Gathering of The Tribes: May 2015

Thursday, May 28, 2015

May 28th GOTT Radio

Tribal News
* "This college radio station thinks inside the box" (2014-04-23, sfgate.com) [archive.is/74vkQ]

Stranger News

* "An Important Step in Artificial Intelligence" (2015-05-11, news.ucsb.edu) [archive.is/y7n5n] [begin excerpt]: In what marks a significant step forward for artificial intelligence, researchers at UC Santa Barbara have demonstrated the functionality of a simple artificial neural circuit. For the first time, a circuit of about 100 artificial synapses was proved to perform a simple version of a typical human task: image classification.
“It’s a small, but important step,” said Dmitri Strukov, a professor of electrical and computer engineering. With time and further progress, the circuitry may eventually be expanded and scaled to approach something like the human brain’s, which has 1015 (one quadrillion) synaptic connections. [end excerpt]

* "Computing at the speed of light; Utah engineers take a step toward silicon photonic computing at seeds millions of times faster than current machines" (2015-05-18, unews.utah.edu) [archive.is/7QQ83]

* "Rice scientists use light to probe acoustic tuning in gold nanodisks" (2015-05-07) [web.archive.org/web/20150523034034/http://news.rice.edu/2015/05/07/rice-scientists-use-light-to-probe-acoustic-tuning-in-gold-nanodisks-2]

* "Researchers develop custom artificial membranes with programmable surfaces" (2015-05-07, University of Pennsylvania) [archive.is/uQ55s]

* "The next step in DNA computing: GPS mapping?" (2015-05-06, acs.org) [archive.is/LwBTa]

* "Hydrogels boost ability of stem cells to restore eyesight and heal brains" (2015-05-14, news.engineering.utoronto.ca) [archive.is/3PYZt]

* "Mind Over Matter" (2015-05-21, keck.usc.edu) [archive.is/wkTZX], video [youtube.com/watch?v=lZgeb_HDb48] [begin excerpt]: Paralyzed from the neck down after suffering a gunshot wound when he was 21, Erik G. Sorto now can move a robotic arm just by thinking about it and using his imagination. Through a clinical collaboration between Caltech, Keck Medicine of USC and Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, the now 34-year-old Sorto is the first person in the world to have a neural prosthetic device implanted in a region of the brain where intentions are made, giving him the ability to perform a fluid hand-shaking gesture, drink a beverage and even play “rock, paper, scissors,” using a robotic arm. Neural prosthetic devices have previously been implanted in the brain’s movement center, the motor cortex, allowing patients with paralysis to control the movement of a robotic limb. The motion, however, is delayed and jerky. Now, by implanting neuroprosthetics in the posterior parietal cortex (PPC), a part of the brain that controls not the movement directly but rather the intent to move, Caltech researchers have developed a way to produce more natural and fluid motions. [end excerpt]

* "The Quest to Upload Your Mind Into the Digital Space" (2015-05, smithsonianmag.com) [archive.is/xfh3L]

* "This Stroke of Genius Could Allow You to Write With Your Brain" (2015-05, smithsonianmag.com) [archive.is/1weQY]

* "We're Not That Far From Being Able to Grow Human Bones in a Lab" (2015-05, smithsonianmag.com) [archive.is/vfgrF]

* "Soon, Your Doctor Could Print a Human Organ on Demand" (2015-05, smithsonianmag.com) [archive.is/kEo30]

Space News
* "Left-handed cosmic magnetic field could explain missing antimatter" (2015-05-15, ras.org.uk) [archive.is/DBFOW]

* "Photonic Laser Thruster Propels Simulated Spacecraft; Successful laboratory demonstration validates propellant-free, high-impulse spacecraft propulsion" (2015-05-14) [web.archive.org/web/20150523023325/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/photonic-laser-thruster-propels-simulated-spacecraft-300083302.html]

* "Ether compounds could work like DNA on oily worlds" (2015-05-12, astrobio.net) [archive.is/rDs6e]

* "Dramatic Clips: The Mystery Bright Spots On Ceres" (2015-05-15) [archive.is/R46Lc]:
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft flew by the dwarf planet Ceres this week. Located between Mars and Jupiter, Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt. Scientists are still trying to figure out what’s causing the bright spots … theories being floated are ice, salt, etc. What do you think the bright spots are: Ice? Salt? Alien disco party? Death Star being powered up? See the NASA animated image showing the bright spots of Ceres [archive.is/jlgeo].
* "Ceres bright spots: Clearer pictures, but still no answers" (2015-05-22, UPI newswire) [archive.is/Vdl0Z]

* "Russian Scientist Gets Patent on Transfiguring Martian Atmosphere" (2015-05-10, sputniknews.com) [archive.is/l4A7V]

Ancient News

The Time Traveler's Guide to Communicating with the Past:
* "The Secret Teachings of All Ages" (1928, by Manly P. Hall) [archive.is/ZMHh6].

A road map to the secrets of mystic societies of the 1500s through 1900s, with references and fascinating graphics designed to trip the mind on a journey to other parts of time & space. Have you ever wanted to communicate with the past, but didn't know how? This book will show you how to learn the common language of the initiates of dozens of secret societies, with which you can appear as a deity of your choice to anybody open to your visitation. Caution, any knowledge of the future will appear in the past as prophecy, and could lead to brutal war, inquisition, or worse!
This book is factual, and has many fine points of knowledge not easily understood by the modern reader. But, by studying the knowledge contained within it, you can grasp and utilize the lessons of the ages for your own benefit. Keep in mind the selfless one of the higher realm when making your journey, and be guided by it!
Also, read "The Secret Destiny of America" (1944, by Manly P. Hall) [archive.org/details/SecretDestinyOfAmerica].
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* "The Lotus Fire: A Study in Symbolic Yoga" (1939, by George S. Arundale, Theosophical Publishing House, India) [archive.org/details/lotusfire032178mbp]
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"The African Origin of Christianity" lecture by Dr. Yosef Ben Jochannan

Also see by the same researcher, "Ancient Egyptian Freemasonry" [youtube.com/watch?v=aGLZXnSdGzQ]
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* "Study Reveals How Eastern U.S. Forests Came to Be; Half of eastern North American trees evolved from Asian ancestors" (2015-05-20, today.duke.edu) [archive.is/uq1x5]

Thursday, May 14, 2015

May 14th, GOTT Radio!

Gathering of the Tribes radio! [link], A Liberated Zone on the FM, to enhance alternative culture and cognitive freedom! Listen Live! Thursdays, 5 to 6pm with Music, Tribal News and info, convened by Dr.G., a Renegade Illuminati with Thee Temple [link], alongside a psychonautical crew affiliated with the Northbay Evolver network [link]. Sponsored by H2C.org, providing holistic medicine for a variety of physical and mental conditions, as provided under Cal. Prop. 215. Tune in at 89.5FM in the northeast San Pablo Bay Area (American Canyon, Benicia, Crockett, Fairfield, Suisun, Vallejo), Smart Phone Tune-in App [link], Desktop U-stream [link], w. chat box [link], Live Mp3 (.pls) stream[link], Netbook / Laptop [link].
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Stranger News
* "Fact or fiction? Rogue police force claims ties to ancient Knights Templar" (2015-05-06, latimes.com) [web.archive.org/web/20150507010346/http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-rogue-police-knights-templar-20150506-htmlstory.html], check out their website [archive.is/HCVQs].

Space News
* "Don’t freak out, but the universe may be a hologram" (2015-04-29, fusion.net) [archive.is/PMV1I], scientific abstract [archive.is/VXGT3]

Ancient News
* "Newly Discovered Archaeological Sites In India Reveal Ancient Life" (2015-02-23, archaeologyonline.net) [archive.is/GL6sF]

* "Researchers discover what was on top of the Great Pyramid" (ancient-code.com):
The investigations of renowned Spanish architect Miguel Pérez-Sánchez that lasted over ten years, allowed him to rebuild via computer models and with great accuracy, the pyramid of Cheops and determine that it was “crowned” by a sphere of 2 meters in diameter.

Pérez Sánchez announced his discovery in a publication of the book containing his doctoral thesis where he explained that “the pyramid of Cheops, according to analysis, demonstrates that it was an encyclopedia of knowledge.”

The Great Pyramid is the most important building of the Old Kingdom, it is one of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, the only one that remains standing today. Devoid of its original coating blocks of white limestone, the great Pyramid lacks its summit which gave the pyramid another 9 meters in height. Now, researchers know the exact shape of the object that was placed on top of the pyramid.
As proposed by Pérez-Sánchez, the sphere that the ancient Egyptians placed at the top of the pyramid symbolized the Eye of Horus and had a diameter of 2,718 royal cubits (2.7 meters), which is the accurate measure of the number e. The sphere located on the Pyramid was placed as a worship to the Sun and Sirius, the brightest star in the sky, which was associated with Isis.
Pérez-Sánchez had the support of a multidisciplinary team in his investigation, allowing him to construct a computer replica of the Great Pyramid like never before.
The three-dimensional drawing of the Great Pyramid has revealed its original measurements, analyzing it, allowed researchers to understand the historical significance of the monument. In addition of the sphere located on top of the pyramid, missing today, analysis enabled researchers to find out the inclination angle of 51,84º, the platform that supported the sphere with a pi perimeter of royal cubits; and the height of the pyramidal vertex of 277 778 cubits, equal to the quotient of dividing 1,000,000 between 3,600. According to Pérez-Sánchez, the discovery of the original shape and dimensions of the Great Pyramid, its reconstruction and analysis revealed an architecture made of pure mathematics, geometry, geodesy and astronomy.

The original surface of the pyramid, now in ruins, was 100,000 times the number pi (π) 3000 years ahead of the understanding of π.
The ancient Egyptians that planned the Pyramid had an incredible scientific knowledge, understanding the Pythagorean Theorem two millennium ahead of time, a precision in the definition of pi with 6 decimals 3 millennia ahead of its time, including the knowledge of the number e, and the accurate measures of the Earth, Sun and Sirius anticipated over 4 millennia.
The geodesic dependence of the Great Pyramid has been confirmed by scaling relations based on the sexagesimal system. The weight of the pyramid is estimated at 5,955,000 tons. Multiplied by 10^8 gives a reasonable estimate of the earth’s mass. It also represents the Sun’s Radius: Twice the perimeter of the bottom of the granite coffer times 10^8 is the sun’s mean radius. [270.45378502 Pyramid Inches* 10^8 = 427,316 miles]

Thanks to the astronomical data provided by Plutarch, researchers managed to place the incredible monument in its historical context understanding why Pharaoh Khufu had commissioned these incredible projects.
This is believed to be the reason why, Snefru, father of Khufu, built during his reign, three pyramids in search for the “perfect pyramid” which explains the efforts of the architects of the Pyramid, to include within the Great Pyramid, their knowledge of the past.
More importantly, Pérez-Sánchez mentions the great Sphinx in his work, stating that “the Great Sphinx is not contemporary with the pyramids that surround it, but it is the product of a much earlier civilization that shaped and carved it around the eight millennium BC.

Thursday, May 7, 2015

May 7th, GOTT Radio!

Gathering of the Tribes radio! [link], A Liberated Zone on the FM, to enhance alternative culture and cognitive freedom! Listen Live! Thursdays, 5 to 6pm with Music, Tribal News and info, convened by Dr.G., a Renegade Illuminati with Thee Temple [link], alongside a psychonautical crew affiliated with the Northbay Evolver network [link]. Sponsored by H2C.org, providing holistic medicine for a variety of physical and mental conditions, as provided under Cal. Prop. 215. Tune in at 89.5FM in the northeast San Pablo Bay Area (American Canyon, Benicia, Crockett, Fairfield, Suisun, Vallejo), Smart Phone Tune-in App [link], Desktop U-stream [link], w. chat box [link], Live Mp3 (.pls) stream[link], Netbook / Laptop [link].
Send info, music tracks, events listings etc., to [GOTT.PRODUCTIONS@) Gmail.com]

* "Quite a lot of art as guerrilla gallery fills parking spaces" (2015-05-04, sfgate.com) [https://archive.is/UfGuT]

* "How Drumming Heals the Body, Mind & Soul" [http://www.the-open-mind.com/how-drumming-heals-the-body-mind-and-soul/]

* "Computers that Mimic the Function of the Brain; A new step forward in memristor technology could bring us closer to brain-like computing" (2015-04-06, mccormick.northwestern.edu) [https://archive.today/bDeh5]

* "Carbon Nanotube Computing? Single-walled carbon nanotube composites show great promise for many things—including use as a material in “unconventional” computing" (2015-04-05, American Institute of Physics) [https://archive.today/Evf33]

* "New study hints at spontaneous appearance of primordial DNA" (2015-04-06, colorado.edu) [https://archive.today/SJSVx]. The image shows a droplet of condensed nano-DNA and within it smaller drops of its liquid crystal phase which show up in polarized light on the left. The liquid crystal droplets act as “micro-reactors" where short DNA can join together into long polymer chains without the aid of biological mechanisms. Image courtesy Noel Clark, University of Colorado

* "Mars has belts of glaciers consisting of frozen water" (2015-04-07, University of Copenhagen) [https://archive.today/c5gx2]
Mars distinct polar ice caps, but Mars also has belts of glaciers at its central latitudes – between the blue lines, in both the southern and northern hemispheres. A thick layer of dust covers the glaciers, so they appear as the surface of the ground, but radar measurements show that there are glaciers composed of frozen water underneath the dust. (Credit: Mars Digital Image Model, NASA/Nanna Karlsson)

* "Aliens Are Probably Huge 650-Pound Creatures, Scientist Says" (2015-04-06, sputniknews.com) [https://archive.today/6hnhm]

* "Was 19th Century apewoman a yeti? 6ft 6in Russian serf who could outrun a horse was 'not human', according to DNA tests" (2015-04-04, dailymail.co.uk) [https://archive.today/WBNdY]
* "DNA Evidence Suggests Captured Russian Ape Woman Might Have been Subspecies of Modern Human" (2015-04-07, ancient-origins.net) [https://archive.today/YfUnn]
* "Zana the Ape-Woman: or, Bryan Sykes the Incompetent" (2015-04-06, scienceblogs.com) [https://archive.today/EzOXP]
* "Zana Was 100% Sub-Saharan African: Possibly A Slave!" (2013-11-01, cryptozoonews.com) [https://archive.today/YG7fm]

* "IS THERE AN OLDER CITY BELOW CUSCO PERU? RECENT EXCAVATIONS" (2014-10-18, hiddenhumanhistory.com) [https://archive.today/pY5QK]
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Peruvian Hairless Dogs at the Huaca Puciliana archaeological site in Lima, Peru.

* "Quicksilver trail: Liquid mercury could lead to king’s tomb in mysterious pre-Aztec city" (2015-04-25, rt.com) [https://archive.is/Ew6lO]

Subhashis Das‎ writes: "Once inside the Sudama Rock Cut cave of the Barabar Hills we were startled to find this amazing structure of an ancient Indian hut in stone. The polish and the craftsmanship is top class. Inside this "house" it is pitch dark and we found the the acoustics to be stunning. The Buddhist and the Ajivika monks chanted "Om Maney Padma Hum" inside. We did the same and were just amazed to find the echo lasting so long. The hemispherical ceiling of the room was perfectly and scientifically crafted to create the magic..." (photo: MegalithIndia.in)

* "The Socialists Who Think Revolution Will Come When the Aliens Get Here" (2015-09-16, vice.com) [https://archive.is/hUolX], more about their history [https://archive.is/7S2wZ]

* "The 400 million year old hammer" (2015-04-09, beforeitsnews.com) [https://archive.is/2NfWM]: According to studies of the Metallurgical Institute of Columbia the inside handle underwent the process of carbonization, the head of the hammer was built with an iron purity only achievable with modern-day technology. According to analysis, the head of the hammer consists of 97 pure iron, 2 percent chlorine and 1 percent sulfur. Surprisingly researchers also found that the iron had undergone a process of purification and hardening, typical of metallurgy of the twentieth century.

* The Aiud Object debunked [https://archive.is/A5l5o] [https://archive.is/mbmRk], or, did Ancient Aliens wear hardhats? Investigators of the artifact repeat the claim that experts dated the millimeter layer of oxidation and dirt and found that it was 400 years old, which, considering that the artifact is modern, may lend credence to the idea that archaeological dating methods are flawed...

* " ‘Temple of Poseidon’ found in Bulgaria’s Sozopol" (2012-12-16, sofiaglobe.com) [https://archive.is/1IxoM]

* "Bat-winged dinosaur discovery poses flight puzzle" (2015-04-24, nature.com) [https://archive.is/UbvWD]
* "Fossil of tiny, winged dinosaur, found in China, puzzles experts" (2015-05-01, sfgate.com) [https://archive.is/yIPz3]