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All we get from the FOMC today is a single statement.
There will be no press conference, and no updated forecasts.
Thus, market participants will be parsing every sentence of the statement, due out at 2 PM ET, to see how the views of the Federal Reserve's monetary policymaking body have changed since its mid-September decision that shocked Wall Street and caught markets off guard.
At that meeting, the FOMC elected to refrain from tapering the pace of monthly bond purchases it makes under its quantitative easing program, citing both inadequate improvement in economic data since its June meeting and the looming fiscal showdown in Washington, D.C.
"We have never heard investors as angry as the day after the Fed decided to not taper its asset buying program," said BofA Merrill Lynch economist Ethan Harris. "Some investors argue that it was a deliberate attempt to introduce volatility into the market. Others said Fed credibility is shot."
The government shutdown and debt ceiling debate that ensued caused economists at BofA Merrill Lynch and Société Générale to slash their GDP growth forecasts for Q3 and Q4 (BAML cut its Q1 2014 forecast as well).
In light of the damage the shutdown is said to have likely caused the U.S. economy, the decision not to taper in September now seems justified in the minds of many market participants, and expectations for the first tapering of QE have been pushed out to 2014.
"Most agree that the Fed did the right thing by skipping tapering," says George Goncalves, head of rates research at Nomura. As one of his clients said to him, "Imagine if they tapered, where stocks and bonds would be now, given the weak backdrop and never-ending fiscal fights."
That brings us to this week's meeting, at the conclusion of which on Wednesday afternoon the only thing investors will get to look at is the FOMC statement.
"Just because the Fed is unlikely to taper at the October FOMC meeting does not mean the October FOMC meeting will pass quietly into the night," warn Morgan Stanley interest rate strategists Matthew Hornbach and Guneet Dhingra. "The market should focus on how the Fed changes the official statement because it could send important signals about future policy actions (or lack thereof)."
So, the main question is: will the statement come across as hawkish, or dovish?
"There is no risk of the 30 October FOMC surprising on the hawkish side," asserts Vincent Chaigneau, global head of rates and FX strategy at Société Générale.
"Our central expectation is 'no change' on all counts: rates, asset purchases, rate & QE guidance, and even on their current economic assessment," add SocGen fixed income strategists Jorge Garayo and Marc-Henri Thoumin. "Interestingly, our economists believe the language is going to be skewed to the dovish side, with the main risk being a tweak in the assessment of the economic conditions."
Goldman Sachs economists Sven Jari Stehn and Jan Hatzius, like their SocGen counterparts, believe the FOMC will modify the language addressing the economy in its statement, saying they "expect two small changes to the outlook paragraph."
"First, it appears likely that the committee would want to acknowledge the softer labor market data," write Stehn and Hatzius in a note to clients. "For example, the committee could state that labor market indicators have improved only 'on balance.' Second, the statement might reflect the uncertainty introduced by the government shutdown and debt ceiling fight ... For example, the committee could add that 'the recent fiscal debates have raised uncertainty around the near-term outlook' to its statement that fiscal policy is restraining growth."
The Goldman economists suggest an even more subtle tweak the FOMC could make in Wednesday's statement that does not concern the language surrounding the economy: "For example, the committee could change the phrase 'in judging when to moderate the pace of asset purchases…' into 'in determining the appropriate future pace of asset purchases….'," they write.
In short, much of Wall Street is expecting the FOMC to strike a deliberately dovish tone.
"Markets are now abuzz that a dovish FOMC statement could lead to interpretations of tapering being taken off the table completely until late Q1-14," says SocGen strategist Kenneth Broux. "If that does end up being the case, the greenback will face further selling pressure and 10y yields could test 2.40%."
But what if that doesn't end up being the case?
Steven Englander, global head of G10 FX strategy at Citi, thinks a hawkish tilt is actually the most likely scenario, if only slightly.
"The baseline view that the FOMC does as little as possible seems both correct and advisable," he writes in a note to clients. "Given how the market has shifted in its expectations, the room for the FOMC to surprise on the dovish side may be limited. Nor does it seem likely that they want to roller coaster the market yet again by putting tapering on the agenda on a faster track than the market is now pricing in. However, it seems to us slightly more likely that they try and keep tapering on the agenda without explicit timing, and that may be more hawkish than what is now expected."
Alan Ruskin, managing director and global head of G-10 FX at Deutsche Bank, goes even further: he calls a hawkish FOMC statement "more or less inevitable" and advises clients to pay attention to the language on financial conditions, which have eased since the September FOMC meeting.
"Last time, they said, 'The Committee sees the downside risks to the outlook for the economy and the labor market as having diminished, on net, since last fall, but the tightening of financial conditions observed in recent months, if sustained, could slow the pace of improvement in the economy and labor market'," he writes in a note. "This time they will have to at least acknowledge the tentative improvement."
BofA Merrill Lynch economist Michael Hanson, one of the few on the Street to correctly predict the Fed's September decision, is already looking past the statement to the minutes of the meeting, which will be released November 20.
"As the 'framework' for tapering that Chairman Bernanke laid out in the June press conference no longer appears valid, we expect an in-depth discussion of the economic factors that might warrant tapering, and how the Committee could improve communications around both asset purchases and the exit strategy," Hanson writes in a note. "But we don't anticipate any resolution to these issues at the October meeting."
ISI vice chairman Krishna Guha, a former New York Fed official who served as a senior adviser to New York Fed president and FOMC voting member Bill Dudley as recently as early September, agrees that the minutes "will be much more interesting than the statement, since they will provide more color regarding the extent to which the committee is troubled by the substantial shift outwards in market QE expectations and the risk of being trapped in 'QE infinity' if the data does not cooperate in the coming months."
Finally, two outcomes of today's meeting that strategists say are very low-probability events, but can't be ruled out completely:
- The FOMC decides to increase QE ( 1o% chance, according to Société Génerale's Mary-Beth Fisher)
- The FOMC decides to taper QE ( five reasons why, courtesy of Deutsche Bank's Jim Reid)
The Fed will release the statement from the FOMC's October meeting on Wednesday at 2 PM ET. Follow the release LIVE on Business Insider »


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SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMISSION (As approved April 1, 2004) Minutes of the special meeting of Thursday, March 4, 2004 The San Francisco Public Library Commission held a special meeting in place of its regular meeting on Thursday, March 4, 2004 in the Koret Auditorium, Main Library. The meeting was called to order at 5:04pm. The following members were present: Commissioners Chin, Coulter, Higueras, Steiman, and Strobin. Commissioner Streets was excused attendance. Commissioner Bautista joined the meeting at 5:10 pm. Agenda Items: 1) Public Comment 3) Approval of the Minutes of February 5, 2004 4) City Librarian's Report 5) Chagoya Mural Resolution 6) Friends of the Library Report 7) Labor Union Report 2) RFID Forum 8) New Business ADJOURNMENT APPENDIX A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGENDA ITEM #1 PUBLIC COMMENT An anonymous member of the public; the importance of the RFID Forum Mr. David Grace; opposed RFID Mr. Peter Warfield; concerns with RFID Andy; more wireless technology availability in libraries President Higueras announced that AGENDA ITEM #2 THE RFID FORUM would not be taken up until 6:00pm for the convenience of the public. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Public comment on AGENDA ITEM #3 APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 5, 2004
An anonymous member of the public; the Minutes not fully or accurately reporting public comments
Mr. Peter Warfield; comments on online catalog problems not accurately reported
COMMISSION discussion of AGENDA ITEM # 3 APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 5, 2004
MOTION: by Commissioner Chin, 2nd Commissioner Bautista for approval of the Minutes of the regular meeting of February 5, 2004 with corrections if needed by the Commission Secretary after review of public comments.
Approved by the following vote:
ACTION: 6-0 AYE (Bautista, Chin, Coulter, Higueras, Steiman, and Strobin)
The City Librarian reported on the following subjects: a report on the Public Library Association (PLA) meeting; exhibits and programs; and a report was presented by Deputy City Librarian Paul Underwood on the implementation of the Strategic Plan.
Public comment on AGENDA ITEM #4 CITY LIBRARIAN'S REPORT
An anonymous member of the public; strategic plan activities and RFID
Mr. Peter Warfield; recent exhibits and requests for reports
Mr. David Grace; concern about relationships with contractors
Presentation and discussion of and possible action to approve a resolution in appreciation and thanks to Enrique Chagoya for his generous gift of his mural honoring Latino and Latin American writers to the Library.
Public comment on AGENDA ITEM #5 CHAGOYA MURAL RESOLUTION
An anonymous member of the public; history of the Chagoya Mural
Commission discussion of AGENDA ITEM ##5 CHAGOYA MURAL RESOLUTION
MOTION: Commissioner Coulter, 2nd Commissioner Bautista for approval of the proposed resolution honoring Artist Enrique Chagoya for his generous gift of his mural painting "Authors of Latin American Roots" to the Library.
Adopted by the following vote:
AYE 6-0 (Bautista, Chin, Coulter, Higueras, Steiman, and Strobin)
The Friends of the Library reported: approval of a grant of $42, 500 to fund the Library's 125th Anniversary activities; on the 8th Annual Library Laureates Dinner on April 30; and about upcoming author lectures.
Public comment on AGENDA ITEM #6 FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY REPORT
(None offered)
(None presented)
A recess was called at 5:52pm
The Public Library Commission returned to session at 6:01pm
AGENDA ITEM #2 RFID FORUM (taken out of order as previously announced)
Presentation on and discussion of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology and the benefits of and concerns with replacing bar code technology with RFID Technology in the Library System.
(Presentations were made by panelists Kathy Lawhun, Chief of the Main Library, Ms. Gail McPartland, Assistant Director, Peninsula Library System, Ms. Ann Brick ACLU, Northern California Chapter, Mr. Lee Tien, Senior Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Ms. Laura Quilter, Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic, Boalt Hall School of Law, Mr. David Molnar, Electrical Engineering/Computer Sciences Department, UC Berkeley, and Ms. Jackie Griffin, Library Director, Berkeley Public Library followed by a question and answer session moderated by Deputy City Librarian Paul Underwood followed by public comment which was limited to 2 minutes per speaker for this item)
Public comment on AGENDA ITEM #2 RFID FORUM
Doug Loranger; SNAFU; public health concerns with electro-magnetic technologies
Anonymous member of the public; privacy concerns for library users
Peter Warfield; process used to consider RFID
Rachel MacLachlan; potential benefits of RFID
Diana Scott; related public health issues
Lori Guidos; repetitive stress injuries impacting library staff
Commission discussion of AGENDA ITEM #2 RFID FORUM
President Higueras noted that this was just the first step in a process to determine the suitability of RFID for the Library. The consensus of the Commission was that it would consider the following issues before deciding whether to approve the procurement of RFID technology for SFPL: consideration of long-term cost and benefits of RFID, including improved employee health; developing written rules encompassing the best practices for its use; consideration of what other libraries had done to implement RFID; and a review of questions about EMF (electro-magnetic frequency radiation) health related issues to address health concerns.
(No items were proposed)
Public comment on AGENDA ITEM #9 ADJOURNMENT
An anonymous member of the public; the late Daniel Boorstin
MOTION: by Commissioner Coulter, 2nd Commissioner Steiman that the meeting be adjourned In memoriam of the late Author sand former Librarian of Congress Daniel J. Boorstin.
Adopted by the following vote:
6-0 AYE (Bautista, Chin, Coulter, Higueras, Steiman, and Strobin)
There being no further business, at the hour of 8:23pm the Public Library Commission adjourned.
Michael Housh, Commission Secretary 3/16/04
Please note: Copies of Commission Minutes and handouts are available in the Office of the Commission Secretary, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
ATTACHMENTS to the March 4, 2004 Minutes:
How RFID Will work at SFPL.
Radio Frequency Identification: Choosing a model for Peninsula Library System.
An IEEC Spectrum article entitled: They Know Where you Are.
An Electronic Frontier Foundation memo to the Library Commission dated Oct. 1, 2003
RFID Implementation in Libraries: presentations to the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee - recommendations for "Best Practices" .
RFID and Libraries: Both Side of the Chip.
Information on RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) System,
An aap memo dated Oct. 18, 2003.
Berkeley Public Library Best Practices.
The Chagoya Resolution
Minutes of the Library Commission Meeting of March 4, 2004
Appendix A
The Public Comment Summary Statements included in these Minutes are authorized by San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.16.
These summary statements are provided by the speaker. Their contents are neither generated by, nor subject to approval or verification of accuracy by, the San Francisco Public Library Commission.
The number of members of the public who spoke anonymously at this meeting. 1
Explanatory documents: Copies of listed explanatory documents are available as follows: (1) from the Commission Secretary/Custodian of Records, Main Library, 6th Floor, (2) in the rear of the Koret Auditorium immediately before and during the meeting, and (3)to the extent possible, on the Library's Web site.
Additional materials not listed as explanatory documents, if any, that are distributed to the Library Commissioners prior to or during the meeting in connection with any agenda item will be available to the public for inspection and copying in accordance with Government Code Section 54954.1 and Sunshine Ordinance §§ 67.9, 67.28(b) & 67.28(d).

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- President Obama Wednesday signed into law a stopgap spending measure to fund the federal government through Saturday so senators can pass the U.S. budget.
The so-called continuing resolution, passed by the Senate 86-14 earlier Wednesday and the House Tuesday, gives the Senate until Saturday to vote on the compromise 2014 omnibus budget bill.
More than 25 Republicans joined Senate Democrats in voting for the short-term funding bill.
The joint measure was needed because the government would have run out of money at midnight Wednesday.
The Democratic-led Senate Thursday is to consider the $1.1 trillion spending bill that funds the government through September after the measure won approval Wednesday by the Republican-led House.
House members voted 359-67 for the bill, though 64 Republicans and three Democrats voted against it.
The Hill newspaper said some Republicans opposed the bill, resisting the restoration of some sequester cuts that were part of the budget deal late last year.
The bill allows discretionary spending to increase by $45 billion, as opposed to the sequester, which imposed across-the-board spending cuts, the Hill reported.
Lawmakers didn't pass a 2014 budget bill by Sept. 30, the end of the government's last fiscal year, prompting a 16-day government shutdown that ended with a continuing resolution that provided bridge funding to government agencies through Wednesday.
The trillion-dollar omnibus bill is actually 12 bills in one, totaling 1,582 pages.
The measure provides $1.012 trillion in discretionary spending for defense and domestic programs -- up from $986 billion last fiscal year.
It also includes $92 billion for emergency overseas funding for foreign refugee assistance, the war in Afghanistan and other operations, the Wall Street Journal said.
The measure provides for a 1 percent pay raise for federal workers and additional funding for the federal Head Start preschool program, and reverses some cuts to military veterans' pensions that were included in a broader budget agreement last month. Republicans failed to include a provision to strip funding for implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
The healthcare reform law, commonly known as Obamacare, will be funded sparingly -- keeping money for the agency implementing the law at 2013 levels and cutting $1 billion from a public-health fund Republicans said they feared the White House would use to bolster the law's online insurance exchanges.
No money is budgeted for some administration priorities conservatives opposed, such as construction of high-speed rail and a preschool development grants program.
Funding was blocked for new regulations supported by liberals, including a standard for energy-efficient light bulbs and livestock and poultry controls.


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2019 Festival Registration is now OPEN!
Teacher Registration
All 4th and 5th grade classes from Oakland County schools in the Rouge River watershed are welcome to attend for FREE! Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RRWFTeacher19
Presenter Registration
We are looking for Presenters to join us for the upcoming 2019 festival. We ask you provide four 25-minute, fun and interactive lessons related to water. Indoor and outdoor presentation spots are available. Each Presenter will receive lunch and a Water festival T-shirt. Please consider sharing your knowledge and expertise with the next generation of water stewards! To register visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RRWFPresenter2019
Volunteer Registration
We rely on volunteers to make the water festival easy to navigate for visiting schools. Volunteers play a key role in guiding a class to their presentations. Each volunteer will receive a lunch and Water Festival T-shirt. Join us for a fun and rewarding experience!
For more information on registration, please contact the Water Festival Coordinator by email at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 248.645.3223
The 2018 Water Festival was a success!
We served 50 classes, 1,404 teachers, students and chaperones. Nearly 130 volunteers gave their time by presenting programs and acting as guides!
Thank you to all the organizations and sponsors for your support!
The Rouge River Water Festival is a water education event held the third week of September since 2003 at Cranbrook Institute of Science (CIS). Fourth and Fifth grade students from the Oakland County portion of the Rouge River watershed attend the festival.
It educates 2,000 students yearly about the Rouge River and water science. That amounts to nearly 23,000 students since it began. Thank you to all of the presenters, volunteers and sponsors who make it possible!
Teacher Links:
Rouge River Water Festival Teacher Curriculum and Resource Guide (18019.7kb)
Comprehensive 175-page curriculum guide with activities to directly support water festival learning throughout the year.
Rouge River Activity Book contains a watershed map, information, facts, games, and puzzles to help students learn about the Rouge.
Project WET USA - Find resources to bring water education into the classroom with Project WET. The mission of Project WET is to reach children, parents, educators and communities of the world with water education.
World Water Quality Monitoring Day - World Water Monitoring Day is held yearly in September. Their website provides information on how to monitor water quality in your local river using an easy-to-use kit ordered on their website. Data is reported and shared world-wide.
Bucket Buddies - Find out what is living in your local pond with Bucket Buddies. It is a collaborative project for students in the U.S. and other countries to study aquatic life in a pond and compare distribution of aquatic organisms. The website includes project instructions and a teacher guide.
What is the cost?
This educational event is free to schools. Additionally, all Water Festival presenters, exhibitors and volunteers provide their time and expertise for free.
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Students learn about the central role water and the Rouge River play within their region. Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield Hills, situated on three sub-branches of the Rouge River, offers an outstanding learning environment.
Each class attends a series of outdoor and indoor presentations. Presentations will be 25-minutes and will be designed, as much as possible, to be interactive, hands-on learning experiences. All presentations and exhibits relate to water, its uses, and critical importance to us and our environment.
Local professionals volunteer their time as presenters and 35 different organizations participate in the event. The festival utilizes both museum classrooms and the campus as teaching areas, including a section of the Rouge River. Presentations include the water cycle, storm water pollution, Great Lakes history, groundwater, Rouge River wildlife, Great Lakes invasive species, native plants and more.
The festival utilizes the beautiful grounds of CIS to make the event special. A giant Stegosaurus sculpture, world-class architecture, fountains, and flow pools are the setting for outdoor presentations – creating an exceptional experience for students. Indoor presentations provide access to view the Institute's world-class gem and mineral collections, and Geology and Anthropology exhibits.
Hosting the Rouge River Water Festival has built the foundation for the development of a comprehensive state-wide Great Lakes watershed environmental education program at Cranbrook Institute of Science.
We sincerely thank all of the partners who have made this event and education possible through contributing time, support and leadership!


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Backwards-incompatible changes
As Django is still in pre-1.0 mode, we haven't yet committed to maintaining backwards compatibility in any APIs. Although we're keeping such changes to a minimum, Django developers should be acutely aware of these changes.
Of course, once we reach 1.0, we'll be strongly committed to backward compatibility.
This page lists all backwards-incompatible changes to Django since the 0.95 release. For changes prior to 0.95, see the OlderBackwardsIncompatibleChanges page.
Table of Contents
Changes made after Django [source:/django/tags/releases/0.95 0.95]:
- [3512] August 2, 2006: Database constraint names changed
- [3552] August 11, 2006: Backslash escaping changed
- [3877] September 27, 2006: Removed ENABLE_PSYCO setting
- [4724] + [4767] March 14, 2007: Enforcing MySQLdb version
Changes made after Django [source:/django/tags/releases/0.96 0.96]:
- [4885] March 31, 2007: Changed 'spaceless' template tag to remove all spaces
- [4954] April 8, 2007: Renamed `localflavour.usa` to `localflavor.us`
- [4985] April 9, 2007: Removed `LazyDate`
- [5042] April 20, 2007: MySQL Introspection change
- [5072] April 25, 2007: Login URL is now a setting
- [5152] May 5, 2007: Test Client `login()` method changed
- [5172] May 8, 2007: Generic relations have moved
- [5237] May 14, 2007: Newforms: clean_data changed to cleaned_data
- [5302] May 20, 2007: Renamed FloatField to DecimalField
- [5516] June 22, 2007: Urlpatterns now cached
- [5609] July 4, 2007: Unicode merge
Database constraint names changed
As of [3512], the format of the constraint names Django generates for foreign key references changed slightly. These names are only used sometimes, when it is not possible to put the reference directly on the affected column, so this is not always visible.
The effect of this change is that
manage.py reset app_name and similar commands may generate SQL with invalid constraint names and thus generate an error when run against the database (the database server will complain about the constraint not existing). To fix this, you will need to tweak the output of
manage.py sqlreset app_name to match the correct constraint names and pass the results to the database server manually.
Backslash escaping changed
As of [3552], the Django database API now escapes backslashes given as query parameters. If you have any database API code that match backslashes, and it was working before (despite the broken escaping), you'll have to change your code to "unescape" the slashes one level.
For example, this used to work:
# Code that matches a single backslash MyModel.objects.filter(text__contains='\\\\')
But it should be rewritten as this:
# Code that matches a single backslash MyModel.objects.filter(text__contains='\\')
Removed ENABLE_PSYCO setting
As of [3877], the
ENABLE_PSYCO setting no longer exists. If your settings file includes
ENABLE_PSYCO, nothing will break per se, but it just won't do anything. If you want to use Psyco with Django, write some custom middleware that activates Psyco.
Enforcing MySQLdb version
As of [4724], Django raises an error if you try to use the MySQL backend with a
MySQLdb (MySQL Python module) version earlier than 1.2.1p2. There were significant, production-related bugs in earlier versions, so we have upgraded the minimum requirement.
In [4767], we added a
mysql_old backend, which is identical to the
mysql backend prior to the change in [4724]. You can use this backend if upgrading the
MySQLdb module is not immediately possible. However, the
mysql_old backend is deprecated, and we will not continue developing it.
Changed 'spaceless' template tag to remove all spaces
As of [4885], the
spaceless template tag removes *all* spaces between HTML tags instead of preserving a single space.
For example, for this template code:
{% spaceless %}
 Foo
 {% endspaceless %}
The old output was this:

 Foo

The new output is this:

Foo

As always,
spaceless only affects space *between* HTML tags, not space within HTML tags or space in plain text.
localflavor.usa to
As of [4954],
localflavor.usa has been renamed
localflavor.us. This change was made to match the naming scheme of other local flavors.
LazyDate helper class was removed in [4985]. Default field values and query arguments can both be callable objects, so instances of
LazyDate can be replaced with a reference to a callable that evaluates to the current date (i.e.,
datetime.now). For example, the following model using
class Article(models.Model): title = models.CharField(maxlength=100) published = models.DateField(default=LazyDate())
can be redefined as:
from datetime import datetime class Article(models.Model): title = models.CharField(maxlength=100) published = models.DateField(default=datetime.now)
Note that the new model definition refers to the name of the
datetime.now() function, but doesn't actually call the function. The call to
datetime.now() is deferred until the value is actually required (i.e., when the model is saved).
MySQL Introspection Change
In [5042] a small change was made in the
mysql backend in how it interpreted
CHAR(n) columns in the database. They are now mapped to Django's CharField class, rather than the previous TextField. See ticket #4048 for details.
This will only be apparent if you introspect a database table using 0.96 and again using [5042] or later: you will have slightly different Django models generated if there are any
CHAR(n) columns. However, no real code changes should be necessary.
LOGIN_URL is now a setting
In [5072], we moved the LOGIN_URL constant from django.contrib.auth into the settings module. This was part of a broader change to make these URLs (including logout and post-login redirect) configurable. Code that previously read
from django.contrib.auth import LOGIN_URL
should be changed to refer to
settings.LOGIN_URL instead.
Test Client
login() method changed
The implementation of
django.test.Client.login() operated as a wrapper around a series of GET and POST calls accessing a nominated login URL. This approach was fragile, and tightly bound to specific templates and login mechanims.
In [5152], we changed the implementation of the
login() method on the test Client.
login() now accepts a list of credentials, and exercises these credentials directly on the cookies and Session objects of a site, without accessing or using a login page. This breaks the dependence on specific template formatting, and enables the login mechanism to work with any authentication backend, and any login decorator.
Existing uses of
login(), e.g.:
c = Client() c.login('/path/to/login','myuser','mypassword')
should be modified to read:
c = Client() c.login(username='myuser', password='mypassword')
The keyword arguments
username and
password *must* be given explicitly. If an alternate authentication scheme is in use, the credentials required by that scheme can be provided instead of
username and
Generic relations have moved
In [5172], the various generic relation classes (GenericForeignKey and GenericRelation) have moved into the django.contrib.contenttypes module. This is because they will not work if contenttypes is not an installed app. Making the import path reflect the dependency should help remind people of this.
Code using generic relations should change from saying things like
generic_field = models.GenericRelation(SomeOtherModel)
to using
from django.contrib.contenttypes import generic ... generic_field = generic.GenericRelation(SomeOtherModel)
No database changes or other model changes are required.
Newforms: clean_data changed to cleaned_data
If you are accessing form data that has been cleaned in newforms, you could previously use the
clean_data attribute on the form. In [5237], this was changed to
cleaned_data to avoid a name-clash (see [5231] for why the change was necessary).
You will need to do a search-and-replace in your form code and replace clean_data with cleaned_data everywhere.
Renamed FloatField to DecimalField
In [5302], we fixed a slight inconsistency in Django's model field system. Previously, we had a FloatField that had a maximum number of digits and decimal places. However, although it was stored in the database as a fixed precision value, it was stored in Python as a float, so precision was lost due to rounding problems.
We now have a DecimalField class that is the same as the old FloatField, except that it is represented in Python by a Decimal type (and still stored as a fixed precision value in the database). We have also introduced a proper FloatField that is represented as a float in Python and stored as a "double precision" field in the database.
To make your code compatible with these changes, you need to change all occurrences of FloatField in your code to DecimalField. You only need to rename the field type -- all the parameters are the same. So change
class MyModel(models.Model): ... field_name = models.FloatField(max_digits=10, decimal_places=3) # old code!
class MyModel(models.Model): ... field_name = models.DecimalField(max_digits=10, decimal_places=3) # new code!
If you forget to make this change, you will see errors about FloatField not taking a max_digits attribute in
__init__, since the new FloatField takes no precision-related arguments.
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Warning: Back up your database first! For SQLite, this means making a copy of the single file that stores the database (the name of that file is the DATABASE_NAME in your settings.py file).
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- In the second step you will be asked to confirm that you are prepared to lose the data for the application(s) in question. We restore this data in the third step, of course.
- DecimalField is not used in any of the apps shipped with Django prior to this change being made, so you do not need to worry about performing this procedure for any of the standard Django applications.
If something goes wrong in the above process, just copy your backed up database file over the top of the original file and start again.
Urlpatterns now cached
In [5516] a speed improvement was made for reverse URL lookups, particularly. Part of this involved caching information that was unlikely to change: the
urlpatterns() contents.
If you were somehow relying on the fact that you could change your
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In a flurry of actions late Monday afternoon and evening, the governor set aside legislation that would have raised the state's minimum wage, allowed public funding for charter schools, regulated the use of drones by law enforcement agencies, and established a preference in state purchasing for American-made products.
The Legislature will reconvene Tuesday and have an opportunity to override LePage's vetoes. That would require a two-thirds vote in both the House and Senate.
Monday's slew of vetoes brings LePage's total for the current legislative session to 82 — 33 more than the record of 49 set in 1977 by independent Gov. James Longley.
More vetoes could be issued Tuesday by the governor.
Among the bills LePage axed on Monday was L.D. 611, an act that would have raised the state's minimum wage from $7.50 an hour to $9 by 2016 and then raise it occasionally for inflation.
In his veto message, LePage said, "Too many people are worried about the bare minimum, wages or otherwise." He the state should focus on lowering energy costs and reducing the tax burden.
L.D. 236 would have set up protections for citizen privacy by regulating the use of unmanned aerial vehicles — also known as drones — by law enforcement agencies.
"This bill steps too far, creating more private rights of action, leading to more lawsuits. Creating more litigation will do nothing to help our overburdened court system, especially when we do not have a drone problem in Maine," LePage wrote in his veto message.
The governor said he plans to sign an executive order directing the commissioner of public safety to establish guidelines around the use of drones by law enforcement agencies.
LePage also vetoed L.D. 1057, an act related to the public funding of charter schools, arguing that "this bill is another attempt to destroy public charter schools in Maine by a thousand cuts."
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St. Lawrence University's Chelsea Cavellier '13 posted five hits and four RBI and the Saints swept a non-conference doubleheader against Hamilton College at Hamilton's Ferguson Fields on May 1.
St. Lawrence (21-15 overall) won the first game 8-3 and held on to edge Hamilton 5-4 in the nightcap. Elizabeth McGinley '13 pitched a complete game in the opener for the Saints and picked up her first save in Game 2. The Saints scored four runs in the second inning in both games.
Cavellier went 3-for-4 with her sixth double and drove in two runs in Game 1. Natasha Bell '14 was 2-for-3 with her first double this year and had one RBI. Caroline Kieltyka '14 went 2-for-2 with her fourth double, Rebecca Allen '14 had two hits and Leslie Stratton '14 added two hits and an RBI. McGinley (11-7) allowed two earned runs on 10 hits, walked none and struck out seven.
Melissa Kaknis '13 and Sam Miller '14 recorded two hits and an RBI apiece for the Continentals. Kaknis hammered her eighth double and Miller cracked one as well. Olivia Gozdz '16 went 2-for-3. Amy Appel '13 started in the circle and took the loss. Appel (3-6) allowed one earned run on seven hits in two innings. Kelly Leonard '15, who hit her fourth double, pitched the final five innings. Leonard allowed one earned run on six hits.
St. Lawrence led 1-0 after one inning in the first game and grabbed a commanding 5-0 advantage with four runs in the top of the second. Allen led off with a single and went to second on a sacrifice bunt. Cailyn Welsh '14 hit a pop-up in foul territory that was dropped and then drove in Allen with a single to left center. Kieltyka singled to right and Welsh went to second. The rest of the damage was done with two outs. Bell loaded the bases with a single and Cavellier cleared the bases on a single to left after the left fielder's errant throw to home plate bounced into the Saints' dugout.
Aisha O'Connor '15 went 3-for-3 and drove in two runs for St. Lawrence in the second game. Cavellier chipped in two hits and two RBI. Kyle Plimpton '15 was nearly untouchable through the first four innings and ran into trouble in the fifth. Plimpton (10-8) allowed two earned runs on six hits, walked two and fanned nine in 4.2 innings. McGinley tossed 2.1 shutout innings and surrendered three hits for the save.
Nine Hamilton players had one hit each in Game 2. Appel doubled and drove in a run, Miller whacked her seventh double and Jenn Rougeux '14 had an RBI. Leonard (9-13) took the loss after she allowed four earned runs on eight hits in seven innings. She gave up her first walk in 36 innings and allowed just one hit after the second inning.
Gozdz singled in the first inning and extended her hitting streak to 15 games. She left the game later that inning when she was injured in a collision at home plate.
Just like the first game, the Saints went up 1-0 after one and added four runs in the top of the second inning. Allen, Lauren Weisbarth '13 and Welsh started the inning with singles and loaded the bases for Kieltyka, who forced in a run when she drew a walk. Two fielder's choice ground balls forced out runners at the plate and it was time for more two-out magic. Cavellier drove in two runs with a single to right center and advanced to second on the throw. O'Connor's single to right scored Bell and Cavellier was thrown out at third base, which ended the inning.
The Continentals (13-22) rallied with four runs in the fifth inning. Chelsea Merritt '14 led off with a single, Sarah Moore '16 walked and Appel plated Merritt with a double to left center. Rougeux drove in Moore with a single up the middle and Appel went to third. Rougeux stole second and after two strikeouts, Ellie Kiernan '15 reached base on an infield throwing error that scored Appel and chased Plimpton. Monique St. Jarre '15 greeted McGinley with a comebacker to the circle. Rougeux broke for home and got caught in a rundown, but was awarded home plate when obstruction was called on a St. Lawrence player.
Hamilton nearly tied the score in the bottom of the seventh inning. St. Jarre and Leonard laced singles up the middle with two outs but McGinley got the next batter to hit a pop fly to shortstop and end the game.
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Antibiotic prescription in children between 2 and 17 years: a comparison between pediatrists and general practitioners
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Background and aim: Antibiotics are widely used for the treatment of infections in children and the best choice when treating acute bacterial infections. However, due to emerging resistance of bacteria against certain antibiotics a careful consideration of prescription is necessary, in particular, when the cause of infection is unclear. Antibiotic prescription may differ between physician groups. We therefore compared the prescription of antibacterials for systemic use in children between paediatricians and general practitioners.
Material and method: We used the statutory health insurance sample AOK Hesse/KV Hesse, comprising 20% of the whole AOK insurants in Hesse. Overall, 47,033 continuously insured children in 2006 between 2 and 17 years of age were included in the analysis. Prevalences of antibiotic use (at least one prescription) in children by age group and gender as well as antibiotic prescriptions by physician groups were calculated. In an analytic approach, odds ratios for antibiotic prescription were calculated by means of logistic regression adjusted for potential confounder, i.e. age, sex, number of contacts, diagnosis quarter in the year, further diagnoses, comparing general practitioners and paediatricians. In doing so, diagnosis specific models were run. Antibiotic use was defined as at least one prescription in a diagnosis quarter in the respective physician group when a certain diagnosis was given. Diagnoses were identified by ICD-10 code including respiratory (J00–06, J20–22) and urinary tract infections (N30, N39.0), pneumonia (J13–16, J18), otitis media (H65–66) and scarlet fever (A38). Systemic antibiotics were classified according to ATC code J01.
Results: Prevalence of systemic antibiotic use was 44.3% in girls and 41.2% in boys. Gender difference in prevalence was most prominent in the age groups 15–17 with 40.8% and 34.5% in girls and boys, respectively. Betalactams and penicillins (J01C) were the most frequently prescribed antibiotics followed by the group of macrolides, lincosamides and streptogramins (J01F). Mean number of prescriptions were 2 per year in both boys and girls. General practitioners and paediatricians prescribed 82.2% of all antibiotic prescriptions with 43.5% and 38.7%, respectively. In 12.2% of all practice contacts with general practitioners antibiotics were prescribed, in contrast to paediatricians with only 8.5% of all contacts. Significantly decreased odds ratios for antibiotic prescription were observed for paediatricians as compared to general practitioners with OR (95% CI) of 0.46 (0.43–0.50) for respiratory tract infections, 0.42 (0.32–0.56) for urinary tract infections and 0.38 (0.28–0.50) for nonsuppurative otitis media. No significant associations were observed when assessing scarlet fever, pneumonia and suppurative and unspecified otitis media.
Conclusions: In this retrospective analysis of a statutory health insurance sample, paediatricians were associated with a lower odds ratio of prescribing antibiotics in a diagnosis-specific analysis as compared to general practitioners when assessing diagnoses where discretion for antibiotic therapy is given. However, in diagnoses where antibiotic therapy is clearly indicated, i.e. scarlet fever, pneumonia and suppurative otitis media, no differences in prescription by physician group were observed. Reasons for antibiotic prescription differences are speculative and may be due to characteristics of the physician group itself or their patients. We tried to address differences in risk profiles between children treated by paediatricians and general practitioners by adjusting for potential confounders available in routine data. However, residual confounding, e.g. severity of disease, cannot be excluded. Further studies are warranted to verify the present findings and to gain more insight into potentially different treatment strategies between physician groups.


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S5 E17 Scared to Death
The clock is about to strike 12. A young ad exec named Val Butler fears for her life. Once midnight arrives, she believes she's going to die. The lights in her apartment flicker. Val calls 911. She screams. It's 12 o'clock. Just as she'd feared, Val is now dead. Castle notices the apartment shows no sign of a break-in, or a break-out. The victim's face bears a look of sheer terror. It's as if she got scared to death.
Val's roommate, Amanda, says the victim had been acting paranoid for the past three days. Castle notices the apartment is filled with items used to ward off evil spirits. Should they be looking for someone who did the killing or something? Val's bad news ex-boyfriend, Freddie Baker, says she accused him of sending her a package. It contained DVD. Castle watches the video. It's filled with disturbing images as well as an unsettling message. A voice says, "Midnight on the third day, you die." Castle believes Val was killed because she watched the DVD. Now he's seen it, too. That can only mean he's next.
Castle's freaking about suffering a fate similar to those victims in the movie The Ring. Beckett isn't a believer. She watches the DVD without fear, but does admit that it's pretty creepy. The symbols that are seen represent rebirth and resurrection as if something that has come back from beyond the grave. A man named Jason Bennett in Jersey also received a copy of the DVD. Indications are that he also died three days after watching it. Beckett wonders what the connection is between the two victims.[break]
Castle forgoes Beckett's tempting offer to spend the night together. In every horror movie he's ever seen, having sex leads to death. Well, that's true. Castle spends a sleepless night worrying about his fate. He calls the one man who may know how he get out of this real-life horror story—scare-master extraordinaire Wes Craven. The man behind classic scary stories like A Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream provides some helpful advice. Castle realizes that one of the images on the DVD is of a real hotel called the Brunswick Inn. Both victims stayed at the place in November of 2008.
The two murder victims were staying at the Brunswick Inn while testifying in a trial for a notorious serial killer named Nigel Malloy. Beckett believes the killer must be taking vengeance on those who testified against him. The only problem with that theory is that Nigel Malloy is dead. An interview that was recorded just before his demise has Malloy saying his spirit would always live on. His brother, Leopold Malloy, may be pulling strings on his dead sibling's behalf from his home in an asylum. The nurse lets Castle and Beckett question Leopold, but the creepy little inmate vows he wouldn't ever jeopardize his appeal.
Ryan learns that Nigel Malloy's body is missing from his grave. The team believes a third witness in the murder trial, Mark Heller, may be the next target. He received a DVD in the mail a few days ago. Beckett drags Castle to the place where Heller is hiding. It happens to be an isolated cabin in the woods where there's no cell reception. Classic horror movie stuff. Good thing Castle brought a bottle of holy water with him. Before they lost all cell phone reception, Ryan and Esposito were trying to tell Castle and Beckett that this case may not be what it seems.[break]
Mark Heller is sitting scared in a chair when Castle and Beckett arrive at his place. Midnight is just around the corner. A mystery figure is seen lurking in the woods as the lights go out in the cabin. Beckett heads outside to investigate. She tackles the mystery figure only to see that it is Leopold's nurse. She's not the killer. She came to save Heller at Leopold's request because she loves him. She needs to stop the murders so Leopold wouldn't be to blame. The nurse is the one who dug up the grave. Like Castle, she also fears the dead killer's spirit has come back to strike again.
Mark Heller tells Castle that the cops initially arrested the wrong man in the serial killer case. He says that the police pressured him and the other two witnesses to ID this innocent man in a lineup. The first suspect couldn't take the false accusations. He electrocuted himself in his cell. He died at midnight on the third day he was in prison. The man had a daughter. Her name is Amanda, just like Val's roommate. She's one who has been killing the witnesses who identified her dad. She's about to kill Heller until Castle whacks her over the head with the bottle of holy water. It really does ward off evil. Case closed.
Back when Castle was worried about death at the hands of evil spirits, he was desperately trying to knock things off his bucket list. Beckett is pleasantly surprised to see that "Be with Kate" was at the top of the list. She tempts Castle into helping her cross something off her bucket list. It takes place in the bedroom and involves ice. Castle believes this is definitely something worth living for. Still, he wants to wait until after midnight on this third day. Okay, sex only kills in horror movies, but why tempt fate?


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British commuters are switching to scooters in increasing numbers – registrations are up by 20% during the first four months of the year. Low running costs, typically 80-100 mpg and just £16 road tax, makes two-wheelers an attractive alternative to cars and public transport. Now Peugeot, who have topped the sales charts for 50cc scooters in January, February and April this year, are giving commuters another reason to switch, with the offer of a voucher worth £300 against the purchase price of a new Kisbee.
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Texans' Arian Foster denies heart surgery report
Houston Texans running back Arian Foster was forced out of a Week 16 loss to the Minnesota Vikings because of an irregular heartbeat. As a result, the NFL Network is reporting that Foster is considering a medical procedure to fix what has been a recurring issue for him since he was a kid.
Alex Flanagan of NFL Network reported Thursday that Foster said he is likely to undergo a cardiac ablation in about a month.
In a statement released through the team Friday, Foster denied that surgery was planned and that he has no conversations with his doctors about surgery.
"Thank you all for the concern. As of now, I have no complications with my blood pumper. There was a casual conversation with a reporter about my particular condition that turned public. But I have not, nor do I plan to anytime in the near future, have conversations with my doctors about any surgery. I am feeling well and am as exuberant as ever. Love and light to all those concerned!"
According to the Mayo Clinic's web site, a cardiac ablation "typically uses catheters — long, flexible tubes inserted through a vein in your groin and threaded to your heart — to correct structural problems in your heart that cause an arrhythmia."
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The whole enchilada: An authentic Mexican meal in your freezer.
Here it is, almost Labor Day, and the closest you've gotten to a romantic Mexican getaway all summer has been watching Salma Hayek in Fools Rush In with a Corona Light? No worries - there is a healthy way to upgrade the authenticity-factor of your Mexican "staycation" (and it doesn't involve a sombrero, a sunburn or tequila) - it's Amy's new Enhilada Verde whole meal.
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Picture yourself in numerous eyeglass frames on iPad
USA TODAY's Ed Baig reviews the 3Dfit iPad app from Glasses.com.
You try on several pairs of eyeglasses to see how the frames look on you from multiple angles. Only you're not actually wearing physical glasses but rather examining a lifelike 3D model of your own head on the iPad.
Or you are indeed wearing physical glasses. But by turning dials attached to the frame, you can alter the corrective power of the left and right lens, without having to consult an eye care professional.
I'm not outlining some futuristic vision on the state of eyewear. I'm talking about two new examples of how technology has changed the way you might purchase specs, not just in the future, but right now.
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• Glasses.com app. Right off the bat, you can probably think of three very good reasons why you might be reluctant to buy glasses virtually using an iPad. For starters, you're not sure what the glasses will look like on you. But you also question how comfortable the frames will be to wear, and — most critically — how well you'll ultimately be able to see through them.
With its very cool new glasses.com iPad app, Glasses.com has pretty well solved the how-you'll-look conundrum, and is addressing the other issues.
The company's proprietary 180-degree 3D facial mapping software lets you see how numerous frames look on your own mug in a realistic and fun manner.
Glasses from dozens of popular brands are available, and you can narrow your options by searching for regular glasses or sunglasses by type, colors, style and price. A price slider goes from zero to $400+.
You can compare up to four frames at a time in a single view, and tap on one of those views for a closer look. But these aren't stationary images. You can swipe to move the 3D rendering of your head from side to side to see how the glasses look from each perspective. The computer even generates the appropriate shadows under your eyes as you move. You can also swipe to "slide" frames up and down the bridge of your nose. You can even raise the arms of the frame to get a better peek behind you ears.
As you refine your choices, you can seek second opinions from family and friends by e-mailing or texting pictures of you wearing the virtual glasses, or by the sharing images on Facebook or Twitter.
In certain instances, Glasses.com (which is a division of 1-800 Contacts) will send you frames to try on at home before committing to buying them. The company also has a liberal return policy if the glasses don't feel right or the prescription needs to be adjusted. You'll still need a prescription from your eye doctor. And if glasses need to be adjusted over time, you'll have to get that done at a physical location.
Certain frames are bifocal eligible, but for now, you can't order reading glasses or prescription sunglasses through the app.
Glasses.com makes good use of narrated videos to get you started creating your online avatar. You're told to go to your bathroom where there is good lighting, and are instructed to pull any long hair behind your ears. You then place the back of your iPad flat against the mirror without trapping your fingers behind it. While the iPad records your face, you'll be instructed to avoid talking, smiling or showing your teeth, since doing so can distort the 3D model.
You'll then be directed to slowly move your head all the way left, back to center, then all the way right, and back to center again. After taking these steps, you're taken through a simple digital fitting, the final step before you're ready to "try on" the glasses.
When you're ready to buy, you can order through the app — Glasses.com says it'll take about two weeks to receive your glasses, with expedited shipping options available for an extra fee. Glasses.com claims their overall prices are cheaper than competitors.
I have to say, the free 3Dfit app is so much fun, it's worth trying out even if you're not shopping for new glasses. You'll get a great vision into the future of online shopping now. Glasses.com is working on an iPhone app, as well, and versions for the Android platform.
• Adlens. I don't expect Adlens set-your-own prescription lenses to put optometrists out of business. The Oxford, England, based company is selling its Variable Focus Eyewear through traditional eye-care channels. The appealing idea, though, is that you can adjust the power of each lens as you need to, within a range of -4.50 diopters to +3.50 diopters, at least for the round John Lennon-style glasses that I got to try out.
The idea is you might use these glasses for reading, or carry them around as a spare pair. But Adlens CEO Michael Ferrara is not suggesting that you skip a true eye exam, or even necessarily use these as your full-time glasses.
On the Lennon-style glasses ($100 on up), which frankly didn't look good on me, you change the power of the lenses by first rolling the dial at each edge of the frame all the way forward. You then cover your right eye, look at an object, and turn the left dial backwards until the object comes into focus. You repeat the process with the other eye. In simplified terms, a flexible membrane combined with fluid changes the lens power as you rotate the dial.
Once you're satisfied that you've reached the correct position, you can remove the dials, which makes the prescription you've set permanent and the glasses themselves slightly less odd-looking.
You can always leave dials on the frames if you want to continually make adjustments for different sets of environments, perhaps when you're reading a magazine as opposed to watching TV. But they'll look strange. Adlens sells other models based on a different technology that lets you continually adjust the strength of the lenses without looking as weird.
The bottom line:
Glasses.com app
Free iPad app. Eyeglass prices vary
Pro: iPad app is fun to use and great way to shop for glasses virtually using 3D model of your face.
Con: You still need to wear glasses to evaluate comfort and vision. No prescription sunglasses or reading glasses are available through app yet.
Adlens Variable Focus Eyewear
$100 on up (for Lennon style glasses)
Pro: Glasses whose lenses you can self-adjust, including the left and right lens independently.
Con: Round glasses won't look good on every face. Once you remove dials (on Lennon-style I tested), you cannot continue to adjust prescription. No sub for real eye exam.
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Preventing First Cesareans- Consumer Statement
Advocacy, Cesarean, Childbirth, Choices, Pregnancy, VBAC
Many expectant parents are concerned about the high rate of cesareans. Indeed, they have reason for concern. One in three women in the United States (32.8%) now give birth by cesarean, and the dramatic rise in the cesarean rate has not improved outcomes for women or babies. The World Health Organization recommends a cesarean rate between 5 and 15 percent, because data suggest that rates above 15 percent may do more harm than good. Cesareans can be lifesaving when they are needed, but when they are used without a medical reason, the risks can outweigh the benefits.
In order to bring down the rising cesarean rate in the U.S., the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AGOG) and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) released guidelines for the "Safe Prevention of the Primary Cesarean" in February 2014. These groundbreaking guidelines recommend changing many standard elements of maternity care and have the potential to dramatically improve the quality and experience of maternity care for the women of New York City and across the United States. CiC has created a summary, available for free download, of some of the key recommendations made by ACOG and SMFM so that you can discuss them with your doctor or midwife.
Ask how your doctor or midwife and your hospital or birth center are responding to these new recommendations


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Prices of overseas thermal coal grades, mainly from Indonesia and Australia, remained on the increase even with occasion......
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China's coking coal imports registered a mild increase of 1.8% compared with a year ago in July, according to the latest official data. The country imported 7.75 million tonnes of coking
China shipped a total 60,000 tonnes of coking coal to foreign countries in July, rising 15% from a year earlier, showed the latest data from the General Administration of Customs (GAC) on August 23.
China's imports of thermal coal (bituminous and sub-bituminous coal) increased 20.07% year on year in July and up 26.33% from the previous month, showed data from the General Administration of Customs
Profitability of Chinese coal mines significantly weakened from the preceding month in July, showed monitoring data from industry portal sxcoal.com on major thermal and coking coal mining areas in nor
Solar capacity China's photovoltaic (PV) power installed capacity totaled 185.59 GW as of end-June, up 20% from a year earlier, showed data from the National Energy Administration. &
Thermal coal Production area Most mines were facing mounting inventory pressure due to slowed sales in Shaanxi. Some large miners offered pretty low prices to utilities that issued tenders, and
Several Chinese utilities finalized tenders for import thermal coal at rather low prices, hitting seaborne market sentiment that just showed signs of improvement. One Fujian-based utility
Spot thermal coal trades were subsiding at northern Chinese ports, putting suppliers under mounting sales pressure as power plants generally stayed away from the spot market. The heated-u
Yancoal Australia reported the underlying net profit after tax (NPAT) rose 56% from the prior corresponding period to around A$564 million for the half-year ended June 30, 2019, according to its semi-
Ningxia Baofeng Energy Group, the largest coal-to-olefins (CTO) private company in China, achieved net profit of 1.89 billion yuan in the first half of 2019, marking a 38.14% increase compared with pr
Chinese traders generally suspended selling activity of spot thermal coal at northern transfer ports late last week, in a hope to see further price rise in the spot market to raise their profits.
China's coking coal lacked momentum to further move up for the time being. The majority of miners in main production areas held price stable; while a few miners made price cuts as correction to previo
One major state-owned Chinese utility issued a fresh tender for Indonesian thermal coal with low calorific values at the first day of the week, according to traders familiar with the matter.
Buying activity of spot thermal coal gathered pace in northern Chinese ports, bolstering further price rebound of the fossil fuel following fortnight drops. Fenwei assessed 5,500 Kcal/kg
Concerns were growing that a possible price pullback is looming in China's spot thermal coal market, as persistent lukewarm demand continued deterring trade settlements and dampening confidence.
China is reportedly further tightening grips on imports of coal into the country through more strict procedures for customs declaration, trade sources said. Market talks said import
China's seaborne import thermal coal market remained weak late last week even after one state-owned utility went on a shopping spree. Guodian bought about 1 million tonnes of thermal coal
Coking coal market was steady at China's main production areas during the past week, despite supports from a stronger coke market after the second coke price increase. Uncertainties emerged as some co
Prices of Indonesian thermal coal with low calorific values (CV) showed signs of picking up in Chinese seaborne import market, as traders began to seek cargoes to fulfill tenders they had won from uti
Thermal coal Production area Some mines in Shaanxi saw full stocks lately amid dull sales given off-peak production measures at cement and chemical plants. Prices fell down in Yuyang and Shenmu


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California Chrome, who's won his past four starts – all stakes races – by a combined 24 1/4 lengths, continues to have his detractors. Oh I'm sure Secretariat, Affirmed and Spectacular Bid had their critics too, but this is ridiculous.
I'm not suggesting California Chrome should be compared to the aforementioned trio. Not yet. He's still got a lot more work to do to warrant such lofty comparisons. But let's be honest here, the Cal-bred son of Lucky Pulpit has been the most consistent 3-year-old in the country this year and he's done it in brilliant fashion.
Someone commented to me that California Chrome's 5 1/4-length victory in the Santa Anita Derby was not as impressive as advertised, sarcastically commenting, "Wow, he overtook and pulled away from Dublin Up."
True, catching pacesetter Dublin Up and drawing away from the Peter Miller-trained maiden colt was hardly noteworthy. But watch a replay of the race, notice how California Chrome accelerates at the head of the stretch and leaves Rebel Stakes winner Hoppertunity in his wake. That was impressive.
There's no guarantee California Chrome is going to win the Kentucky Derby on May 3. Load 20 horses into a starting gate and anything can happen. The best horse doesn't always win. We saw that in 2001 when Point Given finished fifth in the Derby and then showed he was by far the best 3-year-old that year when he won the Preakness, Belmont, Haskell and Travers in succession en route to Horse of the Year honors. His disappointing Derby was the only time in 13 career starts he finished worse than third.
There are other talented 3-year-olds in this year's class, including Wood Memorial winner Wicked Strong, Florida Derby champ Constitution and Vicar's in Trouble, an impressive gate-to-wire winner of the Louisiana Derby. Don't sleep on any of them on Derby day. Santa Anita Derby runner-up Hoppertunity and Samraat, who tasted defeat for the first time when finishing second in the Wood, are colts capable of finding the winner's circle at Churchill Downs.
But today, three weeks before the Derby, it appears to be California Chrome's race to lose. The Art Sherman-trained colt's versatility and ability to accelerate away from his rivals is what makes this horse so dangerous. That's not to say he can't lose, but one of the others is going to have to run their eyeballs out to beat him.
RTV analyst Jeff Siegel has been impressed by California Chrome's versatility. He went to the front for the only time in his career in the San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita on March 8, running away from his rivals to win by 7 1/4 lengths.
"He's not a speed horse or front-runner, but if the situation calls for it, he goes," Siegel said.
California Chrome, based on that versatility, is again the No. 1 horse in our Derby rankings.
Here's a capsule look at our other Derby contenders:
2. Hoppertunity
The feeling here is that the son of Any Given Saturday is ready to fire his best shot come Derby day. He's seasoned enough, gets the services of big-race rider Mike Smith and is trained by a guy, Bob Baffert, who knows a thing or two about winning on the first Saturday in May.
The only knock against the colt is the so-called hex. He didn't make his career debut until Jan. 4 at Santa Anita and no horse who didn't race as a 2-year-old has won the Derby except for Apollo in 1882. Yeah, that's a long time. But jinxes are made to be broken.
3. Wicked Strong
When you run the final eighth of a mile as quickly as the Hard Spun colt did in the Wood, that's Derby stuff. His 3 1/2-length victory over Samraat stamped him as one of the top three choices on Derby day. Sure, Aqueduct was closer friendly last Saturday, but Churchill Downs doesn't figure to be a drag strip either.
Jockey Rajiv Maragh is not short on confidence, saying after the race, "To me, he's the Derby favorite right now."
4. Constitution
The Tapit colt is another who will be bucking the Apollo odds, but he's unbeaten in three starts and took a huge step forward with his victory in the Florida Derby on March 29.
What's impressive is he won the Florida Derby in come-from-behind fashion over a Gulfstream Park racing strip that had been playing to speed the entire meet. Yeah, all three of his victories have come at Gulfstream, but he's a major player.
5. Candy Boy
Finished a disappointing third in the Santa Anita Derby, but the one thing we know about the son of Candy Ride is that he won't have a problem with the Derby's 1 1/4-mile distance like some of the others. He's going to enjoy that long stretch at Churchill Downs.
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We showed you the modular kitchen. Here's a modular fridge. You know what's smart about its design? When you open up the door to get your beer, you don't let the cold air out in more than one itty bitty compartment. Also, things don't get buried under packs of old bologna, since each box is a shelf. But are you ever going to be able to store the Thanksgiving turkey inside just one cube?
If I were in the market, and this went into production, I'd try it, though. I've always dreamed of having a sushi bar fridge in my home, and this would give me a similar transparent casing, and potentially, the same landscape form. But it's still my second choice, next to the invisible fridge.
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Pumpkin Streusel Muffins
You wouldn't believe the trouble I've been to to get pureed canned pumpkin! I've phoned local deli's – no joy, scoured the internet for local places selling canned pumpkin – no joy. Finally, I find a chain supermarket that sells it (Waitrose) which have a small shop in the city centre, I was overjoyed. Added it to my basket online for collection in person when the checkout message stated that the Nottingham store doesn't stock it and directed me to the most local store that does… 30 miles away! That's a 60 mile round trip for a can of pumpkin puree, what the heck?!
That wasn't going to work unless I drove there and picked up enough for the rest of the entire year! There was Amazon which sold the canned pumpkin puree online but I wanted to make these pumpkin streusel muffins immediately *stomps feet* I'm so impatient but we'll leave that for another post! 😉 I was going to have to do it myself. So I started on getting the pumpkins cut into quarters, which was done by the burley giant man-baby (how wrong does that sentence sound?) then baked, pureed, then strained of excess water. I had to puree 2 pumpkins to get enough puree for this recipe. That's a whole lotta love right there for these babies with my granny arthritis hands!
And even more lovingly, the recipe is done by hand to prevent the batter from being overworked. I'm mid-flare at the moment with the arthritis in my hands so this recipe was harsh on my swollen wrists and hands but oh so worth it. They're perfectly spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger, which perfectly complements the seasonal pumpkin flavour. And boy are these moist. The streusel topping is awesome too. I can't stop eating them.
Lookit that orange coloured pumpkin goodness poking out from under the streusel?
Pumpkin Streusel Muffins Recipe
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 16-18 mins
Yield: 12 muffins
- 2 cups plain (all-purpose) flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp ginger
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 (15oz) can of pumpkin puree
- ½ cup/1 stick (113g) unsalted butter, melted
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ cup plain (all-purpose) flour
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tbsp (30g) unsalted butter, cubed
- ½ cup icing (confectioners') sugar
- 1 tbsp (15g) unsalted butter, melted
- 1-2 tbsp milk
- Preheat the oven to 180℃/350℉/Gas Mark 4. Line a muffin tin with 12 paper cases.
- To make the streusel topping, combine flour, sugar and cinnamon into a small bowl. Add cold butter and toss to coat, using your fingers to work the butter into the dry ingredients until it resembles coarse crumbs.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda (baking soda) and salt.
- In another bowl, whisk together the pumpkin puree, butter, eggs and vanilla.
- Pour mixture over the dry ingredients and stir using a rubber spatula until just moist.
- Scoop the batter evenly into the muffin tray. Sprinkle with reserved topping, using your fingertips to gently press the crumbs into the batter.
- Bake for 16-18 minutes, or until a tester inserted into the centre comes out clean.
- To make the glaze (optional), combine the icing (confectioners') sugar, butter and milk. Whisk until smooth.
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I made a bit of a boo boo with these, I totally forgot to add the flour to the streusel topping mixture. I have no clue why I even left it out as I've never left anything out before. I think I was having one of those 'dopey days'. You know when you're pregnant and you get pregnancy brain? Well, my meds cause something similar once or twice a week. I have no other explanation. They're still perfectly tasty without.
Have you ever had a baking boo boo?
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BEREA, OHIO: Toll increases will help the Ohio Turnpike see record revenue of about $270 million this year.
Turnpike officials reported Thursday that a 10-percent toll increase to start the year, combined with traffic running higher than projected, will generate about $250 million in tolls.
And money from service plaza concessions and other sources will raise year-end revenues to an all-time high of about $270 million.
The Plain Dealer reports that Gov. John Kasich is expected to announce soon whether his office wants to lease all or parts of the turnpike operation, such as toll collection, or merge the toll road with the Ohio Department of Transportation.
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Jason Collins being gay not a big deal to players
SALT LAKE CITY — It was a landmark 10 minutes, 37 seconds for Jason Collins, the NBA, and acceptance Sunday night at Staples Center.
Collins collected 2 rebounds, 1 steal, and, of course, 5 personal fouls in his return to the NBA and first game as an openly gay player hours after signing with the Brooklyn Nets, who beat the Los Angeles Lakers, 108-102.
The former Celtic was showered with attention and adulation before the game, and addressed the media in a packed room afterward, all to discuss something he has done before, play in the NBA as a gay man. The only difference this time is Collins went public with his sexuality last May in a magazine article. He had been unsigned for the first 3½ months of this season.
Collins didn't cry about homophobia or discrimination. He didn't complain about potentially being blackballed from the league after his revelation. He worked feverishly to stay in shape in Los Angeles, waiting for his opportunity.
And the NBA treated Collins like it does all of its aging players out of work, calling him when his services were required. Just as the Warriors did, signing big man Hilton Armstrong from the NBA Developmental League, or the Wizards, who are expected to sign Drew Gooden because starting center Nene is out for six weeks.
Brooklyn general manager Billy King needed a defensive-minded big man who could set crisp screens after he traded useful Reggie Evans to the Sacramento Kings to acquire Marcus Thornton. The Nets weren't the only team keeping tabs on Collins. Other NBA clubs knew he was a free agent looking for an opportunity.
Collins is just your normal, everyday NBA journeyman, except he is gay, and it seems that one point is no longer a major deal to a league filled with players who are more focused on winning than their teammates' personal lives.
When asked about his former teammate's reemergence, Rajon Rondo said what a lot of players are thinking: It will be a major issue as long as the media continues to discuss it. But there was little buzz about his return in the Celtics locker room. It wasn't a major topic of discussion. It seems the players digested the news when it broke, understood that Collins probably isn't the only gay athlete in the four major sports, noticed how professionally he carried himself, and accepted his presence.
"I don't think it is," Rondo said when asked if Collins's return was significant. "I guess you could keep talking about it. I don't know. He was a great teammate. Very professional. Always ready. He would go maybe six or seven games without playing and then he'd get eight minutes on the court and make an impact right away. I think he's a great addition with the Nets, especially having KG [and being able to] bang down there with the big guys. I'm sure he'll do well."
What should be celebrated as much as Collins being able to be honest about his lifestyle is the reaction — or lack thereof — from his peers. It's an ever-changing and progressive world, and it seems that, for now, the buildup to the first openly gay player on a roster of the four major sports has been exaggerated.
Collins has as much right as anyone else to commit five fouls in 10:37. He should play in the NBA because he's qualified and capable, and he shouldn't be subjected to constant questions about his personal life. Hopefully, this story won't be sensationalized or embellished because the news cycle is slow.
He went through the entire 2012-13 season, with the Celtics and Wizards, as a gay man and made no headlines. Collins should be allowed to cement his role with the Nets during his 10-day contract without becoming a distraction. Having covered him since his days at Harvard-Westlake School in California, where he and his brother, Jarron, dominated opponents as the San Fernando Valley's version of Sampson and Olajuwon, Jason is refreshingly humble and understated. He acknowledged the attention is overwhelming but he didn't disappear into the sunset because he still loved the game, and that was worth the potential backlash.
Hopefully, the NBA can return to the normalcy of late February, when teams are beginning to ramp up for the postseason, including the Nets, who despite a sub-.500 record are fighting for playoff seeding in the Eastern Conference.
Hopefully, the Nets will renew Collins's 10-day contract if his performance dictates. Hopefully, the significance of this story will fade and gay athletes simply will be viewed as athletes, those who commit hard fouls, set crisp picks, and are respected among their teammates and coaches.
When asked about Collins, Celtics forward Brandon Bass seemed almost stunned about the question. There hadn't been much thought put into his return.
"I think it's a big accomplishment for him, to get the opportunity to extend his career, being that it's like his 13th year in the league and that he's able to extend that," he said. "That's a blessing in itself. Congratulations to him."
The opportunity to continue doing what he loves, extend his career, and see his hard work come to fruition, that's the story here. Hopefully, it's nothing more than that.
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