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Finnish Lapland is a unique destination to explore, especially in winter! It offers awesome adventures like dog-sledding and snowmobiling, cross-country skiing and snowshoe-hiking, ice-fishing and, ultimately lake-side sauna and an arctic swim - a tradition, that shouldn't be missed when visiting Finland! You can visit a reindeer farm and take a sleigh ride with the reindeer and meet the Santa Claus and his little helpers in their village! We cross the Arctic Circle and get a chance to see the breathtaking Northern Lights! This adventure, full of mystery, ancient Nordic culture and arctic freshness, is sure to blow your mind!
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Duration: 6 days/5 nights
Departure city: Västerås
Price: 375 EUR
- Transport by bus, 2 nights on the bus
- Guiding and assistance from tour manager
- 3 nights in cottage accommodation in shared rooms (kitchen with cooking gear included in most of the cabins)
- 4 breakfasts and 3 dinners
- Old barn evening with open fire and hot drinks
- Sauna and arctic swim for 2 nights
- Use of Nordic skis, ice-fishing gear and snow-shoes
- Visit to Santa Claus village
- Group picture with Santa (free online access to the picture)
- Visit to Pyhä National park and ski resort
- Short reindeer sledge ride
- Short husky sledge ride
- Visit Finnish Lapland
- The chance to see the Aurora Borealis in the arctic night during the right circumstances
- Cross the Arctic Circle
- Drink a cold beer in a sauna and roll around in the snow or have an arctic swim in an ice hole
- Go snowmobiling, reindeer safari and dogsledding
- Go cross country skiing and snowshoe-walking
- Try Ice fishing
- Visit Pyhä National park and ski resort
- Meet Santa Claus an take a group picture with him
Extra cost (read more under Optional Activities)
- Meals – lunch meals are not included, take your own food
- Snowmobile safari 1,5 hrs - 70 Eur
- Husky safari 1 hr - 70 eur
- Long reindeer safari 1-1,5 hrs - 65 Eur
- Bed linen - 10 eur (whole stay in Korvala, payment on the spot)
- Winter overalls - 10 eur (whole stay in Korvala, payment on the spot)
- Winter boots - 10 eur (whole stay in Korvala, payment on the spot)
- Ski/Snowboard rent in Pyhä ski center - Skipass 3 hrs 34 Eur; ski/snowboard rent 3 hrs 26 Eur (estimated price)
*5 EUR booking fee to Scanbalt and rest of the payment in cash or by card on the spot on DAY 2 when you will arrive to Korvala. If you have signed up for an optional activity you have to take part of the activity or pay for it without participation.
We recommend that you make travel insurance for this trip. Each passenger is responsible for arranging their own insurance.
If you have specific food preferences please let us know before the tour so we can inform the organizer - firstname.lastname@example.com!
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Please note that there might be small changes in the tour. The updated program will be sent to you about a week before the start of the tour.
Day 1, Departure, Västerås – Korvala
We will meet at the start point and take a night drive to Finnish Lapland. We will have regular stops along the road and see some movies during the evening. On the bus you have plenty of time to get to know your travel mates and watch some movies. We will also make food shop stop on the way. There are no shops in Korvala.
Day 2, Korvala (B, D)
In the morning you will wake up in Korvala and have breakfast together. Korvala is a wilderness resort in Lapland, north of the Arctic Circle. The surroundings are beautiful, deep forests and frozen lakes. We gather for an information session, where the local hostess introduces us the accommodation and procedure for signing up to optional activities; it is possible to pay on the spot in cash or with card. Exact timings when each safari will take place will be agreed on the spot. Then it's time to settle in and discover the surroundings, you can borrow snow shoes, cross country skis, sledges and ice fishing kit. The entire group will also have short reindeer and husky sledge ride together. In the evening it's dinner time and later it's time for sauna and an arctic swim.
Day 3, Korvala (B, D)
We enjoy breakfast all together. After breakfast it is possible to go ice fishing, cross-country skiing and snow-shoe hiking. Day full of activities like dog sledding, snowmobiling and reindeer safari. We get to meet the local Siberian Huskies, which are all beautiful pedigrees from the working sled-dog line. Dinner time. After dinner get-together in an old barn where we have a cozy evening with fire and some hot wine. Keep your eyes open for the Northern lights!
Day 4, Korvala – Pyhä – Korvala (B, D)
We enjoy breakfast all together. After breakfast we will depart to Pyhä National park and ski center (http://ski.pyha.fi/eng/) where you can go hiking, do mountain skiing or snowboarding. Estimated prices: 1-day ski pass 34 eur + rent of ski set ca 26 eur. In the afternoon we will arrive back to Korvala. After dinner it's time for another sauna time and acrtic swim.
Day 5, Korvala – Santa Village – Västerås (B)
After breakfast we will depart to Santa Claus Village at Artic Circle where will meet Santa, have a group picture with him and some free time in the village. After the visit we will continue to go back to Västerås with an overnight bus ride. We will watch movies and have stops on the way.
Day 6, Arrival
Estimated arrival time back to Västerås is at 10:00. We hope that you will have wonderful memories of lifetime.
Optional Activities
Optional activities can be booked/cancelled up to 14 days before departure.
-When booking an activity Scanbalt takes booking fee (5 EUR) to confirm your participation. Rest of the payment on DAY 2 when you will arrive to Korvala. Possible to pay in cash and with card.
-If you have signed up for an optional activity you have to take part of the activity or pay for it without participation.
Snowmobile safari
After initial instruction, participants travel in pairs through the forest, each taking turns to drive the snowmobile. The route can be challenging and the speed will vary according to the conditions. The time spent driving the snowmobiles is approximately 1 hour in total (½ hr/person, if both drive). The distance driven in that time depends on the weather conditions and the skills of the participants, and may be altered for safety reasons, or due to poor weather conditions. Duration approximately 1½ hours in total including instruction and fitting of helmets, 2 persons/snowmobile
Price 70€/person (5 EUR booking fee to Scanbalt, rest of 65 EUR on the spot directly to organizer)., single driving supplement 35€/person.
Husky safari
On this safari you will see how much fun dog sledding is. We start by teaching you the necessary driving skills and then set off with our huskies through the forest and over the hills. Participants usually travel in pairs, each taking turns to drive the sled. The route can be challenging and the speed will vary according to weather conditions and the time of day.
Duration: approx 1 hour in total, including instruction (driving ca 5 km, ca 30 minutes). The route may be altered for safety reasons or due to poor weather conditions.
Duration: approx 1 hour in total, including instruction (driving ca 5 km, ca 30 minutes). The route may be altered for safety reasons or due to poor weather conditions.
Price: 70 EUR/per person (5 EUR booking fee to Scanbalt, rest of 65 EUR on the spot directly to organizer).
Reindeer safari
We ride in sleighs pulled by reindeer to our reindeer herding corral, where Poro-Hannu, a local reindeer herder, explains how these beautiful animals of the north are cared for throughout the year. We make tea and coffee on a campfire and have time to chat with Poro-Hannu about his work.
Duration: approximately 1½ hours in total, 65 EUR/per person. (5 EUR booking fee to Scanbalt, rest of 60 EUR on the spot directly to organizer).
Duration: approximately 1½ hours in total, 65 EUR/per person. (5 EUR booking fee to Scanbalt, rest of 60 EUR on the spot directly to organizer).


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Philippe I, duc d'Orleans (1640-1701) known as "Monsieur", brother of Louis XIV. His homosexual lifestyle was occasionally awkward for Louis. Philippe married twice and had three children. He was credited with the victory of the French at the battle of Kassel in 1677. His patronage of artists and musicians brought forward Molière and Lully. His family line would continue to play a role in French politics down to the 19th century.
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Picasso Art
Learning intention: I can create an image with correct proportions in the style of Picasso.
What I learned. I learned that Picasso is meant to have random colours. It isn't meant to have the normal colours. Its called abstract art also the width of your eye from corner to corner is the same width of your nose.
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Happy Monday peeps! I'm feeling much better and today it's been a productive day so far. Got to scrap all my due assignment without interruptions! lol. Yup the kids is spending time at my mom's. I'm glad my parents is such an understanding being. Sometimes the offer came without me asking. I'm blessed! :)))
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A pump track near Fanny Chapman Pool in Doylestown Borough is made up of low hills and banked turns, earning its name from the way riders use a full body motion to maintain momentum riding around the track instead of just pedaling.
Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the spelling of Greyson Foster's name.
Bike riders throughout the county are taking on a new challenge of hills and tight turns with the opening of the first pump track in Bucks County in Doylestown Borough.
The track, behind the Fanny Chapman Pool on McKinstry Drive, is open from dawn to dusk.
A pump track is a bicycle path that's short and shaped in a closed loop. The track is made up of low hills and banked turns, earning its name from the way riders use a full body motion to maintain momentum riding around the track instead of just pedaling.
It was around this time last year that the Doylestown Borough Council gave it's full support to the pump track project, a project spearheaded by Elizabeth Wyckoff, who lives in the borough and is a chairwoman of its bicycle task force, and is also a member of the parks and recreation board.
Shortly after the project got council's approval, Wyckoff started a fundraising campaign so that the track could be built without waiting for the 2018 borough budget. She collected $22,000 in community donations. The track had it's official grand opening June 17, and ever since cyclists have flocked to it.
"It's so exciting to see this project come to life. It's fantastic to see how many people of all ages are thrilled by it," Wyckoff said.
The inspiration for the pump track came about two years ago when Wyckoff visited a pump track in Brooklyn.
"I saw people from 72 to 4 years old and I was amazed that a space that small could bring together so many different people from the community, I thought it was just what Bucks County needed," Wyckoff said.
Pipersville resident Megan Obarowski admitted that since she brought her son Max and her nephew Matthew for the first time the other day, all they have done is ask to come back.
"Oh, they love it, they won't stop talking about it, and it's the first one they've ever been on because there's no way I'm driving all the way to Philly for the one over there," Obarowski said.
"This track is awesome, it's so close, and it's easy to keep an eye on them. Once the weather starts to cool down we are definitely going to try to come here at least once a week."
And although no one is officially there to monitor the track, there are video cameras and rules for the riders. Two of the most important rules call for riders to wear helmets and riders are not permitted to ride if the track is wet.
Central Bucks West High School student Franky Swane, a Fanny Chapman Pool lifeguard, loves spending his time on the track.
"It's a lot of fun, it's nice because you can just go jump in the pool afterwards," said the 15-year-old borough native.
Max McCallion, 15, said he rides the track with his friends at least twice a week.
"It's great because we can come on this, then ride our bikes into town. I'd never heard of one of these before, but now that there's one so close I'm happy it's here," Max said.
For most of the riders, it's been their first time on a pump track.
"This is me and my son's first time riding something like this," said Tim Foster, a physical education teacher at Bridge Valley Elementary in Furlong. His 6-year-old son, Greyson, is going into first grade at Cold Spring Elementary in Buckingham.
"We will definitely come back," Foster said. "It's a lot of work, but it's really cool and Greyson seems to be enjoying it so we'll be back."


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There are many knitting stitch books available, probably more than we can count, but my favourite is still "The Knitting Stitch Bible" by Maria Parry-Jones, published by Krause Publications. I have owned this book for about 12 to 15 years, and thankfully it is still available on Amazon.com. I am not a crocheter, but for anyone interested, I also saw a listing for "The Crochet Stitch Bible".
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Being an assassin is tough, especially if you're set the task of alternating between many different timelines, all-the-while trying to achieve the simple goal of preventing the worlds' end. Assassin's Creed 3 picks up straight after its predecessor, Revelations, and if you were wondering whether you've missed out – even though you owe it to yourself to play prior titles – the important stuff is explained in a short intro at the start of the game, so don't worry about not being able to keep up.
Upon starting you will no doubt be eager to start air assassinating, backstabbing and hiding in hay until the cows come home, but instead you're in for a little bit of a slower burn as you settle into your new digs. In a short summary you experience the life of an assassin in 1700s Boston, ending up impregnating a woman from a local tribe. The child she ends up having becomes the star of the game, as you train up through your childhood to become the ultimate assassin, only to revolt against your father and his Templar friends amidst the American Revolution.
Your main hub for the game is set during present day, giving you a fair amount of control over mission replays and interaction between your current companions. You can also hop out of the Animus at any time via the start menu. Gameplay-wise it all feels very familiar, yet somewhat refined, as you fluidly traverse around the conveniently structured buildings, newly added trees and take to sea to have your own adventures in the darkness of the ocean. Weapons this time around have also seen an upgrade, but I won't spoil them all here. One that you should be made aware of, however, is the rope dart; hanging people just got that bit easier. Compared to other games, the animation in the game is respectable, although I found that the lip synching was a little off at times.
Given the scope of the game I did notice a little bit of slowdown, as the action on-screen became a little hectic, especially during scenes with large crowds of people. On the plus side, draw distances seem improved and nothing quite beats looking out across the Atlantic Ocean whilst the sun begins to set. Joining the usual story are also side-quests, such as hunting or helping important historical figures, alongside the popular multiplayer.
Anyone who has yet to play Assassin's multiplayer sure are in for a treat, as Ubisoft has managed to nail the aspect of being a stealthy Assassin amongst your friends. It's this pull that has you coming back for more, trying to hunt among the computer controlled characters, while looking for player-controlled counterpart. Check out my video review at the top for a short look at this mode in action.
- + Varied locations provide a real sense of scope
- + Taking control of a ship feels empowering
- + Graphics are beautiful, wrapped in a lovely weather system
- - Not a total reinvention of the formula


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Well I had to start a new page too many noisey people. At the urging of my s-i-l I decided on wordpress, so we will see how this goes 🙂
I am going through a transition in my life and learning some hard lessons, you find out who your real friends are when your down and unfortunatly the friends I thought would be there are the ones kicking me down further but some of them have some shinning through and really suprised me. It makes it hard to know who to trust when people you thought you could trust turn out to be those you can not.
I have been with my husband and my kids father for 12 years, and have let him control me to a point that I am no longer in love with him. I love him and I don't want to hurt him but I am not in love with him. I don't want my kids to grow up in a home where they think marriage should be 2 roomates. I love my kids more than life itself and wouldn't think twice about giving my life for any of theirs but I am so unhappy I don't think it is healthy for them.
Of course the first assumption of all of our "friends" is there must be another man, but of course not to my face… There is the hope loving again of course who wants to think of a loveless future but that is not what this is about it's about doing what is right and I think this is what it is. I may be wrong but I pray for the wisdom to make the right choice.


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"To think is to forget a difference, to generalize, to abstract. In the overly replete world of Funes there were nothing but details, almost contiguous details" / "Funes, The Memorious", Jorge Luis Borges.
In my previous blog post, I tried to present the case for information theory in machine learning. We discussed the most important tools and theorems of the field and saw some examples to its uses in machine learning. In this post, I will try to use these tools to explain the information bottleneck problem and its possible connection to the reasons deep neural networks work so well. Looking at some recently published papers, we will see that the process of forgetting details is an essential part of the training process and explain the connection of this process to the information bottleneck problem.
The main source for this post is a paper published last year by Ravid Schwartz-Ziv and Naftali Tishbi, attempting to explain the magic behind deep neural networks. The paper, "Opening the Black Box of Deep Neural Networks Through information", was received with excitement almost immediately by the community, thanks to the insightful theory and examples. The main objective of the paper was to present a long-established information-theoretic problem, known as the information bottleneck, as a theoretical equivalent to deep neural nets. This may provide a better understanding of the training process and the reasons deep neural networks work so well.
The paper attracted a lot of attention: You can go read some great insights here and here, to name a few. As is to be expected, the paper also generated a fair amount of controversy. A submission to ICLR demonstrated that the results may be quite specific to the architecture chosen by Schwartz-Ziv and Tishbi, and cannot be observed when small changes are made to it. This blog post also gives some interesting food for thought.
The Information Bottleneck Problem
Before tackling the information bottleneck itself, here's just a reminder of the relevant concepts from my previous post:
- The entropy of a random variable X, defined as: $latex H(X) = -\sum\limits_{x} P_X(x)\log P_X(x)$, represents the "mess" inherent in the variable.
- The mutual information between two random variables, defined as : $latex I(X;Y) = \sum\limits_{x,y} P_{XY}(x,y) \log \frac {P_{XY}(x,y)}{P_X(x)P_Y(y)} = H(X) – H(X|Y)$, subtracts the amount of "mess" left in X when Y is known from the "mess" inherent in X. It is thus a way to measure the amount of information Y carries about X.
- The Data Processing Theorem states that given a Markov chain $latex X \leftrightarrow Y \leftrightarrow Z$, the following is true: $latex I(X;Z) \leq \min \{I(X;Y), I(Y;Z)\}$. In other words, if the only connection between X and Z is through Y, the information that Z gives about X cannot be bigger than the information that Y gives about X.
The Information Bottleneck problem was first introduced by Tishbi himself in 1999 as a way to quantify the trade-off between rate and the preservation of relevant information. Up until that point, information theory didn't usually consider the relevance of information. While the rate-distortion theory allowed the consideration of trade-offs between communication rate and the amount of data that would survive it, Tishbi et al noticed that it was not adequate in order to consider the relevance of information, for several reasons: Firstly, a distortion measure has to be defined before a rate-distortion problem can be defined. This poses a big problem, since the answer to the question 'how much relevant information survives the communication?' becomes dependent upon the choice of that distortion measure. Secondly, rate-distortion theory is especially powerful in cases where the distortion measure is assumed to be additive: $latex d(\bold{x}, \bold{\hat{x}}) = \sum\limits_{x} d_i(x_i, \hat{x}_i)$, where $latex \bold{x}$ and $latex \bold{\hat{x}}$ are vectors whose components are $latex x_i$ and $latex \hat{x}_i$, respectively. This of course excludes many possible cases, such as when relevant information exists only in one part of the vector. There are ample sources about the fascinating theory of rate-distortion. If you are interested, this Wikipedia page may be a good place to start.
The introduction of the information bottleneck aimed to remedy these problems. The main premise is as follows: Consider a random variable X, that has some hidden characteristic Y. Transmitting X to a different location, we are not interested in recreating X, but only in the characteristic Y. A simple example of this is spoken language and natural language understanding – while it is possible to transmit the spoken sound waves to a central processor, we could save a lot of resources by transmitting a transcript, while not losing a lot of relevant information. Note that a lot of information will be lost, making it harder to decipher intonation or to identify the speaker, but most of the relevant information would stay intact. It would be very hard to find an additive distortion measure that would indicate good performance if we try to analyze this approach through rate-distortion theory.
With that we are ready to present the information bottleneck problem: Given an information source X, we would like to create a compressed representation of the information, T, such that the rate is minimal, so that communication is facilitated, while keeping the maximal amount of information about a specific characteristic of X. This characteristic is represented by a random variable named Y. Mathematically, the problem takes the following format:
$latex \min\limits_{P_{T|X}}\{I(X;Y) – \beta I(Y;T)\}$
The coefficient $latex \beta$ controls the trade-off between the importance of "forgetting" irrelevant parts of X while creating T and the importance of maintaining relevant parts for Y. When $latex \beta = 0$ only compression is important and the minimum can easily attain the value 0 by choosing T = 0. When $latex \beta$ is very large, compression is no longer important and the minimum is achieved by choosing T = X.
The only remaining mystery is then why is this problem called the information bottleneck? The answer is quite simple – creating T as a compressed version of X guarantees that the Markov chain $latex X \leftrightarrow X \leftrightarrow Y$ exists. The data processing theorem then tells us that the value we wish to maximize, I(T;Y), is bounded from above by I(T;X), which is the value we would like to minimize! Thus, trying to maximize I(T;Y) while minimizing I(T;X) at the same time creates a bottleneck effect – the relevant information for Y must be squeezed through the bottleneck created by the compression of X.
The Black Box of Deep Neural Networks
In their paper "Opening the Black Box of Deep Neural Networks through Information", Schwartz-Ziv and Tishbi claim to explain the success of deep neural networks through the information bottleneck problem. The main idea is as follows: In any neural network, the output of each layer can be viewed as a random variable T. This random variable is fabricated from the entry to the network X, and thus the Markov chain $latex T \leftrightarrow X \leftrightarrow Y$ is respected. As this can be claimed for any layer in the network, each layer can be treated simultaneously as the exit of an encoder with entry X, and the entry to a decoder with the output being the prediction Y.
Denoting the outputs of each of the layers as $latex T_1, T_2, \ldots$, we can deduct from the data processing theorem that:
$latex I(X;Y) \leq I(T_1; Y) \leq I(T_2; Y) \leq \cdots \leq I(\hat{Y}; Y)$.
We clearly aim to augment the final mutual information in this chain. Each of the representations T can thus be seen in the information-bottleneck perspective. The principle of viewing a DNN as a chain of information bottlenecks is not entirely new. This approach was mentioned before, including by some of the same authors. The novelty of this newer paper is, in my opinion, mostly in the demonstrations. The authors start by building a simple DNN model, comprising a total of 7 layers of sizes 12, 10, 7, 5, 4, 3 and 2 neurons. They use artificial data-points X with binary labels Y, such that $latex I(X;Y) \simeq 0.99$. That is, they assure that the information about the label Y is indeed present in X, with very little noise. Training the chosen network on the data, I found the following observations exciting:
Looking at any layer, its outputs T can be drawn on the 'information plain' defined by the mutual information with both the input X and the expected label Y. Doing so, the observation is that the training process can clearly be divided into two. In the first part, called the 'drift', the network learns to extract the correct label Y from the information X relatively well. It does so by increasing the mutual information of each of the layers T both with the input X and with the label Y. In the second, slower, part of the training process, the network maintains the mutual information with Y while decreasing the mutual information between X and T.
The same effect can be seen in this video, where points of different colors represent the position of the different layers of the network on the information plain through time.
Note that rather unintuitively, in both graphs the layers that are closest to the network's entry are on the right-hand side, as they predictably present the highest mutual information with X.
Looking at the training process from different angles, such as the mean and variance of the changes to coefficients induced by the stochastic gradient descent process, yields similar observations. Intuitively, it is easy to understand why the network would seek to increase the mutual information with the labels Y, but the second step, where the mutual information with X is decreased, is a bit harder to understand – what can be gained by decreasing the information of each layer T about the inputs, when we keep in mind that there are no communication constraints? It turns out that this step helps generalization – by forgetting specific characteristics of the inputs that have little to do with the labels, the network can generalize better to examples that would not carry the same characteristics. This also explains why this phase of training is slower than the first – it happens randomly as the network sees more and more examples that may or may not carry these "unimportant" characteristics.
Conclusions and controversy
While these results are impressive and exciting, I think that some questions remain unanswered. I, for example, am wondering about the diffusion phase: As it is shown to be largely beneficial in helping the network generalize, it would seem that it's a good idea to let it be, even if it may be a relatively long process. This stands in contrast to the fact that in many cases, we know that early stopping is a good regularization strategy in neural network training. This fact raises the concern that the results presented are not completely general and don't apply for some cases. It would be interesting to know then, in which cases should training be stopped for fear of overfitting, and in which cases does it help generalization? Can this difference in the effect of long training be explained analytically through the information bottleneck?
Another concern I have with the paper, which also has to do with the generality of the results, is with some of the choices made by the authors. It seems to me that the fact that the classification problem was not taken from real data but fabricated artificially to have special characteristics means that it is at least worthwhile checking if the same observations can be made over real data. The choice of network architecture, which has layers in decreasing sizes from the input to the output, also seems to be quite "convenient" for the hypotheses the authors are trying to prove.
These concerns and many more were addressed in a recent submission to ICLR. The main results of this paper were also recently summarized very nicely in a blog post. The authors of this paper reproduced Schwarts-Ziv and Tishbi's results and then proceeded to testing their approach on different network architectures. They noticed that changing the activation function from a tanh nonlinearity (except for the final layer) to a ReLU nonlinearity changed the observed results drastically:
Investigating further, the authors consider a simple 3-node network, which is in fact nothing more than a perceptron with a nonlinearity. They pass a Gaussian signal through this node, which multiplies it by a learned coefficient and then passes the result through a nonlinearity to create a binary prediction. Even in this simple system, it turns out that only with the tanh nonlinearity a decrease in the mutual information with the entry X can be observed in later parts of the training process. ReLU nonlinearity does not exhibit this kind of behaviour.
These results demonstrate clearly that some more work is required in order to achieve complete understanding of the relationship between the information bottleneck and deep neural networks. While the idea itself is very interesting and has theoretical merit, empirical results are ambiguous. In time, I hope more interesting results will show up, as well as new approaches to analyzing and understanding them.
What do you think? Do you find the information bottleneck to be a useful insight to deep neural networks? Does it help your understanding of them? Leave your comments below.


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text: Angus Convention 2018 Comprehensive coverage from the Angus Media team. Since 2005, the Angus Foundation has provided funding for genetic research, making investments totaling more $1 million, said Milford Jenkins, Angus Foundation president. – Photo by Troy Smith, Angus Media Workshop Offers Members a Chance to Get to Know the Angus Foundation By Troy Smith | Angus Media 11/15/2016 Angus Foundation: Championing a Cause, David McMahon INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Nov. 5, 2016) — "It's really about establishing relationships," stated Milford Jenkins, describing the Angus Foundation during an educational workshop Nov. 5 at the 2016 Angus Convention in Indianapolis, Ind. Jenkins, Angus Foundation president, recounted the organization's history and explained how its board of directors and staff work to secure, manage and steward contributions that fund programs for education, youth and research. Affiliated with the American Angus Association, the Angus Foundation was established in 1980 as a not-for-profit entity through which charitable gifts could be directed toward projects designed to benefit producers of Angus cattle and all of the beef cattle industry. Donations to the Angus Foundation are tax-deductible, to the extent allowed by law, and are professionally managed to maximize their benefit to specific purposes. According to Jenkins, the Angus Foundation currently is managing assets totaling more than $19 million. The bulk of its revenue, about 68%, comes from donor contributions. Twenty-five percent of Foundation income results from managed investments. The remainder results from the sale of merchandise that promotes the Angus breed and programs of the American Angus Association. Youth development is the area to which nearly half of Foundation expenditures is directed. The Foundation makes notable investment in youth through the scholarships awarded to students seeking postsecondary education, at both graduate and undergraduate levels. "During fiscal year 2016, the Angus Foundation awarded scholarships totaling $212,000," explained Jenkins. "Since 1998, over $2 million in scholarships have been awarded." Since 2005, the Angus Foundation has provided funding for genetic research, making investments totaling more $1 million. Jenkins said various areas of research are considered for funding, but priorities have been established as follows: feed efficiency, carcass merit, reproduction (stayability and longevity), adaptability, genome preservation, membership needs, breed strengths and disease. View Jenkins' PowerPoint slides. More information about the Angus Foundation and how to contribute toward its mission can be found at www.angusfoundation.org. Jenkins' presentation was one of a series of half-hour workshops hosted Nov. 5-6 in the Angus booth within the trade show at the 2016 Angus Convention. For additional coverage of the Angus Convention, tune in for The Angus Report the week of Nov. 21 on RFD-TV and watch for coverage in the Angus Journal and the Angus Beef Bulletin. Summaries, speaker presentations, photos, videos and much more can be found online at www.angus.media. Editor's Note The articles used within this site represent a mixture of copyrights. If you would like to reprint or repost an article, you must first request permission of Angus Media by contacting the editor at 816-383-5200 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Angus Media claims copyright to this website as presented. We welcome educational venues and cattlemen to link to this site as a service to their audience. Shauna Hermel Editor 816.383.5270 firstname.lastname@example.com Media Requests Looking to interview an Angus breeder? Need an expert on genomic technology? The American Angus Association is full of excellent resources to lead you to that next great story. Contact Clint Mefford, director of communications, to set up an interview. You can sign up for news releases and weekly video news releases online. Clint Mefford Director of Communications 816.383.5143 firstname.lastname@example.com


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#4 Rolls Royce Phantom Limo – Value: $3.8 Million
This Rolls Royce is the epitome of luxury. The wheels are custom 24 inch wheels and the doors close automatically. Its sound system is Lexicon and its seating is Soft Connolly leather, which is heated and there is rear A/C, as well as tinted windows and plush carpeting. Valued at 3.8 million dollars, this limo is nearly 10 times as expensive as traditional limos.


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When BC NDP MLA David Eby defeated Premier Christy Clark in the 2013 election in the riding of Vancouver Point Grey, it was a bit of a shocker.
It's unusual for a sitting Premier to lose their own seat, especially while the party increased their majority, except Eby is one of the more charismatic members of the BC NDP with a high profile dating back to his time at the BC Civil Liberties Association.
But like most New Democrats of today, David Eby has an activist past that includes attending an Earth First conference in Scotland.
Earth First is an environmental group that was designated a terrorist organization by the US Army.
Watch as I show you what Eby learned at this conference and his response to me in an attempt to distance himself from that event.
I'll show you why I think Eby has no excuse for attending such a conference put on by Earth First given the litany of violent activism the group participated in during the 1980's and 1990's including a bombing, vandalizing ski resorts, golf courses, and even an attempt to sabotage a motorcycle race in the desert.
David Eby needs to disavow Earth First and the tactics they've used, because as projects get underway in BC, it's entirely possible some environmentalists will look to these tactics for inspiration.


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Lynn Shelton's "Touchy Feely" is one of those Mumblecore (a term used to describe micro budget pictures about awkward white people) movies that you just shrug at when done watching it. This doesn't mean it's completely bad. Considering all of the major studio comedy slog that comes out on a weekly basis, it is refreshing to see a comedy featuring awkward, average looking people and one that's not shot in the glamorous sectors of New York or Los Angeles. At the same time however, the characters in "Touchy Feely" are so thinly sketched and the situations they find themselves in feel so trivial and insignificant (this is true of all Mumblecore movies but for some reason the situations feel especially trivial in this film) that it doesn't leave much of an impression. While watching it you may be mildly entertained but when you're done it will almost completely evaporate from your mind. I think "Touchy Feely" can be best described as a ninety minute "sigh."
Shot on location in Seattle, WA— and made in the homemade deadpan/quirky manner, characteristic of all Mumblecore movies—"Touchy Feely" follows the goings on of two siblings (a brother and sister) who suffer from identity crises and need to be emotionally recharged. The sister Abby (Rosemarie DeWitt) is a masseuse who's a free spirit and into all of that Zen stuff, typical of any Indie-quirky comedy character. She's currently seeing a bike shop owner (played by Scoot McNairy) who suggests they move in together, which she agrees to hesitantly. But then, one day she develops a sudden aversion to physical contact with humans. This means she can't do her job and can't interact with her fellow.
We never find out why she gets this sudden aversion and quite frankly Shelton doesn't give us much of a reason to care. Perhaps it's caused by the proposal for her to move in with her boyfriend (I've forgotten the name of McNairy's character and I can't find it anywhere online) but he seems decent enough and before he can even figure out what's going on she runs away from him. So ultimately Abby comes off mopey and shallow and her problem feels so "First world." Shelton probably wanted it to be ambiguous but her character is so thin that you don't really care to think that much about it afterwards.
The brother Paul (Josh Pais) is a little more interesting, although he's still thinly drawn. He lives a mundane, uptight life as a dentist with his daughter Jenny (a surprisingly restrained Ellen Paige). Initially his dentistry (plainly named "Family Dentistry") is struggling but then, seemingly out of nowhere (much like his sister's bizarre condition) he acquires a "Magic Touch" and without boring you with more details, his waiting room goes from empty to full. Admittedly I found some mild amusement from this whimsical little tangent but Shelton doesn't do a whole lot with it and it's resolved fairly quickly. After that there's not much else for Paul to do.
However, Jenny is probably the weakest note in the entire picture, despite Paige's best attempts. We get the impression early on that she's not entirely happy working and living with her dad, and would like to go to college (she even fills out applications but doesn't send them in, out of fear that her dad might not be supportive) but she doesn't appear to have any ambitions or interests. Or at least we don't see any. Of all the main characters we learn the least about her and so she doesn't seem to serve much of a purpose.
For ninety minutes "Touchy Feely" proceeds to wander around from one mundane situation to the next, nothing much of interest happening in each one. Until it finally reaches its resolution, which—much like the rest of the movie—is underwhelming. The only major message I took away from the entire picture is that consuming tablets of ecstasy can help you get your life back on track. Like I said before, the movie isn't all bad, the interactions between the characters feel perfectly natural and are handled without any melodrama. Also the acting overall is solid (especially Pais, whose mannerisms and tone of voice are shockingly normal. He doesn't appear to be giving a performance) but in the end "Touchy Feely" amounts to very little.


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Scope of Responsibilities: Responsible for assisting the House Manager/DSP Administrator with the overall supervision of an assigned House facility(s) and the care of the resident clients. Responsible for the adherence to the regulations of the operation of an Adult Care Facility as mandated by law, in alignment with Christian Science practices and Twelveacres' Code of Conduct and Ethical Principles.
- A minimum of 1 year with demonstrated success working with the developmentally disabled preferred. Experience in working with individual care plans desired.
- Must have ability to communicate effectively using varying communication methods (written, verbal, non-verbal, etc.) to individuals with vastly varying degrees of intellect.
- Able to speak, read and write English fluently.
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required with a college degree in Special Education preferred.
- Must be an actively practicing Christian Scientist, Class taught or complete Class within the first year in this position.
- Must be a member of Mother Church and be or become a branch church member within the first year in this position.
- Must have a valid driver's license meeting California DMV requirements.
Duties and Responsibilities are to assist the House Manager/DSP Administrator:
- Responsible for assisting with the training, scheduling and management of staff.
- Assist House Manager with preparing resident care and goals objective reporting.
- Menu planning, food purchasing and meal preparation.
- Encourage opportunities for growth by the resident clients in self-help skills, daily living skills, behavioral management skills and adaptive living skills.
- Ensure household safety and cleanliness including managing cleaning and laundry duties.
If interested, please submit your resume and a cover letter as soon as possible to:
Twelveacres, Inc.
595 Millich Drive, Suite 104
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Using Price Per Square Foot to Figure Home Values
Points to remember: Smaller square foot homes command higher per square foot costs. Larger square foot homes command lower per square foot prices. To get a good feel for square foot pricing, it helps to look at how square footage is calculated. Here is a look at the median vs average per square foot price.
Say you are looking at a 1,500-square foot home that is listed for $150,000. The price per square foot is $100. Maybe the home next door is 2,000 square feet, and it is listed at $185,000. The price per square foot of the larger home is $92.50. Which is a better buy? (Don't worry, it's a trick question.)
Average (Mean) Price per Square Foot
You can arrive at the average per square foot cost of a home by adding the square foot cost of each home that has sold in any given area and dividing by the number of homes that sold.
For example, say three homes sold on Broadway for $200,000 each. Property A was 1,000 square feet, and Properties B and C two were $1,200 square feet. Two more homes sold a block away. Property D was $180,000 and 1,200 square feet, while Property E was $585,000 and 2,100 square feet. There is a big discrepancy between homes that are 1,000 square feet and homes more than twice that size, but that's how averages and medians are calculated.
- Property A sold at $200 per square foot.
- Property B sold at $167 per square foot.
- Property C sold at $167 per square foot.
- Property D sold at $150 per square foot.
- Property E sold at $278 per square foot.
- The average per square foot cost is $192.
Median Price per Square Foot
The median price is the middle price point – half the homes sold above the median and half sold below the median. It is often used as a more accurate measure of value, although it's better than a mean pricing, especially when there are extremes. However, it, too, is not a clear picture. In the example for average per square foot costs above, the median price would be $167.
Per square foot costs are used a lot in new construction. The square foot cost to rebuild your home, if it's older, is often likely to be higher than the cost to buy. Those can be based on averages because 2x4's, Sheetrock, and other construction materials cost the same per square foot from one house to the next.
Since each home is unique, it's not wise to base the purchase price of a home you are going to buy on either median nor average per square foot costs. Instead, think of these numbers as indicative of overall trends. Prices per square foot can vary based on location, condition, improvements, and updates, including lot sizes, and whether it's a one-story or multi-level home, among other factors.
The main reason prices per square foot is important is to show you trends. If you can compare the average price per square foot for the past 12 months, you can determine whether values are rising or falling. But much of that depends on the average size of the home.
As long as all homes are similar in square footage, the average price per square foot will show you a trend. But if some homes are larger than others, an average won't help much at all. The answer to whether it's better to buy a home that is smaller at a higher per square foot or a larger home at a smaller per square foot cost depends on the typical average square footage of homes in that area. Although many buyers want to buy a larger home, if that larger home is a white elephant, it's not the best financial choice.
How the Price Per Square Foot Helps to Determine Values
In short, it really doesn't. You can't take the average price per square foot and multiply it times the square footage of the home you are thinking about buying. It doesn't work that way. Appraisers don't rely on square foot costs. The pricing per square foot simply gives you average or median ranges; it shows you trends. In most cases, it does not accurately compute the value.


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The beginner's guide to selling products online.
The 21st century is an exciting time to be an Australian seller. With the impending launch of Amazon in Australia to join ranks with a host of existing online sales platforms, local businesses can target customers all over the country and right around the world.
However, if you're new to the world of ecommerce, selling your products online can seem like a confusing and daunting venture. Let's take a look at everything you need to know to sell items online and how you can get started.
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Use an online seller account to save on foreign exchange costs
An international online seller account might be a way you can keep more of your profits when you need to transfer them back to Australian dollars.
The "Rate" and "Amount Received" displayed are indicative rates that have been supplied by each brand or gathered by Finder.
Exchange rates are volatile and change often. As a result, the exchange rate listed on Finder may vary to the actual exchange rate quoted for the brand. Please confirm the actual exchange rate and mention "Finder" before you commit to a brand.
The "Rate" and "Amount Received" displayed are indicative rates that have been supplied by each brand or gathered by Finder.
Exchange rates are volatile and change often. As a result, the exchange rate listed on Finder may vary to the actual exchange rate quoted for the brand. Please confirm the actual exchange rate and mention "Finder" before you commit to a brand.
Why sell online?
It's simple: selling products to consumers online greatly increases your reach. Rather than being restricted to customers who can visit your store in person, you can now sell to people in another city or state and even internationally. More customers mean more sales and an increase in profits.
How do I sell products online?
There are two basic options to consider when you want to sell things online:
- Setting up your own ecommerce website. Selling from your own online store gives you complete control over how you list and sell your products, but it can be time- consuming getting started and difficult to generate sufficient traffic to your website.
- Selling through an ecommerce marketplace. An alternative and much easier option is to list and sell products on an already-established online marketplace like eBay or Amazon. This allows you to tap into the marketplace's reputation, infrastructure and existing customer reach to target a much broader customer base.
This article will look at how you can start selling products through an online marketplace.
Getting started
Starting out as an online seller is easier than you might think. While the signup process and information required varies slightly depending on the marketplace you choose, you will usually need to follow a few simple steps:
- Sign up for an account. This is quick and easy to do online. Depending on the service you select, it may or may not be free. You'll need to provide your name, contact details, business name and bank account information.
- List your items. Next, decide on price points for your products and list them for sale on the marketplace. You'll need to provide a product description and images, as well as shipping information and costs.
- Start selling. As sales start coming in, you'll need to ship products to customers. If you have trouble getting sales, you could consider adjusting your prices or checking what special features are available to make your products more visible.
- Bring your money home. If you receive payments in a foreign currency, you'll need to transfer those funds back into Australian dollars.
Do I need an ABN to sell online?
Whether or not you need an ABN depends on if you're selling items online as a hobby or as a business. If selling online is a pastime and something you're just doing for a bit of fun, no ABN is required. If the main reason you're selling online is to make a profit, you must have an ABN.
It's also important to be aware of the impact of GST. If your turnover exceeds $75,000 a year, you must register for GST. To do that you'll need an ABN, so an ABN is therefore essential if your turnover exceeds $75,000 each year.
How much does it cost to sell products online?
While there are some online marketplaces that let you list and sell products for free, most will require you to pay for the privilege. There are a few separate fees you need to be aware of, and depending on the marketplace one or more might apply:
- Fee per month. You may need to pay an ongoing subscription fee each month, regardless of whether or not you make any sales. Some sites offer an entry-level free account, but provide additional features and tools for sellers for an additional monthly fee.
- Fee per sale. It's quite common for marketplaces to charge a small fee on each sale you make. This could be a percentage of the sale amount, a flat fee per sale, or a combination of a flat fee plus percentage.
- Fee per listing. Other marketplaces charge a fee for each product you list for sale, regardless of whether the product actually sells or not.
For example, every eBay seller is entitled to 40 free listings per month. Additional listings attract an insertion fee of $1.65 if priced under $100, or $3.85 if over $100. Next, you'll need to pay a final value fee of 10.9% of the total price the buyer pays for each item sold (including postage and handling) up to a maximum of $440 in most categories.
Read the fine print to ensure you're aware of the costs for selling products online.
Dealing with foreign exchange rates
If you sell to overseas customers, another obstacle you'll need to overcome is finding a cost-effective way to bring your profits home. Foreign exchange rates can have a huge impact on your bottom line. For example, while you might get the price you want in US dollars, if the USD/AUD exchange rate is at a low point then your profits could take a hit when you try to bring the money back to Australia.
While it's possible to repatriate funds to Australia through some ecommerce sites, those sites typically don't offer the best exchange rates on their transactions. Instead, you will usually find much better value if you transfer your profits back to Australia using a specialist online transfer company.
These providers offer higher exchange rates than you'll get from your bank, and many also offer accounts specifically designed for online sellers. These accounts allow you to access local bank accounts in international markets, which means you can hold funds in multiple currencies and then bring your money back to Australia when the exchange rate peaks.
There are a few other issues to be aware of when sending international money transfers:
- Timing your transfer. Exchange rates fluctuate substantially daily, weekly, and monthly so you might be able to find much better value for money simply by waiting a month or two to send your transfer. If you understand the many factors that affect foreign exchange rates, you can time your transaction to take advantage of a high rate.
- Transfer fees. Before sending money overseas, review the transaction details to make sure you're aware of any applicable transaction fees. These fees can make a big difference to the total cost of a transfer so it's worth shopping around for the best deal.
Check out our guide to international payments for online sellers to find out how you can send cost-effective overseas transfers.
How do I price my products?
Working out the right prices for the products you sell is often a difficult task. If you're new to the world of online selling, remember to consider a few factors:
- Profit margins. How much does it cost you to make the products you sell? How do you need to price your products to ensure that you can still make an acceptable profit?
- Fees and costs. Selling things online comes with fees and charges attached. As well as the fees imposed by whichever marketplace you choose, you'll also need to consider the cost of returns and the impact of foreign exchange rates when selling to overseas buyers.
- Competition. Examining what your competitors are doing is crucial. Take a look at how similar products are priced on the same marketplace to make your prices competitive.
- Incentives. Once you've worked out a competitive price point for your product, think about the incentives you can offer to help your products stand out from the crowd. For example, you could offer limited-time discounts or free shipping for orders over a specific minimum amount.
Where can I sell products online?
You're spoiled for choice when it comes to online marketplaces where you can sell products. Amazon and eBay are the two biggest sites and others like Etsy and Zazzle also have loyal followings.
Which marketplaces should you choose to help you sell your products? That depends on a number of factors. Amazon and eBay are the most recognised and have the widest reach, but others target specific niches. For example, Etsy specialises in selling unique, handmade items, while a site like Zazzle helps emerging designers find new customers for their products.
For help choosing the best online marketplace for your business, check out our guide to where to sell things online.


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How To Explode Your MLM Business Part 1: Solo Ads
The Difference Between Biz Opp Seekers And Buyer Leads
BY DENLYN BLAKE, Sept 20th, 2016
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How to explode your MLM business. In part 1, we will be discussing using paid traffic to build our business. Specifically, how to use email traffic source known as solo ads.
In this post, I will define solo ads, the types of traffic vendors have and the difference between biz opp seekers and buyer leads list. Discover, who is your best prospect and how to attract them.
What Are Solo Ads?
Solo ads allow you tap into someone else's (aka vendor) list that they have a rapport with and send an email compelling them to click to your capture page. (Also called a squeeze page for the purpose of collect the email and/or name).
Typically, you want a page that converts between 30-40%. So out of 100 clicks, you should get 30 - 40 leads. However, the industry standard is a low 10%. The more people opt-in the greater your chance of a sale. This one of fastest and simplest ways to build your business online.
You are paying for clicks sometimes 35 cents , 80+ cents. The higher the cost usually the better quality traffic. Beware not all solo vendors are the same. Some vendors have garbage traffic so make sure you get Tier 1 (Top English Speaking Countries) traffic at least 70%.
Solo ads do not guarantee sales. If you paid for quality clicks, and you got clicks and leads then the solo worked!!!
The lead conversion may vary from the color of buttons or the copy on your page, you must split test so you find the better performing page. Sales conversions can be determined really with your follow-up process.
Biz Opp Seekers Solo Ads
- This list of people can be mixed with buyers sometimes. But generally, you will have people who are new to network marketing/ internet marketing space.
- They may or may not be aware of network marketing, your company yet. Some might be in the research phase and are looking up terms such as XYZ comp plan, XYZ review.
- If they are not in the industry as yet they may think everything is a scam!
- Most people will not buy right away..."they gotta do their research." It might take 1, 3, 6+ months for some people to convert. (You earn their trust by adding value).
Buyer Leads Solo Ads
- A buyer lead is someone who has bought product, service, software, tool, training or joined a business in the last 30 - 90 days.
- They are more apt to buy than a biz opp seeker. Remember buyers tend to be repeat buyers.
- They don't think everything a scam because they in the industry already.
- The best people to target for your business are other network marketers or affiliate marketers.
- Generally, buyer leads cost most than solo ad traffic. It's always good to know from the vendor the prices points that work for the buyers. Because you don't want to sell $500 products to $27-$67 buyer list.
The Best Way To Attract Network Marketers
The absolute best way to attract another person in this industry is to solve their problem. Especially, when using this specific traffic source (I will discuss more in another post). It's full of people marketing their business and products. A person is more apt to hear about your fabulous opportunity after you have given them something of value.
What problems do network marketers have?
They don't have enough cash-flow. They don't know how to get enough people to look at their deal aka traffic. They don't know how to get leads and converts them into sales.
So you need a product, tool or training that can solve that problem. You can simply go over to places such as JvZoo, Clickbank orThe Warrior Forum and get a free account. Pick a product to use as a funded proposal...tool, training that you can sell to help another business owner build their business while you get a commission.
Or you can use a lead magnet to get them on your list. A lead magnet is something valuable you give away for free in exchange for a prospect's email address.
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