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H. T. DEAN,
ADJUSTABLE LEG SUPPORT May 6, 1969 Sheet Filed Aug. 31. 1967,
HOLLIE THOMAS DEAN ATTORNEY Sheet Filed Aug. 31, 1967 HQLL/E THOMAS DEAN ATTORNEY ,44l,974 Umted States Patent cc patentemlfi,
FIGURE 5 is a bottom plan view of the adjustable leg 3,441,974 support;
ADJUSTABLE LEG SUPPORT Hollie Thomas Dean, 107 N. Artizan St., Williamsport, Md. 21795 Filed Aug. 31, 1967, Ser. No. 664,788 Int. Cl. 1360b 33/06, 33/00, 33/04 US. C]. 1633 6 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A leg support including a wheel providing a mobile support and a bell-shaped foot member yieldably supported in an elevated position around the wheel, when said wheel is in an operative surface engaging position. A nut which is threadedly mounted on the post of the wheel fork functions to displace the foot member downwardly into a surface engaging position and to elevate the wheel to provide a stationary leg support of substantial area and which is capable of flexing to conform to inclined supporting surfaces.
Background of the invention This invention relates to the art of adjustable leg supports of scaffolds, tables and similar structures.
The prior art discloses supporting legs with retractable casters and other supporting legs which may be raised or lowered relative to foot members to compensate for differences in elevation of surface areas engaged by different foot members of a scafiold.
Summary It is a primary object of the present invention to provide an adjustable leg support for a scaffold or similar structure including a wheel which may be employed as a mobile leg support or a foot member which may be displaced downwardly to a position below and around the wheel to provide a stationary leg support having a substantial area in contact with a supporting surface.
Another object of the invention is to provide an adjustable leg support which eliminates the need for brakes on the wheels of a scaffold or a similar structure.
A further object of the invention is to provide a leg support which may be extended or retracted relative to the leg with which it is associated to compensate for variations in elevation of a supporting surface.
Still a further object of the invention is to provide a leg support wherein the foot member is capable of flexing, when in an operative position, to compensate for an uneven or inclined surface on which the foot member rests.
Various other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter become more fully apparent from the following description of the drawings, illustrating a presently preferred embodiment thereof, and wherein:
Brief description of the drawings FIGURE 1 is a fragmentary side elevational view showing portions of two scaffold legs, each equipped with an adjustable leg support;
FIGURE 2 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical sectional view, partly in elevation, taken substantially along the line 22 of FIGURE 1;
FIGURE 6 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical sectional view, partly in elevation, taken substantially along the line 66 of FIGURE 2, and
FIGURE 7 is a fragmentary side elevational view showing the foot member of the leg support engaging an inclined surface.
Description of the preferred embodiment Referring more specifically to the drawings, the adjustable leg support in its entirety and comprising the invention is designated generally '10 and includes a wheel fork -11 on which a wheel 12 is journaled. A threaded post 13 is fixed to and extends upwardly from the fork 11 and has an upper portion fitting slidably in the lower end of a tubular leg 14 of a scaffold or other suitable supporting structure. FIGURE 1 shows two such legs 14 connected by braces v15 and which may constitute a part of a scaffold of otherwise conventional construction. Each leg 14 is shown supported by one of the adjustable leg supports 10 and it will be understood that each of the other legs of the scaffold or other supporting structure will be similarly supported.
A nut '16 threadedly engages the post 13 and has a flat upper side 17 on which the lower end of the leg 14 rests. It will be readily apparent that the nut 16 may be adjusted lengthwise of the post 13 to vary the elevation of the leg 14 relative to the wheel 12 or to a foot member '18, hereinafter to be described, to compensate for differences in elevation of different parts of a supporting surface 19 engaged by the different leg supports .10. The nut 16 is preferably provided with four equally spaced outwardly projecting handles 20.
The foot member 18 is substantially bell-shaped and of a size to accommodate therein the wheel 12. The foot member '18 is preferably formed of metal and includes an upper annular portion 21 the wall of which is relatively thin and somewhat flexible and which has an upwardly facing concave top central portion 22 surrounding a central top opening 23, partially defined by an annular depending boss 24. A second nut 25 is threadedly mounted on the post .13, above the foot member 18 and beneath the nut 16, and includes handles 26, corresponding to the handles 20. The nut 25 differs from the nut 16 in that it has a convexly rounded bottom surface 27 which conformably fits in the cavity 22.
A collar 28 is fixed around the post 13, above and adjacent the wheel fork 11, in any suitable manner as by welding, as indicated at 29, and has an upwardly facing annular recess 30 providing a seat for the bottom convolution of a compression spring 31 which is disposed around the post 13 and extends upwardly from the collar 28.
The upper end of the spring 31 is disposed around the boss 24 and bears against the underside of the recessed portion 22.
The bottom portion 32 of the foot member 1 8 is thickened radially both inwardly and outwardly thereof to provide an annular flat bottom surface 33 of substantial radial width to which may be secured an annular pad 34 of the same width which is preferably formed of rubber. The bottom portion 32 and pad 34 define a central bottom opening 35 of the foot member having a diameter somewhat less than the diameter of the wheel 12. Said portions 32 and 34 are provided with diametrically opposed notches 36, as best seen in FIGURE 5, the distance between the extremities of which is slightly greater than the diameter of the wheel 12.
From the foregong, it will be apparent that with the nuts 16 and 25 detached from the post 13, that said post 13, that said post can be inserted upwardly through the opening 35 an the opening 23 of the foot member 18, to engage the upper part of the spring 31, carried by the post, around the boss 2 and against the underside of the recessed portion 22, as best illustrated in FIGURE 6. This is accomplished with the wheel 12 aligned with the notches 36, so that the wheel can pass upwardly through said notches and the opening 35 and be thereafter turned with the post 13 to a position at an angle to the notches 36. The nut 25 and thereafter the nut 16 are then applied over the upper end of the post 13 and the upper end of the post is then inserted in the lower end of the leg 14. The nut 16 is adjusted to properly elevate the leg 14, as heretofore described.
Assuming that a leg support is thus applied to each leg 14, if the scaffold or other supporting structure of which the legs form a part is to be immovably positioned, the nut of each leg support is advanced downwardly on the post 13 to cause the convex bottom surface 27 thereof to exert pressure against the concave surface 22 for displacing the foot member 18 downwardly and for compressing the spring 31, so that the wheel 12 will be elevated relative to the foot member 18 and the bottom surface of the pad 34 will rest on the supporting surface 19, to provide an annular surface of substantial area in contact with the surface 19 which will afford a stationary support.
As seen in FIGURE 6, the opening 23 is of sufficient size to afford clearance around the post 13 and said post is maintained centered in said opening by engagement of the surface 27 with the surface 22. Accordingly, should the portion of the surface 19 engaged by the pad 34 be disposed at an incline relative to other portions of said surface, engaged by the pads 34 of the other leg supports 10, the upper portion 21 of the foot member 18 may flex sufliciently, as illustrated in FIGURE 7, so that the pad 34 will rest flush against the inclined part of the surface 19 to provide a stable support for the foot member.
When it is desired to move the supporting structure from one location to another, it is merely necessary to manually turn the nut 25 of each leg support for moving it upwardly from its position of FIGURE 2 to its position of FIGURE 3, to allow the spring 31 to expand and lift or elevate the foot member 18 out of contact with the surface 19 and so that the lower portion of the wheel 12 will protrude through the opening 35 and be in contact with the surface 19 to provide a mobile support for the leg support.
Various modifications and changes are contemplated and may be resorted to without departing from the func- 1 tion or scope of the invention.
1 claim as my invention:
1. An adjustable support for a tubular leg of a supporting structure comprising a wheel fork, a wheel journaled therein, ing upwardly from the wheel fork and having an upper end fitting slidably in the lower portion of a tubular leg, a stop carried by the post on which the lower end of the leg rests, a hollow bell-shaped foot member having a top central portion provided with an opening through which the post extends, a spring stop fixed to the post,
a threaded post fixed to and extendabove and adjacent the wheel fork, a coiled compression spring disposed around a part of the post having a lower end resting on said spring stop and an upper end bearing against a part of the inner side of the foot member around said opening for supporting said foot member in an elevated position, said foot member having a bottom opening through which a part of the wheel projects from the interior of said foot member for contacting a Supporting surface to provide a mobile support for the adjustable leg support, and a nut threadedly engaging the post above the foot member and beneath the leg engaging stop, said nut being movable downwardly on the post to engage and displace the foot member downwardly and to compress said spring for moving the foot member into engagement with the supporting surface and for elevating the wheel into the foot member.
2. A leg support as in claim 1, said foot member having a radially enlarged annular bottom portion surrounding and defining said bottom opening thereof and engaging the supporting surface when the wheel is elevated.
3. A leg support as in claim 2, said bottom portion having an annular surface engaging traction pad secured to its underside.
4. A leg support as in claim 3, said bottom portion and pad having diametrically aligned notches opening into said bottom opening and having a diameter, as measured between the extremities thereof, greater than the diameter of the wheel and through which the wheel is movable into and out of the foot member.
5. A leg support as in claim 1, said leg engaging stop comprising a nut threadedly adjustable on the post for varying the elevation of the leg relative to the foot memher and wheel.
6. A leg support as in claim 1, said top portion of the foot member having an upwardly facing concave surface surrounding the first mentioned opening of the foot member, said nut having a convex underside conformably engaging in said concave surface, said top opening being larger in diameter than the post and being maintained concentrically therearound by engagement of said convex surface with the concave surface, and the wall of the upper portion of the foot member being thin relative to said annular bottom portion and formed of a material to permit flexing thereof to enable the foot member to flex relative to the post whereby the bottom surface of the foot member may assume an inclined position relative to the post to engage an inclined portion of the supporting surface.
References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,655,387 10/1953 Cramer 16-33 2,176,551 10/1939 Salem 1633 BOBBY R. GAY, Primary Examiner.
DORIS L. TROUTMAN, Assistant Examiner.
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1) 1000 Friends of Minnesota is releasing the results of its essay contest in which Minnesota writers described a connection with a Minnesota lake. It will post one each day.
The latest comes from Will Weaver who recalls building a house in turtle country.
"There's another one, too!" my wife said, pointing to the yard. In fact there were several. All had come up from the river on the same day-which over the years we have charted to fall on or close to June 21, the longest day of the year. We had as many as dozen big turtles crawling about the yard, digging up the new lawn they tried to find their former nesting sites.
We felt like intruders. Like we had built our house upon sacred ground. The next few days we watched the turtles lay their eggs. They hunched backwards, scraping away dirt with their rear claws, urinating to soften the crust of gravel until they were half-way underground. Afterward, sometimes the same night, predators-crows, skunks, raccoons- dug up the nests and ate the eggs. We felt helpless.
Find the latest essay here.
Extra credit: Identify the lake above.
2) You go to work today and you wonder, "Am I making a difference?" Sometimes, it's the little things you do that deliver the big payoff. Take Det. John Wright of the New York Police Department. He cracked the big New York car-bomber case. He never fired a shot. He just knew where to find the VIN number on the SUV that a man tried to use to kill people with a car bomb. The VIN near the windshield had been rubbed off. So there he was last weekend with a can of degreaser and a flashlight, finding the number on the engine block. That led police to the original owner, which led police to the suspect in the nick of time.
"Some guys have a knack for guns; some guys have a knack for drugs," he said. "I have a knack for cars."
Enjoy your day at work. You and your knack. Making a difference.
3) Sometimes, of course, making a difference involves more direct action. We heard from St. Paul Police officer David Longbehn last evening, after the visitation for Sgt. Joe Bergeron, whose funeral is being held this morning. Longbehn shot and killed the man believed to have killed Bergeron early Saturday morning. "The real hero here is Sgt. Joe Bergeron. He's the hero that came first and foremost and confronted the suspects. So if there's anybody that's a hero, it's Sgt. Joe Bergeron," he said.
4) The editor of Newsweek was on Daily Show last night, newsworthy because earlier in the day the Washington Post announced it wants to unload the magazine.
"This is an existential crisis... and it's not just because I feel incredibly strongly that this magazine, for 77 years and unto this hour, has mattered to the life of this country, and is one of the very few common denominators in a fragmented world."
He challenged people to pay for the news they value, which is, as you know, crazy talk.
5) Beauty is not in the eye of the beholder, research out today suggests. It's quantifiable.
Researchers in Scotland say that while there are some idiosyncrasies from person to person, it's possible to predict who will be attracted to whom, livescience.com reports.
The researchers measured the pitches of voices of 113 female college students, and then played them recordings of men saying either "I really like you" or "I really don't like you," and were asked how attractive they thought they were.
The women found lower-pitched voices more attractive regardless of what the men were saying.
"The findings suggest that women's own attractiveness in some way influences their preferences for masculine traits in men's voices," Jones said. "Effects like those in our study might simply reflect people finding their place in the mating market and taking that into account when judging others' attractiveness."
Now, what are we supposed to do with that knowledge?
Bonus: Filthy state seals. (Minnesota isn't one of them)
The Minnesota Legislature may be asked to clarify the circumstances under which the governor can use unallotment to balance the state budget. Should the governor be able to act alone to set the budget?
WHAT WE'RE DOING
Midmorning (9-11 a.m.) - First hour: Rep. Laura Brod and Sen. Ellen Anderson consider the impact of the new budget deficit in the wake of yesterday's ruling from the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Second hour: Psychologist Alison Gopnik says that scientists have learned more about the brains of young children in the last 30 years than they had in the previous 2,000. She joins Midmorning to talk about what's going in kids' brains, and what that means for parents and educators. This is from a Ted talk held in St. Paul last night. Here's a video that was played at that session:
Midday (11 a.m. - 1 p.m.) - First hour: Nick Hayes, author of "And One Fine Morning."
Second hour: Norman Corwin tribute.
All Things Considered (3-6:30 p.m.) - MPR will have coverage of today's funeral for Sgt. Joe Bergeron.
It's believed that a state court judge will issue a ruling this morning in the lawsuit between the Vikings' Pat and Kevin Williams vs. the NFL, which suspended them for a positive drug test. MPR's Brandt Williams will have the story.(4 Comments)
Stories about sportsmanship and generosity are often accompanied by questions of on-field integrity. Who can forget Bret Favre intentionally being sacked in a Packers game against the New York Giants, so that Michael Strahan could break the NFL sack record?
A few years ago there was a wonderful story about a local high school cross country ski team that scheduled a quick meet, so that a skier on another team, who'd been out of state when other meets were held, could qualify for the state high school cross country competition. A nice gesture, indeed, that was followed by criticism that the skier didn't really earn her way onto the team.
There's a golf story like these out of Chicago today, courtesy of Yahoo Sports.
Grant Whybark, a sophomore at the University of St. Francis, had locked up a spot in nationals with his team, which won the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship, but was in a playoff against Olivet Nazarene's Seth Doran for individual honors.
As championships go, both the winning team and winning individual are asked to move on to nationals, so if Whybark won the playoff against Doran, he'd be honoring both spots and Doran wouldn't be asked to move on.
What happened next is the type of stuff movies are made about. Whybark stood over his tee shot on the first playoff hole, looked down the fairway and back at his ball, and hit it 40 yards right of the fairway, out of bounds by a mile. He made double bogey, Doran made par, and Olivet Nazarene had a man in nationals.
What makes it so incredible? Whybark intentionally did it, because he felt Doran had earned a spot in the next round.
A commenter raises the usual concern:
I am all for giving someone a leg up especially if it is for someone at a disadvantage. However, I don't think you should shank it and let someone get a win. I have been an athlete my whole life and would feel cheated if someone just gave me a "win". This is what being competitive is all about. I think it is a great story, but just not how I would want to take a victory.
What is the balance, by this definition, between being a competitive sportsman, and being a darned fine human being?
(h/t: Sean Collins)
In the shadow of mourning at the Cathedral of St. Paul today, about 100 people were in a more celebratory mood.
The Minnesota version of a National Day of Prayer was held on the grounds of the Minnesota Capitol. Minnesota politicians were not at all shy about participating, despite the ongoing controversy about linking government with religion. Last month a federal judge in Wisconsin ruled that a federal government declaration of a National Day of Prayer violated the U.S. Constitution.
Lt. Gov. Carol Molnau, subbing for Gov. Tim Pawlenty, read his proclamation declaring a day of prayer for Minnesota, then stood by as a pastor prayed over her and declared the superior power of Jesus.
House Speaker Margaret Kelliher was asked to speak, but declined, opting instead to join other lawmakers as the pastors prayed over them. Before that, however, Sen. Terri Bonoff, who is Jewish, offered a Hebrew prayer, "so we can feel included."
Not everyone was thrilled with the event's timing. Sen. Linda Higgins posted this on Facebook:
Disrespectful? You decide.
After the funeral at the Cathedral, the cortege did not pass the Capitol grounds where the rally was being held.(6 Comments)


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A recent program in which we showed a film and followed with discussion, about a shooting at a Sikh Gurdwara in Oak Creek WI, was very well attended – 70+ people! The program was co-sponsored by TIG affiliated organizations: Troy Area Alliance Against Crimes, Troy Police Dept, and Know Your Neighbor Daily (KYND) and the hope is that we can schedule follow-up programs on what we can do individually and as a community to combat bias and hate crimes.
A disturbing statistic from the Troy Police is that they were called to respond 35,000 times (no typo!) in 2017 to incidents regarding negative comments or voiced threats based on racial, religious or sexual orientation bias, so we have a long way to go even in our town deemed one of the “safest in the country”!
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KYND will host a night with Dr. Michelle Johnson, who will explore the times and experiences in Michigan and the Caribbean countries that were the center of Black culture. She will discuss how these connections contributed to the philosophy and efforts of Malcolm X. This presentation will be at the Troy Public Library Wed. Jan. 31 from 7-8:30 pm. This will be followed up by a discussion of the book written by his daughter Ilyasah Shabazz, X: A Novel. That event will be Thur. Feb. 22 7-8:30 pm at the Troy Community Center.

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Bonding Time is a blog that centers around the importance of attachment and emotional bonds, and how we struggle to stay connected to our partners, our children, and ourselves. It also addresses current events and social issues, because in order to raise healthy children, you need to think deeply about what’s going on in the world around us (and them.)
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The world is reopening, and adults everywhere are dealing with reentry anxiety. After more than a year of wearing our masks and keeping our distance, activities that would have felt totally normal and safe pre-pandemic can provoke feelings of nervousness and apprehension now, regardless of what the CDC or MIT Medical might say.
But adults are not the only ones dealing with these emotions. It’s important to recognize that the pandemic has had a significant emotional and developmental impact on children of all ages, say experts at MIT Medical.
“Reentry anxiety is not, in itself, a mental health disorder,” emphasizes MIT Psychologist Maryam Khodadoust. “It’s a natural reaction to a traumatic event — the pandemic. After we’ve spent more than a year impressing on our children how dangerous the world outside is, it’s only natural for some of them to be hesitant about stepping right back out.”
But what reentry anxiety looks like, and how parents can help, depends, in part, on your child’s age and other factors, say Khodadoust and others.
Very young children often have no memory of pre-pandemic life, notes Pediatrician Rosemarie Roqué Gordon. She recalls a not quite three-year-old patient reading a picture book with his mother, looking at an illustration of a child riding a bicycle, and exclaiming, “The boy forgot his mask!”
“For me,” Gordon says, “this highlighted that, for very young children, there hasn’t been a time that they can remember not seeing people wearing masks or being afraid of an invisible infection. This business of mask wearing is their fundamental reality, not a blip of 16 months. For them, the events of the pandemic have been a foundational experience.”
Gordon advises parents to introduce these very young children to the experiences of post-pandemic life in the same way they would introduce them to any new situation. And although these youngsters will experience post-pandemic life as a series of completely novel circumstances and environments, Gordon is optimistic that most will adjust with relative ease. “Very young kids are much more flexible than adults or even older children,” she notes, “and after a period of adjustment, most of these kids will be just fine.”
For slightly older children, it’s important for parents to be both “transparent and reassuring,” says Mental Health Clinician Joy Yang, LICSW. “This is a time when children look to their parents, caregivers, and the environment around them for approval and cues about how to respond to various situations. Some children may be excited and looking forward to going back to daycare or school, for example, while others may be feeling anxious and overwhelmed. Pay attention to how your child is responding to various situations, and provide support by validating their feelings and staying calm.”
School-aged children have strong memories of pre-pandemic life and, like adults, many have expressed the desire for things to “get back to normal.” But now that things are getting back to normal, says Pediatrician Edward Levy, these children are also dealing with adult-like levels of reentry anxiety.
For some, it’s anxiety about their personal safety. After more than a year of being reminded to keep their distance from other people, keep their masks on, and wash their hands, it’s not surprising that some children continue to feel excessive concern about catching the virus, Levy notes. “They may also have heard adults express similar fears,” Levy notes. “If parents are still anxious about safety, kids will pick up on that.”
For other children, Levy says, anxiety may be triggered by the prospect of navigating social interactions after a more than a year-long break. “Social skills, like other skills, get rusty when we don’t practice them,” Levy says. “Even as adults with many years of social experience, lots of us are feeling some awkwardness around post-pandemic face-to-face interactions.”
Social reentry can be especially difficult for children who had some social anxiety before the pandemic, he adds. “Those children have had 15 or 16 months of opportunity to avoid difficult or challenging situations. Reentry is difficult for many children, but kids who were already struggling with anxiety have become even more anxious.”
Levy’s advice is to take it slow. “Increase normal experiences in a safe and developmentally sensitive way,” he advises. “Try to increase your child’s comfort levels gradually. For example, go on little forays into stores with masks, or schedule some brief, outdoor playdates. And for kids who are having trouble separating from parents after months of togetherness, start encouraging independence by practicing small periods of separation.”
Now, more than ever, routines are crucial, Levy notes. “Predictable routines around bedtime, exercise, eating, and screen time can help children feel more secure,” he says. “It’s important to validate children’s feelings and give them space to express fears, Levy adds, “but try to set a positive, encouraging tone, and don’t forget to celebrate even small wins.”
Tweens and teens
For adolescents and teens, reentry anxiety may be linked to their individual experiences of the last year and a half, says Khodadoust. “Some will be more than thrilled to get back into the swing of being outside the house and hanging out with friends,” she says. “But reentry will likely be more difficult for those who lost loved ones, who experienced a change in their family’s financial status, or who had more intense exposure to emotionally charged information — for example, through social media.”
Khodadoust also echoes some of the concerns Levy expressed with regard to younger, school-aged children. “Adolescents and teens with underlying mental health conditions, especially anxiety — general, obsessional, social, or health anxiety — are facing special challenges now,” she says. “For example, teenagers who were already finding the social hierarchy within their friend group stressful pre-pandemic, and who haven’t had to deal with it for the past year, may feel extra anxious about going back. Almost all of us are experiencing social fatigue at this point, but for teenagers, it can be especially anxiety provoking to feel so exhausted after even short bouts of social interaction.”
Let your kids have as much control as feasible over the pace and course of reentry, Khodadoust advises. “Let them choose when they are ready to go back to certain extra-curricular activities like sports or music lessons. It’s okay to take it slow,” she emphasizes. “And even if you have begun to have people over at the house, don’t necessarily expect your kids to be excited at the prospect of visitors. Give them permission to stay away from gatherings or to participate only in short spurts.”
In addition, Khodadoust encourages parents of teens and tweens to:
- Maintain routines. “As much as possible, try to keep the same routines post-pandemic, as you did during the pandemic,” she says, “whether it’s having dinner together, playing scrabble after dinner, or family movie night.”
- Stay connected. “This means communicating about the reentry process on a regular basis,” Khodadoust says, “not just when your teen is visibly upset — those times may not be as helpful, because they may shut down or be too upset to talk. Ask open-ended questions: ‘What did you think of X, Y, or Z activity?’ or ‘How did you feel about that outing?’” Some teens might also find it helpful to keep a journal where they can write about their activities and concerns.
- Validate. Then educate. “When you get pushback from your child about a reentry activity, start with an empathic inquiry rather than a lecture on the CDC guidelines,” Khodadoust says. “Support, validate, and normalize anxiety reactions first. There is room to educate and reassure teenagers about their safety while still respecting their feelings and their boundaries — ‘What we are asking you to do is safe, but it’s also important to us that you are comfortable. There is no rush.’”
Finally, Khodadoust points to research showing that having fun can reduce negative symptoms of stress and anxiety. “Make sure to schedule activities that your adolescent/teenager would perceive as both fun and safe,” she says.
In this together
With time, patience, and support, all four clinicians agree that most children will successfully navigate the transition to a post-pandemic normal. But it’s also important for parents to know when to seek help for their children, Khodadoust says. “You should consider reentry anxiety to be a problem if you notice that it is significantly affecting your child’s functioning in one or more areas of their life.”
“We are here to help,” Levy emphasizes. “MIT Medical pediatricians are available for support with in-person or virtual visits, and we can make referrals for mental health assessment and treatment as needed.”
But don’t forget about YOU! Our clinicians agree that parents need to pay extra attention to their own wellbeing during this time. “Take care of yourself,” Yang urges. “If you are anxious, your kids’ anxiety will likely be exacerbated as well.”
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Anorthosis Famagusta were established on this day. They were winners of Cyprus football championship 13 times.
Adolfo Baloncieri scored the 100th goal of Italy in international football match in Geneva against Switzerland.
International football venue Stade du Ray (Léo Lagrange) was inaugurated in Nice. Since opening, 3 games of European national football teams were played on the stadium.
Birthday of the Italy football referee Cosimo Bolognino, who was an official at 8 international games of European association football teams.
Bulgaria referee Tsvetan Georgiev is born 45 years ago. He is known to have officiated 5 international matches of European teams during the period from 2007 to 2009.
Macedonia footballer Ǵorǵi Hristov is born today. He made his debut for national team in 1995 and earned 48 caps, scoring 15 goals.
Peter Crouch, England national football team player (42 caps and 22 goals), born this day.
38 years ago, the Cyprus football player Antonis Georgallidis is born. He appeared for 66 matches in total for Cyprus.
Birthday of Vlatko Grozdanoski, who played for Macedonia national team in period 2001-2011 (50 caps and 4 goals).
Former Hungary association captain Sebes Gusztáv died at the age of 34. He was also a national team player. Date of his birth: January 22, 1906.
The 600th ever game of the Hungary national football team was held in Doha vs Asia.
Turkey footballer Arda Turan is born today. He made his debut for national team in 2006 and earned 100 caps, scoring 17 goals.
Azeglio Vicini from Italy, who managed Italy national team in 54 international football matches, passed away. Born on March 20, 1933.
Peter Mikkelsen passed away aged 58. He was a well-known international football referee from Denmark. Date of his birth: May 1, 1960.
Former Denmark football referee Ole Amundsen died this day at the age of 78. He officiated in matches of national football teams. Born on August 20, 1940.

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Forget Dowries: Chinese Men Have To Pay Up To $24,000 To Get A Bride
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This meant a daughter would stay in the district and her family can be much less inclined to demand more cash as a betrothal present, the report said. He said to be able to achieve that each groom ends up paying the bride’s family a cash reward made up of 10,000 five-yuan bills, 1, yuan bills and an extra stash of fifty-yuan payments.
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They decided to work even longer hours than their husbands which meant they have been now not traditional wives or companions. Western gentlemen miss this sacred way of life, they want a girl to be waiting for them when they return from a tough day at work with a plate of meals waiting.

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In line with Petco CEO, e-commerce will drive progress
Ron Coughlin, CEO of Petco Health and Wellness, said the retailer is ready for growth as it sells exclusive pet supplies, offers e-commerce services like roadside collection and expands its veterinary services.
The company’s shares will trade under the symbol WOOF on Thursday. On Wednesday night, the IPO was valued at $ 18 to raise about $ 816.5 million, better than its targeted price of $ 14-17.
In an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” prior to the stock’s first trading, Coughlin said the company’s customer base grew during the pandemic as families adopt new pets. He said 3.3 million new pets were added to the family last year and he expects the pet boom to continue into the first half of 2021.
“People are at home, they are a little depressed and they want a bundle of joy in their life,” he said. “So we’re going to help feed these pets, we’re going to help train these pets, groom these pets, and vaccinate those pets. I think it’s actually good for America and our souls, and it’s good for Petco.”
The demand for pet dealers has grown significantly in recent years as Americans treat their pets as family members and become more concerned with toys, accessories, and organic or fresh foods. But there was also more competition. Online pet retailer Chewy has gained market share with a subscription-based service that delivers pet food and other consumables to customers’ doors. Their stocks are up more than 260% over the past year.
Coughlin said Petco has assets that its rivals don’t. The veterinary business has grown from 15 to 105 clinics in the last 18 months. Around 70% of pet products are exclusively available in stores, for example from retail brands for food.
The former HP executive said the company has invested aggressively in digital options over the past year and a half, including in-store and roadside pickup of online purchases and same-day delivery. He said same day delivery now accounts for 30% of ecommerce orders.
“The more technology we’ve developed, the faster our digital business has grown,” he said.
Petco is owned by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and private equity firm CVC Capital Partners. The IPO values the retailer at $ 4 billion.

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I can’t remember the last time I was this pleasantly surprised by a book. I picked it up out of a sense of duty to the fact that the writer is based in Melbourne, Australia. The jacket copy didn’t exactly thrill me, but the story soon had me and I found myself completely entranced.
Set a few years from now, a secret school in Virginia is instructing students in persuasion – the ability to control others through language. The few who graduate are classified as “poets” and enter the service of a mysterious organisation. Emily Ruff is a homeless teenager when a recruiter for the organisation spots her talent in a street hustle, and sends her onto the school for testing. But Emily is a little different to the other students and is soon sent to perform a particularly ominous mission in Broken Hill, Australia.
For some reasons, this book gave me serious flashbacks to the movie Wanted. No, there’s not a mysterious loom printing out names to be assassinated, but the aims of the organisation and the manner in which its operatives work feels quite similar. Add in some nice connections and plot twists that didn’t feel over-laboured, this is a story of control, identity, coercion, linguistics and love –a really enjoyable read.


Court tells NSW EPA to do its duty and make policies to protect the state environment from climate change
By Peter Burnett
Governments know that most of us would place more trust in a seller of used cars than in a politician.
One by-product of this lack of trust is that politicians like to tell us that they are solving a problem by setting up an independent authority. Or, better still, an ‘independent watchdog’. People you can trust.
The trouble is, governments also like to be in control; especially in this age of ‘gotcha’ political journalism. Governments don’t like to create legitimate opportunities for public officials, including those who staff independent authorities, to embarrass, or, worse, defy them.
So, when governments establish these bodies, often enshrining their independence in law, they do so in the knowledge that there are ‘back door’ ways to control them.
Watchdog on a leash
One obvious method of controlling the watchdog is to punish ‘bad’ behaviour by reducing rations. A recent example is the Morrison government’s decision to cut the Auditor General’s budget, just when the auditor is proving very successful at sniffing out corruption in government grant programs — think ‘Sports Rorts’ and ‘Car Porks’.
Another approach is to nobble the authority in plain sight. Federal environment minister Sussan Ley took this option in response to a recent recommendation to create an ‘independent cop on the beat’ to oversee the devolution of environmental approval powers under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.
While the independent Environment Assurance Commissioner proposed by Minister Ley has superficial appeal, the bill establishing this ‘watchdog’ also puts him or her on a leash by requiring them to seek the minister’s input to their annual workplan, to report to the minister rather than Parliament, and not to investigate individual cases.
If the minister manages to get this bill through the Senate, which is currently looking unlikely, the minister may get to have her (watchdog) cake while eating (leashing) it too.
The case of Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action v the EPA
One recent case that does not fit so comfortably into this theory involves the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) and its engagement with climate change.
A group of bushfire survivors sued the EPA in the Land and Environment Court to compel them to develop policies to protect the state environment from climate change.
Given that the EPA’s founding legislation makes no mention of climate change, I would have expected it to argue that climate change was not part of its brief. However, when the case came to court, the EPA conceded that it did have power to address climate change. Instead of arguing a lack of power, it raised two technical legal arguments as to why it shouldn’t be forced by the court to exercise its climate powers.
The first argument was based on the fact that the EPA’s powers to develop environmental policies and standards are expressed in broad general terms. Because the EPA had indeed been getting on with the job of developing policies and standards on various environmental issues, the EPA argued that the court could not and should not intervene to tell it to develop a policy on this specific topic at this particular time.
In other words, given the EPA’s broad and multi-faceted role, the Court should not hijack the EPA’s agenda, which was a matter for its own expert judgement over time.
The second argument was a back-up, in case it lost the first argument. The EPA said that it had in fact complied with any duty it might have to deal with climate change, by issuing policies and plans that dealt with climate change in various minor ways.
For example, the EPA’s Regulatory Strategy 2021-24 identified climate change as a ‘global challenge’ and set out various ways in which it would contribute to addressing it, including by ‘encouraging’ industry to respond to climate risks and by reporting on NSW government (ie not EPA) climate policies in the State of the Environment Report.
Chief Judge Preston rejected both these arguments and directed the EPA to ‘develop environmental quality objectives, guidelines and policies to ensure environment protection from climate change’.
In effect, the Court said that while the EPA’s duty to develop environmental policies was indeed cast in general terms, giving the EPA significant discretion as to how it should go about its business, this duty would require, at a minimum, that the EPA address threats of greater magnitude and impact, obviously including climate change.
By implication, it would be irrational to fix small problems while ignoring big ones. (Irrationality is one of the few grounds on which a court can intervene in the exercise of administrative discretion).
What’s going on here?
But back to the theory of governments exercising back door control. If the EPA had the power all along to address climate change, why hadn’t they done so in any substantive way?
The reasons might have been cultural. Given that the EPA’s founding legislation makes no mention of climate change, and that its regulatory heritage goes all the way back to the regulation of ‘smoke stack’ industries under the NSW Clean Air Act of 1961, it may have been that the EPA simply saw climate policy as falling outside its mandate.
Alternatively, under the theory of backdoor control, perhaps the NSW government had been whispering in the EPA’s ear, or rejecting climate-related budget bids, all along, without this being public knowledge.
In any event, the government’s response to the court case certainly doesn’t fit the theory.
I had expected them to announce that they would be appealing the decision. If nothing else, statements in the High Court about the ‘irrationality’ ground being one to invoke only in extreme cases certainly suggest an appeal would have some prospects.
But in a surprising and refreshing development NSW Energy and Environment Minister Matt Kean announced on Friday that the government would not be appealing the decision, saying that “the Board and myself have decided … we’ll be putting in place the policies that are needed to give effect to the court ruling”.
Not only that, but “in fact, we’ll be doing everything necessary to give it full effect … [this] is significant because we want to use all our agencies, all the levers within government, to set the quality objectives, guidelines and policies to ensure that we protect the environment from climate change, as we should be doing”…
I suspect this unexpected embracing of a loss in court is mostly down to Kean himself, who certainly seems to be an ‘out-of-the-box’ politician. I reckon he would have had a hard time winning the NSW Cabinet over to this approach of leaning into the wind.
Here comes Matt Kean
But more power to his arm. When Kean first annoyed the Prime Minister last year by calling for stronger action on climate change, Morrison commented that most federal ministers ‘wouldn’t even know who Matt Kean was.’
I can’t think of a better way to raise one’s profile than by having the Prime Minister tell the media that one has no profile!
In any event, I have a feeling that if Kean doesn’t already have a national profile, he soon will.


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Bristol City are hoping to finalise a move for Ipswich striker Jonathan Stead by Monday. Stead, who joined Town from Sheffield United two years ago, featured in their 2-1 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday, but appears poised for a move to the West Country.
"He's someone we've been looking to sign for a while and it looks like we are close now," City boss Keith Millen told City's official website.
"We hope to conclude a deal early next week."
Ipswich boss Roy Keane also confirmed in his post-match interview that the 27 year old could link up with City on Monday.


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China’s most densely packed urban metropolis lost a quarter million migrant workers last year amid its disruptive coronavirus-induced lockdowns, resulting in Shanghai’s total population falling for the third time since 2015, local authorities said on Tuesday.
The economic hub had around 24.76 million people last year, down by 135,400 compared with 2021, according to figures issued by the municipal bureau of statistics.
While the number of local residents slightly increased, the population decline was affected by the exodus of jobseekers from other regions, along with a low birth rate and an increasingly ageing population, the bureau said.
People aged 65 and above accounted for 18.7 per cent of Shanghai’s total population, well above the national average of 14.9 per cent.
The megacity, which went through a traumatic two-month citywide lockdown last spring, has been watching its number of migrant workers decline in recent years, since before the pandemic.
In 2015, Shanghai’s population decreased for the first time in four decades due to a loss of 150,000 migrant workers. Demographers and analysts mainly attributed this to structural changes in the city’s economy as its labour-intensive manufacturing sector shrank while other sectors such as hi-tech and services grew.
That population decline also came seven years before China’s overall population started falling last year, according to official figures. In the years between, the city saw moderate fluctuations, with the population ranging between 24.5 million and 24.9 million.
Last year, Shanghai lost more than 257,000 migrant workers.
Professor Peng Xizhe, director of the Centre for Population and Development Policy Studies at Fudan University, mainly attributed last year’s drop to the retreat of workers in service sectors such as tourism and restaurants amid China’s large-scale health control measures. And now he says they have mostly returned.
However, he warns that the overall trend will continue as younger jobseekers have more options elsewhere in China.
“Megacities are always attractive to young people, but they have more choices now,” Peng explained. “Emerging cities in the central and western regions are not bad, and living costs are lower.”
Shanghai authorities said the city’s low birth rate was the fundamental reason behind its population decline.
Comparing birth and death totals, Shanghai saw a natural decrease of 1.6 people for every 1,000 - much higher than the national average of 0.6 people lost per 1,000.
Shanghai people are living relatively longer than their average Chinese counterpart. The city’s life expectancy is about 83 years, or about as long as the most longevous nations such as Norway and Switzerland.
But Professor Zheng Bingwen, who focuses on population ageing and social security at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said elderly care services still lag far behind the pace of ageing, even in megacities, which have the most resources.
“As families become smaller and more old people are living away from their children, public facilities and services, such as hospitals and catering, for these people need to be improved,” he urged.
And despite having relaxed population controls in 2021 to allow people to have three children, while introducing incentives such as extended parental leave, most people who choose to have children opt for only one.
Around 60 per cent of people living in Shanghai wanted just one kid or none, the bureau said.


As the 2015-16 Euro soccer season rolls on, we have an interesting match between the Potters of Stoke City playing the Red Devils of Manchester United in this EPL in the League round 24. Presently the Manchester United is ranked 5th in the EPL with 36 points, while Stoke City is ranked at 9th with 32 points to date. The game is being played at Old Trafford in Manchester, United Kingdom at 3 PM ET.
As the 2015-16 Euro Soccer moves on in the season and the English Premier League (EPL) has some challenging matches, we are reviewing a match that takes place on Sunday the 24th of January 2015 between the ‘Gunners’ of Arsenal F.C. (1st in EPL) playing the ‘Blues’ of Chelsea F.C. (14th in EPL) with the game being played at Emirates Stadium in London at 11 PM ET.
As the English Premier (EPL) and their 2015-16 Season moves on we have “The Reds” of Liverpool F.C. playing their rival “The Red Devils of Manchester United F.C. with the game being played on Sunday the 17th of January 2016 with the game being played at the Anfield Stadium in Liverpool, England with the kick-off scheduled for 9:05 PM ET.
As the Euro Soccer continues with the English Premier League (EPL) 2015-16 Season underway, on Saturday the 16th of January 2016 we have an interesting match-up between Chelsea FC Blues (14th in EPL) playing at the Everton FC Toffees. (11th in EPL) with the game being played at Stamford Bridge Stadium in Fulham, London with the kick-off scheduled for 10 AM ET and seen on NBC TV.
The Euro Soccer and the EPL (English Premier League) this week has some exciting match-ups, and one in particular is the Tottenham Hotspur F.C. (4th in EPL) playing the Leicester City F.C. (2nd in EPL) with the game being played at White Hart Lane Stadium on London, England on Wednesday the 13th of January 2016 with the kick-off schedule for 4:05 PM ET.


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New joocasino bonus players are often not given deposit bonus codes for casino that are available on numerous sign-up forms. Although this bonus is beneficial for many players, it is only beneficial to experienced players. Experienced players are aware of the advantages of slot machines, and the random number generators used in the machines that pay discourage new players from playing with real cash because they aren’t sure of the probabilities.
It is essential to check on the validity of the bonus code prior to testing it at your preferred online casino game site. If you earn real money with this bonus code, you must immediately transfer your winnings into a different account and pay for the costs. Playing no deposit games is gambling, regardless of whether you win or lose. There is no guarantee you will win if you wager with cash. One can only casinoextra hope that will draw even if he or she places bets of a high value. Be cautious at all times to ensure that you win.
Since there are a lot of no deposit casino games on the Internet new players often get confused about which online casinos provide these bonus codes. There are so many casinos available on the Internet that it can be difficult to know which will actually give out free bonuses. Internet casino reviews can help narrow down the list of casinos that provide these bonus codes. These reviews are mostly written by players who have played at casinos and are able to share their thoughts.
There are many bonuses that do not require depositing for casino bonuses. Each code will offer you the casino with a unique bonus. It is essential to carefully read each one. In addition to the no deposit bonus, online casinos sometimes offer poker bonus spins or slot bonus spins and various other types of bonus spins. It is important to read all the different promotions and bonuses offered by various casinos so that you can be certain to make the most of your money when playing at an online casino that offers a no deposit bonus. Remember that all of these bonuses will require you to wager to activate them , and therefore you must bet accordingly.
It is essential to review the terms and conditions before you sign up for any type of casino bonus code. If you are using no deposit casino bonus code, you need to study the specifics of that particular bonus without deposit to be sure you know exactly what you are getting yourself into. This is especially important for those who are keen to play with real money so that you will be sure that you are not getting yourself into a situation where you’ll lose money because of no deposit bonus spins. Make sure you go over the details of the promotion thoroughly before beginning playing to ensure that you do not end up losing money due to no deposit casino bonus codes. If you’re not sure about whether or not an online casino with a no deposit bonus code is suitable for you, then opt to sign up for an account at another casino to learn more.
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