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Inside These Walls
Most days, as I put on my special dancing socks and warm up before Afternoon Classics comes on, I listen to the brief news broadcast on NPR. I don't have a television, but like everyone else in this place I am fascinated by crime and follow the latest tales of others' mistakes out there in the world. For weeks I have been following the arrest of a young woman named Penelope Robbins, whose father, state Congressman Edwin Robbins, was shot in the back as he teed off at the country club. I can't quite picture Penelope, but details about her life abound on every news broadcast. Nineteen years old, educated at Sacred Heart Country Day School, a conservative family, a strained relationship with her father due to an interracial relationship. I wonder how she feels about that—the details of her private family traumas trotted out to the media, turned into fodder for the merciless drumbeat of news reporting. Her connection to the shooting is hazy, but she's been charged with obstruction of justice.
"I think she did it her own self," my cellmate, Janny, declares as she sits on her bed, allowing me to plait her dark hair into a neat French braid.
I laugh a little. "I don't think you could get away with that on a golf course. All that open space, remember? Too obvious."
"Maybe." She runs her hand softly down her braid. "Is it straight?"
"I think so." She stands and I examine my handiwork. Janny is fifty-four years old and her eyesight would probably be failing her at this point regardless of circumstance, but in any case she's already blind. Ten years ago a fight in the yard ended badly for her, and she has been like this ever since. For a while they kept her in Medical Segregation, but eventually they got the idea to put her with me and free up her spot there. It was a good move for both of us. I take care of her, and the Latina women stopped trying to kill me at regular intervals.
Soon the C.O. comes to collect us. Saturday evenings are always the same for me. Afternoon Classics, then dinner in the chow hall, followed by confession in the office wing.
Father Soriano has been here for five or six years, and I suspect he's ready for a new assignment.
"Nice to see you, Clara," he says. He makes the sign of the cross.
I sit in the chair across from him and cross myself. "Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. It has been two weeks since my last confession." I wait out a clamor in the hallway—an inmate shouting indignantly as she is hauled toward Administrative Segregation. "I've thought ill thoughts of other people and took money under false pretenses."
He raises an eyebrow. "What false pretenses?"
"I let a man from North Carolina put twenty dollars into my canteen account. I didn't ask him to, but I accepted it. He thinks he's in love with me."
The priest purses his lips in a considering way. "Did you promise him anything in return? Or falsely claim to return his love?"
"Well, then, it sounds like it was a free-will gift."
He leans in, and I know what's coming. I straighten up.
"What have you done to try to make amends to your victims?" he asks.
"I can't do anything for them."
"You could pray for their souls."
"I do. I have every day. That doesn't make amends. Nothing can."
"You could use a bit of a challenge, Clara," he says. "You toe the line, on the inside and the outside. It's a good time for you to think harder about how to reconcile some of those thorny issues from the past that you've set aside."
"Well, as far as my victims go, I wrote a letter to Tommy Choi a year after I got here. I apologized for everything that happened, my role in it, all of it. I sent it to him through his lawyer. It came back unopened with a no-contact order stapled to it."
"I'm sure the pain was very fresh."
"I don't doubt it, but I can't do much to atone for the wrong I did. I don't have money. Or a time machine."
"No." His little bow of a mouth twists to the side. "As your penance, say a rosary each day for just one of them. Focus on that individual."
"Which one?" I ask.
He replies, "The youngest."
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At Mass the next morning, I don't take Communion.
The cellblock is quiet when I return. Many of the inmates are receiving visitors downstairs, or, like Janny, at the Spanish mass that follows the English one. There is no breakfast on Sundays because of budget cuts—we wait instead for an early lunch—and my stomach mumbles in protest as I offer my handcuffed wrists to the corrections officer through the slot in my door. I take out a packet of peanut butter crackers from my canteen stash and nibble on them. And then I see, at the bottom of the thin cardboard canteen box, a small folded square of paper. A note. Or, as we call it here, a kite.
I glance toward my window to check for C.O.s, then unfold the paper, smoothing it against my blanket.
You are Clara Mattingly. The Cathouse Murders. I saw the movie. I want to know your REAL story. I dont think you did it like they said. I think Ricky Rowan did all of it. I wont write my name here but I will give you a signal in chow hall. come sit with me and tell me. I am ON YOUR SIDE. from YOUR FAN
I tear the note into small pieces, drop it into my toilet and flush. Then I shake the next peanut butter cracker from the cellophane and bite into it as I open up a velvety and creased paperback from the library. I don't know who that girl is, but she's sadly misguided. I don't tell my story to anybody. And I don't need anybody on my side. I'm in here on four counts of murder in various degrees, no possibility of parole. If that's a story you want to be close to, then I don't want to know you at all.
Copyright © 2014 by Rebecca Coleman
Inside These Walls
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Sir Jack Brabham dies at 88
Australian three-time Formula One champion Jack Brabham has died at the age of 88. Brabham became legendary particularly after winning the F1 championship in his own Brabham racing car.
His son, David, confirmed that Jack died at his home on Australia's Gold Coast after a long battle with liver disease.
"It's sad news but my father had a fantastic life, achieving more than anyone would ever dream of," said David Brabham.
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Brabham was loved in the sport, known at his time for being a fierce but fair competitor. He became World Champion in 1959 and 1960 with Cooper before starting his own team in 1962 with which he later became Champion again in 1966. To this date, he is still the only man to have won the championship in a car named to the driver.
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Because of its mechanical function, skeletal muscle is heavily influenced by the composition of its extracellular matrix (ECM). Fibrosis generated by chronic damage, such as occurs in muscular dystrophies, is thus particularly disastrous in this tissue. Here, we examined the interrelationship between the muscle satellite cell and the production of collagen type I, a major component of fibrotic ECM, by using both C2C12, a satellite cell-derived cell line, and primary muscle satellite cells. In C2C12 cells, we found that expression of collagen type I mRNA decreases substantially during skeletal muscle differentiation. On a single-cell level, collagen type I and myogenin became mutually exclusive after 3 days in differentiation medium, whereas addition of collagen markedly suppressed differentiation of C2C12 cells. Primary cultures of satellite cells associated with isolated single fibers of the young (4 wk old) mdx dystrophic mouse and of C57BL/10ScSn wild-type controls expressed collagen type I and type III mRNA and protein. This pattern persisted in wild-type mice at all ages. But, curiously, in older (18-mo-old) mdx mice, although the myogenic cells continued to express type III collagen, type I expression became restricted to nonmyogenic cells. These cells typically constituted part of a cellular sheet surrounding the old mdx fibers. This combination of features strongly suggests that the progression to fibrosis in dystrophic muscle involves changes in the mechanisms controlling matrix production, which generates positive feedback that results in a reprogramming of myoblasts to a profibrotic function.
- collagen type I
- myogenin
- muscle single fibers
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy
muscular dystrophies are inherited disorders characterized by muscle degeneration and associated progressive wasting and weakness (9). The most common, Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), affects 1/3,500 newborn males. It is caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene encoding a large protein that is key to the assembly of a cell-surface complex connecting the muscle fiber cytoskeleton to the overlying basal lamina. In the absence of dystrophin, muscle fibers undergo repeated cycles of degeneration accompanied by regeneration that involves extensive proliferation of muscle precursor cells but also a chronic inflammatory response and cytokine production. This inflammation is associated with biosynthesis of extracellular matrix (ECM) molecules, most notably collagens type I and type III, whose excessive accumulation in the interstitial space was the basis of the original description of this disease as a myosclerosis. Although these various ECM components are commonly assumed to provide a mere passive space-filling substrate to maintain the structural integrity of the muscle, several lines of evidence suggest that this process may play an active pathogenic role in DMD, in particular the demonstration in vitro that collagen affects the growth and differentiation of myoblasts (21, 25). It is commonly held that fibrosis in dystrophic muscles is driven by the repeated bouts of muscle-fiber degeneration and ensuing inflammation dominated by macrophages and T lymphocytes (17). Certainly, depletion of T cells is reported to diminish pathology in mice (28, 29), and muscles of mdx nu/nu mice develop significantly lower levels of fibrosis than immunocompetent mdx mice (19, 20). This invasion is accompanied by the secretion of cytokines, such as TGF-β, which is thought to drive the increased fibrosis in vitro (23) and in DMD patients and mdx mice (2, 12, 36).
Here, we set out to investigate further the relationship between collagen expression and myogenesis. Initially we studied the expression of collagen type I by undifferentiated and differentiated C2C12 myoblasts, a cell line derived from a mouse skeletal satellite cell (32). We found that a large proportion of the undifferentiated C2C12 cells express collagen type I, that this was lost as differentiation proceeded, and, furthermore, that addition of type I collagen to C2C12 cultures inhibits their differentiation. These findings suggest a potential role for collagen type I in the regulation of skeletal muscle cell differentiation. Similarly, in primary cultures we found that proliferating myoblasts of young mdx and wild-type mice produce both type I and III collagens. Surprisingly, although this pattern of expression was maintained in old wild-type myoblasts, in old dystrophic muscle they continued to produce type III collagen but cease to synthesize type I collagen, which was found to be produced exclusively by nonmyogenic cells. We suggest that the fibrotic process in DMD may involve a major element of positive feedback whereby collagen type I directly inhibits muscle regeneration and favors increased collagen production. Such an active self-perpetuating mechanism within the disease has major implications for therapeutic strategies.
C57BL/10ScSn and dystrophic (mdx) mice aged 1 mo or 18 mo were obtained from the Biological Services Unit at the Medical Research Council Clinical Sciences Centre. Care and treatment of the animals was in compliance with the Animals Scientific Procedures Act, 1986.
Cell culture and single-fiber preparation.
Single fibers were isolated from collagenase-digested extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscle of 1-mo-old and 18-mo-old C57BL/10ScSn and mdx mice, as described by Rosenblatt et al. (24). Briefly, the EDL muscle was carefully removed and incubated in a solution of 0.2% (wt/vol) type I collagenase (Sigma, Dorset, UK) in DMEM (Life Technologies, Paisley, UK) supplemented with 2 mM l-glutamine (Sigma) and 1% penicillin/streptomycin solution (Sigma) at 36°C for 90 min with agitation. The muscle was transferred to a serum-coated plastic Petri dish containing DMEM, and muscle fibers were separated from the whole muscle by repeated pipetting with a wide-mouth Pasteur pipette. Muscle fibers were sequentially washed in four changes of DMEM to remove any traces of interstitial and endothelial cells. Clean individual muscle fibers were placed into eight-well chamber slides (Life Technologies). Before plating, the wells were coated with 0.1% Matrigel (14) (Universal Biologicals, London, UK), a solubilized basement membrane to which muscle fibers and mononucleate cells adhere and on which differentiation of myogenic cells is enhanced (16). The fibers were incubated in DMEM supplemented with 10% horse serum and 0.5% chick embryo extract at 37°C, 5% CO2. In these conditions, the satellite cells migrate from the fibers and divide.
C2C12 cell culture conditions.
Cell-culture experiments were performed by using C2C12 mouse myoblasts (an immortalized mouse myoblast cell line; ATCC, Rockville, MD). Cells were grown in DMEM supplemented with 10% FCS and 1% penicillin/streptomycin under a humidified atmosphere of 5% CO2 in air and were maintained at low confluence on uncoated plastic to avoid any effect of the substratum. Cell differentiation was induced at 70% confluence by using DMEM supplemented with 2% FCS.
Synchronization was performed as follows: 2,000 cells/cm2 were plated. After 24 h in proliferation medium, cells were rinsed in PBS and shifted to DMEM without methionine supplemented with 1% FCS for 36 h. Methionine deprivation arrests C2C12 in a quiescent and nondifferentiated state. Quiescent myoblasts (G0) were then incubated for 15 h in either differentiation or proliferation medium in the presence or absence of bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU; 0.01 mM). Cells were then fixed and processed for immunofluorescence analysis by using antibodies against BrdU, myogenin, and collagen type I.
Immunofluorescent staining.
Cultures were fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde in PBS for 10 min at 37°C, permeabilized with 0.1% Triton X-100 in PBS at room temperature, and then incubated for 30 min with 20% nonimmune normal serum of the animals of the species in which the second-layer antibody was raised to block nonspecific antibody binding. Mouse anti-human MyoD1 (1:50, clone 5.8a; Dako) or rabbit anti-MyoD (1:50; Santa Cruz), mouse anti-myogenin (1:50, F5D; Dako), mouse anti-Pax7 (1:10; DSHB, Iowa City, IA), goat anti-human collagen type I UNLB (1:100; Cambridge Bioscience), and rabbit anti-human collagen type III (1:50; Chemicon) antibodies were applied at 4°C overnight in 6% horse serum in PBS. A two-step detection method was performed. Primary mouse antibodies were detected with Alexa Fluor 488-conjugated goat anti-mouse (1:200; Molecular Probes), primary rabbit antibodies were detected with TRITC-conjugated swine anti-rabbit (1:200; Dako), and primary goat antibodies were detected with Alexa Fluor 488-conjugated donkey anti-goat (1:200; Molecular Probes). Secondary antibodies were applied for 1 h in 6% horse serum in PBS, and washes were carried out once with PBS + 0.025% Tween 20 followed by two washes with 6% horse serum in PBS. Negative controls were carried out 1) by adding secondary antibodies only with 6% horse serum in PBS, 2) by adding primary antibodies without their corresponding secondary antibodies, and 3) by replacing primary antibodies with an equivalent concentration of their corresponding species IgG.
RT-PCR and Northern blotting.
Total RNA was extracted by using Trizol reagent (Invitrogen). For RT-PCR analysis of C2C12, NIH/3T3 cells (used as a positive control), as well as nonpassaged cells of EDL single fibers of 1-mo-old and 18-mo-old control and mdx mice, 1 μg of total RNA was reverse transcribed in a 20 μl reaction by using SuperScript RNase H− reverse transcriptase (Life Technologies) primed with Oligo(dT)12–18. PCR was performed in a 25-μl PCR mixture containing 1× PCR buffer (Invitrogen), 0.1 mM of each dNTP (Invitrogen), 1 μM of specific primer, and 1 unit of Taq polymerase (Invitrogen). Primer sequences were as follows: α1(I)-procollagen, sense 5′-TCT CCA CTC TTC TAG TTC CT-3′, antisense 5′-TTG GGT CAT TTC CAC ATG C-3′, product length 269 bp; type III collagen, sense 5′-GGC TCC TGG TGA AGC GAG GAC G-3′, antisense 5′-CCT CTT GGA CCA CGT TTA CCC-3′, product length 522 bp, and hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (HPRT), sense 5′-TCA GTC AAC GGG GGA CAT AA-3′, antisense 5′AGT CTG GGG ACG CAG CAA CT-3′, product length 503 bp. Amplification was performed with 35 cycles of 94°C for 1 min, 60°C for 1 min (α1(I)-procollagen) or 58°C for 1 min (type III collagen), and 72°C for 1 min. The PCR products were separated by agarose gel electrophoresis, and the amplified DNA fragments were visualized by ethidium bromide staining. For Northern blotting, 20 μg of C2C12 total RNA was denatured in glyoxal and fractionated on a 1.5% agarose gel in 10 mM sodium phosphate (pH 7). The gel was transferred onto Hybond-N+ nylon membrane (Amersham) and was hybridized according to the manufacturer's instructions with a α-[32P]ATP-labeled Col1α2 probe and HPRT. Levels of collagen type I mRNA and collagen type III mRNA were calculated relative to transcript for HPRT. PCR products and Northern blots were quantified by using ImageJ software (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/).
Collagen type I dose response.
C2C12 were incubated for 2 days in proliferation medium, then switched to differentiation medium containing dilutions of collagen type I (C3511; Sigma) from 0.02 to 20 μg/ml. Myogenin expression was then assessed by immunocytochemistry as described above after 48 h. Myogenin-positive cells per field were counted.
Results are expressed as the mean ± SE of the number of cells in culture from mdx and C57BL/10ScSn mice. The one-way ANOVA test was performed, and a posttest using the Tukey test was used for all comparisons. Significance was defined as P < 0.05.
Collagen type I is expressed by undifferentiated C2C12 myoblasts.
Expression of collagen type I protein examined in undifferentiated C2C12 cultures by immunofluorescence staining (Fig. 1A) demonstrated that ∼50% of cells express collagen type I (total cell number 181.1 ± 8.3, collagen-positive cells 96 ± 5.5, 5 fields per well, 9 wells). Undifferentiated C2C12 cells also express collagen type I mRNA, as does a positive control NIH/3T3 fibroblast cell line (Fig. 1B). We then compared collagen type I immunoreactivity between undifferentiated and differentiated C2C12 cells (Fig. 1, C and D). Only single cells surrounding newly formed myotubes expressed collagen type I, whereas multinucleated desmin-positive myotubes showed no collagen type I staining. We further assessed the distribution of collagen type I during C2C12 differentiation by immunofluorescence staining using myogenin as a marker of differentiation. After 3 days in differentiation medium (2% FCS), we found that collagen type I and myogenin staining became mutually exclusive (Fig. 1E), with <0.2% of cells coexpressing collagen type I and myogenin (1/425 cells). This accorded with Northern blot analysis of collagen type I mRNA levels, revealing that collagen type I mRNA expression is significantly decreased by the seventh day of differentiation (Fig. 1F).
Quiescent myoblasts reentering proliferation specifically express collagen type I, whereas those undergoing differentiation do not.
We used methionine deprivation, which has been shown to block C2C12 myoblast proliferation without inducing differentiation, to examine collagen expression in synchronized myoblasts. On return to complete proliferation medium for 15 h, quiescent myoblasts reentering proliferation incorporate BrdU and express collagen type I (Fig. 2, A and B) but not the differentiation marker myogenin (Fig. 2, C and D). Conversely, methionine deprivation-induced quiescent myoblasts, when placed in low-serum differentiation medium, do not incorporate BrdU (Fig. 2, E and G) but express myogenin (Fig. 2H) and no longer stain for collagen type I (Fig. 2F).
Collagen type I is expressed by most CD34-positive C2C12 cells.
CD34 is an established marker of hematopoietic stem cells and has also been shown to identify quiescent or "reserve" myoblasts and quiescent satellite cells (1). To investigate whether collagen type I is also a marker of undifferentiated myogenic cells, we costained C2C12 cells for collagen type I and CD34 following 48 h in differentiation medium. This procedure segregates the C2C12 cells into two populations, one of differentiating myoblasts and another of CD34-positive quiescent reserve cells. Following this treatment, we found that ∼70% of the collagen type I-positive C2C12 cells (Fig. 3A) are also CD34 positive (Fig. 3B).
Collagen type I added to the culture medium inhibits C2C12 differentiation.
We subsequently examined whether collagen type I expression by C2C12 cells might play an active role in preventing myogenic differentiation. C2C12 were cultured for 2 days in proliferation medium and then switched to differentiation medium containing various concentrations of collagen type I for a further 2 days. Comparison of the number of myogenin-immunopositive C2C12 cells after 48 h revealed a significant inverse relationship with a concentration of collagen type I >2 μg/ml (Fig. 4), with a twofold reduction in differentiated cells when 20 μg/ml of collagen type I was added to the medium.
Collagen types I and III are expressed by mononucleated myogenic cells that emerge from young control and mdx isolated myofibers.
We then looked at collagen synthesis by myogenic cells emerging from isolated muscle fibers. This approach was more representative of the fibrosis that occurred in the muscle in vivo. Isolated single EDL muscle-fiber explants were cultured for 72 h on Matrigel. The fibers and the mononucleated cells that emerged from the fibers were fixed and immunostained for collagen type I and myoblast markers. To allow unequivocal identification of myogenic cells, we used a combination of the three nuclear-expressed markers Pax7, MyoD, and myogenin. This multimarker approach was crucial for the present study, since the previously used marker, desmin, is also expressed by some myofibroblast-like cells (32). Any cell positive for at least one of our three markers would be considered a myogenic cell. We found that all emigrating myogenic cells from 1-mo-old C57BL/10ScSn or from 1-mo-old mdx fibers express both collagen type I (Fig. 5, A and C) and collagen type III (Fig. 5, B and D).
Two distinct cell populations emigrate from old mdx fibers.
We found that cells emerging from 18-mo-old mdx fibers consist of two populations. One is defined as myogenic by being immunopositive for at least one of the three myoblast markers we used and does not coexpresses collagen type I. The second is not stained by any of the myoblast markers but is strongly immunopositive for collagen type I (Fig. 5G). Neither of these phenotypes was found in cells emigrating from 18-mo-old C57BL/10ScSn fibers; in all cells, myogenic markers and immunopositivity for collagen type I (Fig. 5E) were co-expressed. In contrast, collagen type III is expressed by all emigrating myogenic cells from 18-mo-old fibers of both C57BL/10ScSn and mdx muscles (Fig. 5, F and H).
To investigate the expression of collagen type I and collagen type III mRNA by cells emigrating from muscle fibers, total RNA from primary myogenic cultures of young control and mdx mice were analyzed by semiquantitative RT-PCR. We found an elevated expression of collagen type I mRNA in the cells emigrating from both 1-mo-old and 18-mo-old mdx fibers compared with the corresponding wild-type controls (Fig. 5I). Interestingly, collagen type I mRNA expression was detectable within 72 h in vitro in cells emigrating from 1-mo-old mdx fibers, whereas in wild-type controls collagen type I mRNA was only detected after 96 h in culture. No differences were detected in the time course of collagen type III expression from cells emigrating from young and old control and mdx fibers (Fig. 5I).
Accumulation in vitro of nonmyogenic cells from 18-mo-old isolated mdx muscle fibers.
Using combined expression of Pax7, MyoD, and myogenin, we assessed the myogenicity of the cells present in isolated myofiber cultures. We found that most cells emigrating from young control and young mdx fibers are positive for at least one of the myoblast markers we have used (Fig. 6A). In contrast, we found that only ∼60% of the cells emerging from 18-mo-old mdx fibers express a myogenic marker (446/792 cells). Cells were also immunostained for each myoblast marker individually and were counted (Fig. 6B).
Presence of a "cellular sheet" surrounding old myofibers.
We observed fragments of amorphous interstitial material intimately associated with the old mdx myofibers during the isolation process (Fig. 7A). This membrane-like structure was also observed around myofibers of mdx mice as young as 12 mo, whereas in C57BL/10ScSn mice it was seen only around very old myofibers (≥22 mo). This structure was not removed by the collagenase treatment used to produce isolated fibers and remains intimately associated with individual muscle fibers. DAPI staining showed the presence of cell nuclei within this membrane (Fig. 7B). Even in the absence of an appreciable surrounding membrane, most old mdx fibers demonstrated surface-adherent cells (Fig. 7, C and D). These are immunopositive for collagen type I and are negative for all of the myoblast markers we used (Fig. 7, E and F). Confocal microscopy of 18-mo-old mdx fibers revealed cells localized at the surface of the fiber, beneath the surrounding collagen-rich membrane (Fig. 7, H, I, and J). Fibers from old mdx mice often adopted a contorted shape in culture, and foci of contortion were commonly associated with adherent membranes.
Although the primary cause of DMD is a mutation in the dystrophin gene that lowers the resilience of muscle fibers to work-associated damage, the more severe clinical features of this disease are associated with secondary pathological processes. Most notable is the overwhelming accumulation of matrix components in the interstitial space, notably in the endomysium, isolating the fibers from one another within fascicles and constituting the original pathological hallmark that characterized the disease as a myosclerosis (8). This pathological feature is also seen in the main animal models of DMD, the Golden Retriever muscular dystrophy dog and the mdx mouse (see Ref. 5 for review), and is thought, in all three, to be instigated by the relentless muscle fiber degeneration. It has been postulated that this abnormal accumulation of connective tissue is, of itself, a major factor in the progressive failure of muscle regeneration and ultimately of muscle dysfunction (15).
The main finding of this study is that the myogenic C2C12 cell line, derived from a mouse skeletal satellite cell (32), and primary myoblasts emerging from young muscle fibers express collagen type I. This functional duality is perhaps surprising, especially in the pure myogenic satellite cells isolated from young myofibers, which have been shown to be the stem cells of postnatal skeletal muscle (6), able both to provide the material for robust regeneration of damaged muscle and to self-replace so as to repopulate the newly formed muscle with a further generation of fully competent satellite cells (18). Satellite cell involvement in muscle regeneration includes the need for cell adhesion, motility, spreading, and anchorage-dependent growth (34), for all of which collagens serve as a substratum, so it is of particular significance that collagens type I and III are secreted by these satellite/stem cells.
Investigation of the relative participation of C2C12 myoblasts in collagen expression and myogenic differentiation revealed an inverse relationship between the two activities. Thus we show that the majority of C2C12 that express collagen type I do not express differentiation markers, whereas differentiation-committed myogenin-positive cells do not express collagen type I at the protein level. This is substantiated by the observation of a significant decrease in levels of collagen type I mRNA over the course of differentiation. These findings are in agreement with other published data showing that type I procollagen mRNA decreases during the differentiation of adipocytes (33), a cell type with a close lineage relationship to muscle (27). It has also been found that stable expression of FGF-6 in C2C12 significantly reduces myotube formation by myogenic cells (7), consistent with the idea that the acquisition of a "fibroblastic" phenotype shifts the molecular program away from myogenesis. It is of interest here to draw a comparison with the paired-box transcription factor family member Pax7 (26). Quiescent satellite cells express Pax7 and on activation coexpress MyoD (11, 31, 35), a key transcription factor required for commitment to myogenic differentiation (30). After a bout of proliferation, most activated satellite cells cease to express Pax7 as they differentiate. In this study, we have documented a similar relationship that excludes simultaneous expression of collagen type I and myogenic differentiation genes. Differentiation of C2C12 myoblasts and myotubes are coupled with reduction in transcription of collagen type I mRNA. This negative relationship between expression of collagen type I and entry into myogenic differentiation is further demonstrated by the experimental release of C2C12 cells from mitosis block induced by methionine deprivation, which has been shown previously to resemble naturally occurring quiescence in that it does not lead to direct entry into myogenic differentiation (13). On such release of quiescent myoblasts in growth medium, they reentered proliferation, incorporated BrdU, and expressed collagen type I but not myogenin. In contrast, transfer of freshly released cells to differentiation medium resulted in no BrdU incorporation and in expression of myogenin but not collagen type I. Thus myoblasts make the choice to undergo differentiation or express collagen type I but do not do both.
A further component of this switch between alternative fates is the finding that addition of collagen to cultures of C2C12 cells produced a dose-related drop in the proportion of cells entering myogenic differentiation. This has all the elements of a positive feedback loop whereby myogenic cells that produce collagen, rather than entering terminal satellite cell differentiation, act directly to bias potentially myogenic cells toward further production of collagen, thus directing the system as a whole toward fibrogenesis and away from myogenesis.
In differentiation medium, collagen type I was expressed in 70% of single CD34-positive C2C12 cells; these have been shown previously to become MyoD negative and not to fuse into myotubes, coming to resemble quiescent satellite cells (1). However, collagen type 1 is also expressed in proliferating cells and, in our study, is not expressed by satellite cells until the third or fourth day, suggesting that it is a feature of undifferentiated myogenic cells and may not be specifically associated with quiescence. It remains possible, however, that it is a factor predisposing the cells toward quiescence rather than terminal myogenic differentiation. A strong parallel is seen in the adipocyte, a cell type with a close lineage relationship to muscle (27), where a specific decrease in expression of the type I procollagen gene has been noted during differentiation (33).
Because C2C12 cells have been subjected to many years of selection for features that favor their propagation in tissue culture, we also examined collagen synthesis by satellite cells associated with freshly isolated muscle fibers, which are more relevant to fibrosis in vivo. The age-related increase in fibrosis is especially notable in muscles of the aging mdx as reported previously (19, 22). Preparations of young fibers, mdx or wild type, produced emerging cells that almost universally expressed myogenic markers and that, within a day or two, began to proliferate and to produce immunochemically identifiable collagen type I, thus establishing their strong comparability with C2C12 cells. Older fibers produced distinctly fewer such cells. In the case of wild-type fibers, these cells were again predominantly positive for both collagen and myogenic markers. Old mdx fibers, on the other hand, produced two distinct populations of cells: one devoid of any myogenic markers but strongly expressing collagen type I, the second expressing myogenic markers but no longer expressing collagen type I. This was accompanied by the presence around old dystrophic fibers of a sheet consisting of both amorphous and cellular material. This "cellular sheet" was seen around wild-type fibers only from much older animals (22-mo-old C57BL/10ScSn mice) but as early as 12 mo of age on mdx fibers. This rapid aging of the mdx myofiber may account for the small number of cells that emerge from an old dystrophic myofiber compared with young control and may explain the increase in nonmyogenic cells in aged mdx myofiber culture (4).
Intrigued by this apparent switch of phenotypes in old mdx myoblasts, we reinvestigated the single-fiber culture system for expression of collagen type III, which is the other major collagen component of the fibrotic tissue in dystrophic muscle. In satellite cells from both young and old fibers, wild-type or mdx, we found that the myogenic cells all stained positively for type III collagen. Thus in the older mdx myogenic cells, the loss of ability to synthesize type I collagen was specific and had become dissociated from the synthesis of type III collagen. This adds to the picture of a major dysregulation of gene expression in the satellite cell population of dystrophic muscle with continuation of expression of type III collagen but loss of type I expression exclusively in the older mdx muscle.
We had wished to address the remarkable discrepancy between the rapid onset of severe pathology, including conspicuous fibrotic change, in the diaphragm muscle of mdx mice and the much slower progression in the limb muscles. Unfortunately, however, we have not been able to isolate single fibers from the diaphragm with a consistency that would be required to make valid comparisons and so thus far have not been able to shed light on this important matter.
The formation of a sheet of collagen-producing cells around the myofibers provides a clear reflection of the fibrosis that characterizes this disease state. Even in normal muscle, the myofiber basal lamina becomes thicker and more rigid with age (3) and increased cross-linking of collagen molecules with age also renders the fibrils more resistant to degradation by collagenase (10). The dystrophic environment provides a range of inflammatory fibrogenic signals that may exacerbate this process. These, aided by the positive feedback mechanism we have identified here, would lead to the premature and exaggerated formation of this nondegraded connective tissue. Despite its prominent place in the clinical decline in DMD, this degradation of tissue structure and function is not addressed by any of the current gene or cell therapies. We propose that the fibrotic aspects of muscular dystrophy require much more attention if we are to achieve more than a stabilization of the disease state of DMD patients.
This study was supported by Aktion Benni & Co.
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This summer DC Comics tells the story of Batman's Rogue's Gallery through new eyes: The Joker. That's the key to the five one-shots coming out weekly under the umbrella title of The Joker's Asylum in July. But there's one in which the Joker is more than a mere narrator, acting as the lead and the voice of it all. The story in The Joker's Asylum: The Joker is entitled "The Joker's Mild" and comes from the team of writer Arvid Nelson and artist Alex Sanchez.
This is the writer's latest work for DC Comics, having come to this point with strong work on Rex Mundi and the recent Zero Killer series at Dark Horse. Nelson describes The Joker's Asylum: The Joker as a "seventies" tale, in which the Joker takes over a television game show and terrorizes the contestants. "It's basically the birth of reality TV in Gotham City," Nelson said.
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Newsarama: The Joker has been portrayed many different ways, both in comics and film. To you Arvid, what is the character of Joker about?
Arvid Nelson: There are so many ways to portray him. He can be goofy and "fabulous" and Technicolor like Cesar Romero, or he can be dark and psychopathic, like Heath Ledger. Take your pick! That, to me, is what's really unnerving about The Joker. It's the psychotic quality, the unpredictability. Live or die, the joke is always at our expense.
NRAMA: The title of your story here is called 'The Joker's Mild'. Joker's been called many things, but mild isn't one of them. What's the story?
AN: Without giving away too much, it takes place in a television game show in the 1970s. The '70s just seem like the quintessential Joker decade. As to the meaning of "mild", it gets back to the idea of the unpredictability of the character. There's been a lot of emphasis on the dark, psychopathic, sadistic side of The Joker for a long time. But--he's The Joker! He's a prankster and a showman. That's the side we're going to see in "The Joker's Mild".
NRAMA: There's a common saying that everyone does something for a reason, and no one plans to be 'evil' but are merely doing things they think is right. Is that the case for Joker - is he doing bad things to people on purpose?
AN: Outward appearances aside, Shakespeare's Richard III is a lot like The Joker. At one point Richard says "I am determined to prove a villain", and in one sense that means "I deciding to be evil". But "determined" also means "predestined". So he's also saying "I don't have a choice, I was made this way". It's contradictory--and terrifying. Why does The Joker do what he does? There's no clear answer.
NRAMA: How would you describe the chemistry between Batman and Joker?
AN: Batman's pretty tightly-wound, let's face it. I get the sense it's a daily struggle for him not to snap completely. The Joker is the prime example of what happens to someone who loses that struggle. He's the abyss Batman is always teetering over.
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AN: The series is modeled on old-school comics like Tales from the Crypt. The Joker is the emcee, the Crypt Keeper. He leads you into and out of every issue. In my story, he's introducing himself!
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THOUSANDS of runners have turned out for today's Southend Half Marathon - despite a search for wartime bombs being carried out near its starting point.
About 2,800 people registered to take place in the 13.1mile run around Shoebury ahead of the event and hundreds more registered this morning.
Organiser Havens Hospices opted to start the race from the grassy area above East Beach, Shoebury, despite the beach being closed for a mine sweep after live explosives were discovered in April.
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The council closed East Beach, which it licences from the MoD as a public beach, on May 1 after 15 artillery ormortar shells and a dozen machine guns were found there in just 13 days.
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If the court can tell us that we cannot pray before a football game, what will be the next activity where prayer is forbidden?
If a school's tradition has been to have the prayer, what right does the court have to forbid it? When enough of the town's citizens want to eliminate the prayer, that's one thing. When the government wants to, that's another.
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Jack White, he of many a blues-rock band, broke records this week when it was announced his second solo album, Lazaretto, sold 40,000 copies in its first week—on vinyl alone. That's the biggest week ever for a single vinyl album since Soundcan began recording vinyl sales in 1991, according to Rollingstone. (Lazaretto also sold 41,000 CDs and nearly 57,000 downloads in its first week.)
To celebrate that achievement, both for White and for vinyl as a medium, which White has publically championed, we're counting down the best albums written or co-written by Jack White. We're leaving off those he produced, since there are so damn many of them, as well as Loretta Lynn's excellent Van Lear Rose, which White produced and played on but only co-wrote one song of, and live releases. Let us know if you agree!
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On Monday, we brought you the news of Apple's apparent plans to open a research and development center in Pudong, Shanghai. Since then, however, the story seems to have changed. If today's rumor comes to fruition, then Apple will not be opening a Shanghai R&D center, but the facility will rather be used as a dedicated supply chain management center.
This rumor comes as Apple has just started to hire supply chain management experts in the Pudong area, and even has the backing of a member of Apple China's marketing department, who says that Apple isn't preparing its known Shanghai location for the purpose of R&D. This contradicts the 'evidence' that suggested Tim Cook had promised a research and development center in the area on a trip to China.
Should this rumor have any truth behind it, then any hopes of a new Chinese R&D center in the near future may have fallen through, since Monday's story replaced speculation that such a facility would open in Bejing. Whether scrapping any plans for an R&D facility in China is a good move for the Cupertino company is debatable, since the country is an area to focus on for future growth for the business.
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"the Colonel" Daviswrote a review of MSR Twin Sisters Shelter on January 21, 2012
Old Ideas are New Again...
I like this minimalist shelter. I also own the older brothers to the current Twin Sisters, the 2003 and 2007 models of the Twin Peaks, also manufactured by MSR. Years ago, while camping in hot weather along the Appalachian Trail, I thought to myself (while sitting in my Chinchilla-colored 2003 MSR Twin Peaks), this is a great shelter -- if only there were a back door and another vent in it.
Wouldn't you know it? Great minds came to the same conclusion, and they also added a snow/wind skirt on it as well (also found on the blaze orange original Twin Sisters). I must admit that although I'm impressed with this current Twin Sisters (now produced in a mustard yellow color), I really wish that MSR would go back to the Chinchilla (Tan) color, which would help me to "stealth camp" more easily.
I also love the two poles they now add to this shelter. This allows the user to carry them or to leave them at home and to use trekking poles (as was common practice until this year's model). The poles weigh about a pound, so decide whether you need your trekking poles to go for water or to do blue-blazing into town, or whether you'd rather save the additional weight.
This shelter is not for the novice, however, since your lifestyle must help to prevent condensation (venting, bagging of wet clothing, etc.) and placement of this floorless shelter requires well-drained ground. I have never personally set this up in deep snow as a ski shelter, but that requires another set of skills as well.
I personally produce and carry my own TYVEK floor, sewn into a two-inch high bathtub. This system is superior to the optional MSR footprint and costs less as well. The ultimate modification would be a skirt of no-see-um netting for hot summer/buggy use, but perhaps this will be found on next year's model.


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Oh My Nose!
The procedure should be relatively simple and I'll post early monday afternoon when I'm back home. The fun part will come on wed. Stop now if you're squeamish.
When I leave the hospital my nose will be filled with sponges, each about the size of a large finger. This "packing" will stay there as a bandage for two days until the tissue heals. On wed they'll be removed. My surgeon used to have patients come into the office to have them removed, but half the time they fainted! So now he has them do it themselves at home! It seems doing it yourself is more bearable, but it may take me an hour to do it. He said the packing is vacuum sealed and to break the seal I have to pull harder than I imagine. Some patients tie the string to a doorknob and slam the door closed but he doesn't recommend that. Once the seal is broken they should come out easily. Then accumulated blood will flow out for a few minutes, again more than I'd expect. I'm supposed to want to call for an ambulance but I shouldn't as I won't actually need it; it will stop on it's own in a few minutes. Joy.
Then I should be able to breathe great...for about an hour. Then my sinuses will start to fill up as my body won't be happy with the plastic splints setting my septum. This lasts for another week until I return to the doctor's office to have them removed. By the end of the week I'm supposed to regret having had the surgery but right after the splints come out I'm supposed to be very happy and will breathe better than I have in a long time.
Last week I filled my prescriptions for antibiotics and pain killers. I wondered if I should have been concerned that the script was for 60 percosets, but at 2 pills every 4-6 hours that's only a 5-7 day supply. Hopefully I won't need them all.
Apparently most people who have the surgery on Fri are back to work on Monday, and those that aren't are back on Tuesday. My sister has come up to stay with me a few days and we've stocked up the house with food and chocolate (or that should be chocolate and some food). Wish me luck. :)
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- Seth said...
Good luck, man. Percoset's gooood livin'.
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- Richard said...
Good Luck. Was the doctor's advice supposed to be encouraging or tough love? Maybe he believes in radical honesty.
Take good care of yourself.
- Mon Feb 09, 10:08:00 AM EST
- The Dad said...
Geezuz, sounds like your sister is going to need some reinforcements. I'm trying to think of some good nose-related pun to insert here, but I'm too busy shaking off the willies. Best of luck to you. Don't sneeze.
- Mon Feb 09, 10:14:00 AM EST
Please don't post any pictures, Good luck.
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I did a little 3 month photo shoot Wednesday, thankful that it was finally warm enough to do it outside. The photos just look better when you take them outside.
Sleep is still an adjustment, but I decided that she would probably do better if I just moved her to the crib. I also think I'll do better because I don't sleep well when she is in our room in the bassinet. She is also starting to sleep less well in the swing so I think it's time. I foresee a lot of coffee in my future this week.
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Posted on July 10, 2012
The day of our final presentations, it was really exciting to get to see everyone's work. I was very happy to see the teachers and graduate students, and I was pleasantly surprised to see Dr. Hay. It was a really exciting day!! The food at the end was great!! I was very sad to part ways with this bunch. I met some intelligent and all around kind and fabulous people on this trip!
I'd really like to thank all the graduate students one last time. They really did a lot to help out and I really enjoyed reading all of Paul's encouraging emailsJ. I hope to keep in contact with everyone I met because in one short month, I learned a lot and I feel that I have formed some great bonds!!


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NEW YORK, March 26 (UPI) -- Syfy says it will start airing the 13-episode second season of the Canadian time-traveling police drama series "Continuum" this June.
"New episodes of 'Continuum' pick up after the gripping Season 1 finale when Kiera Cameron [played by Rachel Nichols] fought a ticking clock to prevent a cataclysmic act of terrorism," the cable network said in a news release Tuesday.
"Cameron is a cop from the future who finds herself trapped in the present day, swept along when a group of fanatical terrorists escaped their planned execution in 2077 by vaulting back in time."
The show co-stars Victor Webster as Detective Carlos Fonnegra and Erik Knudsen as teen tech genius Alec Sadler.


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1.4 million units in 1997. "That is a reflection of the rise in mortgage interest rates in 1996."
Unfortunately, the moderate expansion of the U.S. economy in 1997 will also mean little improvement in the economic position of African Americans. Blacks will continue to suffer from sizable deficits in both jobs and income.
Looking forward, Brimmer predicts the following: the total civilian labor force will increase to 135.8 million in 1997; the black labor force will expand to 15.5 million, equal to 11.45% of the total; black employment will average 13.9 million and represent 10.8% of the total 128.4 million; and unemployment among blacks may average 1.6 million in 1997, a total equal to 22.3% of the total number of unemployment persons.
So beyond the numbers, what does this all means? If Brimmer's numbers pan out, the black unemployment rate will almost double that of white Americans: 10.6% vs. 5.8%. Ironically, this would mark a further modest "improvement" in our labor market position during the current year.
On the 1997 financial front, Brimmer predicts total money income in the U.S. may increase to $4.95 billion and income received by blacks will rise to $396.1 billion.


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Tusculum College quarterback Bo Cordell, a 2013 graduate of the college, was recognized on Friday, February 7, by members of the Tusculum College Board of Trustees.
Dr. Kenneth A. Bowman, chair of the Tusculum Board and a 1970 alumnus of the college, presented Cordell with a signed resolution recognizing his accomplishments in the classroom, on the field and in the community during his time at Tusculum. Cordell is currently working on his MBA in the Tusculum College Graduate and Professional Studies program.
According to Bowman, Cordell, during his time at Tusculum College, distinguished himself athletically, academically and as a citizen in the community.
"Bo Cordell has been a record setter on the football field and has excelled in the classroom, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration in 2013 and currently working on his MBA," said Bowman. "More than that, Bo has given back at a level not often seen, being recognized on a national level not only for his athletic success, but for his service to community."
Cordell was named to the prestigious American Football Coaches Association Good Works Team, one of only 22 collegiate football players in the nation to be recognized in 2013. Off the field, Bo has been very active on campus and in the community. He volunteered with the Tusculum Mentors Program, Earth Day, Tusculum Lunch Buddies program, Boys and Girls Club Youth Football Clinic, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the Adopt-a-Highway
program, the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Cordell, the first quarterback in Tusculum College program history to earn the All-American distinction in two separate seasons, was recognized in 2013 and 2010 by D2football.com and Don Hansen's Football Gazette and was the 2013 Daktronics Region Two Player of the Year.
He finished fourth for the second time in the national voting for the Harlon Hill Trophy that honors the NCAA Division II National Player of the Year, and was a national finalist in 2010.
Cordell has had one of the most prolific careers ever by a collegiate signal caller in 2013, currently owning 15 NCAA Division II records, including career passing yards (16,265 – 4th all NCAA divisions), career completions (1,397 – 3rd all NCAA divisions), career pass attempts (2,187 – 3rd all NCAA divisions), career total offensive yards (16,432 – 4th all NCAA divisions) and total offensive plays in a career (2,572 – 2nd all NCAA divisions).
He was also named the 2013 South Atlantic Conference Offensive Player of the Year, becoming the first Tusculum player to earn the honor multiple times in his career (2010 and 2013). He is one of only four players in league history to earn Offensive Player of the Year distinction on more than one occasion and was named a semifinalist for the 2013 William V. Campbell Trophy presented by the National Football Foundation.
While at Tusculum, Cordell participated in activities of the Tusculum College School of Business as a member of the Center for Economic Development and Entrepreneurship, was named to the Tusculum College Dean's List, and was a Capitol One Academic All-District Player. Bo also served as a representative with the Pioneer Student Athlete Advisory Council.
"While we, the Tusculum College Board of Trustees, recognize Bo Cordell's successes at Tusculum College, we also extend a formal expression of appreciation along with best wishes to him in all future endeavors," said Bowman.


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I need someone to point me in the right direction to get a legit Japanese game (Joysound) to work on an american wii with access to the Japanese shopping channel.
I've tried researching this and I noticed that you can permanently brick your wii so I'd like to be sure that I do this right. To be honest I don't even play wii, but about a year ago i got Homebrew working so that my wife can play backup games...i do not remember what i did to get this working :P
What I can tell you is that I'm on system menu 4.2u. I know i need to delete the american shopping channel and then change the region but when i go to the shopping channel my only option is to update and I'm not sure if i should.
I also know that I need AnyRegion Changer but I have not been able to find a good step-by-step tutorial.
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NACR a Gold Sponsor of 2013 Wisconsin Avaya Users Group Event
Booth at WAUG Conference Will Feature NACR's Next-Gen Technologies
Apr 02, 2013, 10:00 ET from NACR
EAGAN, Minn., April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Solutions integration expert NACR is pleased to announce that it will be a gold sponsor of the 24th annual conference of the Wisconsin Avaya Users Group (WAUG), April 11-12 at the Kalahari Resorts and Conventions facility in Wisconsin Dells, WI.
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NACR is a leading global integrator of best-in-class communications solutions and services, and a trusted advisor to more than 5,500 customers ranging from small businesses to FORTUNE® 100 and global enterprises. The company provides one source for consulting, implementation, project management, training, maintenance, and managed services that improve productivity, efficiency, collaboration, and customer service.
WAUG is a non-profit group designed for users in Wisconsin who currently manage or maintain Avaya communications systems or products. The 2013 WAUG conference will provide members with the chance to network with industry professionals and peers, and a forum for sharing information and knowledge in the areas of new technology, innovations, convergence, and utilization of existing system features and enhancements.
NACR works closely with Avaya and other technology innovators to integrate the latest hardware, software, and applications into end-to-end multivendor solutions for diverse markets. As a sponsor and exhibitor at the WAUG conference, NACR will highlight its next-generation solutions and capabilities in emerging technologies such as managed services, real-time collaboration, and customer experience management (CEM).
"Once again, NACR looks forward to participating in the WAUG conference and connecting with our regional customers to showcase some of our leading-edge solutions," according to Dick Bourdow, central region Vice President of NACR. "For example, we will talk about the growth of our Ovation Managed Services portfolio — including our new best-in-breed Ovation Cloud Services for voice — and how it delivers ongoing value as a customer's technology and business needs evolve."
Visitors to the NACR booth at the conference will be able to meet with some of the company's multivendor sales, services, and technical associates for the central region. In addition, NACR representatives will be featured presenters in conference breakout sessions on Thursday, April 11:
- "Starting the Conversation: VMware in your Environment" — Erik Solberg and Georgene MacLennan will present the benefits of virtualized applications, the basics of VMware, and how to extend this capability into an Avaya environment.
- "Social Media: Is Your Business Part of the Conversation?" — Linda Siebrandt will explore the impact of social media on business, identify trends, and discuss how a business can engage with customers by implementing a social media strategy.
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Mayling Simpson: Reasons against casino
September 19, 2012
A number of letters to the editor and other articles in the past months have voiced opposition to a casino in our community. It is true that the casino may offer some jobs and some stimulation to the local economy. It will ride on the back of other tourism to the valley, especially skiing. It will spread the economic pie from skiing. Everybody wants our county residents to have more job opportunities and the economy stimulated. The question is: Do we want a casino to do this? Are there better alternatives?
The problem with bringing a casino to our community is the value system behind it and the kinds of values gambling reinforces, especially in children. Gambling comes from a value system that says you can get rich quick with little effort. In fact, casinos are all about luring the general public into thinking that they will have luck and win big money while having fun. Of the 51 casinos in Colorado, 10 have names that make you think you can win big-time: Easy Street, Famous Bonanza, Gold Rush, Gold Diggers, Golden Gates, Golden Gulch, Lady Luck, Golden Mardi Gras, Richman and Winner's Haven. It is all a ruse.
Casinos make money because the house always wins. Whereas most businesses sell a product or create value through services, casinos make money only because the odds ensure it. Think of casinos as glittery sponges that suck money while keeping the customer just a little bit tipsy with cheap alcohol. Is this a value we want to support? I can even see this tactic (not the alcohol) being used in the community meetings led by the Sleeping Giant Group. They are promising many jobs, good pay and a revived economy. They say, in effect, "bet on us and you will win." There is no way we can be sure of that.
A second value system problem with gambling is that it is designed to tap into or create an addiction. It is designed to feed the addiction. This creates problem and pathological gamblers. Perhaps not all gamblers have problems, but just like other addictions, as long as you feed it, it will be there. Addictions have fall-out for families and communities: bankruptcy, divorce, child neglect. Casinos also feed alcohol addiction through cheap drinks to lower inhibitions. Three casino names in Colorado allude to easy women: Midnight Rose, Scarlet's and Red Dolly. Casinos are known to increase the temptation for illegal activities. Of course, these vices are already in our society. It is just that a casino concentrates these problems into one area and then feeds them.
Saying "yes" to a casino is saying "yes" to this value system. Is this what we want in return for economic improvement?
There is an alternative. For example, the Yampa Valley Crane Festival this week has the potential to attract hundreds of tourists to our valley in the years to come. We live in a beautiful area of the world. We could grow our economy based on solid values of appreciating our pristine environment and wildlife. We could market the natural assets we already have and be proud that we have not acculturated our children, or anyone else's children, to the very vices and addictions that degrade our society. Let's be different.
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regular basis.
One alternative is that you ask the club pro if there are any slow times during the week that your child can slip on the course to play two or three holes. Frequently, the 2-3 p.m. time slot is available. Also check to see if there are any par 3 courses in the area. The more your child plays, the more the comfort level increases.
Relief could be on the way. Community leaders are starting to realize that with the growth in golf, they need to set up youth facilities that mirror those already in place for soccer, baseball and football. Columbia, South Carolina, for instance, opened Junior Golf Land last year, an 18-hole facility on which only kids may play until 5 p.m. Adults can use the course after 5 p.m. but they must be accompanied by a child. The recreation department in Leewood, Kansas, has a similar facility.
The other move afoot is the establishing of so-called little leagues of golf. The NMJGF and Florida-based Hook-A-Kid-On-Golf are both promoting such programs. The concept is to form six-player teams of comparable ability and match them up once or twice a week in a head-to-head format. Hook-A-Kid-On-Golf, for one, is sending how-to manuals to golf clubs across the country in hopes that some parent or parent groups will make the league their project. Contact your club pro to see if he has received such information. Or contact the Hook-A-Kid-On-Golf (800-729- 2057) or the NMJGF.
Finally, as the competitive juices get boiling in your child, find out what junior tournaments are being held in your area. You may have to travel some weekends, but think of all the joy your child will be getting. That alone is worth the price of gas.
For all the hand-wringing that has gone on over tennis players turning professional too young, the truth remains that the best way to get a child hooked on tennis is to introduce the game early. The best scenario you can hope for is that your infant grows up watching you, your spouse or a sibling playing the game and later starts dabbling with it himself. You can introduce the tools of the trade between age 4 and 5, start them off in lessons from age 6 to 9, and sit back and wat
ch those competitive juices take hold from age 10 and above. Barring that — and rest assured that very few people adhere to the aforementioned timeable — do everything within your power to keep the game challenging and fun for your child, no matter what age he or she starts out.
"If the parents are gung-ho about tennis and share in the process, that makes learning the game more palatable for a child," says Denise Jordan, Eastern Sectional Coordinator for the United States Tennis Association's Play Tennis American program. "Plus, if the game is seen as fun and recreation, that's a much more positive stimulant."
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The driver of the boat that killed two people after it crashed into a houseboat on Grand Lake in May was charged with two felony counts of manslaughter Monday.
The charges come after a boat carrying eight passengers collided with the docked houseboat in May. University of Arkansas students Rachel Swetnam and William Varner III were at the front of the boat when it crashed and were killed.
RELATED: Cascia Hall graduate Rachel Swetnam, friend Trey Varner killed in Grand Lake boat collision
While in the hospital, Deselms, a Cascia Hall graduate and University of Arkansas student, told investigators he had no recollection of the crash, but confessed to having "about 10 beers," a shot of tequila and an unknown unprescribed anti-depressant. A blood test taken after Deselms was stabilized showed a blood alcohol concentration of twice the legal limit, at .18.
He also estimated he was driving the boat at 25 mph.
GRDA: Investigation indicates alcohol, speed likely factors in fatal Grand Lake boat crash (
Deselms, who was injured and hospitalized following the crash, was arrested in a Vinita hospital and cited for operation of a vessel under the influence.
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Servais Knaven on Paris-Roubaix
The view from within a bike race is a privileged position; one that us fans rarely get to enjoy. Whether having ridden them, or from behind the wheel of the team car, the Team Sky directeur sportifs have an unrivalled understanding of what the biggest races are really like.
For 'Roubaix Racetrack', the third in a series of articles about the spring Monuments, Servais Knaven, one of the strongest Classics riders of the late nineties and early noughties and now a DS with Team Sky, tells us about this Sunday's 'Hell of the North':
"I rode Paris-Roubaix 16 times, finishing all of them, and I won it once too. I've now also done the race five times in the team car. It has always been my favourite race of the year but it's hard to explain why. I was good in it, which I suppose makes it a bit easier to like!
What people don't see is that the first 90km is on rolling, open roads with cross winds and that makes the race already pretty intense. You go at hard speeds and it is demanding but you still have to try and conserve energy as much as possible.
After that, there's a sprint every time to get on to the cobbled sections. The group could be 100 riders, or only 15, but there's always a big fight for position. And on the cobbles it's always full gas.
Being in the top 30 or 40 positions from the first cobbles onwards will save so much energy that you can use in the final. Every little energy you spend for nothing, you feel at the end. For me, it was always the race with the highest average heart rate. Maybe the maximum wasn't that high but it's always pushing and never easy.
The day after, you feel every muscle in your body. You feel muscles that you weren't even aware that you had and that feeling will stay for a couple of days. It was better when I got older so the body gets used to it I guess, but the first years were crazy – I had pain everywhere. Luckily I never had any blisters on my hands, but many guys get them really badly. It's really important to prevent it, especially if you get some on the recon a few days before that – those guys aren't happy.
Driving the car behind the race is probably an even more crazy experience. On the bike you're pretty narrow, 50cm wide, whereas in a car you're maybe 1m85cm and so with all the spectators and all the cars in front of you, riders dropping back, or coming up from behind, you need extra eyes.
There's always a big fight in the cars to keep position on the road too. Everyone has a number and you have to drive in that order, but of course some guys try to go a little bit further ahead than they should. We have the same fight for position as the riders when we approach the cobbles too.
We always put two sports directors in the car during the Classics because you cannot both drive and give instructions at the same time. Gabriel Rasch drives the car and I'm the passenger, watching TV, listening to radio tour and talking with the riders to give them feedback.
Last year Luke Rowe came ninth and he's one of the guys who stepped up last year. I have the feeling he can take another step this year. Then we have Ian Stannard of course – it'll be his big goal for the season so I'm 100% sure he'll be ready. They'll be our main captains for the day, with Christian Knees and Salvatore Puccio and other experienced riders around them. I think we can go for a good result."
Rapha is celebrating the spring Monuments with a competition offering generous prizes. Guess the winning time of Paris-Roubaix and a Team Sky–inspired pro package will be yours. Servais Knaven has also very kindly offered his advice to help your predictions:
"The direction of the wind most affects the speed of the race. Paris-Roubaix goes north so look out for whether the winds are northerly or southerly. Then, of course when it's raining the races goes a few km/h slower too."