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The Masks
|"The Masks"
|The Twilight Zone episode
|Episode no.
|Season 5
Episode 25
|Directed by
|Ida Lupino
|Written by
|Rod Serling
|Featured music
|Stock from A Thing About Machines
|Production code
|Original air date
|March 20, 1964
|Guest appearance(s)
"The Masks" is episode 145 of the American television series The Twilight Zone. It originally aired on March 20, 1964 on CBS.
A very wealthy old man named Jason Foster, who is dying, has just been visited by Dr. Sam Thorne on the night of Mardi Gras. Cranky and candid, Jason is not cheered by a visit from his daughter Emily Harper and her family—husband Wilfred Harper, son Wilfred Harper Jr., and daughter Paula. All four have various, terrible traits.
- Emily is a cowardly, self-centered hypochondriac who whines and complains about the most trivial things.
- Wilfred, a successful businessman, is introverted and greedy, thinking of everything in monetary terms.
- Paula is extremely vain, constantly checking her appearance in the mirror. In fact, she is looking in one when she greets her grandfather.
- Wilfred Jr., meanwhile, is an oafish, sadistic bully who enjoys causing pain and suffering to other people and animals.
Moreover, it is clear that they are only there in order to claim Jason's fortune once he dies. Jason is not shy about his opinions of his family and openly insults each of them. In an act of apology, he says he has a special Mardi Gras party planned for the group that night.
After dinner, the family gathers in Jason's study where he offers them special one-of-a-kind masks. These masks, which he said are "crafted by an old Cajun", are very ugly creations. Jason informs his daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren that a Mardi Gras custom is to wear masks that are the exact opposite of a person's true personality. Thereupon, he says sarcastically that these masks are just that. Jason offers the mask of a sniveling coward to Emily, a miserable miser to Wilfred, a twisted buffoon to Wilfred Jr., and a self-obsessed narcissist to Paula. He himself dons a skull claiming that the opposite of life is death. The family is reluctant to wear the ugly masks—until Jason quotes his demands as a proviso from his will, unless all four of them don the masks and leave them on until midnight, all they will receive from his vast estate is train fare home to Boston. The foursome comply in spite of their disgust.
As the hours tick by, all four beg to be allowed to take off the masks...claiming that they are worse than uncomfortable, they are unbearable. Yet their pleas are wasted on Jason who delivers his final tirade to his family as he dies. He explains that even "without [their] masks, [they are] caricatures!" He then dies. The foursome rejoices in the fact that they are now rich, until they remove their disguises and find to their horror that their faces have conformed to the hideous shapes of the masks. When Jason's mask is removed, it appears as if nothing has changed, but his face is actually the expression of death itself—calm, peaceful, and serene. As Dr. Sam Thorne observes "This must be death. No horror, no fear...nothing but peace." As the episode ends, the butler Jeffrey (Bill Walker) looks upon the relatives' ugly faces.
- Robert Keith as Jason Foster
- Milton Selzer as Wilfred Harper
- Virginia Gregg as Emily Harper
- Brooke Hayward as Paula Harper
- Alan Sues as Wilfred Harper Jr.
- Willis Bouchey as Dr. Samuel Thorne
- Bill Walker as Jeffrey The Butler
- Maidie Norman as Maid
- Rod Serling as Host / Narrator – Himself
Opening narration[edit]
|Mr. Jason Foster, a tired ancient who on this particular Mardi Gras evening will leave the Earth. But before departing, he has some things to do, some services to perform, some debts to pay—and some justice to mete out. This is New Orleans, Mardi Gras time. It is also the Twilight Zone.
Closing narration[edit]
|Mardi Gras incident, the dramatis personae being four people who came to celebrate and in a sense let themselves go. This they did with a vengeance. They now wear the faces of all that was inside them—and they'll wear them for the rest of their lives, said lives now to be spent in the shadow. Tonight's tale of men, the macabre and masks, on the Twilight Zone.
Episode notes[edit]
"The Masks" was directed by Ida Lupino, who had starred in the first-season episode "The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine". She was the only person in the history of the original Twilight Zone to have acted in one episode and directed another. She was also the only woman to direct a Twilight Zone episode.[citation needed]
- DeVoe, Bill. (2008). Trivia from The Twilight Zone. Albany, GA: Bear Manor Media. ISBN 978-1-59393-136-0
- Grams, Martin. (2008). The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic. Churchville, MD: OTR Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9703310-9-0
- Zicree, Marc Scott: The Twilight Zone Companion. Sillman-James Press, 1982 (second edition)
External links[edit]
- "The Masks" at the Internet Movie Database
- "The Masks" at TV.com


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Volume 38, Issue 9, September 2011
Announcement: Medical Physics publishes first Focus Series of papers38(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3636414View Description Hide Description
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Safety considerations for IMRT: Executive summary38(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3600524View Description Hide Description
This report on intensity-modulated radiation therapy(IMRT) is part of a series of white papers addressing patient safety commissioned by the American Society for RadiationOncology's (ASTRO) Target Safely Campaign. The document has been approved by the ASTRO Board of Directors, endorsed by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) and American Association of MedicalDosimetrists (AAMD), and reviewed and accepted by the American College of Radiology's Commission on RadiationOncology. This report is related to other reports of the ASTRO white paper series on patient safety which are still in preparation, and when appropriate it defers to guidance that will be published by those groups in future white papers. This document takes advantage of the large body of work on quality assurance and quality control principles within radiationoncology whenever possible. IMRT provides increased capability to conform isodose distributions to the shape of the target(s), thereby reducing dose to some adjacent critical structures. This promise of IMRT is one of the reasons for its widespread use. However, the promise of IMRT is counterbalanced by the complexity of the IMRT planning and delivery processes, and the associated risks, some of which have been demonstrated by the New York Times reports on serious accidents involving both IMRT and other radiation treatment modalities. This report provides an opportunity to broadly address safe delivery of IMRT, with a primary focus on recommendations for human error prevention and methods to reduce the occurrence of errors or machine malfunctions that can lead to catastrophic failures or errors.
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Bridging the gap between IMRT and VMAT: Dense angularly sampled and sparse intensity modulated radiation therapy38(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3618736View Description Hide DescriptionPurpose:
To propose an alternative radiation therapy (RT) planning and delivery scheme with optimal angular beam sampling and intrabeam modulation for improved dose distribution while maintaining high delivery efficiency.Methods:
In the proposed approach, coined as dense angularly sampled and sparse intensity modulated RT (DASSIM-RT), a large number of beam angles are used to increase the angular sampling, leading to potentially more conformal dose distributions as compared to conventional IMRT. At the same time, intensity modulation of the incident beams is simplified to eliminate the dispensable segments, compensating the increase in delivery time caused by the increased number of beams and facilitating the plan delivery. In a sense, the proposed approach shifts and transforms, in an optimal fashion, some of the beam segments in conventional IMRT to the added beams. For newly available digital accelerators, the DASSIM-RT delivery can be made very efficient by concatenating the beams so that they can be delivered sequentially without operator's intervention. Different from VMAT, the level of intensity modulation in DASSIS-RT is field specific and optimized to meet the need of each beam direction. Three clinical cases (a head and neck (HN) case, a pancreas case, and a lung case) are used to evaluate the proposed RT scheme. DASSIM-RT, VMAT, and conventional IMRT plans are compared quantitatively in terms of the conformality index (CI) and delivery efficiency.Results:
Plan quality improves generally with the number and intensity modulation of the incident beams. For a fixed number of beams or fixed level of intensity modulation, the improvement saturates after the intensity modulation or number of beams reaches to a certain level. An interplay between the two variables is observed and the saturation point depends on the values of both variables. For all the cases studied here, the CI of DASSIM-RT with 15 beams and 5 intensity levels (0.90, 0.79, and 0.84 for the HN, pancreas, and lung cases, respectively) is similar with that of conventional IMRT with seven beams and ten intensity levels (0.88, 0.79, and 0.83) and is higher than that of single-arc VMAT (0.75, 0.75, and 0.82). It is also found that the DASSIM-RT plans generally have better sparing of organs-at-risk than IMRT plans. It is estimated that the dosedelivery time of DASSIM-RT with 15 beams and 5 intensity levels is about 4.5, 4.4, and 4.2 min for the HN, pancreas, and lung case, respectively, similar to that of IMRT plans with 7 beams and 10 intensity levels.Conclusion: DASSIS-RT bridges the gap between IMRT and VMAT and allows optimal sampling of angular space and intrabeam modulation, thus it provides improved conformity in dose distributions while maintaining high delivery efficiency.
Dosimetry protocol for the preclinical trials in white-beam minibeam radiation therapy38(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3608908View Description Hide DescriptionPurpose:
In the quest of a curative radiotherapy treatment for gliomas, new delivery modes are being explored. At the Biomedical Beamline of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, a new spatially fractionated technique, called minibeam radiation therapy (MBRT), is under development. The aims of this work were to assess different dosimetric aspects and to establish a dosimetry protocol to be applied in the forthcoming animal (rat) studies in order to evaluate the therapeutic index of this new radiotherapy approach.Methods:
Absolute dosimetry was performed with a thimble ionization chamber (PTW semiflex 31010) whose center was positioned at 2 g cm−2 depth. To translate the dose measured in broad beam configuration to the dose deposited with a minibeam, the scatter factors were used. Those were assessed by using the Monte Carlo simulations and verified experimentally with Gafchromic films and a Bragg Peak chamber. The comparison of the theoretical and experimental data were used to benchmark the calculations. Finally, the dose distributions in a rat phantom were evaluated by using the validated Monte Carlo calculations.Results:
The absolute dosimetry in broad beam configuration was measured in reference conditions. The dose rate was in the range between 168 and 224 Gy/min, depending on the storage ring current. A scatter factor of 0.80 ± 0.04 was obtained. Percentage depth dose and lateral profiles were evaluated both in homogenous and heterogeneous slab phantoms. The general good agreement between Monte Carlo simulations and experimental data permitted the benchmark of the calculations. Finally, the peak doses in the rat head phantom were assessed from the measurements in reference conditions. In addition, the peak-to-valley dose ratio values as a function of depth in the rat head were evaluated.Conclusions:
A new promising radiotherapy approach is being explored at the ESRF: Minibeam Radiation Therapy. To assess the therapeutic index of this new modality, in vivo experiments are being planned, for which an accurate knowledge of the dosimetry is essential. For that purpose, a complete set of measurements and Monte Carlo simulations was performed. The first dosimetry protocol for preclinical trials in minibeam radiation therapy was established. This protocol allows to have reproducibility in terms of dose for the different biological studies.
Optimizing the accuracy of a helical diode array dosimeter: A comprehensive calibration methodology coupled with a novel virtual inclinometer38(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3622823View Description Hide DescriptionPurpose:
The goal of any dosimeter is to be as accurate as possible when measuring absolute dose to compare with calculated dose. This limits the uncertainties associated with the dosimeter itself and allows the task of dose QA to focus on detecting errors in the treatment planning (TPS) and/or delivery systems. This work introduces enhancements to the measurement accuracy of a 3D dosimeter comprised of a helical plane of diodes in a volumetric phantom.Methods:
We describe the methods and derivations of new corrections that account for repetition rate dependence, intrinsic relative sensitivity per diode, field size dependence based on the dynamic field size determination, and positional correction. Required and described is an accurate "virtual inclinometer" algorithm. The system allows for calibrating the array directly against an ion chamber signal collected with high angular resolution. These enhancements are quantitatively validated using several strategies including ion chamber measurements taken using a "blank" plastic shell mimicking the actual phantom, and comparison to high resolution dose calculations for a variety of fields: static, simple arcs, and VMAT. A number of sophisticated treatment planning algorithms were benchmarked against ion chamber measurements for their ability to handle a large air cavity in the phantom.Results:
Each calibration correction is quantified and presented vs its independent variable(s). The virtual inclinometer is validated by direct comparison to the gantry angle vs time data from machine log files. The effects of the calibration are quantified and improvements are seen in the dose agreement with the ion chamber reference measurements and with the TPS calculations. These improved agreements are a result of removing prior limitations and assumptions in the calibration methodology. Average gamma analysis passing rates for VMAT plans based on the AAPM TG-119 report are 98.4 and 93.3% for the 3%/3 mm and 2%/2 mm dose-error/distance to agreement threshold criteria, respectively, with the global dose-error normalization. With the local dose-error normalization, the average passing rates are reduced to 94.6 and 85.7% for the 3%/3 mm and 2%/2 mm criteria, respectively. Some algorithms in the convolution/superposition family are not sufficiently accurate in predicting the exit dose in the presence of a 15 cm diameter air cavity.Conclusions:
Introduction of the improved calibration methodology, enabled by a robust virtual inclinometer algorithm, improves the accuracy of the dosimeter's absolute dose measurements. With our treatment planning and delivery chain, gamma analysis passing rates for the VMAT plans based on the AAPM TG-119 report are expected to be above 91% and average at about 95% level for γ(3%/3 mm) with the local dose-error normalization. This stringent comparison methodology is more indicative of the true VMAT system commissioning accuracy compared to the often quoted dose-error normalization to a single high value.
Clinical accuracy of ExacTrac intracranial frameless stereotactic system38(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3611044View Description Hide DescriptionPurpose:
In this paper, the authors assess the accuracy of the Brainlab ExacTrac system for frameless intracranial stereotactic treatments in clinical practice.Methods:
They recorded couch angle and imagefusion results (comprising lateral, longitudinal, and vertical shifts, and rotation corrections about these axes) for 109 stereotactic radiosurgery and 166 stereotactic radiotherapypatient treatments. Frameless stereotactic treatments involve iterative 6D imagefusion corrections applied until the results conform to customizable pass criteria, theirs being 0.7 mm and 0.5° for each axis. The planning CT slice thickness was 1.25 mm. It has been reported in the literature that the CT slices' thickness impacts the accuracy of localization to bony anatomy. The principle of invariance with respect to patient orientation was used to determine spatial accuracy.Results:
The data for radiosurgery comprised 927 image pairs, of which 532 passed (pass ratio of 57.4%). The data for radiotherapy comprised 15983 image pairs, of which 10 050 passed (pass ratio of 62.9%). For stereotactic radiotherapy, the combined uncertainty of ExacTrac calibration,imagefusion, and intrafraction motion was (95% confidence interval) 0.290–0.302 and 0.306–0.319 mm in the longitudinal and lateral axes, respectively. The combined uncertainty of imagefusion and intrafraction motion in the anterior-posterior coordinates was 0.174–0.182 mm. For stereotactic radiosurgery, the equivalent ranges are 0.323–0.393, 0.337–0.409, and 0.231–0.281 mm. The overall spatial accuracy was 1.24 mm for stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) and 1.35 mm for stereotactic radiosurgery(SRS).Conclusions:
The ExacTrac intracranial frameless stereotactic system spatial accuracy is adequate for clinical practice, and with the same pass criteria, SRT is more accurate than SRS. They now use frameless stereotaxy exclusively at their center.
A planning and delivery study of a rotational IMRT technique with burst delivery38(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3622612View Description Hide DescriptionPurpose:
A novel rotational IMRT (rIMRT) technique using burst delivery (continuous gantry rotation with beam off during MLC repositioning) is investigated. The authors evaluate the plan quality and delivery efficiency and accuracy of this dynamic technique with a conventional flat 6 MV photon beam.Methods:
Burst-delivery rIMRT was implemented in a planning system and delivered with a 160-MLC linac. Ten rIMRT plans were generated for five anonymized patient cases encompassing head and neck, brain, prostate, and prone breast. All plans were analyzed retrospectively and not used for treatment. Among the varied plan parameters were the number of optimization points, number of arcs, gantry speed, and gantry angle range (alpha) over which the beam is turned on at each optimization point. Combined rotational/step-and-shoot rIMRT plans were also created by superimposing multiple-segment static fields at several optimization points. The rIMRT trial plans were compared with each other and with plans generated using helical tomotherapy and VMAT. Burst-mode rotational IMRT plans were delivered and verified using a diode array, ionization chambers,thermoluminescent dosimeters, and film.Results:
Burst-mode rIMRT can achieve plan quality comparable to helical tomotherapy, while the former may lead to slightly better OAR sparing for certain cases and the latter generally achieves slightly lower hot spots. Few instances were found in which increasing the number of optimization points above 36, or superimposing step-and-shoot IMRT segments, led to statistically significant improvements in OAR sparing. Using an additional rIMRT partial arc yielded substantial OAR dose improvements for the brain case. Measured doses from the rIMRT plan delivery were within 4% of the plan calculation in low dose gradient regions. Delivery time range was 228–375 s for single-arc rIMRT 200-cGy prescription with a 300 MU/min dose rate, comparable to tomotherapy and VMAT.Conclusions:
Rotational IMRT with burst delivery, whether combined with static fields or not, yields clinically acceptable and deliverable treatment plans.
Improved image quality for x-ray CT imaging of gel dosimeters38(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3626487View Description Hide DescriptionPurpose:
This study provides a simple method for improving precision of x-raycomputed tomography(CT) scans of irradiated polymergeldosimetry. The noise affecting CT scans of irradiated gels has been an impediment to the use of clinical CT scanners for geldosimetry studies.Methods:
In this study, it is shown that multiple scans of a single PAGAT geldosimeter can be used to extrapolate a "zero-scan" image which displays a similar level of precision to an image obtained by averaging multiple CTimages, without the compromised dose measurement resulting from the exposure of the gel to radiation from the CT scanner.Results:
When extrapolating the zero-scan image, it is shown that exponential and simple linear fits to the relationship between Hounsfield unit and scan number, for each pixel in the image, provide an accurate indication of gel density.Conclusions:
It is expected that this work will be utilized in the analysis of three-dimensional gel volumes irradiated using complex radiotherapy treatments.
Implementing RapidArc into clinical routine: A comprehensive program from machine QA to TPS validation and patient QA38(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3622672View Description Hide DescriptionPurpose:
With the increased commercial availability of intensity modulated arc therapy (IMAT) comes the need for comprehensive QA programs, covering the different aspects of this newly available technology. This manuscript proposes such a program for the RapidArc (RA) (Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto) IMAT solution.Methods:
The program was developed and tested out for a Millennium120 MLC on iX Clinacs and a HighDefinition MLC on a Novalis TX, using a variety of measurement equipment including Gafchromic film, 2D ion chamber arrays (Seven29 and StarCheck, PTW, Freiburg, Germany) with inclinometer and Octavius phantom, the Delta4 systam (ScandiDos, Uppsala, Sweden) and the portal imager(EPID). First, a number of complementary machine QA tests were developed to monitor the correct interplay between the accelerating/decelerating gantry, the variable dose rate and the MLC position, straining the delivery to the maximum allowed limits. Second, a systematic approach to the validation of the dose calculation for RA was adopted, starting with static gantry and RA specific static MLC shapes and gradually moving to dynamic gantry, dynamic MLC shapes. RA plans were then optimized on a series of artificial structures created within the homogeneous Octavius phantom and within a heterogeneous lung phantom. These served the double purpose of testing the behavior of the optimization algorithm (PRO) as well as the precision of the forward dose calculation. Finally, patient QA on a series of clinical cases was performed with different methods. In addition to the well established in-phantom QA, we evaluated the portal dosimetry solution within the Varian approach.Results:
For routine machine QA, the "Snooker Cue" test on the EPID proved to be the most sensitive to overall problem detection. It is also the most practical one. The "Twinkle" and "Sunrise" tests were useful to obtain well differentiated information on the individual treatment delivery components. The AAA8.9 dose calculations showed excellent agreement with all corresponding measurements, except in areas where the 2.5 mm fixed fluence resolution was insufficient to accurately model the tongue and groove effect or the dose through nearly closed opposing leafs. Such cases benefited from the increased fluence resolution in AAA10.0. In the clinical RA fields, these effects were smeared out spatially and the impact of the fluence resolution was considerably less pronounced. The RA plans on the artificial structure sets demonstrated some interesting characteristics of the PRO8.9 optimizer, such as a sometimes unexpected dependence on the collimator rotation and a suboptimal coverage of targets within lung tissue. Although the portal dosimetry was successfully validated, we are reluctant to use it as a sole means of patient QA as long as no gantry angle information is embedded.Conclusions:
The all-in validation program allows a systematic approach in monitoring the different levels of RA treatments. With the systematic approach comes a better understanding of both the capabilities and the limits of the used solution. The program can be useful for implementation, but also for the validation of major upgrades.
Dosimetric intercomparison for multicenter clinical trials using a patient-based anatomic pelvic phantom38(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3626484View Description Hide DescriptionPurpose:
To assess dose delivery accuracy to clinically significant points in a realistic patient geometry for two separate pelvic radiotherapy scenarios.Methods:
An inhomogeneous pelvic phantom was transported to 36 radiotherapy centers in Australia and New Zealand. The phantom was treated according to Phase III rectal and prostate trial protocols. Point dose measurements were made with thermoluminescent dosimeters(TLDs) and an ionisation chamber. Comprehensive site-demographic, treatment planning, and physical data were collected for correlation with measurement outcomes.Results:
Dose delivery to the prescription point for the rectal treatment was consistent with planned dose (mean difference between planned and measured dose − 0.1 ± 0.3% std err). Dose delivery in the region of the sacral hollow was consistently higher than planned (+1.2 ± 0.2%). For the prostate treatment,dose delivery to the prostate volume was consistent with planned doses (−0.49 ± 0.2%) and planned dose uniformity, though with a tendency to underdose the PTV at the prostate-rectal border. Measured out-of-field doses were significantly higher than planned.Conclusions:
A phantom based on realistic anatomy and heterogeneity can be used to comprehensively assess the influence of multiple aspects of the radiotherapytreatment process on dose delivery. The ability to verify dose delivery for two trials with a single phantom was advantageous.
Preliminary investigations for the option to use fast uniform scanning with compensators on a gantry designed for IMPT38(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3626483View Description Hide DescriptionPurpose:
In this experimental study, the authors explored the possibility to deliver the dose for proton therapy with fast uniform scanning on a gantry primarily designed for the delivery of conformal beam scanning and IMPT. The uniform scanning submode has been realized without equipment modifications by using the same small pencil beam used for conformal scanning, resulting in reduced realization costs. Uniform scanning has recently been adopted in a few proton therapy centers, as a basic beam delivery solution, and as an alternative to the use of scattering foils. The option to use such a mode to mimic scattering on a full-fledged scanning gantry could be of interest for treating some specific indications and as a possible solution for treating moving targets.Methods:
Uniform iso-energy dose layers were painted by fast magnetic scanning alternated with fast energy changes with the gantry beam line. The layers were stacked and repainted appropriately to produce homogeneous three-dimensional dose distributions. A collimator/compensator was used to adjust the dose to coincide laterally/distally with the target volume. In addition, they applied volumetric repainting, since they are confident that this will further mitigate the effects of organ motion as compared with the presently used clinical scanning solutions. With the approach presented in this paper, they can profit from the higher flexibility of the scanning system to obtain additional advantages. For instance the shape of the energy layers can be adjusted to the projected target shape in order to reduce treatment time and neutrons produced in the collimator. The shape of the proximal layers can be shrunk, according to the cross section of the target at the corresponding range. This provides variable range modulation (proximal conformity) while standard scattering only provides fixed range modulation with unnecessary 100% dose proximal to the target. The field-specific hardware for a spherical target volume was mounted on the Gantry 2 nozzle. One field with proximal field size shrinking and one without, each of 1 Gy, were delivered. The dose distributions at different depths were recorded as CCD images of a scintillating screen.Results:
The time to scan the volume once was about 4 s and the total delivery time was approximately 30 s. For the field with proximal conformity, dose sparing of up to 25% was measured in the region proximal to the target. A repainting capability of 48 times was achieved on the most distal layer. The proximal layers were repainted more due to the contribution of the plateau dose from the deeper layers.Conclusions:
The flexibility of a fast scanning gantry with very fast energy changes can easily provide beam delivery by uniform layer stacking with a significant degree of volumetric repainting and with the benefit of a dose reduction proximal to the target volume.
PARETO: A novel evolutionary optimization approach to multiobjective IMRT planning38(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3615622View Description Hide DescriptionPurpose:
In radiation therapytreatment planning, the clinical objectives of uniform high dose to the planning target volume (PTV) and low dose to the organs-at-risk (OARs) are invariably in conflict, often requiring compromises to be made between them when selecting the best treatment plan for a particular patient. In this work, the authors introduce Pareto-Aware Radiotherapy Evolutionary TreatmentOptimization (pareto), a multiobjective optimization tool to solve for beam angles and fluence patterns in intensity-modulated radiation therapy(IMRT)treatment planning.Methods:
pareto is built around a powerful multiobjective genetic algorithm (GA), which allows us to treat the problem of IMRTtreatment plan optimization as a combined monolithic problem, where all beam fluence and angle parameters are treated equally during the optimization. We have employed a simple parameterized beam fluence representation with a realistic dose calculation approach, incorporating patient scatter effects, to demonstrate feasibility of the proposed approach on two phantoms. The first phantom is a simple cylindrical phantom containing a target surrounded by three OARs, while the second phantom is more complex and represents a paraspinal patient.Results:
pareto results in a large database of Pareto nondominated solutions that represent the necessary trade-offs between objectives. The solution quality was examined for several PTV and OAR fitness functions. The combination of a conformity-based PTV fitness function and a dose-volume histogram (DVH) or equivalent uniform dose (EUD) -based fitness function for the OAR produced relatively uniform and conformal PTV doses, with well-spaced beams. A penalty function added to the fitness functions eliminates hotspots. Comparison of resulting DVHs to those from treatment plans developed with a single-objective fluence optimizer (from a commercial treatment planning system) showed good correlation. Results also indicated that pareto shows promise in optimizing the number of beams.Conclusions:
This initial evaluation of the evolutionary optimization software toolpareto for IMRTtreatment planning demonstrates feasibility and provides motivation for continued development. Advantages of this approach over current commercial methods for treatment planning are many, including: (1) fully automated optimization that avoids human controlled iterative optimization and potentially improves overall process efficiency, (2) formulation of the problem as a true multiobjective one, which provides an optimized set of Pareto nondominated solutions refined over hundreds of generations and compiled from thousands of parameter sets explored during the run, and (3) rapid exploration of the final nondominated set accomplished by a graphical interface used to select the best treatment option for the patient.
Monte Carlo-based simulation of dynamic jaws tomotherapy38(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3626486View Description Hide DescriptionPurpose
: Original TomoTherapy systems may involve a trade-off between conformity and treatment speed, the user being limited to three slice widths (1.0, 2.5, and 5.0 cm). This could be overcome by allowing the jaws to define arbitrary fields, including very small slice widths (<1 cm), which are challenging for a beam model. The aim of this work was to incorporate the dynamic jaws feature into a Monte Carlo(MC) model called TomoPen, based on the MC codePENELOPE, previously validated for the original TomoTherapy system.Methods:
To keep the general structure of TomoPen and its efficiency, the simulation strategy introduces several techniques: (1) weight modifiers to account for any jaw settings using only the 5 cm phase-space file; (2) a simplified MC based model called FastStatic to compute the modifiers faster than pure MC; (3) actual simulation of dynamic jaws. Weight modifiers computed with both FastStatic and pure MC were compared. Dynamic jaws simulations were compared with the convolution/superposition (C/S) of TomoTherapy in the "cheese" phantom for a plan with two targets longitudinally separated by a gap of 3 cm. Optimization was performed in two modes: asymmetric jaws-constant couch speed ("running start stop," RSS) and symmetric jaws-variable couch speed ("symmetric running start stop," SRSS). Measurements with EDR2 films were also performed for RSS for the formal validation of TomoPen with dynamic jaws.Results
: Weight modifiers computed with FastStatic were equivalent to pure MC within statistical uncertainties (0.5% for three standard deviations). Excellent agreement was achieved between TomoPen and C/S for both asymmetric jaw opening/constant couch speed and symmetric jaw opening/variable couch speed, with deviations well within 2%/2 mm. For RSS procedure, agreement between C/S and measurements was within 2%/2 mm for 95% of the points and 3%/3 mm for 98% of the points, where dose is greater than 30% of the prescription dose (gamma analysis). Dose profiles acquired in transverse and longitudinal directions through the center of the phantom were also compared with excellent agreement (2%/2 mm) between all modalities.Conclusions:
The combination of weights modifiers and interpolation allowed implementing efficiently dynamic jaws and dynamic couch features into TomoPen at a minimal cost in terms of efficiency (simulation around 8 h on a single CPU).
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Reliable automatic alignment of tomographic projection data by passive auto-focus38(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3609096View Description Hide DescriptionPurpose:
The authors present a robust algorithm that removes the blurring and double-edge artifacts in high-resolution computed tomography(CT)images that are caused by misaligned scanner components. This alleviates the time-consuming process of physically aligning hardware, which is of particular benefit if components are moved or swapped frequently.Methods:
The proposed method uses the experimental data itself for calibration. A parameterized model of the scanner geometry is constructed and the parameters are varied until the sharpest 3D reconstruction is found. The concept is similar to passive auto-focus algorithms of digital optical instruments. The parameters are used to remap the projection data from thephysicaldetector to a virtual aligned detector. This is followed by a standard reconstruction algorithm, namely the Feldkamp algorithm. Feldkamp et al. [J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 1, 612–619 (1984)].Results:
An example implementation is given for a rabbit liver specimen that was collected with a circular trajectory. The optimal parameters were determined in less computation time than that for a full reconstruction. The example serves to demonstrate that (a) sharpness is an appropriate measure for projection alignment, (b) our parameterization is sufficient to characterize misalignments for cone-beam CT, and (c) the procedure determines parameter values with sufficient precision to remove the associated artifacts.Conclusions:
The algorithm is fully tested and implemented for regular use at The Australian National University micro-CT facility for both circular and helical trajectories. It can in principle be applied to more general imaging geometries and modalities. It is as robust as manual alignment but more precise since we have quantified the effect of misalignment.
Noise reduction in spectral CT: Reducing dose and breaking the trade-off between image noise and energy bin selection38(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3609097View Description Hide DescriptionPurpose
: Our purpose was to reduce imagenoise in spectral CT by exploiting data redundancies in the energy domain to allow flexible selection of the number, width, and location of the energy bins.Methods
: Using a variety of spectral CTimaging methods, conventional filtered backprojection (FBP) reconstructions were performed and resulting images were compared to those processed using a Local HighlY constrained backPRojection Reconstruction (HYPR-LR) algorithm. The mean and standard deviation of CT numbers were measured within regions of interest (ROIs), and results were compared between FBP and HYPR-LR. For these comparisons, the following spectral CTimaging methods were used:(i) numerical simulations based on a photon-counting, detector-basedCTsystem, (ii) a photon-counting, detector-based micro CTsystem using rubidium and potassium chloride solutions, (iii) a commercial CTsystem equipped with integrating detectors utilizing tube potentials of 80, 100, 120, and 140 kV, and (iv) a clinical dual-energy CT examination. The effects of tube energy and energy bin width were evaluated appropriate to each CTsystem.Results
: The mean CT number in each ROI was unchanged between FBP and HYPR-LR images for each of the spectral CTimaging scenarios, irrespective of bin width or tube potential. However, imagenoise, as represented by the standard deviation of CT numbers in each ROI, was reduced by 36%–76%. In all scenarios, imagenoise after HYPR-LR algorithm was similar to that of composite images, which used all available photons. No difference in spatial resolution was observed between HYPR-LR processing and FBP. Dual energy patient data processed using HYPR-LR demonstrated reduced noise in the individual, low- and high-energy images, as well as in the material-specific basis images.Conclusions
: Noise reduction can be accomplished for spectral CT by exploiting data redundancies in the energy domain. HYPR-LR is a robust method for reducing imagenoise in a variety of spectral CTimagingsystems without losing spatial resolution or CT number accuracy. This method improves the flexibility to select energy bins in the manner that optimizes material identification and separation without paying the penalty of increased imagenoise or its corollary, increased patient dose.
Improved motion-compensated image reconstruction for PET using sensitivity correction per respiratory gate and an approximate tube-of-response backprojector38(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3611041View Description Hide DescriptionPurpose:
One limitation of positron emission tomography(PET)imaging of the torso is patient motion. Motion-compensated image reconstruction (MCIR) is one method employed to reduce the deleterious effects of motion. Existing MCIR algorithms use a single sensitivity correction term, which provides inexact normalization for multigate data. Consequently, in this study, the authors derive and examine the performance of an MCIR algorithm with sensitivity correction per gate. In addition, they demonstrate an approximate tube-of-response (TOR) backprojector.Methods:
Simulated data from the NCAT phantom with six lesions added were used to compare MCIR algorithms with and without the incorporation of sensitivity correction per gate and TOR backprojection to postreconstruction registration (PRR) and imagesreconstructed without motion correction. To make the simulations more realistic, intragate motion was included. Deformation fields were determined from NCAT anatomical images using a free-form deformation approach with bending energy regularization.Results:
Sensitivity correction per gate and TOR backprojection improved mean lesion contrast-to-noise ratio by 6%–8%, with the maximum increase (21%–23%) found for the smallest lesion. These increases were obtained despite a small increase (3%) in noise as measured by standard deviation in a uniform lung region. Sensitivity correction per gate comes at no extra computational cost, whilst replacing line-of-response backprojection with TOR backprojection increased the overall computation time by ∼20%. In addition, MCIR was found to be superior to PRR, with one factor contributing to this difference being the differential impact of interpolation following deformation. MCIR was also shown to exhibit super-resolution.Conclusions:
Replacing a single sensitivity correction term in MCIR with sensitivity correction per gate improves lesion detectability. For a small increase in computational expense, further improvements are achieved using an approximate TOR backprojector rather than line-of-response backprojection.
Long range node-strut analysis of trabecular bone microarchitecture38(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3622600View Description Hide DescriptionPurpose:
We present a new morphometric measure of trabecular bone microarchitecture, calledmean node strength (NdStr), which is part of a newly developed approach called long range node-strut analysis. Our general aim is to describe and quantify the apparent "latticelike" microarchitecture of the trabecular bone network.Methods:
Similar in some ways to the topological node-strut analysis introduced by Garrahanet al. [J. Microsc. 142, 341–349 (1986)], our method is distinguished by an emphasis on long-range trabecular connectivity. Thus, while the topological classification of a pixel (after skeletonization) as a node, strut, or terminus, can be determined from the 3 × 3 neighborhood of that pixel, our method, which does not involve skeletonization, takes into account a much larger neighborhood. In addition, rather than giving a discrete classification of each pixel as a node, strut, or terminus, our method produces a continuous variable, node strength. The node strength is averaged over a region of interest to produce the mean node strength of the region.Results:
We have applied our long range node-strut analysis to a set of 26 high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) axial images of human proximal tibiae acquired 17 mm below the tibial plateau. We found that NdStr has a strong positive correlation with trabecular volumetric bone mineral density (BMD). After an exponential transformation, we obtain a Pearson's correlation coefficient ofr = 0.97. Qualitative comparison of images with similar BMD but with very different NdStr values suggests that the latter measure has successfully quantified the prevalence of the "latticelike" microarchitecture apparent in the image. Moreover, we found a strong correlation (r = 0.62) between NdStr and the conventional node-terminus ratio (Nd/Tm) of Garrahan et al. The Nd/Tm ratios were computed using traditional histomorphometry performed on bone biopsies obtained at the same location as the pQCT scans.Conclusions:
The newly introduced morphometric measure allows a quantitative assessment of the long-range connectivity of trabecular bone. One advantage of this method is that it is based on pQCT images that can be obtained noninvasively from patients, i.e., without having to obtain a bone biopsy from the patient.
Robustness of phase retrieval methods in x-ray phase contrast imaging: A comparison38(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3618731View Description Hide DescriptionPurpose:
The robustness of the phase retrieval methods is of critical importance for limiting and reducing radiation doses involved in x-ray phase contrastimaging. This work is to compare the robustness of two phase retrieval methods by analyzing the phase maps retrieved from the experimental images of a phantom.Methods:
Two phase retrieval methods were compared. One method is based on the transport of intensity equation (TIE) for phase contrast projections, and the TIE-based method is the most commonly used method for phase retrieval in the literature. The other is the recently developed attenuation-partition based (AP-based) phase retrieval method. The authors applied these two methods to experimental projection images of an air-bubble wrap phantom for retrieving the phase map of the bubble wrap. The retrieved phase maps obtained by using the two methods are compared.Results:
In the wrap's phase map retrieved by using the TIE-based method, no bubble is recognizable, hence, this method failed completely for phase retrieval from these bubble wrap images. Even with the help of the Tikhonov regularization, the bubbles are still hardly visible and buried in the cluttered background in the retrieved phase map. The retrieved phase values with this method are grossly erroneous. In contrast, in the wrap's phase map retrieved by using the AP-based method, the bubbles are clearly recovered. The retrieved phase values with the AP-based method are reasonably close to the estimate based on the thickness-based measurement. The authors traced these stark performance differences of the two methods to their different techniques employed to deal with the singularity problem involved in the phase retrievals.Conclusions:
This comparison shows that the conventional TIE-based phase retrieval method, regardless if Tikhonov regularization is used or not, is unstable against the noise in the wrap's projection images, while the AP-based phase retrieval method is shown in these experiments to be superior to the TIE-based method for the robustness in performing the phase retrieval.
A method for patient dose reduction in dynamic contrast enhanced CT study38(2011); http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3622611View Description Hide DescriptionPurpose:
In dynamic contrast enhanced CT (DCE-CT) study, prolonged CT scanning with high temporal resolution is required to give accurate and precise estimates of kinetic parameters. However, such scanning protocol could lead to substantial radiationdose to the patient. A novel method is proposed to reduce radiationdose to patient, while maintaining high accuracy for kinetic parameter estimates in DCE-CT study.Methods:
The method is based on a previous investigation that the arterial impulse response (AIR) in DCE-CT study can be predicted using a population-based scheme. In the proposed method, DCE-CT scanning is performed with relatively low temporal resolution, hence, giving rise to reduction in patient dose. A novel method is proposed to estimate the arterial input function (AIF) based on the coarsely sampled AIF. By using the estimated AIF in the tracer kinetic analysis of the coarsely sampled DCE-CT study, the calculated kinetic parameters are able to achieve a high degree of accuracy. The method was tested on a DCE-CT data set of 48 patients with cervical cancer scanned at high temporal resolution. A random cohort of 34 patients was chosen to construct the orthonormal bases of the AIRs via singular value decomposition method. The determined set of orthonormal bases was used to fit the AIFs in the second cohort (14 patients) at varying levels of down sampling. For each dataset in the second cohort, the estimated AIF was used for kinetic analyses of the modified Tofts and adiabatic tissue homogeneity models for each of the down-sampling schemes between intervals from 2 to 15 s. The results were compared with analyses done with the "raw" down-sampled AIF.Results
: In the first group of 34 patients, there were 11 orthonormal bases identified to describe the AIRs. The AIFs in the second group were estimated in high accuracy based on the 11 orthonormal bases established in the first group along with down-sampled AIFs. Using the 11 orthonormal bases, the estimated AIFs for the second group were found to have an averaged maximal percentage error of 3.4% 7.5% in all sampling schemes up to 15 s. The results of kinetic analysis with the proposed method compared with down sampling alone showed that the proposed method is superior in maintaining the accuracy in volume transfer constant ( ) after 9 s down-sampling interval, blood volume ( ) for almost all down-sampling intervals, and blood flow (F) after 11 s down-sampling interval. The preliminary results suggested that the proposed method is able to support scanning intervals of 10–15 s at a cost of 6.2%–10.0% loss in accuracy of and 10.9%–19.4% in , and the scanning intervals of 12–15 s at a cost of 9.7%–14.6% for F in DEC-CT studies for patients with cervix cancer.Conclusions
: The proposed method of AIF estimation allows low scanning frequency in DCE-CT study to reduce radiationdose to patient, while maintaining relatively high accuracy in the kinetic parameter estimates. The initial results suggested that the method is applicable for DCE-CT studies for patients with cervical cancer.


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After work on Friday April 12th, I drove an hour and a half to the Appalachian Trail north of Hot Springs to find Josh Garrison on his thru-hike attempt (his hiking partner had to bail near NOC due to an ankle injury). We successfully met up and hiked on to camp for his 8th night along the trail. The next morning, I hiked with him over Camp Creek Bald and Blackstack Cliffs before wishing him well and turning back for home.
It was a lot of fun hiking with and getting to know Josh. He's a humble and honest athlete with a strong climbing background. I knew there were others curious to learn more about this young gun attempting a sub 60 day self-supported AT hike, so I spent a good part of my time playing paparazzi as shown in the video below:
On Friday evening, I observed that Josh was hurting from an Achilles injury, but he was moving well on Saturday. Given his relentless pace, I knew things could easily take a turn for the worse. Regardless, I left with a strong sense that Josh would be be able to pull through. On my hike out, I saw dozens of bloodroot blooms, which had not yet emerged when Josh and I passed through just a couple hours earlier!
Later in the week, I was surprised and saddened to read that Josh's Achilles injury had worsened and he had to cut his hike short- a sobering reminder of the difficulty of these attempts. This resonated in the back of my mind this weekend while I upped my training with a clockwise PEAL. Uwharrie and I enjoyed two sunny days in Pisgah, punctuated by a couple of chilly nights. Meanwhile, Lily flew up to DC to visit with Liz and Reevi.
A few notes from our inaugural trek, which will be rePEALed a couple weeks from now: Uwharrie and I left at 5 PM in the chilly drizzle and arrived to Butter Gap Shelter by 7:30 PM where we spent Friday night. We were hiking by 7 AM Saturday morning and made it to the balds by 11 AM where the icy trails and wind chased us down into Greasy Cove. After fording East Fork, we rejoined the MST and made it to Pisgah Inn by 5:30 PM. The dinner rendezvous with James, Lauren, Carl and Kim was somewhat successful. Afterwards, Uwharrie and I descended Laurel Mountain and arrived to Yellow Gap after dark, a 40 mile day. Sunday, we were hiking by 7 AM into the labyrinth of South Mills and endured several early morning fords before regaining the ridge and more familiar turf. After 32 miles, we arrived home by 3:30 PM. This is a great route.
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My new installation repeatedly died when trying to locate the database server (or so it said), but I was able to access the database from the MYSQL command line using the exact details in the WP-CONFIG file.. I found this script -
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From last October and Today.
Huawei a provider to China Mobile is preparing some table scraps for Clearwire.
Huawei figures prominently as a provider of LOW COST TD-LTE Handsets for China Mobile (and Clearwire).
Apple also building a low cost TD-LTE handset for "emerging" technologies - in other words China Mobile (and Clearwire).
We're sitting on a Gold Mine!!
Taiwan makers to face strong competition from Huawei in China TD-LTE market
Jan 17 2013
The China government is very likely to release TD-LTE licenses in the second half of 2013 and consequently China Mobile will procure a considerable volume of TD-LTE terminal devices, however, Taiwan-based makers hold the opinion that they will face strong competition from China-based fellow maker Huawei Technologies.
China Mobile has set up trial TD-LTE networks in more than 10 cities in China and Huawei is a major supplier of TD-LTE base station equipment, the sources indicated. Therefore, Huawei will have an advantage competing for China Mobile's orders for TD-LTE terminal devices, the sources pointed out.
In addition, Huawei adopts TD-LTE chip solutions developed by its subsidiary HiSilicon Technologies and such chips are significantly less expensive than Qualcomm-developed chips adopted by Taiwan-based makers, making Huawei more competitive in terms of price, the sources noted.
Fri Oct 26, 2012
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wireless service provider Clearwire Corp said on Friday it will use equipment from China's Huawei in a high-speed network upgrade it starts in 2013, with the blessing of the U.S. government.
Clearwire said it reviewed its plans "with the technical arms of multiple federal agencies" and that it has "great respect for the U.S. government and their oversight role over the nation's infrastructure."
The decision follows a U.S. congressional report earlier this month that said Huawei network equipment should be kept out of the U.S. market as potential Chinese state influence could pose a security threat.
Clearwire, which already uses Huawei gear for its existing service, plans to use the Chinese vendor's technology to upgrade its network in markets where Huawei equipment is already in use, according to a statement attributed to Clearwire Chief Technology Officer John Saw.
He said Huawei represents less than 5 percent of Clearwire's total budget for the network upgrade to Long Term Evolution Technology and that the company is "materially reducing their footprint" for its LTE network.
The company said it will require all its vendors equipment and software to pass extensive testing by a third party company that is approved by the U.S. government to vet critical infrastructure systems for security weaknesses and threats.
Clearwire outlined plans for its network upgrade by the end of June 2013 on Thursday.
It named South Korea's Samsung Electronics, along with U.S. companies Cisco Systems and Ciena Corp as its other equipment vendors for the upgrade.
Sweden's Ericsson will maintain the network.
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Kiwi Olympian, Blake Skjellerup in an interview with DNA Magazine. The 24-year old says he waited to come out until after the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics because he wanted to have the focus entirely on his skating, and not have people focusing more on his sexuality. He wasn't hiding it at the games, as he walked around the venue hand in hand with his bf, but he just hadn't "officially" said anything.
That being said, he did visit the Pride House – and was also very surprised at being the only competing athlete to visit the Whistler meeting point.
"I was a bit shocked that I was the first competing gay athlete from these Olympics to visit, especially since I wasn't able to make it there (owing to scheduling conflicts) until after I had finished competing. But it was great to see such a thing. If I had felt like I needed a space to be myself away from the Olympic village, it would have been there. I hope the idea can grow from Olympics to Olympics.
He also talked about stereo types and role models:
"Gays are too often given a stereotype. Back when I was 18, and becoming serious about my sport and my Olympic goals, if I could have seen an athlete like myself out there – with whom I could relate to – my journey would have been a lot easier.
Johnny Weir meets a specific stereotype, I meet a specific stereotype and Gareth Thomas meets another. Being gay is just like any other personality trait: it's multifaceted. I can't personally relate to Weir or Thomas, and nor will many other young gay athletes out there. But maybe some of them will see something in me to relate to. The more types we provide, the more we'll appeal to people [who are struggling with their sexuality."
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/// How Nike Revives a Fallen Sports Star
Lance Armstrong says that the day that his doping caught up to him was a "a $75 million day," because he lost the support of lucrative sponsors like Nike. But Nike never bailed on Tiger Woods, and now the golfer figures prominently in a new campaign. This ad came out earlier this week and became an immediate YouTube hit. Right now it's closing in on 7 million views: Can Armstrong ever get his sponsors back? Nike CEO Phil Knight won't rule it out , but that's a lot different than saying he'll bring him back. As the WSJ points out, there's a substantial difference between Woods's off-the-course cheating and Armstrong's cheating, so it's hard to see the sports giant ever coming back again. Especially when Nike based entire ad campaigns on Armstrong's innocence
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Queenstown Airport hosted 15 jets between December 23 and
January 4, on par with the same period last year. The private
jet park was at capacity between December 26 and January 1.
Each jet paid a landing fee of between $400 and $900,
depending on size, and between $1000 and $1500 a night to
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Airport chief executive Scott Paterson said the number of
visiting jets was ''outstanding''.
While the airport made money out of the jets landing and
parking, the real economic value lay with the community, with
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entertainment and accommodation, Mr Paterson said.
Airport staff did not know the identities of the visitors on
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understood to be among the arrivals.
''We've seen it annually; demand is strong during that
festive period and I think this year, heading into the
festive period, we were concerned - could we accommodate them
''Our team, plus the ground handlers, did a great job in
squeezing everyone in.
''In an ideal situation, you have corporate jets lined up so
they can move and leave whenever they want.
''What we had in Queenstown was a bit like a car park. If one
of the jets wanted to move, there was probably a couple we
had to shift around to get out.
''It worked well, but with a bit more land we'd host them
Demand also reinforced the need for a corporate jet terminal.
The new $200,000 facility announced in November is still on
course for construction in 2014.
''It's in our planning and the obstacle clearly is securing
additional land from Remarkables Park and it's in court in
March in Queenstown,'' Mr Paterson said.
''What our aspirations are is to create a really impressive
corporate jet terminal befitting of this region that is
functional and attractive.''
The chief executive said Queenstown Airport ''functioned
well'' during the peak passenger festive period. Airlines are
expected to make available passenger figures next week.
''All the changes we've been planning and introducing in the
terminal, around the retail area and passenger flows, will be
locked down by winter this year,'' Mr Paterson said.
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- 23 books read
- 21 Published in 2011
- 2 Published in 2010
- None were marketed as YA (down from 1 in 2010)
- 18 are part of a series
- 22 were provided by the publisher
- I read more books published by Random House (6) and its various imprints than any other – 4 from Del Rey, 1 from Spectra, and 1 from Doubleday (I suppose you could bounce it up to a total with 7 if you count 1 book from Transworld on the other side of the pond). The next closest was Orbit with 5.
- 4 books were published by 'small press' (up from 3 last year)
- 1 was an anthology (down from 2 last year)
- 4 are written at least in part by female authors (down from 8 last year) and 1 was written by a person of color or other distinct ethnicity from my own (down from 4 last year) (possibly more since this is a difficult thing to keep track of)
- 3are what I consider science fiction (down from 6 in 2010)
- 8 are what I consider epic fantasy (down from 10)
- Only 1 is what I consider steampunk (same)
- 6 are what I consider urban fantasy (down from 8)
- 2 are what I consider sword and sorcery (down from 4)
- Only is what I consider alternative history/historical fantasy (same)
- I conducted 2 interviews and helped out with a couple of others
- There have been approximately 54,000 site visits this year (not counting RSS) from 131 countries. Roughly 45% from the USA, 14% from the UK, and 9% from Canada.
- The Westeros Forums and Pat's Fantasy Hotlist are the top referring sites (other than Google).
- My review for the Malazan Book of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson the most popular post, followed by my review of The Crippled God by Steven Erikson. So, this year was clearly Steven Erikson's year on Neth Space. Third place goes to my review of The First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie – a series that has been out for a while now and a review that is several years old (this was 4th place last year). This tells me that Joe has a strong staying power (or that my Google-fu for that post is particularly good). I was pretty surprised that my interview with Brandon Sanderson comes in 5th (I expected it would the most popular post this year).
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
2011 in Review
2011 was another busy year here at Neth Space. The real world has kept me from reading as much as I'd like – but that's nothing new, just a bit extreme as I adjust to life with 2 kids (one of which has a bit of a medical condition that takes up quite a bit of time and stress). I only managed to read 23 books in 2011, a disappointment, but I still count it as a victory. A few interesting stats are summed up below.
So, the best books I read this year are listed below. With only 23 total books read this year, I've limited it to the few that managed to stand out.
The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie (Book Depository, Powell's Books, Indiebound)
Joe just keeps getting better and better. And this one really is his best one to date. (review)
The Crippled God by Steven Erikson (Book Depository, Powell's Books, Indiebound)
An outstanding conclusion to his epic 10-book series. I'm a huge fanboy for this series, which I consider the best completed fantasy series in long time, possibly ever. (review)
The Sacred Band by David Anthony Durham (Book Depository, Powell's Books, Indiebound)
Another great conclusion to a series. This one is often overlooked and it shouldn't be. (review)
Honorable Mentions
Of course there are quite a few very good books that didn't quite crack the uppermost tie – the 2 below just missed the cut. But really, I only read 2 or 3 books that I wouldn't recommend for one reason or another.
The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss (review)
The Dragon's Path by Daniel Abraham (review)
And for kicks – the worst book I read in 2011
The Dark Griffin by K.J. Taylor (review)
This one tries but couldn't ever be more than terribly cliché.
And the most disappointing book I read in 2011
The White-Luck Warrior by R. Scott Bakker (review)
I wanted to like this one – this was one of the books I was looking forward to most in 2011. But it simply didn't work for me. After the great start to this new series with The Judging Eye (review) I was very disappointed.
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- Bob (Beauty in Ruins) said...
Have to disagree with you on The Crippled God - loved the series, but hated the final book.
The David Anthony Durham series is high on my to-be-read list, as is The Wise Man's Fear (his first book was absolutely amazing) and The Dragon's Path (I've heard good things).
- 11:33 AM, January 04, 2012
- Justin said...
You know where I stand on Malazan, Ken. Preach it!
I still haven't read SACRED BAND and I need to fix that, stat.
- 2:58 PM, January 04, 2012
The Crippled God was a good conclusion to the Malazan series, warts and all. I especially liked it because it proved to me that after two disappointing books in the series - TTH and DoD, that Erikson can still write an epic story.
I hope that since he had relatively longer time to write his next book that it'll be back to his earlier form.
- 3:56 AM, January 14, 2012
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New laws to ban smoking in cars with children passengers have come into force in England and Wales. The new rules apply to any driver or passenger in any "enclosed vehicle" when a child under the age of 18 is on board. It is also an offence for a driver, including a provisional driver, not to stop one of their passengers smoking in a private vehicle if there's a minor present.
Anybody caught breaking the law is subject to a £50 fine in theory but police chiefs and Government officials have admitted that they won't issue fines to drivers or passengers caught under the new in-car smoking laws for at least three months.
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Legislation came into force in England and Wales on 1 October 2015, banning anyone from smoking in a car with a person under the age of 18 on board. It's yet another law for traffic cops to enforce on the road, but the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) said officers have been advised against issuing fines from the outset.
A spokeswoman said: "As the existing smoke-free law extends to vehicles, police will be taking an educational, advisory and non-confrontational approach when enforcing it. This would see people given warnings rather than being issued with fines."
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Alongside the health and legal incentives not to smoke in cars, Tim Naylor – a spokesman for British Car Auctions – said there is a third benefit to owners. "Presentation is absolutely key when determining used car values," he explained. "And smoking behind the wheel can seriously damage the resale value of your car."
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Figures show currently in England more than 430,000 children aged 11 to 15 are exposed to second-hand smoke in cars every week, and a similar law already exists in some states in America, as well as in Australia, Canada and a few European countries.
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If you're driving a convertible with the roof fully down, you needn't worry – the law only applies to private vehicles enclosed wholly or partly by a roof. That means that having a sunroof or window open won't cut any ice with police if you're caught smoking with kids on board. Partially convertible models like the Porsche 911 Targa or the Fiat 500C are also likely to land you on the wrong side of the law, while having the air-conditioning on or sitting in an open doorway aren't get-out clauses from the new legislation, either.
The law in the UK is a little odd in that you can't legally buy cigarettes until you're 18 but it's actually legal to smoke them when you're 16. With that in mind, if you're a 17-year-old with a provisional licence or have recently passed your test, the new smoking in cars law doesn't ban you from smoking in your own presence. The law does kick in if you've got passengers who are under 18, of course.
No. The rules don't apply to e-cigarettes, but smoking them in enclosed spaces is controversial with Wales having banned their use in public buildings.
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The LHS homecoming royalty candidates were selected last week at Lyman including; l-r; Rachel Schnabel, Jaylen Uthe, Raegan Arnoldy, Charlie LaRoche, Hadley Cropsey and Ryder Schweitzer. The 2012 Homecoming King and Queen will be named at Coronation Tuesday, Sept. 25 at 6 PM at the Lyman gym in Presho. Powder-puff football for the girls and volleyball for the boys will follow at 6:45 PM. The theme for homecoming is 'movies.'
- Lyman County law enforcement officers recognized
- Presho's Sidewalk Project presented to public
- Lyman Alumni Reunion set for July 30
- New members seated on School Board
- Deer Camp available for first time Youth Deer Hunters
- Railraod crossings being replaced along DSR
- DIY for the 4th of July
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A 25-year-old man was shot several times early Saturday morning in Jackson, police said.
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