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Morena Baccarin: 'The TV gods handed me Homeland'
The sexy star has become one the TV world's hottest properties after playing the frustrated wife of Damian Lewis' character Nicholas Brody in the gritty series but she reveals the role wasn't hers to begin with.
She explains, "I fell in love with the script the minute I read it but I wasn't originally in the pilot. They were recasting that part.
"V got cancelled and the next week we went hard for that show because we felt so passionate about it."
And she admits there were "conversations" about the amount of nudity on the show when she signed on.
Baccarin tells U.S. news show Access Hollywood, "There were conversations about what I was comfortable with and not comfortable with. Clearly, I don't want to do much more nudity on that show… but it's tastefully done; the character is incredibly vulnerable a lot and it furthers the story to literally show flesh."


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Pat and Sean, Day 1, Sea World Fall 2013 Trip
September 28, 2013
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This is my Fall trip with Sean, and it started out pretty rough. Jim dropped me and Sean off at Philadelphia airport at 6 am. As I exited the car, I realized I forgot Sean's ID!! I had NOTHING! The skycap saw him in his chair, and did not ask for it. Jim was like, go for it, maybe it will be ok……. Jim had to drive all the way home, 90 minutes, and then another 4 to Albany, NY for work….WELL, I was stopped at security. It is a very long story, but god bless PHL airport, they got some high up official to set him fly, after we were both body searched. We JUST made it, last ones to board etc. Poor Sean had not even eaten anything, glad I had a bag of goldfish in my carry on. (PS they are Fed Exing his ID so going home will be ok). I felt awful, it was completely my fault.
Arrived and picked up a nice Toyota RAV4. I love it! Drove over to the hotel near Sea World. Got there about noon or so. We were tired and took a rest after a McDonalds stop. It was the Residence Inn. I need a suite with Sean. It was nice enough, we got a parking lot view, but it was just one night, so who cares. We did not swim here, too tired.
After a rest we went to Sea World, it is about a 5-10 minute drive, 5 if you don't make a wrong turn, like I did. Arrived at around 2:30 pm. It was fairly hot yesterday. So ugh. Antartica penguin thing was down, the ride part, and the line was long so we did other stuff. I saw that Manta ride, I WOULD ride it, but I was nervous to take Sean on. The other big one was closed. So first we rode the Atlantis flume. It is OK…… Sean loved it. It has a nice high drop hill, but the ride is so weird, up at the top, you are rolling along in a dry canal, not in water. It LOOKS like water is supposed to be there, but it is dry. Needs a refurb. We got wet, but we wanted to get wet. Now let me say, we were hot and tired. I find Sea World very very confusing. I was reading the map, using their phone app, watching the signs, and still was confused there. (last visit was 21 years ago).
So after this, we went to see the dolphin show on a whim, it was starting in a few minutes. Just made it. The park will seem fairly uncrowded, but then you enter an arena there, and you realize it is all about the shows at Sea World! That is where everyone is! Anyway, the dolphins are cute, but don't DO much here.
This show is BIZARRE. The trainers do not talk. But, they dance. And after 5-7 minutes of dolphins, you get BIRDS. This is SEA world folks. Birds??? Then dancers?trainers? come out, dressed like birds. The boy dancers?trainers? have faux mohawks on their heads with their wetsuits. Birds fly around the arena, right over your head a few times. Dancers fly around on ropes. I was thinking, where are the freakin' dolphins?? I wish I took more photos, but I did not like this show so I only took a few. Other people seemed to like it just fine. I am unsure if the trainers are the dancers, or if the dancers are another team.
So at this point, I was thinking, Sea World is not really for me. To improve my outlook, we made it to Shark Encounter, this was new the last time I was here. Still pretty good, I wish you could walk thru and stand there longer watching them, but that would mess it all up, the lines would be so long I guess.
Next up? the Sea Lion show. Still called Clyde and Seamore, now themed with pirates. I still love this show!! First of all, the trainers are having a blast, and they are sort of hot too. HAHA!
Anyway, just like always, at the end the walrus comes out. I always feel bad for him, he has few tricks and is so awkward. But I appreciate him, he is trying! Blog will not let me upload any more photos. I am ticked off. Anyway, those Sea Lions are crazy cute. They mess up and the trainers make fun of them, part of the show I suspect. I saw the Flamingo boats. They also have flamingoes here, not sure WHY, more birds. Only penguins work for me as acceptable sea like birds, because they swim in the sea. whatever. So we left around 5:45, it closed at 6 pm. Got some rest, another 1/2 day of Sea World Park to go….
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June 3, 2013
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Above is my dreaded before photo, I swear it looked worse in person.
I have read various blogs of others (THANK-YOU all for your step by step blogs!!) who tackled the removal of carpeting from their stairs, and sanding and re-staining the steps, painting the risers white, etc. I got inspired. And sick of my 18 year old builder's grade light beige carpeting. We were about to replace the carpet in the hall upstairs, (hardwood not in our budget), so it seemed like a perfect time to tackle this….. My husband is a carpenter, but is not REALLY involved in this PROJECT. I am somewhat handy, from helping him over the years, but I really went into this with no idea what I was doing.
There is quite a bit of pre-planning on a project like this. My railings and spindles were all golden oak, covered in polyurathane. Very 90s. First step of course, is removing the old carpet, and removing the tackless strips. Carefully. LOTS of staples and tacks. Leaving many little holes to be repaired later. Steps are pine, I think, and had the usual stains and paint overspray on them. I had to remove the tackless all along the top railing in the foyer, and on the steps. Thankfully, they did not use any GLUE. I divided the initial project into 4 phases. After all, I work 2 part time jobs, and have all my usual jobs to do, like food shopping, laundry, preparing meals, cleaning, etc. Phase 1, was the railing and bannisters on the 2nd floor that face into the foyer.
And even WORSE, the dogs chewed up many of the spindles. ARGHH. They did this years ago, when they were puppies. And it meant, no staining those again, it would be impossible to repair them and re-stain, and have them look acceptable. I wanted to paint them white, I figured some wood putty and paint would work well enough (more on this later). My husband was upset about painting the oak spindles, but they were just too damaged and we were NOT going to replace them. OK, so spindles will be painted white. I decided to stain the posts though, even though that violates the "Stain horizontal surfaces, paint white the vertical surfaces (unwritten) rule". The posts were in good shape, and quite nice with the oak grain, I thought. Next decisions were about the products to use. I was going to use regular oil based Minwax and poly. THEN I began to read about the fumes. This project is in my large 2 story centrally located foyer, there is no way to block it off from the rest of the house. And no easy way to ventilate it, with summer approaching. So, ALL WATER BASED products will be used, I decided. Returned the oil based one to Lowes, bought water based. I decided to use a stripper first, before sanding. I thought this would help me, because the spindles and posts were round, and had tight little sections that would be impossible to sand. I used the orange Citristrip gel. This does not smell too bad, either, water wash up. Washes off your clothes and any rags you may use, too. I painted it on, with a cheap brush, rather thickly. It dries relatively quickly. I read on the internet, to spray it with alcohol to keep it moister, and easier to scrape off with a plastic scraping tool. Otherwise, it gets all dry and crumbly.
At this point, I went off on a week long search for the correct color stain. We will be putting hardwood on the first floor. I tried to make that decision, and find a "matching" stain. After several days, I picked a dark brown flooring, with reddish tones as well. I went out of my mind, more or less, trying to find something suitable. I got a board of oak from Lowes to practice on. I have NEVER stained anything in my entire life. And I ended up buying 4 different colors, none worked, and finally, I ended up mixing 2 colors. It was close. I added a bit of a 3rd color, and BOOM, I have my color! Scary if I run out, I know what I mixed, pretty much, but not sure I could duplicate it 100%. Moving on!
You want to get ALL the poly off the part you are staining. Or, the new stain will not take, if you miss a tiny spot, you will have a problem. I found a WEIRD tip to help with this, by accident. I use my iPhone flashlight app to go to bed sometimes, in the dark house. When I used it going up the stairs, I saw shiny spots where I missed with the sanding. I even hand sanded these little spots in the dark, which my daughter thought was creepy. But, it helped! I also got the spindles down to the bare wood. I probably did not have to sand the spindles as much as I did, since I was painting them, but I did anyway. Wiped them afterwards with the Citristrip after strip cleaner, to get all that orange stuff off.
Then I had to do the repairs on the dog damage with wood putty, and sand that too. Here is one example, one of the worse ones.
I stained the railing first. I was learning on the first section. You CAN slop your stain onto the spindles, if you are painting them later anyway. I used a good primer. (If you are staining you would not want to get any on the spindles until you were ready to stain them). I applied the water based pre-stain conditioner, even though I read that with oak, you don't really need it. Why take a chance, though? It is very easy to slap on, then wipe off excess. Next, with water based stain, you need to work on small areas at a time. It blotches fast, especially on the first coat. So this is tricky, when you apply an area, then wipe it, then start the next section, where you sort of overlap, it will be a little darker. Don't worry too much about this, try and smooth out the color, but since I was going dark, I figured I could even it out later. On the first area of phase 1, I made a huge mistake, and forgot to wipe the stain off under the railing of a 6 foot section for about 10 minutes. BLOTCHY! I was panicked. It looked horrible. I later had to re-sand it, and start over, and it finally looked ok. I later read good advice, do under the railing first! And with the water based stain, you put on about 2-3 between spindle sections, wipe, repeat. On the railings, about 12-18 inches, wipe, repeat. First coat, 12 inches length, maybe. (at least, that is what worked for me).
I used many ways to apply the stain, rags, foam brushes, and staining pads. I seem to prefer foam brush for the first coat, wipe with rag. Later coats, staining pad, wipe with rag. But I used all sorts of methods. Try it all!
With water based stain, you can second coat in 2 hours! Hooray. It took me 4 coats to get dark enough for the look I wanted. The first coat will be quite light, do not worry about that. With water based stain, you CANNOT just leave the first coat on longer to get it darker! You will get blotches. Since it dries so fast, just use multiple thin coats. 4th coat:
The day after staining, I would start the coats of poly. You can do it the same day as the stain, but by the time I got to the fourth coat of stain, it was 5 pm, and I had to start dinner. Again, I used water based poly, no smell. I used a brush for this, and honestly, I went back over it numerous times to smooth it out. Because I never did this before. It seemed pretty easy. I used 3 coats on the top of railing, where your hands would rest. 2 coats, under railing and on the posts, and on the bottom rail, which is only on the top part of the railing, above the stairs. I did NOT sand between coats of poly. It honestly felt smooth enough to me, I am fine with feeling a little bit of the grain, for us. IF you must sand, do it before the LAST coat of poly. The water based poly is thin, and if you try and sand before a few coats, you will start to mess with the stain itself (happened to me).
Above is the first section. Looking back, I screwed up the painting of the spindles, by using a paintbrush. Duh. Realized later, a foam brush is the answer! And get one that has the plastic inside, to make it a bit stronger. I am debating RE-sanding them to fix it. The entire top section. Rats. AND, there are parts of the top that are not stained as dark as the rest. Again, do I want to try and correct this? I sort of DO, but for now, I must press on to get more progress on this thing. It is not as red as this photo appears, and not as light.
My days and weeks evolved into Monday, strip with Citristrip. Start sanding. Tuesday, SAND. Wednesday, STAIN. Thursday, apply polyurathane. Friday, paint the spindles. There are 63 spindles, I counted (!!)
Section 2, was 1/2 of the lower portion. Section 3, the other lower portion.
As you can see, there is a 4th section, that looks super difficult. And it WAS tricky. My dear husband built me a scaffold.
OK, after 5 weeks, I have the entire railing and spindles done!! I had to hop over the railing on and off that scaffold, too.
Now I must begin to sand the steps, and the risers. We also found some little challenges under the carpet. The first one looks like a Tom & Jerry mouse hole! (not literally)
And the landing is a disaster that husband has to figure out. It is plywood, and the bullnose is broken in a few places. And we have to have the landing the same height that it is now. We are working on this. Well, husband is. I hope.
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Reconstruction of Right Ventricular Outflow Tract (RVOT) may necessitate placing a conduit that establishes the continuity between the Right Ventricle (RV) and the Pulmonary Artery (PA). In addition to this method of reconstruction, some surgeons prefer direct RVPA connection to avoid conduit-related complications. Compression of a coronary artery caused by a RV-PA conduit is a rare but serious complication. It has been described in a few reports in the literature. We here are reporting two cases of this complication.
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When, one day in 1929, writer Thomas Wolfe decided to keep the appointment made by Max Perkins, editor at Scribner's, he had no illusions: his manuscript would be turned down as had invariably been the case. But, to his happy amazement, his novel, which was to become "Look Homeward, Angel," was accepted for publication. The only trouble was that it was overlong (by 300 pages) and had to be reduced. Although reluctant to see his poetic prose trimmed, Wolfe agreed and was helped by Perkins, who had become a true friend, with the result that it instantly became a favorite with the critics and a best seller. Success was even greater in 1935 when "Of Time and the River" appeared, but the fight for reducing Wolfe's logorrheic written expression had been even harder, with the novel originally at 5,000 pages. Perkins managed to cut 90,000 words from the book, and with bitterness ultimately taking its toll, the relationships between the two men gradually deteriorated. Wolfe did not feel ...
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Director Michael Grandage's movie Genius about the relationship between
legendary Scribners editor Maxwell Perkins and flamboyant author Thomas
Wolfe has received generally tepid reviews. I for one am delighted an
editor is finally receiving some screen time! Wolfe was an author whose
moods, enthusiasms, and output were not easily corralled, even by
someone with Perkins's experience. After all, he'd brought works to the
public from other outsized personalities and authors with personal
difficultiesnotably Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
It's easy to imagine the slammed door that would greet an author today who showed up with a 5,000-page manuscript as Wolfe did with his second book, Of Time and the River. The challenging task of turning this into a readable manuscript epitomizes the editor's dilemma, as Perkins puts it, "Are we really making books better, or just making them different?" Getting 5,000 pages down to a still-hefty 900 made it different, all right. And better, at least in the sense of more likely to be read, too.
Colin Firth, as Perkins, keeps his hat on during almost the entirety of the movie, symbolic perhaps of how his character tried to keep a lid on his difficult author. Jude Law as Wolfe is by turns outrageous, contrite, drunk, and sentimental. Pretty much like the novels, actually. His performance is consistent and always interesting. He shows Wolfe as a man with a lot of words bottled up inside him who couldn't always control the way they poured out.
It's odd to see an all-British and Australian cast playing so many titans of American literary history, including Perkins and Wolfe, Guy Pearce as Fitzgerald, and Dominic West as Hemingway. (The Hemingway scene necessitated an ending credit for "marlin fabricator.") The women in the lives of the protagonists are Laura Linney as Mrs. Perkins, perfect as always, and Nicole Kidman, who believably portrays the obsessed Mrs. Bernstein. She's left her husband to cultivate and promote the much younger Wolfe and is not lacking a flair for the dramatic herself.
The movie is based on the National Book Award-winning Perkins biography by A. Scott Berg, transformed into a screenplay by John Logan. New Yorker critic Richard Brody dings the script for its departures from the detailed and more richly peopled original, including the book's fuller explanation for the rupture between Wolfe and Scribners. While I disagree with some critiques of the filmed story, Brody says a lawsuit and Wolfe's unsavory political views played a part, and leaving the latter out seems a mistake. A fuller exploration of the break-up could have put some meat on the bones.
Portraying in cinema an intrinsically intellectual and abstract enterprise is difficult (The Man Who Knew Infinity struggled with the same challenge.) Like me, reviewer Glenn Kenny at Roger Ebert.com apparently had not read the book, so did not have Brody's reservations. Kenny found "the exchanges between editor and author exhilarating. Logan's script . . . is invested in the craft of words like few other movies nowadays, even those ostensibly about writers." Wolfe blasted onto the American literary scene like a runaway train and left it before he could accomplish a judicious application of the brakes. Yet, he eventually realized who'd kept him on track, as his moving deathbed letter attests.
Beautifully filmed and acted; compelling and touching look at the relationship between a larger than life writer and his editor
I, like other reviewers here, cannot understand why this movie has not received greater praise. I had already read some negative reviews but wanted to see the movie regardless, because of the strong cast and subject matter. I wound up entranced by this well-written, wonderfully acted film. Compelling throughout and a truly touching ending. Perhaps most of today's critics can only get excited by superhero movies. For anyone who loves great acting and a rare look into the creative process that is involved in producing great literature, this is a must see movie. Jude Law was spectacular and very moving in his role as Thomas Wolfe, as was Colin Firth as Scribner's editor Max Perkins. Kudos also to Laura Linney and Nicole Kidman. I loved it!


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The prostate is a small organ about the size of a walnut. It is found below the bladder (where urine is stored) and surrounds the tube that carries urine away from the bladder (urethra). The prostate makes a fluid that becomes part of semen. Semen is the white fluid that contains sperm.
Prostate problems are common in men age 50 and older. Sometimes men feel symptoms themselves, or sometimes their doctors find prostate problems during routine exams. Doctors who are experts in diseases of the urinary tract (urologists) diagnose and treat prostate problems.
There are many different kinds of prostate problems. Many don't involve cancer, but some do. Treatments vary but prostate problems can often be treated without affecting sexual function.
Common Problems
There are several common prostate problems including:
Acute prostatitis is an infection of the prostate caused by bacteria. It usually starts fast and can cause fever, chills, or pain in the lower back and between the legs. It also can cause pain when you urinate. If you have these symptoms, see your doctor right away. Antibiotic drugs usually help heal the infection and relieve the symptoms. Your doctor also may suggest that you drink more liquids.
Chronic prostatitis is a prostate infection that keeps coming back time after time. Symptoms may be milder than in acute prostatitis, but they can last longer. Chronic prostatitis can be hard to treat. Antibiotics may work if bacteria are causing the infection. But if bacteria are not the cause, antibiotics won't work. Massaging the prostate sometimes helps to release fluids. Warm baths also may bring relief. Often chronic prostatitis clears up by itself.
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is the term used to describe an enlarged prostate. BPH is common in older men. Over time, an enlarged prostate may block the urethra, making it hard to urinate. It may cause dribbling after you urinate or a frequent urge to urinate, especially at night. Your doctor will conduct a rectal exam to diagnose BPH. The doctor also may look at your urethra, prostate, and bladder.
Treatment choices for BPH include:
¨ Watchful waiting. If your symptoms are not troubling, your doctor may suggest that you wait before starting any treatment. In that case, you will need regular checkups to make sure the condition does not get worse.
¨ Alpha-blockers (some generic names are doxasozin, terazosin) are medicines that can relax muscles near the prostate and ease symptoms. Side effects may include headaches, dizziness, or feeling lightheaded or tired.
¨ Finasteride (Proscar) acts on the male hormone (testosterone) to shrink the prostate. Side effects of this medication can include less interest in sex and problems with erection or ejaculation.
¨ Surgery also can relieve symptoms. But surgery can cause complications. Also, it does not protect against prostate cancer.
Talk with your doctor about this treatment choice. Regular checkups are important even for men who have had BPH surgery.
There are three kinds of surgery:
¨ Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) is the most common type of surgery. While the patient is under anesthesia, the doctor uses a special device to take out part of the prostate and remove the blockage.
¨ Transurethral incision of the prostate (TUIP) may be used when the prostate is not too enlarged. The doctor makes a few small cuts in the prostate near the opening of the bladder. This relaxes the bladder muscles and improves the flow of urine.
¨ Open surgery is used when the prostate is very enlarged. In this process, prostate tissue is removed directly rather than through the urethra.
Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer is one of the most common types of cancer among American men. It is more common among African American men than white men. Treatment for prostate cancer works best when the disease is found early.
Diagnosing Prostate Cancer Doctors will ask questions about your medical history and perform a physical exam to find the cause of prostate problems. In the exam, the doctor feels the prostate through the rectal wall. Hard or lumpy areas may mean that cancer is present.
Your doctor also may suggest a blood test to check your prostate specific antigen (PSA) level. PSA levels may be high in men who have an enlarged prostate gland or prostate cancer. PSA tests are very useful for early cancer diagnosis. But PSA test results alone do not always tell whether or not cancer is present.
When doctors suspect cancer, they also may perform a biopsy. Using this simple method, doctors can take out a small piece of the prostate and look at it under a microscope.
Prostate Cancer Treatment There are many options for treating prostate cancer. Each treatment plan is based on details, such as whether or not the cancer has spread beyond the prostate (stage of cancer), your age and general health, and how you feel about the treatment options and side effects. Some of the treatment choices include:
Watchful waiting, as with BPH, if the cancer is slow growing and not causing problems, you may decide not to have treatment right away. Instead, your doctor will watch closely for changes in your condition. Men who are older or have another serious illness often choose this option.
Surgery is used to take out the cancer. Among the different types of surgery for prostate cancer are:
¨ Radical prostatectomy. This surgery takes out the entire prostate and nearby tissues. Side effects may include lack of sexual function (impotence) or problems holding urine (incontinence). Improvements in surgery now make it possible for some men to keep their sexual function. Some men with trouble holding urine may regain control within several weeks of surgery. Others continue to have problems that require them to wear a pad.
¨ Cryosurgery kills the cancer by freezing it.
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Takeaway: The Board may decline to institute inter partes review where the proposed grounds for unpatentability are substantially similar to arguments that have already been presented to the Office.
In its Decision, the Board denied Petitioner's request for inter partes review of claims 1-6 of U.S. Patent No. 5,505,419. The '419 patent relates to a hanger for suspending a light fixture.
The Board began by reviewing the proceedings in a prior ex parte reexamination concerning the challenged claims. The request for ex parte reexamination, which was filed on behalf of Petitioner, alleged that the challenged claims were unpatentable as obvious over the Gabrius '339 patent and one or more of Kent, Kusner, Wenman, Hickey, and Chan. The USPTO conducted the ex parte reexamination and confirmed the patentability of the claims. "[I]n the Notice of Intent to Issue a Reexamination Certificate, the Examiner found that none of the prior art references taught an aperture in a stiffener rib to facilitate shortening an arm, and that there was no suggestion to place an aperture in a stiffener rib for facilitation of shortening the arm."
In this proceeding, Petitioner alleges that the challenged claims are obvious over: (1) Budnick and Cassidy, (2) Budnick and Canham, (3) Budnick and Wenman, and (4) Budnick and Kusmer.
The Board first considered whether the claims were unpatentable over Budnick and Cassidy. Petitioner argued that the "score in said arm extending across the length of the arm, and a break aperture in the stiffener rib extending through the rib and communicating with the score" recited in claim 1 was disclosed by (1) a combination of a statement in the Specification of the challenged patent that lighting fixture installers typical use a hacksaw to shorten a bar hanger and (2) the disclosure of score lines in Budnick. In the alternative, Petitioner also relied on Cassidy for "the disclosure of score lines and intersecting apertures to facilitate fracture." According to Petitioner, "the effect of using score lines in a hanger arm and communicating apertures in a hanger arm in order to break and remove the hanger arm and stiffener rib would have been predictable, that it would have been an obvious application of one technique that has improved one device to improve a similar device, and that a person of ordinary skill is not an automaton."
In response, Patent Owner argued that "Budnick is substantially the same as Gabrius '339 which has been considered by the PTO twice, i.e., during examination and reexamination." Patent Owner further argued that "the break lines of Budnick . . . are not used to shorten the telescoping arms," that neither Gabrius '339 nor Budnick includes a mechanism to shorten the hanger arms, that it would not have been obvious to put apertures in the arms of Gabrius '339 because apertures would weaken the arms, and that for the same reasons, a person of ordinary skill in the art would not have been motivated to put these same items into the arms of Budnick."
The Board "agree[d] with Patent Owner that Budnick is duplicative of Gabrius '339, and that Petitioner's arguments are substantially similar to those presented in the Request forEx Parte Reexamination." The Board determined that "although the references are not the same as those submitted for ex parte reexamination, the nature of the evidence as to the prior art at the time of the invention and the arguments presented are substantially the same as that which already has been presented to the Office in reexamination." Accordingly, the Board exercised its discretion under 35 U.S.C. § 314(a) not to institute review of the challenged claims over Budnick and Cassidy.
The Board then considered Petitioner's arguments concerning the remaining grounds and declined to institute an IPR on those grounds "for the same reasons as for the asserted ground over Budncik and Cassidy." Thus, the Board did not institute an IPR on any of the asserted grounds.
Nora Lighting, Inc. v. Juno Manufacturing, LLC, IPR2015-00601
Paper 13: Decision Denying Institution of Inter Partes Review
Dated: August 12, 2015
Patent: 5,05,419
Before: Josiah C. Cocks, James A. Tartal, and James A. Worth
Written by: Worth
Related Proceedings: Juno Manufacturing LLC v. Nora Lighting, Inc., CV 14-06546-RGK (C.D. Cal) (filed Aug. 20, 2014); Juno Lighting, LLC v. Nora Lighting, Inc., CV13-00981-RGK (C.D. Cal) (filed Feb. 11, 2013) (dismissed)


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Did you think that I forgot about the whole us getting married business? Well I didn't. I did however, put it on hold indefinitely. S over here is ready. Really he just wants to wear his ring. So he would like to just go down to the court house and "git'r done."
Well, somewhere in the last two days I decided to start planning.
That rock under the tree is very large. I would love for S and I to have a picture taken together there. Also a family shot there too. Either on our wedding day, or just for a photo session.
Yesterday we went to 3 possible wedding sites. The location the above photo was taken in, is our back up plan. The side of the park that faces the mountain is beautiful, but the rest of the park is pretty flat. That means that on a busy Saturday it will feel like all the park goers are part of our event. It is a large park, but there was also no ideal location for the size of our event.
I'm not sure if you can tell, but I am saving the best pictures for last. Also just a note, these photo's were just taken with my camera phone. I didn't realize that in going to check out sites I would want to take any photo's. Turns out I wasn't prepared. So you know I kept the photo's raw, and did zero photo editing. These are some beautiful places.
This photo is from our second choice location. This would be the walk that my bridesmaid and I would walk down to a gazebo for the ceremony.
I loved the little rock bench. It could be a great place for guests to take pictures!
When you do a 180 from the previous photo, this is the view you are greeted with.
Now the next photo, is what actually got us all out of the car to look around.
My initial thought was "I wanna get married on that bridge, with our guests standing down here on either side of the creek." I thought it was so picturesque S, myself, and the wedding officiant. Event with our modest guest list there wouldn't realistically be room for everyone down below the bridge. Which cut this idea out, but how pretty. If for some reason this ends up to be our wedding location I will for sure have a whole photo session on this bridge. Even if it's just my phone and I.
With all the wedding talk the last two days K1 decided to inform me the number of guests I may invite. She told me, that I am allowed to invite 31 people because I am 31. At first she said 21, and I was gonna let it go, but I felt we weren't going to get up to enough guests for our party, so I reminded her of my age. K1 also said we could invite 3 people for her, because she is three, and two for K2. After asking me for Scarlet our dogs age, she said we could invite 7 people for her. She's so sweet, isn't she? Too bad Scarlet will not likely be attending. Then K1 remembered daddy and said we could invite 30 people for him. Good thing, cause we would have had to cut some people off our guest list.
K1 is most excited because she know's it's a "party." This girl. I love her, and her sweet little heart.
Well for two days planning, pretty sure we have our site selected, and it is available for the date we are considering. We are going back tomorrow to verify the location will work for us. We have selected a caterer, and they are also available on our tentative date. Once we have validation on our date we will book the caterer. I am fairly set on a dress, but will go try on a few next Thursday, if things (read "life") all go well. Our rings were purchased several months ago, so we are off to a great start!
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A BROTHEL empire which had its beginnings in Melbourne is at the centre of a multi-million-dollar legal spat.
Hugh James Bond is pursuing brothel bigwig Mark Paul Gray for a half share of two Sydney sex dens - The Golden Apple and Liaisons.
Mr Bond claims the pair were partners in the legal brothels, but Mr Gray denies there was ever any partnership.
The brother of a Melbourne lawyer with links to the AFL, Mr Gray has proposed a 10-storey, $21 million residential apartment complex on the land on which one of the brothels now sits.
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Mr Bond placed caveats on properties in Melbourne and Sydney, believed to be worth more than $10 million.
But Supreme Court of New South Wales Justice Geoff Lindsay has denied an application by Mr Bond to extend the caveats or lodge fresh ones where they had lapsed.
Justice Lindsay said Mr Bond would not or could not provide an effective undertaking as to damages.
"Taking everything into account, I am comfortably satisfied the interests of justice are likely to be best served by refusal of the interlocutory relief the plaintiff seeks," Justice Lindsay said.
He said there was no evidence the defendants - Mr Gray and a series of companies he owns - would try to dissipate the assets.
Mr Bond eventually wants the NSW Supreme Court to declare that he is entitled to a 50 per cent share of what he says are assets of his partnership with Mr Gray.
Mr Bond claims he helped to fund the brothel empire when he gave Mr Gray $65,000 in 1996 to purchase a half share in The Candy Club in Richmond. The total cost was $130,000.
Mr Gray strenuously denies Mr Bond handed over any money.
In an amended statement of claim filed with the court, Mr Bond claims he worked as a security guard at Richmond brothel Club 234 from about 1993.
Mr Gray was a part-owner of the brothel.
Mr Bond says the pair ran The Candy Club together for two to three months, splitting the profits 50-50, before they sought to get their $130,000 back from the previous owner.
Mr Bond claims Mr Gray kept his $65,000 share and set off for Sydney, establishing an escort service.
He alleges it was a 50-50 partnership, with Mr Bond responsible for engaging and managing female sex workers for the business.
In the interim, Mr Bond alleges the pair agreed to purchase The Golden Apple brothel in Potts Point using the initial partnership money and the profits of the escort business and run it together in 2000.
Mr Bond claims the pair agreed to buy Liaisons in Edgecliff in 2003 and run the business together. In 2005, the property housing Liaisons was purchased, and in 2008, the property housing The Golden Apple was bought.
But Mr Gray's legal team argues that Mr Bond did not contribute any of the money toward the purchase of The Candy Club.
Mr Gray says he and Mr Bond did discuss purchasing The Candy Club but that he alone provided the purchase consideration.
He said that for the purchase to proceed, Mr Bond had to obtain a licence. That never happened and the purchase of The Candy Club did not go ahead, according to court documents.
Mr Gray denies that Mr Bond had anything to do with the purchase of The Golden Apple and Liaisons or the properties. He says he went to Sydney to operate The Golden Apple with another man.
Mr Gray says that he signed a 2010 document stating that Mr Bond was entitled to a 50 per cent share of the net proceeds of sale of the two brothels and a series of properties only under duress.
Mr Gray's lawyers say he has complained to Kings Cross detectives about the alleged duress and the document is of no force.
Melbourne barrister Robert Richter, QC, represented Mr Gray in an application for an apprehended violence order in a NSW local court.
In the end, Mr Bond signed an undertaking not to go near Mr Gray or the businesses, according to court documents.
Mr Gray claimed during the AVO hearing that Mr Bond had been threatening him and he had handed over $565,000 in 2010.
In the NSW Supreme Court, Mr Gray's lawyers drew attention to Mr Bond's criminal convictions.
Justice Lindsay said in a judgment that questions of credit were likely to be paramount in the final hearing.
"I am prepared to find that there is a serious question to be tried," Justice Lindsay said.
"The plaintiff, it seems, contends he was a silent partner, whose interest in the partnership between himself and the first defendant was kept from others."
Mr Bond, of Bellevue Hill, NSW, claims he has been shut out of the partnership since 2010, when Mr Gray started proceedings for an AVO order against him.
In court late last month, Mr Gray's lawyers argued Mr Bond did not have a caveatable interest in the properties.
Mr Gray wanted the caveats removed from the Edgecliff property. The Edgecliff properties are owned by businesses where Mr Gray is the sole director.
His lawyers argued the caveats could affect his ability to secure a joint venture partner from investing in his proposal to build a residential complex.
Mr Bond is pursuing Mr Gray and a series of companies controlled by him.
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Railroad Alaska follows an elite crew who tirelessly work to keep the train rolling 365 days a year in order to deliver life-sustaining supplies to Americans living off the grid and miles away from civilisation.
With dedication, tenacity and grit, these Alaskans have truly mastered the splendour of living life on the track. While contending with unbearable weather conditions and dangerous wild animals, flagging down the passenger train is no easy task - but when
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On the railway, train crew Bill, George and Davy struggle against a severe snowstorm to deliver one of the winter's heaviest loads - 11,000 tons of oil pipes designed for the frozen north. Malfunctioning equipment threatens to delay their journey, and shut down the track. While the crew battles to clear the line of snow, mechanics RC and Steve race to fix a broken detector.


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Wednesday 24 August 1955
It was Wednesday, under the sign of Virgo. The US president was Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Jeffrey Daniel and Mike Huckabee.
In that special week of August people in US were listening to (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock by Bill Haley and His Comets.
In UK Rose Marie by Slim Whitman was in the top 5 hits.
The Man from Laramie, directed by Anthony Mann, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1955
while The Dinner Party by Gretchen Finletter was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre.
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My father has a large family. Every summer my brother and I would be shipped off to our grandparents in a small town in what we called, "lower, slower Delaware." My father's family lived on a farm when he was small. My mother was the city girl from Philadelphia. (My parents are the living, breathing version of the Green Acres couple.) As a child, spending the summers in Delaware were never something I looked forward to and as I now realize what a complete pain in the ass I was as a child I'm sure they weren't too thrilled about getting me there every summer either. One of my father's uncles said to me during one of those summer visits, "Your brother is your father's son and you are your mother's." As a child I took that to mean that I wasn't of them and my brother was that I didn't belong in Delaware or part of their family. As Sondheim wrote, "careful the things you say, children will listen."
At the synagogue that my father's family attended, in the "front row" were my Dad's parents, aunts and uncles when he was small however the recent first death of his generation (my Dad's first cousin who was six months younger than him, my father being the oldest of his generation of his family) made us all too aware that our parents have now become the "front row." The generation of my father's parents, aunts and uncles are almost all gone with the exception of a couple of aunts in their nineties. My father's generation is now the "front row" and the recent loss has stirred emotions that were expected and at the same time stirred emotions I didn't expect at all.
Not so oddly I suppose, I've found myself revisiting my youth experiences in that small town during the summers of my childhood in my mind since the passing. I remember the cousin who passed. He was a gentle giant to me as a child. He would imitate Donald Duck and was always the one who would put his arm around me when I was crying or what have you and say, "Son, it's going to be all right." The story he loved to tell about me was when my cousins and I were all young and he was driving us somewhere. He said, "Do you kids want to drive over the water?" We all screamed that we indeed wanted to go over the water. He said, "Okay, here we go, pick up your feet so that they don't get wet." I was the only one who picked his feet up as he drove us over the bridge that indeed was "over" the water. My parents were fortunate to have seen him about a month ago and he told my father to remind me of that story. He loved that story, I loved him, I still love him.
So as my cousins and I prepare ourselves for the inevitability that our parents are now the "front row" I find myself reaching out to them all with my heart. For those summers in our youth created a bond that time and space just don't break. We will all be the children of the children who sat behind their parents in the "front row" and someday we will become the "front row" and until that time comes I send this out to all the children, nieces and nephews, cousins who feel the cycle of life and death. And when you find yourself faced with loss, I hope you will be grateful as I am to have had someone so extraordinary in my life who I can continue to carry in my heart. Sure, there is grief in my heart but there is also gratitude.
I don't want to go back to the days of my youth. I've always been someone who was focused on the future (sometimes so much so that I made it impossible for myself to enjoy what was happening at the moment for me) but for right now I'm going to instead focus on right now. And right now, I'm so thankful to have had this man in my life. There is no doubt that my father has been the strongest influence in my life on what I think a man can and should be but his uncles and cousins over those summers shaped me too, none more so than Terry. And although I'll never see his face again, I see it when I close my eyes. I feel him in my heart. I feel his arm around me saying, "Son, it's going to be all right." And I finally believe him, something I never did as a child.
That was beautiful what you said Scott. We all loved Terry so much! I remember you when you would come and visit in milford. I was always at Jodie's house. My family has always been close to your family here in milford! What a wonderful family you have. You have great memories! Take care.
That was so beautiful and such a wonderful tribute to Terry who was such a wonderful man! So happy that your family can look back on many, many memories that will always bring a smile!
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I am a friend of Jodies. I remember you when you would come to Milford for the summer. the cute boy from Scottsdale, who could sing! Those are great memories for me, as are the memories from Milford. I moved away 34 years ago, but keep in touch with my friends and family there. Growing older has been very eye opening for me too, as we lose our wonderful Aunts and Uncles..parents..it's sad. But, the memories will always be there. Glad you are doing well and I love the article!
Beautifully written. When we are kids and we hear our older relatives talk about the "good old days" we never realize that, at that moment, we are living in our "good old days." Now that I'm older, when I get nostalgic, I try to remember that now my children are living their "good old days." Life goes on.


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Communications Manager Mike Moore Mike Moore has served as communications manager for the Pawlowski Administration since 2007, developing internal and external communications, serving as liaison to the news media and drafting public statements on behalf of the mayor. Moore is a veteran of municipal government and news reporting. He served six years as administrative assistant in the mayor's office in the City of Easton. Mike spent 18 years in the news department of radio station WEST in Easton, including 13 years as News Director, and served two years as Web News Manager for WFMZ-TV. Mike is an alumnus of Seton Hall University where he earned a B.A. in Communications.
Executive Secretary to the MayorKaren LoreKaren Lore is the Executive Secretary to the Mayor. Karen had accumulated several years of business experience before coming on board with the city in March 2000. Karen worked in the Finance Department-Tax and Utility Systems prior to joining the mayor's office. Karen oversees the daily functions of the mayor's office including responses to written and telephone inquiries from constituents and communications with external organizations and city government departments, bureaus and related agencies.
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Ismael Arcelay serves as Special Assistant to the Mayor. Ismael served on Bethlehem City Council from 2003 to 2006. During a distinguished career at AT&T, Arcelay served as National Communications Director for the Hispanic Employees of AT&T. Later, Arcelay worked as Marketing and Communications advisor for Reeb Millwork Corporation. Arcelay was a member of Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission from 2009-20012. Arcelay served as V.P. Government and Community Affairs for the National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) and is also an adjunct professor in the School of Business at Lehigh Carbon Community College and at Northampton Community College. Arcelay also teaches at the Frackville and Mahanoy State Correctional Institutions. He is a graduate of Muhlenberg College, and holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration from Kutztown University. Ismael is presently completing his degree, Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) at California Southern University.
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The first and only Vietnamese-American Bishop in the U.S., Dominic Dinh Mai Luong was born on December 20, 1940 in Minh Cuong, about fifty miles from Hanoi in the Province of Bui Chu in North Vietnam.
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When I began researching this coming weekend in Hendricks County for my weekly Weekend Primer, I couldn't believe the sheer number and quality of activities residents and visitors will have to choose from this weekend. In fact, if you have been waiting for the perfect fall weekend to visit Hendricks County, I would highly recommend this one. Where do I start? The Indiana Short Film Festival will begin Friday night and continue throughout the weekend showing 64 short films submitted from all over the world during nine showings at the Royal Theater in Danville. Tickets still remain and likely will still be available on the day of the event. One of our insiders, Aimee MacArthur, detailed everything you need to know about the film festival last week. You can read her tips and get more information about the event by clicking here. Families will have unlimited options this week. The second and final weekend of the Heartland Apple Festival at Beasley's Orchard in Danville is Saturday and Sunday. You can get more information about why you should attend that event here. The Fall Festival at McCloud Nature Park will be Saturday and has plenty of activities for the entire family free of charge. McCloud is one of the best places to take in fall color and even the drive to McCloud can be scenic. Ericka covered details about the festival in this post. Another family-friendly festival that we haven't covered yet on the All Access Hendricks County blog but that you won't want to miss begins Saturday. The Nehemiah Ranch Fall Harvest is a free event at the Nehemiah Ranch in Avon and will include finding pumpkins in a lighted pumpkin patch, hayrides, live music and a campfire with hot chocolate, hot dogs and smores. The event will continue the following two Saturdays – Oct. 19 and 26 – if you are unable to get there this weekend. Finally, I do have some recommendations for the ladies that might make for a perfect girlfriend getaway. The Here We Grow Again Kids Consignment Sale that has become a popular shopping destination at the Hendricks County 4-H Fairgrounds in the spring and fall each year actually begins Thursday but runs all weekend long through Sunday. This event never disappoints if you are looking for discounted kids merchandise or maternity clothing. They expect to have more than 25,000 items during this weekend's event. Finally, Saturday will be the second Saturday of the month meaning our Rural Routes to Main Street Cultural Trail, a popular self-directed, self-guided driving tour to explore arts and cultural offerings in Hendricks and Morgan counties, will expand to include seven additional stops that aren't normally open to the public. You can get more information about the Second Saturday event here. The fall season will be gone before you know it. Get out there and enjoy it while you still can.
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O'Brien claims Dáil comments determined the outcome of court case
Lawyers for businessman Denis O'Brien have claimed the separation of powers between the Oireachtas and the courts was breached when a TD disclosed details of his banking arrangements in the Dáil.
The allegation was made as Mr O'Brien began a High Court action against a Dáil committee and the state, claiming what was said in the Dáil determined the outcome of a case in which he was the plaintiff.
Opening the case, Michael Cush SC, for Mr O'Brien, said the businessman had gone to the High Court in May 2015 seeking orders restricting RTÉ from publishing certain confidential information relating to banking arrangements with the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation.
However, while that case was still ongoing, Social Democrats TD Catherine Murphy made a number of comments in the Dáil.
Mr Cush said that as a result of these, Mr O'Brien had been forced to accept that matters subject to the injunction proceedings were by now in the public domain.
He said his client was now seeking a declaratory relief from the High Court that comments by Ms Murphy and later ones by Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty breached the separation of powers.
Mr Cush said Mr O'Brien had made complaints about the conduct of the TDs to the Dáil Committee on Procedure and Privileges (CPP), but it found neither had breached the standing orders governing debate in the Dáil.
Mr O'Brien believes the committee "erroneously interpreted" the provisions of Dáil Standing Order 57 (2011), which governed what TDs could and could not say about ongoing court cases.
The standing order says a matter should not be raised "in such an overt manner so that it appears to be an attempt by the Dáil to encroach on the functions of the courts".
The telecoms and media tycoon's case is against the committee, the clerk of the Dáil and the State and is expected to last seven days.
Ms Justice Úna Ní Raifeartaigh was told there would only be one witness, Mr O'Brien himself, who will give evidence on Thursday.
Mr Cush said Mr O'Brien's testimony would be short.
The barrister said the case was unique in the history of the State as it involved an intervention in the Dáil determining the outcome of a court case.
It was a case he said where both sides would be relying on Article 15 of the Constitution to support their respective contentions.
That article states that TDs and senators "shall not, in respect of any utterance in either House, be amenable to any court or any authority other than the House itself".
Mr Cush said the application for an injunction against RTÉ had received widespread publicity and it could be "inferred" Ms Murphy knew about it when she spoke in the Dáil on a debate about the purchase of services company Siteserv by a Denis O'Brien-owned company Millington.
The barrister read a transcript of the debate, on May 7, 2015, into the court record.
He quoted Ms Murphy as saying Mr O'Brien, as the ultimate buyer of Siteserv, was one of the largest debtors of IBRC.
"His loans had expired and he had apparently written to Kieran Wallace in his role as special liquidator seeking the same terms IBRC had allowed him, which was to pay off his loans in his own time at low interest rates," the TD had told the Dáil.
"When a loan expires, one expects a penalty to be put onto it, not a discount. My understanding is that it was costing IBRC 7pc for its money, significantly higher than the 1pc Nama was borrowing at. Even if Denis O'Brien's loans were eventually paid off in full, the interest rate represented a subsidy."
Mr Cush said the comments were "confidential information of the type he (Mr O'Brien) was trying to protect in his application before the court".
He said Mr O'Brien subsequent had to "face up" to the fact that he could not argue to the court that this information could be kept in confidence as it was in the public domain.
Around two weeks after Ms Murphy's comments, Mr O'Brien wrote to the Ceann Comhairle, complaining privilege had been abused.
Reading from Mr O'Brien's letter of complaint to the Dail committee, Mr Cush said Mr O'Brien referred to his "private confidential banking affairs" and information which had been "improperly obtained."
Mr Cush said the injunction was granted on May 21 last year and read from statements from RTE on the "case it was making" in response.
He said RTE was invoking the public interest, saying that the judge, Mr Justice Donald Binchy, had to balance the private right to confidentiality with the public interest in the freedom of expression.
Mr Cush said Judge Binchy had balanced these rights during a four-day hearing and came down in favour of the plaintiff (Mr O'Brien.)
Mr Cush then read from an affidavit made by David Murphy, RTE's business editor.
Mr Murphy had said he was working on a news report in relation to the repayment of loans to IBRC. An exhibit was a script of the report he proposed to broadcast.
Mr Murphy in his affidavit referred to Mr O'Brien's role in public life for many years.
"Mr Murphy is emphasising all the time the public interest in being allowed to broadcast," Mr Cush told the court. "There is a reference to the common good - all part of the same theme from RTE."
The affidavit concluded with Mt Murphy asserting that the public had an interest in knowing about Mr O'Brien's relationship with IBRC.
Mr Cush brought Judge Ni Raifeartaigh's attention to an affidavit by IBRC, which had also sought an injunction.
Hr Cush said a test for the granting of an interlocutory injunction was in relation to freedom of expression.
The test was "to bring about a convincing case for the curtailment of the freedom of expression."
Judge Binchy had concluded that the plaintiffs "have established a convincing case that they will succeed at the full trial of a case in this matter," Mr Cush continued.
An order was made and there was no appeal to this "highly considered judgement."
"It is easy to say I simply don't agree with that, you are entitled to hold those views or to criticise the judge," Mr Cush said.
"You are entitled to do that and there is no doubt that the deputies would have been entirely within their rights to go into the Dail and criticise that. But that is not what they did. They undid it and that is the trespass on the judicial domain."
Mr Cush turned to statements by Catherine Murphy TD.
She had tweeted about an upcoming hearing which showed her "attention to the case," Mr Cush said.
She had tweeted: "Catherine Murphy expresses dismay at the extent of High Court injunction," going on to say that she was "alarmed at the all-encompassing nature of the injunction" and that there were "very serious implications … for the freedom of the press."
"I say this is highly significant in that it demonstrates Deputy Murphy was fully aware of the injunction and its terms and that those terms were broad," Mr Cush said.
He said this was a factor in the "clear disregard" test which the court had to consider. Under this test, Deputy Murphy was "fully aware" of the order and was "at least reckless" in relation to breaching the order, Mr Cush said.
Her statement also possibly spoke to her motive, stating she was "dismayed" at the court order, Mr Cush said.
"Her very first concern is that it has serious implications for the freedom of the press, she is not expressing concerns for the legislative process," Mr Cush said.
When the complaint was made to the CPP, the committee found Deputy Murphy had acted in good faith.
When Deputy Murphy spoke in the Dail, she referred to IBRC allowing the extension of the terms of a loan to Mr O'Brien and the interest rate that applied.
She also indicated that she knew the liquidator had joined with Mr O'Brien to seek an injunction preventing this information from coming into the public domain.
That day, Mr Cush said, Deputy Murphy tweeted a "statement re Dail proceedings."
She uploaded a video of her statements to the Dail to YouTube and tweeted excerpts of the speech."
The injunction had already been granted, Mr Cush said.
In her tweets, she detailed the confidential information she had revealed in the Dail, Mr Cush said. This was "consistent with her press statements" issued after the granting of the injunction.
"Here she is, ensuring that this got out as fast and as wide as possible," Mr Cush told the court.
Subsequent to Ms Murphy's comments, letters of complaint were sent by Willian Fry solicitors on behalf of Mr O'Brien to the then Ceann Comhairle Sean Barrett on May 28 and 29, 2015.
The letters claimed Ms Murphy had deliberately used parliamentary privilege to frustrate a court order restricting publication of the banking information and to usurp the role of the court.
The correspondence asked the Ceann Comhairle to take steps to stop Ms Murphy from abusing privilege again.
It said her comments were "defamatory and prima facie an abuse of Dáil privilege".
Mr Cush said that on May 21, Ms Murphy had released a statement acknowledging the court order, but had gone on to make further remarks.
He said one of the letters of complaint said Ms Murphy had put her own regard for what was in the public interest above the determination of a court.
She had acted "in total and reckless disregard for (Mr O'Brien) and the judiciary of the State", the letter said.
The correspondence was acknowledged by the Ceann Comhairle and the CPP met on June 10th to consider the complaints.
The CPP ultimately determined Ms Murphy had not breached standing orders as her utterances were made "on the floor of the House in a responsible manner, in good faith and as part of the legislative process".
In relation to Mr O'Brien's claim that her comments breached the terms of a High Court injunction, the CPP said any such finding was exclusively a matter for the courts.
Mr Cush told the court that on June 9, the day before the CPP met, Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty made claims in the Dáil about Mr O'Brien's banking arrangements.
As a result the entirety of the matters Mr O'Brien had sought to injunct RTÉ from broadcasting were now in the public domain.
Mr Cush read Mr Doherty's comments into the court record.
He quoted Mr Doherty as saying he had received a series of documents, which he would be making available to the Taoiseach with a request that he pass them on to a judge who was to be appointed to conduct a commission of investigation into various deals involving IBRC, including the Siteserv transaction.
Mr Doherty said the documents showed that in 2012, Mr. Denis O'Brien had an agreement with IBRC whereby the bank would receive 92.02pc of all Digicel dividends in excess of $50m as part of a loan repayment agreement.
He said that in the same year, Digicel made a once off dividend distribution of $300m. IBRC received a scheduled payment of €150m, which equated to 65pc of the dividend distribution.
"The balance was then used by Mr. O'Brien to pay down a Bank of Ireland facility which had been used to fund the Siteserv deal. This step was approved by the IBRC's group credit committee," Mr Doherty was quoted as saying.
"In other words, we know that IBRC sold Siteserv to Denis O'Brien and Mr O'Brien had major loans with IBRC and, it seems, the terms of a loan agreement with IBRC were used to pay down the loan he received from Bank of Ireland to purchase Siteserv in the first instance."
Mr Doherty went on to say other documents led him to question the way IBRC was being run in the public interest.
He said IBRC had extended a €315m loan to Mr O'Brien in November 2013, a proposal which had been rejected by its credit committee a few months earlier.
Mr Doherty said this was the same as creating a new loan and questioned how a bank in liquidation could make such a decision.
Mr Cush read from the CPP's reply to Mr O'Brien's letter through his solicitors to the Ceann Comhairle in which he asked what steps were being taken to ensure that no deputies could abuse parliamentary privilege.
In its reply, the Committee stated that utterances made in either house were privileged and not amenable to the courts.
However, the letter continued, standing orders were there to ensure utterances were not defamatory.
Having reviewed the matter and having taken advice, the committee found that Ms Murphy did not make any utterance that was defamatory and did not abuse Dail privilege.
The committee concluded that her contributions were justifiable by freedom of speech, she did not breach the sub judice rule and she made her contributions from the floor and "in good faith and as part of the legislative process."
Another letter from Mr O'Brien's solicitors, on June 15 last year, stated that they were "very surprised to learn" via an Irish Times article that the committee had rejected the claim that Ms Murphy had abused Dail privilege.
Mr O'Brien's solicitors wrote that further comments were made by Pearse Doherty TD in the Dail and as a result Mr O'Brien was forced to concede (the RTE script).
His solicitors stated that his case had not just been prejudiced but had been "determined" by utterances in the Dail.
On July 30, Mr Cush continued, the committee wrote in relation to Mr Doherty's Dail contributions.
Having reviewed these contributions the committee concluded that they "remained at all times pertinent to the matter at hand" and that "the deputy was exercising his Constitutional freedom of speech."
The committee stated the contributions fell outside of the scope of the relevant standing order and did not contravene it, Mr Cush said.
He then referred to Section 15 (13) of the Constitution, which he said was central to the case.
Mr Cush said he was not endeavouring to make any member (of the Oireachtas) amenable to the court.
"We haven't sued them, they are not parties to these proceedings," he said.
Mr Cush then read from other legal cases, asking Judge Ni Raifeartaigh to consider not the form of each "intervention" in the cases referred to but "the substantive effect of what was done."
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purchase goods from ebuyer on the 19.02.2013 for delivery on the 26.02.2013 their website stated that the product was in stock and they took payment from my bank account. I contacted them on the 22.02.2013 to confirm that the order would be fulfilled and they stated that there was no problem after checking with their warehouse. On Monday the 25.02.2013 they changed the status of my order from pick in progress to order placed on their website all this being done without my knowledge or consent. So I naturally contacted them to try and find out what was going on. They then stated that the item was out of stock despite deceiving me on the Friday prior to that point I then pointed out that they had already taken the payment for Goods and service that they were not able or willing to provide this is Fraud as they knew they were unable to complete the order and they had not even bothered to contact me but just took my money from my account I informed them that I would begin action against them as they had breached the terms of the contract
and the Law as well they had breached the Sale of Goods act the Distance of selling regulations and the Goods and services act. They then requested that I spend more money with them to upgrade the order
for a different item to which I refused to do so as a decent company would have offered to upgrade the order at their own expense as Ebuyer have committed fraud clear and simple this call took 21 minutes at 10p a minute I might add. I then received a call back from another adviser who was again uncooperative and again I informed then that I would begin legal proceeding's against Ebuyer for the cost of the original order as well as replacement goods as they had fraudulently and blatantly breached the contract with myself those proceeding's are now under way using the above laws. This company are highly unprofessional and just plain dishonest as can be seen by the facts above in short I would not recommend this company but just state buyer beware and take from this information what you will.
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Todd Sucherman was surrounded by music from birth. His father played drums nightly in a big band and his brothers Paul and Joel played piano. The Sucherman Brothers, Todd on drums, Paul on piano, and Joel on newly-acquired bass, got their first paid gig when Todd was just six years old. They played Beatles covers like "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "Michelle." The brotherly trio continued to play together, occasionally with other musicians joining them. Teenager Todd and his older brothers played at a summer resort in Wisconsin for five years, alongside comedians, magicians, dancers, jugglers, and psychics.
Todd Sucherman attended Berklee College of Music in Boston for nine months in 1987 and 1988, and when he returned to Chicago he played tons of gigs and studio sessions. Todd Sucherman became a well established first-call studio drummer on the Chicago recording scene. At this time, Todd met Keith Marks, who ultimately introduced him to Styx. During John Panozzo's illness, the other members of Styx asked Todd to "ghost drum" on "Lady 95." After John passed away, Todd permanently joined the band in 1996 and continues to drum with Styx today.
Though dedicated to Styx, Todd Sucherman continues to record and tour with other artists whenever he has the time. During a Styx hiatus, Todd worked with Brian Wilson. Todd reflects very fondly on his time with Brian, particularly because that was when he met his wife, Taylor Mills.
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