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Cadence now realizing EDA 360 vision: Nimish Modi
The EDA 360 was an industry vision. It reflected a change in market requirements. It was application driven system design. From a Cadence perspective, the company has done system design enablement, according to Nimish Modi, senior VP, marketing and business development, Cadence Design Systems Inc.
In Apple's case, the iOS is unique. Cadence feels that the heart of the design is the SoC. The electrical analysis is becoming very important. For instance, how do you optimize before tape-out? Hardware and software conversion presents a huge problem as well. The IP plays an important part. Cadence did IP-as-a-service. It now has an IP strategy.
Today, EDA is about possibility, not productivity. Cadence provides tools and content for semiconductor and systems companies. It is now realizing the EDA 360 vision.
On IP
According to Modi, each IP is immensely complex. Standards based or interface IP is not enough! Silicon-proven design is the need of the hour. Now, more and more IP blocks are said to be coming together.
FPGA-based prototyping
Cadence is offering the Palladium XP, and its primary use is for system verification. Software development is becoming a little bit difficult. People are providing software prototypes. The Palladium compile, turnaround and debug are very fast, best-in-class. All memory, clocking, partitioning, etc., is now automated.
The capacity of the Protium platform is 100 million gates. It will enable hardware and software developers. The use model for Protium is:
* Hardware folks use it for hardware regression.
* Software folks use it for early software development.
The main value proposition is the faster bring-up time. Also, the Palladium hybrid model helps customers overcome the boot problem. It is a hybrid of emulation and virtual prototyping. The dynamic power analysis is another issue. The Palladium hybrid model helps to do the testing.
Collaboration with ARM
ARM provides processor IPs. Cadence works closely with ARM. Cadence is also co-optimizing its tools to provide the best PPA. Physical libraries and tools get optimized. Cadence's tools are optimized for ARM architecture. Cadence is also the first ones on the access to the V8 ARM models.
Atrenta on outlook for EDA in 2014
I had interacted with Dr. Ajoy Bose, CEO of Atrenta, some months ago. It was a pleasure to meet up with Piyush Sancheti, VP of Marketing recently. First, I asked him about the outlook for EDA in 2014.
Outlook for EDA
Piyush Sancheti said: "EDA does not look that attractive from growth point. However, you cannot do SoC designs without EDA. Right now, EDA's focus is on implementation. The re-use of IP has been doing the rounds for many years. Drivers for SoCs are mobile and Internet of Things. The design cycle for those markets are very short – about three months. EDA business is shifting to IP re-use. The focus is now toward design aggregation.
"We will have done roughly 66 percent of business – net new — on existing customers. There is an industry shift toward doing more on the front end. EDA growth will come from IP-SoC involvement.
"Sub-20nm has challenges. ST says FT-SoI is the way to go. Complexity of process plays a big role, and the amount of chips you put in will also increase. In 14/16nm, we have an investment going on in 3D design. We are extending our 2D tool into 3D tool. We are also investing in the IP qualification. We have standardized a set of design rules in RTL. There are about 30 companies in the TSMC ecosystem.
"Our main focus is IP enablement. SoC acceptance is another key aspect. Our company focus is IP-enablement for SoCs. IP qualification ensures that it meets guidelines. Second, acceptance and making sure all IPs fit in the blocks. Third, integration. We already have this technology and it is driving the business."
3D design
What's Atrenta's take on 3D design? Sancheti replied: "The industry has been slow as 3D designs are not yet to a point of business success. Focus on monolithic 3D-ICs will be a paradigm shift for the semicon industry. For mainstream commercial design, 20nm is still mainstream, but 14/16nm does not look mainstream, as of now. Process node is not necessarily a driver of innovation. EDA as an industry will remain in single digit growth."
How will EDA move into the embedded software space?
Sancheti said: "We've looked into that market. But, the price point is significantly lower. Over time, it could be a strategic area for us. Over time, embedded software development and chip design will co-mingle."
ESL is where the future of EDA lies. Still true? He added that the future of EDA is going up. It has to head toward integration of embedded software and chip development. However, ESL is not the only viable option.
Atrenta has 220 people in India, about 10 people in Bangalore and 200 in Noida. Sushil Gupta runs the India operations. It has tie-ups with IIT Delhi and IIT Kharagpur as well. Atrenta sees lot of scope for work with the Indian start-ups.
Higher levels of abstraction growth area for EDA
San Jose, USA-based Atrenta's SpyGlass Predictive Analyzer gives engineers a powerful guidance dashboard that enables efficient verification and optimization of SoC designs early, before expensive and time-consuming traditional EDA tools are deployed. I recently met up with Dr. Ajoy Bose, chairman, president and CEO, Atrenta, to find out more.
I started by asking how Atrenta provides early design analysis for logic designers? He said: "The key ingredient is something we call predictive analysis. That is, we need to analyze a design at a high level of abstraction and predict what will happen when it undergoes detailed implementation. We have a rich library of algorithms that provide highly accurate 'predictions', without the time and cost required to actually send a design through detailed implementation."
There's a saying: electronic system level (ESL) is where the future of EDA lies. Why? Its because the lower level of abstraction (detailed implementation) of the EDA market is undergoing commoditization and consolidation. There are fewer solutions, and less differentiation between them. At the upper levels of abstraction (ESL), this is not the case. There still exists ample opportunity to provide new and innovative solutions.
Now, how will this help EDA to move up the embedded software space? According to Dr. Bose, the ability to do true hardware/software co-design is still not a solved problem. Once viable solutions are developed, then EDA will be able to sell to the embedded software engineer. This will be a new market, and new revenue for EDA.
How are SpyGlass and GenSys platforms helping the industry? What problems are those solving? Dr. Ajoy Bose said: "SpyGlass is Atrenta's platform for RTL signoff. It is used by virtually all SoC design teams to ensure the power, performance and cost of their SoC is as good as it can be prior to handoff to detailed implementation.SpyGlass is also used to select and qualify semiconductor IP – a major challenge for all SoC design teams.
"GenSys provides a way to easily assemble and modify designs at the RTL level of abstraction. As a lot of each SoC is re-used design data, the need to modify this data to fit the new design is very prevalent. GenSys provides an easy, correct-by-construction way to get this job done."
How does the SpyGlass solve RTL design issues, ensuring high quality RTL with fewer design bugs? He added that it's the predictive analysis technology. SpyGlass provides accurate and relevant information about what will happen when a design is implemented and tested. By fixing these problems early, at RTL, a much higher quality design is handed off to detailed implementation with fewer bugs and associated schedule challenges.
On another note, I asked him why Apple's choice of chips a factor in influencing the global chip industry? The primary reason is their volume and buying power. Apple is something of a "King Maker" when it comes to who manufactures their chips. Apple is also a thought leader and trend setter, so their decisions affect the decisions of others.
Finally, the global semiconductor industry! How is the global semicon industry doing in H1-2013? As per Dr. Bose: "We see strong growth. Our customers are undertaking many new designs at advanced process technology nodes. We think that this speaks well for future growth of the industry. At a macro level, the consumer sector will drive a lot of the growth ahead. For EDA, the higher levels of abstraction is where the growth will be."
Next wave of design challenges, and future growth of EDA: Dr. Wally Rhines
Today, EDA requires specialization. Elaborating on EDA over the past decade, Dr. Walden (Wally) C. Rhines, chairman and CEO, of Mentor Graphics, and vice chairman of the EDA Consortium, USA, said that PCB design has been flat despite growth in analysis, DFM and new emerging markets. Front end design has seen growth from RF/analog design and simulation, and analysis As design methodologies mature, EDA expenditures stop growing. He was speaking at Mentor Graphics' U2U (User2User) conference in Bangalore, India.
Most of the EDA revenue growth comes from major new design methodologies, such as ESL, DFM, analog-mixed signal and RF. PCB design trend continues to be flat, and includes license and maintenance. The IC layout verification market is pointing to a 2.1 percent CAGR at the end of 2011. The RTL simulation market has been growing at 1.3 percent CAGR for the last decade. The IC physical implementation market has been growing at 3,4 percent CAGR for the last decade.
Growth areas in EDA from 2000-2011 include DFM at 28 percent CAGR, formal verification at 12 percent, ESL at 11 pecent, and IC/ASIC analysis at 9 percent, respectively.
What will generate the next wave of electronic product design challenges, and the future growth of EDA? This would involve solving new problems that are not part of the traditional EDA, and 'do what others don't do!
Methodology changes that may change EDA
There are five factors that can make this happen. These are:
* Low power design beyond RTL (and even ESL).
* Functional verification beyond simulation.
* Physical verification beyond design for manufacturability.
* Design for test beyond compression.
* System design beyond PCBs
Low power design at higher levels
Power affects every design stage. Sometimes, designing for low power at system level is required. System level optimization has the biggest impact on power/performance. And, embedded software is a major point of leverage.
Embedded software has an increasing share of the design effort. Here, Mentor's Nucleus power management framework is key. It has an unique API for power management, enables software engineers to optimize power consumption, and reduces lines of application code. Also, power aware design optimizes code efficiency.
Functional verification beyond RTL simulation
The Verification methodology standards war is over. UVM is expected to grow by 286 percent in the next 12 months. Mentor Graphics Questa inFact is the industry's most advanced testbench automation solution. It enables Testbench re-use and accelerates time-to-coverage. Intelligent test bench facilitates linear transition to multi-processing.
Questa accelerates the hardware/software verification environment. In-circuit emulation has been evolving to virtual hardware acceleration and embedded software development. Offline debug increases development productivity. A four-hour on-emulator software debug session drops to 30 minutes batch run. The offline debug allows 150 software designers to jumpstart debug process on source code. Virtual stimulus increases the flexibility of the emulator. As an example, Veloce is 700x more efficient than large simulation farms.
Physical verification beyond design for manufacturability
The Calibre PERC is a new approach to circuit verification. The Calibre 3DSTACK is the verification flow for 3D.
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Dr. Wally Rhines on global EDA industry
It is always a pleasure interacting with Dr. Walden (Wally) C. Rhines, the chairman and CEO, Mentor Graphics, and vice chairman of the EDA Consortium, USA. I started by enquiring about the global semiconductor industry.
Dr. Wally Rhines said: "The absolute size of the semiconductor industry (in terms or total revenue) differs depending on which analyst you ask, because of differences in methodology and the breadth of analysts' surveys. Current 2012 forecasts include $316 billion from Gartner, $320 billion from IDC, $324.5 billion from IHS iSuppli, $327.2 billion from Semico Research and $339 billion from IC Insights.
"These numbers reflect growth rates from 4 per cent to 9.2 per cent, based on the different analyst-specific 2011 totals. Capital spending forecasts for the three largest semiconductor companies have increased by almost 50 per cent just since the beginning of this year. However, the initial spurt of demand was influenced by the replenishment of computer and disc drive inventories caused by the Thailand flooding. Now that this is largely complete, there is some uncertainty about the second half.
"So, overall it looks like the industry will pass $310 billion this year, but it may not be by very much. The strong capital spending and demand for leading edge capacity should impact the second half but the bigger impact will probably be in 2013.
What's with 28.20nm?
Has 28/20nm semiconductor technology become a major 'work horse'? What's going on in that area? At least, this area is now of considerable interest.
Dr. Rhines said that the semiconductor industry's transition to the 28nm family of technologies, which broadly includes 32nm and 20nm, is a much larger transition than we have experienced for many technology generations.
The world's 28nm-capable capacity now comprises almost 20 per cent of the total silicon area in production and yet, the silicon foundries are fully loaded with more 28nm demand than they can handle. In fact, high demand for 28/20nm has created a capacity pinch that is currently spurring additional capital expenditure by foundries.
He added: "As yields and throughput mature at 28nm, the major wave of capital investment will provide plentiful foundry capacity at lower cost, stimulating a major wave of design activity. Cost-effective, high yield 28nm foundry capacity will not only drive increasing numbers of new designs but it will also force re-designs of mature products to take advantage of the cost reduction opportunity."
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Realizing EDA360: Charlie Huang, Cadence
Long-term trends are strong for semiconductor and electronics. According to databeans estimate (Feb. 2011), semiconductor revenue will likely reach $450 billion by 2015 and electronics revenuw will likely reach $2,800 billion by 2015.
Speaking at the CDNLive! 2011 event in Bangalore, India, Charlie Huang, SVP of Worldwide Field Operations, Cadence Design Systems Inc., said that the challenges in the near term are slowdown in Europe and USA. The weakness is driven by increasingly negative views on the global economy, end demand, orders and outlook. Key indicators are also showing that the economy is facing headwinds. The 2011 GDP growth projections have deteriorated since the beginning of the year. The economy has been marred by high unemployment and low consumer confidence.
As of now, innovation has been driving growth. Apps have been driving innovation, followed by video, mobility, cloud and green technology. The impact on the electronics industry is multi-fold. There is a new development paradigm and collaboration has been increasing. The IP is also expanding beyond cores and the EDA is changing.
The new development paradigm for system companies is to differentiate on applications and semiconductor companies must deliver on application-driven hardware-software platforms. IP has now expanded well beyond the core. EDA is also changing, and Cadence is investing to deliver on the EDA360 vision. There are multiple silicon realization challenges. Cadence silicon realization solutions enable fast, deterministic, end-to-end path to silicon success.
As an example, ARM and Cadence have collaborated on the GHz implementation of Cortex-A15. ARM chose ARM Artisan physical IP, evaluated the Cortex-A15 RTL, and supported CPF. Cadence optimized the EDA flow, experienced support at EAC, and provided EDA tool releases and iRM.
ARM, TSMC and Cadence also collaborated on the industry's first 20nm Cortex-A15. TSMC provided the 20nm process qualification and A15 learnings. ARM handled the 20nm implementation experience, A15 considerations in 20nm and TSMC 20nm readiness milestone. Cadence provided the 20nm research to reality, contributed and grew the A15 expertise and TSMC 20nm readiness milestone.
The end result: the industry's first 20nm Cortex-A15 tapeout, thanks to a successful three-way vertical collaboration. ARM, Cadence and TSMC engineers worked side-by-side. The project priorities included 20nm DPT implementation schedule and 20nm readiness milestone.
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Now, there is EDA software piracy!
Great! That's what was required!! As though software piracy isn't enough, there is now an article about EDA software piracy!!!
According to the article, the anti-piracy committee of the Electronic Design Automation Consortium (EDAC) estimates that 30-40 percent of all EDA software use is via pirated licenses. That's a huge number!
What are the chief reasons for EDA software piracy? Surely, it can't be attributed to the Far East countries alone, and definitely not China and Taiwan, and perhaps, India, for that matter.
Everyone in the semiconductor industry knows that EDA software is required to design. There are hefty license fees involved that companies have to pay.
Designing a chip is a very complex activity and that requires EDA software. EDA firms send out sales guys to all over the country. Why, some of the EDA vendors are also known to form alliances with the technical colleges and universities. They offer their EDA software to such institutes at a very low cost.
Back in 2006, John Tanner wrote an article in Chip Design, stating: EDA tools shouldn't cost more than the design engineer!
However, how many of such EDA licenses are properly used? Also, has the EDA vendor, who does go out to the technical institutes made a study about any particular institute's usage of the EDA tool?
The recently held Design and Automation Conference (DAC) showered praises on itself for double-digit rise in attendance. Was there a mention of EDA piracy in all of that? No way! If so, why not?
The reasons are: the EDA industry already churns out a sizeable revenue from the global usage of EDA software. EDA firms are busy trying to keep up with the latest process nodes and develop the requisite EDA tools. New products are constantly being developed, and so, product R&D is a continuous event! Of course, in all of this race, EDA firms are continuously looking to keep their revenues running high, lest there is an industry climb-down!
Where then, are the reasons for EDA firms to even check, leave alone, control piracy?
An industry friend had this to say regarding EDA software piracy. "It is the inability to use certain 'tool modules' only at 'certain time'. Like, if a IP company wants to just run PrimeTime (Synopsys) few times to ensure its timing worthiness before releasing that IP, and doesn't need it after that. However, it is is not possible to get such a short time license." Cost and unethical practices by the stake holders were some other reasons EDA users have cited.
Regarding the status in India, especially, the difference isn't that much, from say, China. Another user said it is not such a prevelant, 'worrisome' aspect, yet. Yet another EDA user said that EDA piracy is there more in the sense of 'unauthorized' usage than 'unpaid' usage — not using it for what it is supposed to be used for. For instance, using academic licenses for 'commercial developments', etc.
That leads to the key question: can EDA software piracy be curtailed to some extent? One user feels that yes, it can. Perhaps, Microsoft type 'detection' technologies exist. However, another said that the EDA companies' expenses have to do, so it can be more than actual losses. Hence, they are probably not quite doing it!
Slew of EDA announcements @ DAC 2011
The Design and Automation Conference (DAC) 2011, kicked off today in San Diego, USA, with its usual slew of announcements. Leading the pack were Magma Design Automation and Cadence Design Systems, along with Synopsys, Mentor Graphics, and several others.
Magma Design Automation Inc. announced a partnership with Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS to develop process-independent Titan FlexCell models of the Institute's analog intellectual property (IP) cores. It also announced the availability of a netlist-to-GDSII reference flow for GLOBALFOUNDRIES' 28nm super low-power (SLP) high-k metal-gate (HKMG) technology.
Magma announced the immediate availability of the Titan Analog Design Kit for TSMC 180nm and 65nm processes, that implements Titan's model-based design methodology with Titan FlexCells, which are modular, process- and specification-independent, reusable analog building blocks.
Magma Design Automation also launched Silicon One, an initiative to bring focus to making silicon profitable for customers by providing differentiated solutions and technologies that address business imperatives facing semiconductor makers today – time to market, product differentiation, cost, power and performance.
Silicon One's initial focus is on five types of devices that are key to electronic products that are most prevalent today:
* Analog/mixed-signal (AMS)
* Memory
* Processing cores
* SoCs.
Cadence Design Systems Inc. isn't far behind either! It announced an array of new technologies incorporated into the new TSMC Reference Flow 12.0 and AMS Reference Flow v2.0 that ensure 28nm production readiness. Cadence also announced a close collaboration with TSMC that will extend its interface IP offering. With Imec, in Belgium, Cadence announced a new technology that delivers an automated test solution for design teams deploying 3D stacked ICs (3D-ICs).
Cadence also announced the immediate availability of verification IP (VIP) for ARM's new AMBA 4 Coherency Extensions protocol (ACE), extending its popular VIP catalog and speeding the development of multiprocessor mobile devices. Cadence further outlined the technologies and steps required to move the industry to advanced node design, with a particular focus on 20nm and 28nm design.
Mentor Graphics announced that the Catapult C high-level synthesis tool now supports the synthesis of transaction level models (TLMs). It also announced a unified embedded software debugging platform, from pre-silicon to final product, based on the integration of the Mentor Embedded Sourcery CodeBench embedded software development tools with Mentor's leading electronic system level (ESL), verification, and hardware emulation products. These include the Mentor Graphics Vista Virtual Prototyping product, Veloce hardware emulator, prototype target boards, and end products or any combination thereof.
Mentor Graphics announced support for 3D-IC in TSMC's Reference Flow 12.0 (RF12). Solutions for both silicon interposer and through silicon via (TSV) stacked die configurations are now supported by the Calibre physical verification and extraction platform and the Tessent IC test solution.
ARM and Synopsys Inc. have signed an expanded multi-year agreement extending ARM's access to Synopsys' innovative EDA technology. ARM will also provide Synopsys with access to the ARM Cortex-A15 processor to maximize performance and energy efficiency of SoCs built by ARM's Partners using this advanced ARM processor and Synopsys tools. Read more…
Mentor's Wally Rhines on global EDA industry challenges – II
This is the concluding part of my discussion with Dr. Walden (Wally) C. Rhines, chairman and CEO, Mentor Graphics.
EDA's role in modeling and photomask correction
I asked Dr. Rhines about the future of EDA's role in modeling and photomask correction. He said that in just a decade, resolution enhancement has grown from zero to over $200 million in annual revenue for the EDA industry.
"Almost all of this revenue is concentrated in two EDA companies. The value of this EDA software is clearly recognized by manufacturers. Mentor has many partnerships with manufacturers and a joint development program targeting 20nm resolution enhancement with IBM."
Handling 22nm and sub-22nm levels
Next, with new process technology nodes becoming quite the talk of the desgin community, what does EDA now need to do at 22nm and sub 22nm levels.
Dr. Rhines said: "We have been working with our customers on this for quite some time now and are in fact well down this path. We think that most of the problems have been solved, or are solvable. Obviously, most of the issues here revolve around the lithography and manufacturability, but the EDA industry has been leading this since optical proximity correction became a key technology for the fabs quite some time ago."
Density area savings
In an earlier discussion, the issue of how compelling would integration density area savings remain by going to new nodes had come up. I have to repeat this question, as it still seems to remain an issue.
So, how long will the integration density area savings you get by going to new nodes remain compelling?
"Hard to say!" noted Dr. Rhines. "We can see a path to 15nm with the traditional 193nm immersion lithography, and we usually surprise ourselves in our ability to go farther than we think we can. However, even if density slows down, this is but one way to achieve the continuous performance improvements that we've seen over the years in silicon.
"3D silicon, for instance, holds the promise of allowing us to continue to grow performance without necessarily doing it by just continuing the process shrink. Logic and memory have been on a predictable "learning curve" since the vacuum tube and I don't expect that learning curve to deviate anytime in the foreseeable future." Read more…


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(From 2010-2011 Graduate Handbook)
Most advisement of graduate students is done by the Director of Graduate Studies in Sociology. All graduate students are assigned a First Year Advisor for their first year in the program. At the end of the first year, students are required to select a permanent advisor (and fill out the corresponding Advisor Form).
When a student enters the graduate program a member of the sociology faculty will be assigned as a First Year Advisor. First Year Advisors are usually chosen because they have one or more areas of academic interest in common with the student. At the completion of the first year in the graduate program, students are required to select a Program Advisor and fill out the Advisor Form. (Advisors can be changed later using the same form.) The purpose of the First Year/Program Advisor is to help students plan their selection of courses, help them understand the expectations and requirements of the graduate program, guide them in learning more about their areas of interest, serve as a mentor, and help socialize them into the field of sociology.
Although official approval of a course of study is not required, it is recommended that new students discuss their registration plans with the Director of Graduate Studies and their faculty advisor. The Director of Graduate Studies and the student's faculty Advisor serve as the primary academic advisors, but students are urged to consult widely with the faculty for advice and to become acquainted with their interests and research. Program Advisors should be consulted each semester for suggestions about course registration, and additional informal discussions with them are recommended.
When a student begins to formulate a topic for a thesis or dissertation, the student should ask someone on the Sociology graduate faculty to serve as the director of the thesis. Often a student will choose to have the previous faculty Advisor as the director of the project, but in many cases changes are appropriate or necessary. A good working relationship is necessary between the student and the thesis/dissertation director, so it is usually best for the students to choose someone with whom they have already worked well. With advice from the thesis/dissertation director, students should ask two (or more) appropriate faculty members to serve as committee members. Faculty members reserve the right to decline a student's request that they be a director or committee member on a thesis or dissertation.

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Heredity & Genetics
Ovarian cancer is due to a combination of genetic (inherited) and environmental (non-inherited) factors. The risk of developing ovarian cancer is higher among women who have a close relative with ovarian cancer.
In the general population of the United States, the chance of a woman developing ovarian cancer during her lifetime is about 1.8 percent. Among women whose mother or sister had ovarian cancer, the chance rises to 4 to 7 percent.
Family History
Although many women have a family history of ovarian or breast cancer, only about 10 to 15 percent of ovarian cancers are the result of inherited cancer susceptibility genes. Clues in the family history that are suggestive of a hereditary susceptibility include:
- Two or more relatives with ovarian or breast cancer, especially if the diagnoses occurred before menopause
- Women who have had both breast and ovarian cancer
- Women who have had breast cancer in both breasts
- Men who have had breast cancer
- Two or more relatives with colon or uterine cancer, especially if the diagnoses occurred at younger ages
BRCA Genes
To date, BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 are the two main breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility genes that have been identified. If a woman inherits an alternation or "mutation" in a BRCA 1 or BRCA 2 gene from either of her parents, her chances of developing ovarian cancer and breast cancer are significantly higher than average.
In the general population, BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 mutations are uncommon; however, they are found more frequently in families with strong histories of cancer, as described above. Specific mutations in the BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 genes are found more often among families of particular ethnic backgrounds.
For example, approximately 1 in 40 Ashkenazi (Eastern European) Jewish individuals carry BRCA 1 or BRCA 2 mutations. Among Ashkenazi Jewish women who have had breast cancer at a young age or ovarian cancer, the chance is even higher. Different BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 mutations have been found that are more common in other groups, including the Dutch, Icelandic and Swedish populations.
Genetic Counseling & Risk Assessment
Participants in the NOCEDPP clinical program receive a consultation with a genetic counselor during their first visit. The genetic counselor asks detailed questions about the family history of cancer and constructs a family tree. The family tree is useful in assessing the pattern of cancers in the family and estimating the likelihood of a hereditary susceptibility.
In order for the family history evaluation to be as accurate as possible, participants are encouraged to gather as much information as they can about their family history of cancer before their first visit. Upon review of the family history, each participant will be given an estimate of her risk for ovarian cancer. Women who have family histories that are suggestive of a hereditary susceptibility have the option to learn more about genetic testing for hereditary ovarian cancer.
Genetic testing
Participants will talk with a genetic counselor about the potential benefits and limitations of genetic testing. They will also discuss:
- The meaning of positive and negative results
- Options for cancer surveillance and prevention available to women who test positive
- Implications for family members
- Psychosocial issues that may arise during and after the genetic testing process.
Whether or not to have genetic testing is ultimately up to the individual, and it is not required for participation in the NOCEDPP. Genetic testing often involves additional charges that will be explained in detail during the genetic counseling appointment.
The blood that may be drawn for genetic testing should not be confused with the blood that will be drawn from study participants for experimental purposes.
To learn more about NOCEDPP or to find out if you qualify for the program, please call 312-695-1651.
If you need more information about ovarian cancer or other ovarian abnormalities or would like to make an appointment with a Northwestern Memorial Hospital gynecologist for the first time, call our Physician Referral Department at 1-877-926-4664 or request an appointment online.
The ovarian cancer section was made possible by a generous grant from Bears Care.


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Categories > Celebrities > Fall Out Boy > A sense of function but a disregard
Part Twelve: Sometimes love is addiction2 Reviews
...was this even a contest?
So don't make me cry
cause this love don't feel so right
Andy hung up the phone and felt triumphant. Had he won? ...was this even a contest? It didn't matter actually; he just wanted to hold Destiny. He couldn't help but feel butterflies at the thought of her body on top of his once more, the scent of her hair and she threw it out of her face. He was surprised how much he genuinely liked her, she was completely different from any girl he had ever liked before and for some reason it was more powerful than anything he had ever felt previously. Maybe it was because he had taken her right from someone else, or maybe it was because he actually adored her every step. Where Patrick only enjoyed her when he had the time to do so, at least that's what it seemed like to him.
He jumped in his car and drove down to the city, meeting Destiny at her tiny apartment. Andy was surprised that he didn't feel bad at all, he had expected, after coming to blows with Patrick backstage and them causing a total scene over her, that he would steer clear of risking another fight, but he didn't want to. He wanted Destiny and was happy that she was coming to him and leaving Patrick. He wasn't sure if he was going to want her traveling with them like she did on the FOE tour, but he wasn't worried about that right now. Today was SuperBowl Sunday and there was a party at Joe's Wicker Park apartment and he wanted to bring Destiny as his date. He wasn't sure if Patrick was going to be there or not, and to be honest, he didn't care. He just wanted to be with Destiny, something about just being in her presence made him excited. He walked up to the door and buzzed her apartment and she opened the door for him. He hopped up the stairs two at a time and couldn't wait to see her.
Destiny got home as fast as she could; realizing that she probably looked exactly like the emotional wreck in which she felt. She got home and fixed her hair as best as she could and threw on some light make up. She didn't want Andy to come all this way and then be afraid of her face. She opened the door and smiled, she was surprised at how happy she was to see him. When she left the tour she had thought she never wanted to see him again, but seeing him standing there made her feel okay again, it made her feel wanted once more.
"Ready to go to Joe's?" he asked her. She let him in the door and then turned to look at him.
"Joe's?" she questioned, walking to her bedroom and Andy followed.
"Yeah, he's having a party to watch the Bears kick ass, you want to go?" he asked her, sitting down on the bed. Destiny felt herself blush when she saw him take a seat on her bed, images of their fling on the bus running through her mind.
"Sure, it will be nice to see everyone again," she said, deciding to put in a little more make up since they were going out. A few minutes later she emerged and looked at Andy with a gleam in her eyes. She was so stressed and frustrated over Patrick, she wanted to let all of that steam go. She walked over to Andy and straddled his lap, leaning into him and placing her lips on his. Andy returned the kiss, running his hands up the back of her shirt, before moving her off of him and onto her back on the bed. He placed his body over hers and she reached her arms up placing them over his waist, pulling his chest closer to hers, where he could feel her nipples hardening and pressing against him. She groaned as their skin made contact, an almost tangible shock startling them both.
He moved his left hand from the bed and reached it down caressing her thighs, causing her to gasp into his lips. Andy moved his kiss away from her mouth, his hand still softly rubbing the inside of her thighs, keeping just enough distance from her to make her go crazy. He ran his tongue over her neck, making Destiny sigh softly as she let her hand slide underneath his body and she pushed his hands and lips away from her, pushing on his shoulders to make him lie back.
Andy grinned as he watched her eyes begin to glaze over. He pulled her shirt over her head, smiling as her starched hair stuck out in all directions, giving her a devil-may-care look that was driving Andy crazy. She reached over and pulled his shirt off, his multi-colored tattoos making her feel a little dizzy. He was the exact opposite of Patrick at this moment and she was losing her mind over it, she just wanted him to fuck her without any kind of disregard for anything else in either of their lives. She reached down and undid her belt, pulling her jeans and panties off and Andy pulled his off as well. Destiny then slid her left leg over his waist, leaning down to kiss him roughly, gently grinding her damp panties against his bare hard on. He groaned and slid his hands over her hips then across her ass, pushing her closer to his body.
He brought his lips up to her neck finally trailing his kiss along from her neck to her chest leaning down to gently suck on her breasts. Andy began to grind his hips up to her and she took it upon herself to slide him inside. They both groaned deeply as there bodies entwined and Destiny began to rock her hips up to him, helping him hit the perfect spot inside of her. Andy reached up and grabbed her breast, pulling at each nipple as she moved up and down on him, gripping him as tight as possible.
"Holy shit, Andy! God..." she groaned. Andy nodded quickly, rocking his hips up, just enjoying the sensation of her throbbing all around him.
Suddenly Andy couldn't take it anymore and slammed himself deep inside of her. Destiny pumped still, trying hard to reach the climax Andy had already found. Andy stuck his fingers in between their bodies, touching her sensitive spot before hearing her call out his name, her orgasm intense enough to cause her to lose her breath...
"You made it! I didn't think you would come," Joe said, opening the door to see Patrick. Patrick smiled and nodded, embracing his friend quickly before letting his eyes roam around the party. It was only four in the afternoon, the game didn't start for another two hours and people were already trashed. He rolled his eyes at Dirty and Pete who were in a fierce battle of sorts on Joe's Wii, and then spotted what he was dreading. Andy and Destiny were sitting in a corner with Marie, Destiny looking a little glazed over and tousled. Patrick felt his face burn, but decided against saying anything, because he let her go. He let her run to Andy. To be honest, he wanted to see her get hurt; he wanted her to know what it felt like...
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ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) -- The director of the St. Cloud Regional Airport is welcoming the federal government's decision to delay the closures of 149 airport control towers nationwide, including two in Minnesota.
The St. Cloud tower was due to close April 21. While airport director Bill Towle says he's glad the Federal Aviation Administration decided Friday to delay the closures until June 15, he says he'd rather keep his tower open permanently.
Towle says some airports have discussed finding other ways to cover the costs. But he says it would be tough for St. Cloud to find money to pay its five controllers. The only commercial airline serving St. Cloud is Allegiant.
The other Minnesota airport granted a reprieve is the Anoka County airport in Blaine, which had been due to close May 5
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Little Hearts in Africa
There is little reliable data concerning the prevalence of congenital or acquired heart disease in African children, but there is sufficient information to indicate that the burden of cardiac disease is hugely significant. This major non-communicable disease is largely hidden, overshadowed by the incidence of communicable diseases. Congenital heart defects are among the most common birth defects. Many affected children require medical and surgical treatment. Even after treatment, some children may be at increased risk of illness and death because of cardiovascular complications, rhythm abnormalities, or other long-term adverse events. The cost of treatment related to diagnosis and treatment of heart disease is beyond the reach of most of the indigenous population in Africa.
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Overall Objective
The "Little Hearts" project will provide free life-saving cardiac surgery and interventional cardiac catherization for children with Congenital Heart Defects from underprivileged families in Africa irrespective of gender, race or religion.
The Project will also:
- Short-term Objective: To provide treatment following the cardiac surgery and interventional cardiac catheterization for children
- To provide treatment following the cardiac surgery and inverntional cardiac catheterization for adults if congenital.
- Medium-term Objective: To provide training to medical staff in the related field of cardiology, cardiac surgery, intensive care, and anesthesia.
- Long-term Objective: To establish a functional, effective and economical centre for cardiac catheterization and cardiac surgery in each receiving country.
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More than 75 medical staff from 14 Nationalities comprising of; Cardiologists, Surgeons, Anesthetists, Intensive Care Specialists, Nurses and Technicians make up a team of international volunteers for Al Muntada Trust.


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Emily. 20. Wisconsinite. Beatle freak. Wes Anderson fan. Ukulele player. Passionate about things most peculiar. If I had a pocket full of fucks, I still wouldn't give one. Ask me things about anythings. "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." -Oscar Wilde moons rising
Years ago someone told me that 1,200 high school kids were given a survey. A question was posed to them: Have you ever been to a stand-alone record shop? The number of kids that answered "yes" was… zero.
Zero? How could that be possible? Then I got realistic and thought to myself, "Can you blame them?" How can record shops (or any shop for that matter) compete with Netflix, TiVo, video games that take months to complete, cable, texting, the Internet, etc. etc? Getting out of your chair at home to experience something in the real world has started to become a rare occurrence, and to a lot of people, an unnecessary one. Why go to a bookstore and get a real book? You can just download it. Why talk to other human beings, discuss different authors, writing styles and influences? Just click your mouse. Well here's what they'll someday learn if they have a soul; there's no romance in a mouse click. There's no beauty in sitting for hours playing video games (anyone proud of that stop reading now and post your opinion in the nearest forum). The screen of an iPhone is convenient, but it's no comparison to a 70mm showing of a film in a gorgeous theater. The Internet is two-dimensional…helpful and entertaining, but no replacement for face-to-face interaction with a human being. But we all know all of that, right? Well, do we? Maybe we know all that, but so what?
Let's wake each other up.
The world hasn't stopped moving. Out there, people are still talking to each other face-to-face, exchanging ideas and turning each other on. Art houses are showing films, people are drinking coffee and telling tall tales, women and men are confusing each other and record stores are selling discs full of soul that you haven't felt yet. So why do we choose to hide in our caves and settle for replication? We know better. We should at least. We need to re-educate ourselves about human interaction and the difference between downloading a track on a computer and talking to other people in person and getting turned onto music that you can hold in your hands and share with others. The size, shape, smell, texture and sound of a vinyl record; how do you explain to that teenager who doesn't know that it's a more beautiful musical experience than a mouse click? You get up off your ass, you grab them by the arm and you take them there. You put the record in their hands. You make them drop the needle on the platter. Then they'll know.
Let's wake each other up.
As Record Store Day Ambassador of 2013 I'm proud to help in any way I can to invigorate whoever will listen with the idea that there is beauty and romance in the act of visiting a record shop and getting turned on to something new that could change the way they look at the world, other people, art, and ultimately, themselves.
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Fish Tacos with Sesame Ginger Slaw
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 390
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated fat: 2g
- Monounsaturated fat: 3g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 3g
- Protein: 40g
- Carbohydrate: 38g
- Fiber: 6g
- Cholesterol: 85mg
- Sodium: 430mg
- Resistant starch: 2.4g
- 1 1/2 pounds tilapia fillets
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- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 3 tablespoons plain Greek-style low-fat yogurt
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1 tablespoon dark sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon low-sodium soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons grated peeled fresh ginger
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 3 cups shredded coleslaw mix
- 12 (6-inch) corn tortillas, warmed
- 1. Heat a nonstick skillet or grill pan over medium heat. Spray fish with cooking spray; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Add fish to pan; cook 10 to 12 minutes, turning once, until fish flakes easily with a fork.
- 2. Combine yogurt and next 5 ingredients (through honey) in a small bowl, stirring with a whisk. Combine dressing and coleslaw mix, tossing to coat.
- 3. Place 2 ounces fish in each tortilla. Top with coleslaw.
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Community colleges come of age
After decades as the unsung workhorses of higher education, community colleges are finally getting some respect.
"In the past, we almost had to apologize for being a community college," said Richard Carpenter, chancellor of Lone Star College. "The conversation has definitely shifted."
Today the conversation will be at Lone Star's University Park campus in northwest Harris County, as the school hosts one of four community college regional summits for the U.S. Department of Education.
They follow President Barack Obama's call for the U.S. to have the highest percentage of college graduates in the world by 2020 and a White House summit on community colleges held last fall.
Today's meeting will draw educators, business leaders and people from philanthropic foundations, with a central focus on helping community college students transfer to a four-year school.
Advanced degrees
Lone Star has tackled that, in part, with campuses in The Woodlands and just south of Tomball that offer degree programs from several four-year institutions, making a bachelor's or master's degree possible for people who can't travel to a traditional university campus.
But other topics are also on the agenda. Teri Fowle, associate vice chancellor for marketing at San Jacinto College, said she'll be looking for news on how budget talks in Washington D.C. might affect the federal grants her college has received for its job training programs.
A "virtual summit" set for April 25 will share findings from all four community college meetings. The first was held last month in Philadelphia; the others are set for Indianapolis and San Diego.
"We've sort of come of age," Carpenter said of community colleges. "These are challenging times, but certainly fun in that we're commanding more respect than we have in the past."
Frank Chong, the Department of Education's deputy assistant secretary for community colleges, said the summits are intended to help colleges share ideas in key areas: developmental education, financial aid, transfer policies and working with employers to tailor workplace training programs.
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In the town of Madison, Florida, you can find the Colin P. Kelly memorial, a striking sculpture of four angels, their wings unfurled in the wind. The memorial was dedicated in 1943 to the name and heroics of a B-17 pilot whose plane was shot down just days after Pearl Harbor.
Pilot Kelly did not survive the crash, but thanks to his courage and skill, all his crew did, jettisoning safely from the plane. After the memorial was dedicated in Madison Square Garden, it was then moved to Kelly's hometown -- Madison -- where it remains today. Few people know the angelic statue's namesake, however. It is better known as the "Four Freedoms Monument."
The statue is a representation of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Four Freedoms that he articulated in his 1941 State of the Union address. Roosevelt said, "We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms: Freedom of speech, freedom of every person to worship God in his own way, freedom from want, and freedom from fear."
As idealistic and as hard as all these freedoms are to achieve in this world, that last one maybe the hardest: The freedom from fear. There is plenty to be afraid of today, everything from terrorist attacks and spiders to economic collapse and newly harvested cantaloupes. Getting free of fear seems to be a pipe dream.
I have no political, social, or economic plan to achieve freedom from fear, no one does; not even an esteemed statesman such as Roosevelt. Fear is the currency of the world in which we live, but as citizens and people of a kingdom "not of this world," we have at our disposal a peace that displaces fear, a peace that "surpasses all human understanding."
From where does this peace come? Better fiscal policy? More powerful weapons? A hulking stockpile of canned food, bottled water, and ammunition? I doubt it. No, the only source of peace is love. When you know you are perfectly and completely loved, there is nothing left to fear, for perfect love dispels all fear.
The Apostle Paul once asked a rhetorical but significant question: "Can anything ever separate us from Christ's love?" In other words, will God's love for us really last? Can we count on it in face of multifarious threats and dangers? When the world seems to be flying off its axis and the fabric of everything we ever trusted is in shreds, will God's love be there for us in the end?
The answer is an emphatic "yes!" With some of the more magnificent words in the Christian Scriptures, Paul responds to his own question with a comprehensive list of possible dangers: Trouble, calamity, persecution, hunger, destitution, threat of murder, violence, life and death, angels and demons, fears for today and worry for tomorrow, the power of hell, powers above and below -- it is as broad and as exhaustive a list as one could construct.
And then he concludes, "Nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord." Nothing in this life or the life to come; no spiritual powers, good or evil; nothing in the present moment and nothing tomorrow; nothing now, and nothing later; the powers that be -- governmental, spiritual, judicial, religious, economic, earthly or otherwise -- none of these have the power or ability to take God's love away.
It is sure. It is strong. It is eternal. It is ageless. It will not wax and wane. It is the one unvarying element in the cosmos, able to overcome everything, including our fears. If the created universe can contain it, God's love can outlast and defeat it.
This includes the worst of your sufferings, the worst of your personal failures, the worst crimes you have committed, the worst of your decisions, your divorce, drug abuse, emotional baggage, arrest record, selfishness, adultery, rebellion, addiction, dishonesty, stupidity, your bone-headed decisions -- fill in the blank -- nothing can separate you from God's love. That will set you free from fear.
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(March 22, 2014)
Keeping the Faith: Learning to Trust
(March 20, 2014)
Keeping the Faith: 'All that once was good'
(March 18, 2014)
Keeping the Faith: A Change Is Gonna Come
(March 16, 2014)
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(February 13, 2014)
Keeping the Faith: Like a Rock
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Keeping the Faith: You Will Be Free
(February 10, 2014)
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(February 2, 2014)
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(January 17, 2014)
Keeping the Faith: Let It Be
(January 17, 2014)
Keeping the Faith: Choose the Future
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Keeping the Faith: Never Submit
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(November 15, 2013)
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(October 13, 2013)
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Keeping the Faith: No More Show-And-Tell
(August 18, 2013)
Keeping the Faith: Take it Outside
(August 15, 2013)
Keeping the Faith: Catching Up
(August 9, 2013)
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Keeping the Faith: Seeing Stars
(July 9, 2013)
Keeping the Faith: Mixing is a Mistake
(July 3, 2013)
Keeping the Faith: You Have to Trust Somebody
(July 2, 2013)
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Keeping the Faith: Thanks Dad for Wising Up
(June 28, 2013)
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(June 27, 2013)
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(June 14, 2013)
Keeping the Faith: A Special Welcome
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Keeping the Faith: Choose To Be Happy
(May 17, 2013)
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(May 10, 2013)
Keeping the Faith: Just Hang On
(May 7, 2013)
Keeping the Faith: The Wisdom of Simplicity
(May 7, 2013)
Keep the Faith: The Power of Now
(May 6, 2013)
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(April 16, 2013)
Keeping the Faith: Where Nothing Is Sacred
(April 8, 2013)
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(March 30, 2013)
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(March 29, 2013)
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(March 25, 2013)
Keeping the Faith: Walk On
(March 20, 2013)
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(March 18, 2013)
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(March 15, 2013)
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(March 13, 2013)
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(March 8, 2013)
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(March 1, 2013)
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Keeping the Faith: Oh the Tangled Web We Must...
(February 25, 2013)
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(February 21, 2013)
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(February 8, 2013)
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(February 4, 2013)
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Keeping the Faith: In the Arms of Love
(January 18, 2013)
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(January 5, 2013)
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Ugliest, most revolting car ever? I think so!
uhhh - Fugly !!!
Aren't they supposed to do focus groups or something before wrecking the front end..
Why show the SE version, which is fugly, when it will sell the least? Good or bad, the standard new grill matches up with what they have on the new Avalon, Corolla and Highlander.
Y do tha Lexus grill? Remember when gapping wholes in tha front of a car were really there for a reason? U kno like for cooling etc... Y do all these car companies keep trying to make boring, slow, no fun to drive cars look sporty? Whats tha point? The car wasn't a looker in tha first place but damn they could have done without that grill. Camry's always sale GREAT, so I'm sure they dont care what any of us on here has to say about the Toyota designer's dropping the ball.
Ah yes, it brings back the 1995 Toyota Camry look but better.
Revolting front. Plus the back now looks like a Hyundai-- which isn't a bad thing. I think it's funny that Hyundai spent years trying to emulate Toyota and now Toyota is trying to keep up with Hyundai. Lol. Jerks.
Toyota is trying to destroy itself. The front of the Camry needs an emergency redesign, it looks like an ugly catfish. It is the ugliest car in the economy midsize segment.
I'm liking the looks. I just hope the stiched plastic found on the current model is gone.
Whoa-whoa-WHOA What a feeling to drive!
[right off a fuc#ing cliff]
Revolting grill. Rest of exterior looks fine. Interior is very nice, equal to best-in-class Altima. New XSE model will be the sleeper in this category with 0-60 in high 5's, I,m guessing. People are doggedly loyal to their Camry's, so expect this one to do well. If only more folks would test drive a Mazda6, they would instantly feel the difference in driving enjoyment, but alas, there is no accounting for taste, is there?
Hahaha, revolting.
It's the Catfish V6!
No, it's the Ant eater mech hybrid!
Err the street cleaner that' seats 4 and 1/2?
I dunno, but it's still boring and has no soul.
The grill is a variation from Lexus and the side crease if from the Sonata. Not very original.
Ouch that front looks like it got into an accident. It looks terrible.
I just realized, that front end reminds me of a vacuum cleaner.........
I can't wait to drive this to pick that apart. Same old same old from the Toylet group. When will the American buyer wake up from their nightmare of buying Toyota Death Traps. I love the fake window extensions on the C pilar. Everyone this is Lipstick. Same old Pig.
Refreshing, well styled (even if a little too aggressive).
Refreshing congrats for all Toyota Corporation articles getting the most comments i wonder why people take the time to bash any Toyota article and leave almost every other article with minimal comments hmmmmmmmm
Are those still 5mph bumpers? I can see that oversize grill all smashed with a minimal impact. The overall design is quite revolting.
The fake c-pillar window was nasty on the second generation Mazda6, and it's nasty here. It's actually a shame as I felt that the strong c-pillar on the 2007-current Camrys was a high point of the design.
Refreshing compared to what it used to look like, but revolting for not giving Toyota its own identity. I predict that borrowing the lower Lexus predator grille is actually going to backfire because Toyota sells so many of these things that suddenly all of the Lexus cars will start resembling the common Camry. "Is it a Camry? Is it a Lexus?" That's not the conversation Lexus wants people to be having.
Revolting, the design is so disjointed and there haven't been any real updates of substance under the skin for nearly 10 years now.
Congrats, Toyota. You've gone and built a new look fridge.While I don't doubt that the car will last forever, who wants to be stuck forever with an appliance. A mild refresh to an already boring car, with boring handling but bulletproof reliability. Then again, considering the way this thing sells, it is I who is being hard headed and the numerous buyers must know something I don't
I have owned 28 different cars. Only repeats were from Ford (trucks) all cars from different brands. Except my 2 new Kia's, for the dollar have more features and less maintenance needed. Really look at the cars of today, Honda accord rear end is copied from Hyundai Genesis. This "New" Camry from the front screams Kia and Rear screams Hyundai. Next car is the redesigned Charger, going back to American brand after 8 years and 5 cars...
I want to say revolting based on the competition... But I guess refreshing just because it is a good step forward from the last gen I guess...
Revolting front end! Why can't Toyota get it right? The side and rear look great. Then you see the front end and you need an air-sickness bag. The interior looks a little better than the current car.
Less bland, but more ugly. Maybe it's me, but I just don't see the appeal at all.
Refreshing for a mid cycle refresh and not an entirely new model.
I guess it looks a bit better than the current model, but I despise the front grille and over-styled front end and the rear is way to bland. The tail lights are very boring and plain.
My first impression was that the front grille looked a bit strange. The more I look at it , the more acceptable it becomes. One thing is for sure peoples taste in design runs quite different. For me the sides of the car and the overall shape looks clean, the way I like it. To me I want to know, is how well air flows over the car, how well does it crash test, Is it lighter. I would be most interested in the changes they made that affect how the car rides and handles.
Also, I like to reserve final judgement on a cars looks until I see it one the street. I am actually a fan of the Malibu styling, but there is no current midsize car that I would not own based on styling. I would be much more likely to avoid a car If I thought the Infotainment system was to fussy to use or would piss me off.
Revolting. The grille is way too big and serves no purpose except to look ugly. And the C-pillar looks very cheap and seems like an after-thought.
What makes this the people champ? Its sales successes in the mid class sedan segment correct? Yea i thought so. So anything that sells more is the peoples god?? Cause that's how we determine if it is better. Right?? I didn't come up with the names but I get knocked for saying this or that is better cause it sold more. But thats "NOT" how the peoples champ got its name right??? Not from its sales success.
If it didn't get its name from sales then how?
@Major Smackdown
I don't like the new Grill look, BUT; I still would lease of Finance THIS CAR!!!
@ALF- Gordon Shumway You're kidding right? This car is so ugly that it is shameful.
@Psyprof06 The best interior award goes to the new Chrysler 200 with real leather and real wood panels. Expect 0-60 times to be slow.
@Psyprof06 best in class Altima? I don't think so.
Also, Holden did that hourglass/spindle grill 1st.
@Stew I think if that blacked out front bumper were painted red like the rest of the car, the front end of this Camry would look so...so pre 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander inspired....
I don't find it aggressive at all. I just find it very ugly, especially the front.
compared with ALMOST every other article the comments are in small numbers compared to Toyota u derps
Is this a real question?
The new mustang article had 1200+ the day it came this article has been out for a week already!!!
Weak article if you ask me. Also most Toyota articles are about recalls so......that's why people always hate.
Every article on Motor Trend has over 100 comments, it's the norm. Get over yourself.
@osunick What are you talking about?? If you look carefully you will see the window you seem to be complaining about is not part of the C pillar but part of the rear door window. I suspect the small filler window is there to allow the main window to fully retract into the door. It might not be able to do that if the window went all the way to the back of the door. I prefer to reserve my comments on style until I see it 'in the flesh" so to speak as pictures often do not do the car justice.
@osunick Next year they'll fix that with an opera window :0
@CarNut2014 Exactly my thoughts.
@Raul Toyota's "brainwash" marketing. Have you watched a commercial where there was a Camry in a rollercoaster? After that commercial, there was a stampede of brainwashed people getting a Camry. I think it was the most stupid Toyota commercial ever. Toyota will invest another stack of money in a brainwash marketing to get this new mid-sized abomination.
@Oreo25thLegion So 99% of car enthusiasts find Toyota's ugly, boring piles of crap that don't handle worth a darn worthy of their scorn. And you have a problem with that derp?
@Monsterized @Raul I would hardly call it brainwash marketing. They're way overrated as a car manufacturer, if styling and sporting driving dynamics, and state of the art technology are you're priority, but people buy Toyota's because of the consistent experience and reliability. A car is a major investment, so people want their money to last. My point is, it's not brainwash marketing, there's quality there, even if it is ugly, boring, outdated quality.
@Monsterized @Raul or maybe, Ford's marketing department simply suck.
Fusion is always top 5 even top 4!!
@TomKatt That's what I'm talking about!! Look at Mazda 6, its EPA ratings is around 28 MPG (city) and 40 MPG (highway) only by using subestimated SkyActiv-G 2.4 I4 and Automatic. It's also looks so good and it has presence where it parks. Ford Fusion, although its Aston Martin grille, offers 25/37 EPA ratings through 1.6L I4 and six-speed manual. Both are on the last of sales montly list and I can't believe this crap (what really is) is still on top!! So, TomKatt, if you consider getting a Camry as first option and don't see the rest of good mid-sized cars available, you're definitely brainwashed.
@Stew @Raul I donot think he is brainwash but does not read, alot to see that cars are more efficient than toyota, and they have catch up to the reliability standard. although the latest rating was not so good ,but one have to remember most of those car are recently redesign so they are new products that have bugs to iron out.eg ford dual clutch and nissan XCVT, Unlike most of toyota products that are in their third year.
@TomKatt Did you know toyota have recalls that are secretly done, like other manufactures? Jd popwer stated in their report that no car manufacture is better or leading in mechanicals, but they are complains of transmission and engine. Unlike CR that report ratings of names of company, JD power have the manfuture name rating and a car by car comparison, why don't you take a look at it, because I see various cars have better or equal reliability than or like toyota.example the b compact the versa is more reliable, even Cr does not recommended the yaris.
@Raul Not to mention having to pay the government 1.2 billion for lying about safety defects and quality control issues. IMHO, TomKatt is one of those brainwashed people......
Quality in the 7 million cars they just recalled for structure failures? Yea the engines and trans are solid but everything matters too!! My point was that Toyota fan always cry how the Camry is the peoples champ because of its sells success but then we say well the fseries sells more so then by ur logic its better. But no. They act like we are the ones that started the whole sells more must be better thing.
Regardless Ford is the Best selling brand in America for a reason by a large margin.
@Iny @Raul Right. I've never considered that issue.
@Raul Unfortunately the Fix Or Repair Daily reputation still follows them.. I talked to folks I know who were on the Volvo side of the dealership who told me they had driven Fords for many years and then started driving Volvos when they moved to that side of the dealership. The were quite clear that the build quality of the Volvos was way ahead of the Fords. Yeah, Ford is making some interesting machines but have they updated their quality issues? Time will tell. I am now on my fifth Toyota product and have not lost a day to shop time for anything other than routine maintenance. This after my Taurus blew its head gasket and my Chrysler Le Baron blew three of them.


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A tall girl wearing stretch pants and a big tee shirt walked up to me after a lecture last week and said, "I wish I was a teenager in the 90′s". I responded with, "No, really, you don't." Part of my cringe reaction was because I would hate for a new generation of artists to get stuck in the 'Martyr Artist vs. Fucker Businessman' binary like I did. Especially since this particular rut seems to disproportionately affect progressive people. I guess seeing our dreams of liberation turn into dollar signs made us uber sensitive to the fact that we could, at some point, end up participating in the same old necrophilic drama. This fear left many of us walking around creepily denying we had any ambition at all.
Kathleen Hanna on selling out in the 90s (LUV HER)