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- Anonymous09:11
If there route was second best performing on London market why the suspension? Even if seasonal.ReplyDeleteReplies
Because they can probably utilise the aircraft on other routes where they can make more money.Delete
- Anonymous09:19
They probably got the loads at the expense of decent yields. Also, Slovenians are richest in ex-YU so easyJet is probably preferred for flights to London.Delete
- Anonymous09:30
Easyjet offers a much better product and STN/LGW offer quicker and easier transit to London.Delete
- Anonymous09:47
Prices need to go up. People need to be prepared to pay more to fly. Artificially low fares are damaging the aviation industry.Delete
- Anonymous10:38
Anon 9:30, I don't know where you get your info from, but it is in fact easier to travel to London from LTN than from STN. LTN is on the same railroad as LGW, just on the other side of London. It usually takes around 45 minutes to get from either LTN or LGW to King's Cross (compared to slightly longer STN's 50 minutes but you also can't take a direct train from STN to King's Cross, you need to take the Tube). Also, LTN has easiest access to M1 and M25 of the three airports mentioned. LTN and LGW also have direct train lines to City Thameslink and Blackfrairs stations which make them more appealing to business passengers.Delete
- Anonymous10:49
To add to my previous post, the reason why I mentioned ease of access to M1 and M25 is because those are the two most important motorways for London. M1 is the main motorway that connects London to northern England (Liverpool, Manchester,...) and Scotland. M25 is the orbital motorway that is used to go around London instead of through London and is the main motorway used for accessing different parts of London.Delete
- Anonymous11:07
And now compare LTN's and STN's train station and you will see the difference.Delete
In LTN you have to take the bus which takes at least 10 min, if there is no traffic (not the case in the summer), as the train station is at the bottom of the hill.
In STN you just go two floors down from the terminal and you are at the station.
- Anonymous11:44
The bus from Luton terminal to Luton Airport Parkway is 5 minutes, not at least 10, and is included in my time calculations. It is hardly more of an inconvenience than if you had to be bused from your plane to the terminal.Delete
- Anonymous09:12
Wizz is opening a lot of new routes from LTN. Castellon, Catania, Oslo, Saint Petersburg and Vienna. For now the causalities of that are Verona and Ljubljana.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous09:20
They are also reducing some flights from Gatwick, Budapest is among them which is going down from 7 to 6. This is the second reduction this winter for BUD after EW announced the reduction of CGN-BUD from 7 to 4.Delete
- Anonymous09:50
The market is getting oversaturated, there is only so much a market can handle without transfers. That's probably why they are getting LO to expand there.Delete
- Anonymous11:25
BUD cargo is also in a free fall, I wonder if there will be more bad news for them in the future. Wizz Air also seems to be out of places to expand, they are launching Kazan and Minsk.Delete
- Anonymous09:16
So easyjet will be only airline with flights to London. Shame BA didn't extend their season.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous09:18
Stop extending Adria's life by forgetting debts and start attracting more airlines.ReplyDelete
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- Anonymous09:26
Well now you have the overpriced Adria which is paid to fly to Brussels. Enjoy... if your flight is not cancelled.Delete
- Anonymous11:57
adria is paid to fly to brussles exactly as any other route : it is receiving revenue from the tickets the government entities buy one ticket at a time...it's not a PSO style or subsidised route. So if there is no flight, no money for adria.Delete
But besause of government contract provisions they are obliged to arrange rebooking or reroute to the governemnt ticket holders and have to bear any cost that is above the price they charged for the ticket per contract. And this can get expensive for adria as these are then generally last-minute rebookings, so BRU is the last route that would see a cancellation. They will rather cancel something else and shuffle the aircraft to the BRU line.
- Anonymous09:21
How could this affect LJU this winter? Losing two rows with relatively good LF is ideal.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous09:21
Seems like Wizz Air can't dominate in ex-YU markets where they have a local carrier. They completely failed in LJU and they are stagnating in BEG. SKP seems to be the only market where they are growing, even Tuzla is slowing down, close to stagnation.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous09:23
What I doubt get is that they planned to increase capacity to A321 and now they completely cancel flights.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous09:32
Hahaha, let Adria go bust, they say. Airlines are waiting in line, they say. And I say, when Adria goes bust, you'll be using Flixbus to get anywhere. Or your fabulous trains.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous09:37
This was an opportunity for British Airways to keep flights from Heathrow over winter.ReplyDelete
I think Slovenia starts to feel the slower car and other manufacturing industry in Germany which impacts Slovenia as well and people start to think twice whether to book a city break quickyReplyDelete
- Anonymous09:52
Haha. I know I commented a while ago how Wizzair will fully exit Slovenian market soon, but I didn't think it will be this soon. LJU is just pathetic.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous11:17
For all of you who have not read the article correctly and were already happy thinking Wizzair is leaving Ljubljana: "The budget carrier confirmed this week it will resume flights from Charleroi at the start of the 2020 summer season.".Delete
Apparently a lot of commentators really hate LJU. Who knows from which country or city they come from. Apparently from the city without LCCs. :)
Starting a comment with a "haha" just because Wizzair is maybe discontinuing a route from LJU is just pathetic.
- Anonymous10:26
Why are there still no LCC flights between UK and LJU from anywhere north of Luton, namely Liverpool, Glasgow, Birmingham? Is it down to landing charges at Brnik or an assumption that the cave-dwellers in the northern wastelands are not overly keen on foreign lands?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11:34
Nonsense. How do you gauge demand if there are no flights to measure it by? It is more a reflection of the London-centric mentality in the UK that continues to perpetuate the North-South divide. Manchester and Liverpool have tremendous music and sporting heritage; the former is also an economic powerhouse in its own right.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous12:16
So it is impossible to estimate demand between say Ljubljana and Bagdad, because there are no flights to measure it?Delete
I agree that the rest of the UK offers nice holidays as well, but most of the people go to UK primarily to see London. There is very limited business co-operation between UK and Slovenia.
I don't see any non-London UK flights from LJU in the future.
- Anonymous14:09
Simple - the UK has a rich history of travelling to the former Yugoslavia and since secession; it also offers a wealth of destinations for visitors. Excuse my ignorance if I am incorrect but there isn't such a link between Slovenia/ex Yu and Iraq, Bag(h)dad or elsewhere...Delete
- Anonymous12:49
I wouldn't be surprised if they are cutting underperforming routes because of Vienna. I can't imagine them making any money there and they also starting cutting there.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous19:36
Wizz recently confirmed that their Vienna ops were already highly profitable after the first year there. Not just profitable but highly profitable.Delete
- Anonymous21:29
Riiiiiiight, I highly doubt that especially since they are already cutting like five routes from Vienna. What else are they supposed to say? A PR fluff piece is supposed to be positive.Delete
- Anonymous07:08
They are cutting like four: Malmo, Gdansk, Tuzla and another one can't remember now. Furthermore yesterday they announced the suspension of around 6 routes from Luton and the reduction of frequencies on another 6 or 7.Delete
Since you don't have proof of their super duper financial performance in Vienna then I guess the only indicator of facts are the ones above. They must be feeling the financial pressure from their owners to start making money.
Routes being cut from Luton: Ljubljana, Catania, Verona, Turku, Tallinn and Bari.
Reductions to Bratislava, Kosice, Poprad, Prague, Bergen, Oslo, Stavanger, Lviv and Lublin.
Not good, not good at all.
- Anonymous12:03
Okay right - so they suspend 4 and introduce 13 new ones from Vienna. Plus base one more A321 there!Delete
As a UK citizen living in Southern Austria (Carinthia) , the WizzAir LTN - LJU service has frequently been a real help for myself, family and friends. Not just because of the fares, but that LJU is only 1.5hrs transit time from here. That knocks spots off the 4+hrs from VIE, which is the only year-round scheduled service to Austria from London, or anywhere else in the UK for that matter.ReplyDelete
When it comes to regional airport utilisation, the Austrian's are still in the dark ages
LGW AND STN are absolute nightmares as airports and could learn a lot from the newly revamped LTN.
Furthermore, in my humble opinion, WizzAir is streets ahead of Easyjet on it's offering to passengers.
OK, so WizzAir is looking at profitability, but surely removing the service altogether and giving carte-blanche to it's competitors on the route is far worse than keeping a foot in the door with just one service per week.Replies
- Anonymous19:40
Don't understand why there is no GRZ route from any London airport to serve Styria and Carinthia plus parts of Hungary and Slovenia.Delete
- Anonymous22:41
Can you immagine if JP was actually ran like a proper busines and kept its legacy slots at LHR ... my oh my, they could easily operate an A321 on the route.Delete
- Anonymous10:29
Wait what? How is that possible, I just booked my flight in December Luton - Ljubljana in December with Wizz few days ago.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous10:34
They were on sale until a few days ago. You will probably be contacted and refunded or offered an alternative via BUD.Delete
- Anonymous10:40
Great... I better buy Easy ticket while it's still relatively cheap. This is sad, I loved flying with Wizz.Delete
- Anonymous11:49
I called them and they offered me to refund the flight and put it on my Wizz Account. Better than nothing, the credit also never expires, so... I guess a fair solution.Delete
- Anonymous11:51
well...there is a RailJet of ČD that runs Praha - Graz .... pretty close. Only need to hitchhike a bit and you are home :D :DDelete
- Anonymous12:35
Perhaps I could also write an article about my journey for their Wizz Air Magazine. I bet they would love it.Delete
I hope when they return to LJU airport they will get higher prices .... LJU should try attract svoboda for St. Peterburg, Volotea or Vueling for Madrid/Barcelona/Lisboa.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous18:14
Very quietly Wizz air will stop flying to Turku from London on 1st October. I understand that the passenger mix was entirely different from those flying on Finnair or BA. Where do these people come from ?ReplyDelete
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The term export means shipping in the goods and services out of the jurisdiction of a country. The seller of such goods and services is referred to as an "exporter" and is based in the country of export whereas the overseas based buyer is referred to as an "importer". In international trade, "exports" refers to selling goods and services produced in the home country to other markets.
- History
- Process
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- Canada
- India
- United States
- Barriers
- Strategic
- Tariffs
- Subsidies
- Exports and free trade
- Export strategy
- Advantages of exporting
- Disadvantages of exporting
- Ways of exporting
- Direct selling in export strategy
- Indirect selling
- United Kingdom
- Challenges
- References
Export of commercial quantities of goods normally requires involvement of the customs authorities in both the country of export and the country of import. The advent of small trades over the internet such as through Amazon and eBay have largely bypassed the involvement of Customs in many countries because of the low individual values of these trades. Nonetheless, these small exports are still subject to legal restrictions applied by the country of export. An export's counterpart is an import.
The theory of international trade and commercial policy is one of the oldest branches of economic thought. Exporting is a major component of international trade, and the macroeconomic risks and benefits of exporting are regularly discussed and disputed by economists and others. Two views concerning international trade present different perspectives. The first recognizes the benefits of international trade. The second concerns itself with the possibility that certain domestic industries (or laborers, or culture) could be harmed by foreign competition.
Methods of export include a product or good or information being mailed, hand-delivered, shipped by air, shipped by vessel, uploaded to an internet site, or downloaded from an internet site. Exports also include the distribution of information that can be sent in the form of an email, an email attachment, a fax or can be shared during a telephone conversation.
Australian Defence Export Control Office (DECO)
Export Promotion Bureau, Bangladesh
Canadian Export and Import Controls Bureau (EICB)
The import or export of any foreign products in India are regulated under the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act. Under this act the Central government of India can make the provisions for development and also regulates the foreign trade. Also the Central government can prohibit, restrict and regulates the export activities. Under this act every importer or exporter must obtain an Importer Exporter Code number 'IEC' code number from Director of General of Foreign Trade.
United States
The export of defense-related articles and services on the United States Munitions List (USML) is governed by the Department of State under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is responsible for implementing and enforcing the Code of Federal Regulations Title 15 chapter VII, subchapter C, also known as Export Administration Regulations (EAR), in the United States. The BIS regulates the export and reexport of most commercial items. Some commodities require a license in order to export. There are different requirements to export lawfully depending on the product or service being exported. Depending on the category the 'item' falls under, the company may need to obtain a license prior to exporting. EAR restrictions can vary from country to country. The most restricted destinations are countries under economic embargoes or designated as supporting terrorist activities, including Cuba, North Korea, Sudan, Syria and Iran (see: Sanctions against Iran). Some products have received worldwide restrictions prohibiting exports. If any items would support a proliferation activity, such as nuclear, chemical/biological, or missile proliferation activities in a country of concern, a license would be required. Part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations spells out the specific regulations related to end-user and end-use controls. There are many prohibited end users. See the consolidated U.S. Government screening list, including proscribed parties from the Departments of State and Treasury as well as Commerce, at [1]
An item is considered an export whether or not it is leaving the United States temporarily, if it is leaving the United State but is not for sale (a gift), or if it is going to a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary in a foreign country. A foreign-origin item exported from the United States, transmitted or transhipped through the United States, or being returned from the United States to its foreign country of origin is considered an export. How an item is transported outside of the United States does not matter in determining export license requirements. Refer to U.S. Census Data for data on exports by industry for 2013.
Trade barriers are generally defined as government laws, regulations, policy, or practices that either protect domestic products from foreign competition or artificially stimulate exports of particular domestic products. While restrictive business practices sometimes have a similar effect, they are not usually regarded as trade barriers. The most common foreign trade barriers are government-imposed measures and policies that restrict, prevent, or impede the international exchange of goods and services.
International agreements limit trade in and the transfer of, certain types of goods and information e.g. goods associated with weapons of mass destruction, advanced telecommunications, arms and torture, and also some art and archaeological artefacts. Examples include Nuclear Suppliers Group - limiting trade in nuclear weapons and associated goods (currently only 45 countries participate), The Australia Group - limiting trade in chemical & biological weapons and associated goods (currently only 39 countries), Missile Technology Control Regime - limiting trade in the means of delivering weapons of mass destruction (currently only 36 countries) and The Wassenaar Arrangement - limiting trade in conventional arms and technological developments (currently only 40 countries).
A tariff is a tax placed on a specific good or set of goods exported from or imported to a country, creating an economic barrier to trade.
Usually the tactic is used when a country's domestic output of the good is falling and imports from foreign competitors are rising, particularly if there exist strategic reasons for retaining a domestic production capability.
Some failing industries receive a protection with an effect similar to a subsidies in that by placing the tariff on the industry, the industry is less enticed to produce goods in a quicker, cheaper, and more productive fashion. The third reason for a tariff involves addressing the issue of dumping. Dumping involves a country producing highly excessive amounts of goods and dumping the goods on another foreign country, producing the effect of prices that are "too low". Too low can refer to either pricing the good from the foreign market at a price lower than charged in the domestic market of the country of origin. The other reference to dumping relates or refers to the producer selling the product at a price in which there is no profit or a loss. The purpose and expected outcome of the tariff is to encourage spending on domestic goods and services.
Protective tariffs sometimes protect what are known as infant industries that are in the phase of expansive growth. A tariff is used temporarily to allow the industry to succeed in spite of strong competition. Protective tariffs are considered valid if the resources are more productive in their new use than they would be if the industry had not been started. The infant industry eventually must incorporate itself into a market without the protection of government subsidies.
Tariffs can create tension between countries. Examples include the United States steel tariff of 2002 and when China placed a 14% tariff on imported auto parts. Such tariffs usually lead to filing a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) and, if that fails, could eventually head toward the country placing a tariff against the other nation in spite, to impress pressure to remove the tariff.
To subsidize an industry or company refers to, in this instance, a governmental providing supplemental financial support to manipulate the price below market value. Subsidies are generally used for failing industries that need a boost in domestic spending. Subsidizing encourages greater demand for a good or service because of the slashed price. The effect of subsidies deters other countries that are able to produce a specific product or service at a faster, cheaper, and more productive rate. With the lowered price, these efficient producers cannot compete. The life of a subsidy is generally short-lived, but sometimes can be implemented on a more permanent basis.
The agricultural industry is subsidized in countries such as the United States, Japan, and many nations located in the European Union (EU). Critics argue such subsidies cost developing nations $24 billion annually in lost income, according to a study by the International Food Policy Research Institute, a D.C. group funded partly by the World Bank. In 2000, the U.S. spent $32.3 billion on the agricultural industry. The EU spends about $50 billion annually, nearly half its annual budget on its common agricultural policy and rural development.
Exports and free trade
The theory of comparative advantage materialised during the first quarter of the 19th century in the writings of 'classical economists'. While David Ricardo is most credited with the development of the theory (in Chapter 7 of his Principles of Political Economy, 1817), James Mill and Robert Torrens produced similar ideas. The theory states that all parties maximise benefit in an environment of unrestricted trade, even if absolute advantages in production exist between the parties. In contrast to Mercantilism, the first systematic body of thought devoted to international trade, emerged during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe. While most views surfacing from this school of thought differed, a commonly argued key objective of trade was to promote a "favourable" balance of trade, referring to a time when the value of domestic goods exported exceeds the value of foreign goods imported. The "favourable" balance in turn created a balance of trade surplus. Mercantilists advocated that government policy directly arrange the flow of commerce to conform to their beliefs. They sought a highly interventionist agenda, using taxes on trade to manipulate the balance of trade or commodity composition of trade in favour of the home country.
Export strategy
Export strategy is to ship commodities to other places or countries for sale or exchange. In economics, an export is any good or commodity, transported from one country to another country in a legitimate fashion, typically for use in trade.
The four key pillars of a successful export strategy:
Internal 1: Export readiness assessment of a company (and gap analysis with recommendations how to address the change required)
Internal 2: Export readiness assessment of a product (including benchmarking with similar products that are currently successfully traded on target markets; technical characteristics; packaging and labelling).
External 3: Research of 220 countries and the World's major trade channels to find target market/s.
External 4: Develop export strategy to enter the selected above target market/s (that will include such considerations like transport, partnership, key distribution channels, pricing, volumes, advertising, etc.).
Advantages of exporting
Ownership advantages are the firm's specific assets, international experience, and the ability to develop either low-cost or differentiated products within the contacts of its value chain. The locational advantages of a particular market are a combination of market potential and investment risk. Internationalization advantages are the benefits of retaining a core competence within the company and threading it though the value chain rather than obtain to license, outsource, or sell it. In relation to the Eclectic paradigm, companies that have low levels of ownership advantages either do not enter foreign markets. If the company and its products are equipped with ownership advantage and internalization advantage, they enter through low-risk modes such as exporting. Exporting requires significantly lower level of investment than other modes of international expansion, such as FDI. As you might expect, the lower risk of export typically results in a lower rate of return on sales than possible though other modes of international business. In other words, the usual return on export sales may not be tremendous, but neither is the risk. Exporting allows managers to exercise operation control but does not provide them the option to exercise as much marketing control. An exporter usually resides far from the end consumer and often enlists various intermediaries to manage marketing activities. After two straight months of contraction, exports from India rose a whopping 11.64% at $25.83 billion in July 2013 against $23.14 billion in the same month of the previous year.
Disadvantages of exporting
For Small-and-Medium Enterprises (SME) with less than 250 employees, selling goods and services to foreign markets seems to be more difficult than serving the domestic market. The lack of knowledge for trade regulations, cultural differences, different languages and foreign-exchange situations as well as the strain of resources and staff interact like a block for exporting. Indeed, there are some SME's which are exporting, but nearly two-third of them sell in only to one foreign market. The following assumption shows the main disadvantages:
Ways of exporting
The company can decide to export directly or indirectly to a foreign country.
Direct selling in export strategy
Direct selling involves sales representatives, distributors, or retailers who are located outside the exporter's home country. Direct exports are goods and services that are sold to an independent party outside of the exporter's home country. Mainly the companies are pushed by core competencies and improving their performance of value chain.
Direct selling through distributors
It is considered to be the most popular option to companies, to develop their own international marketing capability. This is achieved by charging personnel from the company to give them greater control over their operations. Direct selling also give the company greater control over the marketing function and the opportunity to earn more profits. In other cases where network of sales representative, the company can transfer them exclusive rights to sell in a particular geographic region.
A distributor in a foreign country is a merchant who purchases the product from the manufacturer and sells them at profit. Distributors usually carry stock inventory and service the product, and in most cases distributes deals with retailers rather than end users.
Direct selling through foreign retailers and end users
Exporters can also sell directly to foreign retailers. Usually, products are limited to consumer lines; it can also sell to direct end users. A good way to generate such sales is by printing catalogs or attending trade shows.
Electronic commerce is an important mean to small and big companies all over the world, to trade internationally. We already can see how important E-commerce is for marketing growth among exporters companies in emerging economies, in order to overcome capital and infrastructure barriers.
E-commerce eased engagements, provided faster and cheaper delivery of information, generates quick feedback on new products, improves customer service, accesses a global audience, levels the field of companies, and support electronics data interchange with suppliers and customers.
Indirect selling
Indirect exports, is simply selling goods to or through an independent domestic intermediary in their own home county. Then intermediaries export the products to customers foreign markets.
Once a company determines it has exportable products, it must still consider other factors, such as the following:
United States
The U.S. Department of Commerce provides U.S. companies the opportunity to promote their products and services free of charge. To do so, the Export Yellow Pages is published online and in print and is delivered to embassies, trade centers, consulates, and associations worldwide.
The California Centers for International Trade Development (CITD's) have 13 offices throughout California, each CITD is hosted by a local community college and provides a variety of free or low-cost programs & services to assist local companies in doing business abroad. These include one-on-one technical assistance and consulting, market research, training and educational programs, trade leads and special events.
United Kingdom
The UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), formed in 1999, is a government body that assists British companies with their exporting needs.
Exporting to foreign countries poses challenges not found in domestic sales. With domestic sales, manufacturers typically sell to wholesalers or direct to retailer or even direct to consumers. When exporting, manufacturers may have to sell to importers who then in turn sell to wholesalers. Extra layer(s) in the chain of distribution squeezes margins and manufacturers may need to offer lower prices to importers than to domestic wholesalers.


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foreach my $allele ( keys %af ) {
print "$allele $af{$allele}\n";
DESCRIPTIONThis interface describes the basics of a population. One can use this object to get the genotypes of specific individuals, only those individuals which have a certain marker, or create a marker with allele frequency information.
Mailing ListsUser feedback is an integral part of the evolution of this and other Bioperl modules. Send your comments and suggestions preferably to the Bioperl mailing list. Your participation is much appreciated.
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rather than to the module maintainer directly. Many experienced and reponsive experts will be able look at the problem and quickly address it. Please include a thorough description of the problem with code and data examples if at all possible.
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AUTHOR - Jason StajichEmail jason-at-bioperl.org
CONTRIBUTORSMatthew Hahn, matthew.hahn-at-duke.edu
APPENDIXThe rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _
Title : name Usage : my $name = $pop->name Function: Get the population name Returns : string representing population name Args : [optional] string representing population name
Title : description Usage : my $description = $pop->description Function: Get the population description Returns : string representing population description Args : [optional] string representing population description
Title : source Usage : my $source = $pop->source Function: Get the population source Returns : string representing population source Args : [optional] string representing population source
Title : annotation Usage : my $annotation_collection = $pop->annotation; Function: Get/set a Bio::AnnotationCollectionI for this population Returns : Bio::AnnotationCollectionI object Args : [optional set] Bio::AnnotationCollectionI object
Title : get_Individuals Usage : my @inds = $pop->get_Individuals(); Function: Return the individuals, alternatively restrict by a criteria Returns : Array of L<Bio::PopGen::IndividualI> objects Args : none if want all the individuals OR, -unique_id => To get an individual with a specific id -marker => To only get individuals which have a genotype specific for a specific marker name
Title : get_Genotypes Usage : my @genotypes = $pop->get_Genotypes(-marker => $name) Function: Get the genotypes for all the individuals for a specific marker name Returns : Array of L<Bio::PopGen::GenotypeI> objects Args : -marker => name of the marker
Title : get_Marker Usage : my $marker = $population->get_Marker($name) Function: Get a Bio::PopGen::Marker object based on this population Returns : L<Bio::PopGen::MarkerI> object Args : name of the marker
Title : get_marker_names Usage : my @names = $pop->get_marker_names; Function: Get the names of the markers Returns : Array of strings Args : none
Title : get_Markers Usage : my @markers = $pop->get_Markers(); Function: Will retrieve a list of instantiated MarkerI objects for a population. This is a convience method combining get_marker_names with get_Marker Returns : List of array of Bio::PopGen::MarkerI objects Args : none
Title : get_number_individuals Usage : my $count = $pop->get_number_individuals; Function: Get the count of the number of individuals Returns : integer >= 0 Args : [optional] marker name, will return a count of the number of individuals which have this marker


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'Idol' producers speak on Carey, Minaj dispute
(CNN) -- After all of the accusations that have emerged from last week's spat between "American Idol" judges Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey, one might think that the producers would be less optimistic about their new panel.
But in a statement, the production team for the Fox singing competition is unfailingly optimistic, calling their lineup - which also includes Keith Urban, and longtime judge Randy Jackson - "one of the best, most passionate, dynamic and invested judging panels we've ever had."
"We love and support all of the judges and the fantastic work they are doing, and we can't imagine a better group to find the next 'American Idol,'" the producers said. "Despite all the accusations and media speculation - much of which is inaccurate - production is going extremely well ... and the judges are focused on finding the best talent here in Baton Rouge."
That was on Friday, three days following Minaj's recorded blowup with Carey at the judges' table - but their argument didn't end there.
Last week, Barbara Walters told "The View's" audience that she'd spoken with Mariah Carey, and that the singer said she was hiring extra security after Minaj said she'd shoot Carey if she had a gun. Minaj countered with a torrent of tweets, mainly denying Carey's claims.
It was definitely dramatic, and not everyone's buying that it's more than just an act. When TMZ caught up with former judge Steven Tyler and asked if he thought the feud was B.S., the Aerosmith frontman replied, "Of course, are you kidding?"
Carey's husband Nick Cannon was similarly unfazed, telling TMZ, "it's not a big deal at all ... I think it's been overly sensationalized."
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- It's an Upset
- Let He Who Is without Sin Etc. Etc.
- Seagull!
- This Deal Is Getting Worse All the Time
- Wait for It
- It's a Miracle
- Gender Gap
- Pope Sasha Fierce, We Presume
- Local Boy Makes Good
- Obligatory Drug Joke Here
- That's Just What They'd Expect Us to Expect
- And the Award Goes To…
- I'ma Let You Finish
- Big Kristen Bell Fan, The Pope
- Thinking Ahead
- Obligatory 'Girls' Joke Here
- Sing Out, Jorge!
- Somebody Alert Dan Brown
- Again with the Seagull
19 of the Best Tweets about the Election of Pope Francis
As the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio himself might say, the Devil finds work for idle hands to do. In this case, while the world awaited the announcement of the new Pope, people on Twitter made mischief.


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The Press Release I wrote for the show and the Christmas EP in PDF format
Whether it's Music or Media - this is the Voice you're looking for.
The Press Release I wrote for the show and the Christmas EP in PDF format
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Available Now for $0.99 on the App Store, New Release Offers Fresh and Alternate Experience to Freemium Version
LOS ANGELES – January 24, 2012 – Atari, one of the world's most recognized publishers and developers of interactive entertainment, today announced the App Store release of Breakout®: Boost+, a new version of its popular brick-breaking game Breakout®: Boost for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Available for $0.99, Breakout: Boost+ features one hundred brand-new levels with all the challenging and frenetic brick-breaking action of the original iOS hit that achieved over two million downloads in the first month after launch. Download Breakout: Boost+ to your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch now from the App Store at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id494136657.
Breakout: Boost+ features:
• One hundred brand-new levels with unique brick layouts to smash through
• Boost Control allows players to manually adjust the ball's speed, scaling up the speed to increase the score multiplier
• Special ball upgrades to aid your destruction, such as the Fire, Acid, Splitting and Grenade balls
• New and unique brick varieties standing in your way, including Exploding, Mystery, x4 and Metal bricks
• Save and restore in-progress games, so you can stop and start at your convenience
• Game Center and OpenFeint integration for score leaderboards and achievements
Those interested in trying out Breakout: Boost may still download the original title for free, including five levels and additional content available through in-app purchases, using the following link to the App Store: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/breakout-boost/id476059948?mt=8.
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Atari has offices in Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Lyon and London.
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Overheard amongst the shelves…
Customer: Excuse me, do you have any signed copies of Shakespeare plays?
Me: Er… do you mean signed by the people who performed the play?
Customer: No, I mean signed by William Shakespeare.
Customer: I read a book in the Eighties. I don't remember the author, or the title. But it was green, and it made me laugh. Do you know which one I mean?
Man: Do you have black and white film posters?
Me: Yes, we do, over here.
Man: Do you have any posters of Adolf Hitler?
Me: Pardon?
Man: Adolf Hitler.
Me: Well, he wasn't a film star, was he.
Man: Yes, he was. He was American. Jewish, I think.
Me: ………..
More from Jen Campbell, a young writer "currently working in bookselling," in her "Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops."
As we lower our voices, we might recall that it was on this date in 1962, in his first one-man show (at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles), that Andy Warhol premiered his Campbell's Soup Can series. It was the debut of Pop Art on the West Coast.


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Easiest to find is this, from the WaPo:
[R]eaders of Blue Hampshire -- about 800 a day, a relatively small but consequential group that includes party activists and state Democratic leaders -- recommend "diaries" that visitors should read. Yesterday, four readers who created new accounts and recommended pro-Clinton postings were traced back to Clinton's campaign. And those readers, Blue Hampshire noted, didn't disclose their relationship with Clinton. In the blogosphere, there's a word for this frowned-upon behavior: "sock-puppeting."WaPo links to the relevant post at Blue Hampshire, which shows the ineptitude of the puppetry:
Recently, we admins noticed this comment thread on a recommended diary, and the oddities it posed made us look a little deeper than we normally would.Surely, there must be much more puppetry that escapes attention if this is how dumb it is when it's caught.
As the comment thread revealed, users pinballwizard, elf, shley24, MTAY all registered in succession to recommend the diary. A further look by us revealed that:
* they had registered within minutes of each other, including another user a bit later, janbaby, who was not among the recommenders,
* the same IP address was used by all of them, and is registered to the Clinton campaign,
* two other recommenders, blues and kmeisje, also registered from the same IP address.
Meanwhile, here's how Matt Bai begins his most recent post: "I'm still trying to get used to blogging...." Please. Spare me the neophyte posing. You wrote a whole book about blogging! You should be demonstrating the art of master blogging.
ADDED: Speaking of Matt Bai not linking, I was just reading (and linking to) this essay he wrote about Stephen Gilliard — who died this past year. Look at how it ends (with my boldfacing):
[T]he few dozen mostly white bloggers who came to Harlem for the funeral saw for the first time the stark urban setting of Gilliard's childhood, while his parents and relatives groped to understand what kind of work he had been doing at that computer and why scores of people had come so far to see him off. They must have been confused when Gilly's online pals, sickened by the way some right-wing bloggers were gloating over his death, advised them not to disclose where he was buried, out of fear that someone might deface the site. The grave, like Gilliard himself, is known only to a few.What right-wing bloggers? What did they say? Were "Gilly's online pals" correct in their characterization, or were they out of line? This just hangs there. NYT readers are left to think ill of the right wing of the blogosphere. Why, they're a bunch of monsters who want to piss on a young man's grave! Did any significant blogger gloat over Gillard's death?
AND: Speaking of inadequate linking at the NYT... Glenn Reynolds notes a NYT book review that has a hyperlink on N.R.A., where the reference is to Roosevelt's National Recovery Administration, that takes us to a list of articles about the National Rifle Association. The mistake is still there 2 hours after Glenn conspicuously shamed them about it. The NYT should be making a conspicuous show of its professionalism and superior resources on the web, but instead it is making mistakes that would mortify me — in my little one-person operation.


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I didn't expect anything other than a healthy full term baby. I thought I'd have huge babies, just as my mother did, and I'd have to argue with the hospital staff about not trying to push pain medication on me as I labored for the twentieth straight hour. Ha!
As it turns out, my membranes ruptured early with both my children. I just don't make quality amniotic sacs, and nobody really knows why. What I do know is that hospital bed rest sucks. I had a week or more of it with both my kids, back in the bad old days when Wi-Fi and cell phones were eyed with suspicion and banned completely from hospitals. At our second go-round in the NICU, they had relaxed considerably, but the hospital still didn't have Wi-Fi access. Or more than five channels on the TV.
Hospital bed rest is a mind-numbing purgatory. My days were spent trying to kill time in a room I couldn't leave, and my nights were spent trying to sleep in an uncomfortable bed. Or sometimes trying to avoid sleep until daylight out of fear of nightmares. Meals, visitors, and showers were welcome breaks to the routine, but in the end, I was just waiting and incubating. Once my babies were born, it was a lot of excitement for a little bit and then a new kind of waiting routine, this time split between driving home, driving to the hospital, pumping, and waiting for feeding time when I could hold my baby.
Thank goodness most hospitals have eased up on the cell phones and Internet. These days, I'd have Netflix, eBooks, and my social networks to entertain me and keep me connected to friends during the long, long periods of waiting for my baby to get bigger, either on the inside or outside.
Pump Love-Hate
A funny thing about preemies. They don't develop a suck-swallow reflex until somewhere around 34-36 weeks gestational age. My son was an unusually talented 33 weeker and knew how to do it at birth, but my daughter was barely nursing at 36 weeks gestational age, and I was sent home to cope with trying to make a "nipple sandwich" at 3:00 am on two hours sleep with my teeny tiny baby that still hadn't reached her due date. We did manage to establish a nursing relationship. It wasn't easy, and were lucky.
One of the best investments I made after my daughter's birth was a Medela Pump In Style. The lactation consultants at the hospital told me not to skimp on the breast pump, and that was really good advice. I opted for the backpack version, since I knew I might need to travel for work, and I didn't want something that screamed, "Hey everybody! I'm going to go make some milk now!"
I developed a big love-hate relationship with that thing. My pump helped me establish a nursing relationship and continue it once I'd returned to work. It meant I was connected to my baby, even though I wasn't the one staying home with her. The backpack worked great for me when I had day trips away from my office, even if a few of them meant pumping in the bathroom – ugh.
At the same time, pumping just sucks (ha ha!). You're tied to a machine, not a baby, and it's especially harsh when you're at home when your baby's in the hospital. Thank goodness I have an office with a door and understanding co-workers. Thank goodness there was a Buffy marathon on TV when I was on maternity leave. Thank goodness I made enough milk to feed triplets. I ended up donating my extra to a milk bank.
As a new parent, you end up buying things you never end up using before the baby is born and needing things you didn't anticipate after the birth. I've never regretted my investment in that breast pump. I can't say the same about that Baby Einstein video.


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Hard Rock Cafe International (USA) has filed a $2.5 million permit with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement for interior renovations at 126 Beale St.
The restaurant, bar and live music venue will depart its current location at 315 Beale St. and move to the Lansky Bros. building at Second and Beale, according to recent reports in The Commercial Appeal.
The permit lists Hard Rock as the tenant and Belz Enterprises as owner. Technically, the owner is BJHA LLC, which is affiliated with the Lansky family.
Built in 1904, the 24,512-square-foot building sits on 0.8 acres and formerly housed EP Delta Kitchen & Bar, which closed in 2008. The Shelby County Assessor of Property's 2013 appraisal was $1.3 million.
Philadelphia, Miss.-based W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Co., which has an office on Poplar Avenue, is general contractor for the project.
Source: The Daily News Online & Chandler Reports
– Daily News staff
The groundbreaking for the first Hilton Garden Inn in Memphis is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 31, at 10 a.m.
Hilton Worldwide and Globus Partnership are hosting the groundbreaking at the site of the new hotel, 7955 Market Plaza Drive in Cordova.
The property is owned by Globus Partnership, and construction will be provided by Montgomery Martin Contractors LLC. The five-story, 124-room Hilton Garden Inn Memphis-Cordova/Wolfchase is expected to be completed in December.
The Cordova hotel could be the first of two Hilton Garden Inns to break ground this year.
In December, Turkey Creek Hospitality announced it had has signed a licensing agreement with Hilton Worldwide to develop a 140-room Hilton Garden Inn at 235 Union Ave., the site of a former structured parking facility at the corner of Union and Fourth Street. Knoxville-based Turkey Creek Hospitality would own and operate the new hotel.
– Amos Maki
Evolve Bank & Trust is offering a challenge grant of $25,000 to Neighborhood Christian Centers Inc. if the nonprofit raises $50,000 by Feb. 28.
Because of the challenge grant, Neighborhood Christian Centers will leverage all gifts of any size that are designated for the "Evolve Matching Gift" from now through the deadline.
To have their gifts matched, donors may mail contributions to Neighborhood Christian Centers (785 Jackson Ave.) or donate at ncclife.org and note "Evolve Matching Gift."
Neighborhood Christian Centers President and CEO Ephie Ballard Johnson said the grant will allow the group to engage its donors and leverage each of their gifts.
– Andy Meek
University of Memphis sophomore forward Shaq Goodwin made the American Athletic Conference's Weekly Honor Roll after averaging 16.5 points and 8.0 rebounds through games ending Sunday, Jan. 26.
The Tigers went 2-0, beating Houston and the University of South Florida in games at FedExForum.
For the season, Goodwin is averaging 13.2 points per game and a team-high 7.0 rebounds. He also leads the Tigers with 30 blocks.
– Don Wade
Shelby County Commissioners on Monday voted down a resolution by Commissioner Steve Basar urging the Tennessee Building Commission to reject Memphis government's coming application for a Fairgrounds Tourism Development Zone.
The commission's addition of the ballpark deal to its Monday agenda did not extend to adding a resolution that would change the size and districts of the Shelby County Schools board.
Commissioner Mike Ritz said earlier this month he is ready to propose changing the 13-member school board, which is to debut in September, to a nine-member school board whose districts cover only the city of Memphis and unincorporated areas of Shelby County.
The current seven-member school board covers all of Shelby County, as would the 13-member board.
The district lines to be proposed by Ritz would reflect the formation of six suburban school systems, each with its own elected school board. Leaders from the six districts are hoping to open their separate systems when the new school year starts in August.
The change, if approved, would also come as the filing period for candidates in the 13 races on the August county general election ballot is already underway.
– Bill Dries
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has been named policy chairman of the Republican Governors Public Policy Committee.
The group is the policy arm of the Republican Governors Association. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who is the chairman of the 29-member national association, in a release called Haslam "a true pioneer in the public policy sphere."
Haslam said states are flourishing while the federal government is unable to implement its own policy priorities. The governor stressed his own accomplishments in overhauling civil service rules in Tennessee and reducing what he called the government footprint in the state.
Haslam is up for re-election this fall but has yet to draw a serious opponent for the primary or general election.
– The Associated Press
Mississippi's unemployment rate fell to 8 percent in December, as people continued to drop out of the labor force.
A separate survey shows state employer payrolls rising slowly.
Both sets of figures – adjusted to cancel out normal seasonal changes – were released Tuesday by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
It's the lowest state jobless rate since January 2009, a point when jobless rolls were surging.
Mississippi's unemployment rate was 8.3 percent in November. The state jobless rate was 8.9 percent in December 2012.
The labor department reports 102,000 Mississippians were unemployed in November, down from 107,000 in November and 119,000 in December 2012.
That decline was more than cancelled out by an 8,000-person decline in the labor force.
U.S. home prices fell slightly in November as colder weather slowed buying, ending nine straight months of price gains.
The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index slipped 0.1 percent from October to November, partly reversing the previous monthly increase of 0.2 percent. But the index is not adjusted for seasonal variations, so the monthly decline partly reflects slower buying in the late fall as temperatures drop.
"November was a good month for home prices," said David Blitzer, chairman of the S&P Dow Jones index committee. "Prices typically weaken as we move closer to the winter."
Despite the overall decline, home values have continued to rise in many Sun Belt cities. Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Phoenix have registered 20 straight months of rising prices.
But home prices surged for much of 2013, driven by big gains earlier in the year. Prices have risen 13.7 percent over the past 12 months.
The Case-Shiller index covers roughly half of U.S. homes. The index measures prices compared with those in January 2000 and creates a three-month moving average. The November figures are the latest available.
U.S. consumer confidence has risen to its highest point since August on the strength of a brighter view of the job market and business conditions.
The Conference Board, a business research group, said Tuesday its consumer confidence index rose to 80.7 this month from a December reading of 77.5. It was the second consecutive strong gain.
Consumer confidence is closely watched because consumer spending accounts for 70 percent of U.S. economic activity.
For 2013, the confidence gauge averaged 73.3, the highest since 2007. That's above the 45.2 average in 2009 when the economy was in recession for half the year. But it is still below the reading of 90 that economists view as consistent with a healthy economy.
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Simple one today…I like this room…blue and white done just right! (sorry for all of the rhyming…LOL!)
Colorful, simple, playful with clean lines. Nice living room! I actually love the blue and white zig zag chevron and diamond two pattern rug and the wonderful white slipcovered sofas. The dusty dark blue walls are quite nice too along with the very subtle pops of orange in the pillows and flowers. LOVELY!
What do you think friends? Love, like, neutral or dislike. Do tell!
Happy Thursday!
P.S. Had a nice dinner out last night – nice views, good company, very loud wait staff (felt like they were yelling every time they spoke to us), good food…check out COCOCOZY Twitter to see where.
P.P.S. Also loving the new TradHome online magazine…the brand new joint venture between Traditional Home and Lonny magazines. Very nice. Would be even nicer if a COCOCOZY pillow or throw had been featured.;-) Biased clearly. I managed to make it through with no COCOCOZY in sight and so enjoyed it…guess I can be unbiased…maybe…maybe not…maybe? So many great online magazines out in this last week…between Trad Home and High Gloss Magazine (where a COCOCOZY throw was featured…yup.), have been busy catching up on the latest in design and decor. I like!
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text: Here it is, the fruits of my "labor" from that trip to Portland- A demo of my Whoopie Pies, which you can now watch on the Everyday Dish! This is the first time I've done anything like this, so please be gentle. The above screen cap is as far as I could bear watching, so tell me, is it okay? I'm too scared to look!


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Rip currents typically reach speeds of 1 to 2 feet per second. However, some rip currents have been measured at 8 feet per second—faster than any Olympic swimmer ever recorded (NOAA, 2005b). If wave activity is slight, several low rip currents can form, in various sizes and velocities. But in heavier wave action, fewer, more concentrated rip currents can form.
Because rip currents move perpendicular to shore and can be very strong, beach swimmers need to be careful. A person caught in a rip can be swept away from shore very quickly. The best way to escape a rip current is by swimming parallel to the shore instead of towards it, since most rip currents are less than 80 feet wide. A swimmer can also let the current carry him or her out to sea until the force weakens, because rip currents stay close to shore and usually dissipate just beyond the line of breaking waves. Occasionally, however, a rip current can push someone hundreds of yards offshore. The most important thing to remember if you are ever caught in a rip current is not to panic. Continue to breathe, try to keep your head above water, and don't exhaust yourself fighting against the force of the current.


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This support document is available for the following products:
Opening the user interface of FRITZ!Repeater
You can easily open the user interface of the FRITZ!Repeater on all computers, smartphones, or tablets in the home network by entering the address http://fritz.repeater in a web browser. Then you can configure all of the functions and view detailed information about the product, your access, and connections in the user interface.
Please note:
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- Incontinence affects all ages, both sexes, and people of every social and economic level.
- An estimated 12 million Americans have some problem controlling urination.
- It is treatable and generally does not require surgery.
Urinary incontinence: what is it?
Answer the following questions:
- Do you leak urine with coughing, sneezing, lifting?
- Do you leak urine before you make it to the bathroom?
- Do you need to wear protective undergarments for urine leakage?
If you answered yes to one or more, you know what incontinence is!
Causes of urinary incontinence
- Urinary tract or vaginal infections
- Effects of medicine
- Constipation
- Weakness of certain muscles
- Blocked urethra due to an enlarged prostate
- Diseases and disorders involving nerves and/or muscles
- Some types of surgery
Types of incontinence
- Stress incontinence: Leak urine with exercise, cough, sneeze.
- Urge Incontinence: loss of urine as soon as they sense need to use toilet. "Can't get there quickly enough"
- Mixed incontinence: combination of the above
- Overflow incontinence: feeling of incomplete emptying, lose small amounts day and night
Urinary incontinence: what to do?
- Is the problem bothersome?
- Does it alter your quality of life?
- If so: Tell your doctor, he or she can help!
How to diagnose incontinence
- Urinalysis to examine for presence of infection, blood, or other abnormalities
- Post-void residual measurement to see if any urine remains after an attempt has been made to completely empty the bladder
- Ultrasound to determine the size and shape of the kidneys, bladder, and prostate
- Cystoscopy using a thin telescope, allows the physician to see inside the bladder
- Stress test examines bladder and sphincter muscle function
- Urodynamics specialist test to see how bladder is working
Treatment for urinary incontinence
- Behavioral Therapy. Special exercises and training to strengthen the sphincter muscles.
- Medicine is prescribed to relax the bladder or tighten the sphincter muscles.
- Surgery
- For men: operation to relieve the blockage caused by an enlarged prostate.
- For women: operation to restore the support of the pelvic floor muscles, or to reconstruct or compress the sphincter.
- An artificial urinary sphincter can replace a damaged or absent sphincter muscle.
- Absorbent products and devices.
- Timed voiding: gradually increases the interval between voids
- Kegel exercises: for both urge and stress, improves ability of pelvic muscles to control leakage
- Biofeedback: extension of Kegels. Helps patients focus on pelvic floor muscles
- Electrical stimulation: electrical stimulation of pelvic floor muscles. Carried out with biofeedback
- Extracorporeal magnetic innervation:
- The Neotonus Chair, electromagnetic stimulation of the pelvic floor muscles
- Medications: drugs are available to inhibit bladder contractions in urge incontinence. Drugs are also available to tighten or relax the bladder neck
- Catheterization: If the bladder does not empty, patients may evacuate their bladders by catheterizing themselves
- Successful procedures available if simple measures don't work e.g.
- Slings and suspension procedures
- If you undergo surgery using GYNECARE TVT Tension-free Support for Incontinence, your surgeon will restore the normal position of the urethra by weaving a "sling" of mesh tape beneath it.
- After surgery, the tape will support the urethra during a sudden movement such as a cough or sneeze. This allows the urethra to remain closed and prevents the involuntary loss of urine.
- Peri-urethral bulking agents
- Artificial sphincters
- Artificial Urinary Sphincter prosthesis is a small, inflatable device. The cuff is filled with fluid and gently squeezes the urethra closed to keep urine in the bladder.
- Pelvic floor stimulators
- Slings and suspension procedures
Urodynamics, incontinence and reconstructive urologist
Jennifer G. Rothschild, M.D., M.A./M.P.H.
Assistant Professor
Help is available
- Consult your physician.
- Incontinence is a treatable condition.
- For more information, call the UC Davis Urologic Surgery Clinic at (916) 734-2222 or (800) 770-6930.


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Buy an Axon, Axon II, or Axon Mote and build a great robot, while helping to support SoR.
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So, until I can find further evidence, free day was simply an underwhelming event. Nothing more.
Its just a marketing ploy, although a genius one at that. I see nothing wrong with that, and if I had a big company I'd probably do the same.That said, 'give back to our customers' is BS, as you said. I ran some numbers, and they actually make a huge profit off of this. Nothing wrong with that, and a small minority get free stuff too. But its a bit too non-transparent/dishonest to me to label it as 'giving'.There is no such thing as free lunch
I got past the login but never got the next screen before the money was gone.Oh well...it was fun trying.


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The Fieldcraft Knife was designed by The Brothers of Bushcraft, a coalition of men across North America focusing on sharing wilderness living skills of all categories. From tracking, to building shelters, the Brothers of Bushcraft make it a point to show the skills to all people, of all ages, from all over.
The knife is ten inches long in total, with a blade length of four and a half inches. This makes a compact, but extremely serviceable knife. The Fieldcraft's blade is 3/16" thick, and made of 1095 High Carbon steel. The cutting edge is a modified Scandinavian Grind, which is very effective for carving, skinning and other general woods work. With a rockwell hardness of 56-58, the ease of sharpening is astounding. That is if you ever get to sharpen the blade. As the hardness and edge geometry work beautifully together to make a long lasting edge.
The handle is one of the most ergonomic ones on the market, sporting several useful additions. Although knives with a lot of frills often end up lacking, the additional items found on the Fieldcraft knife were selected from experience and critiqued in every step of design, development and production. Being made of black G10, the handle will never let you down. The bow drill divot on the handle is frictionless and makes starting those primitive fires almost effortless. The "Thumb Scallops", formed on the hilt of the handle offer more comfort and control when using specialized carving and skinning grips. The pommel of the blade is simply the tang of the knife exposed enough to allow impact from a baton to not effect the handle (though the micarta is definitely tough enough to take such abuse). On the exposed pommel, you will find a scraper specially designed by one of The Brothers of Bushcraft, for striking Ferro rods in a safe and efficient manner.
This knife is pre owned. The knife pictured is the actual knife for sale. Does not come with the original retail packaging or accessories beyond the sheath.


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Crank cotter with nut and washer
Many older bicycles use wedge-shaped fasteners called "cotters" to hold the cranks onto the bottom bracket axle.
These cotters have a nut to hold them in place after they have been driven or pressed in.
They can be difficult to remove, especially if they have been in place for a long time.
Recalcitrant crank cotters are among the most challenging bicycle repair problems. The first thing to try, if you have one available, is a cotter pin press. Park makes the best one I know of, it is basically a super-heavy-duty "C" clamp. Var also makes a cotter pin press that uses a cam and long handles like those of a bolt cutter. I broke one once :-(>
[Update, September, 2013: Park and Var cotter pin presses have been discontinued but one is available from Bikesmith.]
The hammer and pipe system is best if you don't have a press, or if the press fails. You need a short length of pipe, long enough to go from the underside of the crank to the floor. Wedge it in position so that the non-threaded end of the cotter can fit inside of it. The pipe will transmit the impact of the hammer to the floor, so as not to damage the bearing cups or axle cones. It is best to rest the pipe on a concrete floor or to place a thick, steel pad under the end of the pipe. You could damage a wooden floor, and as the pipe indents the floor, it won't provide as good protection to the bearings.
The more rigid the support, the better your luck is likely to be. One neat trick is to place the head of the cotter inside another cottered crank, used as an anvil as shown in the photo below. (Use a left crank so there won't be a chainwheel or crank spider in the way of your hammer.) The crank in the photo is resting on a steel fencepost which is filled with concrete and set in concrete at its base. The cotter shown, already mushroomed by several failed attempts, let go with one hammer blow when resting on this support.You could also rest the assembly on a bench vise or an actual blacksmith's anvil, if you have one.
Second cottered crank as anvil
To be sure, a really rigid support can blemish the crank -- but these days, most cottered-crank replacements will be with new, lighter, more trouble-free cotterless cranks.
I prefer a claw hammer to a ball peen. Claw hammers are designed to drive nails without bending them, and that is very similar to what you want to do to a cotter. Most people are scared to hit a bicycle with a hammer, and are afraid they will miss if they swing too hard. They go "tappy-tappy-tap", nothing happens, then they try hitting a bit harder, then harder still, until the end of the cotter is mushroomed over or bends. If you are going to hammer a cotter, pretend that you are going to try to smash the crank right off the axle. Hold the hammer by the end of the handle, and give it everything you've got! It may work, or you may just bend the end of the cotter over. If you bend it, use the claw of the claw hammer to straighten it, then try again. If you repeat this cycle unsuccessfully a few times, the threaded end of the cotter will snap off.
The next line of attack is to use a punch (drift) to drive out the remnants. The ideal tool for this is a discarded pedal axle: they are the right shape, and the right kind of steel. Nothing you can buy is better.
Nobody is brave (or foolish) enough to hit the punch as hard as it needs to be hit while holding it in their hand. Use a Vise Grip (tm) or similar locking pliers to hold the punch from a safe distance, and whale away.
If this doesn't work, the next thing to try is drilling the cotter. You cannot drill the whole cotter out, because the drill would hit the axle, which is as hard as the drill bit.
Use a 1/4 inch drill bit or so. Drilling a hole through the cotter will relieve some of the pressure, and attacking again with the punch will usually do the trick.
The final assault, if all else fails, is to warm up the crank with a propane torch. You don't have to get it red hot, just pretty warm-too hot to touch, anyway. This has never failed for me, so I don't know what I would do if it did. Perhaps unscrewing the cup without removing the cotter, assuming that I was able to get one side off...
You might have to replace the bottom-bracket spindle too. French cottered spindles have a diameter of 15.5 mm (0.610") and most others, 0.625" (5/8").
The flat on a cotter is at an angle to the centerline of the cotter. When installing cotters, they must face in opposite directions so that the angles of the flats will cancel out and the cranks will wind up 180 degrees apart.
Some older books speak of installing the cotter so that the pedaling load is taken by the thick end of the cotter. This is an error, because if you do the right side that way, the left side will be stressing the thin end, and vice versa, and the cranks will not be 180 degrees apart. It really doesn't matter which way you put them in, as long as they face in opposite directions. [Exception: a cyclist who rides in trousers with loose cuffs has more to catch them on if the nutted end of the cotter faces upward when the crank is forward. There's a host of additional reasons to secure trouser cuffs -- John Allen]
Replacement cotters that fit well are not always easy to find. There is very limited interchangeability. The diameter of the round part of the cotter tends to be standardized according to nationality. Most use 9.5 mm, including British, Asian and most German bicycles. French and Italian bicycles used 9 mm, or sometimes 8.5 mm.
In addition to the diameter of the cotter, the depth and angle of the flat vary considerably. For this reason, it is best to replace cotters in pairs. If mismatched cotters are installed, the cranks will not be 180 degrees apart.
It is commonly necessary to file the flats to fit. To file a cotter, put it in a vise at an angle so that the flat is parallel to the vise jaws. When filing, apply a slight twisting force to the file handle to apply more pressure to the wide side of the flat, to help maintain the correct angle of the flat.
Be careful to move the file in a straight line; it is easy to rock the file as you push it across the cotter, creating a rounded surface instead of the desired flat.
You cannot get a cotter tight enough by tightening the nut: you must use a press or a hammer. Cotters are made of fairly soft steel, so that they won't damage the axle. If you try to tighten them just by turning the nut, either you won't get them tight enough, or you will strip the threads.
After a cottered crank has been re-assembled, the bicycle should be ridden for a few dozen miles, then the cotter re-tightened with a press or hammer. If this is not done, the cotter will probably loosen up. If the bicycle is ridden with loose cotters, the motion of the crank will cause the axle to cut notches into the cotters, and it will become impossible to tighten them.
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