Sterling Elysian will have Summer Swan finished in a couple of weeks....maybe!!!!! 

Sterling Elysian announces the coming of The Summer Swan... 

Sterling Elysian unleashes "PATIO LIGHT"

PATIO LIGHT..... On a warm summer night...The everpresent moth takes flight...Wandering aimlessly to and fro...Floating in the airs' cool flow...Always seeking the warm light...Fluttering with all its might...Irresistably drawned to that orb, so bright...Not landing but just playing in flight...First, one, then many fill the air...Flitting about without a care...Don't they notice that the resident spider...Having woven his net, thin and strong...Patiently awaits for supper to come along...The play of life and death...Goes on, no one frets...Bathed by the warmth of the light...Comforting and bright...Makes the moment carefree...Reveling in all that they can see...Soon the net snags and tightens...Ending the moths' aimless flight...As it lives its last moments of happiness, basking in the golden light.....

The latest findings on SLEEP unleashed...

SLEEP...A common feature of higher organisms is the existence of distinct behavioral states of sleep and wakefulness. Sleep is somehow quite a mundane function as opposed to being fundamental to the process of everyday thinking...Just as muscles build up lactic acid waste products, so also do the synapses of the neural network in our brains...this waste product ( the direct result of brain function ) can only safely be cleared out when the brain is not in its normal operating function...So my friends, sleep long and sleep hard, your brain demands it....

Hmmm....I think you go down this road for 10 miles and take a left and you should hit the ROCKIES.... 

Sterling Elysian Fatherhood Verse Unleashed....

How I wish I could create a symphony or perhaps a great painting....to leave to my estate...A legacy for the world to enjoy....something!! Alas, I believe that allready, I may just have accomplished that, I'm pleased to say....My children are my symphony...They are my paintings and works of art...They are more than I could ever be and yet, they are me...They are my song to be heard.....My paintings to be seen...They are my poems to be enjoyed...To be sure, I have allready created the song to be heard as long as there is music to be played.....

Complexity of the common leaf unleashed...

As I walked around the yard gazing at the newly planted flowers and observing the combined effect of the mixed colors, I plucked a perfectly formed maple leaf from our tree...one of many.. most of them seemingly perfect...and existing to perform its assigned part in the cycle of life.... a simple...unassuming....plain leaf...just minding its own business and performing its purpose in the orchestration of the big symphony....So , as I further looked at this wonder of nature, questions began to take form in my mind...Is this leaf as simple as it looks ??? What would I find if I dug below the surface of this apparent simpleness??? Well, I did and what I found out will simply amaze you....First of all, a leaf needs to capture and absorb sunlight to perform photosynthesis. It also needs to absorb carbon dioxide that we exhale and exchange it for freshly produced oxygen...Then, it must control water lost by the plant through evaporation and transpiration. Now, this common leaf is extraordinarely constructed to accomplish its mission...the top layer of cells or upper epidermis of our subject is covered by a protective coating called the cuticle...This upper epidermis allows sunlight to pass through to the inside of the leaf. The cuticle takes care of the evaporation issue. The next layer is the palisade mesophyll layer and its here that light is absorbed and its here that millions of chloroplast cells are located. Inside the chloroplast are molecules of chlorophyll which absorb the sunlight and its energy using it in the process of photosynthesis...Below the upper mesophyll layer is the middle layer of spongy mesophyll ... these cells absorb wavelengths of light that are not utilized by the chloroplasts and are allowed to pass through...this energy is stored and in the fall as the green wanes, produce the colors that we love to experience...Also , in this layer are some veins or vascular tissue. These vast network of veins serve to distribute food and water to every nook and cranny of the plant.....These functions are performed by the phloem (moves food ) and xzylem ( moves water ) tissues of this "common" leaf... The bottom half of the leaf is the lower epidermis.. Here , guard cells and stomata are located and the final function of the leaf is performed....This would be the gas and water exchange.... The stomata are microscopic holes ( in the order of 20,000 per square centimeter ) that release water vapor , oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide...the guard cells control the actual opening and closing of the stomata...The design is so elegant that it located the stomata on the underside of the leaf so that they would be protected from the sun's heat thus helping to reduce moisture loss and from dust particles that would clog them and interupt their function....Now that I've been below the surface and understand the amazing complexity of this wonder of nature, Just think of how amazing the journey would be if everyone looked below the surface of natures most complex achievement .....the "common person".....

Phenomology of Microfractures Unleashed...

Here's food for thought, courtesy of Mr. Wolfram (page 995 ).....Different materials show different characteristics depending on how ductile or brittle they are...Steel bends and smoothly necks before breaking...brittle materials such as chalk or glass do not deform before catastrophic failure.. Ductile materials in response to stresses in the material form small voids perhaps nucleating around microspic imperfections...It is known that ultrasound can affect the course of cracks , suggesting that crack propagation is affected by local stresses... Models of microscopic fractures have been studied....Ones based on arrays of atoms and ones based on continuum descriptions of materials ... In the atomic level...models show that atoms are connected by bonds with random distributions of strenghts and that cracks follow paths that minimize the total strenght of bonds to be broken.....