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Adenosine A2a receptors are found in coronary vascular tissue although, their presence in myocardium is subject to investigation. Although there have been numerous studies on adenosine A2a receptor agonist effects on contractility and cAMP levels in ventricular myocytes, these have yielded conflicting results. Negative pharmacological studies have even led to the conclusion that A2a receptors are not present in cardiac myocytes. The purpose of this study was to determine whether A2a receptors are expressed in rat ventricular myocytes and what physiological effects are mediated via activation of these receptors. Western blot analysis with a polyclonal antibody raised against a peptide sequence specific to the carboxy terminus of the A2a receptor revealed the presence of a band at ∼45 kDa. However, the immunoreactivity was located in the nonmembrane fraction of the cell lysate. The membrane fraction only exhibited an immunoreactive band ≥50 kDa. Treatment of isolated myocytes with the adenosine A2a agonist 2-[4-[(2-carboxyethyl)-phenyl]ethylamino]-5′-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine (CGS-21680) exerted no effects on cAMP levels or myocyte twitch amplitude. These results indicate that although rat ventricular myocytes appear to express adenosine A2a receptors, stimulation with an A2a agonist exerts no functional effects, possibly because of the subcellular localization of the A2a receptor.
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adenosine exerts a variety of effects in the heart by the activation of purinergic P1 receptor subtypes. Activation of the myocyte A1 receptor alters sinoatrial and atrioventricular conduction and attenuates the metabolic and contractile effects of β-adrenergic receptor stimulation (3, 35-37). Adenosine A1 receptor activation before ischemia also exerts significant protective effects in ischemic-reperfused myocardium (15). Stimulation of A2a receptors located on coronary endothelial cells and vascular smooth muscle mediates coronary vasodilation (17,33). Additional reports indicate that coronary A2areceptor stimulation during reperfusion may exert beneficial effects (16, 47).
There is universal agreement that A1 receptor agonists alter neither contractility nor cAMP accumulation in normal ventricular myocardium; however, there are conflicting reports on the effects of adenosine A2a receptor agonists. Initial studies in several species (dog, rat, guinea pig) indicated that the mixed agonist 5′-(N-ethylcarboxamido)adenosine (NECA) had no effect on cAMP accumulation (11, 30, 38). Subsequent studies indicated that more selective adenosine A2a agonists exerted no effects on cAMP accumulation or contractility, suggesting that ventricular cardiomyocytes do not express adenosine A2a receptors (40, 43). In contrast, there are additional reports that A2a receptor agonists increase adenylyl cyclase activity, myocyte twitch amplitude, or cAMP accumulation in isolated guinea pig, rat, and fetal chick ventricular myocytes (4, 6, 18, 37, 41, 46).
In addition to the conflicting pharmacological evidence for the existence of myocyte A2a receptors, molecular studies have yielded disparate findings. The first report of the presence of adenosine A2a receptor mRNA in ventricular myocardium was based on Northern blotting of rat myocyte lysates (46). Subsequently, the A2a receptor protein was detected by immunoblotting in isolated porcine myocytes (24). However, a more recent investigation with RT-PCR concluded that adenosine A2a receptor transcript was absent in porcine myocardial homogenate (10).
Although it has been reported that adult rat ventricular myocytes contain A2a receptor mRNA, there have been no reports of the expression of A2a receptor protein in this species. Additionally, the pharmacological evidence for functional myocyte A2a receptors is controversial. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to ascertain the effects of the A2a receptor agonist CGS-21680 on ventricular myocyte cAMP levels and twitch amplitude. Furthermore, Western blot analysis was used to investigate the presence of A2a receptors in these cells.
All animals in this study received humane care according to the guidelines set forth in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals prepared by the Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council (National Institutes of Health Publication No. 85-23, 1996) and according to the guidelines of the Department of Laboratory Animal Resources, University of Kentucky.
Isolation of myocytes.
Ventricular myocytes were enzymatically dissociated from male Sprague-Dawley rats (350–400 g) by previously described methods (28, 29) with minor modifications. Rats were heparinized (500 U ip) and anesthetized with pentobarbital sodium (65 mg/kg ip). The hearts were rapidly excised and retrogradely perfused for 4 min at constant pressure (70 mmHg) with calcium-free modified HEPES buffer (10 mM HEPES and 2 mM pyruvate, pH 7.2, gassed with 100% O2 at 37°C). After addition of Liberase Blendzyme (0.14 mg/ml; Roche Diagnostic, Indianapolis, IN), the perfusate was recirculated for 15–17 min. Calcium was gradually added during the final 10 min of enzyme recirculation to reach 500 μM. The ventricles were minced and placed in a shaking water bath (37°C) with 20 ml of HEPES-enzyme buffer for 10 min followed by gentle tituration. The digestion mixture was filtered through 250-μm nylon mesh, washed twice with enzyme-free buffer containing 500 μM Ca2+, and resuspended in HEPES buffer (1 mM CaCl2, pH 7.4). This protocol typically yielded >75% rod-shaped myocytes. All cells were used within 6 h of isolation.
cAMP measurement.
cAMP was measured as previously described with modifications (28). Myocytes were incubated at room temperature (30 min) in HEPES buffer supplemented with adenosine deaminase (1 U/ml) to degrade endogenous adenosine. The myocyte suspensions from 10 separate isolations were divided into 1.5-ml aliquots and assigned to the following groups: control (DMSO vehicle), the cAMP phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitor rolipram (50 μM), the adenosine A2areceptor agonist CGS-21680 (100 nM), and CGS-21680 + rolipram. In three of these isolations, additional myocyte aliquots were treated with isoproterenol (10 nM) or isoproterenol + rolipram. Cells were initially treated with rolipram or vehicle (10 min, 37°C) followed by application of CGS-21680, isoproterenol, or vehicle for 10 min. After treatments, the cells were pelleted by centrifugation (1 min, 1,000g) and the supernatant was discarded. Myocytes were lysed in 500 μl of HCl (0.1 N, 10 min) and vortexed. The suspension was centrifuged (4 min, 3,000 g), and the supernatant was assayed for cAMP (ELISA kit; R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN). The pellet was solubilized with 1 N NaOH, and protein was assayed by the Lowry method. Intracellular cAMP was expressed as picomoles per milligram of protein.
Myocyte contractility measurements.
Myocytes were adhered to the laminin coated-glass coverslip floor of the recording chamber (RC-24; Warner Instrument, Hamden, CT) and mounted on the stage of an inverted microscope (IX-70; Olympus America, Melville, NY). Cells were suffused with HEPES buffer (100% O2, pH 7.4, 1 ml/min) from an inline heater (37°C, TS 28; Warner Instrument, Hamden, CT), field stimulated (0.5 Hz, SD9 stimulator; Grass Instruments, Quincy, MA), and imaged with a charge-coupled device camera. Changes in cell length were quantified via edge-motion detection with a video dimension analyzer (Coyote Bay), and twitch amplitude was expressed as a percentage of diastolic length. Baseline measurements were obtained after a 10-min equilibration period to ensure the presence of steady-state contractions.
The effect of CGS-21680 at different concentrations was analyzed in three groups: group 1, 100 nM (n = 8 myocytes from 4 hearts); group 2, 1 μM (n= 11 myocytes from 4 hearts); and group 3, vehicle (n = 7 myocytes from 4 hearts). The myocytes were exposed to CGS-21680 or vehicle (10 min) followed by washout. Isoproterenol (2 min, 5 nM) was used as a positive control. Two further groups tested the effects of the PDE inhibitor rolipram on twitch amplitude. Myocytes were treated with either rolipram (50 μM;n = 17 myocytes from 3 hearts) or vehicle (DMSO;n = 9 from 3 hearts) for a total of 20 min (twitch amplitude measured every 5 min) followed by 10-min washout.
Western blot analysis.
Myocytes were centrifuged twice (3 min, 60 g, 4°C) with intervening resuspension in 10 ml of PBS. The pellet was resuspended in 1 ml of buffer A (in mM: 250 sucrose, 5 Tris · HCl, 0.4 MgCl2, pH 7.5) with the addition of aprotinin (2 μg/ml), leupeptin (2 μg/ml), pepstatin A (2 μg/ml), benzamidine (0.1 mM), and phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (0.1 mM) and received 20 strokes with a Teflon Dounce on ice. The homogenate was centrifuged (10 min, 200 g, 4°C), and the resulting supernatant was centrifuged at 105,000 g for 1 h. The supernatant containing soluble proteins was reserved, and the pellet was washed twice with buffer A followed by resuspension in buffer B (in mM: 50 Tris · HCl and 4 MgCl2 containing protease inhibitors). Proteins were assayed by the Lowry method. Fifty micrograms of protein from the soluble and particulate fractions was subjected to 10% SDS-PAGE (25 mA) under reducing conditions as described by Laemmli (14). After electrophoresis, the proteins were electroblotted (200 mA, 2 h) to polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) membranes (0.45 μm). The membranes were blocked by rocking incubation (1 h, room temperature) with PBS containing 5% milk. Incubation (2 h, room temperature) of primary anti-A2a peptide antiserum (1:1,000) in PBS-milk was followed by four 10-min washes with PBS containing 0.05% Tween-20. Secondary antibody (1:7,500) conjugated with horseradish peroxidase was incubated (1 h, room temperature) with PBS (1% milk + 0.05% Tween-20) followed by four 10-min washes. The membrane was incubated with enhanced chemiluminescent substrate (Pierce, Rockford, IL) and exposed to Kodak X-OMAT film for up to 5 min. Specificity of the primary antibody for the rat A2a receptor protein was verified by cross-reaction with the heterologously expressed human A2a receptor (RBI, Natick, MA). In addition, rat A1 receptor and rat A3 receptor from NEN Life Science (Boston, MA) were used as negative controls.
Isoproterenol, CGS-21680, adenosine deaminase, and DMSO were purchased from Sigma (St. Louis, MO). Rolipram was obtained from Alexis Biochemical (San Diego, CA). Antiserum from rabbit raised against a peptide sequence from the carboxy terminus of the canine adenosine A2a receptor was a kind gift of Dr. S. J. Mustafa (East Carolina University, Greenville, NC). The secondary antibody was goat anti-rabbit IgG from Santa Cruz Biotechnology (Santa Cruz, CA). Lowry protein assay kit was purchased from Bio-Rad (Hercules, CA).
Data analysis.
Data are expressed as means ± SE and analyzed by two-way ANOVA with mixed factors or repeated measures, and Tukey honestly significant difference test was used for post hoc analysis with Statistica software (StatSoft, Tulsa, OK). Significance was regarded as P< 0.05.
Effect of CGS-21680 on isolated myocyte cAMP accumulation.
Basal myocyte intracellular cAMP levels were 11.7 ± 0.8 pmol/mg protein. As shown in Fig. 1 A, treatment with the adenosine A2a agonist CGS-21680 (100 nM) for 10 min had no effect on cAMP (11.3 ± 1.3 pmol/mg). Although the combination of CGS-21680 + rolipram elevated cAMP levels to 13.2 ± 1.2 pmol/mg (P < 0.05), this effect was not different from treatment with rolipram alone (14.0 ± 1.0 pmol/mg). In contrast to the lack of effect of CGS-21680, isoproterenol (10 nM, 10 min) increased cAMP levels from 9.3 ± 1.4 to 20.3 ± 6.0 pmol/mg (P < 0.05; Fig. 1 B). The addition of rolipram potentiated the effects of isoproterenol on cAMP as levels increased to 44.3 ± 3.5 pmol/mg.
Effect of CGS-21680 on myocyte contractility.
The effects of two doses of CGS-21680 on myocyte twitch amplitude were tested (Fig. 2). Basal twitch amplitudes in vehicle- and CGS-21680-treated myocytes were similar (6.3 ± 0.7%, 5.7 ± 0.6%, and 6.1 ± 0.5% of resting cell length, respectively). Neither 100 nM nor 1 μM CGS-21680 treatment for 10 min had any effect on contractility. After washout of the CGS-21680, myocytes were exposed to isoproterenol (5 nM) as a positive control. Twitch amplitude in vehicle- and CGS-21680-treated myocytes increased similarly with isoproterenol (53 ± 6%; P < 0.05). In an additional group of myocytes, 20-min application of rolipram (50 μM) exerted no effects on contractility (Fig.3).
Western blot analysis of adenosine A2a receptor.
Whole antiserum was used for Western blotting. An enhanced chemiluminescence blot of PVDF membrane probed with adenosine A2a receptor antiserum is shown in Fig.4. Protein from the soluble fraction of isolated rat ventricular myocytes showed a major immunoreactive band at ∼45 kDa that comigrated with the human A2a receptor. This band was not detectable in the lane containing the particulate fraction, although a distinct immunoreactive band was observed at a higher molecular mass (M r) (∼50 kDa). Protein from heterologously expressed rat A1 and A3receptors did not demonstrate any cross-reactivity, confirming the specificity of the antibody for the A2a receptor.
The results of the present study indicate that the adenosine A2a receptor agonist CGS-21680 did not increase accumulation of intracellular cAMP in isolated rat ventricular myocytes in the presence or absence of the PDE inhibitor rolipram. Similarly, application of the A2a agonist did not alter myocyte twitch amplitude. Western blot analysis revealed that ventricular myocytes expressed A2a receptors in both the soluble and particulate fractions, albeit at different molecular masses. These findings indicate that, despite the presence of A2a receptors within rat ventricular myocytes, their activation is not associated with increases in cAMP or inotropy. The lack of functional effects of adenosine A2a receptor stimulation may be caused by compartmentation of the receptor or inefficient coupling to G proteins.
The best-known mechanism of A2a receptor signaling is the accumulation of cAMP. However, studies examining cAMP accumulation with A2a agonists in isolated myocytes have yielded inconsistent results. There are several reports that NECA and the more selective A2a agonists CGS-21680 and 2-[2-(4-methylphenyl)ethoxy]adenosine (WRC-0090) do not alter cAMP levels in ventricular myocytes (11, 23, 30, 38, 40,43). In contrast, there are additional reports that these same agonists do increase cAMP, either by directly activating adenylyl cyclase or indirectly by inhibiting cAMP PDE (1, 4, 6, 18, 37,41, 46). Two of these studies, in guinea pig and rat (41,46), reported increases in cAMP accumulation with 100 nM CGS-21680, but another, in the rat (6), did not. The results of myocyte studies with PDE inhibitors with A2aagonists have consistently reported no changes in cAMP (11, 30,38, 40, 43), whereas those without PDE inhibitors have reported increases (4, 6, 41, 46). Although the presence or absence of PDE inhibitors could potentially explain these divergent results, none of the above studies directly tested the effect of PDE inhibition on A2a receptor-mediated increases in cAMP accumulation. Our results indicate that the A2a agonist CGS-21680 did not affect cAMP accumulation whether or not the PDE inhibitor rolipram was present. Rolipram alone increased cAMP content by 21%, consistent with previous reports (4, 25, 27). Isoproterenol (10 nM) increased cAMP by 118%, which was potentiated by rolipram (238% increase), confirming the ability of the myocytes to accumulate cAMP and to respond to PDE inhibition. The results of the present study thus indicate that adenosine A2a receptor stimulation does not alter ventricular myocyte cAMP levels.
Previous studies of A2a-mediated positive inotropic effects in isolated myocytes have also yielded conflicting results. Both nonselective and selective A2a agonists have been reported to have no effect on guinea pig myocyte twitch amplitude (30, 40,41). In contrast, there are reports showing that NECA and CGS-21680 increase twitch amplitude in chick and rat ventricular myocytes (6, 18, 19, 44, 46). In our hands, neither 100 nM nor 1 μM CGS-21680 altered rat ventricular myocyte twitch amplitude. The PDE inhibitor rolipram, which did increase cAMP levels, also did not alter myocyte twitch amplitude, in agreement with previous observations (12, 13). Despite the lack of response to CGS-21680 and rolipram, the myocytes responded robustly to isoproterenol (5 nM), confirming their ability to respond to inotropic agents. Our present results are consistent with the lack of inotropic effect of CGS-21680 in normal intact guinea pig, rat, and porcine myocardium (8, 16, 26). We also observed no effects of CGS-21680 (1–1,000 nM) on left ventricular developed pressure in isolated rat hearts despite dose-dependent increases in coronary flow (data not shown). Given that we observed no increase in cAMP, and that it has been reported that CGS-21680 did not alter intracellular Ca2+ in rat ventricular myocytes (43), it is not surprising that CGS-21680 had no effect on myocyte contractility.
There are several possible explanations for the lack of CGS-21680 effects in the present study. It is possible that we did not use an adequate dose of the agonist. However, this seems unlikely, given that we used 100 nM and 1 μM concentrations of CGS-21680, and the EC50 values for this agonist on cAMP accumulation in PC12 cells and human neutrophils have been reported to be <20 nM (9,42). Several reports have suggested that possible cross-activation of the myocyte A1 receptor may mask A2a stimulatory effects on cAMP and contractility (6,18, 19, 37, 41, 46). The results of additional studies, performed in the presence of the A1 antagonist 8-cyclopentyl-1,3-dipropylxanthine (DPCPX) and/or pertussis toxin (to block inhibitory G proteins), have indicated no effects of A2a agonists on adenylate cyclase activity, cAMP accumulation, or myocyte inotropy (23, 40, 43). Therefore, it does not appear that our inability to demonstrate CGS-21680 effects in the present study could be due simply to omission of DPCPX or pertussis toxin.
A third possibility for the lack of CGS-21680 effects is that ventricular myocytes lack adenosine A2a receptors. In fact, the results of several negative pharmacological studies have led to the conclusion that A2a receptors are not expressed on cardiac myocytes (40, 43). However, Western blot analysis of our whole cell lysates indicated an immunoreactive band at ∼45 kDa that comigrated with heterologously expressed human A2areceptors but had no cross-reactivity with either rat A1 or A3 receptors. These results are consistent with theM r reported in membranes from human and porcine heart (24) and rat striatum (34) and kidney (48). Interestingly the 45-kDa band was found exclusively in the soluble, rather than the membrane, fraction of myocyte lysates. We did observe immunoreactivity in the particulate fraction. but this band appeared ≥50 kDa. The location of this band is consistent with the higher mass (∼52 kDa) reported for the A2a receptor in canine liver plasma membranes (32) and the canine thyroid-derived receptor (∼60 kDa) transfected into CHO cells (31). Thus, as originally concluded by Palmer et al. (32), there appear to be both tissue- and species-dependent differences in the size of the adenosine A2a receptor.
The Western blot results may provide an explanation for why the A2a agonist CGS-21680 was unable to increase cAMP accumulation or alter myocyte contractility. Localization of the 45-kDa form of the A2a receptor in the soluble fraction of the myocytes would preclude receptor interaction with membrane-bound stimulatory G proteins and adenylyl cyclase. It is possible that our soluble fractions were contaminated with intracellular organelles such as endosomes or microsomes or other small vesicles. The movement of A2a receptors into light vesicles has been proposed to be a possible explanation for receptor desensitization (31). Alternatively "cytosolic" adenosine A2a receptors have been observed in human skeletal muscle (22) and PC12 cells (2). In the latter study cytosolic A2areceptors appeared to translocate to the plasma membrane during anoxia, an effect that was associated with a fivefold decrease in EC50 for CGS-21680 stimulation of cAMP accumulation (2). Although our observation that the 45-kDa immunoreactivity resided exclusively in the soluble fraction was unexpected, the A2a receptor is unique among adenosine receptors in lacking a cysteine palmitoylation site (20), which appears to play a key role in targeting and anchoring proteins to membranes (7).
Although the 50-kDa band was found in the membrane fraction, it is possible that the higher-mass form of the protein may not effectively couple to Gs, because immunoreactivity provides no information regarding appropriate coupling or functionality of the identified protein. Rat striatal adenosine receptors have been shown to have both a high- and a low-affinity state, with the majority of receptors being of low affinity and not G protein coupled (21). Alternatively, A2a receptor stimulation may have increased cAMP in a subcellular compartment that does not lead to increased inotropy. The compartmentation of cAMP in cardiac myocytes was first reported nearly two decades ago (5), when it was reported that prostaglandin E1 increased cAMP in the soluble, but not the particulate, fraction of rabbit ventricular myocytes, whereas the β-adrenergic agonist isoproterenol increased cAMP in both fractions. More recently, it has been determined that increases in particulate cAMP levels correlate with the inotropic effects of β-adrenergic receptor stimulation (45) and adenylyl cyclase is compartmentalized in cardiac myocyte plasma membranes within caveolae (39). Thus it is possible that CGS-21680 increased cAMP in the soluble fraction, which is not associated with an inotropic effect.
In summary, we showed that although the adenosine A2areceptor protein is expressed in rat ventricular myocytes, its activation does not lead to changes in inotropy. The lack of an A2a receptor inotropic effect is consistent with the lack of effect of CGS-21680 on myocyte cAMP accumulation in the presence or absence of a PDE inhibitor. In conclusion, adenosine A2areceptor stimulation in rat ventricular myocytes does not increase whole cell intracellular cAMP levels or alter twitch amplitude, possibly because of receptor subcellular localization and/or poor receptor-transduction coupling.
The authors thank Drs. Eric J. Smart and S. Jamal Mustafa for helpful discussions.
This work was supported by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Grants RO1-HL-66132 (R. D. Lasley) and RO1-HL-34759 (R. M. Mentzer, Jr).
Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: R. D. Lasley, Dept. of Surgery, MN276, Univ. of Kentucky Medical Center, 800 Rose St., Lexington, KY 40536 (E-mail:rlasley{at}pop.uky.edu).
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Students from the IUP Chapter of Active Minds have created a short video meant to encourage students to seek help from the Counseling Center if they are experiencing emotional stress.
The video is on the home page of the Counseling Center website. Shannon Lamoreaux, a member of IUP's Active Minds and a master's student in Clinical Psychology, directed and produced the video. The short includes actual Counseling Center clients and members of Active Minds who represent actual clients.
The video's purpose is to help students see, from a student's perspective, what it might be like to come to the Counseling Center if they were experiencing any emotional difficulties. In the video, "Sarah" (Shannon Lamoreaux) is thinking about coming to the Counseling Center but is nervous about it and unsure whether it is a good thing to do. She interviews students who experienced counseling and then decides to come to the Counseling Center to check it out herself. She interviews several psychologists and asks some typical questions that students have regarding counseling. She then makes her decision.
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The Found Artist Series/
Being a newer artist myself, I know how it feels to put so much passion, time and energy into the work you are creating only to feel like nobody is seeing it. Even though when it comes down to it, you are creating your art out of sheer love and soul shaking desire and mostly for yourself, you still hope that others find happiness and joy from it too.
I'm fortunate to have so many friends who have amazing raw talent, whom are also trying to get there work out into the world for others to enjoy. This got me thinking and thus, the creation of this series.
Since I'm always perusing various sites and discovering new artist, I thought that it would be beneficial to you if I shared those in a monthly series call The Found Artist.
I truly believe that there is space for everyone and that competition kills creativity. We should celebrate and share everyone's achievements and talents.
So without further ado, here are this months Found Artists.
Micah Hogan
My friend Micah is a talented artist based out of Northern San Diego. We met while working in the same restaurant when I first moved here and we've always loved chatting about Mid-Century and Minimalist Design. He has some serious skills and I think it shows beautifully in the 60's and 70's inspired paintings. All are done on wood canvas and inspired from road trips he use to take with his family growing up.
Wild Print CO
I'm not going to lie, I'm borderline obsessed with Amy's prints. I purchased five of them a few weeks ago and I'm slowly collecting the frames and you'll see how I display them soon enough. For now, this Buffalo print is by far, one of my favorites and now lives in my living room. His name is Bruce.
Sand Silk Sky
Hannah makes incredibly beautiful bream catchers, scented candles, and has just started exploring essential oils and wood cuts. Her Freedom-to-Dream kit is an amazing way to craft your own dream catcher. Sleep well tonight with one of her beautiful pieces.
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Pink Collar Crime PSA Fraud Awareness Week
Recently I presented to a group of fire service administrators. This presentation was about fraud and embezzlement in fire districts. Of course, I had to include some #pinkcollarcrime stories because of the numbers of women stealing from fire districts.
A shout out to Curt Varone http://www.firelawblog.com/ for his help with these numbers. According to iWomen, there are 11,000 female career firefighters and 40,000 volunteers. From the NFPA there are roughly 1.2 million firefighters which translate to women making up roughly 4.25% of the fire service (51,000/1.2 mil). Curt has been keeping track of embezzlement cases in fire districts. Here are his results:
Insider Theft in the Volunteer service
Total cases: 360
Criminal – 188
Civil – 8
Administrative – 164 (disciplinary cases)
Women Involved – 53 (28.2%)
Married Couple – 11
Now, this is not complete but it gives a snapshot of the issue. Women are overrepresented in theft cases as compared to their numbers of employment within fire districts.
As I finish the presentation, a woman in the audience states she knows 5 women in her small community who are pink collar criminals. "I didn't even realize I knew that many! I didn't even know it's a thing." One of the stories I talk about she knows the family.
This is why I call #pinkcollarcrime the relatable crime. We know them. We work with them. Our kids go to school with their kids. We volunteer with them. These women are much like your friends, neighbors, co-workers. These women are not scary. They are not whom we think of as "bad guys."
My job is to educate people about fraud. You have to be aware of the employee who may be your biggest threat. In many small businesses, it is she. Never underestimate the smarts, capabilities, and power of a woman.
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White Noise
"Also after our incident, we started reading a lot. If you have not been a victim of embezzlement, it's just white noise. But once you start paying attention, it's clearly an epidemic." That quote came from a victim of a pink collar criminal who stole over $200k+ from their medical practice. Getting to hear real stories from the victims is part of my job. It's the part that is the hardest but also very rewarding. Listening to this doctor's story is like a record with a scratch: she was my friend, we socialized together, she handled everything, she was a long time trusted employee. I hear these stories each time I go to investigate.
I am trying to get the word out about these long time trusted employees who steal victim's innocence and joy from their work. This victim has been devastated by the theft. Paying back taxes, reconstructing the books, and of course trying to rebuild trust with your employees and clients. And it continues. It continues because many of these women live in the victim's community. This victim sees their former employee at the grocery store. She is not in jail. She is actually working for a new medical practice. Justice is slow. But luckily this victim is also trying to get the word out about medical embezzlement. It can happen to you and then it won't be "white noise."
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Stealing from nuns for lingerie and leasing a sports car
An Orange County real estate consultant who stole $285,000 from Roman Catholic nuns and used it to buy lingerie and lease a sports car was convicted Tuesday of three counts of wire fraud.
After a three-day trial, a federal jury in Santa Ana convicted Linda Rose Gagnon, also known as Linda Gualtieri-Gagnon, 59, of defrauding the U.S. Province of the Religious of Jesus and Mary.
Asst. U.S. Atty. Robert Keenan said Gagnon told the nuns in 2008 that she was an expert in handling short-sale and foreclosure transactions and offered to help them buy a small home in San Diego they were renting for retired sisters in the religious order.
But Gagnon did not use the order's funds to purchase the retirement home. Instead, she used it to buy lingerie, lease an Audi and pay off debts for her real estate finance company, Rose Enterprise, Inc. according to Keenan.
After only 64 days, Gagnon spent the entire sum — $285,000, he said.
"She paid off $42,000 she borrowed. There was $448 at Chadwick's of London, an intimate apparel store in San Francisco. Then she went shopping at Nordstroms, visited the nail salon and of course a pet-sitting service…. She also leased an Audi TT sports car," Keenan said. "She was living nicely on the nuns' money."
The nuns, after initially accepting Gagnon's explanations for delays in the home purchase, realized they had been defrauded when she did not respond to their messages. The order specializes in charitable and educational work.
At one point, Gagnon told the nuns she needed another $285,000 to buy the San Diego residence, saying the original $285,000 was tied up in a "triple escrow" on another property.
Throughout the trial, Gagnon's lawyer portrayed her as operating a bad business and accidentally comingling the funds. Gagnon did not testify, but two Catholic priests took the witness stand to attest to her character, Keenan said. They assured the court "she is really quite honest," he added.
At sentencing next February, Gagnon could receive up to 20 years in prison for each of the three counts. Keenan said a more realistic sentence would be about four years total.
Keenan said the nuns eventually had to come up with another $255,000 to buy the home, which is about three miles from the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Women are taking over the (comedy) world…
The iconic Harvard comedy club, The Lampoon, is now being run by two women. Eleanor Parker, and President Alexis Wilkinson. Women are making such inroads in all areas of life and now it includes The Lampoon. What does this mean for women? This change sends a signal that women are welcome in what have been traditionally a testosterone structure according to the story on the Today Show,
So what does this have to do with Pink Collar Crime? This is just another stepping stone for women in the workplace. And if you have been following this blog I think it is another step for women to reach even higher levels of success. When will there be a Bernice Madoff? As Freda Adler told me it is just a matter of time before we meet Bernice Madoff. Stay tuned for bigger embezzlements perpetrated by women who are in higher levels of trust and money just like women being in the higher levels of comedy.
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Non profit fraud Executive Director helped by twin brothers!
The former executive director of an East Orange-based non-profit developer of low-income housing was arrested today on charges she had embezzled more than $380,000 from the corporation, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said in a statement this evening.
Lancie Marchan, 64, who headed the East Orange Revitalization and Development Corporation, used the money for trips, hotel stays, visits to casinos and gifts, among other things, the statement said.
An indictment unsealed today alleges that Marchan, who was being paid an annual salary of $93,163.50, embezzled the money between 2005 and 2010.
At the time, EORDC was partnering with a private corporation to build a low-income development, called the Princeton Estates Phase II Project, with partial funding from HUD.
The indictment also alleges that Marchan's twin 66-year-old brothers, Arthur Werts, of Chesterfield, Va., and Artemus Werts, of Plainfield – both of whom have experience in the financial and non-profit industries – helped their sister embezzle and launder the funds.
Marchan was arrested at her home in North Brunswick by officers from the prosecutor's office and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
All three are charged with conspiracy, theft by unlawful taking and financial facilitation of criminal activity. They could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted of the charges, the prosecutor's office said.
Marchan is being held on $50,000 bail at the county jail. Her brothers have not yet been arrested.
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Sporting vs Guimaraes 2017 Portugal Primeira Liga: Match Preview and Prediction
Fixture: Sporting vs Guimaraes
Competition: Portugal Primeira Liga 2016-17
Date: Sunday, 5th March, 20:15 GMT
Stadium: Estádio José Alvalade.
Sporting vs Guimaraes: Preview
Sporting vs Guimaraes match is going to be held on 5th March at Estádio José Alvalade. It's an important football clash between two Portuguese football clubs where they will try to give their best efforts to win this match. Sporting registered a 0-2 away win against Estoril and Guimaraes registered a 2-0 home win against Chaves in their previous league matches.
At the moment, Sporting is performing good and they have secured 14 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats along with 3rd position in Portugal Primeira Liga 2016/17 season. In other side Guimaraes performing average with 11 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats along with 5th position in Portugal Primeira Liga table. Sporting will start the match as favorite against Guimaraes in their crucial fixture of Portugal Primeira Liga at Estádio José Alvalade.
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- Both teams have played 44 matches against each other in all the competitions. Sporting has registered 28 wins, 11 draws and 5 defeats against Guimaraes. Guimaraes has scored 36 goals against Sporting and concedes 86 goals against them.
- Guimaraes held a 3-3 home draw against Sporting in their last meetings in the match of Portugal Primeira Liga on 1st Oct, 2016.
Sporting vs Guimaraes: Prediction
Guimaraes will try their best to secure at least an away draw from this match and Sporting is ready to secure a home win from the fixture. Sporting is better side to compare with Guimaraes when they will play against each other at Estádio José Alvalade.
Predicted result will be a home win for Sporting.
Sporting vs Guimaraes: Betting Tips
Asian Handicap: Sporting -1.0 at 1.70


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During the NFL season the past few years my friends and I have kept up with the tradition of serving food unique to, ubiquitous in or traditionally from the city or immediate region of my home team's opponent the day of away games. My home team is the Pittsburgh Steelers, and two Sundays from now we play the Oakland Raiders. So I am looking for dishes, ingredients, recipes, anything related to Oakland, CA. Various searches of the interwebs have not been terribly fruitful.
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text: (Adds detail) By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE, March 22 (Reuters) - London copper dropped with other commodities on Wednesday, falling towards its lowest in a fortnight as investors shunned risk on doubts over the economic agenda of U.S. President Donald Trump. Concerns that the U.S. would not push through corporate tax cuts as promised before last year's election pulled down stocks in Asia, with the negative sentiment spilling into metals, said analyst Daniel Morgan of UBS in Sydney. "People have also been looking at a resumption of copper production at Freeport, and the possibility of a resolution of the strike at Escondida soon," he said, adding that speculators were now locking in profits. "In the background, the physical trade is tightening day by day. We are still bullish copper." The global copper market is expected by some analysts to fall into deficit this year for the first time in half a decade after a series of mine disruptions crimped supply amid solid China demand. FUNDAMENTALS * LONDON COPPER: Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange had slipped 0.3 percent to $5,759 a tonne by 0718 GMT, extending losses from the previous session. Earlier in the day, prices hit their weakest since March 10 at $5,715 a tonne, but found support at the 100-day moving average. * SHANGHAI COPPER: Shanghai Futures Exchange copper fell 2.1 percent to 46,660 yuan ($6,776) a tonne. * CONSUMERS: The drop in prices encouraged buying by consumers. One copper consumer told Reuters he had priced a lot of metal. * CHINA SMELTERS: Copper stocks in China's Shenzhen are seen as ample, while China smelters are still not rushing to buy spot copper concentrate shipments, a smelter source said. * ESCONDIDA: The striking union at BHP Billiton's Escondida copper mine in Chile, the world's largest, will meet with the company on Wednesday to resume conversations, both parties said on Tuesday night. * PERU METALS OUTPUT: Peru's copper production rose by 24.8 percent in January from the same month a year earlier, while zinc output increased by 11.3 percent and gold slipped slightly, official data showed on Tuesday. * OTHER METALS: ShFE nickel and lead dropped 2 percent or more, while ShfFE zinc closed 1.4 percent lower, pulled down by losses in steel * SPREADS: LME cash prices traded at their steepest discount to three-month prices since Jan. 18, data showed CMCU0-3, which was the widest since June 2015, suggesting the refined market is still in ample supply. * MARKETS: Asian stocks posted their biggest drop in two weeks on Wednesday as the growing doubts about Trump's economic growth agenda prompted investors to dump risky assets. DATA/EVENTS 0900 Euro zone Current account Jan 1300 U.S. Monthly home price index Jan 1400 U.S. Existing home sales Feb Wednesday, 22 March 2017 PRICES Three month LME copper Most active ShFE copper Three month LME aluminium Most active ShFE aluminium Three month LME zinc Most active ShFE zinc Three month LME lead Most active ShFE lead Three month LME nickel Most active ShFE nickel Three month LME tin Most active ShFE tin ARBS ($1 = 6.8830 Chinese yuan) (Reporting by Melanie Burton; Editing by Joseph Radford and Sherry Jacob-Phillips)


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Unanswered: changing expired Password over ODBC
I want to detect the expired password and change them via showcase ODBC for DB2 database.
I am connecting to the db2 database via ODBC through VB program.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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Hi Rladda:
I had that same problem in the past with my customers, because the changed
periodically their passwords (wich is a good practice).
This is not a formal solution to your question, but is a workaround that might help you.
1) Create a new user in the customer's system i.e.: USRMYAPP.
2) assign a password to this user with the option "never expire"
3) Grant all the required rights to these user in the databases of
the application.
4) Use this new user in your ODBC strings in your apps.
I have done it this way and never had that problem again.
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I don't have permissions to create a user in the db2 system, I can only connect to it remotely over VPN via ODBC.
Thanks for ur reply.


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In the eyes of his master Nicolas Sarkozy, he is as indispensible an asset as Alastair Campbell was to Tony Blair.
Be it dishing out le spin against his Left-wing critics, or defending the president's colourful personal life, Pierre Charon, chief communications advisor to the French leader, has long been the feared yet hidden power in the Elysée.
Now, however, after years in the shadows, the chubby-faced spin doctor is finally in the news himself for his seemingly clumsy handling of what might be dubbed "l'affaire Twitter" - the bizarre, internet-spread whispers of infidelity by Mr Sarkozy and his partner Carla Sarkozy-Bruni.
For someone as deft in image-crafting as Mr Charon, the recent rumours that Mr Sarkozy was having an affair with a junior minister, Chantal Jouanno, and that his wife had begun a relationship with a fellow singer, Benjamin Biolay, should have presented little challenge.
For one thing, all four parties flatly denied the claims, and for another, the source was not an organ of record like Le Monde, but a few entirely unsubstantiated "Tweets" on Twitter that first surfaced back in February. Thanks also to France's draconian privacy laws, no French newspaper or television station dared repeat them except for Le Journal du Dimanche, which made mention of them only in a blog on its website.
However, rather than laughing the rumours off as gossip or ignoring them altogether, the Elysée has now turned a non-existent scandal into international headlines by its aggressive response. Apparently furious at the way the story had been picked up by blogs and newspapers outside of France, Mr Charon vowed to wage war on the rumourmongers, saying it was time for "the fear to change sides". Those in his sights have allegedly included former Justice Minister Rachida Dati, who has reportedly been stripped of her official car and bodyguards for spreading the rumours, and even foreign powers, suspected of a dastardly campaign to discredit Mr Sarkozy before France takes over the G20 presidency.
Indeed, by the sounds of things, recent weeks in the Elysee seems to have resembled a Gallic version of the BBC political satire "In the Thick of it", with Mr Charon starring France's very own Malcolm Tucker, the fierce-but-foolish spin doctor whose media manipulation invariably backfires. And amid all the rumours, one golden rule of spin-doctoring has held true - that the more people deny a story, the more of a story it seems to become.
Take last week's efforts at media management, for example. First up was Miss Dati, who was sacked by Mr Sarkozy last year and shunted to an obscure job as an MEP in Brussels. She duly went public to decry the rumourmongering accusations as scandalous. Then, around the same time, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy took to the airwaves to insist there had been no inquiry into the rumours and that such a thing was "unimaginable". "There is no plot, there is no vengeance," she said.
Alas, just three hours later, Bernard Squarcini, the head of France's counter-espionage service, revealed that an inquiry into how the rumour had started had indeed been conducted on the instructions of police chief Frédéric Pechenard.
Mr Pechenard, it was assumed, had done this on orders from Mr Sarkozy - the same Mr Sarkozy who declared he would not waste a "fraction of a second" responding to "idiotic" rumours. Meanwhile, back at the Journal Du Dimanche, which is owned by a friend of Mr Sarkozy, two employees connected to the offending website item resigned.
Last night, after a week in which it was him, rather than his boss, who dominated the headlines, it was reported that the Elysee's communication had been ordered to cease all communication for the time being. However, perhaps in recognition of the useful fear that he inspires in political rivals, Mr Sarkozy has stopped short of firing him.
Like the fictional Mr Tucker – said to be loosely based on Tony Blair's spin-doctor Alastair Campbell – but without the profanities, Mr Charon is one of a number of outspoken political advisers retained by Mr Sarkozy. His boss, who is something of a rottweiler himself, once apparently joked of him: "I like him. He's the worst of the lot", telling journalists: "you shouldn't believe everything he says".
Those at the receiving end of Mr Charon's briefings are not quite so keen. According to French magazine, Nouvel Observateur, Mr Sarkozy's predecessor, Jacques Chirac, once told him: "I would like you to stop saying that my daughter Claude sleeps with the whole of Paris". The magazine added that at the end of the exchange, which took place in an official car, Mr Chirac told the chauffeur: "Monsieur Charon will be getting out at the next red light".
There are also claims that it was Mr Charon who let reporters know that the youngest son of Mr Sarkozy's Left-wing political rival, Ségolène Royal, had been arrested for being drunk and disorderly with his friends last month.
Journalists relish meetings with Mr Charon, who despite his tough reputation, is also known as a good-humoured, clubbable type and a source of useful briefings.
In a recent article entitled: "the troublemaker who terrifies his own side", the left-wing newspaper Libération said his job was to "defend and protect the interests of the presidential couple in the media... and warn them of anything damaging."
However, with recent events suggesting a level of intrigue more associated with 18th century Versailles than 21st century Paris, a more fitting description may come from the president's former wife, Cécilia Sarkozy, who disliked him intensely. As she put it: "he talks too much".


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New Delhi, Oct 27 (ANI): The Reserve Bank on India (RBI) on Tuesday raised the statutory liquidity ratio (SLR), the portion of deposits that banks are required to keep in government securities, by 100 basis points to 25 percent.
However, the RBI, kept other key rates and ratios like repo, reverse repo and cash reserve ratio unchanged.
The decision to raise SLR, in the second quarterly review of the credit policy, is aimed at reducing liquidity and fighting inflationary expectations, which have started building up, especially in the case of food items.
According to the new credit policy both reverse repo rates and repo rate are unchanged at 3.25 per cent and at 4.75 per cent respectively.
According to the RBI, the hike in the SLR will not impact liquidity.
The SLR is the minimum percentage of deposits that banks have to park in assets like government bonds.
The banking sector feels that a hike in SLR signals some degree of monetary tightening in the future. But for now, the RBI would focus on supporting the growth process.
The SLR has historically been at 25 percent and banks are currently holding bonds beyond this limit. (ANI)


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Signature in the Cell
In 1991, Phillip Johnson published Darwin on Trial. In 1996, Michael Behe published Darwin's Black Box. In 1998, William Dembski published The Design Inference. While numerous other books on the subject have been published, these three books are considered …Read More
Confessions of a Bibliophile
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a bibliophile is "A lover of books; a book-fancier." Although this is a helpful definition, I'm not entirely sure I want to refer to myself as a "fancier" of anything. I'm from …Read More
Our Dear Volac, We have finished our review of your trainee evaluations. We congratulate you on your efficiency. Considering how many minions you have to supervise, it is quite a task to complete this much paperwork on top of your …Read More
The Year in Books
I have always enjoyed recommending books, and for the final "Beyond the Wicket Gate" column of 2010, I thought it might be helpful to share some of the significant books that have been published so far this year, books that …Read More
The Apocalypse
The book of Revelation seems to lend itself to either obsession or neglect. In the first church I attended as a new Christian, our pastor preached through the entire book of Revelation at least twice in a two-year span of …Read More
We Believe the Bible and You Do Not
Not too long ago, in an effort to get a better grasp of the Lutheran doctrine of the Lord's Supper, I was reading the chapters on the sacraments in Francis Pieper's Christian Dogmatics, and I ran across this …Read More
To Be Deep in History
The nineteenth century witnessed the conversions of two prominent Anglican clergymen to Roman Catholicism. Both men would ultimately become cardinals in the Roman Church, and both men would profoundly influence Roman Catholic theology. The first was John Henry Newman (1801 …Read More
The Frozen Chosen
Reformed Christians are often accused of being cold and callous, virtual Stoics or fatalists. We've all heard the epithet "the frozen chosen" applied to Reformed believers. We usually protest that such a nickname does not truly describe us, and …Read More
As the end of the tenth century approached and the year 1000 loomed closer and closer, how did Christians react? Were they convinced that the end was near? Was there fear? Hope? A mixture of both? In the nineteenth century …Read More
Mere Coincidence?
I've been interested in so-called coincidences since I was a child. In fact, my first research paper of any substance during high school was on the subject of coincidences. I recently ran across this old paper, which I wrote …Read More
Get Real
I do not care for shopping malls. I have not reflected on the reasons for my dislike for any significant amount of time. It's just a gut-level, visceral reaction I have when I enter one of these buildings. I …Read More
It Can't Get No Worse?
In 1967, the Beatles released their album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. One of the classic songs on that album is titled "Getting Better." Many people are familiar with the catchy, upbeat chorus: "I've got to admit …Read More
Fear Factor
There was one side effect of the 2004 hurricane season that I probably should have expected but did not, and that was the effect it would have on our local meteorologists. As the 2005 hurricane season approached, some of them …Read More
Whither Warfield?
While perusing the internet recently, I happened across a discussion among some Reformed Christians about the concept of geocentrism — the belief that the earth is stationary and at the center of the universe. Some of the participants in the discussion …Read More
On Controversy
John Newton is best known as the writer of the hymn "Amazing Grace". Were that all he bequeathed to the church, it would be an incredible legacy. There is another small work by Newton, however, that I believe could be …Read More
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Remember the very first Super Soaker? It was called the Super Soaker 50, and it revolutionized the way front yard warfare would be carried out for the rest of our childhoods. I still remember the look on Kirsten Dale's little brother's face when I soaked him. Hint: it was shock and wetness. Now you can get the 10th anniversary edition of this classic from Amazon for just $15. What are you waiting for?
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- Date of birth: Jan 24, 1932
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This memorial website was created in the memory of our loved one, Dennis Acklie, 73, born on January 24, 1932 and passed away on April 26, 2005. We will remember him forever.
Dennis proudly served in the US Marine Corps from January 8, 1954 to January 7, 1956.
"I was looking through some old photos today and realized that it's been 10 years since you passed. Thank you for all the memories!"
"I often think I am glad I wasn't my younger sibling. My gads what you put up with from me ! Yet you continued to be your most wonderful self in spite of my overbearing treatment of you. Unlike then, I now know I'm not the smarter of the two of us. Thanks for putting up with me when we were young and being there for us in later years. Your Sister"
"I can't imagine anyone having a better brother than Dennis was to me. He was a laid back guy and almost always so very happy. He was good Christian man and lived that life so you could see it. Gads but I miss him. His big sister. Norma."
"As a kid I always wanted to be an Astronaut. And even though you knew the odds were overwhelmingly against me, you never stopped me from dreaming. You helped my imagination soar! Thanks Dad!"
"We honor Dennis for his service to our country."
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Adelaide Fashion Festival has just kicked off and while we know the main attraction is on the runway, we're always partial to a little backstage action.
Lucky for you, the hair and beauty teams responsible for the Opening Runway looks were more than willing to show us how to do it.
Here's a step-by-step guide to nailing these runway-ready looks, courtesy of Evo, Clip Joint Salons and Media Makeup.
Opening Night makeup
Media Makeup's Opening Night look takes inspiration from the earthy tones of desert sands. Here's how to nail it at home:
Step 1: Apply moisturiser to the face, then a light coverage of Make Up For Ever Waterblend Foundation.
Step 2: Bronze the skin slightly for an all-over healthy glow. The key here is slightly. This is not the time to get your Kim K contour on.
Step 3: In a square shape across the eyelid to the temple, apply Make Up For Ever Artist Shadow 730.
Step 4: Coat the lashes with mascara and finish by applying Make Up For Ever Artist Rouge Cream Lipstick C104 to the lips.
Pro tip: This is a creative look. To tone it down, don't take the eyeshadow as far out to the temples.
Opening Night hair
On the hair side of things, Clip Joint Salons and Evo teamed up to create a sleek and simple style. This one is super easy to achieve at home (bonus points) and is the perfect way to add a little extra style and texture to your day-to-day work 'do. Here's how to do it:
Step 1: Prepare the hair with evo day of grace leave-in conditioner for nourishment and protection.
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