Your host, Merton, freestyling in real-time with random strangers on Chat Roulette. *********************** This is a new, edited version of the original Video #1. I had to make some changes in order for YouTube to be happy with it. My apologies to all of the subscribers for being summoned here just to see a repeat post, but there was no way around it. For the record, the original video had 4238658 Views. At the time of its demise, it was the Top-Rated YouTube Video of All Time. No shit. I will be posting Video #2 very soon, and thank you all so much for your support. ***********************

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Your host, Merton, freestyling in real-time with random strangers on Chat Roulette. Video #2.

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I traveled to Denver, Colorado, armed with 2 videocameras. This summer, the Downtown Denver Partnership installed several public pianos on the 16th St. Mall. I played for about 3 hours one night, and this video shows some of what happened. The solo piano snippets at the beginning and end are each parts of much longer improvised pieces. The video will look much better if you watch it at 720p resolution. I would ask that you always watch my videos Full-Screen and Loud. Check out Alma Desnuda at www.almaDmusic.com

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www.youtube.com www.facebook.com twitter.com Folds Does Merton live before an audience at the Fillmore in Charlotte, North Carolina on March 20th, 2010.

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SOLO PIANO SONG NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON AND ITUNES :: A full version of my piano song from the end of Video #7 is now available from Amazon - amzn.to , and from iTunes - bit.ly . It's called "The Montreal Song". I visited Montreal, Canada in February, to do some public piano interactions in various spots around the city. I had a great time, and met many wonderful people in the process. I also had the opportunity to work with a professional film production crew, in collaboration with Montreal FestiMania ( montrealfestimania.com ), and this is a video that they made from our time together. This is a little sample of the people and places I encountered along the way. In the future, I plan to release more material from this trip. This production would not have been possible without the efforts of these people Productions 1one: Production company Jean-René Parenteau: Co-Director and camera Yan Dal Santo: Co-Director and camera Nicolas Fransolet: camera Jean-Pascal Beaudoin: Technical Director Maude Beauregard: Editing Patrice Ouimet: Grip Jean-François Legentil: Grip Jonathan Rouxel: Conceptor Catherine Savard: Creative Director Flavie Desgagne-Ethier: Project Manager All music ©2011 Merton LLC

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To buy "The Montreal Song" from iTunes, click here: bit.ly . To buy "The Montreal Song" from Amazon, click here: amzn.to . To buy "The Montreal Song" from CD Baby, click here: bit.ly . A solo piano piece by Merton. All music and imagery ©2011 Merton LLC I ask that you always watch my videos Full-Screen and Loud.

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Your host, Merton, freestyling in real-time with random strangers on Chat Roulette and Omegle. Video #3.

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Mashable sat down with Merton, the man himself, via Skype to find out more about the man behind the glasses and the hoodie.

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Ben Folds performs live piano improv for random Chatroulette users during a 2000-seat concert in NC on 20 March 2010. The unedited and alternate angle clip follows the first part of this video. MORE CELEBS, PICS + VIDS DAILY!! www.ninjadude.com

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Caroline Aherne asks the classic question... From the new DVD.

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Watch Merton, the piano improv guy give passengers their own personal welcome home at Gatwick airport with his unique improv songs.

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Merton's vision of the Contemplative Life. A Catholic Trappist Monk, his mystical spirituality was informed by the mystics of the Western and Eastern Religious Traditions.

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His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama connects East and West by visiting Thomas Mertons monestary and Muhammad Ali. The message is unity and compassion. Buy the Compassion CD by Millenia Music at cdbaby.com Produced by Michael Fitzpatrick, www.michaelfitzpatrick.com

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www.youtube.com www.facebook.com twitter.com The actual Merton is here: www.youtube.com This video was taken from 4 live shows incorporating Mertonian Chatroulette - approximately 12 minutes a night. After editing out the dicks and most of the rejection (NEXT), here are the finer moments. Folds moves on after tipping hat to Merton - a Nick Hornby collaboration just finished - coming out about September. No more Chatroulette .

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Thomas Merton lived the last few years of his life in this hermitage... Filmed 5/31/08 using natural light on the finale day of Gethsemani III, a Buddhist/Catholic environmental conference... Web page - www.gethsemani3.info - Music by Fr. Cyprian Consiglio and John Pennington from the CD "Compassionate and Wise" ...For more info on Fr. Cyprian Consiglio and his music go to www.urbandharma.org

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Fr. Thomas Merton (1915-1968) in a lecture on the theology of St. Bernard of Clairveaux to novice monks at the Abbey of Gethsemani, near Bardstown, Kentucky. Merton was 'master' (the title of the monk responsible to educate novice monks) at the Abbey in the early 1960's.

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Having conquered China, comedian Paul Merton now sets his sights on India, an astonishingly diverse country of one billion people. Paul intends to beat his own path around this enormous subcontinent, shunning the traditional tourist spots in favour of unexpected sights and surprising detours. "This is my India," he says. Confronted by the noise, traffic and swarms of people as he arrives in Delhi, a jet-lagged Paul cannot fail to be dazzled by his surroundings. "This country is overwhelming -- a dizzying mix of sight, sound and colour," he says. Over the course of his eight-week trip, Paul hopes to discover the heart of India: "It's a country of contradictions. On the one hand, you have a nuclear superpower; on the other hand, they worship snakes!" Paul's first stop is a finishing school where he learns the finer points of Indian etiquette, including essential tips such as always eating with the right hand and burping to show one's enjoyment of a meal. Afterwards, he meets his guide, Ruchira, a journalist with expert knowledge of India. Ruchira has a good inkling of what Paul might like to see, and takes him to visit a somewhat unusual airport. The airport in question boasts only one, battered old plane -- but Paul is relieved to discover this aircraft is not supposed to fly. In fact, it remains stationary on the ground while locals queue up to go on board. The flight attendants go through the motions of preparing for take-off, much to the delight of the 'passengers', for <b>...</b>

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Steve Coogan appears on The Mrs Merton Show 1995

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . First, watch the video full-screen. Then read the description. I had an uninvited mouse living in my house, and I decided that he had to leave. I thought it might be interesting to film an interactive piano piece, incorporating the catching of the mouse in a live trap. Technical notes: Everything is pretty much what it looks like. The only significant editing is the compression of time: the events in the video actually took about 15 minutes, so I removed some stretches of waiting around. There are no trick camera angles or split-screen shots. The song, "Impromptu for Piano & Mousetrap", is now available on: Spotify: spoti.fi Amazon: amzn.to iTunes: bit.ly All music and imagery ©2012 by Merton

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From the 20th Century Monk's letters entitled The Hidden Ground of Love

Thomas Merton (Trappist Monk) Contemplation Contemplative nachdenklich Созерцание Mysticism Catholicism dadasopher Мертон духовность мистика Kontemplacja Duchowość Mistycyzm Tâm linh Spioradáltacht manach Πνευματικότητα Μυστικισμός Ysbrydolrwydd Cyfriniaeth चिंतन आध्यात्मिकता रहस्यवाद भिक्षु Kontemplacije duhovnost

A visual and Excel-based review of the Merton model used to estimate EDF (or probability of default). This is a structural approach; ie,. default is predicted by the firm's balance sheet properties

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Comedian Paul Merton ventures into the unknown as he embarks upon a six-week tour of China. Paul's trip takes him through the major cities, as well some of the most breathtaking countryside and remote backwaters that this vast country has to offer.

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reelseo.com - Viral video star Merton, known for his viral YouTube videos where he sings freestyle improv piano on Chatroulette, sings with ReelSEO.com's own Jeremy Scott about what it takes to be Merton. As Jeremy puts it, the only way to interview someone who sings songs in live video chats, is to sing songs while you interview. So, this exclusive interview with ReelSEO is conducted, completely in song. We ask Merton about his favorite YouTube videos, how he creates, edits, and produces his videos, and what we can all expect next from Merton and his piano chat improv. Here are some links to our favorite parts: Merton sings about his favorite YouTube videos - 1:05 Merton sings about how much work each of his videos takes to complete - 2:24 Merton sings about Ben Folds uploading his own Merton-style videos - 4:36 Merton talks a bit more about the Ben Folds experience - 6:04 Merton sings about what he's got planned in the near future - 7:04 Merton sings about the equipment he uses to make his videos - 9:21 Merton sings about what he does to help market his videos online - 10:32 Merton sings a bit of a U2 song by request - 11:35

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A lecture to novices by Thomas Merton. The lecture is from the 'Renunciation and Contemplation' CD set from Creedence Communications. This is a part of a lecture from CD 1 of 2. www.credencecommunications.com

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Paul Merton discusses the Angus Scandal and the overwhelming effect it had on 'Have I Got News For You'. Free video clip from the popular british talk show 'Parkinson'.

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Your host, Merton, freestyling in real-time with random strangers on ChatRoulette. To buy "The Montreal Song" from iTunes, click here: bit.ly . To buy "The Montreal Song" from Amazon, click here: amzn.to .

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The Short Description: I was in London, and was a guest on Iain Lee's call-in show on Absolute Radio. I chatted with Iain, and took song and idea requests from his listeners. The Long Description: I was in England for 8 days to film an advert for T-Mobile. On 25th November 2010, I spent the day in Manchester, being filmed in the airport while playing piano and singing about thousands of random strangers as they came through the International Arrivals gate. That night, I flew back to London for Iain's radio show from 11pm to 1am. I didn't have time for dinner, so I quickly pounded a double-espresso and a large glass of wine at a restaurant across the street from the radio station. This video shows some of what happened next. Iain Lee has a regular cast of characters who listen and call in to his radio show. Many of them have perhaps undergone some sort of voluntary neuropharmacological alteration. These people called in to chat with us, to request songs for me to play, and to suggest ideas and stories for my spontaneous lyrics. Iain is a very sharp, very funny guy, and we hit it off immediately. This was one of the funnest evenings I have had in a long time, and was definitely one of the top highlights of my trip to England. Iain's producer, Eloise, keeps all of the technical details running smoothly, and serves as the witty co-host and switchboard operator with callers. The video will look much better if you watch it at 720p resolution. I would ask that you always watch <b>...</b>

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Spoof chat show starring Caorline Aherne. Guests are Jimmy Hill, Andrew Neil and Paul Daniels (his wife Debbie McGee had also appeared on this show)

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It was more than a year ago when Merton, the improvisational piano player, became an Internet sensation when he first appeared on Chatroulette playing piano and serenading the strangers he'd meet on the video chat website. His videos have attracted over 25000000 views on YouTube and he has performed in London, Montreal, and he now has a live, interactive, webcam show that airs weekly on Wednesdays at 10:00 PM ET called The Merton Show. Merton is a self-taught improvisational pianist who lives in the Colorado rockies. He's a quick-witted, friendly guy who conceals his true identity by wearing a green hoodie and fake horn-rimmed glasses. There had been some speculation that he was actually recording artist Ben Folds in disguise -- especially with Ben Folds' Chatroulette Piano Ode to Merton video -- but while the two have similarities in appearance and musical styles, they both disputed the claim in a recorded Public Service Announcement where they appeared together. I met Merton last year at NewTeeVee Live where he spoke about his experience as a web celebrity and how he planned to further develop and evolve his improvisational social and musical style. Merton says that he's played piano and done improvisational music for a long time, but Chatroulette gave him the mass exposure to become a web video phenomenon. Merton's advice to artists and performers to build their audience and expand their reach is to just do it. "Video is huge and I don't know if I can say anything that <b>...</b>

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Witness a great performance and one of Pauls very first television appearances, doing (what would be rare to see today) a traditional stand up routine. Sorry for the bad quality!

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A clip from Morgan Atkinson's documentary "Soul Searching: The Journey of Thomas Merton." In this clip Abbot James Fox allows Merton more solitude. The Soul Searching dvd may be purchased online at: morganatkinson.com

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Brian turns his hand to pottery in his programme 'voyage into art' and has problems pronouncing 'bowl'.

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See our Chat Roulette Funny Improv #1 www.youtube.com Chat Roulette Piano Improv - Refusing to Sing! www.youtube.com Uncut Song to Hot Girl www.youtube.com Performed by Greg Benson & Payman Benz Subscribe to us here: www.youtube.com www.youtube.com Follow us here: twitter.com twitter.com

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Ian Hislop on Paul Merton's last Room 101. Ian tries to but in his "arch nemesis" Piers Morgan into Room 101. Funny ending

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Paul improvs a story about a badger and a lady's husband on Have I Got News For You s26e03. Sean Lock joins in too.

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The value of a European call must be equal to a replicating portfolio that has two positions: long a fractional (delta) share of stock plus short a bond (where the bond = strike price)

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When Merton the Chatroulette Piano Guy burst on the scene last month, a considerable number of people believed him to be musician Ben Folds. Folds, in turn, started making like Merton at concerts, uploading his "Odes to Merton" to YouTube. Mashable recently sat down with Folds via Skype to talk about Merton, Chatroulette and whether he is, in fact, the man behind the hood.

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www.bbc.co.uk A breathless 60-second round of improvised comedy from the BBC Radio 4 panel game Just A Minute. Contestants are challenged to speak for one minute without hesitation, deviation or repetition on any subject that comes up on the cards. Sudoku features Paul Merton and his comical theories on the curiously popular numbers puzzle.

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Brian turns his hand to pottery and struggles with his first attempt at pottery, perhaps enjoying it a little too much...

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Merton Parkas-You Need Wheels #206.

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Here at Guinness World Records, we've been big fans of Merton and his amusing improvised piano songs for a while now, so when our 2011 book was launched, we wondered - what would he have to say (sing!) about it? We sent him a few clips of record breakers from the Guinness World Records 2011 book, and here's what he sent back to us - enjoy! You can see more of Merton and and his music on his channel at: www.youtube.com/pianochatimprov And, you can read all about these record breakers and thousands more in the Guinness World Records 2011 book, available in stores and online now! www.guinnessworldrecords.com/2011

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Paul Merton offers a unique and at times grumpy insight to China's capital. A more balanced documentary that looks at both positives and negatives of China's rapid expansion.

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The walk from my building to the dining hall. :)

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Harold Talbott was Thomas Merton's guide through Asia in 1968. Harold Talbott reflects upon the role of suffering in deepening the spiritual life. He views suffering as intrinsically related to compassion.

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Paul Merton offers a unique and at times grumpy insight to chinese cities. A more balanced documentary that looks at both positives and negatives of China's rapid expansion.

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Sketches from series 2 of Paul Merton - The Series.

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This video is dedicated to YouTuber burntnortonFQ, with thanks for suggesting that I record it. The reading in Cable 84 is preceded by the German word, Gelassenheit, which has a rich history in philosophy (Martin Heidegger) and spiritual theology (Meister Eckhart). Some English words given as approximate equivalents are Composure, Serenity, Calm, Wakefulness, Releasement, Letting Go. I do not read this word, but begin with "Desert and void" (reminiscent of TS Eliot's "Waste and void" from Choruses from the Rock). Cable 84, as ‬burntnortonFQ originally noted to me, ‪is reminiscent of TS Eliot. Where Merton refers to "the incomparable point" and says "there is a point of nowhereness in the middle of movement, a point of nothingness in the midst of being," the Four Quartets spring to mind, where Eliot speaks of "the still point of the turning world," "the intersection of the timeless with time," and‬ ‪"Here, the intersection of the timeless moment‬/ ‪Is England and nowhere. Never and always." ‬ ‪I'm also struck by a similarity between Cable 84 and "Tao Te Ching - The Origin," where Sonja Elen Kisa, translating the Tao as Flow, writes: ‬ ‪"The Flow is like a vast ocean. ‬ ‪Use it — it cannot be drained. ‬ ‪How deep it is! ‬ ‪It seems to be the origin of all things. ‬ ‪So profound — there is always more." ‬ - kisa.ca Similarly, Merton writes: "Waste. Emptiness. Total poverty of the Creator: yet from this poverty springs everything. The waste is inexhaustible."

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