Credit card transparency rules come into effect on Jan. 1
The federal government is pushing back the start date for a key element of credit card reform meant to increase transparency for card users. The Finance Department has published new rules that come into effect in the new year, but says it won’t implement a mandatory 21-day interest-free grace period until next September.
The announcement posted on the department website says that starting Jan. 1, credit card issuers must provide a ”summary box” on application forms detailing interest rates and fees. As well, banks must inform clients how long it will take to repay their balance if they only make minimum payments each month, give notice of changes in interest rates and require approval before increasing the credit limit on a card.
Canada’s banks opposed the reforms during public hearings earlier this year, saying the changes were unneeded and costly and noted that 70 per cent of users paid their bills in full on time.
Transcanada to spend $1.2B on gas-fired power plant in ontario
TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) has won a contract to build a $1.2-billion natural gas-fired power plant west of Toronto, as the Calgary-based company continues to add to its presence in Ontario’s power market.
The Ontario Power Authority awarded TransCanada a 20-year contract to build, own and operate the 900-megawatt plant in Oakville, Ont. It is scheduled to start producing power by the end of 2013, the Calgary company announced Wednesday. “We look forward to providing additional electricity supply and reliability within this key North American market,” Hal Kvisle, TransCanada’s chief executive officer, said in a statement. “The Oakville generating station is a strong fit with our strategy of developing large scale energy infrastructure projects that will produce stable, long-term returns for our shareholders.”


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For MCM hikers who enjoyed the Half-HAM event that we held last fall, or who relish long hikes, the MCM Council is pleased to announce that the Mountain Club plans to offer another Half-HAM in the fall of 2023.
As you know, every other year MCM conducts a one-day 41-mile Hike Across Maryland (HAM) from the Pennsylvania border to Harpers Ferry; we held the most recent HAM in May of 2022, and the next full HAM will be held in May 2024.
Last fall, we organized a 21-mile hike from the Pennsylvania border to Washington Monument State Park. Because it was half the distance of the full HAM, last fall’s event was called the Half-HAM. Since then, many of our members have expressed interest in repeating this hike, and the Council has decided to offer another Half-HAM next year.
The next Half-HAM is tentatively scheduled for September 2023. This one-day, 21-mile hike will be limited to MCM members only. More details will be announced next year. For now, everyone has a year to get ready!

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Playback singer Geeta Mali, who had sung for some Marathi films died in an accident on Mumbai-Agra highway in Thane district on Thursday, police said. The singer, was heading for Nashik, her hometown. She had visited the United States recently and was returning from there to her hometown. She was traveling in the car along with her husband Vijay Mali. The car in which the couple was travelling rammed into a container parked alongside the road.
The accident took place near Lahe Phata near Shahapur around 3 pm yesterday.
Both Geeta and Vijay were injured seriously and taken to Shahpur Rural Hospital. However, Geeta couldn’t survive the accident and died during treatment. Police confirmed the reports.
Geeta also had a band named GeetGanga Musical Band and she had Masters in Indian classical vocal from Mumbai University. Geeta had sung songs for a few Marathi films and also cut her own music albums. Geeta was best known for singing devotional songs. Her repertoire included songs like Aarti Khodal Maa Ni Thaay, Laxmi Gayatri Mantra and such.
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The rough spots in the road between Boca Raton and Fort Pierce seemed to be waiting for Tom Flaherty as he and 99 other bicyclists from Palm Beach and Broward counties pedaled 210 miles in three days to raise money for the American Lung Association.
``I got five flats in the past two days. And I did the last five miles on a wing and a prayer,`` Flaherty said, pointing to a hole in his rear tire through which his inner tube could be seen.
But Flaherty, was philosophical about his problems as he rode into the parking lot of Boca Raton Community Hospital Monday and said he had a good time on the fund-raising ride.
``Somebody has to be the one to get the most flats and this time it was me,`` said Flaherty, a Hollywood resident.
Despite his travails, Flaherty and 99 other cyclists rated the fifth annual Memorial Weekend Bike Trek a smashing success. Each of the trekkers raised at least $200 in pledges for the Lung Association.
``The weather was great all the way,`` said Keith Martin of Lake Worth, who has participated in five treks. ``This year we had the wind behind us on the last day. In previous years, have had to ride against the wind for 70 miles.``
Bill Pfeifer, assistant managing director of the American Lung Association of Southeast Florida, said this year`s turnout was double last years. He estimated that between $18,000 and $19,000 had been pledged for the event.
``We were lucky in that all the bad weather missed us,`` he said. ``It was to the north of us one day, to the south of us the next day and we didn`t have any today (Monday).``


DETROIT – A judge has dismissed a lawsuit that was filed against two Canton police officers accused of failing to protect a fellow police officer who was killed by her husband in 2009.
Patricia “Katie” Williams, a Detroit police officer, was shot multiple times Sept. 22, 2009 outside of the Canton Public Library, by her husband, Ed Williams, who was also a Detroit police officer. Williams then committed suicide.
The lawsuit was filed by Patricia Williams’ mother, Deborah Ryan, on accusations her daughter’s civil rights were violated when the two Canton police officers failed to respond to a domestic violence report that was made three days before the shooting. The lawsuit claimed Patricia Williams was treated differently, discriminated against, because she was a police officer.
However, U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith's said he found no evidence of intentional discrimination.


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Crypto firm Valkyrie Investments — which recently launched the second Bitcoin-futures exchange traded fund (ETF), is launching a decentralized finance (DeFi) fund November 22, “off the back of client demand.”
The Valkyrie On-Chain DeFi fund will invest in Ethereum, Avalanche, Solana, Binance Smart Chain, Magic and Fantom, among other protocols, Valkyrie CEO Leah Wald told GOBankingRates. The fund was co-founded by Wes Cowan, head of DeFi at Valkyrie, and Will McDonough, vice chairman at Valkyrie, who was previously Tom Brady’s business manager.
DeFi protocols have been around for several years, but usage began to accelerate in the middle of 2020, according to a Goldman Sachs report sent to GOBankingRates. DeFi, a system grounded in cryptocurrency technology, includes many of the same products and services found in the traditional financial system — including credit and lending, trading and exchange, derivatives, and insurance — but no centralized intermediaries, Goldman Sachs’ co-head of Global FX, Rates & EM Strategy Zach Pandl and FX analyst Isabella Rosenberg wrote in the report.
Growth in the market preceded last year’s surge in the price of Bitcoin, and probably contributed to renewed interest in cryptocurrencies generally. Since then, the DeFi ecosystem has expanded dramatically and total value locked — a measure of the market value of crypto assets deposited in DeFi protocols — has increased to nearly $100 billion today from less than $10 billion in the first half of 2020, according to the report.
More investors are becoming aware of the benefits many protocols provide, from staking and lending to yield farming and more, Wald said, adding that the firm sees “a massive opportunity in this space.”
The growth likely is a product of yield and speculative activity, according to the Goldman Sachs report. “But user adoption may also relate to longer-running trends including digitalization, globalization and declining trust in centralized institutions,” the report noted.
“Overall, the innovations in DeFi show potential for adoption and disruption in existing financial systems. They also demonstrate a compelling use case for blockchains and cryptocurrency technology that should help support market valuations for these assets over time,” according to the report.
Wald explained that they chose the protocols thanks to the firm’s proprietary software it developed to analyze on-chain data.
Asked how this fund is different from competitors’ DeFi funds, Wald explained that Valkyrie is not a passively managed fund “that just holds DeFi tokens and doesn’t actually take advantage of the DeFi on-chain ecosystem.”
“The Valkyrie Onchain DeFi fund, in addition to investing in the DeFi tokens, holds our assets on-chain,” she said. “This allows us to participate in the upside, while gaining additional yield from lending, liquidity pools, farming & staking in the on-chain DeFi ecosystem. We get the appreciation plus the compounded yield generated from on-chain DeFi participation. In addition to investing in DeFi tokens, the fund will hold assets on-chain.”
The fund will be available to accredited investors in the U.S. and the majority of international countries.
In terms of risks associated with the space, Wald says they are the same as any other digital asset strategy. “Protocols can be volatile, but we see that as a positive rather than a disadvantage,” she stated. “Volatility is opportunity.”
Last month, the firm launched the Valkyrie Bitcoin Strategy, which is trading on the Nasdaq exchange under the ticker “BTF.”
Valkyrie’s ETF aims to solely track the value of Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Bitcoin futures, according to Valkyrie. Bitcoin futures, which are agreements to buy or sell an asset in the future at a specific price, are fully regulated in the U.S. on the CME. The goal of the fund — which does not invest directly in Bitcoin — is to track the value of these products in a liquid basket of securities. “By doing so, BTF provides exposure to a wider audience of investors, advisors and more, without the pitfalls and hurdles typically associated with investing directly in crypto assets,” the company said in a statement.
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My game damage elk hunt is a just a few weeks away. Since I didn't rifle hunt this Fall I figured I better get some practice in. So I borrowed a buddies lead sled and headed out the range. My .270 was shooting good at 100 yrds, and I took a few shots off the bench with out the sled, once I had it dialed in.
Next week I plan on dialing the rifle in at 200 yrds. Given the open nature of the area I will be hunting I'm thinking that I will be taking a shot longer than I'm used to while hunting the forests of Western Montana. However, the hunting area is in close proximity to a few subdivisions so single lethal shot is of utmost importance, and I will need to have my shooting skill it top form and make sure that I execute a good shot.


U.Va. revokes 2 fraternities’ charters for hazing
CHARLOTTESVILLE – The University of Virginia is revoking the charters of two fraternities for hazing.
According to The Daily Progress, the university announced Friday that it has terminated its organization agreements with Sigma Nu and Pi Kappa Alpha. The announcements said the incidents involved the “new member education process,” but they did not provide specifics and U.Va. spokesman McGregor McCance declined to elaborate.
Occupants of both fraternity houses will be allowed to stay until their leases expire.
Michael Haines, president of the Pi Kappa Alpha chapter at U.Va., said the fraternity is appealing the decision.
Sigma Nu representatives declined to comment.
Established in 1868, Pi Kappa Alpha is one of just two fraternities founded at UVa. Sigma Nu was founded as an anti-hazing fraternity at the Virginia Military Institute in 1869.


First, Big Blue purchased Coremetrics, a maker of analytics software for social media and the Web. The move will enable IBM customers to gain intelligence into social networks and online media sources through a cloud-based delivery model, adding to IBM's existing analytics portfolio. Such intelligence would then enable companies to more effectively direct their marketing campaigns.
Second, IBM announced new social software called IBM Lotus Quickr 8.5 for WebSphere Portal, designed to help workers find information fast, whether it's contained in a file, a blog or a wiki. The idea is to help employees work more efficiently by keeping them better connected to each other, leading to increased collaboration.
By having a presence on the front end through Quickr and the back end via the Coremetrics acquisition, IBM is hedging its bets on the success of social networks in the enterprise. Both stand alone as valuable additions to the IBM software family, and both speak to the attention social media is receiving from the corporate space as a tool to more effectively work both inside and outside the organization.
Social media and unified communications stand out as the current technologies to watch, and with good reason: The purpose of both is to create a more collaborative working environment among employees, thereby increasing productivity and reducing wasted time and energy. As the economy has rendered many jobs obsolete, companies are doing all they can to create a sleeker, more agile workforce. Keeping employees connected to each other is one important way to achieve that agility.


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Long Walk Original Manuscript (Image #228) - Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
Welcome to the Nelson Mandela Digital Archive Project. Our aim is to locate, document, digitise, and provide access to all archival materials related to Nelson Mandela. This is a work in progress. Here is a selection of materials arranged in exhibits for your enjoyment.
Title: Long Walk Original Manuscript (Image #228)
Transcript: Chapter 8: A Blueprint of Fragments
On my return from holiday I reported to the Working Committee of the ANC on my tour and impressions, covering all the places I had visited. I naturally concentrated on the Transkei where plans were already being mooted for the setting up of the country's first Territorial Authority.
In July 1955 and before I went on holiday I had written an article in the monthly magazine "Fighting Talk" under the title "Bluffing the Bunga into Apartheid" and had posed the question whether participation in apartheid institutions would not serve as a means of maintaining contact with the masses of the people in the affected areas, as platforms from which we could expose the policies of the governemnt and win our people over to the liberation movement.
My visit to the Transkei confirmed my views and I told the Working Committee that I did not think that as an organisation we were strong enough to halt the introduction of Bantu Authorities in that area and that, in the circumstances, a boycott from within was the best means of keeping the people of the Transkei aware of our point of view. I added that activities of the Security Police down there indicated that from now on our operations in the Transkei would be even more carefully watched by the enemy and the organisaton would soon be operating under semi legal conditions where our functionaries would be immobilised by restrictions as was happening in the rest of the country.This would oblige us to exploit all legal means at our disposal.
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Addressing challenges in children's mental health in disaster-affected areas in Japan and the Philippines - highlights of the training program by the National Center for Global Health and Medicine.
BMC Proc. 2018 Dec 19;12(Suppl 14):65. doi: 10.1186/s12919-018-0159-0. eCollection 2018. BMC Proc. 2018. PMID: 30807617 Free PMC article.
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One of the things that has always fascinated me in SL is machinima. I’ve tried my hand at a few sort-of videos, but due to hardware constraints, have always restricted myself to putting together things using still images. However, in 2013, I finally got a PC with sufficient omph to produce videos, and in August, I picked up a Space Navigator, and have been slowly getting used to it.
This being the case, I decided to see how I’d manage with a short video piece to see how I’d get on with capture and managing the Space Navigator, and while visiting Giovanna Cerise’s wonderful Il Folle Volo (The Mad Flight) at La Città Perduta, I tried capturing some footage and took a little time to see what I could stitch together.
Now I’ll be the first to admit, the final version is var from perfect and is a little grainy in places; I captured in .AVI HD (720p) but my editing software had issues with importing, so rather than reshoot everything, I opted to convert to .MP4 HD (720p), which may have cost some quality.
The recording software I used was Bandicam; next time around I’ll be trying FRAPS. The editing software used was Pinnacle – which I know isn’t the best. I have Corel VideoStudio, but have yet to really get my head around it (It also wasn’t very keen on Bandicam’s .AVI format).
Anyway, my technique and the quality will hopefully improve as I have more practice / improve my set-up. In the meantime, here’s the first experiment (and my apologies to Giovanna for using her work as a guinea-pig!).

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Doctor insights on:
Bottle Fed Babies Bowel Movements
BM in formula fed: Infant. They may go from several times a day to once a week. It is very much a variable thing. The idea that an infant has to go everyday or they are not " normal" is just not true. Think about how different we all are as adults. As long as baby does not have a rock hard tender abdomen, no fever, is eating well, and not tearing its little bum when it goes it is okay. What goes in will come out. ...Read more
The gastrointestinal tract starts at the mouth, travel down the tunnel (esophagus), which connects to the stomach, which then empties into the duodenum, jejunum, and ileum---the three parts of the small intestine (@25 feet). This empties into the colon or large intestine (about 5 feet), which then becomes the sigmoid colon, rectum and out the anus. So, every morsel eaten ...Read more
My 12 week old formula fed infant appears to be constipated. Is there anything I can do to help him have a bowel movement?
Yes, but...: Keep in mind the symptoms of constipation are by definition hard and painful to pass stools. Remember a little pushing and uncomfortableness is ok as long as the stools are soft. Also an every other day stool for some bottle fed babies is fine. Keep in mind the position babies are in as they stool, FLAT ON THEIR BACK. Can you imagine? One oz water and one oz apple juice once will help. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
What to do for infant 5 weeks who is constipated. Breast fed with rice cereal in pumped milk for reflux, also on Zantac (ranitidine) two times daily. Has not had bowel movement in two days and is very fussy
Stop the rice: Stop adding rice cereal to the pumped milk (good job on breast feeding, by the way!). Keep breast feeding and keep the zantac (ranitidine). Rice cereal is very constipating! for reflux elevate the head of the crib. In addition to constipation, rice cereal before age 6 months is related to obesity in later life. You may also try a glycerine suppository (found in the baby section). After 7 days call md. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Varies : Every infant has different routine for passing stool, some may poop daily some every other day. Usually breast fed babies poop more often, after every feed. But regardless of the routine if baby is making normal texture stools and feeding well with normal weight gain, no need to worry. ...Read moreSee 2 more doctor answers
It depends: The problem is that babies aren't coordinated and don't open their sphincter immediately when they have a bowel movement. Also, it's harder to have a bowel movement when you are lying down. As long as the stool is soft, there really isn't a problem with them straining a bit. It doesn't necessarily mean that there is anything wrong. If the stool is hard balls, see your doctor for help. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Yes: Baby stool (poop) can be light colored, usually a blend of yellow with some brown or green. However, if the poop gets lighter and lighter in color, becoming a grey/white color, then there is a problem (not enough bile is mixing into the stool). A doctor will then need to evaluate the baby, to look for a liver or gall bladder problem causing the very light colored stool. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Digestible: Breast milk is very easily digestible. Nearly all the nutrients are absorbed and there is very little fiber which passes into bowel movements. It is completely normal for breast fed babies to have soft bowel movements every 1-4 days. Call your doctor if the stools are very hard- like little balls- or if the stools are extremely watery. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Is it normal for my infant (4weeks old) who is breastfed to have 10-12 bowel movements a day and he cries and seems to be in serious pain?
Pain isn't normal: It is common for some breast fed babies to have a bowel movement with each feeding (sometimes, just small squirts). As long as it is soft, not hard balls, it is usually normal. But, if your baby really seems uncomfortable and cries excessively, he should be checked by his doctor. ...Read more
Is it blood?: First, is it blood? Newborns especially can pass dark urine that when dried in a diaper can look like blood. Sometimes genuine blood can come from bloody vaginal discharge (normal in a newborn), or from a crack or fissure near the anus. Not sure what's going on? Go see the pediatrician for an exam. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
Is it normal for a 10 week old infant who is exclusively breastfed to not have had a bowel movement in two days?
My breastfed infant is a month old and for the last few days she has been having 1-2 bowel movements a day. Is she constipated if so what to give her?
Probably OK: It is not unusual for babies to have change in stool pattern as they grow. . Also, it is normal for breastfed babies to have longer periods of time with no stools. Breast milk is the perfect baby food, thus there is less "waste" so to speak. If the baby's stomach is not distended, and he has a large soft stool infrequently this is not constipation requiring intervention. ...Read more
Can simethicone cause fetal retention in babies? 11 days old took drops for gas all bowel movements for 3 days have been stimulated rectally.
Gas Drops: Simethicone can cause the stools to become harder in some cases. Give the baby some water (2 ounces twice a day) to encourage the stools. Also, the bowel movements are changing to the baby's normal stool pattern and maybe the baby only has to actually have a BM every 2-3 days. If the stools are coming soft when they come, everything is most likely fine. ...Read more
Soft, yellowish poop: Formula-fed babies older than a week should have yellowish poops at least as thick as mustard or thick spaghetti sauce. Breastfeeding babies can have looser poops. Formula-fed babies tend to have firmer poops, but poop that holds shape could be too firm for the first 3-4 months of life. Poop gets darker, with brown/green colors blended in, and also gets firmer, as a baby gets older. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
My 3 week old is having a lot of white chunks come through her green bowels. She has had 5 bowel movements today and the chuncks look almost like popcorn pieces. She is a formula fed baby. (changed formulas recently)?
May be a problem: The white chunks imply that baby is not generating enough bile additives to stain the poo a uniform color.There is some bile or you wouldn't have the green mixed in. If this persists through the weekend i would take baby in along with a sample diaper & have you pcp look into this. There are conditions that block the bile from flowing in infancy & success of some rx requires DX before 6wks. ...Read more
My baby is 3 months and is fully breast fed. She hasn't had a bowel movement. Today would be the 4th day. She's not fussy or anything. Is it normal?
3 month old breast milk fed baby having bowel movements every 2-3 days for the past week and foul smelling gas. Is this normal?
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I’m going to tell you a story.A story heard by no ears, seen by no eyes……a story left to be forgotten within the ashes of time Story of four man that ride their horses towards the unknown.Four lonely, orphan and solitary men. The first one of the four man, the first traveler……the diamond of the sea of knowledge, Hadje Ahmed. His companion, Mahmud. Mahmud, who gave his life in order to be a loyal friend.
Pehlivan Khamza from the past, who raised them since they were child… …and the struggling Dervish of present, Also me. Arslanbab’s son, Mansur. Mansur, follow us, come on. Or you are going to be lost around here. I’m coming right away My late father, Arslanbab.. …was the teacher of Hadje and the others. When he passed away, I followed after Hadje Ahmed.
While I was leaving the lands I was born behind, and taking shelter in the safe haven of Hemedani Hadrath… …and while going to far lands with Hemedani Hadrath’s orders, I did not hesitate Horses were running, and the road was laying ahead of us. Hadje Ahmed was in front of us. When Hadje stands in front of you, then there would be not fear in your heart. Our story started on that path. And thank Allah,
it did not end afterwards. Four horsemen changed the course of history drastically.But no one heard about it.Now you will hear it. What you are about to learn is the story of a Dervish, who earned a living through making wooden spoons… …to make wooden swords that will leave non-erased marks on the world. This is the story of strong soldiers that conquered cities that couldn’t be opened by force

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By Karlis Salna and AAP South-East Asia Correspondent
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has warned that Burma must make more effort to improve its record on human rights, adding to criticism which threatens to overshadow political reform in the once-isolated so-called pariah state.
Despite acknowledgment of political reforms, the release of political prisoners and the election to parliament of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, major concerns remain about human rights abuses in Burma.
Ethnic violence has broken out, with dozens of people killed and more than 100,000 displaced in clashes between Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims.
Ms Gillard said she welcomed changes in Burma which had seen it take steps towards democracy.
A nominally civilian government led by President Thein Sein, who served as a general and then prime minister under the junta, was installed in March 2011.
"We have seen changes happen, and as change has happened, every step of the way we have welcomed that change and we have shifted Australia's foreign policy settings to recognise that change," Ms Gillard told reporters in Vientiane.
The comments came ahead of talks between Ms Gillard and President Sein in Vientiane on Monday, the first such meeting between an Australian prime minister and a leader of Burma since 1984.
"This meeting is another recognition of that change," Ms Gillard said.
But the prime minister said there was "still more to do", and insisted that she would raise her concerns with the Burmese president.
"I will certainly be saying as I have said here that we have continuing concern about human rights questions for ethnic minority groups," she said.
Australia has already lifted targeted travel and financial sanctions on 126 individuals in Burma, but there is still an arms embargo in place.
The unrest and accusations of ethnic cleansing have prompted Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa to warn that Burma was a problem for the entire bloc of South-East Asian nations.
"Of course the matter to do with the Rohingya, the Rakhine state is an issue of concern for ASEAN countries, for individual ASEAN countries," Mr Natalegawa said.
"We [Indonesia] wish very much for (Burma) to be able to address this problem in a positive way in the same way that it has on the overall democratic process," he told AFP ahead of an Asia-Europe meeting in Laos.

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Emily's List: Women Can Stop Trump Campaign
For more than 30 years, Emily’s List has fought to get pro-choice, Democratic women elected to office. At no time was this mission more important than in the presidential election of 2016. The GOP had just chosen Donald Trump as their candidate–an anti-choice misogynist, infamous for calling women “fat pigs,” “dogs,” and “bimbos.” Polls showed that one in four people aged 18-35 were still undecided or didn’t intend to vote at all. So ART NOT WAR created an online social media campaign for Emily’s List called #WomenCanStopTrump, urging millennial women to vote.
We launched the #WomenCanStopTrump hashtag at a Breaking Through–a living room influencer event held at the Brooklyn home of ART NOT WAR’s Sarah Sophie Flicker. The event featured a panel discussion with prominent feminists like Jamia Wilson, Sally Kohn, Jess McIntosh, Sarah Jones and Rachel Sklar, discussing the sexism of Trump’s campaign. We then created four targeted videos on different issues featuring actresses like Zoë Kravitz, Maura Tierney, Rose McGowan and many others. Emily’s List released the videos strategically over the three months leading up to the election. Finally, we organically promoted the campaign on social media, creating a Facebook feature allowing users to overlay their profile pictures with “#WomenCanStopTrump.”
With a social media reach of over 52 million, #WomenCanStopTrump became one of Emily’s List’s most successful campaigns ever. Our four videos alone earned more than 30 million views. We earned significant coverage on blogs, social media and traditional press. The hashtag went viral. And by the time of the election, the percentage of millennials voting for Clinton more than doubled, resulting in a popular vote victory of almost three million. Sadly, we all know who won the electoral college. And while we admittedly didn’t plan it this way, the #WomenCanStopTrump hashtag is still remarkably active on social media.


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With only half a tank of gas we made it half way around Iceland. Our day began by the Labrador Sea, exploring a lighthouse atop a massive rock arch that had been carved by the sea. It was blustery, wind blowing at least 30 knots - the kind of breeze that kept us extra cautious near the edge of this stone monolith know as Dyrholey. But the hike in the wild gusts was absolutely worth it. A colony of puffins were taking cover and seemed quite used to friendly hikers. And the view, even in the grayness of the mist, was stunning. Bands of color: gray green sea, black sand beach, orange and yellow fields. And this was just the morning.
The south coast of Iceland is growing at a great clip. Over 2 miles of new landmass stretches out into the Labrador Sea- created by glacial melt and volcanic eruptions, it is almost all black sand. Some of it supports plant life, but much of it is truly a desert that meets the sea.
We drove for several hours in the rain, knowing that there were glaciers just to the left, but out of sight. Happily the the sun made an appearance – complete with a rainbow!

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|Title:||Controlled acidolysis of hexacarbonyltris(μ-alkoxo)dirhenium(I) anions: Facile synthesis of hexacarbonylbis(μ-alkoxo)-[μ-1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene] dirhenium(I) complexes and nonacarbonyltris(μ-methoxo)(μ3-methoxo)trirhenium(I)|
|Source:||Jiang, C.,Wen, Y.-S.,Liu, L.-K.,Hor, T.S.A.,Yan, Y.K. (1998-01-19). Controlled acidolysis of hexacarbonyltris(μ-alkoxo)dirhenium(I) anions: Facile synthesis of hexacarbonylbis(μ-alkoxo)-[μ-1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene] dirhenium(I) complexes and nonacarbonyltris(μ-methoxo)(μ3-methoxo)trirhenium(I). Organometallics 17 (2) : 173-181. ScholarBank@NUS Repository.|
|Abstract:||The complexes [Re2(μ-OR)2(μ-dppf)(CO)6] (R = H, 1; Me, 2; Et, 3; Ph, 4) were synthesized by the controlled acidolysis of the anions [Re2(μ-OR)3(CO)6]- (R = H, Me, Et) and [Re2(μ-OH)(μ-OPh)2(CO)6]- (5), respectively, in the presence of dppf (1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)-ferrocene). The dppf ligands in complexes 1-4 undergo a twisting motion in solution at room temperature, which, in the case of 3, is correlated with the restricted rotation of the ethyl groups about the O-CH2 bonds. Complex 3 is an interesting example of an organometallic complex in which the two exchanging positions of the methylen protons of an ethyl group are nonequivalent, while the exchanging positions of the methyl group are equivalent. Controlled acidolysis of [Re2(μ-OMe)3(CO)6]- under 1 atm of CO pressure affords the complex [Re3(μ-OMe)3(μ3-OMe)(CO) 9]- (6), which consists of Re3 triangle held together by one face-capping and three bridging methoxo groups, with no Re-Re bonds. The crystal structures of 1, 3, 5, and 6, were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The synthetic relationship of dirhenium-dialkoxo, dirhenium-trialkoxo, and trirhenium-tetraalkoxo entities is established.|
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I am sorry you got that news from your vet but on the other hand, be glad that it was detected early.
What the other members have posted is correct, a regular vet is rarely qualified to grade a heart murmur. Having detected one, the absolute person to see is a board-certified veterinary cardiologist.
Please make an appointment as soon as you can with a board-certified veterinary cardiologist. AmbikaGR posted the link for ACVIM. I had a very similar situation when my Chance was a puppy and my regular vet pushed me to make the cardioligist appt asap due to high demand and sometimes a wait to get in. We waited 3 weeks for the appointment so do this as soon as you can.
A cardiologist at a veterinary teaching hospital would be great if you can get an appointment with one.
Don't be fooled by an energetic puppy without symptoms. Chance had no symptoms until he was 8 months old yet the cardiologist confirmed a grade 5/6 murmur.
Your breeder sounds awesome having already agreed to help with expenses by refunding your purchase price.
For now, don't get ahead of yourself with worry about the what-ifs. First get your vet's diagnosis confirmed by the cardiologist. Then go from there.
The good news is there are treatments available and diagnosing it early is important before the heart sustains permanent damage. Chance was diagnosed early and treated. He is 7 years old, has yearly a cardiologist checkup (ultrasound,etc) and lives a completely normal Golden life. Does agility and competes in Rally-O. No restrictions.
If you need more info later, I am happy to help. Keep us posted.

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Study of Two Figures (Pasiphaë/Sado)
One figure is female, the other is male.
Both are contained.
One figure is mythical, the other historical.
To the extent that one can be said to have existed at all, they occupy different millennia, different continents.
But, to the extent that one can be said to have existed at all, both figures are considered Asian—one from Colchis, one from Korea.
To mention the Asianness of the figures creates a “racial marker” in the poem.
This means that the poem can no longer pass as a white poem, that different people can be expected to read the poem, that they can be expected to read the poem in different ways.
To mention the Asianness of the figures is also to mention, by implication, the Asianness of the poet.
Revealing a racial marker in a poem is like revealing a gun in a story or like revealing a nipple in a dance.
After such a revelation, the poem is about race, the story is about the gun, the dance is about the body of the dancer—it is no longer considered a dance at all and is subject to regulation.
Topics that have this gravitational quality of aboutness are known as “hot button” topics, such as race, violence, or sex.
“Hot button” is a marketing term, coined by Walter Kiechel III, in a September 1978 issue of Fortune magazine.
The term evokes laboratory animals and refers to consumer desires that need to be slaked.
The term “hot button” suggests not only the slaking of such desires but also a shock or punishment for having acted on those desires, a deterrent to further actions pursuing such desires, and by extension, a deterrent to desire itself.
Violence and sex are examples of desires and can be satisfied, punished, and deterred.
Race is not usually considered an example of desire.
Both the female and the male figures are able to articulate their desires with an unusual degree of candor and specificity.
Both are responsible for many sexual deaths.
The male figure says, “When anger grips me, I cannot contain myself. Only after I kill something—a person, perhaps an animal, even a chicken—can I calm down.... I am sad that Your Majesty does not love me and terrified when you criticize me. All this turns to anger.” “Your Majesty,” here, refers to the king, his father.
The female figure is never directly quoted, but Pseudo-Apollodorus writes that she casts a spell upon the king her husband so that when he has sex with another woman, he ejaculates wild creatures into the woman’s vagina, thereby killing her. Although the punishment is enacted on the body of the woman, this punishment is meant to deter the king from slaking his desires.
Both figures, royal themselves, are angry at the king, but neither attempts to kill the king—which would be political. Instead they displace this anger onto other unnamed deaths, which are considered sexual but not political.
Both figures have spouses known for strategy, for self-preservation in politically tumultuous times, times of many unnamed deaths.
Both figures are counterfoils to their strategizing spouses, figures of excessive desire, requiring containment.
Both containers are wooden.
Both containers are camouflaged with a soft, yielding substance—one with grass, one with fur.
Both containers are ingenious solutions to seemingly intractable problems.
One problem is political. One problem is sexual.
They are both the same problem.
They have the same solution.
The male figure waits in the container for death to come. He waits for eight days. His son will live. This ensures the succession, the frictionless transfer of power.
The female figure waits in the container for the generation of a life. We do not know how long she waits. Her son will die, after waiting in his own wooden container. This ensures the succession, the frictionless transfer of power.
There are many artistic representations of both containers.
The male figure’s container is blockish, unadorned, a household object of standard size and quotidian function. Tourists climb into it and pose for photos, post them online. The cramped position of their bodies generates a combination of horror and glee. This, in turn, creates discomfort, the recognition that horror and glee should not be combined, that such a combination is taboo.
The female figure’s container is customized, lushly contoured. Its contours are excessively articulated to the same degree that her desire is excessively articulated. Artists depict the container in cutaway view, revealing the female figure within, awaiting the wild creature. The abject position of the female figure—on all fours, pressing her genitalia back against the hollow cow’s genitalia—generates a combination of lust and revenge. This, in turn, creates discomfort—the recognition that lust and revenge should not be combined, that wild creatures and female figures should not be combined, that these combinations are taboo.
Hot button topics are taboo because they generate discomfort.
The male figure slakes his violent desires and is punished. The male figure also functions as a hot button, a means whereby the violent desires of tourists are slaked, while generating discomfort in these tourists.
The female figure slakes her sexual desires and is punished. The female figure also functions as a hot button, a means whereby the sexual desires of artists are slaked, while generating discomfort in these artists.
The tourist can climb into the rice chest. The tourist can pose for a photo in the rice chest. Then the tourist can climb out of the rice chest and walk away.
The artist can look into the hollow cow. The artist can render the contours of the hollow cow, the contours of the female figure. Then the artist can walk away.
Both containers allow the tourist and artist to touch the hot button, the taboo.
The desire and the discomfort remain contained.
Both containers allow the tourist and the artist to walk away.
The male and female figures remain contained.
Neither container—the rice chest, the hollow cow—appears to have any necessary connection to race.
To mention race where it is not necessary to mention race is taboo.
I have not mentioned the race of the tourist or the artist.
The tourist and the artist are allowed to pass for white.
The tourist and the artist are not contained.
I have already mentioned the race of the poet.
But to the extent that the poet is not contained, the poet is allowed to pass for white.
I have already mentioned the race of the male and female figures.
The male and female figures are contained.
The rice chest and the hollow cow are containers.
The rice chest and the hollow cow are not the only containers in this poem.
Colchis and Korea are containers in this poem.
Asianness is a container in this poem.
Race is a container in this poem.
Each of these containers contains desire and its satisfaction.
Each of these containers contains discomfort and deterrence.
Each of these containers contains a hot button, a taboo.
The tourist and the artist can enter each of these containers.
The tourist and the artist can touch the hot button and walk away.
Each of these containers separates the slaking of desire from the punishment of desire.
Each of these containers is an ingenious solution to a seemingly intractable problem.
They are the same problem.
They have the same solution.
Each of these containers ensures the frictionless transfer of power.
Each of these containers holds a male or female figure.
The name of the male figure can be translated as “Think of me in sadness.”
The name of the female figure can be translated as “I shine for all of you.”
Copyright © 2019 by Monica Youn. Originally published in Poetry. Used with the permission of the poet.


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Any fog lights that were factory installed on 1965-68 Mustangs were clear, but amber bulbs have always been a popular addition. We have not had them in amber for years, but now they are back.
These fog lamp bulbs fit into the bodies exactly like the originals and even feature the correct "FOG" marking on the bottom. There is a unique GT center marking, but this in covered when installed in the body with the chrome bezel.
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According to some estimates, there are roughly 4,200 religions in the world. A global 2012 poll reports that 59% of the world's population is religious, 23% are not religious, and 13% are atheists.
Indeed,to individual, religious has its advantages and disadvantages. But a paper from Scientific Research Publishing pointed out that internal religious orientation can predict the psychological well-being and marital adjustment meaningfully.
Here,I am wondered that which religiou is good for better life?

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|Publication number||US20050075609 A1|
|Application number||US 10/677,810|
|Publication date||Apr 7, 2005|
|Filing date||Oct 1, 2003|
|Priority date||Oct 1, 2003|
|Also published as||CN1863565A, EP1677860A2, WO2005039667A2, WO2005039667A3|
|Publication number||10677810, 677810, US 2005/0075609 A1, US 2005/075609 A1, US 20050075609 A1, US 20050075609A1, US 2005075609 A1, US 2005075609A1, US-A1-20050075609, US-A1-2005075609, US2005/0075609A1, US2005/075609A1, US20050075609 A1, US20050075609A1, US2005075609 A1, US2005075609A1|
|Original Assignee||Latona Patrick C.|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (12), Referenced by (58), Classifications (8), Legal Events (1)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
Protective needle clips are generally discussed herein for shielding needle tips of hypodermic needles to prevent accidental contact therewith with particular discussion relating to protective needle clips comprising radially actuating spring clip portions for shielding the needle tips.
Protective needle clips are well known in the art for use in conjunction with hypodermic needles. Broadly speaking, a typical prior art protective needle clip is mounted over a hypodermic needle. The prior art protective needle clip typically has a body and at least one resilient portion, which may be inherently resilient or is caused or urged to be resilient by an exterior resilient member, such as a spring.
After an injection, the hypodermic needle is withdrawn from a body and cause to travel relative to the needle clip so that the needle clip moves from a proximal position on the needle to a distal position on the needle where the needle tip is located. When the needle clip reaches the distal end near the needle tip, the at least one resilient portion is caused to move radially inwardly over the needle tip to block the needle tip. Other mechanisms are also used with the prior art needle clip to either activate the resilient portion, to launch the needle clip, to retain the needle clip on the needle, etc., which are not discussed for simplicity.
Although prior art needle clips provide workable options for health care workers, there is a continuing need for an improved and/or alternative needle clip. Accordingly, disclosed herein are improved alternative needle clips having multiple engaging arms and biasing forces to secure the same onto hypodermic needles to shield the needle tips from accidental contact therewith. Also disclosed are methods for using and making the same.
The present invention provides protective needle clips. More particularly, the present invention may be practiced by providing a protective needle clip comprising a first engaging arm, a connecting base extending at a first angle from the first engaging arm, a second engaging arm extending at a second angle from the connecting base, a connecting top extending at a third angle from the second engaging arm, and a third engaging arm extending at a fourth angle from the connecting top; wherein each of the first, second, and third engaging arms comprises an opening, and wherein at least a portion of the third engaging arm is disposed in between the first engaging arm and the second engaging arm.
Alternatively, the present invention may be practiced by providing a protective needle clip comprising an engaging arm comprising an opening extending from a connecting base, the engaging arm and the connecting base comprising a ready position, which is a position in which a needle comprising a needle tip passes through the opening of the engaging arm and biasing the connecting base and the at least a portion the engaging arm radially inwardly relative to the needle, and an activated position, which is the position in which the needle tip moves proximal of the opening and the connecting base and the at least a portion of the engaging arm move radially outwardly away from the needle.
Relatedly, a method for shielding a needle tip of a hypodermic needle is disclosed comprising moving the hypodermic needle relative to a protective needle clip such that the protective needle clip moves from a proximal position on the needle to a distal position on the needle, the protective needle clip comprising a first engaging arm extending from a connecting base, a second engaging arm extending from said connecting base, a connecting top extending from the second engaging arm, and a third engaging arm extending from the connecting top; wherein the first, second, and third engaging arms each comprises an opening and wherein the hypodermic needle extends through the three openings; moving the needle tip of the hypodermic needle proximal of the opening of the first engaging arm; and allowing at least a portion of the first engaging arm to move radially outwardly away from the needle.
These and other features, aspects and advantages of the present invention will be more fully understood when considered with respect to the following detailed description, appended claims and accompanying drawings, wherein:
The detailed description set forth below in connection with the appended drawings is intended as a description of the presently preferred protective needle clip embodiments provided in accordance with aspects of the present invention and is not intended to represent the only forms in which the present invention may be constructed or utilized. The description sets forth the features and the steps for constructing and using the protective needle clips of the present invention in connection with the illustrated embodiments. It is to be understood, however, that the same or equivalent functions and structures may be accomplished by different embodiments that are also intended to be encompassed within the spirit and scope of the invention. Also, as denoted elsewhere herein, like element numbers are intended to indicate like or similar elements or features.
A semi-schematic perspective view of a protective needle clip provided in accordance with aspects of the present is shown in
The third engaging arm 16 extends immediately from the first engaging arm 12 and an anchor mechanism 22 is disposed thereinbetween. In one exemplary embodiment, the anchor mechanism 22 comprises one or more tabs 24 protruding from a generally planar connecting base 26. The tabs 24 may be formed separately by bonding, riveting, or welding a material onto the connecting base 26. More preferably, the one or more tabs 24 may be made by cutting, notching, or stamping one or more sections of the connecting base 26 and rolling the one or more notched sections to create protruding elements from the generally planar surface of the connecting base. In one exemplary embodiment, the anchor mechanism 22 is positioned intermediate the first arm 12 and the third arm 16 and defining a distal base portion 28 and a proximal base portion 30 of the connecting base 26. In one exemplary embodiment, the distal base portion 28 may extend at a slight angle or an incline from the remaining portion of the connecting base 26 (
The second engaging arm 14 extends from the third engaging arm 16 via a connecting top 32. The second engaging arm 14 is positioned in between the first engaging arm 12 and the third engaging arm 14.
In one exemplary embodiment, the needle clip 10 may be made by stamping an outline of the needle clip and the openings 20 a, 20 b, 20 c from a thin planar sheet, such as a stainless steel sheet, and then folding the stamped material along the first fold 34, second fold 36, third fold 38, fourth fold 40, fifth fold 42, and sixth fold 44. The sequence of fold is not crucial to the embodiment disclosed and can vary depending on the manufacturing requirement and equipment involved in manufacturing the needle clip 10. The size or dimension of the needle clip 10 can also vary depending on its end use. For example, the needle clip 10 may be used in a catheter assembly by positioning the clip inside a catheter hub, on a standard hypodermic needle having a straight needle shaft, on a hypodermic needle having a spring launch mechanism, on a Huber needle, on a safety spinal needle, or on any needle where a needle tip is desired to be protected.
Referring now to
In an activated position of one exemplary embodiment, an imaginary line 56 intersecting the second opening 20 b of the second arm 14 and an imaginary line 58 intersecting the third opening 20 c of the third arm 14, 16 intersect one another, as opposed to being generally coincident to one another when the needle clip is in a ready position, as further discussed below. Similarly, an imaginary line 60 intersecting the first opening of the first arm 12 intersect the other imaginary lines 56, 58 rather than being coincident with the other imaginary lines. Because the engaging arms 12, 14, 16 are positioned at an angle when in the pre-needle mount configuration and in the activated position (
Referring now to
In one exemplary embodiment, when the needle clip 10 is in the ready position, the various angles θ1, θ2, θ2, θ4 are at approximately zero degree. However, as readily apparent by a person of ordinary skill in the art, the angles can vary by a few degrees by altering the relative dimensions between the openings 20 a, 20 b, 20 c of the engaging arms 12, 14, 16 and the outside diameter of the needle 62. For example, if the openings 20 a, 20 b, 20 c are each larger than the outside diameter of the needle 62, then the larger relative dimensions of the openings allow the openings to project slightly ovally while over the needle without being physically obstructed by the needle. Thus, this slightly oval projection will allow the angles θ1, θ2, θ2, θ4 to be plus/minus a few degrees when in the ready position.
Indeed, in one exemplary embodiment, the openings 20 a, 20 b, 20 c have a first generally oval configuration when in the ready position over the needle and a larger oval configuration when in the activated position (
Referring now to
During the same needle tip travel from a distal position to a proximal position just proximal of the first engaging arm 12, the needle clip 10 axially expands. In one exemplary embodiment, the second engaging arm 14 axially expands at the second arm tip 66 by approximately a distance of Y2nd*Tan θ′1, where Y2nd is the length of the second arm 14 measured from a point at approximately the intersection with the connecting top 32 to a point approximately at the tip 66 of the second arm 14. Similarly, the third engaging arm 16 axially expands at the third arm tip 74 by approximately a distance of Y3rd*Tan θ′2, where Y3rd is the length of the third arm 16 measured from a point approximately at the intersection with the connecting top 32 to a point at approximately the intersection with the connecting base 26. As further discussed below, angles θ′1 and θ′2 may be different than θ1 and θ2, respectively, due to the engaging arms 14, 16 remaining in a biased state. This allows the spring clip to maintain a grip on the needle 62 when in the activated position. As readily apparent, the axial expansions are described in absolute terms without reference to the angle orientation.
Still referring to
Referring now to
A catheter hub 90 comprising a flexible catheter tube 92 extending from a distal end 94 of the catheter hub is shown mechanically coupled to the distal end 86 of the needle hub 80. In one exemplary embodiment, the interior surface 96 of the proximal end 98 of the catheter hub 90 is frictionally engaged to the exterior surface 100 of the distal end 86 of the needle hub. A shoulder or a notch 102 may be incorporated on the exterior surface 100 of the needle hub to delimit the extent to which the catheter hub 90 extends over the exterior surface of the needle hub 80.
A bump 104 on the interior surface 96 extending into the interior cavity 106 of the catheter hub 90 may be provided for manipulating the spring clip 108 positioned within the interior cavity 106. The bump 104 may comprise two or more bumps formed along the interior surface of the catheter hub or a continuous ring. The bump 104 manipulates the spring clip 108 by interacting with one or more retaining wings 110 on the spring clip 108 to control movement of the spring clip. As readily apparent to a person of ordinary skill in the art, when the needle hub 80 separates from the catheter hub 90 following an insertion, as further discussed below, the bump 104 abuts the one or more retaining wings 110 to retain the spring clip 108 with the catheter hub 90 and allows the spring clip to move relative to the needle 82 and the needle hub 80. The spring clip 108 is retained by the bump 104 and remains within the interior cavity 106 of the catheter hub 90 until the needle tip 84 moves just proximal of the first engagement arm 12 of the spring clip, whereupon the spring clip activates, attaches to the needle 82 to shield the needle tip 84, and separates from the catheter hub 90. In one embodiment, the bump 104 is positioned further distally within the interior cavity 106 of the catheter hub 90 such that the bump 104 contacts the one or more retaining wings 110 when in the ready configuration shown.
In one exemplary embodiment, the spring clip 108 for use in conjunction with the catheter needle assembly 78 is substantially the same as the spring clip shown with reference to
The catheter hub assembly 78 may be assembled by first sliding the spring clip 108 over the needle 82. The catheter tube 92 of the catheter hub 90 is then slid over the needle 82. Just prior to mechanically joining the interior surface 96 of the catheter hub with the exterior surface 100 of the needle hub 80, the spring clip 108 is pushed distally past the bump 104 with a pushing rod or a stick or similar objects. Alternatively, an extension may be formed on the distal end 86 of the needle hub 80 so that the extension automatically pushes the spring clip 108 past the bump 104 when the catheter hub 90 is mated with the needle hub 80.
Referring now to
Referring now to
Referring again to
When the openings 20 b, 20 c of the second and third engaging arms 14, 16 are wedged against the exterior surface of the needle, the spring clip 108, via the wedging force, is retained on the needle 82 as shown in
Although the preferred embodiments of the invention have been described with some specificity, the description and drawings set forth herein are not intended to be delimiting, and persons of ordinary skill in the art will understand that various modifications may be made to the embodiments discussed without departing from the scope of the invention, and all such changes and modifications are intended to be encompassed within the appended claims. Various changes to the needle clip comprising a radially expanding portion and at least one axially expanding portion when the transformed from a ready position to an activated position may be made without deviating from the spirit and scope of the present invention. For example, the dimensions of the spring clip can vary depending on the particular hypodermic needle assembly used in combination with the spring clip, the material selection can vary, the angles can vary, and the spring clip can be made by assembling or bonding different components together instead of from a unitary construction. Other changes include incorporating a different anchor mechanism, such as a bump added by attaching a rivet or a depositing material onto the connecting base, provide curvatures for the first arm, second arm, connecting base, etc., and changing the bias configuration from radial expansion to radial compression or a combination thereof for the second and third arms when activated. Still other changes may include using a resilient spring to advance the needle clip towards the needle tip to shield the needle tip, wedging the spring clip inside a catheter hub to be moved by the catheter hub towards the needle tip, and wedging the spring clip inside a collar of a Huber needle to be moved by the collar towards the needle tip of the Huber needle. Accordingly, many alterations and modifications may be made by those having ordinary skill in the art without deviating from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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By Ry Rivard.
If you live in the city of San Diego and think water is expensive now, just wait.
The city’s water department plans to increase rates by more than 40 percent in the next five years.
By July 2020, a unit of water that today costs $4.36 will cost $6. Customers also pay meter fees, which will also rise.
So what’s driving the soaring rates? This is awkward but… you’re part of the problem. You and a bunch of other factors. Let’s run through them.
You can blame yourself for saving too much water.
The price hikes are driven – ironically enough – by the cutbacks San Diegans are making because of the drought. If the city is selling less water, then the city has to charge more for each drop it sells.
The city sold about 76 million units of water in 2014. Each unit is about 750 gallons. Next year, the city only expects to sell 64 million units because of water-use restrictions mandated by the state.
Gordon Hess, vice chairman of the Rates Oversight Committee, said he worries the city’s five-year plan is based on long-term projections that could be wrong.
“In the outer years, do we still need those rate increases?” he said. “Those may or may not be needed if sales rebounded or we get a wetter year.”
Hess wants the city to check in two years to make sure the rate increases are still justified.
You can blame Gov. Jerry Brown for making you save even more water.
The city, like the rest of San Diego County water agencies, expects tohave almost all the water it needs to meet consumer demand – even if everyone uses as much water as they used last year. But the water agencies’ hands are tied by the state’s drought restrictions.
Don Billings, a former chairman of the city’s Independent Rates Oversight Committee, told the City Council this week it needs to file a lawsuit against the state so the city doesn’t have to conserve water.
“A significant portion of the requested rate increase can be called the Jerry Brown tax,” he said. “This tax is the amount of new revenues required to replace the revenues that are lost because the governor will not let San Diego use the water that it has carefully and expensively assured would be available even today in the fourth year of the drought.”
Those careful and expensive efforts involve efforts by the San Diego County Water Authority, the regional water importer from which the city buys about 92 percent of its water. The Water Authority helped build a desalination plant that will open this fall and has secured new supplies of water from the Colorado River –supplies that other water agencies outside of San Diego don’t have access to.
Billings has made his pitch to other local water agencies across the county in recent weeks. So far, no one seems to have much interest in such a lawsuit.
You can blame the city for building stuff.
The decline in sales is not the only reason for the increases.
The city is working to upgrade its pipelines. Lee Ann Jones-Santos, a deputy director in the city water department, said the city has been replacing aging pipelines over the past seven or eight years and had to upgrade its main treatment plant. In the next five years, pipeline costs alone will total over $400 million.
The city is also asking for $354 million in the next five years to fund the first part of a $2.85 billion multi-part project to make wastewater drinkable. That project, known as Pure Water, is eventually expected to provide one-third of the city’s water.
You can blame the regional Water Authority for paying more for new water.
Another driver is costs passed along by the County Water Authority. The Water Authority is passing along rate increases tied, in part, to the opening of a new desalination plant in Carlsbad. The Water Authority also has to increase rates when it is selling less water.
Next year, the city expects higher rates to collect about $404 million from customers, an increase of about $19 million compared with what would happen if rates were held flat, according to an analysis by the independent budget analyst.
About $225 million next year goes right to the Water Authority. Its rate increases will cost the city an additional $12 million compared with last year.
What Will Go Up (and Probably Never Come Down)
Currently, there are two types of rates customers pay. The city charges a fixed cost based on the size of each person’s water meter – determined by home size – and a separate fee based on how much water they use. The cost of each unit of water also varies. Customers currently pay $3.89 for each of the first four units they use, but start to pay $8.77 per unit after they’ve used 19 units in a two-month period.
The typical single-family home uses about 12 units of water per month.
The City Council is set to vote on the rate increase in November that would take effect next year. The water department plans to offer people a chance to weigh in on the increase with a series of public hearings.
The cost of a unit of water would go up twice next year – in January by 9.8 percent and then 6.9 percent in July. That January increase alone will be the largest single increase to city water rates since 2010. Before that, most customers paid $3 or less for a unit of water.
A Better Way?
A few members of the City Council expressed concern that the water department’s rate increase plan raises rates on everybody, including the people using the least water – people who may be going to great lengths to save water or who are of modest means.
“Everybody is going to see their water rates increase, but those who are doing the right thing and those who are using minimal amounts of water – there’s no reason I believe that they should be seeing an increase in their water rates,” Councilman David Alvarez said last week.
Councilman Chris Cate wants the city to study what would happen if the water department relied more on meter fees and less on how much water it sells. He suspects that would create more stability in rates during a drought, when the amount of water being sold might keep falling.
The vast majority of customers’ water bills are based on how much water they buy, but the vast majority of the city’s expenses don’t change from year to year. Cate’s idea could prompt a short-term spike in rates for people using the least water right now, but would prevent them from facing jarring rate increases in the future, even as they use less and less water.
“It’s a little more transparent because you’re going to be more honest with the user about the cost of the water,” Cate said.
The Equinox Center, a local think tank that focuses on water policy, is also pushing for a structural overhaul.
Stephen Heverly, the center’s managing director, said he favors a rate plan that assigns people a per capita amount of water to use. Such a system might take into account the number of people in a household, the lot size, perhaps the size of people’s yards.
He contrasted this with the state’s cuts, which he called “reactionary” because they are simply designed to make people use less water, rather than coming up with a system designed around using an appropriate amount.
“They are just trying to ensure we are conserving to get through this drought, but say this continues, I think we just need a little more planning” he said.


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Battle Brothers expertly combines the extreme freedom of the greatest medieval simulators with engrossing turn-based combat.
Fans of a certain medieval life simulator called Mount & Blade might want to have a good, hard look at Battle Brothers. Just like Mount & Blade, Battle Brothers drops you into a medieval sandbox and constantly puts you in situations where you’ll have to make important, world-changing decisions. Not only is it freeing in the way only Mount & Blade was, its systems also allows for the same level of procedural storytelling that had us recounting our exploits to family and friends.
Unlike Mount & Blade, Battle Brothers combat is turn-based and plays out on a board. It’s reminiscent of old strategy classics like Panzer General where each confrontation plays out like an asymmetrical game of chess on an uneven board. We’ll be the first to admit the visuals are offputting at first, though with some time invested you learn to navigate its interface, and the potential for the combat system really becomes clear. As the armies grow and you explore the world map, you become proficient enough to manage multiple campaigns that span the entire continent.
Battle Brothers Warrior of the North game has a medieval theme. Where we will lead a small army, trying to survive in a variety of ways, ranging from fighting or trading.
On the campaign menu we will select “Company Origin” which will determine what kind of character the Company we want right. Each company also has their own specialization, depending on what we want to play this game like. There are more than eleven Company origin that we can play on the campaign menu.
Like the Mount And Blade game in the Battle Brothers game, we will be able to walk on a large map, meet bandits, or just make money by carrying out missions that we can take in the cities contained on the map. We can also contract soldiers or militia to the city.
These warriors have different backgrounds, ranging from barbarians, butchers, crusaders, deserter, to fishermen and many more. each character has his own status, and his own personality. we must choose our troops very carefully, the backround and perks of each character will determine life and death when fighting later. We can upgrade the equipment of these soldiers. They can also gain experience through battle.
Equipment in this Battle Brothers game is very important. Each equipment has a different effect, for example a mace weapon can create a stun effect. In the game Battle Brothers do not know the class system like other Tactical games, but we can determine what type of soldiers we have with the weapons they have. Therefore, the equipment here is very crucial, the better your equipment, the stronger your character.
The battle system in Battle Brothers uses a turn base system. Characters that die in battle will not be able to be revived (unless they become undead). Battle Brothers also implements a fatigue system that limits how often your troops can jump into battle, adding another layer of strategy and a soft limit to EXP and item farming. Every weapon and movement will also increase fatigue, soldiers with large weapons and heavy armor will fatigue faster, whereas soldiers with lighter weapons will get less fatigue.
There are also several factions that can interact with us. These factions will react depending on how we play this game, we can be friends or opponents.
Graphic in the game Battle Brothers can be said to be very minimal, even so this game will be very exciting and worthy for you to play. Battle that is somewhat difficult with a system of fatigue, injured and permanent death will add to the difficulty in Battle Brothers.
Battle Brothers is a game that brings together all kinds of gameplay elements, creating a compelling adventure title that is full of interesting choices and a refreshing level of freedom. Yes, it's a work-in-progress, so at this early stage you'll have to deal with the various bugs and random crashes. However, if you're willing to take the leap, you'll find a solid RPG game that only stands to improve with updates.


Uzbekistan, Tashkent, July 25 / Trend D.Azizov /
Uzbekistan has received the first of two high-speed trains bought by the State Railway Company Uzbekistan Railways from the Spanish Parentes Talgo S., the Uzbek Railway Company reported.
The Spanish Patentes Talgo S. A. and Uzbekistan Railways signed a contract on the purchase of two high-speed trains AVE 250 worth 38 million euros in November 2009.
Trains will be used on the Tashkent-Samarkand route, whose length is 356 kilometers. The maximum speed is 250 km per hour. The contract includes service of trains, as well as driver training in Spain.
The electricity train consists of two head locomotives, eight coaches and dining car. It has places of the VIP-class, first and economy class and special conditions created here for passengers with disabilities. The total capacity of trains is 257 people.
The trains will be tested in the near future and the regular operation is scheduled for September.
The second train will be delivered in September 2011.
The project is financed through the Uzbekistan Temir Yollari and resources of the Fund for Reconstruction and Development of Uzbekistan.


Home crisis for thousands hit by 'bedroom tax'
THOUSANDS of people in Notts will be pushed into a financial crisis following the introduction of the Government's "bedroom tax", it is claimed.
The Government is set to slash housing benefit for people living in council or housing association homes with more bedrooms than they need. The idea is to force people to downsize and reduce the cost of benefits.
But a Post investigation has shown a lack of available houses means that many tenants will have nowhere to go.
Among 12 housing associations in the city, only 21 one-bedroom and 14 two-bedroom properties are available – but 5,506 households need to downsize or be hit by the cuts.
And outside the city, lettings website Homesearch says only 10 two-bedroom and 12 one-bedroom properties are available in Broxtowe, Gedling and Rushcliffe.
Nottingham South MP Lilian Greenwood is urging the Government to reconsider the changes.
She said: "Even if people wanted to move to avoid the cut to their benefit, there is clearly nowhere for them to go. Losing 14 per cent on £71 of benefit is a huge drop and could well force people to live below the poverty line."
Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith said the Government could not afford to pay for bedrooms that are not being used.
What do you think of the plans? Join the debate at thisisnottingham.co.uk


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Another vitamin D clue? Study reveals mental wellness queries in Google drop during summertime dramatically Google looks for mental health related issues drop dramatically during summertime. This is according to fresh research published in the American Journal of Preventive Medication here . John W. Ayers, PhD of the Graduate College of Public Health at San Diego State University explains, THE WEB is a game changer. By passively monitoring how people search online we are able to figuratively look inside the heads of searchers to understand population mental wellness patterns. The research draws on Google’s open public database identifying and following mental health questions in Australia and america between 2006 and 2010.
The findings were provided at the Annual Educational Meeting and International Getting together with of the Association for Experts in Contamination Control and Epidemiology in San Antonio, Texas, USA. Previous results show that after six months bathing daily with the 2 percent chlorhexidine gluconate wipes, MRSA transmission rates fell from 4.99 to 0. Related StoriesUnlocking the genes behind antibiotic resistance: an interview with Professor RomesbergCoating implants with cells plasminogen activator can prevent biofilm-related infectionsAmpliPhi's novel bacteriophage therapy demonstrates comparable efficacy to vancomycin in S. Aureus lung disease modelRecently, the same team reviews that the positive impact continues over time, with an overall reduction in MRSA rates of 82 percent after 33 months of the bathing process.


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Welcome to the new Autodesk 3ds Max Ideas Community! ... I took to learning some Blender, because why not? ... quad remesher ... The Rock Essentials is a collection of 267 photoscanned rocks – the largest and most versatile collection of CG rocks ever created! Quad Remesher is an automatic quad remeshing (or auto retopology) technology. ... plugin for 3dsMax, Maya, modo. (and more to come : Blender, Cinema4D, Houdini) What I like to do with the curves, is convert them to mesh. Next, I will remesh them with voxel remesher. And from there I use the smooth modifier to smooth out the mesh. Then I check how I can reduce the polycound while maintaining the quality of the mesh. In some case I use the Quadriflow remesher or the commercial Quad remesher.