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"It is one of humanity's most
enduring spiritual traditions: the idea that all life or all consciousness is
interconnected. Human groups, whether ethnic, religious, or racial; as various as the
Iroquois, the Sufis, and Western European Freemasons, all incorporate it into their belief
structures. References to it can be found in ancient documents of the classical world,
both East and West. It is a very compelling idea, spanning both millennia and the vast
complexity of human cultures. Yet, as compelling as the concept is emotionally, only in
recent decades has any objective evidence emerged that such a construct might be valid.
Even this work, in fields as various as physics, parapsychology, and biology, has provided
only suggestions, largely because the research was not conceived in global terms but,
instead, focused on more limited vistas. Indeed, much of the relevant research has
regarded only individual performances in experiments on anomalies such as telepathy,
mind/matter interactions, and distant healing. Somewhat broader vistas are opened in
studies of group resonance and morphogenetic fields."
"We have a habit in writing articles published in scientific journals
to make the work as finished as possible, to cover up all the tracks, to
not worry about the blind alleys or describe how you had the wrong idea
first, and so on. So there isn't any place to publish, in a dignified
manner,what you actually did in order to get to do the work." -- Richard Feynman In his Nobel Lecture, 1966
"The Global Consciousness Project (GCP) is an international effort
involving researchers from several institutions and countries,
designed to explore whether the construct of
interconnected consciousness can be scientifically validated through
objective
measurement. The project builds on excellent experiments conducted over the past 35 years
at a number of laboratories, demonstrating that human consciousness interacts with random
event generators (REGs), apparently
"causing" them to produce non-random patterns. A
description of the technical implementation is given under procedures..."
"..Although information will be presented with the scientific rigor that is required for
accuracy and clarity, the site is intended also to have a strong artistic and aesthetic presence, We
expect to use music and dynamic images both for background and for display of information,
and we will provide links to a variety of articles and scholarly resources. We believe
important aspects of the project may be represented in stories, poetry
and philosophy,
including selected readings from Henri Bergson, Teilhard de Chardin, Carl Jung, and others
who have thought deeply about consciousness. For example, one of the guiding models for
this project is Teilhard's idea of a Noosphere, or layer of intelligence enveloping the
earth, and his description of mankind's evolution toward a destiny to fulfill that role.
While this metaphor is more spiritual than scientific, it provides a very interesting
interpretive background (one of several that we may consider) for our specific scientific
questions.
A few examples of aesthetic expressions of the project's philosophy
and mission
are given in our poetic history.
Even the scientific data sometimes create immediately meaningful
pictures, as in the beautifully symmetrical traces that appear to note
the death of Barry Fenn, our friend and
REG host in New Zealand..." -- ..originally composed in early 1998
but it is still a good description of what the project is about...
"Since we want the network to grow larger, and to be broadly
distributed around the world, we provide information about hosting an
Egg, and access to the software, with details on the basic hardware and
operating system requirements for becoming a host." - http://noosphere.princeton.edu/software.html
"War cannot be avoided until the physical cause for its recurrence is removed and this, in the last analysis, is the vast extent of the planet on which we live. Only through annihilation of distance in every respect, as the conveyance of intelligence, transport of passengers and supplies and transmission of energy will conditions be brought about some day, insuring permanency of friendly relations. What we now want is closer contact and better understanding between individuals and communities all over the earth, and the elimination of egoism and pride which is always prone to plunge the world into primeval barbarism and strife... Peace can only come as a natural consequence of universal enlightenment..."
a picture of myself and a good friend outside the business center at the first year in college for computer network engineering and technologies
23 May, 2008 22:06
1st year of college in computer networking technologies
This is a picture of myself with my good friend Anna Pedace outside the
business center at my first year of college in computer network
engineering & technologies. Those were truly the best days in my life.
About Cathi Bruns's Inner Radio Album - A rising acoustic, Joni Mitchell influenced (among others) musician.
22 May, 2008 10:12
I found an upcoming artist on last.fm, Cathi Bruns. She messaged me
one early morning on my profile page saying if I like girls on guitars,
to check out a couple songs.
Cathi most reminds me of Joni Mitchell, and the last song in Cathi's
album blends in perfectly with the calming peace and harmony of Joni's
"Blue".
I only had to listen to a couple songs and made a purchase in a matter of 10 minutes after getting her shout on last.fm. Believe it that it usually takes more than a couple of tracks to purchase an album.
"A self-declared misanthropic songwriter, Cathi Bruns charmingly puts heartfelt feelings to paper. And the debut of her first album, Inner Radio (Demo), proves that she has a lot more up her sleeve: melodies to make you melt, winsome beats and a real way with guitar.
Inspired by folk pros like Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell and Tracy Chapman,
this catchy crooner decided just two years ago to learn guitar to give
her many written songs some company. With the support of her guitar
teacher and friends, Bruns found the strength to share her cheeky inner
radio with the rest of us."
-http://www.last.fm/music/Cathi+Bruns
Her page with the URL above has 4 full length tracks from her new album Inner Radio: Unlike Me, Honest Radio, Inner Radio, Over.
If
you find that you like her acoustic guitar, Joan Baez, Joni Michell,
Tracy Chapman inspired compositions, you may purchase them and the rest of her non-free tracks from on the album at: http://amiestreet.com/artist/cathibruns
"On
Tuesday, May 27th, you can get all of my music for half price on
AmieStreet. com It's a store wide 50% off sale for one day only, just
click on the link below and grab Inner Radio ON TUESDAY, MAY 27th." - "If Cathi achieves best selling album this day, she will get a front page feature an AMIE!!" - Freddychuk
regarding Yahoo! and Microsoft - MS proposes a partial purchase of single, specific Yahoo! services instead of a company acquisition
19 May, 2008 03:22
REDMOND, Wash. — May 18, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. today issued the following statement:
“In
light of developments since the withdrawal of the Microsoft proposal to
acquire Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft announced that it is continuing to
explore and pursue its alternatives to improve and expand its online
services and advertising business. Microsoft is considering and has
raised with Yahoo! an alternative that would involve a transaction with
Yahoo! but not an acquisition of all of Yahoo! Microsoft is not
proposing to make a new bid to acquire all of Yahoo! at this time, but
reserves the right to reconsider that alternative depending on future
developments and discussions that may take place with Yahoo! or
discussions with shareholders of Yahoo! or Microsoft or with other
third parties.
I have just a couple short comments on this statement. Microsoft's primary objective is probably to buy Yahoo's Search Engine market, and to a lesser degree their add service.
I don't think the Yahoo! (www.yahoo.com) web portal, not including their other services, would survive and take in revenue without some form of web searching ability.
It is somewhat like AOL way back in the day when searching for content was mostly and selfishly limited to just their information services.
my failure to prevent failure, I am in need of HD witches brew - most of my 5 year warranties are up
17 May, 2008 05:49
Many of my friends know I have been putting off purchasing storage for my computer for almost a year. My 5 year warranties are past due, and the thought of any amount of data loss frightens me. Again, finances show an outlook another month ahead.
That's when I noticed my post About Gizmodo's HD failure dance tracks contest. I have archived in my album one of my favorites in the contest. In a complete turn around, I have to admit, the DJ kicked some spindles when making this jam. I love it.
(for those using rss, please visit this post for the audio)
After listening to the interview and studio performance, I was quickly introduced to other acoustic Tea Leaf Green material, calling themselves Coffee Bean Brown.
Here is the interview and performance with Tim Carbone from Railroad Earth (converted from 128 to 64 bps - hi-def audio can be found here:http://www.archive.org/details/tlg2007-06-12.fayetteville-with-radio-set):
I highly suggest visiting http://dgold.info/radio/ for some amazing performances from bands and styles all across the board.
.. a drop of Sandalwood Absolute on the temples, a drop of 6 year old patchouli in the diffuser, light rain, and Jerry Garcia / David Grisman - Shady Grove...
I found an upcoming artist on last.fm, Cathi Bruns. She messaged me
one early morning on 
