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Bipartisan Senate Report Reveals Damning Evidence On Trump And Russia
August 19 | 2020
Fomer Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort
Long after any debate about whether President Donald Trump's ties to Russia's 2016 election interference might lead to his impeachment had fizzled out, the Senate Intelligence Committee dropped a bomb of a report on Tuesday including explosive new details of the sordid affair.
While the new report doesn't completely upend the story of the 2016 campaign as we knew it — much of the outline of the conduct was contained in former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report and previous news articles — it highlights new details and facts that emphasize the duplicity going on behind the scenes. It completely undermines the notion, pushed by the president and attorney general, that there was no basis for the investigation and shows there is ample evidence for what was once widely discussed as "collusion." And this is particularly significant because the report was developed by a committee led by Republicans — they can't be painted as enemies of the president, as Mueller's team was.
Here are seven of the most striking details from the new report:
1. Paul Manafort worked closely with a "Russian intelligence officer."
Among the most explosive allegations in the Mueller report were the ties between Manafort, Trump's campaign manager for the summer of 2016, and Russia. In particular, he had a series of contacts and meetings with Konstantin Kilimnik, who was known to have a past with Russian intelligence.
But the committee's report is much more explicit about Kilimnik's role:
Manafort hired and worked increasingly closely with a Russian national, Konstantin Kilimnik. Kilimnik is a Russian intelligence officer. Kilimnik became an integral part of Manafort's operations in Ukraine and Russia, serving as Manafort's primary liaison to Deripaska and eventually managing Manafort's office in Kyiv. Kilimnik and Manafort formed a close and lasting relationship that endured to the 2016 U.S. elections and beyond. [emphasis added]
And it noted: "On August 18, 2016, Kilimnik told a journalist in private that he had 'almost daily contacts with Manafort these days on this 'Ukraine crisis.'"
"The report states flatly that Konstantin Kilimnik is a Russian intelligence officer," noted NBC reporter Ken Dilanian. "So let that sink in: Donald Trump's campaign chairman worked closely with a Russian intelligence officer. What say those who argue the FBI had no reason to investigate?"
2. Kilimnik and Manafort are even potentially tied to the criminal hacking of Democratic emails.
Kilimnik's links to Russian intelligence and Mueller's finding that Manafort shared internal campaign data with him were some of the most explosive revelations in the entire scandal. And the Senate report makes those findings even more inflammatory by tying Kilimnik to the hack-and-leak operation, the most significant aspect of the Russian attack on 2016:
Some evidence suggests Kilimnik may be connected to the GRU hack-and-leak operation related to the 2016 U.S. election. This assessment is based on a body of fragmentary information.
The information that follows is redacted.
The report also says: "Two pieces of information, however, raise the possibility of Manafort's potential connection to the hack-and-leak operations." What follows is redacted.
3. Trump discussed WikiLeaks with Stone during his 2016 campaign
In written responses during Mueller's investigation, Trump denied recalling having communications with Roger Stone about WikiLeaks's leaking of the hacked Democratic emails in 2016. A lot of evidence already suggested that was false and that Trump likely lied to Mueller about it — which would be a crime.
The Senate report lays out the contradiction clearly:
Trump, in written responses to the SCO, stated: "I do not recall discussing WikiLeaks with [Stone], nor do I recall being aware of Mr. Stone having discussed WikiLeaks. with individuals associated with my campaign."1624 Trump further claimed that he had "no recollection of the specifics of any conversations I had with Mr. Stone between June 1, 2016 and November 8, 2016."1625 Despite Trump's recollection, the Committee ass~sses that Trump did, in fact, speak with Stone about WikiLeaks and with members of his Campaign about Stone's access to WikiLeaks on multiple occasions.
"Damning," said Lawfare's Quinta Jurecic, "especially in light of newly unredacted material from the Mueller report that suggests Mueller also thought Trump had lied to him about conversations re Wikileaks."
4. Stone e-mailed draft tweets to Trump attacking Hillary Clinton for her anti-Russia views
The report explained:
On Sunday July 31, at 9:15 p.m., the day after speaking at length with Manafort, Stone called Gates. Ten minutes later, Stone had two phone calls with Trump that lasted over ten minutes. Stone then emailed Jessica Macchia, one of Trump's assistants, eight draft tweets for Trump, under the subject line "Tweets Mr. Trump requested last night."1552 Many of the draft tweets attacked Clinton for her adversarial posture toward Russia and mentioned a new peace deal with Putin, such as "I want a new detente with Russia under Putin."
Politico's Natasha Bertrand noted that Stone was suggesting these tweets even while he was trying to act as a conduit between the campaign and WikiLeaks.
Umm...why was Roger Stone drafting pro-Russia tweets for Trump in July 2016, as he was teasing more WikiLeaks dumps… https://t.co/Yt8lL451kY
— Natasha Bertrand (@Natasha Bertrand) 1597758983.0
5. Stone wanted WikiLeaks to drop new hacked emails after the Access Hollywood tape went live — and it did.
At approximately 4 p.m. on October 7, The Washington Post released the Access Hollywood tape. Witnesses involved in Trump's debate preparation recalled that the team first heard of the tape about an hour prior to its public release. According to Jerome Corsi, however, news of the release also made its way to Roger Stone. Corsi and Stone spoke twice that day at length: once at 1:42 p.m. for 18 minutes, and once at 2:18 p.m. for 21 minutes. Corsi recalled learning from Stone that the Access Hollywood tape would be coming out, and that Stone "[w]anted the Podesta stuff to balance the news cycle" either "right then or at least coincident." According to Corsi, Stone also told him to have WikiLeaks "drop the Podesta emails immediately."
Corsi recalled previewing the Access Hollywood tape with conference call participants during one or two calls that day: a WorldNetDaily staff call at 1 :08 p.m., or a 2 p.m. call involving Total Banking Solutions that included Malloch. Corsi remembered telling conference participants that the tape was a problem and to contact Assange. Corsi then "watched all day to see what Assap.ge would do," and when the Podesta emails were released, he thought to himself that Malloch "had finally got to Assange."However, Corsi later told investigators that he did,not call Malloch or Stone after the WikiLeaks release to convey this reaction because, in contradiction to his earlier statements, he was "doubtful" that Malloch had succeeded.
After the Podesta emails were released on October 7, 2016, Trump and senior Campaign officials acknowledged internally and to Stone that Stone had predicted the WikiLeaks release about Podesta.
6. Kilimnik helped push the story that Ukraine intervened in 2016, but the committee found no evidence to support that view.
The Committee observed numerous Russian-government actors from late 2016 until at ;east January 2020 consistently spreading overlapping false narratives which sought to discredit investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections and spread false information about the events of 2016. Manafort, Kilimnik, Deripaska, and others associated with Deripaska participated in these influence operations. As part of these efforts, Manafort and Kilimnik both sought to promote the narrative that Ukraine, not Russia, had interfered in the 2016 U.s: election and that the "ledger" naming payments to Manafort was fake.
It added:
Kilimnik appeared to be under the impression that Trump believed that Ukraine interfered. Kilimnik made this statement in a private email with a journalist, making the accuracy of the statement is difficult to assess. The Committee's efforts focused on investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election. However, during the course of the investigation, the Committee identified no reliable evidence that the Ukrainian government interfered in the 2016 U.S. election.
Fiona Hill, Trump's former White House aide specializing in Russian affairs, famously called the Ukraine allegations a "fictional narrative that has been perpetrated and propagated by the Russian security services themselves."
7. The committee believed that WikiLeaks was actively collaborating with Russia, despite its claims to the contrary.
"Although WikiLeaks seeks to portray itself as a legitimate media organization, its disclosures have jeopardized the safety and privacy of individual Americans and foreign allies because WikiLeaks has made only minimal, and sometimes no efforts to redact sensitive information, and does not seem to weigh whether its disclosures add any public interest value," the report noted.
It continued:
The Russian government has pursued a relationship with Julian Assange and WikiLeaks that includes formal partnerships with state-owned media platforms, government assistance for WikiLeaks associates and sources, and information sharing. This relationship has existed since at least 2012 and reflects an alignment between the Russian government and WikiLeaks in seeking to undermine U.S. institutions and security.
And then, in one heavily redacted section, the report leaves one sentence uncovered: "However, the Committee found significant evidence to suggest that, in the summer of 2016, WikiLeaks was knowingly collaborating with Russian government officials."
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Read about Farm Bell in The Daily Progress
Posted on March 7th, 2018
The words "Southern cuisine" conjure up the image of a certain kind of dish. Whether soul or farm food, Southern cuisine is often limited to those two categories, which is something Jabari Wadlington, head chef at Farm Bell Kitchen, aims to change.
Opening downtown inside the Dinsmore Boutique Inn, Farm Bell kitchen is the latest restaurant from Ryan Hubbard, who also co-owns the Red Hub Food Company.
Named after a farm bell Hubbard found at an antique sale, which now sits outside the restaurant, he said he and Wadlington found it important to have a menu and experience that was different while also emblematic of the South — much like the titular farm bell.
"With Farm Bell, we're marrying two different things: the elegant historical setting that's rooted deeply in Charlottesville and Central Virginia, with 19th-century farm food from North Carolina," Hubbard said.
Wadlington has worked in restaurants across the South for years, studying and working everywhere from North Carolina to the French Quarter in New Orleans. He even recently won a $20,000 prize on the reality show competition "Guy's Grocery Games."
Over the course of his culinary experiences, Wadlington said he learned to appreciate the broader scope of Southern cuisine — something he is showcasing with the Farm Bell menu.
"We're taking a different route than just soul food. That Southern influence is vast; there's French culture, Haitian cultures — so much more than what comes to mind immediately," he said.
Serving well-known dishes while also expanding what Southern cuisine is has become Wadlington's mission at Farm Bell.
"You'll see a lot of flavor profiles we're playing around with, as well as fresh ingredients. It's not all rustic and in-your-face, even though we're going to have some dishes like that," he said. "We're trying to be more well-rounded when it comes to vegetarian and vegan dishes as well."
Trying to take the Southern influence while also breaking his recipes down to the basics, Wadlington said it was important to use fresh Central Virginia-sourced ingredients, as well as utilizing whole animals to craft the best dishes.
"Southern food is farm to table. You're dealing with greens that come out of the garden, you're dealing with fresh herbs — all that stuff," he said. "That's essentially what we're trying to bring back."
But the dining experience wouldn't be complete without following in the tradition of Southern hospitality, something Wadlington said he's seen a lot of.
"I've really got a feel for the Southern culture and the hospitality," Wadlington said. "I think when you go to Savannah, New Orleans and Charleston, you see this type of hospitality on a level you don't see in New York unless you're paying $200 to 500."
By offering a versatile menu that involves more affordable breakfast and dinner, Hubbard said he hopes to offer a range of experiences for diners.
"There are times when coming to Farm Bell is going to be the convenient choice, and then there are times when it's going to be the splurge," said Hubbard.
Farm Bell Kitchen is staggering its openings for various meals, with brunch being available starting on Sunday, and breakfast/lunch the following Monday.
Though it'll be serving breakfast and lunch throughout March, Farm Bell won't start serving dinner until March 29.
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Q: How can I find MLE estimates for the parameters in the function below? I have a new function given which I would like to estimate its parameters; a,b,alpha,vartheta using MLE. How do I make an estimation?
EMHL<-function(a,b,alpha,vartheta) {
  (2*a*b*alpha*vartheta*
    (x^(vartheta-1))* exp(-x^vartheta) *
    ((1-exp(-x^vartheta))^(a-1)) *
    ((1 - (1 -( 1 - exp(-x^vartheta))^a)^b)^(alpha-1)) *
    (1- (1 - exp(-x^vartheta))^a )^(-b*(alpha+1))
}

for a given dataset
x<- c(1.1, 1.4, 1.3, 1.7,1.9, 1.8, 1.6, 2.2,
      1.7, 2.7, 4.1, 1.8, 1.5, 1.2, 1.4, 3,
      1.7, 2.3, 1.6, 2.0)

A: There are syntax errors in the function shown in the question so we used the one in the Note at the end.
If that function is a density and you want to minimize the corresponding negative log likelihood then trying a few different starting values these seem to result in convergence.
(For the x given in a comment below the question list(a = 1, b = 1, alpha = 575, vartheta = 0.01) seems to work as starting values.)
NLL <- function(par) -sum(log(EMHL(par[1], par[2], par[3], par[4])))
st <- list(a = 1, b = 1, alpha = 525, vartheta = .2)
res <- optim(st, NLL); res

giving:
$par
           a            b        alpha     vartheta
8.845296e-01 1.211526e+00 5.315759e+02 1.326975e-03

$value
[1] -10904.36

$counts
function gradient
     327       NA

$convergence
[1] 0

$message
NULL

L-BFGS-B
Using L-BFGS-B with the function above results in problems but an answer can be obtained if we constrain the parameters.  For example, this converges with all the constraints being active, i.e. the solution is on the boundary of the feasible region.  Note that tests and p values derived from estimates on a boundary may not be valid.
optim(c(1, 1, 1, 1), NLL, method = "L-BFGS-B", lower = 0.01, upper = 2)

Other densities
Another possibility is to use a different distribution.  The Cullen & Frey diagram produced by descdist suggests that the gamma distribution may be close
library(fitdistrplus)
descdist(x)

(continued after graph)

or we could try the generalized gamma (dgengamma) in the flexsurv package.
library(bbmle)
library(flexsurv)
NLLgeng <- function(mu, sigma, Q) -sum(dgengamma(x, mu, sigma, Q, log = TRUE))
m <- mle2(NLLgeng, list(mu = 1, sigma = 1, Q = 1), optimizer = "nlminb")
summary(m)

library(fitdistrplus)
fit <- fitdist(x, "gengamma", start = list(mu = 1, sigma = 1, Q = 1))
summary(fit)
plot(fit)

Note
EMHL<-function(a,b,alpha,vartheta) {
  2 * a * b * alpha * vartheta *
  (x^(vartheta-1))* exp(-x^vartheta) *((1-exp(-x^vartheta))^(a-1)) *
  ((1 - (1 -( 1 - exp(-x^vartheta))^a)^b)^(alpha-1)) *
  (1- (1 - exp(-x^vartheta))^a )^(-b*(alpha+1))
}
x<- c(1.1, 1.4, 1.3, 1.7,1.9, 1.8, 1.6, 2.2, 1.7, 2.7, 4.1, 1.8,
   1.5, 1.2, 1.4, 3, 1.7, 2.3, 1.6, 2.0)

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Bulls vs. Kings final score: Chicago narrowly avoids collapse in 113-106 win
the Bulls almost blew a 19-point lead
By JayPatt@Bulls_Jay Dec 3, 2019, 12:03am CST
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The Bulls badly needed a win to close their three-game road trip, and it looked like they were going to cruise to one when they took a 69-50 lead over the Kings early in the third quarter. The lead was still at 13 points early in the fourth quarter, but in typical Bulls fashion, things got real dicey as the Kings charged back to within two points on multiple occasions in the final minutes.
Thankfully, the Bulls finally got both clutch plays and big performances out of Zach LaVine and Lauri Markkanen at the same time to help seal a 113-106 victory. Markkanen connected on four consecutive free throws down the stretch after taking advantage of mismatches to draw fouls (credit to Kris Dunn for getting him the ball), and LaVine hit a big 3-pointer with just over a minute to play off another nice feed from Dunn. The Bulls dodged one more bullet following a turnover when Buddy Hield clanked one of the many open triples he missed on the night (3-of-13 from deep), which would have made it a one-point game with about 36 seconds to play. Just minutes earlier, Hield badly bricked a pull-up 3-pointer in transition that would have put the Kings up one.
LaVine and Markkanen finally hit the 20-point mark in the same game for the first time this season. LaVine led the way with an efficient 28 points on 7-of-13 shooting, with 20 of those points coming in the second half. Markkanen added an even 20 points. The duo's 3-point shooting was huge in this one, as they combined to go 9-of-15 from 3-point land. The Kings as a team went just 9-of-33 from distance. The Bulls shot 16-of-37 on 3s and 48.0% overall.
The Bulls actually started this game ice cold from beyond the arc, which helped the Kings run out to a 23-12 lead. While Chicago couldn't hit a shot, the Kings were picking apart the Bulls' aggressive defense, getting layup after layup with smart ball movement and cutting.
The game totally flipped when the benches came in. After the Kings grabbed that 11-point lead, the Bulls went on a 10-run to finish the first quarter. The long run extended into the second quarter as the Bulls forced a whole mess of turnovers while the Kings couldn't buy a shot from 3-point land. The Bulls wound up going on an extended 36-8 surge over about a 12-minute stretch, with the bench doing a lot of that damage before the starters came in and kept up the pace. The Kings finally stopped the bleeding toward the end of the half, but it was still 55-44 at the break.
The Bulls shot 65.0% in the second quarter, and they continued to score at will at the start of the third quarter. That's how they built that 19-point lead, but an easy victory was apparently too much to ask for. The offense stagnated a bit and the Kings did just enough to stay within striking distance, though the Bulls continued to hit big 3-pointers right when it looked like Sacramento may really go on a run.
It wasn't until midway through the fourth where the Bulls started totally imploding, committing bad turnover after bad turnover (eight giveaways in the final frame) while not getting any stops on the other end. Luckily, the Bulls made just enough plays to avoid another total collapse, though playing so well and then nearly blowing that huge lead against a shorthanded Kings team (De'Aaron Fox and Marvin Bagley III still out) left a somewhat sour taste in the mouth. Still, an ugly win is better than another embarrassing loss, and I do have to point out that the mighty Nuggets just blew a huge lead in Sacramento the other night.
In addition to LaVine and Markkanen, Wendell Carter Jr. notched another double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds, though he committed five turnovers and got hit with several more ticky-tack fouls. Tomas Satoransky added 14 points and five assists, with 12 points coming in the second half. Coby White led the Bulls' bench brigade with 11 points as Chicago's reserves outscored Sacramento's, 35-24. Interestingly enough, every Bulls reserve was a double-digit plus in plus-minus, while all five starters were in the minus.
The Bulls now have two must-win home games against the Grizzlies and Warriors this week. They simply can't lose these games if they want to turn things around. Beating these teams won't make anybody feel all that great, but losing either of these games would be inexcusable.


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SE2 D004: The Good, The Bad and the Film Festival
Well, it's been an interesting start to the new season here at The Screenwriter's Journey. Let's take it in the order it happened.
I received notice from the Austin Film Festival that Everyday Clowns did not advance at all in the digital web series competition. It's both disheartening and a little surprising. The digital competition is a new component of the festival, so there has been a lot of anticipation on how it will be judged and what will win. Everyday Clowns seems to be an ideal comedy for the web, and the feedback from multiple workshops has been nothing short of phenomenal. I've even had people contact me over the summer to find out what was up with the clowns, had I done any more work on the series. It's because of reactions like this that I have decided to give October over to completing the series. It's unique, original, different and provides plenty of belly laughs. And, apparently, it wasn't what the Austin Film Festival was looking for.
There is no feedback, so I don't know what, if anything, was wrong with the scripts I sent in. It could be that they were too different, or that other writers just had superior scripts. We'll have to wait until the winners are announced and see if we can get a look at the winning scripts.
That disappointing news was followed by rejection from not one, but two different jobs I interviewed for. One of the jobs I had two strong recommendations for from people already working on the show. I knew I was in trouble when the Executive Producer asked for references. I kept thinking 'you mean the supervising producer's recommendation isn't enough?'
So just as I was starting to feel suicidal, I remembered a contest I had entered last spring but hadn't heard from. I was pretty sure winners should have been announced by now. I checked on their website, and sure enough, there was a winner. And it wasn't me. BUT. . .I am pleased to point out that "Come Ups" had been selected as one of the finalists in the Breaking Walls Thriller Competition. It wasn't top dog, but it was close. It's not a big contest, but it is a marketing point I can add to the résumé. So that's two scripts that have received acknowledgement this summer (The Calling being the other), so there is that bit of silver lining in an otherwise dreadful week.
I also made contact with one of my mentees, Addison Bevis. We've already had a nice correspondence and she has begun asking questions, which I have tried to diligently answer. This could be a fun exercise/project for both of us and I am looking forward to seeing where it goes. The downside is my other mentee, George Glass, has yet to respond to my somewhat lengthy introductory letter that took some time to craft. Yeah, yeah, I know. He's just a college kid, and I should give him a break. But should I really? Addison responded immediately and she's in college too. And it doesn't take a lot of effort to hit reply and say 'thanks offering to help. Let's chat later.' George isn't starting off on a very good foot, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and hope he hasn't had a family emergency. Because then I'll feel like shit.
And finally, let's end on a high note, I attended a screening of the entire second season of Sessions with Agnes & Estelle, the web series I did some shooting for. The series was accepted by the Action on Film Festival and was nominated for Best LGBT series and Best Pilot (Yay, Laura Black – writer/director/producer). The episodes are very short averaging about 2 – 3 minutes each. I've seen them all before but as stand-alones when they were released.
This was the first time I had seen them all together at one time, and the results were amazing. There was a very strong connection between each episode that wasn't apparent when screening them separately. There was a distinct arc across the series and a character development that was really engaging. We also weren't sure how the series would look visually on a big screen as they were shot to be played in a small YouTube player. Again, the results were more than could be hoped for. I spoke with Laura afterward and she is considering releasing all the episodes in the future at one time to allow for binge viewing. This, I believe, would help the series gain viewers as they would be given a bigger time frame with which to really develop a personal connection with the characters and their stories that piecemeal viewing in 2-minute increments doesn't allow.
While at the festival I took in several other submissions, both shorts and features. Some were abysmally awful as can sometimes be expected at a festival, but one particular short stood out, The Boy Who Cried Fish, written and directed by Dalia Musaad and featuring fantastic performances by Breeda Wool as a mom coping with her autistic son played by Jacob Hopkins. Adam, a child living on the spectrum, witnesses a traumatic incident on TV and carries the burden of what he has witnessed with him to school. He is viciously attacked by bullies for being different, and it is left to his mother to find a way to cope when the personal intertwines with the universal. The film nuances the similarities of the intimate against the violence that plays out on the world stage finding hope in despair.
The other films I viewed did not fair so well and the problems with all of them began with the scripts. One made no sense in either its story or its production, while the other beat a dead horse with its take on family dysfunction. The later film was gorgeously produced and well acted, but should have been shot as a short instead of a feature.
The Action on Film Festival is an interesting assortment of short and feature-length films with over 600 entries screening during the course of the festival's 10-day run. I'm hoping to return later this week to check out Matt Sconce's found footage horror Altar. Matt says he shot this film in 6 days, so I'm interested in seeing how he did it.
If you get a chance, the Action on Film Festival runs through September 10 in Monrovia, CA. You can learn more by clicking here.


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23 Things Childfree Women Are Tired Of Hearing
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A growing number of women are choosing to bypass motherhood, yet that decision is continuously questioned by those who believe children are the key to happiness. Here are 23 things that childfree women are really tired of hearing.
1. You'll change your mind.
No one ever tells an aspiring parent that they'll change their mind about wanting kids, so why is it okay to say it to someone who doesn't want them? Oh yeah - it's not.
2. You'll regret it.
The world is full of smart, successful childfree women who don't have any regrets about skipping motherhood. Just take a look at some of the famous ones: Oprah, Betty White, Ashley Judd, Dolly Parton, Condoleezza Rice. The list goes on. Do you really think German Chancellor Angela Merkel is crying about not having children? No. She's too busy running a country. Helen Mirren probably isn't sobbing into her Oscar, either.
3. You're selfish.
Wrong. It's not selfish to refrain from having children. In fact, some could argue that it's selfish to bring a child into an overpopulated world instead of adopting one who is already on the planet. Ask any parent why they had children and the answer will always begin with "I wanted ..."
4. You don't know what you're missing out on.
Any functioning woman who is capable of having and raising a child will be able to weigh the pros and cons of parenthood before making her decision. In other words, childfree women know exactly what they're missing out on – and they couldn't be happier to be missing out.
5. Who will take care of you when you get older?
Take a poll of the residents at your local nursing home. Ask if they have children. Most of them do, but they're still in a home. Funny how that works. And let's not forget that it's easier for childfree women to pay for care in their elder years because they can use all the money they saved by not having kids. And let's talk about the elephant in the room – anyone who has children for the sole purpose of gaining a caregiver sounds like a pretty rotten person.
6. It's different when they're your own.
Is it though? Just because someone has your DNA doesn't mean you'll enjoy committing the next 18+ years of your life to raising them. Parenthood simply isn't for everyone. Period.
7. You would be such a great mom.
Women have the potential to be great at a lot of things. That doesn't mean they want to pursue all of those possibilities. You have to actually want something before you set out to achieve it.
8. You'll understand when you become a mom.
What part of "not having kids" don't you understand? There is no "when." There is no "if." It's just not happening. Also, why are you under the impression that childfree people are less capable of understanding things?
9. You'll change your mind when you meet the right person.
Nope. Childfree women tend to seek out childfree men. If a woman doesn't want kids, that isn't going to change just because they enter a relationship.
10. Aren't you glad your parents wanted children?
Isn't this irrelevant? A woman's non-existent kids aren't going to know they weren't created. Use some common sense.
11. But I want grandchildren.
Sorry. Signing up for motherhood just because someone's parents want little humans to cuddle isn't really enough of a selling point.
12. Having kids is just part of life.
For some people. Not for everyone. Some choose to prioritize other things over having kids – and none of those priorities are any less valid.
13. Don't you wonder what your "mini-me" would look like?
Really? So parenthood should just be a science experiment done out of sheer curiosity? This is a joke, right?
14. Wait until your biological clock kicks in.
Childfree women aren't concerned about the activities of their so-called biological clock. Ticking fast, ticking slow, or totally stopped ... life goes on unchanged when you don't want children.
15. You'll be a crazy cat lady.
Erm, no. Perhaps that opinion should be rephrased to "you'll be a lady who enjoys life with no constraints and has the time, money, and freedom to pursue your goals." Yeah, that's better. Also, what's wrong with cats?
16. You don't know what real love is until you become a mom.
Not even remotely true. Love comes in many forms, all of which are real. You don't have to birth a child to give and receive love.
17. Children give your life new meaning.
But what if someone is perfectly happy with their life as it is? Do careers, friends, adventures, and experiences not equal meaning? Can you really argue that meaning only comes from having children? No.
18. A woman's role is to have children.
Luckily, this response is rare. However, anyone who says it is living in the past and doesn't deserve a minute of your time. Walk away and never return.
19. You'll never hear the pitter-patter of little feet.
Women who don't want kids don't want to hear "pitter-patters." They want to come home to a clean, quiet house and pop open a bottle of wine without worrying about it being tipped over by a toddler. Perhaps the best quote on this topic comes from Ellen Degeneres. "We love to be around children after they've been fed and bathed. But we ultimately decided that we don't want children of our own. There is far too much glass in our house," she wrote in her book Seriously ... I'm Kidding.
20. As a parent...
There's nothing more annoying than parents who think every opinion or piece of advice has to begin with the words "as a parent." Not everything is linked to being a parent, and the opinions of parents aren't any more valid than those of childfree people.
21. You come to me, I have children.
It's a common story. Parents often expect their childfree friends to come to them because there's a misconception that people without children don't have obligations or responsibilities. The truth of the matter is that a childfree person's time is just as valuable as anyone else's, and meeting in a location which is convenient for both parties is the only fair thing to do – regardless of who has or hasn't reproduced.
22. You can work late, you don't have kids.
This is a tale told far too often by childfree employees around the world. Parents seem to get a free pass to leave the office on time (or early), while childfree workers are expected to stay late as needed.
23. I can't imagine my life without children.
Well, that's great for you. But some people can imagine their lives without kids. See the difference? So there you have it. A list of things that childfree women are tired of hearing, but sadly encounter all the time. If you're guilty of the comments listed above, be sure to think twice next time. If you're a childfree woman, keep on living the awesome life you've chosen for yourself.
Clara Wood


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Q: Getting 'Fatal signal 11 (SIGSEGV) at 0x00000010 (code=1)' when writing into jfloat array I'm currently implementing an android function with the ndk.
I declared the function in java like
public static native void calculate(float[] rgb,float factor);

Then, I wrote the C function:
JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_<package>_calculate(
       JNIEnv * env,
       jobject object,
       jfloatArray rgbObject,
       jfloat factor){
   jfloat* rgb = (*env)->GetFloatArrayElements(env,rgbObject,0);
   if(rgb==NULL) return;

   rgb[0]=5; // Test, crash!

   (*env)->ReleaseFloatArrayElements(env,rgb,rgbObject,0);
   }

However, everytime I try to call the function with an array and some value I get the logcat message:
A/libc(16064): Fatal signal 11 (SIGSEGV) at 0x00000010 (code=1)
after that, the app crashes. I figured out that it always occurs when writing into the float values. Reading doesn't lead to a crash.
Do I something wrong? Isn't it possible to write the array values?

A: I found the solution!
For some reason, the function was called with a null-value as an array. However, the rgb==NULL check didn't fired (I don't know for which reason). I fixed the problem by adding a second check before getting the values
JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_<package>_calculate(
       JNIEnv * env,
       jobject object,
       jfloatArray rgbObject,
       jfloat factor){
   if(rgbObject==NULL) return; // Check if incomming array is NULL-Pointer
   jfloat* rgb = (*env)->GetFloatArrayElements(env,rgbObject,0);
   if(rgb==NULL) return;

   rgb[0]=5; // Test, crash!

   (*env)->ReleaseFloatArrayElements(env,rgb,rgbObject,0);
   }

A: I had the same issue when I worked with the Android NDK, I tried to Release the memory inside the function written in C, and I ended up getting the SIGSEGV error. The trick I did was to make a function in my C code which handled the memory, and called this method directly from Java, after I was finished with a specific operation in Java. I called the function in C, in order to clean the memory.

A: I have the same problom as you and finally solve it.
i think   the  problom  is that  you have not init rgbObject in your java code for jni.
i just add rgbObject =new int[5] in my code  and then  it is OK.
you can also do as TSGames said.
i think my  is better.


Under Personal Spiritual Attack? Here are 7 Keys to Make It Out Alive!
Have you ever been a victim of a personal spiritual attack? Here's a practical guide for overcoming it.
I once received the most vicious email attacking my character at the highest—or lowest—level. Amazingly just a few days later I received another email from a different person that made the first one look like a nursery rhyme. Rough week? You bet! I can't remember receiving one letter like that, much less two!
In addition to being called a control freak, the person went on to attack every part of my life, concluding that I was not fit to be a leader. Despite the fact that I knew the person was wounded and acting out of that wound, it still stung.
Proverbs says "reckless words pierce like a sword" (Prov. 12:18) It says like a sword because there is a difference. Hurtful words don't wound the flesh like a sword, but the soul. We all know what it is like to be stunned by the hurtful words of someone else. Paralyzed, unable to move forward. So, what do we do to survive?
You start by forgiving. Whether they ask for it or not. I have sinned more against God than any person has sinned against me and He freely, unconditionally has forgiven me. We cannot be like the man in Matthew 18 who received forgiveness from the king but then would not extend it to someone whose debt to him was far less.
Even when someone is attacking you with the desire to wound, there is often a kernel of truth in their words. Dispassionately ask yourself if there is an area where the person is correct. In this case there was some truth and by the grace of God, I acknowledged that to the 'attacker' and there are probably other things as well. It is on us to take 100% of the responsibility for whatever percentage of the issue is ours. If it is 10%, take 100% responsibility for that 10%, regardless of what the other person does with their 90%.
Take every curse that person throws at you and proclaim the opposite for blessing. If they say you are stupid, proclaim that you have the mind of the Messiah. If they say you are a loser, proclaim the favor of God on your life. In this case, we did not own a house and this person said that we had a 'spirit of poverty' on us. So we began to pray into that, proclaiming blessing. Within two months we owned a home!
By nature, I love to defend. I believe there is a tiny lawyer living inside me and he is not always nice. In my mind I imagine defending each accusation and attacking the person back with even more venom. Yes, that is my flesh. But no matter how good you think it might feel, it will bear no fruit and cause more pain.
In the movie You've Got Mail, Meg Ryan's character dreams of being able to be put Tom Hank's character in his place – being able to say the right snarky, witty thing, at the right time. She got her chance and found out that it didn't feel so good to hurt someone else.
I thank God for all the friends that my wife Elana and I have around the world. From Nigeria to Ukraine we have built some wonderful relationships. And yet one person speaking against with this type of spiritual force, can tempt us to forget about all those amazing people who love us and focus on that one person who is attacking us.
It is all you can think about it. However, you need to take control of your thoughts (2 Cor. 10:3-5) and focus them on those who really care for you. I am blessed that I have been part of the same international network of leaders since 1987. These same men and women whom I have served with for almost 30 years, not only hold us accountable, but love me and my wife. Why would I focus on someone who doesn't?
One of the first things Elana and I did after this attack was to get prayer. We have our weekly staff meeting every Sunday morning (In Israel, Sunday is our Monday) and I asked the staff at Tiferet Yeshua (the congregation we serve) to lay hands on us and pray. They did and it was powerful. In fact, our administrator prophesied over us regarding our future and it was right on! There was no way she could have known and I was having doubts about the direction—in part because of the angry email. But the Lord cleared all that up in seconds.
After you have done all this, you will be encouraged… for about an hour, until you think of it again. When Jesus was asked how many times to forgive, he said, seven times seventy (Matt. 18:22) – in other words, as many times as it takes. We often see that as forgiving different sins one at a time – and I am sure that is one of the applications – but I think it also means that we might have to forgive the same sin over and over again, until it no longer has a hold on us; until its sting is gone.
Do this, you will survive!


Stacy Kathleen Lide and Gregory Bryan Young were married in an evening wedding on July 25, 2009, at the Auburn United Methodist Church. Dr. George Mathison officiated the ceremony.The bride is the daughter of Robert Steven Lide and Barbara Lide of Huntsville and the groom is the son of Gregory Whitman Young and Patsy Young of Auburn. Grandparents of the bride are Dr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Lide of Greenville, S.C., and the late Mr. and Mrs. David Joseph Dwyer of San Francisco, Calif. Grandparents of the groom are Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gene Young of Auburn, and Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Francisco of Auburn.
Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a stunning ivory silk dupioni strapless gown by Rivini, which was accented with three delicate tiers of organza. An elegant full-length veil enhanced the effortless lines of the gown. She carried a bouquet of ivory and white roses. The bride used the antique pearl-and-diamond earrings that were worn by her mother during her parent's wedding ceremony, which were given as a gift from Stacy's grandmother.
Julie Young served as the maid of honor. The bridesmaids were Kaitlin McShea, Adrienne Remmert, Whitney Ryan, Jessica Strickland and Andrea Young. Kathryn Young was the junior bridesmaid. The flower girls were Wesley Anne Barnes, Kali Rose Clarke, Kassidy Clarke, Courtney Crum, Mari Miles Dempsey, Savannah Kempfer, Emma Stabler and Sarah Young. Sarah Northcutt, Allison Timm and Catherine Wachter served as program attendants.
Gregory Young served his son as best man. Groomsmen were Thomas Lide, Will Hamrick, Hudson Myrick, John Patrick Planz and Harrison Thomas. Brandon Young served as junior groomsman. Michael Pielacha, Preston Segars, Jake Stokes, John Stokes and Drew Young served as ushers.
All flowers in the church were ivory, orchid and white including a variety of garden roses, hydrangeas and stargazer lilies designed by Stanley Sistrunk. A string quartet serenaded guests and accompanied the bride as she walked down the aisle. The ceremony was concluded with the exchanging of vows and a special prayer by Mathison and Pastor Sean Clarke.
Following the ceremony, a reception was held at the Jule Collins Smith Museum. The bride's cake was beautifully displayed in the museum's rotunda. The four-tier white cake was decorated with an almond frosting and hydrangea petals. The three-layer chocolate groom's cake was surrounded by deep orange and yellow roses.
The bride and groom were showered with rose petals as they left the reception. The couple enjoyed a honeymoon in Maui, Hawaii, and happily resides in Auburn.


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Loved ones and friends can provide tremendous support during a period of hospitalisation. Bayview Hospital is conveniently located close to numerous accommodation options for persons who do not reside in Barbados. From guest houses to hotels and villas, the hospital is conveniently situated and more information on places to stay can be acquired by asking at the information desk.
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Αρχική iptv-news New leadership team positions in merged Tele2/Com Hem
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New leadership team positions in merged Tele2/Com Hem
Tele2 AB has announced a number of Leadership Team positions in the merged company of Tele2 and Com Hem. Additional LT positions will be announced before the closing of the merger.
In January 2018, Tele2 and Com Hem announced the intention to merge the two companies. Following that announcement, integration planning has been ongoing and today a number of the Leadership Team positions of the future company are announced. The forming of a new LT and the appointments are conditional upon the approval of the merger by both the European Commission and the shareholders of the two companies.
The announced positions are: Mikael Larsson, Executive Vice President, Group CFO; Samuel Skott, Executive Vice President, Sweden Consumer; Karin Svensson, Executive Vice President, Chief People and Change Officer; Stefan Backman, Executive Vice President, Group General Counsel.
All of these positions will report directly to Anders Nilsson, incoming CEO of the Tele2 Group. The appointments will become effective at closure of the merger, at which point Lars Nordmark, current Executive Vice President Group CFO at Tele2 and Richard Peers, currently Executive Vice President Chief People and Change Officer at Tele2, will leave the company.
As a result of the planned merger, Sweden becomes a significantly larger part of the total Tele2 operation and will hence be split into two reporting units: Business to Consumers and Business to Business. Samuel Skott, currently CEO of Tele2 Sweden, will head up the Consumer operations, the largest business unit in the company, which includes the brands Tele2, Comviq, Com Hem and Boxer. The person to head up the Business operations will be announced at a later stage, together with the remaining positions in the LT. This announcement will be made before the closing of the transaction which is expected to occur in Q4, as previously communicated.
Until the merger has received approval, Tele2 and Com Hem will continue with business as usual and to act as two independent and separately listed companies with their current Leadership Teams and Board of Directors, respectively.
Mikael Larsson is currently the CFO of Com Hem, a position he has held since 2015. Prior to that Mikael was the CFO of Kinnevik AB for 13 years. He has also held positions at Arthur Andersen as an auditor and a consultant.
Samuel Skott is currently Executive Vice President, CEO Tele2 Sweden, a position he assumed in 2016. He started his career at Tele2 in 2005 and has held several senior positions including Commercial Director for Customer & Product Design.
Karin Svensson is currently a self-employed Human Resources advisor. She was previously the Chief Human Resources Officer at Bisnode. Karin started her career with Accenture where she was a Partner for 11 years, founder of their Talent & Organisation Performance practice in Sweden, and the Nordic HR Director and Human Capital Lead.
Stefan Backman is currently Executive Vice President Group General Counsel at Tele2. He has held several senior positions at Tele2 over the past 11 years. Prior to that, he worked at the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) and at the Administrative Court of Stockholm.
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Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia
Kate Agnew
Largely unknown outside of his native Australia, actor David Wenham was a busily working television and film actor until his international breakout playing Faramir in "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" (2002) and "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" (2003). Wenham earned a reputation as an "actor's actor" in Australia, where his charismatic screen presence and his ability to disappear into wildly different roles had made him a sought-after talent for local dramas and comedies including "Cosi" (1996) and "Moulin Rouge" (2001). After proving his capable dramatic chops in two of cinematic history's biggest blockbusters, Wenham was welcomed into the big budget Hollywood folds with high profile roles in further bombastic productions like "Van Helsing" (2004) and "300" (2007), where he arrived as an international star and scored points with both female fans for his handsome looks and male moviegoers for his prowess in battle.The youngest of seven, Wenham was born Sept. 21, 1965, and raised in Sydney, Australia. His talent for crowd-pleasing showed itself during childhood when he earned somewhat of a class clown reputation for making up funny characters at school, and was known to put on living room shows for his family at home. With their blessing, Wenham went on to pursue acting at the University of Western Sydney's Nepean Theatre School. He began his acting career on the popular primetime serial, "Sons and Daughters," and quickly achieved the status of working actor with stints on many popular Australian television series; from "A Country Practice" to "Police Rescue" throughout the 1990s. On stage, Wenham gave a well-received turn in the searing play "The Boys" and starred as a dangerous pyromaniac in "Cosi" - a role he was asked to reprise in the 1996 film adaptation. He further began to receive attention for recreating his sociopathic character in Rowan Woods' film adaptation of "The Boys" (1997), earning nominations for several prizes including the Australian Film Institute Award for his brilliant turn as the troubled, nasty and dysfunctional parolee.Wenham became a reluctant sex symbol in 1998 when he was cast in the Australian Broadcasting Company's weekly series "SeaChange," as the scruffy, beach-dwelling 'Diver Dan' who comes to romance a female judge (Sigrid Thornton) over the course of 26 episodes. His work on the series insured the actor many magazine covers and a nomination for an Australian Film Institute Award. Wenham chose to leave the series after one season, and instead accepted the lead role in the biopic, "Molokai: The Story of Father Damien" (1999), portraying a Belgian priest who spent his life at a leper colony in Hawaii. That film helped introduce Wenham to overseas audiences, who probably failed to recognize his next international turn as a transvestite playwright in Baz Luhrmann's kaleidoscopic masterpiece, "Moulin Rouge!" (2001). The actor's chameleonic quality made him further difficult to recognize in follow-up roles as a straying Jewish spouse in "Russian Doll" (2001), a cowboy-turned-soldier in the indie "Dust" (2001), and a swaggering international photojournalist in the romantic comedy, "Better Than Sex" (2001), for which he earned a nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role from the Australian Film Institute.From these largely art house offerings Wenham moved into the mainstream with "The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course" (2002), appearing opposite real-life wildlife expert Steve Irwin. He scored an international breakthrough later that year when he was cast as Faramir, Ithilien captor of Frodo, Sam and Gollum, in the second of director Peter Jackson's J.R.R. Tolkien trilogy, "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" (2002). Naturally it was a major career boost to have a supporting role in a critically loved film that was nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award and brought in a staggering $900 million at the box office, so Wenham reprised his role the following year in "Lord of
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LionJohn Brierley
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Q: Passing structure to openCL Kernel I want to pass a structure to opencl kernel, the structure is
struct test
{
    int *x;
    float *y;
    char *z;
};

and the memory allocation and initialization is like
    struct test t;
t.x = (int*)malloc(sizeof(int)*100);
t.y = (float*) malloc (sizeof(float)*50);
t.z = (char*) malloc (sizeof(char) *25);
  for(i = 0;i<100;i++)
  {
      t.x[i] = i;
      if(i<50)
          {
              t.y[i] = i;
          if(i<25)
              t.z[i] = 'a';
          }
  }

can i pass such a structure to opencl kernel

A: You can pass such a structure, but it will be pointless because x, y and z point to different memory regions. Each of these memory buffers must be transferred on its own.

A: Instead of structure, its better to allocate memory at the host side and send them to kernel as kernel parameters.


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Going My Way Christmas (1962)
The short lived TV series ran from 1962-63.
Most of us are familiar with the 1944 movie Going My Way starring Bing Crosby. Did you know there was also a TV series with the same characters? Crosby's character Father Chuck O'Malley on the TV series is played by actor Gene Kelly, and Barry Fitzgerald's character Father Fitzgibbon is played by Leo G. Carroll. There's also a new character, Tom Colwell who helps the priests with St. Dominic's parochial school, played by actor Dick York.
In the TV series, Father O'Malley is played by actor/dancer/director Gene Kelly.
Although not set at Christmas time, the 1944 movie Going My Way has always had close associations with the holiday season. Not only is it a family-friendly movie, but the easy-going Father O'Malley is played by Bing Crosby, the iconic singer/actor most closely associated with the seasonal anthem "White Christmas." Many viewers may also enjoy watching Going My Way at the holidays because Father O'Malley starts a boys choir and has them rehearse the carol "Silent Night."
Going My Way's 1945 sequel The Bells of St. Mary's also stars Bing Crosby as Father O'Malley, however this time the film's story centers on the priest's work with Sister Mary Benedict, played by Ingrid Bergman, a nun working to keep an aging parochial school open. The Bells of St. Mary's isn't usually considered a Christmas film either, however it does contain a scene with Crosby singing the Latin carol "Adeste Fideles" with a group of children, and a brief scene with youngsters rehearsing a Nativity pageant. Even if neither movie is set at Christmas time, both Going My Way and The Bells of St. Mary's can be found airing on TV each year in December.
Another reason this pair of movies is so closely associated with Christmas--"The Bells of St. Mary's" appears on the marquee of The Bijou Theater in Bedford Falls when George Bailey runs through town in "It's a Wonderful Life."
If you're a fan of watching Going My Way and The Bells of St. Mary's at the holidays, you may be interested to know that the TV series Going My Way also created a Christmas episode. Finally, we get to see the character of Father O'Malley in a Christmas story! The 1962 episode is entitled "Keep an Eye on Santa Claus."
(left to right) Depew and Shamroy (played by James Dunn) are ex-cons looking for their next big score.
At the start of the episode, we see the aging priest Father Fitzgibbon offering a personal reference to Thompson Department Store on behalf of Honus Shamroy--a man just released from prison who says he's looking for a new start in life. Father O'Malley worries that Fitzgibbon may be risking his good name by helping the ex-con, but Fitzgibbon insists that it's a priest's primary job to help others. Viewers see that Shamroy is already planning a new scheme with another ex-con to rob the department store.
This little girl asks for a rifle for Christmas--sounds familiar, doesn't it?
With the help of Fitzgibbon's recommendation, Shamroy is offered a job working as the store's Santa Claus. A man on the margins of society working as a department store Santa Claus? We've seen this before--remember the 1960 Christmas episode of The Twilight Zone, and the 1955 Christmas episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents?
Shamroy's loving daughter Karen is played by Cloris Leachman.
One of the reasons Father Fitzgibbon was willing to help Shamroy is because his family has taken him in to live with them. Shamroy's daughter Karen Murdock loves her father and knows he's a good man despite his past mistakes. Karen's young son Mark loves his grandfather too and their relationship is a strong one.
Mark Murdock is played by actor Billy Mumy. I've previously written about Mumy in two other holiday stories including the 1964 Christmas episode of Bewitched and the 1965 Christmas episode of Lost in Space.
Although Shamroy has spent most of Mark's life in jail--telling the young boy that he's in the hospital--the two are good for one another. While Shamroy claims he's working at the department store to earn money for Christmas gifts for Karen and Mark, Mark has decided to join the boys choir at school to make his family happy and proud of him.
Shamroy doesn't want to disappoint his daughter or grandson.
When Shamroy hears his grandson's off-key performance of "Silent Night" in their home, it's the sound of love and joy.
Adorably, Mark has a tin ear and can't sing very well. Karen approaches Father O'Malley to ask him to please include Mark in the boys choir even if he can't hold a tune. This Christmas is very important to her family--for once they are all together. And, soon Mark will be old enough to understand how his much-beloved grandfather is really just a crook. Karen is hoping to enjoy one more holiday with Mark a happy, innocent little boy--before he inevitably becomes betrayed and disappointed by Shamroy. Father O'Malley agrees to make the boy happy and includes him in the boys choir despite his lack of ability.
Father O'Malley is in charge of a boys choir--just as he is in the 1944 movie Going My Way.
Father O'Malley speaks to Shamroy about not disappointing Karen and Mark.
It turns out Honus Shamroy likes his job working as the department store Santa Claus and he's good at it. More importantly, he's come to appreciate how important Karen and Mark's love and respect is to him. He doesn't want to disappoint them any more. At the same time, his buddy Depew has him convinced that their solid plans to rob the store on Christmas Eve are going to make them rich. Shamroy wants to back out of the robbery but he's not sure how.
Can Shamroy stop Depew in time?
As the holiday approaches, Tom Colwell becomes suspicious of Shamroy and Depew. After talking with the police, it becomes clear to everyone that the two lifelong criminals are planning on robbing Thompson Department Store. When the priests confront Shamroy, he wants to back out of the robbery but he feels a duty to his friend Depew to stop him himself--rather than let the police catch him. So O'Mally, Fitzgibbon, and Shamroy head over to the department store hoping to stop Depew before the police arrive.
Even though he has keys to the back door, poor Depew hasn't figured out a way in to the store yet.
Sure enough, they are able to stop Depew before he could break in to the store. (It's explained that his ineptness is precisely why he's spent much of his life behind bars). Although Shamroy can't convince his friend to have a change of heart about the robbery, he does convince him that they police are on their way. The priests are generous with offering their forgiveness to these two souls--neither has technically committed a crime yet. However, the police greet the men in the alley behind the store and are ready to arrest both Shamroy and Depew for conspiracy to commit larceny.
The non-traditional priest inspires the police to offer the ex-cons forgiveness and a second chance at life.
Father O'Malley talks the police officer into letting the men go. He says, "Christmas isn't just for the good and the meek, it's for the saints and it's for the sinners, for great kings and penny ante crooks. It's for all of us, [Officer] Joe, it's for you, and it's for me."
The boys choir once again sings "Silent Night."
The story ends with everyone at the boys choir concert enjoying the holiday music. Shamroy is there listening to his grandson Mark's performance. Depew is seated in the audience too, with the police nearby, keeping a watchful eye on their suspect.
The hour-long episode may move slowly at times--this story was created for television more than 50 years ago, when most TV stories moved at a different pace--but it is as heart-warming as the best of them. I'm also stunned by the episode's outstanding cast.
Leachman and Dunn
If Shamroy looks familiar, that's because actor James Dunn has had a long, successful career. He appeared in several Shirley Temple films in the early 1930s, most notably Bright Eyes--a movie that mostly takes place at Christmas time. Another stunning cast member in this Christmas episode is Cloris Leachman. How long has it been since you've seen the 1976 Christmas episode of her series Phyllis?--the spin-off from The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
Remember this memorable song from the movie Bright Eyes?
Rosemary Clooney House
Rosemary Clooney House in Augusta, KY
It's that time of year again. I've been traveling to pop culture destinations on summer vacation. You may remember some of my earlier destinations: The Jimmy Stewart Museum in Indiana, PA; It's a Wonderful Life Museum in Seneca Falls, NY; The Waltons-Hamner Homestead in Schuyler, VA; The Lucille Ball museums in Jamestown, NY; and A Christmas Story House Museum in Cleveland, OH. Earlier this year, I even visited NameThatChristmasSpecial.com webmaster and Christmas music collector Jeff Fox in Ottawa. I love traveling and sharing my adventures. What pop culture destinations have you visited?
Augusta is a sleepy little town located on the banks of the scenic Ohio River.
Last week I went Augusta, KY to visit the Rosemary Clooney House. The singer/actor's personal home has been turned into a museum filled with treasures from Clooney's long career. Getting there was half the fun. Rosemary was raised in nearby Maysville--this is also where she currently rests. But she purchased the beautiful home in Augusta to be near her family and as an isolated getaway between New York and Los Angeles. Since I live in Ohio and was traveling from the north, I took a ferry across the Ohio River to reach Augusta. I recommend it--riding the small ferry was an adventure in itself.
Crossing the Ohio River. On the Ohio side, there are many historic sites and museums dedicated the Underground Railroad and nineteenth century paths taken by escaped Southern slaves seeking freedom in the North.
Sheet music and original 7" recording of Clooney's Christmas hit song "Suzy Snowflake."
Inside the museum, you'll find photos, artifacts, memorabilia, and costumes from Rosemary's singing career and appearances in Hollywood films. Bet I know what you're interested in! The stuff from the 1954 movie White Christmas, right? The museum boasts "the largest collection of White Christmas memorabilia anywhere in the world." Make sure you contact them before you visit--during the holidays, pieces from the collection travel to other museums. (I almost visited late last year but waited until now when I knew the collection was all at the Rosemary Clooney House.)
Remember the sparkly gloves she wears during the song "Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me" in White Christmas?
Pardon the glare from the glass case: here's a blue fan from the performance of "Sisters."
That's Rosemary's brown coat in the back from the scene in which she boards the train. There are lots of Vera-Ellen costumes too.
The "White Christmas" dress in the back is a re-creation, and the "Sisters" dresses have experienced their own long history--ask the museum staff, she'll explain.
Rosemary's bedroom in the house.
The museum also features Rosemary's original bedroom set and her personal items. What a treat it was to see the things she owned and loved. There are more costumes and memorabilia from Clooney's other Hollywood films as well.
The museum also has several Bob Mackie hand-drawn designs of fashions Rosemary Clooney wore.
Geroge Clooney's bib overalls from the Coen Brothers' movie O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Holy smokes! They also have costumes and personal items from her famous nephew--maybe you've heard of him? GEORGE CLOONEY. He was raised in Augusta and the Clooney family still owns several properties there in town, so he occasionally drops by. I looked for him, but he wasn't around when I was there. Go figure. The museum is now run by Heather French Henry (beauty pageant winner Miss America 2000) and her husband Dr. Steve Henry (former Lt. Governor of Kentucky). The museum also features several of their accomplishments too. There's lots to see and experience at the small museum.
Sorry--pardon the glass case glare. Here's a dress worn by Sondra Locke in the movie Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story from 1982.
Amanda and I pose in front of a larger-than-life-sized OSU football player in Columbus, OH. Neither of us knows anything about football.
While I was traveling, I also got a chance to visit with Amanda By Night from Made for TV Mayhem website and the Made for TV Mayhem podcast. We spent an evening together in Columbus, OH discussing our favorite TV movies. What more could I ever want?
Where did you go on summer vacation?
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Perfect Strangers Christmas (1988)
Sometimes our favorite TV shows are just silly, wacky stories that allow us to escape from our daily routines. There's something on TV for everyone--and a Christmas episode to suit every taste. I was recently reminded of the third season holiday episode "The Gift of the Mypiot" from the 80s hit sitcom Perfect Strangers. Do you remember this one?
Balki's co-workers watch him open his Christmas gift from his mother.
It's Christmas Eve and Larry and his cousin Balki are looking forward to their Christmas party later in the evening. At work at the Chicago Chronicle, the cousins talk about their preparations for the party and how their workplace friends are all invited. Balki discovers that Larry didn't invite their boss Mr. Gorpley because...well, no one likes him. Larry is convinced Mr. Gorpley will ruin the party for the other guests but Balki thinks everyone should be invited to the party.
Balki has a very kind heart--even to those with a toxic personality, like Gorpley.
When Balki overhears Mr. Gorpley talking on the phone, he learns that his boss will be alone on Christmas. Although he knows Larry won't like it, Balki invites Gorpley to come to the Christmas party.
Larry isn't happy with Balki's guest list.
Balki hesitates to share with Larry what he's done. When Larry finds out that Mr. Gorpley is invited, his plan is to avoid answering the door to him. Balki explains to Larry that he invited the miserable man because Christmas is a time to help the less fortunate. He believes that if they show Mr. Gorpley a bit of kindness, it will spark the Christmas spirit inside him. Larry isn't convinced.
Larry identifies each guest's voice before opening the door, hoping to screen out Mr. Gorpley.
One by one, the party guests arrive. When Mr. Gorpley finally knocks on the door, Larry panics and the other party guests learn that Mr. Gorpley was invited too.
No one wants Balki to answer the door and let Mr. Gorpley into the party!
Showing just how unpopular Gorpley has made himself, the party guests attempt to keep Balki from opening the door and letting the boss in. Plan B: all the guests decide to leave!
Balki is persuasive!
Of course, Balki convinces everyone that it's the right thing to let Mr. Gorpley attend the party. They open the door, invite him in, wish him a merry Christmas, and Mr. Gorpley begins to make those around him feel miserable. As a distraction, Balki puts on a Santa suit and begins to hand out gifts to the guests. However, Gorpley's comments and attitude is spoiling everyone's fun.
Enough is enough! The guests throw the mean and cruel Gorpley from the party.
Balki Claus defends Gorpley and insists he stay.
The angry mob rises up against Gorpley's bad attitude.
Gorpley confronts the angry party guests and explains to them that they can't hurt him--he's had plenty of miserable Christmases. As he begins to list off the bad Christmases he's experienced throughout his life, the crowd begins to soften, feel sorry for him, and understand the miserable man. Balki calms them all and returns to handing out gifts.
Gorpley thanks Balki for the gift of love.
The last gift is for Gorpley--a surprise to him and the other guests. Gorpley opens it and finds that Balki has given him the precious gift from his mother--a treasured, handmade item sent from his village back home. All the party guests know how much the gift means to Balki and they are touched by his sacrifice in giving it to Gorpley. Even Gorpley recognizes the gift's value. It turns out Balki was right after all. Kindness shown to Gorpley has inspired his Christmas spirit.
Touched by the moment, the party guests begin singing "Hark the Herald Angels Sing."
The episode's title "The Gift of the Mypiot" pays homage to the popular short story "The Gift of the Magi" written by O.Henry. Of course, Mypos is the vaguely European home to Balki before coming to stay with his cousin Larry in America. While this episode isn't much of an adaptation of "The Gift of the Magi," it is a thoughtful tribute to the spirit of making sacrifices and offering gifts to others as an expression of love.
The 1988 Christmas episode is also one that includes the character Harriette Winslow, the elevator operator at the Chicago Chronicle. TV fans may remember that Harriette eventually got her own spin-off TV series called Family Matters--and the rest is Urkel history!
Actor Jo Marie Payton as Harriette Winslow.
Interested in reading about a few other Christmas movies, specials and episodes adapted from short stories by O.Henry? Here's a list of links from other reviews I've written. Have a favorite?
Remember the 1955 Christmas episode of The Honeymooners? It's an adaptation of O.Henry's "Gift of the Magi."
Christmas in July 2016: Jim Fanning
Christmas in July 2016: Jim Fanning at Tulgey Wood
1) What Christmas episode/special/or movie always puts you in the holiday spirit?
When the Whos start singing at the beginning of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (the original animated TV special from 1966). Their rendition of "Welcome, Christmas" followed immediately by "Trim Up the Tree" just make me instantly feel like it's Christmastime.
2) What Christmas program or scene brings you to tears?
There are so many but I never fail to be moved by the entire not-quite-Christmas-but-we'll-make-it-Christmas scene in Auntie Mame (not strictly speaking a Christmas movie but as so many of us feel, if it has a Christmas scene, it's a Christmas movie!)…especially when Beau invites Mame out and she declines, saying she is going to have a celebration with "my little family." Christmas is about the family, whatever form it may take--and unconventional Mame of course has formed a unique family around her, even though it was unplanned.
The Cratchit family in Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol.
3) What's your favorite quote of dialogue, song lyric, or sentiment from a Christmas program?
Here I have to choose the song "The Lord's Bright Blessing" in Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol. No, not the part about razzeleberry dressing (although that's fun and quanit), but the line "we'll have a Christmas far more glorious than grand." The entire song captures the essence of A Christmas Carol, about having a merry Christmas even if you have very little…or nothing… "as long as we're together, heart to hand."
4) Is there a Christmas program that unintentionally frightens you--or turns you off?
This one's easy. I know a lot of people have an affection for it, but I find The Polar Express so creepy. I'm not sure why a good director like Robert Zemeckis is so attracted to that motion capture process. And in case you're wondering if I saw his version of A Christmas Carol with Jim Carrey, the answer is no.
5) Name one character from Christmas entertainment with whom you closely identify? and explain why.
I am tempted to say, like David Hofstede, John-Boy Walton, for the same reason as David's: John-Boy is the embodiment of the writer, or at least the in progress writer. (Plus I bear a certain resemblance to John-Boy.) But instead I'll cheat and choose two characters: Lucy Carmichael and Vivian Bagley from The Lucy Show episode, "A Christmas Together." I can truly relate to how both Lucy and Viv are so dedicated to their holiday traditions because I too have strong opinions on the "best" way to celebrate Christmas—although I also am fascinated by and interested in how others celebrate too, and Mrs. Carmichael and Mrs. Bagley are not. But at the end of the episode Lucy and Viv are inspired by their own children to put their differences aside and combine their efforts, as symbolized by the two Christmas trees they join together to form one.


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Mapping the Cape's doomed roads; Commission seeks public input on which to save
CAI | By Eve Zuckoff,
Patrick Flanary
Coastal communities, including this one in North Carolina, face resiliency challenges with the combined effects of storm surge and sea level rise.
Patrick Flanary: The Cape Cod Commission is setting up workshops in 10 towns across the region to ask a simple question: In this age of climate change, is your low-lying road worth saving? And if it is, CAI's Eve Zuckoff says communities could soon get a blueprint of how to protect it. So it's complex, and I love when it is because Eve is here to always boil it down for us. Eve, welcome to the show.
Eve Zuckoff: Hi Patrick.
Patrick Flanary: So the Commission is going around to 10 towns and they're not thinking of saving every problematic low-lying road, are they?
Eve Zuckoff: No, no, no, no. What they're doing is they're working to help towns understand how vulnerable all their roads are to flooding and sea level rise. And ultimately, the towns will prioritize two roads to adapt. Their focus for this project is on town, on roads, bridges and culverts not private, state-owned roads like Route 28 or 6A. And when they talk about which roads are high priority, which are the two we're really going to focus on, not only are they considering flood risk, but criticality, which is decided by four factors. First, does that road have community or emergency services like a hospital, or school, or fire station? Second, is that road home to vulnerable populations? We're talking low-income, minority, or communities that struggle with housing and transportation security. Then is that road an important for network function? So what's the average daily traffic? And lastly, is it economically valuable? Does it host a number of businesses?
Patrick Flanary: OK, all right. So what kind of adaptation might come to these high priority roads? And we know just from the outset this is going to be a long process. This is just the beginning.
Eve Zuckoff: This is just the beginning. When this will come, we don't really know yet. But to protect the homes on low-lying roads from flooding, you have a couple options. You can take the hard engineering route and build a seawall or replace an old seawall. You can elevate the road. You can also turn to nature: put a dune in front of that road, plant eelgrass. You can also -- and this is actually on the table for these conversations -- reroute the road or even abandon it altogether. Managed retreat is what that's called. It's the fancy word for it. It is controversial, but it will likely be necessary at some places on the Cape over the next few decades.
Patrick Flanary: Abandoning a road. My gosh, that's for a whole other Morning Edition discussion I think.
Eve Zuckoff: I'll be back here.
Patrick Flanary: No doubt. What about the people whose roads will never meet this criteria, even though it may seem problematic to certain families?
Eve Zuckoff: Yes, great question. Some people might be thrilled that their roads will not be considered as potential candidates for rerouting, of course. But others are saying, you know, this is an opportunity for the town to invest in my road. And if they don't do that, when will they get around to it? Will they help with adaptations before sea levels and flooding put all of our properties at greater risk? And one of those people actually spoke up at the first workshop in Yarmouth. So here is a resident named John Peterson talking about his road:
Jon Peterson: In terms of like the how critical is it for the transportation needs of the town, or anything that you know? I'm sure we'd probably be down on the list, but speaking just from a personal standpoint, you know, we're really hoping that something could be done.
Eve Zuckoff: This is the line. This is the quote that I just keep thinking about in this story because there's this kind of heartbreak to knowing your road is more likely to flood regularly than be built better, just based off how time consuming and expensive it is for towns to take action.
Patrick Flanary: Right. And there really are dozens of roads on the Cape that need to be much more resilient over the next few decades as they become impassable. So tell us, I guess, more about what's happening at these workshops. You attended the first one in Yarmouth earlier this week. I would think it's obvious in most towns which roads really need the work.
Eve Zuckoff: Well, that's the interesting thing. That the commission has brought on a coastal engineering firm called the Woods Hole Group to map out flood risk and critical assets on each road in each town. But those fancy mapping tools actually can't be local knowledge in many respects. So at these workshops, the Commission is asking people, 'Look, are there roads that actually people use all the time that we don't know about? Are there important local landmarks that we should consider as critical? Like, what are we missing?' And people have shared some really interesting insights. Again, in Yarmouth, people said, 'when you're looking at the criteria for what makes a road critical, are you considering the economic value of beaches, not just businesses? Are you measuring the value of boat ramps? Or will you give weight to roads that are majority year-round homeowners versus second homeowners?' Sometimes public meetings, to me, are more performative than anything, quite honestly, but there is actually a lot of nuance and use to these workshops and these conversations.
Patrick Flanary: Yeah, certainly. I mean, so many facets are tied to this. You start digging one hole and others seem to form.
Eve Zuckoff: That's right.
Patrick Flanary: You're like, you're mentioning these in real time and I'm like, 'Oh, yeah, yeah, what about that? Boat ramps and all that other stuff.' All right. Well, how do we join these workshops and what happens when they're all over? I understand this is going to take a couple of months to wrap up just this portion of the project. Then what happens?
Eve Zuckoff: Yes so we will have information on our website about how to join these workshops. [The next ones will be held via Zoom for Dennis and Sandwich on Dec. 7.] Seven towns have yet to have theirs. Three are already done. And after these workshops are over, the towns will select those two most high priority road segments, and the Woods Hole Group will offer three solutions with cost estimates to adapt those roads. That will probably happen this summer. And then it's kind of on towns to apply for the grants necessary to dive deeper and hopefully build out what was suggested. We know this can take quite a long time, but the hope is by 2030 that will be done because that's when many of sea level rise estimates get pretty intense.
Patrick Flanary: That's being liberal with a prediction, by the way; 2030, it's not that far away. Eve Zuckoff is on road patrol today, flooded road patrol. You've often reported on mitigating climate change. This, of course, is adapting to climate change.
Eve Zuckoff: Exactly.
Patrick Flanary: We want to have you back as soon as you can tell us more about it.
Eve Zuckoff: OK.
Patrick Flanary: Thanks for being here.
Eve Zuckoff: Thank you.
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Eve Zuckoff covers the environment and human impacts of climate change for CAI.
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Q: Using jQuery to reorder a list of items as my CSS method not 100% I have been trying endlessly to re-order position of items for mobile using CSS but simple does not seem to be cutting the mustard... its working of course but for some reason on 10 items 2 does position right so want to go down the JS road however not really done much JS and hoping someone could lend me a hand.
Basically on desktop on display a list of items side by side, for example

1[L] - 2[L]
3[R] - 4[R]
5[L] - 6[L]
7[R] - 8[R]
9[L] - 10[L]

Each item has a background image showing 2 sections, above i added [L] and [R] to show Left and Right as the backgrounds would show item logo in the same position on that one line however on mobile i need to somehow alternate the position because would be a slight different sequence as 1 per line on full width.

1[L]
3[R]
2[L]
4[R]
5[L]
7[R]
6[L]
8[R]
9[L]
10[L]

of course with an odd amount would work out ok.... or am i wrong in this theory?
Actually writing that out would explain why im getting the issue as the last 2 are left, left so no right to go above it... so doing with JS would have the same result i guess?
example: 15 items (works fine) https://jsfiddle.net/vgrd7oww/13/
example: 10 items (your see 2 items same half way through) https://jsfiddle.net/vgrd7oww/14/
Anyone know of any solution for this? either with my current CSS or some JS?
CSS:
.collection-hover-container {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  ul.collection-list {
    width: 100%;
    display: flex;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    align-items: flex-start;
    list-style: none;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
    overflow: hidden;
    .collection-list-item {
      display: flex;
      width: calc(49%);
      margin-left: 2%;
      box-sizing: border-box;
      &.collection-hover {
        margin-bottom: 10px !important;
        position: relative;
        &:nth-child(4n+1) div:first-child,
        &:nth-child(4n+2) div:first-child {
          order: 1;
          right: 0;
        }
        &:nth-child(4n+3) div:last-child,
        &:nth-child(4n+4) div:last-child {
          right: 0;
        }
        div:first-child {
          width: 66.66%;
        }
        div:last-child {
          width: 33.33%;
        }
        .collection-list-hover-desc {
          display: none;
          position: absolute;
          bottom: 0;
          background-color: rgba(51, 51, 51, 0.4);
          p {
            padding: 10px;
            color: #ffffff;
            font-size: 0.7em;
          }
        }
        .collection-list-hover-button {
          width: 32.2%;
          display: block;
          position: absolute;
          bottom: 10px;
          text-align: center;
          .button {
            font-size: 0.8em;
            border: 2px solid #fff;
            color: #fff;
            text-transform: uppercase;
            background: #f14fa1;
            white-space: nowrap;
            padding: 7px 13px 5px 13px;
            border-radius: 3px;
          }
        }
        a {
          display: inline-block;
          background-size: cover;
          animation: fadeout 1.8s, bp-change 0.1s;
          -moz-animation: fadeout 1.8s, bp-change 0.1s;
          /* Firefox */
          -webkit-animation: fadeout 1.8s, bp-change 0.1s;
          /* Safari and Chrome */
          -o-animation: fadeout 1.8s, bp-change 0.1s;
          background-position: 0 0;
          width: 100%;
          &:hover {
            animation: fadein 1.8s, bp-change 0.1s;
            -moz-animation: fadein 1.8s, bp-change 0.1s;
            /* Firefox */
            -webkit-animation: fadein 1.8s, bp-change 0.1s;
            /* Safari and Chrome */
            -o-animation: fadein 1.8s, bp-change 0.1s;
            background-position: -50% 99%;
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

@-webkit-keyframes fadein {
  from {
    opacity:0.7;
  }
  to {
    opacity:1;
  }
}
@-webkit-keyframes fadeout {
  from {
    opacity:0.7;
  }
  to {
    opacity:1;
  }
}
@-webkit-keyframes bp-change {
  from {
    background-position:0 0;
  }
  to {
    background-position:-50% 100%;
  }
}

/* Tablet */
@media only screen and (max-width: 959px) {
  .collection-list {
    .collection-list-item {
      .collection-list-hover-button {
        .button {
          font-size: 0.6rem;
          border: 1px solid #fff;
          padding: 5px 8px;
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {
  .collection-hover-container {
    ul.collection-list {
      .collection-list-item {
        width: calc(100% - 10px) !important;

        &.collection-hover {
          margin-left: 0 !important;

          &:nth-child(4n+1) div:first-child,
          &:nth-child(4n+2) div:first-child {
            order: 0;
          }
          &:nth-child(odd) div:first-child {
            order: 1;
          }
          &:nth-child(even) {
            order: 1;
          }

          .collection-list-hover-desc {
            p {
              padding: 5px 10px;
              font-size: 1em;
            }
          }

          .collection-list-hover-button {
            .button {
              font-size: 0.6em;
              padding: 5px 10px;
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }

  .featured-collections {
    .collection-list {
      display: block;
    }
  }
}

A: I simplified your example by using a string for the images ("1-L", "2-L", etc). I think it will make the answer easier to understand. The code below is to show how something like that could be done with JQuery.
Instead of a list, I think it's easier if we use div.
The CSS:
#wrapper div.item {display:inline;}

The JQuery code:
$(document).ready(function(){
    var mobile = true;      // your mobile flag
    var arrayImages = [ "1-L", "2-L", "3-R", "4-R",
                        "5-L", "6-L", "7-R", "8-R",
                        "9-R", "10-R"]; // your images. Arrays start with index 0.
    var totalImages = arrayImages.length;   // total number of images

    // if it's not mobile, then add a line break after the second image
    if (mobile == false){
        var theHtml = "";
        for (let i = 0; i< totalImages;i++){
            var theImageHtml = '
' + arrayImages[i] + '
';
            // if it's an odd number image (the array starts at 0) add a line break at the end
            if (i%2==1){
                theHtml += theImageHtml + '
';
            }
            else {
                theHtml += theImageHtml + '
';
            }
            $('#wrapper').html(theHtml);
        }
    };

    // if it's mobile, take up to 4 images and display them in this order: 1, 3, 2, 4.
    if (mobile == true){
        var theHtml = "";
        for (let i = 0; i< totalImages;i++){
            var theImageHtml1 = "";
            var theImageHtml2 = "";
            var theImageHtml3 = "";
            var theImageHtml4 = "";

            var theImageHtml1 = '
' + arrayImages[i] + '

';
            if (i+1 < totalImages){
                i++;
                var theImageHtml2 = '
' + arrayImages[i] + '

';
            }
            if (i+1 < totalImages){
                i++;
                var theImageHtml3 = '
' + arrayImages[i] + '

';
            }
            if (i+1 < totalImages){
                i++;
                var theImageHtml4 = '
' + arrayImages[i] + '

';
            }
            theHtml += theImageHtml1 + theImageHtml3 + theImageHtml2 + theImageHtml4;
        }
        $('#wrapper').html(theHtml);
    }
});

The HTML:

Remember to include jQuery library inside the head tag: