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ROME (Reuters) - Italy began a week of strikes by the three biggest labor unions against Prime Minister Mario Monti's 33-billion-euro austerity package, which the government may soften slightly to meet some of their demands.
Port, highway, and haulage personnel stopped work for three hours and metal workers — including those at carmaker Fiat — put down their tools for eight hours. Printing press operators stopped for a full shift and most newspapers won't publish on Tuesday.
Public transport strikes will be held on Dec 15-16. Bank employees will halt work for the afternoon of Dec 16, and the public administration will close down for a whole day on Dec 19.
For the first time in six years of division, the three main union leaders shared a stage together when they spoke to striking workers in front of parliament.
"We're not giving up on the idea that the austerity package must be changed," Susanna Camusso, chief of the largest labor group Cgil, told the crowd.
"It hurts workers, pensions and the country as a whole," she said.
Monti failed to thwart the strikes during a last-ditch meeting on Sunday night with union leaders.
Monti underscored the "extreme urgency" of his government to act to restore investor confidence amid a euro zone debt crisis, and said he was open to amendments as long as they can be fully funded, according to a statement.
Union opposition will not affect parliamentary support for the package, Pier Luigi Bersani, secretary of the centre-left Democratic Party (PD), said on Monday. The PD counts many union members among its supporters.
Bersani told Corriere della Sera daily that he shared union concerns about the effects of the tax increases and pension cuts on low incomes, but his party's backing was still assured.
"We will be responsible. Our support isn't in discussion," he said. "This budget correction is a message to Europe."
Unions accept the need for more austerity but say Monti's plan is unfair. Rather than raising money by taxing pensioners and low earners, the government should be boosting levies on the wealthy, they say.
"We are here to show our opposition towards the new economic measures that the new government is putting together," said Sergio Bussone, one of the striking union members in the capital. "These measures punish public sector workers, and will be harmful and negative for all the pensioners."
As yields on Italian 10-year bonds exceeded the critical 7 percent level, Monti on Dec 4 introduced a raft of measures including pension reform and hikes in property tax, sales tax and petrol tax.
Borrowing costs fell sharply on optimism ahead of a European Union summit last week but have since crept back up, and rose above 6.8 percent on Monday after the summit failed to provide an immediate solution to the euro zone debt crisis.
ECB intervention helped yields back to 6.6 percent.
To meet demands from both unions and parties, the government is seeking other revenue sources or spending cuts to alleviate cuts to low pensions and to give property-tax exemptions to low-income families.
The total cost of both moves would be 5 billion euros, parliamentary sources said. On Monday, lawmakers pushed back the deadline to amend the package by 24 hours to late Tuesday.
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While pin collecting at the EXPO in Shanghai was just as strong as it is for most Olympic games, the EXPO also offered a different way of interacting with people - Passports. The Expo passports quickly became one of the most popular souvenirs for visitors. Each pavilion, and most of the nations of the world were represented, had their own special stamp for the passports.
Our Coke pavilion offered a general stamp and then on special occasions, we had a special stamp. I was there on the closing day, so I received the final day dated stamp. While I have not seen too many of the passports offered for sale outside of China, passports with the stamps of the coveted pavilions (including
I have scanned a few pages from my passport to show the variety of the stamps. The page on the far left has crown stamp. That was from the Liechtenstein pavilion and the pavilion director made a potato stamp each day so no two stamps were ever the same. The one in the middle features Chile. The day I was there, the capsule used to rescue the trapped miners had been flown to China and was on display. The pages on the right have the USA stamp which was difficult to get.
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Mason Welcomes New President Ángel Cabrera
July 1, 2012
While Ángel Cabrera has been on campus frequently since the announcement of his appointment as the sixth president of George Mason University, he officially took the helm July 1.
Prior to assuming his Mason post, Cabrera, 44, served for eight years as president of the Thunderbird School of Global Management, which is ranked consistently as the leading school of international business in the world.
Cabrera, a native of Spain, was professor and dean at IE Business School in Madrid from 1998 to 2004. IE has been ranked by the Financial Times among the top 10 business schools in the world.
Following an extensive national search, Mason's Board of Visitors unanimously voted on Dec. 15, 2011, to approve Cabrera's appointment as the new president.
After the announcement, Cabrera said, "After eight wonderful years at Thunderbird, I am honored to have been asked to lead one of the most innovative institutions in American higher education."
During the past decade, Cabrera pioneered efforts to educate women entrepreneurs in emerging markets and co-founded The Oath Project, an international initiative to establish a code of conduct for business leaders.
In 2011, the Financial Times recognized him as one of the top 20 business school leaders in the world.
His book, "Being Global: How to Think, Act and Lead in a Transformed World," was published in April 2012 by Harvard Business Review Press.
Cabrera's expertise in international business and higher education has been recognized by top international organizations.
The World Economic Forum named him a "Global Leader for Tomorrow" in 2002 and a "Young Global Leader" in 2005. Two years later, the United Nations asked him to chair the international task force that developed the U.N.'s "Principles for Responsible Management Education."
In 2008, the World Economic Forum appointed him chairman of the Global Agenda Council for promoting entrepreneurship, and The Aspen Institute named him a Henry Crown Fellow. In 2010, he was named topic leader for the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative.
Cabrera is a frequent speaker at prestigious international forums, and he has written numerous papers in leading academic journals. His views on global leadership, higher education and corporate citizenship have been quoted by major global media, including The Economist, Time, CNN, CNBC, El País, Forbes, the International Herald Tribune and The New York Times. BusinessWeek honored him in 2004 as one of 25 "Stars of Europe."
Cabrera serves on the boards of specialty retailer PetSmart and Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. He also serves on the boards of the Council for the International Exchange of Scholars (Fulbright Scholar Program), ESSEC Business School and the Iberoamerican Academy of Management. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Future Trends Forum in Madrid, and he is the past chairman of the Georgia Tech Advisory Board.
Cabrera holds BS and MS degrees in engineering from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain's premier engineering university. He earned MS and PhD degrees in psychology and cognitive science from the Georgia Institute of Technology, which he attended as a Fulbright Scholar.
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"March: Book Three," the conclusion of the graphic memoir of civil rights legend Rep. John Lewis, has been named a finalist for the prestigious National Book Award for young people's literature.
The longlist in that category was announced this morning by the National Book Foundation.
Written by Lewis and Andrew Aydin, and illustrated by Nate Powell, "March" is a first-hand account of the congressman's life-long struggle for civil and human rights, beginning with his youth in rural Alabama, and continuing with his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., the 1963 March on Washington, and the march from Selma to Montgomery.
Published by Top Shelf Productions, "March: Book One" was released to widespread acclaim in in 2013, followed by "Book Two" in 2015. The conclusion of the trilogy hit shelves last month.
The first graphic novel to win a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, "March" was optioned for an animated series earlier this year.
The 10 nominees in the young people's literature category will be narrowed by a panel of judges to five, with the shortlist announced Oct. 13. The winner will be presented in a ceremony held Nov. 16.
The other finalists are: Kwame Alexander, "Booked": Kate DiCamillo, "Raymie Nightingale"; Grace Lin, "When the Sea Turned to Silver"; Anna-Marie McLemore, "When the Moon Was Ours"; Meg Medina, "Burn Baby Burn"; Sara Pennypacker and Jon Klassen, "Pax"; Jason Reynolds, "Ghost"; Caren Stelson, "Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story"; and Nicola Yoon, "The Sun Is Also a Star."


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Analysis of Variance, layout, and Regression: Linear Modeling for Unbalanced facts, moment Edition offers linear buildings for modeling facts with an emphasis on the right way to comprise particular principles (hypotheses) concerning the constitution of the information right into a linear version for the knowledge. The e-book rigorously analyzes small information units by utilizing instruments which are simply scaled to special info. The instruments additionally follow to small suitable information units which are extracted from immense information.
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Vice president-elect Mike Pence looks on as president-elect Donald Trump gives the thumbs up as they exit the clubhouse after a day of meetings at Trump International Golf Club in Bedminster Township, New Jersey on Saturday. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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President-elect Donald Trump will work to repeal and replace Obamacare as soon as he takes office, Vice President-elect Mike Pence told Chris Wallace on "Fox News Sunday."
"He wants to focus out of the gate on repealing Obamacare and beginning the process of replacing Obamacare with the kind of free market solutions that he campaigned on," said Pence. "From there, we'll work on issues ranging from ending illegal immigration, reviving our economy through tax reform, rebuilding the military, restoring the infrastructure of this country. But I do hope to continue to play a supportive role to take president-elect Donald Trump's agenda to Capitol Hill and work with leaders, frankly, in both political parties to move the country forward and make America great again."
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|Sanitary device
This application is a continuation-part-of U.S. Pat. No. 08/477,401, filed Jun. 7, 1995 now abandoned.
a housing member capable of holding an insertable member;
said housing member supporting at least one pH indicator, wherein
said pH indicator would come into direct contact with a body fluid upon insertion of the applicator into an individual and provide an instant pH reading upon removal of the applicator.
This application is an improvement over our U.S. Pat. No. 5,273,521 issued 28 Dec. 1993 and entitled Tampon Applicator for Delivery of A Medicament, which discloses a tampon delivery applicator that is designed to deliver medicaments via a tampon body mounted on a wand which does not allow for testing the biological fluid prior to applying medicament, nor does it allow for an accurate means of measuring the dosage of medicament administered.
I. Field of Invention
The present invention relates to tampons, more specifically to an improved tampon assembly or tampon applicator incorporating indicators in the manufacture well known in the medical field for testing excreted biological fluids for comparison to accompanying diagnostic, color chart. Said indicators may also be applied, but not limited to, sanitary napkins, panty liners, incontinence diapers for babies and adults, bandages and the like that utilize the same or similar hydrophilic materials for absorbing biological fluids as that of a conventional tampon body.
II. Description of the Prior Art
Conventional tampons for absorbing catamenia, or impregnated with various spermicides, deodorants, etc. are well known in the art as are tampons utilized to carry medicaments into the vaginal cavity. However, a tampon for testing biological fluids which incorporate indicators such as, but not limited to litmus for determining pH balance and identifying other than normal bacterial activity in the biological fluid excreted from the vaginal cavity are virtually unknown in the art as described herein.
Tampons utilized to carry a medicament into the vaginal cavity are well known, and are illustrated, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 4,309,997, issued Jan. 12, 1982; and U.S. Pat. No. 4,318,405 and various other patents described therein. All tampons have in common the use of an absorbent material, generally referred to as hydrophilic. In addition to aforementioned patents, hydrophilic materials are described in, inter alia, U.S. Pat. No. 4,475,911, issued Oct. 9, 1984. As used herein, the term "absorbent" refers to materials which are hydrophilic as that term used in U.S. Pat. No. 4,475,911.
As the foregoing patents demonstrate, it is well known to use various "medicaments," which, as used herein, includes materials such as deodorants and the like as well as material whose use is more generally considered to be for therapeutic purposes. Medicaments may be used seriatim in conjunction with tampons, that is, the medicament is inserted into the vaginal cavity, followed by the tampon to prevent leakage. Such a seriatim procedure has numerous obvious disadvantages. Attempts to avoid these disadvantages generally fall into two categories, either the tampon is impregnated with the medicament, such as is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,309,997, or the medicament is carried in encapsulated form by the tampon, as is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,318,405. Devices of the type described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,309,997 present problems related to the shelf life of the medicament, allergic reactions to the type of medicament used, and the inconvenience of pre-wetting the tampon, which is often required. Tampons of the type described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,318,405 retain the encapsulated medicament in the tampon both before and after insertion of the tampon into the vaginal cavity, and so may suffer from many of the same disadvantages as the impregnated tampons. In addition, upon dissolving of the encapsulated medicament, much of the medicament will be absorbed by the tampon itself, rather than being applied directly to the body surfaces. Because of the relatively small volume of medicament carried in such a device, often the medicament fails to reach the affected area in sufficient strength. There is also a possibility that the vaginal cavity may be lacking in a sufficient amount of body fluid to dissolve the capsule and ensure medicament application.
Insofar, the prior art which incorporates use of medicaments do not identify or make known a process for identifying whether or not bacterial condition of the vaginal cavity is conducive to introduction of such medicaments, therapeutic or contraceptive. Within this description of the prior art, reference to indicators identifying pH levels are intended as an example for illustrative purposes but not for its use to be limited by such example.
Extensive research in the field of Gynecology confirms that the vaginal cavity contains numerous naturally occurring bacterial flora which are very sensitive to the introduction of medicaments. The condition of the flora is generally identified by toxicity and can be measured via a pH test process well known in the medical field. As previously mentioned, a tampon or other hydrophilic material utilized for absorbing and testing of biological fluids incorporating in the manufacture an indicator such as litmus, for determining pH balance of biological fluid excreted from the vaginal cavity or such as keytone for testing excretions from the adjacent urethral opening are currently unknown in the art. This example of an indicator applied to test pH generally uses, but is not limited to litmus, also known as turnsole or lacmus, which contain litmus, a natural pigment obtained from lichens whose main principle is azolitmin manufactured primarily in a paperlike form whereby color-indicators range from acidic pH colored red (below 4.5) to alkaline pH colored blue (above 8.3). Azolitmin is a brownish-red coloring principle found in cudbear and other commercial litmus preparations for testing. Cudbear is a dusky-red-purple to very dusky red powder obtained from species of Rocella de candolle, Lecanora archius or other lichens. Amaranth is another commonly used herb that is a red azo dye used in place of cudbear preparations. There are no known toxic exposures to the agents constituent in litmus, its variations or principle components. Rather, litmus detects toxicity variations present in biological fluids indicative of other than normal conditions. Normal pH levels within the vaginal cavity range approximately from 3.8-4.2. When the vaginal pH is 5.0 or greater, levels indicate vaginosis or atrophic vaginal discharge as described in Principles and Practice of Clinical Gynecology, p. 598. Utilizing such tests provides a means for early detection of harmful bacterial activity which cause infections that could be identified via corresponding pH levels at an early and treatable stage. Due to the nature of the indicator, application is not harmful to the user nor is it chemically reactive to present medicaments.
The only relevant prior art discovered is identified in an article referencing tests conducted at the University of Athens entitled "Evaluation of Lactate Dehydrogenase Activity as an Index of Cervical Malignancy" (European Journal of Gynaecology Oncology, 12(6) 471-6 1991); presents a tampon known as Gynaegnost coated with chemical compounds PMS (phenazin methosulfate) basically an electron conductor which draws NADH (biological fluid) to the surface cover of the tampon coated with NBT (nitrobluetetrazolium-chloride), a coloring agent which becomes blue (diformizan) in the presence of LDH (lactose dehydrogenase) activity. Intensity of the diformizan coloration corresponds to the intensity of the LDH activity. Several disadvantages are apparent with this method:
a. A lay user could conduct this test outside a laboratory setting, however, results are intended to identify preinvasive or invasive cervical malignancy which is a very serious disorder to have a lay user diagnose particularly with one coloring agent and chemical compounds that should be used under the supervison of a gynelogical authority.
b. While Gynaegnost tests for cervical cancer (CaCx), the test results have concluded with many false positive readings which distorts the accuracy and validity of the test.
c. Further notations in the journal specifically state that the test should not be conducted in the presence of vaginitis or cervicitus due to the occurrence of the false positive disqualification.
In contrast, the preferred embodiment of the present invention eliminates such unknowns by simply using the indicator to test the biological fluid and provide a quantitative analysis whereby coloration relates directly to a numerical level of intensity (acid or alkaline) with a corresponding prognosis chart indexed according to infection type that is generally accepted by gynecology professionals for which charts can be amended accordingly with continuous improvement of gynecology standards. As notated, Gynaegnost is not recommended for use during the presence of infection, whereas the present invention conversely encourages use of indicator testing pH balance of biological fluids to identify an impending infection for purposes of preventing progression of a simple infection to cervical malignancy.
The present invention not only utilizes the indicator as a pH test system for other than normal conditions of the vaginal cavity but further for tracking daily pH balance for purposes of natural contraception. There exists in the prior art many patents for tampons previously mentioned which include contraceptives as a form of medicament, in the manufacture. There does not appear to be any known prior art that utilizes the tampon assembly incorporating indicators for contraceptive purposes by determining whether chemical balance is conducive to conception which can therefore be avoided if the user so chooses.
The object of the present invention is to provide a simplified tampon applicator test apparatus for use during other than menstrual periods to detect the presence of bacterial activity via internally or externally excreted biological fluids collected within an absorbent or hydrophilic body designed for fluid accumulation and assembly parts previously mentioned which come into contact with said biological fluids by incorporating, color indicators in the manufacture of the tampon assembly, the conventional hydrophilic tampon body, applicator housings, plungers, withdrawal strings or any other part of the tampon assembly that comes into contact with said excreted biological fluids whereby results are interpreted by comparing the resultant color of the tampon assembly wholly or in parts to the accompanying color-corresponding prognosis chart. Within this description of the preferred embodiment, reference to pH indicators are meant as an example for illustrative purposes but not for its use to be limited by such example.
The improvements in the preferred embodiment have numerous obvious advantages:
a. Indicators are available in various material forms such as paper strips, dyes, pastes and the like with varying degrees of color spectrums that can be incorporated in accordance with the manufacture of a tampon assembly, wholly or in parts.
b. The nature of such indicators provides a very safe means of testing that will avoid inflicting harm on the user and is characteristically not chemically-reactive with existing medicaments.
c. The tampon assembly or tampon applicator for delivery with indicators combined provides a test system that is versatile, simple, user-friendly, easy to read and easy to dispose of.
d. False-positive distortion is less likely to occur as indicators are not adversely affected in the presence of infection but rather indicative of the infection.
e. Indicators can be applied to any embodiment utilizing hydrophilic material for absorbing excreted biological fluid as the material which absorbs the fluid is a biological sample sufficient for testing.
f. When indicators are used in conjunction with a tampon applicator for delivery of a medicament, the presence of such indicators will not hinder the application of medicaments but instead would enable testing the effectiveness of said medicaments post-application.
g. The improved rounded front end of tampon applicator for delivery of a medicament would allow for easier insertion of the tampon applicator and make the removable closure more accessible and therefore easier to remove before use.
h. The tampon applicator for delivery of a medicament is further improved by a dual-member telescopic ejection wand means with dosage measurement scale to provide a more efficient and accurate means of medicament application to ensure user applies the proper dosage in accordance with prescribed quantities whereby the dual-member wand precipitates easier handling of the medicament to be applied.
i. The improved dual-member telescoping wand with dosage measurement scale allows medicament to be selectively pre-package or separately package a wider variety of medicaments such those of a lesser density for example, liquids which could prematurely activate collapse of the hollowed bore. This method of selective packaging provides for a more sanitary system of medicament application and prevent exposure of said medicaments to bacteria present in the environment. Further, this improvement would serve to minimize waste even further than is already available.
The preferred embodiment is in the form of a tampon applicator for delivery of a medicament with improved rounded front end, improved wand for use in seriatim procedure incorporating dosage measurement scale for accuracy, an alternative dual telescoping wand assembly which allows for but is not limited to, application of less dense medicaments, selective pre-packaging and provide a more sanitary means of medicament handling prior to insertion. Further includes a conventional tampon assembly, separately or as a whole, incorporating in its manufacture indicators for testing excreted biological fluid. Moreover the method of applying indicators in the manufacture can also be applied, but not limited to, sanitary napkins, panty liners, incontinence diapers for babies and adults, bandages and any other such hydrophilic materials utilized for absorbing excreted biological fluids.
According to the present invention, a tampon assembly adapted for carrying a medicament for selective expulsion during use has an improved tubular inserter incorporating a dosage measurement scale, a dual telescopic tubular inserter means consisting of the principle tubular member, wherein the lead end is open with a sealable closure which slidably engages a secondary telescoping member fitted and closed at the abutting end, of which one or both tubular members incorporate dosage measurement scale such as a milligram scale, on which an improved elongated tampon body with improved rounded front end and applied thereto is mounted by means of an axial bore extending through the body so as to slidably engage the exterior of the primary member of the improved inserter having an open end sealable with a closure, on which the tampon body being with rounded front end is comprised of an absorbent material so as to have a porous outer surface formed in the shape of a radially-disposed longitudinal pleats wherewithin or whereon the indicators may be applied and a porous inner surface formed by the bore, with improved string means also incorporating indicators, attach to the body portion for use in removing the tampon body after use. A medicament, preferably in a solid, gelatin, ointment, foam, paste or encapsulated form, is disposed in the remainder of the bore so as to abut the inserter closed end, or can be contained within the improved inserter primary member whereby secondary member is telescopically fitted and the retraction of the secondary member would allow a space within the primary member for medicament to be placed or selectively pre-packaged accordingly with dosage measurement scale, secondary member would be telescopically replaced to abut the contained medicament. The normally closed end of primary member of inserter has an improved open end sealable with a closure to contain medicament prior to use whereby, telescopic injection of secondary member within the primary member will eject medicament from dual-member wand primary member when closure is removed prior to insertion and is selectively expelled via the primary member by longitudinal relative movement between primary and secondary members of the inserter within the bore of the tampon body portion. In the preferred embodiment, a peripheral ring and grip is formed on rear end of the inserter primary member to serve as a platform for tampon body prior to insertion and a second peripheral ring appears on the secondary member opposite the end abutting the medicament to engage the primary member peripheral ring to insure selective expulsion of the medicament contained within the primary member and to further insure smooth longitudinal relative movement without premature collapse of said bore. Moreover, application of indicators to a conventional tampon assembly consists of a hydrophilic tampon body, applicator housings, plungers, withdrawal strings, etc. are so simultaneously improved by application of said indicators constituent to the preferred embodiment.
The present invention may be more readily understood by referring to the accompanying drawing, in which:
FIG. 1, is a perspective view of a tampon body delivery assembly with the conically rounded front end and measurement scale on the wand which abuts the tampon body at the closed end for seriatim insertion according to the present invention.
FIG. 2, is a wand end view of a tampon delivery assembly with the conically rounded front end shown.
FIG. 3, is a cross-sectional view taken on line 3--3 of FIG. 2.
FIG. 4, is a side view of the tampon delivery body with the conically rounded front end and dosage measurement scale on the wand which abuts the medicament in a seriatim procedure at the closed end of the present invention of FIG. 1, illustrating the ejection of a medicament from the tampon delivery body assembly, with the conically rounded front end.
FIG. 5, is a perspective view of a tampon delivery body with indicators in example of using but not limited to, paper and shown in various positions as an example of indicators other than dye or component derivatives applied.
FIG. 6, is a perspective cutaway view of a conventional tampon body assembly with rounded front end showing various areas with a variation of indicators in example of using a dye or component derivative other than paper applied.
FIG. 7, is a cross-sectional view of a tampon delivery assembly with improved dual telescopic plunger members with an open end sealable on the lead end of the primary member with a closure, a secondary member telescopically fitted incorporating dosage measurement scale on either member with applicable set of peripheral rings.
FIGS. 8A and 8B show a chart-graph for comparison of resultant color change of indicator displaying the indexed range of such applied example indicator, FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, such example identifying an applicable range of pH values present in a normal physiologic vaginal environment versus active primary infections of the vaginal cavity.
Referring now to the FIGS. 1 through 3, there is shown a tampon assembly 10 with a conically rounded front end 11 according to the present invention, which further consists of a tampon body 12, a withdrawal string 14a, 14b, and a wand or inserter 16 with medicament measurement dosage scale 5 1. Preferably, the tampon body 12 with its improved conically rounded front end 11 is enclosed in a removable protective covering, 18, shown in dotted lines in FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7, to maintain the cleanliness of the tampon body 12 with improved conically rounded front end 11 prior to use. A medicament 20 is disposed in a longitudinal bore 22 extending through the tampon body 12 with rounded end 11. The withdrawal string 14 is illustrated as being configured in a "U", so that one end 14a extends through the bore 22 and the other end 14b extends along the external surface of the tampon body portion 12 with rounded front end 11.
The tampon body 12 with improved rounded front end 11 is formed of an absorbent material, as that term has been previously defined, so that the bore, 22, forms a porous interior surface 24. The tampon body 12 with the improved front end 11 has a porous outer surface 26 in the form of a series of longitudinally aligned, (see FIG. 1), and radially-extending, circumferentially-disposed pleats (see FIG. 2).
The wand or inserter 16 has a grip 30 formed at one end thereof. As is shown in FIG. 3, the wand 16 with dosage measurement scale 51, has an open end 32 adjacent the grip 30 and a closed end 34, which abuts the encapsulated medicament 20. A peripheral ring 31 is formed on the wand 16 with dosage measurement scale 51 adjacent the closed end 34 so as to directly engage the porous inner surface 24 of the tampon body portion 16 at the bore 22 to scrape the interior of the bore 22 as the medicament 20 is ejected from the tampon body 12 with rounded front end 11, as will be described herein after, in addition to providing a seal of the bore 22 until final withdrawal of the wand 16 with dosage measurement scale 51 from the tampon body portion 12 with rounded front end 11.
Referring now to FIG. 4, the tampon assembly 10 is shown in a disposition in which the medicament 20 is in the process of being expelled from the tampon body 12 with rounded front end 11. For purposes of ease of understanding of the operation of the tampon assembly 10, the insertion of the tampon assembly 10 into the vaginal cavity has not been shown. Such insertion is performed in the conventional manner. Specifically, the process would include the removal of the removable protective covering 18 from the tampon body 12 with rounded front end 11 or tampon assembly 10, the insertion of the medicament 20 into the bore 22 if not already inserted, the insertion of the wand 16 with dosage measurement scale 51 into the bore 22 either prior to or subsequent to insertion of the medicament 20 thereunto, and the insertion of the tampon assembly 10, so assembled, into the vaginal cavity with the ends of the withdrawal string 14 remaining outside the vaginal cavity. As is indicated by the arrow 38, the wand 16 is moved so that the closed end 34 passes along the bore 22, thus moving the medicament 20 out of the bore 22, as is indicated by the arrow 40. At such time as the medicament 20 is completely expelled from the bore 22, the movement of the wand 16 with dosage measurement scale 51 in the direction shown by the arrow 38 is terminated, and the wand 16 with dosage measurement scale 51 then moved in the opposite direction to the movement shown by arrow 38, until the wand is completely withdrawn from the tampon body and is then further withdrawn from the vaginal cavity. Thus, upon expulsion of the medicament 20 from the tampon body 12 with rounded front end 11 as above described, and the withdrawal of the wand 16 with dosage measurement scale 51 from the tampon body 12 with rounded front end 11 and the vaginal cavity, the medicament 20 is dissolved within the vaginal cavity as well as sealing the vaginal cavity to maintain the medicament 20 therewithin.
Referring now to FIG. 5, there is shown a tampon assembly 10 with a conically rounded front end 11 according to the present invention, which further consists of a tampon body 12, a withdrawal string 14a, 14b, and a wand or inserter 16 with medicament measurement dosage scale 51 and indicators 44, outer diameter 44A, inner diameter 44B, of side surfaces applied in example as a paperlike form. Preferably, the tampon body 12 with improved conically rounded front end 11 is enclosed in a removable protective covering, 18, shown in dotted lines in FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7, to maintain the cleanliness of the tampon body 12 with improved conically rounded front end 11 prior to use. A medicament 20 is disposed in a longitudinal bore 22 extending through the tampon body 12 with rounded front end 11. The withdrawal string 14 is illustrated as being configured in a "U", so that one end 14a extends through the bore 22 and the other end 14b extends along the external surface of the tampon body portion 12 with rounded front end 1 1. The operation of the tampon assembly remains the same as that described in FIG. 4.
Referring now to FIG. 6, a cutaway perspective view is shown as an example showing a conventional tampon body assembly with rounded front end 11A which further consists of a tampon body 12A, a withdrawal string 14 and an external applicator housing 18A including an applicator plunger 16A conventionally manufactured of cardboard or injection molded plastic which ejects the tampon body 12A via the applicator housing 1 8A in the direction of arrow 38 which slidably engages the plunger 16A for ease of insertion into the vaginal cavity. Indicators 46, shown are applied in example of using an indicator dye or derivative component 46 rather than a paperlike indicator as applied to the tampon assembly, wholly or in parts, consisting of the tampon body 12A, applicator housing 18A, plunger 16A and withdrawal string 14.
Referring now to FIG. 7, a sectional view of a tampon assembly 10 with tampon body 12 and rounded front end 11 is enclosed in a removable protective covering 18 whereby tampon assembly 10 contains an improved telescopic medicament plunger 50 consisting of primary member 50A and secondary member 50B with dosage measurement scale 51 present on either member telescopically fitted whereby secondary member 50B is directionally retractable indicated by arrow 39 wherewithin primary member 50A medicament 20 is pre-disposed and secondary member 50B slidably reengages primary member 50A in a longitudinal relative movement 41 so as to abut at the closed end 52 with the medicament 20 whereby open end 36 with removable seal 54 is removed and secondary member 50B continues longitudinal movement indicated by arrow 41 ejecting medicament 20 as indicated by arrow 40 out the inserter unsealed end 36 when primary member 50A with peripheral ring 31 and grip 30 fully engages secondary member 50B with peripheral ring 53 and the entire plunger assembly 50 can be removed by repeating retraction direction 39 when peripheral rings 31 and 53 abut. The tampon body 12 will remain disposed within the vaginal cavity awaiting selective retraction via withdrawal string means 14.
Referring now to FIG. 8, Heretofore, indicators have been identified as having a corresponding prognosis chart and a pH indicator is used to provide the most concise example for purposes of illustration such as this chart provides. Indicators in many variations correspond to many different prognosis scales and this example chart corresponds to a pH scale indicative of infections which correspond directly to the resultant color change in the indicator as applied to the tampon assembly wholly or in parts fir such example purpose of determining pH.
In the preferred embodiment, the tampon body 12 with rounded front end 11 has a plurality of randomly-disposed perforations 42 extending between the outer surface 26 and the and the bore 22 along the length thereof. In FIGS. 1 and 4, only the perforations 42 adjacent the ends of the tampon body are illustrated, it being understood that the use of the perforations 42 is not limited to only those locations illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 4, but preferably extend along the length of the tampon body 12 with rounded front end 11. The use of the perforations 42 is particularly preferred when it is desirable to have the medicament 20 be absorbed into the tampon body 12 after expulsion therefrom, so as to act in a manner similar to an internal bandage in applying the medicament within the vaginal cavity. Application of indicators 44, 44A, 44B and 46 do not hinder affectation of said perforations as described above but rather are incorporated in the manufacture.
In the preferred embodiment shown, the wand 16 and dual member wand 50 incorporates dosage measurement scale 51 in either embodiment. Wand 16 utilize peripheral ring 31 in a seriatim procedure in order to compress that portion of the porous interior surface 24 of the tampon body 12 as the ring 31 moves along the bore 22. Wand 50, primary member 50A, utilizes open front end 32 with sealable closure 54 to allow pre-disposal of medicament, on secondary member SOB peripheral ring 53 engages primary member 50A abutting medicament 20 prior insertion of medicament. If desired, in wand 16, in order to avoid the peripheral ring 31 passing out of the bore 22 at the time the medicament 20 is expelled therefrom, with the possibility that the ring 31 would then be readily withdrawable into the bore 22 to permit the withdrawal of the wand 16 from the tampon body 12 with rounded front end 11. The length of the withdrawal string 14 may be adjusted to provide guidance to the user as to the proper length of movement of the wands 16 or 50 into the bore 22. The string 14 may also be held by the user during the movement of the wands 16 or 50 through the bore 22 in order to assist in the initiation and continuation of the relative movement of the wands 16 or 50 with respect to the tampon body 12 with rounded front end 11 as indicated by the arrows 38 and 40. Various other methods are utilized if so desired, in order to avoid the passage of the peripheral rings 31 and 53 out of the bore 22 at the time of expulsion of the medicament 20 therefrom. For example, a flange could be formed on the wands 16 or 50 at the appropriate longitudinal point so as to engage the tampon body 12 to terminate relative movement between the wands 16 and 50 and the tampon body 12 at the point of expulsion of the medicament 20 from the bore 22 and rounded front end 11.
From the foregoing description, it will be apparent that the present invention may be distributed in any one of at least three forms. For example, the tampon assembly 10 with rounded front end 11 may be distributed as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 5, with the medicament 20 already inserted. Alternatively, the tampon body 12 with rounded front end 11 and wand 16 with dosage measurement scale 51 applied may be distributed without the medicament, which then is inserted in the bore 22 directly or into wand 50, primary member 50A with removable closure 54 by the user immediately prior to use, thereby avoiding a shelf life problem and sanitary handling with respect to the medicament. In addition, the tampon body 12 with rounded front end 11 and indicators 44, 44A, 44B and 46 applied to the tampon body, housings, plungers, withdrawal string, etc. may be packaged separately from the wands 16 and 50, since the wand 16 may be reused or wand 50 may be prepackaged. In addition, an improved conventional tampon assembly for strictly catamenia absorbing purposes may incorporate indicators 44, 44A, 44B and 46 for use during other than menstrual periods as a test apparatus. In such an embodiment, a number of tampon bodies 12 incorporating indicators 44, 44A, 44B and 46 with rounded front ends 11 may be used over a period of time with a single wand 16 with dosage measurement scale 51 or dual-member wand 50 also incorporating dosage measurement scale 51, thereby further reducing both the cost to the user and the shipping weight and storage volume required. Further, in such an embodiment, the user will experience minimal waste, expedient application, dosage accuracy and immediate diagnostic results delivered in a sanitary manner.
The present invention relates to the structures described above and hereinafter claimed with respect to the tampon assembly 10 and the components thereof, and not to any particular materials of construction. The term absorbent, as used herein, as stated above, comprehends the use of any hydrophilic material. The wands 16 and 50 may be made of any appropriate material such as nontoxic lightweight moldable plastic and may include a dosage measurement scale as applied in the preferred embodiment through methods such as, but not limited to, heat stamping, or incorporating raised numerals during the molding. While it is tubular in the preferred embodiment for purposes of economy of weight and material, the wand 16 or secondary member 50B may be solid if desired or may consist, for example, of a rod with an expanded head functioning as the equivalent of the closed end 34. The material of the removable closure for primary member 50A is conventional and in the preferred embodiment can be constructed of a biodegradable material formed in the shape of the open end and able to be pulled or pushed out. The material of the string is conventional, and therefore the term "string," and the other terms used herein, unless otherwise defined herein, are not limited to the precise materials or depictions contained herein, but rather include structures and materials within the permissible range thereto. The removable protective covering 18 and 18A is also of conventional material, such as paper or plastic film. The covers 18 and 18A may completely enclose the entire tampon assembly 10, as when the medicament 20 is included in the device as distributed.. Obviously, the tampon bodies 12 and 12A with indicators 44, 44A, 44B, 46 and medicament 20 can be packaged separately from the wands 16 or 50, or the tampon bodies 12 or 12A with indicators 44, 44A, 44B, 46 and the wands 16 and 50 can be packaged separately from the medicament 20, or the tampon bodies 12 and 12A with indicators 44, 44A, 44B, 46 can be packaged separately from the medicament 20 and the wands 16 and 50. Consequently, in FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7 the tampon body 12 or 12A is shown as enclosed by the protective covering 18 or 18A for purposes of illustration only, and not as a limitation.


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Gold & Silver Digest: 2/11/13
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2/11/13 4:36 PM EST US close metals price quotes from Finviz
Forbes: P.M. Kitco Metals Roundup: Gold Ends Solidly Lower on Technical Pressure
Gold prices ended the U.S. day session solidly lower and hit a fresh five-week low Monday. Fresh technical selling was featured as April Comex gold dropped back below its key 200-day moving average. April gold last traded down $18.10 at $1,648.70 an ounce. Spot gold was last quoted down $19.60 at $1,648.00. March Comex silver last traded down $0.506 at $30.935 an ounce.
Gold prices were under modest pressure in overnight trading and then those losses were extended at the New York futures opening after sell stop orders were hit below what was important near-term technical support at the late-January low of $1653.20.
321Gold: This past week in gold
Long term – on major sell signal.
Short term – on mixed signals.
Gold sector cycle – down as of Oct 13.
Clive Maund: Gold Market Update
The Big Story now is that there is evidence that powerful forces will be brought to bear shortly to support the ailing US Treasury market, which is close to crashing critical support, and those wielding the power will have no qualms about sacrificing either the commodity markets or the stockmarket to achieve this objective, if necessary. We will look at the outlook for the bond market and stockmarket later, after we have examined the gold charts and indicators.
On the 6-month chart for gold we can see that the time window for an upside breakout from the downtrend in force from last October is now rapidly closing, and the downtrend line and falling 50-day moving average, both close by overhead, looks set to force a breakdown soon from the lesser uptrend channel in force from December. The still bearish COT for silver does not help either, since it is unlikely that gold will go up without silver. The big question if gold does break down is whether the support at and near the high volume hammer low of early January will hold. It probably won't, given the way things are shaping up, and if it doesn't gold is heading down to the much more important support level at $1500.
Bloomberg: Putin Turns Black Gold to Bullion as Russia Outbuys World
When Vladimir Putin says the U.S. is endangering the global economy by abusing its dollar monopoly, he's not just talking. He's betting on it.
Not only has Putin made Russia the world's largest oil producer, he's also made it the biggest gold buyer. His central bank has added 570 metric tons of the metal in the past decade, a quarter more than runner-up China, according to IMF data compiled by Bloomberg. The added gold is also almost triple the weight of the Statue of Liberty.
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CNBC: Currency War? Here's How to Hedge It With Gold
As leaders from around the world meet this week to discuss fears of competitive currency devaluations, analysts told CNBC the currency war could lead to a sharp rise in gold prices in the second half of this year, after a falloff in the first half.
"We think a currency war will be the biggest story of 2013 when we look back on the year," Patrick Armstrong, managing partner at Armstrong Investment told CNBC on Monday.
SilverSeek: Silver Market UpdateIn the last update we called a bottom in silver the day after it put in a high-volume bull hammer early in January, and while it did reverse as expected, the short-term uptrend that developed has since stalled out in recent weeks and it now looks like it is about to reverse to the downside again.
On silver's 6-month chart we can see how the price has advanced out of the intermediate base area that formed late in December and early in January, and also how the advance has fizzled out so that another top area appears to have developed, and with the price on the uptrend line it looks like it will break below it soon, or immediately, and in so doing reverse to the downside again. The advance out of the base was anemic and the price has fallen way short of making it to the upper boundary of the larger downtrend channel, which is an ominous sign. There is still an outside chance that it could now do so – although the latest COTs offer no comfort for bulls here.
King World News: Eric Sprott – Expect $200 Silver As Financial System Implodes
Today billionaire Eric Sprott told King World News, "I'm sure we'll be seeing $100 and $200 prices for silver." Sprott also said that despite the advance in global stock markets, "There is no doubt that the path we're on is not sustainable both for the economy, and for the financial system."
Here is what Sprott had to say: "We had a negative print on GDP in the 4th quarter. The fact is I think we are on shaky ground. The shakiest part of the ground is the new numbers put out by the Department of the Treasury showing under GAAP what the true deficit was last year.
ETF Trends: Platinum, Palladium ETFs Hit 17-Month Highs
ETFs indexed to platinum group metals (PGMs) prices hit 17-month highs as Chinese car sales jumped 46% in January. Multiple factors combined to drive PGM prices to multi-year highs last week.
Ongoing signs of strength from the China's economy, together with persistent supply shortages, are providing strong price support for PGM prices, with platinum rising 2.9% and palladium 2.6% mid-last week, before easing at the end of the week. More than two million vehicles were sold in China in January, a record monthly high, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. Chinese auto-catalyst demand alone accounts for 13% of global palladium demand.
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R.K.Gupta Some people are habitual performers and their concerted & sincere efforts for betterment yield results sure shot. Himanshu Shekhar, Chief General Manager, Salal Power Station is one of the kind. Since his taking over as Head of the Salal Power Station on 03.06.2017, Power Station witnessed big initiatives for modernization of all the components of one of the oldest power stations of NHPC Limited, i.e., Power House, Dam, Jyotipuram Township, Guest Houses, Roads and what not. The jobs were taken up, touching all the areas in a phased manner with priorty on 'Quality Works'. The initiatives included installation of New Modified Runners to enhance the generation of the Power Station. Installation of New Digital Governors, Excitation System and SCADA System was also carried out successfully to improve the operation and control of Power Station. An online Flow Monitoring System was also installed successfully to measure the flow of water through turbines and Construction and Commissioning of Captive Bay is another landmark which will save about Rs. 2 Crore annually in respect of consumption of electricity for Project Colony, Office and other establishments of the Power Station. These initiatives yielded miraculous results like Power Station recorded highest ever (Since Commissioning) daily generation of 17.23 MUs on 21.08.2018, Highest ever monthly generation of 519.80 MUs in July 2018, Highest ever Monthly Plant Availability Factor of 104% during August, 2018, Enhanced generation of 3412 MUs against the MOU target of 3300 MUs, achievement of Plant Availability Factor of 84% against the target of 78% and above all, selection of Salal Power Station as 'Best Rated Power Station' of NHPC Limited during the year 2017-18 and above all, the 690 MW Salal Power Station has now been converted into 715-720 MW. 1963 born and an Engineering graduate from Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology Sh. Shekhar joined NHPC Limited in October, 1987 as Trainee Engineer (Electrical). With a vast experience of 32 years from concept to commissioning of Hydro Projects and having all the virtues of a good leader, Sh. Shekhar has worked on many tedious and prestigious Projects in India and abroad like heading of Bairasiul Power Station in Himachal Pradesh, Contracts E&M & O&M Divisions, Corporate Office of NHPC, Erection, Testing and Commissioning of Rangit Power Station, Sikkim and Kurichu HE Project, Bhutan, Erection, Testing and Commissioning of 400 KV Malda-Farakka Substation at Malda, West Bengal and a lot more. Other than the core business of Generation and Technical Modifications, Shekhar believes in providing facilities to the employees for a cozy living. The Project Colony which stood in a dilapidated condition since long prior to the joining of Sh. Shekhar is being renovated in a phased manner to the extent of looking like a new colony. Repair and black-topping of Colony Roads, Approach Roads to Dam, Power House & TRT and extensive renovation of Guest Houses has brought about a sea change in the Colony. Rest of the targets, may it be Trainings, CSR, Observance of Programmes launched by Ministeries like Swachh Bharat Pakhwaras and a number of Rajbhasha Awards for implementing Rajbhasha Policy has further bestowed laurels to Power Station under the leadership of Sh. Shekhar. The recent achievements of the Power Station have been acknowledged by the dignitaries during their visits of the Power Station viz Union Power secretary, CMD, NHPC, Director (Tech.), NHPC Limited and Parliamentary Committee on Energy. Compassionate and Generous by nature, Shekhar as Chairman of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Jyotipuram has facilitated admission of the wards of Contract Labour working for various contractors of Salal Power Station, has been promoting sports & culture by sponsoring various sports events/ local festivals and providing Medical Facilities to one and all in Project Hospital for treatment and free medicines, organizing Heart Care/Cataract Camps for locals by inviting best doctors of the country at the door step of the people, putting up in and around Reasi. Some people really make a difference. They look forward to improvements with their continued endeavours as a versatile Team Leader, caring a little for recognition. This is the only reason that such people who are part of the NHPC family have made NHPC the Premier Organisation to tap Hydro Potential in the country and abroad. (The writer is Sr. Manager (PR) with NHPC)
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text: Home > Medical > Colds and flu > Overview Updated 06 March 2019 Symptoms of the common cold Learn more about the typical symptoms of the common cold. 0 One to three days after exposure, a cold begins with a sore throat, discomfort in the nose, and sneezing. This is soon followed by a running nose and feeling unwell.Colds are typically not associated with high fever (fever shouldn't reach more than 38.5°C). Headache, tiredness and muscle aches can occur. The watery secretions thicken during the first day and become yellow or green in colour due to the presence of white cells. This is the time when bacterial infection might worsen the illness. Since the lining of the upper airways is now inflamed, it's easier for normal bacteria inhabiting the surfaces to invade.In addition, blockage of the narrow air passageways from the nose to the sinuses allows accumulation of mucous secretions in the sinuses in which bacteria can multiply.Similarly, the Eustachian tube that stretches from the throat to the middle ear can close up, leading to middle ear infection (otitis media). In children, the virus itself can cause middle ear and sinus infections.A post-nasal drip, where infected secretions run down the back of the throat (often causing an uncomfortable burning sensation), isn't an uncommon sequel of a cold.Laryngitis and inflammation of the trachea can be consequences of the variable extension of the viral and/or bacterial infection into the upper airways. Inflammation and swelling of the vocal cords (so that they no longer move properly) is what causes the loss of voice in laryngitis.Further progression down the airways leads to bronchitis. Coughing is due to the irritation of the linings of these airways. Coughing is often worse in bed at night or on rising in the morning due to movement of secretions in response to a change in position. If other symptoms are improving, and the cough doesn't persist and isn't productive, it isn't a cause for concern.Colds can also worsen other underlying illnesses. Chronic bronchitis due to smoking, for example, can flare up with increased coughing and sputum production. It can significantly worsen the spasm of the airways in someone who has asthma, resulting in a sudden asthmatic episode.When no complications occur, a cold should be over in four to 10 days. Reviewed by Cape Town-based general practitioner, Dr Dalia Hack. March 2019.Read more:- Risk factors for a cold- How are colds diagnosed? Ask the Expert Flu expert Dr Heidi van Deventer completed her MBChB (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) degree in 2004 at the University of Stellenbosch. She has additional training in ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) and PALS (Paediatric Advanced Life Support) as well as biostatistics and epidemiology. Dr Van Deventer is currently working as a researcher at the Desmond Tutu Tuberculosis Centre at the University of Stellenbosch. Ask a question Questions posted to Flu expert questions answered by the expert Q: What is laryngitis? posted on 08/12/2019 Q: Can/should I get a flue vaccine so late in the year? posted on 16/10/2019 Q: Can your body get resistant against famucaps pills? posted on 21/08/2019 Q: Is there mercury in flu vaccines? posted on 02/07/2019 Q: 26yr old male, Johannesburg - flu and bronchitis in week 5! posted on 20/06/2019 Q: natural remedy posted on 19/06/2019 Q: Soar throat and swollen tonsils posted on 15/06/2019 Q: UK Flu Jab posted on 30/05/2019 Q: Can I use Adco Amoxyclav BD 1000 to treat for Bilharzia posted on 30/05/2019 Q: medlemon and breathing posted on 20/05/2019 Q: Will people understand if I have the flu and have to wear a mask? posted on 13/05/2019 Q: What is the price for a flu shot? posted on 02/05/2019 Q: Can a cold trigger a kidney infection? posted on 26/04/2019 Q: Flu vaccine makes me moody. posted on 17/04/2019 Q: Stomach flu two and a half months apart posted on 04/04/2019 load more × Still have a question? Get free advice from our panel of experts Your question More detail Your name (optional) The information provided does not constitute a diagnosis of your condition. You should consult a medical practitioner or other appropriate health care professional for a physical exmanication, diagnosis and formal advice. Health24 and the expert accept no responsibility or liability for any damage or personal harm you may suffer resulting from making use of this content. I agree * You must accept our condition To prevent spam please solve this simple math problem: Forum Rules


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Honda Bikes are the "Dhak Dhak" of India. Indians are like sustaining the oldest kinship with Honda. Not for one or two decades however since 1959, this automobile producer (esp. Bikes) has been the world's largest motorcycle producers. The merchandise, it produces get offered worldwide. Being a Japanese company where every type of know-how will get originated, Hondaproducts additionally receive the advanced expertise. Bikes from Honda are just like the intimate buddies of Indian bike riders. At very a lot inexpensive worth, with developed Engine 'CC' Hondabikes have always been allure largest numbers of shoppers after its each launch.
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It's always good to keep your smelly socks away from your good garments. How many times have you ever gone into your baggage and found which you could't determine whether or not you've worn these socks once before or not? This motorbike was initially built for racing and was powered by a one-cylinder gasoline combustion engine.
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It was a grand day in heaven in the present day, God out of the kindness of his coronary heart had organized a day at the races and plenty of angels of all rankings had been expected to be in attendance. I imply, it is not on daily basis that God arranges bike race days and as we speak was not one to be missed.
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Motorcycling is cool. Listed under are the totally different advantages of motorcycle driving: The dependence on utilizing non-renewable sources might be minimized. 5. Having a motorcycle can make you stop anywhere and will be pulled over anytime. I suppose this takes the cake, then. Actually there are some motorcycle fairing sorts which were banned from racing. The historical past of the Harley-Davidson bike started in Milwaukee in 1903.
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The Dow Jones continued to reveal its vulnerability on Monday, as the index traded down 267 factors (0.85%) to 26,019.
Most of the injury was completed on the opening bell, with protests in Hong Kong, a shocking vote in Argentina, and Jeffrey Epstein fallout including to a potent soup of bearish information for world threat urge for food.
Truly Global Risks Weigh on Dow Jones
As if the numerous commerce standoff between the US and China was not sufficient, escalating tensions between Hong Kong protesters and the federal government are beginning to be taken significantly by stock markets.
There was additionally an apparently bearish response from Wall Street as Attorney General William Barr commented on "serious irregularities" within the dealing with of Jeffrey Epstein in Federal Custody. Fears are rising that there's going to be some dramatic political fallout from the custody suicide. The proven fact that Trump was tweeting a conspiracy theory over the weekend is definitely including to the instability.
JUST IN: Attorney General William Barr says the Department of Justice has realized of "serious irregularities" on the federal facility the place Jeffery Epstein died and that the division's Inspector General will "get the bottom of what happened."
— NPR (@NPR) August 12, 2019
More issues for the Dow emerged as another populist domino fell, this time in Argentina. Concerns mounted each over the dangers to the South American nation as properly as the contagion which may unfold from a deepening financial disaster there.
European inventory markets swooned as home banks took a serious hit from falling yields. Commerzbank inventory hit a record low.
Trump Unlikely to Pump Stock Market Anytime Soon
Predicting the route of the Dow Jones and forecasting the commerce ways of Donald Trump go hand in hand.
Unfortunately, Kathy Lien – managing director at BK Asset Management – believes that inventory bulls hoping for a speedy decision to the commerce warfare standoff are prone to be disenchanted.
"It's clear that President Trump has no plans to make a deal with China this far from the 2020 election. He's on a rampage to show his constituents that he's fulfilling the promises that he's made in 2016 and in doing so he's hurting the markets and the US dollar."
Dow Stocks: Goldman Sachs Falls, Apple Rises
After bouncing off its 200-day moving average, Dow Jones bears look like promoting the current rally.
Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Chase had been each important losers, with the previous down 2.4% amid the parabolic surge in world bonds. Pfizer was the worst performer, shedding over 2.96% as uncertainty swirled over a potential dividend reduction.
Apple and Johnson and Johnson had been the one Dow 30 shares shining in inexperienced, although each positive aspects had been extraordinarily reasonable.
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Being a spectator of a crisis that is befalling other people, but one which you think are completely safe from, can put you in a pretty interesting mindset. You can either follow all the details of the crisis or you can just elect to completely ignore and instead devote your time to other ventures like playing on online casino in India. However, perceiving Brexit to be a crisis that isn't going to affect other countries in any way whatsoever is a folly.
The relationship between the European Union and The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was always sketchy. A relationship that reached its conclusion in 2016, when the people of the UK formally voted to leave the EU. Since then what has followed has been nothing short of an international crisis that has been getting worse and worse with each passing month as the deadline for the official exit approaches.
UK and EU were supposed to reach a deal as to how the island nation would depart from the EU and what would their relationship be like once they had separated. However, such a deal has still not been reached and the original deadline date has already come and gone.
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If a deal isn't reached before UK exits from EU then the consequences can be catastrophic for both parties as well as harm the entire global market which can end up hurting all the other countries on the planet.
The UK might end up in a worse position than they were during either of the World Wars as food and medicine shortages are expected to occur in a 'No-Deal' scenario and the less said about what is going to happen to immigration the better.
Why hasn't there been a deal yet?
Theresa May became the prime minister because the people saw her as someone who can reach the best possible deal for Brexit. A task she has utterly failed to do until now.
The biggest reason that there hasn't been a deal is because of the massive split in the British Parliament about what sort of exit they actually want. Some MPs want a 'Hard Exit' while others would prefer a 'Soft Exit.' The Prime Minister has been trying to reach a middle ground but that hasn't materialized yet and all her proposals have been rejected. One of her proposals was rejected so hard by the parliament that it became the biggest historic defeat for any bill ever introduced in the parliament by a prime minister.
What Now?
Theresa May managed to convince the EU leaders to delay the deadline for a deal till 12th April but everything seems to indicate that it still won't be enough. Now she's trying to get them to push the deadline back further till June 30, something the EU is against because of the oncoming European Parliamentary Elections.
As such other major political figures in the UK have started to take independent action to force the prime minister's hand in making a proper decision.
The Second referendum?
Somewhat amusingly, Brexit is quite reversible before it officially takes place. This would simply solve all the problems both the EU and UK have been facing because of Brexit. For a lot of people, this would be the best case scenario.
All it would take to reverse the Brexit is a second public referendum, which many experts believe will have a very different outcome than the one its predecessor did.
However, Theresa May has made it absolutely clear that she has no plans of ever holding a second referendum and neither is she going to overturn the result of the first one, something which she legally has the right to do.
While many are angry at her for not overturning Brexit herself, it should also be considered that the first referendum to leave the EU was a public one where millions of people made their will known, which is not something that any democratic government should ignore.
This, unfortunately, means that a second public referendum on whether UK should remain the EU or not is extremely unlikely at this point and a 'No-Deal' Scenario seems to be the only possible option of both parties.
A referendum on the exit deal
However, there might still be hope. In a letter by 80 Labor Party MPs, they are stating that they would give their support to the prime minister to reach an exit deal only if the final deal was approved by a public referendum before it became official.
The letter states," "Theresa May has been clear that the legally binding part of the Brexit deal, the Withdrawal Agreement, cannot be renegotiated.
"This means that the only concessions Labour could obtain will be non-binding assurances about the future relationship.
Any future Tory prime minister could simply rip up these 'guarantees' after Theresa May leaves office, and it is the stated aim of the vast majority of Tory MPs to do precisely this.
"The only way to guarantee jobs, rights, and protections - and Labour's reputation with its membership and the electorate - is to support a confirmatory public vote on any option which is agreed by Parliament, which will put additional pressure on the Government to hold the early general election the country needs."
While definitely something of a nuclear option, at this point this seems like the only way the UK government will ever be able to avoid the 'no-deal' doomsday scenario.


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Staunton motorcycle rider dies on I-81
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY – A Staunton man on a motorcycle, possibly driving back from a baseball game in D.C., was hit by a truck and then a car early Saturday morning. He died in the rainy nighttime accident.
Samuel Lee Crowe, 59, was riding his 2003 Harley toward Staunton on Interstate 81. He was struck about 1:16 a.m. by a tractor-trailer, said state police.
He then was hit by a 2007 Cadillac driven by a New Jersey man.
Cops and emergency personnel rushed to the scene, but Crowe died.
Sgt. F.L. Tyler said no one else was injured. He had no details about the accident's cause.
A driver from Roanoke, Ronnie R. Richardson, 25, was behind the wheel of the truck.
The accident happened in the southbound lanes, near the 254 mile marker.
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