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The Book of Mormon returns for another round of profane joy
Monica L. Patton, David Larsen, and Cody Jamison Strand
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It's not surprising that the duo of Trey Parker and Matt Stone came up with something as delightfully profane as The Book of Mormon. The South Park creators have made a career — all the way back to Cannibal: The Musical — of being offensive at any cost.
It's also not at all surprising that The Book of Mormon is such a glorious example of a traditional Broadway musical. Sure, Lerner and Loewe may have never fallen to the lyrically blasphemous "Hasa Diga Eebowa" (translation: "Fuck you, God!"), but the songs here celebrate the tuneful traditions of the form. The score has plenty of meat of its own.
The Book of Mormon isn't a one-trick pony. It not only remains strong on repeated viewings, it actually gets stronger. Some of that credit can fall to the third member of the creative team, Robert Lopez. His credits include the hit Avenue Q, another show that mixes ribald humor with excellent lyrics and score.
The plot here goes back to two classic tropes. We have a mismatched buddy pair who act as fish out of water.
Elders Price and Cunningham are teens about to embark on their two-year Mormon mission. Price is the star of their training group. He hopes his hard work will pay off with an assignment to Orlando — his vision of heaven.
Cunningham is kind of a flesh-and-blood Eric Cartman, about as far from a star as you can get. He is inattentive, given to telling whoppers, and later admits to not really ever having read their faith's book.
They get sent to war-torn Uganda, where they find people far more interested in evading disease, predators, and the warlord General Butt Fucking Naked than hearing about a new religion.
So Cunningham uses his two principal skills — lying and not really knowing much about the Book of Mormon — to create an up-to-date version of Mormonism (complete with details from Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings) that quickly attracts converts.
The bones of the story give Parker, Stone, and Lopez plenty of places to hang wildly comedic tunes and set pieces, such as Price's "Spooky Mormon Hell Dream," which features a heavy-metal devil, Hitler, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Johnny Cochran.
While The Book of Mormon is played for wall-to-wall humor, there is a heart hiding here. The budding relationship between Cunningham and villager Nabulungi is sweet. The baptism scene between them speaks to the power of faith in the face of a soul-crushing existence.
The production is a tightrope act, of course. Mining humor from someone's faith and real-world horrors is a dangerous game. The creators push and push but seemingly never go over the edge. Some of that can be credited to the cast — especially the young leads — who show great comic timing and, when given the chance, an ability to find the heart. That's what musicals have always been about.
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Exams won't be the only thing student athletes in Jackson County will have to pass before they take to the field.
School Board members in Marianna are currently working on a new random drug policy for all students participating in athletics. The policy will include cheerleaders and members of the marching bands.
Five percent of the student athletes will be randomly be tested at any one time and 10 percent of the group will also be tested for steroids.
The Jackson County unveiled its new policy at its meeting Tuesday afternoon, but they have to advertise it for three weeks before a formal vote can be taken. That vote will come in early November. Approval is expected.
A federal grant of $127,000 will pay for the testing.
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I was thinking of getting it, but I think I'll wait for a while until all the initial teething problems have been fixed.
What improved features does it have compared to XP? Is it really worth upgrading?
i just got a new laptop that has vista on it. It is way different than xp. i like it but i heard of others that didnt. From what mike told me...pretty soon everything is gonna have vista.
i always upgrade a year after they come out. That way all the glitches that other people had would have been fixed and mine wont have too many problems
I have heard that it has BIG problems with msn, well done Bill lol
My dad is a Computer Man and He LOVES it.
We Have it on all of our laptops.
i have msn messenger and have yet to have a problem. The only thing i have seen a problem with now is on myspace. but its not like i do alot on there anyway so i dont care..lol.
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December 19th, 2012
Beth Howard pulled up to Newtown in her 24-foot-long camper, loaded with 240 apple pies.
She dished out pie to kids from Sandy Hook Elementary School, grieving parents and anyone who asked.
She describes herself as an attaché for grief, with her greatest gift being pie "made from love." Most people simply call her "the pie lady."
"Pie is meant to be shared," she said. "It's meant to be given away."
As she spoke, there was a knock on her door. Women preparing a wake for one of the slain girls would like some pie for mourners.
December 19th, 2012
Sugar cookies in every seasonal shape - from snowflakes to Christmas trees, stars to Santa hats, snowmen to holly leaves - overcrowd the dessert table this time of year. Even Santa is crying "Uncle!" for a little variety by the time he reaches St. Louis.
This year, try adding a little New York attitude to the traditional cookie swap with black-and-white cookies, a staple of New York bakeries and deli counters.
More cake-like than cookie-like, this oversized sweet is downsized into a fantastically festive treat by pastry chef Stephanie Teekaram of Kutsher's Tribeca in, where else, New York City.
"Seinfeld" fans might remember the baked good being forever immortalized in the episode, "The Dinner Party."
"The thing about eating the black-and-white cookie, Elaine, is you want to get some black and some white in each bite," said Seinfeld. "Nothing mixes better than vanilla and chocolate, and yet, somehow racial harmony eludes us. If people would only look to the cookie all our problems would be solved."
In this season of good tidings, peace and goodwill toward all, harmony vis-à-vis a cookie is a welcome addition.
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OpenNebula Screencasts
We have created a series of screencasts to illustrate the most improtant features of OpenNebula. Please see that some of the screencasts do not show the latest version of OpenNebula and so the latest features of the technology.
Cloud Bursting
OpenNebula 4.4 brings enhancements to the EC2 cloud bursting drivers. This screencast showcases the basic usage of this functionality.
Amazon EC2 and EBS APIs
This screencast shows how to manage your virtual resources using the EC2 cloud interface.
Sunstone Self-Service Cloud View
The Cloud view is one of the configurable Sunstone views. This simplified view is intended for cloud consumers that just require a portal where they can provision new virtual machines easily. They just have to select one of the available templates and the operating system that will run in this virtual machine.
OneFlow Multi-VM Application Deployment
Thanks to the OneFlow component introduced in OpenNebula 4.2, related virtual machines can be grouped into a Service. A Service can define deployment dependencies, as shown in this screencast.
OneFlow Application Auto-Scaling
This screencast shows the OpenNebula Auto-Scaling features. A Service (group of interconnected VMs) can adjust the number of VMs based on performance metrics, or based on a schedule.
New Sunstone
This screencast is an overview of the revamped Sunstone web interface.
Sunstone Views
Using the new OpenNebula Sunstone Views you will be able to provide a simplified UI aimed at end-users of an OpenNebula cloud. The OpenNebula Sunstone Views are fully customizable, and can be also used to provide a different level of complexity for each kind of users of your cloud.
VM Capacity Resize
This screencast shows how to resize the CPU and Memory of VMs instances.
Scheduled Actions
This screencast demonstrates the scheduled actions feature. In the example shown, a VM is prepared to be suspended for the weekend and then resumed on Monday.
VM Snapshotting
This screencast shows the ability to take VM snapshots. A snapshot will contain the current disks and memory state.
Marketplace integration with Sunstone
This screencast shows how easy is to import an appliance from the OpenNebula Marketplace to your local infrastructure using Sunstone.
Bootstrapping and Creating a VM from Scratch
The screencast starts with a pristine installation of OpenNebula 3.4, bootstraps the virtual infrastructure, and creates a new VM from scratch using OpenNebula's Sunstone. More details in this blog post.
Self Service: The OpenNebula Web Interface for Cloud Users
This screencast demonstrates the new easily-customizable self-service portal for cloud consumers. Its aim is to offer a simplified access to shared infrastructure for non-IT end users. The screencast shows how to create a virtual network, how to upload an image, and how to launch virtual machines using them.
Zones (part 1): The Web Interface for Multi-zone Clouds
This screencast shows the ability of the oZones component to manage several instances (zones) of OpenNebula, potentially hosted within the same data center to enhance isolation, scalability and performance, or in different data centers to build a geographically distributed multi-site cloud.
VDCs (part 2): The Web Interface for Multi-zone Clouds
This screencast shows how to manage and use Virtual Data Centers, both with the oZones CLI and with the oZones web-based interface, to isolate virtual infrastructure environments within an OpenNebula zone.
Sunstone: The OpenNebula Web Interface for Cloud Operators
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- Effective December 31, 2012, Kent E. Mast (age 69), after a successful 45-year career will retire as Corporate Vice President & Chief Legal Officer. Mast joined Equifax in 2000 and has served for almost 13 years as the company's general counsel. His affiliation with the company in varying internal and external counsel capacities dates back to August, 1968. Since 2000, Mast's leadership responsibilities have included: Legal Services; Global Sourcing; Security and Compliance; Mergers & Acquisition support; Intellectual Property; Government and Legislative Relations; and Corporate Governance and Privacy functions. Mast held two terms as chairman of the Consumer Data Industry Association (CDIA) and served as a director for that organization for 12 years. He is also a member of various sections and committees of the American Bar Association and is past Chairman of the Antitrust Section of the State Bar of Georgia.
- Effective January 1, 2013, assuming Mast's role as Corporate Vice President & Chief Legal Officer is John J. Kelley, III (age 52). Kelley is currently Senior Partner at King & Spalding and a member of that firm's Corporate Practice Group. He brings to Equifax deep expertise in the areas of corporate finance transactions and securities matters, SEC reporting and disclosure requirements, corporate governance, and mergers and acquisitions. As well, Kelley has chaired his firm's Corporate Practice Group and served two terms on its Policy Committee. Among other leadership responsibilities, Kelley played a central role in King & Spalding's creation, together with Tapestry Networks, of the Lead Director Network that discusses how to improve corporate performance and earn the trust of shareholders through more effective board leadership.
Equifax Announces Planned Retirement Of Chief Legal Officer; Appoints Named Executive As Successor
ATLANTA, Oct. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX), today announced the following change to its Senior Leadership Team to facilitate the company's ongoing transformation and growth of its core and emerging businesses:"This important leadership change is part of a carefully planned transition and we are gratified that Kent will continue to be an active member of our senior leadership team through year-end," said Chairman and CEO Richard F. Smith. "We thank Kent for his numerous contributions and warmly welcome 'J.' as he is known, to the Equifax leadership team." About Equifax Equifax is a global leader in consumer and commercial information solutions, providing businesses of all sizes and consumers with information they can trust. We organize and assimilate data on more than 500 million consumers and 81 million businesses worldwide, and use advanced analytics and proprietary technology to create and deliver customized insights that enrich both the performance of businesses and the lives of consumers. Headquartered in Atlanta, Equifax operates and has investments in 17 countries and is a member of Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500® Index. Its common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol EFX. For more information, please visit www.equifax.com. SOURCE Equifax
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HIGICC Scholarships!
Time to reward students for their efforts and education.
Please pass on the word.
Deadline May 16, 2016, award announcement June 1st, 2016
GIS Day Activities 2015
HCPO - HIGICC Island Futures Conference
Lots of fun and a Great Conference!
Thanks to the attendees and sponsors.
HIGICC 2015 Scholarship
Mapuana O'Sullivan
Congratulations, Getting her master's in GIS while working for the DLNR on Kauai.
2015 HIGICC Annual Meeting and Social
June 24th, 2015
Annual Meeting 3PM NOAA Meeting room Pier 38
Pau Hana Social 4PM-7PM Uncles Fish market and Grill Pier 38
The 2015-2016 Board of Directors; Gretchen Chiques, Joan Delos Santos, Christine Chaplin, Jean Fujikawa, Robert O'Conner, Malie Beach-Smith, Asia Addlesberger, Sam Aruch, Isla Young, Craig Clouet, Alexa Jacroux-Biggs(not pictured)
Share your knowledge, expertise and great work with the GIS and Planning communities in Hawaii!
Island Futures, the statewide HCPO-HIGICC conference, will be held on October 14-16, 2015: Islandfutureshawaii.org.
Contributors are invited to submit papers and abstracts on all topics within the field of Geographic Information Sciences, including (but not limited to):
Coastal & Marine GIS (Coral reefs, fisheries, bathymetry, etc.)
Education GIS (Use of GIS in K-12, secondary, technical, college and university, etc.)
GIS in Emergency Management (Assessment, planning, information sharing)
Environmental / Natural Resources GIS
GIS applications (General GIS applications not in another track)
GIS in Government (Local, State, Country, Federal)
Imagery & Lidar (Acquisition and use of imagery & Lidar)
Mobile GIS (Use and implementation of mobile GIS)
Open Source GIS (Any use or application of open source software in GIS )
GIS in Planning (Use of GIS in urban and regional planning projects and activities)
GIS Standards (Development, integration, metadata)
Utilities GIS (Electric and gas, pipeline, telecommunications, water/wastewater)
Renewable Energy GIS
GIS Web services/applications
GIS Data (Acquisition and distribution, services, applications, user interfaces)
Abstract submissions LINK. Once accepted, presentations will be assigned to a track. Specific dates/times of the tracks/presentations will be announced at a future date. Presenters will be required to register for the conference. The Early Bird cost for the conference (in effect through September 14, 2015) is $300. You may submit your abstract before registering.
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Saturday November 22, 2014
Oahu's GIS day 2014
NOAA's C-CAP Dataset and it's many uses. Webinar hosted by the HIGICC
Please join the HIGICC webinar presented by NOAA staff. Friday September 19th at 10AM HST
This presentation will provide an overview of NOAA's Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) land cover data products, the methods used to develop this data, and the current status of C-CAP's land cover update efforts for the state of Hawaii
Nationally standardized land cover and land cover change information for the coastal U.S., including Hawaii, are available from NOAA's Digital Coast website. These data products provide an inventory of intertidal areas, wetlands, and adjacent uplands. Most of the map products are updated every five years. High resolution land cover data are also available for selected areas, which is particularly helpful for smaller, enclosed geographies such as the Pacific Islands. This presentation will provide an overview of NOAA's Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP) land cover data products, the methods used to develop this data, and the current status of C-CAP's land cover update efforts for the state of Hawaii. Additionally, some of the various tools and technical assistance available for end users will be discussed.
Location: MEDB Malcolm Training Center, 1305 N. Holopono St., Suite 5, Kihei, Hawaii
Esri User Group Agenda
Royce Jones, Esri - Open Data (beta)
Sarah McLane, UHMC - New GIS Certificate Program
Isla Young, Women in Technology - STEM Hawaii Programs
HIGICC Maui Expo Agenda
Sam Aruch, Natural Resource Data Solutions, LLC
Karen Volarich, Ardent MC
John Fitzpatrick, UHMC, STEM Department
Chris Chiesa/Rich Nezelek, Pacific Disaster Center
Joe Breman, IUE
STEMworks, Student Online GIS Projects, King Kekaulike and Maui High School
Joan Delos Santos, Statewide GIS Modernization Project
To RSVP, please contact Isla Young at: email@example.com
Mapping and Visualizing Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts
Web presentation; September 17 at 10AM-11AM
The Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts Viewer is a national product produced by the NOAA Coastal Services Center and hosted on the Digital Coast website. The viewer serves as a helpful teaching and planning tool that lets users visualize potential impacts from sea level rise.
PRESENTER: Doug Marcy, Coastal Hazard Specialist, NOAA Coastal Services Center
Hawaii Land Surveyors Association
The 24th HLSA Annual Surveying Conference
Hilton Waikiki Beach Hotel
February 7 & 8, 2013
GIS Day
HIGICC & the Women In Technology (WIT) had a great GIS Day
Thursday, November 15th at the Bishop Museum.
National Geographic's Giant Pacific Traveling map
October 24th, 10AM - 2PM
McCoy Pavilion, Ala Moana
Honolulu, Hawaii
Tech Mosaic - August 7th
PacIOOS - August 14th - recording
The Nature Conservancy - August 16th - recording
Pacific Disaster Center - August 21st - recording
Hawaii Biodiversity and Mapping - August 23rd
Spatial Data Analysis and Visualization Labs - August 28th - recording
Aloha from the new board.
Members are; Abe Coughlin, Malie Beach-Smith, Craig Clouet, Joan Delos Santos, Isla Young, Sam Aruch, Rich Nezelek. Missing from photo; Christin Reynolds, Dan McNulty-Huffman, Derek Masaki.
2012-2013 Officers; President Craig Clouet, Vice President Isla Young, Treasurer Malie Beach-Smith, Secretary Christin Reynolds
The Mark Lierman Memorial Scholarship Awards are two $1,000 scholarships that recognize deserving students who have demonstrated an appreciation for and understanding of geospatial data and geographic information systems (GIS). The deadline for applications has passed. The Scholarship Committee is reviewing the applications that were received and will pass on its recommendations to the Board in the next few weeks. This year's criteria can be viewed and downloaded here:
This years awards go to
Kathyrn Massaro (Undergraduate) & Erik Franklin (graduate)
Hawaii Pacific GIS Conference March 5-7, 2012
HIGICC, the Hawaii State GIS Program and the Hawaii Coastal Zone Management Program jointly sponsored the Hawaii Pacific GIS Conference which was held March 5-7, 2012 at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Presentation slides are now available online through slideshare. Click here to see the available presentations.
Sponsors/Exhibitors helped make our conference possible. Mahalo! Click here to see who they are.
New versions of Hawaii Island and Oahu were released by the USGS in December 2011. The new versions contain updates to GNIS names and IDs.
The datasets are available for download in geographic coordinates at the National Hydrography Dataset's Pre-Staged Subregions ftp site:
Reprojected datasets in UTMzone 4N are available from the Hawaii State GIS Program web site (http://hawaii.gov/dbedt/gis). Please contact Malie Beach-Smith (malie.beach-smith [at] doh.hawaii.gov) for assistance in obtaining reprojected datasets in Albers, State Plane, or others, or for comments and questions.
HIGICC is a private non-profit organization of professionals and students from the federal, state, county, education, and private sectors of Hawai'i's GIS community. Our goal is to provide coordination of GIS activities among a wide range of GIS users in order to avoid duplication of effort, promote data sharing, and maintain data standards throughout the state.
HIGICC strives to bring together and continue to build the geographic community into a cohesive, recognized coordinating body that facilitates the use, development, sharing, and management of geographic data and communicates the value of geographic information to citizens and decision-makers. In the State of Hawaii, GIS is recognized and effectively used as an invaluable tool by the government, business and the citizens for understanding and managing our aina (environment). The Hawaii GICC is a shared mechanism for the diverse community to identify, explore, and solve problems using geospatial technology and information.


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|Arepo Fire
A fire incident occurred yesterday at Arepo destroying properties and causing residents of the area to flee for safety, the fire was said to have started when oil thieves again vandalized the National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) located at the Journalists Estate, Arepo,in Obafemi- Owode Local Government Area of Ogun.
As soon as the fire began, the Ogun State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Aboluwaye Akinwande, said he has contacted the line manager of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to stop supply of fuel to the pipeline to prevent further spread of the fire.
Similar pipeline fire was reported last year leading to petrol scarcity in states supplied by the pipeline. Officials of the NNPC, who went to repair the damaged pipeline and were also killed by the vandals
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LEECH LAKE INDIAN RESERVATION, Minn. - Authorities in some tribal communities say they've noticed a drop in gang activity since January's sweeping take-down of two dozen suspected Native Mob gang members.
Minnesota Public Radio News reports (http://bit.ly/HXtdB0 ) that tribal members are hoping the arrests will weaken the gang.
Dave Ulberg is a Leech Lake tribal narcotics investigator. He says since the federal indictment in January, the number of search warrants for suspected crack houses on the reservation is down about 70 percent.
He also says that since the arrests, more people on reservation have been sharing information with police without fear of retaliation.
MPR also reports that there are at least 10 unsolved homicides in Minnesota that may be linked to the Native Mob. Those and other crimes are still being investigated.
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Sick Mystery Snail
My blue mystery has been acting strange since getting busy with my golden mama. He mostly lays open with the edges of his foot curled under, as he doesn't seem to crawl anymore. Every once in a while a peach colored appendage pokes down between his eyes basically (Pretty sure it isn't his 'penis' :oops:) They were in my fry tank, but now have a tank to themselves with their growing babies, water params have consistently checked out, as he is the only one experiencing symptoms. I have to nudge the food right under him in order to get him to eat, I don't know what to do :cry:
Oh no!
I recently lost my apple snail, and i believe mysteries are the same type, differnt name, so what i learned might help you!
Apparently apples arent meant for higher temperature aquariums, as the heat of the water increases their metabolism, and shortens their life expectancy! I had no idea!
Also, apples go into a 'dormant state' if they eat alot at once, or there is a change in tanks/water params. It could be he is just adjusting.
If you are really concerned, PM Chesherca, she knows all about snails!
I just recently held him out of the water a few minutes to get him some air, put him back in
and is crawling around for the first time in I think a week! I hope he is alright now :-D
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Put Tomato in your header It's day 2 of my WI takeover. I was hoping for hostages, but they all told me they had to use the restroom and I haven't seen them since. However, in a half-hearted attempt to follow Super G's instructions, I will post about tomatoes. Why tomatoes? I'm glad you asked. […]
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"If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all." Mama's advice serves well to keep us kind, but people don't always need kind. We don't even need polite all the time. Sometimes we need truth. Gina birthed the question on facebook: "Why do people post negative reviews?" Ron responded with a post about […]
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How to add colour to a black and white photo in Photoshop
Photoshop Elements tutorial: want to add a touch of colour to your old black and white photographs? Here's an easy way to add a hand-tinted effect…
If you've got some dusty old black-and-white prints in your attic, or even a mono digital file that you want to breathe new life into, this is the technique for you.
In this Photoshop Elements tutorial you'll learn how to add colour to a black and white photo in the style of a hand-tinted photograph. Hand-tinting was a traditional technique used before the advent of colour photography. It was hugely popular with adventurous travelling photographers in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
It was also a rather laborious process that took skilled workers hours of painstaking toil to get right. Today, however, Photoshop Elements makes this technique easy, using some simple techniques and tools, including brushes, Blending Modes and layers, as we'll show you here.
Inspired by the memorable travel shots of the great travel photographer Burton Holmes, we dug out some black and white shots taken in India. After scanning the negatives, we set about giving the striking portrait shown above the hand-tinted treatment. Read on to find out how to add colour to a black and white photo…
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Download the add-colour-to-black-and-white.jpg and open in Photoshop Elements. First, we'll give the image a slight sepia tone. To do this, go to Enhance > ColourVariations. In the new window that appears, move the Adjust Colour Intensity slider to the left (about a quarter of the way) and click the Add Red and Decrease Blue boxes.
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To add the first of your colours to the image, go to Layer>New> Layer. Change the Blending Mode to Colour using the drop-down menu at the top of the Layers palette. This change is very important, because it reveals the tones and shapes from the original layer in a way that's similar to hand-tinting inks.
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Next, select the Brush tool from the Tools palette and choose an appropriate sized brush for the area you want to colour. In this case, we're going to work on the large area of sky first, so choose a wide, soft-edged brush so you can colour the area quickly. Use the Colour Picker to set the foreground colour to a deep blue.
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Paint in the area of sky – you can use the square bracket keys on your keyboard to make the brush smaller or bigger depending on the intricacy of the area you are painting (around the tree edges, for example). Don't worry about being too accurate – we're replicating a hand-tinted look, so it's OK if the edges are a bit rough.
5. Reduce the opacity
Once you have applied the colour wash it can often still look a little too modern and garish. To calm the colour down a little, use the Opacity slider at the top of the Layers palette to reduce the opacity of the layer. Sometimes it's good to reduce it to as little as 10%. However, in most cases about 25% to 35% is perfect.
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What Do You Do When a Kid Soaks You at the Spray Park? I Yelled at ThemBuzz Bishop
What do you do when an 8-year-old you don't know unloads an entire water pistol on your chest?
If you're me, you yell at him.
Let me back up a bit. With a heat wave hitting, I skipped out on an afternoon of work to take my boys to one of our local spray parks this week.
We're against weapons in our house. I'm a city slicker with no need for guns. I get that conflict games are a part of a boy's growing up, but we're trying to add some sense of consequence to gun play. So when a stranger's kid emptied his ammunition on me at the playground, I lost it.
My t-shirt was drenched, and I growled back on the kid: "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!"
The kid was stunned.
Yes, I was at a water park, but there is a playground for small kids next to the spray area. I had already asked the kids to take their gun play back to the wet deck as my younger son was not interested in getting wet on this day and was enjoying the slide.
"Do I know you?" I continued. "Am I playing in your game? I asked you to move to the other area and you shoot me?" The kid mumbled an excuse as I continued to vent.
As with spanking, this was a complete and total fail on my part. I overstepped a boundary, lost control of myself, and reacted emotionally instead of rationally.
I walked away.
My son has been asking for a chance to get involved in water park water fights this year, and the rule will be you only shoot people you know and who are playing in your game. We're also getting non weapon squirting devices.
Apart from the bright colors, there's almost nothing to distinguish them in design from full assault weapons. Massive water containers, hoses to backpacks with extra ammo, big triggers with multi-action pumping – it's a little over the top, isn't it?
What's your take on water weapons with your kids? Do you have ground rules, or just let them run wild?
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Nine Star Ki is one of oldest forms of astrology in the world.
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The GMC has confirmed GP leaders' fears that controversial schemes offering payments for reducing patient referrals could be unethical.
The BMA GPs committee last week asked the GMC to express a view on whether specific schemes breached the principles set out in the regulator's blueprint for standards, Good Medical Practice.
GPC chair Laurence Buckman said doctors leaders had condemned as 'utterly unethical' schemes that offered financial rewards to GP practices if they cut the number of patients they sent for outpatient appointments or elective procedures.
Dr Buckman said: 'Taking money from patient care, and pocketing it for reducing something you do for patients by a fixed percentage or number is wrong.'
He added that it was reasonable for doctors to examine their referral patterns and ensure they were 'being careful with state resources', but setting a target was a different matter.
The GMC also agrees that financial incentives can provide a legitimate way of influencing or changing a doctor's behaviour.
In a letter to Dr Buckman, GMC chair Professor Sir Peter Rubin says the regulator is unable to state definitively whether the specific schemes referred to by the GPC would breach GMC guidance.
But he writes: 'Any scheme which results in care to patients being compromised will be in breach of our guidance both in relation to accepting incentives, and on the duty to provide a good standard of practice and care.'
He adds: 'We expect doctors to consider these schemes carefully, to review, where possible, the evidence on which they are based, and to satisfy themselves that in participating they will not be compromising patient care.'
Paragraph 74 of Good Medical Practice states: 'You must act in your patients' best interest when making referrals and when providing or arranging treatment or care.
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Can Anyone Help With Doggy Pain Killers
Hi all from Barnaby in a cold but bonny scotland. At my last vets visit it was suggested that i should take Metacam for any pain/stiffness and as a general reliever for gum inflamation. I have had my teeth cleaned and the vet said they are all ok. My mumma has read that Metacam can have alot of side effects. She also has been told that small doses of human aspirin are often used in dogs for pain relief. Can anyone help with any info? Hugs to all x
I used Metacam on my Golden for arthritis pain for almost three years without any problems.
After he tore his ACL a bit over a year ago, for some reason the Metacam did not work as good on him, his HD hip was also giving out and I switched him per the surgeon to Rimadyl twice a day. He then had a FHO on his hip and he has been pretty much been on Rimadyl since, because he developed arthritis in both elbows.
Any of the NSAIDS come with potential side effects such as GI bleeds, ulcers, liver problems. I don't think that one is worse than the other and it always depends on the dog, too. Some tolerate one better than the other.
So, personally from experience, I don't see anything wrong with Metacam.
Good luck!
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Metacam is WONDERFUL for stiffness and joint pain for arthritis. It is an NSAID and as such can cause liver issues, just like human NSAID's can. Aspirin is also an NSAID and can cause ulcers unless you are using a coated, enteric type aspirin. There is no comparing the effacy of Metacam to aspirin though. Metacam does a MUCH better job and also has anti-inflammatory properties as such. If need be, it can also be given with other drugs, as well.
We have an almost 16 year old golden who has been on it almost 3 years with NO issues. I have also used it many other times with the dogs over the years for injuries, etc always with wonderful success. I highly recommend it!!!!!
It is basically the drug Mobic used for arthritis in people so it also has a long history.
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My vet has also suggested buffered aspirin for pain relief as I too have had some reservations about the side effects of pain killers. There is also quite a bit of information available out there about Omega-3 Supplements and their anti-inflammatory properties, might be worth checking it out. I have had good luck w/ Omega 3's with our Senior girl that struggles from time to time with arthritis. I add it to her food daily and it really helps. It does take time to build up in the system so I wouldn't suggest it for immediate relief.
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Fish oil supplement and glucosamine/chondroitin will definitely help with arthritic issues also. There are also Adequan injections, that help with cushioning of the joint, by lubrictaion, just like the glucosamine/chondroitin supplements. A good supplement is Cosequin DS plus MSM.
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Nearly all medications have side effects & most cross the liver so have risks associated with use. As cgriffin said Fish oil supplement & glucosamine/chondroitin are good to aid with arthritis(I know it works well for me & I don't woof)my vet told me recently that once my dog is well again he may start on glucosamine because he is getting older & it will help reduce problems faced as he gets older.
No matter what you decide to give your dog you need to discuss with yr Vet first so you know the dosage is correct for the size & health of the dog.
i would talk to your vet about all the different options. You know your dog best, so you know how stiff, what is being affected activity-wise, etc. There are some great natural supplements (fish oils, products like Sashas Blend) and some good painkillers. I wouldn't start dosing aspirin without a consultation. There are good products for dogs, but getting a full blood work up and doing follow up blood checks is important.
But the right combination can give your dog a whole new lease on life.
I am using metacam on my 2 year old rescue dog. I will be looking into the adequan injections this week as well. He also gets glucosamine chondroitin. The improvement in his mobility has been startling.
I also used metacam on our retriever who passed on at the ripe old age of 12 and a half in June.
There were no ill effects.
In fact I have been taking nsaids myself for the past 15 years and prefer them to tylenol. Tylenol is horrendous on the liver. My husband who is 75 also takes nsaids and has for years. I think the dangers are far overblown by the press.
I would also suggest looking into laser therapy, NO SIDE EFFECTS! My 12 year old boy almost died from rimadyl. He had a very rare reaction of pancreatitis, put him in the vets for 6 days of IV's. Once recovered we began laser therapy along with gabapentin 100mg daily. He also gets a monthly adequan injecjion, and daily Glucosamine w/ MSM and chondroitin. He is back to going with me on a 45 minute hike through the woods daily, and has a great quality of life again!
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Can anyone one help with pain killers
I have always had great success with metacam for arthritis with my older dogs.
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This activity takes an Earth system approach to teach about uranium mining on the Navajo Nation, and can be modified to teach a variety of case studies.
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Discussion worksheets for popular literature readings on river processes and policy part of Cutting Edge:Public Policy:Activities
These five worksheets guide student preparation for in-class discussion of reading assignments from Life on the Mississippi, Cadillac Desert, and The Control of Nature.
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This activity uses an Earth system approach and role playing to teach students about uranium mining on the Navajo Nation. Students first use a website to find information for their assigned roles, and then they ...
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Wedding Cinematographer David Beyrent has certainly
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Florida Bride Magazine asked him to share his insights
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Check out Their Equipment
The first question that you'll need to ask any potential videographers is what kind of camera they have, In
order to get the best viewing, the videographers should shoot with high end professional equipment.
Also, ask the videographers about how much light they'll have to add. They should only use flattering, low-light
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mitzvah-tape look. They should also bring along lapel microphones so that all your ceremony memories will be
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Love story montages can be viewed
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An inexperienced videographer will throw everything they know—and don't know—into your wedding video,
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Special effects can be distracting if done incorrectly, so be sure that slow motion, cross-dissolve, fade-ins and
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events of your wedding day to stand out in your video. All those extra effects can really downplay the
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Herbal Tea may cure cancer
Laboratory tests showed they arrested the growth of cells within five hours of application and caused them to die within 24 hours and we are hereby providing the conclusion of Reasearch for your reference -
Helen Griffith and Armutul R. Carmichael led the study. They tested the plant extract and found that it killed cancerous cells in tissue without damaging the other, healthy cells.
Researchers hope to discover in the future what particular compound or element in the plant is responsible for its cancer-fighting success. Dr. Caitlin Palframann, a policy manager at the Breakthrough Cancer, "Some of the most important cancer-fighting drugs are originally derived from plants."
Following genotoxic stress, an intact DNA damage response (DDR) is necessary to eliminate lethal and tumorigenic mutations. The DDR is a network of molecular signalling events that control and coordinate DNA repair, cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. An impairment in the DNA damage response represents a double-edged sword, where on one side loss of repair mechanisms can drive tumorigenesis and on the other, can affect sensitivity to genotoxic chemotherapy.
The tumour suppressor protein, p53, plays a pivotal role in regulating the cellular response to stress and damage signals. Several of the cell signalling pathways involved in the DDR and cell differentiation converge with p53Â and loss of p53 functionality is common in more than 50% of cancers. In response to stress signals, post-translational modifications of p53 such as phosphorylation, drive its nuclear translocation and subsequent target gene transcription. Normally, upon DNA damage, p53 is rapidly stabilised by the DNA damage sensor, ATM, via phosphorylation of serine-15 within the p53 N-terminus activation domain. Consequently, dissociation of the MDM2-p53 repressor complex, prevents monoubiquitination of p53 and its degradation. This in turn increases p53 half-life and activates its transcriptional program.
Important p53 transcriptional targets include cell cycle control genes such as p21 (WAF1/CIP1), 14-3-3σ and cyclin G, and pro-apoptotic genes such as BAX. The cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor, p21, is a direct regulator of the cell cycle, inducing growth arrest in G1-phase of the cell cycle by binding to and inhibiting the activity of cyclinD-CDK2/4 complexes. Increased transcription and translation of p21 prevents cyclinD-CDK2/4 mediated phosphorylation of retinoblastoma protein (pRb), thus, inhibiting E2F transcriptional activity and cell cycle progression to S-phase.
However, p53-independent growth arrest and cell death has also been observed following ionizing radiation and DNA damage (the cell death machinery governed by p53. Recently, it has been shown that in response to DNA damage, the transcription factor FOXO3a is vital to initiating growth arrest. Moreover, induction of DNA damage by ionizing radiation, activates FOXO3a and increases its nuclear translocation. The FOXO3a-dependent activation of Bim and Fas ligand expression is associated with induction of apoptosis, and is observed independently of p53, highlighting a potential FOXO3a-mediated response to DNA damage. As well as this, FOXO3a is a regulator of metabolic homeostasis, via its interaction with Akt and AMPk signaling pathways. Pharmacological modulation of these pathways has been shown to induce cell death in cancer cells via FOXO3a-dependent mechanisms.
Targeting the cell cycle to induce arrest pharmacologically is known to be effective in restricting tumour growth in vitro and in vivo, particularly in transformed cells that have an aberrant response to genotoxic and cellular damage. We have investigated the potential for Fagonia cretica to inhibit the growth of cancer cells via a DNA damage driven response. Fagonia cretica is a herbaceous plant found in arid, desert regions of Pakistan, India, Africa and parts of Europe. It is a common plant used in local medicine as a herbal tea to remedy cancer. However, mechanism(s) of action for Fagonia cretica extracts on cancer cells have not been investigated. Herein, we show that an aqueous extract of Fagonia cretica induces growth arrest and apoptosis in human cancer cells by inducing DNA damage and activation of p53 and FOXO3a.
Induction of cell cycle arrest occurs in response to various stresses including DNA damage. Stabilisation and activation of p53 can occur as a result of serine-15 phosphorylation by ATM/ATR in the presence of DNA damage. This in turn allows for p53 nuclear translocation and activation of transcriptional targets such as p21 and BAX to regulate cell cycle control and apoptosis. According to our results, extract treatment of MCF-7 cells induced arrest in G1-phase of the cell cycle and triggered apoptosis, which may be controlled by p53-mediated transcription of the CDK-inhibitor p21 and pro-apoptotic BAX. This result is consistent with the literature on tamoxifen which describes G1-arrest induced by DNA damage in cancer cells. Blockade of extract-induced p53 expression using a phamacological inhibitor of ATM/ATR, caffeine, attenuated loss of cell viability in MCF-7 cells. This suggests activation of the DNA damage response is driving p53-mediated effects in extract-treated MCF-7 cells. Indeed, it was further shown that extract treatment may induce double strand breaks in MCF-7 cells, detectable by comet assay and by the presence of γ-H2AX, however, other forms of DNA damage can increase comet assay results and γ-H2AX expression. This DNA damage response pathway is well characterised and provides a potential mechanism by which extract treatment induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in MCF-7 cells. Mutations in p53 that generate a non-functional phenotype are common in tumours, and although frequency is lower in breast tumours than in other tumour types, mutant status is associated with a more aggressive disease and mediates tumour cell survival.
Members of the forkhead class 'O' (FOXO) family of transcription factors have been implicated in tumorigenesis. In particular FOXO3a has been shown to function as a tumour suppressor in ERα-positive and negative breast cancers. It has also been reported recently that nuclear localisation of FOXO3a and subsequent transcriptional activity is a marker of good prognosis among breast cancer patients. As well as this, FOXO3a has been show to regulate cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in response to DNA damage, via activation of transcriptional targets such as Bim, p27 and Fas-L . We report here that FOXO3a expression is increased in both MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells in response to extract treatment. Furthermore, suppression of extract-induced FOXO3a expression using FOXO3 siRNA, attenuated cytotoxicity in MCF-7 cells and completely abrogated cytotoxicity in MDA-MB-231 cells. Interestingly, levels of FOXO3a protein expression correlate with time points where significant DNA damage is exhibited, suggesting FOXO3a expression may be directly linked to DNA damage. This provides evidence for FOXO3a-dependent cell cycle arrest and death in breast cancer cells that works independently of p53 following extract treatment. Although FOXO3a involvement in oxidative stress and survival signal withdrawal-induced transcriptional activity is well documented, the role of FOXO3a in response to DNA damage, is relatively unclear. FOXO3a is activated as a survival response to energy depletion and can drive autophagy and apoptosis. Indeed, treatment with Fagonia cretica reduced ATP levels significantly in MDA-MB-231cells within 3 hours (data not shown). Energy depletion can occur as a result of excessive PARP activation due to DNA damage. Therefore, it is possible that DNA damage may induce a metabolic stress, which directly activates FOXO3a. Furthermore, FOXO3a driven transcription of DNA repair genes, including PARP, may further deplete cellular NAD+ and ATP and lead to cell death.
Why do HMEpC remain viable following extract treatment compared to MCF-7 or MDA-MB-231 cells? Cytotoxic agents are known to induce DNA damage in normal cells as well as cancer cells. However, fast growing cells are more susceptible to DNA damaging agents due to the greater probability of more sites being exposed on DNA within replicative cycles and, in addition, cancer cells frequently have defective repair pathways resulting in DNA damage being sustained. While normal cells may also up-regulate FOXO3a in response to energy depletion and DNA damage, they are less dependent on glycolytic metabolism than cancer cells. They may be less energetically challenged in the presence of Fagonia cretica because of the potential to use oxidative phosphorylation as an additional energy source.
Citation: Lam M, Carmichael AR, Griffiths HR (2012) An Aqueous Extract of Fagonia cretica Induces DNA Damage, Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis in Breast Cancer Cells via FOXO3a and p53 Expression. PLoS ONE 7(6): e40152. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040152
Editor: Pranela Rameshwar, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, United States of America
Received: April 6, 2012; Accepted: June 1, 2012; Published: June 27, 2012


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Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP, cyclic AMP or 3'-5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate) is a molecule that is important in many biological processes; it is derived from adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
cAMP is a second messenger, used for intracellular signal transduction, such as transferring the effects of hormones like glucagon and adrenaline, which cannot get through the cell membrane. Its main purpose is the activation of protein kinases; it is also used to regulate the passage of Ca2+ through ion channels.
cAMP synthesis and decomposition
cAMP is synthesised from ATP by adenylate cyclase which is located at the cell membranes. Adenylate cyclase is activated by the hormones glucagon and adrenaline and inhibited by adenosine (via G protein coupled receptors). Liver adenylate cyclase responds more strongly to glucagon, and muscle adenylate cyclase responds more strongly to adrenaline.
cAMP decomposition into AMP is catalyzed by the enzyme phosphodiesterase.
Protein kinase activation
Cyclic AMP is involved in some protein kinases. For example, PKA (protein kinase A, also known as cAMP-dependent protein kinase) is normally inactive as a tetrameric holoenzyme, consisting of 2 catalytic and 2 regulatory units (C2R2), with the regulatory units blocking the catalytic centers of the catalytic units.
Cyclic AMP binds to specific locations on the regulatory units of the protein kinase, and causes dissociation between the regulatory and catalytic subunits, thus activating the catalytic units and enabling them to phosphorylate substrate proteins.
Glycogen decomposition regulation
cAMP controls many biological processes, including glycogen decomposition into glucose (glycogenolysis), and lipolysis.
Role of cAMP in bacteria
In bacteria, the level of cAMP varies depending on the medium used for growth. In particular, cAMP is low when glucose is the carbon source. This occurs through inhibition of the cAMP-producing enzyme, adenylate cyclase, as a side effect of glucose transport into the cell. The transcription factor CRP, cAMP receptor protein (or CAP) forms a complex with cAMP and thereby is activated to bind to DNA. CRP-cAMP increases expression of a large number of genes, including some encoding enzymes that can supply energy independent of glucose.
An example of cAMP's function is the positive regulation of the lac operon. In an environment of a low glucose concentration, cAMP accumluates and binds to the allosteric site on CRP, a transcription activator protein. The protein assumes its active shape and binds to a specific site beside the lac promoter, making it easier for RNA polymerase to bind to the adjacent promoter to start transcription of the lac operon, increasing the rate of lac operon transcription. With a high glucose concentration, the cAMP concentration decreases, and the CRP disengages from the lac operon.
Role of cAMP in Dictyostelium discoideum
The chemotactic movements of the cells are organized by periodic waves of cAMP that propagate through the cell. The waves are the result of a regulated production and secretion of extracellular cAMP and a spontaneous biological oscillator that initiates the waves at centers of territories.
Role of cAMP in human carcinoma
Some research has suggested that a deregulation of cAMP pathways and an aberrant activation of cAMP-controlled genes is linked to the growth of some cancers.[1][2][3]
See also
- ↑ American Association for Cancer Research (cAMP-responsive Genes and Tumor Progression)
- ↑ American Association for Cancer Research (cAMP Dysregulation and Melonoma)
- ↑ American Association for Cancer Research (cAMP-binding Proteins' Presence in Tumors)
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