A Joke About Noah's Second Ark And The Real Noah's 2nd Ark

From the net, By Anonymous: "In the year 2004, the Lord came unto Noah, who was now living in the United States, and said, "Once again, the planet has become wicked and over-populated and I see the end of all flesh before me. Build another Ark and save two of every living thing along with a few good humans."

He gave Noah the blueprints, saying, "You have six months to build the Ark before I will start the ceaseless rain for 40 days and 40 nights".

Six months later, the Lord looked down and saw Noah weeping in his yard, but no ark.

Noah", He roared, "I'm about to start the rain! Where is the Ark?"

"Forgive me, Lord," begged Noah. "But things have changed. I needed a building permit. I've been arguing with the inspector about the need for a sprinkler system. My neighbors claim that I've violated the neighborhood zoning laws by building the Ark in my yard and exceeding the height limitations.

We had to go to the Development Appeal Board for a decision. Then the Department of Transportation demanded a bond be posted for the future costs of moving power lines and other overhead obstructions, to clear the passage for the Ark's move to the sea. I argued that the sea would be coming to us, but they would hear nothing of it.

Getting the wood was another problem. There's a ban on cutting local trees in order to save the spotted owl. I tried to convince the environmentalists that I needed the wood to save the owls. But no go!

When I started gathering the animals, I got sued by an animal rights group. They insisted that I was confining wild animals against their will. As well, they argued the accommodation was too restrictive and it was cruel and inhumane to put so many animals in a confined space. Then the EPA ruled that I couldn't build the Ark until they'd conducted an environmental impact study on your proposed flood.

I'm still trying to resolve a complaint with the Human Rights Commission on how many minorities I'm supposed to hire for my building crew.Also, the trades unions say I can't use my sons. They insist I have to hire only Union workers with Ark-building experience.

To make matters worse, the IRS seized all my assets, claiming I'm trying to leave the country illegally with endangered species.

So, forgive me, Lord, but it would take at least ten years for me to finish this Ark.."

Suddenly, the skies cleared, the sun began to shine, and a rainbow stretched across the sky. Noah looked up in wonder and asked, "You mean, You're not going to destroy the world?".

"No," said the Lord. "The government beat me to it."

Hope you liked the joke and the fictitious Noah's Second Ark narration...

However, please note that there will really be a Noah's 2nd Ark - read The Coming of Noah's 2nd Ark available on Amazon. Click this link to know more.

This time God won't warn any Noah about the end of this world due to global warming and climate change. We'll have to watch the signs of large-scale disasters happening around the globe due to the atmospheric temperature rising alarmingly! But we may hope that God won't prevent us from building a second ark.

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The Coming of Noah's 2nd Ark - Next Gen Sc-fi Thriller

This sci-fi thriller available on Amazon and pothi.com covers a great topic- the global warming & climate change. By seeing the title, The Coming of Noah's 2nd Ark, I thought it's a religious book. However, the subtitle explained it. 

Everybody wants to see our mother Nature in awesome shape as long as we live here. But if we don't stop global warming, we'll have to face Noah's 2nd Ark - that's a clear message the book gives! 

If some set points in Earth's temperature map are crossed, then global warming may go beyond our control and there won't be a Plan B for survival! Climate change will then wreak havoc and it'll be the man-made apocalypse that'll be in store for the world. 

The way The Coming of Noah's 2nd Ark narrates the making of a lightspeed spacecraft looks so realistic - at times, we'll be confused whether it's fiction or a new invention! Similarly, time travel and hyperspace jumps are explained in a hitherto unheard of manner - innovative and thrilling. 

Another interesting point is the description of a new world order and the different alliance groups the Nations make in case of a global catastrophe. We haven't learned anything from the 2nd world war. 

After going through the book, Coming of Noah's 2nd Ark- Apocalypse & Hyperspace Jumping, we suddenly realize that it's not simple fiction, but it has some prophetic elements - and a touch of prediction of severe dangers lurking in the skies. let's try to prevent that situation coming on us because it'll be a never-ending nightmare! Now what to do to avoid it? Thankfully Noah's 2nd Ark has the answers too!  

The exciting space romance and a light-ray of hope give us immense relaxation amidst those lurking dangers. Never read a science fiction this passionate and thought-provoking.

How to Effectively Motivate Your Contractors or Temporary Field Staff

If you are a small business owner, this discussion will benefit you to improve the job proficiency of your contingent workforce, that is, the independent contract employees. The trick here is to motivate your temporary field staff or the contractors, so they give the maximum output and achieve the best results. 

Convince them the freedom and profitability possible through contract jobs. Tell them that it’s a great option to work for an already established company that guarantees their work, and also gives them great flexibility in choosing their task lists. If possible, give them the dream option of independently growing their business by owning your franchise. 

The following tips can bring out the best in your contractor:

Assessment and Feedback

Appreciate a job well done, and correct them when the expected standard is not obtained. Rather than bossing around or blaming abruptly, convince the person that the job can be done differently and in a better way. He or she will be happy to learn a new technology from a person with positive attitude. 

Create Trust and Motivate 

Show them that you care for them to build a good relationship.   For that good communication is essential. The staff members should feel that you have a genuine interest in their family, interests, and career plans etc. Invite them to social gatherings like team lunches, tea party and business seminars along with your own permanent employees. This will help to develop a bond and it’s highly likely that they may take up repeat work. 

Proper Briefing  

Some motivational speakers from your HR dept should first conduct a meeting with the contractors to highlight the importance of your company’s mission, your values, quality assurance, and how important you treat your customers. Your technicians can also share some trade job tips concerning your business services; may it be landscaping, plumbing, snow removal, HVAC and pest control etc. 

Set Expectations without Ambiguity 

After giving the briefing about your mission, clients, and work culture, you should provide the contractors with clear-cut instructions and information about the context of the particular task they are undertaking. Never assume things- as both the contractor and your company are new to each other, take time to educate them regarding the quality of work expected. Brief them clearly about your competency standards and how precisely you measure the quality of a task.   

Never Be Late to Pay Your Contractors 

Be transparent in paying the contractors. On time payments, even for tryouts, on par with industry standards is a must for contractor retention and goodwill.   

Remember, contractors can act as word of mouth marketing representatives for your small business. They can make or break your reputation in front of your customers. If your contractors continue to give poor output, it’ll eventually lead to unhappy customers and may affect your business reputation. 

With Best Compliments from The Coming of Noah's 2nd Ark - Sc-Fi novel on climate change and nuclear war currently available on Amazon.

The Coming of Noah's 2nd Ark- Apocalypse & Hyperspace Jumping

Science fiction SciFi story with a very practical and realistic approach to time travel, warp drive and the making of a light-speed spacecraft. It's at a time a warning and a prophecy.

It mainly covers the consequences of global warming & climate change. We should not allow global warming breaking all records and spoiling mother Nature and its biodiversity. 

This sci-fi thriller launched on Amazon Kindle, plus Amazon's CreateSpace and pothi.com (lowest price in India) print books gives the strong message that if we don't stop global warming, we'll have to face Noah's 2nd Ark. One of the most popular items in Amazon Kindle eBooks.

When atmospheric and Earth's surface temperatures crosses certain set points, then climate change will escalate beyond control. This will cause gigantic chain reactions and upset Earth's equilibrium. The result will be catastrophic and no science or technology will save us humans! It could turn out to be a man-made apocalypse.

When deeply involved in reading about the making of a lightspeed spacecraft, occasionally we wonder whether it's fiction or a new invention! Time travel, hyperspace jumping (warp drive) and space romancing are narrated in very new innovative and thrilling concept.

Political leaders will find interesting events in this sci-fi story where world countries form strategic alliance while they plan to attack certain Nations in the event of a 3rd world War!

The science fiction stories narrated in the novel, The Coming of Noah's 2nd Ark- Apocalypse & Hyperspace Jumping, have certain prophetic elements. There's the prediction of severe dangers lurking in the skies - those are not in the distant future, but very close by! 
We should anyhow avoid such a situation, that's the clear message. If we fail to prevent it, then it'll be a never ending nightmare! That's the  relevance of The Coming of Noah's 2nd Ark in today's world.

A science fiction this passionate and thought provoking has never been told!! It shows how science fiction can be utilised to create awareness on global warming, climate change and such serious problems affecting humanity as a whole.

Read a book review about this Amazon bestseller Amazon Kindle book by a notable author and journalist, currently serving in Canada. 

Global Warming & We

The Ganges will soon be reduced to a seasonal river…

Reports say the great river Ganges in India (Ganges to India is more or less like Nile to Egypt) is going to be reduced to a seasonal river because of the glacier melting effect on the Himalayas due to global warming! … Doesn't it ring a bell somewhere?

That is just one of many expected consequences that Global warming may force on our climate and ecosystem. The scientific studies have predicted more epidemics, coastal flooding, droughts, forest fires, disappearances of several species of plants and animals etc. - just to enumerate a few.

The Nobel winner world body of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), at its 43rd Session (Nairobi, Kenya, 11 - 13 April 2016),  decided to submit a Special Report in 2018 on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways. It’s aimed at strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, according to IPCC website.

IPCC’s report: "Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability," published in Brussels on 6 April 2007 summarised that a growing impact was happening to nature and the flora and fauna as Earth's temperature rose degree by degree.

The world's climate scientists have also reported unequivocally that the Earth's climate system is increasingly heating up. The high rate at which the Greenland ice cap (in the arctic region) is melting away triggering Earth quakes as pieces of ice several cubic kilometres in size break off is clear evidence (this is a first time happening in the history of Earth).

The heating effects are strongly visible in the melting of snow and ice, rising global mean sea level, widespread changes in precipitation amounts, ocean salinity and wind patterns. The overheating of Earth’s atmosphere is also responsible for aspects of extreme weather including droughts, heat waves and the intensity of tropical cyclones.

The Scientists caution that the effects of climate change are rampant throughout the World. A massive change is on the go across the globe and in Earth’s atmosphere, it is reported, that is affecting not nature alone, but the lives and homes of millions of people spread across different countries.

Devastating changes are noticed from the highest mountains to the world in the ocean bed and are steadily causing extinction for parts of Earth's rich biodiversity. As far as human beings are concerned, these alterations in climate are mostly hazardous to people who live near to sea shore and those who are already suffering from drought, flooding and poverty. Many of these effects had been known previously and the IPCC’s comprehensive report gathered together and analyzed hundreds of published research papers on the subject.

According to IPCC reports, temperatures are sure to rise faster in the next decades than they did during the same time span in the last half of the 20^th century and it will follow with catastrophic consequences.

The scientists and researchers are pinning the cause directly on pollution and human greenhouse gas emissions.

Is it too late to prevent these catastrophic effects on our future generations? If we show some real sense and willpower to take concrete steps, then we can reduce its impact on our lives…In fact, all the nations in the world will have to consolidate their actions towards preventing global warming and preservation of our environment.   

There are also individual contributions that everybody can do to reduce global warming, and thereby stop climate changes. Patrick Gonzalez, a Nature Conservancy climate scientist who worked for UN had remarked that climate change threatened natural communities and human well-being; each person could make a difference because one small positive act multiplied millions of times would produce immense benefits.

Patrick pointed out simple actions that all of us could take which collectively might greatly contribute for a better and greener Earth. His tips included: advocating teleconferences instead of flying, less use of automobiles, more usage of recycled and energy-saving products, planting more trees, using public transportation in and between cities etc.

Let’s use cleaner (bio-fuel is an option), more efficient vehicles and reduce driving: one gallon of gas burned creates 20 pounds of CO2. At all government levels, an efficient energy policy should be developed moving away from fossil fuels. We can replace light bulbs with low-voltage compact fluorescents and buy renewable energy, like wind and solar generated and also discipline ourselves with reduced use of air conditioners and room heaters.

 ....And start doing these things today itself!

If CO2 emissions can be reduced to a great extent, the IPCC report estimated, the atmosphere could be stabilized at a much lower level of greenhouse effect than it was forecast then. But, the bad effects of global warming will remain here for a very long time, the IPCC said, because of the inertia of the atmosphere and oceans and the hundred or more years of persistence of the greenhouse gases.

So let us first start from our own courtyard…our simple and determined efforts will surely inspire many others and collectively we can save our good Earth and ourselves!

Please remember that it’s a now-or-never type situation we are facing now.

So folks, wait not! Let’s do our part, START DOING it this very moment...
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Turn to the epics for ideas on cloning, regaining virginity or becoming an immortal

A great treasure trove of hypotheses exists in the Mahabharata and other epics from ancient Indian literature that may lead to mind boggling scientific discoveries.
 

Everybody remembers Dolly, the first sheep produced by cloning. Now it is an obsession among the scientists to go for human cloning, but as per the epics, even five thousand years ago there were human clones lived in ancient India! There were two ‘acharyas’ (teachers)- one was Kripacharya, son of sage Sharadwan and the other was Dronacharya, son of sage Bharadwaj – both  were born of one parent only (so it is cloning!), according to the Mahabharata epic.
 

It’s great to see the wonderful imaginations with a specific scientific edge emanated from people who lived more than thousands of years ago. The scientific researchers have to churn out the Ramayana and the Mahabharata epics with due reverence and then we will be surprised! The churning will deliver the ‘Amrita’ (Nectar), the panacea for all our health issues.

Just to enumerate a few points of importance from the epics, first let us consider the theory of immortality. There are already seven immortal beings described in the epics, who will live forever as long as the world lasts. They are Ashwatama, Mahabali, Veda Vyasa, Hanuman, Vibhishan, Kripacharya and Parasu Ram.

It will now be too immature to say but cloning could eventually lead to the creation of immortals in the near future by constantly replacing old cells and organs with new cloned ones!

Reflect for a while on the ‘Mritha Sanjeevani’ plant which had resuscitated Lakshmana, the brother of Lord Rama and also about the divine drink, ‘Amrita’ which was also supposed to impart immortality.

Another field of research is that of cosmetics and body care. The sage Parasara after having sexual intercourse with the girl named ‘Matsya Gandi’ (fish smelling) had changed her into ‘Kasturi Gandi’ (musk smelling) and also restored her virginity (even after giving birth to a child!)

Then there comes the queen, Panchali who got a boon from Lord Shiva that she would be able to keep her youthful vigour and beauty even though she had to live with five husbands!

Chew upon the story of the sex change operation done by ‘Thumburu Gandharva’ on Shikandini, the daughter of Panchala king wherein she had been converted into Shikandi, a male.

The examples of cloning, immortality, virginity and body care are just a few superficial ideas. There are many more things in the depths of the great epics which the scientific, social and medical experts should dig out, and then there may come many incredible discoveries that will solve all our modern-day health issues.

Importance of Social Media for SEO and Online Presence

SEO

Your website needs search engine optimization (SEO) in order to get topped in the search results when potential clients use keywords and look for the services provided by your company. The SEO guarantees enhanced visibility, brand awareness and online marketing success.  

Only the fittest survives in today’s competitive world of e-commerce and internet marketing. There will be thousands of companies similar to yours, providing the same services. To get attention, your website should be SEO friendly. Your company will get noticed only if it comes in the top 10 list of the search result page displayed by well known search engines such as the Google, Bing, Dogpile, Yahoo etc.  In order to survive and improve the business prospects, you should be ahead in your online presence and SEO is the key to achieve that goal.

The SEO provides a platform for companies and businesses to advertise and showcase their products and services to millions of users worldwide. A reputed and professional SEO provider can do wonders to your website to make it optimised for any search engines. Better SEO techniques can greatly improve the visibility of your website in the internet world through more incoming traffic.

The effective implementation of SEO improves your outlook and thus you’ll get the much needed exposure to a high percentage of internet users who make the purchases online. More consumer traffic to your website means more sales and so you need SEO for long-term business sustainability. 

Social Media Marketing

Because of the widespread popularity of social media among the common public today, any business can be greatly enhanced by active social media participation. SMM is a marketing strategy that is simply too important to ignore. Social networks are growing steadily and they are providing small businesses an opportunity to reach out to a bigger audience.

Our strategy is simple and straightforward, that is, identifying people who are interested in your business and located in the geographical region where your business has coverage, and then spreading the news about you into that relevant audience circle. Your followers will be steadily increased and many of them could become possible clients.

The daily posts and interactions with other social media users boost the business prospects of the company in front of its existing customers and future clients.

First, the social media accounts are created for the clients, including a professional profile, and then relevant posts are published on a daily basis, in addition to 1 or 2 blog articles/fortnightly.

One normally gets more responses from within the Google Plus circles, but sometimes greater engagement comes from extended circles also. This is important as Google+ activities increase search engine optimization of your website.

The result of the SMM activities can be measured through Google analytics or by any other software to calculate the traffic gained.