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Date: November 9, 2012
Times: Beginning at 10 a.m.
Location: Siverson Lounge
On Saturday, Nov. 10, the Alpha Xi Mu chapter of Sigma Tau Delta (the international honors society for English majors and minors) will host its 2nd annual Reading Marathon beginning at 10 a.m. in Siverson Lounge.
This year, they will read F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby." Students and faculty will be reading throughout the course of the day with the reading beginning shortly after 10 a.m. and continuing until it is completed, sometime around 4 p.m. Refreshments will be served throughout the day, and the end of the reading will feature a prize giveaway.
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You can enjoy watching the arrivals and departures from the airport's panoramic observation decks, and inside the terminal you will even find a model airport exhibition. Have a drink or a meal at one of the airport's bars and restaurants, or do some shopping for books, clothing, souvenirs, travel accessories, and duty-free items.
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With so much to see and do, New York City really is what you choose to make it. Take to the streets of the city on foot and try street food from a range of cultural backgrounds, or book tickets to New York's famous Broadway shows. Tour museums and art galleries, then enjoy the nightlife festivities at Times Square.
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This Spring I have picked gallons of strawberries and blueberries. (2 gallons of blueberries for $7!!!). What I could not use immediately, I froze or gave to friends. I went with a friend to pick. Friendship, exercise, fun, fresh flavor and huge savings! Check the classifieds for local U-pick ads. I can't wait for the tomatoes to come in!
I keep a bag of small apples, blueberries, strawberries or whatever fruit is in season and reach for that instead of the proverbial candy dish when things get hectic at work!
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16 U.S. Code § 430kk - Wilson's Creek National Battlefield: establishment and acquisition of lands
(a) Establishment, initial boundaries
The Secretary of the Interior shall acquire, by gift, purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, the lands (together with any improvements thereon) comprising the Wilson's Creek Battlefield site near Springfield, Missouri, and any other lands adjacent to such site which in his opinion are necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of sections 430kk to 430mm of this title.
(b) Expansion of boundaries
(1) The boundaries of the Wilson's Creek National Battlefield are revised to include lands and interests therein consisting of six parcels totaling 615 acres and identified as parcels "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6" on the map entitled "Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Proposed Boundary", numbered 410/80,037 and dated January 27, 2004. The map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
(2) The Secretary is authorized to acquire the lands referred to in paragraph (1) by donation, by purchase from willing sellers with donated or appropriated funds, or by exchange. The Secretary may acquire by the same methods personal property associated with, and appropriate for, interpretation of the park.
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(1) require any private property owner to allow public access (including Federal, State, or local government access) to such private property; or
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The revision of the boundaries of the Wilson's Creek National Battlefield by subsection (b) of this section shall not be considered to create any liability for, or to have any effect on any liability under any other law of, any owner of private property with respect to any person injured on that private property.
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The boundaries of the Wilson's Creek National Battlefield, as revised by subsection (b) of this section, represent the area within which Federal funds appropriated for the purpose of sections 430kk to 430mm of this title may be expended. The boundary revision shall not be construed to provide any nonexisting regulatory authority on land use within the National Battlefield or its viewshed by the Secretary or the National Park Service.
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Joy Clark, head of sales - west for Digicel Jamaica (right), hands over the award for School of the Year, Mobile Enrichment Cart to Kareen Malcolm (centre) of Wilson's Run Primary. Sharing in the moment are, from left, Enrichment Programme Specialist Shauner Murray, Ministry of Education; Education Programme Manager Dane Richardson, Digicel Foundation; and Special Education Coordinator Karl Watson, Ministry of Education - Region 4. - Contributed
Two extraordinary schools were recognised recently for their hard work and dedication in increasing literacy and numeracy levels with the assistance of the Enrichment Programme.
The announcement was made at a forum held at the Wexford Court Hotel in St James, with the first group of 32 schools from western and central Jamaica who participated in this joint initiative.
The schools, Wilson's Run Primary in Region Three and Lucea Primary School in Region Four, were named 'Exemplary Schools' for their outstanding administering of the programme. Their level of monitoring and assessment of students' performance; attendance at learning and development seminars; compliance with reporting as well as utilisation of skills, were notable.
In addition, these schools have seen distinct improvements in their students' performance, which have excited and motivated the teachers to continue with the programme.
Both schools will be awarded grants for their performance, to be used to further enhance the delivery of the Enrichment Programme as well as other useful student-focused efforts during the coming school year. In addition, the Enrichment teachers from the institutions will enjoy time at Round Hill Hotel and Villas and Sunset Beach Resort.
First piloted in 2009 and now being implemented in more than 100 schools across the island, with USAID's support, the Enrichment Programme will be expanding to another 95 schools over three years. The intervention aims to facilitate and improve literacy and numeracy performance at the primary-school level through the use of information communication technologies (ICTs).
Digicel Foundation Education Programme Manager Dane Richardson highlighted the immense value of the teachers implementing the programme, saying, "The success of this and any intervention must be credited to the teachers and principals at the implementing institutions."
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Dustin Diaz's Daily Dose
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Light and Steady
First of all, Dustin is using much of his photo marathon to explore what he can do with flash. And while that sounds all laudable and romantic and stuff, I can tell you from experience that there is nothing like a long-term project to expose your "camera expertise" as nothing more than a bag of tricks -- and a shallow bag of tricks at that.
At least that's been my experience when doing long-term projects. Which is exactly why you do them, of course -- to grow, practice, discover your limits and then expand them out of sheer necessity.
But Dustin has added another Strobist-friendly aspect to his daily grind: Lighting diagrams for many of his photos. That's right, not only is he shooting a lit photo a day, but he is also spelling out his techniques for anyone following along.
If Only I Had that Kind of Time...
So, what kind of loser has enough free time on his hands to light, shoot, diagram and publish to the web non-stop? (aside from the obvious, of course.)
Well, if you are a Gmail user, you have Dustin to partially thank for it. Dustin was an engineer on that team at Google. As for myself, I am not sure how that Gmail tech stuff works. But you can get a basic idea with this video.
Dustin worked at Yahoo before that, and recently moved over to Twitter. In fact, he announced his resignation from Google with a tweet. The guy's got flair, I'll give him that much.
But suffice to say, he is a plenty busy guy to be tackling a significant project like this. And if you are interested in trying a 365 yourself, I got a chance to shoot some Q's at him about his year-long journey thus far. So I'll just shut up and let him do the talking.
(As always, click on any of the pix to get to the Flickr page, which in turn will point you to his lighting diagrams.)
Dustin Diaz on the 365
Q: Talk a little about the framework for the project. Has this been harder than you expected, or has your lighting grown easier and more intuitive because of the repetitive nature of it?
Doing a "365 project" is of course, not uncommon among photographers. To give some brief history, I had already been taking pictures several months prior to even beginning the project. In regards to daily shooting, I have been a photographer for four years.
You know the old saying -- "you need a camera to take pictures". So I carried mine everywhere. However, moving into the 365, the point was not to see if I can push the shutter every 24 hours (that's easy) but rather to invoke the challenge of being a creative editor. Choosing just one image from a bunch is hard -- really hard. And then starting that process all over again the next day, well, that's just exhausting.
I have, however, found it easier over time in deciding what photo I want to take each day by simply focusing on single-themed photos. This is as opposed to going out and taking a variety of photos and then having to decide between having "too many" photos at the end of the night.
In regards to being "harder than I expected," it has been. But that's only because expectations continually change, and the level of expected quality grows and having an audience that gives constant feedback is terrifying! But once you have an audience, you can't stop. Or at least, I can't.
As far as "lighting" goes (since this is the Strobist blog, after all) it's a double-edged sword. It's easy to fall into the trap of taking the same photo using the same light settings, but in different locations. But part of the goal of the 365 is to try new things, make mistakes, and do things out of the ordinary.
For example I never thought I'd be running in the middle of traffic, leaving a tripoded camera in a windy suicide lane, clamping lights to people's garages, or paying homeless teenagers to trigger the shutter. But to quote a friend, it's like "taking crack, responsibly." Being a daily strobist is hard, yet addicting, but one must be responsible enough to put the gear down for a day, and then let your next idea wait another day.
Q: Speaking of that, has the project revealed the limitations of your bag of lighting tricks? Are hitting a wall, or are you growing as a result of those exposed boundaries?
Yes, there are limitations, but first, a quote from Michael Freeman from his book The Photographer's Eye:
"The important decisions in photography are those concerned with the image itself: the reasons for taking it, and the way it looks. The Technology, of course, is vital, but the best it can do is to help realize ideas and perception"
Thus, in one sense, to say one is only as good as their equipment is a bad outlook. I am, however, at a point in my photography career where I've set myself up to mostly "not worry" about gear. Between my wife Erin and I, we have six speedlights and six PocketWizards. Needless to say, I don't feel hard done by when it comes to lack of light. The only real limitation is my imagination (for lack of a cheesier expression). And no amount of gear is going to solve the problem of making a good photograph with meaning. So yes, this is difficult.
From an Engineers perspective, one would think there's only so many combinations of lighting setups before you're doing the same tricks over. And nobody wants to be a one-trick pony — at least I don't.
But to this point, there are only three things that have gotten easier:
1) leaving the house
2) setting up
3) tearing down
Therefore, the biggest stumbling block each day is the "what" and "where"-- and the occasional "how much time do I have before midnight," which has happened on several accounts.
Q: You famously swapped horses from Google to Twitter. At Google, there is a decent-sized community of photographers, and even a pretty tight group of guys into small-flash lighting. Is there a similar cadré at Twitter? If not, have you seen any interest from others due to your project?
Google is an Engineering company. They have a photography mailing list. Most of the subjects that popped into the list were related to pixel density, f/stops and lenses with an infrequent link to someone's personal photos requesting a critique.
None of these are bad things, as they represent the culture quite well. And as far as I remember, very few were into strobist photography. I had helped organically grow one small group within the Gmail team, and it became quite fun for a lot of us.
On the flipside of the coin, I am more interested in the art of photography. For example, learning the inverse square law was fun for a few days. But in the end, it's only a mean to an end. Taking photographs that actually evoke emotion is what I am after, and light plays a major factor into creating that feeling.
Nevertheless and to the point, Twitter is a much smaller company (in regards to employees). And there is no photography community. If anything, there is a strong coffee cadré, which I will happily embrace. The goal was to lead the Frontend Engineering team, not seek camera friends.
Q: What advice would you have to anyone considering a 365 project? I.e., in retrospect, would you deliberately choose a broad or narrow visual framework, and why?
For anyone crazy enough to do anything out of the ordinary for 365 days, you WILL get tired. But specifically for photographers, find inspiration in other places besides photo websites.
Watch an episode of LOST or Heroes, then perhaps go buy a comic book. (Hey, I'm not even into comics, but there is some good strobist inspiration in those things). Or better yet, just leave the house knowing you can't come back without taking at least ONE good photo that you're happy with.
And lastly, reflect often. Notice your own improvement and try to out-do yourself — not others. It does not take a 365 to do this. I mainly chose my custom 365 framework to bring forth challenges that were appropriate to what I wanted to get out of it. Therefore broad or narrow, whichever framework someone chooses, I believe self-challenges are always a great way to better oneself.
Oh, and Speaking of Twitter
Back at Strobist International HQ, we know we have been extremely neglectful of late in the Twitter department. It started off on it last summer, with more enthusiasm than long-term strategy. Then the upstream conversation quickly got to take up far too much time in the workday. It was kinda like trying to take a sip out of a fire hose.
Right now, it is still dormant. But I am finally off of my travel merry-go-round and trying to work out a system that will be sustainable. If you want to be onboard for whatever ends up happening, you can click to follow here.
The only thing I can promise is that, for a little while at least, it'll basically be the sound of crickets chirping (tweeting?) in the distance. But when I decide how to light it up again, you'll be the first to know.
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Sales and marketing skills are not inherent in a lawyer's make up. Perhaps we actually became lawyers because we lacked what it might take to be a salesperson, a politician or an investment banker. If we are going to get into the right mental place to make rain, we'll need to leave our comfort zones. And the perfect inspiration to get us out of our comfort zones is Chrissie Lightfoot. She's already been a solicitor but found that she wasn't content to settle for the comfortable life. She wanted more from being a solicitor than just law: she was one of the few natural rainmakers to find their way into the profession.
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Studebaker quarter panels to be reproduced
1957 Studebaker Golden Hawk.
Studebakers have been out of production for nearly 50 years, but that doesn't mean restorers can't find reproduction parts for their South Bend sweethearts. Floor pans, door skins, trunk floors, rocker panels and body mounts are easy enough to find for certain models, and Goodmark recently announced the production of replacement quarter panels for 1953-1961 Studebaker coupes.
Goodmark's decision to reproduce these Studebaker-specific parts was made for the vintage parts supplier by its customers; Goodmark representative Tony Pascale reports that the company would receive as many as 15 requests per week from Studebaker owners looking for replacement sheetmetal.
Up until now, preformed patches for typical rust areas on fenders and rear quarters were available, but as anyone who's ever restored a vehicle knows, rust doesn't always appear where you expect it to.
Goodmark's quarter panels are good news for Studebaker restorers, but other Studebaker body panels remain elusive. Per Bob Palma, Technical Editor of the Studebaker Driver's Club Turning Wheels magazine, front fenders for Hawk-type bodies are challenging to find (though much in demand) and would be difficult to reproduce. New decklids for Lark-type models have been unavailable since 1966, leading some to speculate that the die used to stamp 1964-1966 decklids was damaged in production. By Palma's reckoning, a good rear decklid for a 1964-1966 Studebaker can command as much as 10 times the price of a good front fender. Could these body panels represent future business opportunities for Goodmark? That would likely depend upon the complexity of manufacturing and the level of customer demand.
Pricing for the Goodmark quarter panels has yet to be announced. For more information, visit GoodmarkIndustries.com.
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If you're tired of looking for undamaged used or good reproduction fenders for your 1966
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Goodmark Industries, Inc. now has 1966 Nova fenders in stock. These newly tooled parts are stamped from steel and are then EDP coated (electro deposit
primer) for rust protection. EDP coating is electrically charged primer that protects the inside of the fenders as much as the outside. The only preparation that the Goodmark fenders need is a scuffing of the surface. The fenders are protected from rust as long as the EDP coating remains. Most paint manufacturers offer primer specifically formulated for EDP coating, so be sure to follow your paint manufacturer's specifications.
Goodmark's fenders are part number 4011-100-66L and R. The suggested retail price on each is $329.95. For more information, go to goodmarkindustries.com or call 770-339-8557 in Lawrenceville, Georgia (Atlanta). The new Norwalk, California, location number is 562-282-0284.
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Video: Car-to-Car Frisbee in a Mazda MX-5 Miata
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The TRD body kit makes this thing less ugly. It's still ugly, but if you concentrate on the individual bits you can almost ignore that ghastly grille. And considering the flack Lexus has gotten for the styling of the IS F sport I'm wonder why the TRD kit isn't standard because it's such an improvement. Still really really ugly though.
I want the IS-F coupe already!!
Nice !The TRD bodykit make it more aggressive ... A lot more !especially the Diffuser & the quad pipes ! The standard IS/IS-Sport rear end reminds me of an old Mitsubishi (can't remember it name)
they need to do something about the spoilers , the curve for the badge is hideous & looks like an exact copy of my neighbor's Corrolla's spoiler
Can't wait for the new IS-F. Bring the beast out Lexus.
I would love to see these accessories available in Canada when the IS comes out. These really give the car an aggressive stance and would have no problem paying the extra 2 or 3 thousand dollars to have these on the car (just the body kit)....I wouldn't invest in the rims myself.


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In 1999, Menil Collection curator Walter Hopps and SFMOMA Director David A. Ross interviewed Rauschenberg in the SFMOMA galleries during an exhibition featuring fourteen major works by the artist that the museum had recently acquired. Hopps had organized the 1976 and 1998 retrospectives of Rauschenberg's work. In this excerpt from the video footage, the artist discusses the concept behind his series of White Paintings and notes that other people, including artists Cy Twombly and Brice Marden, have painted these works for him over the years. Gary Garrels, then SFMOMA's chief curator, and Peter Samis, then associate curator of education, also participate in the interview. A transcript of the full interview is available on the Related Information page. A transcript of this excerpt is available below.
Robert Rauschenberg discusses White Painting [three panel] (1951) at SFMOMA, May 6, 1999. Video edited by Richard Robertson, 2012
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For the Record: Dad charged after coach assaulted
The father of a high school football player who smashed his son's assistant coach in the face with a helmet, breaking his jaw, was charged Wednesday with aggravated assault. The charge against Tumua Fagota Siaumau, 46, of Anchorage, Alaska, is a second-degree felony. The alleged assault occurred about 9:30 p.m. Friday at Highland High School after a game against Granger High School, charging documents state. When the assistant coach asked Siaumau if he had permission to take his son home instead of putting him on the school bus with the rest of the team, an argument apparently began. That's when Siaumau allegedly used his son's helmet to hit the coach in the head, breaking his jaw and knocking him unconscious. Siaumau was arrested and his bail was set at $50,000.
One of Utah's Most Wanted nabbed
West Valley City police arrested one of Utah's Most Wanted on Tuesday night after they twice cordoned off neighborhoods and combed an area for two hours seeking the fugitive. Jerry Herzet, 43, was wanted for violating his parole and has an extensive criminal history, according to a court search. Herzet has been convicted of theft, drug possession and aggravated burglary. Acting on a tip, police arrested Herzet near 4800 West and 3500 South, about a block from where he had been living. He was able to slip through an initial police perimeter, but was caught after officers cordoned off a second area.
Box Elder County man rolls ATV, dies
An Ogden man has died after an all-terrain vehicle accident in Box Elder County. At about 7 p.m. Sept. 20, Kevin C. Glantz, a 46-year-old salesman for Sunstate Equipment, was riding an ATV near the Willard Basin area outside Mantua when the vehicle rolled, according to the Utah State Parks and Recreation.
CPR was performed at the scene and emergency crews responded, but the remote location delayed medical helicopters. Glantz died at the scene.
Announcement of death penalty delayed
Prosecutors agreed Wednesday to wait another two months before announcing whether they intend to seek the death penalty in David Ragsdale's capital murder case. Ragsdale recently dismissed his private attorney in favor of representation by court-appointed public defenders who asked for the extension. The new defense team needs a good idea of the nature and quality of the prosecution's case before deciding whether to take the case to trial, explained prosecutor Dave Sturgill. Ragsdale is accused of shooting his estranged wife to death at point-blank range in the parking lot of her Lehi church building this January. The new deadline is Dec. 1, with a pre-trial conference set for Nov. 26.
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|Accession Numbers: EG11062 (EcoCyc), b0779, ECK0768
Synonyms: dar-1, dar-6
Component of: UvrABC Nucleotide Excision Repair Complex (extended summary available)
UvrB is a subunit of the nucleotide excision repair (NER) complex, UvrA2B, which, along with UvrC, make up the components of the NER generalized DNA repair process which is responsible for repair of an assortment of DNA lesions.
uvrB insertion mutants were identified in a genetic screen for genes that are important for survival of exposure to ionizing radiation (IR). A uvrB deletion mutant has a substantial decrease in IR survival [Byrne14].
Gene Citations: [Sancar82, Schendel82]
Locations: cytosol
|Map Position: [812,749 -> 814,770] (17.52 centisomes, 63°)
|Length: 2022 bp / 673 aa
Molecular Weight of Polypeptide: 76.226 kD (from nucleotide sequence)
Unification Links: ASAP:ABE-0002658 , CGSC:20 , DIP:DIP-48012N , EchoBASE:EB1055 , EcoGene:EG11062 , EcoliWiki:b0779 , Mint:MINT-1244062 , OU-Microarray:b0779 , PortEco:uvrB , PR:PRO_000024199 , Pride:P0A8F8 , Protein Model Portal:P0A8F8 , RefSeq:NP_415300 , RegulonDB:EG11062 , SMR:P0A8F8 , String:511145.b0779 , UniProt:P0A8F8
Relationship Links: InterPro:IN-FAMILY:IPR001650 , InterPro:IN-FAMILY:IPR001943 , InterPro:IN-FAMILY:IPR004807 , InterPro:IN-FAMILY:IPR006935 , InterPro:IN-FAMILY:IPR014001 , InterPro:IN-FAMILY:IPR024759 , InterPro:IN-FAMILY:IPR027417 , Panther:IN-FAMILY:PTHR24029 , PDB:Structure:1E52 , PDB:Structure:1QOJ , Pfam:IN-FAMILY:PF00271 , Pfam:IN-FAMILY:PF02151 , Pfam:IN-FAMILY:PF04851 , Pfam:IN-FAMILY:PF12344 , Prosite:IN-FAMILY:PS50151 , Prosite:IN-FAMILY:PS51192 , Prosite:IN-FAMILY:PS51194 , Smart:IN-FAMILY:SM00487 , Smart:IN-FAMILY:SM00490
In Paralogous Gene Group: 49 (7 members)
GO Terms:
|Biological Process:
|GO:0006281 - DNA repair
GO:0006289 - nucleotide-excision repair [GOA06, GOA01]
GO:0006974 - cellular response to DNA damage stimulus [UniProtGOA11]
GO:0009432 - SOS response [UniProtGOA11, GOA06, GOA01]
GO:0090305 - nucleic acid phosphodiester bond hydrolysis [UniProtGOA11]
|Molecular Function:
|GO:0005515 - protein binding
GO:0000166 - nucleotide binding [UniProtGOA11]
GO:0003677 - DNA binding [GOA06, GOA01]
GO:0004386 - helicase activity [GOA06]
GO:0004518 - nuclease activity [UniProtGOA11]
GO:0005524 - ATP binding [UniProtGOA11, GOA06, GOA01]
GO:0009381 - excinuclease ABC activity [GOA06, GOA01]
GO:0016787 - hydrolase activity [GOA01]
|Cellular Component:
|GO:0009380 - excinuclease repair complex
GO:0005737 - cytoplasm [UniProtGOA11a, UniProtGOA11, GOA06]
GO:0005829 - cytosol [DiazMejia09]
|MultiFun Terms:
|cell processes → protection → radiation
|cell processes → SOS response
|information transfer → DNA related → DNA degradation
|information transfer → DNA related → DNA repair
|metabolism → degradation of macromolecules → DNA
Essentiality data for uvrB knockouts:
|Growth Medium
|Growth Observations
|LB enriched
|Yes [Gerdes03, Comment 1]
|LB Lennox
|Yes [Baba06, Comment 2]
|M9 medium with 1% glycerol
|Yes [Joyce06, Comment 3]
|MOPS medium with 0.4% glucose
|Yes [Baba06, Comment 2]
Subunit of: UvrABC Nucleotide Excision Repair Complex
Synonyms: excinuclease ABC, UvrABC excinuclease, excinuclease UvrABC, excision nuclease ABC, UvrABC system excision endonuclease, ABC excision nuclease
Subunit composition of
UvrABC Nucleotide Excision Repair Complex = [UvrB][UvrC][UvrA]
DNA repair; excision nuclease subunit B = UvrB (summary available)
excinuclease ABC, subunit C; repair of UV damage to DNA = UvrC (summary available)
excision nuclease subunit A = UvrA (summary available)
Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is a generalized DNA repair process which can repair a wide diversity of DNA lesion including UV-induced photoproducts (cyclobutane dimers, 6-4 photoproducts, thymine glycol), bulky adducts, apurininc/apyrimidinic (AP) sites and cross-links. While some of these are also repaired by other pathways, in most cases NER is the major pathway for their repair. The nucleotide excision repair pathway consists of the following steps: recognition of the damaged area; incision 3' and 5' to the damaged area; excision of the lesion-containing oligonucleotide; resynthesis of the excised strand and ligation to form a repaired duplex. The main constituents of the pathway are the products of the genes uvrA, uvrB and uvrC [Lin89].
Recognition of the damaged region is carried out in E. coli by UvrA which has been found to exist as a monomer in the absence of ATP but in the presence of ATP it forms homodimers [Sancar88]. The most stable dimer of UvrA contains a mixture of ADP and ATP which is formed upon hydrolysis [Wagner09b] although other studies have shown that UvrA dimerization is stimulated by ATP binding but not hydrolysis [Oh89]. UvrA contains two ATP binding sites and three other structural motifs-- two zinc fingers and a helix-turn-helix motif, which are thought to be required for the proper recognition of damaged DNA substrate [Wang93e]. UvrA binds DNA as a dimer with a strong preference for DNA ends [Wagner09b].
In vitro studies at physiological concentrations show that UvrA associates with UvrB to form a (UvrA2)UvrB complex in an ATP-dependent interaction [Orren89]. The complex has been shown to have a higher binding affinity for damaged DNA than for undamaged DNA [Sancar88]. Purification studies of the complex binding characteristics [Oh86] suggest that the UvrA2B complex tracks along the DNA until a damage site is located. Experimental evidence [Zou99] strongly suggests that UvrA2B complex possesses a helicase activity allowing it to unwind the double stranded DNA permitting access to the adduct by UvrB resulting in dynamic damage recognition and subsequent UvrB binding.
UvrC protein has a high affinity for the UvrB-DNA complex (the UvrA subunits having dissociated concomitant with damage site recognition and attachment). The UvrC protein is the endonucleolytic component of the nucleotide excision complex and it consists of two functional parts with the N-terminal half containing the 3' incision catalytic domain incising first after which the C-terminal half containing the 5' incision catalytic domain performs the second incision [Sancar88]. The UvrD helicase (helicase II) has been implicated in removal of the lesion-containing oligonucleotide and disassembly of the repair complex [Orren92]. An additional endonuclease (the ydjQ gene product-or Cho for UvrC Homologue) has been shown to share significant sequence homology with the N-terminal half of UvrC [Moolenaar02] and is capable of even more efficient 3' incision than UvrC.
In E. coli, NER occurs at a higher rate on the transcribed strand of actively transcribed genes (compared to the non-transcribed strand of the same gene or non-transcribed regions of the genome). This transcription-coupled repair (TCR) activity has been ascribed to a protein called the 'transcription-repair coupling factor' which in E.coli is the product of the mfd (mutation frequency decline) gene [Selby93]. A second pathway for TCR, involving the DNA helicase protein UvrD has also been characterised in E. coli K-12. In this pathway UvrD, in conjuction with NusA, clears lesions by forcing obstructed elongation complexes to backtrack, allowing UvrABC to gain access to damaged sites [Epshtein14]. UvrD mediated TCR facilitates NER without the loss of RNA polymerase which enables prompt resumption of transcription [Epshtein14].
UvrA is one of a series of genes known as SOS genes which, in the event of DNA damage and other stresses, are induced to increased transcription levels. UvrA is constitutively expressed in E. coli at a level of ~ 25 molecules per cell but SOS-mediated induction of its gene increases the level to ~ 250 molecules per cell. UvrB and UvrD are also inducible by DNA damage. UvrC is not induced in the SOS response, however its homolog, Cho, is.
Reviews: [Van94, Spivak14]
Comment: [Artsimovitch14]
Citations: [Bugay14]
Enzymatic reaction of: Nucleotide excision repair (UvrABC Nucleotide Excision Repair Complex)
Synonyms: excinuclease, excision endonuclease, excision nuclease
EC Number: 3.1.25.-
DNA with lesion + H2O <=> DNA without lesion
The reaction direction shown, that is, A + B ↔ C + D versus C + D ↔ A + B, is in accordance with the direction in which it was curated.
The reaction is physiologically favored in the direction shown.
|Feature Class
|2 -> 673
|26 -> 415
|39 -> 46
|92 -> 115
|95 -> 96
|431 -> 597
|630, 631
|633 -> 668
Gene Local Context (not to scale):
Transcription Units:
10/20/97 Gene b0779 from Blattner lab Genbank (v. M52) entry merged into EcoCyc gene EG11062; confirmed by SwissProt match.
Arikan86: Arikan E, Kulkarni MS, Thomas DC, Sancar A (1986). "Sequences of the E. coli uvrB gene and protein." Nucleic Acids Res 14(6);2637-50. PMID: 3515321
Artsimovitch14: Artsimovitch I (2014). "Molecular biology: The tug of DNA repair." Nature 505(7483);298-9. PMID: 24402229
Baba06: Baba T, Ara T, Hasegawa M, Takai Y, Okumura Y, Baba M, Datsenko KA, Tomita M, Wanner BL, Mori H (2006). "Construction of Escherichia coli K-12 in-frame, single-gene knockout mutants: the Keio collection." Mol Syst Biol 2;2006.0008. PMID: 16738554
Bugay14: Bugay AN, Krasavin EA, Parkhomenko AY, Vasilyeva MA (2014). "Modeling nucleotide excision repair and its impact on UV-induced mutagenesis during SOS-response in bacterial cells." J Theor Biol 364C;7-20. PMID: 25195002
Byrne14: Byrne RT, Chen SH, Wood EA, Cabot EL, Cox MM (2014). "Escherichia coli genes and pathways involved in surviving extreme exposure to ionizing radiation." J Bacteriol 196(20);3534-45. PMID: 25049088
DiazMejia09: Diaz-Mejia JJ, Babu M, Emili A (2009). "Computational and experimental approaches to chart the Escherichia coli cell-envelope-associated proteome and interactome." FEMS Microbiol Rev 33(1);66-97. PMID: 19054114
Epshtein14: Epshtein V, Kamarthapu V, McGary K, Svetlov V, Ueberheide B, Proshkin S, Mironov A, Nudler E (2014). "UvrD facilitates DNA repair by pulling RNA polymerase backwards." Nature 505(7483);372-7. PMID: 24402227
Gerdes03: Gerdes SY, Scholle MD, Campbell JW, Balazsi G, Ravasz E, Daugherty MD, Somera AL, Kyrpides NC, Anderson I, Gelfand MS, Bhattacharya A, Kapatral V, D'Souza M, Baev MV, Grechkin Y, Mseeh F, Fonstein MY, Overbeek R, Barabasi AL, Oltvai ZN, Osterman AL (2003). "Experimental determination and system level analysis of essential genes in Escherichia coli MG1655." J Bacteriol 185(19);5673-84. PMID: 13129938
GOA01: GOA, DDB, FB, MGI, ZFIN (2001). "Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms."
GOA06: GOA, SIB (2006). "Electronic Gene Ontology annotations created by transferring manual GO annotations between orthologous microbial proteins."
Joyce06: Joyce AR, Reed JL, White A, Edwards R, Osterman A, Baba T, Mori H, Lesely SA, Palsson BO, Agarwalla S (2006). "Experimental and computational assessment of conditionally essential genes in Escherichia coli." J Bacteriol 188(23);8259-71. PMID: 17012394
Lin89: Lin JJ, Sancar A (1989). "A new mechanism for repairing oxidative damage to DNA: (A)BC excinuclease removes AP sites and thymine glycols from DNA." Biochemistry 28(20);7979-84. PMID: 2690930
Moolenaar01: Moolenaar GF, Hoglund L, Goosen N (2001). "Clue to damage recognition by UvrB: residues in the beta-hairpin structure prevent binding to non-damaged DNA." EMBO J 20(21);6140-9. PMID: 11689453
Moolenaar02: Moolenaar GF, van Rossum-Fikkert S, van Kesteren M, Goosen N (2002). "Cho, a second endonuclease involved in Escherichia coli nucleotide excision repair." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99(3);1467-72. PMID: 11818552
Oh86: Oh EY, Grossman L (1986). "The effect of Escherichia coli Uvr protein binding on the topology of supercoiled DNA." Nucleic Acids Res 14(21);8557-71. PMID: 3024109
Oh89: Oh EY, Claassen L, Thiagalingam S, Mazur S, Grossman L (1989). "ATPase activity of the UvrA and UvrAB protein complexes of the Escherichia coli UvrABC endonuclease." Nucleic Acids Res 17(11);4145-59. PMID: 2525700
Orren89: Orren DK, Sancar A (1989). "The (A)BC excinuclease of Escherichia coli has only the UvrB and UvrC subunits in the incision complex." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 86(14);5237-41. PMID: 2546148
Orren92: Orren DK, Selby CP, Hearst JE, Sancar A (1992). "Post-incision steps of nucleotide excision repair in Escherichia coli. Disassembly of the UvrBC-DNA complex by helicase II and DNA polymerase I." J Biol Chem 267(2);780-8. PMID: 1530937
Rajagopala14: Rajagopala SV, Sikorski P, Kumar A, Mosca R, Vlasblom J, Arnold R, Franca-Koh J, Pakala SB, Phanse S, Ceol A, Hauser R, Siszler G, Wuchty S, Emili A, Babu M, Aloy P, Pieper R, Uetz P (2014). "The binary protein-protein interaction landscape of Escherichia coli." Nat Biotechnol 32(3);285-90. PMID: 24561554
Sancar82: Sancar GB, Sancar A, Little JW, Rupp WD (1982). "The uvrB gene of Escherichia coli has both lexA-repressed and lexA-independent promoters." Cell 1982;28(3);523-30. PMID: 6280873
Sancar88: Sancar A, Sancar GB (1988). "DNA repair enzymes." Annu Rev Biochem 57;29-67. PMID: 3052275
Schendel82: Schendel PF, Fogliano M, Strausbaugh LD (1982). "Regulation of the Escherichia coli K-12 uvrB operon." J Bacteriol 1982;150(2);676-85. PMID: 6802798
Selby93: Selby CP, Sancar A (1993). "Transcription-repair coupling and mutation frequency decline." J Bacteriol 175(23);7509-14. PMID: 8244919
Spivak14: Spivak G, Ganesan AK (2014). "The complex choreography of transcription-coupled repair." DNA Repair (Amst). PMID: 24751236
UniProt09: UniProt Consortium (2009). "UniProt version 15.8 released on 2009-10-01 00:00:00." Database.
UniProt10: UniProt Consortium (2010). "UniProt version 2010-07 released on 2010-06-15 00:00:00." Database.
UniProt10a: UniProt Consortium (2010). "UniProt version 2010-11 released on 2010-11-02 00:00:00." Database.
UniProt11a: UniProt Consortium (2011). "UniProt version 2011-06 released on 2011-06-30 00:00:00." Database.
UniProt15: UniProt Consortium (2015). "UniProt version 2015-01 released on 2015-01-16 00:00:00." Database.
UniProtGOA11: UniProt-GOA (2011). "Gene Ontology annotation based on manual assignment of UniProtKB keywords in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries."
UniProtGOA11a: UniProt-GOA (2011). "Gene Ontology annotation based on the manual assignment of UniProtKB Subcellular Location terms in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot entries."
Van94: Van Houten B, McCullough A (1994). "Nucleotide excision repair in E. coli." Ann N Y Acad Sci 726;236-51. PMID: 8092680
Verhoeven02: Verhoeven EE, Wyman C, Moolenaar GF, Goosen N (2002). "The presence of two UvrB subunits in the UvrAB complex ensures damage detection in both DNA strands." EMBO J 21(15);4196-205. PMID: 12145219
Wagner09b: Wagner K, Moolenaar G, van Noort J, Goosen N (2009). "Single-molecule analysis reveals two separate DNA-binding domains in the Escherichia coli UvrA dimer." Nucleic Acids Res 37(6);1962-72. PMID: 19208636
Wang93e: Wang J, Grossman L (1993). "Mutations in the helix-turn-helix motif of the Escherichia coli UvrA protein eliminate its specificity for UV-damaged DNA." J Biol Chem 268(7);5323-31. PMID: 8444906
Zou99: Zou Y, Van Houten B (1999). "Strand opening by the UvrA(2)B complex allows dynamic recognition of DNA damage." EMBO J 18(17);4889-901. PMID: 10469667
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Companion forum thread to:Staff Videocast: Cowboy Coffee
Great stuff!! I really like the pot cozy idea.
Please pass the cream and sugar!
Hey, NoDoze is a lot lighter than all those "luxury" caffeine fixes. What's next, backcountry espresso makers? How about a Starbucks every 10 miles on the PCT?Cheers,-Mike M. -- The editor formerly known as "nameless" ;-)
Edited by MikeMartin on 01/13/2009 23:40:27 MST.
The coffee and tea are great, but what is the name of the music that went with that coffee!
So, those are "Melita" filters I'm using, and I like that they're "unbleached". Spoke a little too fast to be clearly understood there.Fun to see everyone's methods, and that I'm not the only one who uses a cozy.I don't have a cool theme song like Sam, though...
Sam needs a theme song since he doesn't talk during his clip...
Where can I get a copy of the song that was playing during the video?
MSR Mugmate is easier, less mess. 1 ounce.
We'd love to see your techniques for backcountry coffee as well. Post your photos, ideas, or video links here and share with the rest of us. There has been a great discussion going on about this in another thread here as well.
I too like the MSR mugmate. Great for coffee. It also works great for loose tea, so you don't end up with tea bags. It also can be used to pre-filter water.
I agree the MSR Mug Mate is the way to go. Simple, easy to clean, and I can use the same organic, fair trade coffee that I use in my French press while not backpacking.I think the important thing to note is how a person makes coffee wihle *not* backpacking. If you drink crap coffee on a daily basis, odds are good that I'm not gonna care what you do while in the backcounty. ;)On the other hand, if you use NoDoze on the trail, then I have to wonder what you do for coffee when all the amenities of home are at your disposal. Well Mike?
Edited by Ramapo on 01/14/2009 09:19:56 MST.
One thing to remember, if you have your coffee ground, or do it yourself, have them grind it to French Press size... They grounds are bigger and they fall to the bottom after a quick stir, no need to strain....Throw out the last quarter inch.I too have been wondering if I can download the song somewhere to my iTunes... Been looking for a year. I would gladly buy it..
There are lots of ways to make coffee. The question, it would seem to me, is less "how to steep coffee grounds in water?" and more "find a few optima on the coffee-taste vs. equipment-weight function." I'd love to see you recruit Chris Kimball to the BPL staff :)The parts of an Aeropress that are strictly necessary (syringe and stirring rod) are 246 grams. Damn if it doesn't make fine coffee (in about a minute including cleanup; no cozy needed as steeping time is about 10 seconds), but I tend to take tea into the woods due to weight and simplicity.Speaking of which, those "MSR tea infusers" (http://www.rei.com/product/726094 for $17) appear to be a re-branding of the Finum infuser (http://www.specialteas.com/Tea-Preparation/Permanent-Tea-Filter-for-Mugs-Sm-Pots.html for $7), and the Chatsford infusers (http://www.specialteas.com/Tea-ware/Tea-Pots/English-Teaware/CHATSFORD-INFUSER-RED.html) are at least as good and far lighter (one for the Chatsford 6-cup pot weighs 12g). That sounds competitive vs. the strainer, and may be more convenient for tea, albeit less versatile?
Its great to see Alan making Tea, had not thought of doing it in that way I have always used tea bags. So I need to buy some loose green tea. And the cosy system seems ideal as a tea pot cover, just like my grandma used to use.
For those liking more of an espresso or Turkish/Greek coffee: Use a slightly higher mixture using darker roasted coffee grounds. Stir then boil over a gentle heat until about to overflow x three times. One final stir to get the grounds to sink, then pour. Although I use this method to make it on the trail using a FireLite 550, at home I use a copper and tin ten ounce Ibrik.
Side Note: We're exploring ways to make the BPL theme song available to our members. It's come up so many times that it's something we really need to do.
I made up a filter out of fine stainless steel mesh. Some dust gets through, but not much.Coffee filter in cup, empty of coffee.Coffee brewing.This is years old now, and went with me across France. It seems pretty rugged. An old face cream jar fits inside it neatly - that holds several day's worth of ground coffee.Cheers
Edited by rcaffin on 01/14/2009 16:59:05 MST.
>The parts of an Aeropress that are strictly necessary (syringe and stirring rod) are 246 grams. Damn if it doesn't make fine coffee (in about a minute including cleanup; no cozy needed as steeping time is about 10 seconds), but I tend to take tea into the woods due to weight and simplicity.<Ben P,Hey! I use an Aeropress at home to make up "shots" for the trail. I usually use about 1/2 the water they suggest, but otherwise make coffee with the Aeropress as usual. I pour the "shots into a small plastic bottle for the trail then dispense as needed and add hot water. The concentrate will last without refrigeration for at least 10 days. Tastes great! Basically it is a do-it-yourself Java Juice.-Mark
will there be an announcement if and when the song is available?i fell for the simplicity of java juice last season when i bought the cup, fire starter and coffee package. my morning cup of coffee is no nonsense, fairly smooth, boil, pour, drink. BPL isn't getting rid of java juice are they? I saw it labeled as closeout in the store...
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Bachna Ae Haseeno
Don't you love it when you have low expectations for something and it ends up being pretty darn good?
That's exactly what happened when I saw Bachna Ae Haseeno, the new Yashraj romcom featuring Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Bipasha Basu, and Minissha Lamba.
I was on the fence about it--When I first saw the promos, it looked like it could be fun, and I enjoyed Ranbir in Saawariya, but as the months rolled by I lost interest. How much did I like Ranbir, anyways? I couldn't really remember. Also, thanks to my blogging friends, my list of Bollywood recommendations grew, and I watched a string of great films. I began to crave more from my Hindi film experience than the same ol' Yashraj fare.
Was Bachna Ae Haseeno any different? Nope, not really. But gosh, it was still an entertaining way to spend a Monday afternoon. I didn't fall in love with the film, but I definitely thought it was better than Kismat Konnection.
Let's walk through it together (There may be some teeny tiny spoilers, but trust me, there really aren't too many "surprises" to spoil. I won't give away the ending, how about that?). The film kicks off with Ranbir dancing in a Shahid-Kapoor style number with the three leading ladies (who I noticed all have big, cat-shaped eyes--which I love because you can clearly see their makeup and imitate the look). I found it interesting that in both of Ranbir's films (the only two he's done so far), he's gotten to make a grand entrance, as if he's already a superstar (I guess that must be one of the perks to being a Kapoor). Yet he lives up to the hype on the dance floor, at least. The man can move, although he's a bit over the top about it. Don't get too excited, he's no Hrithik Roshan, but he's good when he's trying to be kind of Justin Timberlake-ish, all smooth and hip. Anyways, the title song was cool, but it gave me a bit of a Kismat Konnection flashback, so I remained skeptical.
As the movie began, I realized the plot was not what I expected ( I thought it was a love quadrangle starring Ranbir as the three-timing jerk who can't decide who he wants). Instead, it was a story of a man who fell in love with three different women at three different phases of his life. Hmm, I thought, this could be interesting.
A 17 year old Raj (Ranbir Kapoor) is traveling to Switzerland by train with some buddies. On the same train, Mahi (Minissha Lamba) gazes out the window and dreams of meeting her true love. At this point of the film, I sighed with disappointment, smelling another DDLJ knockoff. But the writers did this intentionally--Mahi is actually a huge DDLJ fan, and the "true love" she hopes to find is literally a real-life version of SRK's Raj in that film. The love story between Ranbir's Raj and Mahi develops under somewhat of a parody of DDLJ--and its actually pretty funny (Notably, Ranbir's impersonation of SRK). You don't get irritated when, like Raj and Simran, Raj and Mahi miss the train, because you know it's deliberately set up to play out that way. Even Raj is privy to the joke--In fact, he's the mastermind behind it, using it to win Mahi over. Of course, once he does, he breaks her heart, and we begin to understand why Raj's relationships have never worked out.
Did I lose you yet? Because all this Raj stuff is beginning to make my head spin. Let's move on, shall we? ;)
Fast forward to 2002. Raj now lives with Radhika (Bipasha Basu), his gorgeous new girlfriend. However, once Raj is offered a job transfer to Sydney, he jumps at the chance, planning to drop Radhika and enjoy bachelorhood in Austrailia. Sadly, Raj isn't man enough to be straightforward with Radhika and tell her he doesn't see their relationship going any further, and she mistakenly assumes he is going to marry her and take her to Sydney with him. This segment of the film really proves what a coward Raj is, as he makes several tasteless attempts to get Radhika to break up with him, so he doesn't end up looking like the bad guy. Needless to say, the outcome to this relationship doesn't end up any better than the first, and another woman is left brokenhearted.
The final romance in the film occurs between Raj and Gayatri, played by Ranbir's real life girlfriend Deepika Padukone. This time, it is Raj who falls head over heels in love, yet Gayatri isn't ready to settle down and marry. Raj finally gets a taste of his own medicine! But he isn't ready to give up... He decides the only way he will have a chance with Gayatri is if he makes peace with the two women he has hurt in the past. The second half of the movie follows Raj on this mission, and unfortunately it does drag a bit here.
Still, overall Bachna Ae Haseeno was surprisingly pleasant. I wasn't moved too much by any of the romance stories, but the beat of the film was still witty and the performances solid, making it an entertaining ride. I'll most likely purchase the DVD when it comes out (which will probably be before the ridiculously delayed Jodhaa-Akbar, not that I'm bitter or anything, lol ).
I wasn't as smitten with Ranbir as I was in Saawariya, but I have to say I was impressed by him in this light-hearted role. He was actually pretty funny at times, despite the fact that his character was an immature little prick who liked to use women. Can you believe that after all he did to his first two girlfriends, I couldn't hate him? I wasn't rooting for him 100%, either, but I did give him a little credit for at least trying to make amends--even though his reasons for that also happened to be selfish.
Minissha Lamba was sweet, but she was my least favorite of the three ladies. Her dancing and acting seemed stiff at times, but in all honesty I don't think that's what bugged me about her. There was just something missing--Maybe she didn't spark enough chemistry with Ranbir, I don't know. To be fair, her character was written as the more bland of the three women, which obviously wasn't her fault. And I, for one, would never be able to hold my own next to Bipasha Basu and Deepika Padukone, so she deserves points for that as well. Watch out for a surprise cameo as the man who plays her husband in the second half.
The only other film I'd seen Bipasha in was Dhoom 2, and I didn't feel she was given enough to do in that for me to pass judgement. I really liked her here, though. In the first half, when Raj developed a crush on her, I remember thinking, whoa, buddy, she's totally out of your league. But by the end of their love segment I was convinced Radhika simply didn't care whether or not she could "do better" (because, let's face it, she totally could have)--she genuinely loved Raj.
Bipasha deserves a second paragraph for her performance after the intermission, when Raj locates her to deliver his apology. She's a famous Bollywood star now (and quite the diva), and makes him earn her forgiveness by becoming her personal assistant. Since she verbally abuses most of her staff, this is totally Radhika's way of getting sweet revenge. Gosh, I know its wrong, and goes against the moral code for forgiveness, but could you actually imagine what it would be like to do that to an ex? And one that left you at the altar, at that? It was absolutely hilarious...I couldn't help but root for her here! There's a scene in this segment where Radhika calls Raj over to zip her dress up for her. She's not being seductive, but rather sticking it to him, because she looks amazing in this shot. Both actors conveyed so much without saying a word--it was a very well done scene. I really wish I had a screencap so you could see how picturesque Bips looks in this white dress, but watch for it if you go see the film. Eat your heart out, Raj!
Deepika Padukone wowed me with her charm in Om Shanti Om, and she managed to do it again this time. In Bachna Ae Haseeno, I noticed her talent even more without the glitz of Shahrukh and his 31 friends to distract me. Deepika is once again more than I expect her to be, and everything I wish Priyanka Chopra was. She shines onscreen, whether she is dancing, smiling, and yes, even acting. If she keeps this up she may make it to my list of favorite actresses someday, but its still too early to tell.
Shockingly, I thought all of the comedy in Bachna Ae Haseeno was well done, and didn't find any of it weird or over the top. I really expected some oddball side performance from one of the Bollywood comedians, but there was none of that here (No disrespect, but that can be distracting sometimes. A glaring example would be Rajpal Yadav in Waqt, a film I haven't gotten around to even watching the second half of). The jokes were sharp and flowed with the context of the film, and I appreciated that.
Bachna Ae Haseeno tries to subtly slip a few commentaries on love and romance in today's era, but thankfully the messages aren't drilled into our brains. The film did an excellent job portraying the man who isn't ready to commit, something that was also well done in Salaam Namaste, which had the same director.
I'm glad I decided to see this film instead of the more popular Singh is Kinng (I just couldn't do another Welcome). This may be because my expectations were so low after the Kismat Konnection disappointment, but it was surprisingly not bad. Not bad at all.
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Officially, Janet Givens teaches first grade at Echo Lake Elementary School. Unofficially, she teaches creativity.
Givens' classroom is a wonderland of ingenuity, a place where students learn the same lessons in a multitude of different ways. Students often lead their peers in lessons on her classroom Promethean board or create scrapbooks from field trip experiences. Mind-bender games challenge their knowledge.
During a popular lesson about the solar system, Givens takes her students outside to draw a 15-foot sun in chalk on the pavement, then uses a golf ball to represent the size of Earth.
"The visual perception of the concept will forever be embedded in my son's head," wrote one woman who nominated Givens.
Givens – who gave up a career in interior design and retail merchandising to become a teacher 15 years ago – traces the roots of her own creativity to her great aunt, an art teacher who instilled much of it in her at a young age.
"I like thinking of news ways to do things, or unusual ways – ways the kids relate to," she said. "I just really try to be me in my classroom, and part of me is, a lot of times, doing things a little bit differently."
Givens earned National Board Certified Teacher status in 2004 – an involved process that requires teachers to develop an extensive portfolio and complete several assessment exercises. She has taught first grade at Echo Lake since the school opened in 1999. She works to develop a personal connection with each student, believing that in turn they'll open up to her and be more eager to learn.
"I like to try to find that one little special thing that makes a child unique or challenging or special," she said.
Her efforts haven't gone unnoticed among parents.
"She recognizes the wide ability range of children in her class and manages to incorporate the advanced essentials of curriculum yet still meet the needs of those requiring a 'second helping,' one nominator wrote.
Givens is a regular participant in recess – "I'm usually the pitcher for kickball," she admitted – and considers one of her most meaningful teaching moments to be one that came outside the classroom. A student had earned the reward of running a mile with her after school, but he had difficulty convincing himself he could finish.
"That whole time I kept telling him, 'One foot in front of the other, you can do this – we're not going to stop, you can do this' – and he did," he recalled. "It was the best mile I ever ran with him. It's something that I carry with me."
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Henrico woman wins $1M in Va. Lottery game
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When Amanda Spiller of Henrico saw that she'd won the $1 million prize in the Virginia Lottery's $100 Million Cash Extravaganza game, it didn't immediately sink in.
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She bought the winning ticket at the 7-Eleven at 2750 Hungary Spring Road in Henrico. She had the choice of taking the full $1 million prize over 30 years or a one-time cash option of $681,000 before taxes. She chose the cash option. The store received a $10,000 bonus from the Lottery for selling the winning ticket. > Read more.
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Actually (toyota atleast) when you lease the car for 4years(or whatever) the give you the option of buy the rest of the car or finance what ever payments are leftover.
Celica GT-S 28kCDN
$400/month for 4 years, after the 4 years there well still be payments left. So I can buy it for whats left, put whats left towards another car(any year) or finance it ;D


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Copenhagen, Denmark is an enthralling port of call on a Disney Cruise Line European Cruise vacation, and—with its cobblestone streets, palaces, museums and sumptuous gardens—is one of the most visited port cities in Europe. From the time of the Vikings, Copenhagen has grown from a humble fishing village to a vibrant metropolis. Tourists today are always delighted to hear that Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen drew much inspiration for his fairytale world from the city of Copenhagen, where he penned "The Little Mermaid."
Things to See and Do
There is plenty to see and do in Copenhagen for individuals, couples and families alike.
The city boasts royal palaces and modern edifices, such as the new wing of the Royal Library, which boasts walls hewn of black granite. This repository of books is the largest and most important in Scandinavia and contains a comprehensive collection of European works.
Copenhagen is also known for New Harbor. This picturesque part of Copenhagen is rimmed by multi-colored copper-roofed townhouses—all in a row—and features a number of charming cafes and restaurants. New Harbor has also been the location of the illustrious Royal Academy of Art since 1754.
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Despite its long history and the dozens of museums that document its heritage, Copenhagen is a dynamic, trendsetting city. The movements its artists start in art and architecture have echoes around the world. While walking through its metropolitan areas, visitors are often wowed by the modernity of so many of its buildings and the chic sophistication of its citizens.
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When we make a change to help the planet, we often reap health benefits as well. Whether we fit in a hefty dose of exercise by biking to work instead of driving or gain some meditative time from planting a tree, our simple changes can make a difference. Why not do a bit more to lessen your environmental impact in honor of Earth Day on April 22? To get you started, Natural Solutions readers and editors share their own easy eco-secrets.
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Agence France-Presse launched yesterday a new regional hub for Central Asia in Kazakhstan. "Central Asia region is at the cross roads of the ancient civilization and a number of important issues of energy, ethnic integration, as well as interests of Russia, China and America are focused here," said Mr. Louette, chairman of AFP, the world's oldest and most respected global news organization.
The central point of the initiators of the press conference is that Kazakhstan is an important and vital region in the world information market.
According to them, time has come for our "rapidly growing country" to declare of itself to all over the world and to draw attention of the world. "Some 80 years ago, the same story happened to Argentina and Uruguay, which were among ten top world industrial leaders. However, we see that at the moment their image suffered, these countries gave a way to such countries as Indonesia, Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan at the moment on upheaval and takes the active part in many important projects of the global size. For instance, the country wants to manage nuclear fuel. It is The point that the image of your country is changing, is quite obvious," the head of the AFP mentioned.
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New Documentary About Operation Gladio and False Flag Terrorism
Posted By aaron On July 12, 2010 @ 3:36 pm In Old Infowars Posts Style,September 11 | Comments Disabled
July 12, 2010
Check out this excellent recent documentary, which has just been posted on the Internet, about Nato's secret armies that were set up across Western Europe after the Second World War. While these "stay-behind" armies were supposedly intended to help put together a resistance if the Soviet Union invaded their countries, they went on to commit terrorist attacks against their own populations, so as to influence domestic politics.
The documentary describes how, from the late 1960s to the early 1980s, Western intelligence agencies collaborated with right-wing extremist groups to commit false flag terrorist attacks, which would often be falsely blamed on left-wing groups. It features interviews with, among others, Daniele Ganser, author of NATO's Secret Armies: Operation GLADIO and Terrorism in Western Europe.
This film shows how the Right subverts democracy by using fear to push a population in a certain direction.
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