Label: Symmetry Recordings
Title: Symmetry
Artist: Break
Format: 4 X 12” Vinyl LP / 1xCD / MP3
Release: October 2008

Disgusting...

After working his way to the very top of the game, Break has managed to become one of D&B’s most in-demand DJs and producers, on entirely his own terms. Establishing an inimitable sound over the last couple of years through his seemingly endless output of singles and remixes, Break’s stripped back, highly rhythmic and technically unrivalled productions have become a necessary component in every good DJ’s sets. However, what we have heard from Break in that time represents only a fraction of the man and his talents, and on ‘Symmetry’ we get to see exactly what he is capable of. This is an album that will sate the expectations of Break’s many hardcore fans yet still be entirely accessible to the uninitiated listener from outside the genre. With lush musical interludes, down tempo trip-hop and even a touch of breaks and tech-house, interspersing the faultless D&B, this is the varied collection of work we were all hoping for. Every track on the four piece vinyl is pure quality, in particular the dub spaciousness of ‘Hooked Up’, the pure jungle of ‘Jungle Step’ and the divine Calibre-esque ‘Last Chance’ featuring the incredible vocals of Kyo. But it’s the 18 track CD that really shows what Break is capable of; whether through the breaks collaboration with SP, the cop themed Beastie Boys-styled ‘Walk’ or the ‘dubstep’ of ‘Thin Ice’, Break flaunts his genius without ever succumbing to the obvious. If you only buy one D&B album this month, make sure it’s this. - Jon Ethics: ATM Magazine

DJ Support from: Fierce, Andy C, Fabio, Friction, Hype, Goldie, A Sides, Calyx & Teebee, D-Bridge, Bailey, Die, Noisia, Laurent Garnier, Martyn and many others

Cat no: SYMMLP001
Barcode: 5060157036999
Format: 4 x 12”
Vinyl Tracklisting

A: Hooked Up
B: All Around
C: Is This What You Want ?
D: Jungle Step
E: Last Chance (Feat. Kyo)
F: Traits (Exclusive to the Vinyl Format)
G: Reach Out
H: Symmetrics

Cat no: SYMMCD001
Barcode: 5060157037002
Format: CD X 1
CD Tracklisting

1. Last Chance (Feat. Kyo)
2. Hooked Up
3. In Between
4. Reach Out
5. Too Hot To Hold (Feat. SP)
6. Light Speed
7. Symmetrics
8. Recovery
9. In My Mind (Feat. Kyo)
10. Its Coming
11. Is This What You Want?
12. Walk
13. All Around
14. Z Step
15. Thin Ice
16. Adrenaline
17. Jungle Step
18. In the Blue

For audio clips of some the album tracks: ‘This What You Want?’ ‘Thin Ice’, ‘Symmetrics’ & ‘All Around’

Check out:

Break - Is This What You Want?

Break - Thin Ice

Break - Symmetrics

Break - All Around

Balance is a fundamental human condition: we require physical balance to stand upright and walk; we seek balance among the many facets of our personal and professional lives; the world struggles for balance of power. In design, balance anchors and activates elements in space. Relationships among elements on the page or screen remind us of physical relationships. Visual balance occurs when the weight of one or more things is distributed evenly or proportionately in space. Like arranging furniture in a room, we move components around until the balance of form and space feels right. Large objects are a counterpoint to smaller ones; dark objects to lighter ones.
A symmetrical design is inherently stable. Yet balance need not be static. A tightrope walker achieves
balance while traversing a precarious line in space, continually shifting her weight while staying in motion.
Designers employ contrasting size, texture, value, color,and shape to offset or emphasize the weight of an objectand achieve the acrobat's dynamic sense of balance.
Rhythm is a strong, regular, repeated pattern: the beating of drums, the patter of rain, the falling of
footsteps. Speech, music, and dance all employ rhythm to express form over time. Designers use rhythm to
construct single images as well as to create books, magazines, and motion graphics that have duration and
sequence. Designers seek rhythms that are punctuated with change and variation.

Scale is Relative A graphic element can appear larger or smaller depending on the size, placement, and color of the elements around it. When elements are all the same size, the design feels flat. Contrast in size can create a sense of tension as well as a feeling o

f depth and movement. Small shapes tend to recede; large ones move forward

Texture is the tactile grain of surfaces and substances.In design, texture is both physical and virtual. Textures include the literal surface employed in the making of a printed piece or physical object as well as the optical appearance of that surface. Paper can be rough or smooth, fabric can be nubby or fine, and packaging material can be glossy or matte. Physical textures affect how a piece feels to the hand, but they also affect how it looks. A smooth or glossy or matte. Physical textures affect how a piece feels to the hand, but they also affect how it looks. A smooth or glossy surface, for example, reflects light differently than a soft or pebbly one.

Many of the textures that designers manipulate are not physically experienced by the viewer at all, but exist
as optical effect and representation. Texture adds detail to an image, providing an overall surface quality as well as rewarding the eye when viewed up close. As in life, the beauty of texture in design often lies in its poignant juxtaposition or contrast: prickly/soft, sticky/dry, fuzzy/smooth, and so on. By placing
one texture in relation to its opposite, or a smart counterpart, the designer can amplify the unique formal properties of each one.
Designers generate textures by hand, camera, computer, and code. Textures are abstract and concrete,
and they can be captured, sliced, built, and brushed. Texture has a genuine, visceral, wholly seductive capacity to reel us in and hold us.

Graphic design was once seen as a fundamentally black and white enterprise. This is no longer the case. Color has become integral to the design process. Color printing, once a luxury, has become routine. An infinite range of hues and intensities bring modern media to life, energizing the page, the screen, and the built environment with sensuality and significance. Design and color have converged. Color exists, literally, in the eye of the beholder. We cannot perceive color until light bounces off an object or is emitted from a source and enters the eye. Our perception of color depends not solely on the pigmentation of
physical surfaces, but also on the brightness and character of ambient light. We also perceive a given color in relation to the other colors around it. For example, a light tone looks lighter against a dark ground than against a pale one.

Surfaces absorb certain light waves and reflect back others onto the color receptors (cones) in our
eyes. The light reflected back is the light we see. The true primaries of visible light are red, green, and blue.
The light system is called "additive" because the three primaries together create all the hues in the spectrum.
In theory, combining red and green paint should produce yellow. In practice, however, these pigments
combine into a blackish brown. This is because pigments absorb more light than they reflect, making any
mix of pigments darker than its source colors. As more colors are mixed, less light is reflected. Thus pigment based color systemsare called "substractive."
Offset and desktop printing methods use CMYK, a subtractive system. Screen displays use RGB, which is addictive. CMYK color uses nonstandard colors because the light reflected off cyan and magenta pigments mixes more purely into new hues than the light reflected off of blue and red pigments.

Figure/ground relationships shape visual perception. A figure (form) is always seen in relation to what su-
rrounds it (ground, or background)–letters to a page, a building to its site, a sculpture to the space within it
and around it, the subject of a photograph to its setting and so on. A black shape on a black field is not visible; without separation and contrast, form dissapears. People are accustomed to seeing the background as passive and unimportant relation to a dominant subject.Yet visual artists quickly become attuned to the spaces around and between elements, discovering their power to shape experience and become active forms in their own right.

Graphic Designers often seek a balance between figure and ground, using this relationship to bring energy
and order to form and space. They build contrasts between form and counterform in order to construct icons, illustrations,logos,compositions, and patterns that stimulate the eye. Creating figure/ground tension or ambiguity adds visual energy to an image or mark. Even subtle ambiguity can invigorate the end result and shift its direction and impact.
Figure/ground also known as positive and negative space, is at work in all facets of graphic design.
In the design of logotypes and symbols, the distillation of complex meaning into simplified but significant form thrives on the taut reciprocity of figure and ground. In posters, layouts, and screen designs, what is left out frames and balances what is built in. Similarly, in timebased media,including multipage books, the insertion and distribution of space across time affects perception and pacing
The ability to create and evaluate effective figure/ground tension is an essential skill for graphic designers.Train your eye to carve out white space as you compose with forms. Learn to massage the positive and negative areas as you adjust the scale of images and typography. Look at the shapes each element makes and see if the edges frame a void that is equally appealing. Notice how as the value of a text block becomes darker, its shape becomes more defined when composed with other elements.
Recognizing the potency of the ground, designers strive to reveal its constructive necessity. Working with
figure/ground relationships gives designers the power to create–and destroy–form.

FIGURE-GROUND = şekil-zemin ilişkisi

TOSS PILLOWS-Pillows are fluffy. They are small and mobile and can be "tossed" around whimsically to bring style and comfort to a room. I like coordinating, but contrasting colors as well as unique shapes and textures.

MY PHOTOGRAPHY-There's not a lot of it in my home, but there will be more. I also try to gift pieces as often as I can to get it in everyone else's home :) I recently gave one to a friend who will be taking it back to her home to Ghana. It will be my first one gone international (lol).

DIY-It's nice to go shopping and find just the right thing, but it's even better to know what you want and create it yourself, just as you want it. I like watching DIY shows as well as coming up with my own ideas. I also get inspiration from friends and, of course, from all over the web.

BALANCE- Well, I'm getting over my obsession with symmetry (although it's been hard), and I've settled for "balance." Each side doesn't have to be the same, but it does need to be balanced, and relatively even.

GREEN PLANTS-It's not that I don't like flowering plants, but there's something about greenery that I really like. Flowers only last for a while and greenery, if well taken care of, is more permanent. There is a Pathos in the foyer and we have a Peace Lilly in our bedroom. The living room has lucky bamboo, the kitchen currently has green onions and will soon have green peppers. I will try my luck with some herbs later on.

WARM EARTH TONES-No matter what season, I love warm colors. My home is full of rich reds and browns and greens. I try to avoid white, especially in my kitchen and baths, but I still make sure to incorporate enough brightness, whether lightening with contrasting color or with natural light.

Anyone with a photographic eye is, of course, always looking for it (the rule of thirds is the ultimate example).

It was probably some ancient mathematician who discovered that the triangle is a magic shape.  It appeals more than any other to the human eye. So odd numbers of objects placed together look better (although I'm thinking that it's also fun to deliberately subvert that). Gardeners plant in odd numbers, following a rough triangular pattern. Interior designers place groups of objet d'art in threes or fives.

But symmetry is also about things being perfectly aligned, right? At state banquets, each plate, glass and knife is aligned to perfection - special measuring sticks are used.  You could call that obsessiveness, but the finished precision is immensely pleasing to the eye. Ditto soldiers marching in perfect formation, each man exactly mirroring the stance of those around him.

The symmetry of human beauty is something that we're often not conscious of, but are influenced by all the same.  There are precise proportions (laid down first by the Ancient Greeks, I think) for the perfect beautiful face.  We respond most favourably to those who come closest to this ideal.  A pity that few of us come even close!

So I'm thinking - symmetry is beautiful, so is beauty always symmetrical? And symmetry always beautiful?

Nesta segunda parte do artigo, vamos aprender como utilizar Multires na preparação da malha para esculturas e também vamos ver como carregar os pincéis de transparências diretamente para dentro do Blender. Vamos utilizar como modelo a Suzanne, a cabeça de macaco que é uma geometria primitiva do programa e também uma espécie de mascote do Blender. Acredito que utiliza-la neste exercício, irá beneficiar as pessoas que não possuem nenhum modelo pronto no computador, para que possam também acompanhar este pequeno tutorial.

Recomendo que antes de iniciar o exercício, você salve em seu disco os arquivos dos pincéis que foram publicados na primeira parte deste artigo.

1 - Abra o Blender. Pressione a tecla X e apague o cubo default. Em seguida pressione a Barra de Espaços e escolha Add/Mesh/Monkey para carregar a cabeça da Suzanne. Veja na figura abaixo:

[caption id="attachment_383" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="Geometria Primitiva Monkey (Suzanne)"][/caption]

2 - Pressione a tecla Tab para entrar em Object Mode, na aba Link and Materials do painel Editing (F9), pressione o botão Set Smooth para suavizarmos um pouco nossa malha.

[caption id="attachment_385" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="Painel Editing Set Smooth"][/caption]

3 - Para podermos testar nossos pincéis neste modelo, teremos que subdividi-lo muitas vezes. Ainda no painel Editing, vá até a aba Multires (Multiresolução). Clique em Add Multires e nos parâmetros que se abrem, clique no botão Add Level. Quanto maior a quantidade de níveis de Multires, melhor será a qualidade dos relevos pintados na malha, mas recomendo uma certa cautela ao utilizar este recurso, clique a primeira vez e deixe o computador processar, depois vá adicionando um nível de cada vez. Um número muito elevado de níveis poderá travar seu computador, pois o recurso exige muita capacidade de processamento. Vou trabalhar aqui com Level 5, que será suficiente para realização desse exercício.

4 - A figura abaixo, mostra a aplicação de Multires no modelo com Levels 5. Note, que o modelo agora tem a superfície bem suavizada e está pronto para a execução de nosso exercício:

5 - Com a malha ainda selecionada, entre em Sculpt Mode. A primeira coisa a fazer será carregar os 6 pincéis para dentro do Blender, para que possamos trabalhar mais livremente (...é claro que normalmente você só irá carregar os pincéis de que necessitar, mas lembre-se que estamos apenas exercitando esta prática).

No painel Shading (F5) clique no botão Material Buttons e na aba Links and Pipeline escolha Add New, para adicionarmos um novo material ao objeto.

6 - Em Texture Buttons (F6), na aba Preview escolha a última opção Brush, para carregar a textura como um pincel e não como um material. Na aba Texture ao lado, selecione o primeiro slot vazio e clique em Add New.

[caption id="attachment_420" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="Texture Buttons/Brush"][/caption]

7 - Em seguida, nos parâmetros de Texture Type escolha Image. Na aba Image que irá se abrir, clique em Load, procure o diretório onde você salvou os arquivos e carregue o primeiro pincel de seu disco.

[caption id="attachment_426" align="aligncenter" width="138" caption="Texture Type/Image"][/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="Texture Type/Load Image"][/caption]

A imagem do pincel irá aparecer no Preview à esquerda. Veja na imagem:

8 - Para carregar os demais pincéis, repita o mesmo procedimento para cada um deles, sempre selecionando um slot vazio para cada um. Feito isso, o recomendado é renomear cada um deles em seus devidos slots para que o trabalho fique mais organizado,... veja no exemplo os 6 pincéis carregados cada um em seu slot diferente e já devidamente renomeados:

Salve seu arquivo para poder acompanhar a terceira parte deste artigo onde veremos na prática, a aplicação dos Alpha Brushes utilizando a Suzanne como modelo. Mas você não precisa esperar,... o modelo está pronto para receber os pincéis,... pode brincar à vontade. Pressione a tecla N enquanto no Sculpt Mode, para abrir as propriedades e teste os pincéis Draw ou Inflate com valores Add e Sub com pressões diferentes (Strength) e veja também os tres eixos de Symmetry. Teste o pincel Smooth na suavização de superfícies muito enrugadas e aproveite para rever os atalhos de teclados e exercitar sua aplicação (vide artigo Basic Sculpt Mode/Short Cuts).

So...I think I will make categories of all the subjects/areas and then add to each whenever I come across something of relevance for each.

Now back to geometry. A quick definition from wikipedia:

Geometry (Greek γεωμετρία; geo = earth, metria = measure) is a part of mathematics concerned with questions of size, shape, and relative position of figures and with properties of space. Geometry is one of the oldest sciences. Initially a body of practical knowledge concerning lengths, areas, and volumes, in the third century B.C., geometry was put into an axiomatic form by Euclid, whose treatment - Euclidean geometry - set a standard for many centuries to follow. The field of astronomy, especially mapping the positions of the stars and planets on the celestial sphere, served as an important source of geometric problems during the next one and a half millennia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometry

Ok so we can see there are actually different types of geometry too - but we'll have to come back to this later. Now for a definition from Dictionary.com:

–noun, plural ‑tries.

1. the branch of mathematics that deals with the deduction of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, angles, and figures in space from their defining conditions by means of certain assumed properties of space.
2. any specific system of this that operates in accordance with a specific set of assumptions: Euclidean geometry.
3. the study of this branch of mathematics.
4. a book on this study, esp. a textbook.
5. the shape or form of a surface or solid.
6. a design or arrangement of objects in simple rectilinear or curvilinear form.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/geometry

It seems to me there's more involved in geometry than I originally thought. It's not just about fitting shapes together to make them look pretty - Ok I knew there was some maths involved too, calculating angles - making sure that the outcome could be continued for eternity using tiling and rotated symmetry. So my next step is to look into this further. Find out where this study of lines, shapes, depths and space came from and why it links to astronomy and even spirituality! Looks like I've given myself even more homework to do!

Funny things happen when people tell you you're a genius from a young age. It's easy to get conceited when you're so far ahead of everyone else, for example. On the other hand, others are always ready to pounce when you screw up (as, of course, you will) and that can by annoying—so much so that you eventually learn a decent humility. And then, as Wittgenstein observed, if a man is merely ahead of his time, that is no great matter, for time will eventually catch up to him.

Time has caught up with me: Quantum Interaction 2008

In the last few days, my web site on Quanta & Consciousness has logged six visits from the Kremlin—as well as the Leiden Institute for Advanced Computing. Over the last few months, the site has logged visitors from scores of famously wealthy neighborhoods around the world, as well as numerous leading universities, business & technology centers, the Presidential Estate of India and the puzzle palace around DC.

What, now? A major R&D effort is called for, with an emphasis on the 'D': Field Effect Tech

As to the 'R,' I've done most of the heavy lifting already: On the Unification of Mind & Matter (PDF)

I've finally decided to take the plunge so far as the much-rumored "real world" goes, following several recent breakthroughs, as related in Nature. For decades, I've been trying to square visual fields with quantum fields—or so I would frame the effort now, with the benefit of hindsight. Within the last year or so, I became sufficiently confident in my results where vision is concerned that I ventured into the realm of audition, or hearing ... 

And was astounded to find that what I'd been arguing all along with respect to color applied equally well to the realm of sound. It all goes back to spectra—the spectrum of light, the spectrum of sound—and such issues as symmetry, action, projective geometry, matrices and so forth. All of which are brought together under one roof by the illustrious French mathematician and physicist, Alain Connes.

Well, this really is humbling. Although I am not immune to the pleasures of vindication, I feel as though I've been granted a gift far in excess of my worthiness. On the other hand, it's been more work, struggle and sacrifice than I ever could have imagined, almost 40 years ago, when I started out, as a lad of 16. Still, the view is breathtaking, and so ...

The technological ramifications extend to a revolution in all of IT, and most clearly where AI and machine vision are concerned. Robotics and prosthetics are also obvious applications, but beyond that ... even I can't see, at the moment.

Can America Invent Its Way Back?

"Innovation economics" shows how smart ideas can turn into jobs and growth—and keep the U.S. competitive

by Michael Mandel

Will 2009 be the year of innovation economics?

Pessimism about America's future is growing. People worry about the long-term impact of the housing crisis, global competition, and expensive energy. And the policy solutions offered by Republicans and Democrats—mainly tax cuts and government spending programs—seem insufficient.

Yet beneath the gloom, economists and business leaders across the political spectrum are slowly coming to an agreement: Innovation is the best—and maybe the only—way the U.S. can get out of its economic hole. New products, services, and ways of doing business can create enough growth to enable Americans to prosper over the long run.

Certainly the Presidential candidates are taking the idea seriously. John McCain has proposed a $300 million prize for the person or company that creates a better battery technology to power cars. Barack Obama has called for spending $150 billion over the next 10 years on clean-energy technologies. The hoped-for outcome: more jobs, more competitive trade, less dependence on foreign oil.

BusinessWeek

Break (Feat Kyo) - 'Last Chance' (Symmetry Recordings)
Break - 'Lost n Found' (Symmetry Recordings)
Break - 'Reach Out'  (Symmetry Recordings)
Break & Silent Witness - Abtn (Dub)
(Tease - Nico/Fierce/Break - Draw - Quarantine)
Break - 'Hooked Up' (Symmetry Recordings)
Shy Fx - 'Bambaata' Break Remix
Break - 'Thin Ice' (Symmetry Recordings)
Noisia - 'Peacock Strut' (Dub)
Break - 'It's Coming' (Symmetry Recordings)
Break - 'Is This What You Want?' (Symmetry Recordings)
Portishead - 'Machine Gun' Silent Witness Remix
Break - 'Symmetrics' (Symmetry Recordings)
Break feat. SP - 'Too Hot To Hold' (Symmetry Recordings)

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Label: Symmetry Recordings
Title: Symmetry
Artist: Break
Format: 4 X 12” Vinyl LP / 1xCD / MP3
Release: October 2008

Cat no: SYMMLP001
Barcode: 5060157036999
Format: 4 x 12”
Vinyl Tracklisting

A: Hooked Up
B: All Around
C: Is This What You Want ?
D: Jungle Step
E: Last Chance (Feat. Kyo)
F: Traits (Exclusive to the Vinyl Format)
G: Reach Out
H: Symmetrics

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Cat no: SYMMCD001
Barcode: 5060157037002
Format: CD X 1
CD Tracklisting

1. Last Chance (Feat. Kyo)
2. Hooked Up
3. In Between
4. Reach Out
5. Too Hot To Hold (Feat. SP)
6. Light Speed
7. Symmetrics
8. Recovery
9. In My Mind (Feat. Kyo)
10. Its Coming
11. Is This What You Want?
12. Walk
13. All Around
14. Z Step
15. Thin Ice
16. Adrenaline
17. Jungle Step
18. In the Blue

1) Forgiveness - Addressing Dhritarashtra, Vidura said: "There is one only defect in forgiving persons, and not another; that defect is that people take a forgiving person to be weak. That defect, however, should not be taken into consideration, for forgiveness is a great power. Forgiveness is a virtue of the weak, and an ornament of the strong. Forgiveness subdues (all) in this world; what is there that forgiveness cannot achieve? What can a wicked person do unto him who carries the Sabre of forgiveness in his hand? Fire falling on the grass less ground is extinguished of itself. And unforgiving individual defiles himself with many enormities. Righteousness is the one highest good; and forgiveness is the one supreme peace; knowledge is one supreme contentment; and benevolence, one sole happiness." (From the Mahabharata, Udyoga Parva Section XXXIII, Translated by Sri Kisari Mohan Ganguli).

An even more authoritative statement about forgiveness is espoused by Krishna, who is considered to be an incarnation (avatar) of Vishnu by Hindus. Krishna said in the Gita that forgiveness is one of the characteristics of one born for a divine state. It is noteworthy that he distinguishes those good traits from those he considered to be demoniac, such as pride, self-conceit and anger (Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 16, verse 3).

2) Unconditional Love - according to Dr. David R. Hawkins' map of consciousness, is reported to calibrate at a level of 500 on an arbitrary scale of 1 to 1000. This is an exponential scale where 700 to 1,000 represents Enlightenment. From Power vs. Force by Hawkins: "This (unconditional Love) is the level of true happiness, but although the world is fascinated with the subject of Love and all viable religions calibrate at 500 or over, it's interesting to note that only .04 percent if the world's population ever reaches this level of evolution of consciousness."

Hawkins goes on to say that "As love becomes more and more unconditional, it begins to be experienced as inner Joy (540)."

3) Kindness - Kindness is considered to be one of the Knightly Virtues, and is a recognized value in many cultures and religions. It is considered to be one of the seven virtues, confucius urges his followers to "recompense kindness with kindness." According to book two of Aristotle's Rhetoric it is one of the emotions (see list of emotions), which is defined as being "helpfulness towards some one in need, not in return for anything, nor for the advantage of the helper himself, but for that of the person helped"^.

One of the four caryatids on the Wallace fountains in Paris represents kindness. In a study of 37 cultures around the world, 16000 subjects were asked about their most desired traits in a mate. For both sexes, the first preference was kindness (the second was intelligence).

4) Human Self-Reflection - Human self-reflection is the capacity of humans to exercise introspection and the willingness to learn more about our fundamental nature, purpose and essence. The earliest historical records demonstrate the great interest which humanity has had in itself. Human self-reflection invariably leads to inquiry into the human condition and the essence of humankind as a whole.

5) Compassion - Compassion is a profound human emotion prompted by the pain of others. More vigorous than empathy, the feeling commonly gives rise to an active desire to alleviate another's suffering. It is often, though not inevitably, the key component in what manifests in the social context as altruism. In ethical terms, the various expressions down the ages of the so-called Golden Rule embody by implication the principle of compassion: Do to others as you would have done to you. Ranked a great virtue in numerous philosophies, compassion is considered in all the major religious traditions as among the greatest of virtues.

6) Patience - Patience is the state of endurance under difficult circumstances. This can mean persevering in the face of delay or provocation without becoming annoyed or upset; or exhibiting forbearance when under strain, especially when faced with longer-term difficulties.

7) Yin Yang - Accepting the traditional belief of yin yang which represents the forces of yin (dark) and yang (light) which describe the forces within and all around you at all times, one can not exist with out the other and the soul can not evolve with just one polarity,

• Yin-yang are Opposing
  • Yin and yang describe the polar effects of phenomena. In viewing any one phenomenon (or the comparison of two phenomena), yin and yang describe the opposing qualities inherent in it. For instance, winter and summer would be the yin and yang, respectively, of the year.
• Yin-yang are Mutually Rooted
  • Yin and yang are two complementary qualities. That is to say, the yin and the yang aspect of any one phenomenon will, when put together, form the entire phenomenon. Yin-yang is a philosophy of duality. This is the reason the Chinese word has no "and" between yin and yang - the term always expresses the two making up the one. In the example above, winter plus summer makes up the whole year.
• Yin-yang Mutually Transform
  • The maximum effect of one quality will be followed by the transition toward the opposing quality. In other words, once the maximum Yang aspect has manifest, such as the long days of summer, this will be followed by the transition toward the Yin aspect, with the shortening of the days as winter approaches.
• Yin-yang Mutually Wax and Wane
  • The Yin and yang aspects are in dynamic equilibrium. As one aspect declines, the other increases to an equal degree. For instance, in the cycle of the year, the long days of summer gradually shorten and the nights gradually lengthen as winter approaches. Throughout the process, however, the length of each day is constant (the equilibrium) while it is only the relative length of light and darkness that changes (is dynamic).

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• Never the spirit was born; the spirit shall cease to be never;Never was time it was not; End and Beginning are dreams!Birthless and deathless and changeless remaineth the spirit for ever;Death hath not touched it at all, dead though the house of it seems!
• If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst forth at once in the sky, that would be like the splendour of the Mighty One. I am mighty, world-destroying Time
• Whatever I am offered in devotion with a pure heart -- a leaf, a flower, fruit, or water -- I accept with joy.
• The live in wisdom who see themselves in all and all in them, who have renounced every selfish desire and sense craving tormenting the heart.
• Out of compassion I destroy the darkness of their ignorance. From within them I light the lamp of wisdom and dispel all darkness from their lives.
• Priest, Knight or Gentleman? And your character strengths . . .

• Affiliated New Thought Network, associated with Religious Science SOM
• Agape International Spiritual Center
• Altrurian Society (founded 1911 by L. A. Fealy in Birmingham, Alabama)
• Association of Unity Churches, associated with Unity
• Association for Global New Thought, Santa Barbara, California

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• Church of the Divine Unity, founded in Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1890s; associated with The Metaphysical Club ^[1]
• Church of the Healing Christ in New York City, associated with Divine Science ( defunct)
• Church of the Higher Life, founded in 1894 by Helen Van-Anderson in Boston, Massachusetts ( defunct; "the first New Thought society with a regular leader and organization"
• Church of Truth, Canada
• Crystal Silence League, founded by Claude Alexander ( defunct)

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• Divine Science, founded in 1892 in San Francisco, California by Malinda Cramer

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• Federation of Independent Unity Churches, an affiliate of Unity

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• Global Religious Science Ministries, associated with Religious Science

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• Hillside Chapel, ministered by Barbara King
• Home of Truth, founded in Alameda, California by Annie Rix Militz

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• Inner Light Ministries, founded in 1997 in Santa Cruz, California by Rev. Deborah L. Johnson (independent}
• Institute of Religious Science and School of Philosophy (school; opened 1927; Religious Science)
• International Divine Science Association, the international wing of Divine Science
• International Metaphysical League, the international wing of The Metaphysical Club, founded in 1900 in New York City (defunct; absorbed into the International New Thought Alliance in 1914)
• International New Thought Alliance, founded in London, England in 1914 by renaming the National New Thought Alliance (founded in 1908) which had been formed by renaming the World New Thought Federation]] (founded in 1905), which had formerly been the New Thought Federation (founded in 1900); upon INTA's creation it also absorbed the [[The Metaphysical Club|International Metaphysical League (founded in 1900), which was the international wing of The Metaphysical Club (founded in 1872); thus at the time of its official "founding", INTA had an unbroken membership history that stretched back 42 years.

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• Living Enrichment Center, founded by Mary Manin Morrissey ( defunct; see New Thought Ministries of Oregon)
• Ligue Internationale de la Nouvelle Pensee, founded in France, associated with the International New Thought Alliance in 1914

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• The Metaphysical Club, founded in in Boston, Massachusetts by Rev. L. B. Macdonald, Dr. J. W. Lindy and Mr. Frederick Reed in 1895. This group, which is unrelated to a group of the same name at Harvard University organized by C.S. Peirce, Oliver Wendell Holmes and William James in 1872, was called "the first permanent New Thought Club" by Horatio Dresser. This Metaphysical Club was absorbed into the International New Thought Alliance in 1914. (membership organization; defunct)

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• National New Thought Alliance, founded in 1908 by renaming the World New Thought Federation, which had formerly been the New Thought Federation; it was in turn renamed the International New Thought Alliance (membership organization; absorbed into the International New Thought Alliance in 1914; defunct)
• New Thought Federation, founded in 1900; there were branches in various large cities, e.g. New Thought Federation of St. Louis, New Thought Federation of Chicago, etc. (membership organization; absorbed into the World New Thought Federation in 1905; defunct)
• New Thought Ministries of Oregon (independent; founded 2004 by former members of [Living Enrichment Center], affiliated with Religious Science in 2007 as a member of [United Centers for Spiritual Living])

O

• One Spirit Ministries

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• The Pacific Coast Metaphysical Bureau, founded in Alameda, California by Annie Rix Militz (independent; abosorbed into Home of Truth
• Procopeia Society, founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1894-95 (defunct)
• Psychic Club, Chicago, associated with William Walker Atkinson ( defunct}
• Psychiana, founded in Moscow, Idaho by Frank B. Robinson (1928 - c. 1950; defunct)

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• Radiant Center of Philosophy in Atlantic City, New Jersey, associated with Kate Atkinson Boehme circa 1918 ( defunct)
• Religious Science aka Science of Mind founded in Los Angeles by Ernest Holmes
• Religious Science International, associated with Religious Science now known as International Centers for Spiritual Living
• Renaissance Unity Interfaith Spiritual Fellowship in Warren, Michigan ( associated with Unity)

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• Sacred Center New York, Founded and ministered to by August Gold and Joel Fortinos SOM
• School of Applied Metaphysics, founded in 1897 in Eliot, Maine by Horatio Dresser and Ellen M. Dyer ( defunct)^[1]
• School of Builders, founded by Genevieve Behrend in New York City (defunct)^[1]
• Science of Mind aka Religious Science founded in Los Angeles by Ernest Holmes
• Science of Unified Life
• Seicho-No-Ie, Japan, founded by Dr. Masaharu Taniguchi, with assistance of Fenwicke L. Holmes, brother to Ernest Holmes, founder of Science of Mind (Religious Science).
• Societe Unitive, founded in Paris, France (membership organization; in 1914 it was associated with the International New Thought Alliance^[1]
• Society for the Study of Metaphysical Religion, founded in the 1980s as "an academic and religious-professional society dedicated to the study and discussion of a wide variety of philosophical, theological, social, and historical concerns surrounding what are popularly known as 'metaphysical religions,'" e.g. the New Thought Movement; has held annual conferences in conjunction with INTA (membership organization) ^[2]
• Society of Religious Pragmatism, founded by Mildred Mann ( reorganized as the Society of Pragmatic Mysticism)
• Society of Pragmatic Mysticism, in Vermont, founded by Mildred Mann (membership organization; formerly the Society of Religious Pragmatism)
• The Society of Silent Unity, Kansas City, founded by Charles Fillmore and absorbed into Unity

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• The Institute of Mind Sciences TIMS founded by Professor Dr. Moiz Hussain
• Teachings of the Inner Christ

U

• Understanding Principles for Better Living Church, founded in Los Angeles by Della Reese
• United Church of Religious Science, associated with [[Religious Science] now known as [United Centers for Spiritual Living]
• Unity Church, founded by Charles Fillmore
• United Divine Science Ministries International, associated with Divine Science
• Universal Foundation for Better Living

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• World New Thought Federation, founded in 1905 by absorbing the local and independent branches of the New Thought Federation in various large cities, e.g. New Thought Federation of St. Louis, New Thought Federation of Chicago, etc. (membership organization; reorganized and renamed The National New Thought Alliance in 1908; defunct)

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Z

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The concept of higher consciousness rests on the belief that the average, ordinary human being is only partially conscious due to the influence of inferior impulses and preoccupations. As a result, most humans are considered to be asleep (to reality) as they go about their daily business. Gurdjieff called this ordinary condition of humanity "waking sleep," an idea gleaned in part from ancient spiritual teachings such as those of the Buddha. In each person lie potentialities that remain inchoate as a result of the individual being caught up in mechanical, neurotic modes of behaviour where energy for personal spiritual development is not used correctly, but squandered in unskillful ways. As a result of the phenomenon of projection, the cause of such a person's suffering is often seen to lie in outer circumstances or other individuals. One prerequisite for the development of consciousness is the understanding that suffering and alienation are one's own responsibility and dependent on the mind's acquiescence (through ignorance, for example). Traditionally, both in the Eastern and the Abrahamic spiritual traditions, a person who sought mind-body transformation came under the tutelage of a Master (Rabbi, Sheikh, Guru, Acarya, etc.) who would oversee their progress. In the past, as today, this education would often involve periods of retreat in communities (ashrams, monasteries, meditation centers, etc.) whose sole purpose is the cultivation of awakening.

In the spiritual traditions of India, consciousness is understood to be obscured by defilements (Skt: Kilesa) which are compared to clouds covering the sun. These defilements are the result of conditioning (Skt:samskara), accumulations in the unconscious caused by past actions (karma) . As a result, what any individual perceives as reality is a picture of the world at one particular moment filtered through his unconscious conditioning – a ‘reality’ that western psychology calls ‘projection’ (i.e., of the contents of the unconscious). Every individual human being has their own store of conditioning based on their unique past experiences. The goal of spiritual practice (buddhadharma, shariah, yoga etc) is the transformation and higher integration of these contents so that any practitioner following a spiritual path comes closer to reality as the causes of delusion are dissolved. Enlightenment (also called salvation, kaivalya, moksha, Union with God,etc) furthermore, involves the complete dissolution of all the causes for future becoming so that reality is seen, finally, as it is, rather than through the veils of projected unconscious contents. It may be protested that the mere possession of an apparatus such as the mind and body of a human being with its genetically predetermined structures prevents the possibility of unconditioned consciousness (Skt: asankhata-nana or nibbana) but the testimonials of numerous saints and mystics throughout history bear witness to the contrary.

The path of cultivating consciousness requires the adoption of certain self-imposed rules or vows. These are generally concerned with exercising restraint with respect to actions of body, speech and mind. Examples include the five precepts of Buddhism. The effect of this restraint is to begin to contain energy and prevent unskillful actions that cause ongoing harm. Over time changes in the moral disposition of the aspirant are accompanied by physiological changes in the brain and nervous system opening up the energy channels (nadis or meridians) present in the subtle bodies which are thereby activated. Critical (indeed central) to development of one’s latent spiritual faculties is the practice of meditation. After moral restraint, meditation is the most important tool in the purification of the mind.

Spiritual approaches to consciousness involve the idea of altered states of consciousness or religious experience. Changes in the state of consciousness or a religious experience can occur spontaneously or as a result of religious observance. It is also maintained by some religions, religious factions and some scientists that the universe itself is consciousness.

In shamanic practices, changes in states of consciousness are induced by activities that create trance states, such as drumming, dancing, fasting, sensory deprivation, exposure to extremes of temperature, or the use of psychoactive drugs. The experience that occurs is interpreted as entering a real, but parallel, world. In many polytheistic religions a change in emotional state is often attributed to the action of a god; for instance love was ruled by Aphrodite and Eros in Ancient Greek polytheism. In Hinduism the change in state is induced by the practice of yoga. Yoga means "union" and is intended to produce a state of oneness between the practitioner and the divine. In Islam and Christianity, the change of state can occur as a result of prayer or as a religious experience.

The change in state of consciousness in Hinduism, Buddhism, New Thought, Christianity and Islam is reported to be quite similar. The pursuit of yoga and the Buddhist Jhanas involve feelings of oneness with the world that give rise to a state of rapture. This is also reported by those undergoing some forms of Christian (or Islamic) religious experience; for instance, James (1902) provides the following report:

I cannot express it in any other way than to say that I did "lie down in the stream of life and let it flow over me." I gave up all fear of any impending disease; I was perfectly willing and obedient. There was no intellectual effort, or train of thought. My dominant idea was: "Behold the handmaid of the Lord: be it unto me even as thou wilt," and a perfect confidence that all would be well, that all was well. The creative life was flowing into me every instant, and I felt myself allied with the Infinite, in harmony, and full of the peace that passeth understanding. There was no place in my mind for a jarring body. I had no consciousness of time or space or persons, but only of love and happiness and faith. (citation needed)

Meditation is used in some forms of yoga such as Raja Yoga, Hatha yoga, Transcendental Meditation (TM), the Buddhist Jhanas, in the practices of Christian monks and Islamic scholars such as Sufis. Meditation can have a calming influence on practitioners, as well as changing the state of consciousness. Theravada Buddhism views the Jhanas - the cultivation of which is similar to practices in Hindu Yoga - as a preliminary, in which it is demonstrated that states such as rapture are not ultimately satisfactory (see The Jhanas in Theravada Buddhist Meditation by Mahathera Henepola: "With the fading away of rapture, he dwells in equanimity, mindful and discerning"). In most types of Buddhism, serenity meditation is followed by insight meditation in which one uses the sharpened mind to penetrate the true nature of all mental phenomena.

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London (UK) - Scientists from the Imperial College of London claim to have found evidence that life on our planet did not originate from Earth itself. For the first time, the scientists say, it is confirmed that an important component of early genetic material found in meteorite fragments is of extraterrestrial origin.

We had a lot of space and alien stories lately, with one particular interesting making even the Larry King show. But any of that material could be considered insignificant, if Zita Martins’ claims, a research associate at the Department of Earth Science and Engineering of the Imperial College, are in fact correct. According to the researcher, at least parts of the raw material that are believed to have been required to create the  first molecules of DNA and RNA may be of extraterrestrial origin.

Martins and her colleagues said they discovered uracil and xanthine, which are precursors to the molecules that make up DNA and RNA and are known as nucleobases in rock fragments of the Murchison meteorite, which crashed in Australia in 1969. She explained that “early life may have adopted nucleobases from meteoritic fragments for use in genetic coding which enabled them to pass on their successful features to subsequent generations."

Apparently, the researchers were successful in proving that the molecules came from space and were not a result of contamination when the meteorite landed on Earth. What supports Martins claims is the fact that meteor showers are believed to have been common several billions of years ago on Earth: “Between 3.8 to 4.5 billion years ago large numbers of rocks similar to the Murchison meteorite rained down on Earth at the time when primitive life was forming,” the press release from the Imperial College  reads. “The heavy bombardment would have dropped large amounts of meteorite material to the surface on planets like Earth and Mars.”

Mark Sephton, also of Imperial's Department of Earth Science and Engineering, believes this research is an important step in understanding how early life might have evolved. "Because meteorites represent left over materials from the formation of the solar system, the key components for life - including nucleobases - could be widespread in the cosmos,” he said. “As more and more of life's raw materials are discovered in objects from space, the possibility of life springing forth wherever the right chemistry is present becomes more likely."

The findings are published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

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Soul Eater primarily revolves around students classified as meisters at the Shinigami Weapon Meister Vocational School, or Shibusen for short, located in the fictional Death City, in Nevada, United States. The school is run by Shinigami, the God of Death himself, as a training facility for weapons and the human wielders of those weapons, the meisters.

The three main meister and weapons teams for soul eater are

Maka Alban the scythe weilder and her partner Soul eater Eveans (yes that is his real name) a male demon scythe

Blackstar a loud Ninja and dark demon blade weilder and Tsubaki Nakatsukasa a calm and kind girl whose also  blackstar's dark demon blade.

abd then theres The shinigami son: Death the kid.....let me repeat that for you guys, DEATH THE KID... That is truly his birth name. ..Anywho before i go on my name rant i gotta finish this. Death the kid is a twin demon pistol wielder, this is due to his obsession with symmetry. His pistols are mature Elizabeth and naive Patricia Thompson aka Liz and Patty.

the show is funny, action-packed, and just enjoyable. Watch it!

1 x 8 + 1 = 9 
12 x 8 + 2 = 98 
123 x 8 + 3 = 987 
1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876 
12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765 
123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654 
1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543 
12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432 
123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321

1 x 9 + 2 = 11 
12 x 9 + 3 = 111 
123 x 9 + 4 = 1111 
1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111 
12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111 
123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111 
1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111 
12345678 x 9 + 9 = 111111111 
123456789 x 9 +10= 1111111111

9 x 9 + 7 = 88 
98 x 9 + 6 = 888 
987 x 9 + 5 = 8888 
9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888 
98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888 
987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888 
9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888 
98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888

Brilliant, isn't it?

And finally, take a look at this symmetry: 

1 x 1 = 1 
11 x 11 = 121 
111 x 111 = 12321 
1111 x 1111 = 1234321 
11111 x 11111 = 123454321 
111111 x 111111 = 12345654321 
1111111 x 1111111 = 1234567654321 
11111111 x 11111111 = 123456787654321 
111111111 x 111111111=12345678987654321