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Alvin Lucier on Black Truffle
As well as releasing lots of fine music by new composers, Black Truffle has been preserving the legacy of the old masters. In particular, they have been steadily releasing recent pieces by Alvin Lucier. I went into details last year about a magnificent concert given at the Round Chapel in Clapton by the Ever Present Orchestra. That gig was recorded by the BBC but I don't think it's been broadcast. At least, the new ensemble pieces from that concert have been recorded and released a couple of months ago by members of the same group. Works For The Ever Present Orchestra is made up of new recordings of these works that coax iridescent interference patterns from the interaction of acoustic instruments and electronic tones. In this case, the electronics are provided by e-bowed electric guitars, adding another subtle layer of complexity and colouration. The pace here is brisker and the textures sound more transparent than what I remember from the concert: this may be due to the resonance of the Round Chapel, a reduction in personnel or just that my attention is no longer distracted by the theatrical presence of the large ensemble at work in intense concentration.
Lucier doesn't so much reward attention as demand it. As writer Brian Olewnick observed after listening to String Noise, another release from this year, "Alvin Lucier once again testing my patience. And testing it well." If I thought Lucier was getting lush and lyrical in his old age, these three hefty pieces for solo and duo violins brought that conceit crashing down around my ears. Tapper is the solo work, from 2004, written for Conrad Harris who plays it here for nearly an hour. The performer repeatedly taps the body of his instrument with the butt end of the bow while moving around the performance space. That's the piece. No strings involved at all – except, of course they are. As I said, his music demands your attention. It's no Fluxus exercise in mundanity, and Harris plays with the same combination of rigour and flexibility afforded a Bach partita. Lucier fans will spot the connection to his 60s echolocation piece Vespers and how the sound is shaped by its surroundings, but Tapper removes the extramusical rationalisation and focuses on the sound as music itself. If you don't listen, you miss the tiny gradations in decay and shading, augmented by the resonance of the violin's body, as well as its strings.
The two remaining works are played here as duets by Conrad Harris and Pauline Kim Harris. In Love Song, from 2016, they play long tones using only the open E string, while moving in a circular motion around the performance space. Their two violins are joined at the bridge by a long wire, which transfers resonating tones between the instruments. As the players move, changes in the wire's tension adds to the complex microcosm of tones produced by this minimum of overt activity. A fascinating sound, if you're paying attention. Halo, composed last year, is similar to Tapper, but requires the violinists to move through the space bowing long tones, making each slight shift in sound less prominent while producing the finest detectable gradations in sound colour. The alchemical qualities of Lucier's music persist to this day, with less focus on the demonstrative or pedagogical angles and a more assured reliance on their art.
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Alvin Lucier at the Round Chapel
Almost ten years ago, I saw Alvin Lucier in one of the most memorable gigs I've been to, performing Bird and Person Dyning at Wilton's Hall. It's a magnificent piece in the way it leads the listener to consider the act of listening as an aesthetic act, the underlying phenomena and the consequences of this newfound awareness, all in one simple, seemingly effortless gesture. It's this sort of thing that makes me consider Lucier one of the most important living composers.
He was supposed to be back in London at the Round Chapel in Clapton last week, but had to cancel at late notice due to a health problem that prevented travel. The concert otherwise proceded as planned: a three-hour tour de force that affirmed Lucier's presence as a composer of superb music.
A couple of his classic/notorious works were presented in the second half, but the focus was on his newest music and was so much the better for it. The evening began with a recent work that signalled intent, Ricochet Lady from 2016: Trevor Saint on a glockenspiel off in a dark corner of the hall, hammering out rapid arpeggios in the highest register. The repeating figures created the psychoacoustic effect of sustained tones – the type that people who have heard early Philip Glass will immediately recognise – emphasised to the extent that the aural effects became the musical material instead of the notes played. A combination of the hall's reverberation, the instrument's bright timbre and the overtones of close-spaced high frequencies created a series of metallic buzzing and humming sounds beyond the physical scope of the instrument.
Vespers and I Am Sitting In A Room were each performed live in the Round Chapel. Two of Lucier's best-known works, each now fifty years old; both pieces still fascinate in the way they reveal fundamental qualities of aural perception taken for granted and complacently disregarded by musical theory. Hearing Vespers performed live reveals the spatial qualities of the sound, as the four blindfolded players traversed the hall by means of echo-location, while the electronic clicks they emitted were subtly transformed by their movements. This is minimal music, in a manner similar to that of a sculpture by Serra or Judd, exposing liminal phenomena of space, mass, sound or light through supposedly undifferentiated material.
The larger part of the concert was given over to four works for acoustic ensemble paired with electronics, all from the 2010s and all with one evident premise. Lucier has long exploited the effects gained from combining pure sine tones with acoustic instruments, allowing interplay of beating frequencies and differences through small differences in intonation and the harmonic spectrum of the instruments. The Ever Present Orchestra was founded for the purpose of playing these pieces and their performances showed just how effectively musical Lucier's music can be, in the conventional sense, when interpreted with inisght and sensitivity. (Guest performers on the night included figures as diverse as John Tilbury, Jennifer Walshe and Thurston Moore.)
As with Cage, there's often a didactic quality behind Lucier's earlier music, those most famous (or notorious) pieces. A phenomenon is demonstrated. As with Cage, a superficial exposure to Lucier's work suggests that he is more about ideas than music. The late works played at Round Chapel should go a long way to refuting this misapprehension. First and foremost, Lucier composes music – a point that his work has continued to make clearer and clearer over the years. While Vespers and I Am Sitting In A Room are "about" sound, Ricochet Lady is "about" music, treated and filtered without electronics. The ensemble pieces are all ostensibly "about" the same idea, but now this is obviously not the point. Like Cage's music, the ideas serve merely as a means to an end.
The ensemble is violins, cellos and saxophones, augmented on occasion by piano, vibraphone and e-bowed guitar. As played by the Ever Present Orchestra, when the winds and strings begin, the sounds combined with the sine tones are almost indistinguishable, producing a complex blend of tone that is hard to define. In Two Circles, Semicircle and Tilted Arc (a reference to a Serra's destroyed public sculpture), the fundamental shapes suggested by the titles are perceptible in the trajectory of the music but subsumed within a broader, compositional form. Musical sense takes precedence over logical intelligibility. In Two Circles, a reduced ensemble of violin, cello, two saxophones and piano slowly interweave, their harmonies growing more distant, opening up into wider registers before resolving to a dense, multiphonic unison. Seimicircle mounts in a glorious ascent, brassier sounds to the fore, only to fall away again in a slow motion landslide.
The grouping of instruments and electronics blend into a complex harmony and tonal colouration far removed from the usual stark palette expected from Lucier. This was felt most strongly in the world premiere of EPO-5, probably the high point of the evening. Using a large ensemble, the usual variations in harmonic intervals moved in ways that couldn't be anticipated. For me at least, acoustic and electronic voices all seemed to move in different directions and any attempt to reduce the piece to a single concept was futile. It was simply music, lush and dramatic, intricate without becoming opaque, with strangely lingering effects that unfolded at a deliciously languorous pace. Listeners were carried along without feeling pushed. I can't imagine hearing these pieces played better.
The BBC were recording the event, so hopefully I get to hear it all again soon.
Bird And Person Dyning
An old man is walking slowly through the room. At one end of the room a bird is twittering. Not a real bird; it's an electronic bird call. The man walks slowly towards where the sound seems to be coming from. We can hear the bird, but we can also hear what the man hears: he's wearing microphones over his ears. The sounds he can hear are played through loudspeakers in the room, so that we can hear the bird from our position, and the bird from his position, as projected from a third position. The man can also hear what he hears relayed from those loudspeakers. Inevitably, feedback occurs.
The feedback produced is a high, whistling sound which complements the bird nicely. The man tilts his head a little to one side, or hunches down a fraction. The feedback shifts to a new note, the tone becomes reedier. The slightest adjustment to how the man listens can completely change the sound we hear. Even the bird's repeated call changes: its chirping amongst the feedback causes heterodyning, creating the illusion of other, differently voiced birds chirping in chorus.
On the weekend I got to see and hear Alvin Lucier perform his 1975 piece Bird and Person Dyning, as part of the Cut and Splice festival at Wilton's Hall. The above description gives some idea of how a simple setup can create a complex sonic environment. In a single, unified action it reveals how the subtleties of sound depend on how we listen, our position in space, the size and shape of the room. There were some good pieces on the weekend, and more poor pieces, but Lucier's music still stood out for having both a depth and a transparency that the others lacked.
(Video and audio of Bird and Person Dyning is on UbuWeb.)


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Horror of the Wolf (狼の紋章, Masashi Matsumoto, 1973)
Posted on June 27, 2022 by Hayley Scanlon
"All I wanted was to live a quiet life alone" a teenage werewolf laments unfairly forced into a human world which has no real place for him while he can find no accommodation with its innate cruelty. Adapted from the manga by Kazumasa Hirai & Hisashi Sakaguchi, Horror of the Wolf (狼の紋章, Okami no Monsho) is part high school delinquent movie and part psychedelic werewolf exploitation film in which the hero finds himself drawn into a weird supernatural battle with a crazed nationalist while falling for his beautiful high school teacher who perhaps uncomfortably reminds him of his late mother.
Akira Inugami (Taro Shigaki) spent the early years of his life in Alaska playing with the local wolves until his anthropologist parents were murdered "due to suspicions of spy activity". After spending some time raised by the wolves, Akira was then taken in by his fantastically wealthy aunt, the CEO of the top chain of Japanese restaurants in the US where he was schooled until returning to Japan. As the film opens, he's attacked by a gang of thugs, refusing to fight back and later stabbed but cooly removing the knife from his stomach as if it were only an inconvenience to him. Witnessing this strange event, school teacher Miss Aoshika (Yoko Ichiji) promptly faints, only to receive a shock the next day when the man she thought she saw murdered the night before shows up as a mysterious transfer student at her elite academy.
Hinting at an underlying theme of class conflict and institutional corruption, the school doesn't really want to take Akira because he's a troublemaker who's always getting into fights, though this claim seems to conflict with his ongoing refusal to engage with physical violence, but is reluctant to dismiss him because his aunt is so very wealthy. The same goes for his rival, Haguro (Yusaku Matsuda), whose father is a yakuza boss. Haguro is the leader of the school's delinquent thugs, a distinctly cool presence who wanders around brandishing a katana which he is frequently seen unsheathing with the Japanese flag in the background while his family crest appears to feature an eagle reminiscent of those seen in Nazi Germany.
Nationalism aside, the film has an ongoing preoccupation with animal imagery not only with Akira's wolfishness but Aoshika whose name literally means "blue deer" often appearing in front of a wooden deer ornament while Akira's apartment seems to be kitted out with AstroTurf or at least a vibrant green carpet with the appearance of grass as well as occasionally shifting into an idyllic dreamscape where he can frolic cheerfully in the wild. When Aoshika comes looking for him, he tells her that he's simply wearing a wolf mask and refuses to take it off, urging her to leave him in peace because "women are so lacking in delicacy and so overbearing it drives me nuts".
Akira is not alone in his apparent misogyny, Aoshika is violently raped on three separate occasions the first being by her own students which the headmaster brushes off as a rather frequent occurrence giving rise to the question of why she continues to work at the school, where she is apparently the only female member of staff, if she continually faces such traumatic violence. Her final assault meanwhile comes at the hands of Haguro who seems to be performing some kind of bizarre ritual while preparing to face off against Akira who saved her from a previous attack by street punks while in his werewolf guise.
Aside from his brooding intensity, there are few clues to Akira's true identity other than his ability to heal in rapid time following injury and skilful athleticism in dodging attacks. Repeatedly referred to as a "lone wolf", partly an insult based on his name (which literally means "dog god" and is used to describe those possessed by the spirit of a dog), Akira adopts a pacifist stance towards his aggressors refusing to fight back later telling Haguro that they're simply not worth the bother yet his refusal to fight is mistaken for a philosophical position that eventually makes him a figurehead for a gang of leftist teens trying to halt the culture of violence in the school in what seems to be an ironic swipe at the student protests even if also setting up a challenge to Haguro's crypto-fascist authoritarian thuggery.
A curiously avant-garde affair, Masashi Matsumoto's teen wolf drama features striking composition with frequent use of solarisation and an almost mythical opening sequence detailing the hero's origin story amid the snows of Alaska, along with incongruous practical effects such as the furry wolf mask Akira often wears in his apartment in his half-transformed state. It is also somewhat lurid, unnecessarily revelling in the sexualised violence directed at the heroine with three lengthy rape scenes of varying intensity. Even so in its undeniable strangeness and eventual pathos for those who cannot survive in "a cruel world made by humans" Horror of the Wolf reserves its sympathy for the outsiders unwilling to submit to a world of human cruelty.
Tagged 1970s, 1973, Akihiko Nishijima, Fumio Ishimori, Fumio Niikura, Japan, Japanese, Jun Fukuda, Kazumasa Hirai, Kazuo Imai, Kensho Yamashita, Koichi Hayashi, Koichi Ueda, Koji Kawamura, Kotaro Tomita, Makoto Fujita, Masanobu Sawai, Masao Imanishi, Masashi Matsumoto, Michiko Honda, Mikio Ozawa, Mikio Shiozaki, Ranko Mizuki, Riichiro Manabe, Sayoko Kato, Shizuko Azuma, Shoji Ueda, Takuya Yuki, Taro Shigaki, Toho, Toku Nishio, Toshio Kurosawa, Toshitaka Ito, Tsuneji Miemachi, werewolf, Yoko Ichiji, yusaku matsuda
The Most Dangerous Game (最も危険な遊戯, Toru Murakawa, 1978)
Posted on August 5, 2017 by Hayley Scanlon2 Comments
The late Yusaku Matsuda remains an ultra cool pop culture icon thirty years after his death and forty after his reign as the action king of Japanese cinema. Though there were several other contenders for the crown – Sonny Chiba, or the tough guy yakuza stars Ken Takakura and Bunta Sugawara, to name but a few, it's Matsuda's intense screen presence which continues to endure as an example of mid-1970s extreme masculinity. This image was in large part created through his work with director Toru Murakawa in roles inspired by hardboiled novelist Haruhiko Oyabu in Resurrection of the Golden Wolf and The Beast Must Die, but before that it was the "Game" trilogy which helped to make his name.
The first of these, The Most Dangerous Game (最も危険な遊戯, Mottomo Kikenna Yuugi), introduces us to Narumi (Yusaku Matsuda) – a sleazy hitman with a gambling problem who is capable of pulling off the most daring and precise of hits but remains a disaster outside of his working life. After losing a mahjong game and getting roughed up by gangsters, Narumi gets a job offer from an arms company currently vying for a large government contract to develop a Star Wars-style air defence system. As reported in the news, a number of top CEOs are being kidnapped for ransom thanks to a plot by the Godai Conglomerate. The Tonichi Corporation want Narumi to rescue their kidnapped employee, Nanjo (Masanori Irie), who also happens to be the son-in-law of CEO Kohinata (Asao Uchida).
Unlike the later Resurrection of the Golden Wolf or The Beast Must Die, the corporate conspiracy and shady government military project are merely background and never really dealt with in any further detail. Nevertheless, it appears Narumi has got himself involved in a much darker world than even he is used to. Kohinata claimed to want to save Nanjo because of their familial connection, but as it turns out he doesn't really care so much about his daughter's husband as he does about wiping out the Godai and getting the lucrative government contract all to himself. He's even willing to pay Narumi twice for doing the same job, but then perhaps he's not really looking to pay at all. Conspiracy may extend further than just the corporate realm.
Narumi makes for a strange "hero". His very 1970s bachelor pad is a monument to sleaze with its prominent topless pinups displayed like precious artwork in his living room and his well stocked personal bar – a strange thing to have when it's clear he does not entertain many visitors. Dancing around with his gun and posing topless in front of the mirror Taxi Driver-style implies perhaps he's not so confident with his chosen profession yet he's clearly well known enough to get a phone call out of the blue from the Tonichi Corp. Despite his rather pathetic attitude at the mahjong game and equally pathetic exit after falling asleep during a lap dance at a sex parlour, Narumi's professional exterior is one of infinite capability and powerful masculinity.
Yet, like many films of the era Narumi's masculinity is also intensely misogynistic. Gangster's moll Kyoko (Keiko Tasaka) becomes an unlikely (and inconvenient) love interest after Narumi tries to use her to bait her boyfriend. Lying in wait in Kyoko's apartment, he surprises her coming out of the shower while she is half naked and vulnerable. She tries to escape, he stops her, phone's the boyfriend, and begins raping her so that the gangsters can hear her distress over the phone. Kyoko stops struggling and apparently gets into the groove, falling instantly in love with Narumi's awesome love making skills and following him back to his apartment where she stays for the rest of the film.
Nevertheless Matsuda is presented as the epitome of cool, unshaken by danger and always coming out on top with enough time to strike a pose as he takes down a target with automatic precision. Murakawa's approach is of its time but leaning towards arthouse rather than Toei's unusual brand of action cinema. Its vistas are noirish but filled with 70s paranoid claustrophobia while the hopeless, melancholy jazz score by Yuji Ohno adds to the moody hardboiled aesthetic. An exercise in style, The Most Dangerous Game is as cynical as they come but its wry commentary and occasional fits of gleeful comedy lift it above both the B-movie silliness of other contemporary action movies and the dour seriousness of later Matsuda/Murakawa collaborations.
Tagged 1978, Asao Uchida, Bontaro Miake, Daigo Kusano, Hideichi Nagahara, Hiroshi Nawa, Hitoshi omae, Hyoe Enoki, Ichiro Araki, Iwao Dan, Japan, Japanese, Kai Ato, Keiko Tasaka, Masanori Irie, Michihiro Yamanishi, Rei Okamoto, Renji Ishibashi, Ryuji Katagiri, Seizo Sengen, Shunsuke Kariya, Toei, Toru Murakawa, Tsutomu Harada, Yoko Ichiji, Yuji Ono, yusaku matsuda

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Richard Branson picks Extreme Tech Challenge startup winner
harib January 20, 2020 at 19:49 Startup
Eric Dy, co-founder and CEO of Bloom Technologies, accepting his award from Richard Branson after winning the Extreme Tech Challenge contest.
Eric Dy is reeling from one of his most memorable experiences as an entrepreneur.
Late Wednesday, Dy stood before Richard Branson for seven minutes and pitched his startup Bloom Technologies in the final round of the Extreme Tech Challenge contest.
The San Francisco-based firm has developed a wearable sensor tied to an app that allows expectant moms to track their pregnancy, such as frequency, duration, and intensity of contractions.
Bloom Technologies was one of three finalists that traveled to Necker Island, Branson's private Caribbean island, and pitch their business directly to the titan.
Dy's presentation landed Bloom Technologies the big win.
"It was a very long evening but a terrific one for us," said Dy, the company's co-founder and CEO.
Dy, 36, was the last to present, but the Caribbean island setting helped to calm his nerves.
"We were out in the open, at a beautiful beach house that rolled into grass tennis courts," he said. "And the beach was right behind us."
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Bloom Technologies will make its device available to consumers this summer. With that launch date just a few months away, Dy honed his pitch to tightly focus on the startup's commercialization strategy and plans to gain traction after hitting the market.
It helped that Branson is a proud father and grandfather. Branson's daughter delivered twins in late 2014.
Pregnant woman wearing the Bloom Technologies pre-natal sensor.
Dy said his pitch prompted Branson to bring up his daughter, who he said had a pregnancy complication, and ask how Bloom's sensor would have helped her.
"Most of the judges have experienced raising kids and even grandkids. So our company's mission resonated with them," said Dy. "They understood what it means to have a pregnancy go well and the heartbreak when it doesn't."
The other judges were Google Maps co-inventor Lars Rasmussen and Samsung Electronics President Young Sohn
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The win for Dy doesn't result in a monetary prize.
All three companies (Giroptic and Sphero were the other finalists) that made it to the end got the same prize package: mentoring from top entrepreneurs, tech and infrastructure support from IBM (IBM)and Amazon, (AMZN) and the potential to raise new funding from investors at Necker Island.
However, the winner does get the bragging rights and a chance to be invited back to Necker Island to schmooze with Branson next year.
Dy didn't wait for next year. He wasted no time in approaching investors right after his win.
"Some of the judges and folks in the audience did express interest in investing in Bloom," he said.
What about Branson?
"I had a nice chat with him. He's amazing and I won't deny that he also showed interest," said Dy.
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Ole Koksvik (Bergen), along with the help of friends, has put together a very useful set of tips for giving a philosophy talk. I appreciated the "rationale" section, in which he notes, among other things, that "giving a bad presentation is impolite." There is some good advice throughout, much of which is consistent with the general rule that guides how I put toget..
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Derek Parfit (1942-2017) (updated)
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On the Cofnas paper, "the latest entry into the jam-tomorrow-never-jam-today of RDI [Race Difference in Intelligence]" research — John Jackson (Michigan State) on how RDI research "was never about pure science," but embedded in an "ugly history" of racist social policy
"Heroism is aspirational, and worthy of admiration, but it is a pedagogical, moral and historical error to spend our moral capital insisting on it" — It is enough to refrain from welcoming and helping with the oppression and murder, argues Rivka Weinberg (NYT)
An intellectual history of culinary philosophies and a sketch of a food ethos for today — "there was never a golden age", says Rachel Laudan
A woman pretending to be Alan Turing daughter's stole his doctoral degree, his knighthood medal, and other pieces of memorabilia from an archive in England in 1984 — Federal officials just announced that she was caught (2 years ago), and the materials recovered, in Boulder, Colorado
A former philosophy professor keeps a journal during the zombie apocalypse — that's the central element in the new "ethical guidebook" from Bryan Hall (Regis), subtitled, "how to keep your brain without losing your heart"
The "Twitter presidency" versus democracy — Boris Litvin (Stetson) on Rousseau on Trump on Twitter
Bond evolution, breaking and formation — recorded on film, at the atomic scale, for the first time
Love and lust in Lolita — Jennifer Frey (South Carolina) & Becca Rothfeld (Harvard) on "the tensions we readers are forced to navigate between the awesome beauty of Nabokov's prose and the ugly perversion that is the central focus of our attention in the novel"
"Who, on Earth or on distant planets, would aim to engineer consciousness into AI systems themselves?" — Susan Schneider (Connecticut) on why there may be nothing that it's like to be a superintelligent alien
A summer institute to help philosophy instructors design courses that convey the value of philosophy — put on by the Council of Independent Colleges, it is directed by Ned Hall (Harvard)
New research on the logical operations that the brain's individual dendritic compartments can perform — one possible upshot: "Brains may be far more complicated than we think"
The impeachment of Donald Trump is a teaching moment — especially if you're teaching Rousseau, says David Williams (DePaul)
"What It Is Like To Be" is an anamorphic sculpture by Thomas Medicus made of 144 hand-painted glass strips — it was inspired by Thomas Nagel's "What Is It Like To Be A Bat?". Watch the video. (via Colossal)
The meaning of nihilism — Nolen Gertz (Twente) distinguishes nihilism from other concepts in its vicinity, such as pessimism, cynicism, and apathy
"What else from philosophy influenced the construction and design of LinkedIn?" — Tyler Cowen (GMU) interviews Reid Hoffman, who has an MA in philosophy and who helped develop PayPal, LinkedIn, & other ventures (via Robert Long)
"At 97, he wondered whether he'd been deceiving himself about the meaning of life and death" — a documentary about philosopher Herbert Fingarette made during the last few months of his life
"If our actions are harming other animals, then we have a responsibility to try to reduce or repair these harms" — Jeff Sebo (NYU) on what humans owe to animals
"Philosophy has a profound impact on me" — an interview with Cixin Liu, author of the tremendous Three-Body Problem science fiction trilogy
"The protests have been extraordinarily popular and remarkably effective—not in spite of but because of… tactics of uncivil disobedience" — Candice Delmas (Northeastern) on the uncivil disobedience of the Hong Kong protestors
Scientists use frog cells to build the first "living robots" — this "new form of life" has "enormous potential" but it also "raises a bevy of ethical questions"
The ethics of migration — Adam Hosein (Northeastern) talks with Jack Weinstein (North Dakota) on the public radio show, "Why?"
Anti-plagiarism norms tend to over-run their justifications — (via Agnes Callard)
"The Repugnant Conclusion has become one of the most popular and famous results of modern moral philosophy. What seems to be much less well known is the story of how it came to be" — Simon Beard (Cambridge) on Derek Parfit
Human and animal minds — Peter Carruthers (Maryland) is guest-blogging at Brains this week
Equality of what? — Joshua Rothman surveys some varieties of egalitarianism in The New Yorker
The editors of the revamped Philosophy describe "changes to the editorial process" at the journal — they're "intended to bring it more in line with current peer-review practices"
What to think of "near death experiences"? — John Martin Fischer (UCR) in a lively video interview
What does "Western" mean in "Western philosophy"? — Eric Schliesser (Amsterdam) on Russell's history
"The popular perception that strong AI will eventually grow out of our control risks becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy, despite the present reality that weak AI is very much the product of human deliberation and decision making" — Annette Zimmerman, Elena Di Rosa, and Hochan Kim (Princeton) on the important choices we face *now* regarding this technology
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Floyd Withers "Sonny" Merryman, Jr. was born July 23, 1924 in Rustburg, Virginia. He was the eldest child of Floyd and Margaret Muldowney Merryman. Other than for time spent at college and for a few years while working in Roanoke in the early 50s, the tiny village of Rustburg would always be the geographic epicenter of Sonny's life and career. In addition to his parents, Sonny was predeceased by his brother Tom, and sister Ann Merryman Evans.
It was his very special Aunt Aileen who gave young Floyd the nickname that would come to identify a remarkable man and his incredible life's journey. She began calling him Sonny not because he was the oldest son or even because he was a Junior – but rather because the boy possessed and displayed such a bright and sunny disposition.
From a young age Sonny eagerly sought out work and entrepreneurial opportunities. He delivered newspapers, milk, eggs, and groceries and performed any number of tasks and errands that would turn a buck or two. During the depths of the Great Depression when many men worked for only a dollar a day, a teenager in Rustburg was already way ahead in the money making game. Sonny embraced the principals of hard work, fairness, ethical conduct and ingenuity – traits he would possess his entire life.
After graduating from Rustburg High School in 1942, Sonny followed in his father's footsteps and matriculated to VPI to pursue a degree in Animal Husbandry. Sonny joined the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets and served as a member of the Highty-Tighties Regimental Band.
As World War II raged on in Europe and the Pacific, Sonny decided rather than wait to be drafted he would go ahead and volunteer to serve his country. Poor eyesight kept him from enlisting right away. He was instructed to stand ready because eventually he would be called to service. He decided to return to Rustburg; an education at Virginia Tech would have to wait. The war eventually ended without Sonny being called to duty. When it came time to return to Blacksburg however Sonny was just too busy perfecting his skills and mastering the craft that would bring him immense notoriety – the art of the deal. He would have already began in earnest a career of a businessman that would eventually earn him acknowledgement as one of Central Virginia's most successful and respected citizens. Despite never completing his college degree, Sonny would never forget his beloved university. During the next six decades he would become one of Virginia Tech's most loyal supporters and generous benefactors. In 2006 in recognition of his lifetime of exemplary service and outstanding leadership to Virginia Tech, Sonny's alma mater presented him with the Ruffner Medal – the highest individual honor bestowed by the university.
The end of war signaled new commercial opportunities for aspiring entrepreneurs. Sonny seized the moment in time to take advantage of the post-war building boom to establish his first bona fide enterprise – Rustburg Block Company. The business was a local manufacturer of cinder blocks and provider of septic tank installation services. The company thrived. Around 1953, Sonny's father became ill and asked Sonny to relocate to Roanoke to assist him in his business as a sales representative for Smith-Moore Body Company – a statewide dealer of mostly trailers, dump bodies and specialized transportation equipment. At Smith – Moore Sonny would also receive introduction and sales experience to a product that would become synonymous with the Merryman name – the school bus. Sonny liked to joke that his career had been one of turning "yellow into green." In 2002 Sonny was recognized by the Virginia Association of Pupil Transportation for a lifetime of contributions to public education and promoting school bus safety by being inducted into the organization's Hall of Fame. Sonny is the only dealer principal to be so honored by the state school bus association.
About the same time Sonny was getting started in his equipment sales career, he made the biggest and most significant deal of his life when he met and married a young nurse from Pittsylvania County – Frances "Lou" Taylor. The couple would have two children Alice Patricia (Pat) born in 1954 and Floyd, III born in 1958. In 1991 while fighting a successful battle against colon cancer, Sonny was blessed with the apple of his eye – the birth of his only grandchild – Lee. Lou was much more to Sonny than his wife and mother of his children. She was his trusted confidant and business partner. It has never been truer that beside every successful man stands a dedicated, supportive and patient spouse.
Through the late 50's and early to mid-60s, Sonny continued working in trailer and school bus sales – while farming, curing hams and wheelin' and dealin' in his spare time. Then in 1967 he caught his big break. Thomas Built Buses of High Point, NC was looking for a new Virginia dealer. Based on his reputation as a relentless but respected and knowledgeable bus sales professional, the company chose Sonny and Sonny Merryman, Inc. was born. Five decades later the company is widely regarded as one of the largest and most successful bus dealerships in America. Today the company boasts three statewide locations – including its Central Virginia corporate headquarters and employs more than one hundred and twenty-five workers.
Perhaps as much as his business success, Sonny was just as well known for his philanthropic contributions. Through endowments and charitable trust, he continues to provide scholarships to students across the Commonwealth. Sonny never forgot the value of an education. He actively encouraged young people to pursue higher education opportunities. Sonny is personally responsible for assisting hundreds of aspiring scholars to receive their college degrees by providing more than $1M in college scholarships and financial aid. In addition to his keen interest and investment in education, Sonny also supported numerous community and civic organizations.
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Today, we have the honor of joining in on a book blast + giveaway for Love, Lucy by April Lindner!
I've already been lucky enough to read it - thank you, Little Brown! - and let me just say, you guys want this book. It's been inspired by A Room With A View, and it's swoony, romantic and amazing!
And our thanks to Rockstars Book Tours for letting us join in the fun!
One of the best parts about being a book blogger, is being able to find upcoming titles that I know people will absolutely love.
Love, Lucy by April Lindner is definitely one of these books. Even though it's not out yet, it's already available for pre-order on Amazon and Book Depository! And until then, we have an awesome guest post from the main character - Lucy Sommersworth - to tell us what she loves about Italy.
While backpacking through Florence, Italy, during the summer before she heads off to college, 17-year-old Lucy Sommersworth finds herself falling in love with the culture, the architecture, the food...and Jesse Palladino, a handsome street musician. After a whirlwind romance, Lucy returns home, determined to move on from her "vacation flirtation." But just because summer is over doesn't mean Lucy and Jesse are over, too.
They make my heart beat a little bit faster. I especially love the departure signs lit up with the names of exotic cities. They make me want to pick a destination at random—Venice or Milan or Naples, basically any place I've never been before—and just jump on, trusting that some kind of wonderful adventure will be waiting for me when I hop off. I would do it too except for the fact that Charlene, the friend I'm traveling with, likes schedules and order. I could never talk her into doing something that reckless.
Italian is so lush and musical. Not that I can speak it, exactly. I took Italian in high school, and I can remember just enough to say basic things like excuse me and I would like the Spaghetti Bolognese, please. But even just reading the street signs out loud makes me feel like a different version of myself—more worldly and glamorous. And even the most ordinary words, the ones that mean ATM or supermarket—sound glorious in Italian.
What can I say? I've always had a thing for dark brown eyes.
. I could do it all day long. Window displays are different in Italy, quirkier and more colorful. I especially love the sparkling little jewelry stores on the Ponte Vecchio, the funky clothing store displays, and store windows full of colorful, exotic treats—marzipan fruit, and candied rose and violet petals.
Nobody minds if you linger forever over a single cappuccino, just soaking in the atmosphere and watching the people pass by.
After a few hours, walking around Florence can make a person exhausted. Luckily, wherever you turn, there's a glass storefront gleaming with refreshing gelato—a miniature rainbow-colored mountain range of it: raspberry, mango, lemon, dark chocolate, hazelnut, pistachio—and all of it amazing.
Though Charlene insists they're just begging and we shouldn't give them our money, I can't help myself. I love them all: street musicians, the people who draw chalk masterpieces in the street, the folks who dress up as statues and pose for tourists. I've even got a soft spot for mimes!
Please don't tell my mom, okay? She would have a panic attack if she knew.
Roman Holiday is one of my all-time favorite movies, and the reason I wanted to go to Italy in the first place. Audrey Hepburn plays Princess Ann, who has grown deathly bored with having to give speeches and act stiff and regal. On a stop in Rome she runs away, and wanders through the city pretending to be a commoner. Of course she falls in love with Gregory Peck. Like her, he's pretending, acting like a nice, ordinary guy who just wants to show her around Rome, when really he's a reporter with ulterior motives. He recognizes her, and plans to write a tell-all story about her for his newspaper.
I won't spoil the ending. I'll just add that if you're planning a trip to Rome, you need to see Roman Holiday first. And then, if you happen to meet a gorgeous, dark-eyed stranger, maybe you can get him take you on a Roman Holiday tour, and you can pretend to be Audrey Hepburn the way I did.
1. The amazing people I met along the way.
Swapping stories with other backpackers about our travels and misadventures. Vacation flirtations with dark-eyed strangers. And, just maybe, experiencing a real summer romance.
Doesn't Lucy's time in Italy sound amazing? You can find out everything that happens in Love, Lucy! But before then, check out the giveaway April and Rockstar Book Tours are hosting!
April Lindner is the author of three novels: Catherine, a modernization of Wuthering Heights; Jane, an update of Jane Eyre; and Love, Lucy, due out in January, 2015. She also has published two poetry collections, Skin and This Bed Our Bodies Shaped. She plays acoustic guitar badly, sees more rock concerts than she'd care to admit, travels whenever she can, cooks Italian food, and lavishes attention on her pets—two Labrador retriever mixes and two excitable guinea pigs. A professor of English at Saint Joseph's University, April lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and two sons.
I loved both Roman Holiday and A Room with a View, so I should love this. Thank-you for the review.
You definitely WILL love this book!!! :) Thank you so much for reading!
Yay! :) You'll love it - it's such a sweet, thoughtful novel.


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Spencer Tunick Nude Protest Challenges Facebook Censorship Rules
About 100 people stripped naked in front of Facebook's New York offices as part of a censorship protest against Facebook and Instagram's policies
Spencer Tunick Nude Installations Take On Facebook and Instagram Censorship
The Body Installation artist Spencer Tunick has staged more than 75 large-scale installations using hundreds or thousands of nude participants in urban and natural settings around the world.
Facebook Sent-Up By Flemish Tourist Board After Rubens Painting Ban
The Flemish tourist board has created a video protesting Facebooks continued censorship of old master paintings on their social media site. The government sponsored agency uses humor to send-up Facebook in a short video which has gone viral.
Facebook Courbet Censorship Lawsuit Has Its Day In Paris Court
A French teacher who accused Facebook of censorship when they deleted his account for posting an image of a Gustave Courbet painting from 1866, L'Origine du monde (Origin of the World)
Five Van Gogh Sunflower Paintings To Be Exhibited Virtually On Facebook
Vincent van Gogh painted several versions of one of the world's most iconic paintings – Sunflowers. In 1888/9 in Arles in the South of France, the paintings represented beauty and the ever changing cycle of life and death.
Facebook Bans Painting By Leading Australian Artist Charles Blackman For Indecency
Facebook is at it again! The taste and moral police have blocked an Australian auction house from advertising a well-known figurative painter's work because it deems it indecent. Charles Blackman's oil work entitled Women Lovers features two nude women resting on a bed beside a cat. The painting has been pulled down by the social media giant in a gesture which undermines culture in a return to Victorian attitudes of morality and repression.
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Facebook Backs Down After Banning Iconic Nude Vietnam-era Photograph
It's been another controversial week for Facebook after an iconic Vietnam-era photograph of a girl fleeing a Napalm attack in 1972 was removed from the Norwegian writer Tom Egeland's Facebook page. The image was banned for breaching their code of practices as it showed a nude nine-year-old girl fleeing in terror from the American attack. Norway's largest newspaper later published […]
Facebook On The Rampage Removing Museum Art From Social Media Website
In the continuing saga of Facebook vs the ludicrous notion that artist's from Corbet to Maplethorpe to even Denmark's national mascot The Little Mermaid are obscene, we present the latest case. Meet the 52-year-old who isn't allowed on Facebook because she's "too suggestive". This painting titled 'Ice Cream' created by the feminist, Pop Artists Evelyne Axell, in 1964 was […]
Facebook Loses Gustave Courbet Nudity Case In French Appeal Court
A French Facebook user who took the social media giant to court after his account was closed down for posting an image of Courbet's controversial painting 'L'Origine du Monde,' 1866, has won the case on appeal in France's high courts. The decision was upheld and now Facebook faces court costs worth millions. The French teacher argued that Facebook should […]
Gustave Courbet Case: Facebook Revises Rules Over Banned Content
Facebook has unveiled a revised and extended version of its "community standards" – the rule book through which the company governs what is acceptable material uploaded to the site by its 1.4 billion users; expanding the categories that it deems as unacceptable content, further clarifying what regular users worldwide are NOT allowed to upload and […]
French Court Rules It Has Jurisdiction In Gustave Courbet Facebook Case
In January of this year a French Facebook user took the social media giant to court after his account was closed down after he posted an image of Courbet's controversial painting 'L'Origine du Monde' 1866. According to Le Figaro, the world-famous oil-on-canvas was part of a promo for an art history video about the artwork, […]
L'Origine Du Monde Facebook Legal Battle – Court To Reach Decision
A French Facebook user has taken the social media giant to court after his account was closed down after he posted an image of Courbet's controversial painting 'L'Origine du Monde' 1866. According to Le Figaro, the world-famous oil-on-canvas was part of a promo for an art history video about the artwork, broadcast by the highbrow […]
Your Private Photos Stolen & On Display
Two artists have created an exhibition of over 10,000 private photographs that they claim to have stolen from random people's hard drives – perhaps even yours! Eva and Franco Mattes explained that this massive wealth of private photographs came to them by pure chance. While using a file sharing program, they realised that fellow users […]


Google chrome can allow their users to send emails and make it more secure by encrypting it. Using add-on encryption software that will work like any other extension for Google chrome.
Google announced it's preparing a chrome extension called end-to-end to make heavy duty encryption easier.
Google had HTTPS but still half of the Gmail messages are not secured.
Messages are protected through HTTPS while they are in transit the TP is transfer protocol and the OpenPGP standard used by Google will help secure Gmail messages while they are at sender or reciever's machine.
Messages are needed to be encrypted and decrypted with the use of public and private keys.


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Virginia Farrar
Virginia L. Farrar, 81, Leawood, KS died Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021 in Hiawatha, KS. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 pm on Fri. Dec. 10 at Christ Church Anglican, Overland Park, KS. A reception follows the service at the church. The service will also be live streamed and can be viewed using the link, https://vimeo.com/event/1601463. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the Christ Church Endowment Trust, the NEK Multi County Hospice, or charitable organization of your choice.
Mrs. Farrar was born on May 31, 1940, in Coffeyville, KS and spent most of her life in the Kansas City area. She attended Shawnee Mission High School and graduated from the School of Education at the Univ. of Kansas where she was a member of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority. Upon graduation, she taught at Roesland Elem. School, raised her children, and operated her family farm. She was active in her alumni association serving in several capacities, including Chairperson of the Gamma Phi Beta Garden and Antique Show. In addition, as a 51 year member of Christ Church she was involved in mission work in Honduras and New Orleans, and served on the Church Vestry.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Landon B. and Florence M. Cheal. Survivors include her husband of 61 years, Guy E. Farrar, her son Jeffrey (Rebecca) Farrar of Robinson, KS, her daughter Amy (Steve) Osborn, her grandchildren Landon (Taylor) Farrar, Hannah, Tessa, Jack (Kelly) Osborn, and her great granddaughter Lilah Osborn. The family wishes to recognize and thank the staff of Maple Heights Nursing and Rehab Center and NEK Multi County Hospice, of Hiawatha, KS for the compassionate care they provided to Mrs. Farrar.


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package mesosphere.marathon.core.flow

import org.rogach.scallop.ScallopConf

trait ReviveOffersConfig extends ScallopConf {
  //scalastyle:off magic.number

  /**
    * Separate disable option for --revive_offers_for_new_apps since there doesn't seem
    * to be a syntax to disable a flag in Scallop.
    */
  lazy val disableReviveOffersForNewApps = opt[Boolean]("disable_revive_offers_for_new_apps",
    descr = "Disable reviveOffers for new or changed apps. (Default: use reviveOffers) ",
    default = Some(false))

  lazy val reviveOffersForNewApps = opt[Boolean]("revive_offers_for_new_apps",
    descr = "Whether to call reviveOffers for new or changed apps. " +
      "(Default: use reviveOffers, disable with --disable_revive_offers_for_new_apps) ",
    hidden = true,
    default = Some(true))

  lazy val shouldReviveOffersForNewApps = !disableReviveOffersForNewApps() && reviveOffersForNewApps()

  lazy val minReviveOffersInterval = opt[Long]("min_revive_offers_interval",
    descr = "Do not ask for all offers (also already seen ones) more often than this interval (ms).",
    default = Some(5000))

  lazy val reviveOffersRepetitions = opt[Int]("revive_offers_repetitions",
    descr = "Repeat every reviveOffer request this many times, delayed by the --min_revive_offers_interval.",
    default = Some(3))
}

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There's a huge difference between movie romance and real life romance. For starters, no slow music suddenly starts playing in the background when your eyes meet with hers. The other people standing around never disappear, and pick up lines like "Wanna play a game? You can be Little Red Riding Hood and I'll be the Big Bad Wolf."is bound to get you a blank stare, followed by something that probably sounds like; "ehn?" or "you say?". And that's just scratching the surface.
Here is a typical scenario: You meet a girl you like; "Hi, what's up?", she snubs you (by default), you smile, act like you're not embarrassed, and try to push the conversation further; gambling the possibility of some serious tongue lashing with the chance of a better audience. Usually you are spared the tongue lashing but you are still denied the warm audience you desperately require to drop the slick compliment hanging on the tip of your tongue. Instead you are rewarded with that awkward prolonged silence which could be defined as the appropriate response for a fool in the real world. But in your smitten world it's simply a sign that there's something troubling her, she's just not in the mood to talk right now, it's nothing personal. This state of mind is usually followed by a light bulb moment, that results in you playing the clown who cheers her up. If your jokes are good, playing the clown could lead you to quarter base: repressed laughter, a beautiful smile and the words "you're funny" but if they're out of taste, it could lead to an amber light moment where all hell breaks loose and she reaches for the pepper spray.
Depending on where you met her the first time, you might never meet her again. So it's understandable if you feel the need to ask someone around if they "know anything about that girl". Most times nobody does. But sometimes you get lucky and someone just happens to know where she works, lives, or who her best friend is cousins with. You may or may not get a number, a blackberry pin or even a twitter handle, but at least you have an office or home address and a name. Now all that's left is an unscheduled visit that might leave her surprised and receptive or surprised, annoyed and irritated at the sight of you. Of course she just might be fronting (girls do that a lot by default, and sometimes say the opposite of what they actually mean), so you might decide to take Aaliyah's advice and try again, but there are really no guarantees.
Maybe if you had been a little more slick in your approach and had sent her a series of gift boxes with little notes bearing nothing but your name before you showed up unannounced, things might have turned out differently. But let's face it, you're not that slick, and even if you were, you're probably not that rich.
I wouldn't call myself an expert, but I do have some experience in these matters (and yes I have done a little bit of research. Don't be fooled every blogger does some research! Okay maybe not every blogger). Here are a few tips to know if she likes you or likes you not before you even make your move.
Eye Contact is also very good! Check out the following eye contact reactions: (i) She smiles (ii) She fiddles with the straw in her drink (iii) she adjusts her clothes or jewellery (iv) she quickly looks away and slowly looks back at you hoping you wouldn't notice that she was hoping you would notice (I know, it sounds complicated, but it;s for real) (v) She plays with her hair (vi) She bites her lips.
Please note: If she looks down, when your eyes meet, it doesn't always mean she likes you, she might just be a shy person (and trust me there are way too many guys in jail serving time because they confused a shy girl for an interested girl). However, if she reacts in all the above listed forms at the same time, I would recommend you call a taxi or you could start by simply walking over and introduce yourself. All the best! Let me know how it goes.


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YARRRRR!! Pirates rejoice! One Piece returns to sail the Seven Seas in streaming form!
I know, International Talk Like a Pirate Day isn't for another few weeks, but I'm sure that once you read the good news contained herein, you'll forgive me this slight lapse into piratical dialogue.
Avast, ye salty sea dogs! I be bringin' good news fer all ye One Piece fans out there! FUNimation has jus' announced that, startin' August 29th at 9pm CST, they will resume streamin' One Piece episodes, startin' wi' episode 415. Streams will go live one hour after th' episode airs in Japan. Shiver me timbers!
In order t' catch up on missed episodes due t' th' stream`s downtime, FUNimation has also announced that 't begin streamin' from episode 391, th' start o' th' Amazon Lily Saga, startin' on August 21. FUNimation will add three episodes daily startin' at 9:00 pm CDT on th' 21st, up until th' simulcast o' 415 on th' 29th. Y' hear that, y' landlubbers??!
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By Miss Alli | Season 8	| Episode 4	| Aired on 10.17.2005
Let's see. Give me a minute. Elvis-O-Rama, the Tupperware Museum, the Boll Weevil Monument, Cranberry World, The Shuffleboard Hall Of Fame, Poodle Dog Rock, the Mecca Of Albino Squirrels…ghost towns, theme parks, wax museums, the place where you can drive through the middle of a tree…alligator farms, tarantula ranches…nope. Never heard of the World's Biggest Office Chair. But that's where the teams start off this week, before heading to Talladega for a moment that the Weavers can only call, as we would around here, "Un! Comfortable!" But because the racetrack "task" only involves bikes (whuh?), it's not as bad as it could have been. Then it's on to a mobile home park, and then an unsatisfying Detour, and then New Orleans, and again with the awkwardness as the hometown Schroeders are eliminated. It's good that they're gone, particularly because both boneheaded Papa and boo-hooing Stassi are quite ready to go, but that's several more layers of sad than I really look for on a Tuesday night. In other news, a Linz brother is legitimately funny for the very first time, we meet a Tonya Gone Wild, the Gaghans pull their fannies out of the fire again, and Phil wears another ugly shirt. Things are going downhill fast here, y'all.
Our show begins this week with a sympathy disclaimer of the same type used when the Sri Lanka episode aired after the tsunami. This one explains that this episode was filmed "several weeks" before Hurricane Katrina struck parts of Mississippi and Louisiana. The show this week is "dedicated" to the memory of people who died, and people who are coping. It's a lovely gesture that kind of makes you wish it were a better episode.
Previously on I Got Buttered At Waffle House: Airport "intrigue" barely worthy of a prank-playing segment on an episode of Trading Spaces: Family kicked off a soporific leg that featured splattering mud, delicious waffles, and a guy making out with seafood. People, it's not always a pretty job. A mystery bus ride led to a Roadblock that charged two members of each team with the challenging task of being strapped down and affected by the laws of physics. And at the pit stop, the Aiellos were eliminated, because the world is really hostile that way. On the up side, the Bransens did win free gas for life, along with a 56-page glossary defining "free," "gas," and "life." It's remarkable how lifeless Phil sounds during these particular previouslies. He keeps sounding like he's going to say, "…and I'm really very sorry."
Credits. Can I ask what's with the incongruous monkey in the credits? It's like: Paolos doing their scary head-turn by a garbage truck. Horses running. Purple mountains' majesty. Black family doing Tae Kwan Do. "Hyah!" Black family smiling warmly by a river. A plane making a showy dipping maneuver over this land, which is made for you and me. Wally and the Tonyas grinning as they take in suburbia from the comfort of their bikes. Wally and the Tonyas radiating warm togetherness in front of a typical American home. Monkey looking around nervously. Weavers, leading their horses across a field of grass. Aiellos, screwing around in their backyard...do you see what I'm saying? What's the relevance of the monkey? [BOMP.]
Commercials. I would like to register my objection to these "Amazing Achievement" CBS commercials if they're going to continue plotzing over such feats as Reichen and Chip handing some fruit over to a bunch of harmless orangutans. That's not even the most amazing thing that happened in that episode. What happened to Millie going batshit crazy? Now that was amazing.
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It's been so long since you were light-hearted.
God knows you try not to worry, to wait patiently, to be thankful in all the other things.
Will this be my lot in life? You still wonder in the dark.
Will there be any joy left for me?
For what? What is it you are actually praying for? What is it that you want God to do?
You can change this if you want to, Father. Your prayers loop in shallow circles.
A tinge of unwelcome fear bleeds blue into life's warmest moments.
Will it not happen, then? Your chest tightens, even in the sun.
Am I to be left living with only this?
For you who seek his face, all waiting and yearning is not lost.
Beauty and joy will come from all the ashes.
Trust in the plans of your Maker.
For you will look upon the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
He is our light, and our salvation.
What then, shall we fear?
Peace to each of you as you wait, and hope, and trust, in the goodness of God.
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Thank you so much . . . we have been in this season for what seems like an eternity. We are still waiting patiently (sometimes notsomuch), praying always and trusting that He has something awesome in store for us. Thank you for the reminder. God Bless.
I just had to mail you. I have been reading your posts since the one you wrote about our boys and how they have a part to play in our responsibilities for our girls. I loved what you wrote then and feel my heart reach up to our Lord when you share your posts still. I am not light hearted, but with the weight carried by God and not me I can do his work and it feels much less overwhelming.
Oh my goodness – how did you know I was stuggling like this?
Thank you for saying out loud what I've been thinking for a very long time but would never have said.
This spoke to me in a powerful way today…right where I am right now…thinking that God is not hearing anything I say to Him. My lightheartedness has waned and I feel almost dead inside. Thank you for encouragement.
Exactly where I am this morning. Ours is health related. With items easily fixed if our medical system as not so slow, and simply healed with a word or a nod from the Healer. He Heals this part, and leaves that. He lessons pain here, but doesn't heal the cause. And I sigh. Our bodies were not made to be whole and healthy until we fall asleep and move to be with Christ. This I do know. But I'd love a little breaking into the kingdom now. Yesterday I waited in a Veterans Hospital ER room for 8 hours with my husband. I thougth a lot about waiting yesterday . . .
Reblogged. What an amazing post and so timely for me.
This Is Exactly Where I Am At. Waiting Patiently For God. Thank You For Your Words. Lovely.
Absolutely just what I needed to read as I am struggling with that very issue. I just love how awesome God is!
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Prince William has spoken about 'living life and something massively changes and you don't have experience to tackle it' during a discussion recorded with his wife Kate Middleton about mental health for BBC Radio 1.
The Prince of Wales appeared to have been referencing his mother Princess Diana's death in 1997 and the recent deterioration of his relationship with brother Prince Harry during the discussion for World Mental Health Day.
The Prince and Princess of Wales spoke about the importance of mental health on the specially-recorded show for Newsbeat which will be aired on Radio 1, Radio 1Xtra and the Asian Network at 12.45pm this afternoon.
In a clip released ahead of the broadcast – which will be repeated on Radio 1 and 1Xtra at 5.45pm – the royal couple spoke about young people's mental health with Newsbeat presenter Pria Rai and a host of advocates and experts.
William, 40, said: 'A lot of the work we've done on mental health and listening to lots of people talk about it, everyone likes a toolbox – particularly men. A toolbox is quite a useful analogy to kind of use. A lot of people don't realise what they need until it actually comes along. You can be living one life one minute and something massively changes and you realise you don't necessarily have the tools or the experience to be able to tackle that.'
The Prince and Princess of Wales pictured with Emma Hardwell, Ben Cowley, Antonio Ferreria, Dr Abigail Miranda and Pria Rai in a photograph taken to mark their special programme for BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat for World Mental Health Day yesterday
Dr Abigail Miranda, an educational and child psychologist working in early years, replied: 'To have, I suppose, in your toolbox, communication would be key and I suppose some of the myth-busting as well around attachment.
'We know now through studies that actually any parent who spends a significant amount of time – or any caregiver – with the child will also form similar attachments and have those similar patterns as well.'
Kate – dressed in a £49.99 recycled Zara blazer and a glitzy gold chain, thought to be the £234 Luisa Necklace from Laura Lombardi – then said she would 'love to know' how the contributors look after their own mental health.
Antonio Ferreira, a mental health activist who was diagnosed with undifferentiated schizophrenia and emotionally unstable personality disorder as a teenager, replied: 'That's a big question.
The Prince and Princess of Wales recorded a special programme for BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat to mark World Mental Health Day
'I know not every day is going to be roses and sunflowers, you know, I know some days I'm going to have to push against the clouds to see that sun again and, you know, I know that you know when you have a bad day it doesn't mean it will be a bad week or a bad month.
'You know, you can't always run away from the issue, sometimes you have to really face them and conquer them and so, you know, with practice there's progress, and that's, I guess, in a nutshell how… it was a big question!'
Kate replied: 'There's no right or wrong, that's the thing as well. Different things will work for different people and it's just sometimes trying isn't it, as well.'
Mr Ferreira said: 'That's it, yeah,' and Kate added: 'Different methods, different opportunities that arise as well to help best support you.'
The Princess of Wales was dressed in a £49.99 recycled Zara blazer and a glitzy gold chain, thought to be the £234 Luisa Necklace from Laura Lombardi, for the discussion on BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat which is being broadcast this afternoon
Ben Cowley, a music therapist and assistant mental health adviser for the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and Emma Hardwell, a youth participation officer at The Mix, which offers mental health support to the under-25s, also took part in the discussion.
Aled Haydn Jones, head of Radio 1, said: 'It's been fantastic to welcome The Prince and Princess of Wales back to our studios to discuss something that is so close to both their and our audience's hearts.
'What was discussed today will resonate with so many of our listeners and it means so much to us that we can all work together to help tackle the stigma around this issue.'
Danielle Dwyer, editor of Radio 1's Newsbeat, added: 'We know mental health is really important to our listeners and we also know that when they're struggling, they often turn to their friends.
'Newsbeat isn't just about delivering the news – we're here to be a friend too, and a place our listeners can find support and advice when they need it.
Prince William suffered the trauma of losing his mother in 1997. He is pictured with his family in 1995 on his first day at Eton
William has also suffered a deterioration in his relationship with brother Prince Harry (pictured at the Queen's funeral procession on September 19)
'Talking about mental wellbeing without stigma or judgment is so key and its brilliant to welcome the Prince and Princess of Wales to our reporting team for the day, to join us in such a vital conversation.'
Ms Rai said: "Let's be honest, the news can be a heavy place. It's felt like one 'unprecedented' thing after another. Be it Covid, the cost of living crisis or exam stresses, it can take a toll on your mental health.
'Newsbeat always wants to just let our listeners know, it's okay – you're not the only one feeling like that. People not only switch us on to get the news, but to share openly and frankly how they are feeling.
'That's humbling; to be a trusted part of people's lives enough that they can send us a text about feeling lonely, or having lost a loved one. We have total strangers speaking to each other on the radio who soon feel like familiar friends and that's a really important, uplifting part of what we do.'
The programme will be broadcast at 12.45pm today on BBC Radio 1, Radio 1Xtra and the Asian Network. It will be broadcast again on Radio 1 and Radio 1Xtra at 5.45pm and will be available on BBC Sounds from 2pm
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The short answer. Here's the invocation that works. It's explained in the long answer that follows.
The long answer. More than once I've been confronted with a list of IP addresses that I've wanted to sort into numeric order. Trouble is, the dotted-quad notation isn't sort-friendly. Consider the following raw list of addresses.
There are so many mistakes in this ordering I'm not even going to try to list them all.
The situation is only marginally improved when using the --numeric-sort (-n) option.
The first set of numbers in each dotted-quad sort correctly—5 preceeds 19, and 129 is at the tail end—but the internal numbering still gets improper treatment. 5.220.100.50 is listed prior to 5.24.69.2 because 220 is alphabetically prior to 24. Likewise the two 19.20.x.x addresses are mixed up because 203 is alphabetically prior to 21.
The solution is to tell sort to order the list numerically, considering each address as a set of four numeric fields, each separated by a dot. Below I am using nbtstat to scan my work network and using sort to sort the output appropriately.
In English, you're saying, Yo, sort! I've got here a list of numbers (-n), but each item in the list consists of some subnumbers, fields set apart from the others by a dot (-t .). Sort first by the first field, and only the first field (-k 1,1), then by the second and only the second (-k 2,2), and so on (-k 3,3 -k 4,4).


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Q: Alignment of textPath in SVG for a pie graph I am trying to make a pie chart using SVG. The chart comes out fine but I am not able to add a text(values in pie) to it. Tried using textpath but the aligment is an issue. I do not want to use a library because my use case has several of these simple pie on a single screen.
Please find the svg

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A: I have improved your code and make it a little bit easier so that you can add more percentage ratio to Svg pie chart

svg {
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svg text {
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circle {
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circle.first {
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}
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circle.third {
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