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Help, I have a two tier lowery organ that was working. Basement flooding due to power interruption to sump pump. Footpedals were in water about 10 hours, organ under for a few days. Water was about 6 to 8 inches deep. I am afraid to plug in to see if it works. dehumidifiers along with fans for basement with organ until we could bring upstairs. Is organ useless without footpedals. Could footpedals be salvaged without expense.
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Montbello has always had the best school spirit. As a student and a Cheerleader here at the school we never lose when it comes to spirit and representing the school and the community as well. OH and my past coach Andrea she said straight and clear. Our community is no longer called Mont-ghetto its recognized as Montbello. c/o "2008"
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The Montbello Warriors may have fallen to the mighty East High Angels when the two basketball powerhouses clashed this winter, but when it came to school spirit, Montbello blew East right out of the arena. East's meager handful of cheerleaders were no match for the all-out battalion of Warriors at the opposite end of the floor: all eighteen of the school's silver-clad cheerleaders, various horn-playing troubadours from the marching band and, of course, the knockout-punch line of drummers, who flipped their sticks and danced in the bleachers with more zeal than that of any Nick Cannon flick. "This is my first full year at Montbello High School," explained cheerleading coach Andrea Mathes-Dynes. "The cheerleaders and the spirit club, they don't just represent the high school, they represent the community itself. Our hope is that the region can look at us and say, 'Hey, they're not just Mont-ghetto, they're a real school.' It's about getting that old Montbello spirit back." By bringing the whole crew out for every home football and basketball game and as many away games as possible, Mathes-Dynes, the cheerleaders and the spirit club might do just that.

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Last Friday, workers in New York and Pennsylvania received a federally mandated minimum wage increase of ten cents an hour. This brought the minimum wage in both the Empire and Keystone States to $7.25 an hour.
The increase is bad news for a couple of reasons.
First, the increase will cut jobs in New York and Pennsylvania. You see, every increase in the minimum wage -- no matter how small -- means that payroll costs go up. That means that many businesses -- especially small businesses -- will be forced to lay off workers.
Ironically, the increase in the minimum wage means that at least some minimum wage workers will be laid off. This is unfortunate, but it is especially unfortunate when both New York and Pennsylvania already have disturbingly high unemployment rates -- with New York at 8.7 percent, and Pennsylvania at 8.2 percent.
The second reason why a higher minimum wage is bad news has to do with the cost of living. The minimum wage increase will inevitably lead to higher prices as added labor costs will sometimes be passed on to consumers. This will hurt all consumers, but especially the poor who can least afford higher prices.
Ladies and gentlemen of New York and Pennsylvania, it sounds counterintuitive...but the best stimulus plan to help the poor would be to significantly reduce the minimum wage. A decrease in the minimum wage would both protect and create jobs and would keep prices for consumers in check.
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I understand that thought process, but what worries me is the fact that the cost of living in PA right now is barely livable even at the newly increased minimum wage.
I have been living and working in PA for over 20 years and for most of those years I had to work 2 to 3 jobs just to make ends meet. And that was generally with the help of room-mates. None of whom could actually even afford an apartment on our own.
So I understand the immediate worry of the loss of jobs and the strain it will put on the small business owner specifically, but the reality is that the companies that can/could afford to pay more do not because they are not required to. Yet continually charge more for their products.
I feel that it is convenient to use the current economic crisis as cause for price increases but the reality is if they were to lower the minimum wage, prices still would not go down, nor would the cost of living decrease.
Problem is I don't actually have any idea what the solution would be. By the grace of God I have finally found a job that I could probably live on alone if I had to but I am now married and my husband's salary is enough to live on and mine fills in the gaps so to speak. I continually pray for those less fortunate. The irony in my mind is that if I was single; my salary is considered to below poverty level. But we want to cut minimum wage?
Their is truth to what this article is talking about. My family owns a farm in New York State. The minimum wage increases keep us from offering jobs to young people because the value of the the work an inexperienced new employee can do is less the the minimum wage. So we have positions that we would like to fill but we can't do so at where the level minimum wage is set without coming out even farther behind financially. The price we are paid for the milk we produce has been cut in half from a year or two ago due to the global economy down turn cutting demand for dairy product exports. We have already had to start to cutting hours people work even more because we are running out of available credit to borrow money every week to make payroll and pay our feed bill. The continual roll out of new government regulations and mandates and regulations that keep coming is slowly draining the life out of our family farm. When the government drives us out of business what good is a higher minimum wage or health insurance to our employees. When they are unemployeed they will get neither. As farmers we have no control over what we get paid. Every increased cost when we are already lossing money is a crushing blow. We are not like your local gas station we can't just raise prices if our costs go up. We wish we could pay our employees more and provide them with lots of benefits. It bothers us that we can't afford to. Some of our long term employees already get paid more than we pay ourselves. It is a unsustainable situation. If we were payed a price for our milk that covered all our costs and then some we could pay more and hire more employees so i don't have to work 80-100 hours a week. If we were paid more for our milk then it would mean a lot less profits for the processors that buy our milk and eventually you will also pay more in the grocery store. I pray often for the rapture so we can finally not have to be working so hard to suvuve and still be moveing backwards. Ronald Reagon said it best "The government isn't the solution to the problem, the goverment is the problem."
The scriptures frequently make the point of doing things with the right motive, from a heart that is right. Though it is also written that fear of God is a good place to start, following the rules and doing something because of a rule isn't as good as doing something with the right motivation... that is from a pure heart.
Simply put, I think much of the trouble is the age-old problem of greed and selfishness. And while the "more for me, less for you" mentality benefits some individuals, it hurts the vast majority of people.
It is sad that we need rules and legislation to provide minimal standards for what people get paid for doing a job. And while I agree that the minimum wage increase hits small businesses harder, I wonder how much greed play into the equation. The Forbes magazine list of the richest people in the nation no longer has any millionaires on the list. Instead, they're all billionaires. So obviously, some people are making money. But many more are not.
Many major companies are making record profits, and many of those companies continue to make even more profits by moving overseas where they can pay even lower wages. Most of these companies can easily afford to pay a living wage to worker without being mandated to do so, yet do not.
So while I sympathize with small businesses that operate on tighter margins, there are many large service and retail companies who can pay better and unfortunately will not, unless mandated to do so.
There is another side to this "lower wages equals more jobs" argument: people cannot spend money they do not have. And as our economy relies more and more on the service related industries (and less on the traditionally better paying manufacturing types of jobs) people need to partake of these services to keep them prospering. Obviously, if you work a job (or jobs) where you barely make enough to provide for basic essentials like shelter, utilities, food, clothing, it's not likely you are doing any discretionary spending to help your neighbor prosper.
The other downfall of the "low wage" mentality, is that it forces consumers to become spend-thrifts, often making essential purchases at the lowest cost national chain businesses, instead of the local business. This has the unfortunately effect of helping to put local employers out of business.
You can legislate morality, yet it doesn't mean than people will act with moral principles. It's sad that we need minimum wage legislation. And yet without it, my suspicion is that the poor would get poorer and the rich would get richer. Jobs get created out of prosperity, and the "job creation" argument against the minimum wage is a poor excuse to keep the poor in poverty.
Jesus said men's hearts are dark. And in darkness you find selfishness. Jesus also instructed us to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. Until we as a nation, start to embrace this thinking, the poor will only get poorer and the rich will only get richer. And the argument against the minimum wage only perpetuates this condition.
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For anyone who has ever found it difficult to understand the teachings of the prophet Isaiah comes a powerful learning opportunity by Ann Madsen, beloved LDS scholar and educator. In Opening Isaiah - a DVD presentation filmed in the Holy Land - Ann teaches about Isaiah's profound prophecies in an easy-to-understand way and instills in viewers an appreciation for the writings of this beloved prophet and seer.
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Wife of Truman G. Madsen, Ann Madsen is the mother of three (plus an Indian foster son), and a grandmother of sixteen and great-grandmother of two and 7/9. Her hobbies include hiking, swimming, cooking, writing poetry, and photography. Ann received her BS Degree from the University of Utah, her MA degree from BYU in Ancient Studies with a minor in Hebrew. Her thesis was entitled, Melchizekek, the Man and the Tradition. Sister Madsen has been teaching Old Testament at BYU since 1976. She also teaches courses in New Testament and Isaiah and taught these at the Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies between 1987 and 1993. She has recently completed a book entitled Making Their Own Peace: Twelve Women of Jerusalem which tells of 12 modern women who live or have lived through Jerusalem's wars and have created their own peace. It will be published in New York in April 2003. She presently teaches three courses at BYU; Writings of Isaiah, The Life of Christ: the Gospels, Honors: Old Testament Roots of the Book of Mormon. Her church service has included: Mission Presidents's wife (New England Mission 1962-65), Stake Relief Society President (BYU 8th Stake), and Jerusalem Branch Relief Society President 1991- 1993. She was on the Gospel Doctrine writing committee for the Church for 17 years. She is presently a Visiting Teacher in her ward and teaches 16 yr. and 17 yr. olds in Sunday School.
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This valuable DVD presentation helps you make the meaningful connections yourself in Isaiah, and that's what I most loved about it. It's not telling you verse by verse how and what to understand, but like a true teacher, Madsen invites you into Isaiah's world so you are equipped to grasp it on your own terms when you read. We need more like this, equipping us to learn instead of trying to inform us with learning.
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How does one pay enough homage to such a great example of outstanding video making? Yes, this DVD bears the Madsen hallmark of delightful excellence. Sister Madsen's voice throughout is authoritative yet mild. The production values--well, you just have to see them. But it is Sister Madsen's inspired narrative that makes this a stunning Must Have for me. She really does "open" the book. She gives priceless keys that make Isaiah a treasure.
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I love Truman Madsen's "guided tour" style DVDs. Also, I love the book of Isaiah. It was an easy decision to try the new Ann Madsen DVD. I am glad I bought it. I especially like the scene where she gives a tour of a full size version of Solomon's temple, as it was in the days of Isaiah. After a minute, I realized that the temple was animated. The animation is as good as found in major motion pictures. Ann's presentation is loaded with her special insight. I highly recommend it. In fact, I intend to give a few as Christmas gifts.


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The Commission's GIS digital library contains many more files than those displayed on the VIM website. Annually, the MVC's GIS Department produces a GIS Inventory CD. The CD is available for free to the town boards, departments, and commissions for those towns within Dukes County and may be purchased by all others for $10.00. Review the GIS Inventory file (GISInventoryFile 47K) for a complete list of the CD's contents.
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Available for download in the Resource Center are some of the maps created by the Commission. The Martha's Vineyard Commission provides cartographic production, map printing services, and GIS spatial analysis free of charge to the town boards, departments and commissions for those towns within Dukes County. Other organizations as well as project applicants and members of the public should consult the latest GIS Fee Schedule (MapPrintingFees 68K) .
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All data within the Martha's Vineyard Commission's GIS inventory is stored in either shapefile or ArcInfo coverage format in the following coordinate system: Stateplane, Massachusetts Mainland, NAD83, meters. These projection parameters are the same as those used by MassGIS, ensuring that all data from the Commission will overlay properly with data from the State's GIS data inventory.
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Practicing law across borders obviously presents many issues, especially in countries that do not allow foreign law firms to have a presence within their jurisdiction. For instance, India's Indian Advocates Act prevents foreign law firms from practicing law in the country.
India's stringent regulations have ruffled many feathers, including US firms wanting to establish a presence in the world's largest democracy. In the 1990′s, thee firms (two US and and one UK) were granted licenses by India's central bank to operate liaison offices in India; however, India's High Court concluded that the firms were in violation of the Act. In December 2009, the Court suspended the foreign firm's licenses. The court held that the Act prohibited the "practise of the profession of law," which includes conducting litigation and non-litigation matters within India.
Despite the rulings, Indian attorneys have expressed interest in having greater access to US legal markets, and a dialogue has started regarding whether and how to open both markets to foreign firms. The dialogue was continued at the 2010 ABA International Law Section Spring Meeting in New York City.
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- "Junk Synchron" and 1 "Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter" in your Graveyard can easily summon this monster.
- "Junk Synchron" can further be used with this card to Summon monsters like "Stardust Dragon", "Junk Destroyer", "Hundred Eyes Dragon" or "Infernity Doom Dragon".
- Summon a R-Genex Overseer, and then banish 1 Spell Card in your hand to Special Summon Monoceros. However, keep in mind that the spellcaster-type R-Genex Overseer cannot be resurrected with Monoceros' effect.
- This card is good for Infernity deck. You can Synchro Summon this card with "Infernity Beast" and "Infernity Beetle". The downside is that you may not have any cards in your hand to discard for Fitzgerald's effect to revive it. On the other hand, Frozen Fitzgerald itself is a great way to ensure that your hand is empty should you have trouble with that.
- This card can be used in conjunction with "Fishborg Blaster" and "Treeborn Frog" quite well, if this card is destroyed in battle, return it to play with it's 2nd effect. Then during your Standby Phase, Summon "Treeborn Frog" followed by "Fishborg Blaster" and Synchro Summon either "Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier" or "Gungnir, Dragon of the Ice Barrier" and eliminate the threat.
- This card can be easily Synchro Summon in a Nordic Deck with Vanadis of the Nordic Ascendant and a Nordic Beast monster, by the effect of Vanadis of the Nordic Ascendant change its Level.
- This card works well with an "Ojama" deck, due to easy Summoning of an equal ATK & DEF monster, as well as being able to discard "Ojamagic" to keep it constantly on the field from battle.
- Other useful targets for "Junk Synchron":
- "A Cat of Ill Omen"
- "Hane-Hane"
- "Nimble Momonga"
- "Nimble Musasabi"
- "Playful Possum"
- Any "Ojama"
- You can Special Summon Unknown Synchron with its effect and a Level 4 Beast to Synchro Summon this monster easily, such as Bicorn Re'em, T.G. Rush Rhino, Des Kangaroo and Chain Dog.
- Also works well in a Raccoon that runs Junk Synchron since all the Raccoon monsters are lvl 2 beasts.
Traditional Format
- Use this card with "Card of Safe Return" to add a card to your hand whenever "Frozen Fitzgerald" is destroyed. This can maintain the number of cards in your hand while preventing you from running out of cards to revive "Frozen Fitzgerald" with. This strategy works well when your opponent has more than one monster on their field with higher ATK than "Frozen Fitzgerald".


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Banco Bradesco S.A. (ADR) (NYSE:BBD)
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Monthly dividend. Twice a year pop.
Great stock
I see this stock weakening short term but again, I like Brasil long term.
Latin American and South American governments and economy are very fragile.
Growth and hosts of dividend reinvestors taking advantage of monthly dividends.
more a bet on Brazil than anything else.
Recent pullback
Earnings growth was log-linear during the boom
Credit expansion along with the economic growth necessary to sop up the liquidity (what the US does not have), so that inflation will not eat into profits.
Good solid bank we have here! A no-brainer...
Brazil will rule the next decade:
Host to FIFA World Cup (soccer) 2014
Host to Summer Olympics 2016
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Just gaming CAPS: harvesting a score of +5.43, while lowering my cost basis from $20.56 to somewhere between $18 and $19.
Largest bank in Brazil and Brazil is strong. Hasn't made the big moves that US banks have.
For its size, Bradesco is rather agile and clever, and well run, with good staff, but short handed to a fault. Standing in line an hour to be attended is eroding popular patience. Unfortunately their insurance branch is getting slow to pay out just claims, showing an erosion of the bank's initial principles. Unless these are corrected it may lead in a longer term to loss of image and market.
pays a small dividend, it is well poised to give services to brazils developing middle class, and i think brazil is the next china.
One of the top private brazilian bank with a great franchise. Better than Itau bank.Brings in $$ qurater after quarter.
Readding on the dip.
Good value bank that will benefit from all the positive news currently coming out of Brazil
Typical inflation woes and instability in Brazil has pulled this stock back as of late but forward looking prospects still look good. Sales, margins and earnings are strong areas of growth for BBD. Cash flow data I've found has been inconsistent among sources and bothers me. ROE has been strong and above industry average.
I'm also looking for oil, water and agriculture companies in Brazil.
Hmmm, looking to compete with Boeing and Airbus by the early 2010s. Plus, their first quarter was much better than expected leading to the reinstatement of dividends. very times look to be trimmed. Looks like deliveries are even ahead of schedule. All good things in this economy.
The bank for the South American China.


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- Tomatoes
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- Splash of vinegar
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Cut tomatoes into fat wedges. Drizzle with olive oil and a splash of vinegar. Top with crumbled hard-boiled eggs and capers, then drape white anchovy fillets over. Top with some chopped flat-leaf parsley.
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UPDATED 6:16 PM CDT Jul 10, 2013Two people were injured in a motorcycle accident on Interstate 80 on Wednesday.
Video TranscriptAT THIS HOUR: PART OF WEST-BOUND INTERSTATE 80 IS STILL BLOCKED OFF NEAR HIGHWAY 50. A LIVE LOOK FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ROADS CAMERA THERE.. YOU CAN SEE THE FAR LEFT LANE IS STILL SHUT DOWN.. MORE THAN TWO HOURS AFTER A CRASH INVOLVING A MOTORCYCLE. A WITNESS SAYS THE BIKE BEGAN TO FISHTAIL.. THEN HIT THAT CENTER MEDIAN. WE WERE THERE AS THE MEDICAL HELICOPTER TOOK OFF CARRYING THE MAN THAT WAS DRIVING THE BIKE. HIS FEMALE PASSENGER WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE.. AND AT LAST CHECK BOTH WERE IN CRITICAL CONDITION. AN ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION TEAM IS INVESTIGATING. WE'RE TOLD BOTH VICTIMS áWERE WEARING HELMETS.
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Hi all.
A couple of weeks ago there was a hole/tunnel in my vegetable garden about 1 inch in diameter. I drowned it and filled it in right away. My beds are raised and filled with wonderful store bought dirt. I can dig a hole with my hand - the dirt is so soft. What do you think could have made a hole like that? We have snakes and crevice lizzards and giant centipedes. I've seen holes like that before and people said they were snake holes. I also used to live in snake country and when I would dig in my vegetable garden I would often see the tail end of a snake wiggling away under the ground about 6-10 inches down. I've read that snake holes are a myth and that they only take advantage of existing holes. So, question # 1 is what do you think belonged to that hole? Then, yesterday, I was staring out the window watching it rain when I saw the back side of a critter climb up my retaining wall and take shelter under my flowers. He moved around in there quite a bit because I could see the flowers jiggling here and there. At first I thought it was a really big rat, then decided it must be a possum. But, his little back side was cuter than any possum I've seen. I've been googling around and I think he looked just like this: http://k43.pbase.com/u39/tmurray74/large/25349705.DSC00017.jpg Anybody in Central Texas west of Austin ever had to deal with meadow voles? There is a lot of grassy, cedar infested, undeveloped land around my house and we are a 5 minute walk from the lake. Just the sort of thing they like. But, I haven't found through googling if they really do live in this area. I don't think I can take another critter to deal with, lol. |
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- Posted by chickenmom 7b/8a, DFW, TX (My Page) on Sun, May 24, 09 at 13:15
At least he had a cute back side. We have moles now and then, but we're north of you. Was there any damage done to your garden, or did it maybe eat worms and stuff? |
I forgot to say that the pic in the link is a meadow vole. chickenmom, I can't tell that he did any damage. The area that he took shelter has some woody shrubs and coreopsis with ice plant as a ground cover. I think he was trying to get out of the rain. I've been working around that area today and didn't see anything. Also, the dog was there and she can sniff out any intruder. So, maybe he moved on. I sure hope so! I don't think it's possible to have the underground variety of moles and voles here. We're on the side of a hill and it's almost solid rock. I suppose they have actual soil in the valleys... |
Here is a link that might be useful: Meadow vole
- Posted by barkingdogwoods 8a DFW (My Page) on Mon, May 25, 09 at 9:56
My thoughts would be either June beetles emerging or cicada killers feeding their young. But then I'm glad for ANY holes in the clay here in Euless, and there are far too many of them to worry about in the sands of Quitman :) Lin |
- Posted by seachelle 6b-7(firstname.lastname@example.com) onFri, May 20, 11 at 20:46
@ trsinc: I've been wondering about the holes, too. Just googled it and got this forum, but looks like no real answers yet. Anyone? small perfectly round holes in soft soil, about 1" in diameter. I'm near Cape Cod, MA. |
- Posted by Seachelle(firstname.lastname@example.com) onFri, May 20, 11 at 20:52
Just found this link. Interesting! http://www.walterreeves.com/insects-and-animals/diagnosing-holes-in-the-yard/ |
Here is a link that might be useful: Walterreeves.com
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Arnott's Arts Happenings for July 7-13
by Chris Arnott | Jul 3, 2014 12:05 pm
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Some would call this the summer doldrums. But July's arts are where you find them: in libraries, churches, sweaty clubs and back yards of historic houses. Long Wharf has turned their stage into a beach. Surf's up!
Monday, July 7
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
It's travel season. The Peabody on the Road series, which brings museum artifacts to local libraries, has a special display of "how different cultures carried things." Carry yourself to the Fair Haven Branch Library at 4 p.m. to see old picnic hampers, shoulder poles and more. (203) 946-6796.
Tuesday, July 8
Oobleck bibliotheque
More library fun. (Those places are air conditioned, you know.) The Super Scientist Series at the main (Ives) New Haven Free Public Library, 133 Elm St., is making oobleck (a la Dr. Seuss' Bartholomew), not to mention "elephant toothpaste." Please don't get oobleck on the books. Intended for ages 5 to 12. (203) 946-8129.
Wednesday, July 9
Two Rosenthals
It was cool enough when it was just Phil Rosenthal doing concerts of traditional folk tunes and his own inspired originals, in his inimitable banjo style. But now Rosenthal, who in his youth was a member of the noted bluegrass ensemble The Seldom Scene, has two grown children who've gone off on their own musical paths. When they can make it home, Daniel Rosenthal (who tours internationally with the famed Either/Orchestra and with his own jazz quintet) and Naomi Sommers, a solo singer-songwriter in the modern folk vein, join Phil and perform as the Rosenthals. Sommers is in Europe right now and can't make the July 9 outdoor Rosenthals gig at the historic Pardee-Morris House (325 Lighthouse Rd.), so Phil and Daniel will perform as a duo. The Rosenthals is more than a family get-together, though. It's become a bonafide side project, with an album released last year.
Bikini Time
The second show of Long Wharf Theatre's summer season celebrates surf, sun and fun, indoor East Coast style. The Bikinis, a "musical beach party" scored with pop hits of the 1960s, was originally developed at Goodspeed Musicals' Norma Terris Theater in Chester. The show shimmies at the Long Wharf through July 27. No surfing in Long Island Sound after the show, now! 222 Sargent Dr. (203) 787-4282.
Thursday, July 10
Of Course You Know This Means War
Jacinto Lirola leads a post-screening discussion about The War to End All Wars … 100 Years Later. The screening? Stanley Kubrick's WW1 opus Paths of Glory, based on the Humphrey Cobb novel and starring Kirk Douglas. 5:30 p.m. at the main (Ives) New Haven Free Public Library, 133 Elm St. (203) 946-8130. Free.
Friday, July 11
Of Course You Know This Means War, Too
The Yale Summer Cabaret opens its third show of the season (already!): We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Nambia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915. This is a new production of the war-and-racism drama by Jackie Sibblies Drury. The original New York production won an Obie Award for the Long Wharf Theater's Associate Artistic Director Eric Ting. $10-$40; there's also a restaurant there if you want to eat before the show. 217 Park St., New Haven. (203) 432-1566.
Saturday, July 12
Grin and Bearington It
Rustic indie-rock folkies M.T. Bearington and Snake Oil are just what you need on a sultry summer night. Some angst, some melody, some idle musings and a beer. 9 p.m. $5. Café Nine, 250 State St. (203) 789-8281.
Sunday, July 13
Church Silks
St. Michael's Church turns 125 this year, and the local a capella group Silk 'n' Sounds has had a pretty long and harmonious existence themselves. The troupe gives a free anniversary-celebrating concert at the church, 29 Wooster Place, at 4 p.m.
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The first outbreaks of infectious salmon
anemia (ISA) was reported among salmon parr in a hatchery on the South West
Coast of Norway in 1984. Since 1985 ISA has caused massive economic losses in
the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)
farming industry in Norway. No outbreaks of ISA have been reported outside
Norway until recently, when the virus was observed both in fish farms on the
East Coast of Canada (Lovely et al., 1999) and in Scotland. It is not known whether the ISAV
is present in wild salmonids. In transmission experiments, ISAV has been found
to replicate both in brown trout (salmo
trutta L.) and in rainbow trout (Onchorhynchus
mykiss Walbaum) without causing disease (Nylund et al., 1995;
Nylund and Jakobsen, 1995; Nylund et al.,
1997). Furthermore, it has been suggested that ISAV may
be transmitted by sea lice (Caligus
elongatus and Lepeophtheirus salmonis)
(Nylund, Wallace, and Hovland, 1993), although it is not known weather ISAV replicates
in the lice. The pathological findings in Atlantic salmon with ISA include
severe anemia, leucopenia, ascites, haemorrhagic liver necrosis and congestion
of the liver, spleen and foregut (Evensen,
Thorud, and Olsen, 1991; Thorud, 1991; Thorud and Djupvik, 1988). In 1994 a long term cell line, developed from
Atlantic salmon head kidney macrophages (SHK-1), that supports the growth of
ISAV was established (Dannevig,
Falk, and Namork, 1995). Many properties of ISAV have been revealed. The
virus is enveloped, as suggested first by its ether and chloroform instability (Thorud, 1991) and later by electron microscopy of the virus
budding from endothelial cells (Hovland et al., 1994). Furthermore, ISAV is slightly pleomorphic, with a
diameter of 100 to 130 nm in diameter containing granules of 10 to 12 nm (Hovland et al., 1994), and 10 nm surface projections (Dannevig, Falk, and Namork, 1995). Moreover, detection of ISAV antigen in the nuclei
of infected cells (Falk and Dannevig, 1995) suggests that the nucleus is involved in virus
replication. Evidence that ISAV induces virus-cell fusion at an acidic pH (Dannevig, Falk, and Press, 1995) indicates that infection of SHK-1 cells by ISAV
depends on a low-pH step, i.e., that ISAV utilizes the endocytic pathway to
infect cells. Furthermore, it has been shown that ISAV hemagglutinates piscine,
but not mammalian or avian erythrocytes (Falk et al., 1997). However, spontaneous elution and the lack of
reagglutination of hemagglutinated piscine erythrocytes suggest the presence of
receptor-destroying enzyme activity. ISAV possesses an acetylesterase activity,
but no neuraminidase activity has been detected (Falk et al., 1997). Genomic characterization has shown that ISAV has a
single stranded RNA genome that consists of eight segments with a tentative
negative polarity (Mjaaland et al., 1997). Taken together, the data demonstrate that ISAV
shares many of the properties typical for members of the Orthomyxoviridae family.
The polymerase protein (PB1) from ISAV has recently been sequenced and
found to share significant homology with other viruses, and phylogenetic
studies using this sequence group the ISAV with other members of the orthomyxoviridae. Distance calculations
based on the polymerase sequences indicate that the ISAV is distantly related
to other members of the family. It has been proposed that ISAV may represent an
old group of aquatic orthomyxoviruses based on the genetic distance
calculations and a new genus is suggested to be named Aquaorthomyxoviridae to reflect the host range of ISAV as well as
the proposed family allocation (Krossøy et al., 1999).
Adsorption and entry of
orthomyxovirus into cells
Influenza viruses bind to sialic acid residues by means of the
receptor-binding site in the distal tip of the HA molecule. Different influenza
viruses have different specificities for sialic acid linked to galactose by a2,6- or a2,3-linkages, and this is
dependent on specific residues in the HA receptor-binding pocket (Weis et
al., 1990). Although the interaction of HA with sialic acid is
of fairly low affinity, a high avidity of the virus for cell surfaces is
probably achieved by multiple low-affinity interactions. Influenza viruses
enter the cells by receptor-mediated endocytosis. The viruses are internalized
in clathrin-coated membrane bound vesicles formed by invagination of
specialized coated-pit domains of the plasma membrane. Following
internalization the clathrin coat is removed and vesicles fuse with early
endosomes. The early endosomes mature to late, more acidic, endosomes. The
acidification of endosomes is brought about by H+-ATPases. The
uncoating of influenza virus is dependent on the acidic pH in the endosomes (Matlin et al., 1982).
For the influenza RNPs to penetrate into the cytosol, they have to
cross the membrane of the virion and that of endosomes. This is accomplished by
HA-mediated fusion of the viral membrane with the cellular membrane (Fig. 1).
The precise time and location of penetration depends on transition of HA to its
low-pH conformation (Stegmann et al., 1987).
It is generally believed that once a virion particle has been
endocytosed, the low pH activated ion channel activity of the virion-associated
M2 protein (Holsinger et al., 1994; Pinto, Holsinger, and
Lamb, 1992; Wang et al., 1993) permits the flow of ions from the endosome to the
virion interior to disrupt protein-protein interactions and to free the RNPs
from the M1 protein.
Figure 1
Schematic diagram of the life cycle of influenza virus (Lamb and Krug, 1996). See text for details of the model.
Sialic acid as receptor for
The interaction of influenza viruses with the sialic acid on the
surface of target cells is affected by several factors, such as type of sialic
acid (Fig. 2), type of linkage, structure of the oligosaccharide, and the
spatial arrangement of the sialic acid residues. Because of these restrictions
not every sialoglycoconjugate is a suitable receptor. The important role of
sialic acid in the interaction between influenza viruses and cells became
evident for the first time when the receptor-destroying enzyme of influenza A
and B viruses was shown to release N-acetylneuraminic acid from soluble
hemagglutinin inhibitors (Fig. 4) (Klenk,
1955). The receptor-binding protein on the viral surface,
the hemagglutinin, and the receptor determinant on the cell surface, have been
analyzed in detail. Sialic acid is present on many glycoproteins and
glycolipids, and many cells may contain a large number of potential receptors
making it difficult to assign a receptor function to an individual protein.
There are, however, several restrictions that limit the number of sialic acids
that serves as binding sites for influenza viruses. Influenza C virus, for
example, only attaches to receptors that contain N-acetyl-9-O-acetylneuraminic
acid (Fig. 3) (Herrler and Klenk, 1987;
Rogers et al., 1986). This type of sialic acid is not recognized by
influenza A and B viruses, which have a preference for N-acetylneuraminic acid.
Another restriction is the linkage type. Human influenza A viruses usually
recognize sialic acid attached to galactose in an a2,6-linkage, while the avian
and equine strains of the same hemagglutinin subtype bind to a2,3-linked sialic acid (Rogers and Paulson, 1983). Virus binding may also be affected by the linkage
of the oligosaccaharide to peptides or lipids, for instance, whether the sialic
acid is present on an aspargine-linked N-glycan or on a serine/threonine-linked
O-glycan. Binding of a single sialic acid residue to the hemagglutinin of
influenza A virus has been shown to be comparatively weak (Takemoto, Skehel, and Wiley, 1996). An efficient binding of virions requires a
multivalent interaction between virus and cell surface receptors. Therefore,
the degree of sialylation and the spatial arrangement of the sialic acids on
the cell surface are also important for the attachment of influenza virions to
cells. Because of these considerations, the actual number of potential
receptors for influenza viruses is expected to bee much lower than the total
number of surface sialoglycoconjugates.
Figure 2
Structure of major naturally occurring molecular species of sialic
acids, Neu5Ac, Neu5Gc and Neu5,9Ac (Suzuki, 1994).
Figure 3
Structure of N-acetyl-9-O-acetylneuraminic acid, the receptor for
influenza C virus. The sialic acid is shown attached to galactose in the two
most common linkage types. The a2,3-linkage (top)
and the a2,6-linkage
(bottom) (Zimmer,
Klenk, and Herrler, 1996).
The neuraminidase integral membrane protein in influenza A and B is the
second subtype specific glycoprotein of the influenza virion. It is a
homotetramer of 220 kDa that can be released from the virion surface by protease
treatment. It catalyzes the cleavage of the a-ketosidic linkage between
terminal sialic acid and an adjacent D-galactose or D-galactosamine (Figure 4) (Gottschalk, 1957). In influenza C, the receptor-destroying enzyme of
influenza C is a neuraminate-9-acetyl esterase (Herrler et al., 1987) (Figure 4), and it is a part of the HEF protein. In
ISAV, a similar enzyme activity have been reported by Falk and coworkers (Falk et
al., 1997). The role of this enzyme activity in the viral
cycle is still unclear, but viral particles without this activity forms
aggregates on the surface of infected cells (trapped like insects on a fly
paper), indicating that removal of receptors is one function (to facilitate spread
to neighbouring cells). This enzyme may also facilitate transport of the virus
through the mucin layer of the respiratory tract . As the amino acids lining
the active site of neuraminidase are invariant from strain to strain,
development of specific inhibitors of
this enzyme have been a very active field of research the last years. At
present, two promising inhibitors are in clinical trials (Fleming, 1999; Tai et al., 1998).
Figure 4
Cleaving sites for the receptor destroying enzyme of influenza A, B and
C viruses (Suzuki,
IPNV is a member of the virus family Birnaviridae and causes an acute
contagious disease in a number of economically important fish species. The
disease is characterized by necrosis of pancreatic cells and high mortality (Dobos et
al., 1979). The virions are nonenveloped, 60 nm icosahedral
particles with the outer surface composed of VP2, the capsid glycoprotein. The two segment (3 kb and 2.8 kb)
doublestranded RNA genome also encodes four additional viral proteins (VP1,
preVP2, VP2, VP3 and VPg)(Hsu, Chen,
and Wu, 1995). Infected cells also contain NS or VP4, a virus
encoded protease and a positively charged minor protein. The biology of this
virus has been extensively at a molecular level and all genes are cloned (Dobos and Roberts, 1983). Although there are some studies on the mode of
attachment and entry into cells, no cellular receptor has yet been identified (Couve, Kiss, and Kuznar, 1992; Farias et al., 1988; Kuznar et al., 1995). This part of IPN biology therefore seems to be well
suited for our types of studies.
In the last 2.5 years we have investigated binding and uptake of ISAV
in SHK-1 cells. Our results shows that the binding to both cells and
electroblotted membrane-proteins from SHK-cells is neuraminidase sensitive.
Binding can be increased at low pH and abolished by periodate treatment
(oxidation of sialic acid residues). We have also shown by confocal fluorescence-
and electron microscopy that entry of virus takes place from the
endosomes/lysosomes. Furthermore, we could show fusion of virion particles with
the plasma membrane upon lowering the pH in the medium. These results have been
published in Journal of Virology (Eliassen
et al., 2000).
The activity of the
receptor destroying enzyme have also been in the focus of our research. We are
in the process of analyzing enzyme kinetics and establishing an inhibitor
profile using known acetyl esterase inhibitors. There are at least 3 types of
acetyl esterases (A,B and C) were influenza C esterase belongs to a group of
serine esterases that can be inhibited
by diisoflourophosphate (DFP). We are
now in the process of classifying the
ISAV esterase using a range of esterase inhibitors (manuscript 3).
The main focus of our
further research will be on identifying on a molecular level the type of sialic
acid recognized by the ISAV HA molecule. This will be done by a virus overlay
method using sialoconjugates separated
on thin layer chromatography. When chromatograms are overlayed with radioactive
or fluorescent virus particles, the sugars can be identified. We have already
used this methods successfully on protein blots. The next important question to
be adressed is whether the HA activity and esterase activity resides on the
same protein molecule, as is the case for the influenza C HEF molecule. This
will be done by 2-D SDS-PAGE and blotting experiments. The HA molecule can be
identified by the neutralizing antibody developed by Falk (Falk, Namork, and Dannevig, 1998), whereas the esterase can be identifiied by a
chromogenic substrate (Fast red) method. We are already on the way with these
Our ultimate goal is
to clone the gene or genes coding for these proteins. We have established
methods for purification of virus and isolation of viral RNA. We have also
contructed a cDNA library that contains
(controlled by PCR) the already cloned segments from ISAV (Krossøy et al., 1999; Mjaaland et al.,
1997). Hopefully we will be able to contruct expression
libraries that contain the antigen / enzyme activity of interest.
These projects will be
conducted I cooperation with several laboratories at a national and international
level. Together with researchers at the vetrinary institute I heve sent grant
applications for these projects both to NFR and EU.
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