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By Tinsae Aregay Oct 30 2020 - 12:06am
Panasonic Hints At Building Tabless 4680 Batteries For Tesla
Panasonic following the company's Q2 results has said it plans to build 4680 cells for Tesla. According to Panasonic the company started work on the new cells immediately following Tesla's Battery Day event.
According to Reuters Panasonic is working to develop a new battery cell for use by Tesla. This will be based on Tesla's 4680 cell format announced at the Battery Day event. Panasonic's chief financial officer Hirokazu Umeda says the company has already started working on the new batteries.
"We started working on it immediately after Tesla's Battery Day and are also preparing to set up a prototype production line in parallel," said Umeda in a briefing following Panasonics Q2 results.
Tesla's new 4680 cells house a number of manufacturing, cell design, and battery chemistry breakthroughs. These advancements altogether add up to decreasing the cost of a battery cell by 56%, increase energy density by 54%, and decrease the capital expenditure per kilowatt-hour by 69%.
On the Battery Day event, Tesla said one of the major changes to the battery cell design was increasing the size from 21 centimeters by 70 centimeters (2170cells) to 46 centimeters by 80 centimeters (4680cells).
A bigger battery, when compared with a smaller battery that has identical chemistry, just by its sheer size costs less and gives a higher energy density. The reason for this is, when the batteries are small the more cells we need to power a vehicle. That then adds to the manufacturing process and increases the none active parts of the cell and battery pack like the steel casing, fillers, and connectors.
So why didn't Tesla make the batteries bigger from the start? The problem lies in the tabs. Charge can't directly move from anode to cathode through the separator. As a result, electrons first have to move along the longitudinal axis of the anode before they can travel to the cathode. And the tab is needed to facilitate this connection above the separator. This increases the distance an electron has to travel between the anode and cathode. As a result, there will be an increase in resistance which causes heat buildup during fast charging.
Here is where the first breakthrough comes in. A tabless design. Tesla was able to find a way for charge to pass through tiny laser-etched holes in the foil eliminating the need for tabs. This massively decreases the distance the electron has to cover. From 250 millimeters down to 50 millimeters. This Improves thermal performance, energy density, and simplifies the manufacturing process.
Due to this, Tesla was able to increase the size of the cells from the current 2170 to 4680. This increase in battery size together with the tabless design alone was able to increase the energy density by 14 percent and decrease the cost per KWh by 16 percent.
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These improvements make it a no brainer for Panasonic to also be developing a battery with a larger cell format. Which then would mean a battery with a tabless design. However, one thing that is not clear is whether Tesla is working with Panasonic on the new cells or if Panasonic developed this technology in house.
"We have considerable know-how for that battery," Panasonic's Chief Financial Officer Hirokazu Umeda said at a briefing hinting Panasonic might have developed internal capabilities for the cell.
However, besides the bigger battery and most likely the tabless design, it is not yet clear if Panasonic's new cells will incorporate Tesla's other announced breakthroughs in the Battery Day event.
Some of the notable breakthroughs are a silicon anode instead of the graphite which is currently in Panasonic's batteries. Also the removal of cobalt from the nickel-containing cathodes and many more.
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Speaking at the Battery Day event Elon Musk has said Tesla needs all the batteries it can get its hands on. The company on top of massively increasing its cell production also plans to increase its batter purchase from its suppliers CATL, LG, and Panasonic. According to Tesla by 2030 the company plans to increase its battery output 100X to 3000GWh.
In the same briefing, Umeda said Panasonic will be launching an additional production line at the Nevada Gigafactory next year, increasing the plant's total capacity by 10% to 38-39GWh a year by around 2022.
The partnership has been advantageous to both Panasonic and Tesla with Panasonic saying "We are targeting a profit margin of around 5% at our Tesla battery business within two to three years."
So what do you think? Are you excited about Panasonic producing 4680 cells? Do you think it is licensing Tesla's technology or do you think Panasonic is designing it in-house? Let me know your thoughts down in the comments below.
For more information check out: Elon Musk Thanks FSD Beta Testers And Emphasizes Importance Of Labeling In Video Also, see Tesla Starts Shipping Made In China Model 3s To Europe
Tinsae Aregay has been following Tesla and The evolution of the EV space on a daily basis for several years. He covers everything about Tesla from the cars to Elon Musk, the energy business, and autonomy. Follow Tinsae on Twitter at
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And Kate Moss looked as though she was still in the summer spirit as she attended the Serpentine Summer Party in London on Wednesday.
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The pretty printed dress has a voluminous skirt which is layered beneath with an orange underskirt that pops next to the zigzag design. Kate has styled it with a chunky embellished belt and blazer that added a formal touch and all in all she looked fabulous, as always.
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The British star ensured she mingled with the celebrity-filled crowds, posing alongside fashion legend Tommy Hilfiger and Dame Shirley Bassey.
Kate was joined by a host of stars on the night, including actor Jamie Campbell-Bower, who arrived with his model girlfriend Matilda Lowther, and Fearne Cotton who attended without Jesse Wood.
Singer Tom Jones also looked dapper as he arrived in his suit, while actress Maisie Williams debuted her new dark purple locks.
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NFL: Why Teams Like the Detroit Lions Keep Losing
by Michael Laurila on November 15, 2015
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A week ago, Detroit Lions owner Martha Ford decided to clean house. She fired president Tom Lewand and general manager Martin Mayhew, but surprisingly did not let go of head coach Jim Caldwell. After Detroit's abysmal start, something clearly needed to change, and while the announcement was seen as abrupt, it's worth remembering that the Lions haven't won a playoff game since 1991. This problem — what seems like a permanent residence on the wide road of mediocrity — is, of course, not just a problem for Detroit. Indeed, it seems like the same teams always wind up in the cellar at the end of each season.
While the Lions have made two playoff appearances in the last decade and a half, there are other teams who are worse off. Take for example the Cleveland Browns, with just two playoff appearances going back to 1990. Then there are the likes of the Oakland Raiders, who despite a modicum of success (the devastating loss to the New England Patriots in the 2001 AFC Divisional Championship 2002, where the infamous "tuck rule" came to be) haven't been to the playoffs since. [Editor's note: Knock on wood, Raiders fans, since your team is currently at .500]
None of these teams have gone from first to worst overnight. And while no single person's to blame, many of these struggles have a common denominator. To start, you have the front office. Whether it's the ownership, a general manager, or even a team president, somebody, ultimately, is in charge. Usually the owner passes the day-to-day duties to someone else and sits back — insert Jerry Jones joke here — and that executive coordinates personnel and coaches.
Then you have the New England Patriots, who cut out the middleman. Bill Belichick took over as head coach in 2000, and by 2008 he was given the full reins, making him one of the only coach-general managers in the league. It's worth pointing out here that New England has had almost zero turnover in the last 15 years (save assistant coaches moving on to bigger and better things); the Lions and Browns combined have had seven different general managers and more than a few team presidents. One might argue that a team's culture — a winning or losing mentality — starts from the top. But that turnover at the top trickles down and affects everybody down the line, all the way to the product on the field.
Continuing down the aforementioned food chain, a good general manager can only do so much — or not enough in plenty of teams' cases. As a result of that, the coach tends to take the most fire. The Cincinnati Bengals are a good example. After one playoff appearance in 18 seasons from 1991 to 2008, they've made it five of the last seven years, despite losing in the wildcard each time. It doesn't help that the AFC North boasts one of the most impressive playoff resumes, but still, the Bengals turned into a playoff contender.
Cincinnati's turnaround wasn't overnight, though. It started with finding the right coach, Marvin Lewis. Hired in 2003 in the midst of a more-than-10-year playoff drought, he has failed to post an above-.500 record in just three seasons. As the Bengals turnaround shockingly occurred with one man at the helm, going back to the Lions and Browns comparison, since the Bengals hired Lewis, the two teams have combined for 11 different coaches.
While a new front office will likely bring in a new coach (back to the trickle-down effect), a coaching change shifts a team's landscape. There's a new offensive scheme, new coordinators, and typically at least a few years worth of adjustments. That's why it seemed abrupt when the Tennessee Titans fired second-year coach Ken Whisenhunt a few weeks ago. The Titans, however, have the same problem these other teams have: frequent losing seasons coupled with long playoff droughts, all resulting in a losing culture. Whisenhunt thought he got his man, Marcus Mariota, in last year's draft, and if that's true, he won't be there to find out. But when the losses pile up, people get impatient and coaches get fired. It really is a vicious cycle of losing.
There's one more aspect — more of a personnel issue — that has been the cornerstone, or Achilles heel, of many franchises. A winning culture isn't built around a quarterback; no, it's built around the quarterback. The right player can singlehandedly turn the tides of any losing locker room. Then again, wasting first-round draft picks on the likes of JaMarcus Russell, Joey Harrington, and Brandon Weeden, not to name names, can cripple the next five years for a supposedly blossoming franchise. A young quarterback goes both ways.
It's pretty safe to say that a winning locker room isn't something you can trade for, and it's not signed via free agency either. It starts with a solid, trusting owner and a smart, savvy front office. The trickle down effect only has a negative impact when the leadership falls, and that starts from the top. Just like how Marvin Lewis built his team from the ground up with full control — sure, successfully drafting two quarterbacks in Carson Palmer and Andy Dalton helped — the likes of the Lions and Browns have faltered due to institutional control over the years.
At the end of the day, a losing locker room culture is the result of players who can't win. But it doesn't start there; turning the losing attitude into a winning one begins with a change of leadership. It includes a coach that runs a tight ship and develops young players and a front office that drafts well and chooses wisely (for how not to draft, see the Lions and Browns throughout the last 15 years). A team won't win until they have a franchise-caliber quarterback. And until the front office finds the right coach to get the right quarterback, teams find themselves in a rat race. Just ask Detroit and Cleveland — and before the rise of Oakland's Derek Carr, the Raiders.
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Paymob completes $18.5 million Series A funding
News • 08 April, 2021
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Egypt-based fintech startup Paymob has raised $18.5 million in its Series A round, led by Global Ventures with participation from A15 and Dutch entrepreneurial development bank FMO.
This round includes $15 million in new capital from existing investors. It follows a first tranche of $3.5 million raised in July 2020.
Founded in 2015 by Islam Shawky, Alain El Hajj and Mostafa El Menessy, Paymob provides online and offline merchants with digital payment solutions.
Its revenues grew 5x in 2020 and the startup currently serves 35,000 merchants across Egypt, Kenya, Pakistan, and Palestine.
The investment will be used to expand to Saudi Arabia and other markets in the Middle East this year.
Paymob ("the Company"), Egypt's market-leading digital payments provider, announces the largest ever Series A fund raise by an Egyptian company and one of the largest fintech equity rounds in North Africa.
The Company has raised US$15 million of new capital from existing investors in a second tranche of its Series A fundraising activity. It follows a first tranche of US$3.5 million, raised in July 2020.
The capital raise was led by Global Ventures, the UAE-based venture capital firm. It also included A15, a leading tech investment fund and FMO, the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank. Paymob will use proceeds to:
Continue expanding its merchant network;
Meet the increasing demand;
Enhance its suite of products further; and
Fuel its regional expansion efforts
Paymob empowers underserved SMEs with improved and more accessible digital payments offerings as part of the Central Bank of Egypt's efforts and initiatives towards nationwide digital financial inclusion. The Company will accelerate its expansion in Saudi Arabia and other markets across the region, in 2021.
Paymob's mobile wallets infrastructure processes over 85% market share of transactions throughput in the Egyptian market and serves merchants across five different markets including Kenya, Pakistan, and Palestine. Paymob is the largest payment facilitator in Egypt and is the only Egyptian FinTech to expand beyond its local market.
In payment acceptance, Paymob's monthly revenue grew over 5x in 2020 and its technology is used across economic sectors by over 35,000 local Egyptian and global merchants, such as Swvl, ElGouna, Tradeline, LG, Samsonite, Aeropostale, Befit, Breadfast, Gourmet, and the American University of Cairo. Paymob's annual Total Payment Volume processed is now over $5 billion.
Paymob's CEO and co-founder, Islam Shawky, said:
"We couldn't be more excited for Paymob's next phase of growth; the market opportunity in the region is unprecedented. The large digital payments gap still exists and we are delighted to be working with progressive-thinking regulators to address this. This latest capital raise will accelerate our progress to reducing the digital payments bottleneck. All our existing investors have increased their holdings, and we thank them both for their support and the confidence they have in our business model and track record of execution."
Global Ventures' General Partner, Basil Moftah, said:
"We are delighted to lead this momentous FinTech fund raise in the region. Paymob has a perfect combination of a high-quality technology, a product customers increasingly cannot do without and an outstanding management team. Their market opportunity is also huge; Egypt's transformation to a cashless society is being enabled by the unique products Paymob has built. We look forward to continue supporting their expansion."
A15's Chairman, Karim Beshara, said:
"As one of Paymob's earliest backers, we are always proud to support a young and passionate team revolutionizing the development and advancement of financial systems in Egypt, our region and beyond. Paymob's team has shown great returns with very limited resources. Witnessing the impact of facilitating financial services to millions of end-consumers and tens of thousands of merchants coupled with hypergrowth has been a very fulfilling experience for A15."
Jaap Reinking, Director Private Equity at FMO, said:
"Paymob is an excellent fit with FMO's Ventures Program based on its exceptional team, innovative payment solutions and proven capability to include thousands of underserved Egyptian merchants into financial services offered by the company and its partners. We are proud to be part of the journey of Paymob in Egypt and excited to support the team throughout their next phase. The FMO Ventures Program is a EUR 200mln investment program funded by FMO, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the European Commission targeting early-stage technology-enabled innovative business models in emerging markets."
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There are two ways you can approach Super Bowl noshing. There's the classic takeout pizza and wings route or the more creative, D.I.Y. in the kitchen approach. This year, we're all about the latter and have searched high and low for the most savory and sweet recipes for getting snack-happy on game day. Enjoy!
Mince meat gets the candied treatment with dried fruits, fresh apple, orange, lemon, and a coconut sugar dusting. Plus, they're gluten-free to boot!
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We love that this one is healthy *and* delicious. This recipe adds ciabatta and halloumi cheese to the mix, making these veggies seem just a tad indulgent.
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People will be seriously impressed when you walk in with a tray full of this strawberry pistachio nougat. Terribly unexpected and mouthwatering at the same time.
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You've got to love a good finger food while watching the big game, and we can't wait to fill our faces with all the flaky mushroom goodness.
Why settle for just chocolate chips in your blondies, when you can throw in banana, pecans, and coconut? Break us off a slice of that.
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For a full guide to perfecting your platter, look to Honestly Yum.
Graham cracker, dark chocolate, vanilla whipped cream, and berries? Yeah, we are so making (and possibly hoarding) these cute little tartlets.
Fried food is the last thing our skin needs. All you have to do is bake these babies in the oven, then sprinkle 'em with freshly grated parmesan and parsley.
These toasty offerings are topped off with roasted cranberry pomegranate salsa...Need we say more?
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Yes, it's the Super Bowl, but Valentine's Day is just around the bend and these lovely, semi-healthy brownies—made with cacao butter/powder and drizzled with dried rose petals—are perfect for both.
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We love this muffin twist on the classic Italian snack. The best part: you can pick and choose what vegetables and cheeses you'd like baked into them.
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These are wonderfully far from your average bag of pretzels, and yet still so very in tune with the game day spirit. Whip out a few different dips to make things interesting.


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The Unsung Heroes of 2018
2018 has been a complicated year.
But while politicians are stuck in gridlock in Westminster, people like you are showing that you won't stand by and wait for change. You'll take it into your own hands.
Up-and-down the country, we saw people coming together to create more positive change than ever before.
This year, the people of Birmingham helped the most petitions declare victory. While communities in East London, Edinburgh and Sheffield topped the list for being the most active areas for signing petitions.
Together, the public signed, shared and stood up for campaigns at record levels.
Every single day of the year we saw;
So today, I want to look back and celebrate the stories of the unsung heroes of 2018. They don't all get the credit they deserve but these are the people who change laws, save lives and rewrite history.
This year proved once again that change knows no age-limits. From 6-year-old Dylan campaigning to ban palm oil, to teenager Belinda Bradley who took on tech giant Google to make Google Maps wheelchair friendly. To the 92-year-old British war veteran Anne who traveled 3,606 miles from Canada, to deliver her petition to Downing Street calling for fairer pension laws.
To all the mums using Change.org to create a better world for families – you are our heroes. Like Hannah Deacon, who after winning a hard battle to legalise medical cannabis to treat her son Alfie's medical condition, continues to fight so it is accessible to more suffering families. And Lucy Herd, who tragically lost her 4-year-old son Jack and went on to change legislation for better bereavement leave for all families in the UK.
Law changing couple, Rebecca and Charles, won their campaign to make civil partnerships available for mixed-sex couples in the UK. While Matthew Smith, pictured above, who lost his brother Dan to Suicide, campaigned for a mental health minister. Over 390,000 of you signed his petition, which led to suicide prevention officially becoming a minister's responsibility.
This year, you did so much more than sign petitions at record numbers.
To the hundreds of you who shared a photo to show support for Sudanese teenager Noura who was sentenced to death for stabbing her rapist.
To all the kids and families who wrote and shared letters to Santa to save Rang-tan and all orangutans from the destruction of palm oil.
To those of you who spring into action every time Richard Ratcliffe updates his petition as he continues fighting for his wife Nazanin's release from prison in Iran. From sending in jokes, to writing birthday cards, your support has brought joy to their family during this very difficult time.
Thank you so much for an incredible year of change. We're so excited to see what you'll do in 2019.
You can support more unsung heroes all year round by becoming a Change.org Subscriber today. Each contribution we receive means our small team can help petition starters win their campaigns.


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Ali Zafar appeals to President Alvi on behalf of struggling artists
Ali Zafar has made an appeal to the president of Pakistan Arif Ali on behalf of the artist community. In a video message, Zafar pointed out how the performing artists of Pakistan have been left unattended with no alternative means of survival since the pandemic broke out. He went on…...
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Opinion: Marijuana bill officially introduced to Congress by Ron Paul, Barney Frank
Marijuana laws should be set at the state, not federal, level, Reps. Ron Paul and Barney Frank argued in a bill they introduced Thursday.
The goal of the bill, HR 2306, is not to legalize marijuana but to remove it from the list of federally controlled substances while allowing states to decide how they will regulate it.
'I do not advocate urging people to smoke marijuana. Neither do I urge them to drink alcoholic beverages or smoke tobacco,' said Frank (D-Mass.). 'But in none of these cases do I think prohibition enforced by criminal sanctions is good public policy.
'Criminally prosecuting adults for making the choice to smoke marijuana is a waste of law enforcement resources and an intrusion on personal freedom,' he added.
Frank admitted in a conference call Thursday that he didn't think the bill had a chance of passing, but according to Reason's Hit & Run blog, the congressman was 'particularly struck by the hypocrisy of public officials who will themselves talk about smoking marijuana, wink at it, and then make it criminal for other people,' which leads to 'a very discriminatory pattern of enforcement.'
The bill appears doomed on arrival, according to the Associated Press, which reported that House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith said his panel, which the proposed law is required to venture through, would not even consider it.
'Marijuana use and distribution is prohibited under federal law because it has a high potential for abuse and does not have an accepted medical use in the U.S.,' said Smith, who like Paul is a Texas Republican. 'The Food and Drug Administration has not approved smoked marijuana for any condition or disease.'
Smith cited the theory that pot is a gateway drug, and then added the curious belief that legalizing weed would increase the coffers of drug lords.
'Decriminalizing marijuana will only lead to millions more Americans becoming addicted to drugs and greater profits for drug cartels who fund violence along the U.S.-Mexico border. Allowing states to determine their own marijuana policy flies in the face of Supreme Court precedent,' Smith said.
The Office of National Drug Control Policy echoed some of Smith's fears and said decriminalizing pot was a nonstarter.
'Our concern with marijuana is not borne out of any culture war or drug war mentality, but out of what the science tells us about the drug's effects. The facts are that marijuana potency has tripled in the past 20 years and teens are using the drug at earlier ages,' the office said in a statement to The Times.
'The earlier a person begins to use drugs, the more likely they are to progress to more serious abuse and addiction -– reflecting the harmful, long-lasting effects drugs can have on the developing brain. Legalization remains a nonstarter in the Obama administration because research shows that marijuana use is associated with voluntary treatment admissions, fatal drugged driving accidents and emergency room admissions,' the statement said.
White House says the war is working -– the war on drugs
Ron Paul, Barney Frank to jointly offer bill to end war on weed
Web lights up with protests over Obama's dismissal of marijuana legalization
Rep. Steve Cohen calls the war on drugs 'insane,' notes how pot helped a Navy SEAL
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Genetic Sequencing for Suspected Mitochondrial Disease Improves Early Diagnosis
by Magdalena Kegel | June 27, 2016
A study confirming genetic diagnoses of mitochondrial disease suggests that a new method is a reliable tool for identifying genetic mutations that cause mitochondrial disease in children and infants and for increasing early treatment.
The method uses whole exome sequencing – a screening of all genome coding parts (a person's unique set of genetic instructions.)
Scientists at The Children's Memorial Health Hospital and Warsaw Medical University in Poland noted that despite reports that 30% of the patients with mitochondrial disease have symptoms as newborns, it is uncommon for doctors to identify gene mutations at such early ages.
Attempting to finding methods improving molecular diagnostics of mitochondrial conditions, the study, "New perspective in diagnostics of mitochondrial disorders: two years' experience with whole-exome sequencing at a national paediatric centre," published in the Journal of Translational Medicine, used whole exome sequencing to screen for mutations in a group of 113 patients with suspected mitochondrial disease.
The study included patients diagnosed with full range mitochondrial disease at birth, patients diagnosed through brain scans showing degeneration of a brain region called the basal ganglia (a typical feature of Leigh syndrome and other mitochondrial conditions) and those diagnosed thorough a specific urine test which can indicate the presence of dysfunctional mitochondria.
Among infants, the method identified mitochondrial mutations in 46.8% of the cases. Another 17.1% of the children had mutations in genes not related to mitochondria, and 36.1% remained undiagnosed. Similar numbers were found among the other groups. In patients with brain damage in the basal ganglia, 57.1% had mitochondrial mutations and 35.7% could not be diagnosed.
Among patients with acidic urine, the outcome depended on the levels of the acid. Mitochondrial mutations were present in 25 and 18.8% of participants with high and low urine acid levels, respectively.
In all, the study identified 99 mutations in 49 different genes that had previously been linked to human diseases. Half of the identified mutations had not been described at the time of the research; some have since been described by other research groups.
Mutations in genes not linked to mitochondrial disease were mainly identified among 19 patients in whom doctors found that it was less likely that disease symptoms were linked to mitochondrial dysfunction anyway.
gene mutations, infants, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, molecular diagnosis, probability scores, whole exome sequencing


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Ratios, ratios, and more ratios! What do they really mean? Many financial professionals including bankers use financial ratios on a regular basis. But do they always use the same ratios and more importantly, do they always interpret the ratios in the same manner? Attend this proactive seminar and learn a "five-step" analysis plan to calculate the key ratios covering liquidity, activity, leverage, operating performance, and cash flow analysis and correctly interpret the financial condition of the business client. Upon completion of this seminar, the bank employee will also be able to better negotiate with their business clients as well as other financial professionals. The session will also include a review of "spreading" a financial statement using Moody's software in order to better analyze the key ratios. This section will also include the bankruptcy (Z-score) predictor and sustainable growth models.


Don't you just hate it when your ear feels stopped up and it's constantly popping? A popping ear is the most common complaint for a disorder called eustachian tube dysfunction. The eustachian tube connects the ear with the nose. It normally opens and closes when we swallow, sneeze or yawn. By opening it prevents fluid from accumulating behind the ear drum and it also regulates pressure in the middle ear space. When the eustachian tube is blocked and not working properly people complain of fullness, popping and pressure in their ears, muffled sounds, and ear pain. So how do doctors suggest treating a popping ear?
Eustachian tubes normally open and close; however, by swallowing more frequently through chewing gum or sucking on hard candy you can force them to stay open longer which helps to eliminate a popping ear.
Oral and intranasal decongestants can work quickly to relieve nasal swelling and congestion which in turn unblocks the eustachian tube. Decongestants work for only a brief period and must be used throughout the day. Oral decongestants like phenylephrine have numerous potential side effects. Nasal decongestants like Afrin can be habit forming if used more than several days. Check with your doctor before pursuing these options.
Many factors can cause eustachian dysfunction and a popping ear. The most common causes such as upper respiratory infections and sinusitis are difficult to avoid. Fortunately other frequent causes of ear popping such as smoking and allergic rhinitis can more easily be avoided.
Prescription nasal steroid sprays can provide relief for eustachian tube dysfunction and a popping ear. They work by decreasing nasal swelling which in turn helps to unblock the eustachian tube. Nasal steroid sprays take 5 to 7 days to work and should be used faithfully for several weeks for maximum benefit. Unlike nasal decongestants purchased OTC nasal steroid sprays are not habit forming.
Oral and intranasal antihistamines can help moderate the symptoms of allergic rhinitis which in turn diminishes the ear popping of eustachian tube dysfunction. The benefits of antihistamines take longer to achieve than some other mentioned medications. Second generation OTC antihistamines such as Claritin are best tolerated due to less sedation.
Try "popping your ears." By pinching your nose shut and trying to blow through your closed nose air can be forced through the closed and dysfunctional eustachian tube into the middle ear space. This process known as "popping your ears" is inexpensive, relatively harmless and fairly effective in forcing open a closed eustachian tube. It should be performed throughout the day. Some doctors have also suggested that blowing up a balloon repeatedly can accomplish the same goal.
If your ear popping and eustachian tube dysfunction persist beyond several weeks schedule an appointment with your doctor to discuss other treatment options.


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Street lights could be switched off to tackle carbon emissions
Andra Maciuca
Duplicate street lights are to be turned off by the county council.
Thousands of duplicate street lights could be switched off by Essex County Council in order to reduce carbon emissions.
The county council says the lights will only be switched off where they are not useful and contribute to wasting energy.
This is the case, the council says, with a number of street lights across Essex which illuminate the same area. Many were installed following new housing developments and then duplicated by Essex County Council.
Duplicate lights only account for a small proportion of the total street lights, the county council says, so their absence will not make a marked difference.
Councillor Kevin Paul Bentley, deputy leader and cabinet member for infrastructure at the council, said: "Our move will not greatly reduce light or affect safety. It means that we will not be burning lights that are unnecessary and ensures we are doing all we can to reduce carbon emissions, helping with our climate change work.
"Each county councillor will be notified of lights to be switched off before we do so, in case there are any particular circumstances they are aware of. Safety will not be compromised."
The work will take place in collaboration with district and borough councils. It will start through a detailed 'desktop' mapping exercise and will be followed by on-site investigations of each light identified as a potential duplicate.
Lights will only be switched off if lighting the same area as other street lights and if there are no safety concerns. Signs will be placed on switched-off lights, so that people do not report them as faulty.
A pilot project has already been mapped out. The county council has identified 36 possible duplicate lights out of a total of 2,260 in the targeted area for a potential switch-off. These account for an approximate 1.5 per cent of lights which are estimated to be duplicates. Should the same ratio be consistent across the county, then about 2,000 lights could be turned off. The total of county council-owned lights is 127,000.
For further information regarding any action taken, the switched-off street lights will be shown on a reporting tool at www.essexhighways.org/transport-and-roads.aspx.
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Some leaders of teams that don't regularly succeed will still insist that they have a great team because team members care about one other and no one ever leaves the team. A more accurate description of their situation would be to say that they have a mediocre team that enjoys being together and isn't terribly bothered by failure. See, no matter how good a leadership team feels about itself, and how noble its mission might be, if the organization it leads rarely achieves its goals, then, by definition, it's simply not a good team.


Six Nations of Grand River Territory – Six Nations Elected Council is pleased to announce the launch of community engagement to determine community support for the SunEdison Welland Ridge (City of Welland) and Norfolk Bloomsburg (Norfolk County) Solar Projects.
These two projects will each generate 10 megawatts each in renewable energy which will be sold to the Ontario Power Authority under the Feed in Tariff (FIT) program. The projects will be owned and operated by SunEdison. The Norfolk Bloomsburg project commenced operation in May 2014 and the Welland Ridge project is currently under construction. The Community Benefits include a one-time Royalty Payment of $432,392.73 based on the net present value of $2000/MW over 20 years using a 7.14% discount rate.
The community engagement process has been designed to educate the Six Nations community about the financial, economic, and environmental impact associated with the projects, and provides a community wide mechanism to gather feedback that will help guide the Six Nations Elected Council now and in the future.
The community engagement process will run from October 20th to November 21st, 2014. There will be one community meeting scheduled for October 23rd, which will include a free dinner! The community meeting will provide further information and will include the opportunity for community members to have one-on-one discussions with staff. At this time, there will also be details on the formation of the Trust that will be administering the funds from these agreements. The remainder of the engagement period will remain open to field comments and questions from the community.


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COVID-19 crisis intensifies at Wisconsin food plants: 1 dead, 100 more test positive
Maria Perez
The COVID-19 crisis in Wisconsin food processing plants continues to intensify, with more than 100 workers at a Darien facility testing positive for the virus and an employee at a Pleasant Prairie plant dying from the illness.
The Pleasant Prairie employee, according to medical examiner records, died April 15. When the Journal Sentinel posed questions Monday to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration regarding the death, the agency said it would open an investigation and conduct an on-site inspection.
OSHA officials say they are now investigating seven Wisconsin food processing plants over virus-related concerns.The agency had been saying for weeks that it wouldn't crack down on businesses that didn't abide by COVID-19 safety guidelines.
Workers and advocates say that at some plants, employees have been asked to work closely together without protection or to report to work even if they showed COVID-19 symptoms.
Nationwide, some meatpacking plants have closed over COVID-19 concerns, raising questions about the industry's ability to supply grocery stores. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday keeping chicken, pork and other meat plants open. Late Tuesday, the USDA sent a news release saying the Agriculture Department would implement the president's order.
It's unclear how many meatpacking and food processing workers in Wisconsin have been infected. Wisconsin Department of Health Services spokeswoman Jennifer Miller said the agency did not have the number of essential workers infected readily available.
Officials won't release number of infected workers
Brown County Health officials have provided numbers for their county, but other local authorities, like Cudahy's mayor and Kenosha County Division of Health officials, won't reveal how many workers have been infected at specific facilities.
That leaves workers and residents in the dark about the scope of the problem at a time when officials are discussing how to reopen the state for business.
But the Journal Sentinel has been able to piece together snapshots that show the disease is having a larger impact than previously known on food processing workers.
With the additional cases in Darien, at least 551 meat and food processing workers at seven Wisconsin factories have tested positive — or the equivalent of nearly 9% of the state's reported cases. But the total number of food plant workers infected is likely higher.
In Brown County, more than half of the 913 confirmed cases are food plant workers or people linked to them. Walworth County, where more than 100 workers at the Darien plant tested positive, has reported 139 cases.
At least one meatpacking worker has died from COVID-19, according to a report by the Kenosha County Medical Examiner's Office. The employee worked in the Calumet meat packaging plant in Pleasant Prairie.
The report doesn't say whether the worker, born in Mexico and in his early 50s, contracted the disease at the plant. But it says he hadn't felt well since April 6, when he stopped going to work.
He left behind two daughters and a son, according to his obituary. One of the happiest moments in his life, the obituary said, was being able to put one of his daughters through college. "He worked hard to be able to provide for his family and to be able to take care of them," the obituary says.
Calumet officials did not respond to written questions from the Journal Sentinel. Liane Blanck, a manager with the Kenosha County Division of Health, said the agency wouldn't disclose the number of COVID-19 cases at the plant or other businesses in the county.
OSHA investigating companies
OSHA spokeswoman Megan Sweeney said that the agency is investigating Calumet and six other food companies in Wisconsin, four more than previously known.
Birds Eye processing plant in Darien is one of them. As of Monday, 104 of its workers and contractors had tested positive for COVID-19, according to plant manager Christopher Guyon. That number places the plant as the third largest known cluster tied to the food industry in Wisconsin.
The plant, which processes frozen vegetables and fresh carrots, is now virtually closed, Guyon said. The facility usually employs over 800 workers.
On Monday, UMOS, a Milwaukee-based advocacy group that provides services to migrant workers, filed a complaint against Birds Eye with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, saying employees with COVID-19 symptoms were asked to work the line to ensure the product did not spoil.
The complaint also cites a video, obtained by the advocacy group and reviewed by the Journal Sentinel, that shows workers housed in barracks where beds were 1 or 2 feet apart. That could be a possible violation of one of Gov. Tony Ever's emergency orders, which requires employers to make reasonable efforts to separate beds by at least 6 feet, according to the complaint.
Guyon denied that employees were asked to work while sick. The company, he said, encouraged workers who felt ill to stay home. He said the plant tried to distance the beds as much as possible and had workers sleep in every other bed. The plant also installed plexiglass barriers between beds. Some workers, he said, were housed in hotels.
Birds Eye spokesman Michael Cummins said that the barrack housing shown in the video, lacking plexiglass barriers, is the quarantine housing for workers who tested positive for COVID-19.
Guyon said company officials learned the first worker at the Darien plant tested positive on April 13. Two days later, they learned about the second.
By April 18, 14 employees and two contractors had tested positive. Plant officials shut most of the plant the following day. The plant is planning to reopen May 3.
Guyon said the company has been taking safety measures for six to seven weeks. He said the facility has increased cleaning, implemented temperature monitoring since early April and offered tests to all workers, among other protections.
OSHA is also investigating three plants in Green Bay: the JBS plant, where 255 workers have tested positive; the American Foods Group plant, with 145 confirmed cases; and TNT Crust, where the number of COVID-19 cases is unknown.
Salm Partners plant in Denmark, where 17 workers tested positive, and Patrick Cudahy/Smithfield Foods plant in Cudahy, where workers suspect dozens are infected, are also under investigation.
Immigration advocacy group raised concerns
The investigations of the JBS and American Foods Group plants started after immigration advocacy group Voces de la Frontera reported to OSHA that the companies weren't following certain safety measures. OSHA sent both companies a letter asking them to investigate the concerns and report back their findings and the corrective measures taken.
The JBS plant in Green Bay shuttered earlier this week. JBS spokesman Cameron Bruett said the plant implemented safety protocols since late February and increased protection as officials learned more about the virus.
Bruett said the company ordered face masks March 19 but couldn't obtain them until April 3. The company mandated their use April 13, he said. The company has implemented other measures, he said, such as providing face shields and physical partitions on production lines.
American Foods didn't respond to a request for comment; neither did TNT Crust.
Salm Partners spokeswoman Mary Schmidt said OSHA sent the company a letter saying regulators did not intend to conduct an onsite inspection but that the plant should investigate and report back its findings.
Schmidt said that the plant had started to follow safety guidelines before it learned of its first case on April 6. In early April, for example, the company installed plexiglass dividers between employees working closely together, she said.
Keira Lombardo, executive vice president of corporate affairs and compliance for Smithfield Foods, said only essential employees are working at the Patrick Cudahy meatpacking plant and they are being provided protective equipment.
The Journal Sentinel has spoken with a dozen Smithfield Foods plant workers. Most said they learned through other employees that workers at the company had tested positive. The workers said the company started screening employees' temperatures after the first cases had been confirmed. Workers weren't provided face masks until mid-April, they said.
Haley BeMiller of the Green Bay Press-Gazette contributed to this report.
You can reach Maria Perez at maria.perez@jrn.com. Follow her on Twitter @mariajspl


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Q: Getting a big difference between training and testing prediction accuracy when dataset tested on SVM I used SVM for prediction purpose but I got a big difference between training and testing prediction accuracy when dataset. Can anyone guide me that what should I do to solve my issue?

A: Having a big difference between the training and testing datasets can be accredited to "overfitting" and you should read on "The Bias-Variance tradeoff".
In your case you probably have high variance, which means that your model is very close to the true functional form of your sample but not of the population. In other words, your model is not generic enough to predict well on out-of-sample data.
What you should do is, trying to simplify your model a little bit and see if that improves the out-of-sample prediction.
Remember, overly complicated models might lead to overfitting.
Good luck!

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Glory of Ukraine and Ukraine-Sweden Exhibits in NYC!
UKRAINIAN MUSEUM OF NEW JERSEY
The Ukrainian Museum of New Jersey, in memory of Patriarch Mstyslav of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of USA, is organizing a trip to New York City on September 8, 2010 to view two very important Ukrainian exhibits. The Mazepa exhibit at the Ukrainian Museum NY is spectacular, with artifacts from museums which have never left Ukraine or Sweden before. The MOBIA exhibit is quite exceptional, with icons from the museum of the Pecherska Lavra. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to view these religious and historic artifacts here in the USA.
The cost of the trip is $40 which includes museum admission to both exhibits, guided tours, and round trip bus fare. The bus will leave the Ukrainian Cultural Center at 135 Davidson Ave, Somerset, NJ at 10am on Wednesday, September 8, 2010, and will return at approximately 6pm.
Please, take this opportunity to announce this event in your parish, and make flyers available. If you would like to receive hard copy flyers for distribution, please let us know and we will get them to you ASAP. Please, remember that seating on the bus is limited to 50 passengers. So, reserve your seats ASAP by calling Natalia Honcharenko at the Consistory office at (732) 356-0090 ext. 17 or by email to MstyslavMuseum@verizon.net.
CHICAGO DEANERY ALTAR SERVERS RETREAT A SUCCESS!
2010 MISSION TEAM OF STUDENTS RETURNS FROM ANNUAL TRIP TO ADOPTED UKRAINIAN ORPHANAGES!
Let's Prayerfully Honor the Victims of the War in UKRAINE: Commemorative Prayer Vigil - 23 February, 2023
Medical and Logistical Vehicles Delivered to Ukraine via the Sponsorship of UOC of the USA and Close Cooperation with the Orthodox Church of Ukraine


Heat the oven to 350°F. Cut the top off the head of garlic, leaving the remainder intact. Drizzle the garlic with olive oil and wrap in foil, then place it in the oven. Roast the garlic until very fragrant, about 40 minutes. Cool to room temperature, then squeeze out the softened garlic and mash into a paste.
To make the French toast batter, begin by combining the flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl. In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs and milk, then whisk in the flour mixture until smooth. Stir in the Parmesan cheese which will make the batter lumpy. If using challah bread, pre-cut the slices so they lay evenly in a 13-inch by 9-inch baking dish, sort of like creating a jigsaw puzzle. Remove the bread and set aside. Coat the baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
One at a time, dip each piece of bread in the batter and turn over to coat both sides. Arrange the bread in the baking dish. Stir the roasted garlic, diced tomato and chopped basil into the remaining batter and mix well. Spread the batter evenly over the French toast.
Bake the French toast uncovered at 350°F for 30 to 35 minutes or until set. Cool for 15 minutes, then use a 1-inch round cutter to portion the French toast into bite-sized rounds.
If making ahead, arrange the rounds snugly in a baking dish and chill. To reheat, bake at 250°F for 10 minutes.


This October sees the return of singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, DJ and erstwhile Wah Wah 45s label boss, Adam Scrimshire, with the debut offering to be taken from his second album "The Hollow".
"Home" is a good place to start for this latest opus, representing as it does a trip back in time to the roots of this young man's music, with a more contemporary electronic edge. Stunning harmonies come courtesy of our very own Faye Houston from dub reggae favourites Resonators, and bass worrying dance floor interpretations are taken care of by U.S. heavyweight Captain Planet and those young turks from Leeds, Paper Tiger. But if time is needed for reflection, look no further than Scrimshire's own acoustic 're-version', with the man himself laying his soul bare on vocal duties.
"The Hollow" will be released by Wah Wah 45s on November 21st.


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The Ninth Outlander Novel Hit Shelves This Year
April 16, 2021 Entertainment • Books •
The release date for Diana Gabaldon's ninth book in the Outlander series has been set.
The ninth book in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series will be released in November 2021. The book is titled Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone.
The eighth book in Diana Gabaldon's series, titled Written In My Own Heart's Blood, was released seven years ago. It was published shortly after the premiere of the first season of Outlander.
Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone picks up where the previous novel left off. Here is the official synopsis:
The author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Outlander series returns with the newest novel in the epic tale.
The past may seem the safest place to be . . . but it is the most dangerous time to be alive. . . .Jamie Fraser and Claire Randall were torn apart by the Jacobite Rising in 1743, and it took them twenty years to find each other again. Now the American Revolution threatens to do the same.It is 1779 and Claire and Jamie are at last reunited with their daughter, Brianna, her husband, Roger, and their children on Fraser's Ridge. Having the family together is a dream the Frasers had thought impossible.Yet even in the North Carolina backcountry, the effects of war are being felt. Tensions in the Colonies are great and local feelings run hot enough to boil Hell's tea-kettle. Jamie knows loyalties among his tenants are split and it won't be long until the war is on his doorstep.Brianna and Roger have their own worry: that the dangers that provoked their escape from the twentieth century might catch up to them. Sometimes they question whether risking the perils of the 1700s —among them disease, starvation, and an impending war—was indeed the safer choice for their family.Not so far away, young William Ransom is still coming to terms with the discovery of his true father's identity—and thus his own—and Lord John Grey has reconciliations to make, and dangers to meet . . . on his son's behalf, and his own.Meanwhile, the Revolutionary War creeps ever closer to Fraser's Ridge. And with the family finally together, Jamie and Claire have more at stake than ever before.
Gabaldon revealed on Twitter there will be a 10th and final novel in the Outlander universe, as well as a prequel about Jamie Fraser's parents.
Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone will hit bookstores on November 23, 2021. Preorder US, UK.
Read more about: #Outlander # Diana Gabaldon
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A Clear View on Cancer in Jiangsu
Calls for a far-reaching and verifiable research program on the incidence and mortality of cancer in China's Jiangsu province have been answered.
Fielding School Public Health Newsletter
CHINESE RESIDENTS ACCOUNT FOR 19.3% of the world's population, yet 26.9% of all cancer-related deaths occur in China. This disparity leaves epidemiologists like Zuo-Feng Zhang, MD, PhD, associate dean for research at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health (FSPH) and professor in the school's Department of Epidemiology, determined to learn more about the factors that increase the susceptibility of the Chinese population to certain cancers. Zhang notes that previous research on cancer risk factors in China has been limited by small sample sizes, inconsistent measurements, and a lack of precise and accurate data. To address these shortcomings, Zhang and his former FSPH postdoctoral fellow Jin-Kou Zhao, PhD, who directed the Department of Non-communicable Chronic Disease Control of the Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), have conducted a rigorous population-based, case-control study of the lifestyle, behavioral, environmental, and genetic factors associated with China's four most common cancers: lung, liver, stomach, and esophagus — the findings of which are informing further research and cancer prevention efforts throughout the world's most populous nation.
Between 2003 and 2010, Zhang, Zhao and their colleagues collected data on lifestyle, behavioral and environmental exposures, along with biological materials for molecular markers, from more than 10,000 individuals with one of these four leading cancers, as well as more than 8,000 healthy controls, in four counties of Jiangsu province. In Jiangsu Four Cancers Study: a large case-control study of lung, liver, stomach, and esophageal cancers in Jiangsu Province, China (JFC Study; European Journal of Cancer Prevention, July 2017), they reported the results of an unconditional logistic regression which showed strong associations between tobacco smoking and all four cancers; alcohol consumption and the risk of liver and esophageal cancers; a family history of cancer and the risk of esophageal, stomach and liver cancers; and low education and the risk of esophageal, stomach and liver cancers.
"An important factor in our study's success was the focus on quality control," says Zhang, who made numerous trips to Jiangsu, where he and Zhao trained CDC-appointed investigators in research protocols, the data gathering process and informed consent. "Before our study, reliable data of this scale was non-existent in Jiangsu, but through JFC we have been able to provide researchers and local authorities with the necessary data to start countering the burden of cancer in this region," Zhang says. Investigators around the world continue to use JFC data for studies of the protective virtues of raw garlic, green tea and indoor ventilation for various cancer sites; in addition, publications drawing from the JFC data to study cancer risks associated with air pollution, molecular genetics, and gene-environment interactions are currently under review.
"Our research aims to give individuals the tools to protect themselves from cancerous conditions that are within their control, such as consuming raw garlic to reduce the cancer risks that come with air pollution and secondhand smoking," Zhang says. At the population level, the findings have had an impact in the counties of Dafeng and Ganyu, where local authorities have based their cancer prevention efforts on JFC data. Furthermore, the data continue to provide increasing clarity on the risk factors involved in the four major cancers, serving as an unprecedented guide for prevention strategies throughout the country.
The study Jiangsu Four Cancers Study: a large case-control study of lung, liver, stomach, and esophageal cancers in Jiangsu Province, China was published in the European Journal of Cancer Prevention in July, 2017.
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KAL's global launch of its revolutionary Retail Teller Machine (RTM) at Times Square, New York. Discover the views of the cashless ATM's first ever user as well as the first retailer to install the device.


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Upon check-in photo identification and credit card is required. All special requests are subject to availability upon check-in. Special requests cannot be guaranteed and may incur additional charges. Please note that the Pool & Fitness Center will be closed for renovations from September 11th 2018 until November 15th 2018. Guests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.
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In August 2017, Outback Steakhouse Singapore launched a new menu that featured the 22 fresh and bold flavours that you will surely love, in addition to the perennial favourites.
Our last visit to Outback Steakhouse was at their Millenia Walk outlet. The full review is available here.
Accroding to the tradition in Outback Steakhouse, Honey Wheat Bushman Bread is served at the start of the meal It has a crisp crust, a touch of sweetness with a hint of cocoa. Served with their signature mix of their butter, that will definitely wake up your appetite.
Appetizer Platter ($19.90) - A combination of Kookaburra Wings, Lemon Butter Calamari and Crispy Volcano Shirmps. We asked for the mild vision of Kookaburra wings. The secret spices is on the strong side, salty and need to be balanced with the blue cheese dressing.
The Lemon Butter Calamari is crispy and springy, while the lemon butter sauce nicely complements the calamari. Without the lemon butter sauce, the calamari will be bland. The shrimp is surprisingly good. Crispy externally but juicy internally. The spicy sriracha aioli is creamy, without much heat in it.
Our main meal is Chile Marinated Ribeye ($47.90). 10oz (about 284 gram) of Ribeye steak, grilled to medium rare. It is then topped with avocado pico de gallo (salsa). The steak is juicy and succulent, almost to the point it melts in your mouth. The avocado salsa with is freshness and acidity helps to balance the fattiness of the ribeye steak.
The steak is served with corn of the cob, crispy tortilla strips and grilled tomato. The corn is sweet with a solid smokey aroma, while the grilled tomato is thick and juicy. I personally think the tortilla strips does not contribute anything to the dish, hoping that they might replace it with tortilla chips instead.
Tropical Beef and Rice ($15.90) - Sautéed Beef, Seasonal Veggies and Green Capsicum tossed with teriyaki sauce. Served with steamed rice and pineapple. This dish reminds me of my uni days in Melbourne where we can get this in a suburban Chinese Restaurant.
The beef cubes are well caramelised, mixed with crunchy vegetables. The teriyaki sauce makes this dish a "Rice Thief", where you just can't stop scooping the rice. The pineapple will add balance to this dish with its sweet and acidic flavour. A simple combination that is just comforting, Yum.
Dessert is Skillet Cookie ($13.90) – Giant and gooey chocolate chip cookie served in a skillet and topped with vanilla ice cream, warm chocolate sauce and fresh mint. Sweet and delicious, where the combination of hot and cold made it a perfect ending to your meal. Absolutely delicious.
The décor of the restaurant is a combination of western tavern with Australian touch. The solid wood theme is feature prominently here. One thing for sure, if you are seated by the window, you can see the hustle and bustle of the Orchard Road from the top.
Overall, the new menu in Outback Steakhouse is inspired by flavours of the world. Kudos to them for incorporating Teriyaki sauce, Avocado pico de gallo and Sriracha aioli in their ingredients. Instead of sticking with the oldies, they welcome the flavours of the world to their table. So if you are around Orchard or Suntec area, check out Outback Steakhouse. Cheers!!


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