Abstract: A method of monitoring the provision of child welfare services to a child. The method includes: receiving child update information on the child, the child update information including reporter information and child status information; storing the child update information in a central database; and providing a report based on the stored child update information.

Abstract: A message sending device mounted under the garage door operating motor whereby a user generated message is projected onto the interior surface of the garage door in conjunction with the operation of the garage door.

Abstract: A method of monitoring the provision of child welfare services to a child. The method includes: receiving child update information on the child, the child update information including reporter information and child status information; storing the child update information in a central database; and providing a report based on the stored child update information.

Abstract: A portable, disposable vehicle shelter is provided. It comprises a bag or body-portion, large enough to fit over and contain the vehicle; and a mechanism to pull the bottom edge of the bag tightly around the bottom of the vehicle.

Abstract: An optical viewing system is described which permits viewing through a microscope at a more comfortable and advantageous angle. The device of the invention attaches between the body of the microscope and the eye piece and can be either rigid in its configuration or adjustable to permit varying angles of view. Various optical systems ca be employed within the viewing device of the invention to preserve optical integrity.

Abstract: A microscope slide for cytological analysis of the type where it is extremely important that the presence of a small number of cancer cells present in a smear be detected. A plurality of spaced parallel lines are permanently placed on the slide with the space between each successive pair of lines defining a reference plane. The spacing between each pair of lines corresponds to the field of view produced by the particular microscope lens and eyepiece being utilized so that when a viewer makes a viewing pass across each successive reference plane that the smear is located in, by keeping the lines continuously in the field of view during each pass, the entire area of the smear will be viewed.