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Everyone: Zeus no.

“The future of the species is finally unearthed.“

Eve Ventrue Freelance 2D Artist for Film & Game Industry

“It sounds far fetched even for the plot of a sci-fi film.

NASA scientists have proposed a radical idea to launch a magnetic field around Mars, with hopes it could protect the red planet from intense solar wind and allow humans to explore alongside rovers.

Jim Green, NASA’s Planetary Science Division Director, revealed the idea today at the Planetary Science Vision 2050 Workshop in Washington DC…

The proposal would create a dipole field –a pair of equal and oppositely charged magnets – in an orbit between Mars and the sun, at a point known as Mars L1.

This ‘artificial magnetic field’ would put Mars inside a ‘magnetotail,’ protecting it from the harsh solar wind.

Without the barrage of high-energy particles, Mars’ atmosphere would begin to rebuild itself over time.

In just a matter of years, the simulations show the planet could achieve an ‘Earth comparable field.’

Increasing the pressure would cause the equator to heat up, leading the polar cap to collapse, Green says…"

You must resolve through Right View, gaining understanding of all the teachings, like a bird…

You must resolve through Right View, gaining understanding of all the teachings, like a bird soaring in the skies. You must find certainty through Right Conduct, without being intimidated by anything whatsoever, like an elephant entering the water. You must practice through Right Concentration, clearing away the darkness of ignorance, like lighting a lamp in a dark room. You must accomplish the aim through the instructions, liberating all phenomena in your nature, like finding a wish-fulfilling jewel. You must progress gradually through the empowerments, being free from the fear of falling into samsara, like a prince ascending the royal throne. You must keep the basis through the commitments, not letting any of your actions be wasted, like fertile ground. You must liberate your being through learning, becoming adept in all aspects of the Dharma, like a noble steed freed from its chains. You must compare all sources, understanding all the schools of the Dharma, like a bee seeking a hive. You must condense them into a single point, understanding that all the numerous teachings are of one taste, like a trader adding together his profits. You must reach eminence in knowledge, understanding clearly and distinctly the meaning of all the teachings, like arriving at the summit of Mount Sumeru.

Kittisaro, "Tangled in Thought“ (via tricycle-tumbles)

Blade Runner Sketchbook

I just found out that the the out of print Blade Runner Sketchbook is online. If you like movies, or just design, its a must-see!

Blade Runner is a 1982 American neo-noir science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, and starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos. The screenplay, written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, is a modified film adaptation of the 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick.

The film depicts a dystopian Los Angeles in which genetically engineered replicants, which are visually indistinguishable from adult humans, are manufactured by the powerful Tyrell Corporation. The use of replicants on Earth is banned and they are exclusively utilized for dangerous or menial work on off-world colonies. Replicants who defy the ban and return to Earth are hunted down and killed (“retired”) by special police operatives known as “Blade Runners”. The plot focuses on a group of recently escaped replicants hiding in L.A. and the burnt-out expert Blade Runner, Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), who reluctantly agrees to take on one more assignment to hunt them down.

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