Climate Change For Beginners

There have been many publications about climate change, each from a different point of view and for different audience. Some discuss it through an evolutionary process; and how the environment is different from what it would have been if it was not for the rapid effect of the global warming. Some others begin the discussion with the damage caused by fossil fuel and other forms of energy that increases CO2 level. And there are some who research and report changes on the earth as a result of mining. A small and short book that provides a basic knowledge about climate change and the roots of it bears the same title. It is in fact a disclosed document or an evidence for those who deny climate change and consider it a natural phenomenon that would not be affected by human’s negligence. The book is written for non-scientist readers, whether they acquire any knowledge of the subject or not, with simple an easy passages to understand and to follow the reasons for this phenomenon, as well as the future outcome. Each page contains some animations which emphasizes the point on that page, in addition to lightening up the serious subject matter. As it was mentioned, the book is called “Climate Change For Beginners” by Dean Goodwin, Ph.D. and illustrated by Joe Lee. It was first published in 2016.

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نوآوری‌های کیهانی

تحقیقات جدید نشان میدهند که جریان نامنظم مواد در درون خورشید میتوانند دلیل لکه‌های خوشه‌ای باشند که بطور تصادفی در سطح خورشید دیده میشوند. به منظور مطالعهٔ گسترده‌تر در مورد خورشید، سازمان ناسا در ۱۲ اوت سفینه "پارکر سولار پروب" را پرتاب کرد. این کشتی فضائی تا چهار میلیون مایلز به خورشید نزدیک خواهد شد، که البته این کوتاه‌ترین فاصله‌ای است که تا کنون انسان توانسته است به این ستارهٔ آتشبار نزدیک شود.

A Short History in Economy: By Professor Richard Wolfe

Economic Update: The Great American Purge

The Inequality Gap on a Planet Growing More Extreme

Link: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/50761.htm

By Nomi Prins

December 13, 2018

As we head into 2019, leaving the chaos of this year behind, a major question remains unanswered when it comes to the state of Main Street, not just here but across the planet. If the global economy really is booming, as many politicians claim, why are leaders and their parties around the world continuing to get booted out of office in such a sweeping fashion?

One obvious answer: the post-Great Recession economic “recovery” was largely reserved for the few who could participate in the rising financial markets of those years, not the majority who continued to work longer hours, sometimes at multiple jobs, to stay afloat. In other words, the good times have left out so many people, like those struggling to keep even a few hundred dollars in their bank accounts to cover an emergency or the 80% of American workers who live paycheck to paycheck.

Vladimir Pozner

This clip is about two hours long. If you do not want to view all of it, watch from minute 20 to 25, for 5 minutes.



Our Spring 2017 group met with Vladimir Pozner in Moscow. Pozner has been Russia’s #1 TV Icon for over four decades. He is an independent thinker who is not a supporter of Putin, but at the same time he appreciates the role Putin has played in stabilizing the country since assuming Russia’s presidency in the year 2000. Pozner observes the ways in which Russia’s media is controlled, as well as the ways America’s media is controlled. For a totally honest appraisal of the politics and media of both countries, take the time to watch this piece.

Wealth Inequality in America

هموطنِ مومن

تو که هیچوقت نماز و عبادت خود را ترک نکرده‌ای حتما به بهشت خواهی رفت. در ملاقات با خداوند، که طاعتش موجب قربت است و به شکر اندرش مزید نعمت،  لطفا از او بپرس که به چه منظور این جهان را آفریده است. جای من البته در قعر جهنم است و همنشین دوزخیان خواهم بود، و هیچگاه به دیدار پروردگار این جهان و جهان ابدی نازل نخواهم شد. خداوند که روی تخت عاجش در بهشت نشسته است، البته که امور جهنمیان را به نمایندگان خود وشکنجه‌گران دوزخ می‌سپرد و حتی سری هم به مردگان جهنمی نخواهد زد. هیچکس از رهبر یک سازمان سری انتظار ندارد که به شکنجه‌گاه‌های خود سر بزند.  بنابراین او را نخواهم دید که پرسشهای خود را با او در میان بگذارم، و من فقط کنجکاوم بدانم هدف او از به وجود آوردن این دنیا چه بوده است. در واقع پرسش بزرگتر آنکه قبل اینکه او این جهان را آرایش دهد و به آن نظم فعلی‌ را ببخشد، به چه کاری اشتغال میداشت. آیا پیش از این دنیائی که ما میشناسیم دنیای دیگری به عنوان آزمایش ساخته بود، و اگر پاسخش مثبت است، چه بر سر آن دنیا آمده است؟ البته از اشخاص نزدیک به خدا مثل ملایان و کشیشان و سایر مفتخوران این پرسش را کرده‌ام و آنها همواره این پاسخ تاریخی‌‌ را میدهند که "اسراری در کاینات است که ما از آن واقف نیستیم و خداوند رموزی دارد که بر بندگانش پوشیده است،" که این جمله طولانی‌ بجای "من نمیدانم" استفاده میشود. البته کسی‌ که این جملات را ردیف می‌کند، اعوان و انصار پیشینِ خودش داستان بهشت و جهنم و آدم و حوا و مار و غیره را سر هم کرده بودند. ولی‌ اینکه قبل از این داستانها خدا چه میکرد و چه کسی‌ او را آفرید پرسشی است که باید از خود او کرد. ما کاملا بر این واقف هستیم که این جهانِ هستی‌ پُر است از اسرار و شگفتیها، مانند شب و روز و طوفان و زلزله و بلایای آسمانی، که دانشمندان هر از گاهی‌ یکی‌ از رموز آنرا کشف و آشکار میسازند، و پس از افشا شدن البته دیگر رمزی در آن نیست. بشر همواره از این جهان در شگفتی بوده است و گروهی با استفاده از انگاشت و پندار خود داستانهائی بافته‌اند، ولی‌ پاره‌ای دیگر به تحقیق پرداخته و دلیل آن عجائب را کشف کرده‌اند. روزی از سایر شگفتیها پرده برداشته شده، دیگر مشکلاتی که پیش پای بشر قرار گرفته‌اند گشوده خواهند شد. ولی‌ خدائی که مکمل، بی‌عیب، و سرآمد و خالق همه موجودات است، به چه دلیل چنین دنیائی را که تا حدی به دست و با نبوغ انسانها صورت بهتری می‌گیرد، و مخلوقی که اگر دکترها و داروها به دادش نرسند یک شبه تب می‌کند و میمیرد، به وجود میاورد.

Questions from the Old Mighty

You believe in God and you may worship him in order to arrive in heaven after you die, and if you do, when in heaven please ask him why he created this world. Since I don’t believe in God, I will go to hell and will be in the company of Lucifer. However, God will be sitting on his throne in the heaven and would never check to see what is happening in hell, as he loves those who worship him, and sends the rest to the lower department managed by Satan. In fact, no one expects the head of a secret service to walk into its torture chamber. But the question that has been perplexing me is why God would create this world, and what purpose he originally had behind it. As a matter of curiosity, the more thought-provoking question is what he was doing before he created the world. Of course the usual answer to such questions has been “God works in mysterious ways and no one can and should try to delve into his mysteries.” However, whoever came up with such notion, also came up with Genesis and several such stories describing how it was at the beginning and how God created man. None of these stories go further back to disclose what was before the beginning, and how God kept himself busy, since there was no man on earth, and heaven and hell had no purpose to be built, and there was nothing. What were God doing then, and who and how He Himself, was created? We know there are wonders in the world, with the vast and almost unlimited universe and black holes and other mysteries our scientists have discovered. But these are mysteries as long as we have not solved them. Human beings have been puzzled by what we take for granted, such as day and night and flood and tornado and other natural elements. Some who were curious about all of these and other mysteries of the world used their imagination and created fairytales. But some investigated and found answers to many of these puzzles. More mysteries will be discovered as well, and the weaknesses of the society will be alleviated someday. However, if God is perfect, why did He make such a creation full of holes!