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A neural network unit is described which has a plurality of neurons. The network comprises a RAM, which provides a plurality of storage locations for each of the neurons and an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit including means for defining an algorithm for the operation of the neurons and a control unit for causing the neurons to produce outputs on the basis of data stored in the storage locations and the algorithm. The integrated circuit may have a random number generator and a comparator. In effect, the neurons are virtual pRAMs (probabilistic RAMs).
1. A neural network comprising a first module and a plurality of further modules, each respective one of the further modules being connected directly to the first module by a connection whose ends are at the first module and the respective further module, each of the modules having a plurality of neurons, and each of the modules comprising a memory providing a plurality of storage locations for each of the neurons, and, in an integrated circuit, means for defining an algorithm for operation of the neurons and a control unit for causing the neurons to produce outputs on the basis of data stored in the storage locations and the algorithm, each of the modules further comprising a connection pointers table defining which neuron outputs or external inputs are connected to which neuron inputs.
2. A network according to claim 1, wherein, in each module, the integrated circuit is distinct from the memory.
3. A network according to claim 1, wherein in each module, the integrated circuit further defines a learning algorithm by means of which the neurons can undergo a learning process.
4. A network according to claim 1, wherein each module comprises an output list which holds current outputs of the neurons of the module, and a further output list which holds previous outputs of the neurons of the module and the previous outputs of the neurons of the other modules to which it is connected.
5. A network according to claim 4, wherein the output lists are held in the memory.
6. A network according to claim 4, wherein the output lists are held in the integrated circuit.
7. A network according to claim 1, wherein, in each module, the connection pointers table is held in the memory.
8. A network according to claim 1, wherein, in each module, the connection pointers table is held in the integrated circuit.
9. A network according to claim 1, wherein, in each module, the means defining the neuron algorithm comprises a random number generator and a comparator for comparing the contents of the storage locations with random numbers produced by the random number generator, the comparator having an output at which appears a signal having a first or second value depending on the result of the comparison, the comparator outputs constituting the neuron outputs.
This invention relates to an architecture for use in constructing artificial neural networks. Such networks comprise a plurality of artificial neuron-like devices, hereinafter referred to simply, as "neurons". The invention is particularly intended for use with a particular type of neuron known as a pRAM, and by way of introduction a brief discussion is given below of the construction and operation of a pRAM. However, it must be understood that the invention is of general application to the architecture of neural networks, and is not restricted to those where the neurons are pRAMs.
One of the known ways of realising a neuron in practice is to use a random access memory (RAM). The use of RAMs for this purpose dales back a considerable number of years. It has been suggested that if one were able to construct a RAM in which a given output, say a `1`, was produced by a given storage location with a probability between 0 and 1 (rather than with a probability of either 0 or 1 as in a conventional RAM), such a RAM would have a potential for constructing neural networks which mimicked more closely than hitherto the behaviour of physiological networks. (See Gorse, D., and Taylor, J. G., 1988, Phys. Lett. A. 131, 326-332; Gorse, D., and Taylor, J. G., 1989, Physica D, 34, 90-114) The term "pRAM", an abbreviation for "probabilistic RAM", is used there and herein for a RAM in which a given output is produced with a given probability between 0 and 1 when a particular storage location in the RAM in addressed, rather than with a probability of either 0 or 1 as in a conventional RAM.
In our copending International Patent Applications Nos. WO92/00572 and WO92/00573, and in a paper entitled "Hardware realisable models of neural processing", published in Proceedings of the First IEE International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, 1989, pp 242-246 there is a description of how a pRAM may be constructed. There is described a device for use in a neural processing network, comprising a memory having a plurality of storage locations at each of which a number representing a probability is stored; means for selectively addressing each of the storage locations to cause the contents of the location to be read to an input of a comparator; a noise generator for inputting to the comparator a random number representing noise; and means for causing to appear at an output of the comparator an output signal having a first or second value depending on the values of the numbers received from the addressed storage location and the noise generator, the probability of the output signal having a given one of the first and second values being determined by the number at the addressed location.
One way in which a pRAM may be constructed is using a VLSI chip. However, such chips are relatively expensive, and it is presently impractical to fit more than one pRAM, or at most a few pRAMs, on to a single chip, given the substantial chip area which is required for the memory storage of each pRAM, its random number generator and the comparator. Neural networks of practical interest generally comprise a large number of neurons, so that using this approach a large number of VLSI chips would be required, with consequent high cost. The problem is accentuated when the neurons are provided with a learning capability, since that further increases the size of the neuron.
It is an object of the present invention to provide an architecture which makes it possible to construct a neural network involving a substantial number of neurons, using VLSI chips, but in such a way as to reduce the cost significantly. The architecture of the present invention also has the potential for a high degree of flexibility in the connectivity of the neurons.
According to the present invention there is provided a neural network unit having a plurality of neurons, which network comprises a memory providing a plurality of storage locations for each of the neurons, and, in an integrated circuit, means for defining an algorithm for the operation of the neurons and a control unit for causing the neurons to produce outputs on the basis of data stored in the said storage locations and the said algorithm, the unit further comprising a connection pointers table defining which neuron outputs or external inputs are connected to which neuron inputs. Preferably the said integrated circuit is distinct from the said memory.
Preferably the integrated circuit further defines a learning algorithm by which the neurons can undergo a learning process. Preferably the integrated circuit contains an output list which holds the current outputs of the neurons, and a further output list which holds the previous outputs of the neurons and the previous outputs of the neurons in any other neural network units to which it may be connected. The output list could alternatively be in the said memory, though it is preferably in the said integrated circuit. The connection pointers table is held either on the said integrated circuit or in the said memory. Preferably the neural network unit has at least one expansion port, and more preferably a plurality of expansion ports, for example four such ports, permitting the unit to be connected to at least one, and preferably a plurality, of other such units.
In a preferred form of the invention the neurons are in the form of pRAMs. The means defining the neuron algorithm then preferably comprises a random number generator and a comparator for comparing the contents of addressed storage locations with random numbers produced by the random number generator.
FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the invention in block diagram form;
FIG. 2 shows in more detail some of the features of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 shows how a number of modules according to the invention may be connected to one another;
FIG. 4 shows the way in which the RAM may be organised; FIG. 4a shows the forms of external RAM address used for the RAM shown in FIG. 4;
FIG. 5 shows a pRAM configuration which provides for local learning;
FIG. 6 shows the way in which the RAM may be organised to allow for the local learning of FIG. 5; and
FIG. 6a shows a modification of the external RAM address to cater for the RAM organisation of FIG. 6.
The embodiment which will now be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 is a module which provides 128 pRAMs, though some other number, say 256, could be provided instead. The hardware for the module takes the form of a single VLSI chip and a conventional RAM, with appropriate connection between the two and provision for connection to other modules and/or to external inputs. The VLSI chip 10 comprises a control unit 11, a pseudo random number generator 12, a comparator 13, a learning block 14 with connections to receive reward and penalty signals r and p from the environment, a memory 15, and address and data latches 16 and 17 via which the chip 10 is connected to a RAM 20.
The pRAMs, of which three of the 128 are shown in FIG. 2, are shown in that Figure as though each were a discrete physical entity, but, as will be apparent from the ensuing description, each is in fact a virtual pRAM. The storage locations for all the pRAMs, are in the RAM 20, and the pseudo random number generator, comparator and learning block held on the VLSI serve successively as those components of each pRAM. FIG. 2 shows the pRAMs as being 4-pRAMs, i.e. pRAMs each of which has four address inputs and thus 24 =16 addresses. Although there is no particular significance in the pRAMs being 4-pRAMs it will be convenient below to refer to these by way of example.
The current output (0 or 1) of each pRAM is stored in column 0 of what is referred to here as an output list which is part of the VLSI memory 15. Column 1 of the output list holds the previous values of the outputs, and columns 2 to 5 hold the previous values of the outputs of four other modules 2 to 5 to which the module in question (regarded as module 1) is connected (see FIG. 3). The description of this embodiment is on the basis that the module in question is connected to four other modules, but it must be understood that it might be connected to a greater or lesser number of modules, or to no other modules. In the described embodiment the module has a single output port connected to all of its neighbours, and four serial input ports each connected to a respective neighbour.
The connectivity of each pRAM is specified by associating each of the four address inputs of the pRAM with a respective one of the four connection pointers 0 to 3. These pointers indicate from which pRAM in which module the input concerned is to be taken. Thus, in the illustrated example the connection pointers denote the fact that the inputs to the pRAM 0 are taken from pRAM 4 in module 1, pRAM 3 in module 4, pRAM 6 in module 5 and pRAM 1 in module 4, respectively. If it is intended that some of the inputs to the pRAMs should come from external sources, rather than from other pRAMs, the output list can contain a further column in addition to those shown.
In this example a connection pointer is a 10-bit binary number. To identify the number of the pRAM requires seven bits, and a further three bits are required to identify the module number. As far as the latter is concerned, 000 to 100 may be used for example to identify the module number, and 111, say, used to identify an external input.
Although reference is made above to an "output list" in the singular, it is more appropriate to think of there being two output lists, namely an "Old" output list (columns 1 to 5) which contain the outputs for the previous time step, and a "New" output list (column 0) which holds the current DRAM outputs as they are being generated. The way in which the old and new lists relate to one another will appear from what is said below.
The amount of VLSI memory required for each pRAM which shares it is very small, and can be made still smaller by shifting the table of connection pointers to the RAM. All the other requirements of the VLSI are substantially the same independent of the number of pRAMs, and in practice the number of pRAMs which can share a single VLSI chip is limited only by the update rate required (i.e. the frequency with which the memory contents of the pRAMs can be updated). By way of example, it has been found that using a single module of 128 pRAMs it is possible to update all the pRAMs at least every 50 μs, which is faster than the response time of many biological neurons.
The steps which take place in one way of operating the module described above are as follows:
(1) Generate an input vector u for the first of the pRAMs on the basis of the connection pointers for that pRAM, as stored in the connection pointers table. The control unit 11 transforms the vector u into the corresponding address for the RAM 20, at which address the contents of the storage location are denoted as αu.
(2) Latch the contents of the addressed register into the data latch.
(3) Compare the data in the data latch with a random number produced by the generator 12 to produce a new output, a, (0 or 1) for the pRAM.
(4) Store the output a in column 0 of the output list in the row relating to the pRAM.
(5) Repeat steps (1) to (4) for each pRAM in turn until all pRAMs in the module have been processed.
(6) According to the reward-penalty algorithm, process each pRAM in turn using the newly-generated outputs and the signals r and p from the environment to calculate new values for the memory contents of the pRAMs, (this is carried out by the learning block 14) and write the new values back to the corresponding memory locations of the pRAM.
(7) Send column 0 of the output lists to the four neighbouring modules via the serial output port, and transfer the data in column 0 to column 1.
The above process is executed on each of the modules synchronously and respectively. Thus, at the point where step (7) is being executed each module is not only sending column 0 of its output lists to its neighbouring modules, but is also receiving from them, via its input ports, column 0 of their output lists.
The serial output ports can be used to communicate not only with neighbouring modules but also with a host commuter, or with an interface to a system which the network controls or to which it provides information.
Step (6) above refers to a form of reinforcement training known as global reward/penalty learning, in which the contents of at least one of the storage locations in the neuron (in this case a pRAM) are altered on the basis of signals from the environment signifying success or failure of the network as a whole (the reward and penalty signals, r and p). Suitable algorithms for carrying out such reinforcement training are described in the International Patent Applications mentioned above and in a paper entitled "Reinforcement training strategies for probabilistic RAMS" by D. Gorse and J. G. Taylor in: Proceedings of Euronet '90, Prague, September 1990, pp 98-100.
To implement such reinforcement training the organisation of the RAM is as shown in FIG. 4, assuming that the connection pointer table is in the RAM. The external RAM address is then defined as shown in FIG. 4a.
An alternative to global learning is local learning. The learning block 14 required for this is identical to that required for global learning, and the difference derives from the fact that whereas in global learning the inputs r and p are the same for all neurons, in local learning r and p are locally and separately generated for each neuron. One way of doing this is by using auxiliary pRAMs, and this is shown in FIG. 5. In this arrangement a pair of 5-pRAMs (i.e. pRAMs with 5 inputs) is associated with each 4-pRAM. The auxiliary pRAMs have fixed memory contents which, like the memory contents of the 4pRAMs are held in external RAM. The way in which the memory contents of the auxiliary pRAMs are chosen is similar to the basis used for the i-pRAMs discussed in the above mentioned International Patent Applications and in the Euronet '90 paper mentioned above. The output of the auxiliary pRAMs are the signals r and p.
The process of updating the pRAM memory using this form of learning closely resembles that for the global reward-penalty learning pRAM except for step (6). Since local learning does not depend on the performance of the whole net, the learning procedure can be performed locally as each pRAM is processed. In this case, step (6) will normally be performed between steps (4) and (5) as this is a more efficient method. Thus the pRAM memory is updated whilst the current αu and a (the pRAM output) are valid.
The use of local learning requires some alteration to the organisation of the RAM compared to that used for global learning. The auxiliary pRAMs each require twice as much memory as the pRAMs they serve; one set of data for a=0 (pRAM not firing) and another set when a=1 (pRAM firing). This is shown in FIG. 6. Also, extra bits are required on the address bus to select `r` and `p` memory, e.g. as shown in FIG. 6a. The block select bits may for example be:
00 - pRAM memory
01 - reward pRAM memory
10 - penalty pRAM memory
Other forms of learning may be used instead of reward/penalty learning (either global or local). For example, use may be made of gradient descent, back-propagation, Kohonen topographic maps and Hebbian learning, all of which are established techniques in the field of neural networks.
Various other modifications may also be made to the operating process described above. For example, the output of each pRAM can be transmitted to the neighbouring pRAM modules as soon as it is generated, rather than (as in step 7 described above) have a separate step in which the outputs of all the pRAMs in a module are transmitted. If this is done, however, extra RAM storage for copies of column 0 in the output list must be provided in this and neighbouring modules.
It is emphasised that, as already mentioned, the architecture of the present invention is of general application in neural networks, and is not restricted to those where the neurons are pRAMS. This architecture is also applicable when a learning module is not present.
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Archive: November, 2011
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-- President George W. Bush, debating Sen. John Kerry, Oct. 11, 2004
And that -- that brings me to the second mode of civil disobedience. There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart that you can't take part! You can't even passively take part! And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus -- and you've got to make it stop! And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it -- that unless you're free the machine will be prevented from working at all!!
Good piece from my virtual friend Dave Zirin of the Nation about the bizarre overlap between Penn State (that's a university located in central Pa., for those of you unfamiliar with it), UC-Davis of pepper-spray fame...and the FBI:
In the wake of the scandals that have enveloped and now destroyed the careers of Spanier and Katehi, the very existence of the NCHEA should now be called to question. Given the personal character on display by these two individuals, why should anyone trust that the classified meetings have stayed in the realm of "cyber theft" and intellectual property rights? What did the FBI tell Chancellor Katehi about how to deal with the peacefully assembled Occupiers? Was "counter-terrorism" advice given on how to handle her own students?
Apparently the $905,000 in public buyout money wasn't enough.
I never thought I'd say this, but today looks like a good day for the Obama campaign. Herman Cain's never-ending implosion and the attention from the Manchester Union-Leader endorsement continues to strengthen Newt Gingrich's hand as the anti-Mitt, foiling Romney's divide-and-conquer strategy to work around the fact that 75 percent of GOP voters can't stand him. But Obama does much better in head-to-head polls against Gingrich than against Romney.
And now this brilliant idea: Pat Toomey for vice president.
I saw the headline -- I just assume this is who they're referring to.
Thanks, as usual, to the indispensible Greg Mitchell:


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Obviously Kamui Kobayashi car was under funded and probably most of resource goes to Perez car. It's fair enough if it's happened because Perez brought the money bag to Sauber team. Also Perez's Mexican billionaire backer may be using their own money on Perez car. Look Perez car has fewer problems than Kobayashi car. Also Perez car is always top condition. Kobayashi car has always problems.
Everyone will chose to drive and take garage of Perez if you asked any F1 drivers for which garage he want to take at Sauber Team.
This year Kobayashi car reliability is very poor. That cost him 2013 seat for him. If he has car like Perez car and then he can win the race and he will be sign by one of the top teams.
I hope Sauber will beat Mercedes team in Championship and keep Kobayashi for


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Warren Buffett Buys Bank Of America
The big winner on a down day for the stock market is Warren Buffett and Bank of America (BAC). Bank of America is up 9% on a day when the market is down 200 points. In a surprising move, Buffett made a $5 billion dollar investment in the banking giant that helped to stop its shares from sliding. Buffett has once again stepped up to rescue one of America's struggling blue chip companies.
Buffett's Great Deal
Buffett's company,Berkshire Hathaway is buying 50,000 shares of preferred stock in Bank of America. These shares have a liquidation value of $100,000 per share. In return for this $5 billion dollar loan, Bank of America will pay Buffett $300 million dollars in dividends a year. That is a 6% annual dividend return guaranteed. That dividend yield is fantastic for a lage cap company.
This was a good move for BofA because it helps to calm market fears about the bank being unsafe. Buffett's investment in General Electric and Goldman Sachs did the same thing for those companies during the financial crisis of 2008. Buffett was able to get even better terms on preferred stock investments in those companies.
Bank of America can exit the deal at any time. All the bank has to do is repay Buffett's $5 billion dollar investment and pony up an additional 5% dividend payout. I think that BofA will look to exit this deal in 2013. Even if the bank does not need the capital, Bank of America should hold onto it to reassure investors. The Buffett investment will dilute earnings in the short term but should help the bank over the long term.
As a Bank of America shareholder, I never feared that the bank was in danger of collapse. The stock may be down 40% for the year but I still see it as a value play and have been purchasing more. Buffett owns a small position in the common stock right now but obviously feels that the preferred shares are a much better deal. This is proof once again that Buffett can make money in any market.
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It is nice that Warren Buffett is able to get such a good deal on the stock. I did read an interesting commentary about his investment in Goldman Sachs and GE. The gist was that he got a good deal but that the common shareholders in GE have lost money compared to Buffett. The Goldman investors are only up slightly. It is a nice dividend if you can get it.
I agree that this is a good move by BofA. I don't exactly understand it from Buffets perspective. With European banking pressure threatening our economy, and the high exposure that BofA has compared to other banking options, this seems to be a risky strategy. Can't wait to see of it will be a successful move for WB.
I'm reading that Buffett made out nicely with the 6% dividend. BoA got the backing of the Oracle of Omaha and was down 40%, so I think they made out nicely, too. Like CFM said, regular investors may not be so lucky. Just look at the GS and GE deals.


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The cutlet:
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6) Saute the cutlets in preheated olive oil until golden brown. Place the cutlets on a paper towel to drain. And keep warm while assembling the salad.
7) Lightly dress your arugula, tomatoes and shallots with a plain vinaigrette if you desire.
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Life‑Threatening Allergies and Anaphylaxis
What is anaphylaxis?
Anaphylaxis is a potentially life‑threatening allergic reaction that can occur quickly (as fast as within a couple of minutes of exposure to the allergen). Anaphylaxis can be caused by a number of allergens, or triggers, which commonly include certain foods, insect stinging and biting, medications and latex.
What are the symptoms of anaphylaxis?
Symptoms of anaphylaxis vary, but those involving the skin (hives, itching, skin redness) are most common. A majority of cases also involve swelling of the lips and tongue as well as of the airways (tightness in the throat, shortness of breath). Anaphylaxis may also involve the gastrointestinal system (nausea, stomach pain, vomiting, diarrhea, coughing), the cardiovascular system (fast heartbeat, chest pain, low blood pressure) or the central nervous system (headache, confusion).
What factors put one at increased risk for anaphylaxis?
Life‑threatening allergies can happen at any time, but certain factors may make some individuals susceptible to having a life‑threatening allergic reaction (anaphylaxis). Remember that by being careful to avoid your allergens, you can help prevent a life‑threatening allergic reaction. The factors that make some individuals susceptible can be divided into two categories:
- General factors that increase the risk of having a life‑threatening allergic reaction include:
- Exposure to certain allergens (triggers) such as food (e.g., peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, eggs and milk), biting or stinging insects (e.g., bees, ants and ticks), latex and medications (e.g., penicillin) for those who are allergic to them
- Exercise, in susceptible individuals
- Exposure to cold, heat or sunlight
- Factors that may increase the severity of a life‑threatening allergic reaction include:
- Age:
- Adolescents and young adults may be at an increased risk of anaphylaxis because of inconsistent behaviors in avoiding known allergic triggers
- The elderly may be at an increased risk of having a more severe life‑threatening allergic reaction because of accompanying disorders and medications used to treat those disorders, such as heart disease. In addition, the elderly may be at an increased risk of having a more severe life‑threatening allergic reaction if they are exposed to biting or stinging insects
- Disorders that make the symptoms of anaphylaxis difficult to recognize, such as impaired vision, seizures or depression
- Medications or chemicals that make the symptoms of anaphylaxis difficult to recognize, such as antidepressants, sedatives or alcohol
- Disorders such as asthma (especially if severe or not controlled with medication), heart disease, high blood pressure and cerebrovascular disease, such as stroke
- Certain medications used in the treatment of heart disease, such as beta‑blockers, that may block the medicinal benefits of epinephrine
- Age:
Talk to your health care professional to determine if you may be at increased risk for anaphylaxis—and if you should be prescribed EpiPen® Auto‑Injector. It's important that those at increased risk for anaphylaxis are careful to avoid known allergy‑causing triggers and always have access to two EpiPen® Auto‑Injectors.
I've had a life‑threatening allergic reaction (anaphylaxis). Can I have another one, or have I built up a tolerance to the allergic trigger?
If you have had anaphylaxis, you may be at an even higher risk for another life‑threatening allergic reaction. It is not possible to predict who will or will not have another episode. It is possible to become less sensitive to an allergic trigger, but this usually happens after a treatment like allergy shots. You may sometimes even outgrow your reaction to some food triggers. However, you may also experience a more serious episode than you did the first time.
What foods typically cause anaphylaxis?
About 2.5% of Americans have some type of food allergy, and the problem is more prevalent among kids—about 1 in 13 children has a food allergy. Peanuts, tree nuts (such as walnuts and pecans), shellfish, fish, cow's milk, eggs, wheat and soy account for the majority of life‑threatening food allergies.
About Epinephrine
How does epinephrine work?
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Is one dose of epinephrine always enough? When might I need two?
Approximately 20% of patients—about 1 in 5—who receive an initial dose of epinephrine for treatment of anaphylaxis require a second dose. Why? Sometimes an allergic reaction can be so severe, a second dose of epinephrine is required. In other cases, a second allergic reaction can occur 1 to 72 hours (usually within 8 hours) after the initial reaction—even with no further exposure to the allergic trigger. Therefore, it is important that patients at increased risk for anaphylaxis have two doses of epinephrine available.
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Where's the best place to keep my EpiPen® Auto‑Injectors?
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Like any medication, EpiPen® Auto‑Injector has an expiration date, which is printed on the side of the auto‑injector. Because the effectiveness of epinephrine may decrease after the expiration date, you should promptly refill your prescription before the expiration date. You can register your EpiPen® Auto‑Injectors online through the My EpiPen® program and we'll send you reminders before your devices expire.
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Where should a child keep EpiPen® or EpiPen Jr® Auto‑Injector while at school?
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Is there one EpiPen® Auto‑Injector for all ages?
EpiPen® Auto‑Injector contains a single dose of 0.3 mg of epinephrine, appropriate for people weighing 66 pounds or more. EpiPen Jr® Auto‑Injector contains 0.15 mg of epinephrine for children weighing 33 to 66 pounds. Your health care professional will carefully determine the appropriate dose of epinephrine for you or your child.
Can I use EpiPen® Auto‑Injector on a different body part besides the thigh?
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What if I'm not able to give myself an injection?
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Directions for use which includes illustrations are enclosed in each EpiPen 2-Pak® and EpiPen Jr 2-Pak®. In addition, directions on how to administer an EpiPen® Auto-Injector are printed on the side of the auto-injector itself.
For further instructions, contact your health care professional or watch a step-by-step video.
The liquid inside my EpiPen® Auto‑Injector appears discolored. What should I do?
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Can I reuse EpiPen® Auto‑Injector?
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Is the EpiPen® Auto‑Injector carrier tube waterproof?
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Morristown church searches for help to keep homeless ministry afloat
MORRISTOWN — In summer's heat, the Rev. Kip Worrell worries about winter.The pastor of Life Center Church frets about coming cold nights from November to April. He knows dozens of homeless people again will seek the sanctuary his 60-member church has given the last two years.
When winter night temperatures drop to 40 degrees or colder this International Pentecostal Holiness church opens The Warming Station. A sign goes out in front of the 510 S. Cumberland St. church. Its red letters, one side Spanish, one English, announce "Homeless Warming Station Open All Night." It's a signal a blanket and a meal wait inside for anyone who needs them.
This isn't a shelter with long-term stays or programs. It is a cold night way-station, a dusk-to-dawn seasonal respite. Doors aren't locked; people can come and go. Last winter an average of 30 people nightly slept on folding cots set in the sanctuary. Brutal cold brought in as many as 58, eight more than the church has beds.
A few are temporarily down on their luck, their electricity turned off when they didn't pay the bill. Sometimes a woman fleeing an abusive spouse brings her children. But many who eat, then sleep, have existed on the streets for years. Most are men. Some come so often they claim the same blanket from a small closet behind the pulpit and place a cot in the same spot in the sanctuary.
"They are not homeless in most cases because they are fine upstanding citizens," says Worrell. "But their reason for being homeless is not an excuse for us not to care."
Some are sick. Others stumble into the church drunk or high. Some possess criminal records. The Warming Station takes in all of them.
"The only thing we ask them, if they're high, is to sit down, shut down, don't bother anyone. But you don't get turned away," says the pastor. "Everybody goes around saying, 'What would Jesus do?' ... This is what Jesus would do."
Begun the week before Christmas of 2009, the ministry has busted the church's $3,800 monthly budget and overgrown its rented 2,000-square-foot sanctuary. The Warming Station needs a new home.
The building is more than 100 years old; it's not equipped to handle another Warming Station winter. Men, women and the occasional family who sleep here are divided only by rows of folding chairs. Homeless line up to use one of two small bathrooms. Coffee spilled by shaky hands stains the gray carpet. By November Worrell must find a bigger building that meets code standards to house so many overnight. "I'm hurting. I don't know what we are going to do," he says.
A different question hung in the winter air the day The Warming Station got its start. A nighttime snow had melted to leave the air damp and sharp that Sunday morning between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Nine-year-old Jessica Worrell saw a shivering, hunched figure down a slight hill as she left church. She asked her mother, Kathy, to ask her father, the pastor, to check on the man in the hooded sweatshirt.
Worrell made it across the graveled lot to a man sitting on a bit of cardboard, near the chain-link fence that divides the church from a used car lot. As he spoke to the man the minister looked up. Just 30 feet away was the entrance to his church.
"The Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, 'This is outside of your door. What are you going to do about it?'"
He called a meeting of the church men at Tuesday night prayer service. "I told them what I had seen and what the Lord had spoken . I told them to go home and pray about it."
Two days later Felix Torres came to Worrell. He had arrived at the same plan as his minister. Let the homeless sleep in the church. The metal chairs used as pews could be folded up and replaced by temporary beds.
Torres volunteered to oversee the program that first December night. Michelle Torres plated up fried potatoes, cornbread, beans and chicken to take to her husband for supper.
"I walked in, there were four people there. They were hungry. I came home, emptied out what I fixed for supper, took and fed them." So began The Warming Station's first meal.
As winter came, more cold, hungry, homeless people arrived. The station closed only three nights last November to April 15. "If they come for 30 minutes, get warm and want to, they can leave. They can come in at four o'clock in the morning, find a cot. Daylight comes, they all have to go," Worrell says.
This isn't the only place Morristown's homeless can spend the night but it may be the only shelter for some. The Ministerial Association Temporary Shelter on North Hill Street has room for men, women and children. Executive Director Dr. Gary Brewster says M.A.T.S. includes programs to help people get off the streets permanently. But no one stays there if he fails drug screening or nightly breath analyzers or has a sex offender record. "We are aware of The Warming Station. We do tell people to go there," he says.
At least two volunteers must be at The Warming Station each night. The Torres are constant volunteers; Worrell frequently stops by. It's not always peaceful. Worrell has a permit to carry a concealed weapon; he keeps his gun close. He's broken up fights and tossed belligerent people.
Room is left for repentence. "Most of the time when we have to put someone out, it's temporary until they get themselves back in control. They can't come back that night but they can another. Jesus loves them, and He loves them where they are at. He has told us to love them and to care and to be compassionate."
The church's monthly $3,800 budget is often stretched to pay its rent, electric bill and Worrell's salary. The church paid Warming Station expenses in 2009 but last year nothing remained. Help — from meals to donations to rolls of toilet paper — came from other churches, businesses and individuals.
The Warming Station includes no sermons or services. "But don't ask us unless you want to hear," says Worrell. "We have had a few success cases. Sometimes you sow and other people reap. But all you have got to do is make a difference for one person."
He knows deep inside about that difference. He sees what his life could have been in the faces of homeless addicts. "I'm sure for a fact that if God had not intervened in my life, I'd be in a grave right now."
Now 56, the Virginia native was once a truck builder and a functioning alcoholic and drug addict. Divorced and unhappy, he drank up to two gallons of liquor a week and used "everything from pills to pot." He credits a brother-in-law who insisted he go to church and God with his rehabilitation.
Reborn, Worrell entered the ministry. He'd grown up in the Holiness Pentecostal faith and felt the first urge to preach at 9. After serving as an associate pastor in Virginia he moved his family to Morristown to begin Life Center Church in 2003.
Long term, he hopes to have a farm where homeless people and addicts could live and work as they rebuild their lives. That's a distant dream as he contemplates the immediate need for another building and funds for The Warming Station.
" I have been counting the months until November. I've heard this said — God is seldom early, never late but always faithful. ... I know God is going to do something because He loves them just like He loves me."


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Moodle is an online tool that allows educators to interact with students outside the classroom and manage a course from anywhere. In Moodle Essential Training for Teachers, Chris Mattia shows how this program works for teachers on three levels: disseminating information, creating a forum where ideas are exchanged, and assessing the progress of students. Chris shows how to build course materials with Moodle's HTML editor, post assignments, and save time by using Moodle's grade book to evaluate tests automatically and organize scores. Exercise files accompany the course.
The next set of tools inside of the Administration block for us to look at is the Assign roles link. Go ahead and click on Assign roles and then you can see the various options that are available to you underneath of the different roles. You can assign roles to any type of users that has less privileges than you do. So for instance, since you're the teacher in this course, you can assign Non-editing teachers, which would be the equivalent of a teaching assistant, Students and Guests. Let's begin by looking at the listing for Student. Click on the link for Student in the Roles column and then you can see all of the students that are currently listed inside of your course that have their role assigned to them as a student. You can add or remove students by simply clicking on a student's name and then clicking the Remove button which will push them back over to the right-hand side or selecting the student's name and pushing them back to the left-hand side by clicking Add.
If you want to upgrade a student's role to that of a teaching assistant, you can do that by simply coming up to the Role to assign dropdown menu, and instead of Student, select Non-editing teacher. Now, we can assign the role of non-editing teacher or teaching assistant to one of our students. Let's say, for instance, Al is our teaching assistant. So we'll select his name in the right-hand side, then, click the Add button. Al is not listed as a non-editing teacher. To get a complete description of all of the different options and parameters that a non- editing teacher has on your system, you will need to contact your Moodle administrator to find out all of the different options that a non-editing teacher can do on your particular system.
There is also a checkbox here with an eye icon that shows hidden assignments. Let's go ahead and move Al back over to the right-hand side by selecting his name on the left and hitting Remove. This time, we check the box for hidden assignment and then select Al and click the Add button. Now Al is listed as a hidden assignment. This means that his role of a non-editing teacher would not be revealed to anyone that's not a teacher or an administrator on your Moodle system. This is very helpful when you have additional co-instructors teaching a course, but you only want one instructor listed in your main course catalog for Moodle.
Having hidden assignments is a great way to control that and have specific users that you've granted additional access into your course for. Let's go ahead and return back to the main listing for all of the assigned roles by clicking on the Role to assign dropdown and selecting the option for List all roles. It takes us back to the main listing. Here, you can see the different users that are assigned to each role inside of your course, including Non-editing teachers, Students and Guests. Let's go ahead and return back to our main course by clicking on the BIOL432 link in the upper left-hand corner.
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Each year, TLF recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of public-interest law by honoring at least one public-sector attorney, one private-sector attorney, one law professor, and one law student with this award. This year's awards are unique in that, rather than recognize a lone professor for their public-interest work, TLF has chosen to honor the entire Actual Innocence Clinic for their important and groundbreaking work toward exonerating prison inmates who did not commit the crimes of which they were convicted; the Clinic continues to work on several cases in hopes of freeing wrongly-imprisoned criminal defendants.
The awards ceremony will be held on Feb. 25 at 6:30 p.m. The event is generously hosted by Bill and Stephanie Whitehurst each year at their Austin home, which is located at 2703 Westlake Drive. Admission is complimentary; heavy hors d'oeuvres and refreshments will be served.
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A man receives WFP's food assistance in Tulak district of Ghor province.
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Harsh climate, bad road conditions and tribal disputes are just some of the challenges WFP faces in reaching people in need of food assistance in western Ghor province.
"Without food from WFP it would be very difficult for me and my family to get through the winter months," says Ahmad, an elderly father in Tulak district of Ghor province. "People in this district are very poor; there are no jobs. Young men have to leave their villages to work in other provinces or abroad to support their families," says Ahmad. WFP distributes food in these areas to help people to get by, and also to prevent further displacement.
But it's not just the poverty or the harsh winter weather that make living here a challenge: Ghor is one of the most insecure provinces in western Afghanistan. In order to ensure that food can be delivered and is distributed fairly, extensive preparation work takes place. Teams conducted several preliminary missions to the area, and met with government officials, community leaders, tribal elders and other stakeholders. In some districts, food was not allowed to go through to the most vulnerable due to local disputes between communities. WFP has to negotiate with parties in conflict to ensure that it can fulfill its humanitarian objectives.
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Wahidullah Amani, a former journalist, has been with WFP since 2012. He now works as the National Communications Officer for WFP Afghanistan based in Kabul.