The current jogging route. So I’ve been jogging again. I’ve been trying to do the above jogging loop at least a few times per week. It’s about 3.25 miles. This weekend I did that loop twice and also included a jog to the beach. The beach jog is 2 miles and then I went snorkeling [...]
View Larger Map A wild goat on the cliffs near the ocean. The steps down to the lower cave. One of the bats we found in the caves. We crawled back out of the cave and down to the ocean to go snorkeling. In the map above, near the southeastern tip of the main island, [...]
Dr. John Hagelin, one of the teachers from the movie “The Secret” and “What the bleep do we know” http://www.lifesecretblog.com talks about “A New Science of Peace: The Effects of Group Meditation on Crime, Terrorism, and International Conflict” at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) conference on February 18, 2007 This is one of the [...]
I saw this video on a friend’s site and thought it was cool and I also dug the lyrics.
This documentary exposes the vulnerability of computers – which count approximately 80% of America’s votes in county, state and federal elections – suggesting that if our votes aren’t safe, then our democracy isn’t safe either. I’m a programmer, this is like a “duh!” thing for me. If you are voting please use a paper ballot. [...]
In America’s earliest days, there were barn-raising parties in which neighbors helped each other build up their farms. Today, in some churches, there are debt liquidation revivals in which parishioners chip in to free each other from growing credit card debts that are driving American families to bankruptcy and desperation. IN DEBT WE TRUST is [...]
WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Prices is the documentary film sensation that’s changing the largest company on earth. The film features the deeply personal stories and everyday lives of families and communities struggling to survive in a Wal-Mart world. It’s an emotional journey that will challenge the way you think, feel… and shop. Released [...]
Uncovered: The War on Iraq, filmmaker Robert Greenwald chronicles the Bush Administration’s determined quest to invade Iraq following the events of September 11, 2001. The film deconstructs the administration’s case for war through interviews with U.S intelligence and defense officials, foreign service experts, and U.N. weapons inspectors — including a former CIA director, a former [...]
Some time in the 1960′s, in the heart of Africa, a new animal was introduced into Lake Victoria as a little scientific experiment. The Nile Perch, a voracious predator, extinguished almost the entire stock of the native fish species. However, the new fish multiplied so fast, that its white fillets are today exported all around [...]
I thought it was important to get back to the spiritual element of a discussion on politics, environment, animal usage, etc. This film talks about the Tibetan book of the dead. It discusses some of the beliefs Tibetan Buddhists have about the dying process and what comes after death. I think my interest in Buddhism [...]
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