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Bayesian Learning for Neural Networks
Springer New York, 4 wrz 1996 - 204
Artificial "neural networks" are widely used as flexible models for classification and regression applications, but questions remain about how the power of these models can be safely exploited when training data is limited. This book demonstrates how Bayesian methods allow complex neural network models to be used without fear of the "overfitting" that can occur with traditional training methods. Insight into the nature of these complex Bayesian models is provided by a theoretical investigation of the priors over functions that underlie them. A practical implementation of Bayesian neural network learning using Markov chain Monte Carlo methods is also described, and software for it is freely available over the Internet. Presupposing only basic knowledge of probability and statistics, this book should be of interest to researchers in statistics, engineering, and artificial intelligence.
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America Against the World: How We Are Different and Why We Are Disliked by Andrew Kohut and Bruce Stokes (Times Books, 259 pages, $25.00)
Überpower: The Imperial Temptation of America by Josef Joffe (Norton, 271 pages, $24.95)
After September 11, the Bush administration identified anti-Americanism as a top priority in the war on terrorism and created a comprehensive plan, including the appointment of a new assistant secretary of state for public diplomacy, to reshape foreign perceptions of the United States. Not surprisingly, the campaign has gone about as well as the Iraq War. Observers of anti-Americanism now see a variety of species -- from European condescension to Latin American historical resentment to murderous jihadist impulses in the Mideast -- all on the rise, propagating in the fertile environment that Bush's policies have created.
Two new books explore the sources of American unpopularity. America Against the World, by Andrew Kohut and Bruce Stokes, focuses on public opinion abroad, while Überpower: The Imperial Temptation of America by Josef Joffe concentrates on what elites think. Each book has its limitations, but together they provide a bracing picture of the challenge that America faces.
Kohut, who runs the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, and Stokes, a columnist for National Journal, draw on public-opinion tracking polls that Pew has conducted in fifty countries. In most places surveyed, America's reputation nosedived between 2002 and 2004, though it picked up slightly in 2005. Unhappily, foreigners now blame not just the U.S. government but the American people for the policies they dislike, and a majority of Europeans think that the world would be better off if a second great power, like the European Union, were to challenge American primacy.
According to America Against the World, many of the core beliefs that fuel anti-Americanism are based on misperceptions of the American public. For example, while populations abroad suspect that the United States is intent on empire, a majority of Americans surveyed would prefer that their country play a shared global leadership role, rather than a solo one. People overseas, Kohut and Stokes say, shouldn't confuse "the ambitions of America's elites with the attitudes of the American public." But here the authors are victims of their own methodology, which focuses on survey results and pays little attention to the political developments that have given rise to anti-Americanism in the first place.
In identifying Americans with the policies of the government, foreigners are only making a reasonable inference from the facts available to them. By returning Bush to office in 2004, the American people acquiesced in positions that are disliked around the world. It's hardly surprising that foreigners would evaluate Americans on the basis of their actions rather than on the basis of beliefs that Americans may hold but don't (or can't) act upon.
To reach beyond poll results for an explanation of why America is disliked -- and a prescription of what to do about it -- requires a more detailed probe into the disjuncture between American public opinion and policy. Why hasn't the American public's preference for multilateralism and international law -- documented in America Against the World and earlier surveys -- been able to register in U.S. policy making during the Bush era? Why have Americans supported an aggressive transformative agenda in the Middle East despite a belief that American values and systems should not be imposed overseas? The answers are simply beyond the scope of this book.
Joffe, who is the publisher and editor of the German paper Die Zeit, offers some insight into the problems in Überpower, a sophisticated and compelling analysis of America's international position since 9-11. Given the self-preserving tendencies of hegemonic powers, Joffe argues that it's perfectly logical -- even historically inevitable -- that the United States would try to extend its own influence and prevent the emergence of any rival. In the process, however, the United States has generated a backlash. Focusing on Europe, Joffe provides a penetrating and even-handed portrayal of the envy and disdain that color elite perceptions of the United States. But just as Kohut and Stokes give too much weight to popular opinion, so Joffe at times falls into the opposite trap of seeing elite opinion as the all-important factor in politics.
Joffe argues intriguingly that elite resentment of the United States stems as much from its economic and cultural influence as from its military and foreign policies. He takes on a well-aired argument by the political scientist Joseph Nye that the United States needs to rely less on armed force and more on "soft power" -- a combination of diplomacy, goodwill gestures, and cultural potency. Soft power, Joffe argues, doesn't actually build affinities with America but, on the contrary, "twists minds in resentment and rage."
As an example, Joffe cites the Toubon Law in France that aimed to stanch the spread of American culture by penalizing the use of such English words as "car wash" and "disk jockey." Similarly, Joffe describes in depth the venomous reaction of German art critics when a collection from New York's Museum of Modern Art was exhibited in Berlin in 2004. The critics argued that America had stolen modern art from Europe. "Thus was pilferage and grand theft added to the oldest of indictments: America's cultural inferiority," Joffe writes.
Joffe acknowledges America's power of "seduction" over foreigners. But he maintains that, like an impulsive one-night stand, the attraction quickly sours into repulsion: "We hate the seducer for seducing us, and we hate ourselves for yielding to temptation." But Joffe never convincingly establishes that the revulsion toward America is widely felt and acted upon. Notwithstanding the Toubon Law, French scientists now follow the rule "publish in English or perish in French" and a French minister of education announced in 1998 that English should no longer be considered a foreign language in French schools. Joffe also acknowledges that, for all the critical attacks on the Berlin MoMA show, more than a million visitors lined up to see it.
The elite disdain and popular embrace of American culture may be linked. For the popular appeal of America's language, art, or movies may be precisely what irks cultural guardians and governments. German critics wouldn't have mounted so vociferous an attack on an exhibit they thought few Berliners would bother to see. Even at the height of the Iraq War, international efforts to boycott U.S. products and brands never gained traction.
Joffe is most convincing when he used the historical experiences of Britain and Germany to analyze how the United States can fashion a type of superpower leadership that the rest of the world will follow. For the 250 years before World War I, Britain repeatedly sided with the weaker countries on the European continent to counter the rise of potentially threatening powers. According to Joffe, however, the United States will not find it easy to recruit allies to balance a rising China or a threatening Middle East power such as Iran in part because of economic interdependence -- need for access to Chinese markets or capital and Iranian oil, for example. More apt to America's situation, Joffe argues, is Bismarck's strategy after 1871 of forging an overlapping array of sometimes conflicting alliances and friendships -- an approach Joffe calls "bonding" in contrast to Britain's "balancing." This strategy allowed Bismarck to envelop virtually every important country in symbiotic relationships that aligned their political and economic interests with his own, deterring the formation of coalitions against Germany. But, as Joffe points out, in the modern era of shifting threats, keeping other countries enfolded in warm bear hugs requires providing enough goods and benefits so that the embraced are not tempted to wriggle free.
On this model, the task for America involves building relationships bilaterally with many different nations and successfully shaping opinion on both a mass and an elite level. But any such strategy will all come to naught without U.S. policies that other countries can support. Under President Bush, the under secretary for public diplomacy and public affairs Karen Hughes has had an impossible job; perhaps no one in that position could ever have been expected to build respect for America abroad. After all, we once had, not just a single official, but an entire department devoted to that mission. It was called the Department of State.
Suzanne Nossel is a senior fellow at the Security and Peace Initiative, a joint project of The Century Foundation and Center for American Progress.


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A NUMBER of New Zealanders were close by when two bombs devastated the area around the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
Three people have been confirmed killed in the blast, with well over 100 injured when two bombs exploded in the packed streets near the finish line of the famous race.
Former Christchurch woman Elizabeth Hadfield had just finished running and was walking to get water when the explosions hit.
"The explosion was literally right behind me … within seconds there was another one," she told Fairfax NZ.
"The sound of it was just piercing. It was just so loud. It was absolutely horrendous.
"I sprinted to the nearest open park. We were worried that if there were two explosions there may be more."
Athletics New Zealand said there were 45 New Zealanders taking part in the race, with no reports of any of them being injured.
Wellington's Andrew Wharton had also just finished the race, and was in a hotel room with his wife when the bombs went off.
"We heard two loud bangs about three or four seconds apart. I looked out the window and saw people running and realised something had happened."
"We went up to the roof of our hotel and I could see the aftermath below … there was a lot of blood, a lot of people lying everywhere, others were crying and didn't know what to do. It was chaos."
"It's something I never thought I would see and something I never want to see again. It was just horrific."
They were evacuated from the hotel.
"If left in my running gear. All we were able to grab was our passports and travel documentation."
Wharton and his wife were left "wandering aimlessly" around the streets for about an hour before they found a taxi that took them to Woburn, about 15km out of the city.
Former Alliance Party MP Laila Harre told TV3's Firstline that she had finished the race five to 10 minutes before the explosions.
"I was in the finishers area at the time so I heard them and I saw smoke but I wasn't in the immediate area."
Harre said she heard two separate bangs, the first of which was "extremely loud and deep sounding".
"People looked at each other…..we looked kind of bewildered and unsure about what had happened or what to do.
"There was no sense of panic, no immediate reaction by police or security people in the area. And it was all incredibly calm."
"Now everyone is clearing the central city. I called my husband. He was on a train and he's been evacuated from the train," she told Radio Live.
"This place is amazing and the whole city had turned out to support the runners. I've never seen anything like it."
"It's a terrible tragedy if something has happened at the end of this spectacular race."
New Zealand Olympians Nick Willis and Kimberly Smith had been running in Boston the day before the marathon.


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The music selection process can take weeks and months before the final decisions are made for a movie or film, so we release new music to our soundtrack fans ahead of time. The links below take you to various stores that sell our music, iTunes, Google Play, etc, with more being added weekly. Our music will continue to be added to Spotify and Pandora so that people can enjoy our music on internet radio as well.
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10 Ways to Brighten Skin for Spring./
I'm so excited that we are finally in the month of March! That means that spring is right around the corner - just 20 days away! Is your skin ready for the new season? It's time to uncover your skin and get rid of some of those layers and reveal brighter skin. It's easy to do with the right products. Here are ten products to get your skin ready — and brighter, just in time for spring.
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2. Kiehl's Powerful-Strength Line-Reducing Concentrate
This concentrate contains pure Vitamin C which is a skin brightener. When applied topically, the formula helps skin recover from some of the more visible signs of skin aging. Vitamin C works to improve skins radiance and there is an added bonus of diminishing the appearance of lines and wrinkles. Start using now for brighter skin by spring.
Buy it for $60 at Kiehls, Nordstrom or Bloomingdales
3. Exuviance Daily Antioxidant Peel CA10
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If you are looking for a total overhaul of your skincare routine and brightening is on your list of things that need addressing, look at the Shiseido White Lucent line of products. Each product in the line works with the other and addresses uneven skin tone and texture and targets dark spots. I've been using the following to brighten my skin for spring.
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- White Lucent Luminizing Surge Emulsion
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My skin has become really radiant when using and the dark spot corrector is lightening spots all over my face.
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How fun that pixi Beauty now has skin care products. My first try with their new skin treats is this cleanser and this deep pore cleansing mud did a terrific job at not only cleaning out pores, but it left my skin looking overall more tones and radiant.
Buy it for $18 at pixibeauty.com or Target.
6. IT Cosmetics Confidence In A Cream
This brand new transforming moisturizing super cream not only immediately plumps and hydrates the skin, this cream makes skin instantly look radiant. I don't know what it is; pores are minimized as fine lines seem to plump up and fill in. This cream if formulated with a proprietary concentrate that adds the perfect balance of hyaluronic acid to plump up those lines while niacin and peptides brighten the skin.
Buy it for $48 at itcosmetics.com, QVC and Ulta.
7. Lancôme Absolue White Aura
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Buy it for $250 at Lancome counters at Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus.
8. Kiehl's Turmeric & Cranberry Energizing Radiance Masque
This 10 minute mask is like an instant facial that brightens the look of dull skin. By using this once a week, overall skin tone is greatly improved. It's super invigorating too! Instead of using this one at night, I love using this masque in the morning as a quick pick-me-up.
Buy it for $32 at Kiehl's, Saks Fifth Avenue or Neiman Marcus.
9. Exuviance OptiLight Tone Corrector
If you have spots or need allover brightening, this tone corrector is for you. Multiple correctors in this patented formula work to even skins tone. NeoGlucosamine gently exfoliates the skin to break up pigment clusters, while Retinol and Vitamin C reduce the spots and even out tone. You can use the creamy formula all over wherever needed or simply spot treat.
Buy it for $52 at Dermstore or Ulta.
10. Murad Rapid Age Spot and Pigment Lightening Serum
I love this serum that uses 2% Hydroquinone to help fade spots, freckles and overall brighten the tone of the skin. Used daily, at night, it rapidly does its job. I can attest at how fast and how well this serum works — probably better than any other age spot serum that I have used.
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The brunette bombshell has been showing off her enviable curves left right and centre since toning up massively with her new fitness regime.
And judging from these snaps, Lucy is comfortable baring all of her insane bod.
The 23-year-old flaunted her slender frame as she enjoyed a sun-splashed winter break with a pal.
Looking perfectly bronzed as only a true Essex girl can, Lucy was red hot in a scarlet bandeau bikini top with string undies.
The skimpy set only served the purpose of covering the babe's naughty bits – but if we were her, we'd be wearing as little as possible too.
But just wearing one of the world's teeniest bikinis wasn't sexy enough for our Lucy – and the babe raised temperatures even further by taking a sexy shower.
In shots sure to have you reaching for a mini-fan, Lucy exposed her washboard tummy and perky cleavage as she washed her hair in the outdoor shower.
The former flame of Mario Falcone, who left TOWIE at the end of the last series, has been hard at work sculpting her already amazing physique as she promotes her fitness range Results with Lucy.
And her 'Booty Camp' seems to be working – as her derriere is peachier than ever.
Due to her intense workouts, including pilates and squats, Luce has managed to keep her mind-boggling curves as well as toning up her tummy and thighs, achieving a pin-up silhouette.
But her sizzling holiday display wasn't over yet, as the reality TV star stripped TOPLESS to top up her tan.
Avoiding those pesky tan lines, Lucy untied her tiny strapless bra and laid down beside her pal to soak up some rays.
Unfortunately for us, there was no chance of a wardrobe malfunction as Lucy firmly held on to her top as she turned to sip champagne and eat strawberries.
Can this girl get any more mouth-watering? Lucy, we dare you to out-sizzle yourself!


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What does it mean to be authentic? Karissa Thacker, author of the The Art of Authenticity, says it's not as black-and-white as you think. A famous painting is either real or not. A human being has at least three selves: our ideal self, our best self and our real self. SUCCESS.com's Shelby Skrhak and Thacker get real about authenticity in this increasingly complicated digital world, with all of its nuanced definitions of identity.


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I'm sure no-one would accuse my posts on Extinct of being populist, or relying on cheap or attention-grabbing novelty. But, part of our job here is drawing attention to philosophy of paleontology, and sometimes, that demands vulgar click-bait. Hence today's post. It's about sea-urchins. And what computers can tell us about sea-urchins. Sell-out, I know.
Those spiky red thingies are sea urchins. They live on the seabed, slowly creeping along eating algae and whatever else they can get. They used to be called 'sea hedgehogs', which is a good name. They plausibly play an important role in North America's kelp forests—they're part of a classic ecosystem involving key-stone predators. The Sea-urchins eat kelp, and sea-otters eat sea-urchins. When sea-otter numbers plummeted due to increased Orca predation in the 1990s, so too did the kelp forests: as predation pressure relaxed on urchins, their numbers shot up, and they left areas of 'urchin barren' in the kelp forest (which is weirdly terrifying when captured on time lapse video).
But we're not here primarily interested in sea-urchin conservation ecology (here's a nice discussion though), we're interested in the evolutionary history of sea-urchins. Sea-urchins, sand-dollars, brittle-stars and starfish are the echinoderms—and there's an evolutionary mystery about them. Extant echinoderms are pretty alien, I'll admit, and very interesting (if you want to learn more, preferably with bountiful photos and breathless use of caps and punctuation, look no further!)
But extinct echinoderms are a different matter entirely. Echinoderms arose in the late Ordovician (say, 450 million years ago) and seemed to be going along nicely until the close of the Palaeozoic (say, 250 million years ago) when… Something Happened. Basically, a whole bunch went extinct and only a few—the ancestors of today's sea-urchins—squeezed through. What's the mystery then? Well, check out the pre-Palaeozoic echinoderms:
They are incredibly varied, right? They are what a palaeontologist would call highly disparate. That is, there are many different kinds of body plans represented in the group. Compare them to us pathetic vertebrates with our boring bilateral symmetry and 4 limbs: where our body-plans are basically variations on the same simple template, ancient echinoderms take on a wild variety of body-plans. But then, once we enter the Palaeozoic, echinoderm disparity plunges. Sand dollars and sea urchins are basically roundish things, starfish and their kin have different numbers of arms I suppose, but are nowhere near as varied as their ancestors.
So, what happened: why have contemporary echinoderms settled into a conservative old age, when the youthful echinoderms of ancient time were so much fun?
One way paleobiologists have approached this question concerns the critters' developmental systems. Sea-Urchins are made of a hard, spiny shell or 'test'. The test consists of a set of plates. Your basic sea-urchin grows via addition: new plates are grown individually during development. But that's not the only way of doing it. They could instead grow via accretion: the body could grow, and then the plates could divide. Your fingers and toes developed via this latter method: your hands starting out a bit like paddles before the digits were divided. Unless you are a newt, of course: some grow their digits via addition (if you are a newt, please write in!). Anyway, the thought is that the ancient echinoderms developed differently from contemporary ones. If development by addition is less flexible than development by accretion, then it would constrain the possible forms echinoderms could evolve into (to use the language of evolutionary-developmental biologists, one method of development has higher evolvability). Or perhaps there are less extreme changes to echinoderm development which could explain the disparity in disparity (sorry, couldn't resist).
But how would we test these kinds of ideas? The lineages we're interested in went extinct over 250 million years ago. We can't experiment on them, we can't watch them develop—it's very hard to infer a developmental process from an adult fossil, and fossils mid-development are vanishingly rare. So: to the computers!
Back in 2009, Louis Zachos built a model for growing sea-urchins. Basically, you set growth rate, plate size, and maximal plate size, and it will generate a sea-urchiny shape. Check it:
For extant sea-urchins, we know that they develop by addition, and—obviously—what they look like, so we've got a pretty good reason to think that Zachos captured the basic dynamics of extant echinoderm development. Ok, so how can this help us understand ancient echinoderm development?
In 2011 Zachos teamed up with James Sprinkle to explore just this question, leading to perhaps the greatest double-name to grace a publication (seriously, why isn't there a cartoon called 'Zachos & Sprinkle', which features two echinoderm scientists having zany adventures, and hopefully time-travelling?). They wanted to see what would happen if they pushed the model beyond the developmental sequences seen in living sea-urchins. Specifically, they targeted the 'ocular plate rule': basically, in living echinoderms plates are inserted at two locations during development. By increasing the number of insertion points, suddenly a bunch of new geometries were generated. Some of which were quite similar to extinct echinoderms:
So, we don't need to posit dramatic differences in echinoderm development to explain what changed across the Palaeozoic border—simply that the ocular plate rule was relaxed in the old days. As Zachos & Sprinkle put it (presumably during a lull in their loony-tune adventures through time and space),
Paleozoic echinoids appear odd because of their range of morphological disparity characterized by the number of plate columns (15 to over 150) but the same model for growth of individual plates can be applied to both modern and Paleozoic echinoids (Zachos & Sprinkle, 91).
Well so what? It seems to me that this study has given us pretty good reason to think that the difference between extant and extinct echinoderms is that the former, and not the latter, obey the ocular plate rule. And that's kind of remarkable, considering that on the face of it this result is not based on the usual things we associate with evidence: there's no new theory here, or any literal experiments, or any new empirical data. Zachos & Sprinkle basically played with a very simple computer model. And yet, the results seem to be reasonably treated in terms of old-fashioned hypotheses testing.
When philosophers have thought about modelling, the idea that a model might actively decide between hypotheses is not often considered. Some models—like climate simulations—are definitely used to make things that are a bit like predictions, but these are very different beasts to Zachos' little computer program. They are highly complex, highly sophisticated, and, frankly, break my brain. (Wendy Parker's work is the place to go for discussion of this kind of thing). But Zachos' model just generates geometric shapes given inputs: it's a very simple idealized system. Philosophical discussion of these kinds of idealizations have tended to follow three lines (I'm here following Michael Weisberg). First, sometimes simplified models are basically heuristics—they're a just-good-enough stepping stone to better models or theories. Second, some models are 'minimal models': they seek to capture the basic dynamics of a system, and thus hopefully explain various aspects of that system. Third, they are used in combination with other models which themselves idealize in various ways: models must tradeoff between (say) how accurate they are, and how tractable they are, and so using different models which navigate the trade-offs in different ways can make up for this.
But Zachos & Sprinkle don't seem to be doing this – at least not obviously – instead, they're using the model as something like a critical test. It more-or-less decides between two hypotheses—it decides in favour of ancient and modern echinoderm's having similar development, as opposed to radically different ones.
How can a computer study decide between hypotheses regarding the developmental systems of animals which lived 250 million years ago?
I'm inclined to take the study at face value: under certain conditions, computer models can produce evidence for or against hypotheses. But we can easily problematize this answer. Let's do it using the 'Law of likelihood', which is supposed to tell us when some observation counts as evidence for one hypothesis over another. It goes as follows:
Some observation O is evidence for one hypothesis H1 over another H2 just when P(O|H1) > P(O|H2).
In English? An observation is evidence for a hypothesis when we should expect to see that observation, given that hypothesis (well, at least expect it moreso than the competitor hypothesis). Imagine that we've been collecting data on sea-urchin populations in a North American kelp forest. We notice that the sea-urchins have been declining in number. Let's take that as our observation. We know that there is an inverse relation between sea-urchin and sea-otter populations. So, if otter populations have decreased, we should expect urchin populations to have decreased. In virtue of this, observing decreased urchin populations give us reason to think that otter populations have as well (certainly in comparison with hypotheses involving otter populations increasing!).
So far so good. But: notice that there's a causal connection between sea urchins and sea otters which underwrites our expectations. Because otters eat urchins, and because we've seen it happen before, we should expect a drop in otter number to be accompanied by an increase in urchin number. And, crucially, we have reason to think that if urchin number were different, so too would otter number. But what connection is there between how Zachos & Sprinkle's computers behave and the developmental systems of long dead echinoderms? How their computer behaved depends upon its hardware, software, and how it was programmed. Not how echinoderms developed in the deep, deep past. The two just don't seem connected, so: how could observing one grant us any expectations about the other?
I have an answer to this puzzle (it's basically a chapter of my book), and I'm not the first to think about how models help us uncover the past (Derek discusses it, and with T. rex, in case you think echinoderms are too crowd-pleasing – and Alison Wylie has been thinking about how they're used in archaeology), but I think I'll leave you with the puzzle:
On the one hand, it certainly feels like Zachos and Sprinkle's study has given us evidence about the past. But on the other hand, it's unclear how a computer study could do so, because observing a computer doesn't seem to be connected with the past target in the right way to count as evidence. So, is the study playing such a role, and if so – how? If not, then what is going wrong?


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- 1/4 tsp salt
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- In a heavy saucepan, combine gula Melaka and water to dissolve the sugar completely. Sieve the syrup into a large heat-resistant bowl or pot.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk the eggs and granulated sugar until creamy and fluffy.
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- Cover steamer and steam for 15-20 mins or until a skewer inserted comes out clean. (Do not open the steamer before the time is up or the cake will collapse. This applies to all steamed cakes).
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I'm putting off my Iraq posts yet again to talk about running.
This video was taken right before I ran in. At the end, you can hear one of the guys say "we got about 50 more people out there, let's bring 'em in!" So good, so good, so good. :)
Because after what happened in Boston last week, the running community that I've loved has become even closer. I've ran with three different groups in the last week, all who were running "for Boston" and I had to share about last night's run because it's such a perfect example of why I love runners.
A marathoner here in D.C. decided to put together a Memorial Run for 4.09 miles, the time on the race clock in Boston when the first bomb went off. This event went viral and spread through both social and traditional media until over 300 people had RSVP'd on the event Facebook page.
I didn't see the event until the day of and couldn't find anyone to join me, so I went alone. Which you can do with runner groups because runners are typically happy to see other runners, no matter how slow
I am
you are, and you make friends by jogging together and chatting. Kinda like how
I made friends with Roscoe during my marathon here.
The run was actually really well organized. They had a staging area with signs for different pace groups, veterans groups, etc. We had a group moment of silence for the attacks. They gave everyone a piece of paper with the route on it and had some "race" bibs as well.
They got the Renaissance Hotel to donate 10% of food and drink purchases to The One Fund and they had a boombox full of Boston hits like Sweet Caroline and Boston You're My Home.
They got the Renaissance Hotel to donate 10% of food and drink purchases to The One Fund and they had a boombox full of Boston hits like Sweet Caroline and Boston You're My Home.
People all started talking to each other before the race and in the end, the organizer (a Bostonian and marathoner) and another man who just ran Boston in 3 hours 30 minutes joined our little 11:00 min pace group. I suppose they were trying to take it really easy. But having them with us gained us some extra t.v. exposure (a lot of journalist/bloggers covered the event) and one video was turned on us right as someone was announcing our pace. Awesome. We may now be famous for being turtle-slow.
We weren't the absolutely slowest though. There was a 12 min pace and a Walkers group as well. And we ended up catching up to the pace group ahead of ours at a stoplight later, to which someone in our group yelled "we're comin' for ya, 10:30!" Ah, healthy competition….
Tourists snapped photos of us along our route and other runners started cheering. One of the pace groups stopped by the Massachusetts column at the WWII memorial to take a photo. I met a nice lady named Adrienne who matched my pace and we kept each other going the whole time. As we sprinted towards the finish line, we'd pass runners who'd already finished yelling "Go Boston!" and the group at the finish were all gathered in a circle chanting and singing Sweet Caroline. They started clapping for us as we came towards them and then shortly after us, the 12 min pace group all came in in a huddle and everyone at the finish exploded into cheers for them as well.
That's runners for you. Encouraging each other, whether you're an 8 minute pace or a 12. Whether you're a marathoner or a 5Ker. Whether we know each other or not.
I took photos and exchanged sweaty hugs with Adrienne, even though that may be the only time I ever see her. For that evening, we encouraged each other, and that was enough. That's why I love running. Because it's bigger than running. When you encourage someone at the finish line, you are encouraging them at life in general. When you push through more miles than ever before, you reach a deeper conviction about your own capableness. I remember when I was going through a horrible heartbreak a while ago, my friend Tiffani said, "You're going to get through this…you ran a MARATHON for pete's sake!" :) And it helped. And while there's nothing I can do to take away what happened last week, I can show solidarity with the people at that event. And it helps.
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1. Open your music player2. Put it on random/shuffle - whatever.3. Play.4. For each 'stage of life' put down the song title and artist.5. Change songs for each new 'stage of life'.6. Don't lie to try to be cool and skip songs. We know you've got dodgy stuff belonging to your parents on your 'puter.
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Rideshare in Nicaragua
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Rideshare in Nicaragua
Im driving from SAN JUAN DEL SUR to MANAGUA this Friday. Want a ride?
I'll be passing through RIVAS, GRENADA, and MASAYA along the way. Looking for anyone to share costs of gas.
I drive a Toyota 4Runner...several times quicker and more comfortable than the bus!


text: Charlie Cichon is the executive director of the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators (NADDI), a nonprofit organization that facilitates cooperation among law enforcement, healthcare professionals, state regulatory agencies and pharmaceutical manufacturers in the investigation and prevention of prescription drug abuse and diversion. Prior to joining NADDI, Cichon was a a police officer with the Baltimore City Police in the Criminal Investigation Division. He also served as the chief compliance investigator for the Maryland Medical Board and worked for Eli Lilly and Company in the role of brand protection representative for the Americas. Cichon earned his bachelor's degree in criminal justice from the University of Baltimore and is a member of the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) Pharmaceutical Security Council and the National Biopharmaceutical Security Council (NBSC). Posts by Charlie Cichon: Drug Safety and Abuse 18 Nov 2013 Partnering to Fight Prescription Drug Abuse


text: Over the next years we are likely to experience global changes at a rate and scale that is unprecedented in human history. Many people are concerned about the future – and frustrated because there is currently so little evidence of actions at the scale and magnitude considered to be necessary to meet complex challenges like climate change. We often hear talk about leverage points for large-scale systems changes, or about the role of "trim tabs," whose small moves can make a powerful difference. But how do we actually make change happen? Do we ourselves need to change? To more effectively contribute to collective change, we need to have more hands on knowledge about change mechanisms and how to get around the blind spots – and experience it first-hand so that we can work better with others.


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Since May 14th, the fishing season has been open for 21 days now. Many guests have landed Walleyes. Travis Green has the lead in our Fishing Contest with a 25 1/2 incher. Some groups have had success landing a batch of nice Crappies in the 10-12 inch range. Biggest so far is Jodi Blakstad's 14 3/4 incher. Mark Anderson landed a 13 1/4 inch Crappie yesterday. Don Weaver took the Largemouth Bass lead with a 20 inch lunker. Don also landed a 19 1/2 and a 17 1/2 the week he was here. Dean Lanners landed an 18 inch Bass. Mark Woldruff landed an 18, a 17 3/4 and a 17 1/2. All of these Bass were released alive. Biggest Bluegill so far was 9 1/2 inches, caught by Mark Woldruff.
The weather has been very inconsistent. May 13 and 14 we had tough weather. Then a warming trend, sunshine and blue sky drove the water temp from 48 to 66 in a very short time. Lots of rain recently has everything nice and green. Winds out of the east have not helped the fishing. But in the end, fillets are in the skillet and a nice fishing vacation is being enjoyed.
Here in the channel between Andrusia Lake and Big Wolf Lake, on the Cass Lake Chain of Nine Lakes, we are in a major bird nesting area. Boats traveling slowly can enjoy seeing Loons on their nests, plus Ducks and Ducklings and families of Geese. The No Wake law here was created to protect those nesting birds. This is a very nice area for canoes, kayaks and paddle boats. Enjoy watching things like Bald Eagles being chased by Red Wing Blackbirds. Painted Turtles are now starting to come onto our property to lay their eggs. The turtles go as far as our outdoor pool to lay their eggs. We talk with kids about the importance of leaving those turtles alone until that process is finished.
So many cool things to enjoy at Oak Haven.
Get close to Mother Nature and away from rowdy places. Vacation at Oak Haven.


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Release Date: 1989
DVD Release Date: December 4th, 2001
PG |1 hr 30 minPlot Summary
Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) are high school buddies starting a band. However, they are about to fail their history class, which means Ted would be sent to military school. They receive help from Rufus (George Carlin), a traveler from a future where their band is the foundation for a perfect society. With the use of Rufus' time machine, Bill and Ted travel to various points in history, returning with important figures to help them complete their final history presentation.
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin, Bernie Casey, Amy Stock-Poynton, Terry Camilleri, Dan Shor, Tony Steedman
Director: Stephen Herek
Genres: Comedy
Production Co: De Laurentiis, Interscope Communications, Nelson Entertainment
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I have a Phalcon app currently in development, and I am experiencing strange behavior with IndexController actions. Within IndexController, I have an index action that corresponds to the home page. I also have a second action, "informationAction". For some reason if I navigate to [base url]/index/information, the index action is called rather than the information action. If I call "$this->dispatcher->getActionName()" in "beforeExecuteRoute" in the index controller, it returns "index". In fact, I can navigate to [base url]/index/anything/i/want and rather than returning an "action not found" error, it re-routes to index/index. For all of my other controllers, routing works as expected. It appears that my app is somehow set up to automatically reroute any action in the IndexController to indexAction. Is this supposed to be default behavior? How can I change it? Thank you for your time.
Edit: Forgot to mention that this occurs without adding any custom routing behavior.
Edit 2: I found a previous question that addressed a similar issue, and its solution worked for me. http://forum.phalcon.io/discussion/1162/all-paths-lead-to-index-view The solution was essentially to add the line "$router->setUriSource(\Phalcon\Mvc\Router::URI_SOURCE_SERVER_REQUEST_URI);" when setting up routing for the application in the bootstrap file. It's worth noting that I am using Apache, not nginix, which the asker of that question was using.


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Just like the exterior as seen in initial spy shots of BMW's upcoming 2009 7 Series, the interior also appears to be subdued. The woodgrain and some of the panels don't line up well, but that's ok considering that this is not yet a production model. Good to see that the iDrive screen is better integrated into the dash.
These and earlier spy shots shows a definate move by BMW towards new and more simple design ethos but how well these change will be accepted by BMW's target audience still remains to be seen.
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Here it is! The original Map panel in all its faded, rumpled, tattered glory. It was mounted maybe forty years ago on recycled cardboard and then polyurethaned. The Prestype "Wybourne" is still intact.
The original four blocks are there, almost at the center, almost square. That was my starting point for creating a city which was, for me, a conflation of what I imagined London to be and what I had experienced in Washington. There are representations of Westminster Abbey, the British Museum, as well as The U.S. Capitol and The White House. A couple of railway stations were thrown in, too, because part of the romance of London was, for me, the notion that it had several train stations with exotic names.


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Creating Property
The new property on the block.
The age of tokenized ecosystems has begun – the shift from centralized to decentralized blockchain-based creation and transfer of assets is ongoing. Our current world is full of different asset classes ranging from money (in a narrow sense) to gold, real estate, securities, rights and others, many of which are difficult to physically trade or subdivide. Distributed ledger technology, or more specifically blockchain technology, is increasingly providing solutions to this problem.
Blockchain technology can design digital information units that contain elements of a property right (according to civil law concepts) to which an owner has direct and exclusive access that can be defended against third parties (right in rem). It contains the tools to program a unique set of information that attributes a property right and enables a secure and registered public transfer of the new type of digitally-defined property: Blockchain Crypto Property ("BCP").
In addition, the introduction of Smart Contract Systems ("SCS") at application levels of the blockchain have added immutable functions and property terms to BCPs, enabling not only the execution of bilateral and multilateral programs in accordance with contractual terms and conditions, but also the ability to create co-ownership-like organizations. A BCP is therefore defined as a digital property that can be registered on the blockchain and, in addition, may carry out coded functions governed by an SCS, following coded or manual input by an agreed party (called an "Oracle").
In order to consistently assess the legal and tax implications, associated risks and investment suitability of BCPs in the tokenized ecosystem, a reliable classification model and risk assessment criteria are indispensable. By applying an assessment method based on functionality, rather than on a particular country's legal concepts, the classification and risk assessments can be considered in all jurisdictions, regardless of national legal and regulatory frameworks. Though the BCP classification may ultimately lead to different assessments in each jurisdiction, it may facilitate the multijurisdictional understanding of existing and new applications in the tokenized ecosystem, as well as identify coins which may not have the essential characteristics of digital property (i.e. not a BCP). The objective of the risk assessment and resulting BCP rating is to increase awareness and serve as a basis for establishing governance and diligence standards for all different aspects of creating, offering, transferring and holding tokens.
With the above in mind, MME and its team of technology, banking, corporate law, tax and Anti-Money Laundering ("AML") experts have developed a first draft proposal of a "Conceptual Framework for a Legal and Risk Assessment of Blockchain Crypto Property".
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text: It's a world filled with big gambles, terrible odds and elusive jackpots. CNBC pulls back the curtain on Broadway, revealing high risk, big drama, and mountains of money. It's an all-or-nothing business where investors can make a killing or lose it all. From high-rolling producers to power wielding theatre owners, meet Broadway's venture capitalists. With tons of money on the line, will they win big or lose everything?


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Do you love all things sticky toffee caramel but don't love the ingredients most people use to make it? This raw vegan version is so incredibly delicious. A little bit goes a long way.
We are all about teaching how to use PURE food to cleanse, nourish and balance your body. One aspect of the balance bit is to make sure from time to time to enjoy healthy sweet treats. We never want you to feel deprived. Going too extreme will only end up causing rebellion and potential binging… and we don't want that, do we?
We want to teach you how to make PURE sweet treats that are filled with nutrient dense ingredients while making sure to have the right balance of fats to help keep blood sugar stabalized. That is why we have added coconut oil/fat to this recipe. Coconut fat is a medium chain fat which means it is unlike other fats in that it is not stored but it is used immediately for fuel and energy. It also has anti fungal and anti microbial properties. Coconut oil has a broad range of benefits including being found helpful for diabetics, certain cancers and even for helping with alzheimers.
This sticky toffee caramel is gooey gorgeous, while containing some truly wonderful nutritional benefits.
For maximum nutritional benefits we recommend using Manuka honey if possible.
I took about a teaspoon of it and put it on a little shell condiment dish. Blanched split almonds makes the perfect implement to scoop up the carmel and pop into your mouth!
A great little afternoon treat with a spot of tea! Guilt free of course. Enjoy the food freedom that comes when you nourish yourself well.
- 6 pitted medjool dates
- 2 tsp. coconut butter
- 2 tsp. coconut milk fat (from top of can)
- 1 tsp. set honey (caramel colored thick raw honey)
- pinch salt
- Blend in personal blender until sticky and gooey. Serve 1 tsp. with slivered almonds. Use the almond halves as little paddles to scoop up the caramel toffee butter.


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Chicago School of Woodworking - Wk 1
It took quite a while, but I've found an incredible wood shop here in the north-Chicago neighborhood of Ravenswood to really get muh learn ohn. What the Chicago School of Woodworking website makes up for in panache it more than makes up for in respect for the craft of woodworking. $430 for 10 weeks of classes and at the end I'll have a vastly deeper understanding of my new obsession.
In the first-of-ten weeks here at CSW we brought our lumber in and marked and measure everything. I'll be making a side table out of white oak with cherry legs. I'm not sure how many photos I'll be able to snag as putting your appendages in danger in the name of social media broadcasting seems to be lost on my instructors, but I'll do my best.


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Film Grain, Noise & What ISO Setting to Use (DVG 005)
Increasing the ISO setting on your camera makes your camera's sensor more sensitive to light.
But why wouldn't you just want more light sensitivity? More light is almost always good right?
Unfortunately not.
In this episode I'll discuss ISO, which is the last of the three camera settings that impact the exposure triangle, and how it works. I'll also discuss the differences between film grain and camera noise, as well as how to add or remove each.
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(Note: the cover photo for this episode is a photo I took last year in Florence, Italy. There was actually no added noise in it, because I shot it at an ISO of 200, but I added film grain to it. Did you guess correctly?)


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The Panther Street ditch is an open drainage ditch in close proximity to Garden Grove and is affected by Garden Grove infrastructure as water flows into the ditch from Garden Grove subdivision.
The proposed improvements along Panther Street include the installation of a closed-pipe draining system along Panther Street to replace the current open ditch. This will help maintain and enhance stormwater management.
This project is currently still in permitting and will not be under construction until sometime in the upcoming fiscal year (2017 to 2018, beginning October 1).


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In the world of gambling, this is what's known as a parlay./
Clara: Mom, can I try one of those pieces of rock candy? I've never had rock candy before.
Elysha: If you're a good girl, you can try a piece tomorrow.
Clara: I am already a good girl. Maybe I'll try a new food tomorrow.
Elysha: Great. If you try a new food tomorrow, you can have a piece of rock candy.
Clara: Mom, I never tried rock candy before. It's a new food. If I try rock candy tomorrow, can I get a new toy?


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Upstreet (Grades K - 5)
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Upstreet, also known as Children's Church, is designed to motivate, teach and inspire children from kindergarten to fifth grade to make pleasing God their greatest goal. As such, this ministry provides an exciting environment of music and fun-filled activities that actively empowers our children with the Word of God.
Ministry purpose
Upstreet intends to train our youth in the ways of the Lord, challenge them to abide by the Word of God and to help them develop a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Ultimately, it is our greatest goal that our youth will be equipped with the necessary tools to impact their families, friends and communities.
When do we meet?
Upstreet meets every Sunday after the 10:45am offering, and Wednesday evenings at 7:15pm. Throughout the year, the children may also participate in various activities such as Camp May Mac, Vacation Bible School and Harvest Fest. For more information on any of these activities, please click on any of the links below.
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Upstreet is always in need of committed and willing volunteers to teach our Sunday and Wednesday sessions. We require that all volunteers be fingerprinted prior to his or her participation. If you would like to find out how you can become a team member of Upstreet, please contact Pastor Ben Guerrero at (408) 280-7729.


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Rhythms of Worship, Part 2
Many of us may be familiar with the terms "Vespers" and "Compline," used for special evening worship services. But these are actually just two of seven prayer times, or "offices," that help us remember the events in Jesus' life and ministry in worshipful observance throughout any given twenty-four-hour period. This daily rhythm is called canonical…Read More


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This week I am at the National Catholic Development Conference in Chicago, where Catholic fundraisers from across the nation are gathered to network and find new and better ways of achieving their goals.
We have done quite a bit of work for religious institutions over the years and we understand the deeply devotional nature of creating custom Donor Recognition and Tributes for them. But we also appreciate that nowadays even religious organizations find themselves having to compete for the attention of their audience and potential donors.
That's why every Donor Wall we create serves a number of purposes in addition to deeply honoring, unifying and celebrating the institution's founders, staff, clientele and community of donors. Each of our walls also functions as:
- An identity and values statement
- A work of art
- A luminous educational tool
- The vehicle for a warm public relations message
- An architectural enhancement
- A wayfinding landmark
I thought it might be useful for conference attendees to see a detailed example of this kind of Donor Wall, so our graphic designer Shuchi worked with our writer, Margot, to create a lovely little booklet showcasing the Donor and Heritage Walls we did last year for St. Mary's Hospital in Colorado.
Shuchi has also put the booklet online so you can enjoy here. Its pages turn automatically, but by clicking on it, you can view the booklet in full screen, page back and forth, email it to others, or print it. If you'd like a professionally printed copy, just email us with your name and mailing address, and tell us how many copies you'd like.
There's a quote we used in this project that applies to the dedicated men and women I am visiting with here at the conference, all of whom are striving in tight economic times to bring their good works to the attention of interested donors.
Give me persons of prayer
and they will be capable of anything.
P.S. The lovely sculpture pictured at the top of this post is actually a Donor Wall at Oaks Christian School in Westlake Village, California. Five overlapping panels of crystal, deep-carved by hand, are edge-lit by LEDs, literally illuminating the names of hundreds of donors that radiate from the central gold and white cross. This "Donor Wall" symbolically reflects the identity of this remarkably fast-growing school: It, too, dramatically "rises out of the ground." For more on this piece, visit the Oaks Christian School page on our website.


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Thank you to AtHome Store for sponsoring today's post! Check out their page to see their new Back to Campus collection and download a free move-in checklist. As always, all opinions are my own.
It's been a year since we've moved into our new house, and it's still a total work in progress. When we moved out of our much larger house I vowed that we would make the most out of living in a smaller, more appropriate space.
What I didn't realize at the time was how much more thought goes into decorating small spaces than large. When you have less room, you obviously are going to have less room to put stuff. Oy.
The At Home Store is talking all about how to infuse small spaces with huge style as they unroll their new line of Campus Decor, which is all about BIG personality.
Obviously their line is a great place to shop when you're sending yours off to college. The store is huge and there are so many options, they've literally got something for everyone! Are you a bold, free spirit? Femme de luxe? Do you like bold pops of color?
I don't have one in college yet, but my oldest is starting her first year at high school and her room is in major need of cleaning. organizing. decorating. Well, basically EVERYTHING! So we headed to the At Home Store to give her room a mini-makeover.
I'm hesitant to even post this picture… are you ready? It's scary. This is a before shot of her desk.
Yikes, I know! She's going to be so embarrassed that I'm sharing this. But we spruced up this little corner of her room by doing just a few simple things, and I wanted to share with you a few ways that we brighten up our small spaces. *All of the gear that you see below we got on our shopping spree from the Femme de Luxe collection.
Get rid of everything that you don't love.
Note that I didn't say to get rid of everything you don't need. Just things that you don't love. When you surround yourself with only the things that make your heart happy, you're prone to take better care of those things.
Plus, when you have LESS stuff it's easier to keep that stuff organized and in place. Like when that drawer in my kitchen is overflowing with knick-knacks? I know at that point I can either find more places to put that junk or I can get rid of some.
Everything in its place.
Speaking of junk drawers, do you have a designated space for everything you own? For my daughter, this meant a cute way to store her jewelry. A basket under the desk for the nail polish. An organizer for her makeup that she can roll up and tuck underneath when she's not using it.
Even if you have small space, you can still utilize areas under the bed, under desks, attached to doors, etc. I love baskets (and, re: tip number one, I get baskets that I really love, that fit the decor, so that they're a part of the room, not just a place to shove stuff when I'm not using it).
Lighten up.
I don't mean take a chill pill 😉 What I mean is: use light colors, because dark colors tend to make spaces feel smaller. Keep your windows open or use sheer curtains so you can have privacy while still getting lots of natural sunlight. Use ambient lighting like desk lamps or, my absolute favorite, twinkle and string lights!
Now, I'd like to hear from you! Do you have a small space that could use some organizing? Do you have any tips for keeping these rooms bright and tidy? Leave a comment and let me know.


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Architekten Jabornegg & Palffy
Project : Schlosshotel Velden
Project team: Architekten Jabornegg & Pálffy,
cooperation Juraj Mikulaj and others
Status: Built
Location: Velden, AT
Size: 39 000 m2
Photo: Jabornegg&Palffy
2004 - 2007
The complex Schlosshotel Velden on Wörthersee is created by three groups of blocks that are joined to the historical palace. The horizontal lines of new buildings give a promenade character to the complex.
The ensemble is composed in a way which gives a high attention on the old castle. The main hotel functions are orientated to the park and to the lake. The spa area forms a barrier between the private zone of the hotel and the busy touristic life in the resort. Its interesting glazed facade allows beautiful lake views from inside.


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Native writers : voices of power / Kim Sigafus, Lyle Ernst.
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at LARL/NWRL Consortium.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Lake Agassiz Regional Library. (Show preferred library)
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|Call Number / Copy Notes
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|Due Date
|Mahnomen Public Library
|J 810.9897 SIG (Text)
Record details
- Physical Description: xv, 95 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Summertown, Tenn. : 7th Generation, ©2012.
Content descriptions
|General Note:
| MN American Indian literature.
|Bibliography, etc. Note:
| Includes bibliographical references (pages 88-90).
|Formatted Contents Note:
| Sherman Alexie : Spokane and Coeur d'Alene -- Louise Erdrich : Ojibwe -- Joseph Boyden : Ojibwe -- N. Scott Momaday : Kiowa and Cherokee -- Marilyn Dumont : Cree and Met́is -- Tomson Highway : Cree -- Joseph Bruchac : Abenaki -- Maria Campbell : Met́is -- Nicola Campbell : Interior Salish of NLE7KEPMX (Thompson) and NSILX (Okanagan/Met́is) -- Tim Tangle : Chickasaw and Choctaw. 500.
|Summary, etc.:
| A collection of the works of Native American writers including the historical events that influenced Native American education, as well as the individuals who inspired these Native writers.
|Target Audience Note:
| 009-016.
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2012 November #1
Based on personal interviews and research, this collective biography of 10 contemporary Native American writers in the U. S. and Canada includes the famousâSherman Alexie, Joseph Bruchac, Louise Erdrichâas well as some of the lesser known. Each chapter profile covers the writer's personal life, work, and traditions. Without reverence, the writers discuss wanting to pass on their legacy as they set the record straight, exposing the stereotypes and distortions of the European American perspective. Marilyn Dumont talks about the "do-gooders" who are continuously trying to "make brown children into white children," and about her double life caught between worlds. Bruchac acknowledges the violence, drug and alcohol abuse, and poverty common to reservation life, even as he celebrates the beautiful land and people. Occasional sidebars cover historical events, including the Trail of Tears and Native Americans' brutal forced assimilation in the residential school system. Part of the Native Trailblazers series, the open book design with small portraits will attract many readers who will use the extensive back matter to find the writers' original works. Copyright 2012 Booklist Reviews.
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From: Priscilla Leong, Cancer Research Foundation
Dear Donna and guests of Queens Beach Tourist Village,
On behalf of ACRF I would like to sincerely thank you for your generous support
of ACRF, and to congratulate you on your outstanding fundraising efforts.
Your contribution will help bring us closer to our shared goal of outsmarting cancer for good!
From: Kylie, Ollie & Ben 16 July 2018
Mike & Karen - thanks so much for all of your wonderfulness!
Thanks so much for an amazing stay!
We've had a ball and our cabin had everything we needed!
Hope to see you again.
PS what beautiful staff you have Craig - don't let them go!
From: Judy 9 July 2018
Fabulous cabin; so clean and beautifully presented.
Thank you so much for your trouble!
From: Janet & Lloyd 14 July 2018
Very comfortable stay.
Would recommend to family & friends.
Thanks very much.
From: Geoff 30 June 2018
Really comfortable, clean & bright cabin; everything you need and good quality.
Friendly helpful staff.
Close to beach & walks.
My son & I enjoyed our stay.
From: Kevin & Lesley, Tasmania
This is our third visit to QBTV.
Once again the cabin was spotless. Could not fault the cabin or park. In every way, staff are friendly & helpful.
Park is close to the beach, hotel & golf course; all within walking distance.
Hope to make more visits.
From: Alf 26 June 2018
We've stayed here quite a few times and we keep coming back so it must be OK. Convenient. Clean. Cosy. Comfortable; no complaints!
Glenys & Garry 25 June 2018
This is our second visit here & we are once again impressed by the cleanliness of the unit - the bed linen is lovely & the doona, comfortable. One drawback is the heat indicator knob on the stove is worn making it hard to see what heat the plate is but we'll be back again next time.
Thanks for a comfortable stay a reasonable price.
From: Connie & Peter 24 June 2018
We think your cabins are really super, very comfortable; great bed and all facilities. Also spotless!
From: Barry & Marilyn 2 June 2018\
Very clean unit & has everything you need.
Will be back in time in Bowen.
From: Jack & Maggie 6 June 2018
We have stayed in 7 cabins on this trip and this cabin is easily the best.
Everything from the front office to the spacious, well-appointed fit out has been superb.\
Thank you
From: Kaylene 6 May 2018
Thanks for the lovely stay. It's a beautiful park; lovely friendly people.
Will be back to stay again.
From: Denice & Peter 7 June 2018
Very clean park & cabin. Very friendly staff & management. Very good.
From: Glenda & Michael 7 May 2018
Beautiful Park! Well kept & gardens and trees are really lovely.
Cabin is ideal for a stay.
Keep up the great work!
We'll be back to stay here!!
Thank you!
From Ashlie & Scott 7 May 2018
The room was very neat & tidy. Everything is clean & the room is comfortable for a family.
We would recommend to family & friends.
From: Jan & Bill 4 May 2018
Cabin great, clean & comfortable after a long travel.
Thank you.
From: Donna & Jason 24 May 2018
Beautiful clean cool cabin. Didn't need air-con at all & only used fan in the middle of the day.
Loved our stay here; good walking tracks, great swimming pool & friendly staff. Facilities & grounds excellent. Good pub meal too.
We will definitely be back here.
From: Ruby & Tony 18 April 2018
Excellent cabin. Clean spacious, well equipped with a very functional layout.
Very comfortable bed and terrific to have a roomy, well designed bathroom.
Relaxing colour scheme.
Thank you.
From: John & Michael 2 April 2018
Clean comfortable in our deluxe ensuite cabin.
We are very impressed.
From: Hamish & Anna 22 March 2018
Very impressed with the cleanliness of this cabin. Well appointed. Would highly recommend.
Thank you.
From: Sheridan 19 Mar 2018
Very lovely stay.
My son & I were very comfortable in this cabin.
Thank you very much. We will be back again.
From: Dianne 21 February 2018
Great place to stay; well appointed, very clean, good location. Good staff.
From: Peter 18 February 2018
The only issue we had was that we couldn't stay longer!
Great cabin, great staff.
Thank you & we will be coming back!
From: Julie 16 February 2018
Great venue.
Greet location.
Great cabin.
Great staff.
We will be back!
From: Coralie (8years old) 28 January 2018
I had an awesome stay.
Everything was neat and tidy. I really liked the setup and how the cabin was not to small and not too big.
I had a great stay!
From: Kati Taylor
Posted: 26 December 2014
Happy, Happy, Happy, Brilliant. People loved it! Pool good, clean and convenient. Great value for money. We will be back. Thank you XX.
From: Trish Tate
Posted: 26 December 2014
Thank you for a wonderful Christmas. Our family has travelled from near and far and your facilities have been the base for our celebrations. Everyone has said how lovely it is and we will certainly be back and (will) recommend to others. Happy New Year.
From: Bette & Hughie Wells
Posted: 05 December 2014
Beautifully presented unit. Great place to stay. Handy to the pub. Thank you & Happy Christmas.
From: Helen & Gerard Reiniets
Posted: 05 December 2014
A clean, quiet and well maintained park made our overnight sojourn very enjoyable and comfortable.
From: Jane Thompson
Posted: 30 November 2014
Very friendly service in reception. Loved the fact that they show you the cabins before booking. Very clean, fresh and well stocked with all that's needed. Thank you.
From: Cheryl Ross
Posted: 23 November 2014
Very comfortable and relaxing cabin - bed, shower and kitchen amenities are great. Everything very clean. I will recommend Queens Beach Tourist Village to friends and family. Thank you.
From: G Bowyer
Posted: 29 October 2014
Lovely clean rooms. Definately be back. Thank you :)
From: Margaret Halford
Posted: 23 October 2014
Very well designed cabin. Ensuite to suit everyone is fantastic, very well equipped. Would recommend. Good luck.
From: Ross & Marg Allen
Posted: 23 August 2014
Our cabin was prepared in an excellent manner. A great park and beautifully kept in A1 condition. Camp Kitchen magnificent and staff most friendly. Great place to stay.
From: Robert Sheedy
Posted: 22 August 2014
Great place to stay. Great people very friendly, cabins very clean and roomy. Beautiful beaches for swimming, I have really enjoyed my stay in Bowen, Cheers.
From: Blackeky Family
Posted: 18 May 2014
When you walk into your cabin at Queens Beach Tourist Village, it immediately says "Welcome". Everything you need is there, clean and in it's place - you say to yourself - I'm going to enjoy my stay here! Teh grounds are neat and tidy and the management make you feel very welcome. Come again? For Sure.
From: Ian & Bev Harrison
Posted: 11 May 2014
Everything was lovely. One of the best van parks in the country. Lots of thought and care has gone into these. Congratulations!
From: Laura & Terry (Brissie)
Posted: 08 May 2014
A lovely place to lay a weary traveller's head, not to mention the welcoming attitude that came from the managers at the front desk (was appreciated). Thank you so much for your hospitality (added a smiley face).
From: Jacqui
Posted: 24 April 2014
Nice breeze, birds singing, what a lovely spot! We had such a nice stay in your lovely clean and cosy cabin, thanks.
From: Dorothy & Jim Martin
Posted: 09 December 2013
Very comfortable, lovely service, clean room, thank you.
From: Kara Brown
Posted: 01 November 2013
Thank you very much. Very comfortable stay overnight. The hospitality and friendly staff were great. Will highly recommend this place to all our friends.
From: Gillian and Dale
Posted: 11 October 2013
Clean and comfortable. PR was excellent. Thank you.
From: Sue and Ewan SlaterPosted: 21 July 2013
What a night – thoroughly enjoyed by the Faux Family and the Slaters. A credit to all concerned and the Park, and all facilities are also a credit to you all along with the friendly and welcoming approach by Staff. We have enjoyed our stay and hope to be able to return next year...Amazing the number of people from our home town – Leongatha and our holiday area when young – Phillip Island.
From: E.I. Nappy Hire Townsville
Posted: 20 July 2013
We stayed a couple of weeks ago. Have to say great service and a very nice place to stay. Nothing was too much trouble. The lady at reception was very helpful. Thanks very much.
From: Anonymous
Posted: 30 April 2013
Cleanest - EVER Friendly - 10/10 Comfortable - Very Will be back - Thank you
From: Anonymous
Posted: 26 April 2013
We are very impressed with the unit - clean, neat and everything we needed. The entire village is well presented. Nice quiet retreat destination.
From: Anonymous
Posted: 17 March 2013
Once again we had a great stay in your park. Everyone was very friendly, the park is immaculate and unit 20 was very clean as usual. Nice and relaxing here.
From: Kellie, Stu and Liam Chart
Posted: 4 January 2013
Just leaving a quick recommendation. Very clean and comfortable cabins, the grounds are also really well kept. Plus exceptional customer service from the m anagment what more could you ask for. Thank you and see you next time we get a night off.
From: Alana Nolan
Posted: 24 December 2012
A great park. Management are friendly & helpful. Tenants are friendly. Manicured gardens, roomy sites. Amenities are very clean. Close to the beach & the QB Hotel Motel is just around the corner with a well stocked bottle-o & great meals in the pub. Close to the cinema & a servo. We live in the park permanently & love it.


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When it comes to social and digital marketing, 2016 promises to be a year of massive changes, not only in the way people use social networks, but also in the way they consume media on them.
3 Ways to Kick Start Your Video Marketing Campaigns in 2016
According to Anish Patel, in his article in REELSEO, it's time to start thinking about how you will kick start your video marketing campaign to meet consumer demands in 2016. Video marketing is growing fast and changing and consumers want different types of experiences from video. Are getting ready for this challenge?
The Impact of Social Media on Hospitality
Social Media is no longer an option, if you want to survive in business, it's crucial!! Hotels should consider social media as a natural extension of the hotel's website, keeping its web content fresh and original for search positioning and connecting its audience. It also provides a great way to test your messages, spur conversation, hear what your guests are saying, get your audience engaged, and meet future guests.
Video Is No Longer Optional, It's Crucial!
Recent studies have shown that 85% of companies are finding success with a video marketing strategy, and there's no doubt that video has an engagement power that text cannot match. The reason is simple: videos stand out on social media, giving customers a quick overview of a product without overwhelming them with text. In less than thirty seconds, a customer can get the information he needs about a business through a short, visually-appealing video.
Why You Should Add Live Video to Your Content Strategy
Adding live video to your marketing strategy will help with building your brand, engaging prospective customers, and improving your site's SEO, among many other benefits.


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Don Tomás Nicaragua cigars give this classic, Honduran-born brand a savory Nicaraguan profile. Blended by Augustin Garcia, he combined Nicaraguan long-fillers from Condega Pueblo and Estelí, tucked-in some Dominican Piloto Cubano, bound it in a Brazilian Arapiraca leaf, and finished it in a seamless, shade-grown Jalapa wrapper.In his CigarAdvisor.com review of the Don Tomás Nicaragua, Gary Korb wrote: "Flavors of earth, spice, nuts, and wood prevail, balanced by sweet tobacco notes from the binder and wrapper. Also impressive is the affordable price...a good "everyday" Nicaraguan cigar that covers all the bases." If you're looking for a full-flavored Nicaraguan cigar that leans toward medium in body at a fairer-than-fair price, add some to your shopping cart today.
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