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October 11, 2021 February 8, 2022
Team NEO Names 2021 Regional Economic Development Champions
Leaders recognized for their work to advance the region
Last week Team NEO recognized three individuals as 2021 Regional Economic Development Champions for their work in leveraging the full strength of the Northeast Ohio Region's economic development network to advance our region. At the organization's annual meeting, NEO Rising: Celebrating Today. Building Tomorrow, Team NEO recognized:
Business Leader: Kimberly Riley, President: Hylant Cleveland
Kim Riley joined Hylant in 2011 with more than 35 years in the insurance industry. She immediately became engaged in the community to understand the challenges of Hylant's clients from a more holistic perspective. Riley is Chairwoman of the NEO American Red Cross Board, Vice Chair of Team NEO, an active member of the Northeast Ohio Advisory Board for the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank, Destination Cleveland, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and iHeartRadio. Team NEO recognized Riley for her committed leadership, engagement and belief in Northeast Ohio.
Economic Development Leader: Brad Whitehead, Past President and Senior Advisor, Special Projects: The Fund for Our Economic Future
A founder of the Fund for Our Economic Future and President for 16 years, Whitehead was one of the early adopters of the notion that for the region to be successful, it needed to strengthen and leverage all of the communities that comprise Northeast Ohio. Team NEO recognized Whitehead for challenging regional leaders to engage more, collaborate more, and evolve their priorities so that more of the region's underrepresented communities could have greater access to opportunities emerging from the region's work. Brad has served on many boards, and was one of the very first members of Team NEO's Board of Directors.
Community Leader: Lee Friedman, CEO: College Now Greater Cleveland
Lee Friedman joined College Now Greater Cleveland in June 2010 following a number of significant Cleveland-area non-profit leadership roles. Under her leadership, College Now is advancing regional competitiveness and prosperity through its commitment to addressing the region's talent gap by counseling students and educating them on career pathways that will lead to in-demand jobs in our region. Her organization reaches more than 29,000 students and adult learners a year, providing college access advising, financial aid counseling and scholarship and retention services. Many of the students served are from low-income families and are first-generation college students. Because of her extensive leadership skills, familiarity with the Northeast Ohio education system, and commitment to creating educational opportunity for all students. Team NEO recognized Friedman for her commitment to talent, equity and outcomes for Northeast Ohio.
"Our 2021 Champions are strong advocates for the Northeast Ohio Region, each contributing in their own unique way to bring economic growth and prosperity to our region," said Team NEO CEO Bill Koehler. "They are a powerful example of what is possible through strong leadership influence, partner engagement and leveraging the full strength of a network of businesses, economic development organizations, philanthropy and the public sector.
Team NEO is a private, nonprofit economic development organization accelerating business growth and job creation throughout the 18 counties of the Northeast Ohio Region. As the designated JobsOhio Network Partner, we align and amplify local economic development efforts in the region's 18 counties; we conduct research and data analysis to inform local conversations and influence solutions; we market the Northeast Ohio Region; and we work to increase access to jobs, education and training for the region's 4.3 million people. We do this to build a more vibrant regional economy – one that is more talented, equitable, competitive, innovative, resilient and prosperous. For more information, visit teamneo.org.


my thoughts on urban genesis and P's old gat.
Raoul behind the counter shook his head. It was too old.
or draw men from the street.
they are well, another someone moved to Melbourne.
Yes, I've been there, so long ago… in the stillness. Bravo.


Andy Warhol is alive and well and working in the Depper kitchen!
I like how Em filled the whole paper with her doodles.
Emily starts to write her entire name this fall.
A placemat made in Afternoon Club.
This is the pouch Emily made in Mrs. Cameron's class while they were studying Native American history.
A squirrel by an apple tree!


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Biografia
Tuipulotu fece il suo esordio professionistico con la maglia di Auckland in una partita contro North Harbour valida per il National Provincial Championship del 2013. Grazie alle sue prestazioni nella competizione ottenne un contratto con i Blues per il Super Rugby 2014, torneo nel quale disputò tredici incontri conditi da due mete. Fu confermato nella rosa della franchigia di Auckland anche per la stagione successiva, ma disputò solo meta del Super Rugby 2015, in quanto decise di sottoporsi ad una doppia operazione all'anca per risolvere dei problemi di mobilità dovuti allo sviluppo corporeo. L'intervento chirurgico lo tenne fuori dai campi da gioco per otto mesi. Il suo ritorno all'attività agonistica avvenne nel primo turno del Super Rugby 2016, torneo che disputò per intero, tranne per tre partite nel mese di aprile saltate a causa di una frattura alla mano rimediata nell'incontro con i Jaguares.

A livello internazionale Tuipulotu fece parte della squadra neozelandese che partecipò al Campionato mondiale giovanile di rugby 2013. Il 12 maggio 2014 fu convocato dal coach degli All Blacks Steve Hansen per un training camp; guadagnò, successivamente, la sua prima presenza con la nazionale della Nuova Zelanda, il 14 giugno 2014, subentrando dalla panchina nell'incontro con l'Inghilterra durante il tour di quest'ultima, del quale giocò due partite. Disputò poi, lo stesso anno, un match contro il Sudafrica valido per il The Rugby Championship 2014 e una partita per la Bledisloe Cup, sempre entrando in campo dalla panchina. Convocato per il Tour della Nazionale di rugby a 15 della Nuova Zelanda 2014 giocò contro USA (prima presenza da titolare con gli All Blacks e prima meta), Inghilterra e Galles. A causa della doppia operazione all'anca che dovette sostenere fu indisponibile per tutta l'attività internazionale del 2015 perdendo anche la possibilità di partecipare alla Coppa del Mondo di rugby 2015. Il suo ritorno con la maglia dei tuttineri avvenne durante il tour del Galles in Nuova Zelanda, dove giocò due incontri dei tre previsti. Il 1º ottobre 2016 riottenne la maglia da titolare nella sfida contro l'Argentina valida per il The Rugby Championship 2016.

Palmarès

 Auckland : 2018

 Blues: 2021

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Collegamenti esterni

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THE MYSTICAL DOC JOHNSON
Henry Johnson volunteers at Piedmont's annual Disaster Drill, running the pyrotechnics. PHOTO / PIEDMONT COLLEGE
Henry Johnson has worked with several well-known singers and magicians, and occasionally likes to blow things up. Johnson, an Associate Professor of Theatre at Piedmont College, teaches pyrotechnics, set design and light design, among other courses.
"I've worked with a lot of country and rock stars from the 70s and 80s," Johnson said. "I've worked with Hank Williams Jr., Kenny Rodgers, Sting, Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys and Neil Young."
Before he worked with the aforementioned people, Johnson got his bachelor's degree in Theatre from Brenau University in Gainesville, Ga., then went on to get his master's degree in design at the University of Georgia.
Johnson has been doing magic since he was nine years old, and has been performing his own show, "Doc Johnson's Traveling Miracle Medicine Show," since 1980.
"I don't know if magic brought me into theatre exactly, but it all blended together. My interest in theatre has always been on the technical side; I've never had any real interest in acting," Johnson said. "I saw Peter Pan when I was 6-years-old and loved the idea of creating the illusions on stage."
Henry Johnson has also worked with several popular magicians throughout his career, but doesn't see them as anything other than coworkers.
"I've worked with David Copperfield and Rudy Coby. I knew Doug Henning too. I never got to work with him, but I got to know him," Johnson said. "Magicians don't see each other as famous, we just see each other as colleagues."
After Johnson finished his career traveling around and working various shows, concerts and performances, he decided he wanted to teach the upcoming generations of thespians.
"You realize after a while you can't travel around and work forever," he said. "Your legs are going to give out from all the heavy lifting eventually, and you have to figure out what you can do when you're getting older. I taught at the College of Boca Raton, Gainesville (Ga.) College and at the University of Georgia before coming to Piedmont 11 years ago."
Henry Johnson has helped many students throughout the years, teaching technical theatre. Although Johnson is held in very high regard by his students for his teaching ability, he helps them become even better people. Sophomore drama education major, Dakota Stockton, has worked alongside Johnson the last two years in the technical aspect of theatre.
"Henry has been a very influential in my education here at Piedmont. In a world where people could care less about you, Henry is always there with a loving heart, helping hand, and a sarcastic, yet hilarious, comment," Stockton said. "He has taught me almost everything I know about technical theatre, which is quite a lot. As a drama education major, once I graduate I am going to be on my own. Thanks to Henry's teaching ability, and influence, I feel very confident in leading my students into technical theatre."
Although he only has one official job title at Piedmont, Johnson does several jobs around the theatre department.
"I design, I'm the TD (technical director), I teach and I work as shop foreman," said Johnson.
Needless to say, if there's a job to do in the Theatre department behind the curtain, Johnson is likely somehow involved.
Junior mass communication major Luke Tanner has worked with the theatre department quite a bit in his time here at Piedmont, and praises Johnson's set building ability.
"Henry is an amazing set designer," he said. "Whatever the director or designer thinks of, he can build it."
As Johnson continues to get older, he realizes that teaching is his best way to contribute to the thespian society.
"This is probably my last job teaching," said Johnson. "I'll be 70 years old in September, but as long as I have my mental acumen, I'll continue to do it, and I love teaching."
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La classe Blake est une classe de croiseurs protégés de  construite par la Royal Navy à la fin du .

Obsolètes au déclenchement de la Première Guerre mondiale, ils servirent de navires de dépôt. Le  servit de soutien durant la bataille des Dardanelles.

Les unités de la classe

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Croiseur protégé
 Liste des croiseurs de la Royal Navy

Liens externes
  Blake Class - Royal Navy
  Le HMS Blake sur le site NavalHistory

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Review: Sacred Britannia by Miranda Aldhouse-Green
Miranda Aldhouse-Green, Sacred Britannia: The Gods and Rituals of Roman Britain (London: Thames & Hudson, 2018), ISBN 978-0-50025-2222, £19.95, illus.
If there is anything that gets me more excited than the material remains of ancient British Christianity, it is the material remains of ancient British paganism. Yet the only form of paganism attested in any detail in the archaeological record is Romano-British religion, the subject of this book. Miranda Aldhouse-Green's Sacred Britannia is the first book dedicated to Romano-British religion for the general reader since the appearance of Guy de la Bédoyère's Gods with Thunderbolts in 2002, and it does not disappoint. Sacred Britannia is structured thematically, with chapters focussing on such topics as the role of the Roman army, divination and cursing, religious symbolism, mystery religions, early Christianity and beliefs about the afterlife. However, running through the whole book is a particular focus on the question of the 'Britishness' of Romano-British religion, and therefore its potential Iron Age origins. This is unsurprising, given that Aldhouse-Green is also an expert in Iron Age British religion, but it also makes a change from the approach sometimes adopted by Classicists, who compare Romano-British religion with Roman religion rather than viewing it in the context of what we know of prehistoric British religion.
In one sense, there is a wealth of evidence for religion in Roman Britain (43-409CE) in comparison with the evidence for religion in the British Iron Age that immediately preceded it, not to mention the evidential dearth for post-Roman and pagan Anglo-Saxon religion. However, the material evidence greatly outstrips the written record. There was no Romano-British Bede, and the written evidence is confined to a few stray (and unreliable) references in Roman authors and the enigmatic epigraphical testimony of altars and curse tablets. Occasionally, images of deities are paired with a clear name, but all too often cult images or cult objects are all that survive, leaving the historian with no choice but to engage in well-informed and intelligent speculation. Aldhouse-Green follows her predecessors on the path of drawing conclusions about Romano-British religion by comparisons with Gaul, a technique not dissimilar to the tendency of Anglo-Saxonists to speculate about early English paganism by reference to Norse paganism. Both approaches are open to question, however; the comparison with Gaul is justified by the claim that Britain and Gaul were religiously similar, but one of the main reasons why the idea that Britain and Gaul were religiously similar has arisen is because scholars have repeatedly argued it. Less frequently, and with clearly signposted caveats, Aldhouse-Green draws comparisons with the medieval literary evidence of ancient Irish tradition – an even more perilous business. Nevertheless, owing to her background in the study of prehistoric religion, Aldhouse-Green never loses sight of the possibility that British sacred sites might have pre-dated both the Romans and the Iron Age – the shrine of Apollo at Uley, which appears to have Neolithic origins, being a case in point.
Aldhouse-Green is also willing to entertain the possibility that some of the gods of Roman Britain were 'invented at need', especially by the Roman army stationed in Hadrian's Wall. This is an interesting challenge to the usual assumption that gods with British names always represented a deep-seated Iron Age cult that was co-opted and culturally assimilated by the Romans. We simply do not know enough about Iron Age religion to be able to ascertain the extent to which it was romanised; for example, apart from a few stray Iron Age coins found in the spring at Bath, we have no idea whether the site that became Aquae Sulis was a sacred site to the pre-Roman Britons, since the evidence of Iron Age cult is so ephemeral. Was Sulis herself an ancient British god, or was she a confected goddess with an evocatively British name, invented in order to give the hot springs an appropriate back story to attract pilgrims? On the other hand, Aldhouse-Green shows that distinctively 'British' representations of deities with surreally large heads and lentoid eyes, or even as schematic figures more at home in twentieth-century abstract art, continued right to the end of the Roman period.
An attempt to understand the nature of Roman religious syncretism in Britain is central to the book, and one of its most original contributions is Aldhouse-Green's departure from the usual stereotype of Roman religiosity as welcoming of syncretism except when it ran up against monotheistic faiths. Aldhouse-Green devotes a chapter to exploring the possibility of religious conflict in Roman Britain, considering the ambiguous evidence of apparent iconoclasm and cultic transformation at sacred sites. Rather than ascribing all evidence of iconoclasm to Christians after 381 (when Christianity officially became the empire's state religion), Aldhouse-Green suggests that prejudice against mystery cults and rivalry between pagan religious groups may have been just as significant a factor. Furthermore, she questions the notion that Christians were always straightforwardly iconoclastic, suggesting that the undamaged head of the cult statue of Apollo at Uley may have been re-used as the head of a statue of Christ at the Romano-British church that succeeded the shrine. Aldhouse-Green notes that Romano-British Christians' apparent enthusiasm for pictorial representations of Jesus Christ was not shared by many other Latin Christians of the fourth century.
Sacred Britannia is an interpretative rather than an encyclopedic account of Romano-British religion; Aldhouse-Green's aim is not to interpret every known site or archaeological discovery, but to offer some general conclusions about the religious make-up of Roman Britain as a whole. In doing so she not only recognises the looming presence of the prehistoric past but also the cultural diversity of Roman Britain (which extended to the presence of Chinese people in Roman London). Sacred Britannia probably does the best job that can be done with the frustrating evidential problem of Romano-British religion. Owing to the materials used in Roman cults (such as stone and lead), the religious culture of Roman Britain has left extensive physical traces, but the surviving evidence offers us so little help in interpreting it that we are essentially still at sea, even when every new archaeological dig produces more evidence. While Aldhouse-Green is surely right to seek to understand Roman religion against the background of prehistoric British religion, the effort to use an even more evidentially ambiguous religious culture to understand that of Roman Britain is doomed to break down into speculation. Truly, the past is a foreign country – and none more foreign than Roman Britain, where the soil under the feet of our ancestors was the same as under ours, but their world of belief remains ultimately impenetrable. Yet the very impenetrability of Romano-British religion is what makes it so fascinating.
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carolinemmurray
Thanks for this – book goes on my list! You might want to correct the typo at para 4, line 4 – though it's quite a fun one!
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← Trump calls media liars, Trump wrong?, Thomas Jefferson wrong?, Mark Twain wrong?, Upton Sinclair wrong?, George Orwell wrong?, Albert Einstein wrong?, Carl Sagan wrong?, William Tecumseh Sherman convinced he would get reports from hell
NC governor race request for expedited hearing filed with the State Board of Elections, Recount of Durham County early vote, Attorney Thomas Stark formal appeal, Malfunctions and irregularities, Remove the votes of persons ineligible →
NC State Board of Elections meeting audio reveals widespread voter fraud, Greensboro News Record lies again, 339 felons voted illegally, NC Democrat Party complicit in Bladen County fraud, "reckless allegations of fraud"
"Other payments which are disclosed on Bladen County Improvement Association PAC contribution reports include
the following:
Mary Johnson, witness for 74 ballots, $450;
Lola Wooten, witness for 58 ballots, $500;
Deborah Cogdell, witness for 45 ballots (including both witnesses on 1 ballot), $300; and
Bridgette Keaton, witness for 16 ballots, $630."…Bladen County NC election protest
"What is your threshold for acceptable voter fraud since 1 vote can win most elections?"…Citizen Wells
"We control life, Winston, at all its levels. You are imagining that there is something called human nature which will be outraged by what we do and will turn against us. But we create human nature. Men are infinitely malleable."…George Orwell, "1984″
The American Press must stop lying to the people.
From the Greensboro News Record November 22, 2016.
"Gov. Pat McCrory's attempt to undermine public confidence in North Carolina's elections is unjustified and inexcusable."
"But the Republican governor's campaign has gone too far in making reckless allegations of fraud and trying to implicate Cooper, the Democratic attorney general."
"Investigations by various local election boards have found a few problems. For example, some people died after casting early ballots but before Election Day. A few felons may have voted."
http://www.greensboro.com/opinion/n_and_r_editorials/our-opinion-a-corrupt-election/article_219cb5f4-cffa-546d-80f5-88d736e238a3.html
Square what the News Record and the rest of the disgusting mainstream media has "reported" versus the following.
Hey News Record editors. Did you listen to the entire State Board of Elections meeting?
I did.
From Citizen Wells November 21, 2016.
"ROY COOPER SHOULD STOP TRYING TO CIRCUMVENT ELECTORAL PROCESS
The Pat McCrory Committee issued the following statement in response to Roy Cooper's desperate press conferences attacking Governor McCrory:
"Why is Roy Cooper so insistent on circumventing the electoral process and counting the votes of dead people and felons? It may be because he needs those fraudulent votes to count in order to win. Instead of insulting North Carolina voters, we intend to let the process work as it should to ensure that every legal vote is counted properly." – Ricky Diaz, Governor McCrory's campaign spokesman
Fact: The State Board of Elections discovered over 339 convicted felons who voted early or absentee. This total does not include numbers from Election Day. (News & Observer on Twitter, 11/20/2016)
Fact: Over 90 counties have yet to complete their county canvases and finalize their vote totals.
Fact: Protests are being filed in over 50 counties to challenge fraudulent absentee ballots and votes by felons, double and dead voters.(Charlotte Observer, 11/17/2016)"
"According to disclosure reports, among the largest contributors to the Bladen County Improvement Association PAC are the North Carolina Democratic Party and candidates for statewide and countywide offices, such as: Mike Morgan, Wake County district court judge and Supreme Court justice-elect; June Atkinson, superintendent of public instruction; Ken Spaulding, former gubernatorial candidate; Dan Blue III, state senator and former candidate for state treasurer; Chris Rey, mayor of Spring Lake and former candidate for U.S. Senate; G. Michael Cogdell, Bladen County commissioner."
https://citizenwells.com/2016/11/21/nc-governor-race-update-november-21-2016-339-convicted-felons-voted-early-or-absentee-mccrory-why-is-roy-cooper-so-insistent-on-circumventing-the-electoral-process-and-counting-the-votes/
From Citizen News April 3, 2014.
"Tillis, Berger Issue Joint Statement On Newly Discovered, Alarming Evidence Of Voter Error And Fraud"
"Raleigh, N.C. – House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-Mecklenburg) and Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) issued a joint statement Wednesday in response to more alarming evidence of voter error and fraud discovered by the North Carolina State Board of Elections.
Initial findings from the Board presented to the Joint Legislative Elections Oversight Committee today show:
765 voters with an exact match of first and last name, DOB and last four digits of SSN were registered in N.C. and another state and voted in N.C. and the other state in the 2012 general election.
35,750 voters with the same first and last name and DOB were registered in N.C. and another state and voted in both states in the 2012 general election.
155,692 voters with the same first and last name, DOB and last four digits of SSN were registered in N.C. and another state – and the latest date of registration or voter activity did not take place within N.C.
These findings only take into account data from the 28 states who participated in the 2014 Interstate Crosscheck, leaving out potential voter error and fraud in the 22 states that do not participate in the consortium.
Additionally, during an audit of death records from the Department of Health and Human Services, the Board discovered:
50,000 new death records that had not previously been provided to the State Board of Elections.
13,416 deceased voters on the voter rolls in October 2013.
81 deceased voters that had voter activity after they died.
The findings were made possible by a new election reform law passed by the General Assembly last year, which called on the Board to improve the accuracy of voter registration lists and combat potential fraud by cross checking information on voting records with those of other states.
"While we are alarmed to hear evidence of widespread voter error and fraud, we are encouraged to see the common-sense law passed to ensure voters are who they say they are is working," said Tillis and Berger. "These findings should put to rest ill-informed claims that problems don't exist and help restore the integrity of our elections process. We appreciate the State Board of Elections bringing this critical information to light.""
"Finally, whatever the actual level of voter fraud that occurred in the 2012 election, the potential for future fraud is truly staggering. Pew Research Center published a report revealing election rolls in a shambles nationwide. They found:
24 million invalid or inaccurate voter registrations
1.8 million deceased voters
2.75 million registered in multiple states.
As noted earlier, Cloward and Piven's Motor Voter law is responsible for much of this mess.
James O'Keefe's Project Veritas found 30,000 dead voters still on the rolls in North Carolina, a state Obama won by only 14,000 votes in 2008."
Massive NC voter fraud discovered, Over 35 thousand voters same first and last name DOB registered in NC and another state voted in 2012, Senate Leader Phil Berger and rep Thom Tillis
From The News & Observer August 2, 2016.
"North Carolina's attorney general won't represent the state in appealing last week's court ruling that overturned a voter ID mandate and other voting restrictions."
"We're very disappointed to hear that again his office is not willing to do his job," McCrory said. "In fact, I question whether he should even accept a paycheck from the state of North Carolina any more because he continues to not do his job, as his oath of office requires him to do."
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article93228772.html
From the Winston Salem Journal October 23, 2014.
"The Winston-Salem Journal reported Wednesday that, according to the SBOE, a specific search of those 10,000 names on the state's voter rolls turned up 145 that belong to immigrants in the U.S. under the federal program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, which provides qualified applicants with a two-year reprieve from deportation.
The number has been pared down to 119 after more research, said Josh Lawson, a spokesman for the SBOE."
http://www.journalnow.com/news/elections/local/early-voting-starts-today-eligibility-for-not-verified/article_ceeb3ca4-5a60-11e4-8cfa-001a4bcf6878.html
From ABC News August 12, 2011.
"Authorities have charged four Wake County residents with voter fraud in connection with the last presidential election.
Twenty-six-year-old Kierra Fontae Leache of Pheiffer Drive in Raleigh, 46-year-old Shelia "Sheilia" Romona Hodges, also of Pheiffer Drive in Raleigh, and 25-year-old Brandon Earl McLean of Bethune Drive in Raleigh, allegedly cast two ballot votes in 2008.
All three are registered Democrats.
According to arrest warrants, Leache filed a no-excuse absentee application on Oct. 29, 2008, as well as voted at the polling place on Martin Luther King Boulevard in Raleigh on Nov. 4.
Leache later admitted to authorities that she did vote twice in the presidential election.
Hodges and McLean – who also is facing unrelated charges from this past June – both each participated in early voting at Chavis Heights Community Center in Raleigh and later voted on Election Day at their local fire department polling place, according to court documents.
They also admitted to the charges."
http://abc11.com/archive/8301269/
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27 responses to "NC State Board of Elections meeting audio reveals widespread voter fraud, Greensboro News Record lies again, 339 felons voted illegally, NC Democrat Party complicit in Bladen County fraud, "reckless allegations of fraud""
citizenwells | November 25, 2016 at 8:08 am |
"If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world but I am sure we would be getting reports from hell before breakfast."
William Tecumseh Sherman
oldsailor84 | November 25, 2016 at 9:28 am |
………..sounds to me like the perpetrators, and the liars are prepared to GO DOWN WITH THE SHIP……….SO I WOULD ADVISE……..TIME FOR SOME WELL AIMED TORPEDOS………..TO ACCOMODATE THEM.
Full speed ahead & damn the torpedoes.
CW……….
………more often than not such cheating is the product of an alleged "good ole boys club"………..something like what BOSS HOGG, and his cops operated in the DUKES OF HAZARD. Such groups did exist, and in some parts of the country …..STILL DO. In Ohio for a few decades it was crooked cops who used a crooked JP. They would catch a speeder, and they would take every penny he had, and if it was a female, sometimes she would be forced to do sex. Many states got rid of the KANGAROO COURTS along with the crooked cops, but it was only a drop in the bucket. The good ole boys clubs are still alive and well, and are getting much slicker at their vices. Most are DEMOCRATS, but there have been some RINOS caught as well…………particularly here in Indiana. In our case it was some less than honest State Police officers who paled up with a couple of JPs, and were ripping people off. Two such JPs were caught ,and prosecuted for their CRIMINAL PRACTICES. They will never again hold any form of judicial office. Both were given extensive slammer time. The crooked cops chose to resign before they could be nailed.
oldsailor84 | November 25, 2016 at 10:01 am |
…………when you have the ships in view be sure to ARM YOUR TORPEDOS, if you want to sink their ships. SIC EM, CW.
……….one consolation is that most of the time such BASTARDS who cheat, have only their MOUTH, and their criminal behavior for an arsenal. A few might have some POP GUNS. Such POS HIRE THUGS to do their dirty work, because they are too cowardly to do it themselves. They hide UNDER ROCKS, and slither to, and fro in their own slime.
citizenwells | November 25, 2016 at 10:10 am |
Greensboro News Record.
Owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway.
OFF TOPIC……..
………….and Black Friday is off to a hell of a start………In New Jersey, this morning a bunch of lard a$$ed female blacks burst through a store's doors and began ripping product containers apart, then grabbing the item, and headed out the doors. They were surprised by police who were waiting for them. All 12 were arrested for shoplifting, and destroying property. Good for what ails them! They were caught RED HANDED with their loot.
TO DONALD TRUMP……….
………….when you play footsies with Mr. Romney you are inviting disaster. Many folks on earth see Mr. Romney as a SNEAK. While I am not trying to advise you…….. I am about 10 years your senior, and have during my lifetime looked upon a number of such people. JUST BE DAMN CAREFUL WHERE MR. ROMNEY IS CONCERNED. NEVER TAKE YOUR EYES OFF HIM.
oldsailor84 | November 25, 2016 at 12:03 pm |
AND NOW………..
……….Norway's Supreme court has REJECTED Snowden's extradition lawsuit. He was wanting to travel to Norway to accept an award, but if he does he could be arrested and extradited to the US.
……….I PRAY that Trump will PARDON Snowden WITHIN HIS FIRST 100 DAYS. SNOWDEN WAS ACCUSED OF BEING A SPY for having provided America with information that ILLEGAL LISTENING to private telephone conversations was actually happening. A SIGNED court order MUST BE IN HAND before a private telephone conversation can be listened to, AND/ or recorded. This sort of practice has continued in spite of the expiration of the law which allowed it. This is being done for reasons that are CONTRARY to the language and latitude of the NOW EXPIRED law which was put in place ONLY to listen in on PERPETRATORS OF INTERNATIONAL CRIME………..NOT PRIVATE CITIZENS……..WHICH SOETORO AND CABAL HAS TURNED INTO AN ILLEGAL LISTENING PROGRAM.(NSA). Snowden need only wait until Trump is sworn in then he needs to contact Trump himself, and file a petition for PARDON. I think Trump would pardon him. If I was in Trump's position I think I would pardon Snowden, and at the same time PIN A SPECIAL DECORATION ON HIM for having exposed the truth about the NSA BULLSHI#. I also believe that the American people would stand behind such a PARDON.
oldsailor84 | November 25, 2016 at 5:29 pm |
CW………..Re 10:10AM
………..any holding in the Berkshire Hathaway portfolio is NOT there by accident. It is obviously a LUCRATIVE HOLDING otherwise it would NOT be there. Warren Buffet is also a WELL KNOWN LIBERAL DEMOCRAT. My guess is the paper is a part of his PROPAGANDA MACHINE…….and as such is more than likely MANAGED BY RABID LIBERALS. When among such people we need to OPEN CARRY HEAT.
……….OPEN HEAT…….
,………….being a very visible Model 29 S&W .44 Mag.
citizenwells | November 25, 2016 at 5:42 pm |
Propaganda machine.
CW………..
……….I hope you are able to prevail in your differences with the Record, and the alleged LIBERAL perpetrators of voting fraud in the various counties. It all screams for publicity.
Bob Strauss………
……….looks as though there was a shooting at a Wal Mart parking lot close to you. Sounds as though it was a product of a parking dispute. WOW somebody gets murdered over a damn parking place. People are going crazy……….. A bunch of lard a$$ed females broke through some store doors this morning in NJ and started ripping the containers off of products. When they carried the loot outside the police were waiting for them. 12 were arrested for shoplifting, and destruction of property. REALLY CRAZY!
………BLACK FRIDAY INSANITY……
………….I don't even go outdoors on BLACK FRIDAY. We have some really strange looking people living nearby. Hard to tell if they are wacky, or ok. At the same time I keep my trusty 12 gauge loaded with Remington Express 00 buckshot. If any of them try anything the 00 buckshot will provide what I call INCENTIVE to leave me alone.
………..I will never attack anybody with my shotgun unless he/she attacks me first with a deadly weapon. The last thing I will do on earth is take the attacker with me.
bob strauss | November 26, 2016 at 4:18 am |
Intelligence Suggests Obama Admin Facilitated Iran's Smuggling of Weapons via Commercial Planes
Written by: Tim Brown
Following in the footsteps of Barack Hussein Obama Soetoro Sobarkah's previous treason regarding the Muslim Brotherhood, it seems that he has engaged in more treason with Iran, this time his administration has basically facilitated the smuggling of weapons through commercial airplanes.
The Washington Free Beacon reports:
The Obama administration has given clearance to Western airline manufacturers to sell planes to Iran at the same time the Islamic Republic is using commercial airliners to smuggle weapons and other illicit arms to Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon, according to new intelligence and congressional communications obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
The disclosure of this new intelligence, which shows that Iran has been using its commercial airline company to smuggle advanced weaponry to Hezbollah and terrorists operating in Syria, has placed renewed focus on a congressional inquiry that has been stymied by Obama administration officials since early October.
http://sonsoflibertymedia.com/intelligence-suggests-obama-admin-facilitated-irans-smuggling-weapons-via-commercial-planes/
WikiLeaks @wikileaks 10 Dec 2013
Here's pic you won't see in mainstream obits: w/ Castro in 1991 – Mandela thanked Cuba for aid to liberation struggle
https://twitter.com/wikileaks
AND LAST NIGHT……….
…………..the worthless Bantam rooster P.O.S. in Cuba has finally CROAKED. For 60 years he STOLE from the people of Cuba, and drove a large percentage of the population into exile to Hialeah Florida. He managed to ruin the lives of MOST of the population, and in addition stole American owned property. There is nothing that he has ever done that was beneficial to anyone in his country, or America. He has held Cuba hostage, and put the country on the road to NOWHERE for 60 years. You only need to look at the condition of the buildings to see that nothing has been done to maintain them. He was a FOOL who believed the Communist Bullshi#. I CHEER along with the Cuban exiles in Florida. If I was a younger man I would probably dump a bucket of feces on his grave…………..and I think there might be a long line of Cubans whose lives he ruined, or whose parents he murdered waiting to dump more buckets of manure on his grave. In reality he was little more than a LUNATIC, POS, PARASITE. I gleefully celebrate his passing! I watched him arrive, and I have lived to see him depart. Exiled Cubans are dancing in the streets of Hialeah, and waving the Cuban flag. Lots of rejoicing going on. Perhaps we will soon see his brother follow him. Then the people of Cuba can choose a leader who IS A LEADER.
…………Raul Castro is genuinely interested in being a CREDIBLE leader of Cuba he will endeavor to right the wrongs of his brother. Perhaps he will see fit to return the property his brother stole from the people of Cuba, and from Americans who owned property as well.
oldsoldier80 | November 26, 2016 at 11:48 am |
OFF SUBJECT…BUT IMPORTANT NEVERTHELESS…
GOD GAVE ME A MISSION LAST NIGHT !
I spoke to God last night.
Well not exactly, but he did come to me in my dreams and told me he had a job for me. At 3am this morning, I lay awake in my bed wondering just 'how in the hell did our world get so screwed up in less than seven thousand years of known history'.
The answer came very quickly from the dark recesses of my mind.
"Because you Dummies down there don't know how, to tell the truth about anything", said the loud booming voice. This response startled me at first, but I knew the voice was right. From the beginning of recorded time, the human race has always had a problem with telling the truth about anything, be it a simple admission or a complex confession of wrong-doing. That seems to be one of the traits that God decided to leave out of his creation of mankind to test our willingness, to tell the truth. Can and will we ever tell the truth about anything? Seven thousand years of recorded history have passed and the good Lord is still waiting for our answer to that question.
When God told me he had a job for me, I dared speak up and boldly ask, "What kind of job, Lord"?
"Nothing that you can't handle", quickly came back.
Not being satisfied with that answer, I very meekly ask, "Can you give me a little hint as to exactly what it is you want of me, Lord"?
He said, "Sure, I want you to rewrite the history of your mudball planet from the beginning of your recorded history up to where you are today".
He then said, "I will fill in the part that you humans have no knowledge of before you learned how to read and write, taking into account there is still a vast number of you who still can't read, or write, or understand what has already been written".
My initial thought at this time was, "I'm not sure the Lord is pleased with our progress here on earth"!
I was correct with that assumption.
I replied, "Well that's a pretty tall order, my Lord. Are you sure I can handle it"? He simply said, "Together, we will muddle through it. Don't worry, just trust me".
I then said, " Lord, it will be very helpful if you will provide me with all the background you have on the subject other than just the mere few thousand years since you gave us pencils and paper and showed us how they work".
He said, "I can do that for you, Bud".
I then said, " But wait a minute now Lord, it took the human race over seven thousand years to screw up this operation that you so marvelously created, and now you are asking me to correct all their shortcoming's and lies in the very brief time period I have left here on earth"?
He said, "That's correct".
With my mouth standing wide open, I then replied, "But God, I will be 81 years old, come next February and I'm not sure I will even be able to complete the first chapter in this gigantic unessential work you have committed me to, let alone get to the modern part which I am more familiar with".
God replied, "I don't want to hear that crap son, I have often heard you say in the past year or two that age is only a word, so prove it ! Accept this mission and get the job done, or I will cancel your contract and find someone else for the job" ! Sensing a threat there, I hesitated to ask, "Can I assume this means you will cancel me too"? His reply was short and to the point, "Possibly he said, yes, that's a possibility" !
Then he added, "And one more thing Bud, don't ever let me hear you call the work I assign to you as unessential again ! You better learn real quick and up front that all of my work is essential and has been for gazillions of eons and for you to question my motives is not a negotiable tool". "Got that"?
I said WOW, then quickly replied, "Yes Sir, Roger that Sir, and WILCO forever and ever " !
WILCO is a military term that I have often used that stands for "Will Comply".
I said, "OK, God, I accept your contract under one provision". God stared deep into my eyes, not smiling and sternly said, "You dare place a provision on what I have order of you"?
I replied, "Oh no, my Lord, I am only concerned about having enough time to finish what you ask of me. After all, it took the humans you have created seven thousand years to get it all screwed up in the first place, and now you expect me to correct it all in 20 or 30 years at the most, I do not think that is quite fair, do you"?
God smiled and said, "Your right on that point, what is your one provision"?
I said, it's a simple request, my Lord. "If I'm not able to complete the task you have given me because of health reasons, or I run out of natural time to finish what you ask of me, would you be so gracious as to permit one of my offspring's somewhere down the 'tracks of my bloodline' to finish this awesome work I have started.
He said, "Now that's a reasonable request. Granted".
With all the contractual agreements out of the way, he then said, "OK Mister, the negotiations on my request of you are over, it's time for you to get to work. Just like those 'cowboys' use to say in that television series you humans would call "Rawhide' …. your burning daylight, son"….so get to work"!
Quickly I said, "Wait a minute Lord ! Wait just a minute ! I have many more questions to ask before you cut me off and shut the door in my face"! He said, OK, you have exactly one more question to ask, then 'it's back on your head, your break is over' ! So choose your question wisely" !
"After all, I'm the busiest entity in this whole universe. I have several new galaxies coming into existence, many old ones that need to be replaced or repaired, and I'm starting life all over this universe, so I really don't have time to haggle with you over this little essential project, he said". So ask your question.
I thought, "Oh my ! …"what in the hell have I gotten myself into now"?
What is the most important question I could ask of my Lord who has just assigned me the most difficult task of my life? What could I possibly ask that would give me assurance and assistance in doing the very best job I could with what he has assigned me to do?
Finally, I settled on the only question I could possibly ask.
For the first time, I heard my Lord laugh out loud. He smiled and said, "If I were writing this book which I'm not, you are, I think the beginning would be a good place to start, don't you? ".
Not really understanding where the beginning of this proposed work of fact would start, I hesitated to ask, "Where is the beginning my Lord?"
Again, he laughed out loud and said, "Try the book of Genesis, you Dummy, and a place called, the Garden of Eve, after all, didn't Cain kill his brother Able there"? "All that stuff about Moses , Joshua, and all of my other Main Men will come later in this epic off all times, along with all of the modern trash too" !
He followed this up by saying, "This will put Cecil B. DeMille to shame if it's done right, and I expect you to do it right, got that"? ! I replied, "Roger and Wilco on that too Sir"!
With that, I said goodnight to my Maker and lay there thinking, "now look what you have gotten yourself into, Stanley" ! Stanley was the stupid part of the Laurel and Hardy comedy team. Well frankly, they both were stupid. That's what made them so famous and rich. Just like 'crime does pay', so does stupidity !
So … with pen in hand and mind afresh, " It's Hi Ho, Hi Ho, and off to work I go" …….
In fulfilling this mission, I will not neglect my civic responsibility to continue keeping up with my dear friends here at citizen wells….and before the new year comes , I do want to thank Mr. Wells for all he has done for his readers and the unknowing public…. his work will one day be a classic study in civic responsibilities.
Thank you for keeping our noses to the 'grindstone' …together I do think we have made a difference and there is something that lurks out there in cyberspace called …The Silent Majority". The last general election has proven that.
citizenwells | November 26, 2016 at 12:00 pm |
Trump:
"Today, the world marks the passing of a brutal dictator who oppressed his own people for nearly six decades. Fidel Castro's legacy is one of firing squads, theft, unimaginable suffering, poverty and the denial of fundamental human rights.
While Cuba remains a totalitarian island, it is my hope that today marks a move away from the horrors endured for too long, and toward a future in which the wonderful Cuban people finally live in the freedom they so richly deserve.
Though the tragedies, deaths and pain caused by Fidel Castro cannot be erased, our administration will do all it can to ensure the Cuban people can finally begin their journey toward prosperity and liberty. I join the many Cuban Americans who supported me so greatly in the presidential campaign, including the Brigade 2506 Veterans Association that endorsed me, with the hope of one day soon seeing a free Cuba."
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-11-26/trump-slams-brutal-dictator-castros-legacy-firing-squads-theft-suffering-and-poverty
…………I enjoy the great feeling that comes from watching the exiled Cuban people celebrate the passing of the BASTARD DICTATOR. They have a very real reason for expressing their joy. Many of them had innocent family members MURDERED by the BASTARD, and others were imprisoned without cause. I personally stand 100% with the Cuban people………..particularly those in Florida. Hopefully Raul Castro will read the handwriting on the wall, and take Cuba down the road to freedom.
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This ancient technique involves stimulating your pet's nervous system via specific acupuncture points on the body. The Eastern explanation is that acupuncture reroutes the body's vital energy force, or Qi, which flows along nerve pathways called meridians. The Western summary is that metal needles (good electrical conductors) modulate the nervous system's electricity, which reroutes and normalizes synapses and can affect all organ systems.
Fine needles, therapeutic lasers or pressure may be used for stimulation, and varying durations of stimulation are used to yield specific changes in the central nervous system. Research has shown acupuncture can indeed lead to the release of hormones, increase blood circulation, stimulate nerves, relieve muscle spasms and more, and there's increasing interest in its ability to help relieve pain and other conditions in pets.
The researchers stated, "Acupuncture is safe, has minimal detrimental side effects, and is well tolerated by most horses." Beyond pain relief, acupuncture has been found to effectively reduce the incidence of seizures in dogs.7 Many holistic and integrative veterinarians use acupuncture routinely to treat patients with seizure disorders. It's a very versatile technique that can be used not only on dogs and horses but also on exotic animals, zoo animals and farm animals. I've even done acupuncture on birds, amphibians and reptiles.
Another adjunctive modality is chiropractic care, which is centered on correcting subluxations (or improper alignment between two bones) in order to allow the nervous system to function optimally.9 It uses the body's own healing abilities and the relationship between the spine and the nervous system to restore and maintain good health. Adjustments may be made by hand or using instruments.
Chiropractic care can be used in cases of injury or disease, such as hip dysplasia, as well as for regular maintenance. The latter may be especially useful with large and giant-breed dogs, or dogs who participate in athletic sports, in order to keep the musculoskeletal system from degenerating.
In fact, I recommend maintenance chiropractic care proactively for all my patients to reduce the risk of injury and joint degeneration. This is even good for puppies and kittens because they are "loose" — their joints are not yet completely formed and they're prone to subluxations.
The success of your pet's alternative therapy will often depend on the skill of the practitioner, which is why it's important to find someone who is experienced and licensed to treat pets. You can search for a certified animal chiropractor in your area at the American Veterinary Chiropractor Association and/or the College of Animal Chiropractic. To find a list of veterinarians trained as acupuncturists, visit AHVMA.org.


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Q: How to compare $t$-tests to $\chi^2$-tests for feature selection I am trying to learn feature importance for an ML model. To do this I am running a univariate statistical test between each independent feature and the dependent variable I am trying to predict.
The dependent variable is binary and the features are mixed (some are categorical some are continuous). As a result, for the features that are continuous, I am running a two sample $t$-test and for the categorical features I am running a $\chi^2$-test.
I want to be able to compare the outputs of these two different tests in order to see which features are the most closely related to the dependent variable. How do I compare the results from these two different tests?
I am not sure how to do this as the test statistics are obviously different and just because the test shows that the relationship is statistically significant, this of course does not mean that the relationship is a particularly important one. For example, the mean difference between Group A and Group B could be very  statistically significant but only be a mean difference of a mere 0.01 units.
Therefore, how do I find the features that not only have the largest magnitude relationship with the dependent variable I am trying to predict but also the highest statistical significance.
Thanks in advance for any help and let me know if I should provide more of my particular example.
I am using scikit learn's feature_selection f_classif, chi2 methods to do this analysis. (They do what I previously described. two sample $t$-test and $\chi^2$-tests, respectively.)

A: Regardless of whether you could, I don't think that you should. There are three problems with this approach:

*

*Significance does not correlate with predictive power. For example, two sample means may differ significantly while those samples' probability distributions overlap considerably. In this case, there is no separation that will yield a high prediction accuracy.

*The $t$-test compares the means of the groups, in relation to their standard error. The $\chi^2$-test compares the observed proportions of categories in either group to their expected proportions (expected if there were no difference). The $p$-values of these tests are evidence against different null-hypotheses.

*Even if you were to use another way to find the 'best' predictors, you would be using the data twice: Once to select variables and once to estimate the parameters of a model with those variables. This is a form of stepwise regression (which is a bad idea).

Lastly, I don't see any mention of training/validation and where you would apply these tests. A significant difference in the groups in your sample need not imply an actual difference in those group's populations. However, just like the problem of multiple testing you mentioned in the comments, solving this will not solve the fundamental problem with this kind of variable selection.
So how then should you proceed? As mentioned in the comments and answers of this question, you may want to opt for a regularized regression model instead, which will shrink smaller coefficients to(wards) zero. Moreover, certain models can 'ignore' irrelevant predictors reasonably well, such as tree-based regression with random forests. Entire books have been written on model selection alone, but that Q&A is a very good starting point to better understand why this simply won't work well.

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As dumb as a goldfish. I mean, what could be dumber than swimming around in murky water all day -- glassy-eyed, slimy-scaled, cold-blooded -- waiting for someone to sprinkle food flakes into the pond or tank. On a scale of smarts, goldfish would seem to fall somewhere between a limpet and a stone.
Conventional wisdom has it that fish have a memory span of about a second.
But conventional wisdom, it turns out, is wrong. Goldfish are not the dummies they are made out to be.
Scientists at Plymouth University in England have successfully trained goldfish to push a lever to get food, and -- get this -- to do it at the same hour every day. And the fish remember what they have been taught for months.
Not exactly the science story of the year, but it does cause one to reflect on the nature of memory. What's going on in those tiny ichthyic brains that lets the goldfish remember when and where to go for dinner?
There was a time not so long ago when scientists thought memory might be molecular -- stored as proteins or RNA molecules that have somehow been modified by experience.
The molecule theory of memory rested on experiments with worms. The worms were taught to navigate a simple maze. Then they were ground up and fed to untrained worms, which seemed to navigate the maze without training. Only molecules, it was said, could have survived the transfer.
Those experiments have been discredited. Scientists now overwhelmingly believe that memories are stored as webs of connections between spider-shaped brain cells called neurons.
Each neuron is connected through electrochemical connections to thousands of others. According to the current view, experience fine-tunes the connections, strengthening some, weakening others, creating a different "trace" of interconnected cells for each memory.
As the goldfish were trained by the British scientists, a cobwebby tangle of neurons was established in their brains: "Over here, push the lever. It's supper time."
The human brain contains 100 billion neurons, and each neuron is in contact with about a thousand others. If we think of each connection as being "on" or "off" (a crude simplification), then we can say that the human brain stores roughly 5,000 gigabytes of information (the equivalent of 5,000 billion keyboard characters).
Some of these connections come hard-wired by our genes and reflect millions of years of evolution. Others are as fresh as our last remembered experience.
By way of comparison, the hard drive of my laptop computer has a capacity of 40 gigabytes, enough to hold my complete music CD collection, hundreds of photographs, every word I have ever written, and software of every sort, including the operating system of the computer. And still it's mostly empty.
I have a 64 megabyte (mega = million) flash-drive memory device for my computer that's about the size of a stick of gum -- or a very small goldfish. It holds every Science Musings column I have written in 20 years, nearly a thousand columns.
Should we be surprised then that goldfish are smarter than we think they are?
If there is something in the human body that can fairly be called a soul, it is surely that ineffable electrochemical web of connections that was partly bequeathed to us by our genes and partly records a lifetime of experience -- including, of course, the cultural preferences we absorbed from our parents and teachers.
Some folks are put off by the idea of an electrochemical soul, and prefer the older notion of a self that is independent of our physical bodies. As for myself, I love the notion of that effervescent cobweb of neuronal connections contrived of the ineluctable stuff of creation by 4 billion years of evolution.
And I love, too, the way the new idea of soul binds us in a seamless web to all other creatures, goldfish included, and to the fabric of the universe itself.
And now, I gotta go. I just remembered it's time for dinner.
Chet Raymo teaches at Stonehill College. His most recent book is "The Path: A One-mile Walk Through the Universe."


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Johann Jóhannsson passed away last year in February, of a street drug overdose mixed with other medication he was taking, at the way-way-too-young age of 48 years old, a HUGE, huge loss to many fans of progressive music, film scores and progressive performance. Many of my friends saw his last show at the Walt Disney Hall here in L.A., and it was phenomenal. He would start each piece by rising from the keyboard / midi rig he was using and putting up a 15'' reel of audiotape onto a Revox analog tape recorder and begin the piece with a repetitive loop or musical chunk, which would be softly, slowly and gradually picked up on by his traveling chamber ensemble and himself on piano, synths and samples, and fleshed out into a blooming, flourishing journey of sound. Simply spellbinding. And the visual elements, besides the exotic candelabras, would be a black and white film with blotted images, increasing the brooding, dark atmospherics.
Brooding and dark usually describe his sound, his direction favoring minor chords and modes. But then, he'll go and write the Theory of Everything, with lots of lilting, rosy cues because that's what the story demanded. But to me, he excelled in the glum, ominous moods that begat his reputation and manifested the darkened concert hall, with the black balloons and smudged visuals. In many ways his music reminds me of a correlation with composers such as Arvo Part or John Tavener, in mixing the sound of music from the middle ages with contemporary minimalism or 'avant garde' sounds; whatever the project demanded or his own inspiration dictated won over. The reason is inexplicable to me.
His film scores such as Prisoners, The Mercy, Mary Magdalene (shared credit with Hildur Gunadóttir), Arrival, Sicario, Mandy, A User's Manual and others show Johannsson's versatility, variety and inspiration, with the use of electronics mixed with symphonic and pop music elements, and his collaborations with closely held associates like Icelandic cellist Hildur Gunadóttir, who may continue on the path Johann was mining. In Arrival, he used pure electronic effects as part of the melodies in some of the cues; very effectively. Hildur's score to the HBO series Chernobyl (download only) is fascinating, a logical extension of Johannsson's sound, with the horror of what's happened manifested by pure unfettered ambience. Twice nominated for Academy Awards, he hit it and won a Golden Globe award (foreign press) for his score to Theory of Everything, a great film detailing the early life of Stephen Hawking, no less great due to Johann's work.
His newest solo project of his own music, Orphee, came shortly before his passing, and marked his signing with the legendary Deutsche Grammophon record label. It could be the best example of the variety of sounds that this man wanted to express to his audience. Many hum-able melodies fuse with textural elements to get at what Johannsson's statements are in his musical expressions.
After Orphee's release, things immediately started to happen. Almost simultaneously, his new label released a 2-LP, or 2-CD set 'reimagining' an older project Englabörn & Variations, in which Johann collaborated with the remixers in recomposing each piece and therefore, really, making an entirely new album, possibly one of his best. His new label has thus put together a 7-CD box set, a monumental, 100-dollar package with some new photos and I-don't-know-what-else according to Deutsche Grammophon's horrible website. In September of this year, DGG will release a string quartet, and another box set with unreleased tracks is being readied.
Johann's music is many things to many people. His own solo records, such as Fordlandia, Orphee, Englabörn and Virðulegu Forsetar take the listener directly into the mindset of the soundtrack composer, yet maintain his own individual sound that brings you back to his soundtrack art. There are quite a few works by Johann that are out of print as well, (or nearly), already. Check those out too!
RECOMMENDED LISTENING BY Johann Johannsson:
Orphee (solo)
The Mercy (soundtrack)
Arrival (soundtrack)
Prisoners (soundtrack)
Miner's Hymns (solo/soundtrack)
Englabörn & Variations (solo)
Theory Of Everything (soundtrack)
Mandy (soundtrack)
Retrospective Box Set (solo/soundtrack)
End Of Summer (soundtrack, w/DVD)
Hildur Gunadóttir (1),	The Mercy (1),	Englaborn & Variations (1),	Arrival (3),	Prisoners. Miner's Hymns (1),	Johann Johannsson (3),	Orphee (1),	Mandy (2),	Retrospective Box Set (1),	Theory Of Everything (1)
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There will be no Season 5 of Nick Antosca's well received horror anthology series Channel Zero . Syfy previously had ordered a third and fourth installment of the anthology ahead of its second season premiere. Antosca served as executive producer, showrunner and writer on Channel Zero.


Another meeting arranged by postcard – I presume this was hand-delivered (I wonder if it was in an envelope or not, put in a letter box or not?) as there is obviously no address or stamp. Whoever wrote the card for Ruth has noted in the top left-hand corner "Have a bad cold dont feel like walking home".


I haven't been in a foul mood all day, but it's been there, just under the surface. I have a lot to be happy for today, actually, and when I remember that, things go better. It looks like out house will actually be sold sometime in the next 7 days, drastically improving our financial picture. Dan joining the rest of the family in the ranks of the ill is a bummer, but at least he was able to get excused sick leave from work today, so he was able to be home with us most of the day, without being charged any time off for it. My kids are sweet and funny and wonderful (when they aren't being fussy, whiny and incredibly needy).
Truth is, I hate being sick. I have never been good at giving myself a break, psychologically or practically, and I am constantly giving myself a hard time for not doing more, regardless of how I'm feeling. So, regardless of my understanding that I'm sick, it starts to get to me that the house is in such a state, the laundry isn't getting done, we're watching tv all day and we're eating carryout for dinner.
Here's hoping that we wake up feeling better tomorrow, or at least that I do better on excusing myself for my daily responsibilities.
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Posted on December 9, 2016 by Fairborn Daily Herald
EPD's 'Shop with a Cop' brings smiles to local kids
Linda Collins | Fairborn Daily Herald Officer Josh Lish of the Enon Police Department said the 'Shop with a Cop' program is a great way to build relationships with the village youngsters.
By Linda Collins
Fairborn Daily Herald
ENON — Enon Police Officers and Mad River Township Sheriff's Deputy Jeff Wise made the holiday season quite a bit brighter for 19 disadvantaged children in the Greenon Local School District as they partnered up with the kids for the Enon Police Department's fifth-annual "Shop with a Cop" on Saturday, Dec. 3.
Each year, Enon Primary and Indian Valley Intermediate Schools principals and teachers select the children, ages 5-11, to participate in the shopping event.
"We always asked for a group of students who have not participated in 'Shop with a Cop' in previous years," Enon Police Chief Lewis Wilcox said. "We want to provide a good Christmas for as many children as we can."
The excited students met up with the police officers at 8 a.m. at the Enon Government Center and visited with Santa Claus who had traveled from the North Pole especially for the event. After the students finished a snack of donuts and juice, they, their parents and a few grandparents boarded a Greenon Local School bus with the officers who were armed with $100 gift cards to spend on holiday gifts. The group then headed out for a morning shopping spree at Springfield Walmart Super Center.
Once they arrived at the store, the cops grabbed shopping carts and began surfing the aisles with the students and their parents, shopping for special gift items. For many of the students, such as a kindergarten student, the shopping trip was a chance to do more than just cross off items from their own wish lists. The student said she wanted to use her $100 gift card to buy gifts for family members, especially her sister and brother.
"[She] is a very sweet child and just wants to buy for her family members. However I talked her into buying a gift for herself," said the student's mother. "This is a very positive program and a great way for the kids to get acquainted with local police officers."
For Enon Police Officer Josh Lish, this first-time experience with the students provided a unique opportunity for the officer to build special relationships and trust with the children.
"It is all about the kids," Lish said. "It has been a lot of fun, and it is great to see the big smiles on the kids' faces."
A 9-year-old fourth grader at Indian Valley Intermediate School searched the store aisles for Pokemon cards and X-Box games. According to the student, who was garbed in a Pokemon shirt, "This was the best day ever!"
"[The 9-year-old student] is so excited and does not know what to look at first," said his grandmother. "This is a wonderful blessing, and we are very thankful [he] was chosen for the shopping trip."
As Officer Robert Durham escorted 6-year-old and 11-year-old siblings through the store aisles, it was difficult to determine who was having more fun. The 6-year-old ran directly to the bicycle aisle and picked out his first new bike with the help of Durham and other officers. Once the excited first grader at Enon Primary School made his choice, he was allowed to ride the bike to the checkout. Tears rolled down the 11-year-old student's face when Durham used a $100 gift card to purchase one special gift for her, a RCA 10 Viking Pro Tablet.
"This is the most beautiful gift that I have ever received. This is the best program, and the police officers really made an effort to get to know us," The 11-year-old said. "I want to thank all the people who help us during this Christmas holiday and provided donations for this shopping trip."
"This is an absolutely wonderful program, and the officers have been really nice to everyone," The sibling's mother added.
Chief Wilcox, who noted that he was very touched by the 11-year-old student's reaction, said he was impressed with the number of children who headed for the shoe department first.
"This gives the officers and me a feeling of joy to be able to help these children," said Wilcox.
Enon Police Lieutenant Michael Holler, who has participated in the annual "Shop with a Cop" for all five years, said he looks forward to the event every year.
"This is a way the officers can come together with children in the community and engage with them and their families," Holler said. "It is an enjoyable experience every year."
As the students and their parents finished up their shopping and headed for the checkout, the 5-year-old kindergarten student could be heard singing her own rendition of "Jingle Bells."
"[My 5-year-old daughter] definitely has the Christmas spirit," the kindergarten student's mother said with a chuckle.
http://aimmedianetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2016/12/web1_EPDShopWACop2016.jpgLinda Collins | Fairborn Daily Herald Officer Josh Lish of the Enon Police Department said the 'Shop with a Cop' program is a great way to build relationships with the village youngsters.
Linda Collins is a freelance reporter for Greene County News.
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Gary: Welcome to Search the Scriptures 24/7, a radio ministry of The Berean Call. I'm Gary Carmichael. Thanks for tuning in! In today's program, we begin a series of classics from our Search the Scriptures Daily archives with the late founder of The Berean Call Dave Hunt and TBC executive director Tom McMahon. This week, they address the question: Has Your Love Been Put to the Test? And now, here's Tom.
And, Dave, I believe it's the most important chapter in your book, and in it you explain the gospel of salvation. And even though the gospel, as you know, is the heart of Christianity, rarely is it ever explained. And I can only think of a couple of times in my own experience, you know – 30 years of, you know, attending church and so on – but only a couple of times have I had the gospel explained from the pulpit. So by explaining what I'm really talking about is being given information to help me understand what man did that separated him from God, and…well, really separated from God forever, and what God did, and only He could do to reconcile mankind to Himself. So we're going to camp out – we're going to camp out on chapter 9 for a couple of weeks.
Now, Dave, let's start with what went wrong in God's perfect creation. Throughout the first chapter of Genesis, as you know, God says over and over again, "It is good, It is good." And then [Gen.] 1:31, He says, "It is very good." So things are hardly very good today, so what happened?
Dave: God gave man the easiest test he could give him. He just pointed to one tree in the garden – there must have been thousands, maybe a million, I don't know – and God said, "Don't eat of that tree." Now, you couldn't ask for an easier command. This was a test to see if man would obey. You've got all these other trees, and some people think it was a special tree. No, I don't believe it was a special tree. I t could have been an apple, peach, pear, I don't know, but I'm sure that there were many other trees of the same kind of fruit. It wasn't the fruit. That's materialism. Matter does not create spiritual problems. So it was that they had been commanded not to eat of this particular tree, and they disobeyed. So they rebelled. This is rebellion. Now, the Creator of the universe can't have rebellion in His universe. I mean, that's obvious! He can't have – well, it's happening now, rebellion, but that was a poor start for Adam and Eve, and because of that they were cast out of the garden.
Tom: And, Dave, just go back to this test: people say, "Well, what was the point of the test?" The point is really simple.
Jesus said, "If you love Me, keep my commandments." He wasn't talking about the Ten Commandments, He was talking about everything that He taught, everything that He said, and isn't that a demonstration of love? If I love somebody, if I'm a child and I love my parents, shouldn't I obey them? Wouldn't that be a demonstration of my love for them: obedience?
See All...,17: "And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." So we have the command and the consequence.
See All...: "By one man sin entered into this world, (that was Adam) and death by sin." So that simple command, and that statement in Romans, has some very serious consequences, and some interesting repercussions.
Like, I think I have quoted him often, Cardinal O'Connor at St. Patrick's in New York (he was the Cardinal of New York), he said that Adam and Eve were a couple of anthropoid apes, ape-like creatures, and that evolution – because the Catholic church teaches evolution; they believe in it – that, well, he followed this evolution, you know, and by the time they got close enough to what man would look like, then He put a human soul and spirit in them. And Pope John Paul II said, "We will not compromise on that. That's where God got involved in this thing." Well, you've got a problem, because you've got Adam and Eve standing on a pile of fossils, dead creatures. Death has happened before Adam sinned. That is absolutely contrary to the Word of God. So death came by sin, and Adam and Eve – I don't think God explained it to them – the day you eat thereof you will die. Maybe they knew, but they couldn't possibly know because they had never seen it. If they had seen animals dying, then they would have known.
Dave: Okay, Tom, I won't argue with you on that, but I don't know that the concept of love would even enter. I don't know; it's possible.
Tom: You don't think they had a real personal relationship?
Dave: Oh, yeah, they surely did.
Tom: Well, anyway, let me move on from that. Dave, Acts:8:30And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
Tom: You're talking about Adam and Eve.
Dave: Adam and Eve, after they have sinned and they are cast out of the garden, and they realize they're naked. I don't think it was a matter of clothes, as we have already mentioned. I believe they were clothed in the glory of God, and suddenly it's gone, and they are just creatures. So He is led like a lamb to the slaughter. Well, they were going to have to slaughter a lamb. And when we get a little farther in the next chapter in Genesis, we find that there's a little problem between Cain and Abel. Cain, he wants to bring an offering of the vegetables. He's working…he's a gardener, but that is not a picture of Christ who will come to die for the sins of the world. So his offering was not accepted, but Abel offered from the flock, and this is where they were introduced to death, and a substitute would die for them.
Tom: Well, Dave, that's why you said there are people who reject Genesis, but with a little diligence it's all laid out for us. We started off by my asking you the question, "What went wrong?" Obviously sin entered in, disobedience, and it changed everything, absolutely changed everything. And so what have we got today? We have the results, the consequences of their sin, and then everyone who followed after them. We have all sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
But, Dave, going back to the test: in Genesis chapter 2:16,17, which we read, God lays out the command for them and they disobey. Let's talk about the disobedience here, failing the test. The serpent…now, to take us back a little bit with regard to this, we have this serpent that really is Satan, so we know that sin really didn't start with Adam and Eve. We have sin in heaven, don't we?
Dave: Yeah, in Revelation 12, it's very clear this is that old serpent called the devil, who deceives the whole world. And Satan (it's rather interesting), he doesn't shy away from being called the serpent, but he kind of likes it apparently, because you've got serpent worship all over this world.
Tom: And dragons. He is also called the dragon.
Dave: Right. You go to India, China, places like this where the gospel of Jesus Christ has not penetrated, or hardly has – they worship serpents. You've got the Hopi Indians: they have their annual snake dance right here in Arizona to bring rain and so forth. You've got Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent of the Mayans. And Aztecs – well, you have the cosmic egg, for example. It was a symbol of the cosmos, and wound around it was a serpent. Or you had the Oracle at Delphi, and on three on a tripod, and every one of those had a serpent wound around it. And the Oracle at Delphi, believe it or not, was consulted from – I don't know how far they could walk in those days and how far they could get – but many, many miles away. They came from everywhere to consult this, and it was, of course, demonic. And to think of the serpent, people say, "Well, the serpent, I mean, talking in the garden, you've got a talking serpent?" Well, we had serious scientists who were trying to teach the alphabet to chimpanzees, or even to porpoises, because if you want to pay any attention to what Richard Dawkins, the leading atheist in the world, says – he says there is no difference. There is nothing that distinguishes man from a fungus, or from an ape, or from a microbe, because we all have the same DNA in us. And he says, "Oh, yes, sometimes they say we act like animals. No," says Dawkins, "we are animals!" So there is a rejection of the book of Genesis, I mean, the beginning chapters. And, Tom, I'm going on here a little bit, but you have a Bible out there called The Renovaré Spiritual Formation Bible. It is – supposedly it has commentaries by 50 Bible experts. Some of them are, supposedly, evangelical Christians, and what does it say about the first 11 chapters of Genesis? It says these came from pagan myths that were passed down and they were kind of revised and given a monotheistic expression.
Tom: Right, when in actuality, you talking about the serpents and so on, we have the story, the fact, the history of Genesis being corrupted here to the extent that now the serpent has become the healer, the savior. And as you pointed out, Dave, we find that in all religions. We have the reverse…outside of biblical Christianity we have the serpent as the savior. It's incredible! Voodoo, it's called, Vodun, by some. That's really the healer within Vodun.
Dave: Yeah, well, we could get a little closer to home on that. We have the Caduceus, the symbol of modern medicine. That comes from the temple of Asclepius, a Greek or Roman god. There were temples for him. He was worshipped with serpents. Why was he worshipped with serpents? Because of an ancient story that said Asclepius the god had received, as you were intimating, Tom, a healing herb from the mouth of a serpent. So a serpent is the healer instead of the destroyer in the Bible.
Tom: Well, let's get to the Scriptures on this. Genesis:3:1Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
See All..., and we'll go on from there, Dave: "Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?" If people want to know, this is the grand scheme of the adversary Satan to undermine what God has said, right from the beginning, his first words to humanity. But, Dave, I don't think we answered the question about Satan and sin taking place in heaven. Can you address that, just briefly?
Tom: Yeah, so the lie that began in heaven in Satan's rebellion, Lucifer's rebellion against God, he brings to earth and introduced to mankind.
Dave: Absolutely, and that was the fall of man. Man chose – there was a choice – "Don't eat of this tree." Well, you have to be able to choose, and man has the power of free will, and he chose to disobey God. It's right there in the very beginning, Tom. Those who say, "No, God determines everything." Well, no, we have the power to choose.
Tom: Dave, I want to read one other point, and we are just about out of time, but when Eve says, "Neither shall ye touch it," I don't remember that being in God's command. But what's interesting here: when we get into dialogue…okay, see, Satan began: "Yea, hath God said," with the idea being that, "Let's get into conversation, let's dialogue about this." So you immediately know that we're going to either add something or take away something from God's Word, and that's what happens – that's what happened here.
Dave: Well, you take away or add. There's a penalty for it. This is God's Word and we don't change it.
Tom: And we don't dialogue about it.
Gary: You've been listening to a special edition of Search the Scriptures 24/7 with Dave Hunt and T.A. McMahon, a radio ministry of The Berean Call. The complete radio discussion of Dave's Seeking and Finding God is available from The Berean Call. We offer a wide variety of resources to help you in your study of God's Word. For a complete list of materials and a free subscription to our monthly newsletter, contact us at PO Box 7019 Bend, Oregon, 97708. Call us at 800-937-6638, or visit our website at thebereancall.org. I'm Gary Carmichael. Thanks for joining us, and we hope you can be here again next week. Until then, we encourage you to Search the Scriptures 24/7.


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Q: How can i run ShaderToy code in standalone windows web browser I have question How can i run ShaderToy code  Standalone in windows web browser like firefox or chrome
for example like this code:
#define PI 3.141592653589793

void mainImage(out vec4 fragColor, in vec2 fragCoord)
{
    vec2 pixel_count = max(floor(iResolution.xy * vec2((cos(iTime) + 1.0) / 2.0)), 1.0);
    vec2 pixel_size = iResolution.xy / pixel_count;
    vec2 pixel = (pixel_size * floor(fragCoord / pixel_size)) + (pixel_size / 2.0);
    vec2 uv = pixel.xy / iResolution.xy;

switch (int((iTime + PI) / (2.0 * PI)) % 4)
{
    case 0:
        fragColor = vec4(texture(iChannel0, uv).xyz, 1.0);
        break;

    case 1:
        fragColor = vec4(texture(iChannel1, uv).xyz, 1.0);
        break;

    case 2:
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    case 3:
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I know fragColor becomes gl_FragColor and gl_FragCoord, void mainImage becomes voice main() , iTime becomes time iResolution becomes resoluton  and iChannel becomes media
But how i can add multiple images or videos to media , as you see mutiple ichannels in above shadertoy code.
Can anyone give a example of above code to run standalone in web browser.


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Céline Dion and Andrea Bocelli Gather Fans Across the Globe for 'The Prayer' Lyric Video -- Watch!
By Desiree Murphy 10:54 AM PDT, April 29, 2020
Céline Dion and Andrea Bocelli have inspired fans across the globe to come together to sing "The Prayer."
The two released the new official lyric video for their beautiful duet on Wednesday, revealing on Twitter how it all came to be.
"We asked people around the world to come together over video for the new official lyric video for Andrea and @celinedion's much loved single, 'THE PRAYER'" Bocelli tweeted. "Thank you fans of the world for your wonderful participation!"
We asked people around the world to come together over video for the new official lyric video for Andrea and @celinedion's much loved single, 'THE PRAYER'. Thank you fans of the world for your wonderful participation!
Watch the full video: https://t.co/Ymwsde8wVbpic.twitter.com/wl921bcMQp
— Andrea Bocelli (@AndreaBocelli) April 29, 2020
The video begins with a message that further explains the inspiration behind their idea. "In our current situation people all over the world are using video conferencing apps to communicate with each other," the message reads. "Celebrating this new global togetherness, we asked fans to join each other online and sing along to Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion's track, 'The Prayer.' #Togetherness #Unity #StaySafe."
Footage then shows people all over the world holding up signs, singing together virtually and spreading joy. Watch below:
The new video comes just a few weeks after Dion and Bocelli came together to sing "The Prayer" for Global Citizen's One World: Together at Home special, with help from Lady Gaga, John Legend and Lang Lang.
The global event, curated by Gaga, also featured virtual performances by artists like Billie Eilish, Jennifer Lopez, Elton John, Kacey Musgraves, Maluma, Camila Cabello, Shawn Mendes and the Rolling Stones.
Rewatch all the highlights from the special below:
'One World: Together at Home' Special: All the Best Moments from Lady Gaga, Oprah Winfrey and More
Céline Dion Teams Up With Andrea Bocelli, Lady Gaga and More for 'One World' Special
Celine Dion Tests Negative for Coronavirus, Postpones Concerts Due to Common Cold
Celine Dion Gets Visibly Emotional Paying Tribute to Her Late Mother During Concert
Coronavirus: What Celebs Are Doing While Self-Isolating and Self-Quarantining