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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Wait, what did she say?
Since I've never met a writer who didn't love to eavesdrop, this is akin to telling you I'm rather fond of Chianti.
My favorite conversations to overhear are the ones that take awhile to figure out. I'm thinking of the one that occurred in a romantic oceanfront restaurant where Pythagoras and I dined on a recent trip to the Oregon Coast. We were seated so we could both watch the ocean, but Pythag had his back to the adjacent table.
That's where the good conversation was happening, and it went something like this:
Older woman: He's having a really hard time getting it up.
Younger woman: I think it's just not long enough.
Older woman: Maybe if it were tighter—
Younger woman: No, I think he just needs it to be blowing a different way.
Pythagoras – who couldn't see where the women were looking – was wide-eyed by this point. I actually could see what they were discussing, but I was still laughing so hard I nearly choked on my dinner roll.
"They're talking about that guy flying his kite on the beach," Pythag finally guessed.
"Probably," I admitted. "But wait 'til it ends up in one of my books."
Are you an eavesdropper? What's the most interesting conversation you've overheard? Please share in the comments.
And watch what you say around anyone with a notebook and an evil gleam in her eye.
26 comments :
- Abby Minard said...
Haha! Love it! I am totally an eavesdropper. My ears just prick up when I hear a whispered conversation not meant for me. The only problem is I can't hear worth crap so it comes out all distorted and half the time I have no idea what they are saying. So I just make up my own story ;p
- September 22, 2010 at 7:29 AM
- Patty Blount said...
Definitely an eavesdropper. I love it! I get so many interesting snippets that end up in stories later.
The best? Go back to my blog and read the comments about my trip to NYC to meet Sean Ferrell and Jeff Somers, when I transcribed the Oompaloompa conversation overheard on the train ride in.
Tawna, every time I hear the word, "oompaloompa" now, I dissolve into a ten-minute belly-laugh fit. - September 22, 2010 at 7:31 AM
- Claire Dawn said...
Unfortunately, I live in a non-English speaking country so I miss all the innuendo now :( - September 22, 2010 at 7:34 AM
- Sarah W said...
Delurking to share:
"It won't go in the hole. I need a new thing."
"No, yours is just like mine, see? You just have to aim a little to the left and drive it hard. Here, watch how your Mommy and I do it."
Overheard at a putt-putt golf course. I love how you can't make this stuff up.
Decades from now, I may actually tell my seven-year old why her Mommy was snorting and coughing 'til she teared up. Perhaps I'll save it for her rehearsal dinner . . . - September 22, 2010 at 7:40 AM
- Heather M. Gardner said...
Overheard at a recent family wedding reception:
"She's not pregnant? You mean she's just fat?" - September 22, 2010 at 7:49 AM
- lora96 said...
Overheard at Disney (it's the four year old's bday--she's in a cinderella dress):
Mom: Do you want to keep your ring on?
Kid: Yes. I wuv my cinderella ring
Mom: Well it's special and I know you'd be sorry to lose it.
Kid: I wanna wear it. I'll keep it on my fattest finger, see! (holds up index finger adorned with huge knuckle-dusting green plastic gemstone)
Mom: Since it's your birthday, I'll let you decide if you want to wear it or not.
Kid: I wanna wear it.
Mom: Okay. Give me the ring.
(mom takes ring, puts it on her own hand and gazes at it. i secretly believe that mom will lose the ring herself) - September 22, 2010 at 8:00 AM
- Terry said...
Funny! I just wanted to weight in on yesterdays blog since I didn't get a chance. The best advice I got about show don't tell was in 2 parts. One - often we as writers will tell because we want to be sure our readers get it or we want to get through something quickly. Answer: Have more faith in you readers, your story and you ability. Two - go through you ms and take out the words was and had. Not Sara was scared out of her mind but show it by her reactions, heart racing, pacing etc. Not Sara had a cold but Sara's head was pounding, eyes water and she'd already blown through half a box of tissue. It took me hours to go through the first 7 chapters I written but what a differenc it made!!!
- September 22, 2010 at 8:12 AM
- Linda G. said...
ROF,L! This is exactly what TG and I do when we go out to dinner. I'm always afraid the other diners are wondering why we keep laughing when we haven't actually said anything to each other.
One recent snippet, from the man at the table next to us: "Just swallow already! Why is it so hard to swallow?" I can only assume he was speaking to his toddler and not his wife. At least, I hope so. - September 22, 2010 at 8:13 AM
- Terry said...
Ammendment!! Not was pounding okay . . .I have to stop laughing before I finish .... BUT Sara's head pounded!!
- September 22, 2010 at 8:20 AM
- Penelope said...
Oh, I love that your husband couldn't see the visual behind the conversation. I do love eavesdropping, I must admit.
- September 22, 2010 at 8:23 AM
- Jason said...
I absolutely do this! My wife and I will be out somewhere and since we are fairly quiet ourselves we usually hear the same conversations. Someone will say something and all it takes is a confused look from one of us to the other to send us cracking up. Good to know we are on the same wavelength.
Sometimes only one of us hears it and starts laughing, so there is also a decent amount of whispered "I'll tell you later" until we are out of earshot of the parties in question.
I really should start carrying a notepad around...I do send myself email notes via my phone on occasion. :) - September 22, 2010 at 8:36 AM
- Elizabeth Flora Ross said...
I am unable to tune out other people's conversations, even when I really want to. Hubby, on the other hand, is always oblivious. Even when it would be impossible for most people NOT to hear something, he doesn't.
- September 22, 2010 at 9:06 AM
- Colene Murphy said...
I adore eavesdropping! I just never seem to have a write utensil handy.Need to work on that. - September 22, 2010 at 9:08 AM
- Danica Avet said...
OMG, that's the best!! LOL
I do listen to others' conversations, but most of the time I fear my family's conversations are the ones other people freak out over. We all used to play the same RPG and dinner conversations (whether we dined at home or out) were always about the game. I'm surprised we were never arrested because we used phrases like:
"You stole my purse!"
"I'm gonna kill your daddy."
"I can't believe you cut his head off!"
"Well, I found this new weapon and..."
You name it...it was probably said. - September 22, 2010 at 9:26 AM
- Unknown said...
This is why I love having hearing aids!! :D
Either I just have to turn them up, or I can leave my ... (ok, I'm not entirely sure what it's called now a days the name keeps being changed, but it's a microphone which sends a radio signal to my hearing aids and I can hear it from up to 50 metres away!! [not sure what that is in yards ... you can tell I'm Canadain when...]).
But it's perfect for leaving somewhere in the house and eavesdropping on everyone. I just have to make sure I hide it ...
Oh, and I also have a digital voice recorder too.
shhh! They're strickly for my classes ...
MU-HA-HA-HA-HA- GAG! CHOKE! GASP! sputter! ... ha? - September 22, 2010 at 9:31 AM
"Pythagoras and I dined on a recent trip to the Oregon Coast."
Hmm... - September 22, 2010 at 9:42 AM
- PK HREZO said...
That's priceless. I love arguments... not to be in them, but to listen to them. I have my mental pen and paper ready jotting notes as they happen. The more heated, the higher my ears perk up. :)
- September 22, 2010 at 10:10 AM
- Kadi Easley said...
My favorite overheard comment..."My ole man done had two heart attacks and he ain't dead yet."
- September 22, 2010 at 10:37 AM
Overheard in a Walgreens store:
Woman: It's about the donkey, I'm telling you.
Older Woman: No it's not. I saw her face and she was grinnin'. - September 22, 2010 at 11:17 AM
- Stephanie said...
LOL! That's great!!!! My favorite is just watching people when I can't hear what they're seeing...I like reading body language and making my own dialogue!
- September 22, 2010 at 11:27 AM
- Lora/Diva said...
@Danica: Husband and I have been guilty of surreal RPG discussions in public as well.
Him: I cannot BELIEVE you made the Dire Wolverine your pet.
ME: What can I say? I got Charisma. - September 22, 2010 at 5:30 PM
Ooh, eavesdropping! I always do that at dinner and try to laugh about them with my husband, but he stubbornly refuses to eavesdrop on the same conversations. Hurumph.
I commute by train and if I'm ever in the same car with a certain man, I try to leave. He broadcasts his phone conversations and they leave nothing to the imagination. "I said...then he said...then I told him..." I now know about his relationship with his daughter and ex-wife, his financial situation and what he thinks about the guy his daughter bought her car from. - September 22, 2010 at 9:59 PM
- TAWNA FENSKE said...
Abby, that's like the game "telephone" where someone says "I like grape jelly on toast" and by the time it gets around the circle, you think they've said "your mother is a whore." I like that game.
Patty, I remember your oompaloompa story, it was hysterical!
Claire Dawn, I'm pretty fluent in Spanish, but have never been a very good eavesdropper in that language, so I know exactly what you mean!
Sarah, ohmygod, I would have been DYING laughing! That's a great story.
Heather, that's hilarious. Was the "she" in question nearby?
lora96, LOL, you should have followed them around for awhile and nabbed the ring from mom's pocket.
Terry, great point about the showing/telling post. Did Blogger refuse to let you put this comment on that post? It's a bastard like that sometimes.
Linda G, oh dear, I would have been rolling under the table with maniacal laughter. How did you control yourself?
Penelope, I was actually pretty impressed he figured out what they were talking about!
Jason, that's one of the best parts of being married a long time -- you can crack each other up with dirty jokes without saying a word!
Elizabeth Flora Ross, Pythag can be a little oblivious in most situations, but he's a surprisingly skilled eavesdropper.
Colene, I sometimes make notes on my phone. Or on a napkin. Or in lipstick on the inside of my checkbook cover.
Danica, LOL, people must loooooooove eavesdropping on you!
Matthew, so you have bionic hearing? That is the coolest thing EVER.
terripatrick, are you wondering where we dined, questioning my sentence structure, or trying to find something dirty in that sentence? Your "hmmm" is so intriguing I'm thinking perhaps you're plotting to kill me.
Mac, I live to amuse you :)
PK Hrezo, I agree, arguments are loads of fun, especially when they turn nasty.
KD Easley, wow, what a touching sentiment!
Sharla, I seriously would have peed myself laughing if I'd heard that!
Stephanie, you have a true writer's mind!
Lora/Diva, snicker! I'd like a pet wolverine.
theemptypen, overheard phone conversations are the best. What is it with people thinking they need to scream into the phone to be heard?
Thanks for reading, guys!
Tawna - September 23, 2010 at 8:23 AM
- Heather M. Gardner said...
These were great!
Not only was she in the room, she may have overheard the comment. It was said by one of those Aunts that doesn't think they have poor hearing and yet they are practically shouting at you when they talk! - September 23, 2010 at 5:01 PM
- Génette Wood said...
Hmm, I'm a little late to the comment party.
Went out to dinner last night with 2 buds. One (JJ) disklikes eavesdropping, the other (Gary) loves it.
Overheard by Gary & me, completely ignored by JJ:
Drunk girl: Gary, your dad is really cool.
(My Gary freaks out and tries to figure out Drunk Girl knows his dad)
Other Gary: Yeah I guess.
Drunk girl: No, like the coolest guy that ever lived.
Drunk guy: Yeah, he could walk on water if he wanted to.
Other Gary: I guess.
Drunk girl: He's like...the most interesting man alive.
(Other Gary probably wonders if Drunk Girl is the lipstick he found on his dad's collar)
The entire time, my Gary & I are laughing (his dad isn't nearly as "interesting" as Other Gary's dad), while JJ attempts to ignore us and a stray cat about to leap onto his head.
All in all, it turned out to be a very random night. - September 24, 2010 at 8:09 AM
- Lynne Kelly said...
Tawna, this cracks me up! I blogged about the same thing recently when I overheard a woman complaining about being naked when she was tied to a gurney and pepper-sprayed.
http://willwrite4cake.blogspot.com/2010/07/im-not-eavesdropping-im-researching.html - September 27, 2010 at 2:13 PM


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What Personal Information Do We Collect?
collects personal information to enable us to manage, maintain, and develop our operations, including:
- to establish, maintain and manage our relationship with you so that we may provide you with, or receive from you, the products and services that have been requested;
- to be able to review the products and services that we provide to you so that we may understand your requirements for our products and services and so that we may work to improve our products and services;
- to be able to review the products and services that we obtain from you so that we may work with you and so that you may understand our requirements for such products and services;
- to be able to comply with your requests (for example, if you prefer to be contacted at a business or residential telephone number and advise us of your preference, we will use this information to contact you at that number);
- to enable us to undertake our environmental, health and safety activities, including incident planning, response, and investigation;
- to protect us against error, fraud, theft and damage to our goods and property;
- to enable us to comply with applicable law or regulatory process (for example, we may collect personal information to satisfy the obligations imposed on us by our various regulators);
- to enable us to aggregate data in an effort to identify trends across our users/customers and use the aggregated data to provide services;
- and any other reasonable purpose to which you consent.
How Do We Use and Disclose Your Personal Information?
We may use or disclose your personal information:
- for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy; and
- for any additional purposes for which we have obtained your consent to the use or disclosure of your personal information.
We may use or disclose your personal information without your knowledge or consent where we are permitted or required by applicable law or regulatory requirements to do so.
When Do We Disclose Your Personal Information?
We may share your personal information with our employees, contractors, consultants and other parties who require such information to assist us with managing our relationship with you, including third parties that provide services to us or on our behalf.
For example, our third-party service providers may provide certain information technology and data processing services to us from time to time so that we may operate our business, and as result, your personal information may be collected, used, processed, stored or disclosed in Canada or the United States of America.
In addition, personal information may be disclosed or transferred to another party during the course of, or completion of, a change in ownership of or the grant of a security interest in, all or a part of Vision Realty Local Inc. or its affiliates through, for example, an asset or share sale, or some other form of business combination, merger or joint venture, provided that such party is bound by appropriate agreements or obligations and required to use or disclose your personal information in a manner consistent with the use and disclosure provisions of this Privacy Policy, unless you consent otherwise.
Further, your personal information may be disclosed:
- as permitted or required by applicable law or regulatory requirements;
- to comply with valid legal processes such as search warrants, subpoenas or court orders;
- as part of Vision Realty Local Inc.'s required reporting activities to its affiliates;
- to protect the rights and property of Vision Realty Local Inc.
- during emergency situations or where necessary to protect the safety of a person or group of persons;
- where the personal information is publicly available;
- and with your consent.
Vision Realty Local Inc.'s does not sell, give or rent ANY names or addresses to third parties for the express use of solicitation.
Your Consent is Important to Us
It is important to us that we collect, use or disclose your personal information where we have your consent to do so. Depending on the sensitivity of the personal information, your consent may be implied, deemed (using an opt-out mechanism) or express. Express consent can be given orally, electronically or in writing. Implied consent is consent that can reasonably be inferred from your action or inaction. For example, when you enter into an agreement with us, we will assume your consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information for purposes related to the performance of that agreement and for any other purposes identified to you at the relevant time.
Typically, we will seek your consent at the time that we collect your personal information. In certain circumstances, your consent may be obtained after collection but prior to our use or disclosure of your personal information. If we plan to use or disclose your personal information for a purpose not previously identified (either in this Privacy Policy or separately), we will endeavor to advise you of that purpose before such use or disclosure.
We may collect, use or disclose your personal information without your knowledge or consent where we are permitted or required to do so by applicable law or regulatory requirements.
You may change or withdraw your consent at any time, subject to legal or contractual obligations and reasonable notice, by contacting our Privacy Officer using the contact information set out below. All communications with respect to such withdrawal or variation of consent should be in writing and addressed to our Privacy Officer.
We assume that, unless you advise us otherwise, you have consented to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information as explained in this Privacy Policy.
How is Your Personal Information Protected?
Vision Realty Local Inc. will endeavor to maintain physical, technical and procedural safeguards that are appropriate to the sensitivity of the personal information in question. These safeguards are designed to prevent your personal information from loss and unauthorized access, collection, use, disclosure, copying, modification, disposal or destruction.
The security of your personal information is important to us, please advise our Privacy Officer immediately of any incident involving the loss of or unauthorized access to or disclosure of personal information that is in our custody or control.
Updating Your Personal Information
It is important that the information contained in our records is both accurate and current. If your personal information happens to change during the course of our relationship, please keep us informed of such changes.
In some circumstances, we may not agree with your request to change your personal information and will instead append an alternative text to the record in question.
Access to Your Personal Information
When requesting access to your personal information, please note that we may request specific information from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal information that we hold about you. We may charge you a fee to access your personal information; however, we will advise you of any fee in advance.
Your right to access the personal information that we hold about you is not absolute. There are instances where applicable law or regulatory requirements allow or require us to refuse to provide some or all of the personal information that we hold about you. In addition, the personal information may have been destroyed, erased or made anonymous in accordance with our record retention obligations and practices. In the event that we cannot provide you with access to your personal information, we will endeavor to inform you of the reasons why, subject to any legal or regulatory restrictions.
Inquiries or Concerns?
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or concerns about how we manage your personal information, please contact Vision Realty Local Inc. by telephone, in writing or by e-mail. We will endeavor to answer your questions and advise you of any steps taken to address the issues raised by you. If you are dissatisfied with our response, you may be entitled to make a written submission to the Privacy Commissioner in your jurisdiction.
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Release 7th February 2021
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Baily Dining Table Black & White
Product Description:
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Package Content
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sprintf {base} | R Documentation |
A wrapper for the C function sprintf
, that returns a character
vector containing a formatted combination of text and variable values.
sprintf(fmt, ...) gettextf(fmt, ..., domain = NULL)
fmt |
a character vector of format strings, each of up to 8192 bytes. |
... |
values to be passed into |
domain |
see |
is a wrapper for the system sprintf
function. Attempts are made to check that the mode of the values
passed match the format supplied, and R's special values (NA
, -Inf
and NaN
) are handled correctly.
is a convenience function which provides C-style
string formatting with possible translation of the format string.
The arguments (including fmt
) are recycled if possible a whole
number of times to the length of the longest, and then the formatting
is done in parallel. Zero-length arguments are allowed and will give
a zero-length result. All arguments are evaluated even if unused, and
hence some types (e.g., "symbol"
or "language"
, see
) are not allowed.
The following is abstracted from Kernighan and Ritchie (see References): however the actual implementation will follow the C99 standard and fine details (especially the behaviour under user error) may depend on the platform.
The string fmt
contains normal characters,
which are passed through to the output string, and also conversion
specifications which operate on the arguments provided through
. The allowed conversion specifications start with a
and end with one of the letters in the set
. These letters denote the following types:
, i
, o
, x
value, o
being octal,
and X
being hexadecimal (using the same case for
as the code). Numeric variables with exactly integer
values will be coerced to integer. Formats d
and i
can also be used for logical variables, which will be converted to
, 1
or NA
Double precision value, in "fixed
point" decimal notation of the form "[-]mmm.ddd". The number of
decimal places ("d") is specified by the precision: the default is 6;
a precision of 0 suppresses the decimal point. Non-finite values
are converted to NA
, NaN
or (perhaps a sign followed
by) Inf
Double precision value, in
"exponential" decimal notation of the
form [-]m.ddde[+-]xx
or [-]m.dddE[+-]xx
Double precision value, in %e
format if the exponent is less than -4 or greater than or
equal to the precision, and %f
format otherwise.
(The precision (default 6) specifies the number of
significant digits here, whereas in %f, %e
, it is
the number of digits after the decimal point.)
Double precision value, in binary notation
of the form [-]0xh.hhhp[+-]d
. This is a binary fraction
expressed in hex multiplied by a (decimal) power of 2. The number
of hex digits after the decimal point is specified by the precision:
the default is enough digits to represent exactly the internal
binary representation. Non-finite values are converted to NA
or (perhaps a sign followed by) Inf
. Format
uses lower-case for x
, p
and the hex
values: format %A
uses upper-case.
This should be supported on all platforms as it is a feature of C99.
The format is not uniquely defined: although it would be possible
to make the leading h
always zero or one, this is not
always done. Most systems will suppress trailing zeros, but a few
do not. On a well-written platform, for normal numbers there will
be a leading one before the decimal point plus (by default) 13
hexadecimal digits, hence 53 bits. The treatment of denormalized
(aka 'subnormal') numbers is very platform-dependent.
Character string. Character NA
s are
converted to "NA"
Literal %
(none of the extra formatting
characters given below are permitted in this case).
Conversion by as.character
is used for non-character
arguments with s
and by as.double
non-double arguments with f, e, E, g, G
. NB: the length is
determined before conversion, so do not rely on the internal
coercion if this would change the length. The coercion is done only
once, so if length(fmt) > 1
then all elements must expect the
same types of arguments.
In addition, between the initial %
and the terminating
conversion character there may be, in any order:
Two numbers separated by a period, denoting the
field width (m
) and the precision (n
Left adjustment of converted argument in its field.
Always print number with sign: by default only negative numbers are printed with a sign.
Prefix a space if the first character is not a sign.
For numbers, pad to the field width with leading zeros. For characters, this zero-pads on some platforms and is ignored on others.
specifies "alternate output" for numbers, its
action depending on the type:
For x
or X
, 0x
or 0X
will be prefixed
to a non-zero result. For e
, e
, f
, g
and G
, the output will always have a decimal point; for
and G
, trailing zeros will not be removed.
Further, immediately after %
may come 1$
to 99$
to refer to a numbered argument: this allows arguments to be
referenced out of order and is mainly intended for translators of
error messages. If this is done it is best if all formats are
numbered: if not the unnumbered ones process the arguments in order.
See the examples. This notation allows arguments to be used more than
once, in which case they must be used as the same type (integer,
double or character).
A field width or precision (but not both) may be indicated by an
asterisk *
: in this case an argument specifies the desired
number. A negative field width is taken as a '-' flag followed by a
positive field width. A negative precision is treated as if the
precision were omitted. The argument should be integer, but a double
argument will be coerced to integer.
There is a limit of 8192 bytes on elements of fmt
, and on
strings included from a single %
letter conversion
Field widths and precisions of %s
conversions are interpreted
as bytes, not characters, as described in the C standard.
The C doubles used for R numerical vectors have signed zeros, which
may output as -0
, -0.000
A character vector of length that of the longest input. If any
element of fmt
or any character argument is declared as UTF-8,
the element of the result will be in UTF-8 and have the encoding
declared as UTF-8. Otherwise it will be in the current locale's
The format string is passed down the OS's sprintf
function, and
incorrect formats can cause the latter to crash the R process . R
does perform sanity checks on the format, but not all possible user
errors on all platforms have been tested, and some might be terminal.
The behaviour on inputs not documented here is 'undefined', which means it is allowed to differ by platform.
Original code by Jonathan Rougier.
Kernighan, B. W. and Ritchie, D. M. (1988) The C Programming Language. Second edition, Prentice Hall. Describes the format options in table B-1 in the Appendix.
The C Standards, especially ISO/IEC 9899:1999 for 'C99'. Links can be found at https://developer.r-project.org/Portability.html.
man sprintf
on a Unix-alike system.
for a way of formatting vectors of numbers in a
similar fashion.
for another way of creating a vector combining
text and values.
for the mechanisms for the automated translation
of text.
## be careful with the format: most things in R are floats ## only integer-valued reals get coerced to integer. sprintf("%s is %f feet tall\n", "Sven", 7.1) # OK try(sprintf("%s is %i feet tall\n", "Sven", 7.1)) # not OK sprintf("%s is %i feet tall\n", "Sven", 7 ) # OK ## use a literal % : sprintf("%.0f%% said yes (out of a sample of size %.0f)", 66.666, 3) ## various formats of pi : sprintf("%f", pi) sprintf("%.3f", pi) sprintf("%1.0f", pi) sprintf("%5.1f", pi) sprintf("%05.1f", pi) sprintf("%+f", pi) sprintf("% f", pi) sprintf("%-10f", pi) # left justified sprintf("%e", pi) sprintf("%E", pi) sprintf("%g", pi) sprintf("%g", 1e6 * pi) # -> exponential sprintf("%.9g", 1e6 * pi) # -> "fixed" sprintf("%G", 1e-6 * pi) ## no truncation: sprintf("%1.f", 101) ## re-use one argument three times, show difference between %x and %X xx <- sprintf("%1$d %1$x %1$X", 0:15) xx <- matrix(xx, dimnames = list(rep("", 16), "%d%x%X")) noquote(format(xx, justify = "right")) ## More sophisticated: sprintf("min 10-char string '%10s'", c("a", "ABC", "and an even longer one")) ## Platform-dependent bad example from qdapTools 1.0.0: ## may pad with spaces or zeroes. sprintf("%09s", month.name) n <- 1:18 sprintf(paste0("e with %2d digits = %.", n, "g"), n, exp(1)) ## Using arguments out of order sprintf("second %2$1.0f, first %1$5.2f, third %3$1.0f", pi, 2, 3) ## Using asterisk for width or precision sprintf("precision %.*f, width '%*.3f'", 3, pi, 8, pi) ## Asterisk and argument re-use, 'e' example reiterated: sprintf("e with %1$2d digits = %2$.*1$g", n, exp(1)) ## re-cycle arguments sprintf("%s %d", "test", 1:3) ## binary output showing rounding/representation errors x <- seq(0, 1.0, 0.1); y <- c(0,.1,.2,.3,.4,.5,.6,.7,.8,.9,1) cbind(x, sprintf("%a", x), sprintf("%a", y))


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Hoboken and Jersey City may get a lot of press, but the hottest new neighborhoods in New Jersey are located a few miles north along the stunning Hudson River waterfront in nearby North Bergen and Edgewater. This up and coming area is seeing a boom in development and we wanted to share some of the most popular new apartments in the area, where you can get world-class amenities and top of the line luxury for half what an apartment rental might fetch "across the pond" in Manhattan. Jump on North Bergen while you still can lock-in a lease at prices that will make your wallet happy and all your friends jealous.
Duchess Apartments
The Duchess is a new apartment development by Post Brothers Apartments at 7601 River Road, North Bergen. The development was completed in 2017. Leases for available units range in price from $2,445 to over $9,795. The Duchess has a total of 320 units, studio, 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments in sizes range from 600 to 2600 square feet. The Duchess offers chic modern apartments for rent near Edgewater with a relaxed waterfront atmosphere and a refined urban style. The Duchess apartments in North Bergen blend metropolitan luxury with a serene home atmosphere.
Enjoy the convenience of world-class leisure and lifestyle areas, spaces ideal for hosting friends and socializing and a contemporary elegance you will not find in other apartments for rent in Edgewater or North Bergen. Discover an array of amenities and common spaces showcasing the work of world-renowned interior designer Paris Forino. In addition to spectacular views of Manhattan and a heated pool and hot tub, residents of The Duchess enjoy private cabana beds, and sun chaises; a "veranda" with a yoga deck, sand box, table tennis, a fire pit, and built-in seating areas; a rooftop indoor/outdoor salon with a bar and a kitchen; co-working spaces; and plenty of amenity space for kids including a playroom and art studio.
Avalon North Bergen
Avalon North Bergen is an exciting new urban apartment community and retail haven located in the heart of Hudson County. Our conveniently located North Bergen apartments offer spacious studios along with one- and two-bedroom designs in this beautiful neighborhood. Our exquisite homes come with a range of amenities like gourmet kitchens, washers and dryers in every apartment, large walk-in closets, central air conditioning, plush carpeting and balconies with breathtaking sights of the area. The community also features plenty of great perks including a state-of-the-art fitness center, a clubhouse with resident lounge and game room, maintenance-free living, amazing views from Manhattan to the Meadowlands and 17,000 square feet of on-site retail shopping, all in a smoke-free community.
Grand27 is a new apartment development by Applied Companies at 2626 Grand Avenue, North Bergen. The development was completed in 2017. Leases for available units range in price from $2,180 to $2,180. Grand27 has a total of 48 units, sizes range from 735 to 735 square feet.
Half Moon Harbor
Half Moon Harbour in North Bergen sets a new standard for luxury riverfront living. This twelve-story residential rental building provides a private and luxurious community, which will forever enhance the look of the New Jersey Gold Coast. Half Moon Harbour offers a complete package, including full amenities for its residents and the convenience of being within one mile of the ferry to Manhattan.
Among the rich amenities are many complimentary services including security, doorman, pool, tennis courts, health club, and front-door shuttle service to the New York Waterway Ferry. A five-minute ferry ride takes you into New York City and back again to your residence at our prestigious community on the Gold Coast.
Plaza 53
Plaza 53, in North Bergen offers 1 and 2 bedroom apartments featuring washer and dryers, sparkling swimming pool, business center, a fully equipped fitness center, hardwood floors and much more.


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Moses and the Burning Bush
3 Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. 3 So Moses thought, "I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up."
4 When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, "Moses! Moses!"
And Moses said, "Here I am."
5 "Do not come any closer," God said. "Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground." 6 Then he said, "I am the God of your father,[a] the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob." At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.
7 The Lord said, "I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. 8 So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. 9 And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. 10 So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt."
11 But Moses said to God, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?"
12 And God said, "I will be with you. And this will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you[b] will worship God on this mountain."
13 Moses said to God, "Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' Then what shall I tell them?"
14 God said to Moses, "I am who I am.[c] This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I am has sent me to you.'"
15 God also said to Moses, "Say to the Israelites, 'The Lord,[d] the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.'
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Israel is under attack. Since May 10, 2021, Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (both recognized by the U.S. and EU as terrorist organizations) have launched over 3000 rockets at Israel's civilian population centers. Millions of Israelis have had to run for shelter, and over 1500 Israeli civilians have been wounded. 10 Israelis have been murdered … Continued


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simple patch to the jack_capture example client, that implements silence detection and splitting of output files.
jrec2 can call hooks (invoke 3rd party software) upon detecting silence or audio. It include an optional random-playback control script that was used in an installation to record voice and if it detects silence plays back random snippets of previously recorded material.
pure-data might have been a wiser choice to maintain this; but besides the learning experience this c-code is very easy to deploy and keep-alive.
reqires: libsoundfile, jack-audio-connection-kit
compile with:
gcc -l jack -lsndfile jrec-v2.c -o jrec2


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Eskom and Europe's long-term lending institution, the European Investment Bank (EIB), have agreed a new €75 million (R1.1 billion) finance contract to support Eskom's 100MW Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plant close to Upington in the Northern Cape.
CSP uses a number of innovative technologies to concentrate the sun's energy through large mirrors and utilises the concentrated thermal energy to produce steam to drive a conventional steam turbine for electricity generation. CSP technology is similar to conventional power plants in that steam is used to power a turbine and generator, but the fossil fuel combustion is replaced with free, non-polluting solar energy.
Ayanda Nakedi, Eskom's Senior General Manager for Renewables said: "Eskom is committed to investing in projects that will diversify our energy mix, including renewable resources. The potential to deploy CSP technologies on a large scale is promising, and we are pleased to have taken another step forward in funding our Upington solar plant with this loan agreement."
Pim van Ballekom, European Investment Bank Vice President, added that "Energy is essential for economic activity and investment in new renewable energy generation capacity can harness South Africa's natural resources. The European Investment Bank is pleased to work with Eskom to support the CSP plant that will act as a model for similar schemes elsewhere and looks forward to continued engagement in South Africa under a new mandate agreed earlier this year."
Speaking about Eskom's relationship with the EIB, Eskom's Finance Director, Ms Tsholofelo Molefe, said: "The EIB is a valued partner who plays a key role in the funding of not only the CSP project, but has also provided funding for other projects in Eskom's capital programme.
This project is being co-financed with the African Development Bank, Agence Française de Développement, Clean Technology Fund (CTF), KfW and the World Bank.
The European Investment Bank has also provided a total of €220 million for the neighbouring Ka Xu CSP plant. The last part of this support to be provided through DBSA was agreed in June this year.
Over the last five years the European Investment Bank has provided more than €24 billion for renewable energy investment around the world.
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Roundup Now Proven to Cause Liver Disease, and it's in Your Food
Alex Pietrowski, Staff
Waking Times
In addition to the other documented risks of Monsanto's Roundup, a cutting-edge study using molecular profiling reveals that it also causes liver disease, even at doses currently approved by regulators.
Researchers at King's College London have discovered that the popular weedkiller Roundup causes non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The two-year study performed on rats tested the effect of real-world glyphosate doses currently permitted by regulators. This is the first time that science has shown a direct causal link between the consumption of an extremely low dose of Roundup and a serious disease.
The study, conducted by Dr. Michael Antoniou et.al. and published in Scientific Reports, states:
Overall, metabolome and proteome disturbances showed a substantial overlap with biomarkers of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and its progression to steatohepatosis and thus confirm liver functional dysfunction resulting from chronic ultra-low dose glyphosate-based herbicides (GBH) exposure.
Regulators commonly accept toxicity studies in rats as indicators of risks affecting human health, thus, the results of this latest report have grave implications for human health.
The Roundup Addiction
Shockingly, according to the United States Geological Survey, over 2.6 billion pounds of Roundup herbicide were dumped onto USA's farmland and food supply from 1992 to 2012. Roundup is the most-popular glyphosate-based herbicide (GBH) sold worldwide. Hundreds of millions of pounds are sprayed around the world each year.
The proliferation of glyphosate use in big agriculture has had many environmental ramifications, and the quality of soil is being impacted globally. Farmers now face hundreds of glyphosate-resistant superweeds, increasing their costs and requiring use of many more herbicides. Roundup has been found in rain and air samples, and glyphosate residues have been found in human breast milk and urine, as well as tap water and all types of food, including milk, eggs and baby food. A recent FDA study even found high levels in many popular foods.
"New testing conducted by an FDA-registered food safety lab found alarming levels of the chemical glyphosate (known as Monsanto's Roundup weed-killer) in several very common foods. This independent research reveals that many popular foods have over 1000 times the glyphosate levels that have been established to be harmful." [Source]
Many scientific studies have shown that exposure to GBHs such as Roundup can lead to serious health problems, such as cancer, neurodegenerative disorders, kidney disease, and Celiac disease. This newest study showing a causal link between Roundup and liver disease is one of the most compelling due to extremely low doses being tested.
Very Low Doses of Roundup Cause Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
The research conducted at King's College London by Dr. Antoniou and his team was one of the first to take into consideration the effects of exposure to glyphosate amounts currently permitted by regulators. The researchers were concerned that results from other glyphosate toxicity studies "were obtained at doses far greater than general human population exposure.
"Doses tested were typically over the glyphosate acceptable daily intake (ADI), which is currently set at 0.3 mg/kg bw/day within the European Union (1.75 mg/kg bw/day in the USA) based on hepatorenal toxicity measurements after chronic exposure in rats."
To address this problem, the team administered Roundup via drinking water at a concentration of 0.1 parts per billion (ppb), or 0.05 microgram/Liter (μg/L). This equals a daily intake of 4 ng/kg bw/day, much lower than the acceptable daily intake in Europe and the USA.
Regardless of the extremely low Roundup concentration, which was thousands of times below what is permitted by regulators, the researchers found the following:
The results showed that Roundup caused an increased incidence in signs of anatomical pathologies, as well as changes in urine and blood biochemical parameters suggestive of liver and kidney functional insufficiency.
Dr. Antoniou adds:
"Our results also suggest that regulators should reconsider the safety evaluation of glyphosate-based herbicides."
Based on this latest study, one would think it obligatory for regulators to reconsider the acceptable daily intake levels for glyphosate-based herbicides. Are these findings sufficient to set in motion even bigger changes?
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)
The new study highlights the question of whether Roundup is an unrecognized risk factor leading to an increase in NAFLD, which affects about 25% of the population in the USA. It is just as common throughout Europe.
NAFLD symptoms include fatigue, weight loss, nausea, abdominal pain, jaundice, itching of the eyes, spider-like blood vessels, and swelling in the legs and abdomen. Over time, NAFLD can progress to more serious conditions such as non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, where the liver can swell and become damaged, as well as the irreversible liver cirrhosis.
Considering the high levels of glyphosate contamination of our food and water supply, it seems wise to take proactive action in keeping the liver healthy. Some ways to reduce the risk of NAFLD and even heal a fatty liver are offered by Dr. Mark Hyman. He is the chairman of the Institute for Functional Medicine and author of The Blood Sugar Solution 10-Day Detox Diet:
- Eliminate all high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS),
- Get rid of white, processed flour and eliminate or greatly reduce starch,
- Add healthy fats,
- Improve your metabolism through exercise,
- Supplement intelligently, with herbs as milk thistle, and supplements such as glutathione and magnesium.
- Eat detoxifying, liver-repairing super foods, such as broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, and leafy veggies (1-2 cups per day)
- Power up with protein, including nuts, seeds, eggs, fish, chicken or grass-fed meat (about 4-6 ounces with each meal)
Read more articles by Alex Pietrowski.
About the Author
Alex Pietrowski is an artist and writer concerned with preserving good health and the basic freedom to enjoy a healthy lifestyle. He is a staff writer for WakingTimes.com and Offgrid Outpost, a provider ofstorable food and emergency kits. Alex is an avid student of Yoga and life.
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By Dal Sohal, MA, SLC Learning Services Coordinator
Attending a professor or TA's office hours is probably one of the most underutilized success strategies at university. Many students are aware that office hours exist but don't fully understand how visiting their professors and/or TAs during office hours can help to improve their academic results.
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Winner of the national Edward R. Murrow Award, the Polk Award for Excellence in Journalism, and the International Documentary Association's Donnet Award, Boogie Man has been called one of the best political documentaries ever made.
"Generous in spirit and nimble in technique, this riveting documentary about the Republican operative (who died of a brain tumor in 1991) reveals a scrappy genius rife with contradictions."- Jeannette Catsoulis, NY Times Critic's Pick
"A compelling portrait…Stefan Forbes' film is a fascinating study with telling interviews." - UK Telegraph
"In the can't-look-away documentary "Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story," there is more than one moment that will likely pop your jaw open…Wow." - Neely Tucker, Washington Post #1 Can't Miss Pick
"A cunning and brilliantly edited documentary" - The Montreal Gazette
"It will evoke blood-spitting rage or resounding awe. Either way, it's a hugely entertaining, efficiently crafted documentary about a ruthless, if undeniably clever, American political force." - Gary Goldstein, LA Times
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"A fascinating portrait of an almost likable rogue…It makes a companion piece to Oliver Stone's W…a remarkable portrait…heartbreaking." - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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"Excellent…astounding…will stick to your ribs like molasses on barbecue." – Linda Stasi, NY Post
"Director Stefan Forbes has assembled a brilliantly complex portrait that shines an unnerving light on the man who painted the landscape of contemporary American politics." - Johnathan F. Richards, Film.com
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When I first heard the Buddhist description of hungry ghosts -- beings with stomachs as big as caves and throats as narrow as pins -- I was positive I was going straight to hell as a hungry ghost. After all, this was an exact description of my experience with food. And not just with food, but also with life.
After years of being haunted by this image, I think I've figured out what the hunger is about. It's about missing my own life. It's about having food (both physical and emotional) right there, and not being able to taste it because my attention is somewhere else. We're all walking around hungry for an elusive something, and we're missing the very thing that could fill us: showing up, being present in our own lives.
My friend James, a frequent curmudgeon and always successful businessman, recently told me he was amazed to realize that when he was lifting his foot and was actually aware of lifting it, he was completely happy. He said, "I know this sounds odd, but I feel the kind of happy I only thought I could be if the deal I am working on were to come through next week. I mean, the kind of happy that gives happiness its good name."
James was talking about showing up for his own life, feeling alive. When he was aware of his everyday movements, he felt that all of him was living his life, instead of his mind being off planning his next meeting while his body was walking, riding in the car, or climbing stairs. James was talking about a quality that we already have because we are born with it. It is called presence--being (body, mind, and soul) where you are and feeling it.
Every day, we open our eyes, get out of bed, eat breakfast, brush our teeth, talk to our families, do our work. And most of the time, our minds are somewhere else. When we get out of bed, we are thinking about something we should have done yesterday; when we talk to our children, we are thinking about the phone call we need to make; when we walk to the bathroom, we are thinking about the chocolate we shouldn't have eaten. Or want to eat. Or are going to eat. Or how great our lives are going to be when we lose weight or get a promotion or fall in love.
We spend our lives, each day, in every moment, thinking about what we already did or are going to do, and we completely miss what we are doing. It's like eating a fabulous meal while talking on the phone and watching TV. The meal ends and you haven't tasted a thing because your attention was elsewhere.
This lack of attention leads to a tremendous spiritual hunger that we can't quite name. We get fooled into thinking that it's about something we don't have yet, when it's really something that is unfolding minute by minute, right in front of our eyes. We keep believing that if we go after the next big thing -- the job, the car, the house, the perfect sweater -- the hunger will be filled. And yet over and over we find that filling the hunger isn't about acquiring more things; it's about noticing what we already have and already are.
When I talk about presence in my retreats, students give me suspicious stares. Some decide that they don't like me and want their money back. Presence sounds dumb. "C'mon, Geneen. You make it sound so simple. What about my lousy relationship, or the fact that I have three kids under the age of 5 and not one second for myself the entire day? How can I be present in my life as it is, if that life makes me unhappy?" Good question, I say. And it is.
So, in the beginning, practicing presence needs to stay very simple. You start like James, by feeling alive in your arms and legs. The reason that living in your body is quite helpful is because the alternative -- living in your mind -- can drive you insane. There is no particular pattern to your thoughts; in a split second, they zing crazily from the time you fell from your swing when you were 6 to what you are going to say to the person who insulted you yesterday.
If you try to follow your thoughts, you get lost in fantasies, resentments, and anticipated disappointments. There is no ground, nothing solid to hold on to, no way of bringing yourself back to what you are doing now, this very second. You get to the end of a day -- or the end of your life -- and you wonder where you've been. (And the answer is: lost in thought!)
In the morning, before you get out of bed, focus your attention on your right foot, feeling your toes, your ankles, the back of your foot, your arch. Then begin sensing your calf, your shin, your knees. Continue moving all the way up through your right hip, and then focus on your right hand, fingers, wrist, and elbow. When you get to the shoulder, move across to your left shoulder and down this arm to your hand; then go from the left hip to the left foot. This should take about 5 minutes.
During the day, every time you remember, sense your arms and legs again, just for a few seconds. (I do this about 100 times a day.) This will help you land in your body and bring your mind back to the present moment; it will give you a kind of mountain-solid feeling.
When you are present, nothing is missing. Time seems to stretch. And the reason it does is because it's our thoughts -- our crowded, worried minds -- that make us feel so rushed. When you are present, a day seems like a week; a month, like a year. Presence enables you to see that this body, your home, the place you've spent years trying to change, is a pretty cool place to be.
Come, come, come to Geneen's 4-day online retreat, November 9-12. You'll be in the company of other women with the same longings, the same challenges, and together we'll have the direct experience of natural eating and learn tools for changing what limits your life and the shape of your body. For more information and secure online registration, CLICK HERE.