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SolarReserve's CSP technology with storage struggles to stay online
2019.08.05 From: spglobal
Houston — One of the US' two large concentrating solar power plants that have attached storage continues to have difficulties remaining online after going commercial almost four years ago.
The 110-MW Crescent Dunes CSP facility near Tonopah, Nevada, was offline most of the second quarter of this year, reporting just 765 MWh of wholesale power sales made in the first days of April to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in its Q2 2019 Electric Quarterly Report, seen by S&P Global Platts this week.
According to data compiled by Platts, the facility developed and owned by SolarReserve and brought online in late 2015, operated in Q2 2019 at a 0.3% capacity factor.
By Friday, SolarReserve executives had not responded to several queries on the current status of the plant.
One longtime observer of the project who no longer works for SolarReserve told Platts that there has been speculation that some of the facility's problems stem from "inferior" construction work, not from problems with the facility's employed technology.
CSP technology is distinct from the more ubiquitous solar PV facilities that use large numbers of solar panels linked together in long rows.
The Crescent Dunes facility, located in the desert north of Las Vegas, has a large circular array of over 17,000 heliostat mirrors that reflect the sun's rays onto a boiler on a 540-foot tower set in the middle which produces electricity by driving a conventional steam turbine. There are also thermal storage tanks on the tower that store hot and cold liquid salt heat transfer fluids.
The CSP tower, when operating, has enough molten salt stored to allow it to generate for eight to 10 hours after the sun goes down.
The facility has experienced outages before. It reported no wholesale sales in November and December 2016 after a leak in a tank filled with molten salt forced a shutdown.
It also has a 25-year power purchase agreement with NV Energy subsidiary Nevada Power for power priced at 13.5 cents/kWh. An NV Energy spokeswoman on Friday declined to comment on the status of the Crescent Dunes facility.
Solar Reserve's subsidiary Tonopah Solar Energy, which owns the facility, reported no wholesale power sales to FERC in the entire first half of 2017. It had a slow operational rebound, with capacity factors of just 4% and 5% in Q4 2017 and Q1 2018, respectively.
The facility's highest average quarterly capacity rates have come in the summer of 2016 and 2018. Its record high quarterly capacity average was 36.7% in Q3 2018.
Abengoa's 250-MW Solana Solar facility in Gila Bend, Arizona is the only other CSP facility with storage. Its parabolic trough system uses curved mirrors to concentrate heat on a synthetic heat transfer fluid that heats water to produce steam which drives a conventional steam turbine generator. The facility stores heated molten salt that can give the facility approximately six-hours of additional generation after the sun goes down.
Certainly compared to Crescent Dunes, Solana has had relatively stable quarterly capacity rates that uniformly vary according to the time of year.
Historical FERC data shows that the Solana facility's optimal time of usage is in the second quarter of the year. In Q2 2016, it had a 43% capacity factor. In Q2 2017, the capacity factor was 53.5% and it was 51.6% in Q2 2018.
Solana's average capacity factors in the third quarters of 2016, 2017 and 2018 have ranged from 30.6% to 47.9%.
Its Q4 and Q1 capacity factors have averaged in the 19% and 22% range, respectively, over the past three years.
The two CSP facilities with storage were both recipients of federally guaranteed construction loans under the US Department of Energy's 1705 loan guarantee program established by the US Congress and launched at the beginning of the Obama Administration. The two loans totaled $2.187 billion for 360 MW of capacity.
As part of the same loan program that also launched a surge in utility-scale solar PV projects, the DOE guaranteed an additional $3.65 billion in construction loans for three other concentrating solar projects, none of which had storage. Those facilities have 892 MW of combined capacity and are all located in California
According to the data, the Q2 2017 and Q2 2018 capacity factors of NextEra Energy Resources 250-MW Genesis facility that uses a parabolic trough system but has no storage, rival those of the Solana facility. In Q2 2017, the Genesis capacity factor averaged 53.6 % and in Q2 2018 it averaged 51.4%.
NRG Energy, BrightSource and Google's 392-MW Ivanpah CSP facility, which uses tower power technology, had a 24.6% capacity factor in 2017, which improved to 28.9% in Q2 2018.
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According to 90 min, Tottenham are one of several clubs across the continent that have sent scouts to watch Bologna left-back Aaron Hickey this season.
Hickey has earned rave reviews since leaving Hearts to join Bologna in the summer of 2020, with the 19-year-old establishing himself as a regular in the Serie A club's starting eleven this season.
The versatile Scotsman has featured at left-back, right-back and further forward for the Sinisa Mihajlovic's side this season.
According to 90 min, it is Hickey's versatility that makes him such a sought-after talent, with the youngster's ability with both feet making him a unique prospect in the eyes of several clubs.
The report explains that Tottenham face competition from all of their 'Bix 6' rivals for the youngster's services ahead of the summer transfer window.
In addition, the teenager is also said to be attracting interest from the likes of Juventus, Napoli and Bayern Munich.
It is asserted that Hickey is happy with life in Serie A for now but sees a move to the Premier League as the next step in his career.
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Conte will likely want to upgrade both the wing-back areas in the summer transfer window and Hickey could be a useful addition, given his ability to play on both sides. The 19-year-old also seemingly has a high ceiling and Conte might be the man to help the youngster develop into a top wing-back.
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Buying a gift for a loved one on Valentine's Day is always a challenge. While some people appreciate flowers, other love jewelry, or chocolates. A classic gift will always be appreciated, but a unique gift can surprise them. Here are some suggestions for 2022 Valentine's Day gifts. These items are trendy, yet timeless, so they will be appreciated for years to come.
For the bookworm in your life, a wireless earphone might be a good gift. There are many brands of earbuds out there, including the Apple AirPods Pro, Redmi Earbuds 3 Pro, and Noise Buds VS201 V2. The next generation of headphones might even make a good gift for Valentine's Day in 2022.
The smartwatch is a popular gift these days, and the trend is growing. A smartwatch is a fun way to show your love for your loved one and reminds you to stay healthy. These wearable devices come in different colours and shapes, and will remind your partner of your care, no matter where you go. Another great gift idea is jewelry. If your partner is a bookworm, a personalized gold or silver bracelet or chain will be a wonderful gift.
A photo globe is another fun gift for Valentines Day. A photo globe that features hearts can replace a handwritten declaration. The photo can be taken with the camera or a selfie stick. For an extra romantic touch, consider a red glitter heart-shaped ice cream globe. These items are the perfect last-minute gift. Moreover, if your beloved is into sports, a personalized video may make their day.


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My great grandma and I lived together and were very close. She had dementia in her later years. I feel any family, no matter how much you feel you "know" about dementia, can never be completely prepared for it. Information and strategies are key.
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This OnlineGamblingPortal game review focuses on Sevens High Ultra, a video slot from game provider Quickspin. An online slot machine in which a classic fruit machine comes together with modern influences. Is Sevens High Ultra a successful combination of old and new or is it just twice as bad?
Sevens High Ultra video slot: introduction
After opening the game you will be taken to a game grid full of classic fruit symbols, shiny and shiny symbols supplemented by Wilds and bonus Scatter for a max win of x6768 times your stake.
The Return to Player (RTP) percentage can be as high as 96.06 percent. This is made up of an RTP of 28.65 percent in the base game, 37.74 percent (1 in 3) in Re-Spin mode and 29.67 percent during Free Spins.
The minimum deposit per spin is $/€ 0.25 cents. The maximum amount of money that can be invested for spinning the reels is $/€100.00. By default, the game opens with a deposit of $/€1.00.
Sevens High Ultra slot: How does it work?
Sevens High Ultra is the second Ultra game to be released by Quickspin. Tiger's Glory Ultra was the first. The Ultra concept takes your favorite game, adds some extra warmth and excitement, and lets you choose which version to play today. In this case, the Sevens High is Classic or the Sevens High Ultra.
The central theme in both versions is the same: the casino feel. Relax in an environment where high rollers come together with fun players, enjoy snacks and drinks together accompanied by soothing piano music. In short: a day out on the casino floor.
That day out today has to meet different requirements than it was 20 years ago and that's where Sevens High Ultra distinguishes itself from all other classic slots. The game has been given a 2021 sauce and therefore playing on this Quickspin video slot tastes slightly better than most other retro cabinets.
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You enter Re-spin mode as soon as you land a payline on the grid. During the Re-spins, two consecutive wins will result in a new Wild symbol consisting of Lucky Number 7 symbols. The feature lasts as long as paylines are scored and that is of course a lot easier with that Wild symbol, so that this feature can last quite a while and can yield a lot. In addition, a Lucky Number 7 Wild gives two free spins.
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When spinning three or more Bonus Scatter symbols, the Free Spins Bonus will be activated. With three scatter symbols you receive ten free spins, with four scatters you can spin the reels fifteen times for free and with five scatter symbols you even get 35 free spins!
Sevens High Ultra slot: final assessment
After playing the (demo) game, OnlineGamblingPortal rates this Quickspin video slot with 4 stars. Why? The design and idea may not be revolutionary and the gameplay not particularly exciting. The RTP isn't higher than other games either, but the idea of letting players choose what kind of slot they want to play is simple and brilliant at the same time.
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The Return to Player percentage of the base game combined with the Re-Spins and Free Spins is 96.06 percent, a percentage in line with the market.
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"Most big transformations come from the hundreds of tiny, almost imperceptible steps we take along the way." - Lori Gottlieb
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Madeleine describes her therapeutic style as being warm and supportive, with a dose of reality. Madeleine strives to provide a space for those to feel comfortable in order to encourage openness and explore their emotions in session. Madeleine draws from an emotionally focused therapeutic lens while incorporating cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, and person-centered therapy techniques.
Prior to graduate school, Madeleine became a certified domestic violence counselor and assisted with helping victims in Montgomery County, PA. She continued to obtain her Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology from Temple University and continued to work as a clinician in various health care settings. This includes a partial hospitalization program for adolescents, an educational setting, and most recently, working in a community mental health outpatient center for adults.
Madeleine has focused on treating those with anxiety, depression, PTSD, mood disorders, and grief and loss. Madeleine has been certified as a domestic violence counselor and has also been trained through the BECK institute to practice cognitive behavioral therapy. Madeleine received her undergraduate degree from the West Chester University of Pennsylvania and is originally from England.


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HVAC Concepts Announces Promotion of Mike Puckli to Construction Operations Manager
BALTIMORE, MD – June 22, 2020 -- HVAC Concepts (www.hvacc.net), a Fidelity Building Services Group® company and the leading full-service provider of building automation and systems integration services, announces today the promotion of Mike Puckli to Construction Operations Manager.
In this role, Puckli will manage all construction operations for HVAC Concepts. This includes leading and developing a team of direct reports within project management, engineering/programming and field supervision. Puckli will also work directly with HVAC Concept's sales team to ensure the profitable execution of assigned projects and that they are completed on time, within budget and exceed client expectations. As customer satisfaction is extremely important, Puckli will work closely with the entire team during the construction phase to ensure HVACC is providing Proactive World-Class Service™.
Prior to this promotion, Puckli served as a Project Manager on HVAC Concepts key projects where he worked closely with install techs and programmers to successfully complete a wide variety of projects. His leadership and attention to customer detail contributed to this promotion and the recognition of the leadership team.
"In the few years Mike has been a part of the HVAC Concepts family, he has displayed important leadership skills that have resulted in a solid track record of success and ingenuity," says Steven Dodd, President of HVAC Concepts. "He has made servicing our clients his top priority and we are confident that in this new role, Mike will amplify our strong, steady growth and enhance our construction division's already stellar reputation."
Puckli has nearly a decade of experience in the MEP construction industry. He is a graduate of Marist College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication.
About HVAC Concepts
HVAC Concepts, a Fidelity Building Services Group® company, is in the business of creating today's smart building systems, using the best of intelligent equipment and devices that will work and perform optimally today and well into the future. Our optimization capabilities have led our customers to realize significantly greater operational and energy management efficiencies, increased reliability, and increased system longevity.
HVAC Concepts has grown to become an end-to-end Building Automation Systems (BAS), Energy Management Systems (EMS), and Systems Integrator of choice, meeting the growing demands for the Building Internet of Things (BIoT), working inside some of the most data security-sensitive facilities in the world for both government and private sector customers. We work with both large and small buildings, as well as single and multi-facility companies in the Mid-Atlantic region and along the eastern United States.
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Fidelity Building Services Group® (Fidelity BSG) was founded in 1945 as Fidelity Engineering Corporation, a full-service mechanical engineering, contracting, and service company that introduced air conditioning, refrigeration, and process cooling to a new marketplace. The advent of air conditioning went on to revolutionize the entire building industry and we have been on the leading edge ever since. Today, our geographic footprint has grown beyond the Mid-Atlantic, extending south throughout the Gulf region. With over 1,200 employees, 75 years of experience, and an intense focus on delivering Proactive World-Class Service™, Fidelity BSG is established as a premier provider of high-performance building solutions.
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"Dying to Belong" from the producers of "Snapped" is all geared up to be presented by Oxygen Media. The series will portray bizarre stories laced with danger where obsession, desperation, and the desire to belong makes many push limits to conduct unimaginable malefactions. When authority and high status is threatened, how far does one go to keep the life they've preserved for themselves safe? "Dying to Belong" directed by Bryan Gildnern and Steven Wesley Miller, having created 5 and 1 episodes respectively, is produced by Jupiter Entertainment, with Stephen Land, Allison Wallach, Matt Sprouse and Eric Wetherington as the executive producers. The story writing credit goes to Judd Trichter. The series is being filmed by Brad Phelan (2 episodes) and the series production designing has been done by Jeff Hall. The thrilling crime trailer of the series is already out but sadly, it is not available to be seen in our location as of now. Episode one of the season namely: Pam Phillips will be aired on August 19, 2018, and the second episode – Narcy Novack will be aired on August 26, 2018.
Dying to Belong Season 1 Cast: Who's in it?
The star cast of the series is huge, some of the main names are Daniel Luce (2 episodes)- known for his role in Flirting with Azrael: A Psychedelic Rock Musical portrayed as a country club member, Rip Elliott (2 episodes)- known for his role in #Murder (2017) as chef, David Mays (1 episode) known for his role in Doomsday Preppers released in 2011 playing Gary, Amy Sutherland as Pam (1 episode) known for Lethal Weapon (2016), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013), and Michelle Benet-best known for her role in Midnight Special is portrayed as Narcy Novack (1 episode).
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Extremities are reached when there is dire desperation. It is probably not a big thing when some people push their limits too far to get what they desire and when such extremities are paired with obsession and an inundating need to belong, it can prove to be fatal. The series showcases the darkest sides of individuals that unravels when they are pulled out of their safe harbors — when their exclusivity to the finer things in life, status, and accessibility to belong are threatened. Through testimony and never seen before video footage, "Dying to Belong" draws the curtain back on a community where distrust, rivalries, and the threat of losing everything can lead to consequences that can't be overturned. According to one of the sources "TV guide" episode 1 is about a former stripper turned into a trophy wife who goes to unbelievable heights in order to protect what belongs to her when she thinks that her lifestyle is in danger, whereas the second episode is about a woman who finds out an exclusive solution to her life problems when her wealthy socialite status goes for a toss.
Dying to Belong Season 2 Release Date: When will it premiere?
The premiere date of episode one (Pam Phillips) of the series was set to August 19, 2018, and the second episode (Narcy Novack) aired on August 26, 2018. It is yet to be renewed for a second season. Catch the show to find out if it deserves to be back with another season. Keep an eye on this section for details on the subject.
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Background/Aim: Exctracapsular extension (ECE) in prostate cancer has a high impact on treatment decision. MRI might predict presence of ECE non-invasively. Patients and Methods: Triplanar T2w-sequences, DWI (diffusion weighted imaging) and DCE (dynamic contrast-enhanced imaging) of 34 patients with PCa were analyzed to prior prostatectomy. Sensitivity (SS) and specificity (SP) of T2w, apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), plasma flow (PF) and mean transit time (MTT) normalized by PCa/normal tissue ratio for prediction of CI (capsular infiltration)/ECE were determined by area-under-the-receiver-operating-characteristics analysis. Results: SS/SP for detecting ECE was 29/85. AUC (area under the curve) of ECE cases was 0.98/0.92/0.69 (cut-off-ratios 3.2/0.51/0.46), SS 93/100/86% and SP 95/80/50% for PF-/MTT-/ADC-ratios, respectively. PF- and MTT-ratios between CI and without CI/ECE differed significantly (PF, p<0.0001; MTT, p=0.0134) with SS/SP 84/89% for PF and SS/SP 52/100% for MTT-ratios. No significant differences regarding ADC-ratios were identified. Conclusion: ECE/CI can be assessed by quantitative DCE analysis with great diagnostic confidence and higher specificity than ADC.
- Magnetic resonance imaging
- prostate cancer
- dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI
- diffusion weighted MRI
- extracapsular extension
Prostate cancer (PCa) remains a major health concern among men in both developing and developed countries. In 2013, approximately 3 million men were living with a history of PCa in the United States, and an additional 233,000 cases were diagnosed in 2014 (1). Nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy (RP) is the treatment standard for clinically localized PCa, especially in low- and intermediate-risk patients (2, 3). In high-risk patients, treatment options also include beside surgery RT (radiation therapy), hormonal therapy, or a combination (4). The choice of the treatment strategy depends on cancer stage and grade, as well as patient comorbidity and age. The presence of extracapsular extension (ECE) and seminal-vesicle-infiltration (SVI) also has a significant impact, as patients presenting with ECE or SVI are not eligible for RP (5). Moreover, ECE, which is poorly detected by standard clinical tests, can appear in early stages of PCa with an incidence of up to 60% in patients with clinical stage T1/T2 PCa (6).
Due to its excellent intrinsic soft-tissue-contrast and ability to provide functional and morphologic information within one examination, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has evolved into an established tool for the diagnostic evaluation of PCa. T2w-sequences are most commonly used for the assessment of ECE. However, studies have found significant variation in the accuracy of T2w-sequences for the detection of ECE and SVI with reported values ranging between 50% and 92% depending upon reader experience (7, 8).
In this context, functional MRI techniques such as dynamic-contrast-enhanced (DCE) and diffusion-weighted (DWI) MRI are increasingly utilized to improve the accuracy of ECE detection. DCE-MRI allows a non-invasive evaluation of tumor perfusion and vascular permeability measuring the changes in gadolinium concentration in blood and tissue over time. The differences in signal-intensity-time courses observed in benign and malignant tissue can either be expressed semi-quantitatively by parameters derived from the gadolinium-concentration-time curves or quantitatively as Plasma Flow (PF) and Mean Transit Time (MTT) derived from pharmacokinetic models (9, 10).
DWI is used to measure the Brownian motion of water molecules in biological tissue. Due to the complexity of biologic tissues, actual diffusion coefficients of water protons cannot be measured directly. Thus, diffusion is measured indirectly by calculating a diffusion coefficient (the apparent-diffusion-coefficient, ADC) (11, 12). Although preliminary results have suggested a benefit to ADC and perfusion measurements for detection of ECE, no cut-off values have been established for quantitative discrimination between prostate carcinoma with and without ECE.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of quantitative functional MR-parameters, such as ADC, PF and MTT for the assessment of ECE in PCa patients versus T2w morphologic imaging.
Patients and Methods
Patients. A total of 34 patients (mean age 67 years, range=52-78 years) with pathologically proven PCa (Gleason score [GS] median 7, range=6-9) were included in this retrospective analysis. The patients were referred for prostate MRI prior to RP by the department of urology between 12/2009 and 12/2012. Institutional review board (IRB) approval was obtained (2013-824R-MA) and written informed consent waived for this retrospective study. Every MRI exam was indicated clinically and no additional examination or therapy was performed.
A total of 4 patients in this series were part of a different study, previously published in Investigative Radiology (13), which focused on distinguishing PCa from prostatitis using DCE-MRI at 1.5 T vs. 3 T. Furthermore, all patients were part of a study published in European Journal of Radiology, comparing sonoelastography to MRI (14).
MRI protocol. MRI was performed on a 3T MR-system (Magnetom TimTrio, Siemens Healthcare Sector, Erlangen, Germany) utilizing a body as well as endorectal coil (Medrad Inc., Pittsburgh, PA, USA). The endorectal coil (ERC) was inserted after digital rectal examination and was inflated with 40-80 ml of air. If not contraindicated, 40 mg of N-butylscopolaminium (Buscopan®, Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH, Ingelheim, Germany) was injected intravenously to suppress bowel motion. The prostate MRI protocol consisted of a high-resolution T2-weighted triplane turbo-spin-echo (TSE) sequence, an axial, fat-suppressed, single-shot, echo-planar diffusion-weighted imaging (EPI-DWI) sequence, a 3D chemical-shift imaging MR spectroscopy (MRS), and an axial 2D T1-weighted (T1w) dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) scan using spoiled gradient echo saturation recovery (Turbo FLASH).
The EPI-DWI sequence was acquired prior to gadolinium application and ADC maps were calculated automatically. The DCE-MRI examination was performed after bolus injection of 0.1 mmol/kg (2.5 ml/sec) body weight of gadolinium chelate (Dotarem®, Guerbet, Roissy CdG Cedex, France). Imaging parameters of T2w, DCE, and DW sequences are detailed in Table I. Within 1 to 3 weeks after the MRI, all patients underwent RP. The prostate was histopathologically assessed by a pathologist with 7 years experience. The pathologist identified areas of PCa in a standardized manner with the prostate being divided into 16 parts and using the haematoxylin and eosin stain (H&E stain). A histological capsular penetration was recognized if neoplastic glands were outside the prostatic capsular in the periprostatic tissue, according an ECE (14).
Post-processing and Data-analysis. Post-processing of the DCE-MRI data was performed by a radiologist (M.S.), with 4 years experience in prostate MRI, using an open source software tool for quantitative MRI perfusion analysis (UMM Perfusion, OsiriX DICOM viewer, Geneva, Switzerland) (15). The contrast enhancement curves were analyzed via a model-free deconvolution analysis as described previously (16, 17). The arterial input function (AIF) was measured in a plane wherein the common femoral artery was clearly opacified with the arrival of contrast agent and quantitative color-coded maps of PF and MTT were calculated (16, 17).
On the quantitative color-coded PF and MTT as well as ADC maps, a single region of interest (ROI) was drawn in areas with histologically proven PCa in concordance with the histopathological analysis scheme (see Figure 1). A second ROI was placed in a contralateral area without pathological findings.
For all ROIs PF, MTT and ADC values were measured as the mean of pixel values. A ROI volume of 0.3×0.3 cm2 was used for all examinations. For the normalization and standardized comparison of PF, MTT, and ADC values among the different exams, ratios of these parameters in PCa and normal tissue were calculated in every patient.
Two other radiologists with 10 (D.J.D.) and 15 (S.O.S) years experience in prostate MRI separately evaluated the high-resolution triplane T2w-images for ECE. Both radiologists were aware of the diagnosis of PCa but were otherwise blinded to any clinical and pathological information. By definition, ECE was diagnosed on the triplane T2w-images if at least one of the following criteria were available: irregular capsular bulge, disruption of the prostatic capsule, extension into the periprostatic fat, obliteration of the recto prostatic angle, or asymmetry/involvement of the neurovascular bundle (18, 19).
Statistical analysis. Statistical analysis was performed with a statistical software package (SAS System, release 9.2, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA). DWI- and DCE-MRI parameters are presented by their mean values and standard deviations; for ordinal scaled parameters median values are given. Kappa coefficients have been calculated to assess the strength of agreement between two readers. In order to compare the mean values of two groups, 2 sample t-tests have been used. For the comparison of GS, Cochran Armitage trend test has been applied. Spearman correlation coefficients have been calculated to find a relationship between GS and quantitative parameters. For diagnostic evaluations, logistic regression analyses have been performed. Areas under the curve (AUCs) have been compared using a test according to De Long et al. (20).
All examinations were successfully completed without any adverse events. Pathologically, ECE was present in 14 patients, whereas capsular infiltration (CI) was found in 11 patients. The median GS was 7 in all patients.
On the triplanar T2w-sequences, ECE was correctly diagnosed in only 4 out of 14 patients by each of the two experienced readers resulting in sensitivity (SS) of 29% and specificity (SP) of 85% for both readers. Hence, there were 10 false negative cases and 3 false positive cases for ECE based upon the evaluation of T2w-sequences alone. The interobserver agreement was poor with κ=0.1. CI was detected by reader 1 (D.J.D.) with a SS/SP of 96/44% and by reader 2 (S.O.S.) with a SS/SP 68/44%.
A total of 34 areas with PCa and 34 control areas were included in the ROI analysis. The mean values of PF, MTT and ADC in PCa and contralateral normal prostate tissue for all three groups (ECE, CI, no ECE/CI) are summarized in Table II.
Statistically significantly higher PF-ratios (p<0.0001), lower MTT-ratios (p<0.0001) and lower ADC-ratios (p=0.02) were found in areas of PCa with ECE versus areas of PCa without. Furthermore, we found a positive correlation between PF-ratios and GS (r=0.4517, p=0.0073). However, differences in MTT- and ADC-ratios with GS were not observed.
Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis identified maximum areas-under-the-curve (AUC) for cut-off-ratios of 3.2 with PF, 0.51 with MTT and 0.46 with ADC (Figure 2). Using these ratios ECE could be diagnosed with SS/SP of 93/95% (PF), 100/80% (MTT) and 86/50% (ADC), respectively. The AUC of ECE cases was 0.98, 0.92, and 0.69 for PF, MTT and ADC-ratios, respectively.
Furthermore, there were statistically significant differences between tumors with and without CI regarding PF-ratios (p<0.0001) and MTT-ratios (p=0.0134), and in contrast, no significant difference regarding ADC-ratios could be identified (p=0.1203). Logistic regression analysis revealed AUCs of 0.89 (PF-ratio), 0.80 (MTT-ratio) and 0.69 (ADC-ratio). Optimal cut-off-ratios were 2.56 for PF-ratio (SS/SP, 84/89%) and 0.42 for MTT-ratio (SS/SP, 52/100%).
This study demonstrates the successful identification of ECE and CI of PCa via use of quantitative DCE-MR parameters such as PF and MTT. In addition, ECE of PCa has been detected by quantitative ADC measurements. Both PF- and MTT-ratios successfully differentiated cases with and without ECE and CI. PF-ratios correlated with GS significantly; although, the relationship between MTT- or ADC-ratios and GS was not statistically significant. In distinction, the diagnostic performance of morphologic T2w-images was poor.
The reported SS and SP of T2w-sequences for the detection of ECE in PCa vary widely, ranging from 14% to 97%, and this variation is a well-known limitation of the technique (7, 8). Reader experience is thought to play an important role in assessing ECE and SVI with MRI; however, Fütterer et al. demonstrated only incremental gains in SS/SP from 50 to 59%/93 to 96% for ECE in a study of 120 patients; SS for detection of SVI raised from 43 to 71% without change in SP (21). Similar to those findings, both readers in our study had more than 10 years experience in prostate MRI, however the SS and SP for ECE detection with high resolution, triplane T2w-images remained poor with no interobserver agreement. Moreover, cases of early ECE were frequently misclassified as CI. This mischaracterization was often related to known pitfalls in prostate MRI leading to misinterpretation (22), such as artifacts caused by the interposition of the faces of the ERC and the air filled rectum.
Numerous studies have demonstrated the added benefit of DWI-MRI for both localization as well as local staging of PCa (23, 24). These studies showed that ADC values, calculated from DWI measurements, correlate with both GS and local tumor aggressiveness. Moreover, low ADC values are a biomarker for the risk of recurrence following prostatectomy (24). In a recent study by Hara T et al. including 132 PCa patients, ECE was diagnosed with respective accuracy and SP of 72% and 62% on ADC maps. However, even when all hypointense foci with capsular contact present on ADC maps were defined as representing ECE, the SS did not exceed 58% (25). In our study, we also found statistically significant differences in ADC-ratios between cases with and without ECE, but not in cases with CI. Giganti et al. showed significant different ADC values and ADC-ratios in patients with and without ECE (26). The SS and SP for detection of ECE were moderate (SS/SP 85/50%). The reason for this could be the magnetic susceptibility artifacts arising from the interface of the air-filled ERC and dorsal prostate tissue may have limited the robustness of ADC calculations for nearby lesions and decreasing diagnostic accuracy.
In the last decade several studies have demonstrated the benefit of DCE-MRI for diagnosis and localization of PCa, particularly in the detection of initial ECE in intermediate and high-risk patients (27). However, to the best of our knowledge, no study thus far has attempted a quantitative assessment of ECE with DCE-MRI. In a study by Bloch et al. with 32 PCa patients, a SS/SP of 91/86% was obtained utilizing a 1.5 T MRI-system and color-coded scheme of the DCE images. In that work, the authors defined the presence of extracapsular bright red pixel clusters larger than 3 mm in diameter as being positive for ECE (19). In a preliminary study by Fütterer et al. using a 3 T MRI-system, the criteria for ECE on DCE-MRI were: presence of asymmetric high peak enhancement, washout, and shorter onset time or an increased time-to-peak parameter. The fusion of parametric DCE and T2w-images resulted in a SS/SP of 65/95% versus 59/96% for the T2w-images alone (21). In a recent study by Min et al. the SS, SP, and accuracy of DCE-MRI for detecting ECE at 3 Tesla were, respectively, 27%, 96%, and 65%. The relatively poor sensitivity reported in Min et al. may be related to the presence of post-biopsy hemorrhage. This was present in more than 90% of patients, since the time between biopsy and MR was 13.9±5.9 days. However, SS, SP, PPV, and NPV (65%, 87.5%, 76.5%, 80%) did increase utilizing a combined evaluation including T1w, T2w, DCE, and DWI (28).
The key element of our study was the quantitative evaluation of the DCE-MRI parameters calculated by a deconvolution analysis (9, 15, 16) which allowed differentiation between CI, ECE and non-ECE. As reported by Schlemmer et al. (29) an increased PF reflects a higher intratumoral microvessel density (MVD), which is considered a marker for neo-angiogenesis in malignant tissue. As further studies have described, MVD correlates with clinical/pathological stage, metastasis and histological grade, as well as disease-specific survival and progression after treatment (30, 31). In this context, we conclude that an increased MVD, as reflected by higher PF values and corresponding MTT shortening, also correlates with a higher probability of CI and ECE.
Our study has several limitations. For one, the relatively small number of patients limits the statistical relevance of the results. In addition, all examinations were performed using an air-filled ERC. Although this affords a greater signal-to-noise ratio, use of such a coil is associated with a number of disadvantages such as gland deformation and, especially for DWI, susceptibility-related artifacts. The latter may have contributed to the limited diagnostic accuracy observed with ADC calculations.
In conclusion, CI and ECE can be assessed by quantitative DCE-MRI analysis with a high-level of diagnostic confidence. Thus, quantitative DCE-MRI parameters have the potential to serve as a reader-independent risk estimator in the diagnosis of ECE, evaluating ECE with a greater SS and SP than ADC or T2-weighted image analysis. The statistical relationship between high GS and high PF also suggests that ECE correlates with increased MVD.
↵* These Authors contributed equally to this study.
Conflicts of Interest
The Authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.
- Received October 16, 2017.
- Revision received November 6, 2017.
- Accepted November 8, 2017.
- Copyright© 2018, International Institute of Anticancer Research (Dr. George J. Delinasios), All rights reserved


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Huda, Foujia (2022) Comparative efficacy of visuomotor behaviour rehearsal, biofeedback and combined interventions in performance of young athletes in East Coast of Malaysia. PhD thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
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The present study was carried out to investigate the significance of visuomotor behaviour rehearsal (VMBR), if any, on the ideomotor response related to erroneous performance outcomes identified in the participants. Identification of intricate relationships between certain physiological; psychophysiological; psychomotor and physical performance factors was done among young-adult high-performing athletes of Malaysia. Fifty-two athletes were recruited and provided with audio-visual feedback related to their erroneous performance outcomes, followed by an assessment of physiological parameters (viz. cardiovascular, autonomic measures of arousal) and corresponding psychological and psychomotor attributes (viz. cognitive flexibility, anxiety, reaction ability; motor and movement coordination; mood states and emotional stability) about performance excellence. Electrodermal evaluation of orienting reflex and electromyography analyses of evoked potential was carried out. Thereafter all of the participants were introduced to the evaluation of their movement errors. After that, they were randomly categorized into four groups, viz. one no-intervention control group; Experimental (Ex.) group I – who received training of VMBR only; Ex. Group II received training composite biofeedback training and the participants of Ex. Group III received training of VMBR along with biofeedback, following an identical training protocol (i.e., 25 min.s/day, 2 days/ week for 20 weeks). Midterm analyses of all of the baseline variables were done at the end of the tenth week, followed by post-intervention assessment, which was carried out at the end of the twentieth week. The sustainable impact of intervention techniques was evaluated by post-follow-up assessments. The Repeated measure of ANOVA was done to reveal the integral psychobiological processes underlying unconscious fear of apprehension leading toward dismal athletic performance. The outcome of this research will identify the ideal intervention techniques to be applied in improving the cognitively mediated perceptual-motor skills (for instance, serial skills involved in take-off and landing actions) in the athletes. A two-way repeated measure of ANOVA revealed that VMBR training contributed to the improvement of self-esteem, pleasant effect and resultant high level of emotional flexibility associated with changes in impulsivity and irritability evident among the athletes. Sc biofeedback, on the other hand, enhanced psychobiological (autonomic) competence in the athletes. This improvement was clear among the athletes who had relatively lower self-esteem; somatization crises (e.g., irritability, headache, pain, weakness etc.); autonomic startle response; lower extent of pleasantness and relatively higher extent of suspicious feelings. Apart from that, the combined intervention of VMBR and Sc biofeedback training was found effective in faster agility, speed and peak power output among the athletes, which were not evident in their counterparts in the no-intervention or control group and other intervention groups as well.
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SL vs IND: Yuzvendra Chahal, Krishnappa Gowtham test covid positive – Report
Updated on: Jul 30, 2021 1:21 pm IST
There is more bad news for Indian cricket as two more players have tested positive for the coronavirus. Team India was left in dire straits on Tuesday morning as Krunal Pandya tested positive, and all those in close contact with him were asked to isolate. Yuzvendra Chahal and Krishnappa Gowtham are the latest players down with the virus.
Yuzvendra Chahal, Krishnappa Gowtham Contract Corona
Chahal and Gowtham were two of the eight players in isolation. The duo, therefore, did not take part in the last two T20 games against Sri Lanka. They will stay back in Colombo and six other players while the rest of the squad returns to India.
The six other players are Prithvi Shaw, Suryakumar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Deepak Chahar, and Ishan Kishan.
According to the Sri Lankan government's guidelines, anyone who tests positive for the coronavirus needs to isolate for at least ten days before he is allowed to leave the country.
Sri Lanka Hammer India in 3rd T20I
Sri Lanka made short of a makeshift Indian line-up in the third and final T20 held at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Shikhar Dhawan won the toss and elected to bat. All five batters India was playing failed miserably and fell to some fine spin bowling. Bhuvneshwar Kumar came into bat as early as the 5th over.
Birthday boy Wanindu Hasaranga had a night to remember. He picked up two wickets in his first over and followed it by a couple more towards the end. The visitors failed to deal with some quality spin bowling on a sluggish pitch. India finished with a paltry 81 runs thanks to some resistance offered by Kumar and Kuldeep Yadav. In reply, Sri Lanka had little trouble in the chase. They won by 7 wickets with 33 balls to spare. Rahul Chahar was the only bowler amongst the wickets.
Brief Scorecard: India 81-8 in 20.0 overs (Kuldeep Yadav 23*, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 16, Wanindu Hasaranga 4-9, Dasun Shanaka 2-20) lost to Sri Lanka by 7 Wickets (Minod Bhanuka 18, Dhananjaya de Silva 23, Rahul Chahar 3-15)
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Enjoy the new hot springs pool and private hot springs at the Delight's Hot Springs Resort on Monday Night Nov 22nd.
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Chatham House Richard and Susan Hayden Academy Fellowship 2022 (Fully-funded to London)
Deadline: April 25, 2022
The Queen Elizabeth II Academy for Leadership in International Affairs is now accepting applications for the Richard and Susan Hayden Academy Fellowship 2022. The fellowship is open to individuals who are dynamic, creative, driven and excited to contribute to Chatham House's research teams. As a fellow, you will have the opportunity to analyse key global and national challenges and develop policy solutions.
This fellowship is a joint initiative with Richard and Susan Hayden. It offers candidates at the early-to-mid-stage of their career the opportunity to spend ten months at Chatham House working on an individual research project of their choosing. Fellows take part in the core work of the Institute, developing their skills through the leadership programme, and furthering their professional network in the field of international affairs.
Academy Fellows spend ten months at Chatham House between October 2022 and July 2023. The fellow will be based full-time at Chatham House in London. However, working patterns will be flexible and some aspects of the programme may be held online, in line with safe Covid-19 working practices.
- The fellow will receive a monthly stipend of £2,365.
- Additionally, the Academy will cover costs related to relocation, visas and payment of the UK's Immigration Healthcare Surcharge which allows access to the UK National Health Service (Note: you may be required to pay for dental and optical treatments and medicines prescribed by a doctor), fieldwork and travel, research activities, and possible publication.
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Butter contains plenty of fat, and most of it's saturated.
This is both what caused it to be demonized within the past when everything had to be low in fat (specifically saturated fat), and what causes it to be classified as a T boosting food today.
Testosterone is formed from saturated fat and cholesterol like that found in butter.
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Watch the Preview of Slightly Mad Studios' Project Cars 3
Publisher Bandai Namco has announced their latest racing simulation game, Project Cars 3, which is arriving this Summer. Your ultimate driver journey begins with Project Cars 3, where players will have access to over 200 elite-brand race and road cars with over 140 global tracks. Craft your own racing persona with a wide range of ..


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Nearly 30 years ago, the PBS program Firing Line convened a debate about the War on Drugs, which has contributed more than any other criminal-justice policy to deadly street violence in Black neighborhoods and the police harassment, arrest, and mass incarceration of Black Americans. Revisiting the debate helps clarify what it will take to end that ongoing policy mistake.
Congressman Charlie Rangel led one side in the 1991 clash. Born in 1930, Rangel served in the Korean War, provided legal assistance to 1960s civil-rights activists, participated in the Selma-to-Montgomery marches, and represented Harlem for 46 years as a Democrat in the House. He was once arrested while participating in an anti-apartheid rally. Opposing him was William F. Buckley Jr., the conservative intellectual who founded National Review in 1955 and took the wrong side in some of the most significant racial-justice controversies of his day. In an infamous 1957 editorial, Buckley justified the imposition of white-supremacist racial segregation in the American South. He opposed federal civil-rights legislation in the 1960s. And he was an apologist for South Africa's apartheid regime in the 1980s.
Rangel was Black. Buckley was white. Rangel had demonstrated a lifelong commitment to the full equality of Black people. Buckley had repeatedly stood athwart civil-rights advances, yelling "Stop!" Yet on debate night in 1991, the Democratic representative was the one arguing that the arrest and mass incarceration of Americans caught possessing or selling drugs should continue. And the Reaganite conservative was the one insisting that the human costs of a "law and order" approach were too steep to bear, citing roughly 800,000 Americans arrested that year.
"Let's do what we can for those who are afflicted short of sending them to jail," Buckley said. "I want to hear from you whether you want a society based on, say, the Malaysian or the Singapore model in which––and I'm not exaggerating––people get publicly flogged and they get hanged and they get their fingers chopped off. Is this what you want to do in order to accomplish your aims?" he asked Rangel. "If not, what is it that you want to do that we're not doing already?"
Rangel acknowledged that the criminal-justice system "has not worked and has not been a deterrent to drug abuse in this country." He added, "I still believe that it should be there, because in order to fight this war, you need all of these factors working together. We should not allow people to be able to distribute this poison without fear that maybe they might be arrested and put in jail." In fact, Rangel clarified, if somebody wants to sell drugs to a child, they should fear "that they will be arrested and go to jail for the rest of their natural life. That's what I'm talking about when I say fear." Then he suggested that America should tap the generals who won the Gulf War to intensify the War on Drugs. "What we're missing: to find a take-charge general like Norman Schwarzkopf, like Colin Powell, to coordinate some type of strategy so that America, who has never run away from a battle, will not be running away from this battle," he said. "Let's win this war against drugs the same way we won it in the Middle East."
What insights can today's War on Drugs abolitionists take from this story?
First, that in politics and policy making, neither all good nor all bad things go together. A person might care deeply about racial equality, as Rangel did, yet support a policy that fuels racial disparities. A rival might reject anti-racist politics, even siding with white supremacists on some issues, as Buckley did, while fighting to abandon a ruinous policy that has disproportionately harmed generations of Black people. "It is outrageous to live in a society whose laws tolerate sending young people to life in prison because they grew, or distributed, a dozen ounces of marijuana," Buckley wrote to the New York Bar Association in 1995 as part of his ongoing advocacy. "I would hope that the good offices of your vital profession would mobilize at least to protest such excesses of wartime zeal, the legal equivalent of a My Lai massacre. And perhaps proceed to recommend the legalization of the sale of most drugs, except to minors." In 1996, National Review joined him, editorializing "that the war on drugs has failed, that it is diverting intelligent energy away from how to deal with the problem of addiction, that it is wasting our resources, and that it is encouraging civil, judicial, and penal procedures associated with police states."
Had the drug war ended back in the early 1990s, younger Millennials would have been spared a policy that empowered gangs, fueled bloody wars for drug territory in American cities, ravaged Latin America, enriched narco cartels, propelled the AIDS epidemic, triggered police militarization, and contributed more than any other policy to racial disparities in national and local incarceration.
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I don't think many people are sure what this technology is self service kiosk, but you have seen self service kiosks, which can be found in McDonald's, airport check-in, bus tickets, supermarket shopping, hotel check-in, etc. It has many applications and has contributed significantly to recent business activities.
What is self service kiosk technology?
Self ordering kiosk technology is a service technology that operates on a machine to provide payment, registration, marketing, and management. The emergence of this technology allows direct interaction between the customer and the product company. 68% of customers prefer to purchase digital services on the self ordering kiosk, which saves time and effort for the customer and reduces human resources costs and marketing costs for the company. It's a win-win for both parties.
Especially for restaurants, the existence of self ordering kiosk is very necessary.
Why do restaurants need self service kiosk, and what are their benefits? I have summarized the following points.
1. The global virus epidemic is still unknown, reduce the human contact
Although the world is gradually liberalized, the epidemic is still not fully resolved. In the short term, COVID-19, monkeypox virus, hantavirus, etc., are the lingering gloom for the global public. If people can get the non-direct contact service of the self service kiosks, not only can customers use safe and secure beautiful food, but they also can protect the safety of employees. The self-service kiosk is necessary for restaurants in the era of the COVID-19 epidemic.
2. Labor shortage, adopt machines to improve efficiency
In this epidemic era, you may have noticed the existence of inflation, the inability of many restaurants to find employees, or the difficulty for restaurants to hire an employee at a low price. Everything is getting expensive nowadays, and if you can't give a reasonable price to hire employees, your restaurant's operation will become problematic. But you just need to buy your custom self serve kiosk that can solve your problem of lack of labor; it works as a machine with unlimited efficiency and hours, which can also reduce the workload for your employees.
3. Giving customers better and more efficient service
Customers operate on self-service kiosks; from ordering-payment, customers can see at a glance. In times of high traffic, the meal information shown on the self serve kiosk can be quickly absorbed by customers and delivered quickly.
4. Save marketing and promotion costs for yourself
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Essay| February 01 1969
The National Liberation Front
Peter Arnett
Peter Arnett
Associated Press, Saigon
Peter Arnett began his newspaper career in his native New Zealand, then worked on papers in Sydney, Australia; Bangkok, Thailand; and Vientiane, Laos. He became Saigon correspondent for the Associated Press in 1963.
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Gospel, world music coming to downtown Visalia
Looking to hear some live music this week? Here's a look at some musical offerings this upcoming week:
Visalia-based band Mezcal, led by Carlos Rodriguez, will perform its monthly concert Friday at The Cellar Door.
Mezcal music has traditionally expressed their love for a wide variety of World Music, combining elements of cumbia, jazz, rock and soul. However, over the last year the band has broadened their sound even more to include disco, funk and even contemporary music. The group has also recently expanded, adding an additional two female singers to the fold.
Details: Mezcal performs at 9 p.m. Friday at The Cellar Door, The Cellar Door, 101 W. Main St., Visalia. Cover: $10. 21 and older.
Gospel Music
Southern gospel music lovers from across the country will descend through Sunday on downtown Visalia when the Great Western Fan Festival comes to the Visalia Convention Center. It's the fourth year the festival has come to Visalia.
Dean Hopper, a performer and the event's organizer, said Visalia has always rolled out the "red carpet" for all the performers and fans who attend the festival.
Dozens of Southern gospel music's most popular artists are set to perform during the three-day event.
Groups scheduled to perform are The Hoppers, The Martins, Ernie Haase & Signature Sound, Legacy Five and Greater Vision as well as the California Melody Boys which features singers from Tulare, Visalia and Exeter.
In addition to the evening concerts, smaller more intimate seminars will be held with the performers.
Details: The Great Western Fan Festival is through May 1 at the Visalia Convention Center. Concerts go from 6-10:30 p.m. each night. Afternoon seminars start at noon. Three-day passes range from $130.25 to $74.75. Individual day tickets range from $28.50 to $15. For a full schedule and to purchase tickets log on to www.fanfestivals.com.
Indie rock
Indie rock bands Pillar Points and Soft Swells will perform Saturday at The Cellar Door in downtown Visalia.
Soft Swells consists of songwriter Tim Williams and Matt Welsh, who met up on the West Coast to craft some upbeat and very full-sounding tunes. While one minute the guys sound like a catchy pop outfit, the next you'll hear them incorporating electronic sounds.
Seattle's Pillar Point plays danceable indie rock.
Details: Pillar Point and Soft Swells perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at The Cellar Door, 101 W. Main St. Cover: $7. Advance tickets: Ticketweb.com
COS concert
The College of Sequoia Vocal Music Department's season finale choral concert "Baroque to Broadway" is at 7:30 p.m. Saturday May 10, 2014 7:30 PM at the COS Theater. Tickets are $10, or $8 for students and seniors.
The concert opens with the Concert Choir performing "Gloria!" a baroque masterpiece by Antonio Vivaldi, accompanied by orchestra comprised of members from the Tulare County Symphony. Student soloists are Munai Faust, Laura Castro, Kayla Edwards and Tyler Kersten.
The Chamber Singers will perform famous selections by George and Ira Gershwin, including: "I've Got Rhythm," "Fascinating Rhythm," "I've Got a Crush On You" and "Our Love is Here to Stay."
The concert will conclude with the Concert Choir singing an exciting medley of songs by Jule Styne, including famous songs "Let Me Entertain You," "Don't Rain on My Parade" and "Everything's Coming Up Roses."
The concert will be conducted by Jeffery A. Seaward, Choral director at COS.


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Bodies of two brothers recovered from Savannah River after boat crash
The bodies of two brothers who had been in a boat crash on the Savannah River were recovered Aug. 29, according to officials.
Thomas Fox, 21, and Joseph Fox, 23, of Rincon, Georgia, were pronounced dead after their bodies were located around 8:30 a.m. about two miles inside the Jasper County line, Coroner Willie Aiken said.
Their bodies were found by someone who had been assisting on a search for the men and were recovered by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, spokesperson David Lucas said.
The accident happened the night of Aug. 27 on the Jasper County side of the river, Lucas said.
Seven people had been on board a 21-foot center console boat, he said. It collided with a dredging vessel and all seven people ended up in the water, a post on the U.S. Coast Guard Southeast's Facebook page said.
Five people were rescued by one of the crew members of the vessel and they were transferred to Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, the Coast Guard said.
Lucas said the Coast Guard is investigating the crash because it involved a commercial vessel. The Beaufort County Sheriff's Office, Beaufort Water Search and Rescue, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Savannah Fire Department and Savannah Police Department assisted in the search.
Earlier this year, two men died in separate boating incidents on the river in April.
SCDNR offered safety tips for boaters during the evening hours. Lucas said it is important to have a proper lookout and be aware of your surroundings. He said all boaters should wear life jackets when out on the water.


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COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. — A woman is dead after being hit by a car in Immokalee Monday evening.
The crash occurred near 1165 Little League Road. At around 7:14 p.m., Immokalee Fire and Collier County emergency crews responded to the scene.
A sedan, driven by a 22-year-old man from Immokalee, was driving south on Little League Road, south of America Way, when he crashed into the woman who was standing on Little League Road, facing east on the roadway, according to FHP.
The 62-year-old woman from Immokalee was pronounced deceased on scene.
FHP continues to investigate this crash.


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Expert's Rating
- Detail masking helps faces stay recognizable
- Non-destructive editing
- Well-organized interface
- None significant
Our Verdict
Alien Skin's Snap Art is a natural media plug-in for Adobe Photoshop ( ), Photoshop Elements ( ), and Photoshop Lightroom ( ). Geared toward professional photographers and graphic designers, creating fine art from a photo has never been easier. Using a powerful set of well-organized and customizable presets, you can produce amazing art with nary a manual brushstroke.
In Snap Art 3, you'll find a streamlined interface, crayon presets, improved placement of brush strokes for more realistic results, and a Flickr uploader. Perhaps the most exciting feature in this version is the addition of a detail mask, which enables you to hide effects from important areas such as faces.
New interface
Launch Snap Art 3 by opening a photo in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, and then choosing Filter -> Alien Skin -> Snap Art 3 (the Alien Skin category is new in this version). In Lightroom, select your image(s) and then open the plug-in by control-clicking and choosing Edit in Alien Skin Snap Art 3 (Photoshop and Elements do not support batch processing).
Once the plug-in opens, you'll notice a streamlined interface with hundreds of presets on the left—use your arrow keys to peruse them—and a large preview area in the center. Tools beneath the viewing area let you pan and zoom, as well as add a layer mask (more on that in a minute). On the right side you'll find settings that let you fine-tune effect presets with controls for paint coverage (so more or less of the canvas shows through), paint thickness, stroke color variation, color saturation, canvas texture, lighting, and more.
These settings are categorized into clickable "tabs" and include Background, Layers, Color, and Canvas. Each tab contains a preset pop-up menu as well as multiple sliders for even more customization (hover over each slider for a descriptive tool tip). Sure there are a slew of sliders, but the video tutorials on Alien Skin's website are incredibly helpful.
Detail Masks
Snap Art 3 lets you create up to three layers, each with an individual mask. This is helpful for fine-tuning effects in specific areas of your photo in different ways…an absolute must for portraits. For example, by using masks you can apply more of an abstract painted look to the background of your photo, yet retain detail and photo realism in your subject's face.
To add a mask, click the circle within a square icon at the bottom of the Snap Art interface (it's identical to the mask icon in both Photoshop and Photoshop Elements). Mouse over to the preview area and paint across any areas you don't want affected by changes made with the settings on the right side of the interface.
As you paint, your brush strokes appear as a magenta overlay (toggle the overlay on or off by pressing M). The program automatically switches to the Layers tab on the right, too, which contains controls for refining the effect and the mask itself. Click the tiny triangle to the right of the Mask Tool area and you'll reveal even more options for changing mask softness and strength (think opacity). Once you've added a mask, use the Effect pop-up menu to change the way the masked area is handled (choose Detail to apply fewer effects to the masked area). Click the triangle to its right to reveal even more options for fine-tuning your art.
Once you've added a mask, it's preserved while your photo is open—even when experimenting with other presets. Once you're happy with the effect, save it—and your mask—by pressing Command-S (it appears in the User Settings area at bottom left).
Clicking OK closes Snap Art 3 and lands you back within Photoshop, where you'll spot a new layer containing your art (new in this version). Lightroom works a little differently and makes copies of your images for use in Snap Art; you'll spot the new art-worthy images next to the originals in your Lightroom catalog (though you can force it to edit the original if you like). Also new in this version is a handy Flickr uploader for sharing photos online.
Macworld's buying advice
If you've ever had the hankering to turn a photo into a painting, you'll love this software; the interface is friendly and you can produce amazing results fast. If you're a photographer looking for additional creative products to sell to clients, Snap Art 3 will make a profitable addition to your studio. If you've been using it previously, the new interface and detail masks are worth the upgrade. And yes, if you had unlimited time and patience, you might be able to recreate similar effects using a variety of Photoshop's filters, but why bother? Using Snap Art 3 is both efficient and fun.
[Lesa Snider, author of Photoshop CS5: The Missing Manual and coauthor of iPhoto '11: The Missing Manual (Pogue Press/O'Reilly) is chief evangelist of iStockphoto.com and founder of PhotoLesa.com. Twitter: @PhotoLesa]


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MIAMI -- The artist currently known as Rex returned Sunday night. He did not make beautiful music.
Rex Grossman produced the sounds he so often has before, mainly groans from Chicago fans and cheers from opponents.
It's not what Bears fans wanted to hear, but what did they really expect?
Sure, they wanted Grossman to be Peyton Manning. They constructed a dream scenario where the goofy gunslinger outduels the master quarterback technician.
What they got was football history. It was the first time a Tennessee quarterback had beaten a Florida quarterback in the Super Bowl.
Somewhere, Phil Fulmer must have ordered a round of doughnuts for the house.
It was sort of nice to see Peyton Manning finally and definitively slay the big-game dragon.
He's always been a standup guy in victory or defeat.
That's one reason 160 people have named their children after him, according to a poll by the Knoxville News Sentinel.
The Knoxville Zoo even named a giraffe after Peyton in 1996.
As best as could be determined Sunday night, the Gainesville Zoo had not named a scapegoat after Rex.
You can be sure many of the 1.38 million media covering Super Bowl XLI will aim their fire at Grossman. The quarterback is always the easy and obvious target, and Rex certainly deserves to take some shots.
His QB rating was actually a gaudy 104.5 through three quarters, which was 15 points higher than Manning's, which proves how bogus QB ratings can be.
Grossman completed 20 of 28 passes, not bad considering he was tossing it around in the sloppiest Super Bowl weather in history.
But when the Bears needed Good Rex, they got just the opposite.
Two fourth-quarter interceptions killed their chances.
If the game had a key play, it was when Kelvin Hayden nabbed a Grossman overthrown pass and returned it 56 yards to give Chicago a 29-17 lead.
"In hindsight, I wish I would have thrown it away," Grossman said.
And in hindsight, should anyone have been surprised?
When you go with Grossman, you get the whole package. Good, bad and often no in-between.
Everybody agreed Manning would have to win it for the Colts, while all Grossman had to do was not lose it for the Bears.
It was the old Trent Dilfer approach, which worked so well for the Ravens in Super Bowl XXXV.
The difference was Baltimore's defense showed up in Tampa. The longer the slog-fest dragged on at Dolphin Stadium, the less Chicago resembled the defense that ransacked the NFC.
One of CBS' timers said the Bears went almost an hour without running a play at one point. Course, part of that was due to the halftime show.
Prince paraded around on a stage shaped like that unpronounceable symbol he once used as his name.
Sadly, he could not be reached after the game for a comment on Grossman.
If he had chimed in, Prince might have cracked a Rex Federline joke. One of the best commercials was when Britney's loser ex-husband snapped out of a rapper daydream and found himself flipping burgers. After Sunday's performance, K-Fed may find himself sharing the deep fryer with R-Gross.
"All I can talk about is this game right now," Grossman said. "It's a frustrating loss, and I'm excited about next year."
But will Chicago really want to take another ride on the Rex Express?
Unlike the artist formerly and currently known as Prince, we know what Grossman has come to mean to his fans.
He is the symbol of frustration.
The only comfort Sunday night was that he wasn't alone on that stage.


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The year 2000 began with more than a few people being relieved that the world didn't end on January 1st! Though it is hard to believe now, people honestly worried that the world, or at least computer life as we knew it, would come to a halt at the end of 1999.
But as the new year dawned, we no longer had to worry about following Prince's instruction to "party like it was 1999," because the year 2000 was here to stay. As the year progressed, popular culture exploded in the form of reality television, cable news programs and pop superstar groups.
Have you ever wondered what the most popular 2000 names for babies were from the year in which Beyonce was not quite a superstar? We'll break down for you the most popular names from 2000.
Most Popular Girl Names in 2000
The most popular name in the year 2000 was Emily. The name Emily is associated with being both modern and old-fashioned. It was the name of Little Bear's best friend, several famous authors, and an actress known for her seductive appeal.
Giving your child the name of Emily as one of the most popular 2000 baby names was a way to gift them with a very versatile name. Whether they loved picnics or Hollywood – or anything in between – there was an Emily for them to look up to and have as a role model.
Unique 2000 Girl Names
Other popular 2000 girl names were not nearly as traditional as Emily. Names such as Madison, Alexis, Alyssa, Kayla, Haley, Brianna, Jasmine and Destiny made up the top 50 most popular names in 2000.
Although Ms. Swift was not global superstar yet, her name as already quite popular. Taylor was the 10th most popular name for a little girl in 2000.
Traditional Popular Girl Names in 2000
For those parents who wanted their daughters to have more traditional names, Emily was not the only choice. Names such as Hannah, Ashley, Sarah, Samantha, Abigail and Lauren made up the top 20 most popular names that year.
For a generation that grew up reading "Sweet Valley High" in the '80s, naming their children Jessica and Elizabeth seemed like a reasonable choice. These names were number 8 and 9, respectively, in the most popular girl's names in the year 2000.
Most Popular Boy Names in 2000
The most popular names for boys in 2000 were very traditional. Although the names for girls in 2000 had some unique and off-beat choices making the top 50, the names of boys stayed very similar to names that have always been favorite names to give sons.
The name at the top of the 2000 boy names list was Jacob. Other similarly biblical inspired names included Michael, Joshua, Matthew, Daniel and Joseph.
Other traditional names that made it into the top 50 included Christopher, Andrew, William, David and Anthony.
Boy Names That Would Grow in Popularity
Names such as Brandon, Christian, Dylan, Ryan and Tyler would gain even more popularity as the decade wore on, but were already popular enough to make up the top 50 boy names in 2000.
Most Popular Baby Names by Year
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