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Jen sincero books6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() Sincero’s books aren’t the sort of thing you hear about at dinner parties. I visualise a more successful version of myself, writing Vanity Fair cover stories and turning down assignments while wearing the pale pink clogs, and hand over my credit card. That could mean quitting a humdrum job, buying a fancy car or investing in assistants to free up the time to devote to big-picture concerns. According to Sincero, it is necessary to live courageously and to “align” one’s actions with one’s deepest desires. Yet for the past few days I have been steeped in the work of Sincero, who in her bestselling You Are a Badass books urges readers to stop accepting anything short of their wildest dreams. ![]() Exquisite as they are, I can think of no possible justification for buying them. ![]() F ifteen minutes before my interview with inspirational guru Jen Sincero, I nip into a chic boutique in downtown Manhattan, where I am drawn to a pair of conch shell-pink sandals. ![]()
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The rocket man ray bradbury6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() We love original content and self-posts! Thoughts, discussion questions, epiphanies and interesting links about authors and their work. Please see extended rules for appropriate alternative subreddits, like /r/suggestmeabook, /r/whatsthatbook, etc. ‘Should I read …?’, ‘What’s that book?’ posts, sales links, piracy, plagiarism, low quality book lists, unmarked spoilers (instructions for spoiler tags are in the sidebar), sensationalist headlines, novelty accounts, low effort content. Promotional posts, comments & flairs, media-only posts, personalized recommendation requests incl. Please use a civil tone and assume good faith when entering a conversation. All posts must be directly book related, informative, and discussion focused. If you're looking for help with a personal book recommendation, consult our Suggested Reading page or ask in: /r/suggestmeabook Quick Rules:ĭo not post shallow content. It is our intent and purpose to foster and encourage in-depth discussion about all things related to books, authors, genres or publishing in a safe, supportive environment. Subreddit Rules - Message the mods - Related Subs AMA Info The FAQ The Wiki Join in the Weekly "What Are You Reading?" Thread!.Check out the Weekly Recommendation Thread.New Release: No One Needs to Know by Lindsay Cameron. ![]()
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The Bat Woman by Cromwell Gibbons6/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It has all the elements of a Saturday matinee fright fest: vampirism, mad scientists, head-hunters and yellow peril."? Not me, that's for sure!īefore I go on, a quick word on Cromwell Gibbons himself. But really, who could possibly resist this blurb on the back cover: "Prepare For Schlock And Awe.this wonderfully schlocky novel of evil menace was undoubtedly meant as a treatment for a Universal Studios horror picture. I was thus happy to read that Bruin has recently released a whole slew of horror works under its new Bruin Asylum label, and choosing at random, I selected the book in question, Cromwell Gibbons' "The Bat Woman" (1938).even though I had previously never heard of the author or this novel. Case in point: Bruin Books, from Eugene, Oregon, which, a few years back, made it possible for me to finally obtain a reasonably priced copy of Paul Bailey's wonderful horror novel "Deliver Me From Eva" (1946). As some of you may have discerned, my favorite type of reading matter these days has been the science fiction, fantasy and horror books from the period 1900 - 1950, and so I am always on the lookout for modern-day publishers issuing new editions of these often out-of-print works. ![]()
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The death of superman dan jurgens6/12/2023 ![]() Thus began a real massacre, with destruction and a lot of blood. Clark understood that to defeat Apocalypse, he had to be as violent as himself. Dan Jurgens (/ d r n z / born June 27, 1959) is an American comic book writer and artist. He began to kill the little creatures on the planet, until, with all his hatred and anger at having died so many times, he completely destroyed the planet and the monsters that inhabited it. The Death of Superman Hardcover Decemby Dan Jurgens (Author), Jerry Ordway (Author), Louise Simonson (Author), 4.8 33 ratings Part of: The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary (2022) See all formats and editions Kindle 23.00 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 24.21 31 Used from 16.21 37 New from 23. ![]() So he did it for decades This baby's DNA, however, began to create a kind of memory, and over time it developed with memories of pain, and soon the creature developed with gray skin and bones protruding from its body. The same scientist took the baby's remaining DNA and did the same procedure. ![]() Naturally, the baby died, as it was not adapted to the planet's toxicity. The scientist captured babies and experimented on them, and then threw them into the wilds of that cruel and dangerous planet. His story is as follows: there was a scientist who wanted to create the supreme being of the universe. ![]() The year was 1992, good times □Īpocalypse is a monster created in a laboratory, on a planet inhabited only by cruel and violent monsters. I have fond memories of that wonderful moment of my childhood. ![]()
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Casanegra blair underwood6/11/2023 ![]() moved here hoping to refine the art of being noticed, with no cost too high. Being noticed has always been an important part of my work - hell, half the people in L.A. You must be somebody, what's-his-name on TV, or Whozit, from that movie that just came out. When I walk into a room, strangers' eyes fix on me like a calculus problem they can't solve: I know you from somewhere. A certain walk, the right clothes, a strategic combination of aloofness and familiarity. A few lucky ones have it naturally and some, like me, have worked on it over time. Whatever you call it, I walked in by accident.Īs anybody in this town knows, some people give off a magnetic field. Maybe it was because it was ten-forty-five on a Monday morning - too late for breakfast and too early for lunch - but the sidewalk outside Roscoe's was empty, so I pulled over to grab some food.Ĭhance. Lines are an occupational hazard for actors looking for work, so I seriously hate lines on my days off. I love Roscoe's, but what did I just say? I hate lines. But it's the truth.Īny other day, if I had swung by Roscoe's Chicken N' Waffles on Gower and Sunset, there would have been customers waiting in the plastic chairs lining the sidewalk, hoping for a table inside, out of the sun's reach. I would explain this to the guys from Robbery-Homicide, not that LAPD ever believes a word I say. That's the only reason I stopped by Roscoe's that day. Here's what you need to know: I hate lines. ![]()
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Sarina bowen man hands6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() She doesn’t leave a glass slipper, either-just a pair of panties with chocolate bunnies printed on them. ![]() Sarina Bowen has written a series of 53 books. ![]() I want a repeat, but my flying Cinderella disappears immediately afterward. Most Recommended Books presents the Sarina Bowen series written by Sarina Bowen. What follows is the hottest experience of my adult life. But when a curvy woman in a red wrap dress charges me like she’s a gymnast about to mount my high bar, all I can do is brace myself and catch her. But when my besties dare me to leap on the first single man I see, they don't expect me to actually go through with it.Īll I need right now is some peace and quiet while my home renovation TV show is on hiatus. 7,505 Ratings 1,107 Reviews published 2017 4 editions He puts the 'screw' in screwball comedy. Too bad my ex shows up with his new arm candy. I’m still taking a hard pass.įree designer cocktails, they say. I just want to stay home and post a new recipe on my blog: Brynn’s Dips and Balls.īut my friends aren’t having it. He puts the "screw" in screwball comedy.Īt thirty-four, I’m reeling from a divorce. The Best Men (Pre-Owned Paperback 9781954500617) by Sarina Bowen. ![]()
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The last house needless street6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() Dee is convinced that Ted, the man behind the boarded-up windows at the end of her street, is responsible and she’ll do anything to prove it. Dee is the sister of a young woman who went missing years ago. Their awkward status quo is disrupted when a new neighbor, Dee, moves in on the dead-end street. The cat knows many secrets, and Lauren never leaves the house when she’s there. ![]() The woods behind the house hold secrets – secrets Ted is afraid will come to light when diggers and tractors wind they were behind the house and into the woods. ![]() Ted has … ‘issues.’ Could it be the obvious alcoholism? Or is it something more? He sees a psychologist regularly, but rarely tells the truth. Ted lives in a run-down old house with his cat, Olivia, and sometimes with his daughter, Lauren. ![]()
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![]() ![]() For a cake, yes, but since cupcakes are … wait for it … little, individual cakes they will bake just fine. She said there was no such thing as an angel food cupcake because you have to have a tube pan. ![]() And then the bakery expert was just wrong, wrong, wrong. I almost quit reading right then and there. She tells him then he is bound to like German chocolate cupcakes “since cupcakes are little, individual cakes.” Did you see what just happened? She. Ross tells Hannah she made a great chocolate cake when they were in college. When they are in Vegas, they are talking about German chocolate cupcakes. I think her intended audience is newcomers from the planet Venus who have no education in our earthly ways. Because we readers are all total idiots, we still have to have EVERYTHING explained to us. I tend to agree with the reviews that smell a ghostwriter, but he or she must be a superfan because although Hannah’s romantic character was completely OUT of character, a lot of the same old, same old is totally present. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Her interest in ancient history, mystery and legends, and her enjoyment of travel resulted in the multi award-winning The Secret of the Sacred Scarab, the first in her exciting children’s adventure series- Chronicles of the Stone. She has written five historical romances published by MUSA Publishing (USA), including Married at Midnight, The Wayward Miss Wainwright and Lord Blackwood’s Valentine Ball. ![]() Fiona has worked as a full-time journalist, editor and author of adult and children’s fiction. Welcome to the Reading with your kids podcast! We are so excited for our show today, as we have a feature guest with us this hour, Fiona Ingram, author of The Secret of the Sacred Scarab. The Secret of the Sacred Scarab Reading with your Kids Podcast Featuring Fiona Ingram Please click here to get your copy today. Check out The Great Martini, A fun and touching story about Sam, a lovable but far from perfect magician who learns that the greatest transformation is transforming feelings of caring into action to help another human being. The Great Maritini, as an exclusive amazon e book. ![]()
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Francois chollet deep learning6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() Rather to a more efficient use of model parameters. Inception V3, the performance gains are not due to increased capacity but Since the Xception architecture has the same number of parameters as ![]() Table of Contents 1 What is deep learning 2 The mathematical building blocks of neural. Larger image classification dataset comprising 350 million images and 17,000Ĭlasses. Franois Chollet is a software engineer at Google and creator of the Keras deep-learning library. Inception V3 was designed for), and significantly outperforms Inception V3 on a Xception, slightly outperforms Inception V3 on the ImageNet dataset (which This observation leads us to propose a novel deep convolutional neural networkĪrchitecture inspired by Inception, where Inception modules have been replaced In this light, a depthwise separable convolution canīe understood as an Inception module with a maximally large number of towers. ![]() As such, AI is a general field that encompasses machine learning and deep learning, but also includes many more approaches that don’t involve any learning. Networks as being an intermediate step in-between regular convolution and theĭepthwise separable convolution operation (a depthwise convolution followed byĪ pointwise convolution). A brief description is given by François Chollet in his book Deep Learning with Python: the effort to automate intellectual tasks normally performed by humans. Download a PDF of the paper titled Xception: Deep Learning with Depthwise Separable Convolutions, by Fran\cois Chollet Download PDF Abstract: We present an interpretation of Inception modules in convolutional neural ![]() |