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In his first television
interview since he resigned from the NSA (National Security Agency, one of the USA's most secretive spying agencies) over its domestic surveillance program, William Binney discusses the NSA’s
massive power to spy on Americans.
From going online to learning what it means to OM on Reuters, it was recently reported that we Americans are willing to go longer without friends and sex than we are to be deprived of our addiction to the Internet.
Wisdom 2.0 Conference (Huff Po)
In Wisdom 2.0, Soren Gordhamer offers sound guidance to millions of people trying to find balance between using technology and staying human.
The cofounder of Apple Computers was a Buddhist. Steve Jobs began as a rebel dropout on a spiritual search, returning from his quest with the some lessons of Zen -- except for nonattachment and sharing, dying with a useless $8,000,000,000 fortune after repeatedly selling out.
Had he continued as a rebel, he might not have had such scorn for effective cancer cures, instead buying into and clinging to expensive proprietary science that led to his death. Cancer does not kill nowadays; officially sanctioned oncology "treatments" (chemo, radiation, surgery) do.
Fear kills. And so long as people give away their power out of fear, the medical establishment will grow richer, people will raise more money for research (that is only permitted into drugs, surgery, and radioactive bombardment of the body -- expensive procedures that would kill a healthy person. Why not bring back leeching, bloodletting, and trepanning?
In September, creative agency JESS3 and Forbes released a 60-page graphic novel about Steve Jobs called The Zen of Steve Jobs. The book is set in the 1980s in the period when Jobs was kicked out of Apple. The companies have now released a video explaining how the book was made and what they hope to accomplish with it. “In the end what we hope people will take away from The Zen of Steve Jobs is a complex understanding of Steve,” says Caleb Melby, the book’s author. More
Empowering the disempowered with affordable technology in India (ctv.ca)
NEW DELHI (USA Today) - India introduced a cheap tablet computer today, saying it would deliver modern technology to the countryside to help lift villagers out of poverty.
Developer Datawind is selling the tablets to the government for about $45 each, and subsidies will reduce that to $35 for students and teachers. In comparison, the cheapest Apple iPad tablet costs $499, while the recently announced Kindle Fire will sell for $199.
One of the major debates surrounding the scrolls has been whether they clarify or alter tenets of Jewish history and the roots of Christianity. With the documents to be transcribed first in English and then in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek translations, new contention may arise surrounding whether digitizing a holy document robs it of its sacred nature. Source
Around the time of the iPad's arrival, blogger Cliff Holmes posted an interesting editorial to The Gospel Blog about his electronic interaction with the Bible and how his sons will probably never carry a Bible to Church. He discusses how readers will likely trade the tangible experience for a more nuanced [presentation] of the stories contained in it:
"The iPad and other digital devices have the potential to turn reading the Bible into an interactive [multimedia] experience. Imagine reading one of the Gospels and having the ability to see and hear an illustration of John baptizing Jesus or Jesus hanging on the cross. In my opinion that is much better than reading printed words on a page."
This TruNews radio broadcast centers on Christian "conspiracy theory" talk about the coming New World Order and the monetary change over. Contact with extraterrestrial sources is contextualized in Christian terms:
If a contactee states he is literally in touch with the "holy spirit" -- or the "lord," a messenger ("angel"), vision, dream, "God," or any other -- it is simply saying he is in contact with a source calling itself that or interpreted that way. (For example, we know a girl who gets all her information from a "little bird" talking into her ear. Impossible? It's tweeted to her by iPhone when she logs on Twitter).
One need not buy into Christian lore to consider the validity of the information itself. It is unsolicited. In fact, everything being said seems to be planted by the secret sources they reference. If one dismisses the information because they are misnaming or misunderstanding sources, it will all sound like nonsense. But if one can get past the Biblical language, mythology, and pomposity, there is something here to consider.
What is being planned in Deep Underground Military Bases (DUMBs)? What programs are conceived, launched, and conducted from safe zones? We go so far as to say: Nothing happening to the world economy, American dollar, and Euro is unplanned. People scoff, "Why would we do this to ourselves, our economy?" Who? If one believes that all Americans work only for Americans -- that no one feels above it or more dedicated to corporation industry or the military -- then it's impossible. It can't be happening. But inner-group identity trumps nationality. Why would "we" spray ChemTrails?
New World Order
5 best Android phones on the market One reviewer calls the top pick "an absolutely amazing piece of handheld technology." What "4G" means - Android vs. iPhone - More hackers target Apple
Have special plans this 09/09/09? Everyone from brides and grooms to movie studio execs are celebrating the upcoming calendrical anomaly in their own way. In Florida, at least one county clerk's office is offering a one-day wedding special for $99.99. The rarity of this September 9th hasn't been lost on the creators of the iPod, who have moved their traditional Tuesday release day to Wednesday to take advantage of the special date. Focus Features is releasing their new film "9," an animated tale about the apocalypse, on the 9th. Not only does the date look good in marketing promotions, but it also represents the last set of repeating, single-digit dates that we'll see for almost a century... More>>
Archaeologists have uncovered carved stucco panels depicting cosmic monsters [asuras], gods [devas], and serpents [nagas] in Guatemala's northern jungle that are the oldest known depictions of a famous Mayan creation myth.
The newly-discovered panels, both almsot eight metres long and stacked on top of each other, were created around 300 BC and show scenes from the core Mayan mythology, the Popol Vuh.
It took investigators three months to uncover the carvings while excavating El Mirador, the biggest ancient Mayan city in the world, the site's head researcher, Richard Hansen, said on Wednesday.
The Maya built soaring temples and elaborate palaces in Central America and southern Mexico, dominating the region for some 2,000 years, before mysteriously abandoning their cities around AD 900. More>>
• Sex Industry flops in downturn
US seeks to reassure China over US bond holdings (guardian.co.uk)
"Less food, more thought," long a sta-ple of Buddhist meditators, Himalayan yogis, and other religious seekers, fasting is gaining credibility due to modern research. The more weight lost, the more memory improved. A preliminary study suggests that restricting calories (or regular, vigorous exercise -- such as yoga -- for those who are already at a healthy weight) is proven to improve memory.Staying Connected, Faith Online: Sermon Via iPod?
(1/22/09)
Are you a person of faith who doesn't have enough time in a fast-paced world to go to a temple, church, synagogue, mosque, or other sacred place?
ABC News Wants to Hear From You (AP Photo)
Do you or does anyone you know download sermons onto an iPod, or listen to sermons online, or receive text messages with bits of spiritual wisdom on them?
Have you ever bought any "One-Minute Bible" books, or books reflecting a quicker way of attaining some spirituality in your life?
ABC News would like to hear from you. We are looking for people who turn to new, often abbreviated means, as a way to keep religion in their fast-paced lives.
Please tell us how you stay connected to your faith in the digital era and include a daytime phone number and an evening phone number, and an ABC News producer might reach out to you to include you in our story.
