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Inflammatory Bowel Disease Health Center
Aminosalicylates for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
|Generic Name
|Brand Name
|Colazal, Giazo
|Asacol, Canasa, Rowasa
How It Works
These medicines may relieve symptoms and inflammation in the intestines and help IBD go into remission (a period without symptoms). They also may help prevent the disease from becoming active again.
Why It Is Used
Aminosalicylates usually are the first medicines used to treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). These medicines have been used to treat IBD for more than 30 years.
Ulcerative colitis
- Oral and topical aminosalicylates are used to treat mild to moderate ulcerative colitis. They also are used to help keep the disease in remission.
- Oral aminosalicylates are used to treat mild to moderate extensive disease (pancolitis).
- Mesalamine (Canasa, Rowasa) is placed in the rectum as a retention enema or suppository. Enemas are useful if the disease affects only the lower third of the large intestine . Suppositories may be used if the disease affects only the lower rectum (proctitis).
Crohn's disease
- Oral aminosalicylates are used to treat mild Crohn's disease.
How Well It Works
These medicines are effective for mild to moderate ulcerative colitis and mild Crohn's disease. Their use depends on the type of medicine (oral or topical) and whether it treats disease that is active or in remission.
Ulcerative colitis
Treatment for mild to moderate ulcerative colitis often begins with sulfasalazine. Sulfasalazine works 40% to 80% of the time to make ulcerative colitis symptoms better or keep them from coming back.1 But it cannot be used by people who are allergic to or cannot tolerate sulfa drugs.
Mesalamine, olsalazine, and balsalazide do not contain sulfa. So they may be used to treat mild to moderate ulcerative colitis if you cannot take sulfasalazine.
Mesalamine enemas are effective in treating symptoms of mild to moderate distal (left-sided) ulcerative colitis and in maintaining remission.1 Mesalamine suppositories are preferred for people who have proctitis. The combination of a mesalamine pill (oral) and a mesalamine enema, foam, or suppository (topical) works better to treat left-sided colitis than either oral or topical mesalamine by itself.1
These medicines can be used to maintain remission in ulcerative colitis.
Crohn's disease
Aminosalicylates do not seem to keep symptoms from coming back when a person is in remission caused by drugs (like corticosteroids). But aminosalicylates sometimes keep symptoms from coming back in people who have had surgery.2 Some people are allergic to sulfa drugs and cannot take sulfasalazine.
Mesalamine has been shown to stop the symptoms of Crohn's disease in some people. Studies show that about 45% to 55% of people treated with mesalamine go into remission (a period without symptoms).3
Side Effects
All medicines have side effects. But many people don't feel the side effects, or they are able to deal with them. Ask your pharmacist about the side effects of each medicine you take. Side effects are also listed in the information that comes with your medicine.
Here are some important things to think about:
- Usually the benefits of the medicine are more important than any minor side effects.
- Side effects may go away after you take the medicine for a while.
- If side effects still bother you and you wonder if you should keep taking the medicine, call your doctor. He or she may be able to lower your dose or change your medicine. Do not suddenly quit taking your medicine unless your doctor tells you to.
Call 911 or other emergency services right away if you have:
- Trouble breathing.
- Swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Call your doctor right away if you have:
- Hives.
- Aching joints.
- A headache that won't go away.
- A fever.
- Itching or a rash.
- Skin sensitivity to sunlight.
Call your doctor right away if you have:
All aminosalicylates
Common side effects of aminosalicylates include:
- Mild stomach pain or cramps, nausea, or loss of appetite.
- Diarrhea.
- Dizziness.
- Mild headache.
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug Reference is not available in all systems.)
What To Think About
Sulfasalazine can make your skin more sensitive to the sun.
- Stay out of the sun, if possible.
- Wear long pants, long-sleeved shirts, and hats, if possible.
- Use sunscreen with an SPF that your doctor recommends.
Taking medicine
Medicine is one of the many tools your doctor has to treat a health problem. Taking medicine as your doctor suggests will improve your health and may prevent future problems. If you don't take your medicines properly, you may be putting your health (and perhaps your life) at risk.
There are many reasons why people have trouble taking their medicine. But in most cases, there is something you can do. For suggestions on how to work around common problems, see the topic Taking Medicines as Prescribed.
Advice for women
If you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning to get pregnant, do not use any medicines unless your doctor tells you to. Some medicines can harm your baby. This includes prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, herbs, and supplements. And make sure that all your doctors know that you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning to get pregnant.
Follow-up care is a key part of your treatment and safety. Be sure to make and go to all appointments, and call your doctor if you are having problems. It's also a good idea to know your test results and keep a list of the medicines you take.
Complete the new medication information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you understand this medication.
Friedman S, Lichtenstein GR (2006). Ulcerative colitis. In MM Wolfe et al., eds., Therapy of Digestive Disorders, 2nd ed., pp. 803-817. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.
Akobeng AK, Gardener E (2005). Oral 5-aminosalicylic acid for maintenance of medically-induced remission in Crohn's disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (1). Oxford: Update Software.
Friedman S, Lichtenstein GR (2006). Crohn's disease. In MM Wolfe et al., eds., Therapy of Digestive Disorders, 2nd ed., pp. 785-801. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.
ByHealthwise Staff
Primary Medical ReviewerE. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
Specialist Medical ReviewerArvydas D. Vanagunas, MD - Gastroenterology
Current as ofNovember 14, 2014
WebMD Medical Reference from Healthwise


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You do not have to be Aiel to join in any of these events--All are welcome!!! :D If you are Aiel, however, you shall get ji for participating.
Cute Proposals :D Go here
Cupid's Spear
Everyone who signs up for this will be assigned a sweetheart (so you will have someone you have a "crush" on then someone else will have a "crush" on you). Everyone will be dripping hints about who their sweetheart is (so you drop hints about who it is you have a crush on).
There will be a thread where all of the participants will be able to interact and where you will drop your hints.
Sign ups will now be open until the 9th!!!
Poem Contest
Submit any kinds of poems related to Valentine's Day. It could be about a loved one, or about how depressed you are that you're single, or that you're happy that you're single--really, whatever you want! :P
Enter your poems here
Maiden's Kiss
Waygate to the dance location
But there's a twist!!! You have the possibility of having a "date" on this dance. You don't have to to be able to attend the dance, but we thought it woudl be fun. And even if you have a date that doesn't mean you have to stay with them the entire evening--though you can if you want (might be a good idea in some cases....). We're having a little activity for asking your date:
There will not be a specific "wreath hand out" thread--just do that anywhere.
Since we are possibly going to have some non-Aiel among us wreath-giving is going to be a little different than in traditional Aiel terms.
1) Both guys and girls can give the wreaths
2) The flowers in the wreaths can reflect your own personality or that of the person you are asking
3) Since certain flowers have different meanings whereever you go I'm not going to tell you which flowers will have which meanings. You make it up for yourself :D
4) Wreath giving is not automatically a marriage proposal
This event (and all of the games and the contest and the wreath giving) will officially start on the 7th, and then the dance will begin on the 14th.
And if you have an idea of something we can add to this theme week please just pm an Aiel staff member and we'll probably end up doing it :)
Edited by Aiel Heart, 14 February 2012 - 10:25 AM.

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Greg Demery bought a ticket from a scalper last week to watch his favorite team, the University of North Carolina, take on host Virginia.
The $100 ticket put the 46-year-old two rows behind the Cavaliers bench.
"I thought, 'How did I get this lucky to get this ticket?'" the lifelong Tar Heels fan recalled. "This low to the court? This never happens to me.'"
He wasn't there for long.
Before he could get comfortable, a security guard told him he couldn't sit there wearing his Carolina blue.
Not long after that, a Virginia staff member checked his ticket to make sure it was legitimate.
Finally, associate athletic director Jason Bauman escorted Demery to another seat 17 rows higher in the lower bowl.
"I couldn't believe it," Demery said. "I'm sitting there hoping to enjoy the game courtside and I thought it was going to work out great and in a matter of 15 minutes, it changed. I just was shaking my head thinking, 'How is this possible? How are they allowed to get away with this?'"
Bauman said he moved Demery because those seats usually belong to athletic department staffers and, although he said he felt badly about the situation, he doesn't intend to alter Virginia's policy and doesn't regret anything else about how he handled the incident.
Demery purchased the ticket after one of those staffers gave their tickets to a friend who then sold one to a scalper.
"I understood he didn't know the rules before he purchased that ticket which is why I wanted to find as good a ticket for him as I could," Bauman said. "I think it's the right approach to those seats, I think I handled it in a professional manner and I think I was respectful of him, but I also think the result was very fair."
Not quite.
No place on the ticket did it say who could sit in the seat or what the person sitting in the seat could wear.
No place on the ticket did it say "Reserved for athletic department staff member."
No place on the ticket did it say "Do not sell."
I am still not sure of the rules or policy that was violated here, except that of an athletic department staffer who gave away their tickets and a friend made a few bucks on the deal.
Instead of apologizing for a staff member doing something that he should not have done, a guy who spent $100 on a college basketball ticket was moved 17 rows higher, at a place I am guessing where the tickets go for $35.
Since it appears there was no stipulation on the ticket regarding who could or could not sit in that seat, Virginia administration was wrong.
"A fan who wears the 'wrong' team's shirt should probably not be excluded from a particular seat that he has legally purchased," Michael McCann wrote via e-mail. He is the director of the Sports Law Institute at Vermont Law School.
"Sure, schools can encourage fans of one team to sit in certain sections, but they probably can't sell a ticket and then revoke its conditions because the ticket-buyer happens to be a fan of the other team."
Demery went to guest services at halftime, only to be greeted by Bauman again.
The story is Demery asked a policeman at the arena if what Virginia was doing was legal, but the officer sided with Bauman.
Wow, shocker there.
"This was an opportunity for me to see Carolina in person and see them up close, and they kind of put a damper on everything," Demery said. "The best thing about the whole day was we won. It was a slight vindication after all that happened."
Sniff. Sniff.
I smell a lawsuit of some kind.
New England head coach Bill Belichick did not start Wes Welker in Sunday's playoff game because of what Welker said in his press conference during the week.
I wonder of Belichick received a phone call from Welker's parents whining about why their kid wasn't in the starting lineup?
Dearest Baltimore, it's really hard to play football in the second half with two hands around your collective necks.
Can anybody catch a pass when it's needed?
Dearest Pittsburgh, you can be really happy that the New York Jets are coming to town for the AFC Championship game, but please understand that your Steelers are 2-4 since 1994 hosting that particular game.
The worst part of this week is listening to Rex Ryan.
I am very happy Gregg Bahen is back in the classroom Tuesday.
One thing about the whole mess with coach Bahen - I would sincerely hope the Diocese of Steubenville takes a long, hard look as to how this was handled and makes sure nothing ever gets handled like this again.
Can someone, some team please make a free throw on a consistent basis.
And, sorry folks, 59 percent is not a consistent basis.
I went through 40 basketball games recently, boys and girls, and added up the free throws shot and made.
Teams were a combined 395 for 669 for a paltry 59 percent.
That included games of 2 for 2, 23 for 29, 0 for 4, 26 for 35, 1 for 7, 8 for 10, 4 for 15, 20 for 26, 7 for 16, 17 for 20 and what seems like almost anything in between.
It is the only time in sports where athletes can score without defensive pressure with the clock stopped.
A missed three throw in the first 15 seconds of a game counts just as much as one in the final 15 seconds of a game. The only difference is the pressure applied internally in the situation.
A golf pro who misses a 2-footer on the third hold on Thursday means just as much as a two-footer missed on the 72nd hole for the win or to force a playoff. The only difference is the pressure applied internally in the situation.
It's concentration, focus and routine.
The 23-for-29 night is rare. Too rare.
A 15-for-23 night seems like it's OK, but that's 65 percent.
Basketball games can be won or lost at the free throw line.
Not only do you have to look at free throws missed, you should also look at free throws not taken because the front end of the 1-and-1 are missed.
(Mathison, a Weirton resident, is the sports editor of the Herald-Star and The Weirton Daily Times and can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com)
I understand this is not an earth-shattering transaction, but it shows another glimpse of how people just don't get it.


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http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-oauth-v2-30#section-10.12 says:
The client MUST implement CSRF protection [...] typically accomplished by requiring any request sent to the redirection URI endpoint to include a value that binds the request to the user-agent's authenticated state (e.g. a hash of the session cookie [...]
It doesn't say much about the implementation, though. It only puts some light on how the CSRF works:
A CSRF attack against the client's redirection URI allows an attacker to inject their own authorization code or access token, which can result in the client using an access token associated with the attacker's protected resources rather than the victim's (e.g. save the victim's bank account information to a protected resource controlled by the attacker)
But use of the word "rather" rather makes the statement worthless.
I am thinking how to implement the "state" in GAE (using Webapp2). It would be easiest starting at how a hacker could use a CSRF against OAuth2. I found only one good article about the matter: http://blog.springsource.org/2011/11/30/10317/
Unfortunately, while this blog post is well written, there's not much info beyond OAuth2 process explained, examples don't work, and I don't know Spring. Still, I found one interesting recommendation there: server connecting to OAuth2 provider, should store "state" as a random session key (e.g. "this_is_the_random_state":"this_doesn't_matter"), not a value under static key (e.g. "state":"random_state_string")
My question is, what's the sane implementation of the "state".
- Should the randomly generated state be hashed or can same value be stored and sent to OAuth2 provider?
- Is there a difference here, if session back-end is secure-cookies or a server-side storage (in GAE Memcache or database)?
- Should state be stored as a key as suggested?
- Should state has validity period, or session (if there is one) lifetime is enough?


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On a beefy server, I have a few Virtual Machines (VMs) running. On one of those, I have Domain Controller (DC) with a domain name (ex:SQL.AD.COM) running successfully. Now, I need to add the other VMs into this domain. How do I do that?
For AlwaysOn, all nodes must in a domain. So, for that to happen, all nodes need to be added to the domain created by the DC. When I go to My Computer >> Properties >> Computer Name >> Change Settings >> Computer Name (tab) >> Change >>
I can change the computer name, but could not add the VM to the domain. What is missing?
This is the error I get: I have the following network properties for each VM.
Domain Controller has 1 NIC
- First:
- Name: AD
- Type: Host-Only Adapter
- Static IP Address (of VM): 184.108.40.206
What IP address settings do I need to configure for VM's to be able to join the domain? I have 3 nodes (VMs)
After @Phil comments, I removed the 200.201.xx.xx IP and added 192.168.1.x IP address pattern.


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Autotrace Plus
Experian's Autotrace Plus Solution Allows Debtor Tracing for Lost Customers
What can a debtor tracing solution do for me?
Discover how you can trace absconded customers who try to escape debt by moving home. Experian's Autotrace Plus is a fast and cost effective debtor tracing solution, which enables you to re-establish contact with your customers.
Key benefits of Autotrace Plus
Autotrace Plus provides the following benefits:
• Reduced tracing costs. Autotrace Plus provides an extremely cost effective way of re-engaging with your lost customers.
• Automatic, continuous tracing efforts. Unsuccessful traces can be placed on Constant Review. Your request will be held on file for a period of 3 or 12 months and when new information becomes available, you will be notified. At this stage you have the option to re-submit data to Autotrace Plus if the information is still required.
• Quicker tracing. As a batch service, Autotrace Plus provides faster debtor tracing, leaving staff free to use valuable time to recover the debt.
• Increased potential for payment. Locating gone-aways at an earlier stage, and before other creditors, increases the likelihood of funds still being available to secure payment.
• Trouble-free technology. Autotrace Plus is hosted and maintained by Experian. You simply need the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) software, which provides the platform for secure and automated submission and receipt of your files.
AutoTrace Plus:
• offers the ability to set a range of parameters at portfolio level, which include the definition of recency of activity, matching levels and the ability to search on name and date of birth
• offers a batch service allows you to choose between receiving the latest address only, or a full address history
• online service enables searching by name and postcode using interactive verification
• provides a 'living as stated' classification
• presents a forwarding address and a complete address history
• returns a Residency Score, which gives a measure of the strength of connection between your customer and the address
• provides the telephone number associated with your customer
• identifies matches against Experian's mortality data
• includes a Constant Review facility that can notify you of any new information
• differentiates between new addresses found using previous address data and date of birth information
• searches for the individual using the alias name as well as the main name
• provides a Case Management facility (online service only) that allows you to find, view and reprocess your tracing cases.
Autotrace Plus is a fast and cost effective debtor tracing solution, which enables you to re-establish contact with your customers. It uses sophisticated data matching and monitoring techniques that allow you to identify the forwarding address of your customer or establish that they continue to be 'living as stated'. In addition, it can provide an indication of the strength of connection between the customer and the address.
The solution is accessed either by an automated, parameterised batch file submission – with a file of results being returned either on a daily or more ad hoc basis – or online.
Autotrace Plus provides you with rapid results in terms of identifying the forwarding addresses of your absconding customers, where available. We also offer access to a Constant Review facility, which helps in those cases where no forwarding address has been identified, by continuing to monitor the customer for up to 3 or 12 months, or until a match is found.
With consumers becoming increasingly credit hungry in today's marketplace, it is likely that your customer will reappear at some point in the future. The Constant Review facility will notify you when they do, enabling you to continue with your investigations.
Experian holds the UK's largest, most up-to-date set of consumer files, including:
• Address links.
Identifies previous and forwarding addresses that are linked to the current address provided by the applicant.
• Application databases.
Includes the Credit Application Previous Search (CAPS) file – the UK's largest file of credit reference enquiries, relating to applications for credit made by individuals.
• Credit Account Information Sharing (CAIS).
A CAIS file is an industry shared file that contains information about credit accounts.
• Edited Electoral Register. Provides a list of every person resident in the UK who is registered to vote, excluding the names and addresses of those people who have 'opted out'.
• Mortality File. Data associated with the process of probate and from undertakers.
• Postal Address File. Contains all known addresses, including postcodes, for all known properties in the UK.
• Redirect Check™ database.
Data from the Royal Mail. Used for fraud prevention purposes to identify where a fraudster has set up a postal redirection away from the current supplied address.
• Telephone number database.
Holds UK telephone numbers, including cable and mobile. These files are held within Experian's database, which classifies the data by individual consumer identities, ensuring that when an enquiry is made, the most accurate data picture is returned.
The power of Autotrace Plus lies in combining Experian's quality data sources with its outstanding matching and monitoring techniques.
By doing so, Autotrace Plus:
• Establishes whether there is any recent information to suggest that the person you are looking for is still living at the last known address.
• Identifies any forwarding addresses, based upon a combination of name and address and / or date of birth, if the person is not resident at the address you have listed for them.
• Provides you with the telephone number associated with the customer's address, enabling you to make contact with them at the earliest opportunity and giving additional confirmation of residency.
• Allows you to place the customer's details onto the Constant Review facility if the original enquiry fails to provide a result. We will then continue to monitor the data, identifying any new information that is relevant to establishing the customer's new address, or re-affirming that they live at their last known address.
• Notifies you when new information is available. If you are using the batch service, you will be able to re-submit the name and address and / or date of birth via your next batch submission in order to obtain the results. If you are using the online Constant Review facility, you will be able to view the results using the Case Management facility.


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I have some notes about curious facts about ordinal numbers, for example that their addition is not commutative, multiplication is not distributive from the right hand side and that the exponent rule doesn't always hold. Also that some things that are undefined in analysis like $0^0, \infty^0, 1^\infty$ are actually defined for ordinal numbers. I know that there's been some investigations devoted to pursuing ordinal arithmetic along the lines of classical results in number theory for example.
Do you happen to know other curious facts about ordinal numbers (compared to facts in analysis or other)?


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To start with i should probably let you know that i am by no means a programmer, and i'm just doing this for a homework assignment, so if it's possible i will require a really detailed explanation :)
I currently have a Node class which i use to store the coordinates of points. Besides that, what i want to do with it is assign each different Node object an index number based on a counter. From what i gathered off the internet the way i do this is by using another class which initializes my counter in the constructor, and inside the Node class i just add it as a static parameter.
This is my code for the above:
class counter
int nr;
nr = 0;
class Nod
static counter ctr;
int index;
Punct pct;
Nod(Punct &temp)
pct = temp;
index = ctr.nr ++ ;
Nod() {}
Now, that builds ok, but as soon as i try to declare a Nod object inside my main function i get the following error: fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals and i've got absolutely no clue as to why this is. I've previously gotten this error when trying to write my own destructor but i got around that by just deleting that bit of code.
Thank you, and sorry if i'm using the wrong terminology for some of the things i've referred to.


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Internet Evangelism Idea #15: 3 Creative Ideas from the Non-Western World
When we think of innovative ways to use the Web for evangelism, do we think the center of that creativity is in the U.S.? Hardly! Here are three outstanding ideas for digital evangelism from the non-Western world that Christians are using today – with positive results.
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Today in Tweet Beat, we understand Kelly Bensimon's view a little better, Teresa Giudice meets Santa Claus, and Bow Wow is extremely hot.
Here's a pic of me and @jaclaurita with Santa: http://twitpic.com/3dt2b4 Isn't he the cutest? xx
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Thursday night on #sunnyfx we reveal who the father of Dee's child is.
I recently discovered that I have blood ties to the s. African zulu.
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I hear I have disgusted some of you. And all I have to say to you is........you're welcome! Xo
i am worried about wesley snipes.
So, when we were filming jackass 3D, Bam broke my nose. This is my sad, broken nose picture... http://twitpic.com/3douh3
Marijuana is just natures way of saying HI!!!


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Issue 14: Finding Land for Living
Last month we posted a survey and asked readers what they wanted to hear about next. You told us you wanted the next issue to focus on finding land for living, so here it is!
Finding land can be one of the biggest initial challenges in building any home and in the case of a small home there are often additional challenges if the home doesn't meet local size minimums. There are four articles in this issue:
- Finding Land for Living – by the UrbanRancher
- Future Parking Options – by Tammy "RowdyKittens"
- This land is your land and this land is my land… – by Lelly
- Online Tools for Finding Land – by Michael Janzen
Guest Submissions - Small Living Journal aspires to be a repository of some of the very best writing from the Small Home Movement. As such, we welcome the contributions of guest authors. If you're interested in submitting an article for a upcoming or past issue please read about Guest Submissions.
While we'll be publishing new issues on new topics every month; in the spirit of growing Small Living Journal as a complete knowledge base we'd like to welcome new articles on past issue topics. So if you have expertise in any of those areas we'd love to consider your submission.
Finding Land for Living
(or "How I Learned to Grow a Beard, Read a Parcel Map and Write a Manifesto in Ten Easy Steps")
If the question is "How do I find land to live on?" then the answer would simply be "well Einstein… look!"
So in 2003, while sitting on a pile of cash from the (lucrative, LOL) sale of my house… I looked.
I quickly learned that the question SHOULD have been "How do I find land to live on that I can actually afford, have permission to build on, get onto with my vehicle, have potable water, electric power, a phone line, not get shot by crazy drug-addicted neighbors and, make sure I actually own what it appears I'm buying."
Prologue. Start your engines.
While on a camping trip in the mountains outside of LA with my buddies, I found myself in a local watering hole, chatting it up with a commercial ranch broker. I just came into some cash and was looking to buy a piece of land in some remote Valhalla where I could eventually grow old, free of the rat race (and my annoying common-wall neighbors). His advice was to start with a local agent but to do all the research myself. He confided that many realtors often don't put the same time and effort into selling vacant land that they put into houses. True dat.
Next day, I walked into the nearest mountain-town real estate office (the one festooned with the largest flags and loudest bunting) and announced I would be buying some land. I was assigned to the agent on duty, a lovely older woman with very little experience selling land. My meeting with "June" convinced me that indeed I would have to drive this land bus by myself.
The driving part was not so simple. This is what I learned.
Lesson One. Decide where you want to buy.
This is obvious but often taken for granted. "I'll see what I can afford" is usually the first step but I say re-think step one. Take into consideration that while you're building, you'll be commuting from your home base. Friends will be more apt to visit if it's closer to home. You'll spend more time there if getting there is easier. I bought my land about 150 miles from my home in LA. Without too much traffic it takes 2 ½ hours travel time if I hustle, 3 hours on average (with a gas, burger and a pee stop).
The Internet is great for finding parcels of land but you'll really need "boots on the ground" to show you what Google Earth and Microsoft Bird's Eye cannot. Once you have your general location picked out, a local agent can send you listings that fit your needs. One factoid…with vacant land, an agent's commission is typically 10% but it's usually paid by the seller.
The further away from a city your land is, the cheaper it is. There are many factors that determine the price of land and for me, "getting to it regularly" was near the top. I scheduled viewings on weekends and would hit several lots per day. It's good to see them back-to back to compare how they feel.
Lesson Two. The better it is, the pricier it is.
Trees cost more, water costs more, paved road access costs more, a view costs more, privacy costs more. Large plots do get cheaper by the acre though. I bought 20 remote acres for the same price as a 60'x100' lot in the local mountain town. I needed trees, privacy, road access and ground water. I got it all. I looked at 30 properties over 6 months and sat down with my list of pros and cons before making my choice. It's a balancing act. Fortunately the property I chose was heading to a tax auction. I bought it for a very reduced price just 2 days before it would have sold to county insiders on the courthouse steps.
Lesson Three. Where IS the property line?
Most realtors will not know where the boundaries are. Have your agent get you the parcel maps on properties. They can usually just print 'em out at their desks. These maps will give measurements and notes on where the boundaries are. The listing sheet will often have landmark notes, "North boundary is below the fork in the road and the big oak tree".
I suggest buying a handheld GPS hiking device and use it to walk out the property. I set waypoints at the known corners and hiked the perimeters following the parcel maps. It was pretty simple to do and VERY enlightening. The GPS will tell you how many feet you're walking in any given direction. The parcel map should have those feet measurements. Many counties now put their parcel maps online, overlaid onto Google Earth satellite photos.
Lesson Four. Easements.
Make sure you can gain access to your land. If there is no road in, the land will be cheap. If there is no road in, how will you get in? Permission to bulldoze a road over your neighbors land is legal but usually VERY hard to get and will involve years in court.
The out-of-pocket cost of bulldozing into your land depends on the terrain but it can get pretty expensive.
Make sure no one will be suing YOU for permission to bulldoze through your land to access THEIR parcel. I passed on 2 glorious parcels for these kind of easement issues. (As a note, 6 years later neither of them have resolved their access issues and one is still tied up in court)
Lesson Five. What do you mean I can't camp on my own land?
I cannot stress this enough…Check the local county ordinances, zoning and building codes!!! Many counties will not allow you to camp on your vacant land or even park an RV or trailer without a house in place. Many counties have zoning laws that won't allow mobile homes or manufactured homes to be put up at all. You MUST check the zoning. It's often easy to do this research online through the county's web page.
My land is zoned "A-1" agricultural. I cannot camp on it. Many counties will demand that you determine the use of a vacant parcel by putting up a structure. A home (residential use), a barn (agricultural use), a business (commercial use), crops, or something that will establish what KIND of use. In my case I can live there ONLY if I build a minimum 440 square foot house that is NOT a mobile or manufactured home. If I was zoned R-1 (residential) or MH (mobile home) I could live in a double-wide!
There are pages and pages of restrictions on what, where and how I can build my house, EVEN THOUGH it's quite remote and nowhere near Los Angeles. If any of my neighbors were to complain, the building department would make a total pain-in-the-ass of themselves, even in the middle of nowhere (they have already done this to my next door neighbors because of their live-in trailer).
Lesson Six. What, no mortgage?
It is virtually impossible to get a mortgage on vacant land. You must pay 100% in cash at escrow OR try and get the owner to carry a loan for you (usually with 50% cash down & 5 or 10 years of payments). Real Estate companies will often package land parcels with a low down payment and monthly terms but double-check the details. They're often used on undesirable parcels and you could end up over-paying based on the local comps.
In 2003 when I bought my land, Bank of America WAS writing mortgages on some vacant land IF there was a working water system in place. I'm not sure if this is still the case. Which brings me to…
Lesson Seven. Water.
You gotta have it. It's availability will alter your purchase price dramatically but,
You gotta have it.
If you have city water pipes already in place, you'll pay for it up-front in the purchase price (and you should check on the monthly fees). If there's an existing well on the parcel, you're in luck. If there's a well shared with neighbors, that's good too. If you need to drill one, take a deep breath.
Ask the adjacent neighbors how deep they drilled and who did it. It's a good shot that your well will tap into the same water table. My well went down 260 feet through decomposed granite (easy to drill through) and in 2003 it cost me $10,000 (original estimate was $7,000). This is just for the damn pipe in the ground. A 3500 gallon (minimum) storage tank is required by my county (for the fire dept). This will cost me another $5,000 and the pump, pressure system and piping will be another $5,000.
Lesson Seven A. Utilities.
I'm not sure how important electricity and a phone are to you but I found that I REALLY needed phone access. Power poles are often located near a property line but many parcels are beyond the reach of the grid. This can be a plus to many, especially with the advances in solar and wind power. The close availability of the grid will "up" the price of land but power is a whole other issue. I just need a phone.
I found it extremely difficult to coordinate with realtors, surveyors, contractors, friends, work and more without a phone. Many remote parcels are beyond the cell grid so communication is tough. Access to a land line was important since I've no cell service for 10 miles in any direction. I will eventually need to work from my mountain so this was on my checklist as a "must-have". I did manage to convince the phone company to drop a line off the pole at my driveway entrance. I told the installer that the delivery company was late in dropping off my new double-wide, could he please just put the phone box on the side of this tree and take this $50 bill for his trouble? Score!
If you'll eventually need access to the Internet, DSL's are rare in the wild and you can forget about cable modems, LOL. Dial-up has become my demon.
Lesson Eight. Do I even own it?
Vacant land can often have title problems.
"Pops said he won the land in a card game in 1931 but he's in a nursing home in Omaha with Alzheinmers, we can't find any paperwork",
"My Father left this parcel to us 7 kids but it's in probate til we find Crazy Sally",
"Winnie said the papers burned up in the trailer fire",
"When they cleaned out the cabin, all we could find was his manifesto".
Yes, 3 of these are actual quotes I heard from people with land for sale. Make sure the title is clean and your escrow company does due diligence. I have an on-going border dispute with my neighbor Hal about an alleged easement that was hand-written on note paper in the 1930's. Hal's bulldozing a road and heading straight for my property line. The county won't get involved and neighbor Hal carries a shotgun so my surveyor is afraid to go near that border. I figure Hal's really old and has been pretty sick lately, he'll probably die before his bulldozer makes it to my property. Problem solved. But ohhh, the title issues his kids will face when they try to sell!
Check the title.
Lesson Nine. No Fear.
Ask lots of questions, even if you feel like a total dumb-ass. I'd bought and sold homes in the past but with vacant land, there were so many issues I'd never seen before (dig for my water, wtf?!). The folks I dealt with were always more than happy to explain the smallest detail when asked and they eagerly referred me to their vendors and resources.
Lesson Ten. Git 'er done.
Don't let my gas-bag bloviating deter you. The entire land-finding process was WAY fun. I learned new stuff every day and as I moved forward, I felt smarter and more in control of my own destiny. Now that I'm actually building MY cabin on MY land, I feel like I'm on top of the world and I guess, I really am.
Good Luck!
Elroy aka E. aka UrbanRancher
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Future Parking Options…
A few months ago I read a post about tiny homes and land sharing. The post prompted me to think about moving to the ranch. It's not a feasible option right now, but it's something I'd consider doing 5 to 10 years down the road.
There are a number of advantages and disadvantages we have considered…
1. Open space to park the tiny house
2. Being near family
3. Zero rent (as long as the tiny house is paid off)
4. Options to build a deck, a green house and space for gardening
5. Food cost would decrease
6. In alignment of long term goals
7. Close access to hiking, camping, biking, running and other outdoor activities
8. Lower cost of living
9. Cooler winters and summers
10. We could get a puppy!
1. Limited employment opportunities
2. Isolation
3. We would need to buy a car and that would make me very very sad
4. Conservative political environment
5. Slow internet
Finding land to park a tiny house is challenging and the ranch would be a perfect parking spot. But that will have to wait a few years…
We're moving to Portland at the end of January and might build a tiny house this year. I'm hoping we can park our little house in someone's backyard. But, you never know what the future holds and our plans aren't set in stone.
This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway." ~Bob Dylan
I don't really have a whole lot to say about purchasing land for a tiny house. The last time I bought real estate I ended up wishing I hadn't.
What I do think would be beneficial though, for those who are looking for a little chunka' to rest their dreams upon would be to google "cheap land". You'll come up with all sorts of wholesale land bargains like radiusland.com. Mother Earth News usually also has wholesale land ads in their magazine. The only issue is that alot of those properties are either out in the middle of nowhere or just plain undesirable. Dunno, it would be worth it to someone who doesn't like people or really knows how to take care of themselves in the wilderness.
Another idea that I think would be good is if someone were to compile a landshare list of people with property who would like to host a tiny house.
Until next time my minions, live free and Happy New Year!
Online Tools for Finding Land
For many people these days the search for land begins online. Typically affordable land is not easy to find using most of the big real estate websites because they tend to focus on single family homes. But I've found a certain combination of methods useful for exploring new places and uncovering what appear to be good deals.
Google Maps
From the Google Maps start page begin by clicking the Show search options link that is located next to the Search Maps button at the top. This will expose a hidden drop down menu with the default value All results. Click on the drop down menu and change the selection to Real estate. Now enter the location where you want to start your search and click Search Maps. For this article I searched for Klamath Falls, Oregon and got the map result below.
Each red dot on the map is a piece of real estate for sale and an occasional rental. On this screen you can now filter out the properties that don't match your criteria. Remember the keyword search box at the top is included in the search criteria so if you leave it blank — which seems counter intuitive at first — will allow you to search the viewable map and not constrain you to a single city.
In this next example I've removed Klamath Falls, Oregon from the search field, added $20,000 as a price limit, zoomed out a bit, and clicked on the Terrain button in the top right so I can see topography instead of the aerial view. On the left you'll see the details of each property but you can also click on the red dots to get more detail too.
I chose Klamath Falls, Oregon because it's within a day's drive distance of of my home… but I've never been there. Luckily Google Maps can give me a quick tour now that I've identified it as a place with inexpensive land. I still don't know if it's an owner-builder friendly place at this point but before I dive in too deeply I want to explore it a little to see if it would be a place I'd like to build a tiny cabin.
So the next thing I'll do is turn on the mapped photos and Wikipedia articles. Simply click the More… (1) button at the top and select the things you want.
After spending some time looking through the photos and Wikipedia articles I was ready to try to uncover if this was owner-builder friendly place. From the Wikipedia article about Klamath Falls I was able to quickly find the county website and their local building codes and ordinances.
Local Planning Department Websites
The best way to find out if a community is owner-builder friendly is to ask people who know. But it's also fairly easy to get a basic idea of what is required to build a small home from a little online research. In this example I discovered:
- Klamath County code enforcement officers are sworn deputies by the Klamath County Sherif (source) and can ticket you for code violations.
- The permit fees were reasonable but not low cost.
- The Klamath County general codes are published online.
- I could find no published minimum size requirement for homes, which is a good thing.
- Oregon also has a state-wide building codes division and an online quick permits tool for contractors but not owner-builders.
I may be jumping to conclusions but my general take was that Klamath County has a bit of red tape and may not be the easiest place to build without expert assistance. But it also doesn't look terribly oppressive. The next step would be to start a more specific search for land and contact realtors to find out if these initial suspicions are true.
Lands of America
My next online search would be at Lands of America. You can also find these same property listings on Mother Earth News. I like Lands of America because they have a lot of low cost bare land listings unlike most of the big real estate websites.
When I started searching in the Klamath Falls area I found a few properties that look like great deals online and then did a little more digging.
This particular property caught my eye. The real estate listing (pdf of original here) had a lot more detail than most and the 20-acre parcel cost less than $20,000.
I then discovered that Oregon keeps all the tax plat maps online on one website, which is really handy for researching. Most of the time you'll find plat maps on county websites if they are online at all. These maps show lot lines and general geographical features but not much more. Using Google Maps I found the property in order to get a better look at the topography and what it looked like from the air.
I was stunned when I found that this parcel appeared to be under water. Here's a side-by-side screen shot of the Google Map and plat map. The property in question is the 20-acre parcel just to the left of the B in Bear Valley. You can visit the live Google Map here.
I emailed the realtor, who happens to be in Texas, and asked if the land was on a silted in lake or under a real lake… since Google Maps aerial view sure made it look like a lake bottom. I've not heard back from the realtor yet but it is the holidays after all so I'll cut him some slack.
But this is the perfect example of why it is essential to assume nothing about buying bare land. It's also best to work with local realtors since they will be able to answer all your questions. Even when you walk land yourself you will still have questions about legal access, property lines, water availability, and so on. When you are looking online you really have too little information to make a purchase decision and if a deal looks too good to be true there is a reason for it.
So use the internet for exploring and getting a general sense for a place, especially if it is new to you like Klamath Falls, Oregon is to me. But when you are ready to get serious about buying land, plan on spending some time on the ground in the area visiting with realtors, potential neighbors, and talking to the local planning department. Also be sure to find out if it is legal to camp on your own land while building. At the end of the day the internet is a great tool for researching but you never know what you'll find in the real world until you get out and check it out.
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The battalion, now dubbed Task Force Defender, took charge of operations in the Parwan province from the 1st Cavalry Division's headquarters battalion.
Task Force Defender will conduct several missions in Parwan, ranging from support to security. The unit is scheduled to complete a year-long tour here.
"I am looking forward to the positive and lasting impact Task Force Defender will have on Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom," said Task Force Commander Lt. Col. James Davis. "Continued partnership is the key to transition; shoulder to shoulder we will stand."
Brig. Gen. James Richardson, the Deputy Commanding General for Support in Regional Command-East, also spoke at the ceremony.
"The task force will see a changing Afghanistan, one with Afghans in the lead of security, governance and development," he said.
"You are faced with a tough mission, but that is why a "Duty First" unit was chosen to do the heavy lifting," said Richardson, referring to the unit's motto. "I have every confidence that you will not only get job done here, but that you will excel."
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We are given a curve with integer coefficients. I want to make a suggestion in another question (Computationally bounding a curve's genus from below?) into a deterministic algorithm for finding the genus of a plane curve.
The suggestion is: reduce modulo a random prime and find all singular points there. If the prime was of good reduction, then these are the reductions of all of the algebraic singular points, and you can compute the genus easily from here.
What is an effective bound on the largest prime of bad reduction?
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Say $C$ is given by $\sum a_{ij} x^i y^j$, then I imagine a bound similar to: $\displaystyle\sum_{\sigma} \prod a_{i\sigma^{-1} (i)}$


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We often hear that the Pentagon exists to defend our freedoms. But the Pentagon is moving against press freedom.
Not long ago, journalist Sarah Olson received a subpoena to testify in early February in the court-martial of U.S. Army Lt. Ehren Watada, who now faces prosecution for speaking against the Iraq war and refusing to participate in it. Apparently, the commanders at the Pentagon are so eager to punish Watada that they've decided to go after reporters who have informed the public about his statements. People who run wars are notoriously hostile to a free press. They're quick to praise it — unless the reporting goes beyond mere stenography for the war-makers and actually engages in journalism that makes the military command uncomfortable.
Evidently, that's why the Pentagon subpoenaed Olson. They want her to testify to authenticate her quotes from Watada — which is to say, they want to force her into the prosecution of him. "Army lawyers are overreaching when they try to prosecute their case by drafting reporters," the Los Angeles Times noted in a Jan. 8 editorial.
The newspaper added: "No prosecutor should be able to conscript any reporter into being a deputy by compelling testimony about a statement made by a source — or go fishing for information beyond what a reporter presents in a story — unless it's absolutely vital to protect U.S. citizens from crime or attack. This principle should apply whether or not the source was speaking in confidence, or whether or not the reporter works for a media organization."
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Olson is a freelancer whose reporting on Watada has appeared on the widely read Truthout.org website and has aired on the nationwide public radio program "Making Contact." (Full disclosure: I was a founder of that program and served as an advisor.) For a number of years, she has been doing the job of a journalist. Now, in its dealings with her, the Pentagon is despicably trying to trample on the First Amendment.
As the LA Times editorialized, "there is something especially chilling about the U.S. military reaching beyond its traditional authority to compel a non-military U.S. citizen engaged in news-gathering to testify in a military court, simply to bolster a court-martial case. ... Sustaining the military subpoena would set a troubling precedent. It's time for the Army to back off."
But the Army hasn't shown any sign of backing off — despite an outcry from a widening range of eminent journalists, mainstream media institutions and First Amendment groups.
"Trying to force a reporter to testify at a court-martial sends the wrong signal to the media and the military," said the president of the Military Reporters and Editors organization, James W. Crawley. He commented: "One of the hallmarks of American journalism, as documented in the Bill of Rights and defended by our armed services, is a clear separation of the press and the government. Using journalists to help the military prosecute its case seems like a serious breach of that wall."
By sending subpoenas to Sarah Olson and to another journalist who has reported on Watada (Gregg Kakesako of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin), the Pentagon is trying to chip away at the proper role of news media.
Two officials of the PEN American Center, a venerable organization that works to protect freedom of expression, put the issue well in a recent letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates: "If Olson and Kakesako respond to these subpoenas by testifying, they will essentially be participating in the prosecution of their source. Reporters should not serve as the investigative arm of the government. Such a role compromises their objectivity and can have chilling effects on the press."
Writing for Editor & Publisher magazine, Sarah Olson summed up what is at stake: "A member of the press should never be placed in the position of aiding a government prosecution of political speech. This goes against the grain of even the most basic understanding of the First Amendment's free press guarantees and the expectation of a democracy that relies on a free flow of information and perspectives without fear of censor or retribution."
And Olson added: "You may ask: Do I want to be sent to prison by the U.S. Army for not cooperating with their prosecution of Lieutenant Watada? My answer: Absolutely not. You may also ask: Would I rather contribute to the prosecution of a news source for sharing newsworthy perspectives on an affair of national concern? That is the question I wholly object to having before me in the first place."
The Pentagon's attack on journalism is an attack on the First Amendment — and an attempt to drive a wedge between journalists and dissenters in the military. Resistance is essential for democracy.
Norman Solomon's book "War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death" is available in the Atlantic Free Press Amazon Bookstore. For more information about Pentagon moves against journalists, go to: www.FreePressWG.org
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Lt Watada's Slide Into Incarceration
The government has recently ruled that Lt. Watada may not argue the legality of the Iraq War even though he is still being charged with conduct unbecoming an officer for challanging the orders to send him to war that it illegal. Dychotemy?
When can Lt Watada be expected to be notified of the appropriate time when he can refuse to participate in a war crime, such as aggressive war, crimes against peace and crimes against humanity as outlined in the Nuremberg International War Crimes Findings?
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WEIRTON - Two young girls basketball teams went at it Monday night at the Bill Barrett Gym and Madonna, on the strength of making 24-of-47 free throws, prevailed over Brooke 48-38.
That isn't a very good free throw shooting night, but in this game it was enough. There were a total of 51 fouls called in the game. No one keeps stats on the number of tie ups, but there had to have been at least 20 of them called as the girls from both teams scrambled for possession of the elusive basketball. In addition, each team turned the ball over 23 times.
There were only two seniors on the floor, one for each team, so the underclassmen, mostly sophomores and freshmen, tried hard and kept after each other.
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DEFENSE — Weirton Madonna's Aubrey Platek is defended by Brooke's Marena Cline during Monday's 48-38 win by the Blue Dons in the Bill Barrett Gymnasium.
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DEFENSE — Weirton Madonna's Isabella Rosso plays defense against Brooke's Marena Cline during Monday's 48-38 win by the Blue Dons in the Bill Barrett Gymnasium.
-- Fred Younce
"I scouted Brooke last Saturday and I knew coming in that there record (1-10) wasn't like what the game would be like," said Madonna coach Don Ogden. "They play a tough schedule. They're a tough team. They get after it.
"We didn't know how our young team would react going against a Triple A team so we talked pre-game about keeping up our intensity and I think we did a pretty good job of that."
Brooke standout Angela Staffileno clearly was the star of the game in a losing cause. The 6-foot-1 sophomore recorded a triple double scoring 25 points, collecting 16 rebounds, blocking 10 shots and the topping it off with three steals.
"Angela gives it all she's got, but you just can't bail a team out by giving them 42 foul shots and win," said Ryan Scherich, whose team now is 1-10. "We played University Saturday and, not to take anything away from Madonna, but they are much more skilled and we only turned the ball over 14 times.
"I told our kids before the game that if they only turn the ball over 14 times against Madonna they could win. I think the smaller court, which the girls aren't used to, was a factor, too, but you just can't give a team that many opportunities with turnovers and fouls and win."
Brooke out-goaled Madonna 13 to 11, and Staffileno tallied 10 of the 13. The Lady Bruins were much more accurate from the foul line, making 9 of 13, but they didn't get enough opportunities there.
The Lady Blue Dons countered Staffileno's big night with seven girls in the scoring column, led by freshman Monica Bragg's 13 points. Amy Davis and sophomore Leanne Grubbs scored eight points apiece. Grubbs was 8 of 8 from the free throw line. Davis added eight rebounds.
Even though they were playing without senior leader and only returning starter from a year ago, Nicolette Sellitti, Ogden was pleased with the defensive effort his team put forth. Sellitti was injured at home and still has concussion symptoms.
"I thought our defense created some problems for them," Ogden said. "Amy Davis, our other senior, played with intensity and played a heck of a defensive game in the paint. But a girl like Staffileno is going to get her points. We just wanted to make her earn them, which she did. And we wanted to keep the other girls from scoring, which we did."
Bragg, who is gaining experience and improving her statistics every game, got her first varsity double-double, scoring 13 points and grabbing a like number of rebounds.
"Monica is coming on at a time when we really need it because of injuries to Nicolette and some of our other girls," Ogden explained. "She was injured herself and missed some games, but her coming back, the timing for us just couldn't be better."
The Lady Blue Dons travel across the Ohio River Thursday at Steubenville Catholic Central.
Scherich said it doesn't get any easier for his Bruins, who must play Thursday at Oak Glen, a team that just beat Madonna.
Madonna 48, Brooke 38
Brooke 10 7 7 14 - 38
Madonna 7 12 10 19 - 48
BROOKE: Cline 0 0-2 0, Farmer 1 0-0 3, Hinerman 1 1-1 4, Stuck 1 0-0 2, Preston 0 4-5 4, Staffileno 10 4-5 25. Totals: 13 9-13 38. Three-pointers: Farmer, Hinerman, Staffileno; Rebounds: 38 (Staffileno, 16); Turnovers: 23.
MADONNA: Dowiak 1 5-12 7, Mascio 2 0-0 4, Rosso 2 1-4 7, Platek 0 1-3 1, Davis 2 4-10 8, Bragg 4 5-10 13, Grubbs 0 8-8 8. Totals: 11 24-47 48. Three-pointers: Rosso (2); Rebounds: 34 (Bragg, 13); Turnovers: 23.


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Part-time Students, Full-time Stars in the Class of 2011
Each year about 25 percent of the Rutgers School of Law–Newark graduating class consists of students who have attended evening classes while holding a full-time job for most if not all of their four years. To succeed, evening students who juggle full-time employment depend on accommodating bosses and caring co-workers as well as especially supportive family and friends. To participate in law school life beyond the classroom – on journals and moot court teams, in the clinical program, and in student organizations, they often sacrifice time with children, the opportunity for career advancement or overtime pay, lunch breaks and vacation days, hobbies – not to mention sleep. Three members of the Class of 2011 exemplify the special determination, strong support network, and absolute commitment of our evening students.
|Michael Coco '11
Coco received his J.D. magna cum laude and was awarded the Philip Kravitz Memorial Prize as the part-time student with the highest academic average. He was a member of the Rutgers Law Review, a Saul Tischler Scholar, a student in the Urban Legal Clinic, a Minority Student Program legal skills study group facilitator, and a member of the Labor and Employment Law Association and the Evening Students Association.
Coco earned a B.S. magna cum laude in biology from York College of Pennsylvania and then a B.S. in nursing from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, graduating first in the class. Since 2006 he has worked as an emergency room staff nurse at Jersey City Medical Center. Interested in the law for as long as he can remember, Coco, besides treating patients, has served as a standing member of the hospital's policies and procedures committee and professional practice committee. In addition, as an Urban Legal Clinic student during his final law school semester, he handled Social Security issues, bringing his medical background to address legal issues.
Ideally, he'd like to combine his nursing background and legal training, working in a law firm representing hospitals or for a hospital in its risk management department.
For Rachel Rodriguez, it was her job as a probation officer that piqued an interest in law school. She joined the Ocean County Superior Court Criminal Division in 2003 after receiving a B.A. in psychology with honors from Rutgers University. "I got hired right out of college during a bad economy," she explained, "and thought I would stay a while until I figured out what I wanted to do . . . and somewhere along the way, I fell in love with the criminal justice system."
Rather than the traditional probation officer's role of supervising clients, she wrote pre-sentence investigation reports and handled applications to the pretrial intervention program. Most of the time, her defendants' plea agreements were well-tailored to their individual situations and judges substantially abided by them at sentencing. Occasionally, some fact or circumstance uncovered during the pre-sentence investigation would "make a real difference in the final outcome of a case." Those moments were key in her decision to go to law school. "I saw that even as a probation officer, I could play a role in ensuring that justice is done," she said, "and I knew that I could play an even greater role as an attorney."
|Rachel Rodriguez '11
For the first three and a half years, Rodriguez drove 70 miles from her job to attend classes four nights a week, reducing to three nights a week only for her final semester. She was managing editor of the Rutgers Law Review and a Moot Court Board member, the only evening student from the Class of 2011 who did both. Her note, "The Sex Offender Under the Bridge: Has Megan's Law Run Amok?" was published in 62 Rutgers L. Rev. 1023 (2010). She was also a Legal Research and Writing teaching associate.
Rodriguez became very good at time management, studying during lunch breaks and using vacation days for trial competition and Law Review print days. The encouragement of family, friends, and co-workers at the court was also critical. "Having their support throughout the past four years has been an unbelievable asset." So was participation in the Minority Student Program, especially the first-year study groups. In her second year she facilitated a torts group, "trying to soften the blow of law school as my facilitators had done for me."
Her best experience? "My absolute favorite class was Appellate Advocacy with Professor Judy Russell — she puts so much into the class and is genuinely supportive of evening students." Rodriguez was assigned to argue as defense counsel to a sex offender, an assignment that she later learned was deliberate, "to make sure I would get the experience working from that side. Difficult as it was, it was gratifying to discover that I could do it, and do it well."
Rodriguez began law school thinking she wanted to be a prosecutor, or at least work in criminal law, but open to the possibility of finding another area she would enjoy more. "That never happened. I found I came most alive in any class that involved criminal matters, and as it turned out, my trial/appellate briefs for LRW, the journal write-on, and the problems for my trial advocacy and appellate advocacy classes were all criminal law problems. It's my passion, no denying it. Four years later, I still want to be a prosecutor.
"Perhaps it is naïve," she added, "but I still truly believe in justice — and by that, I do not mean incarceration for all or obtaining a conviction at any cost. Sometimes justice means knowing when to step away from a prosecution."
Rodriguez, who was a Dean's Merit Scholar and Gugig Family Scholar and who graduated cum laude, will clerk for the Honorable Barry T. Albin of the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
|Eric Sposito '11 with wife, Ruth, and their son, Jacob
Selected for a field attorney assignment in the highly competitive National Labor Relations Board Honors Program, Sposito could not have captured a more ideal post-graduation job. "Union is in my blood. I get no greater satisfaction than when I advocate for workers, union or not." His maternal grandfather was an officer in the hat makers local in New York during and after the Depression and his father was a representative with the New York Newspaper Printing Pressmen's Union.
Sposito has been juggling family, school, work, and commuting for several years. While employed full-time and serving as vice president of his local, he earned a B.A. in 2007 in union leadership and administration, largely through classes at the Cornell Industrial Labor Relations School in Manhattan. He made the decision to attend law school during his last two years as an undergraduate. "I enjoy representing workers, negotiating and mediating labor issues," he explained, "and the practice of law has always been in my field of interest." Rutgers' reputation for faculty excellence in labor and employment law made his decision to come to Newark an easy one.
His favorite classes? Contracts with Professor Paul Tractenberg, Employment Discrimination with Adjunct Professor Michael DiChiara, and Alternative Dispute Resolution with Adjunct Professor A.S. Cohen.
That Sposito likes to keep busy outside of work – competitive and long-distance cycling is among his interests – is clear. He served as associate editor and then senior notes editor of the Rutgers Law Record, associate editor and then managing editor of the Rutgers Conflict Resolution Law Journal, and captain of the Moot Court Team for the ABA Labor and Employment Law Trial Advocacy Competition. His proudest accomplishment? The three papers published while in law school, in particular "14 Penn Plaza v. Pyett: Into the Abyss Between Judicial Process and Collectively Bargained Agreements to Arbitrate Statutory Claims," which has been included in the Rutgers School of Law–Newark Legal Studies Research Paper Series on SSRN.
Sposito readily credits his wife with much of his law school success. "If not for her support and hard work, I would not have been able to maintain the pace."
In addition to personal grit and supportive family and friends, evening students quickly come to rely on the special camaraderie that exists among their classmates to make it through those 8:10 – 9:40 pm classes. As Michael Coco said: "My best experience has been getting to know and working with my fellow night students. Their dedication to their families, school work, and careers has been an inspiration."


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(December 21, 2012)--TxDOT is advising drivers to exercise caution over the holidays even though all I-35 mainlanes will be open.
All construction-related mainlane closures ended by 7 a.m. on Friday and will remain open through 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Though the lanes will be open, there are areas with no shoulders and several locations where three lanes narrow to two, on both the northbound and southbound sides of the highway.
TxDOT says drivers should always allow extra time for their travels.
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Implementing Trauma-Informed Care in Victim Services Settings
On August 29, 2012, at 2 p.m. (eastern time), the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) will present a Web Forum discussion with Vivian Brown, Ph.D., and Amy Fleischauer, LMSW, on best practices for implementing trauma-informed care in victim services settings. Dr. Brown is the founder and former CEO of Prototypes, a California-based nonprofit agency that serves women, children, and communities affected by substance abuse, mental illness, and domestic violence. She has 40 years of experience in developing innovative, trauma-informed and trauma-specific mental health, substance abuse, and HIV/AIDS services. Dr. Brown currently provides consultation on integrating mental health, substance abuse, health, and trauma services; and she recently developed a number of trauma-informed practice materials. She previously collaborated on the OVC-funded Institute for Collaborative Response for Victims of Family Violence at San Jose State University, including presenting workshops on family violence and the intersecting issues of trauma, mental health, and substance abuse; and on using trauma assessments to help agencies become more trauma-informed. Ms. Fleischauer is Director of Victim Services at the International Institute of Buffalo, which provides services to foreign-born victims of human trafficking and domestic violence. She also serves as Director of Victim Services for the Northern Tier Anti-Trafficking Consortium, which provides training and technical assistance for organizations that administer direct care to survivors of human trafficking. Ms. Fleischauer is a consistent presenter and panelist at national conferences on topics related to domestic violence and human trafficking.Visit the OVC Web Forum now at http://ovc.ncjrs.gov/ovcproviderforum to submit questions for Dr. Brown and Ms. Fleischauer and return on August 29 at 2 p.m. (eastern time) for the live discussion. Go to http://ovc.ncjrs.gov/ovcproviderforum/asp/participate.asp for instructions on how to participate.


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In a 2D game where you have a lot of possible combination of collision between objects, such as:
object A vs object B => object B vs A;
object A vs object C => object C vs A;
object A vs object D => object D vs A;
and so on ...
Do we need to create callback methods for all single type of collision? and do we need to create the same method twice? Like, say a bullet hits a wall, now I need a method to penetrate the wall for the wall, and a method to destroy the bullet for the bullet!!
At the same time, a bullet can hit many objects in the game, and hence, more different callback methods!!!
Is there a design pattern for that?


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iPad/iPad Mini Camera & Media Connection Adapter for $5.99
View your Precious Photos on your Hi-Res iPad!
Plug this adapter into the lightning port on your iPad or iPad Mini (or into your iPad's 30-pin port) and its possibilities instantly expand. Simply open your Photo app and view the images on your memory card under the Camera tab at the top. No longer is there a need for loading photos onto a computer in order to take them with you on your iPad. Connect a USB keyboard or insert your camera's memory card to access your media. Accepts SD, Memory Stick (MS), MultiMediaCard (MMC), Memory Stick Micro (M2) and TransFlash (TF).
Take your pick from either the traditional, older 30-pin connector, or the new lighting 8-pin connector ($5 extra) and take your memories with you everywhere you go!
Compatible with iPads and iPad Minis equipped with a lightning port
Plugs into 30 pin iPad port (not compatible with devices with lightning port)
Supports USB, TF, M2, SD/MMC and MS/MS Duo inputs
Uploads to Photos app, no software required
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I would recommend not buying this if you have anything beyond an iPad first generation. I've purchased two of these reproduced by off brand companies and none of them work. Apparently apple crippled the ability for these to work on iPads and you're taking a risk ( albeit cheap risk ).
@omensign: Sounds like something the snots at Apple would do.
I have this particular model and I am glad to report that it has worked well with everything I have tried, from my iPod Classic to my First gen iPad.....I think they updated it when they added the option for the lightning connector....
If you just happen to bend JUST A LITTLE the Mini connector wile in the Mini it will BREAK!
Bought this and used on the iPad 1. worked fine.
I owned a cheap adapter (30-pin model) like this one before and it worked, but was very poorly designed. I had to apply an unusual amount of force just to connect it to the iPad. I felt like I was going to break the adapter or the port on my iPad every time I used it. It may have not been this particular model, but just a warning to those who consider this. I suspect the lightning connector model would have a better chance of fitting appropriately though.


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I'm very new to PostgreSql and still learning the ropes.
I have a really long script for setting up a new copy of my database. It creates functions, runs them, does some inserts and a bunch of other stuff. When I try to run this entire script in the pgAdminIII Query Tool, it throws an error that doesn't seem to make sense.
ERROR: syntax error at or near ""
This error gets thrown right after the first alter function owner statement which is after the first create function statement.
If I take each statement out and run them individually then everything runs OK. What gives?
Lines before error:
ALTER FUNCTION table_exists(text) OWNER TO postgres;
Lines at error:
-- Function : column_exists(text, text)
-- Function output : true / false
Lines after error:
CREATE FUNCTION column_exists(tablename text, columnname text)
RETURNS boolean AS $$
RETURN EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM information_schema.columns WHERE table_name = $1 AND column_name = $2);
$$LANGUAGE plpgsql;


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The Never Summer Prospector Splitboard conquers high-alpine cirques, low-angle pow stashes, and everything in between with its tapered directional shape, extensive dampening, and bombproof construction. This big-mountain charger keeps you floating through the deepest snow you can find, thanks to a healthy dose of tapering (20-millimeters) and spaded shape, allowing the tail to sink while its low-profile nose planes over bottomless pow like a champ.
Designed with an Extended Tour Rocker Camber profile, the Prospector Split uses a very similar profile to boards like the Snowtrooper and Proto HD, with rocker underfoot, camber extending to the tip and tail contacts, and ride-smoothing Extended Transitions continuing to its low-profile tip and tail. However, this design is slightly altered for better uphill traction when you're skinning, thanks to a flat zone located underneath the touring brackets. This flat zone increases skin contact for less slip when you're touring, yet it doesn't compromise the board's downhill performance, as the rocker underfoot is preserved for maximum powder floatation.
Loaded with a SuperLight wood core, the Prospector Split is designed to conserve energy when you're skinning up an exhaustive uphill slog. Its RDS 1+ Dampening system uses twice the amount of elastomeric rubber foil as the usual RDS 1 Dampening, giving the Prospector Split the most extensive dampening in Never Summer's line-up (along with the Chairman). Additionally, its sintered P-tex inner and outer sidewalls maintain their integrity in subzero conditions, unlike conventional ABS sidewalls that have a tendency to crack when it's bitterly cold. This helps your splitboard retain its strength over time, especially when you clank 'em together in touring mode.
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Taco Bell - NEW Beefy Nacho Burrito for $0.99
"Like a plate of nachos, the Queso-seasoned strips are layered into this 6.7-ounce burrito, giving customers supreme texture while packing flavor to keep every fan's summer delicious,"
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Before people start complaning, you DO NOT need a coupon. The link is so the deal can be posted.
@teenracer6: Thanks :) Oh, and apparently they also offer it in some combo deal, you can see the details of that on the website too.
I knew there was a reason I hadn't eaten dinner yet! :D Thanks. I doubt I'll enjoy it but I pretty much have to try anything new TB comes out with :/. I know... my body hates me
If this is anything like the .99 Beefy Crunch Burrito they had a few weeks ago... goodnight sweet diet
@gregsky36: Agreed, it looks like it's just regular Fritos instead of the hot ones (if I'm wrong, someone please correct me). I'm DEFINITELY looking forward to having this tomorrow at lunch!
My suspicions were correct, I am currently ingesting one and the experience is less than electrifying. I give it a rating of meh/wooohoo.
I saw this today, and it looked like an overpriced version of what I currently do: Buy a beefy 5 layer, buy cheesy nachos, empty cheesy nachos into said 5 layer burrito, ingest, gain 5 lbs.
(Granted, I didn't see the 99 cent thing, that makes this a better deal. I just saw the combo.)
@mortar235: So is it worse than the beefy crunch? What's different?
@mortar235: Some people hide their affairs, their secret perversions, their crimes. My secret shame is how often I eat from Taco Bell.
@mortar235: agrreeeeeed- still had to try it though
I wish they would add hot sauce as they make it because I sometimes hate having to tear open those packets.
@tehbronson: I would go more often, but my closest is a TB/KFC combo and it is basically risking your life every time you eat there - even more than usual. And the service is horrible, they rarely get my order right the first time. It is almost not worth the hassle. But I definitely need to try this.
I had one today for lunch. I thought it was fairly tasty, though not as good as the fritos burrito they had a month or two ago.
@mortar235: It's almost been an hour, so I gotta ask, How did your butt rate it?
To answer the proposed ponderings: it is nowhere near as good as a beefy crunch burrito (I don't thinl it had sour cream) and my butt is holding strong however pressure is building.
@rockaby: no these are not fritos..they are nacho corn chips dusted with 3 different cheeses..they are longer and thinner than fritos and for those who like the doritos tacos wait until july for a real treat!
Nary a food-nazi sighting. Enjoy your dining freedom!
just tried one now. Wasn't impressed.
Free Gas included
@nedflanders: Cheese does not come in "dust" form.
@wuz314159: really?? wasn't sure..heard cheeses come in intravenous form now too!! "dusted" was merely a term used to describe a coating/covering
@zzzaap: sriracha, yo. no packets required. the downside is that you'll hafta keep a bottle in your car if you want it on-the-go.
@mortar235: that's too bad, BCB was such a good deal when it had its run, tasty too. probably ranks high on my list close to crispy potato soft taco.
@nedflanders: Cool Ranch, perhaps?
Great find. Thank you very much!
um, saw this, went and bought one. DELICIOUS!
soooo cheesy
sorry TB I love pollo loco now. I think we can last forever tostada salad. as long as there is avocado sauce.
Sorry, I am and will always be a "two bean burritos and a soft taco" man.
Any excuse to go get Baja Blast!
@bigellow: ding ding ding! we have a winner!
I just got some. They're no beefy crunch burrito but I still think they're quite impressive, especially for 99 cents.
Woo processed meat (If you can even call it meat). 99 cents what a bargain!
@chefraz: No pollo loco up in Portland :-(
I work at taco bell. I assure you this is (while it lasts) the most cost effective thing to buy at taco bell. The weight it supposed to be 6.7 oz, but is always more than that simply for the fact that people can't properly portion the chips so it's normally around 6.8-7 oz if the people are doing their jobs correctly. So for 99c if you do the math against all the other things at taco bell this is currently the most cost effective.
(For all the vegetarians out there, you can also sub meat with beans for free! Just make sure your cashier hits +SBBN on the receipt and not -BF +BN which is ~49 cents extra)


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19 Feb 2010 1:43 PM #1
(outlook like) scheduler - recurrence setup form
I need(ed) an outlook-similar recurrence setup for my application. So I created one.
I believe every now and than everybody needs this, so you are welcome to use it. It would be nice to hear about you.
I have to state that as I am a sort of a newbie to this field (ext gwt), the solutions I have used, may not be the best or the most straightforward, and the simplest solution, though I did my best.
As matter of fact I would appreciate any suggestion of yours to improve / fix it and have a more straight forward and simple solution.
In this I have used among other classes one that is called "RadioGroupBinding", that is very useful for binding radio groups to a model. I have taken it from the folks from : http://www.extjs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=79790 I think it is very useful and deserves to be here with the plugins.
And there is a question as well, I have used RadioGroups, and they did not behave as expected, and or that reason had to change a class. Perhaps it is just some kind of misunderstanding of mine, however please tell me why it did not work as expected.
Here is the function. The removed part is marked with red.
public class RadioGroup extends MultiField<Radio> { ..... protected void onRadioSelected(Radio radio) { for (int i = 0; i < getAll().size(); i++) { Radio r = (Radio) getAll().get(i); if (r != radio && r.getValue()) { r.setValue(false); } } clearInvalid(); } }
I put together a "sample" app, removed the unnecessary stuff, it should be easy to use though.
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Info : how to deploy scheduler
Could you please explain how can I deploy the scheduler.zip project in Sencha Architect tool ?
10 Oct 2012 3:06 AM #3
This plugin is meant to be used in gxt projects with 2.x version of gxt
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Info : how to deploy scheduler
Please, for me is the first time, could you please sent the steps to cover the deploying phase ?
what do you mean ?
This plugin is meant to be used in gxt projects with 2.x version of gxt
10 Oct 2012 10:54 AM #5
I mean, that I did not use Sencha Architect so far.
I don't know if this will work with it or not.
So you are alone to find it out.


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ADENA - When the planning for the VALES Trophy began, a lot of big ideas were thrown out.
Many have been implemented to make the annual Week 10 showdown between Buckeye Local and Harrison Central an experience that the players, coaches and fans won't forget.
The winner of Friday's game, which is slated for 7 p.m. at Yorkville's World War II Memorial Stadium, will take home the VALES Trophy and each participating senior will receive a commemorative coin and all of the players and coaches will be recognized at the VALES Banquet Sunday afternoon.
During the kick-off press conference for VALES, which is an acronym for Veterans, Athletics, Legionaires, Education and Sportsmanship, week at the Adena American Legion Post 525 Monday, Cadiz American Legion Commander Ed Long announced a new initiative.
One scholarship of $500 will be presented to a senior member of each team during the schools' respective awards ceremony in the spring.
"VALES wants to help with education," Long said. "All seniors on the teams will receive an application and the VALES committee will meet and determine the recipients. We're excited to be able to offer this and we hope to increase either the amount or the number of scholarships as time and money allows."
The entire criteria for the scholarship hasn't been fully finalized yet, but the VALES committee will seek input from the schools.
Along with the addition of the scholarship, Buckeye Local Athletic Director Sam Jones, who originally approached the Adena Legion about the possibility of creating this type of event, also announced that Vietnam and Desert Storm veteran Rodney Roe will serve as the honorary referee.
"All veterans fought for you guys," Roe told the players on both teams. "You're our future. I am proud to do this and I just want both teams to play their hearts out and be sportsman."
This is the third season that the Huskies and Panthers have played for the trophy with each school winning on its home field.
"I've been involved with since the ground floor, and it's amazing how people get behind a good idea for kids," Harrison Central head coach Justin Kropka said. "We've stressed to our kids that without these veterans and what they did, there'd be no football. This is a game that stands for a lot of things and will connect many generations, which is just awesome."
Neither the Huskies nor the Panthers will be playing beyond this week, but this one last time on the field this season is something both teams are anxiously looking forward to.
"We need to show our respect to our veterans," said Buckeye Local head coach Phil Pest. "These young guys need to know how much they owe to our veterans. I am proud to coach in this game and I know our players are proud to play in it."
With proper identification, all veterans and active service members will be admitted to the game for free. Those folks will also serve as honorary captains.


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What is the largest perennial herbaceous plant? My guess would be some kind of banana or bamboo.
As mentioned above, the largest perennial herbaceous plant is indeed the banana. Whilst the main reference to this ("Yes, we have more bananas" - an article in the Royal Horticultural Society Journal from May 2002) has been removed from their website it would be I'm sure possible to order should you need to.
This summary of the banana mentions that the pseudo-stem of the banana plant grows to 6-7.6m in height - I haven't found anything taller when looking around so it doesn't generate any reason to doubt the removed article.
Regarding the comments on Bamboo, there are 7 genera containing bamboo species. All of these (Arthrostylidium Rupr, Bambusa Schreb, Chusquea Kunth, Dendrocalamus Nees, Phyllostachys Siebold & Zucc., Pseudosasa Makino and Sasa Makino & Shibata) are described as having persistent woody stems so don't meet your herbaceous requirement.