle in 11 years to crash into a blind lady’s home in Florida. One would think it is time to move?
• Hungry tourists, in China, were proudly dished up the penis of a donkey as the local delicacy.

So you thought you were having a really bad day? Doesn’t seem so bad now does it?

On the other hand you could be fortunate enough to be like the Italian model, Ralfella Fice, selling her virginity for $1.8 million. There was an actress before her who turned down $1.5 for her virginity. Some may think this was a new idea, but the Geisha girls of Japan have known their true value for hundreds of years. The West is just a bit slower to catch on.

Your bad day will pass and tomorrow will be a better one. Never give up on a day, there are bound to be some Blue Moon Opportunities around that will completely change your life. Most people don’t see them and miss out on their one chance to join the elite few who are in control of their own destiny. No matter how bad it gets, it too will pass. Have a Good One.

You can find out more about the author and a genuine Blue Moon Opportunity at http://winaresort.com

Life is full of crazy things that help to lighten our day and laughter is conducive to a better work-output. So take time out to have a laugh a day.

This scaffolding sign is advertising the Superior Erection Company. But like many people I didn’t know that the correct word to use for putting up scaffolding, is ‘erect’. You do not build, or place, or construct, you ERECT scaffolding around a building.

But take a look at these bamboo erections, of scaffolding in China and Hong Kong.

Long poles of bamboo with only with thin strips of cane precariously hold it all together. Men work on these death defying edifices, often as high as 30 stories up, over streets jammed packed with vehicles. This job is definitely not for the faint-hearted. There are no harnesses and no hard hats for protection.  There is no insurance either. Only apply if you have nerves of steel, but be warned, it’s a ‘dying’ art.

Language is only as good as the people who use it.

You can find out more about the author and a genuine Blue Moon Opportunity at http://winaresort.com

Most people love to watch movies. However, when a person becomes obsessed by a movie and watches it so many times, it can become deadly. When that person attempts to take the plot of a movie and make it into real life, firmly believing in their heart it is their special Blue Moon Opportunity (an opportunity that changes lives) the results can be disastrous. Here are just three movies which have become real living nightmares. Is fact stranger than fiction, or do the edges become blurred from time to time?

She Lost a Profession Because of Being Stalked by a Killer

John Hinkley became fixated with actress Jody Fisher and began stalking her. This caused Jody to leave the acting world behind. Hinkley was obsessed with the film Taxi Driver, directed by Martin Scorcese, starring Robert De Niro, where Jodie played the part of a 12 year-old prostitute.

Hinkley also stalked Jimmy Carter, was caught and apprehended for 62 hours, before being released again. Later, Hinkley nearly succeeded in his attempt to kill President Ronald Reagan. Hinkley was determined to impress and win the affection of Jody Fisher.

The film, Taxi Driver centres on a New York taxi driver, who collected guns and attempted to assassinate a presidential candidate. The taxi driver wanted to save a young prostitute from her way of life. All this, Hinkley attempted to act out in real life, involving Jody. President Reagan was fortunate to get away with only taking a bullet under the armpit, but one of his security people ended up in a wheelchair.

Hinkley never let his obsession with Jody Fisher go.  Even after being found not guilty of the attempted assassination, because of mental incapacity at the time of the shooting, Hinkley was assigned to St. Elizabeths Hospital for the mentally ill. A collection of photos of Jody were take from Hinkley’s room, five years after being confined to the hospital.

The Kind of Bank Manager Everyone Wants - Unless You Are The Victim

39 year old, Bernedict Hancock, bank manager of the Royal Bank of Scotland, watched too many Robin Hood movies. No, it’s not a a story based in a green-treed Sherwood Forest, but a modern concrete and glass jungle.

Bernedict Hancock stole a total of seven million pounds from rich customers and gave it to poor and needy clients. Clients who were going through a period of financial hardship. The kind of companies banks say a loud clear ‘No Loan’ to.

Hancock told the true owners of the money, their funds had been invested in safe Bank of England bonds. As Hancock never took advantage for himself, of his life of crime, it was not until one of the bank’s rich clients discovered that his account was five million pounds short, that an internal investigation followed.

Of the seven million pounds stolen, the bank was able to reclaim only 700,000 pounds from two different firms. The bank had to write off the other $6.3 million. This amount was loaned to a failing clothes manufacturer.

Black Widows With Ulteria Motives

Two Albanian women in their late seventies, living in the USA, were sentenced to life imprisonment. They copy-catted the classic comedy movie Arsenic and Old Lace. Frank Copra’s movie, starring Carey Grant, centred on two old ladies befriending homeless men. Through the kindly administration of home-made elderberry wine, liberally laced with arsenic, strychnine and cyanide, the women sent the men to their death.

The Black Widows, Helen Golay, 77 and Olga Rutterschmidt, 75, were found guilty after having befriended two homeless men, aged 73 and 50, at an Eastern European church. They had found accommodation for the men and taken out life policies on the men, (insurance-with-intent-to-murder). They arranged for the men to be killed in a hit-and-run car accident in an isolated side alley. The women collected nearly $3 million for their trouble. There were also several other similar victims who had died in similar circumstances, having also been insured by the women.

Conclusion

While we all enjoy the occasional  ‘veg-out’ watching films, I wonder how many movie plots have become fact? If you know of any others please add them to this  list.  It is enough to make you question which comes first, fact of fiction?

You can find out more about the author and a genuine Blue Moon Opportunity at http://winaresort.com

The day after Hurricane Gustave devastated the eastern sea board of Cuba, storm victims posed before television cameras, amid the rubble of their flattened homes, chanting “Fidel, Fidel”. It was some minutes before someone realized their mistake and quickly changed the chant to  “Fidel and Raul.”  This was a colossal goof in a country where it is dangerous to appear to criticize the government.

Cubans were reeling as Tropical Storm Fay crashed ashore near the Bay of Pigs on Aug. 17. This was only two weeks before Gustave had slammed into western Cuba, damaging at least 100,000 homes and crippling industry, food production and infrastructure. Next Hurricane Ike hit eastern Cuba killing five people, damaging at least 200,000 homes and forcing nearly a quarter of the population to evacuate. The storm moved nearly the entire length of the island, before moving into the Gulf of Mexico.

It is six months since the ailing 82 year old, Fidel Castro, handed over the reigns of power to his equally grey haired 77 year old  brother, Raul. It is an ancient leadership, as Raul is backed by 77 year old Jose Ramon as Deputy and General Julio Cassas, 72, as Defense Minister.

Raul Castro has not addressed the nation, or appeared in public, during the weeks a tropical storm and two monster hurricanes have ravaged Cuba. Raul sent vice presidents and army generals instead, to the hardest-hit areas following each storm. He chose not to address the people, but appeared in a few random shots, speaking  only by phone to officials in the devastated areas.

Fidel may have done many things people objected to, but he enjoyed jumping into his jeep and following the storms, personally viewing the damage and greeting some of the victims. He however saw disasters as a Blue Moon Opportunity (opportunities that change peoples lives) and was prone to giving one of his lengthy speeches.  Fidel, recovering from emergency intestinal surgery in July, has not been seen in public. However, he  continues to release newspaper columns every few days, talking about the damage the storms have left behind.

The Cuban government routinely practices mass storm evacuations on the island, enforcing compliance through police and soldiers. Yet, it appears many of those left homeless from the recent spate of storms, have been left with neither for or support.

The Cuban people, long ravaged by a hard-fisted regime, is left to flounder once more. Maybe their long lost Russian friends might come to their aid.

I’,m so thankful I live on a tropical island in the South Pacific. I find it hard to comprehend living under such a brutal regime.

You can find out more about the author and a genuine Blue Moon Opportunity at http://winaresort.com