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Bbrrrrrrrrrr!!! Mid Ohio has gotten down right cold!! Hope it's toastier where ever you are! Check out what the mornings bring:
Told you so…COLD!!! I guess being a Southerner for 18 months did turn me into a wimp!! 😉
Before I gush about an awesome fall recipe I tried, read about changes coming to Weight Watchers.
Weight Watchers in the UK has launched a new program that includes "ProPoints" that will take into account protein, carbohydrate, fiber, and fat. According to the Grocer, a British news outlet, calorie-counting as previously endorsed by Weight Watchers has since been proven "inacurate" and "outdated". The new Weight Watchers program in the UK also gives participants "real living" points that can be used on occasional treats and alcohol. No details on the new US Weight Watchers program are available as of yet.
While these changes in the UK program are vague, they seem to be working in the right direction. In recent years, types of calories are being examined more closely. In other words, all calories are not made equal. In theory, all calories are made equal — a calorie represents one unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperatiure of one kilogram of water by one degree — but we all know that calories "spent" on empty calories like alcohol and simple sugars are not ones well spent as they provide no nutritive value. While Weight Watchers has made strides to encourage members to utilize their points appropriately, that has not deterred some individuals from the Cheeto and turkey hot dog meal plan. I would know, because that was me…10 years ago. One can quickly learn that you can eat what you want, as long as your points are within your target range, and lose weight. However, Weight Watchers is wisening up to see that while people are losing weight, they are not doing so appropriately.
The new program sounds more sound in that is will take into account ALL macronutrients — the components that make up calories in foods: carbohydrate, fat, and protein. I would venture to guess that the new program will also set goals for macronutrient composition in the diet (i.e. a balance between carbohydrate, fat, and protein). We shall see what Weight Watchers has up their sleeves, but I do see some changes in the program for the better. But, of course, a visit to your friendly neighborhood dietitian is always best!
And on to the eats! 😀
I saw this recipe on Erin's blog and I knew I had to try it. Butternut squash and cannellini beans…what a perfect fall dish!
Butternut Squash Cassoulet with Bacon and Roasted Garlic adapted from Cooking Light and The Healthy Apron
1 whole garlic bulb (about 9 cloves), chopped
2 oz. (4 slices) turkey bacon, chopped
2 large onions, vertically sliced
1 Tbsp olive oil
2 Tbsp white wine (I used red because it was open, worked great!)
1 Tbsp white wine vinegar
2 lbs. butternut squash, peeled and cut into 1/2 inch cubes
1/2 cup organic vegetable broth
1/2 tsp fresh thyme
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1/4 tsp coarsely ground black pepper
2 cans cannellini or great northern beans
1 bay leaf
2 slices Italian or sourdough bread
2 Tbsp freshly grated Parmesan
1/2 teaspoon olive oil
Chopped fresh parsley
Sauté bacon in large skillet or Dutch oven ~5 minutes or until crispy. Set aside.
While bacon cook, process bread pieces until course crumbs, add Parmesan, and 1/2 tsp olive oil. Set aside.
Drain fat from skillet and clean or use a separate skillet. Sauté onion in 1 tablespoon olive oil ~5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium low, sauté another 10 minutes. Deglaze the pan with 2 tablespoons wine, cook ~15 more minutes or until onions are softened and brown. Keep stirring frequently. Remove from heat and add 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar.
Preheat oven to 375˚ F.
Mix your onion mixture, garlic pulp, bacon, squash, broth, spices, and beans, in a large bowl and stir well. Transfer to a large casserole dish. Sprinkle with homemade breadcrumbs.
Cover and bake at 375˚ F for 1 hour and 5 minutes, or until squash is tender. (Remove cover the last 15 minutes of baking to brown the topping). Discard bay leaf and sprinkle with parsley. Serves 8.
Nutrition Information (per serving): 215 calories; 4.5 g. fat; 6 mg. cholesterol; 444 mg. sodium; 33 g. carbohydrate; 7.9 g. fiber; 9.9 g. protein
Result: I am BLOWN AWAY at how flavorful and delicious this cassoulet was. I knew it would be good, but it far surpassed my expectations. I ate this as a meal, but I think I would add goat cheese for a main course next time. I think that creamy richness would pair perfectly with the sweet, soft squash and the hearty beans. If you don't have time to make homemade breadcrumbs, use Panko or just regular breadcrumbs…either would work just fine and be a time-saver! I am glad I halved the amount of beans…4 cans just seemed like a lot! I love beans, but I much prefer the squash to be the dish's super star! The dish is a nice balance between carbohydrate, protein, and fat and is loaded with fiber while being low in calories. A winner all around! Enjoy!
Trivia question answer: the #1 most requested pizza topping in the U.S. is PEPPERONI! Most of you guessed it, kudos! I honestly thought it was sausage and no one else guessed that, oops! 🙂
Thanks for your great Q&A questions! If there are any others, send them over to me [email protected]! I will post a Q&A next week, and keep a look out for Mr. Prevention's cameo appearance post next week, too! 😉
Question: What do you think about the changes Weight Watchers is making to their program? Are there any other changes you would like to see?
I would love to see sodium and saturated/trans fat included in the Weight Watchers program.
I am off to an all-day meeting with renal dietitians from all over Ohio! Should be a great day packed with lots to learn!!
Happy day-before-Friday!


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Don't get me wrong, he is certainly capable of learning, however, the process is long and drawn out. Personally, it is not a problem for me and I am happy to move along at his pace. I don't see the point of trying to fast forward and miss out on any crucial steps of his development. Upon reflection, Nick has certainly plateaued many times over the years, although interestingly, since starting RDI he has made steady progress without any hiccups!
This brings me to our latest objective. We have been working with this one for a few weeks and it is one that I have really enjoyed doing..... in fact, I like it so much that we are just going to keep on doing it!
*Nick is motivated to seek out and engage with challenging decision-making opportunities. Nick experience Himself as being able to "do hard things." When offered the option, he begins to prefer engaging in "Challenging" (subjectively appraised as difficult), over "Easy" situations. NIck learn to differentiate the experience of feeling challenged from the experience of feeling overwhelmed, as well as from activities the Nick has already mastered. (*This is based on just one objective in the RDI program)
The following is my latest video footage and feedback that I sent to our RDI consultant.
Assignment: Easy and Hard
I decided to re-visit our old dishwasher activity. We haven't done it for ages and I thought if would be a great opportunity to guide Nick and really emphasis the difference between easy and hard. I chose to work with a reciprocal pattern. Due to Nick battling with motor planning, I felt that this pattern would be beneficial for engagement. I decided that I would take my turn first and through observation and the use of declaratives I hoped that Nick would understand what we were doing and how we were going about it.
I was very specific on my framework sheet that we would each use three of each item that was to be stacked into the dishwasher..... thus preventing me from spending too much time on the interaction. My mantra was *keep pausing* so I was very mindful of stopping/pausing and also slowing my pace down. I had planned to cut back on the amount of language that could be used and only make comments when I thought necessary. I also planned to *think aloud*.
- What did you observe in terms of the challenge? Nick was happy to join me at the dishwasher, although I did notice that he was keen to rush through our engagement. I had to really ensure that I slowed right down in order for him to pay attention to me. If I had left him to carry on, he would have quickly put the items into the dishwasher and then leave. Kudos to him though, he was aware of my actions and he adjusted himself accordingly to regulate with me and to reference me for information.
- Did anything surprise you? Oh yes, I was amazed that he quickly realised how the cups were to be placed. My self talk and demonstration must have been spot on! Our hard turned into easy... so I had to quickly improvise in order to spotlight the next hard! . I took him to his edge plus one.... and because it was so easy, I just had to do it again!!
- Site one or two (or more if you like!) time codes that you feel are important and state WHY they are important:
0.16: Nick was keen to get to the sink and get an item, and I remember thinking (fleetingly) that I needed to slow him now. Thus, I put my hand on him to make him stop and wait. I am not sure if this was important... although making that physical connection with Nick made him aware of the need to stop.
0.45: I emphasised that what we had just completed was *so easy*. This was important because in order for Nick to hear and remember the difference within our engagement, I needed to spotlight the moment.
0.54: Nick was pushing in the top tray but I hadn't finished with our engagement. I didn't tell him that we hadn't finished.... I just gently pulled out the tray and held it in place when Nick tried to push it in again. I purposely kept a big smile on my face to let him know that it was okay but we were going to keep going.
1.31: I laughed because I had realised that our *hard* had become our *easy*. This is very important to highlight here because I am aware that I took Nick to the edge plus one and he aced it. Immediately I started thinking that I need to spotlight *hard* therefore, I will have to give Nick an extra challenge. This was not on my framework sheet but I decided to wing it! I made sure to spotlight that what we had done was too easy.
1.47: OMW, I nearly missed this! Nick watched me rinse the bowl and then make a move towards the dishwasher. Nick went to open the dishwasher!!!!!!!!!!
2.02: Nick is rushing, therefore I slow him down a bit by giving him a little explanation of what is going on and I emphasis *slow*. This is important to make note of because it shows that I am understanding the need to take it slow in order for Nick to regulate with me and be aware that he can learn from me, from observation and body language and the words that I use.
2.24: Nick is asking for help.... which is pretty consistent of him when he is feeling incompetent. I don't want him to give up, so I tell him that I know he can do it. I like that I can encourage him naturally and spontaneously without putting any thought into it.
2.28 - end. I spotlight that what Nick is doing is a bit *hard*..... and you can see him persevering. I make sure to spotlight that he *did it* when he finished. After this plate, we then stopped as I didn't want to push Nick any further. I realised that he was at his *plus one* and that he had done enough.
- What did you do well in this frame? I liked that I really made a point of slowing everything down. I am very happy that I didn't go overboard with the language used and also that I am very comfortable with the use of declaratives! It may not look like it but I was constantly assessing and thinking about my next step. I feel that I was paying more attention to our actual engagement than the activity itself.
- Is there anything you would change? Upon reflection, I feel that I need to put a little bit more time into thinking about each engagement and make any needed amendments before I actually do the next engagement. I must continually reassess my frameworks to ensure that I am taking into account the edge plus one concept. I also need to remind myself to only take Nick plus one and then no more.
CONCLUSION: I really enjoy this objective. Working with easy and hard has really highlighted to me that *edge plus one concept*. I find that I am continually looking at what we are doing and then planning for the next *hard* step. From another perspective, the same objective has turned into a learning experience for Nick. He knows that he has done something easy and he feels competent. He is aware when something is hard, however, he perseveres with a little guidance and he learns from that experience. We can only but move forward!


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Fashion retailer Pomelo has debuted its in-app live stream tech with the launch of its new Spring Summer collection. The fashion brand will unveil immersive in-app capability, in a bid to bring fans closer to the heart of the fashion experience through technological innovation.
Showcasing a more engaging omnichannel experience, the launch of the Spring Summer 2020 collection will be fully livestreamed via the Pomelo app, and allow fans to get an exclusive sneak peek at the collection ahead of its official launch. The sneak peek will also include special appearances by Pomelo campaign ambassadors including Singapore's Layla Ong, Thailand's Davika Hoorne and Indonesia's Raline Shah, among others.
Fans and fashion enthusiasts will be able to tune into Pomelo's content in real-time across all Southeast Asia markets. Beyond the collection launch through live video content, fans will also be able to view exclusive, on-site interviews with fashion personalities from the collection, and participate through interactive Q&A sessions.
Co-developed by Pomelo's in-house developers, together with interactive streaming and marketing platform Geddit, the in-app livestream functionality will be fully shoppable from March onwards.
Jean Thomas, CMO of Pomelo said that as the retail landscape continues to evolve, Pomelo aims to stand out by bringing dynamic experiences to fans that combine shopping with engaging, real-time content. "Constant innovation and a strong dedication to reinventing the omnichannel experience are a large part of Pomelo's DNA, and we're confident that the launch of the new in-app livestream feature, amongst other new developments still to come, will enable us to be at the forefront of driving innovation in this industry," he added.
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Results: Watering my blueberry bush less when it was beginning to turn red
Almost a month ago I was concerned about my baby blueberry bush which was, I noticed< turning red in color. After much research I found out that the red leaves were not normal for Summer although common for blueberry plants during Winter. On a very helpful blueberry site, Backyard Berry Plants, the question was posed:
Q: Why are my blueberries leaves turning red?
A: They do this for different reasons. They turn red in the fall of course (and orange/yellow), and that is expected. It if is spring or summer and this is happening, your pH could be too high and /or they are not getting enough nitrogen. I usually put a couple full shovels of peat moss around each plant in the spring, along with its annual spring fertilizer treatment, and I have never had this problem in my production bushes. I am more likely to see it in potted nursery plants, as pH and nitrogen can rapidly change given increased watering (leaching nitrogen and raising pH) and temperatures (increased plant growth with not enough nitrogen).
After reading this interesting information and realizing this might very well be the case for me (I was watering my blueberry bush every other day if not everyday) I decided to water my blueberry plant less.... way less, let's say roughly twice a week.
Now, over three weeks later my blueberry plant is looking more green and less red!
Read the previous post, Backyard Berry Plants, Specializing in Organically grown blueberry, blackberry, and red raspberry plants
Caught In The Act: Chili Peppers short & stout
Today's Lesson: Getting acquainted with the bloom structure
Often we display flowers in vases as a way to beautify the home, or display them in wrappings as a gift (very popular for birthdays, dates and holidays), but have you stopped to think that flowers, the bloom that is so enchanting and beautiful with many a variety of colors that women like to stick their noses in and inhale deeply and say "how wonderful that smells" is actually the reproductive organ of the plant? < Yes, very much like the penis of a man and the vagina of a woman.
The bloom of a plant (or as many others like to call them, the flower) has but one intention, to reproduce, the beauty of flowers is a mere side affect of their endeavors to reproduce. As I've seen on a couple of my grows in the garden the bloom is often followed by the vegetables, the flowers often is pushed out. This lead me to a curiosity of the plant blooms themselves, the structure and the workings, it seemed pretty important to know the basics of especially as a grower.
Here is the interesting information I found on on Wikipedia...
The biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs. Since the flowers are the reproductive organs of plant, they mediate the joining of the sperm, contained within pollen to the ovules - contained within the ovary. Pollination is the movement of pollen from the anthers to the stigma. The joining of the sperm to the ovules is called fertilization. Normally pollen is moved from one plant to another, but many plants are able to self pollinate.
A stereotypical flower consists of four kinds of structures attached to the tip of a short stalk. Each of these kinds of parts is arranged in a whorl [a circular arrangement of like parts, as leaves or flowers, around a point on an axis, shaped like a coil completing a full circle, Dictionary] on the receptacle. The four main whorls (starting from the base of the flower to lowest node and working upwards) are as follows:
- Calyx - the outermost whorl consisting of units called sepals; these are typically green and enclose the rest of the flower in the bud stage, however, they can be absent or prominent and petal-like in some species.
- Corolla - the next whorl toward the apex, composed of units called petals, which are typically thin, soft and colored to attract animals that help the process of pollination.
- Androecium (from Greek andros oikia: "man's house") - the next whorl (sometimes multiplied into several whorls), consisting of units called stamens. Stamens consist of two parts: a stalk called a filament, topped by an anther where pollen is produced by meiosis and eventually dispersed.
- Gynoecium (from Greek gynaikos oikia: "woman's house") - the innermost whorl of a flower, consisting of one or more units calls carpels. The carpel or multiple fused carpels form a hollow structure called an ovary, which produces ovules [plant part that contains the embryo sac, the female germ cell which after fertilization develops into a seed, Dictionary] internally. Ovules are megasporangia and they in turn produce megaspores by meiosis which develop into female gametophytes. These give rise to egg cells. The gynoecium of a flower is also described using an alternative terminology wherein the structure one sees in the innermost whorl (consisting of an ovary, style and stigma) is called a pistil. A pistil may consist of a single carpel or a number of carpels fused together. The sticky tip of the pistil, the stigma, is the receptor of pollen. The supportive stalk, the style, becomes the pathway for pollen tubes to grow from pollen grains adhering to the stigma.
Pollen may be transferred between plants via a number of 'vectors'. Some plants make use of abiotic vectors - namely wind or, much less commonly, water. Others use biotic vectors including insects, birds, bats, or other animals. Flowers of plants that make use of biotic pollen vectors commonly have glands called nectaries that act as an incentive for animals to visit the flower. Some flowers have patterns, called nectar guides, that show pollinators where to look for nectar. Flowers also attract pollinators by scent and color. Still other flowers use mimicry to attract pollinators. Some species of orchids, for example, produce flowers resembling female bees in color, shape and scent.
*Read the full article on flowers on Wikipedia
First Bloom: The chili pepper plant
The blooms of chili peppers are beautiful white flowers that is shaped similar to an aniseed star with five petals. The most prominent feature of the bloom aside from their charming looks are the anther connected to the tip of the filament (aka those little antenna-like things situated in the middle of the flower). The anther looks very much like the seeds found inside a chili peppers, not a coincidence- I'm sure.
First Bloom: Tomato cherry plant
Caught In The Act: Cucumbers Pushing Forth
First the beautiful yellow flowers bloom... only to be pushed out by tiny, spiky cucumbers- very much like the way slender beans formed on my bean bush. Aren't the baby cucumbers just darling?!
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Cary, N.C. and Basel, Switzerland — May 06, 2021 — Altavant Sciences, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on patient-centric drug development in rare respiratory diseases, announced today that the company has initiated its ELEVATE 2 Study, a Phase 2b clinical trial of its lead product candidate, rodatristat ethyl ("rodatristat"), for the treatment of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
Rodatristat is an orally bioavailable, direct and reversible tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH) inhibitor designed to block peripheral serotonin production. In an earlier study in healthy volunteers, levels of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), a biomarker of peripheral serotonin, were reduced after 14 days of once-daily oral rodatristat administration. The degree of serotonin lowering was consistent with that observed in preclinical models of PAH that generated marked improvements in vessel remodeling.
"Dysregulated, excessive serotonin signaling in the lungs of patients with PAH is a life-threatening condition, causing excessive growth of pulmonary-artery smooth muscle cells as well as the release of proinflammatory and profibrotic molecules, all of which constrict pulmonary blood vessels," stated Marc Humbert, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the Université Paris-Saclay and an investigator in the ELEVATE 2 Study. "Decades of research point to the critical role of serotonin in PAH disease progression and support the hypothesis that by reducing levels of the hormone in the periphery, we may be able to improve, and potentially even reverse, pulmonary remodeling in these patients."
Altavant's ELEVATE 2 Study is a dose-ranging, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in approximately 90 adults with confirmed diagnoses of symptomatic PAH belonging to one of several subtypes, including idiopathic, heritable or toxin-induced PAH, referred to as WHO Group 1 PAH. Enrolled patients will be randomized to receive one of two doses of rodatristat or placebo twice daily, while continuing their existing prescribed PAH treatments. Safety, pharmacokinetics and efficacy will be assessed at various points in the study's screening, treatment and follow-up phases via in-clinic, home and telemedicine visits. Efficacy will be assessed as the percent change from baseline of pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR), as measured by right heart catheterization. Secondary efficacy endpoints include change in 5-HIAA, change in validated PAH scales, and change in six-minute walk test.
"Extensive in vivo and early clinical testing strongly support the rodatristat mechanism as a potential disease-modifying treatment for conditions characterized by excessive production of serotonin, including PAH," added William T. Symonds, Pharm.D., chief executive officer of Altavant. "We are excited to advance our lead candidate into Phase 2b development, and by the opportunity to provide meaningful benefit to patients with this disease."
"Tufts Medical Center, a PHA Center of Comprehensive Care, strives to be a leader in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with PAH," stated Dr. Nicholas Hill, Chief Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep at Tufts Medical Center and an investigator in the ELEVATE 2 Study. "As a pulmonologist, it is particularly rewarding to be involved in the advancement of new treatments, especially those that have the potential to be disease modifying, like rodatristat."
More information may be found on the Altavant Sciences website and on www.elevatePAHstudy.com.
About Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare, progressive disorder characterized by vasoconstriction, cellular proliferation and remodeling in the small pulmonary arteries. These changes lead to high arterial pressure, right heart strain, and ultimately, right heart failure and death. Although there are approved treatments used for PAH, they mainly help alleviate symptoms, primarily via vasodilation, and none reverse the disease process. Long-term survival rates for PAH are poor, with less than 40 percent survival at five years for high-risk patients.
About Rodatristat
Rodatristat is a tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH) inhibitor designed to reduce the body's peripheral production of serotonin. A significant body of scientific evidence supports dysregulated peripheral serotonin production as a trigger of aberrant proliferation and constriction of the smooth muscle cells in the wall of the pulmonary arteries, causing them to restrict blood flow in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). By lowering circulating serotonin levels, it is believed that rodatristat may halt or reverse the pathology of diseases that are driven by excessive serotonin production, such as PAH, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and sarcoidosis. Altavant is currently testing this mechanism of action in the ELEVATE proof-of-concept Phase 2 study of rodatristat in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
About Altavant Sciences
Altavant Sciences is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on elevating patient-centric drug development in rare respiratory diseases. Altavant is currently advancing two pipeline candidates: rodatristat and ALTA-2530. Rodatristat is in Phase 2 development for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. A tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH) inhibitor, rodatristat may play a role in halting or reversing the vascular remodeling associated with PAH, offering a novel treatment option for patients living with this disease. ALTA-2530 is an interleukin-1 receptor antagonist under development for bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS), a life-threatening form of chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) that may present following lung transplantation. ALTA-2530's unique mechanism of action may offer a novel treatment option for patients who suffer from BOS, a disease where there are currently no approved therapies.
Altavant is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitovant Biopharma Ltd. For more information, please visit https://altavant.com.
About Sumitovant Biopharma Ltd.
Sumitovant is a global biopharmaceutical company with offices in New York City and London. Sumitovant is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd. Sumitovant is the majority shareholder of Myovant, and wholly owns Enzyvant, Urovant, Spirovant and Altavant. Sumitovant's pipeline is comprised of early- through late-stage investigational medicines across a range of disease areas targeting high unmet need.
Sumitovant Biopharma Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd. For further information about Sumitovant please visit https://www.sumitovant.com/.
About Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd.
Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma is among the top-ten listed pharmaceutical companies in Japan, operating globally in major pharmaceutical markets, including Japan, the U.S., China and the European Union. Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma is based on the merger in 2005 between Dainippon Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. Today, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma has more than 6,000 employees worldwide. Additional information about Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma is available through its corporate website at https://www.ds-pharma.com/.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" concerning the development and commercialization of Altavant's products, the company's business development efforts and its expectations regarding its prospects. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, assumptions and uncertainties that could cause actual future events or results to differ materially from such statements. These statements are made as of the date of this press release. Actual results may vary. Altavant undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements for any reason.


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The authors of Machine Learning Models of Errors in Large Eddy Simulation Predictions of Surface Pressure Fluctuations used machine learning techniques to model the error in their LES solutions. See an illustration of the instantaneous density gradient magnitude of the developing boundary layer from that paper shown to the right. Here's the abstract,
We investigate a novel application of deep neural networks to modeling of errors in prediction of surface pressure fluctuations beneath a compressible, turbulent flow. In this context, the truth solution is given by Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) data, while the predictive model is a wall-modeled Large Eddy Simulation (LES
). The neural network provides a means to map relevant statistical flow-features within the LES solution to errors in prediction of wall pressure spectra. We simulate a number of flat plate turbulent boundary layers using both DNS and wall-modeled LES to build up a database with which to train the neural network. We then apply machine learning techniques to develop an optimized neural network model for the error in terms of relevant flow features
They implemented three types of neural networks
- Multi-layer perceptron (MLP) with 159 input nodes, 3 fully-connected hidden layers and an output layer of 159 nodes
- Convolution neural network (CNN) with 159 input nodes, one-dimensional convolutional layer, then a max pool layer and then output layers
- Convolution-Deconvolution neural network (CDNN) with convolution, max-pool, fully-connected and then finally output layers
A paradigm for data-driven predictive modeling using field inversion and machine learning illustrates a related approach to learning turbulence model-form error as opposed to learning optimal model parameter values. Often in practice the nominal values suggested in the literature for a specific turbulence model are used with no learning (optimization, calibration) for a specific flow. Here's the abstract
We propose a modeling paradigm, termed field inversion and machine learning (FIML), that seeks to comprehensively harness data from sources such as high-fidelity simulations and experiments to aid the creation of improved closure models for computational physics applications. In contrast to inferring model parameters, this work uses inverse modeling to obtain corrective, spatially distributed functional terms, offering a route to directly address model-form errors. Once the inference has been performed over a number of problems that are representative of the deficient physics in the closure model, machine learning techniques are used to reconstruct the model corrections in terms of variables that appear in the closure model. These reconstructed functional forms are then used to augment the closure model in a predictive computational setting. As a first demonstrative example, a scalar ordinary differential equation is considered, wherein the model equation has missing and deficient terms. Following this, the methodology is extended to the prediction of turbulent channel flow. In both of these applications, the approach is demonstrated to be able to successfully reconstruct functional corrections and yield accurate predictive solutions while providing a measure of model form uncertainties.
In much the same spirit as that paper, here's a set of slides on Physics-Informed Machine Learning for Predictive Turbulence Modeling. The author suggests an important difference in approach for applying machine learning to computational physics, "Assist but respect models: Machine learning should be used to correct/improve existing models, not to replace them. Thus, we learn the model discrepancy, not the model output directly." [emphasis in original, slide 12]
- Where does the training data come from?
- What are the quantities to learn (responses, targets, dependent variables)? Are they universal, at least to some extent?
- What are the features (predictors, independent variables)?
- What learning algorithm should be used?
Another set of slides based on a Phase I NASA LEARN Project illustrates an approach to learning turbulence models. They give a proof of concept using a supervised learning approach where the features are the terms in a Spalart-‐Allmaras turbulence model.
a paper on transition modeling where they fit an indeterminacy field with a couple machine learning techniques: Gausian processes and neural networks. Here's a paper that applies this data-driven, or data augmented, approach to a two-equation RANS model.
This data-driven machine learning approach to improving CFD has plenty of good ideas left to pursue. You could learn parameters of existing models, learn entirely new models, learn how to blend different models, build specific data sets to learn solutions in peculiar application areas, and probably a ton more I haven't even thought of yet. All of these results and different approaches to improving our CFD predictions are exciting, but there's always a catch. So you want to use machine learning to solve your problem? Now you have another problem: how are you going to get enough data? I like the vision for the future at the end of those LEARN Project slides: "A continuously augmented curated database/website of high-‐fidelity CFD solutions (and experimental data!) that are input to the machine learning process." Something like that would benefit the good ideas we have now, and the ones we haven't got to yet.
This is a pretty neat area of research. Please drop a comment with links to more!


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We might just finally be seeing Saxo Bank's CEO succession plan.
It is no industry secret that Saxo Bank Co-founders and Co-CEOs Kim Fournais and Lars Seier Christensen – who are about as hands-on as long-term founders can be – would like to take a step back at some point and bring in a new generation of younger management at Saxo.
And we likely saw the first step in that direction today.
Going outside the organization, the Danish forex broker has created a new COO position and filled it with the hire of Soren Kyhl from Danske Bank. Kyhl will assume responsibility for daily operations and execution at Saxo Bank, including overseeing the bank's digital experience, marketing, data science and Saxo Privatbank.
At Danske, Soren Kyhl was most recently Head of Transaction Banking and COO in the Corporates and Institutions division. During his 13-year career at Danske Bank Kyhl also served as co-Head and Global Head of Sales of Danske Markets and Global Head of Research, Quant and Business Development.
Kyhl will also be a member of Saxo Bank's exclusive Management Board, alongside Fournais, Christensen and Steen Blaafalk, Group Chief Financial & Risk Officer.
Saxo Bank Co-founders and Co-CEOs Kim Fournais and Lars Seier Christensen had this to say about Kyhl's hire:
The appointment of Søren Kyhl will significantly strengthen the organisation in terms of both digital and operational development and efficiency, which is the core focus of Saxo Bank's business. With Søren Kyhl on board we have a strong team in place to support and deliver on our ambitions for continued growth. His unique expertise and experience will be invaluable as we continue the build out of our business in the digital age.
To see the full press release on Soren Kyhl's hire as Saxo Bank COO click here.


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Thandisizwe Chimurenga is an award-winning, freelance journalist based in Los Angeles. She came to journalism through activism, understanding how powerful media can be for destroying or building grassroots, revolutionary change. She has been a writer and creator or co-creator of media (newspapers, Cable TV, radio) for over 20 years (most notably as co-creator of the groundbreaking Black women's show Some of Us are Brave on KPFK Los Angeles), and her community activism has ranged from electoral organizing; anti-police terror work; freedom for political prisoners and prisoners of war; to organizing against violence against women. Her first book, No Doubt: The Murder(s) of Oscar Grant, will be released in January 2014, the fifth anniversary of the (first) murder of Oscar Grant.
SH: You are a longtime activist for Black women's rights and self-determination. What were your early personal and political influences?
I was fortunate to have several experiences that raised my consciousness, from high school through college, but the beginnings of my political development came from Malcolm X, Haki Madhubuti, and Zak Kondo. "Naturally" my study was male-centered though it was not necessarily rabidly patriarchal and sexist. Later, as a young woman, I was introduced to the works and words of Assata Shakur and Angela Davis. I developed a bond with Ida B. Wells that has remained to this day; she is my Spiritual Mother. Later still I was introduced to Pearl Cleage and bell hooks. Cleage's Mad at Miles really worked me: "she sounds like a Nationalist; wait, now she sounds like a Feminist; no wait, she's back to sounding like a Nationalist – how can this be? She can't do this!" But my "aha" moment in terms of understanding what a threat patriarchy was came with the murder of Rosemary Flournoy in April of 1999.
"Early Thursday morning, Rosemary Flournoy stepped out of her Grant Park apartment and sat on the porch, away from her abusive husband. She put up with her husband, William Reese, because he paid the bills. Last year she even asked a judge to let him out of jail, where he was awaiting trial for abusing her. She couldn't afford to pay the $350-a-month rent without him. Thursday morning was the last time Flournoy, 41, would sit on that front porch. Her husband came out and poured gasoline over her body and set her on fire. As the flames burned away his wife's clothes and skin, Reese went back into theapartment and yanked loose a natural gas line. Police detectives believe he was trying to make it look like his wife caught fire on accident. But the gas ignited. The explosion killed Reese, 45, and blew out a chunk of wall in the four-unit apartment …. The blast woke neighbors, who called 911. The fire ravaged the building, forcing everyone out. The burns covered all of Flournoy's body. As a paramedic placed an oxygen mask over her badly burned face, Flournoy's neighbor, Christopher Murphy, 12, yelled out to her. "Rosemary!" Christopher said, getting her attention. She waved as she was loaded into an ambulance. About 10 hours later she was dead. Flournoy died at 3:01 p.m. at Grady Memorial Hospital."
I didn't know Rosemary Flournoy but I didn't need to. She was a Black woman whose life was taken by someone who had the audacity to think that it was okay to do that. That was the moment I got it: patriarchy is deadly, patriarchy is killing Black women, and patriarchy must be destroyed.
SH: What motivated you to write your forthcoming book on the murder of Oscar Grant?
Like most people who viewed the video of Oscar's murder, I was horrified. I followed the case on my own and later, I was hired to cover the trial for several Bay Area media outlets. Knowing what I did simply from living/being a (Nu)Afrikan woman born and raised in the United States and as well as being a witness in the courtroom every day, I decided that I needed to document what went on during the trial from my personal voice – my reaction to and analysis of what I observed during the trial – as well as from my community's point of view. And even though I was writing this book about what I witnessed, there were times when I had no clue as to what I was observing; not from a legal standpoint but from an ideological standpoint, the basis that gave rise to the legal frame. In uncovering that type of ideological framework, I felt it was important to also share that with my readers.
SH: Do you believe there has been significant change in L.A. vis-a-vis police misconduct and state violence post-Rodney King?
TC: There is always change but the question becomes, of what quality? People are still murdered. The LAPD has changed from using chokeholds and battering rams to beating people unnecessarily and shooting people who are "holding" cell phones or wallets yet running away from them, or imaginary knives and other sleight-of-hand weapons. Being a woman does not save you from the wrath of LAPD – ask the family of Alesia Thomas . The police have made an effort to hold meetings with community residents and groups, to smile at us, but their chief function is still one of containment and intimidation. Christopher Dorner's "manifesto" confirmed that for us; that "manifesto" even gave us the nuances of the behavior of cops from different ethnicities/identities (white, Black, Asian, Latino, LGBT), and that "manifesto" led to a number of Black police officers speaking out and "co-signing" his allegations. No wonder Black cops in L.A. rarely stand up for justice for our communities – they're too busy trying to survive their own hostile work environment!
SH: What impact do you hope the book has on public perceptions and/or public policy?
TC: My hope is that I have written something that will not only give people food for thought but also move them to some type of practical, concrete action. My hope is that people will understand that the blind support that "Dick and Jane" give to the police is nothing more than support for white supremacy – plain and simple, and it has absolutely nothing to do with intention but absolutely everything to do with impact. The legal arena cannot be our sole venue for pursuing and exacting change and justice because the law is not on our side and it never has been. Occasional trials and rulings in our favor don't change that and Ida B. Wells told us that more than one hundred years ago.
SH: Many young African American women and other women of color don't relate to feminism. Is feminism culturally and politically relevant for young women of color and if so why do you believe that there is a disconnect?
TC: Feminism is absolutely culturally and politically relevant to African American women and others. At its base it seeks to free people from all forms of oppression, so in a sense, feminism is for everybody. But there is also absolutely a disconnect. This disconnect comes from several real places, not imaginary ones. Amongst the African American community we have a documented history of hostile antagonisms with white women – pre-feminism, through various waves, up through to today – that can be traced to their collusion with white men in our continued oppression. For the Black community, this may be the single biggest obstacle. The work of transnational feminists in India, the Philippines and Central and South America, for example, is phenomenal and should be studied by young women of color, especially African American women, but that does not happen enough en masse because of that history of antagonism. Additionally, there is the history of identifying "feminism" with "white women" while viewing white women's antagonistic relations with their own men and their attempts to separate themselves from them – that bourgeois feminism which casts all men as the enemy and does not appear to be concerned with the entire community. There is also, most importantly, the fear of being labeled as a "traitor" or "enemy" to Black people and their struggle for liberation. Both the act of labeling and the fear of being labeled as a traitor/enemy are real. That act is foolish and it is a damned lie, but that don't mean it ain't real.
Challenging patriarchy—the rule of men and the belief in the (male)God-given right of men to rule—in a community where the Black Church has played such a prominent role is not that popular; in a community where the political organizations and movements for liberation have been headed by men is not that popular; and simply talking about – much less actually challenging – patriarchy in a community where we are reminded every day that Black men's lives are worth less than dogs is, understandably, not that popular. But it absolutely must be done because Black women are under attack just like Black men are. The assaults simply take on different forms, and are sometimes carried out by Black men themselves.
There is also a disconnect (with feminism) due to class differences. Much of feminism appears to be an intellectual undertaking—i.e., essays, books and lectures—instead of on-the-ground engagement. Many young Black women/women of color come into contact with feminism through college/higher education which is a marker of privilege and class mobility; many young, low-income/poor Black women (grassroots) and others who disdain feminism are not represented in these centers of higher learning, in addition to the fact that they have a reference for feminism that comes from popular culture which has no interest whatsoever in empowering young women of color (or the communities they come from) psychologically.
Dr. Walter Rodney, a brilliant Afrikan scholar/historian and author, taught classes at the University of the West Indies in Jamaica, and he would also go into the ghettos of Jamaica and teach Black history. He was also a political activist and member of a worker's political party in his home country of Guyana. He came down out of the Ivory Tower and got into the trenches and the gutters. This is what feminism must do if it is concerned about its disconnect. And once it does this, it won't matter if it's called womanism, feminism, anarcha-feminsm, transnational feminism. It will be doing the hands-on work of freeing people, women as well as men, from oppression and in the end, that's what matters. Not the label.
For more information on Thandisizwe's forthcoming book No Doubt: The Murder(s) of Oscar Grant check out http://www.triplemurder.com.


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Dive into a pool, dive into a good book, dive into donor management this summer! Investing in fundraising software during the summer months is ideal to position your organization for a successful year-end. Don't let the summer months pass you by and invest in fundraising software to boost your fundraising!
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I know I paused the blog for a while, but there are some great news!!! Today were announced two major trance events in Bucharest, Romania for the autumn!
If we had an amazing night at Armada Night in April, here comes another one on October 4th at Arenele Romane!
And again the line up is exquisite! 4 DJ acts and 2 Live PA singers:Alexander Popov(official),Susana, Mark Sixma / M6, Simon O'Shine, Snatt & Vix and Alexandra Badoi! I don't have to say more. This line up speaks for itself! And I will be there for sure!
Here is the event on facebook! Join it, Love it! Share it!!
And for this autumn to be perfect, Armin just announced Armin Only show Intense in Bucharest on November 8th! More details to come here and on Trancers.ro!
I am speechless right now and can't write more about these beautiful events, but stay tuned! Coming soon with more info and more surprises for you!
Trance ON!
P.S. I just booked the hotel for both weekends! What about you?
P.P.S. My english is not perfect. So be gentle when you find a mistake. Thank you!


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Good Night Messages For Aunt & Uncle: The most important of our lives is our Uncle and Aunt. Because he loves us so much. Today, we have written a message to send your aunt to uncle and to send some night's message so that you can get more love in your aunt's heart. Uncle and aunt are like parents. They also have importance in their life. For example, Uncle is like a great teacher, a best friend, a big brother, and a big coach for us. Also, aunt is our second mother on this land. He is also our best friend and best teacher for us. It is not our duty to be happy with our uncle and aunt unless our responsibility to keep our uncle and aunt happy. If you want to bring a smile to your aunt and uncle's face, send a good night's message. Share the Good Night Messages For Aunt & Uncle with your uncle and aunt, to show care and love every night. We have Good Night Messages, Quotes, greetings, SMS collections for Uncle and Aunt. We want to keep our uncle and aunt always happy. And when we send them the message of the night, they will think that we too have a caring person who loves us so much. And our uncle and aunt will also be very happy with us and then they will also sweetly talk to us. Today, through social media we can send messages to anyone. For ex-Facebook, Whatsapp, Pinterest, Instagram etc. We can also call Good Night in our Aunty Facebook Timeline so that when he sees his Facebook. So they will get a good message from you. In today's post, we have written a Good Night Messages For Aunt. so that you can please them by sending them.
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Good Night Messages For Aunt:
❤ You are my best aunt in this world. I love you, aunt good night have a sweet dream.
❤ Aunt, you are not far from me, you come every day as a mother in my Night dream. Good Night My Sweet Aunty.
❤ This sweet sweet night reminds me of my aunt - Sweet Dreams My Aunt.
❤ Aunt today you will have to sleep with my uncle because I am not with you Uncle and aunt love is my life. Gud ni8 Aunt.
❤ Aunt, I miss you so much that I can never forget you and your love is the light of my life - Good Night Sweet Dreams My Aunty.
❤ I love my aunt very much because she loves me too much. Good Night Take Care - My Sweet Aunty.
❤ I do not sleep at night because I miss my aunt that she loves me too much - Good Night Aunty Love u soo much.
❤ The love which I get from my Mother, the same love I have received from my aunt and I can never forget her favor. Gud NYT Aunty.
❤ At night, I have to sleep with my aunt in the power of light because I do not feel afraid of sleeping with them.
❤ My aunt is like my mother because whenever I need anything, she is always engaged in fulfilling my needs.
❤ Wish today my aunt was with me, she would be happy too and I would have done something and she slept with me in the night
❤ May can not describe the love of My aunt because her love never ends for me.
❤ Aunt, do you miss me in the night too.
❤ My aunt has spent a moment with me- And at night I slept with them too. Good Night My Sweet Aunty.
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Good Night Wishes Quotes For Aunty :
❤ I have fallen in love with my aunt and now I can not live without him for a moment because he comes to every night dream and goes away to kiss me.
❤ During the night I would like to sleep with my aunt because when I sleep in my stomach, I feel like a mother.
❤ Aunt how do you love me so much, never you are not my mother only.
❤ The cool cold breeze of the night was blowing and I was walking in the balcony with my aunt and she brought me a Maggi and fed me with my own hands. Good Night Best Quotes For My Aunt.
❤ I love my aunt much more than I love my uncle. Good Nite my aunt as like My Mother.
❤ Aunty, My uncle is really amazing, he works as a consultant, he will be our second father by chance, I enjoy being a partner in nursing uncle like you
❤ I hope that you are the owner of a beautiful night and be a beautiful time. Gu8 NYT aunty.
❤ Dear aunt, you are my best friend, I can share everything because you alone are the ones who understand me. Good night my Cutie & Lovely Aunty.
❤ I would like your happiness and smart fortune on your lovely night. Good Night My Uncle Aunt.
Good Night Messages For Uncle:
❤ Uncle, you are like my father because you have made me successful in my life.
❤ Uncle, you keep my aunt well, I miss my aunt and you a lot and I will cry because in the night your love forces me to cry.
❤ Uncle, having fun with me at night and the aunt's support was so good for me at that moment. Good Night Sweet Dreams My Uncle like as My Father.
❤ My uncle is the greatest person in this world because he loves me as much as he loves aunt.
❤ I found the love of both my aunt and uncle and now I describe their love - My uncle loves my aunt at night - And my aunt loves me - And I love my uncle - It has become a circle in which love of my aunt and my uncle is full.
❤ Uncle forget everything and take a good night's sleep - Good Night Uncle Sweet Dreams.
❤ You are also my best friend along with my father. You are very great, uncle. Good Night Quotes For My Uncle.
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Good Night Quotes For Uncle :
❤ Uncle, I'm sleeping and You too sleep. Happy my aunt's love night - My uncle and aunty is the night master.
❤ Some people do not believe superheroes unless they meet with their uncle. Send Good Night Quotes For Uncle every night.
❤ My lovely uncle, you are already our second parents. Many thanks for your efforts to nurture us. Thank you.
❤ Dear Uncle, I feel so lucky that you just measure the class in my life. I appreciate your support and steering. This is a great night for you.
❤ Amazing Uncle is the refreshing glass of recent summer fruit drinks. Please pay for a beautiful night.
❤ My lovely, Uncle, came to my aunt today in my dream, and he went to kiss me, and you ever kissed my aunt. hahaha ( your naughty Son )
❤ Uncle, you are the inspiration of my life. Every night I come to life and thank you so much for speeding up my life. Good Night Sweet Dream Uncle!
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Good Night Quotes For Aunty
Good Night Messages For Uncle
Good Night Quotes For Uncle
Good Night Messages For Uncle-Aunt- Uncle and Aunt are like parents. They have an importance in our life also. For example, Uncle is like a great teacher, a best friend, a big brother and a big coach for us. As well as Aunt is our second mother on this earth. She is also our best friend and best teacher for us. It is not our duty to keep happy with our uncle-aunt until It is our responsibility to keep happy our uncle and aunty. If you want to bring a smile to your aunt and uncle face then send a good night message. Share Good Night Messages for Uncle-Aunt with your uncle and aunty every night to show him care and love. We have collection Good Night Quotes, Messages, Wishes, SMS for Uncle And Aunt. Great Night SMS for Uncle and Aunt to tell them how affectionately you think about their relationship. An accumulation of the most imaginative and heartfelt Good Night SMS For Uncle and Aunt in 160 characters that pass on sentiments amazing. Wish goodnight to your Uncle and Aunt with good night SMS messages. Remind your Uncle and Aunt to your best relationship with you. Look over an assortment of goodnight SMS wishes for love uncle and auntie, good night images for uncle aunty, wishes for uncle and the close relative, entertaining great night SMS welcome for auntie and uncle et cetera. Make a stride further, share these Good Night SMS for Uncle and Aunt on Facebook and Twitter with the goal that everybody in your hover becomes more acquainted with about this unique day.
Good Night Quotes For Uncle:-
Good Night Quotes For Uncle:- Uncles are the men who pull you aside to share humiliating stories of your folks. They scratch your cheek with their whiskers as they kiss you, give you the guidance you're anxious to approach your father for, live in cool spots, and constantly welcome you with an embrace. From acquainting you with new amusements to hurling you into lodging pools, your uncle has turned out to be synonymous with fun circumstances. He's a person who is dependable up for something new and knows how to direct you toward your fantasies. So, your uncle is an amazing individual. From love squeezes to goodnight kisses, he has upheld you through everything. You may just observe him every night yet he sends presents each special day. You should wish goodnight to your uncle also. His life is occupied, as is yours, however, you generally love seeing each other and finding out about what's new. Regardless of whether he is the insane fun person or the family's solitary wolf, your uncle will dependably hold a bit of your heart. Here we are providing you The Best Collection Of Good Night Quotes For Uncle.
❤Sweet uncle, I'll send you an honest morning would like through this text. I'm hoping to own a pleasant morning with a honey and revel in the vacations.
❤Since we have a tendency to entered this world, My uncle and aunt is everything for me. Good Night my sweet uncle and aunt.
❤You are my father as well as best friends also. You are so great, uncle. Good Night
❤An amazing uncle is sort of a refreshing fruit drink within the hot summer. Please pay for a beautiful night.
❤Amazing uncle is sort of a glass refreshing the recent summer fruit drink. Please pay for a beautiful night.
❤I would like you salutation and also the best day. I prefer the stunning gift and that I am hoping that you simply can send you the maximum amount text message as I sent it to you amorously.
Good Night Messages For Uncle
❤For these random things of life, I couldn't have my father by my father, however many thanks for all that you simply did on behalf of me for you, Dad. good night my uncle.
❤Sweet uncle, I'll send you an honest night would like through this text.
❤Goodnight! I hope you have got a beautiful night. Sweet Dreams. Special Good Night Quotes For Uncle-Aunty
❤Dear previous man, please pray for night and send a pleasant gift to you through this sentence. Good Night
❤Some individuals don't believe Superheroes till they haven't met their uncle. Send good night Quotes to your Uncle each night.
❤Uncle, you're the inspiration and inspiration of my life. each night I come to life and many thanks for dynamic my life higher. sensible morning!
❤I couldn't imagine my life while not my uncle such as you,, It actually are going to be incomplete and not fun. My beloved uncle, I need to convey my respect and like to you. I need you an awfully goodnight.
Good Night Messages For Aunty
Good Night Quotes For Aunt:-
Good Night Quotes For Aunt:- Wish your dear close relative a cool goodnight utilizing this goodnight auntie picture. Relatives enable you to carry on with a strong life. A decent relative is a person who gives you an inclination that you are not abandoned when you run over an extreme circumstance and furthermore for whom you might want to loan your help on his/her intense circumstance. Through this goodnight picture for aunt shares your adoration and warmth to your close relative. Here are some highly rated good night quotes for dear aunt which you can send to your aunt via Facebook or Whatsapp.
❤My aunt is really wonderful, they work as mentors, they'll conjointly become our second mother, I'm glad to own you are my aunt. I love You, Aunt.
❤I hope to own a beautiful night and have a beautiful time. Good night.
❤I appreciate all the support and love you gave American state. you're merely the most effective
❤Goodnight my uncle. have sweet dreams
❤For the best and best Aunty in the world. salutation
❤Dear aunt, I feel thus lucky that you simply square measure in my life. I appreciate your support and steerage. it's an awfully nice night for you.
❤When you were there, you were there to be my second male parent, you were there to guide me, you were there to like me currently I'm you I'm here to greet you.
❤You are my best aunt in this world. I love you, aunty. Good Night Have a sweet dream.
❤Dear Aunt, you are my best friend, I can share all thing because you are the only one who understands me. Good Night My Aunty.
❤I would like your happiness and smart luck on your sweet night. Good Night my uncle aunty.
❤My sweet uncle, you're already our second parent. Many thanks for your efforts to nurture us. Thank you.
Good Night Quotes For Aunt
❤We have a tendency to actually appreciate your love and kindness to us. Many thanks terribly much! we have a tendency to would like you a great night.
❤There is no word that may just enough to many thanks for giving nice influence to my life. Love You uncle. Good Night.
❤I don't grasp what's going to happen in my life. however, if I follow your footprints, sometime I will be able to sure as shooting become the most effective uncle in the world.
❤Sound the bell, come away from the froth, burn fireworks. Good Night Uncle.
❤You have become like my father and you educated me. I need to hope for you an awfully great man. Good Night
❤You are my everything, my uncle. Good Night
❤ Many thanks for doing God for you on behalf of me, my father. goodnight my sweet man.
Good Night Quotes For Dear Uncle
❤I am appreciative that I took you below your wings. I hope that you simply impressed you the maximum amount as you impressed. many thanks abundantly. Good Night
❤An amazing uncle is sort of a contemporary ade within the hot summer. Good Night Uncle and aunt.


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Healthcare Industry Cyber Breaches Up 525 Percent
The Ponemon Institute just came out with their Sixth Annual Healthcare Industry Report and revealed that cyber breaches are up a whopping 525 percent. More than 91 different healthcare institutions and healthcare related associates were involved in the study. What's even more telling is that 90 percent of all the healthcare organizations involved in the study experienced data breaches, costing the industry more than $6.2 billion dollars.
As the data reveals, no healthcare company is immune to the effects of data hacking. An average breach costs an organization around $2.2 million dollars. Moreover, 50 percent of hacking is due to criminal behavior. These are targeted breaches by highly organized crime syndicates mounting the attacks (usually a malicious insider) which benefit from exposing or collecting sensitive data.
Here are just a few of the major data breaches and phishing attacks that have happened in 2018 thus far:
- A ransomware attack on Missouri Health system causes emergency and stroke patients to be diverted to another hospital for care.
- Hackers get access to Manitowoc County's medical records via an employee's email.
- A healthcare billing service based in Albany, New York, Med Associates was hacked accessing 270,000 patient records.
Though criminal behavior dominates the hacking problem, employees often mishandle patients' data as well. Many companies are not even aware of how often medical identity theft is occurring in their organizations, and offer no recourse to the affected parties. Most organizations also don't have the personnel or budgets to manage security breaches of this magnitude.
Ransomeware is just one aspect of this growing problem. Data held hostage by malware attacks means that companies which store personally identifiable information (PII) have no way to protect private data. This is just one tiny facet of a growing problem.
One solution to this massive data hacking problem may be found in blockchain technology. This is a public ledger that authenticates every transaction which is open for verification via a distributed ledger. It offers a chance to fill gaps in current cybersecurity protocols which would force permission for data access, and only offers the minimum amount of information needed at each juncture to keep private data private.
For example, Patient A needs to transfer his medical information from a primary care physician to a specialist who also then needs to share some of that information with the hospital's billing service where her office is located. Traditionally this offers 3 or more entry-points for cyber hacking. With the blockchain, all of Patient A's information can be set up as a smart contract which they then allow to be released on an as-needed basis.
When Patient A needs to fill a prescription recommended by the specialist, only the absolutely necessary information is shared via an encrypted, immutable record on the blockchain, and not a sliver more. Blockchain would allow the protection of privacy while also releasing pertinent information when it is needed.
One thing is certain: the healthcare industry cannot afford to simply turn the other cheek. When more than 90 percent of healthcare companies experience a data breach in a single year, data security must become a primary concern for all organizations, with a concerted effort to adapt new technologies which will make data hacking less likely to occur. Hacking attempts will only grow more sophisticated and prevalent. Therefore, new solutions must be explored and implemented as quickly as possible.


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About a week ago, my car (2002 Toyota 4Runner) started to display a check engine light, along with the VSC light (vehicle stability control).
I checked the user's manual, which said it was still safe to drive with the VSC light, so I waited until the following weekend to take the car into the shop. About 3 days later, the light turned itself off, but I still took it to the shop, to be safe.
The mechanic has told me that the error code says the Charcoal Canister and the Vacuum Pressure Valve must be replaced, for a cost of $800.
First, does this sound like a fair price? Should I take the car for a second opinion?
I realize that there is not enough background info to answer this next question, but this is literally all I know. But anyways, is this a necessary repair?
Thanks in Advance,
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Kendrick Brothers Call on Pastors to Lead Unifying Prayer to Bring Revival in America
Popular Christian filmmakers Alex and Stephen Kendrick, "the Kendrick brothers" are calling on pastors across the country to lead their congregations in praying more fervently to bring about a revival and a great awakening in America.
"If you look at the history of the Church, the history of revival and the great awakenings, it always was connected to people unifying and praying for the Lord to work in that situation and that's what we want to happen in our generation," Stephen Kendrick says in "A Passion for Parayer" video posted to Fcebook last week. "We cannot walk in the fullness of the Holy Spirit, we cannot evangelize, we cannot walk in unity in the Body of Christ if we're not praying on a consistent basis."
Joining the Kendrick brothers in the plea for a greater emphasis on prayer in the Christian community is Pastor Tony Evans, head of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, Texas. Evans' daughter, Priscilla, played a leading role in last year's blockuster hit "War Room," which is all about the power of prayer.
"If every pastor can begin setting the stage for what the Bible says about the priority of prayer, the movie ["War Room"] becomes an exclamation mark," Evans says in the video. "When people see prayer works and the church facilitates that with a series of sermons on the priority of prayer and why it's critical that this be a major part of your life not a minor part of your life, I think they will be motivated to motivate their people to maximize prayer as part of the life of their church."
The Kendrick brothers have transformed the faith-based film industry as their independently made films have paved the way for Christian movie success in today's secular culture.
Last year's blockbuster hit "War Room," for example, was made for less than $4 million and grossed nearly $70 million at the box. The brothers hope the success of their films will reignite the culture of prayer in American churches.
The brothers have made incredible strides in their small town of Albany, Georgia, where they serve at Sherwood Baptist Church. Their first four movies — "Flywheel," "Facing the Giants," "Fireproof" and "Courageous" — attracted huge crowds with their positive messages, together grossing over $80 million.
The Kendrick brothers told The Christian Post back in December that simply watching a Christian film isn't enough to keep one's prayer life alive and thriving. Believers, they said, must always encourage one another in prayer so that it does not fade and become lukewarm.
"I hope [is that our message and films] encourage pastors and churches to start praying collectively, together. And then, with other churches, to lock shields with other believers. To reach their communities, to reach their cities. That they say, 'One church isn't going to do this on their own,' it doesn't work that way," Alex says. "You're meant to work with other believers and share resources and partner to go out in mass and reach our cities. And what we'll say to our cities, towns, and communities is 'collectively we share a common goal — to make Jesus Christ famous, to lift his name high, to glorify him, to share with you that He's the answer.'"
"If we return to prayer passionately, actively seeking the Lord and are right with Him and right with each other, God can do amazing things in our lives," he adds.
Stephen echoed his brother's message, saying, "Not only will his blessing fall, but I believe it's a catalyst of a revival in our generation."
Evans concluded, "We will see an explosion of the presence of God as a result of the prayers of his people."
"War Room" is available on DVD/Digital download. For more information on the film or the Kendrick Brothers, visit warroomthemovie.com.


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Programming – large volume data is stored on high quality hard drive and then interpreted and analyzed with the use of powerful computer station (HP). For simulations and data analysis, the POB team has acquired licenses for several professional programs, such as MatLab, LabView, ZEMAX, SOLID WORKS or Adobe Illustrator. To improve ideas exchange and presentation of the results, laboratory is also equipped in professional EPSON projector and HP printer.
Biological testing – to perform secure tests on biological models, two different artificial eye models were acquired – the real scale model (GULDEN) and the OCT Model Eye (ROWE), a solid-state tissue phantom for Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography.
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Simple Sweet Crêpes and Savoury Galettes
Crêpe is French thin pancake. It can be sweet and savoury. Those savoury ones are also called galettes. If you follow my breakfast posts on Instagram, you would notice there are three main categories of breakfast I make, noodles, sandwiches and pancakes. Crêpe is the one I make often recently. By comparison with the fluffy thick pancakes I had loved to make before, it takes lesser time preparing and cooking. I would like to share two simple types I made with some of the essential ingredients in most of the home fridges.
In this recipe, I would use self-raising flour, because this is a quick and easy weekday pancake recipe and I wouldn't wrap other ingredients with them. If you want to make those very thin ones, use all-purpose wheat flour instead. This type of crêpe can eaten with fillings such as fruit or cream, smoked salmon, ham, egg, or mushrooms.
Ingredients – (for 2 -3 serving)
Sweet crêpe
Self-raising flour, 1 cup;
Milk, 1 1/2 cup;
Large egg, 1;
Sugar, 1tbsp;
lingonberry jam, or any other fruit jams;
Unsalted butter.
Savoury galette
Self-raising flour, 1 cup;
Water, 1 1/2 cup;
Large egg, 1;
Cheese flakes, any type you like, 1 cup;
Chopped spring onion, 1 cup;
Olive oil.
How to do –
1. For the sweet one, mix 1 cup of flour, 1 egg, 1tbsp of melted butter, 1 tbsp of sugar, and 1 cup of milk, then add in about 1/2 cup of milk gradually till the batter is runny. It doesn't need to be very smooth. Unlike the usual fluffy pancakes, this batter needs to be runny otherwise the pancake would be thin;
2. Similar way for the savoury one. Mix 1 cup of flour, 1 egg, 1tbsb of olive oil, about 1 cup of chopped spring onion and cheese flakes with 1 cup of water first, then gradually add in about 1/2 cup of water till the batter is runny. I won't season with salt for the cheese is salty;
3. In a non-stick flat-bottom pan, heat a little butter in medium-high heat then spoon in a big spoon of sweet batter, lift and move the pan around so that the batter spreads evenly; sprinkle some jam when the upper side is uncooked. Once you see air bubbles, usually in half a minute, flip to other side, then let it cook for 20 more seconds. One pancake should be cooked within a minute;
4. Also cook the savoury ones in the same way, only use olive oil, instead of butter;
5. Simply serve with fresh fruits and a little cream cheese.


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Welcome to The Inn at Bay Fortune, Prince Edward Island's first and only 5-star Country Inn! Nestled on 46 acres of land overlooking the Fortune River as it flows into Bay Fortune and the Northumberland Strait beyond.
During your stay you'll enjoy exploring our whimsical grounds discovering our fragrant flower gardens, aromatic herb garden, 10 acre organic farm, walking trails, fire pits and flavours everywhere. The Fortune Wharf and our local beach are just a short walk away.
Proprietors Chef Michael Smith and his wife Chastity Smith are proud to welcome you to their end of the island. For Michael, coming back to the Inn is a return to his roots as a chef. For seven years in the 1990's, he led the kitchen, finding his culinary voice and bringing international fame to a sleepy country inn. For Chastity, being an innkeeper allows her to share her Maritime roots, stylish design flair and love of entertaining with you and your family.
Together they've graciously re-launched the Inn with a brand new spirit of hospitality and their shared goal of becoming one of the world's leading culinary tourism destinations.
The winter of 2016 was a period of re-imagining, redesigning and renovating their rooms to feature first-class comfort and artistic design while at the same time staying true to their beautiful seaside setting. In 2017, The Inn At Bay Fortune opened their doors to reveal a new Dining Room expansion, new decks, remodeled North Courtyard bathrooms and a complete remodel of the South Tower.
The rooms are tastefully decorated by Proprietor, Chastity Smith using a blend of local art, treasured antiques and modern amenities including wood and propane fireplaces, luxurious toiletries, Nespresso espresso machines, luxurious bedding, terrycloth robes and slippers, flat screen TV's, satellite, free WiFi, air conditioning and living plants. Their legendary Gourmet a-la-carte breakfast is also included in your stay.
With a community full of artists that are equally inspired by the island The Inn at Bay Fortune has asked them to contribute pieces for every room and together they've made each room unique. You can read more about the featured artists and their works here.
And at their restaurant Fireworks get set for a Feast like no other – featuring a new menu daily using ingredients from our culinary farm and herb gardens and from a roster of Prince Edward Island farmers, fisherfolk, foragers and culinary artisans. Served family style to you and your guests at long butcher-block tables overlooking beautiful Bay Fortune.
The menu includes freshly baked wood-oven bread, their famous seafood chowder with every shellfish from our island, the days catch, their famous farm salad and wood roasted meats and vegetables all prepared before your very eyes. Just make sure you save room for their delicious freshly baked desserts featuring the many fruits of the Gentle Island! New for the 2020 Season the Inn at Bay Fortune – Picnic Days!!! For more info on that click here.
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Maebashi (前橋) is the capital city of Gunma prefecture in Japan's Kanto region.
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By planeFrom Narita Airport, Maebashi is served by Azalea Limousine Buses operated by Chiba Kotsu (3 1/2 hours to/from Maebashi Station, ¥4500). By train, the easiest (and most expensive) way to reach Maebashi is to take the Narita Express to Tokyo Station, the Joetsu Shinkansen to Takasaki, and the Ryomo Line to Maebashi (Approx. 2 1/2 hours, ¥7800, no charge with the Japan Rail Pass or JR East Pass). Reservations for the Narita Express and Shinkansen can all be made from Narita Airport.
From Haneda Airport, Limousine buses operate to/from Maebashi Station (3 1/2 hours, ¥3500). Going by train is much faster, but more expensive and requires more transfers: The Keikyu Line to Shinagawa, the Yamanote Line to Tokyo, the Shinkansen to Takasaki and the Ryomo Line to Maebashi (Approx. 2 hours, ¥5200; cheaper with unreserved shinkansen seat). You can purchase tickets for the JR portion of the journey upon reaching Shinagawa.
By trainMaebashi is located on the JR Ryomo Line, between Takasaki and Isesaki.
From Tokyo, the fastest way to reach Maebashi is to take a Joetsu Shinkansen train to Takasaki and change to the Ryomo Line (75-90 minutes, ¥4800; no charge with the Japan Rail Pass).
Local trains from Tokyo depart from Ueno station. With a transfer at Takasaki, Maebashi can be reached in 2 1/2 hours (¥1890 from Tokyo Station). Some trains continue to Maebashi station.
By busLong-distance buses to/from Maebashi stop outside of the Maebashi train station's south exit, as well as the Maebashi Bus Terminal some 15-20 minutes further away.
Nippon Chuo Bus operates several daytime bus services from the Tokyo area to Maebashi. All buses stop at the Hilton Tokyo in Shinjuku, with some buses also stopping in Ikebukuro and Akihabara (3 hours to/from Shinjuku, ¥1500).
Other long distance buses include the Tokai Liner daytime runs from Shizuoka and Nagoya, Sendai Liner overnight runs from Sendai, and Silk Liner overnight runs from Nara, Kyoto and Osaka. All of these buses are operated by Nippon Chuo Bus.
Green Dome MaebashiA beautifully-designed domed stadium situated in Maebashi Park. With a seating capacity of 8,000, it hosts indoor sports events and exhibitions. It is most popular for hosting Keirin races (pari-mutuel bicycle races) throughout the year. Local buses connect JR Maebashi station to the park and the Green Dome in 10 minutes (¥190).
Gunma Prefecture Governmental BuildingA beautiful building with two restaurants on the second highest floor and a mechanized car park. The top floor is enclosed in window allowing a 360 degree view of Maebashi, awesome at night, and beautiful during the day.
Yakimanjyu has been popular since the Edo period, with the cradle being in Maebashi city. Yakimanjyu is a fried manjyu, which is a ball made of flour. It is served on a bamboo skewer with soybean paste and sugar sauce. In Gunma, people have a yakimanjyu festival each summer and New Years.
- The Seven Gods of Good Fortune rice cracker (Shichifukujin-arare) is a famous rice cracker in Maebashi.


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BoardIQQuotes Investment Management Partner on Consolidation of Cluster Boards
Investment management partner David Sullivan (Boston) was recently quoted in BoardIQ's Nov. 17 article that examines the recent conversions of cluster boards into single bodies within one fund complex. Although these consolidations can be complicated and costly, efficiencies and streamlining communications to various parties is a benefit to management. However, as Mr. Sullivan outlines, many questions will need to be answered during the conversions. One solution, noted Mr. Sullivan, is "for directors to form a joint committee with members from each board to work through all the decisions."