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Hi, felicific greetings of the day & night; how now ?
I listen to music to entertain myself these nights &
days; but also I delight in friendship to pass away
the time.
I study some too such as some languages
(not so much to speak or write or communicate
in them; but for intellectual curiosity and growth
in knowledge.) I am interested in some computer
programing.
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I enjoy reading some poetry and quotes some of
which I put below along with some more things
I delight to pass away the time.
This is just a rough draft . I will edit it later. :)
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“Risk!
Risk anything!
Care no more for the opinions of others,
for those voices.
Do the hardest thing on earth for you.
Act for yourself.
Face the truth.”
by Katherine Mansfield
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They can because they think they can.
(Virginia Woolf)
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"Not everything that counts can be counted,
and not everything that can be counted counts."
"One thing I have learned in a long life
is our science, measured against reality
is primitive and child like -
and yet it is the most precious thing we have."
Albert Einstein (scientist)
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"When sorrows come,
The come not single spies;
but in battalions!"
Hamlet's stepfather, Shakespeare
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"Lying is done with words and also with silence."
Adrienne Rich
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Before we can forgive one another,
we have to understand one another.
Free love? as if love is anything but free.
Man has bought brains,
but all the millions in the world
have failed to buy love.
If love does not know how to give
and take without restrictions, it is not love,
but a transaction that never fails to lay stress
on a plus and a minus.
The demand for equal rights in every vocation
of life is just and fair; but, after all,
the most vital right is the right to love and be loved.
The higher mental development of woman,
the less possible it is for her to meet a congenial
male who will see in her, not only sex,
but also the human being, the friend,
the comrade and strong individuality,
who cannot and ought not lose a single
trait of her character.
(Emma Goldman)
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"Great spirits have always encountered
violent opposition from mediocre minds.
The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding
the man who refuses to bow blindly to
conventional prejudices and chooses instead
to express his opinions courageously and honestly."
Einstein, Albert
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If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.
I'd rather have roses on my table t
han diamonds on my neck.
All claims of education notwithstanding,
the pupil will accept only that which his mind craves.
Emma Goldman (June 27, 1869 – May 14, 1940)
She was an activist and was imprisoned
often cause she gave out information about birth control
in the USA as well as talked in pubic about things
that the governments and big business did not want
to thought or talked about. She was politically active
for social improvements; changes to improve
the qualities of life of ordinary people.
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Di ra môt ngày, vê môt sàng khôn.
"Go out one day; come back with more knowledge."
(Tan-Dà),
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Buóc xuông ruông sâu man sâu tâc da
Tay ôm bó ma nuóc mát hai hàng
Ai làm lõ chuyên dò ngang?
Cho sông can nu'óc dôi dàng biêt ly?
Stepping into the field, sadness fills my deep heart.
Bundling rice sheaves, tears dart in two streaks.
Who made me the ferry's leaving?
Who made this shallow creek that parts both sides?
Is this from the great classical
poet Nguyên Du or from Hô Xuân Hu'o'ng?
Translation by John Balaban
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Wild nights! Wild nights!
Were I with thee,
Wild nights should be
Our luxury!
Futile the winds
To a heart in port,
Done with the compass,
Done with the chart.
Rowing in Eden!
Ah! the sea!
Might I but moor
To-night in thee!
XI
My river runs to thee:
Blue sea, wilt welcome me?
My river waits reply.
Oh sea, look graciously!
I ’ll fetch thee brooks
From spotted nooks,—
Say, sea,
Take me!
VIII
That I did always love,
I bring thee proof:
That till I loved
I did not love enough.
That I shall love always,
I offer thee
That love is life,
And life hath immortality.
This, dost thou doubt, sweet?
Then have I
Nothing to show
But Calvary.
Emily Dickinson (1830–86).
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"If you are out to describe the truth,
leave elegance to the tailor."
"Life is like riding a bicycle,
to keep your balance you must keep moving"
Alfred Einstein
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A Part of Shakespeare's Sonnet XXX
When to the sessions of sweet silent thought
I summon up remembrance of things past,
I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought,
And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste:
Then can I drown an eye, unused to flow,
...But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
All losses are restored and sorrows end.
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"I don't believe people are looking for the meaning
of life as much as they are looking for the experience
of being alive."
-Joseph Campbell (March 26, 1904 – October 30, 1987)
was an American mythology professor,
writer, and lecturer best known
for his work in the fields of comparative
mythology and comparative religion.
His work is vast and covers many
aspects of the human experience,
and his philosophy is often identified
with the phrase he coined: "Follow Your Bliss".
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"Very early, I knew that the only object in life
was to grow."
-Margaret Fuller
(May 23, 1810 – July 19, 1850) was a journalist,
critic, women's rights activist and Feminist.
Fuller advocated women's rights such as
women's right to education and the right to work.
She encouraged many other reforms in society
such as ending of slavery in the United States
and prison reforms.
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"Ah, how good it feels...the hand of an old friend"
Mary Englebright
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"The most beautiful thing we can experience
is the mysterious, it is the true source of art,
science, and friendship."
Albert Einstein
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"But friendship is precious, not only
in the shade, but in the sunshine of life;
and thanks to a benevolent arrangement
of things, the greater part of life is sunshine."
Thomas Jefferson
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"The world would be so lonely, in sunny hours or
gray. Without the gift of friendship, to help us every day."
Hilda Brett Farr
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"All love that has not friendship for its base,
is like a mansion built upon the sand."
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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"Never shall I forget the days I spent with you.
Continue to be my friend,
as you will always find me yours."
Ludwig van Beethoven
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"Happiness is time spent with a friend
and looking forward to sharing time with them again."
Lee Wilkinson
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"Farewell sour annoy
for here begins
I hope
our lasting Joy"
(William Shakespeare.)
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If you want to know more of my interests
and about me you can peruse the following
words, words and more words:
I like good tasting foods; home cooked the most.
I also like going to Fine Art Museums
and Fine Art galleries; but not lately.
I have enjoyed & spent a lot of time in libraries
in the past; but not lately.
Sometimes I like reading different dictionaries
with detailed word roots, histories, uses
and examples; in a few different languages
which I am interested in besides the English language.
I am content and not looking for anything
or anyone in particular.
I am easy going, gentle, relaxed and flexible
in my thinking. I am not easily angered.
I like talking about all sorts of things;
especially about things that matter.
I am easy to get along with for most people.
Some of my favorite subjects I studied were
Classical Asian Music, English
(Literature, plays, poetry,
short stories, Shakespeare)
and German Literature
as well as the sciences
from Geology, to Biology,
Chemistry (especially Organic Chemistry
and Mineralogy), higher mathematics
and physics too; but I actually liked the Liberal Arts
the most, such as the Languages and Art History,
for example.
I prefer independent study.
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I study a number of languages
from Native North American Languages
to other languages of Europe, and Asia.
I enjoy studying these languages and
cultures not so much to communicate
with others as many of the languages
are either extinct or spoken by few i
ndividuals; but for knowledge and
comparing them with other related
dialects and languages.
I am also interested in some computer
programing languages.
I stay aware of World News by reading
the following news sources listed below:
I read the print editions daily of the
following Newspapers:
Financial Times (London, England, ft.com),
The Guardian Weekly (London),
Barrons, Investment Business Daily,
Chemweek, the Economist
and the local newspaper.
I do sometimes read the New York Times
which pretty much gives
the USA plutocracy government positions
on things such as support for it's
wars, policies, “welfare for the rich”,
etc, and the Washington Post
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For Fine Art, I have some giclee & regular prints
of the following Artists: Modigliani, Picasso,
Monet, Matisse, Rothko, Kandinsky, Mary Cassatt,
Albrecht Durer, Gauguin, Van Gogh,
Winslow Homer, Gustav Klimt,
Tamara De Lempicka, and
some ancient Japanese and Chinese prints too, etc.
I also like Jade Art and precious gems. & metals.
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As an undergraduate my research work
and Thesis was on making catalysts
which made the desired chemical
reactions in minutes in the open air
with high desired product yields
using inexpensive materials;
in contrast with the norms of the industry
which use the worlds most expensive
metals such as Rhodium, Platinum and Palladium
all of which are pyrophoric (catch fire in air:
can explode when in their chemical
forms worked with by Organic Chemists)
and they only give about 70% mixed product yields
in a number of days with time consuming
to use air-sensitive chemistry glassware.
Those related metals are used to make catalysts used
in vehicles such as in California; to reduce air pollution.
Rhodium is about 9 times more expensive
than Platinum; but it was what works.
So my new Catalysts were really exciting
to work with and I gave many research
presentations at different universities
and at my own University..
The prices of Rhodium, Platinum,
Palladium have dropped tremendously recently
due to less cars being made and sold in the USA now.
(Oct.06.2008)
In Graduate school my research work
was in Polymer Supported Catalysis.
That is studies to find ways to
support and hold catalysts
in place so you can flow liquid
or gas chemicals to the catalysts;
but you don't have to strain out the catalyst
cause it would be held ina gel, bead,
column or flake substance often related to plastics
or resins whether natural
(like the shells of insect, crab, shrimp,
sea urchin shells or horns from mammals)
or synthetic.
I am also interested in Asymmetric Synthesis
which is important in making pure drugs
with fewer side effects; but also it is needed
for many applications in the industries.
(Catalysts & enzymes are used in these processes.)
Often in chemical reactions in lab there are
many "side reactions" that happen yielding
different molecules than those intended or
desired (one example is "Agent Orange"
used in Vietnam by the USA as a herbicide
(pesticide) to kill all plants (
two intended molecules were made at the same time;
but a third highly toxic molecule was also made
(unintentionally.) Asymmetric Synthesis
tries to get just one pure chemical product;
not mixtures and that is true for catalysts
and enzymes too.
Another example was a drug called thalidomide
used by pregnant women to ease the symptoms of
"morning sickness" the drug had two forms one
form caused babies to develop without arms,
legs, hands or with other birth defects; the other
form of the chemical did provide relief and
it did no cause birth defects. It does turn out
that the human body will convert either form
into the harmful one though (so it is not used
with pregnant women.)
Asymmetric Catalysis tries to make just the one
desired chemical form; not mixtures.
These forms are like the differences of your
left and right hand.
Thalidomide was and has been used to help
people sleep. It is currently used to treat
painful forms of leprosy.
Wiki encyclopedia states this
"Asymmetric synthesis, also called
chiral synthesis, enantioselective synthesis
or stereoselective synthesis, is organic synthesis
which introduces one or more new and desired
elements of chirality.[1][2]
This is important in the field of pharmaceuticals
because the different enantiomers or diastereomers
of a molecule often have different biological activity."
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I am a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)
shareholder member which provides high
quality freshly picked organic (no pesticides)
produce (fruit, vegetables) weekly.
I walk my dog daily by the white sand beach
which is popular with tourists in the Summer
time; but in the Fall, Winter and Spring
I walk my big dog on the beach which
is refreshing, relaxing and peaceful next
to the breaking waves and white water (surf.)
I don't surf or windsurf any more;
but many other people do in town here.
The Bay waters here are very cold to s
wim or wade in. One needs to wear a wetsuit
to go into this water for more than a few minutes of time.
I used to like sailing; but I have not wanted to go
out sailing for awhile; but there often many sailboats
out in the bay off the beach by my house.
I grow small epiphytic orchids and a number
of other interesting flowering plants
(Japanese Maples, a tea plant, Manzanitas,
Irises, roses, etc. ) I will plant many more iris rhizomes
and tulips and daffodils this Fall for the
beautiful Spring time flowers of 2009.
I also have raised small tropical fish Fancy Guppies -
Poecilia reticulata, since 1998 with golden to
yellow to white fins and half black bodies with
some iridescent colors on their bodies too.
There is some interesting research (papers)
done regarding guppies.
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I liked studying, traveling and living in Europe.
I also enjoyed visiting Japan for a month.
I liked Kanazawa and Kyoto very much
for their gardens and great tasting foods.
I would like to visit some of the southern
Islands like Shikoku and Islands around
Okinawa some time to look at the natural
beauty of the beaches, parks and plants.
I am just starting to know more about
Vietnam now too for natural beauty.
There are many places around the world
that I would like to visit such as places
with great natural beauty and big wild
rivers, mountains, valleys, etc,;
beautiful geology as well
as things made by people such as the
Japanese gardens (Chinese Gardens too),
the Taj Mahal in India.
I have some beautiful rugs from the Agra region
of India too. I like to see and feel such rugs
(hand made with beautiful colors and designs)
and so nice to walk on in socks or barefoot.
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My Favorite music is by Johann Sebastian Bach
; but I do like Mozart and Handel
(Opus #3 for Bassoon , Oboe and Strings.)
I like many kinds of music in particular songs
and not from just one genre such as
Alternative, World, Fusion, Dance, Trip-Hop,
Electronic, Reggae, Rock, Folk, Pop,
bluegrass, Country, Hip Hop,
Native North American, Blues, Jazz;
for example here is some music with video
that I liked the audio portion of:
DJ Krush (Japan) playing his
instrumental song named Kemuri
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVjgRlto8PI
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Natacha Atlas - Kidda
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTsa_HFjzL0
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There are free download of this Niyaz song
I like called "Ishq"
such as from
http://sixdegreesrecords.com/nineheavens.php
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Here the song "Club Montepulciano"
by Hooverphonic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw3hIKl6WIc&feature=related
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I like a few other Hooverphonic songs too such as “Everytime We Live Together We Die a Bit More”, “Jackie Cane” and “Stranger.”
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last.fm also has some free music to listen to;
but I don't think it can be downloaded and saved.
http://www.last.fm/user/manzanitaflower
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Here is another audio version of a video that
I like with DJ Krush and Toshinori Kondo,
the song is an instrumental called Mu-Getsu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzRCyU7x4bA
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Here is the audio for "Zero 7" playing "Out of Town"
(instrumental):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/soundindex/profiles/track/?id=43174
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Here is Noam Chomsky talking
about the media "The Big Idea":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSuaGIKTaEA
Avram Noam Chomsky December 7, 1928)
is an American linguist, philosopher,
political activist, author, and lecturer.
He is an Institute Professor emeritus
and professor emeritus of linguistics
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[2]
Chomsky is well-known in the academic & scientific
community as the Father of modern Linguistics.[3][4]
He is known widely as a political dissident
(against the Vietnam War for example.)
Wiki encyclopedia states he
is a libertarian socialist intellectual.
He is left of center politically in the
USA (these terms mean different
things in each country; such as a conservative in
England would be a liberal (left of center)
in the USA.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Chomsky
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Here is more music some of it is above;
but with different url links:
"Concerto For Oboe And Violin In C Minor,
BWV 1060: Adagio"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIk_l5-fTiw&feature=related
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Here is "Puppy Toy" and it is a "Blues" and "Trip-hop
and Alternative" song by "Tricky"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx8lpzlSkGc
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Here is "Aftermath" also by Tricky;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV1G8v0j28I
I like these songs by Tricky too, “Stay”, “Car Crash” and “How High” too.
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Here is Kemuri (itunes labels it as a hip-hop song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVjgRlto8PI
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Here is Mu-Getsu and the video is not related;
but the music is there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzRCyU7x4bA
Here are some of his other song titles I like
"Road to Nowhere", "Distant Voices" , "Fu-Yu",
"Final Home"
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Mozart's Requiem Mass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d88xIIRDI9U&feature=related
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This also is a song from the Requiem
that gets nicer it goes on:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO3nT5cvaOo&feature=related
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I have three favorite songs from
St. Matthew's' Passion J.S. Bach songs with Singing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_LLFfFXaUA
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here is "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wraO_FOpFJ4&feature=related
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I like "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland" II BWV 62
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"Jesus remains always my Joy " by J.S. Bach is below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Mn1ibFdXDU&feature=related
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For Movies I like Cyrano de Bergerac, Depardieu also Les Miserables., Indochine, Quiet American, (Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi) The Road Home, To Live, Red Beard, Seven Samurai, (Kurosawa), The Fortress, God Father (I-III), Shakespeare plays adapted to movies such as Hamlet with Gibson, Ran, House of Flying Daggers, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Shall We Dansu (in Japanese), Das Boot, Pride & Predjuice, Sense and Sensibility, Oliver Twist,
Shanghai Triad, A Soul Haunted by Painting, Raise the Lantern, Temptress Moon, The Emperor and the Assasin, etc
Peace be with you; be seeing you maybe.
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This the end of the page (Oct.08.2008)
Adieux friend to this ground.
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