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Now here's a great idea for St. Valentine's Eve: On February 13, Whole Foods Market (1400 Glades Rd., Boca Raton; 561-447-0000) is hosting its first "Find Your Heart in the Cart," a date-matching game for singles. Entrants will be given a shopping cart and a five-minute time limit, during which they will be asked to choose five grocery items that best represent their love interests, romantic desires, personality, and style. (Hey, I could do that in one minute. How long does it take to load up five bottles of organic champagne?) The carts will then be collected and grouped together, and singles will choose anonymous partners based on the contents of those carts. The cost for finding your gourmet-market soul mate is just $10, which will go to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and winning couples will be presented with a romantic dinner at Roy's Boca Raton; make reservations to ensure your spot in the game. And don't forget the carob-flavored body paint.
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In other news, Mzinga announced OmniSocial, a software solution enabling organizations to leverage social interactions with employees, customers, and partners within a single environment. Included within OmniSocial are several individual communication tools each serving unique purposes, including OmniSocial Marketing, OmniSocial HR, and OmniSocial Support.

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Actor Mickey Rooney, who became the United States' biggest movie star while still a brash teenager in the 1930s and later a versatile character actor in a career that spanned 10 decades, died on Sunday, Los Angeles authorities said. He was 93.
Rooney, who developed a reputation as a hard-partying, off-screen brat in his heyday and married eight times, died at his home in Studio City, the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner said, citing the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).
Coroner's office watch commander Larry Dietz said the LAPD informed the office that Rooney died at home on Sunday of natural causes.
Representatives for Rooney were not immediately available for comment.
''He was undoubtedly the most talented actor that ever lived. There was nothing he couldn't do,'' actress Margaret O'Brien said in a statement.
She said she had worked recently with Rooney on a film, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and he ''was as great as ever'' during the filming.
Actress Rose Marie, a long-time friend, said he was one of the greatest talents show business had ever had. ''I shall miss him and the world shall miss him,'' she said in a statement.
Rooney was an entertainer almost from the day he was born in New York on Sept. 23, 1920.
His parents, Joe Yule Sr. and Nell, had a vaudeville act and Joe Jr., as he was known then, was not yet 2 years old when he became a part of it, appearing in a miniature tuxedo.
As he grew older, Rooney added dancing and joke-telling to his stage repertoire before landing his first film role - a cigar-smoking little person in the silent short Not to Be Trusted.
After his parents split, Rooney and his mother moved to California where she steered him into a movie career.
He was about 7 when he was cast as the title character in the Mickey McGuire series of film shorts that ran from 1927 to 1934.
Nell even had his name changed to Mickey McGuire before changing the last name again to Rooney when he began getting other roles.
As a teenager, Rooney was cute, diminutive - he topped out at 5 feet 2 inches (1.6 meters) - and bursting with hammy energy.
Those attributes served him well when he was cast as the wide-eyed, wise-cracking Andy Hardy in a series of films that would give movie-goers a brief opportunity to forget the lingering woes of the Great Depression in the late 1930s.
The first Andy Hardy film, A Family Affair in 1937, became a surprise hit and led to a series of 16, with Rooney's character becoming the main focus and helping make him the biggest box-office attraction of 1939 and 1940.
The Hardy films were wholesome, sentimental comedies in which Andy would often learn a valuable lesson from his wise father, Judge Hardy.
In 1938, Rooney and Deanna Durbin received miniature Academy Awards for juveniles.
''Call him cocky and brash but he has the sort of exuberant talent that keeps your eyes on the screen,'' the New York Times said of Rooney in a 1940 review.
It was in Love Finds Andy Hardy that he first worked with Judy Garland, who was on the verge of superstardom herself with The Wizard of Oz.
They made two more Hardy movies together and in 1939 were cast together in Babes in Arms, a Busby Berkeley musical about two struggling young entertainers that earned Rooney, then 19, an Academy Award nomination.
Movie-goers loved the lively ''let's put on a show!'' chemistry that Rooney and Garland brought to the screen.
They were paired again in Girl Crazy in 1943.
''We weren't just a team, we were magic,'' Rooney said in a stage show about his life.
Rooney proved he could handle serious roles, too, with a notable performance in 1938 in Boys Town as a troubled kid helped out by a kindly priest played by Spencer Tracy.
He picked up another Oscar nomination for The Human Comedy in 1943 and starred with Elizabeth Taylor in National Velvet in 1944.
Off the screen, the young Rooney was the Justin Bieber of his time.
His fame, money, gambling, lust and mercurial nature were problems for the MGM studio, which did not like seeing its young star sully his reputation and box-office potential.
The studio assigned a full-time staffer to keep Rooney out of trouble but his antics still frequently ended up in gossip columns. MGM was greatly upset when Rooney, 21, married Ava Gardner, then a 19-year-old aspiring actress, in 1942.
The marriage lasted barely a year.
From 1939 to 1941 Rooney had ranked as the top U.S. male box-office attraction.
After he returned from serving the military as an entertainer during World War Two, the public was growing weary of seeing him play teenagers and he would have to retool his career.
''I was a 14-year-old boy for 30 years,'' he once said.
After the rush of stardom, Rooney was battered by a stalled career, drug and gambling addictions, bad marriages, a failed production company and the deep financial problems they caused.
He lost his hair and grew paunchy as he aged but he persevered.
''I'm a ham who wants to be a small part of anything,'' he told the Times.
He took small parts, worked in lesser movies and tried a couple of television shows.
He picked up two more Oscar nominations for 1956's The Bold and the Brave and The Black Stallion in 1979.
In 1979 he also broke through on Broadway, harking back to his vaudeville beginnings with Sugar Babies, a burlesque-style revue with MGM tap dancer Ann Miller in which he sang, danced and dressed in drag.
He said the role saved him from being ''a famous has-been.''
''The American public is my family,'' Rooney said.
''I've had fun with them all my life.''
Rooney won an Emmy and a Golden Globe in 1982 for the TV movie Bill, playing a mentally handicapped man trying to live on his own. He was given a lifetime achievement Oscar in 1983.
In 1978 he found a lasting marriage with country singer Jan Chamberlin.
In his late 80s they toured the country with a song-and-dance act.
Rooney, who had five sons and five daughters, told a U.S. Senate committee on aging that he had been emotionally and financially abused by family members.
He later said Christopher Aber, Chamberlin's son, had deprived him of food and medicine, prevented him from leaving the house and meddled in his financial affairs.
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On Christmas Eve, 2009, the startling hypothesis that our Solar System, the Sun and all its planets, are moving into a potentially dangerous and destabilizing interstellar energy cloud, was resoundingly sustained.
The confirmation of Dmitriev's interstellar energy cloud hypothesis marks the third time that major predictions made in Apocalypse 2012 have been validated since it was published in 2007. Much of the book concerned the potential impacts of solar turbulence on climatic and seismic events, on the global satellite network and also the electrical power grid. Lo and behold, in December, 2008, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) issued a 100+ page report detailing the grave vulnerability of the electrical power grid to solar blasts, which,
by scientific consensus, are next expected to climax in late 2012 or early 2013. The NAS concludes that up to 130 million people could find themselves without electricity for months or years due to solar mega-storms shorting out the grid. Without telecommunications, water or gasoline (the pumps are electric), refrigeration, and basic law enforcement or military security, civilization as we know it would be brought to its knees.
Apocalypse 2012 also reported extensively on evidence that the Earth's protective magnetic shield is showing signs of realignment and deterioration, a hypothesis emphatically validated in December, 2008, THEMIS, a squadron of five NASA research satellites unexpectedly flew through a giant, pole-to-equator breach in our planet's magnetic field. The astrophysicists attached to the THEMIS project were utterly astonished by the e data, with David Sibeck, the project leader, going so far as to declare that "it was as though the Sun rose in the west." The shields are down, Scotty,
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on 12/26/2013 9:36:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Oily, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I finally bought one of these a few days ago when Rite Aid was running a 40% off Maybelline sale and today I went back and got 2 more! I was always intrigued by these blushes but never considered buying one because I really don't care for cream blushes. They are hard for me to apply when I am wearing makeup and I feel that they smear my foundation and don't blend well.
I read that someone had applied these with a brush, which I had never considered before, and was what pushed me to try them. Wow--- what a great idea! I just took my regular blush brush, dipped in the product, and it works so well!! These come off as a really fresh look, kind of dewy but not really. Just not as flat looking as a powder blush can come across as. I was so pleased with the fresh, natural look of these.
It lasted all day, but I did apply it about 3 times in the morning to build it up to the color I wanted. You can go for a very light application or as dark as you want.
Are these unique? Yes, I think that they really are. Although the end result is a blush look on the face like any other blush, I do think they look differently than a powder blush, and I really like it.
I also love how little the compact is! Takes up hardly any space and would be great for travelling, too. No odor at all.
I would recommend that anyone who loves blush and different, unique makeup give them a try. If you don't care for cream blushes because of how they mess up your foundation, try these ones with a brush-- I find them really different than a traditional cream blush.
I probably would not buy them at full price, given how many blushes I own, but I would buy more on sale.
on 12/24/2013 4:58:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
Love these blushes! They are so much fun! I highly recommend these if you don't already have them. They aren't too sheer and aren't too dark either they go on well just using fingers.
on 12/24/2013 1:47:00 AM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Curly, Medium
Eyes: Hazel
I love this blush. I got it in Pink Plum and that particular shade looks great on my skin! It lasts through school and feels very lightweight on my face. I try not to put it on way too often though, because for me it makes me break out after constant usage. It's very dewy and sheer, perfect for lighter skin types.
I would definitely purchase this product again.
on 12/20/2013 10:10:00 PM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Very Dry, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I truly love it, I chose the HOT TAMALE COLOR and it looks bold on the mirror but it looks perfect on pictures and I love it because it blends very natural on my bare skin. I apply it with my fingers and at first it was a little tricky but with practice now it's so easy and love, love, super love it !!!
on 12/20/2013 9:18:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I was a little skeptic on buying this since I saw so many mixed reviews. Overall i have to say i love this as like a base for my other blushes. I use it everyday and it works amazing. If your having trouble with this and think there's no pigmentation try using a stippling brush it really does wonders. I tried using my fingers and i prefer using the brush better.
It lasts about 6 hours for me with another blush over it and it looks so natural and beautiful.
on 12/19/2013 1:22:00 AM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
How fun are these? The idea of a bouncy blush got me very excited and eager to try. I picked one up at Target for around $6 in the coral shade - And right away noticed the lovely shades that were available. When I opened and tried it it was fairly pigmented, not at all sheer but not total color either. At the end of the day it was still on for the most part. For the price and the quality, I would call it a pretty good everyday blush.
on 12/19/2013 12:54:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I have this in coffee cake. its a nice color but its really hard to get the right amount on your face. I found that it does not show up on me right away. The color shows up a few minutes later and then I realize how much I put on, usually too much. even though I know how this works on me I haven't tried putting on one swipe to see how pigmented it is. since I put on waaay too much I obviously think the color is not flattering on me lol but I've used this as eye shadow and its much better for that. I still have too wait for the color to pop up but I usually dont put too much on and if I do it is easy to wipe away the excess. I dont think I would buy again because it takes too long to see if you've put it on right but I will use up the rest of this blush as eyeshadow.
on 12/17/2013 10:23:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Dry, Fair-Medium, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Hazel
I bought this in Orchid and there is no color payoff. I am NW20 and I can barely see anything. The color looks gorgeous in the pan but using it on my cheeks I could not tell anything different. I used more and more and nothing much but a slight tinge of pinkish.
I'm very disappointed because I am always on the lookout for orchid blushes and lipsticks. The texture is cool, bouncy foam cream and easy to blend. There is no weird smell or anything and I had no trouble picking the product up on my fingers (which I find is best for most of these cream/mousse products).
I would not purchase again in any color as I can see from other reviewers the other colors are not pigmented either.
on 11/21/2013 9:22:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Black
I have this on candy coral and ALL OF MY FRIENDS can't saw that actually i was wearing this blush and then i walked back to my room to reapplied it and then asked them again but still they can't saw it……… I'm so dissapointed and sad, maybelline…! Like…seriously dude i paid for nothing? Pfffttttt
on 11/5/2013 11:10:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Normal, Medium, Warm
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
I really like this product. The advantage to using it is that I have a mary kay foundation brush that I use to apply it which helps it to go on smooth and blend. If I did not have the brush it would be more difficult to achieve the look I am going for. It does fade a little throughout the day, but overall it gives me the color and look I am going for.
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If, theoretically, August represents the finest opportunities to bask under the stars, dance, and soak up killer music, then surely the August Nights in the District concert series, held in New London's Hygienic Art Park, promises to be one of the finest events in the city's annual calendar.
It kicks off Saturday with the Roadside Attractions, the Rivergods, and James Velvet and the Lonesome Sparrows.
It's a natural and inspired group of acts. The 'gods are perpetual local favorites, and Velvet is a long-time force on the New Haven scene. And the Attractions recently completed recording a debut EP of their swirling pop and swing.
Other scheduled shows include definitive barroom rock from Sarah Borges & the Broken Singles and the Reducers (Aug. 8), jazz saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa's IndoPak Coalition (Aug. 22), and Grammy-winning zydeco wildman Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience (Aug. 27).
The Mahanthappa and Simien coups in particular represent an adventurous approach, each show boasting extremely respected artists gaining global attention. It's all made possibile through the cooperative booking efforts of the Hygienic's Rich Martin and Ken Kitchings of Kitchings Productions, an outfit increasingly noted for visionary Garde Arts Center concerts.
"We try to create a diverse line-up that exposes people to as many different genres as possible while providing entertaining summer nights of fun and, with any luck, a little dancing," Martin says.
He adds that the goal of turning people onto new talent while providing instant crowd appreciation is a delicate balance that reflects musical learning experiences for himself and Kitchings.
"I was first exposed to Rudresh Mahanthappa through an interview with Terri Gross on NPR's 'Fresh Air,'" Martin says.
He was sufficiently inspired to contact the saxophonist and, after a series of conversations, the booking ensued.
"Mahanthappa's work is groundbreaking," Martin says. "He's got a lot of Coltrane and (Charlie Parker) in his playing but then throws you for a loop by tapping into Indian ragas and the like. The result is spellbinding."
Similarly, Kitchings was mainly responsible for bringing Simien to New London. A huge fan of Louisiana music - Kitchings brought the Neville Brothers, the subdudes, and BeauSoleil to the Garde - he was blown away by Simien at the recent New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
"Ken is first and foremost a music lover," Martin says. "Our conversations tend to be far-ranging, as we share new discoveries and dreams for acts we would love to see gracing stages here in New London. I think we'd both like to see that palette of offerings expand over the coming years, and our partnership in the August Nights in the District series is an important step in that development."
August Nights in the District, 7 p.m. Saturday, Hygienic Art Park, 79 Bank St., New London; the Rivergods, the Roadside Attractions, and James Velvet, free; 857-6337, hygienic.org.
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ZZ Top at Ravinia
Come out with some friends and a picnic and enjoy the great music of ZZ Top and Blackberry Smoke under the stars at Ravinia. Tickets: $90/80, Lawn: $38 in advance and $43 the day of the show.
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Zappa Plays Zappa
No one is better suited to play Frank Zappa favorites and obscure gems to crazed fans than his son, Dweezil. As a child, he watched his father in concerts from off stage. Zappa Plays Zappa has evolved into a 6-piece band. Dweezil alone is uniquely qualified to bring this father's compositions back to life; he is both the modern face of Zappa music and the person who can bring it fully formed into the future.
Yefim Bronfman Complete Prokofiev Piano Sonatas at Ravinia
Come out and enjoy the day with Part 1 of 3 of Yefim Bronfman's complete Prokofiev Piano Sonatas at Ravinia. Tickets: $60/40 & Lawn: $10
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Yefim Bronfman Complete Prokofiev Piano Sonatas at Ravinia
Come out and enjoy the day with Part 2 of 3 of Yefim Bronfman's complete Prokofiev Piano Sonatas 5 - 7 at Ravinia. Tickets: $60/40 & Lawn: $10
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Yefim Bronfman Complete Prokofiev Piano Sonatas at Ravinia
Come out and enjoy the day with Part 3 of 3 of Yefim Bronfman's complete Prokofiev Piano Sonatas 8 & 9 at Ravinia. Tickets: $60/40 & Lawn: $10
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Wonderland Express at Chicago Botanic Garden
Take a magical trip to a winter wonderland of twinkling lights and holiday beauty at the Chicago Botanic Garden when we kick off the holiday season! Outside, 750,000 lights sparkle and welcome you and your family to the Garden's wonderland. Inside the Regenstein Center, a 10,000-square-foot exhibition of miniature trains winds over bridges, under trestles, past waterfalls, and through more than 80 mini-replicas of Chicago's favorite landmarks. Paul Busse, designer of the Model Railroad Garden, created this amazing exhibition exclusively for the Garden's holiday celebration.
Windy City Dub Fest
The event will include VW and Audi judging contest for categories of 'Best of'. Winners will take home an award. Online registration will be available in May of 2015. Car Clubs are welcome and will not be limited to just VW's and Audi's and will be open to all makes and models. Come with a car or just as a spectator. Food and drinks will available, along with live entertainment. Visit the website for updates.
Vocal Concert by Musicians from the Ravinia's Steans Music Institute
Musicians from Ravinia's Stearns Music Institute will performing a Vocal Concert at Bennett Gordon Hall. Program to include duets, songs and piano works by Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms. This is included in the BGH $10 series.
CITY:Highland Park
Villa Park French Market
The Villa Park French Market offers a wide variety of items including fresh flowers, fresh produce, hand-made soaps, pottery and more. The French Market is located on Park Boulevard, immediately west of Ardmore, by the gazebo. The French Market is accessible by the Prairie Path. It provides a place to gather, socialize and purchase quality goods at reasonable prices.
CITY:Villa Park
Under the Sun Tour at Ravinia
Come out for a great night of music under the stars. The Under the Sun Tour includes the bands of Uncle Kracker, Sugar Ray, Eve 6 and Better than Ezra. This is a show not to be missed. Tickets: $60/50, Lawn: $33 in advance and $38 the day of the show.
CITY:Highland Park
Umphrey's McGee at Ravinia
Umphrey's McGee has been relentlessly innovative in both music and fan relations for many years. Whereas the band's stellar reputation is based on marathon concerts that mix original, technically demanding tunes with complex epics and playful covers (ranging from Toto to Metallica), it has chosen the same kind of attention to melody, song craft, and musicianship. Tickets are $45 for reserved seats and $20 for lawn seats in advance and $25 the day of the show.
CITY:Highland Park
Twilight Shuffle 5K Run
Run through the historic neighborhoods of the east side of Libertyville. Professional timing. Families are encouraged (no children under 9) to run. After finishing the course, all participants are invited to join their fellow racers for a fabulous post-race party (including light dinner and non-alcoholic drinks for all registered participants) at the new Mickey Finn's Brewery. No registrations will be accepted or processed after 12pm on race day.
Turkey Testicle Festival
It's a great night as you don't have to bring a dish to pass or talk to relatives. If you have never tried a turkey testicle, this is your chance! No need to worry about the weather the festival is held under one huge heated tent, with plenty of portable potties available. The bar is open but the number of people allowed inside at any one time is limited, as it can become pretty packed. There will also be hats, t-shirts and sweatshirts for sale to remember the night. "So grab a friend that's never been, enjoy a cold brew, great music, and hot nuts!" This is a 21 and older event only so bring your ID. Hope to see you there.
The State Ballet Theatre of Russia presents Swan Lake
This full-scale production, set to the music of Tchaikovsky and based on Russian folklore and German legend, follows a heroic young prince as he works to free the beautiful swan maiden from an evil spell. The State Ballet Theater of Russia presents 50 of Russia's brightest ballet stars to bring this romantic tale of true love to glorious life!
The Stadium at the Ballpark
The Stadium at the Ballpark at Rosemont is the 2,000-seat home of the Chicago Bandits, the 2011 NPF World Champion women's softball organization, East Leyden High School's girls softball team and the Rosemont School's boys and girls softball team. It is located on the west side of 1-294, and is the first facility of its kind in the nation built expressly for women's professional sports. The team plays 25 home games a year, from June through August.
The Piano Guys at Ravinia
The Piano Guys, an American musical group, plays piano and cello renditions of popular songs and classical music. Tickets: $60/50, Lawn: $27 in advance and $32 the day of the show.
CITY:Highland Park
The Great Highwood Pumpkin Festival
The City of Highwood is honored to once again transform into Pumpkin Fest headquarters. This event orchestrates fan favorite activities including a pet costume contest, Light Up the Night Parade, 5K Pumpkin Run, Walk & Kids' Dash, onsite carving, nightly pumpkin wall lighting ceremonies, hay rides, pumpkin bowling, pony rides, petting zoo, carnival rides, kids crafts, live entertainment, pumpkin beer tasting, and seasonal food and beverage vendors galore.
The French Market of Vernon Hills
This market will include local growers, regional sourced cheeses, breads and other foods, but there also may be pottery, wood carvings, imported olive oils and crafts. Additionally a French market canopy system will be set in place with the canopies coming from Paris. The market will be held at the Metra Station parking lot.
CITY:Vernon Hills
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Performs with Pinchas Zuckerman at Ravinia
Pinchas Zukerman on violin will perform with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rafael Payare. Program will include pieces from Berlioz, Bruch, and Rimsky-Korsakov. Tickets: $50/25 & Lawn: $10.
CITY:Highland Park
The 18th Annual Lincolnshire Art Festival
The festival hosts 100 juried artists from around the country in the Village Green of Lincolnshire and offers extraordinary examples of fine art and fine craft in a variety of mediums and price points. Take in the tranquility of Lincolnshire with a wonderful weekend that combines the fun of art with the art of fun. Live music on the music stage, great food and fun activities for kids, including an art scavenger hunt and spin art, make the festival a perfect family experience. Art enthusiasts will have the opportunity to see the masters at work with interactive art demos and booth chats taking place all weekend long! Festival-goers of all ages will have an opportunity to get into the "art-filled" action by contributing to a mural on-site at the festival.
Tempel Lipizzan's 2015 Performances
Witness artistry and history come to life as the Tempel Lipizzan stallions enchant audiences with their power, intelligence and grace. From the play of newborn foals to the leaps of athletic stallions, the Tempel Lipizzans are an experience for the entire family. This unique performance set to music has become a Lake County favorite. Save and buy tickets in advance. Come early and enjoy a lunch or dinner in the cafe. Please visit the website for performance schedule.
Taste: Just a Bite of Forest Park
On August 27, join all participating eateries for a weekend of locally made home grown food! Special tasting plates and drink specials will be featured at all restaurants.
CITY:Forest Park
Taste of Roselle
Roselle will celebrate summer with the 34th Annual Taste of Roselle July 31 through August 2. Bring family, friends, and your appetite and come out and enjoy the great food, live entertainment, carnival, Bingo tent, and craft fair. Taste of Roselle will be held on Main St., between Roselle Rd. and Park St.
Taste of Highland Park
Scrumptious delights from the City's finest eateries highlight the 2015 Taste of Highland Park held at Port Clinton Square. Visitors can satisfy savory and sweet cravings with everything from sushi to tacos to ice cream. Visit booths beginning Friday, August 28 at 5:00 p.m. Enjoy entertainment all weekend at the Taste Stage and the Port Clinton Art Festival Saturday and Sunday
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Leah Hager Cohen, critically acclaimed nonfiction writer and novelist, has been appointed Distinguished Writer in Residence at the College of the Holy Cross. Cohen has served as the Jenks Chair of Contemporary American Letters at the College for the last five years. She will assume the three year position on July 1, 2014, and her responsibilities include teaching two classes per year, advising and mentoring students in the Creative Writing Concentration, and contributing to the overall literary life of the College.
"We are delighted that Leah will remain a member of the Holy Cross community. Her strengths as a writer, teacher and mentor make her a perfect fit for this position," says Margaret Freije, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the College. "Students across disciplines at Holy Cross will benefit from her talents whether they are writing an analytical paper, a fellowship narrative or a work of fiction."
"I'm moved and immensely pleased that the college has extended this opportunity," says Cohen. "Working at Holy Cross turned out to be a greater gift than I ever might have anticipated, and being offered a chance to continue that work feels both inspiring and affirming."
Cohen's latest novel "No Book but the World" (April 3, 2014) is a powerful exploration of familial love and responsibility. Ava and Fred are siblings, raised in a "free" environment by their progressive parents, who gave little guidance and overlooked Fred's serious developmental and social impairments. Now adults, Fred is accused of a horrific crime and Ava feels impelled to try to piece together the story of what actually happened. As she is drawn deeper into the unsettling details of the crime, she becomes obsessed with learning the truth, convinced that she and she alone will be able to explain her brother in a way that allows the rest of the world to regard him with sympathy.
The New York Times Book Review declares, "Leah Hager Cohen is one of our foremost chroniclers of the mundane complexities, nuanced tragedies and unexpected tendernesses of human connection." The San Francisco Chronicle raves, "Cohen's empathy is sure-footed and seemingly boundless; her writing gifts its characters with glints of ordinary human radiance. It is the possibility of this glinting that ultimately becomes Cohen's most powerful gift to us, her readers, as well."
Cohen is the author of five novels, including "The Grief of Others," which was long-listed for the Orange Prize; selected as a New York Times Notable Book; and named one of the best books of the year by The San Francisco Chronicle, Kirkus Reviews, and Globe and Mail. She is also the author of five nonfiction titles, including "Train Go Sorry" and "I Don't Know." She is a frequent contributor to The New York Times Book Review.
Her book "The Grief of Others" (Riverhead, 2011) will soon hit the big screen. Production for the movie has started and will shoot in April in Nyack, N.Y. The cast includes Rachel Dratch ("Saturday Night Live"), Wendy Moniz and Trevor St. John ("One Life to Live"); and is directed by Patrick Wang, whose first film, "In the Family," was nominated for the 2012 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature.
Cohen will give a reading from "No Book but the World" on Thursday, April 24 at 7:30 p.m. in Rehm Library at the College.
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Microsoft may go out of its way not to annoy us desktop users in the next major Windows release. According to Neowin, that release, which is known as Windows Threshold (and which may or may not be called Windows 9 upon launch), could disable the Modern UI interface altogether on desktop systems.
Word is that some pre-release builds of Threshold already do this. Those builds still serve up Modern UI by default on tablets, Neowin says, but they disable it by default on desktop PCs. (Users can still go in and re-enable it if they wish.) To access Modern UI apps, desktop users are expected to use the Start menu or the taskbar. And, oh joy, Modern UI apps run inside windows just like their non-Modern UI counterparts.
Neowin says this design is symptomatic of a departure from the "Sinofsky vision of [a] hybrid OS." Steven Sinofsky, the former President of Microsoft's Windows division, left the company in November 2012, shortly after the release of Windows 8.
Microsoft hasn't said a peep about Threshold yet, so this is still just a rumor. I think it ranks pretty highly on the plausibility scale, though. Windows 8.1 already takes the trouble of booting into the desktop by default on desktop PCs, and it adds title bars with basic window controls to Modern UI apps (though those apps are still stuck in full-screen mode). We've heard rumors about Microsoft implementing fully windowed Modern UI apps before, too.
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A portable pill crusher for crushing tablets of compressed powder has upper and lower plates, The plates attached to one another at one end, and forced apart at the opposite end so that the crusher is normally in a pill-loading position. The crusher has a handle attached to a post which extends upwardly from the lower plate through the upper plate, and the handle has a downwardly extending lobe which acts as a cam on the top surface of the upper plate, pushing it downwardly when a user applies a force to the handle. The upper plate has a crush member on its under-side which is sized and configured to fit within a pill receptacle formed on the end of the lower plate. The device can be operated by one hand, and requires little force to use.
1. A pill crushing device comprising:
(a) a lower plate having a first end and a second end;
(b) an upper plate having an upper surface, a first end and a second end, said second end of said upper plate attached to said second end of said lower plate;
(c) means for urging said first ends of said upper and lower plates apart from one another;
(d) a receptacle for accepting crushable pills, said receptacle projecting upwardly from said first end of said lower plate;
(e) a crushing member projecting downwardly from said first end of said upper plate, said crushing member sized to fit within said receptacle;
(f) a post extending upwardly from said lower plate through said upper plate, said post positioned between said second end of said lower plate and said receptacle; and
(g) a handle pivotally attached to said post above said upper plate, said handle having a lobe extending downwardly therefrom to abut and apply a camming force to said upper surface of said upper plate; wherein said device is operable by said handle between a pill-loading position wherein said first ends are urged apart by said urging means and a pill-crushing position wherein said first ends are nearer one another.
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The present invention relates to devices for crushing materials and in particular relates to devices for quickly and securely crushing crushable pills and other such medicaments to allow patients to ingest them more easily.
Medicaments are often provided in the form of pills, and many pills are in the form of tablets comprising compressed agglomerations of powder. These tablets are capable of being crushed into smaller pieces and/or powder.
There are several problems associated with administering medicaments in a tablet form. Many people have difficulty swallowing tablets, and it is not uncommon for such people to require that the tablets be crushed to make them easier to swallow. In an institutional setting (for example, in a hospital), it is common to crush tablets into smaller pieces and/or powder and to mix the resulting smaller pieces and powder into pudding or some other food substance to make the medicament more easily ingestible.
At one time, pills were crushed in hospitals using a mortar and pestle. The use of a mortar and pestle was long ago abandoned, due to several problems. Primarily, a mortar and pestle required too much time and energy to use, and required cleaning between uses to avoid cross-contamination of the medications in the crushed tablets.
Accordingly, over the years many mechanical devices have been suggested for crushing pills, among them those devices described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,631,786, 3,915,393, 4,003,523, 4,199,863, 4,366,930, 4,694,996, 4,824,000, 5,123,601, 5,178,337, 5,823,451, 5,863,001, 5,915,637, 5,924,636, 6,059,209 and 6,357,679.
Each one of these prior art pill crushers has disadvantages, however. Either they are not capable of crushing the large numbers of pills which are crushed daily in an institutional setting, or they do not provide means to avoid cross-contamination of crushed medications unless they are thoroughly cleaned between uses (which requires a significant amount of time and energy), or they require a considerable amount of force to use. The latter is a significant problem in institutional settings where hundreds of pills might be required to be crushed by a single person (perhaps a nurse) each day. While large-scale crushers have also been proposed, these are generally electrically-powered, heavy devices, and are not portable.
The need remains, accordingly, for a portable pill crusher capable of easily crushing large numbers of pills using only a small amount of force, and in which cross-contamination of medications is easily avoided.
The present invention is a device for crushing crushable pills. In the most basic embodiment of the invention, upper and lower plates are attached to one another at one end. The lower plate has a first, free end and the attached second end. The upper plate has an upper surface, a first end and the attached second end.
A receptacle for accepting crushable pills projects upwardly from the first end of the lower plate, and a crushing member projects downwardly from the first end of the upper plate. The crushing member is preferably sized to fit within the receptacle when the two are positioned together.
Between the plates is mounted a means for urging the first ends of the upper and lower plates away from one another. The device also comprises a post extending upwardly from the lower plate through the upper plate, with the post positioned between the second end of the lower plate and the receptacle on the lower plate.
The post is preferably positioned nearer to said receptacle than to said second end of said lower plate.
A handle is provided which is pivotally attached to the post at a position above the upper plate. The handle may be attached at one end to the top end of the post. The handle has a lobe extending downwardly therefrom to abut and apply a camming force to the upper surface of the upper plate. The device is operable by means of the handle between a pill-loading position wherein the first ends are urged apart by the urging means and a pill-crushing position wherein the first ends are nearer one another, placing the crush member within the receptacle.
In one embodiment of the invention, the means for urging the first ends away from one another comprises a spring coiled around the post between the lower and upper plates. In an alternate embodiment, the urging means is a leaf spring attached between the lower plate and the upper plate. In yet another embodiment, the upper and lower plates are formed from one sheet of material bent over on itself, and it is merely the natural elasticity of the material which comprises the means for urging the ends of the device apart.
To allow for more efficient placement of pills into the device, and to perform a good crush, the receptacle may have a concave face and the crushing member may have a convex end. The receptacle may be suitably sized to accept one or more paper cups.
To provide support for the device, the upper plate may have attached to its sides downwardly extending support members, which may extend generally along one third of the length of the upper plate from the first end thereof.
There is also provided a method of crushing pills, comprising the steps of (a) placing pills to be crushed into a first paper cup; (b) placing a second paper cup into the first paper cup, thereby covering the pills; (c) placing the paper cups into the receptacle of the device while the device is in the pill-loading position; (d) applying a downward force to the handle, thereby forcing the device into the pill-crushing position; (e) removing the force from the handle, allowing the urging means to urge the device into the pill-loading position; and (f) removing the paper cups from the device.
It will be appreciated that the particularized description of the invention described briefly above which follows hereafter is rendered by reference to certain specific embodiments of the invention which are illustrated in the appended drawings. The drawings depict only a typical embodiment of the invention and are not therefore to be considered to be limiting of its scope.
Accordingly, in the accompanying drawings which illustrate specific embodiments of the invention, but which should not be construed as restricting the spirit or scope of the invention in any way:
Throughout the following description, specific details are set forth in order to provide a more thorough understanding of the invention. However, the invention may be practiced without these particulars. In other instances, well known elements have not been shown or described in detail to avoid unnecessarily obscuring the invention. Accordingly, the specification and drawings are to be regarded in an illustrative, rather than a restrictive, sense.
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Lower plate 10 has two ends, a first end 12 and a second end 14. Similarly, upper plate 20 also has a first end 22 and a second end 24. Plates 10, 20 are attached to one another at one end (the respective second ends, as shown in the drawings), and may be hinged together by means of hinge 60.
Lower plate 10 has extending upwardly from its upper surface a receptacle 16 for accepting crushable pills. Receptacle 16 is also clearly illustrated in
Similarly, upper plate 20 has a crush member 26 extending downwardly from the lower surface of plate 20 at the "end" of plate 20. It is intended that the "end" of plate 20 as described herein means the first fifth of the length of the plate 20 as described above with reference to receptacle 16. The crush member 26 is illustrated in greater detail in
Receptacle 16 and crush member 26 may be of any shape when view end-on or from the side, but both are preferably round or cylindrical. The top surface of receptacle 16 is preferably "cup-shaped" or concave, while the crush member 26 preferably has a convex end. It will be appreciated from the figures and the description herein that crush member 26 is sized and configured to fit or "nest" tightly within receptacle 16 when the device is in a crushing position.
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An arm 40 is pivotally attached to post 30 above the top surface of upper plate 20 at attachment point 35. The post 30 may be positioned anywhere along the length of lower plate 10 between the receptacle 16 and second end 14, but is preferably close to receptacle 16 to allow force applied to handle 40 to provide good leverage as described in greater detail below. Similarly, post 30 extends through plate 20 at a corresponding point between crush member 26 and second end 24, but preferably near crush member 26.
It will be appreciated that an upper plate, hinged to a lower plate as described herein, would normally tend to fall and rest on the lower plate due to gravity. Means for urging the first ends 12, 22 of plates 10, 20 apart is therefore provided to urge the first end 22 of the upper plate 20 up and away from the first end 12 of the lower plate 10, thereby forcing the upper plate 20 into an elevated position above the lower plate 10 and placing the device into a "pill-loading" position wherein the receptacle 16 is easily accessible to the user. In the embodiment of the invention shown in
To transfer force applied to handle 40 to top plate 20, handle 40 is supplied with a lobe 42 which extends downwardly therefrom and which abuts the upper surface of upper plate 20 as shown in
In operation, the device is normally in an open or "pill-loading position (shown in
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It will be appreciated that the plates 10, 20, and especially upper plate 20 should be constructed of a material strong enough to withstand the forces applied to it. If the material is too thick or heavy, however, this limits the portability of the device. To maintain the portability of the device, a material of slightly less robust material can be used, if support members 70 are applied to the sides of upper plate 20 along that length of plate 20 where the forces are generally applied (perhaps along the first third of the plate). This is illustrated in
As will be apparent to those skilled in the art in the light of the foregoing disclosure, many alterations and modifications are possible in the practice of this invention without departing from the spirit or scope thereof. For example, while the invention has been described as have a hinge between the lower and upper plates, the plates need not be hinged together for the invention to work. In fact, in the embodiment of the invention shown in
Accordingly, the scope of the invention is to be construed in accordance with the substance defined by the following claims.
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Whether deliberately or not, The New York Times/CBS/Quinnipiac Poll is wrong! It shows President Obama carrying Ohio, Florida and Virginia. In reality, Mitt Romney is leading in all three states and will carry them all.
Here's the deal. The Times is weighting the raw survey data to reflect the ratio of Democrats to Republicans who voted in 2008. True, if we get the same massive turnout among minorities and young people that propelled Obama to victory in 2008, he will win this election and carry these states. But we won't. All the polling shows that the electorate is now much more Republican and that GOP voters are much more motivated to turn out than their Democratic counterparts.
If we weight the Times results for the average turnout of the past four elections: 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010, we find Romney winning all three states. Republican pollster — the best of them all — John McLaughlin and I used exit polls from the past four elections to figure out how many Democrats and Republicans actually voted and then averaged them together. Here are the real numbers:
–NY Times results: Obama +1
–Dem/Rep ratio in Times poll: Dems +7
–Average ratio Dem/Rep past four elections: Reps +1
–Times overstates Dem vote by 8 points
–Correct poll result: Romney +7
–NY Times results: Obama +5
–Dem/Rep ratio in Times poll: Dems +8
–Average ratio Dem/Rep past four elections: Dems +2
–Times overstates Dem vote by 6 points
–Correct poll result: Romney +1
–NY Times results: Obama +2
–Dem/Rep ratio in Times poll: Dems +8
–Average ratio Dem/Rep past four elections: Reps +1
–Times overstates Dem vote by 9 points
–Correct poll result: Romney +7
And even these results don't tell the full story. The Gallup Poll finds that the 2012 election will actually have more Republicans and fewer Democrats voting than any of the past four elections. In 2008, the electorate had 12 points more Democrats and Republicans. In 2004, the electorate was evenly divided. Gallup estimates that in 2012, there will be 3 points more Republicans voting than Democrats.
So the numbers above are not reflective of Romney's real strength. He will do even better. Add to them the fact that the undecided vote goes against the incumbent, and you are looking at a real landslide.
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