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SFBT and Pastoral Counseling
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) is recognized for its empowerment of the individual through developing a positive perspective inviting the client to assess strengths and resources that may not have been previously identified. Thus, while creating a new perspective for problem solving the individuals seeking support are encouraged to review successes and challenges and formulate a collaborative approach toward problem resolution. It all has to do with perspective!
The importance of this is not to be underestimated. Journeying back to Plato's time, his narration of The Republic examined the reality of life perceived through shadows and world representations (Bloom, 1991). The chains of our life may blind us to the true perception of the reality around us limiting our ability to address possibilities around us. In working within the SFBT approach, perspective and additional insights may be gleaned from communicating and goal-setting.
For clergy and other pastoral counselors, the ability to touch this reality with empathic responses and individual insight is necessary as they lead individuals in reviewing life experiences and interaction with others. This creates a constructivist approach in which we are able to assist clients to find a significant reality that is meaningful and purposeful (Presbury, Echterling, & McKee, 2002).
For those providing pastoral services across cultures, the challenge of meeting the needs of the people may be daunting. Working within unfamiliar traditions with role distinctions creates an opportunity for those in the ministry to provide support, in many cases without an appropriate degree designation after their name. Although most seminaries and spiritual direction courses provide some information on diagnosis and counseling skills, without certification one may feel unprepared to provide support to those they will encounter. This challenge is lessened, however, when one considers the valuable tools and techniques in Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT).
SFBT surfaced in the 1970s through the efforts of Steve de Shazer and his wife, Insoo Kim Berg, employing strategies that were simple to learn and apply. These strategies included deconstructing negative thoughts, setting small, attainable goals, and focusing on strengths and resources that have made one successful in the past. Using tools like scaling questions and the miracle question, pastoral workers incorporating these techniques, in spite of cultural variations, can provide a tremendous resource for those approaching them with concerns. The self-narratives that will emerge with each individual encounter guide the pastoral counselor in understanding cultural influences and options for the client.
Like SFBT, coaching is evolving as a strong force that removes the focus on mental health (Williams and Menendez, 2007) and asserts a supportive relationship that is appealing to individuals and the culture in which we live. Similar to coaching, which encourages individuals to master challenges in a positive and creative manner with a directive inquiring focus, SFBT provides a format that is flexible in situations that are not assisting severe mental health issues.
SFBT focuses on supportive relationships that enlighten and looks at past efforts that were successful. This future-focused strategy employs the use of positive movement to guide individuals into growth while utilizing ethical standards for direction.
Implications for pastoral counselors
Clergy are identified "as frontline workers, that is, the gatekeepers of the mental health system ... because people with emotional or psychological problems are often more willing to seek help from clergy than from other professionals" (Weaver et al., 2003, p. 165). In our culture today, not only clergy, but lay missionaries and pastoral care providers fulfill this role as they serve individuals and communities facing challenges. Instead of interpreting information and problem solving (even if this is what the client is seeking), the individual's presentation of information from their culture through narrative format supports the pastoral caregiver, providing them with insight to the traditions and communication patterns of various cultures. Thus, one is able to work with various cultures, communicating efficiently and effectively while adapting to interpretations and role distinctions provided by the client.
The integration of theoretical and clinical information provides a strong basis for enhancing individual stories and empowering an expansion of future possibilities. No longer limited by the past, the use of future prospects supports the client's perspective and provides strength to move beyond experience into possibilitie. Pastoral counselors are vessels of hope (Kwan, 2010), that encourage individuals to use their own ability to change. Counselors use a brief therapeutic intervention or coaching to support the efforts of individuals, continue to develope them, and achieve some success.
SFBT Tools
SFBT uses tools such as deconstruction of negative thinking, the miracle question, and scaling. These tools help the individual with the present moment of understanding behavior and looking into the future for solving problems. Although it is a non-judgmental process (Frederick, 2008), the focus on problem resolution incorporating an individual's strengths, traits, and values, helps to guide the pastoral counselor by integrating the understanding of faith and hope in the individual's life.
Scaling uses the option of evaluating a behavior or attitude on a scale from 1–10 for assessing the client's perception and progress in a specific area of their life. It helps the individual to determine their goal and to encourage a future incorporating success and not just representing failure (Presbury, Echterling, & McKee, 2002). Expectations of change are immediately present with a focus on the future enabling the constant development of the client toward successful outcomes.
The miracle question helps the client by envisioning a change that indicates the possibility for success. With this question one is able to open the doors for discovery and wished for options. Cultural input will impact the client's perception of options and one can thus see this framework as providing support for any culture.
The task assignment asks the client to complete some type of homework through suggestions and an optimistic focus utilizing hope. The client and pastoral worker are thus able to collaborate on work that will enhance the client's efforts and help them to see positive changes.
In addition to using listening, mirroring, and reflecting, simple tools to encourage communication, it is possible to provide a directed option for those seeking help. Working together and incorporating the faith-based strategies individuals possess, we can see the advantages of using such an approach.
Cultivating awareness helps clients to discern thoughts and behaviors that also develop a trusting relationship with the provider. How do they use strategies to succeed? What has worked previously? How can that strategy be adapted into the present situation?
Any metaphors and narratives that an individual uses encourage an expanded perception of ideas and can foster deeper examination of personal growth. SFBT supports this effort by journeying with the client and taking the role of a partner in growth.
Assisting the individual who perceives events in their unique way requires an understanding that this is a result of their beliefs and experiences, among other things. Supporting them in awareness of why and how they perceive their experiences requires their involvement and suggestions. Through this invitation to share goals, metaphors, and narratives to help explain their focus, one is able to assist change in the direction they aspire to grow. By creating a clearer picture and responsibility to the client, the pastoral counselor guides without providing answers and responds without expectations for a definitive result.
Typically, pastoral counselors are called up in times of crisis, for a brief consultation, or when it is usually untimely to respond (Sherman, 2005)! The expectation, built on trust and an enduring relationship, requires a response that is hopeful. Focusing on the future, clients who are looking for comfort will find their ability to take control and utilize their personal strengths, providing a platform for building future decisions and goals. With SFBT, it is possible to provide easy-to-use tools to help clients secure their own options for responding. By reviewing these tools and strategies, pastoral counselors will find that their ability to respond by assisting others on a journey instead of providing a solution is greatly enhanced.
J. Catherine Sherman is a life coach, consultant, and public speaker. She presents workshops on grief, communication, and goal setting skills. Her work focuses on supporting individual and relational goal-setting. She is also the author of Grieving: Inviting God into My Pain, available from the Oates Bookstore at Amazon.
Bloom, A. (1991). The Republic of Plato, second edition. (Translated with notes and an interpretive essay). New York: Basic Books.
Kwan, S.M. (2010). "Interrogating 'hope'—Pastoral theology of hope and positive psychology." International journal of practical theology, 14(1), pp. 47–67.
Frederick, T. (2008). "Solution-focused brief therapy and the Kingdom of God: A cosmological integration." Pastoral psychology, 56. 4., Mar. pp. 413–419.
Presbury, J.H., Echterling, L.G., & McKee, J.E. (2002). Ideas and tools for brief counseling. Upper Saddle River: Merrill Prentice Hall.
Sherman, J.A. (2005). "Teaching communication and counseling skills in a multicultural context," Seminary iournal, Fall.
Weaver, A.J., Flannelly, K.J., Flannelly, L.T., & Oppenheimer, J.E. (2003). Collaboration between clergy and mental health professionals: A review of professional health care journals from 1980 through 1999. Counseling and Values, 47(3), 162–171.
Williams, P. & Menendez, D.S. (2007). Becoming a professional life coach. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
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Strapless Lace A-line Gown with Side Split Style 9YP3344
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Effortlessly beautiful, this lace gown combines modern trends with classic elegance for a look that is gorgeous!
Train that extends one and a third yards (about 4 feet) from the waist.
A popular neckline for brides seeking a stylish and versatile look (offering unlimited jewelry and accessory options).
A dress with a fitted bodice that gradually flares from the waist. A-line styles are flattering for all women.
A sheer to semi-sheer net fabric often used for skirts and veils. Can also be used as an underskirt to create fullness.
A decorative headpiece that is held in place with comb teeth. It can be worn alone or with a veil attached.
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Love this dress This dress is amazing, I felt beautiful when I had it on it enhances my curves and makes me feel sexy and elegant. I ordered size 16w in white, one size smaller because I will be loosing some lbs. The length was perfect I'm 5'5 and will wear 3" heels no need to adjust the hem. I will be adding beaded sleeves to match the dress. I also purchased a petticoat to fluff up the bottom (recommend it). September 1, 2014
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Stunning dress I saw this dress online, and had a feeling I would love it in person. I had been looking at dresses online for a few months, and decided that I really wanted to be able to try on a dress. Am I ever glad that I did. I am an older bride (39) and this is my second marriage. I am also a plus sized girl, but also tall. So, I wanted a dress that was sexy, flattering and fun. But also classy and classic. As soon as I saw this dress on the hanger, I was in love. The lace and the corset back are what make the dress. The lines of it it hug my curves, and enhance my waist. It gives me a perfect hourglass figure. The neckline is just sexy enough, without being overly revealing. Take a chance on this dress, try it on. I believe you will love it as much as me! July 15, 2014
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Admission of Transfer Students
Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences welcomes applications from transfer students. A transfer student is someone who has taken college credit at another post-secondary institution. If you complete college credit after the summer following graduation from high school, you are considered a transfer student.
Transfer Credit
To receive credit for previous college coursework from a regionally accredited institution, an Advanced Placement Exam (AP), College Level Examination Program (CLEP), and DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST), official transcripts must be submitted for evaluation, and the registrar or dean of nursing & health sciences must approve the credit for transfer. Applicants may be required to take a proficiency exam to determine the transferability of academic credits from non-accredited sources. Only those credits that are applicable to the student's curriculum at the college will be accepted for transfer. All transfer credit will be equated to semester hours of credit, and all transcripts become the official property of the college and will not be returned or issued to another institution
Credit that is acceptable for transfer will not impact the student's cumulative grade point average at the college. The student's transcript will indicate the institutions where the approved transfer courses were taken and the semester hours that were earned. Transfer credit is indicated on the college transcript as credit (CR). Only courses with a grade of "C" or above (2.0 on a 4.0 scale) will be considered for transfer credit.
Plan Early
It is very important that you start the transfer process early! Even if you are just beginning your post-secondary education and do not plan to transfer to Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences for a few years, it is never too early to begin the planning.
In fact, Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences admission representatives can provide you with a suggested plan of study so you know exactly what courses to take at another institution. This will ensure you transfer the maximum number of credits into the programs at Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences.


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[NAMM] American Audio VMS4 Traktor
American Audio's VMS4 4-channel MIDI controller uses MIDILOG channels (MIDI or analog) for use in both digital and analog.
The MIDI workstation is available in a new version that comes bundled with Traktor DJ software. The new VMS4 Traktor has a faceplate and buttons that were specifically designed for Traktor users.
Offering the same features as the original model, the VMS4 Traktor includes:
- 4 USB/analog selectable MIDILOG channels (MIDI and analog)
- Built-in mousepad designed to allow DJs to make their selections from the top of the unit
- Audio control faders, knobs and switches designed to eliminate popping, wiper noise and zipper noise
- 2 jog wheels
- Optional use with an Innofader replacement crossfader (sold separately)
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Gazing at Goldmoor Inn & Dining's new spring menu, I notice one thing that hasn't changed. Beef Wellington. Why is this? I ask Innkeeper Patricia. "It is our SIGNATURE dish!" she replies, with a large and sweeping flourish of her hand and a mini bow. A signature dish, I think. Sounds like a foodie blog topic. (See? I'm always thinking.)
Signature dish. I nod knowingly, whist thinking, what the heck is Beef Wellington? In the photograph of it I stumbled across in my "top secret signature dish" files, it kind of resembles, dare I say, pot pie? Good ole reliable Wikipedia informs me that Beef Wellington is an English dish named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Some theories go a step further and suggest this was due to his love of a dish of beef, truffles, mushrooms, Madeira wine, and pâté cooked in pastry, but there is a noted lack of evidence supporting this. In fact, the earliest evidence of a recipe to bear this name appeared in a 1966 cookbook. So much for historical England. Hmm.
I walk into the fabulous Goldmoor kitchen, one of my favorite places in the inn, to hover while Chef Ryan readies the ingredients for his famously famous Beef Wellington. However, Beef Wellington, cute Chef Ryan with the Elvis Costello glasses informs me, is prepared in stages. Many, many, many, meticulous stages. This works well in a gourmet kitchen because some of it can be made in advance and then prepared to order during dinner service. I watch as Chef Ryan double boils the demi glaze in a steam jacket kettle, a joyfully painstaking process, he assures me. Watching him slice and chop mushrooms for the wild mushroom duxelles pate is mesmerizing. He gingerly stirs them in shallots, onion and butter until all moisture has evaporated, then tosses in a bit of parsley.
Anyone who has seen Chef Ramsey on "Hell's Kitchen" spear apart a Beef Wellington and angrily throw it "in the trash," plate and all, knows that temperature is key in this dish. Chef Ryan is thankfully much calmer than Gordon Ramsey. The beef fillet, he tells me, must always be served slightly pink in the center. Thus constant use of a meat thermometer. And the pastry, well, who doesn't find pastry tough? The dough is sheerer than tissue paper, and he lays it out as if it will shatter. Using a pastry brush, he delicately sweeps an egg/butter wash over the dough, folds, seals with a bit of very cold water, and repeats. I blink, and he has the Wellingtons all bundled and lined up like little soldiers, ready to march into the oven and get toasty. I realize at this point, there is no way I will be whipping this up at home.
Don't think you can whip this up at home either? Luckily, cute Chef Ryan offers fabulous cooking classes during which he will teach you all the ins, outs and crusts of Beef Wellington. Classes are each Monday at 2 p.m. and, judging from the amount of giggling coming from the kitchen, they are a fun time.
After much prodding, I get Sir Chef to give me an "easy" make-at-home recipe for the Impressive All Extravagant Beef Wellington. Have at it. The scariest part is the puff pastry. Chef Cute assures me it's a snap.
Easy Beef Wellington NOT ala Goldmoor
• 2 filets mignon, 1-inch thick
• 2 sheets puff pastry
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1 Tbsp. unsalted butter
• 1 egg
1. Thaw puff pastry according to package directions.
2. Filets are often irregular in shape, if yours are use a piece of kitchen twine to tie them into a round.
3. Season filets generously with salt and pepper.
4. Pre-heat a medium (10-inch) non-stick skillet over medium heat. Add butter and swirl in pan to melt.
5. Cook filets on both sides for about 3 minutes until well-browned, then brown the edges. Note: Regularly check the internal temperature of the filets, they should not be cooked past 120F at the center. Allow filets to cool, then wrap in plastic and chill for at least a couple of hours.
6. Heat oven to 400F. Whisk together egg and 1 tablespoon water (egg wash)
7. Wrap the filets in puff pastry. Brush with egg wash, and bake in center of oven until golden brown; about 30 minutes.
Voila! You will need a lovely sauce to accompany your masterful dish, and trust me, if watching Chef Ryan is any indication, you cannot make the Goldmoor Demi Glaze in your home kitchen, unless you are into steam jacket kettles. As an alternative, our resourceful and lovely friend Kimberly, owner and proprietor of "The Grateful Gourmet" and "GG2" in downtown Galena http://gratefulgourmetgalena.com/, suggests the delicious Maker's Mark Bourbon Sauce. "This particular sauce has won tasting awards and pairs perfectly with Beef Wellington. This sauce has a real fan following – some of my customers even pick up four or five jars at a time." So there you have it – add sauce and serve your concoction with steamed spring vegetables, and trust me, your date, friend, family, or dog will be impressed.
If all of this is too much, feel free to dress in a pretty outfit, drive to the lovely Goldmoor Inn & Dining, sit at one of our elegant candle-lit tables overlooking the bluffs of the Mississippi River, sip a glass of Innkeeper Patricia's Private Reserve Trisaetum Trisae Pinot Noir, order the signature Beef Wellington from our spring menu, and wait while Chef Ryan does all the work. Bon appetit! Or, as they say in England, Eat already!


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Learning this surprisingly easy technique unleashes the humble egg's hidden potential: that certain wow-factor when you pierce the yummy, runny yolk and let it ooze over hot buttered toast, Caesar salad or just-cooked pasta, or when it mingles with Hollandaise sauce in eggs Benedict.
In fact, there are myriad other dishes on top of which you can perch a perfectly poached egg. Just follow these basic steps and you'll be sure to turn out excellent eggs every time.
See our step-by-step slideshow on how to make perfect poached eggs.
Make ahead
You can refrigerate poached eggs for up to 3 hours. Store them on a plate lined with paper towels. To serve, heat water in saucepan according to instructions in Step 1 (see our slideshow). Gently add eggs and cook for 30-45 seconds, until just heated through. Remove eggs and blot as per Step 3.
Top tips
- Use the freshest eggs you can find so that the whites still cling thickly to the yolks and are less likely to disperse during the cooking process.
- Use any light-coloured vinegar you have in the pantry, including white, white wine or white balsamic.
- You will know the water is ready for cooking the eggs when there are small bubbles rising from the base of the pan and there are small ripples across the surface of the water.
- When adding an egg to the water, keep the bowl as close to the surface as possible, and gently slip in the egg.
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"Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway." - Aubrie
"I could have missed the pain, but I would have had to miss the dance." Garth Brooks
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The most-hated companies in America
Some of the nation's biggest and busiest -- including Facebook, Goldman Sachs and AT&T -- are among 24/7 Wall St.'s 10 names we loathe most.
By Douglas A. McIntyre, 24-7 Wall St.
Customers, employees, shareholders and taxpayers hate large corporations for many reasons. 24/7 Wall St. reviewed a long list of companies for which there is substantial research data to choose the 10 most hated in America.
Research comes in two sets. One is public research about consumer satisfaction, customer care, pricing of products and services, and brand impressions. Wall St. research takes into account another set of factors, which include current earnings, profit forecasts, product development and quality, and brand valuations.
Some of the companies are widely despised because of the businesses they are in. In an economic environment where resources are stretched, an airline or retail operation that has millions of customers is likely to make a lot of enemies. Similarly, banks and other corporations with a large number of retail outlets are at a disadvantage compared with businesses with few customers. Some of the corporations on this list also have had to fire significant numbers of employees because of the recession. Downsizing causes poor morale, increases the workload of the remaining staff members and affects customer satisfaction when service is poorer.
We examined each company based on several criteria. We considered total return to shareholders in comparison with the broader market and other companies in the same sector during the past year. We reviewed analyst opinions on those companies that are public. We analyzed data from a broad array of sources, including Consumer Reports, JD Power, the MSN/Zogby Poll, ForeSee and the University of Michigan American Customer Satisfaction Index. We also considered negative press based on 24/7 Wall St.'s analysis of media coverage and the Flame Index, which uses a proprietary algorithm to review more than 12,000 websites and ranks companies based on the frequency of negative words. Finally, we considered the views of taxpayers, Congress and the White House where applicable.
Several companies that should have been on the list based on performance and public perception during the financial crisis did not make it. For example, it would be easy to argue that mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should be here. The bankruptcy and maintenance of the two by the federal government will cost taxpayers between $224 billion and $360 billion, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency. But Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are no longer stand-alone companies in any normal sense. Their shares have been delisted. Each is in effect a ward of the U.S. government with no ability to control its own fate through the actions of management or public shareholders.
The U.S. Postal Service could also be a candidate for the list. It has cost taxpayers billions of dollars, and it lost $5.1 billion in its last fiscal year alone. However, the Postmaster General and his staff have little or no control over the eventual fate of the USPS. Congress decides how and to what extent it will be funded. That means Congress essentially controls how many workers and offices will exist and, based on funding, how often the mail will be delivered.
- Related: The worst product flops of 2011
It is worth noting that some of the companies on the list may have done very poorly by some measures, and well by others. A few of the most hated companies have had good stock performances. Others may have satisfied customers. All of this was taken into account when the decisions for the final list were made.
The following are 24/7 Wall St.'s 5 most-hated companies for 2011, in no particular order.
1. Facebook
Facebook has more than 800 million users. Any company of this size is sure to have some detractors. Compared with other leading social media sites, however, Facebook has the lowest customer satisfaction score from the American Customer Satisfaction Index. The site has repeatedly irked users by neglecting personal privacy. Notable events include the introduction of facial recognition software, which spurred an investigation by the European Union, and the Facebook timeline. Facebook received significant negative press for forcing new settings on users that change how their personal information is shared with other people. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has only recently said the company will no longer do this. According to the MSN Money-IBOPE Zogby International customer service survey for 2011, 25.9% of Facebook users described the company's customer service as poor -- the lowest rating.
2. American Airlines
American's parent, AMR, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in November 2011. That virtually wiped out the value of the holdings of every shareholder. American recently was picked as the worst airline for customer service by the annual Middle Seat scorecard, published in the Wall Street Journal. "For the past five years, American has been among the worst three airlines at on-time performance, a key measure of an airline's operation since it impacts mishandled bags, bumped passengers and even canceled flights and customer complaints," the survey's authors said. The report states that the airline was the worst among major carriers last year for baggage handling and canceled flights, nixing 70% more flights than United (UAL) and Delta (DAL). With a score of 63 in the American Customer Satisfaction Index section on airlines, American falls near the bottom, well below leader Southwest (LUV), which has a score of 81.
AT&T (T) recently received the lowest score given by JD Power for wireless customer care performance. It also was given the lowest rating for customer service by ACSI. AT&T has been dogged by problems with its 3G network, which are now largely behind it. AT&T was attacked by both the government and press for what many observers saw as an attempt to set up a monopoly through its buyout of T-Mobile. Consumers feared the combined company would have extraordinary powers to set prices. The wireless carrier also received the lowest satisfaction rating for cellphone standard service providers, according to Consumer Reports. The MSN Money-IBOPE Zogby International customer service survey reports that 26% of customers rate service as poor.
4. Nokia
Nokia (NOK) has punished its shareholders as its percentage of the smartphone market has dropped quarter after quarter. Its stock is down 50% in the past year. Nokia likely will lose its lead as the top handset company in the world to Samsung sometime this year. Nokia was tied for lowest overall satisfaction in JD Power's 2011 Wireless Traditional Mobile Phone Satisfaction Study. It also has received the lowest ACSI score for wireless telephones. According to Interbrand, Nokia's brand value has dropped 15% from last year. Nokia has tried to salvage its prospects through an agreement with Microsoft (MSFT), whose Windows OS will be used in Nokia smartphones. (Microsoft owns MSN Money.) Despite rave reviews for the new Windows Mobile, a partnership with the weakest mobile OS maker only makes Nokia's fortunes worse.
5. Goldman Sachs
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JACKSON TOWNSHIP, Ohio - We now know more about the early morning house fire that killed a Jackson Township woman and her adult son.
The fire broke out sometime around 1:00 a.m. Sunday at a home on North Duck Creek Road.
Jackson Township firefighters, with the help of four neighboring departments, believe the blaze started in the garage and then quickly spread to the adjoining house.
Jackson Township Fire Chief Dave Graham says, "The State Fire Marshal said it happened in the corner of the garage. The back corner of the garage by the house steps, and he found nothing that was suspicious to him."
But the State Fire Marshal is still working to determine the exact cause of the deadly blaze.
The names of the victims have not been officially released, but several friends confirm that they are Audrey Lunsford and her adult son Todd who have rented the home for the last three years.
Todd's body was found in the garage, his mother, in her 70's, was recovered in a back bedroom.
Kelly Teeters is a friend of the victims and also the owner of the home. "Audrey was a wonderful woman. Very loving, church going, and she just had so much love. I just hope she didn't suffer," Teeters said.
The victim's church pastor, Reverend Mitch Meadors of the General Assembly of God Church in Newton Falls, tells 21 News that the church will be accepting donations to help the family with expenses.
"It's sad, but Audrey wouldn't exchange it now. She has laid down the cross for a crown," Pastor Meadors says.
Fire Chief Graham says in his 37 years on the job in Jackson Township this is the first fatal fire, and he says firefighters found no smoke detectors in the home, something he believes, in this case, could have saved lives."
"I tell everybody they ought to have their smoke detectors working. I do believe that would have saved lives. We found no smoke detectors in the house."
A firefighter from Milton Township was also injured at the scene during a fall breaking both his nose and his hand.
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Steve Smith wound up getting elected with a single vote -- his own -- and now presents a headache for a GOP that doesn't want him but might not be able to get rid of him.
Pennsylvania Democrats spread word last week of his April election, linking to a report by the Southern Poverty Law Center that described Smith's associations with "an extraordinary array of white nationalist, skinhead, and neo-Nazi groups," including a group formerly known as the Keystone State Skinheads.
The Luzerne County Republican Committee and the state GOP denounced Smith's election to a four-year committee post representing Pittston's Fourth Ward, saying his views in no way represent their own.
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Great take on "fried" chicken. I put the dry ingredients in a ziplock bag and shook the chicken in it to save on dishes. Served this tonight with a corn and black bean salad. Perfect summer dinner.
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- Calories: 312
- Fat: 13.6g
- Saturated fat: 2.6g
- Monounsaturated fat: 6.2g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 3.4g
- Protein: 35.8g
- Carbohydrate: 9.6g
- Fiber: 0.7g
- Cholesterol: 208mg
- Iron: 2.3mg
- Sodium: 444mg
- Calcium: 30mg
- 8 (3-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken thighs
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 1.5 ounces all-purpose flour (about 1/3 cup)
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, divided
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon ground red pepper
- 1 1/2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 1/2 tablespoons hot sauce
- 1. Combine chicken and egg in a shallow dish; toss to coat. Combine flour, 1/4 teaspoon salt, garlic powder, and next 3 ingredients (through red pepper) in a shallow dish; dredge chicken in flour mixture. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add oil to pan; swirl to coat. Add chicken; cook 5 minutes on each side or until browned and done. Drain chicken on a plate lined with paper towels. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt; top with hot sauce.
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Washington - Gen. David Petraeus wrote in his 2006 counterinsurgency manual that the U.S. command headquarters should establish a "narrative" for the counterinsurgency war – a simple storyline that provides a framework for understanding events, both for the population of the country in question and for international audiences.
But this week's Taliban attacks on multiple targets in Kabul, including the U.S. Embassy and U.S.-NATO headquarters, are the latest and most spectacular of a long series of operations that have given the insurgents the upper hand in establishing the narrative of the war as perceived by the Afghan population.
Those attacks and other operations that generated headlines in 2010 have been aimed at convincing Afghans that the Taliban can strike any target in the country, because they have their own agents within the Afghan government's military, police and administrative organs.
In the wake of the latest attacks, the Taliban war narrative achieved a new level of influence when a political opponent of President Hamid Karzai associated with a prominent Pashtun warlord charged that the Taliban could not have pulled off such a sophisticated set of coordinated attacks in the centre of the capital without help from within the Afghan security apparatus.
The Taliban have mounted three high-profile attacks in Kabul over the past three months involving suicide bombers and commandos with rocket- propelled grenades.
In late June, six suicide bombers attacked the Intercontinental Hotel, the favourite spot in the capital for westerners to hold conferences, which left the hotel in darkness for many hours.
And in August, the insurgents carried out a much more complex attack on the British Council, a semi-governmental agency involved in organising cultural events. The attack involving a suicide bombing at a key intersection in western Kabul followed an attack on the police checkpoint guarding the British Council, and a suicide car bomb that destroyed the wall around the Council and allowed the team of suicide attackers to enter the compound.
Attacks on the capital were supposed to have been made impossible by a "Ring of Steel" around the city. After the Taliban had carried out an attack in downtown Kabul in January 2010, the Afghan police, with funding and advice from the U.S. military, set up a system of 25 security checkpoints around the capital that is guarded by 800 officers of the Kabul City Police Command battalion.
Nevertheless, the insurgents were able to smuggle weapons, including rocket-propelled grenade launchers, through the cordon and sustained an all-day attack on the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) headquarters.
For the first time, a prominent political figure in Kabul has charged that the attackers must indeed have had help from people within the Afghan government's security apparatus.
Mohammed Naim Hamidzai Lalai, chairman of the Parliament's Internal Security Committee and a political ally of powerful Pashtun warlord Gul Agha Sherzai, charged that the "nature and scale of today's attack" showed that the Taliban had gotten "assistance and guidance from some security officials within the government who are their sympathisers", according to the New York Times.
"Otherwise it would be impossible for the planners and masterminds of the attack to stage such a sophisticated and complex attack, in this extremely well-guarded location without the complicity from insiders," he said.
Central to the Taliban strategy has been a series of assassinations of top Afghan government figures that has demonstrated their ability to place their own agents within the most secure spots in the country.
In mid-April, a Taliban suicide bomber wearing a policeman's uniform was able to penetrate security outside the Kandahar police headquarters and killed the provincial police chief.
On May 28, a Taliban suicide bomber who had been able to gain access to the governor's compound in Takhar province detonated his suicide vest in the hallway outside a meeting room and killed the police chief for northern Afghanistan, Gen. Mohammad Daud Daud.
In July, Ahmed Wali Karzai, the half-brother of President Karzai and the Mafia-style political boss of Kandahar province, was killed by the long-time head of his security detail, Sardar Mohammad. Mohammad had been trusted by U.S. Special Forces and the CIA, who had very close ties with Wali Karzai.
But Mahmoud Karzai, another brother of the president, told Julius Cavendish of The Independent a few days after the assassination that Mohammad had made a trip to Quetta and had met with the Taliban, and that he had been getting phone calls in the middle of the night. The Karzai family had concluded that Mohammad had been recruited by the Taliban to kill Wali Karzai, according to the brother.
Perhaps the most important element in building the Taliban narrative has been the constant drumbeat of attacks by Afghan soldiers and policemen on U.S. and NATO troops. According to official NATO figures, between March 2009 and June 2011, at least 57 foreign troops, including 32 Americans, were killed in at least 19 such attacks.
U.S. military and intelligence officials reluctantly concluded that that most, if not all, of the attacks had been the result of recruitment by the Taliban intelligence service of Afghan security personnel to kill U.S. and NATO troops, at obvious risk to themselves.
In June, the U.S. decided to send an unknown number of counterintelligence agents to tighten procedures for identifying troops who might be more likely to be recruited by the Taliban.
Adding to the Taliban war narrative was the carefully-planned breakout of nearly 500 prisoners from the security wing of Sarposa prison in Kandahar City after a few prisoners spent months digging a 1,000-foot tunnel. The breakout was possible only with the help of a Taliban underground agent or sympathiser who provided copies of keys to the cells, with which Taliban prisoners involved in the plan could unlock the cells of their fellow prisoners and so they could escape through the tunnel.
Two weeks later, the Taliban carried out a complex attack on key government targets in Kandahar city, including the governor's office, the Afghan intelligence agency and the police station. The offensive in Kandahar involved seven explosions across the city, six of which were the result of suicide bombers.
The Taliban were able to strike freely in Kandahar despite what Canadian Brig.-Gen. Daniel Menard had called a "ring of stability" – a security cordon that supposed to keep Taliban fighters from getting into the city.
In February 2010, Menard, who was commander of Task Force Kandahar for ISAF, had boasted that, with a total of nearly 6,000 U.S. and Canadian troops deployed against Taliban forces in Kandahar Province, "I can literally break their back."
But the Taliban continued to operate freely in the city. As Peter Dmitrov, a former Canadian military officer who was working as a security consultant to NGOs in Afghanistan, observed last November to The Canadian Press, "The ring hasn't really shut closed in any way, shape or form."
The U.S. war strategy has been based at least in part on convincing Afghans that the United States would remain in Afghanistan indefinitely, and that the Taliban would weaken. But the Taliban war narrative that it is able to penetrate the even the tightest security and cannot be defeated appears to have far more credibility with Afghans of all political stripes than the narrative put forward by U.S. strategists.
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This is a truly amazing recipe. So simple, yet so so so so so tasty! I also used fresh tangerine peels, as I had tangerines on hand and wanted to use them up. Also, I couldn't find rice wine, so I used rice wine vinegar. Since vinegar is obviously much more pungent than wine, I used half the amount called for and doubled the honey. That seemed to be a good call because the final result was simply fantastic. The only problem was I couldn't stop eating it!
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Traditionally, this recipe uses a whole chicken, marinated, wrapped in lotus leaves, immersed in a bed of hot rock salt in a wok, and cooked on a stovetop. The modern convenience of an oven makes it much easier to control the cooking temperature. Allowing the chicken to stand at room temperature for an hour before cooking creates succulent results. The golden color of the roasted bird also represents wealth, and serving a whole chicken is thought to ensure good luck for the coming year. Garlic chives make a memorable garnish.
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- Calories: 171
- Calories from fat: 0.0%
- Fat: 4.4g
- Saturated fat: 1g
- Monounsaturated fat: 1.4g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1.2g
- Protein: 26.8g
- Carbohydrate: 2.5g
- Fiber: 0.3g
- Cholesterol: 85mg
- Iron: 1.6mg
- Sodium: 885mg
- Calcium: 21mg
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- 5 1/2 teaspoons coarse sea salt, divided
- 1/4 cup finely chopped shallots
- 2 tablespoons minced ginger
- 2 tablespoons Shaoxing (Chinese rice wine) or dry sherry
- 1 tablespoon low-sodium soy sauce
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 2 green onions, cut into 1-inch pieces
- Cooking spray
- 1. Combine 2 1/2 cups boiling water and tangerine peel in a bowl; cover and let stand 30 minutes. Drain in a colander over a bowl, reserving liquid.
- 2. Remove and discard giblets and neck from chicken. Trim excess fat. Starting at neck cavity, loosen skin from breast and drumsticks by inserting fingers, gently pushing between skin and meat. Rub 1 tablespoon salt under skin; let stand 5 minutes. Rinse chicken under cold water; pat dry with paper towels. Place chicken on the rack of a roasting pan; let stand 1 hour at room temperature.
- 3. Preheat oven to 425°.
- 4. Transfer chicken to a work surface. Combine remaining 2 1/2 teaspoons salt, shallots, ginger, wine, soy sauce, oil, and honey in a small bowl. Rub 3 tablespoons shallot mixture inside cavity of chicken. Place onions and tangerine peel inside cavity. Rub remaining shallot mixture under loosened skin.
- 5. Place chicken, breast side up, on the rack of a roasting pan coated with cooking spray. Pour reserved tangerine soaking liquid into a shallow roasting pan; place rack in pan. Bake at 425° for 1 hour or until a meat thermometer registers 165° and skin has turned a dark golden brown color. Let stand 15 minutes. Discard skin, and slice.
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Mad Men season 4 draws to a close and so does Angry Fellas. Join us next season for more nostalgic isolation!
Here is the story Mad Men has been leading up to all along: the story of two women who smoke together in an office, who after years of bitterness share a laugh, a bit of frustration over the utter bullshit of their daily lives. Mad Men isn't the story about how the world changed or even how the past is the same as the present. Mad Men is the story of how people connect in moments over time and how those moments and stories change.
Consider Betty and Henry Francis. And while I can not explain Betty better than Sady Doyle does here, please consider Betty. She believed, like Don did, in fresh starts. That if you keep shoving the past behind you long enough, maybe it will change. Maybe it will disappear. But the past with her first husband kept happening, and so going on moments, on someone looking at her pregnant belly and giving her a caring glance, she tried a new future. It has worked wonderfully in some ways, but it's not been what she imagined in those tiny spaces of time.
Consider Don, a man who lives his life outside of moments, too busy worrying about when the show might drop, when he might fail to be what he thinks he's supposed to be. Consider how he falls into a million moments this episode in ways we never would have dreamed of a year ago. His literal falling into the bed, into the pool, in love. They won't last, but maybe they'll be enough to build something on, a connection. His moments with Peggy have yielded that much–maybe it will be the same with Megan. But, it seems more likely, it'll fade. Faye, completely screwed in the end, is right about one thing: he loves beginnings.
Consider Peggy and Joan, two women who don't have much reason to talk to each other much. They can now smoke and laugh and have fun, because it's that time for them. Consider Joan's moments this season: the half second it took for her to decide to sleep with Roger and the time it took for her to keep his baby. Consider how Peggy's savvy is shown–she can now take full advantage of a word, a mention of an event, and use it to start to pull the company back together.
Mad Men is a story about the way time cycles, but it's so much smaller than we think. It's not about the fact that friends and I have the same "can you believe this shit?" conversation 50 years later (albeit without the smoking), it's the way that Don and Betty's impulsive marriages mirror each other. It's the way that fresh starts don't stay fresh for long. All our moments come back, again and again. That's what we build our lives on.
Ah, Mad Men. Why do you ever have to end? While this season finale wasn't quite as game-changing as "Shut the Door, Have a Seat" last year, it was still as amazing (and on par with most of the rest of this new season). No one's life hangs in the balance or any other such cliffhanger contrivances, but this episode certainly left us to prepare for a bunch of things, including Don and Megan's upcoming nuptials, Roger's baby Joan appears to be passing off as Greg's, and the possibility of a season without Carla (seriously, Weiner!? You wrote off the only regularly recurring black person on this show?).
There were some great scenes in this finale: There was Betty (amping up her ice queen persona to an even frostier tier), getting chewed out by both poor Carla (who finally pointed out she's more of a mother to the Draper kids than Betty) and then Henry Francis, finally growing some balls and really letting his wife have it for her reckless choices. Yet I most enjoyed the scene of Peggy and Joan, commiserating in Joan's office over Don's sudden engagement to his secretary. Can't we just have an hour of these two ladies hanging out? Hell, I'd settle for an hour of Peggy saying the word "bullshit" over and over again while Joan laughs. Speaking of bullshit, have I mentioned how sad I am that I have to wait until Summer 2011 for another season of this? This might just be the nonstop Walking Dead promos I was subjected to during this episode talking, but I anticipate for the next almost year I'll just be walking around just a mere Mad Men-deprived zombie.
Mad Men's fourth season is definitely its most divisive, in that it's the only one that has only received constant glowing praise as opposed to a church choir singing "Hallelujah" every Sunday night at 10 PM. Often, that's a good thing: Lost's later seasons angered fans but shifted its storytelling in fascinating ways, and The Shield shed viewers as it morphed from a fairly standard cop procedural into a densely serialized contender for best TV series ever. But the problems with Mad Men's season 4 are more about wheel-spinning than artistic integrity. Readers of these recaps know that I've been turned off by the sleaze that infected Don's storylines this year, but it's more troubling that the only character growth we saw this year was from the show's secondary characters: Peggy as a secure young creative, Pete as a determined career man and new father, Roger as a sad sack, Sally as an emerging adolescent. Its core was stagnant at best and rotten at worst.
I am slightly encouraged by the addition of Jessica Pare's Megan to the cast. Her slow and steady character development this season has revealed a genuinely kind person with the potential to vastly improve the lives of Don and Sally. Given the psychological torture to which Mad Men subjects its characters, she may end up nutty as a fruitcake, but for now I'm hoping for something different.
And really, something different is what I'm looking for, and I'm not just talking about a set change or a random people being written out. Obviously, Mad Men is head and shoulders above almost everything else on TV right now, but — and I know how ridiculously selfish this sounds from me as a TV viewer — that's not good enough anymore. At its best, this show takes its medium to new levels of character exploration and emotional resonance, and this season often felt like a retread of themes we've seen it do better dozens of times before. Honestly, if Mad Men season 5 is still going to be about Don as a self-loathing philanderer terrified that someone will find out his secret that no one cares about and Betty as an angry and hateful child whose character is written just a few degrees away from Snidely Whiplash, I'm not interested in watching it.


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Escape Fire
Saturday, September 29, 7:30 p.m., The Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 East Ridge Ave., Ridgefield, CT; for Information/Tickets call (203) 438-5795; ridgefieldplayhouse.org
Called by The Village Voice "An 'Inconvenient Truth' for the healthcare debate," Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare couldn't be more timely. As the debates rage about efforts to extend health coverage in the U.S. to all citizens, this film argues that America must do much more to make healthcare worthwhile and effective. The film presses the point that U.S. healthcare is not truly about caring for the health of our citizens, but is rather a form of "disease management." In other words, once there's something wrong with you, our medical professionals can prescribe drugs and offer procedures to do something about it. But doctors who try to follow the old adage that "prevention is better than a cure" find themselves stymied by quotas for productivity, by incentives to be legal drug pushers, and by a system that is more often about making money than promoting health.
This award-winning documentary is produced and directed by Matt Heineman and Susan Froemke, both whom have worked on documentaries that invite strong viewer response. Froemke and Heineman want the film not only to offer critique of our existing medical condition, but to prescribe some possible behavioral modifications that could make our healthcare more health conscious. An interesting approach on that score is their attention to the U.S. Military. As one of the biggest "patients" that U.S. healthcare has, the Military, if not satisfied with results, becomes a major player for change. And, Heineman and Froemke report, the Military is losing patience.
Escape Fire builds its argument on case histories — the kind of human interest stories that are the basis for any consideration of how well medical treatment does or doesn't work. One example is Sgt. Robert Yates, wounded during his service in Afghanistan, who becomes the test case for whether there are means of treatment other than an overwhelming battery of medications. The surprising fact that the U.S. Military has begun to advocate yoga, acupuncture and meditation indicates not only that such practices may in fact be preventive of health problems in the daily lives of civilians, but might also be cures for service-persons already suffering from serious medical conditions.
While it's typical to hear patients grouse about their health and to belittle medicine when it doesn't provide a cure-all, one of the film's strengths is its attention not simply to the victims of bad healthcare but to those who are trying to change it from within. We hear from a number of medical professionals expressing deep discontentment with the way things are, and get insight into the problem through Erin Martin, M.D., and her efforts to increase patient contact time and to prescribe healthy choices rather than pills. Dr. Martin, along with Pamela Ross, M.D., and Richard Niemtzow, M.D., Ph.D., both featured in the film, will be present at the screening and Q&A. The views of committed practitioners contribute to the film's sense of frustration with a system that is magnificent at turning a profit but delinquent at service. Rather than a Michael Moore-style indictment of greedy doctors, Escape Fire shows us how the system keeps doctors from doing the work they want to do.
Escape Fire takes its title from the forest-fire-fighting practice of creating a fire in the path of a wildfire to burn away its fuel. If U.S. healthcare is the wildfire that threatens to consume more and more of our Gross Domestic Product — up to 20 percent is projected — then, it's suggested, the only way to stop it is to take away what's feeding it. To that end, the film joins other recent documentaries, such as Supersize Me, in depicting how U.S. citizens create many of their own health problems, arguing that we must learn to manage our own health to avoid the kinds of ailments that pharmaceutical companies and insurance companies thrive on.
The screening is presented by the Ridgefield Playhouse Film Society and will be hosted by Morton Dean, Emmy-Award-winning television journalist; Dr. Mitchell Prywes of the Center for Pain Rehabilitation, and Victoria Veltri, JD, LLM, Health Advocate, State of Connecticut, will also take part in the panel discussion.


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The Exit of Pharmacia and Regional Growth
AbstractIn this paper we ask whether the withdrawal of a major employer (Pharmacia) from a region in Sweden (Uppsala) has had a negative effect on employment growth. We explore the possibility that the exit of Pharmacia may not have had a negative effect on the total employment in the region. It might be the case that new innovative resources with economic potential have been released due to the withdrawal leading to new firm formation and expansion of existing firms. We find no evidence that the withdrawal has led to a negative effect on employment growth in the region.
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- Ankur Khandelwal
- Jaipur
- India
Student, Malaviya national Inst of Technology,jaipur
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save greece, italy and US
Greece is finish, Italy on row.US started Occupy wall street protest..This list is not limited to nyl these three countries but has crossed 100 mark...As an Indian citizen, I am quite fortunate that these protest has not touched our country but at the same time there are a lot of problems that has worsened indian situation...well I do not want to conentrate on India...my concern is, as everyone says, can entrepreneur avert this situation any more or resurrect, should say ail, these countries to regain there history???
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Nov 8 2011: Ankur, I do not know what you are referring to. Do you mean that your country (what country?) has one male and one female as co-presidents? Do you mean that your country has ceased brainwashing children in the ideas and beliefs that have been proven to fail at causing human happiness and well-being? Please clarify. I want to know what positive steps your country has taken to acknowledge the equality of men and women, to assure that women and men have equal power over decisions affecting its citizens and/or to stop brainwashing children in beliefs and ideas that have proven to fail to cause humans to thrive and enjoy life.
Nov 8 2011: My country India, has a lot of rules and regulations and National authorities, mostly governed by either feminist or female. Besides that we are seeing a social scenario change where girls are equally participating in everything..though it is limited to sub urban areas only...we had PM Indira Gandhi, currently We have President a female, Mrs Pratibha Patil, we have Pepsico CEO indira Noi, ICICI Bank which is the larget private bank in India Chanda Kochar and a lot others on govt as well as private sector side...so we have done and we are doing a lot to improve this situation in our country because we also believe in equal participation from females....and about brainwashing of children in the ideas...we have not even started to encourage them to think on their own...but scenario is changing in our country and soon we will have a lot of newly generated ideas from our country....
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It's probably not the best way to get playing time, but Arizona Cardinals running back Beanie Wells says he will use Sunday's final game to "audition for a job somewhere else."
Wells was benched after fumbling in the Cardinals 28-13 loss to Chicago on Sunday. His line for the day: 4 carries, 3 yards, one fumble.
Wells told the Arizona Republic that it's "inevitable" that he'll be playing elsewhere next season, even though he is still under contract to the Cardinals.
"I didn't agree with it at all," he said of being benched. As for Sunday's finale against San Francisco, Wells said, "I'm just going to go out there and put my best foot forward for all the 31 other teams that's watching."
Wells has suffered through an injury-plagued season, playing in eight games, with 88 carries for 234 yards and five touchdowns.
December 26th, 2012
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We still love you, Beanie!
December 26th, 2012
12:21 pm
What has Beanie Wells ever done in the NFL? He's been injured every season and definitely not effective when he has played…
Maybe he could audition to be a walking wounded for CSI or some medical show…
just sayin""'
December 29th, 2012
6:56 am
Beanie should cut the Cardinals a check for under performing while wearing a red jersey.


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A patient who escaped from the South Florida Mental Hospital in Pembroke Pines has been captured.
Leandro Guymaraes, 30, left the hospital, 800 E. Cypress Dr., late Saturday night without approval, police said. He was taken into custody early Monday in Coconut Grove and is back in jail.
He had been ordered by court to the hospital because of schizophrenia and previous violent episodes. He also has a warrant for his arrest in Miami-Dade County.