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Succor or Succumb to… What the heck! Save (Succor) the Earth and Each Other

1) Everyone in need should have more.
2) Those who have too much should share.
3) Those who are suffering should be succored.

Succor – Assistance in time of difficulty; “The contributions provided some relief for the victims.”
Ministration, Succour, Relief: Assist, Assistance, Help, Aid – The activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; “He gave me an assist with the housework.”; “Could not walk without assistance.”; “Rescue party went to their aid.”; “Offered his help in unloading.”

Consolation, Solace, Comfort – The act of consoling; giving relief in affliction; “His presence was a consolation to her.”
Mercy – Alleviation of distress; showing great kindness toward the distressed; “Distributing food and clothing to the flood victims was an act of mercy.”

Verb 1. Succor – “Help in a difficult situation.”
Succour – Aid, Assist, Help – Give help or assistance; be of service; “Everyone helped out during the earthquake.”; “Can you help me carry this table?”; “She always helps around the house.”

Succor the Earth… Cold Fusion Now!

I succor, you succor, we all succor or succumb to suffer and perish together…

Save the Earth!

Succor…

or succumb.

suc·cumb

/səˈkəm/

Verb
  1. Fail to resist (pressure, temptation, or some other negative force).
  2. Die from the effect of a disease or injury.
 
Synonyms
die – surrender – yield – submit – give in

 

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Touching Spirit

Science of Winnowing

Discernment leads to winnowing. Winnowing uncovers that which is useful.

Like the diversity of life, the Cold Fusion Low Energy Nuclear Reaction…

“is not a narrow band set of physical phenomenon” (quote NASA).

The winnowing process of science is leading us to a diversity of engineered LENR devices. We are now seeing an  information explosion of LENR ‘nearly free and clean energy’ science literature that is …

“dense as a cold fusion reaction”.

To celebrate this, here is some prose for you to share.

Touching Spirit

A still
yet soaring Eagle

An at home
yet migrating Whale

An occupied
yet connected Human

A curious Bear
A winnowing Minnow
A persistent Beaver

An observant
yet unobserved Mouse

An invisible
yet present Owl

A lone
yet pack Wolf

A serious Crow
A trickstering Coyote
A powerful Badger

Touches my Spirit

A Totem

A Story

Told

To Winnow is to…

1 Blow a current of air through in order to remove the chaff
2 Remove from grain
3 Reduce the number in a set gradually until only the best ones are left
4 Find or identify a valuable or useful part of something
5 Identify and remove the least valuable or useful
6 (of the wind) Blow
7 (of a bird) Fan (the air) with wings

What a lovely word winnowing!

I think so too ’cause…

I’m a happy winnowing Minnow
So little, which really does
matter. Yes, one
teensy, itsy
bitsy
bit

thanksingingivearthanksingingivearthanksingingivearthanksingingivearthanks
shareveryonesmileshareveryonesmileshareveryonesmileshareveryonesmileshare

Image from… (link)

The prose is a story about cold fusion. Traditionally, storytelling is told using archetypal images.

The story and characteristics (qualities of characterization) of the cold fusion quest are portrayed in the order of events, following a contemporary format of totem storytelling.

The first group sets the stage

  • Still enough to observe (anomalous heat) and soaring when then elated – Eagle
  • At home and migrating – Whale (lost good jobs and moved away)
  • Occupied (sticking with cold fusion) and still connected – Human (still respected within a very small, teeny tiny, itsy bitsy subset of the scientific community)

This portrays the qualities and actions of early cold fusioneers. (spelled like buccaneers)

  • Curious… Bear (bear with me on this one… cold fusion?)
  • Winnowing… Minnow (tiny… so what?)
  • Persistent… Beaver (builder… of dreams?)

good scientific gleaning… searching for meaning…

The third continues the story 20+ years.  Researchers and the anomalous energy effect.

  • Observant (researcher) Unobserved (under the radar) Mouse (meek- underfunded research)
  • Invisible (difficult to observe) Present (actually exists) Owl (wisdom – wise clean nuclear energies)
  • Lone (individual – researchers) Pack (group -body of work) Wolf (strong yet gentle – energy)

LENR out of the cutting edge research phase. Into the research and engineering phase.

  • Serious… Crow (nuclear dense clean energy)
  • Trickstering… Coyote (fooled us, as in regards to established theory)
  • Powerful… Badger  (powerful with far reaching ramifications – LENR will expand human territory with travel to and through space at ramjet and ion speeds)

Cold fusion LENR stops carbon destruction and we declare the story told.

  • Touches my spirit (heals earth life)
  • A totem (classify this)
  • A story (archetypal)
  • Told (occurred)

The strength of archetypes and the intelligence of nature is not to be underestimated.

Storytelling, artfulness, and discovery are all part of scientific query.

Badger

Honey badgers are intelligent animals, and are one of few species capable of using tools. In the 1997 documentary series Land of the Tiger, a honey badger in India was filmed making use of a tool. The animal rolled a log and stood on it to reach a kingfisher fledgling stuck up in the roots coming from the ceiling in an underground cave.

The badgers have been named the most fearless animal in the Guinness Book of World Records.

In a recent study (2009) undertaken by the magazine Scientific American it has been found that pound for pound the honey badger is the world’s most fearsome land mammal as a result of its favorable claw to body ratio and aggressive behavioral tendencies.

The honey badger is predominantly solitary, although small family groups of up to three individuals are occasionally seen. They are nomadic and range over huge areas, which for an adult male may be as large as 600 km2.

Main Entry: badger Function: noun
Etymology: probably from badge; from the white mark on its forehead Date: 1523
1 a : any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere b : the pelt or fur of a badger
2 capitalized : a native or resident of Wisconsin —used as a nickname

Main Entry: badger Function: transitive verb Etymology: from the sport of baiting badgers Date: 1794

: to harass or annoy persistently
synonyms see bait

Main Entry: bait Function: verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse beita; akin to Old English bǣtan to bait, bītan to bite — more at bite Date: 13th century (transitive verb <a>)

1 a : to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks b : tease
2 a : to harass (as a chained animal) with dogs usually for sport b : to attack by biting and tearing
3 a : to furnish with bait b : entice, lure
4 : to give food and drink to (an animal) especially on the road

BADGER Intransitive verb Archaic : to stop for food and rest when traveling. Etymology unknown, not in use.

“The etymology of 1794 reflects a cultural fear, and possibly a sadistic resentment of strong animals, i.e. the strength of nature. Other cultures revere animals, plants, and the strengths of nature.”

“The culture of reverence and respect for all life is growing”

The Peoples of Earth 

Totem

Totemism was a key element of study in the development of 19th and early 20th century theories of religion, especially for thinkers such as Émile Durkheim, who concentrated their study on primitive societies. Drawing on the identification of social group with spiritual totem in Australian aboriginal tribes, Durkheim theorized that all human religious expression was intrinsically founded in the relationship to a group.

In his essay “Le Totemisme aujourdhui” (Totemism Today), the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss argued that human cognition, which is based on analogical thought, is independent of social context. From this, he excludes mathematical thought, which operates primarily through logic. Totems are chosen arbitrarily for the sole purpose of making the physical world a comprehensive and coherent classificatory system. Lévi-Strauss argues that the use of physical analogies is not an indication of a more primitive mental capacity. It is, rather, a more efficient way to cope with this particular mode of life in which abstractions are rare, and in which the physical environment is in direct friction with the society. He also holds that scientific explanation entails the discovery of an “arrangement”; moreover, since “the science of the concrete” is a classificatory system enabling individuals to classify the world in a rational fashion, it is neither more nor less a science than any other in the western world. It is important to recognise that in this text, Lévi-Strauss manifests the egalitarian nature of his work. Lévi-Strauss diverts the theme of anthropology toward the understanding of human cognition.

Discovery

It’s of great use to wonder
Why our minds wander
In awe of it all

Being forever true
Seeking the new

We are just now discovering
That which has always been

Impatiently awaiting us
Craving our keen attention
Hoping for deeper understanding

Awesome is
The wonder of discovery

And the power
Of awe

gbgoble2009

 

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Art Show 2012 Winners: “Their Banner is Excelsior!”

The New Energy Paradigm Shift 2012 Art Show was the first online art show by Cold Fusion Now, and we had alot of fun putting it together.

The idea popped this fall when I had to switch hosting services. I was paying $100 a month for awful service from a company called Dreamhost (let’s be friendly). I had enough, and my pal Humphrey found Lightning Base, a small independent company who would host our site for $20 a month. What a relief!

I had to celebrate!

The need for images in this field is dire. Today’s “reality”, where “everything’s disappeared”, has post-literate bodies interacting almost wholly through imagery, and the dearth of images and animations about cold fusion greatly impedes communication about this science.

It was decided: we would share some of the savings to support artists to do images of cold fusion.

Ten artists answered the call, and did so with a wide variety of perspectives, from “the sublime to the ridiculous”, appropriate to the loose free-style open-ended theme we threw out there.

Artist Filip Schrooyen and painter Tony B. Conscious focused on the figures of new energy and cold fusion with portraiture of pioneers Martin Fleischmann and Nikola Tesla.

Sheree Rensel and Ra Superstar created collage works focused on the stewardship of Earth.

Humberto Gomez Sequeira-Gomez humanized the digital hypno-wheel with a woman’s face in Roxy Galaxy while Andy Heck Boyd used images of cold fusion co-discoverer Stanley Pons combined with abstract geometry to retrieve absurdity in Untitled.

The scientific aspects of cold fusion were beautifully rendered using digital graphics with Terrance Burnett‘s Cold Fusion and Tom Barnett‘s Palladium Winter Palace. Owen Geiger created an animation modeling Vortices in Plasmonic Waves.

The New Fire presented itself in the hand of a human with Adrian Grecu‘s Better Than Fire.

We solicited comments and received virtually all of them privately.

The feedback highlighted different aspects of the personal expectation each respondent had, but there was strong proclivity towards a few entries that focused on cold fusion.

Thus it is we are proud and happy to announce the winners of the Cold Fusion Now New Energy Paradigm Shift 2012 Art Show prizes.

1st prize : $100 goes to Adrian Grecu for his depiction of the New Fire in the hands of a human in Better Than Fire, described by one respondent as “visually arresting”. It reminded one person of the ancient times when Humans first traded fire amongst their tribal neighbors. One thought it would make a great poster to promote the field.

Better Than Fire by Adrian Grecu

2nd prize : Cold Fusion Then and Now T-shirt goes to both Owen Geiger and Terrance Burnett, who each wracked up votes for a tie. Burnett’s Cold Fusion shown below references what may be the simple model of a hydrogen atom shifted to multiple phases into photon energy, inducing a deep space meditation of possibility. Owen Geiger’s Vortices, shown in the heading at the top of this page, dynamically mathematically models unifying principles between multiple new energy phenomenon through animation.

Cold Fusion by Terrance Burnett

3rd prize : New Cold Fusion Now Stickers goes to Filip Schrooyen.

Portrait of Martin Fleischmann by Filip Schrooyen

Tom Barnett and Tony B. each came in with Honorable Mentions.

Palladium Winter Palace by Tom Barnett
Cold Fusion Now by Tony B. Conscious

But heck, I love it ALL, and we’ll be sending a goodie to each and every one of the contributing artists to this show! Each deserves acknowledgement for the creative thought towards new energy and the Transformational Shift that it brings. We’ll be featuring art on our front page throughout the year – and gearing up for Art Show 2013!

… who look far above earthly things, whose banner is Excelsior!

Gentlemen, let us honor the artist;
let us thank him, let us drink his health! —Nikola Tesla

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Art Show LIVE : New Energy Paradigm Shift 2012

The Cold Fusion Now – New Energy Paradigm Shift 2012 Online ART SHOW is now live.

Click Here to go to the Art Page and begin scrolling through the submitted works. Click on the images to enlarge. The very last finale page will have all the entries listed as thumbnails.

Thanks to all the artists who took the creative time and energy to contribute. We will announce prizes on December 22nd.

After viewing, please leave comments below on your favorites.

Click Here – New Energy Paradigm Shift 2012 – Cold Fusion Now Art Show

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2013 History of Cold Fusion Calendar

Which Nobel laureates gave speeches in support of cold fusion?

Are any federal agencies involved in cold fusion research?

Who did reproduce the Fleischmann-Pons Effect (FPE) early on, and just where in the world were positive results generated?

When you need a couple of quick facts showing cold fusion is not only real, but nearing commercial potential, the 2013 History of Cold Fusion Calendar can be your source for evidence!

It’s chocked full of historical facts that answer questions like ‘what physicist and famous science fiction author called “ignoring cold fusion one of the greatest scandals in scientific history”?’.

The 12-month wall hanging objet d’art et l’utilité used as a base the timeline published in Eugene Mallove‘s March/April 1999 Infinite Energy Magazine issue #24 commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the announcement of Drs. Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons‘ discovery of fusion-sized energy from water in a test-tube.

The IE published timeline itself was an update on previously published timelines in F. David Peat‘s Cold Fusion: The Making of A Scientific Controversy and Hal Fox‘s Cold Fusion Impact in the Enhanced Energy Age. The timeline in Tadahiko Mizuno‘s Nuclear Transmutations The Reality of Cold Fusion was also noted. Other sources were Edmund Storms‘ The Science of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction and early Infinite Energy issues.

The discovery of ultra-clean energy-dense power from the hydrogen in water languished amid mainstream hostility towards the experimental facts. While many of the smart, capable people who tried the experiment in 1989 saw nothing, there were plenty of positive results, and this calendar highlights those achievements. This calendar does not trace the many theoretical models that scientists are still formulating, but focuses on the early experimental data that showed anomalous effects.

It is not a complete “History” per se. All dates in previously published timelines were not used. Many events have exact dates, but too many events on one day forced some dates to be “thereabouts”. In future editions, we would like to rotate through all names and events with a different theme each year.

Who around the world continues to probe this Rumpelstiltskin-reaction, now called low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR), lattice-assisted nuclear reactions (LANR), the anomalous heat effect, or quantum fusion?

And what companies are attempting to commercialize an ultra-clean next-generation nuclear power?

The 2013 History of Cold Fusion Calendar can provide a few answers, as well as be a resource for those conversations that turn to repeating twenty-year-old manufactured myth as fact.

This calendar can be sent to schools, colleges and universities, chemistry, physics, and engineering departments, policy makers, investors, environmental groups, friends and family for education and awareness. Why even detractors could benefit!

Long-time cold fusioneers, LENRites, LANRists, Qua-Fus, and those who are just plain Anomalous will enjoy feasting upon the lavish photos of laboratory set-ups and cold fusion experimental apparatus. The early images from India and China are no less-then art, and portraits of researchers show the humanity behind the metal.

I hope the CMNS community will support this effort to educate and entertain. Log in your big days, keep track of what’s missing, to be collected into the spreadsheet of dates that will form the core data of a complete historical record which can be accessible through a super-cool digital 3D-holographic interactive timeline that has EVERYTHING!

I had never made a calendar before, let alone one that had science papers instead of holidays. I acted fast. (Who wants a calendar in March?) I am particularly grateful to Peter Gluck and Christy Frazier for kindly tolerating a quick last minute bid for dates and photos. Steve Featherstone generously donated his photos. A huge thank you to the scientists who graciously responded to my photo and date requests. I hope you are all happy with the result.

I look forward to your feedback. We have a whole year to put together the 2014 version, and it will be even better.

All proceeds will go to Cold Fusion Now and the New Energy Foundation to further clean energy advocacy and the direct financial support of cold fusion research.

Get a calendar mailed to your door HERE!

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Cold Fusion Now Art Curation/Contest : 1 Month Left!

Just a reminder that the Cold Fusion Now Online Art Contest/Curation deadline is now a month away.

CLICK HERE for guidelines and more info.

So far we have about half a dozen entries, with 2 prolific Outsider Artists promising to enter, and a soon to be 6 year old collaborating with her father, who says an entry is in the works.

But we definitely could use more entries. So keep em coming or get rolling on some canvas or your preferred medium, and churn out some free energy fusion inspired art to color up this joint, and a chance at the mega 100 dollar Benjamin giveaway or limited edition T-shirts (which only Rosanne Barr and a few others own.)

Let’s barrel into 2013 with fresh energy,
displayed through CF inspired art.

A counter measure of sorts as well; for the inevitable revenants in the coming year who will rise from the skeptical woodwork looking to drain energy from the CF community.

Art never fails as a viable apotropaic to ward off said revenants, driving them back to the 1990’s or better yet easing them into the current Transition.

Art for Art’s sake is the main purpose though, so, send the above or below link out to any artists you know, old or very young, established, not, or creating under a “non-artist” label, all is fine and we look forward to the works.

Thanks much.

Entries can be emailed to eli@ColdFusionNow.org

CLICK HERE for guidelines and more info about the Cold Fusion Now Art Contest.

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