Saturday, November 20, 2010
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Suicide on Szabadsag Hid
Finally managed to get the TV clip of the suicide on Szabadsag hid (Freedom Bridge) in Budapest. A 40 year old emotionally disturbed man set himself on fire and jumped off. It was caught on camera by a local TV station and aired publically with no respect or consideration toward his family. A constant reminder of how desperate one can get when there appears no way out.
The video is extremely graphic and will only provide the link for those wishing to see it for the pursuit of human understanding.
The video is extremely graphic and will only provide the link for those wishing to see it for the pursuit of human understanding.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Into the crypt
Managed to go deep into the crypt of Egyetem Templom, built in 1720 over a much older church dating back to medieval times. Formally a Dominican Church later to be claimed by the Pauline Order of Hungary after the Turks were driven from the land by combined German and Hungarian troops. I felt at ease there amongst the bones as I felt half dead myself.
Yet to seek out the several lids of coffins that are infused with light..similar to the Turin Shroud. In order to see them you must know where to go and whom to ask. Something tourists are not invited to.
Finally commissioned a lawyer to handle the Hungarian red tape.
Days have been beautiful and sunny. Our new apartment is inviting and comfortable.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
The Descending Spirit
The Illumination
Behold Earth, what has come down to you!
From planes above to realms below, my spirit goes, illumined by the Light of Heaven's glow.
To walk in realms where shadows roam,
I left my home, to live in body, for a time destined,
my spirit must sustain temptation from misguided ways.
To darkened corners where souls lament, to there I'm sent, to reveal my wisdom, spread my Light, to raise thy spirit from earthly plight. The world to you, so real and true, with a blanket of doubt, it has covered you.
The soul within, whilst steeped in sin, rejects the Light I bring.
The stones of logic, lust and greed, are planted before thee, so attempt to see, or stumble blindly toward your destiny.
So hear the voice that summons thee: Even you who is reading this,
you must today decide, to remain a slave or to be set free.
Should Darkness be thy soul's delight, then this shall be thy gift in life.
Visit to the Docklands
Went to visit the Enterprize docked at Waterfront City Docklands, Melbourne. Can't believe that it carried 300 sheep in 1840.
Besides catching a bad cold and spending the following day recuperating, I guess it was okay.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Universe
The Reaching Out
Behold, Earth! What has become of you? With toil and sweat by human hands you work the ground from which you come. In the dust you grovel, day after day, contented with your labor pains.
Raise your heads to heaven high - behold the beauty which there hides. At night when skies are dark, when the moon departs, the stars with glory there do shine!
A universe with resplendent form unfolds to reveal the countless stars and galaxies. The Milky Way, it’s outstretched arm. . . a path of gold and silver stone.
The vastness of space, no ruler can pace: it has no beginning nor an end: the stars that abound no wise man can count.
Your wisdom fails and faces pale as you try to comprehend. But on you go, there seems no end, to the determination within man.
The outer planets you reach with grace, and say: Behold the wonder we achieved this day! Your cheers of joy, echo with ploy, as they leave your little world.
But the things achieved, only deceives the mind of mortal man. The wisest man upon your world, is naught but a baby, from out of his cot he crawls!
Your foolish ways, O Sons of Earth, fill all your books of history! Look at Me, for here I Am, stretching out the heavens with my hand…..I tempt you to understand! To every star I give a name, this I do to suit My fame. The galaxies of inner space, are naught but toys to me.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Sun storm to hit with 'force of 100m bombs'
From: Janis Gilbreath <wayfarer@janisg.net>
Date: Thursday, August 26, 2010
Subject: [spirit_truths] Sun storm to hit with 'force of 100m bombs'
To: wayfarer@janisg.net
Sun storm to hit with 'force of 100m bombs'
* By Peter Farquhar, Technology Editor
* From: news.com.au
* August 25, 2010 3:40PM
AFTER 10 years of comparative slumber, the sun is waking up - and it's
got astronomers on full alert.
This week several US media outlets reported that NASA was warning the
massive flare that caused spectacular light shows on Earth earlier
this month was just a precursor to a massive solar storm building that
had the potential to wipe out the entire planet's power grid.
NASA has since rebutted those reports, saying it could come "100 years
away or just 100 days", but an Australian astronomer says the space
community is betting on the sooner scenario rather than the latter.
Despite its rebuttal, NASA's been watching out for this storm since
2006 and reports from the US this week claim the storms could hit on
that most Hollywood of disaster dates - 2012.
Similar storms back in 1859 and 1921 caused worldwide chaos, wiping
out telegraph wires on a massive scale.
The 2012 storm has the potential to be even more disruptive.
"The general consensus among general astronomers (and certainly solar
astronomers) is that this coming Solar maximum (2012 but possibly
later into 2013) will be the most violent in 100 years," astronomy
lecturer and columnist Dave Reneke said.
"A bold statement and one taken seriously by those it will affect
most, namely airline companies, communications companies and anyone
working with modern GPS systems.
"They can even trip circuit breakers and knock out orbiting
satellites, as has already been done this year."
Regardless, the point astronomers are making is it doesn't matter if
the next Solar Max isn't the worst in history, or even as bad as the
1859 storms.
It's the fact that there hasn't been one since the mid-80s. Commodore
had just launched the Amiga and the only digital storm making the news
was Tetris.
No one really knows what effect the 2012-2013 Solar Max will have on
today's digital-reliant society.
Dr Richard Fisher, director of NASA's Heliophysics division, told Mr
Reneke the super storm would hit like "a bolt of lightning", causing
catastrophic consequences for the world's health, emergency services
and national security unless precautions are taken.
US government officials earlier this year took part in a "tabletop
exercise" in Boulder, Colorado, to map out what might happen if the
Earth was hit with a storm as intense as the 1859 and 1921 storms.
The 1859 storm was of a similar size to that predicted by NASA to hit
within the next three years - one of decreased activity, but more
powerful eruptions..
NASA said that a recent report by the National Academy of Sciences
found that if a similar storm occurred today, it could cause "$1 to 2
trillion in damages to society's high-tech infrastructure and require
four to 10 years for complete recovery".
Staff at the Space Weather Prediction Center in Colorado, which hosted
the exercise, said with our reliance on satellite technology, such an
event could hit the Earth with the magnitude of a global hurricane or
earthquake.
The reason for the concern comes as the sun enters a phase known as
Solar Cycle 24.
All the alarming news building around the event is being fuelled by two
things.
The first is a book by disaster expert Lawrence E. Joseph, Guilty of
Apocalypse: The Case Against 2012, in which he claims the "Hurricane
Katrina for the Earth" may cause unprecedented planetwide upheaval.
The second is a theory that claims sunspots travel through the sun on
a "conveyor belt" similar to the Great Ocean Conveyor Belt which
controls weather on Earth.
The belt carries magnetic fields through the sun. When they hit the
surface, they explode as sunspots.
Weakened, they then travel back through the sun's core to recharge.
It all happens on a rough 40-50-year cycle, according to solar
physicist David Hathaway of the National Space Science and Technology
Center in the US.
He says when the belt speeds up, lots of magnetic fields are
collected, which points to more intense future activity.
"The belt was turning fast in 1986-1996," Prof Hathaway said.
"Old magnetic fields swept up then should reappear as big sunspots in
2010-2011."
Most experts agree, although those who put the date of Solar Max in
2012 are getting the most press.
They claim satellites will be aged by 50 years, rendering GPS even
more useless than ever, and the blast will have the equivalent energy
of 100 million hydrogen bombs.
"We know it is coming but we don't know how bad it is going to be," Dr
Fisher told Mr Reneke in the most recent issue of Australasian
Science.
"Systems will just not work. The flares change the magnetic field on
the Earth and it's rapid, just like a lightning bolt.
"That's the solar effect."
Date: Thursday, August 26, 2010
Subject: [spirit_truths] Sun storm to hit with 'force of 100m bombs'
To: wayfarer@janisg.net
Sun storm to hit with 'force of 100m bombs'
* By Peter Farquhar, Technology Editor
* From: news.com.au
* August 25, 2010 3:40PM
AFTER 10 years of comparative slumber, the sun is waking up - and it's
got astronomers on full alert.
This week several US media outlets reported that NASA was warning the
massive flare that caused spectacular light shows on Earth earlier
this month was just a precursor to a massive solar storm building that
had the potential to wipe out the entire planet's power grid.
NASA has since rebutted those reports, saying it could come "100 years
away or just 100 days", but an Australian astronomer says the space
community is betting on the sooner scenario rather than the latter.
Despite its rebuttal, NASA's been watching out for this storm since
2006 and reports from the US this week claim the storms could hit on
that most Hollywood of disaster dates - 2012.
Similar storms back in 1859 and 1921 caused worldwide chaos, wiping
out telegraph wires on a massive scale.
The 2012 storm has the potential to be even more disruptive.
"The general consensus among general astronomers (and certainly solar
astronomers) is that this coming Solar maximum (2012 but possibly
later into 2013) will be the most violent in 100 years," astronomy
lecturer and columnist Dave Reneke said.
"A bold statement and one taken seriously by those it will affect
most, namely airline companies, communications companies and anyone
working with modern GPS systems.
"They can even trip circuit breakers and knock out orbiting
satellites, as has already been done this year."
Regardless, the point astronomers are making is it doesn't matter if
the next Solar Max isn't the worst in history, or even as bad as the
1859 storms.
It's the fact that there hasn't been one since the mid-80s. Commodore
had just launched the Amiga and the only digital storm making the news
was Tetris.
No one really knows what effect the 2012-2013 Solar Max will have on
today's digital-reliant society.
Dr Richard Fisher, director of NASA's Heliophysics division, told Mr
Reneke the super storm would hit like "a bolt of lightning", causing
catastrophic consequences for the world's health, emergency services
and national security unless precautions are taken.
US government officials earlier this year took part in a "tabletop
exercise" in Boulder, Colorado, to map out what might happen if the
Earth was hit with a storm as intense as the 1859 and 1921 storms.
The 1859 storm was of a similar size to that predicted by NASA to hit
within the next three years - one of decreased activity, but more
powerful eruptions..
NASA said that a recent report by the National Academy of Sciences
found that if a similar storm occurred today, it could cause "$1 to 2
trillion in damages to society's high-tech infrastructure and require
four to 10 years for complete recovery".
Staff at the Space Weather Prediction Center in Colorado, which hosted
the exercise, said with our reliance on satellite technology, such an
event could hit the Earth with the magnitude of a global hurricane or
earthquake.
The reason for the concern comes as the sun enters a phase known as
Solar Cycle 24.
All the alarming news building around the event is being fuelled by two
things.
The first is a book by disaster expert Lawrence E. Joseph, Guilty of
Apocalypse: The Case Against 2012, in which he claims the "Hurricane
Katrina for the Earth" may cause unprecedented planetwide upheaval.
The second is a theory that claims sunspots travel through the sun on
a "conveyor belt" similar to the Great Ocean Conveyor Belt which
controls weather on Earth.
The belt carries magnetic fields through the sun. When they hit the
surface, they explode as sunspots.
Weakened, they then travel back through the sun's core to recharge.
It all happens on a rough 40-50-year cycle, according to solar
physicist David Hathaway of the National Space Science and Technology
Center in the US.
He says when the belt speeds up, lots of magnetic fields are
collected, which points to more intense future activity.
"The belt was turning fast in 1986-1996," Prof Hathaway said.
"Old magnetic fields swept up then should reappear as big sunspots in
2010-2011."
Most experts agree, although those who put the date of Solar Max in
2012 are getting the most press.
They claim satellites will be aged by 50 years, rendering GPS even
more useless than ever, and the blast will have the equivalent energy
of 100 million hydrogen bombs.
"We know it is coming but we don't know how bad it is going to be," Dr
Fisher told Mr Reneke in the most recent issue of Australasian
Science.
"Systems will just not work. The flares change the magnetic field on
the Earth and it's rapid, just like a lightning bolt.
"That's the solar effect."
Thursday, August 26, 2010
An Encounter from the Past
There are times when you become an influence upon another without fully realizing it. This was the case in Alice Springs. Although most that I worked with were boozers and rough necks…but there is always that one odd ball that doesn’t quite fit in with the rest. While the others were trying their utmost to prevent me from luring them into a corner, there was this one young fellow called, Mark, who listened intently to what I was saying while the others sat about drunk trying to comprehendo the strange words they had never before heard, and, unfortunately, will never again hear, unless a miraculous event changes their perspective on life.
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