An apparatus for controlling devices in one or more home networks is provided. In one embodiment of the invention, sliding contact rods partially protrude from the rear surface of a standard modified host backpack, with the rods generally perpendicular to the surface of the human test-subject’s back. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB48M10 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic, mutant trait, andor native trait into soybean variety XB48M10, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB48M10. The valve of the current invention maintains its shape as the package becomes bloated and takes on a rounded shape due to carbon dioxide expended by the roasted coffee beans. The method is particularly useful for formation of polymeroligomer conjugates with drugs and other chemical species containing one or more hydroxyl groups or thiol groups. 25 wm, the particles have a shape factor in the range of from about 20 to about 36 and the particles have a particle steepness in the range of about greater than about 35, more preferably in the range of about 35 to about 40, and wherein the kaolin is derived from a secondary kaolin source.