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This article is based on three final grant reports submitted to NIJ:Victim Satisfaction With Criminal Justice Case Processing in a Model Court Setting, by Gerald T. Hotaling and Eve S. Buzawa, grant number 00–WT–VX–0019, available from NCJRS (NCJ 195668).
Forgoing Criminal Justice Assistance: The Non-Reporting of New Incidents of Abuse in a Court Sample of Domestic Violence Victims, by Gerald T. Hotaling and Eve S. Buzawa, grant number 00–WT–VX–0019, available from NCJRS (NCJ 195667).
Effects on Victims of Victim Service Programs Funded by the STOP Formula Grants Program, by Janine Zweig, Martha R. Burt, and Ashley Van Ness, grant number 99–WT–VX–0010, available from NCJRS (NCJ 202903).
New research suggests that victims of domestic violence who initially turn to the criminal justice system for intervention may be so dissatisfied with the outcome that they do not call the police the next time they need help.
Researchers Eve Buzawa and the late Gerald Hotaling asked women in 353 domestic violence cases in the Quincy District Court (QDC) in Quincy, Massachusetts, to assess the role of the police, prosecutors, victim advocates, and judges and to rate their level of satisfaction.[1] They found that in 55 percent of the cases, women were generally satisfied with the outcome. In 17 percent, victims were dissatisfied.
The researchers found several common variables in the satisfied cases: the incidents were less serious, the offender was less dangerous, the victim said she felt some control and wanted the case to go forward, and the victim reported experiencing less violence in her past.
Dissatisfied victims appeared to have been involved in more serious incidents with highly dangerous offenders and were more likely to have disagreed with the police about the offender's arrest. These victims were also 16 times more likely than satisfied victims to report that they had experienced both sexual and severe physical abuse before the age of 18. As a group, dissatisfied victims appeared to be more willing to leave offenders or unwilling (or afraid) to directly confront the abuser, even if they were separated.
For the researchers, the bottom line was that victim satisfaction in domestic violence cases appeared to hinge on the extent to which the victim felt control over ending the violence in the incident, control over her offender's future conduct—and even over the criminal justice system. When the victim had a low sense of control, satisfaction with the system decreased significantly.
Having identified the common variables in cases of satisfied and dissatisfied victims, Buzawa and Hotaling then examined what, if any, consequences flowed from dissatisfaction. The second stage of the study focused on the connection between victim dissatisfaction and willingness to report future victimizations. The researchers tracked 118 women for a year after the original study to see if they reported any new incidents or sought civil restraining orders.
Of the 118 women, 49 percent admitted that they had been revictimized. Of these, 22 percent reported the incidents to the police. Contrary to the presumption that "more serious" offenses get reported to the police, victims who reported the new incident were more likely to report less serious offenses, like violations of restraining orders, than they were to reach out for assistance due to a physical assault. Women who reported new abuse to the police also generally reported that the abuse was becoming more serious.
Women who chose not to report new incidents of abuse were:
Women who chose not to report new incidents of abuse also were likely to have experienced sexual abuse as a child. This finding coincides with other research that suggests a link between a woman's history of abuse and her likelihood of reporting revictimization to police. The researchers theorize that "for an individual who has experienced abuse through the 'life course,' reporting this latest incident to the police may be viewed as a useless ritualism."[2]
In the past, victims of domestic violence often expressed dissatisfaction with the lack of aggressive response to domestic assault by police, prosecutors, and the courts. Now, researchers have discovered, the pendulum may have swung the other way.
Mandatory arrest policies in many jurisdictions and implementation of "full enforcement" protocols have resulted in more cases being prosecuted whether the victim wants to proceed or not.
Women who are the victims of domestic abuse usually want to enhance their own safety, maintain economic viability, protect their children, and have an opportunity to force an abuser to participate in batterers' counseling programs. They are less concerned about upholding the law or deterring future abuse—the main objectives of the police, prosecutor, and judge.
Women who take advantage of victim service programs tend to have more positive outcomes and are more likely to report satisfaction, according to one study.[3] Researchers found that women benefit the most when the criminal justice system and nonprofit and community-based agencies collaborate and coordinate their efforts. Such cooperation results in more positive outcomes and greater victim satisfaction. Treating victims with respect, offering them positive encouragement, refraining from engaging in negative interactions, and most importantly, creating a sense of control increased the odds of positive outcomes in the victim's view.
Researchers concluded that the most positive outcomes occur when the staff at service agencies listen to women, carefully explain the options, and then take action. "Women know best about their own safety and well-being, and when they have a greater sense of control while working with agencies, they find the services more helpful and effective."[4]
Ensuring that victim service programs work in conjunction with the legal system and community agencies and that staff address victims' needs in a positive manner will encourage victims to turn to the criminal justice system for assistance and may maximize the potential to break the cycle of violence.
[note 1] QDC was chosen as a data collection site because it is an acknowledged leader in implementing strategies that favor criminal justice intervention in domestic violence cases. Over a 7-month period in 1999, researchers interviewed victims to obtain their assessments of the role of police, prosecutors, victim advocates, and judges. Researchers also studied victims' satisfaction with various sectors of the criminal justice system.
[note 2] Hotaling, Gerald T., and Eve S. Buzawa, Forgoing Criminal Justice Assistance: The Non-Reporting of New Incidents of Abuse in a Court Sample of Domestic Violence Victims, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, 2003: 25 (NCJ 195667).
[note 3] Zweig, Janine, Martha R. Burt, and Ashley Van Ness,
Effects on Victims of Victim Service Programs Funded by the STOP Formula Grants Program, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, 2003: 16 (NCJ 202903)
[note 4]Ibid., 19.
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Ask Hilda Marks what her earliest memory is, and she can tell you about the day her parents learned that her oldest brother had been killed in the war.
World War I.
Hilda was 5 at the time. Her sister Alma was 7. "I remember my parents crying," said Hilda.
It was a tragedy compounded by the fact that their brother's death came in October 1918, only weeks before the armistice, but the family was not notified until after the war had ended, when they would have had every reason to believe he was safe and coming home.
A quarter-century later, with the U.S. now embroiled in the Second World War, Hilda — now a registered nurse — signed up for the Army. She had been working as the first surgical nurse at what was then Tecumseh Hospital, and one of the doctors, a reserve officer, told her that she might like to serve in the military because she had lost a brother to war.
And so, on April 10, 1942, Alma drove one of the U.S. Army's newest nurses through 4 inches of snow to Ft. Custer, near Battle Creek.
When the sisters got there, no one seemed to know where Hilda was supposed to go and the weather didn't help her outlook on things.
"My feet were cold and wet," she said. "I wondered what I was doing there."
Alma and Hilda, still going strong today at 102 and 100 years old, respectively, grew up on the family farm north of Blissfield and graduated from Blissfield High School. Neither sister ever married, and except for the years Hilda spent in the service, the pair have been pretty much inseparable. In fact, up until only recently they lived together in a home they built in Adrian, and now share a room at the Charlotte Stephenson Home.
And both spent their working lives in the medical field, Hilda in her nursing career and Alma at the Heffron Clinic in Adrian, where she worked for some 40 years. She had studied to be a teacher, but it was during the Depression and the teachers who already had jobs were holding on to them.
So, instead, "I was a Girl Friday" for the doctors at the clinic, she said. Dr. Howard Heffron hired her to assist his bookkeeper, but she actually cleaned the offices, at least at first.
"As the years went on, I got to do more and more things."
She was taught to work with laboratory specimens and did essential duties like making sure the physicians' medical bags were stocked for house calls.
And while Hilda was serving in World War II, Alma was doing her part on the home front. Workers were pouring into town to work in the factories during the war, making all the various items Lenawee County churned out for the war effort.
"They had to come get their physicals done with us," she said. "I was the one who took down their (medical) histories."
Hilda's wartime service took her from Ft. Custer to a bombardier school in Texas, and then to the 216th General Hospital at Camp Forrest in Tullahoma, Tenn. When the 216th got orders for England, she spent the rest of the war there followed by a stint with her unit in Germany as part of the American occupation forces.
She was discharged in January 1946 and returned to her civilian nursing career while maintaining her reserve status. But then, in 1950, "this Korean skirmish," as she called it, broke out and she volunteered for active duty rather than wait to be called up.
After all, "when you're an operating room nurse and there's a war going on, you can pretty much guarantee you're going," she said, and volunteering gave her some measure of control over the process.
She ended up in Japan and then in a MASH unit in Korea, where she cared for North Korean and Chinese prisoners being held in a prisoner-of-war camp on Geoje Island. It was close enough to the fighting that "shells would land on our volleyball court," and once an incendiary bomb hit their supply tent. "We had casualties in our operating room" from the blast, she said.
Meanwhile, Alma was still serving on the home front at the Heffron Clinic and wondering about her older sister.
"I was definitely worried," she said. "And she couldn't say anything in her letters, because the mail was all censored."
Hilda stayed in the Army into the outbreak of yet another war, this time in Vietnam. She served at the hospital at Ft. Knox, Ky., where battlefield casualties were often brought. Finally, in the mid-1960s, after almost 25 years of active-duty and reserve service, she left the military with the rank of major.
To this day, she can't eat canned fruit because "that's all we got all during the war, was canned pineapple!" she said, laughing. "All the time! I got so tired of it!"
But she also still remembers many of the young soldiers she took care of. And making sure they always had the best care possible was largely in memory of the brother who died in combat that long-ago October day in Europe, when she was 5 and Alma was 7.
"Our parents always believed that if our brother had gotten the right care (in World War I), he could have survived," she said. "That was always a driving force for me."
Sisters remember WWII experiences
Ask Hilda Marks what her earliest memory is, and she can tell you about the day her parents learned that her oldest brother had been killed in the war.

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KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Sophomore Sean Bingham (Garden City, N.Y.) was named to the 2013 NCAA Division III Men's Soccer All-New England first team, as announced by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) on Monday morning. As a freshman last season, he was selected to the second team.
Bingham played in and started 19 games, scoring 21 goals and three assists for 45 points. He not only led the team in goals and points, but was first in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) in both categories and ended the season ranked fifth in the nation in goals. He also broke the MIT record for goals and points in a season. At the conclusion of the NEWMAC Tournament, Bingham was named the conference's Athlete of the Year, earning a spot on the All-Conference first team.
After remaining undefeated in league action, the Engineers earned the regular season title for the first time in a decade and the right to host the 2013 NEWMAC Tournament. Tech advanced over Coast Guard in penalty kicks in the semifinals, 5-4, but fell to Wheaton in the finals, 1-0. Receiving an at-large bid to NCAAs and making its fourth national appearance in program history, MIT was defeated by Western New England, 2-0, in the first round, ending the season with a record of 13-5-2. The Cardinal and Gray remained undefeated in an impressive 12 consecutive games, winning or tying each game from Sept. 21 through Nov. 9. For guiding the team to such a successful season, Mike Singleton was named the NEWMAC Coach of the Year for the first time in his career.


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Melges Trifecta Triumphs At Charleston Race Week 2010
12 April 2010
Considered the biggest multi-class regatta in the South, Charleston Race Week 2010 entertained more than 1,500 sailors for a grand total of 191 entries last weekend. Sixty-five teams in all sailed on one of three classes of Melges sportboats, the largest manufacturer represented.
Proving that it's stronger than ever, big fleet racing is very much intact within the Melges 24 fleet as it was the largest in attendance at 31. Bora Gulari on Flying Elvis edged out Charleston local David Dabney on Conejo Racing for the title. Big breeze conditions led to three heated days of battle and for the most part, Gulari commanded by a substantial margin. In fact, he appeared almost unmatched. The final day brought out the best in the fleet with Dabney finishing with an equal amount of points to Gulari. With 34 points a piece, Gulari won the tiebreaker and the trophy with an impressive three-bullets-out-of-ten performance. Dabney was second and Travis Weisleder aboard LayLine finished third overall.
Sailing Anarchy broadcasted racing from the course. View Charleston Race Week Action and Video Playback.
1.) Bora Gulari, Flying Elvis
2.) David Dabney, Conejo Racing
3.) Travis Weisleder, LayLine
4.) Steve Kopf, Blur
5.) Christof Weiland, Unsponsored
In the Audi Melges 20 division, class stalwart Michael Kiss on Bacio beat out fellow midwesterner Joel Ronning on C-4 in second place overall by a whopping 13 points. Kiss came on strong, commanding an early lead to capture the title of Charleston Race Week Champion. Finishing in the third position was Rob Wilber on Cinghaile.
1.) Michael Kiss, Bacio
2.) Joe Ronning, C-4
3.) Robert Wilber, Cinghaile
4.) Jeff Ecklund, STAR
5.) Anthony Tabb, Vaya Con Dios
2010 was the first time the Melges 32 made a formal racing appearance. Kip Meadows on roXanne simply killed the competition with a string of bullets taking the top seat in the Offshore North Circle Division. John Knoll on Black Ice held a steady second spot throughout the entire event.
1.) Kip Meadows, roXanne
2.) John Knoll, Black Ice
Congratulations to all the race winners and the division champions! And, as always a very special thanks goes out to everyone who traveled from near and far to make this Charleston Race Week 2010 a great success.
For full race reports, news and more, please visit the official Event Website.
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'Lunch at the Lake'
The City of Beaumont hosted the second of three "Lunch at the Lake" events at the Beaumont Event Centre Plaza on Monday, Nov. 26. "We'll provide the music, seating, and scenery," the city said in a press release. "You purchase lunch from one of our onsite mobile food vendors, or bring a menu item from your favorite local eatery." Participating vendors included Big Bo's Barbeque, Charles Brewer for Barbecue, Katherine & Co., Rao's for pizza & gelato, Terrell's Ice Cream, Wise Guy's Burgers and Fries and Zummo's for sausage & boudain. The next Lunch at the Lake is scheduled for Monday, Dec. 3, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Event Centre Plaza, 700 Crockett St. in Beaumont


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Students at New Hope Christian Academy in Thomasville have applied what they learned in class to create a business selling barbecue.
THOMASVILLE | Students at a private school have applied what they learned in class to create a business.
Their slogan — "Barbecue worth stealing."
"It's not very often you see a bunch of high-schoolers doing something like this," said New Hope Christian Academy senior Chase Turner. "It's great. We all get to work together with classmates. It gives a sense of fulfillment."
Butch Cassidy Barbecue was created from a marketing class at New Hope. The name stems from the famous outlaw due to the students wanting to have a Western theme.
The school formed 16 years ago. It operates with a building for kindergarten through eighth-graders on Pineywood Street and the high school grades on the Mills Home campus of the N.C. Baptist Children's Home in Thomasville with a total of more than 100 students.
Zachary Leonard, a senior, said the class of 14 wanted the project to be more than just learning about a business. They wanted to put it into action by deciding to sell barbecue, Leonard said.
"It's popular in Lexington. There's not as many (barbecue restaurants) in Thomasville," he said. "We figured we could provide something different. It's going well."
For sale are barbecue sandwiches, chicken, ribs, ears of corn and drinks. The students came up with the recipe sauces for the barbecue and chicken. They are the ones running the whole operation.
The class tested their skills for the first time in September in Oak Ridge at a breast cancer event where they made $493 in 2 1/2 hours.
"That was pretty amazing," said 10th-grader Madison Hartzog. "It's been fun. This has brought me closer to my classmates. High-schoolers do not get an opportunity to do something like this."
In the past, they have set up on Saturdays in Greensboro and in Thomasville at Hills Farm and Garden Center. They also have plans to be at the Eagle Mart convenience store. The students receive class credit for coming to the events. They are searching for locations to set up.
A handful of the students start prepping the food the night before, and some work as much as 10 hours on the days they set up. Students from the art class are also assisting with advertising, flyers and developing T-shirts.
The school purchased the grill the students use to cook. Money from the business will be used to pay off the grill, purchase supplies and food, and benefit the school.
"They're very excited," said Patsy Robertson, creator of the school. "It's good for the school to have an innovative program. They can get business textbooks or actually do it and learn about it."
Greg Munning is the teacher for the marketing class. He is the owner of the Taqueria El Azteca Mexican restaurant in Greensboro and has two taco trucks that takes to events. Munning also teaches Spanish at the school.
"It's going well. It's a chance for them to learn something from actual experience," Munning said. "I like the fact that we're doing something that other high-schoolers are not doing. They're learning first-hand how to start and run a business. They have been able to apply what they're learning in class to the business. How cool is it to say they own a business?"
Another 10th-grader, Kolbie Giles, said the legal aspect of the business has been interesting to her. The class had to obtain a business license, apply for a nonprofit status, get a tax ID number to start a bank account and talk with the health department and Thomasville City officials.
Everyone has most enjoyed having the extra time to spend with each other.
"My favorite part has been hanging out with everybody," Giles said.
Having the hands-on experience allows the students to learn and solve the problems that may arise, Leonard said.
"The whole thing has been a learning experience," he said. "We're learning how to work as a team. It's not as easy as it looks. We're learning how to run a successful business."
More information about the business can be found at www.butchcassidybbq.com.
Deneesha Edwards can be reached at 249-3981, ext. 213, or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Definitions of cake
n. - A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake. 2
n. - A sweetened composition of flour and other ingredients, leavened or unleavened, baked in a loaf or mass of any size or shape. 2
n. - A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake; as buckwheat cakes. 2
n. - A mass of matter concreted, congealed, or molded into a solid mass of any form, esp. into a form rather flat than high; as, a cake of soap; an ague cake. 2
v. i. - To form into a cake, or mass. 2
v. i. - To concrete or consolidate into a hard mass, as dough in an oven; to coagulate. 2
v. i. - To cackle as a goose. 2
The word "cake" uses 4 letters: A C E K.
No direct anagrams for cake found in this word list.
Words formed by adding one letter before or after cake (in bold), or to acek in any order:
d - caked e - ackee h - hacek r - crake creak s - cakes w - wacke y - cakey
Shorter words found within cake:
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Most kids, both boys and girls, love personalizing their room to make it "their" space. We love this new project we just did with the kids and it's an easy DIY craft activity as well. The Name banner can be hung in the bedroom to display on the wall or hang it lopsided on the outside of the bedroom door. We also will be making these for Birthday party banners to celebrate the birthday kid!
All you really need to make the banners is colorful felt rectangles that you can purchase at the craft store. Let your child help choose their favorite colors and participate in drawing the triangle shapes. Let the kids use their imaginations to add snippets of color or shapes to use their own creativity for "their" banner.
What You Need:
- Colorful Felt Rectangles
- Cording/String
- Scissors
- Iron On Adhesive
- Cardstock for Pattern
What to Do:
- From cardstock, make a triangular, pennant shape that is as long as the felt rectangles. Cut this out to use as a template.
- Trace the template pattern onto each piece of felt you will be using. You can add additional triangles to your banner besides the Letters you will use for the Name.
- Cut out each pennant piece. Then choose the colors of the letters that will go on each triangle.
- Draw the letters on felt or cut freehand. Letters don't need to be perfect.
- Attach letters to triangle pennant pieces with iron on adhesive. Follow the directions that come with the adhesive. Also attach any other decorative elements at this time.
- Now, stitch the triangles to a piece of cord that will be at least 4 feet longer on both sides. Alternatively, you can cut small slits in the top corners of each triangle and weave the cording through the letter pennants.
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Scarring causes problems with the filtering process of the kidneys. This causes protein to leak from the blood into the urine, where it can be detected.
Glomerulosclerosis is just one of many possible causes of protein in the urine. A kidney biopsy may be needed to find the cause. About 7% to 15% of people with protein in the urine have glomerulosclerosis.
Your healthcare provider will figure out the best treatment based on:
Scarred glomeruli cannot be repaired. Treatment aims to prevent further damage and to avoid dialysis. The best treatment for glomerulosclerosis depends on what caused the scarring. The cause is determined by a kidney biopsy. Treatment may include:


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Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is a condition in which there is increased production of the hormone gastrin. Most of the time, a small tumor (gastrinoma) in the pancreas or small intestine produces the extra gastrin in the blood.
Alternative Names
Z-E syndrome; Gastrinoma
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is caused by tumors. These growths are most often found in the head of the pancreas and the upper small intestine. The tumors produce the hormone gastrin and are called gastrinomas. High levels of gastrin cause production of too much stomach acid.
Gastrinomas occur as single tumors or several tumors. About one-half to two-thirds of single gastrinomas are cancerous (malignant) tumors. These tumors often spread to the liver and nearby lymph nodes.
Many patients with gastrinomas have several tumors as part of a condition called
Abdominal pain Diarrhea Vomiting blood(sometimes)
Exams and Tests
Signs include ulcers in the stomach and small intestine.
Tests include:
Abdominal CT scan
- Calcium infusion test
- Exploratory surgery
Gastrin blood level
- Octreotide scan
Secretin stimulation test
Drugs called proton pump inhibitors (omeprazole, lansoprazole, and others) are now the first choice for treating this condition. These drugs reduce acid production by the stomach, and help the ulcers in the stomach and small intestine heal. They also relieve abdominal pain and diarrhea.
Surgery to remove a single gastrinoma may be done if the tumors have not spread to other organs. Surgery on the stomach (gastrectomy) to control acid production is rarely needed.
Outlook (Prognosis)
The cure rate is low even with early detection and surgery to remove the tumor. However, gastrinomas grow slowly, and patients may live for many years after the tumor is discovered. Acid-suppressing medicines work well to control the symptoms of too much acid production.
Possible Complications
- Failure to locate the tumor during surgery
- Intestinal bleeding or hole (perforation) from ulcers in the stomach or
- Severe diarrhea and
weight loss
- Spread of the tumor to other organs
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call your health care provider if you have severe abdominal pain that does not go away, especially if it occurs with diarrhea.
Jensen RT, Norton JA. Endocrine tumors of the pancreas and gastrointestinal tract. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, eds. Sleisenger and Fordtrans Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2010:chap 32.
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George F. Longstreth, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, San Diego, California. Also reviewed by A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc., Editorial Team: David Zieve, MD, MHA, David R. Eltz, and Stephanie Slon.


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Online Registration Required for Tennessee Hunter Education Course Beginning Jan. 1, 2013
NASHVILLE --- Registration for a Tennessee Hunter Education course will be required to be made online beginning Jan. 1, 2013 on the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency's website.
On the TWRA website, those wishing to register for a class will click the "register for a hunter education class" link. Once clicking the link, there will be directions to search for hunter education classes closest to your area.
Registration must be completed prior to the starting date of a class to ensure a spot in a particular class. For those persons without computer access, they are encouraged to visit a local library or call a TWRA regional office for further assistance.
Advance registration provides more time for instructors to devote to students. It also provides a quicker method for the registration process.


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Wouldn't it be great if you could look into a crystal ball and know for certain what was in your future? Imagine how much easier it would be if you could know for certain what action you could take that would provide you with financial security. You may not be able to look into a crystal ball to see the future but you can look to the past as a great predictor of what the future may look like.
When we look to the past we see that the real estate market has always had ups and downs. People who have purchased their homes in down cycles have traditionally gained the most from home ownership. You don't have to be an economist to reason it out. The less expensive your home purchase is the more you stand to gain if the house grows in value. And we know from the past that homes consistently grow in value over time, despite short periods of down turn.
All things considered REO property is a very smart buy at this time. When you buy REO property you not only get into a low market, you get into a home that frequently has a reduced price in consideration for any repairs that need to be done. I don't know about you but I would rather have money off a purchase price to make repairs than pay a higher price and be stuck with some one else's design choices.
If you are interested in buying an REO property in the metro NY or Long Island areas you will want to talk to Island Advantage Realty, LLC. We are the industry leader in REO home sales. Let us help you to understand this exciting market.
The advice and tips offered in this blog are intended to be solely informational and do not apply in all circumstances. Make sure that you consult a real estate professional, financial consultant, attorney or accountant before taking any action. For further information or questions please contact firstname.lastname@example.com
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Hans Solo, Star Wars
Stargate (movie and tv) I am surprised no one has mentioned Stargate (the movie) and even more so the tv show Stargate SG-1. The TV show has a running theme of destroying various religions that were created only as a means of control and the later seasons deal with an invasion of missionaries from another galaxy. The spin-off shows are not as atheistic but SG-1 clearly is.
It was until Don Davis died and Richard Dean Anderson quit the show. When they brought on Beau Bridges and Ben Browder to replace these two, the show started having hints of Christianity. I was very disappointed that the fundamentalist nature and tendency of the country to be intolerant towards anything perceived as non christian or other than christian managed to leak into my favorite show.
At least partially: The Contender.
I especially liked Joan Allen's answer on her being an atheist in her confirmation hearing:
"And, Mr. Chairman, I stand for the separation of Church and State, and the reason that I stand for that is the same reason that I believe our forefathers did. It is not there to protect religion from the grasp of government but to protect our government from the grasp of religious fanaticism. Now, I may be an atheist, but that does not mean I do not go to church. I do go to church. The church I go to is the one that emancipated the slaves and gave women the right to vote. It gave us every freedom that we hold dear. My church is this very Chapel of Democracy that we sit in together, and I do not need God to tell me what are my moral absolutes. I need my heart, my brain, and this church."
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Union meets to plan fight against Ergon job cuts
ELECTRICAL Trade Union State secretary Peter Simpson has met with union representatives from Toowoomba and the Darling Downs to discuss their fight against job cuts at Ergon Energy.
Mr Simpson said the closure of regional depots was also of great concern.
"Our concern is if that happens and the lights go out in Quilpie, we will have to send a crew from Roma," Mr Simpson said.
"We will be campaigning against this government and fighting against these changes on the ground."


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Unable Add IOS Device Because Device Is Already Managed
|Problem Summary
|When attempting to add a device to the Operations Console, an error message is received.
|Error Message
|Gateway device with IP Address: <ip address> and Hostname: <hostname> cannot be created. The device is already managed by another Operations Console.
|Possible Cause
| This occurred because a database was imported from a different Operations Console. Each Operations Console Server is identified by a unique identifier. The identifier is generated at the time of creating a first device through that Operations Console Server. Once generated, the identifier will then be stored in the Operations Console Server database and in the Resource Manager Configuration file in every device that includes the Operations Console Server. The purpose of this unique identifier is to prevent multiple Operations Console Servers from configuring the same device.
The side effects of importing a database to an Operations Console Server that is managing at least one device, if the database to be imported is an exported database from a different Operations Console Server or is an empty database which was never used to create a device are:
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A 3-0 advantage in turnovers translated to a 23-21victory for the University of Dubuque over the Central College football team Saturday.
Both squads had productive offenses in non-conference games but in the Iowa Conference opener it was defenses that were dominant, with neither team topping the 300-yard mark in total offense.
But Dubuque (2-2) turned two turnovers into touchdowns. Blaine Snitker returned an interception 26 yards for a score with 3:12 left in the first half for a 10-7 lead. A 37-yard field goal as time expired in the half pushed the advantage to 13-7. Central briefly regained the lead when Aaron Eiseler (junior, Newberg, Ore., Red Mountain, Ariz. HS) found Brendon Boerm (junior, Traer, North Tama HS) for a 9-yard TD with 8:01 left in the third period. But Dubuque answered with a 24-yard field goal with 3:33 remaining in the quarter, then recovered a fumble at the Central 43-yard line and needed just four plays and 1:44 for its final TD of the day and a 23-14 lead.
The Dutch had a steady wind at their backs in the fourth quarter but couldn't find the end zone until they completed an 11-play, 86-yard, 2-minute march with a 5-yard Eiseler toss to Boerm to make it 23-21. But Central couldn't recover the onside kick and Dubuque was able to run out the clock.
Central's other score came early in the second quarter when tight end Jack Norgaard (junior, Naperville, Ill., Neuqua Valley HS) hauled in a 36-yard Eiseler pass to put the Dutch ahead 7-3 with 14:18 remaining.
Dubuque held a 291 to 288-yard edge in total yards.
Eiseler completed 25 of 43 passes for 232 yards and three scores, with one interception and two sacks. Boerm had six receptions for 58 yards while Blaine Forsythe (junior, Pella) had six catches for 51 yards and running back Taylor Cox (sophomore, Pella) had five receptions for 45 yards.
But the Dutch were held to 56 yards on the ground, after averaging 193.7 yards in the first three games. De'Andre Currie (junior, Phoenix, Ariz., Mountain Pointe HS) managed 33 yards on six carries.
Dubuque's Kyle Acker rushed for 111 yards on 29 carries as the Spartans got 117 yards on the ground. But Dubuque's pass-oriented offense, which was averaging 306.3 yards, was limited to 174 as Bryan Bradshaw completed 22 of 46 passes.
Defensive back Jason Breon (senior, Anamosa) had a game-high 12 tackles with two pass breakups. Linebacker Zac Miller (sophomore, Kansas City, Mo., Liberty North HS), back off the injured list, and linebacker Mike Young (senior, Country Club Hills, Ill., Hillcrest HS) each had 10 tackles with 2.5 defensive end Jack Shipley (senior, Tipton) had 10 stops with 2.0 tackles for loss. Defensive back Jacob Tune (junior, Mesa, Ariz., Red Mountain HS) had eight tackles and two breakups.
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School: Edina
Position: Wide receiver
Year: Senior
Helped the Hornets finish the regular season ranked No. 1 in the state in Class 6A with 50 receptions for 680 yards and five touchdowns. Had a 97-yard TD reception against Wayzata. Picked up lots of yards after the catch. Also was a key player on defense. Averaged 15.3 yards per punt return.
School: Wayzata
Position: WR/RB
Year: Senior
The all-state wide receiver switched to running back to help fill the hole left when Mitch Underhill was injured. Finished the season with 1,156 total yards. Thirty-four of his 78 rushing attempts and 11 of his 16 receptions resulted in a first down or touchdown for the Class 6A semifinalists. Finished with 15 TDs. Averaged 28.1 yards on kick returns.
School: Hudson, Wis.
Position: DE
Year: Senior
At 6 feet 2, 235 pounds, he was a physical run stopper and pass rusher for the Big Rivers Conference champions. He had 39 tackles and seven sacks — and even blocked a punt that he returned for a touchdown.
School: Eden Prairie
Position: LB
Year: Senior
Has 96 tackles and seven sacks this season, including seven tackles, a sack and two tackles for loss in Eden Prairie's 21-7 victory over Wayzata in the big-school semifinals. One of the defense's inspirational leaders. Has committed to play at Boston College.
School: Centennial
Position: RB
Year: Senior
The leading rusher in the state among Class 6A players with 1,357 yards and 18 touchdowns. Averaged 6.88 yards per carry and 12.5 yards per reception. Runner-up to Jake Wieneke of Maple Grove for offensive MVP in the Northwest Suburban Conference.
School: Spring Lake Park
Position: RB/LB
Year: Junior
The 6-2, 210-pounder rushed for a school-record 1,554 yards and scored 17 touchdowns for the North Suburban Conference champions. Averaged 8.88 yards per carry. Also led the Panthers with 105 tackles and was a force on special teams. Was the MVP of the North Suburban Conference.
School: DeLaSalle
Position: OG/DT
Year: Senior
The 6-7, 280-pounder was a dominant force for the Islanders, the top-ranked team in Class 3A. He anchored an offensive line that carved big holes for DeLaSalle runners. Would like to play at Minnesota, but more than a dozen Division I school are interested.
School: Prescott, Wis.
Position: OL
Year: Senior
An all-state selection in Wisconsin and player of the year in the Middle Border Conference, he paved the way for running backs to pile up 2,128 rushing yards and 26 TDs. The 6-foot-5, 305-pounder had 82 tackles, including 22 for loss, and also had five sacks. In his three seasons as a starter, the Cardinals have rushed for 5,529 yards. Has multiple Division I offers.
School: Lakeville North
Position: LB
Year: Senior
The three-year starter has 255 career tackles, 21 tackles for loss, 16 sacks, a defensive touchdown on a fumble recovery and two interceptions. He is the catalyst on a ball-hawking defense that has the Panthers in the Class 6A championship game. "I don't know if I have ever met a more dedicated athlete," Panthers coach Brian Vossen said.
School: St. Paul Humboldt
Position: QB
Year: Senior
Led the revived Hawks by throwing for 1,603 yards and 12 touchdowns. Also rushed for 874 yards and 11 TDs for a team that was winless in 2011. Humboldt coach Steve Elizondo calls him "an old-fashioned football player." Produced 2,477 of his team's 2,983 yards of offense.
ZACH LaVALLE
School: Hill-Murray
Position: QB
Year: Senior
The multi-sport star passed for 1,851 yards and 16 touchdowns in nine games to lead the Pioneers to the Class 4A state tournament. Missed a couple of games because of knee surgery. A Division I hockey prospect, LaValle "could easily play college football," says Hill-Murray football coach Mark Mauer, a former quarterback at Nebraska.
School: Somerset, Wis.
Position: DE/OG
Year: Senior
The Wisconsin all-state selection was a three-year starter, and this season, helped the Spartans gain nearly 5,000 yards en route to the WIAA Division 4 state championship. Also had 100 tackles on defense.
School: St. Croix Lutheran
Position: OL/DT
Year: Senior
Outstanding leader and dominant lineman for a run-oriented Crusaders team that advanced to the Class 3A quarterfinals. Was an integral part of a two-year run when St. Croix Lutheran was 23-2 and won the 2011 Class 3A championship. "He dominated his opponents," Crusaders coach Carl Lemke said.
School: St. Thomas Academy
Position: SS/RB/PR/KR
Year: Senior
The Pioneer Press player of the year, he had 97 tackles, 16 tackles for loss, four interceptions and two fumble recoveries. Asked to play on offense midway through the season, he responded with 373 yards rushing and four TDs, plus six receptions for 131 yards and two TDs. Was the Classic Suburban player of the year. Has committed to play at Dartmouth.
School: Totino-Grace
Position: LB/TE
Year: Senior
The leader of the Eagles' defense had 125 tackles, three fumble recoveries and a pass interception in leading top-ranked Totino-Grace to a spot in the Class 5A championship game. "He is as relentless a football player as I've seen or coached," Eagles coach Jeff Ferguson said. "If there is a play across the field or down the field, he gets there."
School: Mounds View
Position: DL
Year: Senior
The 6-3, 250-pounder was the Suburban East Conference defensive lineman of the year, and the cornerstone of a defense that allowed just 193 yards and 8.75 points per game. Had 31 solo tackles, 46 total tackles, five tackles for loss and four sacks. "Mick comes off the ball and delivers the first blow better than anyone I've seen this year," Mustangs coach Jim Galvin said.
School: Spring Lake Park
Position: DL/OT
Year: Senior
Had 70 tackles and eight sacks to lead the Panthers to a one-loss season that ended in the section final. Was the North Suburban Conference defensive player of the year. Also played on the offensive line, paving the way for a running attack that averaged 353.2 yards per game.
School: Cretin-Derham Hall
Position: RB/WR/DB
Year: Senior
The Notre Dame recruit was the Raiders' best player on each side of the ball. He led the Suburban East Conference with 116 points. He rushed for 574 yards and scored 12 TDs and had 26 receptions for 421 yards and five other TDs. The 6-foot-1, 210-pounder is Minnesota's top recruit and will start his studies at Notre Dame in January.
School: St. Paul Highland Park
Position: DB/WR
Year: Senior
The defensive MVP of the St. Paul City Conference had 69 tackles, four interceptions and four forced fumbles. On offense, he compiled 1,259 total yards and had five scoring plays of 60 yards or more. Rushed for 689 yards and nine TDs, and had 540 yards on 27 receptions and 10 more TDs.
School: South St. Paul
Position: LB/RB
Year: Senior
Had 83 tackles, three interceptions and three fumble recoveries to lead the Packers to an 8-2 season and runner-up finish in Class 4A, Section 4. When called on to help out offensively, he rushed for 116 yards on 16 carries and scored three times. Also had 165 receiving yards and three more TDs.
School: Stillwater
Position: QB/KR/PR/DB
Year: Senior
He piled up 1,528 all-purpose yards in six Suburban East Conference games. Rushed for 364 yards and three TDs, and passed for 563 yards and four TDs. Averaged 32.5 yards on punt returns and scored three times. Averaged 31 yards on kick returns and also had a TD.
School: Chisago Lakes
Position: OL/LB
Year: Senior
The 6-2, 250-pounder had 108 tackles and was the centerpiece of the defense for a team that finished 7-3 and runner-up to Bemidji in Class 5A, Section 7. Selected the North Suburban Conference's offensive lineman of the year; offense averaged 400 yards per game, including 300 rushing.
School: St. Thomas Academy
Position: K/P/LB
Year: Senior
Had a perfect kicking season, making a state-record 15 of 15 field goals, with a long of 47 yards, and going 39 of 39 on extra-point attempts. Booted 49 of his 67 kickoffs for touchbacks. Also averaged 40 yards per punt for the Class 5A semifinalists.
School: Osseo
Position: RB/WR/CB/KR
Year: Senior
The 5-11, 200-pounder rarely left the field for the Orioles. He rushed for 1,173 yards and scored 16 touchdowns. Also caught 18 passes for 243 yards and three more TDs. On defense, he had eight interceptions. Also a standout basketball player for a team that won the Class 4A state championship last season.
School: St. Paul Harding
Position: QB
Year: Senior
He passed for 1,161 and five touchdowns, plus ran for 618 yards and 14 touchdowns. On defense, he had 32-1/2 tackles, four interceptions and three fumble recoveries. "He willed our football team to many victories late in games," coach Michael Houston said.
School: St. Paul Central
Position: TB/QB/S
Year: Senior
Playing much of the season with a groin injury, he rushed for 915 yards and 16 TDs. Finished with 1,389 all-purpose yards for the St. Paul City Conference champs. Caught 14 passes for 106 yards, and had 266 return yards. Had 84 tackles, four interceptions and two forced fumbles on defense.
School: Maple Grove
Position: WR
Year: Senior
The 6-foot-4, 200-pounder had 56 receptions for 1,155 yards and 13 touchdowns, averaging 21 yards a catch. "He has unbelievable body control and ball skills that are unparalleled," Crimson coach Matt Lombardi said.
School: Woodbury
Position: DE
Year: Senior
The 6-foot-3, 235-pounder ran a 4.6-second 40-yard dash at the Gophers' camp. Finished with 16 sacks and 52 tackles, including 22 for loss. Had 16 sacks as a junior. "Wherever he lands in college, (they) will be getting the total package," Woodbury coach Andy Hill said.
Mike Fritze, Apple Valley
Took a team that was 1-8 last year and forecasted to finish last in the South Suburban Conference to an 8-3 record and the championship in Class 5A, Section 3. Two of the Eagles' losses were to state tournament qualifiers Prior Lake and Eastview. Has retired from coaching football after 37 years, including the past 18 as head coach. Has a total of 103 seasons coaching various sports at Apple Valley.
Michael Alada, Hill-Murray, WR, sr.
Lars Anderson, Mounds View, LB, sr.
Justin Axelson, Spring Lake Park TE/DE, sr.
Michael Backus, Eastview, OL, sr.
Blake Banham, Cretin-Derham Hall, RB/WR/DB, jr.
John Bednarczyk, Totino-Grace, OL, sr.
Robert Bergstrom, St. Paul Central, LT/DE, jr.
Matt Bowlin, Holy Angels, S, sr.
Nate Bowman, Burnsville, DL, jr.
Keelon Brookins, Tartan, DB, sr.
Eric Brown, Chisago Lakes, RB, sr.
Caleb Butler, Blaine, LB, sr.
Elijah Campbell, St. Paul Central, RB/KR/DB/P, sr.
Calvin Carlson, St. Paul Central, DE/special teams, sr.
Parker Chapman, St. Thomas Academy, OLB, sr.
Jack Cichy, Hill-Murray, LB, sr.
Ian Collins, Edina, OT, sr.
Jaried Combs, DeLaSalle, DE/WR, sr.
J.T. DenHartog, Hopkins, QB, sr.
Michael Diggins, Centennial, RB, sr.
Deon Dorvil, Edina, DT, sr.
Tray Fears, St. Paul Highland Park, DL, sr.
Rakeem Felder, Osseo, DL, sr.
Karl Finkel, Lakeville North, DL, sr.
Shane Finnegan, Hill-Murray, TE, sr.
Coleman Foley, Edina, SS, sr.
Garret Gardner, St. Paul Central, LB/HB/special teams, soph.
Sam Garry, St. Paul Highland Park, OL/DL, sr.
Lucas Grossoehme, Burnsville, LB, sr.
Mark Handberg, Edina, sr.
Theo Haslow, St. Paul Central, WR/FS, sr.
J.C. Hassenauer, East Ridge, OL, jr.
Andrew Herkenhoff, Burnsville, DB, sr.
Darius Hill, Minneapolis Henry, WR, sr.
Sam Hodnefield, Stillwater, LB, sr.
Jaron Holt, Burnsville, LB, jr.
Jackson Hull, Mahtomedi, RB, jr.
Ismael Kamara, St. Paul Harding, DB, soph.
Sam Keis, Holy Angels, QB, sr.
Billy Kellogg, Robbinsdale Cooper, RB, sr.
Gary Knick, St. Paul Central, MLB/special teams, sr.
Ryan Landherr, Prior Lake, OL, sr.
Danny Laudet, Stillwater, K, sr.
Louie LeBert, Centennial, OT, sr.
Patrick LeCorre, Edina, K, soph.
Nick Leach, East Ridge, RB, jr.
Miles Lerner, Edina, LB, sr.
Christian Malinowski, Centennial, MLB, sr.
Raymonte Maynard, Mpls. Washburn, RB, sr.
Jacob Ojile, Spring Lake Park, DE, sr.
Oscar Opara, DeLaSalle, CB, jr.
Josh Parks, Chisago Lakes, RB, jr.
Elijah Patrick, Prior Lake, DL, sr.
Chris Pierson, Wayzata, DB, sr.
Kevin Placide, Edina, RB, jr.
Will Rains, Eastview, RB, soph.
Tyson Reinke, Eden Prairie, DL, sr.
Conor Rhoda, Cretin-Derham Hall, QB, sr.
Joe Robel, Blaine, DB, sr.
Noah Scarver, Mpls. Washburn, TE/DE, sr.
Joe Schiller, Totino-Grace, DL, sr.
Kyle Schmidt, Woodbury, OL/DL, sr.
Brett Shepley, Burnsville, DB, soph.
Jake Short, Simley, RB/SS, sr.
Joey Silversmith, St. Paul Highland Park, QB/K/P, sr.
Blake Skaja, Maple Grove, sr.
Keaton Studsrud, Benilde-St. Margaret's, QB, jr.
Reid Travis, DeLaSalle, QB, jr.
Nick Truen, White Bear Lake, RB, sr.
Eric Tusa, Prior Lake, K, sr.
Nick Waldvogel, St. Thomas Academy, RB/WR/KR, sr.
Ben Walker, Centennial, S, sr.
Nick Wanzek, Simley, QB/LB, sr.
Aaron Warren, DeLaSalle, SS, sr.
Michael Warren, Providence, OL, sr.
Connor Wilkie, Andover, QB, jr.
Chris Williams, DeLaSalle, RB, jr.
Dimitri Williams, Rosemount, RB, soph.
Chris Wipson, Wayzata, LB, sr.
Brycen Wojta, Maple Grove, WR/DB/KR/PR, sr.
Alex Wood, Lakeville North, LB, sr.
Preston Woods, South St. Paul, OL/DL, jr.
Chandler Wright, Wayzata, OL, sr.
Lee Yang, St. Paul Harding, SS, sr.
Zach Ziemer, Lakeville North, OL, sr.


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Anyone going to watch the Oscars tonight? I caught Pan's Labyrinth last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. I thought the storytelling was first rate, the acting was excellent and not overdone, and the cinematography was perfect.
I could've watched Notes on a Scandal or Pan's Labyrinth and I'm glad to have seen PL on the big screen. The special effects were absolutely seamless. The film is done in Spanish, with English subtitles, so it may not be for everyone. Pan's Labyrinth is a very good movie, but it's not appropriate for small children or squeamish adults.
It graphically shows the cruelties of war and demonstrates how much a person needs to be able to exercise free will and make choices -- even if those choices can only take place in a fantasy world.
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By David Lavender
The Bisons began their A-Sun season with a bang Saturday night, knocking off the 2004 A-Sun regular season champion Troy Trojans, 77-68.
The Trojans couldn't find a way to stop guard James Poindexter, who shot 8-of-13 from the field, including seven 3-pointers. Poindexter led all scorers with 28 points.
Center Cameron Robinson and guard Brian Fisk also came up big for the Bisons. Robinson logged a double-double, scoring 20 points and pulling down 13 rebounds. Fisk scored 14 points for Lipscomb. Fisk, Robinson and Poindexter combined to score 62 of the Bisons' 77 points.
The Bisons fell behind by 11 points early on, but battled back to trail by three at the half, 34-31. Lipscomb made up that deficit by shooting a scorching 57 percent from the field in the last 20 minutes of play to come from behind for the win. Troy shot just 14 percent from behind the arc in the second half.
Lipscomb (3-1, 1-0 Atlantic Sun) led by as many as 14 with four minutes to play, but Troy (1-5, 0-2 A-Sun) went on a 10-1 run to cut the lead to five at the 1:47 mark. The Trojans could never get closer and watched the Bisons connect on their 3-point attempts down the stretch to seal the win.
Senior Eddie Baker led three Trojans in double figures with 19 points and a team high seven rebounds. Senior Corey Hornsby added 17 points, while junior Ransom Antoine, in his first career start, scored 11.
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Join us for a fun morning at the Buffalo Farmer's Market located near the Buffalo Cinema Theater in downtown Buffalo on Saturday, Aug. 31, from 8:30 a.m. until 12:00 noon. The Friends of the Buffalo Library will have a booth at the market selling books, children's books, cook books and gardening books at bargain prices.
From 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m., the WonderWeavers will present "Out of the Magic Pot." Come help these fun story tellers mix up a story stew as they pull ingredients out of their magic cooking pot. You will leave with a recipe that will have your imaginations dancing with delight. As a special treat, Colleen and Tina will leave you with room for dessert and a few recipes for where to find fun on your library shelves.
This event is sponsored by Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and the Friends of the Buffalo Library. Please call the library staff for more information, 763.682.2753.


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Things to Come (2008)
This article was originally part of our "Time Trap" series in Death Ray. Yet another highly labour intensive but satisfyingly dense article, "Time Trap" took a particular year and gave a brief rundown of all the important SF that came out then, with a couple of longer pieces, like this one. This was originally published in Death Ray 10, out in early 2008. There's a review of the film Things to Come, loosely based on the story, here.
The Shape of Things to Come
HG Wells gets on his soapbox for some good old ranting, chucking out a few scarily prescient ideas along the way, as Guy Haley tells us.
In 1933, HG Wells was boiling over with irritation at the way he saw the world being run (he left the Fabian Society for this very reason) and, like the teacher he once was, he wanted to lecture us about it. There was a better, more rational way of doing things, to him it was a self-evident truth.
The Shape of Things to Come is not a novel. It is a didactic text presented as a future history book supposedly dreamt by a certain Dr Philip Raven, passed onto his friend upon his death. (The 'dream book' was a very popular literary device in the early 20th Century, and can be found in the works of Lovecraft, Haggard, Ashton Smith and others). After the rather sparse introduction, entirely fictional, the book is divided into four main parts, the first detailing Wells' reasoning behind the Great War and The Great Depression. He then ranges ahead, detailing an endless recession, a war that bankrupts the world, a brief dark age wracked with plague, from which, finally, the exhausted mankind is lifted up by airmen to begin a new era of prosperity in a scientifically governed utopia, ending "The Age of Frustration". The book's history concludes in 2103.
It's a powerful work. Wells history is solid and authoritative, his speculation engrossing. Amusing in some ways – he got a great deal wrong, and the latter half of the 20th century is a launchtrack for Wells' wishful future, but it is chillingly accurate in others . The tone of the book is set by Wells' dry wit and, especially when he speaks of the horrors of WWI, the prose glows white hot with fury. This is not one of the expert parables of his earlier life, nor the tedious rants of his final years, but a stage between the two. Wells is still prodding his contemporaries with his favourite SF goad, the passing into history of all ways of life: "'The infantile habit of assuming the fixity of the Thing that Is was almost universal in their day," he said. But in The Shape of Things to Come, it has grown from a sharp observation to a manifesto. He is no longer merely pointing out that change is inevitable, but arguing for giving it a helping hand…
The Shape of Things to Come reeks of Wells' belief in the planned society, of eugenics and social engineering, and though he had some awareness of the limitations of such – later chapters detail corrective actions needed to make the new World State viable, the book is ultimately steeped in an unswayable belief in progress, a rationale that sprang from the Enlightenment and Victorian cultural arrogance in equal parts, an arrogance he exhibits as much as he decries it.
This is progress with teeth, imposed from above. Wells realises that the mere existence of such an autocracy would bring it, by default, to tyranny, but the systems put in place by the Dictatorship of the Air lead to the autocratic second council being simply absorbed and replaced, as unrealistic a supposition as Lenin's "withering of the state".
But communism, which he very much saw as a failed precursor to his future regime, he says, became insular and consumed itself because of its adoption of irrational orthodoxies. What he doesn't note is that"science" is also prone to dogmatism, and such dogmatism is dangerous. The assumption that current ideas are right did untold damage throughout the 20th century. Everything from bad town planning, through the destruction of the Aral sea to the Holocaust comes from exactly the same school of self-righteous nonsense as Wells' controlled utopia with its "tranquility valleys" full of relaxation gasses and nature bent to man's whim. History has shown us that any kind of mass change, even positive, brings a whole host of new problems to snap at its heels. There is not "one sole right way and… endless wrong ways of doing things," only what seems right at that time. There is no truth but the truth, and like the monotheists idea of god, it is unknowable. Try to legislate for the "right way" and you end up with a world where bananas have a maximum legal curvature.
Wells often comes across as bombastic and self-important as he bangs his drum for technocracy. Like many men who stand up and state "This is not the way!", Wells does not deeply question himself. He sets up counter arguments and then refutes them, like all who are convinced of their own opinion do.
Its strident didactatcism aside, there is much to enjoy in the book. Wells is still spinning yarns of tomorrow for the fun of it. Revealingly, he includes a chapter on an artist named Theotocopulos Aristophanes, clearly an analogue for himself. Aristophanes keeps a journal illustrated by sketches and falls in love with a woman named J (Wells' referred to his second wife in this manner, and communicated with her in a similar way). It's a tender chapter, where Wells tacitly admits how trammelling the society he yearns for would be for a man like himself as it developed. He also, reading between the lines, expresses his love for his then deceased wife. Elsewhere, he describes how romance will become less common, showing it as a distraction, and this from a notorious adulterer! Other Wellsian self-deprecations include the fading away of novels and the banning of violent entertainment. Nevertheless, his desire for a world government of enlightened technocrats was truly passionate. So bright was this future for him that it blinded him to just how faddy and imprecise the social sciences can be. He was certain, as all old men are certain, that society was collapsing, and that people needed firm guidance. Read certain passages of The Shape of Things… and he could be writing about chavs for today's The Daily Mail. Wells was always very much under the impression that people were stupid, venal and selfish, an impression that grew as he aged. People did not know what was good for them. However, Wells, one can't help but think, rather thought he did know.
Like a lot of thinkers who believe in enlightened despots, he never asks himself who will choose those who would rule, even if neatly sidestepping the issue that people who find themselves in power are those that seek it, and they're the last people you want in charge. This conundrum led Churchill, who is gently mocked in the book, to say: "Democracy is the worst form of government, except all the others that have been tried." The Shape of Things to Come shows us that this is a sentiment Wells would have found easy to agree with, albeit for all the wrong reasons.
But perhaps it is not about the future at all. On the one hand, Wells was the supremely civilized Victorian, a lover of science, a hater of violence. On the other, he was a flighty amorist, a wargamer. Wells might have seemed willing to sacrifice much to progress to get his utopia, but in the end its attainment was as unlikely as Wells' striking out the more playful sides of his personality. This book, as fascinating an SF story as it is, is shot through with the dichotomies of one of the 20th century's finest minds. Not so much The Shape of Things to Come, but The Shape of Wells that Was.
The Shape of Things That Were
Arthur C Clarke has nothing on HG! Wells got a fair bit right in The Shape of Things to Come. Though he also got some things wrong, as you read this list, remember it's 96 years until the book's history runs out…
Submarine Warfare
Submarines that can venture far from base intensify the war. Armed with aeroplanes and "air torpedoes", "these vessels made London vulnerable from Japan, Tokio vulnerable from Dublin; they abolished the last corners of safety in the world."
He calls them air torpedoes, and though the ultimate payload is gas, not nuclear warheads, the effect is much the same. They can even direct themselves to their targets.
Hitler remains a petty thug on the world stage, his nation under-developed and technologically inferior to the Polish.
Diffuse war
Wells makes much of the loss of "non-combatant", something he saw as getting worse with the introduction of aerial and submarine warfare. You can't help but think what he'd make of today's low-intensity wars and their collateral damage.
World War II
It starts in 1940, the flashpoint is the Polish Corridor. The Poles beat the Germans eventually, though the war drags on until 1949 and engulfs much of Europe. A separate war goes on in the east, with Japan attacking China, and America eventually declaring war on Japan.
American Hegemony
Many world economies are exhausted by the war, never receiving payment for the armaments they have sold. The US, like the European empires, eventually disintegrates under the relentless pressure of endless recession.
Genetic engineering
A side benefit to war-research by China yields a mutagenic gas that can be used in genetic engineering. After the establishment of the World State, this is used to create all manner of new food crops. Wrong method, but…
World Government
Wells campaigned vigourously for the League of Nations, but grew disappointed by its toothlessness. In the book it is wound down in the 1940s. In real life it was replaced by the slightly tougher United Nations in 1945.
Wells' Dictatorship of the Air came about initially by aviators plying trade routes after the war and plague, and banding together for protection. It's interesting to see trade play a part – the formation of large economic power blocs in our world has been precipitated by commerce.
Global economy
Wells states that the cycle of war is determined by military industrialists, led by an overcapacity in world production. It's an early version of the sinister military-industrial complex beloved of Left-wingers and conspiracy theorists. He says that once these industrialists do not get paid, the whole system would collapse. He did not foresee that consumerism would take up the slack.
Obsolete Tanks
The Shape of Things To Come has tanks as a military dead end, vulnerable to air attack.
A scare in Wells' day, and scare now. The difference being that Wells had lived through the horrendous 'Flu epidemic of 1918-19, which killed perhaps as many as 100 million people. Interestingly, the worst disease in the book, maculated fever, leaps over from baboons, and this cross-species transmission is what worries scientists so much now…
Though we don't have the society envisaged by Wells, there are several striking parallels between his Dictatorship of the Air and modern China. That had social collapse, a revolution, a stern dictatorship, then a lessening of control. It's run entirely by a cadre of scientists and engineers…
More things to come…
H.G. Wells was a prolific chap, and explored the themes of The Shape of Things to Come more than once.
There are two more Wells projects connected thematically and by title to The Shape of Things to Come. The first, and most obvious, is Alexander Korda's 1936 film Things to Come, which was written by Wells. It takes a boiled down version of the book's story and updates it a touch. All the action takes place in one place, Everytown, which we see go from a happy town of stone and brick to an underground utopia via a bombed-out ruin. The film clumsily deals with the fall of the tyrannical council in the 21st century by way of a romance and a moonshot. It concludes with a speech on progress. Otherwise, the themes remain the same. Somewhat ponderous and preachy, it is nevertheless full of impressive visuals. It is more optimistic than the book, though like its paper counterpart it is shamelessly playing the doom-monger. It was the only screenplay Wells produced.
Wells also wrote a short story entitled "A Story of The Days to Come". Published in 1897, it tells of a 22nd century where mankind lives in giant hive-like cities. The novella, which starts off with another attack on Victorian complacency, details a forbidden love affair between middle-class Mr Mwres (Morris – spelling has been rationalised) and a wealthy woman. The two escape into the countryside, fail to live off the land, and then experience various layers of their society's rigid social structure before they are rescued. In this story, Wells anticipates skyscrapers, motorways, mass air transport, and travelators. Though society is run along the planned, socialist lines he extols in The Shape of Things to Come, its class system, an attack on contemporary mores, provides nothing but a barrier to the lovers.


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Refissa Side Effects
Generic Name: tretinoin topical
Note: This document contains side effect information about tretinoin topical. Some of the dosage forms listed on this page may not apply to the brand name Refissa.
In Summary
More frequent side effects include: exfoliation of skin, stinging of the skin, localized warm feeling, and mild erythema. See below for a comprehensive list of adverse effects.
For the Consumer
Applies to tretinoin topical: topical cream, topical gel/jelly, topical liquid, topical solution
In some animal studies, tretinoin has been shown to cause skin tumors to develop faster when the treated area is exposed to ultraviolet light (sunlight or artificial sunlight from a sunlamp). Other studies have not shown the same result and more studies need to be done. It is not known if tretinoin causes skin tumors to develop faster in humans.
Along with its needed effects, tretinoin topical (the active ingredient contained in Refissa) may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.
Check with your doctor as soon as possible if any of the following side effects occur while taking tretinoin topical:
More Common
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Some side effects of tretinoin topical may occur that usually do not need medical attention. These side effects may go away during treatment as your body adjusts to the medicine. Also, your health care professional may be able to tell you about ways to prevent or reduce some of these side effects. Check with your health care professional if any of the following side effects continue or are bothersome or if you have any questions about them:
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The side effects will go away after you stop using tretinoin. On the rare chance that your skin color changes, this effect may last for several months before your skin color returns to normal.
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Applies to tretinoin topical: topical cream, topical gel, topical kit, topical liquid
Very common (10% or more): Severe skin irritation (Up to 32%)
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Unified CCMP Architecture
Unified CCMP is a multi-tier architecture consisting of a web server, application server, and database. This architecture maintains a complete data model of the contact center equipment to which it is connected, and the data model is periodically synchronized with the underlying Unified CCE equipment. The Unified CCMP data model and synchronization activity allow for resources to be provisioned either through the Unified CCMP Web interfaces or from the standard equipment-specific user interfaces (the so-called closed loop provisioning cycle).
All provisioning operations entered through the Unified CCMP Web interfaces are checked for capacity (Is there room on Unified CCE?) and concurrency (Has another user already modified or deleted the resource?) before the request is committed to Unified CCMP. Unified CCMP then executes the provisioning request through the relevant Unified CCE APIs and checks until the action has successfully passed through the Unified CCE servers (the confirmation). At all stages, the process is audited to allow the business users to run audit reports to determine who changed what and when.
Unified CCMP back-end components connect to the Unified CCE interfaces with a preferred connection and a backup. This applies more to the dual-sided Unified CCE than to the Unified CM cluster, but typically Unified CCMP connects to the local Administration & Data Server (the preferred connection) and switches to the backup connection if the preferred connection fails. Unified CCMP switches back to the preferred connection when its monitoring software detects the return to normal service.
Unified CCMP Interfaces
Users connect to Unified CCMP through an HTTP/S connection. This is a standard Internet Explorer 7 or Internet Explorer 8 browser connection to the Unified CCMP web server.
Unified CCMP uses three interface points with the rest of Unified CCE:
- The Configuration Management Service (CMS, or ConAPI) server, which runs on an Administration & Data Server, acts as the provisioning interface for Unified CCE. It uses the Java RMI protocol (over customer defined ports, usually TCP 2099/2098), and the CMS server option must be selected as part of the Administration & Data Server installation.
- The Administration & Data Server AWDB database catalog acts as the read-only configuration confirmation interface for Unified CCE. This is an OLE-DB protocol interface (over TCP1433) that uses either Integrated Security or SQL Server integration. Integrated Security means that either Unified CCMP must be in the same Active Directory domain as the Administration & Data Server, or that suitable permissions between the domains must be set up.
- The Unified CM AXL interface acts as both the provisioning interface and the confirmation interface for Unified CM. This is the standard web service using HTTPS (TCP 8443) and XML SOAP protocol.
Deployment Modes
Unified CCMP supports all Unified CCE Release 8.0\(x) deployment modes, including parent/child. This section explains the deployment modes and guidelines that pertain to them.
Note: For all deployments, each Unified CCE instance connected to a Unified CCMP system requires a separate Unified CCE physical server configured as an Administration & Data Server.
Lab Deployments
In lab environments only, Unified CCMP software can be installed on the Unified CCE Administration & Data Server. This co-located model can be used only in labs due to the high processing requirements of the Administration & Data Server and the maximum configuration of 200 Named Agents.
Standard Deployments
In dedicated server mode, two deployments are supported:
- Single Server. In this simplex mode, all Unified CCMP components are installed on a single server. Most Unified CCE customers use this deployment because it represents the lowest cost of deployment and ongoing cost of ownership. This mode supports a maximum configuration of 1500 Concurrent Agents.
- Dual Server. In this mode, the front-end Unified CCMP components are installed on one server (the Web Server) and back-end components on another (the Database Server). This allows the use of a firewall between the Web and Database Servers, which creates a DMZ for Internet connectivity and provides for higher capacity and performance throughout the system. This mode supports a maximum configuration of 8000 Concurrent Agents.
Note Both of the above deployments are non-resilient in nature. The workaround in the event of Portal failure is to revert to provisioning on Unified CCE or Unified CM until Unified CCMP is returned to service, at which time an automatic resynchronization occurs.
Resilient Deployments
Either of the two standard deployment modes can be enhanced to a resilient configuration using a duplicate set of hardware with Unified CCMP integrated data replication facilities to provide a geographically dispersed solution.
Unified CCMP uses SQL Server replication to keep the two sides synchronized. Use the resilient forms of these deployments if you require fault tolerance. The system capacity limits remain unchanged from the equivalent standard deployments
Note: If a load balancing solution is to be provided to the front end (for example, Cisco Local/Remote Director), then it must support sticky connections.
Parent/Child Deployments
In parent/child deployments, a single Unified CCMP instance connects to each of the child Unified CCE Administration & Data servers, which must be configured as physically separate Primary Administration & Data Servers. Each child instance appears as a tenant within Unified CCMP. Resources added via Unified CCMP are linked to a tenant, and the added resource is replicated from the Unified CCE child to its parent using the standard replication process.
Unified CCMP Architecture VoD & PowerPoint Slides
We've put together a VoD of the PowerPoint slide deck I created to explain the main components in Unified CCMP. You can also download the PowerPoint slide deck from here: TBA
Microsoft SQL 2005 Replication
As Unified CCMP is based on the Microsoft SQL Server platform, it is advisable to understand the types of replication that is used replicating the Portal & Reporting Database content between the two sides of a duplexed deployment. The following three pages outline the 3 types of replication available in Microsoft SQL Server, however Unified only uses Transactional Replication (bidirectional) for replicating the Portal database & Merge Replication for replicating the Microsoft Reporting data.


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Appeals Court Hints VERY Strongly That Google Books Is Fair Use, Even Though It Wasn't Asked About That
from the look-at-that dept
So, I guess it should come as little surprise that today's ruling on the matter barely even mentions the class action issue, other than to say that Google's argument "may carry some force." Instead it sends the case back to the district court, saying that it should do the fair use analysis first, suggesting that this might make the whole question of whether or not a class should be certified entirely moot. In other words, the Second Circuit is basically screaming to the district court: "what Google is doing is fair use, full stop, so we're wasting time arguing about whether or not this is a class action: just end the thing by saying it's fair use." The ruling is short and sweet and is a huge victory for Google. Here's the key part:
Putting aside the merits of Google's claim that plaintiffs are not representative of the certified class—an argument which, in our view, may carry some force—we believe that the resolution of Google's fair use defense in the first instance will necessarily inform and perhaps moot our analysis of many class certification issues, including those regarding the commonality of plaintiffs' injuries, the typicality of their claims, and the predominance of common questions of law or fact, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(a)(2), (3), (b)(3). See, e.g., FPX, LLC v. Google, Inc., 276 F.R.D. 543, 551 (E.D. Tex. 2011) (denying plaintiffs' request for class certification "because of the fact-specific inquiries the court would have to evaluate to address [defendants'] affirmative defenses [including fair use of trademarks]"); Vulcan Golf, LLC v. Google Inc., 254 F.R.D. 521, 531 (N.D. Ill. 2008) ("The existence of affirmative defenses [such as fair use of trademarks] which require individual resolution can be considered as part of the court's analysis to determine whether individual issues predominate under Rule 23(b)(3)."); see also Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay, 437 U.S. 463, 469 n.12 (1978) ("Evaluation of many of the questions entering into determination of class action questions is intimately involved with the merits of the claims. The typicality of the representative's claims or defenses . . . and the presence of common questions of law or fact are obvious examples." (quotation marks omitted)); Castano v. Am. Tobacco Co., 84 F.3d 734, 744 (5th Cir. 1996) ("[A] court must understand the claims, defenses, relevant facts, and applicable substantive law in order to make a meaningful determination of the certification issues."); cf. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, 131 S. Ct. 2541, 2561 (2011) (holding that "a class cannot be certified on the premise that [a defendant] will not be entitled to litigate its statutory defenses to individual claims"). Moreover, we are persuaded that holding the issue of class certification in abeyance until Google's fair use defense has been resolved will not prejudice the interests of either party during the projected proceedings before the District Court following remand. Accordingly, we vacate the District Court's order of June 11, 2012 certifying plaintiffs' proposed class, and we remand the cause to the District Court, for consideration of the fair use issues.I'm actually somewhat surprised at this. While I've argued from the very beginning that Google's book scanning project was clearly fair use (and was annoyed when it looked like Google was dropping that argument in its original settlement effort), it does seem a bit strange for the judges to jump straight to the fair use analysis across the board. I would guess that the Author's Guild, somewhat ironically, might now want to hit back with Google's own argument in trying to block the class, by saying that different authors have different arguments, and seeking a fair use judgment across the board wouldn't make any sense. Still, in terms of getting this many-years process finally over and done with, it seems like skipping ahead to the fair use analysis is probably the best way to finally settle the matter.


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The halls were alive with the sound of music this week as Bravissimo! Music and Arts Camp took over Hood River Valley High School.
The school walls reverberated with music from trumpets, drums, clarinets, flutes, saxophones and voices each morning as more than 60 students in 6th through 9th grade advanced their skills with the help of instructors from around the Gorge and Portland.
"Horns up, sit up straight, elbows out," said Jason Weaver to his seven trumpet proteges practicing in a room off the commons. "We want a nice, beautiful round sound."
In another room BJ Thomas, head band director at The Dalles High School, led three students and two volunteer helpers in a percussion session.
"It's going to get a bit loud in here," he said before the group launched into a high energy, foot-stomping jam. His baseball hat said "Drum Guy," but all his students — even the ones new to the instruments — seemed to be drum guys and gals.
The camp was instigated by Hood River Valley High School music director Mark Steighner, Joan Yasui Emerson and Community Education director Mike Schend who, at mid-week, were pleased with the way things were going for Bravissimo's inaugural year.
"The instructors are doing a really good job," Steighner said. "They're all young and enthusiastic. And there's a lot of variety. The kids are getting a lot of different experiences for sure."
Campers spent their mornings in two sessions of instrumental learning with their chosen instrument. Steighner also taught a voice session. After a break for lunch and a noon-time performance by invited guests — ranging from Jesse Berdine of Oregon Ballet Theatre to the drumming powerhouse Portland Taiko — campers rotated around a series of "enrichment" workshops highlighting various arts activities.
Seth Dunlap, 15, came to the camp each day from Carson, Wash. He spent his mornings learning saxophone from instructor Erik Steighner, but enjoyed the afternoon art sessions almost as much.
"It's fun getting to try out more things," he said.
Brynden Rawdin Morris of Hood River had similar sentiments.
"I picked percussion because I've been wanting to learn drums for a while," he said after his jam session with "Drum Guy."
"He's a good teacher," Brynden said of Thomas. "We all have our own level and he helps us." The homeschooled, soon-to-be 9th-grader also liked the afternoon enrichment sessions. And to top off all that enriching soul food, there was one more plus at Bravissimo this week.
"Good snacks," Rawdin Morris said, munching on a brownie at lunch.
The camp concluded Friday with a final performance by the students.
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