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An important focus of the LEAD Center's mission is to increase the financial literacy and financial capability of people with disabilities. Participation in the workforce, which produces increased income, is a vital first step for working-age adults with disabilities to build economic self-sufficiency. Employment also serves as an important gateway for individuals to further explore tools and strategies to improve their economic stability and security. The LEAD Center works to foster pathways to economic advancement for people with disabilities to improve their present and long-term financial well-being, while supporting the workforce development, Home and Community Based Services, and other systems that share this mission.
Disability Benefits Counseling Services: Free Resources for SSA Disability Beneficiaries Returning to Work
March 2018 | Tool/Manual
The Social Security Administration (SSA) encourages disability beneficiaries to work to their fullest capability.
Financial Education Disability Supplemental Guides
February 2018 | Tool/Manual
National Disability Institute (NDI) has released disability supplemental guides that complement the Hands on Banking® instructor guides for adults, young adults and entrepreneurs.
Financial Education Quick Reference Guides
National Disability Institute (NDI) has released quick reference guides that complement the Hands on Banking® instructor guides for adults, young adults and entrepreneurs.
Information Brief: Improving Employment Outcomes with ABLE Accounts
| January 2018 | Report/Brief
This information brief summarizes the ABLE policy brief and provides additional resources.
Employment and Economic Advancement Resource Map
| January 2018 | Tool/Manual
This guide has been prepared in an effort to identify national initiatives that can support individuals as they take steps toward establishing financial stability.
Virginia DARS Financial Capability Webinar Series
| December 2017 | Webinar
The Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (VA DARS) created a webinar training series on addressing a major barrier to work- lack of financial resources.
Guide to Presenting Money Smart for Adults
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) recently updated its Guide to Presenting Money Smart for Adults to include more information on supporting participants with disabilities in instructor-led classes.
StateData: The National Report on Employment Services and Outcomes: 2016
December 2017 | Report/Brief
Access the latest information about employment and economic self-sufficiency for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Archive: WISE Webinar November 2017: Working for Yourself with Ticket to Work
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Are you thinking about starting your own business? Do you think your hobby and passion would make a great career where you are your own boss?
Archive: WISE Webinar: October 2017: Achieving Financial Independence with Ticket to Work and an ABLE Account
October 2017 | Webinar | Ticket To Work
If you are age 18-64, receive Social Security disability benefits (SSI or SSDI) and want to make more money through work, Ticket to Work can provide the support that you need!
Protecting Health and Retirement Benefits after Job Loss
This video provides information to help employees make critical decisions about health coverage and retirement benefits after a job loss.
Financial Strategies for Workers with Disabilities During the Coronavirus Pandemic
In the U.S. today, the COVID-19 emergency presents a time of significant health and economic uncertainty for individuals with disabilities, as well as their families and communities.
Get Empowered – Make the Most of Your Job and Improve Your Financial Security: Building Financial Solutions for People with Disabilities
This webinar covers topics related to financial security for people with disabilities including opening a bank account, understanding credit scores, developing a budget, and more.
Get Empowered: Make the Most of Your Job and Improve Your Financial Security Building Financial Solutions for People with Disabilities
If you are a person with a disability who is getting ready to enter the workforce or who recently did, you probably have a lot of questions related to your new job and your financial security.
The Power of Tracking Expenses
This webinar describes the benefits of tracking expenses, especially disability-related expenses.
Advancing Financial Literacy for Individuals with Disabilities
On April 18, National Disability Institute (NDI), the LEAD Center and Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) partnered for the webinar/in-person event, Advancing Financial Literacy for Individuals with Disabilities, to commemorate National...
Financial Health Assessment for Counseling and Guidance
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The LEAD Center, in collaboration with the ABLE National Resource Center, will be holding a webinar focused on how individuals with disabilities, and their families, can use ABLE Accounts to increase their financial stability and produce more...
LEAD PEOPLE Tina Lentz, Executive Administrator, Advocacy and Empowerment - Louisville Metro Government Department of Community Services
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LEAD Center Welcomes CRC and ETA Guidance Regarding Use of Credit Scores
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ABLE Act Offers New Support Options to Advance Employment Outcomes
On December 16, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act by a vote of 76 to 16. This was previously passed by the House of Representatives on December 3.
LEAD Participates in Louisville Financial Empowerment Summit
On October 30th, LEAD staff returned to Louisville, Ky. to participate in the city's 2nd Annual Financial Empowerment Summit.
LEAD Center Hosts Louisville Economic Advancement Assembly
The LEAD Center, in collaboration with Louisville Metro Government Community Services and Revitalization Department and Bank on Louisville
LEAD Center Webinar Highlights Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
On February 26, the LEAD Center, in collaboration with ODEP and the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) Office of Financial Empowerment, held the second webinar in the Promoting Economic Advancement Series,
Video Released of Advancing Financial Literacy for Individuals with Disabilities Event
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LEAD Center Hosts National Dialogue on Financial Literacy Education for People with Disabilities
In recognition of Financial Literacy Month, the LEAD Center today launched a two-week national dialogue called Money Matters.
ODEP and CFPB Issue Memorandum Promoting Financial Capability of Workers with Disabilities
The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a joint memorandum calling on state and local governments, community development organizations, employers and...
In collaboration with Louisville Metro Government Community Services and Revitalization and Bank on Louisville, the LEAD Center hosted an Economic Advancement Assembly in Louisville, Ky. on May 13.
Louisville Metro Government Joins With National Disability Institute's LEAD Center to Improve Financial Health for Kentuckians with Disabilities
Assembly brings disability advocates, community and thought leaders together to discuss current activities and opportunities to build the financial capability of people with disabilities throughout the Louisville Area
Assistant Secretary Kathy Martinez, U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy, Joins LEAD Center to Facilitate Strategic Planning at CFE Forum
ODEP and National Disability Institute's LEAD Center joined Cities for Financial Empowerment for a brainstorming session to begin designing a national integration strategy to build the financial capability of individuals and families through touch...
President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability Releases Final Report
This new report delivered through the U.S. Department of the Treasury highlights many recommendations to help improve the financial lives of individuals and families across America.
Census Bureau Report Shows 30 Percent of Adults Receiving Government Assistance have a Disability
This U.S. Census Bureau report – Disability Characteristics of Income-Based Government Assistance Recipients in the United States: 2011 – reveals that 30.4 percent of the more than 46 million adults who received income-based government assistance in...
Missed Opportunities for Financial Wellness Support
As someone who has spent over 35 years working and partnering with people with disabilities who are pursuing equal opportunities so that they can live the lives they choose, I can say confidently that the disability field is doing a disservice to...
In the Know: Access to Assets
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To kick off April's National Financial Literacy Month, Louisville Metro Community Services and Bank On Louisville presented our second annual Financial Fitness Day on March 31, open to the entire community. All in attendance were invited to meet one...
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A groundbreaking survey conducted by National Disability Institute and the Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA) revealed three out of four people living with multiple sclerosis (MS) have difficulty covering their monthly expenses and...
In the Know: Financial Capability of Adults with Disabilities
This first-of-its-kind report offers a snapshot of the economic plight faced by many in the disability community.
In the Know: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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What will it take to achieve a state of full financial inclusion for all people, including individuals with disabilities? In 2011, the Center for Financial Inclusion asked this very question, to which 300 practioners around the globe responded.
In the Know: 2012 National Financial Capability Study
The 2012 National Financial Capability Survey underscores the need to ensure all Americans have access to the education, resources and tools they need to manage their money with confidence. This is the second study, done in consultation with the U.S...
In the Know: Empowering Low Income and Economically Vulnerable Consumers
With more than 100 million Americans considered low-income and economically vulnerable, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) hosted a November 2012 convention of financial empowerment experts, stakeholders and policymakers to share thei
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) recently updated its Guide to Presenting Money Smart for Adults to include more information on supporting participants with disabilities in instructor-led classes. The guide is available for download.
November 2017 | Webinar
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Learn about three free tax preparation models for American Job Center professionals to implement to further advance economic stability for their customers. Presenters included the IRS as well as local AJCs implementing free tax prep at their local...
ABLE Accounts Give People with Disabilities the Power to Save
This summer, the ABLE National Resource Center (ANRC) launched a month-long public awareness campaign called "#ABLEtoSave." The national grassroots camp
LEAD Focuses on the Connection between the ABLE Act and Employment
This past quarter, the LEAD Center conducted substantial work to educate disability-related stakeholders about how having an ABLE account can assist a person with obtaining and maintaining competitive integ
LEAD PARTNER: ABLE National Resource Center
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Financial Integration Team – A Community of Practice of Economic Advancement Change Agents
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ABLE Account Funds Could Help Individuals with Disabilities Achieve Employment Outcomes
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Making Informed Financial Choices with the Louisville LADDER Disability and Employment Workbook
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The CMS HCBS Final Rule and First Steps toward Supporting "Control of Personal Resources"
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Louisville's Financial Empowerment Integration Fall Convening
On September 18, LEAD Staff returned to Louisville, Ky.
Kansas Workforce System Creates Partnership to Promote Employment
On January 22nd, experts from LEAD Center presented at the 14th Annual Kansas Workforce Summit. The theme was Preparing Tomorrow's Leaders in a Rapidly Changing Workplace.
The Latest on the ABLE Act and ABLE Accounts
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Installation of the High Sheriff of Powys
This week, our building will be alive and buzzing with activity of a very special kind. The Installation of the High Sheriff of Powys takes place annually and is held in our building every third year, when a representative from Radnorshire, our part of Powys (the middle bit), takes the role. This year, Sue Thompson of Kinnerton takes the position, following in the footsteps of the Sheriffs from over 1,000 years of history.
On Friday 21st April 2017, the ceremony will take place in our building. If you are intending to visit us that day, you are very welcome - we are open as usual - but please be aware that some rooms will be inaccessible whilst parts of the ceremony are underway. On the plus side, visitors get to see a truly British ceremony, with our building in coming back to life as a centre for legal administration for its county. There will be a presiding Judge, the Lord Lieutenant of Powys and other dignatories of the County all present - a truly spectacular affair.
The name Sheriff comes from 'Shire-Reeve' or the Anglo Saxon ' Scir-gerefa'. Their powers were once extensive, including judging cases in court, policing, collecting taxes on behalf of the crown and representing their area in early parliaments. These powers were slowly eroded over the centuries but the position has remained.
In our building's heyday, the High Sheriff would meet the Judge at the edge of the jurisdiction and bring them safely into the town, to his lodgings here. We still have some sets of halberds on site, used originally for protection of the judges and later more for ceremony (although, as you can see from these, they could still inflict a nasty bit of damage to someone!).
Today, the duties of Sheriffs are mainly: attending on and looking after Her Majesty's Judges; acting as Electoral Returning Officer in some constituencies; above all, upholding the rule of law and order and uniting of all the Sovereign's subjects in loyalty to the Monarchy. All of this is fulfilled at no expense to the public purse.
We are very proud to host this ceremony, as we feel it keeps the building going as a living place and not just a fusty old museum for you to wander around - not that we would ever call ourselves fusty (just come to one of our jelly events, or find out all about Victorian toilets and pants as you wander round, and you'll see for yourself!).
A Job to support the Judge!
Opening our doors with HLF this year!
New Board seeks to raise the bar!
Humbling Hudson's Heritage Awards second
Student Conservator of the Year award!
Ethiopian Emperor's shield causing excitement
The Judge's Lodging brings Napoleon to Powys!
The Judge's Lodging versus Downton Abbey!
Ironmongers Extraordinaire!
Sporting Life in Presteigne exhibition opens
Racing into Spring!
Christmas good wishes and a huge thank you
National award headed our way!
Why is it so important that we smell?
Chilling nights with Poe
...and on TV again!
On your telly again!
29th April - A Celebration Indeed!
The elephant that never made it?
Loyd Grossman and the tiny posh sandwiches
Christmas good wishes and a big thank you
A soggy repeat of history
See us on TV this Autumn & Winter
Very pleased with our new award
Remembering a fine cat
Pigs' ears, parrots and flaming nighties
Arthur, the museum cat
Now that's what we call a cake!
Victoria and Albert's wedding cake was a colossal 9 feet wide and weighed 300 pounds.
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Take soap and rub it well, then scrape
Creaking hinges
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Dip a soft brush in water, rub a
Ingredients - 1 pint of milk, the yolks
Koobbe (bread stuffed with meat)
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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has finally published its long-awaited date for the commencement of orientation for the prospective Batch A 2017 Stream II corps members nationwide. It has been verified that the exercise will start on the 26th July, 2017.
This year's Batch A Stream II orientation course has been scheduled to take place from 26th July to 15th August, and prospective Batch A 2017 Stream II Corps Members are to print their call-up letters starting on the Friday, 21st July, 2017.
The NYSC spokesperson Bose Aderibigbe while briefing the press on Tuesday stated that Streams 1 and 2 came into being when the scheme observed that corps members' population was increasing.
"We have so many schools turning out prospective Corps members and once they register, we can't ask them to wait for the next batch because the camp facilities are inadequate," she said.
She made it know to the media that about 150,000 prospective Corps members registered for Batch A 2017 streams.
"We had 77,000 corps members for Stream 1 and this time around, we will be having 72,000. So, if we say the whole 150,000 should go at once, we will overstretch our camp facilities", she stated.
1. Registration and verification: Wednesday 26th July – Thursday, 27th July, 2017.
2. Registration Cut-off date: Midnight of 27th July, 2017.
3. Closing ceremony: Tuesday, 15th August, 2017.
The NYSC has also urged prospective Batch A 2017 Stream II corps members to report promptly to the orientation camps in their states of deployment at the camp addresses indicated in their call-up letters.
The purpose of the scheme was primarily to inculcate in Nigerian youth the spirit of selfless service to the community, and to emphasise the spirit of oneness and brotherhood of all Nigerians, irrespective of cultural or social background.


Twinklers School and Jonior School is located in Bangalore, Karnataka and it is affiliated to The Council For The Indian School certificate Examinations (ICSE), New Delhi and Recognised by Government of Karnataka. The school has a well qualified, experienced and dedicated team of staff members. The school has programmed a diverse and specialized curriculum, which helps the child to develop critical thinking, and problem-solving. It is a unique and genuinely innovative educational school for the children of today, where the belief is to do things differently and not do different things.
The school has pargola type classrooms, winding pathways and a variety of flora and fauna, as pargola type classrooms, winding pathways and a variety of flora and fauna, ell-equipped computer lab with. All of them are connected in a LAN, well stocked library.
Admission to Twinklers School, is open to all children from Montessori, Kindergarten, Grades 1 to 9 and Grade 11.
Admission to Twinklers is through interaction with the Principal.
Admission forms will be issued in the month of October. The prospectus and admission form can either be collected from the school office or they can also be downloaded from the web.
All necessary documents such as Progress Report, Transfer Certificate from the previous school, Original or attested copy of the Birth Certificate are to be attached with the duly filled in admission form and submitted to the school office.
The student should be 2 ½ years of age on June 1st of the year of admission for admission into Pre-Nursery and 5 ½ years of age on June 1st of the year of admission for admission into Class 1. The age for admission to other Classes will be regulated accordingly.
For all admission related queries, kindly contact the school office and check out the exact dates of issue of the application form for registration.
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You can never unlock 10X growth in your business without a culture of Intrapreneurship.
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In fact, the world's leading companies like Google, Facebook, eBay, Deloitte, GFK, Accenture, Ashoka, and Barclays have formal programs to nurture innovation. Leaders come up with game-changing ideas, take ownership, execute and help their companies garner multi-million, billion-dollar revenues. Employee engagement, high growth, profitability, and productivity are the norm in these companies.
The Deloitte Millennial Survey (January 2014) reports that Millennials, who are already emerging as leaders in technology and other industries will comprise 75 percent of the global workforce by 2025. They want to work for organizations that foster innovative thinking, develop their skills, and make a positive contribution to society. Unfortunately, Businesses are not doing much in this regard.
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The Old Czech Party (, officially National Party, Národní strana) was formed in the Kingdom of Bohemia and Bohemian Crown Lands of Austrian Empire in Revolution Year of 1848. They initiated Czech national program, forming of modern national through Czech National Revival and better position of Bohemia within the Habsburg Monarchy.

An important event in the history of the party were split of Young Czech wing of the party, in 1874 formed Young Czech Party led by Karel Sladkovský.

Background
The 1848 Revolutions, starting in Sicily before spreading to the rest of Europe, led to the formation of the first Czech political parties in the Austrian Empire. Upon the resignation of State Chancellor Klemens von Metternich, the new Austrian government under Prime Minister Franz Anton von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky finally ceded to the provisional Bohemian "national assembly" (Svatováclavský výbor roku 1848) the right to hold elections for a Landtag parliament in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown. Though initially backed by the Austrian governor Count Leopold von Thun und Hohenstein, the attempt failed due to disagreement with Moravian and Austrian Silesian representatives as well as the resistance of the German-speaking minority.

In June 1848 the Prague Slavic Congress, led by the historian František Palacký, who had rejected his mandate to the Frankfurt Parliament, demanded a federation of the Austrian states and the withdrawal from the German Confederation. The succeeding "Whitsun Riot" from 12 to 17 June 1848 aimed at the independence of the "Czech lands" of Bohemia, Moravia and Austrian Silesia, similar to the Hungarian Revolution; it was crushed by Austrian troops under Field Marshal Prince Alfred I of Windisch-Grätz. The Czech people were given a taste of freedom of assembly and government only to experience defeat, which was completed with the failed Vienna Uprising and the dissolution of the Kremsier Parliament in 1849. Despite this defeat and its implications, the 1848 experience boosted ethnic nationalism in the Habsburg lands, and activists looked upon the Czech National Revival with pride.

As a result of the failed revolution, in 1851 the decreed March Constitution was abolished and a non-constitutional system was put in place under Interior Minister Baron Alexander von Bach, deemed "Bachist neo-absolutism". After the defeat of Austria in the Second Italian War of Independence in 1859 Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria was forced to revoke absolutist policies i an attempt to pacify internal dissent by means of the October Diploma which included the implementation of an Imperial Council parliament. Immediately, a Czech National Party (Národní strana, "Old Czech" party) was formed under the guidance of František Palacký and his son-in-law, František Ladislav Rieger. The National Party sought to achieve a large measure of political and cultural autonomy for the Czech people within a federated Austria.

The February Patent of 1861 from Interior Minister Anton von Schmerling marked an abrupt reversion to centralized ideas applied to the Czech lands. Imperial recognition of an autonomous Bohemian kingdom did not come to pass despite continued efforts by the National Party to receive formal recognition of their autonomy. Nationalities assigned to second class status by the constitutional arrangements of the monarchy in the 1860s could do no more than work for reform within the oppressive and bureaucratic framework of the dual monarchy. Action was dependent on the occurrence of another international crisis which would compel the Habsburgs to initiate real reform and liberalize the constitution.  This state of inaction proved to be a long struggle by the Czechs against the authoritarian Habsburg Empire.

Emergence
By 1863, two clearly defined factions within the Czech National Party had emerged: the Old Czechs and the Young Czechs. Their major areas of contention were: the extent to which the party should cooperate with the conservative landowners, how best to define and advance Bohemian state rights, whether or not to passively resist centralization of the monarchy, and their difference of opinion with the Polish insurrection in Russian Poland. The conflict within the National Party that led most directly to the creation of an independent Young Czech Party in 1874 was the issue of passive resistance. The Old Czech faction, under the leadership of Palacký and Rieger, sought to act conservatively against the monarchy through working with the great landowners to achieve greater political influence and by refusing to attend the imperial council (Reichsrat) meetings.  The Young Czechs, on the other hand, felt that Czech national interests would be best served by participating actively in all forms of government.

Two events in particular display the effects of the Old Czechs' policy of passive resistance and cooperation with the nobility.  The war in 1866 between the monarchy and Prussia displayed how the Old Czechs' policy of loyalty and cooperation backfired.  With the war, the monarchy sought the financial aid of its lands and Hungary, also seeking imperial recognition of its autonomy, refused to provide assistance as long as their demands for self-government were not fulfilled.  Meanwhile, the Czechs remained loyal to the monarchy but due to fear of further disobedience, the monarchy complied with Hungarian demands and created the December Constitution of 1867 which enacted a dual monarchy.  Rieger reacted by advocating a boycott of participation in the Reichsrat until the Emperor suspended the February Patent.  Further passive action was taken in withdrawing from the Bohemian Diet with the Declaration of 1868 that called for a tripartite monarchy. The Young Czechs reluctantly upheld the party's boycott of the Reichsrat but seven young delegates defied the party's policy by returning to the Bohemian Diet in September, 1874.  This defiance, led by Alois Pravoslav Trojan and Edvard Grégr, heralded the decision to form an independent Young Czech party in December of the same year.  The Národní Listy (National Paper) saluted the "seven Maccabees who unsheathed the sword of political activism to defend their homeland" while the loyal Old Czech newspapers decried "the seven Krauts who carried the national cross to Golgotha."

After eight years (1871–79) of boycotting the Reichsrat in protest against the collapse of a negotiated agreement with Emperor Franz Joseph, the Young Czech chose to compromise. Their reentry into legislative politics marked the end of German Reichsrat majority. The Young Czechs held 85 to 87 of the 425 seats in the Reichsrat by 1900.

In 1891, the end of the Old Czech predominance in Czech politics helped to disrupt the conservative "iron ring" parliamentary coalition with whose help Count Taaffe had governed since 1879, and marks the beginning of the modern era of Czech political parties.

In February 1918, the party formally merged with a new coalition, the Czech State Right Democratic Party, which later, under the Republic, became the party of Czechoslovak National Democracy headed by former Young Czech leader Karel Kramář.

See also
Young Czech Party

References

Czech nationalism
Habsburg Bohemia
Political parties in Austria-Hungary
Political parties established in 1848
1848 establishments in the Austrian Empire
Political parties disestablished in 1918
1918 disestablishments in Austria-Hungary
National conservative parties
Defunct political parties in the Czech Republic

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Calling all artists! It's time for the Yearbook Art Contest!
It's time for the Yearbook Art Contest!
as the cover of the Davis Magnet School yearbook!
The Theme: Best Year Yet!
Must be on standard 8.5 x 11 paper.
Do not put your name on the front.
Please neatly print your name and teacher on the back near the bottom.
Digital entries will be displayed in the yearbook but will not be considered for the cover.
You can use colored pencils, pens, crayons or paints on your work.
Start with white paper but color in the background- see past yearbooks for many examples.
Be sure to include the required text and don't draw or write too close to the edge of the page- otherwise some of your drawing/text could be cut off in the book. We will again be trying to include all entries that don't win in/on the book as well.
Do your best and HAVE FUN!


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250 Years of Women in Brit Comics – The Inking Woman
Posted on March 21, 2018 by Joe
The Inking Woman,
Edited by Nicola Streeten and Cath Tate,
Myriad Editions
Comics and cartooning have often been labelled something of a boy's club, both in terms of creators and most of the readership, and that's a criticism that is not without some fairly solid truth behind it; in fact it's still, even now in 2018, a subject of much debate. We've certainly seen change though, quite a lot of change, even just in the last couple of decades, and especially in the realm of Indy comics, small press and zines (the mainstream, while improving, is, as is often the case, lagging further behind). And while the larger visibility of female comickers in the last few decades is very welcome, they didn't spring out of nowhere, like their male counterparts most of them have been inspired by those who went before them, and that's one of the things Inking Woman does, and does very well, illuminates a side of British comics history that hasn't been well served, and by doing so places those creators in a more understandable context, from pioneers like Mary Darly in the late 1700s or Marie Duval in the Victorian era (Marie is the subject of another recent, and much recommended Myriad release) through cartoons in Suffragette publications to the 1960s underground scene, the 70s and 80s rise of women's liberation, the Rrrriot Girls of the 90s, the contemporary small press and zine scene and many points in between.
In fact that placing of cartoonists and comickers into some historical context is evident right from the beginning, and I am pleased to say not just historical but cultural and societal context (for example, the rowing women's lib movement of the 70s leading to more cooperatives creating publications, which in turn provides both material and a space for women comickers to show their work, those comic works feeding back into the growing social and commercial groups by women, aimed at women). In her introduction co-editor Nicola Streeten mentions the likes of Jacky Fleming and Ros Aquith's work that she read in her teens as powering her own ambitions in her comics work later on. I'd like to think that somewhere there is a teenage girl who will read Inking Woman and it will inspire her, to let her know she can create her own comics works too, and perhaps in a decade she'll be citing Nicola and Cath's work here as one of the starting points that got her going.
The book takes the form of entries on a multitude of women comickers from the 1770s to the present day, interspersed with chapters explaining some of the history and changing cultural elements throughout that period, such as the rise of the women's Suffrage movement in the late 19th and early 20th century, the rise of feminism in the 70s, the influences of other parts of our ever-changing culture, such as Punk, with its DIY ethos (an influence I think you can still see strongly in the modern small press scene), the expansion of women-lead publishing like Virago or the Women's Press, Cath Tate with her own publishing, discovering new and existing talents and reproducing their work.
Between those sections on the changing culture and history we have so many entries with brief biographical notes and a quick recap of the work of those women – in a rather nice touch more than a few of those entries contain quotes from the creator in question, talking about their own work or what it was like trying to establish themselves as a female creator, in their own words. Understandably there is much more material from the second half of the twentith century to today, and especially on the creators of the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and early 2000s, there simply being more creators working then. And as the authors note themselves, much of this is still living history, the woman comickers from that explosion in the 70s still with us to share that history, and many of them still actively drawing away. And as you move closer to the present you find many names that will be familiar to you – a lot of those creators have featured here on the blog, on Down the Tubes, on Broken Frontier. You've read some of those reviews, you've seen some of those creators at conventions like Caption and Thought Bubble, and, increasingly, at literary festivals, and chances are you've bought some of their comics from them.
The book doesn't shy away from discussing how difficult it has been to fight through a very male-dominated industry and society, or from commenting on other elements of diversity, such as much of the earlier work in particular coming from women who, while still having to fight sexism, did start from a much more privileged area of society (a criticism often aimed at the 70s and 80s feminist movement, for example, that it came predominantly from a well-educated, white, middle-class perspective that didn't take in the experiences of working class women, or of women of colour, or LGBT people – but these things are always, hopefully, evolving and learning to be more inclusive and diverse).
But overall this is a very positive, in fact I would say optimistic book, especially as it moves closer to the contemporary era – the number of creators increases, they are more and more coming from different backgrounds, tackling all sorts of subjects from social issues to bringing Shakespeare to a modern audience , from using comics to openly and honestly explore their experiences, from encountering racism to dealing with illness or the loss of a loved one to out and out humour and satire. As the book moves into those later sections it felt as if it was, a bit like the comics community itself, gathering pace, growing in confidence and numbers and mutual support, in fact it felt rather joyful, and it isn't hard to feel that enthusiasm and delight and want to share in it.
This is a wonderfully warm look at an important part of British comics history, it is also a history of the challenges of gender, class and more and how they can be overcome, of how the medium is part of that society and that societal change as well as reflecting it, or sometimes even leading the vanguard demanding that change, placing those changes and the changes still to come into a larger context of pioneers and inspirational creators in turn inspiring new generations to realise they are free to create, to say something. The discussion of the rise of small-press friendly cons and other events, co-operatives like Team Girl Comics or the Strumpet/Whores of Mensa also sends a positive message, something I must admit I love about our comics community, the amount of mutual support and encouragement.
Flipping through the various individual entries on creators will likely bring cries of recognition at some of the names while also, hopefully, bringing creators who are new to the reader's attention. I think many readers will come away from this not just with a more informed perspective on the history of Brit comics, but with a list of creators whose work they really want to read. And to return to what I said earlier, who knows, perhaps some young girl will be reading this and it will be the spark to her creative outlets and in ten years perhaps we'll be reviewing one of her comics. I really like that idea.
This review was originally penned for the Forbidden Planet Blog
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The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love.
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2D horizontal shooter action with Veritech fighters in between segments of the Macross anime movie. You don't get to see the whole movie, of course, but you get a pretty good deal of it all things considered, and its definitely high quality stuff. The game itself is decent, trying some new things that sort of work and sort of don't.
Mainly, there's a lot of stuff going on in the background and foreground as you're flying along in a horizontal 2D plane; for instance, battle pods will fly past way in the background, or zoomed up in mock perspective in the foreground, and shoot at you. Because they're out of your plane you can't hit them with your gun, and they can't run into you, but when there's a lot of stuff whizzing around it's rather hard to know who is in what depth plane at all times--I think I'd have preferred that they keep enemy formations all in one plane along with you, but I gotta admit the rippling explosions going on in the background in the space stages really make you feel like you're in the middle of a Robotech (yes I'm American damnit) space battle.
You've got your gun pod, your micro-missles which are unlimited and lock on to targets (even those in foreground and background, fortunately), a few bomb bursts (how that works on a Veritech I dunno, but hey this is a 2D shooter and what's a 2D shooter without bombs?!?), a corkscrew dodge maneuver (hard to tell how effective this really is), and transform buttons that let you transform into one or two of the Veritech's three modes, depending on the level (this seems rather arbitrary).
Some levels may scroll vertically instead of horizontally and now that I think of it this is probably the only situation where using the slower Battloid form is actually useful, since the upright stance is a smaller target for a vertical attacker. The weapons aren't upgradable or anything, aside from the fact that you can tweak certain of their characteristics in the options menu. You only have one life (lose it and Continue and you have to restart the current battle stage from the beginning) but you can take four or five hits per stage before dying.
Stages generally have you blowing your way through unorganized waves of passing-by attackers (often they're offscreen by the time you lock and fire your missles) until you get to a fight against a larger boss mecha/vehicle. Disorganized and mediocre action, really, except that the missles are fun and the crazy foreground/background stuff is going on all the time.
The movie sequences are nice, at least the first time. Robotech/Macross fans should get a kick out of it, shooter fans may or may not be pleased with it depending on how picky they are. The three-disc version has the game itself on two discs with the third containing playable demos of "Macross VF-X2" and "Patlabor the Game."
· The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (PS2)


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LIMPAG: HOW A FOOTBALL CALENDAR CAN HELP ABOITIZ CUP
Published in Sun Star Newspaper on June 18, 2012 Monday issue
by Mike Limpag, Sports Editor & Columnist, Fair Play
THERE was a time in Cebu football, when the Aboitiz Cup was the only thing that mattered and all the rest played second fiddle.
That is no longer true as it has become one of the casualties of the clash of schedules of organizers in Cebu football and teams, forced to choose between a festival and the Aboitiz Cup, prefer to join the two-day tourneys instead of Cebu's longest running football tournament.
Worse, some teams compromise the quality of their games by joining two events in a day, which led to Paref-Springdale getting banned by the old CFA board for three years. (That of course, is another story).
One of the plans of the new board--the one whose recognition is being put on hold by a mysterious complainant in the PFF—is to bring back the prestige of the tournament and there's a simple way of doing that.
A football calendar where the Aboitiz Cup is the centerpiece event and the rest of the footie festivals are scheduled around it.
The rest of the regular annual football tournaments—the Cebu City Olympics, the Milo Olympics, the Cesafi, Sinulog and Thirsty Cups—have regular schedules that can be easily inputted in such calendar. And if there's a clash, it's a matter of adjusting the dates.
There should be no pissing contests where one organizer dares a team, "just choose which one you will join" because that's what got us here in the first place.
There's another plan, this one coming from the Aboitizes themselves, that I hope will be revived by the new board.
Back in 2010 and in 2009, before the start of the tournament, the organizers met sports editors for help on marketing their tournament. They also wanted their website promoted--they wanted players to tweet, post news in their Facebook accounts, link fotos and the whole nine yards.
Social media, of course, was what helped make the Azkals big and organizers of the Aboitiz Cup were smart enough to recognize such power before the Azkals became mainstream.
In 2010, I told them that the website would have been a huge help in 2009 if only there were regular updates. But they said they already addressed such problem, spending hundreds of thousands of pesos for a system--including hardware--that would allow field officials to just input the data after a game and voila, you have updates.
Sadly, that too, didn't happen and that's something that I hope would change this year. The website, sans data, is a waste of cyberspace.
So, how does one get the data and how many men do you need to get such data for a huge event like the Aboitiz Cup that lasts for months?
I know the perfect guy to ask and unless he's busy supporting his son's budding cycling career, I hope former president Jonathan Maximo can give the new board tips in gathering data. He did it then, that means it can be done again.
CONTEST. There's also another idea I threw at Maxi a few years back and it could help spur interest for Cebu football in the social media—get the school papers involved. By the time the Aboitiz Cup gets rolling, the school papers will be busy with their first edition and getting them to write about their school matches would be easy since it's part of their job.
Students these days, they post everything they do—and don't do—online, so a few posts about their school's Aboitiz Cup campaign could lead to a few copycats and so on.
There could even be a contest for the student writers and photojournalists and what's the one prize that could spur them to do their best—an all-expense trip, and a media pass, for the next Azkals home game?
(www.cebufootball.blogspot.com)
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Our vision for the future calls for Niagara Health to evolve to three hospital sites (Niagara Falls, St. Catharines and Welland) and expand access to healthcare services in communities across Niagara. Hospitals will provide services for those who need a higher level of care, while services provided in community settings will bring care closer to home for residents whose needs do not require hospital stays.
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An updated submission outlining programs and services proposed for the Niagara Falls and Welland sites was provided to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and the Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) in February 2018. This submission is consistent with the commitment made by the Minister of Health in fall 2017 to build a new hospital at the corner of Montrose and Lyons Creek roads in Niagara Falls and keep the Welland Site open. Future plans for Welland will involve either redeveloping the existing campus or constructing a new facility at the current Third Street location.
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RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: On the 12th day of Brexit, Theresa gave to me... The start of World War III
By Richard Littlejohn for the Daily Mail
On the first day of Brexit, Theresa gave to me: A lifetime of penury. On the second day of Brexit, Theresa gave to me: Some garbage from Mark Carney.
Strictly speaking, Day Two should really be about national security, but I couldn't make it scan.
The Home Office minister Ben Wallace spent yesterday putting himself about in radio and TV studios warning that we're all going to be murdered by terrorists unless MPs get behind Mother Theresa's risible Brexit 'deal'.
Theresa May said if MPs 'voted down' her deal 'then obviously decisions would have to be taken' and planning for a no-deal Brexit would be stepped up
We're asked to believe that in the event of 'no deal', all co-operation between Britain and European law enforcement agencies will come to an end.
He claims that would mean no exchange of information about criminals and terror suspects, no access to fingerprint databases or airline passenger lists, no extradition and, wait for it, no ability to prevent illegal immigration.
No it won't.
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Next from Waitrose, Trans Size tissues -... It's not a noble sentiment, but hell didn't that feel...
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: A 'hostile environment' towards...
But hang on a minute. Wallace has been getting ahead of himself. Immigration isn't pencilled in until next Tuesday.
Sorry, didn't I mention it? You don't believe that any of this has come out of thin air, do you? The Prime Minister's Twelve Days Of Brexit horror show is being ruthlessly co-ordinated by No 10.
Careerist ministers like Wallace are only doing what they're told.
The Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney (pictured above) hosted a Financial Stability Report earlier this week
The Downing Street propaganda machine has drawn up a strict timetable governing the release of 'information' in the run-up to the big Commons vote on December 11.
This 'grid', as the sultanas of spin like to call it, has been leaked to the website Politico. Actually, there are 13 days on it, starting the day before yesterday, but don't let's split hairs.
It all kicked off in earnest on Wednesday, when Bank of England governor Mark Carney was wheeled out to deliver another of his famous Private Frazer 'We're All Doomed' routines.
Ben Wallace (pictured above) spoke at the International Security Expo in London earlier this week
None of his previous apocalyptic warnings has come to pass, so there's no reason why we should take any notice of this one.
Having said that, it was a classic of its kind. Future historians will marvel at the cynical depths to which an allegedly 'independent' governor of the Bank of England was prepared to sink in order to ingratiate himself with his political paymasters. Carney really cranked up the ante, declaring that a no-deal Brexit would lead to the worst crash since the Thirties, house prices could fall by a third and the economy shrink to the size of a small tangerine.
One of his sidekicks went even further, claiming that post-Brexit Britain was facing the most devastating financial crisis since we came off the gold standard.
Oh, for heaven's sake. Why stop there? Why not the worst crisis since the Black Death?
Bring out your dead!
Carney doesn't sound like a responsible central banker. He should be marching up and down London's Oxford Street, wearing a sandwich board declaring 'The End Of The World Is Nigh' and shouting at passers-by.
Frankly, I'm sick and tired of being patronised by a Canadian financier with an Irish passport who has become a UK citizen so he can be rewarded with a knighthood for his part in attempting to derail the democratically expressed will of the British people.
And Carney was just the warm-up act. The next week-and-a-bit is already mapped out. Today is 'International Trade' day.
Presumably, that means we're going to be told we won't be able to sell anything to Europe unless we sign up to Mother Theresa's surrender document.
After that, it's 'Digital', probably a re-run of the Millennium Bug scare, with so-called experts warning that 'no deal' means all our computers will stop working on March 30 next year.
Following 'Immigration' on Tuesday — unless we stay in the EU, they'll send us millions of Izal jihadists and Syrian rapists currently camped out at Calais — it's 'Transport'.
That should be a belter. Planes falling out of the sky we already know about. What will they come up with next — no more cheap holidays on the Costa del Crime? Ferries sinking in the Channel? No more Eurostar? Spares for your foreign cars no longer available? The possibilities are endless.
Day Ten is 'Brexit for the whole UK'. On the tenth day of Brexit, Theresa gave to me: No border in the Irish Sea. That still won't stop the DUP voting against.
The whole shebang could reach a crescendo on the eve of the crucial vote. On the Twelfth Day of Brexit, Theresa gave to me: The start of World War III.
Here's a plan. To really get in the festive spirit, why doesn't Theresa send a Twelve Days Of Brexit advent calendar to every home in the country.
What fun for all the family. The kiddies could come down each morning and open a new window.
Philip Hammond has been giving interviews the past week to broadcasters in Westminster
If it's Monday, out would pop Philip Hammond, emptying a money box on the floor.
Open Tuesday, and millions of illegal immigrants jump out and escape across the kitchen on their way to claim asylum in Croydon.
Wednesday's window reveals winding dole queues, as millions lose their jobs because of Brexit.
By Friday, a bailiff would emerge and repossess your house, while on Saturday social workers take your children into care.
A Brexit advent calendar wouldn't cost much more than the £9 million Call Me Dave blew on posting a Vote Remain leaflet to everyone before the referendum. And it's a spit in the ocean, compared to the £39 billion she's planning to bung the EU in exchange for, er, nothing.
That leaflet spelled out in graphic detail the horrors that lay in wait for us — no single market, no customs union, etc — yet still a clear majority voted Leave. So I don't know how Remoaners can now claim we didn't know what we were voting for.
If the result had gone the other way, we Leavers would have accepted that we lost fair and square and got on with our lives. Everybody back on the coach.
The only reason we're such a bitterly divided nation is because a largely London-based clique of well-funded, resentful Remainiacs is determined to keep us in the EU, in any shape or form possible.
That's what the revival of Project Fear is all about. Don't they understand they are insulting the intelligence of everyone who voted in the referendum, whether they cast their vote for Leave or Remain?
What we're witnessing is an affront to democracy.
Have these fanatics never heard Einstein's dictum: 'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.'
If this really is the end of the world as we know it, I feel fine.


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Apparatus for reattaching a ligament or implanting a ligament replacement in bone comprising a first ligament attaching element for coupling to a first end of the ligament or ligament replacement, a second ligament attaching element for coupling to a second end of the ligament or ligament replacement, a first engaging element slidably disposed on the first ligament attaching element and having at least one longitudinally extending finger, a second engaging element slidably disposed on the second ligament attaching element and having at least one longitudinal extending finger. The finger of each engaging element is directed toward the other. The first attaching element and first engaging element are adapted to be inserted in a first bore in a first bone member. The second attaching element and second engaging element are adapted to be inserted in a second bore in a second bone member aligned with the first bore, with the ligament or ligament replacement disposed between the attaching elements and in general alignment with the bores. The first and second attaching elements each having cam surfaces thereon for engaging the at least one finger of the respective engaging element. The finger of each engaging element is adapted to be moved into engagement with the cam surface thereby to force the finger to move outwardly into engagement with the wall of the bore in the respective bone member, thereby securing the engaging element into the respective bone member with the ligament or ligament replacement attached between the first and second attaching elements.
The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for repairing ligaments, and in particular, to a method and apparatus for replacing torn ligaments. Even more particularly, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for reattaching ligaments or replacing ligaments with man-made substitutes. An example of a ligament of the human body which can be reattached or replaced with a man-made substitute by the method and apparatus of the present invention is the anterior cruciate ligament of the human knee.
It is frequently necessary to repair, and in extreme circumstances, to completely replace torn ligaments, for example ligaments of the human body. An example of a frequently torn ligament is the anterior cruciate ligament located in the human knee.
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for reattaching or replacing ligaments such as the anterior cruciate ligament. It is not limited to such ligament but the application of the present invention to the replacement of that ligament is particularly effective for explanatory purposes.
U.S. Pat. No. RE 34,293 to Goble et al. describes a ligament attachment method and apparatus and in particular, describes such a method and apparatus for the replacement of the cruciate ligaments.
The device of the Goble reference utilizes a prosthetic ligament which includes at one end a flattened cone and at the other end an expandable cone which is expanded by an expansion anchor.
Since the forces tending to rupture the ligament would tend to pull the cones through the bores in the two bones to which the prosthetic ligament is attached, it is believed that the securement method shown in the Goble et al. reference is not sufficiently strong.
It is, accordingly, an object of the present invention to provide a ligament attachment method and apparatus.
It is yet still a further object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for reattaching or replacing torn ligaments.
It is yet still another object of the present invention to provide a ligament or replacement ligament attachment method and apparatus which is extremely secure and prevents pulling out of the ligament from the attachment points.
It is yet still a further object of the present invention to provide a ligament attachment method and apparatus which is convenient for surgeons to use and provides optimum strength.
It is yet still an additional object of the present invention to provide a ligament attachment method and apparatus which uses anchors of the type disclosed in applicant's copending application Ser. No. 08/294,067 filed Aug. 22, 1994.
The above and other objects of the present invention are achieved by an apparatus for reattaching a ligament or implanting a ligament replacement in bone comprising a first ligament attaching element for coupling to a first end of the ligament or ligament replacement, a second ligament attaching element for coupling to a second end of the ligament or ligament replacement, a first engaging element slidably disposed on the first ligament attaching element and having at least one longitudinally extending finger, a second engaging element slidably disposed on the second ligament attaching element and having at least one longitudinally extending finger, the finger of each engaging element being directed toward each other, the first attaching element and first engaging element being adapted to be inserted in a first bore in a first bone member, the second attaching element and second engaging element being adapted to be inserted in a second bore in a second bone member aligned with the first bore, with the ligament or ligament replacement disposed between the attaching elements and in general alignment with the bores, the first and second attaching elements each having cam surfaces thereon for engaging the at least one finger of the respective engaging element, the finger of each engaging element being adapted to be moved into engagement with the cam surface thereby to force the finger to move outwardly into engagement with the wall of the bore in the respective bone member, thereby securing the engaging element into the respective bone member with the ligament or ligament replacement attached between the first and second attaching elements.
The objects of the invention are also achieved by a method for reattaching a ligament or implanting a ligament replacement in bone comprising: coupling at least a first end of the ligament or ligament replacement to a first ligament attaching element; coupling a second end of the ligament or ligament replacement to a second ligament attaching element; providing a first engaging element slidably disposed on the first ligament attaching element and having at least one longitudinally extending finger; providing a second engaging element slidably disposed on the second ligament attaching element and having at least one longitudinally extending finger; making an aligned bore hole in two bone members to be connected by the ligament or ligament replacement; inserting the ligament or ligament replacement with the first attaching element and first engaging element and second attaching element and second engaging element into the aligned bore hole in the first and second bone members such that the first attaching element and first engaging element are positioned in the first bone member and the second attaching element and second engaging element are positioned in the second bone member, with the ligament or ligament replacement disposed between the attaching elements and in general alignment with the aligned bore hole, the finger of each engaging element being directed toward each other, and moving the finger of each engaging element into engagement with a cam surface of the respective attaching element thereby to force the finger to move outwardly into engagement with the wall of the bore in the respective bone member, thereby securing the engaging element into the respective bone member with the ligament or ligament replacement attached between the first and second attaching elements.
The above and other objects of the invention are also achieved by a apparatus for reattaching a ligament or implanting a ligament replacement in bone comprising a first ligament attaching element for coupling to a first end of the ligament or ligament replacement; a first engaging element slidably disposed on the first ligament attaching element and having at least one longitudinally extending finger; the first attaching element and first engaging element being adapted to be inserted in a first bore in a first bone member, with the ligament or ligament replacement disposed between the attaching element and a second bone member; the first attaching element having a cam surface thereon for engaging the at least one finger of the engaging element; the finger of the engaging element being adapted to be moved into engagement with the cam surface thereby to force the finger to move outwardly into engagement with the wall of the bore in the first bone member, thereby securing the engaging element into the first bone member with the ligament or ligament replacement attached to the first attaching element.
In accordance with this embodiment, one end of a ligament or ligament replacement can be secured by the invention, and the other end, as necessary, can be secured by the invention or any other device or method.
The above and other objects are also achieved by a method for reattaching a ligament or implanting a ligament replacement in bone comprising coupling at least a first end of the ligament or ligament replacement to a first ligament attaching element; providing a first engaging element slidably disposed on the first ligament attaching element and having at least one longitudinally extending finger; making a bore hole in a first bone member to be connected by the ligament or ligament replacement; inserting the ligament or ligament replacement with the first attaching element and first engaging element into the bore in the first bone member such that the first attaching element and first engaging element are positioned in the first bone member with the ligament or ligament replacement disposed between the attaching element and a second bone member; moving the finger of the engaging element into engagement with a cam surface of the attaching element thereby to force the finger to move outwardly into engagement with the wall of the bore in the first bone member, thereby securing the engaging element into the first bone member with the ligament or ligament replacement attached to the first attaching element.
FIG. 12 shows, in a partial view, the structure of FIGS. 11A and 11B modified so as to allow varying degrees of engagement of the engaging element into the bore.
With reference now to the drawings, FIG. 9 shows the device according to the present invention in place between two bones for attaching a replacement ligament 10. The device is shown, as an example, installed between the femur 12 and tibia 14 thus comprising a device for reattaching the anterior cruciate ligaments or for replacing same with a replacement ligament 10. The device includes a femoral attachment generally designated 16 and a tibial attachment generally designated 18. The two attachments 16 and 18 are generally similar. FIG. 10 shows details of the attachment 16.
Attachment 16 includes an anchor or fastening device 20, to be described in greater detail below but which is based upon the device described in applicant's above-identified copending patent application. The attachment 16 further includes a cylindrical device 22 through the center of which is disposed a concentric shaft 24 which is removably coupled to the fastener or engaging element 20. The concentric shaft 24 includes a pin 26 disposed therethrough. A collar 28 rides on the cylinder 22 and is held in an abutting relationship with the pin 26. The pin 26 extends through a longitudinally disposed slot in the cylinder 22. Adjacent the collar 28, a pressure applying member 30 is provided which has a shaped 32 adapted to the contour of the bone in which the fastener 20 is being inserted, in the illustrated embodiment, the femur. The contoured pressure applying member 30 has a hollow cylinder 33 attached thereto which has a screw thread on which a nut 34 is threadedly engaged. Between the nut 34 and the collar 28, a spacer 36 is provided that is slidable over the screw threads of cylinder 33.
Pin 26 fixed in shaft 24 slides in a groove 38 in the cylinder 22.
Cylinder 22 has an end 40 which is in engagement with the top of the fastener element 20. Fastener element 20, as disclosed in applicant's above-identified copending patent application, includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced fingers 21 which are adapted to engage a cam surface 42 of a ligament attaching element 44. The fingers 21 have slanted surfaces 21A which are adapted to engage with the slanted surface 42 of the ligament fastening element 44.
At the tibial end 14 of the device, a similar structure is provided. The corresponding elements, because they have the same function, have been identified with the same numbers but with a prime designation.
FIGS. 1 and 2 show the operation of the engaging or fastener element 20 of the ligament attaching device according to the present invention. As discussed above, the engaging element 20 has a plurality of fingers 21. These fingers are flexible and adapted to be forced into engagement with the bore 50 (see FIG. 10) bored into the bone i.e., in the case of the anterior cruciate ligament replacement, an aligned bore in the femur and tibia. The fingers 21 may be provided with sharply pointed or slanted ends 21A which facilitate the penetration of the fingers 20 into the wall of the bore in the bone. The cylinder 22 is disposed in abutting relationship with the fastener element 20 at the location 40. The shaft 24 disposed concentrically in the interior of the cylinder 22 is coupled to the ligament attaching element 44. Ligament attaching element 44 has the cam surface 42 at an end thereof adjacent the fingers 21 of the fastener element 20. Ligament attaching element 44 may include a pin 46 about which the replacement ligament is fastened through a suitable aperture therein or by tying off. The shaft 24 is coupled to the ligament attaching element 44 by a releasable coupling, for example a bayonet coupling, as shown schematically in FIG. 10 at 48. For example, FIGS. 7A and 7B show suitable bayonet type releasable couplings 48 which may be provided to couple the shaft 24 to the element 44. FIG. 7C shows a rear view of the element 44 showing a pin 45 disposed therethrough which is adapted to be received in the slots 52 of the embodiment of FIG. 7A or the slots 52' of the embodiment of FIG. 7B. As known to those of skill in the art, in order to lock the shaft 24 to the element 44, the pin 45 is placed through the slot and then the shaft is turned, thereby locking the shaft in the L-shaped slots 52, 52'.
The device of the present invention is operated as follows. First, a suitable aligned bore 50 is drilled through the respective bones, in the illustrated embodiments the femur and tibia for the replacement of the anterior cruciate ligament. The drilling can be formed by any methods known to those of skill in the art.
Next, the ligament replacement 10 is attached to the ligament attaching elements 44 and 44' by any suitable means, for example by making a hole through the ligament, by tying off, etc. These methods are known to those of skill in the art. A suitable method is to tie off the ligament around the post 46 of the element 44. The ligament with the attaching elements 44, 44' and respective fastener elements 20, 20' are thereafter inserted through the aligned bore so that the elements 20, 20' are disposed in the respective portions of the bore 50 in the respective bones, in this case the femur and tibia. This can be done using the cylinder 22' and shaft 24' at one bone end, e.g. the tibia end. The insertion can also be done at the femoral end. As discussed above, reference numerals with prime designations refer to the tibia end. The assembly comprising the cylinder 22 and shaft 24 together with the tensioning member generally designated 29 is then inserted into the bore 50 at the other bone end (e.g. the femoral end) and the releasable coupling 48 is locked to the pin 45 of the element 44.
The member 30 is adjusted on its screw thread 33 by turning the nut 34 against the free spacer 36, which in turn abuts against the collar 28 which is fixed in position by the pin 26 through the shaft 24. By turning the nut 34 in the appropriate direction, the contoured element 30 can be brought into contact with the patient's body near the bore 50 in the bone, thereby applying a tension on the shaft 24 and thus to the ligament 10. A similar procedure is performed at the tibial end 18, so as to bring the contoured element 30' into engagement with the patient's body, thereby tensioning the replacement ligament 10. Although an adjusting nut 28' is provided at the tibial end, it may not be necessary to provide an adjustment at both femoral and tibial ends, since one adjustment at one end can suffice. However, to provide maximum flexibility, such an adjusting mechanism to provide tension on the ligament 10 can be provided at both ends of the device.
The adjusting nuts 34, 34' are thus adjusted to provide the proper amount of tension on the ligament 10. With the proper amount of tension applied, a force is now applied (separately, at different times or simultaneously) to the ends of the cylinders 22, 22', which causes the cylinders 22, 22' to move toward the respective engaging elements 20, 20'. This causes the fingers 21 of the engaging elements 20, 20' to come into contact with the cam surface 42, 42' of the ligament attaching elements 44. This causes the fingers 21, 21" to flex, riding up on the cam surface 42, 42" as shown in FIG. 2. The fingers 21 engage with the inner wall of the bore 50, penetrating or biting into the bore thereby to secure the element 20, 20' in the bore 50 in the bone.
Now that the elements 20, 20' have been secured with the proper tension in the ligament 10, the nuts 34, 34' may now be loosened by turning nuts 34, 34' in the opposite direction, thereby releasing the elements 30, 30' from engagement with the patient adjacent the bore hole 50. The releasable connection 48 may now be released by appropriately turning the insertion-tensioning device 29, 29' thereby turning the shaft 24 and releasing it from the element 44, 44' by undoing releasable couplings 48, 48'. The replacement ligament 10 is now in place under proper tension, by virtue of the engaging action of the elements 20, 20'.
In order to insure that the engaging element 20 remains affixed to the ligament attaching element 44, the element 44 includes snap up projections 47 (see FIG. 2 and FIG. 5), which snap up out of the rear portion of the member 44 once the engaging element 20 has cleared the pop up projections 47. The pop up projections 47 may be made so that they spring up out of the member 44 and thereby prevent the engaging element 20 from moving back into the disengaged position. The inner diameter of the cylinder 22 may be made near the point where it engages with the engaging element 20 such that its walls do not interfere with the popping up action of the projections 47 when it slides over these projections. The above description applies equally to attachment 16 at the tibia end.
FIGS. 11A and lib show an alternative to the snap-up projections 47. In the embodiment shown in these figures, the attaching element 44 includes a detent channel or groove 60 formed about a portion of its perimeter. A snap ring 62 is provided behind the fastener element 20. To engage the fingers 21 into the bore, the snap ring is pressed against the fastener element 20, forcing the fastener element against cam surface 42. Once the fingers 21 have extended, the snap ring 62 will snap into the detent channel 20, securely holding the fastener element 20 fingers 21 in the engaged position. Alternatively, snap ring 62 may be formed internally in fastener element 20 between element 20 and element 44, as shown in phantom in FIG. 11A at 62A.
FIG. 12 shows a further embodiment, adapted to allow varying degrees of finger 21 extension. In this embodiment, plural detent channels 60A, B, C and D are formed in element 44, shown in partial view. The channels have an abrupt leading edge 63 and inclined trailing edge 64. The abrupt leading edge allows the snap ring 62 to snap into the respective detent 60A, B, C or D without the chance of moving back. This prevents unintentional relaxation of the degree of finger 21 extension. The inclined trailing edge 64 allows the snap ring 62 to move forward to the next detent groove to increase the degree of finger 21 extension, as desired.
As shown in FIG. 8, the releasable coupling 48 may have its mating elements reversed i.e., the pin 45, which is shown in FIGS. 5, 7A through 7C as being provided on the element 44, can instead be provided on the shaft 24, and the bayonet slots 52" may be provided on the element 44 instead.
FIGS. 3 and 4 and 6 show an alternative embodiment for each end 16 and 18 of the device. In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the ligament attaching element 44' has four prongs 44A' and two ligament attaching pins 46' and 46" connecting opposed ones of prongs 44A'. This provides additional attachment points for the secure attachment of the ligament to the attaching element 44A'.
In the alternative embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the ligament attaching pin comprises a separable pin 46A wherein one portion 46AA of a smaller diameter slips into the interior bore of the other pin portion 46BB. The prongs 44A in this embodiment can be spread apart to allow insertion of the replacement ligament 10, and in particular, allow the pin portions 46AA and 46BB to be spread so that they can be inserted through an opening in the replacement ligament 10.
All components of the present invention are made of suitable biocompatible materials, for example compatible metals such as stainless steel and/or biocompatible plastics.
Although the preferred embodiment described shows a replacement ligament 10, the invention is equally applicable to the reattachment of torn ligaments. Further, the preferred embodiment described shows a replacement ligament attached at both ends using the invention. It is equally, possible to secure such a replacement ligament, or a natural ligament, only at one end using the invention, and, as necessary, securing the other end using another technique or device.
the first attaching element comprising a first securement point for the first end of the ligament or ligament replacement, the ligament or ligament replacement being secured in the first bore without being wedged between the attaching element and the wall of the first bore, the second attaching element comprising a second securement point for the second end of the ligament or ligament replacement, the ligament or ligament replacement being secured in the second bore without being wedged between the attaching element and the wall of the second bore.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, further wherein the first and second engaging elements have a plurality of circumferentially spaced longitudinally extending fingers for engagement into the respective bore.
3. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising a holding member for holding a respective engaging element in position once the fingers have been extended into engagement with the respective bore.
4. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the attaching elements comprise a plurality of prongs having at least one post therebetween for securement of the ligament replacement thereto.
5. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising a fixing member for holding said attaching element in position in the respective bore.
6. The apparatus of claim 5, further comprising a force applying member for exerting a force on said engaging element while the fixing member holds the attaching element in a fixed position.
7. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a releasable coupling releasably attaching the fixing member to the attaching element.
8. The apparatus of claim 6 further comprising a tension applying member for exerting a tension in said attaching element and thereby to said ligament or ligament replacement.
9. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a fixing member for the other of said attaching elements and a force applying member for the other of said engaging elements.
10. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a replacement ligament for attachment at each end thereof to the attaching elements.
11. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein the releasable coupling comprises a bayonet coupling.
wherein the holding member comprises a snap-up projection on the attaching element which engages a circumferential portion of the engaging element to hold the fingers in an extended position.
wherein the holding member comprises a snap ring slidably disposed on the attaching element cooperating with the engaging element and a detent disposed in the attaching element into which the snap ring snaps thereby to hold the engaging element in position once the fingers have been extended.
14. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising a plurality of detents in the attaching element into which the snap ring can snap, thereby to hold the fingers at varying degrees of extension.
15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the detents are formed with an abrupt leading edge so that the snap ring cannot move to relax the degree of finger extension and an inclined trailing edge so that the snap ring can be moved in a direction to increase the degree of finger extension.
wherein the fixing member comprises a shaft and the force applying member comprises a cylinder disposed concentrically about the shaft.
17. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the cylinder has a surface portion adapted to receive a compression force, the cylinder being in engagement with a surface of the engaging element thereby to transmit the compressive force to the engaging element to cause the fingers of the engaging element to extend outwardly into engagement with the respective bore in the bone member.
19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the tension applying member comprises a contour member having a contoured surface adapted approximately to match the patient's body contour adjacent the respective bore in the bone member, the contour member having a threaded cylinder attached thereto which concentrically surrounds said cylinder, an adjusting nut disposed in threaded engagement with the threaded cylinder and being in engagement with an abutment fixed to the shaft, the nut being adjustable to apply a preset tension in the shaft and thereby to the ligament replacement.
20. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein the adjusting nut is adjustable to remove the tension in the shaft and to remove the contoured member from engagement with the patient, thereby to allow decoupling via a releasable coupling of said shaft from said engaging element.
the first attaching element comprising a first securement point for the first end of the ligament or ligament replacement, the ligament or ligament replacement being secured in the first bore without being wedged between the attaching element and the wall of the first bore.
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