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what does asymptomatic mean? .. that's not as good as 'clear'?
what does asymptomatic mean? .. that's not as good as 'clear'?
Asymptomatic means that the dog doesn't have symptoms. There is no "clear" scan - there are scans with grades (A or 0) and breeding guidelines. Parents graded "A" or "0" do not guarantee you that your dog will not have SM.
I would recommend that you research this subject more. Even on this forum there is entire section on SM.
I also would recommend to focus on heart testing and current status of the parents and ancestors as MVD is what is found more often in our breed.
Greetings from Joanna & Maxi, Zoe & Arabella (Kissabella)
I have done some more research and found this about heart murmurs in dogs
"There are many different types of murmurs, and causes for them. Some can be repaired surgically, some controlled by medication, some that disappear, and some that cannot be treated"
What type of heart murmur do Cavaliers get generally? If the breeder knows a dog has heart murmur before selling it to you, surely they know which type and whether it needs surgery or just medication, or that it might disappear? If it needs surgery shouldn't the breeders sort that before trying sell the puppy? ..or do they rehome those one's free to anyone willing to pay for the puppies surgery and risk that it may not survive the op?
I know there are some cases where some people find out later in the dogs life that it has an heart murmur and it's probably had it for years and they never knew, so I relaise they can also be very mild and missed unless a dog happens to need treatment for something else.
I also heard that what grade the vets give them to some extent depends on who well they can detect the heart when it was examined, (could it be missed in a very wriggly puppy?)
Is there an age whereby if they had an heart murmur it would have been diagnosed as to how serious it was and how much exercise they could cope with , if you were looking to adopt an older dog?
As Joanna said earlier, the main type of murmur that Cavaliers are prone to is MVD - mitral valve disease. It can be controlled by medication, but some dogs don't respond well to the treatment. I have a ten year old here who actually has only a Grade 3/4 murmur, but she went in to CHF two years ago and started her meds then. To which, luckily, she responds very well - although in very hot weather they do need tweaking a bit. She was diagnosed by my vet, but I took her to a club heart testing day for a thorough check by the cardiologist who was doing a low cost clinic arranged by my regional Cavalier Club. All Clubs offer their members this opportunity.
Breeders do tend to have their dogs checked (preferably by a cardiologist) annually for murmur sounds, and there is a code of best practice - grandparents clear at five years of age, dogs not to be bred from until - it used to be two years of age, but now with MRI scanning at 2.5 it's gone up.
What individual breeders do in relation to selling their dogs is very much a matter for discussion and arrangement between themselves and who they might be letting a dog go to. Very often an early murmur in a dog has no deleterious effect - the only time I've had a pup with a heart murmur I let her go to a home which had other dogs of mine for free. This was years ago, and she's still alive I'm pleased to say. On the other hand, some dogs develop a murmur late in life which progresses very rapidly.
If you are looking to adopt an older dog, again the best thing to do is to discuss the heart status with the breeder or rescue centre.
Sheena Stevens
There is a form of murmur found in some puppies, which may be expected to disappear as the dog matures. But the murmurs which are problematic for cavaliers are, primarily the sounds coming from a defective mitral valve (MVD), and secondarily the sound coming from a defective tricuspid valve. Statistically, nearly all CKCSs will develop MVD, and over half of them will do so by their fifth birthday.
MVD is almost always progressive, meaning it keeps getting worse. But rarely does a mitral valve murmur start before the age puppies usually are sold by their breeders. MVD is genetic in the breed, so while breeders most likely would not know that their puppies definitely will develop murmurs, they should realize that their puppies inherit the disease from their ancestors. There is a breeding protocol recommended by heart specialists and geneticists, which is designed to eliminate early-onset (meaning, a murmur starting before age 5 years) MVD in future generations of cavaliers. However, most CKCS breeders refuse to follow it because it is inconvenient for them.
Treatment of MVD is mainly by medications to try to manage the progression of the disease and ease the symptoms. There is a webpage which discusses MVD in the cavalier in some detail at http://cavalierhealth.org/mitral_valve_disease.htm
Rod Russell
It is fair that say that most dogs, pedigree or mongrel, are prone to MVD later in life. The problem with Cavaliers is the early onset, but it is variable.
I live in France and most breeders; and certainly all who are signed to the "charte de qualité", have ultrasound tests done on their dogs every 18 months, and the photos are checked by one of six appointed veterinary cardiologists to determine the grade. There are, in France, five grades from strictly normal to grade four. Often dogs at grades 1 and 2 do NOT have audible murmurs, so the disease is detected earlier than if just auscultation was carried out. There is quite a strict protocol, but a three year old dog at grade 1 may be bred from. Under another scheme he or she would not have an audible murmur. It does seem rather daft that a dog who was grade two at age 7 could be bred from but if he went to grade three at age 9 he could no longer be used! I have a seven year old dog who is grade 2 but there is only a faint "click" on auscultation: he'd probably be classed clear under another scheme.
MVD is polygenic; there is no clear mode of inheritance. There also seem to be several different patterns: dogs who develop a murmur at a young age and then it progresses very slowly, while others can be clear until a good age and then develop MVD which progresses fast.
Others develop it late and it still progresses slowly. I currently have two bitches who were born on 4 September 2000 and whose father, clear when they were born, developed MVD at age 6 and died within a year. They have both been on (different) medication for the last couple of years; so were 11 or 12 when they started, but show no clinical signs of the disease. One is a bit arthritic. Their father's early death is, I think, fairly exceptional, and they clearly didn't inherit that particular set of genes.
A very good guideline is to find out the ages that dogs in the ancestry of a puppy lived to: if plenty lived to a good age, it is reasonable to hope they all will. However, as with humans, nothing can be guaranteed!


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text: Corruption in Uganda will swallow billions of dollars in revenue from the East African nations budding oil industry that is needed to build schools, hospitals and roads, says a Ugandan opposition leader. Olara Otunnu, a former U.N. under secretary-general who heads the Uganda Peoples Congress party, said there had been no transparency on plans to develop the oil found in 2006 along Ugandas border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. Otunnu, Ugandas foreign minister from 1985-86, hopes to topple longtime President Yoweri Museveni when the country goes to the polls in February ahead of the start of commercial oil production late next year. British firms Tullow Oil and Heritage Oil have found up to 2 billion barrels of oil in the Albertine Rift Basin and experts say the reserves could be four times bigger. Uganda stands to earn about $2 billion a year in oil revenue. Based on the current record all that money would be swindled, Otunnu told Reuters in an interview in New York. All this is being handled personally and exclusively at the kitchen table of the president. We know nothing about it. We dont need to wait until oil begins to flow. We already know ... the oil revenue will become part of his personal ATM machine, said Otunnu, who could be arrested when he returns to Uganda for failing to appear in court this week on sedition charges related to radio show comments made earlier this year. He says the charges are a bid by Museveni to silence him. Ugandan Minister for Information Kabakumba Matsiko said it was widely accepted that East Africas third largest economy has been blighted by corruption, but the government has systems and institutions in place to combat it. Oil money for infrastructure Otunnu is entitled to his opinion. Unfortunately hes blinded by his own hatred, Matsiko said. This oil has always been there, but no previous government including the one in which Otunnu served ever thought about starting exploration. The president has stated on several occasions that the oil money will not be used for recurrent expenditure but long-term infrastructure development in the health, transport and other sectors. Museveni won power in 1986 and was credited with returning stability and economic vitality to Uganda, ravaged by dictatorship and civil wars in the 1970s and early 1980s. The countrys economy is seen growing between 7-8 percent in 2010/11 from 5.6 percent in 2009/10. But donors and global civil society groups accuse Museveni of suppressing opposition and free speech, tightening his grip on power and failing to rein in rampant corruption. International donors said this week that they would trim at least 10 percent off their $360 million contribution to Ugandas budget in the year to June 2011 because of concerns over corruption. Opposition parties have refused to work with the electoral commission, because they say it is corrupt, but Otunnu said that does not mean there will be a boycott of the election. He also said negotiations continue among leading opposition parties to form an Inter-Party Cooperation coalition to field a single candidate against Museveni. Everything is turned into this corrupt enterprise, said Otunnu. We must make sure ... that there is change, theres accountability, theres transparency ... that this oil will be a blessing for the people of Uganda.


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These soccer fans will do anything to watch the World Cup
Despite being the most populous country in the world and the birthplace of the ancient kick-ball game, China has no team at the World Cup being held in Brazil. However, the fervor for soccer (or football as the world outside of US calls it) is only getting more feverish in China with Chinese fans willing to do almost anything to catch a glimpse of the game.
Because of the huge time difference between China and Brazil, many of the games essentially require the fans to wake up after midnight or in the wee hours of the morning in order to watch the games. This is definitely affecting the fans' regular day job and sleep schedule. Frustrated fans have come up with creative ways to get around it, such as calling in sick by using a fake doctor's certificate purchased online to prove that they are indeed sick (from soccer fever.) However, this is illegal and a fan reported being fired for the fake certificate.
A new type of business has also sprung up by offering wake-up call services for fans who need to be awakened from their deep slumber. Fans can purchase the wake-up calls per game or for a package of games. The rates start at about 4 US dollars per call and can go up with more important games. An additional service even provides a call reminder for going to work.
Soccer fans are usually male, and oftentimes women complain about being left alone as 'soccer widows.' This group of Chinese girls organized a protest, taking off their 'soccer bras' to show their disgust at being neglected by their boyfriends during the World Cup.
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However, this year, there's been a new trend as many women are getting into the games too. A recent survey claims that 55 percent of soccer fans in China are women. Their reason is totally different from that of the typical soccer fan. Many Chinese women have discovered soccer hunks and are tuning in to feast their eyes on the handsome soccer players. They and their boyfriends or husbands can actually enjoy watching the game together, but for totally different reasons. A couple may even go to a sports bars together and watch the shows there. It's been reported that couples who watch the games together have improved relationships.


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Rebuilding Together is a nationwide non-profit organization that coordinates volunteers and sponsorship in an effort to renovate neighborhood facilities and repair the homes of low-income, disabled, and elderly homeowners. SEAONC has sponsored a Rebuilding Together project every year since 2001, and we are excited to keep this tradition going!
For more information on the non-profit, nationwide organization, you can visit their website and the San Francisco chapter website.
Rebuilding Together 2013
This year's SEAONC Rebuilding Together project was the renovation of A Woman's Place, a community facility located in San Francisco's South of Market district. The facility is an emergency shelter for homeless women and victims of crimes such as domestic violence and sexual assault. Rebuilding Together is a national organization that provides free renovations to low income seniors and nonprofit facilities throughout the local area, and every year SEAONC teams with the organization to sponsor a project.
The goal of A Woman's Place is to provide a bright environment for women in need, but its aging interiors seemed to reflect the contrary. As volunteer captains, we were determined to lead the SEAONC volunteers in our endeavor to renovate the facility. Our initial effort included meeting with the facility directors and the Rebuilding Together construction captains to determine the scope of work. We decided that the main tasks would include painting, cleaning, performing basic repairs, and building new shelves for better organization.
We organized a prep day on April 20th, where a group of about 12 SEAONC volunteers cleaned and prepped the walls throughout the building to get ready for painting on the following weekend. April 27th was the actual Build Day, and about 70 volunteers from SEAONC and other organizations such as UC Berkeley, Stanford and EERI collaborated to give the facility a brand new interior. We painted the corridor walls with a fresh and bright coat of yellow on the first and second floors where women stay at night. In the main drop-in area, volunteers took down the broken blinds and painted parts of the windows for privacy. In the entrance and storage areas, volunteers built new shelves to help organize documents and donations to the facility. As a special gift to the facility, we painted a brand new stencil adjacent to the entrance with the logo for A Women's Place.
In addition to the time and effort that our volunteers contributed, the sponsorship from SEAONC, engineering companies, and individuals also played an important part. We could not have accomplished the event without this monetary support. We hope that the efforts of SEAONC and Rebuilding Together will help the facility to foster a great sense of safety and security forthe women in need.
To see the rest of the photos from our build day, click here.
Rebuilding Together 2013, 4/30/2013
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Hi Melinda, Jim, If you have further questions about Patent Policy I would prefer you ask the right mailing list :) where you will get better answers than mine. As of July 2006, the W3C Patents and Standards Interest Group reviews proposed FAQ entries. Please send questions or comments on the W3C Patent Policy or this document to the Patent and Standards Interest Group public mailing list firstname.lastname@example.com (archive). -- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about the W3C Patent Policy http://www.w3.org/2003/12/22-pp-faq.html#participant Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:33:06 GMT Grant, Melinda (27 oct. 2007 - 03:43) : > You said: >> The list is publicly visible, you can't join without agreeing >> to the Royalty Free policy. > As a representative of a member organization, isn't this a fait > accompli? No. The Patent Policy applies only when you are participating to a WG. http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/ You can find a lot of information in Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about the W3C Patent Policy http://www.w3.org/2003/12/22-pp-faq.html Jim Jewett (27 oct. 2007 - 03:43) : > Would it be possible for someone to join as an individual, even if he > or she were also employed at BigCorp? (The number of people with > personal email accounts is probably far larger than the number of > people with the authority to sign for their employer.) See this FAQ entry. If someone does apply knowing that he/she is part of a w3c Member, then he/she violates part of the agreement when joining the WG. http://www.w3.org/2003/12/22-pp-faq.html#employee-invexp -- Karl Dubost - http://www.w3.org/People/karl/ W3C Conformance Manager, QA Activity Lead QA Weblog - http://www.w3.org/QA/ *** Be Strict To Be Cool ***Received on Sunday, 28 October 2007 22:11:28 UTC
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A Review of the H50 By Lenovo
Lenovo, a world-class manufacturer of desktops, has recently released a new entry-level series to the market. The computers are designed for normal office and home use, but may have enough capacity to for extended gaming. We'll focus on the , which features 8 gigabytes of memory and an AMD A10 series processor.
Major Differences Between Lenovo Models
The type of processor that is included is the main difference in the different desktop models offered by Lenovo. This particular model is equipped with an AMD A10-7800, which has a turbo speed up to 3.9 GHz and a quad-core CPU that has registered at 3.8 GHz.
Because of this great performance, this AMD is very similar to the Core i5 models from Intel, so it works great for multitasking and other heavy workloads. The processor is friendly to the budget. In fact, when compared to most Intel processors the price to performance ratio actually makes it a better value.
There are 8 gigabytes of installed on the desktop, which compares favorably with other desktops on the market. Because it has two memory slots available, the RAM can be expanded to 16 gigabytes in total. There was no information available about whether or not a slot was free on the main board.
When it comes to storage on a desktop, most solutions focus on the size followed by the speed. Storage on this Lenovo is provided by a 1024 GB 7200 RPM hard drive. While it isn't the fastest hard drive on the market (solid state drives are faster), it is huge with plenty room to store pictures and videos. Keep in mind that casual users will find the package to be more than adequate. In addition, there is a graphics engine installed within the AMD A10-7800 APU.
This entry-level graphics chip has some great capabilities and is called the AMD Radeon R7. It is good enough that games such as and other heavy games can be played on low settings while the FPS runs over 25. You can retain playable frame rates and up the settings to medium when you play older games that are less demanding, such as Tomb Raider.
The system comes with Windows 8.1 installed. When an older version of Windows is preferred, either overwrite the current OS with Windows 7 or purchase a different desktop. Or, consider using Windows 8.
Connectivity Options
The Lenovo H50 comes with standard desktop options for connectivity. Two of the six USB ports are USB 3.0. On the front panel, there are two USB 2.0 available for use.
When it comes to output for video, the image of the product suggests that the back panel has a VGA outlet, but expect to find at least an HDMI port. It would be simple to connect with an HDTV using this desktop model.
In some cases, wired networking is the only option for budget desktops. Happily, the wireless option is available here. There is an 802.11b/g/n WiFi adapter in addition to the Gigabit Ethernet port on the desktop. Out of the box, Bluetooth does not appear to be supported.
To transfer data and set up additional storage, a memory card reader (MMC Plus, MMC, SDXC, SDHC< SD, MS Pro, MS) and the 8x DVD burner are available on the front panel.
Is there anything else you need to know?
You have room for some expansions because the box is 14 inches high by 6.3 inches wide by 16.7 inches deep. To make the computer better equipped for gaming, you can install a better graphics card in the free PCI-E x16 slot. Power is always a consideration, but the wattage is not available. It is likely that the PSU is 180 watts since that is what it is in other H50 models from Lenovo.
You will have to get your own monitor since it is not included in the package. However, the mouse and a basic USB keyboard are shipped with the tower.
The Conclusion
We've already reviewed other Lenovo H50 models here, and we believe that this one is a beefier version of those. It's got double the RAM and has a much better processor than its little brother. The other version exclusively uses VGA for connectivity, but this one is much faster with its HDMI output.
Because of the GPU, this Lenovo model is a good idea if you are interested in a computer that will support gaming. Otherwise, the less expensive model will work fine for a dollars.
Demo Of Grand Theft Auto V on Lenovo H50-50
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I have been very fortunate to be in information technology through one of its largest growth curves. I came out of college with a B.S. in electronic engineering in the early 80s (hate to admit it, but it is good experience) and joined organizations where their IT group grew exponentially. One example was in the early 90s. I joined a major shipping company and saw the IT department grow from around 400 to 3,000 in less than five years.
With this explosive growth in the industry came a lot of rapid changes – only change was constant. I started programming at Bell Telephone Laboratories when I was in college using c-language and was fortunate to meet Kernighan and Ritchie (it's inventors). They had created the language to build one of the worlds most powerful operating systems (UNIX) – it is still one of the few operating systems that does not have viruses and has withstood the test of time.
I have really enjoyed reading the comments of readers of my humble blog on the IT world. It's only one person's opinion, but it is the comments that make it a dialog; and it's a dialog of individuals that create the momentum to morph an industry. IT is a big industry and we have all contributed to it.
I recently came back from Enterprise Data World (after giving the talk with Dr. Peter Aiken on "Data Services and Virtualization") and noticed all of the comments here. After EDW 2010 came the Gartner Symposium in Vegas on MDM, EA and BI. With all of this running around, I have not had the chance to update my blog – my apologies to all.
These conferences reinforced many of the points that readers made and per my promise, I will devote this blog to reader's comments and input.
MDM and data governance are foundational to IT:
- Back in December 2009, I talked about Dr. Richard Hackathorn and his brilliant chart called the Time-Value Curve. He first published in January 2004, and he brought up some great points (take a look at his comments on the blog). What good is speed if it doesn't set the mood?
- In February 2010, a reader brilliantly noted that: "relationship management" is a key. I would go on to note that it is the management of expectations that makes IT successful. Relationship management is required because we are a cost-center and a business enabler (in most cases). Most of the time businesspeople don't understand what we are going to give them. Starting small is the way to go, because through a pilot project businesspeople can see value in what you are proposing.
End of a tough year:
- A reader mentioned "If we look at society which progressed towards borderless one nation from territorial divides to one community called IT - it is in our hands to make the world survive the next financial crisis, next environmental crisis, next Swine Flu crisis and next Crisis itself to mankind and make a better World for All… and hopefully people who lost their jobs will also be back in the coming year." We face a lot of challenges, but with IT we can solve many of them – improving the supply chain of pharmaceuticals, helping track global viruses, etc.
- It is my hope that many of my friends (who are experts with tons of experience in their respective fields) get assignments in this year. Business is starting to pick up. If you need an expert in a specific discipline, drop me a note and I can send you some incredibly talented, experienced, knowledgeable resources with great references!
Back in the beginning of my blog (early 2009), there were a lot of comments about enterprise architecture and the Zachman framework.
- All of the comments I read were true – Zachman was an industry pioneer and his process still stands true. If we understand the business architecture, then we understand the business challenges, dilemmas and how to facilitate the automation and improvement of business processes.
- That is our ultimate goal when you think of it. Architecture (of KPI's for example) is really the understanding (monitoring in this example) of the business and the feeding of information that will improve them (BAM, BPM – if it looks like a rose, smells like a rose, you know the rest!)
Data services and virtualization:
- This article elicited a lot of comments and all were good. Take a moment to read them.
Ed noted the need for orchestration (similar to but not the same as choreography). He was right-on in that when you implement services-based architectures you need to coordinate the integration using rules. But there are even ways around this. Consider publishing using a MOM or services bus a data name that is unique for each system and now you can integrate what you need when you need it. Still, overall, Ed is correct – we are implementing business rules so consider using a "rules engine" (orchestration layered with rules and metadata) when the complexity get's enormous.
- Ram was correct in stating that it's not just technology. I have always tried to tell management that the challenge we face is a combination of: process, technology/tools and people. Remove any one of these from your analysis and development and you have a solution that will not be very useful! An old superior of mine used to purport that: "A fool with a tool is still a fool." (He was a heavy drinker though and lost one of his best assets. So, I don't know if this can be a trusted source of information. LOL)
As for the growth of data, consider that when tech analyst John Gantz, a researcher IDC, began tallying up all the digital information generated annually, he first looked in the obvious places. Gantz ultimately calculated that 161 exabytes of digital data -- or about 161 billion GB -- were generated in 2006!
- Bob of Composite Software made a great point about perspective and wanted to know about my opinion of standard. Here it is. Standards always lag behind the industry leaders. First we create a product that solves a problem; others want to capitalize on the solution; they create a version; integration becomes a challenge; so standards are needed; a body is created and takes committees a long time to agree; by the time there is agreement, there is a virtual industry standard in effect (consider electronic gadgets like DVDs – they change so fast that the standard becomes the best seller like BlueRay). Just having fun Bob, I agree that there is a need for standards. I've joined a DAMA committee on standardizing the DMBOK to include 'Integration' – you may want to consider joining!
We'll that's all for now, keep the comments coming and let's create a better world together by joining forces to solve the IT challenge that lie ahead of us. Remember that change is the only constant so you need to consider a changing plan – not a stationary one since the target will move by the time you get there. That's why I like iterative development projects and methodologies and small pilots to prove out concepts. If you can gain credibility and value quickly, then you can gain it long term iteratively!
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Dear Clarifai-Community,
first of all I'd like to wish you a Happy New Year! To introduce myself: I'm a Digital Humanities student from Germany and we are currently conducting a small study at my university, where we are trying to predict music genres from their respective album covers with machine learning algorithms. Right now we don't know yet, which image features are useful for our image classification, so I stumbled upon Clarifai and it looks very exciting and we want to test object recognition as one possible classification feature! As a programming beginner, I had some problems getting a working python script together. However, it works perfectly when only one batch is processed, but as soon as I start to process more than one batch, I'm getting Index Errors (and our test database contains 500 images, so I really need to process more than one batch). What I'm doing in my code is writing the results of the prediction into a JSON-File. After that I'm extracting the 5 most probable recognised objects into a CSV file, so that it looks like this:
filenameobject 1object 2object 3object 4object 5
I tested a small sample with 14 images and a batch_size of 7, so that I force my script to process more than one batch. I hope I'm not wasting your time, because my question/problem is probably not Clarifai-specific, but a beginner's coding mistake.
Here is my code snippet, that's responsible for writing and extracting the data:
while (counter < total_files):
print ("Processing batch " + str(index+1))
for x in range(counter,counter+batch_size):
except IndexError:
model = app.models.get('general-v1.3')
data = model.predict(imageList)
#print (data)
with codecs.open ('data.json', 'w', encoding='utf-8') as outfile:
json.dump(data,outfile) #All Data
file = codecs.open('extract.csv', 'w', encoding='utf-8')
split_paths = [os.path.basename(p) for p in files]
for x in range(counter,counter+batch_size): #write filename and top 5 objects into CSV file
#print (counter+batch_size)
file.write(str(split_paths[x])+ "\n")
while i < 5:
tags = data ['outputs'] [x] ['data'] ['concepts'][i]['name'] #error appears in this line
file.write(tags + "\n")
i = i+1
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Thank you in advance!
Hi @fkalb! Do you know which line of code the index error is occurring on?
Hi Jared,
thanks for your quick reply!
The error occurs on the following line, after the first batch has been processed:
tags = data ['outputs'] [x] ['data'] ['concepts'][i]['name'] #error appears in this line
Hmm...how many times does that while loop run before it errors?
It enters the second iteration just fine, it even shows: "Processing Batch 2". But once it enters my CSV-Loop it errors. I even checked all the values like counter and counter+batch_size, it all seems fine. So during the first while loop it writes the first seven pictures (0-6) and then it should continue with (7-13) on its second round, but when the x in my CSV part is raised to 7 it somehow errors. I tried omitting the JSON.dump part, but it didn't change anything. If I just print the predicted data to the console, it works, so the write process seems to be responsible for the errors, but I can't understand why.
I think the issue here is that the 2nd loop also does
data = model.predict(imageList)
which resets data to:
data ['outputs'] [0]data ['outputs'] [1]data ['outputs'] [2]
Instead of calling data ['outputs'] [7] you'll need to reset that back to data ['outputs'] [0]
Thank you very much jared, it's working now! That was indeed the issue, now my writing function always loops between 0 and batch_size and it does everything as intended.
Best regards,Florian
Glad you got it working!


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Shallow wells and sand dams bringing back lost glory
Water from sand dams and shallow wells breathe new life into a small Kenyan community and their land...
Athiani self-help group is found in Athiani village of Mtito Andei division in Makueni County. The group was formed with the main objective of working together to improve water access and food security in an area which has been predominantly dry receiving little rainfall coupled with long dry spells.
It is in this quest that Excellent Development in collaboration with partners, the Africa Sand Dam Foundation (ASDF), has been supporting the group in the implementation of life changing projects all geared towards improved lives for members and the community at large.
The group has achieved success in various areas, changed things over the years, achieved the implementation targets and has plans for the future despite facing challenges in their quest for glory.
Ruth Mutuku, 46, serves as the chairlady, she opens up on group activities and progress over the years: "Access to clean drinking water has been greatly bolstered by the construction of shallow wells which provide us with water all year round, this has reduced the distance and time taken in search of water previously."
George Maweu, 66, hails from Athiani village and understands the extent of change that came with implementation of water projects in the locality. "The construction of sand dams in our village came with unprecedented change, cattle get water from within and the environment generally looks green. Terracing and tree planting projects also improved our yields" says Mr Maweu.
He adds: "Water from the sand dams has also been utilised in vegetable farming; bringing food security and income through the sale of surplus. This is a milestone achievement which only existed in our dreams."
Rita Muteti, 43 has been at the center of the group's activities, witnessing all major milestones, she says it has required strong resilience in overcoming the challenges encountered. "The challenge of long dry periods has led to some of the trees planted drying up as well as low harvests in our farms. Again, working in the construction sites was a hard task especially for us women as it was manual labor" says Mrs Muteti.
The group remains strong with future plans in place to guide its operations.
"We remain focused on implementing more water, food and income security projects that will better the lives of our members and the community at large" says Mrs Mutuku.
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Swedish/Redmond Emergency Department, Ambulatory Care Center Set to Open
- Public open house planned for Dec. 18; First patients welcomed Dec. 21
Dec 15, 2010, 02:05 EST
REDMOND, Wash., Dec. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Prompt access to medical care in East King County is about to get a lot easier. Swedish this month opens a new freestanding emergency department and ambulatory care center (ACC) at 18100 Union Hill Rd. in Redmond. A community open house is planned on Sat., Dec. 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and the first patients will be treated on Tuesday, Dec. 21.
"We are very pleased that Swedish chose Redmond for its second in a series of advanced ACCs," said Redmond Mayor John Marchione. "It will be a strong complement to the health-care infrastructure already in place here."
Swedish/Redmond is patterned after a highly successful model Swedish developed in Issaquah. Opened in March 2005, it was the first freestanding emergency department in the region and operates at full capacity today. A third facility is scheduled to open in Mill Creek in mid-February 2011.
Swedish chose to locate in Redmond because the city and surrounding area are experiencing steady growth and trend data indicates the need for emergency and ambulatory care will grow significantly in the next five years. Many young families have settled in new Eastside homes and businesses continue to open and expand.
"This is one part of a larger plan to bring health care closer to patients in their own communities," said Kevin Brown, Swedish senior vice president and chief administrative officer. "We are rapidly transforming from a downtown 'hospital' to a community-based health-care system that treats patients where they live and work, instead of making them come to us."
The new Redmond center encompasses nearly 85,000 square feet of space on three floors. It has 18 emergency exam rooms, open and staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week; an advanced diagnostic imaging center (with X-ray, mammography, ultrasound, CT scan and MRI), staffed by partners from Seattle Radiology; an on-site laboratory; and offices for primary- and specialty-care providers. Swedish/Redmond will immediately treat patients suffering from stroke to severe lacerations or burns, broken bones, sports injuries, allergic reactions, food poisoning, work-related injuries and many other medical emergencies and non-emergencies.
Eastside Emergency Physicians will provide up to 25 board-certified emergency medicine physicians who will rotate through Issaquah, Redmond and Mill Creek. Redmond will also employ 70 health professionals including registered nurses, medical technicians, radiology technologists, registration assistants, environmental services employees, security personnel, as well as materials management and administrative support staff.
Starting in late January 2011, the Swedish Physicians Redmond Clinic (currently located at 15670 Redmond Way) will relocate to this new site. Its six family medicine physicians will provide the full range of primary care – including pediatric care, adolescent medicine, geriatric medicine, physicals, preventive health screening and education, sports medicine and orthopedic care, diabetes care and more.
All providers at Swedish/Redmond will have access to Epic, Swedish's secure electronic health record system, so vital information can be easily conveyed among a patient's authorized caregivers. The system provides a common platform for clinicians to share medical documentation, test results, prescriptions – and information can be sent to any Epic facility where a patient is treated.
The New Face of an Emergency Department
"We want to radically change the way people think about emergency care," said Operations Manager Lisa Knutson. "The entire focus is on getting patients through the system quickly so they can have as much time as possible with a physician."
Patients at the Swedish/Redmond Emergency Department will be taken directly to an open room, bypassing the typical triage and registration process that result in queuing and frequently long wait times. 'Direct bedding' of patients, immediate initiation of treatment and in-room registration will improve care and eliminate wasted effort.
"We'll be able work up just about any type of condition instantly, with a radiologist reading films on-site in real time, backed up by Swedish specialists in Seattle if necessary," said Brynn Karch, M.D., medical director of the Swedish/Redmond ER. "And we plan to work very closely with local physicians when we treat their patients and keep everyone in the information loop."
Community physicians can have access to Epic read-only portals where everything from a patient's chart will be displayed, allowing doctors to stay completely involved with their patients' care. Dr. Karch emphasized that the ER also directly supports the work of local emergency response teams. By not having to drive so far to deliver patients, paramedics and emergency medical technicians will be back in service quicker and better able to cover their territory.
Swedish estimates that the Swedish/Redmond Emergency Department alone will see more than 20,000 patient visits each year.
Quality Care, Lower Cost
John Milne, M.D., Swedish's medical director for strategic development, noted that even patients with complicated diagnoses – such as acute asthma, dehydration, congestive heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – often respond rapidly to appropriate therapy.
"A freestanding emergency department is a place to quickly evaluate, stabilize and treat people followed by closely observing them," explained Dr. Milne. "Many will get much better during the initial treatment period and avoid an expensive hospital admission."
There is a huge gap between what can be done in a traditional outpatient clinic and an acute-care hospital. Many people don't require hospitalization and full inpatient treatment, but they need much more than clinic services or home care. A freestanding emergency department fits perfectly in the middle of that range.
"More care will be provided in ambulatory settings because not everything needs to be done in a hospital," emphasized Dr. Milne. "As healthcare evolves and funding mechanisms change, traditional fee-for-service models are not going to survive. We're working hard to stay ahead of the curve and offer more care in less expensive environments."
Swedish/Redmond Facility and Construction Details
The new building is managed and owned by Hammes Company, a third-party development partner of Swedish. Hammes invested $25.5 million in the structure and surrounding parking areas and construction began last April. Panattoni Construction was the general contractor and Seattle's Mahlum Architects did the design.
Swedish/Redmond Open House
A family holiday open house is scheduled on Saturday, Dec. 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Physicians from Swedish/Redmond's primary-care clinic will be on hand to answer quick medical questions. And visitors can get a first-hand look at the new emergency department and imaging center.
Free activities will include photos with Santa and frame-decorating, face-painting, balloon artistry, a Christmas tree maze and cookie decorating. Guests can enter to win a $250 gift card to Redmond Town Center and the first 500 visitors receive a collectible Swedish/Redmond soccer scarf. Youngsters can play with Microsoft's new Kinect™ and experience Kinect™ for Xbox 360™, plus try out Nintendo® Wii™ inside a cool mobile gaming theater. Kids can bring their favorite doll or stuffed animal and get a medical check-up.
For more information about Swedish/Redmond, visit www.swedish.org/redmond.
About Swedish
Established in 1910, Swedish has grown over the last 100 years to become the largest, most comprehensive non-profit health provider in the Greater Seattle area with 8,500 employees, 3,000-physicians and 1,200-volunteers. It is comprised of four hospital campuses (First Hill, Cherry Hill, Ballard and Edmonds), an emergency department and ambulatory care center in Issaquah, Swedish Visiting Nurse Services, and the Swedish Medical Group – a network of more than 40 primary-care and specialty clinics located throughout the Puget Sound area. Swedish recently opened a new emergency department and medical office building (MOB) on its Ballard campus and will open a new MOB and hospital in the Issaquah Highlands in the summer of 2011. In addition, Swedish will open an emergency department and ambulatory care center in Redmond in mid-December of this year and a similar facility in Mill Creek in mid-February 2011. In addition to general medical and surgical care, Swedish is known as a regional referral center, providing specialized treatment in areas such as cardiovascular care, cancer care, neuroscience, orthopedics, high-risk obstetrics, pediatric specialties, organ transplantation and clinical research. For more information, visit www.swedish.org
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For most people, their biggest financial investment is a house. Home ownership is the very symbol of achieving the American dream.
Action News has uncovered a construction problem threatening to destroy that dream for hundreds in the Delaware Valley.
Troubleshooter Nydia Han is exposing the issue, helping get some homes fixed, and pushing for legislative change.
This construction crisis is devastating homeowners all over the area. They can't sell their homes and they can't afford to fix them.
"How can they let this happen to people? It's completely destroying people's lives," said Tamra Adams of Furlong, Bucks County.
The Adams family is one of many who have said their dream is a decaying dud. They claim water is behind their walls rotting the house from the inside out.
"I feel trapped. I wake up and I feel trapped. It's always there," she said.
It's called water intrusion and experts blame it on shoddy construction.
"This house was not built according to standards and building codes even back then. Absolutely not a question about it," said Rob Lunny of Lunny Building Diagnostics.
Many of the homes afflicted were built during the housing boom between 2003 and 2005. Many are stucco but other materials are vulnerable, too. And for some consumers, the cost of repairs can be upwards of $100,000.
"You should never, ever have to be in a position where you have to take down the entire outside of your house down to the studs and have it redone," Rob Greer of Chester Springs, Chester County.
The allegedly sick homes were built by a wide variety of builders including the region's top name, Toll Brothers.
Toll Brothers estimates its liability for water intrusion at $324.4 million.
But no law specifically requires Toll or other builders to alert homeowners of any possible defects or make repairs.
"Builders will say they have no obligation to issue such recall because they will tell you that a house, unlike a defective car seat, is not a product," said the Adams' construction attorney Jennifer Horn.
The company has agreed to fully fix more than a dozen homes the Troubleshooters brought to the company's attention. They've even offered third-party oversight of the repairs and a 5-year warranty. But a long list of other homeowners, including the Adams, say they are not getting that same treatment.
"And I can't understand why they can't help. They won't help," Adams said.
After the Troubleshooters got involved, Toll did re-do the area nearest Jackson Adam's bedroom but the family still has it sealed off because of continuing concerns of mold. And while Toll said recent testing showed the home is safe, the Adams insist elevated moisture readings indicate the entire house needs to be remediated.
"It's not fixed. That was just a band-aid on the wound and the wound is the entire house," she said.
Homeowners face a tough battle. A weapon builder's use is the age of the home. The Pennsylvania Statute of Repose states homeowners must file claims against builders within 12 to 14 years of construction. But homeowners often don't know their house needs fixing until that deadline has passed.
The good news is that legislative change may be on the horizon. The Troubleshooters alerted lawmakers to the problem and five state representatives and one state senator have promised to protect homeowners in a variety of ways. They are Sen. Andy Dinniman (D) District 19, Rep. Matthew Bradford (D) District 70, Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown (D) District 190, Rep. John Galloway (D) District 140, Rep. Duane Milne (R) District 167 and Rep. Eric Roe (R) District 158.
Representatives Galloway and Roe are reaching across the political aisle to get it done.
"Together, we're going to introduce a bill that will extend the statute of repose in Pennsylvania from 12 to 14 years to 20 years, which would allow homeowners more time to catch these problems," said Rep. Roe. Sen. Dinniman tells the Troubleshooters he will introduce and fight for similar legislation in the Pennsylvania Senate.
Rep. Milne promises to introduce a bill to help people who are not a home's original owners.
"If future homeowners can be protected from this, oh my gosh, I would never wish this on anyone," Adams said.
Right now anyone can claim to be a moisture penetration inspector, someone who checks for this kind of construction problem. There are also no required certifications for a mold remediator, the kind of contractor who claims to fix the issue. So both Sen. Dinniman and Rep. Milne also believe the state should take action so that both industries have some sort of oversight and regulation or guidelines.
Now if you suspect water intrusion:
-Get a free consultation with a qualified construction attorney who can explain time limitations and meeting deadlines.
-Also hire an experienced, reputable moisture penetration inspector that is independent and objective.
When hiring a moisture penetration inspector:
-Never hire a company that offers to detect damage and repair it. An inspector should not also act as a contractor or even be affiliated with a contractor or mold remediator. In fact, an inspection report shouldn't indicate where repairs need to be made that should be determined by a separate expert.
-Be sure to check an inspector's certifications, they should hold an ASHI (American Society of Home Inspectors)
as well as an EDI (Exterior Design Institute)
or a MWC (Moisture Warranty Corporation).
-Make sure to get probe testing done, don't rely solely on infrared testing.
-Also be sure to ask them about their construction background and water intrusion experience.
Questions you should ask potential inspectors:
-Will they provide specific readings for each side of the home?
-Do they test all materials including siding, stucco, and cultured stone?
-Does the inspector evaluate for code compliance during inspection? (i.e. minimum thickness, proper lath embedment, proper fastener installation)
-Does inspection include critical interior areas? (attic, under carpeting, basement)
-May I see previous reports? (Make sure these reports are clear and easy to understand)
Questions you should ask when hiring a construction attorney:
-How many of these cases have you successfully negotiated and handled?
-Are you a construction specialist?
Toll Brothers Statement regarding the Adams' home:
"As you know, the Adams family previously alleged that there was mold in their home, and they provided Toll a recommendation from their own expert to correct water intrusion sources relating to the chimney. Before starting those requested repairs, we had the Adams' home inspected by a certified industrial hygienist, who confirmed normal fungal ecology conditions throughout the home. After Toll Brothers repaired the home, the certified industrial hygienist returned and conducted a second round of testing and again confirmed that the conditions were normal. The repairs and testing confirm that there is no mold damage inside of the Adams' home and the air tests confirm that the home is safe for occupancy. In light of this information, we cannot speak to the Adams' decision to not use the room."


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The classic, full English breakfast is amazing, but it isn't for every day -- unless you want to treat your arteries like they insulted your Mother. So when you do have one, you need to make sure it's damn good. Thankfully, we're here to help ensure that happens...
Austin's Breakfast Go-To Isn't Breakfast Tacos
Hawksmoor Guildhall
As one of the masters of meat in the capital, it comes as no surprise that their full English is pretty next-level -- it comes with all the usual moves, plus a short rib bubble & squeak, smoked bacon chop (!), and grilled bone marrow. They naively label it "to share", so make sure the waiter knows you mean business.
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Housing its own coffee roastery and all-day kitchen, you know Caravan takes their fast-breakers seriously, and the full English doesn't disappoint. It's got the standards (field mushrooms, eggs, sourdough toast) along w/ modern flourishes like tomato compote, and if you want them (you do), boar sausages.
The Wolseley
Attempting to give the rough, lowest-common-denominator edges of the full English an elegant finish is not an easy task... so to their great credit, The Wolseley doesn't try. They stick to the tried and true formula of good old-fashioned beans, bacon, eggs, etc., without trying to add any unnecessary flourishes, and it's delicious.
The Breakfast Club
When you call yourself The Breakfast Club, you promise two things: a ton of Judd Nelson quotes, and a fantastic morning meal. Thankfully, they don't disappoint, and their Full Monty has everything you're looking for (except a brooding loner stuck in detention).
The Walpole
Homemade bubble & squeak? Ham on the bone, that's been soaked overnight and slow-roasted for six hours? Literally Marco Pierre White's favourite restaurant, and whose massive breakfast still costs less than six quid? This, friends, is worth going to Ealing for.
The Riding House Cafe
Their Full & Proper is really just that, with each of the ingredients pulling their weight (the sausages are from Lincolnshire, the tomato is slow-roasted, the mushrooms are field mushrooms), coming together to make a breakfast that's better than the sum of its delicious parts.
Smiths of Smithfield
Fully exploiting their market-centric location, Smiths pull in daily freshness like bacon from an eight-generation butcher, and the same sausages that were served on the Concorde for one of the best breakfasts in London.
Regency Café
This place may not have had a refurb since it opened in 1946, but frankly no one is there for the decor. A mere £6 gets you the works, but throw down an extra 90p and add some of the best (read: fluffy and amazing) hash browns in town. This spot, and this breakfast, are about as classic as they come.
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1. Hawksmoor Guildhall10-12 Basinghall St, London
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3. The Wolseley160 Piccadilly, London
4. The Breakfast Club12-16 Artillery Ln, London
5. The Walpole35 St Marys Rd, Ealing
6. The Riding House Cafe43-51 Great Titchfield St, Fitzrovia, London
7. Smiths of Smithfield67-77 Charterhouse St, Clerkenwell
8. Regency Cafe17-19 Regency St, City of Westminster, London
Located in The City, Hawksmoor Guildhall's a huge eating space with excellent breakfast and brunch options and classy decor.
Caravan is home to a number of different reasons to go there, including their own coffee roastery, a menu loaded with small plates and pizzas, and cocktails and beer made with said roasted coffee.
This is a top-notch resto when it comes to, well, pretty much everything, but if you have to pick a meal to visit them for, breakfast is always a safe bet because their traditional full English is one of the best in town.
One of a number of Breakfast Club locations around the city, this Spitalfields spot dishes out quality meals (read: breakfast) like all the rest, including a banging full English breakfast.
This old-school cafe will seriously feed you and help you sort your life out till 2pm most days. Located in unpretentious Ealing, don't expect any frills, but do expect a massive portion of all your well-needed fry up components. And if you wanna try out their speciality, order the ham, eggs, and chips.
Located in Fitzrovia, the Village East/Garrison team's third drinkery offers three price tiers of small plates (slow-roast lamb shoulder, salt-cod fritters, etc.), plus larger goods like the foie gras'd Titchfield burger, and full English breakfasts.
Located in the heart of Smithfield Market, Smiths is a four-floor resto (!), with each level exhibiting a distinctive style and ALL levels serving up delicious and simple tastes. Pro tip: you can't miss their full English breakfasts.
Open since 1946 in Westminster, The Regency Cafe is known for its greasy spoon favorites and cheap prices. It's a go-to for a full English breakfast of eggs, hash, bacon, sausage, and baked beans, and other traditional plates like steak pie and corned beef. The black-and-white art deco exterior is just as notable and quintessentially London as the food, and the interior remains pretty much unchanged since the 40s.


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Can you copyright a tweet? | Technollama | http://bit.ly/1D0A6Op
Fox v Dish lays some Aereo concerns to rest. | DisCo Project | http://bit.ly/15nIjkv
Information is power: a revolution for the blind. | Australian Digital Alliance | http://bit.ly/1wuhLUX
Updating operating system now: where's our fair use? | Lib Copyright | http://bit.ly/1Jkykvz
Fair copyright policy starts with transparency. | Australian Digital Alliance | http://bit.ly/1yUQf7n
Defamation, freedom of expression & media law
Companies suing critics. That's the real enemy of free speech. | The Guardian | http://bit.ly/1wtk0YJ
Journalism is not a crime. So why are reporters being referred to police? | The Guardian | http://bit.ly/1JnxRXw
UK: Every national newspaper editor urges Prime Minister to stop RIPA spying on journalists. | Press Gazette | http://bit.ly/14WYVix
Southern Cross TV breached privacy by filming through window for Today Tonight report. | Mumbrella | http://bit.ly/1GMvHor
LNP politicians target Alan Jones | Daily Mail Australia | http://dailym.ai/1GMDjr3
Privacy & information security
Tech giants fear being captured by data retention legislation. | ZDNet | http://zd.net/1ATVr9Q
Charlie Hebdo and the security state: Julia Powles. | Wired | http://bit.ly/1Crtnz8
Border protection plans to extend telco surveillance. | ZDNet | http://zd.net/1L5FGF2
Scrap data retention bill: Law Institute of Victoria. | Pro Bono News | http://bit.ly/1wpgA9b
Victoria's Privacy Commissioner hits out at "ill-defined" data retention plans. | AFR | http://bit.ly/1yUNwLl (See submission no. 39 -> http://bit.ly/1CAkC5Q)
OAIC's new Guide to securing personal information. | OAIC | http://bit.ly/1Ghp8d5
129 submissions on Australia's controversial Data Retention Bill: http://bit.ly/1CAkC5Q Public hearings on 29 & 30 January.
Aussie Travel Cover has hundreds of thousands of records stolen in hacking, policy holders not informed. | ABC | http://ab.co/1sYO5UN
Thai PM vows to pass cyber spying bill. | Telecomasia | http://bit.ly/1EEi1H4
UK: Abuse of Parliamentary procedure: introducing the Comms Data Bill into the Counter Terrorism and Security Bill. | Open Rights Group | http://bit.ly/1L4T7F4
How Netflix wants to end geo-blocking. | ZDNet | http://zd.net/1zEsX8P
How to catch a terrorist? The Whole Haystack. | The New Yorker | http://nyr.kr/1EEcTCO
'The Cloud' and other dangerous metaphors. | The Atlantic | http://theatln.tc/1CnYQC0
US: Cops get handheld radar that can "detect people breathing" through walls. | Ars Technica | http://bit.ly/1L0sbpT
Silk Road Judge: Tor browser is 'mumbo jumbo to most people on the jury right now'. | Forbes | http://onforb.es/1yGkdNG
High stakes in New Zealand's war against spam. | The New Zealand Herald | http://bit.ly/1L5J8Q1
The Coweb – can the Internet be archived? | The New Yorker | http://nyr.kr/1xnO7lK
Social media
Snapchat hiring journalists to become its own publisher. | GigaOm | http://bit.ly/1L4nADf
Online retailers and media companies least trusted with personal information. | Mumbrella | http://bit.ly/1L1wTE4
Concerns about power and influence of social media on Royal Commission. | ABC AM | http://ab.co/18alO4x
Gillette pays Tinder for catchy research, not advertising. | AdAge | http://bit.ly/1AwSs76
NSW Police fail victims of domestic violence with flippant social media post. | Daily Mail | http://bit.ly/1BvD9Rw
US: Justice Department settles lawsuit over fake Facebook page. | Buzzfeed | http://bzfd.it/1uqMJO2
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In the May 5 issue of Newsweek, a story titled "Towards a New New Orleans" sounds like any number of recent media pieces that mingle a hopeful take on the city's spunk and spirit with cautionary caveats about looming threats of one sort or another. Sandwiched between color photos of antique houses, brass bands and FEMA trailers is an unusual image of a svelte redhead in a silky evening dress reclining in an undulating pile of dirt, a scene made even more surreal by occurring in what looks like the living room of a derelict house replete with a gas heater half buried in the muck. Some mysterious and convoluted objects complete the picture, and you might wonder, is it an art show or some kind of cult ritual?
If you guessed the former, you're right. The article goes on to say that the earthen floor is part of an installation by Margaret Evangeline and the sculptures are by Lafayette artist Fred Daspit. The reclining redhead is Kirsha Kaechele, the director of KKProjects, a kind of art compound featuring a former bakery transformed into a sleek gallery and a series of ramshackle cottages housing experimental art installations. For Kaechele, a California-educated architect originally from Guam and a New Orleanian since 2000, it represents an ongoing effort to give artists a chance to do things that might be impossible elsewhere while bringing new energy to a hard-bitten part of the Ninth Ward.
This month's offerings are mostly by a close-knit group of Acadiana artists she got to know during her Katrina evacuation in Lafayette. Included in the main gallery area are four unusual Robert Rauschenberg screen prints featuring sky charts of constellations with lions and scorpions interspersed with bikers, astronauts and the like, all printed on mirrors, giving them a glittery, reflective aura appropriate to their 1970s origins. Rauschenberg was born in Texas, but called Lafayette home. Old friends there include artist-musician Dickie Landry, who besides being a photographer and painter is known for his spirited saxophone collaborations with Philip Glass and Bob Dylan, among others. His work on view at KK Projects includes paintings and photographs as well as an array of ambient graphics in a derelict house across the street where photos, memorabilia, saint statuettes and Mardi Gras beads appear in seemingly random clusters. Photo sequences of William Burroughs and a photograph of Rauschenberg and Landry in a small plane captioned "En route to Havana at the invitation of Fidel Castro," lend a narrative sensibility not unlike some of William Burroughs' own disjointed ramblings.
A tumbledown cottage nearby houses an installation by Francis Pavy. One room features a digital projection of his paintings in a formally structured sequence, but the bargeboard walls of the parlor comprise a room-size collage of ambient images including his trademark eyes, snakes, gators, hearts and guitars mingled with found objects, playing cards and esoteric texts in a shrinelike elaboration on his favorite themes. All are linked to a pair of paintings in the main gallery, Orpheus' Tomb and Golden City, iconic and surreal images that embody all that their titles imply.
A new world awaits next door where a kind of secret swamp occupies the back room. To get there you traverse the nondescript front chambers and enter a tiny doorway concealed in the back of a small armoire. A darkened passage leads to a tangled thicket replete with plastic mallards, snowmen and other anomalies glowing in eerie crimson light. This is Kim and Scott Pterodactyl's Hot Pink Cape Sale, an installation that seems utterly enigmatic yet somehow complete within itself. A visit to the next house returns us to the Newsweek spread, sans Kaechele, but with Daspit's iconic sculpture beaming esoteric vibes from the inner sanctum of what has to be one of the most mysterious art facilities in America.


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Ciao dears,
1.) Casual Maxi Dress
I love this maxi dress for days when you want to look pretty and put together but aren't in the mood for too much fuss. I wore this dress a bunch of times for that reason.
I found duckies!!! Ha!
Dress, Flip-flops, & Sunglasses: Forever 21, Earrings: Kohl's
2.) Retro 4th of July!
I love this cute vintage inspired polka dot dress, so much so, that even though it's a bit too big for me, I had to wear it once more. I figured a belt would make it look less big. You can still tell from the sides and the back, with the extra fabric bunching, but oh well. I need a new red polka dot dress soon. I also did my hair in old fashioned looking Heidi-type braids pinned to my head.
Dress: ?? (It's old, I forget), Wedges: Avenue, Belt: Dots, Earrings & Hair flower: Claire's
3.) Easy Summer Uniform
Outfits like this: tank top and a fun, loose, skirt, are a perfect summer staple. It's comfortable, cute, feminine, and pretty. I was also having a great hair and makeup day (yay for both at the same time! ha!) so I took lots of pictures!
Tank top: Kohl's, Skirt: Francesca's, Sandals: Shoe Store in the Cherry Hill Mall, Belt: Dots, Necklace: Claire's, Bracelet:
4.) Hippie Pretty
Tank top: DEB, Skirt, Purse, & Headband: Forever 21, Sandals: Shoe Store in the Cherry Hill Mall
5.) Sunshine Gold!
Dress: Kohl's, Wedges: Avenue, Belt: Downtown Philadelphia Somewhere?
6.) Minnie Mouse Adorable!
I love these cute polka dot shoes!
Pink Crop Top and Minnie Tank: Kohl's, Skirt: Alloy.com , Shoes, Bracelet, & Earrings: Forever 21
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Montague Island
The jewel in the crown
This amazing nature reserve, which has won many awards for its eco-tourism tours, is a seabird haven and is part of the Mt Dromedary Igneous Complex. The northern part of the island is made up of a andesite lava extrusion from a volcanic eruption on Gulaga, or Mt Dromedary as it is also called, about 95 million years ago in the Cretaceous period. The dark coloured rocks in the north contrast with the southern part of the island which has been formed through intrusive igneous rocks that have cooled underneath the surface and been exposed through erosion. These rocks were also formed through the activity of the ancient volcano. These igneous intrusions in the south of the island now take the shape of impressive sculptural tors that have been well-rounded and smoothed with weathering.
Until about nine thousand years ago the island was part of the mainland, connecting with Cape Dromedary, just south of Mystery Bay, by a sand spit. Montague Island is now 9km offshore from Narooma and of interest to not only geologists, but lighthouse historians, nature lovers and eco-tourists. It is also a very culturally significant place to the local Yuin people.
How to get there: Book through the Narooma Visitors Centre. You can book overnight or day trips.
What to do: Help with conservation work; watch the penguins as the surf into the rocks in the evenings; whale watch in spring; relax, paint and take photographs; bird watch and climb the lighthouse.
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Isn't it time to get the kid a sibling?
Who dressed that kid? Is he wearing jogging pants? Jogging pants that are too short I might add-with sandles?
^^Want to think he dressed himself and she is letting him have that independence, but that reflects on you...the teachers and other mothers must be talking about her to no end
Yeah and the other kids in class too must be laughin their heads off!!
He looks like such a happy kid. She seems like a cool mother who gives her son the freedom to dress himself. She also doesn't dress her kid in $80 T-shirts and $100 shoes like other celebrity parents, which I think is great. I'm willing to bet this kid will be better adjusted than some other celebrity kids. Good for Sarah Jessica!
Knowing small children, he probably wanted to wear those and threw a huge fit until she let him.
2 years...
She looks good. He looks really happy! I always thought they'd have another kid but maybe not.
What a waste of a nice body. damn, sux. If you don't have an amazing body, you can work on it, but if your face is busted, without MASSIVE Plastic Surgery, you're stuck/.
I'm not a huge fan of hers, but after having seen Kate Bosworth's
skeletal chest, I'm glad to see SJP is actually healthy.
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the kid looks like her husband a lot .
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We are proud to present our current exhibition 'Corpus Dei' by Sabrina van den Heuvel.
The series of photographs connects visual art, fashion and poetry to a total concept.Just like in Sabrina's earlier photo project, "Van Gogh Black & White", emotional issues such as ecstasy, happiness and longing play a big part in Corpus Dei. Sources of her inspiration were intimate poems by Michelangelo, dedicated to his lover, and the fascinating dark-light contrasts of Caravaggio.
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- Hahnemühle German Etching paper, mounted on MDF 50 x 80
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The Mermaid Oyster Bar
When times are tough, restaurateurs tend to lean on reliable formulas to stay afloat. That seems to be the case with the Mermaid Oyster Bar, from Danny Abrams and Cindy Smith. This third (and best), oyster-heavy location of Abrams's popular New-England seafood eatery, the Mermaid Inn, has replaced their elegant but ill-fated bistro, Smith's, which closed late last year. The couple swiftly refurbished the space, convincingly transforming a formerly sultry dining room into a bright fish shack with wainscoting and whitewashed walls. While the name suggests a mostly uncooked menu, the bill of fare is balanced between the curated raw bar—16 oysters complemented by the usual clams, mussels, crab, shrimp cocktail and lobster—and plated dishes that salute seafood favorites, ranging from greaseless clam strips with a tangy tartar sauce to a robust shellfish-enriched lobster bisque. With the help of our pleasant waiter, it was fun choosing among the exclusively North American oysters, split on the menu into East and West Coast categories; each type is accompanied by intriguing vocabulary like lettucy, zesty salinity and deep cup. We weren't disappointed by the spectrum of flavor—from a musky Hog Island to the pungent Pemaquid. Entres, like a clean and meaty grilled Idaho trout with herbaceous salsa verde, were as simple as they were rewarding. And local tap beers, such as the hoppy Captain Lawrence Freshchester Pale Ale, were laid-back yet suitable matches for the dishes. Per the usual Mermaid Inn tradition, the meal ended with a free cup of rich chocolate pudding and a Fortune Teller fish, a formula that hasn't gotten old. Sometimes there are advantages to playing it safe.
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Moonlight Madness
- Published in Reflections
Each week The Sentinel visits a memorable story from its archives.
July 26, 1979
Putt-Putt keeps some folks up all night
When Rockville Putt-Putt manager Chip Linville dreamed up Moonlight Madness six years ago, he must have had Mike O'Hara in mind.
Surrounded by the darkness and eerie silence that pervades the rest of the city, it takes someone with a flair for the different and the exotic to hit red, green blue and yellow golf balls over a carpet littered by bumps, barriers water and other red, green, blue and yellow golf balls from midnight to 5 a.m.


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