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Relevance of activated leukocyte cell adhesion molecule (ALCAM) in tumor tissue and sera of cervical cancer patients
© Ihnen et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2012
Received: 16 November 2011
Accepted: 4 April 2012
Published: 4 April 2012
An altered expression of the activated leukocyte cell adhesion molecule (ALCAM) is associated with cancer progression in various cancer types. In some cancers ALCAM has a prognostic value or is predictive for the benefit of therapeutic interventions. To date there are no data on the role of ALCAM in cervical cancer available.
In this study, ALCAM expression was analysed by immunohistochemistry (IHC) in tissue samples of 233 patients with cervical cancer, among them 178 with complete follow-up information. In addition, soluble (s-)ALCAM was measured in sera of a subset of the included patients (n = 55) by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).
ALCAM overexpression was detected (immunoreactive score (IRS) 2-12) in 58.4% of the cervical cancer samples. The normal ectocervical or endocervical epithelium showed no ALCAM reactivity. In untreated patients, ALCAM overexpression in tumor tissue tended to be associated with shorter cancer-specific survival (CSS) and disease-free survival (DFS). Patients, whose tumor samples showed ALCAM overexpression receiving a cytotoxic therapy like radiotherapy or chemoradiation, however, had a favourable prognosis compared to those patients, whose cancers showed no or minimal ALCAM staining. This effect was particularly apparent in patients receiving chemoradiation where the CSS was significantly longer in patients with ALCAM-positive tumors (p = 0.038; cumulative incidence rates at 96 months 8%, 95% CI 0%-23%, and 26%, CI 3%-43% in ALCAM-positive and ALCAM-negative cases, respectively).
Median preoperative s-ALCAM concentration in sera from tumor patients was 27.6 ng/ml (range 17.5-55.1 ng/ml, mean 28.9 ng/ml), serum levels did not correlate with intratumoral ALCAM expression.
The data of our retrospective study suggest that the prognostic value of ALCAM expression in cervical carcinoma might be therapy-dependent, and that ALCAM might function as a predictive marker for the response to chemoradiation. This should be confirmed in further, prospective studies.
Cervical cancer is the third most common malignancy in women, accounting for 8.8% of all cancers. Worldwide there were estimated 529,000 new cases in 2008 and 274,000 deaths due to cervical cancer [1]. Locally advanced cervical cancers (stage IB2-IVA) are generally treated by primary chemoradiotherapy http://www.nccn.org, http://www.ago-online.org. In early stage disease (FIGO 0 to IB1) and also in stage IIA cancers, treatment guidelines give several treatment choices to the oncologists and therapeutic decisions are often subject to discussion. Therapeutic options include surgery with or without radiotherapy or concomitant chemoradiotherapy. The applied regimens have various side effects, especially when treatment modalities (surgery and chemoradiotherapy) are combined. However, predictive factors for the benefit of chemo- and or radiotherapy in the treatment of this disease remain scarse [2].
ALCAM is a glycoprotein of the immunoglobulin superfamily of adhesion molecules (IgCAMs). IgCAMs are mostly transmembrane proteins, functioning not only as cell adhesion receptors, but also transducing signals to intracellular signalling pathways [3]. ALCAM expression has been described in subsets of cells being involved in dynamic growth and migration but it has also been detected in cancer stem cells [4]. In various neoplasms like malignant melanoma [5], prostate cancer [6], colorectal carcinoma [7], bladder cancer [8] and breast cancer [9] as well as in oral [10] and esophageal squamous cell cancer [11] a pathologically altered ALCAM expression has been observed and was associated with cancer progression. On the other hand, ALCAM expression in tumor tissue has been reported to be a potential marker for the benefit of therapeutical interventions: Previous studies of our group and others could show that ALCAM expression predicted chemotherapy response in early breast cancer [12] and pancreatic cancer cells [13]. The extracellular domain of ALCAM can be shedded by proteases [14]. Recent studies measured soluble ALCAM levels (s-ALCAM) in blood serum of tumor patients, e.g. breast cancer, suggesting a potential value of s-ALCAM as a biomarker for cancer detection [15]. No data is available for the role of ALCAM or s-ALCAM in cervical cancer so far.
In this hypothesis generating study we analysed ALCAM expression in cervical cancer tissue and its correlation with clinico-pathological tumor characteristics. In addition, we examined the prognostic and predictive impact of ALCAM expression in cervical cancer and s-ALCAM expression in sera of a subset of patients. We could demonstrate that ALCAM expression in cervical cancer could function as a marker for improved outcome in patients treated with radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy.
Cohort characteristics
Total cohort (n = 233)
Mean/median age
23-85 y
49/47 y
Tumor stage (FIGO
Postoperative residual tumor
Subcohort with follow-up informations (n = 178)
Applied therapy regimen
Adjuvant radiotherapy alone
Adjuvant chemoradiotherapy
Clinical follow-up
Median follow-up time: 49 months
Dead of disease (DOD)
Correlations between ALCAM expression and clinicopathological factors
ALCAM expression
All patients
negative (IRS 0-1)
positive (IRS 2-12)
All samples
Histological subtype (n = 233)
FIGO stage (n = 233)
involvement (n = 233)
Number of Positive lymph nodes (n = 233)
> 3
Tumor grade
(n = 227)
Lymphatic invasion (n = 207)
Invasion depth in mm (n = 195)
geometric mean
14.3 (n = 90)
14.1 (n = 105)
Patients age in years (n = 233)
SCC-Ag in μg/L (n = 156)
geometric mean
2.5 (n = 64)
1.5 (n = 92)
s-ALCAM in ng/mL (n = 55)
geometric mean
29.0 (n = 21)
27.8 (n = 34)
Progression-free survival in months (PFS; n = 47)
9 (n = 19)
15 (n = 28)
The treatment of cervical cancer patients during the investigational period consisted of radical hysterectomy and resection of the pelvic and paraaortic lymph nodes using laparotomy for FIGO stages I and II. Only in stage Ia and Ib disease with fertility preserving objective radical hysterectomy was omitted. In cases of advanced disease radio- and/or chemotherapy of the pelvis and the paraaortic region was performed in accordance to German Cancer Guidelines or in clinical trials. Depending on tumor size and nodal involvement mean radiation dose was 50.4 Gy (range 45-55.8 Gy) due to the dose prescription habits of the individual hospital and dose volume histograms.
In our study, 25 patients were included who received primary surgery, even though they had been diagnosed with FIGO stage III/IV disease. Although primary chemoradiation is generally recommended in these cases, surgery had been performed either to prevent further tumor invasion into the bladder and/or rectum or because there were no signs of distant disease apparent before surgery.
In order to analyse the predictive value of ALCAM expression, patients with complete follow-up data (n = 178) were stratified into untreated patients (n = 86), patients who received adjuvant radiotherapy only (n = 42) and patients, who were treated by using a combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy (chemoradiation; n = 50). Applied chemotherapy in the subgroup with follow-up information included cisplatin as single agent or in combination with (n = 47), carboplatin/ifosfamide (n = 2) or other regimens (n = 1).
Tissue processing was identical for all participating laboratories. Fixation was performed by using 4% buffered formalin. For evaluation all samples were sent as paraffin-embedded tissue blocks to the department of gynecological pathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf.
Tissue sections were cut at 5 μm, mounted on slides, dewaxed with xylene and gradually hydrated. Subsequently, the slides were placed in boiling 10 mM citrate buffer for 30 min, washed in Aqua dest., immersed in 0,5% H2O2-methanol for 30 min and washed again in TRIS buffered saline (TBS). For immunohistochemistry, the Vectastain Elite ABC Kit - Peroxidase (Mouse IgG; Vector Laboratories, Inc., Burlingham, CA, U.S.A.) and the DAB Peroxidase Substrate Kit (Vector Lab.) were applied. Incubation with the primary ALCAM antibody (1:400; Vector Lab.) was performed at 4°C overnight. The slides were briefly counterstained with haematoxylin and dehydrated before mounting. As positive control, an ALCAM-positive mammary tumor according to our own prior IHC and Western blot results was included in each experiment. For negative controls, the primary antibody was omitted (not shown). The staining results were evaluated independently by a gynaecologist and a gynaecological pathologist using the immunoreactive score (IRS) as product of staining intensity (graded between 0 and 3) and percentage of positive cells (0:none, 1: 1-20%, 2: 21-50%; 3: 51-80%, 4: > 80%) resulting in a score from 0-12 [17]. For statistical evaluation the cohort was separated into two groups: One included absent or only focal and punctual ALCAM staining (IRS 0-1; referred "ALCAM-negative"), the second group showed weak to strong ALCAM expression and was assessed as "ALCAM-positive" (IRS 2-12). No separate evaluation of membraneous and cytoplasmic immunostaining was performed.
Detection of soluble human ALCAM (s-ALCAM) in serum samples
For the detection of s-ALCAM in 55 serum samples of tumor patients, 96-well microtiter plates (Costar 9019) were coated with 50 μl per well of 2 μg/ml of capturing antibody MAB6561 (R&D systems, Minneapolis, Minnesota) overnight at 4°C, and the ELISA reaction was performed as described [18]. Human ALCAM-Fc protein (R&D systems, Minneapolis, Minnesota) served as an internal standard control.
Statistical analysis
We report frequencies and median/mean values for categorical and continuous variables, respectively. If necessary, continuous variables were log-transformed. The Chi-square test was used to analyze the relation between the ALCAM expression (positive/negative) and categorial variables (lymph node involvement, histologic subtype, invasion into lymphatic or blood vessels, grading and FIGO-stage). Two sample t-test was applied to compare continuous variables (age, SCC values and s-ALCAM levels) with regard to ALCAM expression groups and to analyse s-ALCAM levels within different FIGO-stage groups, histologic subtype groups, groups of nodal involvement and occurrence of preoperative distant metastases.
Pearson correlation was applied to compare serum SCC and s-ALCAM levels. The impact of ALCAM expression on OAS (overall survival; time from diagnosis to death of any cause), CSS (cancer-specific survival; time from diagnosis to death due to the cervical tumor) and DFS (disease-free survival; time from diagnosis to relapse) was investigated using Kaplan-Meier analysis and log-rank tests, partly stratified for the applied therapy-regimen. In addition, univariate and multivariate Cox regression analysis was performed. Since 9% of patients in this cohort died of other reasons than cervical carcinoma, we decided to focus on CSS and DFS in statistical calculations. P values < 0.05, two tailed, were considered significant. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS 15.0 and the Statistical Package R version 2.9.2.
ALCAM distribution in cervical cancer and normal cervical tissue
A, ALCAM-negative tumor (IRS0; 200×); B, weak and focal membraneous ALCAM staining (IRS1; 400×); C, moderate staining pattern with prominent staining intensity in the periphery of tumor (IRS6; 400×); D, strong ALCAM expression in most tumor cells (IRS9; 200×)
For statistical analysis, we defined two groups according to ALCAM reactivity: An ALCAM-negative group (IRS 0-1), which contains ALCAM-negative tumors and those exhibiting a punctual ALCAM staining and an ALCAM-positive group (IRS 2-12). By using this classification ALCAM staining was positive in 58.4% and negative in 41.6% of all cases.
Correlations of ALCAM staining with clinical and histological tumor characteristics
ALCAM-positive and ALCAM-negative cervical carcinomas were first compared regarding their clinicopathological markers (Table 2). No correlations between ALCAM expression and the investigated clinicopathological variables could be demonstrated except serum SCC levels which showed a significant inverse correlation with ALCAM expression levels (p = 0.012).
Univariate analysis of clinicopathological prognostic factors (n = 178)
Hazard ratio
95% confidence interval
p value*
disease-free survival (DFS)
Age (>/< median)
FIGO stage (III/IV vs. II vs. I)
< 0.001
Nodal involvement (N1 vs. N0)
< 0.001
Grading (G3 vs. G1/G2)
histological type (adenomatous/adenosquamous vs. squamous)
lymphatic invasion (L1 vs. L0)
depth of invasion (> 10 mm vs. 1-10 mm)
Adjuvant therapy (radiation vs. none)
Adjuvant therapy (chemoradiation vs.nNone)
ALCAM IHC (positive vs. negative)
cancer-specific survival (CSS)
Age (>/< median)
FIGO stage (III/IV vs. II vs. I)
< 0.001
Nodal involvement (N1 vs. N0)
< 0.001
Grading (G3 vs. G1/G2)
histological type (adenomatous/adenosquamous vs. squamous)
lymphatic invasion (L1 vs. L0)
depth of invasion (> 10 mm vs. 1-10 mm)
Adjuvant therapy (radiation vs. none)
Adjuvant therapy (chemoradiation vs. none)
ALCAM IHC (positive vs. negative)
A and B, CSS and DFS in patients without further treatment other than tumor excision (n = 86). C and D, CSS and DFS in patients who received radio therapy after tumor excision (n = 42). E and F, CSS and DFS in patients who received chemo radiation after operation (n = 50)
In addition to ALCAM, other prognostic factors like FIGO-stage, lymph node involvement, grading, and preoperative metastasis could also influence patients' outcome. A multivariate analysis could not be performed due to the small size of the observed subgroups. We therefore analysed the distribution of these clinicopathological markers in each therapy group and in the subgroups showing low and high ALCAM expression. By this approach we could demonstrate that histopathological and clinical tumor characteristics were similarly distributed between all groups, indicating that the predictive effect of ALCAM expression was independent and not due to associations with known prognostic parameters in subgroups (Additional file 3).
S-ALCAM levels in serum of cervical cancer patients
s-ALCAM levels were analysed by ELISA in a subset of patients (n = 55). The median s-ALCAM level was 27.6 ng/ml (range 17.5-55.1 ng/ml, mean 28.9 ng/ml). When comparing the s-ALCAM levels to ALCAM expression levels in cervical carcinoma tissue no significant associations were revealed (p = 0.515). We also correlated s-ALCAM levels to clinicopathological factors as described for ALCAM expression in tumor tissue. It could be shown that moderately differentiated tumors (G2) showed significantly higher s-ALCAM levels compared to poorly differentiated carcinomas G3 (17.4% increase, 95% CI 2.4%-29.7%, p = 0.016). G1 tumors were excluded because of the low case number (n = 2). However, no other significant associations could be found and s-ALCAM levels were not associated with patients' outcome (not shown).
In this hypothesis generating study ALCAM and s-ALCAM expression levels in tumor tissue and sera of cervical carcinoma patients were evaluated for the first time. Here we were able to show that ALCAM expression in tumor cells might be a predictive marker for response to chemoradiation in this cancer entity.
By evaluating ALCAM reactivity in tumor cells we were able to show that ALCAM expression is present in a substantial portion of tumors but does not correlate with prognostic markers like clinical stage, grading, age or histological type, or with patients' survival. Although few other groups distinguish between cytoplasmic and membranous ALCAM expression in neoplastic tissue following the idea that a stronger cytoplasmic expression pattern might be abnormal and associated with tumor progression [19–21], we refrained from separating ALCAM expression in membraneous and cytoplasmic staining for two reasons: first we found that cytoplasmic and membranous ALCAM staining correlated positively with each other, second, in cases of intense ALCAM expression it is often difficult to assess the staining intensity of each compartment properly (Additional file 1: Figure S1 and unpublished data).
Prior studies in other cancer entities have reported that ALCAM is upregulated in some and downregulated in others [8]. Contrary to our results high ALCAM expression in the primary tumor was found to be associated with reduced survival or unfavourable prognostic markers in some tumor types, i.e. colorectal [4, 7], oral [10, 21], esophageal [11], pancreatic [22] and gastric carcinomas [23] as well as neuroblastoma [24]. However, similar to previous studies in breast cancer, our results indicate that ALCAM might represent a predictive marker in cervical cancer: In patients who did not receive any further therapy after tumor excision, high ALCAM expression levels were associated with shorter CSS and DFS, whereas in patients receiving adjuvant chemoradiation high ALCAM expression was indicative of a better prognosis. In a prior study in breast cancer patients we analysed ALCAM expression in tumor tissues on protein and mRNA level using c-DNA microarray data and western blot analysis [12]. Similar to the present data obtained in cervical carcinomas, ALCAM expression was not relevant for prognosis in the total breast cancer cohort. However, in the subgroup of chemotherapy-treated patients, high ALCAM expression levels were associated with significantly longer DFS and CSS. These results could be at least partly explained by our experimental study where ALCAM expression was increased or silenced by stable transfection in breast cancer cell lines: In those cells, the consequences of high ALCAM expression were complex and included enhanced invasive potential (which might result in a more aggressive tumor growth) and increased apoptosis (which might lead to higher chemosensitivity and a better prognosis in chemotherapy-treated patients) [25]. In pancreatic cancer cells, a reduced ALCAM expression has also been shown to be associated with chemoresistance, in that case to gemcitabine and actinomycin D [13]. The results of our present study suggest that the consequences of high ALCAM expression might be similar in cervical cancer cells.
Comparison of the subcohorts treated with radiotherapy alone and with chemoradiation suggests that ALCAM expression is more predictive for successful chemotherapy compared to radiation. The mechanisms of resistance to radiotherapy and resistance to chemotherapy share similar features (role of apoptosis) as well as different characteristics (i.e. drug activation and accumulation in chemoresistance, and DNA repair mechanisms in radioresistance). Our results indicate that both mechanisms might be influenced by ALCAM in different, as yet unknown ways.
Since ALCAM is shedded into the blood by proteases, we also analysed s-ALCAM levels in a subcohort of 55 patients. The resulting s-ALCAM levels in our patients (mean 28.9 ng/ml) are below those reported for breast cancer patients (74 ng/ml; [15]) and ovarian cancer patients (mean 44 ng/ml; [14]), but slightly above those found in patients with esophageal carcinoma (mean 23.9 ng/ml; [26]). Healthy control groups showed mean s-ALCAM levels of 60 ng/ml [15], 20.6 ng/ml [26] and 29 ng/ml [14], respectively. During our experiments, there was no control group available which was comparable to the patients with respect of sex, age and sample storage. Yet, the low s-ALCAM levels in our cervical cancer cohort and the lack of association of s-ALCAM values with ALCAM immunostaining in cancer tissue or patients' outcome suggests that s-ALCAM is not an acceptable serum biomarker in this tumor type.
For squamous cell carcinomas of the cervix or other sites there are only a few studies available, which provide predictive markers for response to radiotherapy or chemotherapy, mainly by analysing cDNA expression arrays [27–29]. Adhesion molecules have been identified to be involved in chemoresistance in some prior studies on different cancer types: In neuroblastoma cell lines, acquired resistance to vincristine and doxorubicine was associated with downregulation of the neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) [30]. Similarly, paclitaxel-resistant ovarian carcinoma cell lines showed a decreased expression of the epithelial adhesion molecule E-cadherin [31]. ALCAM silencing has been shown to induce chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer cells in vitro [13]. In breast cancer patients [12] and in this study analysing cervical cancer patients, ALCAM expression in cancer tissue correlates with increased sensitivity to chemoradiation or chemotherapy which might at least partly result from its influence on apoptosis [25].
Limitations of this study are its retrospective design and the heterogeneous group of patients with relatively small numbers in the treatment groups. However, the heterogeneity in this first, hypothesis-generating study on ALCAM expression in cervical cancer led to interesting data which suggest that the impact of ALCAM overexpression might be treatment-dependent. To further investigate the potential predictive value of ALCAM expression for chemoradiation in cervical cancer, it will be necessary to investigate ALCAM expression levels in a prospective manner, using i.e. tissue biopsies of patients with advanced disease (FIGO III/IV) to analyse outcome after chemoradiation.
In summary we hypothesize, that ALCAM expression in cervical carcinoma might be associated with improved chemoradiation response. Although the exact underlying mechanisms remain unclear, these results might help to stratify patients, who would benefit from a combined chemoradiation therapy in cervical cancer.
We are thankful to Katrin Beck for excellent technical assistance.
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James Gibbs
10 of 11 portraits of James Gibbs
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James Gibbs
by James Macardell, after John Michael Williams
mezzotint, (circa 1752)
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
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Sitterback to top
- James Gibbs (1682-1754), Architect. Sitter in 11 portraits, Artist associated with 1 portrait.
Artistsback to top
- James Macardell (1727 or 1728-1765), Mezzotint engraver. Artist associated with 291 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.
- John Michael Williams (1710-circa 1780), Portrait painter. Artist associated with 22 portraits.
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- NPG D19121: James Gibbs (from same plate)
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Current affairsCalendar Act (also known as Chesterfield's Act after Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield) comes into force, abolishing the old Julian calendar and adopting the more accurate Gregorian calendar. The year now begins on 1st January rather than 25th March.
Parliament passes a bill to bestow estates forfeited by Jacobites to the Crown and use the revenue to develop the Scottish Highlands.
Art and scienceArtist William Hogarth publishes his influential book The Analysis of Beauty which presents his ideas about aesthetics.
Charles Avison publishes Essay on Musical Expression; the first work of musical criticism published in English.
Obstetrician William Smellie introduces scientific midwifery.
InternationalBenjamin Franklin flies a kite into a thunder cloud to demonstrate the nature of electricity.
Georgia becomes a royal colony; the last of the thirteen American colonies.
French seize or evict every English-speaking trader in the region of upper Ohio. Liberty Bell arrives in Philadelphia.
Robert Clive forces the surrender of French troops in the aftermath of the Siege of Trichinopoly in India.
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Following in the YSL Tribute shoes of Victoria Beckham who appeared in Ugly Betty last season as editor Wilhelminas bridesmaid, Naomi will play herself and, no doubt, the writers will camp up to the max her recent troubles with airline staff. We cant wait to see Naomi portray an even larger than life version of herself, if thats possible!
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Angus MP Mike Weir is backing the Scam Awareness Month initiative which will highlight the increasing menace of scammers and give advice on how to avoid them.
Throughout May, Citizens Advice Scotland and Trading Standards will be highlighting the problem and each week will focus on a particular type of scam, starting with online scams then mail scams, telephone scams and doorstep scams.
Mr Weir said: "I am aware of several instances in Angus in which people have been scammed out of considerable sums of money. Such instances can have a very devastating effect not only on the victims finances, but on their whole lives.
"As Scam Awareness Month highlights, scams can originate in many different ways. Some scams can be very elaborate and scammers can seem very plausible.
"When the all-party group on nuisance calls were investigating that issue it was clear that many scammers used cold calling to con people into their scams and, worse still, often traded names of people between themselves so that individuals could become the victims of many different scams over a long period.
"It is a sad fact of life that we now have to be constantly on guard against attempts to defraud us and think hard about any cold calling approaches."
As part of Scam Awareness Month the organisations have set up a website on tips and resources on how to spot and stop scams at www.cas.org.uk/stopscams


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Original URL: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/11/malware_endemic_survey/
Malware endemic even on protected PCs
More pox than a back-street Bangkok brothel
Posted in Security, 11th February 2011 12:34 GMT
Many users remain infected with computer malware – despite the fact that the vast majority are running machines protected by anti-virus software.
A study by European Union statistics agency EUROSTAT found that one third of PC users (31 per cent) had the pox even though the vast majority (84 per cent) were running security software (anti-virus, anti-spam, firewall) on their PCs. Of the survey's respondents, 3 per cent reported financial loss as a result of farming or phishing attacks, while a further 4 per cent reported privacy violations involving data sent online.
Bulgaria (58 per cent) and Malta (50 per cent) top the list of most infected users. By comparison, Finland (20 per cent), Ireland (15 per cent) and Austria (14 per cent) did relatively well.
Trojans (59.2 per cent) were the most common types of infected found on compromised PCs, followed by viruses (11.7 per cent).
A separate study by antivirus firm Panda, also published this week, tells a similar story. Half (50 per cent) of the computers scanned by Panda in January harboured malware. As with the EU study, Trojans were the single greatest problem – accounting for 59.2 per cent of problems). Machines in Thailand, China, Taiwan, Russia and Turkey were the most commonly affected. Panda's figures come from users of its Active Scan tool.
Panda published the study in order to illustrate its long-standing argument that the use of cloud-based architectures is needed in order to stand any chance of keeping the growing volume of malware producers by cybercrooks and mischief-makers in check. ®


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Monday, May 17, 2010
MANHATTAN -- Springtime means wildflowers are blooming on the prairie.
To take advantage of this colorful sight in the Kansas Flint Hills and tallgrass prairie, the Kansas State University Konza Prairie Biological Station's annual Friends of the Konza Prairie Wildflower Walk will be 6:30-9 p.m. Sunday, June 6, along the Butterfly Hill Trail near the Konza headquarters.
Guided tours of the 1.2-mile trail -- an area not often open to the public – will be offered by reservation.
The Flint Hills and tallgrass prairie are home to hundreds of species of native flowers and spring is the best time to enjoy them, said Valerie Wright, education director for K-State's Konza Environmental Education Program.
Cost for the guided tour is $7 per person, with proceeds going to support the Konza Environmental Education Program. Reservations will be taken until Monday, May 31, by leaving a message with the number in your party at 785-587-0441. The tour is free to members of the Friends of the Konza Prairie.
"A evening walk in June on Konza also may include a beautiful sunset," Wright said. "For people with an interest in prairie wildflowers, we will have expert guides who can answer your questions."
The Friends of the Konza Prairie also will be offering merchandise for sale at the tour, including Konza Prairie T-shirts, hats, posters and other items.
More information on the Friends of the Konza Prairie Wildflower Walk is available on the Web at http://keep.konza.ksu.edu/visit/wildflower.htm or by sending an e-mail to email@example.com.


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Monday, October 31, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Pee Pee in the Potty
Oliver was born under our shed a few years ago. His mother and sister made the mistake of venturing into the backyard with the dogs. Oliver was smarter than that and we named him after the famous orphan Oliver Twist. We had been able to catch him and get him fixed, but he had no interest in becoming a house cat. He would come around from time to time to eat from the dish on the porch and was friendly enough. A few times we caught him and brought him in the house when it was cold. But those times, he would shoot out the door as soon as he was able. However, a few weeks ago it rained pretty hard (for Texas standards). At 3am, he was crying very loudly at the front door to come in. He was cold, hungry and wet. We let him in and he hasn't gone out since.
Oliver has been getting pretty acclimated to life in the house. He knows where the never ending bowl of food is, has been using the litter box and has claimed the perfect sleeping spot under our bed. This morning, Mr. Tabby and I were on the couch reading the Sunday paper. We had been watching Oliver as he amused himself with the throw rug in the living room. He then excused himself to visit the hall bath where we have a litter box. We heard the usual scratching in the box. Then we heard the tinkle, tinkle, tinkle of someone using the toilet. Being the only humans in the house, we both looked at each other in confusion. Mr. Tabby then snuck over to the bath to find Oliver peeing in the toilet! What proud parents we were! How does a mostly feral cat figure out how to do that??? He has definitely earned a place in the house. Now, if we can just have him teach the other cats this new trick…
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Playing with Paint
I am trying to use some of the techniques learned in my Flying Lessons course. I painted a picture and scanned it. I need to do some tweaking as it doesn't look exactly like the original. But, practice makes perfect... The original looks pretty nice. Good thing I'll have plenty of time to paint in the next few months!
Sunday, October 23, 2011
New Work
This platter is a consignment piece for a friend. He and his wife saw a smaller piece that I had done and wanted one larger and in blue colors. I think it turned out very nicely. The bubbles in the iridescent glass gave it a crackly icy effect.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Prodigal Son
Last night John Doe came back to spend the night.
John Doe is one of the original Tangerine Tabbies. He came to us just after Mr. Tabby was deployed to Afghanistan and I was a bit lonely. I thought he was just visiting and gave him the name "John Doe". He on the other hand, knew that he would be staying and made himself right at home. The name stuck.
He has always been a roamer and has made friends out of many neighbors. This summer though, we fostered too many kittens for his liking and he decided to find a new household. He found one down the street where the neighbors also have soft hearts and feed the deer and stray cats. They don't have kittens to bother him and they have a beautiful yard. His new people are good to him.
When he showed up last night for dinner, I was thrilled. I immediately got him his favorite chicken dinner and shooed everyone else away. I also got out his favorite blanket so he would be snuggly and warm. Mr. Tabby laughed at my attention and called him the prodigal son. He left again this morning. But, I am happy that he knows I still love him. And, maybe he will come back to me full time someday.
Back to the Blog
Sorry for the long break from the blog. Life sometimes gets in the way...
I have been increasingly stressed about my upcoming knee surgery. The literature that they gave to me to read details the procedure, the gigantic scar and the eighteen months of recovery including twelve weeks of crutches and months of rehab. Yesterday was the last appointment with the doctor before the surgery. He did help to quell some of my fears. I will be able to work in the initial twelve weeks, although I will need a driver and a Sherpa to make it through the airports. There will be a lot of time confined to the bed though. On the good news side, my little cartilage cells are growing nicely up there in Boston and should be ready for the transplant.
The preoccupation with my knee has pretty much killed my creative mojo. I won't be able to work with glass while on crutches so I am pretty bummed. I will try to focus more on jewelry and painting – things that I can do while seated. Mr. Tabby will be helping me to do some rearranging in the studio so that I can wheel around.
Until the surgery, it is back to work on the road and a long weekend vacation with Mr. Tabby. Next week is Oregon, one of my favorite places. I hope to sneak in some good pictures while I'm there…
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'The Space Between Us' Review: YA Goes To Mars In This Weightless Teen Weepie
Despite an unexpectedly strong role for Gary Oldman, this interplanetary melodrama has precious little chemistry for a movie about science.
Despite an unexpectedly strong role for Gary Oldman, this interplanetary melodrama has precious little chemistry for a movie about science.
The first human born on Mars travels to Earth for the first time, experiencing the wonders of the planet through fresh eyes. He embarks on an adventure with a street smart girl to discover how he came to be.
Anthony Keller (Taylor John Smith) is the captain of his NYC high school basketball team, riding his way to Cornell on a sports scholarship. He is smart, well-liked, and confident. But he can only maintain his popular jock facade for so long, as his troubled father Lee (Michael Shannon) has a gambling addiction that threatens to derail his dreams both on and off the court. [Synopsis courtesy of Tribeca Film Festival]
Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Based on a true story.
Los Angeles, 1958: a detective holes up in a downtown hotel awaiting killers to come get him. During the course of one night he will meet various occupants of the hotel and the truth of how he came to be in his present situation will be revealed.
The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.
Pregnant porn star Elektra Luxx is trying to make a split from the adult film industry by making a living teaching sex classes to housewives. But her life is thrown into disarray when a flight attendant with ties to Elektra's past approaches her for a favor. Chaos and hilarity ensue as fiancees, private investigators, a twin sister, best selling authors and even the Virgin Mary force her to face up to an unexpected series of decisions and revelations. [Synopsis courtesy of the Newport Beach Film Festival]
A serpentine day in the life of ten seemingly disparate women: a porn star, a flight attendant, a psychiatrist, a masseuse, a bartender, a pair of call girls, etc. All of them with one crucial thing in common. Trouble.
Former college friends meet up for a reunion that leads them to face the apparent disillusionment that defines their lives. After a week of excessive drug and alcohol abuse, events lead them to contemplate fulfilling a self destructive pact they made when they were young.
New York, I Love You (a rendition of the French movie Paris, je t'aime) is a 2009 romance film starring Bradley Cooper, Shia LaBeouf, Natalie Portman, Anton Yelchin, Hayden Christensen, Orlando Bloom, Irrfan Khan, Rachel Bilson, Chris Cooper, Andy García, Christina Ricci, Uğur Yücel, Robin Wright Penn, Julie Christie, Maggie Q, Ethan Hawke and James Caan.New York, I Love You is a collective work of eleven short films. It is an anthology film joining several love stories set in one of the most loved cities of the world, New York where Ten vignettes in New York City: a pickpocket meets his match; a young Hasidic woman, on the eve of her marriage, reveals herself to an Indian businessman; a writer tries a pick-up line; an artist seeks a model; a composer needs to read; two women connect; a man takes a child to Central Park; lovers meet; a couple takes a walk on their anniversary; a kid goes to the prom with a girl in a wheelchair; a retired singer contemplates suicide.
Ned (Liev Schreiber) is in the throes of a mid-life crisis. His work as a writer on an outrageous, semi-pornographic TV show is less than satisfying. His fifteen year old son has just told him he is gay and his eleven year old is afraid of, well pretty much everything. When his wife, Jeannie (Helen Hunt), moves her sick and embittered father (Brian Dennehy) from Detroit into their home in NY, it puts added stress on an already strained marriage. And when a sexy female co-worker (Carla Gugino) puts the moves on Ned, the temptation sends him spiraling. Every Day is about one family's struggle to survive the unexpected curve-balls that are simply part of real life; aging and death; commitment and freedom; love and acceptance. It's an uncompromising look at an ordinary family making an extraordinary journey towards themselves and towards each other. [Synopsis courtesy of Image Entertainment]
In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter.


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Discussion in 'Just For Fun!' started by Destiny, Aug 11, 2003.
I took this one at a dancing contest....all of the photos turned out to be really blurry though....
Hey Destiny, I think you win the prize for most blur in the blooper forum!
thanks, where can I claim my prize?
I don't remeber though what I did that this photo turned out the way it is...almost looks like I was throwing my camera across the room or something...
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I just bought a refurbished canon A590 digital 8.0 meg, 4x optical zoom, LCD display screen camera via eBay. after only shooting 40 shots, some of them using flash (like 3 or 4 shots out of 40), i found the camera showed battery used up sign. then, it refused to shoot any more. i checked the voltage of the batteries with my old VOM. the batteries were not used up. the meter read they still had 1.35 out of 1.5 volts. i'm just disappointed that the camera can't use up the rest of the
Decentralize the batteries. ... Digital Cameras
My Samsung CX1L DSLR camera is telling me that there is no battery power (the flashing battery sign on the top display) even when I've put new batteries in. I'm guessing there's a bit of a dodgy connection somewhere, but could I sort this myself, or would I have to get it repaired somewhere?
First, try cleaning the battery contacts with an ink pen type eraser, not a pencil eraser, but one that is made to erase ink. These are a little gritty and usually white, not red rubber.If this does not work, and you are sure they are NEW batte ... Samsung Digital Cameras
Stealth Cam I390 (3.0 mp), 1 yr old; flash does not work; changed batteries, reprogrammed, automatic flash sign displays, any ideas?
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Any expertise on the elinchrome ranger ex? Just traveled for photoshoot, arrived and elinchrom battery not registering w power pack. I just tested it at home before I left...have had system for 4 yrs...battery was recelled in fall and have shot with plenty since then. As of now flashes Er on display when I turn it on w charger ingauged...then unplug charger looking check power pack w/o electrical the Er signage goes away and does any other signs of life.
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Nikon d90 wont turn on just flashing clock with a battery sign have charged battery and still the same ,help please
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New Pentax K100D Super, shutter does not work. Av -- flashing 688 under battery sign. Replaced new batteries did not resolve problem
I suspect dirty contacts on either lens or body. Clean contacts. Should alleviate problem. This happened to my K100d. ... Pentax K100D Super Digital SLR Camera
Took a shot with flash, the camera just died, no sign of life, lens stuck open. Changed batteries, with and without card, nothing makes a difference, not a sign of life.
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The battery sign keeps flashing even when i replace the batteries
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Jazz JDC6 my daughter received this camera as a prize for fundraising at her school..after taking the maximun 18 photos we downloaded them to the comp and deleted the photos from the camera..now we cant get the camera to work..the sreen flashes and it wont take pics..what do i do other than the obvious and changing the batteries..looking through the manual didnt seem to work either.. signed pls help....Marie
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Canon 100 d screen is blank seems to be frozen when trying to take a pitcure flash will pop but will get busy sign battery fully charged
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My camera has suddenly stopped working. All I get now is a flashin AV sign on the LCD screen and the lense wont even focus, nor will the flash pop up. I have charged and replaced the batteries but this hasn't made any difference.
Try to use the default settings in the instructions or reset the settings in the camera. ... Pentax K100D Digital Camera
I have a nikon d40 that works great ewxcept for one day i was taking pictures and all of a sudden the camera would not take a picture in auto or manual and theres a warning sign flashing "r11" where the f-stop should be shown..ive reset the camera, changed the battery, lense, all that, and cannot figure out the problem!
Slow down your shooting. The "R11" indicates \012that you can take 11 more images before the buffer is full and the \012camera will stop functioning until the images are moved to the memory \012card.Select a smaller file size. Nikon cameras all ... Nikon D40x Digital Camera
Dropped camera and now battery sign flashes and won't take a picture. Ideas of what is broken?
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I have a Canon EOS 1000D and uptil this morning I was taking perfect pictures then suddenly it seems to have jammed on me .... nothing is working .... when I switch on the camera nothing happens... when I press the shutter button to take a picture and inside the viewfinder a green spot on the right side and a busy sign on the left flash whilst pressing down the shutter button !!!! I have removed the battery and gave it a full charge; at the same time I also removed the card and viewed all my
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Flashing Inverted White/Black Flash Sign - NO FLASH
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Mirror locked up at 125th or slower and infill flash does not flash. At faster speed it works fine. The display on top of camera goes virtually blank and battery display flahes a sif it battery was exhausted. If shutter release is pressed again then camera goes back to normal 'ready to sheet' mode.As flash is synced to 125th I suspect that the flash is the problem (or maybe it is just coincidence) I have tried cleaning, used lenses and put in a brand new battery. Any clues?
Canon EOS Elan/EOS 100 - an unofficial manual.\015\012http://photonotes.org/manuals/eos-elan/ ... Canon Digital Cameras
I have a pentax k200 , It was working great, I left it without use for 6 months , when I tried to use it again it took a few pictures and then showed a low battery sign, I put new batteries but still shows a low battery sign, it is obviously not the batteries that I checked , I pout different types , the low battery sensor inside the camera is obviously malfunctioning , I turn it off and on numerous times, any ideas what to do other than send it to pentax for repair?
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Having problems with your Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 Digital Camera ?
My TZ7 says that it has a system error (focus) and will not take pictures, view pictures or menu and the shutter will not close when turned off. Help!
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Here's a fix I got from Panasonic, I figured I would post this since I haven't seen this anywhere on the web and this post was the highest hit on google
Based on the information that you have provided, we suggest that you perform the following operation:
1. Turn off the camera 2. While off, turn the zoom button fully to the left or right (hold for about 3-5 secs) 3. Release then turn the camera back on... At this point in time the lens should retract. If it does not, repeat the previous steps however, press the zoom to the opposite direction than you did the first time around. If this does not resolve the issue, we recommend the product be sent to our Customer Service Center.
This seems to work for me. The lens retracted back in place and my camera resumed working.
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My TZ7 says that it has a system error (focus) and will not take pictures, view pictures or menu and the shutter will not close when turned off. Help!
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Lumix tz3 Please turn camera off and then on again" as soon as camera is switched on. I Can view any menu, or read SD card, but cannot take any pictures. If I turn on in a picture taking mode it starts to focus and then the message appears, when I turn it off the lens does not close. If I turn on in playback mode, it works fine, if I turn it off from playback mode, then the lens closes. Basically, any picture taking mode triggers the error message. Solution?
Low battery maybe? Try holding camera firmly in one hand, with camera on and in record mode, and strike in on its edge firmly on the heal of your other hand. This technique is often sucessful with temporary camer 'quirks' like freezing, lens not full ... Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3 Digital Camera
When I turn the camera on, the screen displays the last picture taken. I can take a picture but there is nothing shown in the viewing screen before I take the picture, so I don't really know what it is I am taking a picture of. The menu screens come up when pressed but nothing else appears to help. I have a PowerShot A720 IS.Thanks for your help. Sincerely, Barton G. Stone bart.sto[email protected]
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My 6 year old cannon powerShot70 won't take pictures, when power up the view in the LCd is black with hazy streaks, shutter clicks and "picture" shows up in view mode the same as LCD screen view. Camera turns on and I can view prev pictures but cannot shot new ones. iused camera outside for about 45 minutes at 2 degrees celius, got great pics but when i tried it one day later got black LCD. HELP!
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Zoom error When i turn the camera on, the shutter opens, then closes, then it beeps and says zoom error on the screen. I am able to shut it off, take pictures off it that are on it, get to the menu screen, and pretty much everything that isn't taking pictures.
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Zoom error When i turn the camera on, the shutter opens, then closes, then it beeps and says zoom error on the screen. I am able to shut it off, take pictures off it that are on it, get to the menu screen, and pretty much everything that isn't taking pictures. le focus ouvre plus et ou ne ferme plus focus erreur
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Hi The lens cover on my Olympus mju 770sw wont open when I turn it on. I can still view all my pictures and see everything on the screen and if I hold the lens cover open I can see everything and even take pictures but it wont open on its own, although it does close on its own when I turn it off. Please help!
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2yrs ago I my Tl205 hit my door gently the lens was stuck out I pushed it in now it wont turn on it gives me a green light sound then turns off immediately I have the ability to get to the menu screen & view pictures I just cant take them b/c the lens is stuck How do I fix this? plz help!
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Turn on camera and screen lights up with an image that seems permanent. Can't get into the menue or anything else. The zoom and picture taking button work but the viewing screen will not change from what looks like an image burned into the viewing screen. I can hear all the normal functions but no change occurs on the screen when trying the differnt options for the camera. Please help. My camera is Power Shot SD400 Digital ElPH. Sincerely
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Shutter button hello, The camera turns on fine, I can view old pictures on it, change all settings...but when I press the shutter button to take a new photo, nothing happens. It doesn't try to focus or anything. It's as if the button is broken. Please help!!
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Lens stuck a went swimming with my olympus 770 in a swimming pool and whn i got out everything was fine with it.it was only until later i noticed that when i wanted to take a picture the screen turned blank and the lens wouldnt close.is it anything to do with chlorinated water? it shouldnt be right cause the olympus promotes its durability.i can still view pics but cant seem to get the lens to close and take a picture.pls help!
My wife an I purchased an Olympus Stylus 770 SW for our son as a High School graduation present 1 1/2 years ago. About a month ago he said that his camera quit working so I asked him to bring it home on Christmas break. It had the same symptoms as th ... Olympus Stylus 770 SW Digital Camera
The camrea turns on but will not take a picture. the card is not full. you can use all the buttons when you first turn it on but then when you try to take a picture it will not take one and then you can not use the buttons anymore. If I shut the camera off and turn it back on I can use the menu buttons again. When I turn on the camera the red button by the view finder blinks three times.
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My Pentax W90 camera won't stop taking pictures when I turn it on. At first, it would take 2 pictures without me pressing the shutter and the screen would get "locked" (no menu or other buttons would do anything). Then, after changing the battery, the camera continually takes pictures until I turn it off. The flash goes off with each picture. I took it in the ocean with me and I noticed it started while I was snorkeling. I don't think I got anywhere near the 20 foot depth limit. I dried it
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DXG-538 Problems!!!! I was wondering if there was anyway that i could fix my DXG-538. I guess yu could say the shutter doesn't open to take the picture. When i turn on the camera it is closed. HELP ME PLEASE!!!!
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Digital camera got dropped into the sand, and some sand worked its way into the lens and focusing system, and now the camera cannot zoom or focus, but still turns on and takes pictures i have a lumix dmc fx12, and it got dropped into the sand at the beach. the shutter wont close properly, there's sand in the lens, and it won't zoom. Please help!! i don't know how to fix it!!
THIS SOUNDS TERMINAL, BUT YOU MIGHT TRY USING CANNED AIR LIKE YOU USE TO BLOW DUST OUT OF YOUR COMPUTER, AND SEE IF IT HELPS ANY. MOST OF THESE CAMERAS ARE MADE WITH THE IDEA THAT THEY WILL NEVER BE TAKEN APART OR OPENED FOR CLEANING ETC. SO, THAT IS ... Digital Cameras
When i turn on the camera the lens wont pop open even when the battery is fully charged.... i was taking pictures and it working fine turn the camera off and on again then the lens wont open anymore? i can still view all the pictures i took from the camera but cannot take pictures anymore coz of the lens wont open. i tried initializing the camera by going to set up it didnt work..msg error said turn the camera off and on again and i did but didnt work either many times i tried please help thnks!
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Screen problem?? Hello can anyone help? My camera turns on just fine and takes pics fine. Tonight while turning on my camera the screen is all white with some black lines through it.. and a leaf looking thing which is black. I see NO PICTURE at all. But when i take pictures and upload them to the computer the pics still work. But when i take the actual pictures or try to view any all i have is the white screen what can i do to fix this?
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My ex Z1000 wont take pictures. i turn the camera on the lens goes in and out some times it looks like its going to let me take a picture and then the lens closes back into the camera and the screen goes black. It looks like the cameras off but I push the play button on top and it lets me view pictures. I don't think its the lens because the lens seems to open and close fine. Ive only used this camera 3 times and it has been stored safely so Im not sure what happened. It will only let me get int
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When i turn the camera to take a photo, no image appears in the LCD or the eyepiece. this just happened all the sudden. I am able to view pictures that I've already taken in the LCD and the LCD will also give me the menus, picture count, everything that you would expect to see except the image that you want to take a picture of. i tried to take a picture, but the screen was just black as well. any and all help will be appreciated! thanks, mark
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Err CF Recharged battery. Took 5 pics with camera. Turned off camera. Short while later turned on camera, it would take no more pics. Err CF is flashing on menu. Tried to view pics... says there is no image. Tried a different empty CF disk. Then Full CF is flashing on menu. Cannot take any pics. Please HELP! Cathy
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I have an olympus c-170 and when i turn it on the green and orange lights just keep flashing. I can't take or view any pictures and the screen turns on and off. Please help me because I need to be able to take the pictures off of it. Thanks.
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My Canon A2200 has a white screen when I turn it on and stays that way can't see what I am taking a picture of or any menu items . It still takes pictures but cannot view them on the camera and don't really know what I am taking pictures of. Is there anything I can do to correct this. I have chrged the battery fully taken out the memory card and battery and still nothing.
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I was taking a picture of a moose at Yellowstone and changed lens. I forgot to turn off the camera before switching and the camera just shut down. It won't take a picture or focus the lens in AF mode? I can view my previous shots and downloaded them, but I can't take a picture!!!! And I am at Yellowstone and nowhere near a camera shop!!! PLEASE HELP!!!
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Stupid camera i turn the camera on, it works. i can view all the pictures no problems like that but once i hit the picture button to take pictures it doesn't work it makes a funny loading sound and the screen goes black ? so i cant take any pictures? help..?
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Shutter When I turn on the camera everything is fine but the shutter wont open. Instead i have to use my fingers to keep the shutter open just to take a picture. I dont know how this happend. I use the camera for an hour and everything is fine then I leave it in its case for like 10 minutes and when i turn it back on the shutter wouldnt open! Please help! :(
You mean the lens protector doors, not the camera shutter. This seems to be a problem on this camera. Aparently you bumped it against something or dropped it. The only way I know of to fix this is to take it apart and set the arm of the spring again ... Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ5 Digital Camera


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The Antlers will release Burst Apart on May 10, via Frenchkiss Records. It's the follow up to their 2009 album Hospice.
Here's what frontman Peter Silberman had to say on the band's web site: "We spent somewhere in the realm of 5 months recording it (although truthfully, we've been planning and sketching the record since we began touring on Hospice back in 2009). We moved into our own recording studio in September 2010, and spent essentially every waking hour working on Burst Apart, producing the record ourselves, with Darby at the helm engineering. We wrapped up recording this past January, and will be releasing this record to you on May 10 via Frenchkiss Records. I can honestly say that I've never been more excited to have people hear something as I am with Burst Apart."
The Antlers just debuted Burst Apart at the 2011 SXSW Music Festival in Austin Texas, check out the video of the show.
Also try:
STREAM: The Antlers - Live at SXSW (full show)
STREAM: The Antlers – Bird Bank
Burst Apart Track List:
01 I Don't Want Love
02 French Exit
03 Parentheses
04 No Widows
05 Rolled Together
06 Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out
07 Tiptoe
08 Hounds
09 Corsicana
10 Putting the Dog to Sleep
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Having problems with your Toshiba Satellite A200-0ET00X Notebook ?
Monitor static lines...
\015 Hello, From yesterday to today my toshiba satellite a200 has a problem on the monitor, it has some lines and the text is all blurred.I already have the latest directx drivers and the intel chipset mobile 450 graphics card also updated.I took a screenshot using print+screen and paint and it appeared normally, so I suspect the problem is from the monitor.Please help.Thanks.\015
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Repair Help & Product Troubleshooting for Toshiba Satellite A200-0ET00X Notebook
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