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17 hmr?
Hey everyone, I bought a 17 hmr for some good, accurate, target practice but i was wondering if it would be suitable for small game hunting as well. I heard that it ruins alot of meat but does anyone think they will design some stronger, heavier bullets for it that wont "explode" on impact? I hope so
I all know is that my dad and i have both the 17 and the 17 rimfire. Both guns are dead on. The 17 at 300 yrds for coyts and the rim fire at 100 mostly for target but also coyts.
all i know is that my 17 hmr has put alotttt of meat in the freezer
can honestly say that i havent ever touched a 17 hmr but plan on gettin one soon for squirrels and coyotes.. but from the things i hear and have seen the 17 is expensive as heck to shoot..
what grain bullet are you shooting iam getting a 17 soon and i was wondering what kind you have iam still deciding what gun to get
Because the .17 calibers have become so popular I thought it would be a good idea to note the difference between the two different .17 Calibers.
One is the .17 HMR (Hornady Magnum Rimfire)
The other is the .17Mach2 sometimes called a .17M2..
You can see by cartridge comparison the relationship to the .22 Calibers
The Bottom line is simple, the .17M2 and the .22LR were designed for small game out to 100 yards.
While the .17HMR (Hornady Magnum Rimfire) and the .22WMR (Winchester Magnum Rimfire)
were designed for small to med. game at longer ranges.
thanks for clearing that up BB.
hey bro i ve killed a lot of rabbits and if u hit in the right place it dont:owned:
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fibre optical cable house installation
When designing my house I included flexible pvc tubing to carry 'normal' telephone cable to :
Garage - the main cable entry is located at the same level in the boiler room as is the splitter - the garage also has a telephone:
Music room; also the computer room at the moment;
2 bedrooms upstairs;
These are all connected and operational.
The telephone in the music/computer room is separate and dedicated to the computers and a separate telephone number line. The computers are not Wi-Fi and are connected by cable.
I am considering re-locating the computers in a basement room and as it is likely that the service provider will be installing fibre to the outside in the future (indeterminate as to timing) WOULD IT PAY to re-wire in fire now or wait for the day when the total service is available?
I hope I have given enough information to elicite a reply but I am ready to add anything you consider approbriate!
It depends on your area, when the service will become available,etc. In my area, we won't see fiber for another 15 years probably. By then, I will not be living in this area.
You have the flex pvc, couldn't they use that to pull when the service is available?
Fiber will probably be much cheaper in the future, so it might not pay to have it done now...unless there is already a trench...
Might be more of an electrical forum question...
I am not holding my breath waiting for the external fibre installation!
I mentioned the pvc tubing as being flexible because I understand that "pulling" problems can exist with optical fibre which would have been lessened if a solid tube pvc system had been installed with correctly spaced pull-in points.
Yes! a type of electrical cable installation problem but then they are much more robust cables (I believe).
The existing telephone cables would have to be used as pull-ins as there are no pull-in points only one entry (splitter end) and one exit for each line (telephone end).
All of the existing telephonic installation is tubed so no trenches.
The basic question is whether I would gain, technically, from having a house wired in optical fibre rather than the present standard telephone cable and what and how would I gain.
There is no point to wire the entire house with optical, only thing they do today is run optical to a "signal converter" near the house, or in it. This converts the signal to one that you can use, like coaxial. The advantage to fiber is the high bandwith, like uncompressed HD tv or high speed internet (15+mb download). If your not a high-bandwith internet user, or an HD junkie, than fiber is not for you.
Understood !
I use, when it is supplied, 18 mb down load but it flucuates worse than the stock exchanges.
It seems I might accrue some benefits from an installation with optical fibre. This leaves the mechanical problem with pulling in using the existiing telephone cabling through flexible tubing - one cable only with no sharing of the conduit.
If this is a feasible proposition then the connector between the external cable and the 'splitter' needs to be defined and there I am at a complete loss as to what physical characteristics it should have and what difficulties I can expect in making the varied and various connections and whether these nimble fingers could cope with the work and whether my pocket can also stand the strain!
All ideas welcome for a decision to be made.
Thanks a lot
How big is the conduit?
Perhaps I should leave well alone?
Fiber can, and usually does some with a armor jacket.
Does the conduit have any sharp bends?
I can only presume that the electricians (not telephone company employees) overcame all problems during installation and that is as far as I can go.
Perhaps, as I am going to relocate my computers and as there is no telephone output in the new room I could run a solid pvc conduit with pull in points, if necessary, to take a new optical cable dedicated to the computers? The rest could stay as it is.
How does that sound?
I was under impression you had flex running to the house as well.
Fiber could be dedicated to the computers, but what about television, etc? It might be easier to use the telephone wire as pull wire and pull cat 5 and cat 3 for your internet and phone in the bedrooms, etc.
The telephone cable from the street was pulled into a separate cable duct by the telephone company at 40 cm depth protected signal cover and sealed. This cable appears in the garage/basement in the same room as the main electrical board.
The cable duct is about 2" diameter.
I have tried all of the offers for television over the years and now have
1) Multiple digital via satellite to our dish antenna
2) Multiple digital via "land" to our 'rateaux' antenna
3) Multiple (less than number 2!) via land to our 'rateaux' antenna (this is free and would be used if others failed)
The house distribution is to Television outlets :
1 to each bedroom (type 2 and 3)
3 to the lounge (2 N° type 1 and 1 N° type 2 and 3)
1 to the music/computer room (1 N° type 1)
Tried TV by telephone outlet but the commercial side was divided off and became unstable.
This might sound complicated but it works !
So, the telephone system is used for the computer and is also used for two lines of telecommunication.
The TV is separate.
The TV cabling is in the same size (in general) flexible ducting as the telephone and electrical installation.
Moving the computers will require a new run of "solid" conduit for the telephone cables - a necessity if dampness arises but which I have planned against with pumps and insulation.
How is that for a summation?
The cable duct going to the house could be used for the fiber in the future.
I'd say that if you have the drywall down, it would be a good idea to install conduit now, but if you don't...it might not pay.
Is this from a detached garage? You mentioned dampness. I would run, if going underground, a burial rated cable. But they are filled with a sticky silicone.
The garage is underground under the house and no damp has ever been seen but with the weather that we have to anticipate I try and plan for all evenualities.
It seems that I could benefit from running an optical cable in non-flexible conduit from the junction box in the boiler room - this is where the external cable arrives.
Question 1 the junction box at the moment is a standard box for normal standard telephone cable. What type of junction box would I need to accept the incoming standard cable with a connection to an optical cable and its resultant exit as optical going to the computers but also having standard cable outlets? Perhaps two boxes?
Question 2 What size conduit?
Question 3 What type of connector for the telephone + computer?
With answers to those three I think I could come to a conclusion!
The most popular optical service around here is Verizon FIOS. They install a box outside that converts the optical to coax, Ethernet and phone.
This is what I would do is run solid cat 5e (6?) from the optical converter to inside your house, there you would install the necessary Ethernet switches and run more wire your computers. At the computers you can use what we call "keystone jacks" these have inserts that range from telephone to rca connectors. So you can pop in phone jacks and ethernet in one plate.
I would run 2 inch pvc, make sure to install pull boxes at bends. Your electrical code may tell how many bends you can have.
By the way, make sure you have an electrical outlet for the optical converter box. Again, code may require use of ground fault circuit interrupters for such outlets outside. To further help you on codes, what country do you live in?
I live in France near Versailles.
I can check out the installation codes for here and in Europe.
Thanks for all your help!
I will post a comment when I get down to installing any part of the system as it might be interesting to others.
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A: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, John Travolta, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke...who else? Of course, Bruce Willis. The director is Simon West, who is also a name. He is already here and has started working on the film. I believe the sequel will be better than the first movie.
Now before we all get too excited, this interview appears legitimate, but in this interview Varod could have simply been listing off names that Stallone has told him he's trying to get and Varod jumped the gun and said they are all for sure part of the cast. We will have to be patient for the next while and see if anyone else can corroborate this news. If it does prove true, this is the first I've heard of John Travolta being involved and the first TRUE confirmation for Chuck Norris, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis and Mickey Rourke. I'm intrigued, what do you guys think? Thanks to Trevor for the heads up!!!


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Five Facts about Terrence Malick
Via Jeffrey Wells, I came across this post, called "39 Facts About Terrence Malick," on Brett McCracken's site The Search, so named for a Walker Percy quote.
All 39 facts, written when "The Tree of Life" was in theaters, are interesting, particularly to Malick fans I suppose (Malick interviewed Che Guevara?), but for those confused by, or disappointed in, "To the Wonder," these facts are helpful:
- During his "sabbatical," home base was an apartment in Paris and later two apartments (one for living, one for writing) in a prefabricated building in Austin, Texas.
- In the early 80s, Malick fell in love with Michčle, a Parisienne who lived in his same building in Paris and had a daughter, Alex. After a few years the three of them moved to Austin, Texas
- Malick married Michčle in 1985, but they divorced in 1998.
- Malick married Alexandra "Ecky" Wallace in 1998 (his rumored high school sweetheart from his days at St. Stephen's). They are still married and currently reside in Austin, Texas.
So Michele is Marina (Olga Kurylenko) and Alexandra is Jane (Rachel McAdams). My review of "To the Wonder" will be up later.
The most interesting fact on McCracken's list?
- Zoolander is one of Malick's all time favorite films.
I don't know whether to be disappointed or monumentally impressed.
Neil and Jane or Terrence and Alexandra?
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Positioning for Better Times Ahead at IBS
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Orlando, Fla.–A fairly upbeat mood prevailed at last week's International Builders' Show, despite evidence that there's still plenty of caution about housing and the economy. Although the show filled only one hall of the Orange County Convention Center and attracted about half as many people as the last edition held here, window and door manufacturers exhibiting at the show seemed more focused on the longer term, with less talk about survival and more about positioning for better times ahead.
|Although this year's IBS didn't see the crowds previously seen three years ago when it was held in Florida, most exhibitors were pleased with the traffic in their booths.
Attendance for the National Association of Home Builders' annual trade show was estimated to be about 50,000 people. Despite a lower attendance level, most exhibitors expressed satisfaction with the traffic they were seeing. "The people who are here want to do things," said GlassCraft Door's Michael O'Shea. "We see it as a positive sign for business going forward."
One way a number of companies appear to be positioning themselves to move forward is greater emphasis on increasing sales by creating bundles of products beyond windows and doors. One example at the NAHB show was The Designed Exterior Collection, a series of nine housing-style vignettes featured in the Ply Gem booth. The manufacturer of windows, siding, decorative stone and other building products has put together different product groupings—along with guidelines for combining them—to help customers "build architecturally accurate homes with confidence," explained the company's John Stephenson. Window and door dealers benefit because the program inspires customers to look beyond white windows and basic styles toward higher-end decorative options.
Also positioning itself with a bundled product line was Therma-Tru Doors, which was emphasizing not just doors but complete entrances decorated with synthetic millwork products in numerous housing styles. Parent company Fortune Brands had brought Fypon into the Therma Tru fold as a way to save costs, but having the two companies together under one umbrella "enabled us to deliver an enhanced package that delivers real value," said David Randich, president.
Other companies looking to get more from each sale included Andersen Corp., which was highlighting new exterior trim options for its Series 200 and 400 products. Introduced last year with the company's A-Series windows and doors, the exterior trim is made from the company's Fibrex material and is offered in a variety of styles and colors. What's also appealing about the trim package, noted Andersen's Stacy Einck-Eckberg, is the ease of installation. Components can be ordered with windows and delivered cut-to-size and ready to install. "Trimming out the windows in a home typically takes a couple of days. With this package, the job can be done in as little as half a day," she notes.
The broader approach was not just highlighted by manufacturers. Royal Group showcased its window systems, as well as exterior trim packages and new interior shutter designs for its fabricators.
|Wide-opening doors, including this sliding vinyl pocket door from Florida's Custom Window Systems, enjoyed a strong presence at IBS again.
Of course, companies were talking about other initiatives to position themselves for an expected upturn. Milgard Windows & Doors, which had been working to expand from its West Coast market several years ago, was talking about moving into new territories again. Gregg Proscia, who recently joined the company as director of business development, reported that Milgard has recently expanded into Texas and will next be looking to establish more dealers in the East. Utah's Amsco Windows has established dealers in the Carolinas and New York and is also looking elsewhere in the East, reported the manufacturer's Kyle Hendren.
Some companies were talking about new market segments. CGI Windows & Doors was highlighting its new Sentinel line. The company has focused on high-end impact resistant products, but with the new offering it is targeting a broader range of single-family home applications, including remodeling and replacement, said the company's Len Quist. Another Florida-based manufacturer, WinDoor Inc., was highlighting its new vinyl window line. A provider of wide-opening sliding door systems, the new line meets the most stringent impact-requirements, reported Frank Lukens, which enables the company to target schools, hospitals and many other projects it has not tackled in the past.
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WinDoor, which was making its IBS debut, was also showcasing its large sliding door systems. It was one of many companies featuring such products in Orlando, suggesting the trend toward more wide-opening systems is continuing to gain momentum. Such products were highlighted once again by NanaWall, PGT, Solar Innovations, Weiland and Marvin, as well as hardware suppliers like Centor Architectural and Hoppe. In addition, Kolbe & Kolbe, which featured a large lift-and-slide door last year, introduced a new bi-fold door this year. Andersen also featured a new folding door system.
|High performance without compromising design was a theme struck by Inline and several other manufacturers.
Also of note was a new multi-panel pocket sliding door being featured by Custom Window Systems. What makes the door unique is that it is made of vinyl, compared to most such doors which feature aluminum or wood framed panels. The Florida manufacturer has switched nearly all its production to vinyl in recent years, noted the company's John Kwik. Also taking a unique approach with this product is Ply Gem, which was featuring a pocket door system targeted at more mid-range homes, said the company's Chris Pickering.
Energy efficiency continues to be emphasized as well. Of note were new triple-glazed offerings from wood window producers Kolbe & Kolbe and Marvin. Kolbe's Cindy Bremer noted that the wider pocket has presented challenges for wood window designs, but the company sees increased demand for such high performance.
|Manufacturers continued to point out green product attributes at this year's show.
Ply Gem was highlighting R-5 vinyl products featuring an array of exterior colors and interior woodgrains, emphasizing that high performance does not necessarily mean a plain white window. Inline Fiberglass was striking a similar theme with a new window designed to offer R-5 and R-6 performance without sacrificing style.
Green themes were evident throughout the show. Silver Line Windows was one of several companies touting the fact that its products were "NAHB Research Center Green Approved." The label is designed to indicate products comply with criteria established under the National Green Building Standard.
Hardware Offerings
Some of the most noteworthy window and door products at this year's show featured unique new hardware. The new Ultimate Glider window from Marvin can be opened and closed with one hand using a new recessed lock with a handle that pulls out. The company's John Kirchner noted that it's been some time since his company had looked at this product line and decided it was time for an overhaul. The handle is lower down on the window to be easier to use and less obtrusive, he explained.
|Marvin featured a new horizontal sliding window with low-profile hardware designed to allow one-hand operation.
Quanex Building Products featured a unique new sliding door offered by one of its manufacturer customers–Haddon Windows & Doors–in its booth. In place of a traditional lock, the SecuraSeal door features two full-length aluminum profiles in one of the jambs. To lock the doors, the user lifts a handle and the profiles separate to engage within a chamber running the full length of the door stile. The lock provides enhanced security while being very simple to operate, noted John Haddon Jr., who said the company will launch the door officially in about a month.
Among hardware manufacturers exhibiting, Schlage featured a new alarmed lock that can detect a range of actions and alert homeowners of activity with their entry doors. Unlike traditional alarms that trigger only when the door is opened, the hardware can sound an alert if someone is kicking the door or tampering with the lock. It also can alert homeowners if a child is trying to leave the house.
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IBS presented further evidence that fiberglass doors continue to be one of the most active segments of the industry as far as product development. New Craftsman woodgrain design choices were highlighted by MasterGrain, which also displayed a new fiberglass SDL product. RightConcept was highlighting new walnut and chestnut finishes as well as a new fiberglass framing system and a higher-definition versions of its door panels.
|New fiberglass door panel designs and finishes were prevalent at IBS once again.
Glasscraft Door, a long-time wood door maker, showcased nearly all fiberglass doors at IBS this year as it launches its new line. Among the options it featured were distressed finishes designed for homes where a more rustic look is desired.
Therma Tru was emphasizing its new Canvas Collection, a line of its smooth fiberglass doors designed to offer more panel design choices to those customers preferring a painted door. Another new feature it was highlighting on its door lines were operable sidelites.
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|Tuesday April 16, 2002
Israeli forces are continuing their deadly push into the West Bank, defying pleas from President George Bush for withdrawal "without delay" and Arab fury backed by threats of attacks on US interests in the Middle East.
Mr Bush kept up his scathing criticism of the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, but his tougher language to the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon - in a "terse" 20-minute phone call - coincided with heavy fighting in the West bank cities of Nablus and Jenin and renewed retaliatory Israeli artillery and air attacks in south Lebanon.
Other critical developments as the United States Secretary of State, Colin Powell, embarked on a peace mission that looks more difficult by the day, included:
As the militant Palestinian Hamas organisation vowed revenge for the Israeli killing at the weekend of Qais Adwan - the bomb-maker who Israel claims masterminded the Passover suicide bombing which killed 27 Israelis at Netanya two weeks ago - leaders of its political wing in Gaza told the Herald that the US should expect attacks against its interests in the Middle East.
In Cairo, a meeting of angry Arab foreign ministers denounced the Bush Administration's handling of the conflict and urged the United Nations Security Council to force Israeli compliance with its calls to pull back its forces from the West Bank. They also closed ranks behind Mr Arafat, threatening to boycott talks with Mr Powell if he refused to meet Mr Arafat, who the Israelis have pinned down at Ramallah.
A report in London's Daily Telegraph, attributed to Western intelligence experts, claimed that Palestinian agents had given Iraq a detailed list of Israeli targets that might be attacked by Baghdad and a bundle of blank passports, from a variety of Arab nations, that might be used by Iraqi agents in terrorist attacks.
Perhaps the biggest setback to the stated objective by the US of an immediate ceasefire was the revelation that Mr Powell will be in the region from todaybut would not go to Israel until Friday. In the meantime, he will visit Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan and Morocco.
The Israelis already claim that Mr Bush's acknowledgement of their right to self-defence "legitimises" their West Bank mission and it will be easier for them to buy time to finish the operation as best they can as long as Mr Powell is not on Israeli soil.
Mr Sharon is reported to have told Mr Bush the mission would be speeded up but that his forces were operating in difficult conditions and "there are a great deal of weapons, explosives and armed terrorists" in the villages and communities under Israeli attack.
The Israeli Defence Minister, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, said: "We are finishing the operation we started." However, a spokesman for the Israeli Defence Forces said he expected the Jenin operation to end last night.
Both sides reported casualties during the weekend fighting in Nablus and Jenin.
The Palestinians claimed that 35 of its people had died in Jenin and the commander of Israeli forces in the area, Eyal Shlein, told Israel Radio: "We trapped them in there, attacked them with the intention that they should surrender. Those that don't surrender will be killed."
Israel is claiming its operation is a success - a senior officer pointed to the sharp reduction in terror attacks - and that it has arrested 1200 Palestinians, of whom 100 were on its wanted list.
An Israeli military spokesman said four Palestinians were killed as they tried to plant bombs near a checkpoint at Nablus and that a man wearing a belt packed with explosives was shot dead in Jenin.
A newspaper reporter in Nablus said that during the weekend Palestinian gunmen moving through the ancient streets of central Nablus had handed out belts laden with explosives to be used if Israeli soldiers broke their hold on the city centre.
Meanwhile, Australia has offered to play a bigger role in attempts to resolve the crisis, the Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, told ABC television yesterday.
But the Prime Minister, John Howard, said the question of an international peacekeeping force was a long way off.
"You don't have international peacekeeping forces without the permission of the territories, the governments of the territories where the peacekeepers are to go in," he said.
Earlier, Mr Downer said he had told a delegation of Arab ambassadors last week that Australia was "happy to play a bigger role than just the role of making statements and participating in votes in multilateral organisations".
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Powell talks to Arafat, but peace still far away
Powell meets Arafat, but peace still a long shot
Bush fears a backlash at home
Ruin and rage in the camp that was hit hardest
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Serves 4
Serve with vodka, top quality Sauvignon Blanc or Riesling.
You can serve this frothy, delicately flavored soup in large, heated coffee cups to extend the cappuccino theme, that has become fashionable in many restaurants. This soup is light and has very few calories.
1 medium-sized leek, rinsed and finely chopped
2 tbsp. olive oil
1 medium potato, peeled and finely chopped
600 ml (1 pt) vegetable stock
100 g (3-1/2 oz) fresh watercress leaves
(discard the stalks)
250 ml (8 fl oz) low fat plain yogurt
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
50 g (2 oz) Sevruga caviar
1. In a medium-sized saucepan gently fry the leek in the oil until soft but not colored. Add the potato and stir well. Pour over the vegetable stock and bring to the boil, then cover the pan and simmer for 15 minutes, or until the potato is tender. Add the watercress leaves and immediately remove the pan from the heat.
2. Spoon the mixture into a blender or food processor and process to a purée. Return to the pan and add the plain yogurt and seasoning. Reheat the soup gently over a low heat. For the frothy finish, use a hand-held blender and whiz the soup until foamy. Serve warm with a spoonful of caviar on top.
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By Susie Boeckmann
and Natalie Rebeiz-Nielsen
John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2000
Hardback, $ 40.00
Recipe reprinted by permission.
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|PCT number
|Publication date
|7 Oct 2008
|Filing date
|6 Aug 2003
|Priority date
|9 Aug 2002
|Fee status
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|Publication number
|Yong-Nyun Kim
|Original Assignee
|E-Wha Fresnius Kabi Inc.
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (23), Non-Patent Citations (1), Referenced by (14), Classifications (16), Legal Events (3)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
The present invention relates to a cap for a liquid supplying tube, and more particularly, to a cap enabling the exhaust of air existing in a tube before supplying a liquid in a state where the cap is installed in the tube.
Generally, a tube is connected to a liquid supplying apparatus that functions to supply a liquid medicine (or blood) into a human body. A distal end of the tube is plugged by a cap before injection of the medicine. The tube is then used by removing the cap therefrom and connecting the distal end of the tube to an inlet of a member (e.g., catheter), which has been directly connected to the human body, when the medicine is injected. Before connecting the tube to the catheter, an injection (liquid medicine) is caused to flow downward to exhaust air remaining in the tube. If air is injected into the body of a patient, a dangerous situation may occur in the patient. Generally, during the air-exhausting process, there is some loss in the liquid medicine. In such a conventional cap, it is impossible to perform sterilization with gas in a state where the cap has been installed.
A structure proposed by the present inventor in order to solve the problem is disclosed in Korean Utility Model Registration No. 20-0226977. In the proposed structure, a distal end cap is provided with an air pass filter and an air vent to conveniently exhaust air existing in a tube. That is, as a liquid medicine is supplied to the tube from a liquid supplying apparatus, air existing in the tube is pushed by the supplied liquid medicine and then moves toward the cap. Consequently, the air escapes from the tube through the air pass filter and the air vent. Since only the air escapes therefrom, it is possible to easily exhaust the air without a resulting loss in the liquid medicine. Such a structure has remarkable effects superior to those obtained by conventional caps. However, there are sometimes cases where air remains between portions of liquid medicine within the tube. In such a case where air remains between portions of liquid within the tube, the air pass filter and the air vent may become clogged with a first portion of liquid upon exhaust of the air and thus the air remaining between the portions of liquid may not be exhausted. In this case, there may be inconvenience upon exhaust of the air remaining between the portions of liquid medicine in that the cap is opened and the portion of liquid medicine prior to the air is removed, and subsequently, the cap is closed again and the air is then exhausted. To solve this inconvenience, there is a need for a further improved distal end cap enabling the exhaust of air existing between portions of liquid in a tube without separating the cap from the tube.
An object of the present invention is to provide a distal end cap having excellent effects, which further improves the structure of the existing distal end cap proposed by the present inventor, and more specifically, to provide a cap for a distal end of a tube, which can easily exhaust air that may exist between portions of liquid in the tube.
Air generally exists in a tube. When a liquid medicine is supplied to the tube, the air escapes from the tube through a distal end of the tube and the liquid medicine then reaches the distal end of the tube. Air sometimes exists just behind the portion of the liquid medicine that has first reached the distal end of the tube. The present invention provides a distal end cap that can effectively exhaust the air even in such a case. The present inventor considered that in such a case where air exists behind a portion of liquid that has first reached the distal end of the tube, the amount of the portion of liquid is small, and based on this consideration, designed a distal end cap equipped with a liquid absorption material (absorbent) that can absorb the portion of liquid.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cap for a tube, which is connected to a distal end of the tube, and comprises a passage for communicating with the tube and the outside, a liquid absorption member disposed in the passage, and a gas permeable and liquid impermeable filter for blocking the passage at a (downstream) position farther than the liquid absorption member from the tube.
The liquid absorption member may be configured to surround the passage. The liquid absorption member may be made of a sponge material or fiber material.
The filter may be made of a porous plastic resin material.
The cap may further comprise a main body which includes an outer wall and a connection projection provided radially inward of the outer wall, and in which the other end opposite to an end of the main body with the connection projection provided thereon is open, and the passage is formed and the liquid absorption member is received; and a closure which is connected to close the other open end of the main body and includes an exhaust hole that communicates with the passage and is blocked by the filter.
The connection projection may comprise a tube extending inward and outward of the end of the outer wall, and the absorption member is fixedly fitted between the outer wall of the main body and an inward extension of the connection projection.
The closure may further comprise an extension for isolating the absorption member and the filter from each other.
The distal end cap may be connected to an injection quantity adjustor with a detachable clip installed thereon, and also connected to the clip so that they can be removed together.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a liquid medicine supplying apparatus for supplying a liquid medicine, comprising a liquid medicine reservoir; a pressure device for applying pressure to the liquid medicine stored in the liquid medicine reservoir; a tube connected to the liquid medicine reservoir; and a cap, as described above, connected to the distal end of the tube.
For better understanding of the objects and features of the present invention by those skilled in the art, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring to
The tube 90 is connected to an end of the cylinder 64 of the injection apparatus 60. A passage for liquid medicine defined by the tube 90 is equipped with, for example, a supply valve 70 for supplying the medicine into the cylinder 64 before using the apparatus. A clamp 72 is also provided to cut off a stream of medicine flowing along the tube 90 if necessary. The structure of the tube connected to the injection apparatus may be that disclosed in PCT Publication No. WO 02/11791 A1, and a relevant portion of details disclosed in PCT Publication No. WO 02/11791 A1 is incorporated herein by reference. A distal end connection member 80 and a cap 10 for plugging an opening of the connection member 80 are connected to a distal end of the tube 90. When the medicine is injected into a human body, the cap 10 is removed and the connection member 80 is connected to an inlet of a member (e.g., catheter) directly inserted into the human body.
Referring to
Referring to
A connection tube 26 formed to axially extend in opposite directions with respect to the end wall 24 is provided at the center on the side of the end wall 24. The male threads are formed at a tip portion of the outward extension 261 of the connection tube 26 and are to be engaged with the female threads formed on the inner surface of the cylindrical wall 82 of the connection member 80. The connection tube 26 is hollowed to form a passage 263 with a circular cross section. The corresponding projection 84 of the connection member 80 is inserted into the passage 263 so that the hole 86 of the projection 84 can be in communication with the passage 263 of the connection tube 26. The passage 263 of the connection tube 26 is slightly tapered such that the diameter thereof decreases inward. This is to cause the corresponding projection 84 of the connection member 80 to be in close contact with the passage as the projection is further inserted into the passage. An inward extension 262 of the connection tube 26 that is formed to extend inward is spaced apart by a predetermined distance from the sidewall 22. A liquid absorption member 40 to be described later is tightly fitted into a space between the inward extension 262 and the sidewall 22.
Referring to
Referring to
Referring to
The outer diameter of the third extension 37, which is smaller than that of the second extension 36, is determined such that the third extension can be tightly fitted into the liquid absorption member 40. There is a step between the second and third extensions 36 and 37. The third extension 37 is inserted lengthwise into the liquid absorption member 40. An outer surface of the third extension 37 is in close contact with an inner surface of the absorption member 40, and the end of the absorption member 40 abuts on the step between the second and third extensions 36 and 37. A distal end of the third extension 37 is tapered so that it can be smoothly inserted into the absorption member 40. The third extension 37 functions to prevent the liquid absorption member 40 from abutting on the air pass filter 50 or to prevent liquid absorbed by the liquid absorption member 40 from abutting on the air pass filter 50 due to outflow of the absorbed liquid. If the liquid abuts on the air pass filter 50 or air exhaust hole 321, air cannot be properly exhausted or it takes a great deal of time to exhaust the air.
The air pass filter 50 is made of a liquid impermeable and gas permeable material and completely closes up the passage 321. That is, the air pass filter is made of a material through which liquid cannot permeate but gas can permeate. Preferably, the air pass filter 50 can be made and used by processing a porous plastic resin material having such a property into a shape suitable for the passage. Such a material for the air pass filter is available from Porex Corporation (website: www.porex.com) located at Fairbum, Ga. 30213, U.S.A. The product under the trademark "Porex Hydrophobic Vents" available from Porex Corporation may be used. This product is made of polyethyl polytetrafluoroethylene. The material for the air pass filter is also available from Micropore Plastics, Inc. located at Stone Mountain, Georgia, U.S.A. The air pass filter 50 has such elasticity that it can be slightly shrunken while being fitted into the passage 321 of the closure 30 and then can be restored to its original state in place.
Now, the operation of the cap will be described in detail with reference to
Referring to
The injection quantity adjustor 100 performs the function of constantly maintaining the amount of supplied liquid medicine and also performs the function of temporarily increasing the amount of supplied liquid medicine. To this end, the injection quantity adjustor 100 comprises a temporary storage bladder 130 for storing the liquid medicine, a button member 120 for pressing the storage bladder 130, and a clip 140 fitted to maintain a state where the button member 120 presses the storage bladder 130. The storage bladder 130 is connected to tubes 131 and 132 through which the liquid medicine flows in and out of the storage bladder. The tube 132 through which the liquid medicine flows out can be blocked by means of a shutter 123 of the button member 120 to be described later. The temporary storage bladder 130 is to temporarily increase the amount of supplied liquid medicine. Thus, the liquid medicine is normally supplied through another passage (not shown). The button member 120 includes a rotational shaft 121 around which a torsion spring 122 is fitted. Therefore, the button member 120 can be rotated about the rotational shaft 121 and is subjected to the force of the torsion spring 122 exerted in a direction for maintaining the state where the shutter 123 blocks the tube 132. At opposite sides of the button member 120 with respect to the rotational shaft 121, there are provided a pressing portion 124 and the shutter 123, respectively. Thus, if a portion of the button member 120 on the side of the pressing portion 124 is pressed down, the pressing portion 124 presses down and squeezes the storage bladder 130, and the shutter 123 that has blocked the tube 132 is raised to open the tube 132, as shown in the figure. Then, the liquid medicine stored in the storage bladder 130 is additionally supplied to temporarily increase the amount of supplied liquid medicine.
Meanwhile, a preparatory operation for sending the liquid medicine to the distal end of the tube 90 before the use thereof is made in a state where the storage bladder 130 has been pressed down. Thus, the clip 140 is fitted above the portion of the button member 120 on the side of the pressing portion 124 in order to maintain the state where the pressing portion 124 presses down the storage bladder 130 as shown in the figure. In other words, when the clip 140 is fitted, the storage bladder 130 is pressed by the pressing portion 124, and the tube 132, which is connected to the storage bladder 130 and through which the liquid medicine flows out, is in an opened state. In this state, when the liquid medicine is supplied from the supply cylinder 64 (see
In such a case where there is a member that should be inevitably removed before supplying the liquid medicine into a human body, if the member to be removed is connected to the cap in the aforementioned manner, the member can be surely removed without forgetting about the removal of the member.
Although the present invention has been illustrated and described with reference to the exemplified embodiments of the present invention, it can be understood that various changes, modifications and additions can be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
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|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
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Last Friday on MSNBC's "The Abrams Report," Hoda Kotb made an appearance to plug that evening's NBC "Dateline" program centering on John Lennon's murderer, Mark Chapman. Ms. Kotb said that in listening to 100 hours of audiotape she was struck by Chapman's being "so meticulous. He's so calm. He's so measured; all the while he is plotting out one of the most heinous crimes of the century."
Lennon's killing was tragic, as most killings are, but categorizing it as "one of the most heinous crimes of the century" is a gross overstatement.
This is, after all, the century in which we saw millions of people killed by Mao. Millions of people killed by Stalin. Millions of people killed by Hitler. And what of the more than 900 who died in 1978 at the hands of Leftist "Reverend" Jim Jones in Guyana? Then there were Leopold and Loeb, Susan Smith, Charles Manson, Andrew Cunanan, Timothy McVeigh, Dennis Rader, Charles Whitman, Richard Speck, John Wayne Gacy, and Charles Starkweather. Moreover, there were Columbine, Heaven's Gate, the Zebra Killers, the Tylenol murders, the Birmingham church bombing and the Atlanta youth murders. The list could go on and on.
The hagiography of John Lennon continues. "Dateline" describes "that fateful day when a generation's voice was silenced." I can't speak for other Baby Boomers, but Lennon was surely not my voice. Yes, his murder was dreadful, but it certainly never will qualify as "one of the most heinous crimes of the century."


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All beautiful the march of days, as seasons come and go; The Hand that shaped the rose hath wrought the crystal of the snowby Shelly CruzGetting back to the Cabbage Doll story. Let me explain. In the eighties, a very well known Evangelist that Cecilia's family was personally taught under, taught that Cabbage Patch Dolls were causing strange and destructive behaviors in children. They could only be alleviated when the dolls were removed from the household, or better yet, destroyed completely!There were some reports claiming... ladies were miscarrying while having these dolls in their homes. It was explained to me that when you got a Cabbage Patch Doll, they come with birth certificates … [Read more...]
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All beautiful the march of days, as seasons come and go; The Hand that shaped the rose hath wrought the crystal of the snowby Shelly CruzI drew closer to Christ through my relationship with Cecilia; there was no doubt about it. The more time I spent with her, the more I opened my bible to see if all the things I was learning, matched up with the word of God.I was learning so much from her. Some good things, and some things that really made me scratch my chin in dismay. I learned that if you were a real Christian, then you were to only home school your children. However, My church taught us that we could also send our children to a Christian school. That was acceptable too. This really … [Read more...]
Testing the Spirit of Quiverfull: Isolation
by Kristen Rosser ~ aka: KR WordgazerBeloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. I John 4:1Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. Acts 20:30Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage." Galatians 5:1The above passages warn us that not every movement that says it is following Christ and His teachings, actually is. Even when there is sincere desire to follow Christ, the ways beliefs are practiced, instead of bringing healing and liberty, can bring pain a … [Read more...]
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All beautiful the march of days, as seasons come and go; The Hand that shaped the rose hath wrought the crystal of the snowby Shelly CruzThe night before my dinner engagement was a nervous one. I wanted everything to be extra perfect for my get together the following day. I stayed up praying that evening. Morning came and I felt more at ease. After church service Cecilia's family followed my family home and for the next 4 hours we talked and joked as if we had been friends for years. I seemed to connect really well with Cecilia even though I had nothing much in common with her. Cecilia was ultra conservative, modest beyond words. She was a skirts only, tailored neckline type of woman. S … [Read more...]
Time Heals All Wounds ~ Part 1: The Model of a Christian Woman
All beautiful the march of days, as seasons come and go; The Hand that shaped the rose hath wrought the crystal of the snowThis is a story of two very different families and how the Light of Jesus overflowed from one to the other. It is also a story about feeling rejected and very alone, when one family decided to end the friendship with the other. Time heals all wounds though, or so they say.....by Shelly CruzI have always been known as a free spirit, an extrovert; I see life as an adventure. I made friends very easily and always attracted all different kinds of people. That was before I became a Christian, though. Something happened to me which no one saw coming, not even me.One … [Read more...]
NLQ FAQ: How did you get yourself into this mess?
Jonathan W. Rice (jwr)In late 2009, I learned that a journalist had written a book about the Quiverfull movement.[1] I ordered the book and also discovered an online forum for survivors and refugees who'd fled from it (No Longer Quivering). As far back as 1989, I'd known several families who fit the description but could never really understand their rationale. I hoped the NLQ forum and the book might shed some light on their beliefs. I was not disappointed.In mid-February 2010, a thread title on the forum caught my eye: How did you get yourself into this mess? The author, a female refugee from the movement, was wondering how she and so many others could have fallen for it in the fi … [Read more...]
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by Vyckie Q: What is "Quiverfull?""Quiverfull" is a convenient, though I believe, somewhat unfortunate term which we're using at No Longer Quivering to describe a family lifestyle which is growing in popularity among evangelical Christians ~ particularly those who home educate their children.Quiverfull ~ is the idea that truly godly families will "trust the Lord" with their family planning. Children are viewed as unmitigated blessings ("As arrows in the hand of the mighty man, so are the children of ones youth, happy is the man who hath his quiver full of them") and as such, the couple is willing to have as many children as the Lord chooses to bless them with. Artificial or chemical … [Read more...]


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Currently the poll is 62% no change and 37% for more gun control, I am surprised bloomberg waited this long to restart his usual anti-gun braying.
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Currently the poll is 62% no change and 37% for more gun control, I am surprised bloomberg waited this long to restart his usual anti-gun braying.
When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk.
"Don't forget, incoming fire has the right of way."
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Done. Thanks for the heads-up.
"The pistol, learn it well, carry it always ..." ~ Jeff Cooper
"Terrorists: They hated you yesterday, they hate you today, and they will hate you tomorrow.
End the cycle of hatred, dont give them a tomorrow."
Thanks for posting this - current results are 64.6% - no; 35.4 % yes. It's amazing to me how the knee-jerk reactions come out after horrible events like this. Instead of calling for putting more guns into law-abiding citizen's hands, they want to immediately control guns. I'm all for keeping illegal guns out of the hands of criminals, but the government needs to leave law-abiding citizens alone and not try to curb our right to defend ourselves.
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64.8% No
35.2% Yes
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64.9 No
35.1 yes
Don"t let stupid be your skill set....
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The question on the poll is: Should national gun control policy be changed in the wake of the shooting at a Batman movie in Colorado?
I would LIKE to answer "Yes, it should be loosened to allow more law abiding citizens the ability to defend themselves in more places." But it won't give me that option.
"One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them."
-- Thomas Jefferson, Letter to George Washington, 1796. ME 9:341
The question on my mind is what are they going to do about criminals. I'm no hard-boiled right-winger as anybody who's read my posts knows, but I just don't get why so many people think taking guns out of the hands of law-abiding citizens will stop these maniacs from going postal in crowded venues."Instead of the two people – President Obama and Governor Romney – talking in broad things about (how) they want to make the world a better place, okay, tell us how," he said. "And this is a real problem. No matter where you stand on the Second Amendment, no matter where you stand on guns, we have a right to hear from both of them concretely, not just in generalities – specifically what are they going to do about guns?"
I've been exchanging "ideas" (to use a polite euphemism) with posters on a local news website in the Comments section of the article on the Colo. shootings. I agree with the lefties on a lot of issues but you wouldn't believe the crap they're posting about gun control.
Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars.
Should the gun control policy be changed?
Yes, in favor of being able to legally carry a gun.
How can you possibly vote on this poll with a right answer?
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Exploiting this tragedy to further a political agenda even before all the blood is mopped up. Has Bloomberg no shame?
Sneaky, slippery wording for a "poll" question, eh? Q: "Should gun control policy be changed in the wake of the shooting at a Batman movie in Colorado?" That could be read either way, yea/nay. Does "yes" mean one's in favor of eviscerating ineffectual, ill-conceived gun control? Or, does it mean one's in favor of adding more ineffectual, ill-conceived control statutes (aka, more "soothing words")? Uncertain who'd I would be supporting, answering either way. The "anti" pollster weenies would take it and run with it, either way.Not so obvious as he thinks. It's generally less of a problem in "carry" states, pal, where BG's risk serious refusal at the time of their crimes.Originally Posted by From the articleYeah, self-righteous "gun-free" Chicago and NYC have many, many murders, almost on a daily basis. It does have to stop.Originally Posted by From the article
Hmmm. I've got it! How about ceasing the criminalization of upstanding citizens, allowing them to finally lawfully obtain the means to effectively defend themselves against such heinous, murderous criminal actions? Can't be any worse than what's being attempted in NYC, Chicago and similar "gun free" experiment zones. Bloomberg... ? Bloomberg... ? Bloomberg ...?
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Sandy has taken an enormous toll on communities up and down the Jersey Shore, destroying homes and businesses, tearing up boardwalks and eroding beaches. As people try to get back to normal, there's a growing sense that it will be a new normal, at least of some areas of the shore.
Atlantic City sustained a near-direct hit from Sandy, but Saturday night, just a day after a mandatory evacuation order was lifted, business downtown seemed to be mostly back to normal and the casinos had reopened.
But the rows of slot machines were largely empty, and out on the boardwalk, there was hardly a soul in sight.
The same could be seen on the boardwalk. Brent Rivers, who works the night shift as a rolling chair operator — or push-powered taxis — said after Hurricane Irene last year, tourists seemed to come right back, but this time is different.
"With this storm, this is the deadest I've ever seen it," he said. 'There's a lot of things that should be going on here tonight but, like, most of the shows got cancelled just because of the weather and there's nobody here. And the only reason people aren't here is because they're misinformed."
Misinformed, Rivers said, about the extent of the damages in Atlantic City. While some neighborhoods on the bay side of the island got flooded, the tourist area escaped mostly unharmed, and the only part of the boardwalk that was damaged was a small section on the north end that most people never visited anyway.
But Atlantic City's problems pale in comparison to places like Belmar, New Jersey, where the storm's effects will be much more long-lasting.
Kim Balestrino spent the day cleaning out her flooded apartment on the beach, across from piles of sand and lumber where a boardwalk once stood. She said she can't even begin to calculate all that the storm took from her.
"The way the boardwalk was, the way the people were, the way the businesses were, like the pizza place, DJ's, just…everything down here," she said. "Our little restaurants that we know from town are all destroyed. So yeah, it can be rebuilt. And yes, it can be brand new, and it's gonna be 'un-new,' but it will never be the same as we remember it."
Further up the coast, Annette Goff was venturing out to the water's edge in Asbury Park for the first time since the storm. She moved to the shore from Brooklyn three decades ago and fell in love with the idea of living in a place where she felt like she was on vacation all the time. For her, it's not the physical places that make the shore, well, the shore.
"It's the people that make it. So I think the memories and everything…we'll make new memories," she said. "It'll come back. I know it will. We're tough. "
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While some turn-over is unavoidable and to some extent even desirable, turnover among your top performers is largely avoidable. And it is certainly worth the investment. People don't necessarily tell the whole truth in exit interviews about why they are leaving. Managers should, of course, know in advance who is leaving and why.
A high turnover rate is likely due to a combination of reasons. Thus, increasing employee retention also requires a combination of measures. An employee will be motivated to stay at a company when they feel comfortable, well respected, fairly compensated, and (dependent on position and character) see possibilities for growth and personal development. Here are some of the areas an employer can invest in to lower the employee turnover rate:
It is clear that no manager can make informed decisions without proper information. HR or employee analytics can help management y decide where to invest, identify the top performers, determine what employees need to best perform and what they value. Analytics also give provide a consistent way to monitor the results of any measure taken, HR analytics really are the ace up your sleeve.
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A lack of (or poor) communication, both top-down and between teams or peers, causes frustration and misdirected energy. For HR departments, communcation is key and company communication can be greatly enhanced by publishing the company's values, vision and mission. Provide easy access to the company handbook. Make use of the technology for employee self-service portals and performance appraisal systems and encourage employees to use these available resources.
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BusinessWeek cites that a "San Francisco design firm Gensler found that of more than 2,000 workers around the U.S., two-thirds believe they are more efficient when they work closely with their colleagues. But 30% said that their workplace doesn't promote spontaneous interaction and collaboration—a sentiment that's leading many companies to rethink the office environment."
Widespread usage of social media and web 2.0 technologies has proven that these spontaneous interactions and collaboration are no longer limited by physical borders. Employee collaboration and business social networking have already demonstrated value in terms of improved employee performance, creativity, communication and informal learning.
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Most companies reward employees and recognize a job well done with a combination of compensation and benefits. But there are many more tools in the employee reward arsenal. To compete in the global workforce environment, an effective employee recognition program is a necessity.
Successful recognition programs motivate workers in ways that increase their level of engagement. According to the Human Capital Institute (HCI), "best practices" for applying recognition programs include:
- Creating a culture of recognition in the workplace that includes both formal and informal methods of recognition.
- Making sure that employees get rewarded in a way that is valuable to them by providing a wide variety of recognition rewards. Emphasizing higher quality performance, rather than just increased amount of effort.
- Recognizing employees frequently to maintain consistent engagement.
- Ensuring that rewards are linked solidly to business objectives and/or desired business cultural values.
Effective training and development programs are excellent instruments to reduce employee turn-over. When employees feel like their careers can develop no further at an organization, it is often time to leave. Good training programs can help your employees learn the skills needed for new projects and challenges, or even a higher position within the company.
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Without an adequate and competitive package of compensation and benefits, it is difficult for any company to hire or retain top talent. The challenge for small-business owners is figuring out how much their competitors pay, and what package of benefits deliver the best retention results. If the main goal is to motivate talent to stay with the company, in other words to create 'stickiness', it is important to choose a balanced package of benefits from many available programs:
- Work/Life balance: Holidays, paid time off, flexible work arrangements
- Financial security: Retirement plans, pensions, disability insurance, life insurance
- Health and medical insurances: health insurance, dental, vision flexible spending or health savings accounts, gym memberships
- Career development/Personal growth: Tuition reimbursement, onsite lectures, computer based training subscriptions
- Other: Discounted auto, home, or pet insurance, savings clubs for shopping, employee loan programs to purchase computers.
What do you think? Does that list do a good job summarizing it? Has your company offered any other benefits to help increase employee retention?