Emacs Psychoterapist

After a hard week I turned to emacs psychoterapist. It helped...

This is an authentic dialog with GNU Emacs 21.3.1 psychoterapist

I am the psychotherapist. Please, describe your problems. Each time
you are finished talking, type RET twice.
kuku
Can you elaborate on that?
miau-miau
Why do you say miau miau?
Because I'm a cat
Is it because you are a cat that you came to me?
No, I came here because I spot on emacs
Emacs? Hah! I would appreciate it if you would continue.
Well, I'll try it
Earlier you said you are a cat?
Yes, but would like to be a Cat
Does it bother you that would like to be a cat?
Yes, I would be afraid of dogs
What makes you believe you are afraid of dogs?
Usually cats are afraid of dogs, don't you know this?
You seem terrified by dogs.
No, I am just afraid of
When did you first feel frightened by something?
When I ran emacs for the first time
What would happen if you ran emacs for the first time?
I would be frightened
Are you sure that you are scared of something?
No, I would have a cup of coffee
Maybe your plans have something to do with this.
Can I have a cup of coffee?
Is it because of your life that you say can you have a cup of coffee?
I dare to say, it is a rather stupid question
You mentioned that you are a cat?
Do you remember this?
Is it because of the people you hang around with that you are going through all this?
Sorry, my daughter just came in
Do you really think sorry your daughter just came in?
No, I am not sorry, I am happy
Do you get happy often?
Every time when she comes in, is it often?
What happened when she comes in is it often?
Every time when she comes in, I am happy
Do you enjoy being happy?
Oh, yes! Do you?
What makes you think would like to be a cat?
Can you forgot about this cat?
How do you reconcile the people me hang around with that I am going through all this?
Can I write down this dialogue?
Is it because of problems at school that you say can you write down this dialogue?
No, I am going to post it on my blog
Earlier you said you were afraid of dogs?
Can you forget about dogs?
Perhaps this has something to do with any hobbies you have?
Do you know what is blog?
Why do you say do I know what is blog?
I sad I am going to post this dialog on my blog
You mentioned that you were afraid of dogs?
Will you kindly forget dogs?
Possibly your sex life are related to this.
Is it your ultimate argument?
Is it because of hangups you have that you say is it my ultimate argument?
I see that you turn from difficult questions to sex. Why?
Perhaps you could continue.
Should I continue about sex?
Tell me about something about your sexual history.
On, I see sex is your favorite topic
Please, talk about your sex life...

Book Indexes

During last weeks I happened to make the indexes for three books on optics and some related fields. The books are:

Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics, vol. 151,
edited by Peter W. Hawkes
Nonlinear Optics,
by Robert W. Boyd, 3rd edition
Structured Light and Its Applications: An Introduction to Phase-Structured Beams and Nanoscale Optical Forces,
David L. Andrews (editor)

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Lyrics

If Only (Jeff Christie)
Tony Christie

1st verse
If only you were not so far away
I would come to you, I surely would
If only I could find the words to say
I could speak my mind, and you would know

Chorus
If only, if only
There was a way
If only, I knew the reason
But I don't, so I just sing this song for you

2nd verse
If only I had silver wings, I'd fly
If it could be so, I'd be with you
If only time was on my side, I'd try
Nothing would keep me away from you

Repeat chorus

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Tony Christie (born Anthony Fitzgerald, 25 April 1943) is an English male singer from Conisbrough, South Yorkshire.

Site on Tony Christie

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Domicela Mockus - Data at Ellis Island

Peter D. Regis wrote:

My father settled in Rumford, Maine where my brother, Stanley, and
I were born and raised. My mother's name was Domicele Mockus.

Here are the data about Domicela Mockus I found at Ellis Island:

The line 26 of the ship manifest says that Domicela Mockus died in hospital:


The search of similar names (Mockute, Mackus, Mackute) gave no results.
This means that either there are no data about the Peter D. Regis' mother Domicele Mockus at Ellis Island or his mother carried another name.

Peter D. Regis' Father (?) - Data at Ellis Island

I tried to find some data about the arrival of Peter D. Regis' father to US at Ellis Island.

Peter D. Regis wrote:

From what I learned from my late father, he came from Telsiu. I have letters sent to him from Justina Vaitkene residing in Telsiu Rajonas. My father's surname was changed to Regis by his brother Jerry who preceded him to the US.

The search for Kryzius or Kriszus resulted in the following:

That means:

Name: Anton Kriszus;
Arrived: Apr 18, 1903;
Last place of residence: Telahy;
Age at arrival: 18 years;
Marital status: single.

The date of arrival is consistent with the age of Peter D. Regis. It follows from his letter, that he was born in 1913. However "Telahy" is not consistent with what is told by Peter D. Regis: there is no such "Telahy" in Lithuania.

"More information about the passenger" was the following (manifest line 0001):




In these pictures one can read: The first 6 manifest lines tell about people which arrived from the Lithuania (in the today understanding). Some of them (registered in the manifest lines 3 and 5) arrived from "Telshy" or "Telschy". This sounds more near to "Telsiu". We can conclude that "Telahy" is just a misspelling. Not surprising as handwriting was not very accurate. From these pictures we can read more interesting details about Anton Kriszus.

In one previous post we see that the father of Peter D. Regis was named as Peter Regis or Petras Krizius

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Lyrics

Small Town Boy
Bronski Beat
The Age of Consent
Jimmy Somerville, Larry Steinbachek and Steve Bronski, 1984

You leave in the morning
With everything you own
In a little black case
Alone on a platform
The wind and the rain
On a sad and lonely face

Mother will never understand
Why you had to leave
But the answers you seek
Will never be found at home
The love that you need
Will never be found at home

Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away.
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away.

Pushed around and kicked around
Always a lonely boy
You were the one
That theyd talk about around town
As they put you down

And as hard as they would try
Theyd hurt to make you cry
But you never cried to them
Just to your soul
No you never cried to them
Just to your soul

Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away.
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away.

Cry , boy, cry...

You leave in the morning
With everything you own
In a little black case
Alone on a platform
The wind and the rain
On a sad and lonely face

Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away.
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away.

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Non-Hamiltonian and Dissipative Systems

Difference of the suggested book from others is consistent use of the functional analysis and operator algebras. To read the text, preliminary knowledge of these sections of mathematics is not required. All the necessary information, which is beyond usual courses of the mathematical analysis and linear algebra, is included.

To describe the theory, we use the fact that quantum and classical mechanics are connected not only by limiting transition, but also realized by identical mathematical structures. A common basis to formulate the theory is an assumption that classical and quantum mechanics are different representations of the same totality of mathematical structures, i.e., the so-called Dirac correspondence principle. For construction of quantum theory, we consider mathematical concepts that are the general for Hamiltonian and non-Hamiltonian systems. Quantum dynamics is described by the one-parameter semi-groups and the differential equations on operator spaces and algebras. The Lie–Jordan algebraic structure, Liouville space and superoperators are used. It allows not only to consistently formulate the evolution of quantum systems, but also to consider the dynamics of a wide class of quantum systems, such as the open, non-Hamiltonian, dissipative, and nonlinear systems. Hamiltonian systems in pure states are considered as special cases of quantum dynamical systems.

The closed, isolated and Hamiltonian systems are idealizations that are not observable and therefore do not exist in the real world. As a rule, any system is always embedded in some environment and therefore it is never really closed or isolated. Frequently, the relevant environment is in principle unobservable or is unknown. This would render the theory of non-Hamiltonian and dissipative quantum systems to a fundamental generalization of quantum mechanics. The quantum theory of Hamiltonian systems, unitary evolution, and pure states should be considered as special cases of the generalized approach.

Usually the quantum mechanics is considered as generalization of classical mechanics. In this book the quantum mechanics is formulated as a generalization of modern nonlinear dynamics of dissipative and non-Hamiltonian systems. The quantization of equations of motion for dissipative and non-Hamiltonian classical systems is formulated in this book. This quantization procedure allows one to derive quantum analogs of equations with regular and strange attractors. The regular attractors are considered as stationary states of non-Hamiltonian and dissipative quantum systems. In the book, the quantum analogs of the classical systems with strange attractors, such as Lorenz and Rössler systems, are suggested. In the text, the main attention is devoted to non-Hamiltonian and dissipative systems that have the wide possibility to demonstrate the complexity, chaos and self-organization.

The text is self-contained and can be used without introductory courses in quantum mechanics and modern mathematics. All the necessary information, which is beyond undergraduate courses of the mathematics, is presented in the book.

From Preface of "Non-Hamiltonian and Dissipative Systems"
by Vasily E. Tarasov.