I blew my nose a lot, and applied a lot of sunscreen to a lot of little people.
It was superlatively fun when it wasn't assuredly un-fun, if you know what I mean, and we all laughed a heck of a lot, so it was kind of unparalleled and uber-amazing.
Even at the hospital with the pneumonia-tic asthmatic kid.
It was an adventure and a half. And it was an escape from the glorious and grand normalcy of habitual life in Connecticut.
Before everybody and their brother in our crew got terrifically sick, I had decided to get a little bit of personal research done on the vacation. I planned to use the time away from my routine to force myself to consistently use one single brand of products for a whole entire week, to see what I could learn.
Beauty product "obsessed" people like myself are brand-jumpers not because we are entirely brand-disloyal, but more so simply devoted to scores of brands all at once. I wondered how a full week of single-brand allegiance might change my regimen, my skin, my visage, and the way I think or felt about all of it.
I found a jackpot of Fresh brand products and packed every last tube, jar, bar and sample packet into my travel bag.
I used only Fresh products for the entire vacation for all my hygienic and (non-color) cosmetic needs. Not just skincare folks, but also soap, deodorant, body lotion, etc.
Utilities such as bug spray, sunscreen and toothpaste. Panama has Zika and although I'm not having any more babies, we didn't want any bites, so we used uber-strong stuff. (Incidentally, I would need a commercial vehicle to transport the whole family if we had a 5th nugget.) My lip-specific sun protection product was indeed Fresh, however!
Hair care such as shampoo & conditioner. Fresh does make both the former and latter, but frankly I don't wash my hair much, so it would have felt very disingenuous to study and report on these product categories. (The rest of me is usually super-clean, promise!) The Aromatherapy Associates hotel-stocked shampoo and conditioner were surprisingly aromatherapeutic and pleasingly eucalyptus-y, which was fabulous for my devilish head cold, on the one (yep singular) day that I actually did wash my hair.
Plant-based ingredients have true worth.
Here, below, are the Fresh products I used. They were mostly from Fresh's Soy, Rose, and Black Tea collections, with a smattering of this-n-that. About half were samples and half were paid for by this here ole broad. I rotated based on what looked yummy each AM & PM.
Here are some close-ups of each side of both shelves.
Overnight masks are the best way to brighten skin. Forget anything you use for 2-20 minutes. Use Fresh's overnight masks. They felt... well... Fresh.
(Relatively) expensive body cream feels really, really, really good and makes you totally fancypants.
Scent-layering is fun and sophisticated, but it's very awesome when your whole body (including face and 'pits) smells like one thing, in this particular case Fresh's iconic Sugar from head to toe.
The way you feel about the look of the vanity is a part of how you start your day, and is an overlooked factor in starting your day out right, and is quite possibly crucial. Just looking at all those snow-white products lounging on the counter with that amazing Fresh font just waiting and ready for me was so nurturing - knowing I was taking care of my own self at least a smidgen, despite knowing my priorities were clearly with my sick children and other family members.
Plant-based ingredients have true worth. I just felt a certain something about the Fresh brand botanicals working. I read the ingredients on most of the products and while they didn't seem like purely just-plucked vegetation, there were extracts of everything green abounding, and it felt like they were working overtime.
Sometimes it's just about a feeling... Am I right? If it feels good to you, and harms nobody, do it - it might be indulging in a dop kit full of Fresh, or paying some small kindness forward, or whatever, but do things that feel good.
In the coming months, I'm going to try a full week of solely, uniquely Ole Henriksen brand products (hopefully a group project if anybody wants to join the fiesta), followed by a week of Peter Thomas Roth, and report back my findings.


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Mauna Kea Technologies Participates in Dutch Molecular Imaging Consortium that was Awarded €5.4 Million
MEDPHOT consortium aims to develop light-based molecular imaging solution for pulmonary diseases
Mauna Kea Technologies today announced it is part of a molecular imaging consortium that was awarded €5.4 million by the Perspective Program of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).
Molecular imaging provides insight into molecular and cellular processes in the body, and has the potential to transform healthcare by offering earlier detection and enabling more precise treatment of diseases. For over a decade, the Netherlands has been striving to be a leader in unifying, advancing and optimizing molecular imaging, with an ultimate goal of improving human health. In a continuing effort to promote molecular imaging, the international Photonics Translational Research - Medical Photonics (MEDPHOT) consortium, led by professor of Biophotonics Johannes de Boer of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam has been awarded a 5.4 million euro grant from the NWO for the program "Light for a better view on diseases." This consortium will gather four Dutch Universities (VU Amsterdam, UvA, UU, TU Delft) well-recognized and established in the field of molecular imaging and the Dutch Applied Natural Science Research Organization, three academic dutch hospitals (Amsterdam UMC, UMC Groningen, Leiden UMC) and several international companies including Mauna Kea Technologies. The objective of this 5-year research program is to develop and validate new optical biomarkers that will enable earlier diagnosis, improved treatment and better quality of life. A total of 75 scientists will be working on this research program focusing on technological innovations and clinical assessment, involving a total budget of 18 million euros.
"Thanks to this program, we will assess new molecular imaging markers with probe and needle-based Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy that may allow physicians to make decisions with greater insight, precision and confidence, bringing healthcare one step closer to personalized care, in pulmonary diseases." said J. T. Annema, M.D. Ph.D., professor of Pulmonary Endoscopy, Amsterdam University Medical Center.
"Cellvizio® is the only clinical system that provides the capability to image molecular markers at cellular level," said Robert L. Gershon, Chief Executive Officer of Mauna Kea Technologies. "The "Light for a better view on diseases" program will allow Mauna Kea to partner with leading academic research institutions in the field of molecular imaging to develop and validate the most advanced molecular imaging markers and, more importantly, to assess them in a clinical setting for pulmonary diseases, such as lung cancer, asthma, and interstitial lung diseases."
"One of Mauna Kea strategic priorities for R&D investment has been in molecular imaging development that will enable quantitative and more accurate diagnosis, driving more personalized care and workflow efficiencies from diagnosis to treatment – this makes us an ideal partner for this important research program. The foundation of superior molecular imaging technology that Mauna Kea has developed continues to be increasingly appreciated by researchers and clinicians across many disease states. Most recently, we have experienced a strong market response from potential customers and clinicians for the application of our Cellvizio technology in the area of interventional pulmonology. Our Cellvizio technology has demonstrated the ability to excite, and visualize, a wide variety of molecules which we believe positions us to be an important contributor in the effort to identify new optical biomarkers to improve diagnosis and treatment in the years to come."
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Zeii Egiptului (titlu original: Gods of Egypt) este un film american și australian de aventură, epic, fantastic din 2016 regizat de Alex Proyas. În rolurile principale joacă actorii Brenton Thwaites, Gerard Butler, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Courtney Eaton și Geoffrey Rush. Filmul va fi lansat la 26 februarie 2016.

Butler joacă rolul zeului deșertului și al întunericului, Seth, cel care preia controlul Imperiului Egiptean, iar Thwaites interpretează rolul eroului muritor Bek care este partenerul zeului Horus, interpretat de Coster-Waldau, în misiunea lor de a salva lumea de Seth și de a recupera iubita lui Bek de pe lumea cealaltă. Filmul are ca perspectiva pe Seth care,la inceput,l-a omorat pe fratele sau,devenind Regele Egiptului

Prezentare

Distribuție
 Brenton Thwaites ca Bek, hoț uman.
 Gerard Butler ca Seth, un zeu al deșertului, furtunilor și străinilor în religia Egiptului antic.
 Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ca Horus, un zeu al cerului și fiul lui Osiris.
 Courtney Eaton ca Zaya, o fată sclavă blestemată de Set.
 Geoffrey Rush ca Ra, un zeu al soarelui și tatăl lui Set și Osiris.
 Élodie Yung ca Hathor, zeiță
 Chadwick Boseman ca Thot, zeul înțelepciunii

Producție
Filmările principale, prevăzute cu un buget de 150 de milioane de dolari americani,  au început la 20 martie 2014 la Fox Studios din Sydney.

Note

Legături externe

Zeii Egiptului la Box Office Mojo
Zeii Egiptului la Rotten Tomatoes

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Mitologia Egiptului Antic
Listă de zei din mitologia egipteană

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Hastings and Rother has a new district commander who vowed to tackle organised crime and relentlessly pursue criminals threatening community safety.
Chief Inspector Steve Curry, who succeeds Chief Inspector Rosie Ross, said he was 'very keen' to target A class drug supply in the area.
The 50-year-old married father-of-two paid tribute to Rosie's tenure, who has moved to a similar role in Crawley and Mid Sussex.
"I shall be looking to build on the good work she did while here," he said.
"I am very keen to tackle the threat and risk posed by organised criminality associated with drugs supply in Hastings and Rother - in particular class A drugs such as heroin and cocaine.
Ch Insp Curry began his police career in 1993 as a beat constable in Moulsecomb, Brighton, and then became the community beat officer for St James's Street and Queens Park.
Promotion to sergeant followed in 2000, and two years later he was appointed as neighbourhood policing inspector for East Brighton.
"We will continue to be relentless in the pursuit of those criminals who present the greatest risk to community safety whilst also protecting those who are most vulnerable," he said.
In 2008, Steve was promoted to chief inspector and spent four years at Crawley as district commander before moving to the corporate development department at police HQ in Lewes as head of force performance.
He spent much of the last two years as temporary superintendent heading up the department.
Ch Insp Curry praised the team spirit he has found among officers and staff within Hastings and Rother, saying he had been 'massively impressed' by their 'dedication and real willingness to deliver'.


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Well, I got here, but goodness knows how. It's been the toughest Weight Watchers start I have ever had. I've been starving hungry and nangy all week and don't know how I've managed to stick to the points I'm allowed. I'm not even beginning to feel better for my efforts, but I'm determined to stick with it.
How did the weight loss go?
Well I've lost 2 and 3/4 lb So I'm quite pleased after 4 days.
Which day was the best on the plan and why?
Day one - I used the least points and seemed the least hungry on this day.
How many points did I use?
I only started on Monday, so had a total of 104 points. I've used all of them.
This was when my lovely friend, at work, bounded into my room with a 500ml bottle of water and said, 'you need to have drunk 2, preferably 3 of these by hometime.' I thought it was lovely that she'd remembered me over the weekend and brought me a 'pressie'. I have also stuck to what she said and I've massively upped my liquid intake.
To look through my old notes and stuff I've kept in the past. I need to build a bank of breakfasts, dinners and teas to get some variety to my week. I also want to experiment with having more on my plate, but the same points. I can't do another week of being starving.
If you would like to link up with me, you can add your link to my linky at the end of this post. Thank you to those that linked up last week.
Variety is key, though I am a total creature of habit, tending to stick to the same breakfast, lunch and only really alternating my dinner. I totally do not use all my points, but like you, still don't feel hungry for it.
Thats a great start to your WW journey, the first weeks always the hardest and you got through it so just keep it up!


Sliding down William Street towards Elizabeth Quay, insistent rhythms and brass fanfares bubble up to meet me. Through the garden gates it's KOI CHILD, Perth's ascendant jazz-hop darlings, quickening the blood in the veins of an unseasonably chilly Thursday night.
Koi Child might not have been the most obvious choice to support afrobeat legends Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, but really it's a perspicacious bit of programming. If Kuti & Co represent a seminal intersection of jazz, funk and traditional Nigerian musics, Koi Child embody a distinctly Australian response to the ever-evolving hybrid sounds of the African diaspora. Fronted by Johannesburg-born mc Shannon Cruz Patterson (tonight he gives shout outs to his friends back in South Africa), Koi Child are clearly conscious of their work's global genealogy as they become increasingly prominent on the world stage. Naturally, the burgeoning ensemble don't squander this opportunity to open for such a well-loved group, and they treat our pricked ears to a joyous set of strident keys, dense horn beds, slick quick-paced rap and confident, restrained solos. Blake Hart's drum feels are sounding more effortlessly on-point than ever, acoustic kit fusing seamlessly with SPDS electronic grit. The whole thing is delivered with the light-hearted humour of a group of mates having a lark, as well as the tightness of a professional touring band. Which is a pretty beautiful combination.
Speaking of beautiful combinations, there's a palpable sense of alchemy when the incredible EGYPT 80 fire up their introductory groove. The band famously backed afrobeat king Fela Kuti until his untimely death, at which point his then-14-year old son Seun was tasked to carry the (presumably daunting) torch.
Egypt 80 always sounded incredible but it's apparent that the decades of working together have resolved the group into a kind of unstoppable hive-mind. Immediately, world-class rhythmic collages emerge with a nonchalant ease. Viscerally buoyant drums and percussion, slyly syncopated bass, twin crystalline guitars, impeccable horns arrive in your ears with thrilling inevitability. Backing vocals, vibrant costuming and seemingly unaffected dancing adds to the spectacular impact of the band on stage. Thus the scene is set for Seun Kuti, whose larger-than-life presence would quickly overshadow any lesser ensemble.
He appears: a crisp shirt so yellow it almost glows and densely patterned blue and white trousers. And, naturally, a glimmering saxophone. The crowd billows, rapturous cheers rising into the night air. Kuti grins and dives in, here in his element, like a frog released into a pond. They segue into Fela's 'Mr Follow Follow' – in Seun's words, "I always start with one of my father's songs, to show him respect." The band moves on to more recent Seun-era originals, such as the politically-charged 'IMF' ("it really stands for International Mother Fuckers") and 'Black Woman.' Kuti leaps and struts about the stage, chanting anthemic choruses, wailing with wild intensity on the sax, or else whipping the crowd into a frenzy with shirt-removal and bum-wiggle. Apart from being an incredible performer, he's extremely funny (joking about eating kangaroo, Lagos and urbanization) and always politically minded, discussing the toxic influence of "the American dream" in Africa and the dangers of prioritizing dogmatic religion over science. Those who begrudge Kuti his longer-than-average spiels between jams are probably not cognisant of the lineage he's following; Fela's music was always part of a radical protest movement and a distinct verbal (not just musical) political dialogue. For Seun to unapologetically follow suit feels apt, and imbues every rambunctious horn stab or energized groove with added gravity.
Kuti tells us about astral travel and his love for marijuana, repurposing its active ingredient (THC) as an anagram for 'The Higher Consciousness.' Far from mere stoner celebration, this too becomes a political call-to-arms as Kuti leads us in a climatic chant of "Fight the greed / with the higher consciousness" over a stomping mid-tempo riff.
In his review for The West Australian, Grant McCulloch wrote that during Thursday's show "the party never quite hit fifth gear" – which might be a fair observation in regards to large portions of the audience, who seemed more content gazing on in wonderment rather than actually moving as the music so clearly compels you to do. But there were undeniable pockets of fifth-gear abandon, particularly closer to the stage, where Kuti & Egypt 80's relentless energy became truly infectious. Whether you were quietly observing or throwing your whole body into it, this was a remarkable show, a distillation of so many of the things that make music special. It was physically and emotionally inspiring, conceptually resolved, politically engaged, technically incredible and ridiculously fun. The latter is notably absent from much of our (Australia's) politically-minded cultural expression and maybe we yet have something to learn from Kuti's approach. Truth be told, this was among the best shows I've ever attended. And I don't say that lightly. I say it with my heart-rate raised, my face beaming, my favourite local musicians all paying tribute with their applause throughout the crowd, and my eyeballs reflecting the most sincere and powerful live dance-music troupe I ever did see.


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Titan Mare Explorer (TiME) is a proposed design for a lander for Saturn's moon Titan. TiME is a relatively low-cost, outer-planet mission designed to measure the organic constituents on Titan and would have performed the first nautical exploration of an extraterrestrial sea, analyze its nature and, possibly, observe its shoreline. As a Discovery-class mission it was designed to be cost-capped at US$425 million, not counting launch vehicle funding. It was proposed to NASA in 2009 by Proxemy Research as a scout-like pioneering mission, originally as part of NASA's Discovery Program. The TiME mission design reached the finalist stage during that Discovery mission selection, but was not selected, and despite attempts in the U.S. Senate failed to get earmark funding in 2013.
TiME was one of three Discovery Mission finalists that received US$3 million in May 2011 to develop a detailed concept study. The other two missions were InSight and Comet Hopper. After a review in mid-2012, NASA announced in August 2012 the selection of the InSight mission to Mars.
Specifically, with launch specified prior to the end of 2025, TiME's arrival would have been in the mid-2030s, during northern winter. This means the seas, near Titan's north pole, are in darkness and direct-to-Earth communication is impossible.
Missions to land in Titan's lakes or seas were also considered by the Solar System Decadal Survey. Additionally, the flagship Titan Saturn System Mission, which was proposed in 2009 for launch in the 2020s, included a short-lived battery-powered lake lander. Opportunities for launch are transient; the next opportunity is in 2023–2024, the last chance in this generation.
The discovery on 22 July 2006 of lakes and seas in Titan's northern hemisphere confirmed the hypothesis that liquid hydrocarbons exist on it. In addition, previous observations of southern polar storms and new observations of storms in the equatorial region provide evidence of active methane-generating processes, possibly cryovolcanic features from the interior of Titan.
Most of Titan goes centuries without seeing any rain, but precipitation is expected to be much more frequent at the poles.
It is thought that Titan's methane cycle is analogous to Earth's hydrologic cycle, with meteorological working fluid existing as rain, clouds, rivers and lakes. TiME would directly discern the methane cycle of Titan and help understand its similarities and differences to the hydrologic cycle on Earth. If NASA had selected TiME, Ellen Stofan—a member of the Cassini radar team and the current Chief Scientist of NASA—would lead the mission as principal investigator, whereas the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) would manage the mission. Lockheed Martin would build the TiME capsule, with scientific instruments provided by APL, Goddard Space Flight Center and Malin Space Science Systems.
TiME's launch would have been with an Atlas V 411 rocket during 2016 and arriving to Titan in 2023. The target lake is Ligeia Mare (78°N, 250°W). It is one of the largest lakes of Titan identified to date, with a surface area of about ~100,000 km2. The backup target is Kraken Mare.
Determine the chemistry of a Titan sea. Instruments: Mass Spectrometer (MS), Meteorology and Physical Properties Package (MP3).
Determine the depth of a Titan sea. Instrument: Meteorology and Physical Properties Package (Sonar) (MP3).
Constrain marine processes on Titan. Instrument: Meteorology and Physical Properties Package (MP3), Descent and surface cameras.
Determine how the local meteorology over the sea varies on diurnal timescales. Instrument: Meteorology and Physical Properties Package (MP3), cameras.
Characterize the atmosphere above the sea. Instrument: Meteorology and Physical Properties Package (MP3), cameras.
Malin Space Science Systems, which builds and operates camera systems for spacecraft, signed an early development contract with NASA to conduct preliminary design studies. There would be two cameras. One would take pictures during the descent to the surface of Ligeia Mare, and the other would take pictures after landing.
A Meteorology and Physical Properties Package (MP3)  would be built by the Applied Physics Laboratory. This instrument package would measure wind speed and direction, methane humidity, pressure and temperature above the 'waterline', and turbidity, sea temperature, speed of sound and dielectric properties below the surface. A sonar would measure the sea depth. Acoustic propagation simulations were performed and sonar transducers were tested at liquid-nitrogen temperatures to characterize their performance at Titan conditions.
Titan's thick atmosphere and the weak sunlight at Titan's distance from the Sun rules out the use of solar panels. Had it been selected by NASA, the TiME lander would have been the test flight of the Advanced Stirling Radioisotope Generator (ASRG), which is a prototype meant to provide availability of long-lived power supplies for landed networks and other planetary missions. For this mission, it would be used in two environments: deep space and non-terrestrial atmosphere. The ASRG is a radioisotope power system using Stirling power conversion technology and is expected to generate 140–160 W of electrical power; that is four times more efficient than RTGs currently in use. Its mass is 28 kg and will have a nominal lifetime of 14 years. Though it continues ASRG research, NASA has since cancelled the Lockheed contract that would have readied an ASRG for a 2016 launch, and has decided to rely on existing MMRTG radioisotope power systems for long-range probes.
The capsule would not need propulsion: the wind and possible tidal currents are expected to push this buoyant craft around the sea for months.
The vehicle would have communicated directly with Earth and, in principle, it could be possible to maintain intermittent contact for several years after arrival: Earth finally goes below the horizon as seen from Ligeia in 2026. It will not have a line of sight to Earth to beam back more data until 2035.
Models suggested that waves on Ligeia Mare do not normally exceed 0.2 meters (0.66 ft) during the intended season of the TiME mission and occasionally might reach just over 0.5 meters (1.6 ft) in the course of a few months. Simulations were performed to evaluate the capsule's response to the waves and possible beaching on the shore. The capsule is expected to drift on the surface of the sea at 0.1 m/s, pushed by currents and wind with typical speeds of 0.5 m/s, and not exceeding 1.3 m/s (4.2 feet/second). The probe would not be equipped with propulsion, and while its motion cannot be controlled, knowledge of its successive locations could be used to optimize scientific return, such as lake depth, temperature variations and shore imaging. Some proposed location techniques are measurement of Doppler shift, Sun height measurement, and Very Long Baseline Interferometry.
The chance to discover a form of life with a different biochemistry than Earth has led some researchers to consider Titan the most important world on which to search for extraterrestrial life. A few scientists hypothesize that if the hydrocarbon chemistry on Titan crossed the threshold from inanimate matter to some form of life, it would be difficult to detect. Moreover, because Titan is so cold, the amount of energy available for building complex biochemical structures is limited, and any water-based life would freeze without a heat source. However, some scientists have suggested that hypothetical life forms may be able to exist in a methane-based solvent. Ellen Stofan, TiME's Principal Investigator, thinks that life as we know it is not viable in Titan's seas, but stated that "there will be chemistry in the seas that may give us insight into how organic systems progress toward life."
Although no lander mission is currently funded to explore the lakes of Titan, the scientific interest keeps growing. A researcher at NASA has proposed that if TiME was to be launched, a logical follow-on mission would be a lake submersible called Titan Submarine.
A battery-powered lake lander was considered as an element of the Titan Saturn System Mission (TSSM) Flagship study, using a Saturn orbiter as a relay. A number of lake-lander variants were briefly considered in the 2010 NASA Planetary Science Decadal Survey.
A lake capsule was suggested in Europe in the 2012 EPSC meeting; it is called Titan Lake In-situ Sampling Propelled Explorer (TALISE). The major difference would be a propulsion system, possibly using Archimedes screws to function in muddy as well as liquid environments. This effort was only a brief concept study, however.
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Complete construction and renovation of the new National Library of Lebanon. Funding donated by the State of Qatar.
Phase one of the project (2012-2014) included the rehabilitation of the 5,227 square meters of the old building, concrete construction of 4 new basements (3000 m2/floor) and finishing works of Basement 1 to serve as parking space and Basement 4 to serve as storage space, steel and curtain glass works, electromechanical, fire, security and IT systems of the finished areas. In collaboration with the Ministry of Archeology, the renovation was done to conserve the original sandstone structure of the original building from 1907.
Phase two of the project (2017) saw the renovation of the ground floor (left wing) and the finishing works basements 2 & 3 of the new building to serve as storage area for books, the finishing works of the of the old building (left wing), electromechanical, fire, security and IT systems, and landscape area at ground floor level, and finally, the installation of furniture.


Founded in 1980, KEPS specializes in the manufacture and distribution of high quality transformers for use in the electrical systems of the most modern industrial equipment and domestic appliances.
The united ideal at KEPS is our focus on quality and customer relations. This ideal is presenting us as a world class transformer manufacturer.
We are constantly improving existing products and taking advantage of improved processes or technologies to develop new ones whenever possible.
Our customers are aware that our knowledge of market requirements and the creativity of our engineering and manufacturing teams ensures that they are offered the most up to date products available at the right prices.
All of our personnel are proud of their achievements and know that they are part of a company which is devoted to its customers. We listen to our customers' needs and act accordingly with prompt and cost efficient delivery.
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Oakhurst wildfire destroys Sierra's Old Barn
(source: fresnobee.com)
"A fast-moving brush fire in Oakhurst Monday sparked a massive evacuation of residents and tourists from the foothill community as fire crews from throughout the region tried to keep the flames from spreading. Named the Junction fire, the blaze quickly blackened about 1,200 acres in the north end of town and beyond. The fire briefly threatened a pair of massive propane tanks at Suburban Propane along Highway 41 when the company's building was ignited by a spot fire. Fire crews ordered most people to move back a quarter-mile from the business, and firefighters were ready to abandon the fight if flames got too close to the tanks themselves. In the end, the tanks were spared. Other structures were not so lucky. As of 9 p.m., eight structures were destroyed, and at least 500 more were threatened. Gov. Jerry Brown's office announced late Monday that a federal emergency grant will help defray 75% of the firefighting costs. Two firefighters were injured, and one was taken to a hospital for evaluation, fire officials said.
The fire prompted officials to close Highway 41 and evacuate hotels and other businesses along the route. More than 13,000 homes and businesses were given evacuation orders, according to the Madera County Sheriff's Office."
We learned from Sierra alumn Richard Powell that one of the structures that has been destroyed by the fire was Sierra On-Line's Old Barn, the building where The Sierra Network (TSN), later renamed Imagination Network (INN), was located - the cradle of online gaming. This was later also confirmed by Sierra alumn Bill Shockley, who still resides in Oakhurst and was ordered to evacuate his house along with other residents. Bill later however posted an update, stating that:
"Just to be clear, the fire missed most of the town. Looked like the fire was headed straight for our house, but then the wind picked up and sent it along the look lower ridge, just above town where it jumped Hwy 41 and took out Suburban propane and the Old Barn. No confirmation on any other structures, just rumors at this point. The city of Oakhurst is not on fire."
Warren Schwader, the first programmer of Sierra On-Line and designer of the first Hoyle games commented: "Very sad. The Old Barn is gone. Worked 5 years in there. It was one of the most unique buildings around. I have no idea if my home is safe. It is about a mile and a half away from this building." Sheryl Hodgins who also worked at TSN commented: "I'm still in disbelief this morning as I'm sure all who were connected there are... much sadness as there were so many memories in that building that housed the TSN/INN part of the Sierra family. I hope for everyone's safety."
Sierra's Old Barn


and the arts that support its life of worship.
the Eccles Organ Festival, and collaboration with the Madeleine Festival of the Arts and Humanities.
The Choir of the Cathedral of the Madeleine performs the most distinctive repertoire of the Roman Catholic Church in hundreds of services throughout the year, including daily Masses and the Divine Office, in the annual choral concert season and in national and international tours.


"I think the team knows how to pay what's deserved", Prescott said.
Prescott expects the Cowboys to "pay what's deserved" and makes it clear he expects to be paid more than Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, who has a team-friendly deal that paid him $15 million in 2018. And when that happens, the phrase "one of the NFL's biggest bargains" will forever lose its connection with a player who has started every game of his National Football League career (33-18 record), led his team to two playoff appearances, been selected to two Pro Bowls. and whose salary ranked him 55th among National Football League quarterbacks this past season.
However, Prescott isn't anxious about the Cowboys playing hardball in extension negotiations.
"Nobody's wife makes as much money as his wife does, either", Prescott said.
He is 32-16 since the Cowboys made him a fourth-round pick in 2016 and has set an National Football League record for most fourth-quarter and overtime comebacks (15) by a quarterback in his first three seasons. "When Tom Brady isn't the breadwinner in the home, then that's a great problem to have".
Prescott wants to remain a Cowboy, and the feeling is mutual. "He can do his contract however you want to do it".
To this point in his career, Prescott has been making very little money, at least for quarterback standards.
Dallas also progressed to the divisional round of the playoffs before losing to the Los Angeles Ram 30-22.
This will be the first offseason where Prescott has the opportunity to renegotiate his terms and he's in a strong position after winning seven of his last eight regular-season games.
He finished the 2018/19 season with a a passer rating of 96.9, after having thrown for 3,885 yards and 22 touchdowns.
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers made an average of $33.5 million in 2018, and his team went just 6-9-1 and missed the playoffs for the second consecutive year.


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What's innovation good for?
Saturday 29 October, 3.30pm until 5.00pm, Lecture Theatre 2
It is almost fifty years since Harold Wilson's famous 'white heat' speech captured the popular imagination with its promise of a scientific and technological 'revolution'. Today, scientific and technological innovation is still regularly espoused as the key to economic success. But do we know what we mean by innovation, or is it just a buzzword? We all know about the excitement generated by the latest iPhone – but are we in danger of reducing our understanding of innovation to new product design, to consumer gadgets rather than the bigger industrial picture? While the relentless search by inventors and engineers for 'the next big thing' may seem dynamic, might this create a sense of 'permanent innovation' that actually gives the lie to it? Does contemporary innovation mean any more than gradual tweaks to what already exists?
Past innovations spawned whole new industries such as television, nuclear power, even fledgling bio-tech, capable of creating millions of new jobs and truly transforming society. Elsewhere, innovation has driven huge increases in productivity and revolutionised infrastructure. While UK manufacturing has recently been growing at its fastest rate for 15 years, this seems to owe more to the low pound than radical innovation. And while China and India power ahead in relative terms, some insist a lack of dynamism in innovation is a global problem. The total number of applications filed at the patent offices of nine key countries, for example, decreased by 2.9% during 2008-9. Innovation is an especially pressing need in the energy sector: the International Energy Agency estimates state support for energy R&D will have to be multiplied by between two and five times just to fulfil demand. Yet for every £10,000 Britain generates in GDP, Whitehall spends just £1 on researching how to keep the lights on.
Perhaps the economic climate makes it impossible to develop 'big ideas' and innovate on an ambitious scale. Some believe concentrating on innovative strategies for efficiency savings and cutting back waste would be more sensible than pursuing the uncertain promise of new products. Frequently the results of research are paltry but hugely expensive; investing millions is no guarantee of success. In such a severe downturn, surely it is safer to stick with what we already know and improve on that, avoiding new risks? Or does the economic situation in fact demand not a conservative, risk-averse approach, but radical innovation, even if that means the destruction of clapped out industries, processes and products? What kind of innovation do we need? Newer, cooler iPads and faster, sleeker cars? Or might we have higher aspirations for human ingenuity and economic dynamism?
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co-founder, Bare Conductive; Associate, BREAD; graduate tutor, Royal College of Art
Dr Norman Lewis
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Carl Pickering
head of electrical research, Jaguar Land Rover
William Webb
visiting professor, University of Surrey and DeMontfort University; CTO, Neul; fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering
Martyn Perks
digital business consultant and writer; co-author, Big Potatoes: the London manifesto for innovation
Martyn Perks digital business consultant and writer; co-author, Big Potatoes: the London manifesto for innovation
Steve Jobs was an amazing businessman – but Einstein's the genius behind the iPod
There are many good things that can be said about Steve Jobs, particularly concerning his role as a leader and his ability to commercialise solutions to irksome consumer user experiences. But the pedestal of a great innovator on a par with Edison is highly debatable.
Norman Lewis, City AM, 18 October 2011
Clay Christensen lays down some rules for innovators. But can innovation be learned?
Economist, 6 August 2011
Britain's uncreative approach to design
A preoccupation with social engineering hampers the innovative and wealth-generating potential of design.
Martyn Perks, spiked, 18 July 2011
This book is about the things that Britain produces in order to pay its way in the world, from physical goods that we can see and feel, to intangible services that are much harder to quantify.
Evan Davis, Little, Brown, 19 May 2011
3D printing – An 'Industrial Revolution in the Digital Age'?
Lisa Harouni, whose company Digital Forming is bringing 3D printing to high-street fashion brands and consumer product designers, has just convinced even the most skeptical investors here that something transformative is about to happen to the whole business of making things.
David Rowan, Wired, 9 May 2011
Competing in the Global Economy
Conclusions and recommendations from a series of three debates organised by the International Committee of The Royal Academy of Engineering on challenges facing the UK as it seeks to compete in a turbulent international economy
Royal Academy of Engineering, May 2011
Innovation Now
Innovation now showcases a diverse range of UK companies at the forefront of innovation. These companies, both large and small, have one thing in common – they have engineering at the core of their business. Their engineers have developed world-class, leading-edge products and services that are sold around the world and demonstrate that the UK is home to world-class manufacturing and engineering.
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Q: How to stop service when the app get closed android Can any one tell me how to stop the service when the app get closed.
In my project the service is still running in background even though the application got closed.Here i've given my sources for reference.
Suggestions please.
Thanks for your precious time!..
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public class MainActivity extends Activity {

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}

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public void onStart(Intent intent, int startId) {
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A: Use this in your onDestroy() method in the activity where you are finishing your last activity like this:
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I have been trying to increase my intake of vegetables, and Tim Bo made it enjoyable. Its dishes came with a great variety of quality vegetables in huge portions. I especially liked the Veg. Char Kui Teow, which had a fine extra flavour from the wok: I think that characteristic is called wok chi.
With black pepper and garlic sauce.
With homemade sweet chilli sauce.
With mixed vegetables and bean curd.


Canon today released details of the new Canon EOS 70D, the successor to the EOS 60D. The major new feature is the use of an all new 20.2MP "Dual Pixel" CMOS sensor in which each pixel can simultaneously be used for imaging and phase detection AF, permitting vastly better AF in Live view and video modes.
Physically the EOS 70D closely resembles the EOS 60D. There are some minor differences but nothing of any real significance.
As I said earlier, the "dual pixel" CMOS sensor is the major new feature of the 70D, and I presume a similar sensor will be found on Canon's future DSLRs. Rather than just having a few phase sensitive pixels in the sensor (which is the case with the T5i for example) with, it seems that every pixel location is actually comprised of two photodiodes, making 40.4 million photosensitive sites in all. In imaging mode the output from each pair of photodiodes is combined to form a 20.2 million pixel image. However the left and right halves of each composite pixel can also be used for phase detection autofocus. It seems that the phase detection AF system will be actually active over about 80% of the height and width of the sensor, even though all the pixels are dual.
The live view/video phase detection system used on the EOS T5i uses dedicated phase detection pixels with half of each pixel blocked off and none used in image recording. That results in a loss of sensitivity and the need to interpolate intensity levels at the "missing" pixel locations. The new "dual pixel" system does not suffer from either of these iasues.
Assuming the system works "as advertised", this should give vastly improved autofocus in Live view and Video modes and enable much faster and more accurate focus tracking on moving subjects when shooting video. The EOS 70D also has a conventional separate phase sensitive detection AF system (in fact the system used in the EOS 7D as far as I can tell) for use in normal still imaging.
The characteristics of the sensor (noise, dynamic range etc.) are unknown at this point but I'm sure that won't be the case for long. The EOS 70D has a native ISO range of 100-12800 with expansion to 25600, and that's one stop more than the EOS 7D, so for the time being it's probably reasonable to assume that the new sensor has similar or better noise characteristics the the existing 18MP sensors that Canon is using in their APS-C DSLR line. Time will tell on that score.
It's not 100% clear yet if the 70D has complex AF capability of the EOS 7D even though it seems to use the same (or similar) AF hardware. I suspect it may not have all the sophisticated tracking mode options of the 7D, but so far no instruction manual is available detailing the AF system modes of the 70D.
The EOS 70D has built in WiFi (which appears to be similar to that in the EOS 6D), but unlike the EOS 6D it does not have built in GPS. Maximum frame rate is 7fps, slightly slower than the 8fps of the EOS 7D.
Scheduled shipping date is September 2013 and the price will be $1199 for the EOS 70D body only, $1349 with the EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM lens and $1549.00 with the EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM.


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Nicaragua votes, with Ortega re-election all but certain
MANAGUA - Under ring-of-steel security, Nicaragua on Sunday opened its polls for presidential elections dismissed as a "sham" by the international community, with all viable challengers to long-term leader Daniel Ortega locked up or in exile.
Nov 7, 2021 - 09:00
published : 7 Nov 2021 at 22:45
writer: AFP
Daniel Ortega and his wife and vice president Rosario Murillo are accused of running an authoritarian regime
About 4.3 million Nicaraguans are eligible to cast votes in one of 13,459 ballot boxes placed throughout the impoverished Central American country, with polling stations closely guarded by 30,000 police and military personnel.
As Ortega, 75, prepared to claim a fourth consecutive term -- his fifth overall -- the United States described Nicaragua as a "cautionary tale" with a regime "determined to hold on to power at any cost."
"It will be quite clear that these elections will have no credibility, that they're a sham," Patrick Ventrell, the US State Department's Central American Affairs director, said Thursday.
"We are going into a scenario where you have a dictatorship, and we'll have to respond to such."
Just over three years after massive protests against his rule and a violent crackdown that claimed more than 300 lives, Ortega is assured another five-year term with his wife and vice president, Rosario Murillo, 70, by his side.
Seven people who had any real shot at the presidency are among 39 opposition figures detained in a brutal government clampdown that started in June.
Ortega, the leader of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), faces five opponents, though in name only -- all are derided as regime collaborators.
The vote takes place without international observers and with most foreign media denied access to the country.
Nicaragua's last opposition daily, La Prensa, had its director thrown in prison in August, and Facebook announced this week it had closed a government-operated troll farm spreading anti-opposition messages.
- 'No one to vote for' -
Amid the suppression, fear is vying with apathy among Nicaragua's voters. Voting is not mandatory in the country of 6.5 million.
"There is no one to vote for. Daniel (Ortega) has it in the bag," a 46-year-old woman told AFP at her home in Masaya, 35 kilometers (20 miles) south of the capital Managua.
She asked not to be named. "One cannot talk. You'll go to jail," she said.
A firebrand Marxist in his youth, Ortega ruled Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990, after the guerrilla ousting of US-backed dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle.
Returning to power in 2007, Ortega has won reelection three times, becoming increasingly authoritarian and quashing presidential term limits.
Two-thirds of respondents in a recent Cid-Gallup poll said they would have voted for an opposition candidate on Sunday.
The favorite was Cristiana Chamorro, daughter of Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, who is the only person to have beaten Ortega in an election, in 1990.
But Chamorro is under house arrest, and six other presidential hopefuls are behind bars in conditions their family members say amount to torture.
The jailed opposition figures are accused of unspecified attacks on Nicaragua's "sovereignty" under a law passed by a parliament dominated by Ortega allies, who also control the judicial and electoral branches.
Election authorities have banned the country's main opposition alliance, Citizens for Freedom, from contesting Sunday's vote.
Three political parties and dozens of civic organizations are prohibited.
- 'Dictator' -
Apart from about 150 political opponents known to be behind bars, more than 100,000 Nicaraguans are in exile to avoid arrest -- mainly in Costa Rica, Miami and Madrid.
For Ortega -- whose main allies are Venezuela, Cuba and Russia -- his jailed critics are not political prisoners but "criminals" seeking to overthrow him with US backing.
The wave of arrests has worsened ties with Washington and the European Union, both of which have imposed sanctions against Ortega family members and allies.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has branded Ortega a "dictator" staging "fake" elections, and on Wednesday the US Congress approved a law to ramp up punitive measures.
Polling stations will close at 6:00 pm local time (0000 GMT), and the first official results should be known around midnight, according to election authorities.
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Dak Prescott: It's going to be "very, very special" for us this year
July 7, 2021 July 6, 2021 jlathropnet
The Cowboys went only 6-10 last season in Mike McCarthy's first season. It's easy to dismiss that as an aberration because of Dak Prescott's season-ending ankle injury in Week 5.
However, the Cowboys were only 1-3 in games Prescott started and finished, and the victory was a lucky comeback win over the Falcons. The Cowboys 2020 defense ended up allowing the most points in team history.
Prescott is healthy as are starting offensive linemen Zack Martin, La'el Collins and Tyron Smith, the three of whom missed a combined 36 games. Is their good health — combined with an improved defense — enough for the Cowboys to contend for the division title if not the NFC title?
Prescott thinks so.
"Improvement, a lot of improvement obviously from last year to this year, but deeper than that from those first five games," Prescott told Newy Scruggs of NBC DFW. "Take those first five games and just say we're going to be better than that as a team. We're going to play more complementary football from defense to offense to special teams, and then we're going to have a healthy team. We've all approached the offseason, we approached the season the right way. We're just excited. We're excited that hopefully we can stay healthy; we can get good fortune on that end. Then, we can just put everything we've worked hard for together on all stages and all phases of the game. We're excited for this year. It's going to be very, very special for us and for Cowboys fans."
The Cowboys have not played in the NFC Championship Game since 1995, which, of course, was their last Super Bowl title.
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Artist-Led Gallery. Platform 2, Worcester Foregate Street Railway Station. UK
MOVEMENT is 10!
COVID19: Engage at a distance with art
The Cabby Hut
An Interview with MOVEMENT's founders
OPEN CALL: THE ART MACHINE
To celebrate ten years since we opened to the public, during October 2020 MOVEMENT present a series of rail-context specific work throughout the month.
Highlighting so far, a new series of works on paper by Glasgow based artist Ally Wallace:
Railway Drawings: Ally Wallace
MOVEMENT is delighted to introduce a selection of 43 drawings produced between 2019-2020. that document a series of rail journeys undertaken by the artist
"Over the years I've always carried a sketchbook with me on trips away – recording all kinds of things, although mainly architecture, in which I have an ongoing interest and which informs much of my work.
For these railway drawings I like the way that, under pressure of time, I'm forced to make very quick decisions about what elements will be included in the drawing. So far it's always been the architecture that I'm interested in – although sometimes the train stops at a point in the station where no architecture is visible
and I have to sketch trees or things that I can see outside the station, or sometimes another train is blocking the view so I sketch it.
During the past year I've recorded several other UK and continental rail trips in the same way. I now do the same thing on most rail journeys that I make, although I've missed out a few through being ill-prepared. I'm pretty set on doing it all the time from now on – just have to make sure I always have that sketchbook and pen with me."
Journey 1: North Shields – Düsseldorf
Ferry from North Shields to Ijmuiden.
Sat 22.6.19
Bus from Ijmuiden to Amsterdam.
Train from Amsterdam to Dusseldorf.
Notes: "I already had an A6 sketch pad and ink brush pen with me, mainly to sketch architecture during the stay in Dusseldorf – where I was going to attend the preview of a show that I had work in.
As the train pulled out of Amsterdam Centraal I suddenly had the idea to do a very quick sketch of each station stop en route to Dusseldorf, only drawing from my seat while the train was at a complete standstill. I thought that this might be an interesting way of doing very simple studies – mainly of station architecture – having a time-limit rule to stick to, which would force me to make instant decisions on what to include in the sketch. I ran out of pages before reaching the destination.
The first two pages aren't of the rail journey – one is a view of South Shields, looking from the deck of the ferry, and the other is a general view of Amsterdam, done on the way to the railway station – still part of the same journey though. The first of the rail drawings is 'Emmerich'.
This was the first time that I'd done this kind of speedy recording of railway architecture and was where the idea germinated for similarly recording future journeys by train."
Journey 2: Bellgrove to Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Monday 3.2.20
Train from Bellgrove to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, changing at Edinburgh Waverley.
Notes: "A speedy sketch of each station en route. Drawing only while the train is at a standstill. Ink on A6 paper.
I was well prepared to sketch this rail journey. Seated at a table with drawing stuff laid out before me (even a spare pen). After sketching each station I quickly took a photo just as the train began to move off. I also shot 5 seconds of video out of the window between stations. There's an idea forming – to later animate the drawings and combine them with the video to make a short film.
Heading to Newcastle to then get a bus to North Shields to catch the overnight ferry to Ijmuiden. Going to visit pals in Dusseldorf. "
Journey 3: Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Düsseldorf
Newcastle Central Station (having travelled from Bellgrove, via Edinburgh)
Then bus to Royal Quays ferry terminal, North Shields.
Tuesday 4.2.20
Overnight ferry arrives in morning at Ijmuiden.
Bus to Amsterdam.
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to Dusseldorf Hbf.
Notes: "A speedy sketch of each station (and dockside) en route. Drawing only while the train (or ferry) is at a standstill. Ink on A6 paper.
This is my second attempt at sketching the stations between Amsterdam and Dusseldorf – this time I'm well prepared with plenty ink and paper. However, it turns out that this is the express service and so it only actually stops at a handful of stations – whereas the same trip last June the train stopped at loads of small stations – one every few minutes – but I ran out of pages on that last journey. Anyway, managed to record the whole trip this time.
I also shot five seconds of video between every station en route from Amsterdam to Dussedlorf, as well as on the Newcastle-Ijmuiden-Amsterdam leg of the journey.
What to do with all this gathered visual information? I'd been thinking film, animation, maybe book. Or an exhibition (on line or physical). I do like the simplicity of these railway station drawings.
I haven't included the Het Schip (Amsterdam) drawings mentioned on the sketchbook cover – these were done about a week later and aren't really part of the same journey as the previous week."


I want to train a SageMaker Estimator with local data, how do I do this?
How do I make predictions against an existing endpoint?
Estimators: Encapsulate training on SageMaker.
Models: Encapsulate built ML models.
Predictors: Provide real-time inference and transformation using Python data-types against a SageMaker endpoint.
Session: Provides a collection of methods for working with SageMaker resources.
Estimator and Model implementations for MXNet, TensorFlow, Chainer, PyTorch, and Amazon ML algorithms are included. There's also an Estimator that runs SageMaker compatible custom Docker containers, enabling you to run your own ML algorithms by using the SageMaker Python SDK.
# Starts a SageMaker training job and waits until completion.
The example above will eventually delete both the SageMaker endpoint and endpoint configuration through delete_endpoint() . If you want to keep your SageMaker endpoint configuration, use the value False for the delete_endpoint_config parameter, as shown below.
# Only delete the SageMaker endpoint, while keeping the corresponding endpoint configuration.
Additionally, it is possible to deploy a different endpoint configuration, which links to your model, to an already existing SageMaker endpoint. This can be done by specifying the existing endpoint name for the endpoint_name parameter along with the update_endpoint parameter as True within your deploy() call. For more information.
All Amazon SageMaker algorithms come with built-in support for metrics. You can go to the AWS documentation for more details about built-in metrics of each Amazon SageMaker algorithm.
The SageMaker Python SDK supports local mode, which allows you to create estimators and deploy them to your local environment. This is a great way to test your deep learning scripts before running them in SageMaker's managed training or hosting environments. Local Mode is supported for frameworks images (TensorFlow, MXNet, Chainer, PyTorch, and Scikit-Learn) and images you supply yourself.
We can take the example in Using Estimators , and use either local or local_gpu as the instance type.
# Alternatively, you can train using data in your local file system. This is only supported in Local mode.
If you have an existing model and want to deploy it locally, don't specify a sagemaker_session argument to the MXNetModel constructor. The correct session is generated when you call model.deploy().
If you don't want to deploy your model locally, you can also choose to perform a Local Batch Transform Job. This is useful if you want to test your container before creating a Sagemaker Batch Transform Job. Note that the performance will not match Batch Transform Jobs hosted on SageMaker but it is still a useful tool to ensure you have everything right or if you are not dealing with huge amounts of data.
TensorFlow local mode example notebook.
MXNet local mode example notebook.
Only one local mode endpoint can be running at a time.
If you are using S3 data as input, it is pulled from S3 to your local environment. Ensure you have sufficient space to store the data locally.
If you run into problems it often due to different Docker containers conflicting. Killing these containers and re-running often solves your problems.
Local Mode requires Docker Compose and nvidia-docker2 for local_gpu.
Distributed training is not yet supported for local_gpu.
You want to perform additional training on a model to improve its fit on your data set.
You want to import a pre-trained model and fit it to your data.
You want to resume a training job that you previously stopped.
To use incremental training with SageMaker algorithms, you need model artifacts compressed into a tar.gz file. These artifacts are passed to a training job via an input channel configured with the pre-defined settings Amazon SageMaker algorithms require.
model_uri: points to the location of a model tarball, either in S3 or locally. Specifying a local path only works in local mode.
model_channel_name: name of the channel SageMaker will use to download the tarball specified in model_uri. Defaults to 'model'.
This is converted into an input channel with the specifications mentioned above once you call fit() on the predictor. In bring-your-own cases, model_channel_name can be overriden if you require to change the name of the channel while using the same settings.
If your bring-your-own case requires different settings, you can create your own s3_input object with the settings you require.
# Start a SageMaker training job and waits until completion.
With the SageMaker Algorithm entities, you can create training jobs with just an algorithm_arn instead of a training image. There is a dedicated AlgorithmEstimator class that accepts algorithm_arn as a parameter, the rest of the arguments are similar to the other Estimator classes. This class also allows you to consume algorithms that you have subscribed to in the AWS Marketplace. The AlgorithmEstimator performs client-side validation on your inputs based on the algorithm's properties.
SageMaker Model Packages are a way to specify and share information for how to create SageMaker Models. With a SageMaker Model Package that you have created or subscribed to in the AWS Marketplace, you can use the specified serving image and model data for Endpoints and Batch Transform jobs.
To work with a SageMaker Model Package, use the ModelPackage class.
To use a Docker image that you created and use the SageMaker SDK for training, the easiest way is to use the dedicated Estimator class. You can create an instance of the Estimator class with desired Docker image and use it as described in previous sections.
All of the estimators can be used with SageMaker Automatic Model Tuning, which performs hyperparameter tuning jobs. A hyperparameter tuning job finds the best version of a model by running many training jobs on your dataset using the algorithm with different values of hyperparameters within ranges that you specify. It then chooses the hyperparameter values that result in a model that performs the best, as measured by a metric that you choose. If you're not using an Amazon SageMaker built-in algorithm, then the metric is defined by a regular expression (regex) you provide. The hyperparameter tuning job parses the training job's logs to find metrics that match the regex you defined. For more information about SageMaker Automatic Model Tuning, see AWS documentation.
This example shows a hyperparameter tuning job that creates up to 100 training jobs, running up to 10 training jobs at a time. Each training job's learning rate is a value between 0.05 and 0.06, but this value will differ between training jobs. You can read more about how these values are chosen in the AWS documentation.
A hyperparameter range can be one of three types: continuous, integer, or categorical. The SageMaker Python SDK provides corresponding classes for defining these different types. You can define up to 20 hyperparameters to search over, but each value of a categorical hyperparameter range counts against that limit.
When early stopping is turned on, Amazon SageMaker will automatically stop a training job if it appears unlikely to produce a model of better quality than other jobs. If not using built-in Amazon SageMaker algorithms, note that, for early stopping to be effective, the objective metric should be emitted at epoch level.
To help attach a previously-started hyperparameter tuning job to a HyperparameterTuner instance, fit() adds the module path of the class used to create the hyperparameter tuner to the list of static hyperparameters by default. If you are using your own custom estimator class (i.e. not one provided in this SDK) and want that class to be used when attaching a hyperparamter tuning job, set include_cls_metadata to True when you call fit to add the module path as static hyperparameters.
After you train a model, you can use Amazon SageMaker Batch Transform to perform inferences with the model. Batch Transform manages all necessary compute resources, including launching instances to deploy endpoints and deleting them afterward. You can read more about SageMaker Batch Transform in the AWS documentation.
For a full list of the possible options to configure by using either of these methods, see the API docs for Estimator or Transformer.
After you create a Transformer object, you can invoke transform() to start a batch transform job with the S3 location of your data. You can also specify other attributes of your data, such as the content type.
For more details about what can be specified here, see API docs.
Amazon SageMaker allows you to control network traffic to and from model container instances using Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). You can configure SageMaker to use your own private VPC in order to further protect and monitor traffic.
Upload the data to S3 before training. You can use the AWS Command Line Tool (the aws cli) to achieve this.
If you don't have pip or want to learn more about installing the aws cli, see the official Amazon aws cli installation guide.
For more information about using the aws cli for manipulating S3 resources, see AWS cli command reference.
Create a Predictor object and provide it with your endpoint name, then call its predict() method with your input.
First, package the files for the trained model into a .tar.gz file, and upload the archive to S3.
Next, create a Model object that corresponds to the framework that you are using: MXNetModel or TensorFlowModel.
This returns a predictor the same way an Estimator does when deploy() is called. You can now get inferences just like with any other model deployed on Amazon SageMaker.
A full example is available in the Amazon SageMaker examples repository.
You can create a Pipeline for realtime or batch inference comprising of one or multiple model containers. This will help you to deploy an ML pipeline behind a single endpoint and you can have one API call perform pre-processing, model-scoring and post-processing on your data before returning it back as the response.
For this, you have to create a PipelineModel which will take a list of Model objects. Calling deploy() on the PipelineModel will provide you with an endpoint which can be invoked to perform the prediction on a data point against the ML Pipeline.
This defines a PipelineModel consisting of SparkML model and an XGBoost model stacked sequentially. For more information about how to train an XGBoost model, please refer to the XGBoost notebook here.
This returns a predictor the same way an Estimator does when deploy() is called. Whenever you make an inference request using this predictor, you should pass the data that the first container expects and the predictor will return the output from the last container.
# Only instance_type and instance_count are required.
# Only data is required.
# Waits for the Pipeline Transform Job to finish.
This runs a transform job against all the files under s3://mybucket/path/to/my/csv/data, transforming the input data in order with each model container in the pipeline. For each input file that was successfully transformed, one output file in s3://my-output-bucket/path/to/my/output/data/ will be created with the same name, appended with '.out'. This transform job will split CSV files by newline separators, which is especially useful if the input files are large. The Transform Job assembles the outputs with line separators when writing each input file's corresponding output file. Each payload entering the first model container will be up to six megabytes, and up to eight inference requests are sent at the same time to the first model container. Because each payload consists of a mini-batch of multiple CSV records, the model containers transform each mini-batch of records.
You can use Apache Airflow to author, schedule and monitor SageMaker workflow.
For more information, see SageMaker Workflow in Apache Airflow.


This is a migraine aura poem. I get persistent migraine auras. So it is a lot of visual strangeness going on. And I have Visual Snow, which is a constant static in the vision.
that consumes your soul by inches.


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in charge of a specific project or projects within a company. As the project manager, your job is to plan, budget, oversee and document all aspects of the specific project you are working on. Project managers may work closely with upper management to make sure that the scope and direction of each project is on schedule, as well as other departments for support. Project managers might work by themselves, or be in charge of a team to get the job done.