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A CMS is a Content Management System that allows the owner of a Web Site to have an easy way to update the content on a website without requiring any programming knowledge. In order to setup a CMS, you must have a few things in place as well as the knowledge to setup and manage these things:

1. Have a Web Host
2. Create a database on a Web Server
3. Have a domian (www.yourdomainname.com)
4. Upload a website software platform to your web server or advanced programming knowledge to create your own
5. Knowledge of HTML and the programming language for your CMS in order to Customize the site

WordPress is the most popular CMS and is a Blogging platform with a large user and development community. The benefit of a larger community is that many Plugins, Themes and Extensions are built for the application and bugs are worked out quickly making it a more stable platform.

What is time to you? I mean what does TIME really do for you? Time is nothing but a moment in space, someone that is traumatized or can’t let go of something can have years and years of “time” go by but still be stuck as if it happened yesterday. Time doesn’t heal all wounds, don’t buy into that either, what heals all wounds is the inner strength an individual has to accept the now and move on. So basically acceptance heals all wounds. Things work out best for people who make the best out of situations in life. What has time done for you? It really isn’t about time, it is about accepting your life the way it is and continuing to keep on pressing day by day to make it better! I still feel that time does aid in the healing process, but now I have a better grasp on the concept of “moving on” and “letting go”. I think that I have been able to let go because I accept my life for what it is now and I have the strength to move on and a love for life.

Part 1

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRIlW2uqRVs

Part 2

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh8lXOL3l7Q

The Matrix was a great trilogy and the Animatrix was a great concept to use Japanese animation to illustrate other areas of the story. The first Renaissance in the Animatrix talks about how man created machine and put part of himself into his own creation. It is basically the same concept as the movie “IRobot”. The second Renaissance talks about basically the same thing that the movie “Artifical Intelligence” or “AI” talks about and it is also the same plot in “The Terminator” movies. The computers start to think for themselves and rebel.

I think about the future of technology and where we are going as a species and I believe that the future in transportation will be using ducted fan technology to create flying vehicles that can sustain speeds of up to 375 mph at an altitude of 10,000 feet. The vehicle already exists in it’s prototype form and it is here in California and being developed as you read this blog. Moeller Technologies has developed the skycar: The Moeller SkyCar

Click here to see it fly:

Moeller SkyCar Test Flight

Abundant, sustainable, renewable energy is also in it’s infancy but it has begun. Nuclear energy and Atomic power will be made more portable and safe as technology advances. Hydrogen, is currently being developed to be a portable energy source and will soon be powering your ipod, cell phone, or portable CD player. A New Jersey startup company has developed a hydrogen-powered fuel cell technology for portable devices that it’s promising can be as safe and even longer-lasting than today’s batteries.

Millennium Cell of Eatontown, N.J. has developed a proprietary process that uses sodium borohydride — a chemical synthesized from borax, a mineral commonly found in laundry detergents — to produce hydrogen.
It started when Sony created the Robot Dog AIBO.
http://www.sony.net/Products/aibo/
Now Sony has a Robot called QRIO. It can hear sound from different directions, can see colors, and it can avoid obstacles. Check it out:
http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/QRIO/
Honda has Robots that are being built in man’s own image. They are branding it on a global scale as the humanoid robot. Thier latest ads feature the Robots runing now instead of walking.
Check out Honda’s latest creation: http://world.honda.com/ASIMO/

Here is something interesting, James McLurkin has a novel party trick - he can coax 20 small autonomous wheeled robots to form herds, disperse again, wheel in neat circles, sing a harmonic rendition of the theme from Star Wars, and automatically recharge from a power station.

McLurkin, a postgraduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is trying to design robots that will work together and make collective decisions. If he succeeds, swarms of robots could one day be put to work in the home, in space and by the military. “A swarm or a team can collaborate to overcome what a single robot might not be able to do,” explains Paolo Gaudiano, who works on swarms at Icosystem in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Soon teams of up to 40 robots could be employed as border security guards and outside airports. Swarms of robots that can think together and work as a team, hmmm sounds like a great idea huh? So now we can have an army of Robots that can think for itself, is this a good thing or a bad thing?

And so it begins, the Robots can see through video cameras, they can hear through stereo microphones, the can walk and now they can run, and they can also form an army through swarms of robots that can think for them selves and act collectively as one unit, until one day our deepest fears become realized, when they learn how to kill. The US army has already developed a killing robot, currently they require a human to control the robot which is no more than 2 feet tall but has a .45 caliber gun mounted on it and they are using it in Iraq. How long will it be before they teach the robot to kill without the use of a human operator. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Prepare for the coming of the first Renaissance.

I am working on a Mixed Martial Arts book and my friends will hopefully give me some feedback here. Last year I started writing a book on Mixed Martial Arts Training and I am going to be sharing some of my writings throughout the year but I figured this is the time of year that everyone is setting new goals and fitness is always high on everyone’s list.

What makes my teachings and techniques different? I try to think outside the box and I incorporate things I have learned from various teachers, masters, and other students that I have trained with. I also am very focused on the Mental aspect of Martial Arts and address this thru teachings brought by Tibetan Buddhism. I also explore the strengthens and weaknesses of every system based on my observations.

One of the biggest challenges comes from dealing with various Masters. By virtue of the word itself, there is an ego that embodies Martial Arts where for centuries Masters, Students and Teachers have fought to proclaim which art is superior. My philosophy is basically who cares which style is the best, better to know as much as possible about all of them and be prepared for anything.

If there is one art form that I have favored it would be Jeet Kun Do. This is the art form that Bruce Lee developed and originated and I use a hybrid of his original logo on my Myspace profile background. His art form is formless and is based on a Buddhism concept of constantly filling a glass with water and emptying it “casting off what is useless”.

I will be posting things here periodically to help people on this journey to achieve physical and mental fitness. Remember to not only focus on the body but also the mind, one cannot succeed without the other. Also to my friends that are smokers and drinkers, please support me and know that if you don’t see me as much as you used to, your influence is harmful and even though I love ya I gotta keep you at arms length until I am strong enough! Please feel free to email me any questions anytime…

Helping one another to awaken is surely the nature of spiritual friendship - Mahal Torres

Even though I am a CHRISTIAN and I go to CrossWinds Church, I believe in Tibetan Buddhism and I have a similar philosophy on religion like the one I have on Mixed Martial Arts. “Take what is useful, cast off what is not” and I believe that prayer and meditation are two different things that can complement each other in wondrous ways. I have had “Debates” with many of my friends about my religious beliefs some Christians that think I am crazy and can only believe in Jesus Christ as our lord and savior. Why do I have to choose?

I believe that the Dali Lama is a holy person and that the Pope is an enlightened being and that the two can co-exist. When asked what is your religion the Dali Lama replied simply “My religion is kindness”.

Below is a quote regarding Buddhism as a religion from one of the smartest humans in the 20th century:

The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend personal God and avoid dogma and theology. Covering both the natural and the spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things natural and spiritual as a meaningful unity. Buddhism answers this description. If there is any religion that could cope with modern scientific needs it would be Buddhism. - Albert Einstein (Greatest scientist of the last century)

As the Buddha said:

We are what we think.
All that we are arises with our thoughts.
With our thoughts we make the world.
Speak or act with an impure mind,
and trouble will follow you
As the wheel follows the ox that draws the cart.

We are what we think.
All that we are arises with our thoughts.
With our thoughts we make the world,
Speak or act with a pure mind
And happiness will follow you
As your shadow, unshakable.

January 8th, 2008, I worked out with the guy that has been training my best friend Cory for the last few years, Sifu Zhong Luo.

Through life I have learned to humble myself. Sifu asked me if I had any previous martial arts training so I told him about my Wing Chun training. He began to immediately down play it’s effectiveness, and if I hadn’t been deligently practicing Tibetan Buddhism at the time, I probably would have walked out of his school. In martial arts many people have egos and are closed minded to other systems. He began saying how ineffective the Wing Chun system is and presented specific references to Wing Chun that made sense and he pointed out many limitations to the style, which I have observed myself. I respect Sifu Zhong too much to disagree or try to defend Wing Chun and he also had specific knowledge about Grandmaster Yip Man (The man who taught Bruce Lee Wing Chun) that made me realize that he new what he was talking about. Sifu Zhong then also praised Bruce Lee as a genius, which if you have read my previous blog, you know how I feel about Bruce. Sifu Zhong admited that he has trained in many different styles and has taken what is useful from different systems and created his own practical style expanding on his lineage in Long Ying (Dragon Style) Bak Mei (White Eyebrow) heritage that was passed on to him by his father Grandmaster Mai Qiang. See his page on the various styles he teaches: http://undergroundkungfu.com/styles.php

Sifu Zhong Luo is not the first Sifu to tell me that his style and Martial Art is superior, but he is the first to give me actual references in Chinese History that cannot be disputed. Bak Mei was the art that destroyed all other Martial Arts Systems Sifu was also the first Sifu to admit that he is willing to incorporate anything new as long as it is effective. This is the third time I have been to his school and I am a believer in his ability. I have never seen someone that has his combination of strength, speed, and skill. This was the night I found my new teacher, and I believe he definitely has a lifetime of lessons to teach me how to be a better Mixed Martial Arts fighter.