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If our wisdom were an ocean, then it would only be a raindrop in the bucket of true knowledge. Worldwide problems and human suffering are often seen as intractable issues requiring complex solutions. Things need not be so dire, but as a species we have to wake up to the reality, that we are all on this small blue planet together, with nowhere to run and nowhere to hide.

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I am an inventor and scientific visionary, who has come up with a new physics, explaining all of the forces of nature, so called, the universe, and everything in it.

We can use our opportunities and time wisely to create a joyful haven for ourselves on Earth, or we  can give in to our demons, or looking the devil in the eye with God's help, take the  fight to our enemies.
 
Whether the adversaries you face are metaphorical or literal, no one ever overcame it all by themselves. Not at least, without a little love and help somewhere along the way, despite what anyone says. In that light, you will find a respite among the denizens of this website, and plenty of understanding folks who have been down the same road themselves.  Whatever it is that holding you back in life, though you might feel powerless and victimized by your impossible circumstances, realize that you are not alone any longer. 
 
Naturally, we must make a choice about the way we want it to be for us, and then fight for that choice with all we are worth. If we fail to so, we chose to capitulate to adversarial forces and by default, our path will be chosen for us.
 
 
 
Additionally, we must stop killing our babies and our brothers, as in doing so we are simply killing ourselves, or if not the future grows infinitely darker for all of us. It is not too late to switch play-books! This is the Superbowl of life, not a practice drill.
 
Our situation can be resolved with intelligence, compassion and love. You want love don't you? Then give love, give love, give love. Like warm cup of cocoa on a snowy day, it's better when it's shared with a friend. 
     
Today's challenge is about taking our world back, and about rediscovering our innocence, without losing our essence. The future is hidden from the blind-eyes that fail to take notice of the change of season, and yet, it is always in the balance. This world can be a better place for our children. It has to be. That is a fine grandiose idea of course that rolls off of the tongue with ease. How about making it better for us too, starting right now? This is a noteworthy ideal for which to work.
 
"Gee, but how?" you say.
 
I am glad you asked.
 
Dear reader, there is so much to do, but no one to do it for us. Pray, and then pursue your good works as the spirit leads you.
 
 
 
 
Don't let fear cripple you. Fear and failure are simply natural precursors to success.
 
Do you need help or direction about which was to go? Come, let us reason together. I have compiled a worthy list of things in this very bio, that I know can be accomplished to make this a better life for us all. Since, no one can do it all alone, let us help each other. Together we can share success!
 
That is one of the best parts of life, finding and sharing the fruits of our labor along the way.
 
Many of my best ideas, came to me as wisdom from above. My life and yours are a work in progress. Part of my life'heart's desire is to develop and apply my ideas to satiate our hungry human needs of today and to provide a better future for us tomorrow.
 
 
Alas! I am rich in heart and spirit, but disproportionately poor of earthly means and wealth to accomplish these things. I am offering not greed or insanity, but prudence. Coke snorting, white rabbit chasing, rabid mind stealing mad men are having a party at our expense. They are greed personified, wild-eyed, crazed, and foaming at the mouth.
 
 
While Wall Street takes our hundreds of billions of dollars, our families are put out on the streets homeless, in a spirit of cruelty of epic proportions enough to make the high heavens shake. My angry blood boils over at this outrage to humanity. This insanity of riches must not stand! The power of the people standing together in unison will triumph over such evil, but only if we pray for God's will together and then act on our faith. Crazy? I am not crazy, I just believe. Help me.
 
If you are so blessed, it is a great thing to be alive and still living in a free country. Let us warm our hands  around hope's fire and scheme together to make our dreams a reality, not theirs.
 
Honest critiques to improve this message and to make the writing better are welcomed and appreciated. If you discover anything here of value to you, let me know. If there is something amiss, or that I left out, message me, at the contact link here, or the email address at the end of this bio. I do not seek insincere flattery, but honest, constructive appraisal. I sincerely appreciate your visit to my den. The time and effort you took to visit and read my humble story, is a great honor and compliment to me. Thank you!
 
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. Galatians 6:3
 
 
My Life and Vision for the Future  
 
I have accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Savior and am now his disciple, as I seek to live as person who is a responsible citizen of the Earth renewing it and sharing its riches with others daily. I love this planet and its people. I have so much I want to do to make it better for all of us, but I need help. Prayers are welcomed and appreciated. Rest well, then let God lay that on your heart he wants you to do and be. Do it all with faith and without doubt, fear or hesitation, then you will know him and his peace the way I do.
 
John 3:3  "Jesus replied to him, "Truly, I tell you with certainty, unless a person is born from above he cannot see the kingdom of God." NIV
 
My background consist of a lifetime of study in Astronomy, Electronics, Theoretical Physics, Cosmology, etc, etc, but I was never able to complete my degree in Astronomy at the University of Maryland due to financial shortcomings. This left me in a situation where I was unsure which direction to take, aside from the fact that at my young age, I did not know my life's purpose at that point. 
 
I want to invite you to read my true story, "A Reason for Living" to see how I found that purpose for my life. I also am a man of reason, logic, science and technology, as you may surmise from my bio here. However, I found these things led me to some initially disturbing findings that turned my whole point-of-view completely upside down. I have no reason to embellish or lie. There is too much truth to discover and incorporate into our lives to play games with it. Besides, we only hurt ourselves in doing so. Read it. It is a mind-blowing story! After that, how could I not express myself with these confident, bold statements of truth? 
 
Many of my studies have been self-taught from my home library. I have more books than I could read in a lifetime and they threaten to avalanche me at any minute! After my university dream was pronounced dead, I went home to Georgia and built a homemade radio telescope using Dave Heiserman's wonderful book, "Radio Astronomy for the Amateur," Tab Books/ No. 714, first edition, 1975. I completed it with my own altitude adjustments made by pulling cables through an adjustable boom from the ground. Problems with building a pre-amp for the radio telescope, led me to take vocational technical school courses in Electronics Technology and Communications. I finished my studies there leading to a rewarding career of 16 years in various technical pursuits for the State of Georgia.
 
I believe I have made a scientific breakthrough, although, I do not have the credentials or high-level mathematics to back it up yet. I have figured out the true nature of time, space, gravity, electromagnetism and matter, and the relationships between them.  Newton was on the right track, as well as Einstein, but their work only went so far. Later, some assumptions were made by them and others trying to bridge the gap between theory and reality that complicated things. I offer to remedy some of this. There is a point in Einstein's work where he failed to consider the possibility of a more dynamic universe. This was a fatal shortcoming that stabbed at the heart of his Special and  General Theory of Relativity. It undermined his efforts and his ability to complete his work, which was a tragic futility until the end of his life, that caused him to fail in his quest of the holy grail of physics; Grand Unification Theory. It was impossible for him to accomplish this without a more accurate and complete understanding of reality. The great genius's uncertainty nagged at him daily, with the possibilities of which form his equations should be in being many. Uncertainty of whether he had  proper finalized version of his equations, led him to often complain he just did not have enough mathematics to complete the task. Too bad a Newton or Leibniz was not around to create a new Calculus as a tool to enable him to calculate the probabilities better.
 
 
 
Many disjointed and competing theories that did not always work well together then came into existence to fill the void. As you know, nature abhors a vacuum, and thus it is in the theoretical world. Even the sanctity of Newton and Einstein in the scientific pantheon, could not prevent the inevitable rise of quantum mechanics to explain reality, in lieu of a more complete and rational model of the universe. This is ironic since Einstein opened the Pandora's Box that allowed it to come into existence, a move he later regretted. Since Newton and Einstein's times, many things they theorized and formalized have tested true and became accepted laws of physics, according to the scale of reality of the problem that they were designed to solve. However, at the extremes and the seams of the sciences, many models and theories tend to fall apart. The result: flawed models that works pretty good in the real world, are then replaced or extended by other flawed models to explain the shortcomings of the first. We are chasing our cosmic tails. The truth eludes us, and like Schrödinger's cat, it has a Cheshire grin.
 
My present view of the physical universe requires a paradigm shift away from both the old Newtonian view of things and the newer Einsteinian scientific principles. As I implied earlier, their work is foundational and clearly helpful in explaining reality, but sometimes falls short when trying to co-exist with other theories or disciplines that model similar areas of reality.  We need new perspectives on the universe and our place and purpose in it. I offer alternative views to these issues in many of my articles here at AD, such as, "New Physics for a Better World." There are some things that slide-rule, calculator, and super-computer cannot fathom. The answers are not always quantifiable by equations of mathematics, but by equations of the heart. My short story, "Metamorphosis," tells this tale, with a caveat for the future. Go to my story link on this page to read it for yourself. It could be visionary.
 
Extreme hardship presently endured by the author, has allowed only a cursory framework of the most scant theoretical details to emerge. I just do not have the finances to take care of my sick friend and pursue effectively changes in the status quo of science and technology. Many of my theories, I want to use to develop my inventions, so that I may become a technological benefactor to humanity in this critical hour of need. If anyone can contribute financially, through supportive ideas, comments, or otherwise improve the author's circumstances in anyway, he would be grateful to the nth degree. See, I did take some math! You cannot build a radio telescope without trigonometry and algebra! The benefits arising from my planned research, projects and many other ideas can surely improve the lot of mankind.
 
I have developed ideas concerning inventions for curing cancer and HIV, finding lost children, programmable optics (not adaptive optics, this is different though certainly adaptable), tornado and hurricane control, lightning capturing, teleportation, spinal cord repair, and mind control to reprogram criminals and terrorists. Do you know of someone who would be interested in the development of one of my projects? Also, I have discovered a home therapy for Myotonic Dystrophy type I, that has helped my friend who has been stricken of this terrible disease for many years, but is still living to the surprise of many. I have searched online and found no link between this therapy and DM. Why is that? Other diseases suffer  the same backward progress. The story of my simple discovery is something I would love to share. So far no one has asked. Perhaps because I do not have worldly credentials earthly believers are hard to find. Those who help me will reap universal benefits. This is for humanity not inhumanity. Oh, and there is one more I forgot to mention, I am also ready to develop a technology to eliminate telemarketers, phone collection agency callers, etc. I will welcome any donations for this or any other of my ideas you deem worthy to help with and improve the lot of mankind.
 
"The Invention of Everything Else", by Samantha Hunt is a fascinating novel with fictional accounts of visionary genius Nikola Tesla's last days. The world needs to know the truth about this "Master of Lightning" and his accomplishments. I personally think he was robbed. Please read my AD title, "Dreaming of Tesla," to see my fantasy of meeting and helping this great man. 
 
Dr. Tesla and I have some interesting things in common. In 2007 I read Margaret Cheney's wonderful book, "Tesla: Man Out of Time". I nearly had a heart attack due to the striking things I read. One of his devices pictured in the book looks just like a drawing I made in 1993 of a high-voltage coil; I designed to be used in an electromagnetic propulsion device. What floored me was the fact that I never saw that or even heard of Tesla until I read the book in 2007, 14 years after my drawing! Among the other things that I discovered, was that Tesla's and my views on physics eerily corresponded to a great degree. I was stunned. I wrote my article "New Physics for a Better World," to highlight this strangeness. J.B.S. Haldane said, "Now, my own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we CAN suppose."  some of my other articles explain further Tesla coincidences between the good doctor and I.
 
 I started reading my copy of Dr. Ronald L. Mallett's, "Time Traveler".  Dr. Mallett, we have much in common. We should meet and trade notes some day. Call me. 
 
News: Check out the link below for chapter one of the short-story "Cul-de-sac." As the story progresses the mystery deepens...That's all I can say, so go ahead and jump in read chapter one. Leave me a comment so I can continue to make it the best story it can be. Thanks!
 
 
I shamelessly self-promote, because I think this a cool story that you have just have to get into and read. Leave us a review of two on your favorite chapters and why, and on the ones we can make it better!
 
Maybe someday, this will be a published book or a film, and you can say, "Hey that was my idea!" 
 
Wouldn't that be great?  
         
I have learned many things making me believe that my life is tied into a UFO encounter I had. I believe it was meant for me to be there and see it that night. This may sound like pie-in-the-sky thinking, but after many years of investigation and moments of revelation, I am convinced there can be no valid explanation without taking these circumstances and events into account. Please read my article, The Philadelphia Experiment, UFOs, Tesla and Other Strange Things, for more insight into the subject.
 
Let the watercolors run a little, and the teardrops formed on your life's canvas will more closely reflect the realities and uncertainties of your mind. Each time you see it, as your eyes adjust to its special light, the picture that emerges will look more and more like the truth in your heart and mind!
 
One day I am going to fix this Myotonic Dystrophy and get my friend Bridget out of that wheelchair so we can dance again. We need help, really badly. Prayer is wonderful. If you want to do more, our address is listed after this bio below. Any help of any kind would be welcome. We have no pride here. We are talking about a desperate situation, trying to keep her going by myself. I can only afford help for about two hours a day, but she needs my help 24-hours a day, because no one else will help her. Bridget is my true friend and I will not abandon her. 
 
Even if I fall in love and get married, my future wife would have to understand this and support me in Bridget's care. She simply has no one else and will die without my help!
 
I have been blessed to do this for her, but had to quit my job of 16 years, when the State of Georgia cut off her 24-hour care, and threatened to put her in a nursing home which would cost $350,000 dollars a year, as she is a ventilator patient.  
 
The problem is that because her Medicaid would only pay a fraction of that, she had no where to go. They gave her 15-days to make other arrangements. Through the Disability Action Center, a part of Legal Aid in Georgia, we got a hearing with an Administrative law judge to keep 12 hours of care a day to get below the 50,000 dollar a year cap the Federal Government decided to put on her care under the Independent Care Waiver Program, (ICWP). As a result I have been working myself to death for years to keep her alive, because I love her so much. I am the blessed one, because I have the privilege to help her. Sometimes when I think  that this is keeping me from my life's work, I realize, that this is why God made me, and all my discoveries and inventiveness aside, that this is my very life's work, and somehow I almost missed it!
 
 
Whenever I start to feel the blues, or feel sorry for myself, I look at Bridget's terrible pain and suffering, her situation in life, and her amazing spirit, and say, "I don't have any problems!" Read my poem, "The Bridge", to see how much I really do love and care for my poor hurting and sick friend.
 
One day she is going to walk once more, and then we can have a party and dance again. Myotonic Dystrophy, type I, you will not win! You are all invited to the party. Find someone you love and dance the dance of life with us. Tomorrow may be too late!
 
Meanwhile, I hope you will help me in my quest to make this a better world for all of us. Show me that this is all worthwhile and not just a pipe dream. So far, I am beginning to think that I have fallen into a black hole and turned invisible. Please prove me wrong and let me know what you really think. With your help, we can turn these dreams into reality!
 
I am not crazy, I just believe.
 
Email address: starman4@gmail.com
{Written like that to keep the bots from harvesting my address!} ;0)
 
John Rockie Coppolella
Forest Park   GA, USA
(404)202-7039
 


Birth Place: Marietta, GA USA

Accomplishments: Chattahoochee Tech - Electronics Technology & Communications
University of Maryland - Astronomy
Harford Community College - Astronomy
Cisco Router & Frame Relay Training
Electronics Tech for State of GA 8 years
Lead Tech Network Operations Center-State of Georgia 5 years.
Electronics projects like designing and repairing Variable Message Sign (VMS)Systems , Tollway Electronics, and Traffic Signal Equipment for The Georgia Department of Transportation.
     



Short Stories

Metamorphosis
 by * * Starman * *
A single act story about one creature's quest for awareness and understanding....


Cul-de-sac: Chapter 1
 by * * Starman * *
Charlie is off to discover what lies behind mysterious troubles in her quiet cul-de-sac....


Dreaming of Tesla
 by * * Starman * *
My fantasy of meeting the great Nikola Tesla, that I was born 19 years too late to meet!...


THE WAFFLE HOUSE, Big Brother and Me
 by * * Starman * *
A Southern Fried tale of hare raising exploits, from the lab journal of a mad scientist....


God is Always Watching!
 by * * Starman * *
A close call that could have cost her everything, but God was watching over her and had everything under control....


Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
 by * * Starman * *
Stormy weather memories, reminded me again that all good things must come to an end....


Necrotizing Fasciitis: A Flesh Eating Disease
 by * * Starman * *
This is inspired by the short story, “A Survivor’s Story: Necrotizing Fasciitis,” by Karla Dorman, The Storm Spinner...


I Once Knew a Man
 by * * Starman * *
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Momma's Christmas Candy
 by * * Starman * *
To commemorate the passing away of my dear mother a few days ago. I will greatly miss her, till we meet again in glory!...


A Reason for Living
 by * * Starman * *
Every person in the world has a purpose for being here—a calling. The work of your life is to discover that purpose and get on with the business of living it out. --- Oprah Winfrey from Oprah.com ...



Poetry

O' for a Second Chance!
 by * * Starman * *
Handle carefully life's tender reed, It is easily bruised like our hearts!...


A Giant's Tale
 by * * Starman * *
A classical story of Scandinavian lore endowed with a big heart....


Rain Man
 by * * Starman * *
Dedicated to Kim Peek, the real Rain Man, and others whose mind is a gift from God....


Pop Life Addiction
 by * * Starman * *
Life's little addictions can be toxic and kill....


Mr. Eli's Brain
 by * * Starman * *
Dedicated to Carol and Eli, two miraculous people....


My Lesson Learned
 by * * Starman * *
God's children are not door mats. Remember that the next time you DARE disrespect me, or one of my brothers or sisters. Next time WILL be the LAST time. Let this poem be your warning. ...


A Silver Thorn, A Bloody Rose
 by * * Starman * *
For Sweet Sandy May Angel, poetry's flower...and all who suffer for sharing their goodness with others. ...


Happy Birthday Georg!
 by * * Starman * *
A birthday limerick in honor of Georg Mateos....


The Word
 by * * Starman * *
God's word, sharper than a two edged sword....


Strands of Life
 by * * Starman * *
The hardest thing to understand is why we can understand anything at all - Albert Einstein...


Plato's Shadow
 by * * Starman * *
Plato's shadow, like that of an ancient juniper tree, falls across our history and our society, obscuring for some, but offering relief and shelter for others, of the intense blaze of wisdom's light...


Poetry and Pizza
 by * * Starman * *
Pizza is a delicious metaphor for life, served here in three slices....


Winter Dreams
 by * * Starman * *
Magical, wintry moments of love that filled our bellies with food and our hearts with gladness....


A Night's Gambit
 by * * Starman * *
Remembering fun at the beach. ...


The Door
 by * * Starman * *
Inspired by Revelation 3:20...


Rock and Roll Dreams
 by * * Starman * *
"Hey hey, my my Rock and roll can never die." ~Neil Young ...


Land of the Lost: Beginnings
 by * * Starman * *
Down to the sea in ships, all gone wrong...Inspired the Gene Williamson article on his book, "War on the Chesapeake," and the Ed Matlack short story, "Triangular Disappearance..." ...


Skulls, Hearts, and Butterfly Kisses
 by * * Starman * *
Midnight moonlight madness. Very surreal....


Miss Piggy's Big Date
 by * * Starman * *
When Froggy went a courtin' Piggy came along too....


A Tribute to Trackers
 by * * Starman * *
Giving praise to the grease that oils the wheels of progress in this poetic world of wit and wisdom....


Anno Domini
 by * * Starman * *
When the voice of reason falls silent, only fools can be heard....


A Little Too Far
 by * * Starman * *
Life should come with a rewind button. If only I knew then, what I know now, how I would do things differently!...


The Bridge
 by * * Starman * *
To my disabled wife Bridget and all those who suffer with quiet grace....


A Change of Seasons
 by * * Starman * *
A change of seasons is like chicken soup for the soul. ...


The Prodigal Poet
 by * * Starman * *
A poke in the ribs of meter and rhyme....



Articles

Ten Rules to Worry Free Computing
 by * * Starman * *
Here are ten rules of thumb to use to make sure the critical work you do on the computer comes out the way you want it to without danger of disaster, interruption, or flying cats. ...


The Graying of Einstein's Universe
 by * * Starman * *
Changing our old ways of thinking can lead to a recharging and renewal of ourselves. This likewise can clear the way for new ideas and new life to begin....


Universal Power Source Discovered
 by * * Starman * *
The world-wide energy famine that is coming, can be avoided and eliminated within a few short years, with the development of this awesome source of power, all ready for the taking that is literally a...


The Philadelphia Experiment , UFOs, Tesla and Other Strange Things
 by * * Starman * *
Time travel, Tesla, UFOs, strange experiments and truth that is stranger than fiction are the themes of the article. Please DO NOT read this article unless you are prepared to open your mind to a true...


New Physics for a Better World
 by * * Starman * *
This article is about a new understanding of physics comprising the true nature of electromagnetism, gravity, matter, energy, time and space, and the relationships between them. A bold statement to b...


Obama and Charlie Manson's Dream
 by * * Starman * *
Great danger looms for America. If President Obama is assassinated, it will fulfill one man's dream, and become our collective nightmare. We must not allow it to happen....


Creationism vs. Evolution: A Matter of Faith
 by * * Starman * *
Inspired by Authors Den writer Paul D. Berube's poem, "Creation vs. Evolution." This is my personal journey of enlightenment to find the truth....


Creationism vs. Evolution: Part II
 by * * Starman * *
Further thoughts on the subject of origins addressed in my article, "Creationism vs. Evolution: A Matter of Faith."...


America: Winds of Change are Blowing
 by * * Starman * *
Examination of American society from different angles starting with the election of a new President, and the current state of the union. Timely warnings for the future, and a call to action to preser...


Can a Loving God Exist Considering All of the Suffering in the World?
 by * * Starman * *
Inspired by an article posted on AD by Regis (Reg) Auffray, "The Omnipotent, Benevolent and Compassionate." Thanks again Reg for making me think. ...


UFO Technology and the Future of Mankind
 by * * Starman * *
Is it real? Read my article, do the research and you decide. Theory of UFO technology and it's origins. Think about it....


Links



Cul-de-sac: Chapter One
Beginning of the Short story, (new and improved), that I have been working on off and on for a year. It is still a work and progress, but the tale is a good one and worth the wait...I am in the process of consolidating and re-writing the remaining chapters, so go to top of my homepage here and sign up as my fan *free* so you will be notified when the next chapters are posted! --- Starman


Additional information

I hope one day to accomplish all I can to do to help people with my future inventions, if I can ever get the means to develop them. My anti-gravity device prototype worked, and when we powered it up it moved, even with a crude low voltage-power source, but that was many years ago. Since then, Bridget's health has been destroyed prematurely by the Myotonic Dystrophy and the hospital medication error that nearly killed her. Bridget walked in with an upper respiratory infection. She left with a feeding-tube, ventilator, trach in throat, and was wheelchair bound. This is still true today, only worse for the disease ravaging her. After the medication error, she spent sixty-nine days in the ICU, during which she lost unrecoverable muscle and was down to 70 lbs. They sent her home to die. Bridget had other plans. That was in 1995. I got her home and we began to fight. We have been fighting every since. No one paid a dime for extended, continuing care she will need the rest of life, and no one said, "I am sorry!" We just have to hang on each day by God's grace, don't we? Can't let them stop us. I would give it all up, just to see Bridget well once more, even though I love just the way she is now. Come to think of it, we did. Additionally, this is a website I wanted to share, Called Favorite Songs-One Tin Soldier, that reflects a theme ingrained in me since childhood. I hope you like it too. The link is as follows: http://members.tripod.com/mkallen30/id15.html

 
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