Whilst waiting for my flight from London to Singapore, I spent some time in the BA lounge in T4 (since moved to T3, I think). It wasn't quite as comfortable as some of the new lounges in T5, but still not bad and the food is the same in both. See the photos below of the salad bar, pastries and (the usual) bacon rolls.
Apparently 92% of British Airways flights at London Heathrow fly from or through Terminal 5, famous for its messy start where luggages failed to travel with their owners to the point they had to be sent to Milan to clear a backlog of 19,000 bags. At least this has been fixed.
The BA lounges at Heathrow Terminal 5 are quite good. Perhaps still a bit below the standard of some of their Asian counterparts, but definitely better than those in the other terminals at this airport. One nice feature is that they have a lot of glass and a good view of the airport. Travelling to Nice, on this occassion I went to the South club lounge (since it was nearer my gate).
In hot options (my choice for this day) they serve bacon rolls – which is to say, bacon in small bread rolls. These are quite good, especially if you're fortunate enough to get them nice and fresh from the oven. There are also a selection of small pastries also served hot. Of course, there is also a selection of fruit and various cereals if you feel so inclined, but I didn't take those.
During the flight (economy) the meal was not great. I drank the orange juice – very ordinary (as expected). Was brave enough to try one bite of the sandwich, and that was more than enough. It tasted of nothing, so I would have had to have been very very hungry or to know there was no chance of alternative food for hours to have been persuaded to eat more.


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Tasmanian tiger believers share images of sightings
SCIENCE says the thylacine became extinct on the mainland more than 2000 years ago. Neil Waters disagrees and thinks they might be as close as the Adelaide Hills.
Sunday Mail (SA)September 24, 201611:00pm
Extinct or just in hiding?Source:News Corp Australia
EIGHTY years ago, almost to the day, a Hobart zookeeper locked up for the night, his mind most likely on getting home in time for dinner.
Benjamin – the last known thylacine on earth – was locked out of his shelter, and not for the first time. As the mist rolled down from Mt Wellington and settled over the city on the bitterly cold evening, nobody heard Benjamin's whimpers as he shivered on the concrete floor of his cage. By morning the creature, malnourished and long-neglected, was dead. The Tasmanian tiger was no more.
At least, that's the accepted story. Neil Waters thinks it might be more complicated than that.
The 48-year-old Adelaide horticulturalist is convinced that the thylacine may still be living on the Australian mainland – perhaps as close as the Adelaide Hills – and he's on a mission to prove to his point.
Mr Waters' tiger story began in the wooded northeast of Tasmania one day in 2010. He'd moved to the island state to rebuild his life after tragically losing his daughter in a car accident.
Out one afternoon walking his dog, Mr Waters became aware of footsteps in the bushes to the side of the trail.
"I couldn't see it, but I could hear it – it was only 20m away at the most," he says.
"Every time I stopped it stopped. I came up the hill and came out in a clearing where the bush wasn't as thick. I was standing there calling out to the dog and this thing came out. I could see it sitting up behind a clump of rushes, sitting up like a dog. It was looking at me. It definitely wasn't a dog; you could see the long stiff pointy tail."
A LONELY LIFE: Benjamin, the last-known thylacine, died in a Tasmanian zoo in 1936.Source:News Corp Australia
Convinced he'd seen a thylacine, Mr Waters told others in the region, half-expecting to be scoffed at. Instead he was regaled with other tales of sightings and encounters, and was even shown pictures of the creature one man claimed to have captured with remote trail cameras.
"They were clear as a bell. A collection of thylacine pics from the last 20 years," he says.
"He's sat on that information to protect the animals. I call it passive-aggressive conservation and I'm not a big fan of it, but anyway. He's sitting on golden photos, but because it's Tassie and everything is so wound up in logging and forestry I think he's a bit fearful to release them."
Now thoroughly convinced the animal was still alive, Mr Waters began researching sightings on the mainland where it was supposed to have become extinct around 2000 years ago.
The results astounded him – hundreds, perhaps thousands of sightings from every state in Australia.
Many of them were in broad daylight, often involving farmers who were very familiar with foxes and dingoes, and had absolutely nothing to gain from making up stories.
Mr Waters formed a Facebook group – The Thylacine Awareness Group of Australia, which now has more than one and half thousand members – and set about collating evidence of the creature's presence on the mainland.
The group has now published two videos of possible tiger sightings, both of which have attracted significant media attention and put the creature's fate back in the spotlight.
The first video was shot in the Adelaide Hills in February this year (Mr Waters prefers not to say exactly where the animal was seen, but says it was within the Mitcham Council boundary). Released on September 7 – National Threatened Species Day – it shows a brindle creature with a long tail, thick at the base, like a kangaroo's.
At one point it appears to turn and look straight at the camera. It's grainy footage, but it is at the very least intriguing.
The second video, shot in Victoria, has caused an even bigger stir. The handy-cam footage shows an animal with the same long, distinctive straight tail trotting through a paddock.
It has a large head, which the woman who took the footage describes as "prehistoric-looking". The footage has been viewed online hundreds of thousands of times.
ON A MISSION: Thylacine hunter Neil Waters.Source:Supplied
So how could it be true? How could an animal thought to have been extinct on the mainland for millennia have survived almost undetected?
Mr Waters believes that scientists either know the thylacine exists and are keeping the fact hidden in an effort to protect them, or that they're simply too embarrassed to admit that they were wrong.
"There's this stubborn belief throughout mainland Australian that thylacines are extinct, end of story, and that anything that leaves a print that looks remotely like a thylacine must be a feral dog or a fox and must be baited," he said.
"I think there's a lot of embarrassment, and a lot of pride involved. Nobody wants to be proved wrong. Case closed.
"But there is anecdotal evidence that has been popping up all over the joint for nearly 200 years that runs contrary to that, but we just keep ignoring it.
"There are thousands and thousands of sightings. I've got sightings from every single habitat you can think of in Australia – from the Snowys to the desert to the coast. It's always the same – 'bring us the proof and we'll talk about it', to which I say 'no, you get off your arse and help us find it and then we'll talk about it'.
"There is a huge resistance from the scientific field to look at this subject and investigate it because they just want it to go away."
The lack of physical evidence, Mr Waters said, can be explained by the fact that a thylacine's skeleton looks very similar to that of a dog or fox.
HUNTED TO EXTINCTION: Regarded as a threat to farm animals, thylacines had a bounty placed on their heads.Source:Supplied
"There's every chance that hundreds of thylacine remains have been walked past with people thinking they're dog or fox bones," he said.
"Also, they live in dens. Who's to say they don't go back into their dens to die? We just don't know because not enough studies were done while they were around in numbers."
The other problem for tiger hunters is the same one faced by the hunters of Sasquatch, the Loch Ness monster and UFOs – nobody seems to be able to nail just one clear, unambiguous picture.
Mr Waters maintains that there's actually a very simple explanation for this.
"You startle an animal and you might have three seconds – at the most – to get your phone out of your pocket, turn the camera on, and try to get some kind of shot," he said.
"It's not an easy thing to do."
An intriguing piece of the mainland thylacine puzzle revolves around a small Tasmanian tiger carcass found in a cave on the Nullarbor in 1966.
The Mundrabilla Thylacine, now housed in the Western Australian Museum, is remarkably preserved. Its hide is completely intact and even its tongue and left eyeball were preserved. According to the scientists, the carcass was mummified thanks to the cave's cool, dry atmosphere. Carbon dating tests show the body is about 4000 years old.
Many of those hoping to find a living thylacine, however, are unconvinced and say that the carbon dating could have been contaminated by water in the cave.
"It's that fresh-looking that it had an eyeball and maggot casings next to it," Mr Waters said. "And these sightings on the Nullarbor persist – they're still seeing them out there. For an animal carcass to survive in a cave with an eyeball in it for 4000 years … well, that's a big ask, I think. If they're so confident about its age, let's retest it. But nobody wants to do that."
South Australia Museum senior research scientist and mammal expert Dr Cath Kemper said she thought the chances of finding a living thylacine were "almost zero".
"But it would be very arrogant of me as a scientist to say that there's absolutely no chance of ever finding one," Dr Kemper said.
"I will say that I think there would be a much greater chance of finding a thylacine in Tasmania than there is on the mainland."
Dr Kemper used the mountain pygmy-possum – a marsupial known only from fossils until one was found in 1966 – as an example of a creature that could hide in plain sight.
"The problem, of course, is that the thylacine is a much bigger animal than a pygmy-possum," she said. As for the Thylacine Awareness Group of Australia, Mr Waters said there was plenty more to come.
"We've got a few cards up our sleeve," Mr Waters said with a grin.
"By the end of October we'll have another video out. Since we released that first video I've picked up about 20 more sightings from around Adelaide.
"I'd like to see South Australia declare the species extant, rather than extinct.
"That's what I'd like to see. If there's something we can do to raise awareness and possibly prove that it's there, then let's do it."
Lazarus species: The creatures that came back from the dead
This ancient-looking fish was known only from the fossil records and was thought to have died out 65 million years ago – until a fisherman caught one off the coast of South Africa in 1938.
Known only from fossils, living Wollemi pines were discovered in the Wollemi National Park in New South Wales in 1994. Fewer than 100 trees are known to be growing in the wild, but many now grow in gardens.
Bermuda petrel
Not seen since the 1620s, 18 nesting pairs were rediscovered in Bermuda in 1951. The population is recovering, but the bird is still listed as endangered.
Night parrot
There were no known sightings of this mysterious Australian bird (pictured) between 1912 and 1979, leading to speculation that it was extinct. A living specimen was captured in 2015 and the population is thought to be less than 250.
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Vaporizers have gained a lot of popularity over the recent years and that's the reason you can find a variety of vaping options in the market these days. Here we will talk about the Vapexhale Cloud EVO – one of the most favored desktop vaporizers in the market.
From its design and build to packaging and battery life – this review covers all the main aspects of the Vapexhale Cloud EVO vaporizer in detail. So without wasting any time, let's get started.
A smooth, in vogue, and current looking vaporizer, the Vapexhale Cloud EVO is around eight inches high with a slightly conical shape to it with a three-inch square base. The front of the device has a power switch and temperature dial, both unlabelled while the back of the unit has a standard PC power socket cable. From the inside, you can see a glass tube wrapped in a ceramic heating element, and on top, there's a glass connector. Everything in the vaporizer fits together superbly, doing justice to the design. It is a delightful vaping device, and numerous users will end up looking at it while vaping to appreciate the excellence and simplicity of its design.
The Vapexhale Cloud EVO vaporizer is made completely out of glass. Within the air pathway is glass, the connector is also made up of glass, and so is the body. The body of Cloud EVO is made out of Zytel, a glass tar filled polycarbonate. A few things not made of glass are the EX stack bowls and the ceramic heating component. Along these lines, one need might not be too unpleasant when dealing with the gadget. However, regardless of its apparently delicate structure, the whole unit is pretty well designed. The top-notch development of this popular vaporizer ensures that the unit will offer its users a long working life when kept with appropriate care.
For each unit of the VapeXhale Cloud EVO, you get one glass mouthpiece, two EZ stack bowls, two VapeX Nails, one power rope, and a user manual for instructions.
Keeping in harmony with its basic plan, the Cloud EVO is anything but difficult to use. To fill it, you need to take one EZ stack bowl and remove the top. Fill it with ground material off to around 80% of the space to let air circle inside it. Users prescribe filling it half for a more proficient vaporization experience.
To turn on the Vapexhale Cloud EVO, flip the power switch below the temperature button. Now turn the handle to around the 12:00 position. The time is taken in heating take around three minutes, and you will know it is prepared once the LED light turns green. Yes, the time consumed in heating is more, but the quality it offers is worth it.
When ready, you just need to put the bowl inside the chamber, join the tube to the connector, and begin vaping. Too simple yet successful. You will begin vaping like with the vape starter units.
Many users of Vapexhale Cloud EVO says the quality of vapor produced is on-par with other solid competitors. This says much with regards to the general execution of the device. Vapes produced from the unit are thick, smooth, unadulterated, and tasty.
The Vapexhale Cloud EVO vaporizer does not keep running on batteries. You get a power cable with the box and the device is intended to be used at home. Particularly with all the glass parts, utilizing it all over the place is the big no-no. Users won't need to stress over battery life or have control issues with the device as they get continuous vape sessions constantly. The only thing is you can't enjoy the portability feature.
So this was the detailed review of Vapexhale Cloud EVO vaporizer. You can buy it at the best possible price from the reputed online store of To The Cloud Vapor Store.


I'm no modules expert, nor am I native Android guru. But, when your app depends on eight or ten native modules and Appcelerator announces breaking changes in their SDK, sometimes you have to just dive in and give it your best shot.
Appcelerator has released the beta version of Titanium 6. With it, they've updated the V8 engine used on Android. This promises us greater performance and various bug fixes. But, it also means that all native Android modules you use in your app must be updated and recompiled with Ti 6 tooling.
I've been going through the modules our app uses. So far, it has been mostly smooth. For those of you facing a similar situation, I thought I'd share my notes of what I found was needed for this process.
You will need to remove all references to TiContext, as that has been removed from the SDK. So far, the only references I've seen have been in overloaded constructors. In those cases, I simply deleted those constructors as well as the import statements.
Finally, just for reference, this is my environment. You can probably use other versions of all these components.
A big thanks to @hans on TiSlack for helping me figure out the above.


Josh Cullen had a night to remember as he helped England to a 4-0 win against Wales in the Victory Shield on Thursday.
The U16 tournament has been a breeding ground for homegrown Hammers, with Cullen following the likes of Blair Turgott, Matthias Fanimo, Robert Hall and Jordan Spence as recent Young Lions. Cullen, wearing the No4, played for 66 minutes of the 80 played at the Whaddon Road home of Cheltenham Town.
The Wickford-based midfielder was watched by club legend, Sir Trevor Brooking who was at the match in his role as the FA's Director of Football Development. Cullen had been an unused substitute in the 3-1 win against Northern Ireland earlier this month but will hope to keep his place in the final Victory Shield encounter against Scotland in Inverness on 25 November.
Meanwhile, fellow Academy ace Leo Chambers was withdrawn from England duty this week for the 2012 UEFA European U17 Championship qualifiers in Bosnia-Herzegovina because of injury.


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Nicaragua - Social Conditions
Nicaragua was one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere in 1992, with a per-capita gross domestic product (GDP) estimated at approximately US$425. In real terms, per-capita income was almost half of what it had been in 1981. The country's low living standards are reflected in nutrition and housing data. In 1989 each Nicaraguan consumed 1,524 calories and 44 grams of protein a day--well below minimum recommended allowances. Fewer than one in five urban households had sufficient income to purchase a minimum "market basket," as defined by the government. In the mid-1980s, 55 percent of urban houses and 67 percent of rural houses consisted of a single room; nearly half lacked drinking water and plumbing. The national housing deficit, according to a 1990 estimate, was 420,600 units.
A 1985 government study classified 69.4 percent of the population as poor because they were unable to satisfy one or more of their basic needs in housing, sanitary services (water, sewage, and garbage collection), education, and employment. The defining standards for this study were set quite low. For example, housing was considered substandard if it was constructed of discarded materials with dirt floors or if it was occupied by more than four persons per room. Predictably, the poverty rate was higher in rural areas (85.9 percent) than in urban areas (54.8 percent). Regionally, the highest rate was recorded in the two eastern autonomous regions on the Caribbean coast (94.5 percent) and the lowest in urban Managua (49.6 percent).
Conditions in Nicaragua have fluctuated widely with the economic and political upheavals of recent decades. In the years from 1950 to 1975, real GDP per capita more than doubled, driven by the rapid growth in exports of coffee, cotton, and beef. Capital generated by agro-exports contributed to the development of a thriving industrial sector. In the three decades ending in 1980, the urban population expanded from 35 percent to 53 percent of the total population.
The benefits of this remarkable period of economic expansion have been unevenly distributed, however. Precise data are not available, but local observers have noted that the middle class blossomed and many new fortunes emerged during these growth years. Some benefits did flow to the lower class. For example, in the 1950s and 1960s, primary school enrollment grew 400 percent. Infant mortality, a significant indicator of social well-being, declined from 167 deaths per 1,000 live births in the period from 1950 to 1955 to 100 per 1,000 in the years from 1970 to 1975. Despite these gains, however, Nicaragua's school enrollment and infant mortality statistics remain poor by regional standards. The distribution of income in the 1970s was highly skewed, probably more so than it had been in the past: 30 percent of personal income went to the richest 5 percent of households, but only 15 percent went to the poorest 50 percent. Furthermore, some of the poorest Nicaraguans were the direct victims of economic development. As agro-export production expanded in the Pacific lowlands and the central highlands, thousands of peasants were pushed off their land, many of them to be converted into lowwage , seasonally employed agricultural laborers. Between 1965 and 1975, the GNP and the number of children under five years of age suffering from malnutrition both doubled. Clearly, many Nicaraguans were getting poorer as their country grew richer.
The Sandinista revolution brought a new cycle of upheaval to Nicaraguan society. The 1978-79 insurrection that toppled the Somoza regime left 30,000 to 50,000 people dead, a large population homeless, several cities devastated by government bombing, and extensive damage to the economy, including the destruction of much of Managua's modern industrial district. After they assumed power, the Sandinistas reversed the national priorities established under the Somozas. Their prime policy objective in the early years was to promote the welfare of the poor majority; national economic growth was a secondary concern. Government policy in areas from land reform and nutrition to health and education was strongly redistributive. In the early 1980s, generous spending on social programs was sustained by a relatively healthy economy and high levels of foreign aid from both Western and Soviet bloc countries.
In the late 1980s, however, the resources available for social programs declined as foreign aid dried up, the economy floundered, and war with the Contras (short for contrarevolucionares) compelled the government to redirect spending toward national defense. Living standards sank abruptly during this period. By the end of the decade, the average real wage had dropped to less than 10 percent of its 1985 value, nearly half the labor force was unemployed or underemployed, and the poverty rate was rising. Infant mortality, which had declined sharply in the early years of Sandinista rule, began to rise again. The death rate per 1,000 live births was 97 in 1978, the last full year of the Somoza regime; 63 in 1985; and 72 in 1989. For several years, the Contra war disrupted social and economic life across the country, but especially in contested zones like northeastern Nicaragua and the northern central highlands. In such areas, Contra forces targeted both economic and social infrastructure, including agrarian reform farms, schools, and health facilities. More than 20,000 Nicaraguans died in the fighting, and thousands of others were left maimed or crippled.
Conditions improved after fighting largely stopped in 1988. Democratic elections, followed by peaceful transition to a new government in 1990, resulted in the lifting of the United States trade embargo imposed in 1982, renewal of United States aid, and the removal of informal barriers to international credits. The Nicaraguan economy was, however, slow to respond to these changes. GDP continued to decline in 1990, and no growth was recorded in 1991. Despite making deep cuts in military forces, the new government did not have the resources to restore spending on social programs to prewar levels.
Politics of Nicaragua - Wikipedia
Nicaragua: Before and After the Revolution - OpenSIUC
2010 Human Rights Report: Nicaragua
Nicaragua | Freedom House
Nicaragua's Health System - International Insulin Foundation


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Ready for a snooze? Here we go.
My car got rear-ended (again) and popped a fuel pump (again). The former was cosmetic, the latter (combined with all the snow we got) kept the car in a snow drift for all of January and most of February. All's well now, and it finally stopped snowing long enough to put the new summer tires on. First race on them is tomorrow.
The old, departed NeoPhi had a little hiccup back in March. The immediate result of that is that after a few hours of email downtime, I'm now (thanks to DanielR) enjoying Google Apps as my email interface, with a stupendous reduction in spam getting through to my inbox. Seriously. To the point of almost non-existence. I've never really liked the actual Gmail interface, and juggling two separate Google accounts is a little cumbersome, but it's ok for now. I even successfully moved more than a gigabyte of email from various personal and work accounts dating back to 1996 up from a desktop machine to Gmail, with the associated impact of being able to gauge the evolution of (to name but two) my personal angst and professional demeanor via Gmail's handy and comprehensive search syntax. Yikes!
Then the new, cloud-hosted NeoPhi had a bit of a hiccup over the last few days, which all three of you who visit this blog might have noticed. A large part of Amazon's cloud computing cluster, on which the new NeoPhi webserver (but not mailserver) lives, was down for the late part of the week. It affected a lot of companies who try to make money, so other folks were probably more upset than I've been.
Even before this week's Amazon outage, I'd been toying with shutting down this ramshackle blog, and switching over to Tumblr fully. Which itself might seem a little strange, because (A) Tumblr had a 36-hour+ outage in December and (B) it uses Amazon for storing data. But now that Flickr has removed Movable Type support, the time has probably come to switch over to the Tumblr platform, either hosted on NeoPhi or Tumblr itself.
As the faint tracks of my Id through the forest, I'll keep this up for historical reasons. And I'll let (both of) you know, via a post here, when I finish the Tumblr redesign and work out the hosting details.
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Home » How Transatlantic Research at ICSI – UC Berkeley sparks German Start-Ups
How Transatlantic Research at ICSI – UC Berkeley sparks German Start-Ups
October 5, 2021 (Event is closed)
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Collaborations across transatlantic borders can bridge the gap and highlight overlap between two career avenues that have been noted in their unique differences: research centers and industry start-ups. Using the International Computer Science Institute located in the San Francisco Bay Area with its German funded DAAD program as a central case study, panelists will share their research and expertise about network security, deep learning, advanced smart factories, and industrial AI that is key to the next decade of the fourth industrial revolution. The focus will be on advancing R&D beyond borders, and the subsequent innovation found through transatlantic research collaboration. The panelists will highlight how their research has launched successful start-ups branched into various industries and beyond.
This event is directed towards start-ups, investors, research centers, universities, and incubators.
Olaf J Groth, PhD
CEO of Cambrian.ai; Author of Solomon's Code; Professor at Hult IBS and UC Berkeley
Dr. Lea Shanley, Ph.D.
Executive Director and CEO at International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley, CA
Dr. Shanley will provide a brief overview of ICSI and the DaaD IFE Fellowship program.
Prof. Wolfgang Wahlster
Professor of Computer Science; CEA of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)
I was the first visiting professor during the founding phase of ICSI in 1988. Since then, I have been serving the international programme of ICSI in various roles: As a PI of research project consortia involving ICSI and DFKI researchers like VerbMobil for spontaneous speech translation and SmartKom for multimodal dialog systems, as a member of the board of Trustees and the Executive Committee of ICSI. From these collaborations we were able to spin-off various companies and products.
In this talk, I will give a brief overview of industrial AI that is key to the next decade of the fourth industrial revolution based on cyber-physical production systems and collaborative team robotics. The talk is illustrated by examples of advanced smart factories for car production (Audi, VW, BMW, Bosch), shows that the Tesla factory in Fremont adopted the Industrie 4.0 production paradigm and introduces some of the latest start-up companies in this booming field.
Prof. Dr. Damian Borth
Founding Co-Director of Sociovestix Labs; Professor of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning at the Institute for Computer Science at the University of St. Gallen
I spent my first post-doc position at ICSI in Berkeley and was supported by the DAAD program. This time shaped my academic career significantly. Not only was I able to get in touch with Deep Learning for the fist time in early 2014 but was also of an exciting research community, where we have published one of the largest dataset out there at that time: the YFCC100m. A much needed dataset for the data-demanding deep neural networks at that time and necessary for novel approaches such as self-supervised learning today. When I moved back to Germany, the stay at ICSI helped me to accelerate deep learning adaptation at the DFKI though the foundation of the Deep Learning Competence Center and to move into another exciting area: the use of remote sensing data and machine learning to tackle global challenges such as natural disasters and climate change.
Vern Paxson
Chief Scientist and Co-Founder at Corelight Inc; Vice-President of ICSI
I've been with ICSI for more than 20 years, and on the EECS faculty at UC Berkeley since 2007. I lead the Networking and Security research group. Our efforts have included extensive work on Internet measurement, network security monitoring, Internet worms and botnets, cybercrime, censorship, and abusive surveillance. Much of the work has highly benefited from visits from and collaborations with German researchers and students. One of our extensive veins of research led to us co-founding a rapidly growing startup, Corelight, based on our open-source networking monitoring technology.
We would like to thank our sponsor Taylor Wessing and the German Consulate General, San Francisco.
Virtual Event. Registration is now open, please register below.
10:00 a.m. PDT / 7:00 p.m. CEST (60min)
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Liz C. Feb 18 .
Love the view and the parking validation for lunch. Recommend the mushroom soup.
rajesh K. May 09 .
Beautiful view of the bay. Don't expect huge portions. This place is a great place to go on date. Dimmed lights and casual dining atmosphere makes it a good place to go to.
Shannon L. Aug 14 .
Palomino has a great location right by the MUNI where you can see the Bay Bridge. This place is known for having a great happy hour with half price appetizers, but I have only come after happy hour. I had their prosciutto pizza, which is a delicious thin crust pizza. I could finish the entire pizza and not be completely full. Palomino has a great outdoor area to sit and chat, but this also means that service is a little slower. The food is reasonably priced for a nicer restaurant, but it is made up for because of its great location. My tip is to make sure to come during happy hour (4-6).
Palomino is a great happy hour place with good pizza.
Jennifer M. Jun 04 .
I've come to this place twice: once on a date, and once for lunch with my then-boss. I really enjoyed Palomino both times. The service is great and the food is really tasty. I never know what to order but am always really happy with what I get. A friend tipped me off that they have a great happy hour-- I'm dying to check it out!
A great restaurant on the waterfront.
Happy Hour at Palomino I heart you!
Pros: Nice views, Validated parking.
Pros: beautiful view, excellent food and extremely friendly waitress, validated parking.
Marcus R. Aug 07 .
I was on my way to the baseball game when I stopped off at Palomino for a beer and grub. I saw they had a pizza special. I was totally floored when the pizza was perfection. Very thin (I love thin crust pizza) and perfectly spiced.
Pros: The Happy Hour is one of the best in the City, the view of the Bay Bridge could not be better.
Cons: Always busy, can be hard to find a table on the patio.
Took my mom there for mothers day. Not at all impressed. The waiter seemed like he did not want to be there. Didn't advise us of available appetizers, until we asked.
I had the steak and eggs...the steak was rather tough.
Went in at Sunday 3:00 pm for lunch.
They took over 30 mins to get pasta on the table. Had to ask for water re-fills.
This restaurant has a **** view rating...food is average with a $20 and higher plates.
This is a great spot to take out of towners. It features fresh Cali cuisine, is right on the Waterfront, and the tables are nicely spaced apart. The appetizers are the best things on the menu so better to get a bunch of those.
I go to Palomino's frequently and I'm consitently pleased with all aspects of the experience. I have now been for Sunday Brunch, Lunch, and Dinner and thought each time was fabulous.
Every aspect of this place has its ups and downs.
The food: Some, like the pizzetas and the mussels are pretty solid bar food, especially for the financial district. The gorgonzola slathered fries make me gag.


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Ex-NXIVM trainer: Students are prey
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Court filing says founder Keith A. Raniere hunted sessions for sex, cash
BY JAMES M. ODATO Capitol bureau
Nov. 22, 2010 Updated: Nov. 22, 2010 5 a.m.
COLONIE -- In court papers filed Friday, a former high ranking officer of NXIVM depicts the cultlike group as a self-help and ethics school that is secretly a place for its leader to explore opportunities for sex and gambling money.
Susan Dones, a trainer who ran the Colonie-based company's former Tacoma, Wash., center, told a bankruptcy court last week that Keith A. Raniere, the creator of the teachings used in NXIVM's self-improvement courses, may have motives beyond the education of human potential.
Dones said NXIVM presents Raniere "as the most honest, ethical, Nobel (sic), man who had the answers to mankind's problems" yet his training sessions are "used as a venue to stalk their students ... who might fit into Raniere's profile of sexual conquest and who might be willing to 'give' Raniere money to feed his gambling problem."
The NXIVM business, also known as Executive Success Programs, treats Raniere, 50, of Clifton Park as its intellectual guru. It has attracted an estimated 12,000 students to long-term studies and short-term intensive programs aimed at "a new ethical understanding that allows us to build an internal civilization and have it manifest in the external world," as Dones said in court records.
Dones' accusations echo assertions raised in a California lawsuit involving a soured real estate investment of Clare and Sara Bronfman, who are major financial backers, students and leaders of NXIVM. In that case, records say Raniere is the absolute leader of a cult with complete control over the Bronfmans. The records call him a man with many girlfriends and a gambling compulsion.
That case disclosed he directed $65 million in the Bronfmans' funds into losing commodities trades and encouraged them to make a roughly $26 million investment in housing construction in Los Angeles that didn't pan out.
Raniere also uses funds mined from NXIVM members to pay his legal bills in litigation that harasses whistle-blowers, Dones claims in the new filings Thursday in Washington. She said the NXIVM's litigation against her in her bankruptcy case is likely costing the company $1 million monthly even though she has few assets.
She said Raniere's personal behavior, which was inconsistent with his teaching, is a reason why she and eight other women left NXIVM in April 2009.
Raniere, who uses the name "Vanguard," and NXIVM President Nancy Salzman, Dones claimed, acted maliciously toward members who were "sold on Raniere being someone he is not and that NXIVM 'mission' is something it is not."
"I was informed and believe that Raniere/Vanguard was having sexual relationships with multiple women, sometimes with more than one of them at the same time (many of these women were told that they were the chosen one; several of them were members of NXIVM's executive board which is a per se conflict of interest and all them had to keep their relationship with Raniere a secret from the NXIVM community because it was feared that many members were not 'evolved enough' to be able to deal with this information)," Dones stated in her court declaration.
She said that she has not shared trade secrets of NXIVM as alleged in a claim against her bankruptcy case brought by NXIVM. Students of the program, she said, are led to believe that leaders can do no wrong as they seek to teach ways to become "unified" -- "whole and complete with no attachments to the outside world" by taking multiple, expensive advanced training courses.
As for operations, she said that one of NXIVM's officers bragged about an ability to forge signatures, suggesting that documents generated by the company are suspect. And she said the company may be dodging paying taxes.
"The destruction to NXIVM comes from within the upper, inner most leadership of the NXIVM organization," she said, calling herself a whistle-blower.
Albany lawyer Stephen Coffey, who has been representing NXIVM in bankruptcy cases involving former members, did not return a call. And NXIVM attorney Robert Crockett in California said he was unable to speak to a reporter on matters involving the company.
Dones, who lists $558,951 in assets and $728,152 in debts, could not be reached.
Reach Odato at 454-5083 or jodato@timesunion.com.
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Joel Hirst
Joel D. Hirst is a writer and novelist. He has been an international aid worker around he world, was a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and has worked on different political campaigns. He is a graduate of Brandeis University. Joel lives in Gilbert, Arizona with his family.
Lords of Misrule
Aliuf Ag Albachar, born into the noble Tuareg ancestry, is just thirteen when he crests a dune with his mother, looks down from atop his camel onto the ancient fabled city of Timbuktu, and contemplates the day it will finally be his. Unfortunately Aliuf has no idea that misfortune will soon force him to flee across the desert away from everything he has known and toward something greater than he ever imagined.
Propelled by restlessness and the indomitable spirit of his clan, Aliuf bravely pushes onward through a dangerous coming-of-age journey that leads him through a barren land. While following his heart through the vast expanses of the Sahara, he becomes a student enthralled with the great works of Islam's golden age, a warlord who leads his army of angry men through the colossal dunes of the Sahara to battle the enemy, and finally an Islamic judge who makes a monumental discovery that shakes the foundation of his beliefs and forever shapes his destiny.
Lords of Misrule is an epic tale of redemption, forbidden love, and atonement against all odds as a young man is led on a path of enlightenment across the Sahara where he ultimately must face the consequences of his decisions.
The Burning of San Porfirio: Sequel to The Lieutenant of San Porfirio
What happens when the revolution burns out and the magic is gone? Pancho Randelli doesn't know or care. Released from jail to wander the wasteland, he's haunted by the loss of his great love, Susana, and wonders at the fate of his deputy, Carlitos. He fears for the life of his best friend and hopes he has not become just another victim of madness.
In desperate search for Carlitos, Pancho begins his quest across the shattered landscape of a broken country. While trailing behind cold tracks and blurry memories, he finds something wholly unexpected: freedom. This is not the case for General Juan Marco Machado, who wallows in power at long last. For him, things are not how he originally imagined.
Without magic, all the money and power in the world cannot save the general from downfall and despair. While Pancho may find what he seeks, the general finds nothing but anguish. At the end, neither man will escape the inevitable results of the ideas upon which the revolution advanced, lived for a season only to burn itself out.
The Lieutenant of San Porfirio
Something is afoul in the Revolutionary Socialist Republic of Venezuela. Despite food shortages, blackouts and the terrible violence, El Comandante's iron grip is stronger than ever. Newly decorated Lieutenant Juan Marco Machado lovingly caresses his shiny AK-103 as he thinks about his promotion and what he would be willing to do to defend his revolution, and his position. He is about to find out it's more than he ever would have believed. Doña Esmeralda is in trouble. Ordered to demonstrate her solidarity for the revolution and open her colonial mansion (in which she carefully protects her dead husband's ghost) to the barrio dwellers, she decides she is left with no choice but to plot a counterrevolution. Meanwhile, Freddy, an American high school student is propelled by his parents to attend a socialist youth summit in Venezuela, pitting him against Pancho Randelli, a freedom activist and leader of the struggling student movement. And so the fates of four people are about to be intertwined within a country plunged into revolution. The Lieutenant of San Porfirio is the compelling story about four people seeking to find themselves under the chilling pall of socialism. People from different backgrounds and across the hemisphere will find something to love, as well as something deeply disturbing, in this new magical realism twist on a South American classic genre, the dictator novel.
When President Ebenezer Fudge unleashes the Frosting, it is but one more indignity inflicted on a terminally ailing world. War, famine and disease have ravaged entire continents. Controlled and exploited by fractured governments, opportunistic politicians and shadowy corporations, once-prosperous societies languish in a welter of failed hopes and shattered ideals. Across this benighted landscape wanders a cast of refugees, set adrift from their homes by one calamity or another and united only in a forlorn hope of something better.
To their ears come rumors of a place somewhere far off across the sea, a sanctuary of sorts where life is lived according to law in the halcyon glow of bygone days. In this last bastion of civilization music still plays, literature and the arts, extinguished elsewhere, continued to flourish, and bounty is coaxed from rejuvenated hillsides and fields. Yet even this utopia is in danger, riven from within by moral questions and threatened from without by a greedy world.
In dense, richly layered prose, this novel tells the story of a future not far removed from the here and now. The Unraveling speaks lucidly and forthrightly about events that are taking place before our eyes. It is insightful, thought-provoking and frighteningly prescient.
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Addiction is an installation by Timo Heino, which was first displayed in Galerie Anhava-2011 and later in Helsinki Art Museum as a part of his retrospective exhibition in 2013. The installation consists of blank aluminum cans with water inside and a pair of twisted shopping carts. Addiction Re Cycle is an intervention by Tatu Engeström. Engeström transferred a black barcode from a consumer beverage can onto a blank aluminum can originating from Heino's installation. Through this gesture the blank can becomes refundable when recycled. Addiction Re Cycle is displayed as an object and is a collaborative work by Engeström and Heino.


Cockatiels, like many parrots, hail from exotic tropical places.
This makes Houston (aka the warmest, most humid city in America) a perfect alternate home if you are small with downy feathers and a hooked beak.
However, occasionally even Houston has its less humid, less warm moments.
When these occur, you can use your signature "fluffy feather alert system" to let the large featherless being know it is time to turn. up. the. heat. already.
The model demonstrates the "fluffy feather alert system" in action.


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by PTI - Dec 27, 2021 08:09 AM
Mumbai, Dec 27 (PTI) The Reserve Bank of India on Monday said that RBL Bank is well capitalised and its financial position remains 'satisfactory', amid speculations relating to the private sector lender in certain quarters in wake of recent events surrounding the bank.
In a statement, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) also said there is no need for depositors and other stakeholders to react to speculative reports.
The bank's financial health remains stable, it said.
The statement from the RBI comes amid RBL Bank's Vishawvir Ahuja stepping down as MD & CEO of the bank, and the lender appointing Rajeev Ahuja as the interim Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the bank with immediate effect.
The Reserve Bank of India has also appointed its Chief General Manager Yogesh K Dayal as an additional director on the board of RBL Bank.
'The Reserve Bank would like to state that the bank is well capitalised and the financial position of the bank remains satisfactory. As per half yearly audited results as on September 30, 2021, the bank has maintained a comfortable Capital Adequacy Ratio of 16.33 per cent and Provision Coverage Ratio of 76.6 per cent,' the central bank said.
It also said that the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) of the bank is 153 per cent as on December 24, 2021 as against regulatory requirement of 100 per cent.
'Further, it is clarified that appointment of Additional Director/s in private banks is undertaken under Section 36AB of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 as and when it is felt that the board needs closer support in regulatory/supervisory matters,' the RBI added.
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Button: Webber could play title-spoiling role
Jenson Button is expecting Red Bull to play championship games on Sunday.
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"I don't think he (Webber) will, do you?" McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh told reporters in the McLaren hospitality area in Korea.
"I do," nodded Button.
Whitmarsh replied: "Well, I don't think he will willingly."
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Epicure at Le Bristol Paris Restaurant Review
This Epicure at Hotel Le Bristol Paris Restaurant Review is part of a UK and France trip report including flights in British Airways in New First Class, Singapore Business Class and Singapore Suites, stays in a Scottish castle and 5-star hotels in London and Paris, and Michelin Star Dining in Paris. For the prior posts, please see:
British Airways Galleries Lounge in Newark and First Class Dining Review
British Airways New First Class 777 Review
British Airways Galleries Arrivals Lounge London and Concorde Room
Corinthia Hotel London Review
Singapore Business Class Review NYC (JFK) to Frankfurt
Petrus London Restaurant Review
Dalhousie Castle Hotel Review, Scotland
Dalhousie Castle Falconry Review, Scotland
Epicure is the signature restaurant of Eric Frechon at Hotel Le Bristol in Paris, and has 3 Michelin Stars. While we didn't stay at Le Bristol during this trip, it's worth considering for a luxury Paris hotel stay, since it's one of the select Virtuoso hotels where an upgrade can be confirmed at time of booking to Deluxe and Prestige Rooms (see Virtuoso Confirmed Upgrade When Booking: Top 10 Hotels)
Since dinner at Epicure was out of the question for us, given prices and the munchkin's bed-time, we opted to experience a decadent Sunday lunch. A huge plus for us was that Epicure was open during our stay, as so many Paris restaurants, Michelin-starred and more humble brasseries alike, close for most or all of August (also see Top Paris Restaurants Open During August).
Although it was a struggle, we finally persuaded the munchkin to dress up, promising him some delicious lunch, and especially lots of French cheese. My husband even donned his suit jacket, since jackets are required for men (but fortunately not for little boys, since the munchkin doesn't own one). We arrived at the lobby, and when one of the associates saw me taking a photo of my husband and the munchkin, she immediately offered to take one of all three of us, which we appreciated.
We were then escorted to Epicure, which is reached by walking to the right of Le Bristol's lobby and continuing straight towards the left side of the courtyard. We were welcomed, including the munchkin (who received his own Le Bristol themed coloring book and coloring pencils) and led to our table, a peaceful corner of the room that was perfect for us. While in general the munchkin is pretty well behaved, I'm always appreciative when we're seated not too close to other guests, and fortunately, on this Sunday afternoon, while there were a number of other tables seated, there was no one immediately next to us.
Although it had been raining a bit earlier that morning, on nice days the courtyard is available for dining.
The formal dining room itself, however, was still light-filled and elegant without being stuffy. I especially loved the beautiful rose bouquet on each table (see first photo of the post).
While you might think that service at a Michelin 3 star restaurant would be very stiff and not very accommodating of a family with a young child, we found the opposite to be true: while of course consummately professional, I loved that everyone from the Maitre D' to the sommelier had a ready and genuine smile, especially for the munchkin. In addition to the coloring books and pencils, and the fact that he received complimentary amuses bouches, appetizer and even a generous cheese plate, there was a special treat for him when we got to my husband's and my main course, but I'll get to that later.
Interestingly, here, as at Le Cinq at The Four Seasons (and likely at several other Michelin Star restaurants in Paris) only the menu given to the husband has prices on it; my menu did not have prices. I'm curious what they do, however, for two women or two men dining together! Perhaps only then do both people receive menus with prices.
In any case, count on 130 Euros per person for the seasonal menu, such as the one we had, not including wine or gratuity. If you opt for a la carte, most entrees are in the 90-100 Euros range per person, with signature dishes for two such as Bresse Farm Hen for two at 260 Euros. A 7 course special tasting menu is 290 Euros per person. Frankly, though, with the lovely amuses bouches, appetizer, pre-dessert, etc. we were very satisfied with our seasonal menu.
Although we were asked our preference in terms of bottled water, we were able to simply request a pitcher of water and there was no problem whatsoever. So unless you must have Evian, feel free to economize on your water choice so as to spend more on the food and wine.
Amuses bouches were beautifully presented and delicious. The tandoori frog leg was addictive, and I'm pretty sure my husband would have happily snacked on a bowl if these if he could have. The bite that you see on the skewer included foie gras and was my favorite of the three.
One of our favorite items of the meal was the savory kugelhopf bread, made with plenty of cheese and lardons (pork belly bacon) which was so good we ended up asking to take the last slice home, and were provided with a new whole savory kugelhopf. The Maitre D' beamed as he told us that Epicure is one of only 4 hotel restaurants in Paris to make all of its own bread and pastries, and judging by the kugelhopf, it's an ace team. I confess to not even trying the several other breads that were offered because of how good the kugelhopf was.
A watercress appetizer was next, and while good, it wasn't as memorable as the amuse bouche presentation.
We both chose a first course of Blue Lobster, and this was my favorite of the courses we actually ordered. I've always enjoyed lobster (much to the consternation of my parents, when I tried it for the first time as a kid) and this was one of the two best preparations I've ever eaten, the other being one at Eleven Madison Park a few years ago. The creamy caesar sauce made with lobster oil complemented the sweet lobster meat well, with the hint of anchovy in the poultry "maki" adding a nice salty kick, and textural interest from the crunchy romaine salad.
The munchkin enjoyed some of our lobster, and he also got a chance to sample from Epicure's cheese selections, which are displayed in a handsome Christofle cheese trolley:
He doesn't care for goat cheese or for the strongest aged cheeses, but there were plenty of other selections placed on his plate, and with the exception of one of them he found a bit too strong (which my husband and I made short work of) he ate them all.
My husband and I both chose the Lamb from Aveyron with "Cannelloni" of Zucchini for our main dish, and as with everything from the Epicure kitchen, it was beautifully plated. I can't say I've ever enjoyed zucchini, but it did provide a nice foil for the richness of the lamb. Everything was cooked perfectly, but perhaps because of the traditional nature of the dish and flavors, I wasn't as wowed by this dish as the others.
What I was wowed by, though, was that the Maitre D', intuitively sensing that the munchkin would love to get up from his seat and walk around, took him on a quick tour of the kitchen, complete with his own little chef's toque! I actually didn't think the munchkin would agree to go without us, but somehow the Maitre D' was persuasive enough and off he went, giving my husband and me several minutes to just be a romantic couple, sans enfant 🙂
After the munchkin's kitchen tour and our main course, we enjoyed a palate cleanser of mandarin orange sorbet, atop black currant compote, adorned with black currant meringue with violet. A very refreshing sorbet, although my favorite palate cleanser has to be the Brebis sorbet that we had a couple years ago at Le Cinq.
For dessert, my husband ordered Iced White Peach, with fresh verbena, ginger, almonds and red currant sparkles. It looked gorgeous on its glass platter with pressed green leaves, although unfortunately I only managed to get a photo after he and the munchkin had done some serious damage to it, so the photo doesn't reflect just how beautiful it was. I didn't even get to taste it, since apparently it was so delicious that it was practically inhaled by the munchkin, who probably devoured 70% of it.
The Caribbean Chocolate dessert filled with roasted coffee ice cream was fantastic in its own right, particularly the spicy caramel that it came with (the main thing I got to eat more of, on account of its slighly spicy kick, since of course the munchkin turned to my dessert as soon as he and my husband had finished the Iced White Peach. If you're dining as a couple on the Seasonal Menu, I definitely recommend getting one of each of the desserts–they won't be the same, since the menu has already changed, but the Epicure pastry chefs are talented with both fruit and chocolate desserts so it's worth trying both types.
In addition to our desserts, we were also brought three silver spoons, each with a strawberry jelly bonbon, with a liquid strawberry filling. We were advised to pop the entire spoon in our mouth due to the liquid filling–yum!
My only regret is that, due to the munchkin having finally filled up and needing to release his now-converted-food-to-energy somewhere, we didn't have a chance to sample the mignardises, including macarons, at the end of the meal…but after all, we have to save something for next time. I think in 4-5 years we should be able to get the munchkin to last for an entire gourmet lunch, mignardises included 🙂
We used the Sapphire Preferred to earn 2.14X Ultimate Rewards points per dollar spent. If Epicure was a stand alone restaurant and not part of Le Bristol, I would have considered trying to buy a gift certificate with the Sapphire Preferred on the first Friday of a month, in order to earn 3.21X points per dollar, but in this case, as part of a hotel, I don't think it would have gotten the extra bonus points even for a gift certificate purchase on a first Friday (see Sapphire Preferred: Triple Points for Dining on First Fridays).
Verdict: Epicure exceeded my expectations in terms of service through most of the meal (although it was less attentive towards the end of the meal), and met them in terms of food and value. I was more impressed by the delicious savory kugelhopf, amuses bouches and blue lobster first course than by the main course and the desserts (although the latter were still excellent), while my husband was most impressed by the breads, amuses bouches and the dessert.
I would especially recommend a visit when it's possible to dine al fresco in the lovely courtyard, but even in the elegant dining room we had a very memorable experience. Recommended, especially for a splurge lunch in Paris.
Disclosure: We paid for our own meal at Epicure.
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Ovarian apoplexy is a sudden rupture in the ovary, commonly at the site of a cyst, accompanied by hemorrhage in the ovarian tissue and/or intraperitoneal bleeding.

Symptoms and signs
Clinical symptoms of apoplexy associated with the basic mechanism of this disease:

 Pain, which occurs primarily mid-cycle or after a minor delay in menstruation (at the time of the rupture of a corpus luteum cyst, for example). Pain is most often localized in the lower abdomen. Sometimes the pain may radiate to the rectum or to the lumbar or the umbilical region.
 Bleeding into the abdominal cavity, which may be accompanied by:
 low blood pressure
 increase in heart rate
 weakness and dizziness
 syncope
 chills
 fever up to 38°C
 vomiting
 dry mouth
Sometimes there may be inter-menstrual bleeding or spotting after menstruation.
Quite often, ovarian apoplexy occurs after intercourse or training in the gym, when pressure in the abdomen has increased or ovarian tissue has experienced some stress. However, rupture of ovarian tissue can occur in conjunction with other diseases.

Pathogenesis
During a normal ovarian cycle (which accompanies the menstrual cycle) of a sexually mature woman, one or more follicles grow in the ovaries. The oocyte in the follicle matures to prepare for potential fertilisation. As the cycle progresses, a smaller number of dominant follicles (typically only one) begin to stand out, and reach a maximum size of about 20mm around the middle point of cycle. By this stage, the oocyte has finished maturing into an ovum (an egg), and ovulation occurs - the follicle ruptures and releases the ovum. A ruptured follicle forms a temporary cyst - a corpus luteum - which produces hormones to continue the cycle and mature the uterine lining.

In cases of dystrophic and sclerotic changes in ovarian tissue, acute and chronic inflammatory processes in the uterus, or in polycystic ovary syndrome and some other diseases, as well as the result of medication that stimulate ovulation, certain irregularities in  ovulation process and corpus luteum formation occur. As a result, blood vessels in the ovary contract, become dilated, and increase intra-ovarian bleeding. A hemorrhage can then occur in the corpus luteum due to the fragility of blood vessels, causing a hematoma. This is accompanied by pain, weakness, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, pale skin, and/or fainting. If left untreated, internal bleeding may increase and become a threat to the individual's health and life. Other possible causes of ovarian rupture include abdominal trauma, excessive physical stress, vigorous sexual intercourse, horseback riding, etc.

Diagnosis
Typical complaints appear during the middle or second half of the menstrual cycle.
On examination, there is marked soreness of the affected ovary, and positive symptoms of irritation of the peritoneum.
In a general blood test, a marked decrease in hemoglobin levels can be seen (in the anemic and mixed forms of ovarian apoplexy).
Pelvic ultrasound reveals in the affected ovary a large corpus luteum cyst with signs of hemorrhage in it and/or free fluid (blood) in the abdominal cavity.
Because ovarian apoplexy is an acute surgical pathology, diagnosis must be confirmed rapidly, since delays between the event and surgical intervention increases the magnitude of blood loss and may be life-threatening.

Classification
 Painful type – the primary symptom is pain, without signs of intraperitoneal bleeding.
 Anemic type – the primary symptom is internal (abdominal) bleeding, without pain.
 Mixed type – a combination of pain and intraperitoneal bleeding.

However, according to recent data, this classification is inadequate, because the ovary cannot rupture without bleeding.

Therefore, a new pathology has been devised in which the condition is divided according to severity: mild, moderate and severe (depending on the magnitude of blood loss).

Treatment
Treatment depends on the type of ovary apoplexy and the severity of intra-abdominal bleeding, but the condition must be treated in a hospital. In the case of pain without signs of intra-abdominal bleeding, conservative therapy may be initiated, which includes bed rest, antispasmodics, and physiotherapy. In the presence or suspected internal bleeding,  surgery is indicated via laparoscopy or laparotomy. Other treatments may include efforts to stop the bleeding or resection of the affected portion of the ovary. However, in cases in which there is extensive damage to the ovary, it may be necessary to remove it. After being discharged from the hospital, it is important to take steps to prevent a recurrence in the future. Such steps include avoiding risk factors or beginning a regimen of oral contraceptives to control ovarian activity.

References

Gynaecologic disorders
Noninflammatory disorders of female genital tract

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