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DownunderET posted a new activity comment 7 years, 11 months ago
I have just a few words on this…………..”Genes, Giants, Monsters and Men”
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DanaThomas posted a new activity comment 7 years, 11 months ago
In my experience a Manichaean world view is not a useful way to look at reality. Which is not to say that Good and Evil do not exist. Anyway, when key institutions, such as churches or lodges, play an important role in a given society, they should be the object of intelligent scrutiny. Then there is the question of symbols and how power possessing…[Read more]
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DanaThomas posted a new activity comment 7 years, 11 months ago
The Vatican criticizing “shadow finance” – I’ve been chuckling to myself all morning!
Of course this could be a confirmation of Joseph’s prediction that they are scrambling for a position of “moral leadership” – read the temple and the moneychangers – of what is emerging from changes in the world financial structure.-
GIZA DEBT STAR … yes, indeed, it will pay for the mortgage for Dr Farrells mansion 😉
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Just teasing. Dr. Farrell is a very upright man, and he deserves WAY MORE than the insignificant financial help we might give him. And Dr. Farrell goes out of his way to keep this forum alive with his incredible hard work. KUDOS to this hard-working, high-principled, and scholarly man who stands up for what he believes is RIGHT (while he could…[Read more]
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There is so much information and knowledge on the GDS website provided by Dr Farrell that he could/should take weekends off . . . like regular hardworking people 😉
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DanaThomas posted a new activity comment 7 years, 11 months ago
Presumably, as in similar “amazing” advances, the inventors will experiment these innovations on themselves…
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Oink?
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LOL Dana … fingers crossed ..
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Bluenose posted a new activity comment 7 years, 11 months ago
Perhaps this is why having pigs as domesticated house pets is being normalized on social media, specifically Instagram. Disgusting in every way imaginable.
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Margaret W. posted a new activity comment 7 years, 11 months ago
Thanks Freefall, I hadn’t heard of Thomas Newman. His music is very peaceful and calming. Beautiful images too.
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Margaret W. posted a new activity comment 7 years, 11 months ago
Speaking of time . . . I wish I knew how to expand time so I could watch more videos 😉
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Margaret W. posted a new activity comment 7 years, 11 months ago
Thanks Dana. I was listening just this morning! Few composers can bring me to tears and Morricone is one. Have you heard the album ‘Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone’? Cinema Paradiso! I like Rota, too . . . those wonderful old Italian films . . . Here’s a playlist with some of their best:…[Read more]
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The tears are a product of “affekt”. And Gurdjieff, in “Meetings with Remarkable Men”, refers to this skill in composers rooted in ancient tradition.
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Lee B Langer posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
Things I like as a geek even though I’m not the smartest. Science, history, Tesla, and time travel. Seeing all these in an article, made me very happy for my morning coffee and French toast.
Tesla’s Time Travel Experiment: I could see the past, present and future all at the same time’
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Speaking of time . . . I wish I knew how to expand time so I could watch more videos 😉
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Ditto same here
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DanaThomas posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
The latest Dialogue mentions movie sound tracks and “affekt”. Two of the greatest composers are Nino Rota and Ennio Morricone (the latter is shown below conducting “Mission”)
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Thanks Dana. I was listening just this morning! Few composers can bring me to tears and Morricone is one. Have you heard the album ‘Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone’? Cinema Paradiso! I like Rota, too . . . those wonderful old Italian films . . . Here’s a playlist with some of their best:…[Read more]
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The tears are a product of “affekt”. And Gurdjieff, in “Meetings with Remarkable Men”, refers to this skill in composers rooted in ancient tradition.
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Great stuff .. love it .. Sure beats that hideous chintzy baroque crap ..
It’s Thomas Newman for me .. His music ALWAYS moves me .. It’s so haunting .. so simple .. so deep and oh so so beautiful .. “The Shawshank” .. “The Green Mile” and a hundred others .. Link .. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ7DVOGRoaQ&list=PL2FE8CA2A10C8EEDF-
yeah, it’s the first 73 seconds that always does it….
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I don’t know what the problem is Baz .. I HATE tofu but don’t feel I to have to engage in extensive intellectual diatribes explaining to others as to why I hate tofu .. I just HATE tofu .. Same with baroque .. I HATE it .. It’s the tofu of any music collection as far as I’m concerned .. Sorry but that’s just the way it is .. Sh!tcan me until the…[Read more]
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One of my favourite movie composers is the Late Mr James Horner. Lovely movie scores 🙂
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Send us a link, please.
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Thanks Freefall, I hadn’t heard of Thomas Newman. His music is very peaceful and calming. Beautiful images too.
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Winston1984 posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
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Ooooooooooooooooo looking forward to this one.
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same !!!!
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Oooooo . . . some of my favorite ancient history/science subjects . . .
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I have listened twice … Holy Moses .. WOW !!
And I’m going to HAVE to listen again .. Go for it guys .. It’s a “ripper” ..
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Kahlypso posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
Ok.. so when does it stop being a coincidence?
http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2018/05/15/sichuan-airlines-under-investigation-after-pilot-sucked-halfway-out-through-shattered-window.html-
Could these incidents be the result of directed energy ? I’m wondering if there are now ordinary people out there who have this technology.
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Yes
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That’s a worry. Long-term, if ordinary people can build these things, then guns will be a thing of the past.
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BlueWren posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
Freefall: further to your interesting post regarding memory being passed down through DNA, I found this in this morning’s headlines:
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BlueWren .. Graham Hanc ock has ALWAYS insisted that we are a civilization that has been extremely traumatized by an event that occurred eons ago .. That has always fascinated me .. With this new research .. things are beginning to make more sense .. Much appreciated .. and thanks for posting .. 🙂
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I wonder if some of our dreams and nightmares are DNA memories.
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Again .. EVERYTHING is connected .. we may not understand it but none the less .. ALL is connected .. INTERLOCKED ..
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It is a very interesting find, but the only thing this experiment proves conclusively is that RNA may be used to store certain relatively constant but changing parameters, such as the reaction time to certain stimuli by way of regulation of the secretion of certain chemicals, for example. So I would not generalize from THERE to MEMORY.
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And one more thing: anything stored in RNA affects every cell of the body hence useful for any kind of reaction that requires synchronization at the cell level. Memories that are not essential for survival, basically our every day ego-memories, have no reason to be stored in RNA.
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My interest in the article piqued after reading the last paragraph which indicates there is a plan afoot:
” Science and tech publication Futurism summed up the research, writing: “We’re still a way off from becoming a karate black belt simply by injecting some RNA into our necks, or downloading sweet dance moves directly to our minds. But we may…[Read more]
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shamus posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
Early Baroque (Late Renaissance?) passacaglia for lute. As for the lute being eclipsed by the classical guitar, I share much of JPF’s thoughts about the harpsichord being neglected for the piano. The lute has a mellow yet crisp timbre, and upon attack and sustain sounds much cleaner than guitar (which can sound rather clumsy by comparison). I…[Read more]
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I wish the above video had better sound quality. This is another good performance of it with better sound:
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I agree… I’d rather hear things composed for lute ON the lute, and I do prefer the sound to the guitar.
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Dr Farrell, I am not sure, but I think the reason why original instruments were/are not used that much has more to do with finding talented/virtuoso players of such instruments (and those instruments can be extremely expensive). The tuning of the instruments of that era is also a very delicate thing that must be done right (and may not please all…[Read more]
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It is true that such instruments are more expensive, and hence, more difficult to learn, because they are hand crafted. And it is also true that the tempering systems for tuning them are known to a few people. But still, I think part of it is the mass production effect… and the resulting lazy ears….
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We are still waiting for a little taster of the new Pipe Organ!
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Or is China buying them all up?
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It is not here yet. If if ever DOES get you I will let everyone know.
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Playing a period instrument like the violin with a different temperament or tuning than the contemporary one is a real challenge regardless of whether the instrument is hand-crafted or not, because the violin does not have frets.
P.S. In middle-eastern music (Turkey, Iran, Arab world) the violin is one of the few instruments that can be used…[Read more]-
A simple but charming example of Persian-tuned piano composition:
(In Iran, the santur or dulcimer has always been very popular, and it sound a bit like the harpsichord, which explains the Iranian interest in piano)
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Baz posted a new activity comment 7 years, 11 months ago
What needs to be understood about “magic” is that it is intention (group or singular) manipulating fields of information (ie, the physical medium).
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But how does such intentions for power or desires of some sumerians in clay tablets be of relevance today?
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You might like to think of them as templates for action; aetheric schematics describing a process and predicting an outcome.
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Sounds like magic to me :))
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As far as I see it .. the intentions for power or desires of some Sumarian clay tablets have never NOT been of profound relevance .. Today more so than ever .. I have loved Daniels “X Series”.. His research is bloody STELLAR .. The importance of this series can not be underestimated .. for EVERYTHING is connected via ancient knowledge / wisdom /…[Read more]
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Good summary
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Baz .. another great response ..
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Kahlypso posted a new activity comment 7 years, 11 months ago
genetic memory has already been proven with the Monarch Butterfly. One may ask oneself what the Monarch program is ‘really’ about. And there’s a article about transplanting memories in snails?
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Kahlypso posted a new activity comment 7 years, 11 months ago
Das – you’re misunderstanding several things.. the ‘magic’ is our history and its all been forgotten. The mystical systems and ‘talismans’ and ‘fetishes’ all have grounding in ancient history. If that doesnt interest you, that’s fine. DJ is talking about the ‘magic’ because it’s about to have enormous relevance.
Dont try to predict what Trump is…[Read more]-
I would not presume that North Korea has been knocked out yet, nor would I think it makes any difference to Iran missile tech (Iran launched a satellite into space before North Korea, and while North Korea gave the tech to Iran way back, the tech transfer started to move the other way according to many serious specialists).
Trump is delusional.…[Read more]
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Ok Truthteller.. During the Iran–Iraq war, Rouhani was a member of the Supreme Defense Council (1982–1988), member of the High Council for Supporting War and headed its Executive Committee (1986–1988), deputy commander of the war (1983–1985), commander of the Khatam-ol-Anbiya Operation Center (1985–1988), and commander of the Iran Air Defense F…[Read more]
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now who gives a sh*t about John Kerry right? soon after..
http://www.mei.edu/content/io/iran-and-north-korea-call-expansion-ties-confront-americaQuote : “The head of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee has called for further expansion of bilateral ties between Iran and North Korea. “The parliamentary fri…[Read more]
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more Iran – NK buddy best pals.. http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13920429001086
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“Larijani said Iran is fully prepared to improve cooperation with North Korea in different fields including industry, trade, technology, investment in infrastructures, mine extraction, and exports of agricultural equipments, and added that Iran’s…[Read more] -
This article shows what the stakes are..
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-pyongyang-tehran-axis-1521068215
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“For years Iran watched Pyongyang play the Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations to advance its nuclear and missile programs. The Kim regime demonstrated how a relatively weak country could persuade the U.S. to yield on major…[Read more]
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Just looking at those articles. Do you think Trump can go soft on IRAN and still expect NK to abandon its nuclear policies?
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The US and Iran, with or without Trump, cannot be friends because Israel is in the way, and because the mullahs cannot stand down from their enmity to Israel (they are stuck). Trump could bring the mullahs to their knees, if it were only up to the mullahs, but I don’t think that Rouhani will be the e “decider” this time. I could be wrong. The…[Read more]
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In other words, I would like to see a military coup in Iran. where the mecca-born mullahs are swept aside, and the country revives its space and nuclear industry (and way beyond). Reason is that Iran will not be allowed to succeed economically (not that they are all that good at it, most of the problems are endemic, and not caused by sanctions) it…[Read more]
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And for the record, I was against the JCPOA when I read some of the stuff there, and I suggested that this government should resign rather than sell the country so cheaply (because I knew that USA never delivers on its promises). I said so at the time, it is on record, in my emails. So, the hell with the JCPOA. However, I don’t want to see…[Read more]
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And I do not support regime change imposed from the outside, or the rule of the mob taking to the streets to l lynch the current rulers, only to replace them with another bunch of opportunists who want to fill their pockets. A revolution would create an opportunity for foreign meddling as well, and the partition of the country (which is what…[Read more]
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As for North Korea & Iran, yes, there was very close cooperation esp. during the Iran-Iraq war, when the entire world sold arms (and chem weapons) to Saddam, while placing an arms embargo on Iran. Thanks to the Shah’s incompetence in developing a truly indigenous military industry, at that time Iran could only maufacture light weapons and…[Read more]
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Trumps reasoning for initiating hostilities are two fold, 1) He believes he is fulfilling right wing Christian movements beliefs in that Israel’s Jerusalem would become the capital, its one of their “prophecies.” 2) By creating conflict, it makes it nearly impossible to drag him in front of Mueller and charge/bring impeachment papers. Nobody…[Read more]
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Another thing is that Rouhani & Zarif truly believed that by coming to terms with the West, they could help the country modernize its business infrastructure (which is outmoded) as well as consumer-side technology. They were extremely naive, and John Kerry took great advantage of that naivete. The worst mistake they made (and I pointed it out at…[Read more]
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Kahlypso … great response ..
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DanaThomas posted a new activity comment 7 years, 11 months ago
DJ is proving to be a great investigator, who of course has his own background, interests and modus operandi; let’s hope he too will “take a leaf out of Dr. Farrell’s book” by writing and publishing his own book – footnoted of course – to bring his discoveries out of the ephemeral world of specialised podcasts.
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DanaThomas posted a new activity comment 7 years, 11 months ago
Wonder if a quick trip down to Antarctica is on the cards…
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DanaThomas posted a new activity comment 7 years, 11 months ago
Back to the old debate on whether features of individual character are inherited or acquired (or could it be both, or even neither!)
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I am against all secret societies — Freemason or otherwise — in today’s world.
The secrecy, in the past, was likely due to persecution by the Church, rather than any conspiracy.
But I agree that there is both good and bad in the phenomenal world, no one can deny that.
But of course in a country where there is repression, secrecy makes sense.