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UNION – Tony Award Winning composer and lyricist William Finn will speak at Kean University on March 1 at 3:30 in the University Center Little Theatre, 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, as part of the 2010 Premiere Stages Artists Series. Premiere Stages, the professional theatre in residence at Kean invites the public to this candid conversation about writing and composing for Broadway.
Finn is the composer and lyricist of acclaimed Broadway musicals including Falsettos, Elegies, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, which the Kean University Theatre Department performs this spring. Finn will discuss his career trajectory and current projects, and will offer insights into the creation and original production of "…Spelling Bee." Audience members are encouraged to attend this talk in conjunction with the Theatre Department's production of this Tony Award winning musical, called "irresistible," "lovable" and "refreshing" by the New York Times.
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From 15 July to 15 September 2013, the Groninger Museum will present
an exceptional installation entitled At World's End by Diane KW, a
professional ceramist from Hawaii. She is fascinated by the shards of
Chinese porcelain that emerged from the wreck of the Geldermalsen, a VOC
(Dutch East India Company) ship that sunk in the South China Sea in
1752. The Groninger Museum is the proud owner of a complete collection
of porcelain from this ship, but also has much broken material. Diane KW
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spam for example, which is thus immortalized on an indestructible
With the aid of a photographic technique, she burned texts from spam messages and photos of Geldermalsen porcelain on the shard. This produced a confusing visual effect. As an artist she is making a statement: the worthless shard has become a museological object, old stories acquire a new, topical layer.
The title At World's End refers to pirates, shipwrecks and undersea treasures (similar to a film in the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' series) and also to her homeland of Hawaii where she lives and works, far out in the ocean.
Some of the shards in the series will be added to the collection of the Groninger Museum as a gift.
At World's End is a part of the exhibition entitled Draken en Lange Lijzen (Dragons and Lange Lijzen). The series has been specially produced for the Groninger Museum.
Diane KW has exhibited her work in galleries on Hawaii and elsewhere in the USA. She has participated in group exhibitions, and was represented at international ceramics exhibitions in South Korea in 2010-2011. Photos of her work have also been published in various books and catalogues. Her ceramic work has been included in the collections of the Pacific University Museum (Oregon, USA), the Honolulu Museum of Art (Hawaii) and the Nanchang University Ceramics Museum (Nanchang, China).


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FRANKFURT, Sept 7 (Reuters) - European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said on Thursday that volatility in the euro's exchange rate was creating uncertainty and could affect the outlook for prices across the euro zone.
The euro has gained 13 percent against the dollar this year, a mixed blessing for the ECB as it reflects a robust economy but caps inflation by making exports less competitive and reducing the cost of imports.
"The recent volatility in the exchange rate represents a source of uncertainty which requires monitoring with regard to its possible implications for the medium-term outlook for price stability," Draghi said. (Writing by Hugh Lawson; Editing by Toby Chopra)


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The remedy has to be performed on any Saturday night or even during the daytime, while the drunkard husband is fast asleep. The wife has to take his liquor bottle in her hand and rotate it clockwise over his sleeping body 21 times or sprinkle a couple of drops of the alcohol in the bottle over his sleeping body 21 times.
Then she has to take another bottle containing about 800 grams of Sasron Ka Tel [Mustard Oil] and mix the Mustard Oil and alcohol together in equal parts and fill the mixture in both the bottles.
After this, she has to keep the bottles aside and the next morning, she should take both the bottles to a flowing water body, like a river, canal or the sea and bury the bottles, upside down [ the opening of the bottles should be facing downward] in the bank of the water body. The bottles should be buried in such a spot, where the water flows continuously over them.
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Wanda Keating McGowan had been taking part in a charity walk to raise awareness of breast cancer when she walked onto the bridge over Fort Lauderdale's New River.
Witnesses said alarms sounded to indicate that the bridge was about to raise, but the woman did not manage to make it off in time, and was left clinging on between two railway tracks.
Witness Philip Glazebrook spoke to NBC6:
"This bridge is controlled from Tallahassee," he said.
"So she's stuck on the bridge and she's going up. The next thing is, she's stuck; straddled like Jesus Christ."
Video footage show the woman grasping onto the bridge with both hands as she is waiting to be rescued.
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Prophet Chris Okafor, the founder and general overseer of Mountain of Liberation and Miracle Ministries (a.k.a Liberation City) has unveiled some of his prophecies for the year 2016.
The man of God had predicted that former president, Goodluck Jonathan will again win the 2015 election, and if he doesn't that means he wasn't called of God but this prophecy did not come to pass as Muhammadu Buhari won.
After Buhari's victory, Pastor Okafor on August 12, said Buhari was chosen by Godand called on him to continue with his anti-corruption war in the country, not minding who the culprits are.
This year, Okafor's prophecies spell doom. According to him, "The Lord God does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets."
Below are his prophecies for 2016.
On Terrorism and Nigerian Army
1. I see more Disaster taking place this year.But God will preserve his children.
2. I see Explosions.
3. Terror attack will increase in Nigeria but solution will arise from the 7th-8th month in the year.
4. Those in the military and police should pray, there is going to be serious shaking in that section this year.
On politics
5. We need to pray for River State and Akwa-Ibom State. I see a Re-run of election in Rivers and it involves a lot of tension and blood shed. Anyone that will sponsor the blood shed, his family will be at the receiving end.
6. Anyone that wants to retain power this year must seek God.
7. Nigeria must pray for a former military head of state.
8. I see a former minister passing on this year and also a present minister passing ON.
9. We need to pray for Kogi State against re-occurrence. I see someone being sworn in eliminated.
On Nigerian families
10. Lots of families will experience generational blessings for the first time this year.
11. Barren women will rejoice this year cos God has release fruitfulness to them.
Health Sector
12. A more deadly sexual disease worse than AIDS has been released from the kingdom of darkness. We need to be prayerful and careful.
On Entertainment and Sports industry
13. I see a calendar representing the entertainment industry. Some prominent people were marked with circles on the calendar, marked for death. We need to pray for the entertainment industry.
14. I see Nigerian Football returning to Glory days.
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15. America and Europe must pray this year.
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Date: August 31, 2012
Martha Feely Sentenced for Insurance Fraud
(Boise) – Caldwell resident Martha Patricia Feely was sentenced today for insurance fraud, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said. Fourth District Judge Timothy Hansen sentenced Feely to up to 10 years in prison with two years fixed. The court suspended the prison sentence and retained jurisdiction for up to 365 days.
Feely, 46, pleaded guilty on July 6, 2012, to three counts of insurance fraud. By pleading guilty, Feely admitted that, in 2009, she submitted forged performance bond documents to the Ada County Highway District, the Boise City Planning and Zoning Commission and the Boise City Department of Finance and Administration. One of the fraudulent bonds Feely submitted was to insure performance on a sewer excavation project located on Verde Street in the City of Boise.
Performance bonds are necessary to bid on public jobs. These bonds ensure that a contractor will complete the contract to the agreed upon specifications. A construction company is required to submit proof of bonding before the public entity will entertain a bid from the contractor. The bonds also ensure that subcontractors and suppliers will be paid.
"There are many companies that work diligently and ethically to bid on public works jobs," Attorney General Wasden said. "When a company does not follow Idaho law by paying for proper bonding, it puts honest business owners at a disadvantage when competing for public projects."
Feely was previously convicted of insurance fraud in California and was on felony probation when she submitted forged performance bonds in Idaho.
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Rather than delight users, as Apple and Google do regularly, the electronic health record is a towering source of physician dissatisfaction
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Though child can operate iPhone, physicians with 7-10 years postcollegiate education are brought to their knees by electronic health records
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Physicians are not Luddites, technophobes, or dinosaurs about electronic health records
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The drive for greater accountability over recent years has not always been well implemented (eg. see previous post). Care did need to change to be more patient-centred rather than doctor-centred (eg. see previous post). But practice has become too fragmented and dysfunctional. As Hunter concludes:-sacrificed early evenings, studied hard, saw patients, and provided "good" care. In return for these sacrifices doctors got reasonable remuneration; reasonable work-life balance later; autonomy; job security; deference; and respect.
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Gasoline prices increased by double-digits in some areas over the past week. The statewide average Thursday is $4.25 a gallon, ten cents more than a week ago. It is the highest gas rate in the country.
AAA Hawaii's Weekend Gas Watch said the gas price increase is as an ongoing result of market uncertainty about the effect of worldwide events on fuel supplies. At the same time last year in Honolulu, prices were 79 cents cheaper.
"As has been the case for much of 2011, unrest in the Middle East and Northern Africa and the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami has continued to drive the markets during the past week," said AAA Hawaii Regional Manager Diane Peterson.
Rising fuel prices are once again boosting the cost of shipping goods to Hawaii just as consumers are adjusting to the shock of $4-a-gallon gasoline.
Matson Navigation Co. said it will raise its fuel surcharge on shipments from the mainland to 43.5 percent on May 1, the highest level since it broke out fuel costs as a separate item on customers' bills more than 10 years ago.
The Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (P.L. 66-261) is a United States Federal statute that regulates maritime commerce in U.S. waters and between U.S. ports.
Section 27, also known as the Jones Act, deals with cabotage (i.e., coastal shipping) and requires that all goods transported by water between U.S. ports be carried in U.S.-flag ships, constructed in the United States, owned by U.S. citizens, and crewed by U.S. citizens and U.S. permanent residents. The purpose of the law is to support the U.S. Maritime industry.
Critics note that the legislation results in costs for moving cargoes between U.S. ports that are far higher than if such restrictions did not apply. In essence, they argue, the act is protectionism.
Critics also contend the Jones Act has caused job-losses in the U.S.shipbuilding industry because vessels built in the U.S. are more expensive than those built elsewhere. Consequently, U.S. shipbuilders are priced out of the international market for merchant ships. A 2001 U.S. Department of Commerce study indicates that U.S. shipyards build only 1 percent of the world's large commercial ships. Few ships are ordered from U.S. shipyards except for cabotage. U.S. operators of ships in cabotage have an economic incentive to continue operating old vessels rather than replace them with relatively high cost vessels built in the U.S. The report concluded that the lack of United States competitiveness stemmed from foreign subsidies, unfair trade practices, and lack of U.S. productivity.
In June 2010, Sen. John McCain said that this law restricts shipping and raises costs to consumers in Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico and Guam.
"The Jones Act also adds a real, direct cost to consumers – particularly consumers in Hawaii and Alaska. A 1988 GAO report found that the Jones Act was costing Alaskan families between $1,921 and $4,821 annually for increased prices paid on goods shipped from the mainland. In 1997, a Hawaii government official asserted that Hawaii residents pay an additional $1 billion per year in higher prices because of the Jones Act. This amounts to approximately $3,000 for every household in Hawaii.'"
Energy stocks are turning out to be the big winners in Friday's stock market – and they're managing do this while oil futures fall for a fourth straight day. Some of the gains may be related to expectations that some refiners, such as Tesoro, could benefit from more Japanese demand after an 8.9 earthquake shuttered some of the country's nuclear infrastructure.
Tesoro operates a refinery in Hawaii, which is accessible to Asian markets. Japan is expected to draw on more crude oil, liquefied natural gas, fuel oil and coal to make up for the power that typically comes from several nuclear plants shuttered for safety concerns, note analysts at J.P. Morgan and Tudor Pickering.
a large part of the problem here is our power plants are diesel turbine generators. it is cheaper for our state to pay the EPA clean air act fines that to update our technology.
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please let me know whats the risk of using a razor of an hiv+ n getting a little cut. im scared please reply im pregnant and im stressing i know ive read other forums here but i need to know how long does hiv live on a razor and i didnt see any blood on it maybe there was but tehy were2 small2 c....please dont ignore this question i need2 know i recently got checked for hiv may 17 and this happend april 19 i ask questions in medhelp theyre great people but i know you are very educated on this
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I would not worry. There have been no reported cases of HIv being spread in this manner.
HIV does not survive well outside of the body. Up to 99% of the virus dies within several hours. Especially when there is no visible blood the risk would be miniscule at best.
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Warm gravity bonds – flows with love.
Love, the essence of our days together.
What was it they said about love?
It's everything. It's all you need. It's vast and unexpected.
Two Leo Moons – mother and daughter, soft and bright.
We take big chances in the life – rearrange the heart,
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Mother Moon, I wanted you to stay with me,
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Daughter moon, I wished for you to be safe,
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Follow your wild paws to uncharted islands,
rainforest jungles, oceans and sand.
Journeys, wishes, wisdoms born of you.
Beyond the moments our hearts beat together,
our celestial roots stretch endlessly,
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We reach up to the heavens,
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In 1908, when Emily Carr painted the First Nation totem poles in British Columbia, she heard their strong talk roaring across the wild beaches. They were still speaking their truth even though they'd been wind beaten and faded, even though many were abandoned. This was forever strong talk.
Emily Carr was alone in the sweltering heat with the relentless mosquitoes when she talked to the ghosts and inhaled the strong talk of the ancestors. She could have wished for comfort and gone home, instead she kept on painting and that old talk spoke again through her determined paintbrush.
Sometimes you want to tell the world your story. Or maybe tell one person, just one truth.
I was scared when I was little, there were voices in the dark and they were sneaking in the window, mean and ugly. They told me that my voice was insignificant, told me I must be quiet to survive and I believed them.
What if I became a totem and told my own story? What if I was thirty-feet tall and blue, yellow, red and green and carved with the strength of my voice? Could there be strong talk in me? Would someone like Emily hear it? I'd like to think she would paint me with riots of color, thick coats of bright paint and layers of voice.
I want to be an instrument like that and make my own strong talk, spitting my words like wind on a reed. My breath would travel upwards from my roots to my heart, over my chords and out of my mouth, gaining power as it flowed over the wood to your ears, then strong talk would roar out of me.
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Her light soaked in, released the magic pine and herbs.
All those folded flowers lifted up their sacred prayers – water, light, dirt, love.
Her gifts – who could forget them?
Did you see her gentle curves?
The way her spine supports her children?
It's impossible to live without her heaven/earth transcendence.
Aren't we all turning, turning with the planet that she raised?
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When the mother rabbit came back later, looking,
After the crows swooped in and took her hidden babies.
Still, it comforts to believe in something, to connect.
There is heart, there is light,
There is nature, lovely and mean.
Maybe we aren't preordained beings
or soap opera stars watched by gods.
Maybe we are just living,
Praying to our own creations,
Surrender lightens,
Helps me breathe sparks of
Divinity, miracles, hope.
Keeps me going when the crows are closing in.
If I were like you I would dive in nose first,
and bark and protect and attack.
I would cover the house in layers of fur
so you could forever breath me.
Now your fur is up in the trees;
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they built the spring nests,
warmed their eggs in your softness;
the chicks hatch in your wolfy fleece.
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and you eating apples with me.
When I watch the birds, you are hunting;
When I walk the block, you're ahead.
They talk about seasons and life and its wheel;
I hate it and I want you back.
I want to be nuzzled,
I want to be loved the way you love;
The way no one can.
All I can do is go on just like you;
snout first and crazy and free.
Never give up or be caged
or behave.
That's what my Bailey taught me.
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Discussion in 'Wii - Hacking' started by Ugotpwned35000vr, Dec 28, 2009.
When do u thing Nintendo will release an update to get rid of HBC?
Every time the update they try to get rid of HBC. Recent updates haven't been made to actually improve existing components or functionality of the Wii. They have been made to reduce functionality and keep hackers out. General rule, if you don't need to update, don't. If you have your Wii softmodded and have the ability to block updates, use it. It's been said there is not a game released that NEEDS the updated firmware to run.
I have a feeling there'll be another update around the time Nintendo release one of their big titles. Pure speculation on my part.
Totally. But it takes more time for them to release an update that blocks hack attempts than it takes to actuall hack it. Yes, every time it will get harder and harder to hack, but someone will eventually do it. For every security hole you close, two more open up.
If the system was flawed from the beginning, it will always be flawed. Because every new system they make to try to block hack attempts HAS to be 100% compatible with the earlier systems.
i think they will realese an update when galaxy 2 or metroid the other m comes out.
Everybody I have a bad feeling cause Nintendo can make it so it forces u to update and u cant power off ur wii
They can't stop you from unplugging it. I think that would make the power go off very quickly Nintendo can't force you to get an update. You can disable internet access, you can block disc updates.
That is a good point
we'll have to wait and see
Their only attempt so far to 'force' you to update is with new releases of games. But it's still entirely up to you. You can either update so you can play the game, or you can choose not to update. But then you can't play the game. With a softmod there is already a way around that.
you have to update certain stuff because games need it to play, but there will be ways around it. Even if nintendo did the best job in the world and redid the entire system menu that would be fine, i still have 800+ titles that i can enjoy on my 4.1 that i will enjoy until some new hack comes out. i think its correct that major releases will come with security measures. like galaxy 2, metroid other m, zelda. but there will be workarounds. they will have to redesign the system to block hackers, its already so wide open its too late.
as for firmware, stop with the nonsense, a system menu version is not a firmware. NOT a firmware. its a system menu version number. if system menu is too ugly, use what i use sometimes, sysmenu. makes it look techy. and its one less letter. but anyway the wii is done. just like psp.
Just let me analise this sentence: If each hole closed opens two more, it gets easier and easier to hack, not harder.
Just grammatically.
well actually it will get harder since the new holes are *harder* to hack but since theres fantastic hackers its kinda easy and takes low time. but i belive they will release 4.3 at end of january or starting feb or until they release SMG2 or MoM


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A University of Kansas professor's case involving a divisive Twitter comment has raised a host of new legal questions about how far employers can go in holding workers accountable for what they say on social media, according to experts in employment law.
The university announced Friday it was placing journalism professor David Guth on administrative leave for a comment he posted after a mass shooting earlier in the week at the Navy Yard in Washington, The Lawrence Journal-World reported.
David Guth told The Associated Press in an email Saturday that he agrees with the university that the safety of students is the top priority and he agreed to begin a planned sabbatical early amid the firestorm over his Twitter comment about the mass shootings at the Navy Yard in Washington.
His tweet read: "The blood is on the hands of the #NRA. Next time, let it be YOUR sons and daughters. Shame on you. May God damn you."
Mike Selmi, who teaches employment law at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., said the substance of what Guth said matters more than the fact it was made on social media.
While the university has a policy governing political expressions by faculty and unclassified staff, the issue may not be as simple as that — especially regarding public employees who usually enjoy stronger First Amendment protection than private-sector employees.
"It's a complicated area, and the law is evolving somewhat," he said. "Generally under the current law, if the public employee is speaking as part of their official duties, then their speech is not protected. If it's outside of his official duties, then there is a level of protection the Supreme Court has found, and you basically balance the individual's right to speak out on matters of public importance ... against the effect it has on the employer, including the workplace."
Gary Brunk, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and Western Missouri, said he didn't like Guth's comment, but he strongly believes it is protected speech.
"I think what the university has done is appalling," Brunk said. "It's one thing to do something that's a clear threat to another person, but he just expressed an opinion."
Donna Whiteman, general counsel for the Kansas Association of School Boards, said public employers have the right to police the behavior of their faculty, but courts would probably set a different standard for K-12 and higher education faculty.
"The legal standard is yes, employees have free speech rights, but they also are working in an environment where they are considered to be working with students," Whiteman said. "It's a little different in K-12 than college level. It's going to be judged on a case-by-case."
Guth told The Associated Press in an email Saturday that he agrees with the university that the safety of students is the top priority.
Guth say says he and others have received thousands of angry tweets, phone calls and emails. He says some contained thinly veiled death threats.
The university announced Friday it was placing the journalism professor on indefinite administrative leave. Its spokesman confirmed Monday such administrative leaves are paid.
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855 Swietenia mahoganiCommon Names: mahogany, West Indies mahogany, Spanish mahogany, Madeira redwood Family: Meliaceae (mahogany Family)
West Indies mahogany is a grand tree with a broad, dense symmetrical crown and a straight trunk often buttressed and swollen at the base. It has the potential to get 75 ft (22.9 m) tall with a trunk diameter in excess of 2 ft (0.6 m), but such large trees are very rare. Most mahoganies are no more than 30-40 ft (9.1-12.2 m) tall with 20-30 ft (6.1-9.1 m) canopy spreads. Mahogany is a semi-deciduous tree which loses its old leaves at the end of winter just as the new growth is beginning. It may be leafless for only a week or two. The leaves of mahogany are unique among North American native trees: They are even-pinnate compound, with three or four pairs of asymmetric leaflets and no leaflet at the tip. The newly unfolding leaves are reddish purple, soon turning to yellowish green. Mahogany produces small, fragrant, rather inconspicuous flowers on the year's new growth as the leaves are emerging, and both male and female flowers are produced on the same tree. The conspicuous fruits are woody five-lobed capsules, about 5 in (12.7 cm) long. They persist on the branchlets until leaf fall the following spring, when they split open to release the abundant seeds. The seeds are winged with papery vanes, about 2 in (5.1 cm) long, and dispersed by wind.
There are three species in the genus Swietenia, all native to the New World tropics. West Indies mahogany occurs in the West Indies, Bahamas and South Florida. In Florida, West Indies mahogany is restricted to tropical hammocks in parks and preserves on the Upper Florida Keys, and on the mainland in upland coastal hammocks in Everglades National Park. Unfortunately, large trees are scarce because the wood is very valuable and thieves sneak into the parks and preserves at night to poach the trees. Mahogany formerly extended further north in Florida, but it has been cut to extinction. You still can see fairly large specimens of this tropical beauty in its natural habitat in Mahogany Hammock in Everglades National Park, and in the North Key Largo State Botanical Site. Mahogany, Swietenia mahogani, is widely planted as a street and shade tree in South Florida.
CultureGiven ideal conditions, mahogany is a fast growing tree. It is tolerant of acidic to alkaline soils. During its formative years, keep mahogany pruned to a single leader with evenly spaced branches around the trunk. Light: Full sun to partial shade. Moisture: Mahogany needs regular watering for best growth. Established specimens can tolerate dry spells, but they may drop leaves. Hardiness: USDA Zones 10 - 11. Mahogany is marginal in zone 10A. It can be expected to drop leaves if temperatures drop much below 40ºF (4.4ºC). Propagation: Mahogany is difficult to start from cuttings, and usually is grown from seed. Mahogany's little winged seeds are spread by the wind and often give rise to numerous seedlings in the vicinity of mature trees.
Mahogany is a popular avenue, shade and framing tree in tropical South Florida. It often is used in parks and commercial landscapes, and around parking lots. On streets they usually are planted about 30 ft (9.1 m) apart. Mahogany casts only a light shadow and doesn't discourage grass and other plantings beneath it. West Indies mahogany is renowned for its ability to withstand strong winds, and it is moderately tolerant of salt spray and salty soils. It's a good large shade or specimen tree for coastal (but not fully exposed to the sea) landscapes.
The wood of mahogany is one of the most valuable cabinet woods of any tree. West Indies mahogany was the original mahogany shipped back to Europe.
The wood from several different unrelated trees is called "mahogany" in the trade. Some of these woods have no more in common with true mahogany than color.
The mahogany family is almost exclusively tropical in distribution, with more than 500 species in some 45 genera mainly in SE Asia, with a smaller number in tropical America. The only other member of the Meliaceae in the U.S. is Chinaberry, which is an invasive exotic originally from Asia.
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Suffolk County Council, as the relevant Highway Authority, will lead the delivery of the Third Crossing and it is my responsibility to make sure this happens in time and within budget.
I was absolutely delighted when David Cameron MP, the former Prime Minister, announced his support for a Lake Lothing Third Crossing in 2015. The county council moved quickly and we submitted the outline business case to the Government by Christmas 2015.
In spring 2016 Central Government confirmed we would receive a £73.39m grant to build the bridge, following successful planning and a final business case. As soon as we secured the confirmation a report went to Suffolk County Council Cabinet and the funds were allocated to take the bridge through the planning process and develop the bridge design.
As we roll out this exciting new bridge project I will be working with Peter Aldous MP and Councillor Colin Law, Leader of Waveney District Council, to make sure the community knows exactly what is happening. We have got this far by working in close partnership with Waveney District Council, Central Government, local businesses and members of the public with an interest in Lowestoft's future.
I will of course make sure that we also work closely with the port, the much needed flood defence project, Network Rail and Highways England, who are responsible for the existing Bascule bridge.
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Plastic is always used in our daily life. Why? Because the product is low in cost and majority of us made a choice for the manufacture of toys, bottled beverages, tools, furnitures, food storage and many more. We know that this plastic is the number one contributors to our global warming because they uses fossil fuels to produced and when becomes waste it's not biodegradable. In fact, plastic garbage thrown into the ocean kill as many as 1,000,000 sea creatures a year! Ever heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? It's twice the size of Texas and is floating somewhere between San Francisco and Hawaii. It's also 80 percent plastic, and weighs in at 3.5 million tons.The study also shows that some plastic poses hazard chemicals that is unhealthy when used in food and beverage products. So start a green living by lessen the use of plastic in every aspect of our life.
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Hospices are for patients who are expected to die in six months or less and their families. Most hospices offer grief services to their communities through churches, schools and workplaces.Continue Reading
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Some weeks ago I posed a question on the Dutch forum and asked if we should have another sweepstake. The last winner hadn't organised one since there had been some debate about sweepstakes and how they took over the forum. In that thread, Audje was nice
enough to link to the thread of the last sweepstake and I sent the previous winner a personal message. As she was on holiday we didn't get a response right away and Bloedengel decided to organise a sweepstake called "The 'AngelFrouk wants to win a sweepstake'
Sweepstake". This because I posted that I did not want to organise a sweepstake, I wanted to win one!
A few days ago the drawing was done and everyone who joined got a personal message with the name of the winner. Of course, no one can be sure if you've won or not, because it might just be the name of the decoy you get. When I arrived home yesterday, I found a package in my mailbox. I opened it and inside was a book! On the back of the package it said "Did you win??" Oh dear...
Today I found three more packages in my mailbox. All three had a card reading something like "You wanted to win so badly. I'm sorry you didn't win, but here's a book anyway!"
Yes, that's how nice BookCrossers are. Even if you don't win, you receive lots of books! I sent them all a PM, thanking them personally and I can't stop smiling. This really made my day, my week even.
And you know what the embarrassing part of this whole story is? I entered the INTL March sweepstake... and I won!
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Read the Deleted Ending for Stanley Kubrick's The Shining
We were supposed to learn Danny and Wendy were alright.
"Kubrick had filmed a final scene that was cut, where Wendy and Danny are recovering from the shock in a hospital and where Ullman visits them," said The Shining co-screenwriter Diane Johnson. "Kubrick felt that we should see them in the hospital so we would know that they were all right. He had a soft spot for Wendy and Danny and thought that, at the end of a horror film, the audience should be reassured that everything was back to normal." Then the auteur totally reneged on that soft spot and dispatched personal assistants out to dozens of L.A. and New York cinemas to remove the scene from all finished prints of The Shining. (Although, since this is that kind of story, rumor has it one complete print remains. Spoooooky!) The deleted ending would have appeared between the shot of frozen Jack and the final spin through The Overlook.
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I have been meaning to try this place for a long long time… Sono Wood Fired is located at the North/Clybourn Red Line stop, and right across the street from the gorgeous new apple store in Lincoln Park. It is owned by the same owner of Urban Burger Bar, and they recently finished up a Groupon promotion. Just as the name suggests, Sono wood fired makes wood-fired italian pizza with clever topping combinations and intriguing appetizers.
Jon & I arrived here right in the middle of a rainstorm, and we vowed to drink & eat our way through the rain in order to avoid any further suffering 🙂 We each ordered our own flight of wine because the Thursday special has a white or red flight for $10! Hard to resist, I know.


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Weight and See: Twist and shoutBy Contributor
'The Biggest Loser: Couples' recap, episode 11
By Ginny
Check out the new "Biggest Loser" workout: You sit and throw things at the TV set for two hours and then call 10 friends to ask them why a once-great network can't put together a compelling reality show.
(We still hug the set when our local boy made skinnier Roger Shultz appears.)
And 1 and 2 and 3 and breathe, after the jump …
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A twist too far: Believe it or not, it's been nearly 10 years since CBS put its first blockbuster season of "Survivor" on the air. That set off a cavalcade of reality programming which would prove successful not only for the Eye network, but also ABC, Fox and even the lowly CW. Invigorated and with a new audience, reality would also head back to the cable nets from whence it came, spawning even more new hits.
Following a simple structure (gather x boneheads, set up cameras, rinse, repeat), smart shows stick with a formula and let the boneheads create the drama.
The Formula for Reality
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And despite these producers' adherence to mind-numbing formulas, the winners have been incredibly varied (even on "The Amazing Race," which heavily favors male teams). Compare that to the "Biggest Loser" winners, a rainbow coalition of buff white dudes.
They all look and act exactly the same (as shown below): really heavy guys with average frames and abrasive, OCDish personalities. This year, that contestant was Mark, who was sent home in a surprisingly deft move by our homeboy Roger.
I was thrilled, not just because I'm pulling for the Alabama guy, but also because we were going to have something different happen this season.
But then, NBC pulled twist No. bajillion out of its peacock ass and brought back every eliminated player for a second chance. The man and woman with the highest percentage of weight loss would stay.
Mark of the beast: Obviously, on the guys' side, Mark reigned; the returning woman was Ali from the mother/daughter team. Not only does he narrowly beat out my beloved Bernie, he's back on the juggernaut jock team to continue crushing the girls' spirits.
All of these unnecessary twists are just absolutely killing my interest in the show. As noted above, most of the other shows carry a big twist or two per season. "Loser" has at least one per episode.
In addition, the challenges often have no bearing on the weigh-in or with weight loss at all (fighter plane duels, anyone?). And don't even get me started on the two-hour episodes …
NBC ain't a fledgling network, nor is it making an early attempt to break into reality programming. In the name of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, how can its sister network Bravo have the best reality shows ("Project Runway" and "Top Chef") while this fifth season just limps along?
All right, rant over.
The weigh-in: This week's episode contained 90 minutes(!) of weigh-in and a cliffhanger non-elimination between Brittany and Maggie. Roger is not up for elimination, having lost 8 pounds. Oh, and the guys won a bike-riding challenge with their hands tied behind their backs.
Is this season as frustrating for you? Or do you like the twists? Tell us below.
"The Biggest Loser: Couples" airs at 7 p.m. Tuesdays on NBC 13.
Previous: The da vending code … so dork the con of man.
Next: Speaking of "Project Runway," NBC makes it work (ugh) with a Tim Gunn cameo.
Ginny, pop culture and fashion maven, dares you to read her blog, whiskey. tango. foxtrot., at blog.myspace.com/whiskeytangofoxtrotblog.
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定量荧光测量全球本地化翻译 Jonathan Bergeman1, Marc-Étienne Huot1,2 1Centre de Recherche sur le Cancer de l'Université Laval, Faculté de Médecine, Département de Biologie moléculaire, biochimie médicale et pathologie, Université Laval, 2CRCHU de Québec: L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec 这份手稿描述了一种方法来可视化和量化本地化的翻译事件亚细胞的车厢内。提出这份手稿的做法需要基本的共焦成像系统和试剂,并且是快速和具有成本效益。
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The Oncometabolite 2-hydroxyglutarate Activates the MTOR Signalling Pathway Nature Communications. Sep, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27624942 The identification of cancer-associated mutations in the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle enzymes isocitrate dehydrogenases 1 and 2 (IDH1/2) highlights the prevailing notion that aberrant metabolic function can contribute to carcinogenesis. IDH1/2 normally catalyse the oxidative decarboxylation of isocitrate into α-ketoglutarate (αKG). In gliomas and acute myeloid leukaemias, IDH1/2 mutations confer gain-of-function leading to production of the oncometabolite R-2-hydroxyglutarate (2HG) from αKG. Here we show that generation of 2HG by mutated IDH1/2 leads to the activation of mTOR by inhibiting KDM4A, an αKG-dependent enzyme of the Jumonji family of lysine demethylases. Furthermore, KDM4A associates with the DEP domain-containing mTOR-interacting protein (DEPTOR), a negative regulator of mTORC1/2. Depletion of KDM4A decreases DEPTOR protein stability. Our results provide an additional molecular mechanism for the oncogenic activity of mutant IDH1/2 by revealing an unprecedented link between TCA cycle defects and positive modulation of mTOR function downstream of the canonical PI3K/AKT/TSC1-2 pathway.
Localized Translation Regulates Cell Adhesion and Transendothelial Migration Journal of Cell Science. Nov, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27637266 Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a process by which cancer cells gain the ability to leave the primary tumor site and invade surrounding tissues. These metastatic cancer cells can further increase their plasticity by adopting an amoeboid-like morphology, by undergoing mesenchymal-to-amoeboid transition (MAT). We found that adhering cells produce spreading initiation centers (SICs), transient structures that are localized above nascent adhesion complexes, and share common biological and morphological characteristics associated with amoeboid cells. Meanwhile, spreading cells seem to return to a mesenchymal-like morphology. Thus, our results indicate that SIC-induced adhesion recapitulates events that are associated with amoeboid-to-mesenchymal transition (AMT). We found that polyadenylated RNAs are enriched within SICs, blocking their translation decreased adhesion potential of metastatic cells that progressed through EMT. These results point to a so-far-unknown checkpoint that regulates cell adhesion and allows metastatic cells to alter adhesion strength to modulate their dissemination.