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UH astronomers discover black holes in feeding frenzyUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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HONOLULU - Two UH astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope believe they have identified what makes at least some quasars shine: the black hole at the center of a massive galaxy with little gas of its own is gobbling up material from a colliding gas-rich galaxy. The merging of two galaxies has long been thought to be an efficient way of driving gas deeply into a galaxy to feed the central black hole, but there was only indirect evidence for such a mechanism until now.
It was already known that quasars, which are among the most powerful objects in the Universe, lie at the centers of giant galaxies and consist of a massive black hole surrounded by a vortex of gas. Before the gas falls into the black hole, it spins faster and faster, and its temperature rises until it is hot enough to radiate up to a trillion times the power from the Sun.
The question that graduate student Hai Fu and astronomer Alan Stockton tried to answer is, "Where is the gas coming from?"
To answer the question, Fu and Stockton used a telescope-mounted spectroscope to find out what the gas is made of. "We found that the gas that is spiraling into the black hole is almost pure hydrogen and helium, whereas the stars and other material in the surrounding giant galaxy are heavily contaminated by other elements such as carbon and oxygen," said Fu.
This difference implies that the infalling gas has recently come from outside the galaxy, most likely from another galaxy that is merging with the giant one. Fu and Stockton also see a chaotic distribution of fast-moving patches of relatively pure hydrogen and helium scattered around the quasar, implying that black holes not only swallow things, but can also expel a large portion of their meal out to thousands of light-years away, likely through an energetic blast that happened millions of years ago.
Fu and Stockton did their research at the UH Institute for Astronomy in Manoa valley using data from the Hubble Space Telescope, which is in orbit around Earth, and from the telescopes on Mauna Kea, the Big Island. Their work has been published in the August 1 issue of the Astrophysical Journal Letters. See http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/ApJ/journal/issues/ApJL/v664n2/21829/brief/21829.abstract.html.
For more information, visit: http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/press-releases/black_holes-8-07.html


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Everly's Verse of Worship
Written for a friend, Carol Miles, because she is emotional and cries easily.
Angels Are Crying
The angels in heaven are crying today
'Cause you didn't take time out to pray.
You went on your way, with no thought of the Lord
And the angels began crying with one accord.
The angels in heaven are crying today;
You forgot about God as you went on your way.
You didn't take time the Bible, to read
And you didn't tell Jesus about your great need
Or thank Him for the blessings you daily receive.
May 19, 1987
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|Defeating Jericho
|Joshua 6:20 (Part of the Geography Lessons series).
|Preached by Pastor Mike Dissmore on July 3, 2016 (Sunday Morning).
|Leaving the Mountain
|Deuteronomy 1:6 (Part of the Geography Lessons series).
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I am not a pipe player myself, though I may have to resort to learning it if I can't find a pipe player in the Montreal area (in Quebec Canada)! Our name is Bibracte, and we are currently writing a concept album on the story of Boudica, I would day the style of music is an interesting blend of Celtic/Irish/Norse/Viking/Pagan inspired metal, though we have very classic and classical/medieval influences as well. We our looking for a pipe player of any age or gender or skill level (so long you are willing to practice regularly!) to complete our line up, which currently consists of both males and female members. We have an soprano singer who leads the band, and she is backed by an alto and tenor who all sing together separately in a community choir. We have a violinist, flautist, lyricist and percussionist/drummer, guitar player, fretless bass and tin whistle player, and keyboardist, so we are just missing the Uilleann pipes to finish this beautiful musical idea!
This will be both a journey of fantasy and a real commitment, so If you are serious and interested please feel free to contact me and we can discuss. My name is Neuromancer Wintermute and you can contact me by email me at firstname.lastname@example.com or call (514) 813-4080
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This page is quite dated but it is the only one I have for Québec. Perhaps you can try to contact a few of the names provided there to see who knows who and get more current info.
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There's also Uilleann Quebec on Facebook.
For highland pipers, the best bet would be the black watch in montreal.
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Build and Release Pipelines
While the Build and Release Pipelines approach is similar to the Chained Processes approach in that both rely on non-overlapping processes, the difference comes down to the central concept. The Build and Release Pipelines approach uses the pipeline as the primary concept, while it is the process that is the central concept in the Chained Process approach. In the Build and Release Pipelines approach, the processes are executed within the context of a pipeline.
As with a simple continuous integration system, a commit to the SCM can trigger the build process after the quiet period is met. At this point, a new pipeline is created and the invoked build process runs within the scope of the pipeline. In this approach, all processes are executed within the scope of a pipeline. The artifacts produced by the build process are stored within the context of the pipeline. It is the pipeline that provides traceability to the artifacts (meaning that the artifacts are traceable to the pipeline and via the pipeline to the build process invocation that created them).
A successful completion of the build process invokes the Quick Tests process within the context of the same pipeline. The Quick Tests process has no problem locating the build artifacts to be tested since they are available from the pipeline context; it is the pipeline that is responsible for storage and retrieval of all artifacts and other data related to the pipeline. The results of the Quick Tests process can be communicated to the members of the development team to provide the fast feedback required by continuous integration.
As in the Chained Processes approach, the process scheduler should be responsible for ensuring that the hardware is not saturated by too many concurrent instances of the Deploy to QA process. One common strategy employed by schedulers to ensure this is to combine requests for the Deploy to QA process. If two separate pipelines made requests for the Deploy to QA process but only a single process could run, the scheduler would honor the most recent request and discard the older one. But any such scheduler needs to be robust enough to provide all desired functionality. For example, the scheduler should probably not discard process requests made by users manually.
As with the Chained Processes approach, the current approach ensures that downstream processes always have a pipeline that successfully completed all preceding processes. For example, if at the time of invocation of the Deploy to QA process, the latest pipeline contained Build B3 and Quick Tests Q2, the Deploy to QA process would run within the context of the latest pipeline to successfully pass both preceding processes, the pipeline containing B1 and Q1.
The Build and Release Pipeline approach brings us the efficiency and flexibility strengths of the Chained Processes approach and the traceability advantages of the Staged CI approach. There is more complexity in this approach; however, this complexity can be safely hidden in a system or tool so that the end result is easier and more intuitive to use.
Given that the more tests we run, the clearer our picture of quality is and the sooner we get the feedback the more valuable it is, there are plenty of reasons to extend automation beyond the development team. With approaches I've discussed here, we've seen QA and even release management teams derive the same benefits that development teams are getting. I hope that some of the ideas in this article will allow you to obtain similar results.


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Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, with life expectancy for smokers at least 10 years shorter than for nonsmokers, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
And knowing that is why quitting smoking tops many a smokers' list of New Year's resolutions.
But new research suggests that Jan. 1 may not be the best day to quit.
Researchers analyzed Google searches for help on quitting smoking – in six languages (English, French, Chinese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish) across the globe from 2008 to 2012 – and found that searches peaked on Mondays. In fact, by Saturday, the searches were 145 percent lower than on Monday.
People see Monday as a fresh start, much like the new year.
"On New Year's Day, interest in smoking cessation doubles," said the study's lead author, John Ayers of San Diego State University. "But New Year's happens one day a year. Here we're seeing a spike that happens once a week."
Study co-author Joanna Cohen, director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Global Tobacco Control in Baltimore, says that this knowledge could be employed in targeting ads and staffing hotlines, reports USA Today.
But the Monday hook can work as personal inspiration as well.
Since history suggests that it takes most people several attempts to quit, by having more frequent start dates to try again, the chance for success is increased. Whereas you may not be motivated to rescue a failed New Year's resolution until the following year, by targeting Mondays instead, a new attempt can be made in just a week.
"If you relapse, you can try again next Monday," Cohen says, noting that quitting attempts are planned around a big day like a birthday or New Year's Day, but "we want to tell people they don't have to wait a year to try again."
Tom Glynn, senior director of cancer science and trends at the American Cancer Society in Atlanta, says that many people resume smoking on weekends.
"We always tell smokers that when they slip, it's not a failure, it's just part of the process," he says. "The idea that Mondays are '52 opportunities a year' to quit for good is "an optimistic message."
Related stories on MNN:
- How to quit smoking
- Do e-cigarettes help smokers quit?
- Shocking anti-smoking ads spur 100,000 to quit smoking
- Foods to help you quit smoking


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KAANAPALI - Bring together the fresh abundance offered by Maui's farmers, ranchers and fishermen, drop a dozen of Maui's finest resort chefs into the bounty, and you've got a party going on!
"Kaanapali Fresh," the signature event of the Kaanapali Beach Resort Association, is a celebration spanning three golden days of fun, food and wine on the famed crescent beach against the backdrop of Pu'u Keka'a (Black Rock).
The third annual event on Aug. 29, 30 and 31 will feature a vibrant new lineup with some super fresh twists.
New this year, the 'Aha'aina O Kaanapali on Friday welcomes guests with a deeply meaningful Hawaiian ceremony on the beach at sunset. Lahaina's newly launched double-hulled voyaging vessel, the Mo'okiha o Pi'ilani, will lead a flotilla of canoes to the shores of Kaanapali Beach, to be greeted by traditional Hawaiian chants and an exchange of gifts from sea and land.
The ceremony is the graceful beginning of a culinary journey through three distinctive ages of Hawaiian cuisine.
First is Old Hawaii, featuring the clean, natural flavors of fish, seaweed, sweet potatoes and taro; then the Golden Era, with the savory taste of farm-raised beef and pork, and sweet golden pineapple; and lastly Modern Hawaii, offering the innovative blend of exotic seasonings and cultures of today's Hawaii Regional Cuisine.
Along the journey, guests will be entertained with Hawaiian music, hula and chant from Maui's award-winning entertainer Napua Greig and Halau Na Lei Kaumaka O Uka.
'Aha'aina O Kaanapali is set for 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at The Westin Maui Resort & Spa. Tickets are $89.
Mix it up on Saturday with the popular "Fresh Mixology 101: Kaanapali Craft." This "marriage of libations spirited and brewed" is just as fun as it sounds: a chance to watch master mixologists talk about and shake up the colorful cocktails that have won them awards statewide.
Chandra Lucariello, director of mixology for Southern Wine & Spirits of Hawaii and vice president of the United States Bartender Guild Hawaii, will share her story of how craft beers are integrating with classic cocktails. Freddie Sconfienza of The Westin Maui Resort & Spa will whip up the Hokulani/Heavenly Star and Dragonberry Bomb - concoctions that have twice won him the title of Starwood Hotels & Resorts' Star Mixologist.
Creatively infused cocktails in hand, guests will enjoy a delicious lunch prepared by the talented chefs of the Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa, served on the resort's Ocean Lawn. "Fresh Mixology 101" is slated for 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tickets are $42. This event sells out early!
Saturday evening brings the signature culinary event: "Kaanapali Fresh Food & Wine Festival from Range to Sea." Within the ancient Hawaiian ahupua'a (land to sea) system, Hawaiians followed a model of truly "green" living.
For this memorable dining extravaganza, chefs and restaurants will follow that ancient model, collaborating in a showcase of culinary sustainability that uses the island's harvest from the range, farms and sea. Grass-fed beef, pork and lamb, island fish, ripe fruits and vegetables all combine to create an unforgettable taste experience. These mouth-watering treasures will be expertly paired with boutique wines from the world's leading vintners.
To add extra sparkle to the evening, Kamakakehau Fernandez, a celebrated Hawaiian trio, and Hapa (one of Hawaii's most popular duos of contemporary times) will perform for diners' pleasure. This event will be held from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Royal Kaanapali Golf Course's scenic third hole. Tickets are $185.
The weekend wraps up with a big-time spectacle at the beachfront "Kitchen Stadium Under the Maui Moon." Six renowned chefs will prepare a six-course menu highlighting Maui-grown products.
This second annual dinner is a prelude to the Hawaii Food & Wine Festival on Oahu, co-chaired by venerable chefs Roy Yamaguchi and Alan Wong. The gala dinner is from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Maui Resort & Spa's open-air Napili Gardens.
What's the secret to all this incredible food? Incredible people. Guests can meet the folks behind the food at the Grown on Maui Farmers' Market on Saturday from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Whalers Village.
Local farmers and food producers will brighten the Kaanapali Beachwalk with displays of sweet ripe mangoes, rainbows of fresh farm vegetables, huge hands of apple bananas, Maui Gold Pineapple, crisp greens, free-range eggs and more. Sip a free sample of coffee from MauiGrown Coffee and Maui Coffee Growers Association members, and enjoy chef-prepared edibles while you shop. Parking is free with validation from the market.
For a chance to see first-hand how all that good stuff is grown, guests are invited to take a Maui farm tour - many of which will be offered throughout the weekend.
Shelley Kekuna, executive director of the Kaanapali Beach Resort Association, thinks of Kaanapali as more of a "lifestyle" than a geographic location.
"Within our diverse community of visitors, owners and residents, we all share and appreciate our Hawaiian cultural roots, our multi-cultural influences, and bounty of Maui's farmers and the magic of Kaanapali's resort chefs," Kekuna said.
"This weekend is a celebration of what they create every day - unbelievably good food!"
For a complete schedule, or to purchase tickets, visit www.kaanapalifresh.com.


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Golden Apple Snack Cake
Total TimePrep: 15 min. Bake: 35 min. + cooling
Makes9 servings
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2-1/2 cups chopped peeled tart apples
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg. Combine the flour, baking soda and cinnamon; gradually beat into the creamed mixture. Fold in apples and pecans.
- Transfer to a greased 9-in. square baking pan. Bake at 350° for 32-38 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
Nutrition Facts1 piece: 294 calories, 16g fat (7g saturated fat), 50mg cholesterol, 150mg sodium, 38g carbohydrate (26g sugars, 1g fiber), 3g protein.
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May 25, 2017
If you're looking for a recipe for a moist apple cake filled with juicy chunks of apple and a tender crumb .... look no further! This cake is VERY easy to make and is packed with apple and cinnamon flavors. I used margarine instead of butter and Gala apples (that's what I had on hand). I also baked it in a square glass baking dish .... lowered the baking temp to 325 degrees F and baked for 40-45 minutes. When it was cooled, I drizzled it with a glaze made from confectioner's sugar, cinnamon and milk. Next time I make it I want to try drizzling with caramel sauce or maybe browned butter and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. VERY good cake!!
Nov 15, 2015
Fabulous! This is simple and very tasty. It was even better the second day. I left out the pecans but I thought it was still good without them.
Sep 28, 2015
This was a big hit. The only change I made was to double the cinnamon, added freshly ground nutmeg (approximately 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon), and because of nut allergies substituted 1/2 cup Craisins. My husband and kids loved it!
Sep 17, 2015
Made it last night.I found it necessary to bake at least 45 minutes. I was skeptical at first with the appearance of the batter mix.It was delicious. Will make it many times over with different apple varieties.Any suggestions?thanks.
Mar 4, 2015
I have been making an identical cake to this one for many years... let me make it even simpler! There is no need to cream butter and sugar together, this is not a light airy cake . Put all the ingredients, except apples and nuts, into a food processor and pulse until you have fine breadcrumbs, like making a crumble. Then mix in apples, nuts (I prefer sultanas) and beaten egg until combined. Done!I too was sceptical about this cake, as a pro baker it goes against the principles of cake making, but it is simple and delicious.I use more cinnamon as I find the taste disappears during cooking. I also have made the same cake using pears and chopped stem ginger... yummy.If you want to take it a step further pulse together 1/4 cup butter (1 stick/4 ounces), 1/4 cup Demerara sugar, 1/2 cup all purpose (plain) flour, a good pinch of salt and one teaspoon of cinnamon until it resembles slightly chunky breadcrumbs. Sprinkly over the top for a delicious crumble topped cake. Don't over pulse as it will become cookie dough!What a versatile little recipe... :o)
Oct 22, 2014
Before writing this review, I emailed everyone I know this recipe! It is surprisingly wonderful. Made according to directions and was a bit skeptical before placing in oven. Much more like a thick dough than cake batter but it baked to a perfect tender texture. Unlike many apple cake recipes, this one the apple truely shines thru in the taste. I agree with others that the cut pieces look a little rustic but the flavor makes up for it. Baked exactly 32 minutes. Perfect.
Jan 4, 2014
An excellent recipe...very moist and tasty. I added 1/2 a cup of raisins like someone suggested and omitted the nuts. I will definitely make this again.
Oct 1, 2013
The cake is delicious and easy to make. However, it is difficult to make nice slices or cuts on the cake and would not make a nice presentation if you are planning to serve or give to others. Other than that, it's a flavurful and good cake.
Apr 24, 2013
incredible only one egg and sooooo delicious.. mmmmh cinnamon taste and lots of apple fruit .. I loved it, my friends too mmmmh Looks like this, smell a lot and tastes so good. I put only a bit less as 3/4 sugar combined with Brown and White sugar
Jan 22, 2013
Loved it! Dressed it up for company with ice cream & caramel sauce topping. It was just like a fancy dessert at a great restaurant.


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Timing Is Everything
In New Zealand we have something called the Goods and Services Tax. It is like a sales tax but it covers everything—all goods, including food, and services, including professional services.
It's a part of life and one thing that's really good down here is that all prices are quoted as "GST inclusive," which means that you know exactly what things are going to cost and don't have to worry in the checkout line that you won't have enough money when the tax is added to the bill.
They have the same thing in England and, as you can imagine, there are some industries where a tradesman might say, "Just give me cash and we'll call it even." This saves you, the buyer, some money and also saves the tradesman the hassle of collecting tax from you and then remitting it to the tax man.
Of course, this is illegal and no big company with proper accounting systems is going to do it. But the local labourer who is simply providing services can see it as a way to undercut the competition and, let's face it, everyone wants to save a buck. In the trade these are known as "cash jobs."
I saw on the news last night that the British finance minister looked up from the wreckage of the global economy, the LIBOR and related banking scandals and the money pit that the Olympics have become and announced, no doubt as only the British finance minister can announce, that "cash jobs" are "immoral."
Not to be outdone, the New Zealand finance minister agreed and announced that the tax authorities down here are going to spend $84 million over the next four years cracking down on cash jobs. They expect to reap $384 million in extra tax. In England, where the economy is much larger, they are expecting to bring in $1 billion.
Admittedly, that's not chump change and ensuring compliance with the tax laws is the sort of thing that the tax authorities should be doing.
And painters and handymen and gardeners who are lucky if they gross $100,000 a year will be now paying their fair share of tax.
But what is funny is that the announcement of the finance ministers squeezed out of the headlines another story. An organization called The Tax Justice Network has issued a report called "The Price of Offshore Revisited." The report says that somewhere between $21 and $32 trillion of wealth has been moved into offshore tax havens by "the wealthy." Who are those people, you ask? We're not talking about the 1%. We're talking about the .001%.
What that means is that a very small number of people have a lot of money.
The article that disclosed that fact also had some other interesting tidbits. For example, the amount that has flown out of countries into tax havens is greater than the deficits of some of those countries. The very deficits that austerity programs are supposed to be reducing.
Not only that, using conservative assumptions, if the authorities were able to tax the earnings on those assets hidden away in tax havens, they would bring in more money than rich countries pay out to the developing world as aid each year.
Unlike the British and New Zealand governments plans to bring in a few hundred million by cracking down on cash jobs performed by people just over the poverty line, there was no mention of a plan to collect any tax on the money in the tax havens.
Over the past year I've been working on a book which is in the final stages of publication and should be available in a few months. It is called Identities and it is a satire on business, materialism and the way we construct our identities for the outside world. It is about a businessman who begins to have second thoughts about whether the identity he has constructed as a rich, powerful captain of industry is really who he is.
Once he comes to the conclusion that he wants his legacy to be more than maximizing shareholder returns, he tries to bring about change in his corner of the corporate world. One of his clients is the most highly paid executive in America and they have a number of entertaining confrontations where they debate things like offshore tax havens.
Like the article I read about tax havens, I don't have any answers and neither does the book. But I'm happy to see that it is turning out to be timely and topical and I hope that it generates a lot of interest and discussion. I'll let you know when the book is available!
July 25, 2012 8:28 pm
I want the book. You take cash?


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The purpose of screening is early diagnosis and treatment. Screening tests are administered to people without current symptoms, but who may be at high risk for certain diseases or conditions.
There are questionnaires, such as the GAD-7, that doctors use for screening and assessing the severity of GAD.
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Unlike last year, LeBron James dominated the 2012 playoffs like the best basketball player in the world. We asked Kirk Goldsberry, of the indispensable CourtVision, what was different about James's postseason play this time around.
These are LeBron's 2011 and 2012 playoff shot charts, labeled with field goal percentage from each of 17 zones on the court. Side-by-side comparisons, along with annotated versions, can be found at the bottom of the post.
Here are three changes LeBron made to his game since last year, which show up clear as day on the charts:
1.) LeBron was more active near the rim and in the post in the 2012 playoffs. Forty-three percent of his field goal attempts were close-range attempts this year; last year that number was 38 percent. His newfound post game is evident in the charts, especially on his left.
2.) He was not only more active near the rim, he was more efficient. He shot 68 percent in close-range situations this year, up from 63 percent last year. I think his post-up game is one big reason. He was better with his back to the basket this year, which means better looks near the rim.
3.) LeBron shot fewer threes during these playoffs. Last year 23 percent of his field goal attempts occured beyond the arc. This year that number was 17 percent. Essentially, the 2012 LeBron replaced these extra three-point attempts with close-range shots, which is important for a few reasons.
- He was Miami's best scorer near the rim.
- He was not Miami's best three-point shooter, but he was Miami's best passer. When he penetrated it forced defenses to collapse around him, creating options for better distance shooters like Shane Battier, Mike Miller, and Mario Chalmers. A notably high percentage of his assists these playoffs led to three-point baskets.
- He was Miami's best rebounder. LeBron being close to the rim improved Miami's overall rebounding presence.
The differences are even more startling when you compare LeBron's shot selection from 2006-2011 to his 2012 chart.
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Kirk Goldsberry examines the NBA using spatial and visual analytics. He publishes some of his work at courtvisionanalytics.com, and you can follow him on Twitter at @kirkgoldsberry. Matt Adams is a spatial analyst living in New York City, who helped out on this study.


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Wachowski Netflix Series 'Sense8′ Reveals First Details from 'Babylon 5′ Writer
It's been a good long while since we've heard anything on the front of Netflix's 10-episode project 'Sense8' with the Wachowski siblings, but it seems our first official details have finally arrived, courtesy of 'Babylon 5' creator and 'Sense8' writer J. Michael Straczynski. Are you ready to find out what links 8 mysterious individuals across the globe in the latest Wachowski yarn?
Speaking to Hitfix, Straczynski revealed that the 2014-projected 'Sense8' will unfold across ten episodes as a tale of eight people across the planet who simultaneously develop telepathic abilities, following both their journey, and reception from the world at large. Says Straczynski of the grand scope behind 'Sense8':
We started out at one point talking about how evolution involves creating ever greater circles of empathy: You belong to your family, then you belong to your tribe, then two tribes link up and now you have empathy for your people on this side of the river, and you're against the people on the other side of the river … on and on through villages, cities, states and nations. One day we'll hit the planetary level but we're not there yet. So what if a more literal form of empathy could be triggered in eight individuals around the planet, in India, the U.S., London, Mumbai, Nairobi and elsewhere, who suddenly became mentally aware of each other, able to communicate as directly as if they were in the same room.
How would they react? What would they do? To what degree could they accept each other? What does it mean? And what would the world think about people with this ability? Would they embrace it, or hunt them down as threats to our own evolution? How would they survive? It would give us a perfect platform to do a show that was loaded with action, big ideas, some amazing stunts that no one's done before, and play to a planetary audience.
Straczynski went on to describe that the initial season will be shot as a 10-hour movie of sorts, with a budget that allows location shoots everywhere from London to Nairobi, while indoor sequences will likely film on a Chicago stage.
What say you? Are you intrigued to see what the Wachoskis could bring to a Netflix series, or does 'Sense8' sound a bit too 'Touch' for an ongoing TV series?
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Either way, I'm putting the description of it online here in case other people are interested. Note that 'we' designed it based on what we found available from various websites, so the design is hardly unique.
Also note that it requires a multimeter/voltmeter to get a reading -- there's no USB/serial output or anything fancy like that.
(in related news I'm planning on taking night classes in electronics at a local TAFE (which is like a community college) so that I can start building more instruments/toys myself. A potentiostat would be nice...)
Anyway, back when we built this we ordered the parts from Digikey (I lived in the US at the time), and here's a list of what we got as shown on the invoice (the parts numbers of the linked items differ in some cases -- I presume that they are the same, but cannot guarantee that they are.
* Note that you'll need more than one of some items.
* Note that the parts includes stuff for using a whiteboard/prototyping board i.e. we first made a non-soldiered version, and then made a permanent assembly.
* The stuff for the final pH meter (i.e. the stuff in the pomona box) is shown in red
* The stuff for connection the pH meter to a voltmeter/multimeter is shown in blue
* The stuff that's needed for the power supply is in bold black
* Stuff that I ordered at the same time but can't remember what we used it for is in the default colour (i.e. black)
Price Item number Description
(USD) (Digikey)
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2.96 ACX1046-ND Conn. enc. bulkhead female jack x 2
3.78 7-1437529-5-ND Conn socket dip 8 pos gold T/h
7.71 J6212-ND BNC cable
8.07 501-1032-NB BNC female-dbl banana
47.85 945-1081-ND Converter AC/DC 15W +/-12V out DL T/H
In addition, looking at the board (see pictures below), you'll also need
3 x female banana sockets
2 x K5M104(?) capacitor (x 2)
2 x BC1020TR-ND BC102 capacitor (x 2)
3 x female banana sockets
and lots of wires.
You'll measure the potential (emf) using a voltmeter, and by calibrating the potential against a set of pH standards you can calculate the pH. In theory 0.0 mV should be at pH 7, and the potential should increase ca 59 mV per pH unit, so that pH 6 is +59 mV and pH 8 is -59 mV.
Whether this is actually true (it won't be) depends on your pH electrode, temperature, ionic strength etc.
pH box:
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|The BNC cable is connected to a double banana contact, which attaches to the voltmeter
Power supply:
You can get a proper one, or build one yourself. I did the latter. It ain't pretty -- in fact, the following pictures should horrify you. NOTE: unless you know what you are doing you MIGHT DIE! Playing with high voltage stuff may also be ILLEGAL for unlicensed people in some jurisdictions.
|Power OUT -- +12 and -12 V, and ground.
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Athenian senior Simone Batiste is encouraging other teens to approach situations peacefully.
When Oakland resident Simone Batiste learned of the high rates of youth-on-youth violence in the Bay Area, she decided she wanted to help her troubled peers. So she founded Youth K.N.O.W. Peace, a community art initiative that aims to spread awareness about teen violence. The project encourages young adults to respond to conflict peacefully instead of violently, and become peer leaders themselves.
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Q: What is the vision of Youth K.N.O.W. Peace?
The vision is that every youth will have the appropriate knowledge and skills of nonviolent options (actions), and know how to apply them in any environment when interacting with others in order to achieve a peaceful win-win outcome for everyone involved.
Q: How has this project impacted the community?
Youth KNOW Peace is a nonprofit, community-based movement directed at education, advocacy, peer mentoring, and youth leadership. It is something that any youth anywhere can participate in—at school, home, church, or in their community. If these youth are productive citizens who can positively contribute to their communities, then their communities will be better and safer places to live and work. [The youth are] also preparing themselves to be the future leaders, locally and globally.
Q: What is the most rewarding thing about founding a peace project?
The smile I see on these youths' faces as they take the pledge to be a Youth K.N.O.W. Peace ambassador for their community. It's satisfying to hear peers share that they are thankful that someone cares about their safety and future wellbeing, without any strings attached. I feel great [knowing] that my one action, my one voice, my one dream and desire to do good for my peers is making a positive impact on them—and me and our communities.
Q: Your younger sister, Camille, is the cofounder of Youth K.N.O.W. Peace. What does she bring to the project?
Camille feels it is critical to reach youth at the elementary and middle school ages because she believes that by the time youth are teens, they are more likely to be settled in their behavioral and thought patterns. If these factors are negative, they may be more likely to give in to negative peer pressure. She also uses her artistic skills to design the beautiful, colorful wristbands that we share with each youth at community fairs and presentations.
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I would [also] like to expand the Youth K.N.O.W. Peace program to college students. There are many incidents of violence on the campus by students against other students which need to be addressed. College students [should] understand that some of the same practices that apply to younger students can also apply to their situations. [The message is], always approach the situation with nonviolent options for a winning outcome.
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Even as a student, Alain Lempereur knew that his path to life was through bridge-building – connecting what he was learning as he earned law and philosophy degrees.
"Sometimes philosophy is too abstract and sometimes lawyering is too divisive," he says. "So you could try to make them converge. The field of coexistence is the field of building bridges."
Lempereur, the Alan B. Slifka Professor of Coexistence and Conflict Resolution, arrived at Brandeis from Europe in 2011 to direct the master's program in the subjects for which his chair is named.
Raised in Brussels, Lempereur, the author of "The First Move: A Negotiator's Companion," first uprooted himself to attend Harvard Law School, after earning law and philosophy degrees at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles. All along he had somewhat atypical plans for how he'd use his education.
"How can we live better together? How do we promote diversity rather than divisions?" were the questions he was asking himself. "Not just at family level, it could be bridge within organizations, NGOs, companies, even at the international level."
The field of conflict resolution called to him. He returned to Europe, where he taught and for 15 years developed and ran an academic institute in Paris called Irene, which means peace in Greek.
"I was intrigued by the name of [the Brandeis] program before I got here. Why not call it conflict resolution like everywhere else," Lempereur says. "It's really giving us the proper beacon of where we have to go" in not just solving a problem but also learning to live together.
The field of coexistence has given him a seat at the negotiating table with the European Commission, NATO, OECD, UNDP, UNITAR, and WHO; taken him to Burundi and the Congo where he helped facilitate reconciliation with the Wilson International Center for Scholars; and given him an invitation to corporate boardrooms like that of the Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey.
Being able to operate both in corporate and political environments has taught him a lot, and it's a lesson he tries to pass on to his students, who come to Brandeis as mid-career professionals.
Working with NGOs has shown Lempereur the need for corporate social responsibility in corporations; working in corporations has reminded him of the need for management methods in NGOs.
"Let's say you have the end of a war and you have to integrate in the new army many components of the former belligerent groups," Lempereur says. "It is exactly like a merger of a big company with a startup; when you put together people of two companies, one big and one small, people in the small one wonder what will happen to them and so do the people of the big one."
The key is remembering that individuals are the building blocks of every organization, he says, and learning about the people you're negotiating with, acknowledging their distinct identities, is always the first step.
"It took us years to realize that the time we spent at lunches, at dinners, around beer, was as important" as any work on the precipitating issue, he says.
The Coexistence and Conflict program educates students to become peace professionals, and equips them with the proper tools and strategies so that they go out into the world with more than good intentions.
"We need to wage peace just as war has been waged," Lempereur says. "People think you need to be trained to be at war. They would not even question that you need to train warriors. The same is true for peace professionals."
Because combining theory and practice is so important, students work in practicums where they "test their tools, approaches, strategies, skills, and hopefully go back into the real world with stronger theories."
"We realize there are conflicts that are really poisoning the lives of too many people, whether it's in the Middle East or Africa or even in their cities [in the U.S.]. You don't need to go to the end of the world to observe that," Lempereur says. "And we know there are better ways of managing that. A hundred years ago we really didn't know but now people come to Brandeis to learn these methods because they strive for social justice."
With the degree comes certain advantages, and not just for the students, Lempereur says.
"You have a degree now, you can take a risk," Lempereur says. "That's something I often say to bright young graduates. We need to have this capacity to move around. Develop an expertise, but at the same time try something new. If you don't take a risk, who will?"
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Everywhere Jay Westbrook turns, behind the wheel of his black pickup, a memory flashes.
In Van Nuys, it is the lifeless little girl he held at Valley Presbyterian Hospital after she was found in the bottom of a hot tub. Near Beverly Hills, it is the old woman in a seven-figure condo whose misery he tried to soothe. On Skid Row, it is the 29-year-old crack addict he brought morphine to numb the pain of cancer, as she died in a box on the street.
There have been thousands of them, thousands of souls he journeyed with to the intersection of living and dying, who helped establish him as one of the foremost experts on care in a patient's final days. Thousands of deaths that collectively formed his life.
It might have gone on this way forever. Then came one death too many.
The first time was a cluster of machines and tubes, and breaths shallow and panting. Westbrook was a student nurse, the patient a big man, swollen from cirrhosis. Westbrook had cared for the man for several weeks and when the time finally came, a profound sadness drove him to tears.
He felt powerless and mortal; and for the first time, this son of atheist parents felt something more.
"I had that experience of the place where life and death meet being filled with God," he said.
In the two decades that followed, Westbrook experienced more deaths than he could count — as a cancer nurse, in pain management and, most of all, in hospice.
He heard a little boy confess to his dying mother he once stole from her wallet, and a married Orthodox Jew acknowledge a long affair with a man. He saw athletes and movie stars, deaths surrounded by dozens and deaths all alone.
Each one was both singular and similar. Those who survived a brush with death reported traveling down a tunnel toward a bright light. Those whose age or disease brought a more gradual exit often experienced visions of a loved one who went before, as well as a day of seemingly stunning turnaround, where lucidity returned and pain subsided and all, for a short time, seemed well. It could be a cruel tease to those praying for a miracle, as it was generally followed by clues the end was near: mottled skin, cold extremities, and breathing that sounds like a locomotive leaving the station.
Through it all, he was sustained by love.
They met on June 7, 1968, at a party bidding Westbrook farewell before he was to leave California to teach reading in Appalachia. Two young women arrived dragging an unenthusiastic third.
"Nancy, this is Jay," the host said. "Jay, this is Nancy."
She wanted to take a walk on the beach, and Westbrook accompanied her. They took the footbridge over the Pacific Coast Highway, walking and talking for hours and coming to rest on the sand.
"Six hours later, the sun came up and we were in love," Westbrook said.
He never went to Appalachia. He was smitten. Before long, Nancy Morgan was Nancy Westbrook. They lived modestly but joyfully.
They couldn't have come from more different upbringings. She grew up in an Ozzie-and-Harriet family, surrounded by love and support, in Wichita, Kansas.
As Westbrook tells it, his own mother left when he was an infant, and when his father remarried two years later, he was placed in the care of family friends who abused him. His parents eventually reclaimed him, but he says he was still subjected to his stepmother's explosive anger and incest by his grandfather. He ultimately dropped out of high school and ran away. Later, addicted to drugs and alcohol, he spent time in prison, sinking so low he hatched a suicide plan.
He is 67 now, but the scars of childhood remain so deep he still sleeps with a nightlight to ward off a lasting fear of the dark. They helped stir in Westbrook a strain of empathy so strong he became irreplaceable at the worst moment in others' lives.
"My suffering," he said, "became my vehicle for awakening compassion in me."
He first put his soothing power to work as a veterinary technician, offering solace to owners when a pet was euthanized or a tough prognosis was delivered.
He then became a clinical gerontologist; in that role he constantly glimpsed death, and felt a nagging need to get closer.
A nursing degree brought him where he wanted to be. He became a luminary of the end-of-life world, not just because of his skill, but because he told the stories of his work with such eloquence it enthralled audiences, from medical students in a Harvard lecture hall to hospice workers filling a conference room.
Colleagues were in awe of his ability to say the right thing, manage patients' pain and forecast their remaining time with striking precision.
"All heart," said Mary Jo Leste, a nurse who once hired him. "He has a gift," said Carmen Febo, a hospice worker he mentored. "A pioneer," said Chris Downey, a doctor who attended a palliative program with him.
It was deeply fulfilling, but draining work. Nancy not only helped her husband deal with the depths of his past, but also the daily trials of death. Sometimes, when he arrived home from a tough day, he'd put his head on her chest and listen to her heart beat. They'd play with the dogs, talk about their days, discuss lessons learned from the dying.
Time and again, he saw a deathbed full of regrets. It taught him and Nancy to never part without an embrace and an expression of love. Tomorrow, he knew, was not guaranteed.
It was a Monday — Dec. 12, 2011 — when Nancy first awoke in pain. On Wednesday, she saw the doctor. On Thursday, she had a CT scan. On Monday, she had surgery. And on Tuesday, the diagnosis came: pancreatic cancer.
The doctors said she likely had four months to live with no intervention, up to a year with aggressive chemotherapy. Westbrook had had hundreds of pancreatic cancer patients before and expected she had seven months. Four days shy of that, she awoke feeling great, free from pain and full of energy — the cruel pre-death rally he'd seen so many times before. In the yard, she asked him to lift her up, and she put her head on his chest.
"I love you," she said, emphatically.
Before long, her skin became mottled, her extremities cold, her breathing strained. He knew the end was near and, though they didn't speak of it, he suspects she did, too. She wanted to stay outside in her beloved garden. And late into the night, they sat. She kept resisting going in to bed, but when they finally did, Nancy mustered her last words.
"I love you," she said again. "Goodnight."
By morning, she had lost consciousness. He took her in his arms.
"Sweetheart, I love you so much, I will miss you so much when you're gone, but I'll be OK," he said. "And if and when you're ready, you have my permission to go."
Ninety seconds later, it was over.
And now, Westbrook knew, his career was too.
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So many of his patients died with such certainty on where they were going next, but all these years of death brought him no closer to knowing whether he'll ever see Nancy again. He dreams of a blissful reunion. Even if it never happens and he carries this pain forever, he's grateful for what he once had.
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|Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission OST
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|Catalog Number: AVCD-17388
|Released On: July 16, 2003
|Composed By: Noriko Matsueda, Takahito Eguchi, Kazuhiro Hara
|Arranged By: Noriko Matsueda, Takahito Eguchi, h-wonder
|Published By: Avex
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01 - real Emotion (FFX-2 Mix)
02 - 1000 Words (FFX-2 Mix)
03 - Seal of the Wind ~The Three Trails~
04 - Last Mission No.1
05 - Last Mission No.2
06 - Last Mission No.3
07 - Creature Creation
08 - Flash Over
09 - 1000 Words Orchestra Version
10 - Kimi he (To You)
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What a little hodge-podge of a soundtrack! Because it would be near-impossible to write a sensible review of this thing without going track-by-track, I'm doing the dirty deed and writing a track-by-track review. Don't kill me, please. Thanks.
Well, maybe first an explanation on what this thing is. Maybe you aren't up to date on how Square (Enix) releases games...if you know that, skip this paragraph. Otherwise, keep reading. First, Square releases their (Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts) game in Japan. Then, they release it in America, with English voice acting, and maybe a couple of extra features. Finally, the game gets *re-released* in Japan with the English voice option, the extra features Americans got, and then a boatload of even MORE features, so that the game will sell. These super-duper-extra features never see the light of day in the United States.
This may cause some bitterness for the Americans reading this right now. That's very understandable. I'm bitter too. Let's talk about what all is on this soundtrack, and we'll find out how bitter we should or shouldn't be.
The first two tracks are the English versions of the two vocal tracks from X-2. If you've played the game, you're quite familiar with these songs. They weren't on the OST, but they're now in the International version, so here they are on the soundtrack. These are performed by Jade from Sweetbox, rather than Kumi Koda, who did the Japanese vocal versions. A lot of people prefer the Japanese vocals, but I personally really enjoyed the English vocals. My guess is that whichever one you heard first, you liked more.
Okay, so when a game is re-released in Japan, the "International" title is added. This "Last Mission" talk is a whole new story. Square Enix went far enough out of their way to add a whole new quest, plus a monster capture and fighting arena, to the game. These are the bulk of the soundtrack, instrumental tracks 3 through 8.
Most people were absolutely disgusted with the X-2 OST. I had originally believed this was due to people's tastes...Matsueda and Eguchi worked great together on Racing Lagoon after all, but Final Fantasy doesn't have a setting that reflects the type of music Matsueda makes. However, upon closer inspection (read: when I played FFX-2 for myself) I realized that even for these talented composers, it wasn't their best work. It felt like they were trapped: they knew how to do jazz, techno, fusion, that sort of thing, and they were being put in a mold that didn't accept it. They got caught somewhere in the middle, and the result was mediocrity and a little bit of cacophony.
In these tracks, I believe Matsueda and Eguchi return to their natural element...these songs remind me of the Racing Lagoon OST, but higher quality, and that makes me very happy. I put up samples of my three favorite songs (3 4 and 5)...but the other three are also good.
This "natural element / Racing Lagoon" thing I'm talking about...it's just REALLY good modern jazz technique with techno/fusion work on the side. Track 3, a slower piece, features good piano work (with which Matsuda consistently performs beautifully). Yeah...this song is simply beautiful. It retains the qualities of "Eternity" (the opening track to X-2, one of the few that got compliments from most fans), but has its own melodic twists and a new feel with the strings, synth, percussion, and piano.
Track 4 definitely reminds me of the opening to Cowboy Bebop. There's the latin auxiliary percussion, the erratic melody from the horns, and the light touch of the piano. This is a common style of song-writing...but in this form, it's executed very well. The addition of woodwinds (which was a X-2 trademark) is what really does it in for me...I love hearing them come in at JUST the right spot. This song is probably my favorite on the OST.
The next track is...well, listen to the sample. We have the wah-wah guitars, the fast chord changes, and more erratic horn melodies jumping in here and there. This song in particular has the Racing Lagoon feel that I cherish oh so much. My favorite parts of this song are the breaks where the piano gets a chance to shine for just a few measures.
Of the three "Last Mission" tracks, track 6 is the most bland. It runs at a moderate tempo, it has a lot of synth that runs through without making sense...in short, it sounds more reminiscent of the X-2 OST than of anything else Matsueda and Eguchi have ever done. That, indeed, might be bad news. However, in listening to the track outside of the game, I'd still say it's a quality composition.
"Monster Creation", which is track 7, is another jazzy song where piano takes the center stage. This equates to me enjoying the track by default, since I love piano pieces. I don't think this song compares to the genius found in my three favorite tracks, but it's still higher quality than most of what was on the original X-2 OST.
"Flash Over"...first of all, I don't even KNOW where this song would play in the game...maybe as a battle theme, I don't know. It's fast and pulsating, like a battle theme, and there are some weird Middle-Eastern/Asian instrumental influences in this song, but it's generally just another tense techno/fusion piece. Nothing remarkable, but it's an enjoyable listen.
1000 Words Orchestra is another English vocal, it's the version that is heard during the credits for the English X-2. I really, really, always prefer the orchestra versions of an FF ballad to the pop version. This is no exception. Takahito Eguchi did the orchestral arrangement, and I applaud him for doing such great work. When I beat X-2, this was one of the key highlights of the experience for me. I really think it takes the song to new heights, despite the lows reached by some of the...drab...tired...inane...lyrics...
The final track, "To You" (or "Kimi he" in Japanese), is Yuna's new theme. I assume they put it in X-2 International + Last Mission, since it's on the OST...but this is the exact same version of the song put on Final Fantasy X-2 Vocal Collection - Yuna, which I have already reviewed. Of the two tracks on THAT single, I didn't like Kimi he so much...but it's alright. It's performed by Yuna's Japanese voice actress, Mayuko Aoki.
You'd think a 10-track OST would be short, but with looped instrumentals and four vocal ballads, this CD clocks in at 45 minutes, which is a significant amount of time (how many American pop music CDs just barely make this mark?). In this album, you find a mix of English vocals, Japanese vocals, and instrumental BGM that's a sure step up from the X-2 OST. I give semi-strong recommendations for this CD: if you owned and kept the X-2 OST, you're a fool not to add this CD to your collection.
Reviewed by: Patrick Gann