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102" (8 1/2 ft.) whip antennas made from the finest 17-7 stainless steel which resists bending and kinking. This material is so tough it can be bent 180 degrees and will spring back to its original shape with no significant bend incurred. Excellent antenna for off-road.
Standard 3/8" x 24 thread base will fit ball mounts and most other antenna
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In the tree component, expand the Clusters node.
Expand the node for the cluster that contains the server instance.
Select the server instance node.
On the General Information page, you can:
Click Start Instance to start the instance.
Click Stop Instance to stop a running instance.
Click JNDI Browsing to browse the JNDI tree for a running instance.
Click View Log Files to open the server log viewer.
Click Rotate Log File to rotate the log file for the instance. This action schedules the log file for rotation. The actual rotation takes place the next time an entry is written to the log file.
Click Recover Transactions to recover incomplete transactions.
Click the Properties tab to modify the port numbers for the instance.
Click the Monitor tab to change monitoring properties.
To configure how the Application Server recovers from transactions in Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 Administration Guide

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Once You Are Accepted...
Once you are officially accepted into an ISA program, it is important to log in to your Student Portal and begin to work on the forms associated with your program, as well as familiarize yourself with your program?s final forms and payment due date. If you haven?t already, begin to plan how you will be funding your program, and if you don?t already have one, apply for a passport . If your program location requires a student visa, it is imperative to get this process started as early as possible; some consulates may take up to 70 days to process your visa application, and may require you to appear at the consular office in your jurisdiction.
After your final payment is processed, ISA will select student housing and an online orientation will be made available in your Student Portal. Shortly before commencement of your program, you will receive a final packet in your Student Portal with your housing assignment and a brief description of it, a list of other students in your program, a flight list, and a final letter detailing airport pick-up instructions.
Any questions should you may have should be directed to your Program Manager or Site Specialist.
Once you are accepted to an ISA program, you will receive an acceptance e-mail with a user name and password to access your STUDENT PORTAL. On the Student Portal, you will access all of your orientation materials, your student record with the documents that pertain to your program, and view payments & charges on your account. Please make sure to login to your portal within 5 days, as your password will expire after this time.
Online Orientation will include general study abroad information such as passport information, basic packing list, and safety abroad. After the Final Forms & Payments deadline for your program, you will get access to the City-Specific Orientation Manual to read in-depth about your program.
Student Records includes three sections: Forms & Documents, Payments & Charges, and Program Overview
One common myth about studying abroad is that it is too expensive. Although it might take a little time to financially prepare for your program, there are many ways to be able to afford going abroad. For some students, it could cost less to study abroad if you apply for additional aid through SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS.
As well, students might be able to use their current FINANCIAL AID to study abroad. Generally, for your financial aid to be "portable" to a study abroad program, you must carry a full-time load at the foreign institution and receive credit for the program toward your degree at your home institution. There may be other eligibility restrictions, depending on the financial aid program, but usually you will be able to take your Title IV funding (Pell, Stafford and PLUS) overseas with you.
Your home institution may require an agreement in order for you to use your financial aid. The first step should be checking with your study abroad advisors and financial aid administrators or bursar's office to confirm what will apply to the ISA program. If you have questions after talking to your university, you can always call ISA for more help at 512-480-8522.
Curious to meet other students in your program before you go? Check out Facebook and Twitter to get in touch with others in your program!
You can also see what other ISA students are currently experiencing on their study abroad trip on the ISA Blog!
If you want to hear about the city you are going to from an ISA Alum, you can get in contact with them to ask questions through the CONTACT ALUMNI section. They are always excited to share their experiences with you!
ISA would like to assure students, parents, and study abroad advisors of the complete concern for student HEALTH AND SAFETY while abroad. ISA takes these concerns into consideration in the planning of the program and throughout the duration of the program. We understand that safety issues are of utmost importance, especially during times when international issues are at the forefront of our minds. Please know that the ISA staff based in the U.S. is in constant contact with the ISA staff located in each program site, and all staff members are committed to the students' well-being during their study abroad experience.
Some great resources for ensuring you maintain good health and stay safe abroad can be found under our HELPFUL RESOURCES section under "Safety Abroad." Here you can find links for the U.S. State Department, Travel Advisories, Center for Disease Control, and Embassy and Consulate information.
As well, the SAFETY ABROAD article also gives general tips about studying abroad and how to stay safe. Make sure to check it out and always call us if you have further questions!


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I don't like storing dates along with the time portion in my database tables.
Sure, I use the datatype, but I wish SQL provided a "Date" datatype and a "Time" datatype that were separate. It really sometimes requires too much work in T-SQL to separate the date portion from the time portion, and often in a WHERE clasue you don't care about the time, you just want data for a single day. A common question asked at SQLTeam is:
Why doesn't the condition WHERE DateTimeColumn = '1/1/2004' return any results? I can see there is definitely data in that table for Jan 1st, 2004 !
The answer, of course, is because "DateTimeColumn" contains a time portion as well. Some solutions that are given often look like this:
A) WHERE DateDiff(dd, DateTimeColumn, '1/1/2004') = 0
B) WHERE Convert(varchar(20), DateTimeColumn, 101) = '01/01/2004'
C) WHERE DateTimeColumn LIKE '1/1/2004%'
D) WHERE Year(DateTimeColumn) = 2004 AND Month(DateTimeColumn) = 1 and Day(DateTimeColumn)=1
I don't really like any of those, to be honest. Many rely on system settings for date formats. Others rely on conversions to varchars. None are able to make use of any indexes on the DateTimeColumn so they will not be as efficient as possible.
The best solution in terms of performance isn't even really that good, because it requires a range even though we wish to return data just for a particular day:
E) WHERE DateTimeColumn >= '1/1/2004' AND DateTimeColumn < '1/2/2004'
If you encounter this situation often, here's an idea:
Don't store the time with the date in your database! Keep them in separate columns. You can always combine them extremely easily just by adding them together to recreate your original DateTime value. But for all those other times when you wish to just filter for a particular day, you can use a quick and efficient = or BETWEEN comparison on the date only.
To do this, you need to :
1) Create two columns instead of one -- a Date column and a Time column
2) Enforce that the Date column never has a time stored in it:
DateCol datetime check (dateAdd(dd,datediff(dd,0,DateCol),0) = DateCol)
3) Enforce that the Time column never has a date portion that is a date other than the "base date" (which is the datetime that the numeric value 0 converts to):
TimeCol datetime check (datediff(dd,0,TimeCol) = 0))
Once that is done, any time you wish to return the Date along with the Time, you can just add them together! That's right, just SELECT DateCol + TimeCol as DateTimeVal FROM YourTable.
The key here is now you can index your DateCol and filter off of it directly, without worrying about conversions or time issues, which results in efficient execution plans. With the constraints, you are guaranteed that only dates are stored there, so you never have to worry about it. And, you can effortlessly retrieve the original DateTime value with a simple addition of the two columns (no conversions needed!).
If you like, you can create a View of your table and have that view return your DateTime column as well as the Date and the Time broken out if you like. You can even allow for this View to be updateable so that client applications don't have to worry about manually breaking out the Date and the Time themselves. See the code below for an example of this trigger, along with the constraints and some sample data.
-- Here's our sample table; just an ID column with a Date and a Time.
-- Note the CHECK constraints on the datetime columns:
create table Test_table
(ID int primary key,
TransDate datetime
check (dateAdd(dd,datediff(dd,0,TransDate),0) = TransDate),
TransTime datetime
check (datediff(dd,0,TransTime) = 0)
-- Here's our view of the table which presents a DateTime column
-- that looks "normal", along with the date and the time broken out
create view Test_View as
select ID,
TransDate + TransTime as TransDateTime
-- Here's our trigger for when rows are added to the view;
-- you can do a similiar thing for an UPDATE trigger as well.
create trigger test_view_ins on Test_View
instead of insert
insert into
Test_table (ID, TransDate, TransTime)
ID, JustDate, TransDateTime - JustDate
select ID, dateAdd(dd,datediff(dd,0,TransDateTime),0) as JustDate,
) a
-- Insert some sample data using the View; the trigger
-- will break out the date from the time:
insert into Test_View (ID, TransDateTime)
select 1, getdate() union
select 2, '12/19/1972 10:00 AM' union
select 3, getDate() - 1.1 union
select 4, getdate() + 2.2
-- Let's see what we've got:
select * from Test_View
select * from test_Table
-- Clean it up:
drop trigger test_view_ins
drop view Test_View
drop table Test_Table
A couple of notes:
1) This does, of course, require more memory since you now require twice as much storage for your DateTime values.
2) If, on occasion, you do wish to SELECT from this table and filter by a specific date and time range, then the view will not be especially efficient if you simply use:
WHERE DateTimeCol BETWEEN @StartDateTime AND @EndDateTime
This is because now DateTimeCol is now a formula. You can either make use of Indexed Views to index this column, or you can use what I call an efficiently redundant WHERE clause like this:
WHERE DateCol BETWEEN (@StartDateTime-1) AND (@EndDateTime+1) AND
DateTimeCol BETWEEN @StartDateTime AND @EndDateTime
That will allow SQL Server to use the index on the DateCol for the initial filter, and then from there, the second part of the WHERE clause will have many fewer rows to scan.
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Peace Descends on Ferguson as Highway Patrol Take Over Security
Captain With Local Ties to Lead the Effort in Suburb Rattled by Shooting; 'No Tear Gas Tonight'
FERGUSON, Mo.—Protests in Missouri turned peaceful Thursday night after Gov. Jay Nixon put the state highway patrol in charge of security following nightly clashes between protesters angry over a police shooting of an unarmed black teenager and SWAT teams using tear gas.
Streets remained open to traffic and officers walked by themselves through the crowd, with no body armor or batons in sight.


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Art lovers will have a heyday this weekend when the All About Art Club hosts its annual art show and sale in the Yemassee Craft Center Art Room. Original oils, acrylics, ceramics, watercolors, pastels, photography and more will be on display, all from the eyes and hands of Sun City's vast corps of talented artists.
Among the many artists preparing to hang their work are three who depict their vision in different media.
Pat Everson, who has worked in different formats, from oil to acrylic paints, now focuses on PanPastels, a palette-style method of creating paintings with chalk.
Denis Reshetar works on a very large scale, building wooden frames in various shapes around which he stretches canvas he then paints.
Continuous learning
Mary Ann Putzier works in watercolor and porcelain, learning each time she prepares to teach a new class.
"Teaching always gets me going because if I am going to teach floral painting, then I have to paint fresh ones. I can't bring up old paintings as examples," Putzier said in her well-lighted studio. Among the classes she has taught at the community's art room are "Saving your Whites" and making a watercolor canvas. Next year, she expects to teach how to paint reflections and possibly portraits, her favorite subject.
"Portraits are the most satisfying. Not only to capture the likeness but the personality," she said.
Her mother and grandmother were quite artistic, Putzier said, and she and her eight siblings were raised on drawing.
"All of us have some kind of artistic skills, especially the girls," she said. It taught her to see, to observe. "If you can't see it, you can't draw it and you can't paint it. Of course, once you see it, you can take liberties like Picasso and others. They weren't copyists. They took the truth and bent it."
Art by the season
Reshetar thinks in the summer and then creates in the fall and winter.
"I usually have thoughts on paper - the shapes I want to do and the designs I want to paint on them," he said. He builds his own wooden frames, sometimes taking one completely apart after the design fails to come together.
"It usually takes me a week of 10-12 hours when I get going," he said. "I like big stuff, different shapes. Big or narrow, horizontal or vertical. And usually difficult to put into a house."
He said he repainted one square vision four or five times until he finally started all over from scratch, scrapping the canvas and rebuilding the canvas frame into a different shape.
"I usually spend as much time making the frame as doing the painting," he said. Originally a ceramicist and sculptor in college, Reshetar has taken some of those skills and reapplied them to both his frames and his painting technique.
One painting has a 3D effect as one side seems to pull away from the wall. A few paintings Reshetar has hanging in his home were created by what he calls the "lost wax" technique, a process used in making molds. Across the surface of the painting - a blending of colors that graduate to more intense hues from the center out - he adds the finishing touch, a deliberate splash or dripline of black paint.
"When it has dried enough that the edges are hard, I take it outside and hose it off," he said. What remains behind is an outline of the splash, the painting's colors popping back out.
Keeping up with art
Everson began attending the Silvermine Guild of Art in Connecticut when she was 12 and studied art through high school. An argument she no longer recalls with an art instructor turned her against her training and she earned a degree in psychology in college.
"Art was always with me. I couldn't get away from it," Everson said. "Even in the two 10-year stretches I abandoned it, it was always behind me, nagging me."
Now concentrating on the use of pastels, she finds that keeping up with the ever-evolving techniques and resources is just a small part of being an artist.
"You have to keep current," she said. Originally an oil painter, Everson acquired adult asthma and found that being in the presence of the chemicals used was unhealthy. She had to change her medium and moved to acrylic and has taught the subject to Sun City students.
That, too, became a problem with her asthma and now she has moved to pastels, a medium that uses no chemicals with which to create. In the process of researching these tools, Everson discovered a whole new concept in the use of PanPastels, a set of colored chalk discs that have low dust issues, one of the challenges of using chalk.
Rather than create the painting with pastel sticks, Everson is able to apply the chalk with sponge-tipped applicators. The different shaped heads allow for various results on the paper and stick pastels may still be used to provide an opaque sharp line, if desired.
It's all part of Everson's pursuit of perfection through practice.
"Once you learn to paint well, you learn to create well. I've become progressively more intent on pursuing art and you can't just stick with the old ways," she said. "You have to keep up with new products. You can have thoughts in your head but you technically have to be able to put those thoughts down on paper or canvas."
Everson, Reshetar and Putzier will be among the dozens displaying their artistic thoughts at the annual show open to the community.
When: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday; 2-5 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday
Where: Yemassee Craft Center Art Room


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Well, not only are we stuck here doing this for this meaningless game, Ch. 2 barely comes in on this TV and we have to listen to Randy Cross' "insight" all game. OK, enough complaining. The only thing going for the Bears today is that they can keep the Jets from gaining and AFC wild-card spot. Feel the excitement.
First quarter
Chris Chandler and the Bears will start from his own 17. ... The Bears actually throw on first down as Chandler hits rookie tight end John Gilmore for 15 yards. ... After a short pass and an incompletion, the Bears are called for a penalty and will have to punt, preserving their season-long streak of not scoring on their first drive.
The Bears defense looks good against the Jets early. Alex Brown bats down a pass and then nearly picks it off, Keith Traylor makes two good plays, one where he side-stepped the center and stuffed Jets back Curtis Martin in the backfield. The Jets also are flagged twice during the series, once on the punt, which means they'll will punt again. Bonus. Amhad Merritt lets the punt bounce off his hands and out of bounds around the 18.
I don't expect much e-mail today, outside of this guy who keeps spamming me with "I need to talk to our about your septic tank" in the subject field. For one, I don't have a septic tank, and if I did, I don't think I'd want to discuss it.
Chandler dumps one to Marty Booker for 4 yards and then Chandler takes it himself up the middle for 5. ... Leon Johnson dives up the middle for the first down. ... Booker snares one 15 yards up the field and then Johnson makes a decent run on the left side. ... The Bears are moving down the field, picking up first downs, until Big Cat Williams is called for a leg whip. ... Chandler is then sacked back in Bears' territory and that drive comes to an end. ... Brad Maynard's punt bounces inside the 5 and then rolls sideways out of bounds around the 2.
The Jets aren't backed up for long as Chad Pennington hits Laveranues Colesfor 21 yards, followed by a 4-yard run by Martin.
Second quarter
Pennington hits Coles again, this time for 15 yards. ... Martin runs a couple of times and the Jets are across midfield. ... Pennington throws one to the end zone but Santana Moss is called for offensive pass interference for shoving Roosevelt Williams trying to come back to the ball. ... Pennington throws incomplete but Martin, on third and 15, is close to picking up the first down. He's short and the Jets will go for it at the Bears 41. ... Pennington fumbles the snap and the Bears will take over on downs.
Chandler completes a pass to fullback Stanley Pritchett for 24 yards. ... Johnson then is stuffed for no gain followed by an incompletion and then a false start that backs the Bears up to third and 15. ... They throw underneath and Edinger will come in to try a 53-yard field goal. It's good.
Bears 3, Jets 0
Edinger follows his long field goal by booting the kickoff out of bounds, so the Jets will start at their own 40. ... Phillip Daniels breaks through and sacks Pennington on first down. ... Martin runs for a few and then Pennington sails one high on third and long.
After the punt and an 11-yard return by Merritt, the Bears start at their own 35. ... Here's the dreaded wide-receiver screen to Booker and, as usual, it nets nothing. ... Chandler finds Booker on a crossing pattern for 10 yards and a first down. ... Rookie back Adrian Peterson is in there now and he makes a couple of nice runs. ... Chandler finds Peteron on second and 2 and Peterson picks up 18 yards down to the 16. ... Peterson runs again and fights for a couple. ... Peterson again for 4 yards and that brings us to the two-minute warning. ... On third and 3, Chandler rolls right and hits Gilmore for 5. First and goal at the 5 and the Jets call timeout. ... On the 11th play of the drive, Peterson finds a hole and scores his first NFL touchdown.
Bears 10, Jets 0
The kid looked great on that drive and gets rewarded with the TD. Meanwhile Chandler is 13 of 16 for 121 yards, which is unheard of this year for a Bears quarterback.
Chad Morton nearly breaks the kickoff for a touchdown. I believe Bryan Knight tripped him up. Whoever it was, the Jets have good field position around their own 45. ... However the Jets' offense stalls and go three and out. Wait, scratch that. They did pick up one first down on that drive. But they still ended up punting.
The punt sails through the end zone and the Bears start at their own 20 with 21 seconds left and three timeouts. ... Of course they run the ball up the middle and here come the boos. Halftime.
Third quarter
Here we go, Morton busts the second-half kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown. But, wait, a hold on the Jets negates that. It was Adrian Peterson who was held, so the deflated Jets start at their own 30. ... Martin runs on first and second and picks up about 8 total yards. ... Pennington hits Coles for 12 yards and the Jets convert. ... Pennington then hits Moss close to a first down. ... Martin breaks through the middle, gets a few blocks and is finally brought down by Mike Brown around the 5. A 38-yard gain. But, there's a flag. This one's on the Bears; Brown is called for a face mask on the tackle. ... A false start moves the Jets from first and goal at the 3 to first and goal at the 8. ... Martin breaks a tackle and gets to the 5. ... Pennington hits Wayne Chrebet and Chrebet basically walks into the end zone. That was quick.
Bears 10, Jets 7
Merritt returns the kick to the 37. ... Chandler hits Gilmore at the Bears' 45 and then threads one to Dez White over the middle for a first down. ... The Jets are flagged for a late hit on Chandler and then Leon Johnson busts one up the middle 23 yards down to the 2. ... Johnson then follows a Stanley Pritchett block into the end zone.
Bears 17, Jets 7
Curtis Martin is moving the Jets down the field by himslef. He gets some help with two Pennington to Jerald Sowell passes. ... Randy Cross just called Rosevelt Colvin the best linebacker on the Bears, which was followed by Brian Urlacher sprinting from the middle of the field to make a diving tackle on Martin near the sideline. ... Pennington finds Martin on third down for a 16-yard gain down to the 2, but it's wiped out by a Jets penalty. ... The penalty makes it third and 15 near the 30. Pennington finds Chrebet, but he's well short of the first down. ... John Hall comes on for a 42-yard field goal, which is good.
Bears 17, Jets 10
CBS needs to run a few more "Survivor" promos. Enough. Will this show ever die?
Fourth quarter (Thank, God)
Peterson takes Hall's short kick 21 yards to the 45. ... Chandler hits Johnson for 9 yards and the Bears cross midfield. But after a short run by Johnson and an icomplete pass, Chandler is sacked on third down and the Bears will punt. ... Maynard shanks the punt but it takes a good bounce and rolls out at the 6.
Martin makes a nice cut back and fights his way to the 18. Tack on 5 yards for a face mask. ... Martin again for 3 yards and then Pennington throws one into the ground on a play-action screen. ... On third and 7, Pennington finds Coles for a first at the Jets' 42. ... The Jets are called for having two men in motion. The Bears decline and Pennington throws incomplete on second down. But comes right back and converts another third down to Coles. ... Pennington then throws deep to Coles and Travis Coleman is called for pass interference. The 35-yard penatly moves the Jets inside the 15. ... Martin runs for 6 and then is stuffed at the line by Alex Brown. ... So third and 6 from the 10 and Ro Williams makes a diving play to break up a pass intended for Chrebet. Hall's field goal is good.
Bears 17, Jets 13
Merritt returns the kick 36 yards. ... Peterson is back in there and he rushes for 4 yards. A penalty backs the Bears up 5 yards. Chandler then finds White for about 8 yards. ... Chandler's pass is batted right back to him and Chandler tucks it away before being taken down at the line of scrimmage. The Jets, with 12 men on the field, bail out the Bears once again. That makes it fourth and inches. The referee is wrong. Make that third and inches. Big difference. Here's Henry Burris. What the? There's three guys in the back field. Again, what the? Burris fakes a handoff and then runs for a crucial first down. ... Johnson runs for a couple on first down and the clock runs, under 4 minutes. ... Booker catches a short pass and runs out of bounds after a 5-yard gain. ... Chandler threads one over the middle to Booker for a first down. ... From the Jets' 24, Johnson runs for 2 and New York calls timeout. ... Johnson is stuff for a 3-yard loss and the Jets take their second timeout. ... Third and 11 from the New York 25 and Gilmore moves before the snap. So let's start over, third and 16 from the New York 30. Chandler's pass is broken up. ... Edinger will try a 48-yard field goal. It's good and that puts the Bears in front by a touchdown.
Bears 20, Jets 13
From his own 24, Pennington throws short on first down. ... Pennington dumps one to Martin, who picks up 11. ... Urlacher leaps high to break up a pass to a wide-open Chrebet. ... Pennington finds Chad Morton for about 8 and that takes us to the two-minute warning. ... Mike Green makes a great play to break up a pass, bringing up fourth and 2. ... Pennington finds Richie Anderson for 15 yards. And then hits Martin for 4 down to the Bears' 37. The Jets call their final timeout with 1:11 remaining. ... Pennington hits Chrebet up the middle with running room. Chrebet tries to hurdle Larry Whigham and just drops the ball. Bears recover. Ball game. Brutal play by Chrebet.
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The toaster is a much-loved kitchen staple – but it can take up a lot of space in small, cramped kitchens. In the fifth of BBC Future's Imagineering redesigns, a London team transforms the breakfast basic.
We have a Scottish inventor called Alan MacMasters to thank for the electric appliance that makes our breakfasts more bearable. In the late 1890s, the Scottish inventor came up with an electrically powered toast-maker; the initial design wasn't a success, but it did lead to the first pop-up toaster, which launched in 1919.
The toasters of today have changed little – they may be more pleasing in shape and colour (and less likely to burn you) but the design itself has kept very much to that initial form – a box which toasts bread with electric wires, and pops them up when they're done. Times have changed, and so have housing costs, and as a result many people are living in cosier spaces, with cramped kitchens.
London designer Harrison Williams from Ausen Design led a team who wanted to transform the toaster. Their main concerns were to cut down the space the toaster took up, as well as allowing it to toast food thicker than a slice of bread.
Alongside fellow designers Jermaine Legg and Thomas Maltby, Williams has designed a much slimmer device which lies flat to toast the food but can be stored standing up – freeing up space. There's little in the way of controls too – just a dial to select toasting levels and pop the lid open.
As Williams tells BBC Future: "The concept aims to reduce the occupation of counter space, increase user friendliness, break the stereotypical design format and it's safer, no need to stick a knife in there!"
Why the toaster?
Even compared to the early 20th Century, toasters have not evolved greatly. They have been a convenient kitchen appliance that almost every household contains. We decided to take on this as a challenge, usually designs that have been reproduced with different aesthetics, rather than functionality, have found a system that works and are reluctant to change from this because it is too daunting. As a designer, the concept of "if it ain't broke don't fix it" is the antithesis of how I work. Design is about improving and developing even such mundane and functional items as the toaster.
The current models are standardised to the extent that we barely notice them, although they are commonly ungainly, inefficient, oversized and limited. We regularly toast morning delights such as crumpets, baguettes and toasties. The current designs simply do not accommodate any of these. Offering a product which could add the toasting of these baked goodies with the simplicity of the current toaster, will improve the morning meal.
And what about kitchen chic? The focus on creating "cool" accessories is limited to things such as sounds systems, lighting and television. Why not create original ideas to grab attention? The toaster will do this better than a new speaker which, like the current design of toaster, has been revamped and redesigned over and over again.
What were the flaws in the original design?
We focused on four areas. Primarily, the occupation of kitchen counter space. Unfortunately some of us who live in big cities can suffer from reduced living space. One of the worst-affected areas is the kitchen and subsequently, the counter space. Toasters take a lot of the blame for this.
As mentioned previously, the lack of flexibility in items that you can toast is a real disappointment. Some bold manufacturers have branched out into toasting hot dogs, but I can't say that seems overly appealing.
From an aesthetic perspective, there are various designs that try and push what a toaster can look like, but they generally fall rely on the top loading, pop-up toaster format – and to be honest that just seems a bit boring.
Lastly, the toaster has been using wire heating elements since its creation. Admittedly, these wire filaments have moved on and it has been a huge success, but should we not look to find a more multifunctional, efficient and effective means to toast our food?
How did you address them?
We looked at products that effectively reduce their surface area, such as the folding bed or foldaway ironing board. We focused on other cooking appliances and what they were capable of cooking and how the design facilitated this. From this, we tried to find ways to tackle our problem.
What do you think the improvements are?
We minimised user interface; to switch the toaster on, just pull it down. There is a large simple knob with two ultimate settings; lightly toasted to very toasted, allowing you the variety in between. To cancel the toasting simply lift up the top. The same applies to checking on your toast – just lift up the top. We also have reduced the counter space usage to less than a third of the average small toaster. This design would also accommodate for anything you could want to toast. It has two non-stick hotplates to sandwich your preferred item, whether it's a cheese baguette or a crumpet. We utilised a simple hinging system that allows the height between the plate to be varied, accommodating thicker foods such as crumpets or bagels.
For almost everyone the removal of crumbs is high on the list of toaster irritations, so we designed an exit for them. When upright, the toaster has an outlet or mouth into which the crumbs are funnelled. This also gave us the opportunity to add a bit of character and personality to the design; an element that makes it seem a little more friendly.
What other products designs – not necessarily related – influenced your redesign?
The George Foreman Grill offered the aspiration of what could/should be toastable. A multitude of Braun/Dieter Rams products influenced our thinking with interface and aesthetics. However, we tried to keep it light-hearted, introducing a tiny bit of drama into making some toast. We drew some ideals from the way Bang & Olufsen and Alessi's products are executed.
What was the most challenging part of the redesign?
While reducing the footprint, we had attempted to have the bread/baked goods toast vertically to keep the counter space usage to a minimum. Unfortunately investigating this further revealed that the crumbs from the bread could easily prove to be a fire risk, so vertical toasting was scrapped. We wanted to keep the minimal use of space, the height adjustment between plates, and the multifaceted toasting ability. Combining all of these while maintaining a simple aesthetic was the greatest challenge.
How radically do your changes alter the design?
It no longer looks like a toaster, and it functions in a unique way due to its storage capabilities. I would suggest it is a fairly radical change.
How easy will this be to produce?
The concept is made from aluminium because it looks great. The finish can be perfected and it has useful heat conductance properties. Much like the aluminium foil used for baking, it will dissipate heat quickly. Is milling metals easier than injection moulding? No. Is the final product nicer? Definitely.
What new technologies, if any, would it require?
We have put a magnetic strip at the top of the plates to hold the top in place. Aside from this, most elements of the design can be found in other household kitchen appliances.
What has this process taught you?
A great deal about the riveting and lucrative world of toasters!
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The Adelaide Oval is located between Adelaide and North Adelaide, less than two kilometres from the city centre. The ground is mostly used for cricket and Australian Rules Football, but also hosts Rugby League, Rugby League and Soccer, as well as larger performances and concerts.
Around 16 sports have been played at one time or another at Adelaide Oval, including archery, athletics, baseball, cycling, gridiron, highland games, hockey, lacrosse, tennis, and quoits. It was the venue for two matches of the historic 2003 Rugby World Cup.
Adelaide Oval's rich history dates back to 1871, when the South Australian Cricket Association was formed. The first Test Cricket match was played at the oval in 1884 between Australia and England.
Adelaide Oval has been called one of the most picturesque Test cricket grounds in the world, with the northern view featuring St Peter's Cathedral rising behind an elegant Edwardian scoreboard and giant Moreton Bay fig trees which were planted in the 1890s. The grassed mounds at each end, called 'The Hills', were created in 1898 from earth carted from the banks of the Torrens River.
The maximum crowd at a cricket game at Adelaide Oval was 50,962, during the Bodyline Test in 1932. It was during this game that Sir Donald Bradman scored the highest score ever in Test Cricket at the ground.
Today, the Adelaide Oval hosts some of the most exciting events on the cricketing calendar, including the annual Australia Day One Day International on 26 January; and every four years, one of the five Ashes test matches against England, usually held in early December.
The largest crowd ever was recorded at the 1965 SANFL Grand Final between the Port Adelaide and Sturt Football Clubs, when more than 62,000 fans packed the stadium to cheer on their teams.
Adelaide Oval has also hosted major concerts during its time, with some of the most famous acts including KISS; Madonna; Paul McCartney; the late Michael Jackson; Billy Joel and Elton John. In 1978, the ground hosted the first concert by David Bowie in the Southern Hemisphere. It was also the first large scale outdoor concert he had ever played.
A large-scale redevelopment of Adelaide Oval commenced in 2011, which will increase the stadium's capacity to 53,500. The atmosphere inside the new stadium will be something to savour. With a high quality audio system and three giant replay screens around the ground, fans won't miss any of the action. A new international standard indoor cricket centre will also be located within the complex.
As well as the South Australian Redbacks and Adelaide Strikers cricket teams; it will become the home of both the Adelaide and Port Adelaide AFL clubs from 2014. Tours of Adelaide Oval are scheduled to recommence from November 2013.
Centrally located on War Memorial Drive and nestled in the northern city parklands of Pennington Gardens and Creswell Gardens, the Adelaide Oval is within walking distance of the Adelaide city centre. It is also fully serviced by all modes of public transport.


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Seahawks' Brandon Browner suspended indefinitely
The Seahawks' Brandon Browner has been suspended indefinitely for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy.
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RENTON — The season, and probably the Seahawks career, of cornerback Brandon Browner is over after the NFL announced Thursday he has been suspended indefinitely for violating the league's substance-abuse policy.
Browner was initially reported as being suspended for a year in late November for a violation of the policy for using non-performance enhancing drugs, which sources said was marijuana. Browner was eligible for the lengthy suspension because the NFL regarded him as a Stage 3 offender of its drug program after he had had an initial positive test while playing for Denver in 2005. Browner had reportedly missed a few tests while playing in the Canadian Football League from 2007-10.
Browner appealed the suspension, saying he hadn't been informed of the tests he had missed.
He reportedly turned down a deal of an eight-game suspension offered by the NFL in an attempt to be cleared. NFL.com reported that the NFL turned down the appeal Wednesday because it determined it had indeed informed Browner in writing of the tests.
Browner remained on Seattle's active roster during the appeal process, but hadn't played since a Nov. 10 game at Atlanta due to a groin injury.
NFL.com reported that Browner will be suspended for at least a year, with the ability to appeal once that time passes. However, one league source said he might be able to appeal earlier.
Browner, in a statement released through Twitter, said he will continue to fight the decision.
"Although I disagree with the circumstances surrounding my suspension, I accept responsibility for all of my actions and I apologize for any that causes any unflattering reflections of my family and the Seahawks," he wrote. "I believe in my innocence and will continue to fight with all legal resources available to me."
His agent, Peter Schaffer, tweeted more defiantly that like Revolutionary War admiral J.P. Jones "I have not yet begun to fight." There have been earlier reports that Browner might consider suing the NFL, also charging that his test was tainted because the urine collector used a damaged cup.
Walter Thurmond replaced Browner for Seattle's win against Minnesota but was then suspended for violating the substance-abuse policy, also said to be for marijuana. He has missed the last three games but will return for the regular-season finale next week.
Byron Maxwell has started in place of Thurmond and has thrived, picking off three passes, two in Sunday's 23-0 win over the Giants. Jeremy Lane has also seen increased time and played well, and coach Pete Carroll, in comments Wednesday before the news of the suspension broke, said there was no guarantee Browner would regain his starting job.
"It's a big, great question and one of you would probably ask that question a week from now if he was back," Carroll said. "Byron has done a great job. He's just made it through and he's done a great job of playing. That Wally Pipp story comes to life sometimes and I'm thrilled about what Byron has done. He's been such an impact player for us."
Seattle, in fact, has proved it can win without Browner, who has missed 10 games the last two seasons, including four at the end of the 2012 regular season when he was suspended for using performance-enhancing drugs.
Seattle is 9-1 in those games, including 5-1 this season (he missed the first two games of this season and the last four due to injury).
Browner joined the Seahawks in 2011 as a free agent after four years in the Canadian Football League, and was named to the Pro Bowl his first season, becoming a key member of the self-named Legion of Boom secondary. He started eight games this season after missing the first two with a hamstring injury, making 19 tackles and one interception.
Browner, who is 29, will be an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season, leaving his NFL future uncertain.
He was due to make $773,756 this season, but will not be paid for the final two regular-season games and also forfeit other possible bonuses.
In his statement, Browner appeared to be saying goodbye to the Seahawks and Seattle.
"I have been treated with nothing but first class by everyone associated with the Seattle Seahawks and for that I am forever grateful," he wrote.
• Receiver Percy Harvin, who has not played since Nov. 17 against Minnesota, did not practice Wednesday and Carroll said it was unclear when he would, leaving his status for this week's game hazy.
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The use of VPF technology and eco-friendly products is not just a trend for Amerisleep; the brand remains truly committed to the planet, American manufacturing, and customer satisfaction.
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Amerisleep recently released new information on both the manufacturing process and benefits of their memory foam material. The announcement focuses on the advantages of VPF (Variable Pressure Foaming) Technology, which utilizes unique manufacturing processes and natural materials to create an all around superior product compared to memory foam made with traditional manufacturing.
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Steel Bank Common Lisp (SBCL) is a high performance Common Lisp compiler. It is open source / free software, with a permissive license. In addition to the compiler and runtime system for ANSI Common Lisp, it provides an interactive environment including an a debugger, a statistical profiler, a code coverage tool, and many other extensions.
SBCL runs on a number of POSIX platforms, and experimentally on Windows.
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A Florida anti-abortion group is now claiming that they have persuaded a Miami judge to change his ruling in what has become a highly charged case involving a severely disabled woman who became pregnant after she was raped. The judge ruled late last week that doctors at a Florida hospital could go ahead with an abortion for a 28-year-old severely mentally retarded woman who has the cognitive skills of a 4-year-old and expressed her wishes only by telling a judge, "My baby no more." Medical officials have said that pregnancy for the woman, who is known to have extensive medical ailments, becomes increasingly life threatening as it progresses, according to the Orlando Sentinel. In addition, seizure medications taken by the woman will likely cause serious birth defects in the fetus, according to Click10.com.
Despite the woman's expressed desires and the life-threatening nature of her pregnancy, Liberty Counsel, a Florida anti-abortion group, filed a court request that the abortion be stopped. Both the Third District Court of Appeals and Circuit Court Judge Arthur Rothenberg denied the group's request. The group appealed the case to the Florida Supreme Court, which has yet to rule on the case. Liberty Counsel is now claiming that Rothenberg changed his mind and has decided to "allow [Z.H.] who is six months pregnant to have surgery to deliver her baby," according to the Sentinel. The judge has yet to confirm or deny Liberty Counsel's claims.
Z.H. and an Orlando woman, who is also severely disabled and became pregnant after being raped, have both been drawn into the center of the abortion rights debate by anti-abortion extremists. In the Orlando case, which involves a 22-year-old woman who has the mental capacity of an infant, Governor Jeb Bush asked that her fetus be granted a guardian - despite the fact that the Florida Supreme Court ruled in 1989 that a guardian could not be granted for a fetus. The ACLU, Center for Reproductive Rights and Florida NOW have filed a friend-of-the-court brief against Bush's request. A Florida judge has delayed any decision on the matter while the woman, who is almost six months pregnant, approaches the "point of pregnancy that may effectively preclude any abortion option," Boston Globe Columnist Ellen Goodman notes.
"If an unborn child carries the same legal weight as the woman, so much for abortion rights," Goodman wrote in a column about Gov. Bush and President Bush's attempts to undermine abortion rights by granting personhood to fetuses.
Media Resources: Orlando Sentinel 5/26/03, 5/28/03, 5/29/03; Click10.com 5/23/03; Boston Globe 5/25/03; Christian Science
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Singer Adele stepped out with her new baby for the first time on Tuesday
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The town of Niwot, located ten minutes from Boulder and five minutes from Longmont, is a friendly, quiet community in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Residents enjoy a charming village lifestyle that includes award-winning restaurants, shops, festivals, parades and events throughout the year.
Named for Chief Niwot, an Arapaho Indian leader, this small community was an important early railroad link to markets in Wyoming and Denver. The Niwot Historic District includes buildings constructed in the early 1900s and the oldest operating Grange in Colorado.
Niwot is home to the tree sculpture park in the heart of downtown. The sculpture park showcases the talent of Eddie Running Wolf and his homage to the Native American tribe that lived in this valley, from whom Niwot got their name.
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Imagine yourself out running errands only to realize you've left your phone at home. If fear and panic are the two things that immediately strike you, you may be a nomophobe. What is that, you ask? It's a fear of something very real – being without your phone. Yes, there is actually a term for this Web 2.0 generation affliction, "nomophobia".
A recent study by SecurEnvoy in the UK found that nomophobia is on the rise. After surveying 1,000 people, a whopping 66 percent of respondents said they have a fear of not having their phones. In order to combat this fear, what's more surprising is that 41 percent of respondents have a back-up phone (and some even a back-up to their back-up) to ensure they are always connected.
Both men and women were similarly nomophobic (61 and 70 percent, respectively), but the survey found that people aged 18-24 demonstrated the highest levels of nomophobia. Consider that SecurEnvoy referenced another study finding that people check their phone an average of 34 times a day. It's becoming clearer on how reliant people have become on their devices, hence the fear of being without it.
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Orthodox Study Bible
The Orthodox Study Bible is a translation and annotation of the Bible currently in production by clergy and laity within the Orthodox Church. The text of the New Testament and Psalms translation is currently the New King James Version accompanied by Orthodox viewpoint commentary. The Old Testament in the new edition, was translated from the Septuagint1 using the New King James Version as the template, and is accompanied by Orthodox viewpoint commentary.
The first version, containing the Psalms and the New Testament, was published in 1993 by Thomas Nelson. It is currently being published by Conciliar Press.
The Old and New Testaments edition, subtitled "Ancient Christianity Speaks to Today's World" came out in February of 2008. It includes a new translation of the Psalms by Dr. Donald Sheehan of Dartmouth College.
Despite positive endorsements2 by such prominent bishops as Metropolitan Maximos of Pittsburgh (a general editor) and Metropolitan Philip of New York (Chairman of the Board of Directors), some commentators have been critical of the results of the project that have been published so far. Critics tend to be concerned both with the version chosen (NKJV) and with the overall approach of the commentators. A review by Archimandrite Ephrem (Lash), printed in the journal Sourozh stated that the commentary "feels far too much like a piece of evangelical propaganda decked out in the trappings of Orthodoxy."3 It remains to be seen how future publications of the project will address these criticisms.
The Orthodox Study Bible was the result of a collaboration between numerous Orthodox scholars, clergy and lay leaders. The initial draft was prepared by the academic community of St. Athanasius Orthodox Academy. Some of the credited contributors of the Orthodox Study Bible project include:
- Project Director - Fr. Peter Gillquist
- Managing Editor - Mr. Alan Wallerstedt
- Special Consultant - Fr. Thomas Hopko
General Editors
- Joseph Allen, Th.D.
- Michael Najim, Ph.D.
- Fr. Jack N. Sparks
- Fr. Theodore Stylianopoulos, Th.D.
- New Testament and Psalms (hardbound): ISBN 9780840783912
- New Testament and Psalms (paperback): ISBN 9780718000301
- Full-length (hardcover): ISBN 9780718003593
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PwC's Strategy& was formed on March 31, 2014, when the firm formerly known as Booz & Company combined with PwC to form a new kind of consulting team, offering strategy-through-execution services under one roof. Strategy& brings more than 250 years of experience helping global clients solve their toughest problems.
Strategy& continues the former Booz & Company's practical strategy legacy. As the oldest continually existing strategy consultancy in the world, Booz & Company established the profession as the first firm to use the term "management consultant."
In 1914, Booz & Company founder Edwin Booz began conducting business research and solving problems for clients near his native Chicago. For nearly 100 years, the firm helped clients realize the essential advantage needed to survive, thrive, and win, and was involved in some of the most celebrated business episodes of their day, including:
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- 2009: The firm combined with U.S.-based management consultancy Katzenbach Partners, a leader in the domain of organizational performance.
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- Founded by: Kiersten Hancock
Kiersten Hathcock spends a lot of time in her garage. It's homebase and HQ for Mod Mom Furniture where she designs distinctively modern storage pieces for family homes. And after she designs them she builds them with her own two hands. Who knows, perhaps she's building your next family heirloom.
Although Mod Mom Furniture pieces are perfect for a child's room or playroom, they won't feel at all out of place elsewhere in your home. And because she makes each piece after you order it, you are able to customize many of them to best fit your home. There are currently six designs in the collection, each named for a child she knows (or birthed!):
Maude is the newest addition and boasts a book cubby on one end. It comes with a blue or green bird or Kiersten will match any color to a paint swatch for a very small fee.
Riley Paige is truly a custom piece as each customer can choose the paper that is decoupaged onto the flower cut outs.
Bertie was one of Kiersten's early designs and its popularity has kept it in production.
Owyn is particularly suited to be a beautiful storage piece in your hallway, living room or even your own bedroom.
Gracie has a mid-century aesthetic, but could also work well if your style leans more traditional than modern.
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The urge to predetermine the sex of a baby is as old as our species. After Eve gave birth to Cain and Abel, she and Adam probably tried for a girl. But ask any expectant parents which sex they're hoping for, and you'll hear something like, "We don't care, as long as the baby's healthy." No doubt, this is the truth -- but maybe not the whole truth.
In many countries, gender bias has long been embedded in cultural tradition, with society placing a higher value on male children. Boys carried on the family name; the eldest son inherited the family's wealth; males did the hard labor in factories and fields to bring in money; and male children married without having to supply a dowry. In modern-day America, however, these reasons rarely hold water.
So why the interest in choosing a future Dick or Jane? The answers vary. Some couples want to avoid passing on a hereditary disease that almost exclusively affects boys, such as hemophilia or Duchenne's muscular dystrophy. Others want to "balance" their family -- they have two boys and dream of a girl, or want to give their two daughters a little brother. Regardless of the reasons, more and more prospective parents are expecting science to give them the power to choose the sex of their babies. And not surprisingly, given the rules of supply and demand, a number of laboratories have responded with a spate of sex-selection methods.
A Free Country?
Just because the technology exists doesn't mean that every couple should start planning their family tree. "Most doctors, including the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), believe sex selection should be limited to circumstances where there is a medical need," says Robert Stillman, M.D., medical director of the Shady Grove Fertility Reproductive Science Centers, in Rockville, MD, and a member of ASRM's board of directors. In other words, if you want to play God, you'd better have a good reason. Other doctors have a more democratic view: "Our technique is mainly for people who want to choose their baby's sex, and I don't apologize for that," says Ronald Ericsson, Ph.D., creator of the albumin filtration method. "It's about human rights."
Who is allowed to access the latest technology is only one of the sticky ethical issues surrounding the practice of sex selection. What if the parents don't get the child of the sex they want? Would they welcome their baby all the same, or resent their child because he or she isn't the "right" sex? And then there's the hubris of messing with Mother Nature's carefully balanced gender mix. Doomsayers paint a scenario of a heavily male-populated country in which the birthrate plummets due to a lack of marriageable females.
Of course, no one can say for sure which sex would win the gender draft. But one thing is clear: Only a select portion of the population would get to pick the proverbial teams. The reason? High technology carries a high price tag. Some methods, such as preimplantation genetic diagnosis, run as much as $12,500 per trial. Others, such as flow cytometric separation, have a substantial margin of error, which means that you could ante up thousands of dollars and still not get the heir or heiress you desire. And, to make things worse, taking the high-tech road to conception is a decidedly unromantic process that can involve stirrups, large needles, and petri dishes. Do-it-yourself techniques based on timing or sexual positions are free (and presumably more fun), but according to many doctors, you get what you pay for.
So which method is the best? The answer depends on the prospective parents, their motivation, and their checking account. {C}
The Methods
The idea of pushing a blue or pink button and popping out a baby of choice is way off the mark. The biotechnology dictating how nature takes its course is much more complex, amazing, and flawed. Here's a look at what science has developed so far.
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
WHAT IT IS: A technique that uses fluorescent color to identify the male and female chromosomes on embryonic cells.
HOW IT WORKS: Charles Strom, M.D., Ph.D., director of medical genetics at Illinois Masonic Medical Center, in Chicago, explains the procedure: "The woman takes a medication that causes her to make multiple eggs, which are then suctioned by needle from her ovaries. The eggs are placed on tissue culture plates, where they are fertilized with sperm -- usually the husband's -- a routine procedure for in vitro fertilization. Then the embryos are grown in a test tube until they have multiplied to five to ten cells, which takes about two days. A single cell from each embryo is analyzed, using a technique that attaches fluorescent probes to specific DNA sequences. If it's a male, you have one green strand and one red strand of DNA; if it's a female, both strands are green." Once the sex has been determined, the doctor implants two or three embryos of the chosen gender into the woman's uterus.
SUCCESS RATE: Determining the sex through this procedure is close to 100 percent reliable. There is no guarantee, however, that implantation will work.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE: This method is only available to couples who have a hereditary disease in the family.
COST: $10,000 for in vitro fertilization plus $2,500 for preimplantation diagnosis per menstrual cycle (it can take at least two or three menstrual cycles for a woman to conceive).
RESOURCES: There are approximately 30 centers in the world -- about a fifth of which are in the United States. Go to www.genetests.org.
Flow Cytometric Separation
WHAT IT IS: A sperm-sorting technique, also known as MicroSort, practiced at the Genetics & IVF Institute, in Fairfax, VA.
HOW IT WORKS: Prospective parents submit a sperm sample to doctors at the clinic, who stain the sperm with a fluorescent dye. Individual sperm carry either X or Y chromosomes; since X (which determine that the baby will be a girl) have slightly more DNA than Y (which determine that the child will be male), they absorb more dye. After a machine sorts the sperm, doctors perform intrauterine insemination (injecting the desired sperm into the uterus through the cervix).
One concern among doctors wary of this technique: Though the dye used to stain the DNA is considered nontoxic, its long-term effects are still unknown.
SUCCESS RATE: This method is still considered an experimental procedure, but statistics from the ongoing clinical trial at the Genetics & IVF Institute show promise. "Ninety percent of the girls and seventy percent of the boys born are the sex their parents desired," says Susan Black, M.D., a medical geneticist at the Institute.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE: Married couples with at least one child who are interested in "balancing" their families. For families with a hereditary disease, however, the child requirement is waived. The Institute does a phone interview and asks participants to have screening tests done at a lab near their home. The procedure takes place in Virginia at the Institute. There is a waiting list of several months.
COST: $3,200 per menstrual cycle (it can take at least three tries on average).
RESOURCES: The Genetics & IVF Institute, in Fairfax, VA. Call or go to www.microsort.net.
Albumin Filtration Method
WHAT IT IS: Developed by Ronald Ericsson, Ph.D., and popularly known as the Ericsson Method, this technique, separates X- and Y-bearing sperm by spinning them in a centrifuge.
HOW IT WORKS: The lighter Y-bearing sperm rise to the top and the heavier X-sperm sink. Once the sperm are isolated and collected according to the desired sex, they are inserted by intrauterine insemination. If the couple is trying for a girl, Ericsson also recommends that the woman take the fertility drug clomiphene citrate, which is generally taken to increase the production of eggs. Although he can't explain the correlation, Ericsson notes that in his experience the drug has seemed to increase the chances of couples conceiving girls.
SUCCESS RATE: According to studies published by Ericsson, the albumin filtration method has a success rate of more than 80 percent for parents wanting boys and 73 percent for those wanting girls, figures that he says have been confirmed in more than 40 clinics worldwide that use his technique. Other doctors of reproductive medicine, however, say that other scientists have been unable to reproduce Ericsson's results.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE: Anyone who can afford it.
COST: $500 to $1,000 per menstrual cycle (it can take at least two or three menstrual cycles to conceive).
RESOURCES: Ericsson's website, www.childselect.com, lists all clinics licensed to perform his patented technique.
Shettles Method
WHAT IT IS: Named after Landrum Shettles, M.D., Ph.D., a former associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Columbia University, this method proposes that the timing of intercourse and the use of specific positions can help determine a baby's sex.
HOW IT WORKS: Noting that the X-bearing (female) sperm are hardier and slower moving than Y (male) sperm, Dr. Shettles advises couples wanting a girl to have sex two or more days before ovulation. When the egg finally arrives, Dr. Shettles believes that there's a better chance that only the female sperm will remain to fertilize it. Other directives for conceiving a girl include using the missionary position, which deposits sperm farther from the cervix, thereby making the robust female sperm the odds-on favorite for surviving the longer trip. He also suggests that the woman avoid having an orgasm, as it increases the alkaline secretions that he says tend to favor male sperm.
Conversely, to have a boy, Dr. Shettles says that intercourse should occur as close to ovulation as possible to give the male sperm a fighting chance. He also maintains that the rear entry position is preferable because the sperm would be deposited closer to the cervix. And, in this case, he advises that the woman climax.
SUCCESS RATE: Many doctors claim there is no scientific basis for these techniques. "Methods for sex selection such as timing of intercourse, using certain positions, adopting a certain diet, and the like are quackery," says Dr. Stillman. But Dr. Shettles and David Rorvik, his coauthor of How to Choose the Sex of Your Baby, claim that readers who follow their advice have at least a 75 percent chance of conceiving the child of their choice.
COST: $13 -- the price of the book.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE: Anyone willing to follow the procedures.
RESOURCES: The book.
Whelan Method
WHAT IT IS: This sex-selection technique, named after author Elizabeth Whelan, is centered around the timing of intercourse.
HOW IT WORKS: Unlike Dr. Shettles, Whelan claims that the best way to increase the odds of having a boy is to have sex four to six days before you ovulate and for a girl, to abstain from intercourse until two or three days before ovulation. Her advice is based in part on studies done by Rodrigo Guerrero V., M.D., a physician studying at the Harvard School of Public Health in the late 1960s, who charted outcomes of couples who timed their conceptions.
SUCCESS RATE: Whelan claims her success rate is 68 percent for boys and 58 percent for girls. Like Dr. Shettles' method, Whelan's isn't universally accepted by doctors of reproductive medicine.
COST: $5.99 -- the price of her book, Boy or Girl?
WHO IS ELIGIBLE: Any woman with a calendar, a thermometer to pinpoint ovulation, and a regular menstrual cycle.
RESOURCES: The book.


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Cost-cutting not a factor
The BioPlan survey, which included responses from 302 representatives from biopharmaceutical companies and CMOs in 29 countries, evaluated 23 key outsourcing areas in biomanufacturing (1). The study showed that companies are incorporating outsourcing as a manufacturing strategy rather than as an ad hoc method of adding flexible capacity or to simply eliminate overhead costs associated with lower value production activities. Data also show a spike in the percentage of biopharmaceutical companies projecting outsourcing of analytical testing, validation services, and fill–finish activities.
Outsourcing budgets flat
The survey showed clear evidence that budgets are bouncing back in all areas in 2012, except outsourced manufacturing. The uptick in areas other than outsourcing represents a change from two years ago when budgets decreased in areas ranging from production, hiring new scientific staff, and new facility construction.


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I'm not familiar with the conventions of romance novels, but this work gives off all the signs of having been written to a formula, one that has millions of adherents but little appeal to me. Nevertheless, having asked TLC to send it to me, I determined to struggle my way through More Than Words Can Say by Robert Barclay, even though, from only a few words into it, I doubted very much I would enjoy the experience.
Deadeningly studded by wholly unnecessary adverbs cloyingly selected to quickly eliminate carefully selected words, the reader is terminally afflicted by the almost irresistible desire to immediately set the densely worded tome down. Good writing develops its drive first from carefully chosen verbs and then from powerful and precise use of nouns. Adjectives are quite useful. Readers notice overuse of adverbs, particularly the -ly ones. It takes careful craftsmanship and a loving approach to word selection to avoid overuse of adverbs and easy application of cliches. Robert Barclay has accomplished neither. Reading this romance returned me to my days of teaching English composition where I strove to encourage students to make careful word choices and to avoid "being" verbs by selecting the much more powerful action ones.
The plot of this story, set in the mythical Adirondack village of Serendipity on Lake Evergreen, involves Chelsea Enright, an art teacher and daughter of a socially prominent, wealthy family from Syracuse, NY. Chelsea, a single beauty in her early thirties has inherited a cottage on Lake Evergreen which no living member of her family has seen. For some reason, her Grandmother, Brooke, closed the cottage in 1942 and never returned, although she has kept the place in immaculate shape with the help of her caretaker Jackque and his wife Margot, who have worked there for sixty years. On her arrival, she meets her next door neighbor, the stunningly attractive Dr. Brandon Yale, a graduate of Harvard Medical School (I couldn't make this stuff up, but Barclay doesn't even seem to blush...not even a little bit.) Alistaire, the estate's attorney, has read Brooke's will to Chelsea. It asks her to go to the cottage and read some material hidden under the floorboards in the guest bedroom before she decides what to do with the cottage. Chelsea finds Brooke's diary under the floorboards, begins to read it, and decides to share the experience with Brandon, to whom she is, no surprise here, ineluctably attracted (see, I can use adverbs, too). Soon the book divides into two strands, the material from Brooke's diary in 1942 and Chelsea's growing romance with Brandon around the turn of the 21st century. Telling more would reveal too much, although once you start reading this book, it becomes pretty predictable, except for a couple of interesting twists. It does seem odd, however, that the two love interests in the tale both live in cottage next door at Lake Evergreen.
Typical Adirondack Lake
As I said, I'm not familiar with the genre nor conversant with its conventions, but people simply don't talk like this:
"I understand," Greg said. "I really do. And please also realize that this was not my reason for bringing you here. Even so, there's something else that you must know, Brooke."
Then the gaze coming from his gray eyes returned to one of longing, and he was forced to wipe away a tear.
"I love you, " he said quietly. "I have since the night that I sketched you. But despite the pain it will cause me to be near you, I will abide by your wishes." (pg. 231)
I had a high school classmate who wrote this kind of stuff in our yearbooks. She went to Los Angeles, wrote romance fiction, and eventually became a high powered agent. As far as I know, she never came to a class reunion. There's lots more of this rubbish, including the many adverbs to boot. This excerpt was chosen more-or-less at random, but if you like it, there's lots more just like it, well-seasoned with plenty of tears smearing the ink in Brooke's journal or requiring boxes of tissue.
In terms of structure and detail the novel leaves a great deal to be desired. A minor character named Jenny Beauregard owns a nearby diner and speaks with a southern accent while serving grits in her rural establishment. While Barclay explains how this annoying dislocation occurred, I've eaten at enough Adirondack diners to know she would quickly lose her shirt offering gravy biscuits and grits to people used to pancakes and maple syrup. Another, similar, examples involves Lake Evergreen, the major setting of this book. Typically, Adirondack lakes are surrounded by spruce, pine, and hemlock trees. The islands in them usually are all evergreen. Where maples on the island or along the drive leading to Chelsea's cottage came from defies knowledge of the reason. Similarly, summer and early autumn evenings at Adirondack lakes almost always are calm a quiet, the surface of the lakes becoming mirror-like. The author has evening breezes blowing and small waves lapping the shore. Doesn't much happen in the north country, although it sounds like many ocean fronts in Florida, his newly adopted, according to the the description of the author, home.
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I like the idea of using parallel stories happening more than fifty years apart told from the third person point of view of two characters. It worked for me. However, several times during the story-telling, the author writes himself into a corner he doesn't seem to be able to escape without changing point of view. Either from laziness or ineptness, he has preferred to escape to a third person omniscient point of view to solve the problem. When he does this with the grandmother's story, he interrupts the novel's flow and believability
Robert Barclay
I know there's an audience for books like this. I guess I just don't know the people who prefer to read predictable melodrama. I won't go further to specify the too easy use of cliches, extensive use of lazy adverbs, and inadequate research. MoreThan Words Can Say by Robert Barclay is published by William Morrow, and imprint of HarperCollins. It's available as an e-book and in paper from Amazon. The book retails for $14.99 and is not available in hard cover. The book was provided to me by the publisher through TLC Book Tours.
Remaining books on this tour:
Tuesday, December 27th: Amused By Books
Wednesday, December 28th: BookNAround
Thursday, December 29th: Reflections of a Bookaholic
Friday, December 30th: Wandering Thoughts of a Scientific Housewife
Tuesday, December 27th: Amused By Books
Wednesday, December 28th: BookNAround
Thursday, December 29th: Reflections of a Bookaholic
Friday, December 30th: Wandering Thoughts of a Scientific Housewife


text: Submitted by Brett.Prettyman on Thu, 2018-02-08 11:48 West of The Rockies Greater Yellowstone Area The Front Porch Trout Magazine Outdoor Communicators Vote Up Down +134 + Cassi_Rob_Kate_Capitol-1.jpg Cassi Wood, left, with Trout Unlimited Government Affairs staffers Rob Catalanotto and Kate Miller. Trout Unlimited photo. By Cassi Wood For some folks, it is home. Others are called to visit there with a little regularity; particularly if their work orbits political atmospheres. Some of the rest of us, however, have passed 33 years without having had a need or a burning desire to pencil a Washington, D.C., trip into our travel calendars. Not that it isn't a worthy destination. I just normally rank fishing trips to Yellowstone higher than visits to museums. Late last year, I got that call. "We'd really like you to go to D.C. Can you do it?" I have had the great pleasure of working as part of a collaborative effort to fix broken fish habitat in the Yankee Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho. The many partners include the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Reclamation, Trout Unlimited, Bonneville Power Administration, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Idaho Fish and Game, Idaho Governor's Office of Species Conservation, J.R. Simplot Company, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. YankeeForkAward.JPG Partners on the Yankee Fork Project pose with the Chief's Honor Award at the ceremony in Washington, D.C. Trout Unlimited photo. Our work cleaning up dredge-mine tailings since 2009 had gained enough notoriety that the U.S. Forest Service decided to recognize the effort with a 2017 Chief's Honor Award. We were told it was very important, and as many award recipients as possible make the trek to our nation's capital to attend the formal awards ceremony, presided over by Chief Tony Tooke. YakneeForkwork.JPG The Yankee Fork, a tributary to the Salmon RIver in central Idaho. Trout Unlimited photo. So, why am I telling you this? Honestly, I thought others might get some sort of amusement out of learning how a small-town, Idaho gal's first trip to Washington, D.C., went. Once you string together the required amount of driving and multiple flight departures from progressively larger airports to get there from rural Idaho, you might as well be going to South America. Ladies, you will appreciate this. I received a full TSA inspection (pat-down and all) after a chemical swabbing of my hands indicated I'd recently handled something potentially explosive — I suspect hairspray. After determining the only threat posed was to my dignity, I was allowed to continue my travels and I fortunately made it to D.C. without further incident. Or embarrassment. I spent the next couple days dashing back and forth between Arlington, Va., (where the home office of Trout Unlimited is based) and D.C. I was introduced to TU's great staff at headquarters and then attended the ceremony. I prepped to meet with Idaho's Congressional delegates and thank them for their support of the various things at the national political level that have made it possible for TU and our partners to restore fish habitat in Idaho. I managed to find a spare 30 minutes between meetings to swing into the Library of Congress. Having already passed through a record-number of metal detectors that day, I was caught by surprise when a Capitol security guard asked, "Hey, what's that pin you're wearing?" I looked down at my Trout Unlimited lapel pin. "Huh? Oh. Trout Unlimited. That's who I work for." The guard revealed a look of confusion, so I delivered a brief explanation of what TU's all about. "Oh that's cool; I love fishing. Hope to come out West someday. Can I have your pin?" Now I was confused. But not in the habit of saying no to law enforcement, I obliged, and the smiling guard invited me behind some ropes sectioning off his metal detector monitor to show me a very impressive collection of lapel pins, all shapes and sizes, that he and another guard had been working on for some time. TU pin in Library of Congress (12-2017).jpg Cassi Wood generously donated her Trout Unlimited pin to a collection started by security officers at the Library of Congress. Ask to see it if you find yourself there. Trout Unlimited photo. We visited for some 15 more minutes like we were long lost friends. I got a really cool Capitol Police patch out of the deal and finally departed the Library of Congress with having barely glimpsed it's architectural splendor. There was something really comforting in having shared something like that with a total stranger in place that's strange to me. Perhaps if you find yourself visiting the Library of Congress, consider mentioning to the guards manning the metal detector that you've heard of a mysterious lapel pin collection that you'd really like so see. When the pomp of the ceremony was over and all my other work objectives met, I had all of about seven hours over a Friday afternoon and evening to hit as many of the Smithsonian museums as I could and walk to and every major D.C. memorial and monument. I got blisters—big ones—and I'm no slouch when it comes to foot-powered travel. I have been called 'Billy Goat' on occasion. I now, however, believe too much concrete might be the silent killer of feet. The Fix Video of The Fix "The Fix" video highlights the Yankee Fork project. Back home in Idaho, having returned to my usual levels of exposure to dirt, mountains and sunshine, I ask myself if the trip to D.C. was worth all the effort? I had been pleasantly surprised at finding commonalities with strangers the brief time that I was there. I also distinctly remember seeing my fellow river-restoration-partners standing in the lobby of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Building. We all smiled at seeing each other's familiar faces in the foreign landscape so distinctly different than the mountains of Idaho. I'm compelled to say yes, it was absolutely worth the trip. I now feel connected with my fellow countrymen on the opposite side of our nation. It truly was an honor to stand by the sides of my partners, sharing being recognized for our hard work conserving fish habitat and results than can only be achieved through collaborating with each other. The museums weren't bad either. Cassi Wood works as the Central Idaho Project Leader out of Mackay. She prefers work boots over dress shoes. The blisters earned in D.C. are almost healed.


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Dress for the season
As the annual winter weather and accompanying frigid temperatures plague us and we focus on making sure our homes, offices, and vehicles are ready for another long winter, we shouldn't fail to think about ourselves and proper clothing whenever we must venture out in frigid temperatures and wet conditions.
Dressing for the season is important for kids and adults alike, and can help you avoid illness. Therefore, we suggest:
*Wear loose, lightweight warm clothes in layers.
*Remove layers as necessary to avoid perpiration and subsequent chill.
*Outer garments should be tightly woven, water repellent, and hooded.
*Wear a hat. Half of your body heat loss can be from the head.
*Cover your mouth to protect your lungs from extreme cold.
*Mittens, snug at the wrist, are better than gloves.
*Try to stay dry.
*Avoid extended periods of time in the outdoors when frigid temperatures abound. Be sure to take breaks and go inside to warm up.
Dressing appropriately for the weather, even if you go from the house to the garage to covered parking and into the workplace, is very important, considering you could get stuck in traffic or involved in an accident on slick roadways that would require you to brave the elements.
Even that quick trip to the post office can prove treacherous when you least expect it, so dress appropriately and enjoy the winter weather as best you can.