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I made it out to SoCal Saturday and linked up with a guys from another forum. There was a 1994 Grand Cherokee, a 1995 Mitsubishi Montero SR, a 1997 LR Discovery, and my Tacoma. Let me just say that if you love 4x4 then the BB area is a solid place to hit someday as there are many trails from basic forest roads to some hard hittin carnage trails. Huge lake, some neat funky small "villages" and 7000-8000' mountains. Weather was awesome. I could easily spend days there just exploring and chilling.
But all I had was one looong day and ran a few trails, including one (John Bull) that we turned around on because it was turning to shit and the Discovery broke a rear axle and the Montero smashed his rear diff several times, bent both ends of his bumper up 4" so it looked like a smiley face, lost a piece of plastic trim, smashed the passenger rocker panel good enough to make both doors stick, and broke some plastic around a tail light. I took a few good bumps and scrapes along the bottom but nothing serious. GREAT TIMES! Some pictures! http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/m...psc6dfd94c.jpg |
Sounds like you had a great time :)
Sounds like you had a good time! I can't help but think I ran into you guys on Saturday up there. I was wheeling solo with some from friends in my truck while my company was out on the trails with the Big Bear Jeep Jamboree 2013 attendees. They were all over the place up there Saturday. I started off at Polique Canyon, went to Holcomb Valley, then down to Rim of the World and Coaxey Rd, back to the lake, wrapped around to the south side and hit all the forest roads south of the lake to the canyon edge along Skyline Dr.
Weather was amazing...one of the best trips I've had up there. Few of our guys took damage on similar trails, but nothing too serious. https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...92466215_n.jpg |
Yeah, we squeezed ahead of 20 jeeps staging at the start of Gold Mountain... and ran across a bunch more over the day. Never really affected us though and interesting to see the different rigs.
Must have been my guys. Their rigs are maxed out with mods, so they were with the more advanced group.
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that place looks fun. whats the difficulty like?
Depends on the trail you're on. Everything from fire roads you can do with a stock Corolla to trails like John Bull where you need 4x4, locked front and rear, armored bumpers, skids, sliders, winches and other recovery gear.
IFS can do it all, but SAS makes it much easier for the off camber stuff. |
You'll probably get 10 different answers from 10 different people, but I'll give you my impression. There is a very extensive network of trails, and many are simple graded dirt roads. Some of the more popular named trails I'd recommend ~33" tires, ~2.5" lift, one locker, and sliders to do safely and effectively... but driver skill can mitigate some of those a bit. The John Bull Trail (the one we turned around on) has become more difficult over the years and is the hardest trail out there (although I hear Holcomb Creek Trail come close). Definitely recommend 35" tires, 3"+ lift, locker(s), very low gears, armor. It's nearly out of expo type rig class and getting into serious crawler territory.
Sounds like a fucking blast!! Maybe I'll try to get out there. I love trying the hard stuff.
Where can I get a map of the area and maybe more info on the location and stuff? :) |
http://sbnf-adopt-a-trail.com/files/...il_Map_PDF.pdf http://www.dirtopia.com/wiki/Big_Bear |
Thanks a lot man. I'll give you a shout if I make plan to come down there. I'm headin to the rubicon in September, but I don't think we have time to detour to big bear!
Some will depend on driver skill and the type of vehicle, and much more will depend on the condition of the trail on a given day. Trail conditions can change weekly and one day someone might get through no problem and another day they won't. If I were to give a blanket statement I would stay conservative with something in the '35" tires and dual lockers' realm, knowing that if the stars align something lesser might get through. |
Like you said, guess it all depends on driver skill :p
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lolz... I said some will depend on driver skill!
Same invitation applies for SpoonMan too! |
I'll definitely keep that in mind... if you keep my rig build in mind ;)
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I don't know a lot other than I knew someone from a LLL meeting moved there probably around 2005. Also, a college friend grew up there, and her parents were hippies (Deadheads), and her mom was into spinning and weaving and such. Her mom would probably be around 64 or so now though, as I'm an older mama. Good luck with the move, I've heard it's beautiful. There are both rednecks and hippies there.
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OOOoooo, all I know is that I am envious, and have always wanted to live in Nevada City. And lots of great musicians live there.
I haven't spent a ton of time there, but have several midwife friends who live there. From what I hear it's a really nice, kind of old-school hippy community. Lots of musicians and artists. It is small (if that's what you want). I'm not sure about the Waldorf school options, though Sacramento isn't too far away and has more than one public Waldorf school (but you'd have to live in Sacramento, which I totally recommend, but isn't for everyone!).
Hi there! I live in Nevada City! I have (for the most part) since 2004. This town is like my Emerald City. I found it after moving up and down the West Coast for a period of years in my 20's. It is the most wonderful small town I've ever known. There are constantly community activities, music, parades, special days when the town is closed off and there are vendors and food in the streets, there is a free Waldorf based school, tons of great charter schools, the list goes on and on. Mainly I love that people here are kindred spirits. In Nevada City limits especially, people are very kind, have beautiful gardens, respect the natural surroundings and animals, and are in general are a very soothing type of people to be around. I grew up in a much more "redneck", less artistic based small town not too far from here (placerville), and the things people would do and say there often hurt my heart. They made fun of you for being vegetarian and killed squirrels for fun. I would assume that quite naturally kids that are different get bullied more there than here. The community is EXTREMELY open minded here, as they have to be, because there are large populations of hippy-ish communities, nature-loving communities, artists, musicians, craftsmen, and of course quite a few rednecks as well. But they all get along for the most part cause they are used to seeing each other. Here it is very rare to find ignorant people. There is an extremely well-educated community, and many people have Nevada City as their home base and travel to many parts of the world. This influences the open mind of the community in general and is really good for culturally expanded ideas and ways of living. I think this town is the awesomest place ever to raise kids. I don't have any, yet, but I am very newly preggers and super excited!
I am also a musician, and so is my husband. It is true that there is TONS of music here, for a tiny town! There are also many varieties of classes, restaurants, shops, and nightlife activities (well, not in comparison to san francisco but.....)
I say come visit and if you get the good feeling, come back to stay!
Missadie thank you so much! I have been to NV city and was just there in the beginning of April. You really reinforced how I felt about the it and it is now a for sure thing that we are going to be making this transition by next year if not sooner!! We may end up in Grass Valley as financially/housing wise it seems more doable but I am super excited. Since you are pregnant (congrats!) and I'm sure have been researching can you tell me more about the birthing community?? I see options for hospital or home births but no birth centers? I have doula training and would love to get back into it once we relocate.
Hi Ladies! I live in Nevada County too! I moved up here two years ago from Santa Cruz and really love it. My husband was born on the Ridge. There's a birthing community here that is building and really awesome. I'm a doula and started Wise Womb Collective, right now we are just a facebook presence with most of the birth workers in the area on there. Its a place we share events, referrals, and information. Find us on facebook and i'll add you. Wisewomb works with B.E.P.E, birth and early parenting educators, and CAM California Association of Midwives and we have a bi-monthly movie event in Grass Valley at Body Balance. We have one coming up in November and are meeting to decide the date tomorrow. I'm also newly pregnant, all though I'm guessing MissSadie is pretty far along by now. It would be fun to see you ladies irl
we have a beautiful ap based parenting group locally, with lots of events (story time at library, nature walks, etc) and lovely community ~ with mamas from all over the county and their amazing perspectives, histories, feedback and support for each other. i feel really blessed to have built friendships with lovely mamas in this group, and all are welcome!
if you have any more questions, feel free to pm me :)
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OK, Perhaps I was slightly over sensitive to Bill's comment. I have spent a lot of time on DVC and this decision has taken more effort then I care to admit. I am extremely analytical and really hate the picture of the naive foolish buyer. As far as AKV, as a direct buyer, my concern would be the spread between the early direct buyer price and my buy-in price because that is true apples to apples comparison for someone buying direct. With AKV, that spread might now be so large resale might be the best option if I absolutely love AKV. However, I might consider what other direct options are available were the spread from opening price and now is reasonable. If you go down this track, you end up needing to see the info about VGF for potentially your best direct option at this time because all the current resorts given all the price increases have a large spread from opening to today. Existing resorts do present poor direct options right now, but I would still measure "spread" between early buy in price to today to rate the best values. As you point out, this has also created the largest spread between resale and direct as well (that is just not the measure I am using). So, we might get to the same place, just using a direct bias in my case. In fact, the way Disney has done this, new resorts might be the only thing left for direct buyers needing anything more then a few points on one of their existing contracts that spend anytime trying to really analyze their options. Even these new resorts present new challenges with high entry costs and high point charts. It is not an easy world for a direct buyer. Just do not call us foolish So I am trying to make the best direct purchase. I am spending a lot of time trying to do it. I strongly believe people considering DVC need this insight as well and not just a "buy resale because direct does not make sense" approach.
Here's a something to ponder. Lets assume that Disney can't ever get rid of the resale market. Is it in their best interests to have resale sell as close to direct prices as possible or is it best for them to have resale prices as low as possible? Can they even influence the price of resale? How small a discount will a resale buyer want before they just buy direct instead.
Disney needs the resale market to obtain points back via ROFR so they can sell old resorts as there is still a demand for them. Sure, if they eliminated the resale market, they could obtain more points back via foreclosure but does Disney really want to go through the hassle of an increase in foreclosures or having to take back every contract vs. pick & choose via ROFR??? Also, some people can only afford resale- period. It is not a lost sale for Disney as a certain percentage would not have bought direct anyway. By buying resale, that consumer is still bringing $$ into the park via tickets, food, etc. From the short time I have watched the market, the direct prices have increased at a faster rate than resale. Will the resale market catch up so the difference is not as large?? Someone did post that AKL, SSR, & BLT have the largest foreclosures. I have seen that to be the case according to the OCC website. Perhaps because Disney acquires more points back via foreclosure & does not have the need to ROFR as many? At least for AKL & SSR they are larger resorts with more points available? DVC has inventory of AKL so less ROFR? All contributing to price difference of direct vs. resale? Those resorts have the largest price difference between direct vs. resale.
It should be pointed out that some people can only afford to buy direct. Those without cash in hand can easily sign on the dotted line with Disney and be an owner. Whether or not they can actually afford to keep up with their payments determines whether or not their contract will eventually end up as a foreclosure for Disney to re-acquire and re-sell. Disney loses nothing, they profit all the payments including interest the owner did pay, and once payments stop they can turn around and sell the exact same product at a higher price. Disney is not practicing ROFR nearly as much at those resorts (I mean, why bother?) and therefore the resale/direct divide is growing larger and larger with every direct price hike.
That is exactly why we went resale! The difference between resale vs direct was $8400! We can pay out of pocket for the resale upfront costs. We would have had to finance direct. That is something we did not want to do. I think everyone needs to do what is best for themselves!
That is an unusual definition of the word afford! i would suggest if you don't have the cash to buy and need to finance then it is something you cannot afford!
Well, by that definition, most cannot afford their houses. Yes, I recognize that DVC is essentially a partially prepaid vacation so I'm comparing apples and oranges. IMHO, there are 2 basic reasons most WDW guests join DVC. Sometimes only one applies and sometimes one is much more important than the other. It depends on the individual. First, they want to be a member of the "club". Like so many clubs, you can't really put a price on this. For this motivation, I respectfully submit there is some justification to finance. It's not up to me to decide how much someone values club membership. Second, they want to save on their annual WDW vacations, or at least upgrade to a better resort at a similar cost. For this motivation, IMHO, financing makes no sense. Having run the numbers a few times, financing pretty much eliminates any possible financial savings achieved through DVC while tying up valuable capital and/or credit. If your primary motivation is to become a DVC member is the membership itself, then "afford" means one thing. However, if your primary motivation is to save money, then "afford" means something different. Buying direct gives people a chance to finance; a chance they might not have when buying resale. In this sense, buying direct is they only way they can "afford" DVC.
This is precisely what I was insinuating to the poster saying many can only afford resale. I would love to see the % of direct buyers that pay cash. I would bet it's a lot smaller than those that buy direct and finance. My point is that ANYONE can "afford" to buy through Disney. But whether or not they should finance to do so is a personal decision.
We've seen this point made a number of times, but it's not a valid point. Disney Vacation Development (the DVC arm of the Disney Corporation) is responsible for and judged by the money they make by selling DVC points. What is good for the company is good for the company, but it might have little effect on them. Furthermore, a resale buyer is not an additional customer to Disney World, it is replacing an existing customer. Many times people choose to sell their DVC because they stop going to Disney. In that case someone simply steps in and takes their place, but it is a net zero effect for Disney. I think you're missing the connection here. The foreclosure rates on these resorts are the highest because the prices on these resorts are the highest (excluding Aulani because that is a completely different situation). People get to WDW, get smothered in Pixie Dust and go home and realize that they have a $300 a month timeshare payment that they can't really afford. I've said it before, I don't really have a problem if someone chooses to buy direct, as long as it is an informed choice. But many who buy are uninformed (I would actually suggest that most who buy are uninformed) and at these prices, the stakes are significantly higher. What's interesting is that people see these numbers and not only are they not alarmed, but they think that it will not be them that this happens to. But a lot of times that is exactly what happens...to them. I would suggest that there is a difference between being able to afford monthly finance payments for DVC and being able to afford DVC. Technically speaking, I could make the monthly payments on a new Ferrari. But let's be real, folks, I cannot afford a Ferrari. The house comparison is a fallacious one for many, many reasons.
With all due respect, I am not calling anyone an idiot, we have purchased direct in the past. You may have not been duped but I assure you that many may have. We look at Disney as a magical place, the reality is, Disney looks at us as a revenue source with teams of people working to maximize our spending. That's OK, that's what businesses do. Many don't know that resale exists or that Disney restricted resales to manipulate the market. They don't realize that all of the DVC worldwide vacation destinations may be an expensive use of points or that the RCI offerings that DVC advertises is less than 10% of what's offered to others. DVC can be a cost saver for some and an expensive decision for others. Everyone has the right to spend their money anyway they want, all I try to do is to let people know that they may be a less expensive way to take a Disney vacation. That may include a DVC ownership, it may not depending on individual circumstances, needs, and wants. Bill
Bill, for what it is worth, I already acknowledged my over sensitivity to your first comment. That was my over reaction. However, on a more serious point, in virtually every industry we have entered the age of the "informed consumer". From medicine, to cars, to phones, to dining, to hotels, etc, people, in mass, have turned to the Internet to make more informed decisions and take ownership of their own research. I am in retail and this is my reality every day. I have people check a price of a $10 item while standing in my store everyday. Consumers across the board are getting smarter. Almost every industry is responding to this reality. If timeshare companies believe they are immune to this global trend and their entire business is built on keeping their customer uninformed, they are in big trouble. No other industry is making that plan work. Everyone else is having to build real value into their products or die.
Every company is going to try and make money and Disney is one of the biggest . My family and I took 3yrs to decide to invest into something like the DVC and we are buying small contracts to start and we will add on if we have too we are also buying direct it is the best option for us and we feel more comfortable doing it this way ( I know it's not for everybody). I am also in retail as is my DH I work in a giant supermarket chain and they have tricks everyday to try and get the consumer to buy their product it's no different for Disney.
I agree to a point. They know that some of their prospects are informed buyers. Much of the DVC info is not made public, so buyers can't read things like the POS before buying and I bet that many never read it after they bought. ASA's spend time pre-qualifying prospects before they let them schedule a sales meeting and at the meeting only positives are discussed. Disney spends hours and hours training the Guides on what to say and do, buyers don't receive training on buying a DVC interest. Reading years of posts here on the DIS you can get a feeling of the DVC knowledge base. Posts like "our salesman was nice so we bought" and "we never intended to buy but after being told that we can use our membership to vacation all around the world, we were sold". The Disney sales offer has a 3 day limitation for two reasons, a hot prospect is more likely to close and they don't want you to take the time to become educated. Less than 1% of DVC owners post on the DIS, no idea how many read without posting. Over the years talking to other owners really can open your eyes. We met a couple that didn't know what banking and borrowing are, they don't use the internet and went for many years letting their points expire because they felt like staying home. I tried to explain that they can bank their points and their reply was that it seems too complicated. Bill
I am just giving other side of story, I have bought a dozen of resale contract last month, waiting for ROFR or closing. In last few weeks, asking price on resale has skyrocket and many other are stripped, so not a big difference on those cases, yes you can get a deal it will take time.
Those who bought VGC direct could sell it now for a profit and have already vacationed. It didn't take 10 years for it to have been a good decision. The same will hold true for Aulani, IMHO.


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Tonight we head to Yankee stadium as the Yanks host the Blue Jays in a Inter league rivalry. Both teams are evenly matched posting nearly the same record with almost identical momentum. Though the Jays are starting to show some signs of life, the Yanks are looking to get it done to start this series at home. Roy Holladay had decent outings his last two getting the wins and posting a 2.28 ERA. The fact of the matter is Holladay struggles getting it done vs. good offensive teams and he proved that this year against Texas, Boston, and Tampa Bay. Like I said before the Yanks are starting to get things rolling now with help of the bats posting an over record of 6-2 in last 8 home games. while the Jays are having trouble scoring as of late. Look for this to be a relatively high scoring game while the Yanks look to put some runs on the board and Toronto staying close behind but falling short as the Yanks get Gm 1 and Holladay struggles to pull it off against another heavy hitting squad.
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Ai Simulator 3* graded play on Arizona ? Supporting this graded play is a system that has gone 34-8 for an amazing 81% since 2002. This system is already a perfect 3-0 this season. Play on all teams when the money line is +125 to -125 that are ice cold hitting teams batting .225 or worse over their last 15 games, playing on Tuesday. Here is a second system that has gone 100-63 making 48.4 units since 1997. Play on any team that is an ice cold hitting team batting .225 or worse over their last 15 games, in June games. Randy Johnson is pitching quite well and sports a 1.35 ERA and a 1.000 WHIP over his last starts. In these 2 starts he has allowed just 3 ER, 1 HR, 3 BB and 24 K?s spanning 20 IP. Milwaukee starter McClung is the near direct opposite sporting a 7.45 ERA and a 1.861 WHIP over his last 2 starts. Johnson is 9-3 when starting against Milwaukee with an ERA of 3.21 and a WHIP of 1.082. Arizona is also 33-18 (+13.0 Units) against the money line versus a NL team with an on base percentage .315 or worse over the last 2 seasons. Take Arizona.
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Note: Poor starting pitching from two highly touted youngsters has contributed to the New York Yankees disappointing record. They hope moving Joba Chamberlain, another heralded young hurler, from the bullpen to the rotation will get them headed in the right direction. Perhaps it will not. This is a dangerous situation for a number of reasons. For one, Chamberlain has not started a game and therefore will probably not be able to go for a large number of innings. So, they will have to rely on their bullpen some for this game. But low and behold, their best Pen thower will not be available. That would be Joba, by the way. Chamberlain will be permitted to throw 65-70 pitches today and that is it. As good as he is, he does throw a lot of high pitch counts as most hard throwers do. That is going to put him probably only thru 5 innings at best for tonight's action. There is not much more you can say about Halladay but WOW! He has been superb this year and he has been superb of late. Halladay was outstanding for the second consecutive start Wednesday in a 2-1 win at Oakland, throwing eight innings while allowing one run and eight hits with nine strikeouts and one walk, his first free pass since May 9. The righthander is 10-5 with a 3.03 ERA in 27 games, 25 starts, against New York. He can and he does often go very deep into most all games. That gives is a decided advantage in the late innings and there is no doubt about what the Toronto Bullpen can do. They have the absolute best in the league and they are just getting better and better with an ERA of just 1.33 over the last 10 games. Toronto has lost their last 2, but have won 8 of 11 and after a slow start to the 2008 campaign, their bats are coming alive with a batting average right near the .290 mark the last 12 games. In addition, they have hit righthanded pitching at 22 points higher this year putting them in the best posture for this game. The Jays have won the last 7 of 9 Halladay verses the Yankees starts and I think we have a good situation to get another one.
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Detroit has quietly begun to turn things around, on a 3-1 run, getting better pitching and defense alongside this terrific offense. Magglio Ordonez had the best offensive month, hitting .350 with four home runs and 16 RBIs. I like this pitching matachup, with Dontrelle Willis starting and Armando Galarraga in relief instead of starting. Galarraga was 2-2 in five starts in May with a 4.55 ERA. But among the starters, he held opponents to the lowest batting average at .219. The A's are good, but not great, keeping their head above .500 at 30-27. They aren't a team of sluggers, either, with Detroit having a huge edge offensively. A great spot for the visitors. Play the Tigers!
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The Rockies just continue to field a team that is not up to Major League standards. Injuries and ineffectiveness have crippled this team, and their travel schedule has not done them any favors. Now they're facing one of the best teams in teh league against left-handed pitchers and the Rocks are trotting out sagging Jeff Francis. Colorado is just 3-8 in his 11 starts this year and he has an ERA over 6.00. The Dodgers have also already beaten Francis twice this year. Brad Penny needs to get back on track and, just like we saw with Derek Lowe last night, this is the spot to do it in. Penny owns a career 14-2 mark against Colorado - and those teams generally had a full lineup, as opposed to this one. Penny is 22-10 in his last 32 road starts and is 23-5 against a team with a losing record. He has won six of seven home starts against Colorado and the Dodgers are 44-18 in their last 62 games against the Rockies overall. We've done very well against the Rockies during their recent slide. Here's to hoping that we can go to the well one more time.
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Roy Halladay absolutely owns the Yankees, and his record shows it. He is 10-5 with a 3.03 ERA in 27 games against the big, bad Yankees, and will take them on tonight in the Bronx. If it was any other starter, basically, tonight, I would back Joba and the Yankees. It's Halladay, who comes off an eight inning performance where he allowed one run and struck out nine. He pitches more complete games than anyone in the league, and I fully expect another one tonight as he shuts down the Bombers.
Zito seems to have turned things around, 1-2 with a 2.49 ERA since spending 10 days in the bullpen after a disastrous start to the season. He won both of his previous starts against the Mets while recording a 2.08 ERA. Pedro comes back for the Mets tonight, so expect him to be a bit rusty after not pitching for two months. The Giants lit up Perez last night and will do the same to Martinez tonight
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Roy Halladay is 6-5 on the year with a 2.93 ERA, and gets the assignment of facing Joba in his first ever start tonight. Halladay was incredible for the second consecutive start Wednesday in a 2-1 win at Oakland, throwing eight innings while allowing one run and eight hits with nine strikeouts. He owns the Yankees, 10-5 with a 3.03 ERA in 27 games against New York. Toronto has won 14 of its last 20 games and will win its 15 in 21 tries tonight.
Gavin Floyd is 5-3 with a 3.22 ERA on the year, and looks to win consecutive starts for the first time since way back in early April. He'll be opposed by Zack Greinke, who is 0-4 with a 5.29 ERA at US Cellular Field. He is 1-2 with a 5.09 ERA in four starts away from home over the past month and a half. The Royals are 0-8 in their last eight road games and are 3-12 in Greinkes last 15 starts as a road underdog of +110 to +150. White Sox win.
The Athletics are 4-1 in Dana Eveland's last five home starts and are 9-2 in their last 11 games as a home favorite. They have won five of six hosting Detroit as well. As for the Tigers, they are starting Dontrelle Willis, who has been brutal on the 2008 season. They are 2-5 in their last seven games as a road underdog of +110 to +150 and are 7-19 in their last 26 vs. a team with a winning record. They are 4-12 in their last 16 road games and are 2-9 in their last 11 games as an underdog. A's win with Eveland.


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Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) | |||||||||
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Symbol | PDGF | ||||||||
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Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) | |||||||||
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Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) is one of the numerous growth factors, or proteins that regulate cell growth and division. In particular, it plays a significant role in blood vessel formation (angiogenesis), the growth of blood vessels from already-existing blood vessel tissue. Uncontrolled angiogenesis is a characteristic of cancer. In chemical terms, platelet-derived growth factor is a dimeric glycoprotein composed of two A (-AA) or two B (-BB) chains or a combination of the two (-AB).
PDGF[1][2] is a potent mitogen for cells of mesenchymal origin, including smooth muscle cells and glial cells. In both mouse and human, the PDGF signalling network consists of four ligands, PDGFA-D, and two receptors, PDGFRalpha and PDGFRbeta. All PDGFs function as secreted, disulphide-linked homodimers, but only PDGFA and B can form functional heterodimers.
Though it is synthesized,[3] stored (in the alpha granules of platelets),[4] and released by platelets upon activation, it is produced by a plethora of cells including smooth muscle cells, activated macrophages, and endothelial cells[5]
Recombinant PDGF is used in medicine to help heal chronic ulcers and in orthopedic surgery and periodonistry to treat bone loss.
There are five different isoforms of PDGF that activate cellular response through two different receptors. Known ligands include A (PDGFA), B (PDGFB), C (PDGFC), and D (PDGFD), and an AB heterodimer and receptors alpha (PDGFRA) and beta (PDGFRB). PDGF has few other members of the family, for example VEGF sub-family.
The receptor for PDGF, PDGFR is classified as a receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK), a type of cell surface receptor. Two types of PDGFRs have been identified: alpha-type and beta-type PDGFRs.[6] The alpha type binds to PDGF-AA, PDGF-BB and PDGF-AB, whereas the beta type PDGFR binds with high affinity to PDGF-BB and PDGF-AB.[7] PDGF binds to PDGFRs ligand binding pocket located within the second and third immunoglobulin domains.[8] Upon activation by PDGF, these receptors dimerise, and are "switched on" by auto-phosphorylation of several sites on their cytosolic domains, which serve to mediate binding of cofactors and subsequently activate signal transduction, for example, through the PI3K pathway or through reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated activation of the STAT3 pathway.[9] Downstream effects of this include regulation of gene expression and the cell cycle. The role of PI3K has been investigated by several laboratories. Accumulating data suggests that, while this molecule is, in general, part of growth signaling complex, it plays a more profound role in controlling cell migration.[10] The different ligand isoforms have variable affinities for the receptor isoforms, and the receptor isoforms may variably form hetero- or homo- dimers. This leads to specificity of downstream signaling. It has been shown that the sis oncogene is derived from the PDGF B-chain gene. PDGF-BB is the highest-affinity ligand for the PDGFR-beta; PDGFR-beta is a key marker of hepatic stellate cell activation in the process of fibrogenesis.[citation needed]
PDGFs are mitogenic during early developmental stages,driving the proliferation of undifferentiated mesenchyme and some progenitor populations. During later maturation stages, PDGF signalling has been implicated in tissue remodelling and cellular differentiation, and in inductive events involved in patterning and morphogenesis.In addition to driving mesenchymal proliferation,PDGFs have been shown to direct the migration, differentiation and function of a variety of specialised mesenchymal and migratory cell types, both during development and in the adult animal.[11] Other growth factors in this family include vascular endothelial growth factors B and C (VEGF-B, VEGF-C)[12][13] which are active in angiogenesis and endothelial cell growth, and placenta growth factor (PlGF) which is also active in angiogenesis.[14]
PDGF plays a role in embryonic development, cell proliferation, cell migration, and angiogenesis.[15] Over-expression of PDGF has been linked to several diseases such as atherosclerosis, fibrotic disorders and malignancies. Synthesis occurs due to external stimuli such as thrombin, low oxygen tension, or other cytokines and growth factors.[16]
PDGF is a required element in cellular division for fibroblasts, a type of connective tissue cell that is especially prevalent in wound healing.[16] In essence, the PDGFs allow a cell to skip the G1 checkpoints in order to divide.[17] It has been shown that in monocytes-macrophages and fibroblasts, exogenously administered PDGF stimulates chemotaxis, proliferation, and gene expression and significantly augmented the influx of inflammatory cells and fibroblasts, accelerating extracellular matrix and collagen formation and thus reducing the time for the healing process to occur.[18]
In terms of osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells, comparing PDGF to epidermal growth factor (EGF), which is also implicated in stimulating cell growth, proliferation, and differentiation,[19] MSCs were shown to have stronger osteogenic differentiation into bone-forming cells when stimulated by epidermal growth factor (EGF) versus PDGF. However, comparing the signaling pathways between them reveals that the PI3K pathway is exclusively activated by PDGF, with EGF having no effect. Chemically inhibiting the PI3K pathway in PDGF-stimulated cells negates the differential effect between the two growth factors, and actually gives PDGF an edge in osteogenic differentiation.[19] Wortmannin is a PI3K-specific inhibitor, and treatment of cells with Wortmannin in combination with PDGF resulted in enhanced osteoblast differentiation compared to just PDGF alone, as well as compared to EGF.[19] These results indicate that the addition of Wortmannin can significantly increase the response of cells into an osteogenic lineage in the presence of PDGF, and thus might reduce the need for higher concentrations of PDGF or other growth factors, making PDGF a more viable growth factor for osteogenic differentiation than other, more expensive growth factors currently used in the field such as BMP2.[20]
PDGF is also known to maintain proliferation of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells.[21][22] It has also been shown that fibroblast growth factor (FGF) activates a signaling pathway that positively regulates the PDGF receptors in oligodendrocyte progenitor cells.[23]
PDGF was one of the first growth factors characterized,[24] and has led to an understanding of the mechanism of many growth factor signaling pathways.[citation needed]
Recombinant PDGF is used to help heal chronic ulcers and in orthopedic surgery and periodonistry to treat bone loss.[25]
Like many other growth factors that have been linked to disease, PDGF and its receptors have provided a market for receptor antagonists to treat disease. Such antagonists include (but are not limited to) specific antibodies that target the molecule of interest, which act only in a neutralizing manner.[26]
The "c-Sis" oncogene is derived from PDGF.[22][27]
Age related downregulation of the PDGF receptor on islet beta cells has been demonstrated to prevent islet beta cell proliferation in both animal and human cells and its re-expression triggered beta cell proliferation and corrected glucose regulation via insulin secretion.[28][29]
A non-viral PDGF "bio patch" can regenerate missing or damaged bone by delivering DNA in a nano-sized particle directly into cells via genes. Repairing bone fractures, fixing craniofacial defects and improving dental implants are among potential uses. The patch employs a collagen platform seeded with particles containing the genes needed for producing bone. In experiments, it new bone fully covered skull wounds in test animals and stimulated growth in human bone marrow stromal cells.[30][31]
Human genes encoding proteins that belong to the platelet-derived growth factor family include:


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Kim Kardashian: Hollywood has taken the app world by storm. The addictive game has become so massive that bloggers are chronicling their experiences spending hundreds of real life dollars on it. The Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water accidentally sent out a tweet about it. High minded writers are churning out thousand-plus word think pieces on it.
It's also currently the fourth highest grossing app in the iTunes store, and could be raking in $700,000-a-day for Kim K. and its creators.
Yesterday my curiosity got the best of me. I caved. I downloaded it. The main selling point: Miami is one of the settings for the game. Considering it may very well turn out to be Miami's most important appearances in a video game since Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, I had to see what it was all about.
In retrospect I think it would have been more fun to play as a female, and yet instinctively I picked the male player. I quickly modeled the character to look vaguely like me, and yet no matter what options you chose, your avatar will end up being impossibly gorgeous. I suspect this is part of the attraction for some users, and yet it kind of bummed me out immediately. Here is this little 2-D cartoon doll version of "me" that is better looking than I ever have or ever hope to be. He looks so good in a tank top it literally hurt. Granted, what else was I supposed to expect from a Kim Kardashian video game? I decided not to to fight it, and gave myself razor sharp cheek bones.
My character then had a random encounter with Kim herself. She laid out the basic aim of the game. Your character starts out on the "E-list" and then tries to become famous by doing not much more than dating other "celebrities," going out to clubs, feuding with your arch nemesis, posing for photographs, and doing a few occasional stints at a day job to apparently help support this lifestyle. The exact mechanics of the game are best explained elsewhere, because I just want to get to the Miami party.
And yet, I was kind of disappointed I couldn't immediately head over to Miami. I texted an experienced player friend about this, and she told me not to worry. Miami is the first location outside of Los Angeles County you can unlock. You don't even need to get to the D-list level to reach it.
There is a bit of subtle shade in all this. It implies that in Miami even E-listers qualify as VIP, which, well, actually is true.
So I did some "work" in LA, helped by my publicist Maria -- and I love Maria! In my real-life job as a journalist, I'm not even supposed to particularly like real life publicists, yet I wanted to be best friends with Maria. The dialogue in the game can be pretty witty at times, and Maria is the most fully realized character I met so far, much more than Kim herself. Anyway, Maria suggested I head to Miami to work at "Kardash." Yes, oddly the game does not use "Dash," the name of the Kardashian's real life store in Miami in the game, but Kardash.
Now, if you know Maria like I know Maria, you get the sense that she wanted to tell you they have good coke in Miami, but she's under court order to keep it professional. Though, the Cuban coffee line already tells me that the game developers have a better handle on real Miami than some others who have featured the city in their game. Anyway, I get on a bus and head to LAX, check in on my flight, and then something strange happened: next thing I knew I was on what I presumed is supposed to be South Beach.
I was kind of grateful that the game does not feature a digital version of Miami International Airport. Having to deal with it occasionally in real life is enough.
And, honestly, we suspect this is how a lot of Los Angelinos fly to Miami. They check in for their flight at LAX, down some pill cocktail with a mixture of vodka, and have no memory of anything else until their cab drops them off in South Beach. Maybe that's why Hollywood seems to have no understanding that there's other parts of Miami aside from the Beach. They don't even remember the taxi ride over the bridge.
Let's also note how in Los Angeles the player can use a "bus system," but in Miami there is no public transport system to speak of.
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Poul Petersen (firstname.lastname@example.com) has been working with Linux since about the first release of Slackware. Since then, Linux has permeated his desktop, laptop, living room, home Beowulf cluster and even his car. In the daytime, he pays the electricity bill by working as a senior UNIX system administrator for Rogue Wave Software.
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modern motherboards seem to
modern motherboards seem to have multiple controllers, 1 port per controller or in the worst case 2 ports per controller. this could be further extended with pci cards.
furthermore you could use multiport usb-to-serial converters that provide 2,4 or 8 serial ports on a single usb device. At some point usb bandwidth may limit your system - the converters quite often require several usb transactions for a single-byte transfer.
there is a more serious limitation in the older linux kernels, like those you mention - all usb-to-serial converters share the same major device number, thus limiting number of accessible converters to 256. current kernels solve this entire mess with udev where rules are used to name the devices by location in the device tree or by the serial number, which may be available on FTDI converters, for example.
USB To USB Console
Since the linux kernel can not support console redirection to USB.
I was wondering if it would be possible to go straight from usb to usb without the need for the serial to usb convertor.
Has anybody tried this?
I would like to know as
I would like to know as well. I will designing a new production environment for my company. We will have 20+ linux systems. We probably are going to use some type of kvm setup for a few machines. I would much rather have a many to one USB system giving me console access to all machines from on central computer. Isn't there some mechanism already build into linux that will give us this functionality?
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I'm a month behind in my LJ, but last month's issue had an article what might help fix the naming problems by using udev in newer kernels. (>= 2.5)
Kernel Korner - udev--Persistent Device Naming in User Space
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This article is exactly the reason why I read Linux Journal every month. Actually seeing someone doing something with all the tools linux gives you is most satisfying. My hats off to Poul!!!!
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can you provide your source for "Maxxtro adapters based on the pl2303 chip for about $15 each". I went looking for that on froogle/google and managed to land a heap of sites in .ru, which I'm not in the mood to buy from, really.
Is this really cost effective?
Let's just say that the serial adapters are only going to cost us $25.00 each, and let's say we are only going to do 16 ports. For the $400 we are going to spend, it might be cheaper to get a used terminal server (16 or 32 ports) for the same price and have a dedicated hardware device.
Personally I am using the lantrontix series products and have several doing all my serial consoles.
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I think so. First, it seems a little unfair to compare used prices of lantronix hardware to "new" USB hardware prices. The list price of a 16-port lantronix is roughly $2,200 new (though admitedly you could beat that by shopping around a little). And the condition that you will only purchase used hardware can create a deficit when you need a new terminal right away. That is, the ease of extensibility of using USB means that I can drive down the street and spend $40 and have enough hardware to hook up the two new machines we just received; The hardware is common and available everywhere and I don't have to buy a 16-port server for two new machines. Also, the prices quoted in this article are not the best you can do. I have on occassion spotted good 7-port USB hubs for $12, and 4-port hubs for $5.
Finally, there is a hidden value. This solution is all open. You can do other things with it, like monitor UPS, control other serial devices, etc. It's completely flexible. One of the things I've been working on lately is using our old "useless" laptops as remote consoles. All of the virtual terminals are sessions back on the main console server, so we can have as many "heads" spread around the server room as we like, and we can move them to any location with a network port without having to log in twice...
Of course, the lantronix units provide a nice clean solution. One of the drawbacks of using USB for serial consoles is that you can end up with a "spiderweb" of cables. So if you're planning a new rack of 32 servers and you've got the money then a lantronix unit is a great solution. But if you've got a server room like ours with every different kind of UNIX hardware imaginable and non-rackable cases spread all over the place, you might find that the flexibility of using a USB solution is desireable.
Re: Is this really cost effective?
Poul has too many computers.
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ohh yes, great article - thanks a lot for sharing poul.
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First off: great article! I'll be trying this out... Thanks.
About the software redirection: one of the kewl things bootloaders can do is give serial-console access. Hence, an option to pass parameters to the OS kernel before bootstraping (boot into initrd.img on ramdisk, and (try to) fix stuff from there) .
In Linux, to /etc/lilo.conf add "serial = 0,9600n8"
In OpenBSD, to /etc/boot.conf add "set tty com0"
(All? Others have such an option also - hell one might be able to use Linux or even FreeDOS as a bootloader/rescue for NT :-)).
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PEG: Lines of Development (Based on PEG: The Textbook) by H. Parens MD, E. Scattergood MA, A. Duff MSS, & W. Singletary MD)
In developing the Textbook, we planned to structure the units in such a way that the same issues, be it the development of self and relationships, of aggression, etc., would be addressed in the same sequence at the various stage levels of the child's development. Thus, in the Textbook, the issues will be ordered in the same sequence in all of the units.
While using the Textbook for classroom or workshop preparation or for individual study, some users have sought to follow one or another particular line of development through the length of its evolving from infancy through adolescence. To facilitate this user's task, we formatted the Textbook materials to accommodate this developmental view of the materials. We did this only for those lines that have been most focused on by Workshop leaders, teachers as well as parents.
The documents formatted for this purpose are:
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CD-ROM Publication date: January 2010 ISBN 0-9726910-0-6
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