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Polysomnography in the evaluation of parasomnias and epilepsy
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- Jennifer L DeWolfe, DO
Jennifer L DeWolfe, DO
- Associate Professor of Neurology
- UAB Epilepsy Center
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
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- Susan M Harding, MD, FCCP, AGAF
Susan M Harding, MD, FCCP, AGAF
- Section Editor — Diagnostic Testing
- Professor of Medicine
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Nocturnal behaviors can be complex and potentially injurious, and nocturnal video polysomnography (PSG) with extended electroencephalography (EEG) is often indicated to establish a definitive diagnosis, particularly when such behaviors arise in adulthood or when there is uncertainty about the etiology of the behaviors.
Common etiologies of nocturnal behaviors include non-rapid eye movement sleep (NREM) arousal parasomnias such as sleepwalking and confusional arousals, rapid eye movement sleep (REM) parasomnias, sleep-related seizures, sleep-related psychiatric events, and post-arousal behaviors associated with other primary sleep disorders (eg, obstructive sleep apnea) [1]. (See "Approach to abnormal movements and behaviors during sleep".)
This topic reviews the PSG monitoring techniques used to diagnose REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD), NREM arousal parasomnias, and epileptic seizures during sleep. The clinical features, evaluation, diagnosis, and management of parasomnias in children and adults are presented separately. (See "Sleepwalking and other parasomnias in children" and "Disorders of arousal from non-rapid eye movement sleep in adults" and "Rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder" and "Sleep-related epilepsy syndromes".)
Additional considerations on PSG technique in infants and children are also reviewed separately. (See "Overview of polysomnography in infants and children".)
Digital specifications and settings — The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) manual for scoring sleep and associated events outlines the digital specifications for polysomnography (PSG) recordings [2]. The recommended minimal digital resolution is 12 bits per sample (with the exception of the body position channel), and the maximum recommended electrode impedance for electroencephalography (EEG) and electrooculography (EOG) is 5 kilo-ohms. The latter should be re-evaluated when the recording appears artifactual.To continue reading this article, you must log in with your personal, hospital, or group practice subscription. For more information on subscription options, click below on the option that best describes you:
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- Digital specifications and settings
- EEG derivations
- - Sleep staging
- - Extended EEG during PSG
- EOG derivations
- EMG derivations
- Resources and role of technologist
- Patient safety
- NREM parasomnias
- REM sleep behavior disorder
- Sleep-related epilepsy
- - Epileptiform discharges and seizures
- - Normal variants
- - EEG artifacts
- - Troubleshooting EEG
- Limitations

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Stage Whispers: On The Road To Romance
It's easy to be cynical about the central premise of "Davi Sings Sinatra" – history is filled with musically limited actors who have used their fame in another medium to get what amount to embarrassing vanity projects off the ground (Bruce Willis' "The Return Of Bruno" or William Shatner's "The Transformed Man" anybody?). Also, Frank… Read more
Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Hollywood tough guy Robert Davi sings Sinatra and shows off his softer side
Some performers play their greatest hits. Robert Davi starts this show by playing his greatest hitmen: clips of the various tough guys he has portrayed on screen, from Bond villains to Mafia mob bosses. Heck, the Hollywood actor even says "shoot'' when he wants his musical director to start the next song. He saves the… Read more
He is probably best known for his tough guy roles in films such as Die Hardand License to Kill, but performer Robert Davi's first love is music and this month he puts that talent to good use in a tribute to one of the world's best loved singers, Frank Sinatra. It seems particularly fitting that Davi should take… Read more
Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review: Davi Sings Sinatra: On the Road to Romance
For film-goers and TV watchers, Robert Davi needs no introduction. Famed for his roles in the films Die Hard, Predator 2and the James Bond film Licence to Kill, he has gained a cult following. His rugged features have kept him in good stead whilst playing the most evil of baddies. Those who have re-watched his films multiple times may be… Read more
INTERVIEW: The Clothesline Chats with Robert Davi
The name Robert Davi is synonymous with his bigscreen tough guy roles from License To Kill, Predator 2 and Die Hard, and he has also appeared on television shows including Criminal Minds, Profiler and Stargate: Atlantis. But, unbeknown to many, Davi has a talent for crooning jazz; a love of music which began at a… Read more
REVIEW: Sinatra Clone or Bona Fide Vocalist
Robert Davi hit little ol' Adelaide last night with his show Davi Sings Sinatra: On the Road to Romance. The Singer Davi's licence to sing the Chairman's songs is twofold: 1) like Sinatra, he is an Italian; 2) he was a personal friend of Frank's. When at high school Davi showed great potential with his voice…. Read more
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Robert Davi has a lot in common with Frank Sinatra. Both come from Italian American backgrounds, both played tough guys on screen and both are great singers. They met in 1977 on the set of Robert Davi's first film "Contract on Cherry Street". But it wasn't until years after Frank Sinatra's death that Robert Davi… Read more


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There were two dissenters, Justices Antonin Scalia and Samuel A. Alito Jr., but neither they nor the majority gave reasons for their positions. Because only five votes are required for a stay of execution, it is not clear whether all the remaining seven justices supported it.
The stay will remain in effect until the full court reviews an appeal filed Monday by lawyers for the inmate, Earl W. Berry, who is on death row for killing a woman 20 years ago. ...
"Making void the Law of God"
What REALLY struck me was not the unbelievably incredible wickednessand ruthlessness of these groups but rather the fact that, consideringthe original crimes committed by the vast majority of these people priorto their incarcerations (including murder, rape, and kidnapping), mostof them would not even be ALIVE today were it not for our increasinglylenient justice system and it's growing reluctance to excersize thedeath penalty when it is clearly called for.
As with the war on terror, I see our culture increasingly beatingitself to death over process issues (what is and is not proper whenkilling or "torturing") to the point that any favorable outcome willbe jeapardized.
Jim Lincoln wrote:The above Catholic site contains a lot of nonsense about the RCC's goal of abolishing the death penalty.
"The Catholic Campaign to End the Use of the Death Penalty"
The above Catholic site contains a lot of nonsense about the RCC's goal of abolishing the death penalty.
"Rendering To Caesar: A Biblical Perspective On Government"
Gil Rugh wrote:Genesis 9:6 gives us the first and simplest direction relating to capital punishment:â¢[Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed. For in the image of God made he man.]In this passage, God gives the right of capital punishment to man. If someone commits murder, they are required to die.
Gil has quite an extensive comment on capital punishment in this booklet. Note, I changed the source of the verse for copyright reasons, or at least so I didn't have to go through all that stuff of telling of what the source was, mine is the ASV, which isn't as good as NASB.


text: Video News: United States Concordia salvage operation goes into the night A time lapse video shows the Costa Concordia as it inches away from the rock shelf where it has been stuck for more than 20 months. In the biggest and costliest operation of its kind, salvage teams teams started the process of raising the cruise liner on Monday. It capsized in January of 2012 off the coast of the Italian island of Giglio - with more than 4000 passengers and crew were on board. 32 people died in the accident - and the bodies of two victims were never found. Survivor Luciano Castro returned to the island to witness the operation. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) CONCORDIA SURVIVOR LUCIANO CASTRO, SAYING: "Naturally, I think of those people who didn't make it and especially for those two families who are still waiting to find the remains of their loved ones, they must still be under the keel of the Concordia and I hope, after this, finally they will have a grave over which they can cry." The so-called "parbuckling" operation to right the ship © DailyMotion - Monday, September 16, 2013


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exchange 12 is expected to have several new and improved features, such as the ability to handle voicemail and faxes, improved manageability of the software for i.t. managers, and a better web-based mail client. although the beta version will work with both 32- and 64-bit processors, the production application will only support the latter. additionally, the various components of the application can be loaded on different machines in an effort to make the system more fault-tolerant.
more information on this topic is available from cnet and microsoft.
christopher's opinion
just about all the new features are items that other companies specialize in selling software add-ins for. i can't tell you how many times i get called by vendors wanting to offer those types of functionality in exchange. now microsoft is getting into the game.
gates and crew certainly go after marketshare, and not necessarily just for the primary application base. if i don't have to buy it from competitors, i will be more likely to spend a little more with microsoft.
exchange has become a rock solid application. i have limited to no complaints with its functionality or reliability, and it sounds as if it will only be getting better.
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|great (12:13pm est thu dec 15 2005)
this will be awesome. voice, email, faxes. what else do you need. thanks microsoft. – by ms rules
|boring (12:35pm est thu dec 15 2005)
yawn !!! – by macosx
|tards (1:25pm est thu dec 15 2005)
topher = tacky – by topher sux
|that'll be great! (2:20pm est thu dec 15 2005)
so that when the server crashes, you'll dont have to get any work done.
"sorry the server was down, didn't get the voicemail."
"our server is down, so you'll have to try and fax that later."
"your email to me bounced?! we'll go ahead and just fax it to me….snicker"
– by please let a message
|puleeze… (3:38pm est thu dec 15 2005)
exchange 2000 is rock solid at my organization. we also use lotus notes for the japanese here (connecting to the domino server at matsushita (mew) japan over frame-relay), and i just can't stand notes (way slow over wan for some unfixable reason). can't say i've ever had any major problems with exchange.
i'm very satisfied with e2k and can imagine ms is working hard to make e2k7 even better. – by god�
|love exchange (3:49pm est thu dec 15 2005)
has only crashed once. the database was too large. was so easy to fix. by the way have gone from exchange 5.5 all the way up to 2003. – by bigjerm
|hmmm (9:20pm est thu dec 15 2005)
geez, that's a big jump bigjerm :-)
we went from 2000 to 2003, the memory leakage seems to have stopped… for now.
as for voicemail, we bought a cisco voip system for that (and for phones…), they do the job pretty damn good. very reliable too.
i think it might be a few years before we load exchange 12 onto our server though, i wouldn't like to be one of the first to try….
– by headley
|exchange activesync, the next big toy (10:04pm est sun dec 18 2005)
i set this up for a client last week. amazing stuff. after configuring the server i set a treo up to work with it, all the features of blackberry with none of the cost (and extra software). – by jason
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|on cisco… (11:45pm est thu jan 05 2006)
if you are using their unity voicemail product, you might be surprised at the stability it truly does have considering that it is built on ms exchange for the message store (thats how they can offer "collaborative messaging so easily"). in fact, i have hacked it to be able to listen to my voicemail in outlook without purchasing the "collaborative messaging" peice. quite easy actually, just gotta know where to look. – by rewind
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Hatch hails ruling
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) hailed Friday's ruling that President Obama's recess appointments were unconstitutional, saying the court reaffirmed that "the Constitution is above political party or agenda, despite what the Obama Administration seems to think."
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that the Senate was not actually in recess when Obama tried to use recess appointments to install three members of the National Labor Relations Board in January 2012. So the court ruled them invalid.
"Today's ruling reaffirms that the Constitution is above political party or agenda, despite what the Obama Administration seems to think. This wasn't an activist decision or legislating from the bench," said Hatch, who filed an amicus brief in the case with 41 other senators. "...With this ruling, the DC Circuit has soundly rejected the Obama Administration's flimsy interpretation of the law, and will go a long way toward restoring the constitutional separation of powers."


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Richard Linklater's "Boyhood" was probably the shoo-in favorite for top honors at the Berlin International Film Festival, Wes Anderson's "The Grand Budapest Hotel" followed closely, but ultimately it was a dark horse that prevailed, like so many times in recent Berlinale history.
It's as if the Berlin jury intentionally pursues the roads less traveled, always seeking the unconventional, unexpected picks. This year, it's "Black Coal, Thin Ice" for the win. Or rather wins, as the Chinese crime drama took home both the biggest prize of all, aka the Golden Bear, and male acting Silver Bear (Liao Fan).
Meanwhile, Sundance darling "Boyhood" had to settle for a best director Silver Bear, and "The Grand Budapest Hotel" scored the Jury's Grand Prix, so another Silver Bear. Spreading the love between as many competitors as possible, James Schamus, Christoph Waltz and their panel of jurors didn't forget about France's "Life of Riley", Japan's "The Little House", or German-French co-production "Stations of the Cross".
Finally, the outstanding artistic contribution (read cinematography) cup went China's way, this time for a drama called "Blind Massage". Now let's hope all these no doubt outstanding films will enjoy a kinder fate distribution-wise than 2013's victors, Romania's "Child's Pose", Bosnia's "An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker", or Canada's "Vic and Flo Saw a Bear".
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Driveclub no longer a PlayStation 4 launch title in Japan
Evolution racer's release date changed to "undecided."
Sony Computer Entertainment Japan has changed the release date for Driveclub, originally set to launch alongside PlayStation 4 in Japan on February 22, to "undecided." A reason for the change was not announced.
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As reservoir keeper at Miramar Lake, Lori Felchlin has seen kids show up with a fishing rod and reel and not know how to use it.
Felchlin said that what usually happens next is "the kids get bored, and the parents get frustrated."
Felchlin thinks she has a solution. She has enlisted help from some leaders in the fishing community and plans to start a summer camp for fishing at Miramar.
"I have the volunteers lined up, but no kids have signed up," Felchlin said. "The July dates are in danger of being canceled at this point. The main aim of the camp is to get kids who have never fished, or possibly fished a few times, some basic skills such as casting, knot-tying and rod and reel setups. I have Jim Putney, Donald Logan and Bill van Wulven as volunteers to teach. I have rods available for kids to borrow if they don't have their own. I'm hoping that if the kids at least know what they are doing they will have fun."
Felchlin has room for 20 kids each week.
All the camps run Wednesday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.: July 22-25; July 29-Aug. 1; Aug. 19-22; Aug. 26-29.
Felchlin says campers must be 8 to 15 years old. The youngsters don't need a fishing license. The only requirement is that they bring a sack lunch and $10 for four days of fishing permits. They also may bring their own fishing gear if they have it, otherwise gear will be provided for the entire camp.
Saturday participation is optional, but it's a day when parents must be present to enjoy a day of fishing with their child.
"This day is for the kids to show up and show their parents or friends and family what they've learned," Felchlin said. Rental boats will be available.
To sign up for the camp, contact Felchlin at email@example.com or (619) 212-3860 (please do not call after 6 p.m. and remember to leave a message).
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Progress: Reigniting a love for art
Glassblowing has been a big part of Gail Dahlberg's life for many years, but the artist-in-residence at the Anderson Center at Tower View said he chose to let his dedication to the craft cool for a time.
"Glassblowing is the type of thing that if you're going to be serious about it, it's not only a full-time commitment, but you almost have to eliminate the rest of the things in your life," Dahlberg said. "And that was what I didn't want to do."
But around eight years ago, after raising a family and building a successful masonry business, Dahlberg said he felt the need to return to his former passion and pass it on to future generations.
With encouragement from a daughter-in-law, he worked with Anderson Center Director Robert Hedin and wife Carolyn Hedin to design and build a glassblowing studio at the Anderson Center.
Since opening the studio in 2005, Dahlberg said he has instructed hundreds of students, a handful of whom went on to study glassblowing at universities around the country.
"I encourage it to anybody at any level," said Dahlberg about his glassblowing classes. "Whether they want to just come and watch or participate."
Dahlberg said he didn't discover his love for art until after first trying his hand at math and sports like football and hockey.
"I tell everybody the reason I started doing glassblowing and jewelry making was because I failed at everything else," he said.
Although he got into art later in life, the timing worked out to put him in the middle of the 1960s modern studio art movement that saw glassblowing go from traditional glassmaking factories to individual artists. He recalled jumping into vans with fellow glassblowing pioneers to check out what other artists were doing in places like Flagstaff, Ariz., and Seattle.
"That's the way things operated back then. It was real exciting," Dahlberg said.
At the time, glassblowers were building all of their equipment from scratch — something Dahlberg said came natural to him because of the mechanical skills he learned growing up on an Apple Valley, Minn., junkyard.
"They called the early glassblowers the truck drivers of the art world because we had to build everything," he said.
His pursuits eventually brought him to the School of the Art Institute in Chicago, where, in the 1970s, he helped develop a glassblowing and jewelry studio at a high school in the nearby North Shore area. He would go on to teach at the high school for seven years before eventually moving to the Red Wing area.
That's when the glassblowing stopped, and Dahlberg said he set it aside for a while to start a family and explore other ambitions.
With so much time spent away from the studio, Dahlberg said the transition back to glassblowing was jarring at first, especially getting used to new technology.
His first annealing oven — a device used to control the temperature of glass projects as they cool — used a makeshift system of string hooked between two thermostats. Now the ovens come with digital controllers that can be programmed to hold a certain temperature and then automatically drop.
Along with glassblowing, Dahlberg's residency at the Anderson Center also means a return to teaching.
"I've tried to make the lessons adapt to people's needs," he said, adding that the learning curve to start working with glass can be steep.
"Some students have outright quit because it's so frustrating," Dahlberg said. "But I've tried to encourage people that they don't have to master it to enjoy the experience."
Beginning glassblowing classes are offered by Dahlberg year-round. For more information on Anderson Center classes, call 651-388-2009 or email email@example.com.
This story originally appeared in part 3 of the 2014 Red Wing Republican Eagle Progress Edition, titled Start to Finish. The three-part series features local businesses, artisans and community groups describing their step-by-step processes.


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A Wichita landscaper has been ordered to spend 10 months in prison after he failed to make restitution to two customers he defrauded.
The Chicago Department of Aviation has fired two security officers who dragged a man off an overbooked United Airlines flight.
A federal judge in Hawaii blocked the Trump administration Tuesday from enforcing its latest travel ban.
An El Dorado man has died following a motorcycle crash.
New York City police have been pursuing an unusual suspect — a cow on a Brooklyn soccer field.
President Donald Trump hailed Greece's economic recovery on Tuesday as he welcomed the country's prime minister.
Atlanta mother accused of murdering two sons, ages 1 and 2, by placing them in hot oven.
Target is recalling about 7,500 leather ottomans due to suffocation and choking hazards to young children.
District Attorney Beth McCann said in a statement released Saturday there was insufficient evidence to warrant charges.
Investigators say a Nebraska man facing an assisted suicide charge in his Florida girlfriend's death.
An elderly Wichita woman has been sentenced to probation for stealing more than $57,000 from an 89-year-old acquaintance.
A Canadian actor best known for his role as an alcoholic trailer park supervisor in the Netflix comedy series "Trailer Park Boys" has died.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOTV)- Adding an intern to your team, whether for the summer or a semester, can be a great experience for both you and the person interning. However, before you make a hiring decision, or even post the opportunity, there is one question you need to ask. Is the intern position paid? The answer to that question will affect much more than just your payroll.
Unpaid internships have been an acceptable norm for many years, with college students seemingly appreciating the opportunity to add professional experience to their resumes, while businesses enjoyed the fresh ideas and extra help. But, what was once simply considered standard practice is facing increased scrutiny. Today, most students want and expect an internship to be paid, and employers who don't offer compensation may be missing out. In an article from the National Federation of Independent Business, Jeff Allen, co-founder of AboutJobs.com and InternJobs.com, even points out that "by not paying your intern, you will exclude a segment of the talent pool that can't afford to spend their time in an unpaid internship." Students aren't the only ones expecting employers to pay up, though.
Playing By the Rules
According to the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") originally passed in 1938, most interns are required to be paid. Nine years after the establishment of FLSA, the Supreme Court laid out the specifics on how employers could be exempt from paying interns. As a recent Forbes article asserts, the Court's ruling basically boils down to one thing: "The intern needs to be the party receiving the greater amount of value. More importantly, the company needs to be receiving less value or a loss of value."
Specifically, the six requirements that must be satisfied for exemption are:
- The internship is similar to the training one might receive in an educational environment.
- The intern is the beneficiary.
- Regular employees closely supervise the intern and are not displaced by the intern.
- The employer does not benefit from the intern.
- The intern is not guaranteed a permanent job upon completion of the internship.
- All parties involved understand that the internship is an unpaid position.
Recent Influx of Cases
While these requirements have been in place for decades, there has been a major uptick recently in the number of cases involving interns suing employers for improper compensation. In 2012, a federal district court ruled in favor of two interns who claimed Fox Searchlight Pictures gave them the tasks of entry-level employees. The same USA Today article that reviewed this case also highlighted several other similar cases, including two interns suing Condé Nast for compensation, an ex-Harper's Bazaar intern filing suit against Hearst Magazines, Warner Music Group and Atlantic Records being sued, and a group of interns filing a joint suit against Gawker Media. The White House has even come under fire for their prestigious unpaid internship program.
Consider Carefully
Based on the current judicial climate regarding this issue, business leaders need to think carefully about any internship opportunities they provide. If you're considering not paying your interns, you will need to lay out clear guidelines on what the interns can and cannot do, who will supervise them, and how the scope of the internship will be communicated to them. And, if there is any doubt, just pay them. Whatever their compensation, chances are it will be far cheaper than a court battle.
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Tom Brokaw of NBC Nightly News once said of the American icon Fred Rogers, "Mister Rogers was an ordained minister, but he never talked about God on his program. He didn't need to."
Eight years before his death, Fred Rogers met author, educator, and speaker Amy Hollingsworth. What started as a television interview turned into a wonderful friendship spanning dozens of letters detailing the driving force behind this gentle man of extraordinary influence. Educator? Philosopher? Psychologist? Minister? Here is an intimate portrait of the real Mister Rogers.
The Simple Faith of Mr. Rogers focuses on Mr. Rogers' spiritual legacy, but it is much more than that. It shows us a man who, to paraphrase the words of St. Francis of Assisi, "preached the gospel at all times; when necessary he used words."
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In this book, readers are allowed a rare glimpse into the life of Fred Rogers. And guess what? His persona as a gentle, caring person who loved children was authentic on and off the screen.
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- An overview of meta-analyses of diagnostic tests in infectious diseasesMario Cruciani
Center of Preventive Medicine and HIV Outpatient Clinic, Verona, Italy
Infect Dis Clin North Am 23:225-67, Table of Contents. 2009..The execution and reporting of systematic reviews of diagnostic tests need to be improved...
- Increasing prevalence of HIV infection among first time clients in Italian drug treatment services - is it sexual transmission?Mario Cruciani
Center of Community Medicine and HIV Outpatient Clinic, Via Germania, 20, Verona, Italy
BMC Infect Dis 15:201. 2015..We report nationwide trends in the prevalence of HIV and HCV among tested clients in charge to drug addiction services from 2005 to 2011...
- Virological efficacy of abacavir: systematic review and meta-analysisMario Cruciani
Centre of Community Medicine and HIV Outpatient Clinic, Verona, Italy
J Antimicrob Chemother 69:3169-80. 2014..Several randomized clinical trials (RCTs) investigated the effectiveness and safety of abacavir/lamivudine and tenofovir/emtricitabine combined antiretroviral treatment (cART) and we have reviewed the available evidence...
- Schistosoma hematobium and S. mansoni among children, Southern SudanRoberto Deganello
World Health Organization Headquarters for Southern Sudan, Nairobi, Kenya
Emerg Infect Dis 13:1504-6. 2007..5%; no cases of S. hematobium infection were detected. In Nyal (Upper Nile region), prevalence of S. hematobium infection was 73% and S. mansoni infection, 70%...
- Meta-analyses of diagnostic tests in infectious diseases: how helpful are they in the intensive care setting?M Cruciani
Center of Community Medicine and HIV Outpatient Clinic, Verona
HSR Proc Intensive Care Cardiovasc Anesth 3:103-8. 2011....
- Abacavir-based triple nucleoside regimens for maintenance therapy in patients with HIVMario Cruciani
Center of Community Medicine and Infectious Diseases Service, ULSS 20 Verona, Verona, Italy
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 6:CD008270. 2013..Several clinical trials have evaluated the efficacy of triple nucleoside combination as a simplification therapy in patients who achieved virologic suppression..
- Prophylaxis of Candida infections in adult trauma and surgical intensive care patients: a systematic review and meta-analysisMario Cruciani
HIV Outpatient Clinic, Centre of Preventive Medicine, Via Germania 20, 37135, Verona, Italy
Intensive Care Med 31:1479-87. 2005..To determine whether systemic antifungal prophylaxis decreases infectious morbidity and mortality in nonneutropenic, critically ill, trauma and surgical intensive care unit (ICU) adult patients...
- Penetration of didanosine in semen of HIV-1-infected menM Cruciani
Centre of Preventive Medicine and HIV Outpatient Clinic, Via Germania 20, 37135 Verona, Italy
J Antimicrob Chemother 57:1244-7. 2006..We have investigated didanosine penetration in seminal plasma of 16 HIV-infected patients...
- Antifungal prophylaxis in liver transplant patients: a systematic review and meta-analysisMario Cruciani
Center of Preventive Medicine, HIV Outpatient Clinic, Verona, Italy
Liver Transpl 12:850-8. 2006..Concerns about the selection of triazole-resistant Candida strains, however, are realistic, and the potential disadvantages of prophylaxis should be weighed against the established benefits...
- Management of Candida infections in the adult intensive care unitMario Cruciani
Center of Preventive Medicine and HIV Out Patient Clinic, V Germania, 20 37135 Verona, Italy
Expert Opin Pharmacother 9:175-91. 2008..g., micafungin, anidulafungin). However, there is a critical need for improvement in diagnosis of invasive Candida infection in order to provide clinicians the opportunity to intervene earlier in the diseases course...
- Serologic response to hepatitis B vaccine with high dose and increasing number of injections in HIV infected adult patientsMario Cruciani
Center of Preventive Medicine, HIV Outpatient Clinic, V Germania, 20 37135 Verona, Italy
Vaccine 27:17-22. 2009....
- Abacavir use and cardiovascular disease events: a meta-analysis of published and unpublished dataMario Cruciani
Centre of Community Medicine and HIV Outpatient Clinic, Verona, Italy
AIDS 25:1993-2004. 2011..However, no excess risk of myocardial infarction (MI) with ABC therapy has been observed in individual randomized clinical trials (RCTs) and in the aggregated clinical trials database maintained by the manufacturer of ABC...
- Pharmacokinetic interaction between chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and protease inhibitors in HIV-1-infected patientsMario Cruciani
Centre of Preventive Medicine HIV Outpatient Clinic, Via Germania 20, 37135 Verona, Italy
J Antimicrob Chemother 55:546-9. 2005..We have investigated whether chemotherapy for HIV-related systemic non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) affects the pharmacokinetics of protease inhibitors...
- Meta-analysis of diagnostic procedures for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in HIV-1-infected patientsM Cruciani
Center of Preventive Medicine HIV Outpatient Clinic, Verona, Italy
Eur Respir J 20:982-9. 2002..4 and 53-83.5% with cytochemical staining. In conclusion, in a setting of low prevalence of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, sputum induction, particularly with immunostaining, appears to be adequate for clinical decision-making...
- Reappraisal with meta-analysis of the addition of Gram-positive prophylaxis to fluoroquinolone in neutropenic patientsMario Cruciani
Center of Preventive Medicine HIV Outpatient Clinic, Verona, Italy
J Clin Oncol 21:4127-37. 2003..We evaluated by meta-analysis the efficacy of the addition of antimicrobial agents with enhanced Gram-positive activity to prophylaxis with quinolones...
- Systematic review of the accuracy of the ParaSight-F test in the diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum malariaMario Cruciani
Center of Preventive Medicine, HIV Outpatient Clinic, Verona, Italy
Med Sci Monit 10:MT81-8. 2004..To provide an evaluation of the quality of available reports and an overall summary of diagnostic accuracy of the Parasight-F test, we have performed a systematic review...
- Meta-analysis of BACTEC MGIT 960 and BACTEC 460 TB, with or without solid media, for detection of mycobacteriaM Cruciani
HIV Outpatient Clinic, Center of Preventive Medicine, Verona, Italy
J Clin Microbiol 42:2321-5. 2004..5 and 99.6% and 85.8 and 99.9%, respectively. Combined with solid media, the sensitivity of the two systems increased to 87.7 and 89.7%, respectively...
- The impact of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 on infectiousness of tuberculosis: a meta-analysisM Cruciani
Department of Infectious Diseases, HIV Screening Center, Verona, Italy
Clin Infect Dis 33:1922-30. 2001..78-1.56) were similar regardless of HIV-1 positivity of index cases. These data suggest that tuberculosis patients with HIV-1 infection are not intrinsically more infectious to their contacts than are HIV-1-negative tuberculosis patients...
- Antibacterial prophylaxisM Cruciani
Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Verona, Ospedale Civile Maggiore, P Le Stefani, 1 37126 Verona, Italy
Int J Antimicrob Agents 16:123-5. 2000..However, many of these approaches have fallen out of favour, mostly because of concerns about the long lasting efficacy. This paper focuses on the available prophylactic strategies, with emphasis on the use of antibacterial agents...
- Granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor as an adjuvant for hepatitis B vaccination: a meta-analysisMario Cruciani
Center of Preventive Medicine, HIV Outpatient Clinic, V Germania, 20 37135 Verona, Italy
Vaccine 25:709-18. 2007....
- Painful neuropathy vasculitis in 2 patients with long-standing human immunodeficiency virus-1 infectionSergio Ferrari
Sections of Clinical Neurology, Department of Neurological and Visual Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Scand J Infect Dis 36:392-3. 2004..These unusual cases outline the importance of nerve biopsies in order to reach a diagnosis...
- Effect of Helicobacter pylori eradication on platelet count in idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: a systematic review and meta-analysisMassimo Franchini
Immuno hematology and Transfusion Center, City Hospital, Verona, and Department of Histology, Microbiology, and Medical Biotechnology, University of Padua, Italy
J Antimicrob Chemother 60:237-46. 2007..In order to clarify this controversial issue, we performed a systematic review with meta-analysis of the available literature...
- Treatment of chronic hepatitis C in haemophilic patients with interferon and ribavirin: a meta-analysisMassimo Franchini
Hemophilia Center, City Hospital, Verona, Italy
J Antimicrob Chemother 61:1191-200. 2008..In order to analyse the effect of the current combination anti-HCV treatment [i.e. ribavirin plus interferon (IFN)] in this subset of HCV-infected patients, we performed a systematic review with meta-analysis of the available literature...
- Trichosporon asahii infection treated with caspofungin combined with liposomal amphotericin BMatteo Bassetti
J Antimicrob Chemother 54:575-7. 2004
- Both human immunodeficiency virus cellular DNA sequencing and plasma RNA sequencing are useful for detection of drug resistance mutations in blood samples from antiretroviral-drug-naive patientsSaverio G Parisi
Department of Histology, Microbiology and Medical Biotechnology, Padova University, Via Gabelli 63, 35100 Padova, Italy
J Clin Microbiol 45:1783-8. 2007..0% and 36.2% of the subjects, respectively. Our data support the potential utility of genotypic resistance testing of PBMC DNA in conjunction with the currently recommended plasma RNA analysis...
- Trends in antifungal use and species distribution among Candida isolates in a large paediatric hospitalGraziana Manno
Int J Antimicrob Agents 24:627-8. 2004
- Community-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia with meningitis and endophthalmitis in ItalyMario Giobbia
Int J Infect Dis 7:234-5. 2003
- P. carinii pneumonia in African children and the ineffectiveness of TMP-SMX prophylaxisMario Cruciani
Clin Infect Dis 36:937-9; author reply 939-40. 2003
- Are granulocyte colony-stimulating factors beneficial in treating diabetic foot infections?: A meta-analysisMario Cruciani
University of Washington, School of Medicine, Director, General Internal Medicine Clinic, VA Puget Sound Health Care System S 111 GIMC, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 98108 1597, USA
Diabetes Care 28:454-60. 2005..To assess the value of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) as adjunctive therapy for diabetic foot infections...
- Antimicrobial use and Pseudomonas aeruginosa susceptibility profile in a cystic fibrosis centreGraziana Manno
Infectious Diseases Research and Diagnosis Laboratory, Department of Paediatrics, University of Genoa and Clinical Pathology Laboratories, G Gaslini Research Institute, Children s Hospital, Genoa, Italy
Int J Antimicrob Agents 25:193-7. 2005..Trend testing showed a significant decline of susceptibility to aminoglycosides, imipenem and ciprofloxacin, while the susceptibility of P. aeruginosa to piperacillin and ceftazidime was stable...
- Linezolid in the treatment of Gram-positive prosthetic joint infectionsMatteo Bassetti
Infectious Diseases Department, University of Genoa School of Medicine, San Martino Hospital, Genoa, Italy
J Antimicrob Chemother 55:387-90. 2005..To investigate the clinical efficacy and safety of linezolid in the treatment of Gram-positive prosthetic hip and knee infections...


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Supersize This: See Kai Run
When it comes to shoes that are as soft and flexible as baby's bare feet, these sheepskin leather ones by See Kai Run are just about as cute as they come. And priced around $40, they make you want to get up and go get some.
The Seattle based company was started by a set of parents looking for functional and stylish shoes for their son, Kai. And, what they found was a need for a line that would be easy on his feet and hold up to the northwestern weather.
Sold at various boutiques and online retailers around the world, the trainers, dress shoes, mary janes and boots are the type of urban footwear that grown-ups envy.


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3 meals, no snacks
64+ ounces of water (already! at 2 p.m.!)
Forward lunges, plié squats, chair pose squat, wall push-ups (10 of each)
4 miles in 71 minutes. Boo-yah!
I'm using parts of two workouts from Women's Health for lower-body moves. They're not difficult (and, perhaps, not very effective), but while I'm easing my way into a regular routine, it's a good place to start. I'm not even doing every suggested move, obviously.
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Schoolboy 'kidnapped and raped in shopping centre'
A schoolboy was abducted in the middle of a busy shopping centre and raped in the toilet of a department store, detectives said yesterday.
The 14-year-old's ordeal began when he went to use the toilet in the Arndale shopping complex in Manchester city centre on a Saturday afternoon. He was approached by two men, one white and the other Asian, who threatened him, saying: "Come with us, do what we say and if you try to run we'll get you."
The boy was led out of the Arndale Centre and taken to a nearby Debenhams store, officers said. Once there he was forced into a lift, taken upstairs and marched into a toilet where he was raped by the Asian man.
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RIOT began with a round-robin. Roxanne shared a recent "crashing failure." She worked with a nutrition professor to assign pre-readings on how to write scientific articles. Not many of the students did the reading. The professor did not attend the session and was not there to scold them. Roxanne dealt with this problem by summarizing the readings for the students, proving that she was flexible and able to think on her feet.
Michele shared the Meghan had assigned some preliminary readings and tutorials before some of her classes and it worked. There was probably some kind of accountability, or perhaps the students had to submit something beforehand.
Janelle shared her experience. She assigned something that the students had to complete before the session. She said it was a success.
Cindy shared her strategy of a two-shot instruction session: She assigns something to be submitted and works with the professor to make sure there is a participation grade in Canvass.
Martha then summarized why she thought the article was interesting:
• It was realistic: one-shot 50 min session
• She liked that they used a Google search to evaluate comprehension of concepts
• She liked the blind methodology of not telling students what they were really studying
• Overall, it was a simple approach was refreshing
Martha was also heartened because the study showed that one-shot actually do work.
Other points of interest:
• Background literature: internet is easier to use than library resources; students will sacrifice quality for ease-of-use
• Students with low info-literacy skills are less-likely to know that they need training. "They don't know that they don't know"
• Sex/gender or other variables didn't have a significant influence
• Students who had library sessions made better judgments about the authority of the resources and had better/more sophisticated justifications of their judgments
• Students demonstrated that they were transferring the skills and using these techniques in more personal, casual searches
Martha asked:
• How can we incorporate these findings in how we approach instruction?
• Are there any interesting concepts that are not being addressed?
• What did people think of the study's methodology?
Kristen shared that there is often not enough time in these sessions to cover evaluating information.
Michele said that we know that one-shots are not enough, but that's all we have.
Cindy questioned whether we could use these findings to demonstrate the need for more library instruction and the case for selecting relevant, non-library resources later in life
Martha stated that the study shows that library sessions are more than databases and tools: they are about critical thinking and information literacy.
Kristen stated that there is something to be said for teaching students that there is proprietary, subscription-based information.
AJ said that this is the other side of libraries promoting open-access, promoting that Libraries have access to proprietary information.
Cindy said she thought the Libraries should do more to promote the public library and access.
Janelle pointed out that it is often difficult to find academic research at the public library and that she recommends that graduates join professional associations to access those associations' journals.
Roxanne uses a pre-class survey to determine students' exposure to info-literacy and previous library instruction.
Many spoke of increased library usage and questions from students who had information literacy sessions. The study showed that students ask more, and more complex, questions after information literacy sessions.
The group discussed that students often do not know what kinds of questions to ask. We may need to provide examples. What can you Ask a Librarian?


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Jesse Allen has been named manager of Hancock Bank's Market Street branch in Pascagoula. A native of Pascagoula, Allen has served as a financial services associate at several coastal Hancock Bank branches, and was branch manager of Harrison Finance.
He completed the Mississippi Insurance certification course, and has six years experience in the financial services industry. He is a graduate of Pascagoula High School and attended the University of Southern Mississippi.
Allen serves on the board of the Kiwanis Club, and is a member of Junior Achievement and South Mississippi Home Builders Association. He attends Grace Church Gulf Coast of Ocean Springs.
Nikki Skrmetti has been named manager of Hancock Bank's Washington Avenue branch in Ocean Springs. A native of Ocean Springs, Skrmetti has served as a Hancock Bank financial services associate since 2005. She is a graduate of Ocean Springs High School and received her bachelor of science degree in business administration from the University of Southern Mississippi. She earned her MBA at William Carey University.
Skrmetti completed the bank's Management Associate Program and worked in the Ocean Springs east branch and the city's main branch. She served as a team leader for the American Heart Association, and is an active partner for the Jackson County Civic Action Committee. She also serves as ambassador for the Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce.


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Remember when "The Crow" remake was moving forward like it was going to get made despite a lot of fan outrage (including original director Alex Proyas wondering "why"?) and would get released by 2011? Well that was before the bottom fell out and director Stephen Norrington said adios and flew the coop.
Nowadays, "The Crow" is looking for a star and a director. Rumors continue to persist that the studio has offered the lead to Mark Wahlberg, which is plausible, though it's unlikely he'll say Yes given his commitments to a half dozen other projects, including David O. Russell's "Uncharted" movie.
Now word is that "28 Weeks Later" director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo is "in talks" to helm the remake.
It should be noted that "in talks" can mean anything from Fresnadillo bumping into someone from the studio and saying "Hey, what's up?" to actually going into their offices, sitting down, and hatching a deal to direct.
For now, though, "The Crow" remake, much to many's consternation, is still moving forward.
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Birmingham have refused to comment on reports they have turned down a £6million bid from Saints for teenage goalkeeper Jack Butland.
Butland, called into Roy Hodgson's England squad at Euro 2012 as a replacement for Norwich's John Ruddy, is understood to be a top target for newly-promoted Saints, who had an improved offer for the 19-year-old rejected earlier this week.
The Bristol-born 6ft 4in goalkeeper, yet to make a first-team appearance for Birmingham, has been widely touted to be number one for Team GB at this summer's Olympics and the midlands club are determined to keep hold of their prized asset.
Birmingham installed Lee Clark as Chris Hughton's replacement this week and the former Huddersfield boss has already insisted Butland will remain at St Andrews unless the club received a "crazy offer".
Butland spent the final three months of last season on loan at npower League Two side Cheltenham, where he made 24 appearances.
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Flying boats of Australia
Flying boats were used early and continued in service late in Australia, from the 1920s to the 1970s.
Qantas Empire Airways, Cooee landing on Sydney Harbour, 1938, RN Smith collection.
A flying boat is an aircraft that can take off and alight on water and whose main body is a hull that rests fully in the water. Because they can operate from any fairly calm stretch of water, they were beautifully suited to Australia with its long coastline surrounded by immense oceans. Flying boats didn't require expensive land airports and they became the basis for Australia's international air transport before the Second World War. In 1938, large luxury flying boats began to operate a 10 day service between Sydney and Europe. A ticket cost more than the average yearly wage.
Catalina flying boats in the Second World War played a unique part in daring missions by Australian airmen in Asia and the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
After the war, flying boats helped to increase access to the South Pacific and appeared in a great array of peacetime ventures, but their place gradually diminished due to the wartime construction of land airports. In 1974 the last regular Australian flying boat passenger service, between Sydney Harbour and Lord Howe Island, finished and the 50-year era of the Australian flying boats was over. Rose Bay, the last major flying boat terminal in the world, closed.
Like enormous water birds, flying boats combine the worlds of the sea and the air. People who have worked with flying boats or travelled in them speak affectionately of their beauty and romance.
Ships that fly
Seaplanes were some of the earliest forms of aviation and were the forerunners of flying boats. A seaplane has floats supporting the main body or fuselage, which sits above the water, whereas a flying boat's fuselage rests in the water. Both seaplanes and flying boats are often amphibious, having retractable landing gear. There was a period of intensive experimentation with seaplane and flying boat design in the 1890s and early 1900s, particularly in France. The first successful flight of a powered seaplane was in 1910 and of a flying boat in 1912.
Henri Farman, Tandem seated float plane from HMS Ark Royal, returning to its launching ramp, Gallipoli, 1915, Australian War Memorial.
The first purpose built aircraft carrier, the HMS Ark Royal, carried six sea planes which were used by the Anzacss for aerial surveillance of the Gallipoli peninsula in 1915—including 38 aerial reconnaissance and 18 photographic missions. Australian pilots included RAAF Captain Thomas H Piper and intelligence officer Major Charles Villiers-Stuart who had never been in a plane in his life before. Villiers-Stuart flew in a Maurice Farman sea plane for reconnaissance on 14 April 1914. It had a top speed of 95km per hour and was described as 'one of the crudest and earliest seaplanes ever built', fragile and temperamental as it had a habit of cutting out mid-flight.
In September 1919, the British company Supermarine started operating the first flying boat service in the world, from Woolston to Le Havre in France, but it was short-lived. In 1923, Imperial Airways was formed from the merger of Supermarine (renamed British Marine Air Navigation) and three other key British aviation companies and formed a partnership with Qantas and Tasman Empire Airways Ltd in New Zealand. Short Brothers, a British company, built the large Empire, Sunderland, Sandringham and Solent flying boats from the 1920s through into the time of the Second World War. The motto attributed to these flying boat manufacturers was
We don't build aircraft that float, we build ships that fly.
John Huxley, When harbour was an airport, and you could play mid-air golf, Sydney Morning Herald, 9 May 2008
Flying boat pilots had to be qualified in nautical knowledge as well as aviation. They had to understand and handle tides, swells, currents, choppiness created by wind, the presence of other watercraft, and the fact that flying boats have no brakes or rudder, only propellers to steer with. Flying boats mixed the ancient traditions of seafaring with the radical new ability to lift off into the sky.
Aircraft including flying boats are usually named according to the company that made them and the company's own system of titles. Companies that produced flying boats included: Fairey, Supermarine, Douglas, Lockheed, Consolidated and Short Brothers.
First flight around Australia – 1924
Fairey IIID seaplane A10-3 on its survey flight round Australia, probably Sydney, 1924, photographer Harry Victory Leckie, courtesy Australian War Memorial P00589.005
In 1924 a Fairey IIID seaplane made the first flight around Australia. Wing Commander Stanley Goble wanted to view the entire coastline for reasons of defence. He and Flight Lieutenant Ivor McIntyre set off from the RAAF base at Point Cook, Melbourne and they completed their 13,700 km flight in 44 days, despite terrible weather and having to replace the engine. They travelled up the east coast, across the Gulf of Carpentaria, then on via Darwin and Broome.
The pilot's compass was faulty and so when crossing the Gulf of Carpentaria the navigator had to pull strings tied to the pilot's arms in order to guide him. On their return, a crowd of 10,000 greeted them at St Kilda. (Morrissey, p. 13)
Australia's fledgling air force – 1920s and 1930s
The Fairey IIID seaplane landing at St Kilda to be greeted by 10,000 people, 1924, newsreel still, courtesy of the National Film and Sound Archive
Flying boats were a part of Australia's fledgling air force after the First World War (1914–18). In 1925 the RAAF ordered six new British Supermarine Seagull III flying boats for reconnaissance work. These flying boats were built of wood. Two Supermarine Southamptons were added in 1928 and four Supermarine Southampton flying boats of the British RAF journeyed to Melbourne. This was considered proof that flying boats had evolved to become reliable means of long distance transport and came to be used extensively as part of civil aviation in Australia.
The RAAF ordered 24 Supermarine Walrus directly off the drawing boards, under the Seagull V 'A2' designation, which were delivered for service from cruisers from 1935. One Walrus, HD874, was still in service in 1947 with the Australian Antarctic Expedition. (Supermarine Walrus in action) The Walrus was later rescued from the ice, restored and exhibited at the RAAF Museum, Point Cook, Victoria.
Supermarine Walrus landing, still from Supermarine Walrus footage, c 1936.
The Supermarine Walrus (originally called the Seagull V) was a single-engine amphibious biplane reconnaissance aircraft with a maximum speed of 217 kilometers per hour and a range of 965 kilometers. The wings could be folded on ship, giving a stowage width of 5.5 metres. Unusually, the control column could be unplugged from either of two sockets at floor level; and when control was passed from the pilot to co-pilot or vice-versa, the control column would simply be unplugged and handed over. The Seagulls and then later Supermarine Walruses were catapulted into the air from a navy cruiser and afterwards hoisted back onto the ship by crane. (From Sea to Sky)
In the 1930s, when international aviation was in its infancy, there were only a limited number of airfields capable of coping with larger aircraft. Added to this was the rather frequent need to stop for refuelling on longer journeys – the average flight from Australia to England at the time involved some 31 stops – and the navigational difficulties of flying over open water. An aircraft, which could land wherever there was a large enough patch of calm water and a mooring buoy, presented obvious advantages.
The Golden Age Of Flying Boats In Australia
Civilian services to Europe 1928–1939
Empire Air Mail Scheme
The Coolangatta Short Empire Flying Boat, departing Rose Bay Terminal, c 1938
By 1931, mail transported by air from Australia was reaching Britain in just 16 days—less than half the time taken by sea. In that year, government tenders on both sides of the world invited applications to run new mail and passenger services between the ends of the British Empire. Australia's Qantas and Britain's Imperial Airways won with a joint bid. They then formed a joint company: Qantas Empire Airways or QEA. QEA's new 10-day service between Rose Bay in Sydney Harbour and Southampton was so successful with letter-writers that soon the quantity of mail was exceeding aircraft storage space.
The British Government decided in 1934 to instigate an airmail service for the whole Commonwealth at fixed rates. For this purpose, Imperial Airways contracted Short Brothers to create a new form flying boat, big and long-range. These were known as the 'Short Empire' and were called 'C' class because all had names starting with C, such as Cooee, Cleopatra and Coogee.
QEA poster, c.1938. Courtesy Civil Aviation Historical Society.
With help from the Australian Government, QEA ordered six of the Short Empires. They were Australia's first commercially produced, all-metal aircraft. In May 1938 QEA moved its headquarters from Brisbane to Sydney.
In July 1938, two C Class Empire flying boats arrived in Sydney. Only a month later, the first of these set out for Singapore via Brisbane, Gladstone, Townsville (where it stopped for the night), across the Cape York Peninsula, to Karumba, Groote Eyelandt and on to Darwin. The aircraft then crossed the Timor Sea, flying to Kupang, Bima, Surabaya and Jakarta, before finally arriving in Singapore. There, the service was taken over by British Imperial Airlines, who flew the rest of the route to London via India, the Middle East and Egypt. Thus Qantas Empire Airways was born. The Empire Air Mail Scheme commenced in August 1938 and by the end of that year approximately 240 tons of mail had been transported each way between Australia and Britain.
Rose Bay International Airport – 1938
Rose Bay Terminal, c. 1938, photographer unknown. Courtesy Qantas.
Sydney's first international airport was in its harbour, at Rose Bay, to the east of Sydney Harbour Bridge. From 1938, the flying boat mail and passenger services from Rose Bay connected the city more closely than ever to the rest of the world. Rose Bay was part of a world network of water airports, including those at Singapore, Calcutta, Cairo, Southampton, New York (La Guardia), Auckland (Mechanics Bay) and locations in the South Pacific.
In 1938 Sydney Harbour was a much more work-dominated and industrial place than it is today. At the new Rose Bay Airport, the engineers and sheet metal workers carried out their tasks, such as changing engines and replacing damaged panels. Ground crews bolted wheels onto the sides of the flying boats so they could be hauled out of the water and beached for maintenance work.
Department of Civil Aviation employees laid flares on the water to make 'runways' for incoming pilots at night, and 'swept' Rose Bay in a launch to clear any rubbish that might damage a flying boat's hull during take off or alighting.
Maintenance engineers at work on Hythe flying boat, Rose Bay, late 1940s, photographer unknown. Courtesy Margaret Holle.
More than 270 people were working at the base in 1947, employees of Qantas Empire Airways and Trans Oceanic Airways, the Department of Civil Aviation, Amalgamated Wireless Australia (AWA), Shell Oil, and the Bureau of Meteorology.
Many considered Rose Bay Airport the ideal place to work. After all, you could do some fishing or take a swim in the harbour during lunch break. However workers carrying out maintenance tasks over the water risked losing their tools to the bottom of the harbour if they ever dropped them. To safeguard their tools, they tied them to their belts with a length of string or fishing line.
On board the Empire passenger service
The Empire flying boats travelled between Rose Bay and Southampton in only 10 days, as opposed to 40 days by sea, and they were able to take more passengers than earlier aircraft. They therefore started to compete with ships as a form of transport.
Luxurious levels of comfort and space aloft in 1938.
The trip between Rose Bay and Southampton involved nine overnight stops in luxury hotels or specially built accommodation, plus some 20 stops for refuelling. The flying boat would leave Rose Bay in Sydney at 7:30pm and arrive at Redland Bay at around 11:00pm. Two hours later, she was back in the air, on route to Noumea in New Caledonia, where passengers would go ashore for breakfast. Several days, and many stops later, the flying boat would arrive in London. Most stops were coastal stopovers near cities and towns such as Singapore, Rangoon and Athens. For the overland legs, stopovers required a lake or river for alighting, and included Allahabad in India and Habbaniya in Iraq.
Travel on the Empire flying boats was extremely luxurious. All tickets were first class, and the cost of a one-way ticket to Southampton was some £200, the same as an average year's wage. The first-ever in-flight service of meals and drinks was introduced on these Empire flying boats. They were also the first planes to offer reclining seats.
The interior of the Empire flying boats was very spacious, with 11-foot ceilings in the main promenade cabin. The windows were at standing height so that passengers could enjoy the views, which were unrestricted because the wing sat above the fuselage. Because the flying boats were rarely as high as 5,000 feet above the ground, the views were spectacular. (Museum of Sydney, From Sea to Sky).
PG Taylor's flights across the South Pacific and Indian Oceans
Patrick Gordon Taylor (1896-1966), by Norman Carter, 1940, courtesy of the NLA
Patrick Gordon Taylor, known as Bill Taylor, was well known as a superb navigator. Taylor grew up on Pittwater, the mouth of the Hawkesbury River to the north of Sydney. As a boy he explored the area in his dinghy and there developed a love of the sea, which re-emerged in his love of flying boats.
In 1939 Taylor navigated the world's first flight across the Indian Ocean from Western Australia to Kenya in the Catalina Guba II . In 1951 he made the first crossing of the South Pacific from Australia to Chile in the Catalina Frigate Bird II, via Tahiti and Easter Island.
Taylor was navigator on a number of pioneering flights with Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm. For him, navigation was something close to a religion. On an airmail flight in 1935, Taylor is
best remembered for his efforts in walking on the struts of Charles Kingsford Smith's aircraft, 'The Southern Cross' in mid-flight to gather oil from one engine and transfer it to the other. This Herculean effort did not go unnoticed by the designers at Boeing (manufacturers of the stately China Clippers, and America's answer to the Empire Class flying boats). These large aircraft actually contained small tunnels inside each wing, through which an unlucky engineer could crawl, in the event that some form of in-flight maintenance was necessary.
The Golden Age Of Flying Boats In Australia
Taylor portrayed his exploit in the 1946 film, Smithy. Taylor received a number of honours, including the Empire Gallantry Medal for bravery in the 1935 attempted crossing of the Tasman which went very wrong. Taylor's heroism saved all aboard, including Kingsford Smith.
Flying boats at war 1939–45
The flying boats provided a vital war service for Australia. More than half the Qantas fleet was commissioned for war service by the Australian Government. All the fittings for sleeping accommodation, cabin crew and other passenger comforts were stripped from the aircraft to be replaced by guns and bomb racks.
In 1943 Qantas began a secret flying route from Perth to Ceylon (Sri Lanka). It was to be the world's longest regular non-stop service—a total distance of 5632km (3520 miles). To enable a flight over such a long distance, the aircraft were stripped of all unnecessary weight, including almost all creature comforts, save for seats, a small basket of food and a thermos.
Postwar period
Once the war was over, military flying boats were up for sale and available for civilian ventures. Many were sold to enterprising ex-RAAF pilots such Bryan Monkton, Stewart Middlemiss and P G Taylor. As chairman of the family firm, P T Taylor Pty Ltd, and a director of Trans Oceanic Airways Pty Ltd, 'PG' operated the Sandringham 7 flying-boat Frigate Bird III from Sydney on Pacific island cruises in 1954-58.
Flying boats lent themselves to enterprises such as a fish transport run between Tasmania and the mainland and whaling at Albany in Western Australia where a Catalina of Australian wartime origin was used as a spotter. (Whaling in Albany)
The Pacific, holidays, honeymoons
More typically, when Catalinas and Sunderlands had their military fittings removed, passenger seating was installed.
Passengers on board the launch departing the Antilles, late 1940s, Lord Howe Island, photographer Dick Morris. Courtesy Hazel Payten.
Qantas flying boats ushered in an era of pleasurable flying – they were built for comfort and safety rather than speed. New airlines such as Barrier Reef Airways and Trans Oceanic Airways appeared. In this period, flying became more affordable.
While the rest of the world experienced a decline in the use of flying boats in the 1950s and 1960s, in Australia it was for a while a lively period of expansion.
Flying boats were perfect for travel to the South Pacific, including to Fiji, New Guinea, Nouméa and Tahiti. Here land airports were still uncommon but harbours and lagoons were ever present. Flying boats opened up the South Pacific as a holiday playground for tens of thousands of Australians who returned year after year.
Lord Howe Island service
Short C Class flying boat G-ADUT Centaurus moored on the Brisbane River, c. 1938, courtesy of Tom Gould
Lord Howe Island is the destination most strongly associated with flying boats in the post war period. Thousands of Australians spent their holidays at this unspoilt location, 600 km east of the northern New South Wales coast. Flying boats played a big role in the lives of the islanders themselves, serving as their quickest connection to the mainland. The last flights to Norfolk Island and Lord Howe left Rose Bay in 1974.
From 1953 to 1971, flying boats also operated from Redland Bay on the Brisbane River. These were mainly Sunderland Flying Boats travelling from Sydney to the United Kingdom. Ansett, formerly known as Barrier Reef Airways also operated flying boats from Redland Bay, taking tourists to Hayman Island in North Queensland. Before 1946 flying boats used the Hamilton Reach of the Brisbane River but this was later congested with shipping and unusable after dark.
By the early 1970s only two flying boats remained at the Rose Bay base: Beachcomber and Islander. In 1974 these were sold to Charles F Blair, who had commanded in the US Air Force. Blair planned to use the aircraft to fly 'island cruises' throughout the Caribbean. Unfortunately, his plan was never realised. He was killed in 1978 when a seaplane he was piloting crashed in the Caribbean. (Museum of Sydney).
End of the era of flying boats
Farewelling the last flying boat service from Lord Howe Island, 1974, photographer Dick Morris. Courtesy Hazel Payten.
The growth in the number and length of land-based runways during the Second World War took away the flying boats' advantage of being able to alight on water. Moreover, the waterways of the world became more crowded, with less space for long take-offs. Sydney Harbour, for instance, now carries far more pleasure boats than in the 1930s. Because they are built to take off and alight on water, flying boats are slower and less efficient than land-based planes. They are vulnerable to damage by storms and their upkeep is also more costly due to constant contact with salt water.
As the speed and range of land-based aircraft increased, the commercial competitiveness of flying boats shrank even more. Helicopters have taken over the air-sea rescue role and true flying boats are rare.
Where to see flying boats
Flying boats are well loved and a few have been carefully preserved:
- PG Taylor's Frigate Bird II Catalina, in which he and his crew crossed the South Pacific from Chile to Australia for the first time, is on display at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney.
- A restored RAAF Seagull 5 flying boat is at the RAAF Museum, Point Cook, Melbourne. It was wrecked and lay icebound in Antarctica for many years.
- A Catalina flying boat was bought in May 2013 in Puerto Rico to go on display in a new museum in the former RAAF base at Rathmines, New South Wales. Enthusiasts have been searching for a Catalina for years for this purpose.
- Whale World at Albany in Western Australia has a Catalina of Australian wartime origin that was used as a spotter in the whaling industry after the Second World War.
- Lake Boga Flying Boat Museum display a restored Catalina.
- Qantas Founders Museum at Longreach in Queensland will soon have a Catalina on display.
- Australian National Aviation Museum at Moorabbin, Melbourne, has a Catalina fuselage on display and being restored.
Useful links
Look listen and play
- Play A Seaplane Circles a Continent – arrival of the Fairey Seaplane at St Kilda, Melbourne, 1926, on completion of first flight around Australia
- Play The Big Boomerang – 1962 promotional film from Qantas, shows in action the Short S23 Empire flying boats used in the Sydney–Southhampton service from 1938
- Play The Story of the Double Sunrise Flights – preview of 2013 documentary featuring interview with crew member on the secret wartime service between Perth and Sri Lanka
- Play Pearls and Savages – 1921, excerpts from feature film showing the seaplanes of Frank Hurley being unloaded in New Guinea. These were the first planes flown in New Guinea
- Play Catalina Returns to Make a Splash – ABC report, a restored Catalina flies in to Lake Boga in Victoria, pilots discuss how heavy and difficult a Catalina is to fly, includes wartime film of Catalinas
- Play Supermarine Walrus in Action, documentary video
- Play Story of the Black Cats, documentary newsreel
- Play ABC TV, Catalinas remembered, transcript and video
Exhibition and events
- Historic Houses Trust, Flying boats - (archived site)
- Stephen Foster, Flying boats: Sydney's golden age of aviation, review
- The Catalina Festival
Organisations and restorations
- Historical Aircraft Restoration Society, Catalina restoration
- Lake Boga Flying Boat Museum
- The Catalina Flying Memorial was originally founded by members of the Seaplane Pilots Association of Australia for the purpose of buying, restoring and operating a PBY Catalina aircraft in association with the Catalina Association of NSW and the Catalina Aircrew Group, Sunderland Association and RAAF Maritime Squadrons
- Australian National Aviation Museum, Moorabbin, Melbourne
- RAAF Museum, Point Cook, Melbourne
Film and DVD
- Flying Boats: The Golden Age of Aviation – 2008 documentary, Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales
- From Sea to Sky: The Story of the Flying Boats in Australia – 2005 documentary, writer/director/producer Jeremy Linton-Mann, Film Affaires in association with Alcam Films, WingCo Pictures
- The Ships that Flew – 1974 documentary, Film Australia
- The Double Sunrise Flights – 2013 documentary from Bunker Media with interview of Rex Senior, crew member on the Qantas Double Sunrise flights between Perth and Sri Lanka during the Second World War
- Wings: The Giants - flying boats series, episode 4
Online resources
- Club Marine, The Golden Age of Flying Boats in Australia
- John Huxley, When harbour was an airport, and you could play mid-air golf, Sydney Morning Herald, 9 May 2008
- Australian Dictionary of Biography, Sir Patrick Gordon Taylor, (1896–1966)
- Qantas, The Catalinas
- Qantas Founders Museum, Qantas Double Sunrise
- Lord Howe Island – flying boats
Print resources
- Historic Houses Trust and Museum of Sydney, Flying boats: Sydney's Golden Age of Aviation, 2008, exhibition brochure and other information
- PG Taylor, Bird of the Islands: The Story of a Flying Boat in the South Seas, Cassell Australia, Melbourne, 1964
- B. Freeman, Lake Boga at War, Catalina Publications, Swan Hill, 1995
- D. Morrissey, A History of Air Transport in Australia, Macmillan Education, Melbourne, 1998
- David Embry Jones, Wings on the River: Flying Boats on the Brisbane River and Redland Bay, ,Boolarong Press, 2007
The exhibition 'Flying boats: Sydney's Golden Age of Aviation' at the Museum of Sydney, 2008 is acknowledged as an extensive source of information.
Thanks to Matthew Holle of Sydney Living Museums and to Graham Malcolm, Chairman of the Australian National Aviation Museum, Moorabbin, for valuable information and insights.
Last updated: 30 October 2013
Creator: Kathryn Wells


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ST. LOUIS (AP) There were no surprise bidders for bankrupt Trans World Airlines on Wednesday, but AMR Corp.'s American Airlines still thinks it will come out ahead in the bidding over rival Jet Acquisitions Group Inc.
A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge will decide which bid wins March 9.
AMR, which bid $500 million, plus the assumption of $3 billion in debt and lease obligations, said it can keep the company's thousands of workers employed and enhance its own airline operations.
''Our proposal, if approved by the court, will benefit the public, thousands of employees and many communities by keeping virtually all of TWA's people working and airplanes flying by enhancing American Airlines network,'' said Donald J. Carty, American's chairman and CEO.
Jet Acquisitions Group Inc. bid $889 million for substantially all of TWA's assets.
In a statement, Scottsdale, Ariz.-based said the company believes ''that TWA will be a very viable and successful airline.'' The company has released few details about itself and did not request any records from TWA before submitting its offer.
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text: (Bratislava) – Over 200 lay Catholics from various areas of life of the Church, representatives of religious communities and priests met with Slovak bishops in the past days to discuss current challenges and activities of the Church in the Slovak society. The aim of the annual meeting in Ruzomberok held under the motto "Vocation to live mercy" was to "deepen mutual communication, exchange of information and views on important topics of everyday life, and to gather pastoral inspirations for year 2016." According to Mgr. Stanislav Zvolensky, president of the Bishops' conference of Slovakia, "it seems that if we want to be really concrete and topical in our deeds of mercy, we need to focus on the areas like migration crisis, poverty, pastoral care of families – especially those with more children, and spiritual guidance of Roma people. Archbishop encouraged lay and consecrated persons to participate in March parliamentary elections by voting for candidates "who live in accordance with the Gospel". Bishops see the main challenge in facing the wave of migration in Europe and encourage the faithful to "be willing to help". All participants of the meeting agree that the role of the Church is to "build bridges of solidarity and empathy" in all spheres of the society, especially in regard to the integration of refugees into Slovak society.