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Exploring an AI foundation for the network in the IoT age
Author: Jeff Aaron, VP Marketing, Mist
With the soaring number of mobile and IoT devices, and the onslaught of new apps that businesses are faced with on their wireless network, it is time for innovation that can help IT scale and meet these new requirements.
Thankfully, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and modern cloud platforms built with microservices are evolving to meet these needs, and more and more businesses are realising that AI is a core component to enable a learning and insightful WLAN. AI can help bring efficiency and cost savings to IT through automation while providing deep insights into user experience, or service-level enforcement. It can also enable new location-based services that bring enormous value to businesses and end users.
At the core of a learning WLAN is the AI engine, which provides key automation and insight to deliver services like Wi-Fi assurance, natural language processing-based virtual network assistants, asset location, user engagement and location analytics.
There are four key components to building an AI engine for a WLAN:
Just like wine is only as good as the grapes, the AI engine is only as good as the data gathered from the network, applications, devices and users. To build a great AI platform, you need high-quality data — and a lot of it.
To address this well, one needs to design purpose-built access points that collect pre- and post-connection states from every wireless device. They need to collect both synchronous and asynchronous data. Synchronous data is the typical data you see from other systems, such as network status. Asynchronous data is also critical, as it gives the user state information needed to create user service levels and detect anomalies at the edge.
This information, or metadata, is sent to the cloud, where the AI engine can then structure and classify this data.
AI primitives
Next, the AI engine needs to structure the metadata received from the network elements in a set of AI primitives.
The AI engine must be programmed with wireless network domain knowledge so that the structured metadata can then be classified properly for analysis by the data science toolbox and ultimately deliver insights into the network.
Various AI primitives, structured as metrics and classifiers, are used to track the end-to-end user experience for key areas like time to connect, throughput, coverage, capacity and roaming. By tracking when these elements succeed, fail or start to trend in a direction, and determining the reason why, the AI engine can give the visibility needed to set, monitor and enforce service levels.
Once the data has been collected, measured and classified, the data science can then be applied. There are a variety of techniques that can be used, including supervised and unsupervised machine learning, data mining, deep learning and mutual information. They are used to perform functions like baselining, anomaly detection, event correlation and predictive recommendations.
For example, time-series data is baselined and used to detect anomalies, which is then combined with event correlation to rapidly determine the root cause of wireless, wired and device issues. By combining these techniques together, network administrators can lower the mean-time-to-repair issues, which saves time and money and maximises end-user satisfaction.
Mutual information is also applied to Wi-Fi service levels to predict network success. More specifically, unstructured data is taken from the wireless edge and converted into domain-specific metrics, such as time to connect, throughput and roaming. Mutual information is applied to the service-level enforcement metrics to determine which network features are the most likely to cause success or failure as well as the scope of impact.
In addition, unsupervised machine learning can be used for highly accurate indoor location. For received signal strength indicator-based location systems, there is a model needed that maps RSSI to distance, often referred to as the RF path loss model. Typically, this model is learned by manually collecting data known as fingerprinting. But with AI, path loss can be calculated in real time using machine learning by taking RSSI data from directional BLE antenna arrays. The result is highly accurate location data that doesn't require manual calibration or extensive site surveys.
AI-driven virtual assistants
The final component of the AI engine is a virtual assistant that delivers insights to the IT administrator as well as feeds that insight back into the network itself to automate the correction of issues, ultimately becoming a "self-healing network."
The use of a natural language processor is critical to simplify the process for administrators to extract insights from the AI engine without needing to hunt through dashboards or common language interpreter commands as legacy systems that lack AI do. This can drive up the productivity of IT teams while delivering a better user experience for employees and customers.
Wireless networks are more business-critical than ever, yet troubleshooting them is more difficult every day due to an increasing number of different devices, operating systems and applications. AI engines are a must-have for businesses that need to keep up with soaring numbers of new devices, things and apps in today's connected world.
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Q: Error while binding telnet_event_handler_t using std::bind I am trying to design telnet-client.c in CPP. While initializing the telnet client, an event handler having the structure telnet_event_handler_t must be passed as shown below (see implementation here):
static void _event_handler(telnet_t *telnet, telnet_event_t *ev,
        void *user_data) {
    // process callback here
}

telnet = telnet_init(telopts, _event_handler, 0, &sock_fd);

In my CPP code, I am calling telnet_init inside a class constructor using std::bind as shown below:
telnet = telnet_init(telnetOpts,
                     std::bind(&TelnetClient::telnetEvent, this, _1, _2, _3),
                     0, &sock_fd);

However, std::bind throws compilation errors shown below:
Scanning dependencies of target client
[ 33%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/client.dir/src/simple_telnet_client.cpp.o
/home/ravi/simple_telnet_client/src/simple_telnet_client.cpp: In constructor 'simple_telnet_client::TelnetClient::TelnetClient(const string&, const string&, int)':
/home/ravi/simple_telnet_client/src/simple_telnet_client.cpp:32:33: error: cannot convert 'std::_Bind_helper<false, void (simple_telnet_client::TelnetClient::*)(telnet_t*, telnet_event_t*, void*), simple_telnet_client::TelnetClient*, const std::_Placeholder<1>&, const std::_Placeholder<2>&, const std::_Placeholder<3>&>::type' {aka 'std::_Bind<void (simple_telnet_client::TelnetClient::*(simple_telnet_client::TelnetClient*, std::_Placeholder<1>, std::_Placeholder<2>, std::_Placeholder<3>))(telnet_t*, telnet_event_t*, void*)>'} to 'telnet_event_handler_t' {aka 'void (*)(telnet_t*, telnet_event_t*, void*)'}
   32 |                        std::bind(&TelnetClient::telnetEvent, this, _1, _2, _3),
      |                        ~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      |                                 |
      |                                 std::_Bind_helper<false, void (simple_telnet_client::TelnetClient::*)(telnet_t*, telnet_event_t*, void*), simple_telnet_client::TelnetClient*, const std::_Placeholder<1>&, const std::_Placeholder<2>&, const std::_Placeholder<3>&>::type {aka std::_Bind<void (simple_telnet_client::TelnetClient::*(simple_telnet_client::TelnetClient*, std::_Placeholder<1>, std::_Placeholder<2>, std::_Placeholder<3>))(telnet_t*, telnet_event_t*, void*)>}
In file included from /home/ravi/simple_telnet_client/include/simple_telnet_client/simple_telnet_client.hpp:10,
                 from /home/ravi/simple_telnet_client/src/simple_telnet_client.cpp:5:
/usr/include/libtelnet.h:376:26: note:   initializing argument 2 of 'telnet_t* telnet_init(const telnet_telopt_t*, telnet_event_handler_t, unsigned char, void*)'
  376 |   telnet_event_handler_t eh, unsigned char flags, void *user_data);
      |   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~
make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/client.dir/build.make:63: CMakeFiles/client.dir/src/simple_telnet_client.cpp.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:76: CMakeFiles/client.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:84: all] Error 2

I am using GCC/G++ 9.4.0 on Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS.
Update
Defining telnetEvent as friend seems to be working. BUT when using the friend, the send function fails by saying "send() failed: Socket operation on non-socket".
The telnetEvent is defined as shown below:
void telnetEvent(telnet_t *telnet, telnet_event_t *event, void *user_data) {
  TelnetClient *client = static_cast<TelnetClient *>(user_data);

  switch (event->type) {
    // data must be sent
    case TELNET_EV_SEND:
      client->send_all(event->data.buffer, event->data.size);
      break;
    // more cases here
  }
}

In header file:
friend void telnetEvent(telnet_t *telnet, telnet_event_t *event, void *user_data);

In class constructor:
sock_fd = get_socket();
telnet = telnet_init(telnetOpts, telnetEvent, 0, &sock_fd);

Implementation of send_all:
int TelnetClient::send_all(const char *buffer, size_t size) {
  int ret_val = -1;  // default value

  // get the current address
  char *current = (char *)buffer;

  // send data
  while (size > 0) {
    ret_val = send(sock_fd, buffer, size, 0);
    if (ret_val == 0 || errno == EINTR) {
      // try again
      continue;
    } else if (ret_val == -1) {
      fprintf(stderr, "send() failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
      exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    }

    // update pointer and size to see if we've got more to send
    buffer += ret_val;
    size -= ret_val;
  }
  return ret_val;
}

Question
How to call telnet_init from a class?

A: Do a trampoline to jump:
class TelnetClient {
   static void trampoline(telnet_t *telnet, telnet_event_t *event, void *user_data) {
        TelnetClient *me = static_cast<TelnetClient *>(user_data);
        me->telnetEvent(telnet, event);
   }

    TelnetClient() {
       telnet_init(telnetOpts, &trampoline, 0, this);
    }

    void telnetEvent(telnet_t *telnet, telnet_event_t *event);
};

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Songwriter Terra Lopez began Sister Crayon as a solo project, but grew into collaboration with beat-maker Dani Fernandez. With one album under their belt, the Oakland-based duo continues to carve out their identity with their latest EP, Cynic.
artist and listener, which plays an important role as each track fleshes out Lopez's distressed past that includes the lack of a paternal figure in her youth. Tracks like "Cynic," "Floating Heads," and "Meager Leavings" show that Lopez struggles to reconcile with her past and inevitably affects her present life. Her direct approach is presented effectively through her brutal honesty, making the lyrics heavier.
Musically, polyrhythms are created with MPC-produced beats and organic instrumentation. Portishead-esque melodies flow smoothly and effortlessly, while Lopez' soulful voice gracefully glides and soars without limits. "Other" provides the resolution to the narrative in its climax where her furious vocals intertwines beautifully with the thundering drums (provided by Omar Barajas), perhaps representing that her personal demons may have been exorcised.
Typically identified with trip-hop, Cynic is proof that Sister Crayon is carving a niche and pushing it into new territory.


Plea "bargains," which are not necessarily bargains for any of the participants, are what keep the criminal justice system from collapsing under the weight of the number of cases. In 2008 of 7,611 new felonies filed in New York County (Manhattan), 6,142 cases ended in guilty pleas, 995 cases were dismissed and 397 had verdicts after trial, according to the New York State Unified Court System. The Bronx had 4,876 pleas and 137 trial verdicts. And in Kings County (Brooklyn) there were 5,250 pleas and only 267 trials.
There are rules regarding the pleas, however. The Supreme Court Appellate Division Second Department, sitting in Brooklyn has vacated the conviction in the case of People against Terry Grant on the grounds that his guilty plea was coerced by a judge in Nassau County. Grant, a dentist, was charged with fraud and falsifying business records by submitting bills to insurance companies for work he had, in fact, never performed.
The decision resulted in the guilty plea being vacated because Judge George R. Peck gave Grant only five minutes to decide whether to plead guilty or go to jail until his next court appearance at least. In other words, if he pled guilty he would walk out of the courthouse, but if he did not enter the guilty plea, he would be incarcerated -- his $1,000 bail would be revoked and he'd be remanded to the custody of the Department of Correction.
The decision is unusual because guilty pleas are not usually set aside on appeal. Moreover the case was a year old, and it appears that the Peck was eager for it to end one way or the other. Still, this kind of "choice" is a common scenario in criminal courts, where judges sometimes tell defendants that "it's a one-day sale," and they won't be offered the same deal if they don't plead guilty immediately. But allowing the choice of the plea or jail to be on the record laid the groundwork for the appeal.
Justice Steven W. Fisher and the appellate panel found that Peck had confused the purpose of bail, which is to ensure the defendant's return to court, with the matter of entering a plea. "Bail status," the Appellate Division has now said, "concerns only the kind and degree of control or restriction that is necessary to secure a defendant's attendance when required. It has no legitimate connection to the mutuality of advantage underlying plea bargaining."
Fisher wrote that when a defendant pleads guilty, it relieves the prosecution of having to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and eliminates the possibility of the defendant being found not guilty. In exchange, the defendant almost always receives a more lenient sentence than would be imposed after a trial. This is done because of "the need to dispose criminal cases without trial so that the particular local jurisdiction can manage its criminal caseload."
The record contained the following from Peck. "If he [Grant] wants the plea deal, I will continue the bail status that he is in." But "if he doesn't take the plea deal today, I'm going to remand him until Monday."
At that point, Grant, who was represented by counsel, pled guilty. Peck had already advised him that if he didn't plead guilty but maintained his right to a jury trial and was convicted, he would be sentenced to state prison. However, if he pled guilty he would probably be placed on probation.
The proceedings took place on a Friday. The defendant could think about it over the weekend, but he'd have to think about it in jail. If he wanted to go home, he would have to plead guilty right then to grand larceny and related crimes.
Grant had five minutes to make his decision. And he decided to plead guilty and leave the courthouse. This is a common scenario in criminal courts, where judges tell defendants that they won't be offered the same terms if they don't plead guilty immediately.
Prior to accepting the plea, the judge asked certain required questions, including: Has anyone threatened or coerced you? Is this plea voluntary? For the plea to be accepted, Grant had to answer "no" to the first question and "yes" to the second.
The judge warned Grant that, by pleading guilty, he would waive his right to appeal (which is not correct where there is a claim of coercion), would have to pay restitution and a fine, and his license would at least be suspended. Also, the district attorney could recommend a prison term of one and a third to four years, but the court was inclined, subject to a probation report, to sentence the dentist to probation. Ultimately Grant received five years probation and had to pay restitution of $10,102.20 and a fine of $20,000. His dental license was not revoked or suspended.
Grant tried to withdraw his guilty plea before sentencing, because, he said, it had not been voluntary, but was entered under duress and coercion. Peck denied that request, saying there had been no coercion. Grant appealed to the higher court.
The appellate judges concluded, "When the court threatens to increase bail or remand the defendant unless a guilty plea is entered, any resulting plea cannot be deemed voluntary because the defendant's decision to plead guilty would no longer represent a free choice. ... A threatened change in bail status may not be used by the prosecution or the court as a 'bargaining chip' to persuade a defendant to plead guilty." Here, they found, "The court made an unadorned threat to remand the defendant without bail if he did not plead guilty, and that the threat was a powerful factor in persuading the defendant to enter the plea when he did. ... Therefore, the defendant's guilty plea was not voluntary.
Since the waiver of any right must be knowing, intelligent, and voluntarily, the question before the appeals court was whether that test was met in Grant's case. The Appellate Division found that it was not. Therefore, since the guilty plea was the product of unreasonable pressure, it was not voluntary and was vacated.
According to Howard R. Birnbach, Grant's attorney for sentence and appeal only, the case now is scheduled for trial. The district attorney is Kathleen M. Rice with Judith R. Sternberg and Barbara Kornblau of counsel.


The Sony KD43X8307CSU 43 Inch SMART 4K Ultra HD LED TV Built in Freeview HD WiFi is the perfect large screen TV for a family living room offering a stunning picture, a variety of online content and a wide choice of channels. The 4K Ultra HD resolution provides a picture which is four times the definition of Full HD, this ensures you get a picture which is extremely detailed and just like looking out of your window, the Motionflow XR 800Hz motion processor ensuring that the TV smoothly flows between images to ensure you don't receive any blurring during fast action scenes. The built in Freeview HD tuner enables you to receive over 60 TV and radio channels for free without subscription plus an extra 12 HD channels including BBC and ITV to make your favourite soaps look as if it's on your doorstep.
The amazing SMART features open up a whole new world of entertainment, catch up on shows you have missed with BBC iPlayer and ITV Hub, watch films and documentaries on Netflix and Amazon Instant Video, enjoy the latest viral videos on YouTube or simply sit back and browse the web. Connecting to these services is easy thanks to the built in WiFi although there is an Ethernet port if you prefer a wired connection.
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Providing what busy people need for life on the go.
Twice Daily convenience stores are living up to their name. Not only are the stores convenient but they are the preferred stop by busy people in Middle Tennessee. Today's shoppers are looking for stops that allow them to fulfill several daily tasks at one time and provide energy for their day that includes coffee, more coffee, snacks, breakfast and lunch, ice, beer and fuel. Convenience is the new currency of today's mobile audience.
While convenience stores are sometimes associated with men and pick-up trucks, research for Twice Daily showed their audience includes a large audience of women who stop at Twice Daily for everything from donuts for their office to Gatorade and snacks for the kids. The modern well-stocked stores provide their biggest need – a convenience oasis wrapped in a safe and modern setting.
New broadcast is focused on both the male and female consumers that use Twice Daily, well, twice daily. And as an added bonus, a new gourmet coffee brand White Bison Coffee, is being rolled out in select stores.
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Farrington, "Counterparts"
by: James Joyce
"An Encounter"
"Two Gallants"
"The Boarding House"
"A Little Cloud"
"A Painful Case"
"Ivy Day in the Committee Room"
Gabriel Conroy, "The Dead"
Eveline, "Eveline"
"Araby" narrator
Drunkenness
Insularity
Eveline, from "Eveline"
Little Chandler, from "A Little Cloud"
Farrington, from "Counterparts"
Gabriel Conroy, from "The Dead"
One of the darkest characters in Dubliners, Farrington rebels violently against his dull, routine life. He experiences paralyzing, mechanical repetition day after day as a copy clerk, and his mind-numbing tasks and uncompromising boss cause rage to simmer inside him. After the day in question in "Counterparts," the rage becomes so explosive that Farrington unleashes it on the most innocent figure in his world, one of his children. The root of Farrington's problem is his inability to realize the maddening circularity that defines his days. Farrington has no boundaries between the different parts of his world: his work life mimics his social life and his family life. No one part of his life can serve as an escape from any other part because each element has the potential to enrage him. Farrington consistently makes life worse for himself, not better. He slips away from work as he pleases, insults his boss, and matter-of-factly pawns his watch to buy alcohol. Though each small rebellion makes him momentarily happy, the displaced rage simply reappears someplace else, usually exacerbated by his actions. This lack of mindfulness about the consequences of his actions spills over into Farrington's anger, over which he appears to have little or no control.
Farrington's explosive violence sets him apart from some of the other characters in Dubliners, who oftenaccept routine and boredom as facts of life and do little to upset the balance of familiarity and calm they've established. Mr. Duffy in "A Painful Case," for example, identifies so fully with his routines that he cannot upset them even for the chance of love. Eveline, too, chooses her familiar routines instead of leaping into the unknown, even though those routines are far inferior to the possibilities before her. Farrington's insensitivity to the people around him also casts him as the opposite of Eveline, whose concern for what others will think of her overrides her own desires. As the brutal bully of Dubliners, Farrington shows what can happen when a life consists primarily of mindless repetition: sooner or later violence will surface, and those who witness or are subject to the violence may themselves act violently in the future.
Eveline, "Eveline" Next
Gabriel Conroy, "The Dead": Character Analysis

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lola's secret beauty blog: By Request: Lola's Secret Luxury Face Oils Stash Revealed!
By Request: Lola's Secret Luxury Face Oils Stash Revealed!
When wefadetogray said, "Continuing with the theme of beauty products fetishism, I was wondering if you can take some pictures of your whole face oils collection for our voyeurism. I am going to enjoy them vicariously"- it was clearly incumbent upon me to deliver.
Those of us, as you all know, who are fanatical about face oils find it difficult to have just one or two. I realize that I have passed in number anything even remotely reasonable, but you may rest assured that I really do use all of them. I generally choose based upon need and desire, but sometimes I simply grab the one that is the easiest to get to. You would think given the number of face oils in my possession that I would have no desire to add more to my collection, and while a reasonable assumption for a reasonable person-- it simply isn't true for me. I am on the continual hunt to see what new blends hit the market, and frankly try as many as I can so that I can help you weed through the vast number of beauty oils on the market today.
Be sure to click on the photos for a close up view. Most of these oils are already listed and reviewed in my dedicated "Luxury Oils" tab at the top of the website (or click here).
What are your favorite luxury face oils? Do tell!
Good lord you are obsessed. That's like me and nail polish, I can never have enough new polish!
Unquestionably!! These beauty obsessions can get pretty expensive!!! Polish is a lovely obsession!!!!! Have a lovely weekend!
I realize that this is a long long list, but I really love all of these oils. That said, your choice between Olio Lusso and Neroli Infused Marula Oil is a great one. I couldn't choose one or the other since I am very much in love with both! If there is any possibility that you an get samples of both- I would highly suggest it so that you can see which one you prefer. Both are extremely high quality oils that sink in quickly, impart a beautiful glow, and smell amazing. If you are a fan of Jasmine- then you will be absolutely delighted by Olio Lusso. The Neroli Infused Marula is likewise a delightfully scented nourishing oil. You might want to read my reviews of both, but one major difference is that the Neroli Infused Marula Oil contains two oils, whereas Olio Lusso contains 11. The real deciding factor is how well each resonates with your skin, and which one you prefer. Keep me posted-- I can't wait to hear about your oil adventures!!!!!
A lovely choice, indeed Linda! Theirs is lovely. the Petal Deep Cleanser is amazing, as is the Antioxidant Face Firming Serum. Keep me posted on your THe Organic Pharmacy adventures!
Thank you Helen! You are divine! Just to see so many oils together makes me giddy; your obsession inspires me to take better care of my crappy skin. What an incredibly beautiful and satisfying collection you have there. I want to mix them all on my hands and apply them to my dry, bumpy cheeks. That LA sunlight refracts from your bottles and it radiates with a golden glow. Isnt it magical?
Thanks again for posting your collection. You have a great Saturday along with your beloved Lola and Maximus!
Absolutely my pleasure! I loved doing this post for you! Seeing all of the oils together made me kind of giddy as well!!!! I really truly am obsessed with oils, and the more the merrier- despite the fact that this is not easily reconciled with my essentially minimalist philosophy in life (my makeup and skincare collection contradicts my essential nature, but who cares- WEEEEEEEEEEEE).
I knew that I had a large number, but somehow seeing them altogether in their infinite gleaming goodness was a bit surprising- even to me! I have found that photographing oils in the sun is the best way to highlight their magical nature since they appear as the sparkling and glowing gems that are an essential part of their inherent nature! I just have to catch the shot quickly so that they don't warm up and become compromised!
I have not used the By Terry Huile de Rose long enough to review it, but I can already tell you that it is very very lovely! The same is true of the Colbert MD Illumino Face Oil.
The Cleopatra's Choice Argan Oil is very nice-- I periodically use it on my face, but most of the time I add a few drops into my body lotions to maximize their potential-- this would be perfect for you during a cold NYC winter! The Organic Pharmacy Serums are amazing, and their Antioxidant Face Firming Serum remains one of my very favorite face oil serums! It's remarkable stuff-- try and get a sample next time you are near Barneys!
I am pretty sure your minimalist nature just gets enhanced with your baroque beauty obsessions. There is a saying in Spanish that, translated, goes something like this: the exception confirms the rule. Is there something similar in English?
ps: what can be better that a purring beast on a fall day like this?
I love that saying!! I am a contradiction in terms since my essential nature is that of a minimalist- yet, like you, I have certain collections that have grown out of my love of these things. My makeup and skincare (especially my beauty oils) is just crazy, but I covet these things (and truly use them-- at least the skincare and beauty oils). I am pretty good about keeping most of my other things in check- with the exception of books. I claim that as an occupational hazard though!!!!!! I actually try not to buy books anymore since I live in what looks like a university library by normal standards! I need to do some decluttering- I like some breathing space! I definitely know what you mean by wanting to nip it in the bud before it grows skyward!
And this is why I love you. You make me feel normal! I just have a few oils (Algenist, Michael Todd Knu) that I use for my face, one for my body (C Booth) and one for my hair (Redken) and of course the original Moraccanoil. I'll try not to get more obsessed than that.
I noticed that Juno is not on your list. Have Sunday Riley products left your rotation?
Hi Evelyn!!! I was just thinking about you the other day!!! How are you??? Juno wasn't shown here because I used mine up and haven't replaced it. I only featured oils that I currently have. I still have a few SR products left in my rotation (Ceramic Slip, Good Genes and Start Over), but I just haven't been reaching for them much lately. I am also in the process of testing out new products-- so I have put everything else aside for the time being. What are you using these days? Any new discoveries that I "need" to check out?
Hope you are well! I tried a two week sample (I begged!) of the Chanel Le Jour, La Nuit and Le Weekend skincare and really love it. So I went for the full sizes. Right now, layering Sunday Riley Adrenaline over the La Nuit serum and they seem to work really well together. LOVING the Ladi Avokanto oil too, much more so than Juno. It sinks in quickly and my skin loves it. Planning to repurchase Rodin at some point, but I think I need to be a good girl and try for some empties first. (Which in itself may be a first.) Now that it's colder here, also using the Shu Uemura Ultime8 as a cleansing oil and really liking that too. Also their camelia oil for hair, which, now that I've figured out a kind of layered way to use it, is giving me nicer results (as in, a pea sized amount rubbed between my hands and then on wet ends when blow drying, another pea sized amount, rubbed between hands and then to all my hair before flat ironing, and the last pea sized amount on the ends to finish any strays). Remarkably, it isn't greasy, just shiny and silky. So I'm very happy with that.
It is so lovely to hear from you, Evelyn!! I have been thinking about you lately and wondering how you were doing! I'm doing well, but I am so busy these days-- that I only wish that I had a little more time to just relax!! Your current skincare loves sound amazing! I am so thrilled that you are really loving Ladi Avokanto so much. I agree, I much prefer Ladi and Olio Lusso to Juno-- I find both work much much better for my skin, and that's why I didn't repurchase Juno when I finished my last bottle. The fact that Linda Rodin personally responded to your questios about her lovely oil is enough reason to use it for life!! It remains one of my very very favorite oils of all time-- I will continue to repurchase it!! I can just imagine how cold it must be right now, and all of those beautiful oils will definitely help keep your skin and hair hydrated! The Shu Camellia oil for hair sounds decadent! I'm going to have to try to get a hold of that!


ST. PETERSBURG – Coming out of high school Darnell Woolfolk knew he wasn't the physical specimen that major college football programs coveted.
In fact, at 5-foot-9 and about 210 pounds in the latter stages of his high school career, he did not attract attention from programs at the Division II level let alone from the Football Bowl Subdivision or Football Championship Subdivision.
Lafayette of the FCS expressed some interest, but Woolfolk didn't fit into the offense and the Leopards ultimately passed on signing the all-state running back and linebacker at Maine-Endwell (NY) High School.
"I wasn't the tallest person or the biggest person and I certainly wasn't the fastest person," said Woolfolk, following an East squad practice leading into Saturday's 94th East-West Shrine Game at Tropicana Field.
It looked like Woolfolk would play at Ithaca College, about 40 miles northwest of his hometown of Endwell. That was before his prospects changed dramatically during his senior year and about two weeks prior to the date he would have signed with the Division III school.
John Loose, who as an assistant at Lafayette recruited Woolfolk, moved to West Point in early 2014 to join Jeff Monken's initial staff. Loose, who coached safeties for five seasons before being promoted to defensive coordinator earlier this month, reconnected with Woolfolk.
Lafayette ran a conventional offense and at the time of their initial contact Loose thought Woolfolk was not quite a tailback and not big enough to be a fullback. That in-between build works very well on the banks of the Hudson River where the fullback serves as the engine in the Black Knights' triple-option scheme.
Even if it meant attending a military academy. Woolfolk did not have any military ambitions coming out of high school. What mattered most is that he wanted attend college and play football, his favorite sport after also starring at baseball and wrestling at Maine-Endwell.
Woolfolk would have to wait a year before putting on a Black Knights uniform. He bridged high school and the Academy by attending Army's prep school, which is also in West Point. The school prepares aspiring cadets for the academic and physical rigors the Academy demands.
Being assigned to the prep school made his transition much smoother, though. As for football, after seeing limited playing time as a freshman with the Black Knights in 2015, Woolfolk became a key cog in Monken's offense.
As Woolfolk walked off the field following a 70-14 demolition of Houston in the Armed Forces Bowl, he did so tied for third in Army history in career rushing touchdowns (37) and ninth in career rushing yards (2,376). It was a career he capped by rushing for 956 yards and 14 touchdowns as a senior and receiving an invitation to the Shrine game.
None of what Woolfolk has accomplished on the gridiron surprises Loose.
Woolfolk, who grew up as a fan of the Dallas Cowboys and Emmitt Smith after watching highlight films with his father, Barry, concluded his career with three consecutive wins over the Naval Academy and three straight bowl victories. Army had previously never played in three straight bowls let win three straight.
Nothing was more moving, though, than the first of those three wins over Navy in 2016. A 21-17 victory in Baltimore snapped a 14-game losing streak to the Midshipmen. The mayhem that ensued in the moments after quarterback Ahmad Bradshaw took a knee on the game's final play underscored what the storied rivalry is all about.
While Woolfolk, who plans to be a grad assistant at West Point, would be glad for an opportunity to play professional football, he is keeping all options on the table. After graduating in the spring it's off to Fort Sill, Okla. for training to become a field artillery officer. He feels it is "more than likely" that he will have to serve a two-year military commitment.
"For starters, you can be attached to a light infantry unit or any brigade combat team, which is usually armor or infantry," he said of the field artillery branch. "You be an FSO (Fire Support Officer), setting fires to set up a defense in case the bad guys are trying to infiltrate."
Woolfolk is one of the good guys and Loose feels he could fire up an NFL team.
However it works out, Woolfolk has certainly come a long way since arriving at West Point to begin his time at the prep school. Much like crediting teammates for his appearance at the Shrine game, he credits others for how his time at the Academy played out.


Badflower ignited the stage on March 20, 2019, at the House of Blues in Houston. They're on the road opening up for Nothing More on their "The Truth Tour". Badflower gives an extremely energetic and raw performance. Their set started with the chaotic single, "xANAx."It then spills into their explosive song "Drop Dead", from their EP Temper. If the crowd wasn't paying attention at first, they definitely were now. Bassist, Alex Espiritu, grooves along to the beat. He was hyping up the crowd with a huge infectious smile on his face for the whole set. They only played a few songs from the EP such as "White Noise". Asking the crowd to keep an open mind, the band went into a song from their debut album OK, I'm Sick, "Die". The crowd reacted with middle fingers waving in the air and sang along to the rage-fueled lyrics.
The mood shifts to mellow for a brief moment as "Heroin" begins. That is until Josh Katz shouts into the mic: "and I can't let her go". The crowd shouts out the words in unison and the building erupts with sound and applause. They effortlessly transition to their most popular song "Ghost" which got the whole audience singing. The set ended with the bass-heavy and ever so groovy, "Animal," a great way to end an overall sick show. Whoever didn't know Badflower that night definitely left with a great first impression of them.
I was privileged enough to get a photo pass and take photos of them and it was the first time I have ever taken photos at a concert. You can usually find me at a local show with a camera strapped to my hand, but this was a completely different experience. I couldn't be happier that Badflower was the first signed band I got to photograph. I was nervous, stressed and excited, all rolled into one. Being my first show, I knew it would be a challenge. It was my first time dealing with changing lighting conditions and I had to really test the limits of my camera.
My first time in the photo pit was a lot of fun getting to watch all the other photographers around me. My photos turned out okay for the most part but it was difficult to get photos of the drummer and lead guitarist. That explains why my photos are very Josh and Alex centered. But it was a great learning experience and I can't wait to take more photos in the pit soon. I have a lot to learn and I'm grateful I got to test my skills for the first time with Badflower.


Pakistan's humiliating loss to New Zealand in the first test in Dubai has the country's PM concerned. In a closed door meeting an angry Imran Khan is said to have discussed methods to save the cricket team from further embarrassment.
Sorces say the PM is planning on burning stubble along the western border to ensure that the visibility remains very low and no one watches the match. "They are doing all their best to ensure that there is no match and even if there is, the low visibility will prevent it from being broadcast," said an official.
Imran Khan has taken time out from this busy schedule to travel to different countries begging from money and is personally supervising stubble burning. Villagers say they saw the Pak PM armed with a sickle and few supporters hacking the stubble and burning all that he could get his hands on. Giant blowers were also seen being carried which hopefully would send the smoke all the way to Dubai.
When questioned if the aforementioned plan fails to work, a spokesperson from the party said that Imran has already sent a request to BCCI asking them to loan Virat Kohli for some time to play for the Pak team.


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Q: Finish a game after complete I've been doing a game like pong. But when the ball hit in some letters that i've got on the stage some letters disappears. My letters are movieclip and basically i'm doing an if statement like this:
if(mcBall.hitTestObject(mc2)){
    removeChild(mc2);
    mc2 = null;
}

What i want to know is what the best way to tell the program to finish the game when the all the letters disappears.
I thought to use the null property like this:
if (mc1 && mc2 && mc3 = null){
gotoscene x
}
Is that possible? Use null objects to tell the program to go to another scene?

A: Assuming that the children your removing from the container are the only children you could use if (numChildren == 0){gotoscene x}, if there not the only children then take a sample of that variable before you add them to compare. if (numChildren == numChildrenPreInt){//}
Another method would be to store your collision objects in an ArrayCollection, implementing something like this:
private var collisionObjs:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection();

private function init():void{
collisionObjs.addItem(nc1); //do this for all your objects.
}

private function isComplete():Boolean
{
return (collisionObjs.length == 0);
}

private function detectCollision():void
{
if(mcBall.hitTestObject(mc2)){
removeChild(mc2);
collisionObjs.removeItemAt(collisionObjs.getItemIndex(mc2));
if (isComplete())
{
//goto complete
}
}

A: You should employ an Array of objects (bricks, letters, no matter what), and once an object is hit, remove it from screen and from the array, and once the array is empty, go wherever you want.
var letters:Array=new Array();
letters.push(mc1);
// stuff all of your removable objects in a level in here
letters.push(mcN);

Then you repeatedly check for each of them, if they collide with the ball, you do like this:
for (var i:int=letters.length-1;i>=0;i--) {
    var tmc=letters[i];
    if (mcBall.hitTestObject(tmc)) {
       tmc.parent.removeChild(tmc);
       letters.splice(i,1);
       if (letters.length==0) {
           // goto complete code (call a method, that makes the game go "you win")
       }
    } else {
       // do anything with tmc if you want. If not, omit this
    }
}


As per the recent Chinese credit data, the Chinese Government is relying on the tax cut as the first line of defense against the slowing down of the economy. The data imply that the Chinese Government has accepted the fact and started taking measures for the same.
Senior Chinese policy officials confirmed that more large scale tax reductions are in the pipeline. As the country is facing multiple issues with the economy like worsening of trade and total output, it has finally depended on the fiscal measures. As per JPMorgan Chase & Co., the total impact would be around 2 trillion yuan ($300 billion), or 1.2 percent of the gross domestic product of China.
This time China is following a different path to tackle the situation than the path taken after the global financial crisis. Its focus on the previous attempt was on infrastructure investment and monetary policy changes. This time China wants to tackle the slower economic growth without a debt blowout. It has managed to expand the credit growth for December, and the Central bank has been very successful in curbing the shadow banking which possesses a huge risk to the economy.
As per data, aggregate Financing in November was 1524 billion yuan, and in December it rose to 1590 billion yuan, with a median estimate of 1300 billion yuan. Out of the total financing, new yuan loans for November was 1250 billion yuan, and in December it contracted to 1080 billion yuan, with a median estimate of 825 billion yuan. And M2 money supply year-on-year basis for November was 8.0 percent, and in December it rose to 8.1 percent, with a median estimate of 8.1 percent.
Cui Li, the head of macro research at CCB International Holdings Ltd. in Hong Kong said at this moment the scope for monetary policy is very less, and fiscal policies such as tax cuts will be effective. She also added that the high leverage and property prices had limited the chances of massive monetary stimulus. But comparing with the infrastructure binges, as a growth measure, tax cut's effects will be realized gradually.
Last year May saw a deduction of value added tax by the Government in manufacturing, transportation, construction, telecommunications, and farm produce industries, followed by a lowered personal income taxes and the introduction of more such deductions. And earlier this month, the State Council announced a $29 billion annual tax cut meant for small businesses.
Though it is still unclear whether the new approach of a tax cut will be effective or not owing to global tensions and trade war with the United States, but the approach has been adopted due to China's debt load. By spending money on infrastructure like bridges, road, railways, etc. may become counterproductive for the stability of the economy.
JP Morgan economists led by Zhu Haibin wrote in a report that the Government is facing the debt load problem due to years of over-investment and huge spending on infrastructure that led to a surging debt.
The report also states it is yet uncertain that how much tax benefits will be moved to the required class for showing the effects on the Economy.
As per economists, the reduction in the tax may boost the Gross Domestic Product growth by a minimum of 0.46 percent. But, the slowdown linked to slower growth of world economy and trade war will not leave the Chinese economy very soon. It will linger on to the few next quarters.
The new policy changes that are scheduled to happen was briefed by Zhu Hexin, deputy governor of the People's Bank of China, Xu Hongcai, assistant minister of the Ministry of Finance, and Lian Weiliang, the vice chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission. They also pledged to support the consumption of cars as well as other household goods. It should be reported here that the sales of cars fell for the first time in 28 years.
Xu said that the government would facilitate local governments to issue more infrastructure bonds in comparison with 2018 that will ensure continuous infrastructure development, but the rise in bonds should not be taken as a measure to tackle slower growth.
A Shanghai-based economist at Shenwan Hongyuan Group Co. said that in order to increase the personal consumption and consumption by businesses, a tax cut is the only way out for the Government. Introducing big financial stimulus packages may not yield results that are expected.
However, owing to the nation's quasi-fiscal efforts such as special bonds and land sales will lead to an inflated fiscal deficit. It is expected to have a growth in Fiscal deficit of 11.3 percent of total output this year, whereas the last year's mark was at 10.7 percent.
The government also has declared rounds of import tariff deductions so that the cost pressure would be minimal on the consumers and it also had said that opening up of the economy would be again rolled out this year on a wider basis.
The Government is most likely to set a target growth for this year in the range of 6 and 6.5 percent, as per experts.
Carie Li, an economist at OCBC Wing Hang Bank Ltd in Hong Kong, said the credit data is still showing negative numbers as the Government's prolonged campaign to wring out the shadow banking has been successful. The new stimulus measures in terms of fiscal policy changes are still unable to fill the gap created by the crackdown by the Chinese Government. And the Government, as well as the Central bank, may need to think about the funding needs of the privately-owned businesses specifically in order to achieve the credit growth they have expected.


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Today is Women's Equality Day yet, women still roar for equality. This month marks the centennial of a women's right to vote and nearly a half century since the declaration of the dedicated Day. While the women's movement has made gargantuan strides over the past 100 years, they are still roaring for equality. "I am [...]
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The Recording Academy® reveals Grammy nominees for the 62nd Grammy® Awards live on CBS This Morning. This year's nominees reflect a melting pot of artistic innovation that defined the year in music and have Socially Sparked® our lives. The big reveal starts the countdown to music's biggest night®. Recording Academy President/CEO, Deborah Dugan, Academy Chair [...]
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GRAMMY® nominees announcement sparks the countdown to music's biggest night -- The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. It all starts tomorrow when the Recording Academy® joined by CBS host Gayle King and returning Awards host, 15-time GRAMMY® Award-winning singer/songwriter, producer and global superstar Alicia Keys, reveal this year's nominees live on CBS This Morning at 8:20am, [...]
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The Recording Academy reveals 2018 Grammy Award® Nominees this morning with the top 4 field categories announced live on CBS This Morning. The big reveal starts the countdown to music's biggest night® and the 60th year of The Grammy Awards®. Singer songwriter Andra Day (Rise Up) led the announcements on the morning show. AND THE [...]
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The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Zika virus an international emergency on Feb. 1, 2016.
The emergence of the mosquito-borne Zika virus is prevalant in news coverage worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Zika virus an international emergency on Feb. 1, 2016.
Media coverage about potential birth defects in pregnant women has raised anxiety about the virus. We would like to take the opportunity to put this issue in perspective and present known facts.
Most people who contract Zika virus have no symptoms. The few who do get sick may experience a fever, rash, joint pain or red eyes. There is no vaccine for Zika and no antiviral medication, so treatment is similar to the flu (rest, fluids and Tylenol for inflammation).
The greatest concern around Zika virus is its potential to cause birth defects in pregnant women. While the connection is not yet confirmed, the potential is causing concern in North America.
Zika is a mosquito-borne virus spread to people through mosquito bites. These mosquitos are found throughout much of the Americas, including the United States. Local transmission of Zika virus has not been documented in the United States to date, but Zika virus infections have been reported in travelers returning to the United States, including Virginia. While it is not currently mosquito season in Virginia, there is potential in the future for Virginia's mosquitoes to acquire Zika virus from an infected traveler and cause local transmission.
Approximately 1 in 5 people infected with Zika virus become ill. The time period from becoming infected to showing symptoms is not known, though it is likely to be several days to a week. Zika is usually a mild illness with symptoms lasting from a few days to a week.
Pregnant women can be infected with Zika virus during any trimester and maternal-fetal transmission of the virus has been documented throughout pregnancy. Zika virus infections have been confirmed in infants with microcephaly, though it is not known how many of these microcephaly cases are associated with the virus.
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Q: how to reset the following array in c? I have a question regarding to reset array in c,
I define a array like this:
static int hello[5][6] = {{1,2,3,4,5,6},1,2,3,4,5,6},1,2,3,4,5,6},1,2,3,4,5,6},1,2,3,4,5,6}};

then how to reset all the element on each row and line as 0?

A: memset (hello, 0, sizeof(hello));

A: Try so: bzero(hello, sizeof(hello));


England back-row forward Jack Clifford has signed a new three-year contract with Premiership high-flyers Harlequins.
The 25-year-old has made 86 appearances since being handed his Quins debut in 2012 and has played a major role in their run through to the quarter-finals of this year's European Rugby Challenge Cup, as well as their current third-place standing in the Premiership.
Clifford has also made 10 appearances at international level for England and he is currently part of Eddie Jones' training squad ahead of this year's Six Nations.
Quins head of rugby Paul Gustard is certainly convinced that Clifford has a big role to play for both club and country and is delighted that his long-term future remains at the Twickenham Stoop.
"He thoroughly deserves all the success that is sure to come his way for club and country," Gustard said.
Clifford himself is also excited by what the future holds as he is convinced Quins are set for a period of sustained success.
"I am delighted to have signed my new contract," Clifford revealed. "Under Gussy and the excellent team of coaches we have been building a winning environment, based on an uncompromising attitude in all that we do. It is a really exciting time to be here.
"I am so pleased to be a part of what I know will be a successful future at Harlequins. We all want to win trophies."


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Q: Monodevelop on Ubuntu 8.10 How do I install Monodevelope on Ubuntu 8.10??
I'm running it on VirtualBox on Vista

A: look at this similar question on serverfault.
summary / hints:

*

*ubuntu is based on debian

*look into synaptec package manager

*find and add a repository that published the mono-dev package.


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Theseus Pharmaceuticals to Participate Virtually in Jefferies London Healthcare Conference
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Theseus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: THRX) ("Theseus"), a biopharmaceutical company focused on improving the lives of cancer patients through the discovery, development and commercialization of transformative targeted therapies, today announced that Tim Clackson, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Theseus, will participate in a virtual fireside chat for the 12th Annual Jefferies London Healthcare Conference, taking place November 16-19, 2021.
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Date / Time: Pre-record available beginning Thursday, November 18th at 8:00am GMT / 3:00am ET and available through Friday, November 19th at 5:00pm GMT / 12:00pm ET
Format: Fireside Chat
A webcast link from the Jefferies fireside chat will be accessible under "Events" in the "Investors & Media" section of the Company's website at www.theseusrx.com. Following the event, archived webcasts will also be available on the Jefferies website for 30 days.
About Theseus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Theseus is a biopharmaceutical company focused on improving the lives of cancer patients through the discovery, development and commercialization of transformative targeted therapies. Theseus is developing next-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs): "pan-variant" targeted therapies that address all major drug resistance mutations. Theseus' lead product candidate, THE-630, is a pan-variant KIT inhibitor for the treatment of patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST), whose cancer has developed resistance to earlier lines of kinase inhibitor therapy. Theseus is also developing a fourth-generation, selective epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor for C797S-mediated resistance to first- or later-line osimertinib treatment in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). For more information, visit www.theseusrx.com.
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Our work on the Bodleian copy of the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays was inspired, and has been supported throughout, by Emma Smith (Hertford College, University of Oxford). The generosity and enthusiasm with which she has shared her expertise has made working on this a delight.
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Mission: Impossible - Fallout Scores Franchise's Highest Opening
by Chris Agar
Mission: Impossible - Fallout easily won the box office this weekend, scoring the franchise's highest opening in the process. Debuting in 1996, the action series has aged like a fine wine. Six movies in, the property is stronger than ever, with many considering Fallout to be the greatest action film in recent years. The widespread critical acclaim of previous entries Ghost Protocol and Rogue Nation led to those installments earning well over $600 million worldwide, and similar results were expected for Fallout.
Going into its premiere, the thought was Fallout would break the opening weekend record for the Mission: Impossible series - and maybe even star Tom Cruise. With minimal competition standing in its way, the latest from director Christopher McQuarrie was able to stand tall and get off to a great start.
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Per Box Office Mojo, Mission: Impossible - Fallout earned $61.5 million domestically in its first three days, which is a new best for the franchise. Previously, Mission: Impossible II had the brand's biggest debut with $57.8 million. The film also did solid business internationally, as its worldwide total is $153.5 million. With a production budget in the neighborhood of $180 million (minus insurance costs for Cruise's ankle injury), this is the haul Fallout needed to be on the road to profitability.
Obviously, the word-of-mouth played a key factor in this development. It has been a while since a live-action tentpole received widespread praise. Yes, Ant-Man and the Wasp is Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and boasts the Marvel Studios pedigree, but the consensus was that was a lighter entry into the long-running franchise. Fallout is seen as a bona fide modern classic that demands to be seen on the biggest screen possible. General audiences were hungry for a film that live up to the hype and came out to support the IMF's next mission. Additionally, Fallout is the first M:I entry to be released in 3D, meaning it got a boost from the premium format prices. MoviePass may have blacked out Fallout this weekend, but plenty of people still got to the theater.
As the last major blockbuster film of the summer season, Fallout is in great position to have a lucrative run throughout August. There are some noteworthy wide releases that month, but few that jump out as direct competition for Mission: Impossible's target audience. By the time the film bows out of theaters, it very well could be the highest-grossing outing for Ethan Hunt - both worldwide and domestically. That will only increase the desire for a seventh "impossible" mission, though there's been no official word on that front just yet.
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Source: Box Office Mojo
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) release date: Jul 27, 2018
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Soulution: An interview with William Bloom
Tim Miejan
William Bloom is one of the U.K.'s most experienced teachers, healers and authors in the field of holistic development. His work has helped thousands of people. His mainstream career includes a doctorate in psychology, teaching, 10 years working with adults and adolescents with special needs, and delivering hundreds of trainings. His holistic background includes a two-year spiritual retreat living amongst the Saharan Berbers in the High Atlas mountains, 30 years on the faculty of the Findhorn Foundation, and co-founder and director for 10 years of the St. James's Church Alternatives Program in London.
He is a meditation master and his books include the seminal The Endorphin Effect, Working with Angels, Feeling Safe and Psychic Protection – and most recently Soulution: The Holistic Manifesto.
In 1999, he founded Holistic Partnerships, an educational and training consultancy that particularly works with the material of the Endorphin Effect — a set of strategies based on his research into mind-body medicine and holistic healthcare. He is director of The Holism Network.
He spoke with Edge Life by phone from his home in Glastonbury, England.
I certainly enjoyed your book, and as one human being of the species, I'm glad you did it.
William Bloom: Well, thank you, I had steam popping out my ears when I was doing it, trying to put all the threads together.
I understand that your entire book is devoted to bringing into focus the nature of Holism. For those not entirely sure what it is, how would you define Holism?
Bloom: In the most general way, it's a great name for contemporary spirituality and, for me at any rate, contemporary spirituality is open-hearted, open-minded, inclusive, sees the connections and interdependence of everything and recognizes that all life is sacred. Holism, of course, derives from the Greek "holos," meaning "whole," and it's being commonly used in health care, local government, social work, therapy, community building and the environmental movement to describe a general attitude that sees that all the bits and pieces of any entity in actual fact are connected and when they're connected they make more than just the sum of the parts.
Within that there's another meaning that comes from the guy who actually invented the word, the South African statesman John Smuts, who recognized that nature is continually growing and emerging with new elements, all of which somehow or other manage to combine together to create the forms of life as we see them, whether they're trees or galaxies — and this insight has been repeated recently in chaos theory and emergence theory.
You make the assertion that Holism will be the major form of world spirituality over the coming years. Why?
Bloom: Looking at what's happening to culture generally, it's obvious that old forms of the traditional sects will need to either fall away or adapt, and in a multicultural world that is free-flowing, networked and full of planetary information, it's no longer possible for any faith to claim to have the whole truth.
It's immature and it's a denial of the facts and, worse than that, it's actually insulting to all the other world's faiths. So, anybody who is brought up in the modern world has an awareness that there are many faiths, many paths, many types of circumstance that take people into spirituality, that take people into spiritual experience.
And all across the world, regardless of the culture or the faith, people have the same experience, which is described in words such as "connection," "oneness," "harmony," "love" and "essence." There are statistics from various sources to justify the claim that this new spirituality, by the very nature of the way global culture is changing, is bound to be inclusive, multidimensional, respectful of individual experience, seeing the core essence of the traditional faiths, but at the same time moving on from them. It's inevitable that this becomes the predominant form of spirituality.
I know that people will look at the evangelical movements and suggest that this is an evidence to the contrary, but I think they're noticing that the glass is half empty, rather than the glass is half full — that a movement away from evangelical forms of fundamentalist faith towards something that's more open-hearted and inclusive has been phenomenally substantial. If you've looked at the television habits of all the American evangelical fundamentalist types who, for example, have been the backbone of Bush's electorate, I think you'll find that in their viewing habits they're very familiar with the kind of ideas that come across on the Oprah show, and in the privacy of their homes they're far more open-hearted and open-minded than they may be when they're out in their political communities and religious communities.
Showing one face to the public and having a different one privately.
Bloom: Yes, I think so. They're watching Oprah. They're watching the programs on psychism. They're watching programs on reincarnation.
While I was reading your book, it seemed to me that there have always been holistic thinkers and philosophers, but now it seems that such thought is becoming seeded in our culture. How widespread is Holism embraced worldwide and to what degree has it seeped into our institutions?
Bloom: You're absolutely right that the core beliefs and assumptions of Holism or contemporary spirituality are not, as such, new. They've always been held by tribal peoples and by philosophers, and mystics in general, who have this sense of interdependence and connection. All we're saying now is that as traditional authoritarian religion melts away, this more essential and nature-based and connected sense of spirituality is liberated for everyone.
In general, surveys show that huge numbers of people, up to 60-70 percent of democratized nation's peoples, have adopted a more open-minded and open-hearted spirituality. But, what has not happened, it has not been named as a common culture. People who have those beliefs and that sense of interdependence haven't yet recognized that they're part of this huge movement. The holistic movement is simply trying to articulate it. Holism may not, in the end, be the right word for it, but there is this huge need for an articulation.
In Norway, for example, Holism has been given state recognition as a faith community. I can't speak for the United States, but in general I can speak for what's happening in Britain and a little bit for Norway and Scandinavia. In Britain there's a huge acceptance that there is this new form of spirituality and that it's important. In the British education system, unlike America, religion is part of the curriculum. There's recently been a policy ruling that spirituality in its widest sense needs to be integrated across the curriculum.
That's incredible!
Bloom: In the National Health Service, particularly in Scotland, there's an awareness that spirituality is hugely important in healing and convalescence. One of the things they notice is that spirituality helps. It's a good approach for nurses and doctors and a source of huge help for patients, so there's a general mood in this county that a holistic approach to spirituality is good and emerging.
The biggest problem, which I think is probably the same as in America, is that it's also become appropriated by commercial forces. There's a huge amount of New Age gizmology — that you can create total personal fulfillment and perfect health in a half an hour if you just do this or wear this, with little appreciation of the much deeper needs and dynamics of personal development. I'm worried about the commercialization of it.
When you were talking about the movement of Holism, it seems to parallel exactly with what Paul Ray and the Cultural Creative model is talking about, the fact that there are millions of people who have this way of being, but they've not been identified.
Bloom: That's right. Because we're a network of people, and because of our awareness, we also tend to be suspicious of any kind of centralizing or unifying dynamic. I think that's a very healthy suspicion. In the U.K., a few of us have decided that suspicion or suspiciousness shouldn't stop us from networking, so that we represent an open-hearted approach on any decision-making body where other faith communities are represented.
In the U.K., school boards, hospitals, various civic entities are supposed to have representatives of local faith communities on them, putting forth their perspective and influencing their decisions. It's become clear for a lot of us that we need to have — let's call ourselves Holists, just for the sake of the word — Holists on those boards, as well.
That's excellent.
Bloom: And it's crucially important in all kinds of areas. For example, in a hospital or a school where there are teachers or directors who are seeking to bring in a more holistic attitude, they need the support of people on the governing bodies. If people like us don't actually mobilize and become engaged citizens, how else will our ideas manifest?
In health care here, there are some hospitals who independently decide to adopt a holistic model, but it's not something that you see widespread across the system.
Bloom: It's not widespread here, either. For instance, my wife Sabrina, went in for an endoscopy, a procedure where they send a little camera down your throat to look in the stomach. It's uncomfortable and you gag and maybe go into feelings of panic, right? This is a totally ordinary hospital, right? And there was this guy, half nurse, half porter who had her in the wheelchair and was whispering in her ear, "Don't worry. Just breathe. Focus down into your body. I'm here with you. When the tube goes into your throat, you'll notice a sensation of gagging. Notice it as philosophically as you can. Don't get frightened. Just breathe. Keep breathing and you'll be OK, and I'll be there holding your hand."
He was typical, I think, of the hundreds of thousands of people who've absorbed all the kind of stuff that we were pushing 20 years ago. There are waves of best-selling books about communication skills and relaxation and all the rest of it that have landed in the general culture. That guy in the hospital and all the people who have a similar attitude need support, to have somebody on the governing body who's prepared to say, "This is what works in the long term, these kinds of attitudes."
What's the danger that Holism can become as fractured as other movements in the past?
Bloom: That's a great question as well, isn't it? That keeps getting put to me. One friend of mine said we can succeed if we keep to the networking model and if we keep to a fairly rigorous practice of self-reflection and if we keep to a very strong mantra of "we might be wrong." We welcome new ideas. We welcome conflicting opinions. We'd rather poke our eyes out than create another authoritarian structure.
Can Holism be the result of our collective opening of our eyes to the unity in our dimension and interpreting the unity that we see? I mean, looking at us as a collective being, perhaps we are opening our eyes a little bit now?
Bloom: If you're taking this conversation through a gateway into something that's more collective or mystical…based on a private meditation practice that I've had for decades, I feel that what you are saying is right. That it's the manifestation of a collective awakening from slumber.
But, I'm not yet confident that this awakening is going to fulfill itself, because I see so many people getting on the bandwagon and either making a fast buck out of it or getting conned into thinking that personal fulfillment is the most important dynamic and can be easily achieved.
Those two factors concern me — and I'm also concerned by those who preach environmental values and yet don't walk their talk. And I'm also concerned about the people who preach prosperity consciousness and reality creation, but are not acting generous.
Because they're more public and it seems like they are the spokesman for the movement, when they're not.
Bloom: No, they're not, because they're not expressing its core values. But given that, I think it's a collective awakening, but those of us who are conscious within it, we need to get more rigorous about our own spiritual practice and our own engaged citizenship. I think we need to become more rigorous about the level of self-awareness and compassionate witnessing that we practice, and I think we need to stretch beyond our comfort zone to a less-glamorous cause and live in less-glamorous houses, right?
How is a holistic being to cope in a society that seems to stand for all the opposite values?
Bloom: It helps if one has a daily practice of connecting to the beauty of nature and the universe, and if one's basic attitude is optimistic, and if one stands as a strong island of integrity. You pay your extra 10 cents for an ecological cleaner and you have to scrub a bit harder, right?
You have the sense of integrity. And you nag your neighbors. I mean the thing I'm strongest on in the U.K. in the moment is if you hang out in a bar or a coffee bar, be talking about this stuff.
"I'm interested in contemporary spirituality."
"I mean that the whole world, the universe, is beautiful and mysterious. Nature is wonderful and we need to behave in a way that keeps it all running."
"Well, I mean stop buying crap."
And you can have conversations like this in a bar. I think we're shy. I think holistically minded people tend to be diffident, you know?
I like this segment in your book, the chapter on money, where you share the story about the greatest hunter who has the hut that's most plain.
Bloom: It's a different set of values. I just think those of us who are conscious of this whole arena and a part of it — and I speak of myself, I don't claim innocence here — I just think we need to walk our talk a little bit more powerfully and be more powerful examples. But at the same time not be a party pooper, you know? Prosperity is great. Partying is great. I love plasma television screens and all the rest of it. But I just think we need to engage more seriously and…
…Have big parties and show Spiritual Cinema on your plasma screen.
Bloom: (Laughter) I'm a member of the Spiritual Cinema Club also.
In schools, there is a core holistic value that can be taught, if we choose to.
Bloom: What's interesting is, if you go back to the core piece of philosophy or spirituality — the private, personal experience that the universe is beautiful and nature is beautiful and we're a part of this community — that translates into why you should be a good citizen, not because the Declaration of Independence or whatever says so.
That's exactly right: instilling values that all humankind shares.
Bloom: That's right. And even atheists will go "Sure, I had that experience. Just don't call it God, please. Don't try and manipulate me." So, I think there's huge areas there where Holism can sneak through the door, without bringing in religion.
I liked your discussion of how we go about remaining consciously connected to the whole of being while at the same time we get distracted by the task of being human. What conclusions did you come to about this?
Bloom: I just think it's crucial for people to spend some calm time every day connecting with Spirit. Spend some calm time every day checking out how they're doing. Be intelligently self-reflective and check that their lives have integrity. I just can't see how we can hold it together in a world of so much stimulation unless we have some kind of spiritual practice that helps us hold a clear focus.
I've got my meditation practice. Meditation is not good for some people, but people need to find what works to get them calm — or what works to connect them and works to make them self-reflective. This is, isn't it? This is the personal spirituality in the middle of the holistic worldview, that privately all on your own you have to be practicing compassion and connection and awareness — not just words. It's always in the heart, in the gut, in the body. Find out what works for you — and do it. We should be encouraging people.
You refer often to emotional intelligence and emotional literacy. How do these related to Holism?
Bloom: They relate directly to Holism in two ways for me. One is that it's impossible to live in a holistic and harmonious way if you're being governed by emotions of which you have no awareness — and people are. I'm just being totally realistic.
People's motivations — how they are in relationship…to the plants in their backyard…with their children…with their children's schools…with the President of the United States, so often are driven by where they are emotionally. If they're governed by their emotions, people don't make clear decisions. People behave stupidly.
Speaking of the core of emotional literacy is for children and adults to be aware of what they're feeling, and then manage it, rather than being tsunamied by it. I watch people who, with the best will in the world, are absolutely incapable of fulfilling their ideals or serving their communities, because they don't give attention and awareness to where they're at emotionally. That is the source of prejudice, conflict, anger, jealousy, greed and all the rest.
It's vital for people to learn early on how to self-manage their own health, because of the intimate relationship between emotions and the glandular system and the endocrine system of the body. It's absolutely crucial that people manage their emotions and guide them into a more comfortable and harmonious way of being, simply to avoid the majority of illnesses in middle-age and beyond that in some way or another have to do with tense tissue, which is caused by tense emotions. The statistics in Britain show that more than 85 percent of illnesses past the age of 40 have to do with tense tissue. The holistic approach to health care and a national policy absolutely requires that people learn to self-manage.
I think that's one area of understanding ourselves that is quite lacking in most of us.
Bloom: Well, we're not given the skills, are we?
No. Where do people start to get those?
Bloom: In England, I can only speak for here, there's a huge emotional literacy movement — emotional literacy as opposed to emotional purgence. Emotional literacy is used a huge amount in schools, and at least half the schools in England have what's called Circle Time in which children are taught how to notice what they're feeling. Daniel Goleman's books have had a huge influence on business and organizations, because he says you can't succeed as a manager unless you're aware of what you're feeling.
You also write that we must learn to engage with money, status and belongings in a new way. Why is that?
Bloom: Because they govern, haunt, tempt, seduce and distract us usually, and they need to be friendly companions that we enjoy with freedom. To put it bluntly, the "developed" world's lack of emotional balance about status and belongings, this lack of emotional balance, the sense of urgency to consume and to have the next appropriate status symbol creates the culture, the thoughts, the commercial ambience in which greedy and ignorant business people can create a world economy, which results finally in the death of 30,000 children a day — and the lack of sustainability in developing countries. There is a direct link there.
You spoke earlier about how we need to get out of our comfort zone. I think that's part of it. We need to step out and be who we are.
Bloom: But it's difficult. Privately, this is the kind of thing that I say depending on where I'm at. Privately, there's this huge memory bank of getting burned or persecuted or whatever for asserting that kind of truth.
You mentioned in your book, which I thought was good, the description of people who have spiritual pride. How does the holistic person prevent having an elitist pride?
Bloom: I notice in myself, for example, one of the great shocks of Bush's re-election for me was a realization that for several decades I haven't bothered to even think about how I should be communicating with the right wing. And that was a form of snobbery in me. And that was a form of elitism.
I feel that in my holistic identity, I'm so certain of how right it is, that I have, in the past, gone into a kind of smug zone. When people like us are talking with each other, we can have a self-reflective conversation and check each other out. I live with people who challenge me, thank goodness, and I have friends who challenge me.
But quite honestly, I was shocked as I began to think about after Bush was re-elected about the fact that I needed to be able to develop a dialogue with the right and I hadn't done this for three decades, because I was a snob. I need to engage as a citizen now, as opposed to a happy, exuberant New Ager, or whatever it is. And as I sit on school boards, I'm realizing increasingly that if I say I'm part of an intimate community, that includes everybody — including the conservatives. I have not been loving them, you know?
Well, I think that's a challenge that affects a lot of us here in the States. It's hard to believe that the Inauguration just happened for the next term, that we have four more years, and it's a challenge. How do we begin to engage?
Bloom: We need to take them seriously, for a start. I mean it's all conversation, but it's important to have an assertive spirituality. Liberals must have an assertive spirituality, I think. But, that's a whole other conversation.
In 1987 the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development encouraged the adoption of the Earth Charter. The Earth Charter Commission adopted the final version in March 2000. What is this document and why did you include it in your book?
Bloom: The Earth Charter is, to my heart and to my mind, the best articulated document asserting an environmental and social manifesto for our next steps forward as a species. Many people have identified it as such. One of the reasons why I wanted to present it and publicize it is partly to say to our community, "Look, we don't have to reinvent the wheel." A huge amount of heartfelt thought has gone into already creating some of these documents, and we need to honor them and work with them. I admire this document very much.
And yet I would wager that, at least in this country, less than 1 percent of the people know about it.
Bloom: Yes, so we need to mobilize so that our people at least know about it and then ask, "What should we do with it?" We'll print it out, get some posters, put it up in the schools, have it up on the walls in waiting rooms. It's just there as a document. It helps raise people's awareness.
In every community there might be 50 or 60 people, but there's only two or three people who are actually activists. Everybody else kind of watches. But in the holistic New Agey world, it's like one or two activists for every 10,000 people. Everybody else is busy creating ecological homes and doing self-development, but not doing citizenship, not doing community building.
Why did you write Soulution? What inspired it, and how did you change as an individual during the process of creating it.
Bloom: I was considering what I was going to do with the next two decades of my life, and I had a very clear choice to make, it seemed to me. I make my living by running groups of one kind or another, teaching meditation, and energy work and holistic approaches, and I could very easily create a retreat center and retreat into it and just have people come to courses there. My wife and I were thinking of maybe doing that.
At the same time, in my youth, I was a social activist and that is still deep in my heart. I listen to the news three or four times a day, I read the newspapers, I read books about politics and I used to teach at the London School of Economics. I taught about psychological problems in international relations, so I was very engaged. With my wife and a friend, I started a program at St. James's Church in London that is still the major holistic platform. So I've got a history of doing projects.
And, so, I was sitting there in this contemplation about whether to engage or retreat. I spent 18 months feeling, thinking, meditating, dreaming my way into it and got clear that my energy and my skills were to engage more. Several people were looking at me saying that because in the last 10 to 15 years I've been quite often the spokesperson for holistic, New Age stuff in the U.K., they told me that I needed to write a book that tries to pull it together for them.
I remember waking up one morning and saying, "I'm going to give 20 years to being an activist and not a retreatant and this will be the project." And, it's not as if it was like creating something from scratch. Writing the book was like doing a Ph.D. project that should have taken six or seven years, but was completed in nine months. It was the most energized, excruciating piece of work I've ever done in my life. In order to get it done, I came out of my normal, very harmonious lifestyle and went onto coffee for six months. That's very ironic, huh?
It's really well done and you've written it very comprehensively, but you've written it so people can understand it very well.
Bloom: Thank you. When it was finished, it felt like a kind of orgasm. I just went "poof!" A lot of the time I felt as though it wasn't me doing the writing. I don't experience any sense of ownership of this particular book. I feel as though I wrote it on behalf of my friends, and I feel quite proud of that. It's an interesting sensation, because I've written many books and never had that experience before.
So, where do you go from here?
Bloom: Well, I keep doing my own program of teaching to keep food on the table and we're getting the holism network off the ground. The website Holism.info is gradually being built, and we're beginning just about to start producing documents that respond to government initiatives. We have a project going with a consortium of schools to help introduce experiential spirituality into the curriculum. And we're working on the creation of a holistic chaplaincy program. There will be an election in the next three months. Once that's over, we're going to do a survey of the 650 members of Parliament to see how many of them have a holistic inclination.
Everything's going to go up on the website, and we're gradually creating a small office, on the High Street in Glastonbury. A perfect place, you know. The monks of 1,500 years ago would be proud of us.
It's cooking. It feels good. It feels quite mellow and appropriate. We shall see what happens.
For more info, visit www.holism.info or www.williambloom.com
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