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Caffrey was raised Catholic by an Irish policeman and, Jacqueline, his wife of 23 years, was raised Jewish and is a Messianic Christian.
They met in high school and started dating in college. A month after marrying, the Caffreys came to Cleveland and he enrolled in the Church of God Theological Seminary (1988-1992). It was the beginning of "fulfilling my destiny," he said, referring to Malachi 4:6: "And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse."
That was 22 years ago. In the meantime, he earned his master's of divinity and master's of theology degrees in Richmond and the Union Theological Seminary. Caffrey planted and served as pastor of a church in upstate New York. He also directed the Master's Commission Program in California at the Bible College for five years. He returned to Cleveland in 2003 to serve on staff at Westmore Church of God as missions pastor, where he served seven years. Basically, he is an ordained bishop in the Church of God.
Caffrey has served as chaplain at Signature HealthCare two years. In addition to his position, he is a part-time staff member at Lee University — teaching theology, ethics and Bible.
"I enjoy teaching," he said. "I love being coach and encouraging people — to live out my calling and destiny in Christ," he added. "My passion to lift up people."
And it is this passion bought out by the Malachi Scripture, which Caffrey calls his mainstay and anchor, which ties everything together for his ministry — full time at Signature (turning old heads) and at Lee (young hearts). "It's a great fit," he said.
He said he was delighted when the chaplaincy position opened up at Signature. "I was excited to fulfil that part of calling," he said. "I am honored to serve this segment of people — 'mothers and fathers' in the faith. He said the grandmothers and grandfathers becomes family.
There are 100 residents in the health care facility and Caffrey said he has a chance to visit members of family, even in hospital, as well as the 130 employees and colleagues and their families. He said he feels blessed to have this pastoral opportunity and the congregation expands quickly when you include the families.
Every week Caffrey has the chance to do family time with residents at "their home." They gather in the "living room," he said, and share the love of God.
In addition to his regular duties, he visits the sick, including hospital visitation. With a pastor's heart, praying and standing with the families during the end-of-life times is important to him.
"I love people," the chaplain said. "I enjoying spending time with them and listening to great stories of heritage.
And he is blessed, he said, with student volunteers from the Church of God Theological Seminary and Lee University, who partner with him in visitation. About 50 or 75 students come to spend time with residents, Caffrey said.
"When volunteers are exposed (to the residents), they fall in love with them." Most, he added, come back on their own time to show love, especially to this generation — "turning hearts."
God's love, he said, makes it happen. He tells those he ministers to that "fruit is always the ripest before falling off the tree." He lets them know God is not finished with them yet and this is "a powerful opportunity to shine for Jesus in last days of your lives." He said listening, recognizing key skills and honoring their stories dignifies the elderly. He adds, they deserve such honor.
Caffrey hopes — he's just beginning — to write about passion for a book on the Malachi Scripture in relation to the young and older generations.
To young people, he advises, "The Lord's plans are always best, (Jeremiah 29:11)." He tells them God's love for us can really guard and guide our lives. "Use the gifts God has bleed you with for His glory," he added.
He quotes Joni Erickson Tada: "You determine your depth in God and Hell determine your width."
Caffrey said he wants to encourage young people to follow God, giving best of their lives.
The Caffreys have a daughter, Rachel, who is receiving her master's in counseling at the University of Georgia, and a son, Matt, a graduate of Walker Valley High School. His son is following in his footsteps and recently, with high school friends, organized and led a youth revival.
"It's a God thing," he said. And, Matt asked his dad to be the speaker one night to about 150 young people who gathered at Cornerstone Church.


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Coast Guard makes rescue in the high Arctic
With CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier in the foreground, three arctic tugs get ready to make an attempt to pull the cruise ship off the ridge. It would take a fourth tug MV Pisurayak Kootook to finally shift the ship. Photo credit: Canadian Coast Guard, Pacific Region
For the 128 passengers of the cruise ship MV Clipper Adventure, the trip of a lifetime turned into more of an adventure than they bargained for when the ship ran aground on a shoal in the Coronation Gulf inside the Arctic Circle. Fortunately for the passengers and crew, the double bottom hull of the vessel held, the engines were undamaged, and there was no imminent danger of sinking, but the ship was stuck fast.
Soon after the grounding, Quebec based Canadian Coast Guard Ship Amundsen was dispatched from the Beaufort Sea. The science team aboard the Amundsen had a motor launch equipped with multi-beam sounding equipment, and the launch travelled ahead of the ship, using sonar data to pick out a safe route for the Amundsen. Two days after the MV Clipper Adventure grounded, stranded passengers and non-essential crew members were safely transferred to the Amundsen and transported to Kugluktuk, Nunavut for a flight back to Edmonton.
With the passengers safe, CCGS Amundsen returned to its science program. Pacific based Canadian Coast Guard Ship Sir Wilfrid Laurier arrived, having used the hydrographic data acquired by the Amundsen's science team. As on-scene commander, the Sir Wilfrid Laurier supported CCG Environmental Response, Transport Canada, and the Transportation Safety Board. Transportation Safety Board inspectors investigated, and Transport Canada officially detained the ship while it reviewed the owners' salvage and transit plans.
Coast Guard efforts turned to recovery. With nearly 300 tonnes of fuel in the Clipper Adventure's tanks, the potential release of fuel into the fragile Arctic environment was a significant concern.
The first few days of the recovery effort were calm and sunny, but as the days stretched on, increasing winds complicated the work. As the Clipper Adventure sat on the shoal, even minor wind and wave action made the ship rock significantly, adding to the damage to the ship's hull that had been caused by the force of the initial impact, and a total of 19 tanks on the ship were compromised.
To reduce the risk of a major spill, and to reduce the overall displacement of the vessel, the decision was made to remove the fuel from the ship. By fortunate coincidence, the NCTL tug MV Nunakput arrived with a fuel barge to supply the Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Once the ship was refuelled, the empty barge was used to remove the Clipper Adventure's 280 tonnes of fuel. In addition, everything of significant weight on the ship was removed, including engine parts, food and all but one of the ship's lifeboats.
The salvage plan included the use of heavy Arctic tugs to pull the ship off the shoal. Initial attempts by the Northern Transportation Company Limited's (NCTL) Alex Gordon made it evident that a greater force would be required.
With the arrival of the tugs MV Nunakput and Crowley Marine Service's Point Barrow, the three tugboats made a second attempt to pull the ship off, but were unsuccessful. It was obvious a different approach would be needed.
Remaining non-essential crew from the ship were transferred to the Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and large inflatable bags known as roller bags or salvage bags were brought in and placed under the ship.
The bags, similar to those used to move barges and ships that were swept ashore in hurricane Katrina, were flown in by contractors and put in place by the use of specialized divers in an effort to help the teams recover the MV Clipper Adventure.
With the arrival of a fourth tugboat, the NTCL MV Pisurayak Kootook, a final attempt was made to pull the ship off the shoal. If the tugs were unable to shift the ship, it was possible it would remain there through the Arctic winter.
With some Newfoundland ingenuity from an Alex Gordon crew member, the ship was able to be moved sideways, and with the tug pulling and the Clipper Adventure under power, the ship was pulled off the shoal. A puff of black smoke rose into the air as the remaining crewmembers onboard put the ship full astern as it was pulled off.
The entire operation to remove the Clipper Adventure from the shoal took a total of 18 days. With the hard work and cooperation of contractors, Coast Guard crews, the ship's owner/operator, Transport Canada and Transportation Safety Board inspectors, and the hydrographic survey teams aboard the Amundsen and the Sir Wilfrid Laurier a serious environmental incident was avoided and the pristine Arctic landscape remained undisturbed.
Data compiled from the Hydrographic Survey Teams shows the
underwater ridge which the Clipper Adventure ran up on.
Photo credit: Canadian Hydrographic Services
An overhead view from a Coast Guard helicopter from the
Sir Wilfrid Laurier shows just how little water was under the keel of
the ship before it grounded on the ridge.
Photo credit: Canadian Coast Guard, Pacific Region
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February 2010 Archives
It's February now, and that means the college is back into full swing. Spring semester is well underway (although, it's hardly Spring out there... Brrrrrr!) and since all your applications are finally in, the admissions counselors are extremely busy accepting the Class of 2014.
Hopefully you sent all your materials in. The deadline was last Monday!
But, for those of us who are procrastinators, I have great news.
This time of year is busy for everyone, not just for the Simmons community. So... the deadline is extended to March 1, 2010!
Why is this so great? Because there's still time to apply to college.
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This is too funny not to repost. Stacy McCain describes the foibles of one Chamique Holdsclaw, recently of the WNBA.
Chamique Holdsclaw is 6-foot-2, 172 pounds. She was a three-time NCAA champion at the University of Tennessee and, during her 11 seasons of pro basketball, averaged nearly 17 points per game. And she is now wanted on an aggravated assault charge.
See, she got pissed at her ex-girfriend, and…
[Jennifer] Lacy, who is also a professional basketball player, said she drove to a friend's house on Hemphill Avenue, at which time Holdsclaw got out of her car with a baseball bat and began smashing the windows in Lacy's Range Rover, the report said.
After breaking the driver's side window, a rear passenger's window and the rear window, Holdsclaw produced a handgun, fired inside the SUV and fled the scene, the report said.
So, why is this funny? Well, first there's this:
Holdsclaw's Twitter profile describes her as "a mental health advocate."
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Hell hath no fury . . .+2
It's Bush's fault.+6
Makes ya wonder what the bitch did to set her off …+2
I call bullshit. Ain't no lesbians in the WNBA.+4
Holdsclaw's Twitter profile describes her as "a mental health advocate."
So…….the liberals claim they know how to run a country also, and they're right….they know how to run it into the ground.+2
What I still can't believe is that they actually sell tickets to WNBA. It's not like mud-wrestling or such where there's a fantasy involved.
What's the draw, besides ESPN's mission to promote such crap?+4
She accidentally smashed the Dude's car.+2
Dildo wars!!+2
I guess lesbian is an old Indian word meaning "too ugly for men"+5
Speakin' of Lesbos. Is Susan Rice, our next Sec. of State, so inclined? Just askin'.+5
Guess Sec of State is a Lesbo slot from now on with progressives.. Next Homo slots will be Sgt. Major of the Army, Nato Commander, Marine Corpse Commendant, Navy Chief Admiral, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Guards to be reduced to Monday thru Friday, 9 to 5, closed on weekends. Guards will not be there, guarding in inclimate weather, Just like FEMA. Absofuckingleutelywonderful!+5
How ironic that in this age where everyone is obsessed with sustainability as the holy grail, we are also hell-bent on creating as many unsustainable subcultures as we can.+6
Battle of the Lesbians Clamique Holdsclam versus Lacy Strapon.
This would be a good PPV event.+1
If the chicks in the WNBA started fighting on the court or making out men might start watching.+2
I hear tell the worst is our Olympic woman's Volley Ball team. They should have gone out for diving. Muff diving.+2
@ Bad Brad- Not to contradict you, but the team's two leaders, Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings, are both married (to men) with children.
One of my favorite news photos is of them in bikinis towering over six-foot President Bush.+1
I always thought that Range Rovers were designed for lesbians. Key entry on the drivers door only. The dominate dyke opens the door for the submissive lesbian.0


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Recognizing My Own Face in 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'Features By Samantha Wilson on June 19, 2014 | Be the First To Comment
My face is unforgettable. From the moment I was born, the bright fuchsia wrapping over the right side of my face, my nose and a little swatch of the left side just under my eye announced to the room immediately: well shit, she's going to be different. I'm graced with what is known as a "port wine stain" birthmark, a cutesy term for explaining that it kind of looks like someone spilled a glass of wine (burst blood vessels) on my face and couldn't mop it up fast enough before it soaked into my upholstery. Tragic, since this is expensive canvas. My birthmark is connected (though not all are) to a larger illness called Sturge-Weber Syndrome, a condition that also means those burst blood vessels caused glaucoma in my right eye and a hardened capillary ridge on the right side of my brain that "lights up" whenever it pleases for rounds of excruciating migraines. Sturge-Weber is not only a recent discovery, only studied since the 1980s, but a fairly rare occurrence, affecting 1 in every 400,000 births; I've never met or seen another person who has the disease or a facial port wine stain. So imagine my surprise and curiosity watching the trailer, and eventually sitting down for The Grand Budapest Hotel — here we have Agatha (Saoirse Ronan), all milkmaid braids and the silhouette of Mexico upon her face. Purple and prominent, though not nearly as large, Agatha has been afflicted with the facial birthmark that I know all too well. Dainty […]
Saoirse Ronan to Play a Character With an Equally Hard to Pronounce Name in 'Brooklyn'Casting Couch By Nathan Adams on October 23, 2013 | Be the First To Comment
It was back in spring of 2012 when we first heard about a film adaptation of Colm Tóibín's 2010 novel about an Irish immigrant, "Brooklyn." Back then the story was that it was being put together by the same producing team that made An Education, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo star Rooney Mara was attached to play the lead, and the search was on for a director. Well, from the looks of the comments made my director John Crowley (Intermission, Boy A) in an interview he recently did with Bleeding Cool [via Dark Horizons], it appears that the suits have finally found the perfect director to bring this story to life, but in the process of making their search for a director, they seem to have lost their star.
This Is Either The New 'Fantastic Four' or an Abercrombie & Fitch AdCasting Couch By Scott Beggs on October 10, 2013 | Comments (2)
Variety is reporting that the shortlist for Fox's new Fantastic Four reboot is skewing young. The breakdown of testing actors includes Michael B. Jordan still being floated as The Human Torch; Miles Teller, Kit Harington and Jack O'Connell (Skins) for Reed Richards; and Saoirse Ronan, Kate Mara and possibly Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street) for Sue Storm. Granted, Mara is 30, and Jessica Alba was 24 when she was cast in the role less than a decade ago, but the rest of the list tops out at 26 years for several of the gents while Ronan (the most veteran of the crew) won't be able to drink legally in the States for a year and a half. In the previous incarnation, Ioan Gruffudd brought some grounding maturity, but the new vision may be looking to bring in adult supervision solely with Ben Grimm — unless they cast another 20-something for The Thing, too. Honestly, all of this is kind of cool. At the very least it brings a different angle to a franchise whose renewed existence is aggressively shrug-worthy. It's also a way to make a natural through line for Chronicle director Josh Trank as he takes on legacy superheroes for a change. There are a ton of middle-aged heroes out there, so maybe it's time for a different flavor in the buffet of spandex and capes. Of course, regardless of who they cast, it'll still be a superhero movie produced by Fox and written by the guy who wrote This […]
'How I Live Now' Poster Features Totally Bored Teenager Saoirse RonanMovie News By Samantha Wilson on August 28, 2013 | Comments (1)
Daisy (Saoirse Ronan) is having a particularly rough summer for your average teenager. Sent to live with relatives in the UK, she's having trouble fitting in to her strange surroundings until she falls for a neighborhood cutie who may also be her own cousin (George MacKay). But their young love is short-lived when an apocalyptic war breaks out in the once-peaceful nation, tearing their relationship, and their lives apart. Now, would you get any of that from this one-sheet for How I Live Now? The film, from Kevin MacDonald (The Last King of Scotland), is based on a highly popular YA novel by Meg Rosroff that is apparently all the rage with the tweens and their twerking and their emojis and One Direction and what have you. But besides showing a defiant Daisy dressed way too cool for school (and looking like someone who probably would have never talked to me in high school), the poster doesn't reveal much. Unless, of course, that orange haze and lens flare is from a bomb casually dropping behind her. In which case, damn Daisy. That's a bold move to be bored by warfare. Do you think that attitude is what got her sent to the UK in the first place?
'How I Live Now' Trailer: Saoirse Ronan Will Kick Ass to Find YouMovie News By Samantha Wilson on August 12, 2013 | Be the First To Comment
It seems that this summer's end-of-the-world movie trend (World War Z, This is the End, The World's End, Pacific Rim…I'll keep going) is getting extended into the fall with another film about a bleak future, this time starring a mad as hell Saoirse Ronan. Kevin MacDonald's How I Live Now, based on the massively popular YA novel by Meg Rosoff, tells the story of American girl Daisy (seriously, guys, screw off if you call her Elizabeth – only her DAD calls her that, and he's totally lame), who is sent to the English countryside to stay with relatives. Fortunately, Cute Boy Edmund (George MacKay) lives nearby, and they strike up the kind of love you only dream about. Their idyllic summer is cut short when WWIII begins and England becomes a violent military state; Daisy spends the rest of the film trying to escape her captors and find her lost love because that's…how she lives now. The trailer's hip pop-punk soundtrack played over shots of Daisy racing through the countryside and ducking under gunfire make this clear that it's an action movie for the StephEnie Meyer generation, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. It's probably going to be cheesy, and for anyone over the age of 17, the couple's vows of undying love will be a bit laughable.
Review: 'Violet & Daisy' is a Cute But Too Cartoonish Take on the Concept of Kickass Little GirlsMovie Reviews By Christopher Campbell on June 7, 2013 | Be the First To Comment
What if little girls were hired assassins? That's not an uncommon film scenario today, but usually the answer is that they'd be well-trained, bred to be killers from early on and void of most stereotypes you associate with normal young women. Hit-Girl from Kick-Ass and the title teenager from Hanna come to mind. But Violet & Daisy takes a different approach. The girls here are really "girly." They take on hit jobs in order to buy pretty dresses. They blow bubble gum bubbles while shooting up mob hideouts. They talk all cutesy and have flowery code names and play patty-cake with their boss (Danny Trejo) and ride a tricycle and love milk and cookies and say "ewwwwww" in response to things they find gross as if they're referring to cooties.
'Byzantium' Trailer Introduces the Idea of Vampires With Coke NailsMovie News By Nathan Adams on May 21, 2013 | Comments (1)
If you're anywhere near being a vampire fanatic, then chances are pretty good you know who Neil Jordan is, because he's the guy who directed Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt in the adaptation of Anne Rice's famous vampire story Interview with the Vampire. Well, it turns out Jordan must have developed a taste for those who have a taste for human blood, because his latest film, Byzantium, is also about undead bloodsuckers. Perhaps even more important than what it's about though is the fact that Byzantium is a gorgeously shot epic that stars Saoirse Ronan and Gemma Arterton. This is important because Ronan is clearly one of the strongest young actors working, and Arterton could possibly be as well, although I've only seen her in mostly terrible movies, but she sure is pretty though, and, oh—just go watch the trailer. It's got vampires that kill people with coke nails.
'Violet & Daisy' Trailer is Here to Kill YouMovie News By Scott Beggs on May 1, 2013 | Be the First To Comment
Yes, the gun pointed at your face is meant to send a message, and it might be the last one you ever receive. Of course, when the trailer for Violet & Daisy opens, the sights are on James Gandolfini, so you're probably safe for now. The movie is high concept enough — two young girls kill people for a living but are confronted by an unusual target that changes them — but after watching the trailer, it's difficult to understand exactly what the hell is going on. Flight attendant-laden dream sequences, studies on friendship and Danny Trejo in a vest punctuate the Saoirse Ronan and Alexis Bledel-starring flick. The production also has a strange history. Geoffrey Fletcher made this his directorial debut after his big Oscar win as the writer of Precious, it scored praise at TIFF in 2011 along with some profiles, but is just now finding distribution in the States from Cinedigm. Sometimes that speaks to quality, but it seems more likely in this case that traditional distribution channels just didn't know what to do with this thing. Defying categorization usually isn't good for the advertising team. Check it out the trailer for yourself:
Tribeca 2013 Review: 'Byzantium' Gets Lost in Its Own SeductionMovie Reviews By Daniel Walber on April 19, 2013 | Be the First To Comment
Vampire movies are about sex. This has become practically a rule, and that's totally okay. I have no problem with Taylor Lautner winning Best Shirtless Performance at the MTV Movie Awards. But if you're going to make a movie with irrepressibly erotic vampires, you should figure out why you're doing it. The problem with Neil Jordan's Byzantium is that it so drips with sex it loses purpose. It has elements of every recent incarnation of the genre, moments of horror and action and myth-making, but in the end it's more of a bland vampiric soup than anything with real bite. Saoirse Ronan is Eleanor, two centuries old but trapped forever in her teenage years. She feeds only on those ready to die, which typically means the silent and fading elderly. She writes of her life but then tears up the pages, knowing that no one can ever know who she truly is. This secrecy is under the rule of Clara (Gemma Arterton), a woman the world knows as her sister but who we can easily see is her mother. "My savior, my burden, my muse," Eleanor writers of Clara, whose torrential personality and dangerous profession only exacerbate their tense relationship.
Review: 'The Host' Is a Cry For Help From What's Left of Andrew NiccolMovie Reviews By Rob Hunter on March 29, 2013 | Comments (4)
It's been difficult to pin down what exactly happened to writer/director Andrew Niccol after his 1997 debut, Gattaca, but theories ranged from him having been replaced with a lookalike to him having had a stroke. A double feature of S1mone and In Time suggests the latter, but what then to make of the film sandwiched between them? Lord of War is a blackly comic morality play that never saw the eyeballs it deserved, but as if he were being punished for creating something thought-provoking, he disappeared for the next six years only to return in 2011 with a legitimately terrible, feature-length wrist-watch commercial starring Justin Timberlake. The release of his latest film sees him once again crafting lazy, simplistic sci-fi, this time adapting a novel by bestselling hack Stephenie Meyer, but in addition to being laughably bad, The Host may actually offer an answer to the question above. What happened to turn the man behind Gattaca and The Truman Show into a seemingly clueless boob who thinks shiny, silver cars and idealized talk about mankind's value are enough to qualify a film as speculative fiction? Having seen the movie the answer seems so obvious now. An intergalactic jellyfish slipped into a paper cut fifteen years ago, curled up around his brain stem, smothered his creativity, talent and curiosity and then turned his body into a fleshy, bipedal rental car. And Niccol's been fighting to be heard from the back seat ever since.
Casting Couch: Sandra Bullock Lends Her Villainous Voice to 'Minions,' Jennifer Aniston is 'Funny That Way,' and MoreCasting Couch By Nathan Adams on February 12, 2013 | Be the First To Comment
What is Casting Couch? It's the casting news compilation that has word of a new action movie starring the Muscles From Brussels himself, JCVD. Buckle up. It seems like there's always been a segment of the filmgoing audience that has something against Sandra Bullock. Maybe that's because she teased everybody by starring in Demolition Man and Speed in the early '90s and then went on to make a bunch of lame romantic comedies where she tries too hard to be goofy instead of doing more action stuff. Whatever the reason, she might finally be able to channel those bad tidings and use it in her next job, because Deadline Hollywood is reporting that the usually sugary-sweet actress is going to be voicing the new villain in the upcoming Despicable Me spinoff, Minions. As you may have guessed, she'll be playing an evil lady who has her life ruined by her little, yellow, inept minions. This time it's okay to hate, go ahead.
Casting Couch: Maggie Gyllenhaal Gets 'Frank' With Michael Fassbender, Wes Anderson Confirms His 'Grand Budapest Hotel' Cast, and a CorrectionCasting Couch By Nathan Adams on December 28, 2012 | Comments (1)
What is Casting Couch? It's the casting news roundup that's been out of work since casting agents seem to be treating the week between Christmas and New Years as one prolonged food coma. If there's one thing that Jurassic Park taught us, it's that nature finds a way. Well, casting finds a way too. In a week where there isn't any news getting leaked to the trades, leave it to Albuquerque Business First to break a new scoop. The eagle eyes over at The Film Stage noticed that, in an article about how that Michael Fassbender-starring rock and roll comedy called Frank is coming to town to shoot, the local source managed to break the news that Maggie Gyllenhaal is coming to town with it. Her involvement in the film sees her joining a cast that includes not just Fassbender, but two of the young MVPs of 2012, Domhnall Gleeson and Scoot McNairy, as well. Which, you know, makes her one of the luckiest ladies in the world.
Casting Couch: Disney Lets Three Actresses Try on Cinderella's Slipper, Colin Firth and Helen Mirren to Visit 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,' and MoreCasting Couch By Nathan Adams on December 3, 2012 | Be the First To Comment
What is Casting Couch? It's just trying to cram its foot into this shoe. Just last week, we learned that Cate Blanchett was likely to be Mark Romanek's wicked stepmother in the new Cinderella movie that he's doing for Disney, and now Variety gives us word that the project is closing in on its Cinderella as well. According to the trade, Atonement actress Saoirse Ronan, Anna Karenina actress Alicia Vikander, and The Three Musketeers' Gabriella Wilde have all been in to see Romanek for screen tests. So, clearly, the sweet spot for getting this role is to have an interesting accent and some period work under your belt. Keira Knightley better watch her back, because it looks like there's a whole upcoming generation of ladies gunning for her roles.
'The Host' Trailer: Somehow, The Future Still Involves Boring Love Scenes in the RainMovie News By Kate Erbland on November 13, 2012 | Be the First To Comment
If there's one thing that can be said for "Twilight Saga" author Stephenie Meyer, it's that she tried something new with her first non-"Twilight" book, "The Host." Emphasis on the tried. The similarities are there – both stories center on leading ladies who don't fancy themselves to be the leading lady type who somehow get caught up in supernatural-ish plots with wide-reaching implications and, oh, don't forget those love triangles. Don't you ever forget those love triangles! But "The Host" was written for a somewhat older-skewing audience, and its aliens-on-earth plot is both more interesting and more well-built than whatever the heck it was that Meyer was going for with "Twilight" (sorry, Twi-hards, really). So why then does Andrew Niccol's big screen take on The Host just seem so terribly boring? At least, that's how it looks in the film's first long-form trailer. It's certainly a keener and cleaner look at the film than the very tease-heavy teaser trailer from March, which seemed to hinge almost totally on the viewer's perceived awareness of the property, but it's still makes The Host look like Twilight with aliens. Take a look after the break.
Casting Couch: Colin Firth and Michael Fassbender Team Up, Saoirse Ronan Will Star for Wes Anderson, and MoreCasting Couch By Nathan Adams on November 2, 2012 | Comments (1)
What is Casting Couch? It's where you go to make sure Elijah Wood is adding another new job to his calendar every day. Turns out, today he kept the streak alive, read on… Colin Firth and Michael Fassbender are two of the best actors on the planet Earth; objectively, inarguably. What a coup, then, that director Michael Grandage has landed both of them for his upcoming project, Genius. Based on a book by A. Scott Berg, Genius is a biopic that explores the relationship between Thomas Wolfe (Fassbender) and his editor Max Perkins (Firth). Turns out Wolfe and Perkins were great friends, but the kind who butted heads over everything. Sure, listening to two guys argue over word choice wouldn't normally sound like a very exciting idea for a movie, but with these two actors on board it absolutely does. Add this one to your to-do list. [Variety]
Saoirse Ronan is 'Mary Queen of Scots'Casting Couch By Scott Beggs on August 10, 2012 | Comments (1)
This is exciting news. Superhero casting level exciting. Why? Because in 18 years, Saoirse Ronan has managed to balance Oscar nominated period drama work with hand-to-hand combat and a fearless enjoyment of genre work (the last of which will be seen in the vampire film Byzantium and in the forthcoming The Host). Now, she'll be taking on the role of an icon of Western history in Mary Queen of Scots. The potential here is massive. Mary Stuart was crowned when she was nine months old, married the teenage King of France when she was 16, but he died just 3 days before her 18th birthday. She re-married in her early 20s, but her husband was murdered, and, of course, she got married for a third time shortly thereafter to the man many thought orchestrated her second husband's death. James Hepburn was acquitted, but the court of public opinion didn't sway his way, and their alliance soon drew suspicion on Mary – who was imprisoned, and then at 25 she was forced to give up her throne to her 1-year-old son. She fled to England looking for asylum from Queen Elizabeth, but Elizabeth took her into custody for 18 years and then had her killed. Then, Eric Idle sand "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life." Bringing his Elizabeth and Tudors experience to the project is screenwriter Michael Hirst. So the talent is brimming almost as seriously as the historical drama, but the intriguing connection is between the production company and the star. According to Deadline Hollywood, Working Title is prepping […]
Anthony Hopkins Joins 'Noah' – Sadly, Not As a Giant Wave, Just Some Old DudeCasting Couch By Kate Erbland on July 9, 2012 | Comments (6)
While it's seeming more and more possible that Darren Aronofsky won't make the wish of flood enthusiasts everywhere come true by casting someone to play a giant wave or two (or three, or four…) in his Noah, he's making up for that hideous oversight with a stellar cast that so far includes Russell Crowe, Saoirse Ronan, Douglas Booth, Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ray Winstone, and (probably) Jennifer Connolly – a litany of talents that he's just rounded out with no less than Sir Anthony Hopkins. Aronofsky himself announced the news this morning via his Twitter, in a tweet that reads: "i'm honored to be working with the great sir anthony hopkins. we just added him to the stellar cast of #Noah. #methuselahlives" Methuselah lives! Hurray! Wait, who is Methuselah again?
Teaser Trailer for Stephenie Meyer Adaptation 'The Host': A Real TeaseMovie News By Kate Erbland on March 22, 2012 | Comments (2)
Though my earlier editorial might have given you the impression that I loathe author Stephenie Meyer's works, that's not necessarily the case, and I am reasonably interested in the next film to translate her books to the screen. Post-"Twilight," Meyer penned a sci-fi novel called "The Host," and while it's no shock that the book is intended to kick off a new franchise, it is somewhat surprising that the book was intended for a more adult crowd and for some more mature lessons than those taught by Bella, Edward, and Jacob. While the book has many of the same issues as "Twilight," it is a different animal, and its sci-fi bent might be able to lure in even rabid "Twilight" dissenters. Set in the near future, The Host imagines a world that has been taken over by an alien race that, while not overtly violent, are terrifyingly good at destroying whole civilizations. It's not by war by that these aliens consume other beings – it's by taking over their bodies and minds like a parasite. One of those aliens, Wanderer (Saoirse Ronan) finds herself confused and dismayed to find that the human she's taken over (also played by Ronan) won't let go, turning the two into individual spirits in one body. Bad enough, but still worse when Wanderer/Melanie makes her way to one of the last all-human encampments. The film's first teaser is a true tease, and certainly won't offer much to those who are not familiar with the book's […]
Movie News After Dark: More 'Game of Thrones,' Sci-Fi Bars, Selena Gomez Replacing Miley Cyrus, and McG Getting Shot in the AssMovie News By Nathan Adams on February 10, 2012 | Comments (1)
What is Movie News After Dark? Tonight it's the column I'm filling in on as Neil Miller journeys to the mystical, frozen land of Chicago. It's also a list of links to movie or entertainment related things that I either found interesting, noteworthy, or that involved super famous young girls from the Disney channel. Tonight we begin by getting a glimpse at the second season of HBO's Game of Thrones. WinterisComing.net has a whole host of pictures from the second season that have reminded me of how much I like the show and reinforced the three reasons why I'm looking forward to new episodes so much: boobs, blood, and Brienne. Hopefully we'll be getting a lot of each.
Diane Kruger to Co-star in Next Stephenie Meyer Adaptation, 'The Host'Casting Couch By Kate Erbland on January 20, 2012 | Comments (3)
With the Twilight Saga film franchise (thankfully) wrapping up this year, fans of author Stephenie Meyer are turning their attention to the next film to spring from one of her works. The Host is being adapted from Meyer's crack at more adult fiction and, while the book itself is a touch more advanced than Twilight, it still relies on some familiar tropes – love triangles, concocted mythology, the somewhat sci-fi, and lots and lots of drama. And now it looks as if the film version (from writer and director Andrew Niccol) will have something else in common with Twi-land – a way too attractive cast. Saoirse Ronan has long been attached to play the lead character of Melanie Stryder, a teenage girl who lives in a future world where Earth has been invaded by an alien race (the Souls) who take over human bodies (a la Invasion of the Body Snatchers), but with a much less nefarious edge to their plan. Melanie is one of the few remaining full humans, and she spends her days on the run with her little brother and her boyfriend Jared (to be played by Max Irons), until she too is caught by the Souls (who are also highly organized) and implanted with one of the parasitic aliens – who eventually goes by the name Wanderer and then Wanda. Of course, Melanie and her memories prove to much even for the experienced alien (who has been implanted in no less than eight other species over […]
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Green Erg generator harness the power of walking
Energy is all around us every day. The tricky part is harnessing all that energy to be put to more useful tasks. For example, walking around uses energy, energy that we're just letting go. But Dr. Cedrick Ngalande doesn't like that, so he's developed the Green Erg generator.
"This is basically a dynamo which is being driven as a result of friction between the ground and the blocks. The small yellowish blocks (these are covered by rubber in the real commercial product) rotate as you pull it. They are designed to rotate even on bumpy run even roads. We have tested it on moist lawns and have worked. It is very smooth so much that you basically don't feel any disturbance as you move along.The generator is aimed at Africa, where electricity can be harder to come by.
At normal walking speeds we have gotten more than 2 watts which is more than enough for running cell phones or radios. I envision that people will attach this to themselves and walk with it - or even attach it to an ox-cart, a skating board, bike, etc
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6 Yummy Smoothie Recipes
Whether you're feeling blah about your usual breakfast, or need to upgrade your afternoon snack, try out one of these healthyand so goodsmoothie recipes. They're all super simple to make, and pack major flavor!
By Macey Hall
Green Monster Smoothie
There is nothing in this smoothie except super-healthy fruits and veggies! Don't let the bright green color scare you — it tastes fruity and delicious.
1/2 cup frozen mango
1/2 cup frozen pineapple
1 banana
One big handful fresh spinach
One kale leaf
2/3 cup water
Add mango, pineapple, and banana to the blender. Then, add in one kale leaf, and a handful of spinach. Don't be afraid to make it a big handful—spinach adds protein and will keep you full! It will change the color, but not the taste, we promise! Add in 2/3 cup water, but you may need to add more or less, depending on how strong your blender is. Then, blend and enjoy! You'll have enough for two smoothies, and this one will keep for up to two days in the fridge.


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BabyAge..com, Inc. v. Leachco, Inc.
Filing 69
MEMORANDUM OF LAW by Leachco, Inc., Jamie S Leach re Patent Claim Construction. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit(s) A - U.S. Patent No. 6,760,934, # 2 Exhibit(s) B - excerpt, New Oxford American Dictionary, # 3 Exhibit(s) C - screen shot, Babyage.com web site)(Peterson, Gary)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA BABYAGE.COM, INC., Plaintiff-Counterclaim Defendant, v. LEACHCO, INC., Defendant-Counterclaim Plaintiff/ Third Party Plaintiff, an d JAMIE S. LEACH, Counterclaim Plaintiff/ Third Party Plaintiff, v. JOHN M. KIEFER, JR., Third Party Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. 3:07-cv-01600-ARC (Judge A. Richard Caputo) (electronically filed) PATENT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION BRIEF OF LEACHCO, INC. AND JAMIE S. LEACH We offer the following constructions of contested terms in the claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,760,934, the patent in suit. A copy of the patent appears as Exhibit A. A. "Semi-Circular Crown." Claim 1 defines a pillow that includes, among other elements, a "semi-circular crown." Because the patent provides no special definition for the term, the Court must apply the "ordinary and customary meaning" of this term, as understood by "a person of ordinary skill in the art in question at the time of the invention." See Phillips v. 1 AWH Corp., 415 F.3d 1303, 1315 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (en banc). Dictionaries may be useful in ascertaining this meaning. See Phillips, 415 F.3d at 1318. The dictionary definition of "crown" is a "circular ornamental headdress worn by a monarch ...." See New Oxford American Dictionary at 406 (2nd ed. 2005) (copy attached as Exhibit B). This definition is consistent with how the term "crown" is used in the patent: to designate the section of the pillow that contacts the head of the user. See, e.g., Exhibit A, column 3, lines 40-41 ("semi-circular crown 12 for the user's head to rest against ..."); column 5, claim 2 ("the crown is designed to support the head of a woman ..."). If a "crown" is a "circular ornamental headdress," what part of the crown has to be circular? According to our opponents, all parts of a "crown" must be circular. But this is not the ordinary and customary meaning of "crown." A crown must be circular only at its base, where it engages the head: otherwise the crown could not be worn. But the portions of a crown that do not contact the head need not be circular. Consider, for example, the Imperial State Crown of Great Britain, which is circular at its base, but has square corners at its top: 2 Under the ordinary and customary meaning of "crown," a crown need be circular only at its base. Our opponents contend that, because the drawings in the patent show a crown that is semi-circular at both its base and its top, the term "semi-circular crown" should be construed as requiring two curved surfaces, rather than just a curved base. However, the patent expressly states that the embodiments shown in the drawings are merely "preferred," and not the sole means of practicing the invention. See Exhibit A, column 3, lines 35-36. "[A]lthough the specification often describes very specific embodiments of the invention, we have repeatedly warned against confining the claims to those embodiments." See Phillips, 415 F.3d at 1323. The narrow definition of "semicircular crown" that our opponents seek to infer from the patent drawings and specification violates this important legal principle. In construing "semi-circular crown," our opponents are asking the Court to ignore the term "crown," and focus exclusively on "semi-circular." But such a construction would render the term "crown" wholly superfluous. The Federal Circuit has repeatedly rejected such claim constructions. See, e.g., General American Transportation Corp. v. Cryo-Trans, Inc., 93 F.3d 766, 770 (Fed. Cir. 1996) ("We therefore reject the district court's claim construction, which ... rendered superfluous the claim requirement for openings adjacent to the end walls"). The ordinary meaning of "crown" is a headdress having a circular base against which a user's head can rest. The term "semi-circular" modifies "crown," and is used 3 to highlight how the headdress differs from a conventional "crown," with a base that is semi-circular rather than fully circular. "Semi-circular crown," as used in the patent, means a section of the pillow having a semi-circular base against which a user's head can rest. B. "Outwardly Diverging Away From the Crown." Claim 1 of the patent further requires "legs extending downwardly and outwardly divergently away from the crown ...." The ordinary and customary meaning of "downwardly" is "toward the base." The ordinary and customary meaning of "outwardly" is "away from the interior." The ordinary and customary meaning of "divergently" is "drawing apart." "Legs extending downwardly and outwardly divergently away from the crown ..." means legs that extend toward the base of the pillow and which draw apart as they become more distant from the crown. Claim 1 does not require that the legs of the pillow always diverge outwardly, since this will depend on how the pillow is arranged by the user. In fact, the text of the patent makes clear that the legs are capable of being arranged in any number of nondiverging configurations. For example, patent Figure 3 shows that the legs can be arranged so that they overlap one another at their base, and patent Figure 4 shows an arrangement in one of the legs that has been twisted around and placed underneath the user's head. See Exhibit A, column 4, lines 12-16. If the claim requires that the legs of the pillow always diverge outwardly, not matter how the pillow is arranged by a user, the preferred embodiments shown in the drawings would be outside the scope of 4 claim 1. Such a construction is "rarely, if ever, correct." Vitronics Corp. v. Conceptronic, Inc., 90 F.3d 1576, 1583 (Fed. Cir. 1996). The claim thus does not require that the legs always diverge outwardly. Instead, the claim requires only that the legs be reasonably capable of being arranged in such an outwardly divergent configuration. See Hilgraeve Corp. v. Symantec Corp., 265 F.3d 1336, 1343 (Fed. Cir. 2001) ("an accused device may be found to infringe if it is reasonably capable of satisfying the claim limitations, even though it may also be capable of non-infringing modes of operation"). C. Overlapping Toes. Claim 3 defines a support pillow in which "the toes are moved towards each other to create an overlapping condition" such that "the head of the woman is adapted to rest on the overlapping toes while one bulge is received in the curvature of the back of the woman and the other bulge is received in the tummy area of the woman." Exhibit A, column 6, lines 2-7. Much as with "divergent legs," the claim does not require that the toes always overlap, since this will be depend on how the pillow is configured by a user. For example, Figure 1 of the patent shows a configuration of the pillow in which the toes do not overlap, and instead are merely touching. See Exhibit A, column 3, line 46 ("the toes 18 and 20 will be just touching each other"). If the legs shown in Figure 1 are spread farther apart, the toes will not touch at all. If the claim required that the toes always overlap, no matter how the pillow is configured by the user, the claim would not cover the pillow that the patent describes as the inventor's 5 preferred embodiment -- a construction that would be "rarely, if ever, correct." Vitronics Corp., 90 F.3d at 1583. Claim 3 requires only that the toes be reasonably capable of being arranged in an overlapping position. D. Reference to the Accused Pillow for Purposes of Claim Construction. Our opponents have asked to Court to construe the patent claims by reference to a photograph of the accused pillow. There are several problems with this approach. First, and most importantly, the Federal Circuit has repeatedly held that patent claims may not be construed with reference to the accused product. See NeoMagic Corp. v. Trident Microsystems, Inc., 287 F.3d 1062, 1074 (Fed. Cir. 2002) ("claims may not be construed with reference to the accused device"). Second, even if reliance on a photograph of the accused pillow were appropriate, the Court should be aware that the Babyage pillow was deliberately arranged by our opponents in a non-divergent and non-overlapping configuration before it was photographed. It is equally possible to arrange the accused pillow such that the legs diverge and the toes overlap. For example, the attached Exhibit C is a photograph of the accused pillow taken from Babyage's own web site, which advertises the accused pillow and offers it for sale to the public. The Babyage website photo shows the accused pillow with legs arranged in a divergent configuration. For purposes of assessing infringement, the only requirement is that the accused product be reasonably capable of satisfying the claim limitations, even if non6 infringing configurations are also possible. See Hilgraeve, 265 F.3d at 1343. As Exhibit C illustrates, the accused pillow is reasonably capable of being arranged with its legs outwardly diverging. The accused pillow is equally capable of being arranged with toes overlapping. Because the photograph offered by our opponents fail to accurately or completely portray the accused product, they should not be considered even if reference to such evidence were otherwise appropriate. Respectfully submitted, s/ Gary Peterson Gary Peterson OK 7068 211 N. Robinson Ave., Suite 450 South Oklahoma City, OK 73102 telephone: (405) 606-3367 fax: (866) 628-0506 email: email@example.com Sean V. Kemether PA 70816 Kelly Grimes Pietrangelo & Vakil, P.C. P.O. Box 1048 Media, PA 19063-0848 telephone: 610-565-2669 fax: 610-565-0780 email: firstname.lastname@example.com Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaim Plaintiffs 7 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that I electronically transmitted this document to the Clerk using the ECF System so as to cause transmittal of a Notice of a Electronic Filing to the following ECF registrant: Andrew J. Katsock, III Attorney for Defendant, on July 11, 2008. s/ Gary Peterson


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3. Quinn is moving in with Jamie: At Miami Metro, Quinn gets a shoulder-rub from Jamie at his desk. She floats the idea of them moving in together and at first we think Quinn won't do it since he always seems completely uninterested in her except when she's sitting on him naked. "Eventually," he mumbles. Later, Quinn reverses himself and tells Batista he's moving in with his sister, as if saying it just to spite him. Hey, "spite" is a motive. We'll take it!
4. Masuka gets distracted by his daughter's boobs: Masuka's daughter is hanging out in his lab. Is this Bring a Girl to Work Day at Miami Metro? They've made up after their fight last week. She mentions she works at a sports bar. He drops by and is shocked to find her working at a topless "breastraunt." I'm not sure I buy that Masuka wouldn't already have a frequent-customer punch-card for this place. He's instantly distracted and bothered by seeing her semi-nude. "I've stared at a million boobs but until now I've never considered them to be daughter boobs," he says. He lobbies Batista to create an assistant position in his lab so his daughter can stay clothed in the workplace, but she doesn't go for it. Slinging buffalo wings while topless might not be the greatest gig, but it beats making $13 an hour while working with your pervy dad who's trying not to look at you the wrong way.
5. Dr. Vogel is still in the show. She advises Dexter to train Zach, then warns about how dangerous he is. Zach is willing to let Dexter teach him the code, but has no patience with all his young murder-hormones surging through him.
6. Elway gets a little interesting: Deb snaps at her boss ("You stand so close, try to flirt, you're making me uncomfortable.") and Elway shoots back: "Maybe you ought to try a little gratitude instead of always being a f--king bitch." It's the vehemence of his delivery, not the text itself, that makes this line jump out at you and wonder about Elway. She borrows a GPS tracker from him and puts it on Dexter's car. She looks it up on her laptop and sees a GPS signal on a map showing Dexter driving what appears to be roughly 120 mph toward a pier. This tracker will pay off later, I suspect.
7. Hannah's hubby gets whacked: Hannah takes care of her problem herself, killing Millionaire Miles in self defense on the yacht. "I'll take care of everything," Dex assures, but then asks her to go find an ax, plastic tarp and bleach. Thanks for the help, Dex!
8. Cassie gets whacked: Dexter, Deb, Zach each randomly bumps into horny next-door neighbor Cassie this week. At one point she leaves her apartment giggling with her date and sees Dex coming out his door and I wonder: How thin are those condo walls, exactly? Later Deb advises her to forget about trying to date Dex too, giving her what's probably the episode's strongest line: "Trust me, Dexter is not a mystery that you want to solve." When she turns up bludgeoned, we naturally assume Zach did it. "Can anything good come from putting two killers together?" Dexter wonders, tying the episode's threads together. We close with a nice shot of Dex reflected in the pool of her blood.
Okay, a little teaser for next week: It's the best Dexter episode since the premiere. The bigger surprise: One of the best things about it is Zach Hamilton. Intrigued? See you next week.
Let's have Rastamouse close the show. Give it up, give it up, for the Easy Crew!


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Of course in Brad Ashford's case, he's had our e-mail for years but never chosen to use it or to communicate his liberal doings in the legislature.
We can't wait to start hearing from Brad about his major accomplishments in the legislature as he ramps up his mayoral campaign. Yes, we have:
- The Learning Community which has become yet another new inept and inefficient taxing authority and done nothing for educating children in Douglas and Sarpy Counties
- Truancy reform which has created many more jobs for lawyers in Don Kleine's County Attorney's office while harassing innocent parents and kids
- The 'revised' C.I.R. law that has accomplished nothing to help the people negotiate with public sector unions.
- The increased sales tax authority given the cities to raise your city sales tax by an additional 1/2 percent to 2% - something that as your next mayor would certainly be a priority of his


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Schneider paints the interior of the family home, sometimes capturing it in its anarchic natural state, other times displaying its artifacts in still life compositions and energetic florals. Gloman turns his attention outdoors. Working on site, he by turns captures the feral, evanescent qualities of the natural environment or plucks order from chaos, resulting in plain-spoken cityscapes and landscapes. Have you ever been inspired by something you saw that you wanted to paint it right then and there? Why not have a portable studio like David Gloman? Continue below to read more about Katy Schneider and David Gloman.
David Gloman has taught at Amherst College since 1994, and received his MFA from Yale University. He is a Guggenheim Fellow, recipient of such grants as the Tiffany Grant, MA Arts Council Grant, and Coleman Award. Well-known for his interpretations of the Pioneer Valley, Mr. Gloman completes many of his works in his customized truck which serves as a year-round mobile studio (see pic, below!), and is currently building a boat which will provide him with the optimal vantage point to capture the Connecticut River and local waterways.
Katy Schneider has taught at Smith College since 1990, and received her BA from Yale University and MFA from Indiana University. In his review of Ms. Schneider's debut NY show at Tatischeff Gallery, which appeared in the New York Observer, Mario Naves states "Her work makes the case, modestly, but delicately, that precedent is never a done deal, and inspiration is where you find it. The Corot-like delicacies of Ms. Schneider's brush settle on matters close at hand: the family and the studio." She is the recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship, National Academy of Art award, Coleman award, and MA Arts Council grant. She is a painter and award-winning children's book illustrator.
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text: Slide 19 Project RED: Module 2: The Re-Designed Discharge Process: Patient Admission and Care and Treatment Education: Slide 19Provides a four-module training program to help hospitals implement Project RED. DA Secondary ScreeningDA reviews patient's admission notesConsiders: Working diagnosisLanguageLikely dispositionAvailability of home or cell phone numberDetermines if patient is a candidate for Project RED interventionNotes:Before visiting the patient, the DA should review the admission notes and consider the patient's history and reason for admission. Just because a patient is in the targeted population, it does not mean he or she is a good candidate for your Project RED intervention. For instance, you may have decided to limit the initial intervention to patients who speak English or Spanish, depending on your translation capabilities.And because the Project RED intervention is primarily geared toward the patient who is returning home, can you discern the likelihood of a discharge home or will you also include patients discharged to other settings?Further, does the patient have a phone? For hospital staff to conduct the follow-up call, the patient or his or her family needs to be reachable. Page last reviewed August 2011 Internet Citation: Slide 19: Project RED: Module 2: The Re-Designed Discharge Process: Patient Admission and Care and Treatment Education: Slide 19. August 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/hospital/red/module2/slide19.html


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Definitions for WISDOMˈwɪz dəm
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word WISDOM
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
wis•domˈwɪz dəm(n.)
the quality or state of being wise; sagacity, discernment, or insight.
scholarly knowledge or learning.
wise sayings or teachings; precepts.
a wise act or saying.
Origin of wisdom:
bef. 900; ME, OE wīsdōm; see wise1, -dom
Princeton's WordNet
accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
wisdom, wiseness(noun)
the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight
wisdom, sapience(noun)
ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight
wisdom, wiseness, soundness(noun)
the quality of being prudent and sensible
Wisdom of Solomon, Wisdom(noun)
an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
wisdom(noun)ˈwɪz dəm
knowledge and good judgment that comes from experience
a judge known for his wisdom
wisdomˈwɪz dəm
to think a decision may not be sensible
I question the wisdom of his decision to climb the mountain alone.
An element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise.
A piece of wise advice.
The discretionary use of knowledge for the greatest good.
The ability to apply relevant knowledge in an insightful way, especially to different situations from that in which the knowledge was gained.
The ability to make a decision based on the combination of knowledge, experience, and intuitive understanding.
The ability to know and apply spiritual truths.
The Wisdom of Solomon,a book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
Origin: wisdom, corresponding to wise + noun suffix -dom. Cognate with Old Norse vísdómr, German Weistum, Danish/Norwegian/Swedish visdom.
Webster Dictionary
the quality of being wise; knowledge, and the capacity to make due use of it; knowledge of the best ends and the best means; discernment and judgment; discretion; sagacity; skill; dexterity
the results of wise judgments; scientific or practical truth; acquired knowledge; erudition
Wisdom is a deep understanding and realization of people, things, events or situations, resulting in the ability to apply perceptions, judgments and actions in keeping with this understanding. It often requires control of one's emotional reactions so that universal principles, reason and knowledge prevail to determine one's actions. Wisdom is also the comprehension of what is true coupled with optimum judgment as to action. Synonyms include: sagacity, discernment, or insight.
The Roycroft Dictionary
A term Pride uses when talking of Necessity.
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Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'WISDOM' in Nouns Frequency: #2278
Translations for WISDOM
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
Wisdom comes with experience.
- wysheidAfrikaans
- حِكْمَهArabic
- мъдростBulgarian
- sabedoriaPortuguese (BR)
- moudrostCzech
- die WeisheitGerman
- visdom; indsigt; klogskabDanish
- σοφία, φρόνηση, σύνεσηGreek
- sabiduríaSpanish
- tarkusEstonian
- فرزانگىFarsi
- viisausFinnish
- sagesseFrench
- חוֹכמָהHebrew
- बुद्धिमानीHindi
- mudrostCroatian
- bölcsességHungarian
- kebijaksanaanIndonesian
- hyggindi, dómgreind, vísdómurIcelandic
- saggezzaItalian
- 賢明さJapanese
- 지혜Korean
- išmintisLithuanian
- gudrībaLatvian
- bijaksana; kebijaksanaan; kearifanMalay
- wijsheidDutch
- visdom, klokskapNorwegian
- mądrośćPolish
- sagacidadePortuguese
- înţelepciuneRomanian
- мудростьRussian
- múdrosťSlovak
- modrostSlovenian
- mudrostSerbian
- visdom, vishetSwedish
- ความเฉลียวฉลาดThai
- akıllılık, bilgelikTurkish
- 智慧Chinese (Trad.)
- мудрістьUkrainian
- عقلمندیUrdu
- sáng suốtVietnamese
- 智慧Chinese (Simp.)
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Anti-TortureActivists Convicted: Guantánamo Prison Put On Trial
Frida Berrigan was one of the 77 Witness Against Torture
activists arrested protesting against torture at the US Supreme
Court in January 2008. Her case was dismissed (along with at least
a half dozen others) because she wasn't wearing an overtly
political t-shirt.
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James Carroll, in his Boston Globe column, wrote about this case immediately before the protesters went to trial:
"Can one break the law to uphold the principle of law? That will cease being the question tomorrow when the names of 35 incarcerated men are stated aloud in a courtroom -- names that should have been spoken before a judge years ago. When that happens, the questions will become: Why are those men themselves not before a judge in a US court of law? And why are their torturers not charged with crimes? How is it possible that the American judicial system is itself protecting this rank violation of the American judicial system?"
Thirty-four Americans arrested at the Supreme Court on January 11, 2008 were found guilty after a three-day trial which began on Tuesday, May 27, in D.C. Superior Court. The defendants represented themselves, mounting a spirited defense of their First Amendment rights to protest against the abuse and indefinite detention of men at the US Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay.
Charged with "unlawful assembly," for protesting on the Supreme Court plaza and steps, the defendants were part of a larger group that appealed to the US Supreme Court on January 11 -- the day marking six years of indefinite detention and torture at Guantánamo.
"I knelt and prayed on the steps of the Supreme Court wearing an orange jumpsuit and black hood to be present for Fnu Fazaldad," said Tim Nolan, a nurse practitioner from Asheville, NC, who provides health care for people with HIV.
"I am not surprised at being convicted," continued Nolan, "but I felt compelled as a medical professional to speak out against torture that is facilitated by medical personnel at Guantánamo. I have to act on my ethical principles every day: if I know child abuse is occurring, I am required to report it. The abuses at Guantánamo must also be acted upon."
Defendants and witnesses argued that they did not expect to be arrested at the Supreme Court, "an internationally known temple to free speech." Ashley Casale, a student at Wellesley College, told the court, "I am 19 -- the youngest person in this courtroom -- and I come on behalf of all the prisoners at Guantánamo who were younger than I am now when they were detained. According to the US Constitution we have a right to petition the government for a redress of grievances, and Guantánamo Bay prison is beyond grievous."
Those who stood trial this week were arrested (along with 43 others) without their identification and taken into custody under the names of Guantánamo prisoners. This twist on traditional protest allowed the defendants to symbolically grant the Guantánamo prisoners the day in court that the Bush administration and the Pentagon have denied them.
The defendants are priests and pastors, construction workers and farmers, schoolteachers and professors. They come from Charlottesville, Des Moines, New York City, Scranton, Saratoga, Worcester, and other cities and towns.
A number of the defendants waived their right to speak during the trial, recognizing the nearñtotal denial of legal and human rights to the Guantánamo detainees. "We could not in conscience exercise our rights," said Matthew Daloisio of New York City, "when our country continues to deny the rights of others. It was powerful to hold the name of Yasser Al Zahrani in my heart as I sat in a court of law. Yasser was a 22-year-old Yemeni man. He was arrested at 17, and brought to Guantánamo. He was never charged or tried. On June 10th, 2006, he apparently took his own life. He will never have the chance to sit in this court room, and my conviction today seems a small price to pay to bring his name in court."
During the trial, some defendants took the stand to testify to their motivations and intentions in acting on January 11. They argued that they were there to appeal to the Supreme Court Justices to rule against the Bush administration in the cases of Boumediene v. US and Al Odah v. Bush. They contend that after all other remedies had been exhausted. Direct action and appeal were the only options.
The judge refused to let Thomas Wilner, a partner at the Washington law firm Shearman and Sterling, take the stand. Wilner represented twelve Kuwaiti citizens detained at Guantánamo Bay in the case decided in their favor by the US Supreme Court on June 28, 2004. His descriptions of the predicaments of his clients, and expressions of horror and dismay at the failure of most Americans to act against the detainees' indefinite detention and torture, helped motivate many of the defendants' protests. After his testimony was deemed "not relevant" and "unnecessary" by Judge Gardner, Wilner addressed defendants and supporters outside the courthouse, saying: "Hopefully, we'll end torture and indefinite detention as a matter of law. And then, we need to work to make sure that hysteria and false facts don't sweep away the soul of the nation again." He then addressed those on trial directly, saying, "You are standing up for the soul of this nation."
In the defendants' first closing statement, Father Emmett Jarrett, an Episcopalian priest from New London, CT, told Judge Wendell Gardner, "we came to the Supreme Court on January 11 with one intention -- to put dramatically before the court -- both the Supreme Court and the higher court of public opinion and conscience -- the plight of the men and boys detained at Guantánamo. We came to the Supreme Court on January 11 not to protest but to present a letter to the justices, asking them to act on behalf of detainees imprisoned at Guantánamo, to restore their human and legal rights -- to give a voice to the voiceless."
Arthur Laffin followed with a closing statement that touched on both legal and moral arguments for the defendants' innocence, and pleaded with the court and the prosecution to join the defendants in "ending the horrors." "The Nuremberg Accords," he asserted, "state that individuals have a duty to prevent crimes against humanity and that if people don't act to prevent such crimes, they are actually complicit in them." He then concluded, "We, who are on trial today, along with many friends, refuse to be complicit in these crimes."
After Laffin finished, Claire Schaffer Duffy, of Worcester, MA stood and stated, "on behalf of Abbas Hasid Rumi Al Naely, I stand by Art's closing statement." And then, one after the other, each pro se defendant also stood, stated their own name, and then the name of the prisoner at Guantánamo they carried on January 11 and through the trial experience. Many were openly weeping as they stood.
The action on January 11 was organized by Witness Against Torture, a group that formed in 2005 when 25 people walked from Cuba to the US detention facilities to protest conditions there. January 11, 2008 marked six years since the opening of US detention facilities at Guantánamo Bay. The Supreme Court demonstrators were joined by protestors in London, Sydney, Edinburgh, Istanbul, Barcelona, and elsewhere.
Retired Admiral John D. Hutson, the former judge advocate general of the Navy, said of the Supreme Court demonstrators, "In the military, there is the concept of 'calling in artillery onto your own position.' It refers to heroic action taken in desperate situations for a greater good. That's essentially what these courageous Americans are doing They accept that there may be an adverse consequence to them personally but they believe drawing attention to the issue is worth the sacrifice."
The sentences varied from suspended sentences of between 5 and thirty days, along with a year of probation and an order to stay away from the Supreme Court, and a $50 fine, up to ten days in jail, a $50 fine, and a stay away order.
Eve Tetaz of Washington DC said during her sentencing statement, "My faith translates into advocating nonviolent resistance to all forms of injustice as the sole means of achieving justice and equity for all. We must look for common ground in dealing with our enemies, solve differences without resorting to armed conflict, and replace the desire for revenge with forgiveness and reconciliation. In closing, I would like to invite you and every who is present in this court room to join the defendants in this trial in our refusal to remain silent in the face of injustice. Let us together turn our swords into plowshares so that nations may learn war no more."
Witness Against Torture will continue its efforts to have the
detention facilities at Guantánamo shut down and torture
by United States ended.
For More Information:
The Department of Justice Inspector General's report on FBI agents who objected to US torture policies and practices as war crimes, but were ignored and ordered to desist by the Department of Justice, A Review of the FBI's Involvement in and Observations of Detainee Interrogations in Guantánamo Bay, Afghanistan, and Iraq, http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/special/s0805/final.pdf
To get involved, contact Witness Against Torture, www.witnesstorture.org


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New starter, Battery good also altenater but will run when kick start it is a manual shift
1995 Mercury Tracer
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1995 Mercury Tracer Question: Will not start
Answer #1DaveJHM November 07, 2010, 20:58Master
Thinking about what the car needs to see to get the starter cranking, I start with the Start Clutch Pedal Position Switch (SCPP). This switch must see the clutch fully depressed to let the starter circuit complete. Other than a wiring problem (check all connections - clean and secure), this seems like the most likely cause.
The SCPP switch is located above the clutch pedal on the bracketry that holds the pedals.
Replybigronb, November 07, 2010, 21:11Rookie
Thanks I replaced the SCPP switch and checked all connections ,clean and secured
ReplyDaveJHM, November 07, 2010, 21:20Master
If you changed the SCPP switch, all connections are good AND you still have issues...check that replacement starter. It would have to be either that or the ignition switch itself. There really is no further possibilities with that system...other than maybe wiring to the SCPP switch that could be compromised...
Answer #2Bret Bodas from RepairPal Test Shop, November 07, 2010, 21:00Master
Sounds like when you go to start the engine the starter is not engaging? And you can push the vehicle and start it in gear? If I have this right, then check the ignition switch and the neutral safety switch. If you need to depress the clutch to start the vehicle, then also check the clutch switch.
Replybigronb, November 07, 2010, 21:32Rookie
Sorry did not change SCPP switch but the neutral safety switch and ignition switch @ one point I could shake cables going to starter and car would start but not @ time checked wires to starter with test light checked wires from battery to starter, Bolt for ground wire did break had to put in different spot,Yes I when push start car it runs perfect .
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As a teenager Perez was fascinated with martial arts and fine arts.Therefore, he dedicated himself to study both disciplines.Karate helped influence his character giving him great discipline
as well as opening him up to other forms of art.Much of what Fabian learned through his Eastern studies influenced his paintings.Perez's style is unique.He wishes not to categorize his work, he feels this limits the artist as well as the work.He likes to paint with acrylic because it dries quickly and this allows him to follow his impulses.The bold and symbolic imagery feels intensely passionate.Perez paints with his emotions and each painting reflects his drive and energy.The paintings become a roadmap, a guide with many directions,
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