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Objective: Aplasia Ras homolog member I (ARHI) is associated with human ovarian cancer (HOC) growth and proliferation; however, the mechanisms are unclear. The purpose of this study was to investigate ARHI effects in HOC SKOV3 cells.
Methods: We transfected SKOV3 cells with PIRES2-EGFP-ARHI and measured growth inhibition rates, cell cycle distribution, apoptosis rates, and expression of P-STAT3 (phosphorylated signal transduction and activators of transcription 3) and P-ERK (phosphorylated extracellular signal regulated protein kinase).
Results: Our data showed significant inhibition of growth, significantly increased S-phase arrest and apoptosis rates, and reduction of P-STAT3 and P-ERK1/2 expression levels.
Conclusions: We propose the mechanism may involve ARHI-induced phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and STAT3 protein kinases, thereby blocking proliferation signaling pathways, to induce HOC SKOV3 apoptosis.
Tumorigenesis is a complex multistep and multifactorial biological process involving the activation of multiple oncogenes and inactivation of tumor suppressor genes; however, studies on the effects and mechanisms of these genes in ovarian cancer are limited and not well connected. Although it is known that changes in the expression of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes, such as p21, Ras, c-myc, p53, RB, p27, and p16, BRCA1 in human ovarian cancer (HOC), are linked to tumor progression, further studies are required to determine the effect and specific mechanisms on the occurrence and development of HOC. This will include exploring interactions between genes, the clinicopathologic correlation between gene expression products and HOC, and the potential of altering expression of these genes and gene products for treating patients with HOC.
The ARHI gene (aplasia Ras homolog member I, also known as DIRAS3 or NOEY2) was first discovered by The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, United States. It is a member of the Ras superfamily and encodes a small GTP-binding protein. ARHI is highly expressed in normal human tissues, including mammary glands and ovaries, and heart, liver, pancreas, and brain. Conversely, it is reported to be down-regulated in tumor tissues including breast, HOC, and prostate cancers.1–3 The possible mechanisms underlying abnormal expression of ARHI in tumors may involve abnormal methylation, loss of heterozygosity, and low expression levels of acetylated histones.4–7 Depletion of histone deacetylases 1, 3, and 11 not only significantly increased the ARHI promoter activity of the transfected reporter but also activated the transcription of the endogenous ARHI gene.8 Some studies by Yu et al9 and Lu et al10 revealed ARHI is down-regulated by transcriptional mechanisms that involve E2F1 and E2F4, as well as by the loss of RNA binding proteins that decrease the half-life of ARHI mRNA. Mutation of the putative E2F binding site in the ARHI promoter reversed this inhibitory effect and significantly increased ARHI promoter activity.
Studies have shown that ARHI inhibits cell growth in HOC and that loss of ARHI expression contributes to the formation of HOC.11 When ARHI re-expression was promoted using demethylation factors and histone deacetylase inhibitors in different tissues, tumor growth rates were reduced, and apoptosis increased.12 Furthermore, several studies have found that continuous expression of ARHI in HOC epithelia was associated with expression of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21 (WAF1/CIP1)1 and extension of tumor-free survival time. Bao et al13 directly injected the ARHI adenovirus vector into human breast tumor in nude mice and found that the tumor volume was significantly reduced.
Although these reports demonstrated the possibility of tumor treatment by targeting the ARHI gene, the mechanism remains unclear. To address this, we did some research; according to our preliminary experiment, we found 3 ovarian cancer cell lines show low expression of ARHI in 9 ovarian cancer cell lines including HOSE, ES2, SKOV3, A2780, 3AO, OVCAR3, HO8910, HO8910PM, and CAOV3. They are SKOV3, OVCAR3, and CAOV3. We reconstructed the PIRES2-EGFP-ARHI plasmid and transfected it into HOC SKOV3 cells with low ARHI gene expression levels. We then investigated the effects and molecular mechanisms of ARHI on cell proliferation in HOC SKOV3 cells and changes to the signal transduction pathways of ARHI protein products. This study has provided an experimental basis for new approaches in the development of HOC therapies.
Fetal bovine serum was purchased from Hyclone (Logan, Utah), Lipofectamine 2000 from Invitrogen (Carlsbad, CA), Tripure Isolation Reagent from Roche Molecular Biochemicals (Mannheim, Germany), GAPDH (glyceraldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase) antibody from Abmart (Shanghai, China), and phospho-Stat3 (Tyr705) (D3A7) XP rabbit monoclonal antibody. Phospho-p44/42 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) (Erk1/2) (Thr202/Tyr204) (197G2) rabbit monoclonal antibody were all purchased from Cell Signaling Technology (Beverly, MA). Primer synthesis was performed by Sangon Biological Engineering Technology & Service Co (Shanghai, China). The cell cycle detection kit, cell lysis solution, and cell counting kit 8 (CCK-8) were from Beyotime (Shanghai, China). DNA marker, T4 DNA ligase, and Taq enzyme were all from Takara (Dalian, China). Horseradish peroxidase goat anti–rabbit immunoglobulin G antibody was purchased from Abgent (San Diego, CA), DNA rapid purification kit was from Omega Bio-Tek (Norcross, GA).
The ARHI gene sequence was obtained from GenBank (EMBL). The primers were designed based on the coding regions of the ARHI gene as follows: sense, 5′-CCGGAATTCATGGGTAACGCCAGCTT-3′; antisense, 5′-CGCGGATCCTCACATGATTATGCACTTGT-3′ (the underlined GAATTC and GGATCC sequences are the EcoRI and BamHI recognition sites, respectively). The amplified fragment was 690 base pairs. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was performed using pcDNA3.0-ARHI as the template (kindly donated by Dr D. B. Badgwell, at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX). The PCR products were separated by electrophoresis on a 1.5% agarose gel, followed by ethidium bromide staining. The resulting PCR fragments and plasmid were digested with BamHI and EcoRI. The fragments of interest were recovered from the agarose gel, purified, and ligated by T4 DNA ligase to express the PIRES2-EGFP-ARHI plasmid. The ligation mixtures were used for transformation of E. coli cells. The positive recombinant products were selected on LB agar plates using 100 µg/mL ampicillin and confirmed by PCR and DNA sequencing.
SKOV3 cells were purchased from Shanghai Institute of Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Shanghai, China) and were maintained in RPMI 1640 media supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum, penicillin 100 U/mL, and streptomycin 100 U/mL at 37°C in a humidified 5% CO2 atmosphere. The cells were seeded in 6-well plates at a density of 34 × 105 cells per well in 2 mL of antibiotic-free medium and incubated for 1 day before transfection at 90% to 95% confluence. Transfection was performed by first diluting 2 µL plasmid and 5 µL Lipofectamine 2000 per well in serum-free medium to a final volume of 250 µL, gently mixing, and incubating at room temperature for 5 min. This was followed by further gentle mixing and incubation at room temperature for 20 minutes. The cells were washed with serum-free medium before the diluted plasmid/Lipofectamine complex was added to the 6-well plates for 4 to 6 hours, after which the complex was replaced with normal cell culture medium. The cells were visualized 24 hours after transfection under a Nikon Eclipse Fluorescence microscope (Nikon, Japan).
The SKOV3 cells were divided into the following 4 groups: cells transfected with PIRES2-EGFP-ARHI plasmid (treated group), cells transfected with PIRES2-EGFP plasmid (positive control group), cells without transfection (negative control group), and a blank control without cells. Cells were passaged at the logarithmic growth phase, trypsinized, and adjusted to 5 × 104 cells/mL. The cells were then seeded in 96-well plates in 100 µL 10% fetal bovine serum and cultured for 24, 48, 72, 96, and 120 hours at 37°C in a humidified 5% CO2 atmosphere. Each experimental group included 6 wells, and all experiments were repeated in triplicate. After incubation for 4 hours under the same condition, 10 µL CCK-8 reagent was added to each well. The optical density value of each well was measured using a microculture plate reader at a wavelength of 450 nm. The growth inhibitory rate (IR) was calculated using the following formula:
The SKOV3 cells were divided into the following 3 groups: PIRES2-EGFP-ARH–transfected group (treated), PIRES2-EGFP–transfected group (positive control), and cells without transfection (negative control). Each experimental group included 4 wells. The cells were harvested after 48 and 72 hours, and cell apoptosis was detected using Cell Cycle and Apoptosis Analysis Kits (Haimen, China), following the manufacturer's instructions.
The SKOV3 cells were grouped as described above. Aliquots of cell lysates containing 50 µg of proteins were separated by 10% sodium dodecyl sulfate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and transferred to polyvinylidene fluoride membranes. The membranes were blocked with TBST (Tris-buffered saline and Tween 20) buffer (10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.0, 0.15 M NaCl, 0.05% Tween 20) containing 5% skimmed milk; incubated with rabbit polyclonal antibodies to phospho-Stat3, p44/42 MAPK (ERK1/2 [extracellular signal regulated protein kinase 1/2]), or phospho-p44/42 MAPK (ERK1/2) at 4°C overnight; and followed by the addition of horseradish peroxidase–linked anti–rabbit immunoglobulin G. The bands were visualized by electrochemiluminescence, and the intensity of each Western blot band was analyzed using Quantity One software (BioRad).
SPSS version 13.0 software was used for statistical analyses. Comparisons of growth IRs and apoptotic rates were performed by χ2 test, and protein relative expression levels were compared by Student t test. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
The sequencing results confirmed that the ARHI gene was successfully inserted into PIRES2-EGFP. The nucleotide sequence is as follows:
The micrographs (Figs. 1A-C) showed a high level of green fluorescence protein (GFP) in PIRES2-EGFP-ARHI-SKOV3 cells (Fig. 1A) compared with a low level in PIRES2-EGFP-SKOV3 cells (Fig. 1B); no green fluorescence was observed in untransfected SKOV3 cells (Fig. 1C). The high level of GFP in the treated group compared with the control groups confirms successful transfection.
After the cells had been cultured for 24, 48, 72, 96, and 120 hours, the growth IRs were 64.69%, 70.17%, 67.01%, 66.87%, and 67.70%, respectively, in the test group, and were 27.20%, 31.10%, 29.80%, 30.73%, and 31.28%, respectively, in the plasmid control group (Fig. 2). This showed that the growth IR was significantly increased in the test group compared with the plasmid control group (P < 0.01).
The proportions of S-phase cells and apoptosis rates in SKOV3 cells were determined by flow cytometry. After 48 hours of culture, the mean proportions of S-phase SKOV3 cells in the test, plasmid control, and negative control groups were 64.18%, 38.43%, and 15.15%, respectively, and the mean apoptosis rates were 47.97%, 26.53%, and 9.33%, respectively. After 72 hours of culture, the mean proportions of S-phase SKOV3 cells in the test, plasmid control, and negative control groups were 43.29%, 10.37%, and 10.89%, respectively, and the apoptosis rates were 51.34%, 24.70%, and 4.39%, respectively (Table 1). Data show that the proportions of S-phase cells, and thereby S-phase arrest, were clearly higher in the PIRES2-EGFP-ARHI-SKOV3 cell group compared with the control group at both 48 and 72 hours; the result at 72 hours was much more significant in the test group. In addition, the apoptosis rate was significantly increased in the test group compared with the control group (P < 0.01).
The Western blot images for P-STAT3 (phosphorylated signal transduction and activators of transcription 3) and P-ERK protein expression for the control and treated groups: SKOV3, PIRES2-EGFP-SKOV3, and PIRES2-EGFP-ARHI-SKOV3, are shown in Figure 3. Compared with GAPDH reference protein, the relative expression levels of P-STAT3 were 1.1473 ± 0.0002, 1.0913 ± 0.0021, and 0.7424 ± 0.0006, respectively, and the relative expression levels of P-ERK were 1.2260 ± 0.0011, 1.1289 ± 0.0018, and 0.5866 ± 0.0013, respectively. In comparison to the 2 control groups, the expression levels of P-STAT3 and P-ERK proteins were significantly lower in the PIRES2-EGFP-ARHI-SKOV3 group (P < 0.05).
Cell cycle progression is regulated by multiple control points at different phases of the cell cycle; the 3 principal ones being G1/S, G2/M, and at metaphase/anaphase transmission during mitosis. Failure of these control points can lead to abnormal growth or apoptosis. The G1/S check point is the most critical for control of cell proliferation via intracellular and extracellular signals related to transportation and integration of molecules into the nucleus.14
By reconstructing the PIRES2-EGFP-ARHI plasmid and successfully transfecting it into HOC SKOV3 cells with low ARHI expression levels, as shown by high levels of green fluorescence from the plasmid observed by fluorescent microscopy, in addition, by using a CCK-8 assay to analyze the growth IRs, we observed significantly higher growth inhibition in PIRES2-EGFP-ARHI-SKOV3 cells compared with the control cells; furthermore, flow cytometry showed the proportion of S-phase cells and the apoptosis rates were significantly higher after promoting expression of the ARHI gene. These results suggested that ARHI inhibited proliferation, arrested the cells at S-phase of the cell cycle, and induced apoptosis in SKOV3 cells. We therefore proposed that the ARHI gene is involved in cell cycle regulation in HOC SKOV3 cells, preventing proliferation and inducing apoptosis.
Multiple signaling pathways are involved in cell growth and apoptosis, including the Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK1/2 signaling pathway, which is central for transporting the complex signals received by the cell surface receptors to transcription factors in the nucleus. Extracellular signal regulated protein kinase 1/2 is a key physiological substrate of MEK; MEK1 kinase can cause double phosphorylation of threonine and tyrosine at ERK1/2 residues to activate ERK1/2; activation of ERK1/2 can subsequently lead to phosphorylation of downstream transcription factors, such as p90Rsk kinase, CREB, and c-Myc. Changes in cell proliferation, apoptosis, differentiation, and other critical physiological activities are a consequence of phosphorylation of these transcription factors.15 Meloche and Pouysségur16 proposed that ERK1/2, which is a key regulatory factor in mitosis, is also involved in the evolutionary control of the cell cycle. A certain study showed that ARHI plays roles in the EGF-EGFR-Ras-Raf-MAPK/ERK1/2 pathway.17
Extracellular signals activate JAK in the JAK-STAT signaling pathway through associated receptors, leading to phosphorylation of specific tyrosine residues on the receptors; these phosphorylate STATs, which are isolated from the receptors, transferred into the nucleus after dimerization, and combined with specific DNA response elements. This initiates transcription at the target genes and promoting synthesis of a variety of proteins and their subsequent biological roles.18 Studies have shown that inhibiting the JAK-STAT signaling pathway can significantly reduce P-JAK2, P-JAK3, and P-STAT3 expression levels; down-regulate cyclin-D1, which is linked to cell cycle regulation; and up-regulate p16, p21, and p27 expression, thereby inhibiting tumor cell proliferation and growth.19,20 STAT3, an important member of the STAT family, is found in a variety of tumor tissues and cell lines and is now recognized as an oncogene.21,22 STAT3 siRNA down-regulates cyclin D1, survivin, and vascular endothelial growth factor expression in HOC cells; inhibits STAT3 and its related genes; inhibits HOC cell growth; and induces apoptosis in vitro. As such, STAT3 has recently become a target for HOC therapies.23 When the yeast 2-hybrid system was used to search for ARHI-interactive proteins by screening the human mammary epithelial cell cDNA gene pool, ARHI was found to act with signal transduction proteins and the STAT3 transcription activator, but not STAT1 or STAT5a. Furthermore, when ARHI and STAT3 were coexpressed in SKOV3 cells, they did not form a complex in the cytoplasm. In addition, IL-6–induced STAT3 accumulation in the nucleus was blocked. This suggests that by regulating STAT3 phosphorylation, ARHI can significantly reduce STAT3 binding to DNA, and thereby reduce the activity of the STAT3-dependent promoter.24
Our data showed that the expression levels of P-ERK1/2 and P-STAT3 proteins in the Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK1/2 and JAK-STAT3 signaling pathways were significantly reduced 48 hours after ARHI transfection. In our study previously, we also measured the expression levels of STAT3 and ERK1/2 and did not find statistically significant. So we proposed that the mechanism by which ARHI influences both the Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK1/2 and JAK-STAT3 signaling pathways to inhibit HOC SKOV3 cell proliferation is through regulating ARHI gene expression by altering the phosphorylation levels of ERK1/2 and STAT3 protein kinases, thereby blocking the signaling pathway for tumor cell proliferation sufficiently to prevent cell proliferation and induce apoptosis.
A study by Lu et al25 revealed that the ARHI gene maintains HOC cells in transplanted tumors in a resting state; conversely, when the ARHI level was decreased, the transplanted tumor grew rapidly, and when ARHI expression subsequently recovered to normal levels, the HOC cells died through autophagy. The authors concluded that the ARHI gene is a key factor in initiating autophagy in HOC cells; a further study by Mathias et al26 proposed that this may lead to cell death. An in-depth investigation is required to determine the molecular mechanism for autophagy initiation in the ARHI gene, with the aim of developing an application based on ARHI for the clinical treatment of HOC.
The authors thank researchers of Jiangsu Institute of Hematology for their help.
Key Words/Abbreviations: Ovarian neoplasms; ARHI; SKOV3; STAT3; Autophagy; ARHI-aplasia Ras homolog member I; ERK-extracellular signal regulated protein kinase; GAPDH-glyceraldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase; GFP-green fluorescence protein; IR-inhibitory rate; OD-optical density; P-STAT3-phosphorylated STAT3; STAT-signal transduction and activators of transcription
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THE ART OF THE DRAGON (Fantasy and Science Fiction, August/September 2009)
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WALK TO THE FULL MOON (Fantasy and Science Fiction), December 2002
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TOWER OF WINGS Analog, December 2001
TIMEFLIGHT (with Paul Collins) Challenge 3/2001
THE MASK OF TERMINUS - Analog, October 2000
HEAVY (Spinouts, ed Collins and Costain) Longman, July 2000
UNTHINKABLE - Analog June 2000
QUEEN OF SOULMATES (Dreaming Down Under, ed. Jack Dann & Janeen Webb, 1999)
CHRONICLER Fantastic Worlds (Harper Collins, 1998, ed. Paul Collins)
DECOY (As Roger Wilcox, with Paul Collins Futurist, August 1996)
THE WEAKEST LINK (As Roger Wilcox, with Paul Collins Dream Weavers, ed. Paul Collins Penguin, 1996)
LUCKY JONGLAR (Metaworlds ed. Paul Collins, Penguin, 1996)
SLOW FAMINE (Interzone 107, 1996)
CYBERCIDE (As Roger Wilcox, with Paul Collins, published in The Government In Exile and Other Stories by Paul Collins Sumeria, 1994)
THE GLASKEN CHRONICLES (Eidolon 8, April 1992)
PACING THE NIGHTMARE - Interzone 59, Spring 1992
WHILE THE GATE IS OPEN (Fantasy & Science Fiction, Feb 90)
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(Knoxville, TN. June 7, 2011)-- Dr. Jack Oliver, original UTCVM faculty member, passed away at Vanderbilt University Medical Center Sunday. Family will receive friends from 5-7pm Thursday, June 9 at Maryville First United Methodist Church. Details can be found here.
A quiet, kind man with a wonderful laugh, Dr. Oliver has been called a great citizen for the Department of Comparative Medicine and for the entire college. He coordinated and taught the veterinary pharmacology courses in the college's professional curriculum since the beginning of the college and also developed and directed the Clinical Endocrinology Service in the Department of Comparative Medicine, nurturing it into the veterinary medical center's busiest diagnostic laboratory that receives samples from around the world. A couple in Washington, DC created Emma's Memorial Fund for Endocrinology Research at the college when they learned their vet had sent samples to UT, and it was Dr. Oliver's lab that conducted tests and provided a diagnosis.
Ted Kerasote, best-selling author of Merles Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog, interviewed Dr. Oliver about endocrine dysfunction for an upcoming book. Kerasote said, "Jack was one of the most pleasant, hospitable, and informative individuals I met while doing research for my book."
Memorial gifts may be made to UTCVM desginated for Endocrinology Research or First United Methodist Church, 804 Montvale Station Road, Maryville.
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Monde (Presentation Centre) by Cecconi Simone
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The presentation centre draws inspiration from the architecture of the planned condominium by Moshe Safdie and from adjacencies to Lake Ontario and a newly-installed neighbourhood park, re-producing a park-like setting indoors.
The interior design for the 390 m² Monde presentation centre in Toronto, Canada, engenders a complex layering of surface planes and textures, accentuating extended sight lines and privileged vistas. Views are activated by an evocative and highly-tactile materiality echoing the exterior context. Stone, concrete, distressed wood and, most conspicuously, plantings are applied at amplified scale. "Nature," in the form of artificial green walls, is re-contextualized as interior architecture. Vegetation leads the eye through the gallery, opening it up, softening it and re-defining its edges.
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Classroom Organization Tips for the Frugal Teacher, Part 1
- Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5
In this first installment about organizing your classroom on a budget, we'll look at how to arrange basic teacher and student supplies, including some trouble spots that are as pesky as mosquitos.
First, we'll start with your own supplies:
A toolbox takes up much less space than a desk, and it's portable — so if you're on the opposite side of the room, you don't have to keep walking back for that one last pushpin you need to hang your border.
A metal lunchbox makes a great first aid kit.
If you have a fridge in your classroom, chill a few sponges in resealable plastic bags to serve as ice packs.
Label a cardboard box for large lost and found items . . .
. . . and frosting containers or cans for small items like puzzle pieces, marker caps, glue tops, and erasers.
Wrap a gift box with gold paper and make it into a treasure chest for all the heartfelt artwork you get (if you're lucky!) from your students.
Now, on to the even bigger challenge of organizing student supplies:
Store basic supplies in a two-drawer file cabinet with dividers so kids have easy access to them. File cabinets are ideal because they utilize vertical space, they're nice and deep, they're sturdy, they keep similar supplies in one central location, and the school can usually provide them.
In the middle of each table, keep a paper tray for dry erase boards and workbooks, a caddy for communal supplies, and a mini trash can.
Stow small group materials in milk crates. Use fabric-covered squares of plywood as lids, so that each child in the group can use one as a stool.
Put all books with a similar theme together in one container (cut around three sides for drop-front access) and store the containers out of the way — such as on the tops of cabinets — until a theme or holiday comes up. Don't forget a container for read-alouds; you can rotate your selection throughout the year.
Fabric pencil pouches easily fit inside game boxes to stash small pieces. Keep a bucket near your games and fill it with counters, coins, dice, small toys, blocks, modeling clay, index cards, markers, and other materials students can use to replace missing or damaged pieces.
Beside your classroom door, hang a wet wipes container with plastic bags for students who forget their backpacks or have extra things to take home.
Part two of this series will focus on how to organize arts and crafts supplies, and how to set up your centers.
Thanks for reading!
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Good ideas. Here's another one. For whiteboard erasers, save used dryer sheets. They work great, and you can get enough of them so each kid can have their own. Plus, you don't feel guilty for throwing them away periodically when they get gross.
Love the great organizing ideas. I can never find a bag when I need one, using a recycled wet wipe container is great. Not only with organizing but recycling as well.
Hey Allie,
Great post! Love your milk crate chairs. Looks like your classroom has changed a lot. Hope your year is going well! Love the wet wipes container with bags.
A lot of good ideas here. I really love the last one, using the wipes container for bag storage. I may use this at my home as well!
I love your ideas. I am in the midst of trying to figure out if I want to keep all of the supplies in my art classroom on the "supply table" or eliminate a lot of set up and clean up time by buying containers for each table that has a set of each color and material. Looking forward to your next post!


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National Bundt Day 2010 – Persimmon Coffee Cake Bundt!
Ever since seeing The Food Librarian's epic 30-days-of-bundts posts from last year and this year, I was determined to bake a bundt this year in honor of National Bundt Day. Armed with a basketful of persimmons (our persimmon tree was especially abundant this year again), I decided to bake some form of a persimmon cake. Since my dad had lamenting that he misses eating the coffee cake at Starbucks, I turned David Lebovitz's Persimmon Bread recipe into a coffee cake by adding a streusel topping.
As this was my first time making a coffee cake, I didn't realize that the streusel topping literally "melts" into the batter; what seemed like an adequate amount of streusel pre-bake came out kind of measly-looking in the end. However, my parents enjoy their sweets lighter and less on the sweet side, so this was perfect for them. If you enjoy a thicker streusel, I'd definitely suggest doubling up on the streusel portion of the recipe. Also, my parents aren't the hugest fans of spices like cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg (these spices aren't present in Taiwanese desserts at all), so I omitted them. If you wish to amp up the autumnal flavor of this cake, feel free to add those in to your taste.
I'm very happy with the way the recipe turned out, despite my multiple changes to the recipe (if you know me, you know I can't leave well enough alone when it comes to recipe-following). The cake is flavorful, tender and moist, and has some great texture due to the addition of chopped walnuts and raisins. Perfect paired with a steaming mug of coffee for your breakfast or with a nice cup of tea in the afternoon.
Recipe adapted from James Beard's Persimmon Bread, via David Lebovitz
Makes 1 10″ bundt cake
What you'll need:
For the cake:
- 1 1/2 cups + 1/4 C all purpose flour (210 g)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 cup – 1/2 cup granulated sugar, to taste (I used 75g, which is about 1/4 C plus 2 tablespoons)
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon flavorless oil (I used vegetable oil)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 cup persimmon puree, from extremely ripe hachiya or fuyu persimmons (this took about 4 small fuyu persimmons for me) (8 fluid oz.)
- 1 cup walnuts, chopped
- 1 cup raisins
- 6 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled (3 oz., or 84g)
- 1/2 cup honey (I used raw honey, which is semi-solid at room temperature, see special instructions) (160g)
For the streusel:
- 1/4 cup almond meal (30g)
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour (30g)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar (50g)
- 4 tablespoons butter, cold (2 oz., or 56g)
The procedure:
Make the streusel: In a medium bowl, whisk together the almond meal, all-purpose flour, granulated sugar and salt. Cut the butter into the dry mixture (or use your hands to rub the butter in) until the dough looks crumbly and sticks together when you compress a bit between your fingers. Try not to overwork the dough as the heat from your hands will melt the butter. Just aim for a crumb consistency. Place in the the refrigerator until ready for use.
Make the cake:
Preheat oven to 350F with a rack in the center rack. Line a tube pan or bundt pan with parchment paper and coat with oil or butter, then dust with flour. Set aside while you prepare the cake batter.
If you haven't already, take your 6 tablespoons of butter and melt it over low heat (do not let the butter brown or boil, we just want to get it to a liquid state).
Special instructions if you're using raw honey: Add the raw honey to the liquid butter, allowing it to become liquid from the butter's residual heat. Yes, I know this renders it "unraw", but we're baking a cake here, for goodness sake!
Set aside the butter mixture to cool while you work on the rest of the cake.
In a large bowl, sift together the all-purpose flour, salt, baking soda, and granulated sugar.
In a medium bowl, mix together the 2 eggs, persimmon puree, oil, vanilla and almond extracts, and honey (if you haven't already added it to the butter mixture). While stirring the liquid ingredients, slowly pour in the butter, incorporating it well.
Make a well in the center of the dry mixture and pour in the liquid mixture. Stir with a spatula until there are no visible lumps of flour. Add the chopped walnuts and raisins, and stir a couple of more times to evenly distribute them.
Pour the batter into the cake pan and smooth it out, trying to get an even distribution. The batter is a relatively thick one, due to the viscosity of the persimmon puree and honey. Take the streusel mixture and scatter it over the top of the batter. Place the cake into the oven and bake for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Let cool on a wire rack, then slice and enjoy! If there are leftovers, wrap them well in plastic wrap to prevent the cake from drying out. If the cake is well-wrapped, it will keep at room temperature for 2-3 days. Past that, I'd keep it in the refrigerator or freezer for future snackage.


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Lol. I hope you enjoy your trip. I wonder are you able to have some time to read manga? or you...cough...cough...I mean spending your time beneficially with your friend? (Friends with Benefits?)?
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Some blurry snaps of the night….
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what is the vertiginous chapati saying to me?
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Wallace Stevens, "The Man with the Blue Guitar" (excerpts)
The man bent over his guitar,
A shearsman of sorts. The day was green.
They said, "You have a blue guitar,
You do not play things as they are."
The man replied, "Things as they are
Are changed upon the blue guitar."
And they said then, "But play, you must,
A tune beyond us, yet ourselves,
A tune upon the blue guitar
Of things exactly as they are."
I cannot bring a world quite round,
Although I patch it as I can.
I sing a hero's head, large eye
And bearded bronze, but not a man,
Although I patch him as I can
And reach through him almost to man.
If to serenade almost to man
Is to miss, by that, things as they are,
Say it is the serenade
Of a man that plays a blue guitar.
Ah, but to play man number one,
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I failed to note Gandhiji's birthday yesterday. Or note these great photos:
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Over at Big Picture, my favorite blog if you care, is a wonderful series, Observing Ramadan.
Our friend Lapata is having an exhibition at Counter Pulse and I failed, miserably, to notify you. More importantly, I wasn't able to attend in person.
She has put the works featured in the show on her flickr page: Dhoom Dhamaka! Show.
I think some of her strongest work, to date, is being featured in this show – specifically, the Rasa series. Since she has portrayed generals and kings, she immediately got how a true theocratic-juristical Leader, such as me, should be captured. After a lengthy, exhaustive, and exhausting series of photo-shoots – scattered around the globe – she finally was able to capture the sprite that lurks behind my twinkling eyes. That iridescent smile.
In all seriousness, go see her show:
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Sept. 4 – Oct. 1
Opening reception: Sept. 4 at 6-8 PM.
1310 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
The show will be held in conjunction with a performance by Joti Singh's Duniya Dance Company. Performances will take place Sept. 11-13 at 8 PM.
The theme? The War on Terror! Paintings are shown in the lobby and can be seen from 12-6 Tues-Fri, at the opening, and during the performance (where they will be projected onto the stage). For more information about purchasing tickets ($12-$20) for the performance and directions to the venue, visit CounterPulse .
originally posted September 13, 2007
Jagtay Raho was the ever-contradictory yell uttered at regular intervals by the night watchman in our neighborhood. He was a wizened old man, at least I think he was old, who carried a heavy stick and sometimes a M1 Carbine. Jagtay Raho, he would dramatically intone right as he passed by our house. Stay Awake. As far as I could tell, the man served no purpose beside making me furious. Except during Ramadan. That is when he would switch his 3 a.m. cry to Uth Jao. Sahri ka Waqt Hai, Wake Up, it is time to eat before the fast.
In Ramadan, Lahore lit up like one of those trick candles. Bright and shimmery. The usual rhythms of the city reversed themselves. Streets became navigable. Cranky butchers threw in an extra chop. Aunties bargained but with lips muttering silent prayers. There was less noise. More genialness. The blast of the anti-aircraft guns to signal the breaking of the fast. The mounds and mounds of dates. The fried foods and fresh fruits piled on the same table. The 7Up in Milk cold drink. The pakoras. The uncle sneaking a cigarette smoke behind the tree. The unexplained weight gain on certain people. The never-ending taraveeh. Qur'an on a loop on the telly. The fetishization of color. And an ever-growing sense of invincibility in my 14 year old self.
I don't know about spiritual blessings but Ramadan was solely a time for me to flex my muscles. I could fast – exalted in the complete mastery over my own flesh – all day, and still play a game of cricket or squash, run countless errands, and bike to school and back. All this in the oppressive heat and humidity of July and August. Tough, doesn't even begin to describe me.
Look Ma, no food.
The glories of keeping full fast – for a whole month – while patiently waiting the last excruciating hours of the sinking sun were too many to describe: One would get trotted out to the company of adults and praised for one's dedication and stamina; one would get to brag and lord over one's peers and friends who only managed to fast for 24 or 29 days; one would strain to remember the last Ramadan – was I three, I wonder? – when one didn't hold an entire month's fast.
But all that glory paled, at least in my eyes, to the pitch black night bicycle ride to the market. To get fresh yogurt. I mean, not only are you awake when the world is supposed to be asleep. But everyone is awake. Except no cars are on the street. I would zig and zag on my bike all the way to the kulcha and yogurt shop, whizzing through the night mist, thrilled to be out there before the false dawn.
My rosy nostalgia aside, Ramadan Mubarak to all of you gentle readers.
Pakistan is in dire straits. It is a nation at a crossroads. Extremism is around the corner. The politicians are corrupt. The nukes could end up in the hands of bin Laden.
Pakistan is in dire straits. Its people demand accountability. Those who claim to protect it and make it prosperous seem busy keeping themselves in power. There is no hope for change since the people have no power. They are stuck under a dictator. If the citizens of Pakistan are to be real agents of change, they need a way forward. They need democracy.
In March of 2007, when lawyers came out on the streets, there were only two available narratives. Those who held a results-based approach argued that Musharraf's dictatorial regime was the best case scenario, the lesser of the two evils. The evil being, of course, justice, accountability and democracy. They raised the specter of rampant jihadism spreading through the populations. They pointed towards the economic development that had occurred on Musharraf's watch. They warned that Pakistan had some amazingly corrupt politicians. And that US needed a stable ally, a dependable ally, in our war against terror(ism).
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Update: 7.27.12
From Change Da Channel "GUNS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM"
Here's that video "How to Stop a Possible Massacre"
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Update 7.24.12
If the Pic on the right is the Real James Holmes, then who the hell is the person on the Left?
That's not the same person, unless he got some facial surgery. This just brings up more Unanswered Questions.
Twelve people have been killed and 58 wounded after a masked gunman shot moviegoers at the latest 'Batman' premiere in Colorado. The attack is the worst in the state's history since the infamous Columbine High School massacre in 1999.
Thirty people remain in hospitals, 11 of whom are believed to be in critical condition, Gov. John Hickenlooper said.
The theater in the Colorado city of Aurora in the Denver Metro area was packed with a lot of people, many of them young fans, at the time the shooting started, 9news reports. The violence erupted some 15 minutes after the movie began, witnesses said.
Many moviegoers had dressed up to attend the premiere of the latest Batman film. The gunman, who would have stood out in other circumstances, may have managed not to attract attention before he launched his attack.
Police say that the assailant approached the theatre from the back, and initially opened a chemical gas canister. Witnesses recounted hearing a hissing sound and smoke.
The shooting started while a gunfight was underway onscreen. Some people said that when they first heard the gunfire, they thought it was some kind of promotional trick or a special effect.
Witnesses reported seeing a tall, gun-wielding man clad in body armor and wearing a gas mask in the theatre. The assailant attempted to block the exits to trap the moviegoers inside. Some said the gunman managed to empty at least two clips.
One of the injured moviegoers posted a picture of his "near brush with death" online.
Twelve people died in the horrific attack, and the youngest victim is believed to be just 12 years old.
In a tragic twist of fate, one of the victims of this rampage was aspiring sportscaster Jessica Ghawi – who survived the Eaton Centre shooting in Toronto just one month ago. In a moving blog post she wrote a few weeks ago, Jessica spoke about that day, saying she " saw the terror on bystanders' faces."
"I saw the victims of a senseless crime. I saw lives change. I was reminded that we don't know when or where our time on Earth will end. When or where we will breathe our last breath," the journalist wrote.
Her brother Jordan confirmed her death to reporters as he was catching a flight from her native San Antonio, Texas to Denver.
He took to Twitter to say "'This could easily be the worst night of my life. It appears that my sister has been fatally wounded in a mass shooting at a movie premiere in Denver, CO."
Jessica was attending the premiere with a friend, Brent Lowak, who was reportedly shot at least one time and was taken to a nearby hospital.
Fifty-eight others were admitted to six local hospitals, many in critical condition.
An area children's hospital said the youngest of the six shooting victims brought to them is six years old. Not all of the patients at the hospital are children, however.
Another local hospital is treating a baby as young as three months old who was wounded in the shooting. Some witnesses to the shooting said they saw a baby who had been injured in the theater. The baby's condition is unknown at this time.
Several victims are being treated for chemical exposure rather than gunshot wounds, medical staff say.
The FBI is considering raising the national security level nationwide following the shooting, Sky News says citing its sources.
The Paris premiere of 'The Dark Knight Rises' has already canceled due to tragic events in Colorado. The New York Police Department has also said it will be providing security at all the theatres screening the latest Batman movie across the five boroughs.
President Obama has addressed the nation, after cancelling a campaign event in Florida.
"This morning, we woke up to news of a tragedy that reminds us of all the ways we are united as one American family. … We're still gathering all the facts about what happened in Aurora but what we do know is the police have one suspect in custody. And the federal government stands ready to do whatever is necessary to bring whoever is responsible for the heinous crime to justice," the President said.
Obama also ordered US flags be flown at half-staff until July 25 as 'mark of respect' for shooting victims in Colorado.
Christopher Nolan, the director of Dark Knight Rises, has called the massacre a senseless tragedy. "Nothing any of us can say could ever adequately express our feelings for the innocent victims of this appalling crime, but our thoughts are with them and their families," he said in a statement.
In the wake of the tragedy, Warner Brothers pulled a promotional trailer for upcoming film "Gangster Squad," which was playing before showings of "The Dark Knight Rises," from theaters.
Mobster movie "Gangster Squad," set in the 1940s and 1950s, chronicles the Los Angeles Police Department's fight to keep the mafia out of its city. The film features a scene in which men open fire with machine guns on an audience in a movie theater.
The studio had even considered cancelling screenings of the latest Batman flick, and many TV channels, including NBC, CBS and ESPN, have pulled 'Dark Knight Rises' ads off air.
In the wake of the Colorado tragedy, AMC Theatres have also banned moviegoers from attending the screenings in costume.
James Holmes, the Aurora, Colorado shooter who reportedly opened fire at a Batman movie premiere, was a medical student at the University of Colorado, pursuing a PhD in neuroscience, reports ABC News. (http://abcnews.go.com/US/mass-shooting-colorado-movie-theater-14-peop…)
As part of the attack, Holmes painted his hair red and referred to himself as "The Joker," one of the arch enemies in the DC Comics-inspired Batman movie series. (http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/07/20/police-14-dead-in-colorado-the…)
According to news reports, this sudden violent rampage was completely out of character for James Holmes, who was described as "shy."
The New York Times is now reporting:
Billy Kromka, a pre-med student at the University of Colorado, Boulder, worked with Mr. Holmes for three months last summer as a research assistant in a lab of at the Anschutz Medical Campus. Mr. Kromka said he was surprised to learn Mr. Holmes was the shooting suspect. "It was just shocking, because there was no way I thought he could have the capacity to do commit an atrocity like this," he said.(http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/21/us/colorado-mall-shooting.html?page…)
"He spent much of his time immersed in the computer, often participating in role-playing online games…"
There is already conjecture that James Holmes may have been involved in mind-altering neuroscience research and ended up becoming involved at a depth he never anticipated. His actions clearly show a strange detachment from reality, indicating he was not in his right mind. That can only typically be accomplished through drugs, hypnosis or trauma (and sometimes all three).
His behavior doesn't add up
His behavior already reveals stark inconsistencies that question the mainstream explanation of events. For example, he opened fire on innocent people but then calmly surrendered to policewithout resistance. This is not consistent with the idea of "killing everyone."
Furthermore, he then admitted to police that his apartment was booby-trapped with explosives. If you were really an evil-minded Joker trying to kill people (including cops), why would you warn them about the booby trap in advance? It doesn't add up.
"Holmes was taken into custody shortly after the shooting, police said, adding he didn't resist when he was arrested," reports a local CBS news affiliate (http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/07/20/police-14-dead-in-colorado-the…).
"After his arrest, Holmes told police about 'possible explosives in his residence,' Oates said. When police searched his apartment, they discovered it was booby-trapped and evacuated surrounding buildings, police said. Oates said bomb technicians are determining how to disarm flammable or explosive material in the third-floor apartment. He said police could be there some time."
None of this checks out. If you're a killer bent on causing mayhem, why tell the police about your surprise bomb waiting for them back at your apartment?
Holmes was clearly provided with exotic gear
Continuing from CBS:
"He said pictures from inside the apartment are fairly disturbing and the devices look to be sophisticated, adding the booby-traps were 'something I've never seen.' One rifle, two handguns, a knife, a bullet proof vest, a ballistic helmet, a gas device, a gas mask, military SWAT clothing and unidentified explosives were also found in Holmes' car, a law enforcement source told CBS News. Oates said Holmes wore a gas mask, a ballistic helmet and vest as well as leg, groin and throat protectors during the shooting."
In other words, this guy was equipped with exotic gear by someone with connections to military equipment. SWAT clothing, explosives, complex booby-traps… c'mon, this isn't a "lone gunman." This is somebody who was selected for a mission, given equipment to carry it out, then somehow brainwashed into getting it done.
"Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates said Holmes' apartment is booby-trapped with a 'sophisticated' maze of flammable devices. It could take hours or days for authorities to disarm it," reports Yahoo News (http://sg.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/suspect-neuroscience-phd-stu…).
This is not your run-of-the-mill crime of passion. It was a carefully planned, heavily funded and technically advanced attack. Who might be behind all this? The FBI, of course, which has a long history of setting up and staging similar attacks, then stopping them right before they happen. See four documented stories on these facts:
As you soak all this in, remember that the FBI had admitted to setting up terror plots, providing the weapons and gear, staging the location of the bombings and even driving the vehicles to pull it off! This is not a conspiracy theory, it's been admitted by the FBI right out in the open. Even the New York Times openly reports all this in stories like this one:
NYT: Terrorist Plots, Hatched by the F.B.I.(http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/opinion/sunday/terrorist-plots-help…)
THE United States has been narrowly saved from lethal terrorist plots in recent years — or so it has seemed. A would-be suicide bomber was intercepted on his way to the Capitol; a scheme to bomb synagogues and shoot Stinger missiles at military aircraft was developed by men in Newburgh, N.Y.; and a fanciful idea to fly explosive-laden model planes into the Pentagon and the Capitol was hatched in Massachusetts. But all these dramas were facilitated by the F.B.I., whose undercover agents and informers posed as terrorists offering a dummy missile, fake C-4 explosives, a disarmed suicide vest and rudimentary training. …the F.B.I. provided a van loaded with six 55-gallon drums of "inert material," harmless blasting caps, a detonator cord and a gallon of diesel fuel to make the van smell flammable. An undercover F.B.I. agent even did the driving…
Mystery man Holmes has no background
On top of all this, Holmes apparently has no background. "He's not on anybody's radar screen — nothing," said a peace officer in a NYT article. "This guy is somewhat of an enigma. Nobody knows anything about him." (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/21/us/colorado-mall-shooting.html)
Mr. Holmes's only criminal history is a traffic summons, the authorities said. He earned a bachelor's degree with honors in neuroscience in 2010 from the University of California, Riverside, and was a graduate student in neurosciences at the University of Colorado at Denver's Anschutz Medical Campus… He was currently collecting unemployment…
Question: How does an unemployed medical student afford $20,000 in weapons gear?
If you start to look at the really big picture here, the obvious question arises: How does an unemployed medical student afford all the complex weapons gear, bomb-making gear, "flammable" booby trap devices, ammunition, multiple magazines, bullet-proof vest, groin protection, ballistic helmet, SWAT uniform and all the rest of it?
A decent AR-15 rifle costs $1,000 or more all by itself. The shotgun and handgun might run another $800 total. Spare mags, sights, slings, and so on will run you at least another $1,000 across three firearms. The bullet-proof vest is easily another $800, and the cost of the bomb-making gear is anybody's guess. With all the specialty body gear, ammunition, booby-trap devices and more, I'm guessing this is at least $20,000 in weapons and tactical gear, much of which is very difficult for civilians to get in the first place.
The mere manufacture of an explosive booby-trap device is, all by itself, a felony crime by the way. And remember: "Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates said Holmes' apartment is booby-trapped with a 'sophisticated' maze of flammable devices. It could take hours or days for authorities to disarm it," reported Yahoo News (http://sg.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/suspect-neuroscience-phd-stu…).
Question: Where does an unemployed, introverted medical school student get the training to deploy sophisticated booby traps, tactical body armor, weapons systems and more? Certainly not in graduate school!
All this leads to an obvious third party influence over all this. Someone else taught this guy these skills and funded the acquisition of the equipment.
Staged just in time for a vote on the UN small arms treaty?
More and more, this shooting is looking like a deliberate plot staged by the government itself much like Operation Fast and Furious pulled off by the ATF (http://www.naturalnews.com/032934_ATF_illegal_firearms.html) which helped smuggle tens of thousands of guns into Mexico for the purpose of causing "gun violence" in the USA, then blaming the Second Amendment for it.
All this looks like James Holmes completed a "mission" and then calmly ended that mission by surrendering to police and admitting everything. The mission, as we are now learning, was to cause as much terror and mayhem as possible, then to have that multiplied by the national media at exactly the right time leading up the UN vote next week on a global small arms treaty that could result in gun confiscation across America. (http://lewrockwell.com/eddlem/eddlem61.1.html)
Even Forbes.com wrote about this quite extensively, warning readers about the coming gun confiscation effort related to the UN treaty. The story was authored by Larry Bell (http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrybell/2011/06/07/u-n-agreement-should…) and says the UN treaty could "override our national sovereignty, and in the process, provide license for the federal government to assert preemptive powers over state regulatory powers guaranteed by the Tenth Amendment in addition to our Second Amendment rights."
In other words, this has all the signs of Fast & Furious, Episode II. I wouldn't be surprised to discover someone in Washington was behind it all. After all, there's no quicker way to disarm a nation and take total control over the population than to stage violence, blame it on firearms, then call for leaders to "do something!" Such calls inevitably end up resulting in gun confiscation, and it's never too long after that before government genocide really kicks in like we saw with Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Mao and other tyrants.
Governments routinely murder millions
Here's a short list of government mass murder carried out throughout history, almost always immediately following the disarmament of the public (and usually involving staged false flag events to justify the disarmament):
50+ million dead: Mao Ze-Dong (China, 1958-61 and 1966-69, Tibet 1949-50)
12+ million dead: Adolf Hitler (Germany, 1939-1945) – concentration camps, civilian deaths and dead Russian POWs
8+ million dead: Leopold II of Belgium (Congo, 1886-1908)
6+ million dead: Jozef Stalin (USSR, 1932-39)
5+ million dead: Hideki Tojo (Japan, 1941-44)
2+ million dead: Ismail Enver (Turkey, 1915-22)
1.7 million dead: Pol Pot (Cambodia, 1975-79)
1.6 million dead: Kim Il Sung (North Korea, 1948-94)
1.5 million dead: Menghistu (Ethiopia, 1975-78)
1 million dead: Yakubu Gowon (Biafra, 1967-1970)
900,000 dead: Leonid Brezhnev (Afghanistan, 1979-1982)
800,000 dead: Jean Kambanda (Rwanda, 1994)
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Death by government:
A "monopoly of force" in government is far more dangerous than a crazed lone shooter
So yes, James Holmes and other crazed shooters kill a number of people each year in random acts of violence. It's horrifying and wrong, but it's nothing compared to the millions of lives that governments tend to destroy when they gain total power over the populace.
The most dangerous thing in the world, it turns out, is not a crazy person with a rifle; it's a government with a "monopoly of force" over the entire population. And that's exactly what the UN spells out as its goal for the world: Stripping all power from individual citizens and handing "monopolies of force" to the governments of the world, shoring up their positions as the only "legitimate" power on the planet.
See this document entitled, "Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF)" policy paper No. 24:
As this document reveals, a table entitled "Governance solutions for reasserting the state monopoly on the use of force" lists the options available to governments to re-establish "monopolies of force" against their own people:
• (Re-)establish state monopoly
- Ownership of WMDs
- Safety Inspectorates
• Prohibit business activity
- Justice and Execution
- Deadly Force?
• Regulate/limit activities
- Private defense/security services
- Control of financial transfers
- Export controls
- Transport and infrastructure safety
- Environmental impact
Interestingly, that document also describes "terrorism" in a way that perfectly matches the Aurora, Colorado "Batman" movie theater shooter:
Terrorists aim to spread panic and fear in societies in order to achieve political goals, be they based on left- or right-wing, social-revolutionary, nationalistic or religious ideologies. They are organized in a clandestine way, most often in small groups and cells… Typical tactical means include kidnapping, hostage-taking, sabotage, murder, suicide attacks, vehicle bombs and improvised explosive devices.
A global monopoly of force
This document is a goldmine of information about the globalist agenda to disarm and enslave the population. Check out page 28, which reads:
The legitimate monopoly of force should not be limited to the nation-state but should be based on the local, national, regional and the global levels.
Global Security Governance and the Monopoly of Force
At the global level no monopoly of violence exists. The UN Security Council already has a monopoly power to authorize the use of force at the global level, although the UN was never given the necessary means to exercise this authority, such as the capacity to implement sanctions, a police force and armed forces…
This deficiency in global governance acts as a bottleneck and a barrier to the creation of the democratically legitimized monopoly of violence that is globally required.
This story gets deep, doesn't it? Watch for more analysis here at NaturalNews.com, where we still fight for liberty and justice in a world that's increasingly becoming enslaved.
From Infowars.com
On Top of this, there was an FBI Document released in May of this year, and then taken down quickly that warns everyone of mass shootings in movie theatres.
DHS-FBI-TheaterAttacks.pdf Download the Full Document here
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Recorder Sports Staff
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- The Fonda-Fultonville girls came up just short Friday in joining the school's boys as local team winners at the Section II cross country championships, but freshman Jamie Kasza still had a big day.
Running a blistering pace, Kasza completed the three-plus mile course at Saratoga Spa State Park in 18 minutes, 25 seconds -- 14 seconds head of the second-place finisher in the girls' Class C race.
"It was exciting," Kasza said of taking first place. "I had worked hard all season to get to this point and I didn't want to let me dreams go downhill. ... I've been working toward this for a while."
The Lady Braves finished in second place in their division, as Schuylerville took the team crown.
After seeing Kasza break the race's two-mile mark in fewer than 12 minutes, F-F head coach Mark Therrien said he did not even need to see the end of the race to make sure the freshman held on for the individual title.
"She went by me and I said, 'OK; well, no way anyone's catching her,'" Therrien said.
Several other local runners had strong performances; also qualifying for next week's state competition as individuals besides Kasza were Broadalbin-Perth's Greg Bogdan (16 minutes, 4 seconds; fifth place in Class C boys), F-F's Kim Geniti (19 minutes, 20 seconds; sixth place in Class C girls) and Mayfield's Tom McClellan (15 minutes, 52 seconds; second place in Class D boys).
Geniti said she had trying to qualify for states in her head the whole race.
"I was trying to keep count the whole time (of how many girls were in front of me)," said Geniti. "You're not sure which team is going to win, so I was trying to keep the count in my mind so I could still make it if we didn't win as a team."
The B-P boys finished in third place in their division, while the B-P girls came in fourth. After an up-and-down regular season, head coach Jeff Richards was impressed with his teams' day.
"It's the strongest effort we've had this season," said Richards. "They finally came together."
Sarah Naple was the Lady Patriots' top finisher, achieving a time of 20 minutes, 28 seconds to come in 22nd place.
Therrien said he knew his Lady Braves faced an uphill battle to claim a team crown.
"Everyone had us figured for third, so the girls did an exceptional job," said Therrien. "We pretty much told them they all needed to run an awesome race."
To an athlete, the Lady Braves did their part, but just could not topple the Lady Horses. Still, F-F was plenty happy to be sending two runners to the state competition next week.
Kasza said she was looking forward to her next race. After focusing so much during the past couple of months on winning the Section II title, she seemed to enjoy the reprieve from self-expectations next week's super-competitive field allowed her.
"I don't know about being the best in the state yet," said Kasza. "But best in the section is pretty good."


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- What are you doing?; what is happening?
- How are you?; how are you feeling?
- What's the matter?
- A casual greeting with a meaning similar to how are you? or nice to meet you.
Made popular by the cartoon character Bugs Bunny who used it as early as 1940 as part of his catch phrase "What's up Doc?" (where each word was pronounced distinctly). (Wiktionary)
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Sheila Heti appears in the following:
To Armor, Disguise, or Attract? What We Project When We Get Dressed
Thursday, September 04, 2014
Fun with How-To
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Misha Glouberman and Sheila Heti, founders of the Trampoline Hall amateur lecture series and co-authors of The Chairs Are Where the People Go: How to Live, Work, and Play in the City, offer an off-beat self-help book based on Globerman's collected wisdom as an improvisation teacher.
Event: Misha Glouberman and Sheila Heti's Trampoline Hall lecture series comes to Brooklyn tonight.


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Alexander Cummings was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1733. He started his professional career as a watchmaker in London, England. During his lifetime, he wrote a few books about machinery and watches, and was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society.He was awarded the first patent for the flushing toilet (or valve closet) in 1775. This new toilet was an improvement of Sir John Harrington's water closet, which was invented in 1596 and used by Queen Elizabeth I. The water closet was able to flush, but did not have a water trap. Cummings' toilet allowed some water to stay in the bowl after flushing because of the "S trap," a sliding valve between the bowl and trap. This excess water kept the house from smelling like sewage and helped to clean the bowl after use. Many other inventors followed Cummings and contributed their ideas to what is now the modern day toilet. In 1848 a Public Health Act stated that all new houses should be built with some sort of toilet.
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Since I slept in during boot camp (I have been so tired lately), I decided to do a make-up session in my own living room: 3-minute wall sit, 3 x10 overhead tricep presses with 15#, 3 x 10 bicep curls/shin to shoulder presses/chest presses/bent over rows/flies with 12#, 4 x 25 push-ups, 2 x 50 ab crunches, 50 oblique crunches, 50 reverse abs, 3 x 10 lunges with 12# in each hand...I was in a pissy mood so I took it out on my body...