A liquid crystal display of this invention includes a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, and pixels provided at each intersection of the plurality of scan lines and the plurality of data lines. A session control node is coupled to the mobile node in such a manner that it selectively buffers data being transmitted to the mobile node, at least while the network transfer is being executed. A portion of the fiber optic cable is positioned in at least one freeze well. The preforms may be produced using novel manufacturing apparatuses and methods, and incorporated into known manufacturing processes to produce porous structures, including stress-steering structures, in any material including metals, plastics, ceramics, textiles, papers, and biological materials, for example. The methods may comprise the steps of: a) preparing a first sample of genomic DNA from a selected species; b) obtaining a plurality of methylated nucleic acid segments from the genomic DNA; and c) screening the methylated nucleic acid segments to identify a centromere nucleic acid sequence. Flowers are characteristically large, pink and rapidly self-cleaning.