Everyone visiting Austria is charmed by the beauty of Innsbruck, a town situated in the Inn Valley. If you travel by car from Germany to Italy or from Vienna to Switzerland you must visit Innsbruck. The Old Town opens up its narrow streets and let the curious eye of a tourist to enjoy the tall house built in Gothic style.
Your visit should start with the Golden Roof building. The construction dates from back in the 1496. The Golden Roof was meant to celebrate the marriage between Maximilian I to Bianca Maria Sforza. From this building the court was present and observed from above the festivities taking place at that time in the square below. The 2.657 gilded copper tiles are giving the whole construction an exotic and interesting look.
From here the next stop should be the beautiful narrow streets in the Old Town. Different architectural styles coexist here giving a very harmonious look to the area, from old Tyrolese architecture to impressive Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo constructions. If you decide to take a walking tour you will be charmed by the Baroque Helblinghaus with its intricate ornaments. Golden Adler (Golden Eagle) is another building worth seeing. This is an old inn that hosted even great Goethe once. The watchtower Stadtturm it was built in the 14th century and it still a favored place from where to admire the Old Town. During your walking tour don't forget to visit the Castle Giant's House (Burgriesenhaus), a construction dating from 1490 meant to serve as a house for a giant man from the court, the Ottoburg or the House of the Teutonic Order (Deutschordenshaus).
Very beautiful concerts you can listen to the Cathedral of St. James. Built in 1724 in Baroque style, the cathedral is beautifully painted, especially the ceiling, with its Glorification of St. James. The altars are made of High Baroque marble and here is depicted an important image of Virgin Mary, Maria Hilf.
Exploring the esplanades of the River Inn is another way to get to know Innsbruck. In Mariahilf District you will enjoy a baroque building as Mariahilfkirche, the green and rich Botanic Garden and the observatory. Next one is Hotting District with its gorgeous Old Parish Church (Alte Pfarrkirche). On Hotting Ridgeway you get the chance to admire the city and mountains surrounding the city. Your tour will end in St. Nikolaus District where there is a Neo-Gothic Church worth seeing.
If you are willing to go on a trip for a day from Innsbruck, then the old town of Kufstein is the best destination for you to visit. The lake has a story of its own and the Kaisergebirge is invinting you for a climbing experience. The small town is inviting you to explore the little squares with fountains and monuments and to admire the historical buildings. The place which attracts most of the visitors is Feste Kufstein. The castle dates from 1205 and it has a tower 90 meter-high (Kaiserturm) and an Organ (Heldenorgel) from 1931. The Organ plays a specific melody every day at noon as a reminder of those who died in the two world wars. Inside the castle there is also a museum (Heimatmuseum), an important location where concerts and local festivals are taking place from time to time.
The memory of WWI and II is kept alive throughout the globe, whether we are talking about monuments erected in celebration of the fallen heroes or whether we put forth the exhibits presented in various museums from all over the European continent. But probably the places which best depict the gruesome reality of the world conflagrations are the former concentration camps which even today bring chills to visitors.
One such camp is situated in Austria, at a 20-kilometer distance from the city of Linz, in the small town Mauthausen. The camp came into being on the 8th of August 1938 and it was mainly established in order to provide the stone quarry which existed in the neighborhood with the necessary laborers. Initially, all the prisoners were forced to build the camp which would serve as their confinement quarters, only afterwards to be delivered as slaves to the stone quarry. The building of the camp was concluded in 1939 and it expanded greatly in the year to come, inasmuch as in summer of 1940 it had turned into one of the biggest labor camps which existed in Europe.
What some of you might be oblivious to is the fact the concentration camps were developed in accordance to their purpose. While many of these complexes were built to house prisoners of all types, Mauthausen was actually created for specific purpose: to annihilate the people of the superior social classes. In other words, the concentration camp aimed to exterminate through labor – which meant that the educated individuals from countries which were subdued by Nazi Germany were subjected to infernal toils that ultimately crushed their bodies.
Mauthausen housed many prisoners but their number increased considerably almost overnight, to the extent that the administration had to enlarge the establishment in order to 'accommodate' everyone. This meant surrounding the fields to the north and west with barbed wire and keeping the newcomers, which were mainly Jews brought in from Hungary and Russian soldiers captured in battle, in the open almost all year long.
This was a 'category III' concentration camp which was basically one of the most severe kinds there were. Those brought in were never supposed to leave the premises and their demise was inflicted by labor.
But there were exceptions to the rule, as it so often happens. The terrible and sometimes useless works they had to perform were beyond imagination. Because the guards were given exact orders concerning the extermination of the inmates, they started to be creative. One historical account talks about how a stone which weighted almost 45 kilograms was laid on a prisoner's back and how he was afterwards ordered to run around with the heavy burden. The outcome is no surprise: the prisoner fell to his death due to exhaustion. Another method of annihilation was to take a group of inmates to a garage, command them to remove their clothes and spray water over them. Taking into account that in the wintertime the temperature went below minus ten degrees Celsius, the result of the practice was evidently hypothermia.
These historical facts conjure up terrible images of what humans are capable of doing towards other humans. A trip in this land where so many atrocities have occurred will definitely not be what you might have imagined. The road there takes you through a pastoral setting which inspires only peace and tranquility. But once you reach your destination, reality strikes you.
The barracks might no longer look as grim and terrifying as they did in their 'peak,' but walking around the location you will get to see the chambers of death: the crematory as well as the rooms in which the inmates were brought in order to find their death by heavy beating.
Visitors can also see the 'stairway of death'- the infamous cliff from where the prisoners were pushed over the edge to find their death into the granite quarry which spread below them.
The camp is filled with an abundant number of commemorative items, such as monuments, statues and tiles with various inscriptions. To put it simple, the area has been transformed into a sort of memorial which keeps the sufferings of the prisoners alive and brings homage to them.
The complex is situated at a relatively small distance from Vienna. Tourists can reach Mauthausen in almost an hour and a half and even if for some the location might be out of their course, it should be pinpointed that this camp is one of high historical value and the discoveries you will run across will be change you forever.
Austria has numerous attractions and some of them can be further explored in the previous articles published on this website. For this specific article however I will focus my attention on the Austrian highlands.
Whenever I get to thinking about the Austrian Alps, the first thing that springs to my mind is an all white landscape. It is of common knowledge that in the last couple of years Austria has become one of the designated holiday destinations, especially in the winter time due to the opportunity it offers to tourists in terms of winter sports.
The resorts sprinkled throughout the Austrian Alps are quite different in the sense that they are developed for specific target 'audiences.' Whether you are interested in testing yourself on the ski tracks or whether you are simply interested in escaping in a fairytale-like setting, surrounded by mountainous peaks that pierce the thick layer of snow, and allow yourself to witness the grandeur of nature, Austria offers you everything you seek.
There are regions where you are guaranteed to be embraced by snow due to the specific climate and others where you will encounter everything you need in order to transform your holiday into an unforgettable one – which basically means that you can push yourself to the limit on the track either by skiing or snowboarding and you can spend your nights in clubs partying until sunrise. The important thing is to establish beforehand what it is that you want to get out of your vacation and thus choose accordingly the resort. Even if your skiing skills fall in the beginner, intermediate or advance category, there are resorts especially created for you.
But moving away from the wintertime, we should also acknowledge the beauty of the green meadows and uplands when summer awakens the vegetation that fell asleep under the snow during the cold season. Tourists can explore the Austrian natural environment by embarking on a trip on foot through its numerous mountainous trails. There are organized excursions you can opt for and which will take you one step closer to nature. You will be taken aback by the impressive landscapes, some of which have preserve their naturalness to the fullest. Striding on the natural paths is definitely a way to get in touch with our inner self, to meditate and to contemplate life.
One of the main attractions in Austria is located in Vienna and goes by the name of 'Prater Amusement Park'. Such parks are usually associated with having a good time and as long as these specially arranged areas offer people quality entertainment, nothing else really matters. But the amusement park under discussion in this article has quite a history and while this might not be particularly of interest to its visitors, it is definitely worth finding out how the region has come to have such a famous park.
The first documented source which puts an emphasis on this specific area dates from the 12th century, when the surface designated for the present park was woodland. This region would later on be transformed into the hunting grounds for the imperial family. However, the area was soon available to the general public and starting in mid-18th century, several fairs had set ground in the region. Amusement businesses, which included merry-go-rounds and all sorts of enjoyable activities, flourished in the period, their purpose being that of entairtaining the community.
But Prater Amusment Park did not solely encompass what one might consider trivial activities designated for the amusement of the visitor. On the contrary, the park also organized educative events. In accordance to the general trends of the time, the park included in its 'repertoire' various facilities in which the accent fell on cultural development. These were museums, theaters and galleries, each created with the purpose of emphasizing the importance of art, history and culture in one's life.
The older version of the Prater amusement park managed to incorporate these two aspects of life, or more accurately the two types of leisure activities one can get engaged in. Many were intrigued by the so-called 'freak shows' in which they got the chance to see up close individuals with distinctive characteristics, such as midgets, hairy people and Siamese twins. But while at the beginning the fascination with the 'other' was what brought people in large number to Prater, this changed in time as the industrial revolution brought about the advancement in engineering and the result was the development of roller coasters and giant ferris wheels.
Prater changed in accordance with the technological and cultural evolution of the city. Each of the innovative machines that appeared where instantly brought to Prater. Thus the amusement park was home to the grotto railway which was electrically operated, the first ghost train (in 1933), and the "mini railway," which was a miniatural version of the steam train, etc. The beauty of this park is that it never remained the same, having constantly changed its appearance in conformity with the general demand and with the natural evolution brought about in various fields with the passage of time.
But it is important to underline that Prater has still preserved much of its original structure due to the fact that visitors are still fond of the 'old rides.' Even if these are nothing compared to the twisting and twirling roller coasters, in terms of the adrenaline rush they offer, the machines are still popular with many of the tourists that come to Prater, which can mean only one thing: these specific rides will never be excluded from the Prater Amusement Park.
But the park should not be envisaged as an amalgam of carousels, trains and ferris wheels, where people come in crowds, thus giving one the sensation of not being able to breathe, of being caught in the crowd. The adjacent area to the park resembles an oasis. Those who want to escape into nature are given this opportunity as the Praterau is charactrized by woodland which include medows and lakes.
The amusement park was badly damaged during World War II, but it was not left to chance. Prater was resurrected to become a defining feature of Vienna's culture.
The park can be visited from the middle of March until the end of October, in the interval 10:00 – 13:00. However, a segment of the amusement park is opened throughout the year, but this is mainly characterized by restaurants or food stands. Visitors can enter Prater without having to pay an entrance fee, but in order to enjoy the multitide of rides available one has to cover a certain tax.
The Hellbrunn Castle is actually a villa of colossal dimensions which had been erected in the first decades of the 17th century (1613-1619) by the order of Markus Sittikus von Hohenems, the one who held the position of Prince-Archbishop in Salzburg at that time. The construction was not created with the purpose of accommodating the Archbishop, and for that reason, there are no bedrooms in the castle.
The Archbishop was a man with a fondness for comedy and for that reason it had come with an innovative idea to create several mechanisms through which to amuse himself and his fellow guests. The castle is renowned for its water-games. There are several machines which sprinkle water when activated and the target of their 'attack' was usually one of the guests of the Archbishop. But even today, these water systems are functional and tourists can get to experience on themselves how the water games work. In mid-18th century, other inventive ideas were put into practice.
For instance, a mechanical, water-operated and music-playing theater was established, as well as an apparatus through which the imminent shift in power is emphasized. This consists of a crown which is situated under a water sprinkle and which moves up and down according to the movement of the water. This is a clear illustration of the rise and fall of those who rule over specific regions.
There is something worth noting and that is that the Archbishop was never subject to a practical joke because the place designated to him was not part of the water-games web so he never got wet, unlike the rest of the guests. At present, the place that was once occupied by the Prince is attributed to the tour guide.
The surrounding area of the Hellbrunn is actually an immense park which is adjacent to a zoo, a theater built out of stone and a small edifice which goes by the name of 'little month palace.' The name conveyed to the building is tightly connected to the history of its construction. Apparently one of the Archbishop's guests had suggested that the view one sees out the windows of the castle would greatly improve if the landscape offered to the viewer consisted of a building on a hill. Markus Sittikus had taken this piece of advice seriously and had given order for a small building to be erected on the neighboring hill. One month later, when the same person came for another visit at the Hellbrunn Castle, the Archbishop presented him with the improved view from the window.
The construction had survived throughout time and at present is a part of the Carolina Augusteum Museum of Salzburg. The items on display are representative for the cultural past of Salzburg, thus the 'small building on a hill' is the subdivision of the museum dedicated to ethnography.
The main building of the castle is rectangular in shape and comprises two pavilions in the front part. The edifice is made out of three storeys which are delineated at the exterior by means of specific decorative works. The first floor of the edifice comprised the rooms of the archbishop and the entire section bears the mark of the Italian painter Arsenio Mascagni. He had adorned the walls of the chambers at the beginning of the 17th century (1615), when he had painted both the walls and the ceiling with various scenes, some depicted from the famous series of autobiographies entitled the 'Twelve Caesars'.
Hellbrunn is situated outside Salzburg, but the two points are connected by means of a long alley. Upon arriving at the palace, tourists will first enter in the 'courtyard of honor', the Ehrenhof, a courtyard that broadens as one gets closer and closer to the castle. Behind the Hellbrunn Palace lies a 17th century garden which comprises beautiful flower arrangements and a pond that reigns in the center of the garden and in which a small quadrilateral isle is located.
The initial design was conveyed according to the Baroque style, but this was later changed in accordance to the trends that were in fashion in particular timeframes. There are only two markers of the original plan (from 1730) and these are the two obelisks that are located in the western part of the gardens.
Due to the gardens and the mechanisms which are incorporated within the setting, especially the water games, the Hellbrunn Castle can be regarded as some sort of Disneyland, whose sole purpose was to entertain the Archbishop and his guests.
Aqua Terra Zoo, which is located in Vienna, has more than 3500 aquatic species, all contained within more than 6000 square meters. The edifice which houses the exhibition of live animals is actually a WWII bunker designed as a protective measure against air attacks.
The reason for which this type of construction is still standing is that its demolition would have cost an impressive amount of money. These bunkers have been especially created so as to resist direct shelling so using explosives, as it is usually done when demolishing a building, would not have worked, especially not without causing damages to the surrounding edifices.
The exhibition is opened for visitation on a daily basis and tourists have to opportunity to gaze on an extensive variety of animals.
Among the species encountered at the reservation, people can admire crocodiles, poisonous snakes and boa constrictors. In the exhibition dedicated to the tropical seawater segment, one will find sharks, sea turtles, piranhas, as well as various types of fishes which impress the viewer through their wonderful coloration.
But the Aqua Terra Zoo is divided into several sections, each designated to specific types of animal or bird species. The newest addition to the zoo, which has contributed extensively to the wave of tourists that have crossed the threshold of the Haus des Meeres, is a tropical house where birds and monkeys are left to explore the immese surface at will.
The exhibitions within the zoo are organized based on the region from where the animals are brought. For instance, there is a section dedicated to the species encountered in the Mediterranean Sea. Thus, visitors will find everything from sea anemona to crabs, from starfish and shells to various types of fishes.
The Aqua Terra Zoo came into being in the second half of the 20th century. In 1957, the Society for Marine Biology was formed with the purpose of creating a House of the Sea. This institution was meant to shelter various life-forms which usually dwell in salt waters, but also to function as a research center where everything connected to the marine life was under exploration.
This was the first step to be taken for the development of an elaborate aquarium. In 1965, the first level of the edifice had already been accordingly arranged so as to house the first species brought at this reservation. Initially, 40 aquariums were brought in, but these increased in number as the zoo began to expand.
The institution was not a success from the beginning in the sense that the administration made considerable efforts in order to ensure the survival of the organization. This however changed under director Erich Brenner who had undertaken a massive project, that of expanding and modernizing the reservation.
The section containing the tropical marine fauna is a focal point of the institution, bringing in tourists by the hundreds. The reason for which this specific segment is so appreciated is that it comprises an explosion of colors and shapes, not to mention the peculiar swimming methods used by different types of fish. These elements are all meant to diferentiate between the life forms encountered in this section of the reservation. So, if the dissimilarity is so striking, what is it that brings all of them "under the same roof"? The answer is obvious: their habitat – the coral reefs.
The Aqua Terra Zoo is one of the favourite places of destination for tourists as it combines the educational with the recreational. Not to mention that it provides insight into the wonders of the sea world.
The elderly, students and the disabled: 10.40 euros.
A country can pride itself with impressive tourist attractions, even if tourism in that specific place is not explored to the fullest. Unfortunately, many of the wonders of the world are hidden to us due to the fact that the officials do not promote such great places so as to entice people to travel miles and miles in order to admire them first-handedly.
But there are instances when words are not necessary when needing to describe certain locations around the globe. Thus is the case with Melk Abbey, the Austrian Benedictine abbey, because this specific convent is already known throughout the world as being one of the most important monastic sites.
The foundation of the abbey is attributed to Leopold II of Austria who had donated one of his multiple castles to the Benedictine monks. The location of this tourist attraction is the town Melk, or more precisely the rocky region surrounding this specific town. It was in the 12th century that the base for this abbey was set as a monastic school was formed. The library of the school grew in size and in value with the passage of time in as much as it became renowned for the manuscript collection it preserved in its archives. Besides the fact that it contained an important collection of manuscripts, some of them even written there, the abbey also carried a historical significance, having been the epicenter of the reform movement which occurred in Melk, a reform which led to strengthening the Austrian monastic life.
The abbey which presents itself at present to the beholder has been erected in the 18th century, between 1702 and 1736. The architectural style conveyed by Jakob Prandtauer, the architect to design the abbey, was representative for the Baroque art. Tourists will definitely be enticed by the grandiose edifice that stands erect before them, but the fresco works performed by Johann Michael Rottmayr are bound to impress even the less impressionable.
The noteworthy architectural style together with the immense collection of medieval manuscripts contributed to the fame of the abbey and this precise aspect was what kept the monastic site alive. There was a period when the majority of the abbeys spread throughout the Austrian territory were closed (by the order of Emperor Joseph II). The fate of the convent was also under threat in the 20th century, during the time when Austria was annexed to Germany. During this timeframe, the school, together with a considerable part of the abbey was impounded by the state.
The school became once more the property of the abbey after the Second World Conflagration and has continued to function ever since, at present providing educational grounds for hundreds of students.
Under these circumstances it is no wonder that the abbey has become a cultural center of the country, but even more so, it has become a European cultural attraction. There are numerous visitors that pass the threshold of the convent and while the majority recognizes the value it carries, it is also important to acknowledge what the monastery is trying to pinpoint: that throughout its existence, the monastery has tried to portray the importance of God in our lives. The masterfully painted scenes which adorn the walls of the abbey depict God in different hypostases so as to enforce the fact that spirituality is relevant in our life.
In the later part of the 20th century, the restoration work on the abbey began and has continued up to the present moment, the scope being that of refurbishing the entire monastic ensemble, together with its school and museum.
The imperial rooms of the former castle have been transformed so as to fit the needs of a museum. The exhibitions presented within the museum are designed so as to track the evolution of the abbey throughout time: from its beginning, when it took form, up until the present day.
Melk Abbey has many things to offer. Except the museum, tourists will be drawn to the impressive library which contains the valuable written accounts from medieval times, but also to the Marble Hall, both of these rooms being masterfully designed in the Baroque style. The chambers are adorned by means of wonderfully created frescoes by the artist Paul Troger. Another focal point of attraction is the balcony which offers a beautiful imagery that comprises the Danube River on the one hand and the church of the abbey, on the other. It is quite the view as you are to perceive the church within the naturalness of the surrounding area.
Vienna definitely has a lot to offer to the wandering tourist, interested in exploring the world, or at least a small segment of it, and in enticing the eye with wonderful monuments and the mind with the impressive historical facts, stories or legends that revolve around the respective touristic attraction.
One of the places which are worth visiting in Vienna is Schonbrunn Pallace, a beautiful edifice, emblem of the Rococo architectural style. Since the second half of the 20th century, from the 1960s onward, the construction has been recognized as the important cultural monument it is and the one of the main tourist attractions in the Austrian capital city.
Not only is the palace an impressive construction which clearly emphasizes the tasteful sense for architecture and style shared by the successive monarchs from the Habsburg dynasty that owned the palace, but there are also the surrounding gardens which should be mentioned. These exude taste and richness, also alluding to the ambitions of their owners through the specific arrangement followed in their creation.
It was under Eleonora Gonzaga, the wife of Ferdinand II, that the palace was erected. She had decided to retreat to this place after the demise of her husband and had given order for the imperial building to be erected – this occurred between 1638 and 1643.
The gardens are definitely worth your attention. Why? Because they consist of beautiful Greek and Roman sculptures, fountains, a botanical garden, a French garden and an English garden. Probably the most enticing aspect of the park is the maze.
There is a feeling almost indescribable about this specific labyrinth as it allows visitors to venture within the green network of alleys and solve its mystery. The maze has been arranged especially for the purpose of entertaining the tourists and offering them a one-of-a-kind experience. There are numerous games available within the hedges, addressed both to adults and children, which put the mind to work in the attempt to solve riddles.
The labyrinth extends over a surface of 2.700 square meters. Some are drawn to the different types of activities it offers such as the "pole climbing" game in which an individual climbs up a pole and rings a bell upon reaching the top, or the kaleidoscope which allows people to view themselves in different shapes and colors – due to the reflection conveyed by the multiple mirrors which form the kaleidoscope. But probably the majority is interested mostly in discovering the "secret of the labyrinth" and in traversing the maze, reaching their destination – on a specially arranged platform from whence the entire maze can be looked upon.
But the estate includes much more than just the palace and the gardens. There is an Orangerie, which was constructed back in 1755, and a palm house which are bound to capture your eye.
The immense beauty of the Schonbrunn Palace brought about its recognition as a monument which is worth inscribing on UNESCO's World Heritage List – something which occurred in 1996.
With so many things to offer it is no wonder that the palace is visited by millions of tourists. In 2010, 2.5 million visitors came to the Schonbrunn complex. People can buy tickets in advance if they access the official website of the palace. This will give you the certainty that they will be able to take a tour of the ensemble in a specific day and at a given time. Besides visiting the already mentioned attractions, one can also indulge himself/herself with a concert of classical music where the partitions of Mozart as well of other classics can be heard.
The Mariazell Basilica, which translates as the Basilica of the Virgin Mary, is located in Mariazell, Austria. The Marian basilica is one of the most is one of the most important temples located in Europe and this is easily determined due to the impressive number of tourists that come from all over the world to visit the Basilica. More so, there are pilgrimages organized, mainly because it is considered that a specific icon located inside the basilica is miraculous.
The initial church which stood on the site where the basilica is situated at present was erected in the 14th century in the Gothic architectural style. However, the edifice was badly damaged by fire in the 15th century and when the renovation work began, the architect in charge of the project, Domenico Sciassia, had a different vision for the construction.
The basilica was expended and Baroque details were inscribed on the edifice. The modifications which were conducted on the edifice consisted of erecting two baroque towers on each side of the gothic pinnacle located on the church. Another adjustment was conducted to the nave which was enlarged, both lengthwise and widthwise.
The interior is of immense beauty, consisting of 12 lateral chapels, each comprising a Baroque altar. At the entrance, one can notice two full-sized statuettes made out of lead. These were masterfully created in 1757 by the hands of Balthasar Ferdinand Moll, one of the most famous sculptors in Vienna, during the Baroque age. The statues represent King Ludwig I of Hungary (the left one) and Heinrich, Margrave of Moravia, a noblemen from the medieval times, on the right.
One of the main attractions in the basilica is a statuette made of brasswood which depicts the Virgin Mary. This wooden icon is said to be miraculous in as much that tourists from different parts of the globe, as well as religious and/or spiritual individuals make their way towards Austria and to the Marian basilica.
Pilgrims used to come to the basilica as early as the 12th century, but the tradition ceased in the 18th century, more accurately in 1783, when Emperor Joseph II of Austria dissolved the monastery. By 1787, he had completely forbidden pilgrims from setting foot in the basilica.
But when this limitation was lifted, pilgrims returned to this sanctuary. At present, it is estimated that close to 1 million pilgrims come to the Marian basilica on an annual basis.
1st of May – 31st of October: 06:00 – 20:00.
These hourly intervals are only meant as a guideline, as there is the possibility for some modifications to be made to the schedule at one moment or another. However, the good part is that the Mariazell Basilica is opened throughout the year and that access within is granted daily.
St Charles' Church, also known as Karlskirche, is one of the most beautiful and most interesting buildings found in Austria. The building was constructed by the order to the Emperor of Austria and followed the Baroque architectural style.
According to history, Emperor Karl the VI made a vow to erect a church if Vienna were to rid itself of the plague. In 1715 it seems that everyone's prayers had been answered as the festering disease had left the city. Thus the construction work for the church was initiated. The building process took 22 years to be completed, but when it was finally inaugurated, in 1737, the church appeared as an architectural jewel before everyone.
The elements which have been incorporated in the design are reminiscent of Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome and the Baroque style. The structure consists of two arches, located on each part of the church, two columns, a dome and several towers.
It is definitely curious the way in which the architects decided to integrate these details together. No one had ever ventured on this path, so the church is unique in its stylistic design. The view is almost mesmerizing, especially at night, when the building is lit.
St. Charles' Church is located in the southern part of Karlplatz, in Vienna, and has become renowned precisely because of the plan it follows: the impressive dome being flanked by two columns. When the Roman Emperor announced his plan to build a church, several famous architects competed in order to undertake the project. From the three architects, Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena and Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, which engaged in the competition, the latter won.
The façade consists of two columns, specific for the architectural designed used in Ancient Rome, which are adjacent to two pavilions designed in the contemporary Austrian Baroque. While the exterior is remarkable in its entirety, the interior does not stand out as much.
The interior decoration is in fact artistically performed, in the Baroque style, but there is a contrasting differentiation between the exterior and the interior of the edifice. It is as if once gazing at the building, you would expect to find something equally outstanding, in terms of architectural innovation, when entering the church. Be that as it may, St. Charles' Church should definitely occupy a primarily position on your list of must-see places in Vienna.


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Virat Kohli is in the same stratosphere as Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal - Woodhill
The Tresure Woodhill praised the cricket star Virat Kohli that competed in the tie between Team India and Team Australia in the Indian Premier League (IPL) competition. Speaking on Sports Ndtv, Woodhill praised Kohli putting him on the same level as many tennis legends.
'I've said before that he's in the same stratosphere as Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal', said Woodhill. 'He's equal to them. All Virat really wanted to know was that his head was in a good position and that he was able to access the ball without being impeded.
The best aren't technically focused. They're into making sure the core parameters of their game are in order. They want to make sure that they're balanced at the crease and they're able to adapt to the situation in the game, and that's what makes them so good.
There was lots of talk of him in England before this season about how it was a frontier he hadn't conquered but he came out and had a great summer in England through tough conditions and just through continually refining his game.
Refining his game, not changing it. That's the big difference between the really great players and the good players. The great players refine all the time while the good players change their game too often.'

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A trip to Australia, or Down Under as it's called, is a thrilling experience because of the sheer number of possibilities. There are so many things to do in Australia. Enjoy nature at its very best or explore the beaches. Or simply enjoy the marvellous urban landscapes of some of the most sophisticated cities, this side of the hemisphere.
Holiday makers will no doubt want to cover quite a bit of Australia sightseeing on their visit. After all, there is so much to see here! From Sydney's Opera House to the Blue Mountains National Park, the famed Harbour Bridge or the lovely Carlton Gardens, you can be sure you will be lighting up your Instagram feed way more than usual. Shoppers will love Melbourne's Chapel Street, Sydney's Pitt Street Mall and Brisbane's Queen Street Mall.
Nature walks and island explorations, where wildlife co-exists peacefully with each other, are some of the things to do in Australia that no one wants to miss. Check out the Great Barrier Reef and go snorkelling or get up and close to the koalas and kangaroos. And of course, don't forget to take photos with the most adorable quokkas, which are smaller versions of wallabies. Australia's rich wildlife is exhilarating and worth every second you spend exploring it.
Nature takes the front seat here. With magnificent sunrises and sunsets in Cable Beach that are unforgettable or the jaw-dropping rock formations in Uluru or Wave Rock in Western Australia. If you travel to Tasmania, certainly don't miss out on the Southern Lights (Aurora Australis) which are visible throughout the year.
Think of unspoiled beaches with never-ending stretches of white sand. Jump in for a cool, refreshing dip or ride the waves if that floats your boat. Anything is possible on your Australia Holidays. What's more, you can even swim with sea lions at some of the beaches or marvel at the amazing marine life on the seabed. Australia is truly, one of the best places for beach and water fun.
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Australia's renowned as a culinary destination is something it takes very seriously. It's no wonder that a visit to some of the restaurants here are regarded a culinary pilgrimage of sorts. It ranks high on the list of things to do in Australia for many people. There are several regional restaurants that are famed here for some of their culinary exploits, but the burgeoning trend of celebrity chefs has indeed changed the way people now perceive dining out. Whether it's Red Lantern with Luke Nguyen or Aria with Matt Moran, these fine-dining restaurants are drawing people by the hordes.
Australian wines have gained much fame and following of late and natural wine has now become a movement of sorts. Adelaide Hills in South Australia is probably the largest natural wine producer in the world. Wine bars also focus on bringing different experiences to people. Don't miss visiting Johnny Fishbone in Sydney or Melbourne's Arlechin if you fancy a tipple.


Odd and quirky…just how I like it.
I know its summer when.
SoBe our new kitten now at a whopping 4 Lbs, has given me quite the surprise. Initially we thought he was a deep dark chocolate color but that is now a thing of the past. It must have been his baby fur, because he is now a rich shiny black.
It's the higest form kitty complement, in my opinion. Must mean I'm doing something right. The littlest one purrs as loud and fast as a motor boat and my other one makes me work for the purrr.
They cant say it in words, therefore they say it in purrrs.


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NewsDesk: Kabacan's thorny journey to competitiveness
Jul 23, 2015 | News // Events
THE town of Kabacan in North Cotabato is not used to hearing good news.
Like many towns in Mindanao, it has an image problem.
Usually, the town only attracts the attention of the media if a bomb explodes or if street killings and robberies happen like they are part of the daily grind. The town has gained notoriety as one North Cotabato's hub of illegal drug traders and users.
In November last year, a 19-year-old female university student died and 17 others were wounded when a bomb exploded on an elevated walkway in Kabacan. There had been deadly bomb attacks in the past. Last March, another bomb was placed along the national highway, just a few meters away from the town's terminal. The explosion was averted when the bomb was discovered.
In 2013, the town's vice mayor, Policronio Dulay, was gunned down.
Kabacan is a university town as it is a home to the University of Southern Mindanao, a premier agricultural institution in Mindanao. The university hosts a station of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). A number of killings and bomb attacks even happened inside the school — victimizing students and university employees.
Its outskirt villages were never spared from armed confrontations between government troops and Moro rebels that resulted in numerous evacuations.
Because of this, the inclusion of Kabacan on the list of Philippine competitive towns and cities was a surprising breath of fresh air for the residents of the town, something that had them talking about since it was announced recently.
For Mayor Herlo Guzman, there was nothing surprising about the results of the competitiveness index released by the National Competitiveness Council (NCC).
"Kabacan was really able to transform itself from being troubled to being competitive," said the young mayor, stressing how the town has successfully attracted investors with the local government's progress in its efforts to improve the peace and security.
According to NCC, the Competitiveness Index is a program which "encourages LGUs to gather and voluntarily submit data which are used to measure their performance on three pillars anchored on global standards: Economic Dynamism, Government Efficiency, and Infrastructure."
"This program is conducted by the National Competitiveness Council, aligned with the goal to improve the country's overall competitiveness, through collaborative efforts between the national and local government agencies, and the public and private sectors," the council said.
Last year, Kabacan's income reached P189 million with 744 new investors. For the first quarter of 2015, the number increased by 40 percent.
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"This can be attributed to the improving security and peace in the town which made the climate of doing business good. The local government was also able to enforce the revenue code strictly," he said.
In 2013, the revenue was only P164.8 million. The local government expects a P191 million revenue this year.
The town now has seven banks, four shopping centers, and at least 13 private schools.
Guzman believes that a major factor that contributed to the competitiveness of the town was peace and security.
"We know that only when investors and our people feel safe and secure will we truly be able to compete. That is why peace and order is always on top of our agenda," he said.
Cases of criminalities, including deaths resulting from street robberies dropped to 20 in 2014 from 34 in 2013. Carnapping cases also plunged to 44 in 2014 from 93 cases the previous year.
The local government unit, with the support of the provincial government, invested on the so-called force-multipliers, organizing able and willing members of the communities into Barangay Peacekeeping Action Teams. They will complement the barangay civilian police and their counterparts, the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (Cafgu). Local radio (handheld radios) groups were also formed in every community as they can quickly information in the deterrent of crimes.
The local government also initiated projects that are responsive of the people's needs.
Last year, the local government completed a solar energy project in Barangay Tamped, a Manobo village that can only be reached by boat through the Kabacan River or through a 4-hour motorcycle ride. The P4.8 million project was supported by the Department of Energy.
The project will be extended to the villages of Simone and Simbuhay. The three villages are conflict-areas.
"Our aim is to support and sustain all the other peace and development efforts of various groups," Guzman said.
Gov. Emmylou Mendoza said the inclusion of Kabacan and Midsayap towns shows that "our collective efforts are working." Guzman has recognized that without the help of the provincial and national governments, implementation of projects would be very difficult.
"This is in recognition of our collective efforts to deliver sustainable development and progress to the people," said Mendoza in a press statement. "This also underscores our commitment to partnerships in the pursuit of good and effective governance and genuine public service."
Through the provincial government's Serbisyong Totoo program, the challenges of the local government units were equitably resolved, according to Mendoza.
"The recognition is a proof that we are on the right way; that we are all doing it the right way," she said.
Recently, the provincial government turned over some P22-million in projects to at least 11 villages in the province.
"We continue to support local government units for their own growth and competitiveness amid complex challenges," she said.
The NCC was the former Public-Private Sector Task Force on Philippine Competitiveness created by Malacañang in October 2006.
It aims to promote and develop national competitiveness "and instill a culture of excellence, through public-private sector collaboration as a means to reduce poverty through inclusive growth."
In assessing the competitiveness of a province, city or town, the NCC examines performance assessments based on indicators such as economic dynamism, government efficiency, and infrastructure. These are based on data on existing road network, health infrastructure, education infrastructure, basic utilities, infrastructure investments and other factors. | JMT, NewsDesk


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I know it's hard to believe, but I still see a lot of people using cursors when they shouldn't. Other times, there's some scary dungeon part of the code that someone wrote eons ago that no one wants to go anywhere near to fix.
Sometimes there's a decent reason, something like: We have a query that generates a really big result, and we need to update another table with it. When we do it without the cursor, there's bad locking, it runs for a long time, the transaction log gets huge, etc.
Not bad reasons! I still think there are better ways to do that. But hey.
Specifies a FORWARD_ONLY, READ_ONLY cursor with performance optimizations enabled. FAST_FORWARD cannot be specified if SCROLL or FOR_UPDATE is also specified.
We don't know what they are, but they're there.
It goes parallel, as we'd expect a "big" query to do, and runs for 3 seconds. I'm not saying there's nothing we could do here, but let's roll with it for now.
First, we need to introduce a new table. It's gonna hold our high scores.
Now we're gonna write a stored procedure that's gonna do a few things.
We're going to declare our variables for the variable gods, and open a cursor with OPTIMIZATIONS ENABLED to make sure our optimizations are optimized.
We're gonna update the high score table with new information. This looks a little silly, but people can change their names on the site.
Now we'll run our stored procedure. We're very cool people, after all.
The first thing we'll notice is that it runs for about 23 seconds.
If we then, as very cool people do, examine the query plan for our procedure, we'll notice some oddities.
The first is that, well, our "big" query to feed the cursor doesn't go parallel anymore.
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SQL Server Execution Times: CPU time = 10891 ms, elapsed time = 11459 ms.
CPU time = 10891 ms, elapsed time = 11459 ms.
Cursor options like FORWARD_ONLY, STATIC, and KEYSET can all produce parallel plans, and reduce the total proc runtime to about 15 seconds — remember that it was around 23 seconds with the FAST_FORWARD cursor, with OPTIMIZATIONS ENABLED!
Thank you! Very helpful… and you are so right about that dungeon code. It's everywhere!!
Interesting! Aaron Bertrand compared several performance metrics of different cursor options years ago, recommending LOCAL FAST_FORWARD, though I don't think he looked specifically at parallelism.
Alex — yep, there are a lot of cursor options, and a lot of things to look at.
I generally agree with Aaron that the defaults aren't good, but the query he used isn't eligible for parallelism anyway because of the system objects it's touching.
It would be a great idea to move past the hysteria over cursors. Like any other tool, they can be used well or badly. They are NOT inherently evil. In fact, they are perfect for working your way through a list of repetitive operations.
Tom — that was kind of my point. Cursors and loops have their place, but people should be careful about how they're called.
I think it's important to keep in mind a cursor's place. Cursors were built to go through data stored on a tape drive. If I'm traversing data on tape, I use a cursor (though the occasion for this hasn't come up lately, go figure). If I'm looping through data in an "array" I use a WHILE loop. I'll leave the debates on when looping is and isn't the best solution to different thread topics.
Erik: it should be noted that by default, CURSORs are "sensitive" / dynamic. Meaning, they are sensitive to changes made in the base tables of the cursor-based query. This is why there exists the @@FETCH_STATUS of -2 (row is missing). I assume that this also causes the cursor to maintain at least light-weight locks on the base tables. This is then why STATIC cursors are typically faster since they copy the result set to an internal temp table, and don't re-query or lock base tables. And thus STATIC cursors are considered "insensitive" ("sensitive" being the ANSI semantics).
There isn't much debate here: WHILE loops are inherently slower AND more error prone (e.g. forgetting to increment the index or forgetting to "remove" the current row when finished with it, depending on your method of moving through it). I have tested this several times, and so have many others. Bottom line is: the CURSOR mechanism is internally optimized to efficiently move through the list it is given, and no matter how you structure your while loop, it will always do more reads and/or writes than a CURSOR created with the proper options (i.e. STATIC READ_ONLY FORWARD_ONLY).
The thing I'm most guilty of when writing my own while loops is forgetting to reset some variables when part of a loop is finished. In other words, my DBA is showing. Heh.


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I love the idea that Nicks deserved a writing credit.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, March 13, 2017 3:26 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
It's like something straight from the Mike Love school of earning writing credits.
― Coolio Iglesias (Turrican), Monday, 13 March 2017 18:33 (two years ago) link
/Then Play Long/ on the mysterious case of the disintegrating band: http://nobilliards.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/fleetwood-mac-tango-in-night.html🔗
Holy shit, the "WASSA MATTA BAY BEE" stuff is more ridiculous than I imagined. Good god.
That said, I don't think stuff that sounds like Nicks on "Little Lies" is Buckingham.
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 13 March 2017 18:47 (two years ago) link
The three are on "Little Lies" – that's the beauty of the chorus, where each gets a line (and the beauty of the 12" is exposing listeners to the rest of Nicks' vocal).
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 March 2017 18:55 (two years ago) link
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I'd probably go as far as saying that it ranks as one of Nicks' worst ever vocal performances on record.
the christine/stevie/lindsey tradeoff in the chorus is the most they ever feel like a band on the record and it's also just really sharp arranging, it's the part of the song that's like burned into my memory forever xp
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Monday, 13 March 2017 18:59 (two years ago) link
It's the Mac song I remember most as a kid, thanks to that nasal Nicks hook in the chorus.
i heard it on the radio for years as a kid without ever identifying it as a fleetwood mac song. which persisted even after i became a fan; they didn't perform it the dance, which was my gateway
er, on the dance*
I used to wake up to the clock/radio every morning, and one of my formative memories is waking up to "Little Lies" one day. It was the sleepy-eyed equivalent of hearing something amazing and needing to pull the car over. 1987, so must have been middle school. Not sure when I even realized pre-'80s Fleetwood Mac existed, to be honest. What's weird is that I didn't buy the record until much, much later.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 13 March 2017 19:26 (two years ago) link
Posted before I got here...Like all the singles, would have voted for "Mystified."
― clemenza, Monday, 13 March 2017 19:47 (two years ago) link
I had completely forgotten about "Big Love"
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Monday, 13 March 2017 19:48 (two years ago) link
For me, I heard stuff like 'Albatross' and 'Oh Well' first and I pretty much thought of Fleetwood Mac as being something to be put in the same bracket as Cream or something. British blues rock. But then later I'd see videos for Fleetwood Mac songs from different eras on VH-1 and I'd think "huh, wut?" ... I'd see 'Albatross' one day, 'Big Love' the next, then something like 'Rhiannon' and it'd be a bit confusing. It wasn't until I saw the Rock Family Trees episode on Fleetwood Mac circa 1994-1995 or thereabouts that I became aware of how it all fit together, then the Classic Albums episode on Rumours. That was basically my gateway... then suddenly it was like: "huh, so that's where the intro music from the Formula One comes from..."
In fact, before watching that Rock Family Trees, I'd assumed that the line-up that did 'Big Love' was a slightly different line-up to the one that did 'Rhiannon', because Lindsey Buckingham looked so different in the 'Big Love' video.
In two weeks it'll be the 30th anniversary of "Big Love" debuting on the Hot 100: https://weeklytop40.wordpress.com/1987-all-charts/
that Rock Family Tree doc is great for anyone who wants a nosey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYaE5qFpGQM
― piscesx, Monday, 13 March 2017 20:30 (two years ago) link
"Mystified" is kinda killing me right now.
'Isn't It Midnight' is my jam on this these days.
TA-AN-GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 12:38 (two years ago) link
Excellent review Brad
Edge of Seventeen anecdote is blowing my mind
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 13:32 (two years ago) link
It's hilarious that ten years later not a single poster has admitted to voting for "Welcome to the Room................Sara."
I will say this about it: as dire as the song is, it features Stevie's best performance on the record by a fair distance. The writing bears her trademark phrasing – and her singing is far more invested (and subsequently less manipulated by Lindsay). Which makes a certain amount of sense given that it's about the most relevant thing in her life at the time: drugs, rehab and isolation.
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 16:37 (two years ago) link
It's her only complete performance. She didn't write "Seven Wonders" and didn't finish "When I See You Again." She's there and not-there on this album in a way that astonishes me.
For me, it's never really mattered that Nicks contributed relatively little to this record, since McVie's and Buckingham's contributions are so potent.
― Coolio Iglesias (Turrican), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 23:00 (two years ago) link
(then again, Nicks always was my least favourite of the three songwriters)
Mine as well, tho Stevie's best moments—"Sara," "Gypsy," "Dreams," "Storms"—are undoubtedly really good, even if I sometimes question how much of what I like about them is wedded their arrangements and production.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 00:26 (two years ago) link
I disagree. Her songs are often the weakest but no way in hell would I want a Fleetwood Mac without her. She's peculiar: one of the few singer-songwriters who is both the most conventional, kitschiest member (Eagles fetish, New Age crap) and the weirdest vision.
otoh Buckingham is often a better arranger and producer and singer than songwriter; often his songs are about nothing and aren't anything except their arrangements. He's at best coaxing and shaping great songs out of McVie and Nicks.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 00:31 (two years ago) link
*and HAS the weirdest vision
i mean i disagree too but that's bc her mac-oriented songs are all knockouts until mirage, which has "gypsy" anyway
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 00:37 (two years ago) link
I agree that Buckingham works wonders on McVie's and Nicks' material, it's partly the reason why McVie's tracks sound so utterly magnificent on Tango, and partly the reason why Nicks was able to get away with phoning it in.
I can't wait to hear what the Buckingham-McVie record sounds like, although I still see no reason why it shouldn't be put out as a Fleetwood Mac record.
― Coolio Iglesias (Turrican), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 00:38 (two years ago) link
stevie's songs can be really digressive but it's a good counterpoint to the precision of buckingham and mcvie, she gets adventurous in a way they do not
With maybe one exception, her songs on Say You Will are her best on a Mac record since Tusk.
― Coolio Iglesias (Turrican), Tuesday, March 14, 2017
I bet Nicks and her lawyers rewrote her contract so that Fleetwood Mac isn't "Fleetwood Mac" without her. She's the star.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, March 14, 2017 5:38 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
agreed. (what's the exception? "illume" is p dull imo)
Yep. Classic Nicks example of wandering in search of a melody.
otoh "Running Through the Garden"! "Goodbye Baby"! The title track! "Thrown Down"!
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, March 15, 2017 12:26 AM (eleven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Yeah, the best of Stevie's stuff really is genuinely great - 'Sara' for me being the pinnacle of her songwriting for Fleetwood Mac, and I really love 'Sisters of the Moon' and 'Gold Dust Woman' ... I'd still rank her as my third favourite songwriter in this incarnation of Fleetwood Mac, vastly preferring McVie's well crafted pop and Buckingham's stuff like 'That's All For Everyone', 'Go Your Own Way', 'What Makes You Think You're The One', his tracks on Tango...
On the Enchanted box set she includes a couple of demos of her best '90s songs ("Sweet Girl," "Twisted"), on which she and another guitarist (Jesse Vanenzuela on one!) play all the instruments and guess what -- the chord changes and melodies are all hers and survived intact. It's possible she was a better recordmaker by the '90s, but I'm reluctant to give Buck the lion's share of the credit for making her listenable; there's a faint whiff of misogyny.
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Wednesday, March 15, 2017 12:38 AM (eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Adventurous like on the stock '70s California soft rock of 'Angel' or adventurous like on the stock '70s California soft rock of 'I Don't Wanna Know' ... or adventurous like the meandering, take-your-time-getting-somewhere '70s California soft rock of 'Storms' or 'Beautiful Child'? The latter two which neither have the pop hooks of McVie's material or are as interesting as Buckingham's material?
"I Don't Wanna Know" is as precise as any McVie!
agreed with alfred on the faint whiff of misogyny
"Storms" doesn't sound like Nicolette Larson, Carly Simon, Kenny Loggins, or however you define California soft rock.
and I haven't even mentioned the half dozen great solo songs on which Buckingham is nowhere near
we could also talk about "silver springs" which has like two choruses and sounds enormous in a way that basically no other rumours track does
I think Stevie is just one of those songwriters who does her best work bouncing off someone else. There's nothing wrong with that. She's not a typical singer-songwriter, more like Madonna.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 00:59 (two years ago) link
"beautiful child" wanders and builds itself up block by block as much as "sara" and every time she sings "i am not a child anymore" it sounds like years have passed
^^^ yes. And her timbre changes!
I can't believe we're re-litigating Nicks' contributions. I got no problem with someone ranking her last among the three, but to call her flaws worse than McVie's homilies or Buckingham's formalist vacuity misses the point of a band complementing its members' strengths.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKIC_Kza4Ek
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 15 March 2017 01:07 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPEhIoKeTg0
0s, but I'm reluctant to give Buck the lion's share of the credit for making her listenable; there's a faint whiff of misogyny.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, March 15, 2017 12:49 AM (nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I'm not reluctant in the least - it's a well known fact that Buckingham did a great deal of arranging and production on the others songs - just check the album credits, or even accounts from the band members themselves. A chord progression and a melody is one thing, but a great arrangement and production can give life to something that can be unremarkable at its core.
Sure, but that's no more the case with McVie or Buckingham's songs. She's not a lesser songwriter b/c her songs needed the glittering arrangements as much as her colleague did.
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Subway has had its ups and downs, but is always a mainstay in Anytown, U.S.A. In the past the refreshes of the brand have been baseline where they move the needle forward without ruffling too many feathers. More recently, in the wake of the Jared Debacle, the brand overhauled its iconic identity to one that's a bit more dull and pedestrian. It is well covered over at Brand New.
Yesterday we ran across the new concept store for Subway, and our reactions were quite similar to the identity redesign: underwhelmed.
The Good: They've integrated kiosks for self-ordering. Even though they're not in plain sight from these images, the kiosks should make the DIYer quite happy. It'll streamline the process and make things quicker with a pleasant consumer experience.
The Bad: This experience is pedestrian and forgettable. It's safe making sure to not make any real strong statement, while concurrently being better than bad. There are clear attempts at "tapping into millennials" that I've become familiar with seeing. Case in point: The vegetable display. This feature works when there is something special about the produce. Green peppers, tomatoes, and cucumbers aren't special and they don't serve as cues for freshness or a heightened menu. To us it seems that someone in the room said, "millennials like fresh vegetables" and so this solution was born.
The Ugly: This looks like a cheap hospital cafeteria.


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The first Catholic congregation in the Sugar Land area was recorded in 1915. To attend Mass, local residents traveled by train every fifth Sunday to the home of the Jessie H. Roberts family on Main Street. Father I. P. Tonson of the Oblate Fathers of Mary Immaculate (O.M.I.) from Houston came to provide sacramental and pastoral care on these occasions. In 1920, the Sugar Land community formally became part of the Oblate missions and was attached to Immaculate Conception church in Houston.
Sugarland Industries offered to donate a plot of land for the construction of a Catholic Church for the community in 1926, the same year a Ladies Altar Society was organized. In 1927, the first building was constructed on the corner of Main and Fifth Streets and dedicated to St. Theresa the Little Flower. The community thus became an official parish of the Diocese of Galveston-Houston. Father Hugh Finnegan of the Oblate Fathers of Mary Immaculate served the church. In 1940 the original wood frame church was enlarged and a rectory was added. In 1955 the Congregation of St. Basil (Basilian Fathers) were invited to staff the parish. Father W. P. McGee, C.S.B. served as the first Basilian pastor. (The Oblate Fathers of Mary Immaculate rededicated themselves to missionary work.)
In 1960 a new church building was dedicated at the corner of Main and Seventh Streets. The land was donated by the Imperial Sugar Company. Construction of the convent for the Sisters of the Missionary Catechists of Divine Providence (M.C.D.P.) was completed two years later. These Sisters served the church from the 1920's until 1990. In 1966 the first Parish Council (now called the Pastoral Council) was created. In 1967 the construction of a rectory, parish hall, and classrooms was completed. In 1970 the annual May Bazaar was established. In 1975 the church recorded 600 parish families and 450 children in the Continuing Christian Education (CCE) program.
In 1982 the church was transformed into a chapel, becoming the transept of a new, larger church building. A bell tower was also constructed. In 1990 the M.C.D.P. sisters were reassigned and the convent was converted into a Perpetual Adoration chapel with support rooms for CCE. In 1996, the church recorded 2800 parish families and 1500 children in its CCE program. Also, two new buildings to house the Parish Hall and more classrooms were added. Existing facilities such as the youth and adult education centers were remodeled, the nursery and St. Vincent de Paul food pantry were expanded, and a music room was added.
In 1999 the church was remodeled, expanding the seating capacity to 1,200 people. The number of active families reached 3,574. In 2001 the Basilians Fathers left the parish after 46 years of service to the community. On August 25, 2001 a tribute to the service of the Basilian Fathers was celebrated by the Most Reverend Joseph Fiorenza, the Bishop at the time. The Diocese of Galveston Houston assigned Father Stephen B. Reynolds to be its first diocesan Pastor. On August 26, 2001 the ground-breaking ceremony for the Family Life Center took place and it was completed not long after.
2008 brought about a new chapter in the church's history, with the opening of Saint Theresa Catholic School, dedicated to Catholic, Classical Education. A new Education Building designed by Duncan Stroik Architect, LLC, was completed the following year and was solemnly dedicated by the Archbishop, His Eminence, Daniel Cardinal DiNardo on August 13, 2009. The structure houses the school and parish offices and is utilized for CCE in the evenings. After almost 15 years of dedicated service, Father Reynolds was reassigned to another parish in the [now Arch]diocese in 2015. Upon his departure, the community asked that the Education Building be named in his honor. The parish is currently comprised of more than 4,800 households.
Pastors who have served St. Theresa's Church (since 1955):
Rev. Eurel Manzano
Rev. Stephen B. Reynolds
Rev. Robert Matzinger, C.S.B.
Rev. Charles Christopher, C.S.B.
Rev. Thomas Mailloux, C.S.B.
Rev. William Coughlin, C.S.B.
Rev. Donald Cooper, C.S.B.
Rev. Roy Oggero, C.S.B.
Rev. Richard Jeffrey, C.S.B.
Rev. Raymond Jackson, C.S.B.
Rev. John Collins, C.S.B.
Rev. Robert Lowery, C.S.B.
Rev. W.P. McGee, C.S.B.
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Reading I 1 Sm 17:32-33, 37, 40-51 David spoke to Saul: "Let your majesty not lose courage. I am at your service to go and fight this Philistine." But Saul answered David, "You cannot go up against this Philistine and fight with him, for you are only a youth, while he has been a warrior […]
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In it, the Party argues it is under attack from "anti-China western forces" (西方的反华势力) and at home by book-clubs, letter writing liberals and "dissidents" ("异见分子"). In response, it calls for extreme vigilance among Party members, and policies which push back hard against calls for constitutionalism, "universal values" and other "western" evils.
It's a stark document. It stresses there can be no compromise; across the fields of history, media and economic policy Document No.9 reasserts the official Leninist line - Do Not Question the Party. Whereas in previous years, discussion and some mild 'revisionist' ideas were kind of brooked, at least listened to, their more moderate adherents viewed as friends of the Party, trying to improve the system, now the ideas are clearly identified as poison and their carriers marked anti-revolutionary. It's the difference between a Party member making "a mistake", from which they can recover with reflection on their egregious errors and self-criticism, and being labelled "anti-Party", at which point you better kiss your wife (and girlfriend(s)) goodbye. As has been remarked on much since, Document No. 9 is a foundational document for the New Era.
What caught my eye, though, were the bits on the economy. The fourth type of ideological creep that the Party Centre is worried about, is called "New Liberalism" (新自由主义), which seems to be a catch-all category for liberal economics. Not without some exaggeration, the Document claims such economists push for "thorough privatization" (彻底私有化) and "complete marketization" (完全市场化) of the economy. They believe in the "all-powerful market" (市场万能话) theory, are opposed to public ownership (公有制), call SOEs a "state monopoly" (国家垄断), and they believe that "macro-economic management" (宏观调控) undermines market efficiency and vibrancy. In all this, of course, these new liberals are wrong. And here comes the strangle-hold line: "They want to change the basic economic structure and weaken the government's ability to control the lifeblood of the economy" (削若政府对国民经济命脉的控制). In other words, all this new liberal economics is exactly what Gorbachev did to the Soviet system, undermining the Party's foundational power.
And there we have it. Seven months before the Third Plenum of the 18th Party Congress in November 2013, the No. 9 Document had already laid out what New Era economic policy could not be. Market-leaning economic policies were cartoonishly mischaracterized, exaggerated and simplified, and then judged to be anti-revolutionary. No mention of the systemic corruption that the SOE system engenders, no truck given to the benefits of privatizing some non-strategic assets, and no time for the benefits of market incentives. Document No. 9 made fun of the "all-powerful market" theory and then the Third Plenum document called for the market to be the primary allocator of resources.
And there we have it; the core contradiction at the heart of economic policy making ever since, and one of the two main reasons reforms have stagnated. That and the money.


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Malfunctioning protein a cause of Alzheimer's plaques
by Deborah Braconnier , Medical Xpress
(Medical Xpress) -- In a new study published in Science Translational Medicine, scientists from the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis reveal their discovery of a protein made by an Alzheimer's gene that hinders the brain's ability to remove the key ingredient in the amyloid plaques that are a signature of the disease.
Apolopoprotein E, or APOE, can be found in three forms known as E2, E3 and E4 and previous studies have shown that APOE E4 greatly increased the risk of Alzheimer's as well as lowered the age of onset by 10 to 15 years. Lead researcher Dr. David Holtzman says, "We knew that APOE was linked with amyloid beta accumulation and suspected that APOE E4 might slow amyloid-beta clearance. This study directly shows that this is particularly true for APOE E4."
Researchers began by looking at the APOE genes in almost 300 healthy individuals. They looked at the cerebrospinal fluid and brain scans to evaluate how much amyloid plaque was found in each of the participant's brains. They discovered that those participants who had one or multiple copies of APOE E4 had a higher chance of having plaque deposition.
To determine whether APOE E4 was the cause of increased amyloid beta production or simply slowed its removal, Joseph Castellano examined genetically altered mice that made one of the three forms of APOE. Using in vivo microdialysis to track amyloid levels in the mice brains, he discovered that the mice with APOE E4 showed mush higher levels of amyloid beta and removed it much slower than the other mice. This presence of APOE E4 in the older mice also revealed much more amyloid plaque disposition.
Next, Castellano wanted to determine if the different forms of APOE played any role in the amyloid beta production rates. Using stable isotope labeling kinetics, he partnered with Dr. Randall Batemann, an assistant professor of neurology from Washington University. The results revealed that neither APOE E2, E3 nor E4 made a difference in the production rates.
The researchers have also discovered a receptor in the brain that removes the amyloid beta and APOE and Holtzman says, "We would like to find out whether that receptor clears amyloid beta and APOE together, or if the two are removed from the brain through distinct mechanisms. Answering these questions could be very important for new therapies."
More information: J. M. Castellano, J. Kim, F. R. Stewart, H. Jiang, R. B. DeMattos, B. W. Patterson, A. M. Fagan, J. C. Morris, K. G. Mawuenyega, C. Cruchaga, A. M. Goate, K. R. Bales, S. M. Paul, R. J. Bateman, D. M. Holtzman, Human apoE Isoforms Differentially Regulate Brain Amyloid-β Peptide Clearance. Sci. Transl. Med. 3, 89ra57 (2011). DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3002156
The apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 allele is the strongest genetic risk factor for late-onset, sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD). The APOE ε4 allele markedly increases AD risk and decreases age of onset, likely through its strong effect on the accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide. In contrast, the APOE ε2 allele appears to decrease AD risk. Most rare, early-onset forms of familial AD are caused by autosomal dominant mutations that often lead to overproduction of Aβ42 peptide. However, the mechanism by which APOE alleles differentially modulate Aβ accumulation in sporadic, late-onset AD is less clear. In a cohort of cognitively normal individuals, we report that reliable molecular and neuroimaging biomarkers of cerebral Aβ deposition vary in an apoE isoform–dependent manner. We hypothesized that human apoE isoforms differentially affect Aβ clearance or synthesis in vivo, resulting in an apoE isoform–dependent pattern of Aβ accumulation later in life. Performing in vivo microdialysis in a mouse model of Aβ-amyloidosis expressing human apoE isoforms (PDAPP/TRE), we find that the concentration and clearance of soluble Aβ in the brain interstitial fluid depends on the isoform of apoE expressed. This pattern parallels the extent of Aβ deposition observed in aged PDAPP/TRE mice. ApoE isoform–dependent differences in soluble Aβ metabolism are observed not only in aged but also in young PDAPP/TRE mice well before the onset of Aβ deposition in amyloid plaques in the brain. Additionally, amyloidogenic processing of amyloid precursor protein and Aβ synthesis, as assessed by in vivo stable isotopic labeling kinetics, do not vary according to apoE isoform in young PDAPP/TRE mice. Our results suggest that APOE alleles contribute to AD risk by differentially regulating clearance of Aβ from the brain, suggesting that Aβ clearance pathways may be useful therapeutic targets for AD prevention.
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#ifndef PANTHEIOS_INCL_PANTHEIOS_INSERTERS_HPP_PROCESSID
#define PANTHEIOS_INCL_PANTHEIOS_INSERTERS_HPP_PROCESSID

/* /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 * Version information
 */

#ifndef PANTHEIOS_DOCUMENTATION_SKIP_SECTION
# define PANTHEIOS_VER_PANTHEIOS_INSERTERS_HPP_PROCESSID_MAJOR      2
# define PANTHEIOS_VER_PANTHEIOS_INSERTERS_HPP_PROCESSID_MINOR      2
# define PANTHEIOS_VER_PANTHEIOS_INSERTERS_HPP_PROCESSID_REVISION   5
# define PANTHEIOS_VER_PANTHEIOS_INSERTERS_HPP_PROCESSID_EDIT       22
#endif /* !PANTHEIOS_DOCUMENTATION_SKIP_SECTION */

/* /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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 */

#ifndef PANTHEIOS_INCL_PANTHEIOS_H_PANTHEIOS
# include <pantheios/pantheios.h>
#endif /* !PANTHEIOS_INCL_PANTHEIOS_H_PANTHEIOS */
#ifndef PANTHEIOS_INCL_PANTHEIOS_INSERTERS_HPP_FMT
# include <pantheios/inserters/fmt.hpp>
#endif /* !PANTHEIOS_INCL_PANTHEIOS_INSERTERS_HPP_FMT */
#ifndef PANTHEIOS_INCL_PANTHEIOS_INTERNAL_HPP_SHIM_DECLARATIONS
# include <pantheios/internal/shim_declarations.hpp>
#endif /* !PANTHEIOS_INCL_PANTHEIOS_INTERNAL_HPP_SHIM_DECLARATIONS */

#ifndef STLSOFT_INCL_STLSOFT_SHIMS_ACCESS_STRING_H_FWD
# include <stlsoft/shims/access/string/fwd.h>
#endif /* !STLSOFT_INCL_STLSOFT_SHIMS_ACCESS_STRING_H_FWD */

/* /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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#if !defined(PANTHEIOS_NO_NAMESPACE)
namespace pantheios
{

#endif /* !PANTHEIOS_NO_NAMESPACE */

/* /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 * Typedefs
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/** Global instance that may be used to insert a process identity into a log
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 * \ingroup group__application_layer_interface__inserters
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extern struct processId_t const* processId;

/* /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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#ifndef PANTHEIOS_DOCUMENTATION_SKIP_SECTION

PANTHEIOS_CALL(pan_char_t const*) pantheios_getCurrentProcessIdString(void);
PANTHEIOS_CALL(size_t)      pantheios_getCurrentProcessIdStringLength(void);

PANTHEIOS_CALL_DEPRECATED(pan_char_t const*, pantheios_processId, pantheios_getCurrentProcessIdString) pantheios_processId(void);
PANTHEIOS_CALL_DEPRECATED(size_t, pantheios_processIdLength, pantheios_getCurrentProcessIdStringLength) pantheios_processIdLength(void);

#endif /* !PANTHEIOS_DOCUMENTATION_SKIP_SECTION */

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{
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PAN_CHAR_T const*
PANTHEIOS_c_str_data_name_(
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{
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}
inline
pan_char_t const*
c_str_data(
    struct processId_t const*
)
{
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}

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size_t
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)
{
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}
inline
size_t
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)
{
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}

inline
PAN_CHAR_T const*
PANTHEIOS_c_str_ptr_name_(
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{
    return pantheios_getCurrentProcessIdString();
}
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pan_char_t const*
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{
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    using ::pantheios::shims::c_str_len;
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