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Weda Bay is not a place you've ever heard of, so don't pretend.
It was not a place I'd ever heard of until a couple of months ago, either, and I've been trailing around the outer reaches of Indonesia's 17,000 islands on and off for over 20 years. I tripped into Weda at the start of this year, attracted by tales of phenomenal economic growth, galloping corruption and lots of parties. In the seven years since I last lived in Indonesia full time, the country has gone through a frenzy of democratization.
Traveling around this enormous nation, you see the clash between this new world and the old traditions, such as eating the eggs of now-endangered turtles. Indonesia's economy is booming, partly thanks to its abundant resources. And as the world's largest Muslim-majority country, it could prove a model for others, if democracy can tame the more radical strains of Islam here. But government is splintering into local fragments, in a way that makes future success hard to take for granted.
This summer has seen a bit of hand-wringing because growth in the first quarter of 2012 slowed to 6.3 percent — but the country is still growing nearly eight times faster than Britain. So what is the Indonesian government doing right? Actually, very little. But Indonesia continues to thrive, despite its leaders; the question is whether it can keep it up.
Weda Bay is in Halmahera, an octopus of an island that sprawls from just east of Malaysia to just north of Australia. When I was last in Halmahera in 1989, there were no proper roads, no public transport and no electricity.
Now, as I arrive at the dock that forms Halmahera's main port, I'm faced with dozens of new SUVs — they speed passengers across the island on smooth blacktop roads while on their plasma screens pop singers gyrate.
This new wealth is the upside of two things: a commodities boom and the decentralization of political control. The downside is a new feudalism, a culture of personal patronage that is fertile soil for both corruption and conflict.
Corruption and conflict tend to undermine wealth. If they are to prevent that, the leaders of this nation must reshape a coherent Indonesian identity out of the country's increasingly disparate fragments.
Indonesia is essentially a make-believe nation. It was brought into notional existence in 1945 with a declaration of independence of unsurpassed vagueness. It reads, in its totality:
"We the people of Indonesia hereby declare the independence of Indonesia. Matters which concern the transfer of power etc. will be executed carefully and in the shortest possible time."
There's a lot wrapped up in that "etc." — not least some consensus about what constitutes "Indonesia." Sukarno, the demagogue who blurted out that declaration of independence after the defeat of Japan in World War II and became the new country's first president, took it to mean the remains of the former Dutch colony, the Dutch East Indies. But that colony itself was a shape-shifting beast without cultural, linguistic or geographical coherence.
Resisting attempts to nudge the country toward federalism, Sukarno — and later his successor Suharto (who assumed office in 1968) — turned Indonesia into a republic whose quest seemed to be the fattening of purses in the capital Jakarta. Foreign companies were licensed to suck oil and minerals out of the resource-rich extremes of the country. The limbs got some roads and a hospital or two. But most of the cash flowed in to the Javanese heartland that takes up 7 percent of Indonesia's land and squashes in 62 percent of its population. For people in the less productive outer islands, places like Halmahera, independence simply meant being neglected by the Javanese rather than by the Dutch.
When Suharto was finally ushered out of power following the Asian financial crisis in 1998, Indonesia was administratively one of the most centralized states in the world. Politically, however, the regions were roiling: Suharto's successor Vice President B.J. Habibie reacted by allowing East Timor, a former Portuguese colony that was only "integrated" into Indonesia in 1976, to hold a referendum on independence in 1999. No one but Habibie was surprised when the territory broke loose. Now Jakarta worried that if it gave other provinces more power, the rest might follow. So Habibie handed power not to the country's 26 provinces but to its districts. At that time there were 293 of them — a trifle compared to today's 497, but a daunting number to become the primary unit of government.
The legislation underpinning this colossal transformation was cobbled together in just a few months. It became effective in 2001. Overnight, brand new districts were supposed to be running health services but had no competent staff; provinces were supposed to be providing oversight but had no budget.
Despite a couple of laws that have tried to "clarify" roles and responsibilities, in far-flung places such as Weda the power of the elected district head, or "bupati," is near absolute. The splitting of districts, the result of lobbying by the rich and influential, continues to create yet more thrones from which self-serving kings can reign supreme.
Weda is the throne room for Central Halmahera, a district that is home to all of 30,000 souls. A local travel website dismisses it as "a scruffy village with muddy roads." But what I find is a little island of asphalt laid out in divided highways, with brand-new housing and 24-hour electricity.
Capping it all, up on the hill, three palatial buildings: the bupati's office, the district Parliament and the Ministry of Public Works. Next to the bupati's office is the state guesthouse.
The bupati is from Weda; he moved the district capital to his hometown at the beginning of his current five-year term. Now it's re-election year, and he's kicking it off with four days of parties. Friday is the wedding of his eldest daughter. On Saturday, his second daughter will get married.
The demarcation between what one does for the electorate, and what one does for one's political party can seem small. On Sunday, with all the wedding guests still in town, we celebrate the "birthday" of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, to which the bupati belongs. Thousands of people in newly-acquired red T-shirts declaring "I'm a Big Fan" throng behind marching bands.
On Monday another birthday, this time the 12th anniversary of the creation of the district and the fourth anniversary of its move to Weda. Attending the event is an obligation for the local civil servants — which is most of the town's adult population. They watch ceremonial dances and listen to speeches praising the bupati, a man who, it would seem, is much loved by all.
Until, that is, you travel to the dreary town of Lelilef a few miles away from the center of his fiefdom. Now you're in nickel territory, the mineral that made this little local eruption of wealth possible. Long ago, just before his demise, Suharto awarded a big nickel exploration and mining contract in Central Halmahera to Weda Bay Nickel, now a French-Japanese joint venture that threw a bone of 10 percent of its shares to the Indonesian state mining company.
Then came decentralization, and with it huge uncertainty about who had the right to issue contracts for exploitation of local resources. The local government thinks it, not Jakarta, should get the royalties from the mine. A nongovernmental organization is challenging the license, saying it is at odds with environmental regulations. The local population has thrown in its two cents both for and against the mine.
"All the good jobs are going to outsiders. For us, it's just jobs like security guards, where you have to wear a uniform and go to work every day," says a teenager with alcohol on his breath. He tells me proudly that he torched a company speedboat last month, then zooms off on a new motorbike, bought with money his father made by selling land to Weda Bay Nickel.
Local elders, on the other hand, have tried to counter the bonfires with pro-mine demonstrations. "Those kids can't even make it to school every day. What do they want, jobs as engineers?" says a gray-haired man who is investing his own Weda Bay windfall in a fishery business.
Democracy is inherently inimical to long-term investment. That's especially true in Indonesia, where individual candidates change their political affiliations with every election and where there's no longer-term political incentives to protect. Delivering long-term benefits at one remove — invest now to protect the environment so that in the future we can build up a tourism business that will put rice on your table — that's just too hard to sell right now. Or so I found in Pulau Banyak ("Many Islands"), a small group of islands off the southwest coast of Aceh, the region that was flattened by the tsunami in 2004.
Under moonlight on an otherwise deserted beach, I watched a giant sea turtle plop her pingpong-ball eggs into a nest that she scrabbled out of the sand. With staff from a conservation NGO, we measured her and left her in peace to drag herself back down the beach.
In the daylight the next morning, we spot three men digging at the nest with hunks of wood, loading the eggs into a sack. We start down the beach toward them; I have no idea what we're going to do when we get there. Turtle eggs are protected by international and Indonesian law. The NGO I'm with has a memorandum of understanding with the Environment Ministry in Jakarta to run this research and conservation project. The district government has signed a local ordinance forbidding the collection of all turtle eggs, in accordance with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora to which Indonesia is a signatory.
This local ordinance has been in force quite successfully for six years. But there's been a recent splitting of subdistricts, and a senior official of one subdistrict likes turtle eggs for his tea. He's let people in "his" area know that, and now they are robbing nests with impunity. What authority do staff from an NGO headquartered in another, now enemy, subdistrict have in confronting turtle-egg thieves working with the approval of their local chieftain? They can wave a memorandum from Jakarta for all they're worth. Jakarta is a very long way away. As it happens, the egg-snatchers flee before we reach them and the test of authority never takes place.
Oddly enough, the atomization of Indonesia functions as a job-creation scheme. Every one of the country's 497 districts has its own parliament with at least 20 elected members. Every government department has an office in each district. The civil service nationally has swollen by over a quarter in the last five years alone: There are 4.6 million civil servants on the books.
Is the splintering of Indonesia good for business, and thus the economy, and thus, eventually, people's welfare? Most would say no. Indonesia's infrastructure is shockingly poor. But government in Indonesia is now divided into such small units that it's hard to make large investments with public funds.
As Indonesia shatters administratively, it becomes less efficient, more corrupt, more prone to conflict and less likely to implement standardized regulations. But, paradoxically, it also becomes richer: The country grew 6.4 percent last year.
More localized corruption is less efficient overall, but it trickles money into more pairs of hands than the previous "center-take-all" model. Some of the country's 237 million people are using that money to tap the country's extraordinary natural wealth in small but productive ways: turning an unused piece of farmland into a SUV taxi service via sale to a nickel mine, for instance.
As British Prime Minister David Cameron has said, Indonesia is a country with extraordinary potential. If it realizes that potential, it is likely to be despite its government, not because of it.
- Elizabeth Pisani is a writer, journalist and epidemiologist
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Prior to her work at the Globe, Ms. Schuss was an editor and special-assignment reporter for a New England newspaper chain that was owned by Fidelity Investments. While at Fidelity's Community Newspaper Co., she launched and developed "Common Ground," an award-winning regional series exploring the area's people, problems and options for navigating life's key challenges. Her reporting spurred the introduction of legislation in the Massachusetts State Senate, changed a town's policy for handling racial and ethnic incidents, and generated several unique community programs.
Ms. Schuss also was a correspondent for The Association Press in Boston and The Providence Sunday Journal, and has been published in a variety of other media outlets as well. She has served as a guest lecturer at the Northeastern University School of Journalism and at the Simmons College Department of Communications. A special-edition commemorative magazine she developed, co-wrote and co-edited on the legacy of the late Rabbi Dr. Joseph Soloveitchik was cited as a primary source for a recently published book about the world-renowned scholar.
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Lib Dems accused of backing "light sentences for killer drivers" after party refuses to support call for tougher sentences
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Liberal Democrats have been accused of backing "light sentences for killer drivers" after all but one of the party's county councillors refused to support a call for tougher punishments.
A Ukip motion urging Gloucestershire's MPs to back the Crackdown campaign set up by the road safety charity Brake seeking harsher penalties for drivers who kill or injure people was agreed by the county council this week.
But almost all of the Lib Dems, and a single Green councillor, opted to abstain on the vote.
All Conservative, Labour and Ukip councillors backed the motion.
Mark Hawthorne, the Conservative leader of Gloucestershire County Council, said: "I am bitterly disappointed that we couldn't send a united message to the dangerous drivers on Gloucestershire's roads.
"I don't know what the Liberal Democrats are playing at."
Councillor Lynden Stowe (C, Campden Vale) added: "The Liberal Democrats are always keen to talk up their role on road safety – but when it comes down to it, they back light sentences for killer drivers."
Labour Councillor Barry Kirby (Grange and Kingsway) echoed a similar sentiment.
He said: "I am disappointed that Liberal Democrats on the council county failed to support the motion calling for tougher sentence for drivers that kill or injure.
"Every road death is a personal tragedy.
"People who drive under the influence of drink or drugs or drive without a licence or insurance who then go onto kill should face the full force of the law."
But Councillor Chris Coleman (LD, St Mark's and St Peter's), a practising solicitor, branded the idea that his party is "soft on crime" as "absolutely ridiculous".
He said: "The courts have the powers as it exists at the moment to give out tough sentences to people that commit this sort of crime and cause these disasters for victims' families and friends.
"To suggest that the law isn't working and at the same time not come up with any meaningful alternatives really is playing politics."
Speaking at Wednesday's meeting when the motion was agreed, Councillor Richard Leppington (Ukip, Blakeney and Bream) who proposed the move, said: "Sentences for drivers who kill or seriously injure need to reflect the suffering of the victims' families.
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COLUMBIA CITY — "It's the end of the world as we know it," so sang the 1980s rock band R.E.M. Ask one out of 10 Americans and they would agree — the world is going to end when the Mayan calendar reads Friday, 12/21/12.
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In a report filed with the Center for the Study of Life in the Universe many of the claimed fates waiting the world are debunked with practical evidence.
A newspaper reported thrill seekers, partyers and folks seeking spiritual experiences pouring into the Yucatán Peninsula. The Mayan people there appear to be greeting the event serenely, with a sense of humor and bemusement.
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Plymouth Land Registry staff start two-day strike
Posted: May 14, 2014|
STAFF at the Land Registry office in Plymouth were today due to stage the first of a two-day walk-out over a privatisation threat to the 150-year-old agency.
The Public and Commercial Services union has called the strike at the office, which employs about 250 land registration staff and 400 IT workers.
Action is also taking place at 13 other Land Registry locations nationally.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is considering responses to a consultation into the future of the Land Registry.
Options include moving it from the civil service to a "Government-owned company", or into a joint venture with a private company, or maintaining its current status.
Workers, however, fear there could be compulsory redundancies and office closures if privatised.
Dave Franklin, the union's computer services branch chair, said: "We are striking to defend jobs and the Land Registry in Plymouth. Good-quality, stable and reasonably well-paid work in Plymouth is hard to find, especially for our IT staff.
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VIDEO: Jennifer Lawrence Talks The Hunger Games with Cinemania
Jennifer Lawrence sat down with Cinemania to talk about her role as Katniss in The Hunger Games. She talks about her part character's affinity towards squirrels, her love of the audience's response to The Hunger Games, the merchandise coming out as a result of the film – like Katniss toilet paper – and more!
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Katniss Toilet Paper? Now thats a new one! I can't stop laughing at that(:
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Alright I feel a LOT BETTER now!!!! Prepare yourselves for random artwork! It's going to be not colored, yeah I know. BUT it shall be epicals!!!! and if you saw creepy Grape baby of Mshangao's you can see..well...that
But I'm REALLY working on my lions now. I just need to update a few more I'm getting more encouragement (Thank you and for helping meeee ;u; and anyone who gave me kind, encouraging words)
I plan to finish up reference pictures, then maybe do some lionsona headshots for those interested
I'm sorry if anyone got upset or worried that I wasn't posting much (doubt it much) I just had so much on my mind. I have my retake of my driver's test coming up next month. I've been having problems with my stomach again. BUT. I've been feeling so good lately! I really have to thank God for getting me through all this ;u; Just knowing he cares for some person like me makes me happy :'3 I've had so much faith in myself lately, and a positive mind-switch too and along these lines, once again, I thank For talking to me on FB pretty much every night and helping me feel better about my artwork :3 I need to draw more for you even though I've done quite my share already
Oh! I need to post my needed lion oc refs!
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So wish me luck!!! I'm on a roll and I hope to keep it that way!!!! ALSO... My birthday is next week XD You don't have to do any special gift art unless you want to ^^ Birthday wishes work just as nicely c: (Even though Mshy likes gift art)
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Anthony Meindl gives great advice for actors on conquering auditions.
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The journalist and sociology researcher, Malcolm Gladwell, does a lot of interesting stuff. His best-selling books explore cultural phenomena, the science behind social shifts, and how our environment shapes and influences us in innumerable ways.
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Professor Robert Weisberg shared his views on the nationwide increase of police volunteers with the New York Times. Jesse McKinley wrote the following story:
Roman Sarkisian easily passes for your average Fresno police officer: crew cut, tight-set jaw and "just-the-facts" demeanor.
"I like to do law enforcement stuff," said Mr. Sarkisian, 23, an immigrant from the republic of Georgia who is studying criminology at the city college here. "I like helping out putting bad guys in jail."
But Mr. Sarkisian is not a police officer, and he does not carry a gun or a Taser. He is a police volunteer, part of an experiment by departments across the country that enlists trained amateurs to perform a broad — and occasionally dangerous — array of investigative duties like collecting evidence, interviewing witnesses, searching for missing persons and looking into long-dormant cases.
But the use of volunteers in investigations raises legal and liability questions, said Robert Weisberg, the co-director of the Stanford Criminal Justice Center. He suggested such programs could provide openings for defense attorneys to suppress evidence and attack witnesses' testimony.
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Canady: Hot days didn't keep fair crowds from site
The 1982 World's Fair sprinted to the halfway mark during July 1982, setting attendance records, attracting quality performers and enjoying the popularity of World's Fair Beer.
On the downside 25 years ago, fair officials fought air-conditioning problems on hot July days, lived through some damaging thunderstorms and gave this advice to those planning the 1984 World's Fair in New Orleans: Stay out of the housing business. Housing hookups had plagued the Knoxville fair during its first two months and longer.
While the summer heat kept potential fairgoers away from the site, the event that began on May 1, 1982, plodded along and, before it reached the halfway point, surpassed the total attendance of the 1974 World's Fair in Spokane, Wash. This despite having crowds of only 48,000 during hot, muggy July days.
On July 28, the fair hit a total of 5,809,212, lifting it past Spokane's total of 5.7 million. It was the same day that the pesky air conditioner that serviced seven international pavilions was finally fixed.
Star performances of the month included Japan's Grand Kabuki Theater and opera singer Roberta Peters. Meanwhile, three groups expressed an interest in buying or leasing the U.S. Pavilion after the fair ended. The three were the state of Tennessee, a Knoxville arts coalition and the American Society for Quality Control based in Milwaukee.
And, while the introduction of World's Fair Beer was greeted with some levity, more than 100,000 cases had been sold by late July, with expectations of selling at least 250,000 more before the Oct. 31 end of the event.
There were other things going on in Knoxville and the world during the month of July a generation ago. Among them:
n Fireworks: There were fireworks shows on July 4, some human made and some from the forces of nature.
The nature part hit hard, packing 50 mph winds and knocking out power to large sections of South and West Knoxville. Some folks endured power outages for more than 24 hours.
n No tax hike: The Knox County Commission approved a $123.8 million budget for fiscal year 1982-83 with no tax increase, despite an effort to raise property taxes to support public libraries and the public school system.
n Bridge work: Construction crews building the South Knoxville Bridge over Fort Loudoun Lake were ahead of schedule and expected to complete the first phase by the end of the year. The second phase, which involved acquiring 300 parcels of property, was being designed. The Tennessee Department of Transportation said Phase II would require an enormous expense.
n Olympic coach: Lady Vols basketball coach Pat Summitt was named coach of the 1984 Olympics women's basketball team.
n Jobless: Although more than 7,000 tourist-related jobs were created in June 1982, it did not prevent Tennessee's unemployment rate from climbing to 11.2 percent, up from 10.6 percent in May.
The Knox County rate was the lowest in the state at 6 percent. By comparison, the state jobless rate for May 2007 was 4.7 percent; Knox County's rate for the same month was 3.1 percent.
n Flat tax: Supporters of a flat-rate income tax found a champion in President Ronald Reagan, who declared that Americans were fed up with the complexities of determining their income tax each April.
The flat-rate tax would set a fixed percentage of income to be paid by all citizens, and it would eliminate deductions, a matter that alarmed many charities and educational institutions. Reagan proposed a task force study the idea.
n Ominous deployment: President Reagan proposed sending about 1,000 Marines to supervise the evacuation of the Palestinian Liberation Organization from Lebanon and stay there to keep the peace until the Lebanese army would be up to the task. Reagan believed the presence of the Marines would prevent a civil war in that nation.
n Second worst: A Pan American World Airways jet crashed and exploded on takeoff during fierce thunderstorms in New Orleans, killing 145 people on board. It was described as the second worst airplane disaster in U.S. history.
n Royal wager: A London newspaper reported that police were investigating a possible leak in the naming of 10-day-old Prince William.
Police suspected a Buckingham Palace employee used inside information to win $4,300 from a London gambling agency that gave 16-1 odds on William as the name Prince Charles and Lady Diana would choose for their first son. The name George was a favorite in some betting parlors, but the newspaper said William became the popular pick shortly before the infant's name became public.
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SARASOTA – The SBEP Bay Guardians were honored with the Sea Preservation Award from Keep Sarasota County Beautiful.
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The Bay Guardians are the largest and most active volunteer program in the region focused on Sarasota Bay.
The program is managed by SBEP in partnership with Around the Bend Nature Tours. In 2013, the Bay Guardians completed volunteer projects at Jiggs Landing and Perico Preserve in Manatee County and North Water Tower Park and Bay Walk Creek in Sarasota County.
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PORTLAND — A Falmouth man and his live-in girlfriend were arrested last week in what the state Drug Enforcement Agency called one of the largest cocaine seizures in recent memory.
Adam White, 26, of Rockaway Drive, Falmouth, was charged with two counts of aggravated trafficking of cocaine on Feb. 12 after police found eight pounds of of the drug in his car and at his home.
White's girlfriend and passenger in the car, Vanbopha "Stephanie" Nhoth, 23, was not originally arrested but was charged Feb. 14 with felony possession of cocaine.
DEA Director Roy McKinney said the street value of the cocaine is between $160,000 and $200,000.
Portland police stopped White for speeding while he was driving a white Cadillac on Stevens Avenue and found cocaine and a handgun in his car, according to a press release.
A search warrant was then issued for his home, where investigators allegedly found additional cocaine, another handgun, more than $13,700 in cash and three-quarters of a pound of marijuana. Also found were scales, packaging material and a money counter.
White was held in lieu of $75,000 bail at Cumberland County Jail, and made his first court appearance Feb. 20. Nhoth was released from jail on $1,000 bail.
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National Zoo's Lion Cubs Make Public DebutDecember 19, 2010 - 6:00 AM | by: LA Holmes
It's a bitterly cold, grey weekend in the nation's capital. The Washington Redskins are in Dallas, without their first-string quarterback or any hope of reaching the postseason. Senators are on the Hill, butting heads on the last few measures in this lame duck Congress. Even the president is delaying his relaxing Christmas vacation in Hawaiian paradise for weekend work.
But one ray of sunshine promises to lift the spirits of this dreary city.
Make that seven rays of sunshine.
Seven little lion cubs made their public debut Saturday, to the "oohs" and "aahs" of an adoring crowd of contest winners, media, and Friends of the National Zoo.
Born in two litters on August 31 and September 22 to the Zoo's male lion, Luke, and sister lionesses, Shera and Nababiep, the cubs were already stars in their own right thanks to webcams that captured all their cutest moments. But until now, they were just nameless balls of fluff.
The cubs' new names were revealed to the public shortly before the cubs themselves made their grand entrance. Two groups of young children—elementary school students from Manassas, VA and a child care class from the Virginia Hospital Center—won the chance to name a female and male cub, respectively, through the Washington Post's "Name a Cub: Cam Contest."
Others drew their names from fictional characters (no, not "Simba" or "Mufasa"), Administration officials, and dearly departed friends. All told, the cubs complete the first full pride the National Zoo has seen in 20 years.
Shera's Cubs—August 31, 2010
John: The only male cub in Shera's litter, John draws his name from former Zoo director John Berry. Berry left his post at the helm to head up the U.S. Office of Management and Budget under President Obama in 2009. To tell him apart from the other cubs, zookeepers shaved a small patch of fur on John's right shoulder.
Fahari: Meaning "magnificent" in Swahili, a language widely spoken in sub-Saharan Africa, Fahari was the name the National Zoo advisory board chose for Shera's largest female cub. Fahari can be identified by the shaved spot on her right hip.
Zuri: The Friends of the National Zoo (FONZ) board chose the Swahili word for "beautiful" for this female cub, because they say her coat is plusher and richer in color than her siblings. Zuri's marker is on her left shoulder.
Lelie: First graders from Marshall Elementary in Manassas, VA won the contest to name this girl the Afrikaans word for lily, a flower common in Kruger Park, a South African wildlife preserve home to thousands of African lions. Lelie's shaved spot is on her left hip.
Nababiep's Cubs—September 22, 2010
Aslan: Named after the lion in C.S. Lewis's popular novel series, "The Chronicles of Narnia," Aslan was the first of the seven cubs to be christened, receiving his name December 10 at an event with George Henley and Skandar Keynes, stars of the new "Narnia" movie. Aslan is the cub with his right rib shaved.
Baruti: Identifiable by the shaved spot at the base of his tail, Baruti got his name from contest winners at Virginia Hospital Center's Bright Horizons Child Care and Education. "Baruti" means "teacher" in Tswana, a language spoken in Botswana.
Lusaka: Nababiep's only female cub, Lusaka stands out from the crowd with a shaved spot on her left ribs. The cub shares her name with the capital and largest city in Zambia, but her true namesake is the Zoo's matriarch lioness who died in January. The keepers' connection with the departed cat was evident—one of the elder Lusaka's handlers came to tears as she unveiled the younger lion's new name.


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Disney today announced a stunning collection of apparel and accessories inspired by its upcoming feature Alice In Wonderland, Tim Burton's highly anticipated film, featuring favorite characters from the classic Lewis Carroll tales, releasing on the big screen on March 5, 2010 (U.S. theaters). Disney Consumer Products (DCP) collaborated with renowned jewelry designer, Tom Binns, leading fashion designer Sue Wong and Swarovski, the world's largest producer of cut crystals, to create an interpretive line that brings the allure and mystery of the film and characters to life.
As part of the Alice fashion experience, DCP and Bloomingdale's have joined forces to create one-of-a-kind window displays at Bloomingdale's flagship 59th Street store in New York City. The windows will feature props from the film and highlight a selection of items from the designer line including Sue Wong for Walt Disney Signature dresses and Tom Binns for Walt Disney Signature jewelry. The windows at 59th street will be complemented by a special exhibit in the contemporary sportswear department on the second floor, which will feature select costumes and props detailed with information from the film.
In addition, seven Bloomingdale's stores across the U.S. including the NY flagship store will enhance their Alice In Wonderland merchandise displays with special signage and video screens that will play behind-the-scenes footage and select bonus material. The stores include Beverly Center, CA, Century City, CA, San Francisco, CA, South Coast Plaza, CA, Aventura, FL and Short Hills, NJ. The Bloomingdale's Alice In Wonderland-inspired windows and in-store displays are planned to set in early March.
"The arresting settings and characters in Tim Burton's interpretation of Alice In Wonderland provided great inspiration and have made it possible for us to work with this renowned group of designers to create a truly unique collection of lifestyle products that will continue to position Disney at the forefront of fashion trends," said Pam Lifford, executive vice president, global fashion and home, DCP. "Our collaboration with Bloomingdale's brings it all together in a way that is fun and interesting for consumers and Disney fans alike."
Launching at retail from February, the collections include: (more…)
MySpace Music will exclusively premiere songs from the upcoming Alice in Wonderland soundtrack Almost Alice, beginning with 3OH!3's 'Follow Me Down.' In the upcoming weeks, MySpace is set to debut more tracks from the soundtrack including 'Alice' from Avril Lavigne on February 4 and 'Painting Flowers' from All Time Low, all leading up to streaming the entire album on February 28.
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Not quite mad as a hatter with anticipation for Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland yet? You will be.
Beginning January 31, Walt Disney Studios will begin offering 60-second first looks across three networks, each providing its own exclusive sneak peek at the film, all culminating to a spectacular ad during the Super Bowl titled Tick-Tock.
You can catch ABC's version during Desperate Housewives on January 31 and The Bachelor on February 1; ESPN's version during the 2010 NFL Pro Bowl on January 31 and during the NBA Nuggets-Lakers game on February 5; and ABC Family's during Greek on Febuary 1 and The Parent Trap on February 6.
Leading fashion designer Sue Wong announced today the launch of Sue Wong for Walt Disney Signature, a high-end dress line inspired by Disney's "Alice in Wonderland." Tim Burton's highly anticipated film, featuring favorite characters from the classic Lewis Carroll tales, hits the big screen on March 5, 2010 (U.S. theatres). The line developed in collaboration with Disney Consumer Products will launch nationally in February 2010 as a special limited edition collection for Spring 2010.
Stella McCartney designs a limited edition costume jewelry necklace and bracelet inspired by Disney's Alice in Wonderland. Tim Burton's highly anticipated film, featuring favorite characters from the classic Lewis Carroll tales, hits the big screen on March 5, 2010 (U.S. theatres). Stella McCartney uses the iconic images from the epic 3D fantasy tale and translates them into a cheeky and playful design. Hand made in Italy, the Alice necklace and bracelet are designed with a brass and aluminium light gold anthracite chain, the same chain used in Stella McCartney's best selling Falabella bag. The chain is adorned with plexi Alice charms such as a rabbit, a Mad Hatter's hat; a suit of: spade, club, hearts and diamond, all in Stella McCartney's usual color palette of muted pinks, nudes, taupe and brown. Additionally, pearl baubles and Swarovski crystals accents provide a feminine touch.
Buena Vista Records will release two albums capturing the wonder of Lewis Carroll's beloved books and visionary director Tim Burton. ALMOST ALICE is a 16-song compilation featuring ALICE IN WONDERLAND'S end credit track "Alice (Underground)" written by Avril Lavigne and produced by Butch Walker. Danny Elfman composes the score for the original motion picture soundtrack. Hot Topic will issue an exclusive version of ALMOST ALICE which includes two bonus tracks. All three albums will be released on March 2, 2010. ALICE IN WONDERLAND comes to the big screen in Disney Digital 3D™ on March 5, 2010 (U.S. theaters).
It will require a 3D capable television and a 3D capable blu-ray player, but The Hollywood Reporter has relayed Disney's announcement that the newly established Blu-ray 3D standard will be embraced and rushed to market beginning with at least three releases this year (all presumably around the holiday season): A Christmas Carol, Alice in Wonderland and Toy Story 3. Perhaps it's too soon, but I wouldn't be surprised to see Disney/Pixar's UPthrown into the mix shortly thereafter either.
At D23 Expo, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment demo'd a prototype of a 3D home system from Panasonic. The home system, which uses special shutter-oriented glasses to alternate between eyes, almost faithfully recreates the current 3D movie-going experience at home.
Disney Interactive Studios has just sent us these great screen shots from their upcoming releases of Alice in Wonderland for both the Nintendo Wii and DS, to be released on May 2 (now available for pre-order). Enjoy!
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The midfielder will remain at Vicarage Road until 2nd January.
West Brom retain the right to recall Thorne after 28 days, but hope such a situation can be avoided.
The intention is for the 20-year-old to get important minutes under his belt with Watford.
He has only recently returned to fitness from a long-term knee injury and needs game time in order to rediscover full match sharpness.
Gianfranco Zola is prepared to offer him those opportunities with the Hornets and he could make his Watford bow against Middlesbrough on Saturday.
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Credit card growth has exploded in Indonesia over recent years as a rising middle class embraces its newfound affluence.
Credit cards reduce the amount of cash people need to carry and make it easier to shop online and book flights or hotels. They also enable people to purchase items weeks before having the cash to pay for them.
And the benefits do not stop there.
The two most widely accepted credit cards, Visa and MasterCard, are generally marketed to the public by banks, but sometimes these banks collaborate with individual companies to promote sales through customer incentives. A bank may work with an airline, for example, to offer large discounts on restaurant meals or access to airport lounges, which are a great value if you wish to escape the crowded public areas outside.
Many credit cards will also award points according to how much you spend with them. These points can be exchanged later for products or air miles.
If you travel internationally, it is hard to get by without a credit card. Without one, you cannot rent a car in most countries, no matter how much cash you can place on the counter. Using a credit card overseas also reduces the amount of foreign currency you need to take with you.
But despite the practicalities and convenience, credit cards have a dark side; using one is easy, but the consequences may not be.
Of course, if you pay your bill on time and in full, you won't have an issue. Indeed, you will have enjoyed "free" credit for up to five or six weeks. (I say "free" because retailers often mark up the original prices to cover fees they pay to the banks or card companies.)
The real problem arises if you do not or cannot pay the bill in full. When that happens, interest kicks in, often at outrageous rates of up to 40 percent per annum. That may be manageable if you plan to pay for a major purchase over three or four months, but if not, the interest will rapidly mount.
Some have found a "solution" to this issue: They take out another credit card to help repay the first one. Inevitably, this method fails and the debt piles up even faster, leading to an endless cycle of debt with little hope of escape.
Credit card debt is not just a local problem. The United States, one of the richest countries in the world, probably has the highest average credit card debt, running at about $15,000 per person. But at least the United States has laws and self-help programs to help people get out of their debt.
The best way to avoid debt is by telling your bank to fully pay the credit card bill every month before the payment deadline passes. Of course, this requires you to closely monitor your spending and your bank balance.
Beyond debt, credit cards carry other dangers, and even if you are responsible with payments, you should be aware of several other pitfalls.
Credit card fraud is widespread and can be sophisticated, so be sure to take care of your card. While retail employees can easily copy credit card details, more advanced criminals have other methods. Sometimes, for example, they can copy cards by inserting a device in an ATM. Other times they may scan the Internet to look for transactions that have not been protected by a secure site.
Fortunately, banks will usually pick up the bill for a fraudulent transaction, but you must check your statement and immediately report any anomaly. If you are lucky, the bank will take proactive steps and contact you if it spots a suspicious transaction.
Protect and memorize your personal identification number and change it if you think it may have been compromised. And make sure you keep details handy of your bank's emergency numbers so you can immediately call and file a report if your card is lost or stolen.
It is also a good idea to tell your bank if you plan to travel outside the country, or your card may be blocked when they spot a charge somewhere on the other side of the world. In such instances, a second card may be useful.
Some people would rather forgo credit cards altogether, trying to avoid the debt by using a debit card instead.
When you use a debit card, the amount you are spending or withdrawing is deducted immediately from your bank account. If your account lacks enough funds to pay immediately, the transaction is simply declined.
The problem is that some businesses, including many hotels or car rental companies, will not accept a debit card. This policy often stems from a fear that your account, which may have enough money at check-in time, could be empty when it comes time for the company to cash in.
A credit card, on the other hand, guarantees payment, so the hotel or rental company can get paid even if your account runs dry, leaving you to settle up with the bank.
For debt-conscious people, the solution is to use a debit card whenever possible but keep a credit card in your wallet.
So is your credit card a friend or foe? Like it or not, unless you have a very sheltered life, a credit card is now an indispensable part of modern living. Used responsibly, it can be a great convenience, actually saving you money and giving you access to creature comforts at airports.
But it can also become your worst enemy if you fail to keep it under control. Take charge of your card or cards; don't let them take charge of you.
Colin Bloodworth is the president director of Professional Portfolio International Indonesia.


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Carolyn's Corner opens at First Baptist School in Corpus Christi
CORPUS CHRISTI - Butterflies emerged from clear envelopes, opened their wings and took flight as students at First Baptist School celebrated the opening of Carolyn's Corner on Friday.
The reading corner and children's area in the school and church library was a gift from the family and friends of the McGregor family, in honor of Carolyn McGregor, who died at age 48 in May 2011.
The butterfly release and library corner honor her memory and give something back to the community.
"Carolyn is free and whole again and released like a butterfly," said her father, John McGregor, a longtime parishioner of First Baptist Church.
A special needs adult, Carolyn couldn't read but she loved to be read to.
Converted from a storage closet, Carolyn's Corner features a story time area with steps for children to sit as well as more than 2,000 books for children in grades three and younger. A domed ceiling features a cloud filled sky and a wrought iron tree covered with butterflies. Photographs of wildlife taken at the family ranch in Odem by Charlie Spiekerman cover the walls in recognition of Carolyn's other love — nature.
Before the opening of the area, children would gather in a small space between bookshelves for story time. Now they are excited to have a space designed just for them, librarian Jane Wood said.
The space encourages lounging and reading, with comfortable places to stretch out on the floor and a window seat, said Tracy Saenz, principal of the school, which has children ages 2 to fifth grade.
"It's a big deal for the kids," she said. "Reading is so important. If they can't read, they can't do math, science or social studies. Without a foundation in reading they can't do anything."
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Trivia: The adult Bruce Wayne's face is seen for the first time in the series.
Batman: Phantom Stranger. This had better be important.
Phantom Stranger: Very. I'm alarmed at the way you're conducting this investigation.
Batman: Go haunt a house. I'm busy.
Abra Kadabra: Batman! Your clumsy antics are no match for my sorcery.
Batman: Don't worry. I brought an assistant.
Zatanna: Surrender, Abra. Don't make me say it backwards.
Priest: Do you have anything you need to confess?
Moxon: Confess? Yeah, sure. Why not? When I was 9, I beat up Jimmy Flaherty for kissing my sister. Yelled at my wife once. Lied about my weight on my driver's license. Oh, uh, and there's the 40 years I spent running Gotham's rackets. Heh.
Hood: To Louie Moxon. A legend in his own time. There was never a greater force to be reckoned with.
Batman: Then you've never reckoned with the force of justice.
Phantom Stranger: Batman, I'm here to offer you an insight into your parents' demise.
Batman: What do you know?
Phantom Stranger: Most things
Joe Chill: If it can do this... just think of what it will do to the Batman.
Poison Ivy: $10,000.
Two-Face: $50,000.
Joker: Two bits. (everyone glares) Thought I'd lighten the mood.
Spectre: He took your parents. Ruined your life. Become what you have trained to be: an agent of Vengeance. He knows who you are. If this man lives, Batman dies. Batman: Batman may die, but Bruce Wayne... never.
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Canada: January 21, 2011 on Teletoon
Injoke: Thomas Wayne's comment, "Impeccable, old chum," refers to the 60s Batman where Batman would refer to Robin as "old chum."
Character bios: Phantom Stranger, Spectre, Zatanna, Abra Kadabra, Joker
Uncredited/silent villains: Mr. Zero/Mr. Freeze, Two-Face, Mad Hatter, Poison Ivy, Penguin, Solomon Grundy
Jennifer Hale previously played Zatanna in the Justice League Unlimited episode "This Little Piggy".
Injoke: The episode brings together Adam West and Julie Newmar, who played Batman and Catwoman in the 60s Batman series. It also brings together Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill, who played archenemies Batman and the Joker in Batman: The Animated Series and the WB animated series in general.
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An injection site is disclosed comprising a self-sealing, puncturable member of resilient material and a housing wherein the puncturable member is compressibly confined by a swage-molded edge on the top of the housing. The injection site may be attached to an injection-receiving receptacle such as a medicament injection device as used in an assembly for intravenous administration.
1. An injection site, comprising in combination:
a. a self-sealing, puncturable member of resilient material, said puncturable member being a generally cylindrical body having a top surface on which is centrally located a flat, smooth surfaced raised projection, and
b. a generally tubular, plastic housing wherein said puncturable member is compressibly confined, said housing having a top receptor portion whose inside diameter is greater than the inside diameter of the remaining portion of the housing so as to provide a ledge on which said puncturable member rests, the top receptor portion having a swage-molded top edge which extends over at least a portion of the top surface of said puncturable member, said swagemolded top edge being below the flat surface of said raised projection.
2. The injection site of claim 1 wherein the swagemolded top edge is an ultrasonically swage-molded top edge.
3. The injection site of claim 1 wherein the bottom surface of said puncturable member has a centrally located, raised projection.
4. The injection site of claim 1 which further includes means for attaching said housing to an injectionreceiving receptacle.
5. The injection site of claim 1 wherein said site seals an opening on a medicament injection port in an assembly for parenteral fluid administration.
6. The injection site of claim 5 wherein said site seals the opening of a port in a medicament injection device having three interconnecting tubular arms, two of said arms providing inlet and outlet means for communication with conduit means in said assembly, the outer end of said third arm providing the opening of said injection port.
7. The injection site of claim 5 wherein said assembly includes a volumetric fluid delivery device having said injection port located on its top surface.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to and has among its objects the provision of novel injection sites and methods for making them. In particular, one of the objects of the invention is the provision of improved injection sites for medicament injection devices in assemblies used in the administration of parenteral fluids. Further objects of the invention will be evident from the following description.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Customarily, in hospitals supplementary medicaments are administered via hypodermic syringe through resealable, puncturable closures on devices attached to intravenous administration sets which are delivering parenteral solutions or the like to patients. Typical of such devices are those disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,332,418 and 3,776,229.
Sterile parenteral solutions are frequently supplied to medical institutions in sterile receptacles. Part of the receptacle is filled with parenteral solution, the remainder is filled with air to allow supplementary medicaments to be added to the sealed containers prior to administration of the solutions to patients. Generally, these receptacles include an injection site through which the aforementioned medicaments can be injected by means of a hypodermic syringe. Usually, the syringe needle is forced through a resealable or self-sealing, puncturable member formed from a resilient material such as rubber. The puncturable member or closure is thus one part of the injection site.
Usually, the puncturable member is secured to the aforementioned receptacle or to the above-mentioned medicament administration device by means of external clamping structures such as metal rings, tape bands, etc. In this way, the ends of the puncturable closure are compressed around that portion of the structure to which the closure is attached which is generally a tubular member, the combination of the closure attached to a portion of the structure being referred to as the injection site.
A number of disadvantages are found in the employment of external clamping means. First, if the clamps are not adequately tightened, they are susceptible to disengagement from the structure when the inserted syringe needle is removed from the puncturable closure. In addition, even if the puncturable member remains attached to the structure, leakage of the receptacle contents may occur because of the insufficiently tightened clamping means. Another disadvantge is the somewhat unpleasant appearance of an injection site which includes external clamps.
In U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,900,028 and 4,133,441 (hereinafter `028 and `441, respectively) injection sites that avoid external clamps are described. The disadvantage of the `028 injection site is that it comprises three members interacting to secure the puncturable member in the assemblage, which requires a cumbersome procedure. The latter (`441) site is disadvantageous because it requires an elaborate puncturable membrane.
Injection sites in which a puncturable member is confined in a plastic housing are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,076,023 and 4,000,740. The patented devices require two mated pieces of plastic which are cemented together after a puncturable member is placed inside. In this fashion the member becomes compressibly housed in the mated plastic pieces. The disadvantage of the patented devices is found in their production, since two pieces of plastic are required and the pieces must be cemented together.
The invention described herein obviates the problems encountered in the prior art devices. The improved injection site of the invention comprises a self-sealing, puncturable member of resilient material and a housing wherein the puncturable member is compressibly confined by a swage-molded edge on the top of the housing. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the housing is plastic and the edge is ultrasonically swage-molded. The injection site may be attached to an injection-receiving receptacle by appropriate conduit means.
An advantage of the present device is that the puncturable member is securely and compressibly confined in its housing. Leakage around the member and through the needle entry pathway after needle withdrawal is avoided, and disengagement of the punturable member from the injection site is obviated.
Another advantage of the instant device is its ease of construction. The device can be economically manufactured using mass production techniques. Further, the simplicity of its design affords an attractive assembly. The present device requires a single plastic housing in which a puncturable member is confined.
FIG. 1 is a view in partial section of a medicament injection device as used in an assembly for intravenous administration, illustrating an injection site of the invention as part of the device.
FIG. 2 is a top view of a resealable, puncturable member in accordance with the invention.
FIG. 3 is a side view of the same puncturable member.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a housing in accordance with the invention for the same puncturable member.
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the puncturable member of FIG. 3 seated in the housing of FIG. 4.
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of an injection site in accordance with the invention and also a portion of the top of the device of FIG. 1.
FIG. 7 is a top view of the injection site of FIG. 6.
FIG. 8 is a partial sectional view of an ultrasonic tool for making the swage-molded edge in accordance with the invention.
FIG. 9 is a view of a volumetric delivery device as used in an intravenous administration assembly, illustrating another application of the injection site of this invention on an injection port.
FIG. 10 is a view of a medical liquid container, illustrating another application of the present injection site.
Referring to FIG. 1, a medicinal entry or injection device 10 is shown as an integral tubular body member with an inlet 11 and an outlet 12 to which tubing 13 is attached. Tubing 13 is conduit means and connects 10 to a parenteral fluid administration assembly (not shown), intermediate between the fluid supply and the venipuncture needle. Generally, tubing 13 is made of a non-toxic substance conventional in the art and suitable for use with medical liquids. Tubular arm 14, also forming an integral part of device 10, branching from the tubular body member has a housing 15 integrally connected thereto at its end. Compressibly confined in housing 15 is self-sealing, puncturable member 16, which is manufactured from a resilient material such as rubber and the like. The characteristics of member 16 are that it must be puncturable by a needle and it also must be resealable or self-sealing when the needle is withdrawn therefrom so that no leakage can occur through the needle's pathway.
Member 16 is compressibly confined in housing 15 by the cooperation of the top receptor portion 15a of housing 15 and swage-molded edge 17. In the embodiment of FIG. 1 top receptor portion 15a of housing 15 has an inside diameter slightly greater than the diameter of member 16 and greater than the inside diameter of bottom tubular portion 15b of housing 15. The effect of the difference in the inside diameters of 15a and 15b is to produce lip 15c on which the bottom peripheral surface of member 16 rests during its compressive confinement in 15.
Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, it is desirable that the top surface of member 16 contain a centrally located, raised projection, preferably with a smooth or flat surface. This projection 18 provides a target that is easily ascertained during the use of the injection site of the invention. Thus, the needle may be quickly inserted into member 16 to accurately deliver fluid into outlet 15b (and ultimately to the receptacle to which the injection site is attached, e.g., the injection device 10 of FIG. 1) without disturbing the sidewalls of 15b. In this respect, the diameter of 18 is generally slightly less than the inside diameter of 15b. Additionally, the raised, flat-surfaced projection 18 can be thoroughly cleaned by swabbing with a disinfectant prior to penetration by a needle.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention 16 may contain a centrally located, raised, flat-surfaced projection on both its top and bottom surfaces (18 and 19 in FIG. 3). In automated assembly of the present injection site symmetry of this type is desirable to avoid attitude control since either surface of 16 may be seated in top receptor 15a.
As mentioned above, 16 is compressibly confined in 15 by means of swage-molded edge 17. FIG. 5 illustrates member 16 seated in 15 prior to swage-molding. Edge 17 may be formed by application of ultrasonic energy employing an instrument (20) such as that shown in FIG. 8. In practice, 20 is designed to apply ultrasonic energy to the top edge of receptor 15a, to render it pliable and deform it and to produce swage-molded edge 17 (FIGS. 6 and 7). Thus, the top edge of 15a must project upwardly a sufficient amount above the peripheral edge of the top surface of 16 so that edge 17, when formed, adequately confines 16 in 15. It is desirable, howevr, that edge 17 not overlap with projection 18. The design of preference is illustrated in FIG. 7 wherein depression 21 separates edge 17 and projection 18, which is outlined as a result to further accentuate it as a target site for an injection needle.
Instrument 20 is conventional in the art but includes a tip portion specially designed for producing swage-molded edge 17. Referring to FIG. 8, the tip of 20 comprises housing 22 having an inside diameter which allows 15 (containing 16) to be slidably received therein. The inside top portion of 22 has the general pattern that will produce the design of the swage-molded edge depicted in FIGS. 6 and 7. Hollow, central portion 23 conforms to the dimensions of projection 18, and 24 is an air space above 23 which is unoccupied during the swage-molding operation. The inside top portion of 22 also includes depression 25. The top edge of 15a softens under the application of ultrasonic energy and is urged downwardly under pressure by 25 until edge 17 is firmly seated against the top peripheral surface of member 16 which becomes sealably compressed in housing 15. Projection 26 shapes edge 17 and yields depression 21 as depicted in FIGS. 6 and 7. Preferably, projection 18 extends above the swage molded top edge of 15.
It should be obvious that housing 15 must be manufactured from an ultrasonically-moldable substance, preferably a medically acceptable plastic such as styrene-acrylonitrile, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, and the like. Conventional ultrasonic assembly equipment may be employed using the modified instrument (20) as described above. Typically, conventional ultrasonic welding systems operate at 20,000 kilohertz. Housing 15 containing member 16 is placed inside housing 22 of 20 and ultrasonic energy is applied for a period (weld time) and under a downward force (pressure) sufficient to swage-mold edge 17. It should be noted that a stop is generally employed on the ultra-sonic assembly equipment to obtain the proper contact of 20 with 15 so that the aforementioned configuration of the top of the swage-molded product is realized. Then, energy is discontinued and the swage-molded injection site is left within the device for a period of time (dwell time) to allow the housing to rigidify and to prevent compressibly confined member 16 from easing edge 17 in a non-compressing direction. The particular amount of energy, weld time, pressure, and dwell time depend upon the type and gauge or thickness of the plastic employed and are easily ascertained for a particular material and gauge by pilot trials in accordance with the teaching of this disclosure.
In a typical instance where 15 is formed of styrene acrylonitrile approximately 0.5 mm thick, the following conditions were employed:
Branson Model 8400 (Branson Sonic Power Co., Danbury, Connecticut) ultrasonic assembly system, 20,000 kilohertz, weld time=0.4 seconds, dwell time=2 seconds, pressure=10 psig.
In the above description the use of ultrasonic energy to mold edge 17 has been emphasized. Ultrasonic energy is preferred for purposes of the invention because of its celerity and because under proper conditions it does not cause any degradation of the plastic housing or rubber member. It should be pointed out, however, that any energy capable of molding edge 17 without damaging the housing or puncturable member may be used in a practice of the invention.
The injection site of the invention has broad utility and may be used in conjunction with all types of injection ports on all kinds of injection-receiving receptacles. FIGS. 9 and 10 depict, by way of illustration and not limitation, two other apparatus on which the present injection site may be employed.
FIG. 9 shows a volumetric fluid delivery device 40 frequently incorporated in intravenous solution administration assemblies. It is generally characterized by a closed transparent rigid column 41 with a drip chamber 42 at the bottom, a filtered airway 43 and a medical entry port 44. As can be seen the injection port includes an injection site of the invention.
FIG. 10 depicts a medical liquid container 50 with bottle 51 and neck 52. Cap 53 on neck 52 covers rigid tube 54 which is structured for connection with an administration set through which liquid is dispensed to a patient. Neck 52 further includes injection port 55 comprising an injection site in accordance with the invention.
The injection site of the invention may also be used in the chemical arts where injection of reactant materials into reaction chambers through injection ports must be employed to avoid contact with air or moisture. Other uses of the present injection site will be obvious to those in the art and are within the scope of this disclosure.
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