Sunday, January 31, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
8 Billion Lives, $10 Billion...
Bill Gates, creator of Microsoft, has recently pledged $10 billion dollars, over a period of ten years, to create "Miracle" vaccines to cure some of the worlds most deadliest viruses.
Diseases like HIV, Tuberculosis, and Pneumonia are examples of what he hopes to cure.
KUDOS....
Thursday, January 28, 2010
This Book Inspires Growth
"Of the good in you I can speak, but not of the evil. For what is evil but good tortured by its own hunger and thirst? Verily when good is hungry it seeks food even in dark caves, and when it thirsts it drinks even of dead waters.""You are good when you strive to give of yourself. Yet you are not evil when you seek gain for yourself. For when you strive for gain you are but a root that clings to the earth and sucks at her breast. Surely the fruit cannot say to the root, "Be like me, ripe and full and ever giving of your abundance." For to the fruit giving is a need, as receiving is a need to the root."
"You are good when you are fully awake in your speech, Yet you are not evil when you sleep while your tongue staggers without purpose. And even stumbling speech may strengthen a weak tongue."
The iPad
From frist glance, the iPad just looks like a large iPod. How many versions of one machine do you need before satisfaction? lol. It is a nice little gadget though.
The iPad is slightly smaller than a sheet of regular paper, just one-half inch thick, and weighs 1.5 pounds (1.6 with an optional 3G modem built-in). The 9.7-inch LED backlit glossy multi-touch screen has 1024x768 pixel resolution (132 pixels per inch).
The biggest surprise probably is the price. There are three models, based on amount of solid state memory: iPad with 16Gbytes is just $499; 32Gbytes, $599; 64Gbytes, $699. 3G adds $130 to each, so the most expensive iPad is $829.
Click HERE to read more about the iPad specs.
The iPad is slightly smaller than a sheet of regular paper, just one-half inch thick, and weighs 1.5 pounds (1.6 with an optional 3G modem built-in). The 9.7-inch LED backlit glossy multi-touch screen has 1024x768 pixel resolution (132 pixels per inch).
The biggest surprise probably is the price. There are three models, based on amount of solid state memory: iPad with 16Gbytes is just $499; 32Gbytes, $599; 64Gbytes, $699. 3G adds $130 to each, so the most expensive iPad is $829.
Click HERE to read more about the iPad specs.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Animal Collective - My Girls
This is one of my favorite songs of all time, I'd say its favorite song number 17 on a list of, uhhhh..... A lot of other songs lol.... Enjoy....
Monday, January 25, 2010
Morality and Religion are like Identical Cousins
I don't really know how to formulate my words without sounding crazy or offending anyone when talking about religion and morality, but thats life lol. I've recently come to the conclusion that you do not need any form of religion to be a person with morals and high standards. Nor does it mean that you can't have a relationship with God. Religion has corrupted many facets of our society, so much to the point that we will condemn another person if they do not share the same faith as us. If religion was not instituted, maybe we'd just accept people for who they are and what they believe rather than pushing them away.Morality is not a gift from heaven, morals are socially constructed. They are different in almost every society. The institution of religion has divided us as a people and pervaded our minds since we were children. This thought leads me to ask, does religion corrupt people or vice-versa? When looking at Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. It is clear to see that all three forms of religion stem from the same area of the world, and also time period of inception. Why is it that all three can share so many similarities, and yet be so different? Why is it that all three have been fighting over the same piece of "holy" land for thousands of years? Its because they are all essentially one and the same. Although they may be one and the same, the people who fought in these holy wars believe there is only one way to heaven, and that "one-way" is religion, not God. I'm basically saying that they're wrong. You do not need religion to seek God. You can do so on your own merit.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
DREAM KILLERS
When you have a goal coupled with ambition, there should be nothing in this world in the way to stop you from achieving what you set out for, but in many cases, peoples dreams get deferred by other people, who my boy Kanye W. calls DREAM KILLERS. Ive done a lot of thinking over the past couple months trying to figure out what the key to my happiness was, and for me, it was discovering that i don't have to take the same route to success as someone else and that being yourself is OK. Ive never been more comfortable in my own skin until recent months. So im going to take my own advice, say hi to them haters and keep it moving.
TWITTA-QUOTE of the week:
RT @aplusk FireUp your PASSION! Allow urself 2 want the things you previously thought unattainable.Take a call,make a call,go 4 it all!
Friday, May 1, 2009
Summer, Summer, Summer Time
My Junior year is officially over, to sum it up shortly, it was the most trying year of my college career. Although, it didn't go the way I had initially planned it, I do not regret anything that i have done this year, nor would i want to change how went about certain situations either. One thing that i am willing to admit is that my main goal for this past school year was to become an ALPHA, and though i accomplished this goal, i put many other goals that i wanted to complete on the back burner. So in the upcoming school year, i am going to do a lot of self searching and do things that will improve me as a person, a student, and as a man of Alpha.
Amongst all these things, one fact still remains, i can get lost in nostalgia all i want but its still SUMMER TIME. time to, simultaneously, tighten up and have fun!
HAPPY SUMMER TIME TO ALL ...
Amongst all these things, one fact still remains, i can get lost in nostalgia all i want but its still SUMMER TIME. time to, simultaneously, tighten up and have fun!
HAPPY SUMMER TIME TO ALL ...
Friday, April 17, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Quit Smoking Ad = Controversy
This video has the masses ranting and raving about its portrayal and display of child abuse. Is it simply a depiction of child abuse or an extreme example of a sad reality?...or both? (go into flashback)
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