Tender chicken breast is topped with fresh sage and wrapped in bacon. Bacon Wrapped Chicken with Mushrooms and Sage is a simple, fresh, and fast meal that is ready to serve in 30 mins or less.
Today is the day where I get to profess my love for bacon.
Bacon improves more than just breakfast! There's a whole list of bacon recipes at the bottom of this post (you need them). But right now we are talking about how bacon can take something like this occasionally boring chicken breast and put it on a whole other delicious level.
When I was a kid my mom would take plain chicken breast and sprinkle it with salt and pepper and then bake it. It was like the definition of plain chicken. And you guys? Plain chicken is not delicious (sorry, mom).
On the flip side though, plain bacon is kind of amazing. My grandpa used to make us bacon and biscuits whenever we visited. Nothing fancy – just plain old bacon. We annihilated them.
So I used bacon to dress up my plain old chicken breast. Plus some sage. And lemons! And wine. And mushrooms. I basically added all my favorite things to this dinner dish. All we're missing is cheese and brownies.
We can figure those out another day I guess.
I went with Hickory Smoked but either would be amazing in this easy recipe. I also found mine at Publix, but you can check the Wright® Brand website to locate the product nearest you. I'm super helpful sometimes, I know.
This Bacon Wrapped Chicken with Mushrooms and Sage is crazy easy to make and the lemony white wine sauce is bright and zingy. One of my favorite fast dinners FOR SURE and is also snazzy enough to impress a couple of dinner guests.
Bacon Wrapped Figs are probably my FAVORITE appetizer. I love these more than chicken wings which is A LOT.
Maple Bacon Pull-Apart Bread is like French toast that you can pull apart with your fingers. With bacon, of course.
Hot Bacon Vinaigrette is like that salad that was really popular in the 90's and it's still so damn good. Make it.
And! Crescent Roll Breakfast Bake. This is buttery and savory and I can never decide if I want this or Christmas Morning Casserole. Both are easy to make ahead and full of bacon-ey goodness.
Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Lay 2-3 sage leaves over each chicken breast, and then wrap each breast with 2 slices of bacon and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Gently lay the breasts in the skillet, sage side up, and let them cook for 3-4 minutes. Drop the heat down to medium after the first 2 minutes. Turn them so the sage side is down and cook for another 3-4 minutes. Drain excess grease from the skillet.
Slice the lemon in half and then cut 2-3 circular wedges from the center. Squeeze the fresh lemon juice over the chicken. Turn the breasts again and let them cook for another 1-2 minutes per side, or until the bacon has reached you desired crispness and the chicken is cooked through. Remove the breasts to a plate.
Add the mushrooms, the wine, and the lemon slices to the skillet and return the heat to medium high until most of the liquid has cooked out and the mushrooms are golden brown.
Pour the mushrooms over the chicken and serve immediately.


After a morning run, throw together this healthy fresh salad for a light lunch.
When in season, corn is so tender it doesn't even require cooking--just slice it off the cob and toss it in this dish. The vegetable is a rich source of carbs, fiber, and antioxidants. "I love creating a fresh salad with the day's harvest from the market," says cookbook author Patricia Wells. "I like to pair it with a young, balanced white wine, like Sablet Blanc."
In a large skillet, brown the bacon over moderate heat until crisp and golden, about 5 minutes. With a slotted spoon, transfer the bacon to paper towels and blot to absorb fat. Cut off the wide ends of the ears of corn, stand the ears on the flat end, and use a sharp knife to cut off the kernels. Place the kernels in a large bowl. Add the bacon, tomatoes, avocado, feta, and scallions to the corn. Set aside. In a jar, combine the yogurt, lemon juice, and salt. Seal the jar and shake to blend. Toss the salad with just enough yogurt dressing to coat the ingredients lightly and evenly. Season with black pepper. Serves 4.


So here's a fun, new, little twist. We found out that Emmy has Celiac disease!
She's always been petite, which we attributed to Williams syndrome. But she's also fatigued most of the time, which we also thought was related to Williams syndrome (and the low muscle tone that comes with it). Stomach problems were only an occasional thing, so Celiac disease never crossed our minds.
During that time period, our attention immediately focused to Emmy's heart because a few doctors heard a heart murmur (which hasn't been heard since before her heart surgery in 2013), and there was a scramble to get an appointment with our cardiologist. I was totally focused on her heart, which is ok — thank goodness, and I put the discussion about Emmy's growth temporarily out of my mind.
On the same day the echocardiogram of her heart came back ok, we got a call from the first doctor to say that Emmy has Celiac disease, and her numbers are off the charts! (They don't even need to do an endoscopy to confirm the results because her numbers were so high.) I was shocked but also so incredibly relieved about her heart that I thought, Hey, we can handle Celiac disease. No big deal. Especially because I've been gluten-free for a while, so I already had some familiarity with what it means to eliminate gluten.
A child going gluten-free is totally different from an adult. I'm ok with salad and nuts. Emmy wants mac-and-cheese and chicken fingers.
Eating out will never be the same. We can no longer just grab something anywhere at anytime.
Classroom parties at school are also a problem. For her St. Patty's Day party, my husband Dan had to quickly bake some gluten-free cupcakes.
Emmy has a severe level of Celiac disease, so she has to wash her hands after touching something as innocent as Play-Doh (which has gluten apparently!), and we have to read every label to make sure that the food wasn't processed in a facility that also processes wheat.
My very first blog post, Green Bagel Morning, takes on a whole new meaning. When I wrote that, I never would've thought that we'd have to stress about something as simple as green bagels three years later.
Oh and…I'm going to have to learn how to cook. Ughhhhhhhhhh. And BAKE. UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
About that last one… I'm an ok cook, but it doesn't come easily to me AT ALL. If you want to see me pull my hair out, give me a recipe. It's all so overwhelming. I actually go into panic mode. I will read a recipe ten times and still not know what I'm supposed to do. All the words start to blend together, and I begin to have a mini panic attack.
But I can throw together an ok meal (usually sans recipe because I just go for the trusty olive oil and seasonings). However, baking is a JOKE. Here's a secret: I have not baked anything from scratch ever. EVER. EVER. EVER.
Well, that's not entirely true. I did try once. When we were trying to sell our house, I was thinking of ways to make it smell nice for a showing, and somehow I came to the conclusion that baking brownies was the answer! Because recipes make me panic, I just casually glanced at a recipe and then threw the following in a pan: eggs, butter, cocoa, baking powder, and something else (maybe milk?). I stirred it all together and baked it! Ok, I have to say that it smelled AMAZING. It actually smelled like brownies, and even our realtor commented that the house smelled great. I thought, This baking thing isn't so hard after all!
That was the last time I attempted to bake anything.
The picture at the top of this post was taken when I discovered a gluten-free bake shop! It's an hour away, but I'm willing to drive. The kids loved it!
One week before Emmy's first birthday, we were headed to Boston for a "vacation." A mom asked me why we were vacationing in Boston. Did we have family there? Were we going to take the kids to the Children's Museum?
If I had told her the real reason — that we were going to the Williams Syndrome Association's National Convention — I would've had to tell her that Emmy has Williams syndrome. And I wasn't prepared to do that.
Very early on in Emmy's diagnosis, we met with many doctors to find out more about our little girl. One of those doctors advised us not tell people about Williams syndrome right away.
It was a cycle that fed upon itself. The deeper I got into the secretive nature of it, the harder it was to say something.
And then, when Emmy was 1.5 years old, and we were a few weeks away from heart surgery, I FINALLY opened up to a neighbor. She was so incredibly sweet about it, and I wondered why I hadn't just told her all along.
At that point, I kind of began "The Big Reveal" and started telling people left and right. But at this point, it was odd because everyone thought that we were just a regular family going through regular family stuff. And I would say, "Sooo you know us very well by now…but there's something surprising I have to tell you. Emmy is going to have heart surgery next week" [which was met by complete shock and, sometimes, horror] "and she has something called Williams syndrome, which is very rare, and comes with all sorts of implications" [which was met with more shock followed by kindness].
If I were to do this all over again, I would've kept it a secret until I got a better handle on it, and then I would've told people. So maybe 2-3 months. After a year and a half, it came across as very shocking. And I think people also wondered why I had been hiding it for so long. When I think back on it, it's very possible that the doctor meant for me to keep it a secret for 2 months and not a year and a half. But I didn't think to ask about the exact timeline. I was just trying to process it all myself.
So after "The Big Reveal," everyone knew. And I actually felt more comfortable with people knowing than not knowing. We needed a lot of support during and after her heart surgery, and people were there for us in droves. I was glad that I shared it publicly (I started blogging a little before then) because we couldn't have gone through heart surgery without that support.
I was very comfortable with Williams syndrome, very accepting of Emmy, and very open about the diagnosis.
And I never realized that we would be starting over. We would be back to a point where no one knew. I didn't even have time to think about all of this before because we moved so quickly. And then once we were here, it hit me. All new people. None of them with any clue about our little family and what we've been through.
And now I would have to start telling people again. If I had thought about it before, I probably wouldn't have imagined that it would be a big deal because I'm so open about Williams syndrome. But, somehow, it ended up being a big deal. Because I'm back in that same picture that the doctor painted early on. I'm new to a town. Nobody knows us. And, yet, we're carrying a label.
Shouldn't people get to know Emmy first before I hoist this label on top of her? Shouldn't people get to know our family before I say, "My daughter has a syndrome that you've never heard of…" What would they think?
It's been so long since I've thought about what others think when it comes to Williams syndrome, or how our family will be perceived, or the implications that a label would have on Emmy.
Things have changed because she's older. She's 3.5 years old, and she wants to play with other kids. She's no longer a baby. She's much more aware of how she's treated by others and more aware of the reactions she gets. She can read people's faces now. She can feel how they relate to her and can tell if they're comfortable around her.
Keep in mind that Emmy doesn't know what Williams syndrome is. I've told her, but she doesn't understand it yet. Charlotte, my five year old who is typical, doesn't really understand it either. So it's a lot to take in. But I think that Emmy can feel that she's different in some ways. She knows that she takes longer on the stairs when other kids just race down. She knows that she stands in the front of the line because she's so tiny. I think she knows that there's something there, and I think she is perceptive about how others relate to her.
My instinct is not to tell. I want to protect Emmy, and I worry about how others will treat her. Not everyone understands what it means to have special needs. Not everyone grew up around someone with a disability. I, myself, had no clue about any of this until she was born.
But, even though my instinct is not to tell, when I finally told people before, life got a little easier. I wasn't carrying around a secret, and I wasn't silently censoring myself in every conversation — wondering if I gave too much away.
It might be better for me to tell.
I have to work on my explanation. It's a lot to take in.
This is where we are — starting over.


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Alaska Pacific University Prepares to Welcome Back International Students: "APU is Our Home."
By Lynn E. Paulson
After closing as Alaska Methodist University in 1976, our school reopened it's doors as Alaska Pacific University the following year. In my own experience, if you ask almost anyone who was here at that time to describe Dr. Glen Olds, the man who was serving as APU's President, you can count on hearing words like "visionary," or "a man of vision." Olds' vision was global in perspective before such a thing was even hip, and in an effort both to increase student enrollments and make APU a "university for the world," Olds instituted scholarships that were made available to two students from every country. Dr. Ray Clements was instrumental in making that particular vision a reality.
Ray Clements arrived at Alaska Pacific University in 1979 from Washington, D.C. after having served there as the International Student Advisor at George Washington University and as Dean at National Graduate University. On October 14th, I spoke with Ray Clements, now in his 80's, who was Dean of Students at Alaska Pacific University until 1981. He told me that with the help of Felix Idahosa, a student from Lagos, Nigeria, he brought a group of 30 to 40 students to APU's campus during those two years from places as distant as Nigeria, Ghana, Congo, Hong Kong and Turkey.
"There was culture shock when they arrived," said Dr. Clements. The students were stunned by all the material goods so easily available to Americans on store shelves, to say nothing of the weather. One student arriving from Africa wondered at the knee-deep "salt" he saw on the ground outside.
But as strange as Alaska, – and America – seemed to them, having so many students on campus who were very far from home created among them a spirit of solidarity, Clements told me, and they came together to bring some of their home to APU, too, with international festivals that included their native dishes, music and dancing.
And during that time – no coincidence – APU also had a kick ass inter-mural soccer team.
Some of these students will be meeting on APU's campus again for the first time in many years this summer, for a reunion of alumni who attended Alaska Pacific University between 1979 and 1985. Although the event being planned for June 24th to 28th is inclusive of all students who attended APU during those six years, it is these international students who have been the motivating force behind it, including Felix Idahosa, Joel Bulaya, Philip Imboywa, Austin Agho, Richard Oriakhi, Njikonyen Ekeleme and Thomas Jodwalis. They are part of the crowd already beginning to gather on the reunion's Face Book page.
"Those of us who attended APU for any length of time know what a special place it was," writes APU alum, Laura Irby, in one Face Book post. She attended Alaska Pacific University between 1980 and 1981. "The diversity of the student population was amazing and gave us all a larger scope of our place in the world … [The] relationships we formed while we were there have stayed with us ever since. This reunion is a chance to come back together, reconnect, and share what we've been up to during the past few decades."
Ray Clements agrees, adding that compared to larger universities, the smaller size of institutions like APU lends itself more easily to "a reverence for the connection you have with people from earlier in your life." Some of that reverence was inspired in these students by Dr. Clements himself, who told me that he tried to create a family atmosphere for them at Alaska Pacific University while they were here.
"We call him our father," said Joel Bulaya, one of the reunion planners. Bulaya, who arrived at APU from Congo, gently placed his hand over his heart as he told me this. "APU is our home," he said.
Dr. Clements succeeded.
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The Elder Scrolls Online – PS4 Pro Announcement – 3WIREL!
We're excited to showcase ESO running in 4K on a Sony PlayStation 4 Pro in this gameplay trailer. If you play ESO on PlayStation 4 Pro with a 1080p HD television, you will experience increased graphical fidelity; if you use a 4K monitor, the game will automatically run in 4K. Keep in mind that in order to experience this trailer in 4K, you will need to view it on a 4K monitor. Enjoy!


Beat cream cheese and sugar with electric mixer until well blended. Fold in whipped topping, green food coloring and peppermint extract.
Pour into chocolate crust. Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight. Top with crumbles chocolate cookies and chocolate syrup. Cut into slices and serve. Store in refrigerator.
Grasshopper Pie is one of those desserts that terrified me as a kid. My brothers had convinced me that the reason Grasshopper Pie is the color green is because it had smashed up grasshoppers in it. You can only imagine the fun they had torturing me with candy gummy worms. In some cultures, however, sugared grasshoppers are actually served as dessert. While, that's not a delicacy I plan on indulging in anytime soon, the chocolate and mint flavor combination has always been a favorite of mine. Now that I am older and wiser, I can enjoy a Grasshopper Pie with a carefree mind. This Grasshopper Mint Pie starts off with a chocolate crust filled with a creamy (grasshopper free) mint filling. The pie is chilled then topped with crumbled chocolate cookies and drizzled with chocolate syrup. This Grasshopper Mint Pie only takes about 5 minutes to prepare and a couple of hours of chilling until it is ready to serve. If you are lucky enough to find mint chocolate sandwich cookies like I did, it sends this pie into chocolate/mint overload (which isn't a bad thing). I hate to rub in in…but here in Florida it's so hot that my Grasshopper Mint Pie started melting on me! Here's the full recipe so you can enjoy Grasshopper Mint Pie at your house!


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The Crave Droplet necklace.
Photo: Crave
When Your Necklace Is Really a Nipple Vibrator
These sex toys double as stylish accessories.
By Leigh Cuen May 3, 2017, 9:32am EDT
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The sexual revolution will be beautified. Today, there are several high-tech startups reimagining sex products for women as wearable accessories, taking female pleasure from the bedroom to the boardroom. And the results are classy as hell.
Some jewelry sellers are entering the sex industry from a place of academic curiosity. Would wearing sex products around a woman's neck change where and how she embraced sexuality? Others have more personal inspiration. Such was the case for Polly Rodriguez, CEO of the sexual wellness startup Unbound Box, which sends customers erotic accessories along with curated sex and wellness products.
Unbound cuffs.
Photo: Unbound
Colon cancer changed Rodriguez's body in ways she could never have imagined. The illness forced her body into menopause when she was just 21 years old. Rodriguez now needs to routinely use lube in order to have a healthy life after recovery. But she found that going to the local sex shop to buy supplies didn't feel empowering for her at all.
"I was totally intimidated by the shopping experience. I walked in and there were old guys reading dirty magazines," Rodriguez says. "I honestly went back to my car and I cried. I was so embarrassed to shop at a place like that."
The sex industry has changed dramatically since that disastrous shopping trip.
After recovering from cancer, Rodriguez teamed up with Sarah Jayne and Greer Goldenberg to launch Unbound Box in 2013. And they are not alone. Over the past few years, dozens of women entrepreneurs entered the scene, and their startups are revolutionizing the market. Now a new era is on the horizon. Rodriguez calls it the "rise of fem tech."
Rodriguez and Make Love Not Porn founder Cindy Gallop are just a few of the founders behind the new startup network Women of Sextech, which already garnered over 70 members. "A lot of really smart women are coming to this space," Rodriguez says. "Female-founded companies that are trying to change things… we're seeing more products that are design centric."
The Crave Vesper necklace.
As of 2017, Unbound Box is a New York startup with around 10 employees running both an online store and a sex-positive subscription service. These curated boxes are filled with high-end products — everything from lingerie to adult bath toys. Unbound Box is just one of many female-led startups shaking up the sex industry. Formerly viewed as a niche market, sex products now represent a $15 billion industry.
Both Rodriguez and Ti Chang, cofounder of the erotic jewelry brand Crave, agree the rise of female entrepreneurs are leading the sex industry's shift to more mature, elegant products that prioritize female pleasure. For example, several of Unbound's curated offerings include whip necklaces with delicate metal tassels, accessories that are perfect for both fine dining and painful spanking. Meanwhile, Crave sells bondage cuff bracelets and a chic necklace that double as nipple vibrators, both of which a high-powered executive could discreetly wear to the office without raising eyebrows.
"I am most passionate about designing products for women because women are underserved when it comes to actual product design," Chang says. "There are very few female industrial designers. This industry has pretty much been dominated by men." Chang thinks many entrepreneurs and investors still fear the stigma attached to female pleasure would makes these ventures career suicide. And yet they persist.
Rodriguez agrees the current startup scene is an "awful" place for women. "You see products that reflect what men think women want, instead of what women themselves want," Rodriguez says. "I'll go to trade shows and I'll see these products where the marketing is so lewd and ridiculous. I'll think: I can't put that on my website."
Despite the difficulties, or perhaps precisely because of them, a new generation of feminist businesswomen are determined to shatter the status quo. "We give customers products that are beautiful so they will never feel dirty or embarrassed," Rodriguez says.
Chang thinks the traditional industry revolved around the male gaze. Women's products were often made with tawdry, almost comical aesthetics, then sold through heteronormative advertising that focused on the customer's role as a partner. But not anymore. These new women-led companies are prioritizing independent women as their customers, regardless of their relationship status. Many are rejecting the term "sex toy" altogether.
A Wisp necklace.
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"Wisp is not a sex toy, it's wearable intimacy," says tech inventor Wan Tseng. She is the CEO of Wisp, a startup that grew out of her graduate project at the Royal College of Art in London. The main product Wisp is developing is Touch, a piece of futuristic wearable jewelry that gives the feel of a gentle caress and a lover's breath. Tseng is now turning her original designs, which used mini motors in several silicone pads, into round pendants that can be worn as simple necklaces.
"We developed the sensual technology to expand the sensation on user's skin," Tseng says. "It will reproduce the feeling of sensation, such as touching, air blowing, and creating a scent. The detailed mechanism is IP pending."
While companies like Wisp and the more unisex subscription box Maude have a techie, futuristic vibe, Unbound and Crave are distinctly high fashion. Crave's most talked-about necklace, the Vesper vibrator, can be paired with a gold, rose gold, or platinum chain. "We use a lot of metal, which makes us very different from other sex toy companies," Chang says. Her jewelry designs are all about the silhouette: She loves clean angles and subtle details. "Now we are entering a era where novelty products are growing up and becoming consumer products," she explains. "It should not look like a child's toy. It needs to be more sophisticated and chic."
Pineapple nipple clamps from Unbound.
These designs empower women to discuss sexuality on their own terms, without attracting unwanted attention. Unbound's curated handcuffs are jewelry first and foremost. Varying designs are made with satin, lace, and decorative metals instead of the usual leather or steel. "There's a difference between being discreet and hiding something," Rodriguez says. "It's a wink and a nod to feminism, in my view."
On the other hand, customers have also used the handcuffs to start a dialogue about consent. They are particularly popular with women who are curious about BDSM. "If you're trying it for the first time, and you're wearing it on your sleeve, it's a lot easier to start a conversation about it," Rodriguez says. "If someone really wants to break out of them [handcuffs], they can."
For more of a summer look, Unbound box offers pineapple-shaped nipple clamp earrings. This movement isn't just about luxury. It's about fundamentally redefining erotic products for women's pleasure. "I'd like to change people's perception," Tseng tells Racked from Wisp's research and development base in Taiwan. "I spent lots of time working on experiments of female arousal... what kind of thing will turn a female on, and Wisp is my conclusion."
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Q: Tensorflow TypeError: Exception encountered when calling layer "lambda_1" (type Lambda) I am trying to build a OC-CNN, but when I try to load my model, it meets error
def get_model(train=True):

    pre_process = Lambda(preprocess_input)
    vgg = VGG16(weights = 'imagenet', include_top = False)
    vgg = Model(vgg.input, vgg.output)
    vgg.trainable = False

    inp = Input(SHAPE)
    vgg_16_process = pre_process(GaussianNoise(0.1)(inp))
    vgg_out = vgg(vgg_16_process)

    if train:
        noise = Lambda(tf.zeros_like)(vgg_out)
        noise = tf.keras.layers.GaussianNoise(0.1)(noise)
        x = Lambda(lambda z: tf.concat(z, axis=0))([vgg_out,noise])
        x = Activation('relu')(x)
    else:
        x = vgg_out

    x = Flatten()(x)
    x = Dense(512, activation='relu')(x)
    x = Dense(128, activation='relu')(x)
    out = Dense(2, activation='softmax')(x)
    model = Model(inp, out)

    return model

and I train it via these
epochs = 500
model = get_model()
crossentropy = tf.keras.losses.categorical_crossentropy
optimizer = tf.keras.optimizers.Adam(learning_rate=1e-4) # 1e-4 = 1 * 10^-4 = 0.0001

# make fake label
y_withfakeLabel = list()
y_withfakeLabel.append((1,0)) # positive label
y_withfakeLabel.append((0,1)) # negative label
y_withfakeLabel = tuple(y_withfakeLabel)
y = tf.constant(y_withfakeLabel, dtype = "uint8")

# load data
img = data_loader.get_data()
img = np.expand_dims(img.astype(np.float32), axis=0)
print(img.shape)

for timer in range(epochs):
    with tf.GradientTape() as tape:
        y_pred = model(img)
        loss = crossentropy(y_true = y, y_pred = y_pred)
        loss = tf.reduce_mean(loss)
        print("batch %d: loss %f" % (timer, loss.numpy()))

    grads = tape.gradient(loss, model.variables)
    optimizer.apply_gradients(grads_and_vars=zip(grads, model.variables))

Then I got a available model and I saved it
# Save the model
model.save('OC_CNN_withOnlyOneCat_epoch500.h5')

Here I got the warning:
WARNING:tensorflow:Compiled the loaded model, but the compiled metrics have yet to be built. 'model.compile_metrics' will be empty until you train or evaluate the model.
Model: "model_1"
but when I just test loading the model, it encounter this problem:
model = load_model('./OC-CNN_withOnlyOneCat_epoch500.h5')

TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In [12], line 4
      1 # short test
      2
      3 # model = load_model('./OC-CNN_withOnlyOneCat_epoch500.h5')
----> 4 model = tf.keras.models.load_model('./OC_CNN_withOnlyOneCat_epoch500.h5')
      6 print(model.summary())
      7 current_dir = os.getcwd()

File ~/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/keras/utils/traceback_utils.py:70, in filter_traceback.<locals>.error_handler(*args, **kwargs)
     67     filtered_tb = _process_traceback_frames(e.__traceback__)
     68     # To get the full stack trace, call:
     69     # `tf.debugging.disable_traceback_filtering()`
---> 70     raise e.with_traceback(filtered_tb) from None
     71 finally:
     72     del filtered_tb

File ~/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/tensorflow/python/util/traceback_utils.py:146, in filter_traceback.<locals>.error_handler(*args, **kwargs)
    141     return fn(*args, **kwargs)
    142 except NameError:
    143   # In some very rare cases,
    144   # `is_traceback_filtering_enabled` (from the outer scope) may not be
    145   # accessible from inside this function
--> 146   return fn(*args, **kwargs)
    148 filtered_tb = None
    149 try:

TypeError: Exception encountered when calling layer "lambda_1" (type Lambda).

'str' object is not callable

Call arguments received by layer "lambda_1" (type Lambda):
  • inputs=tf.Tensor(shape=(None, 12, 12, 512), dtype=float32)
  • mask=None
  • training=False

and here is my model.summary()
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Layer (type)                   Output Shape         Param #     Connected to
==================================================================================================
 input_2 (InputLayer)           [(None, 414, 397, 3  0           []
                                )]

 gaussian_noise (GaussianNoise)  (None, 414, 397, 3)  0          ['input_2[0][0]']

 lambda (Lambda)                (None, 414, 397, 3)  0           ['gaussian_noise[0][0]']

 model (Functional)             (None, None, None,   14714688    ['lambda[0][0]']
                                512)

 lambda_1 (Lambda)              (None, 12, 12, 512)  0           ['model[0][0]']

 gaussian_noise_1 (GaussianNois  (None, 12, 12, 512)  0          ['lambda_1[0][0]']
 e)

 lambda_2 (Lambda)              (None, 12, 12, 512)  0           ['model[0][0]',
                                                                  'gaussian_noise_1[0][0]']

 activation (Activation)        (None, 12, 12, 512)  0           ['lambda_2[0][0]']

 flatten (Flatten)              (None, 73728)        0           ['activation[0][0]']

 dense (Dense)                  (None, 512)          37749248    ['flatten[0][0]']

 dense_1 (Dense)                (None, 128)          65664       ['dense[0][0]']

 dense_2 (Dense)                (None, 2)            258         ['dense_1[0][0]']

==================================================================================================
Total params: 52,529,858
Trainable params: 37,815,170
Non-trainable params: 14,714,688

any idea?
Is the cause the warning when I save the model?

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Beef & Beach Byron Bay!
Yes, you heard right, Beef + Beach Byron Bay opening in new Mercato complex!
We are so excited to announce that Beef + Beach Lennox Head is expanding! For the last few years we have been on the hunt for the perfect location to open the doors of a second restaurant.
Mercato Byron Bay is a lifestyle complex unlike any other in the Byron Shire, employing the latest in sustainable design and a sensuous mixture of sunlight, stone and timber. Located on Johnston Street, Mercato of Byron aims to become the first regional shopping complex with a Five Star Design.
The Beef + Beach Byron Bay has a prime location in the new complex, on the corner block looking down toward the beach end of Johnston St. It boasts two beautiful balcony areas as well as indoor dining and a modern-style cocktail bar.
Monday night the prestigious Lennox Head Business Awards, beef+beach/Seven Mile Weddings had an amazing result with 3 Awards including the top Award – Excellence in Business with 20+ employees. Owner Troy Lister was extremely excited with the result & stated "what a fantastic effort from our management & staff, I couldn't be prouder & thankful for an amazing year from our team".
– "Professional Service" which focused on all three sectors in the business – restaurant, functions/events & weddings with criteria including procedures for booking, organizing, promoting & running such events, functions & weddings. The business has invested a lot in the refinement of our professional service over the last few years.
- "Visitor Experience" we love this award as we have won it back in 2016. The culture of the business has a strong emphasis on making sure we deliver an entertaining, fun & delicious dining experience to our customers.
The 3 awards guarantee direct entry into the regional awards held later this year.
Culinary Science Award – 2017 & Finalist in the regional Awards the same year.
Share Mother's Day with MUM!
Treat your mum to the day she deserves at Seven Mile, with 3 rounds of delicious share platters with the option of cheese or dessert to follow!
Share Mothers day with Mum at the Beef & Beach Steak & Seafood restaurant in our new venue Seven Mile. Lunch will consist of 3 rounds of delicious share plates boasting a variety of flavours to suit anyone!
Served in our new venue Seven Mile, you will dine whilst looking out at one of the best ocean views in town! A perfect date with mum this Mother's Day!
Dessert or Cheese is available for an additional $10.00pp for those who wish to have it!
A la carte available in restaurant bookings essential or call (02) 6687 5769.
We are kicking off the first official Sunday Session at our new venue Seven Mile!
This Sunday from 2:30pm til 5:30pm you can share $15 jugs of Coopers or $20 jugs of Pimms whilst soaking in some live entertainment with Biggy P Music!
The NEW Seven Mile Venue is open!
We are the new premier venue nestled near Byron Bay to the north and Yamba to the south. Specialising in beach themed weddings and receptions, we look straight over Seven Mile Beach Lennox Head. The versatility of the venue is shown through the ability to look natural and relaxed or if preferred extremely sophisticated.
Industrial framed solid timber top tables, two feature copper waterfalls, natural timbers, Moroccan patterned tiles, exposed brick, white shiplap panelling and copper pendants gives the feel of an industrial beach setting with a touch of southern Europe thrown in.
The catering for this venue is provided by beef+beach who prides itself on high quality Australian meats and fresh local seafood. Contact us at 61 2 56 272 777 to book.
Equine & Dine on the balcony!
Mingle on the balcony, soak up the sunshine and cheer on the race that stops the nation at beef+beach Lennox Head for their 18th Melbourne Cup Annual Charity Luncheon.
Sip on a complimentary glass of champagne or beer on arrival and enjoy a delicious three-course luncheon on the exclusive balcony by the ocean. Chef Lachlan Smith has put together a selection of dishes that will tantalise the tastebuds including dishes from their new menu. With entertainment by Tina Appleby throughout the afternoon.
Highlights on the day include fashion parades by the local La Chelle boutique and, Wallace and Co, and prizes for best dressed judged by Kevin Somers, Charity Sweeps with all proceeds going to the Biala Support Services Inc and people with a disability.
11:30pm Tuesday November 7. Tickets $90 for three course luncheon.
To book, contact the host Tracey Everingham-Armstong on 66 876 088.
With the weather starting to heat up, so is our Josper fired grill.
Beef+Beach Lennox Head's Executive Chef Lachlan Smith cooks up steak and seafood in our charcoal oven from Spain. The charcoal heats the oven up to 500 degrees and allows all sorts of meats to be cooked very fast for a shorter time. This keeps in all the moisture making the food super juicy, the rendering fats drip onto the charcoal creating delicious smokey flavours that permeate up into the meat.
The flavour is a reminder of years past, you can smell the timber aroma in the food, the meat is meltingly tender and slices like butter. Some of the most well-known chefs that use a Josper are Heston Blumenthal, Gordon Ramsey and Jamie Oliver. There is not many Jospers in Australia one is at Donovans in St Kilda, Melbourne, with only a few in Northern NSW.
Steak, seafood, sunshine and views over 7-mile, beef+beach is the perfect place to dine this Spring with friends and family.
Choose from a range of menu styles to perfectly match your event. From canapés seared share plates to canapés to al a carte menus. Specialising in fresh seafood, an array of different meats and premium steaks the menu has something for everyone.
All menus use the freshest best quality and local produce available, we then handle it simply and well, and cook it as it should be cooked then serve it to you at the highest standard and complement the restaurants' absolute beachside location.
Call on (02) 6687 5769 or email.
Celebrate the 17th Annual Melbourne Cup luncheon for charity on Tuesday November 1 from 11:30am. Enjoy a complimentary glass of champagne or beer on arrival with a delicious three-course luncheon. Chef Dan has put together a selection of dishes that will tantalise the tastebuds including dishes from their new menu. Highlights on the day include fashion parades by the local La Chelle boutique and, Wallace and Co. As well as as sweeps for the race that stops the nation. All proceeds going to the Biala Support Services Inc and people with a disability. Bookings are essential, contact the host Tracey Everingham-Armstong on 66 876 088 to secure your spot.


JZ: Gus and I have been playing duo together for the last year and have begun developing our own original music that utilizes complex rhythmic structures. This music is directly related to the music of the great bassist Kim Cass who I've played with in the band Anteater. We will give the premier performance of a new work of mine entitled "Boxcars Boxcars Boxcars," and then use the different rhythmic elements of this piece in a variety of ways for the session to follow.
First of all, we want to say that this session will be much more directed and structured than usual, more of a "workshop" than a "public session." Come ready to be challenged and try something new.
The main premise of "Boxcars Boxcars Boxcars" is to create the illusion of a constantly shifting tempo that is held together by a static underlying tempo. To do this we use even polyrhythms such as a 4 over 3, or 4 over 5 to suggest a superimposed tempo. These polyrhythms are FUN, ranging from very familiar (e.g. 3 over 4, aka quarter note triplets) to unfamiliar (e.g. 6 over 5).
To demonstrate the range of superimposed tempos this can provide I created this "scale" of tempi track. Each change of pitch is a new polyrhythm/tempo.
Now here is the same thing with a metronome click showing the steady "invisible" underlying tempo.
Here's the music for Boxcars Boxcars Boxcars.
Here's what the bass line sounds like.
Here's what it sounds like with the melody.
Here's a little sample of me improvising on it.
If we have time at the session we'll get into the "shuffle rhythms" in the drum set line. For now it would be great if everyone just gave a listen and tried tapping all the polyrhythms in the piece.


Natural beauty at it's best!
The matte finish is gorgeous on this natural stone bracelet. The caramel tone tassels work perfectly with the earthy tones of the Amazonite.
The bracelet adjusts from 18cm to 21cm.
Amazonite is said to be a soothing stone. It may calm the brain and nervous system and aid in maintaining optimum health.


Will the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) – Employer Mandate Complicate Worker Classification Issues for Business Owners?
Tax Controversy Group > Tax Audits > Will the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) – Employer Mandate Complicate Worker Classification Issues for Business Owners?
Absolutely! The already multifaceted laws governing the differentiation of "Employee" or "Independent Contractor" is further complicated by the Affordable Care Act's ("ACA") employer mandate set to be implemented in 2015. The employer mandate will expand complicated regulations and include increased enforcement actions by the IRS.
The employer mandate requires certain employers with 100 or more full-time employees to provide medical coverage for their employees or pay a tax penalty. These tax penalties are not tax deductible.
The definition of a full-time employee depends on a variety of factors that will require employers to track hours of all employees. The ACA does not provide a coherent definition of an "employee," therefore the common law 20-factor test will likely apply.
An unintended consequence of the ACA will entice employers who have slightly more than 100 employees to classify some workers as "independent contractors" to avoid the employer mandate. This will not be lost on the IRS when selecting employment tax audits.
Additionally, the IRS currently offers relief for misclassifications of workers; however there are no indications of whether or not the current program will apply to the ACA.
The exposure for incorrect worker classifications can be severe and broad. If you wish to discuss the Service's employment tax examinations or other worker classification issues, or simply wish to have your current practices reviewed for potential exposure, please contact Brian J. Crepeau at (410) 649-4981 orbcrepeau@rosenbergmartin.com.


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Q: Aptana 3 and Git: switching branches code remains the same. I cannot try to add new features I'm new to use of git and Aptana.
Reading something about git, I discover that I can create new branches. And I can do this with Aptana.
But I understood that if I create a new branch, I have a separate environment in which I can work without take care of the changes I make, as they are not applied to my main source code.
So I expect that if, in Aptana, I switch between branches, the files I open should be the ones of the specific branches.
So if I have the file "A" with "some content" in the master branch, if I create a new branch (call it "testBranch") and edit the file "A" writing into it "Some new content", if I switch back to the master branch and open the file A it should contain again "some content".
If I open the same file from the testBranch, instead I should find in it "Some new content".
Instead, using Aptana, I see the modified file also if I switch between branches.
But I think isn't this the way git's developers thought the tool.
I think that if I'm in the master branch file "A" should contain "some content", while if I switch to "testBranch" file "A" should contain "some new content".
Am I wrong? Is there something I misunderstanding?

A: If you have modified a file, but not committed it, Aptana won't modify it when you are switching branches (ie checkout another branch).
But if you had already committed that file in your current branch (before switching), and the content doesn't vary, then it could be related to this bug: "Git checkout from GUI (App Explorer) sometimes doesn't checkout branch".

A: Having the same problem,i decided to create the branch and switch to it using bash(command prompt), then because i was heading nowhere with refreshing,and Aptana still not getting it. I decided to restart Aptana (close all instances of my project) and then on starting it up again   the new branch was available, but it the my working space was pointing to HEAD. went back to the command prompt and ran $git status, to see which branch i was in and its my new branch from my $git branch checkout  // instruction before the restart. Select the new Branch and your good to go.


Attention scuba divers: Diviac Travel is live!
With more than 10'000 dive operators, thousands of reviews from real divers as well as scuba specific destination information, diviac.travel is the most comprehensive website for scuba divers to find, compare & book their next dive vacation.
Diviac's founders are on a mission to bring the best of the Web to the scuba diving industry. After having launched diviac.com, one of the world's most popular cloud-logbook with users from over 135 countries, they have now released their newest platform, diviac.travel, with the simple ambition of becoming the Booking.com of scuba diving.
What differentiates Diviac Travel from most competitors is the breadth and the depth of its content. With over 10'000 dive centers/resorts and over 700 liveboards from around the world, the platform certainly offers divers enough choice. And with a micro-website for each company with detailed information on service offerings, amenities, itineraries, photos and reviews, it certainly also offers great depth too.
In the future, the rich information provided by divers in their diviac logbooks will also be increasingly integrated into Diviac Travel, both as additional content and as ways of creating rich filters. For example, leveraging other divers' marine life sightings, users will be able to search for the best location at any month of the year to spot any particular species.


From Oswestry bypass take the road signposted Whittington and Ellesmere. Continue to Ellesmere following signs to the town centre (turning right just before the petrol station on the right - if you reach the mere on your left you have gone too far). Enter the one way system and take the next available left hand turn into Birch Road continue for approx 100 yards past the White Hart pub and take the next right into a very narrow single track road. (If you get to the small car parking area on your left, you have missed the turn). Continue down this narrow road and the property is the first detached cottage on your right. Parking for 3 cars is on the left side of the property.


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FICTION FACTORY is a Munich-based film production company specializing in documentaries and DVD/Blu-ray special features.
This website offers a complete chronological listing of every documentary produced by Fiction Factory since the start of the company in 2002, currently more than 270 titles. (Also included are earlier documentaries by Robert Fischer produced for German television in 1999-2000 and Fischer's contributions to The Criterion Collection. Please note that most of the latter are produced and owned by Criterion.) The DVD/Blu-ray section lists, in alphabetical order, every published DVD or blu-ray that contains bonus features produced by Fiction Factory and/or Robert Fischer, with currently over 470 entries from all over the world. A search by director (either as subject or contributor) is possible either by clicking on a director's name in the column on the right, or by using the search bar. If you are looking for films, names or subjects NOT listed in our database, please contact us! We are constantly working on new productions, shooting in Europe or the USA. We have also gained exclusive access to a large collection of archival interviews, and are in the process of making these available. See here for a selection of these mostly unedited and unpublished filmed interviews with directors, actors, film historians and other experts or crew members. Among the subjects covered are the films of Budd Boetticher, Edward Dmytryk, Federico Fellini, Richard Fleischer, Alfred Hitchcock, Jerry Lewis, Louis Malle, Otto Preminger, Francesco Rosi, Edgar G. Ulmer, Raoul Walsh, William A. Wellman, Fred Zinnemann and many others.
28.06.2019 | Release Calendar: A Selection of Fiction Factory Documentaries on Upcoming International DVDs and Blu-rays
MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION | The Criterion Collection | USA | 20 August 2019
Contains the Fiction Factory documentaries CORE OF REALITY: ROBERT BLEES ON DOUGLAS SIRK'S MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (20 min), BEYOND MELODRAMA: KATHRYN BIGELOW ON DOUGLAS SIRK (14 min) and A TRIBUTE TO DOUGLAS SIRK BY ALLISON ANDERS (10 min).
A BLONDE IN LOVE | Second Run | UK | 29 July 2019
Contains the Fiction Factory documentary LIFE AS IT IS: MILOS FORMAN ON HIS CZECH FILMS, PART 2 (26 min).
THE INDIAN FIGHTER | Wild Side Video | France | 24 July 2019
Contains the Fiction Factory documentary THE BEAUTY OF THE LAND: ANTHONY SLIDE ON ANDRE DE TOTH AND THE INDIAN RUNNER (31 min).
DIE EROBERUNG DER ZITADELLE | Filmjuwelen | Germany | 19 July 2019
Contains the Fiction Factory documentaries REBELLION AUF ELBA: ANDRÁS FRICSAY ÜBER BERNHARD WICKIS »DIE EROBERUNG DER ZITADELLE« (30 min) and SANFTMUT UND GEWALT: BERNHARD WICKI IM GESPRÄCH MIT ROBERT FISCHER (27 min).
DAS FALSCHE GEWICHT | Filmjuwelen | Germany | 19 July 2019
Contains the Fiction Factory documentary SANFTMUT UND GEWALT: BERNHARD WICKI IM GESPRÄCH MIT ROBERT FISCHER (27 min).
WARUM SIND SIE GEGEN UNS? | Filmjuwelen | Germany | 19 July 2019
Contains the Fiction Factory documentary GISELAS ERINNERUNGEN: INGRID RESCH ÜBER BERNHARD WICKIS »WARUM SIND SIE GEGEN UNS?« (37 min).
01.02.18 | Premiere auf der Berlinale: »Der Film verlässt das Kino«
Der Filmemacher Edgar Reitz, Mitunterzeichner des Oberhausener Manifests und Pionier des epischen Erzählens im Film (HEIMAT), beschäftigt sich seit über einem halben Jahrhundert nicht nur in der Praxis, sondern auch als Theoretiker mit den Regeln und Grenzen des Kinos, die er auf immer neue Weise zu sprengen und zu erweitern sucht. Ein Beispiel für sein unermüdliches Suchen und Forschen sind die 1969/70 in Co-Regie mit Ula Stöckl entstandenen GESCHICHTEN VOM KÜBELKIND, 22 abstrus-witzige, subversiv-anarchische Kurzfilme unterschiedlichster Länge, die sich ganz bewusst und mit verblüffendem Erfolg jeder Konvention widersetzten. In ihrem dadaistischen Ideenreichtum sind sie bis heute unerreicht.
Im Mittelpunkt von Robert Fischers Dokumentarfilm DER FILM VERLÄSST DAS KINO: VOM KÜBELKIND-EXPERIMENT UND ANDEREN UTOPIEN steht die Entstehungsgeschichte der wiederentdeckten und restaurierten KÜBELKIND-Geschichten. Edgar Reitz, Ula Stöckl, Werner Herzog, Alexander Kluge und weitere Filmemacher und Zeitzeugen erinnern sich an die Bedingungen, die das KÜBELKIND und ähnlich visionäre Projekte vor 50 Jahren überhaupt erst möglich machten. Sie alle bewegt die Frage: Wie wird die Zukunft des bewegten Bildes aussehen? Und: Brauchen wir überhaupt noch das Kino? Kluge sagt: »Ich gehe davon aus, dass wir das Reich der visuellen Eindrücke überhaupt nicht abgeschritten haben.«
DER FILM VERLÄSST DAS KINO wird seine Weltpremiere als Special Screening im Rahmen der Berlinale (Forum) feiern, und zwar am 17. Februar um 14 Uhr im Delphi-Kino (Wiederholung: 22.2., 17:30 Uhr, Arsenal 1). Weitere Aufführungen: 24.2., 18:30 Uhr im Metro Kinokulturhaus, Wien, und 1.3., 20 Uhr (Wiederholung: 4.3., 14 Uhr) im Filmhaus im KunstKulturQuartier, Nürnberg, jeweils in Anwesenheit von Edgar Reitz und Robert Fischer.
In 1962, Edgar Reitz (HEIMAT) co-signed the Oberhausen manifesto that set the New German Cinema in motion. In 1968, Ula Stöckl emerged as Germany's first feminist filmmaker. A year later, Stöckl and Reitz joined forces to create STORIES OF THE DUMPSTER KIND, a series of 22 hilarious, irreverent short films that have been talked about – but rarely seen – for nearly 50 years. Robert Fischer's FILM BEYOND CINEMA: THE DUMPSTER KID EXPERIMENT AND OTHER UTOPIAS is a documentary on the background and rediscovery of the DUMPSTER KID series, but also much more: Reitz and Stöckl are joined on-camera by Werner Herzog, Alexander Kluge and others to reflect on nothing less than the future of cinema.
04.04.2017 | Coming Soon: New Documentary on Mike Nichols' »Wolf«
The latest Fiction Factory documentary just finished production: THE BEAST INSIDE: CREATING »WOLF« is a 55-minute making-of featuring brand-new interviews with producer Douglas Wick, co-writer Wesley Strick and legendary special make up artist Rick Baker. WOLF (1994), directed by Mike Nichols and starring Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer, is not so much a werewolf movie but a film about a normal guy's coping with his animal nature: high-class entertainment, as funny as it is frightening. THE BEAST INSIDE will be featured on British boutique label Indicator's dual format release of WOLF, due out within the next months.
10.02.2017 | Coming Soon: Stacy Keach, Candy Clark and others on John Huston's »Fat City«
John Huston's sombre but compassionate boxing drama FAT CITY (1972) is a criminally-underseen late-career masterpiece from the great director. Peppered with outstanding performances, this gritty yet affectionate look at the world of small-time boxing highlights a down-and-out fighter (Stacy Keach) and a young up-and-comer (Jeff Bridges), both moving through a world of seedy gyms and flop houses. The new Fiction Factory documentary SUCKER PUNCH BLUES: A LOOK BACK ON JOHN HUSTON'S »FAT CITY«, featuring interviews with actors Keach and Candy Clark, casting director Fred Roos and assistant cameraman Gary Vidor, chronicles the making of this modern classic and will first be available on British boutique label Indicator's dual-format release of the film in late March.
02.02.2017 | John Moulder-Brown on Narciso Ibáñez Serrador's »The House That Screamed« (La Residencia) and Luchino Visconti's »Ludwig«
In January, Fiction Factory head Robert Fischer reconnected with John Moulder-Brown to shoot interviews on two more of the actor's films from the early 1970s. Having discussed Jerzy Skolimowski's DEEP END (see here) and Maximilian Schell's FIRST LOVE in 2011, they now sat down to talk about Narciso Ibáñez Serrador's cult classic THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED (La Residencia, 1970) and Luchino Visconti's lush and masterful historical drama LUDWIG (1973). Moulder-Brown was happy to go back in time and share his memories about creating these truly enigmatic characters, and the two interviews (with a running time between 20 and 25 minutes each) will soon become available for international DVD and blu-ray releases.
John Moulder-Brown on Narciso Ibáñez Serrador's THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED: a short clip from the interview
John Moulder-Brown on Luchino Visconti's LUDWIG: a short clip from the interview
13.09.2016 | A Granddaughter's view: Vanessa Wanger Hope on Joan Bennett, Walter Wanger and Fritz Lang
In Fiction Factory's brand-new interview feature THE WOMAN IS DANGEROUS, filmmaker Vanessa Wanger Hope talks passionately about her grandparents — Hollywood star Joan Bennett and producer Walter Wanger — and the pair's collaboration with director Fritz Lang on no less than four films: MAN HUNT (1941), THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW (1944), SCARLET STREET (1945) and SECRET BEYOND THE DOOR (1947), the latter two produced by Diana Productions, a company founded and run by the star/producer/director trio. But the main focus here is on Joan Bennett's life and career and on MAN HUNT, which will come out on blu-ray in the UK early next year, with THE WOMAN IS DANGEROUS included as an extra feature!
09.09.2016 | Running in the Dark: New documentary with film scholar Glenn Erickson on Jules Dassin's »Night and the City«
Here at Fiction Factory we just finished editing on RUNNING IN THE DARK, in which film scholar Glenn Erickson tells the fascinating story behind Jules Dassin's noir masterpiece NIGHT AND THE CITY (1950), starring Richard Widmark as an American low-life racketeer literally running out of luck in London. Watch out for this 42-minute documentary on an upcoming blu-ray of NIGHT AND THE CITY.
18.08.2016 | Coming Attraction: Judy Geeson on Richard Fleischer's »10 Rillington Place«
British cult actress Judy Geeson (TO SIR WITH LOVE, BERSERK, DOOMWATCH) recently met with Robert Fischer in Los Angeles to reminisce about Richard Fleischer's true-crime drama 10 RILLINGTON PLACE (1971), in which she plays John Hurt's wife and is — spoiler alert! — famously killed by none other than Britain's notorious serial killer John Christie (Richard Attenborough). The 22-minute documentary, BEING BERYL: JUDY GEESON ON RICHARD FLEISCHER'S 10 RILLINGTON PLACE, will first appear as a bonus feature on Paris-based Carlotta Film's DVD and blu-ray editions of Fleischer's film later this year.
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Society Magazine
Test at Antigua ~ Ajay Ratra's Maiden Century and Anil Kumble Bowling with Broken Jaws
Posted on the 22 July 2016 by Sampathkumar Sampath
In the first Test (test no. 2207) against West Indies, India is in a comfortable position 302/4. Virat Kohli unbeaten on 143; Shikhar Dhawan made 84. Kohli joins Kapil Dev and Rahul Dravid as Indian Captains making centuries in WI. Before you read further, do you the Indian wicket-keeper, (retired last year) who made a century against WI but went on to play only 6 tests and 12 ODIs ? There were times when teams feared touring West Indies – and many players career ended because of such tour. In 1970-71, Dilip Sardesai's career was seemingly closing. He hit 212 at Kingston and made 642 in that Series but was outsmarted by the arrival of the compact little master Sunil Gavaskar who made 774 runs in that single Series and changed the way Indians batted. This Test is played at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua. The new venue, built in time for the 2007 World Cup, has stands named after Curtly Ambrose and Andy Roberts. Statistically, 15 consecutive Tests in which West Indies haven't beaten India, starting from their tour of India in 2002. India have won eight, and seven have been drawn. India are the only team West Indies haven't beaten in a Test since October 2002. Antigua, also known as Waladli or Wadadli by the native population, is an island in the West Indies. It is one of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region and the main island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua and Barbuda became an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations in Nov 1981. Antigua means "ancient" in Spanish, its economy is mainly reliant on tourism, with the agricultural sector serving the domestic market. English Harbour on the south-eastern coast is famed for its protected shelter during violent storms. It is the site of a restored British colonial naval station called "Nelson's Dockyard" after Captain Horatio Nelson. Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, was Senior Naval Officer of the Leeward Islands from 1784 to 1787 on H.M.S. Boreas. During his tenure, he tried to enforce the Navigation Acts. These acts prohibited trade with the newly formed United States of America. Most of the merchants in Antigua depended upon American trade, so many of them despised Captain Nelson. As a result, he was unable to get a promotion for some time after his stint on the island. The Americans were at this time trading with the islands, taking advantage of the register of their ships, which had been issued while they were British subjects. Nelson knew that, by the Navigation Act, no foreigners, directly or indirectly, are permitted to carry on any trade with these possessions. Antigua was one of the very first nations to legalize, license, and regulate online gambling and is a primary location for incorporation of online gambling companies. In 2006 the United States Congress voted to approve the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act which criminalized the operations of offshore gambling operators which take wagers from American-based gamblers. This was a prima facie violation of the GATS treaty obligations enforced by the WTO, resulting in a series of rulings unfavorable to the US. The Guns for Antigua scandal was a political scandal involving the shipment of Israeli-made weapons through Antigua to the Medellin drug cartel in Colombia. The affair was exposed by the Louis Blom-Cooper Royal Commission, following the discovery that several murders in Colombia had been perpetrated with Israeli guns that had been shipped through Antigua and were ostensibly for the Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force, which is equipped for free by the United States. In May 2002, Sourav Ganguly led Indians played WI led by Hooper. Wasim Jaffer 86; Rahul Dravid 91; Sourav 45 made runs. VVS Laxman made 130; the young Ratra in his maiden tour made unbeaten 115 with tail for company. India declared at 513/9 – but had to bowl all its 11 [yes, the keeper Ajay Ratra too bowled an over] in a meandering draw as WI declared at 629/9 with centuries by Carl Hooper, Shiv Chanderpaul and Ridley Jacobs. The test is remembered for Anil Kumble bowling with his face bandaged. Kumble sent down 14 consecutive overs and became the first bowler to dismiss Brian Lara while bowling with a broken jaw. He was due to fly back to Bangalore the following day for surgery, and as he said, "At least I can now go home with the thought that I tried my best. Batting at No. 7 (Ajay Ratra at No. 8 made a century), Kumble was hit by Merv Dillon. He spat out blood but batted on for another 20 minutes. The series was poised 1-1 and this was the fourth Test. India declared at 513 for 9. Test was drawn, Kumble reasoned about his bowling "I didn't want to sit around" ! Ajay Ratra has retired. Ratra last played a first-class game in 2013 for Tripura. Ratra, made his international debut in 2002, played six Tests and 12 ODIs for India. His maiden Test century against West Indies made him the fifth-youngest Indian player and the youngest wicketkeeper to score a Test hundred. He was just 20 and it was only his third Test, but later the summer proved to be cruel as he lost his place in the Test side to Parthiv Patel, and in the one-day side to the appointment of Rahul Dravid as keeper in the quest for balance. Ratra was part of the Indian under-19 team that won the Youth World Cup in early 2000, and the following season, he captained them to victory over England in a home series. With regards – S. Sampathkumar 22nd July 2016.
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Earth Day is the perfect day to remind our littles of how important our planet is to us. Here are some fun crafts and activities to do with them as we discuss how to keep our world clean.
The idea of homemade non-toxic baby wipes fall into the category of : "things that I would do differently, if I knew then, what I know now". Here is an easy recipe to follow to make your own.
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Sleep Training...... A topic that raises debates with moms daily. Trying to figure out which one is best for you and your baby can be quite daunting. Check out these different methods and the pros and cons of each.
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A household DIY project is a fun and productive way to spend a weekend, especially if your property has a few areas that are in need of some minor repair. However, as a smart homeowner, you must be able to carefully select the jobs that are more suited to your level of expertise and capabilities, rather than attempting to do everything on your own. Certain TV shows of today might make it seem like anything you wan to build, repair or deconstruct can be done all on your own without the help of anyone else, in reality, some jobs are better left for the pros for a lot of reasons, and here are a few for your reference.
According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, a total of 1065 persons were admitted to hospitals due to electrocution between the 1st July 2014 and 30th June 2016 and 55 people have died tragically. These numbers prove just how dangerous electricity is, and why any electrical repair work in the household must be left for the experts rather than attempting to perform them on your own and risking the safety of yourself and your family. Replacing a burnt-out light bulb or tightening the screws of loose plug is more up the alley of an experienced DIYer and isn't worth hiring a professional for. However, everything else must be outsourced, no matter how expensive it may be, because safety is always the top priority!
The water carriage network of your home may not be as dangerous as electricity but ignoring a leaky faucet or a clogged pipe may lead to serious structural problems that might cost you a fortune to fix. Grabbing a wrench and fixing up a section of your home's plumbing may seem like a simple enough task, but even of you manage to find a temporary solution, if everything isn't repaired right, things can escalate into a serious flood situation, which will require you to spend thousands of dollars to remedy. Therefore, the next you come across a blocked drain in your Narre Warren home, call AC Plumbing and Gas for blocked drain repairs so that you can get the possible job done, and get real worth for the money you spend.
Your home is like a giant Jenga tower! The individual blocks and structures that hold everything together must be handled with a great deal of delicate care and professionalism, because if not, everything will just collapse into the ground, destroying everything in its path. Today, homeowners who are hyped up about the concept of open floor plans, tries to take down entire walls by themselves, giving little or no consideration to the load bearing factors of the walls. Only a professional will fully understand the importance of the many technical procedures involved in such an operation and all structural work, no matter how big or small, must be delegated to the experts.


Would you like to encrypt a PDF? Encrypting a PDF can be handy if you want to protect sensitive data contained in a PDF that you store on your Mac, or before you share the PDF via email, Dropbox or via some other means. Encrypting a PDF can be accomplished easily using Apple's Preview application which comes bundled with every Mac.
Once you've encrypted a PDF, when you look at its icon in the Finder, you'll now see a padlock icon which indicates that it's encrypted.
Click on the File menu select Export, make sure the Encrypt box is not checked.
You'll be creating a new copy of the file that is not encrypted. You can then throw away the encrypted copy.
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This book seeks to understand the precarious margins of late‐capitalist labour markets. Its point of departure is the prevailing view that the full‐time continuous job or the standard employment relationship (SER) is being eclipsed by part‐time and temporary paid employment and self‐employment. To the extent that such a shift is taking place, what are its implications for precarious employment and those struggling against it? Addressing this question, the book examines the construction, consolidation, and contraction of the SER, taking as its focus the contested emergence—within, amongst and across different nation states—of regulations on 'non‐standard' forms of employment. These regulations 'see' the problem of precarious employment in 'non‐standard', which leads them to seek solutions minimizing deviations from the SER. Managing the Margins labels such approaches 'SER‐centric' and illustrates how they leave intact the precarious margins of the labour market. The book employs three conceptual lenses—the normative model of employment, the gender contract, and citizenship boundaries. Chapters 1 to 3 sketch the gendered development of regulations forging the SER in parts of Western Europe, Australia, Canada, and the US, and its evolution in the International Labour Code. Chapters 4 to 6 examine post‐1990 international labour regulations responding to precariousness in employment—focusing on the ILO Convention on Part‐Time Work, EU Directives on Fixed‐Term and Temporary Agency Work, and the ILO Recommendation on the Employment Relationship. To assess their logic, these chapters use illustrations of the regulation of part‐time employment in Australia, temporary employment in the EU 15, and self‐employment in OECD countries. The book concludes by assessing alternatives to SER‐centrism.


Another thing I've wondered about is the false religious leaders of the world (who are of course hailed by many people I know). I know a lot of people who assume that every Xn teacher is a holy man, for example, and many who were excited to buy tickets when the Dalai Lama was scheduled to speak at our school. I've found myself angered lately whenever I see a picture of that man: palms together as if in prayer, as if to be constantly saying, "I am humble, I am holy". I was wondering if this was that righteous anger from God you had told me about, because I actually feel like he (the Dalai Lama) knows he is misleading people, and revels in the exaltation. I think the same thing about the Pope. Do you think they really know that they are imposters, and that they haven't heard from God (or whatever higher power the Dalai Lama may credit)?
I do not believe, Gail, that they know they are imposters, but my experience with such men is that they believe no one else has really heard from God either; therefore, they are just as right as anyone.
This attitude of assuming "no one else has heard from God either" will lead to accepting anything as being right, possibly. And we see that liberal attitude growing everywhere by leaps and bounds. Only those who have truly experienced something from Jesus will be able to stand against the growing tide of accepting anything as possibly OK. Every time President Bush refers to Islam as "a great religion", he adds pressure on the nation to accept every religion as being of God, and he exposes himself as a deluded Christian.
Well, I hope all is well. Thanks for everything!


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NJCPA seeks nominations for 2017 'Diversity and Inclusion' award
March 21, 2017, 11:53 a.m. EDT
The New Jersey Society of CPAs (NJCPA) announced this week that they are seeking nominees for their Diversity and Inclusion Impact Award by May 19.
The award looks to highlight diverse CPAs; the people who hire, retain, or promote them; and those who have advocated for diverse leadership in the profession.
Non-CPAs and nonmembers of the NJCPA are eligible for the award, as long as they are employed by a company, CPA firm, nonprofit, government office, or are within academia with at least one NJCPA member.
The NJCPA seeks candidates who excel in at least two of the following traits:
Influences others
Serves as a role model
Cultivates diverse teams
Innovates and takes risks
External leadership involvement
Achievements from the last two years are encouraged. Candidates may nominate themselves or multiple individuals, with all staff levels invited to apply.
Winners will be selected by a panel of volunteers from the NJCPA. Winners will be announced on June 15 at the NJCPA Convention & Expo at the Borgata in Atlantic City and the NJCPA website. Winners will also be featured in the September/October 2017 issue of New Jersey CPA magazine.
For more information on the award or to make a nomination, head to the NJCPA's site here.
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52 year-old Michael F. has had multiple sclerosis since 1985 and made his first application to cultivate cannabis as part of his self-therapy in 2000. Medicinal cannabis flowers were still banned in Germany at that time and the application met with numerous rejections, court proceedings and a search warrant, under which Mr F.'s home-grown medicine was seized. F. was the first patient in Germany to beacquitted of illicit cultivation and possession on the grounds of a "justifying necessity." The police even had to give him back the confiscated cannabis in 2004. Of course, after the introduction of the exemptions for medicinal cannabis, Michael F. was also one of the first to receive a document of this kind from the BfArM. The problem was that he couldn't afford the flowers costing €15/gram despite his exemption, and his health insurance company refused to pay for medicinal cannabis on principle.
Following the rejection of his application to grow cannabis at home, the patient instituted proceedings against the state of the Federal Republic of Germany in order to force it to allow him to grow the plant for self-care by way of exception. Although he won the first two cases in 2011 and 2014, the Health Ministry appealed after each defeat. So it was that on 6 April, the case came before the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig, Germany, which is the highest and final court for constitutional proceedings. In a clearly worded judgment, the Federal Administrative Court then instructed the state of the Federal Republic of Germany to grant the claimant the requested permit.
"He has been treating the symptoms of his illness by means of the regular use of cannabis since about 1987. He was most recently acquitted of a charge of unlawful possession and cultivation of narcotics in January 2005. The criminal court regarded his actions as justified because no alternative therapy was available to him […].
According to section 3, paragraph 2 of the Narcotics Act (BtMG), the BfArM may issue a permit for the cultivation of cannabis only in exceptional circumstances for scientific or the other public interest purposes. In this exceptional case, the treatment of the seriously ill plaintiff with home-grown cannabis is in the public interest because, according to the binding findings of the Court of Appeal, the ingestion of cannabis leads to a considerable relief of his symptoms, and there is currently no equally effective and affordable drug available to him. The purchase of so-called medicinal cannabis from a pharmacy (which also requires a permit) is unsuitable as an alternative treatment for cost reasons. His health insurance company has repeatedly refused to pay the costs. […]. Furthermore, as a result of years of self-therapy the plaintiff now has extensive experience in terms of the efficacy and dosage of the cannabis variety he grows. Moreover, both the cultivation and the therapy are under medical supervision. Neither may permission be withheld under the international Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961. Under these conditions, the granting of the exemption is […] legally mandatory, which means the discretion available to the authorities is effectively reduced "to zero". The authority of the BfArM to grant permits with incidental provisions remains unaffected," according to the press release from the court.
The incidental provisions relate to the necessary safeguards for the cultivation area. The BfArM no longer has much room for manoeuvre here: the body has already attempted to obstruct the issuance of growing permits by imposing safety requirements that would have cost the patient tens of thousands euros. This chicanery has already been declared unlawful in court. In the case of Günther Weiglein, the safeguards proposed by the patient, which he can perform for a few hundred euros, were declared sufficient by the Administrative Court of Cologne. But the Federal Health Ministry also appealed against this judgement in 2014, which is why Günther Weiglein still does not havea permit to this day. His case will be heard by the highest court in the near future. If the BfArM has not offered Mr Fischer a viable option for growing his medicine himself by then, this last point will also be decided by the courts. However, the Federal Government has no interest in pursuing the case following this judgement. The Federal Administrative Court had the last word in the government's defeat on exceptional approval for the acquisition and possession of cannabis from pharmacies in 2005, before the first medicinal flowers were imported from the Netherlands by Bedrocan. It is certain that the government has definitively failed in its attempt to prevent the cultivation of medicinal cannabis by patients. When, over a decade ago, cannabis patients were forced to take their fight for the right to medical care to the courts, the state wanted to prevent them getting real hemp flowers at all costs. At most, it was prepared to discuss standardised cannabis-based drugs such as Sativex or Dronabinol. Twelve years later, the establishment of a Cannabis Agency is a done deal, the first patient will soon be allowed to grow his own cannabis, and in the foreseeable future those who are unable or unwilling to do so will have the opportunity to obtain the drug grown under controlled conditions with the seal of a state cannabis agency. That is, unless the government starts supplying the drug at affordable prices in the near future. However, that is not merely unlikely but impossible. The establishment of a cannabis agency and the development of sales and production will take years, if we compare Germany to other countries, such as Canada. At the same time, demand will increase, because the exemptions will be replaced by regular medical prescriptions under a planned legislative reform. That in turn will lead to a rapid rise in the number of patients in the short term. A few months ago, officials were hardly expecting to be facing payback for their stubborn stance so soon and so thoroughly.
"The [German] Association for Cannabinoid Medicines invites approved cannabis patients in Germany to file an application for cultivation of their own medicine with the Federal Institite for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM.) By doing so, the pressure on the government grows, especially after the verdict of the Federal Administrative Court.", Dr. Franjo Grotenhermen, the chairman of ACM says.


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The Financial Market Stabilisation Fund (Sonderfonds Finanzmarktstabilisierung, FMS also known as SoFFin) comprises the Federal Government's share of Commerzbank AG, Hypo Real Estate Holding GmbH and Portigon AG.
The Financial Market Stabilisation Fund was created amid the financial crisis on 17 October 2008 in order to stabilise the financial market. Accoring to article 110 paragraph 1 of the German Constition it is a special fund of the Federal Government. Since its inception FMS was managed by the Federal Agency for Financial Market Stabilisation (Bundesanstalt für Finanzmarktstabilisierung – FMSA), and requesting its support and measures initially had been limited till 31 December 2010. By the Second and Third Financial Market Stabilisation Law this limited was prolonged till 2012 and subsequently till 2014. After the final extension of the application deadline for new capital measures by the European Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) implementation act till year-end 2015, it was no longer possible to access support from the fund. On 1 January 2018 Finance Agency was entrusted with the management of the special fund FMS that it was already funding since its creation.
The Federal Agency for Financial Market Stabilisation (Bundesanstalt für Finanzmarktstabilisierung – FMSA) legally supervises the two wind-down agencies, Erste Abwicklungsanstalt (EAA) and FMS Wertmanagement (FMS-WM). The FMSA itself is subject to the legal and technical oversight of the Federal Ministry of Finance. As from 1 January 2018 the FMSA came under maintenance of the Finance Agency.
As a new independently operating division of the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht; BaFin) the National Resolution Authority (Nationale Abwicklungsbehörde) aims to ensure financial stability and to protect public funds: Since 2018 it collects the bank levy and it assess and drafts resolution plans for German banks. This range of responsibilities was assumed by the FMSA from 2011 till 2017.


The outdo chefs are the outdo chefs because they impart away most of their space cooking. Looking at all of the chefs who I met and cooked with while critique this ticket, on the soon to border on of mullie.wallti.nl/samen-leven/restaurant-gerechten-recepten.php every separate outfit either went to culinary coterie or grew up in a think of cooks. That makes be under the feeling that because in both cases they had to regisseur the unalterable dishes on the other side of and as a match again until they had those dishes mastered.


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Me(me) (dis)content
The Political Seducer's Diary
Not Like the Other
With And In Difference
Flyer Archive
Performance Art?
ExA Festival
ME(ME) (DIS)CONTENT
AN INSTAGRAM-BASED PERFORMANCE ART EVENT
AN Instagram-Based Performance Art Event Curated by Esther Neff
September 2 - October 13, 2019
FOLLOW @performancearthouston
on Instagram to experience the show
Individual artists take up residency in Performance Art Houston's Instagram account and facilitate performances and gestures as their works within the show. Every week, the account passes hands to a new artist who will then begin with their performances.
FEATURING WORK BY:
David Ian Bellows/Griess 2-8 SEPT
Brittani Broussard 9 - 15 SEPT
elaine Thap 16 - 22 SEPT
DOMINIque duroseau 23 - 29 SEPT
RAKI MALHOTRA 30 sept - 6 oct
Sierra Ortega 7-13 oct
CURATED BY ESTHER NEFF
Esther Neff (@thefenserf ) is the founder of PPL (@panoplylab) and MARSH (@marsh_stl) and works as a performance-maker, experimental philosopher, and organizer. Neff's institutional, theatrical, and relational projects have included a lab site in Brooklyn, NY (2012-18), month-long "relational march" tours across the USA, diners, books, temporary collectives, functional foundations (#BIPAF), conferences, symposia, festivals, exhibitions, "operas of operations" (with composer Brian McCorkle), research projects, think tanks, and actions. Neff's first two books are forthcoming in 2020, the community-contributed "Institution is a Verb" with the Operating System and "Embarrassed of the Whole" published by Ugly Duckling Presse/Emergency Playscripts.
WorDS FROM THE CURATOR:
CORPORATE SOCIAL MEDIA CONTROLS AND DISTRIBUTES (DIS)CONTENTS, CAPITALIZING ON OUR URGES TO (RE)PRESENT OUR SELVES AND EXPRESS OUR FEELS. AS A POST-CONSENSUAL SPACE THAT SEEMS BOTH PRIVATE (INTERIOR/INTERNAL) AND PUBLIC (EXTERIOR/EXTERNAL), INSTAGRAM IN (P)ARTICULAR REDUCES OUR SELVES TO THE CONTENTS OF A STICKY, MASS-METABOLIC BELLY OF (CATA)COMBS. YET, SUCH MEDIATION DEVICES ALSO SPREAD VIRAL CONTAMINATIONS OF THE VERY MODES OF CONSCIOUSNESS THAT DEMAND SUCH ASSIMILATIONS AND DIGESTIVE (RE)PRODUCTIONS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
MOREOVER, IT IS A PROMETHEAN FALLACY TO BELIEVE THAT TECHNOLOGIES REMAIN SOLELY WITHIN THE POWER OF THEIR MAKERS; MODES OF MEDIATION MAY ALSO MATERIALIZE "MINDS OF THEIR OWN;" EMERGENT "MASS MIRRORS" REFRACT AND DIFFRACT, REFLECTING MORE THAN THE FACE(S) OF ANY SINGLE USER. PERHAPS, VIA INTELLIGENT VIRAL PROCESSES AND TENDER DANCES, MEMETICS REVOLUTIONIZE PERSPECTIVES, POSITIONS, DESIRES, AND DESIGNS VIA RUPTURES+RECONFIGURATIONS.
CAN FORMS OF MIMESIS + MNEMONICS (FROM THE GREEK "MIMĒMA" TO MIMIC, IMITATE, OR COPY) HELP "US" REMEMBER AND IDENTIFY OURSELVES AND EACH OTHER OTHER-WISE? IF WE REFUSE TO SEE SOCIAL PARASITES SUCH AS OURSELVES AS DRIVEN BY COMPETITION AND (SOCIALLY DARWINISTIC) DRIVES TO INDIVIDUALLY SURVIVE, CAN WE SEE MEMETICS INSTEAD AS A LEARNING-CAPACITY THAT ENABLES US TO CULTIVATE INTENTS THROUGH SHARING OF EXPERIENCES, PERSPECTIVES AND KNOWLEDGES? AS WITH MUCH OF THE WORLD(ING)S IN/THROUGH WHICH WE FIND OURSELVES, PARTICIPATIONS MAY EITHER NIHILISTICALLY CAPITULATE OR OPTIMISTICALLY INFILTRATE, HASHTAG: HIVEPOV. IN THE END, WHAT MATTERS IS HOW WE PER-FORM OURSELVES AND THE ALGORITHMS/BIORHYTHMS WE ACTIVATE.
DAVID IAN BELLOWS/GRIESS
David Ian Bellows/Griess explores themes of control, labor, and sexual play through diy surveillance to relay the physicality and the resilience of the body and what might be possible/impossible for the body to sustain.
Brittani Broussard
Brittani Broussard is a multidisciplinary artist based in Houston. She received her BFA from the University of Texas at Austin, a Textiles and Apparel Certificate from the Nantong University in Nantong, China, and studied Fashion Design at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, GA. Her work explores themes that alter the figure using the language of fashion, costuming, masking, and movement of the body. Brittani has exhibited work in Houston, Austin, Los Angeles, and Manhattan.
ELAINE THAP
Elaine Thap is an interdisciplinary artist working with sound, movement, and performance. She obtained her BFA in Studio for Interrelated Media (SIM) at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Elaine Thap has shown work in Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago, Toronto, and Montreal. She lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. As a Cambodian American woman, she uses her diasporic identity to convey layers of being and relationships. Live action or performance art is the ability to fabricate situations of childhood trauma and adult responsibility while seeking alternative perspectives and possibilities. She explores expressive psychosexuality in Butoh movement while creating live sounds.
Dominique Duroseau
Dominique Duroseau is a Newark-based artist born in Chicago, raised in Haiti. Her interdisciplinary practice explores themes of racism, socio-cultural issues, and existential dehumanization. Her exhibitions, performances, and screenings include SATELLITE ART and PULSE Play in Miami; The Kitchen, The Brooklyn Museum and the New Museum (BWA for BLM), El Museo del Barrio, A.I.R. Gallery, BronxArtSpace, Rush Arts Gallery, and Smack Mellon in New York City; The Newark Museum, Index Arts, Project for Empty Space, and Gallery Aferro in Newark, NJ. Her recent exhibitions and talks include: solo exhibition at A.I.R. Gallery in Brooklyn, panelist at Black Portraiture[s] at Harvard and lecturer at Vassar. She was a fellow at A.I.R. Gallery in Brooklyn, and received artist residencies from Gallery Aferro, Index Art Center, the Wassaic Project and Shine Portrait Studio. Duroseau holds a Bachelor of Architecture and a Master of Arts in Fine Arts.
Raki Malhotra
"In performance, I explore the contemporary biases that are surfacing among us; ordering the micro-society that exists right now in the space in which together we are present. Collaboration has a major role in this process, and my intention is to listen and respond. My collaborator is a participant, a group member, another artist, a space, an object, or something else?"
SIERRA ORTEGA
Sierra Ortega is a {neuro}queer, interdisciplinary, performance artist based in New York City. Utilizing their background in performance practice, speculative philosophy, and queer and feminist politics, they have come to develop an artist/scholar practice that is deeply personal, constantly chaotic, and furiously DIY. Conceptually, their practice can be understood as research into alternative & non-normative habituation. Their work, through physical and conceptual investigations of queerness, alienation, and alterity, seeks to push the limits of human affective capacity and embodiment as to generate post-capitalist, meta-utopic futurity.


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Sayer Vision Research Lecture & Award
The Sayer Vision Research Lecture and Award funds an annual presentation delivered by an investigator conducting outstanding research in the area of vision research or related fields. It also provides a grant to support the research of a promising independent investigator in the early stage of his or her career in the Division of Intramural Research whose work is closely related to aspects of vision research.
Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 (AREDS2) Ancillary Study
The Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 (AREDS2) examined the effects of vitamin and mineral supplementation on the progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which is one of the leading causes of blindness in the United States. Funds raised by the FNIH support the development of a genetic repository for the study, facilitating deeper analyses of the results.
Biomarkers Consortium - Workshop: Developing an Evidentiary Criteria Framework for Safety Biomarkers Qualification
This workshop aimed at creating alignment among scientific stakeholders including the FDA, the NIH, the biopharmaceutical industry, academic researchers and patient groups regarding a proposed framework for determining the levels of evidence required to qualify biomarkers for use in drug development.
Biomarkers Consortium - The Autism Biomarkers Consortium for Clinical Trials (ABC-CT)
The Consortium will establish a technical and data infrastructure for reliably measuring social function, allowing the collaborating sites to work together as a single unit. The goal is to create a set of measures that can be used in clinical trials to determine which treatments are best for which patients and who will benefit from a particular treatment. The ultimate goal is to further develop and validate a set of measures that can be used as stratification biomarkers and/or sensitive and reliable objective measures of social impairment in autism spectrum disorders that could serve as indicative markers of long term clinical outcome.
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Q: How to get the domain name only? I have an array and I am getting the link to websites such as
http://clickfrom.buy.com/default.asp?adid\u003d17379&sURL\u003dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.buy.com%2Fprod%2Fkimberly-clark-professional-kleenex-boutique-white-facial-tissue-2-ply%2Fq%2Floc%2F66357%2F211347223.html

What I want is to only get the main domain for example.
clickfrom.buy.com is the main website address. How to accomplish that?

A: You can it with:
NSString *myUrl = @"http://clickfrom.buy.com/default.asp?adid\\u003d17379&sURL\\u003dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.buy.com%2Fprod%2Fkimberly-clark-professional-kleenex-boutique-white-facial-tissue-2-ply%2Fq%2Floc%2F66357%2F211347223.html";

NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:myUrl];

NSLog(@"%@", [url host]);

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The sequence
\u003d

in an NSString is interpreted as a universal character, so it has to be quoted for our example:
\\u003d

And will lead to an error: \u003d is not a valid universal character. Still there is a parsing problem, as a backslash seems to be an invalid character in the URI syntax. It has to be percent escaped.
Have a look at RFC 2396 / 2.4.3. Excluded US-ASCII Characters

...
Other characters are excluded because gateways and other transport
agents are known to sometimes modify such characters, or they are
used as delimiters.

unwise      = "{" | "}" | "|" | "\" | "^" | "[" | "]" | "`"

Data corresponding to excluded characters must be escaped in order to
be properly represented within a URI.

So doing a
NSString *myUrl = [@"http://clickfrom.buy.com/default.asp?adid\\u003d17379&sURL\\u003dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.buy.com%2Fprod%2Fkimberly-clark-professional-kleenex-boutique-white-facial-tissue-2-ply%2Fq%2Floc%2F66357%2F211347223.html" stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];

should let the parsing work.

A: If you have an NSURL, you can ask for the
[url host]

This should correspond to "clickfrom.buy.com" as above.

A: Use rangeOfString method of NSString to get the bound for your domain then extract the domain text using substringWithRange method of NSString.
- (NSString *)substringWithRange:(NSRange)aRange
- (NSRange)rangeOfString:(NSString *)aString