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|Mon, 02-11-2013 - 2:36pm
Alyssa and Christine- LOL about the pooping in the tub!!!
Right now Julia is crawling, and since it's a very hot summer she's mostly just in diapers, wich means her knees, had and feet get extremely dirty, you should see her bath water!!!!
|Sun, 02-10-2013 - 7:10am
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Erica - So sorry to hear youre still dealing with PT issues but it is helpful to know for stage rest of us. How long until your kids were nap and night trained? I can live with needing pull-ups for nighttime but I have to get Selin nap trained by August in time for preschool. Even if she goes on the potty right before nap she still wakes up with a wet pull-up.
Alyssa - LOL about the tub poop incident! When we were in Turkey in 2011 I was taking a bath with Selin at a relatives house and didn't have my glasses on and saw a dark object floating at the other end of the tub. Yep, it was poop! Luckily I had a bowl in the tub and was able to fish it out but it totally grossed me out!
|Sun, 02-03-2013 - 9:16am
|Sat, 02-02-2013 - 5:14pm
We are still dealing with accidents from Jonah. He's 4 1/2 !!! It is so frustrating. Every time we visit PA or someone visits us he regresses. He was having no accidents at all, and then we returned to Florida in the second week of January, and suddenly he is having accidents almost daily...pee and poop. For the last three days, he has been completely clean and dry, and then today, poop accident again. I try really, really hard to not be angry since I know that this is a maturity issue not an issue of disobedience, but it is HARD to stay calm when he was doing so great, and he is so big. Anyway...that's my PT rant.
|Fri, 02-01-2013 - 9:06pm
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Erica - So sorry to hear about your Grandma. (((HUGS)))
Alyssa - Selin started showing interest in sitting on the potty right before her 2nd birthday but she didn't always "go". Then DH went out of the country and she totally regressed, then showed interest a month or so later. When I was home with her last summer we did the "no diaper/run naked" thing and that got her off to a good start. Almost six months later we are finally 100% diaper free during the day and she's only in a pull up at sleeptimes, though I'd like to get her out of a pull up for naps in case she does start preschool this fall.
I agree with Mari not to try to PT if there's a big event coming up. For example your trip in March, you might want to wait until you're back, or try now but don't stress if he regresses during the trip. Every child is ready in their own time and learns differently. We keep our bathroom door open for the most part at home (when it's just the 3 of us home of course!) so I think that really helped Selin get comfortable with sitting on the potty. GL!
|Tue, 01-29-2013 - 2:03pm
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Alyssa, Fede never "showed" interest in PT. When we were close to 3yo I got fed up with changing diapers, and one saturday morning I said to him:
"no more diapers, if you want to pee or poop, please tell me or daddy and we will help." I expected to spend the next two weeks cleaning messes, but he handled it pretty well and only had three accidents the whole weekend, by the end of that week he was done.
I have to say though that he had a bad regression when we moved. I don't know if the new house made him insecure or what , but we spent most of december cleaning pee puddles and changing clothes. He never regressed on nº2, thankfully!
So I'd give it a try once you see him mature enough to understand what you expect of him. Also try to train him away of any major life change.
|Tue, 01-29-2013 - 10:57am
Hi ladies – nice to see this thread moving a bit faster!
Sandy – fun that David is in soccer! I can't wait for Evan to start.
Erica – "Jack Sparrow" – too cute! I hope school is going well now, I can see how it would be hard to get on track after the holidays. I'm sorry that your grandma isn't doing so well. Dementia can be so heartbreaking.
Liz – how horrendous! I hope you're all feeling better now!
Christine – good luck choosing a preschool for Selin! It can be tough to decide, I'm sure. And that's really cute about "Sassy"! You'll have to tell us some stories about her :)
Mari – Sounds like Fede is being 3 :D Evan is the same way for some things – doesn't want to do something until he knows he can do it "right"…or more efficiently than the old way (for example, he didn't start walking a lot until he was faster at it than crawling). I wouldn't be too worried about Julia's separation anxiety as long as it doesn't continue for too long or get worse somehow. Always good to talk to someone about it though if you're worried.
AFM - I'm really, really hoping Evan will start showing an interest in potty training soon. When did it happen for your child(ren)? We ask him if he wants to sit on the potty and he'll say "no" and apparently he does the same at daycare. I'm not worried, but it would be nice to get him out of diapers before he's 3 (which isn't until October). Any tips?


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Committee Announces Plan for Health-Care Reform
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SEN. MAX BAUCUS (D) MONTANA: It reflects months of work and more than a year of preparation by our committee. It represents an effort to reach common ground and a real chance for health-care reform, and it is balanced, a common-sense bill that can pass the Senate.
Achieving real reform means that we need to hold insurance industry accountable, and that's why we're presenting this package, and that's exactly what this package does. It provides competition, holds insurance companies accountable and ensures Americans have real choices when they buy insurance.
Our package (ph) ensures choice and competition in the health insurance market so every American can find quality, affordable coverage that cannot be taken away. It protects those with pre- existing conditions. It's very important. It prevents insurance companies from discriminating and capping coverage, and it requires insurance companies to sell and renew a policy to anyone who applies, so long as the policy holder pays their premium in full.
Our package makes clear that if you like your doctor, your health plan today, you can keep them. It delivers affordable coverage to tens of millions of Americans and reduces costs and expands options for millions more. It increases the focus on prevention and wellness. It begins to shift the focus of our health-care delivery system for quality of care provided, not quantity of services provided. It protects Medicare and makes the Medicare program stronger, to ensure future generations can benefit.
For seniors, it lowers prescription drug costs dramatically. For small business, it establishes a new marketplace to shop for coverage and tax credits to help make benefits affordable again. In fact, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that our reforms will significantly reduce costs for individuals and group markets.
For the uninsured, our package guarantees immediate access to quality, affordable coverage. It is fiscally responsible. It reduces the deficit within ten years, and it controls health-care spending for the long run.
We have done everything imaginable to get the most generous, most affordable coverage that we could within President Obama's target of $900 billion.
There are honest and principled differences among all of us working for reform, and this package may not represent all of our first choices. But at the end of the day, we all share a common purpose. That is, to make the lives of Americans better tomorrow than they are today and to get health-care reform done, which means the time to come for action is now, and we will act. We will act to pass health reform legislation this year.
Next week the finance committee will do its part to help expand coverage. We will do our part to control costs, and we'll do our part to work closely with President Obama to deliver health-care reform for the American people.
I look forward to the efforts of my colleagues on the committee to make this an even better bill. I also look forward to working with leader Reid and Chairman Harkin and Dodd and the rest of my colleagues on the health committee, so we can merge, quickly, our bills with theirs.
This is a good bill. This is a balanced bill. It can pass the Senate. And I look forward to making sure that we have an even better bill that passes with even a larger margin. Thank you.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) Actually delayed this much to the chagrin of the White House and the leadership who said that you wanted to have (UNINTELLIGIBLE) and how disappointed are you, and do you really honestly think that you will get the public...
BAUCUS: Yes, I -- I believe I have an obligation to work as diligently, as hard as I can, to try to get the most broad-based bill possible, because after all, the American people want us, I think, in Washington to work together, Republican and Democrats. They don't like all the partisanship that's going on.
And I also think a bipartisan approach is more durable; it's more sustainable. It will generally mean better policy.
So, I worked very hard to try to get that bipartisan support. And I think that we will get it. That is, I think that, certainly, by the time the finance committee in this room votes on final passage for health-care reform, there will be Republican support.
No Republican has offered his or her support at this moment, but I think by the time we get the final passage in this committee, you'll find Republican support.
This is a bill that should enjoy broad support. It is common sense; it is a balanced bill. I think this bill -- I know this bill will pass. It certainly is a bill that can pass. And the choice now is up to those on the other side of the aisle, whether they want to vote for it or not. We worked very hard to make this balanced, and that's really what it comes down to.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The bill doesn't provide a long-term fix for the SGR?
BAUCUS: SGR will be addressed by the Senate this year. There's not -- there's no doubt in my mind about that. I mean...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When you say aggressively, do you mean long term? BAUCUS: I can't address whether it will be one, two, three, five, six years or a permanent fix. Personally, I'd like to see SGR permanently fixed and reformed. And there's no doubt that we will in this Senate address the SGR.
BAUCUS: Well, that's a separate side issue. It's not -- SGR is really not part of health-care reform. SGR is basically what Medicare pays providers, especially doctors in this case, and we'll find a way to deal with SGR. That's not going to be an issue. We'll find a way.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Senator, several Democratic members have said that they have grave concerns about this bill, and they feel that you made too many concessions to Republicans. How concerned are you that you may not have enough Democrats on your committee to pass this bill?
BAUCUS: There's no doubt in my mind this is a very balanced bill that's going to get various -- going to get support. I've talked to Democrats. I've talked to Republicans about this bill, just intensively, and I can tell you that in those conversations, there are some who think I've not gone far enough. There are some on both sides of the aisle that think I've gone too far.
And this is basically within the framework that President Obama outlined in his State of the Union address and made it very similar to what he suggested. And, again, I talked to senators, Democrats, Republicans. Some think too much, too little. And I think I've come up with a good, balanced bill that can pass the Senate and that will work with all those senators.
Clearly, this is just the early stage. First there's committee here. There will be amendments offered. There's no doubt about that. And I expect some of them to be pretty good amendments, amendments that I will support. Then we've got -- then we'll merge with the health committee. And, you know, there's a lot -- it will be on the floor. I mean, there's lots of opportunities here to -- but stay within the confines of, you know, under $900 billion and trying to find a balanced approach here. And, again, some want more. Some want less. I think this is a very, very good beginning.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Senator, there was a statement that says the bill is deeply flawed and that it...
BAUCUS: I beg your pardon?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The head of ASCME has put out a statement that said it (UNINTELLIGIBLE) taxes health benefits and provides health plans that provide benefits for many middle-class families, in other words, the Cadillac tax that you talked about. Can you tell us how that came about, and how is it that you'll be sure that cost isn't going to trickle down?
BAUCUS: Yes, well, first, it's -- the president endorsed it in his message to the country. Second, it's a measure that -- that many of us have supported for some time or some versions of it. Senator Kerry in particular has been pushing that measure. And it's basically a tax, frankly, on insurance companies, and I think it's appropriate to get the fat out of the insurance companies.
You know, I'm frankly proud that this bill focused on those who profited the most under our health-care system, and I think they should be part of the solution.
And actually, well, without getting too deep in the weeds to answer your question, the Congressional Budget Office says that, frankly, the net result of all this will be a significant change in the way companies and their insurance companies provide benefits to employees. Namely, as a consequence of this, wages will be increased, offset otherwise paying health-insurance benefits, and frankly, that's going to increase taxable income of employees. And it's -- and they, therefore, give it, CBO gives it a positive score.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) It's also designed...
BAUCUS: It's also designed -- I'm glad you asked the question. It's also designed -- thank you very much -- for helping bend the cost curve. That's a main theories of it.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you have an estimate from the CBO on how much the bills cost? Do you have a statement from them on how many people the bill would cover in terms of the number of uninsured? (UNINTELLIGIBLE)
BAUCUS: That's been an issue that's been foremost in my mind every week, if not a couple, three times a week, because we don't want the coverage to get too low. If coverage gets too low, then we start to -- to no longer have the benefits of virtually universal coverage. Too many people who need insurance will go get insurance, if the coverage is too low. Those who don't want insurance, don't need it, the healthy, young, et cetera, won't. So you get kind of this death spiral phenomenon, if the coverage level is too low.
The more coverage is up, the more we have true insurance and the more that's going to help assure lower premiums for all Americans. I don't have the precise number right now. But it's -- I don't want to give you a number. It's in the mid-90s, mid- to low 90s. It's a concern of mine. It's a point I am going to be focused on throughout the committee and as we pass health-care reform.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You have said that you don't want Americans to lose their coverage; people who have it can keep it. Why not have a stronger employer mandate, then, because it looks like it would be cheaper for a lot of employers to just take the tax credit as opposed to...
BAUCUS: No, in an effort to get balanced again, in an effort to get a bill that can pass, we -- I decided that it made more sense not to have the actual mandate, but for an employer that does not provide coverage, that employer will have to pay a penalty for not providing coverage. To discourage employers from dropping coverage.
It's 400 for all employees, or it's the tax credit per employee that -- that an employer may otherwise drop. It's another example of the difficulty in trying to find the right balance here. That is, on the one hand, we want employers -- we want to keep our employer-based system, and we want employers to keep providing coverage for their employees.
And on the other hand, it's -- we've got to make sure that it's not too -- insurance is not too onerous for employees and the employer is not too easily dropped coverage. So, it's trying to find that penalty and the right balance that gets to an earlier question so as not to reduce coverage very much.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What kind of support is there amongst governors and state legislatures (UNINTELLIGIBLE)?
BAUCUS: You know, I frankly think that -- that this is pretty much resolved, that is, the Medicaid expansion. We, our Group of Six, had several conversations with governors, several conference calls, had one yesterday. And on the conference call yesterday with maybe a dozen governors, bipartisan, explained what the net result would be to governors under an expansion of Medicaid.
And essentially, when you factor in the F-map rates -- that is, how much Uncle Sam's going to pay, what portion Uncle Sam will pay -- for the expanded population, and when you factor in other matters such as increase of the drug rebate from, say, I think it's 15 to 22 or 23 percent, when you factor in CHIP Flexibility states will have, when you factor in some other provisions, on a net basis, on an average basis, throughout the country, states will see, according to the most recent calculations, 0.8, 0.9 percent increase in the state Medicaid obligations over the baseline. That is, over what they otherwise paid. Or definitely the baselines will cost the states on average 0.8, 0.9 percent.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Last question.
BAUCUS: I can take a few more. I can take a few more.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Senator, (UNINTELLIGIBLE)...
BAUCUS: I always get that one. Sorry? Sorry?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Is there anything that would affect the position of (UNINTELLIGIBLE) in the bill?
BAUCUS: Well, we're -- a key point here, clearly, is delivery system reform. That's a key point of this bill, and regrettably in my judgment this has been lost in most of the national debate on health- care reform. That is, we have to begin to change the way that we're compensating providers in Medicare and Medicaid: away from paying on the basis of quantity and volume, more toward paying on the basis of value and outcomes.
And the more we can move down that road and the more quickly we can move down that road, the more quickly we're going to not only reduce costs, but -- this is an extremely important point -- also increase quality. I will underline that last point. It will improve quality.
If you look at all the integrated systems in our country now, and more of them are developing, because most folks know this is the right approach and where we should be going in health care today.
I don't care if it's Kaiser, it's Cleveland, it's Mayo, it's Intermountain, it's Geisinger. There's one in Montana, the Billings Clinic, where they're integrated; that is, the hospital and the physicians. In some cases the post-acute provider are integrated in the payment systems. They're finding that their quality has increased significantly, and its costs are lower.
So, we're building incentives in this bill to help groups to evolve into integrated systems, and that will get at the question of Medicaid reimbursement.
This is going to take time. This is not going to be accomplished overnight. But I do believe firmly that this is probably the most transformative, game-changing provision here. It will start to lower health-care costs. It will start to bend the cost curve.
There are provisions, too, that would accomplish the same objectives. But the underlying delivery system reform is, I think, just so critical for our country and...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When it comes to -- when it comes to the efforts to try to get bipartisan support, what realistically, do you think you need to do in terms of actual policy changes to get some Republicans on board with this?
BAUCUS: I just think it's continually talking, working with, exploring, probing, cajoling. It's just -- being creative about it.
This is probably one of the largest pieces of social -- social legislation in American history since the Depression. It affects everybody in our country. It affects everybody in many different ways. It is comprehensive. It is complex. It's just -- takes time to fully fathom, put the pieces together, to understand, and then make a suggestion to make it better.
I also believe, as firmly, that we have a moral obligation as Americans to pass meaningful health-care reform this year. You know, all of us here are not going to be here forever, you know? We have a moral obligation to -- when we leave this place, to leave it in as good a shape or better shape than we found it. Each of us in this room, each of us in this country, has that moral obligation.
And this is our opportunity, this is our moment, to help fulfill that moral obligation for our kids and our grandkids to have something better than we now have.
I began my statement by saying all the costs of inaction. They are just horrendous, the costs of inaction. We've got to get going here. And do you know what? I think most everybody has some sense there might be something to that. And I think a lot of my colleagues, both sides of the aisle, we're now talking specifically about the Republican side of the aisle. They get that, too, understand that, too.
And when -- this has a certain sense of inevitability this is going to pass. I think, with that, more and more people are going to think, oh, gee, first of all, it may be the right thing to do, at least make this effort. And probably, this is not too far off the track from what we need to do. So, let me work with it, see what I can do to make it better.
I fully believe, as I've said many times, at the end of the day, there's going to be Republican support for this bill.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) ... policy changes you think will need to be made?
BAUCUS: You know -- I will. You know, I've said this several times, too. Essentially, we've debated this thing. We've met over 100 hours. I forgot what the total is. There are no real policy deal breakers. It's more getting more comfortable with what all this is.
And I think that's what this comes down to, is helping, working with it, making this -- helping centers in the country, the public, be more comfortable with what all this is.
I also think much of this has to be explained to the country with greater clarity, so people have a better understanding. And I say presume presumptuously, have a little higher comfort level. A lot higher comfort level.
Look it: there are millions of Americans today that don't have health insurance. Just think of that. We're going to provide an opportunity for all Americans to have health insurance.
There are millions of Americans today who have lousy health insurance. Pre-existing conditions, denial based on health status. No limit on out-of-pocket costs or recisions. Companies put limits on coverage, you know, how many dollars they'll pay out. We're stopping all of that. Just think of that for a moment. That's so important. And it's -- that's why I do think at the end of the day we're going to get significant bipartisan support and we're going to pass this.
Thanks, everybody, very much. Thank you.
FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, HOST: All right, you heard it right there. Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus answer for health-care reform for America. Let's break down his proposal.
The first surprise is the cost: an estimated $856 billion over 10 years. That's quite a bit cheaper than Baucus himself quoted just yesterday.
It also makes health insurance mandatory for all Americans, offering tax credits to those who couldn't otherwise afford it. It sets up exchanges where consumers can shop for the coverage they want, and it expands and standardizes Medicaid, health care for the poor.
Probably the most controversial provision is for nonprofit member-owned cooperatives. In place of a government-run health plan to compete with private insurers.
Four other committees have already passed health bills, with no Republican support. The Baucus bill is the product of three months of work by the so-called Gang of Six, three Democrats, three Republicans. But even those Republicans have not yet signed on.
CNN's Brianna Keilar joins me now to gauge the prospects for bipartisan health reform. We heard from Baucus there that reiterated: you're right, no Republicans, as of yet, but he says, it's still early in the game.
BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Could you sense how much, Fredricka, he really wants that bipartisan support? He really wants Republicans, certainly, to get on board here. And certainly he would have been happier today, I'm sure, if he'd had that Gang of Six and those three Republicans and those two Democrats standing by him, buying into this bill. But they haven't at this point. Although Baucus said that he expects by the time of final passage, there will be some Republican support.
That said, you know, you want to take a look at what Mitch McConnell, the top Republican, in the Senate came out today and said. He essentially blasted this plan, saying it will cut Medicare, and essentially, Republicans have said that seniors should be fearful because of that. And Democrats say, "No, we're squeezing savings out of the system. That's not really true."
But obviously, this is not -- this plan, even this plan that does not have a public option, the only draft or bill in Congress. It does not have a public option, a government-run insurance plan. It's not expected to get really wide, like really broad, support in the Senate among Republicans. The hope, though, is that for there to be a few, maximum, that's really the expectation, Fredricka.
But there's also the issue of Democrats. You know, there are a lot of conservative Democrats in the Senate, in the House, who need to be wooed, who need to be won over, and we're not sure that they are on board, at least with the concept of this plan at this point, Fred.
WHITFIELD: All right, Brianna Keilar, on Capitol Hill, thanks so much. Appreciate that.
So, this Baucus bill, as Brianna was just reiterating, does not have a provision for a public option, a government-run insurance plan. So, does that weaken the Obama administration's argument for a public option?
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi weighed in, speaking exclusively to CNN, and she says, no, but...
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) REP. NANCY PELOSI (D-CA), SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE: If we are going to mandate health insurance for all Americans, if we're going to subsidize that health care for tens of millions of people, how can we give all of these new consumers to the health insurance industry with no accountability, no competition? And no real challenge for them to honor the reforms that we have in the bill. No, we're in pretty good shape on that.
WHITFIELD: All right, let's check in with our Josh Levs. He's doing some digging. Digging deeper into the Baucus plan and how it would affect you and me. So, let's talk about the cost first.
JOSH LEVS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, we'll start off with that. It's a good idea, Fred. You know, it's interesting to check out what's going on here.
I want to emphasize to everyone, you can see it our blog. In the newsroom, CNN.com/Josh or it's linked to YouTube, so CNN.com/Fredricka. We encourage you to check it out. This is just an initial read. It's 223 pages long.
But I want to show you some interesting provisions here about controlling costs about this. Check it out.
Issuers in the individual market, this says, could vary premiums based only on the following characteristics: tobacco use, age, and family composition. I find that pretty striking. No other things could change what it would cost in the individual market, except they do say it could cost a different amount in different regions of the country right there.
Now, check this out. They say that there will be a pretty simple way of understanding what your options are. Four benefit categories would be available: bronze, silver, gold and platinum. And it breaks down pretty well what would be entailed in each one.
Another thing I looked at, though, Fred, is also what it might cost small businesses. A lot of people concerned about that. When we get questions about health care, that's one of the biggest ones, small business.
And I want to show you here. It shows that there will be a tax credit for qualified small employer, for contributions to purchase health insurance for their employees. That's any business with fewer than 100 employees. So, they are offering these credits that they say would help some of these small businesses provide insurance for people.
A little bit there, Fred, about the cost in this potential bill, legislation.
WHITFIELD: All right. Another contentious issue was about illegal immigrants.
LEVS: Yes.
WHITFIELD: And abortion. Where are we on that?
LEVS: Right. Yes, we got a couple things on coverage, as well. Let's zoom back in. I'm going to need that camera to come back. Let's zoom back in here, because I want everyone to see a little bit more about what we have on those issues involving coverage. Let's check this out here.
This explains that all citizens and legal residents would be required to purchase coverage beginning 2013. But when we go down a little further, it talks a little bit about what would happen with verifying illegal immigrants. Take a look here. It requires verification of the following personal data: name, Social Security number, and the date of birth will be verified with the Social Security Administration.
Now, you might look at that as pretty typical, but there are those in Congress who argue this is not enough. More needs to be done to make sure illegal immigrants are not taking advantage of this.
And, Fred, you mentioned abortion. Let's zoom back down. I want people to see this, as well. It talks about what would happen with abortion. It says federal funds continue to be prohibited from being used to pay for abortions. unless the pregnancy is due to rape, incest or if the life of the mother is in danger.
But Fred, part of this, and what we'll be hearing a lot is it does not prevent private plans that take part in that system from providing funds for other types of abortions. So that is something we've heard argued in the past. We'll probably hear more about it, Fred.
WHITFIELD: All right. Josh Levs, thanks so much.
LEVS: You got it. Thanks.
WHITFIELD: Also, new developments in that murder on the Yale University campus. We now know how Annie Le died. More on this developing story right after this.
WHITFIELD: All right, some news just in, in the Yale murder case. The Connecticut medical examiner's office tells CNN that Annie Le died of traumatic asphyxia due to neck compression. In other words, she was strangled.
The M.E. had been holding off on releasing that information at the request of the New Haven police.
Meantime, the New Haven police do say that a person of interest in Le's murder has been released from custody. Yale lab technician Raymond Clark was brought in late last night for questioning. Investigators asked for a DNA sample, and he complied. A few hours later, they let him go. While all that was going on, the police knocked down reports that they needed a huge manhunt to find this man.
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Torresol Energy has overcome one of solar energy's biggest challenges: operating when the sun doesn't shine. The 19.9 MW Gemasolar concentrated solar power plant in Spain's Andalucia province has two tanks of molten salt (MSES) that store heat energy generated throughout the day. Unlike normal plants that have less thermal storage or none at all, this stored energy enables Torresol to satisfy peak summer energy demand long after sunset. A joint venture between Spanish giant Sener and Masdar, Abu Dhabi's Future Energy Company, the Gemasolar plant has hurdled one of alternative energy's biggest obstacles. Check out a video of the operation after the jump!
The MSES consists of 60% potassium nitrate and 40% sodium nitrate. This mixture has the amazing ability to retain 99% of the heat energy generated by the CSP plant to be reused later. Essentially what Forbes calls a "battery" that lasts for about 15 hours – more than double Andasol I's 7 hour capacity – the MSES is not considered especially toxic to the environment.
Gemasolar is expected to produce approximately 110,000 MWh of energy each year – enough to power 25,000 homes. Although a 19.9 MW plant is relatively small, this functions on par with a 50MW plant that lacks decent storage since it can feed the grid all of the time. Designed to operate 6,500 hours annually, this latest development in super-duper CSP plants opened in May, 2011.
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rolandcontreras December 27, 2011 at 9:36 am
Excellent thinking! I guess the cycling number must be very large and perhaps dependent on the purity of the salt?
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About 2 years ago I have heard about "night solar" energy from Spain a lot
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This is absolutely beautiful. I don't think there is a large investment in solor power because it is a resources people arent taking very seriously because it comes with too many constraints, unlike power from coal or oil that can be produced 24/7 and at a greater capacity. Solor power requires people to be more self concious about usage and when they use the power, something we are too selfish to conform to just yet. WE ARE GETTING THERE THOUGH!
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An uptime of 75% is not really that bad, for example the average uptime of all German nuclear reactors is about 80%(http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Kernreaktoren_in_Deutschland).
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I am thinking the 6,500 hours is referring to the MSES system.
berova June 26, 2011 at 10:10 pm
6,500 hrs annually equates to being online just under 75% of the time. What parts require maintenance about 25% of the time? Can they made to be relatively quickly "swappable"? Or are those "parts" so expensive, it's not cost effective for the benefit of being operating the other 25% of the time?
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That is so cool!
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MeaWallet to launch mobile payments platform that supports NFC, BLE and QR
March 6th, 2014
MeaWallet, a white label solution that supports mobile payments via NFC, Bluetooth LE, host card emulation (HCE), QR and more, is to be launched in May this year, enabling retailers, banks, MNOs and service providers… More
Fashion retailer Heidi.com to personalize shopping in flagship store with NFC
November 21st, 2013
Swiss online fashion store Heidi.com is to use NFC to identify shoppers and drive personalized communications between the brand and its customers when it opens its first brick and mortar store in Neuchatel, Switzerland. Consumers… More
Wirecard offers single tap coupons
November 19th, 2013
Payment technology provider Wirecard has introduced NFC Single Tap, a service that enables customers to use an NFC phone to pay for goods, redeem a voucher and pick up loyalty points all in a one tap. The service is available to retailers as an add-on to the company's white label issuing programmes and mobile payment applications.
Wirecard adds CorFire technology to NFC platform
October 3rd, 2013
Electronic payments specialist Wirecard has integrated CorFire's Mobile Payment Service Application (MPSA) NFC API stack into its products and services, enabling secure NFC capabilities to be supported from within mobile apps. Wirecard, whose clients include… More
Nets picks Oberthur for Nordic NFC services
September 18th, 2013
Nordic payments and card services provider Nets has selected Oberthur Technologies' TSM platform to enable its banking partners to offer NFC services across the region, starting in Denmark in early 2014. The TSM platform will… More
MasterCard, C-Sam and DNP to offer white label NFC platform in Japan
August 28th, 2013
Japanese retailers are to be able to provide shoppers with branded NFC mobile wallets, courtesy of a new white label platform to be offered jointly by MasterCard, C-Sam and DNP. The NFC white label service… More
TrustNordics to offer turnkey NFC wallet platform
May 29th, 2013
TSM provider TrustNordics has partnered with C-Sam to offer a turnkey NFC mobile wallet solution that also supports QR and barcodes. The system makes use of C-Sam's Mobile Transaction Platform and will be available for… More
Eftpos Australia picks C-Sam for NFC payments
May 13th, 2013
Debit card network Eftpos Australia has announced a five year deal with NFC technology provider C-Sam and plans to begin mobile payment trials "with selected retailers in the next few months". C‐Sam's platform will enable Eftpos… More
Airtag adds white label wallet
February 23rd, 2013
Mobile shopping specialist Airtag is launching a white label version of its NFC-enabled Airpass mobile wallet at Mobile World Congress 2013. "There are going to be not one, but many mobile wallets that succeed," says Airtag CEO Jérémie Leroyer. "Each brand needs to start building their own identity in the wallet experience, not simply to get a piece of the payment pie, rather to retain and build loyal customers."
MasterCard buys into NFC wallet provider C-Sam
December 17th, 2012
MasterCard has signed a strategic partnership agreement with C-Sam and also acquired a minority shareholding in the NFC mobile wallet and transaction platform provider. The move follows a deal the two companies signed in May 2012… More
TransCard to offer white label NFC wallets to US banks
November 16th, 2012
The prepaid card specialist's 84 financial institution clients will be able to provide customers with mobile wallets based on DeviceFidelity's Moneto platform, which uses NFC-enabled cases and microSD cards to add mobile payments capabilities to Apple iPhone and Android devices. More
LevelUp adds white label option
September 26th, 2012
Mobile barcode and NFC payments/offers start-up LevelUp has introduced a white label version of its service. "Lots of our partners have great brands, epic brands with some serious cult followings," says LevelUp's Seth Priebatsch. "They've… More
Atos offers white label wallet
September 19th, 2012
Transactional services supplier Atos Worldline has launched a white label NFC mobile wallet application aimed at card issuers. The "ready to go" solution implements the latest specifications from Visa, MasterCard, SIMalliance and AFSCM and includes support for coupons, loyalty and P2P payments.
MasterCard adds Mobile PayPass User Interface SDK
September 19th, 2012
"MasterCard is providing a programmer-friendly set of functions that make it easy for application developers to rapidly deliver payment apps to consumers – without having to become smart card programming experts," says the payments network. More
MasterCard and C-Sam offer white label wallet solution
May 25th, 2012
MasterCard and secure mobile transaction specialist C-Sam are to offer a white label NFC wallet solution to mobile operators, retail banks and payment providers in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa. The mobile wallet product… More
MasterCard enters the mobile wallet market
May 9th, 2012
The payments network has announced PayPass Wallet Services, a digital wallet platform that will support NFC. Eighteen financial institutions, American Airlines and bookseller Barnes & Noble are among those who have signed up for the service. More
TapMeTags opens in Canada
April 4th, 2012
A new NFC tag supplier has opened in Toronto, Canada. TapMeTags offers tag tracking, supply, printing and encoding services for marketers and advertisers who wish to use NFC and QR codes. "Our solutions are completely white labelled, keeping you in control of your brand," says operator Synaptic Vision.
Telefónica makes strategic investment in Boku
March 16th, 2012
The carrier's digital division has announced that the mobile payments platform provider, which last month unveiled an NFC service for mobile network operators, is to become its preferred mobile payments partner. More
Boku enters NFC market with white label payments and offers platform
February 23rd, 2012
The high profile online mobile payments company, whose services are used by more than 240 mobile network operators around the world, has entered the NFC market with Boku Accounts, a turnkey white label platform that lets carriers offer subscribers a full suite of in-store payments and loyalty services. More


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WASHINGTON - New restrictions on firearms in Maryland may have sparked an increased interest in stun guns.
On Monday, Anne Arundel County became the latest jurisdiction in Maryland to legalize the use of stun guns by civilians. The state approved them four years ago.
Anne Arundel County Councilman Derek Fink, who sponsored the new county law, says stun guns are designed as a non-lethal form of self-defense that are needed at a time when the state is tightening gun control.
"My intention was just to provide that option [and] give folks the opportunity to still provide self-defense without going as far as having a handgun," he says.
Prince George's and Montgomery counties also allow civilians to own stun guns.
But owners of stun guns should be careful when using their weapons. They are intended solely for self-defense, and aggressive use could land people in jail for up to three years.
In Virginia, such devices are legal statewide for anyone who can legally carry a fire arm. Anyone convicted of a crime can not legally own one, and stun guns are prohibited at schools statewide.
The weapons come with operating instructions, and proponents say it is important to learn how to use them properly.
Some stun guns have to make contact with a person before they can stun them, others shoot out electrical wires that must make contact before they are effective.
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How Do You Convert Kg Into Grams?
How do you convert grams to milliliters?
I am multiplying grams and milliliters together. I need to convert one of them to get an answer in either grams or milliliters. I think I can just multiply them together and just put "grams per milliliters" as the unit but I am not sure. The problem is, 35.76 grams divided by (25.26 milliliters minus 13.13 milliliters)
Google "convert grams to milliliters" or "convert milliliters to grams" and there will be calculators that convert whet ever number of either you put in to the other.
How do you convert moles to grams? ?
Sample problem: How many grams are in 1.73 mol of N(2)0(5)? How do you convert from moles to grams? And also the other way around. Grams to moles? Calculate the number of moles in 0.50 g of NaBr Help!
Moles to grams = Multiply by the formula weight, which is the same thing as the molar mass)
1.73 mole N2O5 x 108.014 g (molar mass) = 186.86422, or about 187 grams
Grams to Moles = divide by molar mass.
.50 g NaBr / 102.9 g = .0049 moles
How do I convert litres to grams?
I'm stuck on my hw which is due tomorow. It's chemistry and it's giving me differents substances like CO2 and oxygen and hydrogen. I just need the formula to convert litres into grams. Thank you for your help.
liters X density(g/liter) = grams
how do you convert grams to mL?
NaOH = .004 grams i need to get to mL..............can yuh help me wit diss?? pleezz gimme the way to convert this!! thank yuh!!
Density or grams per mL or whatever units you wish to use.
I looked for the density and found a yahoo answer question.
"The density of solid sodium hydroxide is 2.130 g per cubic centimetre."
So 2.130 grams / 1 mL.
.004 grams NaOH * 1 ml / 2.130 grams = amount of mL of NaOH
How do you convert grams into teaspoons?
I need to measure 1.8 grams, 7.2 grams, and 12.6 grams of kool-aid into 3 cups. Is there any way to convert them to teaspoons or some other form of measurement since I don't have a balance or a scale to weigh them. This is for a Chemistry lab and I need a quick but accurate answer please.
The question "How do you convert grams into teaspoons" is like converting tons to bucketfuls. One is a unit of weight the other is a unit of volume.
The only way to do it is to take whatever you are working with (In this case Koolaid) and weigh a teaspoon of it accurately because a teaspoon of sugar weighs less than a teaspoon of sand which weighs less than a teaspoon of lead etc...
Hope this made sense. Regardless in order to do this experiment you need to accurately weigh a useful unit of Koolaid.


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Think tropical breezes and margaritas on the lanai with this understated place setting (below, left). White plates with a pineapple and palm theme rest on circular place mats. Stemware appears to be floating above the chairs' palm print seats while a pedestal support of carved wood harks back to days of beach houses with thatched rooflines and comfy rattan furniture.
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Imagine, if you will, that one day it was announced that your local supermarket was buying up the road system between you and the grocer. It's an unusual merger, so it receives considerable government review before it's approved, and when it is cleared, there are restrictions in place to make certain the supermarket will maintain the road in the way to which customers have been accustomed.
At first, who owns the road doesn't matter much, and life goes on as usual. But when the first major snow falls, you find that the roadways leading to the supermarket are plowed, but roads to other shops and locations take a bit longer to get cleared. Eventually the supermarket begins charging a small fee for using the roads: not much, and it guarantees you clear passage to and from the place you get your milk and eggs, so what the hell? But eventually you find that while getting to the supermarket is easy enough, the roads to other stores are under bad repair.
The government requirements imposed on the supermarket when it first bought the road system have long since expired, and now you find that if you want to use alternate roads and visit other shops for specialty items, you're paying an extra fee for the privilege. Traveling to the supermarket is fast and easy, but the prices for its products have doubled since before it owned the roads.
Impossible, you say? The merger of Comcast and NBC approved last week by the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department has, in effect, made the above scenario entirely possible for the world of media.
Some pundits have suggested this unholy union between the service provider and the media producer will eventually turn the Internet into a system modeled on cable television. Instead of something driven by individuals and limited only by the imaginations of its users, the experience will be controlled by a corporation, and instead of a flat fee for an all-you-can-eat buffet, everything will have a price attached.
In addition to the NBC broadcast network, Comcast now owns numerous cable channels, dozens of local stations, a few movie studios, several amusement parks and some major league sports teams—all in addition to a physical network of cable and Internet systems that dominates the American media landscape.
Four of the five FCC commissioners approved of the merger, but the fifth, Democrat Michael Copps, did not. "Comcast's acquisition of NBC Universal is a transaction like no other that has come before this commission—ever," he wrote in his dissenting opinion. "It reaches into virtually every corner of our media and digital landscapes and will affect every citizen in the land. It is new media as well as old; it is news and information as well as sports and entertainment; it is distribution as well as content. And it confers too much power in one company's hands.
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Duty Location: North Las Vegas, Nevada
Are you ready for a new challenge? Bring your talent and skills to Bigelow Aerospace. We have a very exciting opportunity for a full time Senior Design Engineer specializing in Analog & Power Avionics circuits for our Aerospace division.
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Founded in 1999, Bigelow Aerospace's mission has been to revolutionize spaceflight by developing and launching inflatable, flexible and user-configurable space station modules. Our next generation spacecraft now in development, will greatly expand the space habitat of the International Space Station for only a fraction of the cost, opening spaceflight to national space agencies and/or private corporate clients.
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You will be responsible for defining requirements, performing detailed engineering designs, performing V&V (Verification and Validation) testing, troubleshooting and deploying avionics hardware for a manned spacecraft in a Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Subsystems include:
- Complete Spacecraft Power System, including power generation (solar panels), energy storage, power management and distribution, battery charge controller and monitor, solar panel monitor
- Develop low noise signal interfaces to spacecraft sensors; support system integration and orbital qualification as required
- Support thermal and dynamic analysis for high reliability module designs
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The successful candidate is a broad-based analog/ power hardware engineer with hands-on board design experience, troubleshooting skills and combines the best perspective of a developer, of a test and verification engineer and a project leader who exercises independent judgment and action.
- Capable of generating functional and architectural concepts, sub-system partitioning with floor-planning, simulation, implementation and verification of complex designs.
- Has high level technical expertise for the development of power electronics, inverters, magnetic components, power supplies, and energy storage systems.
- Master switching power supply configurations such as AC-DC, DC-DC and DC-AC with output configurations such as constant voltage and/or constant current.
- Knowledgeable in low noise analog signal conditioning and control circuit design
- Demonstrated skills with power electronics simulation tools such as PSIM Pro, Matlab/Simulink, and PSPICE
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SPI belt, Amphipod, and FlipBelt all are good but differ. SPI belt and Amphipod have adjustable cinches to tighten how close they hold to your body, so they don't bounce. FlipBelt is sold in different waist sizes. FlipBelt and Amphipod have wide waistbands so they don't roll as much as the SPI belt does (manufacturer says it doesn't roll, but not true). SPI does have an "Endurance" model with a wider band, PLUS that model has loops for holding race bib, PLUS an extra elastic band for 6 gels on the outside and room for 8 on the insize. The normal SPI doesn't hold that much, maybe a cell phone and your pump and sunglasses if you don't mind possibly breaking the glasses. Amphipod looks orthopedic. Right now my experience is that the Amphipod bounces less and holds more, but I haven't tried teh SPI Endurance.
FlipBelt goes all the way round your waist, so it's easiest to adjust placement of load.
I've been T1 since 1942 and pumping since 1995. I have had 4 different pumps, and I have worn each of them clipped to the waist band of my bike shorts, with 100 mm tubing tucked inside the shorts. I have never felt the need to have a belt for the pump.
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"People behind the programs" is a topic that has held public interest for many years now. Although, when it comes right down to it, the people behind most of the programs have been the same sort for decades. Yes, it's true that the risk of identity theft is growing. And, it's also true that risks from phishing have increased. And, it is undeniably true that bots are a huge problem, and they weren't twenty years ago.
So, how can I say that the types of people behind most of the programs has not changed in over two decades? Easy. It's true. "But, how can this be?" you ask.
Stay tuned. I'll be writing more about this soon.