Finding the αεριώθησης ρεύμα

The brow was wiped with a single bead of sweat rolling across the dimpled surfaces of the forehead. 

The pulse accelerated to a new level – unfamiliar with this, the heart speaks its true voice

Take Off

I used to love flying.  The thrill of departing off into the unknown world.  Flying was mystical, fantastical, astronomical. 

Fly too close to the Sun, beware the Icarian Sea relent the Ancient Greeks to Ἴκαρος.  

Turbulence, delays, windstorms, lightning, ice, birds – with so many obstacles, I’m now a little weary if not terrorized of flying.  My heart raced last time I landed in a plane.  I suppose I also realized that my neck of the woods has a lot of mountains, and streams and beauty and woods on it’s own that I don’t crave to consume the bug that bites.  Exotic as they may be, I find a peaceful tranquility observing the afar from afar – the new craze I’ve consumed are satellite photos.  Beautiful imagery from the perspective of heaven looking down on us.

The peace that this brings me is sometimes short-lived – I see my streams and air colluding as streams of air – the jets are not cool.   It kicks and screams with violent perpetuation.   

 Head in the Clouds

 I’m off again – floating away on a blanket of mist-ical water.  Blown in from the seas I float off up in the air searching for free space.  The Laws of Thermodynamics rule me, and the heat that I feel in the distance, draws me ever so closer to open space and peace.  It is crowded in here, and my fate dictates that I can billow and chill in the gentle breeze beneath me as a cumulus, or I become a nimbus and shed my tears as a stratus.  If I’m  lucky I can find a path to my true colours.

Let’s Heat it Up

“This is your captain speaking – we’re experiencing a little turbulence  right now, so I’m gonna have to go ahead and turn that seatbelt sign back on… just for a few shakes”

As a localized and communal source, cities provide hubs of energies and excitement.  A neighbour nearby, a restaurant down the corner, a corner store to buy smokes.  But with this excitement, we expend energy – yes internally of course – but also externally.  We burn gas for heat and cooking, we zap electricity for comfort, and we guzzle petroleum to make us move.   The annual figure in 2004 for the US  indicated that over 2.11 Terawatts, that’s 2,110,000,000 kilowatts were consumed in oil and gas energy.  Globally, this figure was 9.1 Terawatts.  When we burn, we expel energy. 

The energy is born as a hot and tepid exhaust stream, soaked with the products of combustions, CO2 and Aqua.  These exhaust streams typically leave hot, but they cool.   How do they cool?  They interact with the surroundings based on the Laws of Thermodynamics.  Hot becomes cool.  Equilibrium is restored. 

But I ask you, where does this expelled heat go?  Equilibrium right?  Let me present to you the postulation; all mass and energy is trapped within our atmosphere.  Our energy streams do not have the capacity to break through our atmosphere. 

When we pump energy out, it expels its heat.  That heat is immediately dissipated to increase the temperature around its elements.   

If we follow this on a logarithmic scale, at a finite distance, would we not have the smallest effect? 

We still impact the immediate temperature around us, off to a distant future.  It is still accountable in our perfect sphere. 

可燃燃焼を起こす可能性があります  (Flammability may cause Combustion)

Within our sphere, we are all.  Within our sphere, we are tall.  Within our sphere, we watch it fall.  Within our sphere, we build it all. 

A beaker holds specified volumes of fluids, like 1 ounce in a shot glass – volume – holds stuff – 3-D’s a pretty fantastic place.  The earth is a volume.  A sphere – land and water underneath us, air above us.  Well we can see air – or can we?  I see clouds when I look up at the sky.  So what absorbs heat?  Well, everything around us does.  The ground, my hand, that fish, those rocks, someone’s bike, the air.  I could go on.  We also breathe heat.  But yes, the simple truth is that the air does soak up heat.  Quite ravagely too – like the evil forces of entropy are lurking their menacing ways.  The heat drifts off until it finds a home through the air, often heading straight for the clouds, open spaces. 

Volume, V

Is equal to the space it occupies.  We are a sphere.  Our earth and our atmosphere.  The earth occupies 1.08 x 10²¹ cubic meters.   The volume of the atmosphere and stratosphere occupies approximately 1.109 x 10²¹ cubic meters.   The average temperature of the earth is 13.8 degrees Celsius.  The average temperature of the atmosphere and stratosphere is roughly -30 degree Celsius.  The specific heat of the ground (excluding aqua) is roughly 1 kJ/kg deg C.  The specific heat of the atmosphere is roughly 1 kJ/kg-°C.    The mass of the earth is roughly 3.82 x 10¹⁵ kg.   The mass of the atmosphere is roughly 5.15 x 10¹⁸ kg.

When we pump out heat, it escapes to the nearest sink – a heat sink.  So when we pump out 9.1 TW of heat energy from oil and gas, things heat up.  With this amount of heat dissipated across the atmosphere, temperatures rise. 

Central Air

The heats we pump out are localized.  Central to our cities and homes, but when we over-populate, we end up stacking up on top of each other concentrating the plumes of heat.  Let’s say it plumes out 4 km into a sphere – if 0.11 TW of energy (5% of US’s energy consumption) a volume could hold up to 1 deg C of temperature change in that space!  All this heat is being dissipated.  Spread out across the atmosphere.  This by definition is global warming.  We pump out heat from our cars and homes and emission stacks.  Heat is being dissipated into the air.  How does heat equilibrate.  By finding a balance – cold and heat.  Heat is being pushed out and creating auras of energy.  We can see it from our heavens.

Leaving on a Jet Plane

Our jet streams.  Just a convergent energy.  I see balance in this art.  Cold air rushing south.  Hot air rushing north.  Magical magnets directing traffic.  Cold at the polar cells, warm and cool air currents abroad. 

Cold goes south.  Hot goes north. Thermodynamics tutoring their paths. 

But what if we disrupt this harmony somehow.  Let’s increase temperature and add heat to this system.

 

 

The Sine Wave

I see a sine wave in this picture.  A wave of fluctuation.   Strong air currents are being swept away by warm waters. 

A Chinook Crawled  Up Alaska one January morning, bringing record warm temperatures.  A Chinook in Alaska – Fairbanks no less? Don’t you need warm coastal winds to create Chinooks?  Why are there warm coastal winds in Alaska – in Fairbanks no less? 

The heat that may have caused this effect could undoubtedly be pointed back at humans.  We may be pumping out 2 TW of energy into the system above in a short period of time.   Chinooks like this may happen.  When Chinooks like this happen, you may see a weather pattern and jet stream like the one pictured.  

We may see violent winds, erratic snow, warmth, where there is cold, and cold where there is warmth.  An equilibrium which is unbalanced.  Let’s try not to sweat.

The Icarian Way

A path that leads to nowhere - starts at Zero. 

A path that leads to nowhere – will get you somewhere.

A path that leads to somewhere – will get you a friend.

A path that leads to friendship – will get you a family.

A path that leads to family – will get you a community.

A path that leads to community – will get you health.

A path that leads to health – will get you culture.

A path that leads to culture – will get you faith.

A path that leads to faith – will get you fed.

A path that leads to food – will get you full.

A path that leads to fullness – will get you nothing.

A path that leads to nothing – will get you nowhere.

A path that leads to nothing - will end in Freedom

 

I’ll leave it to you to discover the Icarian  way…  

Renewability

I spend some days thinking of my sleep patterns.  When I rest my eyes, I fall into my subconscious, yet out of nothing, I trigger awake to spend my conscious thoughts with the world.  I Renew myself. 

The subconscious travellings are wonderful – bouncing around mysterious worlds with mysterious people.  I always wake up after remembering a dream in complete conscious awe. 

When I do wake up and am stuck in the conscious awe, my consciousness kicks in its programmed neurotransmitters to tell me to drink some water.  And I do.  I recycle my wastes and am off to the outside world. 

It is in the outside world that I see a rat race.  Every one charging and racing – gotta get to my desk, file my TCP forms, when’s 2 weeks up – is my cheque early?  

We do this in an attempt to better ourselves – make a living, eat, sleep and worry.  But is this bettering ourselves?  No – because we worry.  I worry. 

Things are on a much grander scale of worry at this point on our planet.  We have imbalances in every major theme our global media portrays.  War – an imbalance.  Health and Food – an imbalance.  Wealth – an imbalance.  The environment – an imbalance. 

The counterweight to our scale of justice and balance – could be technology.  Let’s prop it up on the other end of the imbalance – 

War, Health and Food, Wealth, The Environment on one side                               Technology on the other side.

War can be eliminated in the concept of free-trade technology sharing.  Every invention is typically patented on a global scale.  Every technology will have value as an invention, and every country will have the opportunity to build what they please.  But balance must be maintained through fair trade of goods.   A global value on food, metals, petroleum, and energy must be adopted, and not adapted, to every one on the planet.  Transportation tariffs will exist, but until we find ways to transport with electricity, the tariffs could always exist.  Once we do this, technology will no longer impede a nation’s prosperity.  The war machines, will hopefully not be needed, because we all share the same thing – technology.  Our lines divided now shared – with technology.

Health can be improved with the use of Technology.  Antiseptics and medical operations can now save lives and keep people motivated and energetic.  Let’s keep using technology for Health.  This is truly a no-brainer.

Food can be our Garden of Eden with Technology.  Genetic modifications on plants in a controlled environment with minimal chances of contamination are ideal.  We genetically mutate ourselves and our animals – let’s leave the magic to the Unnameable.  Humans are quite evolved as it is.  But I can see a Bio-dome.  Not the Polly Shore slapstick, but a Bio-Dome of growth and vegetative mastery.  Recipes can evolve to make the taste of a Brussels’ sprout phenomenal – we can also do this with protein-balanced meals that taste like it should taste with the right spices. 

Wealth can be balanced with Technology.  My wealth and your wealth may be two different things, but if we both happy, with our comforts and TVs, and Computers, and Cell Phones, and Movies, and Leisure – wealth and technology can be balanced. 

The environment must be protected with technology.  We have to understand our interactions with our environment to protect it with technology.  We have to study and educate others to our environment, and our universe.  When we do this, we can put in place the right technologies for betterment.  I saw a man today be inaugurated that built his platform with words of renewable energies.  If he leads us to a path that can create a renewable cause – then we could be balanced. 

I speak of renewability.  My current aspirations are to seek out questions and answers on renewability.  I’d like to understand what materials are necessary at what cost and how many people will it take to build in what time.  When I can understand this, and the benefit of the technology, then I can find my balance.   

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/01/earth_observed.html

The Happy Gambler

"You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,
Know when to walk away and know when to run.
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done"

Gambling.  That’s it – think of it as another health-care.  

You’ve spent the last three hours at a $65 per hour clip at a slot machine gobbling up your credit – bringing your debt down its true value.  But at the same time, you’ve had three drinks, a cig or two, and are, deep down… satisfied.  Sure you can forget the money tomorrow, but you feel a little better… 

Oh it doesn’t happen to you?  Yeah me neither.  The few times I’ve left a casino, I’ve felt bitter over losing that money, not quite drunk and drunk enough to let the bad taste of losing money aimlessly cinder for a moment or three, along with the taste of those cigarettes and bitterness.  I didn’t feel healthy at all.

So where did my money go?  Hmm… I won’t trace this back.  I really don’t want to know.

But I do see a bigger problem.  There are mothers and fathers that have children in tow, ready to tug them right into their world of debt and sorrow.  These fathers and mothers need to be tugged back.   They need to be controlled otherwise chaos will ensue and ensure that their worlds will collide – independent George will cease to exist.  To tug on them, and their heart’s strings, they must be controlled to a quota.  Let them enjoy to their heart’s content, the little glories of winning and losing, over and over again.  The wins are there, and when they are, it does feel sweet – lucky.  But when the losses come, only a quota can be lost based on a regulated gambling card.  This card can withdraw your monthly quota for gambling, ensuring you’ve got food to eat and gas to heat.  But the wins can still come, and they can be yours.  But the losses will be limited. 

So now we leave the casino in check – nothing in overindulgence.  Remember, over-indulgence can be un-healthy – ask your doctor.  So now that we haven’t over indulged, where did the $100 I spent over the last few hours go?  Wow - $50 of those dollars went to the health care program?  Do I hear $60… $70… $80… $95???   What can this number be – what if my losses in casinos went to health care?  A health-care casino.   I can lose money, win money, and have health care propped up.  My $95 over 3 hours.  That could pay for a tangible amount of health care.  This could have saved a life…  

If a form of this gambling were to increase health care - if a tax existed on gambling to ensure that a portion of the winnings or losings – whatever you’d like to call it, went to build hospitals and teach doctors and nurses and therapists and analysts and technicians and janitors and cooks and cleaners?   Sounds like a lot of people to teach, but I’m sure there’s a lot of money in gambling.  There has to be.  What if everyone cashed out in a night?  Would the casino be able to foot the bill?  What, there’s an imbalance?  Cash does come out of a casino, and it’s definitely more than what was in there to start the night.   Like I said, a lot of money. 

Wow, so now I stumble out of the casino, wallet lighter, yes, but I know where it goes – my health, your health care, our health care.  Sure I may have inhaled some smoke, but no excuses right now – I spent it on health care.  The three drinks feel good now – deep down satisfied.  I may not have won, but I feel satisfied… 

Health Care and the Casino… I feel a little healthier now… the bitterness is gone.  

Who wouldn’t want to gamble in a Hospital?

The Plight of the Shopping Cart

I've been spending some time in reflection - this is something I wrote some time ago - my asinine and inane attempt at providing a perspective from a different angle in life:

The Plight of the Shopping Cart

Cha-ching… cha-ching… click.    Ahhhh – free from the chains.  That lineup was killing me.  Shiate, my wheel’s wobbly.  Oh well, I’ve got a driver.  Let’s see where he’s taking me today.  Ohh…mmm… groceries.  I love food.  What’s in store today?  Ahhh dairy isle.   Eggs, butter, cheese – no… dude… not cheese whiz!?! Oh well, get some bacon for me no? 

All right lets get outta this isle, how bout some breads.. yes… good bread… grown from grain and sun…. This’ll feed me.   Oh yeah, head over to that bacon isle… May as well grab some fish and chicken too.  Uh-oh, ignore the chips and snacks, don’t go in there, don’t go!   Damn.

All right then, what’s up there – pork rinds?!? DUDE!  WTF!  Nasty.  You’ll be feeling it tomorrow morning – so will I.  Yes!  Go there!  Vegetables – that should help.  Yeah that green peppers – oo – that onion.  Nice.   Spices, lets get some spices now.  Black pepper, chilli, curry, BBQ!!!!!

Wicked, groceries bought.   Wait, where are you taking me?  Ohhh.. the cash register.   Cha-ching! Damn those pork rinds and cheese whiz. 

Hop in the car, lets go – chain me up!  Ohhh…. the clothing isle!   I never knew you were there!  Beside the pharmacy!  How convenient!   Let’s get that bought.  Wow, cheap and affordable – where are you from?  “China sir”; “Taiwan here”; “Bangladesh in the hizzay!”   So international – so chic! Wait, so what did you guys do there?  “Ohhh, plenty of great stuff, we grew up with children.” Children you say – nice! “Yes, they created us”…. Someone created you?  “You bet, with their two little hands” …. …. Wow, I’m sorry. 

…   …. Click …. Cha-ching… cha-ching.

Wow turn me around.  Get me outta here – ohh crap, still the pharmacy isle.  Ginko… echanacea… placebos… advil… Metamucil… pepto for the pork rinds…  hair dye for the corrupt… Cha-ching – wow you paid the same for the food you eat….

I feel sick – too much food … bloated, stuffed with mounds of useless garbage…  get this stuff off of me… I may as well be chained up.  I really hate shopping.

The Ass and the Asinine

If Joe had his way there wouldn't be any journalism anymore - he's doing a pretty good job showing us why it's asinine.    I can't get over how little this guy really knows about anything.   First off, you got your own name wrong - then you tell us that Obama can't get you a plumbing business, and now, you've got a microphone in your face telling us that people shouldn't report bad news.    The bad news is that they sent you to do it!  Do you have a deficiency of iron in your diet Joe?  Is that why you don't understand irony?  Sadly, I think you'd believe it.  

To go over there and spout off that you can see the courage in people's faces - why can't you see their fear?  Wrong side of the fence I presume.  Of course they look courageous, they don't have a machine crushing their children and hospitals!   I really dig your courageousness as well Joe - you seem to have this shit-eating grin on your face anytime that stick up your ass is adjusted by your puppeteer.  What did you mumble - they must take quick showers?  Reporters don't mumble Joe - oh yeah, I forgot you've got a crack up your ass...

This guy runs around like he's the figurehead of a nation.  Is this really what we're like?  Is he really representing what a regular Joe-Six Pack thinks, eats, breathes and shits?  If so, I give up!  Kick me off the island, vote me off the tribe, I am the weakest link!  If I have to trust that my media comes from this ass, I'll vomit up the kool-aid he made me drink.  

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090111.wvisraeljoeplumber0111/VideoStory/VideoLineup/Pick

Your propaganda has to end - I don't want people to think they've found their Straw Man Prophet.

Don't Sell Yourself Short

Look into the crystal ball - deep within it.  Can you see it?  Can you see your fortune?  A fortune teller practices fortune-telling, usually for commercial gain.  If I examine these words, how is this any different than a bank teller.  A bank teller provides fortunes, or legal tender.  But if I consider what fortune is to me, differences can be inferred.  The english translation to a famous Chinese fortune-tellers quote is:  

"One fate, two luck, three fengshui, four karma, five education"

We are first and singularly destined for fortune, we emerge from the womb destined to be healthy and happy.

We then experience chance happenings beyond our control, but are left to choose between two interpretations, good and bad.

We will afterwards arrange items in such a fashion that we may create control and harmony.

We will create a memory and expectation of our past, present and future from this harmony, effectively creating responsibility for one's life and the pain and joy it brings to others.  

We may then draw conclusions of these memories and expectations to learn, prosper and fulfill our destinies.

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So how is fortune different from banks?  We may have crossed a line.  

Chinese officials have recently been charged with the loss of millions of dollars in gambling debt.  They bet on football games, invested in casinos, and gambled in mahjong.  

And at this same time, our markets have been on a downward spiral for the last four months.  A new form of gambling is to sell short.  Bet on this downward spiral.  Bet the house that the joblessness, decrease in consumer spending and deficits will sink ships.  Gamble on this and win.   You just need to sell yourself short.  Short selling consists of 'borrowing' stock from the market with the anticipation that the stock will decrease in value.  For example, I 'borrow' 100 stock of LSC Ltd. at a value of $1.00 per share from a lender, or bank, which I, in turn sell to the market for $100.   At a later time, the price per share goes down to $0.80 per share.  At this time I buy back the shares from the market and return the 'borrowed' shares to the lender.  I also pocket $20.  The lender normally pockets a fee, therefore benefits from the agreement.  The loser in the market? The Joe Six-Packs who buy, the investors who gamble money away into a system that is failing.  That the unfortunate reality of the lender.  

So if someone can make money when someone else loses, is this not a form of gambling?  Investors have and will continue to collect individual's money in the hopes that lightning will strike.  And lightning will never strike twice.  The same misfortune will never recur.  China is making sure of this.  Are we?  We must prosecute.  We must bring to justice those that perpetrated this crime, and those that allowed the deregulation that opened the door to the casino.