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* It's time for the changing of the guard over at Milbank Tweed. Mel Immergut, the longest serving chair of any Am Law 100 firm in New York, is passing the reins to Scott Edelman. [New York Law Journal]
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* All he wanted to do was "make the world a better place," but that didn't work out so well. In a plea deal, Bradley Manning pleaded guilty to 10 of the charges against him in his WikiLeaks case. [Los Angeles Times]
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I had a MacBookPro with Snow Leopard and Bootcamp with Windows 7 all working well. In order to blow some more life into MBP I replaced my DVD drive with a SSD. Reinstalled Snow Leopard. And then when I get a hold of a Windows 7 iso image decided to move Windows to SSD. I partioned the drive using Disk Utility. And installed Windows 7 using a USB Stick and rEFIt.
At the end of the process I was able to boot into the new Windows 7. Later I decided to get rid of the old boocamp partition and notoced that it was not bootable. I did not care about it and went ahead and deleted the bootcamp partition using Bootcamp Assistant.
However this process rendered the new installation unbootable, So I went ahead and tried a few installations by partioning with bootcamp assistant and disk utility. However no matter what i tried I am getting the black screen "Missing Opeating system" message. It boots fine with Parallels.
My guess is previously the boot information was on the first bootcamp partition and somehow it was pointing to the second partition.
In the meanwhile rEFIt displays 2 macOS volumes (correct) 1 unknown volume(no idea) 1 Windows Volume (correct) for the internal disks and two windows volumes for my USB installer volume. So I am a bit confused about the extra internal unknown and external windows volumes. So I am bit confused about that too.
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After last night's episode of How I Met Your Mother, "As Fast as She Can" left us fairly unsatisified, we at least have some good HIMYM spoilers to hold you over until the season finale.
According to E! Online, we can expect the following teasers from the season finale next week:
- Ted becomes a teacher (wait, didn't he turn down that Columbia position?)
- Lily announces she's pregnant... but she's not. Marshall doesn't learn this until after he comments on her weight gain.
- Barney does not get a chance to profess his love to Robin, but something better happens
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I have a 2009 bmw 135i e82 2dr coupe. Vehicle was involved in an accident. I cant get the bootlid open. There is no key hole on the boot lid and the rear seats cannot be folded down from the inside. There is also no rear seat arm rest with an opening into the boot. I've tried connecting jumper cables to the terminals under the hood but there's no power coming to the vehicle. I was told that maybe the repair shop might have disconnected the battery and slammed the boot shut.
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October 10, 2012.
If the battery positive terminal is disconnected and placed somewhere shorted to body, you are going to have a problem.
You need to provide both jump start terminals with battery voltage to get the system up.
You need to provide both jump start terminals with battery voltage to get the system up.
How would I do this
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The positive terminal has two cables, one for the starter and altenator while the other is for fuel injection system. If both are separated, the jump start terminal would not be able to power the fuel injection system, meaning you won't be able to get power to it.
If that is the case, you would need to get battery voltage to the underdash fuse box as the main fuse box is in rear compartment.
If that is the case, you would need to get battery voltage to the underdash fuse box as the main fuse box is in rear compartment.
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Sharknado roars into theaters this weekend
Director Ferrante and star Tara Reid discuss the phenomenon
It's a... bird! It's a plane! It's... a tornado filled with sharks? Though no one planned for the mass appeal of recent low budget SyFy hit "Sharknado," it's likely you've heard of it. And it might not be going away anytime soon: in a curious twist of fate, Discovery Channel's 26th annual Shark Week, airing beginning Aug 4, will coincide with The Weather Channel's Hurricane Week, beginning August 5. Coincidence, or premonition? Only time will tell.
In any case, "Sharknado" went viral on Twitter and other social media platforms, generating upwards of 5,000 tweets a minute during its first airing on SyFy on July 11. Celebrities joined in on the fun, with Olivia Wilde tweeting to Elizabeth Banks: "@ElizabethBanks Banks, this is our chance to play Siamese twins: two heads, one magnificent shark tail. Emmys all around. #SharknadoTwo"
"Sharknado" even joined the likes of Frank Sinatra and Woody Allen, filed under, "Things Mia Farrow is Interested In." She joke-tweeted a photo of herself and author Philip Roth at a dinner party during the broadcast, saying "We're watching #Sharknado." You know when Mia Farrow takes you in, you're a big deal.
"Sharknado" set a record during its 3rd airing July 27 with 2.1 million viewers, compared to 1.4 million during its first airing. It's now officially the most watched original movie encore in Syfy history, according to the network.
All of this fame has led the insta-cult classic to its big screen debut, at 225 theaters on Friday night. That's right: "Sharknado" is getting the "Rocky Horror Picture Show" treatment. And director Anthony C. Ferrante and star Tara Reid want you to throw popcorn at the screen, scream, laugh and kick back with the family while enjoying the added gag reel (yes, even "Sharknado" has a gag reel) and music video. They had a few more things to say during a conference call, edited and condensed below.
For those who can't get enough "Sharknado," the final Syfy airing this summer will be on Thursday, August 22, leading into the premiere of "Ghost Shark."
Q:What is it like to be part of the "Sharknado" phenomenon?
Anthony Ferrante: One of the theories it's so popular is that it's a safe disaster movie, there's no danger of a shark destroying buildings. Another is that there are a lot of families that watched it together, and it's a fun thing to do, a lot of families watched it together and really had a blast. With a movie like this, it wasn't force fed, the audience discovered it. We all cared about it, and it showed.
Tara Reid: It's incredible. None of us had no idea this was going to happen. It just shows you so much of the power of social media these days. People were tweeting about how it made them closer, like husband and wife, and just to think that a movie could bring people together like that and have joy and laughter, it's an amazing feeling.
One in a billion chances that this happened, and miracles happen every once in a while, and we're so blessed to be involved in it.
Can you plan to make a cult fim ahead of time?
Reid: From "American Pie," to "The Big Lebowski," to "Van Wilder," you just never know. You can never know if what you're making is going to work or not, you just have to see how people take it.
How do you approach a film so absurd?
Reid: I read the script, and it was like, out of control. I couldn't stop laughing, and I was like, I have to do this. I wanted it to be called "Dark Skies," I was like, I can't have "Sharknado" on my IMDB. But it all ended up working out for us.
Ferrante: The concept is crazy. This was an opportunity to do a lot of visual effects and comedy. When I got on board, I wanted to do even more crazy things, like the boat shootout with the sharks attacking. Once you accept the concept, as long as the characters are playing it straight, everything else is really funny. And that's kind of the approach we took with the movie. And nothing was taboo.
What about the sequel?
Reid: I can't really get involved yet, with no script I think it's really a process where we'll all sit down and talk together.
Ferrante: Nothing has really been discussed yet, and no one has been hired, it's all just talk at this point. One thing people are attracted to is the dynamic, and I think if there's a sequel, there has to be some family dynamic, that's really the heart of the film. There are no military or scientists in "Sharknado," and I think that with the sequel I'd like that to stay the same. They're trying to survive, just like we would, and I think even if it's set in New York, we'd like no military or scientists to figure out how to stop a Sharknado, it has to be a ragtag group of underdogs and our core family.
What is unique about "Sharknado" when compared to other films such as "Sharktopus"?
Reid: They're all different films. Each film is its own film. The humor in our film, it's so funny. It's not sexual, or too much blood or scary in it, and it made people sit down and laugh and it's fun.
Ferrante: "Sharknado" is a very bizarre film. I think we got lucky. It could've been "Swamp Shark," but it was "Sharknado."
What could you have done with a larger budget, or do you think the low budget make it more special?
Ferrante: When you have a smaller budget, you're like a scrappy underdog. I think it's part of the film's charm. We're trying to compete with the big boys, but we don't have the toys or the tools. It forces you to be more creative.
What is it about sharks that makes them so popular in movies?
Reid: People are fascinated with monsters, sharks, vampires. And sharks are like one of the most powerful things in the underworld. In the sea, what everyone fears the most is a shark.
Ferrante: "Jaws" kind of kicked it off, and as digital effects became more accessible in the low budget world, you started seeing all of these sort of hybrid effects pop up. I think part of it is that sharks, we fear, and I think when you put an octopi on top of it, or give it two heads or put it inside a tornado, it becomes more accessible and fun, and it takes the fear away in a weird sort of respect. I think we were all scared to go into the water with "Jaws," and now we're all relieved that we can laugh at sharks.
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Volume 32, Issue 12, December 2005
Methods for image segmentation should be standardized and calibrated32(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.2131093View Description Hide Description
seeds32(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.2128764View Description Hide Description
Response32(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.2131088View Description Hide Description
Benchmarking analytical calculations of proton doses in heterogeneous matter32(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.2064887View Description Hide Description
A protondose computational algorithm, performing an analytical superposition of infinitely narrow proton beamlets (ASPB) is introduced. The algorithm uses the standard pencil beam technique of laterally distributing the central axis broad beam doses according to the Moliere scattering theory extended to slablike varying density media. The purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of our computational tool by comparing it with experimental and Monte Carlo(MC) simulation data as benchmarks. In the tests, parallel wide beams of protons were scattered in water phantoms containing embedded air and bone materials with simple geometrical forms and spatial dimensions of a few centimeters. For homogeneous water and bone phantoms, the protondoses we calculated with the ASPB algorithm were found very comparable to experimental and MC data. For layered bone slab inhomogeneity in water, the comparison between our analytical calculation and the MC simulation showed reasonable agreement, even when the inhomogeneity was placed at the Bragg peak depth. There also was reasonable agreement for the parallelepiped bone block inhomogeneity placed at various depths, except for cases in which the bone was located in the region of the Bragg peak, when discrepancies were as large as more than 10%. When the inhomogeneity was in the form of abutting air-bone slabs, discrepancies of as much as 8% occurred in the lateral dose profiles on the air cavity side of the phantom. Additionally, the analytical depth-dose calculations disagreed with the MC calculations within 3% of the Bragg peak dose, at the entry and midway depths in the phantom. The distal depth-dose 20%–80% fall-off widths and ranges calculated with our algorithm and the MC simulation were generally within of agreement. The analytical lateral-dose profile calculations showed smaller (by less than ) 20%–80% penumbra widths and shorter fall-off tails than did those calculated by the MC simulations. Overall, this work validates the usefulness of our ASPB algorithm as a reasonably fast and accurate tool for quality assurance in planning wide beam proton therapy treatment of clinical sites either composed of homogeneous materials or containing laterally extended inhomogeneities that are comparable in density and located away from the Bragg peak depths.
Target volume dose considerations in proton beam treatment planning for lung tumors32(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.2126187View Description Hide Description
We performed a treatment planning study in order to gather basic insight in the effect of setup errors and breathing motion on the cumulative protondose to a lungtumor. We used a simplified geometry that simulates a diameter gross tumor volume (GTV) located centrally inside lungtissue. The GTV was expanded with a uniform margin into a clinical target volume (CTV) and into a variety of planning target volume (PTV's). Proton beam apertures were designed to conform the prescribed dose laterally to the PTV while the range compensator was designed to provide distal coverage of the CTV. Different smearing distances were applied to the range compensators, and the cumulative dose in the CTV was evaluated for different combinations of breathing motion and systematic setup errors. Evaluation parameters were the dose to 99% of the CTV and the equivalent uniform dose (EUD), with a surviving fraction at of . For a single proton field designed to a expansion of the CTV and without smearing applied to the range compensator, of the CTV reduced from 96% for no tumor displacement to 41% and 13% for systematic setup errors of 5 and , respectively. For a representative clinical combination, of systematic error and breathing amplitude, the EUD of the CTV was about (prescribed dose) regardless the CTV to PTV margin, and without smearing. Smearing the range compensator increases the dose to the CTV substantially with a lateral margin and smearing distance of providing ample tumor coverage. In this latter case, of the target volume increased to 87% for a single field treatment plan. Smearing does, however, lead to an increase in dose to normal tissues distal to the clinical target volume. Next to countering geometric mismatches due to patient setup, smearing can also be used to counter the detrimental effects of breathing motion on the dose to the clinical target volume. We show that the lateral margin and smearing distance can be substantially smaller than the maximum tumor displacement due to setup errors and patient breathing, as measured by the and the EUD.
Correction of pixel sensitivity variation and off-axis response for amorphous silicon EPID dosimetry32(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.2128498View Description Hide Description
The aim of this work is to determine the pixel sensitivity variation and off-axis dose response of an amorphous silicon electronic portal imaging device(EPID), and develop a correction method to improve EPIDdosimetry. The uncorrected or raw pixel response of the aS500 amorphous silicon EPID shows differences in response (sensitivity) of individual pixels as well as a large off-axis differential response with respect to an ion chamber in water. Both can be corrected by division of raw images by the flood-field (FF) image. However, this leads to two problems for dosimetry: (1) the beam profile is present in both the raw image and FF image, and hence is "washed out" of the corrected image, and (2) any mismatch of EPID position between dosimetry and FF calibration means that the beam profile and off-axis response in the raw image and FF are misaligned. This causes artifacts in FF division and dosimetric errors. A method was developed to measure the off-axis response and pixel sensitivity variation separately to allow correction of images at any EPID position while retaining beam profile information. The pixel sensitivity variation is applied to the imager plane and is independent of imager position. The off-axis response depends on the imager plane position relative to the beam central axis. The pixel sensitivities were derived from multiple images of the same symmetric field acquired with the detector displaced laterally between each image. The off-axis response was measured by acquiring off-axis raw images (FF correction removed) and dividing out the off-axis beam fluence and previously determined pixel sensitivity differences. The dosimetric errors due to lateral and vertical detector displacement with the conventional FF calibration method were measured and compared to the new method. Corrected EPID profiles were then compared to beam profiles measured with ion chamber in water for open fields. The EPID was found to have a large off-axis differential response with respect to an ion chamber in water, particularly for . This increased to 13% at off-axis for , and 3.5% for at the isocenter plane. The dosimetric errors introduced by detector displacement with conventional FF calibration were found to be approximately of lateral detector displacement and of vertical displacement. These were reduced to less than 1% for any position with the new correction method. Corrected EPIDimages agreed with ion-chamber measurements to within 2% (excluding penumbra and low-dose areas outside the field) for various field sizes. The new correction method gives consistent dosimetry for any EPID position and retains beam profile information in the image.
Monte Carlo simulation estimates of neutron doses to critical organs of a patient undergoing x-ray LINAC-based radiotherapy32(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.2122547View Description Hide Description
Absorbed photoneutron dose to patients undergoing x-ray therapy was studied using Monte Carlo simulations based on the MCNPX code. Two separate transport simulations were conducted, one for the photoneutron contribution and another for neutron capture gamma rays. The phantom model used was of a female patient receiving a four-field pelvic box treatment. Photoneutron doses were determinate to be higher for organs and tissues located inside the treatment field, especially those closest to the patient's skin. The maximum organ equivalent dose per x-ray treatmentdose achieved within each treatment port was to the rectum ( field), to the intestine wall ( field), to the colon wall ( field), and to the skin ( field). The maximum neutron equivalent dose per x-ray treatmentdose received by organs outside the treatment field was to the skin in the antero-posterior field. A mean value of was obtained for organs distant from the treatment field. Distant organneutron equivalent doses are all of the same order of magnitude and constitute a good estimate of deep organneutron equivalent doses. Using the risk assessment method of the ICRP-60 report, the greatest likelihood of fatal secondary cancer for a dose is estimated to be 0.02% for the pelvic postero-anterior field, the rectum being the organ representing the maximum contribution of 0.011%.
Determination of penumbral widths from ion chamber measurements32(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.2128086View Description Hide Description
We have investigated methods of reconstructing beam profiles in the penumbral region using a set of axially symmetric chambers, differing only in the detector radius. In principal, the transfer functions, or kernels, of such chambers should be functions of radius only. Three chambers of radii 0.297, 0.556, and 0.714 cm have been used. The transfer functions of the chambers can be determined by deconvolving the profiles measured with each detector with the PPMC profile. The results indicate that the transfer functions can be parametrized accurately as a Gaussian cutoff at , with the average radius of the chamber. Deconvolution of the measured profiles with the transfer functions yields a profile that agrees with the PPMC profile to over the 20–80% penumbra.
Gated CT imaging using a free-breathing respiration signal from flow-volume spirometry32(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.2128089View Description Hide Description
Respiration-induced tumor motion is known to cause artifacts on free-breathing spiral CTimages used in treatment planning. This leads to inaccurate delineation of target volumes on planning CTimages. Flow-volume spirometry has been used previously for breath-holds during CT scans and radiation treatments using the active breathing control (ABC) system. We have developed a prototype by extending the flow-volume spirometer device to obtain gated CT scans using a PQ 5000 single-slice CTscanner. To test our prototype, we designed motion phantoms to compare image quality obtained with and without gated CT scan acquisition. Spiral and axial (nongated and gated) CT scans were obtained of phantoms with motion periods of 3–5 s and amplitudes of 0.5–2 cm. Errors observed in the volume estimate of these structures were as much as 30% with moving phantoms during CT simulation. Application of motion-gated CT with active breathing control reduced these errors to within 5%. Motion-gated CT was then implemented in patients and the results are presented for two clinical cases: lung and abdomen. In each case, gated scans were acquired at end-inhalation, end-exhalation in addition to a conventional free-breathing (nongated) scan. The gated CT scans revealed reduced artifacts compared with the conventional free-breathing scan. Differences of up to 20% in the volume of the structures were observed between gated and free-breathing scans. A comparison of the overlap of structures between the gated and free-breathing scans revealed misalignment of the structures. These results demonstrate the ability of flow-volume spirometry to reduce errors in target volumes via gating during CTimaging.
Radiation dose reduction in four-dimensional computed tomography32(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.2122567View Description Hide Description
Four-dimensional (4D) CT is useful in many clinical situations, where detailed abdominal and thoracic imaging is needed over the course of the respiratory cycle. However, it usually delivers a larger radiationdose than the standard three-dimensional (3D) CT, since multiple scans at each couch position are required in order to provide the temporal information. Our purpose in this work is to develop a method to perform 4D CT scans at relatively low current, hence reducing the radiation exposure of the patients. To deal with the increased statistical noise caused by the low current, we proposed a novel 4D penalized weighted least square (4D-PWLS) smoothing method, which can incorporate both spatial and phase information. The 4D images at different phases were registered to the same phase via a deformable model, thereby, a regularization term combining temporal and spatial neighbors can be designed for the 4D-PWLS objective function. The proposed method was tested with phantom experiments and a patient study, and superior noise suppression and resolution preservation were observed. A quantitative evaluation of the benefit of the proposed method to 4D radiotherapy and 4D PET/CT imaging are under investigation.
Optimization of radiotherapy dose-time fractionation with consideration of tumor specific biology32(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.2126167View Description Hide Description
The "four Rs" of radiobiology play an important role in the design of radiation therapytreatment protocol. The purpose of this work is to explore their influence on external beam radiotherapy for fast and slowly proliferating tumors and develop an optimization framework for tumor-biology specific dose-time-fractionation scheme. The linear quadratic model is used to describe radiation response of tumor, in which the time dependence of sublethal damage repair and the redistribution and reoxygenation effects are included. The optimum radiotherapeutic strategy is defined as the treatment scheme that maximizes tumor biologically effective dose (BED) while keeping normal tissue BED constant. The influence of different model parameters on total dose, overall treatment time, fraction size, and intervals is also studied. The results showed that, for fast proliferating tumors, the optimum overall time is similar to the assumed kickoff time and almost independent of interval patterns. Significant increase in tumorcontrol can be achieved using accelerated schemes for the tumors with doubling time smaller than 3 days, but little is gained for those with doubling time greater than 5 days. The incomplete repair of normal tissues between two consecutive fractions in standard fractionation has almost no influence on the fractional doses, even for the hyperfractionation with an interval time of 8 h. However, when the resensitization effect is included, the fractional doses at the beginning and end of each irradiated week become obviously higher than others in the optimum scheme and the hyperfractionation scheme has little advantage over the standard or hypofractionation one. For slowly proliferating tumors, provided that the ratio of the tumor is comparable to that of the normal tissues, a hypofractionation is more favorable. The overall treatment time should be larger than a minimum, which is predominantly determined by the resensitization time. The proposed technique provides a useful tool to systematically optimize radiotherapy for fast and slow proliferating tumors and sheds important insight into the complex problem of dose-time fractionation.
A novel method for automatic detection of patient out-of-plane rotation by comparing a single portal image to a reference image32(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.2126567View Description Hide Description
A novel method for detecting out-of-plane patient rotation by comparing a single portal image to its reference image is presented. Out-of-plane rotation results in an apparent distortion of the anatomy in a portal image. This distortion can be mathematically predicted with the magnification varying at each point in the image. While scaling of points at equal depth is invariant under in-plane rotation or translation, and changes equally in both dimensions for an axial shift of the patient, a change of scaling in only one dimension can be ascribed to an out-of-plane rotation. For the two conditions that are used in this study, it is shown that out-of-plane rotation yields a different scaling of the image in two perpendicular directions and therefore it is feasible to calculate the scale factors as a function of out-of-plane rotation. Conversely the recovery of scale factors in two different directions at the same time would enable the magnitude of the out-of-plane rotation to be recovered. The properties of the Fourier transform of the image are used to align the portal image with the reference image (a simulator image or first approved portal image) prior to the recovery of the scale factors. Correlating the Fourier transform of the portal image on a log-scale with that of the reference image enables the scale factors to be automatically extracted from a single portal image. In the two approaches investigated, out-of-plane rotations of up to and (respectively) have been recovered with a maximum error of . This technique could be used to automatically detect patient roll or tilt prior to or during a treatment session.
M: A sub-minute Monte Carlo dose calculation engine for prostate implants32(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.2126822View Description Hide Description
An accelerated Monte Carlo code [Monte Carlo dose calculation for prostate implant (MCPI)] is developed for dose calculation in prostate brachytherapy. MCPI physically simulates a set of radioactive seeds with arbitrary positions and orientations, merged in a three-dimensional (3D) heterogeneous phantom representing the prostate and surrounding tissue. MCPI uses a phase space data source-model to account for seed self-absorption and seed anisotropy. A "hybrid geometry" model (full 3D seed geometry merged in 3D mesh of voxels) is used for rigorous treatment of the interseed attenuation and tissue heterogeneity effects. MCPI is benchmarked against the MCNP5 code for idealized and real implants, for and seeds. MCPI calculates the dose distribution (2-mm voxel mesh) of a implant (83 seeds) with 2% average statistical uncertainty in 59 s using a single Pentium 4 PC (2.4 GHz). MCPI is more than and times faster than MCNP5 for prostate dose calculations using 2- and 1-mm voxels, respectively. To illustrate its usefulness, MCPI is used to quantify the dosimetric effects of interseed attenuation, tissue composition, and tissue calcifications. Ignoring the interseed attenuation effect or slightly varying the prostate tissue composition may lead to 6% decreases of , the dose delivered to 100% of the prostate. The presence of calcifications, covering 1%–5% of the prostate volume, decreases , , and by up to 32%, 37%, and 58%, respectively. In conclusion, sub-minute dose calculations, taking into account all dosimetric effects, are now possible for more accurate dose planning and dose assessment in prostate brachytherapy.
An international dosimetry exchange for boron neutron capture therapy, Part I: Absorbed dose measurements32(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.2132572View Description Hide Description
An international collaboration was organized to undertake a dosimetry exchange to enable the future combination of clinical data from different centers conducting neutron capture therapy trials. As a first step (Part I) the dosimetry group from the Americas, represented by MIT, visited the clinical centers at Studsvik (Sweden), VTT Espoo (Finland), and the Nuclear Research Institute (NRI) at Rez (Czech Republic). A combined VTT/NRI group reciprocated with a visit to MIT. Each participant performed a series of dosimetry measurements under equivalent irradiation conditions using methods appropriate to their clinical protocols. This entailed in-air measurements and dose versus depth measurements in a large water phantom. Thermal neutron flux as well as fast neutron and photon absorbed dose rates were measured. Satisfactory agreement in determining absorbed dose within the experimental uncertainties was obtained between the different groups although the measurement uncertainties are large, ranging between 3% and 30% depending upon the dose component and the depth of measurement. To improve the precision in the specification of absorbed dose amongst the participants, the individually measured dose components were normalized to the results from a single method. Assuming a boron concentration of that is typical of concentrations realized clinically with the boron delivery compound boronophenylalanine-fructose, systematic discrepancies in the specification of the total biologically weighted dose of up to 10% were apparent between the different groups. The results from these measurements will be used in future to normalize treatment plan calculations between the different clinical dosimetry protocols as Part II of this study.
Dosimetric characteristics of a new unshielded silicon diode and its application in clinical photon and electron beams32(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.2124547View Description Hide Description
Shielded -silicon diodes, frequently applied in general photon-beam dosimetry, show certain imperfections when applied in the small photon fields occurring in stereotactic or intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), in electron beams and in the buildup region of photonbeamdose distributions. Using as a study object the shielded -silicon diode PTW 60008, well known for its reliable performance in general photondosimetry, we have identified these imperfections as effects of electron scattering at the metallic parts of the shielding. In order to overcome these difficulties a new, unshielded diode PTW 60012 has been designed and manufactured by PTW Freiburg. By comparison with reference detectors, such as thimble and plane-parallel ionization chambers and a diamonddetector, we could show the absence of these imperfections. An excellent performance of the new unshielded diode for the special dosimetric tasks in small photon fields, electron beams and build-up regions of photonbeams has been observed. The new diode also has an improved angular response. However, due to its over-response to low-energy scatteredphotons, its recommended range of use does not include output factor measurements in large photon fields, although this effect can be compensated by a thin auxiliary lead shield.
Preliminary study on the use of nonrigid registration for thoraco-abdominal radiosurgery32(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.2103428View Description Hide Description
The inclusion of organ deformation and movement in radiosurgerytreatment planning is of increasing importance as research and clinical applications begin to take into consideration the effects of physiological processes, like breathing, on the shape and position of lesions. In this scenario, the challenge is to localize the target in toto (not only by means of marker sampling) and to calculate the dose distribution as the sum of all the contributions from the positions assumed by the target during the respiratory cycle. The aim of this work is to investigate the use of nonrigid registration for target tracking and dynamic treatment planning, i.e., treatment planning based not on one single CT scan but on multiple CT scans representative of the respiration. Twenty patients were CT scanned at end-inhale and end-exhale. An expert radiationoncologist identified the PTV in both examinations. The two CTdata sets per patient were nonrigidly registered using a free-form deformation algorithm based on B-splines. The optimized objective function consisted of a weighted sum of a similarity criterion (Mutual Information) and a regularization factor which constrains the transformation to be locally rigid. Once the transformation was obtained and the registration validated, its parameters were applied to the target only. Finally, the deformed target was compared to the PTV delineated by the radiationoncologist in the other study. The results of this procedure show an agreement between the center of mass as well as volume of the target identified automatically by deformable registration and manually by the radiationoncologist. Moreover, obtained displacements were in agreement with body structure constraints and considerations usually accepted in radiation therapy practice. No significant influence of initial target volume on displacements was found. In conclusion, the proposed method seems to offer the possibility of using nonrigid registrations in radiosurgerytreatment planning, even if more cases need to be investigated in order to give a statistical consistency to parameter setup and proposed considerations.
Feasibility of four-dimensional conformal planning for robotic radiosurgery32(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.2122607View Description Hide Description
Organ motion can have a severe impact on the dose delivered by radiation therapy, and different procedures have been developed to address its effects. Conventional techniques include breath hold methods and gating. A different approach is the compensation for target motion by moving the treatment beams synchronously. Practical results have been reported for robot based radiosurgery, where a linear accelerator mounted on a robotic arm delivers the dose. However, not all organs move in the same way, which results in a relative motion of the beams with respect to the body and the tissues in the proximity of the tumor. This relative motion can severely effect the dose delivered to critical structures. We propose a method to incorporate motion in the treatment planning for roboticradiosurgery to avoid potential overdosing of organs surrounding the target. The method takes into account the motion of all considered volumes, which is discretized for dose calculations. Similarly, the beam motion is taken into account and the aggregated dose coefficient over all discrete steps is used for planning. We simulated the treatment of a moving target with three different planning methods. First, we computed beam weights based on a 3D planning situation and simulated treatment with organ motion and the beams moving synchronously to the target. Second, beam weights were computed by the 4D planning method incorporating the organ and beam motion and treatment was simulated for beams moving synchronously to the target. Third, the beam weights were determined by the 4D planning method with the beams fixed during planning and simulation. For comparison we also give results for the 3D treatment plan if there was no organ motion and when the plan is delivered by fixed beams in the presence of organ motion. The results indicate that the new 4D method is preferable and can further improve the overall conformality of motion compensated roboticradiosurgery.
Patient specific treatment verifications for helical tomotherapy treatment plans32(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.2134929View Description Hide Description
We performed two-dimensional treatment verifications for ten patients planned and treated with helical tomotherapy. The treatment verification consisted of a film measurement as well as point dose measurements made with an ion chamber. The agreement between the calculated and the measured film dose distributions was evaluated with the gamma index calculated for three sets of criteria (2 mm and 2%, 4 mm and 3%, and 3 mm and 5%) as recommended in the literature. Good agreement was found between measured and calculated distributions without any need of normalization of the dose data but with dose map registration using reference marks. In this case, , , and passed the 2 mm and 2%, 4 mm and 3%, and 3 mm and 5% criteria, respectively. Agreement was excellent when both normalization and manual registration of the dose maps was employed. In this case , , and passed the 2 mm and 2%, 4 mm and 3%, and 3 mm and 5% criteria, respectively. The mean percent discrepancy for the point dose measurements was , , for the high dose, low dose, and critical structure point, respectively. Three criteria for a satisfactory treatment verification in the high dose regions of a plan were established. For the un-normalized reference mark registered data 80% of pixels must pass the 3 mm and 5% criteria. For the normalized and manually registered data, 80% must pass the 2 mm and 2% criteria, and the point dose measurement must be within 2% of the calculated dose. All low dose region/critical structure point dose measurements were evaluated on a patient by patient basis. The criteria we recommend can be useful for the routine evaluation of treatment plans for tomotherapy systems.
On using an adaptive neural network to predict lung tumor motion during respiration for radiotherapy applications32(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.2134958View Description Hide Description
In this study we address the problem of predicting the position of a moving lungtumor during respiration on the basis of external breathing signals—a technique used for beam gating, tracking, and other dynamic motion management techniques in radiation therapy. We demonstrate the use of neural network filters to correlate tumor position with external surrogate markers while simultaneously predicting the motion ahead in time, for situations in which neither the breathing pattern nor the correlation between moving anatomical elements is constant in time. One pancreatic cancer patient and two lungcancer patients with mid/upper lobe tumors were fluoroscopically imaged to observe tumor motion synchronously with the movement of external chest markers during free breathing. The external marker position was provided as input to a feed-forward neural network that correlated the marker and tumor movement to predict the tumor position up to in advance. The predicted tumor position was compared to its observed position to establish the accuracy with which the filter could dynamically track tumor motion under nonstationary conditions. These results were compared to simplified linear versions of the filter. The two lungcancer patients exhibited complex respiratory behavior in which the correlation between surrogate marker and tumor position changed with each cycle of breathing. By automatically and continuously adjusting its parameters to the observations, the neural network achieved better tracking accuracy than the fixed and adaptive linear filters. Variability and instability in human respiration complicate the task of predicting tumor position from surrogate breathing signals. Our results show that adaptive signal-processing filters can provide more accurate tumor position estimates than simpler stationary filters when presented with nonstationary breathing motion.
Magnetic confinement of electron and photon radiotherapy dose: A Monte Carlo simulation with a nonuniform longitudinal magnetic field32(2005); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.2011091View Description Hide Description
It recently has been shown experimentally that the focusing provided by a longitudinal nonuniform high magnetic field can significantly improve electron beamdose profiles. This could permit precise targeting of tumors near critical areas and minimize the radiationdose to surrounding healthy tissue. The experimental results together with Monte Carlo simulations suggest that the magnetic confinement of electron radiotherapybeams may provide an alternative to proton or heavy ion radiation therapy in some cases. In the present work, the external magnetic field capability of the Monte Carlo code PENELOPE was utilized by providing a subroutine that modeled the actual field produced by the solenoid magnet used in the experimental studies. The magnetic field in our simulation covered the region from the vacuum exit window to the phantom including surrounding air. In a longitudinal nonuniform magnetic field, it is observed that the electron dose can be focused in both the transverse and longitudinal directions. The measured dose profiles of the electron beam are generally reproduced in the Monte Carlo simulations to within a few percent in the region of interest provided that the geometry and the energy of the incident electron beam are accurately known. Comparisons for the photonbeamdose profiles with and without the magnetic field are also made. The experimental results are qualitatively reproduced in the simulation. Our simulation shows that the excessive dose at the beam entrance is due to the magnetic field trapping and focusing scatteredsecondary electrons that were produced in the air by the incident photonbeam. The simulations also show that the electron dose profile can be manipulated by the appropriate control of the beam energy together with the strength and displacement of the longitudinal magnetic field.


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Decompression is a word which has several meanings but in this context, it refers to a surgical or non-surgical procedure used to reduce pressure on any compressed structure of the body for instance the spinal cord. If performed to ease the pressure that has piled up on one or several pinched nerves (neural impingement) of the spinal column, this type of decompression is medically referred to as "spinal decompression'.
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Non-surgical spinal decompression is a revolutionary technology for correcting spinal problems such as the ones listed above. It can be achieved by gently lengthening as well as releasing the spine thereby creating negative pressures in the spinal discs. This reverse of pressure gives rise to a vacuum within the disc space and helps to pull the bulging disc material back into place thereby taking pressure off pinched nerves as well as the surrounding soft tissue. Oxygen, fluids and nutrients are also pulled back into the disc and this helps accelerate the body's healing process. This ground-breaking technology is very much effective and sustainable results have been achieved for chronic neck and back pain. The equipment used in non-surgical spinal decompression are very safe and FDA-approved.
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New Bond Girl draws attention to hand birth defect. Loyola surgeon repairs hands with too many fingers or thumbs.
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Fox kit, also known as chibifoxkit, is a member of the furry community. He's a babyfur, and writer for the community.
Fandom involvement[edit]
Fox Kit is not only a writer, but runs a small time news letter on many furs in the community that is published once a month and has a small group of followers that as of now has about 200 subscribers.The newsletter itself can only be found on a small underground website and needs a password to access.
His persona is usually a small pinkish white fox kit who has on some times a footed sleeper or onesie, a pink shirt that says "lil angel of hell" and a pink diaper, or purple overalls with a bulky diaper on. Other times he'll be wearing a fishnet shirt, a black trench coat with blue flames at the end of it and black pants with the legs rolled up to his ankles along with ninja sandles (kind of like in the anime Naruto). His age is uasally 2-4 years of age. He posses a few magical abilities from his kitsune abilities such as foxfire, transformations (usually his age, height and overall size.Sadly most of his magic backfires on him changing something like his gender or mental age.He has a child's longsword that he carries around on his back called "kutamica". He is a well known with machinery and has an IQ of (according to Termans chart) 179. Going by the name of "Chibi F. Kit," a play on his common username chibifoxkit, while he does have an older fursona, and even a teen fursona, they are rarely used and only on special occasions.
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Uniondale, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Kevin Poulin stopped 32 shots to lead the New York Islanders in a 3-1 victory over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday.
John Tavares posted a goal and an assist while Kyle Okposo and Pierre-Marc Bouchard also scored for the Islanders, who snapped a four-game losing streak.
"I thought it was a total team effort" said New York head coach Jack Capuano. "Your best players have to be your best players. I thought the top line was good tonight."
Patric Hornqvist scored the only goal of the game for the Predators, who have dropped three straight. Marek Mazanec allowed all three goals on 33 shots in his first career start.
"We were slow to the puck all night and they did a better job winning the 1- on-1 battles," said Nashville head coach Barry Trotz said. "We're going through a tough time. We have to tighten up and put together better efforts."
New York got on the board with 4:30 to play in the first period while on the power play. Frans Nielsen one-touched a pass from the left circle to the slot, where Tavares faked a slap shot before wristing the puck into the left corner for his eighth of the season.
It was a 2-0 game two minutes later when Bouchard's snap shot from the low right circle snuck in on the short side for his fourth of the season.
The Isles took a 3-0 lead at 7:07 of the second period as Tavares' pass from the slot to the left circle was one-timed home by Okposo.
Nashville spoiled Poulin's shutout bid with 5:30 to play as David Legwand brought the puck in down the right wing and pushed it ahead for Hornqvist, who shot it in for his fifth of the season.
The Islanders host the Kings on Thursday ... The Predators will wrap up their
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Pope Francis' visit to Philadelphia in September has altered the date of the Penn-Villanova football game.
Kyle Busch won Sunday's road course race in Sonoma, California, but he still has a long way to go to become eligible for a spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.
NFL players have a very short shelf life to make significant amounts of money so it's tough to fault anyone who has outperformed a contract when they go knocking on the door to ask for more.
Pete Mackanin will remain interim manager of the Philadelphia Phillies for the remainder of the season, the team announced Tuesday.
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"Engrossing story"
I enjoyed the story which I have read before.
The only thing that was pretty annoying about it was that although the reader does a good job in many ways he seems to be totally unaware of how people speak in New York. He did the accents more like people from the deep South - maybe Texas.
"This was really written by Joyce Carol Oates?"
I don't like to write many reviews - usually only to help other listeners find gems or avoid books that I think are just overall bad (but not because they just don't meet my taste in books). This the latter. Fortunately, I got it when was a low price, so that didn't hurt so much.
I was maybe a third into the book when I wanted to immediately call Carol Joyce Oats and let her know that some untalented teenager was using her name on a book titled We Were The Mulvaneys.
This is a very character driven book, but they are amazingly one dimensional. In the book synopsis, these excerpts: "… Judd looks back through his memories to tell the secrets that eventually ripped apart the fabric of his storybook family." and "….Oates' novel tells a tale that could be tragic, but is, instead, a ringing affirmation." OK, so going in we know that there will be some event or events that are bad and hidden and that things turn out alright in some way. And that is what we get, but it's like seeing it on TV, except with little drama and no humor.
There is absolutely no introspection of either the writer (Judd) or any of the other characters for why people are doing what they are doing. We just see them do it. This could have been about how the family members and others felt about what happened, their perceptions and perspective on events and why they made the good or poor choices in their lives. The Judd character is just writing an article where other members of the family have apparently told him the events but not why they did anything they did or what they thought to themselves. And the affirmation ending is just as one dimensional as the rest of the book. There is no catharsis or reflection by any of the characters. We just see them going about their lives. To me, this is a very flimsy story. I expected more from this author.
Oh, and to add to the poor experience, the reader is quite bad on this book. Believe I have listened to him another time and liked his performance, but not on this book. Too often, it's clear he's reading a book he's not that familiar with, pausing in inappropriate places, like he thought that was the end of the sentence, but oh wait, here it continues on the next page.
No the story could have been told in half an hour I just felt it would not move forward
Cut out so much unecessary descriptions and stop keeping moving backwards instead of getting on with the story
Not so much rambling and cut the book down by about three quarters
This is my first book written by Joyce Carol Oates definitely not my cup of tea
Needs action and a different writer perhaps
The story was so very boring, I went in and steam cleaned my bedrooms, came out and couldn't see that I had missed anything with the time I has been out of the room.
His performance was the only shinning light of the book. It was okay.
None that I could fine
This is definitely a book to return.
"Why the Texas Accent?"
Aside from the middlebrow writing of Oates, the narrator is completely irritating. The Mulvaneys live in upstate New York and always have. But whenever the narrator "does" either the mother's or the father's voices, he uses a down-home Texas accent. Mrs. Mulvaney sounds like Sissy Spacek. It is so irritating I could not go on.
"Another outstanding book ruined by the narrator"
Joyce Carol Oates is a brilliant writer, and this book doesn't disappoint. But the narrator is juvenile, inept, and a bit patronizing in his reading, to the point where I frankly can't imagine getting through the audio. The story of this family might be engrossing and heartbreaking to many listeners; I am resentful on the author's behalf that this twit's rendition of it may drive them away.
Her "A Widow's Story," on the other hand, was exquisitely read.
"Could Have Been a Classic but Isn't"
If this story had ended half way through the book it would have been a classic. Unfortunately, it went on and on. It's a sad story of how a family reacts to a young girl's rape and how the family is torn apart from the rape due to selfishness and inability to understand that a child should be helped more than an adult who chooses to drink his life away.
Not for a while. Just don't want to listen to a book that keeps going when it should have ended.
I have not listened to any of Scott Shina's performances before but thought he did very well with this book.
No, should it have?
i'm a man without conviction
"well written. depressing."
i've had more satisfying night terrors. if that's your thing then this book is for you.
I had already seen the movie and was looking for more information about why Mary Anne was sent away. I figured it got edited out of the movie. WRONG. Instead I found this a tedious account of a superficial family that disintegrated and blamed it all on a horrible rape. the actions of the family were still unfathomable in the book as in the movie. thankfully my iphone has the ability to speed up the book so I listened to the last half at 1.5 and 2 times normal. It was the only way through it. I'm glad Oprah liked this book but I sure didn't.


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MAY 19 at 4:00 p.m.—IMAX® en Español––Journey Into Amazing Caves. With music by the Moody Blues, this IMAX film accompanies cave explorers Nancy Aulenbach and Hazel Barton on some unusual adventures, from underwater caves in the jungles of Mexico to ice caves on the plains of Greenland. As the two fearless spelunkers search the globe for clues about the Earth's past, they brave a variety of extreme environments for the sake of supporting science in this captivating documentary.
IMAX en Español is an opportunity for you and your family to enjoy IMAX films in Spanish. Additionally, headsets are always available free of charge for audiences to listen to available Spanish soundtracks when films with English soundtracks play. Admission includes one film and the Fleet's exhibit galleries, which feature more than 100 hands-on exhibits for all ages. Many of our exhibits feature bilingual explanatory text.
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The Raptors very own Linas Kleiza continues his strong performance at the FIBA World Championships helping his team with another come from behind victory, this time overtaking the powerful Spaniards with a 76-73 win. Come and check out what Raptors fans have to say.
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The Simpsons: Season 14, Episode 12
I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can (16 Feb. 2003)
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Lisa participates in the Spellympics, but Homer is busy traveling cross-country as Krusty Burger test-markets a new sandwich. Lisa is confident that she will win, until she learns that the contest is rigged against her.
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Late night hosts occasionally took on hard news and featured interviews with the serious intelligentsia of the day. We've rounded up 10 of the most interesting early late night interviews where the hosts serve more as cultural curators than comedians.... READ ON
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WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal commission that oversees monuments in the nation's capital has voted to reject the current design of the Eisenhower Memorial.
The National Capital Planning Commission voted 7-3 on Thursday to accept a staff report opposing the current design. The commission's objections focused primarily on the scale and placement of columns that would hold large tapestries framing the memorial park.
Architect Frank Gehry has proposed large metal tapestries depicting the Kansas landscape of Ike's boyhood home. Statues of Eisenhower as president and World War II general would stand at the park's center.
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Jiggly post preggo belly :(
Erika and Kevin est. 10-7-06
Hugs mama
I lost 60 lbs in 6ish months a couple years ago and had the same problem with extra skin. It will get better, but it takes skin a lot longer. Just make sure you eat right, drink water, get some exercise (if you can) and use moisturizer. Take care of your skin and it will eventually shrink up.
Blessed 4 times ~ Sept '07, June '09, Oct '11, Sept '13.
I feel your pain. I have lost the 40 pounds I gained while pregnant PLUS another 25 pounds. My tummy is still as jiggly as ever! My plan is to get pregnant again and fill out all that loose skin ;)
SJo - Momma to: Princess G (10-2011), Princess M (8-2013), & Prince Charming (8-2015)
It's so hard. I finally fit into my prepreg jeans, I work out for at least 100 minutes a day, I eat super clean, I'm fit, healthy.... and I STILL have a jiggly belly too.
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I've posted on these kinds of posts before, you are not alone. I'm right there w you, OP. I've lost 40lbs. I weigh 13lbs less than my prepreggo weight.. and still the tummy. I have a lot of loose skin. Looks like a raisin. Tummy tuck or lose skin removal- prob the only thing that will help me. You wanna know what I do? I wear shapewear underneath if I want to wear a tighter outift. Even if it's just a tight shirt and jeans, I'll wear some shapewear underneath and that smoothes my tummy out. Makes a big difference.
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Thu., January 12, 2012 11:30am
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Robins Air Force Base is cutting additional positions on top of job losses announced in November. USAF part of effort to downsize the military's budget. More cuts could come as President Obama releases budget in February.
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Sale means billions in benefits for Robins Air Force Base. Base will oversee upgrades on many of the older planes and provide maintenance on new ones. Eighty-five jobs will be created.
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While we're all trying to unscrew the inscrutable, allow me to chuck in my current favorite oxymoron:
"Debtbuster loans"!
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While we're all trying to unscrew the inscrutable, allow me to chuck in my current favorite oxymoron:
"Debtbuster loans"!
I call them 7x5's but then I beg to differ !
Yes, they have knees, but like all birds, they may not be where you expect them to be.
Teflon is stuck to the pan mechanically. The bare pan first has a texture cut into it. This texture is sawtooth in shape. The texture is rolled over to mushroom the peaks of the teeth. Next, the teflon is applied and trapped or bound to these little mushroom closed shape areas. Interlocked. Does that make sense?
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Looks like they DO have knees !
No, they start out with a sheet of stuff with equal components of sticky and slick. Then they turn it inside out, which makes all the sticky stuff go to one side and all the slick stuff to the other. Then they have to put it in the pan, sticky side in, being careful not to get their fingerprints on it.
FWIW Teflon is baked on like a ceramic. Comes out of the oven slicker 'n owl sh*t.
Sounds like a complicated way to make penguin's knees ;)
BTW, Aggie, how do you get the lemon pips off the films?


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