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What’s new at Zystrix? Read on… December 26, 2023 Happy New Year 2024 Well, here we are; it’s almost the end of the year and this is the last Zystrix issue for 2023. The old holiday wrappings are now in the trash and we’re looking for the promise of a fresh start. So let’s reminisce over the major news happenings and the important people we lost. Then we’ll talk about the local happenings. And at the end of all this there’s another free Dangerous Neighbors neo-classical piano solo MP3 download for your New Year celebration enjoyment. So sit back and relax. Welcome to Zystrix, the heartbeat of the universe. Where creativity and free-thinking have more value than conformity. 2023 NEWS This list isn’t all inclusive, it’s just the highlights. And there’s been some horrible holiday diseases going around lately as witnessed here at the home front. I wasn’t able to mail out the holiday card posted last issue because I was too weak. Sorry, but you’ll have to settle for the download. But better living through pharmacology, so life is looking up. Let’s talk about 2023. The world is at war in more places than we’ve seen in a century. And culture wars continue to rage, dragging in the world’s largest and most recognizable companies. The US faces a rising threat of widespread civil unrest. Many Americans think that a civil war is likely within the next ten years. The planet is still heating up. The World Meteorological Organization released data indicating that June-August 2023 was the hottest three-month period in recorded history across the Earth. July 2023 was the hottest month on record, with August being recorded as the second-hottest month ever. Global temperatures still remain well above normal for this time of year, as 2023 will likely end as the hottest ever recorded. As global warming accelerates, more areas are becoming uninhabitable, leading to economic instability, cultural fragmentation, and political strife. The emergence of ChatGPT gave AI a prominence not seen before. Quantum computers have taken a big step towards commercialization and they’re coming for white-collar jobs. The speed of improvement in AI over just the past year has been startling to some and worrisome for many. Scientists achieved breakthroughs in harnessing the weird effects of particles at a quantum level to enable record-breaking computational speed and power. The technology could render the encryption behind passwords obsolete, making emails, personal health data, or financial transactions insecure. Digital privacy (even at this Zystrix website) could become a thing of the past. Professor Louis Brus, was awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on the “discovery and development of quantum dots, nanoparticles so tiny that their size determines their properties.” A vast, water-filled “cathedral” roughly 500 meters beneath the Kamb Ice Stream, a glacier in West Antarctica, bustles with marine organisms. The cavern provides a window into the continent’s warmer ancient past. Social scientists now increasingly recognize that loneliness results not just from isolation from people, but also from animals, places, routines, rituals and more. That view may lead to new ways to manage the feeling, which is becoming a public health concern in the United States. Fungi that cause serious lung infections are now found throughout the U.S. Histoplasma, Coccidioides and Blastomyces fungi have become more widespread in the United States. The fungi, which cause serious lung infections, were once thought to be confined to certain regions of the country. The CDC issued a warning that an antimicrobial-resistant fungus is an “urgent threat.” Cases of the rare fungus, Candida Auris, rose rapidly this year. The microbe spreads easily in healthcare settings and doesn’t respond to conventional treatments. Meanwhile, the world is facing an antibiotics pipeline crisis, leaving us out of options to treat common infections. Growing antimicrobial resistance threatens the gains of modern medicine, making routine medical procedures dangerous and potentially returning us to a time when everyday infections could be lethal. A fresh look at the frozen mummy, Ötzi, the Iceman’s ancestors may have been Neolithic farmers, a new genetic analysis indicates. Ötzi also had male-pattern baldness and darker skin than previously thought. Coal-fired power plants across the United States are shutting down as society shifts toward clean energy sources. A smooth transition to renewables could depend in large part on grid- forming inverters, devices that hook up solar and wind farms to the existing power grid and stabilize the system. Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom passed away at the age of 96. Her son, Prince Charles, ascended to the throne as King Charles III. He technically became king in 2022 but was not crowned officially until May 6, 2023, to give him and the family a chance to mourn the queen's passing and organize a proper coronation ceremony. The first gene-editing technology has been approved for treating life-threatening diseases. New therapeutics using CRISPR have successfully alleviated symptoms in patients with sickle cell disease. Ethical considerations and cost issues remain, but gene editing could revolutionize medicine by eliminating inherited diseases, enabling personalized therapeutics, and even unlocking superhuman abilities. Earth’s inner core may be reversing its rotation and may have temporarily stopped spinning relative to the mantle and crust in 2009. Now, the inner core may be reversing its spin as part of a cycle that happens every few decades. Astronomers have seen shock waves shaking the web of the universe for the first time. Shock waves ripple along the magnetic fields that permeate the cosmic web — the tangle of galaxies, gas and dark matter that fills the universe. Studying these shock waves, which were revealed by hundreds of thousands of radio satellite images, could help astronomers better understand those mysterious magnetic fields. Now popular weight-management drugs are being counterfeited. And many people are overdosing with the real ones because of injection and dose confusion. Retailers and banks are warning that the use of drugs like Ozempic will bring down demand for junk food, medical devices, and maybe even furniture, beer, and tobacco. These new drugs have the potential to eradicate obesity but also change consumer behaviors in unpredictable ways. The National Ignition Facility (NIF) has repeated a nuclear fusion reaction resulting in a net positive energy yield. Although the NIF isn’t on a direct path to commercial fusion power production, this progress is one of the biggest achievements in decades to make fusion available for mass production. Fusion, the source of the Sun’s energy, could offer a nearly infinite source of clean energy. In late June, the Supreme Court rejected affirmative action, finding admissions programs at Harvard and other universities unlawful. The decision reverberated across higher education institutions of all stripes. Affirmative action in college admissions allowed universities to factor in applicants' race into the admissions process. The Supreme Court ethics controversy – Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito had accepted luxury trips from billionaires, including people involved in cases before the court although nearly all the justices had engaged in similar behavior. The Supreme Court, however, is not subject to federal ethics codes, including the judicial code of conduct for federal judges. So by the letter, none of the justices acted unethically. Republicans have argued the court, as part of the judicial branch, must solve its ethics issues internally –- congressional attempts to do so would undermine its independence. The Webb Telescope detects well formed galaxies at the beginning of time. It observed galaxies that formed less than a billion years after the big bang (the universe is 13.8 billion years old) which are more fully developed than previously thought. This revises our understanding of how — and perhaps when — stars and galaxies first evolved. Also, while magnetic fields exist across the universe, not much is known about where they originate. In a year that had the hottest summer on record, a record amount of the Canadian landscape burned as wildfires raged across Canada. Smoke from the fires spread cross the entire continent causing breathing related problems for many. A tragic turn of events June 18 took the lives of five people when a privately built submarine imploded while attempting a visit to the wreck of the Titanic. The accident has prompted a re-thinking of how deep submersibles are built and certified before they are allowed to take tourists to the ocean floor. About four days after the vessel went missing, officials found debris about 1,600 feet from the Titanic in the Atlantic Ocean. They added the debris was located in an empty area of the ocean floor and was not immediately adjacent to the Titanic shipwreck. The Coast Guard has since uncovered much of the debris and human remains. The U.S. military shot down a high-altitude object the size of three school buses officials believe China used to surveil the U.S. Officialsbegan tracking the object shooting down the balloon over the U.S. posed too much of a threat to those on the ground. Despite the belief that the object had limited spying capability, the incident caused tensions between the U.S. and China to increase. Regulators seized Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, resulting in two of the three largest bank failures in U.S. history. The bank failures prompted additional uncertainty among regional banks, prompting First Republic also to crumble later in the year. Former President Donald Trump became the first former president indicted for a crime, as a grand jury in Manhattan voted to charge him with 34 counts of falsifying business records. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Trump falsified business records to cover up "hush money" payments to help his 2016 election campaign. Among the allegations, Bragg claimed Trump lawyer Michael Cohen paid $130,000 to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in exchange for her silence over an alleged affair with Trump, which Trump denies. Bragg says Trump reimbursed Cohen through a series of payments and wrote them off as legal fees. March 30 would not be the last time Trump would be charged with a crime. Then former President Trump is indicted again. Trump was indicted in federal court on 37 counts related to alleged mishandling of classified documents and blocking efforts to investigate the missing documents. The indictment came after officials raided Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, taking dozens of boxes, some of which allegedly included top-secret documents from his presidency. Hollywood writers go on strike, disrupting the entertainment industry. Citing how writers are paid for streaming programs and concerns over the use of artificial intelligence in scripts, the Writers Guild of America began a months long strike in May. The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, citing similar concerns, also went on strike during the summer. The result has been a major reduction in scripted TV shows on network TV during the fall lineup. Movie studios have also been forced to delay releasing a number of blockbuster films. Both strikes came to an end in the fall. The World Health Organization declared in May that the COVID- 19 pandemic is no longer a global health emergency after three years and two months. WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the virus killed over 20 million people worldwide, but the rate of deaths had declined. The virus is still considered a pandemic, and officials continue to encourage the public to stay up to date on vaccinations as new variants emerge. The COVID-19 crisis divided Americans over masking, social distancing, business closures, and vaccine mandates. On May 11, 2023, President Joe Biden declared it all over. The Federal Reserve increased federal interest rates to 5.25%- 5.5% — the highest levels in more than 22 years. Interest rates increased 11 times during a two-year span to help combat inflation, which reached over an annual rate of 9% in June 2022. The Federal Reserve said its goal is to lower the inflation rate to 2%. Despite inflation cooling closer to 3% in recent months, officials have not brought interest rates back down. The result has made borrowing more expensive, especially for those looking to buy a home. High interest rates typically cause discretionary spending to cool and unemployment to increase. But as of this fall, those events have not occurred. Wind and dry conditions fueled a massive wildfire on Maui, Hawaii, killing 99 people and nearly destroying the entire town of Lahaina. Hundreds of buildings were affected by the fires and hundreds of families were displaced. Some evidence and class- action lawsuits have pointed to Hawaiian Electric power lines as the cause of the catastrophe. Investigators say they are still working to determine the exact cause. The Archdiocese of Baltimore began seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy as it faces several child sexual abuse lawsuits. In April, a report on the Baltimore Archdiocese by Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown revealed 600 cases of child sex abuse over the past 60 years by 156 current or former Catholic clergy, seminarians, deacons, members of Catholic religious orders, teachers at Catholic schools and other employees. The Baltimore Archdiocese was among several major archdioceses to file for bankruptcy as the Catholic Church continues to deal with the fall out of the sexual abuse scandal. Hamas launched a surprise terror attack on Israel, targeting members of the Israeli military and civilians, resulting in the death of 1,200 people in Israel. Additionally, Hamas took 248 people hostage, including some Americans. Days later, Israel said it was conducting a "complete siege" on the Gaza Strip, one of two Palestinian-held areas within Israel. Since then, the two sides have been engaged in a bloody war that has caused a massive humanitarian crisis as many Gazans have been forced to flee their homes. Israel had cut off fuel and other aid to Gaza amid concerns that Hamas would use those supplies to fight against Israel. Former U.S. first lady Eleanor Rosalynn Carter died at the age of 96, two days after it was announced that she had entered home hospice care. Carter died peacefully in Plains, Georgia, surrounded by her family. Rosalynn Carter was known for being an advocate for those suffering from mental health issues, and she joined her husband for numerous Habitat for Humanity projects over the years. Important People We Lost Unfortunately the Grim Reaper comes and takes a harvest every year and we lose another living library to the wind. This list is by no means all inclusive and is in no certain order. Fred White of Earth, Wind & Fire age 67, Jeff Blackburn of Blackburn & Snow, Moby Grape, The Ducks age 77, Dennis Budimir of The Wrecking Crew age 84, Jeff Beck of The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group, Beck, Bogert & Appice age 78, Lisa Marie Presley singer-songwriter; daughter of Elvis Presley age 54, Robbie Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Brave Belt age 69, David Crosby of The Byrds, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young age 81, Alex Napier of Spice, Uriah Heep age 75, Anthony "Top" Topham of The Yardbirds age 75, Floyd Sneed of Three Dog Night age 80, Charlie Thomas of The Drifters age 85, Bruce Barthol of Country Joe & the Fish age 75, Gary Rossington of Lynyrd Skynyrd age 71, Robin Lumley of Brand X, The Spiders from Mars age 74, Jim Gordon of Derek and the Dominos, Traffic, Delaney & Bonnie and Friends age 77, Fuzzy Haskins of Parliament-Funkadelic age 81, Howie Kane of Jay and the Americans age 81, Ray Shulman of Gentle Giant age 73, Ian Bairnson of The Alan Parsons Project, Pilot age 69, Lasse Wellander Guitarist for ABBA age 70, Harry Belafonte – Singer age 96, Tim Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Brave Belt age 71, Gordon Lightfoot - Singer-songwriter age 84, Tina Turner Singer-songwriter age 83, Teresa Taylor of Butthole Surfers age 60, Bobby Osborne of Osborne Brothers age 91, Sinéad O'Connor Singer-songwriter age 56, Randy Meisner of Eagles, Poco, The Stone Canyon Band age 77, John Gosling of The Kinks age 75, David LaFlamme of The Orkustra, It's A Beautiful Day age 82, Robbie Robertson of The Band age 80, Bernie Marsden of Whitesnake, UFO, Wild Turkey, Paice Ashton Lord age 72, Jack Sonni of Dire Straits age 68, Jimmy Buffett Singer- songwriter age 76, Steve Harwell of Smash Mouth age 56, Gary Wright of Spooky Tooth, Singer-songwriter age 80, Roger Whittaker Singer-songwriter age 87, Katherine Anderson of The Marvelettes age 79, Rudolph Isley of The Isley Brothers age 84, Steve Riley of W.A.S.P., L.A. Guns, Keel, Steppenwolf age 67, George Brown of Kool & the Gang age 74, Charlie Dominici of Dream Theater age 72, Myles Goodwyn of April Wine age 75, Denny Laine of Wings, The Moody Blues age 79, Jeffrey Foskett of The Beach Boys age 67, Burt Bacharach, American Grammy and Academy Award-winning composer age 94, Raquel Welch American stage and screen and nightclub singer age 82, Sheldon Harnick - American musical theater lyricist age 99, Bobby Osborne, American bluegrass mandolin player of The Osborne Brothers age 91, Tony Bennett American Grammy and Emmy Award-winning pop and jazz singer age 96. Local Zystrix News There’s still a drought in new free VST stuff for recording although there’s a lot of software to be had. One of the biggest hits of 2023 was the rompler synthesizer SFX1 by Slapassound. It’s hard to believe it’s free. Another hit was the Overheat by Sampleson. It has a distinctive tube type drive. I can’t think of a pre-amp it emulates although it sort of sounds like a cross between the H.H. Scott and the Voice-of-Music (remember them?) tube pre. Dangerous Neighbors put several solo piano tunes on a popular video website and an old hit called Marijuana. Do a search on Marijuana Zystrix and the video comes up at the top. The year was somewhat uneventful and that’s OK with me. Dangerous Neighbors And here’s the last neo-classical solo piano MP3 download of 2023. This one is called Exploring a New World and it’s about being put into a different and new situation (or year) and trying to make sense of it all. Click on the animation to download it. Enjoy. Happy New Year to you and yours. Don’t touch that dial… Stay tuned next time… I’ll see you next year. The secret to looking younger is to tell people you are older. Knowledge, art, and music for all…

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