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cryptologicalmystic · 5 years ago

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a tedious argument of sinister intent

[This is going to make absolutely no sense if you aren't caught up on @trashfoundation 's blog. To be honest, I'm not entirely sure it'll make sense even in that context! As far as canonicity goes, I don't think the first part should contradict anything, but the second part may be incompatible with what's happening on the blog. Who knows. *shrug emoji*]

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This is the third time today Leah has gone to check on the gremlin boxes. They're deceptively simple-looking - you push a certain button on one, a little screen powers up. Save for occasional minute variations in the numbers, the readout it shows has been basically the same for the past few weeks, ever since the boxes appeared: "anchors in array" constant at thirty (they've only actually found twenty so far, none of which they've been able to move at all), "inside array" at one hundred, and "correcting from value of" somewhere between eighty and ninety-five - excluding the first few hours after the boxes actually showed up, where it didn't break sixty the entire time.

But the cultists that now haunt the Chipotle like particularly droopy ghosts have been on edge for the past few days, ever since shortly after the "feast" with the gremlins-who-had-stopped-being-gremlins ended. And the cultists, unlike the gremlins they seem to worship, have actually been a positive influence on the place!

Since the cultists came, none of the Night Shift - the employees' tacit moniker for the little group they've created to obsess over the surveillance footage of gremlins and fistfights and gods - have been mindwiped. Not even once.

The gremlin-specific panic button they came up with has only been pressed once, during the "feast", and Leah remembers doing it as clear as day. The footage from the security cameras matches up with the footage from the miniature cams Ed started sticking everywhere after the third or fourth time they'd found things on the tapes they couldn't explain, with the audio from the microphones they'd installed after incident seven, even with their memories.

So, yeah, if they're this agitated then Leah is going to regularly check the other tangible evidence they have, thank you very much. With this certainty in her mind, she presses down on the readout button - and freezes.

SCRANTON REALITY ANCHOR

ANCHORS IN ARRAY: 30

INSIDE ARRAY:

100.01 (+0.12/-0.16) Hm

READINGS NOMINAL

CORRECTING FROM VALUE OF:

26.11 (+21.61/-12.16) Hm

!!WARNING!! STRENGTH OF LOCAL REALITY SUBSTRATE BENEATH ACCEPTABLE LEVELS

!!WARNING!! HIGH FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH OF LOCAL REALITY SUBSTRATE

!!WARNING!! 11.62% PROBABILITY OF ACTIVE REALITY BENDER IN VICINITY

It doesn't take much to connect that last line with some of the things the cameras have recorded: the unidentifiable man who comes in at the end, pays the fighters' bill, and fixes all the damage they caused. Leah's had years of experience in customer-facing positions; she doesn't doubt for a moment that, if there are enough people like him to warrant a fancy label, then the vast majority are going to be more interested in breaking things than fixing them.

(Unconsciously, she reaches a hand up to touch the scar cutting through her eyebrow.)

Leah stands up, moves back until she's absolutely sure she's within the boxes' - the anchors' - area of effect, and takes a moment to panic. Then she turns to march back into the Chipotle.

Nobody is getting unmade today, not on her watch.

Elsewhere, a seagull struggles through the air, claws tangled through the straps of an opened purse - and through the chain of the gaudy necklace the purse is holding.

Jack Bright hasn't slept since this whole thing began. Technically the bird he's possessing has, but he hasn't. He's not entirely sure how the hell he managed to escape, especially since he doesn't actually remember doing it, but he's out. Unfortunately, he had to ditch the phone he was carrying - too heavy, plus there's a good chance the Insurgency could use it to track him if he held on.

He's resolutely trying not to think about the events that led to him getting captured in the first place. Him? A reality bender? That's ridiculous, he'd be dead by now if that were the case. Maybe even really dead and not just in the limbo of the in-between. (Now there's a thought!) If they couldn't manage that, they'd have strengthened the containment procedures for 963. (...Would the List count?) At the very least, he'd have been demoted or something.

(Unless he's subconsciously bent their minds so that nothing like that could happen. Ridiculous, of course. He wouldn't do something like that. Right?)

But his coworkers seem to believe it, and the Insurgency seems to believe it. And it would make a lot of offhand comments on the blog make a lot more sense.

("Do you WANT to resume the CK-ass-clay estructuring-ray enario-scay?")

("if the thing you were thinking of rhymes with "ebay pass", then yes it is!")

("Bright's on his bullshit again".)

But it's not possible... right?

#sfw #trashfoundation #the frogs are awol #suicidal ideation //#implied anyway #the title is more t. s. eliot haha

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lindsay36ho · 5 years ago

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Talking Bach with Pianist Ramin Bahrami

Iranian pianist Ramin Bahrami is considered one of today’s most interesting interpreters of Johann Sebastian Bach’s music. A regular performer at Cremona Musica, Bahrami and flutist Massimo Mercelli presented works from their latest CD, “Bach Sanssouci”, on the Decca label. Piano Street’s Patrick Jovell was happy to get the chance to talk to the inspirational performer.

Rami Bahrami plays Goldberg Variations in Parma, Teatro Regio, April 2019

Piano Street: Through your recordings you have gone through almost all keyboard music by Bach. Such a giant project makes us think in terms of a statement. How did your relation with the Leipzig master start and with what means have you created your own unique ”Bach universe” on a map counting many stellar performers over the years?

Ramin Bahrami: I was 5 years old when I heard Glenn Gould – the great Canadian pianist – for the first time and I immediately fell in love with Bach and Gould’s way to play this wonderful music. With Bach’s music I began my mission as a musician. Bach is for me not only the greatest composer ever – he is also a master of life and harmony: he is the fifth evangelist! PS: When we perceive Bach’s music the polyphony is an unrivaled factor – his friend Forkel observed that Bach saw music as a conversation between human voices. His music sounds good on any instrument. Which specific qualities can be found in the flute sonatas?

RB: In the flute sonatas and generally in all Bach’s melodic lines you have beauty and grace. He is always very elegant and refined. He reflects something very Italian and with German rationality.

PS: When we start working on a Bach piece, which should be our best approach? Should we start with the polyphony, melodic lines, articulation, harmony, or sound? Can you tell us how you prepare?

RB: The first approach – not only in Bach – must be the emotion, the feeling, and the human side of the composition, and thereafter of course all other elements, like melodic lines and different voices, harmony, polyphony, and natural sound. But the first step is always to understand the “Affektenlehre”. My personal approach begins with love and concentration and I try to discover the principal character of the music.

PS: Highly evident when hearing interpreters playing Bach is the concept of rhythm and the variety of different approaches. Bach’s friend Forkel wrote about how captivating Bach’s own playing was in this sense. This makes us think about the dances and the Suites. How would you elaborate on this important factor in Bach’s dance forms?

RB: I absolutely agree with you. Dance and rhythm are very important factors. He is always dancing and singing. He didn’t like too slow tempi, as Forkel wrote. John Elliot Gardiner once said: “Bach is Dance”. I think in the same way. The Bach Suites are not only wonderful selections of different dances of different countries but there is also a European Parliament in there. You can even find the Middle East nations like Persia in the Sarabande for example.

PS: You recorded the Piano (Keyboard) Concertos with Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and Riccardo Chailly. These are done with a ”modern” instrument and setting. Which are your ideas about performances using historical instruments?

RB: I have a very positive idea. Because if you want to have a rich idea about Bach’ s music today, you must know very well your past and all origins. You must know where you’re from. Personally I think that for transmission to modern audiences, the modern instruments such as the wonderful, dark golden sound of the beautiful Gewandhausorchester and the modern Steinway are really appropriate for the universal message of the Master. I loved very much to find a most comfortable nuance with Maestro Riccardo Chailly and his vivid intentions, and the work with the Gewandhausorchester and their modern instruments was truly fantastic.

PS: With your vast experience we must take the chance to ask you which of the less familiar Bach keyboard pieces we should look out for and play? There must be many not-so-known Bach works to discover?

RB: I suggest to young colleagues, for example: Bach’s Transcriptions of the Italian Masters, and the Keyboard Sonatas. I like very much the D Major Sonata with “la Gallina Cucca Fugue”, or the early Suite in f minor BWV 823. Aria variata alla maniera Italiana BWV 989, Four Duets BWV 802-805, Suite in A major BWV 832, Suite in e minor BWV 996, and of course other pieces. Bach is like an ocean. “Nicht Bach, Meer sollte er heissen” – “Not Bach (German for brook or stream), he should be called the Sea” – as Ludwig van Beethoven wrote about Johann Sebastian Bach.

PS: You are a prolific music personality and often appear on television, speaking about music. You are also an author of many books. Which are your quests as a writer?

RB: My principal aspiration and quest as interpreter and music divulgator is to have a friendly relationship with the public and to familiarize the young people with this immense legacy. I am only a Bach lover and I hope to see many youngsters at classical concerts. Why not at Bach evenings? It’s a hope!

Bahrami’s Bach journey on record

In 2009 Decca Universal released the 6-CDs box ”Ramin Bahrami plays Bach”, with all Bahrami’s Bach recordings up till then, including a selection of live performances and in 2010 came the French Suites. Before that, the Goldberg Variations, the seven Partitas and the Art of Fugue, released respectively in 2004, 2005 and 2007 which launched Bahrami as a popular and sought after artist. The recording of The Art of Fugue reached the top ten of pop-music best sellers in Italy – keeping this position for seven weeks. After this followed the release of ”Concerto Italiano”, with Bach works inspired by Italy (Concerto Italiano, Aria variata nella maniera italiana, Capriccio sulla lontananza del fratello dilettissimo, Quattro Duetti etc.), and in 2009 Bach Sonatas BWV 963-968 received important evaluations from critics and audience. In 2011 followed the Bach Concertos with Riccardo Chailly and the Gewandhaus Orchestra, 2012 the English Suites, 2013 Inventions & Sinfonias and 2014 Flute Sonatas with flutist Massimo Mercelli. That same year “Bach for Babies” was released and followed by Bach’s Musical Offering in 2015.

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from Piano Street’s Classical Piano News https://www.pianostreet.com/blog/articles/talking-bach-with-pianist-ramin-bahrami-10361/

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yourethicalenviro-blog · 8 years ago

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Blog #5 Let the Free Market Decide. Strong Anthropocentrism

While considering perspectives and diverse types of planetary management, we should look at pioneers and critical figures in those fields. One of these figures is William Baxter. Other than his legitimate and business accomplishments, Baxter has composed an incredible arrangement on every living creature's common sense entitlement and their ethical standing. He is of the supposition that any non-human creature should not have any ethical standing, and that a creature's position is just to be considered in regard to their association with people. Along these lines, Baxter considers moral rights one of a kind to people. This is noteworthy as it is a human-centric view, and slights every living creature's common sense entitlement as different savants or huge masterminds, for example, Singer or Steinbock may advocate for. While Baxter does not state that creatures should be ignored totally, he expresses that occasions to their greatest advantage should be seeks after just on the off chance that they advantage individuals also. Moreover, he expresses that the best advantages of people are best measured utilizing "a money saving advantage investigation", as one does when weighing diverse sides of things from a financial as well as moral point of view. These sorts of cost examinations can really be useful as there are numerous parts of good relativism that call for alternate points of view or assessment from various sides, for example, financial aspects. At the point when things are ethically relative and it is hazy or wrong to force a perspective, it is useful to consider the group of onlookers and consider why certain inclinations may be considered over others.

Natural perspectives are characterized by how people see themselves in connection to their condition and how they treat their general surroundings. While the earth intelligence perspective is the minimum human-centric out of the three noteworthy perspectives, the planetary administration perspective goes up against a totally human-centric position. It is human instinct to be human-centric, much the same as it is the way of each creature to support its own kind over others. In any case, not at all like different creatures people have the endowment of judicious thought, and can think past their anthropocentrism for the benefit of the world. Shockingly, huge numbers of the world's most effective individuals try to look past anthropocentrism, enabling planetary administration to have an intense hang on our way of life.

While it is workable for us to look past the reasoning of anthropocentrism, doing as such is troublesome, as well as outlandish. We have an obligation to our families, groups and the entire human race to save and enhance the lives of mankind. Along these lines, it is essential that we don't take a non-human-centric perspective. Bryan Norton, educator at Georgia Tech conceived a moral arrangement, adjusting our obligations to our kindred people with those to the earth. This arrangement is the rationality of powerless anthropocentrism, and lies between the perspectives of stewardship and earth intelligence.

One characterizing contrast amongst solid and feeble anthropocentrism is the varying dependence on inclination. While the solid variation depends of felt inclination, the feeble one uses considered fluctuation. To expound further, solid anthropocentrism depends on essential human longing that can straightforwardly be fulfilled. The frail variation is more muddled, as considered inclination requires educated consultation. Educated consultation requires a man to look at their objectives and act in agreement to the relevant science and rationality. While educated consideration can never be totally accomplished, it is required keeping in mind the end goal to move past essential human yearning.

Baxter's standards express that we have to satiate the human cravings, since the people are proposed to be buyers in the public eye. Baxter is an advocate of "Let the Market Decide," or utilizing consumerism as the driving component in the connection amongst people and the common habitat. The human purchasers will include "free market activity" variables which will profit the necessities and joy of humankind. One of the issues with weak anthropocentrism is that it needs particular rules. The reasoning is extremely obscure, and abandons itself up for understanding. This is frequently the situation when a rationality endeavors to string the needle between two extremes, as it can't adopt a hardline strategy on the same number of issues as the less focus methods of insight seem to be. Thus, weak anthropocentrism abandons itself up for a lot of understanding. Be that as it may, this theory can be connected to genuine issues and is also engaging the normal individual who has a benchmark level of nurture the earth, yet does not have any desire to relinquish their humanistic outlook on the world.

It might appear as though Norton is pushing for non-anthropocentrism on occasion, yet realize that it is not the situation. Norton holds a similarity of anthropocentrism in his perspective by saying that the nearness of people improves the world a place. Most people, myself included, concur with this assumption. While people frequently accomplish more mischief than great to the earth, our discerning thought gives us the capacity to accommodate the world in a way that no other living being can. Thus, it is basic that we give adequate assets to the who and what is to come. We should not just regard nature as an ethical patient in itself, yet perceive that future people are moral patients, and will depend on nature to survive. This part of weak anthropocentrism is the place stewardship assumes a key part. While devotees of stewardship don't trust that we have an ethical obligation to nature, they do concur that our cautious utilization of assets is urgent in our obligations to mankind, the ethical patients.

My question is: Which approach do you think is more applicable in the real life circumstances? There are a lot of unseen circumstances when things are in theory.

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