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Negative Effects Caused by Money

Money

I continue to dwell on the negative effects money causes us personally and as a nation. As with my previous post about the Monetary System, I’m still in strong belief money has forced us to become over aggressive and keeping our minds off track much more important things like sustaining longer and healthier lives. Having no money causes different symptoms to different people, however one statement still applies to all – “In order to survive, one must possess some form of currency in the monetary system.” - Basically, no matter where you live, you will need money to a certain extent due to our continuous efforts to build our nation around money.

Money has long since existed, just in many different forms to how we see it now. According to Wikipedia, currency started being used as early as 3000 BC, using specific amounts of barley in a metric measurement such as silver, bronze, copper etc would be used later on. Then it was reported the Lydians became the first to introduce the use of Gold and Silver in a coin form. From there it became known the first stamped coins were minted around 650-600BC. If true wisdom does exist, it would not come from one man, it would be from history and how we’ve learnt not to make the same mistakes again, or have we? Have we forgotten how many wars money has caused, how many people have been killed? Not to mention time wasted squalling over money rather then focusing on the growth of humanity.

My father once told me, “Andrew, I’ve tossed money back & forth so many times, its better with, than without.” and the way the world is growing, this statement is not only valid at present but will be for many, many years. People say money doesn’t bring happiness nor wealth within, however many fail to realise our world is constantly moving and following the path of money, so in order to gain access to needed things like food, shelter and clothing, you need money and then from there, you can build up within yourself and not focus on negatives like your bad financial status.

You still believe you don’t need money for happiness? Picture this, you and your partner are taking a walk along the river, there is an ice cream truck and you make your way to the board. You want to buy two big ice creams, one for your partner and one for yourself, it’s a beautiful day and it will taste divine so you take your wallet out and open it – BAM, empty. How would you feel? Not only embarrassed but also ashamed of yourself, not able to provide something so simple. This will be stored in your sub-conscience and over time will dampen your confidence.  Now this maybe a simple story however it’s critical to understand money can and will bring you happiness, if managed and used correctly.

Money is important and is a nesscceity but don’t let it run your life, make it work for you. To make money work for you, you need to know the process of ‘time leverage’, I will discuss this at a later date. Once you have a few simple steps on how to manage money, you’ll feel better, your partner will feel better and you’ll be more happy! Stay positive and keep strong.

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Importance of Personal Development

Personal Development

As we go through life, we are always learning, gaining new knowledge and experimenting with new experiences, though unfortunately some don’t realise or understand the potential of our minds. Many curse their lives because they are dull, non-stimulative and always wonder why they can’t get that promotion or attractive partner – well, I can only sum it down to two important words:
Personal Development

Successful people always regard personal development (PD for short) in high regard, yet we still disregard it, why? Well that’s pretty simple to answer. We grow up in a society that has such a strong emphasis on education, we forget that we’ve learnt from ourselves for many, many thousands of years previously, and that’s where the true knowledge and power lies, within ourselves – we don’t get taught this, only ‘what they want us to learn’. The more we experience, the more we absorb and hopefully the more we learn; you can learn anything, it’s a matter of using it to YOUR advantage, not someone else’s.

There are many books on personal development and how it can help you grow your mind, think clearer and produce more innovative ideas, however until you have the urge to experiment with your mind and allow it to develop into something much more, I’m not sure if you’d go ahead and read a book or two.

As our actions come from thoughts and them from deep inner feelings, we need to have the urgency inside ourselves in order to make a action. If you’re in financial trouble and I said to you, “You can become wealthier just by reading a few books” – would you be interested? Of course, because money can bring a lot of new and exciting feelings, not to mention safety and necessitates like food and shelter. But until we have a wiliness to change, be open to new things, we will still work that job 9-5, pay our bills on time and feed the animals at 5pm every night.

However I could ramble on for hours discussing the importance of personal development but I would assume once you leave my website, this will be already lost into your sub-conscience until it’s required for a particular moment in your life, and it will be that day, you’ll realise you’ve been given a chance to succeed.

“Our moral responsibility is not to stop the future, but to shape it… to channel our destiny in humane directions and to try to ease the trauma of transition.”
- Alvin Toffler
(courtesy of squarewheels.com – http://www.squarewheels.com/content/persgrowthquotes.html)

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Throw Shoes at President Bush

After the recent incident of an Iraqi Journalist throwing shoes at President Bush last Monday, 15th of December, a developer by the name of PopJam released a funny interactive game titled “Sock and Awe!”. The aim of the game is to throw as many shows at President Bush within the specified time limit, using your mouse to move the shoe left and right and clicking to throw.

It’s a very quick game and really is just a novelty type of thing, you wouldn’t play it for hours unless you felt some ridicioulous desire to haha. You can play the game by visiting the website below:

Sock and Awehttp://www.sockandawe.com

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Many Protest over Australian Web Filter

Fathers 4 Justice – f4joz.com (F4J) has shown an interesting article from News.com.au regarding the new proposed Australian Internet Web Filter, which simply put, will strip the last source of freedom from people and with reduced speeds of up to 25%. I’ll make it easy, just think of your web page loading a few more seconds later or your downloads a few more minutes later…now times that by a few thousand times you load a website or download a song, starting to add up now? Not to mention, if the government takes control of our web, then they can deliberately block websites to their own advantage – scary stuff hey?

The ACMA (Australian Communications and Media Authority) also noted that web filtering software blocked the wrong content up to 25 per cent in most studies. Think of your local community centre or a blog about gardening could just get blocked, for absolutely no reason. Sure, there is some “nasty” stuff out there and for that, you need the right anti-virus and anti-spyware protection, however forcing you not to see websites is a restriction, a restriction that should not be put in place!

There were hundreds of people who attended protests in capital cities around Australia on Saturday, 13th of December, voicing their opinion on the above proposed internet filtering scheme by Kevin Rudd.

I’m far higher than politics and don’t wish to be involved in any shape or form, however Mr. Rudd seems to be doing a good service so far, however if this goes ahead, he will no longer have my support – that’s a promise… and you can take that to the bank with interest on top!

Full article on Fathers 4 Justice Australia:

http://www.f4joz.com/news/newspage.php?yr=8&id=10291

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Reverse Mortgages

Some Important Reverse Mortgage Information

Reverse mortgage loans were introduced in the United States in 1989. Since then, almost 20,000 seniors in the country have acquired reverse mortgage loans. This article would give you some important reverse mortgage information.

Reverse mortgages are also termed as home equity conversion mortgages. In case of a reverse mortgage, home owners are able to keep the ownership of their houses and at the same time, receive a lump sum payment, or in some instances, a monthly payment from the lender. If the home owners shift to another place or expire, ownership of the house is obtained by the lender unless the elderly borrowers or their inheritors repay the loan. The home owners also have the option of selling the house and use the sale proceeds to pay off the lender.

Obviously, reverse mortgages are not meant for everybody. They might turn out to be expensive and a senior home owner might only find out 30%-80% of his home’s value with a reverse mortgage. The service charges and closing costs related to a reverse mortgage may vary from 20 dollars to 30 dollars every month. Some reverse mortgages bear adjustable interest rates and some fixed interest rates. Reverse mortgages are offered to you in various forms. You can get reverse mortgage information from different websites including FHA (Federal Housing Administration) and HUD (Department of Housing and Urban Development).

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Google Sorts 1 Petabyte in 6 Hours

Google, the largest search engine in the world, revealed on the 29th of November they managed to move and sort 1 petabyte of data (1024 terabytes) to over 48,000 hard drives in just 6 hours and 2 minutes. Breaking it down, that’s 1 terabyte of data (1024 gigabytes) in 68 seconds, crushing the previous record of 1 terabyte across 910 computers in 209 seconds.

So with so much data being moved, so quickly, there is always a chance of something not going right and in this case, Google  was on the ball. They have triple redundancy, keeping the possibility open that something could happen, fortunately, nothing did. Though you may ask, with triple redundancy, would’ve this slowed things down? Not really, since storing may not be part of the sorting algorithm that was recorded (and storing the data could have still been ongoing after the sort had been completed). Though this is purely speculation as we’re unsure of Google’s full play.

Though all this was a milestone for the technology world, demonstrating how effective our technology is becoming and how quick things can be moved with the right hardware and knowledge. Google did push the boundaries for various reasons with the main one being to help further our knowledge to create better systems to make things like these seem small in the future.

Written based on: http://www.web-app.net/?Google_Breaks_Speed_Record_Sorting_1PB_Data_In_6_hours_%2F&action=viewnews&id=43

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Monetary System & Zeitgeist

Money, money, money, that’s all we think about and unfortunately, what we need to think about. In modern life, money controls almost every aspect of our day to day lives and influences people to do unthinkable things for a range of reasons.

Greed

People believe greed is a one of the fundamental components that we’re born with, however it’s actually derived from a true fundamental component, the need to advance. This component can also be referred to as “wanting more”. Though, this can get out of control by the mind being exposed to too many things in a very short period of time. In order to utilise this component effectively, you need to take control and allow yourself only to be ‘greedy’ when it’s needed and not lay your cards on false hope like gambling.

Survival

The second fundamental component is survival which is important for many reasons, allowing your mind and body to succeed it’s limits in order to survive. This however can be exploited and can send the mind over the edge with a chance of not being able to recover to full capacity. In order to survive we need food, water, shelter and love and unfortunately, all of this needs money, that’s right love too. You can live on a farm, grow your own crop and bread your own animals but unless you’ve grown up with that behind you, city folk would find it very traumatising – like myself. When people lose a lot of money or are constantly losing money with no signs of recovering, their mind automatically switches onto survival mode which then invokes unspeakable actions  in order to survive. At this point, you need family and friends around you, guiding you and taking off some of the pressure, reducing your mind from critical to caution and allowing you to think logically, not instinctually.

Power

All reasons are usually equally the same, however money has radically driven people for the sense of power and control, typically a fundamental component of a man. Women also crave the sense of power and control though their methods are obtained differently then those of a man, traditionally speaking. The following is a quote by me and if you feel it’s right in nature, then feel free to use it with my name attached.

“In order for one to feel safe, one must feel in control, being able to change any variable as he or she needs to protect the mind, body and soul from harm.”
- Andrew Knight

Power is used for good and evil and has formed many alliances and crushed others. Without power, our economy could easily fall apart with havoc wrecking all over the world. I personally believe we are all equal though I also agree with the statement “There’s leaders and there’s followers” – though take it one step further and think again, maybe that’s just how we’ve been ‘taught’, just like growing up in the monetary system, taught to believe…the deeper it gets, the more interesting I say.

So how does money give power to someone? Well it’s simple. Money controls the world, the more you have, the more services and products are available, which in turn makes your life easier and allows you to control others much easier. Many to this day will still turn their head if they got paid to, people have families and mouths to feed, they’re not worried about someone being shot who they don’t know…

There are of course other reasons where I could spend days talking about, though simply understanding the basics is all you need. To realise how different things could be if we didn’t have money, if we were brought up in a world full of creation and technological advancement to help better everyone, not just the people with money. To put more focus on rebuilding the earth and keeping families together, rather than ripping them apart.

I was inspired to write this article for several reasons. Firstly I have a love for money, even though I wish for a better world, I understand money is key in this lifetime. Secondly watching Zeitgeist, a film my dad mentioned to me which goes on to explain about the monetary system, our national debt, how we accumulate more debt, how money controls our lives and so on. Also included in Zeitgeist is The Venus Project, a project that has envisioned a redesign of our current culture, into something much more healthy and sustainable – with no money attached. I don’t want to spoil it for you, I would recommend you watch this documentary about our current life and let your mind open up to new possibilities.

You can download Zeitgeist by using one of the following options -

Note: This movie is free and is encouraged to be distributed everywhere in any format. If you don’t know how to download, contact me and we can go from there.

Movie Website: (To order a CD/DVD)
http://zeitgeistmovie.com

Torrent:
http://sector.yweb.sk/Zeitgeist.Addendum.DVDRip.XviD.torrent

RapidShare.com:
http://rapidshare.com/files/163450691/z-zg.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/163451161/z-zg.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/163451733/z-zg.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/163488997/z-zg.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/163454333/z-zg.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/163454523/z-zg.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/163488996/z-zg.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/163489005/z-zg.part8.rar

Megashare:
http://d01.megashares.com/?d01=63031cb

Zeitgeist Official Website: http://thezeitgeistmovement.com
Venus Project Official Website: http://www.thevenusproject.com

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