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A few weeks ago, Nikon announced the Nikon 1 series that we had the chance to test immediately. For this new format of camera, Nikon also designed a completely new format of lenses, the "Nikon 1 mount," for which we are publishing the measurements today.
Nikon put a lot of effort to design lenses that offer the best balance of image quality and portability, and apparently it paid off. Let's look closely at how these lenses perform compared to their direct competitors.
The most portable lens of the range was tested on a Nikon 1 V1:
This Nikon 1 wide-angle zoom lens, well-suited for portraits and street photography, was also tested on a Nikon 1 V1:
Here are the measurements for the Nikon 1 telephoto zoom lens in the series, tested on the Nikon 1 V1:
Globally, these zoom lenses and the fixed-length lens are of average optical quality. This said, they do have some attractive features:
The Nikon 1 NIKKOR 10mm f/2.8 is very light (77g) and very compact, thus transportable... but not very versatile.
The Nikon 1 10-30mm and the Nikon 1 30-110mm are also quite light (115g and 180g, respectively). The two lenses together cover a wide range (the equivalent of 27–297mm), making them useful in most situations that amateur photographers will encounter.
A new "video" lens from Nikkor
The new Nikon 1 lens line also includes a so-called "video" lens, the NIKKOR VR 10-100mm f/4.5-5.6 PD-ZOOM. This new lens can be mounted on both the Nikon 1 J1 and Nikon 1 V1.
The most unusual (and best!) thing about this zoom lens is that there isn't a manual focusing ring. Instead, it uses a "T-W" drive on the lens itself to change focal lengths, which helps the user zoom in and out smoothly. In addition, the rate of zoom change is more or less proportionate to the amount of pressure on the drive — very fun for shooting video.
Here are the performance results and technical characteristics of this video lens (tested on the Nikon 1 V1):
Nothing surprising about the results for particular lens and lens type, which shows reasonable quality at 10mm and 30mm. However, at 530g, this is a fairly heavy lens. We expected something lighter, particularly for a camera that one might want to carry in one's pocket.
In practical terms, the Nikon 1 NIKKOR VR 10-100mm f/4.5-5.6 PD-ZOOM has been well thought-out for shooting video. As a lens for shooting still images, it's not very interesting, given that it is heavier than both the Nikon 1 NIKKOR VR 10-30mm f/3.5-5.6 and the Nikon 1 NIKKOR VR 30-110mm f/3.8-5.6 put together, and especially since its image quality is only equivalent to these lenses, not better.
Let's compare how these new Nikon lenses perform on Nikon 1 cameras against the performance of similar lenses on other cameras.
Our goal, by the way, is not at all to denigrate the Nikon 1 cameras in comparing their lens quality results to those of the Nikon D3X and other cameras, since this would be entirely unfair (given that the different kinds of cameras are not comparable). Rather, we are using these measurements to show the relative strengths and weaknesses of these new lenses.
Let's start with a comparison a comparison which could look completely unfair: Nikon 1 versus full-frame: Nikon 1 NIKKOR 10mm f/2.8 on the Nikon 1 V1 versus Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 35mm f/1.4G on the Nikon D3x
Let's now see how the 10-30mm compares with dSLR kit lenses: 10-30mm on the Nikon 1 V1 versus 18-55mm on the Nikon D300s versus 14-42mm on the Olympus E620:
And finally, a comparison among entry-level telephoto lenses: 30-110mm on Nikon 1 V1 versus 70-200mm on the Nikon D300s versus 70-300mm on the Nikon D300s:
Relatively speaking, the Nikon 1 lenses are of very good quality if one takes into account the differences in size and performance of the tested sensors:
The Nikon 1 10mm is an excellent substitute for a 27mm lens.
The Nikon 110-30mm is comparable to the lenses found in Nikon and Olympus kits.
The Nikon 130-110mm holds up well against Nikkor 70-200 and 70-300 lenses.
In the course of testing, we perceived that the quality of the JPEGs that the cameras produced was far less than excellent. This is a shame, considering the potential for the same kind of excellence as seen with RAW images.
To provide photographers with a broader perspective about mobiles, lenses and cameras, here are links to articles, reviews, and analyses of photographic equipment produced by DxOMark, renown websites, magazines or blogs.
It's rare in the world of photography for a manufacturer to come up with an entirely new product line from scratch, and it's equally rare for a famous manufacturer such as Nikon (the world market leader) to offer a new lens mount (Nikon CX). This makes the launch of the Nikon 1 line (Nikon J1 and Nikon V1) a major event in photography this fall.
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Test series 1 lenses vs FX & DX Nikkor lenses with the FT-1 adapter
We have seen the test results of both types of lenses FX/DX and the Series 1 lenses on their respective sensors or cameras, but in my opinion it would be great if we could get a comparison test for both the DX/FX lenses installed on the Nikon V1/V2 by means of Nikons FT-1 adapter and se how they compare with the native series 1 lenses. Taking into consideration the fact that due to the huge 2.7 crop factor the CX sensor of the series 1 cameras have, it would be very interesting to see how well the 30-110 VR does for example with the 15-105 VR of the DX series with the mentioned FT-1 adapter on the same CX sensor. In theory since on the DX/FT-1 set we only use the center of the lens image, we could find that the aberrations, vignetting and other radial aware defects found on such a lens are left out of the equation, giving as a result a better overall quality picture. For that matter how about the result of a 300 f/1.4 VR2 image as seen in the V1 CX sensor compared to the cropped-to-size portion on a D4 sensor? I bet in both cases we would find interesting results due to the very different behaviour of the CX and FX sensors and the fact that on the CX sensor be are only using the better part of the image produced by such a terrific lens.
Thank you,
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Added by Wade Tregaskis | April 18, 2013
Re: Test series 1 lenses vs FX & DX Nikkor lenses with the FT-1 adapter
I also would like to see this. I use the 18-105, 50/1.8 (AF-S) and 55-300 via the adapter, and it certainly seems to me that there's advantages all round - no vignetting at all, barely any chromatic aberration, and an arguable increase in sharpness. This seems to match the comparison results (when you scale the DX sensor results to take account for the cropped size), but I'd still like to see an honest head-to-head test.
Added by Emilie_DxOMark | April 18, 2013
Re: Test series 1 lenses vs FX & DX Nikkor lenses with the FT-1 adapter
Thanks for your interest in DxOMark.
For now it was not planned because we feel that FX/DX lenses are too large and heavy for Nikon1 series. The real advantage for Nikon 1 camera is compactness. But it is an interesting proposition.
Best regards,
The DxOMark team
Added by Wade Tregaskis | April 18, 2013
Re: Test series 1 lenses vs FX & DX Nikkor lenses with the FT-1 adapter
I've also used the new AF-S 80-400 on a Nikon 1 V1. A co-worker uses the 300/f4 on one. The high crop ratio makes these useful with big lenses, regardless of the body size.


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Luther was something else. He was a tough guy, always the only adult who would curse around my brother and I , which we found simply hilarious. But he had a heart of gold when it came to us. We'd spend summers in Dayton, Ohio and hang out at his house and also my grandmother's house. My memories of those times are very special. He bought my brother and I some chickens once–the hen laid an egg and I was so amazed! He had a boat that he'd take us out in all the time. He was the first grown up to teach me how to drive (I was 14). He'd play Uno with me for hours, and he bought the best cards for me on my birthday that were always on time. He was just so much fun to be with. I'll never forget how clean his house was. I'll never forget him smoking those cigars all the time. This post is for you, Granddaddy. Rest in peace;)

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Photographs of Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel celebrating his team's Cotton Bowl victory are drawing lots of comments online.
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Affies and Centurion have 15 players selected in this year's Blue Bulls U18 Craven Week squad.
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|Joan Muth is the September 2011 DAISY Award Recipient
Congratulations to Joan Muth, RN who is the September 2011 Daisy Award Recipient. Joan has worked in our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) since 2002. The DAISY Award is presented monthly to an All Children's Hospital Nurse that has provided extraordinary service to our patients.
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Joan recognized that as new parents we needed help to better understand the plan of care (treatment) our baby would need in the NICU. She helped to make sure we were informed and comfortable. She also helped us adjust to our monthlong stay and really helped reduce the fear and stress involved. Joan treated our daughter with the care she would have given her own family member. She took extra steps to explain the procedures involved in evaluating her progress and kept us involved in the treatment process. She taught us basic baby care and parenting techniques.
"Parents and fellow staff members frequently comment that Joan is a very positive person and demonstrates our service excellence principals on a consistent and ongoing basis," said NICU Director Cindy Driscoll, RN, BSN. "Multiple families have commented that Joan always takes the time to help them feel comfortable taking care of their babies. She is an asset to our unit and All Children's Hospital."
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The Rottweiler is a member of the Working and Utility Groups.
Male: 85-135 lb.; female 80-100 lb.
Male: 24-27 inches; female 22-25 inches
The coat is black with rust, mahogany or tan markings.
The Rottweiler sports a straight, medium-length outer coat that is coarse and dense and flat lying. The waterproof undercoat is found on the neck and thighs.
This bold breed has a noble and confident expression. The Rottweiler can be headstrong and stubborn. It shows a quiet attitude to changing situations.
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In ancient times, this breed had forefathers in the Roman Drover dog that accompanied Roman troops during campaigns. The Drover dog would drive and guard cattle, and were especially renowned near the town of Rottweil (red tile) in southern Germany. The Rottweiler metzgerhund (butcher dog) developed. In the 19th-century this breed had its place in Rottweil's town history. When dog carting stopped in the mid-19th-century, the population declined. In the U.S. the Rottweiler enjoyed a revival.
Nicknames: Rottie, Rotty, Rott, Rochester.
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GASTONIA – Momentum can be as fickle in baseball as in any sport.
Crosstown rivals Ashbrook and Hunter Huss both lived it Tuesday night in a game in which Huss led early, but Ashbrook rallied to take a 7-3 victory.
The Green Wave (4-11, 1-5) not only took its first Big South 3A Conference victory of the season but also snapped a 10-game losing streak.
"We didn't have a whole lot of hits, but when we had people in scoring position, we got them," said Ashbrook coach Josh Cobb, whose team rapped out four extra-base hits of their five safeties of the game. "And (starting and winning pitcher) Wes (Wood) started off kinda rough. But he battled back and gave us a great effort."
Huss (4-9, 1-5) came into the game seeking its first conference victory over its crosstown rival since 2001. Already this season, the Huskies had snapped their 57-game league losing streak in their 2013 Big South opener against North Gaston and won their first Gaston County Conference Baseball Tournament opening-round game in six years last week.
And Huss batted around, with eight players reaching base in a three-run top of the second inning that gave the Huskies some momentum.
But two Huss players were thrown out in the inning in plays its coach called "baserunning mistakes" and Ashbrook was quick to even the score.
Facing Huskies ace right-hander Andrew Jordan, who has won or saved all four of Huss' wins this season, Ashbrook made its hits count.
None was bigger than No. 9 hitter Jordan Barnett's one-out three-run home run in the bottom of the second to tie the score at 3.
"That did swing the momentum," Cobb said. "We were in a 3-0 hole, but that helped us bounce back."
Ashbrook added an unearned run in the third when Mike Seiler scored after hitting a one-out double, another run in the fourth after Dusty Mauldin's leadoff triple and two more runs in the fifth on Mauldin's two-out, two-run double.
The offensive surge came from a Green Wave team that was no-hit in back-to-back league games last month by North Gaston and South Point.
"Since those two games, we've hit the ball better," Cobb said. "But we haven't hit very well with runners in scoring position."
That certainly changed on Tuesday, as Mauldin and Barnett rapped out two hits apiece and Seiler had another hit and drew two walks.
Wood did the rest with the help of some defensive gems from centerfielder Sam Postell and second baseman Ross Taylor. A junior right-hander, Wood yielded seven hits, five walks and two hit batters while striking out five.
Huss coach Brent Mellon was pleased with out-hitting Ashbrook seven to five but felt his team certainly missed opportunities to score.
"Baserunning mistakes hurt us in that (second) inning and we also didn't get a big hit," Mellon said. "You feel good about having more hits, but they had five timely hits. Real timely."
Matt Faulkner and Kyle Mueller had two hits apiece to lead Huss, with Faulkner and Julian Camberlen getting RBI singles. Jordan finished with nine strikeouts, seven walks, seven runs (six earned) and four hits allowed in five innings.
Ashbrook returns to action Wednesday at Crest, while Huss visits North Gaston on Friday.
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Why bother with file encoding at all? Well, a file encoding (aka charset) is required to solve the following discrepancy: A file stored on disk or transmitted via network is merely a stream of bytes/octets. In contrast, text is a stream of characters. However, a character is not a byte.
To further illustrate this, just consider the Unicode standard chosen for a Java String. Unicode defines more than 65.000 characters which obviously cannot be mapped to a single byte each. Hence, one needs a reversible transformation that defines how to map a character to bytes and vice-versa. This transformation is called a file/character encoding.
Now, there are different encodings, each potentially yielding different bytes for the same character. For example, the common encoding ASCII will map the character 'A' to the byte with the hex code 0x41. The same character is mapped to the byte 0xC1 when using the encoding EBCDIC. Another example is the character 'ü' (small letter u with umlaut) that maps to the single byte 0xFC when using ISO-8859-1 but maps to the two byte sequence 0xC3 0xBC when using UTF-8.
It should be clear by now that encoding a character with one encoding and later on decoding it with a different encoding can corrupt the character. To avoid such errors, it is crucial that all developers of a project have agreed to use the same encoding when editing the project sources and running the build.
Default Value
As shown by a user poll on the mailing list and the numerous comments on this article, this proposal has been revised: Plugins should use the platform default encoding if no explicit file encoding has been provided in the plugin configuration.
Since usage of the platform encoding yields platform-dependent and hence potentially irreproducible builds, plugins should output a warning to inform the user about this threat. This way, users can smoothly update their POMs to follow best practices.
Code Spots to Review for Proper Encoding Handling
The following classes and/or methods indicate usage of the JVM's default encoding and hence should be reviewed:
PrintWriter(File)(new in JDK 5)
PrintWriter(OutputStream)(new in JDK 5)
FileUtils.fileWrite(String, String)
FileUtils.fileAppend(String, String)
IOUtils.toString(InputStream, int)
Plugins to Modify
Build plugins are highlighted, since the impact of the change is more critical to the built artifact than reporting plugins.
Affected Apache plugins:
- maven-changes-plugin (velocity template processing): MCHANGES-71
- maven-checkstyle-plugin (source analysis): MCHECKSTYLE-95, done in 2.2-SNAPSHOT
- maven-compiler-plugin (source processing): MCOMPILER-70, done in 2.1-SNAPSHOT
- maven-invoker-plugin (beanshell script evaluation): MINVOKER-30, done in 1.2-SNAPSHOT
- maven-javadoc-plugin (source processing): MJAVADOC-182, done in 2.5-SNAPSHOT
- maven-jxr-plugin (source processing): JXR-60, done in 2.2-SNAPSHOT
- maven-plugin-plugin (javadoc extraction, java source generation): MPLUGIN-101, MPLUGIN-100
- maven-pmd-plugin (source analysis): MPMD-76, done in 2.4-SNAPSHOT
- maven-resources-plugin (contents filtering): MRESOURCES-57, done in 2.3-SNAPSHOT
- maven-site-plugin (apt sources): MSITE-314, done in 2.0-beta-7-SNAPSHOT
Affected Codehaus plugins:
- modello-maven-plugin/modello-core (java source generation): MODELLO-109, done in 1.0-alpha-19-SNAPSHOT
- plexus-maven-plugin (javadoc extraction): PLX-371, done in 1.3.9-SNAPSHOT
- shitty-maven-plugin (groovy script evaluation)
- taglist-maven-plugin (javadoc extraction)
Please see [0] for the related thread from the mailing list, [1] for some further descriptions and [2] for a similar feature request in JIRA.
[0] http://www.nabble.com/POM-Element-for-Source-File-Encoding-to14930345s177.html
[1] http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A-Maven-and-File-Encoding-p16301958s177.html


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Persona 4 Arena walkthrough | Kanji Tatsumi Arcade Mode (Battles 7-9)
He's the bloodcurdling beefcake emperor, with his blooming roses and bulging muscles... it's Kanji Tatsumi. This Persona fighter gets the job done with a never ending supply of folding chairs, yet for some reason seems to think the P-1 Grand Prix is all a dream! Will he figure out what's going on, or will Kanji just pummel his fellow students into submission blissfully unaware?
In this installment, check out the following arcade mode battles:
- Kanji Tatsumi vs. Aegis
- Kanji Tatsumi vs. Labrys
- Kanji Tatsumi vs. Shadow Labrys
Check out this crazy combo video and let us know what you think. Is Kanji your fighter of choice for Persona 4 Arena?


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Football got Kyle Mattocks into college.
Mattocks' star performance playing football at Kinston High School earned him a scholarship to North Carolina A&T.
While in his junior year and headed toward a career in engineering, the football star switched gears.
The Kinston native left A&T to try his hand at acting at ECU, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theater in 2000.
It wasn't a bad move.
Mattocks will be a guest star in an episode of CBS' "NCIS: L.A." at 9 p.m. on Tuesday.
"I'm playing a naval officer," he said. "There's a woman who's been kidnapped and I'm a suspect in the kidnapping because me and her boyfriend have had issues. I'm playing a naval officer who actually has two masters and a doctorate and, in working together, me and this gentleman have had problems."
The episode was filmed in February.
Growing up, Mattocks said he loved airplanes — especially the SR-71 Blackbird supersonic spy aircraft, which he would have loved to work on.
That's why he wanted to become an engineer.
"I remember saying to myself, if I could live two lifetimes, I would do both," he said. "But since I only got one chance to live, I'm just going to do what I want to do."
What Mattocks wanted to do — acting — was not apparent to anyone, not even his parents and girlfriend. As a child, he thought about it as he watched the television series "Different Strokes."
"I kind of forgot about that dream," he said, "because everybody was telling me how great a football player I was."
Mattocks said he was afraid to tell his parents, Everett Sr. and Linda Mattocks, about his plans to quit the engineering track, return home and finish college with an acting degree.
On breaks, he would come home and fall asleep on the couch. He didn't seem happy.
"When I first told my parents," he said, "I remember my mother was just so happy that I had figured out what I wanted to do because I had known deep down that I wasn't happy with where I was going. And my father has always been a guy who's like, 'You know what? I love you whatever you do. Go out there, do your best.'
"And that's what kind of helped me make that change, as well, because with their blessing, I felt like, OK, I can go out here and give just whatever I want a shot, no matter what anybody else thinks."
At ECU, Mattocks was accepted into the Meisner program, a theatrical technique developed over the years beginning in the 1930s by the late Sanford Meisner.
He found himself being rejected in auditions, but his director, Don Biehn, associate professor emeritus, said those rejections were preparing him for the real world.
And, indeed, it did.
After graduation, now what?
Mattocks decided to go to New York City, knowing he would eventually have to move to California.
He was supposed to go with a friend, but the friend dropped out the day before he was to leave. His dad said he had stayed at a YMCA when he was starting out as a young man and Mattocks could, too.
"I think the day he said that to me, like on a Tuesday," Mattocks said, "and I left on a train for New York with a book bag and just a little roll-on, and just took the train up to New York that Thursday."
He began walking around looking for auditions and finding a part-time night job. Because he was a big guy, he got a job as a bouncer at a club on his second day. Shortly after, he got another job opening a gym at 5 a.m.
He was accepted into an audition to showcase talent for agents and managers. The group putting on the audition was from Los Angeles, which meant moving to California he if got signed.
A friend of his father let him stay at his place in New York until something came along and he could move.
"I was sleeping on his couch, this hide-away couch, with two little friends that used to run under the bed every night," he said about a couple of rats.
He made a pact with them to stay off the bed and he would leave them alone. The alternative was sleeping on the street. They never did get on the bed, he said.
In less than a year, an agent, Bonnie Black, signed him and he moved to Los Angeles. He and his brother, Everette Mattocks, drove across country in "record time," making it to the California border in two days.
A friend let him stay at her aunt's house when he first got there, until he found an apartment and a roommate in Calabasas, where many of the rich and famous live. He found a job as a projectionist — a job he did at the former theater behind Vernon Park Mall while he was in high school.
There were small roles here and there, but Mattocks considers his first real role in L.A. at least a couple of years after arriving there where he played a "cocky young gunfighter."
"The one that I always go back to," he said, "is this Western I did called "Withstanding the Elements.' "
In the part, he wanted to make a name for himself by killing an old gunfighter, who had by then become a retired teacher.
"He's like this legendary gunfighter," Mattocks said, "and I come to kill him and he ends up killing me."
Once he got into the actor's union, his roles improved.
"I considered one of the big breaks," he said, "when I did a show for MTV and that got me into AFTRA."
Once Mattocks was in the AFTRA — American Federation of Television and Radio Artists — for a year, he got into the Screen Actors Guild, which opened up opportunities for television shows.
Every year, he auditioned for "The Shield," and each time his lines increased from one line to five pages of lines. He was never booked for the show, but just being at the casting allowed him to get recognized by and meet directors.
"I was going in for 'Charmed,' " he said, "… and where they were casting it at was, I think, Aaron Spelling's office or something. And I'm walking down the hallway and I'm looking at all of the signs of like '90210' and 'Dynasty' and all that stuff like that. And you don't think about that as a kid growing up in Kinston."
Mattocks recalled sitting in the office of Joel Silver, a producer of "The Matrix." The model of the Nebuchadnezzar, a hovercraft in the movie, was on the desk in front of him.
"As soon as you walk through the door," he said, "they have a life-size replica of the predator with Arnold Schwarzenegger standing in the corner and the crypt keeper from 'Tales of the Crypt' on HBO is also in the other corner. … It's just a weird, surreal feeling because you're like, you see these things on TV and then you're actually in the same room."
Last week, he finished filming a part for an episode on "Chosen" for Sony's digital platform, Crackle. It will possibly be released online in January. He will be playing a hit man.
He's seen an upsweep in the number of auditions and is getting more offers.
"I tell people," he said, "acting is kind of like being in high school or dating — nobody wants you until somebody else wants you, it seems. And once somebody else wants you, everybody wants you at the same time."
Mattocks said he enjoys both drama and comedy, but he prefers and has mostly done dramas — playing a tough guy, cop or quirky guy.
He generally approaches the auditions dressed in some way that puts him in a good light for the part, but he doesn't costume-up for the part.
"What I am seeking," he said, "is anything and everything that has some kind of substance to it."
Small town to big city
"I find it surreal every time I'm on a studio back lot, "Mattocks said, referring to places like Paramount Studios or Universal Studios.
The back lot tour involves seeing movie icons like King Kong or riding on a transformer, he said. But through a different gate, parks the car and walks to his audition. Mattocks said the tram goes by with kids waving at him as he's holding his script.
"It's just funny to be in that position coming from Kinston," he said.
Rather than waiting around for acting parts, Mattocks started a production company called Moon Dog Media.
I believe we're going to start casting this next weekend," he said, "for a horror film we're going to be shooting in Michigan in November."
He will be producing, not acting. He plans to pitch the film to a major network.
Mattocks now lives in Hollywood and still works two part-time jobs — only two nights a week.
He hasn't forgotten his hometown.
"I do miss Kinston," he said, "Kinston is not what I left. … When I come home to Kinston, I usually, since I'm away so much, I am 100 percent home and with my family."
Margaret Fisher can be reached at 252-559-1082 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @MargaretFishr.


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Mario Strazzabosco MD, PhD
Professor (Adjunct) of Medicine (Digestive Diseases); Director, Transplant Hepatology
Research Interests
Epithelial Cell Biology, Pathophysiology of Diseases of the Biliary Tree, Liver Cell Therapy, Treatment of Liver Cancer
Extensive Research Description
The main focus of my laboratory is the pathophysiology and therapy of diseases of the biliary tree (also called cholangiopathies). This is a large group of chronic liver diseases, congenital or acquired, that causes significant morbility and mortality in both the adult and pediatric population. The pathogenesis of biliary tree diseases is still elusive and, contrary to other areas of hepatology, effective treatment is still lacking. Liver transplantation remains the only treatment available for cases progressing to end-stage liver disease. On the other hand, many complications of liver transplantation involve the biliary tree, and biliary cells are intimately involved in liver repair and regeneration. Therefore, the basic scientific interest of the lab nicely complements the clinical interest of the group as it translates into the practice of transplant Hepatology.
Pathophysiology of cholangiopathies.
Previous work from my laboratory has contributed to the understanding of the normal physiology of biliary cells and to the identification of prototypic mechanisms for biliary damage for which a model human cholangiopathy exists (Fig. 1). Among them, the lab is now addressing the pathophysiology and treatment of Cystic Fibrosis cholangiopathy, polycystic liver disease and Alagille syndrome.
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) that alters the ability of the biliary epithelium to secrete Cl - through CFTR, and may leads to sclerosing cholangitis and biliary cirrhosis. We have shown that CFTR loss of function affects bicarbonate transport in biliary duct cells, which in certain circumstances this block can be overcome by purinergic signaling, by aminoglicoside antibiotics and by sulphonylureas. More recent on-going work focuses: a) on the effects of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) on biliary epithelia from CF mice models, and b) the use of cell transplantation strategies to treat genetic diseases of the biliary tree.
Polycystic diseasesof the liver (PLD) are a group of extremely interesting developmental genetic cholangiopathies. In these diseases altered function of ciliary proteins causes dramatic changes in cholangiocyte biology, from altered development resulting in "ductal plate malformations, to altered secretory response to sheer stress, to hyperproliferation, and stimulation of excessive portal fibrogenesis. We have described an increased expression of angiogenic factors in the biliary and cystic epithelium of patients with ADPKD and with Caroli Disease (Fig.2). Angiopoietin-1 and VEGF overexpression may have an autocrine stimulatory effect on cystic cholangiocyte growth. In collaboration with Dr. Somlo and the Yale ADPKD Center and thanks to a novel technique enabling the propagation of primary cholangiocyte cultures from wild-type and PLD transgenic mice, we are planning to explore the intracellular signaling pathways involved in autocrine angiogenic signaling in PLD cystic epithelium and to evaluate the potential inhibitory effect of VEGF signaling blockade on cyst growth in vivo using ADPKD mice.
Alagille Syndrome, a developmental disease of the biliary tree caused by an altered Jaggeded-1/Notch-2 signaling. The patient with Alagille syndrome has severe ductopenia, is jaundiced, and is severely itching, but rarely develops terminal liver diseases and liver fibrosis is negligible. Studies are ongoing to clarify the role of Notch in liver repair and development. In Alagille syndrome there is important cholestasis in the absence of ductular reaction and with an accumulation of intermediate hepatocytes, our hypothesis is that Notch signaling is needed for progenitor cell progression to a biliary phenotype.
Another interest of my group is to understand the role of "activated" biliary cells and liver progenitor cells in liver repair mechanisms. The hypothesis is that, although both mature hepatocytes and biliary cells are able of substantial proliferation, this is restricted to experimental conditions and to rare human conditions, while in most cases of chronic liver diseases, liver repair requires the activation of a population of liver "progenitor cells" closely related to the epithelial cells of the terminal cholangioles. Specific hystochemical markers and a rigorous morphometric approach progenitor cells reaction are used to study with in a number of prototypic diseases.
Finally, the group is interested on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) therapy. HCC is one of the most frequent malignant neoplasms worldwide and a leading cause of mortality in the western cirrhotic population. HCC is also an important indication for liver transplantation. Many questions are still open concerning the optimal treatment of HCC. We are studying a prospectively followed up cohort of cirrhotic patients with incident HCC treated according to the BCLC staging system. Studies are planned to implement strategies to reduce recurrence in this population.
Selected Publications
- Spirlì C., Fiorotto R., Song L., Santos-Sacchi J., Okolicsanyi L., Masier S., Rocchi L., Vairetti MP., De Bernard M., Melero S., Pozzan T., Strazzabosco M. 2005. Glibenclamide stimulates fluid secretion in rodent cholangiocytes through a CFTR-independent mechanism. Gastroenterology 129:220-233.
- Lazaridis KN, Strazzabosco M, Larusso NF . 2004. The cholangiopathies: disorders of biliary epithelia. Gastroenterology 127(5):1565-77.
- C. Spirlì, L. Fabris, E. Duner, R. Fiorotto, N.F. La Russo, A. Sonzogni, L. Okolicsanyi, Strazzabosco M. 2003. Cytokine-stimulated nitric oxide production inhibits adenylyl cyclase and cAMP-dependent secretion in cholangiocytes. Gastroenterology 124:737-753.
- C. Spirlì, M.H. Nathanson, R. Fiorotto, E. Duner, L.A. Denson, J.M. Sanz, F. Di Virgilio, L. Okolicsanyi, F. Casagrande, Str zzabosco M. . 2001. Proinflammatory Cytokines inhibit secretion in rat bile duct epithelium. Gastroenterology 121:156-169.
- Zsembery A, Jessner W, Sitter G, Spirli C, Strazzabosco M, Graf J . 2002. Correction of CFTR malfunction and stimulation of Ca-activated Cl channels restore HCO3- secretion in cystic fibrosis bile ductular cells. Hepatology 35(1):95-104.


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The Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Last Modified: May 8, 2013
How did I get lung cancer if I never even smoked?
Anil Vachani, MD, Pulmonologist at Penn Medicine, responds:
Approximately 15% of lung cancers occur in never smokers. The major risk factors among non-smokers are occupational exposure to asbestos or other less common cancer-causing agents, radon exposure through your home, second-hand smoke, outdoor air pollution, and genetic predisposition. The most common type of lung cancer is lung adenocarcinoma. If you are a non-smoker with lung adenocarcinoma, you also have a higher likelihood of having specific mutations in your cancer that may make you more likely to respond to some newer oral chemotherapy agents that often have fewer side effects than conventional chemotherapy. This should be discussed with your oncologist, and you should consider having your tumor tested for these specific mutations
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Hotel news, opinions and updates from the team at The Sukhothai.
Hi All!
I just came back from my Summer Holiday and I have ended my journey with couple of days at the Calgary Stampede…
The Calgary Stampede is an annual rodeo, exhibition and festival held every July in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The ten-day event, which bills itself as "The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth", attracts over one million visitors per year and features the world's largest rodeo, a parade, midway, stage shows, concerts, agricultural competitions, chuck wagon racing ... Read more


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At a Glance
Why Get Tested?
To help diagnose the cause of joint inflammation, pain, and/or swelling
When to Get Tested?
When one or more of your joints are swollen, red, and/or painful
Sample Required?
A synovial fluid sample is obtained by inserting a needle into the space between the bones at a joint
Test Preparation Needed?
Consult with your doctor; synovial fluid collection and analysis may be performed after fasting or at random.
The Test Sample
What is being tested?
Synovial fluid is a thick (viscous) liquid that acts as a lubricant for the major joints of the body. It is found in small quantities in the spaces between the joints, where the fluid is produced and contained by synovial membranes. Synovial fluid cushions the bone ends and reduces friction during joint movement in the knees, shoulders, hips, hands, and feet.
Synovial fluid analysis consists of a group of tests that detect changes in synovial fluid that may indicate the presence of diseases that affect joint structure and function. It usually involves an initial basic set of tests, followed by additional tests that are selected based upon the results of the first set of tests, the person's symptoms, and the disease that the doctor suspects is the cause of the symptoms. Tests can be grouped according to the type of exam that is performed into:
- Physical characteristics—an evaluation of the appearance of the fluid
- Chemical tests—detect changes in the chemical constituents of the fluid
- Microscopic examination— cells and crystals that may be present are counted and identified by type under a microscope
- Infectious disease tests—detect and identify microorganisms, if present
How is the sample collected for testing?
A sample of synovial fluid is collected by a doctor from the affected joint with a syringe and needle using a procedure called an arthrocentesis.
NOTE: If undergoing medical tests makes you or someone you care for anxious, embarrassed, or even difficult to manage, you might consider reading one or more of the following articles: Coping with Test Pain, Discomfort, and Anxiety, Tips on Blood Testing, Tips to Help Children through Their Medical Tests, and Tips to Help the Elderly through Their Medical Tests.
Another article, Follow That Sample, provides a glimpse at the collection and processing of a blood sample and throat culture.
Is any test preparation needed to ensure the quality of the sample?
Consult with the doctor about test preparation. Synovial fluid collection and analysis may be performed after fasting or at random.
The Test
Common Questions
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This was not an easy step for us to take, as the volunteers on the response team are dedicated to the work they do and are often inspired by the help they can provide. We are actively seeking to expand our capability so that we can again accept and answer all user questions. We will accept and respond to the same limited number of questions tomorrow, but expect to resume the service, 24/7, as soon as possible.
Article Sources
NOTE: This article is based on research that utilizes the sources cited here as well as the collective experience of the Lab Tests Online Editorial Review Board. This article is periodically reviewed by the Editorial Board and may be updated as a result of the review. Any new sources cited will be added to the list and distinguished from the original sources used.
Sources Used in Current Review
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Sweiss, N. et. al. (Updated 2012 February 7). Septic Arthritis Aspiration Techniques and Indications for Surgery. Medscape Reference [On-line information]. Available online at http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1268807-overview through http://emedicine.medscape.com. Accessed February 2012.
Berman, J. and Paget, S. (Modified 2009 January). Evaluation of the Patient With Joint Disorders. Merck Manual for Healthcare Professionals [On-line information]. Available online through http://www.merckmanuals.com. Accessed February 2012.
(© 1995–2012). Test ID: CCBF8419 Cell Count and Differential, Body Fluid. Mayo Clinic Mayo Medical Laboratories [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.mayomedicallaboratories.com/test-catalog/Clinical+and+Interpretive/8419 through http://www.mayomedicallaboratories.com. Accessed February 2012.
(© 1995–2012). Test ID: SFC8719 Crystal Identification, Synovial Fluid. Mayo Clinic Mayo Medical Laboratories [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.mayomedicallaboratories.com/test-catalog/Overview/8719 through http://www.mayomedicallaboratories.com. Accessed February 2012.
(2011 July) Questions and Answers about Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Arthritis/arthritis_rheumatic_qa.asp through http://www.niams.nih.gov. Accessed February 2012.
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Pagana, Kathleen D. & Pagana, Timothy J. (© 2007). Mosby's Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference 8th Edition: Mosby, Inc., Saint Louis, MO. Pp 133-136.
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What is Interventional Neuroradiology?
Interventional neuroradiology is a minimally invasive approach in the treatment of vascular diseases of the central nervous system. Jeffrey Farkas, MD, director of interventional neuroradiology services, specializes in providing care for conditions that, in the past, would have required surgery. We provide a complete range of services for the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of patients with neurovascular problems of the brain and spinal cord. Conditions treated include: aneurysms, vascular malformations, and tumors of the brain, spine, head and neck.
State of the art technology combined with experience and expertise make it possible for many conditions to be treated by using an endovascular approach. While traditional vascular neurosurgery for an aneurysm requires cutting through skin, brain, bone and muscle to reach the site of the aneurysm, Dr. Farkas is able to make a small incision in the patients leg and enter the body through an artery. Using a fluoroscope as his guide, a very small tube is treaded through the vascular system to reach the damaged vessel.
Advances in Stroke Care
According to the National Institute of Health's (NIH) guidelines for acute ischemic stroke, there is a "golden hour" where quick diagnosis and treatment is critical to saving the patient's life. Dr. Farkas joins the other stroke specialists at Maimonides who are aiming to put a stop to the deadly and disabling effects of stroke by offering state of the art care during the "golden hour". Advances in such things as thrombolytic drugs (medication that opens clogged vessels) and state of the art imaging technology equipment all add up to better recoveries and better outcomes for stroke patients.
We have created an angiography suite equipped with angiographic machines designed specifically for neuro interventional procedures. This advanced technology enables us to manage the most difficult and complex vascular lesions. By eliminating delays in obtaining sequential scans and allowing treatment to begin sooner, we provide the most advanced care available for patients suffering from certain types of stroke.
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Vol. 14 , No. 09
Global Markets and International Finance
Stanley Fischer is one of the world's leading authorities on international finance, as well as one of its most important policymakers. As First Deputy Director of the International Monetary Fund, a post he has held since September 1994, Fischer is responsible for formulating and managing much of the Fund's policies in Russia and the Asian markets. While at the Fund, he has helped direct the international organization through turbulent economic times abroad, often serving as the IMF's point man in crises from Jakarta to Latin America to Moscow. Fischer has also sought to improve the way in which the organization deals with financial trouble in foreign countries.
Prior to taking his position at the IMF, Fischer was Killian Professor and head of the department of economics at MIT. From 1988 to 1990 he served as Vice President, Development Economics and Chief Economist at the World Bank. A native of Zambia, he received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the London School of Economics and obtained his Ph.D. in economics from MIT in 1969. He was assistant professor of economics at the University of Chicago before returning to MIT as associate professor in 1973. He has held visiting positions at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and the Hoover Institution.
Fischer has written several economics texts, was editor of the NBER Macroeconomics Annual, and has published extensively in the professional journals. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Please join the Athenaeum as we welcome one of today's leading economists and international policymakers.
NATO and the Crisis in Kosovo
Hardly had the United States and its European allies worked out an uneasy peace between Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia when new fighting broke out in Kosovo. Fueled by the resentment of the Albanian majority and the fears of Serbs at the loss of sovereignty, the conflict threatened to descend into the same pattern of ethnic cleansing, atrocity, and intolerance that had marked the earlier conflict in Yugoslavia. Torn by their sense of moral obligation on the one hand and the difficulty of arriving at a viable settlement on the other, the United States and the nations of Western Europe have grudgingly been drawn deeper and deeper into Kosovo. The latest proposals call for stationing thousands of U.S. and European troops in Kosovo for three years while Albanians and Serbs attempt to find a basis to agree about the future. The conflict in Kosovo thus presents the same intractable dilemmas that seem to be becoming commonplace in the post-Cold War world.
Michael Ruhle's position as Senior Policy Analyst at NATO Headquarters in Brussels has given him an insider's knowledge of the developing conflict in Kosovo.
An expert on European security and strategic planning, Ruhle studied law and political science at the University of Bonn and then worked at the Research Institute of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftun as a Volkswagen Fellow. He also spent several months as a visiting fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. Since 1991, he has served at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) headquarters in Brussels and has become a senior planning officer in the policy planning and speechwriting section in the political affairs division.
Ruhle's recent publications include: "NATO's Evolving Role in the New Europe" in European Security (Fall 1992); "The End of the Armchair Strategist" in Comparative Strategy (April-June, 1993); and "NATO and Crisis Management" in European Security (Winter 1994).
Michael Ruhle's visit to CMC is cosponsored by the Atlantic Council of the United States and CMC's Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies.
The Legal Struggle for Medicinal Marijuana
Gerald Uelmen is best known to many as a prominent member of O.J. Simpson's defense team in his 1995 criminal trial. Uelmen's career, however, is as balanced and wide ranging as any in the legal profession. Currently, Uelmen is a professor of law at Santa Clara Law School, where he served as dean from 1986 until 1994. He has also taught at Loyola Law School and served as a visiting law professor at Stanford University. He has taught courses in criminal law, criminal procedure, drug abuse law, evidence, and legal ethics.
A graduate of Loyola Marymount University and Georgetown Law School, Uelmen has also worked for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles. He helped represent Daniel Ellsberg in his 1973 trial and has worked dozens of other high-profile cases. He is a past president of California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers, and chair of the Executive Committee of the Criminal Law Section of the California State Bar.
Uelman has years of experience in the litigation of cases involving drug use and the law, including coauthoring a two-volume work entitled Drug Abuse and the Law Sourcebook (1982). Currently, he is cocounsel in federal court for the Oakland Cannabis Club, and also represents Peter Baez in a San Jose case charging criminal distribution of marijuana for operating a medical cannabis center. Please join us as we welcome this noted attorney and legal scholar for a lecture and discussion on this controversial topic.
Professor Uelmen's lecture is part of the series Law and Society planned in conjunction with the department of psychology at CMC.
Antitrust in the 21st Century: The Microsoft Case
Few cases have as much at stake as the United States v. Microsoft. When the U.S. Department of Justice decided to sue Microsoft on charges that they violated federal antitrust laws, the Internet industry, heretofore untouched by most government regulations, was subjected to intense scrutiny. The case offers insight into how antitrust laws like the Sherman Act, already a century old, will be applied in the 21st century.
There is no doubt that Microsoft is a leader in the software industry. In a marketplace that increasingly demands rapid change and innovation, technical complexity, and flexibility, the degree to which Microsoft has used its market leverage to thwart competition remains unresolved. By bundling its software accessories and employing other aggressive tactics, Microsoft's competitors claim the giant is using its monopoly power to limit their access to the Internet market. Microsoft claims they are only keeping up with market changes to remain competitive. The current federal case will be crucial in deciding what degree of government intervention will be tolerated in the new market, just how competitive that market will be, and whether or not Microsoft or other firms will be allowed to use similarly aggressive tactics.
Here to discuss and argue the impact of the case are Daniel Oliver and Benjamin Klein. Oliver sides with the government's case. He is an attorney and former Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission in the Reagan administration. He sits on several boards, is a past president of the Philadelphia Society, and is Chairman of the Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy. Klein will argue in favor of Microsoft's defense. He is a Professor of Economics at UCLA, having extensively published in the fields of Industrial Organization, Law and Economics, and Antitrust. He is a former staffer with the FTC and is currently a partner with the Economic Analysis Group, a consulting firm based in Los Angeles. He has also consulted for Microsoft. The Athenaeum is pleased to welcome these two distinguished guests as they argue the merits of the government's case and contemplate the future of the Internet market.
This event is cosponsored by the Athenaeum and the Salvatori Center.
The Media and Corporate Leadership
James Michaels ended one of the longest editorial reigns in American magazine history on December 31, 1998. After 37 years and nearly 1000 issues he gave up day-to-day editing of Forbes Magazine to become Group VP/Editorial of Forbes, Inc. In his new assignment Michaels is responsible for moving Forbes beyond print into TV, books, newsletters and the Web.
Michaels' journalistic career began in 1946 when, as a young veteran of WW II he was hired by the United Press as its bureau chief New Delhi, India. His coverage of the assassination of Gandhi was included in a Simon & Schuster book subtitled "The 100 Greatest News Stories of All Time" (1949).
Michaels joined Forbes in 1954, agreeing with Malcolm Forbes that business publications needed to adopt lively writing and drop the worshipful attitude toward business people. Two years later he was promoted to Managing Editor, becoming Editor in 1961. He is widely recognized as a pioneer in business journalism having won several awards, including the prestigious Gerald Loeb Award for lifetime contributions to financial journalism. In the years since he joined the company, Forbes has climbed from a relatively obscure magazine with a circulation of 130,000 to a leading business magazine with a circulation of 785,000.
James Michaels is the E. L. Wiegand Foundation Visitor-in-Residence at Claremont Graduate University.
Claremont Colleges Debate Union: This House Supports Rule by the Elite
LUNCH 11:45 A.M., DEBATE 12:15 p.m.
The Claremont Colleges Debate Union is pleased to sponsor a public debate in the traditional parliamentary format, featuring the Irish National Champions and award-winning students from the Debate Union.
Parliamentary debating has long been a vital part of competitive academic debating. Based loosely on the historic deliberative discussion of the British House of Commons, parliamentary debate is lively, witty, and audience-oriented. Unlike other forms of public or competitive debate, there are no prepared speeches, argument briefs, or quotations read in parliamentary debates. The debaters speak extemporaneously on a topic announced a few minutes prior to the event. Humor, passion, and persuasiveness are important elements in parliamentary debating, in addition to insightful argumentation. The debates are usually engaging and entertaining, with cheers, jeers, and clever heckles from the audience as a welcome part of the form.
The Claremont Colleges Debate Union is among the most successful competitive intercollegiate debate programs, ranking in the top ten in the nation for each of the past five years. This year's parliamentary debaters received honors at international tournaments at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, in addition to first place at the Pacific Cup Championship. Debaters also finished in first place at the National Round Robin Championship Debates, an event featuring the top twelve debate teams in the United States, selected from more than 150 participating colleges and universities.
Please join us for what promises to be an informative and entertaining event.
Music for Solo Cello
Cellist, Carol Ou, has won the accolades of audiences and critics from the United States, Canada, and Asia. She was a top prize winner in the National Federation of Music Clubs Competition and the Irving M. Mein String Competition. The Republic described her playing as "masterful" and "utterly fabulous" while the China Times called her "a magician on the cello."
Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Ou immigrated to the United States at age ten and began studying the cello in Los Angeles. She earned her bachelor's and doctoral degrees from Yale University. Currently, she teaches at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.
Carol Ou has performed recitals and concertos in the United States, Canada, Taiwan, and Singapore. She has soloed with orchestras including the Contemporary Ensemble of Taipei, the Taipei District Symphony Orchestra, the Louisiana Philharmonic, the Yale Symphony Orchestra, and the Jupiter Symphony Orchestra in New York. She has also appeared at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, the La Jolla Chamber Music Festival, and the Marlboro Music Festival.
Last year, the Chi-Mei Foundation of Taiwan released Ou's first compact disc of seventeen cello and piano pieces. Two additional solo collections are in progress.
At the Athenaeum, she will perform works of Bach, Beethoven, and Tchaikovsky. This concert is part of the Stotsenberg Chamber Music Series made possible through the generous support of Ed and Dorothy Stotsenberg, friends of CMC.
In April the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum will again host the spring student art show and reception. If you would like to submit some work to be included in the exhibit, please contact Bonnie Snortum, David Edwards, or the Athenaeum fellows, Jessica Brody and Tom Dawson, for further information.
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Aside from a few crêpe stands here and there, Paris isn't a city known for street food. And malheureusement, that Pierre Hermé truck isn't open for business…although wouldn't that be nice.
(However if it was, I would probably race around my house in search of spare change every time I heard it coming toward me, like I did when the Good Humor ice cream truck approached when I was a kid. Or haranguing my poor mother to dig furiously through her purse to dig up 40 cents for a toasted coconut ice cream bar to calm down her semi-hysterical child.)
Sure, come mid-day, the sidewalks of Paris are packed with people scarfing down les sandwichs (sic), which seem to have taken over as the lunch of choice in Paris. It's nice to see the crowds and lines at the local bakeries, but it's sad to see the long(er) lines at Subway sandwich shops, which I suspect are because people are craving a little creativity with what's between the bread. And while the one Subway sandwich I had in my life was inedible – I didn't realize you could screw up a sandwich…until then – I think the locals are fascinated by the varieties offered. Plus they're made-to-order, and served warm.
The French do have versions of les ventes ambulantes, such as the pizza trucks parked alongside the roads in the countryside and there are the gorgeous spit-roasted chickens sold at the markets and butcher shops in Paris. But recently an American launched a roving food truck in Paris to staggering success, and a second one followed her lead. And judging from the line-up, it's mostly French folks angling for a bite to eat.
While I'm happy for my fellow compatriots, and I love a good burger as much as the French seem to (judging from the crowds), I can't help thinking how kooky it is that American cooks get to have all the fun, and some French cooks might want to get in on the action. Here's a few ideas I've been thinking about…


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TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. - At the beginning of this school year, Dr. Rob Leri, superintendent-chief learning officer for Tahoe Truckee Unified School District (TTUSD), announced a new vision and core beliefs for TTUSD. The vision and beliefs are the result of several months of meetings with the Board of Trustees and listening and learning what parents, students, staff, and community members want TTUSD to embody.
Leri invites the community for coffee and a collaborative discussion about how to make the principles of TTUSD's new vision come alive for TTUSD staff and students. Leri will also take the opportunity to provide an informational update on the district's budget and Propositions 30 and 38, which are on the November ballot.
Coffee meetings schedule
Oct. 22 - 7:30 a.m., For Goodness Sake, downtown Truckee
Oct. 23 - 6 p.m., Tahoe Lake Elementary, auditorium
Oct. 29 - 7:30 a.m., District Office Board Room, Truckee
Oct. 30 - 6 p.m., Kings Beach Elementary, community room/library
Following is the new vision. The full vision and beliefs can be found at www.ttusd.org/vision.
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All Tahoe Truckee Unified School District scholars will be provided challenging and engaging learning opportunities in order to thrive and be successful in a globally competitive age. This goal will be accomplished through collaboration with students, parents, staff and the community, united in dedication to our children's future.
Highly skilled, motivated and caring principals and teachers will engage scholars in effective and innovative instruction through a rigorous and relevant curriculum that promotes mastery of meaningful content, creativity, critical thinking, teamwork, problem solving, respect for diversity, the ability to communicate in multiple languages and the effective use of technology.
A culture of quality, accountability, responsibility and respect shall characterize the school district.
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Robecca Steam is a 2012-introduced and all-around character. She is a robot and a student at Monster High. Robecca was built at the end of the 19th century by Hexiciah Steam, a renowned mad scientist. Their time together was cut short by him disappearing during an expedition in the catacombs and Robecca being dismantled during a game of SKRM. It wasn't until a century later that she was put back together and reactivated. With her father still missing, she has taken up residence at Kindergrubber's and enrolled at Monster High as well as joined their SKRM team. In addition to being a legend on the track, Robecca is a professional stuntwoman who can impress any crowd. Due to missing out on a long period of technological progress, she holds aversion against modern devices. Nonetheless, if they can't be avoided, she adapts to them easily. Robecca only has two true weaknesses: patina and her inability to keep track of time.
She is voiced by Julie Maddalena Kliewer in English.
Robecca is polite and eager to please. She's always running late due to a defect in her machinery, but she always tries to make up her mistakes. Robecca arrives late all the time, she says that she sets clocks and watches but they don't work. She's a bit clumsy, but she's also very kind hearted on the other hand.
Robecca's "skin" is copper brown, with several patches , bolts and rivets including two gears on the backside of her calf. Her wavy hair is black with blue streaks.She has rocket boots and wears goggles.
As a simulacrum, Robecca does not have family in the same way natural creatures have. However, she and her creator, a Mad Scientist by the name of Hexiciah Steam consider each other father and daughter.
After the disappearance of her father, Robecca came to live permanently with Kindergrubber, who's become an unofficial adoptive mother figure to Robecca and was the one that made her enroll at Monster High. Recently, Hoodude Voodoo has come to live under the same roof as them, but it's unknown how Robecca views him.
In her biography Robecca mentions being friends with Rochelle Goyle and Frankie Stein. This may be because Robecca saved her life and because of the fact that Robecca had already met Frankie's parents and therefore naturally became her friend, or because of their relation as simulacrum. Robecca mentions in her diary that she found Draculaura to be a honorable and accommodating hostess, suggesting that they may be or were friends. Also, it has been seen in the 'Ghoulfriends' books that Rochelle Goyle and Venus McFlytrap are her best friends.
Her pet is a mechanical penguin, named Captain Penny. Her bio states "Captain Penny is my mechanical penguin. Working wings are unnecessary when one is equipped with a rocket pack." In the Ghoulfriends Forever book, Penny is known to always be grumpy. Robecca mistakenly leaves Penny behind at times.
- September 22, 2011: Mattel requests the trademark for Robecca Steam.
- December 30, 2011: The Walmart website sets up pages in preparation of the releases of Robecca Steam, Rochelle Goyle, Venus McFlytrap and Jackson Jekyll.
- February 11, 2012: Robecca Steam's first doll is on display at American International Toy Fair.
- February 13, 2012: Robecca Steam's profile is published on the Freaky Fab 13 microsite.
- Early April, 2012: Robecca Steam makes her diary debut in Rochelle Goyle's 'Between Classes' diary and Jackson Jekyll's 'Between Classes' diary.
- April 13, 2012: Robecca Steam's profile is published on the Monster High website.
- April 13, 2012: Robecca Steam's profile art is revealed.
- Early July, 2012: Robecca Steam's first doll is released as part of the 'Between Classes' series.
- September 5, 2012: Robecca Steam makes her Ghoulfriends book debut in Ghoulfriends Forever.
- September 20, 2012: Robecca Steam makes her 2D cartoon debut in "Aba-Kiss Me Deadly".
- October 9, 2012: Robecca Steam makes her 3D cartoon debut in "Ghouls Rule".
- Her catchphrase is: "A scaredevil with style".
- Her prototype box seen at the Toy Fair 2012 had a different catchphrase which was "A riveting personality".
- In the Ghoulfriends series, Robecca is slightly different from what is shown in the specials / webisodes. It is mentioned that she lived in the time of the eighteenth century, which, according to her diary and all other continuity would not agree with her age of one hundred and sixteen years. Also, in the series, it is noted that whenever she is nervous, frustrated, angry or upset, steam exits her ears. Lastly, her speech pattern is often more out of date and slightly different from what she says in the cartoon.


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The Spring Framework is a leading full-stack Java/J2EE application framework. It is aimed primarily at Java projects and delivers significant benefits such as reducing development effort and costs while providing facilities to improve test coverage and quality.
Spring provides a framework that encourages applications to be built in particular ways. A strong emphasis is to avoid particular styles of development or program designs that can cause grief in the Java world. Groovy as a language can also be used to overcome certain weaknesses in Java. You might argue then that Spring is less critical in the Groovy world. Perhaps this is true, but Spring provides many benefits and Groovy makes it easy to leverage those benefits when we want to. In particular, in mixed Java/Groovy environments, Groovy lets you mix dynamic typing with strong-typing as required. If you already have defined domain objects or services within your Spring wiring, you can immediately start using those within your Groovy scripts and code.
Let's start by exploring a simple calculator application.
Bare Bones Approach
Suppose we have the following implementation class:
We can make use of that class from a script as follows:
This script relies on no external wiring files. Everything is configured in the script itself. If we wish to alter our system at a later time, we simply alter the configuration inside the
configure() method.
Classical Spring Approach
Probably the most common way to use Spring is to use an XML wiring file. As systems grow larger, wiring files allow configuration to be centralised in easy to change 'groupings' of beans. Let's assume our calculator needs to eventually be expanded to have additional functionality. An approach to handling complexity as the system grows is to delegate functionality off to other components. Here is how we might code up an adder component:
Then, applying the delegate design pattern we mentioned earlier would result in the following refactored calculator:
To capture our software system configuration, we will use an XML wiring file (we have two beans):
Now, our script code looks like:
Annotation Approach
If we wish, we can remove the need for an XML file by using annotations. Note that we need to think carefully before using this approach extensively in a large system for two reasons. Firstly, we are more tightly coupling our system to Spring. Secondly, we are associating configuration and deployment information with our source code. Perhaps separating those concerns will have enormous benefits for large systems. The good news is that Spring lets you take on board just those annotations that you are happy to use.
Here is how we might code up our adder component:
Here is our modified calculator:
And here is our script code (note no XML file is required):
BeanBuilder Approach
We can also use the BeanBuilder from Grails to avoid writing an XML file. It will look something like this:
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