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Route to Infinity is a Church of Scientology lecture set consisting of recorded lectures by L. Ron Hubbard in 1952, and a printed transcript. These lectures were originally given to Scientologists wishing to train in the subject. They are currently available from the Church's Bridge Publications and New Era Publications.

Technique 80
The main subject is what Hubbard calls "Technique 80", which is presented as "the means of resolving the being's ability to make and execute his decisions" , but also claims to offer superhuman extra-sensory abilities:

"Technique 80 has to do with a progress up the dynamics to a point where you are theoretically in contact, at considerable distance, and can be almost anything. And when I say 'can be almost anything', I mean you could be an icebox or a Cadillac or anything while you are still being yourself. Sounds fantastic, doesn't it?" - from the back cover of Route to Infinity cassette edition.

Technique 88
It also teaches about "Technique 88", about which Hubbard claims "Technique 88 takes the body away", and makes this observation:

"And by the way, people who do run 88 have to furnish their own coffins! We won't furnish those here. You also have to leave a suicide note for the police." When the Church translated this lecture in four languages in 1997, it removed this sentence. It was removed from English the next time it was published, in 2004.

Much of Technique 88 also deals with control, as in the subsection called "On Control And Lying":

The only way you can control people is to lie to them.
You can write that down in your book in great big letters.

Incidents
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In his writings and lectures, Hubbard describes many key Incidents said to have occurred to thetans during the past few trillion years. Generally speaking, these followed a consistent pattern. A hostile alien civilization would capture free thetans and brainwash them with implants designed to confuse them or otherwise render them more amenable to control.

Usually, instances of implantation are termed Incidents, while the subject of the implants are often termed Goals, but this is not a set-in-stone rule. Not all Incidents deal with implants; some are simply unusual events that have traumatized thetans over the millennia. This trauma is said to linger for trillions of years and causes unresolved psychological problems in the present day.

In the book A History of Man, Techniques 80 and 88 are both prescribed by Hubbard in his detailed instructions to auditors as the only way to deal with these space opera incidents.

Litigation

In response to litigation from Scientology attorneys Moxon & Kobrin, the Google search engine placed a warning notice on their search results for the phrase "Route to Infinity":
In response to a complaint we received under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we have removed 1 result(s) from this page. If you wish, you may read the DMCA complaint that caused the removal(s) at ChillingEffects.org.

The removed "Route to Infinity" search result was a page from Operation Clambake which included audio and transcripts from Hubbard's lectures from the course.

This is a list of cities with Hard Rock Cafes.

Argentina
*Buenos Aires

Aruba
*Aruba Opening Winter 2008

Australia
*Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Queensland

Bahamas
*Nassau

Bahrain
*Manama

Brazil
*Belo Horizonte
*Rio de Janeiro

Canada
Ontario
*Niagara Falls Canada
*Ottawa
*Toronto
*Toronto Skydome at Rogers Centre

Quebec
*Montreal

Cayman Islands
*Georgetown, Grand Cayman

China, People's Republic of
*Beijing
*Hong Kong There's also a retail store at the Peak known as Hong Kong The Peak
*Macau Opening 2008/2009 with planned hotel
*Shanghai (closed for renovations as of 2004)

Colombia
*Bogotá
*Cartagena

Croatia
*Zagreb Opening in 2009

Czech Republic
*Prague Opening 2008

Denmark
*Copenhagen

Dominican Republic
*Santo Domingo
*Punta Cana

Egypt
*Cairo
*Hurghada
*Sharm El Sheikh

Fiji
*Fiji

France
*Paris

Germany
*Berlin
*Cologne
*Munich

Greece
*Athens

Hungary
*Budapest Opening in 2008

India
*Bangalore
*Mumbai
*Pune Opening 2007/2008

Indonesia
*Bali
*Jakarta

Ireland
*Dublin

Italy
*Rome
*Florence Opening 2008

Jamaica
*Ocho Rios

Japan
Aichi
*Nagoya

Chiba
*Narita

Fukuoka
*Fukuoka

Kanagawa
*Yokohama

Osaka
*Osaka
*Osaka Universal Citywalk

Tokyo
*Tokyo
*Tokyo Ueno-Eki

Korea, South
*Seoul

Kuwait
*Kuwait City

Lebanon
*Beirut

Malaysia
*Kuala Lumpur
*Penang Opening with planned hotel in 2010

Malta
*St. Julian's

Mexico
Baja California
*Tijuana

Baja California Sur
*Cabo San Lucas
Distrito Federal
*Mexico City
Guerrero
*Acapulco

Jalisco
*Guadalajara
*Puerto Vallarta

Quintana Roo
*Cancún
*Cozumel (Considered the smallest Hard Rock Cafe in the world)

Netherlands
*Amsterdam

Norway
*Oslo

Panama
*Panama City

Philippines
*Makati City

Poland
*Warsaw
*Cracow Opening summer 2008
* Opening in 2009

Portugal
*Lisbon

Romania
*Bucharest January 2008

Russia
*Moscow

Singapore
*Singapore
*Changi Airport

Spain
*Barcelona
*Gran Canaria
*Madrid
*Mallorca Opening 2008
*Valencia Opening 2009

Sweden
*Gothenburg
*Stockholm

Thailand
*Bangkok
*Pattaya
*Phuket opening spring 2008

United Arab Emirates
*Dubai

United Kingdom
England
*London (Original Cafe)
*Manchester

Scotland
*Edinburgh
Wales
*Cardiff

Venezuela
*Caracas
*Margarita Island

United States, including territories
Arizona
*Phoenix

California
*Hollywood
*La Jolla (this was the original San Diego location, changed name when downtown location opened)
*Sacramento
*San Diego
*San Francisco

Colorado
*Denver

Connecticut
*Mashantucket (at Foxwoods Casino)

District of Columbia
*Washington, DC
Florida
*Destin
*Hollywood
*Key West
*Miami
*Orlando

Georgia
*Atlanta

Guam
*Tamuning

Hawaii
*Honolulu
*Kona
*Maui
Illinois
*Chicago
Indiana
*Indianapolis
Kentucky
*Louisville

Louisiana
*New Orleans
Maryland
*Baltimore

Massachusetts
*Boston - Faneuil Hall (formerly located at Copley Square)

Michigan
*Detroit
Minnesota
*Minneapolis
Mississippi
*Biloxi

Missouri
*Saint Louis
Nevada
*
*Las Vegas. A 2nd location is under construction on The Strip just north of the MGM Grand hotel, and will open in Summer 2009.

New Jersey
*Atlantic City
New York
*New York City
*Niagara Falls USA

Northern Mariana Islands
*Saipan
Ohio
*Cleveland
Pennsylvania
*Philadelphia
*Pittsburgh
Puerto Rico
*San Juan
South Carolina
*Myrtle Beach
Tennessee
*Gatlinburg
*Memphis
*Nashville

Texas
*Houston
*San Antonio
*Dallas

Utah
*Salt Lake City

Former locations

Australia
*Sydney, New South Wales- Closed October 21, 2007
*Melbourne, Victoria- Closed October 21, 2007

Belgium
*Antwerp Closed April 1997

Canada
Alberta
*Banff Closed June 2000 for not paying franchise fees
*Calgary Closed June 2000 for not paying franchise fees
*Edmonton Closed June 2000 for not paying franchise fees

British Columbia
*Vancouver Closed June 2000 (Plans are pending to re-open before the 2010 Winter Olympic Games)
*Whistler Closed June 2000

Ontario
*Kanata, Ontario Closed September 2002 (Located at Ottawa Corel Centre)

China
*Guangzhou Closed 18 May 2003
*Shenzhen Closed November 1998
*Hong Kong/Kowloon (located in Hong Kong Central. Kowloon location renamed Hong Kong)

Iceland
*Reykjavík Closed 29 May 2005 (Now closed due to an immense increase in competition from fast food outlets in and around its location in the "Kringla" shopping mall, as well as from the more recently constructed "Smaralind" shopping mall. As of 2005 there are no known plans to re-open a Hard Rock Cafe in Iceland)

Israel
*Tel Aviv Closed December 1997 due to bomb threats

Italy
*Catania Closed October 2006
*Rome

Japan
*Kobe Closed 13 December 2003

Jordan
*Amman Closed September 2000

New Zealand
*Queenstown Closed September 2004

Nicaragua
*Managua (Hard Rock Live not Cafe)

Peru
*Lima Closed 9 December 2001

South Africa
*Cape Town Closed June 2001

Taiwan
*Taichung Closed December 1996
*Taipei Closed February 2002

Turkey
*Ankara Closed February 2002

United Kingdom


England
*Birmingham Closed 2007
*Bristol Closed 2 January 2006 (This Hard Rock Cafe was a bar and not a full restaurant)
*Leeds Closed 1 July 2007
*Nottingham Closed 12 November 2007
*Oasis, Whinfell Forest, Penrith Closed 31 January 2002

Northern Ireland
*Belfast Closed 25 September 2004

Wales
*Cardiff

United States
California
*Los Angeles (Beverly Center) Closed 1 January 2007, moving to new location in 2008 (rumored to be near Staples Center)
*Newport Beach Closed 23 June 2005

Colorado
*Aspen Closed November 2000
Florida
*Fort Lauderdale Closed 9 May 2004, moved to Hollywood, FL
*Orlando reopened at (Universal CityWalk)

Mississippi
* Closed January 2005

Texas
*Austin Closed 2 January 2006
*Dallas Closed 4 March 2007, rumored to be opening new "Hard Rock Center" Dallas in 2008

US Virgin Islands
*St. Thomas Closed 24 April 2005

Fred Weaver (born July 1, 1973 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American musician and record producer.

Political career

In November of 1992, just 4 months after his 18th birthday, Weaver was elected to the position of Pennsylvania State Constable, representing Clearfield, Pennsylvania's First Ward. At the time he was one of Pennsylvania's youngest elected officials.

Musical career

Weaver started playing guitar in bands in Pennsylvania, then moved to New York in 1994 to join guitarist Jon Fine in his post-Bitch Magnet band, Vineland. (This band was apparently named after the Thomas Pynchon novel.) Vineland existed on the periphery of the math rock and slowcore movements of early-1990s indie rock. Douglas Scharin, final drummer of Codeine and later member of June of 44, was Vineland's drummer for a while, later replaced by Jerry Fuchs.

In the late '90s, Weaver returned to Louisiana and started a solo acoustic career, releasing albums on his own Apocalypse The Apocalypse record label. In the fall of 2000, he toured opening for Don Caballero. It was a tour plagued by the breakup of Don Cab, and a tour-ending van accident, later detailed by Weaver in a Chunklet article titled "The Dark Final Days Of Don Caballero." He also toured the East Coast in 2002 with Dallas, Texas's The Paper Chase.

More recently, Weaver has performed with a band, but still under the name Fred Weaver. They released the album Five Digit Land in mid-2006. As a recording engineer, Weaver has produced hundreds of recordings by the bands and artists in his Apocalypse the Apocalypse studio.

Bands Recorded

Bands and musicians recorded by the Apocalypse the Apocalypse studio include Otasco, Terror Of The Sea, Slobot, Reception Is Suspected, Wilderness Pangs, Fred Weaver, Justinbailey, 2CV, 12 Gauge Valentine, 6 Pack Deep, Always The Runner, Ross Beach, Becoming Orange, Beer Pressure, Bite The Curb, The Biped Dilemma, John Blake, Todd Bourque, Bones, Brass Bed, The Capos, Clint Coker, Matt Connell, Cortez Del Mar, Girl Scout Heroin, The Gold Standard, His Nerdy Clothes, Etc., Hollowgirl, The Human Record, In Every Nightmare, Jenaset, Jodi Hates The World, Justinbailey, Knever, Landmines, Baby!, Level, Lil DVS, Memory As Perfection, Mrs. Dorothy + The Shaky Egg Band, The Myrtles, Nick Papale, Plans That Fail, Primal Theory, Recovery Period, Secret Annexe, Shark Attack!, Stars Grow Dark, Static Prevails, Thou, Torn Apart By Horses, Turnstile, We Landed On The Moon, Buttercup, Caddies, Cole, Cotillion, Dooplo, Dynamoz, Ethel Meserve, Fields Lie Fallow, Fire In The Kitchen, Francis A. Superstar, Sgt. Six Assault, Spirit Assembly, Stella, Storm and Stress, Tono Bungay, Vineland, Blowout Kit, Ceramic Torment, Dairy Pigs, Ding, Donora, Five Knuckle Shuffle, Housewrecker, Klines Island, Not Your Friends, Pagans, Ordination Of Aaron, OX, Pseudo Heroes, Samuel, Vic 44 + The Act Outs, WORF

Trivia
Weaver is a direct descendant of 1850s Pennsylvania Governor William Bigler.

Weaver appears in several Otasco videos made their frontman Dag Luther Gooch. In one he is a serial killer
killer, in another he plays the same character cleaning up dead bodies and yet another repeatedly slaps Gooch in the face alongside 20 other people a goofy homage to Elvis Costello's I Just Want To Be Loved video and U2's Numb