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Q: Multivariate linear mixed effects model in Python I am playing around with this code which is for Univariate linear mixed effects modelling. The data set denotes:

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*students as s

*instructors as d

*departments as dept

*service as service

In the syntax of R's lme4 package (Bates et al., 2015), the model implemented can be summarized as:
y ~ 1 + (1|students) + (1|instructor) + (1|dept) + service

where 1 denotes an intercept term,(1|x) denotes a random effect for x, and x denotes a fixed effect.
    from __future__ import absolute_import
    from __future__ import division
    from __future__ import print_function

    import edward as ed
    import pandas as pd
    import tensorflow as tf
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

    from edward.models import Normal
    from observations import insteval

    data = pd.DataFrame(data, columns=metadata['columns'])
    train = data.sample(frac=0.8)
    test = data.drop(train.index)
    train.head()

    s_train = train['s'].values
    d_train = train['dcodes'].values
    dept_train = train['deptcodes'].values
    y_train = train['y'].values
    service_train = train['service'].values
    n_obs_train = train.shape[0]

    s_test = test['s'].values
    d_test = test['dcodes'].values
    dept_test = test['deptcodes'].values
    y_test = test['y'].values
    service_test = test['service'].values
    n_obs_test = test.shape[0]
    n_s = max(s_train) + 1  # number of students
    n_d = max(d_train) + 1  # number of instructors
    n_dept = max(dept_train) + 1  # number of departments
    n_obs = train.shape[0]  # number of observations

    # Set up placeholders for the data inputs.
    s_ph = tf.placeholder(tf.int32, [None])
    d_ph = tf.placeholder(tf.int32, [None])
    dept_ph = tf.placeholder(tf.int32, [None])
    service_ph = tf.placeholder(tf.float32, [None])

    # Set up fixed effects.
    mu = tf.get_variable("mu", [])
    service = tf.get_variable("service", [])

    sigma_s = tf.sqrt(tf.exp(tf.get_variable("sigma_s", [])))
    sigma_d = tf.sqrt(tf.exp(tf.get_variable("sigma_d", [])))
    sigma_dept = tf.sqrt(tf.exp(tf.get_variable("sigma_dept", [])))

    # Set up random effects.
    eta_s = Normal(loc=tf.zeros(n_s), scale=sigma_s * tf.ones(n_s))
    eta_d = Normal(loc=tf.zeros(n_d), scale=sigma_d * tf.ones(n_d))
    eta_dept = Normal(loc=tf.zeros(n_dept), scale=sigma_dept * tf.ones(n_dept))

    yhat = (tf.gather(eta_s, s_ph) +
            tf.gather(eta_d, d_ph) +
            tf.gather(eta_dept, dept_ph) +
            mu + service * service_ph)
    y = Normal(loc=yhat, scale=tf.ones(n_obs))

    #Inference

    q_eta_s = Normal(
        loc=tf.get_variable("q_eta_s/loc", [n_s]),
        scale=tf.nn.softplus(tf.get_variable("q_eta_s/scale", [n_s])))
    q_eta_d = Normal(
        loc=tf.get_variable("q_eta_d/loc", [n_d]),
        scale=tf.nn.softplus(tf.get_variable("q_eta_d/scale", [n_d])))
    q_eta_dept = Normal(
        loc=tf.get_variable("q_eta_dept/loc", [n_dept]),
        scale=tf.nn.softplus(tf.get_variable("q_eta_dept/scale", [n_dept])))

    latent_vars = {
        eta_s: q_eta_s,
        eta_d: q_eta_d,
        eta_dept: q_eta_dept}
    data = {
        y: y_train,
        s_ph: s_train,
        d_ph: d_train,
        dept_ph: dept_train,
        service_ph: service_train}
    inference = ed.KLqp(latent_vars, data)

This works fine in the univariate case for Linear mixed effects modelling. I am trying to extend this approach to the multivariate case. Any ideas are more than welcome.

A: There are a number of ways to conduct linear mixed effects models in Python. It looks like you've adapted the Tensorflow approach but if that is not a hard requirement then there are several other potentially more convenient options.

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*You can use the Statsmodels implementation of LMER which is conveniently contained in Python but the syntax is a bit different from traditional formulaic expressions from R's LMER. It looks like you are using python to split your data to training and test sets so you can also write a loop to call the

*You can also install R and rpy2 on your local machine and call the LMER packages from your Python environment. This allows you to keep your familiarity with working in R but allows you to do everything else in Python. All you have to do is use the rmagic %%R or (%R for inline) in your cell block in Jupyter Notebooks to pass variables and models between Python and R. The latter would be useful if you are passing the train/test data you split in Python to R to run lmer and retrieve the parameters back in a loop.

*Lastly, another option is to use Pymer4 which is a wrapper for rpy2 allowing you to directly call LMER in R but without having to deal with rmagic.
I wrote a tutorial on how to use LMER with each of these methods which also works on Cloud setups like Google Colab. These methods will all allow you to run the multivariate approach like you asked for using the LMER in R but from a Python environment.


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The Functions of the Pericardium
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The Pericardium is also known as 'The Master of the Heart' because of its connection with the Heart. However, it is also connected to the Triple Burner so the functions of the Pericardium is that of an independent organ that holds its own channel.
The Pericardium as an Organ
The Pericardium wraps around the Heart, protecting it from pathogenic attacks and redirecting them to itself. Many classical books refer to the Pericardium as an adjunct to the heart. However, the theory of Internal Organs states that functions of the Pericardium are like the Heart so in importance, the Pericardium is secondary to the Heart. This organ relates to the Upper Burner due to characteristics of the Four Levels described as delirium, mental confusion, aphasia and high temperatures.
The Pericardium is usually referred to in herbal medicine for diseases due to Heat. Acupuncture on its channel aids the blood, whether it revitalizes blood with P-6 Neiguan or cools down blood with P-3 Quze. Pericardium points correlate with mental and emotional states of mind, so acupuncture soothes the Mind.
The Pericardium as a Channel
The functions of the Pericardium-Yin as an organ relates most to the Heart. The functions of the Pericardium-Yang as a channel relates mainly to the Triple Burner.
As a channel the Pericardium is different from the Heart because it governs over the area at the center of the thorax called the Shan Zong. The channel has access to the chest including the Heart and Lungs to thrust forward the Gathering Qi/Zong Qi and blood. Pericardium patterns manifest as oppressions or chest pains, tightness, distension and stuffiness.
The Mind and The Ethereal Soul
As the ambassador, the Pericardium aids the heart in housing the Mind. The Heart and the Pericardium feel the Deficiency of Blood, so they produce a depressed and anxious emotion. Heat from Blood will agitate the Pericardium producing restlessness and Phlegm obstructing the Pericardium causes Mental confusion.
The Pericardium is the main influence in connecting with people in any kind of relationship. The Terminal Yin channels connect the Pericardium and the Liver. Therefore, the Pericardium aids the Ethereal Soul in moving from the ego to others in social interactions.
P-6 Neiguan stimulates the mood
P-7 Daling settles anxiety
P-5 Jianshi resolves Phlegm
The points on its channel are also often used to treat emotional relationship problems. Maintaining a balanced emotional sphere of the 'Emperor Fire' is the main protective function of the Pericardium.
The Pericardium and the Minister Fire
The Minister Fire is considered the Fire from the Gate of Life within the Kidneys and connects to other organs. The Minister Fire rises to the Liver, Gall Bladder and Pericardium, similar to a Dragon flying on top of Mountains. Then, it falls to the Kidneys like a Dragon descending to water.
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Review: Paradox Lost
Written and directed by co-star Dennis Curlett, a genre-bending love story about time travel, the end of the world, and long form improvisational comedy. Also starring: Danny Cymbal, Clarissa Thibeaux, Nina Concepción, Rachel Chapman, Sydney Steinberg, Katy Dolle and Zach Olsen.
Sci-fi is a tricky genre to do on an indie budget, not to mention as a directorial debut but Curlett cleverly manages to avoid the usual pitfalls. The film doesn't try to push too much on its futuristic elements, it doesn't try too hard to use special effects and it keeps the sci-fi nature to its story fairly grounded. In fact, the story is balanced extremely well between sci-fi, comedy and drama, it brings just enough of each that they work in unison rather than one trying to take the lead or clashing with one another. The writing is quietly funny and brings through a surprisingly sweet friendship between Copper (Curlett) and Barnaby (Cymbal). The choice to focus a lot of the story strongly on these two characters works immensely in their favour, they're easy and enjoyable to watch. The only weak point is the ending, it falls foul of sentimentality and feels too simple, it doesn't quite do justice to the story that preceded it.
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Detection and Prediction of Epileptic Seizures
Jonas Duun-Henriksen
Approximately 50 million people worldwide suffer from epilepsy. Although 70% can control their seizures by anti-epileptic drugs, it is still a cumbersome disease to live with for a large group of patients. The current PhD dissertation investigates how these people can be helped by continous monitoring of their brain waves. More specifically, three issues were investigated: The feasibility of automatic seizure prediction, optimization of automatic seizure detection algorithms, and the link between intra- and extracranial EEG. Regarding feasibility of automatic seizure prediction, neither the author nor any other in the seizure prediction society have yet obtained clinical applicable prediction results. However, this should not be taken as discouraging for the future. New large public databases have emerged during 2012 which might provide the means to identify patterns leading to reliable seizure prediction algorithms.
More promising results were obtained in the investigating of possible use of an outpatient EEG monitoring device for idiopathic generalized epilepsy patients. Combined with an automatic seizure detection algorithm such a device can give an objective account of the paroxysm frequency, duration, and time of occurrence. Based on standard EEG data from 20 patients recorded in the clinic, the log-sum of wavelet transform coefficients were used as feature input to a classifier consisting of a support vector machine. 97% of paroxysms lasting more than two seconds were correctly detected without any false positive detections. This was obtained using a generic algorithm on the signals from only a single frontal channel. Applying the same algorithm architecture on EEG data from two outpatient children monitored for approximately three entire days each, the sensitivity was 90% and the false detection rate was 0.12/h. When more recordings are collected, the outpatient algorithm can be further optimized and results should improve.
The final investigation examined the relationship between spontaneous, awake intra- and extracranial EEG. Seven patients with electrodes placed subdurally as well as subgaleally were used to estimate the field of vision of a single extracranial channel. By computation of the coherence between the channels, the well recognized hypothesis stating that the skull acts as an electroencephalographic averager was proven correct. Although coherence was significant in an accumulation area of 150 cm2, only channels within a cortical area of approximately 30 cm2 showed to increase the coherence. The increase seemed to progress linearly with an accumulation area up to 31 cm2, where 50% of the maximal coherence was accumulated from only 2 cm2 (corresponding to one channel), and 75% from 16 cm2. The coherences of different frequency bands below 16 Hz all seem to have similar declines as a function of the Euclidean distance between channels. Frequencies between 16 and 30 Hz have a steeper decline and will only show coherent parts to cortical channels within 60 cm2. There is no coherence for frequencies above 30 Hz at any distance.
A lot of patients with epilepsy still struggle with a dreadful fear of suddenly having a seizure. The current PhD study identified topics where an EEG monitor could provide improvement in the patient's quality of life. By algorithm development, implementation and testing, a step toward such a device is presented.
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abstract = "Approximately 50 million people worldwide suffer from epilepsy. Although 70% can control their seizures by anti-epileptic drugs, it is still a cumbersome disease to live with for a large group of patients. The current PhD dissertation investigates how these people can be helped by continous monitoring of their brain waves. More specifically, three issues were investigated: The feasibility of automatic seizure prediction, optimization of automatic seizure detection algorithms, and the link between intra- and extracranial EEG. Regarding feasibility of automatic seizure prediction, neither the author nor any other in the seizure prediction society have yet obtained clinical applicable prediction results. However, this should not be taken as discouraging for the future. New large public databases have emerged during 2012 which might provide the means to identify patterns leading to reliable seizure prediction algorithms. More promising results were obtained in the investigating of possible use of an outpatient EEG monitoring device for idiopathic generalized epilepsy patients. Combined with an automatic seizure detection algorithm such a device can give an objective account of the paroxysm frequency, duration, and time of occurrence. Based on standard EEG data from 20 patients recorded in the clinic, the log-sum of wavelet transform coefficients were used as feature input to a classifier consisting of a support vector machine. 97% of paroxysms lasting more than two seconds were correctly detected without any false positive detections. This was obtained using a generic algorithm on the signals from only a single frontal channel. Applying the same algorithm architecture on EEG data from two outpatient children monitored for approximately three entire days each, the sensitivity was 90% and the false detection rate was 0.12/h. When more recordings are collected, the outpatient algorithm can be further optimized and results should improve. The final investigation examined the relationship between spontaneous, awake intra- and extracranial EEG. Seven patients with electrodes placed subdurally as well as subgaleally were used to estimate the field of vision of a single extracranial channel. By computation of the coherence between the channels, the well recognized hypothesis stating that the skull acts as an electroencephalographic averager was proven correct. Although coherence was significant in an accumulation area of 150 cm2, only channels within a cortical area of approximately 30 cm2 showed to increase the coherence. The increase seemed to progress linearly with an accumulation area up to 31 cm2, where 50% of the maximal coherence was accumulated from only 2 cm2 (corresponding to one channel), and 75% from 16 cm2. The coherences of different frequency bands below 16 Hz all seem to have similar declines as a function of the Euclidean distance between channels. Frequencies between 16 and 30 Hz have a steeper decline and will only show coherent parts to cortical channels within 60 cm2. There is no coherence for frequencies above 30 Hz at any distance. A lot of patients with epilepsy still struggle with a dreadful fear of suddenly having a seizure. The current PhD study identified topics where an EEG monitor could provide improvement in the patient{\textquoteright}s quality of life. By algorithm development, implementation and testing, a step toward such a device is presented.",
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Duun-Henriksen, J 2013, Detection and Prediction of Epileptic Seizures. Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby.
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N2 - Approximately 50 million people worldwide suffer from epilepsy. Although 70% can control their seizures by anti-epileptic drugs, it is still a cumbersome disease to live with for a large group of patients. The current PhD dissertation investigates how these people can be helped by continous monitoring of their brain waves. More specifically, three issues were investigated: The feasibility of automatic seizure prediction, optimization of automatic seizure detection algorithms, and the link between intra- and extracranial EEG. Regarding feasibility of automatic seizure prediction, neither the author nor any other in the seizure prediction society have yet obtained clinical applicable prediction results. However, this should not be taken as discouraging for the future. New large public databases have emerged during 2012 which might provide the means to identify patterns leading to reliable seizure prediction algorithms. More promising results were obtained in the investigating of possible use of an outpatient EEG monitoring device for idiopathic generalized epilepsy patients. Combined with an automatic seizure detection algorithm such a device can give an objective account of the paroxysm frequency, duration, and time of occurrence. Based on standard EEG data from 20 patients recorded in the clinic, the log-sum of wavelet transform coefficients were used as feature input to a classifier consisting of a support vector machine. 97% of paroxysms lasting more than two seconds were correctly detected without any false positive detections. This was obtained using a generic algorithm on the signals from only a single frontal channel. Applying the same algorithm architecture on EEG data from two outpatient children monitored for approximately three entire days each, the sensitivity was 90% and the false detection rate was 0.12/h. When more recordings are collected, the outpatient algorithm can be further optimized and results should improve. The final investigation examined the relationship between spontaneous, awake intra- and extracranial EEG. Seven patients with electrodes placed subdurally as well as subgaleally were used to estimate the field of vision of a single extracranial channel. By computation of the coherence between the channels, the well recognized hypothesis stating that the skull acts as an electroencephalographic averager was proven correct. Although coherence was significant in an accumulation area of 150 cm2, only channels within a cortical area of approximately 30 cm2 showed to increase the coherence. The increase seemed to progress linearly with an accumulation area up to 31 cm2, where 50% of the maximal coherence was accumulated from only 2 cm2 (corresponding to one channel), and 75% from 16 cm2. The coherences of different frequency bands below 16 Hz all seem to have similar declines as a function of the Euclidean distance between channels. Frequencies between 16 and 30 Hz have a steeper decline and will only show coherent parts to cortical channels within 60 cm2. There is no coherence for frequencies above 30 Hz at any distance. A lot of patients with epilepsy still struggle with a dreadful fear of suddenly having a seizure. The current PhD study identified topics where an EEG monitor could provide improvement in the patient's quality of life. By algorithm development, implementation and testing, a step toward such a device is presented.
AB - Approximately 50 million people worldwide suffer from epilepsy. Although 70% can control their seizures by anti-epileptic drugs, it is still a cumbersome disease to live with for a large group of patients. The current PhD dissertation investigates how these people can be helped by continous monitoring of their brain waves. More specifically, three issues were investigated: The feasibility of automatic seizure prediction, optimization of automatic seizure detection algorithms, and the link between intra- and extracranial EEG. Regarding feasibility of automatic seizure prediction, neither the author nor any other in the seizure prediction society have yet obtained clinical applicable prediction results. However, this should not be taken as discouraging for the future. New large public databases have emerged during 2012 which might provide the means to identify patterns leading to reliable seizure prediction algorithms. More promising results were obtained in the investigating of possible use of an outpatient EEG monitoring device for idiopathic generalized epilepsy patients. Combined with an automatic seizure detection algorithm such a device can give an objective account of the paroxysm frequency, duration, and time of occurrence. Based on standard EEG data from 20 patients recorded in the clinic, the log-sum of wavelet transform coefficients were used as feature input to a classifier consisting of a support vector machine. 97% of paroxysms lasting more than two seconds were correctly detected without any false positive detections. This was obtained using a generic algorithm on the signals from only a single frontal channel. Applying the same algorithm architecture on EEG data from two outpatient children monitored for approximately three entire days each, the sensitivity was 90% and the false detection rate was 0.12/h. When more recordings are collected, the outpatient algorithm can be further optimized and results should improve. The final investigation examined the relationship between spontaneous, awake intra- and extracranial EEG. Seven patients with electrodes placed subdurally as well as subgaleally were used to estimate the field of vision of a single extracranial channel. By computation of the coherence between the channels, the well recognized hypothesis stating that the skull acts as an electroencephalographic averager was proven correct. Although coherence was significant in an accumulation area of 150 cm2, only channels within a cortical area of approximately 30 cm2 showed to increase the coherence. The increase seemed to progress linearly with an accumulation area up to 31 cm2, where 50% of the maximal coherence was accumulated from only 2 cm2 (corresponding to one channel), and 75% from 16 cm2. The coherences of different frequency bands below 16 Hz all seem to have similar declines as a function of the Euclidean distance between channels. Frequencies between 16 and 30 Hz have a steeper decline and will only show coherent parts to cortical channels within 60 cm2. There is no coherence for frequencies above 30 Hz at any distance. A lot of patients with epilepsy still struggle with a dreadful fear of suddenly having a seizure. The current PhD study identified topics where an EEG monitor could provide improvement in the patient's quality of life. By algorithm development, implementation and testing, a step toward such a device is presented.
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Duun-Henriksen J. Detection and Prediction of Epileptic Seizures. Kgs. Lyngby: Technical University of Denmark, 2013. 140 p.


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At one end of Ivy St., the vibrant sounds of Afro-beat float across Octavia from the African Outlet. A single pigeon observes the sidewalks and street from its lofty perch upon a sill of the Ivy Hotel, kitty-corner from the retailer. Nobody knows if the pigeon has taken note of the owl less than ten feet above its head.
Clearly, Hayes Valley remains in a state of transition. Even the pigeons can't see everything going on here.


Happy Easter. I realized the other day that Easter doesn't get nearly the same amount of press as Christmas does. Christmas has the presents, cool songs, festive decorations, and a wonderful story about a baby in a manger. Easter…well you've got chocolate eggs, those nasty marshmallow peeps and a story that is a little more gruesome. A man, wrongly accused, beaten, then suffering through one of the worst ways to die: crucifixion. If you've never read about the crucifixion process, check it out. It will give you a new perspective on just how terrible Jesus' death was.
Christmas has the beautiful story of God's gift to the world: a baby. Easter has a dark story about the destruction of that gift. On Easter Sunday there is supposed to be that celebration of the "rest of the story" – the resurrection. Jesus rising from the grave and later ascending to heaven. Unfortunately that story is often lost in the Easter clothes, the once-a-year church goers and the family get-togethers that seem to over shadow the whole Jesus thing.
As you've probably gathered by now, I'm a little cynical when it comes to Easter…actually when it comes to holidays. I hate the holidays; all of them. Even Christmas…and the 4th of July…and Thanksgiving (especially Thanksgiving, but I'll save that for another post). The commercialism. The fake "love" that everyone shares. The empty rituals and traditions. It's like we're going through the motions but we're missing the point. Like a child whose been given a phone with no battery in it so he can pretend to be like mommy and daddy but he isn't really doing anything.
So put the chocolate bunny down, step away from the honey baked ham, and go find someone to serve.
I always find it funny that the symbol for the resurrection in my textbook is simply a red circle against a white field. It looks like this.
Yes, I don't need people telling me what it looks like but I do find it ironic. The irony is that I do think God takes national origin into deciding whether or not a man should be saved so if we were from Japan, I think God would love us less. Also, if God is sovereign over human history, then it was God who masterminded Pearl Harbor and the Pacific War. More recently, God killed thousands of them in the Fukushima earthquake, probably as repayment for their idolatry. If being American makes us God's favorites, then there's another reason to be patriotic. God actually wants more people of American descent in heaven than the other nations of the world so we'd be the ones who benefit most from the resurrection. A more appropriate symbol for the resurrection would be this.
I find your post disturbing and even racist. I don't think God has favorites and if he did I seriously doubt if America would top the list. And if people of American "descent" are his favorites you would actually be talking about the Native Americans as the rest of the American population is from other parts of the world (Europe, Africa, etc).
Your best post yet. Love the voice in it. AND… it feels good to know that I'm not the only one who don't like those "peeps." Eww. Those things are nasty. I eat JUST ONE every year to remind me of how terrible they are. But I only end up eating half and throwing the other half away. That stuff isn't marshmallow.. it's some other disgusting concoction dipped in granulated sugar. Yuk.
Forgiveness in Christ is much more satisfying.
Thanks Jonathan (still want to call you the "other" name). I've reached the conclusion that those marshmallow peeps are like fruitcake. No one actually likes them but they are so entrenched in their respective holiday they will never go away.
One of those things (though, it came much later) was actually using my first name like I've wanted to. I've lived in fear almost all my life, so this was a big step for me. But to tell you the truth, it doesn't matter, really, what name I am called (except for turd-head). My name decision was partly selfish. But on the practical side, it sure makes legal things, taxes, cashing checks, paying with a credit card, registering for financial aid, and anything that requires my name on paper… it makes those things a whole lot easier!
Sorry for the long comment. Just thought I'd give you the "skinny" about my name.
However, I found out later we were inside only due to the rain; this part of the service is usually held outside and is a culmination of Holy Week activities. At 8:23 we were exactly at sundown, and into the Jewish "3rd day". A fire was kindled in the doorway, and a priest carried "the light" on a high candle into the room, from which all our candles were lit. We walked to the larger, and well-lit, worship room for the He is Risen part. Another formal hour, with communion and incense, song and chants. My formerly Baptist mother told me in an aside later that the church isn't usually as formal as what we were experiencing, and that she really is happy there.
I suppose I am sharing my agreement and the Episcopalian understanding that Easter is a dark story. Not only did Christ suffer a terribly gruesome death and humiliation, but those who loved him, family and friends were powerless to stop it. How they must have suffered as well. How their faith must have suffered as well. And then the 3rd day? Still sad, missing him…and incredulous? Please sir, where did you put him? Thank goodness the angel was there to proclaim the news, or we might have missed it even then.
The news, and the love, is still easy for us to miss. Thank goodness Jesus, the angels, and God still speak. Earth is a hard place to be. Love is not fake, but it can be and is often tainted with our earthly misunderstandings and fears. It can be a great service to look past the fear and see the love.
Hey Cathy! Thanks for sharing. Formal services always scare me. I think of the Pharisees and Sadducees that they speak of in the New Testament. I hope that people first and foremost understand the purpose of the ritual (which many of them actually have significant meaning behind them). But more importantly, keep the spirit of the ritual with them and actually go out the LIVE it. Take Care!


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The youngest member of the Manson family, Tim Lieder was indicted but never convicted of the Sharon Tate murders. This was possibly due to the child justice laws that ruled that a fetus cannot possibly convicted of murder, or even manslaughter. This was despite several eye-witness testimonies swearing that the gentleman in question, although a fetus, brutally stabbed several members of the party. In the words of Squeaky Fromme: "He was a fetus, it wasn't like he could write 'Helter Skelter' on the walls. He couldn't even read."
In the late 80s, he was a darling of the Pro-Life movement. He retold his story many times for many people. The gist of it was that he did help with the Sharon Tates murders, but he wouldn't have done so if he hadn't been aborted a week before. Eventually his fame and popularity died down when people began to object to "don't have abortions because the aborted fetuses might become psychotic killers" as a workable pro-life argument.
Since then he's faded out of the spotlight, occasionally interviewed when Charles Manson (whom he still calls Uncle Charlie) is on the news. He'd be interviewed more often but in his words: "Squeaky gets all the attention. I could have shot at Ford and missed. And I was 5 so it would have made better headlines."
Oh yeah. There's also Dybbuk Press. Tim edited those books. He also writes stories.


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Jill Nungarrayi Watson / Budgerigar Dreaming (1448-21)
The Jukurrpa site shown in this painting for Ngatijirri (budgerigar) is at Yangarnmpi, south of Yuendumu. 'Ngatijirri' are small, bright green birds native to central Australia which are common around the Yuendumu area, especially after the summer rains. Men would hunt for 'ngatijirri' nests, robbing them of eggs and juvenile birds, which are both considered delicacies. The men would also go out hunting for adult, flying 'ngatijirri', which they would kill by swinging branches, killing sticks or 'karli' (boomerangs) to hit the birds in flight.
The 'ngatijirri' travelled to Yangarnmpi from Patirlirri, near Willowra to the east of Yuendumu and travelled further on to Marngangi, north/west of Mount Dennison and west of Yuendumu. Each time the flock of ancestral 'ngatijirri' lands, they perform ceremonies, singing and dancing as they fly and roost in the trees. The sites of these ceremonies are depicted in this painting as concentric circles, while cross-like shapes depict the footprints of the birds on the ground and give an indication of the large flocks of 'ngatijirri' that can be found near Yangarnmpi and other sites close to Yuendumu.
After good rains 'ngatijirri' can successfully breed several times, resulting in an explosion of the population in a short time. Custodians for the Ngatijirri Jukurrpa are Napaljarri/Nungarrayi women and Japaljarri/Jungarrayi men.
Artwork is accompanied by Warlukurlangu Artists (Yuendumu) Art Centre Certificate of Authenticity/Provenance
Jill Nungarrayi Watson was born near Tennant Creek, a small township located 500km north of Alice Springs. When her grandfather died, her family moved to Lajamanu where she went to school. She later moved to Yirara College, a coeducational, Years 7 to 10, Indigenous residential School in Alice Springs.
In 1983 she married Lawrence Jangala Watson and shortly after they moved to Yuendumu, a remote Aboriginal community located 290km north-west of Alice Springs in the NT of Australia. She has 4 children, three sons and one daughter. Her second son is a Yuendumu Police aid. Jill worked at the local Centre link office for 12 years, working from 1994 to 2010.
She has been painting with Warlukurlangu Artists Aboriginal Corporation, located in Yuendumu, since 1992. She paints her father's Jukurrpa stories, Dreamings which relate directly to her land, its features and animals. These stories have been passed down to her from her Grandmother and Grandfather and their parents before them for millennia.
Jill has exhibited in Group Exhibitions in Florida, USA; Osaka, Japan; and Alice Springs, Australia. When she's not painting she likes to go hunting for Bush tucker and taking her Aunty, Judy Napangardi Watson, goanna hunting.
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For Richer and For Poorer: The Strange and Evolving Role of the Thrift Store in a Strange and Evolving City
By Joe Eskenazi @EskSF Wednesday, Feb 11 2015
Struggling and unemployed? Tech baron? You may meet in the aisles of the same store.
Clarion Alley smells strongly of beer and former beer. A trio of none-too-young, leather-clad men with shaven heads and tattooed faces drinks from paper baggies at 10:30 a.m. on a weekday and nod, furiously, to loud punk rock.
Some things, apparently, never change.
The punk rock is silenced, instantly, by the triple-beep indicating an incoming text message on a mobile device.
Some things do.
On the twee Valencia end of the alley is Mission Community Thrift. On the grittier Mission Street end is Thrift Town. Walking between the former and the latter feels like traversing a portal in time to the neighborhood's past. As does shopping inside either store.
Chuck is in a bad way. Decades ago, Chuck says, he reached into a bag of electronics "and I felt fire in my hand." A brown recluse spider bite put him in the intensive-care unit for five weeks.
Things have never been normal since.
Chuck is a big guy with longish blond hair and a receding jawline indicative of a lifetime of troubles. He's sitting on a bed in a buddy's place in a Mission District single-room occupancy hotel — which is a pretty magnanimous thing for that buddy to let Chuck do. He is not a popular guest here. His room is barricaded due to a bedbug infestation and his skin looks like he insulted a porcupine's mother. In the midst of describing the 1970s-era car wreck that necessitated the cane sitting in the corner, his eyes widen and he starts to squirm. He paws at his black Levi's, isolates the bug, and crushes it.
"You see?" he says, brandishing bug remnants on a thumbnail curved like a scythe. A slightly malevolent smile forms: "I got 'em."
Your humble narrator does not feel a need to inspect further. The subject of discussion is, quickly and mercifully, shifted to Chuck's outfit; his shirt indicates he's an alum of UC Berkeley. Asked about this, Chuck nods and laughs. No, he is not an Old Blue. All of his clothes are in bags, awaiting sterilization. He scared up a few bucks and bought this "new" wardrobe at Thrift Town.
Only days later, more than 100 people are lined up outside Mission Community Thrift ahead of its 10 a.m. opening. Very few of these people seem to have borrowed a handful of bills to replace louse-riddled apparel. One man's fedora matches his baseball jersey. He idly swipes a smartphone the size of a pizza slice.
In the Mission — and San Francisco writ large — it really is the best of times and the worst of times. Among the hordes descending upon Mission Community Thrift for a half-off sale were people who snagged a $4 shirt for $2 and someone who bought the $1,500 couch in the window for $750.
There's no simple narrative to encapsulate the demographic metamorphosis of this city. And there's no easy take on the resultant role of thrift stores — which, incongruously, survive and even thrive in the increasingly affluent realm of knit bicycle rack cozies and artisinal everything.
Zarin Kresge is the executive director of the nonprofit Mission Community Thrift. He's also the guy who opens the store in the mornings and checks your backpack. He's young and handsome and looks like he shops in his own establishment.
In 2009, when San Francisco was reeling, Mission Community Thrift had its best year ever. In 2012 and 2013, when the city's unemployment rate plummeted toward zero and its median income throttled skyward, the store's sales were flat.
In bad times, it seems, two things happen: People who otherwise wouldn't have resorted to visiting a thrift store do so; and people forced out of town dump their stuff before leaving the city.
This leads to the perhaps only-in-San Francisco phenomenon of former San Franciscans squeezed out of here returning to bargain shop at San Francisco thrift stores. (Clerks who check IDs affirm that, yes, that happens an awful lot.)
Perhaps they've dropped in to visit their stuff.
Mission Community Thrift is even in the Lonely Planet guide — which leads to the even more bizarre phenomenon of people traveling halfway around the world to purchase discount shirts and ashtrays and Garrison Keillor novels. Catering to people who need to shop secondhand is no longer a viable business. Catering to people who want to look like they need to shop secondhand is.
Developers do periodically hit up Kresge and offer to take the building off the store's hands for enormous sums of money. And, always, they're refused.
Because Mission Community Thrift is a nonprofit whose raison d'être is not making enormous sums of money. It owns its building. And has for years.
A fragrant jaunt through Clarion Alley, Thrift Town does not own but rents its sprawling home. (Nine baby baths alone in the kids section. Better hurry.) And, counter-intuitively, it's a for-profit chain. In fact, most of the thrift stores of note in this city are run by overarching nonprofit organizations (Goodwill, Salvation Army, Out of the Closet) or national chains (Crossroads, Buffalo Exchange).
Chain stores may not ostensibly be popular in San Francisco — but God help the independent businessman trying to make it in this city (especially selling things cheaply).
The key to success in San Francisco's present, as always, is to have had the foresight to buy in the past.
A procession of apparent vintage store aficionados wander up Naples Street and into a home in the city's Crocker-Amazon District. This is, by far, the most people who have visited this home in a long while. The décor indicates a very old woman lived here until quite recently.
Where she's relocated to is left unsaid; everyone's got to go somewhere.
The basement is full of old soul records and the lower level is graced by a white danask sofa and matching loveseat, Zenith Transoceanic Wave Magnet radio, and faux Roman wall relief.
Everything must go. Even the electric fireplace.
Amble up the rickety stairs and you're in the master bedroom. What a find for you ladies if you're sizes 2 to 4; an ensemble is on display in the walk-in closet. Furs, coats, jackets, shoes, VHS tapes, spoons and plates from tourist destinations: Everything must go.
The things that can't possibly be sold, the broken, the bizarre, the God-knows-what, are hurled by workmen out a massive double-window into the backyard below. A growing pile of detritus is emerging from the brambles. It, along with everything else here, will be carted away to make room for whatever comes next.
Everything's got to go somewhere. Some things never change.
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A now antique popcorn machine was left behind when the theater closed.
View from the side of the mezzanine.
Originally, the Palace was a vaudeville theater. The theater eventually switched over to exclusively movie showings, but the occasional vaudeville show — such as Bela Lugosi's"Horror and Magic Show" — still played there.
Shortly before his death in 1929 F.F. Proctor sold his company to Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation ("RKO"), and the name of the theater was changed to RKO Proctor's Theatre.
The Palace was closed in 1968 when RKO merged with Stanley Warner, who owned Newark's larger and more profitable Branford Theater. The lobby has been renovated and is currently used as a shoe store. The rest of the building remains vacant and after years of neglect has started to collapse.
Due to the damage from the collapsing ceiling, almost none of the ornamental details remain.
Incredible stuff, thank you for sharing!
Great as usual. That place looks dangerous to be walking around in though!
What an astounding body of work you've compiled. This series of photos is just incredible, and I love the accompanying blog entry for it. I agree with ArcAngel, though, this work looks to be incredibly dangerous!! But regardless, if not for you photographing all this, the entire block of history would soon just be a whispered tale… I am so happy I found you on Twitter and really look forward to your posts. Great work.
Incredibly sad. It was probably magnificent back in the day.
I have a fascination with old theaters. I don't know why. Everytime I see evidence of a former movie house I get a lump in my throat. It's so sad to see so many now doing time as supermarkets or cheap bargain stores. I went to see the Adams in Newark and asked if I could take pictures but I was sent away.
I'm the same way. I'm constantly pointing out places that used to be theaters to my friends. The Adams is a tough one, hopefully one day they'll let people take a look at what is left.
I share your though's and feelings, not only for those palace called theaters, but for the old buildings as well, they have such a magnificent art all over and is so sad for me tho see many of them abandoned they should restore them but not to be used as a swap meet or cheap stores, how bout as a dance, music or art school.
I wish I where millionaire to buy as many as I could and restore them to their original magnificence.
I like your blog, I've seen many of your posts and it's incredible how many abandoned theaters there are. Great to imagine how they looked like when they weren't abandoned. Very entertaining!
I went to these theaters years ago and they were palaces, not like the cookie cutter theaters of today. It saddens me to see these buildings today. If you see what business are in front of these buildings now, you'll really be sad. At least we can go to the Lowes in Jersey City and experience what a classic movie house was like.
I remember going to the Branford, Paramount, Loews and the Adams Movie Theaters as a child. The popcorn and hotdogs were so good. I long for the nostalgic taste of that time in a all beef frank hotdog. The theater started showing kung fu movie's before they all closed, I wished they were still open so my children could've seen those movie housesb in operation.
Great shots ! I was wondering if anyone has any photos of the original (1915) exterior or interior of the building ??
Visit ww.OldNewark.org, which may have earlier photos of these theatres. And the Newark Museum and Newark Library.
Originally, the Palace was a vaudeville theater ?
I was an usher at the RKO in 1956. 16 years old and 35 cents an hour. In the second theater up on top they had stacks of movie posters going back to silent movie days. We took them into the basement and burned them in the furnace, No one wanted them. Remember Wings posters, Gone With The Wind and hundreds more. Wish I knew but just a kid.
Wow George, those posters would be worth thousands today. The thinking back then was that no one would ever see those silent films again. Same with film prints and negatives, when sound came in the studios thought no one would ever see silent films again so they destroyed most of their prints and negatives, A huge amount went to create the Burning of Atlanta scents of Gone With The Wind. Film then was nitrate and very flammable. This was the main reason why about 90 percent of US silent movies no longer exist. An art form all to itself all but extinguished by lack of foresight. It is the reason we need to protect the remaining film technology of today that has served the industry since the 1890s lest that disappears too.
Wonderful blog Mathew, and what an amazing history the Proctor's Theatre has. In Australia hundreds of movie theatres closed after the introduction of TV in the mid 1950s. What is strikingly different to old theatres of America is that in Australia usually within weeks of closing down the theatres were demolished and replaced with car parks, petrol stations, supermarkets etc. Whereas in the USA there seems to be some glitch in the legal matrix that determined that many of these theatre edifices remain derelict to this day. Does anyone have an explanation about how this comes about. The real estate value should far outweigh the cost of demolition.


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I picked up this book because it was a bargain, and Robin Cook has a reputation as a successful writer. This is not a typical Robin Cook medical thriller, though. This is Cook's foray into science fiction. There is still a bit of medical thriller in it, but the "invasion," of course, is alien life.
The book begins in a college town with a power surge that wipes out TVs, radios, and VCR's. Remember, this was written in 1997. Cue the Twilight Zone music. Such a cliche' beginning.
Then, an abundance of black discs start showing up. The black discs don't seem like actual rocks or even man-made items because they were sent here to infect humans with an alien virus. Beau Stark, one of the main characters, claims to be "stung" by the object. Later that day, he becomes deathly ill with a violent flu-like virus. The doctors can't cure him, yet they cannot pinpoint anything wrong, either. Hours later, he is not only cured, but full of energy and a different personality.
In fairly short order, the entire earth is being dominated by an alien life form who, of all things, care about the environment. People can communicate without speaking due to a collective consciousness, they smile all the time, and the life forms have typical "alien" characteristics such as glowing eyes, mind control, super-human strength, and eventually, blue lizard-like skin. They are also building a space station preparing for the rest of the aliens to arrive. While I was reading, I couldn't help but think of Stephanie Meyer's novel The Host, which I didn't actually enjoy.
To save the world, a group of six who have not been infected, will need to figure out exactly what the alien virus is, how to stop it, and how to prevent becoming infected.
Sounds like a bad TV movie, right? The beginning was fine, but as the novel wore on, it was difficult to get through it. The characters are never fully developed; they are more like caricatures. It was difficult to relate to or like any of them.
The book contains scientific geek-speak that is mostly meant either to make the author look smart, or to make the reader think there is something terrible important going on that a layman can't comprehend. I don't expect science fiction to be completely feasible, but I do expect a clever plot, dynamic characters, and a compelling plot. For a bargain book, I guess I liked it, but had I paid full price, umm, not so much. Disappointing, Robin Cook. I expected more.


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The ground floor offers a spacious living room, well equipped kitchen, and dining area.
Large transparent floor-to-ceiling doors lead to a shedded terrace and a well-kept garden with a green lawn. A few steps of an elegant staircase leads to the first floor where there are 2 bedrooms with double beds and a great bathroom. One more bedroom offers guests two single beds and a second bathroom. When equipping and upgrading the villa, the owners paid special attention to comfort and cozy atmosphere trying to take into account and consider every single details.
Therefore, the guests will feel here pretty much at home, where it is nice to have a good time and everything is always at hand, there is plenty of place to store a variety of items, the furniture is comfortable, and appliances are modern.
The area around the villa is designed so as not to interfere with admiring the panoramic view. Outside, there is a shower, chairs and tables; BBQ fans will appreciate a stationary grill.
Only a few hundred metres from the villa, guests will find a picturesque Agias Thomas beach, where they can sunbathe lying on the soft sand or warm rocks and dive from boulders into the warm clear waters of the Ionian Sea. Here, you will find a tavern, where you will be offered to taste Greek cuisine and not just a cup of coffee, while admiring the magnificent scenery.
Lulled by the magical sounds of the waves at night and awakened by the gentle rays of the rising sun, you will feel like the happiest creature in the world and you will want to return to this amazing island again to enjoy once more the welcoming charm of Kefalonia.


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Modular neck prostheses in DDH patients: 11-Year results
Francesco Traina, Marcello De Fine, Enrico Tassinari, Alessandra Sudanese, Pierina Paola Calderoni, Aldo Toni
Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli
Background: Total hip replacement in developmental dysplasia of the hip is a demanding procedure and usually requires dedicated devices and special surgical techniques. Nevertheless, the described techniques have shown variable outcomes. The aim of this study was to assess the 11-year outcomes of an off-the-shelf modular neck prosthesis in dysplastic patients and to evaluate the ability of the modular neck system to adequately restore femoral offset, abductor muscles lever arm and leg length. Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 61 modular neck prostheses implanted in 47 patients between June 1995 and March 2004. The preoperative diagnosis was developmental dysplasia of the hip in all cases. The clinical outcomes were assessed using the Harris hip score and the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities score. The femoral offset, abductor muscles lever arm, height and medialization of the hip center of rotation, and differences in leg length were evaluated on postoperative radiographs. Prosthesis survival was calculated according to the Kaplan-Meier method considering any reason for revision as failure. The average follow-up was 117.2 months (range 57-162 months). Results: The cumulative survival at 11 years was 97.5%. One prosthesis failed 5 years after surgery because of a ceramic liner fracture due to an inappropriate obstetric maneuver during labour. At the latest follow-up the mean Harris hip score was 74.7 (range 23-91). Leg length discrepancy was avoided in the majority of cases; femoral offset was almost always restored. Conclusions: The results of this series support the use of modular neck prostheses as an effective alternative in the treatment of developmental dysplasia of the hip. The modularity was very efficient in restoring offset, leg length and maintaining stability with a good mid-long-term follow-up. Unlike other proposed surgical techniques, these good results are achievable by a standard surgical technique and with an off-the-shelf prosthesis.
Journal of Orthopaedic Science
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00776-010-0018-y
10.1007/s00776-010-0018-y
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Prostheses and Implants Medicine & Life Sciences 100%
Neck Medicine & Life Sciences 85%
Hip Dislocation Medicine & Life Sciences 83%
Leg Medicine & Life Sciences 73%
Hip Medicine & Life Sciences 56%
Thigh Medicine & Life Sciences 54%
Prosthesis Failure Medicine & Life Sciences 31%
Traina, F., De Fine, M., Tassinari, E., Sudanese, A., Calderoni, P. P., & Toni, A. (2011). Modular neck prostheses in DDH patients: 11-Year results. Journal of Orthopaedic Science, 16(1), 14-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00776-010-0018-y
Modular neck prostheses in DDH patients : 11-Year results. / Traina, Francesco; De Fine, Marcello; Tassinari, Enrico; Sudanese, Alessandra; Calderoni, Pierina Paola; Toni, Aldo.
In: Journal of Orthopaedic Science, Vol. 16, No. 1, 01.2011, p. 14-20.
Traina, F, De Fine, M, Tassinari, E, Sudanese, A, Calderoni, PP & Toni, A 2011, 'Modular neck prostheses in DDH patients: 11-Year results', Journal of Orthopaedic Science, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 14-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00776-010-0018-y
Traina F, De Fine M, Tassinari E, Sudanese A, Calderoni PP, Toni A. Modular neck prostheses in DDH patients: 11-Year results. Journal of Orthopaedic Science. 2011 Jan;16(1):14-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00776-010-0018-y
Traina, Francesco ; De Fine, Marcello ; Tassinari, Enrico ; Sudanese, Alessandra ; Calderoni, Pierina Paola ; Toni, Aldo. / Modular neck prostheses in DDH patients : 11-Year results. In: Journal of Orthopaedic Science. 2011 ; Vol. 16, No. 1. pp. 14-20.
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