![]() Sometimes the wall I’ve erected around me comes crumbling down. It’s like one of those Greek tragedy masks in a textbook that’s half one idea and half the opposite. My sister’s looking off to the side so half her face is in shadow and her smile is neatly cut in half. When you come out of the storm you won’t be the same person who walked in. You won’t even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over. And once the storm is over you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You’ll catch that blood in your hands, your own blood and the blood of others. ![]() People will bleed there, and you will bleed too. No matter how metaphysical or symbolic it might be, make no mistake about it: it will cut through flesh like a thousand razor blades. So all you can do is give in to it, step right inside the storm, closing your eyes and plugging up your ears so the sand doesn’t get in, and walk through it, step by step.Īnd you really will have to make it through that violent, metaphysical, symbolic storm. Why? Because this storm isn’t something that blew in from far away, something that has nothing to do with you. Over and over you play this out, like some ominous dance with death just before dawn. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. After re-reading Kafka on the Shore I decided to compile a list of all the metaphors from the book for your convenience below. A reason for this is because of Murakami’s lucid world-transporting metaphors. Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami is one of my favorite books.
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![]() On ‘In The Morning Of The Magicians’ synths emulate human vocals and stringed instruments, blending seamlessly with the plaintive crooning of Coyne, who sounds perfectly at ease with this uncanny simulation of life. Channeling bands like Pink Floyd on songs such as ‘Fight Test’ and ‘Yoshimi Part 1’, synthesisers rub pleasingly against the rustic charm of acoustic guitar and funky drums, creating an unlikely harmony that conjures images of a world in which man and machine live side-by-side.Įlsewhere robotics seem to imitate the emotional complexity of human expression. The album manages an often elegant marriage of futuristic technology and ancient songwriting tradition. Coyne, who spent two days designing and painting the record’s sleeve art, aptly summarises: “When you see that album cover, you know that the music could sound no other way.”Ĭheck out our Flaming Lips Classic Album Sundays sessions this March in London, Washington D.C. The album’s unconventional title would be the jumping off point for the generation of the entire project, as the band applied this far-flung concept to a steady stream of musical ideas emerging in its wake. The band’s songwriting skills had grown considerably, precipitating their transition towards a crazier, psychedelic pop sound, aided by recent advances in studio technology and bolstered by their recent critical successes. Named after Yoshimi P-we, the drummer of Japanese band The Boredoms (who appears throughout the album), Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots sought to capture the delicate duality of life and death, happiness and misery, love and heartbreak. Fronted by madcap showman, Wayne Coyne, the album held hidden depths beneath its neon exterior, sparking rumination on the grand, perennial themes of life, death, and love. Following the back-to-back release of two of their most celebrated albums to date, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots marked a bold step in a new direction, as the band explored fresh technical intricacies and expanded the oddball aesthetic with which they were becoming synonymous. But in the hands of The Flaming Lips, anything can be a conduit for visionary rock storytelling. To be frank, it’s a concept that just shouldn’t work. You say you're recommended them because you enjoy MGMT? I strongly recommend The Soft Bulletin, and 7 Skies H3 (you want the CD version, not the 24-hour version) - which in my mind is incredibly underrated.It’s a safe bet to assume you haven’t heard many albums that weave robots, kung-fu and a young Japanese woman into their central theme. My favourite thing about the Flaming Lips - and the reason they eclipsed all my other favourite bands - is that there's such an immense range to their sound that if you like Psychedelic Rock, there's probably something in their discography that'll resonate with you on a really deep level. I'm personally far more fond of the latter - I can't say I've genuinely enjoyed a new Lips album since Mystics, but listen to either Clouds Taste Metallic (my favourite by far!) and Transmissions from the Satellite Heart on a pretty near-weekly basis. Moving backwards in their discography, you see a lot more punk influence and rock. Moving forward in their discography, they become a lot more spacey and psychedelic. However, past that point it's really a matter of taste. ![]() trilogy) make a pretty excellent introductory trio - especially if you can get your hands on the 5.1 surround mixes. Soft Bulletin, Yoshimi, and At War with the Mystics (The Warner Bros. I found the Lips through Soft Bulletin, which is still a pretty major album for me - but I think Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots has far more songs on it that I like. Thanks, and I hope everyone has a great day! Is it like that with any of the albums I listed? Did any of you guys really not love their albums at first? And which album do you guys really recommend that’s an essential? I listen to mgmt way too much and I’m kind of desperate to lose myself in another band’s discography. I understand that because I hated mgmt’s self titled album when I first heard it but now I love it. Those are the only albums I’ve listened to by them and I feel like they’re all albums that require multiple listens. I got high and put on my noise canceling headphones, but it wasn’t doing it for me. ![]() Then yesterday I tried Embryonic, and idk if I was in the wrong mood, but I just wasn’t feeling it. I liked the first few songs, but it still wasn’t insane. Recently I tried again and listened to The Terror, and it was alright. I listened to the Kings Mouth when it first came out and wasn’t very blown away by it. ![]() And everyone says that if I like them, then I should check out the flaming lips. ![]() ![]() This feature is useful in a number of scenarios: For example, if you were to set up a font mapping from Arial to Verdana, any text styled in Arial would still appear in Arial on the Axure RP canvas, but it would appear in Verdana in your web browser. This is particularly relevant for remote user testing and viewing on mobile devices, scenarios in which you cannot control which fonts are installed on the target device.įont mapping is a feature of the HTML Generator that allows you to dynamically swap one font for another in your prototype's HTML output without changing the font used in Axure RP. 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Use font mappings to quickly replace one font with another.Īxure Cloud includes built-in support for Google Fonts! Use web fonts to ensure that your prototype's custom fonts render correctly on all devices. If I want to review the product, his policy is that I buy it, at full price, just like any other customer. Steve Deckert, Decware’s head guy, normally doesn’t believe in supplying reviewers with samples. I own this Decware Zen Triode amp and bought it for myself, so it’s not a typical “loaner” that we reviewers normally get to evaluate. I was hoping this blaster would help make Ultra a more viable ecosystem, but it would seem otherwise.First, a disclaimer. What I do know is that, for $30, there are mag-fed, regular dart-firing blasters that perform far better – if not in stock fps, then at least in consistently accurate fashion. Is Ultra just too flawed for flywheels? Do we just need to tilt the flywheel cage to compensate for this silly development in the future? I have no idea. And honestly, I’m not sure why it’s happening. However, for a line touted as having improved accuracy (not to mention a blaster with a large, built-in sight), shooting to one side is a major disappointment. Yes, it does make for the next logical step in blaster development, bringing a mag-fed, semi-auto entry to shelves. ![]() Modifications aside, the Ultra Amp feels like another case of stepping forward and back again. But it’ll be much more useful in superstock wars – assuming I accurately account for the rightward trajectory. Of course, I’m still launching darts to the right, and the increased velocity is further exaggerating the (nonexistant) flight characteristics of Ultra darts. I dismembered two Vortex discs and glued the foam in place the blaster is much quieter now. ![]() You’ll also want to remove the bulk of the stock battery tray (don’t lose the nut that secures the stock battery door!).įinally, the stock cage vibrates (it clips together, and fits a bit loosely in the shell). There’s an orange plate above the magazine well that this pusher extension travels under it makes for a great channel for large wires. Doing so frees up room in the shell for a lipo battery. Second, after you’ve removed the “Dart DRM”, you should shave off the pusher arm extension that moved the dart flap out of the way. First, it’s easy to rewire the motors as long as your soldering and wiring is clean, it’ll fit without shell cutting. Internals and ModificationĪs for modification, there’s room to make the blaster do quite a bit. Yeah, Ultra as an ecosystem adds up quickly. Spare Ultra magazines are coming soon ($20 for a ten dart magazine, I think?), but until then you need magazines from the Ultra Pharaoh. Which is quite useful, although you need magazines and ammo to feed the blaster. When fully revved, the blaster averages 107fps. PerformanceĪs a semi-auto flywheel blaster, it’s easy to fire three darts per second, albeit with diminishing velocities. You need six AA batteries to power the blaster. The magazine release is somewhat stiff, but doesn’t need to move far to let go of the six dart magazine. As usual, the left side isn’t nearly as colorful. The right side has an extremely large Ultra gold logo, loudly proclaiming the blaster’s identity. An NStrike stock attachment point sits at the back. There’s also a tactical rail behind it, although the curious placement makes it essentially worthless. The blaster, as mentioned, has a large site at the front. Not only is is serviceable, but it also means less need to tightly grab the main handle. In this case, the front grip actually helps. The blaster still has the main grip that’s too small, although at this point most of us have gotten used to it. ![]() Looks Good, At LeastĪs for the rest of the blaster, it’s not as bad as it could be. Hasbro, please note: it looks bad when your blaster has an integrated sight that’s completely useless due to the blaster not shooting in the same direction. You can account for it, yes, but in the heat of foam-flinging combat, that’s a rather larger hurdle to overcome. In this case, however…everything looks lined up properly. ( I seemed to just have general accuracy issues) At the time, many Ultra 2s didn’t have flywheels lined up with each other or the darts, so performance issues were easy to blame on that. Many Ultra 2 reviewers had issues with their blasters shooting to the right. Let’s get the main issue out of the way: this blaster constantly and consistently shoots to the right of whatever you’re pointing at. It’s still early in distribution to know whether all models do this, but the only other person I know with one also sees the same issue. However, due to a fun performance issue, it seems like Ultra flywheelers still aren’t quite there yet. The Amp moves Ultra farther into the mainstream in terms of combat usefulness. It’s a new year, and already we’re seeing new blasters on shelves! In this case, it’s the Stryfe of the Ultra line. But not as high as it could be, due to QA issues. EDIT: After buying another and having it actually fire straight, I can raise the score some. No good has ever come out of a cell in Arkham. I have to give thanks to Dennis Culver again for that, as he helped design the new looks, but Burnham and Reber have brought them to life in astonishing fashion. Burnham’s solid, thick line work paired with Reber’s intense colors make for an absolute spectacle, and I’m loving the new designs for the characters. 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![]() Leading healthcare organizations across the United States use Notable’s platform to automate 100s of workflows across patient engagement, population health, and revenue cycle management. Notable is the leading intelligent automation company for healthcare. “With its intelligent automation platform, Notable is empowering providers and modernizing patient experiences while reducing the administrative burden and cost of care.” “We are delighted to partner with Notable to accelerate their vision for a future where every healthcare organization can deliver the highest quality personalized care most efficiently,” said Caroline Xie, General Partner at ICONIQ Growth. 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This eliminates the need for staff to support these workflows with manual phone calls, legacy paper forms, and repetitive data entry. Patients are automatically notified when their provider needs information and can provide everything required through an intuitive digital interface. With a unified digital patient experience, Notable empowers providers to automate patient interactions from scheduling and registration to post-visit follow-up and payment collection. The platform leverages digital assistants to perform these workflows by clicking into fields, updating records, and uploading documents. ![]() Common examples include collecting patients’ pre-visit registration information, submitting a prior authorization request, or reaching out to patients who are overdue for care. Notable’s platform leverages AI to continually scan providers’ electronic health record systems (EHRs) and other applications, identifying automated workflows to perform. “This investment accelerates the execution of our vision to digitally transform and enrich patient-provider interactions with intelligent automation.” “Healthcare faces a staffing crisis, and overwhelming administrative burden challenges providers’ ability to deliver high-quality, affordable care and world-class patient experiences,” said Pranay Kapadia, co-founder and CEO of Notable. By automating across the care continuum for patients, providers and staff, Notable enables comprehensive digital transformation of every healthcare workflow, modernizing how patients receive care. Notable provides the most widely adopted platform for automating these workflows, using AI to perform millions of tasks every week on behalf of clinicians and staff - eliminating more than 700 hours of administrative work per clinician per year. Healthcare delivery involves repetitive, manual workflows that account for over $1 trillion in administrative costs per year and compromise the patient experience. The financing follows rapid adoption of Notable’s platform across hundreds of sites of care. SAN MATEO, Calif.-( BUSINESS WIRE)- Notable, the leading intelligent automation company for healthcare, today announced a $100M Series B funding round led by ICONIQ Growth, including participation by Greylock, F-Prime Capital, and Oak HC/FT. Motion detection helps cameras to save energy and helps to ensure efficiency. In fact, most security cameras use motion detection. Using a PIR sensor with a security camera is not a new technique. If that same level of radiation is detected in another area of the room, the sensor determines that the original object has moved, triggering the alarm. When a PIR sensor detects infrared radiation, the sensor tracks it. Humans emit large amounts of infrared radiation while other creatures, such as small dogs, emit only a small amount of the radiation. Infrared radiation is, essentially, heat that is emitted from all living things. PIR motion detection works by detecting infrared radiation. Many indoor cameras also use this PIR motion detection because it is one of the most reliable types of motion detection. PIR motion detection is a common tool installed with a variety of other home security devices. The motion detector light uses PIR motion detection. The device is typically installed above the front door and serves as both an outdoor camera and as a porch light. And consult our comprehensive home security camera buying guide before you go shopping.A porch light security camera is an outdoor camera installed with a motion detection light. We also reveal how each camera fared in our tests for data privacy (how manufacturers collect, use, and share your data, including how transparent they are about this) and data security (whether the camera employs security measures, such as encryption, to protect your data from outsiders).įor more options, check out our complete wireless home security camera ratings for more than 50 models. It highlights which smart alerts each of these cameras provide, as well as whether they offer an optional subscription should you decide to store your video remotely. The list, which is in alphabetical (not rank) order, includes cameras from Eufy, Lorex, and TP-Link. But there are still plenty of security cameras without a subscription that will offer at least one of these intelligent features (usually person detection) for no extra charge.īelow, you’ll find the six best wireless security cameras from CR’s ratings that don’t require a subscription. ![]() Many security camera manufacturers have been using these AI-driven features to entice consumers into paying for a subscription. That’s because the object recognition often happens on the company’s servers rather than the camera itself. The main downside to cameras that forgo a subscription is that many of them may lack intelligent object recognition of people, animals, vehicles, packages, and faces. But these cameras offer an optional subscription if you feel inclined to store your footage in the cloud for extra protection. This frees you from paying a monthly fee and gives you more control over your recordings. ![]() Instead of storing footage in the cloud, these cameras store video locally, usually on either a microSD card or their internal memory. When you consider rising inflation, fatigue from the sheer number of subscription services offered to consumers, and concerns about how camera makers can share your video footage without your consent, it makes sense that you might prefer a security camera that doesn’t require a subscription. But that doesn’t factor in the recurring cost of cloud storage for the video captured by the cameras, which can easily cost as much as the camera itself for every year you subscribe. Wireless security cameras have never been more affordable, with many highly rated models from our tests costing $100 or less. ![]() You select a source folder to find & delete duplicate files. ![]()
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