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55% Of Canada's Housing Markets Suffering 'Irrational Exuberance': NBF
The cure for irrationality may be a mortgage rate hike.
Daniel Tencer The Huffington Post Canada
Most analysts don't expect the Bank of Canada to raise interest rates at its policy announcement this Wednesday, but the chief economist at one of Canada's major banks says it's time to look at doing just that.
Why? Because house prices are rising so rapidly that Canada's housing market is starting to look a lot like the U.S.'s housing bubble of a decade ago, and it needs cooling, National Bank Financial's chief economist says.
"Surging prices are no longer confined to greater Toronto and Vancouver," Stefane Marion wrote in a client note issued Monday.
A house for sale in Toronto, pictured in 2009. National Bank chief economist Stefane Marion is concerned that more than half of Canada's regional housing markets are experiencing "irrational exuberance." (Photo: Reuters/Mark Blinch)
Marion noted that, of the 26 regional housing markets covered by the Teranet-National Bank House Price Index, some 55 per cent are experiencing "irrational exuberance," with house price growth running at more than 10 per cent per year.
"This record proportion is very similar to that observed in the United States in 2005 at the peak of the market," he wrote.
An increase in interest rates would cause mortgage rates to rise, pricing some buyers out of the market, and putting pressure on existing indebted homeowners.
The federal government last fall attempted to cool housing by tightening access to mortgages. It instituted a "stress test" that requires lenders to ensure borrowers can still afford their mortgage at a higher rate than the offered rates seen today.
"Everybody thought it was going to cool down the market and Toronto has not cooled down. It has spread to other markets," Marion told HuffPost Canada.
"When nothing else bites, perhaps it's time to consider higher interest rates."
These charts from NBF show house prices in the U.S. and Canada diverging after the U.S. housing bubble (left chart) and the share of Canadian housing markets with rapid price growth reaching similar proportions to those seen in the U.S. before the bubble burst (right chart).
Marion suggested that the Bank of Canada's negative tone on Canada's economy, which is keeping it from raising interest rates, may no longer be appropriate.
"If you create 273,000 jobs in eight months [as Canada has], you may need higher interest rates," Marion said.
Higher mortgage rates could bring their own problems. HuffPost Canada estimated last year that a return to "normal" mortgage rates of around 5 per cent would add $620 to the mortgage cost of an average-priced home today.
But Marion suggests Canada's economy is stronger than people give it credit for.
"When 55 per cent of your housing markets are experiencing double digit increases, the economy is not so weak," he said.
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namespace Google\Cloud\Retail\V2\SearchRequest;

use UnexpectedValueException;

/**
 * The search mode of each search request.
 *
 * Protobuf type google.cloud.retail.v2.SearchRequest.SearchMode
 */
class SearchMode
{
    /**
     * Default value. In this case both product search and faceted search will
     * be performed. Both [SearchResponse.SearchResult] and
     * [SearchResponse.Facet] will be returned.
     *
     * Generated from protobuf enum SEARCH_MODE_UNSPECIFIED = 0;
     */
    const SEARCH_MODE_UNSPECIFIED = 0;
    /**
     * Only product search will be performed. The faceted search will be
     * disabled.
     * Only [SearchResponse.SearchResult] will be returned.
     * [SearchResponse.Facet] will not be returned, even if
     * [SearchRequest.facet_specs][google.cloud.retail.v2.SearchRequest.facet_specs]
     * or
     * [SearchRequest.dynamic_facet_spec][google.cloud.retail.v2.SearchRequest.dynamic_facet_spec]
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     *
     * Generated from protobuf enum PRODUCT_SEARCH_ONLY = 1;
     */
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     * Only faceted search will be performed. The product search will be
     * disabled.
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     * [SearchRequest.dynamic_facet_spec][google.cloud.retail.v2.SearchRequest.dynamic_facet_spec]
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5 Dissappointments per Second
That's a bit of an unfair title, because I was looking forward to Makoto Shinkai's 5 Centimeters Per Second. Like I said then, his "simple and elegant" approach is definitely something I like quite a bit.
At the very begining of it, I started to get a bit concerned, because there were these interminably long still sequences with only the littlest, tiniest bit of animation. You'd think that as a Bee Train Fan, I'd be more understanding, but in the context of a Shinkai theatrical, I was expecting a tad more. That said, when there was character animation, it was quite compently done, so I didn't really have a problem when all was said and done.
Well, except in the ending.
Everything else was meticuoulously rendered and quite beautifully drawn. There's a level of mundane=fascinating detail in Shinkai's work that's totally signature for him. And for the bulk of the movie(s), the languid pace and the deliberate character exposision was quite nice and very emotional.
But the very end, where it suddenly decides to close on some kind of hack-edited AMV of the movie thus far, where the cuts were to the rhythm and there were little to no new shots to see; that really stuck in my craw. Especially when the whole thing suddenly ended right there without any hint of resolution.
Deep Thought™
"Michiko to Hatchin" plot translation
New trailer for "Michiko to Hatchin" kicks ass!
"El Cazador" licensed by FUNimation?
"Kaiba"-thon
"Xam'd" if you do, "Xam'd" if you don't
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Cooperations of the Berlin sciences
Scientific collaborations – Berlin's open research atmosphere
The variety of partners, networks and cooperation opportunities in Brain City Berlin is unparalleled anywhere in the world. The close, interdisciplinary cooperation between the various institutions typical of Berlin leads to future-oriented solutions. Berlin's universities, technical colleges, private colleges and non-university research institutions are also in close contact with the Berlin technology parks and the many research-related companies in the capital.
Berlin University Alliance - Berlin universities in an alliance
The Berlin University Alliance (BUA) is a university alliance for innovative research and teaching. In July 2019, the Alliance of the Freie Universität Berölin,Techische Universität zu Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin with Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin was awarded the title of Excellence University by the Federal and State governments as part of the Excellence Strategy (ExStra). The alliance receives permanent funding of 15 to 28 million Euro per year.
The overall goal of the Berlin University Alliance is to create a joint, integrated research space in the Brain City Berlin. As a driving force, the alliance wants to develop the top international level of the science location further.
Berlin Research 50 - Alliance of non-university institutions
In February 2020, the non-university research institutions and centres of the Brain City Berlin merged. The BR 50 (Berlin Research 50) initiative aims to develop strategies for research and to have exchanges both with politics and society in the future. Another goal of the alliance: to facilitate coordination between the non-university research institutions.
Members of the alliance come from all scientific fields. They include institutes of the major scientific organisations Leibniz Association, Max Planck Society, Helmholtz Association and Fraunhofer Society as well as the Federal departmental research institutes and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation.
IFAF Berlin - Strengthening research at Universities of Applied Sciences
The Institute for Applied Research Berlin (IFAF Berlin) pools the research expertise of the four State-run Berlin Universities of Applied Sciences: ASH Berlin, Berliner Hochschule für Technik (BHT), HTW Berlin – University of Apllied Sciences and the Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin (HWR Berlin).
With the support of the State of Berlin, IFAF Berlin promotes cross-university knowledge and technology transfer as well as projects for integration, digital cultural transformation and start-up financing. Scientists work in a practical way with non-profit organisations and medium-sized companies.
Oxford/Berlin science cooperation
In December 2017, the Oxford University, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-University zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin and Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a far-reaching collaboration. As part of this until now unique partnership, an environment is to be created for new joint projects in humanities, social sciences, medicine and natural sciences. Non-university institutions such as museums and libraries are also included. Objective of the Oxford/Berlin scientific cooperation: to support excellent, innovative and interdisciplinary scientific collaborations that are not restricted by institutional or international borders.
ECDF - joint research and groundbreaking alliances
The Einstein Centre Digital Future (ECDF) is funded by the Einstein Foundation Berlin. The declared objective of the foundation is to "promote science and research in Berlin". The ECDF sees itself as an inter-university nucleus dedicated to the digitisation of society. It combines innovation with interdisciplinarity and connects scientists from different disciplines to research one of the most important topics of our time.
Zukunftsorte - the Berlin future locations
Science and business are pooling their potential at Berlin's future locations in order to create something groundbreaking in various areas. One of the youngest future locations in Berlin is the Siemensstadt Square.
Berlin is home to and promotes eleven Zukunftsorte.
International cooperation between Berlin universities
From the Brain City Berlin, researchers cooperate with institutions around the world and make a decisive contribution to the internationalisation of the location.
Freie Universität Berlin: international network university with five liaison offices in Cairo, New Delhi, Moscow, Beijing and São Paulo.
Humboldt-University zu Berlin: Strategic network of 375 partner universities, 300 of which are partner universities in the ERASMUS program countries.
Technische Universität Berlin: 7 strategic partner universities: University of Technology Sydney (since 2017), Poiltecnico di Milano (since 2013), Vienna University of Technology (since 2013), St. Petersburg State Politechnical University (since 2013), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (since 2012), Warsaw University of Technology (since 2012), Tongji University (since 2020); Representative offices in Brussels and Cairo as well as membership in the DWIH in New York and São Paulo.
Berlin University of the Arts: 150 partner universities worldwide.


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Q: Inserting bytes in the middle of binary file I want to add some string in the middle of image metadata block. Under some specific marker. I have to do it on bytes level since .NET has no support for custom metadata fields.
The block is built like 1C 02 XX YY YY ZZ ZZ ZZ ... where XX is the ID of the field I need to append and YY YY is the size of it, ZZ = data.
I imagine it should be more or less possible to read all the image data up to this marker (1C 02 XX) then increase the size bytes (YY YY), add data at the end of ZZ and then add the rest of the original file? Is this correct?
How should I go on with it? It needs to work as fast as possible with 4-5 MB JPEG files.

A: In general there is no way to speed up this operation. You have to read at least portion that needs to be moved and write it again in updated file. Creating new file and copying content to it may be faster if you can parallelize read and write operations.
Note: In you particular case it may not be possible to just insert content in the middle of the file as most of file formats are not designed with such modifcations in mind. Often there are offsets to portions of the file that will be invalid when you shift part of the file. Specifying what file format you trying to work with may help other people to provide better approaches.

A: Solved the problem with this code:
            List<byte> dataNew = new List<byte>();
            byte[] data = File.ReadAllBytes(jpegFilePath);

            int j = 0;
            for (int i = 1; i < data.Length; i++)
            {
                if (data[i - 1] == (byte)0x1C) // 1C IPTC
                {
                    if (data[i] == (byte)0x02) // 02 IPTC
                    {
                        if (data[i + 1] == (byte)fileByte) // IPTC field_number, i.e. 0x78 = IPTC_120
                        {
                            j = i;
                            break;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

            for (int i = 0; i < j + 2; i++) // add data from file before this field
                dataNew.Add(data[i]);

            int countOld = (data[j + 2] & 255) << 8 | (data[j + 3] & 255); // curr field length
            int countNew = valueToAdd.Length; // new string length
            int newfullSize = countOld + countNew; // sum
            byte[] newSize = BitConverter.GetBytes((Int16)newfullSize); // Int16 on 2 bytes (to use 2 bytes as size)
            Array.Reverse(newSize); // changes order 10 00 to 00 10
            for (int i = 0; i < newSize.Length; i++) // add changed size
                dataNew.Add(newSize[i]);

            for (int i = j + 4; i < j + 4 + countOld; i++) // add old field value
                dataNew.Add(data[i]);

            byte[] newString = ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetBytes(valueToAdd);
            for (int i = 0; i < newString.Length; i++) // append with new field value
                dataNew.Add(newString[i]);

            for (int i = j + 4 + newfullSize; i < data.Length; i++) // add rest of the file
                dataNew.Add(data[i]);

            byte[] finalArray = dataNew.ToArray();
            File.WriteAllBytes(Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(jpegFilePath), "newfile.jpg"), finalArray);

A: Here is an easy and quite fast solution. It moves all bytes after given offset to their new position according to given extraBytes, so you can insert your data.
public void ExpandFile(FileStream stream, long offset, int extraBytes)
{
  // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3033771/file-io-with-streams-best-memory-buffer-size
  const int SIZE = 4096;
  var buffer = new byte[SIZE];
  var length = stream.Length;
  // Expand file
  stream.SetLength(length + extraBytes);
  var pos = length;
  int to_read;
  while (pos > offset)
  {
    to_read = pos - SIZE >= offset ? SIZE : (int)(pos - offset);
    pos -= to_read;
    stream.Position = pos;
    stream.Read(buffer, 0, to_read);
    stream.Position = pos + extraBytes;
    stream.Write(buffer, 0, to_read);
  }

Need to be checked, though...

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The 50 Best TV Scenes of the Past Year
By EW Staff
Updated December 19, 2019 at 11:32 PM EST
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Now that the TV season is over, awards season is about to begin. We've watched every minute of every episode of the finest shows from the past year to determine the most impressive scene from each series. It was a task as daunting as it was time-consuming (you try to pick just one "best" scene from Breaking Bad, or Game of Thrones), but we came away with our list, and we're ready for you to disagree with the majority of it.
The clips, and our explanations, are below. Emmy voters, you'll want to take notes.50. Trophy Wife (ABC) Ep. 7, "The Date"SCENE: Diane (Marcia Gay Harden) plays beer pong to get an embarrassing photo removed from "Instant-Gram."
Who knew deadpan Diane is a master of the party game? The vicious doctor is never funnier than when she's trying to bridge a generational gap, and in a season of brilliant one-liners, this raucous sudsy showdown was brimming with some of the best. Although Trophy Wife won't live to see a second season, Harden's performance as Diane was one of the year's best character creations. Whether slinging ping pong balls or zingers toward Kate (Malin Akerman), it's hard not to love the hollow shell of terror that is Dr. Buckley. —Marc Snetiker49. Sleepy Hollow (Fox) Ep. 13, "Bad Blood"SCENE: The epic nine-minute reveal at the end of the season 1 finale.
It could've felt like "just the biggest exposition dump in the history of TV," to quote executive producer Alex Kurtzman. But being a part of producers' plans from the start, the twist—increasingly affable Sin Eater Henry Parrish (John Noble) is actually the son of Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison) and Katrina (Katia Winter), and the Second Horseman of the Apocalypse—will go down as one of the TV season's biggest, most satisfying surprises. "We kept using as a touchstone The Usual Suspects," Kurtzman tells EW. "You're watching the movie having one experience, but by the end, you realize you've been set up so inevitably for the reveal that was in front of you the whole time." —Mandi BierlyMORE ON THE MOMENT:Kurtzman shares the network's colorful note.48. The Simpsons (Fox) Ep. 20, "Brick Like Me"SCENE: Homer realizes he's stuck in a Lego world because he's afraid of Lisa growing up—and outgrowing him.
Homer offers up some classic blunder-headed thinking (Marge: "Homey, ask yourself, Can you really live in a paradise if you know it's just pretend?" Condescending Homer: "Marge, who would give up eating steak in the Matrix to go slurp goo in Zion?"), and his juvenile joy is effectively illustrated through consequence-free Lego magic: He kicks off his head in joy and takes down Chief Wiggum's helicopter by throwing a parking meter at it, only to have the resulting mess tossed into a Tupperware container, to be rebuilt another day. Indestructible, like The Simpsons. —Dan SniersonMORE ON THE MOMENT:Behind the writers' favorite inside jokes.47. Archer (FX) Ep. 510, "Weight"SCENE: Lana is visited by Archer as she feeds and bonds with her new baby.
The season ends with the mother—or should we say daddy?—of all cliffhangers when Lana says, "Sterling Archer, I'd like you to meet your daughter, Abbiejean." — Lynette Rice46. Bates Motel (A&E) Ep. 10, "The Immutable Truth"SCENE: A shrieking Norma (Vera Farmiga) stops Norman (Freddie Highmore) from committing suicide.
The premise of the Psycho prequel has largely built to this intensely acted moment between mother and son, culminating in one incestuous mouth-to-mouth kiss that, weirdly enough, was a pay-off for fans eager to see the TV relationship of Norma and Norman creep toward its movie counterpart. "That was Freddie's idea," EP Kerry Ehrin reveals to EW. "I have to be honest that it scared me at first, but I think the way Vera kissed him was so brilliant that they got away with it." —SnetikerMORE ON THE MOMENT:Ehrin dissects the finale.45. The Blacklist (NBC)Ep. 9, "Anslo Garrick"SCENE: Red (James Spader) tells an injured Donald (Diego Klattenhoff) why it's not their time to die.
What began as another TV procedural has blossomed into this year's breakout hit, due entirely to the extraordinary talents of Spader as Red Reddington, a brainy baddo who's trying to redeem himself by helping the FBI catch villains with even worse criminal records. Spader never fails to dazzle with his effortless magnetism and keen ability to make Red infinitely relatable, like in this moment when, holed up in a bulletproof cell, he tells an injured Donald why he chooses life. "Have you ever sailed across an ocean, Donald? On a sailboat surrounded by sea with no land in sight. The stand at the helm of your destiny? I want that one more time … that's why I won't allow that punk out there to get the best of me, let alone the last of me." — Rice44. Looking (HBO)Ep. 5, "Looking for the Future"SCENE: Patrick (Jonathan Groff) and Richie (Raúl Castillo) muse about life on a date at the planetarium.
Richie opens up about his past in a tenderly written, understated scene that captures the flirtation of a modern gay couple and realistically discusses sex with a comic lightness that never feels derisive. It's a prime example of the show's strikingly contemporary—and honest—tone, and it's no surprise that this standout bottle episode was written by Andrew Haigh, the same scribe behind the equally authentic gay romance Weekend. —Snetiker43. Parenthood (NBC) Ep. 18, "The Offer"SCENE: Adam (Peter Krause) and Kristina (Monica Potter) pick up Max (Max Burkholder) after his field trip is cut short.
We've watched for years now how raising a child with Asperger's is both challenging and terribly upsetting for the Bravermans, but in this moment—when Max reveals his latest bout of bullying at the hands of classmates who don't understand his affliction—Potter and Krause demonstrate what makes Parenthood one of the most woefully underappreciated dramas on TV: The only thing more agonizing than Max's revelation about feeling like "a freak" and asking why the other kids hate him is the look on the faces of his parents, who sit helplessly in the front seat. —Rice42. Portlandia (IFC) Ep. 3, "Celery"SCENE: Steve Buscemi stars as a struggling celery salesman desperate to make the vegetable seem hip.
Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein's savvy the-way-we-live-now lampoon of the modern foodie's fickle tastes—complete with nods to everything from Glengarry Glen Ross to Grisham paperbacks—sucker-punched us so hard, we nearly spit out our kale salads in amazement.41. The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)Ep. 116, "June 19, 2013"SCENE: Stephen Colbert eulogizes his mother.
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WHY: A week after Stephen Colbert's mother passed away at the age of 92 the Comedy Central satirist put aside his blowhard character to pay heartfelt tribute to his beloved mom.
"She knew more than her share of tragedy, losing her brother, and her husband, and three of her sons," said the comedian. "But her love for her family and her faith in God somehow gave her the strength not only to go on but to love life without bitterness and to instill in all of us a gratitude for every day we have together. And I know it may sound greedy to want more days with a person who lived so long, but the fact that my mother was 92 does not diminish, it only magnifies the enormity of the room whose door has now quietly shut." —Clark Collis
50-4140-3130-2120-1110-140. Arrow (CW) Ep. 23, "Unthinkable"SCENE: Arrow and Deathstroke's final fight.
The long-awaited throwdown gave fans two fights—one past and one present—combined with a sinking ship to create an unforgettable (and highly physical) conclusion to their rivalry. Arrow did not fail his city, and the show's stunt team did not fail its fans. — Samantha HighfillMORE ON THE MOMENT:Stunt coordinator JJ Makaro takes us inside the battle.39. Doctor Who (BBC America)50th anniversary special "The Day of the Doctor"SCENE: The return of Tom Baker.
The show's last Fall marking the 50th anniversary of the British time travel show featured plenty of moments designed to have Who fans finding they had something in their eye. There was David Bradley's heart-breaking performance as "First Doctor" William Hartnell in the TV movie An Adventure in Space and Time; "Eighth Doctor" Paul McGann's role in the webisode "The Night of the Doctor;" and of course the return of both Billie Piper and David Tennant in the 50th anniversary special episode, "The Day of the Doctor." But it was a surprise cameo in the same episode by Tom Baker, the longest-serving TARDIS-dweller and the most beloved Doctor from the show's original run, that had Whovians of a certain age bawling like babies as they watched the sci-fi icon chat with Matt Smith. "He wanted to be part of this very special occasion," says Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat of Baker's appearance. "It's the only time he's consented to do something for Doctor Who since he left it, really." —Collis38. Parks and Recreation (NBC)Ep. 15, "The Wall"SCENE: Leslie (Amy Poehler) attempts to "tear down this wall" between Pawnee and Eagleton and exposes a hidden "beehole."
We don't like laughing at Leslie Knope, but when so many crucial elements coalesce at once—crackling writing, antic acting, and… bees? BEES!—we just have to side with camera-phone-wielding Councilman Jamm (John Glaser): "I'm gonna send this straight to Tosh!" — Ray Rahman37. Broadchurch (BBC America)Ep. 8SCENE: Beth (Jodie Whittaker) confronts Ellie (Olivia Colman) after learning who killed her son.
The pain of two mothers comes crashing to a tragic climax as Beth comes face-to-face with her friend—who is not just a detective on the case but, as it turns out, also the wife of the murderer—in a darkened field outside Beth's home. "How could you not know?" Beth cries, before walking away. And a devastated Ellie, who once asked the wife of a sex abuser the same question, is left to wonder why she has no answers. — RiceMORE ON THE MOMENT:Creator Chris Chibnall on the killer, key scenes, and keeping the secret.36. Hannibal (NBC)Ep. 12, "Tome-wan"SCENE: Hannibal Lecter's unruly patient Mason Verger feeds his own face to dogs and eats his nose.
Why, indeed? We've all done things while intoxicated that we regret, but this is a worst-case scenario blackout. Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen) drugs his obnoxious patient (a scenery and face-chewing Michael Pitt) and encourages him to make a meal of his own head—which he does, and cheerfully ("I'm full of myself!"). Leave it to showrunner Bryan Fuller to serve up what might be the most gory scene in broadcast TV history. "Pitt was so infectiously fun throughout his episodes, so incredibly game for whatever we threw his way and he's practically giddy in that sequence," Fuller says. And what were those slices of his "cheek," which the dogs so eagerly ate, made from? "It was tofu soaked in meat by-products," Fuller says. "It was as healthy as it was terrifying on screen." — James Hibberd35. The Returned (Sundance) Ep. 1, "Camille"SCENE: The truth is revealed about Camille (Yara Pilartz) and her sister.
When teenage Camille returns from the dead, her older sister Lena is even more freaked out than you might expect. Why? It's unclear, until a flashback reveals that Lena isn't really Camille's older sister. They're actually identical twins. Camille died during a class trip, when the school bus careened off the road. But Lena stayed home sick that day. Now, years later, Lena has aged while Camille remains frozen in time. As Lena watches Camille leave home for the last time, waving from the window, the scene sums up survivor's guilt perfectly. You can't tell the difference between them. It could've been Lena who died. — Melissa Maerz34. Kimmel (ABC)Ep. 14, February 6, 2014SCENE: Celebrities Read Mean Tweets #6.
It's tough to pick the best edition, but this one—which featured Tim Robbins calling out the bad speller that called him a "pretensious c—" and Bill Murray chuckling at the tweeter who said he was glad that Murray got shot in Zombieland—contained many, shall we say, favorites. —SniersonMORE ON THE MOMENT:Co-head writer Molly McNearney takes us through the cruel-ing process of creating these segments.33. Fallon (NBC)Ep. 46, "April 28, 2014"SCENE: Jimmy's lip-sync battle with Emma Stone.
Click photo to view clip[/caption]WHY: The new prince of late night is a master at putting his guests at ease before asking them to participate in segments that bring out their truest selves. To wit: We knew Emma Stone was a talented charmer but her uncanny lip-sync renditions of Blues Traveler's "Hook" and DJ Khaled's "All I Do Is Win" left not just us but also Fallon himself (who was hardly a slouch with his renditions of Iggy Azalea's "Fancy" and Styx's "Mister Roboto") completely stunned. "That's the best one that's ever been done!" Fallon exclaimed. We agree. —Rice 32. Grey's Anatomy (ABC)Ep. 22, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"SCENE: Burke (Isaiah Washington) offers Cristina (Sandra Oh) his job.
Cristina Yang is not to be trifled with. So, seven years after being left at the altar, hearing her former fiance admit he can't work with her for his marriage's sake and is passing along his dream job is the ultimate validation for the usually stoic Dr. Yang. And getting one final moment of crackling chemistry between the two actors was the ultimate parting gift for fans. — HighfillMORE ON THE MOMENT:Read the script for the confrontation.31. Community (NBC)Ep. 4, "Cooperative Polygraphy"SCENE: Pierce (Chevy Chase) says goodbye to every character through the executor of his will, Mr. Stone (guest star Walton Goggins).
In an episode that showcased what this meta comedy can do just by sticking all of its characters in a room, this scene proves a crafty and surprisingly touching way to handle a farewell for a cantankerous, disagreeable character who has already departed our world: Pierce bequeaths gifts that range from thoughtful to lavish—an iPod Nano, a tiara, a spacious timeshare in Florida, a bottle of fine scotch, $14.3 million in shares of Hawthorne Wipes—but none was as, well, life-affirming as the canisters of frozen sperm that he gave to each of his former study group frenemies. Touching, thoughtful, and, yes, perfectly crass. — Snierson
50-4140-3130-2120-1110-130. Broad City (Comedy Central)Ep. 10, "The Last Supper"SCENE: Abbi and Ilana's fancy birthday dinner ends with a shellfish disaster.
Very few shows are able to capture what a best friend really is: the person who, even though it's her birthday, physically carries your allergy-ravaged body out of an upscale restaurant to a cozy hospital bed. Or, for that matter, the person who eats shellfish at your birthday dinner to make the occasion more special, even though you know it could very well kill you. "We hired a stunt double just in case, because I didn't know if I'd be able to carry Ilana," says Abbi Jacobson. "And guess what? Didn't need the stunt double! It's one of my proudest parts of the show!" — Rahman29.Orphan Black (BBC America)Ep. 3, "Mingling Its Own Nature With It"SCENE: Cosima watches her clone Jennifer waste away in a video journal.
Jennifer Fitzsimmons' death may have stretched over months, but actress Tatiana Maslany was able to draw a full portrait of her in less than two minutes with a briskly stitched tapestry of confessional recordings. — Lanford BeardMORE ON THE MOMENT:Co-creator Graeme Manson reveals how they created the new clone.28. Girls (HBO)Ep. 7, "Beach House"SCENE: The big fight.
College friendships don't last forever, and this brawl between Hannah (Lena Dunham), Marnie (Allison Williams), Jessa (Jemima Kirke), and Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) underscores the reason why: storing up years of resentment, only to let it all out in one night, can only lead to cruelty—and total hilarity. (Shoshanna gets one of the best lines: "Seriously, that duck tasted like a used condom and I want to forget about it.") Watching Shoshanna finally stand up for herself is great fun, but the whole scene is also a near-universal fantasy: haven't we all wanted to tell our friends what we really think about them? As Shoshanna says, "Being honest is fun." — Maerz27. Justified (FX)Ep. 10, "Weight"SCENE: Danny Crowe (AJ Buckley) tests the 21-Foot Rule on Raylan (Timothy Olyphant).
, we were going to see if a knife-wielding nut job really wins a duel with a gunslinger if he charges him from a distance of 21 feet or less. But in a twist as abrupt as Indiana Jones pulling out a pistol, Danny took a few steps, fell headfirst into the grave dug for his beloved dog Chelsea, and stabbed himself through the chin. Exec producer Graham Yost will always remember the moment he and Olyphant, who'd pitched the death at the start of the season, first saw director John Dahl's storyboards. "There was a giddiness," Yost told EW. "The way Dahl shot it with those feet sticking up, you know, that's Elmore [Leonard]—it's funny and it's horrifying." And quintessentially Justified. —BierlyMORE ON THE MOMENT:View Dahl's storyboards.26. The Americans (FX)Ep. 9, "Martial Eagle"SCENE: Philip (Matthew Rhys) rages at his daughter after she donates her savings to charity.
Only Rhys could make you sympathize with the Russians over the Americans they're bent on destroying. He delivers a furious, must-watch performance as an underground spy who attacks his daughter, Paige (Holly Taylor), for giving money to that opiate of the people: the church. The subtext is rich—he has killed innocents for a cause she can't possibly understand—and the dialogue is sharp. Rhys delivers what might be the best claim to martyrdom ever delivered by somebody's parents: "You respect Jesus but not us?" —Maerz25. Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central)Ep. 2, "I'm So Bad"SCENE: Amy's video-gaming experience takes a disturbing turn.
Writing about rape might be the hardest thing in comedy. If you're too funny, you're making light of sexual violence. If you're too serious, you can't take a joke. It's a good thing that Schumer braved it anyway. In this sketch, she's playing a Call of Duty-style game when her female soldier avatar gets raped, unlocking Level 24, which is "just a lot of paperwork." Her boyfriend doesn't believe it really happened, claiming that she must have "done something wrong" in playing the game. Later, she's informed that her attacker was found guilty, but his commanding officer exercised his right to put the rapist back on duty. Schumer says the writers were inspired by The Invisible War, a doc about sexual assault in the military. "I loved the idea of using a Call of Duty-type game to highlight that," Schumer tells EW. "Those games are dark anyway but how about we show something that really happens." Funny? Unfunny? Like all important comedy, it's both. —Maerz24. The Killing (AMC)Ep. 10, "Six Minutes"SCENE: Ray (Peter Sarsgaard) walks toward his execution.
If you make it through this once, you'll never watch it again. Prison guards are dragging death-row inmate Ray Seward toward his execution when he glimpses his son through the window. There's no dialogue. Just looking at Sarsgaard's face, you can pinpoint the exact moment when Ray's fear of death turns into a much worse fear: his son will keep living a terrible life without him. It's unbearable to watch, and even worse to listen to, with Sarsgaard quietly whimpering. "The words didn't matter," Sarsgaard explained to EW. "I was saying, 'I'm still me up here. They haven't taken my humanity.'" — MaerzMORE ON THE MOMENT:Sarsgaard breaks down his character's end.23. Sons of Anarchy (FX)Ep. 13, "A Mother's Work"SCENE: When a chillingly impenetrable Jax (Charlie Hunnam) confronts his ratting wife Tara (Maggie Siff) in the park, she's convinced he's decided to kill her and asks him not to hurt her in front of their young boys.
It's all on Siff's tear-soaked face as she grounds Sons' operatic dialogue: the fear, the conviction, and the honesty of a woman finally admitting aloud that she believes her husband has turned into a monster. "The way I thought about it, it wasn't about being cruel to Jax or impressing something upon him—it was just the truth," Siff tells EW. "And this is the last chance she thinks she has to tell him the truth." Jax ultimately telling Tara he wanted her to save their boys made the episode's end all the more tragic: "It's Romeo and Juliet meets Hamlet, like [Sutter] intended," she says. —BierlyMORE ON THE MOMENT:Siff explains how her costars added to the terror.22. Silicon Valley (HBO)Ep. 3, "Articles of Incorporation"SCENE: Tech billionaire Peter Gregory (Christopher Evan Welch) ignores pleas for emergency funds from start-up execs while studying every item on the Burger King menu … and then explains how cicada cycles will affect sesame seed futures and get them the money they need.
It's a quirky, uneasy scene that ends in comic relief as Gregory schools everyone with his Jedi-like logic. It's also one of the last that Welch would shoot; he died of lung cancer in December. — SniersonMORE ON THE MOMENT:Co-creator Mike Judge remembers Welch.21. Key and Peele (Comedy Central)Ep. 8, "High on Potenuse"SCENE: Othello 'Tis My Shite.
In this Shakespearean send-up, Elizabethan buddies Lashawnio (Keegan-Michael Key) and Martinzion (Jordan Peele) find themselves verily in love with Othello at the intermission of the show—but when we catch up with them afterward, their disposition has changed dramatically. The duo's effortlessly portable wit is on full display when they plop their "Liam Neesons"-loving fanboy personas into Shakespearean Times, whereupon the guys quickly get their doublets in a twist over "triflin'-ass Iago"—all of which confirms our suspicion that Jordan and Keegan are the modern bards of sketch-comedy. —Rahman
50-4140-3130-2120-1110-120. The Walking Dead (AMC)Ep. 14, "The Grove"SCENE: Carol (Melissa McBride) kills Lizzie (Brighton Sharbino).
From the very first episode of TWD, it's been clear that even the very young are not safe in the apocalypse. But the decision by Carol to shoot her "adopted" daughter Lizzie after the girl murdered her sister was still one of the drama's most shocking moments so far. "There is no way to say it's right or wrong," says McBride of her character's choice. "But what she did had to be done in her mind. Lizzie just wouldn't do well in this world, and it would make it so difficult to survive with her for long. I think she just did what needed to be done." — CollisMORE ON THE MOMENT:McBride discusses the "devastating" turn.19. The Big Bang Theory (CBS)Ep. 15, "The Locomotive Manipulation"SCENE: Sheldon (Jim Parsons) surprises Amy (Mayim Bialik) with a kiss in the middle of a heated argument.
Perturbed about the expectations of Valentine's Day, Sheldon launches into a mini-tirade about having to force romance, but a throwaway kiss to Amy turns into a precious, long-awaited make-out session. It also serves as a key reminder why Sheldon's alter-ego, Jim Parsons, deserves to remain showered with Emmys. — Rice18. Fargo (FX)Ep 1, "The Crocodile's Dilemma"SCENE: Murderous hit man Lorne Malvo (Billy Bob Thornton) talks novice cop Gus Grimly (Colin Hanks) into letting him go.
Because Malvo said this: "Some roads you shouldn't go down because maps used to say 'there'd be dragons here.' Now they don't. But that don't mean the dragons aren't there." – Hibberd17. Mad Men (AMC)Ep. 6, "The Strategy"SCENE: Don and Peggy stay late at the office and slow-dance to "My Way."
In a tantalizing echo of the classic Don-Peggy after-hours tussle in season 4's "The Suitcase," Matthew Weiner blesses us with a scene where our vulnerable, booze-loosened heroes take each other by the hand—literally and figuratively—for an emotional, elegantly plotted dance that beautifully demonstrates how, for better or for worse, their souls are inextricably linked. — Maerz16. The Mindy Project (Fox)Ep. 8, "You've Got Sext"SCENE: Morgan (Ike Barinholtz) and Peter (Adam Pally) hijack Mindy's (Mindy Kaling) phone for sexting.
Kaling's send-up of rom-coms reached a new level of hilarity thanks to Barinholtz and Pally's performances as the goobers who think they've got a handle on sexting. We love the scene (well, scenes) for the sheer ridiculousness of the sexts in question, and for addressing the sad truth that we've essentially all been there and done that. Chalk this episode up to another victory for TV's best modern romantic comedy. — Snetiker15. Scandal (ABC)Ep. 15, "Mama Said Knock You Out"SCENE: Fitz (Tony Goldwyn) and Mellie (Bellamy Young) duke it out over who's to blame for their broken marriage.
Everything came out when the long-simmering confrontation between POTUS and FLOTUS exploded, but what wasn't said—Mellie's rape at the hand of Fitz's father—made the argument even more powerful. It was the conversation we've been waiting for all season long, but we couldn't anticipate how emotional it would actually be, especially with both actors giving their season best performances. We can't decide which was better: Goldwyn's terrifying outburst, or Young's agonizing restraint. —Snetiker14. SNL (NBC)Ep.10, "Dec. 23, 2013"SCENE: The ladies (and host Jimmy Fallon) drop the beat about having sex in your childhood bedroom on "(Do It On My) Twin Bed."
Click photo to view clip[/caption]WHY:SNL's digital shorts have always been more "bro" than "broad," so the first music video to feature all the female cast members was a welcome treat—not to mention one of the season's flat-out funniest bits. "They've done a lot of really awesome music videos, but never one with all of the girls," says SNL player Aidy Bryant of the short, which was brainstormed on Tuesday, put to music on Wednesday, shot on Friday, and edited on Saturday. "We had a Britney or Pussycat Dolls vibe in mind, and that's an insane look … to see comedians go full sex on the least sexy thing ever." We'll never look at our seventh grade yearbook photos the same way again. —SnetikerMORE ON THE MOMENT: Bryant takes credit for the lyric, "just shirt, no pants, like Winnie the Pooh."13. AHS Coven (FX)Ep. 2, "Boy Parts"SCENE: Supreme witch Fiona Goode (Jessica Lange) and voodoo priestess Marie Laveau (Angela Bassett) meet.
If there's one thing Ryan Murphy's anthology series does better than any other show on TV, it's providing brilliant material for gold-plated actresses of a certain age. As Fiona and Marie size each other up at Laveau's salon Cornrow City, the undercurrent of danger pulsing between these centuries-old rivals is trumped only by the thrill of watching Lange and Bassett engage in a thespian throwdown. — Kristen BaldwinMORE ON THE MOMENT:Murphy admits he "cackled with glee" the first time he saw it.12. Homeland (Showtime)Ep. 12, "The Star"SCENE: Carrie inks a star on the CIA's Memorial Wall to commemorate Brody's covert sacrifice.
Brief and dialogue-free, Carrie's quiet goodbye is still the most emotionally devastating scene in the series, aided by composer Sean Callery's unconventionally wistful score. — HibberdMORE ON THE MOMENT:Showrunner Alex Gansa explains Brody's fate.11. House of Cards (Netflix)Ep. 4, "Chapter 17"SCENE: Claire (Robin Wright) publicly admits that she got an abortion.
What starts as an act of bravery—the Vice President's wife admits on national television that she got an abortion—turns into a master class on media manipulation. Claire only admits to one of the three abortions she's had, and it's the result of a rape. The implication is chilling: the American public would forgive an abortion that followed a rape, but they'd never forgive a woman for simply choosing not to have children. The scene stirred up passionate debates about strong female characters, and whether writers really need to make them suffer in order to make them "likeable." (See also: Cersei on Game of Thrones.) But Claire's confession made sense within the power-mad world of House of Cards, where nothing is too personal to use for political means. —Maerz
50-4140-3130-2120-1110-110. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)Ep. 43, "Jan 8, 2014"SCENE: Jon Stewart takes New Jersey Governor to task.
From The Sopranos to Boardwalk Empire, Hollywood has a habit of glamming up New Jersey corruption. But leave it to Stewart—himself a former Garden State resident—to take something as pedestrian as Chris Christie's Bridgegate scandal and thoroughly undress it in a sly, righteous, mad-as-hell speech that said everything short of "Argo fuck yourself." — Rahman9. Veep (HBO)Ep. 4, "Clovis"SCENE: Clovis CEO Craig (Tim Baltz) puts a smart watch—a.k.a. a Smarch—on VP Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and attempts to share info with his own.
has truly mastered theater of the awkward, and it was a special breed of wicked fun to see a pretentiously casual, enlightened, and coddled tech billionaire CEO like Craig (no, it's Craig) try to show off the features of his next-level, sure-to-change-the-way-we-interface-with-technology-and-each-other watch, only to have the whole thing descend into some fruitless hand-shaking that resembled everything from tree-sawing and cow-milking from Selina's perspective. Yes, this revolutionary device can take you anywhere you want to go on the web… if where you want to go is a list of Sea World's opening times. "We have a saying here at Clovis: Dare to fail," spins Melissa (Mary Grill), the Clovis CFO. "Well, then that's a job well done," quips Meyer, to which we say: Job very well done, Veep. —Snierson8. Masters of Sex (Showtime)Ep. 6, "Brave New World"SCENE: Margaret (Allison Janney) is interviewed to join the Masters and Johnson sex study.
The most surprising thing to come out of Showtime's first season of Masters of Sex was Allison Janney, who recurred as Margaret Scully, the deeply troubled wife of a closeted college provost (Beau Bridges). In a Masters season best moment, Margaret attempts to join Masters and Johnson's hospital sex study, but after her pre-screening interview, her denial from the study is only half as painful as the reason why: her heartbreaking realization that she's never had an orgasm. It's a powerful moment for Janney, and launches one of the show's most devastating and emotionally impactful storylines. —Snetiker7. Louie (FX)Ep. 4, "So Did The Fat Lady"SCENE: Vanessa (Sarah Baker) sets Louie (Louis CK) straight on plus-sized women.
For anyone who ever felt too heavy to be loved, this was a hallelujah moment, the kind that makes you shout "YES!" at your TV screen. There's so much truth to the writing, whether Vanessa is scolding Louie for denying that she's fat—as if "fat" was the worst thing he could call her—or insisting that hot guys flirt with her, but average-looking guys don't, because they're afraid they should date her. But credit really goes to Baker for making Vanessa pity-proof. "Some people might feel bad for [my character]," the actress told EW. "But some people might be like, 'Oh, she's a cool chick. He's the one who's got the issue.'" — Maerz MORE ON THE MOMENT: Baker explains how she got the role.6. Orange Is the New Black (Netflix)Ep. 11, "Tall Men with Feelings"SCENE: Crazy Eyes' lament.
Famous for peeing on the prison floor and singing the "chocolate and vanilla swirl" song, Crazy Eyes (Uzo Aduba) was always the comic relief on Orange—until she asked Piper (Taylor Schilling) why people always make fun of her. Suddenly, with a heartbreaking confession—"When I get mad, I go to the loony jail"—and a sad, wide-eyed stare, Aduba made us wonder why we ever laughed at all. —MaerzMORE ON THE MOMENT:Aduba talks bringing Crazy Eyes to life.5. Sherlock (PBS)Ep. 2, "The Sign of Three"SCENE: Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) delivers his best man speech for Watson (Martin Freeman).
It's not just that, when Sherlock raises his glass, he makes the wedding guests laugh ("big, squishy cuddles!") and blink back big, squishy tears ("I never expected to be anybody's best friend.") It's not just that he solves one mind-bending mystery in the process, and recounts a few others, including one that involves a poison-dart-blowing dwarf. It's that he delivers a genuinely poignant tribute to one of the all-time great loves—not the one between the bride and groom, but the one between Sherlock and Watson, a friendship so intimate, its kind is rarely seen between men on TV. All of this, plus Sherlock somehow manages to use the words "doom of… our entire species" without ruining the wedding. Best men everywhere, take notes. — Maerz4. True Detective (HBO)Ep. 5, "Secret Fate of All Life"SCENE: Rust Cohle (Matthew McConnaughey) tells interrogators "time is a flat circle," and that every action—including brutal murders—inevitably repeats.
The most perfect (and most quoted) example of the show's mad scientist mash-up of character, philosophy, and crime, hauntingly delivered by a world-crushed Matthew McConaughey. — HibberdMORE ON THE MOMENT:Creator Nic Pizzolatto lists his inspirations for the speech.3. The Good Wife (CBS)Ep. 5, "Hitting the Fan"SCENE: Upon learning that Alicia (Juliana Margulies) is leaving to start her own firm, Will (Josh Charles) walks into her office without warning, and sweeps everything off of her desk.
Many fans have clung to the notion that Will and Alicia belonged with each other, but her act of betrayal (which was more about self-preservation than good business) was the final blow to their already tenuous love affair. Alicia's decision to make a clean break set into motion the most satisfying—though arguably most depressing, no thanks to Will's unexpected shooting death—season yet of this Emmy-starved drama. — RiceMORE ON THE MOMENT:Creators Robert and Michelle King talk tension.2. Game of Thrones (HBO)Ep. 6, "The Laws of Gods and Men"SCENE: Tyrion's raging outburst while on trial for his life.
Having long endured callous abuse, unjustified mistrust, murderous plots, and cruel manipulations—and that's just from his own family—Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) finally tells the King's Landing court just what he thinks of them when his ex love Shae (Sibel Kekilli) is called to cruelly testify against him. "Please don't," he begs her in a weary last-ditch attempt to prevent his heart from being broken, before launching into a rising epic tirade that's equal parts thrilling and self-destructive. "Every scene with Tyrion, every interaction, was all leading up to this moment," says writer Bryan Cogman. "I keep coming back to how piercing his gaze is throughout that speech—he's just stabbing daggers into every person he's talking to." — Hibberd MORE ON THE MOMENT:Read the script.1. Breaking Bad (AMC)Ep. 14, "Ozymandias"SCENE: Walt (Bryan Cranston) tries to get the family to run.
You could argue that the whole series was building to this moment. Since the first episode, Walt has argued that he got into selling meth to protect his family. Hank has to die before everyone finally realizes the truth: the family needs to protect itself from Walt. It's hard to pick the most devastating shot. Walt Jr. (RJ Mitte) throwing a scrawny arm in front of his mom (Anna Gunn) to save her from his dad? Skyler, framed between a telephone and a set of knives, forced to choose whether to call the cops on her husband, or kill him herself? Baby Holly screaming as Walt kidnaps her, while Skyler drops to her knees, screaming in the middle of the street? Maybe the worst thing is that this gruesome scene is only happening because Skyler believes Walt killed Hank. After all the truly monstrous, evil things he's lied about, the one thing she's willing to kill him for is the one thing he didn't do. —MaerzMORE ON THE MOMENT:Co-executive producer Moira Walley-Beckett, who penned the episode, talks that scene and more.You've watched, now vote in our poll! Pick your top FIVE favorite scenes from the past year:


Friends and family of Tech. Sgt. Dashan Briggs gathered together Sunday for a family-friendly fundraiser in his memory.
The first annual "TSgt. Dashan J. Briggs Family Fun Day and BBQ Contest" was held at Stotzky Park in Riverhead. The event brought together all the things Sgt. Briggs loved most: family, friends and barbecuing.
The fundraiser celebrated his life, cut short at the age of 30 when a helicopter crashed in March while he was serving with the 106th Rescue Wing in Iraq.
He left behind his wife, Rebecca, and their children Jayden, 3, and Ava, 2. Proceeds raised by the event will benefit the young family.


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Rare, disseminated Kaposi sarcoma in advanced HIV with high-burden pulmonary and skeletal involvement
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7814-1167Stephen P Connolly1,2,
Jonathan McGrath1,
Jane Sui3 and
Eavan G Muldoon1,2
1Department of Infectious Diseases, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
2School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
3Department of Medical Oncology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Correspondence to Dr Stephen P Connolly; sconnolly91{at}gmail.com
We describe the case of a 30-year-old man who presented to our institution with hypoxia and widespread pulmonary infiltrates managed initially as COVID-19 before receiving a new diagnosis of HIV-associated Kaposi sarcoma (KS) with widespread pulmonary and skeletal involvement. Initial differential diagnoses included Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia, disseminated mycobacterial infection and bacillary angiomatosis. A bone marrow biopsy showed heavy infiltration by spindle cells, staining strongly positive for human herpes virus-8 (HHV-8) and CD34, suggesting symptomatic, disseminated KS as the unifying diagnosis. The patient commenced cytotoxic therapy with weekly paclitaxel, with a clinical and radiological response. To our knowledge, this case is among the most severe described in the literature, which we discuss, along with how COVID-19 initially hindered developing a therapeutic allegiance with the patient.
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Although caseloads remained high in the initial waves of COVID-19 and acute medical services overwhelmed, it has been recognised that the diagnosis of other serious infections may be delayed.1
We describe a severe and rare manifestation of Kaposi sarcoma (KS), the diagnosis of which was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic due to the initial assumption of a diagnosis of severe SARS-CoV-2 infection. KS is a human herpes virus-8 (HHV-8)-associated neoplasm which manifests in immunocompromised individuals and is most commonly confined to skin, but may uncommonly disseminate to involve extracutaneous sites such as the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and lungs.2 It is classically suggested that a pattern of diffuse skeletal involvement should direct the physician away from KS in favour of bacillary angiomatosis, a multisystem, opportunistic bacterial infection also seen in advanced HIV caused by Bartonella quintana.3 It is for this reason that biopsy of such lesions is highly recommended, which is illustrated by this case.
A 30-year-old heterosexual man presented to the emergency department in May 2020, during a period of high COVID-19 incidence and intensive societal restrictions. He described a 4-day history of dry cough and exertional dyspnoea, denying sore throat, anosmia, fever or chest pain. He denied any medical history, and was taking no regular prescribed medication. On presentation, the patient was hypoxic on room air, SpO2 92%. He was afebrile and normotensive; however, tachycardic at 117 beats/min, with a regular pulse. His examination was strikingly abnormal, with evidence of severe lower limb and scrotal oedema; a disseminated pigmented rash on his torso; extensive, non-tender cervical lymphadenopathy and marked cachexia (45 kg). He disclosed a large degree of unquantified weight loss over the preceding year.
Initial radiographic examination yielded a markedly abnormal chest radiograph, with extensive airspace opacification involving the upper-mid and lower zones bilaterally, with more marked involvement of the middle zone and left base.
Initial blood testing was notable for a low albumin level of 29 g/L, a C reactive protein level of 73 mg/L, a slightly raised ferritin of 395 μg/L and a grossly elevated D-dimer of 4.79 mg/L. Transthoracic echocardiography indicated a reduced left ventricular ejection fraction of 20%–25%.
The patient was placed in isolation and underwent two negative nasopharyngeal swabs for SARS-CoV-2 via real-time PCR (RT-PCR) before undergoing CT scanning of his thorax to better delineate his airspace disease. Rather than indicating the peripheral, ground-glass attenuation expected of COVID-19, the patient's imaging demonstrated nodular interlobular and peribronchial interstitial thickening, with diffuse thickening of the major fissures, without cavitation. Additionally, innumerable, multifocal lytic bone lesions were seen on further scanning centred predominantly in the pelvis and cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine (figure 1).
Images obtained from initial CT of patient's thorax, abdomen and pelvis on admission, indicating pulmonary parenchymal disease in (A) transverse section, and disseminated osseous disease involving the axial skeleton in sagittal section. Subsequently staining strongly positive for (B) HHV-8 and (C) CD34.
CT-guided biopsy of a bony lesion on his iliac crest was performed, demonstrating bone infiltrated by spindle cell proliferation, strongly positive for CD34 and HHV-8 on immunohistochemistry (figure 2). This confirmed a diagnosis of widely disseminated HIV-associated KS.
Images obtained from the stained histology slides of bone biopsy taken from the patient, indicating spindle cell proliferation and lymphoid aggregates infiltrating the bone on hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining (A), subsequently staining strongly positive for (B) HHV-8 and (C) CD34.
HIV serology was positive, and total CD4 +T-helper lymphocyte count was 116 cells/μL (9%). Initial viral load measured 87 272 copies/mL. Through giving a guarded social history, the mode of acquisition of the virus remained unclear, and was presumed to be via heterosexual acquisition, having denied intravenous drug use or sex with other men.
The initial suspicion was that this represented COVID-19 given the high contemporaneous caseloads and abnormal chest radiograph. Following serial negative PCR tests, HIV antibody testing and CT imaging, a wide alternative differential diagnosis existed at this point.
Given the patient's significant immunocompromise, opportunistic infections such Pneumocystis jirovecii, cytomegalovirus and tuberculous or non-tuberculosis mycobacteria were all considered. Investigations in effort to help exclude co-existent opportunistic infections and mitigate risk of subsequent immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome on initiation of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) were then performed, including serum β-D-glucan and serum cryptococcal antigen, which were negative. The osseous lesions also raised concern for bacillary angiomatosis. In light of the pattern of parenchymal involvement, a malignant process with dissemination to lung and bone was also thought possible, such as lymphoma, bronchogenic neoplasm or KS. Langerhans's cell histiocytosis and disseminated tuberculosis also potentially explained the bone and lung findings.
At this point, the patient was understandably distressed and anxious as the details of his diagnoses were being gradually related to himself and his partner. His severe orthopnoea limited him from lying flat, and he was at that point undergoing an intensive regimen of sequentially added broad-spectrum anti-infective agents, including intravenous trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, meropenem, ganciclovir and a cART regimen of bictegravir, tenofovir alafenamide and emtricitabine to accommodate a wide array of differential diagnoses, including opportunistic infections such as P. jirovecii and cytomegalovirus.
Following an evaluation by a medical oncologist and a series of careful discussions about the likely outcomes and risks of treatment, our patient consented to undergo a treatment course of cytotoxic chemotherapy for his symptomatic visceral KS. Cardiac MRI performed 4 weeks into the admission following initiation of cART showed normalisation of left ventricular function, indicating either interobserver variability in the initial study or a reversible cardiomyopathy induced by either direct myocardial viral invasion or malnutrition. Nonetheless, in light of a perceived risk of future myocardial dysfunction given the initial echocardiography, single-agent, weekly paclitaxel was selected for his chemotherapeutic regimen, rather than conventional (or indeed liposomal) doxorubicin. The patient underwent the first several weeks of his chemotherapy as an inpatient, awaiting a clinical response, with close involvement of the dietetic and physiotherapy services.
Through a combination of his COVID-19 isolation and subsequent de-isolation, necessitating transfer of wards and intensive rotation of staff members on the infectious diseases team through isolation and on-call commitments, we had yet to establish an effective therapeutic alliance with the patient and he was particularly distrustful of the medical staff. This was gradually achieved through input of our medical social worker and counselling services.
The patient underwent a clinical response to cART and cytotoxic chemotherapy over the course of his 3-month admission, with an improvement in his peripheral oedema, weight and oxygenation. He was discharged home on room air with close follow-up in the infectious diseases clinic. At the patient's most recent review, his viral load had been consistently suppressed since June 2021, his CD4 +count had improved to 221 cells/µL (15%) and he had returned to a healthy weight. Having expressed a wish to discontinue chemotherapy and following a joint discussion with patient and medical oncology, the patient is now under active surveillance by the medical oncology team. His most recent scan at the time of writing indicated a substantial radiological response to his treatment, with a vast reduction in the extent of the nodular interlobular septal thickening throughout both lungs (figure 3). The skeletal lesions remained stable in number and had indicated increased sclerosis implying therapeutic response. The therapeutic relationship with the patient had improved, with the consistency and regularity of care that falling numbers of COVID-19 cases afforded.
Comparative CT scans of our patient's lung fields at (A) point of diagnosis and (B) 11 months later following chemotherapy and immune reconstitution.
KS is a multifocal, angioproliferative neoplastic disease of likely lymphatic origin, associated with HHV-8 and characterised on histology by neoangiogenesis, spindle-shaped cells and a chronic inflammatory infiltrate.2 4
Although KS had been described extensively in the literature in the context of the incidence of variants in older men of central European or Mediterranean ancestry (classic KS), in neoplastic disease in sub-Saharan Africa (endemic KS) and in the context of solid-organ transplantation (post-transplant KS), the disease has gained more recognition for—and appears destined to be associated with— advanced HIV infection (epidemic KS).4 Where HIV infection is readily diagnosed and cART widely available, incidence of KS has become relatively rare. The disease presents most typically as multifocal, pigmented skin lesions; variably affecting lymphatic tissue, the oral cavity and viscera—most commonly the GI tract (manifest as malabsorption of occult blood loss) and lung parenchyma (resulting chiefly in dyspnoea, cough, haemoptysis and chest pain). Presentations with ascites and pleural effusion are also seen.2 As ever, accounts of KS lesions in visceral sites as obscure as the eye and thyroid gland exist.5 It is contested that much 'disseminated' disease is in fact explainable by distinct clones emerging in parallel through common risk factors of immunosuppression and active HHV-8 replication rather than distal metastases.6 Prognosis depends heavily on the extent of the disease. Three-year survival has been reported as ranging from 88% in localised disease, to 53% in the case of symptomatic visceral disease, where cytotoxic chemotherapy is traditionally indicated.7 Asymptomatic and cosmetically acceptable disease may be treated with immune reconstitution through initiating cART alone. The exact benefit conferred by cytotoxic chemotherapy (adjunctively with cART) is unclear, with response rates of 46% (95% CI 37% to 54%) in one randomised phase III clinical trial.8 In those such as our patient (for whom the comparatively cardiotoxic anthracyclines were relatively contraindicated), taxanes such as paclitaxel are preferred,although this risk is partly mitigated by use of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin.9 10 No clear positive impact of adjunctive cytotoxic chemotherapy on survival rates has been demonstrated.11 Localised osseous pain sometimes necessitates use of external-beam radiotherapy, to which KS lesions are exquisitely sensitive.12
Skeletal involvement is relatively rare in KS, constitutes a worse prognosis, and is more typically seen in the setting of locally aggressive head-and-neck lesions that erode through tissue planes into underlying bony structures, as initially described by Kaposi13 himself. Lesions are characteristically osteolytic, with destruction of the cortex and less commonly, destruction of the entire bone being seen. HIV-associated cases show a greater predilection for the axial skeleton than classic or endemic variants.14 As stated before, skeletal lytic lesions are thought to favour a diagnosis of bacillary angiomatosis over KS.3
KS skeletal lesions are poorly appreciable on plain film imaging, with CT and MRI showing superior sensitivity.15 An in-depth 2006 review of the published KS cases involving the musculoskeletal system by Caponetti et al14 yielded 66 case reports, with 28 attributable to HIV-associated KS. Of these, only 12 appear to affect more than one site, and 5 have concomitant lung involvement. Median CD4 +count in those with reported counts was 66 cells/µL (range 0–138 cells/µL). Subsequent to this publication date, a further three cases of widespread multifocal skeletal HIV-associated KS were found,16–18 only one of which displaying lung parenchymal involvement.16
Kaposi sarcoma is an increasingly uncommon manifestation of advanced HIV in developed countries, and uncommonly presents with diffuse skeletal involvement.
Bone biopsy is warranted in these cases to confirm diagnosis.
Early multidisciplinary involvement with experienced medical oncologists is integral to achieving favourable outcomes in visceral, symptomatic Kaposi sarcoma.
Many measures necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic have adversely affected therapeutic relationships with our more vulnerable patients, with detrimental outcome. As caseloads reduce once more, care should be taken to re-establish and facilitate these relationships with patients.
Consent obtained directly from patient(s)
We thank the members of our multidisciplinary team who assisted us in managing a complex and instructive case.
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Contributors Each of the contributing authors were involved in the clinical care of the above patient and authorship of the manuscript. SPC and JMcG were clinical registrars involved in the diagnosis, work-up and treatment of the patient. SPC drafted the manuscript and obtained the images and informed written consent. JMcG contributed to the writing of the manuscript, including the discussion section. JS is the principal medical oncologist in charge of the patient's care and assisted with the case write up and discussion. EGM is the infectious diseases consultant in charge of the patient's care and reviewed the manuscript, making suggestions. Each had an opportunity to review the completed manuscript prior to submission.
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Could a ketogenic diet for cancer prove beneficial? In this n=1 case study, a British man rejected the standard of care to treat his terminal brain cancer. After adopting a ketogenic diet in 2014, his typically fatal glioblastoma tumor grew at a very slow rate. As the study notes, successful treatment of glioblastoma (GBM) is futile despite decades of intense research. It is known that GBM is similar to most other malignant cancers in that is needs glucose and glutamine for growth, regardless of histological or genetic heterogeneity. A ketogenic metabolic therapy (KMT) is a nutritional intervention for cancer management that this 32-year-old man employed after he experienced seizures and a right frontal lobe tumor on MRI.
A number of high-profile cases have illustrated the deadly progression of GBM. The late U.S. Sen. John McCain was diagnosed at age 80 with glioblastoma in July 2017, and died in August 2018. U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy lived for a year after his diagnosis with GBM, dying at age 77. However, the researchers say the actions by this individual reflect the benefits of using the body's own metabolism to fight this particularly aggressive cancer instead of chemo and radiation therapy. Published recently in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition, the report evaluated the use of ketogenic diet for cancer or ketogenic metabolic therapy (KMT) without chemo or radiation interventions, on a patient diagnosed with IDH1-mutant glioblastoma (GBM). Ketogenic therapy is a non-toxic nutritional approach, viewed as complementary or alternative, that uses a low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet to manage a range of cancers, including glioblastoma. The ketogenic diet for cancer has been studied closely by naturopathic physician, Nasha Winters, ND and outlined in her book, The Metabolic Approach to Cancer. "The ketogenic diet is emerging as a stand-alone treatment far superior to what Western medicine has to offer for many cancers, including brain cancer, and is also beneficial for the treatment of neurological conditions such as epilepsy and Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease."
In this particular case, the patient's tumor contained a mutation, known as the IDH1. This mutation is acquired by chance and is known to improve overall survival. So the findings are particularly relevant to other patients whose tumors contain this mutation, according to Boston College Professor of Biology Thomas Seyfried, a co-author of the report and a leading researcher who has long advocated the benefits of KMT to treat disease.
"As GBM, like most malignant cancers, is dependent on fermentation for energy synthesis and survival, the simultaneous restriction of fermentable fuels, such as glucose and glutamine, while elevating non-fermentable ketone bodies, offers a non-toxic therapeutic strategy for managing GBM," said Seyfried. "Further studies will be needed to test this hypothesis in other patients diagnosed with GBM."
Glioblastoma kills about 15,000 people each year and remains largely unmanageable. While the standard of care has shifted to new immuno-therapies, the median survival time of 11 to 15 months for GBM has not improved significantly for more than 100 years, according to the co-authors.
The current standard of care for GBM involves surgical resection, radiation, and chemotherapy, which have been shown in studies to result in significant toxicity. However, large-scale clinical trials for alternative therapies are difficult to initiate, leading researchers to carefully examine individual cases.
The researchers found "the patient's tumor continued to grow very slowly over a three-year period without expected vasogenic edema until 2017," according to Seyfried and his co-authors, Boston College researcher Purna Mukherjee, Aditya Shivane, MD, of University Hospital Plymouth NHS Trust, in the United Kingdom, U.S.-based nutritionist Miriam Kalamian, Joseph Maroon, MD, of the University of Pittsburgh, and Giulio Zuccoli, MD, of the Drexel University School of Medicine At that point, the patient underwent "surgical debulking" of his tumor. The pathology specimen confirmed the diagnosis of GBM and that the patient's tumor also contained the IDH1 mutation.
"Following surgery, the patient continued with a self-administered ketogenic diet to maintain low Glucose Ketone Index (GKI) values, indicative of therapeutic ketosis," the researchers report. "In light of continued slow progression of the residual tumour, the patient intensified his KMT starting in October, 2018 with inclusion of mindfulness techniques to reduce stress. While Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) shows slow interval tumor progression, the patient remains alive with a good quality of life at the time of this report." He is now at 82 months from original diagnosis.
"We were surprised to discover that KMT could work synergistically with the IDH1 mutation to simultaneously target the two major metabolic pathways needed to drive the growth of GBM," said Seyfried. "Glucose drives the glycolysis pathway, while glutamine drives the glutaminolysis pathway."
He added: "No tumor, including GBM, can survive without glucose and glutamine. Our study has identified a novel mechanism by which an acquired somatic mutation acts synergistically with a low carbohydrate, high fat diet to provide long-term management of a deadly brain tumor."
Despite the compelling interest in such individual case studies, the co-authors note: "We cannot predict if the therapeutic response to KMT seen in our GBM patient will also be seen in other similarly treated GBM patients. For those GBM patients not fortunate enough to have acquired the spontaneous IDH1 mutation in their tumor, glutamine targeting drugs used with KMT will be necessary to reduce tumor growth."
The researchers noted that additional studies they've conducted have shown that the simultaneous targeting of glucose and glutamine availability, using KMT and the a pan-glutaminase inhibitor – known as 6-diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine (DON) – can significantly prolong survival in preclinical syngeneic glioblastomas in mice. Earlier research has shown that ketogenic diets can facilitate delivery of small-molecule therapeutic drugs through the blood brain barrier without toxicity.
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Q: SSRS Page break every 1000 rows on group I have the following table of data from an MDX query that resembles the following:
Account | Location | Type | Person | Amount
ABC | XYZ | AA | Tom | 10
ABC | XYZ | AA | Dick | 20
ABC | XYZ | AA | Harry | 30
ABC | XYZ | BB | Jane | 50
ABC | XYZ | BB | Ash | 100
DEF | SDQ | ZA | Bob | 20
DEF | SDQ | ZA | Kate | 10
DEF | LAO | PA | Olivia | 200
DEF | LAO | PA | Hugh | 120

And I need to add the Amount column for each Account, Location, and Type.  If I was using SQL I would perform a query on this data as follows:
Select Account, Location, Type, Sum(Amount) as SumAmmount
From Table
Group By Account, Location, Type

but due to the way we store the data I need to roll-up this data using SSRS. To do that I created a tablix, created a parent group (Which I have called "RollUp") of the default detail group which grouped on Account, Location, and Type and then deleted the detail group so when running the report I get:
Account | Location | Type | Amount
ABC | XYZ | AA | 60
ABC | XYZ | BB | 150
DEF | SDQ | ZA | 30
DEF | LAO | PA | 320

What I need to do now is create a page break so that when I export this SSRS report to excel there are only 1000 rows on each sheet, but I am having trouble writing the expression to split this every 1000 rows. Because I have removed the details group I cannot use the typical expression I would use to page break on a specific row of a dataset (e.g. Group Expression = Floor(RowNumber(NOTHING) / 1000) )
I have tried a few different things like writing some custom code and some running value expressions but haven't been able to figure it out yet.

A: I did figure out how to do this.
First I created the following custom code in the report definition:
Dim GroupingDummy = "GroupDummy"

Dim RowNumberToReturn = -1

Function PopulateRowNumber(GroupString As String) As Integer
    If (GroupString <> GroupingDummy ) Then
        GroupingDummy = GroupString
        RowNumberToReturn = RowNumberToReturn + 1
    End If
    Return RowNumberToReturn
End Function

Keeping in mind the grouping I applied to the dataset used the fields Account, Location, and Type, I added a calculated field to my dataset with the name RowNumberCalc and the expression:
=Code.RowNumberToReturn(Fields!Account.Value + Fields!Location.Value + Fields!Type.Value)

Now I could easily create the group that would create a page break at 1000 rows with the expression :
=Floor(Fields!RowNumberCalc.Value / 1000)