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Heating Up the Frozen Aisle 01byWhiteAndWet©
Suburban girl next door Julie, (well really wife next door) needed to do some grocery shopping for the weekend to prepare for a "vanilla" party she had to attend. Ok, to say this party was "vanilla" was an understatement. When she agreed to go, she didn't realize the friend that invited her had also invited mostly "churchy" friends of hers and there would be no booze. "Really?" Julie thought to herself. It would be bad enough it if was a regular party, but this was a Super Bowl Party! "You can't watch fucking football without a cocktail or six!" thought Julie.
Well, she had agreed to go and was going to make one of her signature dishes so she headed off to the market. She really wished her hubby was in town and they could have hosted their own Super Bowl Event. At least then she knew he would play bartender and they could do the annual "5 dollar" a square on the game. As Julie was thinking about what she would miss about Super Bowl, she also really missed her hubby's cock! He was traveling a lot lately and she had not seen him for almost 3 weeks! She just had not been feeling horny much of late, but that thought got her going.
Pulling up to the market and parking, Julie headed for the door and grabbed a cart. Like always, she started in the produce section and had just finished picking some limes and noticed a younger black man standing near the lettuce, watching her. They made eye contact and smiled at each other. Julie grabbed her cart and moved towards the bread. She looked at her list and continued shopping.
A couple of aisles later Julie turned the corner and just about ran into the same young black man who she had smiled at in the produce section. He said "sorry ma'am, I didn't mean to startle you."
Julie replied, "That's ok, no harm no foul right?" and smiled at him again. They passed each other and just a few steps later, Julie had the urge to look back and noticed he was checking her ass out. He knew had been caught and quickly looked away and rounded the corner.
The next aisle was the frozen section and sure enough here came her sexy younger black guy looking a bit embarrassed now. Julie decided to have some fun with him. "Oh hello again, we need to stop running into each other like this." She said.
"Yeah, someone might get the wrong idea." Said her new friend....
"Really, especially if they saw you checking out my ass like you did. You were checking it out weren't you?" asked Julie.
" Ummm guilty as charged ma'am. But you can't blame a guy when you are wearing those tight pants." said the man.
Julie was wearing yoga pants. A big favorite of her hubby, and obviously this gentleman too! At that, she noticed that familiar tingle between her legs. Her pussy was starting to fill and get plump. There is not much to hide that wearing Yoga pants. "Ok" Said Julie, " First, I might be old enough to be your mother. And second, how old are you?"
The man said, "Listen, the things I was thinking about doing to you have nothing to do with how old I am. I am old enough to give you what you obviously need."
Julie's heart raced as the wetness between her legs began to flow and she decided see if he was bluffing. "Well "Mr Old Enough." I don't live too far from here and if you would like to show me what you want to do to me, I'm game. Are you?"
It seemed like an eternity as he looked her up and down, pausing to pay attention between her legs and then making eye contact and saying, "What do you drive? I'll watch for you in the parking lot." Julie told him and he quickly walked away.
Julie's legs felt weak and she was light headed, but she was also very excited about what might come. She hurried to the self check out and surely looked like the bionic woman checking out to anyone who saw her. She got out to the lot and to her car. She looked for him, but didn't see him anywhere. She backed out and started to pull away slowly.
She then noticed a black BMW pull in behind her. There he was! He got in behind her and followed. Just a couple miles away, she pulled up to her home and hit the garage door and pulled in. She thought about waving him in so nobody in the neighbor hood would see, but it seemed more exciting to have him park out front. He got out of his car and followed her into the garage. They said nothing as he followed her inside and up the stairs to the bedroom she shared with her hubby. She was so excited and it seemed so naughty to be doing this, even though her hubby always encouraged her to explore and would thoroughly enjoy watching what she was about to do.
As soon as they got in the room and closed the door, he grabbed her, turned her around and started kissing her. His hands were all over her, as hers on him. She wanted his cock so bad she could taste it. And she was going to do just that. He started to take control and said. "Get on your knees." She loves when they take control.
Julie loves being a slut wife, and especially loves black cock. She sank to her knees and knew what she was supposed to do. She unbuckled his pants and pulled out his black cock. She started to lick and suck his semi hard cock. She loves the smell and taste of it. It's just so different from white cock, more primal and musky. Julie gets lost sucking it, her breathing speeds up and she will just keep going until told to stop. She will do anything for them once in the moment.
He said, " You like that?"
"Ummm hummm" said Julie still sucking.
"You like that black dick don't you"
"Ummmm Hummm".
"I'm gonna give you what you need, girl." He pulled himself from her mouth and said, "Take off your clothes." Julie stood up and stripped down. Her pussy was leaking down her leg and she really needed that big dick in her.
"Get on your knees on the bed" He said. She got on all fours and pushed her ass out waiting for that big cock. He was right on it and started to slide it in... "Here you go. You feel that? You want that big black cock?"
"Yes! Please!, I need it!" said Julie. He started pumping her from behind and she reached up and started to play with her clit. She loves to come on a big black cock and it wasn't going to take long.
He said, "Oh that is good white pussy, girl!" "Give me that married white pussy!"
"Take it!" She said. "Take my pussy!" "It needs cum!" "Fill it!" As she was frantically rubbing her clit. "Pump me with your seed!" She was really close to cumming.
"Yeah, girl! You gonna cum on this dick? You gonna cum on this big black dick, right before it fills your pretty little pink pussy?"
That was all it took for both of them. She let out a scream, not caring which one of her neighbors heard and came hard. "Ohhhhhhhh God, OOOOOH God, FUCKING FILL THAT WHITE PUSSY!"
He in turn did just that and blasted all of his seed as deep as he could.... "YESSSSSSSS, I LOVE THIS PUSSY!" He slowly kept pumping his black cock into her until it was empty.
He pulled out as she laid down on the bed. He began dressing. "Ma'am, I must say, I will have to shop there more often." He said with a smile.
Julie turned around and smiled back. "Thank you for heating up the frozen section today. It has been a while."
They kissed and she walked him to the door. Julie was very satisfied and couldn't wait to tell her hubby how she spent the afternoon.... "Oh Shit" she thought. "The groceries were still in the trunk!"
Two days later Julie found herself at her friends total "Vanilla" Super Bowl party. She couldn't help but smile and think about how much fun she had the other day. If her nilla friends only new! They would just die and disown her most likely, but deep down they would be jealous. At that moment, her friend Stacy called out to her. She turned towards the kitchen. "Julie, I wanted to introduce you a friend of ours. He is a friend of Bob's from work." Julie looked up to see the man who had just filled her full of black cock two days earlier.
She did her best to stay calm. "Hello, nice to meet you.. ummmm?"
He looked just as shocked, but covered it up well. "Oh, Hi, I'm James, nice to meet you as well."
Stacy said, "James is from Chicago, I thought you two might have some things in common."
Julie didn't miss a beat. "Oh I'm sure we do. But I have one question for you. Cubs or Sox?"
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Finally, the complete version of wizkid's new song with chris brown, african bad gyal is out officially.
Wizkid officially Unveils his 3 Years old Chris Brown collaboration and it finally makes its way to the internet.
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Day one of rehearsals started with a long improvisation/Viewpoints exercise followed by the announcement that we would go straight into a stagger run (thanks Jen!) It felt like a real mess at times but we did find some magic moments amongst the rubble. A guided improvisation on the themes of the play in the afternoon led to a lot of really interesting discoveries about character and relationship.
Someone (okay it was me) had decided that having a fundraiser the first night of rehearsals would be a good idea. So, sweaty, exhausted, battered and bruised; having rolled around the rehearsal space, wrestled, improvised, cried and all the other things you do when creating a play, we abandoned our rehearsal leggings; put on our sparkly fascinators, red lipstick and cocktail dresses; packed our bags full of bunting, fairy lights and raffle prizes and battled peak hour on the tube to get to Genesis Cinema.
The evening was a resounding success, with a full event made up of D/deaf and hearing audience members. We were really lucky to have the opportunity show Ted Evans' film Retreat (and have him in attendance), alongside performances by Brian & Duffy and Stephen Collins who were representing Deafinitely Theatre (with Paula Garfield along to show support), alongside Confession and Small World provided by BSL Zone (with Maggie representing BSLBT in the audience), along with lots of other amazing people including many of my friends who are wonderful at constantly supporting my artistic endeavours.
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I've made that mistake in my life quite often. And I led other dear and special ones to do it, at the same time.
One of the most beautiful and sacred things in life is to fall asleep with someone you love by your side, holding him/her in our arms and feeling perfectly safe.
Believe me, I know what I'm talking about… And I say more: there's no greater joy than to wake up before your beloved one and wait for her eyes to open up for the first time each new day and stare at us, still a bit confused. And kiss her on that moment. And hug her. And thank the gods for being on that bed.
Most people have this blessing every single morning and they are not aware of that.
As a notorious human being - who has lived among us without being so noticed as he should deserve - once said...
As a notorious human being - who has lived among us without being so noticed as he should deserve - once said...
"Everybody dies. But not everybody has lived."
Manuel Teixeira Gomes
former President of the Portuguese Republic
and writer
Now, I am what is usually called an "old soul". I should know better what to do. Even because I also feel that it might be almost impossible to exist in this whole world anyone who can stand me for a longer time than all my love affairs have endured.
Unless they are an old soul like me, I can hurt the ones I love. And that's a price they don't want to pay but for a limited period of time.
But that's not only pain and sorrow people receive from me. I also bring out the best of them when they are in love with me. And that's why I said in my last post this: I think I may be an individual that could earn the seal of "World Heritage of Mankind".
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John McEntree Bowman formally opened the Westchester Biltmore Hotel
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Mr. Bowman sought to create a sportsman's paradise within easy reach from the bustle of Manhattan. Westchester Country Club has held many significant golf majors and remains one of the country's premier club facilities.
C2 Limited was retained to lead the design for a new casual themed bar and grill located within the Club's historic Sports House.
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"In the fall of 2015 a small group of club members sat down with Craig Smith from C2 to begin the creation of a transformative new bar & grill room at the Westchester Country Club. The meeting started with Craig Smith asking us "so, what are you looking for?" I immediately chimed in saying, "Nobody answer that!" I continued, "We want the bar over there, plenty of seating, beautiful wood, classic pictures on the walls, and a timeless/classic look which gives a nod to Westchester's amazing heritage. Now YOU tell US what we want". This turned out to be the most fortuitous sentence the committee could have made. We put our full faith in Craig, Christina, and the C2 team and we never looked back.
To say we were pleased with C2's design, process, involvement, and "hand-holding" might be the understatement of the year. They were amazing every step of the way. Their ability to take limited direction, interpret & define "the feel" we were looking for, and articulate this vision in an incredible rendering, and then final result, made us know, as we had heard, they were the best.
A club with 1,000+ members is going to have a myriad of ideas and opinions about how this new bar & grill room should look, but the confidence C2 instilled in the committee, by constantly walking us through their rationale and thought processes, made us sure we were travelling down the right path.
The membership thought they were getting a really nice "club" bar & grill, but what they got was the nicest bar & grill, club or otherwise, that they will ever walk in. The response has been off-the-charts and this new room will truly change the way the membership uses the Westchester Country Club.
I cannot speak highly enough about working with C2. Craig, Christina, and the team were a treat to work with and they exceeded our loftiest expectations. I know I am not the only one at Westchester who is taking a good look around the club to see what other spaces can be vastly improved by C2's incredible designs."
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"My vision of the future is . . . of individuals passing from one stage of independence to a higher [one], by means of their own activity through their own effort of will, which constitutes the inner evolution of the individual." - Maria Montessori
In the preschool and kindergarten class, there are many distinct areas that make up the "prepared environment" for a child:
Practical Life Area
Drawing on the child's natural inclinations, Dr. Montessori structured several exercises for the classroom to help the child satisfy his / her need for meaningful activity. These exercises use familiar objects (buttons, brushes, dishes, pitchers, water, etc.) from the child's home experiences. These objects are exciting to the child because they allow him / her to imitate adult activities. These practical life exercises are designed to develop hand-eye and muscle coordination, concentration (extending the attention span), attention to detail, good work habits, and independence. Children take turns having snack at the snack table. This activity teaches patience, good manners and self-reliance. The Directress continuously adds on additional practical life activities to provide variety.
Sensorial Area
A child discovers the world around him / her through the use of his / her senses. The sensorial material helps the child become aware of details, differentiations, and gradations. Each of the sensorial materials isolates one defining quality, such as color, weight, shape, texture, size, sound, smell, etc. For example Cylinder blocks, Knob less cylinders, and pink tower introduce gradations of size.
Language Area
The language work includes oral language development, written expression, reading, the study of grammar, and creative dramatics. Sensorial exercises are a preparation for reading and writing. The child who can differentiate sound and pitch should be able to perceive subtle differences in letter sounds. Learned differences in shape help define characteristics of each letter of the alphabet. The language materials are the basic exercises for learning to read, write and build vocabulary.
Sandpaper letters introduce alphabetical sounds. Moveable alphabet allows the child to use vocabulary acquired; introduces child to concept of spelling; preparation for learning to write.
As letter sounds are learned and letter shapes are recognized, a child is progressed to phonetically sound two, three and four letter words. All this and other materials prepare a child to read, speak and write.
Math Area
The concepts of mathematics are introduced in concrete terms representing all types of quantities to the young child. Later, by combining equipment, separating it, sharing it, counting it, and comparing it the child demonstrates to himself / herself the basic operations of arithmetic.
Geography Area
In order to expand the child's view of his / her environment—the world he / she lives in—geography becomes an integral part of the classroom experience. Children are introduced to topographical land and water forms, continents, countries and cities through the use of Globes, puzzle maps, pictures, and flags.


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An investment project that allowed a company to fill the gap in the local supply chain for wood chips in the north-west of Ireland.
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An example of an initiative promoting energy efficiency that addresses climate change through targeted actions at grassroots level.
A series of seminars to improve the economic performance and viability of agricultural enterprises, by offering information and training on risk management tools.
An agricultural business affected by extreme weather conditions used RDP support to repair the damage to its infrastructure and enable it to operate as normal.
Amstelland Natuurzuivel is a cooperative of farmers in the Amstelland region who set up a milk factory to produce regional dairy products for the Amsterdam area.
Development of an online platform and an app that allows beekeepers to more efficiently maintain their intervention records and exchange know-how.
Using RDP support to establish an agricultural holding, purchase agricultural machinery and launch a young farmer's career .
An agricultural company used EAFRD funding to strengthen its production of green asparagus and increase its share of the national and European market.
An agricultural business used RDP support to improve its capacity to process and store its produce, while producing renewable energy from the sun.
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From one Dad to all the others,
If you're like me, you're a great Dad, an awful Dad, an encouraging Dad, an embarrassing Dad, a hilarious Dad, a "dumbbbbbb" Dad, a caring Dad, a busy Dad, a loving Dad…you're basically just a Dad.
Sometimes you cock it up and fail miserably. Sometimes you are the light by which your kiddos see the way. Both times, you're basically just a Dad.
From one Dad to all the others, thanks for being a Dad.
A few years ago, on Father's Day, I wrote those few sentences and posted them to Facebook and every year since I've reposted the same. At the time I remember being in a place where I felt like I was "cocking it up" pretty miserably— constantly wondering if I was being a good Dad to my kiddos.
All of my life thus far has been spent wondering when I will finally grow up and become an "adult" and at 41 I'm pretty sure I'm still not quite there yet. And for a long time, the same applied to being a Dad…wondering when I was going to figure it out and finally become a "good Dad." But that day it sort of occurred to me that I was a "good Dad" simply because I really wanted to be their Dad.
Becoming a good Dad, I realized that day, wasn't a goal that one finally reaches, rather it's being constantly aware that you're always on the path of understanding that "you're basically just a Dad."
You're there for homework, bloody noses, science projects, snuggling and reading, teaching, learning, cooking dinners, making lunches, traveling to soccer games, grounding, being proud of, being scared for, laughing, crying, exploring, climbing trees, running rivers, scolding, tucking into bed, assigning chores, playing catch—all of it.
Yes, being a Dad evolves from changing diapers, to helping with physics homework, to cradling your first grandchild, but in the end, you're still basically just a Dad.
And that's what led to the post. Right then and there, I realized that I was probably doing just fine, so long as I was doing my best to be what my kids needed in that moment. I knew that sometimes I was awesome in their eyes and other times I was the guy they probably didn't want to be around, but ultimately I was doing just as well as any other Dad, my own father and step-dad included.
So with gratitude, that day and every Father's Day since, I've decided to reach out to all the other Dads and share an insight that so many great Dads have already figured out and just say, "thanks for being a Dad." What a great thing to be: a Dad.
—John (who is basically just a Dad to Tuesday and Cooper.)


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Sneak peek of 'Elementary' and prix-fixe meal
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Receive a DVD screener for CBS' modern-day retelling of classic Sherlock Holmes stories when you sign up for this dinner. The three-course meal includes beans on toast for an appetizer, and the choice of fish 'n' chips, bangers and mash, and other classic English eats for the entree. The event is organized by GrubWithUs, a social dining network, and you're encouraged to share your thoughts about the show with your fellow diners.


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The collections of the Finnish National Gallery comprise approximately 40,000 works of art as well as archival material and objects. The collection is owned by the State. The management, maintenance and augmentation of the collection constitute one of the primary tasks of the National Gallery.
Responsibility for the augmentation and management of the collection is divided between three museums. The Sinebrychoff Art Museum houses old international art from the 14th to the early 19th century, the Ateneum Art Museum has Finnish art up to 1969 as well as international art from the 19th and 20th centuries, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma is responsible for Finnish and international art from 1960 onwards. Art historical archival material is managed by the National Gallery's Collections Department.
The collection is augmented by the National Gallery's museum units through acquisitions and donations. The National Gallery uses the State art budget allocation to acquire works of art on the State's behalf. The Archive Collection grows primarily through donations and proprietary documentation.
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Art Collections
The extensive art collections of the Finnish National Gallery cover a broad span of the history of art, from medieval icons to the very latest contemporary art.
The collections contain Finnish as well as international works of art. Works from the collections are always included in the National Gallery's museum exhibitions. More information about the art collections is available at the websites of the individual museums:
Ateneum Art Museum
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma
Sinebrychoff Art Museum
Archive Collections
The Archive Collection of the Finnish National Gallery is responsible for collecting and preserving documents relating to Finnish art in particular. The Archive Collection comprises an Image Archive, Document Archive, Press Cutting Archive, and Audiovisual Archive. The Image Archive is also responsible for the sale of images at the National Gallery. The National Gallery's Library operates in conjunction with the Archive Collection.
Working together with the National Gallery Photography Department, the Archive Collection actively documents art, artists and events in the art world through interviews, photography and video. The Archive and the Library are also involved in the exhibition projects of the National Gallery's museum units.
The Archive Collection was previously known as the Central Art Archives, but is today part of the National Gallery Collections Department.
Collections Online
The Finnish National Gallery also offers materials and content from its collections online as part of its project for the digitisation and online publication of its collections. It provides information, produces online publications and makes its collections available in digitised form. Some of the material is also available as open data.
Search the Collections:
- Art Collections Online – Browse, search for and find information about the works, artists and collections of the Ateneum Art Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma and the Sinebrychoff Art Museum.
- The Collection of Finnish State Art Commission Online – Browse, search and find information on the works of the Finnish State Art Commission
- Karkki – The database contains reference information on the Document Archive. The service is only provided in Finnish.
- Lähteillä – The website presents selected materials and their background information from the Archive Collection and the Library. The materials include documents, photographs, press cuttings, publications and other records. The service is only provided in Finnish.
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monthly distractions/
Where is this year going? I can't believe it's April next week. This month was good, though. I had a friend visit one morning and I made breakfast (#winningateverything), I took a trip to IKEA for apartment necessities, and now I'm re watching the first season of Fargo.
After the jump are some links I enjoyed this month. See you back here soon!
1. I STILL haven't seen Fuller House, but I'll make time for it soon. Meanwhile, the absence of the the Olsen twins made me think of this clip from Ellen from a few years back.
2. Zootopia has 99% on Rotten Tomatoes. (p.s. I saw it and loved it. In my opinion, Disney is entering into another creative renaissance.)
3. The latest Star Wars will be available to watch at home soon. In the meantime, enjoy this mashup of your favorite characters featured within the title sequence of HBO's True Detective.
4. It's springtime over on Pleasant Street. Have I mentioned how much I love this blog?
5. And we'll end on a high note! Remember Lucy? She recently had her home remodeled. Check it out.


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It's Tuesday so that means another round of Little Rue childrens boutiques open tonight at Rue La La. Here is a sneak peek of what you'll see tonight.
Red and festive for baby.
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A walk in the landscape of thoughts and dreams. Abstract seascapes from Eyjafjörður, North Iceland.
Jarlhettur mountains("The earl's hat") on the east side of Langjökull glacier, a palagonitic mountain range, which originated in a fissure eruption under a glacier during Ice Age. Central Iceland.
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It seems that people are finally starting to wake up to the reality that video on the internet can be powerful. Whether you use video for selling your product or service, or whether you use it to promote items for sale, you're still faced with one significant problem. How do you let others know about the video you produced?
Not much has been written about video distribution. Perhaps some figure there's no need considering the wealth of video sharing services popping up all over the Internet. Well, I submit to you that video sharing sites might provide one avenue of distribution but, even those sites will not help you get the word out about your video if they are not utilized properly.
Here are a half-dozen tips and tricks you can use to maximize the exposure you receive from your video. Again, it doesn't matter whether you're promoting a product or service or whether the video itself is the product. Each of these methods, or a combination of them can work wonders in getting the recognition your video production deserves.
1) Use long-tail keywords that describe the service or product your video is promoting. You need to place these keywords in the keyword tag portion of the website the video is on and anywhere else that requests "tags" for example at YouTube.com
2) Place your main keyword in the h1 tag of the web page you have your video on and also place it in the title tag of your web page.
3) To promote your video, you can of course upload it to the video uploading services. But simply uploading it won't do you any good unless you follow Tips # 1 and # 2 above. Also, you'll want to make sure that the description you give your video contains the keywords you are targeting.
4) Write an article about the subject of your video and in the resource box encourage readers to watch the video you've produced about the subject. Once the article gets picked up by the search engines, the spiders will find your optimized page and video on it too.
5) Produce your video as an .exe file and upload it to software sharing sites such as Download.com. Just produce 1/2 of the video so that the viewer is forced to come to your site to see the other half.
6) Set up a free account at FreeIQ.com. They are actively looking for video content. This website is run by Brad Fallon who is a popular internet marketer and knows how to help distribute video content all over the web. Again, once you've signed up for a free account, go ahead and post 1/2 of the video forcing the viewer to go to your website to see the remaining half.
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In celebration of the 300th Anniversary of Freemasonry, the AFM Club of Spartanburg County will confer the Master Mason's Degree on one candidate. This Degree will be conferred in Traditional Observance form with candlelight and classical music. The Degree will be held at Saint John's Masonic Lodge #333 AFM, and the candidate will be from Inman Masonic Lodge #201. A meal will be served at 6 PM with the Degree starting at 7 PM. It is recommended (but not required) that those in attendance wear a shirt & tie.
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Former Nevada Lt. Gov. and Western actor Rex Bell
By Jeff Mosier
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Without historians, the Declaration of Independence is just a piece of paper. The Mona Lisa is a woman's portrait. The Rosetta Stone, a stone. Historians give these artifacts meaning we can understand.
Students at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, are doing the same thing closer to home. About 25 graduate students in the public history program of the UNLV History Department spent much of the past semester at the Walking Box Ranch in Searchlight, cataloging and cleaning thousands of artifacts.
The ranch was once home to former Nevada Lt. Gov. and Western actor Rex Bell and his wife, actress Clara Bow. It is being restored to serve as a museum and desert research facility.
The students were led by U.S. history professor Deirdre Clemente. The public history program, as she puts it, is for "students to experience alternative careers you can do with a history degree outside of classroom teaching."
That is especially important since jobs within academia are drying up, she said.
"The degree prepares students to do all kinds of things," Clemente said,. "from curating exhibitions to participating as a consultant for government agencies. They know about the cultural landscape of areas and how to navigate it. There are dynamic careers out there for historians."
Margaret Huettl, a 24-year-old working toward a doctorate, wants to study Native American communities and become a university professor. She spent months working with a collection of Navajo rugs from the 1930s.
"My partner and I were trying to put together a plan to display and preserve the rugs," she said. "We looked at the cultural context and what the rugs meant to the people who made them and bought them.
"It's been a really good experience. It gives you the chance to apply what you're learning in the classroom in the real world. You start to understand things in a totally different way. It was perfect."
That kind of intimacy could not be replicated in a classroom setting, Clemente said.
"You're using objects or material to teach," Clemente said. "They are project-based classes. We expose them to different sources and use oral and visual history."
Students worked on the ongoing project with the Public Lands Institute and Preserve Nevada. The ranch is owned by the Bureau of Land Management, and Clemente said it had fallen into "disrepair" before the project started.
Another student, Mike Bennion, took a less conventional route into the program.
Bennion worked in retail and sales management for 30 years before being laid off three years ago. At 57, he is finally pursuing his dream.
"I looked around for things to do, and I had an interest in U.S. history," Bennion said. "I see it as an intersection of things I like to do.
"My appetite got stirred up at a pretty early age. I've traveled the U.S. several times trying to visit all the places I read about."
Bennion made about a dozen trips this semester cataloging more than 400 ranching objects from the 1940s donated to UNLV by Rex Bell Jr.
"There's really no substitute for putting your actual hands on history," Bennion said.
"You're talking about a ranch. You go out and feel the wood on the corrals. You're picking things up and trying to figure out the best way to mark them without damaging them. You're reading accounts about people using the things. You're pulling everything together. ... The smells are missing, but at least you can describe them to a degree.
"It's exciting to be able to take oral history and the place and time and tie those things together to tell a story that would be compelling to a non-academic audience."
Clemente's spring semester class will focus on the history of fashion in Las Vegas and the West. She expects the class to culminate with a student-curated exhibition called "Vegas Style."
Bennion has a semester left before he will get a master's degree but said his time at the ranch already has opened some options for work.
"It was a real rich experience," Bennion said. "I remember one day actually cleaning the shower floor in Clara Bow's bedroom. Academics takes you to places you wouldn't have access to otherwise. It's a different feeling, one I've learned to appreciate."


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tf.train.Saver class provides methods to save and restore models. The
tf.saved_model.simple_save function is an easy way to build a
tf.saved_model suitable for serving. Estimators
automatically save and restore variables in the
Save and restore variables
TensorFlow Variables are the best way to represent shared, persistent state
manipulated by your program. The
tf.train.Saver constructor adds
save and
restore ops to the graph for all, or a specified list, of the variables in the
graph. The
Saver object provides methods to run these ops, specifying paths
for the checkpoint files to write to or read from.
Saver restores all variables already defined in your model. If you're
loading a model without knowing how to build its graph (for example, if you're
writing a generic program to load models), then read the
Overview of saving and restoring models section
later in this document.
TensorFlow saves variables in binary checkpoint files that map variable names to tensor values.
Save variables
Create a
Saver with
tf.train.Saver() to manage all variables in the
model. For example, the following snippet demonstrates how to call the
tf.train.Saver.save method to save variables to checkpoint files:
# Create some variables.
v1 = tf.get_variable("v1", shape=[3], initializer = tf.zeros_initializer)
v2 = tf.get_variable("v2", shape=[5], initializer = tf.zeros_initializer)
inc_v1 = v1.assign(v1+1)
dec_v2 = v2.assign(v2-1)
# Add an op to initialize the variables.
init_op = tf.global_variables_initializer()
# Add ops to save and restore all the variables.
saver = tf.train.Saver()
# Later, launch the model, initialize the variables, do some work, and save the
# variables to disk.
with tf.Session() as sess:
# Do some work with the model.
# Save the variables to disk.
save_path = saver.save(sess, "/tmp/model.ckpt")
print("Model saved in path: %s" % save_path)
Restore variables
tf.train.Saver object not only saves variables to checkpoint files, it
also restores variables. Note that when you restore variables you do not have
to initialize them beforehand. For example, the following snippet demonstrates
how to call the
tf.train.Saver.restore method to restore variables from the
checkpoint files:
# Create some variables.
v1 = tf.get_variable("v1", shape=[3])
v2 = tf.get_variable("v2", shape=[5])
# Add ops to save and restore all the variables.
saver = tf.train.Saver()
# Later, launch the model, use the saver to restore variables from disk, and
# do some work with the model.
with tf.Session() as sess:
# Restore variables from disk.
saver.restore(sess, "/tmp/model.ckpt")
print("Model restored.")
# Check the values of the variables
print("v1 : %s" % v1.eval())
print("v2 : %s" % v2.eval())
Choose variables to save and restore
If you do not pass any arguments to
tf.train.Saver(), the saver handles all
variables in the graph. Each variable is saved under the name that was passed
when the variable was created.
It is sometimes useful to explicitly specify names for variables in the
checkpoint files. For example, you may have trained a model with a variable
"weights" whose value you want to restore into a variable named
It is also sometimes useful to only save or restore a subset of the variables used by a model. For example, you may have trained a neural net with five layers, and you now want to train a new model with six layers that reuses the existing weights of the five trained layers. You can use the saver to restore the weights of just the first five layers.
You can easily specify the names and variables to save or load by passing to the
tf.train.Saver() constructor either of the following:
- A list of variables (which will be stored under their own names).
- A Python dictionary in which keys are the names to use and the values are the variables to manage.
Continuing from the save/restore examples shown earlier:
# Create some variables.
v1 = tf.get_variable("v1", [3], initializer = tf.zeros_initializer)
v2 = tf.get_variable("v2", [5], initializer = tf.zeros_initializer)
# Add ops to save and restore only `v2` using the name "v2"
saver = tf.train.Saver({"v2": v2})
# Use the saver object normally after that.
with tf.Session() as sess:
# Initialize v1 since the saver will not.
saver.restore(sess, "/tmp/model.ckpt")
print("v1 : %s" % v1.eval())
print("v2 : %s" % v2.eval())
You can create as many
Saverobjects as you want if you need to save and restore different subsets of the model variables. The same variable can be listed in multiple saver objects; its value is only changed when the
Saver.restore()method is run.
If you only restore a subset of the model variables at the start of a session, you have to run an initialize op for the other variables. See
tf.variables_initializerfor more information.
To inspect the variables in a checkpoint, you can use the
inspect_checkpointlibrary, particularly the
By default,
Saveruses the value of the
tf.Variable.nameproperty for each variable. However, when you create a
Saverobject, you may optionally choose names for the variables in the checkpoint files.
Inspect variables in a checkpoint
We can quickly inspect variables in a checkpoint with the
inspect_checkpoint library.
Continuing from the save/restore examples shown earlier:
# import the inspect_checkpoint library
from tensorflow.python.tools import inspect_checkpoint as chkp
# print all tensors in checkpoint file
chkp.print_tensors_in_checkpoint_file("/tmp/model.ckpt", tensor_name='', all_tensors=True)
# tensor_name: v1
# [ 1. 1. 1.]
# tensor_name: v2
# [-1. -1. -1. -1. -1.]
# print only tensor v1 in checkpoint file
chkp.print_tensors_in_checkpoint_file("/tmp/model.ckpt", tensor_name='v1', all_tensors=False)
# tensor_name: v1
# [ 1. 1. 1.]
# print only tensor v2 in checkpoint file
chkp.print_tensors_in_checkpoint_file("/tmp/model.ckpt", tensor_name='v2', all_tensors=False)
# tensor_name: v2
# [-1. -1. -1. -1. -1.]
Save and restore models
SavedModel to save and load your model—variables, the graph, and the
graph's metadata. This is a language-neutral, recoverable, hermetic
serialization format that enables higher-level systems and tools to produce,
consume, and transform TensorFlow models. TensorFlow provides several ways to
interact with
SavedModel, including the
tf.saved_model APIs,
tf.estimator.Estimator, and a command-line interface.
Build and load a SavedModel
Simple save
The easiest way to create a
SavedModel is to use the
inputs={"x": x, "y": y},
outputs={"z": z})
This configures the
SavedModel so it can be loaded by
TensorFlow serving and supports the
Predict API.
To access the classify, regress, or multi-inference APIs, use the manual
SavedModel builder APIs or an
Manually build a SavedModel
If your use case isn't covered by
tf.saved_model.simple_save, use the manual
tf.saved_model.builder to create a
tf.saved_model.builder.SavedModelBuilder class provides functionality to
save multiple
MetaGraphDefs. A MetaGraph is a dataflow graph, plus
its associated variables, assets, and signatures. A
is the protocol buffer representation of a MetaGraph. A signature is
the set of inputs to and outputs from a graph.
If assets need to be saved and written or copied to disk, they can be provided
when the first
MetaGraphDef is added. If multiple
MetaGraphDefs are
associated with an asset of the same name, only the first version is retained.
MetaGraphDef added to the SavedModel must be annotated with
user-specified tags. The tags provide a means to identify the specific
MetaGraphDef to load and restore, along with the shared set of variables
and assets. These tags
typically annotate a
MetaGraphDef with its functionality (for example,
serving or training), and optionally with hardware-specific aspects (for
example, GPU).
For example, the following code suggests a typical way to use
SavedModelBuilder to build a SavedModel:
export_dir = ...
builder = tf.saved_model.builder.SavedModelBuilder(export_dir)
with tf.Session(graph=tf.Graph()) as sess:
# Add a second MetaGraphDef for inference.
with tf.Session(graph=tf.Graph()) as sess:
builder.add_meta_graph([tag_constants.SERVING], strip_default_attrs=True)
Forward compatibility via
Following the guidance below gives you forward compatibility only if the set of Ops has not changed.
tf.saved_model.builder.SavedModelBuilder class allows
users to control whether default-valued attributes must be stripped from the
while adding a meta graph to the SavedModel bundle. Both
methods accept a Boolean flag
strip_default_attrs that controls this behavior.
strip_default_attrs is
False, the exported
tf.MetaGraphDef will have
the default valued attributes in all its
tf.NodeDef instances.
This can break forward compatibility with a sequence of events such as the
- An existing Op (
Foo) is updated to include a new attribute (
T) with a default (
bool) at version 101.
- A model producer such as a "trainer binary" picks up this change (version 101)
to the
OpDefand re-exports an existing model that uses Op
- A model consumer (such as Tensorflow Serving) running an older
binary (version 100) doesn't have attribute
Tfor Op
Foo, but tries to import this model. The model consumer doesn't recognize attribute
Tin a
NodeDefthat uses Op
Fooand therefore fails to load the model.
- By setting
strip_default_attrsto True, the model producers can strip away any default valued attributes in the
NodeDefs. This helps ensure that newly added attributes with defaults don't cause older model consumers to fail loading models regenerated with newer training binaries.
See compatibility guidance for more information.
Loading a SavedModel in Python
The Python version of the SavedModel
provides load and restore capability for a SavedModel. The
load operation
requires the following information:
- The session in which to restore the graph definition and variables.
- The tags used to identify the MetaGraphDef to load.
- The location (directory) of the SavedModel.
Upon a load, the subset of variables, assets, and signatures supplied as part of the specific MetaGraphDef will be restored into the supplied session.
export_dir = ...
with tf.Session(graph=tf.Graph()) as sess:
tf.saved_model.loader.load(sess, [tag_constants.TRAINING], export_dir)
Load a SavedModel in C++
The C++ version of the SavedModel
provides an API to load a SavedModel from a path, while allowing
SessionOptions and
You have to specify the tags associated with the graph to be loaded.
The loaded version of SavedModel is referred to as
and contains the MetaGraphDef and the session within which it is loaded.
const string export_dir = ...
SavedModelBundle bundle;
LoadSavedModel(session_options, run_options, export_dir, {kSavedModelTagTrain},
Load and serve a SavedModel in TensorFlow serving
You can easily load and serve a SavedModel with the TensorFlow Serving Model Server binary. See instructions on how to install the server, or build it if you wish.
Once you have the Model Server, run it with:
tensorflow_model_server --port=port-numbers --model_name=your-model-name --model_base_path=your_model_base_path
Set the port and model_name flags to values of your choosing. The model_base_path flag expects to be to a base directory, with each version of your model residing in a numerically named subdirectory. If you only have a single version of your model, simply place it in a subdirectory like so:
- Place the model in /tmp/model/0001
- Set model_base_path to /tmp/model
Store different versions of your model in numerically named subdirectories of a
common base directory. For example, suppose the base directory is
If you have only one version of your model, store it in
/tmp/model/0001. If
you have two versions of your model, store the second version in
/tmp/model/0002, and so on. Set the
--model-base_path flag to the base
directory (
/tmp/model, in this example). TensorFlow Model Server will serve
the model in the highest numbered subdirectory of that base directory.
Standard constants
SavedModel offers the flexibility to build and load TensorFlow graphs for a variety of use-cases. For the most common use-cases, SavedModel's APIs provide a set of constants in Python and C++ that are easy to reuse and share across tools consistently.
Standard MetaGraphDef tags
You may use sets of tags to uniquely identify a
MetaGraphDef saved in a
SavedModel. A subset of commonly used tags is specified in:
Standard SignatureDef constants
A SignatureDef is a protocol buffer that defines the signature of a computation supported by a graph. Commonly used input keys, output keys, and method names are defined in:
Using SavedModel with Estimators
After training an
Estimator model, you may want to create a service
from that model that takes requests and returns a result. You can run such a
service locally on your machine or deploy it in the cloud.
To prepare a trained Estimator for serving, you must export it in the standard SavedModel format. This section explains how to:
- Specify the output nodes and the corresponding APIs that can be served (Classify, Regress, or Predict).
- Export your model to the SavedModel format.
- Serve the model from a local server and request predictions.
Prepare serving inputs
During training, an
input_fn() ingests data
and prepares it for use by the model. At serving time, similarly, a
serving_input_receiver_fn() accepts inference requests and prepares them for
the model. This function has the following purposes:
- To add placeholders to the graph that the serving system will feed with inference requests.
- To add any additional ops needed to convert data from the input format
into the feature
Tensors expected by the model.
The function returns a
tf.estimator.export.ServingInputReceiver object,
which packages the placeholders and the resulting feature
Tensors together.
A typical pattern is that inference requests arrive in the form of serialized
tf.Examples, so the
serving_input_receiver_fn() creates a single string
placeholder to receive them. The
serving_input_receiver_fn() is then also
responsible for parsing the
tf.Examples by adding a
tf.parse_example op to
the graph.
When writing such a
serving_input_receiver_fn(), you must pass a parsing
specification to
tf.parse_example to tell the parser what feature names to
expect and how to map them to
Tensors. A parsing specification takes the
form of a dict from feature names to
tf.SparseFeature. Note this parsing specification should not include
any label or weight columns, since those will not be available at serving
time—in contrast to a parsing specification used in the
input_fn() at
training time.
In combination, then:
feature_spec = {'foo': tf.FixedLenFeature(...),
'bar': tf.VarLenFeature(...)}
def serving_input_receiver_fn():
"""An input receiver that expects a serialized tf.Example."""
serialized_tf_example = tf.placeholder(dtype=tf.string,
receiver_tensors = {'examples': serialized_tf_example}
features = tf.parse_example(serialized_tf_example, feature_spec)
return tf.estimator.export.ServingInputReceiver(features, receiver_tensors)
tf.estimator.export.build_parsing_serving_input_receiver_fn utility
function provides that input receiver for the common case.
Even if you require no parsing or other input processing—that is, if the
serving system will feed feature
Tensors directly—you must still provide
serving_input_receiver_fn() that creates placeholders for the feature
Tensors and passes them through. The
tf.estimator.export.build_raw_serving_input_receiver_fn utility provides for
If these utilities do not meet your needs, you are free to write your own
serving_input_receiver_fn(). One case where this may be needed is if your
input_fn() incorporates some preprocessing logic that must be
recapitulated at serving time. To reduce the risk of training-serving skew, we
recommend encapsulating such processing in a function which is then called
from both
input_fn() and
Note that the
serving_input_receiver_fn() also determines the input
portion of the signature. That is, when writing a
serving_input_receiver_fn(), you must tell the parser what signatures
to expect and how to map them to your model's expected inputs.
By contrast, the output portion of the signature is determined by the model.
Specify the outputs of a custom model
When writing a custom
model_fn, you must populate the
export_outputs element
of the
tf.estimator.EstimatorSpec return value. This is a dict of
{name: output} describing the output signatures to be exported and used during
In the usual case of making a single prediction, this dict contains
one element, and the
name is immaterial. In a multi-headed model, each head
is represented by an entry in this dict. In this case the
name is a string
of your choice that can be used to request a specific head at serving time.
output value must be an
ExportOutput object such as
tf.estimator.export.RegressionOutput, or
These output types map straightforwardly to the TensorFlow Serving APIs, and so determine which request types will be honored.
Perform the export
To export your trained Estimator, call
tf.estimator.Estimator.export_savedmodel with the export base path and
estimator.export_savedmodel(export_dir_base, serving_input_receiver_fn,
This method builds a new graph by first calling the
serving_input_receiver_fn() to obtain feature
Tensors, and then calling
model_fn() to generate the model graph based on those
features. It starts a fresh
Session, and, by default, restores the most recent
checkpoint into it. (A different checkpoint may be passed, if needed.)
Finally it creates a time-stamped export directory below the given
export_dir_base (i.e.,
export_dir_base/<timestamp>), and writes a
SavedModel into it containing a single
MetaGraphDef saved from this
Serve the exported model locally
For local deployment, you can serve your model using TensorFlow Serving, an open-source project that loads a SavedModel and exposes it as a gRPC service.
First, install TensorFlow Serving.
Then build and run the local model server, substituting
$export_dir_base with
the path to the SavedModel you exported above:
bazel build //tensorflow_serving/model_servers:tensorflow_model_server
bazel-bin/tensorflow_serving/model_servers/tensorflow_model_server --port=9000 --model_base_path=$export_dir_base
Now you have a server listening for inference requests via gRPC on port 9000!
Request predictions from a local server
The server responds to gRPC requests according to the PredictionService gRPC API service definition. (The nested protocol buffers are defined in various neighboring files).
From the API service definition, the gRPC framework generates client libraries in various languages providing remote access to the API. In a project using the Bazel build tool, these libraries are built automatically and provided via dependencies like these (using Python for example):
deps = [
Python client code can then import the libraries thus:
from tensorflow_serving.apis import classification_pb2
from tensorflow_serving.apis import regression_pb2
from tensorflow_serving.apis import predict_pb2
from tensorflow_serving.apis import prediction_service_pb2
Sending a gRPC request is then accomplished by assembling a protocol buffer containing the request data and passing it to the service stub. Note how the request protocol buffer is created empty and then populated via the generated protocol buffer API.
from grpc.beta import implementations
channel = implementations.insecure_channel(host, int(port))
stub = prediction_service_pb2.beta_create_PredictionService_stub(channel)
request = classification_pb2.ClassificationRequest()
example = request.input.example_list.examples.add()
result = stub.Classify(request, 10.0) # 10 secs timeout
The returned result in this example is a
ClassificationResponse protocol
This is a skeletal example; please see the Tensorflow Serving documentation and examples for more details.
CLI to inspect and execute SavedModel
You can use the SavedModel Command Line Interface (CLI) to inspect and
execute a SavedModel.
For example, you can use the CLI to inspect the model's
The CLI enables you to quickly confirm that the input
Tensor dtype and shape match the model. Moreover, if you
want to test your model, you can use the CLI to do a sanity check by
passing in sample inputs in various formats (for example, Python
expressions) and then fetching the output.
Install the SavedModel CLI
Broadly speaking, you can install TensorFlow in either of the following two ways:
- By installing a pre-built TensorFlow binary.
- By building TensorFlow from source code.
If you installed TensorFlow through a pre-built TensorFlow binary,
then the SavedModel CLI is already installed on your system
at pathname
If you built TensorFlow from source code, you must run the following
additional command to build
$ bazel build tensorflow/python/tools:saved_model_cli
Overview of commands
The SavedModel CLI supports the following two commands on a
MetaGraphDef in a SavedModel:
show, which shows a computation on a
MetaGraphDefin a SavedModel.
run, which runs a computation on a
show command
A SavedModel contains one or more
MetaGraphDefs, identified by their tag-sets.
To serve a model, you
might wonder what kind of
SignatureDefs are in each model, and what are their
inputs and outputs. The
show command let you examine the contents of the
SavedModel in hierarchical order. Here's the syntax:
usage: saved_model_cli show [-h] --dir DIR [--all]
[--tag_set TAG_SET] [--signature_def SIGNATURE_DEF_KEY]
For example, the following command shows all available MetaGraphDef tag-sets in the SavedModel:
$ saved_model_cli show --dir /tmp/saved_model_dir
The given SavedModel contains the following tag-sets:
serve, gpu
The following command shows all available
SignatureDef keys in
$ saved_model_cli show --dir /tmp/saved_model_dir --tag_set serve
The given SavedModel `MetaGraphDef` contains `SignatureDefs` with the
following keys:
SignatureDef key: "classify_x2_to_y3"
SignatureDef key: "classify_x_to_y"
SignatureDef key: "regress_x2_to_y3"
SignatureDef key: "regress_x_to_y"
SignatureDef key: "regress_x_to_y2"
SignatureDef key: "serving_default"
If a
MetaGraphDef has multiple tags in the tag-set, you must specify
all tags, each tag separated by a comma. For example:
$ saved_model_cli show --dir /tmp/saved_model_dir --tag_set serve,gpu
To show all inputs and outputs TensorInfo for a specific
SignatureDef, pass in
SignatureDef key to
signature_def option. This is very useful when you
want to know the tensor key value, dtype and shape of the input tensors for
executing the computation graph later. For example:
$ saved_model_cli show --dir \
/tmp/saved_model_dir --tag_set serve --signature_def serving_default
The given SavedModel SignatureDef contains the following input(s):
inputs['x'] tensor_info:
dtype: DT_FLOAT
shape: (-1, 1)
name: x:0
The given SavedModel SignatureDef contains the following output(s):
outputs['y'] tensor_info:
dtype: DT_FLOAT
shape: (-1, 1)
name: y:0
Method name is: tensorflow/serving/predict
To show all available information in the SavedModel, use the
--all option.
For example:
$ saved_model_cli show --dir /tmp/saved_model_dir --all MetaGraphDef with tag-set: 'serve' contains the following SignatureDefs: signature_def['classify_x2_to_y3']: The given SavedModel SignatureDef contains the following input(s): inputs['inputs'] tensor_info: dtype: DT_FLOAT shape: (-1, 1) name: x2:0 The given SavedModel SignatureDef contains the following output(s): outputs['scores'] tensor_info: dtype: DT_FLOAT shape: (-1, 1) name: y3:0 Method name is: tensorflow/serving/classify ... signature_def['serving_default']: The given SavedModel SignatureDef contains the following input(s): inputs['x'] tensor_info: dtype: DT_FLOAT shape: (-1, 1) name: x:0 The given SavedModel SignatureDef contains the following output(s): outputs['y'] tensor_info: dtype: DT_FLOAT shape: (-1, 1) name: y:0 Method name is: tensorflow/serving/predict
run command
Invoke the
run command to run a graph computation, passing
inputs and then displaying (and optionally saving) the outputs.
Here's the syntax:
usage: saved_model_cli run [-h] --dir DIR --tag_set TAG_SET --signature_def
SIGNATURE_DEF_KEY [--inputs INPUTS]
[--input_exprs INPUT_EXPRS]
[--input_examples INPUT_EXAMPLES] [--outdir OUTDIR]
[--overwrite] [--tf_debug]
run command provides the following three ways to pass inputs to the model:
--inputsoption enables you to pass numpy ndarray in files.
--input_exprsoption enables you to pass Python expressions.
--input_examplesoption enables you to pass
To pass input data in files, specify the
--inputs option, which takes the
following general format:
--inputs <INPUTS>
where INPUTS is either of the following formats:
You may pass multiple INPUTS. If you do pass multiple inputs, use a semicolon to separate each of the INPUTS.
saved_model_cli uses
numpy.load to load the filename.
The filename may be in any of the following formats:
- pickle format
.npy file always contains a numpy ndarray. Therefore, when loading from
.npy file, the content will be directly assigned to the specified input
tensor. If you specify a variable_name with that
.npy file, the
variable_name will be ignored and a warning will be issued.
When loading from a
.npz (zip) file, you may optionally specify a
variable_name to identify the variable within the zip file to load for
the input tensor key. If you don't specify a variable_name, the SavedModel
CLI will check that only one file is included in the zip file and load it
for the specified input tensor key.
When loading from a pickle file, if no
variable_name is specified in the
square brackets, whatever that is inside the pickle file will be passed to the
specified input tensor key. Otherwise, the SavedModel CLI will assume a
dictionary is stored in the pickle file and the value corresponding to
the variable_name will be used.
To pass inputs through Python expressions, specify the
--input_exprs option.
This can be useful for when you don't have data
files lying around, but still want to sanity check the model with some simple
inputs that match the dtype and shape of the model's
For example:
In addition to Python expressions, you may also pass numpy functions. For example:
(Note that the
numpy module is already available to you as
To pass
tf.train.Example as inputs, specify the
--input_examples option.
For each input key, it takes a list of dictionary, where each dictionary is an
instance of
tf.train.Example. The dictionary keys are the features and the
values are the value lists for each feature.
For example:
Save output
By default, the SavedModel CLI writes output to stdout. If a directory is
passed to
--outdir option, the outputs will be saved as npy files named after
output tensor keys under the given directory.
--overwrite to overwrite existing output files.
TensorFlow debugger (tfdbg) integration
--tf_debug option is set, the SavedModel CLI will use the
TensorFlow Debugger (tfdbg) to watch the intermediate Tensors and runtime
graphs or subgraphs while running the SavedModel.
Full examples of
- Your model simply adds
x2to get output
- All tensors in the model have shape
(-1, 1).
- You have two
/tmp/my_data1.npy, which contains a numpy ndarray
[[1], [2], [3]].
/tmp/my_data2.npy, which contains another numpy ndarray
[[0.5], [0.5], [0.5]].
To run these two
npy files through the model to get output
y, issue
the following command:
$ saved_model_cli run --dir /tmp/saved_model_dir --tag_set serve \
--signature_def x1_x2_to_y --inputs 'x1=/tmp/my_data1.npy;x2=/tmp/my_data2.npy' \
--outdir /tmp/out
Result for output key y:
[[ 1.5]
[ 2.5]
[ 3.5]]
Let's change the preceding example slightly. This time, instead of two
.npy files, you now have an
.npz file and a pickle file. Furthermore,
you want to overwrite any existing output file. Here's the command:
$ saved_model_cli run --dir /tmp/saved_model_dir --tag_set serve \
--signature_def x1_x2_to_y \
--inputs 'x1=/tmp/my_data1.npz[x];x2=/tmp/my_data2.pkl' --outdir /tmp/out \
Result for output key y:
[[ 1.5]
[ 2.5]
[ 3.5]]
You may specify python expression instead of an input file. For example,
the following command replaces input
x2 with a Python expression:
$ saved_model_cli run --dir /tmp/saved_model_dir --tag_set serve \
--signature_def x1_x2_to_y --inputs x1=/tmp/my_data1.npz[x] \
--input_exprs 'x2=np.ones((3,1))'
Result for output key y:
[[ 2]
[ 3]
[ 4]]
To run the model with the TensorFlow Debugger on, issue the following command:
$ saved_model_cli run --dir /tmp/saved_model_dir --tag_set serve \
--signature_def serving_default --inputs x=/tmp/data.npz[x] --tf_debug
Structure of a SavedModel directory
When you save a model in SavedModel format, TensorFlow creates a SavedModel directory consisting of the following subdirectories and files:
assetsis a subfolder containing auxiliary (external) files, such as vocabularies. Assets are copied to the SavedModel location and can be read when loading a specific
assets.extrais a subfolder where higher-level libraries and users can add their own assets that co-exist with the model, but are not loaded by the graph. This subfolder is not managed by the SavedModel libraries.
variablesis a subfolder that includes output from
saved_model.pbtxtis the SavedModel protocol buffer. It includes the graph definitions as
MetaGraphDefprotocol buffers.
A single SavedModel can represent multiple graphs. In this case, all the
graphs in the SavedModel share a single set of checkpoints (variables)
and assets. For example, the following diagram shows one SavedModel
containing three
MetaGraphDefs, all three of which share the same set
of checkpoints and assets:
Each graph is associated with a specific set of tags, which enables identification during a load or restore operation.


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Numbers is a book with two themes: Israel's failure and God's faithfulness. As we consider Israel's desert wanderings, we learn what can happen when people refuse to believe God's promises, and we are challenged to walk humbly with our ever-faithful Lord.
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Hebrew Terms: נָזִיר; nazir, Nazirite
Cross references: Exodus 3:14, Exodus 33:11, Leviticus 9, Judges 13, 1 Samuel 1, Psalm 119, Amos 2:12, Malachi 3:16, Matthew 10:37, Matthew 22:37, Mark 12:30, Luke 1, Luke 10:27, Luke 12:48, John 4:23-24, Acts 18, Acts 21, Romans 12:1, 1 Corinthians 11:14, 1 Timothy 5:23, Hebrews 6:10, Hebrews 13:15, 1 John 4:19
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Your Prayers DO Impact Generations {And 5 Things to Pray}
Do your prayers matter—not just for today or this year—but for generations? Can the prayers you pray today and the faith steps you take this week impact your descendants 100 years from now? Yes, they can!
We all want to know our prayers matter, but sometimes our greatest prayers may not be answered until our life on earth is done. In fact, you may think you're praying about one thing, but God might use those prayers greater in the lives of your descendants than your own. How do I know?
I have a few stories to share.
The first is about a woman named Corrie ten Boom. The second is my own.
Many may know Corrie's story from the book The Hiding Place. (If you haven't read The Hiding Plan, run—don't walk—to read it.) It's one of my all-time favorite books.
Corrie was a single woman living with her family in The Netherlands during World War II. When the Nazis occupied Holland Corrie and her family hid hundreds of Jewish people in their home and helped them to safety. Because of their efforts, countless lives were saved.
I'd like to think that if I was in Corrie's shoes I'd do the same. But would I? Putting oneself at risk to save others is unnatural. Corrie saved lives, but she also saw her own family lose their lives because of these actions. Corrie's father died not long after his arrest. Corrie and her sister Betsy were placed into a concentration camp where Betsy lost her life. Only Corrie was released from the concentration camp due to a clerical error.
What does Corrie's story have to do with us today? God has a plan for our families, and sometimes those plans take a generation of prayers for preparation. Here is more of the story I wrote in my book Prayers that Changed History:
Prayer came naturally to Corrie. Her parents made prayer an important part of her life. Her parents taught her to pray, and they lived an example of prayer. Corrie's grandfather, Willem ten Boom, felt the need to pray for Jewish people after a movie worship service. The ten Boom family, along with friends and neighbors, started a weekly prayer meeting for Jewish people in 1844. Every week they specifically prayed for the peace of Jerusalem as talked about in Psalm 122:6. "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee" (KJV). These meetings took place every week for one hundred years. They stopped on February 28, 1944, when Nazi soldiers came to the house to take the family away.
I get goosebumps when I read that! God knew what the ten Boom family would face in 1944, and he started preparing them in 1844! The strength this family exhibited during a crisis in their country is a direct result from generations of prayer.
I love this story because it's reflective of my life, too. I was born to a single mom in 1971, and my mother and grandmother became Christians when I was in second grade. I didn't know my biological father until I was 28 years old, and for most of my life I believed it was only in this century my family became God-followers. I was wrong.
When talking with my biological grandfather after I met him, I discovered an amazing Christian heritage. On my paternal side my great-grandparents were missionaries and church planters, as they had been for GENERATIONS. My great-great-great-great-great grandfather FCD Wyneken was a pastor and missionary who helped found Concordia Theological Seminary.
And according to Wikipedia, "The Wyneken family had an established Lutheran heritage long before Friedrich arrived in America. Heinrich Wyneken's father, grandfather, and one brother were pastors in Hanover. Two of Friedrich Wyneken's older brothers also became pastors. Significant numbers of more distant relatives and in-laws were also Lutheran clergy members."
I'd like to think that somewhere in that long line of pastors and missionaries, someone was praying for future generations. I am a direct result of those prayers, as are my kids. And who knows how MY prayers will impact generations to come.
Knowing this about the ten Boom family and my own makes me want to become more proactive about praying for my descendants. I'll never know how my prayers will impact history. Or how yours will, too.
If you're interested in praying for your descendants, here are some prayers to start:
Praying for Descendants
- Pray for their Salvation. (Romans 10:9-10)
- Pray for them to follow God's call on their lives. (Romans 11:29)
- Pray for them to be witnesses for Christ in all the world (Acts 1:8)
- Pray they will live for God and turn from the draw of this world (Romans 12:2)
- Pray they will be able to stand strong in their faith no matter what they face in their generation (1 Corinthians 16:13)
Print this list (click on the image below for a printable PDF) and pray these prayers often. You never know who they will impact or how!
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This is the first year that I won't bring my Mom over for a family celebration. She died in July.
Yesterday, my sister, my daughter and I went to visit my mom's grave at St. Agnes cemetery. We cracked open a bottle of wine. It reminded us of the day she faded away: sunny, warm and peaceful. A story I never told; after she died in her bedroom at home, my two sisters, my daughter and I, her round-the-clock caregivers at the end, opened a bottle of chilled Sancere and sat around her hospital bed on both sides, all four of us, toasting, drinking a last to her life, and her there quiet, as if she was just asleep. And she was, her last final sleep.
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The site Mech9.com initially started out as starcraftwars.com. Why starcraftwars? well for the greatest game ever made. While waiting for the game (starcraft2) to come out, I ended up writing about other stuff that interested me during my youth in order to fill the void. That's when I re-introduced myself to the anime and mecha that I loved as a child.
While along this tack I finally got to find out after almost 23 years how the anime Super Dimension Fortress Macross ended. For 23 years I carried in me this sense of emptiness of not knowing how the story ended but after having watched it, it gave me the sense of completion similar to one accomplishing one's ambition.
This event could be considered an awakening as it thrust me into this course of trying to find closure in all those other events in my youth that I never got to finish or accomplish as each chapter closed gave me the sense of completion or re-introduced me to the bliss that I felt during that time.
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The Nabi Elias bypass road, which will serve Israeli settlers, requires the confiscation of 25 acres of Palestinian land.
Photos and text by Keren Manor / Activestills.org
Civil Administration contractors accompanied by Israeli soldiers uprooted around 250 Palestinian-owned olive trees Sunday near the West Bank city of Qalqilya, as part of a larger plan to build a settler bypass road in the area.
The Nabi Elias bypass road will include the expropriation of 25 acres of Palestinian land — including a total 700 olive trees — belonging to the Palestinian villages of Izbat Tabib, Azzun, and Nabi Elias, just east of Ramallah.
On Saturday the army prevented dozens of Israeli activists from joining a nonviolent Palestinian demonstration against the land confiscations. By Sunday only a small group of Palestinians came out to protest the uprooting.
The decision to build the road, which will serve settlers only, was made as part of a compromise with the Yesha Council, the umbrella organization that governs Jewish settlements in the West Bank. According to the text on the expropriation orders, paving the road is intended to "improve transportation between Nablus and Qalqilya."
The Palestinian landowners previously unsuccessfully petitioned the High Court against the plan. According to the head of Nabi Elias' village council Raed Khalif, those who will be able to prove ownership over the land will receive meager compensation for the property they lost — which makes up an essential part of their livelihood.
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