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From: Louisville, KY
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Title: Identification of a flower with grape kool aid fragrance
Answered by: Nan Hampton
QUESTION:While I lived in Texas someone gave me a flower from a "tree" (i am not sure tree is the right word). It was a large white flower that closed up in the evenings and smelled sweet like grape kool aid. I am pretty sure that the insides were either yellow or purpleish. I think it might have had the name star in it but I am not sure. I know this isn't a lot of information. Thanks!
ANSWER:Mr. Smarty Plants is very familiar with the grape Kool-Aid smell of Sophora secundiflora (Texas mountain laurel) but the flowers don't match your description.
The three native Texas magnolias have large white flowers and are very fragrant. They are: Magnolia grandiflora (southern magnolia), Magnolia pyramidata (pyramid magnolia), and Magnolia virginiana (sweetbay).
There are three hibiscus plants native to Texas with large white flowers, but they lack the fragrance you describe. They are: Hibiscus laevis (halberdleaf rosemallow), Hibiscus lasiocarpos (rosemallow), and Hibiscus moscheutos (crimsoneyed rosemallow).
Another Texas native with largish white flowers, but no fragrance is Chilopsis linearis (desert willow).
Another fragrant large white flower, Gardenia taitensis (Tahitian gardenia), is native to Hawaii, but not native to Texas.
It could be that you were given the large white flowers from a plant that isn't native to Texas, but that thrives here. However, if it isn't one the native ones mentioned here, I'm afraid you have stumped Mr. Smarty Plants.
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San Jose, California - December 01, 2010 - Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of Flash storage solutions and DRAM memory modules, today announced that they will begin offering Ceedo Personal TM with their USB 3.0 Express RAM CACHETM flash drives.
With the introduction of USB 3.0, external storage devices can now function at unprecedented speeds; up to 10x. This new found speed blurs the line between internal and external storage and has enabled some exciting new usage models.
Ceedo Personal is a portable WindowsTM environment that runs from a USB flash drive. It can transform a flash drive into a virtual PC. Using Ceedo, many standard WindowsTM applications can now be made portable for use on any PC; making it possible for you to install, carry and run the same standard Windows applications that you already own and already know how to use.
By combining Ceedo Personal and our USB 3.0 Express RAM CACHE drive, we are able to create a WindowsTM Virtual PC environment that is FAST, flexible and totally portable. The Ceedo virtual desktop is perfect for anyone that uses more than one PC, shares a PC or travels. And since Ceedo works in user mode, it's perfect for students. Computers located in the Computer Labs and campus libraries are generally "locked down" in user mode with no hope of installing an application. Now students can take their applications with them and utilize any PC on campus as their own. For the traveler, the hotel business center becomes a much more productive place when you have your applications, browser, passwords, email clients and calendar with you.
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The face of Christchurch is about to change, with Civil Defence confirming at least 128 buildings in the city centre will have to be demolished and more may follow.
At this afternoon's media briefing, director of planning and transition for Civil Defence Warwick Isaacs said demolition orders had now been issued for 128 buildings, 37 in the city.
Thirty-seven require partial demolition and 12 will have to be made safe.
Isaacs also revealed it was likely another seven ''critical buildings'' would have to come down, but this had yet to be confirmed.
These are: the Rolleston Court apartments, New Zealand College of Early Childhood Education, Community House, BDO Spicer Christchurch, the Hotel Grand Chancellor, Harcourts Grenadier and Kenton Chambers.
Isaacs said the critical buildings were ''generally'' over five storeys tall, on an important thoroughfare, and potentially posed a danger to other buildings.
Other building, including high-rise towers, may end up joining the critical list.
Some work on critical buildings was imminent, while further planning would be needed for the high-rise buildings such as the Hotel Grand Chancellor.
Isaacs had no update on how the leaning hotel building would be handled.
High-profile buildings on the list for demolition include The Press building, Christ's College, Caledonian Hall and St Paul's Church.
About 100 demolitions had already begun in the city.
''Apart from St Elmo towers, most are probably low-rise buildings and once you've seen them it's pretty obvious as to why they're being worked on,'' Civil Defence national controller John Hamilton said.
The demolitions were ''very selective'', which could raise problems for future planners as to how they ''factored in'' remaining buildings, he said.
However, many badly hit buildings were in clusters, including parts of High St, City Mall, Manchester St and Colombo St.
Other well-known high-rise buildings including the Crowne Plaza, Clarendon Towers and Forsyth Barr buildings were not on the list, despite sustaining serious damage.
Nor were the Town Hall, the Christchurch Casino and the Convention Centre, Hamilton said.
Many heritage buildings have been recommended for demolition.
Heritage experts were consulted before some significant buildings were brought down. Some features could also be recovered from badly damaged heritage buildings, Hamilton said.
Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker said Christchurch people should brace themselves for big changes.
''It's very clear the face of the city is going to be completely and utterly different,'' he said.
''To put it simply we're looking at a different city.''
It was ''reasonable to assume'' a number of high-rise buildings would struggle to operate economically because people may not want to go back.
Hamilton said Civil Defence would next week try to provide screenshots or video of buildings across the streets in the central business district.
Owners or tenants would be able to see their buildings, Hamilton said.
Authorities also released details of the ''drop zones'' around damaged high-rise buildings in the central business district.
Engineers believe if the buildings were to collapse, they would fall within the marked zone.
Fears of collapse have frustrated business owners, desperate to gain access to valuable property in the decimated ruins of the central business district.
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ster Luis Henrique Alves (R) with suspended President Dilma Rouseff (L) during a solemn session in Brasilia on October 9, 2013. Alves resigned on Thursday as the government of interim President Michel Temer lost its third minister in a month. ...CNBC, 1 month ago Michel Temer, Brazil's Biggest Traitor Carib Flame, 2 months ago Brazilians call for Rousseff's return in anti-Temer protest Reuters UK, 2 months ago Brazil's interim president dismisses corruption allegations against him EuroNews, 1 month ago
Brazil Opposition Has No Grasp on Importance of BRICS - Rouseff
MOSCOW (Sputnik)— Brazil's opposition seeking toremove President Dilma Rousseff is committing a grave geopolitical error inits failure tounderstand the importance ofthe BRICS bloc ofcountries, the president said Thursday. In May, the Brazilian ...Sputnik, 1 month ago Is the US behind the Brazilian coup? Pars Today, 1 month ago Leaked tapes expose Coup against Brazil's Dilma Rouseff Macedoniaonline.eu, 2 months ago Explaining the chaotic Brazil coup: Elected President Dilma Rousseff replaced with right-wing gang of thieves Salon, 2 months ago
Dilma Rousseff: 'No legal grounds for this impeachment'
Brazil's suspended president discusses her impeachment trial, corruption allegations, and why she is optimistic. Dilma Rousseff, the former leftist guerrilla who became the first woman president of Latin America's largest country, is now fighting ...Al Jazeera, 1 month ago Rousseff calls impeachment movement 'a coup' Equilibrio Informativo, 2 months ago Rousseff wants early elections if she survives impeachment Deutsche Welle, 1 month ago Brazil attorney general wants probe against Pres. Rousseff Equilibrio Informativo, 2 months ago
Fellow leftist leader calls Venezuela's president crazy like a goat
The South American leftist movement is facing some truly testing times. With the impeachment of Dilma Rouseff in Brazil, the replacement of the Kirchners in Argentina with a center-right president, and the implosion of Venezuela's economy in the ...Washington Post, 2 months ago
Film cast protests Brazilian leader's ouster at Cannes
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The Political Future of Brazil's Frank Underwood
Two months ago, Eduardo Cunha was leading the impeachment movement that would temporarily unseat Dilma Rousseff, banishing her to the presidential palace to prepare for a trial while her vice president took over her job. Now, Cunha is facing his own ...Yahoo! News, 1 month ago The political future of Brazil's 'Frank Underwood' MSN UK, 1 month ago
Rouseff Impeachment Process Hears Defense Witnesses
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Portugal stands by Brazil as politicians vote to impeach President Dilma
With various crises affecting a number of Portuguese-speaking countries, Foreign Affairs minister August Santos Silva has reinforced, repeated and reaffirmed Portugal's availability to cooperate with the Brazilian nation in all the areas that ...Portugal Resident, 2 months ago
Latin American Countries Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis: The Brazilian, Argentinian, and the Uruguayan Examples
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Eater: Where to Indulge in Loaded Fries in Los Angeles
Farley Elliot of Eater LA has done it again – this time with a survey entitled "Where to Indulge in Loaded Fries in Los Angeles" – we LOVE this list and are excited to be included at #27 with our legendary Pastrami Chili Cheese Fries.
TheInfatuation.com: LA Deli Power Rankings
Brant Cox of TheInfatuation.com has a new article up entitled, "LA Deli Power Rankings," and we're thrilled to be included – at the #1 position! Just listen to Brant's effusive support for what we like to call "the world's best hot pastrami":
There's nothing more liberating than seeing the look on a New Yorker's face when someone says LA has the best pastrami. So we'll go ahead and say it again – LA has the best pastrami. And all you need to do is head down to Alvarado and 7th, and pay a quick visit to Langer's for proof. The LA landmark has been dishing out the best pastrami in the world (we can confirm through extensive scientific analysis) for over 70 years, with the #19 sandwich serving as its pièce de résistance. Pastrami, swiss cheese, and Russian-style coleslaw stacked between two perfect pieces of rye bread. This is the standard bearer for all things pastrami. Come at us.
It's a terrific article that deserves a complete read. Thank you, Brant, and thank you, TheInfatuation.com. We are honored. – The Langers
Langer's Named to Eater's "38 Essential" List for Summer 2016
Langer's Delicatessen-Restaurant is honored and thrilled to be named once again to the prestigious Eater "38 Essential Los Angeles Restaurants." Thanks to all who support us, including our customers and the entire Eater LA team, headed up by Matthew Kang.
WeLikeLA.com: 10 Best Delis in Los Angeles
We're thrilled with the new article by Virginia Isaad at WeLikeLA.com entitled "10 Best Delis in Los Angeles," which includes all your favorites.
We especially like this excerpt:
…their No.19 is considered one of the best pastrami sandwiches, if not the best, in the nation. Even Nora Ephron thought so and she was a New Yorker.
Click here to read the complete article. Thank you, Virginia and WeLikeLA.com! – The Langers
Langer's Closed Monday, July 4th
Langer's Delicatessen-Restaurant will be closed on Monday, July 4, 2016, in observance of Independence Day. We will reopen Tuesday morning at 8am. Happy Fourth of July to all our friends, family and customers – have a wonderful weekend!
June 24, 2016: Birthday and Anniversary
Today, June 24th, is a special day for us at Langer's Delicatessen. Today is the birthday of the late Jean Langer (pictured left), wife to Al (pictured right) and mother to Norm (foreground). In addition, today is the anniversary of Al's death back in 2007. We miss them both incredibly, but we carry on their legacy with everything we do at Langer's Delicatessen, in a lasting tribute to their honesty, generosity and love for the City of Los Angeles.
Eater: 25 Epic Los Angeles Sandwiches
Thanks to Eater LA and Eater's Matthew Kang and Farley Elliot for including the Langer's #19 in their newest roundup of top LA sandwiches, this one entitled "25 Epic Los Angeles Sandwiches" – how many have you tried on the list? There are some classics (like us, Brent's and Philippe's) and many awesome new selections. http://la.eater.com/maps/best-sandwiches-los-angeles
Los Angeles Times: The Challenge Presented by a Langer's Classic
Here's a terrific article in the Los Angeles Times by Patrick Comiskey:
Let's face it: pairing win e with food can be a fairly fussy business. The more time you spend thinking about it, the more absurd it all seems…
I was thinking about this recently as I bit into a Langer's No. 19 pastrami sandwich, following it with a sip of old-vine Grenache from Australia's Barossa Valley. It was one of the great food and wine pairings I've enjoyed in the last year.
Visit LATimes.com to read the complete article. Thank you, Patrick, for such a great and thoughtful article! – The Langers
Eater.com: Where to Find Heart-Stopping Heaps of Pastrami in Los Angeles
Thanks to Eater and Farley Elliott for including Langer's Delicatessen on their new story, "Where to Find Heart-Stopping Heaps of Pastrami in Los Angeles" – it's a great story with a great selection of pastrami places.
Click here to read the complete article. Thank you, Eater.com and Farley! – The Langers
The Actor's Diet: Langer's Deli
Lynn Chen of TheActorsDiet.com paid a visit to Langer's Delicatessen and left a great review for us, along with fantastic (and delicious-looking) pictures! Click on through to check it out!
The Kibitz Podcast: Norm and Trisha Langer
Norm and Trisha Langer are featured (along with our friend David Sax of "Save the Deli" fame) in this edition of The Kibitz Podcast. It's a great interview and one we think you'll love. Check it out!
Eater 38 Essential Los Angeles Restaurants
Langer's Delicatessen-Restaurant is honored to be named once again to the prestigious and influential Eater 38 Essential Restaurants in Los Angeles list. It's a huge honor and we are grateful to Eater, Matthew Kang and of course, all of you who make Langer's Deli what it is, every day. Thank you all. – The Langers.


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He Came From the Internet
The world has been searching for Ed Snowden's online trail. What we found was much more.
When a new and unfamiliar figure lunges into the spotlight, our first impulse is to find an online trail. This is usually a search for the incidental: a recent, tragically ironic post from a victim; Facebook updates that may have foretold a heroic or terrible act. The hope is to catch a reflected glimpse of the real person — to recover and interpret the online debris that virtually everyone now leaves behind.
Edward Snowden, as far as we know, has not left this kind of trail. If he ever maintained a Facebook or Twitter account it hasn't been found. Instead, he left something much more interesting and deliberate. He left, in nearly 800 forum posts, not a reflection of himself but a very real part of it.
When Snowden announced himself to the world — his white, young, computer-savvy, EFF-supporting, TOR-using self — he spoke in a way that could be understood by all but sounded strangely familiar to few. He outed himself not just as the NSA leaker, but as a member of a growing and increasingly powerful alumni group: the internet people. The first new information discovered by others confirmed the profile: Ron Paul supporter, anime enthusiast, gamer. Edward Snowden, international newsmaker, hero and villain, lived online, at least for a time.
Other internet people didn't just hear the dog whistle, but understood its meaning: that we should expect to encounter more Edward Snowdens, not just in the most obvious places, but everywhere. This isn't about "hacktivism" or some kind of unified cause. This is about the children of the internet coming of age.
Today, more often than not, being "from the internet" means you're on Reddit, a place full of people that both sympathize with and resemble Snowden. But Snowden's posting activity, which peaked in 2006, placed him in a slightly different era, and in one of the many major tech, gaming, and geek forums that Reddit has almost completely subsumed. Snowden is a child of the forum: He spent his time on ArsTechnica, just as many other young men (and women) would have spent their time on SomethingAwful, on OffTopic, on the Vault Network, on IGN, or on countless smaller forums, many of which have disappeared (and some of which are referenced in Snowden's Ars posts).
Had he been born a few years earlier, he would have found a home on Usenet. A few years later, maybe Reddit or 4Chan. To be an active member of any of these communities, at any time in the last two decades, was to be a part of the internet's relatively small but powerful creative nucleus, and to share in its id.
Snowden's forum persona is instantly recognizable to anyone who spent time in a major forum in the early to mid-2000s. He's a bit of a know-it-all, a bit of a troll, opinionated about both subjects he knows well and ones he doesn't. He unsubtly references his sex life, his security clearance, and his mysterious work. He was not shy about giving advice, which is probably the defining trait of the forum power user, all the while relating to other members as an enthusiast: of fitness, of self-improvement, and mostly of gaming. (Though he appears to have been honest throughout his posts, those interactions are the most sincere.)
This is objectively unusual, as is Snowden. But it's not weird: Forums served people with niche interests and sensibilities that weren't as well-served anywhere else. Forums allowed people, as Reddit and some social media outlets do now, to invert the common internet experience: Snowden, who complained to other forum members about his strange and lonely hours, spoke often with other forum members about meeting up. It seems as though he never did, but that was fine. Meetups are fleeting and supplementary, not the other way around. The forum was home base.
Members of the Ars forums, with whom Snowden easily blended in before tapering off his activity in 2008, remember him vaguely. Many, like him, have been members for ten-plus years. "I recognized some of the conversations from the snippets, but didn't recognize the user name," wrote one user. "Looking through those posts, he seems pretty much like just zis guy, you know; not much different from the rest of us weirdos," said another. Some found old interactions. "I remember that guy. He was kind of a dick. But fair play to him for what he's done," said a longtime forum poster. In reality, most of the people he used to interact with are long gone — like Snowden, they grew up, and receded back into the real world. But he took with him the set of values he either learned or became comfortable expressing online: a keen interest in rights and speech, particularly where they concern the internet and privacy, suspicion of government and authority, a belief in both free markets and free-flowing information, and a set of cultural and aesthetic values that both set him apart from the mainstream and endear him to his people — the internet people. It's not a surprise that within moments of his outing, Reddit users had rallied around him in force.
What makes Snowden different is that he put his money where his mouth is. Snowden the leaker is very much the same person as Snowden the forum poster. This is still a novelty in a world where outsized personalities speak boldly but exist in a state of constant haze. But it won't be for long.
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Big Patch for Atlantica Online
Looks like the folks over at Ndoors, the people behind the critically acclaimed Atlantica Online MMORPG, released a big patch that introduced numerous new gameplay elements, the most notable new addition is the new dungeon 'The Mysterious Inn' that is now located in the Centra Asia region of the game and is accessible by players level 120 or higher. Numerous other smaller additions include a new 'Jackpot System' which basically allows players to select any one of loot items and gamble it for a chance to win a larger quantity of that item and an improved battle arena where players can bet on the outcome of battles without actually being at the arena.
This patch should not come as a surprise as the folks who publish Ndoors have consistently been releasing new updates for Atlantica Online. Players should keep their eyes peeled for additional patches as well, as rumor has it that the folks at Ndoors are working on several other major additions to the game.
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NDOORS Interactive today announced the release of a patch for their hit free-to-play MMORPG, Atlantica Online. The patch includes several feature updates which will enhance the user experience and improve gameplay. NDOORS is committed to maintaining and improving the world of Atlantica Online, as well as listening to feedback from players and incorporating their ideas and suggestions into each version update.
With the latest patch, Atlantica Online will now offer:
• Jackpot System: A new challenge system which allows players to select an item they have found in battle and gamble for a chance to obtain a large quantity of that item, with odds determined by the item's value
• New Dungeon: The 'Mysterious Inn' has been added to the Central Asia region and is available to players level 120 or higher
• Improved Arena Betting: Now players can bet on arena battles remotely
• Chatting Emoticon Function has been added
• Ring Craft: Will now be called 'Accessories Craft' and will have the ability to craft rings and necklaces
In addition to the updates outlined above, the patch will adjust the balance of mercenaries in Free League and will have an effect on how a character's basic stats influence their damage according to class type. Certain material items will no longer be used and some equipment boxes have been combined for convenience.
Atlantica Online is a strategic turn-based MMORPG that combines innovative combat with character/party development and city/country management. Players take on the quest to destroy the Oriharukon, a powerful energy source from the lost civilization of Atlantis that survived and is now endangering humanity. This journey will take players around the globe to locations like the Great Wall of China and the pyramids of Egypt where they will come face-to-face with monsters ripped from history and lore, such as the ruthless Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu and Dracula.
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The Impact of the Weed Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. rotundata on Coastal Leaf Litter Invertebrates
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In coastal areas of Australia, there are extensive infestations of the environmental weed Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. rotundata (bitou bush). This study looked at the impact of long-term infestations on the abundance and assemblage composition of leaf litter invertebrates. Assemblages were compared in weed infested and native shrublands along the New South Wales coastline over 12 months. The total abundance was not significantly reduced in the weedy habitat but the abundance of mites, thrips, spiders, ants, and centipedes was reduced at many sites. The invertebrate assemblages also differed between habitats, with the C. monilifera supporting a lower diversity of beetles. However, the millipedes, amphipods, earthworms, pseudoscorpions and isopods appeared to respond positively to the invasion, occurring in higher abundance and detected more frequently in the weedy areas. This has been partially attributed to a change in microclimate within the C. monilifera infestations. It is generally moister and darker, which these invertebrates tend to prefer. Secondly, C. monilifera produces less leaf litter of higher quality, and possibly higher palatability than the native sclerophyllous vegetation, which may encourage species that consume litter.
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Shillong: The 3rd Shillong Creative Arts, Literature and Music festival held at the State Central Library brought together the best of the state`s creative talent.
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