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March 30, 2011

The Rate of Magnetic Pole Shift is increasing

Filed under: Innovation — Tyler @ 3:14 pm
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The Earth’s Magnetic North Pole has literally shifted from Canada to Siberia (Russia).  According to Dr. Chris Connor during a news excerpt from NBC, he said, “…it’s been moving, and now it’s moved all the way from northern Canada into northern Siberia.” What it interesting is that Dr. Connor didn’t say what most websites and news sources are saying. Most sources I’ve read say that the Magnetic Pole is “shift-ING” to Siberia. But Dr. Connor very clearly says “moved.” This means that the pole is already in Siberia. The reason why this is worth discussing is because an article written in 2003 on the NASA website regarding Magnetic Fields, said that at the current rate of Magnetic Pole shift in 2003, the pole would move from North America to Siberia in “a few decades.” Now, when I hear the words, one decade, I think of 10 years. And a couple decades would mean around 20 years. But when I hear “a few decades” I definitely think of a minimum of 20 years, more in the ballpark of 21 to 60 years. This means that in 7 years, the magnetic poles have shifted what NASA predicted what would happen in a much longer period of time.

When I saw the movie, 2012 that starred John Cusack, I thought the scene where all the magnetic poles were shifting was an interesting Science-Fiction plot device. I never thought that this would actually happen in my lifetime. Although the film was highly stylized, the mere fact that the rate of pole shift is increasing is disconcerting at best.

-Tyler

SOURCES:

NBC News (Big thank you to NBC for broadcasting this excellent short piece on an interesting and important issue)

NASA: Earth’s Inconstant Magnetic Field, published December 29th, 2003. http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2003/29dec_magneticfield/

FoxNews.com: Ordinary Compasses Thrown Off by Changes in Earth’s Magnetic Field, written by Loren Grush, published February 25th, 2011. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/02/25/ordinary-compasses-thrown-changes-earths-magnetic-field/

Wikipedia: North Magnetic Pole, retrieved March 30th, 2011. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Magnetic_Pole

 

 

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March 29, 2011

Male Energy Cultivation Experiment 004B

Filed under: MECE — Tyler @ 5:42 pm

Finally making some tangible progress. My digestive furnace is at similar levels to what it was like during high school water polo days. I knew something was different yesterday when my body basically ordered my food for me at Veggie Grill. I purchased a large bowl of vegetarian chili, which is basically a bean stew. And I also slurped some tomato basil soup. My stomach was so hungry I didn’t even dare jump straight into solid food.

Today at the gym the exercises went very well. I’ve come to realize that the actual pounds of weight have been more optimally implemented when I use them as toops to do targeted exercises. This is opposed to having the weights themselves act as some sort of benchmark.

I’ve also come to the conclusion that the gym should be a vehicle to improve breathing, not a method to increase physical power. Although physical strength may be and recently has been a byproduct of the improved breath support, it is not the goal.

-Tyler

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March 28, 2011

The Mirror Song will Erase This sorrow

Filed under: Music-Reviews — Tyler @ 11:41 pm
Mirror Song - Erase This

Mirror Song - Erase This

The level of sincerity and beauty in the, “Mirror Song” captured my heart. The harmonies between Luke Conrad and Kristina Horner take no prisoners in the battle for evoking one’s emotions. Regardless of how macho or technical the listener may be, Luke Conrad and Alan Lastufka created a song that anyone who has a beating heart will enjoy. The song is mostly a vocal duet with piano. But even with its sparse instrumentation, it has a complete and satisfying sound that perfectly balances with the personality and skill of the vocalists. After listening to the song with a distinguishing ear, the bass and also some either some pads or violins kick in during the chorus. The music is beyond touching and it is a real pleasure to even be discussing this work of art right now. One doesn’t need to have recently lost a love, or be in a long distance relationship to appreciate the Mirror Song. For if you have never felt such ache before, you will by the end of video. And that ache will elevate you.

The music video has some great imagery. The characters portrayed don’t feel forced over ’emo’ at all. In fact the video’s use of fades seem to articulate the feelings of distance combined with the most intimate closeness quite well. There is an intriguing dichotomy of setting choices in the video. Even though both Conrad and Horner both appear to be in a Seattle-eque environment, the masculine character is singing often among a backdrop of industry. And the female character expresses her melodies with the water and a grey city in the background.

When Conrad and Horner are together walking through a huge concrete sculpture at 3 minutes and 11 seconds, I was reminded of ancient Sumerian gates. So that was a real plus. Also it creates an intimate and sensual frame for their walk into the vanishing point.

The harmony choices in the Mirror Song are bogglingly drenched with the sorrow of sentiment. When Luke and Kristina sings the words, “fairytale picture book” at 1 minute and 27 seconds, the rhythm and harmony melts into one another flawlessly. And that flawlessness is exemplified by the articulation and purely serene tone of both artists.

I’m not 100% certain about this, but there may be a connection to the film, “The Shining” at 2 minutes and zero seconds. You decide.

The singers Conrad and Horner look great in the video and definitely match with the feel and theme of the song. Kristina Horner wears a headband and those always look great on girls with long hair. Her facial expressions definitely reward the listener for enjoying the song in a music video format.

The album called, “Erase This” is available in physical CD format from DFTBA Records by clicking HERE.

If you would like to purchase a digital format of the, “Mirror Song” from iTunes, then click HERE.

-Tyler

 

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March 27, 2011

New Captcha Security added for User Registration

Filed under: Overidon News — Tyler @ 11:09 pm

There are over 1,200 users registered to overidon.com. But we get a comment about once every 3 months. So I’ve decided to add a ‘captcha’ security protocol for new user registration and also for password recovery.

The security protocol will require the new user to solve a little picture puzzle in order to register. It’s better than the word puzzle things. But since it takes a few seconds to solve the puzzle, it is only required for new user registration and password recovery. You won’t need to do this in order to login or to leave comments.

 

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