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1. Re: How to insert a preview photo on each PDF file when creating a portfolio?Dave Merchant Jan 5, 2012 5:49 AM (in response to Tomchook)
The previews generated by Acrobat are automatic, you can't change them unless you write your own navigator in Flex.
Having said that, the preview will show the poster image for a 3D scene, if one is defined. In your case (assuming the files are the same as the samples you posted earlier) there isn't a poster image. Before adding each file, right-click the 3D annotation, choose Properties, then "Retrieve poster from default view". Save it, then add it to the portfolio and it'll look like this:
2. Re: How to insert a preview photo on each PDF file when creating a portfolio?Tomchook Jan 5, 2012 8:05 AM (in response to Dave Merchant)
I reduced the STL size, and since I couldn't find a FREE software that would combine the STL into a single U3D and I have no background in programming (let alone Acrobat JS), I think the portfolio would be the best solution, and hopefully won't hammer the end user computer (since each file is reduced and is opened separately). Do you have a better solution perhaps? I saw that in Autodesk Showcase you could load all the 3D files into one presentation file, and then show/hide them. Is it possible to create a similar interface with Acrobat using JS?
Since the initial (default?) position is not ideal, is it possible to change it and set a default position in Acrobat?
Thank you again for all your help!
3. Re: How to insert a preview photo on each PDF file when creating a portfolio?Dave Merchant Jan 5, 2012 9:38 AM (in response to Tomchook)
To change the default view (used for the poster image), activate the 3D scene and arrange the model as required. Then open the Views menu on the toolbar, click "manage views", create a new view then press the default button. You'll have to rebuild the poster image to match the new default, as per my previous reply.
As of Acrobat X, PDF portfolios aren't the best solution for distributing rich media as the 3D viewport never activates on the previews - the user has to manually open each file using the toolbar link, which is not intuitive for a novice. You're better off putting the pages together as a single PDF (drag pages to the thumbnails panel, or use the Combine buttons).
As I said earlier, the best option for the end user is to put all the meshes into the same 3D scene. If you're restricted to free software then there's no realistic solution to craft everything into one U3D file (those of us who do this professionally use commercial packages to optimize and merge the meshes). What you can do is load each mesh as a Resource - I'll have a tutorial on this soon as it's too complex to describe in a forum post. The critical factor is in how your meshes are named within the U3D files, as if two meshes have the same name it becomes a nightmare to control their visibility.
4. Re: How to insert a preview photo on each PDF file when creating a portfolio?Tomchook Jan 5, 2012 9:55 AM (in response to Dave Merchant)
I really appreciate your fast and helpful repsonses!
I am not restricted to free software; I just thought there would be a free solution for that, but if I'm required I would purchase a 3D software. The most important thing is that when the end user will open the PDF file, he/she will not see 10 models overriding each other, and it would be intuitive and easy to to navigate between the models. Which software would you recommend me to purchase?
Thank you again!
5. Re: How to insert a preview photo on each PDF file when creating a portfolio?Dave Merchant Jan 5, 2012 11:30 AM (in response to Tomchook)
There are a number of options for dedicated transcoding applications, depending on your budget:
3D PDF Converter from Tetra 4D will convert STL files to U3D or export 3D PDFs, and comes with a 3D Reviewer application which can merge files, but it has limited abilities to edit the meshes. The converter tool runs as an Acrobat X Pro plugin.
Deep Exploration from Right Hemisphere will also read and write STL and U3D files and directly-export to 3D PDF. It runs as a standalone program, can merge. edit and optimize meshes and a lot more (but it's expensive). An earlier version of this program was bundled with Acrobat 8-3D.
If you're thinking long-term of getting a custom software front-end written for the document creation stage, then PDF3D has a code library which can read STL files and write out 3D PDFs (it's not a desktop program, you would use it to write your own dedicated software).
Looking at the generic CAD/CAM sector; Solidworks, Pro-E Wildfire, ArchiCAD and Bentley Microstation will export U3D and/or 3D PDF files.
Once all your meshes are in the same file, you can show and hide them via the Model Tree in Acrobat, then save each combination of visibilities as a view on the 3D toolbar. If you want to bring in some scripting as well, you can avoid having to define views by hand, and have buttons which show and hide each mesh in sequence.
6. Re: How to insert a preview photo on each PDF file when creating a portfolio?Tomchook Jan 6, 2012 11:21 AM (in response to Dave Merchant)
I tried to export a PDF with 3D reviewer, but I can't manage it well, so I'm asking here (I wanted to write an email to Tetra 4D, but they redirected me to your 3D forums)
After opening 3D reviewer I opened the 4 STL files I have, modified the level of details to extra low, removed the wireframe and set to top view. On the left pane under models I have 4 products (0-3), which are each STL file (2 upper and 2 lower dental models), and in each one I have solid (0-3), as shown here:
I think I wrote it before, but I will just mention it again: I would like the end user to easily navigate between the models. After creating custom views my PDF looks like this:
Which might be OK, but first of all, I can't change the order of the views once I created them, and I can't create a hierarchy. Is there a more efficient way to do it than what I just did?
Another problem is that the PDF file is now 30mb, while all the STL together are 24mb. Is there a way to reduce it?
7. Re: How to insert a preview photo on each PDF file when creating a portfolio?jimmerry_tetra4D Jan 6, 2012 1:02 PM (in response to Tomchook)
I am assuming you are using Acrobat Pro Extended 9 and the 3D Reviewer that is bundled with it and my answers reflect that:
Once the PDF has been created, regardless of where/how, you can create new 3D Views, delete existing ones and reorder them as well. You can do this by using the 'Manage Views' capability of the View Manager on the 3D Toolbar.
If your source data is STL, changing the LOD in 3D Reviewer should have not effect on the file either visually or on disk as the STL file format is all triangles. You can only change a Level of Detail if your source data is B-Rep.
The 3D PDF should not be bigger than the STL files combined. If you have edited the PDF by sending the 3D data over to 3D Reviewer and then back, it may be that you have mutliple versions of the model in the PDF.
If you explicitly 'Save As' it should remove earlier versions.
Also - are you storing the STL data in PDF as PRC tessellated, PRC-Brep or U3D?
If you want to optimize for file size on the 3D PDF Export from 3D Reviewer:
The worst choice is PRC-B-Rep for STL data and that could blow the files size up (STL is a tessellated format and mapping it to a B-Rep file format would increase the size as it computes and stores connectivity information for each triangle facet in the STL file.
Best choice would be: PRC Tessellated + compressing the tessellation.
If you are exporting from 3D Reviewer, you can configure the PDF export options and choose PRC Tessellation and to compress the tessellation.
8. Re: How to insert a preview photo on each PDF file when creating a portfolio?Tomchook Jan 6, 2012 2:06 PM (in response to jimmerry_tetra4D)
Thank you Jim, I managed to compress my PDF from 30mb into 8mb (which is weird, because before I saved the views in Acrobat it was 4mb).
My question about the 3D Reviewer is how can I manage the models from there, before editing the PDF on acrobat? Because as you can see in the picture above, it appears as "node" in Acrobat, which can be difficult to follow if I have more STL files invovled. As I mentioned before I would like to create a hierarchy, so that model 1 would be the main model, and the upper and lower parts would be sub-models. Is it possible? I'm attaching my file:
Can you please recommend how to do it either in 3D Reviewer or Acrobat? I would actually be happy if I won't have to rename the files, and it could automatically (by a script I guess), rename the files into model 1,2,3... and their belonging parts (upper and lower parts).
Thank you
9. Re: How to insert a preview photo on each PDF file when creating a portfolio?jimmerry_tetra4D Jan 9, 2012 9:45 AM (in response to Tomchook)
I downloaded and did some work with your PDF and think I may have a workflow that achieves your goals.
3D Reviewer let's you copy and paste from one product to another (the term is 'document' in the 3D Reviewer manual).
Here's the workflow:
1. Open your PDF in 3D Reviewer
2. Create a second product (File > New)
3. Select the nodes that contain the geometry in your first model (They are called Solid0, Solid1, etc.) and copy them
4. Select the 'model' in the new product and paste
Note: Solid1 and Solid2 seem to be copies of the lower part of the model. So I deleted them in 3D Reviewer and only copied 1 and 4
You now should have a hierarchy in the new model that looks like this:
- Solid0
- Solid3
You can select these nodes in the hierarchy and rename them. Right click them and select 'rename'
5. Export to PDF
When you open the PDF in Acrobat, you will see a hierarchy that looks like this:
- Node
- Upper
- Lower
If you open this back up in 3D Reviewer, you will have a heirarchy that looks like:
- ProductXX
- Upper
- ....
- Lower
You should now be able to rename 'Product XX' to something else (e.g., 'mandibular')
6. Export one last time.
Now it should look the way you want in Acrobat.
I used this approach to generate a version of the 3D PDF that has your desired heirarchy and is only 2.7 MgB in size.
You can download the file here: https://acrobat.com/#d=JJkvSbMFv8T64KU9*1AnTg
The 3D Reviewer app uses the PRC file format and it has the concept of "product occurences' and 'parts'. You cannot create a product occurence node via the tools in the user interface. When you export at Step 5 above, the product occurence is either generated or (more likely) exposed when you read back into 3D Reviewer, enabling you to rename it. Ideally you would be able to create the heirarchy as you desired without a multi-step export and read, but at least you can accomplish what you want.


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Long-Term HIV Survivor Discovers the Power of Twitter
August 25, 2010
Social media isn't just for the kids to give people a blow-by-blow of their day -- it's also being used to raise awareness around a range of important issues. The Chicago Tribune reported on the impact that Rae Lewis-Thornton, a popular blogger and long-term HIV survivor, has had using Twitter to spread the word about HIV, especially among African Americans.
Lewis-Thornton, 48, admits that she was reluctant to start using Twitter -- she didn't think keeping the message under 140 characters would translate to people. But 2,000 plus followers and 20,000 tweets later, her tune has changed. "I call this hard-core activism," she said. "I'm reminding you on a daily basis that AIDS is real. If you have AIDS you can live with it; I'm an example of that. I want you to see the life -- the good, the bad and the ugly."
Realistically, her little cyber notes can reach a demographic that traditional HIV prevention may be missing. Johnathon Briggs from AIDS Foundation of Chicago told the Tribune, "She's reaching that generation that is not going to sit and read a brochure. She is injecting these messages where people are living. Her Tweets could save somebody's life."
Lewis-Thornton, who was diagnosed in 1986, has been a staple in the black community. She has appeared on the cover of Essence magazine and in numerous publications such as Jet; Ebony; Emerge; O, The Oprah Magazine; Glamour; POZ; Lifelines and The Washington Post. In 1995, Lewis-Thornton won an Emmy for anchoring her own news segments on Chicago's CBS affiliate about her experiences living with HIV. You can watch one of those segments in the YouTube video below.
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DETROIT – Chrysler design chief Ralph Gilles says the auto maker's forthcoming minivan may put an end to the "soccer mom" tag.
The future product, due to be unveiled as either a Dodge or Chrysler for the '15 model year, revolves around the multitasker, Gilles says at the 2013 SAE World Congress here.
The current generation of minivan drivers has more responsibilities than in 1984, when the auto maker introduced the vehicle, and the next model will reflect that.
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The new minivan will enter a smaller yet still-competitive segment where catering to driver individuality and vehicle function will be keys to marketing. Honda, for example, caught attention when it unveiled its Odyssey minivan with a built-in vacuum cleaner at this year's New York auto show.
Gilles gives no further hint about the coming minivan, whose badging still is a subject of speculation. Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne has said either the Chrysler Town & Country or the Dodge Caravan will be axed, with the surviving nameplate carrying on the auto maker's minivan tradition. The other will be replaced by a "people carrier," largely expected to be a cross/utility vehicle.
Women drivers will be vital to the product's success. Chrysler employed a significant number of female engineers and designers in creating the new model. "We use clinics where we kind of carve out women's inputs…and we have women on our staff who, thankfully, offer real-life experiences," Gilles says.
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"We're investigating the idea of combining (electrification and performance)," he says. "If you look at light-hybrid (propulsion), you can really see the increased amount of fuel economy by using electric power at certain times.
"I want SRT to be the test badge for technologies," Gilles adds. "We have enough margin to afford those technologies, so it makes sense to experiment with them."
The 500e, developed at the auto maker's Michigan headquarters, will launch in California and will be sold in small volume for at least a year before being rolled out gradually across the U.S., closely monitored for consumer response the whole time.
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clon needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
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We are a start-up company looking to sell stylish and distinct premium leather cases/bags etc. for protecting and carrying select consumer electronic devices.
A logo that creatively and effectively demonstrates our brand is required. OCTO, meaning 8 in Latin, is a new generation brand that will offer more than just functional products. With a tagline of "Style Everyday" we want to offer Innovative and Inspiring products bringing style and sophistication to leather protection cases for products people use everyday. The cases are to be targeted at design conscious consumers in the 25 to 40 age range.
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These are just a couple of thoughts of mine for some inspiration but please feel free to use you own creativity and come up with your own ideas. One potential idea I like is the evolution of the 8 glyph over time since its inception. it can be found at http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/eight and I particurarly like the 2nd and 3rd stage and think it could be utilized somehow. Also at wikipedia that I think may be useful is the flower "Dryas Octopetala" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryas_octopetala.
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text: Paraplegia(Paralysis; Loss of Movement)Pronounced: Pehr-ah-PLEE-jah by Diana KohnleEn Español (Spanish Version)DefinitionCausesRisk FactorsSymptomsDiagnosisTreatmentPreventionDefinitionParaplegia is the word used to describe the body's loss of movement and/or feeling. Paraplegia is complete or partial paralysis of the lower half of the body. Paraperesis is sometimes used to describe the partial loss of function in the lower limbs.Some people may resume some function. Many people with paraplegia may have long-term loss of function.ParaplegiaCopyright © Nucleus Medical Media, Inc.CausesInjury to the nervous system is the most common cause of paraplegia. Common injuries and other causes include:Broken neckBroken backStrokeSpinal cord injuryGenetic disorder (hereditary spastic paraplegia)Congenital (present at birth)InfectionAutoimmune diseasesTumor (either within the spinal cord or pushing on the spinal cord)Syrinx (a spinal cord disorder)Risk FactorsParaplegia is often the result of an accident. People who participate in high-risk or high-contact sports or those who drive recklessly may be at greater risk.SymptomsSymptoms will depend on how much of the spinal cord is involved. Symptoms include:Loss of movement or muscle control in the legs, feet, toes, or trunkLoss of feeling in the legs, feet, toes, or trunkTingling in the legs, feet, toes, or trunkLoss of bowel and bladder controlSexual difficultiesDiagnosisYou will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. Neurosurgeons, orthopedists, and neurologists are involved in diagnosis after a paralytic injury has occurred.Images may need to be taken of your spine. This can be done with:CT scanMRI scanMyelographyYour bodily fluids may need to be tested. This can be done with:Blood testsLumbar punctureAn evoked potential nerve test may also be done to evaluate the nerve's pathways.TreatmentTalk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for you. Treatment options include: If you have an injury that causes paraplegia, emergency treatment is needed to prevent further damage to the nervous system. An evaluation will be done to determine the amount of damage. The doctor will decide what therapies are needed to prevent further injury and improve recovery. Steroids may be used to reduce the swelling of the spinal cord if it has been injured. Surgery may be done to help stabilize or relieve pressure on the spine. Surgery may be needed if a tumor is pushing on the spinal cord. Radiation therapy is another treatment option. A wheelchair will help with your mobility. Part of your recovery will include finding a wheelchair that best suits your needs and how to use it properly.Depending on the extent and location on the spine of your injury, you may be able to use a device that fits over your legs and part of your upper body. The fitted metal brace helps you to sit, stand, and/or walk with assistance of a caregiver. It is used in combination with other treatments, such as physical therapy.In most people, physical therapy and rehabilitation may help restore muscle function. Occupational and speech therapy may also be helpful.PreventionParaplegia is most often caused by injury or accident. The chance of injury resulting in paraplegia may be reduced by paying careful attention to environmental factors. Using safety equipment when playing sports and wearing seatbelts when driving will help reduce the chance that an accident will cause serious injury. You can also reduce these chances by avoiding risk-taking activities, like driving while under the influence or driving when tired.RESOURCES:Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundationhttp://www.christopherreeve.orgNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokehttp://www.ninds.nih.govCANADIAN RESOURCES:Health Canadahttps://www.canada.caSpinal Cord Injury Canadahttp://sci-can.caReferences:Alisky JM, Nogo A. Protein neutralisation and motor cortex computer implants: a future hope for spinal cord injury. Singapore Med J. 2007;48(6):596-597.Faden AI, Stoica B. Neuroprotection: challenges and opportunities. Arch Neurol. 2007;64(6):794-800.Kruszewski SP, Shane JA. Pregabalin in central neuropathic pain associated with spinal cord injury: a placebo-controlled trial. Neurology. 2007;68(24):2158-2159.Penas-Prado M, Loghin ME. Spinal cord compression in cancer patients: review of diagnosis and treatment. Curr Oncol Rep. 2008;10(1):78-85.Sharma HS. Neurotrophic factors in combination: a possible new therapeutic strategy to influence pathophysiology of spinal cord injury and repair mechanisms. Curr Pharm Des. 2007;13(18):1841-1874.Shimizu H, Yozu R. Current strategies for spinal cord protection during thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011;59(3):155-163.NINDS spinal cord injury information page. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke website. Available at: https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/All-Disorders/Spinal-Cord-Injury-Information-Page. Accessed November 9, 2017.What is paraplegia? Spinal Injury Network website. Available at: http://www.spinal-injury.net/paraplegia.htm. Accessed November 9, 2017.7/8/2014 DynaMed Plus Systematic Literature Surveillance http://www.dynamed.com: FDA allows marketing of first wearable, motorized device that helps people with certain spinal cord injuries to walk. US Food and Drug Administration website. 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So Eric Holder in a recent Congressional hearing has left the door open to preforming a drone strike against terrorists on American soil in an "extraordinary circumstance."
From CNN:
"Attorney General Eric Holder is not entirely ruling out a scenario under which a drone strike would be ordered against Americans on U.S. soil, but says it has never been done previously and he could only see it being considered in an extraordinary circumstance.
He began to winnow the list of those possible extraordinary circumstances Wednesday. In testimony Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, pressed Holder whether he believed it would be constitutional to target an American terror suspect 'sitting at a cafe' if the suspect didn't pose an imminent threat.
'No,' Holder replied."
Given the fact that there are people out there who want to kill us, who want to die for their cause, and who label themselves as an enemy to America, do you think that they Attorney General makes a valid point? Might there be some circumstance where a drone strike is the best option to prevent even more loss of life including that of law enforcement? Is he just plain wrong and this can't be permitted at all? As Senator Paul is now filibustering on the Senate floor and making the point, is there zero room for a lethal military/law enforcement drone strike on an individual? Might there still be a comparison with the use of lethal force by a police officer to a person that is known to be armed, dangerous, and looking to kill?
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They already used one to track down Christopher Dorner I believe for snuffing some pigs.
@ Nate,
I read this;
One obvious extraordinary time when "We the People" allowed this kind of thing was during the civil war when the president had authority to order military strikes against US citizens on US soil even if they didn't think they were US citizens anymore. They were the ones to declare their enemy status and take actions demonstrating that they were really being an enemy of the United States of America.
and my jaw dropped.
But then I read this:
Terrorists or other kinds of enemies of the United States or humanity in general may appear on paper to be citizens of the planet but when they unequivocally demonstrate that they are active and current mortal enemies of US citizens or other humans that deserve their right to a safe life also, those enemies sadly but correctly and justly cease to have the right to life or liberty.
and threw my shoe against the wall.
But then I read this:
Call me naive
couldn't have said it better myself.
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1984 by George Orwell. Here.
George OrwellWikipedia: Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist and journalist. →
US citizens do have the right to due process - regardless of crime. Even those accused of treason are to have their day in court rather than to be incriminated and killed without a trial.
You might think what I'm about to say is rude, while it is stark, it is only rude if you perceive it in that way.
Start with learning about the Civil War, most importantly the conditions that lead up to the war, and you will see why your first post was so shocking.
Next read the Federalist Papers. If you need to reacquaint yourself with the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights then do so. Get to know the Founding Fathers, they were called terrorists and enemies by the existing government of their time.
Nate being naive about the history of this nation will leave you and others unprepared for the future challenges that you all will surely face.
My son's friends have died in Iraq and Afghanistan, my friends in Nam, my uncle's in Korea, my Dad's in Europe and the Pacific. During my fathers time we fought for freedom and liberty, somehow we have progressed to fighting for Empire.
Nate you have countenanced the firing of missiles from American aircraft onto American soil. Tyranny doesn't come from outside, it raises up from within, but it needs the type of help you provide.
Nate, no one will steal your freedom and liberty, you will simply just give it away, and that saddens me.
This is where I find myself agreeing with Gregg.
I agree with you on this, I think drones dehumanises the society as a whole not just the target.
No. Drones should not be used on American soil.
Nor should they be used anywhere.
Reducing war to a video game will only increase our tendency to resort to violence that much more.
Violence should always have a cost in human lives on both sides so that we eventually come to our senses and realize why it should be a last resort and not the first reaction.
Violence should always have a cost in human lives on both sides so that we eventually come to our senses and realize why it should be a last resort and not the first reaction.
I think the President would have a pretty hard time of it if he tried to tell the parents of returning dead soldiers, "I could have spared their lives by using a drone, but you know violence should always have a cost in human lives on both sides so that we eventually come to our senses and realize why it should be a last resort and not the first reaction."
I don't believe that anybody, except in the course of a legally and morally justified war, should be deprived of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness without due process of law, citizen or not.
If, after due process has taken its course and it is determined that execution is appropriate, I don't really care whether it's accomplished by lethal injection or a drone. Dead is dead!
That being said, I, unlike most theists, am a strong opponent of the death penalty, so I believe that, as a practical matter, the only context in which a drone killing is justified is in a defensive confrontation with an actual enemy who is engaged in attempting to kill me or my family. If my government is going to tell me that some American wearing a turban in the middle east is an existential threat to me, I would demand at least a modicum of evidence that this is so. Assurance from the CIA or the President does not meet that requirement for me.
Finally, if it is okay for the U.S. to go into a sovereign non-combatant country to kill people there, then we should not be outraged when they do the same thing to us, like on 9/11.
Bottom line: when Islamic fanatics killed 3,000 Americans to further their agenda it was wrong. When we choose to kill people in Pakistan to further ours, it is also wrong. The notion that we are "exceptional" Americans does not justify actions that are morally and legally wrong, any more than the actions of the 9/11 terrorists would be justified because they were Saudi Arabians. What part of "Thou shalt not kill" do you theists not agree with?


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We had a 7:45 a.m. bus in L.A. and guys were on it. Ready to go. Everybody. It takes some extra work. The first couple series here with all the rain, we couldn't get on the field like we wanted to. We have to take advantage of the warm days and getting on the field and being able to let it loose and see the ball fly and not being in the dungeon in the cage. We make it work.
Let's see, we have early hitting on night games. Anyone who gets to the field early, we hit at 2:30 and we don't finish until 3:45 or so. Guys are in the cage, working on the breaking ball machine. We have to do our homework — we get our scouting reports on the starting pitchers, the relievers. We have to go over all of them. We also go into the video room — I'll spend 15 minutes watching the starting pitcher's last two starts. We'll watch the relievers to see if they're tipping, we'll watch glove movements, any indication to see if a pitch is coming. That takes time because we need to see a slow breakdown. We also have to go over our swings at the same time.
It's hard for people to understand how much work we do. For a 1:20 game, I wake up at 8 in the morning and I'm here at 8:15 so I'm prepared to go out there and not just for this game in May but to be prepared for a game in September and be ready for that playoff run. I leave an hour and a half, sometimes two hours after a game is over because I have to go in the weight room and I look at video again to see what my swings looked like that day.
I don't look at bad swings at all. I only look at my good swings. If I don't have any good swings that day, I'll look at Manny Ramirez's hands on his separation, I'll look at Ian Kinsler's feet for my timing, and I'll look at Michael Young for his timing, especially when he's in two-strike mode. There's a lot of work that we put into it that people don't see. We have the greatest job in the world. I know people watching on TV think it looks easy but when you're here and playing this game you know it's not. This is the creme de la creme. It takes a lot to get here and it takes even more to stay here.
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I gave Lester Strode a Thank You letter while you were here in AZ, and if you remember and have time feel free to ask him to read it. I appreciate everything that you do, not only for the fans, but for the game. It's not easy, especially in Chicago – and it is definitely appreciated.
Good luck the rest of the way.
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Dear Marlon,
Cubs fans love you. Keep up the hard work. We enjoy what you do. Keep it real. I really enjoyed reading this article.
We, as a Cubs orginazation [players, office & fans around the world] NEED YOU. [[WE NEED YOU MARLON!!! MARLON, WE NEED YOU]]
We are incredibley blessed to have you on our team. The way you lead by example and are humble about your results is inspiring. The way you have taken younger players under your wing makes our future brighter. Your can do attitude mixed with your team spirit remind us all how to achieve our goals.
Nobody is perfect, but to have someone that is willing to give it their all day in and day out, for the team more than for themselves, and to do it with the above mentioned qualities is extremely rare. Chicago appreciates you, what you represent and what you give us to cheer for. Not only are you a great player, you are a great leader. You remind me of a great man, my father.
We are so happy you are in Chicago, you give our future hope! We will do our part, as good people on this blessed earth, as well 🙂
I've only been a Cubs fan for 63 years, so there is lots more for me to learn about the game I love so much. Your article this time was perhaps the most enlightening piece I've ever read regarding the daily, intense preparations you do. I had no real sense of the work that goes into keeping your rhythm and awareness at peak levels. I have even more respect for you and the other players who work as you do. I played ball at various levels – never professionally – and was above average but didn't work on my game anywhere near what you've described. I understand much better what separates top performers from the rest of the group. Thanks for revealing such an important insight! May you have continued great success!
If every Cub had the hustle and work ethic of you, Barney and Castro, we might be relevant again. Hopefully we can find that in this year's team, so we don't have to look for it in the off-season.


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Week 9 – Ending May 23, 2010
The focus of this "Week In Review†will be missed red card tackles. These are tackles that must be sanctioned with red cards at all levels of play. Although it is often easier to distinguish the severity of challenges after-the-fact, one of the purposes of the Week In Review is to provide regular teaching points to improve recognition skills of officials at all levels. Match officials need to be able to draw mental pictures/images of situations and develop the skills to immediately relate teachings to real time game images. The result, over time, will be increased consistency in application and interpretation.
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Red Card Tackles: What is Excessive Force? – Law 12 (Fouls and Misconduct)
U.S. Soccer has provided various criteria in the "Week In Review,†in Directives and in Position Papers to assist referees with making decisions. The criteria are provided as guidelines but match officials must implement them and interpret them when situations dictate. The ability to consistently interpret and implement, based upon the "feel†for the game and the player(s), is a key differentiator of top referees at all levels.
In Week In Review 6, as well as in subsequent and prior publications, the acronym (SIAPOA) for red card tackles was discussed in detail. Each of the six associated components have been extensively examined. In addition, the concepts of excessive force and endangering the safety of an opponent have also been explored in an attempt to assist referees with interpreting the mental image/picture they take with each tackle.
This week, the focus will be on further defining the terms excessive force and endangering the safety of an opponent.
SIAPOA contains the multiple components that go into determining whether a red card should be issued for a tackle/challenge. Each tackle requires the referee to evaluate the mix and weight of the six SIAPOA components. For example, the speed of play and the tackle may not be great but the intent and the aggressive nature of the tackle may be weighed more heavily based upon the overall affect they have at the moment.
Excessive force does not always equate to or translate to speed or power. Force relates to area of contact as well as mode of contact.
Area of contact
The area of the opponent that has been contacted. Different areas of the body are more susceptible to injury. Hence, less force is needed to cause damage to the opponent. Areas susceptible to injury include but are not limited to:
1. Facial area (soft tissue)
2. Neck area and throat
3. Ankles and Achilles tendon area
4. Knee area
In these areas, it takes less force than in other areas to injury the opponent or endanger their safety. As a result, there is often less aggressiveness or speed associated with the contact.
Mode of contact
The player's or tackler's mode of contact with the opponent is an important factor. Hard surface areas require the use of less force to cause damage to an opponent. Hard surface areas include but are not limited to:
1. The hard cleat area (plastic, rubber, and safe metal) on the bottom of the player's boots
2. Elbows
3. Forearms
4. Fists
The referee must evaluate the body part initiating the contact as well as the location of the contact.
In summary, certain body parts are more susceptible to injury and, when contacted, are more dangerous to the player (increased likelihood for injury and endangerment to safety). At the same time, the item used to initiate the contact by the tackler or player, can increase the susceptibility to injury. These factors increase the aggressiveness of a challenge without relying solely on the speed factor. Hard surface (exposed cleats) contact with a vulnerable surface (ankle and Achilles) increases the likelihood for excessive force regardless of the overall speed.
Note: Aggressiveness and force do not only relate to speed. Referees must consider the area of contact as well as the mode of contact when evaluating challenges. Referees must make these considerations when applying the SIAPOA criteria.
This clip involves a red card tackle in which the area of contact and the mode of contact play important roles in the decision to send the player off for serious foul play. Review Image 1 for a clear mental picture of these two important factors.
The area of contact is the inside ankle of the opponent. This attacker is very vulnerable to injury solely based upon the area in which the tackler makes contact.
The mode of contact is the hard surface of the tackler's cleats. This hard surface is accentuated by the fact that he has a locked leg/knee which translates to no give at the time of contact.
Given the area of contact combined with the mode of contact, the referee should recognize that excessive force is being used and the player is at high risk for injury. The referee must issue a red card for serious foul play (challenge for the ball).
There are three warning signs of a potential unfair tackle that the referee team should recognize. First, watch as the tackler tracks the opponent for approximately 25 yards. This may be a sign of his intent and his hunger to dispossess the opponent of the ball. Second, the offense occurs in front of the team benches. This is a highly volatile area. Thirdly, the location of the ball is on the outside of the attacker and the only way for the tackler to win it is to go through the opponent. These three factors should raise the referee's awareness and increase his physical presence (closeness to play) as play develops.
Both the fourth official and nearby assistant referee (AR) may provide input to the referee regarding the severity of the tackle. Since the challenge occurs in front of the AR, the referee should consider having eye contact with the fourth official and AR prior to issuing the card. Information can be provided to the referee that the offense is worthy of a red card by using a prearranged signal (like the "silent signal†of patting the back pocket to indicate a red card).
Earlier in the same match as clip 1, a red card tackle is committed against the player who commits the tackle in clip 1. In this clip 2, the tackler does not lunge for the ball with great speed but, as Image 2 shows, his challenge leaves the attacker vulnerable to injury. The area of contact is behind the opponent's knee. In this case, the direct nature of the contact leaves the attacker very susceptible to injury. Although there is not a lot of speed or a direct lunge for the ball (starting from distance), the mode of contact is the entire body of the tackler that is driven through the attacker's trailing leg.
Given the contact made with the attacker's back leg and the vulnerable location of the leg, it does not take much force to put the player at high risk for injury. The referee must send the tackler off (red card) for serious foul play (challenge for the ball).
Late in the game, played in heat and humidity, the referee is faced with several quick moments of body contact. By this time, the referee's mind is fighting fatigue resulting from the climate. Referee's must resist the temptation to relax and must stay mentally alert for the duration of the match. The referee makes a decision that the body contact leading to the tackle is acceptable and normal for that level. However, the fact that there is two quick moments of contact should be a flash point for the referee to move closer to the situation to lend his presence.
A tackle is committed that involves excessive force (maybe a result of the prior contact that was not called). The tackler should be sent off for violent conduct as the ball was not in playing distance and there was no challenge for it.
Once again, the concepts of area of contact and mode of contact are important in judging that a red card offense has been committed. Image 3 provides a clear pictorial of the contact.
Area of contact
Directly behind the knee in a soft area highly susceptible to injury given it is behind the knee where tendons and joints are involved. Contact is off the ground by several feet.
Mode of contact
The hard surface of the top of the boot is swung, with force, at the opponent while the ball is shielded from the tackler on the other side of the player in possession of the ball.
With no attempt to play the ball, the excessive force used (due to area and mode of contact) and the fact that the player is facing injury, the referee should red card the tackler for violent conduct.
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Consistency in interpretation of red card tackles in which excessive force is used and the player/foulee faces potential injury. Apply SIAPOA and the concepts of area of contact and mode of contact in determining the severity of the offense and the appropriate misconduct.


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So I just saw this morning that both of these guys are heading into free agency. Considering our needs on the DL, would either of these guys be worth a look?
I know Ellis has been massively disappointing, but assuming he's not getting any kind of real money anywhere, Seattle seems like a good spot for him to try to turn around his career on a dirt cheap deal.
And what about Dorsey? If I recall correctly they changed to a 3-4 after his rookie year so he's never really had a shot in the 4-3. Is he supposed to get any money in the market or is he going to be looking for a cheap deal as well to try to prove it was the scheme and not him who was disappointing?
I donno, both top 10 picks in the 08 draft. Both are largely irrelevant and obviously they wouldn't and shouldn't be counted on to solve the problems we have, but it might be interesting to pick one up and see if a change of scenery helps unearth of the massive potential they were believed to have had.
People who are smarter than me... what say you? Are either of these guys worth a shot? Are they both going to sign for dirt cheap somewhere? Preference on Ellis vs Dorsey? I was so incredibly jealous that KC got Dorsey in 08, then I pretty much forgot about him until this morning


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Combing rustic design and cutting-edge green tech, this is the first LEED-certified-Platinum residence in Marin County, California.
The greenest museum anywhere in the world leads by example, and is every bit as inspiring and educational as the exhibits it was built to contain.
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Doctoral Researcher Award
I would like to share the good news with you!
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Great news Angelica. Congratulations !!
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I would like to share the good news with you!
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Great news Angelica. Congratulations !!
Thanks Moon!
This blog is dedicated to my research on Game Transfer Phenomena (GTP).
My postdoc, the third phase on my research on GTP is funded by Marie Curie COFUND at the University of Liège in Belgium with my mentor professor Frank Larøi.
I have a PhD in Psychology from Nottingham Trent University, UK and my thesis was supervised by professor Mark D. Griffiths.
My Master thesis about GTP was supervised by professor Karin Aronsson at Stockholm University.
New Survey on GTP. Please participate!
My postdoc research on GTP funded by Marie COFUND at the University of Liège has started!
Our eSports in Nordic School (eSportsNS) project at the Centre for the Science of Learning and Technology (SLATE), University of Bergen has started!
31 Oct- Join our conversation on GTP at Digital Human on BBC Radio 4, Episode "Haunted". http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b080t0p9
April 2016- GTP was covered by Discovery and History Channel news.
Oct 2015 -Nottingham Trent University Press coverage – Potential impact of virtual reality on gamers' wellbeing to be discussed at the ITAG2015 conference.
June 2015- GTP was featured in the TV series CSI: Cyber. Episode 11 (season 1) 'Ghost in the machine'.
Feb 2015- The South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare launched a PSA about gaming addiction based on GTP.
May 2014- I was awarded 1st place at a PhD research award with my research about GTP
November 6th- 4th International Consortium Conference and Meeting on Hallucination Research. Lille, France. Hallucinatory-like experiences associated with playing video games.
June 26th- Cypsy22. Wolverhampton, UK. Game Transfer Phenomena & Pokemon Go.
March 30th – The New School for Social Research. New York, USA Talk-Bleeding between the virtual and the real world: The meaning of hallucinatory-like experiences induced by video game playing and their portrayal in media. https://portfolio.newschool.edu/hallucinema/
March 23th, 2017- University of Bergen. Biological and Medical Psychology department. Talk- A broad spectrum of auditory hallucinatory-like experiences with video game content
March 2017- Visiting Bergen University in Norway
Feb 20th, 2017- ICBA 2017, Haifa, Israel "A comparison of visual intrusions induced by video games and mental disorders"
January 2017- Visiting the psychology department at Hertfordshire University, UK
January 2017 – Visiting experts on auditory hallucinations "Hearing the Voice" at Durham University, UK
22 September. DEVHR. D.F. Mexico. The Game Transfer Phenomena: Características del juego asociadas con alucinaciones, pensamientos y comportamientos.
21 September Talk- Dept Biological & Medical Psychology. University of Bergen, Norway
15 Agust. UDEM, Monterrey, Mexico. Game Transfer Phenomena: Cuando los video juegos brincan a tu realidad con alucinaciones, pensamientos y comportamientos involuntarios.
17-22 July. ICOM6. Symposium: Why do songs get stuck in our mind? International conference on memory, Budapest. http://www.icom2016.com/
27-29 June. CYPSY21. "The GTP framework" 21st Annual CyberPsychology, CyberTherapy & Social Networking Conference, Dublin.
May 2016- Visiting SLATE at Bergen University.
16 March. ICBA 2016. Severity levels of GTP. 3nd International Conference on Behavioral Addictions, Geneve.
12 Nov. Public seminar- Altered perceptions, automatic mental processes, and behaviours after playing video games. University of Hertfordshire, UK
22 Oct. Talk- Game Transfer Phenomena and the impact of highly immersive gaming technologies. Interactive Technologies and Games Conference 2015
3 Sep. Talk- GTP exploratory survey at Social Networking in Cyberspace conference 2015
17 June. Talk- PubhD Nottingham– Join us
17 April. Talk-"A broad understanding of internet gaming disorder". IV International Congress of Dual Disorders.
"Video games have become a matter of emotional touch, evoking not just sensations but lasting emotive imprints, which hold for the gamer many of the same characteristics as memorable real life experiences" (Ortiz de Gortari, 2007).
"When players see, hear, feel or interpret the real world based on video games' content, they are recreating, transforming, and aligning elements from the game into the real world 'puzzle'" (Ortiz de Gortari, 2011).
"GTP shows the rewarding nature of playing and repetition, and the obsessive nature of the brain of reviving a stimulus in it absence" (Ortiz de Gortari, 2013).
Prevalence and Characteristics of Game Transfer Phenomena: A Descriptive Survey Study. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction (2016).
The Game Transfer Phenomena Scale: An instrument for investigating the non-volitional effects of video game playing. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking (2015).
Game Transfer Phenomena and its associated factors: An exploratory empirical online survey study. Computers in Human Behavior (2015).
Auditory Experiences in Game Transfer Phenomena: An Empirical Self-report Study. International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning (2014).
Automatic Mental Processes, Automatic Actions and Behaviours in Game Transfer Phenomena: An Empirical Self-Report Study Using Online Forum Data.International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction (2014).
Altered visual perception in Game Transfer Phenomena: An empirical self-report study. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction (2014).
An introduction to Game Transfer Phenomena in video game playing. In book: Video Game Play and Consciousness. Nova Science (2012).
Game Transfer Phenomena in Video Game Playing: A Qualitative Interview Study. In book: Evolving Psychological and Educational Perspectives on Cyber Behavior. IGI Global, Editors: R. Zheng, pp.170-189 (2012).
Game Transfer Phenomena in Video Game Playing: A Qualitative Interview Study. International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning (2011).
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Copying/Moving Rows in CListCtrl
Desktop-as-a-Service Designed for Any Cloud ? Nutanix Frame
I had the need in one of my projects to allow the user to rearrange the order of the ListCtrl but I didn't want to allow them to drag and drop. Therefore I came up with this.
BOOL CListCtrlEx::MoveRow(int from, int to) { //Can't move to the same place, or from or to a negative index if(from == to || from < 0 || to < 0) return FALSE; //First Copy the row to the new location if(CopyRow(from, to)) { //If we have just inserted a row before //this one in the list, we need to increment //our index. if(from > to) DeleteItem(from + 1); else DeleteItem(from); return TRUE; } else return FALSE; } BOOL CListCtrlEx::CopyRow(int from, int to) { //Can't move to the same place, or from or to a negative index if(from == to || from < 0 || to < 0) return FALSE; //Copy the row to the new index InsertItem(to, GetItemText(from, 0)); //If row has been inserted before original //increment the original if(from > to) from++; //Loop through subitems for(int i = 1; i < GetColumnCount(); i++) { SetItemText(to, i, GetItemText(from, i)); } return TRUE; }
Remember that if you want to move a row one row upwards in the list you can use:
m_List.MoveRow(index, index - 1);
m_List.MoveRow(index, index + 2);
This is because if you just enter 'index + 1' as the destination, the new row is inserted immeadiately after the current one. The current one is then deleted so you end up in the same place!
Ahh... Trial and Error is a wonderful thing.


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Sigh. Another day, another infidelity, another social media gaffe that ruins a career and kicks the institution of marriage in the ribs. Detroit police chief Ralph Godbee—the very married Detroit police chief Ralph Godbee—has secured his place in the already crowded annals of beleaguered men who have fallen from grace because of the lure of feminine wiles. Seems our Officer Friendly had an affair with his subordinate, Angelica Robinson—his very married subordinate Angelica Robinson.
But when his mistress discovered that her mister was off attending a police conference with another woman, she took leave of her senses and posted a picture of herself on Twitter… with her service weapon in her mouth. The heck?
Not Angelica Robinson's shining momentNow most of us have done some crazy, I'll-never-do-that-again things in the name of love, so we should be able to drudge up empathy for some folks' desperate antics. But lemme tell you something: you don't ever get to a point where you're even pretending to be playing around with some mess like tongue kissing a firearm. And to post a picture of it on Twitter? That's downright crazy.
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But it had at least part of her desired result. The shenanigan got Godbee's attention, and he sent other officers out to locate Robinson and put her under surveillance for her own protection. Poor Detroitians (or Detroiters, depending on who you're talking to) are dodging bullets and blades in a city with one of the highest violent crime rates in the country and the chief is investing manpower into his personal love affairs. It's a bad look all around, especially, especially considering his predecessor, Warren Evans, also fell from professional and personal grace because of an affair with a colleague. In fact, Robinson has dated them both.
Good skooga mooga. I've been to Detroit. Big city. Lots of people. More than enough fodder for infidelity and adultery. They need not pass the same folks around on the police force. I get that they spend a lot of time together—sometimes upwards of 12-hour days for weeks at a time, depending on the needs—but that doesn't excuse cheating. The same ethics that make you dedicate your life to upholding the letter of the law should kick in there somewhere. One would think, anyway.
But more importantly, this is an example of yet another man in a position of power biting the professional dust because he couldn't keep his bullet in the chamber, so to speak. True, he's separated from his wife. But according to sources, that just happened in August. His relationship with Robinson is a year old. You do the math. Meanwhile, he's a fallen hero and she's going to be dragging around the image of the homewrecking office skank—and a crazy, gun-swallowing one at that. You know women in these situations get the brunt of the blame while the men get to frolic through the bravado of promiscuity.
And, at the base of it all, she put it on Twitter, where it will forever live in infamy online. Not a teenage girl. A grown woman. For all that, she could've sent him a text with the same picture, sending the same message of urgency. At least the chances of it going viral were slimmer. But now the foolish deeds have been done and a city already battling enough demons has to wonder if slow police response is because officers are preoccupied with getting their rocks off behind the scenes. There's a lesson to be learned here, though I'm sure it'll go unvalued: Don't cheat. And by all means, don't put it on Twitter.
Who should be fired for this indiscretion: him, her, or neither one?
Image via Mat Honan/Flickr


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NDC for the Optical Control of Biological Function
A major challenge for biomedicine is to develop new ways of determining how proteins operate in complexes in cells. This requires molecularly focused methods for dynamic interrogation and manipulation. An attractive approach is to use light as both input and output to probe molecular machines in cells. While there has been significant progress in optical detection of protein function, little advance has been made in control. The NDC for the Optical Control of Biological Function is developing methods for rapidly turning select proteins in cells on and off with light. The strategies are broadly applicable across protein classes.
Biological and disease targets: Three central signaling systems. We are focusing on ion channels, Gprotein coupled receptors and kinases and phosphatases. These represent some of the largest protein families, together comprising about 7% of the human genome. The proteins are implicated as causes and drug targets in major human diseases. By enabling rapid, reversible and local switching these tools should make it possible to overcome two major problems in standard drug delivery: a) side effects due to systemic delivery, or systemic leak of locally delivered drugs, and b) long delays between delivery and action, and difficulty to terminate action.
Toolkits of light-gated signaling proteins and of light-gated peptides that selectively modify protein function. We are using structure-based design to chemically synthesize two classes of nanoscale photoswitches: 1) ligand photoswitches that attach to native and engineered target proteins, and remote control their function (with both activating and blocking ligands); and 2) light-gated peptides, which bind to target proteins (at interaction domains or substrates binding sites) in a light-dependent manner, interfering with function only in the bound state.
Addressing specific medical problems. A critical challenge is to transfer our methods from basic research in cell biology to therapeutics. We will focus on animal models of human disease, including using light-gated channels to restore vision to retinae that have lost photoreceptor cells, treatment of retinal disease due to angiogenesis, and prevention of cardiac damage due to ischemia. In Yrs 1–3 we made progress in several areas: a) the fundamental properties of new target proteins, b) new classes of photoswiches, c) design of optical instrumentation for delivering light in vivo and in vitro and d) setting up disease models that can be treated with light-gated proteins, with the greatest progress made toward the restoration of vision in retinae that have lost their photoreceptor cells in models of blinding diseases.
Original goals. Our goal has been to address the major challenge for nanomedicine of developing new methods for remote controlling proteins in cells, with the ultimate goal of applying this to the treatment of human disease through the non-invasive manipulation or restoration of cell and circuit function in vivo. We began with a 3-prong plan:
Aim 1) To engineer three signaling systems to be light sensitive. One of the first successes of this method has been a new computational approach that can design for a particular protein target different attachment sites for a single photoswitch that have opposite effects, thus making it possible to use a single photoswitch with one attachment chemistry to program opponency into cell types that normally behave in an opposite manner. We have also made advances on new photoswitches that can use deeply penetrating 2-photon illumination, new orthogonal methods of protein attachment, tuning the properties of the switches in color and speed, and applying them to new protein targets, including the important NMDA receptor, which is at the heart of learning, memory and circuit development.
Aim 2) To develop the means to deliver genes encoding light-gated signaling proteins, photoswitches and optical stimulation to cells of interest. In model genetic organisms this involves the production of transgenics both via the use of cell-specific promoters and a variant of enhancer trapping in which appropriate targeting is determined functionally in a new approach that we call "intersectional optogenetics." In models for humans where gene delivery is only possible via viral transfection we evolve the capsid proteins of the AAV virus and select for targeting to specific cells and search for cell-specific promoters. We also develop a new variant method of photoswitch attachment in which a modified gene does not need to be introduced, and instead the native proteins of the organism are modified (our 1-component PAL system). This has the advantage of not requiring the introduction of a gene, but loses cell-specific targeting. We also develop a new approach that partly compensates for the loss of cell-targeting specificity by using "optical lithography" in which photoswitch attachment is regionally defined by attachment under a pattern of light. Finally, we develop the means for conditioning the stimulating light and for delivering it to the tissue of interest in vivo.
Aim 3) To apply light control of protein function to models of human disease. This includes basic medical research of the biochemical signaling circuits that go awry in disease, including a new effort in cystic fibrosis, to the study of normal and pathological neurodevelopment and to the elucidation of the neural circuit basis of visual processing and behavior. This aim also features animal models of human disease, first and foremost using light-gated channels to restore vision to retinae that have lost photoreceptor cells, an area in which significant progress as already been made. Secondly, the approach will be applied to the treatment of retinal disease due to angiogenesis, to the prevention of cardiac damage due to ischemia.
First disease target- blinding diseases that result from loss of photoreceptor cells. We have begun to pursue a first disease model: blinding diseases that result from loss of photoreceptor cells. Such diseases often spare other cells in the retina for many years. Especially resilient are the output neurons of the retina, the RGCs. Our approach is to endow the surviving cells with an ability to sense light, using our engineered lightgated ion channels. We have successfully expressed light-gated channels selectively in a subset of ON RGCs using viral delivery and cell-specific promoters. We are now in pursuit of other promoter-virus combinations that would target OFF RGCs and other subtypes of ON retinal ganglion cells. We are confident that these will be identified within the next 2 years. While that effort is being pursued, we are already testing the ability of our initial ON RGC expression system to support vision in animals that have lost their photoreceptor cells. Along with new PIs Dan and Baier we will advance to electrophysiological assays in the retina, rodent visual cortex and fish optic tectum, as well as by behavioral analyses in both rodents and fish.
Advancing into higher mammals. Preliminary experiments with our first clinical collaborator, van Gelder, have shown that our photoswitches can be used to drive activity in the RGCs of the isolated primate (macaque) retina. New PI Merigan has preliminary results showing that our promoter-virus system drives expression in macaque RGCs in vivo. Merigan and new PI Siegel will carry out advanced psychophysical and electrophysiological experiments on higher visual processing in macaque. Together with van Gelder this new prong of effort should make it possible to analyze the vision that is mediated in primate by engineered RGCs that rendered directly sensitive to light by our photoswitched channels.
Pathway to Medicine. Blinding diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and other blinding diseases result from progressive degeneration of rods and cones. Downstream retinal neurons that receive and process signals from the photoreceptors are preserved for years after the onset of blindness in these diseases [13], giving hope that visual sensitivity might be restored by allowing the artificial input of information to these surviving cells. Previous retinal prosthetic devices used electrode arrays driven by a CCD video camera to control the firing of surviving retinal interneurons. While electrical stimulation of the retina produced light perception in patients receiving these devices, spatial and temporal resolution was poor, probably because of the relatively large size and imprecise positioning of electrodes in the arrays with relation to individual RGCs. The materials used in building these devices also present serious challenges of long-term biocompatibility. We propose using light-activated ion channels as an alternative therapeutic approach to avoid these problems.
By inserting minimally invasive micro-optical probes directly into deep tissues, cellular structures and dynamics never before visualized in vivo have recently become accessible to imaging with micron-scale resolution. This has begun to allow longitudinal studies in which cells in individual animals are imaged repeatedly over time, reducing the number of animals sacrificed for population statistics and allowing the progression of disease, biological processes, and experimental treatments to be monitored chronically in vivo. However, imaging is a powerful but purely passive technological approach in that it only collects information about the biological state. To alter biological states in active manner, imaging should ideally be combined with analogous capabilities for optical manipulation over protracted time periods, e.g. over the time course of disease progression. In the future, combined optical imaging and control will be performed in an intelligent manner, with the imaging data informing the spatiotemporal patterns of optical stimulation used for cellular control.
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