Jun 25, 2007

Global CogniMaps aka Links-shower 07jun18-24

The first Global CogniMap aka Links Shower had a meandering introduction which began with a mention of the dividing attribute of human intelligence.

If you see a group or coummunity, - or even a country - where, in comparison,  people are divided - and if there are no obvious causes for this division, as for instance, on the Land of Abraham and Moses - you can safely conclude that the people in that grouping are, perhaps, more intelligent than is good for them.

India is a good case in point. People here are divided in so many which ways that most public debate gets bogged down in reconfiguring those divisions, not removing them. You can also see that, globally, Indians are perceived to be very intelligent.

They have to be because, in their own country, they are constantly juggling through these divisions to get ahead in their lives.

With the same fervor as cool aka 'with-it' Anglo Saxons read People magazine, the devout north Indian Hindoos read the-most-popular-by-historical-default monthly magazine Kalyäñ, published, non-stop since 1923, from Gôrakhpûr, a city named after a saint. 

There are similarities: The former tracks the celebrities and has all manner of trivia, e.g. which of the Clinton dogs has a ear longer than its counterpart on the other side of the head. We here read Kalyäñ because it fishes out for its subscribers nuggets from our "Old Books" that reveal what our Gods had been up to.

During those long godly times, there were no papparazi with telescopic lenses that could apparantly 'see' all the way to the 'heavens-beyond-the-known-Universe'. So, it would be safe to assume most of this Kalyäñ stuff is imaginary. If you think that's a strike against it, I have two good reasons with which I can contradict you.


You (a)  are free to take the information with a pinch of salt; this will take care of sodium defficiency. They say ions of this element is what you need to keep your brain bathed so it doesn't turn turtle, and (b) find comfort in the evidence that your presumed ancestors had heads that were overspilling with the grey matter. 
 

Kalyäñ's current issue is focused on the Ganges River. Its articles are about the religious attributes of the river and I would be surprised if anyone using the English language can get them right.

One learned piece goes into explaining the 108 Sanskrit names of the Ganges that made me go, "Oof!" But if there's any information there that tells you about the woeful condition that 'holy' river is in today, I may have missed it. 
 
In the Links Shower from the last week below, there will, at most three or four links pointing to the same story. You can safely conclude that life for you, in compariosn, is still easier. There is an incomplete selection from celebrity guru Deepak Chopra's 351 blogs that's been sprinkled over them. The man seems to have a perfect Global mix. And the listen links have not be separated out because they fit, perhaps for this one time. better in the categories.  

By the way, if you find a site that lists the many names the the Rhine, or the Nile, the Missisipi, or, the Amazon post a comment to link me up.
IT Technology Engineering Energy
Science
Until Fri audioListen to Science in Action to hear Professor James Dumesic on Dimethylfuran's superiority to ethanol
Chris France explains how biomass-to-energy be done
Michael Emerman tell why humans & not primates host HIV
First ever test-tube sharks in New South Wales, Australia 
Health-Biology-Climate-Agriculture
Sea squirt drug 'treats cancer'
Until Mon audioListen to Health Check in which
Geoffrey Pasvol talks about an easier TB Tesing method
Haemophilics get relief from "Factor 8" L1-L2
Spirituality slows Alzheimer's Disease - Dr Yakir Kaufman
Wife inheritance & HIV amongst Kenya's Luo tribe.
Until Wed audioListen to Discovery to learn on Toothpaste 
Business
Features
Rig Veda among heritage items in UNESCO culture list
Ghanaian and Kenyan teacher exchange classrooms
Until Mon audioListen to Culture Shock to learn about
Pay-to-stay prisons in California @ $100 a night
Singapore' drinks for the indecisive "Anything & Whatever"
Australia's Indigenous weather knowledge project 
Until Tues audioListen to The Word in which are discussed: 
Sebastian Faulkes' novel on a conscience-free serial killer
Dickens World theme park in Kent. Serious fans interested?
Crowe & Oltermann's How I Write: TheSecretLivesOfAuthors Until Thurs audioListen to The Beat - Glastonbury Festival 
Until Sun audioListen to The Ticket it features Christopher Hitchens' book God is not Great –The Case Against Religion
Dinaw Mengestu's book Children of the Revolution 
Amiina, Icelandic all-girl group that plays on 146 instruments
A discussion on La Vie En Rose a movie on Edith Piaf's life
World
India


Image provided by NASA shows the profile of the atmosphere and a setting sun. This feature was photographed by an Expedition 15 crewmember on the International Space Station recently. Photo: AP/NASA


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