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|Publication number
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|Application number
|Publication date
|Oct 27, 1992
|Filing date
|Apr 8, 1992
|Priority date
|Apr 8, 1992
|Fee status
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|Rita M. Agans
|Original Assignee
|Agans Rita M
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|Patent Citations (11), Referenced by (69), Classifications (10), Legal Events (4)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
1. Field Of The Invention
This invention relates to an apparatus to remind individuals to take medication at predetermined times extending over a seven day period, in combination with an apparatus to dispense the medication at the predetermined times, while preventing access to the remaining medication. The combined apparatus is controlled by a microprocessor to both provide an audible and/or visual alarm and to activate the dispensing apparatus.
Studies in the past have shown that a substantial number of patients, particularly the handicapped and the elderly, do not follow instructions in taking medication. This can result in the patient failing to take the medication, taking the wrong medication, taking an incorrect amount of the medication, or taking the medication at the wrong time, leading to either a drug overdose, or an ineffective application of the medication to the patients. Caretakers such as nurses also need to be reminded on occasion that a patient needs to take a particular medication at a predetermined time and what the dosage should be.
The medicine reminder of this invention solves this particular problem by providing an audible and/or visual alarm up to four times a day alerting the patient and/or the caretaker that medication is to be taken, and a means for automatically dispensing the proper medication under microprocessor control so as to be easily retrievable by the patient and/or caretaker, for periods of up to a week.
There have been a number of medication dispensing devices disclosed in the prior art. U.S. Pat. No. 3,911,856 issued Oct. 14, 1975 to Charles C. Ewing discloses a medication dispenser and schedule reminder which includes a date selector, a six hour spring-wound or battery operated timer having an alarm, and a manually rotatable top to select one of a plurality of compartments containing medication therein.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,473,156 issued Sep. 25, 1984 to David C. Martin discloses a method and apparatus for accurately selecting, storing and dispensing pills comprising a tray having four color coded containers for each day of the week coupled with manually removable slidable panels covering the containers, and a pivoted cover for the tray. There is no timer structure disclosed, or any means to lock the cover in position.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,660,991 issued Apr. 28, 1987 to Udo Simon discloses a device for storing and signalling the time for taking drugs comprising a dispenser which includes a timer having audio and visual means for indicating the time for taking the stored medications and sensors to indicate when a pill has been dispensed from a blister pack. There is no disclosure of an automatic pill dispenser under the control of a microprocessor by Simon.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,731,765 issued Mar. 15, 1988 to George W. Cole et al. discloses a medication reminder which includes a timer and a release latch mechanism which releases a latch on the cover over a compartment. Cole et al. disclose only a single compartment with the latch mechanism controlled by the timer.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,768,177 issued Aug. 30, 1988 to Bruce A. Kehr et al. discloses a method and apparatus for alerting a patient to take medication comprising a tray having plural compartments, and an electrical signalling system which emits audible and visible signals from time to time, each of which indicates that medication should be taken, from which compartments the medication should be taken, the quantity of medication to be taken from the designated compartment, and instructions for taking the medication. There is no disclosure by Kehr et al. of automatic dispensing of the medication under the control of a microprocessor.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,872,559 issued Oct. 10, 1989 to Heinrich Schoon discloses a dispenser for medical preparations comprising a plurality of compartments arranged in columns and rows, and manually slidable covers covering each column of compartments. There is no disclosure of a timer coupled to an alarm in Schoon.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,970,669 issued Nov. 13, 1990 to Kenneth B. McIntosh discloses a programmed clock for signalling a person times that dosages of medication are to be taken in compliance with a medication schedule. In addition to the programmed clock the apparatus comprises a microprocessor, alarm means, a pinter, and a plurality of compartments for holding the medication. There is no disclosure by McIntosh et al., however, of any automatic dispensing of medication from the plurality of compartments.
The invention disclosed herein comprises a medication dispensing arrangement comprising a clock, a pill holder having 28 compartments arranged in rows and columns, the columns each having at least four slidable support plates supporting medication designed to be transferred to an accessible pill tray up to four times a day for seven days, a microprocessor connected to said clock, a memory connected to said microprocessor, means to store in said memory selected times of actuating the dispensing of said medication, an alarm means to alert a patient or caregiver that it is time to take medication, said alarm means being connected to said microprocessor, and means to shift each of said support plates in serial fashion at the proper time under the control of said microprocessor to dispense a prescribed dose of medication. The apparatus is designed to be refilled with medication weekly, with means to shift the support plates in serial fashion in the opposite direction. A cover is provided which may be locked to prevent access to the medication before the prescribed time, thus minimizing the problem of providing an overdose.
Accordingly, it is an object of this invention to provide a medication dispenser which can be programmed to a) alert a patient or caregiver that it is time to take medication, and b) to dispense a proper dose.
It is a further object of this invention to provide a medication dispenser and an alarm means which may be preprogrammed for a period of seven days.
It is another object of this invention to provide a medication dispenser and an alarm means controlled by a microprocessor.
It is still another object of this invention to provide a medication dispenser and an alarm means which automatically dispenses medication at preselected times.
It is an additional object of this invention to provide a medication dispenser and an alarm means which can be controlled to prevent overdoses of medication.
Other objects, features and advantages of this invention will become apparent from the following detailed description and the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of the specification, wherein like reference numerals designate corresponding parts of the several views.
FIG. 1 is a partially exploded front perspective view of the medicine reminder and dispenser.
FIG. 2 is a partially exploded front perspective sectional view of the medicine reminder and dispenser taken along section line 2--2 in FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of the medicine reminder and dispenser taken along section line 3--3 in FIG. 1.
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the microprocessor control arrangement for the medicine reminder and dispenser.
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the memory portion of the microprocessor control arrangement.
FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing the manner of inputting the desired times for activating an alarm and dispensing a predetermined amount of medication.
FIG. 7 is a flow chart indicating the manner of controlling the dispensing of a predetermined amount of medication at the desired time.
FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing the manner of resetting the drive arrangement prior to resupplying the dispensing apparatus.
FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing the manner of resetting each compartment to enable the resupply of the dispensing apparatus.
Before explaining in detail the present invention, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, since the invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced or carried out in various ways. Also it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein is for the purpose of description and not limitation.
Turning now to FIG. 1, there is shown an automatic medication dispensing apparatus 10 in the form of a seven day pill box controlled by a microprocessor 76 (see FIG. 4), as further described below. Dispensing apparatus 10 comprises four rows of containers 14 disposed one on top of the other, thereby to provide eight vertical columns. The right-most seven columns are reversed for holding and dispensing the medication. The left-most vertical column is left empty except for the top row which provides a space for mounting a clock 16 and the aforesaid microprocessor 76 not shown in FIG. 1.
Each of the aforesaid containers 14 comprises fixed side walls 18 and a slidable base plate 20 which also provides a ceiling for the container 14 immediately below each row, including a bottom drawer 22 located at the base of the dispensing apparatus 10. Initially, the left-most column has no base plates 20 disposed thereunder, thereby providing room for the shifting of each base plate 20 at least one column to the left (FIG. 2).
The dispensing apparatus 10 as shown in FIG. 1 further comprises a cabinet 21 which includes a horizontal base shelf 24 slidably supporting bottom drawer 22, a vertical left side wall 26 and a vertical right side wall 28 integral with said horizontal base shelf 24, a horizontal top cover 30 which is pivoted at hinges 32 mounted on a vertical back wall 34 integral with base shelf 24 (FIG. 3). Top cover 30 includes a conventional lock 36 to preclude improper access to the medication within containers 14, and an identification plate 38 bearing the name of the patient who is to receive the stored medication at predetermined selected times.
Access to the containers 14 from the front of dispensing apparatus 10 is prevented by a vertical transparent sheet 40 (see FIG. 3) which may be either glass or transparent plastic. Left side wall 26 supports a plurality of push button switches 42 each identifying a particular hour of the day starting with, for example, 8:00 A.M. and ending at 11:00 P.M., corresponding to the normal hours a patient might be awake. As shown, each row of containers 14 has four allotted hours, starting at the lowest switch 42 and going to the top switch 42. Along the front edge of the top cover 30, seven additional pushbutton switches 44, one for each day of the week, are shown. Also supported by left side wall 26 are two reset buttons 46 and 48. The operation of push buttons 42 and 44 and/or reset buttons 46 and 48 is described below in connection with FIGS. 4, 6, 8 and 9.
As shown for the third row from the bottom in FIG. 1 each bottom plate 20 is provided with a first tongue 50 at the front of base plate 20 and a second tongue 52 at the rear of base plate 20. First tongue 50 is supported by and slides in a continuous groove 54 (FIG. 3) in a front beam 56, and second tongue 52 is supported by and slides in a continuous groove 58 in a rear beam 60. Beams 56 and 60 are supported by left side wall 26 and right side wall 28. Side walls 18 are fixed to rear beam 60, and may also be fixed to front beam 56 if found to be desirable in any conventional manner.
Extending from second tongue 52 on each base plate 20 is a projection 62 which extends through a corresponding elongated slot 64 in a vertical panel 66 which separates containers 14 from the operating mechanism at the rear of the pill box or dispensing apparatus 10. The projection 62 will engage a corresponding paddle 68a-68d mounted on a corresponding vertical shaft 70a-70g.
The operating mechanism is best seen in FIGS. 2 and 3, with the electronic control therefor being shown in FIG. 4. Step motor 72 is suitably mounted on the inner surface of left side wall 26 and is controlled to rotate drive gear 74 in either the forward or reverse direction by microprocessor 76. Drive gear 74 in turn rotates driven gear 78 connected to a shaft 80 mounted for rotation on bracket 82 attached to back wall 34. Also connected to shaft 80 is a second gear 84 which drives timing belt 86. Mounted on shafts 70a-70g are freely rotatable gears 88a-88g which are simultaneously driven by timing belt 86 when actuated by step motor 72. Also mounted on shafts 70a-70g are vertically slidable electromagnetic clutches 90a-90g which may be selectively and individually activated under control of microprocessor 76 to selectively and individually engage a corresponding gear 88a-88g. As shown in FIG. 3 each electromagnetic clutch 90a-90g is connected to its corresponding shaft 70a-70g by a key and keyway arrangement 92 whereby engagement of the corresponding electromagnetic clutch 90a-90g with its corresponding gear 88a-88g will cause the corresponding shaft 70a-70g to rotate.
Each shaft 70a-70g has four paddles 68a-68d integral therewith mounted at vertical distances corresponding to the vertical distances of projections 62 extending from tongues 52 on base plates 20. Paddles 68a-68d are circumferentially located at 90 degree intervals on each shaft 70a-70g as shown in FIG. 3. Shafts 70a-70g are vertically supported for rotation by any conventional means such as bearings 94 mounted on base shelf 24. Additional support means connected, for example, to back wall 34, may be provided.
The control mechanism for the above-described operating mechanism is schematically shown in FIG. 4. The desired hours for dispensing medicine on each day is entered into the time input 96 by depressing push button switches 42 and 44. The corresponding signals are entered by time input 96 into microprocessor 76 and stored in memory 98. Subsequently, the time and day indicated by clock 16 is compared with the desired time and day stored in memory 98, and when there is a match microprocessor 76 activates alarm 100, step motor controller 102, and multiplexer 104, and sends an enable signal to a delay 106 and to said multiplexer 104. Alarm 100, which may be an audible and/or a visible signal, serves to alert the patient and/or a caretaker that it is time to take some medication. Multiplexer 104 serves to activate one or more of the electromagnetic clutches 90a-90g prior to activating step motor 72, under control of the ENABLE signal and delay 106. Step motor 72 is then actuated to drive the selected shaft 70a-70g 90 degrees in the forward direction enabling one of the paddles 68a- 68d to engage and drive a corresponding projection 62 and connected base plate 20 one column to the left, the step motor 72 then being turned off. As disclosed, such operation starts at the left most base plate 20 at the bottom of the Monday column and sequentially moves each base plate 20 in the Monday column to the left at the selected hour. This allows the medication on each base plate 20 to be swept off the base plates 20 by side walls 18 as each base plate 20 from the bottom to the top of the Monday column is sequentially shifted to the left, thereby enabling the medication on each base plate 20 to fall to bottom drawer 22, as represented by pills 108, the medication then being retrievable by the patient or caretaker.
Thus, for Monday, shaft 70a is rotated clockwise 90 degrees four times to sequentially shift four base plates 20 to the left by the respective engagement of four vertically disposed paddles 68a-68d with their corresponding projections 62 at preselected hours. The same sequence is followed on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, by sequentially activating electromagnetic clutches 90b-90g to sequentially drivingly connect shafts 70b-70g to step motor 72 through gears 88b-88g, timing belt 86, gear 84, shaft 80, gear 78 and gear 74. Sensors 110 monitor the engagement of electromagnetic clutches 90a-90g and the rotation of shafts 70a-70g to ensure accuracy.
Memory 98 is schematically shown in FIG. 5, with locations for storing the desired hours for each vertical column representing a day of the week, the location for storing a count signal being represented by the box labeled X.
FIG. 6 shows the steps for loading the desired day and time for activating alarm 100 and dispensing predetermined medication. The day and time are input by manually actuating push buttons 44 and 42 as shown in steps 112 and 114. This operation is repeated until it is determined that one of the four buttons 42 representing 8 P.M., 9 P.M., 10 P.M. and 11 P.M. have been pushed for Sunday night, step 116, and then the inputting operation stops.
FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing the steps for dispensing medication at a selected time during a 7 day period, subsequently to loading the dispensing apparatus 10 with medication to be distributed. The microprocessor 76 reads the time and the days from clock 16, steps 118 and 120, and makes a comparison with the days and time stored in memory 98. Microprocessor 76 continues to read the time and days until there is a match, step 122. Once there is a match, the multiplexer 104 is set, step 124, the motor bus is set, step 126, and motor 72 is enabled, step 128. This operation is continued until there is an indication that a push button 42 has been depressed indicating a last hour on Sunday, step 130, after which the dispensing operation is stopped.
After a week's supply of medication has been dispensed, the dispensing apparatus 10 must be resupplied. This in turn requires the sequential shifting of the base plates 20 from the left to the right. This process requires rotating shafts 70a-70g 90 degrees in the forward or clockwise direction to locate paddles 68a on each shaft 70a-70g to the left of projections 62 extending from base plates 20 in the bottom row, and thereafter manually pushing the base plates 20 sufficiently to the right by push bars 132 to enable paddles 68a-68d to engage projections 62 when shafts 70a -70g are rotated in the reverse or counterclockwise direction. Referring again to FIG. 1, left side wall 26 additionally supports four push bars 132, one for each row of slidable base plates 20. When the base plates 20 are shifted to the left during the dispensing operation, pushbars 132 are also pushed to the left. During the resetting operation push bars 132 are pushed to the right after each of the shafts 70a-70g are simultaneously rotated an additional 90 degrees in the forward or clockwise direction to properly position paddles 68a-68d for the resetting operation. This latter result is achieved by depressing reset button 46 which sends a signal through reset input 134 to the microprocessor 76 to engage electromagnetic clutches 90a-90g and to operate step motor 72 for 90 degrees rotation of each shaft 70a-70g in the forward or clockwise direction. Dispensing apparatus 10 is now conditioned for resupply of medication.
Unlocking and raising cover 30 provides access to containers 14. Such resupply must be done in sequence starting with the bottom container 14 in the Sunday column and moving to the top container 14 in the same column, shifting each corresponding base plate 20 to the right, thereby providing a support for the medication deposited in each container 14. This result is achieved by depressing the second reset button 48 which sends a signal through Reset Input 134 to microprocessor 76 to engage electromagnetic clutch 90g with gear 88g and to thereafter rotate shaft 70g, through reversible step motor 72, 90 degrees in the reverse direction. Such operation shifts the lowest base plate 20 positioned in the Saturday column to the right into the Sunday column. Thereafter, the patient or the caretaker can insert whatever medication is prescribed for Sunday morning. This process is repeated until the last container 14 representing Monday evening is resupplied. As shown in FIG. 1 for the third row of base plates 20, the right-most base plate 20 in each row has a resilient bar 136 secured to the right side thereof for the purpose of shifting the reset base plates 20 sufficiently to the left to position the respective projections 62 to be engageable with the corresponding paddles 68a-68d when shafts 70a-70g are again rotated in the clockwise or forward direction during the dispensing operation.
FIGS. 8 and 9 are flow charts showing the steps involved in resetting base plates 20 in order to resupply dispensing apparatus 10. In FIG. 8, when the first reset button 46 is depressed, step 138, a counter (not shown) in microprocessor 76 is set to 1, step 140, the first electromagnetic clutch 90a is engaged with gear 80a, step 142, step motor 72 is operated to rotate shaft 70a 90 degrees in the forward direction, step 144, electromagnetic clutch 90a is disengaged from gear 80a, step 146, the counter is incremented by one, step 148, and until x=8, step 150, the loop is repeated, sequentially engaging electromagnetic clutches 90b through 90g with gears 80b through 80g so as to rotate shafts 70b through 70g 90 degrees in the forward or clockwise direction. Once x equals 8, step 150, x is decremented by 1, step 152, and the operation is stopped, with shaft 70g conditioned to be operated first upon the depression of the second reset button 48, the steps responsive to depression of reset button 48 being shown in FIG. 9.
With x set at 7 by step 152 in FIG. 8, when the second reset button 48 is depressed, step 154, FIG. 9, electromagnetic clutch 90g is engaged with gear 88g, step 156, step motor 72 is actuated to rotate gear 88g and shaft 70g 90 degrees in the counterclockwise or reverse direction, step 158, whereby the bottom base plate 20 belonging in the Sunday column is shifted to the right to enable the patient or the caretaker to deposit whatever medication that may have been prescribed for Sunday morning. Continuing with the flow chart, electromagnetic clutch 90g is disengaged from gear 88g, step 160. In this case shaft 70g has not rotated a negative 360 degrees as yet, step 162, so the program returns to the start position to await depression of reset button 48 a second time, step 154, to initiate a second cycle of operation, this time shifting the next highest base plate 20 in the Sunday column to the right to enable placement of medication thereon. This same cycle is repeated twice more, enabling the shifting of the remaining base plates 20 to the right in the Sunday column, and resupply of medication thereon. When shaft 70g has rotated 360 degrees in the negative or reverse direction the program then waits for reset button 48 to again be pushed, step 164. Once reset button 48 is depressed, x is decremented by 1, step 166. If x does not equal 1 the program goes to step 156 to repeat the cycles, this time with shaft x. These steps are repeated until all twenty-eight base plates 20 have been shifted to the right and loaded with the proper medication. When x=0, step 168, the step motor 72 shuts off, and apparatus 10 is ready to have cover 30 closed and locked in preparation for once again dispensing pills. Resilient bar 136 enables projections 62 to be positioned properly for engagement with paddles 68a-68d when shafts 70a-70g are rotated in the forward or clockwise direction.
While it will be apparent that the preferred embodiment of the invention herein disclosed is well calculated to fulfill the objects above-stated, it will be appreciated that the invention is susceptible to modification, variation and change without departing from the proper scope or fair meaning of the subjoined claims.
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|Fee payment
Year of fee payment: 4
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|Maintenance fee reminder mailed
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|Lapse for failure to pay maintenance fees
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|Expired due to failure to pay maintenance fee
Effective date: 20001101


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The Look of Architecture
Witold Rybczynski
What is style in architecture? "Style is like a feather in a woman's hat, nothing more," said Le Corbusier, expressing most modern architects' low regard for the subject. But Witold Rybczynski disagrees, and in this book, based on a series of lectures delivered at The New York Public Library, he makes a compelling case for the importance of style to the mother of the arts. The heart of the book illuminates the connection between architecture, interior decoration, and fashion. Rybczynski shows us how style and fashion have been expressed in the work of major architects--including Frank Gehry, Mies van der Rohe, Charles McKim, Allan Greenberg, Robert Venturi, and Enrique Norten--and helps us see their works anew and, ultimately, to look afresh at our surroundings.
130 pages, illustrated. Published by Oxford University Press, 2001.
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Former Buffalo Bills quarterback Jim Kelly is in a "real serious fight" for his life, a former teammate said Tuesday.
Kelly, 54, successfully defeated upper-jaw cancer last summer. A checkup earlier this month revealed that not only had the cancer returned but it's spreading quickly, his wife Jill has indicated via social media.
A Hall of Famer who starred for the Bills from 1986-96, Kelly is expected to have surgery at a New York City hospital — as early as Thursday or perhaps next Tuesday — according to the Associated Press.
"He is in a real serious fight, there's no question," Kelly's good friend and longtime former Bills teammate Steve Tasker told Buffalo radio station WGR 550-AM on Tuesday morning.
"Jim is still himself, the same guy we know and love. He knows he's in for a fight, but you can imagine how Jim is approaching this: he's got his boxing gloves on.
"The fact that (the cancer) has come back is not good."
Earlier this week, Kelly's daughter, Erin, tweeted a heart-wrenching photo showing her hugging her dad as he lay in a hospital bed on intravenous.
Visibly shaken, Bills president and CEO Russ Brandon on Tuesday told QMI Agency the following:
"Our thoughts and prayers are with Jim, Jill and the kids. He is an icon, not only in our region but throughout the NFL — an ambassador for so many things, most importantly all he has done for Krabbe disease, with he and Jill and the foundation (they created) for (Kelly's late son) Hunter.
"He's one of the greatest individuals I've ever met. I love him dearly, and it has been very hard to focus over the last couple of days.
"He's one of the strongest, greatest leaders I've ever been around. If anyone can get through this, it's Jim Kelly."
Late last week, three of Kelly's Hall-of-Fame teammates on the Bills — Thurman Thomas, Bruce Smith and Andre Reed — visited him in hospital and cheered him up.
"That was real good medicine for Jim," Tasker said, adding, "It's not that Jim has turned into an invalid or anything like that … Jim is still himself — the same guy that we know and love."


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Sure, hunting for Easter eggs in the backyard is fun, but where's the competition in it? Maybe your youngster needs to take his or her skill to the next level.
So parents, grab the camera, dust off the Easter baskets and make sure your children have a blast while hunting for eggs (and prizes) at one of the several egg hunts scheduled for next weekend.
The city of Temecula Spring Egg Hunt begins at 10 a.m. Saturday for children 1 to 11 years old. There will also be two $25 prize drawings, one for teens and one for adults. There will be egg hunts at the following parks: Ronald Reagan Sports Park, north/south fields, 42569 Margarita Road; Paloma Del Sol, 32099 DePortola Road; Temeku Hills, 31367 La Serena Way; Harveston Community, 28582 Harveston Drive. Individuals with special needs are encouraged to visit Ronald Reagan Sports Park. For information or to volunteer, call (951) 694-6480.
In Murrieta, the annual Egg-stravaganza will be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday at California Oaks Sports Park. Children will have an opportunity to hunt for eggs, jump, slide and visit a petting zoo. There will also be a pancake breakfast with the Easter Bunny, who will pose for pictures. There will be a Holiday Hat Parade and Murrieta Community Services classes will provide entertainment throughout the event. Egg hunts are for children ages 3 to 10. A separate hunting area for ages 2 and younger and the physically challenged will be open from 9 to 11 a.m. The park is at 40600 California Oaks Road. For information, call (951) 304-7275.
Lake Elsinore will sponsor a children's fair and Easter egg hunt that will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at McVicker Canyon Park, 29335 Grand Ave., Lake Elsinore. There will be more than 40 food, crafts and informational booths. For information, call (951) 245-0442.
The Easter In The Park weekend sponsored by Chorus Church at Butterfield Park in Winchester will take place on Saturday and April 8. There will be a candy hunt and family events, including free lunch, bounce houses and children's booths from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday. On April 8, there will be an Easter morning celebration at 10:30 a.m. in the park, which is off Benton Road. For information, call (951) 834-3464 or visit choruschurch.com.
The Lake Menifee Women's Club will sponsor an Easter Egg Hunt from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at La Paloma Park on Menifee Road. The Easter Bunny will be there and there will be separate hunts for various age groups, games, a Jolly Jump, hot dogs and other goodies. Visit lakemenifeewomensclub.org for more details.
Henry's Farmers Market invites youth shoppers to scour the aisles during its annual Easter Egg Hunt. All 27 Henry's stores in Southern California will be participating in this free and fun family event where children up to age 12 will search high and low collecting Easter eggs for the opportunity to win treats and prizes. Call your local Henry's or visit henrysmarkets.com for details.
Lake Elsinore Children's Fair. McVicker Park 29355 Grand Avenue. 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. For information call Parks and Recreation 951.674.3124, ext 265.


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Merlimont is a charming family resort in the heart of the Côte d'Opale, between Berck and Le Touquet. One of its most striking features are the sand dunes which line the beach which extends for 3 kms between Berck Sur Mer and Stella Plage. The town is divided into two parts. There is the 'beach' and the 'village' and 70% of the houses are in fact holiday homes.
There are four hotels, four camp sites and two holiday centres as well as gites, Bed and Breakfast properties and properties to let.
At the start of the season there are days to discover all the different activities in May. You can experiment with jet skis, quad bikes, catamarans, sailing boats, sand yachting and other activities
If you have had a surfeit of sun, sand and moules frites and want a change of scene and have exhausted the possibilities of Merlimont, the amusement parc of Bagatelle is just up the road with rides, a children's zoo and a variety of different attrations guaranteed to keep the young happy for hours!
The office of tourism is situated in Place de la Gare just near the Tennis Courts. Hélène and Sandrine will be delighted to welcome you and answer all your questions. They can advise you on where to stay, restaurants, cultural and sporting activities, market, antiques and even the 'Weekend of Chocolate'.
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- My favorite and most relatable character in the ParaKiss series as I still am easily, overly thrilled/excitable over things and can be a bit sensitive to the emotions of others.
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- The wig base was thick, but came up shiny on some outdoor photos. Indoors it was perfectly fine. After a few dye baths, the fiber became a bit stiff, but softened after a conditioner bath for color treated hair. Also, used a bit of heat protecting lotion on it before curling which helped soooo much!
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New Ten-State Demonstration Project Would Give States an Opportunity to Rebuild Workforce Programs and Better Serve Unemployed
Recommendations from BPC's Governors' Council Aim to Improve Federal Workforce Programs
Ashley Berrang
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Washington, D.C. – The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) is recommending several reforms to improve the nearly fifty job-training programs administered by the federal government and better meet the needs of 3.9 million long-term unemployed Americans, individual state labor markets and employers. Despite an $18 billion investment annually in these programs, there are widespread reports about companies that cannot find skilled workers to fill millions of openings. The report, Getting Work: How Government Can Do Better Preparing Americans for Today's Jobs, is authored by seven former Republican and Democratic governors, all members of BPC's Governors' Council.
BPC's Governors' Council recommends that Congress initiate a "10/10" demonstration project that would allow up to ten states to take 10 percent fewer dollars than the state would have received in 2014 in exchange for the flexibility to design a workforce program that meets the needs of the state. In applying to become one of the designated demonstration projects, states would negotiate a memorandum that defines how that grant would be applied, and engage in a partnership with the federal government and local workforce boards to develop a more efficient and effective program.
"As a governor, my number one priority was creating jobs. I was frustrated by the amount of federal money being spent on programs to prepare people for work and yet, despite the number of available jobs, hard-working individuals still could not find gainful employment," said Governor Phil Bredesen. "The federal programs are well-intentioned but often ineffective. I am so pleased to take part in this effort to provide the insights of governors from a diverse group of states on how to craft an effective workforce system."
The report also recommends strengthening educational programs beyond the traditional four-year college degree to include technical education, and high school and community college curriculums. To bridge the divide between workforce programs and development goals, to create jobs and to grow businesses, the Governors' Council recommends emphasizing work-based learning such as employer partnerships, and incorporating industry-sponsored, standards-based, and recognized "stackable" credentials as part of degree tracks, such as certifications or certificates.
Finally, the report calls on Congress to work with governors and local officials to develop common economic and workforce development governance structures that ensure that existing programs more closely meet local and regional needs. The report also found that timely and reliable labor-market information, for job seekers and employers, is a critical, missing piece. The report recommends that Congress direct the federal agencies to conduct a fast-track review of and implement reforms to the existing federal occupational databases. Also, the federal government should directly engage with business and industry to improve the data about jobs, skills and education.
"There are nearly 4 million long term unemployed Americans. Yet, policymakers continue to hear from employers that they cannot find skilled workers for job openings," said Governor Linda Lingle. "We have failed as a country to align our workforce training and education programs with the needs of our employers. With so many still needing work, it is time to take a comprehensive look at all of the nation's workforce programs."
BPC's Governors' Council includes seven former Republican and Democratic governors: Phil Bredesen of Tennessee; Jim Douglas of Vermont; Brad Henry of Oklahoma; Linda Lingle of Hawaii; Sonny Perdue of Georgia; Mike Rounds of South Dakota; and Ted Strickland of Ohio. In addition to tackling reform of the federal workforce programs in 2014, the Governors' Council is also working to make certain that our youth are prepared for post-secondary work and education.
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A text for undergraduates, stressing examples, exercises, history, and applications, and keeping abstract exposition to a minimum. Coverage includes linear equations and transforms, subspaces of Rn and their dimensions, orthogonality and least squares, determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, coordinate systems, linear systems of differential equations, and linear spaces. Includes chapter exercises and selected answers. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.


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He was terrifying and tender: Edna recalls Samuel Beckett
With a multi-arts programme bulging at the seams with every aspect possible to celebrate the life and times of Samuel Beckett, you could have been forgiven for wondering why organisers chose to open Enniskillen's Happy Days Festival with an 'In Conversation' event with Edna O'Brien .
But from the very moment she took her place on stage in the Ardhowen Theatre on Thursday night, the Irish writer — a friend of the late Nobel Prize-winning laureate — drew the audience into his world.
The unique In Conversation talk with William Crawley paved the way for the rest of the first International Beckett Festival.
And you were left with a better perspective on why Festival Director Sean Doran had been so inspired by Beckett to take the gamble of holding the five day arts-fest in Enniskillen.
In her soft voice, Edna was modest in describing her relationship with Beckett.
"I don't want to be so presumptuous as to say we were great friends, but when we did meet it was always lovely and memorable," she said.
"He etched himself on me without meaning to."
Ms O'Brien also quickly set about debunking some of the myths surrounding the writer.
"He has been described as a hermit — he met more people than you or I have ever met."
She described him as a man who, if angry could be "terrifying" but also a man capable of loving, and a man of "delicate tenderness".
She told the audience how she first met him at a party when he was in his 60s, and how the very next day she had bumped into him in London Underground.
"We went for coffee," she recalled.
"I was so nervous that I was a lump of silence."
The audience heard how she had felt those same nerves last night just before going on stage.
"He is so great you see, and I want to do justice to him," she said.
She did just that.
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Black, white not way to go
Allen Lottinger - May 10, 2012
Is this going to be a black and white Presidential election?
According to polls, the black vote will go 90 percent for President Barack Obama. Of course, it is not expected that the white vote will go in the same amount for Mitt Romney.
Theres no reason why blacks should not vote for Obama if they believe he can run the country best. And likewise, whites should honor Romney with 90 percent of their vote if he can do likewise.
But cant we get out of the black and white categorizing of our nations population in so many of the things we do? Forget the words and replace them with "citizens of the U. S."
It seems that some whites and some blacks want to continue keeping the racial issue alive. And that is not the way to run a democracy.
We seem to have a healthy community in St. Charles Parish that is not set back with racism. It is one of our qualities of life.
We need to vote our consciences on who we think will make the best President. And likewise, we should ignore all of the other racial prejudices that exist.
Among them is the existence of universities that attract either black or white students. Right next door to each other in New Orleans, we have two universities side by side, one that is considered a black institution and the other a white institution even though there are many blacks attending it.
We could save taxpayer money by combining them and they could serve the students better by making use of one larger staff that can provide education for all of their needs on a broader basis.
Its time to eject racism from our way of life entirely. Its going on 200 years since slavery ended and 50 years since segregation supposedly became non-existent.
Let us forget black and white. We need to make our decisions on what is right or wrong regardless and disregard the colors.
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Yes! She talks exactly like her!
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Yes! She talks exactly like her!
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I actually don't mind her.
A recent survey stated that the average person's greatest fear is having to give a speech in public. Somehow this ranked even higher than death which was third on the list. So, you're telling me that at a funeral, most people would rather be the guy in the coffin than have to stand up and give a eulogy.
-- Jerry Seinfield
Mikalah is Barbara Streisand and Fran Drescher on too much caffeine. This recent look is so much better than her look during the auditions.
I've been impressed with her voice, but she's like the energizer bunny...she keeps blabbing, and blabbing, and blabbing. It's so annoying. She needs to settle down a bit.
At first I didn't like her, and I don't think her voice is that great; but she's growing on me. I like her personality; she'll add energy to the group.
i apologize, the caps are so necessary. she reminds me of LEAH LABELLE, and i know i'm not the only one. she's overly confident and not that great of a singer. she won't last long
Praise seitan!
I love this girl and I want her to win, the total package - it takes a lot to pull out a character like hers. I love the joke about implants!
I hate everything about her. I don't like her voice.
Kiyoku - I agree - her voice is very "rich" (good adjective to describe it).
She's just so darn over-the-top - I wish she'd tone it down a bit. Even my daughter (age 6) kinda rolls her eyes and says "she is very annoying".
Not to say she can't sing, because she can, just that I think her personality overwhelms her talent.
Love many, trust a few, and always paddle your own canoe
she might get really really annoying when she makes it into the top 12 (which I think she will)...simon will see to that!!!


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Nintendo 3DS review
See that greenish blue thing up there? That might look like this greenish blue thing over here that we reviewed a few weeks back, but actually they're not the same. No, sir. This thing up there is the genuine, guaranteed, red-blooded American version, ready to tear a $250 hole in your gaming budget and make you go all googly-eyed for 3D. Naturally there isn't an awful lot different here compared to the Japanese version we already looked at, but we have had the opportunity to spend a good bit more quality time with this one than with the other one. Plus, being able to read all the manuals doesn't hurt. What you'll find below is a full review of the American console including more game impressions, more in depth battery life tests, a dazzling demo of the thing's augmented reality gameplay, and some surpring performance results with good 'ol DS carts. So, join us, if you would, for a rather more in depth exploration of this, the next dimension in handheld console gaming.
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MADISON -- Alongside all of the artifacts in the new 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York City hangs a painting that originated in Northeast Ohio.
The drawing is not by a famous artist or even anyone directly impacted by September 11 but by two local teachers who just wanted to do something, and now they're being honored for their efforts still 13 years later.
"We didn't serve. We didn't go see action," Madison High School art teacher Jeff Grier said. "We weren't there. We did what we did, and it came together very nicely."
The duo collaborated on the drawing titled "I'll take it from here," one of the most iconic images to come from the tragedy of 9/11
Madison High School math teacher Tom Hernan was at his dad's funeral when the news broke about the attack. Grieving and watching the first responders all day, the idea came to him, but he draws geometry figures, so he went to Grier to bring his inspiration to life.
"Just to see those firefighters rushing into that building, and I said 'Our military will do the same thing,' " Hernan said.
He asked Grier to make a sketch, and he finished it just a few days after Sept. 11.
"It's not uplifting," Grier said. "It's not necessarily positive, but it's what represented what was going on at that time."
Their creation took off, first on T-shirts for a local fundraiser to honor military families. Without advertising or holding an event, they raised $15,000.
In 2003, the Pentagon called and asked the duo to dedicate a painting that would hang there for inspiration. The calls and letters didn't stop -- the painting hangs in military bases around the world, fire stations across the country and now, 13 years later, the 9/11 Memorial Museum.
"It will be very emotional to see it in a place like that, an image that 50 years from now, people will look at," Hernan said. "I'm really excited for my sons, because they did serve. They went in."
Hernan's father was also a World War II veteran. Both of the teachers say this painting helps remember and honor all the lives lost.
"It may seem like a political image, but it's not," Grier said. "It's honoring those who were most affected by that event and honoring them and recognizing their importance."
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We made this level with WebJCS a awesome program in 1 hour , it didn't take so much but also for me it's nice , i do only the gameplay DJazz ec and ammo :D thanks for downloading . ENJOY !
A small level that takes no real risks and could use a bit more polish. The ammo placement is bizarre — somewhat sparse, but with lots of pepper spray and even some TNT — and the path to the blaster powerup is way too long and slow and unbranching. Not fond of the upper right. Eyecandy is serviceable, if unadventurous, and there are good areas.
This was a quaint little level. Not quirky, not queer. Quaint.
At the same time, that quaintness helps this collab to excel, if not fantastically, then at least moderately successfully.
Mystic Pond is well on the small side, with clumps of food and ammo lathered without restraint across the level and powerups in easy-to-reach places. Add to that a ridiculously short underwater segment with only one access point which houses fastfires and a blaster powerup, and you've got this level.
On the brighter end of the spectrum, MP has some good, solid eyecandy and a background song that helps create the mythic atmosphere of a serene, untouched lake in the middle of the wilderness. Kind of relaxing, which is no doubt what the level was intended to convey.
There weren't really any problems with bugs that I could uncover, which is always good.
Should you download Mystic Pond and play it? I think so. It's a well-built level with a handful of notable, drawbacks, and it's worth playing, if there's nothing else to do. So go ahead and download it. And just relax…
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Axel Schulz was born in 1967. He studied chemistry at the Humboldt University and Technical University of Berlin where he received in 1994 his Ph.D. degree. He joint the Department of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow from 1995 to 1997 as a Research Associate. After a postdoctoral year at the Research School of Chemistry in Canberra and at the University of Melbourne, he returned to Munich at the LMU and started independent research in 1998. Immediately after his Habilitation in 2001, he was appointed Privatdozent. In 2006, he moved to the University of Rostock where he was appointed Full Professor of Inorganic Chemistry (Elementorganic Chemistry). He is also an Associated Professor at the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis at the University of Rostock. His current research interests focus on the synthesis of binary CN-, PN-, and SN-species (University) and material design (LIKAT: synthesis of new catalysts, ionic liquids, etc.) combined with the understanding of the correlation between structure, bonding, and properties.
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Eastern University's Graduate Programs in Leadership and Development serve, educate, support and provide mission critical knowledge tools, based on a servant leadership model, to all those who want to grow in their knowledge, skills and faith to better serve and lead in all places of need in a holistic, practical, and transformational manner. More on Mission, Vision and Core Values.
We offer four degree programs that develop people of faith for service in the nonprofit, NGO, and social business sector. Our programs are designed for the working practitioner living all over the USA or Africa, or full time residential grad student. We offer classes in both Philadelphia and Africa. We have over 4,000 alumni serving in 89 countries in a variety of leadership positions. Hear what some of them say about our programs. We look forward to speaking with you further about where God is leading you to serve.
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THE MULTI-million pound redevelopment of a long-standing agricultural college has taken a major step forward, after councillors backed the plans.
In January, bosses at Houghall, near Durham City, announced £30m proposals to build a new animal care centre, cattle shed, including pens for 80 cows, sheep shed with pens for 266 sheep, large pig shed, potting shed and floristry store, kennels, dog agility unit, an aviary, equine centre with 36 stables and an improved entrance and reception area.
On Tuesday, Durham County Council's county planning committee unanimously granted planning permission for the scheme.
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Afterwards, Suzanne Duncan, principal of Houghall owners East Durham College, said she was delighted and thrilled at the decision.
The development depends on Houghall landing a £10m grant from the Skills Funding Agency.
However, Mrs Duncan said planning permission being granted gave the college a "much greater chance" of securing this funding.
Houghall, which was established in 1920, is the only agricultural college in County Durham and is enjoying a resurgence, with the number of students studying land-based courses expected to reach 1,100 by September 2015.
Mrs Duncan said the redevelopment would create 100 new jobs and safeguard another 100 and bring a £60m economic boost.
During Tuesday's debate, Councillor Bill Moir said Houghall was very dear to many people in the city and county and councillors should give "great weight" to educational opportunities.
Coun Carl Marshall said the redevelopment had "overwhelming economic benefits".
Resident Paul Tomlinson and local councillor David Stoker raised concerns the size of the proposed equine centre and over more traffic using the single-track Farm Lane to reach Houghall Farm.
Coun Grenville Holland sympathised, saying the lane was "completely inadequate" for horseboxes of any sort of number.
Mrs Duncan said horseboxes already used the lane, but agreed to a limit of 15 per day.
She said the development was firstly for educational purposes, although the new facilities may also be used to generate extra commercial income.
Council planning officer Anne Rawlinson said the college had demonstrated the very special circumstances necessary to allow development in what is a greenbelt area.


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Excellence Playa Mujeres is a fairly new, all-inclusive hotel located approximately half way between Cancun and Playa del Carmen. The resort is completely flawless, boasting eight different restaurants, several outdoor and indoor bars, free entertainment, unlimited drinks, 24 hour room-service, fully stocked inclusive in-room mini-bars, a private beach, and scheduled day and nighttime activities, all secluded in a fairly remote and undeveloped stretch of beach. We had to travel through two large security gates to get into the resort, both fully staffed with security double checking our names and room numbers every time we entered and exited, so there was a pretty decent feeling of security.
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When people had asked us where we were going on our honeymoon, several frowned and said that they loved everything about Mexico but the endless solicitation they encountered on the beach, while eating, and pretty much anywhere they went. This wasn't the case at all at the resort. Because, at least for now, it is so far away from other resort areas, so no one really has access to the hotel, restaurant and beach areas except hotel staff and guests. There are always plenty of cabanas open to lounge under, and at any time there were maybe only 20 other couples sharing the expanse of beach with us. The seclusion was bliss.
seclusion on the beach
The food was really delicious. The only major complaint that I had were that all salads at all restaurants were consistently less-than-stellar. Main courses were wonderful, but the fresh greens never quite did it for me…the dressings were usually really heavy and a little strange. Vegetarians, beware. Meats were all wonderful, lobster and steak in particular, however, and despite the fact that it was an all-inclusive resort, they never skimped on quality when it came to food. Not surprisingly, the Mexican restaurant and cuisine was the best…the Asian restaurant, my least favorite. I know it sounds silly to eat Asian food in Mexico, but we were intent on eating at every restaurant on the resort at least once.
Clockwise from top left: NY strip steak from The Steak House, Salad Nicoise at Chez Isabella, Lobster at Agave, Duck at Chez Isabella
The resort had an amazing day spa (circular building, below). None of the spa services are free, nor are any of the services cheap…the prices were pretty on par with spa services at a nice spa in the U.S. If you're a honeymooner, you receive 15% off of any spa services before noon, so Mr. Penguin and I each got a massage. All spa treatments big and small come with a one hour "Marine Circuit" where they guide you through a series of rooms and pools with different stimulating water treatments…very cool! It was a wonderful experience, and if you go as a couple they put you in the same room. Seeing your new hubby in paper panties is quite the hilarious experience!
The Mille Spa
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couples massage rooms**
The public pools are nice, but they're pretty crowded, especially the one with the swim-up bar. The lazy river is quieter, and great if you just want to float around the resort.
plenty of empty hammocks on the lazy river**
the lazy river that circles the resort**
Our room was spacious and wonderful. Honestly, it was kind of hard to get me to leave. I could only take so much beaching, and reading on one of the three outdoor beds right outside of our room was really comfortable. However, there was obviously no one to make us slushy drinks in our room so we preferred to spend most days at the beach or at the pool. But honestly, if we had a blender or a freezer, we'd have probably stayed in a lot. Junior suites all have their own private rooftop pools, and it was pretty fun to have some alone time up in our own pool, however if I ever visited again, I don't think I'd pay extra again for the private pool. It was fun to have for our honeymoon, but we didn't use it every day, and it was just more of a novelty then something that really enhanced our experience. All rooms in the resort include a jacuzzi tub that opens up to the balcony. I really liked that!
our room
oversize jacuzzi tub
rooftop private pool
views on both ends on the roof
The property had some sort of leopards or jaguars or scary cats that I wasn't to thrilled to check out. They looked scary and bitey. All I knew was that I was glad that we did not have a room on the ground floor in case they had gotten out of their habitats. There were some interesting large lizards too, none right on the grounds of the resort, but right outside, near the big cats.
All-in-all, a great time, and a perfect honeymoon for the couple that really doesn't want to do anything in particular but relax. As far as the "all-inclusive" aspect of the resort, they never failed to deliver. I'm a big skeptic of anything that's all-inclusive, but Excellence does a beautiful job at providing a great all-inclusive experience. They carried decent, recognizable brands of liquor, and never limited us to how many restaurants or meals we could visit or have in one day.
We admit to visiting one restaurant for drinks and appetizers and then heading to the Lobster House for our main course. Even the nighttime entertainment was really fun. We went to a magic show, got entertained by mariachi bands, and every night there was beautiful live music filling the air. They set up horseshoe games on the beach, and had cooking demos and kitchen tours, even a woman walking through the gym with cold water and cold towels to give to you while you were working out. We could participate in as much or as little as we wanted. We never felt like we needed anything, because it was always right at our fingertips. We consistently tipped the wait staff, maids and bellhops, but we noticed that not too many people did so, and it's not required. Also, we didn't get treated differently than those who didn't tip, which was a little disheartening sometimes when we got a bad table facing the kitchen and little things like that, but whatever. The staff is beyond professional and nice, and the comfort of not having to "watch your pennies" everyday was very relaxing, as Mr. Penguin and I don't share bank accounts, and so usually we have to decide who pays for what when we go out to dinner…but since everything was paid for beforehand, it was great to just order whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted, and to not have to worry about our wallets.
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A SHOCK campaign to emphasise the dangers of players ducking the head to draw a free kick will be discussed at an AFL summit next week.
It was raised at a recent Laws of the Game committee meeting on the basis of the urgency to dissuade players from using the tactic.
There was even a suggestion that vision of Carlton defender Simon White's near catastrophic neck injury in late July be included in the AFL's official DVD video guidelines for the 2014 season.
White wore a brace from neck to waist for eight weeks after suffering a fractured vertebrae in a tackle while playing for VFL affiliate Northern Blues. He was ruled out for the rest of the season, but should be ready to start preparations for 2014.
Thanks for the kind msgs. Disappointed I'm not playing at least the boys reassured me u can hardly notice the brace pic.twitter.com/oiilgJyQ7z— simon white (@whiteman43) July 24, 2013
Players deliberately drawing head-high contact is one of five specific rule interpretations to be presented to AFL coaches at the pre-draft summit on the Gold Coast on Wednesday week.
The other key topics to be discussed at the meeting, also attended by senior umpires, umpires officials and Laws of the Game committee members, are marking and ruck contests, disposal in tackling and the protected area around the player with the ball.
AFL football operations manager Mark Evans said the AFL would delay compiling the DVD guidelines video until after the summit.
On the head-ducking tactic, Evans said: "What we would like is that every person at that summit to be able to contribute before we make a call,'' he said.
"We know there are different ways of drawing a free kick that are frustrating supporters and certainly making it difficult to umpire.
"When an umpire sees head-high contact, he blows the whistle and invariably their first thought is to protect that person. And that's absolutely the correct first thought.
"But what we want to do is see if there are ways that we can discourage players, particularly ducking into head-high contact.''
Evans said a free kick for deliberately ducking the head, already discussed by the Laws of the Game committee, was unlikely because player welfare was the first priority.
"When there is head-high contact, we want the whistle to be blown and it's difficult with a split-second decision to say that player drew that himself,'' he said.
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Michael Healy, a third-year law student at California Western School of Law, recalls a classroom argument about abortion in which he cited the natural law. The right to life takes precedence over the right to freedom because one can't be free without being alive but one can be alive without being free, he said.
"The guy I was arguing with just didn't get it," said Healy. "Here they teach that law is what governments pass into statute, and they do that very well. But there is no sense of the origins of the law, no sense of natural law based on a higher authority."
If the professors won't bring back the traditional understanding of law that underpins pro-life convictions, then students like Healy are determined to.
Several hundred of them have already joined the newly formed Advocates for Life. Its national office in Washington, D.C., is hard at work preparing kits for students to start chapters in the 200-plus law schools across America.
Advocates for Life is sponsored by Americans United for Life, the country's oldest pro-life legal advocacy group.
According to founding member and full-time coordinator Kellie Fiedorek, Advocates for Life will not only encourage pro-life law students in their convictions — it will equip them with the legal foundations to defend those convictions.
The idea was hatched by Fiedorek and several other participants in the Blackstone Legal Fellowship, an annual summer school for 110 second-year law students put on by the Alliance Defense Fund.
The ADF began as a fund-raising organization to support legal cases in defense of traditional marriage, the right to life and freedom of religion. Now it has 40 litigators of its own working on cases and runs both the Blackstone Legal Fellowship for students and the National Litigation Academy to train practicing lawyers in pro-life and other legal issues.
"Several of us last summer were talking about the great support we were getting from Blackstone and went from there to what a need there was for pro-life students on campus for the same support," said Fiedorek, who just graduated from Ave Maria University's law program.
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Spurring the group on was the knowledge that a national organization of pro-abortion law clubs had been started in 2003 by Law Students for Reproductive Choice.
Using Blackstone graduates still in law schools as a recruiting ground, and AUL as a sponsor, the new group has already found students in 20 law schools interested in starting clubs, while another 15 schools already have pro-life groups.
Fiedorek says these groups will bring in pro-life lawyers and academics to provide the legal foundations for the pro-life position not only for pro-life students but for their classmates. It will link them in to the existing network of Blackstone graduates and pro-life lawyers and advocacy groups who might take them on as interns. And it will encourage them in their beliefs.
The Alliance Defense Fund's Matt Bowman says Advocates for Life will be a powerful ally in the ADF's own efforts to "educate the next generation of lawyers in the best legal arguments for the protection of innocent life."
ADF teaches that "scientifically and philosophically the pro-life position is the most convincing one," but the reason for its focus on budding lawyers is that law schools teach no such thing. ADF's long-term goal is to train those who will later become law professors and judges.
Clarke Forsythe, senior counsel with Americans United for Life, says law schools teach the ruling in Roe v. Wade unquestioningly, with the premise that free access to abortion is necessary for women to be equal under the U.S. Constitution.
Since then, says Forsythe, pro-life legal teams have won many battles curtailing the abortion right itself and preventing its influence from spreading into areas such as same-sex "marriage" and bioethics.
Dozens of states have passed laws requiring parental consent or notification for abortions sought by underage mothers, recognizing the personhood of the unborn in homicide cases or requiring pregnant women to be informed about the health consequences of abortion.
Virtually all these laws had to survive constitutional challenges, says Forsythe, but the Supreme Court has become less willing since Roe to override state lawmakers, not only when they restrict abortions, but when they ban same-sex "marriage" or cloning. "They are more inclined to let the people have their way," he told the Register.
"We are not just chipping away at Roe v. Wade with these decisions: We are protecting parental rights, and we are building a stronger foundation for protecting the unborn," he added, noting that, while abortions have decreased nationwide, they have decreased most in states with restrictive legislation.
Jill Adams, executive director of Law Students for Reproductive Choice, says her organization takes the formation of Advocates for Life as "positive feedback." Her group's members have successfully raised awareness of the issues and cultivated "meaningful dialogue on their campuses to such an extent that their peers with differing viewpoints feel compelled to create their own platform. We are only surprised that it has taken this long."
Law Students for Reproductive Choice has "thousands of members on 86 law school campuses," said Adams, numbers she attributes to students' "eagerness for educational, networking and professional training opportunities" in the "reproductive justice" area.
While Adams emphasized that her group's interests extended far beyond abortion, "many women in the U.S. do face legal and nonlegal obstacles to abortion care."
But people are flip-flopping on their stance.
Healy says while Roe v. Wade is accepted at law school as a "given," no philosophical underpinning to it is being taught. His bioethics class exemplifies the "chaos" that reigns. "We are not being taught any consistent framework. What's right seems to be based on taking a 'gut check' on each issue. We discussed euthanasia, and people were flip-flopping from one side to the other without even knowing it."
Healy is now interning for a conservative public advocacy firm in San Diego that defends religious freedom, the family and the unborn. "We can't win on the abortion front in a godless society," he says. "So we need to be defending religious values in the public square."
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Ok, folks….for all my fellow CrossFit MVT Challengers….close your eyes for this week's posts. I'm talking Paleo "treats" for Valentine's Day. Yippee! It's been awhile since I have baked anything these days so getting in the kitchen to bake was pretty fun. So the reason for treats this week? …. well we all deserve a small treat on Valentine's Day, right? And if you are going to have one it can fit into Paleo, well for the most part it can. Another reason for treats this week is because of my little ones. We always talk about their day at school as soon as I pick them up. You know the normal… what did you do, etc. Friday, after picking them up from school, the first thing they told me was one of parents brought doughnuts in! Seriously!? That's what went through my head but of course I didn't say that to them. As much as I wanted to tell them all the things that are bad about that scenario, I didn't. But seriously, for those parents trying to set healthy ways at home, should it be allowed for those parents who don't to bring doughnuts to school for your child? Ugh! It's a hard place to be at I suppose. Please tell me I'm not the only one who feels this way too? No matter what, I can't control what they eat nor will I try but I only hope that how we eat at home will roll over to what they eat at school or any other social gathering in their future. This weekend they joined me in the kitchen for some fun baking time and the focus was on making "healthy" Paleo-friendly doughnuts using nothing but dates to make them "sweet". I think getting in the kitchen together to make these made them fun too, which in a 4-year olds eyes is always very important. But I think the best thing that happened was when they took their first bite of the doughnuts and said "these are so much better than the doughnuts we had at school." If I could I would have done a cart wheel right then and there, but instead I smiled and said they always taste better when you help to make them.
So let's talk about these doughnuts. I did them two ways. One being a "treat" and one being a very special "treat" if you are on the Paleo road of health. Since today is my husband's birthday and because he said no cake he got a dark chocolate coated doughnut as his birthday treat. However, for me I opted for the uncoated doughnuts and they were just as yummy. Even though I secretly wanted the dark chocolate one! But I had a small version of my trainer on my shoulder telling me no,no,no! I'll let you make the call as to how you prefer your chocolate doughnut, but either way they were a hit in my house.
Chocolate Coconut Doughnuts
10 medjool dates, pitted
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
6 eggs
½ cup coconut flour
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon baking soda
1/3 cup cacao powder
½ cup coconut oil, melted
Dark Chocolate, melted (optional) – 85% cacao and higher
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Generously grease a doughnut pan with coconut oil.
Place the pitted dates with 1 tablespoon of water in a heat resistant bowl and microwave on high for 30 seconds. Remove and add an additional tablespoon of water and mash the dates into a paste.
In the bowl of a food processor add date paste, vanilla extract, and eggs. Process mixture to combine. Add coconut flour, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, cacao powder, and melted coconut oil to the bowl of the food processor and mix until all ingredients are well incorporated. Stop to scrape down sides of bowl.
Fill the doughnut pan circles about 2-3 of the way full with batter. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack.
Carefully remove doughnuts from the pan and continue to cool.
If topping them with dark chocolate, place chocolate in a double broiler or microwave safe bowl and heat until melted. Carefully place the top of the doughnut face down in the chocolate to evenly coat the top. Lift and turn over carefully and place the doughnut chocolate side up on a wire rack or piece of waxed paper to dry. If you would like you can also add dark chocolate shavings to the tops of the doughnuts.
Note: I stored mine in the refrigerator so they could keep longer. You could also freeze these as well.
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Meanwhile in Virginia, a Republican state legislator is proposing legislation to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana and to make it available for limited medical purposes.
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Under Morgan's legislation, doctors could prescribe and pharmacists dispense medical marijuana. Virginia already has a statute on the books to allow treatment for cancer or glaucoma. The problem is the drug cannot legally be distributed.
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