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NOVA: Human Building Empires and the Urantia Perspective on Göbekli Tepe

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The Urantia Corps for Spiritual Progress (UCSP) today announced its response to PBS NOVA’s new series Human—and the finale episode, Building Empires, presented by paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi—arguing that recent 2025 discoveries from Türkiye’s Taş Tepeler (“Stone Hills”) region invite a wider dialogue about the spiritual-cultural forces behind the rise of civilization.

After the first discovery of the 11,500-year-old temple at Göbekli Tepe, scientists were astounded because by their estimation, this was a time when all of mankind was still at the hunter-gatherer stage of civilizational development. The remnants of houses have now been discovered in the vicinity complete with grinding stones, and yet, Al-Sharmahi insists this must have been for “wild wheat,” as agriculture is not in evidence yet anywhere in the world at that time.

The Urantia Corps for Spiritual Progress humbly suggests that agriculture had spread from the Second Garden of Adam and Eve located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers beginning around 38,000 years ago and had spread throughout the fertile crescent some 20,000 years before the building of Göbekli Tepe. Urantia Book readers confidently predict that evidence of widespread agriculture at this early date will eventually be found.

Author JJ Johnson writes:” Could it be that Göbekli Tepe is a remnant of that influence, a place where people gathered to connect with the spiritual and cultural legacy of the Adamites? Maybe they came together here, drawn by a sense of purpose or higher calling, and built something magnificent to reflect that inner drive. If so, it’s no wonder this site doesn’t resemble the typical hunter-gatherer or early farming settlements we’d expect—it’s a reflection of something entirely different.”[1]

“Certainly, these people were expressing a unique cultural identity, and what seems to be the spectacular rise of Sumer, may actually be the remnant of a much more ancient culture,” said Rebecca Bynum, founder of UCSP.  “The Urantia book describes both climactic and population pressure on the fertile crescent, which was eventually overrun and conquered by barbaric horsemen from the east – a theme that recurred in historic times with the Mongols and the Huns. This is why, we believe, the temple was deliberately buried before the final migration of the inhabitants around 8,000 years ago, as they were pushed into Europe, Asia, the Greek Isles and Egypt, carrying the seeds of civilization with them as they went.”

Graham Hancock famously postulates that a global catastrophe destroyed the more advanced earlier civilization, and although the Urantia Book describes numerous catastrophes in our ancient past, both natural and man-made, it does not support Hancock’s Younger Dryas impact theory. Rather, The Urantia Book explains that civilization did not proceed in world-wide lock-step from stone-age to iron-age to bronze. Even today, there are remnants of stone-age cultures in isolated pockets on the planet. In the past, civilization developed in certain areas and then spread with the people as they moved. Historical civilizational centers flourished first in Mesopotamia, then Egypt, Greece, and finally Western Europe due to the movement of human beings.

In short, the advancement of civilization has never been a foregone conclusion; it proceeds in fits and starts in different areas at different times, and spiritual progress, though overlooked by modern science, is a core requirement for civilizational development. Recent archaeological discoveries from 2025, including new structural findings and material evidence at Göbekli Tepe, increasingly affirm the Urantia Book’s perspective on early human society and its spiritual-cultural dimensions. This evidence invites a richer understanding that integrates cutting-edge science with ancient spiritual revelation, making the Urantia narrative both compelling and credible in light of modern research.


[1] JJ Johnson, Exploring the Urantia Revelation: Bridging Science and Spirit with the Truth of Reality, Skyhorse, 2025, p. 47

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CZUR StarryHub Announces New Website to Showcase Its Meeting Hub Solutions

New York USACZUR, a technology company specializing in smart office solutions, has announced the launch of its dedicated StarryHub website, providing a central resource for businesses exploring its meeting-room collaboration technology. The website introduces the StarryHub Core Series, a range of meeting hubs designed to simplify video conferencing, wireless content sharing, and hybrid collaboration. Visitors can explore […]

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CZUR, a technology company specializing in smart office solutions, has announced the launch of its dedicated StarryHub website, providing a central resource for businesses exploring its meeting-room collaboration technology.

The website introduces the StarryHub Core Series, a range of meeting hubs designed to simplify video conferencing, wireless content sharing, and hybrid collaboration. Visitors can explore product capabilities, compare available models, review technical specifications, and access official information to evaluate solutions for meeting spaces of different sizes.

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Addressing Common Meeting-Room Challenges

As organizations continue to support in-person and remote collaboration, meeting-room technology often involves multiple devices, complicated connections, and varying audio and video requirements.

Traditional setups may require separate cameras, microphones, speakers, computers, and display equipment, creating additional installation and management considerations for IT teams.

The StarryHub Core Series addresses these challenges by combining essential conferencing components into a single meeting hub. Designed to connect with an existing HDMI-compatible television, monitor, or projector, the system allows businesses to upgrade their meeting rooms without necessarily replacing their current display equipment.

Introducing the StarryHub Core Series

The StarryHub Core Series integrates video conferencing cameras, microphones, speakers, wireless screen sharing, and meeting software into compact meeting-room devices.

Powered by the built-in StarryOS 6.0 operating system, the hubs support conferencing applications including Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet. Users can launch and manage supported meetings directly through the device or connect their computers when needed.

The series offers two primary operating modes:

Host Mode: Enables users to conduct meetings through the hub’s built-in operating system without requiring a dedicated computer. This approach can simplify routine conferencing and reduce dependence on separate room PCs.

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Bring Your Own Meeting (BYOM) Mode: Allows participants to connect a compatible laptop and use the hub’s conferencing peripherals with their preferred meeting software. This provides flexibility for organizations using different collaboration platforms.

Both modes require an external HDMI-compatible display to present meeting content to participants.

The Core Series includes three models designed for different meeting environments:

StarryHub Core20 : For Small Meeting Rooms

Designed for huddle spaces and smaller teams, Core20 combines a 4K wide-angle camera, 360-degree audio pickup, wireless screen sharing, and built-in conferencing capabilities. It provides a compact option for businesses seeking to introduce hybrid meeting functionality into smaller spaces.

StarryHub Core30: For Medium-Sized Conference Rooms

Core30 adds a dual-camera system featuring wide-angle and telephoto views, alongside AI-assisted speaker tracking and extended audio pickup. Its wireless casting and dual-display capabilities support presentations and collaboration in standard conference rooms.

StarryHub Core50: For Larger Meeting Rooms and Boardrooms

Core50 is designed for larger meeting environments requiring more advanced collaboration controls. It features dual 4K cameras, extended audio coverage, and an integrated touchscreen for meeting management, whiteboarding, and annotation. The touchscreen functions as a control and collaboration interface, while external HDMI displays present meeting content.

Across the series, features such as AI-assisted framing, noise reduction, and wireless content sharing aim to improve meeting accessibility and reduce setup complexity.starryhub.czur.com

CZUR’s approach to meeting-room technology emphasizes simplicity, flexibility, and the ability to work with existing office infrastructure.

Kang Zhou, Founder and CEO of CZUR, has previously emphasized the company’s vision of using artificial intelligence and integrated hardware and software to simplify workplace technology.

This philosophy is reflected in the StarryHub Core Series, which aims to make advanced conferencing capabilities more accessible while minimizing unnecessary equipment and complex installation requirements.

By offering different models and operating modes, CZUR seeks to accommodate the evolving collaboration needs of businesses and organizations.

Explore the New StarryHub Website

Businesses, IT professionals, and technology buyers can visitstarryhub.czur.com to explore the Core Series, compare models, review specifications, and contact the StarryHub team for additional information.

About CZUR

CZUR is a technology company focused on developing smart office and digital productivity solutions. Known for its book scanners, document scanners, and imaging technologies, the company has expanded its portfolio into intelligent meeting-room collaboration.

StarryHub is CZUR’s meeting-room collaboration product line, combining conferencing hardware, software, and AI-assisted capabilities to support modern workplace communication.

For more information, visitwww.czur.com.

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Hire Virtue Introduces Adult Literacy and Employment Readiness Initiative

The Woodlands, TXThe Light & Literacy Bridge by Leslea Scott would help Texas adults strengthen reading skills and prepare for meaningful work.

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The Light & Literacy Bridge by Leslea Scott would help Texas adults strengthen reading skills and prepare for meaningful work.

Hire Virtue LLC is introducing the concept for The Light & Literacy Bridge by Leslea Scott, a proposed adult literacy and employment readiness initiative that the firm intends to sponsor. The initiative would support Texas adults seeking greater confidence in reading, writing, everyday communication, and the practical skills involved in finding and navigating employment.

Engineered by Leslea Scott, President & Chief Talent Officer of Hire Virtue LLC, the concept connects adult literacy instruction with useful workplace and job search activities. The proposed program would help participants understand job postings, complete applications, organize their work history, prepare for interviews, use basic digital tools, and interpret workplace information.

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The initial program design calls for a small, 12-week pilot combining instruction from a qualified adult literacy educator with guided practice and career preparation. Individual learning goals would recognize each participant’s existing strengths, experience, and priorities. Hire Virtue’s proposed contribution includes career guidance, recruiting expertise, and community and employer relationship development.

The Light & Literacy Bridge is grounded in the belief that adults deserve learning opportunities that preserve their dignity and recognize their potential. Its faith-rooted purpose would be expressed through compassionate service and respect, with participation open regardless of religious affiliation. The program’s guiding message is “Elevating confident readers, one human, and one word at a time.”

The initiative remains in the planning stage. Its operating structure, initial service location, funding commitments, instructional team, enrollment process, and launch date have not been finalized. The announcement introduces the idea and invites conversations with adult literacy educators, community organizations, potential host sites, and employers interested in contributing to its development.

Organizations and individuals interested in discussing the proposed initiative may contact our Press Manager at [email protected].

About Hire Virtue LLC

Hire Virtue LLC is a global RPO and talent solutions firm led by Leslea Scott, President & Chief Talent Officer. The firm supports employers and candidates through a human-focused approach to talent acquisition, transparent communication, and respectful candidate engagement.

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PepperBall® Puts Use-of-Force Results and Patrol Readiness at the Center of IACP 2026

Lake Forest, ILVisit PepperBall at IACP 2026 Booth 1775

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Visit PepperBall at IACP 2026 Booth 1775

A PepperBall analysis of a major metropolitan police department in the western United States found that reported use-of-force incidents declined, including a reduction in deadly-force incidents, following adoption of the PepperBall non-lethal system. PepperBall will highlight these findings at IACP 2026 in Orlando, Florida, October 24–27, alongside the TAC-PATROL™ and VKS PHANTOM™ launchers introduced earlier this year at SHOT Show. Attendees can meet the PepperBall team at Booth #1775.

What the Data Means for Patrol

For chiefs evaluating ways to reduce uses of force, those numbers deserve attention. They show why giving patrol officers access to non-lethal tools belongs in the conversation about response options, training and accountability.

Patrol officers are often first to arrive at calls involving armed individuals, barricaded subjects or escalating behavior. Giving those officers a means of responding from a distance can create more time to assess conditions, communicate and make decisions about the level of force needed. PepperBall continues to work with agencies to bring these capabilities into everyday patrol, backed by training and practical equipment choices.

The complete use-of-force analysis will be available at the PepperBall booth.

Two Launchers Built Around Patrol Needs

PepperBall will also feature two launchers brought to market at SHOT Show 2026. The TAC-PATROL and VKS PHANTOM offer different configurations for agencies considering how non-lethal tools fit into their patrol response.

PepperBall TAC-PATROL™

Designed specifically for daily patrol, the TAC-PATROL combines a compact, lightweight design with features that make it easier to carry, access and operate from a patrol vehicle. Its push-button folding stock allows officers to maneuver in tighter spaces, while a 60-round hopper and lightweight 4500 PSI carbon fiber air tank support extended use. The semi-automatic .68-caliber launcher was developed with the realities of patrol work in mind, providing a readily accessible non-lethal option for officers responding to changing conditions.

PepperBall VKS PHANTOM™

The VKS PHANTOM offers a compact, magazine-fed alternative for situations where mobility and maneuverability are priorities. Featuring a six-inch barrel, compatibility with both standard PepperBall round projectiles and VXR™ projectiles, and a maximum range of 150 feet, the VKS PHANTOM gives officers and tactical teams another option for operations in confined spaces. Its lightweight construction and flexible air-source configurations support a variety of operational requirements.

Both launchers expand the choices available to agencies looking for equipment that fits the way patrol officers work.

Supporting the Officers Who Respond First

“The numbers matter because chiefs need to know whether the tools they put in officers’ hands are making a difference,” said Michael Lee, Vice President of State and Local Sales at PepperBall. “We see an opportunity to keep building on these results by making non-lethal options more accessible to patrol. When an officer can address a threat from a distance, there may be more time to communicate, reassess and avoid a more serious outcome. The TAC-PATROL and VKS PHANTOM reflect the practical side of that commitment. They give departments more ways to equip the officers who respond first.”

Attendees can visit PepperBall at Booth #1775 during the IACP Exposition, October 25–27, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.

For more information, visit pepperball.com or contact Naomi Schware at [email protected] for media inquiries.

About PepperBall®
PepperBall is dedicated to creating the highest quality non-lethal law enforcement solutions that de-escalate confrontations, safely change behavior and ultimately save lives. For over two decades, PepperBall has been the trusted non-lethal partner for law enforcement, correctional and military professionals worldwide, and over 20 million PepperBall projectiles have been safely deployed. Based in the US heartland, PepperBall stands behind each product with an industry-leading commitment to training and service. To learn more about PepperBall, visit pepperball.com.

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