Abstract: A golf club has a first shaft coupled to a club head, a second shaft configured to slidably engage a portion of the first shaft, a grip coupled to the second shaft, and an adjustable length shaft assembly received by the second shaft and configured to allow a portion of the first shaft to slide in relation to the second shaft in a first configuration, and to restrict a portion of the first shaft from sliding in relation to the second shaft in a second configuration. The grip is restricted from rotation about the first shaft or the second shaft as the first shaft slides in relation to the second shaft.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for transforming soybean, corn, cotton, or canola explants using spectinomycin as a selective agent for transformation of the explants. The method may further comprise treatment of the explants with cytokinin during the transformation and regeneration process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cord for powering a cooling element including a thermally-actuated switch assembly and a method of controlling a cooling element through a power cord including a thermally-actuated switch assembly in an alternating current (AC) circuit. The cord assembly includes a multiple conductor wire for carrying power and a heat reactive element. The heat reactive element is connected in line and integral with one of the conductors of the wire. The heat reactive element functions as a switch to conduct power through the wire in one state and to interrupt power through the wire in a second state. The heat reactive element changes from one state to the other state in response to ambient air temperature.

Abstract: An electronic recognition circuit is described for use in bar code reader systems having postal and commercial applications. Such systems may be required to read codes which are of relatively poor print quality. The present circuit utilizes statistical auto-correlation techniques to reject extraneous ink dots and minor print voids commonly associated with such printing. Additionally, the circuit is skew tolerant and both position and velocity independent of the bar code being processed.