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Just before Bruce Hart released his book, "Straight From The Hart" we sat down with Bruce and asked him to give us just a taste. Needless to say he gave us more than a mouth full. Bruce spoke very candidly with us about all the members of the legendary Hart Family. He was extremely honest and blunt about his opinions towards his family and their feelings towards him. The comments Bruce makes about Bret is worth the price of this video only. Bruce is also very forthcoming when he is asked to talk about the effect of Owen's death had on the family and how his family changed after Wrestlemania 26. Most wrestlers who have books pending release become very tight lipped but, Bruce Hart does not take that approach. So, its safe to say if you enjoyed the book you will love this interview.
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TUESDAY, July 10 (HealthDay News) -- Most smokers who quit gain more weight than previously thought -- an average of about 8 to 11 pounds the first year, according to a new European study.
Most of this weight gain occurs within three months of kicking the habit, the researchers reported. But, they added, the benefits of quitting still outweigh any concerns over this slight rise on the scale.
In conducting the research, investigators from France and the United Kingdom examined 62 previous studies to evaluate weight fluctuations among smokers who quit successfully with and without the help of nicotine replacement therapy. The weight changes of the former smokers were assessed 12 months after they stopped smoking.
The study found that smokers who quit without the help of nicotine replacement therapy gained an average of about 2.5 pounds one month after quitting. At the two-month mark, they had gained about 5 pounds; at three months, they were up 6.5 pounds. By six months, they had gained about 9 pounds, and after 12 months, they were 10.5 pounds heavier.
The average weight gain was similar for those using nicotine replacement therapy, according to Henri-Jean Aubin, a professor of psychiatry and addiction medicine at Paul Brousse Hospital in Villejuif, France, and colleagues.
The researchers pointed out this weight gain is greater than the 6.5 pounds often quoted in handouts about smoking cessation. It's also more than the 5-pound weight gain limit many female smokers say they will tolerate in order to quit.
The findings reflect the average weight gain of the former smokers, but fluctuation in weight varied widely: 16 percent of the people who stopped smoking lost weight, while 13 percent had gained more than 22 pounds in the year after quitting.
The study, published in the July 10 online edition of the BMJ, concluded that previous research underestimated the amount of weight people will gain in the 12 months after they quit smoking.
"These data suggest that doctors might usefully give patients a range of expected weight gain," the study authors said in a journal news release.
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He starts with the overview of what the project is and what its goals are for you and your site. He talks about the basic structure of the framework's file system and how to set up a database connection in preparation for the upcoming example.
The simple application they develop grabs the posts of a blog out of the database (via a controller) configured previously and displays them to the page (in a view). Following this, he lists out some of the pros and cons of the framework and includes several resources to get started with more advanced techniques - including the CakePHP homepage.


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Silverton Mountain is now offering helicopter ski mountaineering
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SILVERTON – The helicopter leaves the group on a swirling, exposed knife edge. Guides Sklyar Holgate and Fabio Grasso swiftly bury a webbing-strapped log and string the thin line through the snow. Aaron Brill throws a rope over a cliff and clips it to the tiny strap.
Brill, owner of Silverton Mountain ski resort, is exploring the edge of extreme skiing with his latest offerings of helicopter-assisted, technical, roped descents into never-skied hanging snowfields.
This is the test run.
"If you want to be extreme, you need a rope and a helicopter, right?" he says.
"And some concrete pipe. And some explosives," adds Holgate, as he stuffs his pack with ammonium nitrate fuel oil (ANFO) bombs and 4-foot lengths of steel.
And apparently this descent requires a 20-pound log, cleaved with jutting spikes. Brill tosses the timber to me, telling me with a chuckle to strap it on.
"Oh, sure. Here, Blevins, before you ski the gnarliest thing in your life, can you carry this?" says Holgate, his laughter wiped away in whipping winds.
I tie it to my pack, unsure if this is standard Brill humor – he really likes seeing people scared into whimpering puddles. And wait, what did Holgate just say about the gnarliest thing in my life?
Soon I'm hip deep in vertical snow, rappelling through half-frozen scree, the log yanking me backward like Gollum on Frodo's back.
The rocks under my boots crumble with every step, fleeing the snow and flying downward. I hear the missiles caroming inside the dark, vertical channel below.
Brill is laughing. He's urging me to look up so he can take a photo. I think he calls me "Lt. Dangle" as I splay myself between vertical stone.
I am Brill's guinea pig, testing the boundaries for future everyday skiers who enlist for his missions.
Before he installed his second-hand double chairlift in 2002 over a collection of mining claims he studiously acquired three years earlier, we ventured together into unknown terrain that would become Silverton Mountain's most trafficked ski runs.
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Lessons Worth Sharing--TED - 64 views
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hollandchris on 16 Feb 13Ted ed is going to a powerful resource in my classroom
hollandchris on 16 Feb 13Ted ed is going to be a great tool in helping my students achieve their specified learning goal. Ted ed will accomplish this by allowing my students to access educational videos from their home, smartphone, or in the computer lab. This will be so powerful, because of the tools that ted ed supplies the user with think, and dig deeper, and the ability for user created quizzes. I plan to assign videos for homework and then hold students accountable by tracking their quizzes.
Mary Solymossy on 12 Aug 13Ted ed is going to shared to motivate my teachers and students. These resources will be infused into the curricular lessons to introduce engaging perspectives on information they're teaching/learning and to ignite creativity.
Elizabeth Resnick on 26 Apr 12this is an amazing new website from TED. Watch animated videos with built in quizzes and lessons, or upload your own videos and share. Wonderful resource for the flipped classroom
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Once again, we say hello to Tony Montana's little friend – this time in crystal clear high definition Blu Ray– and Al Pacino tells us why, nearly three decades later "Scarface" still stokes our inner gangster.
"It's because he strives for something," said Pacino, who breathed ferocious life into the dynamic Miami drug lord at the center of the 1983 cult classic. "What's the character that flies too close to the sun? Icarus – Tony's just so much that kind of a guy who dares, and I think that lives in all of us in a way, and to see somebody who represents that gives us something."
Pacino also admitted to PopcornBiz that he wasn't sure the movie's incendiary ingredients would manage not to self-combust.
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"I would say we were really thrilled when we made it because it was a long shoot, about nine months," says Pacino. "It was exciting because Oliver Stone wrote the screenplay, and Brian De Palma directed it with such a large, operatic scope, and the combination of the two of them sort of worked. We were shocked! I was surprised that it would work because I thought that they would clash, but they didn't, and so we were ready for a fairly good reception because we could see the movie, see the reaction."
"And then it came out," Pacino continued, "and there was a strong negative reaction to it – as well as positive, not a strong positive, but a strong negative. We were surprised and we went through that period where you feel as though, 'What did I do?' I don't think there's anything worse than feeling that something you did was worthy and it gets slapped – even worse than that is when something you did is unworthy gets slapped. That's a little worse. You try to get some comfort when you say, 'Well, I think it's good. I tried.' But after a while it built up like that and it was a surprise – Really it was!"
Pacino, who spent months speaking and acting in character while making the film, remembered his initial inspirations when creating Tony Montana. "I went a long time and I made him a combination of things," said the actor. "There were certain things from certain people that I knew, and people I didn't know and it just had that. One inspiration was a guy named Roberto Duran, the fighter. I liked his heart. It was a lot of different people. What I liked about it was that I thought it was somewhere in him, that Tony Montana was trying to reach something. It's almost a kind of cry to reach something."
Given "Scarface's" unique endurance in the pop pantheon – the film has been especially embraced by the rap and hip-hop community – Pacino says he particularly pleased that the film's legacy has never been muddied by attempts to build a franchise out of its latter-day success. "What I'm glad of, the interesting thing, is that we didn't part two or part three or part four," he explained. "We kept it where it was. I think that's part of what gives it its mystery."


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Walter Bright's Bio
Walter Bright is a computer programmer known for being the designer of the D programming language. He was also the main developer of the first native C++ compiler, Zortech C++ (later to become Symantec C++, now Digital Mars C++). Before the C++ compiler he developed the Datalight C compiler, also sold as Zorland C and later Zortech C.
- Function Purity and Immutable Data Structure Construction
- How I Came to Write D
- So You Want To Write Your Own Language?
- Increasing Compiler Speed by Over 75%
- Implementing Half Floats in D
- Porting the D Compiler to Win64
- Component Programming in D
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- Inheriting Purity
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OK, maybe the headline is unfair, but Sandra Bullock has come a long way from her days opposite Sylvester Stallone in "Demolition Man."
"Did I really earn this or did I just wear you all down?," asked Bullock in opening her acceptance. The truth, as usual, is somewhere in the middle. Bullock herself once acknowledged that she doesn't make the kinds of movies that win awards. This year, however, she did -- kinda.
In sizing up this year's Best Actress field, you can imagine the thought process of your average voter: "Streep and Mirren have both won before, while Mulligan and Sidibe are young enough that they'll have other chances -- oh, hell, everybody likes Sandy and this is her shot ..."
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And to her credit, Bullock was gracious in victory.
"Gabby, I love you so much. You are exquisite. You are beyond words to me. Carey, your grace and your elegance and your beauty and your talent makes me sick. Helen, I feel like we are family through family and I don't have the words to express just what I think of you. And Meryl, you know what I think of you and you are such a good kisser."
It seems like just the other day that Bullock was voted Worst Actress of the Year. Maybe because it was.
Here's the full transcript of Bullock's speech:
Did I really earn this or did I just wear you all down? I would like to thank the Academy for allowing me in the last month to have the most incredible ride with rooms full of artists that I see tonight and that I've worked with before and I hope to work with in the future, who inspire me and blaze trails for us. Four of them that I've fallen deeply in love with I share this night with and I share this award with.
Gabby, I love you so much. You are exquisite. You are beyond words to me. Carey, your grace and your elegance and your beauty and your talent makes me sick. Helen, I feel like we are family through family and I don't have the words to express just what I think of you. And Meryl, you know what I think of you and you are such a good kisser.
I have so many people to thank for my good fortune in this lifetime and this is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, I know. To the family that allowed me to play them, the Tuohy family, I know they're in here and you'll probably hear her in a minute. Maybe not. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to... the family that made this film that gave me the opportunity to do something different. John Lee Hancock, Gil Netter, Alcon, Warner Bros., the actors, everyone who's shown me kindness when it wasn't fashionable, I thank you. To everyone who was mean to me when it wasn't... George Clooney threw me in a pool years ago. I'm still holding a grudge. But there's so many people to thank.
Not enough time, so I would like to thank what this film is about for me which are the moms that take care of the babies and the children no matter where they come from. Those moms and parents never get thanked. I, in particular, failed to thank one. So... if I can take this moment to thank Helga B. for not letting me ride in cars with boys until I was 18 because she was right. I would've done what she said I was gonna do. For making me practice every day when I got home. Piano, ballet, whatever it is I wanted to be. She said to be an artist, you had to practice every day, and for reminding her daughters that there's no race, no religion, no class system, no color, nothing, no sexual orientation that makes us better than anyone else. We are all deserving of love. So, to that trailblazer, who allowed me to have that. And this. And this. I thank you so much for this opportunity that I share with these extraordinary women and my lover Meryl Streep. Thank you.


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One of the lesser-known but largest in the Maldives, the Huvadhu atoll is home to a bounty of marine life. Away from the resorts and honeymooners, Annie Biziou van Pol enjoys a spectacular display of rays, turtles and reef sharks as she dives in the southern part of this collection of islands.
Ibrahim unfurls a faded map of the Maldives and murmurs in his southern Dhihevi dialect. I follow his finger in the torchlight as it traces over the page. "Maybe here," he says, pointing to a spot, a thumb's width from the edge of the map, where we'll head for our first diving excursion.
We're exploring the Huvadhu atoll, which is just above the equator and one of the largest in the Maldives. It's split into two territories marked in faint ink on our map: the northern Gaafu Alifu and southern Gaafu Dhaalu. It already feels worlds apart from North Malé atoll, that region full of resorts and sun-seekers so familiar from the tourist brochures, but Ibrahim wants us to travel even further. The place he points out is far from the string of fractured shapes that makes up the Huvadhu atoll.
The short internal hop down to Kaadedhdhoo airport in Gaafu Dhaalu is relatively painless when paired with such a view from the window: tiny islands spill fauna onto shores strewn with a thousand shells, untouched by the blueprint of a designer retreat. The palest jade rings mark lagoons, set with sun-scorched sand banks, edges sculpted by the currents of the Indian Ocean
Of the 1192 coral islands across these 26 atolls, just 200 are inhabited, which becomes clear when exploring the deep south. We set sail before sunrise and see nothing for miles but the outline of a dhoni – a traditional wooden fishing boat – drifting on the horizon.
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We cut through mirror-still ocean at dawn, accompanied by a pod of spinner dolphins. They leap from crested waves at the bow, each stunt outdoing the next, before their cobalt fins melt into the depths. Suddenly, there are shouts from the crew. "Manta! Manta!" We spot the odd one flapping of their wings in the distance and plunge in with our gear on, straining to see through the swell of plankton.
Miraculously, the Huvadhu atoll escaped shifting ocean patterns associated with a destructive warm current, El Niño, that bleached miles of Maldivian reef in 1998. It is a veritable sweetshop for underwater aficionados, with scores of healthy coral islets and undiscovered dive sites. It's rare to pass another boat here, let alone spot another tourist.
Beneath the waves, staghorn coral reaches skyward alongside delicate sea fans. Silvered needlefish graze the surface and schools of neon fusilier and skittish blue-stripe snapper dart across the reef. Angelfish drift by in pairs, clownfish snuggle into anemones and lionfish guard rocky lairs. Black and white tip reef sharks patrol the shadows while spotted boxfish hover above clouds of sand thrown up by feasting parrotfish. Sea turtles circle overhead, soaking their ancient shields in equatorial sunshine.
Like the most graceful of eagles, a manta ray glides towards me, a blur of mottled skin and contracting gills. It skims the surface; scooping plankton into a gaping mouth and descending daringly close, fixing me with uncertain, rotating eyes, before disappearing silently into the abyss. Another colossal creature appears, and then another: prehistoric, belittling and majestic all at once. Spellbound, I watch five noble manta rays linger for several minutes, swooping and spiralling, before they fade into darkness.
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The lack of tourists willing to make the trek south means manta ray and whale shark encounters here are both enthralling and authentic. The season for large pelagic fish tends to run between May and September, but the Maldives is a year-round dive destination. As a general rule, visibility and marine life is ideal on the western side of the atoll between May and November, and better on the eastern side between December and April.
I spend the evening aboard our vessel, reeling from the day's dive, and the following morning the sun rises quickly, staining the skies pastel pink and casting a golden, ethereal glow upon the distant islands. A few miles off-coast, Ibrahim coaxes us into the water again. It is choppy and, very deep. I peer downwards at rays of light beaming through sapphire tones. "There's nothing here", someone shouts indignantly. Ibrahim gives a wry smile and leans over the rungs. "Ah but there is," he whispers, "here, we are precisely above the equator, and there is nothing but you and the Indian Ocean for miles."
Where to dive in the Maldives
Top spots include Vadhoo Thila and Maarehaa Kandu for heart-stopping shark sightings, while Nilhandhoo Kandu and Ekefaru Kandu are frequented by ocean giants such as shimmering barracuda, big-eye trevally and mammoth jackfish. At the northernmost tip of Gaafu Alifu, a deep interior lagoon boasts astonishing macro life on scattered coral gardens and Hithaadhoo Nature Reserve shelters nesting turtles.
Liveaboards cruising the barrier islands take the seasons into account, promising varied itineraries. For the truly daring, MV Sea Queen operates a shark departure designed to spot some of 26 species dwelling in the southwesterly channels of Gaafu Dhaalu such as tigers, hammerheads and threshers. M/Y Duke of York and its sister boat M/Y Conte Max run deep south journeys that span the whole atoll, taking in channels, caves, and pinnacles.
Explore more of the Indian Ocean with the Rough Guides destinations pages, book hostels for your trip, and don't forget to purchase travel insurance before you go. Original Diving offer a variety of liveaboard trips throughout the Maldives, including set departures and private charters taking in the southern atolls.
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Conrad/Crown Bass VI (or baritone guitar if you prefer)
This particular Japanese-made example from 1965 bears the Crown brand insignia on the headstock, although the seller (lawman-mike - who certainly seems to know his stuff) tells us that it is a Conrad. It has a 27" scale length, four pickups with attendant rocker switches, a whammy bar (which looks to be all present and correct, and big pointy body horns that you might expect to see on a Burns.
He does, however, refer to it as a baritone guitar and says that: "They are tuned B to B instead of E to E". Well, that's all dependent on the strings you use. It almost certainly would have been strung E to E originally. (Unless you know differently.)
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The Calrad 40-817M is a 4 x 2 Component video matrix switcher. The unit can operate by front panel selection buttons, IR or using the RS232 control port. In order to control the 40-817M by RS232 you need to plug in the included RS232 dongle. The dongle uses a 4 wire interface cable between the 40-817M and the dongle, make sure the connector header plug is installed correctly following the diagram below. If the connections are correct and a RS232 cable is connected to a RS232 control port the the Blue L.E.D. on top of the RS232 dongle will illuminate, indicating a good connection.
RS232 Protocol Setup
(9600,8,N,1) Baud Rate: 9600, 8 Data Bits, Parity Control None, Stop Bits 1
All commands must follow a (CR) carriage return command, in xLobby it is the command followed by/r
Commands in Bold
n OUT x, Select input N at output x
x Next, At output x, then select next input
x PRE, At output x, then select previous input
x SCAN y, Output x auto scan on/off
x JUMP Y, Set output x auto jump on/off
ACTIVATE, Power on
STANDBY, Power off
Select X, Select IR operation for x output
IR y, IR remote control on/off
KEY Y, Panel lock/unlock
LED n, Adjust LED Brightness
SAVE, Save Setting
LOAD, Load Setting
KEYPAD, Keypad Mode Operation
SIGNAL, Input Signal Status
STATUS, Display Setting
VERSION, Display Firmware Version
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Samsung Galaxy Note to Get Premium Suite Upgrade in Q2 2013
Samsung Galaxy Note to Get Premium Suite Upgrade in Q2 2013
Samsung announced on its website that the Galaxy Note will be receiving the Premium Suite upgrade in Q2 2013, which brings new features such as:
- Multi Window
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- Easy Clip
- Paper Artist
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- Enhanced S Note
The Galaxy Note is also slated to be updated to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, although no specific time frame has been announced. Samsung urges users to be patient as the availability and scheduling of the software update varies according to market and telcos' requirements.
This is the second time that the Galaxy Note will be receiving such significant updates. Users were treated to the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update alongside the Premium Suite in Q2 this year. The Galaxy Note 10.1 will also be getting similar updates soon.


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Yep. Thats me. I Am A Geek. But... I am not a nerd.Originally Posted by Stormy Eyes
Yep. Thats me. I Am A Geek. But... I am not a nerd.Originally Posted by Stormy Eyes
Heh... I always say LOL! loudly and then laugh, or just say 'LOL' People sometimes don't know what's going on. But hey... I learned it from one girl - a friend of mine. She was always laughing like that and it sticked with me
Switched to ArchLinux (Pacman rox!)
Linux registered user number 391475.
War is not about who is right, but who is left.
when you wish life had a google bar.
when you wish your glasses had adblock (i'd freakin' use glasses just for that!)
your definition of "leisure" sums up in two words: linux and anime.
Sylvia: Look at what you've done to him!
Christof: I have given Truman the chance to lead a normal life. The world, the place you live in, is the sick place.
A nice looking women sits up next to you and says Hi.
You reply with...So what kinda O/S do you have.
thats me!Originally Posted by dabear
Tux Files | My Blog | My last.fm page | Record Skype Conversations
One of the core developers for Specto
VIdeo Tutorial thread w/ link
I would reply with...So, do you know how to program?Originally Posted by lexor
If yes, then we'd have a lot to talk about. If no, then there is no use she wouldn't understand me anyway. I guess thats why I don't have a GF.
Some signs of being a geek I've noticed are...
- You call your real life friends by their online nicks instead of their names.
- You talk to your real life friends over IRC more often then in person.
- You feel like it is a disaster when your ISP goes down.
- You know your IP address by heart.
- You frequently think in English or a programming language instead of whatever language is spoken at your location.
- You look at a clever math formula or program algorithm and think it is the most beutiful poetry you have ever read.
- The only way to force you to go home from school/work is to block your access to their fat internet connection when your shift is up.
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You post a reply in a "You know you're a geek when..." thread.
lmao.Originally Posted by lexor
Sylvia: Look at what you've done to him!
Christof: I have given Truman the chance to lead a normal life. The world, the place you live in, is the sick place.
You wanna ./configure make && make install a Linux government at /home/user[tab-complete]
you enjoy customising your distros and reading news about Linux more than playing xbox/Ps2 games.
you can't resist five minutes without thinking and/or talking about Linux (or using it)


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A new political ad makes an unreal attack based on unreal projections derived from the unreal plan of its target, Meg Whitman.
The governor's race has become so unmoored from the worlds of reality and fact that it's come to this: fictional attacks on other people's fiction.
The ad in question is the above from the 325,000-member California Teachers Assn., the biggest and smartest group in politics. In the spot, CTA claims that Whitman plans to cut $7 billion from education, including laying off 100,000 teachers and increasing class sizes by 33 percent.
If you hadn't heard about this plan from Whitman, it's because you haven't. But CTA isn't quoting Whitman here. It's wildly extrapolating from Whitman's budget plan which calls for another $15 billion in cuts. As CTA explains on its web site: "since public education is about half of the state budget and received over 50 percent of the cuts in the last two years, billions more in cuts to the state budget likely would mean billions more in cuts to public education. Cutting another $7 billion from education would be the same as laying off another 100,000 educators or increasing class sizes by 33 percent..."
This is an unfair attack -- no governor is going to make cuts like that, because to do so would be to finish one's governorship -- but there is rough justice in the CTA's blast at her. Her budget plan, which she has been touting for months, isn't real, and this ad, at the very least, exposes that fact. Whitman's plan also argues for new investments in higher education and prisons, without offering a clear way to pay for them. CTA's ad is clever because it exposes the absurdity of Whitman's so-called plan. The ad does short-term damage to her for raising questions about her commitment to education. If she is forced to back off some of the numbers in her budget plan, the CTA wins again, since it can remind her of any change in her position if she's elected governor.
(And, yes, Jerry Brown's policy plans -- he's released stuff on jobs, green energy, pensions and education -- probably aren't real either, which is part of what makes this campaign so utterly meaningless).


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Call Canada the masters of moguls.
For the second time in the Sochi Games, Canadian skiers finished first and second in a freestyle moguls competition, cementing their position atop the sport.
Canadian skier Alex Bilodeau won his second straight Olympic gold medal in the men's event in Sochi on Monday, soundly defeating his closest rival and teammate, Mikael Kingsbury, who won the silver.
Russian Alexandr Smyshlyaev won bronze, with American Patrick Deneen, a former world champion who is ranked third in the world, finishing sixth.
The one-two finish for Bilodeau and Kingsbury came two days after Canadian sisters Justine and Chloe Dufour-Lapointe did the same in the women's moguls final.
Skiing on slushy snow, Bilodeau scored a 26.31 in his final run, marked by a 1080-degree jump. Kingsbury, the reigning world champion, stumbled while landing one of his jumps, and ended up with a 24.71.
The two Canadian men have been leapfrogging each other in the world cup circuit for years.
Bilodeau, 26, has won the last three events, but Kingsbury, 21, is the reigning world champion. This is Kingsbury's first Olympics.
Their rivalry is one of the sport's most intense, pitting two teammates who are friendly but not friends.


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This is an excerpt — pick up Friday's Butler Eagle to read the full article.
WEST SUNBURY — Three men, two from Detroit, are behind bars on six-figure bails stemming from an alleged armed break-in Wednesday in the borough.
Toting guns, state police said, the trio is accused of entering the home on Main Street, punching a woman in the face and making off with another handgun.
A contingent of troopers quickly tracked the men to the home of one of the suspects in Clay Township, authorities said, where they also seized a handgun and suspected heroin and marijuana.
Arrested for burglary and other charges were Robert M. Codispot Jr., 31, of Clay Township; and Davion A. Johnson, 19, and Eric D. Purnell, 48, both of Detroit.
The defendants are in the Butler County Prison on $100,000 bail each in connection with the suspected armed break-in. But additional charges are pending against all three, police said.
Police were initially called to the home on the 100 block of Main Street in West Sunbury around 10:30 a.m. for a reported home invasion and kidnapping.


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A record 170 posters are entered in the 2013 Undergraduate Exhibition, more than a 35 percent increase over last year. Judges play an important role in the event, providing entrants the opportunity to present and discuss their research. More than 150 judges are needed this year to assure coverage for all participants. The exhibition, open to undergraduate students at all Penn State campuses, will take place April 10, in the HUB-Robeson Center at University Park.
The Office of Undergraduate Education is seeking faculty and graduate student volunteers to serve as judges in six poster entry categories: Arts and Humanities, Engineering, Health and Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Course-based Projects in all disciplines. The need for judges is especially great in the life sciences area where half of the posters are entered. Individuals willing to serve as a judge should complete the Judge Volunteer Form and submit the form electronically.
Volunteers choose the time and category(ies) for judging. Each judging session spans a 90-minute period (9:30-11 a.m.; 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; 12:30-2 p.m.) in which each judge is given approximately three posters to review. Most judges find that a total of about 45 minutes is required to complete the judging. The students will be available through the 90-minute session so judging can take place at any time during that period. A judge need not stay the entire 90 minutes.
Judges will be contacted by the Office of Undergraduate Education in late March with judging times and procedures, poster assignments and abstracts. Information about the Undergraduate Exhibition can be found at www.undergradresearch.psu.edu.
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Generating accurate virtual examples for lifelong machine learning
Silver, Daniel L.
Acadia University
Master of Science
Computer Science
Humans gain knowledge through lifelong learning. The same approach can be applied for machine learning. And thus lifelong machine learning, or LML, is an area of machine learning research concerned with similar persistent and cumulative nature of learning. The objective of a LML system is to consolidate new information into an existing machine learning model without catastrophically forgetting the prior information. One approach is to perform task rehearsal where examples of the new task are interleaved with examples of the prior tasks during training. This avoids the loss of prior knowledge while integrating in the new knowledge. However, this approach requires saving old training examples. Our research focuses on this retention problem of LML for creating a network of knowledge consolidation through task rehearsal without having to retain training examples from prior tasks. We investigate two approaches of generating virtual examples adhering to the probability distribution of the prior task examples' from an existing network model. We find out that the reconstruction error of the training data given to a trained model developed using Restricted Boltzmann Machine can be successfully used to generate accurate virtual examples from the reconstructed set of a uniform random set of examples given to the trained model. These virtual examples can be used in rehearsing the prior task knowledge while consolidating new task examples. We demonstrate that the virtual examples perform better in transferring knowledge to the consolidation of a new related task compared to a set of uniform random examples. We also define a measure for comparing the probability distributions of two datasets given to a trained network model based on their reconstruction MSEs. We demonstrate the viability of this measure for evaluating the accuracy of the generated virtual examples based on their adherence to the prior task examples' distribution.
The author grants permission to the University Librarian at Acadia University to reproduce, loan or distribute copies of my thesis in microform, paper or electronic formats on a non-profit basis. The author retains the copyright of the thesis.


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text: I was wondering whether there is a LAPACK/BLAS routine for matrix-vector product where the matrix is a symmetric tridiagonal matrix? I was able to find an auxiliary LAPACK routine (xLAGTM) for a general tridiagonal matrix, but I would also like one for symmetric tridiagonal matrices. It's strange if there is no matrix-vector product for symmetric tridiagonal matrices, when the matrix-format is generally supported?


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Richard Littlemore | June 9, 2011
By Richard Littlemore • Thursday, June 9, 2011 - 14:44
Updated: With complete list of Mashey Papers
Computer scientist, entrepreneur, periodic DeSmogBlog contributor and "one of the good guys" John Mashey is the subject of an extremely favorable profile this week in Science.
Science writer Eli Kintisch looks back over the last couple of years at the research and reports that Mashey has produced. Calling Mashey "an amateur" (which, on the question of climate science, he freely admits to being), Kintisch then looks for some journalistic "balance," interviewing one person who is defensive and critical in the face of Mashey's work (the confused and compromised physicist Will Happer) and one who is reassured and delighted ("hockey stick" co-author and director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State, Michael Mann).
"Both sides can agree on one thing, however: Mashey has become one of the most visible of a new generation of climate warriors."Kintisch canvases the reason that Mashey got involved in the first place - why he spends his retirement from designing computer systems by feverishly documenting "climate anti-science."
"Mashey became upset that they (friends in the climate science community) were being attacked by bloggers and lawmakers and subjected to anonymous threats. '(Science historian) Naomi (Oreskes) is a friend, and she gets death threats. Mike Mann's a friend, and he gets death threats. It pisses me off,' Mashey says. 'They get harassed and discouraged for doing a good job for everybody's grandchildren.'"
So, with a computer programer's zest for detail, Mashey wades through the flawed and contradictory material that constitutes the attack on climate science, producing voluminous and carefully credited reports that, in at least one recent case, result in the embarrassment of warriors on the other side of the argument and in a restoration of accuracy in the published record.
The Science article concludes:
"Mashey believes that vanquishing scientists' foes will serve a higher purpose. 'It's up to some of the rest of us to help get these guys off your backs so you can do the science,' he tells his scientist allies. He thinks discrediting their opponents also allows society to focus on the biggest problem: the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 'Goal number two is, try to help lessen the impact of climate antiscience on public policy before it commits the U.S. to be an increasingly bad place to live,' he says."
The Mashey Papers
1) Another Attack on Global Warming's Scientific Consensus – A Case Study of Personal Harassment and Amplification of Nonsense by the Denialist PR Machine, DeSmogBlog, March 23, 2008, 40p.
2) Science Bypass – Anti-science Petition to APS from folks with SEPP, George C. Marshall Institute, Heartland, DeSmogBlog, Nov. 11, 2009, 128p.
3) Crescendo to Climategate Cacophony - Behind the 2006 Wegman Report and Two Decades of Climate Anti-Science, DeSmogBlog, March 15, 2010, 185p. (CCC)
4) Strange Scholarship in the Wegman Report - A Façade for the Climate Anti-Science PR Campaign, DeepClimate, Sept. 26, 2010, 250p. (SSWR)
5) "Strange Inquiries at George Mason University …and even stranger comments, DeSmnogBlog, Jan. 04, 2011, 45p. (SIGMU)
6) Strange Tales and Emails: Said, Wegman, Sharabati, Rigsby (2008), DeSmogBlog, May 26, 2011, 17p. STaE.
7) Strange Falsifications in the Wegman Report, DeSmogBlog, May 27, 2011, 12p. SFWR
The Machinery of Climate Anti-Science, April 7, 2011, University of Victoria, B.C., Canada.
Hank122 replied on Permalink
What is the definition of a
What is the definition of a "climate warrior? Is it different than a "climate Hawk"?
Snapple replied on Permalink
Thanks Dr. Mashey!
Thank you for defending the climate scientists from people like Inhofe, Barton, and Cuccinelli.
The arrogant Cuccinelli's persecution of Dr. Mann is despicable. He has hijacked the office of Attorney General and turned it into a political police like the KGB. He's just like the KGB–he confuses people with lies and fabricates a "legal" case against Dr. Mann.
This is nothing but legalized lawlessness. Cuccinelli is persecuting Dr. Mann under the color of law.
I voted for Cuccinelli, but I didn't know then what I know now.
Cuccinelli is the greedy fabricator who is tricking us, not Dr. Mann. Cuccinelli's father is a career lobbyist for the natural gas industry whose company gave 96,000 to Cucinelli's campaign. Cuccinelli may also benefit personally from his father's business.
The father is the head of a marketing company called Quest Fore. He gives presentations to the APGA–the American Public Gas Association.
Dr. Mann's research has been upheld by several committees of scholars, but Cuccinelli attacks his credibility with this fake Wegman Report.
Wegman and the others should tell how this happened so the American people can find out who put them up to writing this plagiarized report.
The part I still don't understand is how did they manage to plagiarize Dr. Bradley's textbook. Since Bradley was one of the targets of the Report, Wegman had to have known that Bradley would notice his book was plagiarized and sometimes reworded to change its meaning. Nobody is that stupid, so how did that happen?
The fact that the text of one of the scientists being criticized was plagiarized shows that the whole Wegman Report is a joke.
John Mashey replied on Permalink
Why experts might not notice
Snapple: thanks.
This is covered on p.9 of Strange Falsifications in the WR:
"The WR pages immediately preceding this WR text use (properly-cited) tables from Bradley and the text ends with a (vague) citation to Bradley.
Field experts are much less likely to study introductory material in a long report than are non-experts. An expert might likely:
- see relevant and familiar words
- see a famous textbook mentioned several times
- skim quickly and skip to the seemingly-new results in later WR sections."
But read p.4 and p.5 to see the WR, and how much came from Bradley.
Snapple replied on Permalink
List of Mashey Papers
Footnote 7, Strange Falsifications…" (above) is a bad link. Maybe someone should fix it.
I actually can't seem to find SFWR right now.
Snapple replied on Permalink
Correct Link to SFWR
I think that this is the link to the May 27, 2011 SFWR.
Maybe you can fix that in your footnote #7.
Albatross replied on Permalink
Long overdue recognition
Long overdue recognition John, and much deserved. Congrats.
And now we wait for GMU (and the media to take them to task), and wait, and wait….
Snapple replied on Permalink
GMU-TV has program about climate change
This morning I watched the GMU-TV. They had a program about climate change and even interviewed Dr. Mann and Dr. Bradley.
At the same time, they don't seem to be making much progress on the Wegman academic misconduct investigation.
ClimateCriminal replied on Permalink
Fantastic sleuthing! The same
Fantastic sleuthing! The same goes for DC!
John Mashey replied on Permalink
Thanks & GMU
1) Thanks to all for the kind words, but also thank DeSMogBlog for publishing pieces of mine starting years ago and being generally helpful, and regarding the Wegman stuff, we really do owe this to DC.
For various reasons, there have been many connections with British Columbia in all this.
2) Regarding GMU: The Center for Climate Communication is run by Ed Maibach, who Mike Mann has coauthored with, and sends people to AGU. They are OK.
Much of GMU looks like perfectly normal academe, there are just a few departments, some of the institutes (esp. the Koch-funded ones like Mercatus), a few departments, and some of the administration to worry about.


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Seeing that Feng Jin Yuan was about to vomit blood, Feng Yu Heng pulled out a needle and quickly pricked it into his shoulder. The fishy and sweet taste that had already made its way up his throat was immediately swallowed back down, causing Feng Jin Yuan to cough for a long time.
The palace maid and eunuch both looked down at him with disdain. They then bid Feng Yu Heng farewell and left.
The gatekeeper that was left kneeling grabbed Feng Jin Yuan's leg and said while crying: "Master, second young miss brought you back from prison for you to take part in the funeral! The elder madam, she… passed away."
"What?" Feng Jin Yuan had just swallowed a mouthful of blood, and he had not recovered from the darkness that had filled his vision. The words about the elder madam passing away nearly caused him to vomit blood from the shock. Fortunately, Feng Jin Yuan had returned to reality. Grabbing the gatekeeper, he asked: "What exactly is going on?"
As for Feng Yu Heng, however, she had already begun walking toward the manor. While walking, she asked the gatekeeper: "Did the imperial physician and coroner come by?"
The gatekeeper considered the influence that Feng Jin Yuan and Feng Yu Heng had in the family then decided to answer Feng Yu Heng first, as he loudly said: "They have. The important matters have been explained to the two madams."
Feng Yu Heng nodded and brought her two servants into the manor. The gatekeeper then turned around and explained what had happened during the day to Feng Jin Yuan.
When he told the story, he especially emphasized that it was the matriarch that had caused trouble. She had paid a bunch of troublemakers to trouble the second young miss. When the second young miss returned to the capital, who knows what exactly happened, but the elder madam was beaten by those troublemakers. After she returned to the manor, she passed away.
Although he made it clear, Feng Jin Yuan was completely unable to understand what was being said. For him, the matriarch had died because of Feng Yu Heng harming her. It was Feng Yu Heng that had instigated those troublemakers. For the crime of killing someone, Feng Yu Heng had to pay with her own life!
His anger surged forth, as he pushed the gatekeeper away and practically charged after Feng Yu Heng. He had an atmosphere that made it seem like he wanted to tear Feng Yu Heng apart to seek revenge for the matriarch.
Unfortunately, Feng Jin Yuan was someone that had overestimated his own abilities. He was a government official. To take action against a girl that knew martial arts, was he not trying to get killed.
Feng Yu Heng did not even look back, and even her two servants did not bother looking at the situation behind them, but in the instant that Feng Jin Yuan reached out for her neck, there was a sudden turn. Like a ghost, she wrapped around behind Feng Jin Yuan in the blink of an eye.
Thus, there was a change in who was being grabbed, as it had become Feng Yu Heng grabbing Feng Jin Yuan.
She was short and could only reach by standing on her toes; however, she stood very steadily. She did not sway in the slightest.
At this moment, Feng Jin Yuan's anger had not faded; however, a horror had welled up inside him. Feng Yu Heng's ice-cold fingers were pressed against the back of his head. He had no doubt that if this girl desired, she could snap his neck instantly.
He stood in place and did not move, as a cold sweat dripped from his forehead. The Feng manor, as a whole, had a very dreary look. There were funeral banners everywhere, and all of the servants wore plain clothes and had white filial belts at their waists. In the middle of the night, it looked very disturbing.
But Feng Yu Heng's words were even more disturbing, as she said: "I originally did not want to do this to you, but if you truly miss grandmother, I will send you down there to accompany her."
Feng Jin Yuan did not dare say a single word. Trembling, he stood in the middle of the yard. In his mind, it alternated between images of the matriarch's face and Feng Yu Heng's face. Both of them caused his heart to tremble.
At this time, the Cheng shi sisters came from the direction of Peony courtyard. Upon seeing this scene, the sisters looked at each other and helplessly shook their heads.
Cheng Jun Man increased her pace and arrived in front of Feng Jin Yuan. Ignoring that he was being held by the neck, she said: "Husband, mother was beaten by some troublemakers. Fortunately, second young miss was there to stop them. She also had those troublemakers sent to prison. This wife has already gone to the government office to file a report, but…" She paused for a moment then said: "Those troublemakers only committed the crime of beating the family of an official. Mother's illness… was caused by someone giving her poison."
Feng Jin Yuan's eyes became wide. He did not dare speak, fearing that Feng Yu Heng would snap his neck over the slightest movement, but some doubt began to radiate from his eyes.
Cheng Jun Mei said: "Housekeeper He Zhong brought second young miss' identification to the palace to invite an imperial physician and coroner to investigate. It was the last bit of medicine that mother took that was poisoned. The cause of death was poisoning." She looked at Feng Jin Yuan and said: "Husband, you must think about second young miss' kindness; otherwise, mother would really have died with grievances."
Feng Jin Yuan did not have a single thought left in his mind. The grief of the matriarch's death had finally hit him, as tears continuously fell to the ground.
Feng Yu Heng did not say anything further and let go. In practically the same instant that she let go, Feng Jin Yuan rushed toward Peony courtyard.
The Cheng shi sisters, however, did not go. Cheng Jun Man looked all around and saw that there was nobody else present. Only then did she take a step forward and lower her voice, saying: "The imperial physician said that the poison was very potent. It does not seem to be a poison from the central region."
Feng Yu Heng had heard these words twice. It seemed that it was indeed a foreign poison, but… "Has the manor had any interactions with foreigners recently?" Over the past few days, the heavy rains had led to a disaster. If someone with ulterior motives had snuck into the capital using this opportunity, it was not impossible.
Cheng Jin Man gently sighed, "I checked and did not notice anything out of the ordinary, but for that person to choose this critical moment to poison her, it's most likely directed at county princess. County princess absolutely must be careful."
She nodded, "I know. The Feng family's funeral will be left for you to handle. I will be going into the palace tomorrow. If things do not go well, I will not be back until late. Also…" She was a little hesitant. Thinking a little, she frankly asked the two sisters: "You two have a good understanding of things. Help me think a little. Should Zi Rui be brought back to take part in the funeral?"
The Cheng shi sisters did not have a deep understanding of Zi Rui; however, they understood that he was the Feng family's only young master, and he was also Feng Yu Heng's younger brother. They naturally would not treat him poorly. As for the matter of bringing him back to the manor to participate in the funeral, Cheng Jun Man had an opinion: "Normally speaking, with the elder madam passing away, as the son of the first wife, young master should come back. But with the floods this year, a large chunk of the road from the capital to Xiao Zhou has been ruined. Even if a letter is sent out now or someone was sent to retrieve him, he definitely would not make it back in time."
Cheng Jun Mei said: "This is the logic behind it, but I don't know if anyone will use this to say things."
Feng Yu Heng waved her hand: "It's whatever. People can say whatever they want. I do not believe that the citizens saved by this county princess would believe those words and become unfamiliar with me. Zi Rui will not come back. I will leave the rest to you two." Saying this, turned to Wang Chuan and said: "Go back to the manor and prepare 500 thousand taels in banknotes. The Feng manor's communal funds are lacking. In any case, it is a little worrying."
The Cheng shi sisters did not act too courteous with her. They were just about to have Feng Yu Heng go back and rest; however, a servant came running from the direction of Peony courtyard. She anxiously said: "Madam, second young miss, quickly go over and take a look. Concubine mother Han and fourth young miss have begun causing a fuss in the mourning hall."
Feng Yu Heng furrowed her brow slightly. While walking toward the mourning hall, she asked the servant: "There were no major issues with the fourth young miss' injuries?"
The servant said: "Her face is still swollen and her eyes have become swollen shut, but she can walk. She had to stand vigil for the elder madam. As a result, when she saw master return, she began to cry."
While speaking, the group had walked over to Peony courtyard. Just as they passed through the winding corridor, they heard Fen Dai begin wailing. "Father! That is grandmother's final will. If you do not respect it, grandmother will not be able to rest in the underworld!"
Han shi's cries were also heard. While crying, she said: "Right before the elder madam passed away, she was most worried about the child in this concubine's belly. She said that she was unable to see her eldest grandson before passing away. She said that husband absolutely must not treat us three poorly."
"Impudence!" A sudden and sharp voice came from Cheng Jun Man. They saw her increase her pace, as she arrived at Han shi's side. She fiercely said: "The gender of the child in your belly is still unknown. How can you say so clearly that it is a grandson? Also, even if it is a grandson, it definitely would not be the eldest grandson. Han shi, do not speak nonsense!"
Cheng Jun man very rarely got angry; however, it did not mean that she could not get angry. How could women that were raised in the palace not have some ideas. She suddenly became furious, and Han shi immediately ceased crying.
Feng Jin Yuan was currently kneeling in front of the matriarch's coffin. With the mother and daughter causing a fuss, he became extremely furious. He did not dare to hit Han shi, nor did he have the ability to hit Feng Yu Heng, but Feng Fen Dai was someone that he could do something about. He immediately stood up and kicked Fen Dai without a second word. After kicking her, he wanted to kick his concubine, but just as he raised his leg and aimed at Han shi's belly, he could only put it back down.
But with him putting it back down meant that Fen Dai was out of luck. Her father was furious and had no place to vent, thus it was all directed at her. She had already been beaten until she had a pig's appearance during the day. Now, she was beaten by Feng Jin Yuan at night, and she immediately fainted.
Han shi cried and did not know what to do. She wanted to go forward to stop him, but Cheng Jun Man had sent a group of servants to stop her. When Feng Jin Yuan finally grew tired from beating her, he stopped; however, Han shi did not know what was good for her and said: "Husband, the elder madam's final will was to promote me to the position of high-ranking concubine. This was something that the elder madam had said herself!"
An shi, who was also standing vigil, was completely speechless. She felt that if she did not say anything, Han shi really would think that she was dead, thus she loudly said: "Right before the elder madam passed away, this concubine was always at her side. Why was it that I did not hear this sort of final will?" After she said this, she looked at Feng Jin Yuan: "Husband, in truth, the elder madam could not say a single word. Right after the elder madam drank the medicine, the elder madam breathed her last breath. What time would she have to leave a final will?"
Jin Zhen was to the side and also spoke up in agreement: "Sister An is speaking the truth."
Han shi was unreconciled and said: "This was something that the elder madam said to the fourth young miss before. It is all true! Husband, the elder madam's words cannot be ignored! Otherwise, the elder madam will become a ghost and never forgive you!"
The entire room full of people had become speechless. Had Han shi gone insane? Who was she cursing here?
Feng Jin Yuan was already on the verge of nearly passing out from the anger. He simply ignored everyone and kneeled back down in front of the matriarch. Shutting his mouth, he did not say a single word.
Cheng Jun Man looked at Han shi then glanced at the fainted Fen Dai. The anger on her face had finally reached its apex. She just took a few steps forward and loudly said: "Our Feng family is currently just the family of a fifth rank official. Who exactly gave you the courage to become a high ranking concubine? Who permitted a lowly fifth rank official to have a high-ranking concubine?"


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Chocolate Kahlua Cupcakes
Chocolate is delicious, coffee is wonderful…. add some rum and you have a flavor combo that is bound to have adults clamoring for seconds! These Chocolate Kahlua Cupcakes are rich, flavorful and delicious! If you'd prefer not to include alcohol, feel free to adjust the recipe (as described below) into Chocolate Espresso Cupcakes.
To make these cupcakes, you'll first need a batch of my favorite Chocolate Cupcakes.
Prepare the cupcakes as directed (in the recipe linked above), bake and then transfer to a cooling rack.
While the cupcakes are cooling (but still warm), use a toothpick to poke 5-6 holes in each cupcake. Use a pastry brush to brush Kahlua onto the tops of each cupcake. Once you have brushed each cupcake with Kahlua, go back and do one more "coat" on each cupcake. As an alternative, you could brush the cupcakes with espresso coffee.
Once cupcakes are fully cool, and the Kahlua (or espresso) has had time to soak in, frost the cupcakes using the recipe below.
Chocolate Kahlua Frosting
Yield: Frosting to pipe a swirl on 20-24 cupcakes, or frost and fill a 8" cake.
Kahlua (coffee liqueur) adds a wonderful dimmension to delicious chocolate frosting
12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) Challenge butter
4 oz. (1/2 block) cream cheese
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
4 cups powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2-3 tablespoons Kahlua/coffee liqueur (adjust to your tastes)
(in place of Kahlua, use 1-2 tablepsoons espresso coffee, cooled)
1 tablespoon heavy cream (or milk as a second choice)
In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat butter until fully smooth.
Add cream cheese, and continue to beat until fully incorporated and smooth.
Add cocoa powder, and beat until well combined.
Add powdered sugar, one cup at a time, while the mixer is running.
Add vanilla, then 2 tablespoons of Kahlua (or espresso) and 1 tablespoon heavy cream. Add additional Kahlua if desired.
Beat until all liquid is fully incorporated and frosting is smooth and fluffy.
If you don't have cream cheese on hand, feel free to replace it with an additional 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) of butter. The cream cheese adds a nice dimmension, but the frosting is still delicious without it.
It is important that your butter and cream cheese are cool or cold, or the frosting may be too soft. If the frosting is too soft, put the entire bowl of finished frosting in the fridge for 20 minutes or so, and it will firm up quite a bit.
Recipe Source- Glorious Treats, based on my Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
Props and details~
I used a Wilton 1M tip to frost the cupcakes. If you need any help with frosting cupcakes, I have a full post (with a video) on How to Frost Cupcakes.
As a decorative (and delicious) topping, I added a few Valhrona Chocolate Pearls. I found these at Whole Foods Market.
Happy Baking!


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I loved watching Eli go sledding. He put his whole self into it!
Supply list:
I started with Studio DD's Layer Works No. 271
Then I changed the photo layout to Katie's Photo Clusters No. 33
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Frosted Winter Solids Paper Pack
Polar Mountain Collection Complete Collection
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|10 years ago, two medical professionals decided to establish a small beach resort
in Lamai Beach aiming to create an accommodation with better standards at an affordable price.
It started off with 10 individual bungalow type units in a coconut plantation and have now transformed to a 74-room resort
with beach front swimming pool and café.
|Ideal for fun and relaxation, Lamai Wanta Beach Resort is located in the Lamai area of Samui. With its location just 10 km from the city center and 20 km from the airport, this 3-star hotel attracts numerous travelers each year. A haven of rest and relaxation, the hotel will offer total renewal just steps away from the city's numerous attractions such as Wat Sila Ngu Temple, Hin Ta Hin Yai, Wat Samret.
|Offering hotel guests superior services and a broad range of amenities, Lamai Wanta Beach Resort is committed to ensuring that your stay is as comfortable as possible. To name a few of the hotel's facilities, there are free Wi-Fi in all rooms, 24-hour front desk, luggage storage, Wi-Fi in public areas, valet parking.
|Deluxe Room
30 Sqm.
|Garden View Villa
42 Sqm.
Restaurant & Bar
Our beach-front eatery serves both Thai and Western cuisines in an open space overlooking Lamai Beach. Similar to the ideas of providing high quality in our accommodation, we provide high standards in our kitchen and the local product we use. The café is also connected to the terrace of our beach front swimming pool so you can enjoy refreshing tropical fruit juice while sunbathing. Eat and be merry without leaving the beach at our resort in Samui. The Coast Restaurant at Lamai Wanta Beach Resort Koh Samui serves Thai and international dishes al fresco, overlooking Lamai Beach. For snacks and refreshments, Beach Café & Bar offers snacks and refreshments.
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|Lamai is the most popular beach of Koh Samui, Thailand, Lamai Wanta is located just at the corner of most known beach of Koh Samui. We are 20 minutes away from Koh Samui Airport, 2 minutes away from most of the popular shopping center and McDonald, 2 minutes away from the busiest nightlife area, just located on the beach.


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represents a clear message: our fashion is more than design and quality. It's pure emotion. This is reflected perfectly by the exceptional luminous textile panels in our new shop concept."
- Evelyn Lagoyannis, Head of Visual Merchandising & Store Design at Laurèl
Bringing the brand's vision to life in the store required innovative interior design and artistic lighting. Vintage furniture provided a warm, relaxed atmosphere, which was offset by cooler features such as industrial windows, steel, and glass. The theme of nature was introduced through a 'vertical garden'; a special construction with plants growing from an illuminated wall.
The two floors of the store were linked together visually by Philips large luminous surfaces with Kvadrat soft cells. This innovative textile panel produces dynamic light displays that are controlled via computer. The resulting visuals create a unique, attractive ambience, which also ensures the brand's color, purple, runs through the store.
The panels, due to their textile covering, also absorb excess sound, eliminating any harsh echo. Not only have the new lights given the store amazing stopping power, but they have helped to create a more welcoming and enjoyable atmosphere for shoppers. The new interior lighting design expresses Laurèl's spirit perfectly, and it is due to be recreated in other stores across Germany.
"We're thrilled," says Evelyn Lagoyannis, Head of Visual Merchandising & Store Design at Laurèl. "The luminous textile panels fit amazingly into the architecture of our store and create a really unique decorative effect. It suits us perfectly."
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The Center for the Art of East Asia (CAEA) facilitates and supports teaching and research in the rapidly growing field of East Asian Art at the University of Chicago.
Design Notes:
The CAEA site was created using the WordPress Panorama theme. The site employs a few simple tricks to make it appear more like a regular website and less like a blog. As such, its structure is not quite as straightforward as the models listed here in the "Easy" category. Still, the changes are not complicated and can easily be put in place for another site if there is interest. First, the site's home page (where one would normally see individual posts) was re-mapped to the About page (this is because unlike e.g. a workshop, this will not be an event driven site). Second, site makes extensive use of the Panorama theme's provision for drop-down menus (the second menu item under a top level menu is called a "child" – hence parent and child pages). The site's About page for example has two child pages under it called Objectives and Sources of Support. In addition, the theme automatically creates links to these as drop down items in the site's menu under About. Third, all references to page and post comments were removed from the theme to make the site feel less "blog-like". Finally, please also note the rotating header images on the site – this is a special feature of the Panorama theme.