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If an “apple a day keeps the doctor away,” then apple brandy, a distilled liquor which seeks to concentrate the form and flavor of the apple, must keep them away for a whole week! Now that’s the sound, technical, scientific knowledge our listeners have come to know and love on this show! (Is there a sarcasm emoji?)
But pseudoscience aside, there’s a lot to love about apples—and not just in the fresh, crisp form, but also in the fermented and distiller kind, of course (this is the Speaking Easy Podcast, as you well know). On today’s episode, we delve into the world of apples—mostly in the form of apple brandy, but also taking a look at apple cider as it is used in cocktails.
This fall flavor of apples, whether they are spiced up with cinnamon or ginger, or made more complex with the addition of cloves or vanilla—is a pervasive one in American cocktail culture. In fact, apple brandy—or applejack, which is one variety of the liquor, made most famous by Laird’s Applejack of New Jersey—has a dear place in the annals of American cocktail culture, which is to say, all cocktail culture (as so many early cocktails do come from American ingenuity).
Images are conjured up of George Washington drinking it and giving it out to his troops (he loved it so much, he asked for the recipe—and got it—probably because Robert Laird served under General Washington during the Revolutionary War).
There’s certainly a lot to be said about this deliciously sweet liquor—and how apple cider can also be a stand-in or substitute for such.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- A little of the history of apple brandy/applejack/apple cider
- How to mix apples into your favorite drinks
- Where you can used apples in new drinks
- A little about cider, and how to mix it
Interesting Facts about Laird’s (Laird & Company)
Before There Was Bourbon, There Was Applejack (Seattle Weekly)


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Many artists pay tribute to Ronnie James Dio including Appice brothers, Lords of Black and more
Today is the tenth year anniversary of the death of Ronnie James Dio (Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio, Heaven & Hell), who is one of the most revered heavy metal singers of all time. Many artists have released videos today to pay tribute to the deceased singer including Lords of Black featuring frontman Ronnie Romero (Rainbow, Vandenberg), Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, King Kobra, Blue Murder) and Vinny Appice (Black Sabbath, Dio, Last In Line) along with singer Jim Crean, and Electric Mob frontman Renan Zonta.
Wikipedia states the following about Vinny Appice‘s time in Black Sabbath, Dio and Heaven & Hell alongside Ronnie James Dio (with slight edits):
“Appice joined Black Sabbath during the tour in support of the Heaven And Hell album in 1980. He was quickly brought in to replace original drummer Bill Ward, who quit the band mid-tour due to personal issues. Appice arrived for his first show with Black Sabbath at the Aloha Stadium in Hawaii with his entire drum kit packed into the back of a car. He was forced to learn the band’s songs on stage, using hastily written crib notes for each unfamiliar song. A sudden rain storm made the ink run on Vinny‘s notes. According to an interview conducted at NAMM in 2012, Vinny stated that at the end of the show during the bows he tossed the notebook into the crowd. Appice subsequently appeared on the Black Sabbath albums Mob Rules (1981) and Live Evil (1982).
In late 1982, he left Black Sabbath along with vocalist Ronnie James Dio and formed the band Dio. They recorded Holy Diver (1983), The Last in Line (1984), Sacred Heart (1985), Intermission (1986), and Dream Evil (1987). In December 1989, Appice left Dio and briefly teamed up with Dokken bassist Jeff Pilson in the band Flesh & Blood.
After joined World War III in 1990, in 1992 he returned to Black Sabbath for the Dehumanizer album and tour. “I like Vinny – he’s a nice chap,” Tony Iommi reflected to the Sabbath fanzine Southern Cross. “Vinny was asked to continue with the Sabbath thing, but he didn’t. I like Vinny‘s playing.” Appice rejoined Dio and they recorded Strange Highways (1994) and Angry Machines (1996).
Prior to the 1996 tour, Appice played drums for Las Vegas–based guitarist, Raven Storm, on his album The Storm Project, which also involved long-time Dio engineer and producer, Angelo Arcuri. Arcuri was also a childhood friend of the Appice brothers…..
Appice rejoined his Black Sabbath bandmates Ronnie James Dio, Geezer Butler, and Tony Iommi in 2006 as Heaven & Hell, touring and releasing one studio album, The Devil You Know, before Dio‘s death in 2010.”
Lords of Black‘s “Rainbow Eyes” (Rainbow cover) video:
Carmine and Vinny Appice‘s “Monsters & Heroes” video:
Electric Mob singer Renan Zonta‘s “The Last In Line” (Dio cover) video:

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For the most part you will love the LG V30+ for its design. Its metallic packaging makes the device feel quite sturdy and the glass back somehow refuses to slip out of your hands. At 158gms the device feels incredibly light. It has a 6’inch screen which is also user friendly for not so large hands users, though not perfectly single handedly usable but close enough.
The pOLED qHD+ display with 1440 x 2880 resolution looks fantastic, colors are vibrant, and brightness is high but never misses the touch. But with a long using into the phone we noticed a thin line running across the display which made the screen look grainy, also the blue shift from off-angles like just the Pixel 2XL’s display, was also visible here. The screen’s brightness is bit high on the bottom of the screen compared to the top end, and these things end up being blemishes on the display. The V30+’s display is a mixed bag, but nothing will disappoint.
From the front view, the phone is more modern than the LG G6 with a small forehead and chin which does house the front-facing camera along with earpiece on the top with sensors. To the bottom there’s a type-C connector with the speakerphone and the microphone with some antenna lines.
To the right there is a hybrid sim-tray, so two sim card or one sim card and one micro-SD card for expandable storage and the volume buttons are on the left Over the top of the device is the 3.5mm audio jack which also has quad-DAC inside so this headphone jack is quite useful. The power button is at the back which also doubles up as a fingerprint scanner and a camera shutter button. Now this is really efficient while taking selfies, we hope other companies does this too.
Coming to the back, it is where all the magic is. A dual camera setup which consist of a 16-mp main camera f/1.6 aperture and the other is 13-mp f/1.9 aperture lens which is a wide angle camera, so instead of a telephoto lens LG sticks with a standard and lens and an extra-wide angle lens which gives you a whopping 120 degrees of field view. It captures some of the best pictures and the videos compared to its competitors. It’s a full-fledged camera app with auto-mode, full control manual modes and there is dedicated pro-mode for the video to give them a distinct look, LG calls it cine-video and also captures 4K video at 30fps. The 5-mp front camera has f/2.2 lens with 90 degree field of view.
With Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 clocked at 2.3 GHz, this phone is fast as ever with ADRENO 540 GPU for graphics. The phones comes with 4GB of RAM and 128GB internal storage. The battery inside is a 3300mAH battery which is non-removable and non-replaceable battery.
V30+ runs on the Android Nougat out-of-the-box which is simply unacceptable from a flagship phone launched in the second half of the 2017. The company’s UI looks childish, the large blocky icons don’t fallow Google’s material design and that becomes a contrast to app downloaded on the phone. There’s also segregated settings menu here which is difficult navigate, on thing to like about a UI is that you get an option for app drawer or putting all your apps on the screen.
The device has scored highest score on Benchmarks but the LG’s software is slow and prone to lags, the animation are slow by default and slight lags on opening apps, scrolling through menu and so on. The phone performs better once you make the animation scale to zero yet people will come this with Galaxy Note 8 and 5T. Stock Android lovers has nothing to like here and those who want custom UIs will make a better choice with this phone.
The positive things about the LG’s UI is that you get a host of useful features too. An HD audio recorder using the HD microphone built-in, LG health along with Quick-Memo+ and LG shortcuts too. The V30+ seems like solid package from 2017, it tick all the boxes from tall display to the ip68 rating and with the military standard 810G rating this is one tough smartphone.
LG V30+ Specifications:
- Android 7.1.2 Nougat with LG UX 6.0+, Upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo)
- Hybrid Dual SIM Support
- Fingerprint sensor
- 6 inch QHD+ OLED display with a 18:9 aspect ratio, 538 PPI, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection
- 2880 x 1440 pixels resolution
- Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform with Adreno 540 GPU
- 4GB LPDDR4x RAM
- 128GB (UFS 2.0) internal storage memory, Expandable up to 2TB using microSD card
- 16 Megapixel rear camera with f/1.6-aperture, 71-degree wide-angle lens, dual-tone LED flash, Laser auto focus, OIS, EIS and PDAF
- 13 Megapixel secondary camera with f/1.9 aperture, 120-degree wide-angle lens
- 5 Megapixel front camera with 90-degree wide-angle lens with f/2.2 aperture
- Water, dust resistant (IP68), MIL-STD 810G certified
- 32-bit Advanced Hi-Fi Quad DAC
- 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz and 5GHz), Bluetooth 5.0 LE, GPS, NFC, USB Type-C 2.0 (3.1 compatible)
- 3,300mAh battery with Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0, Wireless charging support
Now this is priced at 45k in India that’s lower than the price in US, this also means 7000/- more than OnePlus 5T. So for people who wants a phone under 50k from a Tier-1 brand LG has hit the right spot this time with V30+.


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The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) maintains several data bases that contain information on US medical personnel. One particularly relevant personnel system is AAMC's Medical Faculty Roster.
The Medical Faculty Roster is a comprehensive data directory of medical-school faculty, including education and employment history, nature of current activities, degrees, rank, and ethnicity. The data for this system are collected continuously from medical schools, as changes occur, through questionnaires that are completed by the faculty members. The accuracy of the data is considered to be very high, as was demonstrated by pilot samples for different studies conducted by AAMC. Data from this system can be linked to other data sources through Social Security numbers.

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TRIPOLI, Libya — The NATO bombardment of Tripoli has forced Moammar Gaddafi into hiding, a spokesman for the bloc said Friday, as Western officials kept up efforts to undermine support for the Libyan leader.
Libyan navy and coast guard vessels along the coast were hit by NATO late Thursday, including several in the port of Tripoli, according to Libyan and NATO officials. The strikes will effectively shut down the port, the country’s largest, Libyan officials said, because commercial ships will no longer want to dock there.
Western military officials concerned about a stalemate have escalated pressure in recent days to try to get Gaddafi to relinquish his 41-year grip on power.
Airstrikes in Tripoli have “limited Gaddafi’s ability to give orders to his forces,” NATO spokesman Wing Cmdr. Mike Bracken said in a briefing in Brussels on Friday. “Effectively, he’s gone into hiding.”
Western officials appear to be trying to isolate Gaddafi in the hopes that support for him will eventually melt away at the highest levels of his government. One top official, Shokri Ghanem, head of the National Oil Co., fled the country this week, and the Libyan government says it has been in only intermittent contact with him since.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton also said in an interview with CBS News late Thursday that Gaddafi’s wife and daughter had fled across the border to Tunisia, an assertion denied by both the Tunisian and Libyan governments.
NATO has been dropping leaflets and broadcasting radio messages aimed at government troops, telling them to abandon the fight, Bracken said. He said that the alliance had struck eight ships — in Tripoli, in Khoms, 78 miles east of the capital, and in Sirte, 200 miles east of Khoms. The ships in Khoms were “directly linked” in recent days to an assault on Misurata, a besieged rebel-controlled city in western Libya where NATO has said government forces have laid mines in the port.
The head of Libya’s coast guard, Commodore Omran el-Forgani, told reporters Friday that nine ships had been hit. The discrepancy was not immediately explained.
Reporters who inspected some of the coast guard ships that had been hit in Tripoli saw small gunboats that Forgani said were used to patrol waters to curb illegal immigration to Europe. Although the patrol boats appeared to have missile launchers, he said those were a remnant from their prior use as navy ships and were not equipped with missiles.
Forgani said that the NATO airstrikes had also hit a larger frigate-class navy ship, but reporters were not allowed to examine it.
The port’s general manager, Mohammed Rashid, told reporters that just seven or eight ships had docked in Tripoli in the two months since NATO operations began. Before that, the port took in two to five ships a day, he said.
Also Friday, the family of South African journalist Anton Hammerl, who had been missing in Libya since early April, announced that they believed he had died when under assault by Libyan government forces as three other journalists were taken into custody. Those journalists were among four released Wednesday, and they contacted Hammerl’s family once they were out of Libya.
The Libyan government had given conflicting reports about whether it had Hammerl in custody. At least 14 journalists are still believed missing or in government custody in Libya, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.


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Atomos will be shipping their Ninja V 4K HDR monitor/recorder by the end of September. Designed to work with the new crop of mirrorless cameras, it offers a 5 inch, 1000 nit monitor and 10 plus stops of dynamic range. Recording is to Atomos AtomX SSDmini drives, as well as existing MasterCaddy 2 compatible media.
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Behind the Mask describes their ambitious project to film wild Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) interacting with free divers and Seabob high-speed underwater scooters. The film, Aquatic Human II - Dolphins and Scooters was filmed in Bimini, Bahamas and in this article, Florian describes the technical and physical challenges of capturing sequences of fast moving wild animals and fast-moving humans in the ocean.
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ZY Productions has posted a video on YouTube explaining how phase detection autofocus (AF) works. Phase detection is only available in SLR cameras, as it requires a dedicated AF sensor and a translucent section of the camera’s mirror, which are both components you will not find in a mirrorless camera. AF is a key camera function in challenging underwater photographic environments.
Video: Wild Windows - Whales by Howard Hall
Howard and Michelle Hall have shared an hour long video as a part of their “Wild Window” Series. The latest video features amazing footage of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus), and blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) all shot in Howard’s trademark silky smooth style. Clear your desks, switch off the phone and immerse yourself in this wonderful experience!
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Gates Underwater Products has announced their POV CAM. Compatible with the Panasonic AG-UMR20 or AG-MDR25 recorders and AGUCK20GJ or AG-MDC20GJ compact camera heads, the system offers 4K imaging up to 60ft (20m) away from the action. It features an HD-SDI surface feed for remote monitoring and is compatible with a variety of Gates wide angle and flat ports.


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The winning theme for the 2011 MINDSTORMS Challenge was submitted by Amanda Hawkins, “Saving the World, One LEGO at a Time”. We changed Amanda’s entry slightly (replaced LEGO with Brick) to avoid any copyright infringement issues. Amanda received a special gold award brick for submitting the winning entry.
Thanks to all of you who submitted suggestions for the theme for the 2011 Shocker MINDSTORMS Challenge. Many entries were received, and the decision was a difficult one. The runner-up themes for 2011 were:
“The Grid” submitted by Andrew Hawkins
“Reduce, Reuse, Rebuild” submitted by Marissa Williams

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Having seen THE OTHERS and THE ORPHANAGE before seeing THE INNOCENTS, I have to say, the power behind those two amazing haunted house films isn’t completely lessened knowing that a film much like the both of them existed almost fifty years before it. But it does let me know that they might not have been as original as I originally thought. THE OTHERS is almost an outright remake when it comes to the performance given by Nicole Kidman and the one here by Deborah Kerr. Both play well to do women with good intentions in their hearts and minds. Both also play frail women who raise hand to mouth and brow when something frightening happens. These dainty flowers are always good to cast in a horror film because a) the look of horror on their faces often escalates the horrors they are experiencing and b) the horrors seem all the more terrifying when pit against a protagonist so fair.
In my interview with James Wan & Leigh Whannell, they cited THE INNOCENTS as a major influence to INSIDIOUS. I had heard of the film over the years, but had yet to see it. But if this column has done anything, it’s made me seek out films I’ve wanted to experience for years. In this case, I was treated to a classic tale of paranoia and the supernatural, where the lines between what is real and what isn’t are blurred. THE INNOCENTS begins with a little girl singing a haunting song as our star Deborah Kerr is praying for the safety of the children. This juxtaposition of a haunting lullaby set to dark tones of desperation has been done since this film many times, but here the mix of sound and image sets the table for spooky things to occur.
There are plenty of scenes where a shadow is seen crossing a hallway or a ghostly image is seen by Kerr in the distance. The fact that this film is grainy and in black and white only intensifies the scares as these forms are just out of focus enough to be read as human, but lack the distinction of a solid form. Every time Kerr sees one of these forms is a chilling moment and as the apparitions appear with more frequency toward the end, the film gets all the more disquieting. In the end, this adaptation of Henry James THE TURN OF THE SCREW written by the one and only Truman Capote is a meticulous and thrilling descent into madness tale. I love the ambiguity of the film where you really don’t know if the ghostly images exist or if it’s all in Kerr’s mind. This is a horror film sophisticated and ahead of its time. There’s even a somewhat uncomfortable romance of sorts between Kerr and the young boy that is creepy beyond belief. This film had balls to pull off some of the stuff it did in 1961.
Wan and Whannell cite THE INNOCENTS as inspiration for their attention to sound and ghostly encounters in INSIDIOUS. I can see that. But I liken this one more to THE OTHERS in its use of children and a frail yet stern central figure, with the latter half resembling THE ORPHANAGE in the manner that woman confronts the ghostly images in the end. THE INNOCENTS is definitely a frightening tale and if you’re like me and loved THE OTHERS, THE ORPHANAGE, and INSIDIOUS, you may want to seek out one of the films that started it all.

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TSATSUBA Complete Document Written By Abdulaziz Sani Madakin Gini
In the ancient land of Arabisa, there once ruled a remarkable queen who was both immensely wealthy and a formidable warrior. Her reign extended across vast territories, reaching far-flung corners of the world, and her kingdom’s population was unparalleled during her era.
Queen Larbisa was renowned for assembling the finest warriors, striking fear into the hearts of those unfortunate enough to face her forces. They were like a relentless plague, overwhelming any opposition with sheer power and skill. Yet, for all her might, Queen Larbisa had a profound weakness for something unexpected: wood. It was an enigmatic and mysterious aspect of her character, unrelated to witchcraft, which she did not embrace, nor did she harbor any love for witches.
Legend spoke of a book known as TSATSUBA, authored over forty millennia ago, and possessed by the king of witches himself. This tome held unimaginable power, containing the origin story of every idol ever worshipped worldwide. Many had perished in their relentless pursuit of this elusive book, such was the formidable protection that surrounded it.
When Queen Larbisa learned of the book’s existence, it consumed her thoughts, leaving her joyless and disoriented. After careful consideration, she proclaimed a worldwide proclamation: whoever brought her the TSATSUBA book would not only receive her hand in marriage but also share her kingdom and immense wealth.
The news sparked a race among sorcerers, kings, and valiant heroes, all seeking the fabled TSATSUBA book. However, obtaining it was no easy task, and many met their demise in the process. The question loomed large—who possessed the power to offer this coveted artifact to the Queen?
Amidst this quest for the TSATSUBA book, Queen Larbisa found herself approaching old age, contemplating the need for an heir to secure her legacy. Feeling the weight of her responsibility, she was determined to find a suitable successor before time slipped away.
One day, an elderly student appeared at her palace, seeking an audience. Initially dismissed by the palace guards, the Queen’s unexpected act of compassion allowed him entrance. Surprising everyone, including her own subjects and nobles, the Queen personally attended to the old man’s needs.
Inside the palace, the student marveled at the opulence and grandeur, surrounded by plush carpets, golden chairs, and breathtaking decor. Queen Larbisa’s maids, led by HULAIRA, catered to his every whim, filling him with a sumptuous feast.
As the evening approached, Queen Larbisa promised to return for a chat, intrigued by the student’s story of traveling to Arabisa. Reflecting on her life, beauty, and position, the Queen wondered how it would feel to be in the student’s shoes. Little did she know that this chance encounter would set her on a path of self-discovery and unforeseen events.
If you find this tale intriguing, we can continue exploring Queen Larbisa’s journey. Let me know if you’d like to continue with this narrative or explore another adventure.

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Communication the key to a correct diagnosis: ICH research in the media
A new study in Diagnosis, ‘Diagnostic statements: a linguistic analysis of how clinicians communicate diagnosis’, reveals doctors who got the diagnosis wrong spent less time listening to their patients' histories than doctors who arrived at the correct diagnosis.
The study, conducted in collaboration with A/Prof Carmel Crock (Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital), attracted considerable media attention and was featured in TV, radio and print media:
- Calls to empower patients and reduce diagnostic error (ANU News 3/2/22)
- Listening to patients key to doctors avoiding misdiagnosis, study finds (The Australian 4/2/22)
- 'If I go home, I may die': An extra 30 seconds in diagnosis could save lives (Crikey 4/2/22)
- Reasons why doctors misdiagnose patients (ABC RN Breakfast 5/2/22)
- 'All ears? Communication and the key to a correct diagnosis' (Policy Forum Pod podcast 18/2/22)
Through linguistic analysis of 16 video-recorded simulated roleplays, the study describes how long doctors spend on taking a history and how they provide diagnostic information to patients.
“We found the time doctors spend on history is time well spent. Devoting more time on history gives doctors better information to guide their thinking about the diagnosis, and means they are more likely to get the diagnosis right,” explained linguist Dr Mary Dahm, ANU ICH Senior Research Fellow.
“Doctors who misdiagnosed their patients also often used linguistic features that showed a degree of uncertainty, such as silences, hesitations, false starts and hedges.”
Dr Dahm explained the increased understanding of how doctors approach diagnosis from a communication perspective, and which linguistic features might be more prominent in misdiagnosis can assist in hopefully preventing potential diagnostic errors and make healthcare safer.
The article is available at Diagnosis or by contacting the lead author Dr Dahm at email@example.com.


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Machine learning-based augmented reality for improved surgical scene understanding.
Comput. Med. Imaging Graph. 41, 55-60 (2014)
In orthopedic and trauma surgery, AR technology can support surgeons in the challenging task of understanding the spatial relationships between the anatomy, the implants and their tools. In this context, we propose a novel augmented visualization of the surgical scene that mixes intelligently the different sources of information provided by a mobile C-arm combined with a Kinect RGB-Depth sensor. Therefore, we introduce a learning-based paradigm that aims at (1) identifying the relevant objects or anatomy in both Kinect and X-ray data, and (2) creating an object-specific pixel-wise alpha map that permits relevance-based fusion of the video and the X-ray images within one single view. In 12 simulated surgeries, we show very promising results aiming at providing for surgeons a better surgical scene understanding as well as an improved depth perception.
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Quellenangaben Volume: 41, Pages: 55-60
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06 Dec Cardiovascular Outcomes With Minute Ventilation–Targeted Adaptive Servo-Ventilation Therapy in Heart Failure : The CAT-HF Trial
Adaptive Servo-Ventilation (ASV) is a specific mode of Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) designed to provide respiratory support during central apnoeas or hypoventilation portions of breathing during Cheyne Stokes Respiration (CSR) a form of central sleep apnoea (CSA) which is typically seen in heart failure (HF) patients.
Associated oxygen desaturations during Cheyne Stokes Respiration is common and treatment of this breathing pattern was thought to improve outcomes for suffers by maintaining oxygenation, reducing associated arousals and consolidating sleep.
The SERVE-HF (2015) trial found however there was in fact a negative effect on patient outcomes being increased risk of death and all cause mortality when treated with ASV compared to controls in outpatient population with chronic heart failure, optimized cardiac treatment and a reduced ejection fraction <45%.
Khayat et al (2012) confirmed the presence of CSA during HF hospital admission is associated with an increased risk of mortality including higher rates of rehospitalisation.
This study aimed to assess the effect of ASV treatment in hospitalised heart failure patients on 6 month cardiovascular outcomes.
The most promising aspect was the signal for improved outcomes in a preserved ejection fraction (EF) group. Another study (Yoshihisa et al 2013) reported improvement in symptoms, diastolic function, arterial stiffness and less rehospitalisation for worsening HF when using ASV in HF with preserved ejection fraction.
Hospitalised HF patients with either reduced or a preserved ejection fraction and an AHI >15 were randomised to usual care or active treatment. The primary endpoint was a global rank composite endpoint of death, CV hospitalisation and 6-min walk distance (6MWD). Secondary endpoints included changes in functional parameters, biomarkers, QOL, sleep and breathing.
The global rank composite endpoint evaluates a rank order response based on survival time, freedom from CV hospitalization, and improvement in functional capacity measured by change in 6MWD from baseline to 6 months.
126 patients were randomized 61 to the control group, 65 to the ASV group. The majority of patients had a reduced ejection fraction (EF) <45% and 41% had atrial fibrillation at baseline.
In the ASV group the average device usage at 6 months was only 2.7hrs per day. AHI decreased significantly from baseline in both goups, with a larger decrease in the ASV group (35.7 ± 17.1/h to 2.1 ± 2.2/h) compared with controls (35.1 ± 16.7/h to 19.0 ± 17.1/h).
The primary endpoint comparison was neutral, and there was no significant difference in the global rank endpoint between the ASV and control groups. The results were more favourable in the preserved ejection fraction subgroup (p = 0.036) although this was not statistically significant.
Patients in the ASV versus control group had statistically significant improvements in disease-specific quality of life (Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire score). There were no other statistically significant differences between the groups in terms of number of hospitalisations, all-cause mortality, biomarkers, daytime sleepiness or ECG parameters.
The study was terminated early due to the results of the SERVE-HF trial indicating poorer prognosis for the reduced EF group. As a result the sample size was reduced which limited the statistical power. The ASV usage was also below the recommended 3 hrs noted in the protocol potentially limiting the effect for ASV on the endpoints.
Although the neutral primary endpoint in this population mirrored the main finding of the SERVE-HF trial the studies were different in that the type of sleep apnoea during this study had CSA, OSA or both, whereas the SERVE-HF was limited to CSA. Additionally this study included hospitalised patients with HF regardless of LVEF, whereas the SERVE-HF trial enrolled chronic stable HF patients with reduced EF only.
The most promising aspect was the signal for improved outcomes in the preserved EF group. Another study (Yoshihisa et al 2013) reported improvement in symptoms, diastolic function, arterial stiffness and less rehospitalisation for worsening HF when using ASV in HF with preserved ejection fraction. These hypothesis still need to be validated in a large well control clinical trials however.


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To me this dynamic risks worsening the global recession. As one economist once said, a recession is a deflation trying to happen, i.e. when demand drops, but prices don't drop enough to keep pace, then a recession happens as people buy less. As long as the price of oil is artificially propped up by hot money and OPEC the world will continue to consume less and less energy. That doesn't sound so bad on it face. Isn't saving energy good? But the energy will be saved because people are consuming fewer goods and services and because whole businesses will go under because high energy prices cause them to lose money.
The way I see this playing out is that either:
- The price of oil will collapse in the near term, which will provide a stimulus to the economy which will help shorten the recession, or
- The price of oil will continue to be propped up by speculators and OPEC, which will prolong and deepen the recession, which will in turn cause an even deeper collapse in the price of oil later.

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And a new Salt Lake Tribune story: New charges made over LDS Church role in Prop 8
Fresh "Mormongate" Daily Kos diary.
Updates to Fred Karger's FPPC complaint.
New batch of 1995-98 internal LDS documents discussing the church's campaign against marriage equality in Hawaii, including mentions of early discussions re California.
By the way, watch this vid and pay attention to
Debi Hartmann (at the 4:25 mark):
That's Debi. Mormon wife and mother. Former chair of the State Board of Education. In Hawaii.
Debi, it's nice to see a Mormon mom working with your Local 5 union and the Democratic LGBT caucus.
And thank you to the folks in comments who pointed out this excellent Bay Area Reporter online extra: "Marriage opponent regrets past, now supports equality" ...
With the Hawaii Legislature now considering civil unions for same-sex couples, a former leader of the Mormon opposition to same-sex marriage in that state reiterated that she no longer believes what she spent years fighting to defend. Marriage rights, she now says, should be for everyone, though she stops short of actually supporting same-sex marriage.And check out this 2007 Washington Blade article: Change of heart in Hawaii. 2007? OK, so I'm apparently two years late to this story. Oh well.
Throughout a nearly two-hour telephone interview last weekend that was at times emotional, repentant, and remorseful, Debi Hartmann, a former co-chair of an anti-same-sex marriage organization in Hawaii, acknowledged she has come to understand that she was wrong. Marriage rights, she now concludes, should be granted to same-sex couples.
At least Debi's video is burnin' up the toobz. Check this out:
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Johnny Manziel donned a blond wig and glasses during his visit to a Las Vegas night club Saturday, ESPN Las Vegas reports—and we may see video proof soon.
Manziel made the news when USA Today reported that Manziel paid for dinner in cash and then sat down at the blackjack table, where a casino employee checking his ID said, "We've got Johnny Manziel with us tonight."
ESPN Las Vegas said that Manziel introduced himself as "Billy" and asked to have his bill comped because he didn't bring enough cash and did not want to use his credit card.
Later Manziel posted a photo to Instagram with his dog and added the location "Avon, Ohio."
When asked, the Browns said that they do not know whether Manziel was in Vegas Saturday night. It's unclear whether he missed a required training session before Sunday's game against the Steelers.
Cleveland TV and radio personality Will Burge Tweeted about a possible video of Manziel:
I can confirm with 100% certainty that Manziel was in Vegas raging with a blonde wig on. This is no BS. The video will be out soon #Browns
— Will Burge (@WillBurge) January 5, 2016
Burge appeared on WTAM Monday night and said that he has seen a screengrab of the video — a Snapchat — of Manziel in the wig, perhaps in a hotel room. He added that the person who has the video is negotiating with TMZ.
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I love being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator. It is so much fun to gather with friends and customers and share products and project ideas. Stamping is so versatile. I love stationery and paper so I enjoy creating cards, scrapbook pages, and all types of gift items. It is about more than just stamps and ink—it is such a wonderful way to spend time with family and friends.
Markers designed for coloring are back! Stampin' Blends alcohol markers are available in 12 colors with a light and dark shade. Get your favorite line art stamp set and start coloring.
Ideas for Christmas projects abound - gift tags, gift wrap, bows with designer series paper, cards, garland (strips of designer series paper), napkin rings, place cards, and more. Happy crafting!
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Hey guys! I am sharing with you today the Floral Varsity Jacket and Maxi Dress I wore to the Kayaking trip at Lake Powell. Jersey Maxi Dress is the simple trick to make your trip relaxed like lying under a piece of soft blanket in bed, without compromising style with some accessories and a stylish jacket or blazer. My maxi dress fabric is composed of lyocell and cotton, both are moist absorbent and biodegradable. I just love wearing it taking a plane, seating in the car for four hours or walking around the whole day and feeling that I am at home. Share with me your favorite travel styles and fabric choices!
We paddled around the Lone Rock, stepped on the white sandstone, hiked bare foot avoiding stepping on the giant dessert ants, and jumped into the water. That was a day full of adventures and memories in the middle of the blue water and white stone surrounded by copper rich orange dessert!

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Hilsa, as a single species, accounts for the majority of the country’s fish production (12.22%). The production of hilsa in 2019–20 was 5.50 lakh metric ton, with a market value of around Tk22,000 crores.
Nevertheless, hilsa production decreased alarmingly in 2002–03 due to indiscriminate killing of jatka and mother hilsa, unrestricted use of current nets and estuarine set bag nets, declining river water flow, climate change, and above all, environmental pollution.
Some government and non-governmental initiatives have led to increased hilsa production in recent years. To maintain this success of hilsa growth, jatka and mother hilsa must be protected. For those who do not know, hilsa smaller than 10 inches or 25 centimetres is called jatka.
Naturally, after the mother hilsa lays her eggs in the river, it becomes a larva and grows into a jatka, and later into a big hilsa. A mother hilsa can lay anywhere between 2.5 lakh and 23 lakh eggs.
Thus, if a single mother hilsa is caught, we may lose up to 23 lakh larvae that could be recruited. Fishing for brood hilsa and jatka reduces the production of hilsa and income for fishermen. It is, therefore, crucial to conserve Jatka and brood hilsa for the sustainability of hilsa production.
Government initiatives to increase hilsa production include the establishment of sanctuaries, the prohibition of jatka catch for eight months of the year, the prohibition of fishing during the breeding season, and the observance of Jatka Conservation Week, the ban on fishing at sea for 65 days, and special combing operations.
There are six hilsa sanctuaries in the Padma-Meghna Basin in the country (five of which are closed for fishing in March-April, except Andharamanik), with a total area of 432 km. Fishing is prohibited in the Andharmanik river sanctuary of Patuakhali from November to January.
The six sanctuaries are located in Barisal, Bhola, Patuakhali, Laxmipur, Chandpur, and Shariatpur districts. In addition to these sanctuaries, the ban also applies to all rivers from March to April. During that period, the government banned the procurement, transportation, stocking, marketing, trading, and exchange of jatka all over the country.
Furthermore, to increase the production of hilsa, catching jatka is prohibited from November to June of each year. On the basis of the lunar calendar, catching, storing, transporting and selling hilsa is prohibited for a total of 22 days every year during the main breeding season.
Harvesting of all types of fish and shrimp in the Bay of Bengal is prohibited for 65 days between 20 May and 23 July each year to promote the breeding and conservation of marine fish. The government has set the minimum mesh size of the hilsa net at 6.5 cm to avoid jatka catches.
Simultaneously, Jatka Conservation Week is observed every year by the government to protect hilsa. This program is usually observed in March or April. Each year, special combing operations are conducted to eradicate the current nets, estuarine set bag nets, and other illegal nets that threaten marine life and fisheries.
Conservation and successful management of fisheries resources, however, require the participation of people who depend on them. Enforcement doesn’t work alone.
The ECOFISHBD project, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), started working on establishing adaptive co-management activities for the Meghna River ecosystem and its dependent communities in 2014.
Here, co-management is the conservation and management of fisheries resources with the participation and efforts of various governmental and non-governmental organisations and the people dependent on fisheries resources.
Participatory management has been strengthened as part of co-management in coastal rivers such as the Padma, upper and lower basins of Meghna, Kalabadar, Andharamanik, and Tentulia.
The results of the co-management activities helped to build the capacity of other stakeholders, including government and non-government agencies, as well as to engage relevant actors in communication and networking activities across the country.
As part of these activities, a particular focus has been placed on reducing overfishing, promoting robust riverine and coastal fisheries management, and strengthening the capacity of fishers to diversify their livelihoods.
Thanks to all these integrated activities, the total hilsa production has increased from 5% to 11% since 2016, which increased to 5.5 lakh metric tons in 2020. In addition, both the abundance and size of fish have increased.
This success, however, was largely driven by a key concept. With the participation of the local communities, community fish guards were formed so that the fishing families that were involved in hilsa fishing could now act as safeguards for hilsa conservation.
Community fish guards are voluntarily helping government agencies by guarding the sanctuaries day and night to protect hilsa. A total of 330 hilsa fishermen from 15 upazilas in Bhola, Barisal, Patuakhali, Chandpur, Laxmipur, and Shariatpur in the coastal hilsa-rich districts of Bangladesh have been appointed as community fish guards. Like in previous years, the government has declared a complete ban on all kinds of fishing activities in six sanctuaries.
Fisheries officials have been instructed to involve community fish guards as assistants to the Department of Fisheries in the protection of hilsa and jatka. Fish guards will receive incentives or honoraria from the “Hilsa Conservation and Development” Fund.
Community fish guards are working in the designated area during the ban and providing information to law enforcement agencies, including the Fisheries Department. These guards have been working since 2016 to protect hilsa and other fisheries.
Members of the community fish guard are trained in co-management activities, jatka and mother hilsa conservation, hilsa sanctuary, hilsa conservation policy and fisheries law, the implementation of assigned duties and responsibilities, the role of the department of fisheries and law enforcement agencies, and the mechanism of liaison with them. They have received identity cards, trousers, towels, umbrellas, aprons, shoes, and flashlights.
Governments stepped up the management of hilsa fisheries through jatka conservation programs, such as training hilsa fishermen in alternative income-generating activities and providing support through VGF (Vulnerable Group Feeding). Over 1,20,000 people directly benefit from alternative income generation activities in the hilsa sanctuary area, with over 22,000 fisher families.
Certain key steps must be underway to ensure the long-term sustainability of hilsa fisheries. Participation of all stakeholders is fundamental to establishing a co-management system for marine fisheries. Community fish guard activities that involve the fishers’ community need to be strengthened. Fish guards should receive incentives or honoraria on time.
Furthermore, fishermen should be provided with alternative income-generating activities based on their needs. Women should be involved in decision-making and co-management activities. Hilsa Conservation and Development Fund should be managed sustainably. Data collection, analysis, and various reports should be well-planned and highlight key outputs for future guidelines and recommendations.

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Military Vows to Enforce Decision
Libyan President Mohammed el-Megaref is using the attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi earlier this month as an excuse to crack down on independent militias in the nation today, announcing that he plans to disband every single militia in the country that doesn’t swear fealty to the government.
The Benghazi military leadership vowed to use all force necessary to disband the militias in their city, while a leadership in Tripoli gave militias there 48 hours to fold before facing a crackdown of their own.
The announcement reflects a long-standing goal of the post-Gaddhafi government to force militias under their thumb, but given the number of times the Libyan military has tried to intervene in random clashes between two unaffiliated militias and gotten absolutely trounced, their ability to impose this decision on those militias remains very much in doubt.
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A summer-perfect pescetarian dinner from the NYC hotspot
At New York City’s Hemlock, seasonal vegetables—done creatively—take top billing, with proteins providing mere support. Take this summery grilled bluefish dish, which proffers a unique presentation of turnips. “We like to use each vegetable in multiple ways and the mustard flavor in turnip tops really mellows and turns sweet when grilled,” says chef Diego Moya. “The bottoms are peppery and sweet and look great on top of the crispy skinned fish.”
Below, three of Moya’s go-to grill recipes for warm summer nights:
Grilled Bluefish with Roasted Turnip Top and Raw Turnip Bottoms
2 five-ounce portions of skin-on bluefish
1 bunch of Japanese turnips
Season bluefish liberally with oil first and then sea salt. Over high heat, grill fish fillet until mostly cooked through. Turn delicately onto aluminum foil to finish cooking. While fish is cooking, grill half of tops until charred. Toss raw and charred with sliced bottoms and lemon juice. Garnish fish with turnips.
Grilled Asparagus with Chopped Raw Asparagus Tops and Torn Herbs
6 stalks of medium thickness asparagus
Using both hands, click asparagus towards the base of the vegetable to tell where exterior becomes woody. Cut the rest at a similar point. Reserve bottoms. Finely mince bottoms of asparagus until fibers aren't apparent. Season with salt and lemon juice. In the same bowl, roughly tear soft herbs and season with more lemon juice. Grill asparagus across the grates until charred but not overcooked. Serve asparagus and garnish with chopped tops and herbs.
Grilled Radishes with chopped Raw Radish Tops and Caramelized Lemons.
One bunch of large breakfast radishes
Cut radish bulbs in half lengthwise. Reserve tops; clean in two changes of water. Roughly chop radish tops and reserve in a large bowl. Grill radishes and lemon until charred and cooked through. Place radishes in bowl and season with olive oil, juice of grilled lemons and sea salt.

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The modern Davis Cup format has been an ongoing debate since it was first announced and implemented by the ITF, in conjunction with Gerard Pique and the Kosmos Investment Group.
Foremost, the event has eliminated home-and-away ties with a group of teams now converging in one city – as was the case this week in Manchester.
From day one of the event, crowds and atmosphere were an apparent issue – and Stan Wawrinka was the first to criticize the attendance for Switzerland’s opening tie against France.
Less than a thousand fans entered the 15,000 capacity AO Arena on Tuesday, where Wawrinka and Frenchman Ugo Humbert faced off – both currently ranked inside the ATP top 40.
“I’ve played [ATP] Challenger [events] this year and there was way more people and a better atmosphere than when we played against France,” Wawrinka told the media.
The three-time major champion further suggested that there were “zero people watching” and “at that moment [he] didn’t want to play the Davis Cup.”
Andy Murray – who competed in singles action for Great Britain – was equally critical of the format while suggesting that the marketing could at least be improved to help boost crowds for neutral ties.
“All of the promotion around this event (in Manchester) is of the British players and the British team, when you have other great players competing like ‘Stan’. I don’t know if people are even aware that he’s playing”, Murray said in his press-conference.
“It is a shame when France and Australia – two of the biggest tennis nations that love the Davis Cup – are playing in front of what feels like an empty stadium.”
Both Murray and Wawrinka further discussed the lack of player voice in the decision making of the current format.
“I was on the ATP player council when the initial discussions were had about this format and not one person on the council supported it,” Murray said.
“We told that to David Haggerty (ITF President at the time) and were told it would be taken into consideration, and then literally two days later, it was announced that they were changing the format.”
Wawrinka shared the same view, stating that the ITF and the Davis Cup “absolutely [do] not” listen to the players.
“They don’t ask us what we think. We [players] shouldn’t be deciding, but we should give advice of what we believe can be good for the sport, the fans, and the players”, Wawrinka said.
“You have to try new things for sure, but it’s been quite the clear disaster.”
The Swiss was not the only man using the ‘disaster’ term to describe the new format, with Lleyton Hewitt matching the description in his assessment of the event.
“This was meant to be a 25-year thing and it’s turned into a four-year disaster”, Hewitt told the media.
The former world number one was understandably most critical of ties played in neutral locations, as two of Australia’s were this week.
“There’s something special about playing home and away.”
“Some of my greatest memories are playing in front of packed Australian crowds who are all going for you.”
“But for team bonding, playing in places like Brazil, Spain…with 15,000 people barracking against you, you find out how tough you really are.”
“They’ve really screwed it up”, Hewitt concluded.
Having experienced the week live in Manchester, the beauty of the Davis Cup was still on display – as the home crowd willed Jack Draper and Dan Evans to tight wins over Thanasi Kokkinakis and Alex de Minaur.
But conversely, there was an eerie feeling inside the AO Arena when Great Britain didn’t play, with a few hundred people in attendance for some of the world’s best players.
Not that the format needs any further testing, but the last eight nations are set to descend on Malaga for the 2023 Finals and hosts Spain have not qualified.
This was always a possibility under the format, but the ITF may very well may need to keep “paying” for an atmosphere.

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At the end of last week, Mario Draghi, the former President of the European Central Bank (ECB), received Germany’s Order of Merit – the highest recognition awarded by the Federal Republic for services to the common good.
At the award ceremony in the Bellevue Palace, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier emphasized Draghi's merits. He had served the united Europe with "heart and hand", had kept the euro and the European Union together in difficult times and had thus done Germany a great service, Steinmeier said.
Less friendly in comparison were many comments from politics and the media on the award of the Federal Order of Merit to Mario Draghi. "It is incomprehensible for what merits Mario Draghi is receiving the Order of Merit", said Florian Toncar, the financial policy spokesman of the liberal party’s (FDP) parliamentary group in the Bundestag. He stated that the ECB's policy affected the pension system negatively, and the risks to the stability of the banking sector had been increased. There was also criticism from the conservatives in the CDU/CSU: CSU Secretary General Markus Blume stated that with Draghi, off all people, the man was awarded whose interest rate policy for years had represented a kind of slow expropriation for people who forward-looking had saved and invested money for old age. Draghi had "robbed diligent savers in Germany of many billions", and in 2020 alone, the damage would amount to more than 24.5 billion euros, the German daily newspaper Bild reported.
What shall one think of this criticism? Mario Draghi is undoubtedly a leader with strong academic expertise. In the euro crisis, which posed a major threat to German savers, he has shown attitude and found the right words to maintain confidence in the euro. He leaves behind an ECB that is capable of action, financially and intellectually, and which now has to switch from crisis mode to a new normal operation.
But is Draghi responsible for the low interest rates? The accusations that the ECB with its policies of recent years is responsible for this are misleading. For savers, it is important what they can buy with their money in the future. This is what the savings interest rate minus inflation tells us: these are the real interest rates. According to the predominant opinion of the academic community, the ECB, though, has little lasting influence on the level of real interest rates. The low interest rates that we are experiencing today, therefore, have many causes – such as the increasing aging of the population or technological change. My colleague Alexander Ludwig has described these factors in detail in the SAFE Policy Blog.
Therefore, the following applies overall: by strengthening confidence in the euro, Draghi has done a valuable service especially to German savers – and that is worthy of the Order of Merit of Germany.
Jan Krahnen is Professor for Finance at Goethe University Frankfurt and Scientific Director of SAFE.


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Fellow of the Royal Society, human geneticist and molecular biologist at the Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies at University College London with research interests in neurological diseases.
Sir John Anthony Hardy, Fellow of the Royal Society, is a human geneticist and molecular biologist at the Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies at University College London with research interests in neurological diseases.
Hardy attended St Ambrose College in the late 1960s, where his interest in biochemistry was encouraged by his Biology teacher, Mrs Cox. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Leeds in 1976 and his PhD from Imperial College London in 1981 for research on dopamine and amino acid neuropharmacology.
Following his PhD, Hardy did postdoctoral research at the MRC Neuropathogenesis Unit in Newcastle upon Tyne, England and then further postdoctoral work at the Swedish Brain Bank in Umeå, Sweden where he started to work on Alzheimer's disease. He became Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at St. Mary's Hospital, Imperial College London in 1985 and initiated genetic studies of Alzheimer's disease there. He became Associate Professor in 1989 and then took the Pfeiffer Endowed Chair of Alzheimer's Research at the University of South Florida, in Tampa in 1992.
In 1996 he moved to Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, as Consultant and Professor of Neuroscience. He became Chair of Neuroscience in 2000 and moved to National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, as Chief of the Laboratory of Neurogenetics in 2001.
In 2007 he took up the Chair of Molecular Biology of Neurological Disease at the Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies, University College London.
On 29 November 2015, he was awarded the Breakthrough Prize.
In 2018, Hardy, along with Christian Haass, Bart De Strooper and Michel Goedert, received the Brain Prize for "groundbreaking research on the genetic and molecular basis of Alzheimer's disease."


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Pattullo Bridge replacement in B.C. pushed back a year to 2024
Government says the pandemic and other factors has led to delays in the project
April 5, 2021 By The Canadian Press
A progress update from the government says on-site investigative work, permitting processes and challenges due to the pandemic have set back the original 2023 opening date.
However, the government says the $1.37-billion project over the Fraser River remains on budget.
While work on the bridge continues on land, the in-river work is paused to protect fish and fish habitat in line with regulations from Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
The four-lane replacement bridge will have wider lanes than the current structure and will include dedicated lanes for pedestrians and cyclists. It will be built to potentially allow for the bridge to be expanded to six lanes.
Last year, Fraser Crossing Partners — consisting of a number of construction companies — was awarded a $967.5-million contract to replace the bridge, with the remaining costs covering project management, financing, property acquisition and other project-related items.
The bridge is being built under a so-called community benefits agreement, which is aimed at boosting apprenticeship opportunities and hiring more women, Indigenous people and other under-represented workers.
Pre-pandemic, the Pattullo Bridge had about 70,000 crossings per day.
When it opened in 1937, it was slated to last 50 years. Years ago it stopped meeting modern seismic and wind standards.
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Singer songwriter Peter Cetera has accomplished what few artists have in the music business … succeed at a very successful solo career, since 1986, and preceding that as the lead singer, bass player and songwriter for the multi platinum group Chicago.
Cetera will be kicking off the 2017 concert season when he makes a stop at the Seneca Allegany Event Center in Salamanca on Saturday, January 7 for one show only.
The voice and author behind some of the best and most popular songs in music history such as “The Glory of Love”, “The Next Time I Fall”, “After All” and “You’re The Inspiration” still enjoys performing and looking out at all those faces as they remember each of the songs he sings.
I had the pleasure to catch up with Cetera recently … nine years after I interviewed him the first time. We talked about the memorable show I interviewed him for, which was the Polish Heritage Festival in 2007, and why it is something he will never forget. We also talked about why he was on stage with Andrea Bocelli, why his only Christmas album was a real family affair, and oh yes … baseball.
Reflecting on 2016, a year for the history books in many ways, Cetera can add Rock and Roll Hall of Famer to his list of accomplishments, having been introduced into that elite roster when he was inducted into the Hall as a 2016 member. Include the fact that he was nominated for the Songwriters Hall of Fame and you can understand why the singer/songwriter feels good about the past year.
“It’s been a wonderful year … and musically it’s never been better,” said Cetera. Now I am looking forward to getting some rest over the holidays and getting back out there with my first show of 2017 at Seneca Allegany. I am really looking forward to it!
For more information on Peter Cetera visit www.petercetera.com.
A CONVERSATION WITH PETER CETERA
HULICK: It’s great to talk to you again. I talked with you back in 2007 when you played the Polish Heritage Festival at the Hamburg Fairgrounds Agri-Center.
CETERA: (laughs) Oh my God! I still talk about that gig! (laughs) That was one of the most unusual gigs I ever played because when I got there, unbeknownst to me, the local promoter actually had me booked as the Polish Frank Sinatra!
HULICK: (laughs) Oh no!
CETERA: (laughs) The Polish Frank Sinatra … I will never forget that.
HULICK: So how have you been?
CETERA: I’ve been good. I’ve been working a lot this past year with my band, the Bad Daddies. They will be with me when I come to Seneca Allegany. We’ve traveled around quite a bit and I’m looking forward to settling down now for the holidays and get back at it first of the year.
HULICK: You were in Italy recently for a charity show with David Foster.
CETERA: Yes. There was a group of us that went over and did a couple of shows for the Muhammad Ali Fight Night, which was something that he started years ago, and since his passing Andrea Bocelli has taken it over and brought the event to Italy in conjunction with his charity event. It was a spectacular show being on the stage with Andrea Bocelli … and now I can say that Andrea Bocelli closed for me. (laughs)
HULICK: (laughs) Wow! That’s quite a statement.
CETERA: (laughs) Yes it is! There was Brooks & Dunn, Reba McEntire, Andrea Bocelli and me on the stage. It was an eclectic group to say the least.
HULICK: Christmas is right around the corner and you recorded a Christmas album in 2004 called “You Just Gotta Love Christmas”. This album was very personal to you because one of the tracks is a duet that you sang with your daughter Claire.
CETERA: Yes. She is my eldest daughter and I even put my youngest daughter’s art work in the inside sleeve. So I got both my daughters involved. It’s actually the best thing I’ve done. I’ve always wanted to do a Christmas album.
HULICK: I know you are a Chicago Cubs fan. You must be absolutely thrilled they finally won the World Series.
CETERA: Oh my God! I am still in a state of shock! Strangely enough, you mentioned Italy earlier and Joe Torre and his wife were part of that group that went over there from the states and I got a chance to meet him. We were talking about the Cubs and he said if I wanted to go to some of the games to let him know. So I was actually going to be in Chicago for game two of the playoffs with the Dodgers, so I had some really good seats and unfortunately I had to watch Clayton Kershaw pitch a masterful game and beat the Cubs. Then I also had tickets to game five of that series, which myself and 40,000 other fans wished we didn’t have to use because that meant the Dodgers tied the series and I didn’t want to sit there with a bunch of people going … “Oh my God, please don’t let us down.” (laughs) … but the Cubs won that one. Unfortunately, I was not able to go to any of the World Series games because I was on the road, although I did get to watch most of them on TV and did get to watch the final game while I was in Maui in between two gigs … I had the night off and strangely enough that was the night they won and I was ecstatic! It’s funny about baseball … I think when you’re a fan of a team your whole life that hasn’t won you just get used to it and you love them for who they were and who they are. I didn’t really expect anything from them, but the past couple years they got it right. They got a good general manager, a good manager and a good group of players and they did it right for the first time in my lifetime.
HULICK: Do you have any projects in the works?
CETERA: Not really. I do have a couple songs I’ve written and I may put those out down the road, but right now nothing in the immediate future. The music industry has changed so much over the years allowing artists to put out a song or two instead of whole albums, and I am not sure if it is worth it just putting out a song or two, or three for that matter. I am not against the new music scene, but I am not sure if I want to go that route.
HULICK: Do you have a Buffalo connection?
CETERA: I remember being caught in a snow storm …
HULICK: (laughs) You know, several artists I’ve talked to remember being caught in a snow storm here. (laughs)
CETERA: (laughs) It was years ago and I remember looking out my hotel window down at the streets with snow swirling around and being stuck there for a couple days.
HULICK: Do you ski at all Peter?
CETERA: I cross country ski and I used to snowboard, but I gave that up because I didn’t want to break anything.
HULICK: Well when you get here you will more than likely be driving through the most beautiful small ski village called Ellicottville on your way to Seneca Allegany. Hopefully there will be snow on the ground and on the hills so you can see this picturesque village. If you have time around the show, before or after, you should make it a point to stay a day or so and experience all it has to offer.
CETERA: Sounds wonderful … I may have to take you up on that.
HULICK: What can we expect from your show?
CETERA: Well, it’s me and my band doing all the hits I wrote or performed both from my days with Chicago and my solo career. We’ve been getting not only our usual generational fans that have followed me all these years, but we are also getting the Gen-X group showing up now to introduce themselves to the music. I think people can put together my face with the music and are telling me they forgot I wrote that song … and I forgot you sang that song. You’ll get to hear and see my exceptional band the Bad Daddies … it’s a really, really good show. I am looking forward to seeing everyone. You won’t be disappointed … It’s a fantastic show!


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Abbey Pynford’s Rail Division press on with the retro fit basement construction for a new ticket hall off Marlborough Place as part of the Bond Street Station redevelopment.
Excavation works for the new basement construction below a Grade 2 listed Heritage Building is nearing completion, exposing an impressive array of temporary and permanent works constructed thus far.
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Seigneur Ley & Orchestre Africa International
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Tabu Ley Rochereau is one of the leading artists in the music scene of the Central African Republic, Congo, and became known worldwide with Papa Wemba and others in the world music movement that flourished in the 80's. He released two albums under the name Seigneur Ley in 1978. The album was released in the same 1978. It contains live recordings from his concert tours in Mali, Ivory Coast, Togo, Benin, Congo and Zaire. The album features the warmth of the live instrumentation that characterized the rumba congolese of the 1970s, including a horn ensemble with a hint of Nigerian Afro-beat influence, and beautiful choral work by Mimi Ley, Kiesse, Yondho Nyota, Diassi and others.B1: Balingaka Ngai


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The article linked warns of another epidemic scare–a terrible thing–our bodies will outlive our brain functionality for many of us. We will live a life of gradual intellectual deterioration in many cases, and worse, dementia and disability, early or late is apparently an inherited thing and cannot be avoided if it picks you.
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Apparently there is this disease that is endemic to east coast big cities and Ivy League schools–it’s called dissembling or deceit and prevarication, but in other parts of the world the word LIE covers it.
I do believe that physicians are not as forthcoming as they should be on terminal illness and choices to be made.
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Get it–cigarettes may cause lung cancer–10 % lifetime risk for a pack a day smoker, but there is no evidence of disease or cancer from e cigs and they may help people quit.
The last thing we need is more NIH fumbling, the lack of antibiotics is the result of FDA excesses.
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“If interventional radiologists wish to become competitive with surgeons, the availability of software enabling the accurate comparison of pre- and post-interventional CT [computed tomography] or MRI [magnetic resonance imaging] scans must become mandatory and routinely employed,” Luigi Solbiati argues. He discusses the ablation-confirmation software he has developed with his team in Milan, Italy, and enthuses about the potential of artificial intelligence to refine and improve ablative outcomes in interventional radiology.
Many studies in the literature have demonstrated that the outcome of any local tumoural treatments (be it surgery, ablation, or radiotherapy) is largely dependent on the technical success achieved, i.e. if the tumour has been completely or partially treated and, when the treatment is complete, if the peritumoural margins of normal parenchyma are sufficiently and homogeneously thick.
Surgeons have always told interventional radiologists that one of the most significant—if not the most significant—differences between surgical resection and thermal ablation is the modality of assessment of technical success. While surgical specimens are sent to a different department (Pathology) to obtain an accurate assessment, for thermal ablation, technical success is monitored by the same interventional radiologist who performed the treatment (or by other colleagues in the same department). This is done through the comparison of pre- and post-interventional CT or MRI scans in side-by side juxtaposition. This method contains many possible sources of error and can be very challenging, even for experienced radiologists. In a recently published study,1 38 radiologists from many different countries (18 with considerable experience in percutaneous tumour ablation and 20 with limited experience) were asked to assess whether technical success and technical efficacy after thermal ablation of nine hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) in nine patients with known outcomes had been achieved using the traditional side-by-side juxtaposition of pre- and post-interventional CT scans. As many as 44.1% of cases per radiologist were misjudged and, more importantly, there was no significant difference between the experienced and unexperienced radiologists.
Consequently, if interventional radiologists wish to become competitive with surgeons, the availability of software enabling the accurate comparison of pre- and post-interventional CT or MRI scans must become mandatory and routinely employed. For this reason, over the last few years I have collaborated with colleagues on the development of a software with these characteristics (Ablation-fit; R.A.W. Srl, Milan, Italy). Our software is based on the automatic segmentation of liver parenchyma and major blood vessels, the semi-automatic segmentation and reconstruction of tumoural targets and post-ablation necrotic areas, and the non-rigid, fully automatic registration of pre- and post-ablation CT scans. This allows for the deformation of liver parenchyma section by section, based on the location of intrahepatic blood vessels, enabling us to achieve an extremely precise image fusion regardless of differences in body position, respiratory motion, or liver deformation. In addition, in very short time (just five to 10 minutes), the software calculates the percentages of residual unablated volumes of both the target tumour and the predetermined 3D safety margin.
In a retrospective study on 90 HCCs that have undergone microwave ablation (MWA) with apparent technical success and followed for at least one year, we demonstrated that, if we could have used this software, we would have discovered incomplete treatments at 24-hour CT scan (enabling immediate re-treatment) in 76.6% of the HCCs that actually had local tumour progression at one year.2
In a recently published clinical study on colorectal liver metastases that had undergone radiofrequency ablation (RFA),3 with volumetric assessment of the periablational safety margin performed with this software, it was proven that the safety margin assessment was the only independent predictor of local tumour progression, and that at least 90% of a 6mm circumscribed 3D safety margin was required to achieve complete ablation.
Ablation-confirmation software like this can be used in different modalities. When ablations are performed in sonographic rooms under the control of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (US), potentially integrated with real-time US-CT/MRI image fusion, ablation-confirmation software like this can be used only after the end of the treatment. In this situation, a level of assessment closer to that achieved by pathologists after surgical resection can be obtained, but if incomplete treatment or insufficient ablative margins are seen, the procedure will have to be repeated, just as in surgery. On the other hand, if ablations are performed under ultrasound or CT guidance in the CT room (as is recommended nowadays),4 the software could be used immediately, intraprocedurally, and the treatment could be adapted in order to complete the intervention without the fear of only obtaining partial or insufficient ablative margins. This intraprocedural use represents an advantage even over surgical resection.
In addition, this kind of software can trace out the ideal path to the portion of tumour to be retreated, thus significantly facilitating the completeness of the procedure.
In the near future, it is hoped that such easily usable and extremely fast software will be increasingly employed in interventional departments. We are currently working to extend their applicability also to extrahepatic organs, such as the kidneys, lungs, lymph nodes, and prostate, as well as to MRI scans.
In the end, it is important to point out that there is a perfect integration between the type of software described above, and one of the most attractive (if not the most attractive) incoming modalities for the guidance of any interventional procedure: augmented reality (AR).5 In addition to the already known and much discussed advantages of AR (its low cost, ergonomic feel, diminishment of the learning curve, particularly in younger users, the opportunities this technology provides for educational purposes), it can be particularly helpful for the guidance of interventional devices into incompletely treated tumoural areas, thanks to its ability to define precise trajectory lines that the operator can simply and automatically follow to reach the targets. The association of increasingly accurate and simple ablation-confirmation software and AR is likely one of the milestones of near future interventional radiology.
Luigi Solbiati is an interventional radiologist at the Humanitas University in Milan, Italy. Disclosure: He is a developer of the Ablation fit software.
- Laimer G, Schullian P, Putzer D, et al. Can accurate evaluation of the treatment success after radiofrequency ablation of liver tumors be achieved by visual inspection alone? Results of a blinded assessment with 38 interventional oncologists. Int J Hyperthermia 2020; 37: 1,362–1,367. doi.10.1080/02656736.2020.1857445
- Solbiati M, Muglia R, Goldberg SN, et al. A novel software platform for volumetric assessment of ablation completeness. Int J Hyperthermia 2019; 36: 337–343. doi. 10.1080/02656736.2019.1569267
- Laimer G, Jaschke N, Schullian P, et al. Volumetric assessment of the periablational safety margin after thermal ablation of colorectal liver metastases. Eur Radiol 2021. doi.10.1007/s00330-020-07579-x; Online ahead of print
- Mauri G, Solbiati L, Orsi F, Monfardini L. Thermal ablation of liver tumours: The crucial role of 3D imaging. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 2020; 43(9): 1,416–1,417. doi.10.1007/s00270-020-02560-z
- Solbiati LA. Augmented reality: thrilling future for interventional oncology? Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol, 2021. doi.10.1007/s00270-021-02801-9


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For our season finale (until Christmas) I'm joined by the legendary Kate Orman, writer of an appallingly large number of very good Doctor Who books. The first half is interview about her Virgin Books novels and her recent Faction Paradox anthology Liberating Earth, the second (starting at about the hour and twenty minute mark for those with no interest in the Wilderness Years, which is to say, wrong people) on Hell Bent. You can get it here, and I recommend you do, cause it's lovely.
Moffat must go.
I'm joined this week by Elliot Chapman, Big Finish's Ben Jackson, for an utterly spellbinding conversation about Heaven Sent and acting, including some fascinating discussion of Capaldi's technical approach and how it compares to several of his predecessors. It's an absolutely fantastic conversation, and you can listen to it right here.
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Dollard for showrunner.
What is perhaps most striking about Face the Raven is its studious lack of flashiness. Especially given the extent to which the denouement involves the story nearly being swallowed whole by the season arc. By the end the episode is nearly as awash in references and metaplots as the start of The Magician’s Apprentice, and yet at no point does it lose sight of its underlying goal of being a fairly straightforward Doctor Who story in the “here is a cool premise, let’s explore it” tradition.
That’s not to say that there aren’t some obvious moments where Dollard’s story gets sacrificed to the needs of the season arc. In particular, the fact that Me’s benefactors have to go unnamed (though they’re obviously the Time Lords, right?) and the entire “what the hell is going on here” is offloaded to, at the very least, Heaven Sent and one suspects at least partially Hell Bent means that this all feels a bit messy. It’s a mystery, and yet it never quite feels like it comes to a solution. Particularly awkward is the fact that the Doctor seems to ...
This is solidly Gatiss’s best-ever Doctor Who story. It is in several regards outright brilliant, in a giddy and brave way that makes a perfect little quiet breath of an episode in the tradition of Love and Monsters or Blink, which it most obviously resembles. I’ve not, obviously, run the timing of it, but it certainly feels like a Doctor-lite episode, sharing their structural trick of treating a Doctor Who story as a defined thing happening inside another story. But where those stories put the Doctor into a very different sort of story, here he’s put into a found footage horror film. The result, very cleverly, is a story that gradually unravels into two separate stories, with the Doctor falling out of the narrative instead of slowly overtaking it.
This unraveling is by some margin the highlight of the episode, and is done with deft panache. Information is conveyed through the subtle shifts of the narrative rules, so that the found footage approach moves gradually and cleverly from being a gimmick to being the entire point of the episode. This is handled smartly on multiple levels, including Gatiss’s script, Justin Molotnikov’s direction, and Reece Shearsmith ...
It is, in many ways, the most Part One of the two-parters we’ve had so far. Which is as it should be. I mean, it comes right out, first thing, and proclaims “we’re doing Zygon ISIS.” Pretty much right there, you’ve justified your second part. This isn’t some premise that requires a stealthy inversion at the halfway mark to work over ninety minutes. This is just an incredibly meaty, dense concept that it would be a travesty to even attempt in forty-five. Which makes it a beast to review, of course, but oh well.
Let’s stipulate up front, then, that much like Under the Lake/Before the Flood, a lot could go wrong in the second half. Clara - the actual one - is going to need something significant to do next week to avoid this contributing to a frustrating pattern of sidelining her this season. There’s an “immigration requires assimilation” subtext that, without some actively managed balance, could turn genuinely ugly, although there’s self-evidently no chance of this story going UKIP or anything, having already skewered them. And The Zygon Inversion could just suck. I’m pretty confident it won’t go wrong, though ...
This week I'm joined by Caitlin Smith, aka abossycontrolfreak on Tumblr, who previously contributed the searingly good guest post on Clara in Series 7 for TARDIS Eruditorum. It just seemed a good one to have her on for, what with Clara not actually being in it and all that. Anyway, she's brilliant, and I'm a mad editor thing, and that makes for good radio or something. Have a listen here. And tune in next week, when we've got a massive exciting guest.
There’s an odd tone to this, which is mostly good, although there’s a big exception. Perhaps the most striking thing is that the first half is essentially a two-hander; an extended character study in Me. This is an interesting exercise, especially coming off The Girl Who Died, and it’s by some margin the most successful the “all two-parters” experiment has been. Between the fact that she’s a Big Guest Actor and the fact that we just spent an episode being introduced to her character, Maisie Williams conspicuously does not need an introduction, and so the story sets about giving her one.
As expected, Catherine Tregenna is well-suited to this. And it’s remarkably tricky ground, especially given the decision to make Me an unsettling and borderline-villainous character, which immediately brings in a lot of mirroring, an approach that can crash into dull cliche with ease. Tregenna is good at this, deftly balancing the big tell-don’t-show lines with slightly surprising and unexpected perspectives throughout. “I stopped caring because everyone died” is obvious. “I left it there to remind me not to have any more children” is staggering. “They value life because it’s fleeting” is yawn-worthy ...


Ports’ workers pleased with the solutions provided – SLNSS
General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Nidahas Sangamaye (Port Authority), stated that port workers are quite pleased with the solutions they received to the problems highlighted.
Addressing a media briefing held today (28), the secretary of the Union stated that proceedings similar to that at the Colombo Port are happening at the Hambantota Port as well.
Furthermore, he stated that the process of re-shipping vehicles will take place at the Hambantota port as cargo ships were willing to dock at the port, like they did in Colombo.
Chairman of the union, Kapila Rajapakse stated that if the workers at the Colombo Port were to have all their wishes granted, they would like the necessary authorities to help with the development of the Hambantota Port.