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      <title>Realitivistic Relativity</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Check out my new relativity paper titled &quot;Realitivistic Relativity&quot;<br />
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The paper is a hypothetical study into the relativistic symmetry between celestial and quantum objects and gives some surprising insight into the fractal nature of the Universe.<br />
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What I've found is that scale changes the perceived dimension if the scale difference is big enough which I labeled the Reality Scale Constant S in the paper. For example, at a scale difference of S, mass becomes charge. This is all mentioned in my ebook 'The General Principles of Reality A 1st Edition'.<br />
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The concept is a bit radical but the math doesn't lie and is the one that gave insight into this.</p>
<p>Please go ahead and share it with friends, colleagues and teachers to get their perspective. Let it be a source of open discussion.<br />
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I recently shared this paper with a senior physicist in order to get it published. He insisted that the concept was ridiculous and was very, very adamant I not share it with anyone which I found peculiar. Why dismiss it and then beg me not to share it. Once I said that I had already shared it with many others he became furious and literally started calling me names. I told my lawyer what happened and he said most likely he wanted to steal it for himself which was my thought exactly. So now I'm share it freely with my copyright attached in order to rally and gain support for this radical idea.</p><br /><br /><a href='http://www.gpofr.com/portal'>Robert L. DeMelo (<a href="http://www.gpofr.com" target="_blank">www.gpofr.com</a>) Copyright 2007, 2008, 2009</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.gpofr.com/portal/BlogView.aspx?pageid=1&ItemID=68&mid=7'>...</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Space Invasion - Part 3</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:30:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>&ldquo;So how do you and Captain Drake know each other?&rdquo; Smith was curious. Last he heard he was on Trinity Prime. &ldquo;Weren&rsquo;t you supposed to be on Trinity Prime on some business?&rdquo;<br />
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&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a long story and yes I was,&rdquo; replied Dund.<br />
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&ldquo;Your man here fought valiantly getting out of Trinity,&rdquo; commented Captain Drake. &ldquo;I fear the system is lost.&rdquo;<br />
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&ldquo;What? You mean the galactic capital was destroyed,&rdquo; Smith was accustomed to fear but overwhelming gloom fell over him hearing the Captain speak those words.</p>
<p>&ldquo;I received a message saying that they were mounting a defense lead by General Paul Bishop? What happened?&rdquo;<br />
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&ldquo;Bishop never showed up. Only planetary defensives including local law enforce units attempted to defend the system but it was useless. There were two many of them like a swarm of locus,&rdquo; said Dund as he walked towards the door. &ldquo;Come on I want to show you something.&rdquo; Dund threw Smith a towel, &ldquo;Here, clean yourself.&rdquo; <br />
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The men walked down the corridor from the medical chamber onto the ship&rsquo;s bridge. It looked like something directly out of pages of a Prentiss Ingraham novel. Smith was amazed at the architecture and the amount of actual wood used on the ship. Wood was an excellent insulator from the high voltages and currents used by the electro distortion space drive (a.k.a. the hyperspace drive). Several ship hands were busily walking around and a few were stationed at their posts including the ship&rsquo;s helm. They were rugged individuals. These were men and women who had seen a fight or two in their lives. At the center of the bridge was a large tactical table with space maps sprawled all over it. To left on a very large display was a schematic of the entire ship. It looked like an ancient sea fairing Portuguese galleon with obvious modifications. The ship had five solar sails above and beneath it on very large masts. They also dubbed as solar panels to produce electricity when sailing. The other obvious difference was that the ship&rsquo;s hull was riddled with long conducting rods which had two modes: upright and retracted. These rods were the ships hyperspace drive mechanism. It was a very old model and also meant this ship wasn&rsquo;t able to land. It was strictly a spaceship. Smith was still rattled by the last several hours but he was in awe of this ship. He&rsquo;d never been a ship this magnificent. The best he&rsquo;d been on was a double-decker space liner with an open bar. &nbsp;<br />
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&ldquo;Here, I want to show you why I left Trinity Prime,&rdquo; said Dund as he pushed some commands onto another large display screen. Six photographs displayed on the screen each displaying a stone pictograph. <br />
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&ldquo;What is it?&rdquo; asked Smith. <br />
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Dund explained, &ldquo;These are highly confidential and what I&rsquo;m about to tell you is also highly confidential. They&rsquo;ve been in the government&rsquo;s possession for decades. An archeological team excavating a dead planet near the center of the galaxy about fifty years ago stumbled on the most ancient of ancient civilizations ever to have existed in the galaxy. They&rsquo;re estimated to have lived about four billion years ago. In the middle of one the excavated cities were these tablets located inside a giant pyramid in this exact order.&rdquo;<br />
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Again Smith demanded, &ldquo;Who the f@#$% are you man? How do you know all this stuff? Are you a some government spook? Enough&rsquo;s enough. Tell me!&rdquo;<br />
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&ldquo;He&rsquo;s a wizard!&rdquo; answered Captain Drake laughing out loud with a big smile on his face. Smith&rsquo;s face turned to disbelief. <br />
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&ldquo;Stop calling me that Drake!&rdquo; responded Dund. &ldquo;Smith, again with the questions! I was told about this a long time ago. That&rsquo;s all you need to know.&rdquo; Dund appeared annoyed while Drake continued to have a large grin on his face. <br />
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&ldquo;Fine, so what&rsquo;s it all mean?&rdquo; asked Smith again.<br />
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Again Dund attempted to finished his explanation, &ldquo;Tablet one shows our galaxy. Tablet two shows our galaxy and a swarm of something on the outer rim. Tablet three shows the swarm entering the galaxy and another swarm resisting them. Tablet four shows the invading swarm completely covering the galaxy with a star symbol over the location of this planet&rsquo;s system. Tablet five shows a large flame originating from that planet and encompassing the entire galaxy. Tablet six show the galaxy as it once was undisturbed.&rdquo; Dund looked at Smith waiting for his deductive reasoning to kick in but it didn&rsquo;t. <br />
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&ldquo;Come on man, tell him!&rdquo; shouted Captain Drake. <br />
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&ldquo;Basically this describes what&rsquo;s happening right now to our galaxy,&rdquo; finished Dund. <br />
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&ldquo;They predicted this four billion years ago?&rdquo; asked Smith.<br />
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&ldquo;No, I don&rsquo;t think so. I think this has happened before and they found a way to stop it and whatever they did is on that planet. We have to go there!&rdquo;</p>
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<p><b>To be continued...</b></p><br /><br /><a href='http://www.gpofr.com/portal'>Robert L. DeMelo (<a href="http://www.gpofr.com" target="_blank">www.gpofr.com</a>) Copyright 2007, 2008, 2009</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.gpofr.com/portal/BlogView.aspx?pageid=1&ItemID=67&mid=7'>...</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Space Invasion - Part 2</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:07:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Several years prior:<br />
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The beer was cold and refreshing on such a hot day. Smith sat on the patio enjoying his favourite brew and favourite sight as Valen sat at the table next to him chatting-it-up with the locals and occasionally throwing a remark or two his way. Life couldn&rsquo;t be better Smith thought to himself. <br />
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The Sun moved slowly and eventually hit Smith on the face making him squint to see anything but he didn&rsquo;t care. He just closed his eyes and only occasionally opened them when someone spoke to him or if he heard a noise nearby. It was during one of these moments that he saw the strangest fellow he&rsquo;d ever know and who&rsquo;d eventually come to be a big part of his life. Bob Dund strolled in off the streets wearing metallic sunglasses and plopped himself on an empty patio chair making a painful face while he leaned back grabbing his left arm as he relaxed his body. He was in pain and that caught Smith&rsquo;s interest. Dund tried to conceal the obvious and did a good job, but Smith was a pro at noticing things. On a second glance Smith noticed his shirt had some scuff marks and had a small rip. &ldquo;What will you have?&rdquo; asked the waitress. <br />
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&ldquo;Whatever you like. Surprise me,&rdquo; replied Dund with a smile on his face.<br />
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&ldquo;Stjerne sound good?&rdquo; <br />
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&ldquo;Sure.&rdquo; Who the hell drinks that stuff? Just another loser thought Smith. He stopped looking at the guy and went back into his alcohol, sun induced trance by closing his eyes. <br />
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Sometime later, Smith opened his eyes again and noticed it was just the two of them on the patio. Dund never looked his way, or at least he couldn&rsquo;t tell from behind the sun glasses. Smith felt compelled to talk to him if for nothing more to just find out what was wrong with him. <br />
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&ldquo;Hey, the name&rsquo;s Smith!&rdquo; boomed Smith&rsquo;s customary voice across the patio as he remained leaned back in the chair with one hand on his drink.<br />
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&ldquo;Nice to meet you Smith. I&rsquo;m Dund.&rdquo; <br />
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&ldquo;Did you say you&rsquo;re done?&rdquo; asked Smith as he widened his left eye.&nbsp; Obviously Smith knew he didn&rsquo;t hear him right. He had never heard of anyone named &lsquo;done&rsquo;. If it wasn&rsquo;t for the fact Smith didn&rsquo;t want to lose his composure, he&rsquo;d burst out laughing. &ldquo;So what did you do to be done?&rdquo;<br />
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&ldquo;Ha ha ha! &rdquo; Dund burst out laughing which took Smith by surprise. &ldquo;Everything buddy. Absolutely everything. My name is Dund.&rdquo; Smith would later come to know that Dund spoke cryptically about anything referring to him and his life. Even after several years of friendship, Smith still didn&rsquo;t know much more about Dund from that first initial day. Smith was definitely intrigued with the guy. This guy had a story and maybe Smith could use it if he ever could find out what it was. <br />
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&ldquo;Dund? What a stupid name. I&rsquo;ve done everything and I&rsquo;m older. So go on, spill it,&rdquo; asked Smith coxing Dund to tell his story. <br />
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&ldquo;Ha ha! I love it! You think you&rsquo;re older because I look younger. Dude, if you were bloated would that make you fatter?&rdquo; replied Dund with a jackass-of-a-smile on his face as he looked directly at Smith.<br />
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&ldquo;F@$&amp;* you!&rdquo; replied Smith annoyed with the smile on his face and the stupid indirect reply. Dund didn&rsquo;t rebuttal Smith&rsquo;s response or even attempt to. He just looked away from Smith with same smile on his face. Smith was even more upset. He tried to stay quiet but couldn&rsquo;t. &ldquo;You come here with a smug face acting all big and mighty thinking you&rsquo;re more important than the rest of us. You&rsquo;re a jackass. Why don&rsquo;t you go find another place to get a drink.&rdquo;<br />
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&ldquo;Didn&rsquo;t know you own the place.&nbsp; How much? I&rsquo;ll buy it so I can kick you out.&rdquo; Dund&rsquo;s tone was a bit more serious but still refused to look at Smith. &ldquo;Seriously, are you that insecure? Look you started to talk to me. I gave you a friendly reply, be it not so direct, and you decided to insult me twice. I like you. You&rsquo;re straight forward. It&rsquo;s refreshing.&rdquo; Smith&rsquo;s anger subdued mainly because he wanted to remain on the patio but also because of what Dund said. Smith didn&rsquo;t think he was insecure. He just thought he was better than this guy.<br />
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&ldquo;What&rsquo;s wrong with your arm?&rdquo; asked Smith directly. No more bullshit. <br />
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&ldquo;I had a very bad day,&rdquo; replied Dund losing the smile and only slightly moving his head to look at Smith. Smith tried to read his expression but it didn&rsquo;t help. Could it be job related he thought. Or was it some sporting injury. Judging from his physique, Dund didn&rsquo;t look overly sporty so maybe it was job related. <br />
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&ldquo;What do you do?&rdquo; asked Smith again thinking what kind of job can physically injure you.<br />
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&ldquo;What do you do?&rdquo; asked Dund emphasizing on the &lsquo;what&rsquo;. <br />
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&ldquo;I&rsquo;m an editor and freelance writer,&rdquo; replied Smith slowly, somewhat reluctant. Dund was getting more information out of him than Smith was from Dund. &ldquo;Now you know what I do, so let&rsquo;s have it, what do you do?&rdquo;<br />
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&ldquo;You ask a lot of questions. Do you know that? Maybe you&rsquo;re not a writer. Maybe you&rsquo;re really a cop?&rdquo; smirked Dund as he said it. What a jackass Smith thought. <br />
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&ldquo;I&rsquo;m no pig!&rdquo; <br />
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&ldquo;Good for you.&rdquo; Dund wanted to get under Smith&rsquo;s skin. Smith decided to persist because what else did have to do today. Pissing off some random stranger would keep him entertained for awhile. <br />
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&ldquo;What the hell are you doing around here anyway? I&rsquo;ve never seen you here before.&rdquo; Smith was determined to get this guy to leave. <br />
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&ldquo;The truth is that I&rsquo;ve never seen you around here before. Here&rsquo;s what I think. You came to the big city looking for work about several years ago and now you think you&rsquo;re a resident with all the entitlements as someone born here with the right to be as rude as you like. Am I close? Perhaps legally you are but not all law is written bud.&rdquo; Dund wasn&rsquo;t playing anymore. &ldquo;I did the same thing you did except I&rsquo;ve come back, actually just this morning.&rdquo;<br />
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&ldquo;So loser why are you back? Couldn&rsquo;t cut it? Life too hard in the real world? Wanna cry about it?&rdquo; Smith was just driving it by throwing unsubstantiated assumptions at him. <br />
<br />
&ldquo;I&rsquo;m here to change my life buddy. It&rsquo;s time to move in a different direction.&rdquo;<br />
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The present:<br />
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&ldquo;Ruby can&rsquo;t you go any faster!!&rdquo; cried Smith. He was frantic. He had heard of space pirates but never actually saw one and has especially never been pursued by them or anyone else for that matter. <br />
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&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t. I&rsquo;m a civilian spacecraft. We&rsquo;re restricted on how fast we can travel,&rdquo; replied Ruby. Smith had read in the paper before electro space distortion technology became commercial that the Earth had to adhere to galactic space travelling rules in order to gain acceptance into the Galactic Union otherwise the Earth would be imprisoned and some even speculated a far worse fate. What resulted was that all spacecrafts were installed with regulated navigation and control devices approved and sanctioned by the committee on Galactic Travel. The only exceptions were military crafts under the command of the Galactic Military. <br />
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&ldquo;Ruby what would happen if I ripped out the GTR device?&rdquo; Smith had heard, which was kind of ironic, that space pirates had ripped out their Galactic Travel Restriction device in order to travel and hide anywhere they wished in the cosmos. Under law, anyone who removed the GTR device was a criminal with very few exceptions. Smith thought this met one of those exceptions. &ldquo;Have you tried contacting the cops again?!&rdquo;<br />
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&ldquo;Removal or tampering with the GTR device is illegal. I would be forced to shut down in hyperspace.&rdquo; Ruby&rsquo;s voice escalated at the mere mention of such an act. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve tried calling the cops again but all communications are still down.&rdquo;<br />
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&ldquo;Shit!&rdquo; murmured Smith with his teeth clenched as he slammed his chair&rsquo;s arm. &ldquo;What&rsquo;s happens after you shut down and I remove it? Can I power you up again?&rdquo;<br />
<br />
&ldquo;Yes.&rdquo;<br />
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&ldquo;What do I have to do?&rdquo; Smith was no geek. He knew very little about technology. Ruby showed Smith a diagram on the display screen highlighting device and the two wires he&rsquo;d have to attach after removing the device. <br />
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&ldquo;That&rsquo;s under the hood!? How do I get in there?&rdquo; Smith was desperate.<br />
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&ldquo;You&rsquo;ll have to put on the emergency space suite, remove the command chair and open the hatch beneath it.&rdquo; The suit would protect him from the high voltages under the hood. Smith got up went into the cabin in the back of the cockpit, grabbed and put on the emergency space suite. He then went back to cockpit and released the two clamps holding the command chair in place. Pushing the chair off the hatch was a struggle but after looking at the viewer and seeing the pirate ship less than quarter kilometer away, it gave him the strength to push it completely off the hatch. He opened the hatch and dived in head first but only half of his torso could fit. His legs remained dangling in the cockpit due to the suite&rsquo;s oversized utility belt. He switched on his helmet lights and noticed the device right in front of his face. <br />
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&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve got it! Ruby this better work!&rdquo; With a pair of pliers he cut the two wires plugging into the device. Immediately, Ruby lost complete power and she decelerated into a violent spin. Smith was slung back into the cockpit crashing into the cockpits ceiling. &ldquo;Damn it Ruby! You didn&rsquo;t tell me this was going to happen!&rdquo; Smith struggled to get on his feet and back into the hatch. The centripetal force was insane and reminded him a fun park ride he was in as a child. He remembered how sick it made him. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m too old for this,&rdquo; he shouted. The nausea he had been trying to subdue hours earlier was back and it was fierce. Finally is managed to pull himself into the hatch, grab the wires and twist them together with one hand as he held himself in place with the other. The power generator turned on and Ruby began her startup sequence. As she started up, she continued to spin. Smith couldn&rsquo;t hold it anymore. The nausea became blinding. His head was heavy and his eyes began to flutter. He passed out and collapsed back into the cockpit.</p>
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The light poured into his eyes as he opened them. It was blinding as his eyes adjusted to the light in the room. There were two figures standing over him. One of them was wearing metallic sunglasses. &ldquo;Are ya alright friend?&rdquo; said a voice with a somewhat British slang. Smith&rsquo;s eyes cleared out more and he finally noticed who one of the figures were. <br />
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&ldquo;Dund! Man am I glad to see you,&rdquo; shouted Smith. It was then he noticed an awful taste in his mouth and something on his face. Smith touched his face and realized he was covered in puke. Oh how discussing and the smell!&nbsp; <br />
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&ldquo;Looks like you had too much to drink again,&rdquo; smirked Dund. Smith tried to focus on the other character next to him. His eyes widened when he realized who it was. It was the most famous pirate in the galaxy. Hated by the authorities put loved and admired by the public. He was a modern day Robin Hood and not some evil ruthless private. He was an icon.&nbsp; <br />
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&ldquo;Captain Drake Cherry,&rdquo; said Smith in awe. <br />
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&ldquo;In the flesh mate,&rdquo; replied Captain Drake. &ldquo;If it weren&rsquo;t for Dund you&rsquo;d have fallen directly into the enemy&rsquo;s hand. I was trying to help you but you ran.&rdquo;<br />
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&ldquo;You could have just called me,&rdquo; replied Smith kind of confused.<br />
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&ldquo;Couldn&rsquo;t communicate cause something is jamming all ultra-hyperspace communications. It something I&rsquo;ve ever seen before.&rdquo; Captain Drake walked away to a display screen and typed something onto the screen. The screen then displayed a galactic map with all communication dead zones. &ldquo;This is one massive invasion.&rdquo;<br />
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&ldquo;Dund, all these years I should have pieced it together. You&rsquo;re a pirate,&rdquo; asked Smith. Dund and Captain Drake looked at each other and began to laugh out loud. <br />
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&ldquo;I&rsquo;m no pirate Smith,&rdquo; replied Dund.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />
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      <title>Updates</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>First off, I've just updated a mobile version of this website located at</p>
<p><a href="http://www.gpofr.com/mobile/"><b>http://www.gpofr.com/mobile/</b></a></p>
<p>So if you have an iPhone, Blackberry or generic mobile phone with Internet you will have a much faster experience. Check it out!</p>
<p>Second, I've started to out the final touches on '<b>The General Principles of Reality A 2nd Edition</b>' book/ebook. It is much larger with some much needed additions and will be out hopefully in the next month.</p>
<p>Thirdly, some of you might be wondering why I'm blogging a short story titled '<b>Space Invasion</b>'. I thought it was necessary to spice things up a little and make reading a blog a much more interesting experience. The story revolves around a character named 'Smith' and an unexpected adventure. It details a future I see as a possibility and will describe much of the theoretical technology mentioned in my theories, ebook and pending patents. The story will cover several blogs posts in small quickly readable installments so keep yourself posted by registering the RSS feed of this blog at <a href="http://www.gpofr.com/portal/blog7rss.aspx"><b>http://www.gpofr.com/portal/blog7rss.aspx</b></a></p>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>&ldquo;Welcome aboard Mr. Smith,&rdquo; arcs a seductive voice from the vehicles&rsquo; cockpit as he sits and positions himself comfortably in place. It&rsquo;s never been a pleasant experience but this new model promised to be a much smoother ride. His first had a tendency to vibrate quite a bit and raise the hair on his arms and neck due to static charge build up in the almost non-conductive rivets attached to the metallic exterior. Not to mention, it usually gave him horrible nausea. &ldquo;Hope you&rsquo;ve had a wonderful morning. Your bio reading indicates that you had excessive amounts of alcohol within the last 48 hours. Are you feeling well enough to travel?&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Yes,&rdquo; grunts Smith with his customary snarl and restrained booming voice. He forcefully readjusts himself irritated with the incisive politeness of the onboard computer. &ldquo;How&rsquo;s the flight path today?&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Accessing the Internet, please wait. Validating flight license. Acquiring flight control information. Flight path acquired and trajectory calculated. The path is clear and ready for your instructions.&rdquo; The voice was definitely a nice addition though the artificial intelligence still made him awkward at times so much so that he thought it necessary to give the system a human name. Smith would constantly think to himself that he&rsquo;d like to meet girl who recorded the voice print. She had a slight accent that was quite attractive.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Ruby call Alpha Century Prime,&rdquo; grunts Smith again somewhat forcefully, &ldquo;I need to inform them that I&rsquo;ll be there in a couple of hours.&rdquo; Why he still felt compelled explain his commands to a computer system would always catch him off guard and make him feel silly.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Establishing Internet call, please wait. Connection established.&rdquo; Ruby was so precise and efficient that it would obviously make her inhuman even if you didn&rsquo;t know she was a computer. Her creators did intentionally build some imperfections into the AI to make her act more realistic but even those imperfections added to her perfection. Programming had advanced so much since the ancient days of old clunky dumb operating systems which gives credence to the old adage that perfection only comes with time.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Hello, Universal Media how may I help you?&rdquo; Universal Media was the largest galactic media corporation to ever exist even prior to Earth&rsquo;s union into the galactic confederacy, in fact even prior to anyone on Earth being aware of anything outside its limited confines. Well, except for a limited few who were actually monitoring the whole thing.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Valen please,&rdquo; Smith hated the automated receptionist at Universal Media. The slightly digital voice was irritating. It was definitely an older AI model than Ruby.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Hey there Smith. How&rsquo;s my favourite guy?&rdquo; Valen was a sweetheart. She always knew how to make Smith feel good, but Smith knew too well that she was a force to reckon with.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Hi Valen. Is Seller there? I need to talk to him.&rdquo; Smith tried to sound alert but his groggy, deep voice didn&rsquo;t help.</p>
<p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s not in yet,&rdquo; replied Valen scornfully. Smith knew he wouldn&rsquo;t be and even if he was he wouldn&rsquo;t answer his calls. Besides, Smith just wanted an excuse to talk to Valen.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Can you inform Mr. Seller I&rsquo;ll be there in a few hours. I&rsquo;ve completed the script and want to review it with him.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll inform Seller,&rdquo; snapped Valen who was well known to distain Seller within the corporation but no one really cared except for Seller who took it hard making him do some stupid things at his own jeopardy. The whole scenario was unfortunate because they actually made a good team but that&rsquo;s life and Smith couldn&rsquo;t care less. He had enough problems staying awake and sober half the time. All he cared about was Seller getting his act together and helping him finish the script. He needed, actually they needed to finish that script within the next few weeks.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Thanks!&rdquo; replied Smith, &ldquo;How are things with you?&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Sweetie things are awesome!&rdquo; Valen was always so perky and professional except when it came to Seller. &ldquo;I guess I&rsquo;ll see you soon.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Yup. Hey maybe after dealing with Seller you and Mary can join me at Disturbia Blue Lounge in the south district for some shots before I head back?&rdquo; Smith has tried countless times in vain to get Valen to go out with him. Valen was somewhat attached which didn&rsquo;t bother Smith so much except that it was an inconvenience. Valen had her fair share of potential suitors and Smith knew that but he never figured out what she saw in the guy she was with. He was a good guy but just average. Guess he figured she&rsquo;d end up with Superman or something. Either way it gave Smith some hope because he was no Superman.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Sorry Patrick is picking me up after work, but maybe Mary will go.&rdquo; There&rsquo;s no harm in trying even if it continually results in successive failure. &ldquo;Bye. Again I&rsquo;ll see you soon.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Call disconnected Mr. Smith. Shall we start launch sequence?&rdquo; asked Ruby. Smith started to brace himself even prior to saying yes. The initial launch sequence always gave him the willies even though he knew Ruby was different. He just couldn&rsquo;t help it.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Ruby you&rsquo;re the only girl I&rsquo;ve ever met to ask me that. Okay, let&rsquo;s go!&rdquo; A sudden and unexpected rush of excitement came over Smith and in the back of the clouded psyche he actually started looking forward to the trip.</p>
<p>Several noises started up as the power generator turned on, the capacitors charged and electric oscillators began to pulsate. There were a few jerks but the entire craft began to hum with the regular pulsation of electric discharge on the top outer metallic hull from the center of the craft to its edges.&nbsp; Only a few of Smith&rsquo;s arm hairs raised which he made a mental note to complain to the dealership about. The digital gauges on cockpit dashboard, which resembled that of 1970&rsquo;s Dodge Challenger except with LCD displays, all began to rise from neon yellow to neon blue and so did the hull of the craft. The pulsating increased to severe intensity and Smith knew it was going to happen soon. The craft began to rise slowly off the ground.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Retracting landing gear,&rdquo; said Rudy. &ldquo;10 seconds to orbital space jump.&rdquo; Smith smirked to himself at the mention of hyperspace. He and everyone else knew that hyperspace was a horrible description of the space-time distortion wake (or bubble) these sorts of spacecrafts produced. Space wasn&rsquo;t hyper, people were. The craft&rsquo;s electro-distortion drives distorted space-time above or in front of the craft to become less dense than the space-time below it or behind it. The whole concept was actually fairly simple even though it had eluded several generations of scientists. The craft was basically floating continuously away from the denser space-time just like how an air bubble floats to the top of the cup of water. Basically that&rsquo;s all Smith actually knew about the physics behind the craft and beyond that he couldn&rsquo;t care less. He just wanted the damn thing to work and not kill him, &ldquo;Five, four, three, two, one!&rdquo; The vehicle&rsquo;s pulsating increased into an insanely loud high pitch hum and then it launched itself into Earth orbit within less than a second. It stopped briefly to recalibrate the bottom hull plates and a secondary hum started as another electric pulse discharge started on the back plates&rsquo; fluctuated from the outer edge of the craft where the top and bottom plates met to the bottom centre of the craft. Again the pulsating began to intensify into a doubled high pitch hum that melted into one and the craft jumped into faster than light travel. Actually relatively faster than light travel (RFTL). The high pitch pulsation became a low based continuous hum and slowly drifted into background noise. Smith finally decided to open his eyes. He saw by looking at the display screen that he was on his way but he couldn&rsquo;t help but ask,</p>
<p>&ldquo;Ruby are we on our way?&rdquo; He was relieved but the double jump had made him a little sick. The drinking binge the night before wasn&rsquo;t helping.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Yes Mr. Smith. We&rsquo;re on our way. How are you feeling? Do you need a sanitary bag?&rdquo; Actually he somewhat did but decided to hold it. He remembered the mess he made last time even with a bag.</p>
<p>&ldquo;No. I&rsquo;m good.&rdquo; He wasn&rsquo;t really, &ldquo;How long until we get there?&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Two hours and forty-three minutes,&rdquo; replied Ruby. &ldquo;Do you want to read anything or watch a movie while you wait? I downloaded several new releases off the Internet. There&rsquo;s a documentary on the assassination of Michael Moore which you might be interested in.&rdquo; Ruby was so willing to please that it upset Smith.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Stop being so nice, you&rsquo;re freaking me out,&rdquo; said Smith angrily. He had some unresolved childhood issues which accounted for his particular personality.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Ok I will. If you need me just call,&rdquo; Ruby sounded upset.&nbsp; That was a first and completely took Smith by surprise.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Ruby are you upset?&rdquo; asked Smith gently and curiously.</p>
<p>&ldquo;I am not programmed to be upset, but I didn&rsquo;t like your tone of voice.&rdquo; Wow Smith thought. The AI programmers really out did themselves. They managed to make a bitch. He thought to himself he could really fall in love with this piece of hardware.</p>
<p>&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t mean to be rude. I&rsquo;ll keep my tone in check. Sorry.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Apology accepted.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Ruby.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Yes.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;d like to see that documentary on the assassination of Michael Moore. Can you play it for me?&rdquo;</p>
<p>The space-time distortion field was multi-coloured and streaked by the cockpit viewer in a mesmerizing display of lights. The craft hummed continuously without fault for over an hour. Smith had fallen asleep watching the movie. Who could blame him it wasn&rsquo;t that interesting. Suddenly, &ldquo;Wake up!&rdquo; cried Rudy, &ldquo;We&rsquo;re receiving an emergency communication. It&rsquo;s a priority one communication from the President.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;The President? Play it,&rdquo; said Smith a bit puzzled as to why the President would be communicating a priority one communication. The image of the President displayed on the viewer.</p>
<p>&ldquo;My dear fellow citizens. I am broadcasting this message to inform you that our peaceful space has come under attack by unknown forces. At 0300 Galactic Standard Time we lost communication with 33 of our outer member planets. A military scout was sent to determine what had happened and has not returned. Our military satellites have reported a monstrous invading fleet of enormous ships laying waste to the outer rim. We urge all outer planets to prepare themselves for a very hostile invader, to ready their planetary defenses and to evacuate all non public service citizens to the galactic core. Our military, under the command of Earthling General Paul Bishop, is preparing itself to attack this enemy and stop them. We believe that negotiations are not an option at this time, even though it is our way, as they have not responded to any of our communications and have already engaged a fleet of our military battleships defending Trinity Prime. I assure you that our military is more than able to handle this threat but I urge prudence and perseverance as it is expected to be a long and arduous confrontation. May God protect us all.&rdquo;</p>
<p>The time was now 2113. A whole galactic day had almost passed before getting this message. &ldquo;Ruby, why was the message so late?&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I just received it, but it&rsquo;s time stamp indicates that it was sent 6 hours ago.&rdquo; Ultra-hyperspace communication was much faster than hyperspace travel. It was virtually instantaneous between any planet and craft. Something was severely wrong.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Christ, Trinity Prime is the new capital!&rdquo; barked Smith at the realization of that part of the message. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re already at Trinity Prime! Who the hell are these guys?&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;The message originated from Trinity Prime,&rdquo; said Ruby. &ldquo;That means the President was there at the time of the attack.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Call Bob Dund. He was suppose to be on Trinity Prime on business,&rdquo; begged Smith.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Calling,&rdquo; replied Ruby. There was a silence as Smith waited for Ruby to say something. &ldquo;Sorry I can&rsquo;t establish communication with the Internet.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;What! The Internet is huge. You mean Trinity&rsquo;s Internet, right?&rdquo; Smith eyes widened as his brain started to register what Ruby just said.</p>
<p>&ldquo;The Internet appears to be offline. I will try direct communication to Trinity Prime.&rdquo; Again there was more silence. &ldquo;Sorry but I cannot establish any communication.&rdquo;</p>
<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s crazy. Call my mother on Earth,&rdquo; asked Smith frantically.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Sorry, but I can&rsquo;t establish communication anywhere.&rdquo; Smith dropped back into his seat. His eyes continued to widen as he registered even further what Ruby just said.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Stop! Stop the ship!&rdquo; shouted Smith. Ruby didn&rsquo;t even reply as she usually did to direct commands, even the ones that offended her, and stopped the ship somewhere in between Earth and Alpha Centuri Prime. She knew as well as Smith that the Galaxy was screwed. <br />
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>If there was ever a topic that bewilders even the most savant intellect it would be the topic of love. It&rsquo;s bewildering because love is horribly confusing. If you&rsquo;re not in love perhaps you can see it objectively if your past experiences don&rsquo;t interfere making your analysis subjective. Unfortunately past experience can jade you the older you get and I see this unfortunate quality in many people I know (people who have so much to offer). For those who are in love, it&rsquo;s hard to define it clearly because love is literally blinding. How is it blinding? Because of hormonal chemical reactions in our bodies severely interfere with our mental perception of the feelings we&rsquo;re experiencing. It can be a wonderful experience and usually it is, but I caution everyone that it&rsquo;s during this stage the rest of your relationship is based on. It&rsquo;s during this phase that fantasies tend to originate which lead to horrible communication break downs that become apparent later on. Don&rsquo;t sugar coat the relationship in a mental fantasy without sincere and open communication and keep your eyes open but don&rsquo;t let bad past experiences harm future relationships and your mental health. Scientifically, love is nothing more than a genetic byproduct in order for us to reproduce and procreate to continue the species. I agree completely, but to me that&rsquo;s not what I define as &lsquo;true love&rsquo;. That&rsquo;s a form of genetic lust and a need to mate masked in the fantasies we create in our minds that usually stem from our childhood and our cultural background. If we are programmed, which I believe we are (genetically and in ways we yet don&rsquo;t understand), then the need to reproduce and everything that amounts to that ultimate goal is severely immersed in our base code of what makes us biological entities. &rsquo;True love&rsquo; is altruistic and it doesn&rsquo;t depend on the gender or sexual attraction. The love we feel for a best friend (and good friends) is perhaps the most sincerest of loves because its rarely clouded in genetic and hormonal perplexity though some may argue that we&rsquo;re genetically programmed to be social and form clans in order to increase our chances at survival though I haven&rsquo;t seen any research that satisfactorily supports that hypothesis (we can argue anything indefinitely). Altruism is a heavy subject and I can argue, as well as others, that true altruism doesn&rsquo;t really exist so when I mention altruism I mean something as close to the ideal as possible. &lsquo;True love&rsquo; manifests itself in communal growth through support for self betterment, in the desire to understand and ultimately in understanding. We continually learn from each other and to hinder individual and communal grow is destructive and selfish. As we grow we aid others to grow and that is altruistic as long as we expect nothing in return. Of course we have to be mindful that we&rsquo;re not being taken advantage of but even if we are it doesn&rsquo;t negate our sincerity and we shouldn&rsquo;t become jaded. &lsquo;True love&rsquo; is also sacrifice and yes some of us sacrifice a lot but we shouldn&rsquo;t be counting if you truly love the person or people. If your sacrifices truly bother you then aid the growth of the person or persons by educating them in order for them to live the same philosophy of altruistic love, communal and self betterment. If your individual growth surpasses the other person in your life then it&rsquo;s your responsibility to aid their growth otherwise the relationship will grow a large divide (grow apart) which is very common, but what&rsquo;s not as common is the trying to make it work. There are different ways to aid someone&rsquo;s growth and sometimes it takes leaving the relationship especially if it&rsquo;s destructive and violent hindering the growth of all involved. Of course I can argue that without experiencing a destructive relationship you wouldn&rsquo;t know how to grow from it. Destructive relationships definitely can arise from substance abuse but usually it&rsquo;s from one person feeling insecure or losing interest, due to outside temptations, resulting in a multitude of consequential destructive actions depending on the expectations instilled on the relationship by all involved even if not all involved know what they are which again leads to the argument of good communication.</p>
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I&rsquo;ve lived a long time and have seen a lot and what I see is the same destructive pattern repeated over and over again sometimes by very intelligent and mature people. Why? I hate to sound like a broken record, but it&rsquo;s still all a lack of education. Who&rsquo;s to blame? Our parents? Our parents unfortunately are partially responsible for us as their parents were for them but ultimately you&rsquo;re responsible for yourself and the circumstances you put yourself in. To dwell on the topic of parents, there are many, many individuals in the world who don&rsquo;t deserve to be parents in my opinion especially in countries that give them so many opportunities to better themselves and ultimately their children. These individuals refuse to better themselves and are usually substance abusers but yet they have babies. That's something that really bothers me because there are others who deserve to be parents but aren't able to. I guess it all plays into a greater unseen plan as I believe nothing is random. Sometimes financial situations can be a hindrance, but the will to better yourself can be creative in finding the means to do so and for some of us it&rsquo;s as simple as going to the local library and selecting some books and actually read them. Reading is the cornerstone to education. If you can, read as much as possible on any subject you find interesting. Math and sciences requires some practice but it still comes after we read. A great source of free educational material is <a href="http://www.wikipedia.com">www.wikipedia.com</a>. Who knows perhaps one day you&rsquo;ll become a writer which I personally find are the most influential people in the world.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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Back to the topic of love. Sex is not love. Sex is the biological means to reproduce and is masked in emotion that seems independent of the act of sex but it&rsquo;s not. Understand me here, sex can be a means to express your love but sex isn&rsquo;t altruistic so it doesn&rsquo;t fit my definition of love. Many cultures confuse sex for love which is horrible in my opinion and many other cultures use sex as cavalierly as shaking hands which also isn&rsquo;t good. In my theories which lead to my pantheist beliefs, our quantum and atomic structures harbor quantum size life perhaps as intelligent as you or greater but exist in a very accelerated time-frame of reference. All these quantum-sized life forms and their conscious psyches amount to your macro consciousness and your life force (your soul if you will). Your consciousness arises from the infinite complexities of &ldquo;random&rdquo; quantum conscious interactions in your quantum structure; the quantum particles and what exists on them all existing in your body and brain. This life force is an energy manifesting itself as several forms of physical energy such as bodily heat. So what&rsquo;s that got to do with sex? Everything! Cavalier sex can be destructive if some of your multiple partners are negative (not as educated and open minded as you or just down right bad) because what makes up their life force will transfer into you intermixing with your life force during the act of sex or through prolonged exposure ultimately becoming a part of you and can actually hinder your mental growth aswell as affect you physically. For example, a truly evil person who finds satisfaction in the misery of others can corrupt others around him not only through speech and communication of his beliefs but also through physical interaction, proximity and the sharing of bodily energies. As an example Hitler managed to influence millions. Again, I&rsquo;m not talking about something metaphysical but something that&rsquo;s arisen through study and further research into my own physics theories. As a more practical example, there are studies that show couples where one partner has a family history of cancer and the other partner gets cancer even though their family has no history of cancer. Could that be due to physical proximity? My definition of cancer is where a portion of quantum life existing in your body who partially makes up your own consciousness decides to rebel against the rest of the system (and possibly your partner or friends in another related discussion), which also makes you up, causing war and destruction. Why would part of you rebel? Think about it for second. Part of you will rebel if you are internally conflicted over something; something that consumes your thoughts in a negative destructive way. Internal emotional conflict can cause cancer such as from depression. Not taking care of your body and mental well being can also cause cancer. Essentially, you are the president of a universe that is your body and the people in your universe must remain happy and content, so if the president is conflicted it we lead to poor leadership and governance and will affect the people in your bodily universe possiby causing a revolt. Honestly, the whole thing is a bit more complicated but that&rsquo;s the simplest example to help you understand. I believe it&rsquo;s very important that we talk, literally and through thought (meditation), to our bodies and instruct it to grow peacefully through education, learn to defend itself against any threat and try to eliminate internal emotional conflict completely. Also foreign agents introduced to your body can influence, cause a rebellion, war and damage you. It&rsquo;s literally like an alien invasion where your body must defend itself, but if the invading force is technologically more superior than any civilization in your body, you will have a very difficult time dealing with it if you can at all. Take for example a virus, such as an STD, made up of many atoms again with many neutrons (quantum Earth-like planets). The life force of the quantum particles making up the virus arises from all living entities in the atomic structure of the virus forming an organized entity that doesn&rsquo;t respect your body because your body is foreign to it just like it's foreign to you. This all sounds farfetched but I&rsquo;ll argue if Jupiter is an electron and Earth-size planet is a neutron (as per my theories supported by the simplest math), we have trillions upon trillions of neutrons in our bodies and even if 2% of those neutrons harbor life like us then we are riddled with quantum life. I also believe that all matter is alive because of the relationship of space-time-consciousness described in my ebook. All matter is made up of dense space-time-consciousness (at scale intervals relating to Reality Scale Constant S) so it&rsquo;s possible that entire planets and stars are themselves truly living entities moving and interacting very slowly compared to our frame of reference. Solar flame, storms, bursts and flares could actually be actions of the Sun consciously interacting with its environment or other stars in order to move star clusters resulting in moving a super-celestial entity&rsquo;s limb. When you move a limb, your atoms do something to contract the bonds between atoms. How does it do this? Through force fields. Well force fields, such as electromagnetic fields, are regions between two or more different space-time (and consciousness) densities. So when a star flares up it releases energy into the surrounding space-time expanding it. At the atomic scale, stars are part of the atom&rsquo;s nuclei so when a nuclei flares up it moves other nearby atoms and if many flare up in unison then macro movement is achieved such as moving your arm. It might appear that I went off on a tangent but it&rsquo;s essential that I describe my theories on how life (life force) arises in order to understand how sex can be destructive as well as beneficial. Life force is the summation of all individual lifeforms in you amounting to what is you. That includes every cell in you body, everything that makes up a cell, every atom and quantum particle including life that exists in them and on them. This summation of life is our life force and depending how advanced it is it can radiate beyond the confines of your body and interact with others especially in bursts of emotion. We are all connected even at immense distances (quantum light travels at the (speed of light)^2 as per my theories) but we are more connected when we are close because there is less interference between individuals. Besides being connected it is more important to mention we are all in this journey together. As one of us advances we all advance a little. As one of us fails we all fail a little. Help your neighbour, make new friends (including life long best friends), open your mind and their's and pursue communal betterment together. That is what life is all about and that is what true love is all about.</p>
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Ultimately, life is a struggle and you must continually try to make it better, so I leave you with the following song by one of my native sisters:<br />
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      <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>I have a secret that only a very few privileged people know about and it&rsquo;s something I don't like sharing. Well now everyone is going to know. The secret is that I know how to read palms. Does this mean I'm psychic? No, that's just jumping to conclusions. Palm reading is a knowledge. It has rules and guidelines the reader must follow just like any process or game. Question is does palm reading predict things in a person&rsquo;s life?</p>
<p>When I was much younger, I spent many summers in Boston at my great aunt's house who was one of the last surviving family member's from my Irish lineage. Those were some of my best memories from my past. I absolutely loved her and we got along like two playful children despite the enormous age difference. Luckily for me, no one in my family actually looks their age and she was no exception. She was sharp witted, elegant and physically fit despite her advanced age. She was a true lady of old. She also had a 21+ year old cat named Lady that hated everyone except the two of us. Needless to say, she was a huge influence on my life for many reasons but mainly because she helped open my eyes to the world. She introduced me to the concept of seeing things for what they were even though it still took me many years to fully understand what she meant. It was in one of these summers down in Boston that she taught me how to read palms. I was very excited to learn because I thought she was essentially going to show me how to do real magic. She showed me all the lines, how they cris-crossed and what it all meant. No two palms were the same including your own two and that meant something too. So in the midst of these lessons, which were more for fun than anything else, I asked her, &quot;Where's the magic?&quot; She giggled and said, &quot;It's in your head.&quot; I was lost. &quot;What do you mean in my head?!&quot; She replied and I'll never forget it, &quot;You have eyes so look!&quot; What she meant was I have senses, of which eyesight is only one, and the magic comes from using them and my brain. &quot;But how does it relate to palm reading?&quot; I asked. She said that palm reading is only a starting point to see up close and touch them. Your eyes will see more detail up close, your nose will smell them better and your hands will feel their warmth but the key is what your brain does with all that. She asked, &quot;What does your brain tell you about some people when you look at them? What do their faces say? Are they happy, sad or angry. What does your heart say? Do you feel sick, nervous or happy to be near them?&quot;&nbsp; What I know now that I didn't know then is that she was explaining to me the mentalist technique or mentalism. What I did realize then was that this whole thing was fake. It&rsquo;s a trick of sorts and that there was no real magic. She saw I was seriously disappointed and said, &quot;There is real magic and it exists in between your brain and heart. It's the feelings you get that your brain doesn't fully understand but understands enough. That's the magic because where does it come from? No one knows.&quot; It made me feel better because at that age I wanted to believe in magic. At my current age, I know that true magic is just what we don't know or fully understand, and when we do it will no longer be magic. I'll argue that the mentalist technique at some point in the past could easily be considered magic because mentalism isn't easy but the results are interestingly unobvious. Mentalism can easily be considered a form of science or an offshoot to psychology much like psychological profiling. To a caveman, or even a sixteenth century man, psychological profiling would easily be considered magical. So what's the difference between a caveman and modern man? We've evolved and we're more knowledgeable hence why psychological profiling isn't magical to us. It's a science to modern man, and that in a nutshell is what real magic truly is. Magic is science. Specifically, magic is science we yet don't know is science. For example, psychics, people with an uncanny ability to predict things without much analysis, based on feelings and mental imagery, perhaps truly do have a better ability at &quot;seeing&quot; things differently and it's only a matter of time before it's made into science once more is analyzed and known about it. Here's something to test, and I know we've all experienced this, when someone is staring at you how is it that we tend to look in their direction unconsciously and catch them looking at us. Of course this is a very simple example but a good one even though not everyone experiences it equally or with certain people. It can be argued that our peripheral vision caught a glimpse of the staring person and we subconsciously processed that this person is looking at us. That's a definite possibility, but how about those of us who have experienced this with our backs fully turned to their direction of sight. Do we feel a tingle? Do we feel a burning sensation in the back of our heads? The scientific studies into this are vast and inconclusive. It's called the Psychic Staring Effect (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychic_staring_effect">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychic_staring_effect</a>). The funny thing is that Psychic Staring Effect might actually be related to one of the greatest mysteries in quantum mechanics which I personally believe it is. Essentially, just by looking at a quantum particle in a controlled laboratory setting, that particle will change (move) making visual analysis of the particle almost impossible. With that in mind here's something to think about. We're all made from quantum particles so when someone looks at us, will their stare move our quantum particles in our bodies? How many would move and would we feel it? Again magic is science we yet don't understand. So are psychics real? You be the judge.</p><br /><br /><a href='http://www.gpofr.com/portal'>Robert L. 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      <description><![CDATA[<p>That's a contentious question but one which I personally find interesting. The only reason I'm writing about this is to handle numerous assumptions that I am a creationist or that I don't believe in evolution. So to quickly clarify this, I am a progressive creationist, who was never a traditional creationist, and who strongly believes in evolution but not in Darwin's evolution. Right now many of you are dismissing me already. You shouldn't, but more importantly, ask yourself &quot;why&quot; you'd dismiss me at all? Because I don't outright believe in whatever point-of-view you adhere to. Most likely you don't know what I'm talking about so be open minded. Creationism and evolution are very broad subjects, more than you might suspect. I believe living organisms can be created. How? By other living organisms who typically are more advanced technologically like a genetics engineer. So do I believe in creationism? Yes, but not the traditional preconceived notions of creationism which exclude evolution outright. Also my progressive creationist belief includes a God entity, as per my theories (check out my ebook and blogs on possible proof of God's existence), and I'll argue my definition of creationism is far more radical solely because it's so obvious. What kills me is that there are fundamentalists on both sides who don't even understand the context of their fundamental beliefs. The terms &quot;creationist&quot; and &quot;evolutionist&quot; have become synonymous with the image of two opposing groups of people and not the beliefs themselves. What if the actual truth is a blend of both belief systems? I whole heartily believe that it is with all my unyielding persistence. Why? Again because it's obvious. Creationism is the encapsulation of the belief that &quot;things&quot;, including living organisms, were created and can be created. Yes &quot;things&quot; have been created and can be created by living, intelligent entities like you and me and especially by entities far more intelligent than either of us. Things can also be created by our creations like a very sophisticated artificial intelligence program created by a human programmer. We have to think outside the box and look at it from as many different perspectives as possible. We have to be open minded which is harder to do than it is to say. I strongly believe in the astronomically high probability that there are living entities beyond the infinitesimal confines of our planet especially mathematically. I can argue mathematically that if the Universe is infinitely big, which I believe it is, filled with infinite variety of lifeforms, which I believe it is (space-time-consciousness), that you most likely have an exact duplicate somewhere in the Universe based solely on the number and order of atoms in your body, your genetic makeup and your personality type as probability parameters in a probability equation. That's a separate discussion and a very interesting one I might add. My point is that perspectives are numerous and you must consider all of them in order to get the full picture, thus you must be as knowledgeable as possible hence again my argument for education. Like my very wise great aunt once taught me,&quot; you must see the obvious in things because people love to sugar coat.&quot; We create things everyday. From this obvious knowledge, what else can be derived? One thing you can derive from that observation is that you have to &quot;decide&quot; to create things. Right? Of course we have to decide to act and that includes creating. So intelligent design is real and it exists at our level of comprehension so imagine what can be designed and the infinite ways how things can be designed by an infinitely intelligent entity or even for an entity several thousand times smarter (enlightened) than us. You can't because its currently beyond our comprehension especially the hows. To dismiss creationist views, even the simple minded understanding of creationism is stupid solely based on the fact that those are perspectives we must consider objectively for an observation and subsequent experimentation. Some traditional creationists might say only God can create. Sorry, but that's not true. Didn't someone build your house? Didn't you decide to have children? And for some farmers, didn't you decide to breed your live stock selectively in order to produce more productive live stock? We decide to create everyday. God is not the only one who can decide, design and create things. Some might argue that he gave us the right to do so! Perhaps and most likely that is the case if we are ruled by a supreme living entity of which we are a physically apart of (as per my theories). The problem is we still can't prove God's existence conclusively. Why? Because most of us want to shake his hand and say hi. Well I can argue that I can't prove anyone's existence conclusively either including yours. For example, to me Barrack Obama is a manifestation delivered to my conscious perspective through the television medium. Is that enough to argue that he truly exists. What if he's a complete fabrication orchestrated by people with a lot of influence? It's preposterous but it's a perspective we must consider if the existence of Barrack Obama was to analyzed scientifically by people who never met him in person. Don't get me wrong, of course he exists but a very strong argument can be made against his existence especially in a room of people who again never met him in person. Do you get what I'm saying? So you never met God in person so he most likely doesn't exist. Right? No. That's not enough proof to say he doesn't exist which leads me to another assumption. How exactly do you think God would present himself to you? By meeting someone in person we automatically relate to human interaction and how we think of those forms of communication. Think outside the confines of human perspective and relation man! If God exists, I can reasonably argue he's not human for the sole reason we call him God which is a very separate and distinct classification even if he can manifest himself as human. So how would God present himself to you? Are you sure he hasn't already countless times? In my theories God is infinite in every way and is all the space-time-consciousness in existence. In fact he is Existence of which we are part of. That's right we are all apart of God and I'm not talking about some religious doctrine or ancient belief. It's a perspective derived through very logical reasoning of a possible entity that is infinite. The topic of God is immense (there's pun there). To continue on, some of you might also argue that we can't create the atoms that make up our &quot;things&quot;. No that's not true. I know a few nuclear scientists that can create atoms, typically from other atoms, and with more knowledge we'd know how to do that even better (of which my theories shed some light on that subject) though I strongly believe we should stop all nuclear testing for many, many reasons. <br />
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I don't want to just pick on creationists, so I'll turn my attention to evolution. Like I said, I believe very strongly in evolution, but not in Darwin's theory of evolution. Blasphemy!! First off what is Darwin's theory of evolution? Darwin's theory of evolution states that &quot;evolution of a species of organisms arise and develop through the natural selection of small, inherited variations (random mutations) that increase the individuals ability to compete, survive, and reproduce&quot;. That's Darwin's theory of evolution in a nutshell, but its important to clarify the true meaning of evolution which is: &quot;a gradual, orderly, and continuous process of change and development from one condition or state to another which encompasses all aspects of life, including physical, psychological, sociological, cultural, and intellectual development, and involves a progressive advancement from a simple to a more complex form or state through the processes of modification, differentiation, and growth.&quot; Darwin's theory and the actual definition of evolution can be argued that they are the same which I agree, but does anyone see the problem with Darwin's theory? Any mathematicians see a problem? Any physicists see a problem? Well let me point it out. Its the word &quot;random&quot;. Randomness is a big problem because randomness essentially means unknown. Most who know me know I very strongly don't believe in randomness. Nothing is random. Everything derives from decisions, possibly in succession, possibly over long periods of time in order to produce some result whatever that is. The problem lies in an observer that doesn't know what the desired result is or what the larger picture is. For example, if we take a Metallica song, say Enter Sandman, and extract 1/2 second of it from the center of the song and play it for someone, that person would most likely conclude it's just random noise but you and me know its not. It's part of a most excellent song. There are numerous theories dedicated to randomness such as Chaos Theory and Game Theory which have birthed extensive studies into randomness. Events that appear random might just be a very small part in a much larger picture (and larger plan). Darwin's theory is fundamentally flawed based solely on that. In humans, and in every living organism, random mutations aren't random at all and not all mutations are noticeable unless a genetic study is done over the lifespan of person and over multiple generations. First off, such a study has been impossible until recent times and if such a study were to be done it would take a life time including hundreds of years for the generational study. What I'm getting at is that humans, any animal, out of need (thanks Pete), desire and out of sheer will induce change in their bodies to make them better in order to achieve something which <b>has </b>been typically survival. For advanced organisms, the sole purpose to life isn't only survival and the more advanced (more enlightened) we become we'll begin to notice that other factors are driving us where survival is only a part of that equation. Before you go on a tangent, listen! Evolution happens in us everyday. How? By improving yourself mentally and physically through study and exercise. Its a very practical and finite form of evolution but its very real and it takes only a decision, a plan and the will to do it. If you say that isn't biological evolution think again. What do you think happens to your body overtime of improving yourself through study and exercise? Are all theses improved changes recorded onto some computer hard drive? Sort of, but that hard drive are your atoms and quantum particles that persist in your body and in successions they accumulate to amount into changes that result in a genetic mutation and your children will reap the benefits of your hardwork. I'll also argue that if you become enlightened enough within your lifetime that perhaps you to will reap those benefits also such as very long and healthy life surpassing most of your peers (possibly, and ideally, immortality with enough understanding of how things work). If you were to meet your much younger adult self, would you still be the same person. No you wouldn't because you're older, more experienced and possibly more mature, though maturity is over rated and perhaps the cause why some of us age faster than others (what's needed is balance). Your interests would be different and you might possibly be more intelligent or not. That's right, devolution can also happen to an organism if they become too relaxed and decide to stop bettering themselves (checkout the cult hit Idiocracy). Taking only evolution and not devolution, people and animals, will themselves to be better and overtime, even in an organisms lifetime, and definitely over generations, these very small willed mutations in our genetic code compound resulting in a very large change in genetic coding possibly resulting in a new species that barely resembles the original species that existed decades or hundreds, thousands, millions, billions of years prior. Mathematicians know very well the effect of compounding a small numerical variance in a loop millions of time over and that's how we have to think when it comes to envisioning any finite compounded changes over time. I make it a habit of speeding up and slowing down time in my mind on a daily basis to find new perspectives and to see things in a different light in order to predict results to a series of actions by minutes, days and even many years into the future or to see in detail where something is going wrong. This is not a metaphysical or supernatural exercise, its a thinking exercise and there are many ways to apply mental time manipulation. My favorite is by throwing a ball, capturing the angle at which I threw it in my mind and slowing time down mentally to calculate it's trajectory after the ball hits the wall and bounces back. The mere act of a human throwing a ball can be argued is random because it's highly improbable that the exact same trajectory can be achieved. Athletes all know it takes lots of practice in order to repeat the same actions as precisely as possible and the same applies to your brain and your powers of perception. Humans are probability machines where all their actions are within a certain probability. All our actions have some uncertainty because we are not fully aware or have complete conscious control of every cell in your body (even though we do subconsciously as some studies have shown), but the same uncertainty doesn't apply to precision machines. Athletes that practice over and over to refine their motor controls over their body's actions are able to achieve a higher level of precision over other people who don't practice. What if an athlete after many years of dedicated training decides to have a child, will that child inherit the precision in bodily actions that his father or mother practiced so hard to achieve throughout their lives. Yes! That child will be more capable in sports than most other children due to the genetic mutations they inherited from their parents; mutations that existed in their parents at the time of the child's conception but that didn't exist in their parent's before they commenced rigorous athletic training. Again, evolution is all around us and it is all willed. Animals will themselves to become better in order to survive, especially if there is a sudden change in their environment, out of simple need to survive. Typically the needed changes are to be stronger, faster and most of all smarter. Sometimes the changes are gradual and sometimes they are radical and quick depending on how great the need and the will. Humans are in a different spectrum on the evolutionary line, but the same rules still apply. <br />
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Most creationists have a problem which is the belief that at some point humans evolved from apes; that some ape gave birth to a modern human baby. I'd say that's not the case. Most likely we (modern man, homo sapiens) gradually evolved and that our predecessor species was very human looking and prior that they looked even less human. I don't see the problem with that because as I see it if God exists in the randomness that surrounds us, that there is a larger picture we can't envision easily and we don't know how the only infinite life form (Existence) would interact with finite life like us, than there is a very good possibility that evolution is very much a progression of life allowed and orchestrated by God himself.</p><br /><br /><a href='http://www.gpofr.com/portal'>Robert L. DeMelo (<a href="http://www.gpofr.com" target="_blank">www.gpofr.com</a>) Copyright 2007, 2008, 2009</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.gpofr.com/portal/BlogView.aspx?pageid=1&ItemID=60&mid=7'>...</a>]]></description>
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<div class="text">I was messaged by someone and the following was my reply:</div>
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<div class="text">&quot;Whatever you think you've done there must be a path you believe can lead you to redemption. There is nothing that you can't come back from. If you believe you've hurt others then find someway for yourself to get their forgiveness, and if not, find away redeem your actions perhaps by helping others. Only you know what that path is for yourself. I have many arguments for the definition of hurt and that it is subjective and usually arises from superimposed expectations...its a long discussion but essentially demands are made of you, sometimes without your consent, but no clear path is given if those expectations can't be met either because you can't physically or your desire and focus has changed. Life isn't simple because we are always learning. We are very much children and we will make mistakes. We just don't know how to handle every situation and still come out personally happy with everyone else happy as well. What I'm saying, to do what you think is bad can be counter balanced by doing what you think is good. You have to find peace within yourself. For me that usually includes doing kind gestures for people I find are deserving including for people I just like usually without them knowing. Don't let that mislead you, I'm also far from perfect but I try by doing something that makes others happy as well as myself. Granted, life's complicated but its not hopeless and its rarely ever boring.<br />
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Gnosticism definitely permeates our culture quite extensively. People innately, perhaps subconsciously, do write and express the belief that there is more to our being. That there is a spirituality beyond our understanding that underlines the very core of our existence. There are a wide variety of beliefs but the ones I find personally intriguing are the stories that intermix belief, legend and actual history. I find it interesting because its hard to conclude how much is legend and how much is real. If you look at the Sumerian texts and the Catholic Bible many things overlap and what we derive belief from in the Bible is slightly twisted in the Sumerian texts. Seeing that the texts are older than the Bible, which is more correct? Two such stories are the Great Flood and the Creation story. What I truly believe is that there is a lot of mystery in the world and that it derives mostly from man himself. Gnosticism is just a byproduct of man as most things are because in that case the common medium is man.&quot;</div>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>No. I don't think there is. At least not right now which is actually very significant. Man is extremely self destructive. We fight when there is no reason to fight. We cause misery when there is no need to cause misery. Why? I mean seriously why? Some say it's for power, greed, love and lust. I say its just damn ignorance! We hate things but can barely explain the reasons behind the hate (though usually its fear of the unknown) and then we cause things to perpetuate that feeling of unease spreading it as a disease to others infesting the psyche of our neighbours and ultimately resulting in destruction of varying degrees. The world is diseased. Its got a cancer and its Man. When asked if I believe in evil I answer that I do, but its doesn't derive from some metaphysical realm. Evil derives from within us. We are the evil. In an older blog I mentioned that I am a pantheist in principle. I am not basing this belief on some religious scripture but based on my own scientific findings. Every atom in your body potentially has living life because these atoms are actually star systems at a very significant difference in space-time density. This living life at the quantum/atomic scale potentially resemble entities like you and me in every atom in your body, especially the brain and nervous system, and collectively in unison they derive you, your consciousness. Their relative passage of time is close or at the speed of light, meaning 1 sec for us is 3e8 seconds for them. Imagine entire civilizations, ours and other alien civilizations existing in an immensely accelerated time frame of reference. Now imagine that these civilizations have very advanced technology that can manipulate entire star systems. Make them, break them and move them. That type of technology is very powerful and very dangerous. Now imagine that out of this collective system of very advanced civilizations that one star system decides to revolt and rebel against a peaceful union with the other systems. They build up armaments and use the very advanced technical knowledge against their neighbours causing destruction. Imagine for a sec why they might do such a thing. I'll tell you why. Ignorance! The only solution is a balanced education and the more you know the more peaceful inadvertently become because with knowledge comes the realization that the ultimate purpose to life is to enjoy it and continually advance ourselves (possibly to solve the greatest mystery of where all come from). They might be well versed in technology, but they are not well versed in the study of ethics for mutual, collective and peaceful growth and reasons why that's so important. They want power or they're just greedy. Whatever the reason they become a cancer. And this is what Humans on this planet are currently on the path to becoming to the rest of the cosmos. You might say I'm nuts so let me describe this scenario in a different light. Man is reaching a technological cross roads where they are about to discover the most amazing technology ever but they are not ready for it. Man is also starting to realize that they are killing this planet and themselves and perhaps a little too late for future generations. Problem is not everyone realizes this and few actually care or understand. These are our cross roads and they are amounting to one major intersection. If man branches off into the cosmos as destructive as they are now, they will be handled. I do believe the universe is populated with infinite life forms just as intelligent as us and far more. If we reach and achieve this technology (which I believe we have already) before everyone on the planet is truly enlightened (is willing to achieve peace here first at any cost) than even if one of us, with evil or misguided intent, goes into the cosmos with the potential of causing unimaginable destruction we all will be stopped as one. Because the cancer of destruction exists within each and everyone of us. You might not be destructive, but your children might be and this is why education is so very important. What if our more advanced cosmic neighbours allow us to evolve and grow biologically and technologically periodically hoping to see if and when we will be ready to be allowed into the cosmos? What if this is a common theme across every star system? Are we currently being policed? Being evaluated? I'll leave that for you to answer. What I do know is that I look at the world with as many perspectives as I can fathom, and understand, hoping to see a light in people worth saving. I see a lot of things. Sometimes, very rarely, things truly capture my attention signaling something special within us. A glimmer of hope and a sign of something greater. These things inspire me. These things are always people who have a great capacity to influence many even without their direct knowledge. A truly good person is rarity and that's a shame. Everyone has motives and few of us are ever selfless. An open minded, intelligent, genuinely good person benchmarks for the rest of us what we should be. They become, through direct and indirect association, a measurement of our potential and boy do they piss us off. Because the rest are not perfect and by looking at them we see our own flaws and it's annoying. My advise to you is if you ever have the pleasure of meeting one of these individuals, and I'm sure you have already, that you take sometime and learn from them. All it takes is to just talk to them. They might just be your neighbour, a stranger, your plumber or a waiter. Here's a simple test to find one of these people. Walk down the sidewalk in a straight line with your head slightly down looking at the sidewalk pretending you're thinking about something, oblivious to your surroundings and possibly fiddling with your cell phone and notice how many people actually move to let you by. I live in the beautiful city of Toronto, one of the most multicultural cities on the planet, and I can honestly say that here not many do. I've also noticed that the younger, more beautiful or handsome they are the less they'll move which says a lot about our future generations. In fact most will bump into you and not apologize even if you do. But then and again you'll come across someone who is confident but moves to let you by willingly without complaint or a scornful demeanor. Once you meet them you'll easily notice they have something special, something extra. Those are the ones you should pay attention to because they are the hope of this planet.</p><br /><br /><a href='http://www.gpofr.com/portal'>Robert L. DeMelo (<a href="http://www.gpofr.com" target="_blank">www.gpofr.com</a>) Copyright 2007, 2008, 2009</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.gpofr.com/portal/BlogView.aspx?pageid=1&ItemID=59&mid=7'>...</a>]]></description>
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<![endif]-->It&rsquo;s beautiful! This is an equation I never expected to stumble on ever in my life time. It means Gravity = ElectroMagnetism. It is an equation of two forces and how they are relative to each other (conceptually). They are spawned by the same space-time effect essentially the same thing but yet perceived differently. They are two sides to the same coin. What I honestly realized today, and it has nothing to do with physics, is that it also spells out the word gem. It is definitely a pearl of unparalleled beauty and it torments me daily. The likelihood of such a discovery is staggering. I would say it&rsquo;s almost improbable. Why was I the one to stumble on this of all the possible people in the world. But what bugs me the most is the timing. Is the timing right for such a discovery or is it too late or too early. It&rsquo;s definitely radical and acceptance will not be easy. This is why I haven&rsquo;t really promoted it or tried to get it published as feverishly as others might which ultimately might be my demise. Put it this way, perfection can&rsquo;t be rushed and I&rsquo;m not referring to me because I am far from perfect. I sometimes try to envision what was going through Einstein&rsquo;s mind when he tried to publish his theory. Did he hesitate? Did he think it was just an ordinary run-of-the-mill theory and hoped for the best? Or did he know, fully know it was correct? Truth be told, I still have my doubts. My closest friends tell me to promote it and who cares what anyone thinks. The worst that can happen is that it won&rsquo;t be accepted, but I have a lot to lose. I have a profession that&rsquo;s taken me years to build and a reputation that&rsquo;s taken me much longer. But sometimes you have to put it all on the line or you have to make the biggest sacrifice you&rsquo;ve ever had to make. This all might sound arrogant to those who don't know me, but if you knew me you'd know I don't like attention and the last thing I'd do is write about my anguish unless I felt it necessary to express myself. I dont do anything for fame unless the greater good is part of that equation and G=EM is something I believe you should know about because it is elegantly symmetric and reveals something about the Universe that is very special.<br />
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</p><br /><br /><a href='http://www.gpofr.com/portal'>Robert L. DeMelo (<a href="http://www.gpofr.com" target="_blank">www.gpofr.com</a>) Copyright 2007, 2008, 2009</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href='http://www.gpofr.com/portal/BlogView.aspx?pageid=1&ItemID=56&mid=7'>...</a>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>The following is my representation of classifications on human psychological types. The following list depicts the pinnacle of these types. In reality, these separate classifications blend into each other and the characteristics depicted for each classification vary in magnitude even within its own classification so in reality there are an infinite number of psychological types. This list might seem familiar to many of you but there are many differences. The main difference is the addition of a 5th type of psychological classification. <br />
The following depicts is a short list of these types of people. It is a small extrapolation of a much more detailed analysis involving graphs which I&rsquo;ll post later.</p>
<p><br />
Archi-Type: <br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Orderly and hierarchical <br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Demanding and commanding <br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Physically beautiful and fit<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Intelligent <br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sense of superiority <br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lack of imagination<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Low ability to think abstractly <br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lack of emotion but usually subjective<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Selfish<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Social<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; They make excellent soldiers and commanders<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When in school, they fall into &quot;jock&quot; and &ldquo;cheerleader&rdquo; classifications<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Typically associate with the alpha male and alpha woman classifications<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Consciously considers genetic implications in choosing a mate</p>
<p>Abstract-Type: <br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Orderly but less hierarchical <br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not very demanding and commanding <br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Less physical of all types<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Highly Intelligent <br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sense of intellectual superiority <br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lack of imagination<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Abstractly thinkers<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lack of emotion but usually objective<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Most selfless of the 4 primary classifications<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Socially inept<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; They make excellent analysts <br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When in school, they fall into &ldquo;nerd&rdquo; classification<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rarely consciously consider genetic implications in choosing a mate</p>
<p>Alter-Type: <br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Less orderly and non-hierarchical <br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rebellious<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not very demanding and commanding <br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Usually physical fit but usually not conscious of their health <br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Usually don&rsquo;t feel superior <br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Good imagination<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Can think a somewhat abstractly<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Highly Emotional and insecure<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Usually selfless and caring<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Just as social as the Archi-type<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tend to be more religious and believe in mysticism <br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When in school, they fall into &quot;rebel&quot; classification<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Rarely consciously consider genetic implications in choosing a mate</p>
<p>Artsi-Type: <br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Orderly but less hierarchical <br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Very demanding but not as commanding <br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Have pride in physical appearance and cleanliness<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Usually intelligent <br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Usually have a sense of superiority <br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Highly imaginative<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absolute inability to think abstractly <br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Second most emotional of the 5 types <br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Highly subjective reasoning<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Very social<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Very selfish <br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When in school, they usually fall into &ldquo;artsy&rdquo; classification<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Often consciously consider genetic implications in choosing a mate</p>
<p>All-Type (very rare):<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Highly desirable characteristics as perceived by the majority<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ability to manifest all the characteristics of all other types to their full extent<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Natural ability to easily adapt to anyone and any situation<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Extremely intelligent<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; They make excellent leaders, motivators and teachers<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; When in school, they would be classified as the &ldquo;friendly jock&rdquo; who played music and who was also in the chess club.</p>
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So how do these classifications relate to science, and in particular to the theory of everything. It is my personal belief that no theory for everything can arise from any other type other than the All-Type. Why? The All-type is balanced and can &ldquo;naturally&rdquo; see all perspectives. The typical physicist fall into Abstract-Type classification due their level of abstract thinking, but the fact that many aspects of their lives are severely lacking in comparison to the effort they put into their analysis of the world inherently does not allow them to see or relate to all aspects of the human psyche in order to properly envision all the angles in regards to observation, experimentation and analysis. The 4 base types are naturally limited to their perception of the world by how they &ldquo;naturally&rdquo; relate to it. A balanced personality, which can be derived from a balanced life, is definitely a rarity in science. In fact, a balanced life is a rarity all over the world and very rare in North America due to our over-driven capitalistic system. Balance is essential in order for someone to envision and relate everything together. Psychology has a lot to do with physics even if it isn&rsquo;t apparent. Why? Because there are people involved at every step in physics and their mental state matters ironically enough. A madman will only see his perspective and disregard all others, but a balanced person will consider and see all angles. What I&rsquo;m getting at is that not all physicists should have become physicists, but unfortunately every Abstract-Type wants to be next Einstein who was coincidently was a physicist. Due to their severe lack of a balance in their life, usually ending up in a severe lack of social interaction, compounded by their desire for acceptance in their chosen profession increases leading many to obscure the profession with nonsensical abstractions of science that have little to do with the actuality of physics in order to claim some acceptance and popularity. Essentially, many tend to make their life&rsquo;s work as complicated as possible and then promote the hell out of it. This selfishness only contributes to obscuring physics and it&rsquo;s all because of a lack of balance in their lives.</p>
<p>These people classifications also lead me to a question I&rsquo;ve been asked many times over the years. Do I believe in soul mates?&nbsp; Many people believe there is someone perfect out there for them that will be the ying to their yang. Unfortunately, I don&rsquo;t believe fully in soul mates as is classically defined, but I do believe in the infinite randomness and conscious relationship which are actually two separate categories. Conscious relationships are what we all already know about. We consciously decide to make a relation with someone and then we work to make it work. Over time, the large differences in personality blend to suit one another making the two distinct individuals perfect for each other. The unfortunate thing with this process is that sometimes the change or blending is so significant that you literally loose who you once were so much so that if you were to meet your younger self on the street you would have little in common with him or her. This is a typical complaint from married individuals. So a natural process is that we choose someone similar to ones self, at least as much as possible, before starting a relationship so that difficulty of adjustment is small and quick. This is why many of the types mentioned above tend to choose people within the same personality classification which doesn&rsquo;t mean the same profession, ethnic background or community though it's often the case. There is merit in choosing someone with a similar temperament which is to reduce conflict, but there is also merit in choosing someone very different in order to explore possibilities you otherwise wouldn&rsquo;t be exposed to. So conscious relationships, in my opinion, account for 99.9999999999+% of all relationships in the world. Can these relationships transcend death and rebirth as in the controversial notion of reincarnation? Sure why not. Would this fall inline with the classification of soul mates? Yes it would. But in my opinion there is another relationship type that is more significant than the soul mate classification and that is the infinitely improbable perfect mate. This infinitely improbable perfect mate is almost impossible but essentially it goes like this. The universe is infinite, in my professional opinion, so considering the infinite variations of possible mates any one person can have in the entire universe over their entire life span, there is at least one possibility that one of them is absolutely perfect and the two are perfect for together. Now that probability decreases when the scope of probability is only the 6 billion people on Earth and even less probable for the area and place you&rsquo;re currently living in. But improbably doesn&rsquo;t mean impossible and who&rsquo;s to say that if two people are absolutely perfect for each other and they both live in different places on this planet that perhaps some &ldquo;meta physical&rdquo; yet unknown force of attraction leads them both together much like mysteriousness of quantum entanglement. I am taking this from a study on mathematical infinity and probability (with some estimation). Would they know if they met this person? And how would they know? Would it manifest itself in sense of intrigue or anger? One thing is certain, they&rsquo;d have to notice each other.&nbsp; Again, anything is possible even the highly improbable is still possible. Unfortunately, this scenario for almost everyone on the planet, if not everyone, is highly unlikely and it&rsquo;s best not to dream about it and focus on finding someone with as many common interests and a personality that suites you and then choose to make it work. <b>But then again mathematical probability is always subject to number and variety of variables used which increase or decease the chances. Anything is possible!<br />
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Today I attended a summit where the keynote speaker was David Suzuki. I was greatly looking forward to this summit. As always I am extremely impressed by David. He is an excellent speaker, very passionate about his work and the preservation of the environment. For those you who don't know who Dr. David Suzuki is, it's good to note that he the foremost environmental activist in Canada, and perhaps North America, a national icon and personal hero.</p>
<p>What I loved most about his speech was his colourful description of how the economics (management of) of our ecology has become more important than the ecology it is suppose to manage. In his words, &quot;the economy&quot; has become a living monster that most of us can barely understand and it frightens us so much that out of shear fear we throw more money into it in order to sustain this monster thinking what it needs is to be fed. The economists, again in his words, have no idea what they're doing and I would agree. They, along with politicians, rarely think years ahead and rarely research and never implement an alternative solution for the problem that is our economy. To make this clear, it is our consumption driven economy based in non-renewable resources that is directly destroying our environment, the ecosystem we all live in, making us sick, perpetuating poverty and misery. He is convinced, and so am I, that the environment has been severely damaged that a large environmental calamity is imminent. The best example he gave was that of the 1 minute duplicating bacteria in a test tube of food. Every minute the bacteria will duplicate and it will consume all it's food reserves in 60 minutes. How many minutes will pass before the test tube has half its food reserves? 30 minutes? That's typically the answer but you're wrong! The level of food consumption of this particular bacteria is exponential therefore the test tube will have 1/2 it's food reserved consumed in 59 minutes. That means in just another minute, all bacteria in the test tube will duplicate and consume the remaining 1/2 of the reserved food. If we place ourselves in the role of the bacteria and turn 1 minute into 12 years (human biological generation span) the same result will eventually happen to our natural resources and we have already been at this for at least 200 years which is over 20 biological generations (not accounting or in substitution for multiple children per house hold which was typical). We will not know that we have only another 12 years left of resources (12 being an arbitrary number in place of the 1 minute analogy). David is convinced, and again so am I, that we have passed this 59 minute marker and that the appearance of abundant natural resource reserves and commodities is only an illusion to the on coming catastrophe. Remember in that last 1 minute the test tube is still 1/2 full with food but in only a minute its all gone. It's hard to envision for some, but just because its hard to envision doesn't mean its wrong. Would you rather be right or sorry? Oil is almost depleted and conservative estimates show that in 2020 it will be almost completely gone. The carbon dioxide in our air from environmentally unregulated manufacturing and refining planets is currently killing the plankton in our oceans which is at the lowest level of <b>&quot;our&quot;</b> food chain by dissolving and turning into acid in our oceans. We eat toxins daily and our bodies carry in them on average 5 lbs of dissolved plastics. That's right, plastics! His speech focused on the economy and that it is not the solution to our problems. The solution is the preservation of our environment and the implementation of the renewable energy technologies. Our current economy is destroying our environment making us all sick perpetuating large pharmaceutical companies to produce highly unnatural remedies to ailments we caused in the first place. We treat the sick and not the healthy. We instead make the healthy sick so we can treat them intentionally or not by our actions and inaction. We have to live in balance with nature. Over consumption has to stop, but to do it our economy has to change drastically. In my own theories, I repeatedly state that there is a natural order to Universe and it is intelligent living life that thwarts the natural order and disrupts it. A living organism that decides to destroy the natural order of its own environment can literally be called a cancer in that ecosystem. We as the human race have become a cancer to our own planet including ourselves and not even our own oncoming destruction via our actions and inaction changes our human nature to consume. We are greedy bastards! We want short term benefit over the long term benefit of our own children. Now I'll argue that this is due to a severe lack of education and that many of us just don't know, but even the ones that do know very well still decide to the contrary. How can I say this? Well many politicians have read report after report depicting the demise of our environment and of our selves but yet they still choose to ignore. I'd be hard pressed to believe that our typical national politicians aren't educated enough to know better but yet they act as if they don't know. Now David insisted, which I will also resonate, that we as citizens of our respective nations <b>must </b>get involved in the political process and urge our politicians (or become the new generation of politician) to take the environment extremely seriously and implement renewable energy technologies (an excellent business opportunity) and find a viable alternative to our current destructive economic system where the management of our ecology is second to the ecology itself. Now David didn't offer any alternative our economic system but stated that there are many very good ideas out there. I myself imprudently wrote about an alternative economic system as a possible solution in my earlier blogs which I strongly believe in, so if you're interested take a look further down the blog list.</p>
<p>Needless to say, I was truly inspired by Mr Suzuki. He is a amazing visionary and humanitarian.</p>
<p>Checkout The David Suzuki Foundation:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.davidsuzuki.org/">http://www.davidsuzuki.org/</a></p>
<p>Also checkout the a truly great video regarding how our capitalist