Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Stone Builders, Mound Builders and the Giants of Ancient America

Source: TEDxTalks Youtube channel

"Jim Vieira's esearch over the last 20 years has led him down a bizarre road of intrigue and mystery surrounding the races and built structures of Ancient America. Vieira has compiled thousands of accounts of giant skeleton reports from the New York Times, Smithsonian Ethnology Reports, American Antiquarian, Scientific American as well as town and county histories to make the case that the history of our past has not only been deliberately covered up, but is vastly different then what we are told.

With passions in writing, researching, ancient stone work, spirituality and metaphysics, Jim is a stone mason and co-owner of North Wind Stonework in Ashfield, Massachusetts, USA doing dry masonry in and around the Berkshire Highlands for 15 years. Jim belongs to the Northeast Antiquities Research Association, a clearinghouse of information regarding mysterious monuments of antiquity. Jim is a regular contributing columnist for the Shelburne Falls & West County Independent and the national publication, Ancient American Magazine."



Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Meet Tanishq Abraham, a 9 year old prodigy and college student

Source: thnkrtv Youtube



Meet 15 Year Old Kelvin Doe, a self taught engineering prodigy from Sierra Leone

Source: thnkrtv Youtube channel, www.crowdrise.com/InnovateSalone

"15-Year-Old Kelvin Doe is an engineering whiz living in Sierra Leone who scours the trash bins for spare parts, which he uses to build batteries, generators and transmitters. Completely self-taught, Kelvin has created his own radio station where he broadcasts news and plays music under the moniker, DJ Focus.

Kelvin became the youngest person in history to be invited to the "Visiting Practitioner's Program" at MIT. THNKR had exclusive access to Kelvin and his life-changing journey - experiencing the US for the first time, exploring incredible opportunities, contending with homesickness, and mapping out his future."



Thursday, November 8, 2012

They Die By Dawn trailer

Source: TheBullittsTV Youtube channel

Written & Directed by Jeymes Samuel (The Bullitts). Starring Erykah Badu, Michael K. Williams, Rosario Dawson, Giancarlo Esposito, Nate Parker, Jesse Williams and Isaiah Washington.



Monday, November 5, 2012

The Barefoot College: Bunker Roy teaches poor grandmothers and women to be solar engineers and other professions to change their village and community lives forever

Source: TEDtalksDirector Youtube channel, barefootcollege Youtube channel, barefootcollege.org

"Established in 1972, the Barefoot College is a non-government organisation that has been providing basic services and solutions to problems in rural communities, with the objective of making them self-sufficient and sustainable. These 'Barefoot solutions' can be broadly categorized into solar energy, water, education, health care, rural handicrafts, people's action, communication, women's empowerment and wasteland development.

The College believes that for any rural development activity to be successful and sustainable, it must be based in the village as well as managed and owned by those whom it serves. Therefore, all Barefoot initiatives whether social, political or economic, are planned and implemented by a network of rural men and women who are known as 'Barefoot Professionals'."