A series of poems written during 2015.

In 2055 humanity is confronting countless hardships inflicted on them by the powerful evil in control of the world. The Great Catastrophe had unfolded in waves that affected the environment, economy and society, and now enslaved the few hundred million survivors. As readers would expect from today’s trends, food was in short supply from runaway climate change, life support systems were overloaded with toxins, and ecosystems and the energy supply had collapsed. The story of three people living in one of a few remaining pockets of human reality is interwoven with chapters reaching back 33,000 years, when Earth was inhabited by two distinctly different hominids. The Neanderthal were nearly extinct. Homo sapiens, modern humans with advanced brains, were newcomers in Neanderthal territory. It soon became apparent that the species could interbreed. This short book aligns research showing that Neanderthal DNA is found in the human genome with findings from studies of the central nervous system. Approximately one to five percent of the population is born with brain anomalies correlated with psychopathy, a personality disorder marked b...

“Wow!” said Edde. “What we learned about the bastards casually through our talks over the years makes more sense to me now. They acquired power stealthily and misused it to control humanity in accordance with how they saw the world, which was and still is connected to their brain structures. The world they see, the reality they act within, is reckless, selfish, cold and destructive, in contrast to our normal more cautious, altruistic, warm and creative reality.” “Yeah,” said Ave. “What we just learned about Neanderthal anatomy gives a special significance to what you’ve told us, Pops, about history and the lead-up to the Great Catastrophe. Now we know that the abnormalities of the bastards’ brains transform them into sub-human beings whose reality and behaviour drastically contrast with our humanness. No wonder their behaviour seems insane to us. Until now, I couldn’t understand why anyone in their right mind would pollute and despoil the environment they depend on for their life, continue to wipe out species as if they themselves were exempt from extinction, extract resources at any cost to the point of depletion, and burn fossi...

PART ONE: Convergence and Consequence Where We Were – 2053: Refuge from the Ruins What Went Wrong – 31,000 BCE: Dawn of Disaster Where We Were – 2053: Climate Chaos What Went Wrong – 31,000 BCE: Dreams of Doom Where We Were – 2053: Earnest Elder What Went Wrong – 31,000 BCE: Ruthless Reprisal Where We Were – 2053: Survival and Support PART TWO: Edde and Ave Where We Were 2035: Rescue and Readjustment 2041: Cooperation and Co-creation 2043: Sacred Sanctuary 2048: Awakened Awareness PART THREE – The Conversations Where We Were: 2048 The First Conversation: Hidden History The Second Conversation: Insanities Intersect The Third Conversation: Seeking Solutions PART FOUR – Change and Challenge Where We Were: 2055 Paradise in Peril Demons and Decisions AFTERWORD: What we can do ADDITIONAL READING...

Gaslighting is a form of relationship abuse that causes severe trauma, Complex PTSD, and trauma bonding of a victim to her abuser. The isolation and low self-worth that is caused by gaslighting can cause a sufferer to commit homicide or suicide. Gaslighting is a very serious problem with the narcissism epidemic on the rise. Women must be educated on this serious form of abuse before they become sufferers of trauma bonding and Battered Woman Syndrome. BWS can cause a person to snap and kill their spouse, children or themselves....

Your self-absorbed partner may be gas-lighting and manipulating you. He may cycle between love-bombing and distancing himself from you. He seems to be a nice guy to your face sometimes, but then you find out that he is talking bad about you to others. He seems to triangulate you with other women or family members in order to make you jealous and boost his own ego. Does he talk you in circles when you confront him about his whereabouts when he is running late? Does he tell you that you are being ‘too clingy’, ‘too emotional’, and ‘too needy’ when you say that you want to spend time together? Does he get defensive when you want to move the relationship forward in any way? Does he balk at anything resembling maturity and commitment? Does he isolate you from friends and family so that he has the opportunity to win everyone over to his side? Does he stop you from having any independence because he is afraid that you will leave him if you had some moral support? Is his self-esteem wavering to the point where he thinks that you might get smart if you talk to others? Does he fear you ‘figuring out’ what he is up to, especially if other ...

Throughout history, those who were at the forefront of making this world a better place have been oppressed. Today is no different. MORALS tells the true story of the young activist Max Nowak who suddenly discovers that he is a suspected terrorist. On FBI orders, Max is abducted from his bed in Berlin and interrogated by German secret police. These events force him to reflect on terrorism, the state, and liberty....

1 Genesis................................................................................................................................................2 2 First Interrogation..............................................................................................................................5 3 On Terrorism......................................................................................................................................7 4 Women.............................................................................................................................................13 5 Second Interrogation........................................................................................................................17 6 About the Knife...............................................................................................................................20 7 The Public-Private Partnership and the Other Public-Private Partnership......................................22 8 Acceptionism.........................................................................................................................

The setting of this novel is Nicaragua in the 1970's, a Central American country impoverished by a cruel dictatorship and a devastating earthquake that destroyed Managua, the capital city. A young teenager, whose parents perished during the earthquake, moves to a rural community to rebuild her life, helping a Christian peasant community....

A few years ago I started editing my notes on experiential reality. Having to navigate the ever-shifting contours of reality made me forego free-flowing blog styles in favor of a tightly structured, synoptic format. Iterative winnowing and condensing (while allowing space-saving jargon or acronyms but no SMS lingo) gradually produced the version in front of you. For those who never laid eyes on single-page chapters before; behold a triad of four-page Synopses, plus Prelude and Postlude, for a grand total of fourteen poster-style pages... Reality Redux is too highly condensed to serve as an introductory textbook. Unpacking its contents requires a firm understanding of basic scientific principles and methods as well as willingness to fill in blanks on-the-go; e.g. via internet searches or science & technology fora. It does not serve up ready-to-eat 'reality tv' dinners but, rather, a choice of key ingredients and methods with which to compose, or merely spice up, one’s own favored cuisine. Bon Appetit! ...

"Socrates’ haunting cave scenario, immortalized by Plato, exposes reality issues that still bewitch us today: duality, dimensionality, experiential vs agreement reality, free will and our quest for purpose"............ "Now, 2,500 yr later, billions of humans chained to reality TV are de facto agreement reality prisoners like the hapless souls in fig 30.".................. "Direct brain-to-brain (b2b) communication of experiential reality objects, scenes and events sounds perhaps farfetched but is a reasonable extrapolation from recent advances in nSPEC, GUI & MDA techniques (e.g. figures) that do not require quantum jumps in science & technology. Our smartphones already incorporate all elements of “universal translators”, viz. speech-to-text and text-to-speech conversion plus language translation." ................ "Mark Zuckerberg’s recent prediction that future Facebook users will communicate by telepathy [71] may have caused consternation. However, the b2b route outlined in figs. 31c and 32 essentially leads to that same endpoint." ...

Prelude: Into the Blue Yonder (an experiential reality check) ~ Weighing Anchor ~ Experiential Reality ~ Tsunami Warning! ~ Philosophy Dead? ~ Synopsis I: Exponential Virtualization (the price of human self-awareness) I.1: Retrospective I.2: Man’s Midas Touch ~ virtualization by symbolic communication I.3: Data Transmission Tsunami ~ mankind faces functional dementia I.4: Freeze, Flee or Fight ~ innate responses to existential threats Synopsis II: Saving Experiential Reality (by preserving intrinsic dimensionality) II.1: Perspective II.2: Brain Activity Patterns ~ our (3+1)D link with experiential reality II.3: Multichannel Spectroscopy ~ n-dimensional detection & processing II.4: Multivariate Data Analysis ~ navigating & manipulating hyperspace Synopsis III: Redesigning Agreement Reality (using n-dimensional language) III.1: Prospective III.2: A Holographic Principle ~ information, energy & mass equivalence III.3: The ALIAS Hypothesis ~ am I already living inside a simulation? III.4: Jailbreaking Mankind ~ nascent brain-to-brain communication ~ Postlude: Quo Vadis H commu...

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This free travel guide gives you an overview to all things Barcelona, with tips and secrets that will help you save money and get the most out of your visit. This eBook is a quick travel guide oriented to budget travelers who want to travel to Barcelona and get the most out their visit, without having to break the bank. Whether you're traveling for business or pleasure, or have a tiny budget, we’ll provide comprehensive, insider tips....

In this free eBook you will find the kind of valuable insider information on every Barcelona activity under the sun, and how to save big at the same time. With this travel guide you will learn the secrets that other guides wish they knew or flat out refuse to tell you....

Travel Guide for Budget Travelers Other books by this author Copyright and Disclaimer Introduction A QUICK GUIDE TO BARCELONA Why choose Barcelona? What is there to see and do in Barcelona? Shopping History Animals Architecture Sports HOW TO PLAN YOUR OWN BUDGET TRIP TO BARCELONA How to get there Transportation Accommodations What to do while you’re there FOUR GREAT TRAVEL TIPS FOR EXPLORING BARCELONA WITH LESS BUDGET 1. Why pay for regular transportation when you can get your transportation and sightseeing done in one? 2. Why not combine lunch and a walking tour in one? 3. Take the budget-friendly version of the art tour. 4. If you really want to make the most out of your trip to Barcelona while also saving the most, visit our website today. TEN TRIP-SAVING TIPS FOR THINGS TO DO IN BARCELONA History, Art and Architecture 10 Top Places to See and Things to Do 1. Las Ramblas 2. Columbus Monument 3. Gothic Quarter 4. La Sagrada Familia 5. Paseo de Gracia, Casa Batlló and the Modernist Buildings 6. Parc Güell 7. The Magic Fountain of Montjuïc 8. Tibidabo 9. Port Olímpic 10. Montjuic Hill GUIDE TO B...

Luck comes in many forms, but the highest form of luck seems to be obscured by other material luck.

you ARE lucky.

Years ago I shared a thought with a friend, an incredibly awesome thought. He responded by saying that perhaps my optimism had just gotten out of control. The phrase was so peculiar that it has stuck with me all these years. I am thankful for my friend's comment, which he has likely long forgotten. It served the good purpose of encouraging my deeper reflection. Also, the phrase has since developed a life of its own as the title of several articles in my dgjc.org/Zingers Optimism Out of Control series, and now this concluding Optimism Out of Control book....

Romans 11:32 answers the three biggest questions that mankind has ever had or will ever have for God our creator. How did sin enter the world? What is God's purpose in sin and salvation? Who is ultimately saved from God's wrath against sin? One warning before we continue. These questions are answered clearly and simply, but most people refuse to accept the answers....

1. Optimism Abstract 2. Salvation Inception 3. Christendom Confusion 4. A Thought 5. Let's Celebrate! 6. Wait Another Minute! 7. Eternal Destiny 8. Evangelism & Discipleship 9. Optimism Study Guide 10. Appendix...

The most interesting and important event for the boys of the old, already semi-derelict school of the small town was going to the movies and the following discussion of the new film. But most had rarely the opportunity to go to the cinema and everyone who was lucky to see a new film retold for days again and again the contents until all the others knew the whole movie by heart without seeing it themselves. Especially the younger pupils lacked the money, but even the older ones had often not enough to by a ticket. Because for a ticket one had to pay twenty kopeks, otherwise one could not enter the cinema....

Dedicated to Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, William Faulkner and James Joyce, this new novel (2016) has been praised by many readers as a post-modern 21st century classic. Structured as a triptych (a painting with Three Panels), it is an intriguing novel about an English Literature teacher being locked up by a sculptor and the strange events of their lives. It is rich in metaphors and filled with symbolic significance on the meaning of life and the importance of the Arts. It has been positively compared to the best writings of Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, William Faulkner and James Joyce. Acclaimed by teachers of literature as a 21st century classic treasured by lovers of literature and the arts for years to come....

Join us for Volume 1 of Pillbug. In this book Warren R. Smith trundles down the path of flash fiction and short stories. Among other anecdotal excursions, you’ll find within; the story of a Taxi driver who must come to terms with the truth depth of his daughter’s independence. Read the Speckled Egg, magic realism wherein two children, in saving their lives, must change shape. In Jack-O’-Lantern and old woman invites herself to be haunted. In Pillbug, the story is about the risks of day labor. In Purple Hippo, a Hippo decides it's time to shake the world up. Jack and the Magpies is written in defense of a worthy appetite. Contemporary mainstream and humorously literary, you’ll find this collection chock-full of five-minute wisdoms and imagination....

Yes, it was a crazy season for rabbits. Everywhere they hopped and nibbled — even in the office. Daily I had to sweep them off the desk before I could get a thing done — and I leaned into the task with the whole of my arm and an imprecating grunt because sometimes that’s all there was....

Introduction The Red Paint Flaking English As A 2nd Language Like Caffeine Sweet Nothings Individually Wrapped The Speckled Egg Troder of the Mish'dee Orb Dotting Tigers Jack-O'-Lantern Candy-Corn Angel On Religion Pillbug A Walking Tour Paused Purple Hippo No Man Left Behind Laundromat The Last Thing A Memory Without Name The Girl With the Sheep Animal Magic Jack and the Magpies About The Author...

The book keeper of the hospital of a small provincial town came one day home very tired. He had not the least desire to have dinner and so he decided to lay down at once and to sleep. In recent years it often happened, that he, after coming home in the evening, had dinner and immediately went to bed without a word to his already grown up children or his wife. She became more and more grumpy in view of his seclusion. He only wanted to sleep, to sleep soundly till daybreak of the next and probably again undesirably day which he always impatiently anticipated, only to immerse again in his coma. For any reason he remembered this evening his childhood in a state between vigil and slumber....

This series is arranged in levels of reading difficulty ranging from 1 to 5. The easiest is level 1, the hardest level 5. All these books are royalty free and can be copied used printed and distributed, scrawled on walls, acted out in plays and told (very slowly) to your pet dog, if you don’t have a dog a cat will do, but hamsters do not listen as they only speak Spanish. They are designed to be easily read on a computer and can be printed on standard A4 size paper (landscape format) There is no bad language or offensive words anywhere in these books....

The issue of the book is the connection between the energy policies of various countries, their foreign policies, and the wars that break out at various parts of the globe, since all three are closely related....

Sayyid Ahmad was among the foremost visionaries who realized the scale of British conspiracies and diplomacies, and launched a systemic struggle to counter the effects. He communicated with political figureheads of that time to make them realize of British intrusion. He also worked for social reformation of Muslim communities in far-off places in subcontinent. Sayyid Ahmad traveled throughout the Subcontinent, into Afghanistan and North West region of Subcontinent to create awareness for the cause. He eventually lost his life in a battle against Sikh army at Balakot in May 1831. This in-depth inquiry provides insights on Sikh & British alliance established at that time and how British pursued their colonial agenda in India....

We see from the life of Sayyid Ahmed that he disrupted the status quo of society at various levels. He was not a passive preacher or a Sufi living in isolation. He not only challenged the oppressors but also the oppressed. For this he faced opposition from both. When Sayyid Ahmed stepped out to reform socio-religious thought in India, that included matters related to general ignorance of basic tenets of Islam, sufi ideologies and pilgrimage; he met with resistance from those “internal” agents whose interest relied on the then state of affairs. Similarly, when he refused to compromise with the political hostility of colonizers and their allies, he faced challenges. This makes the study of his movement a very special case in history of South Asia. A keen researcher thus needs to understand the context of every comment that is placed in favor or opposition of Sayyid Ahmed. In this study, I have kept focus on the macro aspects of the life of Sayyid Ahmed and his movement and its historical context....

List of illustrations Introduction Chapter 1 Early Life of Sayyid Ahmed and Political Chapter 2 Colonization of India during life of Sayyid Ahmed Chapter 3 Anti-Colonial Struggle of Sayyid Ahmed and Reformation Efforts Conclusion Bibliography ...

A revolution replaces the Queensland government with a coalition of religious fundamentalists who have strong ideas on how their subjects ought to live, and how to enforce compliance with their draconian laws. Readers have asked what happened to Robert and Bart, the heroes of Rough Justice. They thought I had left them in a bad place…and so I had. Others wanted to know what happened to Sebastian and Jarek between the end of Jarek and the beginning of NumbaCruncha. A good question that requires an answer because what happened could all too easily be the political future for us. So, Fidel is a prequel to NumbaCruncha, and a sequel to my other five novels—Rough Justice, Dome of Death, Sebastian, Jarek and Mortaumal. Fidel is fifteen when the story begins sometime in the near future. He’s running away from home to the big city where he falls into trouble, then miraculously falls out again, and grows into a sturdy, well-liked young man. Like most people he is too busy living to notice that a relatively quiet revolution is taking place, replacing the government with a coalition of religious fundamentalists who have strong id...

1 Fidel Fidel was scared. Shit scared. He felt like throwing up and probably would have if he'd had any breakfast. He had to stop thinking about it or he’d chicken out. His whole life had been one long worry that he’d done something wrong and would be punished…but this was sharper, more urgent, more exciting too if he could only stop thinking about all the possible consequences. Taking a deep breath he shouldered the backpack that had been hidden in a corner for weeks, let himself out of the shed, crossed the back lawn and tapped on his brother’s open window. Hylas appeared, rubbing at sleepy eyes. ‘Fidel! What’s the matter?’ ‘I’m off.’ ‘Now? But you…’ ‘Shhh! You'll wake Mum. I just wanted to say goodbye and tell you I love you.’ ‘Where are you going? I love you too! Will you write?’ ‘Brisbane. Of course I’ll write. Don’t tell Mum anything. Pretend to be surprised I've gone.’ With a cheery wave that even Hylas knew was fake, Fidel adjusted his pack and ran off before his courage ran out. Twenty minutes later he was sticking out his thumb on the David Low Way. Almost immediately an elderly couple in a battered T...

Contents 1 Fidel 2 City Centre 3 The Karims 4 What to do? 5 Bart’s enterprise 6 Arnold Jurgenz 7 Bart and Robert 8 Lance 9 Luck 10 Arnold’s Gym 11 Natural Fitness 12 Hylas 13 Brothers in Brisbane 14 Hylas Meets Natural Fitness 15 And Hylas Makes Five 16 JECHIS 17 Lance Returns 18 Disintegration 19 Inspection 20 Plans 21 The Administrator 22 Ciao Natural Fitness 23 Peter and Jon 24 A Forest Retreat 25 On The Run 26 Unpleasantness 27 Travelling On 28 A Meeting 29 Justice 30 F.N.Q. 31 Protectors 32 A Blast From The Past 33 Oasis 34 Tests 35 Developments 36 Job Interview 37 The Vote and After 38 Sanity – Insanity 39 Nothing Lasts Forever 40 Decisions 41 Ciao Oasis 42 Research 43 Solutions 44 The Institute 45 Settling In 46 Endgame ...

Coloring pages for kids as an educational tool is an excellent method to improve motor skills, fine motor movement, hand to eye coordination, handwriting and color perception and recognition. Psychologists suggest that coloring pages for kids have a great effect as coloring is a centering activity that can train focusing and calm the mind. Even though coloring pages can contain simple pictures, it can be a challenging task for kids. The ability to complete a picture successfully builds a better self - esteem and confidence among children. Many kids like to color and coloring pages seem to be more than just a fun free time activity. Coloring books should be used every day as a part of educational material in every school as it is proven to be influential to personality development starting from early childhood....

For the first time all the original sources for early British History have been collected together in one document. King Arthur, Julius Caesar, Saint Patrick, Battles, Invasions, Romance and magic. For the first time the original words of Welsh Bards and Roman Soldiers are combined to give one story. Irish myths, Greek histories, Saxon Chronicles. Read the original stories behind Tristram and Isolda, Maximus, Constantine. The first Christians, the last pagans. It's all here in one book....

Introduction. Bibliography and Links. The First Age, From Adam to The Flood. The Second Age, After The Flood. 2664 BCE. The Thrird Age. The Battle of Moytura. The Wooing of Etain. The Battle of Cnucha. Fin mac Cumhail.l The Ynglinga Saga. Vikings? On the Volga. The Destruction of Dind Rig. 594 BCE. The Fifth Age. Herodutus. Celts Invade Italy. 106 – 43 BCE. Cicero. The Era of Caesar. The Writings of Julius Caesar. 55 BCE – 40 AD. Tacitus. Romans in Germany. Christians in Britain. Strabo. 41 – 99 Rome invades Britain. Caractacus. Boedicea. The Battle of Airtach. Tain Bo Cuailnge. Tain from The Book of Leinster. Pliny on Britain. Pliny on Mining, Metals and Magnets. Pliny on Pottery, Buildings and Amber. Tacitus, Agricola. Tacitus, Britain. Tacitus, Germany. 101 – 199 Hadrian, Lucius, Severus, Ptolomy Geography. 200 – 299 Severus. Saint Alban. 300 – 349 Constantine. 350 – 399 St Patrick. Nial. Maximus. Macsen Wledig. Saint Declan. Notitia Dignitatum. 400 – 410 Stilich., Germanus. Niall. Honorius. Pelagius. Letter to Demetrias. 411 – 429 Vortigern. Saint Patrick. 430 – 450 Hengist, ...