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The Secret History by Donna Tartt:" Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality their lives are changed profoundly and forever, and they discover how hard it can be to truly live and how easy it is to kill."
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American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Patrick Bateman moves among the young and trendy in 1980s Manhattan. Young, handsome, and well educated, Bateman earns his fortune on Wall Street by day, while spending his nights in ways we cannot begin to fathom. Expressing his true self through torture and murder, Bateman prefigures an apocalyptic horror that no society could bear to confront. (worldcat.org)
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Story of Holden Caulfield with his idiosyncrasies, penetrating insight, confusion, sensitivity and negativism. The hero-narrator of "The Catcher in the Rye" is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and goes underground in New York City for three days. (worldcat.org)
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During consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 in committee last year, Republicans on the Armed Services Committee attempted to force the Budget Committee Chairman to utilize the "reserve funds" to eliminate the unfair tax created by the offset between Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuities and Veterans' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC). Ultimately, that effort was blocked on a budget technicality.
In preparation for committee consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 on June 16, Republicans are again encouraging the Budget Committee Chairman to identify the necessary offsets so the promise of the "reserve funds" may become real.
A copy of the letter follows:
The Honorable John Spratt
U.S. House Committee on the Budget
207 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Chairman Spratt:
Last week during the Budget Committee hearing with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, you noted that the President's Budget is full of placeholders and promises. We would also note that the Concurrent Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 2010 is also filled with place holders and promises called reserve funds. You also stated that "...The proof will be in the pudding, as they say, on how Congress and the administration actually implement..." these placeholders. We couldn't agree more with the sentiment of your statement.
As you are aware, the reserve fund created by section 324 of the budget resolution would permit you to provide, in a deficit neutral manner, budget allocations that would complete the promise of concurrent receipt for disabled military retirees (S.546); eliminate the Widows Tax created by the offset between Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuities and Veterans' Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) (H.R.775/S.535); improve healthcare coverage for reserve component members (H.R. 972); and fund President Obama's initiative to provide concurrent receipt for disabled military retirees with less than 20 years service. Cutting waste, fraud and abuse amounting to 0.14 per cent of the spending allocated by the budget resolution would provide the necessary offsets to fund these priorities.
Therefore, we, the Republican signatories from the committees below, strongly encourage you to exercise your authority under section 324 to make concrete and real the promise of the reserve fund: to ensure America's military personnel and their families, military retirees, and veterans have the support they so richly deserve.
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LAS VEGAS -- Along with gold records and number one songs, the secular music world can be synonymous with addiction.
R&B superstar Chaka Khan even called the industry "demonic" following the tragic death of her friend and fellow music icon, Whitney Houston.
"This machine around us, this so called music industry is such a demonic thing," Khan told CNN's Piers Morgan shortly after Houston's death. "It sacrifices people's lives."
Gospel music legend Helen Baylor once sang backup for Chaka Khan. Baylor recently spoke with CBN News for an extended interview in Las Vegas at Xartis Studios, a new facility that shows young people how to use music to cope with mental and emotional challenges.
"When [Chaka] said that, I sat there in my bed and just said, somebody gets it," Baylor said. "Somebody else gets it … there is a demonic component in the industry, fueled by greed, money."
"People have no regard for anybody else, except for the bottom line, the money," she said.
Baylor's Broken Road
Baylor took on the demons of the secular music world and drug addiction in the early days of her career as a secular music performer. She shared the intimate details of her troubles, trials, and triumphs in her memoir, No Greater Love: The Helen Baylor Story.
Baylor is also at work with producers to turn that memoir into a feature film.
"My life has been something from the beginning," Baylor said. "I don't complain. I am not angry."
Helen Baylor talks more about her testimony of deliverance from prescription drug addiction.
Baylor was molested as a child, recorded her first single at age 13, became pregnant at 16, and was singing with Ike & Tina Turner on the Las Vegas strip by age 17.
At 17, her voice also landed her a job traveling the country in the musical "Hair." She partied hard and then turned to pills to sleep, stay awake, and do her job.
She wrote about that time in her life, saying, "Finally, I made friends with cocaine. Everyone who needed drugs, even the 30-year-old players in the show learned to come to me at 17 and 18. They knew I always had a stash of marijuana or hash or something."
"For the next 12 years, I was addicted," Baylor recalled to CBN News. "Then I got delivered through the prayers of my grandmother."
That deliverance testimony launched her now legendary career as a gospel artist. For more than 30 years, she has traveled the world sharing her story of survival.
Houston's Tragic Example
Privately, she has also prayed for artists still struggling with addiction, like Whitney Houston. Houston lost her longtime battle with drug addiction in February. The Los Angeles Coroner's Office ruled Houston died of an accidental drowning caused by heart disease and chronic cocaine use.
"There are so many people hurting and they have got secrets," Baylor said.
"Then when something like this happens to someone that we love so much, a woman that we never met, but we love her, a fallen comrade - when something like this happens, we can't look the other way," she said. "We have got to get it together."
"We were praying for her. We were rooting for her. I remember once seeing her mom. We did a concert together and I asked her, 'How is Whitney?'" Baylor recalled.
"And she didn't make a big deal out of it or anything. But like a mother, she looked at me, mother to mother, and said, 'Pray for my daughter.'"
"And I just could feel Cissy [Houston] all over, I could feel her," she said.
Whitney Houston is among a growing list of iconic artists whose deaths have ties to drugs. Amy Winehouse, Michael Jackson, Elvis Pressley, and Jimi Hendrix still make headlines.
Singer Nedra Talley Ross knew Jimi Hendrix before the drugs. He played guitar for her ground-breaking 1960s group, The Ronettes.
She credits God and family for being able to avoid the addictive pitfalls of the music industry.
"We didn't have people wooing us because we were family-oriented. We partied with our family at my grandmothers," Ross told CBN News. "So nobody did anything and it was a time when the fear of my mother was greater than the temptation that anybody could talk me into because she would kill me."
"When you have the extreme success, it can be a downfall because you get people that are with you that don't have your best," she said. "They have a job."
"You can get managers, you can get agents that say, 'Keep going, keep going. Here, take this, this will keep you going,'" Ross explained. "You get those around you that will say that 'If I get you on this, then that is my meal ticket.'"
Gospel Artists Beware
Those forces fuel the demonic elements to the secular music world. But after many years in the Christian music arena, Baylor cautions against the pressures and demands that are turning gospel artists into celebrities.
The growing audiences are also focusing more on the music than ministry.
"The music business in the church plays right into it," Baylor said. "The artists, they come and they put them on a pedestal and pay them large sums of money. And then when they don't have an album out, they quit calling."
"And that has got to do something to the artist," she said. "It's got to be a demonic component there."
While illegal drugs may be a less likely problem in the gospel music world, Baylor is breaking her silence on her latest trial in hopes of helping others.
Her husband of 30 years walked out two years ago. She found herself alone and addicted again. This time, it was with a doctor's prescription. "You know how the enemy is, he will come back on you with the same challenge you had before you got saved," Baylor confessed. "And that is what happened in my case."
"I wanted the marriage to work, but when somebody doesn't want you maybe you ought to see that they don't want you. So, I finally got that together," she said.
"But in the interim, I ended up having to take medication to sleep, medication for anxiety, medication for the pancreatitis, the back pain that actually turned into the addiction," she continued.
"I thought my career was over and I thought, wow, God can't use me. But a year ago, I got rid of Ambien and not too long ago, stopped with the pain killers," she said.
"I had signed up to go to rehab. But God said 'I am the same God that delivered you 31 years ago,'" Baylor said. "'I can do it now. I can do it now.' And He did -- just by me asking and making a step of faith [and] flushing it down the toilet, just like that."
Baylor knows her latest testimony of triumph is a critical story to share. Prescription drug abuse is now America's fastest-growing drug problem.
"[The] church needs to talk about it, too, because it is not just the world, it is the church, too," she said. "And if I have to be the one to open it up, oh well. If I never get another call to sing at your church, oh well. I have to be honest."
*Originally published May 4, 2012.
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The findings of a report on tourism in Lancaster County came out on Friday.
The Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau commissioned the study to get some hard and fast numbers on tourism.
It says the report shows its marketing campaign is working and hopes that will be enough to convince legislators to contribute more money.
Over the last year, the organization has lost about $2 million in funding.
The report shows that of the nearly 8 million visitors to Lancaster County last year, tourists spent just under $2 billion.
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COLUMBUS - Opponents of a bill turning back Ohio's alternative energy targets say the Senate utilities chairman has disrespected and intimidated witnesses during hearings on the measure, allegations he denies.
A veteran who works for the Sierra Club wrote a letter of complaint about state Sen. Bill Seitz, a Cincinnati Republican, to Senate President Keith Faber. He says Seitz mocked the Bataan Death March in which 650 American soldiers were killed and spoke in a German accent while speaking of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany.
Other witnesses say Seitz walked out on a clergy member and pretended to shoot himself in the head when listening to the state's watchdog for utility consumers.
``This behavior is completely devoid of any honor or respect, and is not becoming of the Ohio Senate or the State of Ohio,'' wrote veteran Dan Sawmiller, the Sierra Club's senior campaign representative for Ohio and Kentucky.
Seitz, a lawyer and veteran lawmaker known for colorful floor speeches and candid quips, says opponents are taking him out of context. He says he's allowed many hours of opponent testimony on the bill, more than many other committees hearing other controversial bills.
Of the Bataan Death March comment, he said, ``I don't recall saying it, but if I did I was probably referring to the endless parade of witnesses they've brought forward to try to filibuster this bill.''
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Friday, we drove down mid-morning for a weekend away. And even with stopping twice (once for food and once for really cheap gas, $3.90 for premium), we made it there in great time. Being unprepared for the cool weather though, I forgot a real jacket.
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We parked and walked over to the zoo to meet up with three of our friends before heading to a bar for some drinks to kill time before our dinner. And some random girl on the street asked if I was Maria. I awkwardly apologized and said no. If any of you love to eat, and especially meat, this place is for you, Fogo de Chao! Just be prepared to be in a food coma for far too long.
I would try to explain how the process works, but basically there's unlimited food. And they just have meat on these skewers and come over and constantly pile it on your plate until your flip your coaster over to say you don't want anymore. E and I liked the garlic steak the best! But the boys all had different opinions. The highlight of the meal was probably having a celebrity sighting of Brandon Meriweather sitting at the table next to us.
After dinner, we went to a bar for some drinks before heading home. The boys stayed up playing video games, and I drunkenly did some writing.
Saturday, we woke up late and headed to Open City for brunch. I was unimpressed with my Croque Monsieur. Unfortunately, I feel like I've become a snob since spending time in Paris and eating such amazing ones there.
Then we split up and had a double date at the zoo. Apparently the last time I got to see Giant Pandas in real life, I was two and threw a giant temper tantrum. Ooops? It was freezing out though, so we warmed up in the gift shop before seeing some animals.
Then we finally saw a real life Giant Panda. I think it made my entire trip, maybe even month. I asked M if we could take one home, but that didn't go over well.
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The game ended up being far too close, and they didn't put in any of the Syracuse alum, but it was still a lot of fun!
After the game we went to a bar to watch Alabama kick some LSU butt, which made for a very happy M. Then ate some late night Burger King before heading back home for the night.
Sunday, we woke up way later than I had thought we would. Our hosts made delicious bacon and eggs for breakfast along with coffee. We headed to Baltimore for some Maryland crabs and to see M's brother before hitting the road home. And man, was it good to be home!
Thanks to our wonderful hosts J and E for having us! We had a lot of fun, and we can't wait for you two to make a trip to Connecticut!


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CAPE CANAVERAL - NASA and United Space Alliance are working on ways to keep shuttle workers at Kennedy Space Center and elsewhere employed in the space program after the orbiters retire in 2010, top officials from the space agency and its private shuttle contractors told Congress on Wednesday.
NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said the spaceship that will replace the shuttle for flights to the International Space Station and the moon is being designed with an eye toward saving money.
"The new system must have lower fixed costs," Griffin said of the proposed Crew Exploration Vehicle in a hearing before a Senate oversight committee. "Lower fixed costs means a smaller work force."
However, Griffin and his contractor counterparts testified they already are studying how best to shift thousands of shuttle workers to jobs on the new spaceship or to opportunities on other projects related to NASA's new initiative to send astronauts to the moon and Mars.
The space agency and its contractors face a challenge in coming years as people working on the shuttle program see the end approaching and start worrying about their futures. Griffin and contractor officials said they are worried engineers, technicians and others will flee the program for job security, creating a shortage of skilled space workers just as the United States is trying to field a new vehicle and expand exploration.
"I appreciate the very difficult job you're going to have over the next five years to maintain all of those capabilities, while knowing there is a final date set" for the shuttle's retirement, said U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, who represents thousands of space workers at Houston's Johnson Space Center.
Michael McCulley, a former astronaut who is chief executive officer of prime shuttle contractor United Space Alliance, illustrated his concern by telling a story from a recent chat with workers at the KSC cafeteria.
A young man, who moved from Pennsylvania to Florida specifically to work on the space program, told McCulley his family is wrestling with whether to stay here or take a possibly more secure job up north.
"He is in a very serious internal debate with his family," McCulley said. "We've had no problem at all with recruiting, but my folks are starting to think about what to do post-shuttle."
McCulley is concerned that he has few answers for them yet until NASA comes up with more definitive answers about the shuttle's retirement and the plans for a replacement. Recent announcements that the new administrator is speeding up development of the new ship so it's ready when the shuttles retire is welcome.
Both the agency and the companies said they are studying the handling of the recent retirement of the Titan 4 rocket, as well as the gap between the Apollo moon program and the shuttles' first mission, to learn how to help the people involved.
McCulley said Griffin's effort to define the future of the shuttle and plans for the replacement this year will help the company and the space agency prepare for the transition.
"I am sitting here with a great deal of uncertainty now," McCulley said. "I would anticipate that by the summer or fall, I will have a much better target."
Earlier this year, the Government Accountability Office issued a report to Congress criticizing NASA's effort to date preparing to transition shuttle workers to future space programs. The report suggested that, if shuttle workers were driven away by uncertainty, the dearth of qualified workers near the program's end could pose a safety threat for later flights.
Griffin and McCulley pledged Wednesday to make sure that does not happen. McCulley said steps would be taken to plan for the transition so that "the last space shuttle flight is just as safe as the next space shuttle flight."
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Wiccan Beliefs
Wicca is a polytheistic religion influenced by pre-Christian beliefs and practices, whose central deity are male and female deities who are in here in nature and that the concepts of such are emphasized through their ritual observance of seasonal and life-cycles throughout the year.
Wicca is the name of the nature-based religion started in the 1950's by Gerald Gardner in England. Wicca was brought to the United States by Raymond Buckland in the 1960's.
Wiccans' believe that everything is an expression of the Divine (or "Sacred All".) The theological term "Pantheism" explains the Wiccan view of the Sacred All. The universe and Divine are not separated, so the universe is treated as Divine.
Wicca is known as a mystery religion. Each person seeks the meaning of their own religion. No one person or book reveals the Divinity
Wicca is a circular religion; birth, life, and death repeat themselves throughout this life and the next. Wiccans believe in reincarnation.
Wiccan Disbeliefs
Wiccans do not believe in an eternal evil (for example, Satan.) There is no deity known or worshiped as Satan in Wicca.
Wiccans do not believe people are predisposition to evil. People do good things and people do bad things.
Sexual activity is not a requirement. Wiccans do see the body as holy and sexual activity as part of a holy action. It is an accepted part of humanity.
They do not believe in bloodletting inside the circle. The circle is a sacred space.
Holy Days
Lammas - 01 August
Mabon - 19-22 September (Fall Equinox)
Samhain - 31 October
Yule - 19-22 December (Winter Solstice)Imbolc - 02 February
Ostara 19-22 March (Spring Equinox)
Beltane 01 May
Litha 19-22 June (Summer Solstice)


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Wednesday, April 2, 2014
To the Editor:
I always get so mad when we accompany our Greenwaves to sporting events and the opponents jeer us and refer to Summerville as Slummerville!
However , as I passed by the shopping center at the corner of the Berlin Meyers and Hwy 78, as I do every day, and remembered that it has been the eyesore of Summerville since Hugo in 1989, I suddenly realized where they get the idea!
Of all the beauty of our Flowertown, this plaza, that everyone passes sometime during the week as I do, is truly a disgrace to our fair town!
Mike Moore
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An 80-year-old driver hit a parked car, then crashed through a Merritt Island Hallmark store Monday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Raw video: Interview with driver who crashed into Hallmark store
Joanne Youngblood, of Rockledge, was pulling her 2009 Hyundai four door car into the Hallmark store parking lot at 125 East Merritt Island Causeway around 9:30 a.m. when she hit the gas pedal instead of the brake pedal, troopers said.
Troopers said Youngblood hit Evelyn Lassiter's 2007 Chevrolet four door car, which was parked, then crashed through the front of the Hallmark store.
FHP ticketed Youngblood for careless driving. Troopers said they will recommend Youngblood for a re-exam.


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Last month, in Holland, I saw a wonderful sight.
BOOK STORES – many of them. The windows featured attractive, tasteful displays and their doors stood wide open. I saw all kinds of titles, in a score of languages. The covers of the books themselves ran the gamut from somber to edgy. Walking inside, I was greeted by helpful, multilingual staff that showed me where to find what I was looking for.
The shops were crowded with people – all engrossed in the process of purchasing a good read.
I saw posted notices for book clubs that were open to new members, and writers' groups offering the same inclusiveness. One of the book stores had an "authors' resource center," with a smiling technician waiting beside a USB port. "Just plug your memory stick in there," he said, "and your electronic file will be transformed into an actual bound book in just a few minutes." WOW.
In another shop, there was a lively discussion going on – again in several languages – about a new French law that aims to stop low e-book pricing. Apparently, in France, on-line book sellers will no longer be able to offer e-books for less money than the hard copy edition. The consensus seemed to be that the same guidelines will soon be adopted throughout the European Union.
The book store owner was excited. "Because of e-books, it is hard to keep my place running," she said, "this will help a lot! But, I wonder if the general public will embrace this idea quite so warmly?"
I own a Kindle and I live in Mérida, Yucatán, México – a place where not all titles are available – so I am grateful for instant electronic delivery. My budget-conscious side appreciates getting reading material for a fraction of the regular price. My environmentally-conscious side appreciates the saving of trees and energy that e-publishing has brought about.
As a writer, I initially thought that having my books "out there" and available for the whole world to buy would be a plus. However it isn't quite that simple. I have less "real" marketing and promotional venues for my books and because e-publishing is accessible to everyone, my books are in direct competition with millions of others that are also "out there."
And I lament the decline in hard copy book production and the fact that 1,000s of book stores have closed. "Real" books and book stores promote culture.
Although e-books are more practical, I prefer physical books. I like creative full-color covers and the formatting of a well-designed book enhances my enjoyment. I like being able to flip back and forth through the pages, and feeling the weight of a book in my hands is eminently more satisfying than my flimsy-feeling Kindle reader.
I once read a post by a blogger who wrote about how he wanted to get rid of his shelf of "old fashioned objects" AKA "real books." I for one hope the day never comes when everyone feels this way.
To me, books are treasures; The French say they are, objets d'art. Bless them.
I have to agree with the French, both hard copy books and electronic versions should be sold for the same price. It will even the playing field, keep book stores open and promote culture.


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Field officers for the state Game Commission's Northcentral region filed the following reports on June 20, according to the agency's website:
Tioga County Wildlife Conservation Officer Robert F. Minnich reports that May was a busy month spent chasing bears around and attending or participating in the following programs: the Tioga County Envirothon, the National Wild Turkey Federation's Jakes Day at Arnot Sportsmens Club, Penn State Cooperative Extension's 4-H Environmental Aware-ness Days, Springfest at Hills Creek State Park, a bear program for Mount Zion Church and retreat center and a display at the Route 15 visitors center.
Lycoming County WCO Jonathan M. Wyant reports that there are many sightings of eagles in and around Lycoming County. "I've personally observed two different ones on the same day," he said.
Northeast Field Office: June 20
Wyoming County WCO Victor Rosa reports that individuals using state game lands should be aware of regulations for recreational purposes as the game lands are managed differently than state parks. Many activities allowed in parks are restricted or prohibited on state game lands.
NorthWest Field Office: June 20


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There is a long history of bi-specific antibodies attempting to engage T cells, but none of these early attempts worked well. Micromet has developed novel proteins using its BiTE® technology. This involves using recombinant DNA, whereby the two binding domains of a T-cell binding antibody are connected by a linker sequence to become one polypeptide—a single-chain antibody. This process is repeated with a second antibody binding a cancer cell. The two different single-chain antibodies are finally connected with a third linker.
"The advantage of the novel protein is that it is small (only 55 Kd) compared to a regular antibody (150 Kd)," explained Patrick Baeuerle, Ph.D., senior vp, R&D and CSO. Another advantage is that it is produced as a single polypeptide encoded only by one gene. The linkers are of low immunogenicity because they lack hydrophobic amino acids.
"There have been no immune responses to BiTE antibodies in clinical trials to date," added Dr. Baeuerle. In addition, the linker sequence is flexible, allowing the antibody to grab two epitopes on two opposing cell surfaces.
A key factor is the way these antibodies bind to T cells—only if the BiTE is presented to T cells on the surface of a target cell will it activate the T-cell receptor CD3. If it binds to the T cell with just one arm, the T cells are not activated. This safeguard mechanism is a core feature of the technology and is referred to as conditional T-cell activation.
The company currently has two BiTE antibodies in clinical studies. MT103 (blinatumomab) binds CD19, present on lymphoma cells and MT110 binds to an epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) present on most solid tumors.
The company recently showed data (in vitro and mouse assays) confirming that MT110 eradicates colorectal cancer stem cells expressing EpCAM, Dr. Baeuerle noted. Additional data demonstrated that a BiTE antibody developed from the binding domains of Erbitux can engage T cells and overcome the limitation of this mAb. Human colorectal cancer cells mutated in KRAS and BRAF genes were efficiently killed in a mouse model by the Erbitux-based BiTE antibody, while Erbitux was ineffective, he added.
Many researchers have investigated the drug-targeting abilities of transferrin and have conjugated bioactive agents to it in attempts to exploit its natural properties. In addition, the transferrin receptor is upregulated on highly proliferating cancer cells and at inflammation sites. Other beneficial properties include a long circulating half-life of eight days, and since it's the second most abundant protein in blood, it's nonimmunogenic. There is also the possibility of oral uptake as reported in the literature.
Novozymes Biopharma has engineered transferrin to contain an unpaired cysteine that enables use of a free thiol group to attach a bioactive compound, forming an active therapeutic bioconjugate called Thio-transferrin. It is being developed for use with customers' preferred bioactive, which could be a protein, peptide, drug, nucleic acid, or nanoparticle. It is produced in the same yeast expression system used to manufacture animal-free recombinant transferrin for cell culture applications. It allows site-specific conjugation, overcoming the problems of plasma-derived transferrin and nonspecific conjugation.
"One of the main challenges in developing thio-transferrin was identifying stable amino acid sites for modification," commented Joanna Hay, Ph.D., senior research scientist. "We wanted to engineer transferrin to introduce an unpaired cysteine, but at the same time retain transferrin's physiological properties namely iron and receptor binding."
The company used its computer-modeling and protein-engineering experience to identify suitable amino acids of transferrin for modification to a cysteine residue. Engineering a reactive cysteine into proteins with several disulfide bonds is challenging since it could interfere with structural and functional properties of the protein. A year-long study showed the thiotransferrin variants had the necessary characteristics—a free thiol group able to bind iron and the transferrin receptor.
Ablynx has developed a method using llama proteins to create their Nanobodies. These have a high homology with humans, and immunogenicity is not an issue. They also require no engineering—the company's process removes the VHH domain. In addition, they are about one-tenth the size of monoclonal antibodies and can access targets such as viral canyons, GPCRs, and chemokines that are usually difficult for mAbs and other fragments, reports the company.
"Our formatting feature allows us to link multiple Nanobodies together to increase potency and to obtain bi-specific Nanobodies that target two different disease targets," explained Eva-Lotta Allen, CBO. This also enables tailoring the half-life depending on whether it's an acute or chronic indication.
These molecules can be delivered by alternative routes such as pulmonary, oral, and skin patch because they are stable to pH, enzyme, and temperature changes. Since highly potent Nanobodies can be generated, a lower dose can be administered, which aids the alternate delivery route, she added.
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MACKINAC ISLAND -- It's getting to be closing time at the Grand Hotel. For the first time in its 123-year history, the historic property on Mackinac Island will give guests a behind-the-scenes look at how it closes for the season Oct. 26 and 27.
Guests can see and participate in the traditions that occur as staff closes the hotel for six months.
"A great deal of care goes into closing down the 385 rooms, the public areas, the grounds, the kitchen and other parts of the hotel for the season," said R.D. (Dan) Musser III, hotel president.
The afternoon and evening schedule includes removal of the white rocking chairs from the longest front porch in the world, a special "Close the Grand" presentation by hotel historian Bob Tagatz, a casual "empty the pantry" buffet dinner in the dining room Monday evening and a continental breakfast Tuesday morning. Hotel rooms that have not been booked will be kept open for guests to inspect.
At 10 a.m. on Tuesday, the Musser family, which has owned the hotel for 76 years, will ring a bell to formally close the 123rd season.
Package prices include lodging, the buffet dinner and continental breakfast and are $190 per couple; $150 for a single person. Call (800) 33-GRAND.
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- 1 Web and TV Interest Group
- 1.1 News
- 1.2 Meeting Minutes
- 1.3 New Ideas for 2014
- 1.4 Related Groups
- 1.5 Task Forces
- 1.6 Resources
- 1.7 Archived Reports and Deliverables
Web and TV Interest Group
This is the Wiki for the W3C Web and TV Interest Group (Web&TV IG), used to organize work in the IG. Higher-level information about the Web&TV IG is available on the main home page of the group. The Interest Group reviews existing work and identifies requirements and potential solutions for the Web and TV. The development of Web standards, when required, takes place in other working groups.
- Face-to-face meeting during TPAC 2015
- Face-to-face meeting during TPAC 2014
- The Fourth W3C Web and TV Workshop
- W3C held a Fourth W3C Web and TV Workshop - Web and TV Convergence - on 12-13 March 2014 in Munich, Germany. The Workshop was hosted by IRT.
- Previous News
Meeting Minutes
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New Ideas for 2014
The process and wiki page to gather New Use Cases and New Topics for the Second Round of work in 2014 is available here.
Related Groups
Several groups (Working, Community and Business Groups) work in areas that are relevant to the TV and media entertainment industry. Please see the separate page for TV-related groups.
Task Forces
- The results from the recently closed Media APIs Task Force on requirements for discovery and control of device capabilities, e.g., tuner control, has been taken over to the TV Control API CG.
- See also the TV-related groups.
Glass to Glass Internet Ecosystem - GGIE - Task Force
GGIE seeks to help standards organizations identify technical standards needs around:
- media capture (professional cameras, smartphones)
- media editing systems
- media storage
- media packaging
- media providers (streaming media websites, cable, IPTV & satellite systems)
- media clients (general-purpose browsers, televisions, tablets, phones)
See here for a list of the use cases under discussion
Cloud Browser Task Force
Closed or Dormant
- (Closed) Media APIs TF [apis]
- Merges the work of the Recording and Downloading Media, Terminal Capabilities and Content Metadata Exposure and Content Synchronization TFs with the following focus:
- Identify requirements for recording and downloading media
- Investigate requirements for discover and control of device capabilities (e.g. tuner control)
- Investigate how to expose TV metadata to web applications
- Investigate mapping between Media Element API and in-band metadata
- Synchronization of broadcast content and web applications up to frame accurate
- Merges the work of the Recording and Downloading Media, Terminal Capabilities and Content Metadata Exposure and Content Synchronization TFs with the following focus:
- (Closed) Testing TF [testing]
- Identify Requirements for testing from a "Web and TV" perspective
- act as a bridge between ongoing activities in W3C and other organizations interested in testing W3C specifications
- (Closed) Stereoscopic 3D Web [3dweb]
- Investigate impact of 3D Video/Graphics on HTML and other web standards
- (note: see notes of a breakout session on this topic during TPAC here http://www.w3.org/wiki/TPAC2012/3dweb)
- (Closed) Timed Text [tt]
- Develop recommendations to facilitate the use of TTML and WebVTT content on the Web, including interoperability with other timed text formats.
- (Closed) Media Pipeline TF [mptf] — discuss requirements placed on the HTML5 video, audio and media interface by media formats that will be used for Web and TV
- Requirement document published: Adaptive Bitrate Requirements for HTML5 Media Element
- Led to the Adaptive Bitrate calls for HTML5 <video> tag proposal
- Led to the Mediasource specification proposal
- Requirement document published: Content Protection Requirements for HTML5 Media Element
- Led to the Encrypted Media Extensions proposal
- Requirement document published: Adaptive Bitrate Requirements for HTML5 Media Element
- (Closed) Home Network TF — [hntf] identify gaps to enable discovery and control of devices and services in the local area IP network.
- The TF published a requirement document: Requirements for Home Networking Scenarios
- Follow-up ongoing in the DAP WG
- (On hold) Web Media Profile TF [profile] — discuss a profile to be used in TV deployments.
Member Wiki
A member only wiki is available, for member confidential information. Note that confidentiality of this wiki is at W3C membership level, and NOT IG level. Note also that use of this (public) wiki is preferred when possible.
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The IG holds a biweekly teleconference on Wednesday.
The conference bridge is the following
When: Wednesday, 11:00am-12:30pm US Eastern
Zakim Bridge: +1.617.761.6200
Conference code: 932881 ("WEBTV1")
Note that W3C has switched its teleconference system from Zakim to WebEx on July 1, 2015.
WebEx Service: See [Call in info (member-only)] [WebEx Best Practise]
There is also an extra slot if needed for additional call, see here
F2F meetings are organized as needed. There is at least one F2F meeting of the IG, during TPAC.
The Interest Group uses the #webtv IRC channel on irc.w3.org, port 6665 to take minutes and record issues, actions and resolutions during meetings.
- Archives of the email@example.com mailing-list are publicly available. This mailing-list should be used for all technical discussions within the group.
- Archives of the firstname.lastname@example.com mailing-list are available to W3C Members only. Use of this second list should be restricted to administrative purposes
IG Specific Processes
- TF handling rule to propose the creation of a task force
- TF charter template to precise the scope of a potential new task force
- Use Case template to be used as base for drafting a use case input document. Note that TFs may have their own further refined template (check TF page)
- Tracker is used to track issues and actions within the group. For help on how to use Tracker see the related web site. For a really quick intro see here
Other Useful W3C Resources
- World Wide Web Consortium Process Document 14 October 2005
- Art of Consensus Guide W3C member confidential
- Notes on IRC at W3C
- The Zakim IRC Teleconference Agent
- Quick Start Guide to taking minutes
- TV-related W3C groups and specifications
Emulators and Testing Tools
- Opera TV Emulator (Presto Based)
- Smart TV Alliance SDK
- Google TV Emulator
Archived Reports and Deliverables
Web and TV Interest Group Report
The Web and TV Interest Group Report categorizes topics of interest for the Web and TV in terms of standardization needs. The group is to publish a first snapshot of the report soon. Results of work items discussed in task forces will be integrated in the final report of the Interest Group.
Workshop Reports
- Munich Workshop - 12-13 March 2014
- Hollywood Workshop - 19-20 September 2011
- Berlin Workshop - 8-9 February 2011
- Tokyo Workshop - 2-3 September 2010


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Carl Buttitta of Iselin Kennedy and Antony Cefolo of Hanover Park had the same quirk in their semifinal-round match: They couldn't stop spying on the other match."Yeah I was looking over," said Buttitta (38-3), who was trying to score a pin for nearly 90 seconds of the third period against Brick Memorial's Joseph Ghione. Buttitta won, 10-0. "I couldn't help it. They were having a great match."
Cefolo (37-3), admitted the same.
"Of course I looked," he laughed. "I always look."
Buttitta and Cefolo will battle for the state title on Sunday.
The matches themselves were completely different. Jan Rosenberg of Morris Knolls battled Cefolo to a scoreless tie after one period. With the match tied at 3-3 late in the third period, Cefolo escaped to take a 4-3 lead and held on for the victory.
Cefolo had lost to Rosenberg earlier in the season, 9-4, and Cefolo said he couldn't stop Rosenberg's shot in that matchup. In the rematch, Cefolo closed the distance with collar tie-ups and used whizzers to block Rosenberg's shots.
"I'm coming in here with one goal. I'm here to win this tournament," said Cefolo, a freshman. "But Buttitta looks tough. It should be fun."Buttitta, a sophomore, led, 5-0, to begin the third period. He swept Ghione 30 seconds into the period and fought for a pin for the remainder of the match.
"In my mind, I can do it. I should do it," said Buttitta, who placed fifth last season. "We're similar wrestlers, so it should be an exciting final."


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EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State coach Tom Izzo will serve a one-game suspension for a secondary violation of NCAA rules related to a basketball camp.
School officials said Friday that Michigan State employed someone associated with a potential recruit during a basketball camp in June. The person was paid $475 for five days of working with middle school-aged campers. Izzo said at a somber news conference that he regrets what happened, but called it an unintentional violation of the rules.
The Spartans will be led by associate head coach Mark Montgomery today against Prairie View A&M.
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Tom Izzo, shown at last month's EA Sports Maui Invitational, will not coach Michigan State today against Prairie View A&M.
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"As you can imagine, I'm upset about the situation, but it's an isolated, inadvertent situation," Izzo said. "In no way, shape or form did we think in any way we did any-thing wrong, but by the broad letter of the law here, it could be interpreted in many different ways, and I have to accept the interpretation of the NCAA."
Athletic director Mark Hollis said the NCAA viewed the case as a secondary violation, but the school was told to suspend Izzo for a game.
The school said the NCAA has indicated the case will be closed once the suspension is served. Still, both Izzo and Hollis sounded miffed at the severity of the sanction, which Izzo called "unprecedented" for this type of situation.
Hollis said an "individual associated with a prospect" can be anybody who has communication with a prospect because of his athletic performance. Michigan State said the person employed at the camp wasn't accompanied by the prospect and didn't have any contact with the prospect while coaching at the camp.
"To our knowledge, the individual in this case is not a handler or an agent, no money was funneled to him for access to the recruit, and the individual's camp employment had no impact on the recruitment of the prospect," Hollis said. "I believe this falls into an unintended 'IAWP' violation when the individual maintained contact with the prospect for personal reasons and then was employed as a camp counselor at our camp. The prospect and the high school coach never viewed the individual as their guy or as MSU's guy."
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The toilet powder commonly known as "rice powder"—often labeled "Poudre de Riz" or "Fleur de Riz"—seldom is what its name declares, according to Charles H. La Wall,3 chemist to the dairy and food commissioner of Pennsylvania. Out of sixteen samples of so-called rice powder examined by him, only two consisted entirely of rice (unfortunately La Wall does not name the brands), and only six contained any rice at all. Talc, corn starch, zinc oxid, chalk and bismuth subnitrate were the substances found replacing rice flour wholly or in part.
La Wall's attention was first directed toward substitutions and adulterations by a case in which a physician had difficulty in establishing a diagnosis. A face powder, alleged to consist of rice flour, fell under suspicion, and was found to contain zinc oxid, talc and corn starch, but no rice. The zinc oxid proved to be the disturbing factor. La Wall
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I really wanted a graphic representation of Nathan Winograd's Debunking Pet Overpopulation. But no one seems to have made one. So I did it myself:
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I really wanted a graphic representation of Nathan Winograd's Debunking Pet Overpopulation. But no one seems to have made one. So I did it myself:
Permission granted for use for all non-commercial No Kill advocacy.
Filed under No Kill
Over the past few months, distemper has closed pounds and cost the lives of hundreds of dogs in North Carolina. Robeson, Duplin, Wayne, Mecklenburg, Iredell and Ashe counties have all had outbreaks in their pounds, and there are probably more places where the pounds are keeping their outbreaks hushed up. In many cases, the shelter directors, most of whom did not have a policy of vaccination upon intake, blamed pet owners for not vaccinating.
Meanwhile, the NC branch of HSUS and the Richmond County Humane Society (which runs the county pound) teamed up to make it easy and affordable for "underserved" pet owners in that county to help stop distemper via a $3 vaccination clinic. Each $3 copay for the donated vaccines was to go to the participating vet clinics, and pet owners would be referred to the vets for further services. But veterinarians Will Cooley of Cooley Veterinary Hospital in Rockingham, and Ralph Souder of Gandy Animal Hospital decided not to participate in the clinic, which was to be held Saturday in Rockingham.
In a stunning display of complete stupidity and irresponsibility, Cooley said: "The general public's animals are not affected by the distemper outbreak. We feel like non-profits are coming in to practice veterinary medicine. This hype about distemper alarms the public about a problem that is not a problem. They were not going to address the problem. Gathering dogs that are unvaccinated in one area would only make the problem worse."
He went on to say that NC State University veterinary students, who were going to perform the actual vaccinations as practice, don't need the practice and should "go to shelters and vaccinate those dogs." While that would be a fantastic idea, Cooley's argument that the "general public" shouldn't bother vaccinating their dogs amid a statewide distemper outbreak is appalling.
Would Cooley say the same if someone were paying him the going rate of $15-30 per shot (plus office visit fee) for the service, or would he shut up, vaccinate the dogs and thank the owners for their business?
Filed under Distemper, Richmond County
Luke is a young pit mix who is loved by the staff at the Edgecombe County pound (Tarboro, NC). He is young, handsome, loves people and gets along great with other dogs–basically what many potential adopters are looking for. Unfortunately for Luke, he's also exactly the kind of dog who gets killed regularly in places that call themselves shelters (and worse, in the gas chamber at many such as Edgecombe).
According to the poster of the photo: "The shelter loves him but they have to kill him, via gassing by Tuesday." This is the heart of the problem. The Edgecombe pound does not "have" to kill this dog. The director and/or staff are CHOOSING to kill this dog. Saving this dog would be as simple as the pound director saying "We are going to find an alternative to killing this dog" and then assigning that task to staff, who might find a foster home, double him up in a run with another dog-friendly dog, get him to more off-site adoption events, get on the phone to rescue groups, etc. They can do it, and not just for Luke, because it has been done. There are step-by-step instructions.
But the Edgecombe pound chooses to kill animals. Lots of them (1,157 dogs, or 81 percent, and 1,129 cats, or 99 percent in 2010). And so they are going to gas Luke to death because that is what they do. Meanwhile, rescuers all over eastern NC are crossposting this guy like crazy, feeling sick and guilty because they haven't been able to save him yet.
The poster of this photo says of the Edgecombe pound: "Their adoption rate is so low they don't even worm or give vaccines to the dogs as they come in. HOWEVER, everyone is in love with Luke and wants to save him, so we had shots given Saturday."
I'll leave off the rant about how not giving vaccines upon intake is basically choosing death over life to focus on the issue of adoption rates. Perhaps Edgecombe's adoption rate is low because they advertise their animals with photos like this:
Maybe Edgecombe's adoption rates are so low because they are only open Monday-Friday from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, when kids are in school and most working people are at work. I don't know much more about the Edgecombe pound, but just speculating: maybe they don't get the dogs to enough offsite adoption events, maybe their staff are rude to people, maybe their facility smells bad or is depressing. There are a lot of possible reasons people are not adopting in droves from Edgecombe, but there's one thing for certain: they are things the pound director could do something about.
Instead they kill. In short, if the director and staff of the Edgecombe pound really wanted to avoid killing Luke, they only have to choose to save him. And if they don't choose to save instead of kill, maybe it's time to put someone else in that job.
*Yes, I know there are actually two photos in this post.
Filed under Edgecombe, NC county/municipal pounds, No Kill
It's starting to seem like "all distemper all the time" here in North Carolina. Here's a story I missed a few weeks ago: the Iredell County pound had a distemper outbreak in late March.
Oh wait, the pound had not-an-outbreak, according to the director "I don't believe this is an outbreak," says shelter director Chris Royal, despite the fact that she reimbursed seven people their $80 adoption fee after their pets got sick.
Despite it not being an outbreak, Royal "depopulated" the facility, which is shelterspeak for "they killed all the dogs."
The good news is that the Iredell pound is now vaccinating on intake.
Filed under Distemper, NC county/municipal pounds
After discovering that Ashe County pound had closed for distemper, I emailed AC director Joe Testerman to find out if he routinely vaccinated upon intake, which is essential to preventing the spread of distemper in an animal control facility:
Vaccination is the cornerstone of distemper prevention in a shelter. The canine distemper vaccine is one of the most rapidly protective vaccines available in veterinary medicine: It can provide meaningful protection within hours of administration. All dogs 4-6 weeks of age and older should be vaccinated immediately upon intake with a modified live or recombinant vaccine (earlier end of age range in the face of an outbreak or high risk environment). The recombinant vaccine may provide superior protection in the face of maternal antibodies, and therefore may be a good choice for puppies during an outbreak or in a community where distemper is a frequent threat. Because vaccintion is never absolutely reliable in puppies under four months, extra care should be taken to mechanically isolate puppies in a shelter facing a distemper problem.
Teasterman's reply (emphasis mine): "We do vaccinate puppies upon receiving them if we have vaccine on hand. At this time the vaccinations we have are donated, and we have not been able to purchase these vaccinations as we are not bugeted for that. We are working on a proposed policy at this time."
So in short, no, Ashe County does not have a policy of vaccination upon intake. Testerman cites lack of funds, but as at other pounds around the state, there seems plenty of budget for enough Fatal-Plus to kill all the dogs when it's time to close the pound because of a distemper outbreak. (To my knowledge Ashe is not a gas chamber pound; someone please correct me if I am wrong.)
So in essence, even though killing bothers Joe Testerman, the lack of a vaccination protocol at his facility amounts to a de facto choice of killing over saving lives. The reality is that sooner or later a dog carrying distemper will enter a shelter. The only protocol that can protect the rest of the animals in that facility starts with vaccination upon intake.
But Joe Testerman seems sincere, and if he really does want to stop killing so many animals I am on his side. So I emailed him back:
I read in another article where you said that killing "takes something out of the humans who have to make that decision and if anyone has an answer for it, we are sure willing to listen."The truth is that there IS an answer for it, and it you really are willing to listen I would be happy to share. Others have taken shelters just like yours and turned their numbers upside-down, going from 85 percent kill rates to 90 percent+ SAVE rates, often in the first year.For example, in a small Texas town, a police sergeant with no previous animal control experience was put in charge of the animal control center. He told his boss he would do it only if he didn't have to kill animals. And he did it:
Sgt. Karl Bailey of Seagoville Animal Services is an inspiration: a veteran of the police department, he took over a rural kill shelter in Texas with no experience, abolished the gas chamber on his first day, ordered that the killing come to an end, and last year saved roughly 98% of all the animals. Seagoville, Texas just might be the safest community in the U.S. for dogs and cats entering shelters—on average, only one animal loses his or her life every month, due to extreme illness, injury, or for dogs, aggression.You can read more here if you are interested.
Just to our north in Virginia there are now SEVEN open-admission city or county shelters that have achieved lifesaving rates of 90 percent or more: Arlington, Charlottesville, Fluvanna County, King George County, Lynchburg, Williamsburg, and Powhatan County. There are also several more "in progress" toward a 90 percent lifesaving rate (you can see more here, check out the list on the right-hand side of the page).There is no reason you cannot achieve the same, and all you need to do is follow a formula that has been tried and tested by many before you.Yes, there is a lot of work involved, but the rewards would be huge for you, your community and thousands of animals you would be saving instead of killing. What's more, once you put your facility on this positive path toward saving many more animals than you kill, you will almost certainly find members of your community who previously avoided your shelter lining up to help you do your life-affirming work.
Filed under Ashe County, Distemper, NC county/municipal pounds, Robeson County
I just saw a posting on the wall of A Shelter Friend (the advocacy/rescue group responsible for saving most of the animals who make it out of the Bladen County pound alive) that this dog named Raleigh is going to be killed today for hookworm if someone doesn't step up and commit to his rescue or adoption by 4:30 pm.
If a member of the public were to drop this dog at the pound saying he didn't want to pay for the de-worming, he would be called irresponsible. But when the pound decides the dog's life is worth less than a dose of de-wormer, guess who they get to blame? The irresponsible public.
True, the Bladen County pound is on a small budget. But there seems to be enough in the budget for the dose of Fatal-Plus to kill Raleigh. What's more, via A Shelter Friend, Bladen pound has a pretty large supporter base. If the director asked ASF to put the word out that they need donations of de-wormers, they would probably get a decent response. Some people who can't go to the pound and pick up Raleigh might like a chance to do something concrete to help him get out of that pound alive.
Filed under "irresponsible public", Bladen, NC county/municipal pounds
YesBiscuit! just reported that the Charlotte-Mecklenburg ACC was notified of a confirmed case of parvo in a dog adopted through a satellite event but declined to inform adopters of other dogs at the event. Fourteen other dogs were adopted at the event along with Ginger, and their possibly unaware owners may be taking them to dog parks, training classes and play dates.
The Koret Shelter Medicine program at UC-Davis recommends that a dog incubating the virus and its feces should be kept away from puppies and unvaccinated dogs for 2 weeks.
From wsoctv.com: Woman says dog adopted at SouthPark was infected with parvovirus.
Filed under Charlotte-Mecklenburg, NC county/municipal pounds, Parvo


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Skip to comments.Tastes Like Hate: Torrance Chick-Fil-A Vandalized Ahead Of Same Sex Kiss Day
Posted on 08/03/2012 11:28:17 AM PDT by nickcarraway
The store manager of a Chick-fil-A in Torrance says the restaurant was targeted by vandals overnight.
KNX 1070′s John Brooks reports a message that read Tastes Like Hate with a painting of a cow was discovered early Friday morning at the store located at 18200 Hawthorne Boulevard.
Workers quickly painted over the graffiti as Torrance police officers were called out to the scene sometime around 6:40 a.m., according to police.
Franchise owner Cole Donahoo said they never talk about politics, marriage or religion at the restaurant they just serve food to anyone who comes in.
We just dont even discuss that here at the workplace, said Donahoo. Our goal is to serve great food with courteous service in a clean, hospitable environment.
Friday also marks National Same Sex Kiss Day, which has been organized by gay and lesbian supporters to show Chick-fil-A Our Thanks For Their Support Of Love, Equality, And The Real Definition Of Marriage, according to the events Facebook page.
Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy has said he believes in the Biblical interpretation of marriage being between a man and a woman. The chain has also reportedly donated millions to anti-gay marriage groups in recent years, according to Equality Matters.
During the kiss-in planned for 5 p.m. Friday, gay and straight couples are encouraged to go to any Chick-fil-A location and take a picture kissing.
On Wednesday, thousands ate at Chick-fil-A locations around the country after Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee called for a national Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day to show support for Cathy.
However, Huckabee told KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO that freedom of speech not same-sex marriage is at the core of this controversy.
This really isnt about the chicken; its not even about the product. Its just about whether the person who is the executive of a company can still speak his mind, said Huckabee. We expect that every day from the CEOs of Apple and Starbucks and Ben & Jerrys, and it ought to be the same set of rules applied to a person who is a conservative, and in this case, an evangelical Christian.
The Torrance Police Department is investigating the vandalism.
Id hate to find out the owner did this for publicity
Ya know.. I am really getting sick of being labeled a hater by haters...
I could give to flips what they do in their bedroom.. I just don't care.
I also don't care to hear about it all the time.
I see the deep feeling fair minded liberal left is at it again. Pushing the hate agenda to fire up their base. It will probably work on the fools.
That is my local Chick-Fil-A.
Lines were about 30 people outside door on Wed.
Ironic, rather hateful behavior on the vandalizer's part.
I think today is a better day to go to CFA than the big support day. It would be great if TODAY was the day when they did the best business!
I'd go but there isn't one within hours of me.
time to posse.
Methinks the "gay community" has popped the pin on a hand grenade. Unfortunately, they threw the pin and held the grenade.
I have noticed for the last few hours that this Adam Smith video (the one that various news services are linking to) appears to be "stuck" at 149,039 hits on my computer.
You don't think YouTube would be suppressing hit counts, do you? Could it be my cookies or something?
They are the haters. They hate marriage. They want to re-define it until it is meaningless.
The hate is theirs.
Looks like they sent out a pro sign painter/vandal. Rather carefully done for graffiti.
They used to say, "What we do in the privacy of our own bedroom...."
But they're not happy with that now; they want to take it public...like with the queer parade they have each year here in San Diego. Why would they take public what they claim is private? It makes no sense.
Saw nothing about this on Fox, but the CNN report passed over the vandalism in a split-second and gave plenty of air time to the fat lesbian from Decatur GA who invited Dan Cathy to come to her house for chicken and "conversation."
This location hasn't even been open 6 months, I think. It's very local to me, too. Bastards...
I went Wednesday night because there is one on my way home and I am going tonight because I have to go to the mall for some things. My daughter, granddaughter and I may go again tomorrow. I love their salads!
That's very doubtful. Every political assassination of the last 200 years has been the work of a leftist. Similarly, every crime of church arson and vandalism has been traced back to liberals for as long as such records have been kept. Mass murderers from Joseph Stalin (Communist) to Adolph Hitler (Socialist) and to, yes, Ted Kennedy (Socialist murderer and abortionist) are all liberals.
Conservatives are, by nature, law-abiding people who are obedient to God, respecting life and property. In the unlikely case that the Torrance Chick-Fil-A vandalism was an inside job, it's a safe bet that that the one involved (maybe a disgruntled employee) was a liberal sodomite.
Someone should find the fag that did this and ask him what he's had in HIS mouth lately.
And how did THAT taste?
Id hate to find out the owner did this for publicity
Now, what put that thought in your head?
Well for one it looks to darn neat not rushed
Look at the spin....it wasn't vandalized ahead of the gay kiss-in, it was vandalized after the successful CFA Appreciation Day. They slant the news with impunity.
It's not about hate, it's not about chicken, it's all about forcing the American people to accept an aberrant, unnatural, unsanitary and immoral lifestyle as being the norm.
AFAIK, Laz doesn't hit vegans.
I'd hope not. That would be in bad taste.
Yeah,but the one inside Del Amo Mall down the street on Hawthorne has been around for 20 plus years.
Closer and drive-through is much more convenient.
It looks like Kristallnacht for anyone who
believes in the creator of the universe.
I can only hope so! I REALLY enjoy ticking PETA brats off! I live behind enemy lines is Austin. I get a LOT of practice ;-)
I think that's a gross exaggeration.
I also enjoyed a sixty min conversation with fellow patriots at the Torrance CFA on Wed. Everyone was sooooo hateful weren't they? (sarc)
I thought it was pretty good too. Looks like they used a stencil--speed and accuracy.
Perhaps only with a two-by-four? :=)
I'm filling out a top secret clearance form. Under hair color there's a drop down menu. Choices included purple, orange, green, candy-striped...nowhere did it say, "partially balding and lying about the color of what's left."
Who was it that said PETA stood for People Eating Tasty Animals?
Seriously, anywhere stupid tools gather, you will find some sort of national socialist organization willing to use them.
We'll see.
the artist has come forward
Manny Castro
I hope he is currently under arrest.
Um hmmm. So Tea Partiers, get those spray cans ready and match over to White House. It is, after all, a protest!
Channel 7 (Los Angeles) put my Tea Party sign next to the graffiti one. :)
Here it is...
He welcomes both detractors and admirers to his group art show this Saturday, where he's prepared to answer any question anyone might have.
...and perhaps sell something. Yeah, right, he "did it for the cause". It all comes down to the Benjamins. This is turning into a black eye for the homos.
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The Italian journal of geopolitics GEOPOLITICA. Rivista dell'Istituto in Alti Studi di Geopolitica e Scienze Ausiliarie calls submissions for the Autumn 2013 issue.
The section theme of this issue is The state of the European Union. This issue will be dedicated to the analysis of the European institutions and to the role of the European Union as an international actor. Furthermore, this issue will cover the relations between the Union's member states in the domains of politics and economics.
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history of the European Union and evolution of relations among member states and external intelocutors;
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political, juridical and economic analysis of the European institutions;
analysis of the EU enlargement policy;
EU-Russian relations in light of the Eurasian integration process;
relationship of EU with the Mediterranean neighbouring;
Europan debt crisis and policies adopted to deal with it.
Abstracts that are no longer than 400 words and a short (maximum one paragraph) biography of the author should be submitted by August 15, 2013, electronically by this contact form: http://www.geopolitica-rivista.org/contatti/. Abstracts are accepted only in English and Italian.
By no more than 10 days after the submission, authors of approved abstracts will be asked to submit their full articles for peer review. There is not a maximum lenght for articles, though is recommended to not exceed 4500 words. Articles are accepted in English, Italian, French and Spanish. All articles proposed should be unpublished in Italian language and not proposed to third party at the same time. By submitting his or her article, the Author assert that he or she owns the publishing rights in Italian language and cedes them in exclusive to GEOPOLITICA. Language of publication of all articles is Italian.
The deadline for full articles is October 1, 2013. An invitation to submit a full article does not guarantee publication. Even articles approved by the referees may be not published due to lacking of room in the issue, but they will be published, with the author's assent, in a following issue or in the journal's website.
The issue 3 of the second volume of GEOPOLITICA is scheduled to appear in January, 2014. GEOPOLITICA is the journal of the Italian no-profit Institute of Advanced Studies in Geopolitics and Auxiliary Sciences (Istituto di Alti Studi in Geopolitica e Scienze Ausiliarie, IsAG) based in Rome and is the first and sole refereed journal of geopolitics in Italian language. Each monographic issue contains invited papers by recognized experts of the subject and peer-reviewed papers freely submitted from scholars following a public call for papers.


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The cabin was spacious, the bed comfortable and our porthole huge.
Itinerary was generally good, apart from Kuantan and Port Klang, but the ship's excursions were expensive. We bought the comprehensive day tour of Singapore which included lunch at Raffles, and I would strongly recommend this great experience. At all the other destinations we did our own thing much more cheaply by taxi. The taxi drivers ask silly money, but sooner or later one breaks ranks and the fares drop dramatically.
Drink prices on board were expensive on first sight, however happy hour was pretty cheap and the wine/water package deal made a daily bottle acceptably priced. Joining Costa Club brought price benefits too.
Highlights? Langkawi mangrove tour was outstanding - taxi for 4 (3hrs) cost US$30. Walk around Georgetown (Penang) heritage area was fascinating. The beaches at Phuket were great. Pattaya old town red light area was a much cheaper alternative to the slog to Bangkok. At Koh Samui the taxi tour for 4 (4hrs) cost US$80, taking in beaches and waterfall. The Malacca river trip cost £2 each and was top value.
Some people found things to grumble about, but I say get a life. It was all great fun for us and the friends we made on the trip.


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Definitions fro book World Cultures and Geography Eastern Hemisphere.
Fertile Crescent
A region stretching from the Persian Gulf northwest up the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and west over to the Mediterranean Sea
Spreading Center
The region at the crest of a mid-ocean ridge, where new crust is being formed by seafloor spreading.
the branch of astrophysics that studies the origin and evolution and structure of the universe
second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,00 to 500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BC
latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the middle east (but later elsewhere)
Site on Jordan River (Israel), on natural corridor out of Afr. No hominid fossils, but stone tools similar to those from E Afr (Oldowan), and many Afr mammal bones, ~1.5-1.6 myr.
Homo Neanderthal
inhabited parts of Europe and Asia about lived from about 350,000 to 30,000 years ago
Skhul Cave
One of the Middle Paleolithic sites in Israel where modern human skeletons have been found
Shanidar Cave
Neanderthal burial site--individual buried in cave with flowers (pollen)
Evidence of compassion--individual was previously horribly wounded, but survived--had to have been taken care of by someone
Catal Hayuk
A large neolithic city in modern Turkey. The first city ever. They used stone and bone for tools but died out before metal was used. It was from 6500BCE-5700BCE.
Profile Map
a drawing which outlines the surface of the land showing the height and depths of hills and valleys.
the doctrine that reality consists of two basic opposing elements, often taken to be mind and matter (or mind and body), or good and evil
the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud
Stratigraphic Map
A map showing the areal distribution, configuration, or aspect of a stratigraphic unit or surface, such as an isopach map or a lithofacies map.
The sacred book of Christianity, a collection of ancient writings including the books of both the Old Testament and the New Testament.


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