AUK Studios are proud to present the first edition of our newsletter BREAKING, a quarterly preview of what exciting products we are working on, fantastic upcoming new releases, casting news and a great deal more. For our first newsletter we feature a range of our recent releases, including Screaming Queens, Venna’s Planet and The Virgin’s Embrace. You can also read about products due for release soon - such as Supermind starring Colin McFarlane (from the Batman films and more) and learn about people we’ve recently worked with such as Marvel’s Spiderman villain Doctor Octopus, aka Alfred Molina. With such a flurry of new content, we decided to create this newsletter to keep everyone updated with what’s happening in our corner of the creative media world. You can be sure to find out more about our team in coming issues; this is, of course, always the best place to find out about what’s on the horizon... so stay tuned to hear about all our AUK-based antics! Welcome to the first BREAKING newsletter.

Traces Luke's further development of eucharist practice and theology in Acts.

McDonagh's approach, by bridging the divide between pro-life and pro-choice advocates, revolutionizes the abortion debate in a way that opens up a whole new avenue for resolving the abortion conflict and advancing women's rights.

The dust has settled after the violence and bloodshed of World War Three. But something sinister is stirring in the swollen cities and decimated countryside amongst the children sired by the genetically enhanced super soldiers who helped win the war for America and its allies. As companies wage secretive battles for domination and Khalist cells sow terror and discord, teenagers are developing fantastic and deadly abilities. Connor Hill’s normal life is shattered one morning after he becomes a bystander in an assassination plot. His ability to heal and control his body on a cellular level pits him against shadowy companies seeking to make a profit, their government cronies out to protect them, gangsters vying for power and living relics from the Greatest War. Connor must not only learn to control his strange and powerful abilities but find an identity in this grey, bloody world. Will he be the hero he wants to be, or the villain the world sees him as? Paladin Hill is a regularly released serial featuring heroes, villains, super soldiers, brutal fights and giant swords with a taste of cyberpunk and gallons of blood.

Nelson’s got a tough choice to make, if he wants to become a true superhero. Nelson and his best friend Simon have escaped the DCA prison and become members of the resistance, which is dedicated to bringing down the Superhero Bureau. But the resistance wants Nelson to do something that goes against everything he believes in. They want him to kill anyone that gets in the way of their mission… Now Nelson will be tested as never before by both the resistance and the Superhero Bureau. And he’s going to have decide what’s more important: The superhero code or his friendship with Simon. But when Nelson learns that the source of every superhero and villains’ powers is another living being that’s been wrongfully imprisoned, he’s got another tough choice to make. Nelson has to go back to the place that almost broke him. He has to go back to the DCA and discover the truth behind his powers and his identity as a superhero.

Over 250 pages of previously unreleased fiction and poetry. FEATURING:Introduction by Nicole Rogers,How to Tame a Werewolf with Baked Spaghetti by Jeffrey Buford, Dark Kiss by Gabrielle S. Faust,The Perfect Citizen by April Wolak,Blind by R.M. Hamilton,The Itch by Cassandra Lee,Ribbons by Nora Blansett,Surgical Puppet Theatre by D.W. Green,Exit Stage by Nora Blansett,Presence by Charlotte Emma Gledson,The Velvet Night ~ The Vampire by Jane Adams,Katrina's Charity Restaurant by Paul Hart-Wilden,Bloody Soap by Eric Enck,The Crimson Sleep by Nora Blansett,Mother of a Reaper by Jennifer L. Miller,The Hallway by J.D., and Closing Statement by Nicole Rogers. SPECIAL CONTENT: Includes Riding with the Harley Boys by John M. Bishop and Oblivion a novella by Jordan M. Bobé.

Machine learning (ML) has become a commonplace element in our everyday lives and a standard tool for many fields of science and engineering. To make optimal use of ML, it is essential to understand its underlying principles. This book approaches ML as the computational implementation of the scientific principle. This principle consists of continuously adapting a model of a given data-generating phenomenon by minimizing some form of loss incurred by its predictions. The book trains readers to break down various ML applications and methods in terms of data, model, and loss, thus helping them to choose from the vast range of ready-made ML methods. The book’s three-component approach to ML provides uniform coverage of a wide range of concepts and techniques. As a case in point, techniques for regularization, privacy-preservation as well as explainability amount to specific design choices for the model, data, and loss of a ML method.