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Phoenix looking for local companies to participate in summer jobs program
Local businesses could get some work done for free and help out Phoenix's young people, thanks to a new program.
The city is looking for local companies to help out with a summer youth job program.
"This year we have of youth who want to participate," said Seth Scott with Phoenix Mayor Stanton's office. We" have some companies who have been helpful. But we really grow this program to fit all the youth we have."
Here's the best part.
"We actually pay people who want to participate in the program and employers will have these kids who are working on scholarships working with their companies," Scott said.
It's no cost to the employer making it a win-win for both parties, he said.
The program is called RISE -- or Reach and Invest in Summer Employment -- and is for youth ages 16 to 21.
Both businesses and youth applications will be accepted through May 30.
An application and frequently asked questions can be found on the city's website.
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If there's one thing I love in this life more than decorating, it's wine! I was ecstatic when I received an invitation to design the guest suite at the Cardinale Winery for the first-ever Napa Valley Showhouse. Cardinale is one of my favorite stops in wine country, their cabernet sauvignon is delicious. I mean, really, so so good. Anyway, as you can tell by that professional and descriptive review, this is clearly not a wine blog. Back to decorating…
Traditional Home invited me and 10 other talented designers to their inaugural Napa Valley showhouse event. My mission was to design a room in Cardinale's on-site guest house which includes a large living and dining area, kitchen/family room, a master bedroom, downstairs cocktail lounge and tons of outdoor space. In my last post, I shared my design process and the inspirations I used to transform the master bedroom with attached bathroom and balcony. And now for the finished product! The Traditional Home issue won't hit the stands until next spring so here's a sneak peek of my designs and the details.
I was immediately drawn to the view from the guesthouse. A picturesque landscape of California realness, I knew this balcony, attached to the bedroom, had to be a welcoming and functional aspect to the design. I used Lane Venture lounge chairs and side tables with Sunbrella yellow zebra fabric to keep the space inviting and unencumbered.
In the bedroom, I wanted to portray a girly modern elegance complete with luxurious fabrics. The Icarus wing pendants by Tord Boontje in the corner added a sense of airy lightness to connect with the balcony view. Throughout the bedroom, I had specific ideas of the design and feel I wanted to convey so I created a lot of custom looks for this room. The following are custom designs by Coddington Design:
- Wing chair upholstered in Lee Jofa fabric
- Settee designed in silk mohair generously donated by Christopher Hyland
- Glam and fun puzzle coffee table
The bedside table is actually a vintage writing desk from Empiric with an ebony finish and cream lacquer "boots" on the legs. We custom-designed the platform bed and headboard with light button tufting and wood outer framing to complement the existing hardwood throughout the room. The headboard's fabric is by Romo and the tiffany-blue lamp is from Coddington Design.
The custom bed linens were sewn by Madina Aryeh including the pillowcase shams in bird fabric by LuluDK. The double sided blanket is by Pindler and Pindler and the solid throw pillow is by Malabar.
I created the vintage feel in the attached bathroom with aqua and coral toned wallpaper by Thaibaut. The asymmetrical gold mirror is by Monument and the Randolf gold leaf 2-arm sconce from Coddington Design completes the feeling of relaxed rustic charm.
The bathroom's custom Roman Shade was handcrafted by Madina Aryeh of San Francisco.
It's the official Coddington Design company belief that people who don't like unicorns are against magic so we parked these stone beauties, on loan from Monument, as the design gatekeepers to keep this beautiful oasis full of good vibes.
It takes a village to design three rooms in six weeks! Thanks to Madina Aryeh for making the gorgeous drapes, bedding, and bathroom shade, James Bacchi and Annette Shutz from Arthaus, Seth Pariser from Christopher Hyland, Lisa Chadwick from Dolby Chadwick Gallery, Paul Rattay and David Livingston for the beautiful photos. The team at Coddington Design loved working on this project and we hope you enjoy it, too!
The showhouse is on view until the November 11th but If you can't make it to Napa Valley in time, be sure to take a virtual stroll with this video tour.

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Abstract: | Neuroblastoma is an embryonal cancer of the post-sympathetic nervous system and is the most frequent extra-cranial solid tumor in childhood. Two important microRNAs, the tumor suppressor mir-34a and the oncogenic mir-21, have been found to increase during MYCN-knockdown induced differentiation. However their distinct roles are not clear. This thesis employs a method to identify the mRNA targets of mir-21 and mir-34a by the capture of biotin-labeled microRNA-mRNA complexes. The function of the biotin-labeled microRNA duplexes mir-21 and mir-34a were proven to be biologically active by targeting of the antisense mir-21 and MYCN 3' UTR cloned into the firefly luciferase, respectively. Further, these luciferase vectors were used to prove the applicability of the pull-down approach where mir-21 and mir-34a enriched for their respective targets. A biotinylated, negative control did not enrich for the luciferase transcript nor did the biotinylated mimics enrich for HPRT1 (a housekeeping gene). Moreover, the method was used to search for endogenous targets in the MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma cell line SK-N-BE(2)c. The pull-down results of mir-34a yielded high enrichment of MYCN and CCND1 (cyclin D1). Additionally, SIRT1 was a probable target of mir-34a. Two mRNAs that previously were shown to be targeted by mir-21 in human cancers, PTEN and PDCD4, were not enriched from neuroblastoma cell extracts. Previous results from our lab have also shown that pre-mir-21 over-expression do not affect PTEN and PDCD4 protein levels. Over-expression of the biotinylated mir-21 duplex did neither affect mRNA levels of PTEN nor PDCD4. mir-21 was as such concluded to not target PTEN and PDCD4 in the human neuroblastoma cell line SK-N-BE(2)c. Moreover, mir-34a over-expression in BE(2)c showed a 4-fold reduction of MYCN and a 20 % increase in CCND1. Mechanisms of mir-34a were therefore believed to repress and perhaps direct CCND1 to P-bodies. mir-34a over-expression resulted in the respective 1.75 and 7.8 fold increase of the two neuronal differentiation markers NPY and GAP43. This was conclusive with the tumor suppressing role of mir-34a. Additionally, the role of mir-34a in neuroblastoma is discussed in detail. Concluding, this thesis demonstrates how biotinylated microRNA duplexes can be used to identify miRNA-mRNA targets. |
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Abstract: | Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are involved in several important biological processes, and several lncRNAs have been associated with human diseases, particularly cancer. LncRNAs regulate gene expression at different levels. LncRNAs exert their functions through interactions with DNA, RNA or proteins. In this study, we established a method for investigating interactions between lncRNAs and protein complexes in human breast cancer cell lines. We used the well-known interaction between HOTAIR and the PRC2 member Suz12 to work out a RNA immunoprecipitation protocol in the lab, using an antibody targeting Suz12 to co-immunoprecipitate HOTAIR from nuclear lysates from the Hs578 breast cancer cells. We achieved a significant enrichment of HOTAIR in the immunoprecipitate from nuclear extracts from Hs578T. Differential expression of HOTAIR in the three breast cancer cell lines Hs578T, MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 were also observed. |
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Abstract: | Alpha-mannosidosis is a rare autosomal recessive lysosomal-storage disorder resulting from deficiency of lysosomal alpha-mannosidase activity. The disease shows a wide range of clinical phenotypes caused by intracellular accumulation of mannose-containing oligosaccharides, which ultimately may lead to mental retardation, hearing loss, skeletal changes and immune deficiency. Lysosomal alpha-mannosidase is a hydrolase that cleaves alpha-linked mannose residues from the non-reducing end of N-linked glycans of glycoproteins. So far, 40 alpha-mannosidosis associatied sequences have been reported, but no correlation of clinical and disease associated sequence variations has been detected so far. In previous work, the seven alpha-mannosidosis associated mutations, p.C55F,p.H200L, p.P263L, p.S318L, p.S453F, p.S457E and p.T745R in the LAMAN gene were identified. In order to characterize the functional of these sequence variants at the biochemical and cellular levels to investigate if they are disease-causing mutations. The mutations were introduced into an expression vector containing the wild-type LAMAN cDNA by in vitro mutagenesis, and the resulting proteins were expressed in COS-7 and BHK cells. This study had revealed that the previous indentified mutation p.C55F suggested to cause human alpha-mannosidosis result in no enzyme significant activity in transfected COS-7 and BHK cells. This missense-mutation probably resulted in misfolding and ER-retention. This was consistent with the low enzyme expression level and non lysosomal localization in transfected cells. The six other mutant variants resulted either in no significant residual or low residual activity, but they were intracellularly proteolytically processed and partially sorted to the lysosomes similar to wild-type. |
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Abstract: | Helicobacter pylori is a Gram-negative flagellated bacterium that infects the stomach of around 50 % of the worlds population, and can give rise to serious disease such as chronic gastritis, duodenal ulcer and stomach cancer. The current treatment against H. pylori, consisting of a combination of a proton pump inhibitor and two different antibiotics, is effective but has several drawbacks such as increased risk of antibiotic resistance and no protection against re-infection. Although extensive research is going on to develop a vaccine that would be an attractive alternative or complement to the current treatment, there is no vaccine available against H. pylori today. Antibodies to a number of antigens have been detected in the sera of infected patients, and many of these are known to be virulence factors, and are considered as candidate H. pylori vaccine antigens, alone or in a combination. Two such antigens are Neutrophil-activating protein (NAP) and Flagellin A (FlaA). In this project the H. pylori antigens NAP and FlaA were cloned and expressed in E. coli, and a purification strategy were set up for the two proteins. |
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Abstract: | To understand the regulation of the pathophysiological processes, such as inflammation, thrombosis and atherosclerosis, it is very important to characterize the interactions between circulating cells and which molecules that contributes to and promote these interactions. As a part of this, the role of eicosanoids in cell-cell interactions in whole blood ex vivo and isolated blood cells are investigated. In this study, various inhibitors were used to regulate the amount of prostaglandins (and leukotrienes) and how these eicosanoids affect the activity- and expression level of tissue factor (TF), cytokines, enzymes, and receptors involved in the intercellular communication. Before the inhibition study, time course experiments revealed that the incubation times between 1.5 h and 2 h was sufficient for further study of the parameters under investigation. In the inhibition study, whole blood samples were preincubated with different eicosanoid inhibitors, and then stimulated with LPS for ninety minutes prior to TF activity measurement and real-time PCR analysis of cytokine gene expressions. Aspirin did not significantly enhance the lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced TF activity in whole blood, however a trend for enhance induction was indicated. |
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Android OS Walkthrough.
The new Android OS 4.4 has become one of the anticipated topic of the year 2013. The announcement and the release of Nexus 5 and android 4.4 just picked each and every individual who uses an android phone. We still remember how the initial version of the android phone used to work and trust us it was not bad in anyway. From android ice cream sandwich to jelly bean users were only after the perfect developed android platform which could give them something which can go head to head with Apple iOS and could reduce lag anyhow.
Android 4.4 Kitkat.
The new android OS has been released and has already debut itself on the new Nexus 5. When Google presented the KIT KAT, they said "Android 4.4 Kit Kat would primarily focus on the memory optimization on android devices. They also said "The goal is to get the new OS presented on many phones as possible". There is no doubt that the new android OS would make some difference and definitely bring a new experience to users.
Android 4.4 Kit Kat features (highlight).
- Quick Google Now
- Memory Optimization
- One Place Messages
- Quick Office
- New Emotions
- Smart Caller ID
- New Calling option
How to access new features in Android OS 4.4.
Firstly we need to say that Android 4.4 is really fast on the nexus 5 and we really expect this OS to work similarly on other devices. In the new Kit Kat operating system you would notice that the
Google now feature has been clearly the UI Focus and you can get to that by just swiping on the left of the screen.
You can call Google to search things for you by just saying OK Google and say the search string like
"OK Google" halt of 1 Second "restaurant".
By saying the above Google would search the nearest restaurant for you.
For some people who lives outside US might face problem with the feature as the Google Now only understand US accent but we are sure that it would get the necessary update in any time soon.
The new things which is awesome is the Hangout app.
The best part of the app is that it collects all the conversation data to one place which means any message that you have sent through phone, Facebook, Google Plus, Video Message etc. everything would lie in here. So you don't have to wander in the many apps, they all sits here.
At the moment you would only be able to see three screens which is not good for power user s but as a new Android OS 4.4 user you can simply drag the widget that you wish to add on the new screen just got the end right and then go on the straight left while dragging the widget and boom!
New immersive mode.
Many times there so many buttons around the screen which disturbs but with the Android OS 4.4 you can simply get rid all of that.
Suppose you are reading a book on the phone informants like PDF, TXT, doc and other formats, just tap the screen once and everything which is not necessary while reading would be gone with the wind.
Same goes with the music as well just go on the music, press the power key once to go on to standby mode and then press the key again, you would notice the media player with album art on the lock screen itself. This feature was missing in the previous version of the phone but has been added now in Android OS 4.4.
There is one more feature that office savvy people would love and that is the quick office which allows you to print a document through your phone itself by simple going in to setting and then choosing the printing option. Set up one for yourself and boom.
You can also view any document you save through Google Quick office which is a nice addition to Android OS 4.4. The quick office connects to your Google Drive and done you can view or make Office document on the go.
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If two's company and three's a crowd, what's eight? To Jivesh Sharma, it's a thriving homebased business that specializes in designing customized, state-of-the-art Web sites, intranets and educational products. As the president of Health Integration Technologies (Health IT) in Dallas, and publisher of HealthIT Today magazine, Sharma and his five full-time and two part-time employees rely on technology to maintain and grow the business.
The challenge: Because his office measures only 250 square feet, Sharma needed to create a working environment where he could host staff meetings, client meetings and demonstrations, yet still have room to store and access the extensive technology needed to operate his business. Not only did he have to create a work area for two full-time, in-office employees and himself, he had to make room for three off-site staff members who work in his home office two days a week and in their respective home offices the rest of the time.
The solution: Sharma invested in a desk big enough for two, which he shares with his business manager (they usually work different hours). At a 90-degree angle to his desk is a large, computer workstation with a hutch to store stationery, reference materials and the entire staff's physical mailbox. (Almost all communication is electronic.) Additional reference materials are stored along one wall of built-in bookcases. Another computer workstation across from Sharma's shared desk is for the telecommuting employees to use when they're visiting.
The layout of Sharma's home is conducive to running a homebased business and greeting clients. His living room serves as a waiting room. His nearby kitchen makes it easy to offer clients food and drinks. Health IT staff meetings are held in Sharma's den, where he connects his notebook computer to his TV for PowerPoint presentations and reviewing Web sites.
Health IT's growth, combined with its ability to communicate effectively with staff and clients, proves company size doesn't necessarily correlate with the square footage of your home office.


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Mauricio "Shogun" Rua UFC 93 interview (video)
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Jonathan Ruffer steps back from management
Jonathan Ruffer has stepped back from direct involvement in the management of the Ruffer Investment Company.
Ruffer, who will remain in his role as chairman of Ruffer LLP, will continue to offer input into the macro-economic team of the closed-end fund.
The closed-end fund was launched in 2004, while the firm was established in 1994 by Jonathan Ruffer with Robert Shirley and Jane Tuffnell.
Investment directors Hamish Baillie and Steve Russell will continue to manage the fund. (article continues below)
According to its latest factsheet, the fund, which has a market capitalisation of £278.5m, saw net asset value rose by 0.5% during March, with share price increasing by 0.7%.
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Breakfast was great, menu options were impressive. Fresh lemon water served at Front desk was refreshing!
The outside hallway noise was a little annoying,doors need a better seal or insulation.
the staff was great. Also the indoor swimming pool was very nice and relaxing.
Another guest was making too much noise. The t.v. cable service was not working. the phone was not working.
Friendly staff
Bed was very hard and room was in need of a lot, shower surround, outlets, etc
Pretty much everything good
The indoor pool/spa is roofed in and surrounded by bedrooms/imitation balconis Somehow this made for an inviting feel, and only saw 1 couple use. Pity...maybee some imitation palms could soften what could be a nice inviting area ?
Dimly lit pool area. Rooms smelled of smoke. Very old, needs renovation.
Close to.the freeway.
Yes ,everything . The motel didn't look like the pictures on site I booked with .
Non Smoking Rooms were nice and clean
dogs were too noisey down the hallway
Price was good and it had wifi. beds were comfortable.
The place was dated and a little dirty. Breakfast could have had some fresh fruit or at least a little more variety with the donuts.
The room was very clean and comfortable. The staff was friendly and polite.
I 40 is a busy interstate, at times it was noisey but not so bad we wouldn't stay there again
Very clean
Hard, worn out matrress
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Is There Room in the Luxury Market for Hyundai?
bobad Posts: 1,587MB, BMW, and Lexus might as well start closing dealers now! Time for Toyota and Honda to start drafting bankruptcy papers!
They'll be pushed a little further down the trough, but they're not in any real danger yet. They could reduce their prices 30% and still make a tidy profit. I think that's why some people have such an abiding hatred for Genesis. It makes them feel like they paid too much for their luxury car. -
bobad Posts: 1,587I was being facetious, of course
Me too, especially the part about the trough. :P
But hey, you probably work hard for your money, so spend is as you wish. Don't let anyone tell you how you should spend it. At the same time, believe your own eyes, have an open mind, and don't miss out on a lot of good things. -
captain2 Posts: 3,971They could reduce their prices 30% and still make a tidy profit.
why should they? they are the luxury market and really have no problem selling about everything they wish to make - vehicles that tend to be the best by any definition.
The luxury market and the luxury mfgrs are NOT about selling commodities and their products tend not to be evaluated in those terms - they leave that to the Hyundais of the world and let them deal with the vagaries of the mass market.
An abiding hatred of Genesis makes no sense, an abiding hatred of Hyundai - perhaps by someone that might have owned one 20 or so years ago is, however, understandable -
captain2 Posts: 3,97150 million more like me
They don't want your business....
true luxury mfgrs understand that their market is not 50 million :surprise: buyers like you , they cater more specifically to those that want the best - and are willing to pay for it.
If your perceptions of value will not allow you to spend that kind of money AND you are that willing to compromise on what is generally agreed to be the best - so be it - you'll likely never own a luxury car. -
bobad Posts: 1,587They don't want your business....
It's a good thing too, because they're not getting it.
It's fine for car makers to make 33% profit, and it's their right. But it's our right to not participate in their games.
specifically to those that want the best - and are willing to pay for it.
The best? In what way? By how much? Am I going to pay 20-30% more for a car because it's 2% better, and not even better in every way?
No sir. -
tjc78 JerseyPosts: 5,025It's fine for car makers to make 33% profit
From an accounting perspective I cannot imagine any manufacturer making that kind of gross per unit. If you factor in materials, labor, warranties, special leasing/financing, development, testing, advertising, dealer spiffs, etc, etc. IMO its most likely barely 3%1999 Chevy S10 / 2004 Merc Grand Marquis / 2012 Buick LaCrosse
captain2 Posts: 3,971It's fine for car makers to make 33% profit, and it's their right. But it's our right to not participate in their games.
sounding like you are begrudging a manufacturer's profit at some level you deem excessive. That kind of thing is certainly your right simply because it is your money - but I am curious- what happens when the Indians (and Chinese) get over here and expose the fact that those horrendous profit margins have been made by supposedly virtuous Hyundai for years and years. Imagine that, Hyundai's been ripping you off - maybe you should demand a rebate NOW -
captain2 Posts: 3,971From an accounting perspective I cannot imagine any manufacturer making that kind of gross per unit
actually direct costs (material and labor) tend to be a lot less than that - it is costs like administration/advertising/warranty/utlilites/taxes/health and retirement programs etc. and other indirect costs that might leave a 3% NET out of a maybe 50% gross. And if you are unlucky enough to be burdened with nasty labor contracts as well as being decidedly top heavy - then we all know what happens. -
snakeweasel a Certified Edmunds Poster.Posts: 11,805they cater more specifically to those that want the best - and are willing to pay for it.
I really don't know if it is the best, talking to many owners of those cars (both here and in real life) and they seem far more prone to issues than the more "mainstream" cars.
If I can get well over 100K trouble free miles from a $12K Hyundai I better well be able to get it on a $60K Benz.The sign said "No shoes, no shirt, no service", it didn't say anything about no pants.
captain2 Posts: 3,971If I can get well over 100K trouble free miles from a $12K Hyundai I better well be able to get it on a $60K Benz
would be nice if that's the way it worked but the opposite is more likely the case. Murphy's law if you will - the more complicated anything is the more likely it is to break. The recurring problem in particularily the German premium brands lately - electronic gremlins in all these advanced electronically controlled performance and safety enhancement systems.
As it this would apply to that $12k Hyundai? Expect better reliability from that than you would from a $45k Genesis. Reliability, quality, and technology are often unrelated. -
bobad Posts: 1,587Here are a group of recent video clips from Hyundai America's CEO.
John Krafick in billing Equus (In clip no. 2) as a "Customer service, customer satisfaction halo car". That should make the service divas happy, and make launching a luxury division less likely. -
stever Viva Las CrucesPosts: 42,426The Equus does sounds more like an incubator car as opposed to using it for a luxury division.
"Another big move for Hyundai comes with the 2011 Equus, a full-blown luxury sedan to challenge establishment stalwarts such as the BWM 7 Series, Lexus LS and Mercedes S-Class. Launching later this year, Krafcik said the Equus is going to be the torch-bearer for a new level of customer-interaction strategies for Hyundai.
The not-inexpensive Equus will be "a customer-satisfaction halo for the [Hyundai] brand," Krafcik said. The customer-interaction aspects surrounding the launch of the Equus in the U.S. market will be "a pretty interesting experiment," Krafcik promised, adding, "stay tuned -- it's going to be pretty cool."
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bobad Posts: 1,587Well, IMO, the Genesis sedan isn't fresh
You show me any normal car (not a show car), and I'll show you styling cues that have already been used and re-used. There are only about 100,000 permutations, ind combinations, and all have been used. So your "isn't fresh" isn't fresh. :blush: -
fintail Posts: 34,530That's a line used by apologists or fanboys who don't want to admit that Asian makes in general over the past decade or two have not been good at creating original styling themes.
Would the Genesis sedan use a derivation of the Hofmeister kink if not for BMW? The only original part on it is the Star Trek grille. -
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smarty666 Posts: 1,503take a chill pill backy, was just kidding around ; you really need to lighten up ;
in fact if you read what I said carefully, I was saying NOT to use Star Trek as an analogy in describing the Genesis because Genesis in Star Trek Exploded, and the last time I checked I haven't seen any Genesis's falling apart or exploding so I think your okay !


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We have a large front lawn, one side is a really busy street, but it's elevated so the front lawn sits about 5 ft above the sidewalk. Along this side we'd like to have a natural privacy barrier - no fences on the front lawn in our township.
Last year at this corner I put a Butterfly bush with a mix of hostas and daylillies at the base. This year we want to plant a long line off of this butterfly bush to provide this "natural" fence. But due to a large overhanging mulberry tree, this long line is in the shade 80% of the day. Part of this area gets early morning sun with the majority of the space getting late afternoon sun and some not getting any at all. My goal is to have this natural fence be about 4-5 ft tall max and I like the idea of a bush/shrub instead of say an evergreen. I'd like it to be private but have some movement. I would love it to have color and I'm going to plant some daylillies in front as well. I have this bush and love it since once the leaves fall off in the fall, it's a beautiful red twig in the winter. http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/shrubs/msg052347279326.html?10 but I don't think it would do well given the sun exposure. Many thanks for any ideas and if I missed something that would be helpful, let me. TIA! |
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Lots of shrubs suited to this condition - red or yellow twig dogwood (the shrub referred to in the link), clethra, hydrangeas, fothergilla, rhododendrons and azaleas, chokeberry (Aronia), skimmia, pieris, Enkianthus, Disanthus, various viburnums, etc. Visit a local botanical garden and/or nurseries and see what grows best locally under these conditions. |
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Joel Odhner on Oprah & Friends
Joel Odhner, transformation king and CEO of RawLifeLine.com, was recently featured on Dr. Mehmet Oz's XM Radio show, which is under the Oprah & Friends network.
Joel was invited on the show to talk about the power of raw foods and how it helped him Revolutionize the way he lives. Yeah, you got that right... not just "change" but Revolutionize with a capital R. That's what I'm talking about!
This is a huge freaking deal. As you know, Dr. Mehmet Oz is one of Oprah's most trusted advisers and regularly appears on her show. Not to mention that he regularly gives Oprah check-ups himself.
Close your eyes for a minute and picture the Queen of media, who became famous for her battle with weight loss, embarking on a raw food diet and Revolutionizing her whole take on health. If you think the factory farmers were pissed when she stated she'd never eat beef again, honey... you ain't seen nothing yet!
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Is consuming raw food the key to healthy living? For Joel Odnher, CEO of RawLifeLine, a raw food diet is essential to his overall well-being. Joel says he was leading an unhealthy life of excess from food, alcohol and drugs. Making a decision to eat healthier, he began to consume raw foods to cleanse his body and discovered that the beneficial effects spilled over into other areas of his life. "In my experience, by adding in the freshest food possible, adding in exercise and adding in some kind of spiritual practice makes a huge difference in my staying conscious to life," he says. Joel shares with Dr. Oz some of the basic principles of a raw food philosophy.


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Every year my husband buys his tomoto plants at Fanick's Nursery on the south side. He decided that he would buy a Naval Orange tree this year, when I went into the greenhouse, they had their $25 hibiscus, marked down to $10. I bought Baby Girl, Erin Rachel, Gold Rain, and Sassy Too. I still can't believe they were that cheap. Albert bought me" Kiss and Tell" last year as a gift, its beautiful, and in full bloom. I almost have the entire OSO Growers exotic hibiscus collection. They also had Persian Shield for $2.99, that is about half of what Rainbow gardens wanted Sunday. I just can't wait until I can start planting my tropical plants back in my yard at the coast. They are now in pots under the carport.. Barbra |
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Just letting you know they had so many diffrent herloom tomotoes, for $2.99 each. They also had this years rodeo tomoto. I can't believe how much cheaper they were than rainbow gardens, on the plants I wanted. Since I have discovered turface, I am able to grow plants that would never grow at the coast in previous years. . Barbra . |
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I am planning some new beds and was researching some different phlox ... and was reminded how I miss John Fanick Phlox! I grew it in San Antonio and it did so well in the alkaline soil and high temps there. Wish I was closer so I could go their nursery this spring! |
Fanick's Nursery is on the South Side of What City??? This is Texas gardening forum, for the entire state! |
Eahmel, Fanick's is in San Antonio. I know it can be frustrating not knowing what and where people are talking about in this large state. |
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In another good sign for how the tech industry is holding up, IBM reported solid first-quarter earnings yesterday with profits up 26 percent and revenues up 11 percent.
The New York Times on C3 is quick to note, and The Wall Street Journal mentions halfway into its B3 story, that most of IBM's business is outside the U.S. and was artificially boosted by the weak dollar, which accounted for seven percentage points of the sales gains. Not counting an acquisition, that means sales were up just 3 percent worldwide.
The Financial Times raises a point that the WSJ and NYT don't: that IBM is seeing customers become more cautious about spending.
Still, U.S. sales were up 6 percent, as Big Blue "tailored its services and software offerings to help customers cut costs, conserve cash and improve productivity," the NYT says.
"U.S. companies are not reducing expenditures on technology, and that's surprising given the gloom and doom," Carl Claunch, a Los Altos, California-based analyst with research firm Gartner Inc., said in a telephone interview. "Even sales to the financial-services sector went up."
The NYT reports that worldwide PC shipments were up 15 percent in the quarter, a day after Intel reported increased sales and profit. IBM shares rose to their highest price since 2002.
A silver lining, of sorts
In more earnings news, this time on Wall Street, the WSJ notes in its C1 Heard on the Street column that bad news can be good—when it's not as bad as expected.
JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo reported lots of bad news but nothing too surprising. Profits fell by half at JPMorgan and by 11 percent at Wells Fargo. Revenue at JPMorgan dropped 11 percent; it was up 12 percent at Wells.
You know the climate is bad when you take $2.6 billion in write-downs on bad debt, set aside another $2.5 billion to cover bad loans, report that your prime-mortgage business—not your subprime, these are the "good" loans— is seeing borrowers miss payments at a much faster rate, and still your shares jump 7 percent.
The FT leads its story with news that JPMorgan is looking for more acquisitions, including perhaps Washington Mutual. Bloomberg's lede says JPMorgan "said the credit-market crisis is almost over."
In a separate story, Bloomberg reports that JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says "real estate is getting worse" and expects home prices to fall another 9 percent or so this year. It says that JPMorgan saw defaults on its prime mortgages rise to 3.2 percent, though it doesn't say from what. Fortunately, the FT's Lex column has it, sort of. It says the delinquencies in that area were less than 1 percent a year ago.
A less sanguine take
The Journal's David Wessel in his A2 Capital column says that while the risk of utter financial catastrophe is lower than it was a month ago—before the Fed started lending to Wall Street and taking just about any old junk loan as collateral—the real economic pain is yet to peak. He notes that an economic forecaster says the U.S. economy declined in February at an annual rate of 13 percent.
Wessel is on our wavelength here:
But stocks? Predicting their direction is treacherous. If this is truly the worst financial crisis in a generation, is it plausible that the Dow Jones Industrial Average—now down more than 11% from its October peak—has fallen as far as it is going to fall? And if banks are groaning under the weight of bad loans now, further deterioration of the job market and consumer finances can only make matters worse and discourage them from lending.
The bank-earning news sent the Dow up 257 points yesterday.
The WSJ's Mark Gongloff in a C1 Ahead of the Tape column says "stock and credit markets are once again singing from a different hymnal." A couple of arcane risk gauges show that short-term loan markets are deteriorating again. Clearly, the credit crisis is "almost over."
"Something's going on," says Michael Darda, chief economist at MKM Partners. "There is stress somewhere based on some institution or some group of institutions. Unfortunately, it won't be clear until after the fact."
Sallie sings for her cash drop
Sallie Mae yesterday sounded a different tune than that coming from Wall Street chieftains of late, the Journal reports. It reported a loss in the first quarter and said the markets were the worst in its thirty-five year history and that their needs to be a "near-term, system-wide liquidity solution."
That's exec speak for "more government cash drops, please."
The Washington Post on D3 reports that Sallie Mae cut 1,000 jobs, or 9 percent of its workforce, in the last six months.
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This week's lectures focused primarily on Japan's relations with the world, and how that changed with the arrival of foreigners (for a second time), in the mid 19th century. Japan was forced to "become a part of the world space rather than the definition of space itself" (Inouye, 106). This was seen in class by the comparison of the grand view in Versailles to the one of the Sumiyoshi pine, which purposely blocks the view of the garden. The difference I feel is that, from the Versailles view, you see all, but at the same time you see nothing; although the general picture is seen, the little details in the plants, their arrangements and the life that surrounds them cannot all be seen from one stance. By being forced to go through the garden to see it, a moment is created with everything you interact with, rather than just looking at it from a cool distance. Furthermore, I found it sad for Japan to transition from the lyrical moments of utsusemi and Bashō's 'sound of water', fleeting moments in existence, to the nationalistic "Tenno Heika, Banzai" (Inouye, 111). By being forcibly integrated into the world at large, it seems as if it was necessary for Japan to swallow this bitter nationalistic pill and become a colonizing power itself, lest it be taken over by the Europeans or Americans. It seems as if the Japanese needed to make an identity for themselves to relate to the "other", the non Japanese that was now affecting the land in a way that had never happened before. Izano Nitobe's work, "Bushido: The Soul of Japan", claims that "unformulated, Bushido was and still is the animating spirit, the motor force of our country" (Inazo Nitobe, 139). I do not particularly agree with him on this point, however. The Samurai only came to prominence during the Kamakura Shogunate, established in 1185. Before that period, the cultural makeup that resonated in the country did not stem from Bushido or the Samurai, but from the established Buddhist monasteries and the nobility in Kyoto, as well as from native Shinto. To summarize "Japan" as simply "Bushido" is, in my view, a neglect of all that came before it, ignoring the fundamental base of the conflict between evanescence and form. Moreover, I found the references to rice being "sacred… [as] Amaterasu obtained the best rice seeds…" (Inouye, 108) particularly interesting. It is as if rice moves from being this very concrete source of sustenance, to an abstract embodiment of the new Japan. Although it was probably regarded as a sacred food in times past, it status was 'asserted' as such by people Aizawa Seishisai. The move from non symbolic to symbolic added and altered some of the basic concepts that we studied in the previous weeks; the "land" of Japan, and not the unique space, was seen as holy/sacred. Imperial ambitions derived partially from the fact that Japan was perceived by the some to be "The head of the world." (Inouye, 107).


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I've had this n/p in a few different colours and they were all beautiful. The problem I have with this n/p is the lingering chemical-y odour even after it dries that lasts a day or two. Btw this dries just as quickly as the regular Revlon n/p, and that one doesn't have the smell issue, so guess which one I prefer?
Still using Top Speed in Chili from last summer! I love the hot red-orange color, and the formula is great! It's one of those colors that just makes you smile :)
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I was just browsing through the Internet see if I'm the only victim from this nail polish lol I also bought the color jaded, absolutely gorgeous color love it so much, but my nail cracks horribly. Will NOT buy other colors, please dont try it you'll regret it, my nails are so messed up right now (cry)
i definitely falling in love with the speed !!!
how quick this polish is just amazed me !!!
but after 2 days, it started to crack..
i have the Hazy one, btw.
I only purchased the pink lingerie one and I really liked it. Even though it was a bit streaky, I didn't have trouble with it! I just added one more layer and topped it off with a top coat! By judging other reviews on this product, I probably wont buy the other colours!
this nail polish is not good for the nails. I bought Jaded and i must say that my nails split. i tried again and the same thing. a purple shade i bought the same. a brown the same. the only one that doesnot hurt my nails is Pink Lingerie. all others apply too watery and streaky. need many coats and then splits happen. never never again. never. instead i found the color like Jaded by sally hansen extreme wear. what a difference.
Top Speeds have the worst applicators! The brush doesn't allow for the enamel to coat smoothly and because it's fast drying it goes on clumpy and is extremely difficult to get full smooth coverage without multiple coats...even then is tricky! I still use it because I need the quick drying polish but it's a pain in the butt and I wouldn't use it for anything but work nails frankly. On the plus side, so far I have found it lasts and chipping happens but is minimal.
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i bought revlon top speed #650 sugar plum and it was great! it was smooth and the color didnt chip easily. its a great brand and it was salon quality! i disagree with all those bad reviews with chipping. for me it lasted for a week until my nails had grown out. definitely worth the money!!
i really wanted to like this! i love revlon, but don't use this without a base or separate top coat. i did and it peeled and flaked so fast, taking some of my nail with it. i bought 860 (metallic) a colour i had been looking for for a long time, so i applied a base coat and tried again and it has stayed after a few days of work and school.
overall, not worth your $.
Horrible nail polish. I bought Jaded (320) on the premises that it was a beautiful color and it was quick dry. Upon its first usage, to my dismay, the polish was so watery and difficult to apply. You need to do a minimum of three coats. It does not go on evenly, either. It was definitely not worth it for the price (6$). Never again am I going to purchase a nail polish by Revlon.


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I have questions about euphorbia milii that I have had for about 4 years. It is three feet tall and blooms constantly, but has lost leaves over time on the bottom one-half to one third of each branch. The original plant had about seven or eight branches, the same branches it has now. They start all around the the bottom 6 inches of the plant. They are just a lot longer and some fatter now. What I am wondering is: If I were to cut it back would it branch out more? Or do these plants keep the same number of branches? I took a cutting once and the stalk I cut it from on the parent plant never did grow any more. The cutting has never branched out, but is just one long stalk. I am asking because the plant looks top heavy and is wobbly, and I am deciding what to do with it. Recently it is getting one new shoot at the bottom. Also, do you think the cutting would ever get more branches if I were just patient? It seems to lose the most leaves in the spring. Does this mean that it grows mostly in the winter? So then I should cut it back in the fall, if that is what I decide to do?
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- Posted by pirate_girl Zone7 NYC (My Page) on Tue, May 15, 07 at 12:54
You can cut these back severely (most times of the year except winter) to have them grow in full & more lush. I don't recall for sure (plants are at home, I'm at work), but I'm pretty sure they'll branch out more after cutting. I tend to cut mine back when they get too tall & they recover just fine. I can't guess why you're losing leaves in Spring, but mine bloom Spring, Summer & some into Fall; my E. Milii moratii (or marlothii, I never remember right, but it has the variegated leaves & mauve colored blooms), blooms virtually all year long. I think it's not that cutting them back makes them branch more, rather (if I recall correctly), it makes them sprout new growth from just below the cut area. Similarly, if you cut back the branch just above where the new shoot is sprouting, it'll help focus the plant's energy on that shoot. One thing I do often is cut several arms (or branches) at once, all at different heights from each other, makes a more visually interesting looking plant. (I don't think these are winter growers.) If you don't already know this (you may since you say yours blooms so readily), they drink a tremendous amount of water, can take all the best sun you can give them & like frequent fertilizer. Since I upped the water & fertilizer on mine, I get a lot more blooms. HTH = hope this helps! |
- Posted by aseedisapromise z4.5 SD (My Page) on Tue, May 15, 07 at 15:27
Thanks Pirate girl, for your long reply. I find that I am getting a general sense of what to do to get growth with the plants I have, but I am wondering more and more what I can do to get specific kinds of growth from a specific plant, or maybe what could be called long-term care. I can grow plants, but what do you do when that cute little plant becomes a tree? I have what I imagine is a pretty common type of milii with coral-red blooms, so I don't think it would hurt to experiment with it. I think I will cut it back, using your the staggered length idea, and see what happens. It is a thirsty plant, liked being on my porch last summer, and likes fertilizer as you say. I wonder if the leaf drop was because I let it get too dry. I get busy keeping track of all the flower and veg seedlings this time of year, and the old standbys get neglected a bit. Thanks for responding. Barb |
I have just purchased the Crown of Thorns plant. I bought it for a patio plant in a pot, but am wondering if it will grow in my yard. I live in Zone 8, on a bay, very sandy soil. I could give it winter protection if we get another very cold winter like this last one. What do y'all think? |
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akimbobears (07/13/2013) [-]
The snake in Genesis is never called Satan in the Bible. He was just a snake. Satan as the snake is a tradition created by the Christian Church long after Genesis was written. So praise snakes I guess.
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cantbelieveimhere (07/13/2013) [-]
When it comes down to religious views, yes. If a person is religious, their book carries a higher law than the chuch, since it is older and "set in stone," so to speak. From a non-religious view, they are equally up for question.
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demandsgayversion (07/13/2013) [-]
But to be fair, that book was just written by some people a long time ago. Nobody's god wrote it, it's literally just something a bunch of religious experts of the time wrote - those religious 'experts' really just being philosophers of a religious concept. That's not a belief, that's fact at this point.
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cantbelieveimhere (07/13/2013) [-]
I do not deny this, as this is what I see as well. However, I think the entire point to this post in the first place is about which theology is correct. The contents of the book are correct in the standpoint of the theology, or religion. At the same time, people rely on the church to give them the correct interpretation of the contents of the books, as they are supposed to be trained in it. Some people also disagree with the church saying it is just some person who gives off their own interpretation as fact (i.e. the Snake being Satan vs. The Snake being a Snake). At this point we should disregard any of our views on what we see as fact, and simply look at the comparisons of the theology, just as we would when comparing interpretations of Greek or Roman mythology. I don't know if I've made myself clear enough on what I am saying, and I apologize for any confusions or misinterpretations at all.
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demandsgayversion (07/13/2013) [-]
I guess since the book is the source point of the belief, it could hold more sway than a church's opinion, but also the book doesn't say the snake ISN'T stan. I haven't read it, but to be such a widespread thing, I'm sure it's pretty implied who it is. And who created the book can't be their belief, as they're not allowed to rationally go against fact. They could argue the 'accuracy' of the men who wrote the book, but as uneducated as they were at the time, wouldn't they really lose credibility compared to the church today?
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cantbelieveimhere (07/15/2013) [-]
It is a very touchy subject. Currently the best option would be to reference the source of the first version of the Bible in the first language. From what I heard the Bible is considered the word of God written down and sent from Heaven to Earth. By that standard it would be. However, everyone has their own beliefs as to who and what has the right to interpret on the matter.
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cantbelieveimhere (07/16/2013) [-]
You don't have to be tolerant, although you should be ready to defend yourself sensibly before ridiculing someone's beliefs. It also helps to know something about their belief, as going into an argument unarmed can lose legitimacy of that which you are defending.
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cantbelieveimhere (07/16/2013) [-]
What seems outlandish to you makes sense to others, and what you see sense in is outlandish to them as well. I understand how frustrating religious debates are, but remembering this helps me keep my head while conversing with them. Then again, 'what aids one man is useless for another' ~ paraphrased version of Haji's statement on religion in "Edenborn."


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The start of a new year brings us hope, excitement, anticipation, and…new changes in Medicare. As the year begins to unfold, we find ourselves seizing new opportunities and (attempting) to sustain our New Year's resolution of hitting the gym every day. On top of all of this, comes the confusion and anticipation of changes that impact Medicare reporting. Just what we needed.
Just for starters, PQRS and Functional Code Reporting are TWO SEPERATE report requirements for Medicare Rehabilitation Providers. Here is some information to help distinguish between the two reporting programs…
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The Functional Code Reporting became a requirement with the passing of the Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2012. The new functional limitation reporting will be completed through non payable G-codes (similar in appearance to PQRS quality data codes).
The goal of the new program is to identify treatment efficacy of rehabilitation services in efforts to develop a new payment model for providers. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has developed the functional reporting requirement on the claims to gather data for future analysis on the best way to pay for services.
There is no financial incentive to report functional codes; it is a requirement that began on January 1, 2013. To allow for a smooth transition, there is a testing period from January 1, 2013 until July 1, 2013. Claims submitted during the testing phase will not be rejected for non-submission of functional codes. However, after July 1, any claims without the correct G-codes and modifiers will be returned and unpaid.
Any practice that provides outpatient therapy services must include on their claim forms a completed evaluation on the initial visit of the patient, every 10th visit, and at discharge.
PQRI (Physical Quality Reporting Incentive) was launched in 2007 following the passing of the 2006 Tax Relief and Health Care Act. The goal was to encourage healthcare providers to report quality data on specific measures to collect data for future study of treatment efficacy. The name was later changed to PQRS (Physical Quality Reporting System), and contains 144 Specific Measurements.
Originally, PQRS provided professionals with financial motivation for voluntarily reporting on certain measures. However, starting in 2013, if therapists do not report enough quality measures (and report them correctly), they will be penalized. The punishments for incorrect data will include; having a 1.5% adjustment in their fee schedule amount in 2015, and 2.0% in 2016.
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Josh Gibson Centennial Educational Tour will stop at Edinboro University April 10
04/05/2012EDINBORO, Pa. – Baseball historians consider Josh Gibson to be among the greatest catchers and power hitters ever to play the game in any league, including the "Majors." But Gibson, elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972, never played Major League baseball because of an unwritten rule excluding non-whites during his lifetime.
To honor Gibson's life of accomplishments, the Josh Gibson Foundation has been traveling the nation and sharing his story as part of the year-long Josh Gibson Centennial Educational Tour. Locally, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Gibson's December 21, 1911 birth, the star of the former Negro Leagues will be publicly recognized when the Foundation's tour stops at Edinboro University on Tuesday, April 10, for a 6 p.m. presentation in the Frank G. Pogue Student Center's Multipurpose Room.
The celebration will include first-hand narratives told by Sean L. Gibson, great-grandson of Josh Gibson, as well as discussions with former Negro League Players Ted Toles and Pedro Sierra.
The Negro Leagues were professional baseball leagues comprised of teams of predominantly African-American players who were not eligible to play in the Major Leagues solely because of their color. Seven leagues comprised the overall movement, including the Negro National League, Eastern Colored League and the Negro American League. The leagues were started in 1920 because of the refusal of Major League organized baseball to admit African-American athletes. Because of eventual integration of the "Majors" in the late 1940s, the Negro Leagues ended soon after.
Gibson was a catcher and power hitter in the Negro League, playing for the Homestead Grays as well as the Pittsburgh Crawfords from 1930 through 1946. He died in January of 1947, the same year that Jackie Robinson would break the "color barrier" as the first Africa-American in the Major Leagues.
Known at the time of his playing days as the "black Babe Ruth," Gibson's batting average was .461 during his rookie year. His hitting that year was considered a key factor in the Grays' win over New York's Lincoln Giants in the playoffs for the Eastern Division championship. Overall, Gibson's lifetime batting average was an astounding .359, while his slugging percentage was .648.
To honor his legacy and achievements and his role in American history, family members created the Josh Gibson Foundation in 1994. The Foundation's goal is to "provide the type of access that Josh Gibson never enjoyed with the creation of facilities and baseball fields dedicated to the youth of the Pittsburgh community."
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