Make A Bee Waterer And Help Hydrate Our Pollinators A single bee tends to at least 2,000 flowers daily, with their tiny wings beating 10,000 times per minute, carrying pollen, and dramatically assisting our food supply. All that work makes the bees thirsty, especially on a hot day. Bees need access to safe water sources, they often risk drowning in birdbaths or being eaten at rivers and lakes among birds, fish, frogs and other wildlife. This is why they often fly around our clothes lines and may even land on us if we are in an outdoor pool on a hot day. Kim Flottum, editor of the Bee Culture magazine, writes in her book The Backyard Beekeeper: An Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden: “Water is used to dissolve crystallized honey, to dilute honey when producing larval food, for evaporation cooling during warm weather, and for a cool drink on a hot day.” “Bees know exactly where to return for the same water source. One solution to this problem is to add marbles or pebbles to a bowl or pan and then add water.
Jay Weidner Rense: Many people have heard the term “Archon” but would be hard-pressed to define it. What is an Archon? Weidner: To begin with, I would draw attention to two articles on your site: The Global Coup d'Etat and the one about ownership of the world. The Queen of England owns one sixth of the non-ocean surface of the world; and keep that in mind as we go into the Archon subject. The reason the Nag Hammadi texts, which date back 2,100 years (100 BC), are so important is that no-one has been able to put a spin on it [the texts have not been altered, destroyed or omitted as in the Bible], no-one has been able to distort or destroy them which is what they’d really like to do [to keep the information and knowledge from the masses]. Rense: There are 13 codices containing over 50 texts, which is quite a substantial amount of writing. Weidner: A highly descriptive document of an entirely different world [from the one we know]. Rense: How are they duplicating reality? Weidner: I agree.
Paul Ford: What is Code? | Bloomberg A computer is a clock with benefits. They all work the same, doing second-grade math, one step at a time: Tick, take a number and put it in box one. Tick, take another number, put it in box two. Tick, operate (an operation might be addition or subtraction) on those two numbers and put the resulting number in box one. Tick, check if the result is zero, and if it is, go to some other box and follow a new set of instructions. You, using a pen and paper, can do anything a computer can; you just can’t do those things billions of times per second. Apple has always made computers; Microsoft used to make only software (and occasional accessory hardware, such as mice and keyboards), but now it’s in the hardware business, with Xbox game consoles, Surface tablets, and Lumia phones. So many things are computers, or will be. When you “batch” process a thousand images in Photoshop or sum numbers in Excel, you’re programming, at least a little. 2.1 How Do You Type an “A”? It’s simple now, right?
Never Call Them Archons - They Are Parasites | Ascension Help Blog This article has been 15 years in the making, as it took that long for me to be able to distill this information into an accessible format. This is going to represent a few very important pieces of the overall puzzle of how we are going to shift this planet and everyone upon it into an ascended frequency of being. One key aspect of this shift is going to be the “cleaning up of consciousness” of all of humanity, which is no small task, to be sure. I briefly wrote last year about a “living cloud of shadows” surrounding this planet, populated by energy parasites. These beings call themselves “Archons” which means “Rulers” or “Lords” because they see themselves as the rulers and enslavers of humanity. Our thoughts have power – much more than we often realize. I prefer to call them Ankle Biters. A Little Back Story Once upon a time, on this very planet in the far distant past, human beings were infinitely more impressive than we are today. The Dark Control Grid Restoring Your Divine Nature
Cheap Water from the World's Largest Modern Seawater Desalination Plant The world’s largest and cheapest reverse-osmosis desalination plant is up and running in Israel. Availability: now Breakthrough Demonstrating that seawater desalination can cost-effectively provide a substantial portion of a nation’s water supply. Why It Matters The world’s supplies of fresh water are inadequate to meet the needs of a growing population. Key Players IDE Technologies Poseidon Water Desalitech Evoqua On a Mediterranean beach 10 miles south of Tel Aviv, Israel, a vast new industrial facility hums around the clock. Worldwide, some 700 million people don’t have access to enough clean water. The new plant in Israel, called Sorek, was finished in late 2013 but is just now ramping up to its full capacity; it will produce 627,000 cubic meters of water daily, providing evidence that such large desalination facilities are practical. The traditional criticism of reverse-osmosis technology is that it costs too much. —David Talbot
Is Human Empathy an Evolutionary Advantage?' Bill Nye, scientist, engineer, comedian, author, and inventor, is a man with a mission: to help foster a scientifically literate society, to help people everywhere understand and appreciate the science that makes our world work. Making science entertaining and accessible is something Bill has been doing most of his life. In Seattle Nye began to combine his love of science with his flair for comedy, when he won the Steve Martin look-alike contest and developed dual careers as an engineer by day and a stand-up comic by night. Nye then quit his day engineering day job and made the transition to a night job as a comedy writer and performer on Seattle’s home-grown ensemble comedy show “Almost Live.” This is where “Bill Nye the Science Guy®” was born. While working on the Science Guy show, Nye won seven national Emmy Awards for writing, performing, and producing. Nye is the host of three currently-running television series.
Gifts With Meaning Photo IT’S time for my annual holiday gift guide, the chance to recommend presents more meaningful than a tie or sweater. For $20, through Heifer International (heifer.org), you can buy a flock of ducks and help a family work its way to a better life. Or $74 through CARE (care.org) pays for a schoolgirl’s books and supplies so she can attend school for a year — and girls’ education may be the highest-return investment available in the world today. Here are some other ideas: ■ We’re seeing painful upheavals about race on university campuses these days, but the civil rights issue in America today is our pre-K through 12th grade education system, which routinely sends the neediest kids to the worst schools. For $15 a month per child, it offers mentoring, pregnancy prevention, college counseling and more, and it’s effective: 91 percent of the students it helps end up graduating from high school. Continue reading the main story ■ I wrote this month about Dr. ■ In June I wrote about Dr. Dr.
IKEA's Innovative Solution for Refugee Shelter Can't Keep Up with Demand by Natalie Shoemaker How are we housing millions of Syrian refugees? The question is easily answered. A quick Google image search reveals tent houses — hundreds of rows of these flimsy tents. The IKEA Foundation is helping Syrian refugees in their major transition by building easy-to-assemble shelters. “I mean they’re really people running for their lives,” said British-Indian novelist Salman Rushdie. The brain behind these shelters is industrial designer Johan Karlsson. “The average stay in an UNHCR refugee camp is 17 years,” Karlsson told The Globe and Mail in an interview. The finished product stands six feet tall and comes in two sizes: 57 square feet or 188 square feet. Watch one get assembled in Greece: The good news is camps across Europe — in Germany, Switzerland, and Sweden — are demanding these shelters. “What started as a humanitarian project for people far away in distant, war-torn countries is now right on our doorstep,” he explained. Photo Credit: Better Shelter
Malawi Chief Annuls Over 300 Child Marriages In February 2015, Malawi passed a law banning child marriage, raising the minimum marrying age to 18 in a country where half of its girls end up as child brides. Human rights activists pushed for The Marriage, Divorce and Family Relations (“The Marriage Act”) bill, and Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika approved the new law, which carries a 10 year prison sentence for anyone who marries under the age of 18, despite pushback from traditionalists. Parliamentarian Jessie Kabwila was one of the people who helped drive the legislation, stating, “This law is extremely crucial because child marriage is a big, big problem in our country,” adding, “The country will for the first time clearly articulate that we are saying ‘No’ to child marriage.” The new law is promising news for children in the landlocked African nation, but what about those who were married off before the law was passed? Whether properly enforced or not, The Marriage Act has room for improvement.
At Age 3 — Transitioning From Jack To Jackie : NPR Ed It's controlled after-school anarchy at the Christian-Carter household. Seven-year-old Chloe has rolled herself up in an exercise mat in the living room of the family's Oakland, Calif., home. "Look I'm a burrito," Chloe shouts. Her 4-year-old sister, Jackie, swoops in for a bite — and a hard push. "Ow!" Chloe shouts. Just two sisters playing, occasionally sparring, as dad, James Christian, and mom, Mary Carter, watch nearby. Jackie's birthday is in mid-October, but for Carter and Christian, a second date is seared in memory almost as intensely — what Carter calls "The Day." Five Makeshift Ponytails "It was May 15, 2014, and I remember the date because Jackie was out of school that day," she says. Jackie was 3 then, and she was called Jack. Sisters Jackie Carter Christian (left) and Chloe Marie Christian at the beach. itoggle caption Courtesy of the Christian family Sisters Jackie Carter Christian (left) and Chloe Marie Christian at the beach. Courtesy of the Christian family "So I asked.
Blood Donors In Sweden Get A Text Whenever They Save A Life Donate blood in Sweden and you’ll get an automatic ‘thank you’ text for your contribution to the country’s blood supply. You’ll also receive a text when your blood is used to help someone else. In a recent initiative to combat blood stock shortages, Sweden has taken to digital media to raise public awareness and to get people talking about blood donation. “We are constantly trying to develop ways to express [donors'] importance,” Karolina Blom Wiberg, a communications manager at the Stockholm blood service, told The Independent. The initiative started three years ago as a pilot scheme by Stockholm-based blood service Blodcentralen, and since then it has received such a great response that it’s being rolled out country-wide. “It's a great feeling to know you made such a big difference and maybe even saved someone else's life,” said Blom Wiberg. “The same info as we have internally is shown externally,” says Blom Wiberg. [H/T: Independent]
One Teacher's Quest To Build Language Skills ... And Self-Confidence : NPR Ed Bridging Gaps Between ESL And Native Speakers Thomas Whaley teaches second grade at Canaan Elementary in Patchogue, N.Y. Several students in his class are ESL students. Christopher Gregory for NPR Whaley collects library cards from students. Before he was a second-grade teacher, he worked at a public relations firm in New York City. Whaley aims to teach his students about a history they are now a part of. It's election season at Canaan Elementary's second grade, in Patchogue, N.Y., and tensions are running high. The 8-year-old is the joker of the class. But he's nervous. "I'm here to tell you today why you should ... should ..." Despite some stumbles, Chris is doing amazingly well. A son of Ecuadoran immigrants who was born and raised in the U.S., Chris started learning English a little over three years ago. Being an ESL student — English as a second language — can be a painful experience. What you need is a great teacher who lets you make mistakes. "Thank you," Chris gleams.
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