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Right on, Spence-dogg! Keeping fingers crossed I can put them out on a regular schedule. But I’ve got a small stack of ’em tucked away, so I feel pretty good.
“Sometimes I wish our friendship wasn’t based on a giant pillow fight.” Brilliant.
Thanks so much, Tawny! Much much appreciated.

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right on, spence-dogg! keeping fingers crossed i can put them out on a regular schedule. but i’ve got a small stack of ’em tucked away, so i feel pretty good.
“sometimes i wish our friendship wasn’t based on a giant pillow fight.” brilliant.
thanks so much, tawny! much much appreciated.


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Hence the title: Precious Little. It's precious and it's little.
Tracks include: Smells Like Teen Spirit, Theme from Shaft, Bang Bang (you shot me down), Psycho Killer, and The Girl from Devizes, a possible Bebop classic. Jazz, rock, grunge, country and the unclassifiable. All played on ukuleles and nothing but.

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ukuleles are small and endearing. for the player, it's sometimes difficult to find the right ukulele.
hence the title: precious little. it's precious and it's little.
tracks include: smells like teen spirit, theme from shaft, bang bang (you shot me down), psycho killer, and the girl from devizes, a possible bebop classic. jazz, rock, grunge, country and the unclassifiable. all played on ukuleles and nothing but.


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One of the new features in DB2 version 9 which got a lot of attention is certainly 'Row Compression'. While compression algorithms are in place already in DB2 before version 9 (for instance backup compression, value compression), row compression is unique for several reasons. But first let's distinguish between value compression and row compression. Both methods are used to compress table data and therefore save space in the database. Value compression, available since version 8.1 of DB2, does so by introducing a new row format which saves space for certain data types if they are empty or SQL null.
applicability in SAP systems Row compression on the other hand uses standard data compression algorithms to compress a row. This includes the creation of a 'dictionary' which defines symbols for particular groups of bytes which appear frequently in the table data.
To be more precise, row compression in DB2 uses a lossless compression technique with a static dictionary and works on a 'per table' basis. Static here means that the dictionary, once build, is fixed and will not change upon INSERTs or UPDATEs. The dictionary must exists before the table can be compressed. Creation of the dictionary and compressing the table is done in one step with an offline table REORG. To create the dictionary, the algorithm looks for repeating entries (or patterns) in rows. These entries may span over several adjacent columns. They are replaced by a symbol and the symbol is stored together with the repeating entries in the dictionary. During decompression (which is completely transparent to the database user) the DBMS replaces the symbols found in a row with the entries which are stored in the dictionary for this symbol. This way, a row gets shorter on disk and more rows will fit into one page. The dictionary itself is stored together with the table data and is not accessible from the outside. Upon access to a compressed table the dictionary is loaded into (DBHEAP-)memory for faster decompression. Dictionaries can not exceed the size of 150 KByte, they are usually about 75 KByte in size.
As indexes are used for fast access to records index data will not be compressed. Also, long and LOB table data is not compressed.
Compressed data is represented as it is in the buffer pool. In other words, the content of the buffer pool is also compressed if it is related to a compressed table. This allows for a more effective memory usage.
As already mentioned, row compression works on a per table basis (it can be switched on for single tables). In case of a multi partition environment, it works on a 'per table/per partition' basis in the sense that every compressed table has their own dictionary on every partition.
DB20000I The INSPECT command completed successfully.
Compression dictionary size: 56832 bytes.
Expansion dictionary size: 32768 bytes.
The two lines 'Percentage of pages/bytes saved from compression' tell us here that a space reduction by 87% is expected from row compression which is certainly a lot. (I can now admit that I selected this table as it constitutes a very good showcase for row compression :). Also, the complete dictionary size for the table (on this partition) is estimated with 56832 + 32768 = 89600 Bytes = 87,5 KByte. This table is identified as an rewarding object for row compression.
The next step is to switch on row compression. This is done with the new addition 'COMPRESS YES' for the ALTER TABLE statement. Note that this addition is also available for the CREATE TABLE statement. In both cases the table will not be compressed with this statement! Instead it is more that the specified table is now 'eligible' from compression. The field 'COMPRESSION' in the SYSCAT.TABLES view tells us if compression is switched on for a table or not.
REORG has the two new options RESETDICTIONARY and KEEPDICTIONARY. So it is possible to do a reorganization without running the compress algorithm again by retaining an existing dictionary. For the exact meaning of these options please lookup REORG in the DB2 Command Reference.
With ADMIN_GET_TAB_INFO I can check the size of the dictionary. Exactly like estimated by INSPECT it's size is 87.5 KByte. The table now occupies only (273184*100)/2075296 = 13.1% of the original space on disk so that indeed 100% - 13% = 87% of the disk space are saved.
Now you may think that every good thing has a downside. Do we have to pay for these space savings? It is very difficult to find a general answer for the costs associated with row compression. Obviously, we need more CPU time for decompression. If on the other hand your database is more I/O bound the savings from less I/O may (and in most cases will) outperform these additional CPU cycles. So there is no universal answer.
Otherwise we can examine how the various SQL statements are affected by row compression. Remember that the algorithm works with a static dictionary which is not changed by DML statements issued against a compressed table. From measurements conducted by our IBM colleagues here at SAP (thanks!) we found out that there is nearly no overhead for SELECTs and only a small overhead for INSERTs. UPDATEs to existing rows need a bit more attention. If the update changes the table data in a way that a compression symbol must be expanded to the original entries the row will to be larger after the update than before. As a result the row will not fit in its original location. If there is still free space left on the data page DB2 will do a page reorg to assemble the free space and fit the row back in. If there is not enough free space DB2 will need to create an overflow record (that means that only a pointer will be left on the page and the remainder of the row will be stored on another page). These additional operations will bring along some additional cost if they occur. You therefore may see a slight decrease in update performance compared to an uncompressed table. It very much depends on your actual data and your update frequency if you see a decrease in update performance.
Regarding the compression ratio, 87% like in this example is certainly a very good showcase. For the most tables which are suitable for row compression a compression rate around 70% would be more realistic.
Row compression is a very useful feature and it will be supported by various SAP products.
Starting today you can transparently enable row compression for any table in your SAP system through a manual DBA action. To find suitable candidates for row compression in your SAP system the new UDF 'INSPECT_TABLE_ROWCOMPESTIMATE' is available. UDF can be used. The note also describes how to create DB2 scripts to enable row compression on multiple tables.
SAP BI will fully support DB2 row compression starting with it's next version. Row compression will become the default for BI fact tables. Support for existing versions of SAP BI/BW is also available soon, There will be more information about row compression in SAP BI posted on SDN soon.
R3load has the new option '-loadprocedure fast COMPRESS'. Started with this option it loads part of the data, does a REORG to create the compression dictionary and then loads the rest of the data. This way the table does not grow up to it's full size before it is compressed.
The SAP DBA Cockpit (transaction 'DBACOCKPIT') will fully support row compression starting with the next release of SAP Netweaver. See below a sneak preview from one of our development systems. Note that the development is still ongoing here and there might be changes!
The 'Single Table Analysis' shows if a row and/or value compression is switched on for the table. The picture shows the state of our table after row compression took place.
On the new compression tab you can find all information regarding row compression. All the things I did above manually (including the INSPECT run) can be scheduled very easy via the DBA cockpit.
Johannes Heinrich Johannes works as a developer in the 'DB2 UDB for Unix and Windows' porting team at SAP.
Excellent piece of information. we look forward for more such papers from the author..

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one of the new features in db2 version 9 which got a lot of attention is certainly 'row compression'. while compression algorithms are in place already in db2 before version 9 (for instance backup compression, value compression), row compression is unique for several reasons. but first let's distinguish between value compression and row compression. both methods are used to compress table data and therefore save space in the database. value compression, available since version 8.1 of db2, does so by introducing a new row format which saves space for certain data types if they are empty or sql null.
applicability in sap systems row compression on the other hand uses standard data compression algorithms to compress a row. this includes the creation of a 'dictionary' which defines symbols for particular groups of bytes which appear frequently in the table data.
to be more precise, row compression in db2 uses a lossless compression technique with a static dictionary and works on a 'per table' basis. static here means that the dictionary, once build, is fixed and will not change upon inserts or updates. the dictionary must exists before the table can be compressed. creation of the dictionary and compressing the table is done in one step with an offline table reorg. to create the dictionary, the algorithm looks for repeating entries (or patterns) in rows. these entries may span over several adjacent columns. they are replaced by a symbol and the symbol is stored together with the repeating entries in the dictionary. during decompression (which is completely transparent to the database user) the dbms replaces the symbols found in a row with the entries which are stored in the dictionary for this symbol. this way, a row gets shorter on disk and more rows will fit into one page. the dictionary itself is stored together with the table data and is not accessible from the outside. upon access to a compressed table the dictionary is loaded into (dbheap-)memory for faster decompression. dictionaries can not exceed the size of 150 kbyte, they are usually about 75 kbyte in size.
as indexes are used for fast access to records index data will not be compressed. also, long and lob table data is not compressed.
compressed data is represented as it is in the buffer pool. in other words, the content of the buffer pool is also compressed if it is related to a compressed table. this allows for a more effective memory usage.
as already mentioned, row compression works on a per table basis (it can be switched on for single tables). in case of a multi partition environment, it works on a 'per table/per partition' basis in the sense that every compressed table has their own dictionary on every partition.
db20000i the inspect command completed successfully.
compression dictionary size: 56832 bytes.
expansion dictionary size: 32768 bytes.
the two lines 'percentage of pages/bytes saved from compression' tell us here that a space reduction by 87% is expected from row compression which is certainly a lot. (i can now admit that i selected this table as it constitutes a very good showcase for row compression :). also, the complete dictionary size for the table (on this partition) is estimated with 56832 + 32768 = 89600 bytes = 87,5 kbyte. this table is identified as an rewarding object for row compression.
the next step is to switch on row compression. this is done with the new addition 'compress yes' for the alter table statement. note that this addition is also available for the create table statement. in both cases the table will not be compressed with this statement! instead it is more that the specified table is now 'eligible' from compression. the field 'compression' in the syscat.tables view tells us if compression is switched on for a table or not.
reorg has the two new options resetdictionary and keepdictionary. so it is possible to do a reorganization without running the compress algorithm again by retaining an existing dictionary. for the exact meaning of these options please lookup reorg in the db2 command reference.
with admin_get_tab_info i can check the size of the dictionary. exactly like estimated by inspect it's size is 87.5 kbyte. the table now occupies only (273184*100)/2075296 = 13.1% of the original space on disk so that indeed 100% - 13% = 87% of the disk space are saved.
now you may think that every good thing has a downside. do we have to pay for these space savings? it is very difficult to find a general answer for the costs associated with row compression. obviously, we need more cpu time for decompression. if on the other hand your database is more i/o bound the savings from less i/o may (and in most cases will) outperform these additional cpu cycles. so there is no universal answer.
otherwise we can examine how the various sql statements are affected by row compression. remember that the algorithm works with a static dictionary which is not changed by dml statements issued against a compressed table. from measurements conducted by our ibm colleagues here at sap (thanks!) we found out that there is nearly no overhead for selects and only a small overhead for inserts. updates to existing rows need a bit more attention. if the update changes the table data in a way that a compression symbol must be expanded to the original entries the row will to be larger after the update than before. as a result the row will not fit in its original location. if there is still free space left on the data page db2 will do a page reorg to assemble the free space and fit the row back in. if there is not enough free space db2 will need to create an overflow record (that means that only a pointer will be left on the page and the remainder of the row will be stored on another page). these additional operations will bring along some additional cost if they occur. you therefore may see a slight decrease in update performance compared to an uncompressed table. it very much depends on your actual data and your update frequency if you see a decrease in update performance.
regarding the compression ratio, 87% like in this example is certainly a very good showcase. for the most tables which are suitable for row compression a compression rate around 70% would be more realistic.
row compression is a very useful feature and it will be supported by various sap products.
starting today you can transparently enable row compression for any table in your sap system through a manual dba action. to find suitable candidates for row compression in your sap system the new udf 'inspect_table_rowcompestimate' is available. udf can be used. the note also describes how to create db2 scripts to enable row compression on multiple tables.
sap bi will fully support db2 row compression starting with it's next version. row compression will become the default for bi fact tables. support for existing versions of sap bi/bw is also available soon, there will be more information about row compression in sap bi posted on sdn soon.
r3load has the new option '-loadprocedure fast compress'. started with this option it loads part of the data, does a reorg to create the compression dictionary and then loads the rest of the data. this way the table does not grow up to it's full size before it is compressed.
the sap dba cockpit (transaction 'dbacockpit') will fully support row compression starting with the next release of sap netweaver. see below a sneak preview from one of our development systems. note that the development is still ongoing here and there might be changes!
the 'single table analysis' shows if a row and/or value compression is switched on for the table. the picture shows the state of our table after row compression took place.
on the new compression tab you can find all information regarding row compression. all the things i did above manually (including the inspect run) can be scheduled very easy via the dba cockpit.
johannes heinrich johannes works as a developer in the 'db2 udb for unix and windows' porting team at sap.
excellent piece of information. we look forward for more such papers from the author..


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I normally blog only once daily but I found the stats presented here so cool that I had to post a mid-day entry. Although honestly, I doubt its accuracy as the usage of Internet from China alone could own anyone; it’s as if they exist in their own Internet universe.
It got me thinking about how we actually utilise this surfeit of information. For a good number of people, especially youths, their daily navigation do not go beyond three to four websites (I’m guessing Facebook, Youtube, Gmail and their blogs). May I urge all of us to make fuller use of the Internet for all its worth instead of idling our time away on it.
Nonetheless, enjoy the stat attack! (Source: “15 things I bet you didn’t know about the internet” from Curious? Read.) May it give you some interesting perspectives.

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i normally blog only once daily but i found the stats presented here so cool that i had to post a mid-day entry. although honestly, i doubt its accuracy as the usage of internet from china alone could own anyone; it’s as if they exist in their own internet universe.
it got me thinking about how we actually utilise this surfeit of information. for a good number of people, especially youths, their daily navigation do not go beyond three to four websites (i’m guessing facebook, youtube, gmail and their blogs). may i urge all of us to make fuller use of the internet for all its worth instead of idling our time away on it.
nonetheless, enjoy the stat attack! (source: “15 things i bet you didn’t know about the internet” from curious? read.) may it give you some interesting perspectives.


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es gibt 66334 eintr�ge in das g�stebuch.
الذي يتخذ طريقه إلى بوابة الكبد ليدخل في الكبد ويمده بالغذاء اللازم.
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simply just want to mention now i am lucky that i happened upon your web page.
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you may also improve the graphics if you wanted it. for many gamers who construct their very own custom system are able to upgrade their system memory and set up a cpu and dedicated graphics card whereas making a desktop in order to convert their common desktop computer into a gaming computer.
there's little doubt that the older mid-sized laptops are making way for slimmer models, especially the 'skinny and gentle' machines which forego a cd/dvd drive. these cooling programs enabled in all the most recent gaming pc however make to ask about it earlier than making any deal.
it also has help for water cooling with house for pumps and reservoirs; which is lucky contemplating how a lot heat 1-2 graphics cards and as much as 12 exhausting-drives would pump out! the price of desktop: probably the most engaging thing about having a gaming pc is that they value much less than gaming laptops.
these laptops are a superb supply of entertainment, and one would have the ability to play their greater graphic video games with ease.
what's up, well put together websites you've got at this time there.


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Discussion in 'General Mac Discussion' started by mac15, Feb 18, 2002.
i changed the splash screen for netscape and OS 9.
the rest of the system sounds were the same platnum ones.
I think I did some other stuff to.. but I dont remember. I havent messed with OS X yet. I like the interface too much to mess with it yet. Ill do it when I get bord of it some day... if I get bord some day.
... PS.. if anyone want to check out my sound set... I can send it to you if you like.
could you send it to me? thanks.
are low tech mods... I just put the system7 sound files in the shutdown and startup folders.
I have those if you guys want those too.
oh... by the way... I sent my sound set to you this morning.
Does anybody know if there are any Resourse editors for X?? or does X not have resources structured in an editable fashion like 9 and previous???
Dude, resexellence.com isnt up. either that or my computer is just whacked. any other sites?

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discussion in 'general mac discussion' started by mac15, feb 18, 2002.
i changed the splash screen for netscape and os 9.
the rest of the system sounds were the same platnum ones.
i think i did some other stuff to.. but i dont remember. i havent messed with os x yet. i like the interface too much to mess with it yet. ill do it when i get bord of it some day... if i get bord some day.
... ps.. if anyone want to check out my sound set... i can send it to you if you like.
could you send it to me? thanks.
are low tech mods... i just put the system7 sound files in the shutdown and startup folders.
i have those if you guys want those too.
oh... by the way... i sent my sound set to you this morning.
does anybody know if there are any resourse editors for x?? or does x not have resources structured in an editable fashion like 9 and previous???
dude, resexellence.com isnt up. either that or my computer is just whacked. any other sites?


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I have often heard people saying that why convolutional neural networks are still poorly understood. Is it known why convolutional neural networks always end up learning increasingly sophisticated features as we go up the layers? What caused them create such a stack of features and would this also be true for other types of deep neural networks?
Actually I guess the question is a bit broad! Anyway.
What is learned in ConvNets tries to minimize the cost function to categorize the inputs correctly in classification tasks. All parameter changing and learned filters are in order to achieve the mentioned goal.
They try to reduce the cost by learning low level, sometimes meaningless, features like horizontal and vertical lines in their first layers and then stacking them to make abstract shapes, which often have meaning, in their last layers. For illustrating this fig. 1, which has been used from here, can be considered. The input is the bus and the gird shows the activations after passing the input through different filters in the first layer. As it can be seen the red frame which is the activation of a filter, which its parameters have been learned, has been activated for relatively horizontal edges. The blue frame has been activated for relatively vertical edges. It is possible that ConvNets learn unknown filters that are useful and we, as e.g. computer vision practitioners, have not discovered that they may be useful. The best part of these nets is that they try to find appropriate filters by their own and don't use our limited discovered filters. They learn filters to reduce the amount of cost function. As mentioned these filters are not necessarily known.
In deeper layers, the features learned in previous layers come together and make shapes which often have meaning. In this paper it has been discussed that these layers may have activations which are meaningful to us or the concepts which have meaning to us, as human beings, may be distributed among other activations. In fig. 2 the green frame shows the activatins of a filter in the fifth layer of a ConvNet. This filter cares about the faces. Suppose that the red one cares about hair. These have meaning. As it can be seen there are other activations that have been activated right in the position of typical faces in the input, the green frame is one of them; The blue frame is another example of these. Accordingly, abstraction of shapes can be learned by a filter or numerous filters. In other words, each concept, like face and its components, can be distributed among the filters. In cases where the concepts are distributed among different layers, if someone look at each of them, they may be sophisticated. The information is distributed among them and for understanding that information all of those filters and their activations have to be considered although they may seem so much complicated.
CNNs should not be considered as black boxes at all. Zeiler et all in this amazing paper have discussed the development of better models is reduced to trial and error if you don't have understanding of what is done inside these nets. This paper tries to visualize the feature maps in ConvNets.
ConvNets use pooling layers not only to reduce the number of parameters but also to have the capability to be insensitive to the exact position of each feature. Also the use of them enables the layers to learn different features which means first layers learn simple low level features like edges or arcs, and deeper layers learn more complicated features like eyes or eyebrows. Max Pooling e.g. tries to investigate whether a special feature exists in a special region or not. The idea of pooling layers is so useful but it is just capable to handle transition among other transformations. Although filters in different layers try to find different patterns, e.g. a rotated face is learned using different layers than a usual face, CNNs by there own do not have any layer to handle other transformations. To illustrate this suppose that you want to learn simple faces without any rotation with a minimal net. In this case your model may do that perfectly. suppose that you are asked to learn all kind of faces with arbitrary face rotation. In this case your model has to be much more bigger than the previous learned net. The reason is that there have to be filters to learn these rotations in the input. Unfortunately these are not all transformations. Your input may also be distorted too. These cases made Max Jaderberg et all angry. They composed this paper to deal with these problems in order to settle down our anger as theirs.
Finally after referring to these points, they work because they try to find patterns in the input data. They stack them to make abstract concepts by there convolution layers. They try to find out whether the input data has each of these concepts or not in there dense layers to figure out which class the input data belongs to.
ConvNets work because they exploit feature locality. They do it at different granularities, therefore being able to model hierarchically higher level features. They are translation invariant thanks to pooling units. They are not rotation-invariant per se, but they usually converge to filters that are rotated versions of the same filters, hence supporting rotated inputs.
I know of no other neural architecture that profits from feature locality in the same sense as ConvNets do.
One should never forget the other components in a typical ConvNet. The convolution filters pick out the spatial invariant features, like edges and circles. These features are quantified in a pooling layer which follows the C layer. Finally, they are fed into (usually) multiple fully connected layers (fc). Credit must be given to these fully connected layers which are nothing more than what you find in any ordinary MLP.
Convolutional neural networks work because it's a good extension from the standard deep-learning algorithm.
Given unlimited resources and money, there is no need for convolutional because the standard algorithm will also work. However, convolutional is more efficient because it reduces the number of parameters. The reduction is possible because it takes advantage of feature locality, exactly what @ncasas writes.
Is it known why convolutional neural networks always end up learning increasingly sophisticated features as we go up the layers?
This is pure mathematics. A neural network, at the end of the day, is a big mathematical function. And the deeper the network, the bigger the function it represents. And by bigger, I obviously mean high-dimensional. The features learned are more sophisticated because they are the results of more sophisticated functions.
Interestingly enough, conventional neural networks were inspired by our own, actually cat's, biology. Hubel and Wiesel conducted experiments on the visual cortex of cats, and they realized that light was perceived by stacks of optic fields. This is what inspired convolutional layer and a deeper architecture.
They are invavriant to geometrical transformations and learn features that get increasingly complicated and detailed, hence being powerful hierarchical feature extractors thanks to the convolutional layers.
They combine the extracted features and aggregate them in a non linear fashion to predict the output and therefore being robust classifiers thanks to the fully connected layers.
If you want to learn more about convnets and the different blocks building them as well as the intuitions that underly, here's a post I recently wrote on my personal blog that goes through the details.
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i have often heard people saying that why convolutional neural networks are still poorly understood. is it known why convolutional neural networks always end up learning increasingly sophisticated features as we go up the layers? what caused them create such a stack of features and would this also be true for other types of deep neural networks?
actually i guess the question is a bit broad! anyway.
what is learned in convnets tries to minimize the cost function to categorize the inputs correctly in classification tasks. all parameter changing and learned filters are in order to achieve the mentioned goal.
they try to reduce the cost by learning low level, sometimes meaningless, features like horizontal and vertical lines in their first layers and then stacking them to make abstract shapes, which often have meaning, in their last layers. for illustrating this fig. 1, which has been used from here, can be considered. the input is the bus and the gird shows the activations after passing the input through different filters in the first layer. as it can be seen the red frame which is the activation of a filter, which its parameters have been learned, has been activated for relatively horizontal edges. the blue frame has been activated for relatively vertical edges. it is possible that convnets learn unknown filters that are useful and we, as e.g. computer vision practitioners, have not discovered that they may be useful. the best part of these nets is that they try to find appropriate filters by their own and don't use our limited discovered filters. they learn filters to reduce the amount of cost function. as mentioned these filters are not necessarily known.
in deeper layers, the features learned in previous layers come together and make shapes which often have meaning. in this paper it has been discussed that these layers may have activations which are meaningful to us or the concepts which have meaning to us, as human beings, may be distributed among other activations. in fig. 2 the green frame shows the activatins of a filter in the fifth layer of a convnet. this filter cares about the faces. suppose that the red one cares about hair. these have meaning. as it can be seen there are other activations that have been activated right in the position of typical faces in the input, the green frame is one of them; the blue frame is another example of these. accordingly, abstraction of shapes can be learned by a filter or numerous filters. in other words, each concept, like face and its components, can be distributed among the filters. in cases where the concepts are distributed among different layers, if someone look at each of them, they may be sophisticated. the information is distributed among them and for understanding that information all of those filters and their activations have to be considered although they may seem so much complicated.
cnns should not be considered as black boxes at all. zeiler et all in this amazing paper have discussed the development of better models is reduced to trial and error if you don't have understanding of what is done inside these nets. this paper tries to visualize the feature maps in convnets.
convnets use pooling layers not only to reduce the number of parameters but also to have the capability to be insensitive to the exact position of each feature. also the use of them enables the layers to learn different features which means first layers learn simple low level features like edges or arcs, and deeper layers learn more complicated features like eyes or eyebrows. max pooling e.g. tries to investigate whether a special feature exists in a special region or not. the idea of pooling layers is so useful but it is just capable to handle transition among other transformations. although filters in different layers try to find different patterns, e.g. a rotated face is learned using different layers than a usual face, cnns by there own do not have any layer to handle other transformations. to illustrate this suppose that you want to learn simple faces without any rotation with a minimal net. in this case your model may do that perfectly. suppose that you are asked to learn all kind of faces with arbitrary face rotation. in this case your model has to be much more bigger than the previous learned net. the reason is that there have to be filters to learn these rotations in the input. unfortunately these are not all transformations. your input may also be distorted too. these cases made max jaderberg et all angry. they composed this paper to deal with these problems in order to settle down our anger as theirs.
finally after referring to these points, they work because they try to find patterns in the input data. they stack them to make abstract concepts by there convolution layers. they try to find out whether the input data has each of these concepts or not in there dense layers to figure out which class the input data belongs to.
convnets work because they exploit feature locality. they do it at different granularities, therefore being able to model hierarchically higher level features. they are translation invariant thanks to pooling units. they are not rotation-invariant per se, but they usually converge to filters that are rotated versions of the same filters, hence supporting rotated inputs.
i know of no other neural architecture that profits from feature locality in the same sense as convnets do.
one should never forget the other components in a typical convnet. the convolution filters pick out the spatial invariant features, like edges and circles. these features are quantified in a pooling layer which follows the c layer. finally, they are fed into (usually) multiple fully connected layers (fc). credit must be given to these fully connected layers which are nothing more than what you find in any ordinary mlp.
convolutional neural networks work because it's a good extension from the standard deep-learning algorithm.
given unlimited resources and money, there is no need for convolutional because the standard algorithm will also work. however, convolutional is more efficient because it reduces the number of parameters. the reduction is possible because it takes advantage of feature locality, exactly what @ncasas writes.
is it known why convolutional neural networks always end up learning increasingly sophisticated features as we go up the layers?
this is pure mathematics. a neural network, at the end of the day, is a big mathematical function. and the deeper the network, the bigger the function it represents. and by bigger, i obviously mean high-dimensional. the features learned are more sophisticated because they are the results of more sophisticated functions.
interestingly enough, conventional neural networks were inspired by our own, actually cat's, biology. hubel and wiesel conducted experiments on the visual cortex of cats, and they realized that light was perceived by stacks of optic fields. this is what inspired convolutional layer and a deeper architecture.
they are invavriant to geometrical transformations and learn features that get increasingly complicated and detailed, hence being powerful hierarchical feature extractors thanks to the convolutional layers.
they combine the extracted features and aggregate them in a non linear fashion to predict the output and therefore being robust classifiers thanks to the fully connected layers.
if you want to learn more about convnets and the different blocks building them as well as the intuitions that underly, here's a post i recently wrote on my personal blog that goes through the details.
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get best practice information. find edgy care controversies and against-the-grain approaches.
the audience: home centered caregivers of all kinds including paid caregivers and loved ones; home health & hospice rn’s; and allied professionals such as dieticians and physical therapists. practitioners who crave accurate & thought-provoking geriatric care info such as md’s, do’s, np’s, nd’s, pa’s and students will also find ekp a go-to site.
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We often wonder how often we should go to confession. The answer is simple—whenever you have a serious sin on your conscience. Examine your conscience and beg God to show you’re your faults; if you don’t know who you are then you don’t know what Christ came to save you from. This can be a difficult process, but a necessary one. Such study reveals our self-love by which we blind and deceive ourselves.
Our sins offend the Almighty God. He wants to forgive us and share His mercy. We must be satisfied not just with avoiding serious sins, but even the smallest, in an ongoing striving for holiness. Our sins cause ourselves and others unhappiness—why would we want this?!
St. John of Kronstadt says that if you live just one day in obedience to all the commandments then you’ll have a foretaste of Heaven. Once we know and detest our faults we can begin to replace them with virtues, but know that this won’t happen all at once. Be the simple, difficult, weak creature that you are, and start small—to try to stop sinning all at once is actually a manifestation of pride. Start with the baby milk of spiritual struggle before moving on to the strong wine.
How should we examine our conscience? You should do this daily, taking time at night to reflect. You can use the Ten Commandments, the Beatitudes, and so on, as a guide. My spiritual father, Fr. Seraphim Rose, taught me to consider: How have I sinned against God? against my neighbor? and against myself?
Through examining our conscience we begin to discover what is our predominant passion(s)—that sin we fall into most frequently, which tries to master us. This can be the love of ease, love of power, complaining, judgmentalism, and so on. One of the worst things that can happen to us if when someone asks our advice, so we give “learned advice,” but in the end they don’t follow it and we get very upset.
To overcome vice we must practice the opposing virtue. The Ladder of Divine Ascent is a great help in this regard. St. John Climacus analyzed each virtue and vice as a master of psychology, seeing cause-effect relationships in a theocentric framework. Identify your predominant vice, locate its opposite virtue and begin to cultivate it. Simply avoiding vice won’t work because then the passion will simply be replaced with other passions. If we do this we will see that the spiritual life works! We don’t like anyone to point out our faults, but in actuality we need our spiritual father to do this.
We each have our predominant virtue too. Studying and practicing this tends to draw the other virtues along with it. We can overcome vice by practicing the presence of God, by beginning to develop an awareness that at all times we are in the presence of God and He observes us. The icon corner serves this purpose. It is a two-way window to Heaven. Before doing or saying anything, think to yourself: “Would I do this in Church in front of the altar?” If the answer is “no” then don’t do it. Church is the place par excellence where we come into God’s presence and receive Him.
The Theotokos practiced the presence of God more perfectly than anyone else. Her virtues grew and she thus had a powerful influence on other people. People were made better by her mere presence.
The predominant passion is pride; it is the mother of all sins. Its opposite is humility. No soul can have any holiness without some humility, and yet pride will lurk in our darkest recesses our whole life. Adam and Eve fell because they listened to the serpent and thought that they knew better than God. This is pride, and now most of us follow two masters—a little pride and a little humility. Pride is the love of self, the beginning of all sin, and the neglect of the fact that we depend on God for everything.
What separates us from death is so little. Our lives are very fragile, and pride places us in opposition to God because by it we work only for our own glory.
Pride places false regard on the opinion of others, and of ourselves, when the what you think matters more than what God thinks. It is also manifested as desiring a good reputation—to be thought well of, to be honored—and this is a great temptation for priests, with people looking for the latest guide or guru. A priest must do everything to remain humble about what people say. Actually, criticism against a priest is a blessing to keep him humble, which is in turn good for the whole parish. Pride is also seen in being overbearing towards others, insulting or critiquing others, being argumentative, and getting angry easily.
The Holy Fathers give us the antidote for going from vice to virtue. The spiritual life is a science, not an art form. Most of us aren’t so spiritually talented so we need laws and cause and effect in order to learn the spiritual life. St. John Climacus says that the antidote for pride is prayer. Identify where the pride is in your life and ask for strength against it. Human effort can do very little. We must realize that everything depends on God. In prayer we make use of God’s grace, and then we can do almost anything—we can move mountains!
Pride can also be turned into humility by acts of humility, and especially by accepting humiliations. If someone criticizes you, even unfairly, if someone insults you or talks about you behind your back, instead of becoming defensive, accept it! This cheerful bearing of small failures on the part of ourselves and others is bearing one another’s burdens (see Gal. 6:2). It is important to bear the misunderstandings of others without complaint or self-justification. All too often we’re prone to excuse ourselves and urge our opinions on others. When we learn to accept the humiliations that come our way then we’re learning to be humble. As pride is the mother of all sins, humility is the mother of all virtues.
Another serious vice is avarice, which is the opposite of detachment and denunciation. It is the desire for many goods, for power over people, and so on. This passion is combated by cultivating a spirit of generosity. The Lord’s command to give up your coat is quite literal (Mt. 5:40). St. John Maximovitch would often come back practically naked because he had given his clothes away to the poor and starving. St. John of Kronstadt did the same. You don’t have to give away everything, but we should strive to not possess our possessions with our heart. We can have the spirit of poverty even if we aren’t poor—only buying what is absolutely necessary.
There was a German Lutheran pastor named Richard Wurmbrandt who was a prisoner of Romanian and Russian Communists. When asked how he could manage solitary confinement he answered that he had had practice beforehand. He suggested that Americans with much wealth go into a store where they have no intention of buying anything, and every time they see something they like, they should go up to it, look at it, and say “I don’t need this.” Do this repeatedly and you train yourself to be detached from worldly goods. He realized that who he is isn’t dependent on what he owns, whereas most of us really do define ourselves by what we surround ourselves with.
The Desert Fathers had a Psalter and a vigil lamp and that was it, and they were free and belonged to God.
Cultivate generosity and have a spirit of detachment. You can practice this by not using credit cards. We live in a world where it’s possible with a little imagination and a credit card to create an environment straight out of another time, such as colonial America, Tudor England, and so on. Never before was this possible. There’s something very abnormal about it when you think about it. Let’s just live simply and love and care for one another and use our blessings to care for the Church, for the poor, and so on.
We need a spirit of detachment from people too. You can have affections that are not immoral but simply too strong. Don’t define yourself in terms of other people. The spirit of Christian poverty allows for what is genuinely needed, but don’t go out and get something just because someone else has it. Of course detachment doesn’t mean laziness, dirtiness, slovenliness, chaos, carelessness, or anything less than orderly and clean—this is a form of self-love. Christian poverty isn’t stinginess—this is avarice.
Possession can be a passion that spreads even to things not worth keeping. Avarice regrets that you don’t have what others have. Avarice is stinginess. When you give to a beggar it’s for you. It’s not so much for the beggar—if you’re not willing to give that tells you something about yourself. We cannot rest in our diligence—there is always some way there for avarice or pride to creep in. And the antidote to avarice is prayer.
What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of His soul—put this in a frame in your house!
Regarding lust, we are taught that the clean of heart shall ascend the mountain of the Lord and see God, which refers to modesty and chastity according to our state in life, not just big things like fornication and adultery, although Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God is specifically about sexual sins. Our culture is awash in a cesspool of immorality and lust, dominating every aspect of our entertainment, commerce, and so on, but Christ encouraged chastity and celibacy amongst His disciples.
Even seemingly “innocent” things need more discipline, such as too much hugging in churches. For instance, monks and nuns don’t hug—they greet one another with a kiss of peace. I never hugged my spiritual father, Fr. Seraphim, but we loved one another. Of course, hugging is not an awful thing, but what I’m talking about is part of a general looseness of our culture, with looseness of dress, especially in Church, and so on. We see women in church in pants, men in shorts, women with uncovered heads—there was a time when this would never have happened.
If we had tea with the Queen we’d wear our absolute best, but we walk into Church with the Almighty God as if we’ve just come from a picnic. We need to rekindle the higher standard. Men shouldn’t wear short sleeves, or shorts, or pants that are too tight, and you don’t need a tie, which St. John called a noose.
You can combat lust by fasting. St. John of Climacus says in his Ladder of Divine Ascent that gluttony is the mother of many sins, particularly lust. If you struggle with lust you can begin fasting with the lessing of your spiritual father, beyond the fasts of the Church even. If you fast you will find that lustful temptations go away.
We need to learn how to guard our eyes. Monastics know not to look all around—keep your eyes on where you’re going. In photos of the saints we see that often they are not looking directly into the camera; they learned to discipline their eyes so that what comes into the soul via the eyes would not harm them. In the evening prayers we ask for forgiveness if we have seen anyone and been wounded thereby in our hearts. We seek to control our minds too, in disciplining the imagination, day-dreaming, curiosity, and so on.
The antidote for lust is prayer. The spiritual life is a constant battle that will end only at our death. We battle not against flesh and blood, but against the fallen angels (see Eph. 6:12). Examine your conscience, identify your predominant virtue and vice and seek the guidance of a spiritual father. The soul is a garden, though often choke with the weeds of the vices. Our task is to learn how to pull out the weeds one-by-one and plant flowers of virtue.
Question: If you’re on the path but still have passions will you see the Kingdom of Heaven?
Answer: We must make sure that we’re really on the path. We often delude ourselves into thinking we’re on the path when we haven’t actually repented. We don’t have to achieve absolute perfection, but we need some victory that shows our heart.
Question: Surely we can’t give to everyone who asks or we’ll go broke.
Answer: We are called to give but we do need to be discerning. Of course we need to keep some money to provide for our families, to give to charitable organizations, and so on.
Question: What is the difference between self-respect and self-love?
Answer: Some have the special grace to stay in and redeem abusive situations, but this is very rare—it’s almost like martyrdom.
We must be very careful about this, as our culture tells us we’re just a little higher than animals, or even less worthy than animals. We see people saving whales but not babies. Until 150 years ago we believed we were a little lower than the angels, and people tend to live up or down to the image they are given of themselves.
We must work with people very carefully to give them self-respect that isn’t pride. Self-respect comes from being made according to the image of God and knowing that He redeemed us. We should not define ourselves by other people.
Question: How can we safeguard ourselves to keep a healthy balance? Is it a sin to decorate your house and things like that?
Answer: We have the responsibility as good stewards to make a pleasing environment, but we should use common sense about how much money we spend. Of course there are those who have lovely homes but are also very generous. Such questions are on a case-by-case basis.
We have to surround ourselves with beauty—that is a Christian virtue.
The eagle flew onto the roof of the country house and saw how gallantly and merrily the rooster was strolling amidst his hens. And the eagle began to speak to rhe rooster of the world’s beauty and wealth. At first, the rooster listened with attention, but did not understand anything. The eagle, seeing that the rooster did not understand anything, was saddened, and it became hard for him to speak with the rooster; while the rooster, not understanding what the eagle was saying, began to be bored, and it became hard for him to listen to the eagle.

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we often wonder how often we should go to confession. the answer is simple—whenever you have a serious sin on your conscience. examine your conscience and beg god to show you’re your faults; if you don’t know who you are then you don’t know what christ came to save you from. this can be a difficult process, but a necessary one. such study reveals our self-love by which we blind and deceive ourselves.
our sins offend the almighty god. he wants to forgive us and share his mercy. we must be satisfied not just with avoiding serious sins, but even the smallest, in an ongoing striving for holiness. our sins cause ourselves and others unhappiness—why would we want this?!
st. john of kronstadt says that if you live just one day in obedience to all the commandments then you’ll have a foretaste of heaven. once we know and detest our faults we can begin to replace them with virtues, but know that this won’t happen all at once. be the simple, difficult, weak creature that you are, and start small—to try to stop sinning all at once is actually a manifestation of pride. start with the baby milk of spiritual struggle before moving on to the strong wine.
how should we examine our conscience? you should do this daily, taking time at night to reflect. you can use the ten commandments, the beatitudes, and so on, as a guide. my spiritual father, fr. seraphim rose, taught me to consider: how have i sinned against god? against my neighbor? and against myself?
through examining our conscience we begin to discover what is our predominant passion(s)—that sin we fall into most frequently, which tries to master us. this can be the love of ease, love of power, complaining, judgmentalism, and so on. one of the worst things that can happen to us if when someone asks our advice, so we give “learned advice,” but in the end they don’t follow it and we get very upset.
to overcome vice we must practice the opposing virtue. the ladder of divine ascent is a great help in this regard. st. john climacus analyzed each virtue and vice as a master of psychology, seeing cause-effect relationships in a theocentric framework. identify your predominant vice, locate its opposite virtue and begin to cultivate it. simply avoiding vice won’t work because then the passion will simply be replaced with other passions. if we do this we will see that the spiritual life works! we don’t like anyone to point out our faults, but in actuality we need our spiritual father to do this.
we each have our predominant virtue too. studying and practicing this tends to draw the other virtues along with it. we can overcome vice by practicing the presence of god, by beginning to develop an awareness that at all times we are in the presence of god and he observes us. the icon corner serves this purpose. it is a two-way window to heaven. before doing or saying anything, think to yourself: “would i do this in church in front of the altar?” if the answer is “no” then don’t do it. church is the place par excellence where we come into god’s presence and receive him.
the theotokos practiced the presence of god more perfectly than anyone else. her virtues grew and she thus had a powerful influence on other people. people were made better by her mere presence.
the predominant passion is pride; it is the mother of all sins. its opposite is humility. no soul can have any holiness without some humility, and yet pride will lurk in our darkest recesses our whole life. adam and eve fell because they listened to the serpent and thought that they knew better than god. this is pride, and now most of us follow two masters—a little pride and a little humility. pride is the love of self, the beginning of all sin, and the neglect of the fact that we depend on god for everything.
what separates us from death is so little. our lives are very fragile, and pride places us in opposition to god because by it we work only for our own glory.
pride places false regard on the opinion of others, and of ourselves, when the what you think matters more than what god thinks. it is also manifested as desiring a good reputation—to be thought well of, to be honored—and this is a great temptation for priests, with people looking for the latest guide or guru. a priest must do everything to remain humble about what people say. actually, criticism against a priest is a blessing to keep him humble, which is in turn good for the whole parish. pride is also seen in being overbearing towards others, insulting or critiquing others, being argumentative, and getting angry easily.
the holy fathers give us the antidote for going from vice to virtue. the spiritual life is a science, not an art form. most of us aren’t so spiritually talented so we need laws and cause and effect in order to learn the spiritual life. st. john climacus says that the antidote for pride is prayer. identify where the pride is in your life and ask for strength against it. human effort can do very little. we must realize that everything depends on god. in prayer we make use of god’s grace, and then we can do almost anything—we can move mountains!
pride can also be turned into humility by acts of humility, and especially by accepting humiliations. if someone criticizes you, even unfairly, if someone insults you or talks about you behind your back, instead of becoming defensive, accept it! this cheerful bearing of small failures on the part of ourselves and others is bearing one another’s burdens (see gal. 6:2). it is important to bear the misunderstandings of others without complaint or self-justification. all too often we’re prone to excuse ourselves and urge our opinions on others. when we learn to accept the humiliations that come our way then we’re learning to be humble. as pride is the mother of all sins, humility is the mother of all virtues.
another serious vice is avarice, which is the opposite of detachment and denunciation. it is the desire for many goods, for power over people, and so on. this passion is combated by cultivating a spirit of generosity. the lord’s command to give up your coat is quite literal (mt. 5:40). st. john maximovitch would often come back practically naked because he had given his clothes away to the poor and starving. st. john of kronstadt did the same. you don’t have to give away everything, but we should strive to not possess our possessions with our heart. we can have the spirit of poverty even if we aren’t poor—only buying what is absolutely necessary.
there was a german lutheran pastor named richard wurmbrandt who was a prisoner of romanian and russian communists. when asked how he could manage solitary confinement he answered that he had had practice beforehand. he suggested that americans with much wealth go into a store where they have no intention of buying anything, and every time they see something they like, they should go up to it, look at it, and say “i don’t need this.” do this repeatedly and you train yourself to be detached from worldly goods. he realized that who he is isn’t dependent on what he owns, whereas most of us really do define ourselves by what we surround ourselves with.
the desert fathers had a psalter and a vigil lamp and that was it, and they were free and belonged to god.
cultivate generosity and have a spirit of detachment. you can practice this by not using credit cards. we live in a world where it’s possible with a little imagination and a credit card to create an environment straight out of another time, such as colonial america, tudor england, and so on. never before was this possible. there’s something very abnormal about it when you think about it. let’s just live simply and love and care for one another and use our blessings to care for the church, for the poor, and so on.
we need a spirit of detachment from people too. you can have affections that are not immoral but simply too strong. don’t define yourself in terms of other people. the spirit of christian poverty allows for what is genuinely needed, but don’t go out and get something just because someone else has it. of course detachment doesn’t mean laziness, dirtiness, slovenliness, chaos, carelessness, or anything less than orderly and clean—this is a form of self-love. christian poverty isn’t stinginess—this is avarice.
possession can be a passion that spreads even to things not worth keeping. avarice regrets that you don’t have what others have. avarice is stinginess. when you give to a beggar it’s for you. it’s not so much for the beggar—if you’re not willing to give that tells you something about yourself. we cannot rest in our diligence—there is always some way there for avarice or pride to creep in. and the antidote to avarice is prayer.
what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul—put this in a frame in your house!
regarding lust, we are taught that the clean of heart shall ascend the mountain of the lord and see god, which refers to modesty and chastity according to our state in life, not just big things like fornication and adultery, although blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see god is specifically about sexual sins. our culture is awash in a cesspool of immorality and lust, dominating every aspect of our entertainment, commerce, and so on, but christ encouraged chastity and celibacy amongst his disciples.
even seemingly “innocent” things need more discipline, such as too much hugging in churches. for instance, monks and nuns don’t hug—they greet one another with a kiss of peace. i never hugged my spiritual father, fr. seraphim, but we loved one another. of course, hugging is not an awful thing, but what i’m talking about is part of a general looseness of our culture, with looseness of dress, especially in church, and so on. we see women in church in pants, men in shorts, women with uncovered heads—there was a time when this would never have happened.
if we had tea with the queen we’d wear our absolute best, but we walk into church with the almighty god as if we’ve just come from a picnic. we need to rekindle the higher standard. men shouldn’t wear short sleeves, or shorts, or pants that are too tight, and you don’t need a tie, which st. john called a noose.
you can combat lust by fasting. st. john of climacus says in his ladder of divine ascent that gluttony is the mother of many sins, particularly lust. if you struggle with lust you can begin fasting with the lessing of your spiritual father, beyond the fasts of the church even. if you fast you will find that lustful temptations go away.
we need to learn how to guard our eyes. monastics know not to look all around—keep your eyes on where you’re going. in photos of the saints we see that often they are not looking directly into the camera; they learned to discipline their eyes so that what comes into the soul via the eyes would not harm them. in the evening prayers we ask for forgiveness if we have seen anyone and been wounded thereby in our hearts. we seek to control our minds too, in disciplining the imagination, day-dreaming, curiosity, and so on.
the antidote for lust is prayer. the spiritual life is a constant battle that will end only at our death. we battle not against flesh and blood, but against the fallen angels (see eph. 6:12). examine your conscience, identify your predominant virtue and vice and seek the guidance of a spiritual father. the soul is a garden, though often choke with the weeds of the vices. our task is to learn how to pull out the weeds one-by-one and plant flowers of virtue.
question: if you’re on the path but still have passions will you see the kingdom of heaven?
answer: we must make sure that we’re really on the path. we often delude ourselves into thinking we’re on the path when we haven’t actually repented. we don’t have to achieve absolute perfection, but we need some victory that shows our heart.
question: surely we can’t give to everyone who asks or we’ll go broke.
answer: we are called to give but we do need to be discerning. of course we need to keep some money to provide for our families, to give to charitable organizations, and so on.
question: what is the difference between self-respect and self-love?
answer: some have the special grace to stay in and redeem abusive situations, but this is very rare—it’s almost like martyrdom.
we must be very careful about this, as our culture tells us we’re just a little higher than animals, or even less worthy than animals. we see people saving whales but not babies. until 150 years ago we believed we were a little lower than the angels, and people tend to live up or down to the image they are given of themselves.
we must work with people very carefully to give them self-respect that isn’t pride. self-respect comes from being made according to the image of god and knowing that he redeemed us. we should not define ourselves by other people.
question: how can we safeguard ourselves to keep a healthy balance? is it a sin to decorate your house and things like that?
answer: we have the responsibility as good stewards to make a pleasing environment, but we should use common sense about how much money we spend. of course there are those who have lovely homes but are also very generous. such questions are on a case-by-case basis.
we have to surround ourselves with beauty—that is a christian virtue.
the eagle flew onto the roof of the country house and saw how gallantly and merrily the rooster was strolling amidst his hens. and the eagle began to speak to rhe rooster of the world’s beauty and wealth. at first, the rooster listened with attention, but did not understand anything. the eagle, seeing that the rooster did not understand anything, was saddened, and it became hard for him to speak with the rooster; while the rooster, not understanding what the eagle was saying, began to be bored, and it became hard for him to listen to the eagle.


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Hill Peak Tours offer best Car rental service in Gangtok and surrounding areas. At Hill Peak Tours, you can easily book vehicle or taxi in Gangtok for various purpose like station or airport transfer, local sightseeing, customized packages, corporate and etc. Get Gangtok taxi rental service, taxi or hire car in Gangtok for tour travel and local trip. As a fast growing and trusted online car rental service providers in Gangtok, we always ensure the best service for you.
Gangtok is the capital of the Mountainous range of the North Indian State of Sikkim. For those who love mountains, it is ideal to make a tour to Gangtok, which lies 5500 feet above the sea level. The Himalayas range gives such a spectacular view that it will surely leave you mesmerised. The city has all amenities to offer to its tourists. The hotels are available in all range of prices, having all modern services and facilities. It has various popular places of eateries to enjoy a delicious meal.
The town of Gangtok remained an unknown hamlet, until the Enchey Monastry was established in 1840. It was only during the British rule in India that Gangtok became prevalent. By the nineteenth century the reigning emperor or ‘chogyal’ of Sikkim shifted his capital to Gangtok. After India attained its independence, Sikkim remained an independant monarchy. In 1975, the monarchy rule was withdrawn and Sikkim became a State of India, andGangtok became its capital.
This is a one kilometre zig-zag ride on a cable car ropeway which can carry upto 24 passengers at a time. There are no seats on the cars, and hence you need to stand and enjoy the amazing view. The ticket price includes two way farefrom Deorali to Tashling and vice versa.
This is the most unique experience you can have only at Gangtok. The joyous ride moves through the craggy terrain showcasing the beauty of Sikkim. It is an unforgettable experience. The popular trails are at the Dzongri area and Tsomgo lake.
It is a treat to all trekkers and mountain bikers. This will surely pump up your heart and getyour adrenaline rushing. The complete activity takes from four days to a maximum of 15 days. The trails for trekking are carved out in a way to bring you the best of the forests, monasteries, rivers, waterfalls, and biodiversity of Gangtok.
Charges: They depend on the route and the number of days. The starting cost is INR 8000 per person. It can go up to INR 15000 per person.
Enjoy the breathtaking views of the Himalayas at Gangtok. We are not born with two wings to fly, but paragliding will give us wingto experience the fun of flying. You need not be a pro to take this fun-filled ride, a certified pilot accompanies the enthusiastic tourists and takes care of the flight and navigation.
There are many places to see and enjoy the splendid view sitting at 5500 feet above the sea level.
Enjoy the view of the sun capped mountain ranges, from the Tashi View point. Tashi lies about 8 KM from Gangtok. From the road level you need to climb steep stairs to reach the circular viewing area which accommodates around 20 people at a time. There is no entry fee. You only need to pay INR 10 to get a closer view of the peaks with binoculars and telescopes.
Hanuman Tok- This lies at an altitude of 7200 ft, and at a distance of 11km from the town of Gangtok. It offers a breathtaking view of the Kanchenjunga range. It is claimed that Lord Hanuman took rest at this place on his way to Lanka.
Tsomgo Lake- It is a glacial lake, in the East Sikkim region and lies somewhere 40 Km far from the Gangtok city. It is covered with majestic mountains from all sides.
Nathu La Pass- It lies at an altitude of 4300 m and acts as one of the 3 links between India and China. It requires a full day trip from Gangtok to visit Nathula. It gives you a glimpse of the Indian and Chinese soldiers guarding the border.
So if you are looking for some adventurous trip to the north-east India, then you must avail tourism services of Hillpeaktours to experience the out-of-the-world tour to Gangtok.

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hill peak tours offer best car rental service in gangtok and surrounding areas. at hill peak tours, you can easily book vehicle or taxi in gangtok for various purpose like station or airport transfer, local sightseeing, customized packages, corporate and etc. get gangtok taxi rental service, taxi or hire car in gangtok for tour travel and local trip. as a fast growing and trusted online car rental service providers in gangtok, we always ensure the best service for you.
gangtok is the capital of the mountainous range of the north indian state of sikkim. for those who love mountains, it is ideal to make a tour to gangtok, which lies 5500 feet above the sea level. the himalayas range gives such a spectacular view that it will surely leave you mesmerised. the city has all amenities to offer to its tourists. the hotels are available in all range of prices, having all modern services and facilities. it has various popular places of eateries to enjoy a delicious meal.
the town of gangtok remained an unknown hamlet, until the enchey monastry was established in 1840. it was only during the british rule in india that gangtok became prevalent. by the nineteenth century the reigning emperor or ‘chogyal’ of sikkim shifted his capital to gangtok. after india attained its independence, sikkim remained an independant monarchy. in 1975, the monarchy rule was withdrawn and sikkim became a state of india, andgangtok became its capital.
this is a one kilometre zig-zag ride on a cable car ropeway which can carry upto 24 passengers at a time. there are no seats on the cars, and hence you need to stand and enjoy the amazing view. the ticket price includes two way farefrom deorali to tashling and vice versa.
this is the most unique experience you can have only at gangtok. the joyous ride moves through the craggy terrain showcasing the beauty of sikkim. it is an unforgettable experience. the popular trails are at the dzongri area and tsomgo lake.
it is a treat to all trekkers and mountain bikers. this will surely pump up your heart and getyour adrenaline rushing. the complete activity takes from four days to a maximum of 15 days. the trails for trekking are carved out in a way to bring you the best of the forests, monasteries, rivers, waterfalls, and biodiversity of gangtok.
charges: they depend on the route and the number of days. the starting cost is inr 8000 per person. it can go up to inr 15000 per person.
enjoy the breathtaking views of the himalayas at gangtok. we are not born with two wings to fly, but paragliding will give us wingto experience the fun of flying. you need not be a pro to take this fun-filled ride, a certified pilot accompanies the enthusiastic tourists and takes care of the flight and navigation.
there are many places to see and enjoy the splendid view sitting at 5500 feet above the sea level.
enjoy the view of the sun capped mountain ranges, from the tashi view point. tashi lies about 8 km from gangtok. from the road level you need to climb steep stairs to reach the circular viewing area which accommodates around 20 people at a time. there is no entry fee. you only need to pay inr 10 to get a closer view of the peaks with binoculars and telescopes.
hanuman tok- this lies at an altitude of 7200 ft, and at a distance of 11km from the town of gangtok. it offers a breathtaking view of the kanchenjunga range. it is claimed that lord hanuman took rest at this place on his way to lanka.
tsomgo lake- it is a glacial lake, in the east sikkim region and lies somewhere 40 km far from the gangtok city. it is covered with majestic mountains from all sides.
nathu la pass- it lies at an altitude of 4300 m and acts as one of the 3 links between india and china. it requires a full day trip from gangtok to visit nathula. it gives you a glimpse of the indian and chinese soldiers guarding the border.
so if you are looking for some adventurous trip to the north-east india, then you must avail tourism services of hillpeaktours to experience the out-of-the-world tour to gangtok.


text: Harlem-Roscoe Firefighters assisted the Roscoe Police and Action Towing pull a jeep from the Rock River at Riverside Park on August 17. Harlem-Roscoe Firefighters Shannon Burbach and Paul Stanphill donned protective "Mustang" suits to help hook up the jeep in the river. It seems the driver thought the river wasn't as deep as it was as they tried to drive between sand bars out in the river. Another Jeep (Cherokee) then tried to pull the jeep out; getting their jeep stuck as well. Both jeeps ended up being towed out.

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This entry contains information about Clarksburg, West Virginia. For links to small business resources found in and around Clarksburg, visit the Clarksburg, West Virginia Hub.
Clarksburg is a city in Harrison County in West Virginia.
Link to this page: "https://wiki.smallbusiness.com/w/index.php?title=Clarksburg,_West_Virginia&oldid=29473"

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this entry contains information about clarksburg, west virginia. for links to small business resources found in and around clarksburg, visit the clarksburg, west virginia hub.
clarksburg is a city in harrison county in west virginia.
link to this page: "https://wiki.smallbusiness.com/w/index.php?title=clarksburg,_west_virginia&oldid=29473"


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Is it feasible to locate an economical relocating business? There is frequently a false impression that expert moving companies are expensive as well as you might not have the ability to discover them within your budget plan. The secret is to understand where to search for these inexpensive moving companies. Ask recommendations from close friends, family members and also browse the Web to discover relocating business that are budget friendly.
The distinction in the high quality of service that is supplied by low-cost as well as budget friendly moving companies is massive. It is recommended to stick to a specialist moving company to ensure that you are guaranteed top quality client service and also worth for your cash.
Although it is rather very easy to discover low-cost relocating firms, it might take some initiative to discover inexpensive relocating business that are expert. Employing affordable moving companies can wind up costing you extra so it is best to prevent them.
Strategy and also begin requesting for quotes from business a minimum of 3 – 4 weeks ahead of time. Attempt to obtain quotes from as several firms you desire as well as list them based upon the rate as well as solutions they use. The quotes might differ relying on the sort of solution that has actually been provided.
After short-listing the moving companies, you can call them for meeting. After the telephonic meeting, you can call them house to obtain a price quote. Inquire to offer an in-depth quote that consists of all prices.
Contrast the price quotes given by the relocating firms and also ask as several concerns as feasible. Look for explanation on each product of expense to make sure that you understand regarding what you are paying. Work out the price to make sure that you have the ability to obtain the most effective offer at budget friendly rate.
Timing is really essential when you are looking for an inexpensive relocating business. The expense of employing specialist moving companies is high throughout Friday, weekend breaks as well as vacations. It is a good idea to employ them throughout Monday or the center of the week to make sure that you might have the ability to conserve cash.
The majority of relocating business provide per hour price as well as level price and also depending upon where you are moving, you can make the option. It is a good idea to select per hour price if you are relocating in your area as well as level price if you are relocating from one state to the various other.
If the price is based upon the weight of tools that requires to be transferred, you can eliminate points that you might not require as well as this can help in reducing prices significantly. You can offer or contribute points to charity and also this can help in reducing the general weight of tools.
An excellent relocating firm must not simply be economical yet additionally supply dependable solution. If any one of your friend or family had actually made use of moving companies, you can inquire for referrals. You can likewise study firms that offer cost effective solutions online.

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is it feasible to locate an economical relocating business? there is frequently a false impression that expert moving companies are expensive as well as you might not have the ability to discover them within your budget plan. the secret is to understand where to search for these inexpensive moving companies. ask recommendations from close friends, family members and also browse the web to discover relocating business that are budget friendly.
the distinction in the high quality of service that is supplied by low-cost as well as budget friendly moving companies is massive. it is recommended to stick to a specialist moving company to ensure that you are guaranteed top quality client service and also worth for your cash.
although it is rather very easy to discover low-cost relocating firms, it might take some initiative to discover inexpensive relocating business that are expert. employing affordable moving companies can wind up costing you extra so it is best to prevent them.
strategy and also begin requesting for quotes from business a minimum of 3 – 4 weeks ahead of time. attempt to obtain quotes from as several firms you desire as well as list them based upon the rate as well as solutions they use. the quotes might differ relying on the sort of solution that has actually been provided.
after short-listing the moving companies, you can call them for meeting. after the telephonic meeting, you can call them house to obtain a price quote. inquire to offer an in-depth quote that consists of all prices.
contrast the price quotes given by the relocating firms and also ask as several concerns as feasible. look for explanation on each product of expense to make sure that you understand regarding what you are paying. work out the price to make sure that you have the ability to obtain the most effective offer at budget friendly rate.
timing is really essential when you are looking for an inexpensive relocating business. the expense of employing specialist moving companies is high throughout friday, weekend breaks as well as vacations. it is a good idea to employ them throughout monday or the center of the week to make sure that you might have the ability to conserve cash.
the majority of relocating business provide per hour price as well as level price and also depending upon where you are moving, you can make the option. it is a good idea to select per hour price if you are relocating in your area as well as level price if you are relocating from one state to the various other.
if the price is based upon the weight of tools that requires to be transferred, you can eliminate points that you might not require as well as this can help in reducing prices significantly. you can offer or contribute points to charity and also this can help in reducing the general weight of tools.
an excellent relocating firm must not simply be economical yet additionally supply dependable solution. if any one of your friend or family had actually made use of moving companies, you can inquire for referrals. you can likewise study firms that offer cost effective solutions online.


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We host a variety of educational activities such as schooling shows and clinics for children and adults, as well as special member-only events including equestrian gaming, demonstrations and fun gatherings to build community.
Our schooling show series includes hunter-jumper and dressage and extends April-October. We provide a fun and supportive environment for all to learn and gain experience with their horses in financially accessible competition. We come together at the end of our show season with an annual awards banquet to celebrate and honor the achievements of our members.
Bainbridge Island Saddle Club also partners with other non-profit organizations in pursuit of these purposes, and is the home of the Bainbridge Island Pony Club who sponsors horsemanship certifications, show rallies, summer camp and social events at the Saddle Club. Each member of the Bainbridge Island Pony Club must hold an active Saddle Club membership.
BISC owns and maintains a large outdoor member riding facility, with direct access to trails and cross country jumps in the adjacent Manzanita Equestrian Park managed by BI Parks.
Our facilities include a large arena with covered viewing stand, office, judge's tower, cook shack, restrooms, covered picnic area, a smaller warm-up arena, pole stalls, and water.
We permit private and groups riding lessons in our arenas through our member trainers holding a certificate of insurance. The facility is also available for rent..
BISC is funded through annual membership fees, event fees, and donations of time, money, and expertise from members and the community. It is governed by an elected volunteer Board of Directors.

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we host a variety of educational activities such as schooling shows and clinics for children and adults, as well as special member-only events including equestrian gaming, demonstrations and fun gatherings to build community.
our schooling show series includes hunter-jumper and dressage and extends april-october. we provide a fun and supportive environment for all to learn and gain experience with their horses in financially accessible competition. we come together at the end of our show season with an annual awards banquet to celebrate and honor the achievements of our members.
bainbridge island saddle club also partners with other non-profit organizations in pursuit of these purposes, and is the home of the bainbridge island pony club who sponsors horsemanship certifications, show rallies, summer camp and social events at the saddle club. each member of the bainbridge island pony club must hold an active saddle club membership.
bisc owns and maintains a large outdoor member riding facility, with direct access to trails and cross country jumps in the adjacent manzanita equestrian park managed by bi parks.
our facilities include a large arena with covered viewing stand, office, judge's tower, cook shack, restrooms, covered picnic area, a smaller warm-up arena, pole stalls, and water.
we permit private and groups riding lessons in our arenas through our member trainers holding a certificate of insurance. the facility is also available for rent..
bisc is funded through annual membership fees, event fees, and donations of time, money, and expertise from members and the community. it is governed by an elected volunteer board of directors.


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Michele McGovern’s Weekly Workout: I like the way you work it!
Watch along with Michele as she guides you through a workout set to song that you can do in your own home.
Follow along with Michele McGovern, personal trainer, as she walks you through a pyramid routine that you can do in your own home!
Michele McGovern’s Weekly Workout: from couch to ouch!
This workout is a great way to get moving in the living room. Join Michele McGovern as she leads you through a workout that you can do with your couch!
For this workout, you'll alternate different "holds" while performing the same sets of push-ups, lunges, squats, tucks and burpees.
Michele McGovern walks you through an intense isolated leg workout in the Weekly Workout.
Join Michele McGovern, personal trainer, for her weekly fitness video! For this week's workout, all you'll need is a yoga mat (or a towel).
This week's low-impact workout can be done using only a chair. Join Michele McGovern, personal trainer, with the Weekly Workout every Saturday.
Michele McGovern’s Weekly Workout: No More Dreadmill!
In this week's workout, Michele McGovern shows you how to spice up your winter routine with a fun treadmill workout.
Michele McGovern walks you through a pyramid workout, including planks, burpees and bear crawls.

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michele mcgovern’s weekly workout: i like the way you work it!
watch along with michele as she guides you through a workout set to song that you can do in your own home.
follow along with michele mcgovern, personal trainer, as she walks you through a pyramid routine that you can do in your own home!
michele mcgovern’s weekly workout: from couch to ouch!
this workout is a great way to get moving in the living room. join michele mcgovern as she leads you through a workout that you can do with your couch!
for this workout, you'll alternate different "holds" while performing the same sets of push-ups, lunges, squats, tucks and burpees.
michele mcgovern walks you through an intense isolated leg workout in the weekly workout.
join michele mcgovern, personal trainer, for her weekly fitness video! for this week's workout, all you'll need is a yoga mat (or a towel).
this week's low-impact workout can be done using only a chair. join michele mcgovern, personal trainer, with the weekly workout every saturday.
michele mcgovern’s weekly workout: no more dreadmill!
in this week's workout, michele mcgovern shows you how to spice up your winter routine with a fun treadmill workout.
michele mcgovern walks you through a pyramid workout, including planks, burpees and bear crawls.


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Correspondence: [*] Correspondence to: Benedetta Nacmias, Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50139 Florence, Italy. Tel.: +39 0554271379; Fax: +39 0554271380; E-mail: nacmias@unifi.it.
Abstract: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a multifactorial disorder induced by a combination of genetic and environmental factors, and epigenetic modifications could be the key to understand the pathogenesis of AD. We performed a methylation study of the promoter regions of the three AD principal causative genes in 60 late-onset AD patients and 60 controls. The studied regions in the three causative genes were strongly unmethylated in both groups, but in AD patients the methylation resulted significantly increased. Our study adds new insights to previous ones by showing the involvement of epigenetic changes in AD, which influence the pathogenesis of the disease.

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correspondence: [*] correspondence to: benedetta nacmias, department of neuroscience, psychology, drug research and child health, university of florence, viale pieraccini 6, 50139 florence, italy. tel.: +39 0554271379; fax: +39 0554271380; e-mail: nacmias@unifi.it.
abstract: alzheimer's disease (ad) is a multifactorial disorder induced by a combination of genetic and environmental factors, and epigenetic modifications could be the key to understand the pathogenesis of ad. we performed a methylation study of the promoter regions of the three ad principal causative genes in 60 late-onset ad patients and 60 controls. the studied regions in the three causative genes were strongly unmethylated in both groups, but in ad patients the methylation resulted significantly increased. our study adds new insights to previous ones by showing the involvement of epigenetic changes in ad, which influence the pathogenesis of the disease.


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Deal 11.4%AP +11.4%SP +7.22*lvl technology damage and Blind 5 foes.
Blind: Hinders vision and increases chance to be Deflected by 20% for 3.75s. Destroys 1 Interrupt Armor.
Tier 4 Major Upgrade: Increase blast range by 100%.
Tier 8 Major Upgrade: Deal 59.65%AP +59.65%SP additional damage to foes within 4m of the blast.

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deal 11.4%ap +11.4%sp +7.22*lvl technology damage and blind 5 foes.
blind: hinders vision and increases chance to be deflected by 20% for 3.75s. destroys 1 interrupt armor.
tier 4 major upgrade: increase blast range by 100%.
tier 8 major upgrade: deal 59.65%ap +59.65%sp additional damage to foes within 4m of the blast.


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How do I contact Support about Luminate Beta?
I am participating in the Luminate Beta program and need some help. How do I contact Luminate Support about Luminate Beta?
Click Chat with Support for assistance with Luminate Beta.

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how do i contact support about luminate beta?
i am participating in the luminate beta program and need some help. how do i contact luminate support about luminate beta?
click chat with support for assistance with luminate beta.