On Sat, 8 Nov 2003 01:50:48 -0500 (EST) Pierre wrote:

We'll have to take up a few points on this.

One is that whether a needle phenomena appears as a tick or a small fall is
very much affected by the meter one is using and the sensitivity setting.
For instance, if a standard can squeeze is done with TA at 3.0 and the TA then
goes up to 5.0, reads will appear 20 times larger on a Quantum than on a Mk 7.
There was also a totally unannouced change introduced with the Mk 7 which
increases read size at high TA compared to a Mk 5.

At the moment my main concern with metering is that correctly responding
meters are not available. From my own tests the Quantum doesn't show some F/Ns
that appear on a Mk 5.

Current meters barely show a theta bop.  There isn't a meter available, except
for the C-meter, which will show a needle moving backwards and forwards 10
times a second. I have tested this using electronically created theta bops 1/4
div wide - they are invisible on normal meters.

In F/Ning a list any change of characteristic is a read per C/S series 87.

On some upper levels one expects very small reads as per NOTs series 20 and
the auditor is trained to move the sensitivity up high to catch reads.

>READING        QUESTIONS
>
>With very few exception, you do not run Unreading things.
>
>As stated in HCOB Unreading Questions and Items, a Tick is NOT a read.
>There are also plenty of LRH C/Sed sessions such as on the Class VIII
>course that covers this, not to mention the exact session C/Sed by LRH
>that inspired the Bulletin.
>
>It may be that the reason you got a Tick instead of a small fall or Fall,
>is that the pc is out of session, your TRS are weak or the pc has some
>type of out-rudiments.
>
>The correct solution is Not to keep on taking up unreading items, but to
>fix the out of sessioness, TRs or out ruds.
>
>This explains "unreading items" running well. They actually were reading,
>but the read was missed or suppressed.
>
>In Sec-checking a tick, or even the slightest change of characteristic is
>investigated before moving on to the next question. One still does not
>take up the question. A tick or change of characteristic (stop, tick, or
>other instant reaction) often means you are getting close but "no cigar".
>Like, You are asking about Eagles and he's got something about Pigeons.
>
>I have seen auditors confessing to taking up unreading items "that ran"
>who later submitted Videos that showed they missed reads left and right or
>had indifferent TRs causing an unresponsive needle.
>
>About the only action where you take up other things than Falls is C/S
>37R, where the slightest speeded rise or fluctuation on an otherwise
>Floating Needle is taken up until you have a completely 100% smooth F/N on
>the entire assessment. This is probably the most difficult Metering action
>in all of Scientology auditing, especially that the only people officially
>authorized to pass its Videos are Snr C/S FSO, Snr C/S Int and IG Tech.
>
>Pierre EThier