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I attended the Bayesian Optimization workshop at NIPS 2015, and the following summarizes what was going on in the workshop from my perspective. This post primarily serves my self-interest in not losing these notes. But it may be useful for others as well.
- Nando de Freitas (Oxford)
- Ryan P. Adams (Harvard University)
- Bobak Shahriari (University of British Columbia)
- Roberto Calandra (TU Darmstadt)
- Amar Shah (University of Cambridge)
The workshop was effectively run by Bobak Shahriari and Roberto Calandra. In the beginning of the workshop, Bobak Shahriari was giving a brief introduction to Bayesian Optimization (BO), motivating the entire setting of data-efficient global black-box optimization and the gap that this workshop will address.
Applications of Bayesian optimization include drug trials in healthcare (Thompson 1933), model selection (i.e., minimize generalization loss), AB testing and personalized advertising, Recommender system (e.g., Scott 2010), experimental design and sensor networks (Krause & Guestrin, 2008), posterior estimation (Kandasamy et al., 2015), mining, …
Following this, he introduced Bayesian Optimization from a more technical point of view, including the surrogate GP model, exploration strategies, Bayes' theorem for model updates and the importance of the acquisition functions. The kernel can encode lots of structure, which makes modeling quite powerful.
Unfortunately, there are some issues. In particular, the computational cost. Various sparse GP approximations or feature learning techniques try to address this problem. Mondrian forests seem to be promising as well.
Bayesian Optimization (Zoubin Ghahramani)
Optimization is a sequential decision making problem, and uncertainty is important to do it. Bayesian optimization useful for all kinds of optimization problems, but it is especially useful if
- evaluating the function is expensive
- we have no gradients (or they are difficult to obtain)
- there is noise in the function evaluation
- there are (possibly noisy) constraints
- there is some prior information about the function to be optimized
- one needs to optimize many similar functions
The use of GPs within Bayesian optimization implies various advantages (good uncertainty, estimates, generality), but also some disadvantages (expensive, limited by the kernel).
After this introduction, Zoubin talked about the relationship between Bayesian optimization and the Automatic Statistician (AS).
- The AS can be used within BO to find a good model for the BO problem (find a good kernel).
- BO can be used to help the AS to do model selection and to allocate computational resources.
Allocation of Resources: Especially when dealing with large models or under resource constraints, we need to find a trade-off between statistical and computational efficiency. Therefore, treat the allocation of computational resources as a part of the overall problem (see Freeze-Thaw Bayesian Optimization by Swersky et al., 2015): Try a few models and look at their learning curves. Then, fit a model to the learning curves that predicts how well one would do if we would dump more computational resources at the problem. This can be generalized to ensemble methods, and the utility depends on the ensemble. Ideally, do also some transfer learning by looking at the correlation structure between individual models.
At the end, Zoubin linked BO to probabilistic numerics (e.g., quadrature, solving differential equations, …). They treat numerical problems as inference/learning/decision-making under uncertainty problems.
There is not much work in BO with multi-step optimization; current focus largely on myopic optimization. Mike Osborne does have some work on multi-step BO in his 2009-LION3 paper.
Safe Exploration for Bayesian Optimization (Andreas Krause)
Andreas started off with motivating applications:
- Therapeutic spinal cord stimulation, where some electrodes can be implanted in patients. There is no good bio-physical model, i.e., things need to be learned from data.
- Autonomous controller tuning in robotics. You need to learn controller settings that do not break the platform.
Safe automatic tuning. You can evaluate the objective anywhere, but you must not fall below a safety threshold.
Start with an informed initial guess (maybe with the help of engineers), then exploit some smoothness properties. This will then realistically lead to the problem of finding local optima. Research areas within BO where this shows up:
- Bayesian optimization under unknown constraints (Snoek 2013; Gelbart et al., 2014)
- Level set identification/Multi-objective BO (Knowles et al., 2006; Zuluaga et al., 2103; Gotovos et al., 2013)
- Safe exploration in control and RL (e.g., Moldovan & Abbeel, 2013)
Plausible maximizers: look at the best lower bound of the GP model (with high confidence the true function value is better). This idea shows up in the Bandit literature (upper confidence sampling, e.g., Auer et al., 2002). UCB exploration parameter is usually not chosen with safety in mind:
However, we can statistically "certify" safety where the lower confidence bound exceeds the safety threshold. This is the idea behind Safe-UCB and SafeOpt (Sui et al., ICML 2015). SafeUCB gets stuck in bad local optima. SafeOpt reasons about potential region expansion, track those sets over time. Keep sampling, pick the most uncertain point that is safe. This will fully explore a "safe" part of the parameter space. It does give some guarantees on safety and how long it takes to reach a good solution within the safe region.
Applications: Movie recommendations (MovieLens dataset), spinal cord therapy, robot control (UAV).
Next steps: Go from bandits to RL tasks and do safe exploration in MDPs.
Open questions: Lower bounds (sample complexity), high dimensions, non-GP models?
Scalable & Flexible Bayesian Optimization for Algorithm Configuration (Frank Hutter)
Problem setting: Algorithm with some parameters and a distribution over problem instances . Solve:
where is a performance metric.
After the problem setting, Frank explained how to use random forests for BO. Look at the random forest as a mixture model of trees, and get predictive distribution, where the mean is the sample mean, and the variance is computed using the law of total variance.
Advantages of random forests:
- Scale in , where $N$ is the number of observations.
- Scales well with high dimensions
- Handles conditional inputs (e.g., number of units in a hidden layer of a NN conditioned on the number of layers)
- Natively handles continuous and categorical inputs
- Non-Gaussian noise
- Non-stationarity
- Robustness
SMAC (Hutter et al., 2009-2015): Use RFs inside the BO loop. It is about 1000x faster than the DNGO approach (Snoek et al., ICML 2015), which uses Deep neural networks followed by Bayesian optimization. You can also do learning-curve predictions (similar to Freeze-Thaw).
Go beyond black-box optimization, e.g., by looking at
- Warm-start by meta-learning
- Early termination
- Reasoning across subsets of data
Poster Spotlights
- Predictive Entropy Search for Multi-objective Bayesian Optimization: Find Pareto set within a small number of evaluations. Each objective modeled by GP, therefore the Pareto set is random. Minimize the entropy of optimal parameters. Overall acquisition function is the sum of individual acquisitions.
- Optimization with Gaussian Processes via Chaining: Proof theoretical properties on the regret. Use UCB for this. Canonical pseudo distance gives a bound on the regret but does not incorporate the variance. Union bound for all parameters works for finite sets of parameters. Extension to infinite sets in the poster.
- Towards efficient Bayesian Optimization for Big Data: Automatically adjust the size of the data during optimization. Works well if the performance on small subsets is representative. Model the performance across data set sizes, similar to MultiTaskBO (Swersky et al.)
- UAVs doing Bayesian Optimization to Locate WiFi Devices: Drones do BO to find a cell-phone based on signal strength (very noisy) of the phone.
- Locally-biased Bayesian Optimization using Nonstationary Gaussian Processes: Kernels in GPs are designed for regression, but not for optimization. Optimization trades off exploitation and exploration. The surrogate model should provide information about the location of the optimum. Define the Spartan kernel, which is a combination of a global and a local kernel. Works also for RL problems.
- Active Contextual Entropy Search: Apply to multi-task robotic behavior learning (policy search framework; e.g., adapt hyper-parameters of movement primitives). Look at contextual entropy search; allows for actively selecting contexts via active learning.
- Designing Engaging Games Using Bayesian Optimization: Find the most engaging game designs. Example: Flappy Bird game. Measure engagement (voluntary time on task)
- Adaptive Bayesian Optimization for Online Portfolio Selection: time-varying problem. Solve several related optimization problems.
- Optimization as Estimation with Gaussian Processes in Bandit Settings: There are hyper-parameters to be set in BO (e.g., exploration parameter). Estimate the posterior of , similar to entropy search. Adaptively set the BO-hyper-parameters. Generalizes PI and UCB. Tighter regret bounds than GP-UCB.
- Batch Bayesian Optimization via Local Penalization: BO where evaluations can be done in parallel. Designing batches optimally is computationally demanding. Use local penalization (good heuristic using Lipschitz continuity) to determine exploration/exploitation within batch.
- GLASSES: Relieving the Myopia of Bayesian Optimization: Look-ahead through stochastic simulation and expected-loss search gives an acquisition function that takes tens of steps ahead into account. Jointly model epistemic uncertainty about the future steps. Side-effect: very explorative if there are lots evaluations remain.
Bayesian Optimization and Embedded Learning Systems (Jeff Schneider)
Jeff started off with a history of autonomous driving at CMU, starting from ALVINN (late 80s) via Crusher, DARPA Urban Challenge (2007) to Caterpillar Autonomous Trucks and Uber. Nowadays, Uber is collecting data using their cars (looks similar to Google Maps car), but data from those cameras is tricky (cluttered, difficult scenes). There is a lot of room for machine learning, including safety, efficiency, active learning and optimization in embedded systems, such as an autonomous car.
An issue with BO is that it normally only works in small dimensions (see Srinivas et al., 2010), i.e., we have to turn this into a lower-dimensional search space. Two challenges: Statistical and computational. Jeff gave a brief overview of related work in this area.
They decided to use an additive model of the form
where all the operate on disjoint subspaces of the overall search space. One can then optimize the components separately/independently. If the components would be overlapping this would no longer work. Jeff gave some theoretical results.
Open questions (additive BO):
- Generalization to other acquisition functions (not only UCB, EI)
- How to choose the number of components
- Non-axis-aligned models
- Multi-fidelity optimization
Applications of Bayesian Optimization to Systems (Marc Deisenroth)
The focus of the talk was the application of Bayesian optimization to various systems. The beginning of the talk was on robot locomotion, highlighting the usefulness of Bayesian optimization, which sped up learning controller parameters from weeks (manual search) to hours using BO (Calandra et al., 2014-2015).
In the second part, the talk focused on optimizing hyper-parameters of simulators of real systems to make them more realistic. Here, we were looking at a bioprocess simulator for a micro-algae metabolism with 12 free parameters. A challenge with BO in these settings is that experiments can be conducted with little effort (sub-second), leading to large data sets. A first attempt to solve this by using additive GPs (Kandasamy, 2015) was not successful, and the Dimension Scheduling Algorithm (Ulmasov et al., 2015) was introduced, which samples parameter dimensions randomly without imposing a direct-sum decomposition of the parameter space. The number of data points per GP (1 GP per subset of dimensions) is low, the search problem is relatively simple, which then leads to a tractable optimization problem. In the experiments, the DSA gets a good solution quickly, and the computational speedup compared to standard BO was good (20% of the computational resources without any parallelization).
Information-based Methods for Black-box (Bayesian) Optimization (Matthew Hoffman)
Matt started by making clear that Bayesian optimization is optimization with Bayesian tools, but it is primarily a black-box optimization problem. Two questions:
- What is my model?
- What is my exploration strategy (given the model)?
Exploration (in this talk) may be myopic, but with respect to something that is close to a value function (see RL), in which case myopic is a good choice.
The model chosen in this talk is a Gaussian process, but independent of this any model in BO must be able to
- Make predictions
- Maintain a measure of uncertainty
There are various exploration strategies, and they are usually encoded by means of the acquisition function. Matt focused on the entropy of the latent maximizer . The corresponding acquisition function is (Hennig & Schuler, 2013)
This last expectation is tricky to compute. But the expression above is the mutual information, which allows us to flip the arguments around (symmetry), which leads to
where the last expected is relatively easy to compute using Monte Carlo. To compute the acquisition function, we just have to sample and approximate by a Gaussian. Sampling is done by Thompson sampling. The conditional is approximated using EP (Minka, 2001).
Matt gave a bunch of examples that highlight that this "trick" of using the symmetry of the mutual information is actually helpful.
This idea can be extended to constrained black-box optimization, i.e., the constraints themselves can only be evaluated by querying the system. Each black-box constraint is modeled by a GP. They used this for tuning a neural network, constrained to make fast predictions for tuning Hamiltonian MCMC subject to constraints on the convergence diagnostics.
Interesting ideas of applying this to model search within the Automatic Statistician.
Matt was also discussing some problems of predictive entropy search:
- Non-conjugate likelihoods
- Disjoint input spaces
- Slightly incorrect marginalization of the hyper-parameters
Output predictive entropy search somewhat addresses some of these problems.
At the end of the talk, Matt advertised pybo, the BO toolbox Bobak and he developed.
Some questions that came up during the workshop and panel discussion
- Stopping rules?
- What happens if the model is wrong?
- Sensitivity analysis?
- Is it possible to integrate other optimization techniques (e.g., swarm optimization) into BO?
- Should we focus on model learning or exploration strategies (acquisition functions)?
- How do we scale BO up in terms of number of data points and number of parameters (if we use GPs)?
- Is the Gaussian process the right "default" model?
- What are the properties of the model that we really need?
- Should we incorporate prior information from experts if this is available?
- What are promising directions for learning with lots of parameters?
It turns out that answers to many questions were somewhat already addressed by David MacKay in his papers from the 90s. Also, the "Query by Committee" paper by Seung, Opper and Sompolinksky (1992) should be mentioned in this context. It is definitely worthwhile having a look at these papers.


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Be still my 14-year-old-self's heart. Silverstein took Warped Tour back to the good old days as they tore apart the Mutant South stage all summer long on this year's Vans Warped Tour. Their set struck a nearly perfect balance between old favorites and newer material, and the band was just as energetic and rowdy as ever. Check out some photos from their must-see set below.
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The British pop-punkers in Boston Manor made the trek over to the United States to travel the country playing the Full Sail University stage on this year's Vans Warped Tour. Not only is every single member wildly entertaining to watch perform, but they are certainly in the running for some of the most iconic facial expressions I captured at the Hartford show. Check out photos from this unforgettable show below, and be on the lookout for big things coming from these guys in the future.
Photos: Anti-Flag @ Vans Warped Tour 2017
Warped Tour was noticeably more political this summer than the last few years I've attended, but one band stood out in particular. Anti-Flag are taking Warped Tour by storm this summer and are as radically political as ever. As Justin Sane preached anti-racism, sexism, transphobia, and xenophobia, Chris Barker sported a "Smash The Alt-Right" tank-top. The crowd even got to watch Pat Thetic dive into the crowd to kick out a skinhead himself. Check out photos from their set in Hartford, CT below.

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The Lodge Park is situated only a short distance from the historic country town of Ledbury (approximately 4 miles) and the site provides a good base for access to the Brecon Beacons, the Royal Forest of Dean, the Mavern Hills and the Cotswolds. An excellent base for touring this delightful area. The lettings business is currently marketed through Hoseasons "Lodge Escapes" and full trading information can be made available to genuinely interested parties. The site is approached through a long driveway which meanders through woodland areas eventually opening out to the Holiday Park.
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It is taxpayers who must be the supporter of last resort" for those who can't assist themselves or their family. Too many youths today are clearly not doing their part to be welcome in our civil society. Finally, imagine yourself to be as you wish to be ( as per your purpose) and stay with that vision for a while with full feelings. Every time you inhale imagine that you are letting in good well being, good physique form and optimistic ideas. Similarly with every exhale visualize that you're expelling negativity, illness, ache and so forth.
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Today instead of celebrating Columbus Day, I'm celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day. This photo cracks me up and pretty much sums up my feelings on Columbus Day.
Several states recognize Indigenous Peoples Day as a way of honoring the indigenous people groups of North, Central and South America.
North Carolina is home to the largest population of Native Americans east of the Mississippi. I've known various members of the Cherokee, Lumbee, Haliwa-Saponi and Coharie tribes throughout my life. I've always been fascinated by their culture. And admired their persistence and perseverance against overwhelming odds to survive and thrive.
This picture makes me laugh, too. Yes, I realize I may have an "unusual" sense of humor.
In honor of fictional hero, Mike Barefoot who is one-quarter Cherokee—the only federally recognized tribe in North Carolina—I'm giving away one copy just today of Carolina Reckoning.
And . . . I'm also giving away just today an Advanced Readers Copy (ARC) for Aloha Rose—in honor of fictional grandmother, Tutu Mily, who is Native Hawaiian, another under-recognized indigenous people group within the United States of America. The winner will get a sneak peek at this Quilts of Love island romance that doesn't release to the general public until November 19.
Two free book giveaways to two lucky commenters. Contest Rules—1. Comment on the question and leave your email address for a chance to win. 2. Share this blog link to your Facebook friends.
Indicate in your comment if you are entering for either book or if you have a preference.
Deadline to submit entries will be 11:59 pm EST on October 14, 2013. U.S. residents only.
What are your thoughts on changing Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day?
For a chance to win Carolina Reckoning or Aloha Rose, leave a comment. The winners will be notified by email next week.
Check out behind the scene photos of Carolina Reckoning at http://pinterest.com/lisacoxcarter/carolina-reckoning/.
For behind the scene pics of Aloha Rose at http://www.pinterest.com/quiltsoflove/aloha-rose-by-lisa-carter.


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Anne Dunev, PhD CN
If you look around your kitchen, you can find lots of different things to eat. Many things we eat come in boxes and packages. A lot of these things taste good. They are bright colors, many are very sweet and there are lots of flavors to choose from.
So, with all this prepared, packaged food around, why do we eat plants?
People say that eating plants are good for us. But plants don't always taste as good as the food that comes in boxes. So, what is the big deal with eating plants?
Some plants do taste good. Strawberries and apples and watermelons are plants. So are oranges and carrots and peas. Then there is broccoli and celery. And who can forget cauliflower and Brussels sprouts? Those are the ones that smell funny when you cook them. Why eat something that smells like that?
People have been eating plants for thousands and thousands of years. Before they had farms, people gathered green plants and fruits from the forests. People have always eaten plants. So, does that mean we need to eat them today, when we have so many other things to eat?
What is it about plants?
It starts with dirt. Really.
Our bodies have something in common with dirt. Minerals. Dirt is made up of rocks that are broken down into small bits. The rocks are made of minerals.
Human bodies are about 70% minerals. Teeth and bones are mostly made of a mineral called calcium. But there are dozens of other minerals in the body, in all parts of the body. Some of these are magnesium, zinc and copper. There are even tiny amounts of silver and gold in our bodies.
We can't eat dirt. And even if we do eat dirt, we can't use the minerals in ground up rocks. These minerals are called "inorganic". That means the minerals are good for rocks, but not usable for living bodies.
Here is where the plants come in. Plants make their own food in their leaves, and they love minerals. Plants are little factories that suck up the inorganic minerals through their roots. They use the ground up rocks in the dirt, or soil. Then they change the minerals into the "organic" form, the form of minerals that can be used by our living bodies to make strong bones and teeth.
If your bones could talk to you, they would say, "More spinach, please. And how about some nice Kale." Dark, green leafy vegetables have the most calcium.
Just think. All the food that our bodies actually need to be healthy exists in Nature. All the food we need grows, either from the ground, or in animals. There is nothing in factory-produced food, made of artificial colors and flavors and chemicals, which our body needs. Most factory food is not healthy at all because there are hardly any vitamins or minerals in it. Factory-made food, also known as "junk" food can make us fat, and feel tired and bad.
If our bodies could vote, they would vote for foods from Nature. It is a natural choice if you want to feel great and be great. You have it in you. Feed it with plants.


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LOT Polish Airlines' Chicago to Warsaw Dreamliner Takes Flight
Airlines & Airports Gretchen Kelly June 05, 2013
LOT Polish Airlines inaugurates new 787 Dreamliner daily nonstop service from Chicago to Warsaw on June 5. The flight will be the first international Dreamliner flight from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. LOT's inbound Dreamliner flight from Warsaw will touch down at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport at 3:20 p.m. and will be welcomed with a traditional water salute. The first LOT Dreamliner trip from Chicago will depart at 5:25 p.m., and arrive the next day in Warsaw at 9:55 a.m. The flights were previously operated with B767s.
LOT's first try at inaugurating Dreamliner service from O'Hare on Jan. 16, 2013 was aborted only a few hours before departure after the Federal Aviation Administration temporarily grounded the aircraft due to safety issues with its lithium-ion batteries. LOT is now the first European carrier to operate the Dreamliner with three of the eight already delivered to the airline. LOT's Dreamliner inaugural flight from Chicago to Warsaw will be followed by Toronto to Warsaw on June 7. LOT began Dreamliner flights from New York's JFK to Warsaw on June 1. The LOT Dreamliner has 18 seats in Elite Club (business class), 21 in Premium Club (premium economy) plus 213 seats in economy class.
"Chicago will receive daily LOT Dreamliner service and on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and there is a second Dreamliner flight scheduled from Chicago to Warsaw later in the evening," said Tomasz Dakowski, LOT Polish Airlines Director of Sales. "We offer the two flights on some days in the summer because Chicago has historically been our number one US destination. The support of the largest Polish population outside of Poland in this region has especially contributed in making our flights a success."
The new Dreamliner flights have new aircraft interiors, inflight menus and beverage selections, on-board equipment, toys for children and other amenities. The flights are staffed with specially trained Elite Fleet cabin crews, and offer two new classes of service-Elite Club and Premium Club.
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CVB offers brochure as wedding planner
The Savannah Area Convention & Visitors Bureau offers a wedding planner guide for those wanting to plan a destination wedding in Savannah. With a distribution of 20,000, this full-color brochure offers information on Savannah's history, average monthly temperatures, transportation, churches, wedding consultants, outdoor and indoor venues, accommodations, restaurants and vendors. The brochure also has lists of wedding services including caterers, cakes and desserts, florists, jewelers, music, party rentals and supplies, photographers and videographers.
To request a free wedding planner, go to www.savannahvisit.com. Under the "Events" section, click on "Request a Wedding Planner" and fill out your contact information.
New accounting firm acquires assets of CPA
After serving a variety of small businesses in the Savannah area for over 25 years, CPA Jim Connelly is retiring and turning over his practice to the stewardship of Rob Cordasco, Scott Sundem and John Powell.
The additional client base will increase Cordasco, Sundem & Powell's size by 10 percent. The firm formed earlier this year when accounting veterans Cordasco and Sundem acquired Powell's practice.
Cordasco, Sundem & Powell, P.C. is located at 109 Oglethorpe Professional Court in Savannah and can be contacted at 912-353-7800 or online at www.cspcpa.com.
Shipping company chooses Charleston for regional base
Mediterranean Shipping Co., the second largest container carrier in the world, is expanding its Charleston region operations, which will now be home to the company's South Atlantic corporate headquarters.
MSC's local office will double in size from just under 200 employees to a total of 400 with 95 percent of those hired locally.
MSC operates 350 ships around the world and has 20 North American offices.
PureSpectrum elects directors
Savannah-based Pure Spectrum Inc. (Pink Sheets: PSPM) elected a board of directors and ratified the appointment of Hancock Askew & Co. LLP as auditors for the company during the company's annual shareholder meeting on Tuesday in Savannah.
PureSpectrum president and CEO Lee Vanatta, executive vice president William Norton and vice president of sales Garth Kullman were elected to positions on the company's board of directors.
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Steve Leinwand on Re-imagining Math Class
If you could reimagine math instruction, what would you change? Today on the podcast we're speaking with author Steve Leinwand. Steve's work revolves around fostering authentic math fluency in students, valuing deep understanding over memorization and speed. By challenging long-held ideas about how math is taught, Steve says we can reimagine instruction that better serves our students. We started our conversation on the topic of math homework, and why it's just not working.
Letter Lessons and First Words with Heidi Anne Mesmer
How does phonics effectively fit within daily classroom instruction? Today on the podcast, we're joined by author Heidi Anne Mesmer. In her new book, Letter Lessons and First Words, Heidi Anne provides a research-based vision of what lively, engaging phonics instruction can look like, along with practical, classroom-tested tools to make it happen in your classroom. Filled with classroom activities and easy-to-use frameworks, her book is a one-stop shop for phonics instruction. Nell Duke...
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Dog Skin Parasite: Demodectic Mange In Dogs
Demodectic mange in dogs (demodicosis) is caused by the Demodex
canis mite. It is normal for a few mites to live on a dog. The number
is held down by the dog's immune system. When the immune system is
depressed due to some type of genetic disorder or illness, then the
mite population is able to multiply, causing a problem for the dog.
The mite lays eggs in dog hair follicles, where they grow
from nymph (baby) through to adulthood. The entire cycle takes 18 to 24
days. This type of mange is usually seen in dogs that are between 3 and
12 moths, with the mites passed from mother to puppy (referred to as
Juvenile on-set generalized Demodicosis). Symptoms are either
localized, meaning they are in one or two areas of the body such as
around the eyes and dog muzzle, or generalized, which means that it
appears all over the body. In dogs under 1 year of age, demodex is
referred to as Juvenile-onset demodicosis, where in adults it is called
generalized adult-onset demodicosis.
Canine Demodicosis Mange SymptomsSymptoms vary depending of if problem is localized (in one area) or all over the dog (generalized).
- Localized Mange (frequently see in dogs under 1 year of age)
- Hair loss at the:
- Muzzle
- lips
- Head
- front legs
- trunk
- Hair loss in patchy areas
- Scaly skin that is either normal, red or gray in color
- May not itch
- Generalized Mange
- Hair loss on different areas of the body (alopecia)
- Skin scaling
- itch all over body
- Skin infection (pyoderma)
A veterinarian will take a skin scraping and look for mites under the microscope in addition to observing the clinical demodectic mange symptoms. As mentioned a veterinarian will first determine if the issue is localized or generalized and why the dog's immune system isn't providing natural protection against the mites.
Demodectic Mange Treatment
Unlike sarcoptic mange, the localized form demodectic mange can clear on its own in otherwise healthy dogs. A veterinarian may still recommend the use of a dip or medicated shampoo.
Generalized Demodectic Mange in Dogs:
For more chronic dog mange a lengthly treatment process is needed using products such as Mitaban (amitraz).. In dogs under 1 year, the condition can still clear on its own 50% of the time. In older dogs the condition can indicate a problem with the immune system, cancerous neoplasm (lymphosarcoma) or chronic disease (diabetes melitus or Cushing's disease).
The most common way to treat demodectic mange in dogs is with a dip (Mitaban) which contains the miticide Amitraz. Prior to treatment the coat is clipped in long-haired or medium haired dogs. A dog starts by being treated every week, followed by bi-weekly treatments. If a dog does not respond to the dip, then Milbemycin oxime or Ivermetin can be provided for 2 to 3 months. Even if the condition cannot be cured, treatment could keep it under control.
If Mitaban does not work, a veterinarian can use other medications that have not been approved for the treatment of demodectic mange in dogs such as Interceptor (milbemycin).
If a dog has a bacterial skin infection, antibiotics are prescribed. Dogs should not breed if any pup is born with Juvenile On-set Generalized Demodicosis. Pregnancy can trigger a relapse in females, which is why neutering is recommended. During the healing process a natural remedy such as Skin Care & Coat may be of some value.
External Parasitic Diseases of Dogs and Cats
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Struggling with clinical depression can be especially challenging for people who don't have strong support from loved ones.
But having that kind of social support may end up discouraging some men from seeking out professional help, according to a study published this month in the journal General Hospital Psychiatry. That's a dynamic that doesn't appear to play out for depressed women, the study found.
"Social support is, generally speaking, a good thing. In many ways, it buffers against depression in the first place. You have a confidant — someone to reach out and talk to is really helpful for all different aspects of your health, depression or otherwise," said study author Alan Teo, an assistant psychiatry professor at Oregon Health and Science University and researcher at the VA Portland Health Care System.
"What's suggested in this study is there might be areas where social support inadvertently works against treatment for those who have clinical depression," Teo said.
[This new approach to mental health care could save lives]
Researchers analyzed data from 1,379 adults with depression symptoms who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
They found that good social support for moderately and severely depressed men meant they were less likely to use any professional mental health services. On the flip side, depressed men who said they had inadequate social support were more likely to get that professional help.
For example, 26 percent of depressed men who felt supported by family or friends used some mental health service, while 47 percent of depressed men lacking social support did the same.
But moderately to severely depressed women in the study, regardless of how much social support they had, more or less sought out professional mental health services at similar rates.
"One of the key conclusions here is gender seems to be a driving factor in whether these patients ... actually seek treatment from a mental health professional," Teo said. "Men seem to be on the losing end of that stick."
[The power of depression and the impulsiveness of suicide]
Now, it's not that men with moderate and severe depression aren't going to the doctor or seeking any professional help. They actually saw non-mental health providers, such as primary-care doctors, at much higher rates than women. And when it comes to non-mental health services, the dynamic between friends and seeking help reversed for men: Depressed men with good social support were more likely to go to such doctors than those without good support.
That means primary-care doctors have "a big window of opportunity to reach many of these folks who have untreated depression," Teo said.
There's also a gender difference when it comes to general use of health care. The study shows that overall, women more consistently use mental health services than men, regardless of how much social support they had.
[It's not just sadness. Happiness can break your heart, too.]
But why is it that having adequate bonds with friends and family means it's less likely depressed men will get mental-health help? Social support can mean a lot of things, including an emotional confidant. Sometimes that's the person who can encourage you to seek professional help — or the person you turn to in place of a professional.
Some men may view such support as a substitute for professional help, or maybe men have a more "unfavorable attitude toward using mental health services if they feel like they have social support in their lives," Teo said.
The study focused on adults over 40.
"A lot of them are going to be partnered or married men," Teo said. Such men may believe, "Oh, I have support from my wife. I talk to her about things. I might have this depression going on, but I still have my wife."
He added: "They end up not seeking treatment, thinking, 'I don't need help.' "
[This winter depression treatment lasts longer than sitting under a bright light]
Now, all of this doesn't mean people with depression shouldn't seek out the company of good friends and family. Teo said he encourages his patients, especially those with mild depression symptoms, to seek that out in their lives.
"But if it gets past that point to moderate or severe, it just doesn't cut it," he said. "Those folks need to be getting professional treatment."
And that's where the friends and family of men with severe depression can really step in. "One of the best ways to support your family or friend with depression is to encourage seeking out a mental health care professional," Teo said.
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Using WORK band member Xtian's concept and sketch, I created this 'Prisoner of Screens' scene using images sourced from across the internet. It utilizes the same future-dystopian style as the album artwork I created for WORK's debut LP.
This project began when Xtian sent me his sketch of a figure chained to a desk, surrounded by screens and monitoring devices. This twisted concept represents the screen-addicted side of ourselves drawn towards the pale glow of our beloved devices like moths to a lightbulb. With this anti-social screen time occupying more and more of our lives with each passing year, it seems only fitting to portray this phenomena in such a grim light. It was my job to translate this idea into a convincing, nightmarish reality.
I spent a good chunk of time scouring the internet for source imagery that matched Xtian's concept. My foundation became a stock-image of a white-collar man sitting behind a desk, monitoring security screens in front of him. When sourcing images from the internet, I make it my mission to modify and distort anything I use until it's hardly recognizable from the original. It was time to turn this nice, clean office into a cluttered, dirty hell hole; this trimmed and proper business man into a frail prisoner of the screens before him.


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Every year when it comes to wrapping my presents, I always try to find paper that isn't too Christmasy. It seems that I always have tons left over. My time is valuable and I like to stock up on my supplies and keep them throughout the year in my wrapping paper station (an old antique armoire that was given to us).
I thought I would give you some tips for your shopping this year and get you inspired to choose the right items to save you cash and time.
When selecting my wrapping paper, tissue paper, bows and tags, I usually try to choose things that I can use all year round for any event that creeps up on me.
The above paper is actually wedding paper. There is no reason why it couldn't be used for any occasion. Tied with a red or gold bow would make it very festive for Christmas.
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Red wood grain from Container Store
Red paper is a GREAT choice but this doesn't scream Christmas which allows you to use it all year. Tie it with a black or gold bow and you are good to go for your holiday gifts under the tree.
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The wood grain paper is perfect for the man or co-worker in your life.
Leopard - Container Store
You can't go wrong with an animal print. A gold metallic bow or red satin bow would make the person receiving this amazingly wrapped gift feel really special and excited.
Copper Tapestry - Container Store
This paper is so classy. I Love the design because it is traditional yet has whimsical personality.
Quick Ruthie Tip: Any wrapping paper would make a beautiful place mat under a plate for your Christmas table. Cut with decorative scissors around the edges and you have a really sophisticated table setting in no time and for little expense. It can be used as a table runner too.
Herringbone - Container Store
I think this Herringbone paper is my favorite this year. Tie your package with a red bow and you instantly have a WOW present. For the rest of the year you could tie a white, cream, pink, lime green, turquoise or any other color satin or wired ribbon bow around this package and it would be so striking.
Bohemian - Container Store
My oldest daughter will go nuts for this paper. Tied with a lime green tulle bow and a fun sparkly copper or gold tag and your teenage girls will be thinking you are so cool. Her friends will love it too.
The paper can be used for birthday parties all year long.
You might be the person that can't stand to be generic and want your wrapping to be totally personalized. Well you got it. Go to Giftskins.com and go crazy designing your paper for your family!!!
Quick Ruthie Tip: You could design your own paper and decoupage it on your walls as a wallpaper treatment. They don't just have Christmas paper that you can design. Imagine how fun it would be to put pictures of your vacations at the end of a hallway wall or even on a side table or coffee table.
Can you believe this is wrapping paper?
Who wouldn't love these vintage tags hanging off their presents? So adorable!
Anything sparkly added to a gift is so much fun.
I've got to have these vintage tags, they won me over! The red satin ribbon makes them stunning.
Simple brown bags are perfect for generic wrapping. I keep a these in every size on hand at all times. You can enhance them with fun tissue paper, beautiful bows or you can even STAMP THEM (see below)
This stamp would be perfect on any brown gift bag. You can use a silver or gold metallic paint on the stamp and it looks very classy. Black would show up nicely too.
Any craft store has these Metallic Acrylic paints in a variety of colors.
How about having your own family stamp made? It could even be your family crest.
This stamp is for a Birthdays, Showers or Weddings
This bag could have some red paper added or even a leopard print paper and you would be good to go. Add a touch of Christmas by adding one of the red sparkly tags above that I mentioned and now you are set.
Pink ribbon tied to a chocolate brown bag is always true perfection.
Quick Ruthie Tip: Glue gun grosgrain ribbon to the top and bottom of the bag on each side and you have something custom made immediately.
Wouldn't these leather embossed bags be amazing with some silver or copper metallic tissue paper added. No reason why you can't make something look like it is suppose to be for the holiday season. Love these bags for hostess gifts.
You can't go wrong with a satin ribbon. It always looks so crisp on a package. I like to choose a two sided ribbon so you have more choices when you are wrapping. It also looks nice to see two colors on the gift.
Tulle is another one of my favorite ways to wrap a gift. Wrap around the present a few times and tie a nice bow and it looks like a million bucks was spent. Be bold and use multiple colors!
If you are doing a lot of wrapping then a ribbon that has wire in it is ALWAYS makes it easy. I especially like it because if the kids are helping me wrap, you cannot mess a bow up. Perfect for those that don't feel crafty.
Bend it to the right position you want and it always turns out GREAT.
Last year I used a black and white swirl paper and I have used it all year for gifts with a variety of ribbons and bows.
We are all watching our budgets and I hope you save some time and money this year with these holiday tips.
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Ukraine…one more ker-ching
As I stepped out of the shower this morning, I could hear music outside. There on the quayside a band had arrived and were playing songs from the shows. Just the thing for 7.30am on a Monday morning! We dressed quickly and stood on our verandah listening for a few minutes before breakfast.
Welcome to Odessa!
Gettiing off the ship and leaving the port behind, the first sight is the most memorable: The Potemkin Steps. We climbed to the top, from where we took a look around the city centre.
It's a fine, leafy city with tree lined boulevards. The Soviet tradition of encouraging the arts with young people is alive and well and everywhere we walked in this green city, there were groups of youngsters painting very impressive images of local buildings.
Though the city is smart and bustling, the occasional hint of earlier times is evident. A small, elderly woman tended the dusty earth around the statue of Pushkin.
Quite why this woman was carrying an electric kettle shoulder high along one of the smart streets is a mystery. A new trend, perhaps?
The Opera House is a fine building. We were told later that Odessa is built on limestone, with the characteristic caves and fissures we know only too well. (Our garden contained one such cave for several years, until we "dealt with it") The Opera House had suffered some subsidence but a nearby glass factory poured molten glass into the cave beneath it, thereby rescuing the structure and providing more secure foundations.
We loved the parks and gardens, which were full of youngsters playing in the sunshine.
We tried to practise reading cyrillic script with little joy, except for the obvious ones.
A few grand houses remain and we were able to visit them in the afternoon. This ceiling is in the Tolstoy House – a relative of the author, we understand.
The grand interiors were slightly faded, but these mansions are in regular use, for performances and symposia. There was a piano in every room and we were told that children are encouraged to come and play.
I admired the parquet/marquetry floor, looking closely to check whether those intricate patterns were stencilled or cut in. They were indeed cut in and each piece perfectly placed. Remarkable workmanship.
Having paid our respects to the city's Godmother, Catherine, we went to one more mansion, now used as a literary museum and performance space.
I especially liked the way precious documents and books had been artfully displayed. So much more attractive than lined up in a glass case.
By this time, we were getting a little overheated and it came as a welcome relief to enter an airconditioned room, glass of champagne in hand, to listen to a group of virtuoso violinists.
Their talent was considerable, the music a fine way to end a great day in Odessa.


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Generating Energy from Landfill Waste in the Philippines
Bacavalley Energy Inc., the leading waste-to-energy developer in the Philippines, and GE have inaugurated the first landfill gas power plant in the country to feature GE's Jenbacher gas engines. The project was inaugurated December 2 in a ceremony attended by City Governor ER Ejercito, City Mayor Calixto Cataquiz, and State Undersecretary of Energy Loreto Ayson. The San Pedro Landfill Methane Recovery and Electricity Generation project will help meet the Philippines' growing energy needs while reducing emissions of methane, a harmful greenhouse gas.
By utilizing methane generated by the San Pedro landfill in Laguna to power GE's Jenbacher gas engines, the project will reduce the landfill's methane emissions about 70 percent. The new plant, located 35 kilometers south of Manila, will produce more than four megawatts of electricity for sale to the local grid. Full commercial operation of the new plant is expected by January 2011.
"Bacavalley Energy is pleased to be working with GE on the San Pedro Methane Power Plant project," said Peregrino Fernandez Jr., president of Bacavalley Energy Inc. "We are confident in the performance of GE's Jenbacher gas engines and we hope to further our partnership in the future waste-to-energy projects."
GE supplied four containerized Jenbacher JGC 320 gas engine gensets. Together with DESCO Inc., the authorized sales and service distributor of GE's Jenbacher gas engines in the Philippines, additional services for up to 60,000 operating hours will be provided. The Jenbacher engines are specifically designed with the fuel flexibility needed to accommodate the use of alternative fuels such as landfill gas, while offering high levels of electrical efficiency. They are approved under ecomagination, GE's commitment to invest in a future that creates innovative solutions to global environmental challenges.
"San Pedro is a milestone project for us, marking the first installation of our gas engines on a landfill in the Philippines," said Prady Iyyanki, CEO-gas engines for GE Power & Water. "It is another example of how customers worldwide are turning to new ways of capturing and using waste gases to meet their energy needs. Many of these customers are using our technology to generate power reliably while cutting greenhouse emissions."
The San Pedro project will be registered under the Clean Development Mechanism of the United Nation's Framework Convention on Climate Change. It also supports the Philippines Department of Energy's initiative to develop alternative sources of energy and promote cleaner energy sources over the next 20 years.
Bacavalley Energy Inc., which aims to be a leader and a model for the renewable energy industry in the Philippines, is the owner and operator of the San Pedro landfill waste-to-energy project. The lead contractor for the construction of the new plant was Tankerton Construction Corp. of Quezon City, Philippines.
This announcement continues a series of recent actions in GE's energy business over the past couple of months aimed at growing its overall presence in the global energy space. On October 1, GE announced its purchase of Calnetix Power Solutions, which expands GE's capabilities to recover waste heat from industrial processes for electricity generation. On October 6, GE announced the acquisition of Dresser Inc., a global energy infrastructure technology and service provider. On October 19, GE announced the development of its new, larger, power-generation gas engine–the J920 engine. With electrical efficiency of 48.7 percent and an output of 9.5 MW, the new engine is the most efficient in its class and it extends GE's technical excellence in power generation gas engines.
GE serves the energy sector by developing and deploying technology that helps make efficient use of natural resources. With nearly 85,000 global employees and 2009 revenues of $40 billion, GE Energy is one of the world's leading suppliers of power generation and energy delivery technologies. The businesses that comprise GE Energy — GE Power & Water, GE Energy Services, and GE Oil & Gas — work together to provide integrated product and service solutions in all areas of the energy industry including coal, oil, natural gas, and nuclear energy; renewable resources such as water, wind, solar, and biogas; and other alternative fuels.
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One of Florida's largest condo developers wants to replace Boca's Mizner Park Amphitheater with 300 to 400 luxury apartments or condos, restaurants and a parking garage.
But in exchange, the Related Group is courting the city with an offer: The company would fund and build the city a 1,500-plus-seat performing arts center and parking garage near City Hall.
The Miami-based company wants a 3.6-acre portion of Mizner Park, including the 1.8-acre amphitheater lot, plus an empty lot to the east, according to their latest proposal.
"I think that's something that works to the benefit of everyone," said William Shewalter, Related's vice president of development. "A nice performing arts center would be a positive for the community."
The offer comes as the city considers the idea of building a new performing arts center as part of a planned overhaul to public facilities. The new place would be indoors and likely near City Hall, but plans are contingent on if council members decide to rearrange their buildings.
The amphitheater has served as Boca's main performance space since it opened in 2002.
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer John Mellencamp played there in June. Pop icon Boy George, singer Akon and a slew of tribute bands have taken the stage, too.
On any given week, residents can also catch movie nights, luncheons and charity events at the open-air stage that sits on the north end of Mizner Park.
"Our community loves our amphitheater, and I wouldn't give that up lightly," Boca Raton Mayor Susan Haynie said.
Without a replacement venue, Haynie said she can't consider getting rid of the space, much less approving an apartment complex.
Still, a lack of a back-up plan did not stop Boca's City Council members last month from directing staff look into what Related was offering.
Councilwoman Andrea O'Rourke said while she also approved that staff talk to Related, she's hoping the city could have both a new performing arts hub and retain the "ambiance" that the amphitheater brings to downtown.
"I don't want to pass up any opportunity," O'Rourke said.
Boca took over the facility in 2010 from the Schmidt Family Center for the Arts. A legal spat between the Center for the Arts and their contracted concert promoter Live Nation left the stage empty of shows for months and the facility soon fell into disrepair.
The proposed development would be Related's first project in Boca. But it comes as at least a dozen other residential buildings crop up, or are upcoming, in the city's downtown.
Haynie said while the city is nearing its decades-old goal of redeveloping 8 million square feet of downtown space, there could be space for another project.
"There's room," she said.
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Chronicles of Concealers: Naturactor Cover Face
Third day of nonstop relentless rain, and nth day of Janet Lim - Napoles being a fugitive, I am ready to be talking about something else! It's a holiday today {thank you, Ninoy Aquino} but the rains are still making the city gloomy.
Roll call: Phoebe, Sophie, Jheng, Myself, Shen and Jamie
Today, I'm sharing with you a serendipitous find from a month ago. Team E and I were coming from our yummy brunch at Maple, Shangri La, when we all decided to go visit Digital Traincase, Manila's answer to brands we need to scour eBay for. We spent a good three hours at Sol's store and today, I will be sharing a valuable find, the Naturactor Cover Face in 140.
Japanese makeup is always good!
Jheng chose this shade for me, as she made me her guinea pig in testing Naturactor as concealer for the undereye area. For reference, I'm MAC NC30.
Thoughts on Naturactor Cover Face:
- Coverage is Naturactor's biggest strength. Prior to Digital Traincase's introduction, I encountered Naturactor from our makeup artist at office events. I've always been amazed at how well it covers the face, literally. Do not expect glowy finish from this.
- That said, I used this for a TV shoot, and IT is perfect. It tends to cake when applied thick but just blend well and set with loose powder for a flawless finish.
- As an undereye concealer, Naturactor is up in the ranks of Kuma Concealer and MAC Studio Fix. Eyebags, begone!
- No scent. Hooray!
- I still need to use a sponge {which I don't like} and a mini scoop to get the product. But it's fine.
- A 20g jar will last forever. Of course, I'm exaggerating but hey, I've barely made a dent on mine and I've been using it everyday! Naturactor Cover Face's price is PHP 790 via Digital Traincase.
Overall Recommendation: If you appear in photos on a daily basis or you just want to look perfect everyday, this is it!
PS: Look who I bumped into at the Digital Traincase HQ:
Super gigil with Sol's son, Miguel. Photo via Jheng
Digital Traincase is located at Unit G109 Corinthian Executive Regency, 7 Ortigas Ave. San Antonio, Pasig City.
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