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How to Fix Bluetooth Headphone Sound Delay
By Deepak Tiwari Dec 07, 2021
You could be enjoying a music video on YouTube. However, you observed something wasn't quite right. The sound is out of rhythm with the movements in the video Before you get too worked up, let's go into the reasons for this and show you how to fix sound delay on Bluetooth headphones in this article. To understand what causes Bluetooth sound delay and how to solve it, you must first understand what audio latency is.
The time taken for audio data to get from its origin (computer, smartphone, mp3 player) to your headphones or speakers is known as audio latency. These are the milliseconds (ms) required to convert digital data into an audio signal that can be sent to your headphones over a cable or wireless connection.
The average audio lag over a cable connection is 5-10 milliseconds. Bluetooth latency can range from an ideal 34 milliseconds (aptX LL) to 100-300 milliseconds for true wireless earbuds and headsets in a wireless network.
To offer you a quick overview, a Bluetooth audio chain consists of a transmitter and a receiver. The audio signal is sent from the transmitter to the receiver. This audio transmission travels from transmitter to the receiver using a specific bandwidth. The more bandwidth is required to get an audio signal to the receiver, the larger the file size of the audio signal (better quality equals to larger audio files).
Consider bandwidth to be the width of the road, and audio file size to be the volume of traffic. Traffic jams will occur if the volume of traffic exceeds the capacity of the road, slowing progress to a crawl hence more time required to complete the transmission. When there isn't enough connectivity to support a particularly large audio file transmission (for example, if you're listening to a lossless audio file), the transfer will be slow and lag.
While wired connections provide greater audio latency, utilising Bluetooth headphones doesn't really guarantee that you will experience detectable sound delay all of the time. As you'll see in a moment, various factors come into play when determining whether you'll have near-inaudible audio latency or a detectable delay.
Factors that Influence Bluetooth Audio Quality
When utilising Bluetooth headphones, there are four crucial factors that will influence your listening experience:
Bluetooth Codecs
It decreases the file size of the audio data (so that it doesn't consume too much bandwidth) and encodes it in a specific format for transmission during the compression stage. The compressed data is then decoded so that it can be transformed into an audio signal that we can listen to.There are a variety of Bluetooth audio codecs, each with its own method for reducing and delivering audio data.
The main thing to note is that some codecs are stronger than others for streaming music over Bluetooth, so those are the ones you want your source and Bluetooth headphones to support for a better listening session. But, you should be aware that the Bluetooth codec of your headsets must match the audio source's codec. They will just fallback to the lowest audio codec if this is not the case.
Unwanted frequency signals intercept and interrupt the clean connection between your source and Bluetooth headphones, which is referred to as interference. Your wireless mouse, WiFi connection, television, and other similar appliances and gadgets that generate some form of radio frequency may interfere with the signal flow to your Bluetooth device.
The distance between the source and receiver
There's a limit to how far you can travel away from the audio source before losing connection and experiencing a drop in your listening experience. And it's not just about the range of your headphones. While most Bluetooth headphones can now reach as far as 10 metres on average, walls and other physical obstructions can hinder you from using the headphones to their full potential. Try bringing the headphones and audio source closer together to see if anything happens.
Not all Bluetooth versions are made equal, just like Bluetooth audio codecs. Bluetooth's technology has advanced significantly over time. Bluetooth 5.0, the most recent standard, can process audio data quicker than prior versions, resulting in lower latency times and improved sound quality.
In a wireless connection, there'll always be audio delay. However, there are methods to reduce it so that it isn't as obvious. Encoding, sending, and decoding audio data over a wireless connection will always take longer than over a cable connection.


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By BY Examiner Staff • December 5, 2012 12:00 am
Coach Pat Curcio plans to tweak his lines for this week's homestand to get the San Francisco Bulls back on the winning track after an 0-2-1 road trip to Las Vegas and Utah last weekend.
The Bulls' next two opponents, the Bakersfield Condors (tonight) and the Colorado Eagles (Friday and Saturday), are deep at forward and Curcio said he needs a true checking line to slow them down.
"Bakersfield has six real good forwards and Colorado has the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 scorers in the league all on one line," Curcio said. "We're definitely going to have to match somebody up against them, they're so skilled."
The Eagles' Chad Costello is leading the ECHL with 39 points in 21 games, linemate Jack Combs is second with 34 points and Michael Forney is third with 30 points.
Curcio said the tentative plan is to move Jordan Clendenning off the top line to play alongside Kris Belan and Michael Crescenzi. Daniil Tarasov would then move up and play with the team's top two scorers, Justin Bowers and Dean Ouellet.
Tarasov, who joined the Bulls (8-12-3) two weeks ago, played with Ouellet on the power play last weekend and they connected on three goals.
Tam to Worcester: The Bulls' top defenseman, Mikael Tam, was called up to the Worcester Sharks on Saturday to fill a void on the American Hockey League team's blue line. Tam was logging roughly 30 minutes a game and the Bulls were 5-2-1 after he rejoined the club Nov. 15.
"That's a tough loss," Curcio said. "But that's what our league's all about. We need to find ways to win even through those situations."
Joe Sova returned to the lineup Saturday, taking Tam's place alongside defensive partner Simon Danis-Pepin.
Oh, Canada: Fifteen of 23 players on the Bulls roster are Canadian, and they received a treat last weekend suiting up in the visitor's locker room where Mario Lemieux, Steve Yzerman and Joe Sakic laced up their skates before winning the 2002 gold-medal game in Salt Lake City.
It was a historic win for Canada as the country had gone 50 years without winning a gold medal in hockey.
"It was an honor," said defenseman Scott Langdon, who calls Hamilton, Ontario, home. "I remember watching that game in grade 11 or grade 10. It was a long time ago now, but the memory is still there."
The way to San Jose: There will be hockey played at HP Pavilion in San Jose this month, just not involving the Sharks. The Bulls will host the Stockton Thunder at the Shark Tank on Dec. 17 at 7:30 p.m.
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World's three largest cruise ships came together for the first time and it has been a brilliant show. The three ships which belong to the 'Oasis Class' of Royal Caribbean International met for the first time Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
The three ships, the 'Oasis of the Seas', 'Allure of the Seas' and 'Harmony of the Seas' came together to welcome the latter: the latest addition to the company's cruise shipping line.
What these ships offer is nothing but brilliance combined with magnificent beauty. Not only are their tours fantastic, being a passenger inside those huge ships is nothing short of a dream experience.
Each of the three cruise ships consists of seven neighborhoods with varying themes, a Central Park with thousands of trees, zip-wire going as high as 82 feet, luxurious suites with floor-to-ceiling windows, outdoor aqua theater for acrobatic and diving performances. Be it restaurants, theaters, pools or rides: these cruise ships have all the luxuries you can think of.
Not only this, each of these ships have more than 2,700 state rooms and can accommodate 5000 to 6000 passengers on each trip.
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The latest addition of the company, the Harmony of the Seas, beats its sister ships by 1 feet of which one made its debut journey in 2009 and the other touched the oceans in 2010. A fourth cruise ship is set to sail in 2018.
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Q: OutputCache of user control not working I have a complex website that uses .NETs output caching enabled through Sitefinity.  Recently we needed to have a specific user control have different cached versions depending on user location.  So I gave the user control an OutputCache directive with VaryByCustom set and overrode the GetVaryByCustomString method in Global.asax to get the user location.  The problem is that even in a simple test case this is not working.  We tested this use case outside the context of Sitefinity to verify whether it was causing the issue by making a new project containing an .aspx page and placing a new .ascx user control inside of it.  The page has a label that gets the current time on load as well as the control.  The control also has a label that renders the current time.  If I give the page OutputCache set to this:
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and the control set to this:
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the expected functionality does not happen.  The thinking was that if we opened this page in two different browsers we would see two different times in the second label.  Am I completely missing something here?  I am new to dealing with .NET caching so it is entirely possible.
Thanks
Here is my override of GetVaryByCustomString:
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Then the cache should be different for each browser with a different major version + browser type. So Firefox 3.5.0 and Firefox 3.6.0 should see the same but Firefox 3.5 and firefox 2.0 should see different.
I assume you have not accidentally overloaded HttpApplication.GetVaryByCustomString in global.asmx to handle the browser instead of allowing .NET to do it?

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• May 06, 2009
The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) is a Brooklyn-based nonprofit organization that uses art and visual culture to increase the quality of public participation in urban planning and community design. CUP specializes in creating interdisciplinary collaborations that bring together designers, educators, advocates, and community residents to improve urban life in New York City and beyond.
Making Policy Public (MPP) is one of CUP's programs: a series of fold-out posters that use graphic design to explore and explain public policy. Each poster is the product of a commissioned collaboration between a designer and an advocate. This series aims to make information on public policy truly public: accessible, meaningful, and shared.
This winter, the MPP jury paired designer Candy Chang with Sean Basinski of the Street Vendor Project to work with CUP staff to demystify the rules and regulations of street vending in New York City. Here, she shares the process and product of this endeavor. In doing so, she makes a strong case for further extending the kinds of collaboration that Making Policy Public embodies, and for establishing more peer-to-peer platforms – identified by advocates and communicated through good design – for information exchange between citizens.
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Six pairs of sunglasses, five hand bags, two scarves, seven books, one DVD, six magazines, two hats, two umbrellas, one necklace, three photographs, one wallet, four t-shirts, one notebook, three pairs of ear muffs, eight pairs of slippers, one watch (that I still wear after five years), and countless hot dogs, pretzels, noodles, biryani, crepes, falafel, halal, dosas, rice wraps, roasted nuts, bagels, and coffee: these are some of the things I've consumed thanks to New York City's 10,000+ street vendors. It wasn't until recently, however, that I realized how much drama they have to endure to make an honest living.
I'm a big fan of CUP and when they posted an open call to designers and advocacy groups to work together through their Making Policy Public Program, I happily applied. Sean Basinski (The Street Vendor Project), Rosten Woo (CUP), John Mangin (CUP), and I collaborated for five months to translate NYC's complex vending regulations into an accessible fold-out poster. CUP served as project manager and provided working stipends, research assistance, and direction throughout the process. Our goal was to make an educational resource for vendors that clarifies the rules and their rights when confronted by police officers. We also wanted the poster to serve as an advocacy tool that highlights the history of vending, personal vendor stories, and policy reforms to help develop a more just system. At the end CUP would publish several thousand copies of the poster, provide distribution support, and give 1000 copies to The Street Vendor Project for use in their advocacy and education work.
A lawyer and former vendor himself, Sean founded The Street Vendor Project in 2001 as a legal advocacy group for NYC street vendors. The organization has 700+ vendor members who collectively work together to make their voices heard. They publish reports to raise public awareness about vendor issues, file lawsuits to support vendor rights, and help vendors grow their businesses by linking them with small business training and loans. While meeting at Sean's office to learn more about vending issues and challenges, he pulled out a box containing heaps of pink tickets they've accumulated from local vendors:
The violations are mostly for the physical position of vendors' carts and tables, which must be certain distances from curbs, crosswalks, and building doors. Vendors are also frequently ticketed for not "conspicuously" wearing their vending license and for setting up shop on restricted streets. It's an uphill battle for vendors, whose interests have often been quashed by the City's "quality of life" crackdowns. It's virtually impossible to get a general vending license and the estimated wait is several decades! There are tons of street restrictions, partly due to the leverage of powerful business groups. And the fines are shockingly steep at $1000 – as a comparison, a parking ticket is $65. To top it off, all these regulations are buried in documents full of intimidating jargon and heinous text formatting that would make even the most patient person cry. Here's an example page from the City's vending regulations book:
Snap! Can the City be ticketed for bad formatting? These resources not only make it confusing for vendors but for the government too. Sean pointed out several tickets where even the police officers got the rules wrong. And worse yet, what if English is your second language? Ever since the first Jewish, Italian and Irish pushcart markets formed in lower Manhattan in the 1880s, immigrants have made up a large part of the vending workforce. Its low startup costs, independence, and flexibility make it a traditional first stop for small business entrepreneurs. Today over 80% of NYC vendors in lower Manhattan are born outside the U.S., particularly Bangladesh, China, Senegal and Afghanistan. Seeing a document like this makes me wonder how anyone has the moxie to vend at all!
We learned more at The Street Vendor Project's monthly meeting where vendors join forces to inform each other about current issues and take an active role in making changes. City officials are proposing that vendors can never leave their cart (who needs bathroom breaks?) and that all vendors must display an unobstructed 36″ x 18″ sign that displays all their appropriate licenses. This would take up serious space on their size-restricted tables. Vendor and board member Larry McDonald said, "Forget about your goods. You're going to be selling the sign!"
I also spoke with individual street vendors like Munnu, who sells hot dogs and pretzels at the corner of Lafayette and Reade. He moved to NYC from Bangladesh and has been a street vendor for 17 years, but it hasn't been easy. "One time I got a ticket because my jacket covered my license, and then I have to pay $1000 fine," he said, "Do you have $1000 in your pocket? You don't have it! I don't have it! This hand makes money and the other hand finishes it very fast. How do they think I can give so much?"
While learning about the challenges vendors face – and enjoying the best burritos, biryani, arepas and more at the annual Vendy Awards – we started thinking about the content of the poster. How much would be directed towards street vendors as a much-needed resource, and how much would be an educational/advocacy tool about street vendors and regulation reform? How much would be about clarifying the convoluted regulations into clear graphics and how much would be about showing just how convoluted it currently is?
After we established a general scope of content, I made "wire frame" mockups and marked each page of the fold-out poster with titles and image placeholders. This gave us a foundation to discuss the order, prominence, and general layout of the content. We placed vendor-targeted information in the first folds so vendors can easily access it on a day-to-day basis and within the small confines of some carts. We also started thinking about how to make the rules as pictorial as possible and include text translations in Bengali, Chinese, Arabic, and Spanish.
The fully-opened poster was devoted to a few elements, including personal stories from local vendors, historical background (NYC vending started when four Jewish peddlers set up pushcarts along Hester Street), fun facts (Jerry Seinfeld was once a vendor, and Bloomingdale's, D'Agostino and Macy's all started as pushcarts), and recommended regulation reforms (lift the license caps, increase street access, reduce the fines, and reform administration and enforcement). While this spread was geared towards educating non-vendors, Sean noted its equal value to vendors so they could feel less informal and take pride in a profession that has been so integral to New York's history.
I tried different visual styles, from old world LES charm to photographs of actual objects on the sidewalks. The guys were open to anything that best facilitated the content, and Rosten championed as much diagrammatic information as possible. Sean made a good point that, whatever the style, the poster should have a sense of "authority" so vendors could use it as a trustworthy-looking resource when dealing with police officers.
I eventually landed on a friendly Chris Ware-inspired style and had good times illustrating everything from hot dog stands to former Mayor Ed Koch. I printed a lot of homemade versions so we had hard copies to peruse and mark up during meetings. Here's a look at the poster-in-progress at three stages:
Over the course of our bi-weekly discussions, many elements evolved. Things that were initially little (sidebar of fun facts) became a centerpiece. Things that got tossed to the wayside (John's extensive timeline research) became useful fodder integrated into the policy reforms. And things that were once separate (vendor types, personal stories, policy reforms) became one coherent cityscape.
We got feedback from vendors about clarity, content, symbols, language and text translations. We tried to challenge all our assumptions – is ">" a universal symbol for "greater than"? Is a green check symbol the opposite of a red x'd circle? Are the abbreviations for feet, inches, and meters clear? Here's the final version:
Click to start a slideshow and flip through the booklet.
Vendor Power! Hopefully this fold-out poster not only saves vendors some headaches but allows the city to direct its energy (and our tax money) towards more pressing issues. In order to put this information directly in the hands of people who need it the most, CUP organized a citywide distribution event where volunteers handed out free copies to vendors across the city. Unfortunately I was way up in Helsinki, but here's some photos of the big day from CUP:
Click to start a slideshow.
And here are some first-hand thoughts from John:
"The poster went public with a citywide distribution extravaganza on a Saturday in late March. We got about 20 volunteers to take the posters to vendors on the job. Cheikh Fall, a vendor himself, helped us map the city's vendor-dense areas and estimate numbers. The weather was iffy, but that wouldn't matter, he said – April rent was due soon and the vendors would be out in force.
The volunteers met us downtown to pick up Google maps and a big stack of posters. From there they fanned out to Jackson Heights, Fulton Mall, Grand Concourse, Harlem – about 20 neighborhoods in all. (We talked about a Staten Island toe-touch, but it didn't quite happen.) We put the poster in the hands of about 1,000 vendors. Reactions ranged from enthusiastic to what-took-you-so-long? — more than a few related stories of run-ins with cops or storeowners when the poster could've come in handy."
After working on this project I have a new appreciation for NYC's vendors (and my $5 watch) and I learned a lot by working with CUP and the Street Vendor Project. Cross-disciplinary collaboration is critical for combining approaches, looking at things differently and developing new solutions. As an innovative non-profit, CUP devotes energy to facilitating all kinds of creative collaborations in urban education, from high school curricula to educational exhibitions. As an advocate, Sean devotes energy to spreading the word, organizing action and helping others understand their rights. And as a graphic designer, I devote energy to organizing content and making information more accessible and engaging. Thanks to CUP, we were all able to work together and combine our strengths to help develop tools towards citizen empowerment. These are the kinds of projects many designers and advocacy groups want to tackle together but lack the funding, resources or connections to carry out. How can we extend systems such as CUP's MPP program to better facilitate these partnerships?
What are the pros and cons to doing projects like these by way of grants, government funding, or corporate sponsorships? Are there other ways we can provide value and support to everyone involved? And how can we design the situations in which existing resources, people, and energies can come together to form new and empowering networks? MPP is one model; what are the others out there? What are the relative merits of the strong but flexible structure CUP encourages, and what are the benefits of self-organizing systems? I'd love to hear from other designers, advocates and other kinds of public servants about alternative systems and structures.
No one knows the ins and outs of vendor-hood more than experienced vendors themselves. And designers and advocates need the tools to join forces as well. In the spirit of crowdsourcing, should we try to extend this process and provide progressive peer-to-peer platforms for vendors – as well as designers, advocates and other kinds of public servants – to inform, support and collaborate with one other?
For more information about Vendor Power!:
Download a PDF or purchase a copy of the poster at the Making Policy Public website.
Read coverage of the project in The New York Times.
See sample pages at the Street Vendor Project website. The Street Vendor Project is part of the Urban Justice Center, a non-profit organization that provides legal representation and advocacy to various marginalized groups of New Yorkers.
Candy Chang is an artist, designer, and urban planner in Helsinki, Finland. She likes to make information more accessible and engaging through design and the creative use of public space. She also likes to improve the ways people share information.
The views expressed here are those of the authors only and do not reflect the position of The Architectural League of New York.
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Mohammed Mudassir Azeemi May 6, 2009
My God Father won the Vendy Award 2006! Sammy Halal Food rocks!
Elizabeth May 6, 2009
What an inspiring project and story! It's wonderful to read applications of design, wherein the content truly drives the form, and the purpose is not just another sales piece.
Erik Brandt May 7, 2009
A most inspiring story, congratulations!
MIMI May 7, 2009
this is awesome!
rico May 25, 2009
inspiring and very useful!
congratulations..
Artseenchicago June 1, 2009
Hi. There is an Anne Elizabeth Moore exhibition at Columbia College Chicago's Center for Book and Paper Arts June 19!
Tommy July 15, 2009
Hi, I wanted to start a small business in food vending. I recently close down my business in retailing because the rent is too high and no one is buying. I also lost a great amount of money and owing debt at the moment. Since Food Vending is low investment so i can start up all over again, I need to know what is the vending stand, cart or trailer size regulation in NYC. I'm also confuse about licensing and permit. One of my friend's mom have the cart license which she haven't use for 3 year but been renewing and paying it annually. Now she willing to let me use it but i need to know what other permit or license I need or (ID badge). Is hard to find the information. I even visited 42 broadway consumer affair about this but they were very rude and didn't even wanted to answer my questions. They told me to find out myself and when i'm ready go back to them for any application. Thank You in advance for taking your time reading this.
cold July 22, 2009
thank you very much and God bless you
Sean and his team members,,,,,,,,,from Bangladesh…
Robert Muhammad August 12, 2009
I am a disabled vet that is vending for himself. I need help with information on how I can get loans to get merchandise for my table. I have problems with the Police…but I am overcoming them by explaining the rules and regulations. I just need to know how to get more merchandise on credit…Can you help me with this?
Cassim Shepard August 12, 2009
Hi Robert, a good place to start is to consult the frequently asked questions at the Street Vendor Project: http://streetvendor.netfirms.com/public_html/staticpages/index.php?page=20050521160839944
m November 26, 2009
totally inspiring. thanks for making nyc better. xx
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With Post-it Notes for Neighbors, Candy Chang playfully calls attention to the commodification of information exchange in public space and calls citizen-designers to action.
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Architecture and urban planning rely heavily on visual representation. While a written description of a building or reading of the zoning code may provide some sense of their effect, the ability to envision a proposed, future reality often requires maps, diagrams, drawings, and renderings. These tools are by no means…
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WordPress's daily prompt today - Recently Acquired: What's the most important (or interesting, or unexpected) thing about blogging you know today that you didn't know a month ago?
Well, what I didn't know a month ago I still don't know.
I'm still baffled about how to get featured in the illusive Freshly Pressed – I'm starting to think it doesn't really exist…in reality…really.
I've read all the articles, read all those who've been featured, and they're really great.
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The Animatrix: Final Flight if the Osiris
Written By: Andy and Larry Wachowski
Directed By: Andy Jones
This short features stunning computer-generated animation by the same team that brought you Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. The visuals are absolutely beautiful, and you can see the progress being made in designing and animating these computer generated characters. Once you get past the incredible visuals, you quickly realize why a lot of people have been calling Osiris "The Matrix 1.5": the events in this film lead directly into The Matrix Reloaded.
Osiris begins with a sexy sparring program between Thadeus, captain of the hovercraft Osiris, and Jue, his senior crewmember. Thadeus and Jue are jolted out of the sparring program when the crew of the Osiris stumbles upon the machine's dire plans for the human resistance. It's here that we learn the key plot point for Reloaded: the machines are digging their way to Zion, and there's not much time to stop them. Thadeus' crew resolves to warn Zion, but they're immediately discovered by the Sentinel army, and a fantastic chase and battle scene follow. Jue volunteers to get the information to the mail drop in the Matrix while Thadeus and the Osiris' crew hold off the sentinels long enough for her to do so.
The animation, action, and pacing are spectacular. You will find yourself holding your breath at times, like I did. Needless to say, with a title like Final Flight of the Osiris, Thadeus and his crew don't last long enough to show up in the sequels, unfortunately.
This short proves the Wachowski Brothers really are serious about telling their story over multiple mediums; not only does Osiris lead into Reloaded, but it also sets up many of the tasks in the game, Enter The Matrix. Your first task in ETM is to get to the post office and pick up the package that the Osiris' crew prepared, and that Jue delivered to the mail drop. Getting this information safely back to Zion informs the resistance of the machines' plans and sets the events of Reloaded in motion.
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Salvadoran mother Ms. Q and her three-year-old son J were among thousands of families separated at the southern U.S. border in spring 2018 under the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy of prosecuting any migrant who crossed the border outside of a port of entry, even if they were with minor-age children. When a federal court ordered the government to reunite the families, the Trump administration deemed hundreds like Ms. Q and J to be "ineligible" based on unsubstantiated allegations against the parents. NIJC represented Ms. Q and J in a months-long court battle to be reunited and released. Ms. Q, also publicly known as Ivette, shared her story while she and J were still separated and again after they were back together.


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Айленд-Парк — кальдера, що є складовою Єллоустонського супервулкану. Розташована на території штатів Айдахо і Вайомінг, США. Приблизні розміри кальдери складають 80 × 65 км, що робить її однією з найбільших у світі. Попільні викиди в результаті виверження супервулкану привели до формування туфових відкладень Гаклберрі-Рідж на території від південної Каліфорнії до річки Міссісіпі у районі Сент-Луїса. Це гігантське виверження відбулося 2.1 млн років тому, обсяг виверженого матеріалу склав приблизно 2450-2500 км³ (Індекс вулканічної експлозивності — 8 балів), що в 2500 разів більше, ніж під час виверження вулкана Сент-Геленс в 1980 році.

Усередині кальдери Айленд-Парк знаходиться менша за розміром та молодша кальдера Генрис-Форк. Вона сформувалася в результаті великого (показник вулканічної експлозівності — 7 балів) виверження, що відбулося 1.3 млн років тому. Обсяг викинутого вулканічного матеріалу склав понад 280 км³, крім того, утворилися туфові відкладення Меса-Фолс. Дві кальдери, вкладені одна в одну, знаходяться практично на одній території, починаючись на захід від Єллоустонского національного парку, проте старіша кальдера Айленд-Парк має овальнішу форму і набагато більші розміри, тягнучись далеко вглиб Єллоустонського парку. Кальдера Айленд-Парк іноді називають Єллоустонською кальдерою першої фази або кальдерою Гаклберрі-Рідж.

На південний захід від кальдери лежить плато Снейк-Рівер, східна частина якого утворена в результаті зсуву Єллоустонської гарячої точки у північно-східному напрямку, що відбувалося протягом 17 мільйонів років. Центральна і східна долини плато складаються з товстих шарів вулканічного туфу, покритих тонким шаром базальту. До інших об'єктів вулканічного походження на плато відносять, наприклад, Місячні кратери. З кальдери видно гірські піки хребта Тітон, який знаходиться на південний схід від Айленд-Парк.

Кальдера Айленд-Парк розташована на однойменній території, яка відома своєю дикою природою, наявністю великої кількості чистих джерел, водоспадів, озер і струмків, а також місць для рибної ловлі. У кальдері знаходиться . Тут досить розвинений туризм, популярні поїздки на снігоходах і лижах.

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U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced the 349 National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2018. Among those schools, three from the Archdiocese of Newark were recognized as, "Exemplary High Performing Schools": Christ the Teacher School in Fort Lee, Our Lady of Mercy Academy in Park Ridge, and Transfiguration Academy in Bergenfield. The award is based on overall academic excellence.
"I'm pleased to celebrate with you as your school is named a National Blue Ribbon School," said U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos in a video message to the honorees. "We recognize and honor your important work in preparing students for successful careers and meaningful lives. Congratulations on your students' accomplishments and for your extraordinary commitment to meeting their unique needs."
Christ the Teacher School in Fort Lee, Our Lady of Mercy Academy in Park Ridge, and Transfiguration Academy in Bergenfield join the other 22 schools in the Archdiocese of Newark who have received such a distinction since 2011. Thus far, 38.7% of our Catholic elementary schools have been recognized, and we look forward to more receiving this distinction in years to come. This is Our Lady of Mercy Academy in Park Ridge second time receiving this prestigious distinction.
"This honor is a testament to the dedication of the faculty, staff, and administrators at each of these schools," said Dr. Margret Dames, Secretary for Catholic Education/Superintendent of Schools. Dames went on to say "It is an honor to have so many schools in the Archdiocese recognized as Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence."
The National Blue Ribbon Schools Program honors public and private elementary, middle, and high schools where students achieve very high learning standards or are making notable improvements in closing the achievement gap. The award affirms the hard work of students, educators, families, and communities in creating safe and welcoming schools where students master challenging content. The National Blue Ribbon Schools flag gracing a school's building is a widely recognized symbol of exemplary teaching and learning. National Blue Ribbon Schools are an inspiration and a model for schools still striving for excellence.
Now in its 36th year, the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program has bestowed recognition on more than 8,800 schools. On November 7-8, the Secretary and the Department of Education will celebrate with 300 public and 49 private school honorees at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.
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Up to 420 schools may be nominated each year. The Department invites National Blue Ribbon School nominations from the top education official in all states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Department of Defense Education Activity and the Bureau of Indian Education. Private schools are nominated by The Council for American Private Education (CAPE).


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When the COVID-19 pandemic moved worship out of sanctuaries, I drew on some of my favorite hymns and gospel songs, sharing a video performance of a hymn each Sunday morning. The videos are collected here, beginning with the most recent. I hope you enjoy these recordings that draw on a few of my favorite pages in the hymnal.
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Brighten the Corner Where You Are
"Brighten the Corner Where You Are" was one of my mother-in-law's favorite hymns, and it reflected the way she lived. The hymn is one of more than 3,000 written by Ina Duley Ogden, who was brought up in the Disciples of Christ. After it was published in 1912, it became immediately popular. The text is included, so please add your voice and sing along.
Henry Van Dyke wrote The Hymn of Joy with the intention of setting it to the melody of the Ode to Joy in the last movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Van Dyke called it a hymn of trust and joy and hope. The text is included, so please raise your joyful voice and sing along.
Written on Christmas Day during the American Civil War, Longfellow's poem continues to ring true today. I recorded this last Christmas but had not shared it. The text is included, so please add your voice and sing along with prayers for peace on earth, good will to all.
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
The text for this beloved carol comes from two of the founding ministers of Methodism, Charles Wesley and George Whitefield. Nearly a century later, Felix Mendelssohn composed the melody that is used with the hymn today. With best wishes for a joyful Christmastide, the text is included so you can add your voice and sing along.
Although the text has been attributed to Martin Luther, it is unlikely that the German Reformer wrote this hymn. "Away in a Manger" appears in an 1882 publication under the title "Luther's Cradle Song." Despite its unclear origins, "Away in a Manger" continues to be among the most popular Christmas carols in the U.S. The text is included, along with my wishes for joy and peace this Christmas.
Angels from the Realms of Glory
"Angels from the Realms of Glory" has been sung to a variety of hymn tunes. In the United States, James Montgomery's poem is most often sung to REGENT SQUARE, a tune written by Henry Smart. Although it was first published in 1816, it did not enter the church's repertoire until Montgomery published it in his collection Christian Psalmist in 1825. The text is included so you can add your voice and sing along.
Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates
'Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates' is another German hymn translated into English by Catherine Winkworth. Georg Weissel wrote the hymn during the devastation and trauma of the Thirty Years War. The opening stanza draws on Psalm 24 and its reference to the return of the king. The second stanza calls us to open the gates of our hearts. Lift Up Your Heads has become a favorite hymn for Advent. The English text is included, so please add your voice and sing along.
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Gerard Moultrie paraphrased the Cherub Hymn in the Liturgy of St. James from the Greek text. In the liturgy, the hymn would have been chanted as the bread and wine of Holy Eucharist were brought forward. The ancient text brings us before Christ in silence and in awe to reflect on Christ's coming among us, making Moultrie's paraphrase a fitting hymn for Advent. The text is included, so please add your voice and sing along.
Blest Be the Tie That Binds
John Fawcett had served for seven years at a small, poor, country church when he received a call from a large and influential church in London. On the day that he preached his farewell sermon, however, love and tears prevailed, and according to Josiah Miller, "Dr. Fawcett sacrificed the attraction of a London pulpit to the affection of his poor but devoted flock," where he continued to serve for the remainder of his active ministry. Fawcett wrote this text to commemorate that decision. The text is included, so please add your voice and sing along.
Catherine Winkworth translated a number of German hymns, having lived with relatives in Germany in 1845. There she developed an interest in German hymnody. Her English translations continue to be used today. Martin Rinkart was a prolific hymn writer. In its original publication, "Nun danket alle Gott" appears as a short prayer before meals. The English text is included, so please add your thankful voice and sing along.
Purer in Heart, O God
'Purer in Heart, O God' first appeared in Songs of Gratitude, a publication of Fillmore Brothers of Cincinnati, Ohio. Fannie Davison's text is included, so please add your voice and sing along.
Day Is Dying in the West
Among the best known hymns of Mary Lathbury are those that she wrote for the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle. Edward Everett Hale once told a Chautauqua audience that "Day Is Dying in the West" would be loved and sung "as long as Chautauqua shall endure." The lyrics to this wonderful evening hymn are included, so please add your voice and sing along.


Well that was interesting. This episodes opening was a high point of the series, followed by it's most shocking moment. And that's saying something for 'Preacher'. Matt and Chris are shocked at the turn of events for one character in particular. Has Custer gone too far? Does he even care at this point?


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FORMER CLINTON POLITICAL ADVISOR: "I Left When Hillary Hired Secret Police to Go After Woman Victimized by Bill" [VIDEO]
By Patty McMurray | Jun 4, 2016
Here's how Bill is paying back years of loyalty by his enabling wife Hillary, who made it possible for him to sexually assault an untold number of women. With Bill's magnanimous personality and Hillary's less than likable aura and fingernails on a blackboard orator skills, Bill has had her right where any strong and capable woman wouldn't have allowed herself to be…in his back pocket. Hillary has allowed herself to be portrayed in the media as a "victim" and a loyal wife to her impeached husband. The truth is, Hillary needed (and still needs) Bill more than he ever needed her. It's precisely because of Hillary that Bill was able to prey on so many women and keep them quite afterwards. According to several sources, Hillary worked behind the scenes, threatening to do harm to any woman who would dare to come forward and expose her perverted husband for fear of destroying her insatiable desire for a powerful position in politics.
During an Oct, 2014 interview, former advisor to President Bill Clinton, Dick Morris said it was then-first lady Hillary Clinton's "Nixonian" attempt to attack the woman Bill Clinton victimized and sexually harassed by hiring detectives to dig for dirt in their lives Hillary could use against them to smear their character.
Dick Morris said he believes Bill was a very good president but he left because he said, "What really turned me off was what I call secret police. When she [Hillary] hired this fleet of detectives to go around examining all of the woman who had been identified with Clinton. Not for the purpose of divorcing Clinton. Not for the purpose of getting him to stop but for the purpose of developing blackmail material on these woman to cow them into silence that had a Nixonian quality that I hold against her and I continue to." Via: Breitbart News


A local man was charged with simple assault after his former girlfriend claimed she needed to defend herself with a sharp spear after being physically assaulted, according to police.
"The victim stated the same as the defendant that the incident began as a verbal dispute, and then became physical, after the defendant began to yell at her, to which she put her finger in his face, the defendant then grabbed her right arm and twisted it, almost knocking her to the ground," read the criminal complaint.
The alleged victim was so afraid she grabbed a spear to protect herself, according to police.
Once inside, police allegedly found a glass bong, and a small weight scale.
The alleged victim requested an ambulance due to her shoulder pain but refused to go because it was too expensive, according to police.
Baylor was charged with "Simple Assault," "Harassment," and other charges.
A hearing will be held on, 10/10 at 10:30, at 1025, rt 522, in Selinsgrove PA.
This entry was posted on September 19, 2018 by Hilde Kate Lysiak and tagged crime, hilde lysiak, Orange Street News, selinsgrove.


The triple-camera Huawei P20 pro is awesome….
Huawei has announced its high-end P20 Pro which challenges the very existence of iPhones and Galaxies. With three rear cameras and a stunning 24 megapixel front camera, this phone is indeed awesome.
os– EMUI 8.1, based on Android Oreo.
It looks pretty neat, with a compact steel body merging into the 6.1 inch oLED display. The color is, obviously, open to controversy, but I kinda like it. The bezel on the top is much smaller than those seen in iPhone Xs. And frankly, it gives an ugly look to it. Fortunately, the settings have an option that gives a black background to the bezel, making it disappear. The P20 Pro sports a fingerprint sensor on the front(where it should be!), as opposed to most of its competitors. Overall, it looks great but not exclusive; I would prefer an Galaxy S9 in terms of design. And its pretty compact. With a 7.8mm thickness and 180 g weight, its feels good in the hand. Its lighter and thinner than a Galaxy s9 and but heavier and thicker than an iPhone X. (seriously, I don't see why people care so much about weight and slimness; I don't).
The Huawei P20 Pro is good at everything, but the camera is something it is particularly great at. I mean, 3 cameras have to do something great, right?!
The rear camera works in a combination of the 3 (duh.). The 40 mp is the main camera, the 20 mp adds light and clarity and depth while the 8 mp telephoto works on the zoom.
Look at engadget's camera test to understand the camera.
The 'master AI' is supposed to detect movements and identify subjects, and then modify the cameras settings to capture a good shot. I'm not a big fan of this, since I like to have full control of my camera, but there might a few of you who might enjoy this.
The pictures that you get with this phone are quite awesome.
When it comes to video, however, there's a bit of a problem. The phone offers video stabilization for 1080p, but 4k video is not stabilized. This becomes kind-of-a big problem if you wanna shoot 4k.
Every one cares about battery; we like it when we don't have to charge our phones all the time. The Huawei P20 Pro doesn't disappoint with its massive battery. Even though it won't give a 50 hour battery life like the Huawei Mate 10, it gives a good consistent 39 hours. So you can charge it any other day. That's much longer than any iPhone, Galaxy or pixel.
Even with its big battery, the P20 Pro charges quick. However, there is no wireless charging, which is pity.
Is it a cold-blooded murderer of iPhone/Galaxy/pixels? I don't think so. Even though the phone is pretty great, I'd still stick on to an iPhone X or Pixel 2 than get this one. The phone is worth buying, if you intend to buy a new one. The specs are all great, the batteries long-lasting and the camera's pretty fine. It offers a great Android Oreo experience, as well as feels good in the hand. Really, this phone seems too perfect. 4k video could be a problem, since there is no stabilization. I also feel that the photo editing software does simply to much to the photo, offering less flexibility.
Did you find this post helpful? Did you get hold of this phone? Also, are there any other topics you would want me to cover? Let me know in the comments section below….


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10 Newscasters Horribly Dancing to Hip-Hop Songs
Mamuz Marpe Akaspas / Prodigy The Bat via YouTube
Hip-hop has always rolled hand-in-hand with dance. In the early days, B-boys were the made men of the culture, windmilling, head spinning and jackhammering their way to local fame and endless levels of clout. Though breakdancing has waned over the years, dances associated with hip-hop music has persisted.
These days it's hard to keep up with all the new moves—whips, woahs, nanas, dougies, millies, freddies and jessies or whatever new dances the kids are coming up with. Yes, this is mostly a young man/woman's sport. It doesn't appear everyone has gotten the memo.
Just as a number of anchors, reporters and meteorologists haven't been shy about dropping rap lines in their coverage, they haven't been shy about hilariously dancing on set to rap tunes either. West Virginia newscaster Dan Thorn went viral in 2014 after video of him dancing on set to the internet's T.I. remix of Bobby Shmurda's "Hot Nigga."
"A lot of people out there are probably going, 'This is great, how he was moving and all that,'" Thorn said in an interview. "And other people are probably going, 'This guy, man, he's an awful dancer. The only reason why people even care is because he's a TV news anchor and he's just painfully White'—if you will—'at doing it. He just happens to be some guy that you wouldn't expect doing it.' I'm not really a dancer."
Recently, Charlotte, N.C. meteorologist Nick Kosir has found his own viral fame by participating in dance challenges live on-air. With more and more newsroom members busting out cringeworthy dance moves, XXL rounds up the most shameless, LOL-worthy instances.
"Hot Nigga," Bobby Shmurda
"Slide Like This Krewlibs Pt. 2," Mr. HotSpot
"Sicko Mode," Travis Scott featuring Drake
"Hit the Quan," iLoveMemphis
WMC Action News 5
"Teach Me How to Dougie," Cali Swag District
"In My Feelings," Drake
Action News 2
"Can't Touch This," MC Hammer
"I Know You Want Me," Pitbull
KWTX 10
"Push It," Salt N Pepa
Fox Carolina
"Bust a Move," Young M.C.
See 10 Times Rappers Went at Fox News
Source: 10 Newscasters Horribly Dancing to Hip-Hop Songs
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What is stage 1 of the Shipwreck Coast Master Plan?
What's the problem with the Shipwreck Coast, if there are 1.7 million visits already?
The present visitor facilities along the Shipwreck Coast struggle to cope with demand and there are insufficient "value add" opportunities to encourage visitors to stay overnight and to explore the region's wonderful country and townships. And there is a real need to protect the fragile coastal environment in this beautiful part of our State.
What are the expected benefits of a $9.8 million investment?
Subsequent stages of the Shipwreck Coast Master Plan will deliver additional benefits.
The Stage 1 projects will be delivered by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning and Parks Victoria. Design has already commenced, with community feedback on the concepts being sought.
When will the next phase of the Master Plan be delivered?
The Shipwreck Coast Master Plan is a significant, comprehensive program to protect the coast, improve visitor opportunities and strengthen the local economy and employment opportunities through sustainable tourism.
The Victorian Government is delivering Stage 1 of the Master Plan and detailed planning is underway for the next stages of the Master Plan vision.


Craft Silicon Foundation is the corporate social responsibility initiative of Craft Silicon Limited. It is a registered non-profit organisation that works towards empowering youth, children and communities through free Information and Communication Technology education and services.
Empower communities to economically and socially sustain themselves through Information and Communication Technology.
Equip the community, especially youth, with free Information Communication Technology skills, facilitate access to internet with a focus on socio-economic development.
Computer literacy is at the heart of everything we do, it – literally – connects us to the world! Guided by the principle of scientific, cultural and social development, our ongoing campaign promotes computer literacy, and provides education through our mobile computer bus.
To successfully graduate from the course and receive the necessary certification, students must complete the programme in its entirety and pass all required examinations.
What do participating students gain by enrolling in our highly structured course?
Successful students can further take on a post-training programme offering entrepreneurial and communication skills to enhance their productivity.


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Paul Simon's Spiritual Fascination
The Sonic Inspiration Behind His Latest, 'Stranger to Stranger'
By Cathleen Falsani
While he waits for the Brazilian faith healer to arrive, Paul Simon is supposed be meditating quietly with his eyes closed.
Instead, he's peeking.
"I want to see what's going on," Simon said, recalling his visit to the Casa de Dom Inácio de Loyola in Abadiânia, Brazil, where, in the summer of 2014, he underwent a "spiritual operation" performed by João Teixeira de Faria — a medium and psychic healer known as João de Deus (or "John of God").
Eventually, John of God enters the room where Simon and about a dozen other pilgrims, a few lying on gurneys, await with varying degrees of patience, anxiety, and faith.
"He speaks in Portuguese — I assume a prayer — and he leaves," Simon said. "And then everyone gets up and leaves the room. And I say to my guide, 'Well, when is the operation?' And she says, 'No, that was it. You had it.' … I felt nothing."
While in Brazil — a 10-day trip he took at the urging of his wife, the musician Edie Brickell, who had traveled to Abadiânia for her own "spiritual surgery" several months earlier — Simon began writing the song "Proof of Love," a six-minute epic that is, arguably, the centerpiece of his masterful new album.
I trade my tears
To ask the Lord
For proof of love
If only for the explanation
That tells me what my dreams are made of…
Stranger to Stranger, his 12th solo album, is rich with the singularly vivid storytelling that long ago earned Simon his place in the American music pantheon. He invites listeners on a sonic journey with more than a whiff of spiritual exploration — a familiar theme for careful listeners to his half-century of music-making.
A Half-Century-Long Musical Conversation
Expressed in his music, Simon's spirituality is experiential, what the German theologian Rudolf Otto might have called "numinous" — it expresses a connection to the "wholly Other" that is deeply personal and awesome (in the literal meaning of that word). In his The Varieties of Religious Experience, the philosopher William James might have described it as "mystical," as in "mystical states seem to those who experience them to be also states of knowledge … illuminations, revelations, full of significance and importance, all inarticulate though they remain."
It also is in a sense ineffable, a conversation about transcendent experiences that unfolds as much in the sound as it does in actual words that Simon sings.
Since the 1960s, Simon's musical dialogue with his audience has been an adventure: through the mean streets of pre-Bloomberg New York City, on a bus across America, with a runaway bride, into the townships of South Africa, Chernobyl, the Amazon, fatherhood, the deep South, the ups-and-downs of enduring love, questions about mortality, and dreams of the afterlife.
That conversation (and adventure) continues with Stranger to Stranger at the velvet rope of a nightclub, with a homeless "street angel," in a hospital emergency room, at the riverbank, an insomniac's bedside, and a village in central Brazil that some might describe as a "thin place" — where the veil between this world and whatever lies beyond it is like gossamer.
Simon, who turns 75 this year, hadn't made the journey to see João de Deus because he was physically ill. In fact, he's in pretty great shape. But he has suffered from violent nightmares for most of his life and in the months leading up to his unlikely pilgrimage, the bad dreams had become more frequent — sometimes once or twice a week.
"I was kicking and punching in my sleep," Simon said, "and Edie was saying, 'You better go down there.'"
He traveled to Brazil alone and checked into his single room at the Posada, a simple hostel-like lodging affiliated with the John of God ministry. He didn't take much with him — a couple of books, his laptop in case he wanted to write anything, and his cell phone, which was about as useful in the remote Abadiânia as a subway pass.
Unplugged and largely off the grid, as is the custom for visitors, the singer donned all white (think an afternoon of lawn bowling, not Druids on the Salisbury Plain) and joined the queues for an audience with the healer.
No special treatment. No entourage. And no guitar.
'Your Suffering Is No Less Important'
For more than 30 years, pilgrims from all over the world have traveled to Abadiânia seeking miraculous healing from João de Deus, who has no medical training and only two years of formal education. He is perhaps best known for performing physical surgeries with only rudimentary tools — forceps, a simple scalpel, tweezers, or just his bare hands — to remove tumors, scrape people's eyeballs, and pull various viscera out of their noses.
It all sounds rather horrific (as evidenced by several documentary videos that are not for the faint of heart), but reportedly patients experience little bloodshed or pain despite the absence of even topical anesthesia.
"I was standing on the line and waiting, and I thought to myself that this doesn't feel right. I really don't feel like I belong here," Simon recalled.
"Then I was thinking, my mother she would probably be furious that I went and my father would probably just think it was stupid. But anyway I waited," he said.
The Casa was filled with pilgrims, many of whom were disabled or visibly unwell, including cancer patients suffering the effects of chemotherapy. "And here's me who's not sick, but I'm there and I think, look, if I have anything to ask, I'll ask why I've had violent nightmares since I'm four years old."
'Your suffering is no less important than anyone else's. It's not like if we deal with your suffering someone else gets less relief.'
After his "spiritual surgery," Simon returned the Posada and slept for 18 hours. During his time in Brazil, Simon said he meditated on his nightmares — exploring, in his mind, what and whom he saw in the recurring dreams that often took place in and around his childhood home in New York.
"They say there are some people who, like, cling to you and they'll keep coming back in the dream," Simon said. "They want something from you. And they're hard to get rid of. And if you want to begin to get rid of them you say this prayer: 'I'm sorry, please forgive me, I love you, thank you.' And then you mentally cut the cord. Essentially what you're saying is … goodbye."
When he returned to the Casa the second time, John of God invited Simon to join "The Current," a small group of pilgrims who flank the modest raised platform where the healer sees patients and meditate or pray during the three-hour sessions, while he waited his turn for another healing consultation.
"Finally it's my turn to come up in the line — I'm the last person that he sees — and I say to my guide, 'Look, I don't want anything. There are people here who are really sick. I'm fine. I have bad dreams, but I'm fine. I don't want anything."
A translator explains to João de Deus what Simon's said, and the healer tells him, "'No. Your suffering is no less important than anyone else's. It's not like if we deal with your suffering someone else gets less relief.' He takes my hand and he says to me, 'You are a child of the Casa. You will return here three times and you will always be welcome. And would you sing one of your songs?'"
The request caught him off guard, but Simon agreed, someone handed him a guitar, and he began to sing the only one that came to mind: his iconic 1969 song, "The Sound of Silence."
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About 200 people were gathered in the Casa's three rooms as Simon began walking from room to room as he sang, he said.
"As I walked toward people some people would begin to weep and some would fall down and … I say to myself, 'Woah, some big energy thing is happening that I don't understand and it's happening through me, but I don't know what it is and nobody told me about it.' I don't know whether I'm doing anybody any good. It's pretty strong so I'm afraid to get too close to people because the closer I get the more they shake," he recalled.
"Then I start to move over to the [chemotherapy patients] and let them weep for a while. There's something about this that feels like this is OK. Whatever it is, I'm just playing 'The Sound of Silence.' I walk into other rooms and the same thing happens. People fall. They start to weep. I finish the song and hand the guitar to somebody and leave," he said. "That's what happened … I don't know how to describe it. It wasn't bad. It wasn't good. It was I-don't-know-what-happened. I hadn't experienced that before."
Some big energy thing is happening that I don't understand and it's happening through me. —@paulsimonmusic
Simon as Musical Medium
Back in the States, Simon continued to work on "Proof of Love," the most "spiritually themed" song on the album, he said, one that is laden with spiritual imagery and allusions.
I ask the Lord
Love is all I seek
And when at times my words desert me
Music is the tongue I speak
Still as prayer
Darkness fills with light
Love on Earth is everywhere
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Simon's experience with John of God — a not-uncontroversial figure who claims he has no power on his own but that God (and helpful spirits of healers from the past) move through him to heal people physically and otherwise — affected the singer-songwriter in ways he says he hadn't anticipated and still is processing.
He declined to say what had motivated Brickell, his wife of 24 years, to visit John of God's Casa. But, Simon said, "She had a very strong reaction. More mystical things happened to her. But she's more attuned to the mystical than I am."
Still, Simon is drawn to mystical experiences, which, in turn, occasionally make it into his music. Last week he told the sold-out audience at his Hollywood Bowl concert about another trip to Brazil, this one down the Amazon River in the 1980s where he visited a "brujo" who invited him to partake of Ayahuasca — a psychedelic brew said to elicit strong spiritual visions about the meaning and purpose of life.
That experience, he said, led him to write "Spirit Voices" from his 1990 Rhythm of the Saints album.
Some stories are magical, meant to be sung
Song from the mouth of the river
When the world was young
And all of these spirit voices rule the night
A natural skeptic who insists he is not "religious" and had "no interest" in exploring his native Judaism beyond his bar mitzvah more than 60 years ago, Simon admits he is intrigued by the faith of others.
But before anyone tries to nominate him for a Dove Award, Simon insists most of the spiritual imagery and allusions in his work, including Stranger to Stranger, are largely unintentional and likely more in the eye (or ear) of the beholder.
"I don't think that way," Simon said. "You know that I believe in [the spiritual] aspect of our nature and that I find it fascinating. That hasn't changed and so it pops up in the songs. ... For whatever reason this stuff comes through me or out of me or whatever it is and I put it down and a lot of times I just say hmmm. OK."
In recounting his spiritual adventures in Brazil, Simon also revealed a few intimacies of his creative process.
"It comes from the sounds," he said. "If there's anything that's mystical about the whole experience, it's the creating of the sounds, the tracks. When I'm satisfied with the way the tracks go, then they inspire a thought or a lyric."
Simon describes himself as a conduit or an "editor," a musical medium, if you will.
"I keep trying to be open to what the sound universe is offering, rather than struggling to come up with stuff that's from my own limited life," he said.
I keep trying to be open to what the sound universe is offering. —@paulsimonmusic
Case in point: the new album's opening track "The Werewolf" got its name (and narrative inspiration) from the sound made by an Indian instrument called a Gopichand. "I thought it sounded like the word 'werewolf,'" he said.
The song "Street Angel," has an even more intriguing provenance.
"Here's how it happened: I made the rhythm track … and then I played this gospel quartet from the late '30s and I slowed it down in pitch to fit the overtone of the drums, so that made the whole thing get very slowed down. And then flipped it backwards and listening to the sounds — what I heard sounded like 'street angel,'" Simon explained. "I thought, this is really fun. They're telling me what to write about."
More often than not in his songwriting, the sound precedes the lyrics, Simon said.
One exception, however, is a lyrical passage from "Street Angel," that says:
It's God goes fishing
And we are the fishes
He baits his lines
With prayers and wishes
They sparkle in the shallows
They catch the falling light
We hide our hearts like holy hostages
We're hungry for the love, and so we bite
That lyric came to him first, before the music, he said.
"What I wrote down was, 'God goes fishing and we are the fishes.' The rest of it is finishing the rhyme and finishing the story. But also the part about being 'hungry for the love,' I almost put 'hungry for his love' — we hold our hearts like holy hostages, we're hungry for his love,' but then I thought there were too many Hs and I didn't want to do that much alliteration," he said.
It was a sonic consideration, not a theological one?
"No, it wasn't a theological question," he said, "and anyway, it sort of means the same thing."
Cathleen Falsani
Cathleen Falsani is an award-winning religion journalist and author of several nonfiction books. She is co-host of the new audio magazine/podcast The Shwell. Follow her on Twitter @GodGrrl.


ALEX VATANTKA is a scholar at the Middle East Institute.
As Iran's progress on its nuclear program continues unabated, 2013 may well mark the climax of the long-standing impasse between the Islamic Republic and the West. Hopes for a diplomatic solution are fading, and an Israeli or a U.S. military strike on Iran's nuclear program seems increasingly likely. The potential fallout from such an action for the United States, Europe, and the Middle East has been the object of frequent speculation; far less discussed, although no less pertinent, is what a violent confrontation would mean for the South Caucasus -- an area just north of Iran where the standoff between the Islamic Republic and the West is already palpable in everyday life. Long considered a powder keg, the region, which includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, is once again on the brink.