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Wow, so far in this series, I have interviewed some very good friends, and some truly excellent writers (and usually both), but today, following on the heels of Jason Strate, we are going to hit someone whose name is synonymous with community, a person who really needs no introduction. According to Bing, Kevin Kline (@kekline) is the most important Kevin Kline on Twitter (though it clearly could be due to my typical searches, I am giving him the benefit of the doubt… here try it yourself: http://www.bing.com/search?q=kevin+kline+twitter. Apparently there is an actor and hockey player by the same name?)
I first remember meeting Kevin personally at pre-flood Opry Mills mall in Nashville, not terribly long after he had received his first MVP award. He was president of PASS back then, and I was kind of in awe (like most newbies are of MVPs… doesn't last :). For the life of me, the only thing I remember about our conversation was a discussion of Elvis Costello's (whom I am a big fan) spouse (Diana Krall, who I had little knowledge of at the time but am starting to like due to her recent album that I am listening to as I write this…and no, not for the cover picture either).
Kevin has had a great side career as a writer, having written one of the most influential SQL books of all times, SQL In a Nutshell. His list of accomplishments is long, and I am quite proud to have had his name on the cover of two editions of my Relational Database Design books. He and I are also officers for the Nashville SQL Server User Group (along with Joe Webb and Tamera Clark, to name a few others…), but I seem to run into him more at PASS events (the Summit, last year's rally, and SQL Saturday events all of the time) more than in Nashville because he is a well sought after speaker, and as the Director of Engineering Services for SQL Sentry (a trusted brand, for sure, and hopefully the source of a few more entries in this series!), he is always going. In fact, I am sending him these questions just now so he can do the interview while he is on a trip…
So, after that long introduction of a person who needs none, I have a few questions for you:
1. I know it has been quite a while now, but there was a point in time when you didn't have a blog, didn't tweet, and had no public presence whatsoever. And then, one day, you made the decision to put yourself out there. What prompted you to get started writing, and what was the first public work you produced?
There's a bit of a funny story to how I got started writing, which was way back in the stone age a decade before the advent of blogging or social media. Way back in the early 1990's, I wasn't very far out of university and still aspired to go back and get a master's degree. As I studied the curriculum requirements, I noticed that I could complete the degree two semesters earlier by taking the thesis track rather than the coursework track. Shortcut discovered! I was already working at that time as a systems analyst on VAX/VMS Oracle projects and decided to write a thesis on an exciting new technology and how it would impact an industry that predominantly built applications around character-mode systems – the Graphic User Interface! Yes, that's how long ago we're talking. While mapping out the material I planned to write, I also encountered a call for authors in the back of one of my favorite magazines of the time, Datamation. I thought "Why not pitch the thesis as a book and maybe achieve two good things with one set of hard work?" I was surprised that book proposal was accepted. I finished the book, but sadly never finished my master's degree.
2. As a kind of a follow on question: As a technical person, I know that before I wrote my first book the longest thing I had written professionally was a resignation letter from my previous job. Did you have any background in school, or even hobby that helped you as you wrote your first article, book?
I'd wanted to be a writer from a young age. I entered essay contests in middle school and high school and I edited the high school literary magazine. Approaching graduation, I remember a fateful night in which I was trying to figure out what to do with my life, literally. On a sheet of loose leaf paper, I'd written all of the things I enjoyed doing in a column on the left and on the right, a column of careers that I felt like I could earn a decent living that I wouldn't hate. Let me be honest, I was poor, from a poor family, and dead tired of poverty. So I crossed off the list a number of the careers that I knew I would enjoy, like writing or journalism, but wouldn't likely provide the standard of living I was aiming for. I said to myself "If it was meant to be, the opportunities will come". I had no notion that it might be a true statement.
3. We all have influencers that affect our trajectory as a writer. It may be a teacher who told you that you had great potential, or another writer who impressed you that you wanted to be like? Or perhaps on the other end of the spectrum it was a teacher who told you that you were too stupid to write well enough to spell your own name, much less have people one day impressed with your writing? Who were your influences that stand out as essential parts of your journey to the level of writer you have become?
Great question. The biggest positive influence as a mentor was my older brother, Dan, who I later brought in as a co-author on SQL in a Nutshell. He was an English and History major in college, worked as a technical writer, and eventually became a full professor with a PhD in medieval studies. But at the time I was coming up, he was the one who coached me through writing my first essay on an old 8-bit Kaypro. I won that essay contest because of his help. And he's improved my writing countless times since then. Another big influence was my favorite college history professor, Dr. Richard Gerberding, who helped me hone my analytical skills when writing term papers and the like.
4. What would you say has been your greatest success story as a writer, even if it was not a commercial success? And conversely, have there been any projects that were just complete disasters that you probably could have looked back and realized that before you got started?
In one way of looking at it, I'd say that my greatest success was writing that very first book Oracle CDE (Cooperative Development Environment). It was not a good book. It wasn't thorough. It wasn't clear enough. It didn't provide enough realistic or well-considered examples. And as a result, I got what I deserved. It didn't sell well. It didn't earn a penny more than the royalty advance. It took 9 months to complete, consuming about 600 hours of my time, and since this was the days before email, it had to be printed and mailed to the publisher. It weight 9 lbs at completion – I felt like I'd birthed a baby when I put that manuscript into the post.
But, like a lot of runners will tell you, the point that their lives changed wasn't when they crossed the finish line. The point at which my life changes is when I made the commitment to write the book and somehow found the determination to see it through to the end. Although I was in my early 20's at the time, it was a very formative experience that changed me in many ways. And, like a lot of first tries accomplished with good intentions, it gave me the inspiration to keep trying and to do better. I know a lot of great cooks whose first meal was a disaster, but getting into the kitchen and turning on the burner was the scariest part for them. It was the same for me. And, thankfully, additional opportunities were right around the corner.
5. Assume a time machine has been created, and you are allowed to go back in time to speak to a group of potential writers, in which you and I are in attendance. What would you tell "past us", and do you think that your advice would change where you and I are in our careers now? Like would you tell yourself that one day you would be sitting here for a rather long period of time answering interview questions and not getting paid for it, instead of doing something else?
My time machine advice might sound a little weird to a group of writers, but I hope it makes some sense. I'd say something like this:
"Writing is many things. For one thing, it's hard work. If you've never done hard things, you won't be a writer. If you quit the soccer team after the first kicked shin or gave up on the band because marching season was too hot or never finished a guitar lesson because your fingertips were sore, you're probably never going to be a writer. It's hard. If you want to be a writer, start by doing hard things in your life and seeing them through to the end – whether it's the bitter end or the happy one. For another, writing is learned by observation and experience. If you don't read a lot of different writers, you won't be a writer. If you can't stomach poetry or hate classic literature or don't enjoy wading through a mass of words written by other human beings, you will probably hate creating your own mass of words and, when you do write, it won't be any good. Finally, writing is storytelling, and storytelling is the relating of human experiences. So get out and dive in to a variety of human experiences. Retell the good stories of your grandparents and parents. How would you tell it differently? Walk in the grass in bare feet. How would you describe that? See a sad movie. How would you relate that experience? Take a pottery class. What did the clay feel like in your hands? Or, try this one which really happened to me on one of my first international trips, explain what a donut is to a person who's never even seen a donut. If you've had a donut, your mouth is probably watering right now just thinking about your favorite one. You can recall its texture in your fingers right now, just a few inches from your mouth, still warm from the baker's oven. Its fragrance beckons you to enjoy the explosion of flavors the signals safe and home and mornings at Sunday School. (At least, that's what it does in my mind). Now, how do you make that moment come alive for someone sitting on the other side of the page from you? You have to experience it. And once you've experienced it, write it."
6. Finally, beyond the "how" questions, now the big one that defines the interview series. Why do you do write?
I can't deny that when I first started writing it was entirely for mercenary reasons. I married early, started a family early, and accrued all the bills that go along with that at an early age. I needed to find ways to supplement my income and, at least back in the 1990's, writing made a lot more money than working part-time at the hardware store. But I still write a lot today, now that writing doesn't pay more than working part-time at the hardware store. At least when it comes to technical writing, I find myself attracted to two things about the writing experience. One, I like to understand things that interest me as fully as I can, and there's no better way to do that than to try to teach others about an important topic. Of course, we've all had bad teachers who don't care about their topic. But good teachers want to know what the heck they're talking about and, for me, writing as if I were trying to teach the topic is a great way to actually learn the topic more thoroughly. Two, I love sharing stories. On Twitter, I often share interesting links because it was something or from someone who I've enjoyed reading myself.
Bonus Question: Are there any projects coming up that you would like to tell people about?
I've been writing mostly hard technology content over the years. But as I rose in my career to director-level and ascended to presidency of PASS nearly 10 years ago, I began to formalize my thoughts about leadership, influence, and professional skills specifically for IT professionals. It's a new story I have to tell, taking those leadership and professionalism skills I learned at that time and turning them into lessons we all can use as IT professionals. It's a common stereotype in our industry that "that IT guy" is an arrogant loner who hangs out in a darkened basement and rolls his eyes with an exasperated sigh whenever s/he's asked even a simple question. Do you know that person or work with them or for them? I, along with my partner Joe Webb, have a number of private corporate clients. And I've started a website called http://ForITPros.com where I'm posting a lot of the things I'm learning. I've also gotten the opportunity to write for a couple IT leadership-related websites, but just haven't made it a priority for now.
I've also been doing a lot of fun, new creative things at SQL Sentry. I've started a monthly newsletter there and, although I haven't conquered the learning curve yet, doing a lot of video recording for our upcoming website http://SQLSentry.TV. I'll be talking a lot about plain ol' SQL and query writing. And I'm also writing new example-based content on SQL coding with the team at http://SQLTeam, specifically at http://Examples.SQLTeam.com. So I hope to see you on there, Louis, providing good feedback as you always do.
Reading these interviews, I am starting to notice a rather big divide in writing "artiness" between those people who want to be writers, and those who do some writing. I know I tend away from the artiness usually, because it is not natural to me. I am not exactly sure what the amount of artiness really means, or if it really means anything in the technical writing arena. For example, Kevin's answer to #5 is extremely good, moving even. His advice is great of technical writers, but it is presented in a manner that is beyond that of someone who is a technical writer spewing facts. I wonder how that affects his writing? I mean, there is a big difference between technical writing, telling someone how to eat a donut, and telling them why they need to eat it, and then convincing them to eat it. Bearing in mind that donuts are not inherently good for you. It is fairly easy to tell someone that duplicate data is bad, but a lard laden sugar holder is a known evil. Plus, I know my editor would have cut any sentence with language like "explosion of flavors" out pretty quick as not being "necessary".
Along the lines of reading others, that can be difficult, but worth it. I have been reading the latest edition of Database Design for Mere Mortals, by Michael Hernandez of late to see how he tackles the subject of database design While I feel like our books so far agree on much of the material, but our approaches and even terminology are very different in places. I would suggest you be careful to not read others books on the subject you are writing on simultaneously to avoid plagiarism. If you want to stop being a writer, getting caught plagiarizing is a very good way to do so.
Wow, ok, next up is Laerte Junior, who is an active writer about PowerShell…
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In the beginning there was the Newsreel Cameraman. Hauling around more gear than a pack mule, he (no shes back then) covered the news and view of the nine-teens and twenties, joined by an Audio Man in 1927.
That was the original VJ. Rough and tumble, but always got the story.
These NR guys held on tenaciously through the birth of television, only getting phased out in the 1960s when the majority of the public chose the boob-tube over the big screen for their daily dose of what's happening.
In the meantime a new term sprang up on the broadcast side of news: OMB. One man band. A reinvention of the NRC, they (once again) hauled around a camera, audio gear and enough love of news and what's happening to gather the news in their markets for a hungry audience. I'm guesstimating maybe late 1950s with film and optical audio through…hmmm, today's digital workflow.
And now we have divergence.
Sometime in the 1990s print photographers discovered an entirely new unheard of medium. They called it multimedia. It was all new – if you could actually believe editing sound with your still photos and then playing it back. Wow.
Then these brave pioneers moved on to an even greater discovery. Something they called video. Imagine, if you can, moving images with audio embedded! Why the world had never seen the likes of it before. But what were they going to call themselves if they no longer shot stills?
Well there were a number of options. Out of the nation's capitol came the term Backpack Journalist. Made sense because (theoretically) you could fit camera, computer…your entire office into a backpack. Visual Storyteller was another one. Multimedia Journalist or Storyteller was another choice. But most of them went for Video Journalist. And so they laid claim to this new territory as original and new and totally theirs.
Um…but what about those broadcast folks? Weren't they shooting video too?
Not the way we are, chimed the (print) VJs. Our style of storytelling is unique. We're not TV.
Looking at it from afar (and for a while from the middle of it) I'd say the two are pretty much doing the same thing.
1) Both use cameras
2) Both gather sound
3) Both work alone to gather and disseminate visuals stories to their audiences
1) Broadcast VJs tend to use cameras meant for "run and gun" shooting with easy to access exterior controls, professional audio connectors, and good zoom lenses.
Print VJs opt for hybrid DSLRs that shoot both stills and video. While they have more control over depth of field with a wide variety of interchangeable lenses, they must also add-on audio accessories and other gadgets.
2) BVJs generally run on a tighter schedule with more packed into a day and more expected of them. Anything from a single package to a few VOs and VOSOTS to a combination of all of the above.
PVJs may have to shoot multiple stories daily also, but often seem to use video for more long form stories or VO/VOSOTS.
3) A good BJV can turn an exquisite daily story using a variety of options from a NATS pkg to pkg complete with narration and stand-up. Day after day, week after week.
A good PVJ can turn an exquisite story in a few days (from what I hear and see on the professional boards) generally a NATS pkg using the voice of the interview subject rather than narration.
You may have guessed two things by now. I tend to favor the BVJ…but there are some equally damned good PVJs out there. The good ones have more in common than not. They live and breathe visual storytelling. They see the kernels of truth, the compelling images, and understand the flow of time and words well enough to go beyond the basics. And more importantly, they learn from everything…from each other, from their subjects…each story is an opportunity to get better.
Why this posting? Just had to get it out of my system. Don't want history written up improperly with the lineage of VJs lost to the most vocal shooters. Those quiet guys behind behemoth hand-cranked cameras deserve their place in the books too. (And don't forget…many of them were former still photogs.)


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Man found guilty of killing mother, sister, aunt in Loyalhanna Township sentenced to death
Kevin Murphy was convicted of first-degree murder for triple shooting at Ferguson Glass in Loyalhanna Township
A man has been sentenced to death for murdering his mother, sister and elderly aunt in his automotive glass shop where the victims sometimes also worked.
A Westmoreland County jury deliberated about seven hours before returning the penalty late Tuesday against 52-year-old Kevin Murphy.
The penalty verdict came after brief testimony from relatives who described Murphy as hard-working and law-abiding, and a psychologist who supported those witnesses.
District Attorney John Peck sought the death penalty after Murphy was convicted of first-degree murder on Friday for killing his mother, 69-year-old Doris Murphy; his 43-year-old sister, Kris Murphy; and his aunt, 81-year-old Edith Tietge, in April 2009.
Peck says Murphy killed the women because they disapproved of his relationship with a married woman, who moved in with him days later.


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The Baltimore County Council could vote next week to reduce fees that developers pay to help the county build parks and buy recreational land.
A council resolution would lower — in some cases by nearly 90 percent — so-called open-space waiver fees. A vote is set for May 23.
Under county law, developers must set aside land for recreation or open space when they build housing developments. But since 2000, the county has allowed developers to pay cash into a fund instead of preserving land, if approved by the county's director of parks and recreation. The county has used the money to acquire land and improve parks at various sites.
Supporters of the resolution say the county has not adjusted the fees to reflect changing land values. The Home Builders Association of Maryland had lobbied for reductions.
"This hasn't been done in seven years," said Councilman John Olszewski Sr., a Dundalk Democrat and sponsor of the resolution, during the council's Tuesday work session. "I just think it's something that's long overdue to be looked at."
A few months ago, County Executive Kevin Kamenetz proposed lowering the fees, but withdrew the legislation before the council discussed it.
According to the county, the highest level of fees collected was in 2006, about $1.1 million. The least was in 2012, when it collected about $49,000.
The fees vary by zoning classification. In some zoning categories, fees would be cut by nearly 90 percent under the resolution. Other reductions begin at more than 30 percent. The proposed new fees were based on an analysis by the Real Estate Compliance division of the county's Permits, Approvals and Inspections Department.
The measure is also sponsored by council members Todd Huff, a Lutherville Republican; and Democrats Cathy Bevins of Middle River and Kenneth Oliver of Randallstown.
The same council members, along with Perry Hall Republican David Marks, sponsored another bill to require periodic review of the fees. That bill also would increase the proportion of fees given to NeighborSpace, a nonprofit that preserves open space in the county's urban neighborhoods by working with communities to acquire land that can be protected from development. Under current law, the organization gets up to 10 percent of the fees collected. The bill would increase that to a guaranteed 15 percent.
Council Chairman Tom Quirk, a Catonsville Democrat, and Marks are sponsoring another measure that would require the county planning board to devise a formula for setting the fees. Quirk said it would help the county devise "calculations that are fair and transparent for everyone."
NeighborSpace executive director Barbara Hopkins said her organization supports that proposal, but has not taken a position on the legislation to lower fees.
"The problem is bigger than just a fee," she said, adding that the county needs a broad look at how a lack of open space can affect people's health, hurt property values and damage the environment.
Marks said he wants more information on how county officials arrived at their calculations.
"There's a general consensus that the value of land in some areas may have dropped over the past six or seven years," he said. "The only question is the scale of the reduction in the proposed fees. Those are very substantial reductions. ... I'm still very interested in the process that's led to these calculations."
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Man indicted for shooting at homicide victim
Trenton - Juan Colon, 44, was indicted on criminal attempted murder charges last Wednesday for shooting at Orlando Sanchez two weeks before he was murdered.
On Aug. 25, 2012, Colon allegedly went to Sanchez' Elm Street home, where his girlfriend was sleeping at the time. Sanchez, 28, answered the door and Colon reportedly told him to wake his girlfriend up. When the woman would not wake up, Colon became angry and kicked in the door and began shooting at Sanchez as he fled upstairs. Sanchez was not hit in the shooting.
A few weeks later on Sept. 9, Sanchez was gunned down in an alley off of Chestnut Street. According to the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office, the case remains open and no one has been charged in connection with his death. Colon, who was arrested on Sept. 17 in Florida on warrants for shooting at Sanchez, is considered a person of interest in the case.
Anyone with information regarding Sanchez' homicide can call the Trenton Police confidential tipline at (609) 989-3663 or the Crimestoppers tipline at (609) 278-8477.
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In my blog post of November 25, 2009 called, "Alameda House -- Before and After" I wrote, "My mother and Steve Danko (genealogy blogger and friend) both took pictures of the same house." There was probably a 50 year difference between the two.
My blog has been changed to make it more appealing for those who have New England ancestors and want to see the area through photos. Things I'll include are typical white New England churches, libraries showing their genealogical collection, historical societies, cemeteries, war memorials, in general, anything to do with history.
For four years I've blogged mostly about my personal genealogy in New England (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire), New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada. I still will, can't forget my own roots.
Please check out the labels on the right side for articles. The header tabs at the top are a work in progress.
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Let's face it – everyone digs a good looking set of aftermarket wheels. Even Grandpa in his golf cart would slap on a set of polished billet wheels from a company such as Forgeline Motorsports if Grandma wasn't keeping a menacing death grip on the social security check. Because when it comes to giving your vehicle that great look and stance that you always envisioned, sprucing up the appearance of a worn-out sled that's a little worse for wear, or simply giving a ride that isn't all that cool some semblance of cool factor, nothing goes further than a sharp new set of wheels to roll around town on.
However, tricking out your ride with a new set of wheels isn't just a matter of picking out the set that tickles your fancy, swiping your credit card and bolting those bad boys on. There's a reason that wheel manufacturers offer a plethora of wheel widths, diameters, offsets, and backspacing options. One size truly doesn't fit all. The general trend in wheels these days, and certainly amongst those of us in the performance automotive market, is to stuff the largest, widest set of wheels and tires as we possibly can between the wheel wells. But before doing so, there are some proper steps that one can take to ensure they choose the proper wheel for their vehicle the first time, because as we all know, they aren't cheap and once you mount the tires, you own them.
powerTV spoke with Forgeline's David Schardt to learn some of the insider tips and tricks to determining proper wheel backspacing, as well as making the correct wheel selection for your vehicle. Forgeline, based in Dayton, OH, has been producing some of the highest quality custom forged aluminum wheels on the market for more than 15 years.
Not only are these guys passionate about cars, but they are racers at heart as well. And that advantage provides Forgeline with insight into building wheels that meet a full spectrum of demands; from endurance road racing to your daily driver. The main characteristic of Forgeline wheels is their design for lasting strength and the utmost in performance, and because almost every wheel is custom designed, they're experts at sizing as well. Oh, and they look pretty darn good, too.
What is Backspacing and Wheel Offset?
Before we move on, because backspacing is a commonly misunderstood attribute, let's go over what it is. Backspacing is the measured distance from the inner bolting surface of the wheel to the outer edge of the inner side of the wheel. This is often and easily confused with wheel offset, which is defined as the distance from the exact center of the wheel to the inner and out edges of the wheel. These measurements are typically very closely related to one another.
When the backspacing – the mounting surface – is at wheel center, you have what is known as zero offset. When the mounting surface is behind (inboard) of the wheel center you have negative offset, and vice versa, when the mounting surface is outboard, you have a positive offset. What do these terminologies mean to you? Well, these dynamics and measurements are an integral part of wheel fitment, because not only do you have the size of the wheel wells and turning radius of the front wheels to contend with in making a sizing selection, but you also have components such as tie rod ends, A-arms, brake calipers, and shock and strut mounts to account for, as well. Let's not forget that you also have the width of the tire as part of this equation.
Measuring Your Vehicle's Available Space And Maximizing What You Have
The first step, or at least one of the first steps to determining the correct wheel width, is measuring to find out how much real estate you've got to work with in the front and rear fender wells. This calculation isn't a determination of how wide of a wheel and tire you can use, it just allows you to know what's available to you. If you measure it out to 10-inches, you probably aren't getting an 11-inch wide wheel and tire combination in there. One of the simplest and easiest ways to measure this is by taping a string to the outer edge of the fender so that it hangs down a perfect 90 degrees to the floor, thanks to the laws of gravity. You can then use a tape measure or yard stick to measure in to the innermost point of contact, most commonly the shock or shock tower.
"Basically, what you'll have to do is crawl under the car and determine this point," says Schardt. "The shock and shock tower are commonly the closest point on the backside, but that isn't necessarily always the case. You've got to determine what is going to come in contact with the back of that wheel." Once you've determined that point and measured from there to the string you've placed on the fender, you'll then have your total width. From there, you can measure from the string to where the wheel sits to give you the front space. You can then do the simple math of subtracting that distance from the total width to arrive at your backspacing measurement. "Backspacing is backspacing – people really make it more complicated than it is," continued Schardt. "It's simply how much rim you can get from the back of the mounting pad to whatever is going to hit the wheel first on the back. That's all it is."
Sounds simple enough, but there are a few suggestions to keep in mind prior to this step.
Now obviously, the only logical way to conduct such measurements is to remove a wheel and jack the car up in the air or place it on a lift. However, that leads to one of the most common mistakes of improper measurement and subsequently, the wrong wheels. Because now you have the suspension hanging in a manner unlike that of when the weight of the car is upon it. "When the suspension is hanging, the geometry is completely wrong," explained Schardt. "After you jack up the car, maybe put a jackstand or something under the brake rotor and let the car back down to where its close to ride height, and then take your measurements from there. Measuring the car with the suspension hanging changes your outcome considerably."
Some forward thinking in all of this is a great idea, as well. The weight of passengers in your vehicle or equipment in your trunk will alter the ride height and depending on your vehicle, the width of space available in the fender well and between the suspension components. With the car jacked up and the the brake rotor supported as David suggested, asking a couple of your drinking buddies to pile in the car while you perform your measurements could certainly help avoid the tires coming in contact with things you don't want them to contact later.
David went on to explain that often times, the best way to measure for backspacing is by using an existing wheel as a reference point, "It's easier for many people if they have an existing wheel to put up on there that happens to fit, even if they have to put it on with spacers. They can then determine what the backspacing of that wheel is and then measure off of that. Say for example, you have an 8-inch wheel and it's got 4-inch backspacing, you can measure from the edge of the rim to the inside shock point or closest point and that's 3-inches. Even if it's just an 8-inch wheel that you're measuring but you want a 10-inch wheel, you can still use it as a good reference point. This method is a lot easier for many people instead of just measuring air."
As with anything, getting all your ducks in a row from the outset will help alleviate a lot of headaches down the road if you're in the midst of building a project car. It's much easier to fit your wheels around the necessary components under the car than it is to purchase the wheels first and then force yourself to fit everything else to them. If it's even possible at all.
"We get a lot of customers that don't have all of that together, but if they know what brake package they are going to run and how much distance they have in there to work with, we can typically get measurements from the brake companies," says Schardt. "We have diagrams for several of the top brake companies and if not, we can get them."
Consideration for Brake Upgrades
One important thing to note when picking our both your wheels and brakes is to do your homework to make certain they are compatible. While the brake kit won't have an effect on your backspacing, it will play a role in which and what size wheel you can bolt up. Said Schardt, "It's very aggravating to us, but the brake companies don't care about the wheel companies. People want bigger and bigger brakes and so they manufacture these huge brakes that stick out, and then people can't find wheels for them. So it's most advisable to decide on your wheel before you decide on the brakes.You can buy a large brakes but you may cut down your choices of wheels in doing so."
If at a later time moving the wheels outward is desired or necessary, be it for looks or to clear new components, the option of using spacers to accomplish this does exist. Spacers are acceptable to a certain degree. You want to try to keep the wheel on the center hub in most cases; it isn't critical but it'll reduce the chance of vibrations, especially on some of the newer-style suspension cars.
Do The Math…Before You Buy
While many of these tips may go a long way to helping you determine wheel and backspacing selection on your own, the folks at Forgeline won't leave you to fend for yourself in making that determination. On the Forgeline website, you'll find a section titled "Wheel Fitment" that provides a diagram of the hub and brake assembly which you can use as a guide for measuring your own vehicle, and an accompanying form to complete with information regarding the make and model and other attributes of your vehicle.
Factors that you'll need to measure include the front and rear spacing, caliper clearance, caliper height, hub diameter, hub height, and other vehicle information. Technicians at Forgeline can then use those elements to determine the correct wheel for your needs. Thus, whether you're completely clueless or just looking for a second opinion from the experts, you can rest easy knowing you aren't left to fend for yourself in your measurements and selection.
Hopefully the pointers and suggestions in this article will ease your concerns of measuring for and selecting wheels by simplifying what really is a simple process. As always, proper planning in regards to your components and taking all the necessary precautions to avoid improper measurements will go a long way to getting things right the first time. Because if you're like us, you're probably impatient about getting those sharp new wheels on the road, rather than dealing with the hassle of returns or modifications.


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The DIPTC provides pro bono transactional patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret services to individuals, non-profit and for-profit clients in technology and the arts. The Clinic is groundbreaking in establishing a unique relationship with The Penn Center for Innovation ("PCI") and tapping into the resources of Penn's strong network of professional schools (including the Schools of Engineering, Medicine, Business [Wharton], Arts and Sciences, and other Penn departments and programs).
The DIPTC adds a new dimension to Penn Law's robust IP offerings. The DIPTC is closely integrated with Penn Law's curriculum in law and technology and builds upon the strengths of its research programs, such as Penn Law's Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition. Students in the IPC also partner with the student-run Penn Intellectual Property Group (PIPG) to offer "boot camp" sessions to advise the public and the greater Penn community about topics in IP law. And Penn Law sponsors a team for the national transactional IP LawMeet.
The Detkin Clinic was made possible by a generous gift from Peter Detkin EE'82, L'85, the noted IP entrepreneur and Founder and Vice Chairman of Intellectual Ventures, an invention investment firm, who currently serves on the Board of Overseers for Penn's School of Engineering and Applied Science.


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Madonna makes an extended stop on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" and her son Rocco (whose been performing with mom as part of her "MDNA" tour) gets a little more than he bargained for when the television host brings him onstage.
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You wouldn't think it, but Star Spangled War Stories, featuring G. I. Zombie #6 confronts us, by way of Watchmen, with issues at the heart of the history of comics.
Maybe the best part of Watchmen, and reading it for the first time there were too many good parts to keep a hold of in a single thought, was how the quotes at the end of most of the chapters shaped your experience and understanding of reading those chapters. Could Bob Dylan have written "All Along the Watchtower" specifically for that near-to-last Ozymandias chapter? "Outside in the distance a wild cat did growl, two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl" reads the Dylan quote at the end of "Two Riders were Approaching…". And exactly that happens within the story. Bubastis the GM lynx growls at the sight of Rorschach and Nite Owl drawing closer to Ozymandias's Antarctic fortress on their tiny hovercraft Segways.
But the best of those quotes? Just two. And between these two, they can unfold the entirety of the drama of the graphic novel. The first, appearing at the close of Chapter IV, something Albert Einstein said. "The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking… The solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker." And the second, Ozymandias himself, while he pontificates at those around him. Something said by President Kennedy, "We in this country, in this generation are, by destiny, rather than choice, watchmen on the walls of freedom."
Naturally, these two quotes would explain the thematic scope of Watchmen. The self-recrimination and the personal culpability, the guilt-ridden angst of the Einstein quote speaks to the responsibilities shouldered by singular, powerful individuals (a Comedian, Doctor Manhattan, an Albert Einstein). While the JFK quote speaks to a world of powerbrokers smoking Cohibas in smoke-filled back rooms while deciding the fates of millions. The JFK quote speaks to the situationist, consequentialist world both inherited from and shaped by networked economic and political power.
But could Alan Moore have meant these two quotes as much to apply to the history of comics? There are the pure, singular, powerful comics that arrive from the Underground tradition. R. Crumb, Peter Bagge, Kim Deutsch, singular creators who offer an almost libidinal bursting-through of the power of comics. And on the other hand, a history of an industry littered with such power-players as Julie Schwarz, Will Eisner, Marv Wolfman, Neal Adams, Charles Schulz—creators who worked tirelessly to produce the hundreds of thousands of panels and pages of everyday, mainstream comics. For the former, Einstein, while for the latter, JFK?
The two traditions really collide in the Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray-written and Scott Hampton-drawn Star Spangled War Stories, featuring G. I. Zombie #6. You'd think from the zany idea of the title, a zombie soldier, that you'd be confronted with an Einstein-style story that harks back to the pure expressive energy of Underground Comix. But turn the page, and you're invited into a phone conversation and a personal confrontation that wouldn't be out of place in the best of political thrillers.
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FLORIDA / PLETCHER'S R HEAT LIGHTNING HEADS GULFSTREAM PARK OAKS – The romp by Paul R. Robsham Stables' R Heat Lightning in last month's Davona Dale (Grade II) was one of the more dazzling efforts by a 3-year-old filly at Gulfstream Park this winter and made the Todd Pletcher-trained filly one of the favorites for next month's 137th running of the $1 million Kentucky Oaks (GI) at Churchill Downs.
R Heat Lightning will attempt to build on that effort on Saturday when she faces six rivals in the $300,000 Gulfstream Oaks (GII). The Gulfstream race will be her first at the Kentucky Oaks distance of 1 1/8 miles.
"I think it's a question mark until she does it," Pletcher told the Daily Racing Form. "She shows up every time – she will try hard. … The key will be how well she settles the first part."
Regular pilot John Velazquez will be the saddle as the 3-year-old daughter of Trippi, who is the only graded stakes winner in the field and will break from post five. Pletcher's filly was the runner-up to unbeaten 2-year-old filly champion Awesome Feather in the Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (GI) in early November at Churchill Downs. Her juvenile campaign also included a win in Saratoga's Spinaway (GI). She will carry 122 pounds and concede from four to six pounds to her Gulfstream Oaks rivals.
Primary opposition could come from Darley Stable's unbeaten It's Tricky, whose victory in the Busher Stakes at Aqueduct makes her the only other stakes winner in the field. All three wins by Kiaran McLaughlin-trained daughter of Mineshaft have come over the course at New York's Aqueduct. She will be ridden by Alan Garcia.
Other contenders include the James Jerkens-trained Triune, who finished behind unbeaten Dynamic Holiday on turf in fourth and third place finishes, respectively, in Gulfstream's Herecomesthebride (GIII) and the Tropical Park Oaks at Calder; Kindersley, a Michael Matz trained daughter of Bernardini who is coming off an impressive one-mile maiden win; and Beso Grande and Island School, the 1-3 finishers in a recent one-mile allowance race over the Gulfstream Park surface.
MIDWEST (Illinois, Kentucky) / TEAM VALOR PURCHASES SUMMER SOIREE, WILL BID FOR KENTUCKY OAKS – Team Valor International, hot on the Kentucky Derby trail with Vinery Racing Spiral Stakes (GIII) winner Animal Kingdom, now has a contender for the Kentucky Oaks following this week's purchase of Summer Soiree, the runaway winner of last week's Bourbonette Oaks (GIII) at Turfway Park.
Team Valor International CEO Barry Irwin issued a press release to announce the purchase of the daughter of hot sire War Front from former Kentucky Gov. Brereton Jones, his son Bret Jones and Wahoo Partners. The purchase price was not disclosed
Summer Soiree, who was saddled by Kentucky Oaks-winning trainer J. Larry Jones in her 10 ¾-length romp over Turfway's synthetic Polytrack surface in the one-mile Bourbonette Oaks, will be transferred to the care of Graham Motion, who trains Animal Kingdom and Team Valor's North American division.
"We saw her race in person on Saturday and we were very impressed with her," Irwin said. "She appeared to be just galloping. Larry Jones has done a remarkable job with her."
Summer Soiree, who won her two 2011 starts for Jones by 20 ½ lengths, will prepare for her Kentucky Oaks bid with Motion's stable at Keeneland, which also has a Polytrack surface.
Although Summer Soiree has left his barn, trainer Larry Jones still has a major Kentucky Oaks contender in his care in Fox Hill Farm's Joyful Victory, an easy winner of Oaklawn Park's Honeybee (GIII) in her 2011 debut.
Dancinginherdreams Awaits Return to Keeneland for Ashland – Two losses over the winter in Florida by John C. Oxley's Dancinginherdreams have been disappointing, but trainer John Ward Jr. is pushing ahead with Kentucky Oaks plans for the gray daughter of Tapit and her final prep for that race will come next week in Kentucky.
Ward told Daily Racing Form this week that the winner of last fall's Pocahontas (GII) at Churchill Downs will run next in Keeneland's $400,000 Central Bank Ashland (GI) at 1 1/16 miles on Saturday, April 9.
"That's been the plan all along," Ward told DRF's Mike Welsch at Gulfstream, "Two races here, give her six weeks and run her two turns for the first time down the short stretch at Keeneland in the Ashland."
Dancinginherdreams was a runner-up Pomeroys Pistol in the Forward Gal (GII) and R Heat Lightning in the Davona Dale in her two Gulfstream Park starts, both of which came at the Florida track's one-turn mile distance.
WEST (Arizona, California, New Mexico) / PLUM PRETTY KENTUCKY-BOUND AFTER SUNLAND OAKS ROMP – Peachtree Stable's Plum Pretty, a 25-length winner in last Sunday's 1 1/16-mile Sunland Oaks at New Mexico's Sunland Park, will make her next start for trainer Bob Baffert in the Kentucky Oaks.
"I should have run her in the Sunland Derby," Baffert told the Blood-Horse. "She's definitely in the (Kentucky) Oaks picture now."
The Sunland Oaks was the first stakes victory for Plum Pretty, a Medaglia d'Oro filly who had finished third in her previous starts to California Nectar in the Santa Ynez (GII) and Zazu in the Las Virgenes (GI) at Santa Anita.
EAST (Maryland, New York) / PLETCHER, ROBSHAM LOOK TO COMELY WITH R HOLIDAY MOOD – While E. Paul Robsham Stable and trainer Todd Pletcher will be rooting for the accomplished R Heat Lightning in Saturday's Gulfstream Oaks, they will also be looking ahead to a run by stablemate and fellow Kentucky Oaks nominee R Holiday Mood in next week's $150,000 Comely (GIII) for 3-year-old fillies at a mile at Aqueduct.
R Holiday Mood has scored a pair of wins over Aqueduct's inner track surface over the winter. Other probable Comely starters include Holy Heavens, Portside, Around the Twig and Royal Sighting.
SOUTH (Arkansas, Louisiana) / DREAMS EXPAND, BUT QUESTIONS REMAIN, FOR ARIENZA – Trainer Dan Peitz and owners Robert and Lawana Low are now looking at the Kentucky Oaks as a major goal for unbeaten Arienza. Their question is which path is best to get her to the $1 million race at Churchill Downs on Friday, May 6.
The daughter of Giant's Causeway out of 2002 Horse of the Year Azeri won for the second time in as many starts last Sunday when she cruised to an easy victory in a one-mile allowance race at Oaklawn Park.
"I know the Lows would love to run in the Kentucky Oaks," Peitz told Daily Racing Form this week, "but not at the expense of the horse and doing the wrong thing."
Peitz is now looking at two options with Arienza: the $300,000 Fantasy (GII) on April 10 or the $100,000 Instant Racing on April 16. Both races will be run at Oaklawn Park.
The Kentucky Oaks is limited to 14 starters, with preference given to 3-year-old fillies with the highest total earnings in graded stakes races. Arienza has yet to compete in a graded stakes race, so she has no graded earnings.
"Without a dominant 3-year-old filly somewhere in the country, our fear is if we want to try to go to the Kentucky Oaks, we may need graded stakes earnings to get in," Peitz said. "So that's coming into play."
Arienza is not nominated to the Kentucky Oaks, but the Lows could make her eligible for America's top race for 3-year-old fillies prior to Churchill Downs' new Kentucky Oaks late nomination deadline of April 13.


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I am pleased to be able to start my post this week with the announcement that Dr. Ralph de la Torre is the new executive director of our Catholic hospital system, Caritas Christi. We are very pleased to have him come on board. He is very well credentialed. He is himself a cardiovascular surgeon with training from Harvard and MIT.
His family has a long association with Catholic health care in Florida and he brings a great sense of dedication to this mission of the Church. Our Catholic hospitals have many challenges but the system is a very important ministry of our archdiocese. We are trying to professionalize the administration as much as possible.
We're grateful to the wonderful work of the acting president, Dr. John Chessare, who is now the head of Caritas Norwood Hospital and also Jim Karam, John Kaneb and Neil Finnegan, who were very active on the search committee. We are very grateful for all their work.
Our Catholic hospital system is a very important part of the ministry of the archdiocese,
and we are very grateful to Dr. de la Torre for his willingness to serve in this capacity.
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The Eucharistic Congress for young adults, which was held on Friday and Saturday, attracted many university students and others to the North End.
We're grateful to the Vocation Office and the Office for the New Evangelization of Adolescents and Adults: to Fathers Dan Hennessey, Mike Harrington, Matt Williams and Richard Clancy and all those who worked to promote this congress.
Father Peter Cameron, editor of Magnificat spoke
Kari Marmol of the Community of Sant'Egidio
Father Matt Williams, head of our new Office of Evangelization of Youth and Young Adults
The conference included both service projects and prayer
We were delighted to have a full church at St. Stephen's for the Mass and also a full church at St. Leonard's for the closing procession and benediction.
On Saturday, I celebrated the Mass for the Congress
It was a very moving experience to see the devotion and the faith of our young Catholics. We were also very grateful for the hospitality that was given to us by the St. James society and by the friars at St. Leonard's, and for the generosity of the merchants in the community who put on a wonderful Italian meal and fed hundreds of young adults who were participants in the Eucharistic Congress.
There were opportunities to socialize and enjoy the food donated by local merchants
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The next day, which I said the Mass on Divine Mercy Sunday Mass at the Cathedral, organized with the help of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, Sister Faustina's community.
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The attendance, as always, was very good. This is a devotion that has inspired many Catholics, and has grown in its popularity in an incredibly fast way. I think it underscores the desire people have to experience God's mercy — the need for God's mercy — and the love for the Lord's mercy and forgiveness.
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On Sunday I also visited St. Patrick's Manor in Framingham. I said Mass at the residence. There's a very large contingent of sisters, both the Carmelite Sisters who run the St. Patrick's, but also there are many sisters — I think over 30 sisters in all — who are residents at the residence and are members of other communities as well.
There's a wonderful atmosphere the sisters maintain. It's a wonderful ministry, and we are so blessed to have them working in the archdiocese.
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This week I also went to Washington, D.C., to the meeting of the Board of Directors for Catholic University. It is encouraging to see the great strides the university is making under the leadership of Father David M. O'Connor, C.M. There's great excitement at the university, as they are preparing for the visit of the Holy Father within two weeks.
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After I returned to Boston I attended a conference at Boston College given by Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, entitled "The Church of Social Justice in the World." I have known him since he was a priest, 30 years ago, in Tegucigalpa. The cardinal is a Salesian Father.
He was a young priest when I first met him, and shortly after that he became the Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa and from there was sent to a small diocese called Santa Rosa de Copan, but after a few years was returned to be auxiliary bishop again in Tegucigalpa — which was an unusual thing — but the archbishop was elderly and really dependant upon him. Then when Archbishop Santos retired, he became the archbishop and the first cardinal from Honduras.
He is a Renaissance man — a musician, a pilot, and a linguist. He speaks many languages perfectly and he is a great leader in Honduras. I don't think there is another leader in the country that has the ethos that Cardinal Rodriguez does in Honduras. Besides being Cardinal of Tegucigalpa, Cardinal Rodriguez is also the president of Caritas Internationalis, a confederation of 162 Catholic aid, development and social justice agencies active in over 200 countries and territories.
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This week I also met with permanent deacons. We have a Deacons' Council which is something tantamount to the Presbyteral Council and the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council.
We are working on trying to organize that, to promote regional meetings of the deacons with the auxiliary bishops, and to have this board meeting several times a year here with myself, so they can bring their ideas, and discussions and conversations from the deacons out in the different regions.
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Wednesday I went to St. John's seminary for the induction ceremony for the Knights of Columbus. Some seminarians were inducted into the Knights of Columbus and some of the faculty as well.
Quite a number of the leadership of our state's group was there for the ceremony and afterwards they presented me with checks from the National Knights of Columbus and the State Knights of Columbus. The checks were for $50,000 and for $10,000, to help support the Marriage Initiative in the state of Massachusetts, which is our program to educate people about marriage.
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Thursday, I also had lunch with the mayor of Braintree and the mayor of Quincy. Since our headquarters is moving to Braintree — right on the Braintree/Quincy border, the two mayors were invited by the Chancellor to have lunch with us and to talk about the move. The mayors have been very supportive and very helpful.
Mayor of Quincy Tom Koch and Mayor of Braintree Joe Sullivan
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This week I also had the pleasure of visiting the Coast Guard headquarters here in Boston. Father Bill Cuddy who is in charge of the Coast Guard Chaplaincy arranged it.
He is himself a Navy Chaplain, but the Navy supplies the chaplains for the Coast Guard. Father Bill Cuddy lives here at the Cathedral when he is home, and he had invited myself to meet the local admiral, and to learn more about the operations of the Coast Guard, so we went to the Headquarters here in Boston.
Rear Admiral Timothy Sullivan, First Coast Guard District Commander;Lt. Jason Haag, the Admiral's aid; CDR Kevin Bedford, First Coast Guard District Chaplain; Master Chief Petty Officer John Downey, First Coast Guard District Command Master Chief; and Father Bill Cuddy
Talking with Admiral Sullivan
Having grown up on the Canadian border, I remember as a child watching the Coast Guards come with their ships to break the ice because the lake in those days would freeze over. They do outstanding work, particularly the search and rescue missions. They are also involved in dealing with the drug dealers and smugglers trying to smuggle other things in. Theirs is a "guarding" ethos, as they describe it, as opposed to the other military branches — which, we can say, have more of a "warrior" ethos. A great part of their mission is to protect, and to help people, to rescue people when they get into trouble on the high seas. Here where we have such an important fishing industry, they try to monitor the safety practices of the boaters and fisherman. They have boats and helicopters to do these rescue missions in time of storms or other challenges. It was interesting. They've even invited me come back and to go on their boats!
As a memento of my visit they gave me these coins which, I understand, officers give out in acknowledgment of a job well-done.
Until next week, blessings.
Cardinal Seán


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I have a series of systems that need to be distributed to a variable number of nodes (at least two, but more likely 8 - 10). For performance reasons, any one piece of state needs to be maintained in memory and replicated to at least two nodes although as demand increases this may be replicated to more nodes as dictated by the manager. Unfortunately, we cannot buy commercial data grids which are already very good at this.
The question: Assuming the state is immutable, what are some patterns and/or algorithms I can use to facilitate this process? I've supplied a sample to facilitate the discussion, but I'm not tied to this. Really!... I'm wide open on picking a new direction to meet these requirements. If you could point me to pictures or code samples that would be much appreciated.
As it stands, one of the nodes will self-promote and will orchestrate who should replicate and when (i.e. the manager).
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- No file transfer... just byte arrays
- All components are currently C#, and I can change almost anything
- Eventual consistency will be fine
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One of Hollywood's most high-profile couples has just become a trio.
Actress Penelope Cruz, 36, and Javier Bardem, 41, welcomed their first child on January 25, reports El Pais newspaper.
According to an account in the Spanish newspaper El Pais, the child was born at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. The name and gender of the child have yet to be made public.
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Cruz first publicized her pregnancy last September while filming the latest edition of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.
Bardem and Cruz were secretly wed in July of 2010 in the Bahamas in front of a small group of family and friends.
Bardem was just nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his role in Biutiful. He previously won a Best Supporting Actor award for playing killer Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men. Cruz also has her own Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
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Novel polyurethane scaffolds for meniscus tissue engineering: Cytotoxicity and cell culture
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Questionnaire: One of the most important requirements for scaffolds used to reconstruct meniscus is biocompatibility. A novel meniscus implant (ActifitTM) made from polyurethane is manufactured to replace the meniscus. Bone marrow stromal cells (BMSC) are investigated widely in the field of tissue engineering. The objective of this study was to investigate the biocompatibility of polyurethane meniscus implant on BMSC.
Methods: 20-80 ml bone marrow aspirates from the iliac crest were collected from 7. Cultivation of human BMSC were performed according to a modified protocol as previously described [1]. Scaffold extraction from 3 day to 21 days was collected according to a standardized protocol [2]. After culturing 1×105 cells with extraction for 48 h, cell proliferation was investigated using the MTS assay, and Live/Dead assay was utilized to assess cell viability. 6×106 cells of third passage resuspended in 1ml culture medium were seeded into one ActifitTM scaffold using a 27G syringe and cultured for 4 weeks. The histological assay was performed every 1 week. The data of all groups were compared using one-way ANOVA at each time point, a significance level of 0.05 was used (SPSS 15.0).
Results and Conclusions: MTS results showed there was no cell growth inhibition detected after cultured in extract. (Figure 1 [Fig. 1]). BMSC were able to metabolize the MTS into a brown formazan product after a 24 h incubation period with the collected extracts. This result was demonstrated in the Calcein AM/EthD-1 staining as well (Fig.2a,b). Few cells were stained by EthD-1 in negative control and extracted culture groups. In the direct contact study, light microscopy pictures showed cells were distributed in the central part of the scaffolds after seeding. The cell proliferation was not inhabited after adhesion on the scaffolds.
As a degradable material, polyurethane has been used in clinic for several years. However commonly used polyurethanes based on aromatic diisocyanates are lack biocompatibility, because degradation products from the aromatic segment are toxic. In our study, the meniscus scaffolds were made from polyurethanes that is based on 1,4-butane diisocyanate (BDI) instead of aromatic diisocyanates. As the degradation products of BDI are non-toxic, we believed our meniscus scaffold is biocompatible, which has no negative effect on cell viability and proliferation. And this hypothesis was proved through MTS assay and Calcein A/EthD-1 staining. The result reveled the extract obtained from scaffolds did not cause cell death among BMSCs, which was further confirmed by MTS assay. After seeded into the scaffolds, BMSC proliferated well in the pores of the scaffold and formed tissue engineered constructs with the scaffolds finally. Above all, the polymer scaffold did not affect hBMSC proliferation and viability, so the scaffold can be considered noncytotoxic. In future, studies in vitro and in vivo need to clarify the effect of BMSC loaded scaffolds on meniscus regeneration.


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I am excited to share with you our Pirates Of The Caribbean itinerary. These are the things that we will be doing when I leave for LA in just a couple of days. Be sure to follow along, especially on my Twitters {Eat Play Rock & The New Classy} and Instagram accounts as I will be sharing a lot while on the trip. Be sure to follow the #PiratesLifeEvent and #BambiBluray hashtags as well as others that I have mentioned below. Who knows what or who you might see. 😉
Dave & Busters #DaveandBusters #PiratesOfTheCaribbean
One night, we will be going to Dave and Busters. I have never been to one of these before and, I have to admit, my hubby is super jealous. 😉 However, last time we played air hockey {I hope they have this here}, I beat him bad. Bwahahaha! Dave and Busters is also debuting a new game called "Disney Crossy Road: Pirates of the Caribbean" and I am all over it.
Universal CityWalk #UniversalMoments
Last week, I visited Universal CityWalk in Orlando for the first time and it was fabulous. You guys know how much I love Hard Rock Cafe and I was able to pick up some more pins for my collection. So, naturally, I will do my best to stop by Hard Rock Hollywood when I visit Universal CityWalk Hollywood for the first time in a few days. 🙂
Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney's Office + Bambi Interviews #BambiBluray
Here, we will be interviewing people associated with Bambi.
Donald "Donnie" Dunagan (young voice of "Bambi")
Peter Behn (young voice of "Thumper")
Paul Felix, Visual > Development Artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios
We will also be checking out the Old Animation Building and taking a tour of Walt Disney's office.
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Premiere & Red Carpet #PiratesLifeEvent
We will be seeing the premier of Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales at the Dolby Theatre {where the Oscars are held, people}. I can't wait to tell you how the movie is and who knows who I will see on the red carpet! I will be sure to share as much as I can on social media. 🙂
Disney Studios Lot + Disneyland #Disneyland #PiratesLifeEvent
We will get a private tour of the Walt Disney Archives to learn about the history of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" attraction. Then we will head to Disneyland, where we will be riding Pirates Of The Caribbean. Yeeeeessssss! Jay and I just rode Pirates Of The Caribbean in Orlando for the first time last week, so I am eager to see how or if they differ. We will also be checking out the Pirates Of The Caribbean Sneak Peak and eating in the park at Hungry Bear Restaurant and then enjoy the park for a few hours. I so have my pins ready to trade. 😀 And, finally, we will be seeing the World of Color Nighttime Water Spectacular located at Paradise Pier in Disney's California Adventure Park.
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Press Junket #PiratesLifeEvent #PiratesOfTheCaribbean
We will be interviewing the following people associated with Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. If you have any questions that you would like for me to ask them, please let me know in the comment section below and I will do my best to make that happen. 🙂
Javier Bardem ("Captain Salazar")
Geoffrey Rush ("Barbossa")
Brenton Thwaites ("Henry")
Kaya Scodelario ("Carina Smyth")
Directors Joachim Ronning & Espen Sandberg
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales will be in theaters everywhere 5/26/17 and be sure to pick up Bambi on Digital HD 5/23 and Blu-ray and DVD on 6/6.


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Four life lessons that bring happiness
We all want to be happy. Book stores have aisles and aisles of self-help books, many of which include chapters on how to be happy.
Here is a list of four lessons I have learned that bring happiness:
1. Assume the best.
Recently I had a difference of opinion with a friend and was concerned that she would tell mutual friends that she was wronged by me. I was feeling defensive, but the truth was I did not know whether she had said anything to anyone about the disagreement. When I assumed the best, that she kept our interaction confidential, I felt at ease and open-hearted to her and my other friends.
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Before I removed the feed of National Family History Month tweets with the #NFHM13 hashtag from this blog I copied and saved them into a document. It will be interesting to compare this 2013 list with what may be posted in 2014.
Twitter is the tool that is commonly used to message from events, Twitter is a tool used by those we want to attract to join our family history groups and societies, ie younger people. If we want to broadcast and share our enthusiasm for #NFHM or other events with youngsters we must use the media they use.
Scanning the Tweets posted during National Family History Month I noted that only a couple of institutions and commercial organisations or their members tweeted about the events they hosted or attended. Twitter provides an easy mechanism for thanking and praising those who organise events on our behalf.
I estimate that a few thousand people attended #NFHM13 events and that many of them enjoyed and learnt something from those events. Did those who attended send a thank you note or a message of praise to the organisers of the events? Did they blog about the events? Did they put a thankyou message on the National Family History Month Facebook Page? I wonder how many thankyous Shauna Hicks who devoted so much time and energy to the event received.
My mother always impressed upon me the importance of saying thankyou. I find that Twitter enables me to tell not just the organiser of or presenter at an event about the great work they have done but it allows me to broadcast my praise.
Twitter is too busy a place for me to spend time every day but it has its uses. When I attend a great event it is a tremendous tool for sharing my enthusiasm, thanks and praise with the world. And, as I can't be everywhere, it is also my window to other events.


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The XL Edition will also feature a new reversible inside coversheet featuring the new Red Bull X2011 supercar, to add a different look to your game library shelf.
You'll be able to pick up the XL Edition of Gran Turismo 5 after January 17 for just $39.99. Watch this blog and the official GT website for more news about Gran Turismo, DLC, and new Gran Turismo TV content available exclusively within the game.


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Things have been a bit hectic in my world lately. In addition to all the festive seasonal joy ( shopping, family, in-laws, out-laws etc) I'm in the process of changing jobs.
It is the way of such things that sometimes, you just can't quite squeeze everything in.
The one thing I didn't get time to finish before leaving was this DOS to BASH guide ( despite several evenings spent hacking away on Windows). So, for the CIG guys…well, it's traditional – all kids know that there's got to be at least one Christmas present that you can bash. Sorry. Continue reading


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Christmas is a time of giving. Warm thoughts of parties with friends, family and loved ones float through the mind. But for movies (and real life) the truth is that without a villain (or at least a gaggle of relatives with irritating habits) we would never know just how joyful the season can be at times.
Fortunately, Hollywood understands that. Taking a cue from Charles Dickens who figured it out decades before the movie industry was born, films have provided us with many yuletide bad guys, some misguided and other truly evil. Most of these villains, to tie this to a financial theme, are motivated by greed, some just because they hate Christmas.
Here are AdvisorOne's Top 10 Christmas Movie Villains:
10. The Martians: "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" (1964)
We couldn't resist this Santa meets sci-fi flick. The Martians weren't really evil, they just wanted the best for their kids. And who better than Earth's Santa to provide just that?
Fortunately, Santa, played by John Call, prevails and a Martian Santa takes his place on the Red Planet allowing Earth's children to get the jolly fat man back in time for Christmas.
A bonus for movie nerds is the adorable toddler Girmar played by Pia Zadora, who grew up to be a D-List screen sex icon and winner of back-to-back Razzie awards in the 1980s for worst actress (just in case you wanted to know).
9. Hans Gruber: "Die Hard" (1988)
Not strictly a Christmas movie, this action pic, though, is set during a Christmas office party in a gleaming new high-rise. Alan Rickman plays the villain Hans Gruber bent on pulling off a mega robbery. What he doesn't count on is Bruce Willis stopping at nothing to save his estranged wife.
There's no Santa in the film, but there is a scene where Willis' character, in the spirit of the season, delivers to Gruber a dead villian dressed with a red Christmas hat and note pinned to him that reads: "Ho. Ho Ho." Oh, and there are plenty of bullets, explosions and flying glass–in the spirit of the season. And unlike many holiday films there's no redemption for Gruber, only justice. The holiday and the loot are saved.
8. Marv & Harry: "Home Alone" (1990)
When 8-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) is accidentally left alone during the holidays, robbers played by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern see their plans to pilfer the house go awry.
Spoiler Alert! The Christmas Eve shenanigans end with the robbers foiled and Kevin's reconciliation with his family.
7. Santa: "Bad Santa" (2003)
Billy Bob Thronton takes the title role and does a star turn in this dark tale of a mall Santa who uses the holiday to ransack department stores–every year.
Complications ensue (don't they always in holiday movies?) and Bad Santa learns the lesson of the season. But unlike most yuletide fare made for the silver screen, this one does not lay the sugar on too thick.
6. Frank Cross: "Scrooged" (1988)
Maybe this film should be lumped in with the "Christmas Carol" entry, but Bill Murray's comic riff on the classic tale deserves its own spot.
Murray plays a cynical, mean-spirited TV exec who gets a rude awakening when the TV version of Dickens' story visits him in real life. The modernization works well and Murray carries off the Humbug and his awakening to the spirit of the season with aplomb.
5. Arthur Shaw: "Tower Heist" (2011)
Alan Alda tried his hand at the holiday Grinch role in this year's "Tower Heist." He plays a sort of Bernie Madoff knockoff who swindles his employees out of their pensions.
Ben Affleck and Eddie Murphy lead a band of misfits who, against a backdrop of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, try to set things right in time for everyone to enjoy the holiday season. Well, everyone but Arthur Shaw, of course.
4. District Attorney Thomas Mara: "Miracle on 34th Street" (1947)
Is any Christmas complete without at least one viewing of "Miracle on 34th Street?" There are many memorable scenes, from Santa directing Macy's customers to arch-rival Gimbel's for the right gift, to the U.S. Post Office delivering sacks of letters to prove the man on trial is truly St. Nick. (How times change! Would anyone take the Post Office's word as gospel these days?)
But that courtroom scene would never have happened without the zealous DA, played by Jerome Cowan, trying prove the character played by Edmund Gwenn was insane. The villain comes to his senses with the help of his political boss and drops the case.
3. Henry F. Potter: "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946)
Frank Capra's classic draws sharp reactions from moviegoers. Some can watch it over and over (and for a time in the 1980s it seemed every TV station managed to show it at least once in December), while others find it treacly.
Still, no one can deny the strong performance of Jimmy Stewart, who moved away from his pre-war persona into darker roles. And his George Bailey needed a villain to play off, a role filled wonderfully by Lionel Barrymore as the mean banker Henry F. Potter. Potter doesn't get what he wants, but neither is he changed. A twist on the Scrooge story.
2. The Grinch: "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (1966)
To some, Dr. Seuss' classic character could be the top film villain or at least tied with the top guy.
Known to children for decades through the book and animated TV special, Jim Carrey brought the story to the big screen in a loud and somewhat annoying version in 2000.
Fortunately, as in all holiday movies, order is restored and the Grinch doesn't steal Christmas and happiness reigns throughout Whoville.
1. Scrooge: "A Christmas Carol" (1951)
Without Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" there just might not be the plethora of yuletide villains, including the Grinch, that abound at this time of year. The 1843 novel has spawned several movies over the years, too.
Alistair Sim's portrayal of Scrooge is considered by many as the definitive characterization. Others, including Jim Carrey (the only actor to be mentioned twice on our list) in 2009 as an animated Scrooge, Reginald Owen in 1938 and Albert Finney in 1970 have offered their own take on the role. And let's not forget the TV version starring Mr. Magoo.
So, God bless us, everyone!
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Canucks' top prospect Hunter Shinkaruk aims to make hometown Flames pay for passing on him twice in NHL draft
'It's definitely going to be something that will drive me every time I play against them,' says Vancouver's late first-round pick
Vancouver Canucks wing prospect Hunter Shinkaruk skates during practice on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013 at the South Okanagan Event Centre in Penticton, as part of the Young Stars rookie tournament, which hosts prospects from teams including the Canucks, Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames, Winnipeg Jets and San Jose Sharks.
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PENTICTON — You can just imagine how Vancouver Canucks prospect Hunter Shinkaruk felt at last June's NHL entry draft.
He was a consensus first-round pick and the Calgary Flames, his hometown team, had two selections in the opening round, No. 6 and No. 22.
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The Shinkaruk family were Flames season-ticket holders — "ever since I can remember" — and Hunter was playing junior down the highway in Medicine Hat. He was hardly hidden from the team's view. But the Flames passed on Shinkaruk with both their picks, opting instead for forwards Sean Monahan and Emile Poirier. Ouch.
"For sure, it was tough," said Shinkaruk, who eventually went 24th overall to the Canucks. "They had two chances to take me and, after they didn't take me with that second pick, I kind of sat back in my seat. That's not to say that the player they took is not a great player. Obviously they just had a different look at who they needed."
Interestingly, Poirier is listed as a left-winger, the same position Shinkaruk plays. Poirier scored 47 goals for the Gatineau Olympiques his last two junior seasons while Shinkaruk netted 86, included 49 in 2011-12 alone.
It still seemed to be eating up Shinkaruk on Thursday, prior to the Canucks' first outing at the Young Stars rookie tournament in Penticton.
"Being a competitive kid, I want to make sure the Flames wished they had taken me with that pick," he said. "It's definitely going to be something that will drive me every time I play against them, for sure. If I can get out there and make them pay for not taking me it would be pretty nice."
If Shinkaruk needed further motivation, he was also passed over by the Edmonton Oilers (seventh), Winnipeg Jets (13th) and the San Jose Sharks (18th), the other three teams competing in the Young Stars tourney. That's a fairly decent chip to carry on one's young shoulders. Bitter? Who, him?
"When I was in the gym and on the ice this summer, it was definitely something I was thinking about," he said. "I knew basically every team here had a chance to pick me. I'm going to make sure they're going to pay for it."
That's a lot of paying. From a Canucks standpoint, what could be better? Shinkaruk hasn't made the big club yet, and probably won't this year, and he's already miffed at three divisional rivals.
"Hunter takes the game seriously," noted Utica Comets head coach Travis Green, who is running things for the Canucks in Penticton. "He's got a hunger in his eyes. It looks like he wants to be a hockey player. My first impression is that he's a really focused kid."
Shinkaruk understands he is up against it to make the Canucks this season. Vancouver is well-positioned on left wing with veterans Daniel Sedin, David Booth and Chris Higgins. Even Alex Burrows can play the left side. There isn't much room for an 18-year-old kid, even an elite junior scorer. Shinkaruk turns 19 on Oct. 13.
"You realize it's pretty tough to make the NHL team but that's still my goal," he said. "Obviously those players you mentioned are great players. If I can get into (main) camp and try to fight for a job, that's all I can ask. It's definitely nice to see that in the near future, I'm going to have a little bit more of an opportunity, I guess. But at the end of the day, it's hockey and you're going to be fighting for jobs the rest of your life."
At a listed 5-10 and 181 pounds, Shinkaruk isn't the largest of bodies. His assets are his speed, his hands and his finish, plus an apparent ability to get mad at a bunch of teams.
"Obviously when you come to an NHL camp, you don't know what the organization and coaches are thinking about," he said. "So every time you get on the ice, you want to make an impression. I'm going to try to keep doing that throughout the week. I want to show them who I am as a player and as a kid."
ICE CHIPS: The Canucks announced Thursday the format for main camp that begins next Wednesday and will be held at both Rogers Arena and UBC. A total of 36 players, plus additions from the Young Star roster, will attend ... Sessions at Rogers Arena, Sept. 13-15, will be free and open to the public, providing fans register at canucks.com/scrimmages ... Each of those days will start with a 9 a.m. scrimmage, followed by practices at 10, 11 and 12:30 p.m.
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Apple chief Tim Cook decided to apologize for the lack of iPhone 5 supply on Wednesday, leading some to believe it's supply that slowing for the new iPhone, not demand.
The tactic seems to be working, and analysts who downgraded Apple for not selling 10 million units over the weekend are re-evaluating their projections, according to Business Insider. From the Apple announcement:
"While we have sold out of our initial supply, stores continue to receive iPhone 5 shipments regularly and customers can continue to order online and receive an estimated delivery date. We appreciate everyone's patience and are working hard to build enough iPhone 5s for everyone."
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