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Episcopal Academy wins @LaxHeritage Philly's Elite Invitational championship
Wednesday, 3rd July 2019
Categories Boy's/Men's, High School
By Matt Chandik of Heritage Lacrosse
For Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 7/3/19
Lukas Sinon wasn't on the Episcopal Academy roster at the third annual Philly's Elite Invitational when he showed up to play in the second day of the event on Thursday at Maple Zone Sports Village.
The Churchmen's 2020 lefty midfielder had a good reason, though. He suffered a torn ACL last season, and he didn't think he'd be cleared to play for a little while. Thursday morning, though, he went to the doctor, who gave him a clean bill of health and told him that he could suit up.
Other than a black brace on his knee, Sinon didn't look too rusty, but he admitted that he was pressing for a goal, especially after his first shot caught iron. Later, though, he took a feed and ripped one home from the wing, highlighting an 8-2 EA win over Radnor for the Churchmen's first PEI title.
"I just got cleared this morning," Sinon said. "It's amazing. It's been a long eight or nine months and to be back out here with some of my best friends doing what I love is awesome. (The goal) felt amazing. It's been a long time coming. I hit the post on the first shot and a couple other ones I just put wide, so putting it in the back of the net felt great."
The Churchmen were dominant all tournament (run by Heritage Lacrosse) long, going a perfect 5-0 en route to keeping the PEI title in the Inter-Ac after Malvern Prep won the first two years. A huge part of that was the play of faceoff man John McCormick, who was absolutely unstoppable at the X all tournament long.
You could have tallied his losses on one hand, and he used exceptional hand quickness and a scrappy style to consistently win. Whether the ball was going forward, backward or sideways to his wings, McCormick was in total control, and all of those extra possessions helped wear down opponents.
The craziest part? McCormick played JV midfield last spring and didn't face off, and the Churchmen already have a strong faceoff man slotted for the X this spring in '22 Andrew McMeekin. If McCormick keeps playing that way, though, he'll be able to earn a good amount of reps to give EA a legit 1-2 punch.
"I guess I just got into a rhythm and had my team supporting me the whole time," McCormick said. "I started facing off sophomore year because we didn't really have anyone, and I just kept with it. I did a few camps. I kind of look around to see where everyone's lined up to see where I'm going to put the ball."
The Churchmen had an array of talented scorers lead the charge, and it's that type of balance that they'll need in order to compete for an Inter-Ac title next spring. Midfielder Jackson Tuma, an elder statesman on the group who's started for two years already, was one of those guys. The '20 middie was all over the field for EA, getting his fair share of shots, playing tough on-ball defense and leading the pack. It'll be his last run, and he wants to leave EA with an Inter-Ac title.
"We got a decent turnout of guys and we had some incoming freshmen, which was awesome," Tuma said. "Those kids played well and played fearless. I was impressed. Playing in this means a lot for the younger guys.
"I know I played going into my sophomore year and last year, and it was big to see where I fit and see what chemistry is there and what needs work. For these freshmen to get after it is huge, so they can get a feel for the offense, defense, coaches and the guys."
Getting a feel for winning a championship doesn't hurt, either.
Episcopal Academy wins the Philly's Elite championship
Click here for info on the Fall Philly's Elite. The event is co-run by Tom Lemieux and Michael Friel.
Here's a look at every team's MVP and what they did to stand out.
Central Bucks South
Team MVP: Colin Abbonizio '20, attack
As a junior, Abbonizio was the second-leading scorer for C.B. South's hockey team, a perennial powerhouse, and he brings that skillset over to the lacrosse field. Physical and fast, he brings a heavy shot to the table, but he can also break down his defender off the dodge to get to the rack. He was the Titans' leading scorer by a healthy margin in the tournament.
Honorable mention: Matt McDonald '20, LSM
Team MVP: Mikey Hayden '21, goalie
Hayden is stuck behind Notre Dame commit Mick Lee for one more year, but if he plays like he did this week, he'll be a more-than-OK successor to Lee's throne for a year. Hayden communicated very well with the young defense in front of him, and he came up with a bunch of impressive 1v1 saves. He has a knack for coming up with the second save off of rebounds, and he can make solid outlet passes.
Honorable mention: Will Preston '22, defense and Michael Austin '22, midfield
Team MVP: Nick Ericson '20, faceoff midfield
Ericson was a beast for the Cougars, coming away with all but four or five faceoffs to consistently give a young Downingtown East team the ball. He's not the biggest faceoff man, but he's terrific at finding a multitude of ways to win the draw, whether it's forward or backward to himself or capably using his wings.
Honorable mention: Dylan Kilroy '20, defense
Garnet Valley
Team MVP: Kevin Craig '20, defense
A three-year starter for the Jaguars, Craig looked every bit the part of a veteran leader on the back end. His motor is always running, and as a result, the ball tends to bounce his way a lot. He has the footwork to efficiently cover, but he is also more than capable of taking the ball away.
Honorable mention: Greg Reynolds '20, midfield
Penncrest
Team MVP: Robby McDonnell '20, attack/midfield
The first thing you notice about McDonnell is how hard he works all the time, and his trajectory has been constantly going up. A 23-goal scorer for the Lions this year, he has very good finishing ability around the cage, and he brings the versatility to be able to run midfield or initiate offense at attack. McDonnell also has a knack for coming away with ground balls.
Honorable mention: Jake Kearney '21, defense
Team MVP: Nick Lucchesi '22, midfield
The young midfielder left his mark for the PIAA semifinalists by seemingly never coming off the field. He's got a tireless motor and plays good defense, and he was also making things happen in transition. If he's not the best athlete on the Raiders' team, he's darn close to it, and there's plenty to suggest that he can develop into an elite midfielder.
Honorable mention: Grant Pierce '21, defense
Team MVP: Austin McCullough '20, defense
A total leader on Ridley's defensive unit, McCullough embodies just about everything that Ridley is. He's very aggressive, tough as nails and seemingly never gets tired. He's willing to do whatever it takes for the team, and you could tell that his high energy rubs off on the teammates around him.
Honorable mention: Evan Zappone '21, midfield
Savannah Strong
Team MVP: Jack Gormley '23
An incoming freshman at Salesianum, Gormley didn't look out of place at all against older competition, thanks in large part to his lacrosse IQ and athleticism. He likes to get after attackmen and even though he's young, he's not afraid to mix it up and get physical. Odds are that he'll be a multi-year starter at Salesianum with All-American potential.
Honorable mention: Mike McGarry '20, midfield
Springfield-Delco
Team MVP: Jack Clark '21, attack
It's been a breakout year of sorts for Clark, and after pocketing 75 points this spring, he may have been the most dominant player at the event. He was getting to the rack at will and even turned the corner lefty a few times, which is a new development for him. Clark is extremely comfortable behind the cage and he sees the field well, and he's a very tough cover for any defenseman back there. Look for him to flirt with 100 points next year.
Honorable mention: Jack Gerzabek '21, defense
Team MVP: Ibo Pio '20, midfield
One of the very best, if not the best, uncommitted '20s in Philly, Pio looked like a man amongst boys at times during the tournament. When he's on, covering him with a short stick is impossible and throwing a pole at him is ambitious. He had a couple of lefty goals, too, making him a matchup nightmare. He's so quick and athletic that he can routinely get to wherever he wants and finish. It'd be a surprise to see him uncommitted for much longer.
Honorable mention: Christian Mazur '21, midfield
Team MVP: Troy Corson '21, midfield
Corson was a rare sophomore captain for Wilson, and it's not hard to see why. He's an exceptional leader from the midfield, particularly when the Bulldogs are on defense. He's a tenacious on-ball defender with a penchant for knocking the ball loose, and his athleticism makes him a threat in transition. You could make a case for him being Wilson's best on-ball defender.
Honorable mention: Mason Lenart '21, midfield
Other Notable Standouts
Charles Bogert '23, goalie, Strath Haven – The thought of starting a freshman goalie isn't always a soothing one, but the Panthers have a good one on their hands. Bogert made some impressive saves and looked calm in the crease, and he's got the inside track on the starting job.
Max Busenkell '22, midfield, Garnet Valley – Busenkell earned comparisons to Jaguars' legend Matt Moore early last year, and though he's not quite on that level yet – few are, Max. Don't feel bad, – he's still an elite-level prospect. Busenkell has an exceptional shot and a terrific handle, and he had 27 goals and 30 assists this year, very good numbers that will significantly spike this year.
Austin Conner '23, attack, Strath Haven – Central League defenses had a year without a Conner on the field. They better have enjoyed it, because Jeff's younger brother is going to score in bunches. He has a heavy shot and found different ways to get open.
Jake Morin '20, attack, Garnet Valley – Morin suited up Wednesday before sitting out Thursday with a minor injury, but the Penn State commit didn't need much time to show that he'll once again be one of the best players in the area. He did a really nice job of drawing attention and setting up his teammates, and at this point, everyone should know that you can't ever leave him open.
Cole Schwartz '20, LSM, Radnor – He only played Wednesday, but was he ever active on that one day. Schwartz throws good checks and is always in the mix in the middle of the field. He racked up 112 ground balls this spring, so if the ball's on the ground, you know it's his.
Ryder Sellers '22, goalie, Savannah Strong – He was a little streaky at times, but there were moments of brilliance where he came away with some incredible saves. He seemed more at ease with taking away low shots.
Aidan Shandley '20, midfield, Springfield-Delco – A matchup nightmare, the 6-5 Shandley is in line for an extremely productive season next year. He had a couple of impressive goals where it was clear nobody could handle his physicality.
Shane Stevens '20, goalie, Penncrest – You can always tell when there's a four-year starter in goal, because they always look like they have everything under control. Stevens was always shouting out encouragement and instructions to his defense, and he had the quick feet and hands to come away with nice saves.
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Musings of a Muso: A Team Player
Posted on 15 September 2020 by Rebecca Adler | Violin, Orchestra Victoria
It was a Saturday, and it was cold for early autumn, because I remember I was wearing my coat as I read the message. It was from my partner telling me that he, along with the rest of OV, had been sent home from the State Theatre on what would've been our first double-show day of The Australian Ballet's Volt. He'd headed in early to warm up before the matinee, and also to deliver a batch of banana muffins to our operations team, in appreciation for the extra work they'd been doing in recent days to keep us safe from the as-yet latent threat of COVID-19. I was getting ready to leave, but after reading the words on my phone I instead changed out of my black concert clothes, hanging my dress back up in the cupboard in a daze. It was midday, on March 14th, 2020.
Orchestral working hours are famously non-traditional, but in a 'normal' week we at OV might have eight performances, or a combination of rehearsals and shows, combined with daily personal practice, and planning for other upcoming projects. The subsequent closure of the Arts Centre erased a month of this schedule overnight. In the following days and weeks, projects I'd been looking forward to with excitement – the mOVe! education program in Hamilton, Opera Australia's Lohengrin, Stephen Bayne's charming ballet Molto Vivace – fell away one by one as partner companies made the heartbreaking decision to cancel entire seasons in order to protect their staff and the public alike. All of our plans vanished, leaving in their place disappointment, confusion, and fear for the future on all sides.
During those strange early days, my GP rang for a routine check. She expressed her sympathy at the situation, before brightly exclaiming how fortunate I was to have a job that could be so easily done from home. I have no doubt she pictured me sequestered from morning til night, buried in solo practice, completely happy.
There seems to be something of a pervasive image that classical musicians thrive in isolation; it makes sense, as so many hours of our lives from childhood onward are spent alone, hunched over a score in a tiny room, practising with diligence, discipline, and dedication. The performance heard by an audience is the tip of the iceberg: professional musicians are elite athletes, constantly training at our instruments to learn, improve and stay in shape, from a young age through the duration of our careers. While absolutely essential for building and honing skills, and notwithstanding the often delicious rewards, this isolation can across a lifetime feel difficult, intense, and lonely. And so, to find our equilibrium, we seek out our teams. Some musicians are fulfilled by a solo career, but even if I'd had the required superhuman levels of talent and ambition it was never something to which I aspired. For me, becoming one piece of the vast, versatile, complex sound of an orchestra has always been the best thing about being a violinist. Our ensemble is a working entity, its objective the creation of an experience far greater than that which we could achieve alone. Without my colleagues sounding around me, I feel bereaved of a fundamental part of our collective musical life.
Also closely tied to our current state of musical estrangement is the subtle nature of creativity. When Stravinsky wrote Le Sacre du Printemps in 1913, he declared that he'd heard the ground-breaking work, whole and complete, in his mind's ear, and had only to transcribe it. He wasn't the first composer to describe himself as a creative vessel through which the music flowed. This is of course a gloriously romantic notion, and I like to believe that passion and enthusiasm led us all to this vocation, and remain the driving forces behind our commitment. But while it's a wonderful aspiration to wake up every morning with as clear a focus, the reality, especially under lockdown, can be more challenging. Inspiration is elusive, and day-to-day routine, just as in many professions, can gradually become repetitive and tedious. Likewise, motivating oneself to practise can be daunting even with a tangible goal or deadline in mind, let alone when faced with an empty calendar and an industry in crisis. Under normal circumstances, time spent alone with my violin is the perfect counterbalance to playing with and for others, but now, in lieu of alternatives and with the fundamental nature of performance being questioned, it can't help but take on a different energy. For some, the issue of motivation is further complicated by the practicalities of lockdown; instruments are loud, walls are thin, and homes are shared with partners, families and children, all of whom require attention and privacy.
Yet another element in adjusting to this period of physical distancing is the simple fact that I miss my colleagues. All workplaces build communities, with true care and attachment, and orchestras are no exception. The work we do is so personal, requiring vulnerability and sharing of ourselves, often over decades. The stories we tell are heightened and emotional, traversing the most extreme facets of human character and existence. We share the beauty of some extraordinary music, and lift each other through the challenges of the not-so-extraordinary. Through daily discussion and banter we diffuse the intensity of our work, supporting each other in a multitude of small ways. For these reasons and more, we are families on every level of trust, frustration, and loyalty, and our separation feels disorienting and foreign.
So what does it mean, in a practical sense, to be an orchestral musician temporarily orphaned from my orchestra? Some days I've looked around at the state of the arts industry, with so many creatives floundering, and fought feelings of despair and worry that live performance will never be the way it was. I've left my violin in its case for a week, because I can't find the spark to take it in my arms and make it sing. Perhaps this is an inelegant admission, but I'm convinced I can't be the only one. I've commiserated with fellow musicians around the world who have no road map with which to rebuild their interrupted careers. In the fog of cancelled seasons, I've made desperate promises to myself to never, ever, let myself take our work for granted, not even at 6pm on a Thursday in June, when I'm leaving my warm house and journeying out into the winter darkness for our tenth performance in as many nights. And sometimes the brave face and 'keep calm and carry on' attitude slip away completely, and I can't bear to listen to orchestral or chamber music at all because it makes me too sad.
But in this anxious world, there's also joy. I've spent entire afternoons revelling in the time I have to just play my instrument. I've revisited works I learned in high school, or during my uni degree, enjoying the sounds, and the memories woven into each page. I've delved into the stack of 'one day' pieces that I've always wanted to learn but have never made the time for. I've delighted in recordings of Vivaldi, Wagner, and Prokofiev, and dreamed of being back inside that sound. I'm lucky to be in lockdown with a fellow musician: as well as collaborating on a harmonically austere birthday performance for my seven-year-old nephew, we've spent one ill-advised hour hacking through an arrangement of a Beethoven oboe and bassoon duet, with the Brahms horn trio minus the piano next on the (very short) list. When it comes to OV's digital content production, I've watched in awe as my colleagues swiftly re-train themselves with patience and enthusiasm, becoming impromptu film directors, videographers, journalists, editors, authors, school teachers, chefs, presenters, counsellors, and innovators. In particular, I've been buoyed by the incredible generosity and compassion of the other members of OV's online writing and interview team: these beautiful women, with so much talent beyond their musical skill, who encourage each other and maintain our closeness in spite of the separation. I have no doubt that the connections we have fostered will remain.
Back in March, as orchestras around the world received the order to go home and stay home, a new kind of video appeared on social media. Players from Amsterdam to the Arctic were recording individual lines of a score from inside their homes, then splicing them to create a virtual ensemble performance. Powerful, emotional works – Mahler 3, Beethoven 9, Boléro - were painstakingly stitched together, piece by piece, until the sound of many became one. The results were imperfect, sometimes even scrappy, but in an industry of self-critics, perfection was for once not the point. Considerations of practicality and professional pride were overtaken by the need to play together, the impulse to send sound out into the darkness and join it with others. Just as we always have, just as though everything was normal. This is our reason, this is our urge. I can't wait to do it again.
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Arlington Commits to Only Limited Affordable Housing Measures As Part of Amazon Deal
Alex Koma November 15, 2018 at 11:00am
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Amid persistent concerns that Amazon's army of new workers will displace low-income Arlingtonians, county leaders plan to redirect their existing investments in affordable housing to better serve the areas impacted by the new headquarters — but the county won't be upping its financial commitment to spurring the construction of reasonably priced homes.
While critics of Arlington's decision to court Amazon's HQ2 have focused on everything from the headquarters' potential impact on county schools to its transportation systems, the tech giant's impact on housing prices has perhaps drawn the most scrutiny of all.
The D.C. region has already seen a housing crunch in recent years, and all manner of experts have theorized that the arrival of Amazon's thousands of highly paid workers will only worsen the county's challenges. Accordingly, Virginia's offer to Amazon includes a frequent emphasis on the region's commitment to addressing local housing woes, and it touts a $150 million investment in affordable housing by Arlington and Alexandria over the next decade. The state has also pledged massive investments in existing programs through its Virginia Housing Development Authority.
But the details of the proposal contain a bit more nuance. The county won't achieve that affordable housing investment by increasing its annual contributions to various housing-focused programs; rather, it will earmark about a third of those funds for projects creating affordable homes in Crystal City, Pentagon City and along Columbia Pike.
"We're hoping that will help us create 1,000 new committed affordable units in that area," County Board Chair Katie Cristol told ARLnow. "And that's joined by the new commitment from the state, so we're clearly making this a priority."
The county currently sends about $21 million to affordable housing efforts each year, county economic development spokeswoman Cara O'Donnell said. That includes just over $14 million to the Affordable Housing Investment Fund, a loan program designed to encourage affordable developments, and contributions to other loan repayment programs for low-income renters.
That means about $7 million each year will be dedicated to housing affordability programs impacting the neighborhoods surrounding Amazon's new headquarters. Cristol also hopes to increase that amount as new tax revenues from the company flow into county coffers, though Arlington will need a few years to truly feel those revenue impacts.
Michelle Winters, executive director of the Arlington-based Alliance for Housing Solutions, was hoping to see the county step up its total commitment to affordable housing funds immediately, not simply move money around. She points out that, even with the county's existing efforts, Arlington has seen dramatic declines in its "market rate" affordable homes, which are designed with prices to match the current housing environment. The number of "committed affordable" homes, where housing prices are controlled, has also not kept pace with growth, she points out.
"It's going take additional analysis to determine if this will actually be enough to meet the needs arising from Amazon and other growth in the region," Winters said.
More intense Amazon skeptics, however, believe that anything short of a full-court press from the communities surrounding the new headquarters will spell disaster for renters in the area. State Del. Lee Carter (D-50th District) fully expects that Arlingtonians priced out of the county will soon flock to outer suburbs like his Manassas-area district, causing a ripple effect throughout the Northern Virginia region.
"I live in a one bedroom apartment in Manassas; my rent's going to go up, and I'm going to get priced out of my own district," Carter said. "It speaks to the flawed conventional wisdom around economic development. It says that more jobs are always good: but at what cost?"
County officials don't see the situation as being quite so dire, however. They note that up to 20 percent of the workers Amazon plans to hire likely already live in the area, and that employees will arrive gradually in Arlington over the next few years, not simply show up all at once and disrupt the housing market overnight.
Arlington leaders also believe they'll have more tools at their disposal to address housing affordability by the time Amazon starts truly ramping up its hiring.
One key way the county earns money for the Affordable Housing Investment Fund (AHIF) is by forcing developers to make contributions to it as they win local approvals for massive new projects. Amazon won't be building much in Arlington right away, choosing to move into some existing space in Crystal City to start — that's an outcome affordable housing advocates feared, as the company won't be required to chip into the AHIF until it starts sketching out construction plans.
But County Board member Erik Gutshall points out that Amazon has big plans for future construction in the area, which will eventually result in "straight contributions" to the AHIF. Amazon has already purchased large tracts of land in Pentagon City from developer JBG Smith, and could opt to fully re-develop some of the existing buildings it's leasing someday.
"Over time, everything is going to be new," said Board Vice Chair Christian Dorsey. "They're not just going to stay in existing 1960s buildings. Permanently, they're building new stuff."
Yet Winters argues that programs like the AHIF can only do so much to create new affordable housing in the county. She credits the county for some of its work to preserve some older, moderately priced homes, but urged officials to do more, with greater urgency.
"While additional subsidy and investment is absolutely needed, it's not the only thing that it's needed," Winters said. "We absolutely need to ramp up the pace housing is added to the county."
Other urbanists are willing to call for even more transformative changes to make that happen, now that Amazon has arrived.
Or, independent of Amazon's decision, all localities in DC metro need to build more housing, *esp* in wealthy nhoods w/ good schools, transit, and jobs. That means North Arlington, Ward 3, Bethesda, etc. https://t.co/I3rg9A8egE
— Jenny Schuetz (@jenny_schuetz) November 13, 2018
Cristol acknowledged that "the one thing we can't address through public policy is speculation in the market," and early estimates suggest that speculation will be no laughing matter — McEarney Associates, a group of Northern Virginia realtors, released a report estimating that overall home prices will rise anywhere from 20 to 30 percent in the wake of Amazon's announcement, with appreciation rates "north of 15 percent" in the immediate vicinity of the new headquarters.
Accordingly, Cristol does see a need to "meet the supply challenge," but she'd prefer to double down on some of the county's existing efforts to loosen zoning rules for "accessory dwelling units" or allow more renovations to older duplexes, rather than pursue more dramatic changes.
"We need to increase our urgency in expanding housing options among that 'missing middle' housing stock," Cristol said.
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«Ива́нушки International в Москве́» — первый концертный альбом группы «Иванушки International», выпущенный в 2001 году. Записан 22 марта 2001 года в ходе концерта в СК «Олимпийский», посвящённого 5-летию группы. Альбом состоит из 32 треков, разбитых на 2 диска.

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В альбом вошли 10 из 10 треков четвёртого студийного альбома «Подожди меня…», выпущенного в декабре 2000 года, а также песни из предыдущих альбомов.

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Иванушки international
 Олег Яковлев — вокал
 Андрей Григорьев-Апполонов — вокал
 Кирилл Андреев — вокал

Производство
 Игорь Матвиенко — продюсер композитор аранжировка
 Игорь Полонский — со-продюсер, аранжировка
 Игорь Матвиенко, Сергей Дьячков, Давид Тухманов — музыка
 Александр Шаганов, Михаил Андреев, Игорь Матвиенко, Герман Витке, Игорь Сорин, О.Гаджикасимов, Михаил Ножкин, Константин Арсенев — авторы стихов
 Андрей Григорьев-Апполонов, Николай Затылкин — режиссеры-постановщики
 Дмитрий Минаев — звукорежиссёр

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Концерт впервые был показан 7 апреля 2001 года в эфире ОРТ. Полная версия концерта, содержащая все 32 песни, издалась лишь в 2008 году в релизе "Вся история Иванушек на трёх DVD".

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#WorldSuicidePreventionDay
on September 10, 2018 September 27, 2018 By xenogothic
In my last conversation with Damian Veal, we talked about the statistic that suicide is the biggest killer of men under 45 in the UK, why this is not a national scandal and urgently targeted for research and action, and about the incompetence, inappropriateness, and often just sheer absence of available help for those in mental distress, despite claims and advertising to the contrary. I remember similar conversation with Mark Fisher shortly before his death.
I don't have a positive message or incisive proposal. OK, I agree, keep in touch with yr friends. But "preventing" this would take more than we, as individuals, are capable of—it's a serious major epidemic of psychic suffering.
As usual, harder to say it better than Robin has, as in a short Twitter thread from earlier today.
I'm likewise struck more and more by just how epidemic this suffering is and what horrifies me most is how infectious it seems.
As a teenager, I knew two people who died by their own hands and I've been thinking about them today — both people who I knew of but were on the periphery of my social circle, and both of whom surreally ended up in the local news over the circumstances.
Alissia McCoid was a close friend of a lot of my friends at school but someone who I'd never met personally. She committed suicide in early 2010. There was a lot of talk about how her use of M-CAT had contributed to her low mood and it reached the national papers just prior to that year's summer of M-CAT hysteria.
I remember attending her funeral in an attempt to offer support to distraught friends and, looking back, I was totally clueless as to what they were going through. I'd had a friend die of cancer far too young when I was 13 and I found that really hard. This must be like that, I thought to myself, but I know now it was completely different.
A few years later, I heard about the death of James Mabbett, an boy who, again, I'd only known peripherally. He was around a lot when I was at primary school. I'm sure I went to his house a few times. He was a friend of my then-best friend's older brother. He took his own life in 2015 and has since become the face of a major suicide prevention scheme across the UK.
At that time I knew I couldn't imagine what anyone was going through. It really struck me how James, from the distance at which I knew him at least, had always come across as a gregarious clown who was never without a wide grin on his face, playing practical jokes and having a laugh. Many said it was completely unexpected.
And then, of course, in early 2017, there was Mark Fisher, and that was when I realised what these friends of mine had been going through.
It's a cliche to speak of depression as a dark cloud, but I can vividly remember the demeanour of all those close to Alissia and James in the aftermath. A dark cloud is precisely how I'd describe it. It is the weight of a proximity to the unthinkable — and after Mark's death I felt it for myself.
Since then, I've been all too aware of just how many people have been dying by their own hands in recent years. Celebrities are the most visible — and there have been so many — but still I hear the murmurings in social circles about distant acquaintances who have done this or that. Hearing of the passing of Damian Veal just last week from Robin was likewise heart-breaking.
This is happening all too frequently. It is truly an epidemic.
So what is to be done? Arran Crawford suggests just how radical a shift in thinking we need:
Increasing suicide rates, drug related deaths, alcohol related deaths, and the shredding of mental health and drug services should be held as the grossest negligence. At the same time we don't need just more funding but different models of care and treatment.
In recent years, an attempt to change things has largely come from attempts at consciousness raising and raising awareness. The latter has been more successful than the former. It is difficult to live with mental illness, whether your own or someone else's, domestically and socially, and we all remain terrible at even attempting to embark on the impossible task of sympathising with each other's inner experiences without it taking on the cloyingly corporate air of rehab.
But also, on the flip side, this is something that many of us know all to well.
The worst thing to happen to me following Mark's death was to be told, in detail, what had happened to him. The whole sequence of events. Someone that I knew and greatly admired, whose thought I spent a lot of time thinking about, had done the unthinkable. This, in turn, made the unthinkable thinkable for me.
In trying to understand and comprehend what Mark had been thinking and going through, trying to put yourself in his shoes, as anyone would do naturally when trying to ascertain why someone has acted a certain way, I found myself succeeding all too easily.
I remember coming home after being told, in a really bad state, and I shared the story with my flatmate at the time, the details of which likewise broke her. I couldn't believe what I'd done so carelessly and I knew then how harmful that kind of knowledge can be. I don't think either of us were ever the same afterwards.
Not because what happened was more horrific than any other situation like it. It was just unbearable to hear these actions relayed as having been committed by someone we loved. It was all too real.
I've never quite shaken that. It made me think "Could I do that?" and over the years since, plagued by my usual bouts of depression, in my absolute worst moments this answer has come closer and closer to an affirmative one.
(I should stress at this point that, as I posted on Twitter last week, I've just doubled my dosage of anti-depressants and whilst I feel quite new and unfamiliar in myself right now, I can already tell I'm feeling lighter and happier; more sociable, less impulsive. I'm doing well. But, at the same time, I don't want to take for granted the dark places to which I've so recently been. No one should. It's all too easy to believe your own hype — "I'm better now!" — and then be complacent as a slide back into the darkness is taken to be a normal and deserved transition. I do this almost every time before it's almost too late.)
This is the difficulty of talking about mental health crises and in doing a day like today justice. Widespread suicide prevention measures are more necessary than ever — we are in the midst of a horribly serious crisis — but the paradoxes of depression and suicide become ever more complex as a result.
How can we have frank and empathetic discussions about the unthinkable without making it thinkable? How can you be clear and detailed in describing how we feel and what we have done, rightly or wrongly, to remedy those feelings?
Two of the most high-profile recent suicides are those of Soundgarden's Chris Cornell and Linkin Park's Chester Bennington. The bands' frontmen were close, often performing together. Cornell committed suicide at the age of 52. Two months later, on what would have been his 53rd birthday, Bennington took his life in the same manner.
I've unfortunately read a whole host of conspiracy theories online about these events, in trying to get my facts straight. It seems obvious that there is little to ponder. Suicide is infectious. Making the unthinkable thinkable for those that are left behind can be so deeply traumatic in ways that we generally do not discuss, precisely because of this infectious nature which we do not talk about for fear of itself.
It is the side-effect-that-must-not-be-named…
…I have no overarching point to this post. I have no answers. On a day like today, this is now all that I can think about and I think about all of this far more often than I let on. I'm really terrible at talking about it face-to-face and it's something I usually clam up about, not knowing what to say or how to say it, always arrested by a fear of this danger, for myself and others, not wanting to leave any traces in the minds of those who have been affected.
It's the wrong approach. It's a downright bad approach.
To say that suicide is infectious is not to be taken literally and the worst thing we can do is quarantine it and stay silent, but talking about it is something which needs to be done with real care and attention, far more than we currently give it and in a way that is far more rigorous than what we currently see as the "standard".
If you're reading this and wanting answers, don't feel disheartened and please don't anyone feel alone. I know that, personally, I'm awful at reaching out, whether for myself or to check on others. Really awful at it. But I know there are some people out there who are going through similar things or that really do care about other's well being. This is an official declaration to say "My DMs are always open" to anyone who wants to chat, share treatment tips, do some reality testing, or whatever.
Not to put a spotlight on the guy, but Meta-Nomad has been a hero in this way to me, sliding into my DMs on a few occasions over the last few months. Even if I've just worded something poorly in a tweet and inadvertently implied a subtext that was not intended, he's there to say, "Hey, everything alright?"
Coming from someone I barely know, in a blogosphere defined by varying degrees of anonymity, it's something I massively respect and I try to remember to channel his awareness when on the timeline these days.
Likewise, shout out to Bethan who also reached out the other day to offer meds advice. It means a lot.
Not all cries for help are loud and not all check-ins need be either. And these things should just be the start.
P.S. I'd like to share this old post again, because it's forever important to me: The #MedsWorkedForMe (But Nothing Else Did)
P.P.S. Already, in quick hindsight, I feel like I wasn't as attentive to these issues as I could have been in the second episode of Xenogothic Radio. It feels like terrible timing to have uploaded that episode on a day like today. The format might be restrictive of going into real depth and I want to stress how I do not take any of these issues lightly but want to explore how music, even music that expresses or even glorifies suicidal thoughts, can be cathartic and therapeutic.
When I was at school and had had my first really serious mental health episode, I started to see a school counsellor once a week for almost two years. I liked her little office being what we'd now call a "safe space". I could talk about what I want and she had a CD player in there where I could play CDs whilst we talked. I really liked that.
I remember I took in Sonic Youth, Sufjan Stevens, Radiohead — stuff I thought we both might like. Then I didn't see her for a year. When I had another episode, I went back but there was a new counsellor now. She dug out my old file and said that, in the notes her predecessor had made, she blamed my depression almost entirely on the sort of music I was listening to. I am still filled with absolute rage whenever I think about this.
All music can be gothic, yes. But also it is my belief that all music can be a tonic. Maybe I'll write an episode on this explicitly in the future.
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Arran Crawford says:
I'm convinced there is a moral component to the paucity of action on suicide. It amounts to a sense that suicide is an accusation against the world. It is as if the idea were that suicide is the ultimate rejection of this world and therefore this world cannot afford to acknowledge it under the fear of acknowledging its degree of delusional and disintegration. I don't know how useful an observation that is but its the one that has impressed itself on me in the years that I've been working with suicidal people.
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Getting Ryled About Holiness
Author GlenPublished on November 5, 2013 November 6, 2013 8 Comments on Getting Ryled About Holiness
There's a famous short piece by JC Ryle called "Suppose an Unholy Man Went to Heaven." It's only about a thousand words but it's had a wide influence. I've heard it quoted approvingly a number of times.
Ryle begins:
Suppose for a moment that you were allowed to enter heaven without holiness. What would you do? What possible enjoyment could you feel there? To which of all the saints would you join yourself and by whose side would you sit? Their pleasures are not your pleasures, their tastes are not your tastes, their character not your character. How could you possibly be happy, if you had not been holy on earth?
The bishop then spells out the heavenly life in stark contrast to earthly pleasures. Therefore...
heaven would be a miserable place to an unholy man. It cannot be otherwise. People may say, in a vague way, they "hope to go to heaven", but they do not consider what they say... We must be heavenly-minded, and have heavenly tastes, in the life that now is, or else we shall never find ourselves in heaven, in the life to come.
If all this sounds like salvation by works, Ryle has a verse: "Without holiness no man shall see the Lord" (Heb. 12:14).
He repeats the verse again and again - it seems pretty much the foundation of his case. But he ignores the way holiness (or "sanctification" - same word) is used throughout Hebrews - 2:11; 9:13; 10:10; 10:14; 10:29; 13:12. In virtually every case it's a declared status, won through the sanctifying sacrifice of Christ (e.g. "we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all." (Heb 10:10)).
In only one of the verses cited above is sanctification mentioned as an ongoing process - but even then the process is anchored to a definitive salvation:
By one sacrifice Christ has made perfect forever those who are being made holy. (Hebrews 10:14)
It's true we must be holy to see the Lord. It's also true - and the whole book of Hebrews proclaims it - that Christ's sacrifice alone gives us that holiness. Yet Ryle seems to want to locate this saving quality within us.
He understands that folks might protest at this. So he addresses the objection we all feel...
You may say, it is impossible to be so holy and to do our duty in this life at the same time: the thing cannot be done. I answer, "You are mistaken." It can be done. With Christ on your side nothing is impossible.
Did somebody say infused grace? And make no mistake, the thing to be achieved here is heaven itself. If anyone complains at this achievement of glory, Ryle reminds us...
It is in religion as it is in other things, there are no gains without pains. That which costs nothing is worth nothing.
There it is - no pain, no gain. And finally the whole thing is unmasked - it's actually a very worldly way of considering holiness! Religion is like all other things, a costly, painful achievement which we make on our way to heaven. Surely Ryle is not being heavenly-minded enough! Surely he's not considering spiritual things spiritually. In the end, doesn't he prop up the whole enterprise on a carnal foundation? Holiness is like everything else, the achievement of hard work.
It seems to me that Ryle isn't being spiritual enough. Now it's true that Ryle says more in his book "Holiness." And there he stresses that holiness comes in Christ alone and he counsels us to seek it in Christ. But there's also all this stuff as well which, if you ask me, seriously undermines the 'Christ alone' teaching he wants to uphold.
Where does it go wrong?
Well fundamentally, in these teachings, everything important about holiness gets located in us and not in Jesus. And from that foundational error flows a characteristic problem with Ryle's presentation. For Ryle the "holy" trajectory for everything seems to be in and up and later. 'Come in out of the world, lift yourself up into heaven so that later you'll enjoy salvation.' All godly travel is coming in from the nasty world and up into glory, white-knuckling it now because later it'll be worth it.
But if Jesus Christ - the Holy One of Israel - defines holiness for us, we get a very different picture. Because we are so carnal and unable to work up a holiness of our own, therefore Christ descends with His sanctifying love that reaches outwards and downwards, to be felt now. Holiness is Jesus-shaped. It means being met in our filth now, cleansed, and then swept along with Jesus to extend ourselves out into an unclean world, stooping down to the gutters of this world and in this way experiencing now the life of heaven.
It's really not about preparing ourselves for heaven later - it's about living the heavenly life now: the life of self-forgetful, neighbour-loving, cheek-turning, enemy-forgiving love. That's holiness. It's Christ's own life which He has given us in the gospel. It's ours to live now - not as some qualification for heaven later.
So then, be holy! But define holiness Christianly - i.e. according to Christ.
Be holy! But let Christ's holiness thrust you outside the camp (Heb 13:12-13)
Be holy! But realise it's Christ's gift, once for all, not your continual achievement.
Be holy! But know that the point is to live Christ's life now, not to earn His blessing later.
Be holy! But don't be so carnal as to think it's the ladder to heaven.
Be holy! But make sure it's Spiritual holiness - the gift of Christ's Spirit to you - the very life of heaven to be enjoyed here and now on earth.
Be holy because Jesus your Lord is holy. And right now you're in Him.
Published on November 5, 2013 November 6, 2013 Author GlenCategories gospel, pastoral theology, worksTags gospel, pastoral theology, works
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8 thoughts on "Getting Ryled About Holiness"
Maria November 6, 2013 at 12:22 am
Holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord Heb.12:14. Recommend J.C. Ryle's book 'Holiness' chapter 3 gives a full and thorough explanation on this subject which ultimately leads you to trust in Christ only.
Glen Post author November 6, 2013 at 11:18 pm
Yes the ending of chapter 3 of "Holiness" is a much needed heralding of "Christ alone." But I do think that some of his other comments in that same chapter undermine it. When he asks "How does the account stand between our souls and God?" and then turn us to our works in order to answer the question, I think that undermines the 'Christ alone' emphasis he clearly wants. Similarly when he says "The only safe evidence that we are one with Christ, and Christ in us — is holy life" he will make us trust in our works, even though he claims repeatedly to want us to trust in Christ alone.
He says much that's helpful in that chapter but the criticisms above still stand I think.
Maria November 10, 2013 at 6:06 pm
belated thank you Glen, for taking the time to reply... on the subject of J.C.Ryle's 'Holiness' chapter, and yes I think I do see where you are coming from, and I admit that some of his other comments in the same chapter can be very confusing, but then the whole subject of faith versus works has always been problematic to me, you can go round and round in circles. It can drive you nuts in the end...J.C.Ryle one of my favourite old time authors but...there is so much in it...and I guess I sometimes need to read more carefully.
am reminded of Ecclesiastes 12.12 the Scripture about 'too much reading....
' And further, my son, be admonished by these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is wearisome to the flesh.'
Brian Midmore November 12, 2013 at 9:43 am
This is a can of worms that throws us back into the reformation controversies. Isnt Ryle merely repeating the reformed idea that works are the fruit of justification, and therefore to know for sure that we are justified we must be sanctified to some extent. 'He who practices righteousness is righteous'. 1 Jn 3.7. This is Calvin's distinctio sed non separatio principle. Although justification is distinct from sanctification it is not separate from it. Also although justification is monergistic sanctification is synergistic i.e it requires our decision to repent etc. This might be construed by the more Lutheran as works justification. You are right in your critique of Ryle's 'be holy to get to heaven in the end' approach. We are to be holy to bring a piece of God's kingdom into the here and now. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
YES...this approach to the can of worms so very much better, thank you.
"We are to be holy to bring a piece of God's kingdom into the here and now. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven."
Glen Post author November 13, 2013 at 1:03 pm
It's absolutely essential to distinguish but not separate justification and (what's come to be known as) sanctification. But Calvin was insistent that saving faith was an assured knowledge of the benevolence of God in Christ - i.e. that assurance was a part of *faith*. Assurance therefore comes in the same place that salvation comes - in Christ alone. Later Puritans consciously rejected Calvin here and separated assurance from faith. At that point the door is open to the Ryles of this world to focus our search for assurance on *ourselves* and our degree of 'sanctification.'
Indeed holiness is the heavenly life come down
Brian Midmore November 13, 2013 at 1:12 pm
In Heb 12.14 Christians are exhorted to pursue holiness so might we not conclude that this is referring to sanctification, to a realised actual holiness that is expressed in works. Does not Heb 10.14 say that he has justified (made holy positionally) those who are being sanctified (made holy in practise). I suppose now the issues are now 1.how much of me is involved in sanctification'
2.is this sanctification necessary for salvation.
Ryle if I am correct says quite a bit to 1) and yes to 2). I suppose this could end up as works righteousness if you weren't careful. Nonetheless sanctification is needed for salvation since it is those who are justified that God sanctifies and sanctification to some extent does require our cooperation with God. If we don't cooperate with God as he sanctifies us we effectively fall from grace as did the man in 1 Cor 5. This man justification was in jeopardy because he would not be sanctified.
Hi Brian, cooperation with God has certainly come to be the dominant association we have with sanctification today. But Scripturally it's not so. See even within Hebrews - 2:11; 9:13; 10:10; 10:29; 13:12. Just four verses before 10:14 we have an emphatic perfect passive (have been made holy) with a "once for all" to boot! Then in 10:14 it's still a passive, but this time in the present tense (nb: translating Greek present tenses can involve a slight overtranslation if we bring out continuous action when that's not always the thought in Greek). The KJV just has 'them that are sanctified' in 10:14. However we think of the present tense, the passive *voice* is important!
Whatever kind of sanctification is tied to salvation we should affirm that it is entirely "of the LORD".


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namespace test_runner {

namespace {

void PremultiplyAlpha(const uint8_t color_in[3],
                      float alpha,
                      float color_out[4]) {
  for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i)
    color_out[i] = (color_in[i] / 255.0f) * alpha;

  color_out[3] = alpha;
}

const char* PointState(blink::WebTouchPoint::State state) {
  switch (state) {
    case blink::WebTouchPoint::StateReleased:
      return "Released";
    case blink::WebTouchPoint::StatePressed:
      return "Pressed";
    case blink::WebTouchPoint::StateMoved:
      return "Moved";
    case blink::WebTouchPoint::StateCancelled:
      return "Cancelled";
    default:
      return "Unknown";
  }
}

void PrintTouchList(WebTestDelegate* delegate,
                    const blink::WebTouchPoint* points,
                    int length) {
  for (int i = 0; i < length; ++i) {
    delegate->PrintMessage(base::StringPrintf("* %.2f, %.2f: %s\n",
                                              points[i].position.x,
                                              points[i].position.y,
                                              PointState(points[i].state)));
  }
}

void PrintEventDetails(WebTestDelegate* delegate,
                       const blink::WebInputEvent& event) {
  if (blink::WebInputEvent::isTouchEventType(event.type)) {
    const blink::WebTouchEvent& touch =
        static_cast<const blink::WebTouchEvent&>(event);
    PrintTouchList(delegate, touch.touches, touch.touchesLength);
  } else if (blink::WebInputEvent::isMouseEventType(event.type) ||
             event.type == blink::WebInputEvent::MouseWheel) {
    const blink::WebMouseEvent& mouse =
        static_cast<const blink::WebMouseEvent&>(event);
    delegate->PrintMessage(base::StringPrintf("* %d, %d\n", mouse.x, mouse.y));
  } else if (blink::WebInputEvent::isGestureEventType(event.type)) {
    const blink::WebGestureEvent& gesture =
        static_cast<const blink::WebGestureEvent&>(event);
    delegate->PrintMessage(
        base::StringPrintf("* %d, %d\n", gesture.x, gesture.y));
  }
}

blink::WebPluginContainer::TouchEventRequestType ParseTouchEventRequestType(
    const blink::WebString& string) {
  if (string == blink::WebString::fromUTF8("raw"))
    return blink::WebPluginContainer::TouchEventRequestTypeRaw;
  if (string == blink::WebString::fromUTF8("synthetic"))
    return blink::WebPluginContainer::TouchEventRequestTypeSynthesizedMouse;
  return blink::WebPluginContainer::TouchEventRequestTypeNone;
}

}  // namespace

TestPlugin::TestPlugin(blink::WebFrame* frame,
                       const blink::WebPluginParams& params,
                       WebTestDelegate* delegate)
    : frame_(frame),
      delegate_(delegate),
      container_(nullptr),
      gl_(nullptr),
      color_texture_(0),
      mailbox_changed_(false),
      framebuffer_(0),
      touch_event_request_(
          blink::WebPluginContainer::TouchEventRequestTypeNone),
      re_request_touch_events_(false),
      print_event_details_(false),
      print_user_gesture_status_(false),
      can_process_drag_(false),
      supports_keyboard_focus_(false),
      is_persistent_(params.mimeType == PluginPersistsMimeType()),
      can_create_without_renderer_(params.mimeType ==
                                   CanCreateWithoutRendererMimeType()) {
  DCHECK_EQ(params.attributeNames.size(), params.attributeValues.size());
  size_t size = params.attributeNames.size();
  for (size_t i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
    const blink::WebString& attribute_name = params.attributeNames[i];
    const blink::WebString& attribute_value = params.attributeValues[i];

    if (attribute_name == "primitive")
      scene_.primitive = ParsePrimitive(attribute_value);
    else if (attribute_name == "background-color")
      ParseColor(attribute_value, scene_.background_color);
    else if (attribute_name == "primitive-color")
      ParseColor(attribute_value, scene_.primitive_color);
    else if (attribute_name == "opacity")
      scene_.opacity = ParseOpacity(attribute_value);
    else if (attribute_name == "accepts-touch")
      touch_event_request_ = ParseTouchEventRequestType(attribute_value);
    else if (attribute_name == "re-request-touch")
      re_request_touch_events_ = ParseBoolean(attribute_value);
    else if (attribute_name == "print-event-details")
      print_event_details_ = ParseBoolean(attribute_value);
    else if (attribute_name == "can-process-drag")
      can_process_drag_ = ParseBoolean(attribute_value);
    else if (attribute_name == "supports-keyboard-focus")
      supports_keyboard_focus_ = ParseBoolean(attribute_value);
    else if (attribute_name == "print-user-gesture-status")
      print_user_gesture_status_ = ParseBoolean(attribute_value);
  }
  if (can_create_without_renderer_)
    delegate_->PrintMessage(
        std::string("TestPlugin: canCreateWithoutRenderer\n"));
}

TestPlugin::~TestPlugin() {
}

bool TestPlugin::initialize(blink::WebPluginContainer* container) {
  DCHECK(container);
  DCHECK_EQ(this, container->plugin());

  container_ = container;

  blink::Platform::ContextAttributes attrs;
  attrs.webGLVersion = 1;  // We are creating a context through the WebGL APIs.
  blink::WebURL url = container->document().url();
  blink::Platform::GraphicsInfo gl_info;
  context_provider_ = base::WrapUnique(
      blink::Platform::current()->createOffscreenGraphicsContext3DProvider(
          attrs, url, nullptr, &gl_info));
  if (!context_provider_->bindToCurrentThread())
    context_provider_ = nullptr;
  gl_ = context_provider_ ? context_provider_->contextGL() : nullptr;

  if (!InitScene())
    return false;

  layer_ = cc::TextureLayer::CreateForMailbox(this);
  web_layer_ = base::WrapUnique(new cc_blink::WebLayerImpl(layer_));
  container_->setWebLayer(web_layer_.get());
  if (re_request_touch_events_) {
    container_->requestTouchEventType(
        blink::WebPluginContainer::TouchEventRequestTypeSynthesizedMouse);
    container_->requestTouchEventType(
        blink::WebPluginContainer::TouchEventRequestTypeRaw);
  }
  container_->requestTouchEventType(touch_event_request_);
  container_->setWantsWheelEvents(true);
  return true;
}

void TestPlugin::destroy() {
  if (layer_.get())
    layer_->ClearTexture();
  if (container_)
    container_->setWebLayer(0);
  web_layer_.reset();
  layer_ = NULL;
  DestroyScene();

  gl_ = nullptr;
  context_provider_.reset();

  container_ = nullptr;
  frame_ = nullptr;

  blink::Platform::current()
      ->mainThread()
      ->getSingleThreadTaskRunner()
      ->DeleteSoon(FROM_HERE, this);
}

blink::WebPluginContainer* TestPlugin::container() const {
  return container_;
}

bool TestPlugin::canProcessDrag() const {
  return can_process_drag_;
}

bool TestPlugin::supportsKeyboardFocus() const {
  return supports_keyboard_focus_;
}

void TestPlugin::updateGeometry(
    const blink::WebRect& window_rect,
    const blink::WebRect& clip_rect,
    const blink::WebRect& unobscured_rect,
    const blink::WebVector<blink::WebRect>& cut_outs_rects,
    bool is_visible) {
  if (clip_rect == rect_)
    return;
  rect_ = clip_rect;

  if (rect_.isEmpty()) {
    texture_mailbox_ = cc::TextureMailbox();
  } else if (gl_) {
    gl_->Viewport(0, 0, rect_.width, rect_.height);

    gl_->BindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, color_texture_);
    gl_->TexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_NEAREST);
    gl_->TexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_NEAREST);
    gl_->TexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
    gl_->TexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
    gl_->TexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_RGBA, rect_.width, rect_.height, 0,
                    GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, 0);
    gl_->BindFramebuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, framebuffer_);
    gl_->FramebufferTexture2D(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0,
                              GL_TEXTURE_2D, color_texture_, 0);

    DrawSceneGL();

    gpu::Mailbox mailbox;
    gl_->GenMailboxCHROMIUM(mailbox.name);
    gl_->ProduceTextureCHROMIUM(GL_TEXTURE_2D, mailbox.name);
    const GLuint64 fence_sync = gl_->InsertFenceSyncCHROMIUM();
    gl_->Flush();

    gpu::SyncToken sync_token;
    gl_->GenSyncTokenCHROMIUM(fence_sync, sync_token.GetData());
    texture_mailbox_ = cc::TextureMailbox(mailbox, sync_token, GL_TEXTURE_2D);
  } else {
    std::unique_ptr<cc::SharedBitmap> bitmap =
        delegate_->GetSharedBitmapManager()->AllocateSharedBitmap(
            gfx::Rect(rect_).size());
    if (!bitmap) {
      texture_mailbox_ = cc::TextureMailbox();
    } else {
      DrawSceneSoftware(bitmap->pixels());
      texture_mailbox_ = cc::TextureMailbox(
          bitmap.get(), gfx::Size(rect_.width, rect_.height));
      shared_bitmap_ = std::move(bitmap);
    }
  }

  mailbox_changed_ = true;
  layer_->SetNeedsDisplay();
}

bool TestPlugin::isPlaceholder() {
  return false;
}

static void IgnoreReleaseCallback(const gpu::SyncToken& sync_token, bool lost) {
}

static void ReleaseSharedMemory(std::unique_ptr<cc::SharedBitmap> bitmap,
                                const gpu::SyncToken& sync_token,
                                bool lost) {}

bool TestPlugin::PrepareTextureMailbox(
    cc::TextureMailbox* mailbox,
    std::unique_ptr<cc::SingleReleaseCallback>* release_callback) {
  if (!mailbox_changed_)
    return false;
  *mailbox = texture_mailbox_;
  if (texture_mailbox_.IsTexture()) {
    *release_callback =
        cc::SingleReleaseCallback::Create(base::Bind(&IgnoreReleaseCallback));
  } else if (texture_mailbox_.IsSharedMemory()) {
    *release_callback = cc::SingleReleaseCallback::Create(
        base::Bind(&ReleaseSharedMemory, base::Passed(&shared_bitmap_)));
  }
  mailbox_changed_ = false;
  return true;
}

TestPlugin::Primitive TestPlugin::ParsePrimitive(
    const blink::WebString& string) {
  const CR_DEFINE_STATIC_LOCAL(blink::WebString, kPrimitiveNone, ("none"));
  const CR_DEFINE_STATIC_LOCAL(
      blink::WebString, kPrimitiveTriangle, ("triangle"));

  Primitive primitive = PrimitiveNone;
  if (string == kPrimitiveNone)
    primitive = PrimitiveNone;
  else if (string == kPrimitiveTriangle)
    primitive = PrimitiveTriangle;
  else
    NOTREACHED();
  return primitive;
}

// FIXME: This method should already exist. Use it.
// For now just parse primary colors.
void TestPlugin::ParseColor(const blink::WebString& string, uint8_t color[3]) {
  color[0] = color[1] = color[2] = 0;
  if (string == "black")
    return;

  if (string == "red")
    color[0] = 255;
  else if (string == "green")
    color[1] = 255;
  else if (string == "blue")
    color[2] = 255;
  else
    NOTREACHED();
}

float TestPlugin::ParseOpacity(const blink::WebString& string) {
  return static_cast<float>(atof(string.utf8().data()));
}

bool TestPlugin::ParseBoolean(const blink::WebString& string) {
  const CR_DEFINE_STATIC_LOCAL(blink::WebString, kPrimitiveTrue, ("true"));
  return string == kPrimitiveTrue;
}

bool TestPlugin::InitScene() {
  if (!gl_)
    return true;

  float color[4];
  PremultiplyAlpha(scene_.background_color, scene_.opacity, color);

  gl_->GenTextures(1, &color_texture_);
  gl_->GenFramebuffers(1, &framebuffer_);

  gl_->Viewport(0, 0, rect_.width, rect_.height);
  gl_->Disable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
  gl_->Disable(GL_SCISSOR_TEST);

  gl_->ClearColor(color[0], color[1], color[2], color[3]);

  gl_->Enable(GL_BLEND);
  gl_->BlendFunc(GL_ONE, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);

  return scene_.primitive != PrimitiveNone ? InitProgram() && InitPrimitive()
                                           : true;
}

void TestPlugin::DrawSceneGL() {
  gl_->Viewport(0, 0, rect_.width, rect_.height);
  gl_->Clear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);

  if (scene_.primitive != PrimitiveNone)
    DrawPrimitive();
}

void TestPlugin::DrawSceneSoftware(void* memory) {
  SkColor background_color = SkColorSetARGB(
      static_cast<uint8_t>(scene_.opacity * 255), scene_.background_color[0],
      scene_.background_color[1], scene_.background_color[2]);

  const SkImageInfo info =
      SkImageInfo::MakeN32Premul(rect_.width, rect_.height);
  SkBitmap bitmap;
  bitmap.installPixels(info, memory, info.minRowBytes());
  SkCanvas canvas(bitmap);
  canvas.clear(background_color);

  if (scene_.primitive != PrimitiveNone) {
    DCHECK_EQ(PrimitiveTriangle, scene_.primitive);
    SkColor foreground_color = SkColorSetARGB(
        static_cast<uint8_t>(scene_.opacity * 255), scene_.primitive_color[0],
        scene_.primitive_color[1], scene_.primitive_color[2]);
    SkPath triangle_path;
    triangle_path.moveTo(0.5f * rect_.width, 0.9f * rect_.height);
    triangle_path.lineTo(0.1f * rect_.width, 0.1f * rect_.height);
    triangle_path.lineTo(0.9f * rect_.width, 0.1f * rect_.height);
    SkPaint paint;
    paint.setColor(foreground_color);
    paint.setStyle(SkPaint::kFill_Style);
    canvas.drawPath(triangle_path, paint);
  }
}

void TestPlugin::DestroyScene() {
  if (scene_.program) {
    gl_->DeleteProgram(scene_.program);
    scene_.program = 0;
  }
  if (scene_.vbo) {
    gl_->DeleteBuffers(1, &scene_.vbo);
    scene_.vbo = 0;
  }

  if (framebuffer_) {
    gl_->DeleteFramebuffers(1, &framebuffer_);
    framebuffer_ = 0;
  }

  if (color_texture_) {
    gl_->DeleteTextures(1, &color_texture_);
    color_texture_ = 0;
  }
}

bool TestPlugin::InitProgram() {
  const std::string vertex_source(
      "attribute vec4 position;  \n"
      "void main() {             \n"
      "  gl_Position = position; \n"
      "}                         \n");

  const std::string fragment_source(
      "precision mediump float; \n"
      "uniform vec4 color;      \n"
      "void main() {            \n"
      "  gl_FragColor = color;  \n"
      "}                        \n");

  scene_.program = LoadProgram(vertex_source, fragment_source);
  if (!scene_.program)
    return false;

  scene_.color_location = gl_->GetUniformLocation(scene_.program, "color");
  scene_.position_location = gl_->GetAttribLocation(scene_.program, "position");
  return true;
}

bool TestPlugin::InitPrimitive() {
  DCHECK_EQ(scene_.primitive, PrimitiveTriangle);

  gl_->GenBuffers(1, &scene_.vbo);
  if (!scene_.vbo)
    return false;

  const float vertices[] = {0.0f, 0.8f, 0.0f,  -0.8f, -0.8f,
                            0.0f, 0.8f, -0.8f, 0.0f};
  gl_->BindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, scene_.vbo);
  gl_->BufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, sizeof(vertices), 0, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
  gl_->BufferSubData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0, sizeof(vertices), vertices);
  return true;
}

void TestPlugin::DrawPrimitive() {
  DCHECK_EQ(scene_.primitive, PrimitiveTriangle);
  DCHECK(scene_.vbo);
  DCHECK(scene_.program);

  gl_->UseProgram(scene_.program);

  // Bind primitive color.
  float color[4];
  PremultiplyAlpha(scene_.primitive_color, scene_.opacity, color);
  gl_->Uniform4f(scene_.color_location, color[0], color[1], color[2], color[3]);

  // Bind primitive vertices.
  gl_->BindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, scene_.vbo);
  gl_->EnableVertexAttribArray(scene_.position_location);
  gl_->VertexAttribPointer(scene_.position_location, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 0,
                           nullptr);
  gl_->DrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, 3);
}

GLuint TestPlugin::LoadShader(GLenum type, const std::string& source) {
  GLuint shader = gl_->CreateShader(type);
  if (shader) {
    const GLchar* shader_data = source.data();
    GLint shader_length = strlen(shader_data); //source.length();
    gl_->ShaderSource(shader, 1, &shader_data, &shader_length);
    gl_->CompileShader(shader);

    int compiled = 0;
    gl_->GetShaderiv(shader, GL_COMPILE_STATUS, &compiled);
    if (!compiled) {
      gl_->DeleteShader(shader);
      shader = 0;
    }
  }
  return shader;
}

GLuint TestPlugin::LoadProgram(const std::string& vertex_source,
                               const std::string& fragment_source) {
  GLuint vertex_shader = LoadShader(GL_VERTEX_SHADER, vertex_source);
  GLuint fragment_shader = LoadShader(GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER, fragment_source);
  GLuint program = gl_->CreateProgram();
  if (vertex_shader && fragment_shader && program) {
    gl_->AttachShader(program, vertex_shader);
    gl_->AttachShader(program, fragment_shader);
    gl_->LinkProgram(program);

    int linked = 0;
    gl_->GetProgramiv(program, GL_LINK_STATUS, &linked);
    if (!linked) {
      gl_->DeleteProgram(program);
      program = 0;
    }
  }
  if (vertex_shader)
    gl_->DeleteShader(vertex_shader);
  if (fragment_shader)
    gl_->DeleteShader(fragment_shader);

  return program;
}

blink::WebInputEventResult TestPlugin::handleInputEvent(
    const blink::WebInputEvent& event,
    blink::WebCursorInfo& info) {
  const char* event_name = blink::WebInputEvent::GetName(event.type);
  if (!strcmp(event_name, "") || !strcmp(event_name, "Undefined"))
    event_name = "unknown";
  delegate_->PrintMessage(std::string("Plugin received event: ") + event_name +
                          "\n");
  if (print_event_details_)
    PrintEventDetails(delegate_, event);
  if (print_user_gesture_status_)
    delegate_->PrintMessage(
        std::string("* ") +
        (blink::WebUserGestureIndicator::isProcessingUserGesture() ? ""
                                                                   : "not ") +
        "handling user gesture\n");
  if (is_persistent_)
    delegate_->PrintMessage(std::string("TestPlugin: isPersistent\n"));
  return blink::WebInputEventResult::NotHandled;
}

bool TestPlugin::handleDragStatusUpdate(
    blink::WebDragStatus drag_status,
    const blink::WebDragData& data,
    blink::WebDragOperationsMask mask,
    const blink::WebPoint& position,
    const blink::WebPoint& screen_position) {
  const char* drag_status_name = 0;
  switch (drag_status) {
    case blink::WebDragStatusEnter:
      drag_status_name = "DragEnter";
      break;
    case blink::WebDragStatusOver:
      drag_status_name = "DragOver";
      break;
    case blink::WebDragStatusLeave:
      drag_status_name = "DragLeave";
      break;
    case blink::WebDragStatusDrop:
      drag_status_name = "DragDrop";
      break;
    case blink::WebDragStatusUnknown:
      NOTREACHED();
  }
  delegate_->PrintMessage(std::string("Plugin received event: ") +
                          drag_status_name + "\n");
  return false;
}

TestPlugin* TestPlugin::create(blink::WebFrame* frame,
                               const blink::WebPluginParams& params,
                               WebTestDelegate* delegate) {
  return new TestPlugin(frame, params, delegate);
}

const blink::WebString& TestPlugin::MimeType() {
  const CR_DEFINE_STATIC_LOCAL(
      blink::WebString, kMimeType, ("application/x-webkit-test-webplugin"));
  return kMimeType;
}

const blink::WebString& TestPlugin::CanCreateWithoutRendererMimeType() {
  const CR_DEFINE_STATIC_LOCAL(
      blink::WebString,
      kCanCreateWithoutRendererMimeType,
      ("application/x-webkit-test-webplugin-can-create-without-renderer"));
  return kCanCreateWithoutRendererMimeType;
}

const blink::WebString& TestPlugin::PluginPersistsMimeType() {
  const CR_DEFINE_STATIC_LOCAL(
      blink::WebString,
      kPluginPersistsMimeType,
      ("application/x-webkit-test-webplugin-persistent"));
  return kPluginPersistsMimeType;
}

bool TestPlugin::IsSupportedMimeType(const blink::WebString& mime_type) {
  return mime_type == TestPlugin::MimeType() ||
         mime_type == PluginPersistsMimeType() ||
         mime_type == CanCreateWithoutRendererMimeType();
}

}  // namespace test_runner


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I think I miss your point because I don't really understand the example of the bird feather.
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SavingsFilteredHeuristic::SavingsContainer< Saving >

Detailed Description

template<typename Saving>

class operations_research::SavingsFilteredHeuristic::SavingsContainer< Saving >

Definition at line 2735 of file routing_search.cc.

Public Member Functions

 	SavingsContainer (const SavingsFilteredHeuristic *savings_db, int vehicle_types)

void 	InitializeContainer (int64_t size, int64_t saving_neighbors)

void 	AddNewSaving (const Saving &saving, int64_t total_cost, int64_t before_node, int64_t after_node, int vehicle_type)

void 	Sort ()

bool 	HasSaving ()

Saving 	GetSaving ()

void 	Update (bool update_best_saving, int type=-1)

void 	UpdateWithType (int type)

const std::vector< Saving > & 	GetSortedSavingsForVehicleType (int type)

void 	ReinjectSkippedSavingsStartingAt (int64_t node)

void 	ReinjectSkippedSavingsEndingAt (int64_t node)

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ SavingsContainer()

          SavingsContainer
          (
          const SavingsFilteredHeuristic *
          savings_db,

          int
          vehicle_types

          )

inlineexplicit

Definition at line 2737 of file routing_search.cc.

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◆ AddNewSaving()

          void AddNewSaving
          (
          const Saving &
          saving,

          int64_t
          total_cost,

          int64_t
          before_node,

          int64_t
          after_node,

          int
          vehicle_type

          )

inline

Definition at line 2775 of file routing_search.cc.

◆ GetSaving()

          Saving GetSaving
          (
          	)

inline

Definition at line 2842 of file routing_search.cc.

◆ GetSortedSavingsForVehicleType()

          const std::vector< Saving > & GetSortedSavingsForVehicleType
          (
          int
          type	)

inline

Definition at line 2907 of file routing_search.cc.

◆ HasSaving()

          bool HasSaving
          (
          	)

inline

Definition at line 2837 of file routing_search.cc.

◆ InitializeContainer()

          void InitializeContainer
          (
          int64_t
          size,

          int64_t
          saving_neighbors

          )

inline

Definition at line 2747 of file routing_search.cc.

◆ ReinjectSkippedSavingsEndingAt()

          void ReinjectSkippedSavingsEndingAt
          (
          int64_t
          node	)

inline

Definition at line 2918 of file routing_search.cc.

◆ ReinjectSkippedSavingsStartingAt()

          void ReinjectSkippedSavingsStartingAt
          (
          int64_t
          node	)

inline

Definition at line 2913 of file routing_search.cc.

◆ Sort()

          void Sort
          (
          	)

inline

Definition at line 2784 of file routing_search.cc.

◆ Update()

          void Update
          (
          bool
          update_best_saving,

          int
          type = -1

          )

inline

Definition at line 2878 of file routing_search.cc.

◆ UpdateWithType()

          void UpdateWithType
          (
          int
          type	)

inline

Definition at line 2902 of file routing_search.cc.

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Angola is a country in Africa (Middle Africa) with about 19.6 Millionen inhabitants on an area of almost 1.2 Millionen km². The capital of Angola is Luanda (2.8 Millionen inhabitants).
People in the country are mainly speaking Portuguese.
The neighbors of Angola are the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Namibia.
What is the Electricity Voltage in Angola?
The voltage in Angola is 220 volts.
If the voltage stated in the user's manual or on the device's power supply differs from the mains voltage in Angola, you should either not use your device there, or buy a voltage converter before departing.
What is the utility frequency in Angola?
The utility frequency in Angola is 50 Hertz.
Devices that either measure time, or are equipped with moving and rotating parts, are particularly dangerous! So, if you plan to use shavers, heaters, kitchen appliances or alarm clocks in Angola, read the instruction manuals to see if these devices are safe to use on the local utility frequency.
If the mains frequency specified in the manual or on the power supply is different from the rate used in Angola, you should not use the device!


Facebook Messenger Updated With "Instant Games"
From the moment Facebook spun off Messenger as a standalone app, the Menlo Park-based social media giant had a single development strategy for it in mind. Namely, the company wanted to turn the said instant messaging (IM) app into something more; something people will keep coming back to for many reasons. Given the fact that Messenger itself is currently used by over a billion people worldwide, that certainly isn't a bad strategy, as it's much easier to introduce a new feature to an already popular app than try to build the next big thing and hope people will be bothered with trying it out. In other words, while Messenger is technically an app, Facebook is developing it as an ecosystem.
Cue a plethora of content such as Messenger Day, AI-powered shopping bots, and even games which Facebook has been adding to Messenger in recent years. Speaking of games, the company's IM app has so far only supported simple mini-games which were mostly presented as hidden easter eggs and not actual features. Well, that changes today, as the social media giant just announced "Instant Games" for Messenger. Thanks to this feature, users can now play games with their friends directly through Messenger. The initial version of Instant Games supports 17 titles: Pac-Man, Galaga, Arkanoid, Space Invaders, Track & Field 100M, Shuffle Cats Mini, Hex, Words With Friends Frenzy, Everwing, 2020 Connect, Templar 2048, Endless Lake, The Tribez: Puzzle Rush, Puzzle Bobble, Zookeeper, Brick Pop, and Wordalot Express. As you can see, Facebook opted to offer a combination of cult classics and popular modern games, likely because it's hoping to attract a maximum number of users. Of course, all of the supported titles are casual in nature and can be played for any amount of time, which means they're perfectly suitable for gaming on the go.
The Instant Games feature will start rolling out today in 30 countries. Unfortunately, Facebook's press release doesn't go into specifics regarding the Instant Games rollout map, though more countries are expected to be added in due course. The same goes for software requirements, as Andrea Vaccari, Product Manager at Facebook Messenger explains that this feature will work on all "newer" versions of the Android operating system.


The Journal of Applied Arts & Health serves a wide community of artists, researchers, practitioners and policy-makers evidencing the effectiveness of the interdisciplinary use of arts in health and arts for health. To take advantage of this opportunity students will need to be enrolled in the Associate Degree in Health and Community Care After completing Foundations of Arts and Health, the opportunity exists to undertake further units within the Associate Degree in Health and Community Care.
Across the nation more medical schools are offering arts initiatives in the training and continuing professional development of medical practitioners toward a goal of increasingly compassionate and empathic treatment, which is proving to result in cost effectiveness and increased patient satisfaction.


Although recently landscaped the ocherous water is a tell tale sign that this from the Crawstone Level at Ladywood.
This building is on the site of the 20th Century workings. Although it was later used as an office/cabin its original purpose is not clear. The fuel tank on the left is associated with latest open cast workings.
One of the few mining buildings remaining in Broseley the far gable wall is in danger of collapsing due to the pressure of waste piled against it !