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40 Before 40: Challenge #8
I am now starting to get a bit panicked about completing this challenge, which is to watch the Top 250 Films on iMDB. And I have another four and a half years to complete it. The problem is that I need to watch another 160 films, which works out at about one film per week on average. That sounds manageable, right? In actual fact, there are quite a lot of films on the list that I know are going to be emotionally painful for me to sit through because I have no interest in watching them; for example, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, which someone once lent me on DVD but I actually fell asleep during them so I can't honestly say that I have watched them from start to finish.
Also I know that if I don't religiously watch one film a week, I will end up having to watch films around the clock in order to be able to achieve it.
There is no point in complaining. I set these challenge myself. Here is what I have recently ticked off the list!
24. It's a Wonderful Life
This was a beautiful and romantic film. I can't believe I haven't seen it before. I think this film is on TV every year at Christmas but I never had any interest to watch it. It's an old film from the 1920s and it reminded me a bit of Dicken's A Christmas Carol. Although it was made years and years ago, the themes of the film (corruption, betrayal and economic difficulties) are still relevant today. It was a bit odd to watch this in March when there is so much snow and Christmas trees in the snow but I am now wishing it was Christmas so that I can watch it again.
70. Citizen Kane
This is one of the most critically acclaimed films of all times. It's the mystery story of a newspaper mogul whose dying word is "rosebud". The story flips back and forth between different periods of time as a reporter sets about to investigate the meaning of his dying word. He uncovers the truth about the humble beginnings of the wealthy newspaper publisher and his earlier life. The meaning of the word "rosebud" remains elusive but is revealed to the audience at the end of the film.
I feel like I should have enjoyed this film a lot more than I thought I should have. I'm glad that I watched it because of how highly it is regarded and because it was Orson Welles' first film (who I only thought was an author) but I am not sure that I would make a beeline to watch it again.
99. 3 Idiots
This was a hard film to find with English subtitles. The film is a Bollywood film and most of the speech is in Hindi but it does occasionally switch to English mid-sentence. I thought that all Bollywood films were just about dancing and having fun but there is a suicide in this one, which I wasn't expecting. The story is about 3 friends who meet in engineering college. The inevitable boy meets girl, boy rebels against the norms of the college and a twist about the identity of one of the friends feature heavily through the film. Some parts of the film had me laughing out loud. Very clever and funny.
214. The Princess Bride
This is a film from the 80s that I have never heard of before but I recognised most of the cast from other 80s films and TV series. My main issue with this film was that I wasn't sure what the films audience was. It was like a cross between a kids film, a romance and a slapstick. The story itself wasn't bad per se but some parts of it, especially the animation of animals was really dated. I'm not sure why this film managed to get to this high a position in the list. I personally think that it is taking the place of a much more deserving film.
242. The Help
This was a great film and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was about the story of a small town in Mississippi and the ambitions of a young writer, who exposed the racism experienced by 'the help' at the hands of affluent white families. Some of the film was tragic and other bits had me laughing out loud. It was based on a true stories and I always find films based on true stories more interesting.
I have now watched 94 out of the 250 films. Slowly but surely I will get there…
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Here is an update about my #40Before40: Challenge #8, in which I am attempting to watch all of the Top 250 Films as rated by iMDB.
These are the films I have managed to watch recently:
I had never heard of this film before, but what a film it was! It's a really interesting look at a jury deliberating on the fate of a man on trial. I was captivated because, although the film begins with the judge saying his final words before dismissing the jury to agree on the verdict, the audience never once hears from the defendant or any of the lawyers. We only hear the discussions of the jury and what they remember from hearing at the trial. The case looks clear cut until one of the jury has doubts that the defendant is guilty and this leads to intense discussions about the notions of proof and doubt. I would highly recommend this film, if you haven't already seen it.
49. Memento
I realised as soon as I sat down to watch this that I had seen this before: As I have so many left on my list to watch and I can remember clearly what happened in the film, I decided not to watch it. If I have time at the end, I will probably watch it again. It is a great film though about a man who had a condition where he can't remember anything. Which is ironic because I couldn't remember seeing it.
52. The Great Dictator
I have never seen any Charlie Chaplin films before and I was surprised by how much I liked it and by how funny it was. We are often shocked by things that comedians say or do today but this film shows that this has been the case for decades. The film essentially parodies Hitler, who saw himself as a great dictator. It was filmed during the time of the Second World War, which I find quite shocking with some of the impressions and suggestions that Chaplin makes. Chaplin plays both the role of the Great Dictator (a dictator of the fictional Tomainian) and a Jewish barber, who experiences trouble with his memory after saving the life of a pilot. I read later that Chaplin cast himself as a Jew because Hitler had mistakenly thought that he was Jewish. It was very satirical on many levels. I think that there is another Chaplin film on the list to watch and I am very much looking forward to watching that as well.
143. Casino
This film had a sort of an Ocean's Eleven feel about it and at the start I had the feeling that it was going to run on similar lines. It was a typical gangster-type film with Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci, whom I can never watch without thinking of the Home Alone movies. I think that I liked the film overall but for me the film was a touch too long (two minutes short of three hours). I'm not sure if a shorter film would have taken away from the feel of the film or not but I guess that is a question that the director and the producers have to make. It also stars Sharon Stone as a former prostitute/coke head, who is married to Robert DeNiro's character and you know that she is going to be trouble right from the off, even though he clearly loves and trusts her implicitly. In my opinion, this is the best role I have seen Stone play, though I am not sure that I would be able to name any other films that she was in off the top of my head.
153. La La Land
I love musicals but I am not so sure that I loved this film. If I am being honest, I don't get why this film was such a big deal at the Oscars. The plot at the beginning was a bit too predictable: struggling actress who works in a coffee shop means musician who is having his creativity stifled by the industry hate each other but then end up dating. I can't decide if I thought the ending was genius or a bit pathetic. It definitely wasn't a traditional Hollywood ending and I'm still deciding how the ending made me feel and how I should interpret it. I did, however, love Ryan Gosling's tap dancing.
So, that is another 5 movies off the list. I have now watched 90 and I have 160 left to watch. To me, it seems like I am making very little process with this list. I'm hoping in the next months, I can get quite a few more ticked off the list. I might have to have a big of a binge watch to start making a dent in the list!
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#40 Before 40: Challenge #8
As part of my #40Before40 Challenge #8, I am attempting to watch all of the Top 250 Films of all time as listed on iMDB.
Below are the films that I have watched in the past two months.
25. Life is Beautiful
I don't know what I was expecting with this film but I wasn't expecting it to be set in a concentration camp. A feckless but charming Jewish waiter woos a well-to-do lady, who is very much out of his league, and settles down to have a son with her. His bookshop is targeted by the Nazis and eventually he and his son are taken to the concentration camp. The wife also demands to go with them but they are separated when they arrive. Although the subject matter of the film is tragic, there are lighter sizes to the story that provide comic relief and also highlights the importance of love and hope. When arriving at the camp, the husband offers to translate from German to tell the new arrivals what the rules are. So that his son isn't scared, he sets out the rules of a game so that his son will behave himself and life will be easier for him in the camp. It's an interesting story with a happy ending which is tinged with sadness. The film is originally in Italian. As my Italian is not great, I watch the dubbed English version.
46. Gladiator
I am being honest here. I have started to watch this film a number of time but I have always fallen asleep in the middle of it. My general rule is that if you can't tell me a story in two and a half hours maximum, I am not interested. This is almost 3 hours long. Essentially, the film starts with the lead character just wanting to go home after he has done his days work. This is most people's lives from Monday to Friday. After the new Emperor kills his wife and son to punish him for his defiance, he ends up being found and becomes a gladiator. In the end, the length of the film didn't bother me too much. It did get be wondering why Russell Crowe has managed to be in so many of the Top 250. I've never really rated him so highly but he must be doing something right.
65. Alien
I don't think I had ever seen this film because I thought it would be too scary. It was made in 1979. I can imagine at the time that this film was scary to the audience but in 2017, the special effects look dated and a bit laughable. Perhaps the funniest part was when one of the crew members was being attacked by the alien and the camera cut to a shot of the ship's cat's shocked face. Also I was a bit disappointed that Sigorny Weaver's character, at a pivotal moment in the story, feels the need to abandon her crew members to go and find her cat. I wonder if this is where the phrase "crazy cat lady" comes from? Being Hollywood, of course, her and cat manage to get away safely or so it would appear…
85. Taxi Driver
Oh, so this is the film where Robert De Niro says "You talking to me? Of course, you're talking to me. Nobody else is here" or words to that effect. Basically, De Niro is an ex-marine who served in Vietnam, who arrives back in America and, presumably because of Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, isn't able to sleep so he gets a job driving a taxi. While watching the film I wasn't 100% what parts of his life he was delusional about. At one point, he is telling women that he works for the secret service. He then starts training with guns and at one point he is ready to assassinate a candidate for the Presidential Primary. In the end, he uses his shooting skills for good and rescues a very young Jodie Foster from a life of prostitution. It also features a foul-mouthed Harvey Keitel as a pimp who gets his comeuppance. As the film is move 40 years old, I found some of the scene were unintentionally funny. Overall, a really good film.
103. L.A Confidental
A brutal murder is investigated by the highly-corrupt LAPD. A new detective with high morals is put in charge but none of his colleagues think that he has the stomach to solve the case. The film is very old school, Hollywood glamour. I'm actually not so sure that I enjoyed this film. Also I did get a bit confused because there was a character called Pierce but the actor playing the rookie detective was Guy Pearce and I got confused about who people were referring to.
120. Downfall
A film about the last few days of Hitler's life and the downfall of the Third Reich. The film was actually in German with English subtitles. The story was based on one of Hitler's private secretaries diary. It was an interesting story and well acted and it was no surprise to me that it was in the Top 250 films.
I have now watched 85 of the films on the list. Just 165 more to go!
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Central Hotel 21 *** is located in the city centre of Budapest close to the most visited sites (Danube, Market Hall, Synagogue, National Museum) and all parts of the city are within easy reach with public transportation. Shopping areas, theatres, restaurants (with reasonable prices) and cafés are in walking distance (5 minutes on foot).
Each room is equipped with a pay-per-use mini bar, an LCD TV, Safe, a direct-dial phone, and the uniquely designed bathroom offers a hairdryer to the guests. Some of them have a view to the street the others to the yard inside.
• Breakfast is not included in room rates. It is available at 6 EUR per person.
• The hotel's own parking lot is available for the guests at 10 EUR per car per day.
• Garage is available for guests at 10 EUR per car per day.
• Pets are welcome free of charge.
Each room is equipped with a pay-per-use mini bar, an LCD TV, a direct-dial phone, and the uniquely designed bathroom offers a hairdryer to the guests. Some of them have a view to the street the others to the yard inside.


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Q: How to find multiple present elements and display them in Python + Selenium What I want to accomplish in Selenium using Python is to be able to check multiple elements to see if they are present. I then want to display a message of "present" if they are present, then a message of "not present" when they aren't on the page being tested. I also want the test to register a message prior to testing that grabs the title of the page and enters it into a print statement to read out something like "Testing Test Page." I don't know the best way to go about this.
Is there somehow I can enter my code without it being endless lines of setting a variable to the tag/class name of the element I want to check, plus the if/else statements to go with them?
Below is the code I've managed to get working, but it's not as perfect as I want it.
import unittest
from selenium import webdriver

class Test(unittest.TestCase):

   def setUp(self):
   self.driver = webdriver.Chrome()

   # What is being tested
   def test_search(self):
   driver = self.driver
   driver.get("localhost:8888/")
   self.assertIn("localhost:8888/", driver.title)
   if driver.title == "http://localhost:8888/":
       print("Testing Test Page...")
   else:
       print("Pages don't match up. Please check the code.")

   elem = driver.find_elements_by_tag_name("body")

   if len(elem):
       print(elem.tag_name)
   else:
       print(elem.tag_name, " is not present")

   # Clean up testing
   def tearDown(self):
   self.driver.close()

if __name__ == "__main__":
 unittest.main()

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Ben Poole is a British blues rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. One reviewer noted that "his music style is original and can be described as energetic blend of blues, pop, and rock and roll". Poole's musical ability has been lauded by Jeff Beck and Gary Moore.

Life and career
Poole's father was a professional musician and there were several musical instruments in his household when Poole was going up.  However, from the age of nine, Poole was only interested in playing the guitar.  He had a guitar tutor who encouraged Poole to play what he liked.  Through this approach, Poole learned how to play Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Chile". Poole recalled that particular teacher "... made me want to sit down and play". He performed his first gig in a heavy metal subsequently noting "I guess when you're in school at that age you kind of fall into liking what all your friends are into. It takes a while to work out what you really like". When he later played in a three piece blues rock ensemble, his drummer decided to enlist at the British and Irish Modern Music Institute in Brighton, which made Poole drop the idea of doing a history degree, and concentrate instead on his fledgling musical career. He began to perform regularly building up a small fan base. His musicianship was such that he was named by Total Guitar magazine as 'the guitarist to watch out for in 2010'. The following year, Poole was nominated in three categories at the British Blues Awards. In 2012, Poole was chosen as the UK representative at the European Blues Challenge held in Berlin, where he came third out of 19 participating countries. That same year, Poole was voted '2012's Best Newcomer' by Blues Matters! magazine. Poole played
"Hey Joe" at the Bluesmoose Festival in Groesbeek, Netherlands, in April 2012, where the performance became the most viewed video from the Festival. His debut album, Let's Go Upstairs, was self-released that same year. The album was produced by a Grammy Award winner, Isaac Nossel.  On the recording, seven of the songs were Poole originals, two were co-writes with Nossel and three were versions of previous material, which included the Otis Redding/Steve Cropper penned song "Mr. Pitiful" and the Ann Peebles original "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down".

Poole's next recording was the live album, Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2014). The album was released by Manhaton Records, the first of a trio of Poole albums on that label. Gary Moore called Poole "A really good guitar player!" and Jeff Beck once commented that he "Really loved his playing". In 2016, Poole issued his next release, Time Has Come, which included four tracks written by Poole among a total of 10 songs. On 14 September 2018, Poole released his next studio album, Anytime You Need Me. It was recorded at Superfly Studios in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, and was produced by Wayne Proctor. Poole co-wrote the album with two writing partners, Proctor and Steve Wright. Poole commented "We basically locked ourselves away regularly over a period of around six months at a studio in the hills of North Wales writing and demoing the majority of the tunes on this album from scratch. It's the first time I've worked in this way and, though it was challenging to force myself to conjure a creative mind-set on cue when in a room with two other songwriters whom I'd never written with before, I think the results are really rewarding". To support the album's release, Poole went on a 14-date UK tour in November and December 2018. Poole continued his work on the road, completing a 140-date, 19-country tour. In addition, Poole and his backing band have played at a number of music festivals such as Glastonbury Festival (UK), Download Festival (UK), Sierre Blues Festival (Switzerland), Culemborg Festival (Netherlands), and the Schoppingen Blues Festival (Germany).

In 2019, Poole undertook a recording schedule to complete his self-released live double album, Trio/// Live '19. The recording took place in England in July 2019 over three venues. These were the Old Schoolhouse in Barnsley, The Half Moon, Putney, and Bootleggers in Kendal. The album primarily contained the most popular cuts from his previous two albums, 2016's Time Has Come and 2018's Anytime You Need Me. Like many others, Poole's activities were then curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic, which meant that he was grounded until restrictions lifted.  He could plan a touring profile that included gigs in the UK, Canada, US, and all over Europe. He noted, "It's going to be fun to get back out there — doing the festivals again especially". In 2021, Poole issued another live album, although this time in an acoustic format and in conjunction with the Dutch bluesman, Guy Smeets. It was called Acoustic Duo Live

Discography

Albums

See also
List of British blues musicians

References

External links
Official website

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
British blues singers
British blues guitarists
British male singer-songwriters
Blues rock musicians

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TSU Co-Leader: Oscar Miller, Ph.D.
Dr. Oscar Miller is a Professor of Sociology and Head of the Department of Sociology at Tennessee State University. Dr. Miller has over 15 years of administrative experience and is a commissioner on the Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County Human Relations Commission. He has over 25 years of research experience using a broad range of qualitative and quantitative research methods including multivariate statistical analysis, face-to-face interviews, and focus groups; and has conducted survey, program evaluation, and community-based research. His research has addressed delivery of human services, health disparities, barriers to employment for ex-offenders, workplace culture, race relations, employee satisfaction, commitment, and employee turnover, and the effectiveness of government programs and organizations. His work is published in a book and several scholarly articles and technical reports.
VICC Co-Leader: Pamela Hull, Ph.D.
Dr. Pamela Hull is an Assistant Professor in the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the Department of Medicine, Division of Epidemiology. Prior to joining Vanderbilt faculty in 2011, she served as Associate Director of the Center for Prevention Research at Tennessee State University. Dr. Hull is a medical sociologist with expertise in the development,testing, and dissemination of behavioral interventions to promote cancer prevention behaviors in youth. Her current research focuses on increasing HPV vaccine use, healthy eating, and physical activity, using social marketing and new technology applications. Much of her work addresses health disparities among African American, Hispanic, and low-income populations, in collaboration with community partners. Dr. Hull has over 12 years of experience as an investigator conducting community-engaged research.
MMC Co-Leader: Maureen Sanderson, Ph.D.
Dr. Maureen Sanderson is a Professor of Family and Community Medicine at Meharry Medical College. Dr. Sanderson is a cancer epidemiologist with expertise in community-based participatory research. Her current research focuses on discovering breast cancer genetic risk variants, investigating the interaction of diabetes and obesity in breast and prostate cancer, increasing HPV vaccine uptake, assessing needs of cancer survivors, and designing smoking cessation interventions. Dr. Sanderson has over 20 years of experience as principal investigator of etiologic and intervention studies of breast, prostate, cervical and lung cancer.
An experienced community health educator (CHE), Ms. McAfee has worked with diverse populations in the field of health education/health promotion for over 15 years. Ms. McAfee is accomplished in program development and implementation and has presented information on issues such as nutrition and physical activity at several state conferences. Ms. McAfee has experience in community outreach projects regarding cancer prevention, HIV/AIDS, childhood obesity prevention, healthy relationships, and nutrition and physical activity. Ms. McAfee also contributes to the National Cancer Institute's National Outreach Network on a coordinated agenda to identify, develop, and disseminate health promotion and cancer education information. Prior to her position as CHE, Ms. McAfee worked as a medical case manager for Duke University Medical Center where she provided case management and advocacy for persons symptomatic with HIV/AIDS.
Outreach Coordinator: Jessica Jones, M.S.
Jessica Jones is a Research Associate with the Center for Prevention Research at Tennessee State University. Ms. Jones is responsible for managing the organizational and communications aspects of the MVTCP Cancer Outreach Core. This includes coordinating the MVTCP Community Advisory Board, providing information about the MVTCP at public and educational events, and supporting research and applied projects developed by the MVTCP funded investigators. Ms. Jones has experience leading teams of interviewers in data collection for multi-institutional projects. Prior to joining TSU, Ms. Jones served the youth of Davidson County as a Probation Officer with Juvenile Court and as a Behavior Specialist in the public school system.
Behavioral Research Faculty: Rebecca Selove, Ph.D.
Dr. Rebecca Selove was recruited by the MVTCP in 2013 as Research Associate Professor in the TSU Center for Prevention Research, to enhance the behavioral cancer research capacity of MVTCP and work closely with the COC. Dr. Selove completed a Ph.D. in Psychology from Vanderbilt University with a dual focus on social and clinical psychology, and an M.P.H. from St. Louis University, with a focus on Behavioral Science and Health Education. She has worked as a clinical psychologist in public school systems, community mental health centers, and children's hospitals, providing services to individuals and families. She has been a consultant for staff in health services agencies, helping to develop programs, implement evidence-informed practices, and improve communication and coordination among team members to support patient-centered care.


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Riding a blue horse
Artbank / QPAC Commission
Not hours minutes
An ordinary poetry
Temporary Arrangements
Crown legs arms
Sydney Contemporary 2017
Art Basel Hong Kong 2017
Piece of wood
Sidney Myer Australian Ceramic Prize
Dust over Aleppo
Peace is guilty
Art Fair Tokyo
Art Stage Singapore
Karen Black Paintings
Image by Social Media Soup - Sydney Contemporary collaboration with Handpicked Wines 2018
Karen Black's painting practice explores time and space within global social, economic and political situations. With an interest in architecture, culture and history, the work tells the human stories within these environments, blending the historical with the mythical and traversing the complex interchange between the personal and the political.
Karen completed a Bachelor of Fine Art at Griffith University in 2011. She is the recipient of the 2019 Glasshouse Stonehouse residency in France and the recipient of the 2019 Artbank/QPAC Commission. She was a finalist in the Sir John Sulman Prize at the AGNSW in 2019, 2018 and 2017, and in 2019, a finalist in The Sunshine Coast Art Prize and The Kilgour Prize. She was the recipient of an Artspace One Year Sydney Studio Residency in 2017. Black's inclusion in recent exhibitions of note include Craftivism: Dissident Objects and Subversive Forms at Shepparton Art Museum, Victoria and touring nationally 2019-2020, Beyond Reason: Exploring the logic of the imagination, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, The Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramic Award, Shepparton Art Museum, 2017, Shut up and Paint, NGV International, Melbourne 2016-17, Borders, Barriers, Walls, Monash University Museum of Art 2016 and Painting, More Painting, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne 2016. In 2016 Karen Black was a finalist in The Gold Award at Rockhampton Regional Gallery and in 2014 was awarded the Belle Arti Prize and was the Art and Australia/Credit Suisse Private Banking Contemporary Art Award recipient in 2013. In 2011 Karen was named as a Global Spotlight Artist at Art Taipei. Her work has been exhibited at Art Basel HK, Art Stage Singapore, Art Taipei, and Tokyo Art Fair. Her works are held in prestigious public collections including Monash University Museum of Art, National Gallery of Victoria, Australian War Memorial, Griffith University Art Gallery, Artbank, Macquarie Bank Collection, QUT Art Museum and the Salsali Private Museum in Dubai, in addition to various private collections both in Australia and overseas.

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Allagash canoe trips are for all ages and for those with little or no experience. This trip was six days and five nights from just below Chase Stream Rips to Allagash Village. Swim, fish, view moose,eagles and loons, learn to handle a canoe, meet and make new friends and eat great meals cooked over the open fire. Discover why Maine is a top summer vacation destination and why the Allagash wilderness Waterway is the most famous river for canoe trips east of the Mississippi. Contact Maine Guide Dave Conley to discuss your next adventure and summer vacation plans during the 2016 summer season.


We talk about some of our music podcast song picks.
Tom starts a new segment about cool "free" tools for musicians.
This weeks choice - The new Soundcloud.com mobile app for android and iPhone. Record songs and ideas and share them with band members.
Sub Product to work with it, a Mikey microphone which will give you a even higher quality sound.
PublicSpaces Lab removes Paypal from it's site in protest of it's wikileaks stance.
We talk some more about creative commons and creator endorsed artist choices from these Free Software Magazine articles.
Converse creates a recording studio. You know... for the kids. Or is it just another reality show waiting to happen.
Next week we interview Mike Nutt.


On behalf of Law Office of Kimberly A. Abrams & Associates, P.A. posted in Commercial Real Estate on Thursday, August 30, 2018.
An investigation has been launched by the Florida Office of Financial Regulation into the promise of thousands of dollars in investments for borrowers of home mortgagees. The investigation was launched into Five Star Elite Services, which is headquartered in Orlando. The investigation came to fruition after an investigative report from News 6.
On behalf of Law Office of Kimberly A. Abrams & Associates, P.A. posted in Real Estate Disputes on Monday, August 27, 2018.
A condo on Fisher Island was recently sold after a previous legal dispute involving the buyer was resolved. The condo on Fisher Island was purchased for $6.44 million by a Mexican billionaire. The unit, which is part of Bayview at Fisher Island was purchased through the Antarctica International entity.
On behalf of Law Office of Kimberly A. Abrams & Associates, P.A. posted in Mortgages on Friday, August 24, 2018.
When you prepare to purchase a new home, you will likely hear discussions about property title searches from the realtor or your real estate attorney. This is something important to listen to and understand so that you do not come across any issues down the road. Let's take a look at the most common issues with property titles.
What legal documents will I need to sell my home?
On behalf of Law Office of Kimberly A. Abrams & Associates, P.A. posted in Real Estate Transactions on Wednesday, August 8, 2018.
The decision to sell your home is never an easy one, even if you have to move because of work or some other important reason. As you prepare to list the home on the market in Fort Lauderdale, you will want to make sure you have all the required legal documents in order. Preparing these documents prior to listing the home can make the sale a smooth one for both parties.
On behalf of Law Office of Kimberly A. Abrams & Associates, P.A. on Thursday, August 2, 2018.
Are you a home seller who was hit with an appraised value of your house that came in lower than you expected? It most likely put a screeching halt to an impending sale. This will happen when you accept an offer only to have it negated with an appraisal on your home that comes in lower than the agreed upon price.
Struggling to make loan payments? Three potential resolutions.
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As a wedding photographer working in Melbourne & the Yarra Valley I have seen many celebrants in action. There are LOADS of marriage celebrants plying their trade in these areas, and I have had the good fortune of working with some really great celebrants.
I have also had the misfortune of working with some of the worst, car crash, please-make-it-stop kind of marriage celebrants too! On the up-side, I guess they make me really appreciate the good ones!!
So, I'm going to tell you about the good ones.
The celebrants that do a great job, arrive on time, are personable, aren't like used car salesmen (why are used car salespeople nearly always men?!), know how to smile, put people at ease and just generally know how to conduct a great ceremony.
Located close to the gateway of the Yarra Valley, Maree Livy is the marriage celebrant who always has the best shoes! She LOVES shoes, as her Instagram feed will attest to. I first met Maree at a Stones of the Yarra Valley wedding and we still work together there alot. In fact, I only ever see Maree at great wedding venues, and they're all mostly in the Yarra Valley. Maybe it has something to do with the shoes?!
Bronte Price is probably Melbourne's most popular gay marriage celebrant. You'll often see him popping up on The Project with a juicy quote or two. He is also the co-founder of The Equality Network which has been set up to educate and inform wedding professionals how to work respectfully with LGBTI couples.
One of Melbourne's most popular marriage celebrants and the multi ABIA award winner Andrew Redman is very popular with couples getting married for a reason.


With the Royal Wedding making big news, it wasn't hard to decide what to offer on the Friday Four this week! This recipe is super easy to make – the cheddar and the toasted pecans make the crumbly biscuits delicious!
Here's an easy to make – easy to WOW dinner for Mom this Sunday!
Change up your taco routine – Fun and easy-to-make for this weekend's "Derby de MAYO" or anytime!
A beautiful and interesting AND delicious way to serve up grilled chicken. Not into chicken – this salsa rocks on salmon, too!
Here's an easy-to-make, super to serve AND freeze for later, scrumptious slider!
If you looking for a crowd pleasing dinner for St Patrick's Day – look no further! Full of flavor, color and fun – this is a recipe to serve on Saturday and all year long!
Its just about that time of the year when I start dreaming of ocean breezes and bright veggies from the Mediterranean. This pasta fulfills that wish perfectly. The ratatouille is super easy to make and lovely to topping penne pasta – or just by itself. A super one dish meal to celebrate the Oscars on Saturday night – especially when you pair it with the wine I've suggested!
No matter whether you live in the part of the world where its snowing, or where the weather is just damp and rainy – its the warm comfort food time of the year. I'm breaking out the tagine – which might just be the original slow cooker – in order to make a super easy and delicious stew for dinner!


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Touched by beauty we are changed. With the gasp of breath as we recognize beauty, a place deep within us is touched. This collection of original compositions features soft, romantic new age tracks from Michael Hoppe, 2002, Back To Earth, Hiko, and Troika, touching the beauty, that exists deep within our hearts.
7. K'un (Earth) - Frank Steiner, Jr.
Touched by beauty we are changed. With the gasp of breath as we recognize beauty, a place deep within us is touched.
This collection of original compositions features soft, romantic new age tracks from Michael Hoppe, 2002, Back To Earth, Hiko, and Troika, touching the beauty, that exists deep within our hearts.


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Q: How can I make Caps Lock work like it did prior to Sierra? Downloaded and installed macOS Sierra (10.12) on 10/1/16.
Since then, my Caps Lock key is behaving weirdly different (I'm an OS X user since Mavericks).
Note: This only seems to affect users with more than one language as their input source.
Explanation: Caps Lock simply does not work when a (update: Non-Latin language) language other than English (in my case, Hebrew, an RTL language) is set as the input language. When that's the case and Caps Lock is pressed, it simply blinks for a second and then turns off again, but then and turns off. Even when I am able to turn it on, it doesn't have the same effect (all keys behave as if Caps Lock is off)
Why is this bad: Just a small example — take a look at the bottom-right key, which is ? (or / when Caps Lock is on). When Hebrew is selected, it's actually a period (.) and that is normal. Prior to Sierra, I could press the Shift key to get a ? and hold Caps Lock to get /. Right now I can't use  / when I'm typing in a language other than English because Caps Lock doesn't work.
Note that Caps Lock works just as expected when English is set as the input source.

A: I think I may have found the solution:
It appears that in Sierra, the "default" behavior that I described above is possible, and is now "a feature". Only problem is it's turned-off by default (which is plain ludicrous).
There is now a new option in the input sources screen, which, when turned on, reverts the behavior to the desired one.

The Caps Lock key longer turns green when non-Latin languages are used, but the keys behave as expected. There's the annoying symptom of accidental switching between languages for those who use Caps Lock to Capitalize in English. Luckily for me at least, I switched to Shift for that early on.

A: You can have the old behavior back if you create a duplicate Hebrew keyboard with Ukelele and use that instead of Apple's


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ICR in new collaboration to develop 'next generation' immunotherapy candidate
Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, are working with the Cambridge-based immuno-oncology company Crescendo Biologics on its development of a potential 'next generation' immunotherapy.
This new research collaboration will characterise the non-clinical pharmacology of Crescendo's drug candidate, called CB307 – exploring its effects on cancer cells in a variety of experimental models to complement its ongoing clinical development.
CB307 is an antibody fragment, or 'Humabody', that is being developed by Crescendo and which aims to activate tumour-targeting T cells – a type of immune cell – and expand their populations specifically within the tumour microenvironment.
The drug candidate works by targeting both CD137 – a surface protein on T cells – and prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA), high levels of which are often found on prostate cancer cells.
Next-generation immunotherapies
CB307 is described as an example of a potential 'next generation' immunotherapy because it aims to activate the immune system in a new way – in contrast with checkpoint inhibitors, which have had spectacular success in some cancers but less in others, including prostate cancer.
The new collaboration will include studies on patient-derived prostate cancer tissues to assess the influence of PSMA levels on CB307 activity and the impact of some standard-of-care and experimental therapeutics on PSMA levels. The researchers will also assess the co-localisation of PSMA and CD137 in tumour biopsies from prostate cancer patients.
Professor Johann de Bono, Professor of Experimental Cancer Medicine at the ICR and honorary consultant medical oncologist at The Royal Marsden, said:
"We are very pleased to have initiated this important work with the team at Crescendo. Next-generation immunotherapies could offer much-needed new treatment options to patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer, as well as other common cancer types. We expect this collaboration to provide meaningful additional insights into the mechanisms and activity of CB307 in a variety of relevant settings."
Dr Andrew Pierce, VP Translational Biology at Crescendo, said:
"The ICR is a world-renowned research institution, and we are very excited to have the opportunity to collaborate with Professor de Bono and his team to further explore the immunobiology of PSMA and CD137, including their co-localisation in tumour tissue. The results of these translational studies will be of great importance in understanding the profile of CB307, especially when placed alongside the clinical results as they continue to emerge from our ongoing clinical programme."
More about prostate cancer research commercialisation at the ICR
The ICR, alongside our hospital partner The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, hosts one of the world's leading prostate cancer research programmes. We also run about 50 first-in-human trials of novel drugs at any one time – in a range of cancer types – and sponsor later-stage drug trials.
Recent highlights from our prostate cancer therapeutics programmes include the publication of preclinical research describing the effects of CCS1477, a novel p300/CBP inhibitor we are developing in collaboration with the company CellCentric, and the announcement of initial results from a phase III trial of 177Lu-PSMA-617, a lutetium-based radiopharmaceutical owned by Novartis.
Current opportunities to collaborate with our researchers include the development of IL-23 inhibitors in prostate cancer.
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