Disabled inventor crafts DinnerUp pet feeder

...The device mounts onto a kitchen counter or door and relies on a hand crank / clutching system in order to lift the attached bowls to a level that's easy to reach, after which it's lowered back down to the anxious pets below.

Currently, Ray Dinham is assembling the units himself and offloading them to "satisfied customers" for £70 ($140) apiece, but it shouldn't be long before the manufacturing is "outsourced to a UK-based firm" and these gain some serious worldwide traction.[Via BBC]Read PermalinkEmail thisComments [0] Recent PostsDisabled inventor crafts DinnerUp pet feeder (4/29/2007)DARPA's C-Sniper program to detect, neutralize enemy snipers (4/29/2007)Brookstone's Digital Photo Wallet eliminates need for prints (4/29/2007)Everex intros VR2000J and XT500J StepNote laptops (4/29/2007)Zoozen's conceptual Ovo 360 replacement case for Xbox 360 (4/29/2007) Add your comments Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry.

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'The queen of my heart died in my arms'

...advertisementThe youngster was left with "She was just no problem at all."Mrs King, 26, said: "She is so missed and loved.

She will always be in our hearts."Kaylie died in the early hours of Wednesday after catching pneumonia when the family were visiting Mrs King's parent's in London.She was rushed to St Thomas' Hospital before being transferred to the Royal Victoria Infirmary, in Newcastle.Mr King said: "She put up so much of a fight.

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Polk Plans to Revamp Program for Students With Disabilities

..."The district needs to expect more from our children," she said.

"We need higher expectations."Taggart's experience isn't uncommon, according to the final draft of a report recently presented to the School Board.The School District paid the Urban Special Education Leadership Collaborative $50,000 to review its Exceptional Student Education Department to find its weaknesses and suggest possible solutions.The group's report found that Polk's ESE program is fraught with problems, including low graduation rates, racial imbalance and inconsistent discipline.David Riley, executive director of the collaborative based in Newton, Mass., said many problems may be traced back to a districtwide culture of low expectations for ESE students.

"Overall, while there's a valiant effort to provide appropriate services...we came away with the feeling that there's a pervasive set of low expectations for students," Riley said.

"It's a cultural thing."Because many Polk County teachers and administrators don't think that children with disabilities can excel, the children do not succeed, Riley said.

"The expectations need to be elevated," he said.

"People need to hear that the children need to succeed."Polk Superintendent Gail McKinzie did not dispute the study's conclusion about a culture of low expectations, ...

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