1 Comment
We are so happy to announce our efforts to assist communities in Zimbabwe! We are currently developing a new program called Big 5 Internet Cafe which is designed to offer internet usage for the youth. We will launch the pilot program in Bulawayo Zimbabwe and then roll it out to other countries :) Please take some time to meet our new partners... and it would help this new project greatly if you would spread the word thru your social media. Learn More About Our Zim Partners here!Announcing the launch of the first Grow Your Own pilot project in Nepal. This initiative will help to stablize the devastation from the 2015 earthquakes in Nepal and demonstrate how easy this program is to take global. Together we can change the world and with a simple program like this one, we can stop global hunger. Please help us to spread the word about this brand new program! written by: Stainless In any mammalian group, it is the collective that decides the course of action.
You can see this manifest in the age old tradition of a mob, each measuring not by what is right, but by what is acceptable by the whole. This relativist thinking is a danger as many have turned to their basest instinct when freed from personal responsibility. To paraphrase a movie, “A person is rational, people are dumb, ignorant and panicky”. To guide yourself by those around you, while sometimes a useful measure of progress, is rarely the path forward for a person aiming for perfection, enlightenment, or whatever term you assign to “self-improvement”. Only by holding yourself to a higher standard, and the conviction that will come from not accepting the status quo, will you hold to the path. There will be those who seek to bring you down, who might ridicule your efforts, bring doubt into your mind. It is always important to confirm your convictions are your own. Any idea forced upon you, no matter the source, must be tested and thought on. Only when it’s wholly yours will it have power. Be warned as well of the base nature of the herd, the clamoring for quick and easy answers to difficult questions. The path of the enlightened will always be thorny, there will always be the obstacles to introduce self-doubt. A firmly held conviction will take you through those times. Truly knowing what you want, having the will to achieve it, and doing it in a way that is healthy for those around you; these are the tenets of wisdom. In many things today you will see the herd mentality rear, in the media both online and print, on forums and panels, in a million comment sections. In your lunch-break at work. Trust yourself to know what is right. Wisdom found within is always purest. Be wary of the dark urge to seek an easy way. Little joy comes from only rest, and that which is brings is fleeting. If I have one piece of advice to take with you, it is to seek wisdom wherever you can, but not to take it at face value. Ponder it, think about it, twist it in your mind until it breaks and the logic unravels before you. Think for yourself. Know yourself. To learn more shocking information, receive free reports, read articles and order books by Jonathan Gray, World Education Research Ltd www.beforeus.com How would you like to discover secrets from our past including super science and technology that are never taught in school? It is time to start to inform yourself and see the world around you in a new light. Jonathan Gray has travelled to more then 30 countries in search for ancient mysteries and was shocked to find a global pattern.
Many isolated clues from around the world show that everyday items familiar to us were known and used throughout the "prehistoric" world. Significantly, these are found in the ruins of inferior civilizations—after the superior technology had vanished. They are suggestive of what must have preceded them. Were you aware that in at least 64 scientific achievements an ancient civilization surpassed us? Although Antarctica’s existence was not verified until 1819, an ancient map (2000 BC) shows that continent as it was BEFORE the ice covered it – with rivers and fjords precisely where today mile-thick glaciers flow, and a mountain range undiscovered until 1952. Longitude and latitude are shown correctly, with a grid system similar to modern air navigation maps. Here are more discoveries that will amaze you! Egypt 2000 BC: 1. Egyptians bored into granite rock with drills that turned 500 times faster than modern power drills. 2. Egyptian dentists worked with cement fillings, dental bridges... and inserted artificial teeth. 3. Sound waves used to open doors in ancient Karnak, Abydon and Thebes? Ancient China: 1. 2,500 years ago "mirrors" were invented which, set up in pairs, could transmit messages, like television. 2. X-rays were used in ancient China? 3. 716 rhythmically pulsating “electric” disks (similar to computer disks) were found in caves in the Bayan-Kara-Ula mountains. The Americas: 1. Captain Don Henry discovered a 400 foot pyramid on the seabed off Florida. 2. The ancient Maya used screw propellors, had books with gold leaves... and even diving suits. 3. There is the mystery of that vast artificial tunnel in a remote corner of Ecuador, which was explored by astronaut Neil Armstrong. The Mediterranean: 1. The ancient Greece used devices for the automatic opening and closing of doors! 2. Near a Greek island, an acient technology was found that calculated the positions of the planets, the rising and setting of the moon, tide movements and time of day… and could establish a ship’s position anywhere on earth out of sight of land, or at night. This is a precise mechanics, as good as any we can produce today. Russia: Gold prospectors are finding ANCIENT, man-made, spiral-shaped artifacts 40 feet underground in Russia’s Ural region. These microscopically TINY artifacts are the product of some inexplicable and highly advanced technology. They resemble control elements used in micro-miniature devices in our latest technology “nano-machines”. Babylon/ Fertile Crescent: In ancient Bablyon, protective face masks for patients undergoing radiation therapy, eye cataract operations were performed, electric dry-cell batteries were used as well as the use of sound waves to lift heavy weights. Australia: Did you hear about the wrecked Phoenician ship has been found on the West Australian coast. And other Phoenician evidence is found around the country. Near Sarina, Queensland, Val Osborne has discovered remains of a Phoenician port and mine from 900 BC? Impossible, of course. We all know that ocean travel began only with Columbus - or with the Vikings? India, Pakistan: How about this? Advanced mathematics, with measurements in micro-fractions– down to the disintegration rates of sub-atomic particles (1/300 millionth of a second). Ask yourself this, how could these have been measured without precision instruments? And why did they find it necessary to measure them? There is so much information that does not reach mainstream media, enjoy your research and share your findings with others :) written by Stainless So what is the Singularity? You may have heard the term in popular media.
Think of it like this. Currently, we have teams of designers making our technology. They lay out the pathways, they crunch the numbers, and they set forth the schematics to be created at a microprocessor factory (Commonly called a foundry). True that they are aided by computers, but there is a still a human coming up with the plans, making the innovations. What if the computers could do all the work without the humans? What if a computer could create a more advanced computer, which would in turn create a more advanced computer and so on? Eventually it will reach a point where we wouldn’t understand, couldn’t understand, what was being created. Machines making machines making machines. We see the signs already. Factories are automated. Simple robots perform tasks that men would do, before the microprocessor revolution. Tech giants are debuting their so called “Smartcar” self-driving systems. Where will this leave the truck- driver? The taxi-driver? Will they be left in the dust like the factory workers of old? From the development of the “spinning jenny”, an automation of the textile creation usually done by hand, we have started on a march to irrelevance. If our technology progresses enough -and if current trends continue it will- how far will machines put working people out of a job? The singularity should be a terrifying concept for anyone who looks at the world. A concept of humanity reduced. Even now we see the patient robots of the automobile factories putting swaths of American workers out of a living. What need does a robot have for rest? For wages? If unchecked, only two classes of people will remain: Those who repair the machines, and those who create things that are so-far outside the realm of computation. Art and fiction, the realms of the mind. Given a long enough timeframe even this will fall away, as greater and greater learning computers begin to mimic the patterns of the mind. Some would call them soul-less, but what difference does it make. Where does it leave us, the many? The legion of people looking to make their way in the world? It leaves us in near-uselessness. If the great thinking machines of the future reach a similar conclusion, then I fear for our children’s children. The horrors they may face. Fiction like the terminator may not be fiction for much longer, if left unchecked. The only solution is a return to honest labor, to a hard days toil without the yoke of convenience. Reliance on technology to do a human’s job will lead us down this path, unless we find a way to balance with nature. To regain our stature and respect for the planet. This is not a certainty yet, but heed it as a warning. Beware the unshackled march of the machines.
Please contact us if you are interested in supporting this project. Guideline
● Each comic is approx. 30 pages long ● Each page has 1-4 images ● Not all images need dialog ● Keep dialog short with action words ● Look at other comic books for reference/IDEAS ● Use worksheet to map out your story line (create a grid that is 5 boxes across and 6 down to map out your story) Keep in mind as you develop
EXTRA notes
Broccoli - bones & heart. It is an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory.
Spinach - bones, hair & skin. It is high in fiber and water content. Cucumber - brain, skin, bones &heart. It is an anti-inflammatory good for digestive tract. Pumpkin - eyes, heart & immune system. It is an antioxidant, high in fiber and potassium. Cauliflower - bones, memory, digestion. It is high in fiber and water content. Turnip - eyes, digestion, energy. It is an anti-parasitic, anti-fungal and has lots of potassium. Potato - bones & heart. It is an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory. Carrot - eyes, immune system. It is an antioxidant. Cabbage - heart, skin and increased energy. It is an excellent anti-inflammatory. Celery - digestive tract & blood system. It is an antioxidant and high in fiber. Garlic - liver, lungs, brain & heart. It used to treat intestinal worms and is an antibiotic. Onion - skin, hair and intestinal health. Is an antioxidant. Lettuce - heart, eyes, skin & hair. It is high in fiber. Beets - immune system, bones, liver, kidneys. It is anti-inflammatory. Kale - heart, bones, skin & hair. Has lots of potassium, fiber & water content. Zucchini - heart, eyes, teeth & bones. It is an antioxidant and high in fiber. Okra - colon, kidneys, skin & lungs. It is high in fiber. Eggplant - skin, hair & heart. High in fiber & potassium. Squash - lungs, skin &hair. Good for the immune system and lots of potassium. Peas - immune system, stomach. It is anti-inflammatory and high in fiber. Bell Pepper - eyes, skin & immune system. It is an antioxidant & anti-inflammatory. Kidney Bean - bones, skin, brain & heart. It is antioxidant with lots of protein. Lima Bean - heart, energy & blood flow. High in fiber & protein. Chili Pepper - stomach, heart & immune system. It is an anti-inflammatory. Written by: The Stainless
Take the works of Hero of Alexandria (10-70AD). He crafted steam engines, hydrostatic fountains, wind turbines, and even automata. This is just what we know of.
Another great mind was Aristarchus of Samos (310 BC-230BC) who had disproven heliocentrism, had correctly figured out the order of the planets, and gave a close estimate to the correct size of our solar system. It is easy to think of science and observation as a modern invention, that people in the past were ignorant and undeveloped. The truth is that human nature, for better or worse, has not changed as much as we’d like to believe. We looked up at the stars, we calculated, we dreamt and tried to understand the world around us. The Greeks had access to both primitive steam engines (The Aeolipile), AND railways (In the form of the Diolkos). Unfortunately they viewed the steam engine as a novelty, a toy or diversion. As for their railways? Powered by slaves, they never thought to combine the two. In this we see that it is also perception that shapes technological advancement. Sometimes the groundwork is laid, but societal change is needed for the concept to bear fruit. Imagine if the steam locomotive was invented more than 1800 years before we saw it, imagine the world-changing difference it could have made. Trade, transport, even war. The world would look far different. The advent of written language was a turning-point for humanity, in this they found strength and immortality. No longer did each generation have to start from the beginning, or be limited by the half remembered facts of village elders. For the first time, we could put our ideas, hopes and dreams in firmer stuff than ourselves. From rock walls to papyrus, to parchment, to high definition glowing pixels, each time easier to share. But all things in this world are subject to time, to entropy. What I wish to convey is that there are far more mysteries, far more knowledge and far more wisdom to be found in the world of the ancients. There are those who would say that ancient knowledge is limited to day to day concerns. I wish to tell you that is false. There is more to their words, more to their lives. Respect them, respect their fight for truth. |
AuthorsWe welcome guest bloggers 5 more blogs to check out!
|