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When Facebook Met Wall Street (WSJ)
On Monday, investors piled into the hotel to hear what Mr. Zuckerberg and his lieutenants had to say about the offering. At one point, the line, leading to a second-floor ballroom where the meeting was scheduled to be held at 11:45 a.m., stretched down to the first floor and spilled out of the hotel for nearly half a city block. At least one investor waiting in line said he didn't expect anything to be revealed that wasn't already in Facebook's securities filings. Rather, he was there to take in the show, and lunch (which was Cobb salad and grilled chicken). A 30-minute video about Facebook, which had been widely distributed before Monday, led the lunch, according to attendees. The next part of the presentation was briefly delayed by Mr. Zuckerberg's absence. The CEO was in the bathroom, explained Chief Financial Officer David Ebersman to attendees. (Mr. Ebersman wore a navy suit.)
Yahoo CEO Apologizes in Memo, Board Meets (Reuters, earlier)
Yahoo Inc's board convened on Monday afternoon to discuss the mounting upset surrounding Chief Executive Scott Thompson, who has apologized to employees after being accused last week by activist investor Daniel Loeb of padding his resume, a source with knowledge of the matter said…"I want you to know how deeply I regret how this issue has affected the company and all of you," Thompson wrote in his first extended memo to employees since the disclosures emerged on May 3. "We have all been working very hard to move the company forward and this has had the opposite effect. For that, I take full responsibility, and I want to apologize to you."
Billion-Dollar Traders Quit Wall Street For Hedge Funds (Bloomberg)
Wall Street's biggest banks have lost almost two dozen of their most-profitable credit traders in the past 13 months as regulators limit the kind of risk-taking that amplified the housing crisis four years ago. As banks slash or defer pay and reduce the amount they're willing to wager, the traders are seeing better opportunities at hedge funds and investment firms that seek to profit in markets lenders are retreating from.
Wall Street Banks Depressed In Secular Shift (Bloomberg)
To Kevin Conn, who has been analyzing bank stocks for 15 years, the investment climate for Wall Street's biggest firms has entered the realm of science fiction. "It's like that Ray Bradbury short story where it rains for months in a row," said Conn, who works for Massachusetts Financial Services Co., referring to "The Long Rain," published in 1950. "It's one of these terrifically depressing short stories where the weather just never changes."
Spain To Spend Billions On Bank Rescue (FT)
Spain is planning a state bail-out of Bankia, the country's third biggest bank by assets, in a move likely to involve the injection of billions of euros of public money into the troubled lender. In an abrupt reversal of policy, the Spanish government, which had previously insisted that no additional state money would be needed to clean up the country's banking sector, confirmed that an intervention was being prepared.
OWS Mom Snubs Plea (NYP)
Occupy Wall Street protester Stacey Hessler, 39, arrested in November for resisting arrest and disorderly conduct, yesterday refused an offer to have her charges dismissed and will instead face a trial…Hessler had originally planned to accept the judge's offer of an adjournment contemplating dismissal, which erases the charge if the defendant stays out of trouble for six months, but later changed her mind, her attorney said.
SEC Orders Probe Of Watchdog Office (WSJ)
The Securities and Exchange Commission has ordered an independent inquiry into allegations of sexual misconduct by current and former staff working for its office of the inspector general, according to a person familiar with the matter. The complaint includes allegations that the misconduct compromised certain investigations of the SEC, according to the person familiar with the situation.
Apollo's Profit More Than Doubles (WSJ)
For the first quarter, Apollo reported a profit of $98 million, or 66 cents a share, up from a year-earlier profit of $38.2 million, or 33 cents a share. Economic net income rose to $1.10 from 99 cents a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters expected 78 cents a share…Total revenue rose 12% to $776.7 million, far better than the $547 million expected by analysts.
Bank of America Offers Principal Reductions to 200,000 Homeowners (CNBC)
"If people get these things and toss them, they won't be eligible," says Ron Sturzenegger, the Bank of America executive charged with providing solutions to borrowers in need of mortgage assistance. But the offer is real, and eligible borrowers could get as much as $150,000 knocked off the balance of their mortgages. It is all part of the $25 billion settlement reached this year between federal and state agencies and the nation's five largest mortgage servicers over fraudulent foreclosure document processing (so-called "robo-signing").
No Repeating Slowdown Seen by U.S. With Banks to Housing (Bloomberg)
Rising auto sales, improving bank credit and stabilization of housing are among the signs the economy is more resilient now than it was around the same time in 2010 and 2011, according to Marisa Di Natale, an economist at Moody's Analytics in West Chester, Pennsylvania. "From where we sit right now, we think the economy looks fundamentally stronger," Di Natale said. "Surveys of business and consumer confidence are better, the labor market data looks a lot better than it did last year, even some of the housing data looks better."
Ex-Tyco CFO: Gimme the $ I didn't steal! (Reuters)
Former Tyco International Chief Financial Officer Mark Swartz, who is serving a prison sentence for looting the company, has sued for $60 million in retirement and other money he says he is owed. The lawsuit, which was made public yesterday, accuses Tyco of breach of contract and unjust enrichment for not paying him some $48 million from an executive retirement agreement, $9 million in reimbursement for New York taxes, and other money.
Winner Of Mexican Presidential Debate? Julia Orayen (AP)
Who won Mexico's presidential debate? According to the media and Twitter frenzy, at least, the victor wasn't any candidate but a curvaceous model in a tight gown who puzzled millions by appearing on stage for less than 30 seconds during the showdown. Julia Orayen has posed nude for Playboy and appeared barely dressed in other media, but she made her mark on Mexican minds Sunday night by carrying an urn filled with bits of paper determining the order that candidates would speak. She wore a tight, white dress with a wide, tear-drop cutout that revealed her ample decolletage. The image was splashed across newspaper front pages and websites by Monday. "The best was the girl in white with the cleavage at the beginning," tweeted former Mexican Foreign Minister Jorge Castaneda, who is also a New York University professor…Alfredo Figueroa, director of the Federal Electoral Institute responsible for organizing the debate, blamed the incident on a production associate hired by the institute to help with the debate. The institute later issued an apology to Mexican citizens and the candidates for the woman's dress.
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Mom of the year strikes again
She's hoping to get free STD therapy in jail.
wall st. banks need the booger shooger
"The CEO was in the bathroom…"
He was mathtubating!!! Explained Warren.
Cobb salad? Really thought they would have gone pizza and Natural Light, just to keep up appearances.
That Mexican gal was wearin' a "Texas Dress". Like Texas it had a lot of wide, open spaces.
A company, feeling it was time for a shakeup, hires a new CEO. This new boss is determined to rid the company of all slackers.
On a tour of the facilities, the CEO notices a guy leaning on a wall. The room is full of workers and he wants to let them know he means business!
The CEO walks up to the guy and asks, "And how much money do you make a week?" Undaunted, the young fellow looks at him and replies, "I make $300.00 a week. Why?"
The CEO then hands the guy $300 in cash and screams, "Here's a week's pay, now GET OUT and don't come back!"
Feeling pretty good about his first firing, the CEO looks around the room and asks "Does anyone want to tell me what that goof-off did here?"
With a sheepish grin, one of the other workers mutters, "Pizza delivery guy from Domino's."
Our friends south of the border seem to have an extraordinary ability at locating attractive women. Locating competent politicians, on the other hand, seems to be an ongoing challenge . . .
Was Thompson guided into Yahoo! by a corporate recruiter?
-Guy Who Doesn't Like Headhunters
"Outside, she held up a cardboard sign that said, 'A woman's place is in the revolution.'"
And in the penal system, apparently.
And that differs from the situation on this side of the Rio Grande… how?
Do you suppose Zuck has a Gatsby-esque closet filled with dozens and dozens of hoodies and pairs of jeans (instead of silk shirts)?
Of course…the Steve Jobs black turtleneck, the Jozef Straus beret, the Richard Branson flouncy British blouse, and Zuck's hoodie and jeans.
– Little Orphan Annie's Fashion Consultant
You spelled Natty wrong.
Was trying to upsell it for the Street.
Dear Curtis,
Well my life has really changed since spending time in Jail and it may actually benefit you! I know that whole getting laid in the park by that dude really was tough for you to swallow ( so to speak) and even, perhaps, a little tough to explain to those runny nose little shts you call kids.
But now, you can just tell them I've decided to swing from the other side of the plate and have met the most wonderful partner in jail. Its been mind blowing and I can actually say that I've never experienced anything like it. So, just buy the kids one of those "Becky has two moms" books and they should be ok.
I was there and Zuck was the only one served a Niçoise salad and a can of Limonata. Pompous asshole.
Locating attractive women?
"…Stacey Hessler, 39, arrested in November for resisting arrest". I freaking love the police.
More like the penile system in her case.
Nice cedilla!
Her decision making abilities are phenomenal. She should throw her hat into the ring for the soon to be vacant YHOO position. I think it only requires a high school diploma.
Let me see, take a plea and get this over with having served no jail time and go back to Florida to raise those kids OR, spend more time with Rami Swami under the Empathy table?
Fuck you to.
-New Guinea pre 1930's
It's 'Curtiss', bitch
Not sure they allow much mingling in Manhattan Psychiatric.
"The institute later issued an apology to Mexican citizens and the candidates for the woman's dress."
They've obviously never watched Primer Impacto or they'd know this is the norm.
– Guy who can't speak a lick of Spanish but would pay handsomely for 5 minutes with the weather girl
Breakfast of champions? Natty Ice.
– guy who's dad is also his uncle
Not bad
Yesterday was a hot dog joke. Today is pizza. I already look forward to tomorrow.
CEO of Yum! Corporation
thanks random joker dude.
Se movia.
-Alfredo Figueroa, Director of Federal Erection Institute -
Obviously the pumping of facebook didn't do any good for other social media shares.
Buffet just has a stack of porn next to a stack of Poor Richard's Almanacs.
LOL! It took me a while to "get it" but the instant I did I chuckled!
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Hello everyone,
It not so bizarre that atheist and religious preachers share so many things in common than they would admit.
Firstly, both have contradictions in what they preach, yet both see nothing but consistency. I'm familiar with the feeling of being absolutely right. When I was a fundamentalist Muslim I saw Islam as flawless, and it was only when I lost my faith that contradictions started to pop out. I was angry and depressed. I felt I was deceived and hated Islam with all my heart. I started to believe a lot of anti-religion arguments and these 'beliefs' started to appear as flawless once again. Only when time healed my wounds, and my hate toward Islam started to fade away that I started to ask myself who deceived me into Islam in the first place? Why does religion exist? I could only find one answer, the human mind, or to be precise, human genes.
When I stopped becoming hostile toward religion I started to notice a lot of contradictions in a lot of these 'in the name of reason" arguments, in fact, it appeared as just another religion. You do not need a deity or a sacred book to have a religion. I see religion as a necessary illusion that our minds created. We as humans have a simple purpose, to survive and reproduce, and religion is a powerful tool to achieve that.
A lot of atheists seem to think our purpose is to reason and discover the secrets of existence. Perhaps that's why this anti-religious movement is just another religion, it gives its adherents an emotional purpose. just like religion.
One argument is that religion is against nature when it comes to sex, but like sex, religion is natural too. Why support one natural aspect and be against another natural aspect? Another argument is religion is against scientific advancement, but since when was scientific advancement part of human nature? Since the scientific revolution, we humans bred into 7 billion people and damaged our nature so badly. Scientific advancement might even one day lead us into extinction if it has not already.
Do not get me wrong, I'm not against science, I'm just saying that religion seems to be adapting well, and active atheism has manifested into a religion with illusions that only appear true to it's believers.
Provocative, but not the atheism I practice. Skepticism/humanism is not arrogant about absolute truth; it claims only temporary truth.
Secrets of existence? Hell, I'm just trying to get through this life alive and without any more screwups! That's why I'm constantly in search of practical wisdom and philosophy wherever I can find it. And I can always find it without religious crap attached.
Religion is natural and unnatural. It served as explanantion for a great deal that we now have better explanations for. It was once natural to assume unseen gods; now, it's not. Sex is still natural.
I disagree that religion is adaptive today. Perhaps a thousand years ago having a religion gave a population an edge in competition. Today's survival challenge isn't to compete with neighboring populations for apparently limitless resources of nature, but to avoid self-extinction through overpopulation-driven Climate Destabilization. Religion actively hinders people from comprehending the survival challenge we face, and keeps people past-focused when they need to pay attention and value the world they're handing to their children.
I disagree that atheism is like a religion. A secular reality-based approach to what's important in life is far from dogmatic. It doesn't have to get stuck in the "anti-religious" phase. Many atheists move beyond cutting the apron strings to finding meaning and value creatively, in a diversity of ways.
Religion may be an illusion our minds have created, but it's not necessary!
Atheism doesn't give an emotional purpose to life, it frees you to find your own purpose and meaning.
Human beings are meaning-makers. We create meaning in a million different ways, art, music, dance, growing plants, friendship, love, dedication to helping animals or children or to saving the earth, etc. You surely have activities in your life where you create meaning and share it with others.
Human beings are meaning-makers. We create meaning in a million different ways, art, music, dance, growing plants, friendship, love, dedication to helping animals or children or to saving the earth, etc. You surely have activities in your life where you create meaning and share it with others.
Hear hear! It is a wonderful freedom to understand this single opportunity to "paint our masterpiece." How great is it that we are in a free fall of creation, exploration, examination, and mystery?
Religion isn't adaptive, it's reactive. It's reacting to attacks against its putative authority while attempting to maintain that same authority. Its problem is that, being based in a lie, indeed a series of lies, it truly has no leg to stand on. It has presumed that it had a genuine authority, based in those lies; it's problem is that it is being found out, first by people like us, and eventually by others who learn from us or on their on initiative.
Religion can't adapt without ultimately losing itself. Just as well.
Yep, the only "adaptation" possible for religion is erosive movement towards classification within the ranks of other discarded mythologies.
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0Oct 12, '12 by somekindofstrange@future RNBSN My gpa is 3.75. This is my first time applying to FAMU's nursing school. I have faith we all will get in. Good luck everybody. I will be praying for all our acceptance.
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IO::Handle(3p) Perl Programmers Reference Guide IO::Handle(3p)
IO::Handle - supply object methods for I/O handles
use IO::Handle; $io = new IO::Handle; if ($io->fdopen(fileno(STDIN),"r")) { print $io->getline; $io->close; } $io = new IO::Handle; if ($io->fdopen(fileno(STDOUT),"w")) { $io->print("Some text\n"); } # setvbuf is not available by default on Perls 5.8.0 and later. use IO::Handle '_IOLBF'; $io->setvbuf($buffer_var, _IOLBF, 1024); undef $io; # automatically closes the file if it's open autoflush STDOUT 1;
"IO::Handle" is the base class for all other IO handle classes. It is not intended that objects of "IO::Handle" would be created directly, but instead "IO::Handle" is inherited from by several other classes in the IO hierarchy. If you are reading this documentation, looking for a replacement for the "FileHandle" package, then I suggest you read the documentation for "IO::File" too.
new () Creates a new "IO::Handle" object. new_from_fd ( FD, MODE ) Creates an "IO::Handle" like "new" does. It requires two parameters, which are passed to the method "fdopen"; if the fdopen fails, the object is destroyed. Otherwise, it is returned to the caller.
See perlfunc for complete descriptions of each of the fol- lowing supported "IO::Handle" methods, which are just front ends for the corresponding built-in functions: perl v5.8.8 2005-02-05 1 IO::Handle(3p) Perl Programmers Reference Guide IO::Handle(3p) $io->close $io->eof $io->fileno $io->format_write( [FORMAT_NAME] ) $io->getc $io->read ( BUF, LEN, [OFFSET] ) $io->print ( ARGS ) $io->printf ( FMT, [ARGS] ) $io->stat $io->sysread ( BUF, LEN, [OFFSET] ) $io->syswrite ( BUF, [LEN, [OFFSET]] ) $io->truncate ( LEN ) See perlvar for complete descriptions of each of the follow- ing supported "IO::Handle" methods. All of them return the previous value of the attribute and takes an optional single argument that when given will set the value. If no argument is given the previous value is unchanged (except for $io->autoflush will actually turn ON autoflush by default). $io->autoflush ( [BOOL] ) $| $io->format_page_number( [NUM] ) $% $io->format_lines_per_page( [NUM] ) $= $io->format_lines_left( [NUM] ) $- $io->format_name( [STR] ) $~ $io->format_top_name( [STR] ) $^ $io->input_line_number( [NUM]) $. The following methods are not supported on a per-filehandle basis. IO::Handle->format_line_break_characters( [STR] ) $: IO::Handle->format_formfeed( [STR]) $^L IO::Handle->output_field_separator( [STR] ) $, IO::Handle->output_record_separator( [STR] ) $\ IO::Handle->input_record_separator( [STR] ) $/ Furthermore, for doing normal I/O you might need these: $io->fdopen ( FD, MODE ) "fdopen" is like an ordinary "open" except that its first parameter is not a filename but rather a file han- dle name, an IO::Handle object, or a file descriptor number. $io->opened Returns true if the object is currently a valid file descriptor, false otherwise. $io->getline This works like <$io> described in "I/O Operators" in perl v5.8.8 2005-02-05 2 IO::Handle(3p) Perl Programmers Reference Guide IO::Handle(3p) perlop except that it's more readable and can be safely called in a list context but still returns just one line. If used as the conditional +within a "while" or C-style "for" loop, however, you will need to +emulate the functionality of <$io> with "defined($_ = $io->getline)". $io->getlines This works like <$io> when called in a list context to read all the remaining lines in a file, except that it's more readable. It will also croak() if accidentally called in a scalar context. $io->ungetc ( ORD ) Pushes a character with the given ordinal value back onto the given handle's input stream. Only one charac- ter of pushback per handle is guaranteed. $io->write ( BUF, LEN [, OFFSET ] ) This "write" is like "write" found in C, that is it is the opposite of read. The wrapper for the perl "write" function is called "format_write". $io->error Returns a true value if the given handle has experienced any errors since it was opened or since the last call to "clearerr", or if the handle is invalid. It only returns false for a valid handle with no outstanding errors. $io->clearerr Clear the given handle's error indicator. Returns -1 if the handle is invalid, 0 otherwise. $io->sync "sync" synchronizes a file's in-memory state with that on the physical medium. "sync" does not operate at the perlio api level, but operates on the file descriptor (similar to sysread, sysseek and systell). This means that any data held at the perlio api level will not be synchronized. To synchronize data that is buffered at the perlio api level you must use the flush method. "sync" is not implemented on all platforms. Returns "0 but true" on success, "undef" on error, "undef" for an invalid handle. See fsync(3c). $io->flush "flush" causes perl to flush any buffered data at the perlio api level. Any unread data in the buffer will be discarded, and any unwritten data will be written to the underlying file descriptor. Returns "0 but true" on suc- cess, "undef" on error. perl v5.8.8 2005-02-05 3 IO::Handle(3p) Perl Programmers Reference Guide IO::Handle(3p) $io->printflush ( ARGS ) Turns on autoflush, print ARGS and then restores the autoflush status of the "IO::Handle" object. Returns the return value from print. $io->blocking ( [ BOOL ] ) If called with an argument "blocking" will turn on non- blocking IO if "BOOL" is false, and turn it off if "BOOL" is true. "blocking" will return the value of the previous set- ting, or the current setting if "BOOL" is not given. If an error occurs "blocking" will return undef and $! will be set. If the C functions setbuf() and/or setvbuf() are available, then "IO::Handle::setbuf" and "IO::Handle::setvbuf" set the buffering policy for an IO::Handle. 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MSNBC columnist (and one of my former college instructors) Bob Sullivan asked an interesting question last week. How young is too young for a credit card? I think the credit industry used to draw the line somewhere around age 19 or 20. But things changed a lot in the 1990s.
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From Proteopedia
Z-DNA is a form of DNA that has a different structure from the more common form.It is a left-handed double helix wherein the sugar-phosphate backbone has a zigzag pattern due to the alternate stacking of bases in anti-conformation and syn conformation. In Z-DNA only a minor groove is present and the major groove is absent. The residues that allow sequence-specific recognition of Z-DNA are present on the convex outer surface.[1] This DNA form is thought to play a role in the regulation of gene expression, DNA processing events and/or genetic instability.[2]
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Z-DNA can form invitro from B-DNA by raising negative super helical stress or under low salt conditions when deoxycytosine is 5-methylated. The formation of Z-DNA invivo is an energy requiring process. It forms behind a RNA polymerase moving through a DNA double helix during transcription and is subsequently stabilized due to the generation of negative supercoils. Z-DNA is the first single crystal X-ray structure of a DNA fragment. It was crystallized as a self complementary DNA hexamer d(CG)3 by Andrew Wang, Alexander Rich and their co-workers at MIT in 1979. [1][2]
Whenever B-DNA transforms into Z-DNA two form. The crystal structure of these junctions revealed, and at the junction. A crucial finding from this structure is that a right handed DNA can transform to a left handed DNA or vice versa by the disruption and extrusion of a base pair. It has also been suggested that the extruded base pairs at B-Z DNA junction may be sites for DNA modification.[3]
Z-DNA binding proteins
Double Stranded RNA adenosine deaminase 1, ADAR1
ADAR1 belongs to the family of deaminases that modify double stranded mRNA by catalyzing the conversion of adenine to inosine which is then translated to guanosine. It is a complex protein with two Z-DNA binding motifs called and Z-beta.[2] ADAR1 also has three copies of double-stranded RNA binding motif (DRBM) and a catalytic domain related to E.coli cytidine deaminase. The binding motif Z-alpha belongs to winged-helix-turn-helix family of proteins. It consists of a which has two alpha helices ( and ) connected by a short strand of amino acids and a . The beta sheet constrains the fold by contacting the residues between alpha-2 and alpha-3.
The contact surface between consists of residues from the helix alpha-3 and COOH-terminal beta hairpin. Hydrogen bonding is present between Lys169, Lys 170, Asn173, Arg174 and Tyr177 in the helix alpha-3 and . Lys169, Asn173, Arg174, Trp195 make water mediated phosphate contacts with Z-DNA. In addition Thr191 and Arg174 of G2 and G6 on Z-DNA. An important interaction is the between aromatic ring of Tyr177 and the carbon 8 of G4. This is unique to Z-DNA as the interaction requires the base to be in syn conformation. Pro192, Pro 193 form another set of with Z-DNA where the pyrrolidine rings bond with the sugar-phosphate backbone from phosphate 2 to phosphate 3. Pro192 is conserved in Z-alpha and its homologues and forms a cis peptide bond which positions beta loop against the Z-DNA surface.[4]
The double stranded RNA substrate for ADAR1 is formed by folding of 3' intron back onto the exon containing the site to be edited. This shows that the editing of RNA occurs before the splicing of RNA providing an explanation for the binding of Z-DNA by ADAR1. Z-DNA may localize the editing activity of ADAR1 to a particular region within a gene, thus preventing indiscriminate modification. This allows for editing of the nascent transcript and blocks further transcription of gene. It has also been suggested that the extent of adenosine to inosine is proportional to amount of Z-DNA and also the ease with which the surrounding sequences adopt Z-DNA conformation. According to a study binding of ADAR1 to Z-DNA resulted in the increase in promoter activity of the gene which suggests that Z-DNA formation in the promoter region is itself involved in the regulation of transcription.[1]
Vaccinia virus E3L protein
E3L protein of vaccinia virus acts as an immune modulator and is required for replication of the virus. The region of E3L is similar to the Z-alpha domain of ADAR1 but has a lower binding affinity to Z-DNA than ADAR1 or DLM-1. Though the C-terminal of E3L is sufficient for viral replication it is the N-terminal which is responsible for pathogenicity. Mutations or deletions in the N-terminal region reduces the pathogenicity of the virus. Replacement of this domain with its corresponding analogues from ADAR1 or DLM-1 generates a chimeric virus which is as lethal as the wild type virus. Thus a drug which can block the binding of E3L to Z-DNA may be an effective therapy in preventing pathogenicity. Similarity of E3L to variola also suggests that such drugs might be effective against small pox. [2][5] `
DLM-1 is also known as Z-DNA binding protein 1 (ZBP1). It is expressed by a tumor associated gene in lymphatic tissues of mice with mouse ovarian ascites tumor.[2] DLM-1 has two Z-DNA binding domains analogous to the Z-alpha and Z- beta domains in ADAR1. Comparison of Z-DNA binding of DLM-1 and ADAR1 revealed a common structure recognition core within the binding domain. However the role of DLM-1 binding to Z-DNA in tumor development is not known.
Z-DNA binding proteins have common structural characteristics. The binding domains of these proteins can substitute one another and thus can act as competitive inhibitors against one another. As explained above, disruption in the Z-DNA binding region of E3L reduces its pathogenicity. All these observations are important pointers towards the biological importance of Z-DNA.[2]
Movie Depicting ADAR1 binding to Z-DNA
Comparison of the three helices and helical parameters of DNA
Parameter | A-DNA | B-DNA | Z-DNA |
Helix sense | right-handed | right-handed | left-handed |
Residues per turn | 11 | 10.5 | 12 |
Axial rise [Å] | 2.55 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
Helix pitch(°) | 28 | 34 | 45 |
Base pair tilt(°) | 20 | −6 | 7 |
Rotation per residue (°) | 33 | 36 | -30 |
Diameter of helix [Å] | 23 | 20 | 18 |
Glycosidic bond configuration dA,dT,dC dG | anti anti | anti anti | anti syn |
Sugar pucker dA,dT,dC dG | C3'-endo C3'-endo | C2'-endo C2'-endo | C2'-endo C3'-endo |
Intrastrand phosphate-phosphate distance [Å] dA,dT,dC dG | 5.9 5.9 | 7.0 7.0 | 7.0 5.9 |
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3D structures of Z-DNA
Updated on 05-June-2014
1woe, 3qba – ZDNA hexamer CGCGCG
1qbj – ZDNA hexamer CGCGCG + hADAR1 Zα domain - human
2heo - ZDNA hexamer CGCGCG + Z-DNA-binding protein Zα domain – mouse
2eyi - ZDNA hexamer CGCGCG + Z-DNA-binding protein Zβ domain
1j75 - ZDNA hexamer CGCGCG + DLM-1 Zα domain
Additional Resources
For additional information, see: Nucleic Acids
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rich A, Zhang S. Timeline: Z-DNA: the long road to biological function. Nat Rev Genet. 2003 Jul;4(7):566-72. PMID:12838348 doi:10.1038/nrg1115
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Wang G, Vasquez KM. Z-DNA, an active element in the genome. Front Biosci. 2007 May 1;12:4424-38. PMID:17485386
- ↑ Ha SC, Lowenhaupt K, Rich A, Kim YG, Kim KK. Crystal structure of a junction between B-DNA and Z-DNA reveals two extruded bases. Nature. 2005 Oct 20;437(7062):1183-6. PMID:16237447 doi:10.1038/nature04088
- ↑ Schwartz T, Rould MA, Lowenhaupt K, Herbert A, Rich A. Crystal structure of the Zalpha domain of the human editing enzyme ADAR1 bound to left-handed Z-DNA. Science. 1999 Jun 11;284(5421):1841-5. PMID:10364558
- ↑ Kim YG, Lowenhaupt K, Oh DB, Kim KK, Rich A. Evidence that vaccinia virulence factor E3L binds to Z-DNA in vivo: Implications for development of a therapy for poxvirus infection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Feb 10;101(6):1514-8. Epub 2004 Feb 2. PMID:14757814 doi:10.1073/pnas.0308260100
- ↑ http://220.127.116.11/indira/nacc/
- ↑ Rich A, Nordheim A, Wang AH. The chemistry and biology of left-handed Z-DNA. Annu Rev Biochem. 1984;53:791-846. PMID:6383204 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.bi.53.070184.004043
- ↑ Wang AH, Quigley GJ, Kolpak FJ, Crawford JL, van Boom JH, van der Marel G, Rich A. Molecular structure of a left-handed double helical DNA fragment at atomic resolution. Nature. 1979 Dec 13;282(5740):680-6. PMID:514347
- ↑ Sinden, Richard R (1994-01-15). DNA structure and function (1st ed.). Academic Press. pp. 398. ISBN 0-12-645750-6.
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10:01am | Old Man Luedecke "Song for Ian Tyson" from Tender Is The Night (True North 2012) —Welcome, the first Sunday in March, Rich alongside today. We start with a new one from this Canadian, paying homage to the legendary Ian Tyson, kicking off a cowboy set.Buy it! |
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10:12am | Tom Russell "The Banks of the Musselshell" from Song of the West - The Cowboy Collection (HMG/Hightone 1997) —Tom always says that one of his biggest honors was being able to write songs with both Ian and Sylvia Tyson, 2 of his heroes, this is one of those Ian Tyson co-writes.Buy it! |
10:22am | Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell "Back When We Were Beautiful" from Old Yellow Moon (Nonesuch 2013) —could be the show of the year in the beautiful Peabody Opera House, Richard Thompson opening for Rodney & Emmylou on St. Paricks Day 3/17, Covering a Matraca Berg song from their new cd.Buy it! |
10:26am | The Flatlanders "One Road More" from The Odessa Tapes (New West www.newwestrecords.com 2012) —Always a treat when the Lubbock buddies get together, they'll be at the Old Rock House on Thursday, April 4, with Joe Pug opening.Buy it! |
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10:32am | Phil Ochs "Hills Of West Virginia" from I Ain't Marching Anymore (Ekektra 1965) —The 3rd annual Phil Ochs Tribute Night will take place Friday March 15 at Off Broadway, Local musicians Jan Marra, Tim Rakel, the Lodge Brothers, Cory Saathoff, Michael Berg, David Feldmann, & Ray Gude take the stage at 7:45.Buy it! |
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My husband and I are moving soon, essentially into the "inner city"- to renovate and build an early 20th c./late 19th c home. I would like to begin a community garden on one of the many vacant lots in this neighborhood to help foster a sense of community- how would I begin and get residents involved? Most of the residents of this neighborhood just outside of our metropolitan downtown are direly poor- Those of us who are moving in are, for the most part, "hipsters"- definitely outsiders in this neighborhood. Does anyone have any words of wisdom for this self-acknowledged idealist? |
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- Posted by websterwords 6NoNJ (My Page) on Tue, Jan 29, 02 at 17:52
Hi hipster. I too bought a house in a run down neighborhood. I've been active in the community through the neighborhood associations. If you have no block organization, it is best to start one and let people on the block list their priorities. Chances are that you can accomplish your goal, but not without working through the community. Many people have probably wanted to do the same thing you do. I did two years of work on my house before I started to go to meetings. It was only then that I realized that the community has to work through extraordinary obstacles. If a lot is abandoned, but the owner pays tax, the city may not use its power to take the owner to the health board, and eventually take the property. If they do own the property, they are always either looking out for friends who want to develope it, (if they have urban renewal money) or they have lost track of it. Cities witll give vacant lots to the community sometimes, but only after they have a stable garden on the property, AND, the community makes it clear they want it. Otherwise, the city will try to get a tax bearing property out of it.You CAN get access to a lot that is vacant and in city hands, but you have to go through your local boards, ward leader, etc. And above all, NEVER use the words Urban Renewal to anyone. Redevelopment is a wholesale declaration of an area to be a "blight and slum" . YOU own property there, and believe me you don't want that! We just fought off developers who wanted to do just that. Check to see if you bought in an existing redevelopment zone. You need to know if you did. Good Luck. |
- Posted by girlgroupgirl 7b (My Page) on Wed, Feb 6, 02 at 15:18
Hi: Another thing to check out is to see if your development has a community board. I live in the downtown area of a major Southern US city, and it has recently seen re-integration (although they have horrible names for it here) in many of the areas which had really been an iteresting mix of the elderly, families and rather unsavory street crime. Good luck! I think this is a wonderful idea! |
Try connecting with community service programs at local schools such as the Key Club - even through the classrooms...kids can actually learn by helping out and it get's them some fresh air. I used to work for an Americorps (National Service) program in Boston - there were 300 of us...voulenteers, hard working, between the ages of 17 to 24, LOOKING for community service...and you would not believe how hard that can be at times - we wound up doing a lot of work with community gardens...mostly fall clean up and winter maintainance - We also helped these gardens recruit voulenteers from their neighborhoods to help and organized fund raising events..BBQ's and such - Take advantage of the other community resources to bring people together and the whole idea of community will begin to solidify. |
Hi I work with community gardens in urban areas, so I may be able to help some. (Perhaps I'm a hipster too!) First off, please visit the American Community Gardening Association web site, and please join ACGA. They are a clearinghouse of information on developing and maintaining community gardens. From my own professional experience, here is my advice. But remember this, they key is to engage and empower the people directly involved with the garden and all stages of its development. 2. See if there is a community gardening organization in your area. Start by contacting your local County Extention Service. They will be able to direct you to any local community gardening groups who might be able to help you. These groups sometimes provide help with community organizing, acquistion of land, rototilling, seeds and plants, etc. 3. Plan a public meeting including the people you have already recruited and anyone they would like to bring. Advertise the meeting with flyers in public places, and in people's mail boxes. Hold the meeting at a local library, community center, etc. ACGA has a great slide show about community gardening that can be borrowed and shown at the meeting, if you wish. Don't be too upset if a lot of people don't show up for the meeting. The critical factor here is the # of people you have personally recruited. See if you can find one person (must be a person from the neighborhood) who can be the 'assistant' leader. 3. Contact the city, and find out who owns the land on the lot you would like to use. Then get permission to use it. Try and get a committment for at least 3 years. If the city owns the land, they will often 'lease' it for $1 per year. 4. Organize a 'work day' with those interested and clean up trash on the lot. Ask a couple of local business to donate something for the garden--donuts, drinks for snacks for the volunteers, garbage bags for clean-up, work gloves, etc. Make it fun! Anyone who happens by as you are working, tell them what is happening, and ask them if they want to get involved or to have a garden. These are the first steps. What happens next depends upon how these first four steps turn out. Being a college educated person, very hip as you are, remember that many people who live in low-income neighborhoods cannot relate to the hipster thing, so you need to be REALLY down-to-earth, and count on neighborhood residents to eventually take the lead in this whole process. I have found 3 basic types of persons in urban neighborhoods, when it comes to the idea of gardening. 1. Those who have absolutely no interest in gardening, or whether it exists at all. I am confident that the above 3 types, and gradations (+) and (-), exist in every neighborhood. You are doing a wonderful thing. I wish you the best of luck. Gardens Revitalize Our World! (GROW) Shelly |
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I am in need of a new car and although I would like both AWD and TC I am not sure I can afford a car with both(I don't want an SUV). If you had to choose one which would be better to have,the AWD or traction control? I live in upstate NY-lots of cold, snow and slippery roads.
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Traction control. Face it -- even in upstate NY, you're probably on dry or merely-wet roads most of the time. I live in Minnesota, so I understand :-). You don't need AWD on good roads, but with it you're carrying a lot of extra weight, taking a hit on fuel mileage, and bearing the costs of maintaining or repairing many more parts. Traction control has only a fraction of those drawbacks. Better to spend some money on a good set of severe-weather all-season tires or winter tires. |
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As engine compression braking on adverse roadbed conditions can have severe adverse effects(***), from a safety standpoint, on FWD or front biased AWD vehicles I would first advise you to consider only RWD or rear torque biased AWD vehicles. Having said that, since FWD is so inherently hazardous in those conditions almost ALL modern day FWD vehicles will be equipped with Traction control, if not both stability control and traction control. The best of all worlds from a driving safety standpoint would be a rear torque biased AWD vehicle equipped with stability and traction control. *** On adverse roadbed conditions the front tires' roadbed contact patch should always be reserved exclusively for maintaining directional control of the vehicle. Inadvertent engine compression braking at the front due to your instinctive lift-throttle response to an adverse event can potentially result in loss of control of the vehicle. Additionally it has now been well documented that engine compression braking will/can interfere with the ABS, Anti-lock Braking System's ability to momentarily release the braking enough and thereby allow the driver to maintain directional control. Most modern day FWD vehicles have a revised shift pattern that prevents the engine from providing any significant level of braking during a lift-throttle coastdown event. |
- Posted by blue_fastback (My Page) on Tue, Feb 20, 07 at 9:26
AWD is better then traction control. Do you know what traction control does? Traction controls limits the power to a wheel thats spining by partly appling the brakes. It can also start to decrease the amount of power the engine supplies so they wont spin as much. AWD is basicly 4 wheel drive that is on all the time. AWD will get you through the snow much easier then traction control. |
- Posted by christopherh (My Page) on Wed, Feb 21, 07 at 8:37
Here in Vermont and Northern New England, Subaru is a MAJOR player. We do drive on snow covered roads much of the time and the AWD that Subaru has is enjoyed by many little old ladies, teachers (as school is rarely closed when it snows) and commuters. They go in snow. And they also go very well in New England's fifth season, mud! |
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I'm planning to repaint my master bathroom and trying to figure out which direction to go with the color. It's currently light blue, which is OK, but I want a change. I apply makeup in that bathroom, so I would like a color that won't interfere with that...I've read that yellow and gray shades are a problem for example. I read that the best shades for that purpose are shades like peach and pink, but I can't go for that on the walls. Any suggestions? What color do you have in your bathroom and do you like it? Thanks for your help!! |
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- Posted by frenchdressing (My Page) on Mon, Feb 2, 09 at 16:31
Recently I painted my bathroom in greyish tones. When I asked the question about what color should I paint it... many responded with peach, melon, beige with tints of pink for the very reasons you are mentioning. Someone said to hold the paint chips up to your face, by the mirror in your bathroom to see the reflection it gives to your skin tone. That might help you decide? |
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I painted mine red. Made me look rosy and fabulous. I put a swing-arm make-up mirror on the wall next to the window for daytime, so as to get a more accurate view. If you have enough light, lots of things will work, but you might be careful with green. Looking cadaverous when rising from the bath is a depressing way to start the day! |
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Use a paint color that is flattering to YOU - look through your wardrobe favorites for inspiration - and to heck with any "rules". It's nuts to say "thou shalt not use green [for example] in a bathroom". There is SOME shade of every color out there - green, yellow, blue, purple, whatever - that will be flattering, although it might be surprising to learn what they are. Remember the "color seasons" women used to use for purchasing clothes? The same system can be used for choosing colors for your decor that make you look wonderful. That olive green that everyone else moans and groans about makes me look fabulous, it's one of my very best colors so my previous house's master bathroom was olive green. Those much-vaunted rosy and peachy tones, OTOH, emphasize the ruddiness in my face and make me look like I'm running a fever - I always ended up putting on much too much foundation thinking I had more redness to counteract than I really did. The same thing happened with the slate-blue secondary bath in my previous house. Everyone loved the bathroom but I didn't because I looked terrible in there (besides being totally over the IMO-already-dated-by-then brown-and-light-blue color scheme, which was chosen for resale)! My current bathroom has Antique White (PO's choice, the bathroom needs to be gutted so we haven't done any decorating) and I look pasty with red splotches and bags under my eyes I could cross Europe with. How lovely. Not. Don't confuse quantity of light with quality of light, either. You can have enough brightness to stage an interrogation scene for HBO, but if the light's the wrong tone (too cool or warm) you're still not going to get a good result. |
I know that everyone seems to be painting every room a different color but I get tired of too much color and have only two rooms (rust red dining room and soft green sitting room/entry) with color, and everything else is painted cream with a lighter ceiling. Since I'm a green-eyed blonde cream is a good color for me and works well for putting on make-up. I wouldn't choose peach or pink either although certain greens are really good for me. Women with blue eyes often look good in blue or a fuchsia pink, although not everyone would want the latter as a wall color. A soft gray which has a lot of brown in it might also be flattering to a lot of complexions. |
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Simply wonderful! Bartlett Sher's masterly reinvention of Rodgers & Hammer stein's "South Pacific" opened at the Vivian Beaumont last night with enough wattage to keep Lincoln Center alight for years.
But before getting on to the marvels of Kelli O'Hara as World War II Navy nurse Nellie Forbush, Paulo Szot as Emile de Becque, the middle-age French planter she loves, Matthew Morrison as doomed Navy flier Lt. Cable and Danny Burstein as that incorrigibly corruptible Seabee, Luther Billis, let's talk of the musical itself.
Curiously, not since its 1949 premiere and its subsequent 1,924 performances has "South Pacific" had a major Broadway revival, even though it may be the finest of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals, yielding "Some Enchanted Evening," "There Is Nothin' Like a Dame, "Younger Than Springtime" and more.
The manner in which music and the original James Michener stories unfurl throughout in a mix of comedy, romance and a touch of tragedy is theatrical magic of the most beguiling kind.
Sher has been helped here by Christopher Gatelli's boisterous but unobtrusive choreography, Michael Yeargan's beautiful settings (at the start, the thrust stage rolls back to expose the full and eloquent orchestra) and Catherine Zuber's carefully accurate costumes.
Where Sher and Yeargan have been especially effective is in their sense of period, and, more important, a period filtered through the perspective of history. (Interestingly, although the races are carefully kept apart, the show updates the integration of the US Navy by a couple of decades.) This "South Pacific" is not a faded photograph, but a modern etching.
Except in one delicious respect: O'Hara, who gives a totally different reading from the role's great originator, Mary Martin, offers an uncannily precise re-creation of her "Honey Bun." Charming!
Otherwise, O'Hara delivers Nellie on her own terms and in her own deliquescent persona. If you've never seen a "deliquescent persona" before, that's just another good reason to rush to the Beaumont.
I regret never seeing the great bass Ezio Pinza as Emile, but he was nearly 57 when "South Pacific" opened, even though the text places Emile at 44.
The Brazilian-born Szot is only 38. Also a refugee from opera, he has a splendid voice, fine presence and acts superbly. When this gig is ended, he'll no doubt resume a burgeoning operatic career.
As for the rest, there's not a single weakness - with Burstein offering a magnificent mix of sleaze and heart as Luther, and the excellent Morrison (whose profile resembles James Dean's) leaves a poignant impression as the young airman, Cable.
This is a great staging of a great show, not least for its portrait (now too sadly apt) of young America at war.
Love blossoms fast and early in Bartlett Sher's rapturous revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "South Pacific," which opened Thursday at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center. And while you may think, "But this is so sudden," you don't doubt for a second that it's the real thing.
I'm talking partly about the chemistry between the production's revelatory stars, Kelli O'Hara and Paulo Szot, in the opening scene of this tale from 1949 of men and women unmoored by war. But I'm also talking about the chemistry between a show and its audience.
For this "South Pacific" recreates the unabashed, unquestioning romance that American theatergoers had with the American book musical in the mid-20th century, before the genre got all self-conscious about itself. There's not an ounce of we-know-better-now irony in Mr. Sher's staging. Yet the show feels too vital to be a museum piece, too sensually fluid to be square.
I could feel the people around me leaning in toward the stage, as if it were a source of warmth on a raw, damp day. And that warmth isn't the synthetic fire of can-do cheer and wholesomeness associated (not always correctly) with Rodgers and Hammerstein. It's the fire of daily life, with all its crosscurrents and ambiguities, underscored and clarified by music.
During the past couple of decades directors have often felt the need to approach the Rodgers and Hammerstein classics with either a can of black paint or misted-up rose-colored glasses. (This has been especially true in London, with the National Theater's celebrated darkness-plumbing productions of "Carousel" and "Oklahoma!," and the current sugar-glazed cash-cow of a revival of "The Sound of Music" in the West End.) Mr. Sher, who heralded the return of full-blown lyricism to musicals with his exquisite production of Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas's "Light in the Piazza" several years ago, puts his trust unconditionally in the original material.
It's as if a vintage photograph had been restored not with fuzzy, hand-colored prettiness but with you-are-there clarity. Though Michael Yeargan's perspective-stretching beachscape of a set isn't photo-realist, you somehow accept it as more real than real, just as the score performed by the sumptuously full orchestra (with musical direction by Ted Sperling) feels from the beginning like thought made effortlessly audible.
Of all the Rodgers and Hammerstein hits "South Pacific" has in recent years seemed the least fit for revival, despite its glorious score. The show's book, by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan, was inspired by James A. Michener's "Tales of the South Pacific." Set during World War II on two Pacific islands, where American sailors were stationed, it is Rodgers and Hammerstein's most topical work, addressing a war that had ended only four years earlier.
It is also the show in which the creators wear their liberal consciences most visibly. In following two love stories, both between people of different cultures, "South Pacific" made an overt plea for racial tolerance. Few things in showbiz date more quickly than progressive politics.
It made sense that theater iconoclasts, including the Wooster Group (with its wry spoof "North Atlantic") and Anne Bogart (with a notorious deconstruction set in a mental ward), would see "South Pacific" as a natural demolition target. Even Trevor Nunn's generally generic restaging of the show for the National Theater had a gritty, sweaty style that brought out the frightened racism in the show's heroine.
That's Ensign Nellie Forbush, the Navy nurse from Little Rock whose romance with Emile de Becque, a French plantation owner, runs aground when she learns he had children with a Polynesian woman. The part was created by Mary Martin, playing opposite the opera star Ezio Pinza, and her avowed "cock-eyed optimism" became an emblem for postwar American hope and resilience.
Ms. O'Hara, who played very different incarnations of American womanhood in "Piazza" and the 2006 revival of "The Pajama Game," doesn't stint on Nellie's all-American eagerness. But in a superbly shaded portrait she gives the character a troubled, apprehensive guardedness as well. This self-described hick's Arkansas accent comes from the country club, not the mountains. And it's all too easy to imagine her returning to a world of white gloves and cautious good deeds.
Yet Nellie is receptive not just to the serious charms of Emile (the seriously charming Mr. Szot) but to those of the lush landscape in which she finds herself. Ms. O'Hara, whose lovely soprano is never merely lovely here, creates a study in ambivalence that is both subtly layered and popping with energy.
Even when she's singing that she's in love with a wonderful guy, she seems to be wrestling with complicated feelings that have surprised her. The same rich sincerity pervades the deep-reaching baritone of Mr. Szot, best known here for his work with the New York City Opera. When he delivers "Some Enchanted Evening" or "This Nearly Was Mine," it's not as a swoon-making blockbuster (though of course it is), but as a measured and honest consideration of love.
This reflective aspect infuses every number; nothing is performed as a clap-for-me showstopper. Mr. Sher and Christopher Gattelli, who did the musical staging, have reinvigorated the concept of the organic musical, in which song feels as natural as breathing.
Even crowd-rousers like "Nothin' Like a Dame," sung by the chorus of Seabees (led by Danny Burstein, exuberant and infectious as the wily Luther Billis), are made to feel ordinary, as if part of a daily routine. When the entrepreneurial islander Bloody Mary (the Hawaiian actress Loretta Ables Sayre in a terrific New York debut), sings the familiar "Bali Ha'i" and "Happy Talk," they feel new because they're rendered as systematic acts of seduction.
You're always conscious of the calculation in Bloody Mary's eyes as she tries to secure Lieutenant Cable (Matthew Morrison) as a husband for her daughter, Liat (Li Jun Li, heartbreakingly fragile). Like Ms. O'Hara, Mr. Morrison (who played opposite her in "Piazza") keeps us aware of just where his Ivy League marine comes from and how disoriented he is in a land of new and shifting rules.
The alluring and divisive shadows and light of the islands are beautifully accented by Mr. Yeargan's adroit use of slatted screens to define interior spaces that can never entirely shut out the bright world beyond. (The impeccable lighting is by Donald Holder.)
I know we're not supposed to expect perfection in this imperfect world, but I'm darned if I can find one serious flaw in this production. (Yes, the second act remains weaker than the first, but Mr. Sher almost makes you forget that.) All of the supporting performances, including those of the ensemble, feel precisely individualized, right down to how they wear Catherine Zuber's carefully researched period costumes.
Notice, by the way, how Mr. Sher implicitly underscores the theme of racism by quietly having the few African-American sailors in the company keep apart from the others. And the production never strains to evoke parallels between the then and now of the United States at war in an alien land.
Above all, though, what impresses about this "South Pacific" is how deeply, fallibly and poignantly human every character seems. Nearly 60 years ago Brooks Atkinson, writing in The New York Times, described the show as "a tenderly beautiful idyll of genuine people inexplicably tossed together in a strange corner of the world."
I think a lot of us had forgotten that's what "South Pacific" is really about. In making the past feel unconditionally present, this production restores a glorious gallery of genuine people who were only waiting to be resurrected.
Much has been written recently, and rightfully, about how artists influenced by contemporary pop culture have reinvigorated musical theater. But let's pause for a moment to recognize the pre-modern giants: the composers, lyricists and librettists who gave us shows in which guys and dolls fall in love and break into glorious song and dance — not to be ironic or sensational, but simply because that's where their stories and emotions carry them.
Those stories can pack more complexity and resonance than they get credit for, as we're reminded by Lincoln Center Theater's gorgeous revival of South Pacific (* * * * out of four), which opened Thursday at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre.
Like other Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, South Pacific transcends sentimentality not only in its portraits of personal relationships, but by putting those relationships in the context of larger, often controversial social issues — in this case, war and racism.
Nellie Forbush, a nurse from Little Rock, is serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II when she meets Emile de Becque, a French expatriate and widower with two half-Polynesian children and a hard-earned wariness of violence.
In this new production — amazingly, the first on Broadway since the 1949 original — director Bartlett Sher and a gifted, great-looking cast fully engage both the challenges faced by these and other characters and the romantic sweep of Rodgers and Hammerstein's ravishing score.
Led by Brazilian baritone Paulo Szot and the increasingly wondrous Kelli O'Hara, the company includes a superb Matthew Morrison as golden-boy lieutenant Joe Cable; a frisky Loretta Ables Sayre as Bloody Mary; and two of the most adorable child actors you're likely to ever see, Luka Kain and Laurissa Romain as Emile's little ones.
I doubt there has ever been a nobler or sexier Emile than Szot's. In addition to having the superior vocal power and presence necessary for Some Enchanted Evening and the heartrending This Nearly Was Mine, Szot brings the perfect balance of virility and decency to the role. He also manages a thrilling chemistry with O'Hara, who made her name as a silver-voiced ingénue before stealing the 2006 revival of The Pajama Game from Harry Connick Jr. as a sultry, sassy Babe. Nellie provides another showcase for the luster of O'Hara's lower-to-middle register and the focused intensity and discretion of her singing, which in a better world would be required listening for all American Idol contestants (and for a few Broadway belters).
Nellie is also a meatier part than Babe, and O'Hara beautifully conveys both her confusion and despair over her initial inability to accept Emile's previous biracial marriage and the elation that he inspires in her.
When she kicks up her heels and does cartwheels while performing A Wonderful Guy, O'Hara summons the spiritual buoyancy that makes a certain kind of American musical uniquely transporting.
Such spine-tingling moments ensure that this South Pacific doesn't just float; it soars.
Before Bartlett Sher's staging of "South Pacific" gets under way, an excerpt splashed across a front scrim from James A. Michener's source stories characterizes the writer's time stationed in the region during WWII: "The waiting. The waiting. The timeless, repetitive waiting." It's been almost six decades between the 1949 opening of the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic and the show's first Broadway revival, but the Lincoln Center Theater production sure makes the waiting worthwhile. From the seductive swell of a full orchestra playing the glorious five-minute overture through the poignant final tableau of love and reconciliation, this is ravishing theater.
Waiting figures in other ways, too. The keynote to Sher's approach is restraint. Nothing is pushed too hard in this naturalistic presentation, stripped of Broadway bravado, whether it's dramatic scenes, comedy or even the seemingly effortless vocals. (The cast's singing harks back to a time before the virtues of control, subtlety, smoothness and interpretation became secondary in popular music to the now-ubiquitous power surge.) All that quiet restraint serves to make the stealth-like, cumulative emotional power more overwhelming.
Concerns about the show's viability for modern audiences have often centered on Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan's book, with its reflections on the racial divide that predate the civil rights movement. Sher faces that potential hurdle by tackling it without condescension. He treats the drama with integrity and emotional sincerity, so even as we're shocked by the prejudice that threatens to extinguish both the story's dual romances, we're given the insight to know where that inherited intolerance is coming from and not to lose all sympathy for the characters.
This is undeniably a period piece but it's approached here with a serious-minded contemporary sensibility that keeps it relevant. Mixed-race relationships may now be accepted, but as anyone following the presidential contest knows, race itself remains an issue. And questions about the morality of war, the loss of lives and the way America engages with the world inevitably continue to resonate today, perhaps even more than when the show was first seen in the aftermath of WWII.
As he showed in "The Light in the Piazza," Sher is neither coy nor cynical in dealing with romance, and he grounds his treatment of the twin love stories in "South Pacific" in the same truthfulness. Auds familiar with the material only via Logan's lumbering 1958 screen version might be surprised by how thoroughly this production of the dramatic musical avoids any hint of hokey mid-20th century naivety.
That success is due not just to meticulously thought-through directorial choices but to impeccable casting.
Possibly the most accomplished young actress in American musical theater today, Kelli O'Hara's creamy vocals are perfection. She has more innate sophistication than is indicated for "Knucklehead" Nellie Forbush, the Navy nurse and self-described hick from Little Rock who falls in love with cultured older French plantation owner Emile de Becque (Paulo Szot). But she has a wholesome openness that helps soften Nellie's dismayed reaction upon discovering Emile has two mixed-race children (endearing tykes Laurissa Romain and Luka Kain). O'Hara clowns or swoons as required, but her characterization has an anchoring sobriety appropriate for a sensitive woman dealing with the gravity of war.
Closer in age to Nellie than past actors in the role, handsome Brazilian operatic baritone Szot is new to musicals and a real find. His initial reserve is in keeping with an emotionally cautious man with a dark past, but he's quickly mellowed by love. The strength of character, quiet masculinity, kindness and mellow intensity Szot brings to the role are all channeled in his velvety voice. His "Some Enchanted Evening" is more measured than the usual impassioned declaration but all the more stirring for it, and his escalating regret in "This Nearly Was Mine" delivers chills.
Matthew Morrison (like O'Hara, a "Piazza" recruit) darkens the innocence of Princeton-educated Lt. Joe Cable a few shades. His cockiness allows him to melt more affectingly when, despite being unable to reconcile their differences, he falls in love with islander beauty Liat (Li Jun Li, enchanting). Again, Sher's tack of holding back to wield greater impact later adds depth to this troubled relationship. In addition to his quiet but rapturous "Younger Than Springtime," Morrison charms in "My Girl Back Home," a wistful throwaway cut prior to the original Broadway bow.
As Liat's mother, island mercenary Bloody Mary, marvelous Hawaiian actress Loretta Ables Sayre also brings ambiguous nuances to a role often played more reductively for comedy, embracing the character's crankiness and corruption without erasing her warmth. Pulling her canoe-cart of native souvenirs like Mother Courage, made-up and costumed like an anime witch, she's a shady figure whose maternal concerns for her daughter are manifested in questionable ways. Her offering of exotic pleasures in "Bali Ha'i," and of love and leisure in "Happy Talk," both have a haunting double edge.
Least complicated of the principal characters is Luther Billis, an opportunistic wise-guy sailor played by Danny Burstein as three stooges in one, with a touch of Bert Lahr. But even Luther has a soul, revealed in his treatment of Nellie and the possibly noble purpose of his stowaway stunt during a maneuver behind enemy lines. The suspense of the military strategy and radio-command scenes here contributes to Sher's steady heightening of the emotional stakes.
The robust 40-member cast is matched by a generous 30-piece orchestra, giving some indication of the significant investment LCT has made to do right by this long-awaited revival. Music director Ted Sperling conducts with a delicate touch and suppleness of tone that highlights Robert Russell Bennett's ageless orchestrations. The incidental music (arranged by Trude Rittmann) is especially pleasing and Scott Lehrer deserves plaudits for a sound mix that allows every note of Richard Rodgers' score -- one of the most lush, tuneful and romantic in American musical history -- and every lyric the same brilliant clarity.
This is not a dance-heavy show, but Christopher Gattelli's musical staging blends seamlessly with Sher's fluid direction of overlapping scenes. The boisterous presentation of the sex-starved sailors' "There Is Nothing Like a Dame" is a high point in comic energy.
However, it's the superb design team's contributions that cannot be overpraised. The level of artistry and inventive stagecraft on display is breathtaking. Catherine Zuber's costumes succinctly define the characters, while Donald Holder's evocative lighting, drenched in cool pastels, works in dazzling unison with Michael Yeargan's sets. These are framed, and at times screened, by wooden blinds that cast arresting shadow effects straight out of '40s Hollywood.
The principal setting of an expanse of sand with a single palm tree atop a dune conjures both paradise and melancholy solitude, undergoing the startling transformation of military occupation when crates, oil drums, a crane and even a plane are rolled in. It seemed unimaginable last season that the vast Beaumont stage would ever again be used to create such majestic pictures as those in "The Coast of Utopia." But this outstanding achievement is at least the equal of that milestone production.


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"I tried this for the first time tonight following the recipe as stated except for the last step of slathering BBQ sauce on the ribs on the grill - the simple thought of leaving a messy grill along with the prospect of burnt ribs deterred me. I found it better for me to dip my ribs in the sauce after they were cooked, plus I got the benefit of th..."
"All I can say is AWESOME! The flavors just dance in your mouth! I was a little disappointed that the propane ran out in my grill as I went to put these on, but I seared them on all sides on the stovetop, wrapped them in foil with some liquid in the bottom, and put them in the oven. After baking for almost 2 hours on low heat, took them out and ..."
"Awesome combination! I would've never thought this would be so good, but everyone loved it as a side dish to fried fish! This will definitely be on the top of my list of side dishes to make and I recommend everyone try this recipe at least once."