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Good afternoon! Today we are going to look at the Gospel – the good news – that despite our failing, our evil desires and deeds – God has chosen to heal and restore the broken relationship between Himself and Humanity. Yes, you too can know God for yourself. You don't need anyone to make intercession for you when you can go to God for yourself. How did God do this? That is what we are going to explore today.
Truth is that we are going to skim the surface and some of you already know these things and some of you don't. If you can't articulate and explain salvation, you have to learn how – and I don't mean the way I do it. I mean the way that God has given it to you for your mission field and must reflect what the scripture actually says. Here is a way. About 500 years ago, the protestant reformers wanted a term to summarize their understanding and convey what Jesus did for us when he died on the cross based on what they understood from the Old and New Testaments. In a nutshell, what the Bible teaches and what we affirm today is that Jesus Christ offered himself as a propitiatory sacrifice on the behalf of his people to atone of our sins. He took our place and the full wrath and suffering we deserve for our sins – past, present, and future – was poured out on him. The church calls this idea – this truth – "Penal Substitutionary Atonement". Because of what Jesus did, I have peace with God. I get to know God. I get to communicate with God. I get to become everything God had purposed in His good and perfect will for me to become! And if you turn your life over to God and serve him, you get all of that too!
I'm not going to stand here and tell you that every saved person in the kingdom looks at how salvation works and is actualized the way I am going to convey it today. Not everyone agrees that Penal Substitutionary Atonement accurately explains how God's salvation works. They agree that Jesus' sacrifice saves us and is sufficient for salvation but they do not agree the Jesus took our place as individuals or that his sacrifice satisfies a debt we owe. At some point, I will address this and some other objections, but for now I will be talking about how scripture teaches Penal Substitutionary. Atonement.
1. We are all born into this world as sinners. Incapable living up to God's standards on our own.
22 This righteousness is given through faith in[h] Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. –Romans 3:22-24
5 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. 6 The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. 7 The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. 8 Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God. – Romans 8:5-8
These passages gives us an idea of not just what God thinks about us and our capabilities to be moral and kind and live up to the standards that we agree is how we should live.
2. Yes, Sin is really so bad that it takes blood to mend what it breaks
In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. - Hebrews 9:22
3. The Laws given to ancient Israel was given with the idea in mind that no one keep them. That is why they were given a sacrificial system to atone for their sins. And God promises them a better covenant.
31 "The days are coming," declares the Lord,
"when I will make a new covenant
with the people of Israel
and with the people of Judah.
32 It will not be like the covenant
I made with their ancestors
when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of Egypt,
because they broke my covenant,
though I was a husband to[d] them,[e]"
declares the Lord.
33 "This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel
after that time," declares the Lord.
"I will put my law in their minds
and write it on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.
34 No longer will they teach their neighbor,
or say to one another, 'Know the Lord,'
because they will all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest,"
declares the Lord.
"For I will forgive their wickedness
and will remember their sins no more." - Jeremiah 31:31-34
5 They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: "See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain."[a] 6 But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.7 For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. – Romans 8:5-7
4. Break one commandment is the same as breaking them all.
10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it. – James 2:10
10 For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: "Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law."[e] 11 Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God, because "the righteous will live by faith."[f] 12 The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, "The person who does these things will live by them."[g] 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole."[h] 14 He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit. – Galatians 3:10-14
5. There is no more sacrificial system because Jesus' voluntary sacrifice was for once and for all.
He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption. – Hebrews 9:12
6. The sacrificial system symbolizes what Jesus Christ ultimately did. The idea of substitution was built-in from the start. The innocent sacrificed for the guilty.
26 Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. 27 Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself. 28 For the law appoints as high priests men in all their weakness; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever. - Hebrews 7:26-28
7. Jesus sacrifice was indeed voluntary
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. – Hebrews 12:1-2
8. Worship the true God not some idealized version that you have based on what makes you comfortable. It pleased to God to crush him.
10 Yet it was the Lord's will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
and though the Lord makes[c] his life an offering for sin,
he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
11 After he has suffered,
he will see the light of life[d] and be satisfied[e];
by his knowledge[f] my righteous servant will justify many,
and he will bear their iniquities. – Isaiah 53:10-11
9. Deep down, no matter what anyone says, we want sins and wrong doing to be addressed and made right. For example: Think of the worst thing anyone has ever perpetrated against you. (Don't stay there too long). Was it made right? Did they get away with it? If there is no hell and If there is no God to administer justice, a lot of people will get off free – no obvious consequence to everyone for the evil done against you and the people you love. Think of it this way: without God, Hitler got away with the evil he did. He wasn't arrested. He didn't stand trial. He committed suicide before he was captured (most likely). I just recently heard Oprah, in her Golden Globe speech bring up a woman she knew who has recently died. When this black woman was young some white men grabbed her while she was walking home from church. They brutalized and raped her and threatened her to not tell anyone. Although she tried to turn them over to the authorities, none her attackers spent a day in jail nor were they punished in the legal system. This isn't right. She died seemingly without Justice. I cannot imagine a just and loving God allowing things like that from being punished. Someone(s) should pay for that. God has promised to do exactly that no matter what we think we see and understand in the here and now.
It is mine to avenge; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; their day of disaster is near and their doom rushes upon them." – Deuteronomy 32:35
Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," says the Lord. – Romans 12:19
10. I think we all agree that rapists, murders, thieves, genocidal despots, and other criminals deserve punishment and retribution. What about you and me? Remember point 1? We have all sinned. God does not consider one sin worse than another like we do. People like to mitigate their own sins by pretending that others are worse than we are. Maybe you have not outright killed another human being but if you have ever refused to forgive someone you are just as likely to find yourself in hell as a murderer – eternally separated from God. Not one of us is good enough to deserve heaven and all of us deserve hell.
25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement,[i] through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished— 26 he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.
27 Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith. 28 For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. 29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, 30 since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith. 31 Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law. – Romans 3:25-31
11. We need an atoning sacrifice – blameless and perfect to pay the price for our evil. None of us is pure enough to pay for our own sin. And the other side of that is that we'd be dead but God wants us to be living sacrifices.
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 1 John 4:10 (KJV)
Here is a video from an Atheist completely butchering Penal Substitutionary Atonement. Following are arguments raised in the video and my rebuttals against it.
1 1.. It's not fair that the innocent suffer for the guilty
Jesus volunteered to be our propitiation. God did not force Jesus. This isn't child abuse. None of us was innocent enough – pure enough – to satisfy the scales of justice. Through mercy God chose to bless us with salvation. No it isn't something we deserve or can be earned. Remember the saying "Favor is not fair."? This is not from scripture but if you are going to understand what God considers love and justice we have to let go of what our society says love and justice are.
Eating fruit does not equate to sentencing all of humanity to sin. Adam's sin was not about him eating fruit. The problem was that he disobeyed God.10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. – 1 John 4:10
12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned—13 To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone's account where there is no law. 14 Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who is a pattern of the one to come.15 But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God's grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! 16 Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man's sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. 17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!18 Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people. 19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.20 The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, 21 so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. – Romans 5: 12-21
22. God should be able to forgive sin without blood
4. God did not have to put the fruit in the garden in the first place.
These last two objections can be answered at once. At bottom, they rest on the idea that we can tell God how he should run reality. We are not worthy. With these objections is stupid question about what gives God the right to set the price of sin so high? And how can he hold us accountable since we are not in control and we didn't put the Tree in the garden? God gives us an answer through the Apostle Paul.
19 One of you will say to me: "Then why does God still blame us? For who is able to resist his will?" 20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? "Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, 'Why did you make me like this?'"[h] 21 Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for special purposes and some for common use?
22 What if God, although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction? 23 What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory— 24 even us, whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles? – Romans 9:19-24
We must remember that God is not a human being equal to you and me. He is not obligated or beholden to us for anything. God is not accountable to us.
I thank God for choosing to save me. It's completely unmerited. It's completely up to him. No credit belongs to me. If you are not saved today, I would encourage you to reach out to God. Tell God that you want a relationship and you want to right. Accept that God is right about us in general and you in particular. Admit your sin and evil and ask for help to put them aside. Agree that Jesus died on the cross in your place and thank Him for that. Believe that He rose from the dead 3 days later with all power in his hand. Because He arose…so will you.
Here is how Paul put it!
20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. – Galatians 2:20
Want to see two Christians debate this? Watch the debate below between Dr Michael Brown vs Pastor Brian Zahnd.


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Self Evident – Gearing Up For Bass Coast [Ganjaology Exclusive Interview!!]
If you're not already a part of the Vancouver bass music scene, you likely aren't yet privy to the distinct sounds of Self Evident. This BC native is known for his high grade, genre flexing DJ sets and masterful production. Sticking mostly to the heady, subterranean type vibes, Self Evident's sets move through dubstep, future bass, raw dub, trap, footwork, jungle, juke and other ill defined contemporary frequencies. The bottom line is that the man has a knack for creating sonic landscapes which push the musical envelope and create opportunity for vibrating gyrations of the pelvic kind.
I recently had the chance to catch up with Self Evident when he was performing in Seattle. While kicking back and enjoying some classy beverages, we chatted about everything from birds to bees to bass… Check out the interview below.
Also, I've included some essential sounds by Self Evident. Feel free to toggle to your hearts desire. Just today, he is releasing his 8 track album, Rubbaman with Really Good Recordings. Be sure to cop that on Beatport!
In just a few short days, Self Evident will be headed up to Merrit for the weekend to participate in BC's most bossed up bass music festival… Bass Coast. He will be performing among other superb acts including the whole team from Lighta! Sound, the infamous Librarian, Michael Red, Goth Trad, Machinedrum, HxDB, Om Unit, Dan Solo, Daega Sound, DJ Cure, Neightbour, Mat The Alien, Random Rab, The Fungineers, Alphabets Heaven, Calamalka, and many more. If you're going, don't miss Self Evident's solo set along with the Lighta! Reggae Jam…
Here's the interview. Big up and many thanks to Ben for his kindness in sharing with us!
GANJAOLOGY: Alright… We are here in Seattle. This is Mickey Mars with Ganjaology. I'm here with Self Evident. He's from Vancouver BC. So do you want to just tell us a little bit about yourself?
SELF EVIDENT: Self Evident. Vancouver BC. Representing Lighta Sound!.
GANJAOLOGY: Nice. Very nice. Welcome. So ya, this is your first night playing in Seattle?
SELF EVIDENT: Ya
GANJAOLOGY: Nice. Well we are looking forward to checking it out. I hope you are enjoying your time in Seattle so far.
SELF EVIDENT: It's beautiful here.
GANJAOLOGY: Great! Let's start with the basics. How did you originally get into music?
SELF EVIDENT: Definitely having older siblings helps, like my brother's four years older than me, and he got into electronic music pretty early. He introduced me to a lot of seriously old school dance music which gave me sort of that leg up that a lot of those british guys have, as far as knowing about electronic music when they were kids. And then… How did I get into shit?
GANJAOLOGY: Did you play any instruments in school?
SELF EVIDENT: I did, I was a musician. I was in a few bands, like playing guitar and stuff. And I guess Max had DJ'd for a long time, I've been producing for a long time. And then we sort of traded off those skills a little bit, so that helped. And then, a huge influence was when my brother did a Tuesday weekly called Grime Sessions out of the back room in Shine Night Club in Vancouver, and that still has such a huge impression on me. I used to go to every Tuesday and get really drunk and dance super hard to grime music, and I still… that's probably the biggest influence on me besides like, dancehall is pretty big for me. But grime does something deep inside of me that I can't explain, like more than any other style.
GANJAOLOGY: Nice, that's funny. Well my next question was what is your biggest inspiration, haha…
SELF EVIDENT: Well I still collect grime on vinyl. It's like one of my hobbies. I have a pretty serious vinyl grime collection, and also UKG and two step. Still collect that on vinyl.
GANJAOLOGY: Any specific artists?
SELF EVIDENT: Ahhhh… Nope.
GANJAOLOGY: Nice. Perfect. Haha. That's awesome man, well we're looking forward to seeing what you play tonight.
SELF EVIDENT: I guess hip-hop is a huge influence on me too. Gangster stuff. I remember, I think, that my brother bought this NWA tape, "Hundred Miles and Runnin'" And back then you actually had to be of a certain age to buy a thing that was explicit material. I remember him buying that. I couldn't have bought it at the time. And listening to it. That was a big influence for sure. Lot's of hip hop. Big influence.
GANJAOLOGY: My mom made me return the Cash Money Millionaires, Juvenile album.
SELF EVIDENT: Oh my god, hahaha. Hilarious.
GANJAOLOGY: Right!? Anyway, I've seen you perform a couple times. Always in Canada. I gotta say Canada is unbelievable. The bass scene up there is pretty awesome. Vancouver primarily, but Canada in general. So what can you say about that?
SELF EVIDENT: Ya, I feel really blessed with what's going on in Vancouver right now. We'll even get headliners in from London who are like… The scene is even more into the music than in England. You know what I mean, like really dedicated fans. And not only that but fans that know their shit. Like I learn shit from my fans. "You need to check out this" or "you need to check out that" They're on to it. And their really… Maybe a lot of conditioning from the early Dub Forms parties, but people are open to hear something that they never heard before. They're almost expecting that from me and from other DJs, you know. They're ready to give me the fucking, "What the fuck is that shit stuff"
GANJAOLOGY: Ya that's awesome! So ya, we spoke a little bit about your brother, but I have to ask. Obviously you guys are connected. I've seen you at the same events, doing the same shows, stuff like that. You came out with the Eastsiders EP last year, which was awesome! That one track has been echoing in my head all summer.
SELF EVIDENT: "Numba One Stunna?"
GANJAOLOGY: Ya
SELF EVIDENT: Oh Nice
GANJAOLOGY: "Move ya, Move, Move…" Like aaahhhh. So do you guys have any new releases that you've been working on together?
SELF EVIDENT: Working on lots of stuff with my bro. He's very meticulous about what he puts out so don't know when that stuff will surface. Really stoked for my collabos with Subcorr. Double Intention is our R&B one, and Blockout is the grime one that we're working on. Those are going along really well.
GANJAOLOGY: Nice. Are those going to be EPs or full length?
SELF EVIDENT: We have a whole album produced with the R&B one. We're just working with a vocalist right now to write some songs. And then the Blockout one, we have about five or six tunes just about done. Just about to start chopping them to labels. Grime with a little bit of dubstep with a future kind of influence.
GANJAOLOGY: Nice that's awesome. Ya I think one of the things that has majorly impressed me personally is your ability to transition between different genres, and really to just bring a certain level of play. It's like your sound, but yet you're moving through a lot of different stuff. I wanted to ask specifically about the Wepa! album. I heard that and it's just way different, and super cool. So would you tell us a little bit about that one.
SELF EVIDENT: Ya, I met this guy Will Eede from Argentina, and my buddy Dustin (Gameboy) spent a little time in Mexico. And they kinda had a history with Cumbia music and they introduced me to Cumbia, and it was really intersting. Anytime I hear something that's like so out of the pallet that I know, it's always like wow. There's something I can take from that. Whenever I hear something super fresh, I instantly have to go and make something with that influence right away. Anyway, through working with them got super influenced by a lot of the Latin artists. Chancha Via Circuito, Super Guachin, Black Mandingo. But right now kinda working on a little bit of a druggy, trippy sort of indiginious music influenced thing with Will Eede. And then, with Gameboy, we're hopefully gonna be doing a project with Lido Pimienta who's out of Toronto. Really, really talented singer who's originally out of Columbia. So that's on the horizon for that.
GANJAOLOGY: Cool, Nice.
SELF EVIDENT: And if possible, I'd like to mention my co-lab with Yan Zombie that we're working on right now. It's like some mad Dr. Dre Chronic shit meets future bass. Really, really excited for that. That man is a king on the keyboards. Which kinda gives me that thing which I don't have quite yet, which is that live keyboard playing.
GANJAOLOGY: Great. So I've seen you a couple festivals as well as clubs. Do you have a specific favorite place to play or general vibe that you like?
SELF EVIDENT: Ya, my brother's night's at Open Studios are pretty legendary. Just such a good vibe there. He always puts together a great lineup. Michael Red of course used to put on the Dub Forms parties there in the really early dubstep days, bringing all the early dubstep innovators before people were on to that shit. So that space is amazing. Obviously I have my monthly at the Astoria which is a little more grubby gangsta style.
GANJAOLOGY: What's the name of that night?
SELF EVIDENT: That's a good question. I've been doing it for over a year now and I still don't have a name for my monthly. Haha, I actually thought about one while laying in bed last night… And I forgot it. I though it was the one though. It will come back to me. Thinking of a name for something is hard!
GANJAOLOGY: Any big plans for the summer, plans for the year? Anything you are particularly excited about?
SELF EVIDENT: Well Bass Coast Festival of course. Probably… As far as like, for real heads, future heads… I don't see another lineup in all of North America which has that much quality at the top of it. You know what I mean? Like, not just… I don't want to name names, but not just shit that the masses are into or know about. You know, like stuff that the real heads wanna see super bad. It's just a massive lineup, in that sense. Andrea, her taste in music… To have someone picking all the music like that, it's awesome.
GANJAOLOGY: Yes. Very excited. We'll be there for sure.
SELF EVIDENT: It's weird. It's the only festival I'm playing this year though. I go five last year so…
GANJAOLOGY: You're pushing the production then, huh?
SELF EVIDENT: Working on it, ya. Oh for sure. Working on a whole album right now. It's kinda grime, dubstep, kinda thing. It's weird, there's a wickid resurgence in dubstep right now. Proper dubstep is coming back. People like Kahn obviously. He's a big part of why this is coming about. A lot of people are like, "Oh shit. I wanna hear this again" Daega has been saying it to me for a couple months, or even longer than that. I just played in New York City for a guy that does a monthly called Reconstruct, They have a serious following for proper dubstep in NYC right now. Their shows are selling out and they're bringing all those big names again, and they're doing it proper.
GANJAOLOGY: Anything you care to share that you haven't said already?
SELF EVIDENT: August 23rd I'm doing a show at the Astoria with Monolithium from Victoria, and Bevvy Swift from Montreal, and Crusha who just got a release on Mad Decent! And Kimmy K, it will be one of her first sets. She'll be opening up. Should be good. I think that's it. And shout out to HxDB, everyone in Lighta! of course, Librarian… Who else should I shout out? Oh my god, they'll hate me. Ok that's about it.
GANJAOLOGY: Awesome. Thanks!

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The Sydney Swans just clashed against the Western Bulldogs at the MCG to decide the 2016 AFL premiership. If you missed the big game, here are the results.
Maybe you're stuck at work with no access to a TV or streaming. Maybe you don't care about football but want to be part of the conversation. Whatever your reasons for not watching, we've got you covered. And the final score is...
Western Bulldogs: 89 | Sydney Swans: 67
The Western Bulldogs smashed the Swans in a 22-point victory. If you're a non sports fan, the main talking point is that Melbourne beat Sydney. Also, it was the Bulldog's first premiership win since 1954.


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Brexit and the Future of the European Convention on Human Rights
As the Brexit negotiations unfold it is important to keep up pressure on the UK Government to permanently drop the ambition of seeking Britain's withdrawal from the ECHR.
As the Brexit negotiations unfold it is important to keep up pressure on the UK Government to permanently drop the ambition of seeking Britain's withdrawal from the ECHR.
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Preprocessing for Deep Learning: From covariance matrix to image whitening
The goal of this post/notebook is to go from the basics of data preprocessing to modern techniques used in deep learning. My point is that we can use code (Python/Numpy etc.) to better understand abstract mathematical notions!
3. Image whitening
We will see how whitening can be applied to preprocess an image dataset. To do so we will use the paper of Pal & Sudeep (2016) where they give some details about the process. This preprocessing technique is called Zero component analysis (ZCA).
Check out the paper, but here is the kind of result they got. The original images (left) and the images after the ZCA (right) are shown.
Whitening images from the CIFAR10 dataset. Results from the paper of Pal & Sudeep (2016).
First things first. We will load images from the CIFAR dataset. This dataset is available from Keras and you can also download it here.
(50000, 32, 32, 3)
The training set of the CIFAR10 dataset contains 50000 images. The shape of
X_train is
(50000, 32, 32, 3). Each image is 32px by 32px and each pixel contains 3 dimensions (R, G, B). Each value is the brightness of the corresponding color between 0 and 255.
We will start by selecting only a subset of the images, let's say 1000:
(1000, 32, 32, 3)
That's better. Now we will reshape the array to have flat image data with one image per row. Each image will be
(1, 3072) because 32 x 32 x 3 = 3072. Thus, the array containing all images will be
(1000, 3072):
(1000, 3072)
The next step is to be able to see the images. The function
imshow() from Matplotlib (doc) can be used to show images. It needs images with the shape (M x N x 3) so let's create a function to reshape the images and be able to visualize them from the shape
(1, 3072).
For instance, let's plot one of the images we have loaded:
We can now implement the whitening of the images. Pal & Sudeep (2016)describe the process:
1. The first step is to rescale the images to obtain the range [0, 1] by dividing by 255 (the maximum value of the pixels).
Recall that the formula to obtain the range [0, 1] is:
but, here, the minimum value is 0, so this leads to:
X.min() 0.0 X.max() 1.0
Mean subtraction: per-pixel or per-image?
Ok cool, the range of our pixel values is between 0 and 1 now. The next step is:
2. Subtract the mean from all images.
Be careful here.
One way to do it is to take each image and remove the mean of this image from every pixel (Jarrett et al., 2009). The intuition behind this process is that it centers the pixels of each image around 0.
Another way to do it is to take each of the 3072 pixels that we have (32 by 32 pixels for R, G and B) for every image and subtract the mean of that pixel across all images. This is called per-pixel mean subtraction. This time, each pixel will be centered around 0 according to all images. When you will feed your network with the images, each pixel is considered as a different feature. With the per-pixel mean subtraction, we have centered each feature (pixel) around 0. This technique is commonly used (e.g Wan et al., 2013).
We will now do the per-pixel mean subtraction from our 1000 images. Our data are organized with these dimensions
(images, pixels). It was
(1000, 3072) because there are 1000 images with 32 x 32 x 3 = 3072 pixels. The mean per-pixel can thus be obtained from the first axis:
This gives us 3072 values which is the number of means — one per pixel. Let's see the kind of values we have:
array([ 0.5234 , 0.54323137, 0.5274 , …, 0.50369804, 0.50011765, 0.45227451])
This is near 0.5 because we already have normalized to the range [0, 1]. However, we still need to remove the mean from each pixel:
Just to convince ourselves that it worked, we will compute the mean of the first pixel. Let's hope that it is 0.
array([ -5.30575583e-16, -5.98021632e-16, -4.23439062e-16, …, -1.81965554e-16, -2.49800181e-16, 3.98570066e-17])
This is not exactly 0 but it is small enough that we can consider that it worked!
Now we want to calculate the covariance matrix of the zero-centered data. Like we have seen above, we can calculate it with the
np.cov() function from NumPy.
Please note that our variables are our different images. This implies that the variables are the rows of the matrix X. Just to be clear, we will tell this information to NumPy with the parameter
rowvar=TRUE even if it is
True by default (see the doc):
Now the magic part — we will calculate the singular values and vectors of the covariance matrix and use them to rotate our dataset. Have a look at my poston the singular value decomposition (SVD)if you need more details.
Note: It can take a bit of time with a lot of images and that's why we are using only 1000. In the paper, they used 10000 images. Feel free to compare the results according to how many images you are using:
In the paper, they used the following equation:
with U the left singular vectors and S the singular values of the covariance of the initial normalized dataset of images, and X the normalized dataset. ϵ is an hyper-parameter called the whitening coefficient. diag(a) corresponds to a matrix with the vector a as a diagonal and 0 in all other cells.
We will try to implement this equation. Let's start by checking the dimensions of the SVD:
(1000, 1000) (1000,)
S is a vector containing 1000 elements (the singular values). diag(S) will thus be of shape
(1000, 1000) with S as the diagonal:
[[ 8.15846654e+00 0.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00 …, 0.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00] [ 0.00000000e+00 4.68234845e+00 0.00000000e+00 …, 0.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00] [ 0.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00 2.41075267e+00 …, 0.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00] …, [ 0.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00 …, 3.92727365e-05 0.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00] [ 0.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00 …, 0.00000000e+00 3.52614473e-05 0.00000000e+00] [ 0.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00 …, 0.00000000e+00 0.00000000e+00 1.35907202e-15]] shape: (1000, 1000)
Check this part:
This is also of shape
(1000, 1000) as well as U and U^T. We have seen also that X has the shape
(1000, 3072). The shape of X_ZCA is thus:
which corresponds to the shape of the initial dataset. Nice.
We have:
Disappointing! If you look at the paper, this is not the kind of result they show. Actually, this is because we have not rescaled the pixels and there are negative values. To do that, we can put it back in the range [0, 1] with the same technique as above:
min: 0.0 max: 1.0
Hooray! That's great! It looks like an image from the paper. As mentioned earlier, they used 10000 images and not 1000 like us.
To see the differences in the results according to the number of images that you use and the effect of the hyper-parameter ϵ, here are the results for different values:
The result of the whitening is different according to the number of images that we are using and the value of the hyper-parameter ϵ. The image on the left is the original image. In the paper, Pal & Sudeep (2016) used 10000 images and epsilon = 0.1. This corresponds to the bottom left image.
That's all!
I hope that you found something interesting in this article You can read it on my blog, with LaTeX for the math, along with other articles.
You can also fork the Jupyter notebook on Github here.
K. Jarrett, K. Kavukcuoglu, M. Ranzato, and Y. LeCun, "What is the best multi-stage architecture for object recognition?," in 2009 IEEE 12th International Conference on Computer Vision, 2009, pp. 2146–2153.
A. Krizhevsky, "Learning Multiple Layers of Features from Tiny Images," Master's thesis, University of Tront, 2009.
Y. A. LeCun, L. Bottou, G. B. Orr, and K.-R. Müller, "Efficient BackProp," in Neural Networks: Tricks of the Trade, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2012, pp. 9–48.
K. K. Pal and K. S. Sudeep, "Preprocessing for image classification by convolutional neural networks," in 2016 IEEE International Conference on Recent Trends in Electronics, Information Communication Technology (RTEICT), 2016, pp. 1778–1781.
L. Wan, M. Zeiler, S. Zhang, Y. L. Cun, and R. Fergus, "Regularization of Neural Networks using DropConnect," in International Conference on Machine Learning, 2013, pp. 1058–1066.
Great resources and QA
Wikipedia — Whitening transformation
CS231 — Convolutional Neural Networks for Visual Recognition
Dustin Stansbury — The Clever Machine
Some details about the covariance matrix
SO — Image whitening in Python
Mean normalization per image or from the entire dataset
Mean subtraction — all images or per image?
Why centering is important — See section 4.3
How ZCA is implemented in Keras
Bio: Hadrien Jean is currently a PhD student in cognitive science (end expected: 2018) at the Ecole normale Supérieure (ENS) in Paris. He is studying auditory perceptual learning (pitch perception and auditory selective attention) using psychophysics and electrophysiology (EEG). During his PhD, he designed online auditory experiments using Django/Javascript. Passionate about data analysis, he used R to analyse behavioural data and create vizualisations and Python to analyse EEG data and elaborate offline and online signal processing workflows.
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Dear Readers:
Thank you all so much for your continued support over the years. I appreciate everyone who has taken time out of their busy day in order to read an article posted here.
After much thought, I decided that I am going to start updating the categories and content featured here. I don't really follow the social norm as far as blogging is concerned. I know a lot of folks pick what kind of blog they want and dedicate their posting around a certain topic. That never really worked for me because I like to represent on my blog what and who I really am.
I am a person who has worked (and still does) for over 17 years in the field of Human/Social Services working with families, children, and individuals with disabilities. I am a person who has worked and still works in the music/ entertainment industry not only as an artist, but in many different administrative functions. I am a person who has been an entrepreneur for over a decade and I am a person who not only talks about God, but someone who tries their best to walk that belief out in my everyday life.
I've done a lot of growing and maturing since I started this blog and someone very dear to my heart always has told me that everything God allows you to go through is to help someone else. So I feel inclined to give away everything that I've learned so that hopefully it will help someone else. With that being said, currently my life is so hectic I don't fall asleep, I pretty much collapse at the end of the day. I am a full-time caregiver, I manage a full-time health staff and do 170 hours of payroll bi-weekly. I am a full-time care manager (which is someone who coordinates all health and community programs for an individual with a disability), I care for several children full-time Monday-Friday, I am the First Lady to Hell Razah's (Wu-Tang Clan/Sunz of Man risendocumentary.com) Ghetto Govt Global Movement, I oversee the development and Management of two independent record labels, as well as work in my church administrative office while managing to make time for family and friends, and at some point attempt to work on my own music and book. Yes. I do all of this 7 days a week, I rarely get a break and if you ask me how, I can only spell out J-E-S-U-S, that's how LOL.
So in my re-design, I'm going to keep a lot of things like music I'm involved with, interviews, Encouragement articles, Hip-Hop 101 for Independent Artists, and #TeamQueen but I really want to add a lot of stuff I've learned over the last few years like how to feed 8 kids on a budget, parenting techniques, time management, budgeting, and personal organization. I also want to address things that are important to me because after all it is my blog. I hope that you all will enjoy the updates, thank you all for your continued support!
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Risen: The story of Chron "Hell Razah" Smith @heavenrazah NY premiere Sunday, June 3
The most anticipated hip-hop documentary of this decade.
BIG NEWS! 'Risen' stars Hell Razah, Queen the Prophet and 60 Second Assassin (Wu-Tang Clan's Sunz of Man), as well as Director Frank Meyer and Executive Producer Robert Juster Will be attending the world premiere of our film in Harlem on Sunday, June 3. There will be a Q&A after the film as well.
The first public screening of our film "Risen: The Story of Chron 'Hell Razah' Smith" will be at The 7th Annual People's Film Festival Sunday, June 3, 2018 at 3:00 PM at The AMC Magic Johnson Theater in Harlem, NY (2309 Fredrick Douglas Blvd) as a part of their closing lineup.
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Wu-Tang Affiliate @heavenrazah launches new label @heavenrazahmusi
*** Heaven Razah Music, Inc PSA***
Heaven Razah Music, Inc. Is a premier record label founded by legendary Wu-Tang Clan/ Sunz of Man member Chron "Hell Razah" Smith who formally adopted the alternate name Heaven Razah in 2009.
In 2004, Chron's record label Hell Razah Music, Inc was established and by 2013 his label and G.H.E.T.T.O. G.O.V.T (Go Hear Emmanuel Teach the Others God's Only Victorious Truth) movement established chapters, community service projects, & music all over the globe.
In 2017, Heaven Razah Music, Inc. was established in order to provide a Christ centered outlet for spiritually conscious musicians also referred to as "Street Prophets". It is the vision of Heaven Razah Music, Inc. to shed the light of the Lord in darkest corners of the world through hip-hop music. (John 3:17)
Chairman/Founder :
Chron "Heaven Razah" Smith
Heaven Razah Music, Inc. President:
Rachel "Queen the Prophet" Lombardozzi
Twitter: @queentheprophet
Heaven Razah Music, Inc. Vice President:
Aaron "Messenger/ Sneak Vandel" Warner
Twitter: @raiderzemcee
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-Artists: Please send formal EPK or music links as well as social media handles. Mp3 files will not be considered.
-Producers: Please write "beats" in the subject line
A letter from our readers
Greetings Daughter Of Zion & your anointed team. I'm a 23 year old son from KwaZulu Natal in South Africa. Before I say anything, I just need to tell you guys how much I love you. Thank you for always striving for the Truth to prevail & God's Purpose to be fulfilled. You put your lives into it. Back to the Advisory session, I'm a young aspiring MC & Producer. I go by the name Black Angel. I need to be in close contact with the ins and outs of the industry. I'm dedicated to living and fulfilling God's Purpose in my life. Can I testify? There's been a lot of instances in my life where the devil tried to take my life away, but failed because of God's protection in my life. I pray you read this message & find it in your heart to help me achieve the Dream. My upbringing was really hard here in South Africa, but I know God has tons of things he kept me here to do. This may be asking for a bit much, but I would really really love to meet Queen The Prophet, Hell Razah (El Raziel) & the whole Ghetto Government Officialz Movement. Now when that happens, you guys will be planting a seed in my brain, which I will cultivate and nurture to grow and eliminate all the evil. I need all the knowledge and wisdom you guys possess. I'm so passionate about this, but at the same time I'm a bit afraid that some of the things you guys will reveal to me may scare me. Having said that, I truly believe that you have to be brave and find that inner strength in your Soul to discover what is really what on this Earth. Thank you so much for taking your time to digest my words. Please tell El Raziel that I love him and everybody. You guys is the Truth- S. Ngcobo, South Africa
Thank you so much for your kind words. It is always a humbling moment when someone let's you know that what God has enabled you to do has touched the life of someone else. Your testimony is encouraging and you will be in my prayers that God continues to move in your life and bless your walk with Christ. Stay in His word because those are the seeds that will keep you firmly rooted.
Artist Feature: "Afro" @afro_allflows
Meet 18 year-old Afro (All Flows Reach Out). Afro has been referred to as "the future of hip-hop", and if you haven't heard him rhyme? I'm sure after you do, you'd be inclined to agree with that statement. Mentored by hip-hop veteran RA the Rugged Man, R.A. became aware of the young emcee when A-F-R-O entered a freestyle contest on YouTube hosted by R.A. "This kid won the contest before it was even ended."-RA (http://uproxx.com/music/2015/09/afro-ra-the-rugged-man-uncharted)
I had the pleasure of meeting both of them back in October of this year, while filming scenes from Hell Razah's upcoming documentary "Risen, the story of Chron Hell Razah Smith"(directed by Frank Meyer). Although it's probably not a secret to Afro that he is extremely talented, he is one of the most humble young men I've ever met and that just makes me even more excited to share his music with you. I'd also like to go on record for being the first person to refer to him as a "Supernova". I haven't seen that in print yet, so I'm saying it and printing it.
Over this past week, the official music video "Code #829" was released (11/18/15) and can be found on his new mix tape "Tales from the Basement". "This is just a mixtape joint A-F-R-O recorded at his mothers house. Just having fun murdering flows and spitting lyrical codes for fans to decipher.. this is super ill but wait till you hear the official music and what we got in store for you all."-RA
California-bred lyrical titan A-F-R-O aka All Flows Reach Out debuts his first official music video, "Code #829". Taken from A-F-R-O's new mixtape "Tales From The Basement", the track finds R.A. The Rugged Man's protege going in over some vintage RZA production.
You can Stream + Download "Tales From The Basement" absolutely free here: http://allflowsreachout.com/basement/
If you happen to be in Europe this month, you can catch him on his 2015 European tour with RA & Mr. Green.
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J.O.Y. is a ministry to our mature believers 50 years and above. During Small Group semesters the J.O.Y. group gets together on Wednesdays at 6:30 for bible study. There are also several J.O.Y. small groups that meet on Sunday mornings at 9am. They often gather for fellowship, fun and relationship-building. And of course, there is always FOOD!
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SG to not to find violations in honest photo shoot in the temple in Tatarstan
Posted On Friday, August 25, 2017 By Russian Opinion. Under Incidents Tags: find, Honest, Photo, Shoot, Tatarstan, temple, violations
The researchers has a review of the actual drawn picture ofâ girl in a negligee in one of the inactive temples of Tatarstan. It is established that the authors of the photo shoot "there was no intention to insult the feelings of believers."
The President of Germany in Israel, call vir'n honest dialogue
Posted On Sunday, May 7, 2017 By Russian Opinion. Under Middle East Tags: call, dialogue, Germany, Honest, Israel, president, vir'n
Steinmeier held talks with the President and Prime Minister of Israel. Policy talk about the diplomatic scandal in the last few weeks.
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Cuban leader Raul Castro called US President Barack Obama is an honest man. He said this, speaking at a meeting of the Summit of the Americas In addition, Raul Castro announced the readiness of the country to a dialogue with the US, which with respect to their interests is started ...


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With the mobile environment just getting really hot, there seems to be a challenge posed between two Linux-based mobile platforms. And since Google Android has recently just been announced to be coming up with their own handsets late this year or in the next, there seems to be another mobile platform just trying to chase for its lucrative (and profitable) future. LiMo may be in on the game with trying to develop an open source Linux-based mobile platform similar to Android.
Just the Google Android's Open Handset Alliance, the LiMo Foundation has been out and about trying to develop a Linux based open mobile terminal platform that would further enhance the consumer experience and bring about next generation of handsets. And with the platform based in the open source Linux code, the LiMo Foundation, a consortium of several mobile industry giants and software developers as among its members, aims to bring out into the marketplace the first handsets that run on an open handset platform that can be used by the whole industry.
In fact, LiMo may already have the upper hand despite the Android getting favorable press that has also made the mobile industry wait in eager anticipation. The fact of the matter is that while handsets run with Google's Android may not yet be available, with release estimates for such handsets set at sometime early next year, members of the LiMo Foundation such as Panasonic, Motorola, NEC, and LG have already rolled out handsets based on the LiMo platform into the market. It is an advantage that LiMo enjoys for now.
LiMo also enjoys the membership of several mobile handset makers as their core group (with some of them incidentally are also members of the Open Handset Alliance) which will help embracing the LiMo platform easier. But LiMo is currently considered as a middleware, a program that enables software components and other applications to work. Unlike the Android which is a full software stack with an operating system, middleware, user interface and applications of its own, LiMo and its end-user experience and interface may still depend on the developers themselves to create and develop.
But with the hype surrounding Android that is usually mentioned with the Internet giant Google in tow, the challenge may currently remain as a toss up on what platform will win out in the end, at least for now. It is a battle between a little known, partially complete but proven LiMo against a much hyped, complete product but quite untested Android. Let's just see what comes out of it in the next couple of years.


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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault in Jerusalem Sunday that the only way to proceed toward peace between Israel and Palestine was through direct negotiations without any preconditions. Netanyahu rejected the French attempts at resuming peace talks, calling them an "escape hatch" that will avoid recognizing Israel as the "nation state of the Jewish people."
Speaking during a weekly meeting of his cabinet ministers, Netanyahu said he told Ayrault that Israel found "it difficult to treat France's peace effort as unbiased in light of Paris' support of the Unesco Temple Mount resolution," adopted last month, which went against Israel, according to a Haaretz report.
"I told him [Ayrault] that the scandalous resolution that was approved by Unesco, with the support of France, that doesn't recognize millennia-long connection between the Jewish people and the Temple Mount, casts a shadow over the fairness of any summit France is trying to convene," Netanyahu said.
The last peace negotiations, brokered by the United States, between Israel and Palestine to secure a two-state deal, broke down in April 2014. Israel does not support the resumption of peace talks being promoted by France over concerns that an international forum would try dictate terms for a deal.
Citing unidentified sources in Ayrualt's entourage, Agence France-Presse reported that the Paris peace talks were not meant to bypass direct talks between the two sides, which France believes is the only way to resolve the conflict. Rather, it was taking the initiative since there were "currently no negotiations."
After meeting the Israeli prime minister, Ayrault headed to Ramallah to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The French foreign minister is expected to hold a press conference at Ben Guiron Airport in Tel Aviv before leaving the country later Sunday.
The U.S. has not yet indicated its support for or confirmed its attendance at the Paris peace talks. The U.S., Russia, EU, the United Nations and the U.N. Security Council, the Arab League and some other countries, not including representatives from either Israel or Palestine, have been invited for a May 30 meeting.


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Out of a perfect media scrum emerged a perfect political storm, one which may decide the future of the Conservative leadership and possibly the future of the United Kingdom.
Boris Johnson delivered his "deafening éclat" on the EU referendum to a gaggle of reporters, television cameramen and photographers gathered outside his north London home with a key calculation in mind. Here stood Britain's "Heineken politician" – the man who can appeal to voters beyond the reach of conventional leaders – showing that he will be a pivotal figure in a defining moment for UK politics.
A conventional politician with a major announcement to make at short notice would summon one television crew for a "sit down" interview which would then be "pooled" by all the broadcasters who would run it at an agreed time. That would never do for Johnson, who always likes to ensure an element of unpredictability about his interventions. His communications team set in motion the conditions for a media scrum shortly before 5pm after deciding that a traditional television interview, in which he would explain the thinking in his Daily Telegraph column on Monday, would not suffice. The scrum was meant to look spontaneous but was in fact engineered to within an inch of its life.
In a sign of the collapse in his relations with Cameron, Johnson texted the prime minister at 4.40pm to tell him he had definitively decided to back a Leave vote. Within 10 minutes he appeared on his doorstep to speak to the cameras. Johnson had emailed the prime minister on Saturday morning to tell him there was a likelihood he would be campaigning for Leave. He apparently received no reply.
The first and immediate consequence of the Stand of Boris will be to ensure that the Leave campaign will have as its figurehead – though not in a formal role – one of the most popular politicians in Britain who is regularly mobbed on the streets. He also appeals to young voters, who are most likely to be pro-EU.
But behind every Johnson intervention is a calculation about whether it will help or hinder the most important mission of his professional life: ensuring that he becomes prime minister. Cameron, he likes to say, was a mere PR man outside politics, while he was editor of the Spectator.
Johnson's thinking will have gone through two stages. In the summer he was advised by supporters that one thing mattered above all: to be on the winning side in the referendum. In recent months, however, Johnson will have heard the musings of one of the six cabinet ministers campaigning for a Leave vote. This is that the next leader of the Conservative party will have campaigned to leave the EU because the contest will be decided by the overwhelmingly eurosceptic Tory grassroots.
It is a risk. But Johnson will have judged that campaigning to leave and losing is survivable. Campaigning to remain and losing would probably be terminal.
One Tory grandee thought Johnson was making a personal calculation, though he said it was important not to overlook his political convictions. The Tory said: "As with all these occasions it is a combination of people's principled views and ambitions and enmities. With Cameron and Boris it is a rivalry going back yonks."
Downing Street remained aloof from the announcement and was avoiding the temptation to highlight Johnson's many pronouncements in favour of the EU. The pro-EU campaign, Britain Stronger in Europe, performed that task with relish. It helped that one of the brains behind the pro-EU side is Hugo Dixon, an Eton contemporary who attended the same prep school as Johnson. If only the future London mayor had prepared a little more assiduously for a house debating competition when he was on Dixon's team at school – they lost – Dixon may have pulled his punches.


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Wembley tower block fire: 60 firefighters tackle blaze on 13th floor
PUBLISHED: 08:28 17 May 2019 | UPDATED: 09:12 17 May 2019
Sixty firefighters tackled a blaze on the 13th floor of a tower block in Wembley this morning.
Crews were called to Hatton Road just after 7am after 23 people called to report a fire on a balcony.
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Firefighters from Wembley, Park Royal, Northolt, Acton, Ealing, Willesden and North Kensington are at the scene.
The cause is not yet known.
Station Manager Brendan O'Brien is at the scene, he said: "The fire was contained to the balcony. There are no reports of any injuries at this stage.
"There are local road closures in place. They will be reopening soon but motorists are advised to avoid the area."


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There is a position in a startup which is often overlooked and undervalued. After you've hired your engineers, product manager and designers, I think one of the next hires should be a community manager.
The job of the community manager should be to evangelise your product and business. They should be blogging, tweeting, and making outward noise, and responding to inward enquiries with charisma, a sense of urgency and humour. They should have their eyes open for events, networking opportunities, PR opportunities, pitching sessions and so forth. They should be as passionate about the business as its founder and should understand the customer, market and niche and make noise where your customers read, watch and play.
The Community Manager is a marketing position, and there are endless responsibilities associated with this kind of role. A creative and smart community manager will never have nothing to do.
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Howard Shore at The National Concert Hall – Review & Photos
Three time Academy Award winner Howard Shore had a marvelous evening of music in the National Concert Hall on Saturday the 26th of April. The concert exhibited not only his talent as a film music composer, but also his compositions for the concert platform. There were many different ensembles involved; the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, the DIT Chamber Choir and also the University of Dublin Choral Society along with RTÉ's Cór na nÓg and many soloists. Shore had been in Dublin days previous to the concert and had spent lots of time working and rehearsing with all the groups involved. There was a quick 'question and answer' with Shore on stage before the show and it was nice to see his great involvement with all aspects of the concert, assuring us that this was going to be a fantastic show.
The concert began with 'Fanfare for Organ and Brass' which was commissioned by Macy's to celebrate their 150th year in business. The intricate organ played skilfully by David Leigh had fast winding passages that intertwined beautifully with the Brass. The linear movement of the piece was constantly building, keeping me on the edge of my seat. The mixture of the two progressing parts created a magical cosmic effect that shone throughout the Concert Hall.
A selection from Shore's Seven Pieces for Chamber Orchestra were played next. Emotive fluttering strings opened the performance with a constantly changing wind-like quality. Wicki looked like a wizard in front of the players, his baton like a wand steering the music down its mythical path. Regularly changing harmony and dissonance controlled long passages and created a prolonged sense of tension. Clara Sanabras hauntingly beautiful voice produced swelling and carefully controlled notes, and with her breathy tone, wowed the audience. The selection of pieces were dynamic and contrasting, showing us the wide spectrum of Shore's compositional talents.
Shore frequently draws inspiration from nature and it is no surprise that Mythic Gardens was inspired by the architecture of three classic Italian Gardens. The soloist Emma-Jane Murphy (who has newly been appointed as Principal Cello for the RTÉ Concert Orchestra) came out in a stunning long red and orange dress. Emma's talents shone in this work; her singing vibrato was absolutely outstanding and the skill in which she played the extremely fast and difficult parts was mesmerizing. The interaction and fluidity between orchestra and soloist were seamless; a carefully composed intricate musical jigsaw.
After the interval was the epic Lord of The Rings Symphony. With all of the ensembles present on stage, we were ready to begin our journey to middle earth. Although DIT's Choral Society and Chamber choirs did not start out loud enough at the beginning (unfortunately effecting the balance of the work,) they soon came into their own and put on a great performance. The addition of RTÉ's Cór na nÓg was a brilliant choice. The children's choir brought a lovely tone to the performance and were extremely professional. The intensity of sound from the Orchestra was magnificent and all of the soloists involved put on a superb show. What is amazing about the Lord of The Rings Symphony is the organic morphing of very different themes and sounds. Anthemic and tenderly touching passages flow into each other so easily producing a constant change of emotions and musical scenery.
Following the Symphony Howard came on stage and graciously thanked every ensemble involved in the show, insisting on making sure that everyone had their moment. He even started taking out roses from his own bouquet and started giving them to members of the orchestra! It was an emotionally touching and special night in the National Concert Hall without a doubt, filled with wonderful, powerful music. It was brilliant to see a different side to Howard Shore as a composer, and explore more than just his film music.
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A 92-year-old woman paddled in the sea for the first time in 20 years as Blackpool basked in glorious sunshine.
Norah Corkhill had not left her home at Glen Tanar Rest Home for almost a year due to ill health.
But when temperatures rose to more than 20 degrees this Bank Holiday Monday, she decided to walk from the home on Cavendish Road, Bispham, to the Queen's Promenade and kick off her shoes.
And the former ammunitions worker even felt well enough to return the following day for a paddle.
Lorraine Ferguson, manager at Glen Tanar, who accompanied Norah to the beach, said: "She's not actually been out of the care home since she got here. She's been here roughly about a year. She's quite active in the home and the gardens, but she never felt up to going out.
"She was determined she would walk. We got to the Prom and she said 'I've reached my goal'.
"She started walking from the Prom on to the beach and took her slippers off and had a paddle.
"It has been 20 years since the last time she was in the water.
"I was a bit wary about going down the ramp with her but we wanted to try it to see if she could make it. Obviously we had the wheelchair in case she couldn't manage. But we didn't need it."
Norah, a mum of one, said: "I used to go down Squires Gate and see the beach from there. With my health I wasn't feeling good.
"I have always liked the sea. The manager took me down and it was really nice of her."


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At https://www.skipal.bg/ you will find Bansko ski rental and the cheapest options for the winter. The easiest way is to book through the platform, after you choose the perfect package for you. There are some standard and premium packages with great deals for 2018 and 2019. For example, the package of lift card and ski hire is with 15% discount if you take them together. The same discount is if you choose to book a lift card and ski school.
If you choose the full package, which includes everything – the ski rent, the ski school and the lift card, there is a 45 % discount. That is a unique deal for Bulgaria, so don't hesitate for too long. If you book Bansko ski rental online, there are 10% discount. The only thing which is 5% more is if you book the lift card online, but that is a choice to not stand in line for the lift pass, after you arrive. Who can join the ski school? The school is open for every age, no matter of the skills. IF you are a beginner or if you are intermediate, you can choose to learn or to improve your skills.
Why to choose Bansko ski rental? To take your own equipment could be difficult and heavy. Dealing with the airlines and their taxes could be avoided by choosing the easiest and cheapest way. At the same time the skis you can hire in Bansko, are designed for the terrain and the particular conditions. Take a look at SkiPal.bg and you may see all the possibilities you have in Bulgaria for the winter at the lowest price. Decide by yourself.