Old friends... New danger Pioneer Easter, new beginnings A Heaven sent smile to believe Bereft of faith Anton returns home The Story of Faith and Courage Will Melinda discover her inner strength? Faith tested and renewed in many different ways. An abandoned child; two people must trust all will turn out right. A family moving west following bigotry. Hope lost; a yearning to believe. A return home to discover faith. Faith and renewal versus loss and grief. Her rocky path leads her home. A teen struggles for answers. April Erwin, Eden S. Clark, Donna Patton, E.B. Sullivan, J.E. & Carla Holling and Jeannie Anderson, and K.C. Sprayberry present stories of strength and hope, of struggle and desolation, of returning to what has always sustained them.
Essay from the year 2017 in the subject Film Science, grade: 72, University of Greenwich, course: Film Studies, language: English, abstract: Throughout this essay I explore the ways in which the memory loss of Trevor Reznik and Leonard Shelby can be seen as a symptom of guilt. Whilst it may be drawn that Trevor’s mental health is impacted by his insomnia, and Leonard’s condition is explained by the accident, the complex narratives allow various readings, through which it can be speculated that the tormented mental states of both men results in a process of self deception, of which memory loss is a key element. Throughout the films there are various “clues” in the form of flashbacks, formative techniques, and the doubling of personality which suggests their guilty conscience plays a prominent role in their amnesia. Whilst the protagonists’ lives are controlled by their inability to remember, their memory loss can be seen as a coping mechanism to shield traumatic events of their personal history from their current selves. In all, I discuss how the abnormal mental states of the protagonists can be seen as a result of psychological trauma and a guilty conscience, through which their subsequent memory loss is used in a process of deception.
Previous research in humans and animals suggests that exposure to stress alters the susceptibility and behavioral responses to drugs of abuse, including methamphetamine. Female rats have been shown to be more sensitive to the effects of stimulants and stress than males, but few studies have investigated the interaction between stress and stimulants in female rats. Therefore, the current study investigated whether stress potentiated the behavioral and dopaminergic responses to a methamphetamine injection in female rats. Adult female rats were either exposed to 10 days of stressors that varied by day and time or were left undisturbed except for daily weighing (con-trol rats). Fourteen days after the last stressor, all rats received an injection of 7.5 mg/kg meth-amphetamine and distance traveled and stereotypy was measured in an open field box (Experi-ment 1) or dopamine increases were measured in the dorsal striatum (Experiment 2). Female rats exposed to chronic unpredictable stress (CUS) had significantly higher locomotion in the open field immediately following an injection of methamphetamine, with no significant differences at any other time points. In Experiment 2, female rats exposed to CUS had significantly higher levels of dopamine in the dorsal striatum at all time points following an acute injection of meth-amphetamine compared to control rats. Estrous cycle was not found to be a significant predictor of distance traveled following a methamphetamine injection. This is the first study investigating the interaction between stress and methamphetamine in female rats. Interestingly, these findings parallel previous findings from our lab with male rats exposed to CUS showing both an increase in locomotion and dopamine in the dorsal striatum following an injection of methamphetamine compared to control rats. The current findings characterize the interaction of females to stress and stimulants, which may provide insight into potential drug addiction treatments for women.
Dysfunction of motivational systems for natural rewards has been implicated in several disorders, including depression, obesity, and substance abuse (Pulcu & Elliott, 2015; Volkow & Wise, 2005). Although prevalence rates between males and females for these disorders differ, the physiological mechanisms underlying these differences have not been elucidated. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that regulates motivated behaviors and may be important for understanding sex differences in motivated behaviors. Although gonadal hormones clearly differ between males and females, the role that estrogen and progesterone play on neuronal dopamine in areas associated with motivation for natural rewards is still not clear. Prior research in our lab has previously shown a sex difference in motivation for a natural sucrose reward, in rodents, similar to reported differences in human motivational disorders. Therefore, the current study investigated whether estrogen and progesterone altered: 1) responding for a natural sucrose reward; 2) the dopamine synthesis enzyme, tyrosine hydroxylase, immunoreactivity in the nucleus accumbens core, shell, and ventral tegmental area; and 3) motivational sensitivity to dopaminergic drugs. Female rats were ovariectomized and exogenous estradiol benzoate, progesterone, or the combination, systematically replaced in a pattern that mimics the endogenous cycle. All rats were trained to lever press and then tested in a progressive ratio schedule, which measures motivation for a natural sucrose reinforcer by requiring a progressively greater amount of work for each subsequent reward. Animals that received progesterone alone earned significantly more rewards compared to intact female and male rats, while there were no differences between the other conditions. Following the progressive ratio test, tyrosine hydroxylase was measured in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and nucleus accumbens (NAc), and no differences between treatment groups were found in the number of immunoreactive cell bodies or fibers, respectively. Further, tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity did not mediate the relationship between hormone condition and active lever responding during the progressive ratio test. Lastly, female rats that received both estradiol benzoate and progesterone had significantly greater active lever responding and earned more rewards compared to intact female rats and male rats after an injection of the dopamine agonist apomorphine. Females that received progesterone alone and both hormones together earned a greater number of rewards after an injection of haloperidol, a dopamine antagonist, compared to intact females. In conclusion, progesterone, but not estradiol benzoate, alters the number of rewards earned during a progressive ratio test, while tyrosine hydroxylase in reward regions did not mediate active lever responding. Further, the combination of both hormones may influence the number of dopamine receptors and therefore sensitivity to dopaminergic manipulation. Overall, the current study provides a novel starting point to increase understanding of the influence that estrogen and progesterone may have on symptomatology of motivational disorders including obesity, drug use, and depression.
New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Eden has killer instincts when it comes to breathtaking suspense! Once the town troublemaker, Sheriff Hayden Black became the teen hero who saved young Jillian West from a savage kidnapper. He never got over their brief affair. Now the ex-SEAL and the burned-out FBI agent have reunited in their Florida hometown and rediscovered their powerful attraction. But as they hunt down a long-forgotten killer, will they get a second chance at happiness? When a series of accidents begins to plague Jill, Hayden won't let her fall victim again. There's too much history between them…and too much desire.
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The chase is on in New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Eden’s latest installment in the Killer Instinct series! Josh Duvane’s SEAL training not only hardened his body, but also his mind. Though his latest investigation as part of the FBI’s Underwater Search and Evidence Response Team is pushing him to his limits. The Sandy Shore killer taunts local police as Josh recovers his victims off the coast of Florida. Of all the women taken, only Casey Quinn has survived. As this unrelenting psychopath stalks her every move, Josh is all that stands between her and certain death. Now it’s time for him to turn the tables and use every ounce of training to stop the killer from having the last laugh… Killer Instinct
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