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FORT MYERS, Fla.- The Florida Department of Children and Families in Southwest Florida is investigating two cases of children left unattended in a hot car over the past two days. Tragically, one of those children died as a result.
Each year, our agency investigates incidents where children and vulnerable adults have been left in vehicles during sweltering summer days. Every year, there is a preventable tragedy somewhere in Florida. In addition, many children each year are rescued from hot cars, usually by local residents who notice a child alone in a car and contact law enforcement to save the child.
In Cape Coral on Sunday, a 1-year-old child was accidentally left in a car and tragically passed away after being admitted to Cape Coral Hospital. In Collier County on Monday, an 11-month-old child was rescued from a hot car by law enforcement.
Since 2002, at least four other children in Southwest Florida have died as a result of being left in a hot car. Across the country, almost 500 children have died of hyperthermia (heat stroke) after being left in a hot car since 1998. In 2010, according to KidsAndCars.org, a record number of children died this way: 49. Florida is second only to the state of Texas in the number of child deaths due to hyperthermia.
In the State of Florida, it is illegal to leave a child under the age of 6 unattended or unsupervised in a vehicle for more than 15 minutes, but we want to remind parents and caregivers that it is never OK to leave young children or vulnerable adults unattended in hot cars, not even for a few minutes.The temperature inside cars, even with the windows slightly open, can quickly reach as high as 140 degrees.
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Neiman Marcus announced Walter Chin as the photographer of The Art of Fashion campaign for Spring 2013. The campaign includes twenty-two images of spring fashions and will appear in the March edition of the Neiman Marcus publication, the book.
Walter Chin was born in Jamaica and raised in Toronto.He graduated from art school with a specialization in contemporary painting, followed by a master's degree in photography. Today, Chin enjoys wide acclaim for a body of work that encompasses fashion photography, celebrity portraits, and advertising campaigns for, among others, Hermes, Chanel, Tommy Hilfiger, Missoni and Lancome. The Spring 2013 Art of Fashion campaign offered Chin a chance to blend both sensibilities, the commercial and the personal, tapping into his own aesthetic to create images he describes as "whimsical, graphic, and simple."
"The Neiman Marcus Spring 2013 Art of Fashion campaign and the March issue of the book, share the same theme the art of imagination," said Eddie Nunns, Vice President, Neiman Marcus Brand Creative. "Walter Chin's inimitable creativity reinforces that theme as he let his imagination loose to showcase our spring collection in a modern way." Other notable photographers of the Art of Fashion campaign have included Richard Avedon, Arthur Elgort, Helmut Newton, Annie Leibovitz, Lillian Bassman and Paolo Roversi.
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Birchalls in Ranelagh at 8.00 pm on November 22 2014, will be your chance to bid Prem and Age a fond adieu as they head home to India and Wales respectively.
Prem joined the club in 2010 and ended his final season as Club Captain. During his Sandyford career, he played 113 games, took 130 wickets and scored 1469 runs.
Age joined the club a year earlier in 2009 and captained the 3rd team for two seasons during his spell with us and played exactly 50 games for Sandyford.
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Club Combined Fantasy Team 2014
Team Stats
Number of players that have played this season is 55
The number of wins is 18 from 47 matches (38.3%)
The number of losses is 25 from 47 matches (53.19%)
The number of unfinished games is 4 from 47 matches (8.51%)
Most matches played by an individual is 28 by Anand Joshi (59.57% of all matches)
The number of balls faced by Sandyford batsmen is 8547
The number of balls bowled by Sandyford bowlers is 9766
The number of runs scored by Sandyford is 6238
The number of runs scored by the opposition is 6891
The number of runs scored by Sandyford in Marlay Park is 3710
The number of extras conceded by the opposition is 820
The number of extras conceded by Sandyford is 919
Highest innings total was 269 by the 1st Team against Rush (Away)
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The new committee was elected at the AGM in the Dropping Well:
President: Derek McCormack
Club Captain: Kanwar Arora (below)
Secretary: Anthony Burke
Treasurer: David Gray
2nd Team Captain: Ravinder Singh
3rd Team Captain: Cliff Kennedy
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Annual General Meeting 30/09/2014
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the club will take place in The Dropping Well public house Milltown, Co. Dublin (same venue as last year) on Tuesday 30th September at 8pm.
The agenda will consist of the following:
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Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar announced some sad news today.
A month after they announced her pregnancy with their 20th child, their doctor was unable to find a heartbeat and told her she suffered a miscarriage.
"After the appointment, we came back home and told the children," says Michelle, 45. "We had just been talking about baby names last night and they were getting excited about naming a boy or a girl. It has been a real sad disappointment."
She says the family will select a name after they know if the baby, miscarried in the second trimester, was a boy or girl, and then plan to have a funeral.
"I feel like my heart broke telling my children," says Michelle. "They have all been so excited about this baby and looking forward to April coming around and having a new little one in our arms. That was the most difficult."
Still, she adds that the family's faith perseveres: "The Lord is the giver of life and he can choose when that life is ready to go on and be with Him."
The stars of TLC's 19 Kids and Counting weathered myriad medical ordeal with their youngest daughter, Josie-Brookyln, born in December 2009.
This is actually her second miscarriage. Michelle lost a baby during her second pregnancy. She was taking oral birth control then, citing that as a big reason the pair decided they'd leave the number of children they have "up to God."
In light of these events, should the Duggars still try for a 20th?
Luckily they don't live in ASIA!!!!!!!!! there's POPULATION CONTROL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All I can say is: PURE GREED !!!!!!!!!!!!! GIVE YOUR WOMB A BREAK !!!!! You are already BLESSED!!! I BELIEVE GOD HAS SENT YOU A MESSAGE !!BY THE WAY : ARE YOU GUYS ON WELFARE??? ALL DUE RESPECT, UNLESS YOUR HUBBY IS MAKING SIX FIGURES, THE TAXPAYERS ARE RAISING YOUR BROOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For one Ben ur an ass to wish that on any woman and or family1 My great grandmother happen to have 21 kids.. We are VERY blessed to have a HUGE family!
ok I'm sorry but maybe this is her God's way of telling her to STOP! I mean seriously she's already almost 50 now and what in the hell made them think that she was fit enough to have another baby I mean look at what happened with baby Josey! I mean she almost died the baby almost died and it was hell for the entire family! Not to mention she isn't going to live long enough to see all of those kids get grown I hate to be the one to say that but it's the honest truth. Not to mention I'm started to think that they were doing all that just for attention. I mean Jim Bob IS a politician after all. I'm really sorry that she miscarried but maybe she'll realize enough is enough.
Another WOW! But, not so ha, ha! How in the name of GOD do some of y'all think that Michelle Duggar is over populating the world for giving multiple births?! And that woman has the right to have as many children as she wants too. And who are some of y'all to tell any woman how many children she can and cannot have? Every woman is blessed with the body that God gave THEM! God did not give their bodies to any of you! It is in none of you all's hands to decide anything about any woman. Get a life people!!
Ha, ha, ha,! Some of y'all are really crazy! Ha, ha, ha, ha!!
Well then if the resources are "dwindling" why don't you go die and make room for the future children then? You sound like a worthless little shit.
@Ben Who hopes someone has a miscarriage?? She lost her baby and you view this to be good? They support their children without any government assistance. The children do mission work and are respectful human beings. WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU!
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Defense Logistics Agency's (DLA) decision to consolidate its 23 automated data processing facilities into 6 regional processing centers.
GAO found that DLA: (1) did not adequately justify its consolidation decision; (2) did not follow the contractors' or its own task force's alternative consolidation recommendations or perform an economic analysis of those alternatives before making its decision to consolidate into six sites; (3) based its justification for a six-site consolidation on a cost and benefit analysis that used incomplete or unverifiable data regarding operating, transition, computer equipment, and telecommunications costs; (4) could not support the results of its analysis with any verifiable data sources; (5) substantially completed one consolidation processing center, and was in the process of implementing the remaining five centers; and (6) failed to act on its program manager's November 1990 request to perform an economic analysis prior to proceeding with implementation of the remaining five consolidation centers.
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Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: DLA implemented the recommendation, completed a new economic analyses in December 1991, and altered consolidation plans downward from six to five sites due to the GAO report and changes in DMRD 924 OSD consolidation plans.
Recommendation: The Secretary of Defense should instruct the Director, DLA, to stop all implementing actions for the remaining five sites until a thorough economic analysis, which includes the current environment and viable alternatives, is completed and a decision is made on the most cost-effective alternative for consolidation.
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A. L. OSROW ELECTRIC TOASTER AND COOKER April 4, 1944.
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Patented Apr. 4, 1944 ELECTRIC 'rons'mn AND cooxna Adolph L. Osrow, Jamaica, N. 1'. Application October 16, 1940, Serial No. 361,407
(or. 99--32'l'i 4 Claims.
The invention relates to cookers and toasters, and more particularly to an electrically operated device of this character which combines in its construction a toaster and a percolator or other cooking utensil.
One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a device in which toast and coffee may be gnade at the same time.
Another object is to provide such a device which may be used either individually for one purpose at a time, or for making toast while coilee is being made or other food cooked or heated in a'cooklng utensil.
Another object is to so arrange the device that bread may be inserted and toasted and the toast removed, without disturbing a coffee pot or other utensil in place upon the heater provided therefor, and. at the same time to permit the current to said heater to be shut off when no'ionger needed and the contents of the pot kept hot by heat remaining in the heating unit as well as by heat from the toaster elements. By this arrangement, cofiee remaining in the pot may be kept hot until wanted or the preparation of same completed, and slices of bread toasted at the same time as they are needed while a meal is being eaten.
Another object is to provide a device which is economically operated; while the coffee is. made the heat penetrates into the toasting compartment and while making the toast the coffee is preheated thereby consuming less current.
Another object is to provide such a device in which the heating unit or grill is located within a vertical shell serving to retain a coffee pot or other utensil .in an upright position and avoid the danger of it being accidentally upset.
Another object is to provide means whereby the slices are projected from the device upon completion of the toast and for automatically closing the circuit through which current flows to the toasting elements when the slice-holding means are retracted and breaking said current when the slices are projected.
Another object is to provide adjustable means for controlling the time such toasting operation shall continue.
Another object is to provide means for automatically shutting oil the current from the heating unit of the cooking utensil, when a predetermined degree of heat is attained.
Another object is to provide such a device which is simple, convenient and compact in 'construction, and attractive in appearance.
Another object is to provide such a device which shall be simple, efllcient and convenient Fig.5;
in operation, which has relatively few controlling perm and is not liable to get out of order or become inoperative for anyreason.
Further objects and advantages of the invention will be in part set forth in the following specification, and in part will be obvious therefrom without being specifically pointed out.
With the above and other objects of the invention in view; the invention consists in the nave.
construction, arrangement and combination of various devices, elements and parts, as set forth in the claims hereof, certain embodiments of the same being illustrated in the accompanying drawings and described in this specification.
In the said drawings,
Fig. l is a perspective view of one embodiment of my invention;
Fig. 2 is a front view of the same, a portion of the outer casing being broken away Fig.3 a side view, partly in section;
Fig. 4 is a plan view of the same, partly in section and the shell being partly broken awe.-
. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view on a relatively enlarged scale or certain portions of controlling the toasting operation;
Fig. 6 is a sectional view along the line 6-6 of Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view showing means for controlling the flow of current to the heating unit of the percolator;
Fig. 8 is a fragmentary view of a portion or the means controlling the flow of current to the toasting elements;
Fig. 9 is a wiring diagram of the device;
Fig. 10 is a fragmentary view showing a modifled form of a latch to a Part of the controlling means of the toast Figs. 11, 12 and 13 illustrate auxiliary means controlling the current of the cooking chamber; and i Fig. 14 is a detail view of a modified portion-of the cooker switch.
In carrying my invention into efiect in the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 to 4, 7, 8 and 9, I provide an outer shell or casing 5 and a base i. The base 6 may be made of suitable plastic material, formed to receive the various parts of the device, and is provided with a metal bottom plate 6 and supporting feet 5". The casing 5 as shown is formed of sheet metal. Insulation 5' is shown in Figs. 2 and 4, but it will be understood that the same is not essential, as ordinarily the mica used as a part Of the toasting elements hereinafter mentioned, is sufllcient for the purpose.
8 indicates a cylindrical vertical shell, mounted the means At the forward portion of the device are located the toasting means and the means for controlling the flow of current thereto. The bread to be toasted is supported upon an elevator, comprising supports 22 and 23, the forward ends of which slide in vertical slots in the wall 18 and are connected to or integral with a cross piece l1, and the rear ends of which'pass through vertical slots in the inner wall 11'. When the elevator is lowered the slices stand between wire guides 26, 26, and, 21, 21, and heating elements 24, 24, and 25, 25. When the elevator is raised, by means below described, the toast is projected through openings 28 and 29 in the top of the device, the current being at the same time shut off. The elevator is also guided at its central portion by a vertical bar 36, with which engages a guide portion 31 of the elevator (see Figs. 3 and 4), thus insuring smooth vertical travel of the elevator, although the latter is operated at one side only by the gear I3 and rack 14 as shown.
At the front of the device is a hand piece H,
secured to the rectangular outer end of a shaft l2, which shaft also carries a gear wheel l3, which meshes with a rack ll, sliding on a rod l5 and connected to the cross piece I1. Mechanism below described tends to raise the rack, and thereby the toast elevator. .When the hand piece II is rotated clockwise, the rack i4 is carried downward by the gear 13 until a pin IS on the cross piece l1 passes below the hook I8 of a catch is, which is pivoted at and the lower end of which is normally pulled toward theleft (see Fig. 2) by a spring 2!; the pin I6 is therefore engaged arid held by the hook l8 until released as below described. I
A timing device or clock mechanism, of wellknown or any suitable type, is located at 3B, and may be adjusted to the length of time desired for the toasting operation, by means of lever l0 (shown broken away in Fig. 3 and omitted for cleamess from Fig. 2), which adjustment being of conventional type will be well understood, the
. lever being moved to the right to increase the time and produce a darker toast and toward the left for a lighter toast. .When the time arrives for which the clock mechanism has been set, a lever 3|, mounted in said timing device, is operated therebyand, acting under the tension of aspring 32 (see Fig. 4) moves rearwardly so that the same strikes, the lower end of the catch l9 and causes thejhook Hi to release the pin l6, thus allowing the elevator to be raised, and thereby projecting the toasted slices upwardly through the top openings may be readily removed. I
A cord or chain 33 is secured at one end to a 34 upon the shaft l2, passes around-a pulley 35, and ha its other end secured at 39 to the lever 3|. when the hand piece H is turned clockwise, the turning of the drum 34 said cord. or chain 33 and'thereby the lever pulls the 3 I,
28 and 29, from which they gear wheel and rack for raising and lowering the toast-supporting means. The. form shown in these figures is modified in its proportions and certain details from the form shown in the main figures of the drawings, but the mechanism is similar and operates in the same manner in both cases. In said Figs. 5 and 6, 52 indicates .the shaft, which is squared at its outer end toreceive the hand piece ll; 53 indicates the gear wheel, and 64 indicates the rack, mounted upon or integral with a sleeve 60, which slides vertically upon the rod l5. At the right Of Fig. 5 is shown the automatic switch for the toastirig circuit, below described, and also a pin 64 extending from a lug 64', which co-operates with the latch illustrated in Fig. 10 and will be below described. 59 indicates a chain, analogous to the chain or cord 33 and operating in substantially the same manner. 58 indicates a drum, the rear suriace of which lies adjacent the gear wheel 55, and the open front of which lies adjacent the front wallof the casing 5 (not shown in these figures). This drum corresponds to drum 34, and within the drum, in either case, is a spring 55, one end of which is secured to the shaft and the other end to a fixed point in the device; in the form shown in Figs. 5 and 6 said end is secured at 55 to the front wall of the casing, and in Fig. 4 the same is secured to a pin 34" extending from fixed sleeve 34'. The drum 58 is fast upon the shaft 52, and rotates therewith; the gear wheel 53 is loose on the shaft. Pins 51 on the gear wheel extend into slots 56 in the inner face'of the drum.
Fig. 5 illustrates this mechanism with the elevating rack at its highest position.- Spring 55 tends to turn the drum 58 in a counterclockwise direction,therefore when the hand piece II is not operated-the drum would be turned further toward the left than shown, and the opposite ends of slots 56 would lie against pins 51.
When the hand piece H is turned in a'clockwise direction, the shaft 52 is'tumed, and brings the drum first into the position shown in Fig. 5; as the operation is continued, the ends of slots 53 engage the pins 51 in the manner shown in Fig. 5, and the drum thereby rotates the gear wheel 53, which in turn lowers the rack 54 until the elevator is latched in its lowered position; at the same time, the rotation of the shaft winds the spring 55, and the rotation of the drum pulls the chain 59, thereby winding, the clock mechanism; the lowering of the rack also closes the switch 62 and starts the toasting operation.
As soon as manual pressure upon the hand piece H is removed, the pressure of the spring 55 moves the drum counterclockwise relatively to the gear wheel, a distance corresponding to the length of the slots 56. This allows the chain 59 to become sufficiently slack to permit motion of thetiming lever 10'(or 31 as the case may be) of the clock mechanism, to which the lower end of the chain is attached. When the operation of the clock mechanism operates the timing lever sible for the toast-elevator to rise, the spring 55 further rotates the shaft 52, thereby rotating thus rewinding the, clock mechanismfor the next the drum and by means of the pins 51 rotating the gear wheel 53, and consequently raises the rack 54, thus causing the toast to project through the top of the device, and at the same time breaking the circuit through the switch 62.
In the main form of the device, the operation is similar, and will be well understood from what has been said in explanation of the detail views.
' from the bottom of the through the short lower armof the thermostatic When the elevator isin its lowered position, the circuit to the heating elements of the toaster is closed through a switch 62 (see Fig.- 4 and also detail viewrFig. 8). This switch comprises a resilient metal strip, preferably formed substantially as shown, which is carried by an arm which is connected to and rises and falls with the rack I4 (or 54, above described, as the case may be), being insulated from said arm by a block 63 of insulating material. When the elevator is lowered to commence the. toasting operation, the strip 62 bears against contact points I5, 15, and closes the circuit therebetween, allowing current to pass to the heating elements of the toaster. When the timing device releases the catch l9 and the elevator rises, the circuit is broken by the rising of member 82,
, and the toasting thereupon ceases.
It will therefore be seen that upon placing fresh slices in the devices to be toasted, and turning the hand piece H clockwise, the elevator is thereby lowered and by the same operation the timing device is wound, and the circuit to the toasting elements is closed; and that upon the time expiring for which the timing device has jected through the top or the device for, convenient removal, and the circuit to the toasting elements is automatically broken.
The flow of current to the heater for the cofiee pot (or other cooking utensil) placed within the shell 8, is controlled through a switch and connected parts, best shown in Fig. 4 and the detail view Fig. 7, although also indicated at the left of Fig. 3. This switch comprises resilientcontact arms 4| and 42, mounted upon the inner portion of the base 6 and electrically connected as indicatd in the wiring diagram, Fig. 9 Pushbuttons 42 and 43 are mounted in a member 50, secured to the casing 5, and extend therethrough; said push-buttons are operated independently of each other, and are normally held in their outward positions by springs (not shown) within the member 50. When the button 42 is pushed inwardly, its inner end bears against the arm 40, and in turn presses it against the arm 4i, thus closing the circuit to the heater. A memberv comprising integral arms 44 and 46 is swingingly mounted in a sleeve 44'; the arm 46 being provided with a weight 46. When the button 42 is pushed in, the end into and engages with a transverse groove 45 near the inwardly projecting end of the button 42, and holds it in its circuit-closing position, until released as below mentioned.
An L-shaped bimetallic thermostatic element,
is pivotally ad- 4? is mounted on a rod 48, and justable thereon by a set-screw 49, operated device and passing element. This screw is preferably adjusted as desired at the time of assembling the device, and not changed thereafter. The longer arm of the thermostat stands approximately upright, and as the thermostat is affected by the heat of the unit 9 and the contents of the pot 8', the element 41 bends inwardly. When the predetermined degree of heat is reached, thus coming in contact with the inclinedarm 46 and raising the same, consequently at the same time raising the integral arm 44' and releasing the latter from the groove 45; this permits the push-button 42 tomove outward by the force of its spring, thereby permitting the resilient arm 40 to separate from 25. been set, the elevator is raised, the toast is prothe arm 4|, which separation breaks the circuit to the heating element 8. e
Should it be desired to break the circuit manuallyinstead of automatically, the push-button 43 is pressed, its end then extending inwardly through perforation 5| and against the upper part of inclined arm 46, thus raising both the arm 46 and the arm 44 and breaking the circuit in the same manner as above described. The button 43 then returns to its outward position as soon as released from manual pressure.
The device as above described is adapted for the making of toast and coffee, at the same time or separately, and the thermostat controlling the flow of current to the heater for the coffee pot is adjusted to break that circuit when the contents or the coffee pot has reached the desired temperature. It may be desired, however, to continue cooking. in the part of the device primarily in tended for coifee, for instance if desired to substitute another utensil and boil eggs, cook cereal, or to perform any other cooking requiring a longer time than that for which the thermostat is adand 13 permits the push button 42 tobe held inits circuit-closing position, regardless of the operation of the thermostat. This is done by turning the catch 82, rotatably mounted upon the member 59, by means of the knurled knob 8 I, and engaging said catch with slot 80 in the push button, thereby holding the latter in its inward position as long as cooking is desired to continue.
At the bottom of the casing, a trap door '12 is provided, to permit easy removal of crumbs from the toaster, through the opening 13 in the base 6,
said door being normally held in closed position of arm 44 falls by gravity 1 by a spring 14.
In Fig. 10 is'illustrated a modified form of latch for holding the toaster in its lowered position. A triangular pin 64, is mounted in a lug 64', to take the place of pin I6 previously described. A latch 65 is pivotally. mounted at 68; its upper end is tapered as indicated, and is provided with a notch 66. The latch also comprises an arm 61 extending toward the left, and is of sufficient weight to cause the latch to always tend to tilt by gravity toward the left, when permitted to do so. The lower edge of said arm is downwardly curved toward the right. When the elevator is lowered to its full extent, the pin 64 passes the tapered upper end and is engaged by the notch 66 and held in such position, until the lever I0, connected with the clock mechanism and corresponding to lever 3|, passes to the right and raises the arm 61 a suiiicient distance to move the upper end toward the right and releases the pin 64 from the notch 56.
scribed, operates to raise the rack and project the toast, at the same time breaking the toasting circuit,
As shown in the drawings and as above described, a chain or cord, 33 or 59, is employed to wind the clock mechanism. If desired, a lever operated from the mechanism connected with the hand piece I I might be substituted therefor.
In Fig.'14 a modified form of arm is shown, analogous to arm 44-46. This .is in all respects similar and operates in the same way, except that it is adapted to be actuated by a thermostat 41' which is constructed and mounted to bend outward rather than inward relative to the outer shell 5. Furthermore, the upward direction of the arm 46 permits the thermostat to be placed higher inv the device, being mounted, if desired, upon a block secured to the base 6. This results When so released, the spring 55 above de-- in the thermostat being more closely controlled by the heat of the contents of the utensil 8, and being less afiected directly by the heat of the heating unit 9.
The operation of the invention has been described in connection with the above description of the construction of the same.'
Many of the advantages'of the invention have also been pointed out in what is above said with regard to the objects, construction and operation of the invention, and further advantages will be evident to those familiar with electric toasters and cookers, without being specifically mentioned.
I do not limit myself to the particular details of construction set forth in the foregoing specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, as the same refer to and setiorth only certain embodiments of my invention and it is obvious that the same may be modified, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit and scope of, the invention.
Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to .secure by Letters Patent, is as follows: i
1. An electric toaster, comprising a body having an opening in its top for inserting and removing slices, electric heating means, movable slice-supporting meansQ- timing mechanism, and means controlled there W adapted to raise said slicesupporting means and .thereby cause an edge of 'a slice of toastto project through said opening and to control the flow of current to the heating means of said toaster, comprising a rack connected to said slice-supporting means, a gear wheel meshing with said rack, a spring tending to rotate said wheel to raise said rack, a catch adapted to hold said slice-supporting means in lowered position, means connected with said gear wheel for winding said timing mechanism when said wheel is rotated to lower said slice-supporting means, means connected with said slice-supv porting means for closing the circuit tosaid heating means when said slice-supporting means is in its lowest position, and means connected with said timing mechanism for releasing said catch at a predtermined time, thereby causing said slice-supporting means to rise by the action of a slice of toast to project through said opening and to open and close the circuit to said heatin means, comprising a rack connected to said slicesupporting means, a shaft mounted in said body, a gear wheel loose on said shaft and meshing with said rack, a'drum adjacent said gear wheel and fast on said shaft, pins on said gear wheel engaging with slots in said drum, a handle for operating said shaft, means connected with said drum for winding said timing mechanism when said wheel is rotated to lower said slice-supporting means, a latch for holding said slice-support ing means in its lowest position, a spring connect'ed at one end to said drum and at the other end to a fixed point in the device and tending to rotate said gear wheel to slacken said time-' mechanism winding means and when .said catch is released to raise said slice-supporting means,
means on said slice-supporting means for clos-- ing said circuit when in its lowest position, and means connected withsaid timing mechanism for releasing said latchat a predetermined time and thereby causing said slice-supporting means to rise by the action of said spring and simultaneously breaking the circuit to the heating means of the toaster.-
3. An electric toaster comprising a body having an opening in its top for inserting and removing slices, movable slice-supporting means, heating means, timing mechanism, and means controlled thereby adapted to raise said slicesupporting means and thereby cause an edge of a slice of toast to project through said opening and to open and close the circuit to said'heating means, comprising a rack connected to said slicesupporting means, a shaft mounted in said body, a gear wheel or the like on said shaft meshing with said rack, a handle for manually operating 1 said shaft, means for winding said timing mechsaid spring and causing said circuit to be broken.
l 2. An electric toaster comprising a body having an opening in its top for inserting and removing slices, movable slice-supporting means, heating means, timing mechanism, and means controlled thereby adapted to raise said slicesupporting means and thereby cause an edge of anism when said wheel is rotated to lower said slice-supporting means, a latch engaging said slice-supporting means when in operative lower position, means connected with said timing mechanism for releasing said latch at a predetermined time, anda spring operating to cause said slice-supporting means to rise automatically when released by said latch and to simultaneouslly break said circuit to the heating means of the toaster.
4. The construction defined in claim 1, together with manually operated means for releasing said latch, causing said toast-elevating means to operate, and thereby breaking said circuit.
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Happy birthday to my son, Nemo! He is thirteen years old today! A teenager already!
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It was nine months ago that my wife and I attended our last IEP meeting for Nemo. If you don't know what an IEP is, you've clearly only just joined this blog, so I'll try to explain briefly.
IEP stands for Individualized Education Program and is something school systems employ when dealing with mentally or physically disabled students. The idea behind these things is that the ordinary school curriculum will be modified by the IEP in ways specific to the child's special needs, thereby ensuring that he or she gets the highest-quality education they can receive under the system. I am unaware if IEPs are used in private-school settings (I suspect they aren't), as Nemo has been a public-school student for his entire life.
The IEP is not static. Every year the parents, the education team and a representative from the school district meet to discuss the child's IEP. The child's success or failure according to the standards set by the IEP are examined, and the goalposts are established for the upcoming year.
Every IEP meeting is stressful. On the one hand you have the school, which wants to provide as many services as can be accommodated in order to benefit the child. On the other hand you have the school district, which wants to minimize those services in order to save money. This problem is especially compounded when the child attends, like Nemo, a "separate, private day school," which has an enormous cost attached to it. A year of schooling for Nemo costs upwards of $42,000.
Granted, Nemo gets a lot for that $42,000. For one, he's attended to by an in-house psychiatrist who monitors his health and medications. For another, he's given access to mental-health services, speech therapy and other things necessary for his education and improvement. A whole squad of people attend Nemo's IEP meetings, in addition to his mother and me, and it's more than a little intimidating even accounting for the fact that all of these people are on Nemo's side.
An IEP meeting can also be disheartening. At this last IEP review, it was determined that Nemo no longer needed dedicated occupational therapy. OT involves learning and practicing the sort of things most of us take for granted, like handwriting or tying our shoes or brushing our teeth. Nemo never got a whole lot of this, but I was reluctant to let it go. I plan to ask for it back this time around.
It can't be done.
I have said repeatedly in this space that I have issues with full-time work and things like writing. At the same time, I've struggled with the desire to do well in the job and succeed on all fronts. From day to day, and sometimes even from hour to hour, I've thought that the best thing to do is leave the position or that the best thing to do is to muddle through. Consider this another of those moments.
I gave my work four weeks' notice so they wouldn't be irretrievably screwed by my departure. They understand why I have to go and have been very supportive. They have also been, to a person, effusive about my successes on the job and how much they like working with me, both personally and professionally. Just yesterday I was called a "great manager" by one of my people.
On the one hand it would seem terrific to know that everyone likes you and thinks you do a good job. On the other hand, it's a total nightmare because as much as you know that you have to go and as much as you feel it's the appropriate thing from the standpoint of family, writing and so forth, it's difficult to turn away from people who want and need you to stay.
So I wavered. I started trying to think of ways I could remain on the job while still covering all the bases. Maybe I could work out the writing thing. Maybe other problems could be solved. Maybe I didn't have to go if I could find a way to plug the gaps.
The big reason I'm going is not the writing. Yes, that's important to me, but from a practical standpoint it's the lack of childcare that put the final nail in this particular coffin. I started thinking, therefore, about seeking out childcare alternatives. These would cost, but I make good money and can afford it… maybe.
Anyway, my wife and I started looking at our options. Daycare is out of the question because my son is too old for that. No daycare takes thirteen-year-olds, even if they're neurotypical. Add into the equation my son's disability and there really is nowhere that would take him. They just won't.
Given that this is the case, we'd have to go with a one-on-one caregiver. I hate to use the word "babysitter," as it doesn't really cover all the things these people do, but we're talking about a sitter who would pick up my son at the bus stop three or four times a week and then watch him for two to three hours until someone could get home and take over. This person would have to be experienced with older children and have at least some inkling of how to deal with kids with special needs. That's even before we get to great references and all of that.
Happy birthday, spousal unit!
There will be cake.
Light it up blue.
Today is a Tuesday, so as usual you get a couple of reviews. But today is not an ordinary Tuesday, and that's what I'd like to discuss with you now. Today is World Autism Awareness Day.
If you've read Tequila Sunset, you know about the character of Freddie Salas. Freddie is a ten-year-old boy with autism whose mother works as a police detective. Freddie is verbal, but he has impulsivity and temper issues, plus he keeps a fairly regimented pattern of behaviors that, if disrupted, causes him great distress. Those of you who've read my blog for any length of time know that Freddie is essentially my son. On the blog we call him Nemo, though that is not his real name.
We first learned that our son was autistic in 2003. He seemed to be developing normally in all respects save one: he was essentially nonverbal. Oh, sure, he could speak a handful of words, but he should have had a vocabulary of a few dozen words by that age. He understood them well enough, which was good, but his speech was a mess. We took him for an evaluation, thinking that he might need speech therapy. We learned far more.
It took a while for the actual diagnosis of autism to come down. He was seven before they would say without reservation that he was autistic. Even then they continued to say that he had Asperger Syndrome, which is a kind of high-functioning autism due to be folded into an overarching diagnosis called Autism Spectrum Disorder. He had been in special education from pre-K onward, receiving various therapies related to his disabilities, which grew in number the older he became. Obsessive behavior was the first after his speech issues, and thankfully he did not develop major problems with his motor skills, though his fine motor abilities were eventually, and continue to be, affected.
The state of the cat
So you may recall that last week we adopted a cat, and if you don't recall you can skip back just a few entries to read all about it, plus my thoughts on what it means for me, an avowed cat-disliker and allergy-sufferer, to have a cat in the house.
At the end of that entry I pointed out that my wife and I came to the agreement at the outset that if I were rendered miserable by my allergies, we would find the cat a new home. This was the potential deal-breaker of deal-breakers, and the one I was primarily concerned about going into this situation.
But before I get to that, let me talk about the good stuff. As we had hoped, Blossom is as friendly and outgoing as she was at Animal Control. She's an extremely curious cat, which means she likes to poke her nose into places she might not belong, but the rest of the time she's perfectly content to curl up next to (or on) my wife and purr and sleep. She even gets along with the dog, despite a few early hisses before she came to realize that the dog meant her no harm and just wants to be friends.
I have rarely met a cat so enamored of people. My usual experience with cats is that the animals have little use for people and sometimes are outright hostile. I don't know if that's because most of the cats I've known have been outdoor cats — a practice I abhor, by the way — and therefore have too much wild in them, but as Blossom is one hundred percent indoor, she behaves as though people are the center of her existence. As I say, highly unusual.


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Bye Bye, Ice
I hate to do this to y'all, but...
BBC has more bad news about Arctic ice loss, just a few days after I wrote about it on Friday.
Seems as though there's about to be another broken record on this front... and I'm going to start sounding like one.
So here's a little something to momentarily cheer you up.
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