Sunday, July 6, 2014

More film ideas

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ON A SMALLER SCALE:  Schools, private persons, and other entities are welcome to write plays, short stories, books  and so on based on the ideas below.  They may do this free of charge, without any obligation to pay me anything, but if they do want to pay me something please do.

1)
BACKGROUND:
The following draws from content of "The Gospel of Matthew" by the famous biblical authority Rev William Barclay:
When we begin to examine we see that there is every reason for believing that Mark was the first of the gospels to be written and that Matthew and Luke are using Mark as a basis. Matthew and Luke "improve" on Mark:
Mark1:34: And He healed MANY...
Matthew8:16 ... and He healed ALL...
Luke 4:40: .. and He laid hand on EVERYONE.
Barclay says of Matthew that he is prepared to use any text at all that can be made to fit a prophecy, even though it originally had nothing to do with the question at hand.
Matthew quotes a prophecy, "He shall be called a Nazarene." In fact there is no such text in the Old Testament (Nazareth is not mentioned at all in the Old Testament). Some have suggested that Matthew was playing on the words of Isaiah 11:1, but no one can tell for sure.
Concerning the slaughter of children by Herod (Matthew 2:16-18), Matthew says that this is the fulfillment of the prophecy "A voice was heard in Rama, weeping and much lamenting..." (Jeremiah 31:15). Here Barclay says that the verse in Jeremiah has no connection with Herod's slaughter of the children and that the picture in Jeremiah is this: Jeremiah was picturing the people of Jerusalem being led away into into exile.
There are many more instances that can be cited.
MOVIE IDEA: In the movie people set out to find out if preachers and others have a tendency to copy Matthew. Do they tend to make up things? The investigators use a confidence interval program to try to determine this. Conftwoprop can be downloaded from 4shared.com and I think they check for viruses - check when you download. Anyone may use my ideas free. 

2) THE STATISTICIAN: A statistician called A Prober has been reading about Ivan Illich and his influence on development in countries. He decides to conduct a whole lot of statistical surveys to help people become aware of their social problems. He writes two computer programs: 1) A program that allows people to get an idea of the popularity of programs, politicians and so on (called Confidence). 2) A program that allows one to say if there is a significant difference of opinion between two groups (called Group Difference). Group Difference takes samples from two different groups of people. Prober now makes the statistics programs available to the general public and asks them to do statistical surveys. People find that it is easy to enter homes when they say they are doing surveys. They start surveying on the following topics:
1) Are couples more sexually satisfied with uncircumcised (intact) partners than with circumcised partners?
2) Evidence suggests that corporal punishment can cause a small amount of calcium to be deposited in the buttocks (see article 10 in the other post). Do people who have had corporal punishment experience a bad feeling in the buttocks and has does this interfere with the marriage or their sex life?
3) It has been said that prescription medication, such as tranquillisers can cause people to be less inhibited and that this can cause more violence, petty theft and so on (do they feel OK even when stealing, etc?)
4) I personally have heard a Muslim and a Christian arguing about who can be saved. The survey asks people of other religions (other than Christians) whether the preaching that only Christians can be saved annoys them.
5) School pupils take the computer programs to schools and survey their drug-taking friends then others to determine if there is a higher rate of failing of exams amongst drug users at their school.
Eventually the whole of US society becomes more aware of social issues.
NOTE THAT TWO SUCH FREE STATS PROGRAMS CAN BE DOWNLOADED VIA http://statshobby.blogspot.com/ (just do a Google seach for http://statshobby.blogspot.com/ )
Other statistical surveys for the film could concern these ideas:
Are people too dogmatic about their religion?
Should pot be legalised?
Should healthy eating be taught at all schools?
Should all jails be made farm jails where prisoners grow food?
Should cities grow food in the streets next to pavements?

6) Background: On 8 September 2014 I received the following email: "
Thank you for your correspondence of August 25, 2014, addressed to the Public Health Agency of Canada, regarding the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. 

I understand that you are interested in learning more alcohol-based products as a disinfectant for Ebola. 

Based on the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Interim Infection Prevention and Control Guidance for Care of Patients with Suspected or Confirmed Filovirus Haemorrhagic Fever in Health-Care Settings, with Focus on Ebola, located athttp://www.who.int/csr/resources/who-ipc-guidance-ebolafinal-09082014.pdf?ua=1, the WHO recommended hand wash formulation is 80% Ethanol (v/v) or 75% Isopropanol (v/v). This concentration is recommended to reduce the risks associated with flammable alcohol products. 

For environmental decontamination, which is detailed in annexes 5 and 6 of the same document, the WHO recommends using chlorine solutions for cleaning up spills of blood or body fluids by flooding the area with a 1:10 dilutions of 5.25% household bleach for 10 minutes for surfaces that can tolerate stronger bleach solutions (e.g., cement, metal). For surfaces that may corrode or discolour, the WHO recommends careful cleaning to remove visible stains followed by contact with a 1:100 dilution of 5.25% household bleach for more than 10 minutes." 
MOVIE IDEA. In conflict ridden Africa the Ebola virus is taking a huge toll. Hospitals have run out of disinfectant and the mission is to get the abovementioned disinfectants to hospitals via trucks and so on. Eventually, after a lot of trouble, the disinfectants arrive at some intended destinations.

7) BACKGROUND:  In some villages in West Africa disinfectants might be in short supply, so people might die of Ebola. However, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetic_acid says that Vinegar is roughly 4%-8% acetic acid by volume, making acetic acid the main component of vinegar apart from water. http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/lab-bio/res/psds-ftss/ebola-eng.php says that the Ebola virus is susceptible to 3% acetic acid (See SUSCEPTIBILITY TO DISINFECTANTS ) in the above. Could vinegar be used to cleanse hands and contaminated areas?
Another reference:http://www.kchealthcare.com/media/133353/k-c-ebola-precautions-brief-truscott-final.pdf
The effectiveness of sodium hypochlorite, which is used against the Ebola virus, is reduced by cellulose material such as paper towels and cotton cloths.
FILM IDEA: The Ebola virus is running rampant in Africa and people have left towns and cities to get away from the dead bodies and other people who are infected. One group of such people sets up a community that makes vinegar to disinfect areas and bodies. Another group has aquired sodium hypochlorite in the form of household bleach and each group makes money by selling their goods as disinfectant.
The vinegar group can keep on producing by using apples and so on to make the vinegar. The other group sells its sodium hypochlorite at a high price. The vinegar group also sells buckets and cellulose cloth material and advertises on buckets that "vinegar lasts longer." The vinegar group sell their buckets and cellulose material cloths close to the sodium hypochlorite group so that people buying the sodium chlorite and cellulose cloths find that the sodium chlorite is not so effective. The film also centres around life as people die of Ebola and how people, not displaying symptoms of Ebola yet (but who have the virus), join the groups.
8) ENERGY FILM MIDEA
 FILM IDEA: A businessman realises the potential in transporting gas, made in the UCG process, cheaply by means of a pipe network all over the United States. The technology is developed in Africa and especially South Africa where there is a lot of coal. In the film all the dealings and competition concerned with developing the pipe network first are shown. The US economy takes off as cheap energy is developed. Methanol is also produced from the UCG process and the "methanol economy" takes off. Methanol has the very important property that it is used for a fuel for fuel cells. In the film homes use methanol for heating purposes and for fuel cells to give their homes electricity.
The film shows, near the end, the world developing networks of pipes to transport coal energy, in the form of gas, cheaply. (Maybe there is an investment opportunity here for those of you who are entrepreneurs).

9) I am here in Port Elizabeth, South Africa and Muslims place adverts in the Weekend Post (local newspaper). People here have learned quite a lot and some of the information is surprising. For instance they have a reconciliatory approach to Christians even implying that Muslims will protect Christians.
See https://www.facebook.com/iacpe   I have found information so interesting that I suggest a documentary be made on Islam. Let me say that I am of Christian background, but believe all faiths could offer something. For instance the Muslims are good against alcohol and drugs (I do not smoke or drink at all), the Hindus are good on vegetarianism (I am a vegetarian) and the Buddhists seem good on pacifism. Also I received THE RELIGIONS BOOK recently (comparative religion type book) and am a novice so perhaps one should ask Muslims personally, but I read in this book about what the greatest sin in Islam is. The book says: " Islam is a monotheistic religion and one of its central tenets is TAWHID (literally 'oneness') the doctrine of divine unity. According to Muslim thought there is only one God, and he is single in nature, he is not a trinity, as Christians believe. The notion of TAWHID features widely in the Qur'an and forms the first part of Islam's central creed, the shahada: "There is no god but God". Conversely the doctrine of divine unity also forms THE BASIS FOR THE GREATEST SIN IN ISLAM, and one that is unforgivable, shirk, which is the violation of tawhid. Literally meaning "to share", the sin of shirk is committed when a partner is attributed to God. This is because it suggests either a belief in many gods, or a belief that God is less than perfect and therefore requires a partner." There is also some information on the various branches of Islam. Evidently the Shi'a Islam group hold that God may change his decisions (a concept called BADA'), whilst the Salafism group try to eliminate foreign influence in their interpretation and hold more literal beliefs. The book says that Salafism is said to be the fastest-growing movement worldwide. As I am no expert, it may be best to ask Muslims themselves about these concepts. Could it be that some Muslims regard violence as very Islamic in defending their faith, whilst others do not? Could presenters, for this reason, and politicians be mistaken, in part, when they say violence is not Islamic? Of course many Muslims are peaceful, but it might be similar to saying that stoning for adultery is not biblical. It is biblical, but is the bible always right if taken literally?
 For instance, on the 13 December, 2014 this appeared in an advert in the Weekend Post: "Satan's plan is but to cause enmity and hatred between you with intoxicants and gambling and hinder you from the remembrance of Almighty God, and from prayer. So will you not abstain?" Qur'an Ch5 (The Table Spread), v90-91.https://www.facebook.com/iacpe Now in South African newspapers deaths due to alcohol (road deaths, violence ....) and smoking (cancer, etc) are constantly reported. My question naturally arises: How do Muslims view religions that allow intoxicants? One Muslim I spoke to said that it was better in his country where they did not drink alcohol. In looking for material from different faiths for my Facebook page "RELIGION AGAINST DRUGS" I found that there is a fatwa against smoking - just Google search "ISLAM SMOKING" 
10)
IDEA TO LESSEN WAR:
Make a film like this: A chemist has invented a chemical (perhaps derived using oil) that dissolves the surface layer of windscreens of tanks, jet windows, etc, but does not harm humans to any great extent. It is used to stop fighters from seeing outside the tank, airplane, etc. It is effective against all optical devices made of plastic or glass. Bombs with the substance in cause a spray of the chemicals and cause a cessation of fighting. It stops drones spying, etc, and people wearing glasses cannot see as they mist up. (Note that hydrogen fluoride causes glass to mist up - dissolves silicates and silicon - but this new invention does not harm humans).
The chemist has formulated both a spray concotion and a gas concoction. The gas one is released near computer centres. I makes screens go misty and computer centres close down.
War communication ceases. And the opposing sides pack up their bags and leave for homes with misted up windows.

11) BACKGROUND: FAMILIES AND CRIME.There are many crime concerns.
On 23 March I received an email from https://www.ourhood.co.za saying that Ourhood was now active in Port Elizabeth Central. Ourhood is for people in a specific neighbourhood to come together for security and other affairs affecting that neighbourhood. While you are communicating on your computer Ourhood can tell where you are. So they might see (via sattelite?) that you are in Central and that you are trying to join Ourhood Central and it seems that on this basis they might register you without proof of address.
Another security tool - Yahoo Groups. In all my years of being on the Internet I have never found a quicker way of letting people in a group (say a Central group) know what is happening.
Example: People in Central join https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/AffairsPECentral/info (an existing group) and one of the group is robbed or has his house catch fire. He goes to the Yahoo group and sends a message. Now within 20 seconds or so all members in Central have the message in their email inbox and they start acting (calling a fire engine, looking outside to identify the robbers within seconds of the robbers having got out the door). If all people in that street are members the robbers will not have anywhere to go without being seen.
 FILM IDEA. Security along the lines above is implemented in a crime ridden area and the neighbourhood becomes peaceful again. The idea is then implemented in villages in remote regions where there are attacks by groups. Peace is restored in various countries.

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