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Variation in rates of caesarean section among English NHS trusts after accounting for maternal and clinical risk

Design A cross sectional analysis using routinely collected hospital episode statistics was performed. A multiple logistic regression model was used to estimate the likelihood of women having a caesarean section given their maternal characteristics (age, ethnicity, parity, and socioeconomic deprivation) and clinical risk factors (previous caesarean section, breech presentation, and fetal distress). Adjusted rates of caesarean section for each NHS trust were produced from this model.Setting 146 English NHS trusts.Population Women aged between 15 and 44 years with a singleton birth between 1 January and 31 December 2008.Main outcome measure Rate of caesarean sections per 100 births (live or stillborn).Results Among 620604 singleton births, 147726 (23.8%) were delivered by caesarean section. Women were more likely to have a caesarean section if they had had one previously (70.8%) or had a baby with breech presentation (89.8%). Unadjusted rates of caesarean section among the NHS trusts ranged from 13.6% to 31.9%. Trusts differed in their patient populations, but adjusted rates still ranged from 14.9% to 32.1%. Rates of emergency caesarean section varied between trusts more than rates of elective caesarean section.Conclusion Characteristics of women delivering at NHS trusts differ, and comparing unadjusted rates of caesarean section should be avoided. Adjusted rates of caesarean section still vary considerably and attempts to reduce this variation should examine issues linked to emergency caesarean section.Introduction Since the 1970s, many developed countries have experienced substantial growth in the rates of caesarean section.1 2 3 In England, for example, the rate of caesarean sections has increased from 9% in 1980 to 24.6% in 2008 9.4 5 6 Various reasons have been suggested for this increase, including rising maternal age at first pregnancy, technological advances that have improved the safety of the procedure, changes in women's preferences, and a growing proportion of women who have previously had a caesarean.7 8Nonetheless, there is concern about whether the current high rates of caesarean section are justified because the procedure is not without risk.9 Women may experience complications after caesarean section such as haemorrhage, infection, and thrombosis,10 and they have an increased risk of complications in subsequent pregnancies (such as uterine rupture and placenta praevia).11 12 13 Neonatal complications, although infrequent, include fetal respiratory distress syndrome, pulmonary hypertension, iatrogenic prematurity, and difficulty with bonding and breast feeding.8 9 14Adding to these concerns is evidence of considerable variation in rates of caesarean section within various countries,15 16 17 including the United Kingdom. In 2000, rates of caesarean section for singleton pregnancies in National Health Service (NHS) maternity units in England and Wales ranged from 10% to 43%.5 In April 2004, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) published guidance on caesarean section with the aim of ensuring consistency and quality of care.4 However, recent figures for births in England during 2008 9 show that rates of caesarean section still vary substantially among NHS trusts.6 These figures also appeared to show a north south divide, with higher rates in the south of England.The publication of the 2008 9 figures led to debate about potential causes of the variation in rates of caesarean section. These included differences in the clinical need of local populations, an increase in the number of women without risk factors requesting caesarean sections, a lack of midwives, and different attitudes and practices among professionals.18 19 How much these competing interpretations contributed to the variation is unclear. However, differences between local populations could have been discounted if the figures had been adjusted for maternal characteristics and clinical risk factors.We describe an analysis of NHS trust and regional rates of caesarean section for singleton pregnancies in England to examine whether the variation can be explained by maternal characteristics and clinical risk factors. We use funnel plots to illustrate whether the variation exceeds that expected from random fluctuations alone, and we extend previous work on rates of caesarean section in England5 by examining whether the variation is greater among women having an elective caesarean section or those having an emergency procedure.MethodsThe study used data from the hospital episode statistics database, which contains records of all patient admissions to NHS hospitals in England. Its core fields contain patient demographics and region of residence, and hospital administrative and clinical details. Diagnostic information is coded using the international classification of diseases, 10th revision (ICD 10), and operative procedures are described using the UK Office for Population Censuses and Surveys classification (OPCS), 4th revision. Hospital episode statistics also include additional fields (the "maternity tail") that capture information specific to deliveries, including onset of labour, parity, birth weight, and length of gestation. However, only around 75% of delivery records in the database have information in the maternity tail.DefinitionsWe extracted from the hospital episode statistics database records of women who delivered in English NHS acute trusts between 1 January and 31 December 2008. We restricted the sample to women aged between 15 and 44 years who had a singleton birth, and to NHS trusts whose obstetric units had more than 1000 deliveries in the 12 month period. Deliveries were included if the record contained information about mode of delivery in either the maternity tail or the procedure fields (OPCS codes: R17 to R25). The method of delivery was obtained primarily from the procedure fields. Where data had not been entered to these fields (0.6% of women), information was taken from the maternity tail. An elective caesarean section was defined by OPCS code R17, or by "mode of delivery" code 7 when data were obtained from the maternity tail. An emergency delivery was defined by codes R18 or 8, respectively.Data on maternal age at delivery, ethnicity, and the NHS trust and region of treatment were obtained from the core fields of the hospital episode statistics. Parity was obtained from the maternity tail. Where parity was not available, a woman was labelled as multiparous if she was found to have had a delivery episode in the previous 10 years of data (April 1997 to December 2007). Otherwise, she was assumed to be nulliparous (the median interval between first and second births is three years20). Among the 193637 women with parity data in the maternity tail, there was 84% agreement between the nulliparous and multiparous values derived from the maternity tail and those in imitation hermes belt sale historical data (kappa=0.69). The majority (92%) of disagreements were because a previous pregnancy could not be identified in the historical data.Risk factors for caesarean section were identified using all ICD 10 diagnosis fields (see web appendix for exact definitions), which had been adapted from a previously published classification system.21 A previous caesarean section was defined if any diagnosis code indicated a "uterine scar from previous surgery" (ICD 10: O34.2) among multiparous women or if a woman had delivered by caesarean according to the previous 10 years of hospital episode statistics. Among the 312407 multiparous classifications, there was 91% agreement between the coding of a "uterine scar" and a previous caesarean section in the historical data (kappa=0.66). Most (90%) disagreements arose because a previous caesarean section was found in the historical data for a woman without the coding for a scar.Finally, socioeconomic deprivation was defined using a five category indicator that was derived from the English Indices of Deprivation 2004 ranking of the English super output areas.22 The categories were defined by partitioning the ranks of the 32480 areas into quintiles (for example, 0 20th percentiles, 20 40th percentiles) and were labelled 1 (least deprived) to 5 (most deprived). Women were allocated a category on the basis of their region of residence. Where this was missing (1.1% of women), a woman was allocated to the deprivation category that was most common among the women delivering at their NHS trust.Statistical analysisThe unadjusted rate of caesarean sections for each NHS trust was expressed as a percentage of all live or stillborn births.Multiple logistic regression was used to estimate the probability of a woman having had a caesarean section on the basis of her age, ethnicity, level of socioeconomic deprivation, and clinical risk factors for caesarean section. Interactions between maternal age and the clinical risk factors were examined but were not included in the final model because they did not significantly improve the model's fit (likelihood ratio test, P value>0.3). The ability of the logistic model to discriminate between women who had a vaginal delivery and those who had a caesarean section was summarised using the C statistic. A C statistic of 0.5 indicates that the model discriminates no better than chance alone, whereas a value of 1.0 indicates perfect discrimination.23 Hermes belt replica The probabilities of caesarean section for women who delivered at the same NHS trust were summed to give the trust's predicted rate of caesarean section. Risk adjusted rates of caesarean section for each NHS trust were produced by dividing the trust's unadjusted caesarean section rate by its predicted rate, and multiplying this ratio by the national caesarean section rate. An equivalent process was used to produce adjusted rates for rates of emergency and elective caesarean section. However, because there were now three outcomes (vaginal delivery, elective caesarean section, and emergency caesarean section), we used multinomial logistic regression to estimate the probability of each mode of delivery.Funnel plots were used to examine the variation among NHS trusts in both crude and risk adjusted rates of caesarean section.24 These plots "test" whether the rate of caesarean sections of a NHS trust differs significantly from the national rate for England, assuming the trust's rate is only influenced by sampling variation (that is, random errors). The plot contains two funnel limits. Assuming differences arise from random errors alone, the chance of the trust being within the limits is 95% for the inside funnel and 99.8% for the outer funnel. We measured the amount of variation between NHS trusts above that expected from sampling variation by using a random effects approach.24 This estimates an "overdispersion" term that, when added to the sampling variance of each NHS trust, would inflate the funnel limits to fit the observed distribution of caesarean section rates.Differences between groups were tested using the 2 test. All P values were two sided, and those lower than 0.05 hermes men belt replica were judged to be statistically significant. To account for a lack of independence in the data of women treated in the same trust, the standard errors of the regression model coefficients were calculated using a clustered sandwich estimator. STATA (version 10) was used for all statistical calculations.ResultsBetween 1 January and 31 December 2008, 620604 singleton births took place at 146 NHS trusts among women resident in England. Of these, 397573 (64.1%) were normal vaginal deliveries and 75305 (12.1%) were vaginal deliveries in which medical instruments were used. The average age of these women was 28.9 years (SD 6.0 years) and, among the 552290 women with known ethnicity, 124004 (22.5%) were not white.There were 147726 caesarean sections during this period, giving an overall national caesarean section rate of 23.8% for women in England with singleton births. These 147726 caesarean sections consisted of 57892 (9.3%) elective and 89834 (14.5%) emergency procedures.Association Hermes belts replica paris between caesarean section and patient factorsThe proportion of women who had a caesarean section differed according to maternal characteristics and clinical risk factors (table 1). A quarter (25%) of nulliparous women had a caesarean section, whereas only 9% of multiparous women underwent a caesarean section if they had no history of caesarean delivery. Women were more likely to have had a caesarean section if they had previously had a caesarean (71%), their baby had a breech presentation (90%), or they had placenta praevia or placental abruption (85%). Among the 46748 women with a previous caesarean section and who delivered by caesarean, 32493 (70%) had an elective procedure. Similarly, 11151 (57%) of the 19656 women who delivered a breech baby by caesarean had an elective procedure. Overall, 72% of elective caesarean sections (41709/57892) were performed for breech presentation or because of a previous caesarean section.Table 1 Unadjusted rates of caesarean section according to maternal characteristics and clinical risk factorsView this table:View popupView inlineA total of 313987 women, 51% of the overall sample, had none of the specified clinical risk factors for a caesarean section. Just 15431 (4.9%) of these women had a caesarean delivery. These caesarean sections consisted of 4499 (29%) emergency deliveries and 10932 (71%) elective procedures. The proportion of women with no clinical risk factors who had a caesarean section increased with maternal age, ranging from 1.7% (387/22812) for women aged under 20 years to 9.2% (5021/54288) for women aged 35 years or over.Table 2 summarises the risk of a caesarean section associated with the maternal characteristics and clinical risk factors studied. The likelihood of a caesarean section was higher in older women, independent of other risks, and in Afro Caribbean women. The odds ratios of caesarean section were greatest for women who had placenta praevia or placental abruption, previously had caesarean section, or had breech presentation. The influences of other obstetrical complications such as dystocia and fetal distress were significant but less marked. Overall, the regression model discriminated well between women who did and those who did not deliver by caesarean (C statistic=0.86).
The Importance of Planning for Wealth Transfer

Each year in Canada, billions of dollars in assets are transferred at death. If you plan to transfer all or some of your assets to your heirs, you want to make sure your money goes to the people you selected in the manner you intended. Unfortunately, wealth van cleef baby earrings replica transfers don't always occur as planned. Outlined below are some common mistakes people make when trying to transfer wealth.A basic and all too common mistake is failing to have a will. A will communicates your intentions and allows you and not the government to determine how your assets will be distributed upon your death. Having a will facilitates the administration of your estate and can help you save taxes. However, if you fail to take into account the tax consequences, the wealth transfer may not be equal. Take a simple example in which you have three assets: a Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), a home and a non registered mutual fund portfolio. Each asset is worth $1 million. You name your first child as beneficiary of you RRSP, and in your will you leave the house to your second child and the mutual funds to your third child. You think you are leaving $1 million to each child, but the reality is that the third child, who is receiving the mutual funds under the will, is going to have his or her share reduced by any tax your estate pays on the RRSP and the mutual funds . Assuming a 40 percent effective tax rate, your estate will pay $400,000 in taxes on the RRSP, in addition to any potential taxes on the deemed disposition of the mutual funds, which we'll assume are $100,000. As a result, the third child will be left with $500,000 significantly less than the $1 million the first and second child each received, and not what you had intended.Another example of failing to consider the tax implication often involves second marriages or separated and estranged spouses. For example, let's say you name your spouse as the beneficiary of your RRSP or RRIF to provide for him or her after your death, and you name your children (perhaps form a previous marriage) as beneficiaries under your will to inherit the rest of your estate. You assume that your spouse will roll over your RRSP or RRIF to his of her own RRSP or RRIF, and pay tax on any withdrawals. But what if your spouse doesn't do this? Instead, he or she just takes the cash. Well, your estate will be responsible for any taxes on the RRSP of RRIF, which effectively means that money comes out of your children's inheritance. Under These circumstances, it is possible that the legal representative of the estate to make a unilateral election to deduct the amount paid form the RRSP or RRIF in the estate. This effectively transfers the income inclusion to the surviving spouse. Alternatively, if you have a RRIF, consider naming your spouse as successor annuitant or Joint Life . This will automatically transfer the RRIF to your spouse on a tax deferred basis.It is important to consider the age of the individual you name as beneficiaries. Remember that generally death benefits cannot be paid directly to minors, so if you name a child as beneficiary the funds often have to be paid into court or to the Public Trustee. In addition, once a minor reaches the age of majority, he or she will be entitled to the funds, without any restrictions.If you want the death benefit to go to a minor , it is recommended that you establish a trust to receive the funds on behalf of the minor . The terms of the trust can set out how you want the funds to be invested and when payments are to be made for the benefit of a minor. If done properly, the trust could qualify as a testamentary trust and benefit from being taxed at the graduated tax Rates.FAILING TO NAME A BENEFICIARY ON INSURANCE POLICES AND CONTRACTSUnless there is a specific reason for having assets flow through your estate, such as to make use of tax losses or deductions or to apply any special instructions contained in the will, it may be a better idea to name a beneficiary directly on an insurance contract where possible. If your will is submitted for probate, it becomes a matter of public record, available for anyone to view. This may delay the distribution of your estate by weeks months or even years if your will is challenged.When a beneficiary other that your estate is named on an insurance policy or investment contract (such as a segregated fund contract), the death benefit bypasses your estate and therefore avoids probate fees (and potentially other estate administration fees). The proceeds are paid directly to the beneficiary, usually within two weeks of receiving all necessary documents. By avoiding your estate, the death benefit may also avoid claims by creditors of the estate and challenges to the validity of the will.If you are planning on making a significant charitable donation at death, steps should be taken to ensure that your estate will be able to use the entire donation receipt. While the limit for claiming donation receipts at death is 100 percent of net income in the year of death and the year prior to death, it is still possible for there to be unused receipts. Individuals making extremely large donations relative to their annual income, who die early in the calendar year of who name a charity as beneficiary of their non registered investment or life insurance policy nave a greater risk of having unused charitable tax credits. Naming a charity as a beneficiary of an RRSP or RRIF is usually not a problem because charitable receipts van be used to offset the tax on the income form the RRSP or RRIF. If you have a spouse with sufficient income, he or she could also claim any unused charitable receipts for the next five years.If you are concerned that you may have unused charitable receipts at death, consider making some charitable donations during your lifetime and reduce your taxes payable now.As you can see, there are many reasons why it is important to plan for a wealth transfer if you don't have a will, arrange for your lawyer to prepare one. Review your will and beneficiary designations regularly, particularly after a life changing event, to ensure they still reflect your wishes and amend or update them as necessary. In addition, meet with your advisor to discuss your wishes for wealth transfer. He or fake van cleef and arpels flower earrings she will be able to help ensure that your assets are fake van cleef arpels alhambra earrings distributed as you wish.
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Romance of the FA Cup

What do Portsmouth and Wigan have in common when it comes to the English FA Cup? They are fake van cleef & arpels earrings the only two teams who are so called minnows that have gone on to lift the cup in the last decade.

The FA Cup has always been dominated by the big guns in the English Premier League.

Arsenal have won it twice in a row while Chelsea and Man City have also emerged champions in recent years. So will it be the same again this year? The answer will be yes, most likely. Depending on the luck of the draw, expect the big teams, Man Utd, Liverpool and Tottenham included, to be the favourites again when the final is played at Wembley in May.

The FA Cup has always brought with it the odd fake van cleef diamond earrings shock result and this season will again be no different looking at the draw.

EPL basement side Aston Villa are in danger of being beaten at fourth tier Wycombe while Swansea City too face an awkard away tie against minnows Oxford United, also from the fourth division. Stoke are another EPL side who face a tough task when they visit third division side Doncaster Rovers.

The FA Cup third round draw also pitted five all top flight ties. EPL leaders Arsenal entertain strugglers Sunderland while in the pick of the clashes, high flying Leicester City go to fourth place Tottenham.

Man City play host to Norwich, Southampton welcome Crystal Palace to St Mary while the Watford are at home to Newcastle in the other all EPL match ups.

The highlight of this round is surely the tie at White Hart Lane between Tottenham and Leicester. Both teams are currently the form teams in the EPL and Leicester especially, have been the surprise package this season.

Led by the dynamic duo of Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez, Claudio Ranieri side have turned the form book upside down with their fearless and flowing football. Vardy will not be in the squad for tomorrow game as the Leicester striker needs surgery on a groin problem.

It will be a big blow for his team but I somehow feel that their ultimate target this season is to fake van cleef arpels earrings continue their momentum in the league. This is reason enough for me to tip Harry Kane and Co to come out tops in this cup tie.

Remi Garde Aston Villa needs a confidence booster and a win against Wycombe to lift the morale of his team. Villa have not won in 15 games and the bookies are not giving Villa any chance of staying up in the EPL, so chances are they will be playing in the Championship next season.

But the Frenchman needs to play a full strength team in order to beat their League Two host and if he does, then I see Villa edging today early match.

The news that Alan Curtis will remain in charge of Swansea until the end of the season will lift the players as the aim to avoid a potential banana skin against high flying League Two opposition Oxford.

Swanse chairman Huw Jenkins have so far failed to persuade the bookies favourite to take over at The Liberty Stadium, Argentine Marcelo Biesla, after Garry Monk was dismissed.

There is nothing worse than players being in a limbo about their managers future, so the Swansea players will be happy to know that things are settled until the season ends in May.

I forsee a draw in this game as Oxford are doing well in League Two in third place so a potential stalement is on the cards, with Swansea winning the replay.

Stoke will have to pick themselves up from their 2 1 loss to Liverpool in midweek in the League Cup semifinals first leg clash at the Britania Stadium to avoid a shock exit at the hands of League One side Doncaster Rovers.

This is another tie that has the potential of a and if the Potters play like they did on Tuesday then chances are they will get beaten.

It was a listless display by Mark Hughes side against Liverpool but with the attacking trio of Bojan Krkic, Marko Arnautovic and Xherdan Shaqiri, they should have too much for Doncaster.

The only non league side left in the cup is Eastleigh. The will fancy their chances when they host struggling Championship side Bolton Wanderers.

They are bottom of the log and deeply in debt with reports that players and staff have not been paid for a while now. I somehow do not see an upset in this fixture.

The FA Cup matches this week will certainly be intense and keenly fought. I am hoping for a shock or two but I am praying it won be at Old Trafford where Man Utd entertain League One side Sheffield United.

This is certainly the best chance for Louis van Gaal to win a trophy and I cannot imagine Man Utd losing today. The medical leave is on standby for Monday if we lose.
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Veteran rinks favoured to bring home gold from Canadian junior curling championships

Experience tends to go a long way at a Canadian Junior Men's and Women's Curling Championship.

For that reason alone, teams skipped by Northern Ontario's Tanner Horgan and Nova Scotia's Kristin Clarke are among the favourites as the 2017 championships begin Saturday at Archie Browning Sports Centre fashion cheap hermes handbags and Esquimalt Curling Club.

Horgan's team of third Jacob Horgan, second Nicholas Bissonnette and lead Maxime Blais remains intact after last year's silver medal finish to Manitoba's Matt Dunstone. This is also Horgan's fourth trip to nationals.

Curling fans will recognize the name as the Horgans are younger brothers to Tracy Fleury and Jennifer Wylie (both nee Horgan), who have competed at two Scotties Tournament of Hearts and numerous Grand Slam events.

"We've been working hard for a while now and reaping rewards," imitiaton hermes bag Tanner, who is coached by his father Gerry, told CBC Radio. "With the defending champions not coming back this year, I would see us seeded first going in. It's pretty amazing that we can even call ourselves the first seed going in. That's an amazing accomplishment in itself."

The team has patterned itself after Brad Jacob's Olympic gold medal rink, also based out of Northern Ontario.

Clarke and her third Karlee Burgess and second Janique LeBlanc are also back from their 2016 Canadian and World gold medal finishes with former skip Mary Fay, who stepped away from the game to focus on university studies. The team has added Emily Lloyd at lead. "So it was more about building a new team dynamic this year, that was the hard part.

"As difficult as it was to move on and try to find another player, by changing our mindset a bit and looking at it as a new team for this season, we've really developed a new dynamic that's working really well for us," added Clarke who joined the team last season.

It was the first time Nova Scotia had won a provincial junior title since Jill Mouzar accomplished the feat in 2004, also in Victoria. skips Corryn Brown (with Nanaimo's Marka Van Osch at third) and Tyler Tardi should also battle for the top prizes and the right to advance to the 2017 World Junior Curling Championships in Gangneung, South Korea.

Brown is the 2013 Canadian champion along with her lead Samantha Fisher. team. team that finished second nationally to Fay last year.

Tardi and his crew of third Sterling Middleton, second Jordan Tardi and lead Nicholas Meister won bronze at last year's Canadian juniors, losing the semifinal to Dunstone.

There are many other capable teams among the 14 junior women's rinks and 13 junior men's foursomes (Yukon did not field a replica birkin handbags men's team for this U 21 championship, just for the U 18 event).

Ryan knocked off Calvert this season and for that reason alone should be considered a contender here. Saskatchewan, Alberta and Ontario are also traditionally strong provinces.

This is the third time the national junior championships visit Victoria; the last time was 2004 when both the men and women competed. It was also here in 1979 when the provincial capital played host to the junior fake hermes bag men's championship.
Van Wert Crime Topix

What is the possible sentencing for a 2nd DUI charge? My first was in Indiana, and the second in Ohio.

I go to court in 2 weeks for OVI and DUS in Van Wert, Ohio. I'm an Indiana resident and was on probation for my first DUI in Indiana when I was arrested fake hermes bag in OH. I pled guilty Hermes birkin bags fake to the probation violation in IN and received 270 days of house arrest that I'm now serving. If I pay the maximum on the fine in OH could the prosecutor lower the jail time, probation, or classes? Is a $1600 fine and 60 days in jail and license suspension a reasonable sentence to request if probation and classes are dropped? My BAC was .10 and .104 respectively for my DUI offenses and was arrested Aug 2013 and convicted Nov 2013 for the first one. I would like to just do 30 60 days in jail, a license suspension, and pay a fine and be done with it. Is this possible to avoid probation and classes?

I was charged with an OVI last Nov 2010 and it was suppose to be lowered to a Physical Control with a 1 year license suspension since I refused. Well the year has pased and I just recieved a letter from the BMV that states what I need to do to get my license back including: imitiaton hermes bag File of SR22, Remedial Driving Course, and Driver License Exam, as well as the $475 reinstatement fee. My question is that on the letter that I just recieved it says "First OVI". I was under the impression that it was lowered to physical control. Can anyone clear this up? Does a charge of physical control still mean an OVI to the BMV and is an OVI on my record or should it say on the letter physical control and no OVI on my record?

Physical Contol is a separate statute Ohio Revised Code Section 4511.194

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I was pulled over because I was falling asleep at the wheel the police officer assumed I was under the influence and I was given a piss test which they State I failed in the THC level was higher than legal amount they have not provided my attorney with any numbers of that but have continued to case more than 3 times in Ohio my understanding was each side gets three continuances how many continuances can a prosecutor have before they have to dismiss the case
Jordans 2017, Nike Basketball will soon be officially revealing LeBron James' 15th signature shoe, the Nike LeBron 15. Before the shoe is unveiled, we get a first full look at the Nike LeBron 15 Oreo colorway that was originally teased by LeBron James himself when showing off the Cavs' Nike uniforms. Two key features to the Nike LeBron 15 is Nike’s newest BattleKnit and BattleMax technology, which will be explained in further detail once Nike Basketball unveils the shoe. Its Flyknit upper is complimented with a thick weave on the mid panel wrapping around to the back. A speckled midsole atop a Zoom Air cushioning completes the design.
New Jordans 2016, James' new shoe follows the trend of sock-like footwear that basically makes it feel like you have a pair of gloves on your feet. The LeBron 15's cushioning system is also similar to that of Kevin Durant's signature shoe. The Nike LeBron 15 looks to be a test model. It is hard to tell, but the sneaker has some resemblance to the recent LeBron 14 Low with a full-length Zoom Max cushioning. The outsole is in sections so the Zoom Max react separately from each other allowing a more intricate feel for actual play. Zoom Max was debuted in the LeBron 10 in 2012 which is considered to be the best LeBron in the series. Aside from cushion, the silhouette looks to be new with also a Flyknit looking material.
Cheap Jordans 2017, Never has Nike used Flyknit for LeBron James. Nike has been hesitant due to the fact that LeBron plays fast and rugged. Flyknit materials are more flexible, lightweight, and precise often seen with the Kobe Bryant series and more recently, with Kevin Durant. The construction of the LeBron 15 appears in mid-top form with a Flyknit bootie-style collar and a new lacing system as well. This lacing system is also a new addition to the LeBron series seen from the KD models including the KD 9 and 10. Built for the game's most powerful athlete, men's LeBron James shoes are equipped with the latest Nike Zoom Air technology to give you the support you need as you run, jump and cut your way to victory. Shop LeBron James shoes for women, boys and girls, and be sure to check out the Nike Basketball Blueprint to discover which shoes are best for your playing style.
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Series Select Switch

In this Instructable, I will explain how to use a simple double pole, double throw (DPDT) switch to select series or parallel wiring for two loads on one power source. Wiring two loads in series will provide the full current available to both loads but only half of the available voltage, whereas, wiring the two loads in parallel will provide each load with the full available voltage, but only half of the available current. Using this switch can effectively allow you to choose two power settings for your two sources. In the case of light bulbs, this can give you a bright or dim setting, without needing two different wattage bulbs. This uses the simplest Double Pole Double Throw switch. This requires nothing more than the switch and some creative wiring. Please note that the "off" position only works if you have a "center off" switch! A DPDT relay can easily be substituted if you have one. If you want a 'struct' on this, leave me comments. Please note that this instructable is intended to go with another of my instructables. if you purchase one, you have more options as there are many out there. Both are most often DPDT switches. Don't forget to steal the motors or sometimes linear actuators out of the seat adjusters, if you can!!!!Broken stereos commonly have one or two switches in themIf you salvage a switch, the first thing I would do is test ACROSS the switch to be sure it is double pole. The switch has two rows of contacts with three cartier love lock pins per row. NO pin in one row should have continuity to ANY pin in the OTHER row. Imagine that the pins are numbered as below:1 42 53 6Begin by connecting pins 3 and 6 directly. The shortest piece of wire you can use will be best. These pins baby cartier bracelet will be your two power supply wires, as well as one wire from EACH of your motors. As this switch WILL NOT change polarities, make sure that your positive wire from one motor (we will call this one Motor "A") is connected to the positive power source wire, and pin 1. You now should have only 2 free wires, one from each motor. These wires will get crossed in this step. This is intentional. Connect the wire from Motor "A" to pin 5, (not 2, like you would expect). You CANNOT connect your power source to bracelets like cartier love fake pins 2 and 5 in this switch. The motors will be wired in series in one position, however the switch will cause a short in the other position.

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I hope you have enjoyed, and gotten something useful out of reading my first Instructable. Please leave comments if there was anything that was unclear or anything I should change as I will not know unless you tell me. Flames or non constructive criticism WILL BE DELETED (if I have that option.

I got on motor and 2x 18v batteries and 1 motor, in one setting I would like it to string the two together and make 36v and in the other I would like them to string together and make 18v. Is this possible?

Sorry 1 motor (writing this on a phone)love thw first page on identifying switches.

Is there any way to do this with transistors rather than a mechanical switch?

I like it!

I going to use this for my heated seat pads. Low/Off/High. Thanks!

would it be possible to do the exact opposite with 2 sources and 1 motor? Just swap each of the motors with a Battery and vise versa? I have 2 6s batteries to power a motor, and want to be able to run the two in series or Parallel.

like one of the cooment bellow, i too need to use 3 batteries but 4P2T seems too scary for me but i hope someone can help me out with an alternative for my requirement. using DPDT (on on on) switch, how do i wire up to achieve the following positions (P) for batteries connected in parallel: P1 > 1 battery, P2 > 2 batteries, P3 > 3 batteries. so far i only have the image below to refer to and i hope someone here can show me how. thank you

I have a project where I will have (80) 3,2VDC 90 AH Life YPO4 cells that I would like to set up to be in one of two configurations.

The first configuration would be 2 parallel strings of 40 cells each for 128 Volts and 180 Ah (23 kWh) of capacity.

The second configuration would be 5 parallel strings of 16 cells each for 51 Volts and (5x90=450) Ah (23 kWH) of capacity.

Maximum load will be 16 kW at 120 VDC (130 Amps) for config. 1

Maximum load will be 12 kW at 48VDC (250 Amps) for config. 2

I would love any thoughts you have on this scenario.

No I just hook the charger up when it time to charge.

Hey Mike,

Not sure if you still commenting on this really AWESOME instructable, but I am having a problem. I saw your instructable and I was really excited to trick out my son jeep hurricane power wheel. I added two 12v12Ah batteries and wanted the option of running the batteries in parallel and series so they could run it for awhile or tear it up at 24v. I bought a bandc marine dpdt switch and wired everything as you described (swapping batteries for motors in your diagram) and the 12v works but can get the 24v to work. The question I have is I regards to your diagram, everything works in the 1 4 or position, but in the 3 6 or position the switch doesn work. The switch has a 7th pin, so maybe that has something to do with it. Please help!

Agreed! I am wanting to do the same thing with my sons jeep hurricane. I have one other question though. Would it be possible to do this setup and be able to charge the batteries in parallel with a 12v battery tender hooked up? Kubert007, how do you charge your power wheels battery? Thanks in advance

Hi Anthony,

That exactly what I do. I switch it to parallel and hook my shumacher charger up. Keep in mind that it will take twice as long but when charging in parallel. However the shumacher is way better than the PW charger and will shut off when full.

Cool, do you hook up the charger with the clamps onto the terminals or do you have it hardwired? I would like to have it hardwired if possible
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The police could not provide the ranks of the male soldiers, and the Defense Department said it would not confirm the soldiers' identities unless charges are filed.
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Dash with cash: The Securicor van that Maher was driving when he disappeared from outside the Lloyds Bank in Felixstowe, Suffolk, on January 22 1993

His partner Deborah Brett, 47, sister Margaret Francis, 64, and Paul Muggleton, 54, from Woodford Green, east London, had all been on police bail after being arrested at the start of this year on suspicion of assisting an offender and conspiracy to commit theft.

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During Maher's hearing at Southwark Crown Court, prosecutors revealed that they were looking to trace three other people in connection with the investigation

Fake IDs: Maher grew a beard and wore over sized spectacles before applying for a passport in the name of Stephen King (left). He also used bogus driving licences (right) under that name and his brother Michael's

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