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Women's Whirlibird™ Interchange Jacket - Plus Size
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Uses: Winter, Ski / Snowsports
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- Black Cross Dye Out of stock
- Punch Pink Floral Print
- Bright Plum Floral Print
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- Black Floral Print
- Black Geo Print
- Tradewinds Grey Crossdye
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Style# 1558303
Uses Winter, Ski / Snowsports
Three jackets in one—a warm, water-repellent zip-in liner with thermal reflectivity for bonus warmth; a waterproof-breathable and seam-sealed shell; and the combination of both—giving you the versatility to stay warm, dry, and comfortable in fluctuating winter conditions. The tulip hem and angled seaming lines lend feminine sensibilities to this warm winter jacket, and the inner liner's strategically shaped baffling flatters the figure.
- Omni-Heat™ thermal reflective liner
- Omni-Tech™ waterproof/breathable critically seam sealed
- Active Fit
- Zip-in Interchange System
- Removable, adjustable storm hood
- Underarm venting
- PU Zip on chest
- Adjustable, snap back powder skirt
- Interior security pocket
- Zippered hand pockets
- Goggle pocket
- Abrasion resistant chin guard
- Drop tail
- Adjustable cuff tabs
- Imported
- Omni-Tech Shell: 100% polyester Legacy Twill
- Lining: 100% nylon 210T taffeta
- Liner jacket exterior: 100% polyester Storm Lite DP II
- Lining: 100% polyester Omni-Heat Reflective™ Microtex Light
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Rated 4.5 out of 5 by 63 reviewers.
Rated 5 out of 5 by GingerC Great jacket! I got one of these a few years ago while I was in Chicago because I didn't have a proper winter coat. The interchange system is great for traveling because you can remove or add a layer depending on the weather. The inner jacket is lightweight and nice on its own. The outer jacket is great for rainy & windy days - too warm for summer, it is a lot of jacket for Tennessee, I have only worn both pieces together a few times, and get more use out of the separate layers. My jacket is a few years older and they changed a few features, but they kept the powder skirt (no more drafty back) and the armpit zips - they really help so you can dump extra heat without exposing your neck & chest. I have not been skiing but the goggle pocket is great for sunglasses & a hat. October 17, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by Ar4L2 Great 2-Piece Coat I love this coat! I've used the pieces zipped together for snowshoeing on VT trails in the winter. It's not super warm if you're standing still, but when I'm moving around, this coat traps body heat nicely. The waterproof shell alone is great for spring and summer rain storms - keeps me nice and dry. I wear the thermal base layer under my wool coat in the winter (again, it's not a super warm layer, but does a great job at trapping body heat). I find that the base layer is great for wearing alone on cool (40/50s) days. I generally wear an 18 or a 16W - I ordered the 2X and it fits me well. July 7, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by odyh Great looking coat Haven't worn it yet but looks like it will be a great coat for recess duty in Iowa during the winter. I ordered up a size after reading other reviews and that was a great idea. June 1, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by Caeolina WOMEN'S WHIRLIBIRD™ INTERCHANGE JACKET - WOMEN'S WHIRLIBIRD™ INTERCHANGE JACKET - It is perfect for Patagonia climate. This was a gift for my mother and she is really happy with it. May 30, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by Cdrmarsh Beautiful jacket...well designed This jacket has everything needed for winter weather. April 19, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by SabbyJ Finally a jacket that fits! I'm so glad I purchased this jacket. I have had difficulties finding one that fits my measurements (48"/32"/52") especially around the hips, and the 2X is perfect! It doesn't ride up because it's big enough for my hips, and it's not too bulky in the waist. The inner jacket is light enough to wear in the spring and the outer part is a great raincoat. Definitely recommend it! March 28, 2016
Rated 3 out of 5 by Critt Not very fkattering I felt like I was wearing a big sack. As others have said no center cinch which would be nice. Also if you don't have the liner in you don't have any inside pockets March 27, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by carol50 Great Coat I really like the coat very warm , the only thing that it needs is for the coat to gather in the middle not at the bottom. It is very lite to wear. I would like to get another one if it gathers in the middle. I have another Columbia coat that I used as good now after 15 plus years it is my everyday coat and this new one is for good. March 2, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by Deethedogwalker Great protection from the elements As a professional dog walker I am outdoors every day no matter the weather. This jacket has kept me warm and toasty and is so light weight as not to restrict movement. I love this coat. February 29, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by NoraAmelia I love this Jacket I've had my eye on this jacket for some time. I love the 3-in-1 functionality. I live and play outdoors in New England. The weather is variable throughout the Fall, Winter and Spring-warm one day, freezing, pelting rain the next, then sub-zero and lots of snow. This jacket takes it all. The outer shell is perfect for that freezing rain. With the inner jacket zipped in, it takes sub-zero weather like a "day at the beach". I'm very glad I finally purchased this. I only wish there was a small zippered pocket outside near the chest area for credit cards and keys. February 28, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by Lizy what is missing I miss the two outside breast pockets that the bugaboo jacket had, very handy for sunglasses, phones & passports, but even more I miss the two way zipper that the bugaboo had but I can't find on any Columbia jackets now, very useful for sitting in a vehicle. I do like that the lining is not fleece, it slips on over sweatshirts so easily/ February 24, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by Hencass88 Vibrant! First, I ordered this in a 2x when I don't think I needed to but still wearable and functional. I ordered the red and some people had mentioned that the coat was pastel and pink. The color is definitely not pastel. It is bold and bright and pink. I'm not bothered by it but just a heads up. Can't wait to wear it in Tahoe! February 20, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by Robin727 A warm but yet lightweight coat I had this coat for about 2 weeks now and I do like it but the weather here in Chicago has not been too cold yet so waiting for that to happen. It nice to wear one coat in the winter that is not bulky. I recommend it. February 8, 2016
Rated 4 out of 5 by BattleJ NOT FRICKIN RED If you are clicking through the color options going "why is every option some pastel cutsie color or pattern or black" and then spot ruby red and think sweet...a nice solid color for women who don't like pink or pastels....I MUST WARN YOU, DO NOT BUY THE RED....its not red...its hot pink. Come on. I like earth tones and dark colors and even bold colors...but pastels? and BOLD pastels are even worse. Woman can wear all the colors that exist...who decided that our only options had to be girly or cutsie. If you like that...great...but what about the rest of us! Love the coat...which i guess i will be returning for...black. sigh. If woman aren't cutsie we must want black. No in-between... February 5, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by Shiny Love this jacket I ordered a size up (3X) because I like to layer and I wanted the jacket to be comfortable. I love the color (emerald plaid) and the fact that it's 3 jackets so it can be used in multiple ways. I bought this jacket for a ski trip to CO and was warm and versatile. I will buy it again when I shrink in size or if something happens the one that I own. January 29, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by AjaInAVL Great for 2016 Snowzilla! I got this jacket hoping to have a waterproof, warm, and sturdy jacket for the next few winters, and I'm so glad I got this jacket! I got the 2X. I'm a 6'0" 16/18 woman with a pear shape; the chest is fairly big on me at a 38C, but the arms are long and it FITS IN THE HIPS LIKE A MIRACLE. The whole thing fits pretty loose, but I can layer underneath it and not worry about the jacket being too tight on my hips. I didn't get this 3-in-1 to make a fashion statement. It's a tiny bit shorter than I thought it'd be, only barely covers my rear when I stand, but the snow skirt prevented anything from wiggling its way into my jacket. That's my only negative; I wish it were about 2-4" longer. But I stayed warm! I stayed dry! I had a ton of fun in the snow! I wrassled with my dog in 15" of snow for days, I shoveled out driveways in 30-50mph gusts of 20F winds, I trudged about 6 miles through the woods, and I was never cold and never wet. Best purchase! January 27, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by GLee Warm coat I bought this coat for my wife, and she loves it. It keeps her warm, and fits her figure well. We both recommend this coat. January 21, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by Becksterinthenorth It's warm and it fits! Finding a plus sized winter jacket was a hard thing to do! I am in love with my coat, it its not too bulky and it's warm! The inside layer works great for my day to day and using the shell for fun snow time has been great! Getting lots of compliments on it too!! January 20, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by She78 Love it This is my first Columbia jacket with omni heat feature. During windy & rainy days it kept me dry and warm. When the temperature dropped down below zero, I used the jacket with omni heat as a layering under my feather down coat and surprisingly it kept me warm and toasted. I love this product. January 19, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by KC10 Love this jacket I bought the womans whirlbird 3 in 1 interchange coat and I love it. Normally in a winter jacket I get too hot while shopping this one keeps me at the right temperature. I love the color and the future is amazing. Best purchase I've ever made! January 15, 2016
Rated 4 out of 5 by Paula60 Pretty Jacket, love the color. Wish I would of gone one size larger. Am used to wearing a sweatshirt underneath jackets(dressing in Layers MN). Nice jacket. Have all kinds of Columbia Jackets, was looking to be able to trim down to a couple of jackets to cover all seasons. Will have a good test of warmth this weekend when we are finally getting under 0. Winter has arrived. January 8, 2016
Rated 4 out of 5 by AuntieM Great ski jacket Liked the jacket, sizes, colors available, warmth. But would like some zipped pockets on upper outside and inside. Liked that it had underarm zip vents. January 7, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by Shellylee Favorite jacket This is my second Columbia jacket like this one. I finally let go of my 10 year old one which was still in great condition but the outer shell was white so some discoloration had started. I love this new one and get a lot of compliments on it. I bought the Nocturnal Print, Atoll. It's very warm but not bulky. I also like the three different ways you can wear this jacket. A lot of coat for the money! January 5, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by Lisa118 Great coat! This is my second Columbia coat, I had my first one for over 20 years, and it's still in great shape. This new one is thinner and lighter, but just as warm! I'm very happy with my Columbia coats and would recommend them to anyone. January 5, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by liz10 Wonderful Jacket! I was especially pleased to find a women's jacket in larger sizes in bright colors and patterns. It fits nicely and looks great. Best of all, it keeps me warm on our cold winter days. Just finished shoveling snow and ice outside and I stayed warm. I also appreciate that the hood is not too big; it did not fall down over my face as I was shoveling. I highly recommend this jacket. January 5, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by Terrymryer Nice jacket. I am a huge fan of Columbia jackets, so I took a chance on the Whirlibird when I found it on sale. The jacket runs very small, but otherwise I found it warm, attractive and quite comfortable. Glad I bought it. January 2, 2016
Rated 5 out of 5 by Curly1956 Womens Whirlibird Interchange Jacket I bought the jacket as a Christmas gift for my wife because of Columbia quality. I had a hard time finding a white one anywhere in XL and ordered one in L because XL was out of stock. I new I made a mistake because two of my men's winter jackets ran small. I called customer service after I realized that 1X was available. CS was excellent although the L could not be cancelled one hour after I ordered. They put a hub hold on the L and my wife loves the 1X that she received for Christmas. Columbia is worth the cost! December 29, 2015
Rated 5 out of 5 by Hammerojustice Fantastic jacket This jacket fits my wife incrediblyincredibly well & she can't stop thanking me for how comfortable it is & how warm she feels! She loves it & highly recommends it! December 26, 2015
Rated 4 out of 5 by GirlDog OK jacket but needs zipper help I wear this jacket primarily for downhill skiing. I really like the fact this jacket is a 3 in 1. I wear the jacket as two independent layers, a light jacket undercoat with a shell top layer. I can then use both zippers to allow for more clothing adjustment, etc. at the neck. I do not like the zippers on the shell jacket layer. They are difficult to pull up with gloves on and I'd prefer zippers with larger teeth and beefier pulls. This jacket lacks a loop, D-ring or other place to hook a lift ticket or season pass. Because the zipperand pulls feel flimsy to me I'm hesitant to hook my lift tickets and my gloves on them. That leaves no secure place to clip these things. I'd also like the interior jacket to have zipper pockets so they are functional without fear of losing things. I love the interior pockets on the light undercoat jacket, though. Overall, a very warm jacket that serves my needs but I'm adding some loops to clip things to so I don't break the feel flimsy zippers. December 21, 2015
Rated 5 out of 5 by Leighky whirlibird Interchangable Jacket-plus size Great Jacket! Good quality for the money, nice sleeve length, over all fit and feminine detail stitching. December 9, 2015
Rated 5 out of 5 by Tiffylouise Happy Happy Happy I just purchased this coat this last weekend in store and tried it on and had to go up a size but when a little bigger as with anything else it keeps you warmer. Very comfortable, not restricting at all. Nebraska forecast for this week is blizzard warnings with 8 inches of snow and 50 mph winds so I feel very confident I am now prepared. November 16, 2015
Rated 5 out of 5 by PenMcB Great Jacket My only regret is I didn't buy the pants to go with the jacket while I have the employee store pass! October 15, 2015
Rated 3 out of 5 by Kblythe strange cut Returned this ski jacket because the 2x size (I usually wear a 1x) was too tight across the shoulders + bicep area. Jacket was also short + boxy. I could have fit another 1/2 of myself in the torso/waist area. Ended up using my older ski jacket from a different manufacturer and sized XL. July 27, 2015
Rated 2 out of 5 by bingle Not warm enough With the description I thought that if it was supposed to be warm enough for skiing then I should be warm in it. Our Indiana weather gave us some pretty cold days and I was cold (in my car!). This is definately not what I thought it was. If you just have 40 degrees or so with not much wind it's the perfect coat. It is lighter weight, which I didn't think it looked that light-weight so it was deceiving. I am sending it back. February 26, 2015
Rated 3 out of 5 by jo5an5ma5 ok Not what i would expect from Columbia. I have owned two previous Columbia jackets and I was very happy with them. I bought this jacket after having my other jacket for 5 years and the underarm area having pulling and lent balls and being a tad small due to weight gain. I was worried this jacket would be too snug but I was happily surprised that it wasn't. It feels thinner than my other jacket and doesn't seem as warm. My other jacket had a fleece inner jacket and I'm not impressed with this jackets inner jacket due to it not being soft and fuzzy. I am considering buying a different inner jacket to replace the one this came with. I wore this jacket in 20 degree weather and I wasn't cold however laying in snow I could feel the coldness through the jacket something I didn't feel with other jackets. February 19, 2015
Rated 5 out of 5 by taurus Love my new Columbia jacket Never had one before and although it runs small, I ordered up one size as recommended. Love it. It is warm and not bulky February 19, 2015
Rated 5 out of 5 by 64Pam Great coat for all weathers! Have purchased several Columbia interchange coats, one lasting more than 15 years! Particularly like the slick sleeve lining as the fleece lining makes it harder to put arms in quickly. Omni heat is great. Glad I read the reviews before purchasing as this does run smaller . February 19, 2015
Rated 5 out of 5 by Mj51679 Great product This coat has been great for me! On warmer days, I can take the liner out, and on cold days, I'm nice and warm! I would DEFINATELY recommend this product. February 19, 2015
Rated 4 out of 5 by Yellow Love it I have MS and my old coat was so heavy and I can hardly tel this one is one. I also works as more than one coat. I think for the price I got my money's worth. February 13, 2015
Rated 4 out of 5 by Amy111 Thrilled with my purchase! This jacket is exactly what I was looking for...a nice jacket that can be worn when it's a cool day or when it's frigid outside. The sleeves are a little tight on the upper arm, but only when you are wearing both jackets together. When I wear just one of the jackets it's a perfect fit! This is by far the nicest coat I have ever owned. I just ordered another one today for my daughter! February 8, 2015
Rated 5 out of 5 by KYMG Colorful and warm This is actually two coats in one. It is very versatile and can be used when it is very cold outside or just chilly. February 6, 2015
Rated 4 out of 5 by sherrymdn Great Purchase Love this coat and so glad I purchased. Runs small in the torso and very long arms. Inside jacket zips in and out easily. Keeps me very warm. January 25, 2015
Rated 4 out of 5 by Speaker84 Great coat! I love my coat. It does run a little small and I read that from the reviews before I bought it so I went ahead and ordered the 3X, I'm glad I did. Usually 3X is too big and 1X-2X fits perfectly and this is a close fit. If I would have ordered a size smaller it wouldn't have fit. I also read that it has a blue tint to it instead of grey that is also true. Overall, I love the coat. It's really warm. I haven't even taken it apart yet to separate the 2 jackets. January 4, 2015
Rated 4 out of 5 by Tcheeleedawg great features, poor fabric quality I'm from Montreal, where the winters are cold. I have owned a few Columbia jackets over the years and have always been satisfied. So, this past fall, I bought the Whirlibird 3 in 1 parka and loved it from the get-go. The outer shell copes well against cold winds and rain. The collar is high a provides very nice face & chin protection. Deep side pockets that keep belongings safe and hands warm. The armpit zips are a wonderful feature and work nicely (especially in crowded and overheated public transport where body temp goes up real fast !). The hood is too small and I found myself constantly tugging at the drawcords to keep it secure on my head. So I gave up and removed it (zipper feature) . The liner jacket is ultra light and toasty warm. It has a slightly tappered fit and can be worn on its own. Overall great features and good workmandship.One big disappointment is in the quality of the shell's fabric (the black plaid). Within 3 weeks of what I would consider "normal use" (to and from work by public transport and a little walking), there were signs of unusual wear : fraying at the edge of the cuffs, cracking and whitening of fabric in the folds of the bottom drawstring, worn look at side pockets. Bummer ! January 3, 2015
Rated 5 out of 5 by Jean97 A Well Liked Coat I purchased this coat at my disabled sister's request; because, she loved the first one I bought for her. The only minus I can see, is the company decided not to make a cloth cover for the zipper which seems like it would be a problem for snow wear. January 2, 2015
Rated 4 out of 5 by Whit60 Good buy I love this coat but had trouble ordering it over the Internet. When I called Columbia's customer service I felt like they were not very helpful. My favorite feature is the liner that zips out. It was like getting two coats. I Went skiing in very cold weather over the holidays and it kept me very warm. It does run a little small so I was thankful I followed other people's advise and ordered a size up. It's a little big but fits great when you need to layer up. Love this coat and for the price I hope it last for many seasons. January 2, 2015
Rated 5 out of 5 by CookieMoon Worried about size-fit me perfectly I was very weary about which size I should get after reading the previous reviews. There isn't an average consensus and it seems that each reviewer is a different body shape affecting fit. So I erred on the side of caution and ordered a size up, 3x, considering the reviews and that the coat is made to fit slimmer; even though my measurements fell under the 2x on the size chart. I am 5'9", 220 lbs and my measurements are: 47, 43, 47 (full honesty here ;). Usually when garments are made in a slim, or active, fit, I need to go a size larger, especially because I don't have much waist definition. The 3x was WAY too big. Like the other review who ordered a size up, I was swimming in it-- little ego boost there... I returned it and just received the 2x today, fits great, maybe even a little on the big size, but I'll be comfortable if I need an extra layer during snowmobiling. As far as warmth goes, I'm sitting outside in 35* weather at the moment and can feel the chill but I'm not even shivering, and I'm inactive. I bought this to have a good, warm coat since I'm a messenger for a law firm and do a ton of walking out side. I know this will do the job and keep me warm while doing other outdoor winter activities. I gave a 4 star rating just because I haven't really tested it out for now. Also, it falls well below the hips, almost a little too long but it's still comfortable. I hope adding the details for my size helps others decide on a size, since that was a huge deciding factor when not being able to try the coat on before purchase. December 22, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Loyalcustomer I LOVE THIS COAT I have always loved Columbia products. I have owned 3 different coats but this one is the best. I love the omni insulation it keeps me very warm.It is always hard to order things online and have it fit right this coat fits perfectly and I love the color. December 21, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by ShanaB AWESOME INVESTMENT This coat is soooooo warm You don't have to do any movement and you'll be sweating. It's defiantly true to size. It covers your butt which is really nice. Both pieces will keep you nice and toasty, except for the inner layer does not have a hood, but it's still warm. I live about 40 minutes outside of Chicago and I think im more than ready to face the blistering cold this year and years to come. There are a gazillion pockets i actually found another one yesterday that i had no clue about. That can be very convenient, especially if your like me and you carry your life with you everywhere you go. This is a must have. You won't be disappointed, it's a AWESOME INVESTMENT!!!! December 16, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Grananmie Order a size or 2 up Love this jacket. It's warm even though its not bulky. It's very comfortable, once you get the right size. I ordered a 2X because I read the reviews of it running small and it still wasn't big enough. I usually wear a 1X and had to get the 3X. With that said it is surely worth it and would purchase again as well as recommend it to others. December 16, 2014
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Size & Fit Guide
Women's Fit Guide
Body contouring fit conforms to movement.
Body skimming fit with end-use mobility in mind.
Modern Classic
Universal, easy fit for comfortable range of motion.
Modern Classic
Most generous fit for a full spectrum of movement.
Women's Body Measurement (Inches)
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|Regular Inseam
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How to Measure
- 1. Chest/Bust: Measure at the fullest part of the chest, under the armpits and over the shoulder blades, keeping the tape measure firm and level.
- 2. Waist: Measure around the natural waistline, allowing the tape measure to sit comfortably.
- 3. Hips: Measure around the fullest part of your hips.
- 4. Sleeves: Start at the center back of your neck and measure across the shoulder and down to the wrist. Round up to the next even number.
- 5. Inseam: Measure from the top of the interior leg to the bottom of the ankle.
How to Measure
How to Measure
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Place against a wall or other 90 degree surface.
Place heel against fold/wall on flat level surface.
- Mark the end of the longest toe with a pen or pencil.
- Measure both feet and use the larger measurement.
- Read measurement and compare to size chart.
- When comparing on the size chart, determine the closest larger measurement and use that number to determine your shoe size for your country's shoe measurement standard.
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Did you hear about the guy born with two left feet? He went out one day to buy some Flip Flips. I challenge you to go find a funny story about feet. I only found a few and they were not appropriate for a religion column. Perhaps foot humor is hard to find because all we have to do is look at our own feet and that is all the humor we can stand dealing with feet. I think my feet are hilarious with all the strange toe nails, odd skin formations and things toe nails collect. My kids just think they are gross. They say they don't feel so good when they look at my feet.
When last I wrote, I was discussing the shallowness of the candidate pool for county offices in Oldham County. Since that time, the filing deadline has come and gone, and I'm happy to report that several more folks have stepped up to contend for county office in Oldham County. There are even a couple of Democrats in the mix. You can find the complete list of all the candidates for office at the Oldham County Clerks web site: http://oldhamcountyclerkky.com/. As I said, choice is good.
Now, let's talk about the consequences of choice.
Several years ago I was giving a talk to a group of high school students about the real meaning of success and about the most important choices we make in life. I urged them to look for the good, especially within themselves, to make good choices, to set high standards and to always give their very best.
As the pastor of Salem Assembly of God, a church that has served the community for over forty years, I have remained silent for the past few months regarding the proposed cell tower, which AT&T has now cancelled. During this time I have declined newspaper and television interviews believing that it was in the best interest of the church. As a pastor, it is one of my duties to protect the integrity of the church; a church made up of wonderful people from across Oldham County and Pewee Valley.
Yes, I love the Bill Murray Groundhog Day movie. I am always interested in Groundhog Day. First because it is my birthday and second I want the little weather guy to give us some good news, like early spring. He did see his shadow and predicted six more weeks of winter. With the hard winter we are having who wants to hear about six more weeks of this kind of weather? How about a recipe for roasted groundhog?
Two months ago, I was whooping and hollering with excitement. "Snow! I love snow! Bring on the snow!!"
I'm not an outdoors person, but on the first two days of subzero temps, I spent more time outside than I have the last twelve summers combined. I was making snow angels and digging through drifts just for fun. I took a broom and eagerly brushed the light, fluffy snow from our vehicles, laughing gaily when a mound blew from atop hubby's truck and landed squarely on my head. The air was still, the landscape pristine, and my heart was at peace.
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Before they can be sent out to explore planets or moons, rovers first need to be tested in the field. While there is no perfect analog for Jupiter's icy moon Europa, there are various spots on Earth and elsewhere that are similar enough to conduct trial runs.
Instead of flying to Europa without first testing what a mission there might experience, now a number of sites on Earth — and beyond — that mimic the Jovian moon are being uncovered that could help explorers conduct trial runs.
Missions to Mars such as the Mars Exploration Rovers were exhaustively field-tested in "Mars Yards" — areas whose terrain mimicked the red planet. In much the same way, researchers would like to rehearse missions to explore Europa using analogs of that moon on Earth.
Landing and moving on Europa could prove especially tricky given its icy and cracked surface. With all the curiosity over whether Europa might host alien life, scientists also would like to vigorously test methods that look for evidence of life, yet avoid contamination of results by any Earth microbes that might inadvertently hitchhike on our space vehicles.
"Before we can build landers, we need to understand these environments, and the interplay of biology and chemistry under these unusual conditions," said astrobiologist Damhnait Gleeson at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "Designing missions to go to Europa presents many technical challenges, from the low temperatures to the harsh radiation."
The scientists will review the state of research into Europa analogs in a forthcoming issue of the journal Advances in Space Research.
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Probably the most important analog for Europa on Earth is Lake Vostok in Antarctica. Just as Europa's ocean likely lies beneath perhaps some 9.3 miles (15 km) of ice, Lake Vostok is located roughly 2.5 miles (4 km) beneath the surface of the East Antarctic ice sheet. The ice-penetrating radar through which Lake Vostok was discovered is expected to prove valuable on Europa, and the lake is also dynamic like Europa is expected to be — for instance, geothermal heat at Lake Vostok is estimated to drive water flow at rates not too different from what is expected on that moon.
The question of whether or not there is life in Lake Vostok, as with Europa, is a challenging one to answer. While some measurements of ice near the lake turned up a variety of microbes and organic molecules, other research only turned up the DNA signature of specialized heat-loving bacteria, while still other studies have turned up no microbes whatsoever. The stringent procedures developed to decontaminate tools and thus get clear results from Lake Vostok should prove helpful for Europa missions as well.
Lake Tirez
While Lake Vostok may reflect those parts of Europa made of mostly pure water ice, the extremely salty hyper-saline waters of Lake Tirez in Spain may bear chemical similarities with Europa's hidden liquid ocean. The waters of Lake Tirez are loaded with magnesium, sodium, chlorine and sulfates, and when frozen, these brines resemble readings of Europa procured by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
Indeed, instruments used to study frozen Tirez brines have already flown in space, such as the Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer on the Mars Polar Lander and Phoenix missions, so they or their descendents could also find use in Europa landers.
Lake Tirez also possesses two forms of life — photosynthetically-sustained communities as well as life that relies on inorganic compounds for respiration in an airless, subsurface realm. This lake could prove a key testing ground for instruments designed to look for life on Europa. For instance, scientists have detected microbes in the lake using compounds that fluoresce in contact with biological materials.
The extremely salty waters of Lake Tirez pose challenges for missions there, making it a good place to test Europa craft. "Hyper-saline brines are known to have corrosive effects on many metals," Gleeson said. "Corrosion research is ongoing at sites such as the drilling operations targeting geothermal brines at the Salton Sea, into materials that are more resilient to these effects."
Borup Fiord Pass
Extraordinarily rare sulfur springs at Borup Fiord Pass on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian High Arctic could serve as the best chemical analog to the Europan surface. As such, the glacial deposits there could give scientists a good idea as to what to look for in landing sites.
Europa is covered with sulfur-rich materials concentrated along cracks and ridges on its icy surface. Although the Galileo space probe's spectrometers captured near-infrared signals from Europa — "spectral fingerprints" that could help identify what these substances are — so far it remains uncertain what exact blend of compounds matches up with this fingerprint. To help identify these mysterious compounds, researchers are investigating Borup Fiord Pass, which possesses combinations of sulfur-rich springs and glacial ice that are very rare on Earth and resemble the Jovian moon's surface.
Scientists have examined materials from Borup Fiord Pass not only in the field and the lab but also with satellites, using techniques that should prove useful when it comes time for spacecraft orbiting Europa to look for a spot to land. Moreover, microbial communities are present in the deposits from Borup Fiord Pass, and looking at the signatures that such life on our planet leave behind could be vital when scanning for life on Europa.
"Under these extreme conditions, microbial life on Earth cannot merely survive, but actually prosper," Gleeson said. "This is good news for the potential for life at Europa."
Alpine analogs
The faint red blooms of algae in the snowfields and glaciers of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California could serve as a useful example of life that is detectable by the kind of remote techniques missions could use for investigating distant worlds. For instance, NASA's Airborne Visible and Infrared Spectrometer, which has flown in several aircraft, could image the colorful compounds in the snow algae Chlamydomonas nivalis.
Permafrost regions such as Siberia and Alaska also could prove useful analogs for Europa. Methane and other organic compounds might get released into the atmosphere in those icy regions, especially during the thaw season, and it is already possible for airborne and spaceborne instruments to detect such emissions. When it comes to monitoring such emissions on Europa, scientists will want to be able to determine whether or not they are signs of life.
Outer space
Aside from Earth, other sites that space missions have visited or plan to voyage to could prove helpful analogs for Europa. For instance, our own Moon is similar to Europa in terms of size, gravity, hard vacuum and the variable amount of light it receives. A return to the Moon in the next decade could yield important lessons for Europa. Although our Moon's surface composition is quite different from Europa's, an exception could be the icy deposits in our Moon's permanently shadowed polar areas. Moreover, the transport of dust or electrical charging induced by sunlight may occur on the Moon, and similar processes could occur but have not yet been considered for Europa.
Comets might also be useful. In 2014, the Rosetta spacecraft will arrive at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and deposit a lander there. Researchers are as yet uncertain whether its surface is Europa-like, and its low gravity introduces complications absent on Europa — for instance, Rosetta's lander will need harpoons and self-hammering spikes to anchor itself to the comet.
The future
Scientists would not only like probes to practice tasks familiar from past space missions, such as snapping photos and picking up samples, but conduct new ones as well, such as seismic readings. They also would like to expose instruments to as many environments as possible to help avoid unwelcome surprises, such as how the Mars Phoenix lander had problems ingesting soil samples because they were too sticky. Phoenix landed at high northern latitudes where soil moisture was apparently higher than at other regions on Earth and Mars that had served as analog test locations.
No analog is a perfect match for Europa. Still, "the similarities are more important than the differences in this case," Gleeson said. "The more different sets of conditions we prepare for, the better our chances of being prepared for the unexpected at Europa."
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Susan Lease, project director for the Quay County Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention coalition, is looking for volunteers to serve on the program's steering committee. Lease said the steering committee will work closely with her in the decision making process.
"Although the steering committee members do not actually decide which programs will be implemented, they do have a lot of input. I will be listening to their suggestions as to what programs might work best in Quay County." Currently, the ASAP coalition is operating under government-funded programs dealing with tobacco use prevention and alcohol and drug abuse prevention. Lease has already recruited youth at Quay County schools to help educate all students about prevention strategies. "I will be training the students as peer educators," said Lease. "They will be giving presentations to their classmates. I need at least five adult steering committee members to help me decide what kind of new programs we can put into effect, and I can arrange all kinds of training for the committee members in all areas of substance abuse prevention."
The ASAP coalition's office at 109 E. Main Street has a New Mexico Regional Alcohol and Drug Abuse Resource Center for students, educators or anyone wanting to know more about prevention. "We have four computers here for people who want to get on the Internet and research prevention topics," said Lease. "We have about a dozen people per month coming in and using our research tools, and if anyone has a substance abuse problem they can come in and I will refer them to an agency or group that can help them."
Claude Peterson, the program's former project director, said the program's efforts have been shown to decrease drug abuse. "Studies have shown that the program's methods of attacking substance abuse on a variety of fronts really works," said Peterson. "The program not only educates and addresses the underlying problems of substance abuse, it also works on environmental policies dealing with drug and alcohol availability. For instance, we work on such things as making sure that cashiers are asking for identification when people try to purchase alcohol or tobacco."
Lease has been handling most of the program's responsibilities herself. "I've got so much to do and so many projects," she said. "I really need volunteers who can help out. They will have the satisfaction of knowing that they are helping to lower drug and alcohol abuse in Quay County." Anyone wishing to volunteer can call 461-4922.


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Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Spread the almonds on a baking tray and roast for 10 mins. Remove and allow to cool.
Put into a food processor and whizz for 12 mins, stopping every so often to scrape the sides down, and finish with a drizzle of honey. Serve spread over malt loaf or wholegrain bread. Will keep in the fridge for up to 3 weeks.
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I made this a while ago and it really didn't work!!
I whizzed up the almonds for ages and when they eventually began to release their natural oils, it all began to separate and look all greasy.
I made it at school in an old, old Kenwood so maybe that's why...as for the taste, well it had no taste! Very bland, would prefer peanut butter any day...maybe will try in a more powerful machine (one day) to see if that makes a difference....
Great spread! Made this using the coffee grinder with my Bamix attachment and it was great served with homemade pumpernickel bread from my breadmaker! Tasted like honey roast peanuts and very moreish! Only made half measures but will be making it again! Very yummy! If you like peanut butter then this is divine!
I have just literally finished making this and it is so good and very easy to make. It is so much better than peanut better bought in a jar. I blended mine for about 12 minutes and then added honey, gave it a good stir then just blended again for about 30 seconds and it looks like the picture. As Rachel T says you just have to keep going with the blending. Will definitely be making again and looking forward to having some later on some soreen.
I found that mine didn't bind anywhere near as well as the photo. The processor got very hot, despite me keep pushing the dry mixture down into it. I added quite a bit of honey to get it to bind, and ended up adding a little olive oil as a final measure. It is very firm now, but not really spreadable. What did I do wrong?
Do you think this would also work for cashew nuts?
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- If you do not have a video, use a soft bodied doll to demonstrate what babies can do.
- Describe what stimulates each behaviour and the action baby is likely to take in response to the stimulus.
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Participatory modelling is a highly effective teaching tool, the demonstration, replication and coaching can help a mother have successful experiences, even if only one step at a time. Successes that will continue to build her belief in her ability to breastfeed her baby. Read more in Can you help me Breastfeed?
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ADDISON COUNTY — All three local high school teams played against Division I teams in local high school baseball action in the latter part of last week, but two of those local teams are in Division II.
Otter Valley was the only winner, D-I Middlebury lost in its final regular season game, and Mount Abe lost twice, including a narrow loss to the top-ranked team in D-I.
The Vermont Principals Association was set to announce playoff pairings early on Monday.
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ADDISON COUNTY — As the local high school softball regular season ended late last week, Vergennes won twice, Otter Valley split a pair and Mount Abe won its only game late in the week. All secured home games at least in the first round of the Division II playoffs.
Surging Middlebury won its final game, but will likely be seeded 10th in the D-II playoffs, which means away-contests in the tournament.
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BRANDON — For seven weeks, teenagers will help give a facelift to the grounds around Brandon's Compass Music and Arts Center, develop a children's room, and design and execute a mural. As part of a mission trip, these teenagers come from all over the country to the Rutland area where they serve community sites like Compass in various ways.
MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Union High School tennis teams both bowed out of the Division I tournament late last week.
The six-seeded Tiger girls team fell in straight sets to No. 3 CVU in the quarter-final round on Thursday. Middlebury girls' tennis ended the season with a 9-5 record.
The Tiger boys, seeded 13th, lost, 6-1, to No. 4 Rutland in their first round game this past Wednesday.
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Can anyone help me with trying to get my son to take a bottle? He is 4 months old and has never had a pacifier or bottle. My husband introduced the bottle to him last night but he was confused and upset by it, even though my breast milk was in it.
I need to have a CATscan in two weeks and won't be able to nurse him for 2 days afterward, to make sure the dye is out of my system and doesn't get into the milk. I'm also anticipating a surgery where I will have to be away from him for the majority of the day.
I've read numerous times that he will reject a bottle from me, since he knows that I have what he REALLY wants. Should my husband continue practicing with him in the evenings, and I should be absent from the room? How long should we let him cry and be confused when he pushes the rubber nipple out of his mouth?
I tried to make him familiar with it again today, I gave him one breast (so he wasn't raving hungry) and then tried the bottle. The more upset and frustrated he got, I could tell I was losing, so I finished nursing him. I'm sad to have to wean him to the bottle at all, but I want it to be as smooth a transition as possible.
After my doctor's visits, I'm going right back to nursing 100%!!
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West Virginia Dept of Environmental Protection
Tracy A. Jeffries
Environmental Resources Specialist
Division of Land Restoration
Office of Environmental Remediation
601 57th Street, Room 1072
Charleston, WV 25304
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Site Status
In January 1991, EPA issued a RCRA corrective action permit to the company to proceed with site cleanup. Since that date, the facility has implemented an air sparging/soil vapor extraction system to remediate soils and groundwater in two high priority source areas which were contaminated with volatile organic compounds and approximately 80 tons of tar-like material were excavated and removed from SWMU 1. The facility also completed a Phase 2 RFI report which addressed the high priority SWMUs. A Phase 3 RFI addressing the low priority SWMU's was completed in February 2001. Based on the results of the Phase 3 investigation, the facility conducted additional sampling activities in September/October 2002 to better characterize sources of contamination. A report detailing the results of that investigation was submitted to EPA in June 2003.
Since 2007, the facility has focused on a site-wide approach to fill remaining data gaps for soil and groundwater. The facility collected additional sampling data during 2007 to 2009. In 2009, the facility also completed the repair of the soil cover over the SWMU 2 & 6 fly ash landfill. The results of these activities were summarized with the historical data in a Current Conditions Report submitted to EPA in October 2009. The facility completed additional sampling to better define source areas and to assist with the implementation of focused interim measures in 2010 to 2012. Pore-water and sediment sampling was conducted to evaluate if site-related contaminated groundwater is impacting the Kanawha River. Vapor intrusion studies have been conducted at selected locations throughout the facility and no adverse impacts have been detected. DOW Chemical, the company responsible for site remediation continues to identify areas of contamination and to remedy that contamination.
DOW Chemical through its consultant CH2M is preparing a streamlined Corrective Measures Study to be submitted in early 2016.
Located in Institute, West Virginia along the Kanawha River, the Bayer CropScience Facility encompasses approximately 350 acres. The facility was built in 1943 by the U.S. government for the production of rubber for World War II. The plant was then bought and utilized by Union Carbide in 1947 until 1986 when it was purchased by Rhone Poulenc for the production of agricultural chemicals.
The site is currently owned/operated by Union Carbide Corporation as a multi-tenant industrial park. Manufacturing at the site continues to focus on agricultural and specialty chemicals.
Contaminants and Risks
The main contaminants in the groundwater and soil are benzene, chlorobenzene, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, and tetrachloroethene.
Institutional Controls
At SWMU 1, the former UCAR landfill, excavation of surficial tar-like oozes was performed on both the east and west side of the SWMU to approximately one foot below ground surface. Approximately 80 tons of excavated material were removed. The area was backfilled with limestone base material and then covered with approximately 4 inches of gravel. Access restrictions have also been implemented for this SWMU. It is anticipated that eventually land use restrictions through a unified environmental covenant will become part of a final remedy for this property.
Documents and Reports
- Some of the site's key documents of interest are accessible below:
- Environmental Indicator Determination - Human Exposures [PDF, 10pp, 25 KB, About PDF]
- Environmental Indicator Determination - Groundwater [PDF, 16pp, 91 KB, About PDF]
- All documents and reports regarding this facility also can be reviewed in person at these locations:
West Viriginia Dept of Enviromental Protection
Division of Waste Management
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Charleston, WV 25304
Phone: (304) 926-0499
U.S. EPA Region III
Land & Chemicals Division - RCRA
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Philadelphia, PA 19103
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Wlm James (I think) wondered about the etymology in another thread. I looked it up in OED and found the earliest citation is from 1908, gunk-hole (an inlet). Apart from that, there are these meanings:
1) A proprietary term dating from 1932;
2) "b. Any of a variety of viscous or liquid substances. slang" 1949;
3) A derogatory term for a person (of Far Eastern origin?) 1964 which speaks of "gunks and gooks".
I'm not suggesting the third meaning has any relation to (1) and (2), but is this enough evidence to suggest that the current meaning of gunk (any sticky substance) derives from (1)?


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Welcome to another page critique! About pages, PR pages, product pages and so on are critical in helping you meet your bloggy goals. Each week I dissect a page on someone's blog as a way to refine it into being more awesome. Read, learn and apply these tips to the important pages on your own blog. Here we go!
Blogger: Becky
Page: PR Page
Crafty Garden Mama is a guide to organic gardening, green parenting and living an eco-friendly lifestyle. Becky does eco-friendly product reviews, interviews environmental leaders and eco-warriors, and runs a linky called Tuesday Greens. She's looking to move out of the hobby blog stage into blogging for profit. Becky said that she would like PR firms and brands to know where they can find her rate info and see her reach. She's not sure that she should have the disclosure policy, privacy policy and media kit all in one place. She also wonders how to optimize the page to have links to other relevant pages, perhaps with a top posts feature.
- Regarding your overall design, I like that you use pictures in your header that showcase what your blog is about. The flowers and tomatoes especially stand out.
- As I look at this page though above the fold (i.e. before I have to scroll down), it's a little hard to make sense of what's what. The particular ad running on the days I visited is actually the first thing I noticed. I think it's because your background is white and the ad has a background partly filled in with color. The photos in the ad are similar to your blog header photos (in that there are four of them) so I think that made it confusing as well. While I'm sure that placement might be optimal for click-thru, I suggest moving it above your navigation menu so the top of your blog flows better. The header for this page gets buried because of the ad as well.
- Another reason the top area of this page is confusing is due to the media kit page being included within your page. While I like the idea, perhaps the heading of the kit should be different enough to not look exactly like your header. Or you could add more content before that so the media kit image gets pushed further down the page.
- Also regarding the media kit, it looks a little out of proportion. You can mainly see this because the photo of you is stretched. If you decide to keep the media kit here, then make sure it's in the proper proportions.
- Other than the media kit, there aren't any more images on the page. I think you could show thumbnails of some of your brand-related posts (reviews, ambassadorship posts, sponsored posts, etc) with a link to those posts. Brands considering working with you would like to see work you've done for others. You can display them in a table like I did here (just hyperlink your blog post name in the places where I used a PinIt button).
- You could also include some logos of brands you've worked with. The Stonyfield one stood out to me since I recognize the logo!
- Consider removing the ad links at the bottom of this page. The key here is to minimize distractions for the brand or PR rep so they can contact you. You want them clicking on a link to contact you, versus clicking on an ad.
- The location of your link to this page in the navigation menu is spot on. It's right beside your About page, which is perfect.
- Many brands or PR reps check out the About page to get more detail about you so I'd definitely provide a link to this page from there.
- You might want to link to this page from your Contact page too in case someone goes there before noticing you had a PR page.
- Regarding how to optimize this page to have links to other pages, I think you want to be careful in steering visitors away from this page. Your goal for this page is ideally for a brand to read the page then decide they'd like to reach out to you for a potential opportunity. However, if you send them all over your blog and to social media sites, they might not come back. While some links are great, I'd limit them to just brand-related content like I mentioned in the Visual section. I don't think I'd link to the social media sites from this page.
- Instead of having your contact info listed in the media kit image, also have it clickable so someone doesn't have to write it out. The easiest way to do this is to hyperlink text like email me. When hyperlinking like this use "mailto:email@example.com" in the URL field. That will bring up a new message in the person's email program.
- When it comes to a PR page, think of it like a product page. What's the product? Your blog! I think the information in the media kit shows some good information about your blog and your reach.
- The biggest change I think you could make to this page is separating out your disclosure. While you might want to mention a few key points here, let people visit a separate page if they want more details. As I mentioned, you want this page to convince brands to work with you, so no need to get into the nitty gritty details yet. When you move the disclosure to a new page, you can link to it from this page, then also in your sidebar or footer so it's still easy to find (disclosure pages should be).
- Regarding your actual policy, I think it's just fine. You might want to add if there's any work you don't do (like accept paid text links).
- Use the heading of this page as another place to entice brands to work with you. Instead of PR/Disclosure, try something audience-focused like Looking to Reach Moms Who Care about the Environment? or blog-focused like Sharing Tips on Green Parenting and Eco-Friendly Living.
- While it's great that you share information about you, one thing you want to add to this page is information about your audience. Who are they? Describe them. You can get demographic information from Quantcast (you will have to set this up first) but even without that you can give the brand an idea of who your readers are. They're eco-conscious but are they budget-conscious too? What are they trying to accomplish (like raising a family in the healthiest way possible)? Give the brand a peek into your audience so they nod their heads and say, "yes, that's exactly our target customer!"
- One more thing you should add is a little more information about your blog. You can probably take a little information from your About page. You don't want to be lengthy here but at least say a couple of sentences.
- Be sure to end this page with a call-to-action: ask them to do something. An example might be: "Want to work together? Have questions? Send me an email and I'll get right back to you." They've read your page and know your blog is a good fit, now it's time to reach out to you. Essentially, you want to nudge them along a little bit!
Let me know your thoughts on the critique in the comments below. If you have an extra moment, head over to Crafty Garden Mama and give Becky some comment love.


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Postdoctoral Position in Visual Psychophysics or Modeling
Center for Neurobiology and Behavior
Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute
A postdoctoral position in visual psychophysics or computational
modeling of vision is available immediately (starting date flexible).
The postdoc will join a small research group (one PI and three other
postdocs) working on vision-related projects including (but not
limited to) binocular depth perception, motion processing, and visual
perceptual learning. The details of the on-going projects in the lab
can be found at the web site listed below. The funding is available
for three years. The initial appointment will be for one year, and
will be renewable on a yearly basis.
The candidate should have a strong background in either visual
psychophysics or mathematical/computational modeling, as evidenced by
first-author publications. Programming skills in Matlab or C are also
highly desirable. Please send CV, two letters of reference, and
representative publications to the address listed below. Email
application and inquiry are encouraged, especially if you would like
to set up an interview at the coming ARVO meeting.
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Frank Sellers
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Email Me
Frank Sellers is a trial and appellate attorney, who focuses on representing citizens and businesses in criminal investigations and prosecutions. Sellers maintains an active criminal trial practice, with a heavy emphasis on helping citizens accused of Driving While Intoxicated (DWI). Sellers has earned a reputation as a knowledgeable, skilled trial lawyer. In addition to trial work, Sellers focuses a smaller portion of his practice on criminal appeals and writs of habeas corpus. He enjoys helping those that have been wrongfully convicted regain their freedom.
Because of his early success, Texas Monthly SuperLawyers honored Sellers as a Rising Star in 2015 and 2016. The National Trial Lawyers named his as one of its Top 40 Under 40. Sellers is frequently asked to speak to other criminal defense lawyers and judges around the state about various trial and appellate issues. Sellers has also been elected by his local peers as the President of the Lubbock Criminal Defense Lawyer's Association. On a statewide level, he was selected to serve on the Board of Directors of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer's Association, as one of the youngest Board members in the organization's history.
Personally, Sellers was raised in Richardson, Texas. After graduating high school, he earned his degree in Economics from Texas A&M University. Sellers then went onto earn his law degree from Texas Tech University School of Law in 2011. While at Tech, Sellers was an editor on the Law Review, a member of the Board of Barristers, on numerous national mock trial teams, and was the president of the Texas Aggie Bar Association. He also received the CALI Award for the top grade in legal research and writing.
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Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas
B.S. — Economics, Business, 2008
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Tesla (TSLA) is recently up $4.95 to $166.22 after CEO Musk says hoping to make vehicle deliveries in China in March. January call option implied volatility is at 55, January weekly is at 50, February is at 60, March is at 54; compared to its 26-week average of 52.
Netflix (NFLX) is recently down $13.47 to $324.34 after a federal appeals court yesterday struck down the Federal Communications Commission's rules on the delivery of Internet content. January weekly call option implied volatility is at 92, February is at 55, March is at 45; compared to its 26-week average of 47.
Active options at CBOE: AAPL TWTR TSLA GOOG C AMAT MCP GM INTC BAC
CBOE DJIA Volatility Index (VXD) down $0.40 to 11.53, below its 10-day moving average of 12.36. cboe.com/VXD
CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) is off 0.15 to 12.15. VIX January 16 & 20 calls are active at CBOE on 248K contracts.
iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures (VXX) are up 31c to 40.92.
S&P 100 Options (OEX) is up 6.28 to $823.06 following a better than expected report on manufacturing in the New York region as well as solid earnings from Bank of America (BAC).


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Monthly Archives: January 2007
This is what happens when you don't have satellite TV
"Ya 2amar" A scene in an Egyptian soap opera tonight featured a couple walking into a nightclub- type establishment before being guided to their seats by a waiter. Being a consummate professional and connoisseur of old-school restaurant etiquette the waiter … Continue reading
Sock it to me
Scene:Amnesiac and the Pig are cruisin' in the Corolla on the traffic-free Maadi Corniche. It is a Friday, and the Islamic new year holiday, and Cairo can stretch and yawn into the empty other side of the bed, still warm … Continue reading
I occasionally get acute attacks of the Egypt blues. During these bouts my head aches in the same way it does when I read books which attempt to explain the size of outer space, while my chest feels like I've … Continue reading
I went to a house party on Friday night about which I can remember very little. One very clear memory however, is my "friend" Sharshar inexplicably dragging me over to talk to the boss of a centre where I was … Continue reading
Separated at birth
Corella DeVille Walid "el koun" Aouni
Best headline of 2007 so far
Mubarak tells Iran not to touch Iraq "Yo bitch, you touch my girl Iraq an' ima hurt you, ima hurt you so bad yo' gonna WISH that America got to you first…You hearin' me cocksucker?? I see you in the … Continue reading
Swings and roundabouts no. 2
Bad things about Cairo Mall, Haram: The monkeys maddened by being chained to fake trees in a jungle-themed coffee shop. The acres of beige polyester. The window displays full of sad looking ladies' underwear in the style worn by elderly … Continue reading
Yeah but Forrest didn't get bothered by boys in Lancers
Continuing this week's theme of doing foolish, masochistic things, tonight I went jogging in the streets of Zamalek with Gombaz and her 19-year old jogging pal (yes such things exist.) To put this in context: I have not undertaken physical … Continue reading
Not everything that is banned is good/we Ahmed Ezz maalu?
I voluntarily went to the cinema to watch Donia tonight. It turned out to be a particularly foolish act of masochism. My interest in the film derived from the fact that media reviews had touted it as a bold film … Continue reading
Swings and roundabouts
Good thing about Egypt: People can roam the streets wearing pyjamas, dressing gown and bedroom slippers without a single onlooker's eyebrow being raised. Bad thing about Egypt: The right to appear in public in such attire is reserved to gentlemen … Continue reading


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General Hospital Spoilers For January 31 – February 4.
Michael is there to save Abby when her ex tries to rape her. However, this act could land him back in Pentonville. Jason's first instinct is to cover it up but Dante convinces him not to, urging him to let Michael heal through facing this. Michael finally tells Stone Cold what Carter did to him. He then tells his mother and agrees to seek counseling.
Brenda tells Carly that Jax ran off to London to rescue her when she was in need. Carly's furious and demands a divorce. Robin stands up for Brenda in her battle with Carly and Brenda prepares to tell Sonny everything that happened with Dante. First, however, she tells the cop what happened to the baby and where it is. It turns out, Suzanne knows a lot more about it than she's let on. When Brenda tries to confess to Sonny, he won't listen and they just have sex, after which he has more nightmares.
Maxie convinces Lulu to give Dante another shot but when she finds him, he's with Brenda. After she flips out and runs off, Michael shows up to tell his brother what happened to him. Dante hates himself. Soon, Carly shows up and threatens to shoot him. She doesn't, but he considers dropping out of the police force because he feels so rotten. Lulu convinces him not to. Meanwhile, Carly heads off to tell Sonny what happened in Pentonville and Michael and Abby actually have a date.
Lucky manages to trick Siobhan into revealing that she's been working for the Balkan. He questions Theo about the Balkan and then sets a trap that Theo easily turns back on him. Dante and Jason become weary of trusting Siobhan. After Lucky's plan falls apart, he's forced to arrest Siobhan. He tries to run off to Ireland but Jason stops him.
Lisa's darker side comes out to Terrell when his seduction scheme for Robin is not going as fast as she wants. Getting more desperate, she starts to sabotage Robin again and Steve gets suspicious. Across town, Maxie starts to suspect that Sam could be pregnant and Tracy gets arrested for a crime that Luke committed.
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Spread of CTX-M extended-spectrum b-lactamases among Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in Italian long-term care facilities: results of the first nationwide prevalence study
Abstract number: P625
Pagani L., Migliavacca R., Spalla M., Saviane D., Regattin L., Botti V., De Luca C., Raglio A., Goglio A., Brusaferro S.
Objectives: In the present century CTX-M Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamases (ESBLs) have become predominant mainly in E. coli, and the producers are increasingly isolated from community patients. Over 60 different CTX-M-type enzymes have been identified from around the world. Reports of Italian isolates with CTX-M ESBLs only began to appear in 2003. The objective of this study was to evaluate the diffusion of CTX-M type b-lactamases among E. coli and K. pneumoniae clinical isolates recovered from Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCFs) residents across Italy.
Methods: All catheterised inpatients at the 37 facilities involved in the study were surveyed in the same day between Sept. 2006 and Jan. 2007. Susceptibility testing of urinary isolates was performed with VITEK 2 System (Bio-Mérieux). All isolates identified as ESBL producers according to CLSI criteria were tested at first for blaCTX-M alleles by PCR with universal primers. ESBL-CTX-M producers detected by phenotypic and genotypic methods were then investigated by using specific primers for various blaCTX-M groups. The clonal relationships between epidemiologically relevant E. coli and K. pneumoniae strains were evaluated by PFGE.
Results: A total of 496 Enterobacteriaceae isolates were recovered. The overall ESBL producers rate was 39.7%. All isolates were characterised by co-resistances but all retained susceptibility to carbapenems.
The prevalence rates of E. coli, the most frequent uropathogen, and of K. pneumoniae were 40.5% and 8.5% respectively. Seventy-two E. coli (35.8%) and ten K. pneumoniae (23.8%) produced ESBLs, with 75% and 60% respectively producing CTX-M enzymes. CTX-M-1-group ESBLs were the most prevalent in E. coli (49/54 strains) but CTX-M-9-group variants were also identified (5/54 strains). K. pneumoniae isolates produced CTX-M-1 group enzymes exclusively. The five E. coli CTX-M-9-type producers were from 4 LTCFs: two located in Southern Italy and the others in Northern Italy. E. coli CTX-M-9-type producers were clustered in three clonal lineages, one of which responsible for an epidemic in a LTCF in Catania.
Conclusions: Our data confirm that LTCFs are reservoirs of MDR pathogens and that CTX-M-type ESBLs are widespread also in these settings. The overall CTX-M producers rate in LTCFs is higher than that reported in the second Italian nationwide survey (2003) for isolates from acute-care hospitals. Our results document the dissemination of CTX-M-9-type genes also in Italian area.
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Anna has started asking for the other side when she is nursing. She started saying neece for nurse a while ago and when she is done on one side and wants the other she says, "More neece!"
On New Year's Eve we had a TON of extended family over. I am trying to cut down a bit on our public nursing or at least try to teach her some manners about how and when to ask because up to this point it has pretty much been a nursing free for all.
She crawled up in my lap and started saying, "More neece! More neece!" I told her, "Not now Anna, we will nurse before bed time."
She looked straight into my eyes and pleaded in the SWEETEST voice, "More neece peeeeeeeeeesse!!"
Can you guess what we did next?


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By Kent McManigal
Local columnist
The arguments in favor of requiring a photo ID to vote — specifically, I assume, a photo ID issued from some governmental authority — center around the assertion that you don't want people voting who aren't entitled to vote.
However, if voting is to have any legitimacy, which is highly debatable, it must be available to anyone and everyone who would be affected by the results.
An ID showing the citizenship status of the pictured individual has no bearing on whether a person will be affected by a law or the election-winning politician's actions.
You might justify a "your papers, please" law by pointing out in the current society a person is expected to produce government-issue photo ID to do business with a bank, buy alcoholic beverages, buy a gun, or drive a car. Some enforcers even seem to be under the impression ID is required before you are allowed to walk or merely take up space in the USA in the year 2014.
Sure, that is the case, but government shouldn't be allowed to require ID for any of those things.
If a bank wants a photo ID before letting you open an account or cash a check, without any prodding by, or data sharing with, any branch of government, that's fine.
If an alcohol retailer or bar wants to see your ID before selling you what you wish to buy, all on their own without any laws forcing them to ask, that's their business.
If a gun store clerk insists on seeing your ID before selling you a gun, as long as it's the owner's idea alone, and he isn't being pressured to collect any data on his customers, and isn't informing anyone of who bought what, the burden is on him alone.
Until roads are privately owned there is absolutely no excuse for photo IDs being required for driving. This is a blatant violation of the fundamental human right to travel unmolested, and violates the Ninth Amendment to the Constitution.
On the other hand, elections are strictly a government dog and pony show, so I suppose they can make up whatever restrictive rules they want to. Those rules might include picture IDs, poll taxes, or a loyalty test before being allowed to vote.
I'm not in favor of voting in any case. Liberty can never be subject to a vote. Numbers or majorities can't make wrong right. Nor can common good, social contracts, safety, or overwhelming need.
Do I want enemies of liberty electing their politicians who'll impose anti-liberty laws? No, but it's been happening that way since long before I was born. I don't expect photo ID requirements to change anything there.
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vintage Tufts Silver Plate RARE antique Napkin Holder - Unusual Victorian What is IT?
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Very fancy tooled silverplate dish with attached double support. Very unusual napkin holder?? Appears to be too large to be a calling card holder. The base is round 3 7/8" x 1/2 inch high. We accept VISA, MASTERCARD, DISCOVER, and AMERICAN EXPRESS payment via Paypal. We ship the same day payment is received if paid with a money order. If you make payment with a check, shipping will be delayed.
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