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Monday, April 25, 2011
Thanks and a Recommendation
31 comments:
- Bish Denham said...
I'm about half way through and am totally enjoying it. Love the humor! (And I'm not a chick lit reader either.)
- Mon Apr 25, 07:45:00 PM
- Deniz Bevan said...
I'm eager for Talli's next book too!
- Mon Apr 25, 07:56:00 PM
I love the cover. Very cute!
- Mon Apr 25, 08:15:00 PM
- Joanne said...
Talli's book seems like a fun read, with lots of energy. I always enjoy a story when the characters seem so real :)
- Mon Apr 25, 08:23:00 PM
I have been waiting for the paperback version of The Hating Game to show up in my Canadian bookstores but it is taking too long! I may have to buy the ebook! I have yet to read a 2011 book. I am still catching up on 2009. There are so many great reads.
- Mon Apr 25, 10:56:00 PM
- A.L. Sonnichsen said...
I think the only one I've read so far is Learning to Swim. I'm still trying to catch up on all the other years' worth of books I haven't read yet. LOL!
- Tue Apr 26, 01:18:00 AM
- salarsenッ said...
Aw...I'm so happy you shared your thoughts about Talli's book! It's yet another hardcover on my TBR list. :)
- Tue Apr 26, 06:12:00 AM
- Brian said...
It's so much fun when a book exceeds your expectations!
- Tue Apr 26, 07:49:00 AM
- Old Kitty said...
Yay for enjoying reading fab books!! Take care
- Tue Apr 26, 08:29:00 AM
- Kelly said...
I just finished '11 releases The Liar Society by Lisa and Laura Roecker and The Dark and Hollow Places by Carrie Ryan. I highly recommend both! If you haven't read Carrie Ryan's previous two books, I'd read those first though.
- Tue Apr 26, 08:34:00 AM
- Sharon K. Mayhew said...
I bought Talli's book, but haven't read it yet. I just read The Liar Society by Lisa and Laura Roecker and Possession by Elana Johnson. They are both wonderful books. Elana's book comes out in June.
- Tue Apr 26, 08:42:00 AM
- Bossy Betty said...
I have Talli's book on my "to-read" list. Hope I get to it soon!
- Tue Apr 26, 09:42:00 AM
- Talli Roland said...
Oh yay! I'm so glad you enjoyed it, Susan, and thanks so much for posting about it! :)
And thanks to everyone here, too, who has bought it! Blogging buds RULE!
- Tue Apr 26, 12:04:00 PM
- Carolyn V said...
I really want to read Demonglass. You'll have to tell us how you like it. =D
- Tue Apr 26, 12:12:00 PM
- Jackee said...
I have a Kindle version of THG, but haven't finished yet. I'm glad to hear your thoughts on it!
This year I've really liked Liar Society but not so much Brandon Mull's new Beyonders series. I expect better of his writing than I'm getting.
Hugs! Stay dry and tornado free, please!
- Tue Apr 26, 05:39:00 PM
- Alison Miller said...
I've read Angel (Maximum Ride), Awakened (House of Night), and am about to read The Dark and Hollow Places (Carrie Ryan).
Looking forward to Possession.
I just finished the first in the Haddix series (Margaret Peterson) - it might be something you and the fam might enjoy. :)
- Wed Apr 27, 07:12:00 AM
- Stina Lindenblatt said...
I've got quite a few 2011 books planned for this year and have already read a bunch. I've got aprox 10 on my bookshelve (plus one in the mail) so far, and there's a few hitting my mail box next month. Face it, I'm a new release addict. ;)
- Wed Apr 27, 07:38:00 AM
- Roland D. Yeomans said...
I've just finished VOODOO RIVER by Robert Craig and thoroughly loved Patricia Briggs, RIVER MARKED, the latest Mercy Thompson novel. (You should really read the first in the series, MOON CALLED, if you like fantasy.
I've been busy re-reading my own RITES OF PASSAGE and ADRIFT IN THE TIME STREAM prior to just now releasing them as eBooks.
I recommend ODD AND THE FROST GIANTS by Neil Gaimam for your children. It is short and fun, written expressly for World Book Day. How cool is that? Roland
- Wed Apr 27, 08:19:00 AM
- Julie Musil said...
I haven't read Talli's book yet but I've heard it's great! I love chick lit, and I'll bet I'll love it. I haven't read any books published in 2011, but I did read one that was just published in September of 2010 (doesn't count, I know :D)
- Wed Apr 27, 09:28:00 AM
- Robyn Campbell said...
I can't wait to read The Hating Game. I've read such great reviews on it. I am reading my ARC of POSSESSION just now. So much reading, so little time. *sigh*
- Wed Apr 27, 11:06:00 AM
- Jeanette Levellie said...
Aren't friends great? I've had nothing but help and support from the blogging community.
- Wed Apr 27, 11:21:00 AM
- Sandra said...
The Hating Game...got it. I'm desperate for some reading material!
- Wed Apr 27, 12:01:00 PM
- Jude said...
The Hating Game DOES look fun! Thanks for telling me :)
- Wed Apr 27, 12:18:00 PM
- DEZMOND said...
not only that I read some 2011 books, but I also read some exclusively before they hit the bookstores :)
- Wed Apr 27, 02:41:00 PM
- Jo Schaffer said...
I loved Talli's book too. She's got a great voice.
I always have a huge list of books to read! Wish I had more time to read!
- Wed Apr 27, 02:55:00 PM
I'll be venturing into a realm angels fear to tread ... chic lit. I'll be reading The Hating Game and giving a review, my first chic lit book ever. I have three books I'm currently wrapping up first.
- Wed Apr 27, 04:11:00 PM
- Theresa Milstein said...
I enjoyed Talli's book too. Like you, I'm a fantasy girl. But she hit all the right notes.
What have I read this year? Across the Universe, XVI, Possession, and Delirium,. Now I'm reading The Emerald Atlas. Demonglass is next. I think a few others on my list came out in the fall of last year.
- Wed Apr 27, 04:53:00 PM
- Lynda R Young said...
I haven't read any published this year. I'm still catching up on ones published last year. Lol.
- Wed Apr 27, 06:01:00 PM
- Lydia K said...
Ooh, another book from Talli? Great!
I read Possession and Wither recently. Both great reads.
- Wed Apr 27, 06:20:00 PM
- Carolina Valdez Miller said...
Talli is so great, so talented! I need to get an actual copy ordered now.
So cool you're working through the BookKrusher's list.
- Wed Apr 27, 06:50:00 PM
- TerryLynnJohnson said...
Great 2011 books I've read this year and highly recommend:
How Lamar's Bad Prank Won a Bubba-sized Trophy by Crystal Allen
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
Warped by Melissa Guidbord
Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
Haven by Kristi Cook
The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong
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Need some help improving your electrical service business? Just ask Mister Sparky (AKA Patrick Kennedy). As the owner of Mister Sparky, Inc. in Atlanta and the president of Electricians' Success International in St. Louis, he knows a thing or two about the industry.
How would you advise developing an hourly rate for my technicians and a price for my services?
What you have here are two questions, and how you address each of them will have a drastic effect on your business. On the subject of hourly rates you want to offer your technicians, the decision is basically up to you. There are some things to bear in mind here, though. You have to consider what the going rate for a technician is in your market, and that requires some old fashioned detective work. Once you know what some of the other companies in town are paying, you'll have to decide what caliber of technician you want. If you want what they have, you can offer about the same rate as they do. However, if you want the best, you have to pay the best.
Once you've determined an hourly wage, you have to decide what price you're going to offer your clients. If you use time-and-material pricing, you have to determine what your labor cost is going to be, but if you're on a flat-rate system, you have to determine how those wages fit into your price.
Now, one important factor to consider when determining your pricing is technician efficiency. If you sit down and figure out what hourly rate you need to charge the client, make sure you're covering all of your costs of doing business, but be aware of what you'll need to pay your team for inefficiency. Even the best technicians aren't 100% efficient, but you have to pay them 100% of the time. Think about it — your technicians will need training, they may have to run to the supply house on occasion, there's drive time to the job, vacation time, etc. That's time that your techs aren't in front of customers generating revenue, so be sure to factor that into your hourly rate as well. And don't make the mistake of believing your techs are more efficient than they are. As a rule of thumb in the service world, start with 50% efficiency. Few companies are much more efficient than that. So first off, figure all of your costs of doing business, including a proper salary for you. Then divide that by 2,080 (40 hours × 52 weeks) and then divide that number by the number of techs you have. Now multiply that by 2 to get your hourly rate.
I'm a residential service contractor, but I'm thinking about expanding my service offering to commercial clients, too. Is that something you would recommend?
Actually, that's something that I would recommend against. Don't turn your back on the residential market. It's really where the opportunities for service and profits are in this day and age. Here's why you should stay away from commercial work:
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A JDeveloper Tip that Might be Handy for SQL Developer
Take a look at Seriously Customizing JDeveloper. The basic premise in the entry is about how to disable any extension in JDeveloper. The very last paragraph of that blog entry says "As an added bonus, you can also do this in SQL Developer..."
Then he did it again this week...just a little piece of useful information on opening files....
Just thought you might be interested.
2 comments:
- Tatiana Lloret said...
Do you have a good tutorial with examples and images of ORacle Reports?
- Tue Aug 29, 11:13:00 am GMT
- Sue said...
Do you mean Oracle Reports? or writing reports with SQL Developer? These are quite different. I have written a couple of blog entries on reports in SQL Developer: here's one http://sueharper.blogspot.com/2006/08/sql-developer-reports-sneak-peak-2.html
This also mentions a very good article on writing reports in SQL Developer by Lewis Cunnigham. For Oracle Reports queries you need to review OTN and the OTN forum for Reports. Try this link: Oracle Reports (http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/reports/) or even XML Publisher (http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/applications/publishing/index.html)
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Who doesn't like to talk about food?? In the past 10-15 years it has become tradition at my grandma and grandpa Wright's house to have chili and Oyster soup on Christmas. Before that it was a full out meal like Thanksgiving, with turkey, ham, and all the fixin's. One of my favorites that Grandma still makes is Cherry dessert. It has a graham cracker crust, cherry topping and whip cream. YUM. I also love green bean casserole. Sometimes my step dad would make Pisatchio dessert where you mix the pudding mix with whip cream and add mixed fruit. That is pretty good as well. One year we had Prime Rib with twice baked potatoes and asparagus with cheese. It was sooo good!
We always have a veggie tray, but we also started making our pickle things as we call them. We take thinly sliced ham and spread cream cheese on it and wrap a pickle in it and cut it up. Those don't last long. :-)
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Advent Calendar of memories, Day 2 Holiday Foods
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We also used to do the full turkey dinner thing and have now switched to others things - I think chili sounds great on a cold Midwestern day!ReplyDelete
we use to have an oyster casserole for Christmas. Last year at the urging of my son-in-law I made it for the first time...I don't think he was real impressed but I sure enjoyed it and making it brought back lots of memoriesReplyDelete
Your family sounds a lot more adventurous in their Christmas cooking than mine was. I could definitely go for chili on Christmas....ReplyDelete
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Princess Buildings, Crossley Street, Halifax, will undergo demolition, extension and refurbishment of council offices and education facilities, after Calderdale Council Planning Committee passed the proposed application.
The existing vacant retail ground floor shop is proposed for a change of use.
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More States to Offer Scholarships
Four new states have been selected for participation in the State Scholars Initiative, a national business-education partnership effort designed to increase the number of students who take a rigorous curriculum in high school, the U.S. Education Department announced today.
The states are: Missouri, New Hampshire, South Dakota and Wyoming.
Under the State Scholars Initiative, each state will receive up to $300,000 during a two-year period to implement scholars programs in at least four school districts. Local business-education partnerships will work with students in those districts, encouraging them to take a rigorous course of study — one that will give them a boost no matter whether they go to college or straight to work.
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"Students who take rigorous courses in high school stand a far greater chance of succeeding in college and the workplace," said U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings. "We congratulate the states of Missouri, New Hampshire, South Dakota, and Wyoming for recognizing the potential of this program and the considerable benefit that it can provide young people."
Besides the State Scholars Initiative, President Bush earlier this year launched two other significant programs designed to encourage students to take challenging courses in high school. In February, the president signed legislation setting aside more than $790 million in Academic Competitiveness Grants and National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent (National SMART grants).
Those awards will encourage students to pursue rigorous classes in high school and college majors in high demand in the global economy, such as science, mathematics, technology, engineering and critical foreign languages.
Academic Competitiveness Grants will be available to students for their first and second academic years of college, while National SMART Grants will help support students in their third and fourth years of school.
In the State Scholars Initiative, a high-impact strategy is used to motivate students to tackle demanding high school courses that prepare them for college and careers. The program features business people making presentations to eighth-graders just before they select their high school courses.
Business volunteers help students understand the career options and monetary benefits of taking challenging courses. Students may receive academic support, incentives, and special recognition that help ensure their success, especially in the more difficult courses.
The four new states announced today join 20 others previously chosen for participation. They include: Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia.
The State Scholars Initiative is funded by the Education Department's Office of Vocational and Adult Education, headed by Assistant Secretary Troy Justesen. The program is overseen by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education in Boulder, Colo.
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For more information on the State Scholars Initiative, see the program's website, which includes a brochure, fact sheet, newsletter, as well as links to state briefs and each of the participating states' web sites at www.wiche.edu/statescholars. Details on the Academic Competitiveness and National SMART Grants can be found at http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/ac-smart.html.


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As swimmers go for the gold at the London Olympics, swimwear companies are ready to sell the latest Olympic-themed swimsuits back home.
Recreational and competitive swimmers alike can benefit from the same technologies swimsuit manufacturers are using to help the likes of Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Natalie Coughlin (all sporting Speedos), and Matt Grevers, Nick Thoman, Ricky Berens, Ariana Kukors and Amanda Weir (all in Tyr).
The controversial suits of the 2008 Olympics, which prompted accusations of "technological doping," are no longer allowed. Those suits led to record-breaking results but also resulted in new regulations on what is allowed in competitive swimwear from FINA, the international governing body of aquatic sports.
It was Speedo's 2008 LZR Racer series — a full-length bodysuit developed in conjunction with NASA that featured polyurethane panels and layered textiles to trap air for buoyancy — and the development of high-tech suits by other major brands, including Arena, Jaked and BlueSeventy, that prompted FINA to issue rules banning polyurethane and rubber and requiring that swimsuits must be made from knit or woven materials.
FINA also placed limits on the thickness and buoyancy of suits, as well as on length, establishing that men's suits may extend only from the navel to the knee (instead of the ankle), and that women's suits must not cover the neck, extend past the shoulder or go below the knee.
But within the paramaters of the rules, cutting-edge suits are still being developed, said Jared Berger, Tyr Sport's merchandise manager.
Tyr's new AP12 Speedsuit series combines turbo compression — which provides the swimmer with a tighter core and better body positioning while reducing lactic-acid buildup in the muscles — with a new lightweight, hydrophobic micro-filament textile that repels water and decreases drag.
The racing suits are constructed with panels that match the swimmer's body contours and they are bonded with high-frequency welding instead of sewn seams, to cut down on water resistance.
"The body is made of curves, not straight lines, and it fits your body like a second skin," Berger said.
Compression and contouring are also important in Speedo's new suits. Kate Wilton, Speedo USA's director of performance, said that the right amount of compression in the core of the body makes it easier to swim.
Speedo's new Fastskin3 Super Elite racing suit features zoned compression and a body stability web — a network of bonded seams that provides targeted support.
Another advance is the creation of a unified system in which the suit, cap and goggles all work together to improve water flow around the head and body, Wilton said.
Speedo's research and development team used 3-D scanning to study the heads of hundreds of athletes, analyzing how water could flow faster over that part of the body, she said.
"With the goggles, you need to fill the whole eye socket and smooth out the front of the face," she explained. "And with the cap, you need to make sure that the cap comes all the way down to the goggles for a seamless transition."
The cap and goggles now have fit markers, which allow the athletes to feel if they're aligned properly without using a mirror.
Both Tyr (which is pronounced "tier") and Speedo have incorporated features of their racing series into swimwear for the nonprofessional swimmer.
"Tyr's Olympic technology is available to aspiring swimmers of all ages," said Kristen Gaidish, the company's marketing manager. "When designing competitive, training and aquatic fitness swimwear, Tyr puts the same emphasis on fabric sourcing, fit and durability that we do on our technical suits."
Tyr's USA 2012 Collection swimsuits use a nylon-Lycra compression fabric, similar to that of the AP12 series, to increase speed and reduce drag. The material is engineered for maximum sun resistance and resists chlorine 5 to 10 times longer than traditional Spandex swimwear, Gaidish said. It is also used in Tyr's fitness suits for extra control and support.
The USA 2012 collection consists of Olympic-inspired swimwear, apparel and accessories, including suits, warm-up jackets, T-shirts, hoodies, men's board shorts, backpacks, swim caps and goggles, all in American-themed prints and designs. They are available for fans to purchase online or in sporting good stores, along with the technical suits. The apparel ranges from $24 to $60, and regular suits range from $68 to $72. Those in the professional racing series go for $240 to $339.99.
Tyr's Tracer B racing series is also available for purchase. The suit was first launched in 2008 and is the technical suit for the brand's sponsored Olympians who are opting not to wear the AP12. Prices range from $83.99 to $320.
For recreational swimmers, Speedo's offerings include the Power Sprint, which uses Speedo's core control compression fabric at the waist for a slimming effect.
"In reality, there's only a million swimmers in the U.S. that consider themselves competitive swimmers, so we asked ourselves how do we take components of that and make it more viable to the average consumer," Wilton said.
The company also integrated Olympic technology into its competitive swimwear offerings.
"It's important to account for the 1,500-plus bodies that participated at Olympic trials, as well as the thousands of athletes that train for a meet not quite as elite as Olympic trials," Wilton said. "The elite athlete has such a specific body type, but when you go down, there's a broader range of body types.... We want to make sure we are making a suit that appeals to the general competitive swimming population as well as the Olympians."
The brand also developed a Team Speedo collection consisting of suits, warm-up jackets, pants, T-shirts, accessories, bags and footwear inspired by Speedo's Olympic swimmers, who will wear parts of the collection during the Olympics.
Team Speedo apparel ranges from $20 to $125. The swimwear goes from $52 to $82, and the professional suits from $260 to $595. The products are sold online or at sporting goods stores.


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Wedding Attire
I thought it is about time to write my own views on correct and elegant wedding attire.
The most important determinant of how a man should dress is the overall level of formality of the wedding, which will either be formal or informal. The thing that sets the tone of the formality will generally be what the bride chooses to wear, as she is likely to have the strongest views on the matter.
Part I: Formal Wedding Daywear
This usually means that the bride is wearing a formal bridal dress. This will usually have a full-length skirt. It may have a train or even a bustle, which are very old fashioned but highly formal features on a dress.
A potential bride or groom must understand that the only masculine garment that can match such a gown in formality is a coat with tails. Tails are the equivalent of a train or bustle on a dress. That is to say lounge suits ("business suit" in American English) are the equivalent of an informal fashion dress and to wear it alongside a formal wedding gown is an odd mismatch that should be avoided. In most cases this means that the groom should wear formal morning dress, which is worn for all daytime ceremonies. The cut-off time after which morning dress should be replaced by evening dress is dependent on time of year. In summer, where it remains bright longer, it may be worn until a little later. In winter the "evening" arrives a little earlier.
If the guests are to be in formal morning dress as well, this should be clearly stated on the invitation: "formal morning dress".
For evening festivities after a daytime ceremony the groom must change into evening dress. Only if a daytime reception happens to spill over into the evening hours is it permissible to remain in daywear.
Traditional Formal Festive Morning Dress
Modern formal festive morning dress consists of a morning coat, waistcoat and striped trousers.
The following fashion illustration from 1969 shows a much more ideal fit of a body coat, and matching waistcoat:
The waistcoat peeks out only subtly above and below the coat. The morning coat finishes well above the knees. The coat closely follows the figure of the wearer.
The Coat
The main features of the typical modern formal morning coat are that it closes with only one button, and the lapels are pointed (double breasted or in American English "peaked"). The cloth is made of worsted cloth in either black or dark grey. The cloth may have a subtle self-pattern in it to give it interest such as a fine herringbone pattern, as you can see in the above example. Oxford grey is a particularly beautiful choice. This is very dark mixture of black and white to give a fine salt-and-pepper finish seen from up close. From a distance it may look black.
A morning coat should ideally be bespoke (custom made in American English). Tailors call coats of this type, "body coats", and they are less suitable to be made up as a ready to wear garment because they need to be fitted much more carefully. They are designed to be fitted cleanly to the "body" of the wearer, so as to show off his figure. Younger men with good figures tend to look the best in body coats. Here is what a body coat looks like from front and back:
The coat should cleanly follow the line of the hollow of the back and waist. The way the seams fall on a body coat is designed to allow the tailor to shape a beautifully sculpted back. A body coat is a work of art, and only the finest tailors are able to make them. It is traditionally regarded as the ultimate test of a tailor's ability. When executed well, it can look very stylish and contemporary, as David Beckham shows:
While the modern morning coat is usually a single button pointed lapel model, there are other variants that are permissible.
The most important variant worth mentioning is the grey morning suit. The next suit (exhibited at a tailoring conference in Japan during the 1960s) is made up with a pearl grey coat with matching waistcoat and trousers:
This is worn on festive occasions only, especially in warmer weather. If the groom wears a light grey morning suit, other men should wear dark coloured morning coats. Notice how on the above example the coat is a bit shorter and the lapels narrower - both typical 1960's Mad Men era style features that are also seen on lounge coats of this period.
One interesting tradition is that morning coats do not traditionally take silk faced revers. However, it is traditional for a morning coat to be made up with silk braiding around the edges:
Note the single button closure with links rather than a button. Prince Charles had his coat made up this way with braiding (but without the link closure) for his wedding:
Most other variants are somewhat less common these days. The following fashion plate shows some fine examples of such variants:
The figure on the right wears a morning coat with a step lapel (single breasted, or in American English "notched" lapels). The figure on the left wears a button-two model with pointed lapels. Of particular note on this coat is that the length of these two coats is absolutely ideal, and all three figures wear waistcoats that only show subtly above or below their coats. A morning coat also looks more elegant when it is shorter and can be as much as 2-3 inches above the knees. It looks more youthful and dashing to have a morning coat a bit too short than too long. If you also look closely at the figure on the right, he also has his coat specially cut so that it closes with links rather than with a button. Links are made with two cloth-covered buttons joined by a chain:
The figure in the middle is wear an old-fashioned type of formal coat for morning wear called a frock coat, also called a Prince Albert after the consort to Queen Victoria. It is double breasted and has a silk facing to the revers, which you can clearly see on this example from the film Kind Hearts and Coronets:
It is a rather stately coat that went out of fashion in the art deco period, although Tommy Nutter made a good attempt at reviving it back in the 1970s - in this case as a dove grey frock suit:
Other attempts to revive the frock coat were made in the 1950s:
Avoid modern variants that purport to be "frock coats", but are really just shapeless variants better suited for the costume rental store. Like an overcoat, these usually lack the horizontal seam that runs around the waist, and usually fit more like an overcoat too. The classic frock coat was a closely fitted bespoke garment that could not be mistaken for an overcoat. With these strange overcoat-like modern mutants there is the danger that people may innocently offer to hold your "overcoat" because it is not raining!
Finally, for those unable to bespeak a morning coat, a ready-to-wear coat can only be altered to fit with some difficulty. Altering a morning coat is a much more complex affair compared to lounge coats (business suit jacket in American English). A proper alteration may be quite expensive, and only a very good tailor should be entrusted with the work. It is by far preferable to order a bespoke morning coat from a tailor.
Morning Dress in America
The traditional American English word for a morning coat is a "cutaway coat". This is what the words in the Irving Berlin song "Puttin' On the Ritz" refer to:
Different types who wear a daycoat, pants with stripes
And cutaway coat, perfect fits
It is actually perfectly traditional in North America to wear morning dress at weddings. The following fine examples are all American.
John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier:
Unidentified couple from the 1960s:
Babe Paley and Stanley Mortimer in 1940:
These are just a few examples, and they all help to make total nonsense of the erroneous idea that it is somehow "traditional" in America to wear dinner dress (dinner jackets or tuxedos). Traditional American guides (such as Bacharach, 1955) to dressing for a wedding make it clear that a "cutaway coat" was always considered the correct thing to wear to a formal daytime wedding - which is why Berlin also calls the morning coat a "daycoat".
The Waistcoat
It is actually very difficult to correctly coordinate the waistcoat to the coat. The only way to get this absolutely right is have them both made up together by a bespoke tailor (custom tailor in American English). A great deal of freedom is permitted with waistcoats for morning wear. It can be single breasted, or double breasted of a cloth matching the coat, of light cashmere, worsted, silk, or washing fabric (linen or cotton) in cream, white, dove grey, lavender, biscuit, or buff.
One recent British fashion trend at weddings is a silk waistcoat made of brilliant colours and patterns of the sort you would normally see today on ties. Some may raise their eyebrows at this, or attempt to dismiss it as a passing modern fad inappropriate to the sobriety of morning dress, but in fact this is actually the revival of an old Victorian fashion. The following beautiful example from the Victoria and Albert Museum collection dating from around 1850 was almost certainly a family heirloom piece that was originally commissioned for a wedding. This is why the touchingly Romantic design has highly symbolic roses and forget-me-nots on it:
Although rather faded by time, you can imagine how brilliant it must have been when worn on the wedding day. The flowers change colour according to which angle they are viewed from, being at one time emerald and at another time blueish tinged.
Provided the design of the silk is tasteful, there is no reason this Romantic trend in waistcoat designs should not be adopted more widely outside of the British Isles. One thing that should be born in mind is that to avoid designs competing, the tie or cravatte must be kept extremely plain:
Most importantly, fancy waistcoats with brilliant silk designs should be avoided by those with already generous waistlines. The explosion of colour only draws even more attention to the waistline. A plain waistcoat is much more slimming.
Great care should be taken to match the length of a single-breasted waistcoat to that of the coat front. Prince Philip's tailor has got this absolutely perfect here:
Notice that the double points on the waistcoat peak out a little below the coat. If the waistcoat has a single point at the front, take care that it does not protrude out too much at the bottom. Waistcoats that are cut perfectly horizontally at the bottom can look bland, as though it were a ready-to-wear garment, but this is more a matter of taste than of proscribed "correctness".
The waistcoat should also only show a little above the buttoned up coat. A waistcoat that protrudes excessively above and below the coat looks harmonises poorly with the coat, and it is a dead give away that the wearer's morning dress is a haphazard collection of ready-to-wear separates.
Some say that a single-breasted day-wear city waistcoat should be lapelless but some thought needs to occurs as to how rigidly such a rule should be followed, as it was not always universally followed in the past. Here, the great dandy Count D'Orsay wears a single-breasted waistcoat with the morning dress of his day. It has roll collars and a bottom with a single point to elongate the figure:
Double-breasted waistcoats can also look elegant. These can be made with either a single or double point at the bottom. A semi-U shaped lapel can look particularly elegant on either a single or double-breasted waistcoat. All of these variants are entirely a matter of individual preference, and a certain amount of tasteful fantasy gives the waistcoat a sense of individuality that sets it apart from rental and ready to wear garments:
The above centre figure wears a slipped waistcoat with striped trousers for morning wear. Apart from the waistcoats shown at 7, 10 and 11 o'clock, all styles are suitable with morning dress.
The slipped waistcoat. If you look carefully at this close up of the Prince Charles you will clearly see what looks like a second waistcoat underneath it peaking out from under it:
This is known as a slipped waistcoat. The slip is a piece of cloth that is attached underneath, at the top of waistcoat. It is thought to be remnant of the Regency era practice of wearing an underwaistcoat beneath the waistcoat.
The trousers must also coordinate in their fit and cut with the rest of the ensemble. The cloth design for festive occasions is a striped or checked cashmere design. "Cashmere" refers to the design of the pattern rather than the fibres in the cloth. The designs are of a strong black-and-white design, and any old pinstriped trousers in the wardrobe will not do. Alternatives include other black-and-white dress trousering such as cheviots, houndstooth, herringbone, shepherd's check and other similar designs. However, other than houndstooth and herringbone some of the other classical checked dressing trousering designs are as rare these days as hen's teeth. However, H Lesser, Harrison's of Edinburgh, Zegna, Dugdale Bros, and Holland & Sherry all offer a classical striped dress trousering.
This is what striped trousering in a cashmere design looks like up close:
Matching black trousers are best kept reserved in case of a funeral. A suit with matching black morning coat, waistcoat and trousers is traditionally called a "mourning suit" - and is probably not something you would want to wear to a festive occasion!
The most classical trouser fit to match a beautifully fitted body coat is arguably a pair with a slim cut. Rather baggy trousers became a fashionable from about the 1930s to the 1950s, and you can see that Prince Philip is wearing a rather full cut on those trousers in the above picture. He has recently had his old trousers re-cut by his tailor to slim them down to make them looking less dated. A slim-fitting pair of trousers is a better balanced match for the sharply fitted look of a body coat. The trousers need not be as tightly fitted as those worn by Count D'Orsay, but enough to provide a clean silhouette from top to bottom. If trousers were baggy mid-20th century, then in the mid-1800s, in the Count's day, trousers were excessively tight fitting, but in between these periods trousers were modestly slim fitting like this:
This particularly looks both unexaggeratedly classical, as well as fashionable on younger men with good figures. The trousers can be flat fronted, as in the above Edwardian example, or pleated according to taste. Pleated trousers (single or double, forward or reverse) came in around the 1930s when a baggier cut become fashionable, as the pleats tend to add fullness. Full pleats (especially double pleats) tend to poke out from under the cut away fronts of a morning coat, whereas lounge coats better hide them. However, these styling suggestions are perhaps matters of personal taste rather than being some sort of rigid Rule that has to be followed for pain of Death.
Trousers are best made up as brace trousers. The main reason for this is to allow the trousers to be cut with a higher rise to avoid the trouser waistband from peaking out from underneath the waistcoat bottoms. The waistcoat can then be finished shorter to give the illusion of a longer leg line. The braces (suspenders in American English) also pull on the trouser leg line, holding them straight and erect, further lengthening the leg line to add to the illusion of height. This long legged effect is particularly striking when you combine it with the very strong stripes found on dress trousers. It really does make you look taller. This is what the back of brace trousers look like:
Alligator styled clip on braces damage trousers and should be avoided at all cost.
Belt trousers tend to sag and wrinkle more, no matter how uncomfortably tightly you do up the belt. This, when combined with the lower rise of belt trousers will make your legs shorter. If you absolutely must wear belt trousers, make absolutely sure that the belt and waistband do not protrude underneath the waistcoat.
The commonest objection to braces is that they look old fashioned. This is a pretty moot point when you cannot see them and it is perfectly modern and fashionable to look sharper and taller.
Trouser hems should be finished plain without turn ups (cuffs in American English).
The Shirt
The shirt should ideally be plain white or white with self-stripes. Coloured shirts are sometimes seen today, often with contrasting white collars. Those who find a plain white to be too harsh for their complexions in daylight should consider ecru to soften things out. Otherwise, an understated grey striped shirt or a pale blue shirt is considered acceptable.
The collar is traditionally a detachable stiffly starched collar. These days, a good quality shirt with an attached collar is also considered a fine alternative. The tunic shirt should not have a bib such as those found on evening shirts, nor should it show studs. However, it should close with cufflinks. Currently, it is most usual to wear a turn down cutaway collar. Although rather old fashioned today, stand up collars, whether winged or imperial, may also be worn, provided they are detachable. The height of the collar should be proportionate to the neck of the wearer. Men with thicker, shorter necks should stick to turn down collars.
The shirt should a plain front and without a "bib" of the sort found on evening shirts (which are starched and made of either plain or piqué).
The tie is usually a four in hand (although some will prefer a Prince Albert or even semi-Windsor, the ungainly full Windsor should be strictly avoided), especially with a turn down collar. However, a four in hand may be correctly worn with a stand up collar, though this again is old fashioned. The tie should be grey or a strong black-and-white design, either in a small pattern or stripes.
An old fashioned, though still elegant alternative is the Ascot tie. However, proper Ascot ties are as rare as hen's teeth these days, and they are made like ordinary ties, only wider. Because day cravats are incorrectly called "Ascots" in American English, most of the time something is purported to be an "Ascot" it turns out to be nothing more than a day cravat, which is often made of lighter silks and without any interlining to give it formal structure.
This is an Ascot tie:
This is a day cravat:
These are two totally different garments. Please don't get them confused. Pre-tied rental Ascot ties should be strictly avoided. The only way to get hold of a proper Ascot tie is to bespeak one of a good maker. Ascot ties are often worn with a stand up collar, and finished off with a cravat pin. This is how they are tied:
Here is Sir Anthony Eden getting married wearing an Ascot tie and a winged collar:
Notice the step lapels on his coat.
Bow ties are another old-fashioned alternative. For those who like them they make a good alternative. The designs should again be grey or a black-and-white small design or stripes.
If colours and patterns are introduced to the waistcoat, the neckwear should become plainer by way of balance. If colour is to be introduced, it should be done so very discretely. Busy and colourful silk designs tend to ruin the understated masculine elegance of morning dress.
There are two types of Oxford shoes that are classically worn. These are plain black calf skin Oxford shoes with a plain toe cap, or punch caps (a single row of punching across the caps).
Plain cap toe Oxfords:
Punch caps:
However, a number of small variations are permissible. The following are a couple of such examples.
This is a plain toed Oxford (there is no toe cap) with a medallion:
Next, is a type of Oxford known as an Adelaide, with the typical U shaped row of punching around the laces:
All of the above Oxford shoes are bespoke shoes made by Koji Suzuki.
Alternatively, dress boots with contrasting tops (cloth is traditional and more comfortable) such as button boots and Oxford boots are also very traditional, if old fashioned. The uppers are traditionally made of grey or tan cloth.
"Galosh" lace up Oxford boots:
Button boots from Parisian bootmaker Dimitri Gomez:
A more modern dress boot would be something like a Chukka boot on a very sleek and elegant last such as these from Gaziano & Girling (from the Leffot website):
In general spats should be avoided, as they look to much like period costume. Spats were only fashionable for a limited period of time. They represent a fleeting fashion, and were often thought affected. Galosh Oxfords with light coloured contrasting uppers also tend to look like spats. The disadvantage is that they all disrupt the continuity from trouser hem to shoe and make the legs looks a little shorter. This should be kept in mind when ordering such contrast top boots.
Silk or cashmere is traditional. However, many modern ultrafine cotton, or even wool socks can be just as elegant. The colour should be black, or dark grey with a subtle self-pattern. If cloth topped boots are worn, the socks should match the colour of the uppers. The socks should preferably be knee length.
Black silk top hat is at least carried, if not worn:
A light grey Ascot shaped topper may be worn in summer with a light grey morning suit.
The top hat should be non-collapsible. Collapsible toppers (called a chapeau claque in Europe) are for evening dress only. The silk used for top hats is not longer made and the looms were destroyed. If a proper vintage silk topper is unavailable (restored vintage ones can be expensive) then a well made felt top hat is acceptable.
The hat need not be worn and can be carried - if necessary by the best man.
Should match other accessories. Usual colours include white, pale yellow, biscuit, or shades of grey suede. The Count D'Orsay is described as wearing lemon chamois gloves and these can still be purchased from Pickett in Burlington Arcade, London. Gloves should be bespoke so as to fit smartly and discretely rather than being baggy like workman's safety gloves. Black gloves should be avoided.
Gloves are not fashionable these days, but accessories can add to the sense of occasion, even when they are just carried rather than worn. However, if you think that they are fussy and old fashioned rest assured that nobody these days will gasp or faint when they see you have chosen to omit them.
A discrete white flower should be chosen. The flower should be passed through the button hole of the lapel. Better coats also have a boutonnière loop behind them so as to hold the flower secure:
If a flower (or worse still a whole garish bouquet with complete with stems, leaves etc) is pinned onto the coat, it loudly announces that the coat is a cheap rental garment, where the coat has a sham lapel buttonhole that will not permit a flower to be passed through it. It is your solemn duty to avoid being seen dead with such monstrosities.
Handkerchief (Pochette)
A coat with a chest pocket should be finished with a white handkerchief of linen.
If you choose to wear your wristwatch then make sure it is a dress watch and not a sports watch (eg diver's watch, chronograph etc). Dress watches classically have a white face with plain indices or Roman numerals, and are discrete in size rather than the busy oversized monsters currently fashionable. The complications should be kept to a minimum and sporty designs avoided. It is classical for a dress watch to have a small seconds (petite seconde), but not a large second's hand. The band should be black leather to match the shoes and not brown or metal. The colour of the metal should preferably match that of the watch chain and cuff links. Here are some examples of classical dress watches:
However, the more important things is that a watch look dressy rather than following some supposed rigid "rules" about what constitutes a dress watch. This Glashütte Original watch departs from some of the classical definitions of a dress watch yet looks perfectly dressy:
The most traditional, if rather old fashioned, option is to sport a watch chain of gold or silver and a pocket watch - preferably heirloom or vintage:
Count D'Orsay is said to have worn "yards and yards" of gold chain. The best type of chain is a double-ended Albert chain. One end takes the watch, and the other end takes a fob. The two ends are placed in the pockets to the left and right of the waistcoat. The waistcoat may have a special fob hole designed to take a fob chain.
On a double-breasted waistcoat it may be worn like this if the tailor has provided you the proper fob hole in the middle:
Notice the extra shield shaped fob in the middle of the Albert chain.
However, the modern fashion is for greater simplicity and watch chains can start to look rather affected.
If worn, this should be a Chesterfield overcoat in navy, dark grey or black. A Chesterfield may be single breasted with concealed buttonholes or double breasted, like this example:
For more on the Chesterfield see this thread:
A rather fancy alternative for retrophiles is the Albert top frock. For more on this garment see this thread:
Being Different
Because formal morning dress is traditional, the modern desire is to try to be different and modern. Arch conservatives frown on this, but if you are the groom, and you do feel the need to add your own personal touch, this should be considered a good thing. The guidance of an imaginative bespoke tailor is of utmost importance here.
However, if you randomly flaunt convention, it can quickly look like you just have no idea of how to dress, or that you are wearing a cheap rental costume. There is also a tendency to throw in quite bizarre and ill conceived features, which are passed off as being "fashion" or as being "modern", in the same way some artists try to pass off a toilet seat as "modern art". Before you go off jettisoning all the traditional guidelines, you should be aware of what they are, and when you depart from them you should do so thoughtfully and tastefully. In many cases, you will find that what is tried and true is there because it looks best. Most cheap tricks like wearing ripped jeans or a t-shirt with morning dress have already been done in the 1970s or 80s so that they look pretty tired and boring.
Here are a few suggestions to make morning dress look more fashionable and elegantly modern without looking like you are trying too hard or screaming for attention:
1. Fancy cut of waistcoat
2. Double breasted morning coats - these haven't been seen in a long time and would add a touch of novelty
3. Gauntlet cuffs on the sleeve
4. A Tommy Nutter styled frock suit in dove grey
5. Romantic waistcoat in a brightly coloured silk design
6. A fancy lining either in a self pattern or discrete monochromatic design eg ribbed cream silk, monochromatic floral or paisley design
There are many ways an imaginative cutter and tailor can help you make morning dress look more modern, striking and fashionable - without looking like you are wearing some bizarre fashion designer's catwalk costume or something from the local fancy dress hire store. Remember that whenever you choose something that looks a bit unorthodox it becomes even more important to ensure that the fit and execution are perfect. Otherwise, if the fit is even a little bit off, it tends to make the overall effect look clownish, rather than novel, and you will be embarrassed to show off your wedding photos in years to come. Your bespoke tailor should help guide you make the correct choices.
Whatever you do avoid overloading things with novelties and fancy designs. Keep things simple, and only have one, or two things in the overall design that are of interest, so that there are no competing interests.
Bacharach, Bert: Right Dress, New York, 1955
Devereaux: Etiquette for Men, London, 1929
Barney, S: Clothes and the Man, London, 1951
Storey, Nicholas: History of Men's Fashion, Barnsley, 2008
Whife (ed) The Modern Tailor Outfitter and Clothier, London, 1949


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2014 Truck Trend Power List
The Key Figures Shaping the Future of Trucks
Taken for granted for many years during the go-go years of the late 1990s and early 2000s, when model upgrades were often a decade or more in between, the light truck market has now become one of the most fiercely competitive segments in the auto industry.
Full-size trucks, among the staple market segments in the U.S. auto industry, is experiencing a product renaissance not seen for decades, with light-duty diesels, eight-speed transmissions, air suspension, and high-tech turbocharged powerplants, simultaneously increasing efficiency as well as capability. And General Motors is less than a year away from seriously shaking up the midsize segment with the introduction of all-new Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon models by this summer.
We thought you'd like to meet some of the key figures behind this product revolution, so we've put together the 2014 Truck Trend Power List.
Pete Reyes
Chief Engineer, 2015 Ford F-150
Within the past few years, it seems every other month, we're pronouncing a new model a "game-changer," to the point where some may be wondering how many different games are going on. But when the conversation turns to the subject of the Ford F-150, any major changes to this sales stalwart of the past three decades truly warrants the term.
Pete Reyes had the weighty role of leading the engineering team that developed the all-new 2015 Ford F-150. Unless you live in a hole and still think the Motorola StarTac is state-of-the-art, you've probably heard by now the new truck has a revolutionary all-aluminum body.
But unlike most passenger cars that have a single body and chassis configuration, the new F-150 has more than 20 configurations, making the daunting task of developing all-new bodies and chassis even tougher.
Reyes is an alumnus of the University of Michigan and holds a bachelor's in mechanical engineering and a master's in business administration. He has spent a total of 15 years working on the F-Series, and served as chief engineer for the 2008 Super Duty.
Jeff Luke
Executive Chief Engineer, Global Full-Size and Midsize Trucks, General Motors
Jeff Luke is one busy guy over at GM. Fresh off the launch of the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 1500, now come the 2015 HD trucks and, right after that, the launch of the U.S.-market 2015 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon.
Luke has been executive chief engineer of global full-size and midsize trucks since August 2012. Prior to that assignment, he was executive director and group line executive for global trucks, vans and crossovers. As have many within GM, Luke got his start at the company through a co-op program through GMI Engineering and Management Institute, now Kettering University.
The relaunch of the Colorado/Canyon twins promises to elevate the visibility of the midsize truck segment, and break the Tacoma/Frontier duopoly of the segment.
Reid Bigland
President and CEO, Ram Truck Brand, Chrysler Group
While 2013 proved a banner year for the Ram brand, 2014 promises to be just as significant, with the rollouts of several key models, including the expanded availability of the Ram 1500 EcoDiesel, the launch of the diesel engine in the ProMaster van, and the introduction of the ProMaster City compact cargo van, which will go toe to toe with the Ford Transit Connect and Nissan NV200.
In addition to his role as CEO of the Ram brand, Bigland holds the same title for the entirety of Chrysler's Canadian operations, as well as head of U.S. sales for Chrysler Group, LLC. How he finds time to sleep in view of all these pivotal roles is beyond our comprehension.
Bigland is undoubtedly proud of the Ram brand's accomplishments in 2013 and the significant new products in the pipeline for 2014.
Fred Diaz
Senior Vice President, Nissan Sales & Marketing, Parts & Service, USA
The move of Chrysler alum Fred Diaz to Nissan surprised many, but the reason was no surprise. Nissan is about to launch an all-new Titan, and this time, its effort is full-fledged. Compared with today's single powertrain and limited bed and cab configurations, the new Titan is promised to have a lineup of at least three powertrain options and multiple bed and cab configurations to more closely match the offerings from the domestic manufacturers.
Diaz was a big part of building the Ram brand before he departed Chrysler, and Nissan is likely hoping his knowledge and success building that brand will get the new Titan off to a strong start. We also have the feeling Diaz might have had his hand in the Frontier Diesel Runner concept shown in Chicago, a vehicle we hope is a sign of things to come.
Mike Manley
CEO and President, Jeep
There's no denying Jeep is one of the most quintessentially all-American brands. But the reality is, for a brand to be successful, it has to be successful globally. Helping transform the Jeep brand into a global name is British native Mike Manley. In addition to his title as president and CEO of the Jeep brand, Manley is COO for the Asia Pacific region, part of FCA's Group Executive Council, and lead executive for international operations for Chrysler Group, LLC.
Manley shepherded the launch of the new 2014 Jeep Cherokee, oversaw the significant refresh of the Grand Cherokee, and is preparing to launch a new Italian-built subcompact Jeep model that will be sold globally, including the U.S. As with Ram, Jeep has enjoyed record sales in 2013, and with the addition of new models to the lineup, will likely see that brand's best overall sales to date in 2014.


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Domestic Sugar Cookies:
1 c sugar
1 c butter/margarine
1 lg egg
1 tbsp vanilla extract (real is best!)... beans are even better!
1/2 tsp cardamom
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
3 1/2-4 c flour (Depends on humidity) + 1/3 c for dusting
1. Cream butter and sugar (whip until fluffy). Add egg, vanilla, cardamom and cinnamon. Mix slightly.
2. Add in baking powder and flour, mix until the dough is just JUST not-tacky to the touch (should not stick to your fingers, but should be sticky.
3. Place dough in fridge for 1 hour. Take out a small ball (1/3 of the dough), and roll it out on a lightly dusted surface, roll to 1 inch thickness. You may need to lift dough and dust underneath. I use a pie-scraper for this, works great!
4. Cut out desired shape, place on a cookie sheet (I use parchment to prevent sticking). Place in the freezer to chill for 3 minutes. In the mean time, pre-heat oven to 325 degrees F. When the oven is good and ready, place cookies in the oven and cook for 7-12 minutes. This will depend on the cookie shape/size. Smaller cookies cook faster. Cook until the edges are JUST brown.
Remove and cool. DECORATE! OH-YEAH! :: does vector hip-thrust ::
Coming Up: How-to? Dorothy Tutorial!


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Studying the effects of height with remote presence devices
Irene Rae from the University of Wisconsin-Madison spent the summer of 2012 exploring how the appearance of an embodied system affects the interaction between people using that system to communicate.
While embodied systems like the Texai can provide greater access to informal and opportunistic interactions to remote users, their physical traits such as height, color, or proportion may mediate the way that people who are local to the system might treat them.
The study looked at how changes as simple as modifying the height of the system may cause subtle shifts in the way that the local user behaves toward the remote user, possibly supporting or undermining the remote user's authority and ability to persuade others.
Look for the final results in our upcoming publications!


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2013 Distinguished University Innovator Award
Dr. Arul Chinnaiyan received the Distinguished University Innovator Award for 2013.
The award honors faculty who have made important and lasting contributions to society by developing novel ideas and insights through their research, and then translating them to practice.
Chinnaiyan is the S.P. Hicks Endowed Professor of Pathology, professor of urology, director of the Michigan Center for Translational Pathology, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. He was honored for his work as a researcher, innovator and entrepreneur in the field of molecular pathology.
"Arul Chinnaiyan's work shows how critical university research is to the development of new ways to diagnose and treat disease," said Vice President for Research Steve Forrest. "It also highlights the key role of technology licensing and entrepreneurship in moving new ideas quickly and effectively from the laboratory to practice."
An internationally recognized scholar, Chinnaiyan found in 2005 that a majority of prostate cancers harbor gene fusions or translocations, shedding new light on our understanding of the molecular basis of prostate cancer and laying the groundwork for new diagnostic tests and therapies. Since that landmark discovery, gene fusions also have been discovered in lung cancer, colon cancer, breast cancer and others.
Chinnaiyan's work has led to 75 new invention disclosures resulting in 12 patents, and six license and option agreements. Products arising from these licenses already are reaching the marketplace in the form of new diagnostic tests for prostate cancer.
In addition to licensing technology, Chinnaiyan has founded three companies. Compendia Biosciences, founded in 2006, was based on a cancer genomics research database now used by a range of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. More recently, he formed Armune Bioscience Inc. to develop and commercialize new diagnostic tests for prostate, lung, and breast cancers.
And in 2012 he joined with Shaomeng Wang, Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor of Medicine, and professor of internal medicine, pharmacology and medicinal chemistry, to found OncoFusion Therapeutics Inc., a company that aims to develop personalized cancer therapies based on the specific driving genetic mutations in an individual's tumor.
The Distinguished University Innovator Award was established in 2007, and its recipient is chosen by the vice president for research on the recommendation of a faculty selection committee, which reviews a pool of nominees each year. The recipient is honored in a public ceremony and delivers a lecture focusing on the innovative work that led to the award.


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Doctor Who TARDIS Bath Mat
For Your True Doctor Who Loo
- Doctor Who TARDIS Bath Mat
- Make your bath bigger on the inside
- Officially-licensed Doctor Who merchandise
We may not see many of them, but there are actually quite a few bathrooms on the TARDIS. (According to the Wiki, 14 of them.) Considering how big the TARDIS is, though, you probably need a map to get to them. And, well, like the swimming pool, there's a possibility the Doctor may not be exactly sure where they ended up. Probably it's best if you start your journey to the restroom on the TARDIS c. two days before you actually need to use the facilities. Take a snack or stop by the vending machines near the console room on your way out.
Product Specifications
- Doctor Who TARDIS Bath Mat
- Officially-licensed Doctor Who merchandise
- Materials: 100% polyester pile
- Non-slip back
- Dimensions: 20" wide x 32" tall
- Care instructions: Spot clean with a damp cloth and mild detergent.
- Pair it with the TARDIS Bath/Beach Towel and Sonic Screwdriver Toothbrush for a true Doctor Who loo


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Posting Guidelines (copied from last month)
* DO NOT post full resolution screenshots! You can use the "mogrify" command (pacman -S imagemagick) to make a thumbnail of your screenshot:
$ cp screenie.png thumb-screenie.png
$ mogrify -resize 20% thumb-screenie.png
Twenty percent of the original size is great for 1024x768 screenies. You can then upload these images to your server and use the following code to show them on the forum:
* Several websites also offer free image hosting. Here are some that supports thumbnails:
ImageShack | xs.to | iPICTURE | Omploader | ImageHosting | Imagebam
Use the "Thumbnail for forums" link code that is supplied by the image hosting sites to post your thumbnail link.
* Once the new month begins please do not post new screenies in the old threads.
* If the screenshot has questionable material that might not be safe to view while at work or in a school setting, please post only a link and not a thumbnail, along with a mention of "Not Safe for Work". Posts that do not adhere to this are subject to deletion without notice at any time.
* Please try to include any links to your wallpaper or configs that you may have and/or the names of your icon theme, running apps, DE, etc. in the same post to reduce unnecessary clutter later.
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Haha, it's still 2009 here.
Still 45 mins left to go, but here it is.
kdemod 4.3.4 with composite on, 1 desk 1 activity
happy old/new year to everyone! let's hope we survive another.
"I know what you're thinking, 'cause right now I'm thinking the same thing. Actually, I've been thinking it ever since I got here:
Why oh why didn't I take the BLUE pill?"
details on setup?
"I know what you're thinking, 'cause right now I'm thinking the same thing. Actually, I've been thinking it ever since I got here:
Why oh why didn't I take the BLUE pill?"
details on setup?
To ease the pain, I used tintwizard.
Here's the config
# Tint2 config file
# Generated by tintwizard (http://code.google.com/p/tintwizard/)
# For information on manually configuring tint2 see http://code.google.com/p/tint2/wiki/Configure
# To use this as default tint2 config: save as $HOME/.config/tint2/tint2rc
# Background definitions
rounded = 10
border_width = 2
background_color = #000000 60
border_color = #737373 70
rounded = 6
border_width = 1
background_color = #898989 0
border_color = #FFFFFF 40
# Panel
panel_monitor = all
panel_position = bottom left vertical
panel_size = 100% 40
panel_margin = - 0
panel_padding = 0 0
panel_dock = 0
wm_menu = 0
panel_background_id = 0
# Taskbar
taskbar_mode = multi_desktop
taskbar_padding = 0 0 3
taskbar_background_id = 0
taskbar_active_background_id = 1
# Tasks
urgent_nb_of_blink = 7
task_icon = 1
task_text = 0
task_centered = 0
task_maximum_size = 0 30
task_padding = 6 3
task_background_id = 0
task_active_background_id = 2
task_icon_asb = 100 0 0
task_active_icon_asb = 100 0 0
# Fonts
task_font = sans 7
task_font_color = #FFFFFF 60
task_active_font_color = #FFFFFF 80
font_shadow = 1
# Systray
systray_padding = 0 4 0
systray_sort = ascending
systray_background_id = 0
# Clock
time1_format = %l:%M %P
time1_font = sans 8
time2_format = %n%n%A %n %d %n %B
time2_font = sans 6
clock_font_color = #FFFFFF 80
clock_padding = 10 10
clock_background_id = 0
clock_rclick_command = orage
# Tooltips
tooltip = 1
tooltip_padding = 0 0
tooltip_show_timeout = 0
tooltip_hide_timeout = 0
tooltip_background_id = 0
tooltip_font = Sans 10
tooltip_font_color = #FFFFFF 100
# Mouse
mouse_middle = close
mouse_right = shade
mouse_scroll_up = toggle
mouse_scroll_down = iconify
# Battery
battery = 1
battery_low_status = 10
battery_low_cmd = notify-send "battery low"
bat1_font = sans 8
bat2_font = sans 6
battery_font_color = #FFFFFF 60
battery_padding = 1 0
battery_background_id = 0
Openbox with some conkys, tilda, tint2. Theme is ElegantBrit, fonts are Terminus and karabine..
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Ratpoison + urxvt + tmux + surf + 2 dzen on top (script showing current selected frame title on the left, and system info on the right).
Not much has changed, I don't care for UI configs anymore, rather happy with what I got
Last edited by Lich (2010-01-01 13:52:56)
Archlinux | ratpoison + evilwm | urxvtc | tmux
that is a nice tint2, sensible too to have it aligned like that on modern screens.
last month i think i posted my openbox setup, i've been playing with kdemod and compiz this last few days and i think i'm getting close to a comfortable setup.
still not happy with terminal colours...
maybe b/c i've come from sabayon and the default colours are pretty snazzy.
I also want to find a better fitting skydome image for spacescape with desktop sphere/planet
Nothing really exciting here: Just a minimal Openbox + Tint2 + Conky config.
awesome wallpaper. Can you share it? Thanks ☺
If you think of MS-DOS as mono, and Windows as stereo,
then Linux is Dolby Digital and all the music is free...
awesome wallpaper. Can you share it? Thanks ☺
Sure thing. It's from DeviantArt, like many other wallpapers.
@marcos - is it your ~/.bashrc that displays the custom arch thing in ASCII? Can you post it?
@marcos - is it your ~/.bashrc that displays the custom arch thing in ASCII? Can you post it?
I'm using archey and then I added to the end of .bashrc
Cool thanks.
Here's mine:
GCS d- s-:+ a12 C++++ U++++ L+++ P--- E--- W+++ N+ o K- w--- O? M-- V? PS PE
Y- PGP? t? 5? X? R tv b+++ DI+ D- G++ e++ h! !r !y
Please ignore me... I'm pretty weird...
Guys if you please could try to mention your DE or WM used, I'd appreciate.
I'm browsing for a new WM and this thread helps a lot (If I'm able to guess which one)
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Don't panic !


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This salad is my new obsession - I've made it almost 5 times in the last week. It is sweet, but sharp and completely delicious. It goes perfectly with a burger, kebabs or grilled shrimp... all of which we've had this week with this very salad!
with Citrus Dressing
1/4 cup orange juice
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup minced shallots
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 cup olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 seedless watermelon, cut in 1-inch cubes
2 cups of tomatoes, 1-inch dice
4 ounces feta cheese, 1/2-inch diced
Whisk together the lemon juice, shallots, sugar, salt, and pepper. Slowly pour in the olive oil, whisking constantly, to form an emulsion.
Place the tomatoes, watermelon and feta in a large bowl. Drizzle with enough vinaigrette to coat the lightly and toss well.


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Question by oovs: Best public transport route from Jersey city to Staten Island?
what is the best way to go to S.I. Univ Hospital, Seaview Ave, Staten buses are$ 5 I believe and you'll need it in change not dollars or a Metrocard of course. If you do this daily you should look into which metrocard is best for you.
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School Atypical for Hutterites
Rogers, Melinda. "School Atypical for Hutterites." Forum, 9 September 2007, A1 & A12.
SPRING PRAIRIE COLONY, Minn. The yoga positions proved briefly cumbersome for the 13 students in Cheryl Gottenborgs elementary class.
The kindergarten through third-grade students giggled with arms stretched wide as they tried exercises dubbed "the waterfall," "the pretzel" and "the windmill."
The first lesson of a new school year at Spring Prairie Colony School northwest of Hawley brought a concept foreign to most of the Hutterite children gathered in the two-room schoolhouse.
For Gottenborg, the yoga lesson was a chance to give her students something they rarely see: a view into elements of life from the outside world.
|Teacher Cheryl Gottenborg helps Tamara Wipf work on a poster project recently during the first day of school at Spring Prairie Elementary near Hawley.
"Everything is really exciting to them."
Classroom life at Spring Prairie Elementary looks like any other Minnesota school at first glance.
Brightly colored carpets adorned with numbers and letters decorate the classroom. Popular chapter books line the shelves of a small library.
But it doesnt take long to realize Spring Prairie Elementary students are different from many who attend traditional public schools.
Students chatter energetically on a small playground in Huttrsich, a version of a German dialect known as Tyrolean.
In class, they sit quietly, girls clad in hand-sewn dresses with prim black caps and boys dressed in black pants and suspenders traditional dress in the Hutterite community.
The Hawley School District is charged with providing education
for the
Hutterite community, which favors a communal life where all personal
materials are shared and believes people work together for the "good of
the colony."
|Students listen to their teacher during class at Spring Prairie Elementary near Hawley.
The Spring Prairie Colony School joined the Hawley School District in 1981.
The school follows all grade-level and education standards required by the Minnesota Department of Education.
There are no extracurricular activities outside of core subjects.
From 7:30 to 9 a.m., students attend "German school", where theyre taught Hutterite traditions, religious beliefs and customs. They resume German school after theyre dismissed by Hawley public school teachers at 3 p.m., said Corny Wipf, a colony member who oversees the school and works with high schoolstudents.
Students study at German school until about 5:30 p.m., Wipf said.
While little has changed on the outside of the colonys two-room school house, daily instruction is different from years ago, Wipf said.
Several computers line the classrooms' walls. Although the Internet is prohibited, students use computer learning programs to develop skills.
Students are exposed to technological advances in agriculture, which the Hutterites have embraced, unlike other colony communities such as the Amish and Mennonites.
"We are probably up front and foremost in technology," Wipf said.
"As far as computer technology, in all of our enterprises, technology is at the top level."
Wipf, who earned a degree from Minnesota State University Moorhead in order to teach at the colony, coordinates a distance-learning program with North Dakota State University that connects the colonys high schoolers with curriculum.
Most Hutterite students finish school at 16 or 17, Wipf said.
While in high school, students "migrate to their interests" in the colony in industries such as livestock, a mechanic shop, print shops or other jobs.
Some go on to earn GEDs. Few travel on to higher education.
Womens roles are relegated to the home, Wipf said.
Vicky Grondahl, Spring Prairie Elementarys English Language Learner instructor, said the school presents a unique challenge. Each one of the schools 30 students is considered to have limited English proficiency by the state Department of Education.
Hutterite children speak no English when they arrive in kindergarten. By the end of their first year, most are tri-lingual in English, high German and Tyrolese.
Helping students master English grammar, pronunciation and other language skills is part of Grondahls role as a teacher.
She said the children learn English quickly despite rarely hearing it around the colony.
"These children are in the most difficult position for learning English, because the only place they speak English is here at school," Grondahl said.
"They don't listen to TV, they don't listen to radio, they dont listen to music, they dont have that outside influence from the world. It makes their language learning harder."
Grondahl and Gottenborg feel blessed to teach at Spring Prairie Elementary.
Each has taught at other school districts in the area, but they say theres extra enthusiasm in the appetite among Spring Prairies students to learn.
"It's like a family environment. We know the families, we know the kids and everybody knows us," Grondahl said.
We're part of the community.
Teacher Ruth Christianson, who oversees the colonys 22 fourth- through seventh-graders, said the environment makes for a fun teaching experience.
"It's a two-room schoolhouse. There are not a lot of them out there anymore. You hear your grandparents talk about going to school in a one-room schoolhouse," Christianson said.
"That makes it special itself."
Reprinted with permission of The Forum.


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Counseling and Advising Services
Academic Advising
Academic advising is a comprehensive program facilitated by counselors, teaching faculty, and student services personnel who share responsibility with advisees for student success. The advising relationship is a continuous developmental process involving open communication in an atmosphere of mutual respect and honesty. It assists students with the transition to college and the evaluation and attainment of their academic, career, and personal goals. By their participation in a range of advising activities, including individual and group advising sessions, classes, and workshops, students gain an understanding of campus and College resources and develop the skills to make informed, independent decisions.
Beginning in the 2014 Fall Semester, all first-time-to-college students ages 17-24 are required to meet with their advisor before registration. Other new students should also work with a counselor or academic advisor to select a program to meet their educational objectives. Once the student has chosen a major, he/she will then be referred to an academic advisor or counselor who will assist in planning the rest of the student's program for all subsequent terms.
Students should meet with their advisor to discuss progress toward graduation near the midpoint of their program. All students are encouraged to seek information and assistance from academic advisors in career planning in addition to curriculum planning. Even students not enrolled in a specific curricular major may seek assistance from academic advisors and counselors to help select courses during enrollment.
GPS for Success
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A counselor can help students explore and develop career goals and plan their education to help meet those goals. Students who want to enroll in a degree or certificate curriculum and did not indicate a choice of curriculum on their Application for Admission should meet with an advisor to select a major. This may mean planning a developmental program to gain the necessary skills in certain areas to meet the entrance requirements for a curriculum. It may mean planning a program to take the right courses for transfer to a four-year college or university when the student leaves NOVA. It may mean selecting the career/technical program best suited to one's career goals. The counseling service on each campus provides a testing program to help students better understand their abilities, interests, skills, and values. Tests and inventories are administered and interpreted at a nominal charge to students.
During a student's first semester at NOVA, the counselor may refer him or her to an academic advisor who will assist in planning the student's second semester and the rest of his or her program.
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Counselors assist with such information as transfer, financial aid, self-assessment inventories, career opportunities, volunteer service placement, and job counseling. Special group programs are also available in career planning, personal exploration, and other skill-building topics.
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In geometry, the students continue to hone their use of a straight edge, right angle ruler, and compass by constructing the Thales triangle, the Pythagorean squares, and determining if their own hands fit the dimensions of the Golden Rectangle.
I am also very pleased with how my homage to da Vinci turned out. Using chalk and some shadow techniques, it looks like an old parchment page from his journals! In the Waldorf classroom, it is traditional for the class teacher to create an artistic rendering that honors the current subject being taught.