Archive for October, 2008
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008China give Cleveland your torch.
Friday, October 24th, 2008Why you might ask would i propose that Cleveland get the 2016 rather than our neighbor to the west? The answer is simple I believe in Cleveland.
Hospitals - We have them. The best heart center in the world, the Cleveland Clinic. University Hospitals of Case Western Reserve University. And for those without insurance or ability to pay we have Metro, where the county pays. There was a documentary recently about the health system in the United States, its not true about all states or regions. Cleveland, Ohio has the highest quality health care for those who can’t afford, and the bill is picked up by the county.
Transportation - Recognition as the most on time bus system in the country. Lets say its not big enough to support the incoming traffic, we have the best College of Urban affairs in the country, some will say Kansas City, but after watching Cliff Lee get his 22 consecutive win against the Kansas City Royals, i now we are better, it takes a city to make that happen. Chicago’s transportation system is running out of money and isn’t currently sustainable.
Also if Cleveland requires more hotels or train system, the Army Corp of Engineers could make that happen for us all, just look at the beauty of the Tennessee Valley.
Cleveland is a Cultural Center, the Cleveland Art Museum houses the largest collection of east Asian Art out side China. We have the Rock and Roll Hall of fame people - that’s huge - iconically. We have the Natural History Museum, the Botanical Gardens, the Cleveland MetroParks Zoo and Rain Forest. The park system around the Cuyahoga County is rated the highest in the country. Even one of our local Chefs is the head Chef on the show Iron Chef.
The real reason, I was in Wuhan, China when the announcement came that China was to Receive the Olympics. It was one of the most beautiful moments in my life, all of the students stopped their talent show and immediately began crying and singing the Chinese National Anthem. The love in that room was unconquerable. There are divisions in the national unity in the United States and one region obtaining this treasure over another most likely won’t cross those boarders the way it does in the peoples republic.
Ohio will sing out, loud and proud.
Furthermore, I also think the republicans lost Ohio because they choose Minnesota.
Ohio is the Heart of it ALL. Good Morning.
For Lauren
Friday, October 17th, 2008Since i cant take you to my parks, i bring one to you. It was really winding today so it made for some great waves. Hope you enjoy. I focused on my hand and the gift in order to show the intention. The speed of the frames helps to illustrate the power in the wind today off the lake. Hope you enjoy, with love James.
A little secret, if you right click you can pause, and go frame by frame at a slow speed if you like…
Beauty
Friday, October 17th, 2008Nokia N95 Motion Tracking
Monday, October 13th, 2008If you didnt already know i love my nokia N95, its the most amazing phone. Below are some videos I made of Always Sunny in Philadelphia that show when the camera is stable how much play the camera has in following and stabilizing the image.
Days of Thunder
Sunday, October 12th, 2008Baby Cole Trickle, running the race.
Systems Theory : Economical
Saturday, October 11th, 2008Whole Systems Theory or General Systems Theory is composed of two main system subtypes; biological, and physical.
Biolological based systems carry a symbiosis within the system. This means these types of systems have in place natural ways of balancing out entropy, natures natural tendency toward disarray. Biological systems share the suffix ology. Wikipedia has a list of the sciences ending with ology, of course its not a complete list but it is pretty extensive. What the list is missing are two important ologies, i will get to those two in a min.
Physical systems also known as, Physics based systems, release positive and negative externalities. What this means in that physics based systems are not stable on their macro level. Physics based systems on a micro level are however more stable. Economics is a good example of a physics based system. My proof for the greater stability in a micro physical system is to point toward the physics based system proof, know as the Nash equilibrium.
The major problem with our current economy is that Economicology is not the word we use to describe the waves of monetary transactions. We currently use the term Economics (1785-1795) which originated form Economic (1585-1595), which came after the word Economical was introduced (1570 - 1580) and simply means someone made a good purchase.
The terrible hidden behind “economical” is the requirement of consumers to be smart consumers. International trade was the primary source of this lack of community balance.
The fact is that, no one should have to make “a good purchase”. The word Economical came out of an awareness of price gouging. Another reason why micro physical systems work better is adult to adult conversations, which are the only way to have Camaraderie without competition.
The large problem in overcoming this psychological mindset is that most people believe price equals value and it should. So how do we value as a collective - very difficult. One mans garbage is another mans treasure. However, the internet and global communication is making global pricing easier and more stable.
In order for the current world markets to balance, there needs to be an expansion in the study of the other science ending in ology left off the list, xenology.
To quote Billy Joel, I will leave you with this - “we will all go down together” on a physics based monetary system. Anthropological advances, denser community structures, more transparency and trust are required ingredients to a stable world economy.