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Domestic and Family Violence Service
'Atunypa Wiru Minyma Uwankaraku' - Good Protection for all Women
Extract of Performance Report January to June 08
FaHCSIA Project Name: Family Violence Services for NT Communities of Finke/Imanpa /Mutitjulu &Docker River / and women and children from NPY Lands who visit or temporarily reside in Alice Springs. - ICC PFA NO. 8768
Note: this is one of four sources of funding for the NPY Domestic and Family Violence Service alone. This Service is one of several service delivery areas within the organisation.
Family Violence Regional Activities Program (FVRAP) Performance Indicators:
A. Using quantitative and qualitative reporting, describe how the project activity/activities address family violence in indigenous communities
The primary focus of NPYWC Domestic and Family Violence (DV) Service is the safety of women and children on the NPY Lands of NT, WA, and SA, an area of 350,000 sq. kms. While the Service operates across three states, funds from FAHCSIA are used for work done in NT. This Service is unique in the area that it covers, and arose from the need expressed by indigenous women for full access to the criminal justice system and for practical assistance when domestic violence occurs. The Service has a model of working that targets 3 key areas:
- Providing assistance and advocacy for individual victims of DV that prioritises their safety within a case management framework.
- Providing and facilitating community education regarding DV and sexual assault within NPY communities, police, justice, health and other relevant workers.
- Building links and developing guidelines within other organisations and services to improve responses to DV.
1. Provided Case Management and advocacy for family violence clients
This Service focuses on assisting victims of violence (primarily women) by accessing the criminal justice system, undertaking safety planning, and engaging in case management.
From January to June 08, the total number of clients from NT was 165. From July to Dec. 07, the total number of clients was 130. This represents an increase of about 21% for this half year. It is speculated that this might be reflective of increased reporting rather than an increase in the amount of domestic violence. The reason for this speculation is because of the breakdown of figures below:
|July-December 07
|Jan. to June 08
|Alice Springs
|Docker River
|Other places
As can be seen, the number of clients from remote communities has increased whereas the number of clients from Alice Springs (mainly town camps of Old Timers, Little Sisters, Karnte and Ilparpa) has decreased. The decrease in Alice Springs numbers may well be attributed to the Federal Government NT Intervention, as too may the increase in reports from communities that were previously under-policed. Another factor in increased reporting could be the better service provision to the 4 remote communities by the DV Service.
These figures show a significant shift from the previous half year where 55 % of our NT clients were from Alice Springs (mostly in Town Camps) and the other 45 % were from remote communities. This half year only 15% of clients were from Alice Springs and 85% were from remote communities.
This half year, NT clients comprise 32.6% of our total client numbers. During this half year the total number of different clients that NPYWC DVS provided a service to from across the NPY Lands was 291. The total number of different clients from NT was 95. Some of these clients presented on numerous occasions.
Below are two case studies that give an insight into the type of work done by this Service in addressing domestic violence.
Qualitative Case Studies:
a. Case Study 1
One client we have been working with over several years is often assaulted by her partner when alcohol is involved. The client has previously had a NO CONTACT Domestic Violence Restraining Order but it expired several months before. She had not wanted to apply for a new order at the time. She and her partner had come into Alice Springs from a NT remote community and were staying with relatives in a town camp. Consumption of alcohol occurred one evening. The client was assaulted by her partner resulting in extensive bruising to the right eye and possible damage to the eye itself. Police attended the incident and took the client to the dry out centre. No report was taken by police as the client was not sober.
The client contacted NPYWC Domestic Violence Service the following morning by ringing the Freecall number (she keeps a card in her pocket). A Case Worker picked her up and brought her back to NPYWC for discussion of options (with the client's safety as the primary focus).The client needs were identified as: an appointment at Congress for a medical assessment, emergency accommodation at A/S Women's Shelter, and then transport back to a safe community. The client was encouraged by NPYWC DVS to make a statement to police. She kept deferring this as she had various medical treatments for her eye. The client returned to her community before making a police statement. However, NPYWC advised police of the incident and noted that medical treatment had been received, in case the client wanted to make a statement at a later date.
About 2 weeks later the client returned to Alice Springs to go to the Alice Springs Show.
A few nights later the client was assaulted again by her partner. The woman contacted NPYWC DVS, and she was picked up by a case worker and taken to the Police Station to make a report. The client also made a report about the previous assault as there was medical evidence to support the information given and also previous information passed onto police by NPYWC. During the police interview the client decided that she wanted to apply for a NO CONTACT DVRO. After the interview the case worker organised for the client to stay at A/S Women's Shelter as the perpetrator had not yet been arrested, thus making return to a town camp an unsafe option. Since then the perpetrator has been arrested, was taken to court and sentenced. The NO CONTACT order was granted. The client has returned to her community. She has regularly rung NPYWC to receive updates on the court outcomes for her partner and to discuss a safety plan for when he is released.
This case study highlights a number of factors about the NPYWC DV Service:
- The importance of safety of the victim as the primary focus of the Service and the need for on-going safety planning for victims.
- Many women at risk know how to contact us- and do so. The Freecall number is a huge advantage.
- It can sometimes take many interactions before a woman is willing to report to police but NPYWC role is to stand alongside them when they are ready.
- NPYWC make reports to police even if women themselves don't want to make a statement and pursue the matter - this information might be useful at some later point.
- Practical assistance is given to women who have been victims of domestic violence.
- NPYWC encourage women to access the full protection available through the criminal justice system.
- Good case work requires persistence and development of good relationship between the client and service provider.
- The need for referral to safe places for women and children who are victims of violence
b. Case Study 2
One of the DV Case Workers was going to an interagency meeting and saw the client in the Mall. She came up to the Case Worker and revealed that she had been bashed by her previous partner the night before.
The previous partner was well known to NPYWC DVS as he had persistently harassed, threatened, beaten, abducted, isolated and committed a whole range of "jealous" domestic violence acts against the victim over the past 10 years. This client was on NPYWC "most at risk" list. The perpetrator had been released from jail in Port Augusta 3 days prior to an initial incident that happened over a week before. He came straight up to Alice Springs where he knew the victim was located and went to one of the town camps one night and hit the victim over the head with an iron bar while she was lying in bed. This required the victim to have 21 staples put in her head to seal the injury. Several days later the perpetrator saw the victim in the shopping centre and came up to her and bashed her in the head (on the same spot where she had the previous injury).
This woman had a NO CONTACT order in place that was registered in NT. SA, and WA. However, neither of these assaults had been reported to police. On seeing the DV Case Worker, the woman decided to make her situation known. The Case Worker immediately took the client to the NPYWC office and talked with her about what had been happening and the importance of reporting to police. The Case Worker and client then went to the Police Station and statements were taken about the two assaults.
In the opinion of NPYWC DVS this perpetrator has the potential to kill this woman as his attacks have been persistent and vicious over the past ten years. The perpetrator was arrested by police, taken to court, sentenced, and jailed until early 2009.
About a week after the perpetrator was jailed the victim came to the NPYWC office and said that she had been receiving threats from the perpetrator via a public telephone at one of the town camps- "when I get out I will come and get you." So we discussed a safety plan surrounding this date when the offender gets out. We will keep an eye on this date and make contact with the client before the perpetrator is released.
This case study highlights several points about the role of NPYWC and how we do our work:
- We keep tabs on clients who are most at risk and take every opportunity assist them to not give up and cave in to a sense of hopelessness/ inevitability about their situation.
- We are proactive in prioritising client's safety needs.
- We are approachable.
- We emphasise the importance of reporting violence to police and accessing the full protection of the law available to all Australian citizens.
- We support clients through their ordeals and see safety planning as an on-going discussion.
2. NPYWC DV Service provided and facilitated community education regarding family violence and sexual assault within NPY communities, police, justice, health and other relevant workers.
Case Worker visits and workshops occurred at the following places and times:
- Docker River 14th-15th January, 10th-12th
- January- Travelled to the community to present the Tuckandee workshop- had to abandon due to men's ceremonies
- March- 2 workshops were held - one for teenagers/young men and one for teenagers/young women- Attendance: there were over 30 in attendance at each workshop. The men's workshop used NPYWC material but was presented by the male youth worker with Mission Australia.
- Mutitjulu 13th-14th March, 14th-15th May - visits- no workshops
- Finke 23-24th April, 11th-12th June
- April Attendance: about 20 men and 30 women
- June: Attendance: about 35 women
- Imanpa 16th-18th January, 21st-22nd
April, 10th-11th June
- Attendance at workshop in Jan: Tuckandee workshops provided
by Tex Skuthorpe and Anne Morell.
18 people (male and female) of varying ages over 2 days.
Outcome: a very large painting expressing people's dreams for their community.
- April - visit only- no workshop
- June- attendance: 35 women
- Attendance at workshop in Jan: Tuckandee workshops provided by Tex Skuthorpe and Anne Morell.
- Kungka Career Conference at Hamilton from 6th to 8th
May for teenage girls from across the NPY Lands (about 150 in attendance)-
- 7 sessions with 20 girls per session were held on sexual assault and domestic violence. Total attendance :140
The Sexual Assault Worker, Interpreter and Case Worker travelled to communities as a team and presented sexual assault and domestic violence workshops along with doing individual case work. Emphasis in workshops has been on developing skills in identifying all forms of domestic violence, the undergirding issue of power and control evident in domestic violence, the use of DVRO's, and being aware of who to contact when family violence (of any sort) occurs. The sexual assault component of the workshops has focused on getting people to speak up about sexual assault, key aspects of reporting a sexual assault (importance of the first 24-48 hours), and thinking about the effects of sexual assault on victims by reflecting on the videos "The Big Shame" and "Who's the Loser".
B. Using quantitative and qualitative reporting, describe how the project activities advocates for improved services for victims of family violence, including improved collaboration between jurisdictions, levels of government and communities.
The following case study is a great example of the principle of collaboration and how it can work to the advantage of clients.
Case study 3:
NPYWC was contacted by the DPP in regard to concerns that they had for a woman's safety. Police had tried to contact this woman but to no effect. Whenever they went to the particular town camp where she was rumoured to be living, they were met with a wall of silence.
After discussion it was decided that the NPYWC Interpreter / Client Support Worker (an indigenous woman) would go to the town camp in a vehicle that did not have any attributes of "official government vehicle". She went to a little shed where someone said they had seen a woman and she found her lying on the ground inside.
The victim had been severely beaten around the groin and legs, so much so that she could not stand up on her own. The Interpreter immediately helped the woman into the vehicle (as the perpetrator was nowhere around) and brought her to NPYWC. She came in and told her story over a cup of tea and some food (as she hadn't eaten for some time). Then the Interpreter/ Client Support Worker took her to the hospital for medical assistance. It seemed that the victim's leg might have been broken- X-rays revealed that she was very badly bruised but had no fractures. After medical assistance the client was taken to the police to make a report and then emergency accommodation was arranged at the Alice Springs Women's Shelter.
The Police then worked in co-operation with NPYWC to try and ascertain the whereabouts of the perpetrator so that he could be apprehended.
This is a great example of various services working together in the best interests of the client so they can receive a positive response when they have been victims of violence. These efforts might well make the difference between life and death for some clients.
Examples of collaboration between jurisdictions, levels of government and communities during this half year:
- During all community visits case workers have met with Police, clinic staff, Community staff.
- Interagency meetings have been held with: Alice Springs Women's Shelter, Central Australian Family Violence Network (monthly meetings), SARCS, Alice Springs Hospital Emergency Department, Remote Mental Health, Mission Australia, Cross Border Men's Family Violence Offenders Program, Australian Crime Commission
- Regular reporting to Substance Abuse Intelligence Desk.
- Supporting the Turn Down the Tap Anti-grog rally in Alice Springs in April
- We have worked in liaison with the Mission Australia Youth Workers in each of the 4 communities when presenting the DV and sexual assault workshops. This has proved to be an effective strategy.
- The Service provided orientation sessions with health professionals on two occasions.
- A Submission was presented to the NT Government in regard to the issue of Mandatory Reporting of Domestic Violence by Health Professionals.
- Meetings with Australian Crime Commission.
- Two meetings with the DPP
The above liaison and interagency activities have been working towards the goals of either:
- raising awareness of family violence and its impact and harm on women and children,
- developing better agency responses to family violence,
- improving / implementing good practice models within our Service or other agencies,
- providing better protection for women and children through developing local agreements and protocols.
C. Using quantitative and qualitative reporting, describe how the project activities increased the reporting of incidences of family violence in indigenous communities
As indicated previously the reporting of incidences of domestic violence in NT communities of Finke, Imanpa, Mutitjulu and Docker River and women from NPY Lands temporarily residing in Alice Springs, has increased by 21% in this half year. More people within the remote communities are reporting incidences of violence. This is probably a result of both increased police presence and more contact with NPYWC Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Case Workers. Some factors that may have assisted the increase in reporting:
- Regular visits to communities - all 4 communities were visited at least twice during this half year (9 visits).
- Handing out over 400 free call cards, DV pamphlets and brochures about the Service during workshops and community visits.
- Very positive response to the sexual assault and domestic violence presentations that have resulted in a number of disclosures.
- Working more closely with Mission Australia workers who are located within communities and see people on a daily basis.
- Good liaison with the police at Mutitjulu, Imanpa, and Kulgera.
- Having more staff has meant that we can send a sexual assault worker, an interpreter and a caseworker (and at times, also a youth worker) to conduct workshops and activities in communities.
These activities might have increased reporting by making the Service more visible and accessible.
D. Using quantitative and qualitative reporting, describe how the project activities assisted victims of family violence and sexual assault in Indigenous communities.
Some of the case studies above have described how this project assists victims of family violence. NPYWC has assisted 165 victims of family violence/sexual assault from the NT over the past half year. This figure consists of 95 different victims so some of these clients must have presented several times over the 6 month period. This is not to say that there were only 165 interactions- there were many more than that. However, because client numbers are entered on a monthly basis, one person might have been entered in 3 different months, showing up as 3 victims.
The following statistics have been obtained by dividing the total number of matters handled for the 6 month period in all three states that are covered by NPYWC (NT,WA and SA) and dividing by the percentage of different NT clients of our total number of different clients (32.6%).
The 95 different victims of family violence and sexual assault in NT were assisted in the following ways:
- Assistance with obtaining DVRO's (24)
- Assistance with reporting breaches to DVRO's (16)
- Referral child protection issues to relevant people (11)
- Assisting victims to complete Victim of Crime Compensation Claims (11)
- Providing legal assistance in response to domestic and family violence (48 occasions of legal advice of some type and 104 occasions of legal case work).
- Providing practical and emotional support in a case management framework (97 occasions of assistance)
- Providing women and children with practical assistance to get to a safe place when violence occurs e.g., emergency transport, accommodation, and food/clothing (12).
- Assisted 5 victims of sexual assault.
- Emergency assistance was provided to 12 clients to ensure their safety. This resulted in those clients being moved to a more safe location (as distinct from police apprehending the perpetrator- which is the preferred option).
- Court support. Our Service has provided support to 15 women going to court in regard to family violence assaults in both Alice Springs and Mutitjulu Court. A case worker attended Mutitjulu Court on 14th March, 15th May (it's a bi-monthly court).
- Witness support - assistance was given to clients to get to court to be witnesses in grievous assault charges against perpetrators: the Service assisted 6 women, one on several occasions, to ensure criminal matters had the best outcome for the client.
Case Study 4 below describes how the Service assisted a sexual assault victim in the past half year.
This client was sexually assaulted several years ago. NPYWC DVS was involved with the client in seeing the matter through the courts and an outcome was achieved in which two young men were convicted of sexual assault and jailed. During this half of the year, the client has been facing mental health issues (some of which had emerged prior to the assault) and has required support from NPYWC DV Service Sexual Assault Worker and NPYWC Disability Advocate in regard to a range of issues. In particular, at times when the client has been in her home community she has been taunted by the perpetrators family so there has been a need to evacuate her to a place of safety. Then after being in safe accommodation in Alice Springs for a while, the client gets restless and wants to be surrounded by family again and to return to country. So assisting the client to find a place where she feels safe and feels a sense of belonging and able to participate in activities has been a high priority for this year. During this time the DV Service has also assisted the client with a Victim of Crime Compensation claim.
Jill Steel
Manager Domestic and Family Violence Service,
NPY Women's Council
Information that may be of specific interest to the NTER Review Board
NPY Women's Council Domestic Violence Service Client Numbers.
No. of clients per quarter from 3 states as per SAAP data from 1.1.07 to 30.6.08
|3 month periods
|% of total
|% of total
|% of total
|Total no. clients
|Average per qtr
|Average per qtr
It is interesting to see the consistency of figures and percentages of total number of clients that come from each jurisdiction. It is historically the case that the APY Lands in SA has the largest number of clients by percentage. The Ngaanyatjarra figure/percentage may increase with the presence of a full-time DV staff member at Warakurna (since August 2008.) There are about 6000 people across the region. Approximate population: APY Lands 2700; Ngaanyatjarra Lands 2500; four NT member communities: Mutitjulu, Docker River, Finke and Imanpa: 630.
In July 2008 the DV Manager visited Mutitjulu Community and spoke to a range
of Anangu women: older women sixty years or over, women around forty years
and younger women in their twenties and up to thirty years. There were separate
discussions with each group. Each group indicated that there was at that time
not a lot of domestic violence at Mutitjulu and had not been during the past
few months. The Police also had this view. The January to June 2008 period
however showed an increase in women the DV Service compared to the previous
six months. The DV Manager's view is that women are contacting the DV
Service at an earlier stage than they have done previously; that is, before
the violence reaches a high level of severity.
There are currently only two women from Mutitjulu in the DV Service's 'high risk' category.
The DV Manager believes that NPYWC is able to provide a better service due to a permanent police presence, even though officers change over quite frequently.
Information for NT Intervention Review on domestic violence figures for NPY Communities in NT
Note: extracted from report above.
From January to June 08, the total number of clients from NT was 165. From July to Dec. 07, the total number of clients was 130. This represents an increase of about 21% for this half year. It is speculated that this might be reflective of increased reporting rather than an increase in the amount of domestic violence. The reason for this speculation is because of the breakdown of figures below:
|July-December 07
|Jan. to June 08
|Alice Springs
|Docker River
|Other places
As can be seen, the number of clients from remote communities has increased whereas the number of clients from Alice Springs (mainly town camps of Old Timers, Little Sisters, Karnte and Ilparpa) has decreased. The decrease in Alice Springs numbers may well be attributed to the Federal Government NT Intervention, as too may the increase in reports from communities that were previously under-policed. Another factor in increased reporting could be the better service provision to the 4 remote communities by NPYWC DV Service.
These figures show a significant shift from the previous half year where 55 % of our NT clients were from Alice Springs (mostly in Town Camps) and the other 45 % were from remote communities. This half year only 15% of clients were from Alice Springs and 85% were from remote communities.
This half year, NT clients comprise 32.6% of our total client numbers. During this half year the total number of different clients that NPYWC DVS provided a service to from across the NPY Lands was 291. The total number of different clients from NT was 95. Some of these clients presented on numerous occasions.


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Each year the Santa Fe Indian Market includes 1,200 artists from about 100 tribes who show their work in over 600 booths. The event attracts an estimated 100,000 visitors to Santa Fe from all over the world. Buyers, collectors and gallery owners come to Indian Market to take advantage of the opportunity to buy directly from the artists. Quality is the hallmark of the Santa Fe Indian Market.
Santa Fe on a Budget
This is not really a story about what to see and do in Santa Fe. It is an attempt at getting you around this popular area without destroying your budget. As with most tourist meccas, Santa Fe offers plenty of easy ways to pay top dollar for things that won't really enhance your experience.
Santa Fe Places to See and Things to Do
Santa Fe is one of the top destinations in the Southwest. Top 10 things to do and see in Santa Fe.
Santa Fe's ARTFeast
Each February, the arts and culinary venues collide for a marvelous combination named ARTFeast. Participants can enjoy a delicious tasting tour of Santa Fe's galleries.
Santa Fe's Railyard - A Destination for the Arts, Dining and Recreation
Santa Fe's Railyard is now home to more than trains. It is fast becoming a vibrant eclectic area filled with art, dining, entertainment and recreation. The Railyard is another central Santa Fe destination.
Santa Fe's St. Francis Cathedral's Bronze Statue of Indian Woman - Who Is She?
Who is the Indian woman depicted in a beautiful bronze in front of Santa Fe's St. Francis of Assissi Cathedral? I was drawn to this statue of a magical and beautiful woman, adorned with turquoise jewelry, holding eagle feathers. She is named Kateri Tekakwitha. She is also known as Lily of the Mohawks
Santa Fe, New Mexico - Great Things to do Outdoors in the Santa Fe Area
Santa Fe, New Mexico is home to beautiful shops, galleries and restaurants, but there are great outdoor things to do as well. We have chosen some great places to walk and hike during your Santa Fe vacation.
Santa Fe, New Mexico for Romantics - Sweet Valentine's Packages
Santa Fe can be romantic any time of the year. This beautiful town, steeped in history, and an art-lovers delight, has great little shops for couples to explore and wonderful restaurants perfect for a special evening out.
Tour Rancho de las Golondrinas, Santa Fe's Living History Museum.
Tour Rancho de las Golondrinas, Santa Fe's Living History Museum.
What's New in Santa Fe, New Mexico? Events, Things to Do and Enjoy in Santa Fe
Find out about Santa Fe festivals, activities and events.
Perfect Santa Fe Itinerary
Planning a weekend getaway? Here's a perfect three-day itinerary for a trip to Santa Fe.
Satisfaction in Santa Fe
From festivals to farmers markets to the great outdoors, there's a little something for everyone in Santa Fe.
Celebrate the Holidays in Santa Fe
If you enjoy traveling to Santa Fe (and let's face it, who doesn't?), there's no better time to go than during the holidays, when the snow-lined roofs and candlelit walkways at famous local attractions provide a gorgeous backdrop for the season.


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Sukkie interview on Kuwazugirai program (Japanese TV) here, he talk about his type girl and about his dating ! ;))
waw, woman who can comfortably walk around with heels ? we know who is that !
that's is Park Shin Hye !
she always wear high heels and looks very beautiful and elegant! ^^
"It has been three years ?!?"
hhmmm… three years…
when viewed from YAB Prime aired, it's been 3 years now!
ahh if the couple began dating seriously after YAB? hahaa.. only those who know!
because we was convinced long before YAB.. they had known each other and close (remember Sukkie interview, he feels comfortable doing kissing scenes with Shinhye in YAB because earlier they already do that in the CF! .. and it's hotter? haha).. * remember Etude House VIP Girl? * hahaha ..
well.. GeunShin/SukHye is Real couple ! ^^
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text: Talk about a souvenir! My three races with Steve McQueen pushed me to my limits, and I like to think I tested his abilities as well. Sadly, he passed away at age 50 in 1980. Talk about a souvenir! My three races with Steve McQueen pushed me to my limits, and I lik It was hot that morning at Indian Dunes. The August sun ignited the scent of the brush that lined the riverbed near the track. The reigning big guns were out of town, giving us rookie Experts a chance to prove we were worthy of our recent promotions to the elite level of open-class warfare. This was our day, and nothing was going to spoil it for us … until I read the lineup for our race. Penciled in under my #23 was #24, Steve McQueen. In 1971, McQueen was the best-known motorcyclist in America. He had it all: fame, fortune and a string of hit movies. During interviews, when asked what he did during his free time, he always responded that he liked to race motorcycles. But what did he know about racing? What did he think this was: a chance for some big movie star to do a little cherry-picking? I was so mad, I shook like a 165-lb. bag of agitated nitroglycerine. No actor was going to beat me! I needed to prepare for my race, but I couldn't. All I could think about was him. I got to the starting line extra-early to pick my spot. I looked down the line and there he sat, five riders down from me: Steve McQueen himself. He didn't look like any high-dollar movie star, though. He looked just like the rest of us: all business. I don't even remember the starter's hand moving; I just found myself racing down the start straight. But I had company—and lots of it. We piled into the first turn like a trainwreck amid a maelstrom of flying dirt and screaming engines. I was getting hit by rocks, wheels, handlebars, knees and elbows in this rolling dogfight, but I held on tight and emerged in third place. I gassed it hard, and just as I entered the next turn, a 21-inch knobby tire gnawed at my right leg. I took the hit and forced the attacker to the inside. I glanced at his numberplate: #24! I buried the throttle and held on for dear life. I slammed into the next corner, nearly crashing, and again there was McQueen. This went on lap after lap, but I held the inside line and crossed the finish line just in front of him. The next race was a carbon-copy of the first, but this time our roles were reversed—I just could not ride fast enough to pass him! Still, first place in the third and final moto would give me the overall win—but could I beat him? When the starter threw the flag, all I did was aim. I entered the first corner in a 12-rider tie for the lead. We were so tightly packed, it was a miracle we all didn't go down! A gap opened up on the inside and I dove for it, now solidly in the lead. Then McQueen came out of nowhere and pulled even with me at the end of a rutted straightaway. We both knew the score: One of us was going to lose. 1 | 2 | » | View Full Article By Kurt Markham Enjoyed this Post? Subscribe to our RSS Feed, or use your favorite social media to recommend us to friends and colleagues!


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The overall response rate for dogs treated with melphalan and prednisone chemotherapy is 92%, with 43.2% of dogs achieving
a complete response and 48.6% achieving a partial response. The median survival time of dogs treated with this drug combination
is 540 days, which is significantly longer than the survival time of 220 days in dogs treated with prednisone alone.1 Negative prognostic factors in dogs include hypercalcemia, light chain proteinuria, and extensive lytic bone lesions.1
Response to therapy and duration of response appear to be more variable in cats. Factors associated with a more aggressive
form of the disease and poor prognosis include bone lesions with pathologic fracture, anemia, light chain proteinuria, azotemia,
and poor response to treatment.5 When treated with melphalan and prednisone chemotherapy, four cats classified as having aggressive disease had a median
survival time of five days, whereas the median survival time of five cats with less aggressive disease was 387 days.5 Other studies have shown overall less promising results, with a shorter duration of response to treatment and a survival
time of six months or less in treated cats.4 In cats with multiple myeloma and other related disorders, the degree of plasma cell differentiation is significantly correlated
with survival. Cats with well-differentiated tumors (< 15% plasmablasts) have a median survival of 254 days, whereas cats
with poorly differentiated tumors (≥ 50% plasmablasts) have a median survival of 14 days.6
Clinical response to treatment is assessed based on improvement or resolution of clinical signs and laboratory and imaging
In patients that respond to treatment, improvement in clinical signs and laboratory findings (CBC, serum chemistry profile,
and protein electrophoresis) are expected within the first four to eight weeks of treatment.5 When assessing serum immunoglobulin, complete remission is defined as normal globulin concentrations or undetectable monoclonal
immunoglobulin. Partial remission is defined as a 50% decrease in globulin concentrations.1 Repeated CBCs to evaluate for resolution of cytopenias as well as serum chemistry profiles to check for resolution of azotemia
and hypercalcemia are important.
Repeated assessments of bone marrow aspirates, serum viscosity, and light chain proteinuria are less useful in gauging response
to treatment. A bone marrow aspirate is indicated in patients with persistent cytopenias to identify persistent bone marrow
involvement vs. myelosuppression secondary to chemotherapy.
Additionally, ultrasonography with or without fine-needle aspiration may be used to evaluate resolution of visceral organ
infiltration. Although serial radiographs can be used to assess for improvement of bony changes, radiographic changes may
not adequately reflect current disease progression or remission.
In people, multiple myeloma remains incurable despite conventional high-dose chemotherapy with stem cell support. Novel treatments
for multiple myeloma in people target the interaction between the neoplastic plasma cells and components of the bone marrow
microenvironment. Bortezomib, a proteasome inhibitor, has shown therapeutic efficacy in treating both relapsed and previously
untreated myeloma patients.41,42 Bortezomib is a potent inhibitor of myeloma cell growth and survival and also inhibits osteoclast formation and bone resorption,
which is important in the development of myeloma bone disease.18 Thalidomide, an immunomodulatory and antiangiogenic agent, has also shown striking antimyeloma activity as first-line therapy
in people or in those with relapsed disease.43
These novel therapeutic agents have been largely unexplored in treating veterinary patients with multiple myeloma. In dogs,
oral toceranib phosphate (Palladia—Pfizer Animal Health), a receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, has been used to treat two
dogs with multiple myeloma.44 One dog showed a partial response to treatment; the other dog did not respond to treatment.
Multiple myeloma is a rare neoplasm in both cats and dogs. Conditions associated with multiple myeloma include hyperviscosity
syndrome, bone lesions, hypercalcemia, renal disease, cytopenias, hemorrhagic diathesis, and increased susceptibility to bacterial
infection. Multiple myeloma does not appear to have the same biologic behavior in dogs and cats and is best viewed as a heterogeneous
disease with a different prognosis, clinical course, and response to therapy both within and between species. Although a good
clinical response may be achieved with chemotherapy, eventual relapse of disease is to be expected.
Rachel Sternberg, DVM
Jackie Wypig, DVM DACVIM (oncology)
Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL 61802
Anne M. Barger, DVM, DACVP
Department of Pathology
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL 61802


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Mitt Romney a Sure Bet for GOP Nomination
Political gamblers see Perry losing, and then Obama too.
Political gamblers are putting down bets that President Obama will be a one-term president, replaced by Mitt Romney in the 2012 elections.
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According to Intrade, the online trading market where users bet on upcoming news events, Obama stands only a 47 percent chance of being re-elected and the GOP is favored by nearly 50 percent to win.
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1. Mitt Romney to be the Republican presidential nominee: 67.3 percent.
2. Rick Perry to be the Republican presidential nominee: 13.3 percent.
3. Barack Obama to be re-elected president in 2012: 47.6 percent.
4. Herman Cain to be the GOP nominee: 8.9 percent.
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In developing their papers, respondents are asked to carefully consider the following broad questions."Submitting an Input Paper to the Committee on Human Spaceflight" Discuss
What are the important benefits provided to the United States and other countries by human spaceflight endeavors?
What are the greatest challenges to sustaining a U.S. government program in human spaceflight?
What are the ramifications and what would the nation and world lose if the United States terminated NASA's human spaceflight program?
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greebo says:
The human spaceflight program should be disbanded because it promotes a fantasy (eg that we can colonise other planets) which prevents us focussing on solving urgent issues on earth (e.g. poverty, climate change, corrupt politics, food security,…).
Tom Murphy crunches the mathematics to show why human spaceflight is a dangerous fantasy:
If there are commercial benefits to continuing our half-hearted dicking around in low earth orbit, then the private sector will figure it out and get on with it. Meanwhile NASA's budget can then be devoted to faster progress in the earth sciences and planetary sciences, without the foolish idea that people have to blasted into orbit.
(alright, this won't make me popular on BB. Fire at will)
nowimnothing says:
I agree human spaceflight is no excuse for screwing up the planet and that it is massively difficult. But I also think that the long term survival of the species is more assured once we are able to move all our eggs out of this one basket.
greebo says:
See, that's the dangerous fantasy. We will *not* be "able to move all our eggs out of this one basket". Not this century, not next century, and maybe not ever. It's an illusion. And as long as we hold on to it, we lessen the importance of finding sustainable ways to live on this planet. Above all, if we can't avoid screwing up the climate on the one planet that already had a good climate for humans, its pointless kidding ourselves that we'll ever manage to terraform other planets, even if we could get to them.
nowimnothing says:
The article you linked calculated the difficulty but never said it was impossible. What about natural dangers such as meteorites? You also are not considering genetic advances that may allow us to modify our bodies to adapt to much different environments.
But maybe we are talking past each other in time scales because I agree, it probably will not happen in the next century or two and there are a lot of immediate human-created hurdles we must clear first.
Given the paltry amount we currently spend of world-wide GDP on human space-flight, I don't think eliminating that will lead to solutions for the very real problems you mentioned. Even upping the amount we spend will not have a significant impact on our financial ability to address them. I cannot say for sure if it helps or hurts on the motivation side of the equation, but even if it hurts I think you are ascribing it far too much power.
jbond says:
The long term survival of earth life is one thing. The long term survival of the species Homo Sapiens is quite another. I can imagine us seeding the rest of the galaxy with DNA, but space is so hostile, so big and the gravity well so deep that getting a viable, self sufficient colony going off Earth looks impossible. And/or the attempt will take and use up the entire Earth's resources in the process and still have an uncertain future.
Mechs or Shapers? Beat Space into submission with engineering, or bio-engineer intelligent life into a form that can thrive in Space. Maybe the second would be a better option. Are we still talking about the same species, eggs and basket then?
My moneys on the lobster brain collective.
Gulliver says:
I call bullshit. Colonizing space is science fiction for most non-scientists, and most scientists know that it will be centuries, if ever. And even if you can settle the New World, that's no kind of argument for trashing the Old World and the people still living there. The way to get everyone to cooperate is not to lock them in a burning building. Moving heavy industry into orbit would be one of the best things we could do for the biosphere. Much of it can and should be robotic, but ending human spaceflight altogether is imprudent.
It's a strawman to present only two options: everyone off Earth or no human space exploration, and then pretend those are the only options from which we much choose. We've been doing limited human space exploration for half a century and gained numerous economic, scientific, cultural and inspirational spin-offs without having to colonize another planet. Even by conservative estimates, space exploration has paid for itself several times over.
People don't avoid solving terrestrial problems because of what they regard as science fiction. They avoid it because it's hard, the challenges vast, and governments and corporations make them feel powerless to make a difference, while the rewards, though vaster still, are not always obvious or immediate…much like space exploration, human or otherwise.
The space science community has been advocating environmental conservation and human solidarity since the Apollo Program because undertsanding the universe puts Earth, its fragility and its preciousness in perspective. And it's hard for politicians to publicly dismiss people at the vanguard of technology, people whose contributions help to drive the technological economy, and people who are recognized national heroes.
And finally, the Invisible Hand is not some magic wand that opens all commercial frontiers.
P.S.: I disagree with your arguments. That's not the same as you personally being unpopular. In addition to being a logical fallacy, getting out in front of your debate opponents with an martyr complex comes off as narcissistic. Woe is me who must sacrafice myself to the Philistines for the greater good!
pseudoacacia says:
Tossing millionaires into LEO is the only economically sensible form of space travel, and once petroleum gets over $150/barrel even that will come to an end.
Jenn Chlebus says:
Are the millionaires calorically dense enough to be used as fuel?
Hollister David says:
The only people convinced by Murphy's arguments are those who don't know how to do the math. His delta V figures are way off. Freshmen aerospace students know about the Oberth effect and how to patch conics. Also aerobraking. Most junior aerospace students know about 3 body mechanics as practiced by Belbruno, Lo and others. Murphy evidently hasn't heard about any of that.
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crummett says:
I'd settle for purple jumpsuits.
IronEdithKidd says:
Space travel without Beatle boots and velour jumpsuits just isn't space travel. May as well just be sailing the seven Earthly seas if you're not going to dress retrofuturistic.
niktemadur says:
Don't forget Smell-O-Vision. Can't go on a 3 year trip to Mars without futuristic entertainment options.
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Being a heroic eligible bachelor with equally heroic eligible bachelorette on the same voyage helps.


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Dakota Fanning is looking super-classy on the upcoming December issue of Teen Vogue. In her interview inside the magazine, she talks about working on The Twilight Saga: New Moon and The Runaways and in particular her relationship with Kristen Stewart in both movies:
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We became really close, like we'd known each other for our whole lives. We talk all the time. I've never been such an evil character [in New Moon], and because I do know Kristen so well, being mean to her was really weird. It's like, 'Sorry, dude!' [Our] relationship that Joan and Cherie have in the script [for The Runaways] is kind of the one that Kristen and I have in real life, minus the destructive part.


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The Sedgwick County Sheriff's office say a man is expected to be okay after he was struck by shrapnel from an exploding target Saturday afternoon.
It happened around 4:30 p.m. near K-96 and 119th Street West. Deputies say the man was with a friends firing a rifle at a legal explosive when it went off, sending shrapnel into the man's upper leg.
The uninjured man tried to drive his friend to the hospital, but they determined the injury was too serious to not contact 911. He was transported to Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis in critical condition, but now is expected to be okay.
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A man is being rushed to Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis after he was injured near Maize Saturday afternoon.
It happened around 4:30 near K-96 and 119th Street West. Traffic with 911 dispatchers indicated the man was firing a rifle at an exploding target when he was struck by shrapnel.
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This week, the Securities and Exchange Commission released new proposed rules that would permit but regulate the offer and sale of securities through crowdfunding. Sounds pretty awesome, except maybe for the "regulate" part.
Crowdfunding, for those of you whose artsy friends have not already solicited Kickstarter donations from you, is an internet-based fundraising method. It typically involves musicians, filmmakers, artists, or designers gathering small financial contributions from a large number of individuals. In exchange for a pledge to the project or startup, backers usually receive some token of appreciation related to the project they are funding — a CD, tickets to live recording session of an orchestral arrangement of music from the Pokemon video game franchise, a signed copy of a book, well wishes from a psychic goat, etc. Websites such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo serve as exchanges where interested investors link up with aspiring artists, entrepreneurs, and inventors.
Currently, crowdfunded projects are not selling ownership rights in the projects to their financial contributors. Those who pledge money for you to open your dreamed-of cheese bar are not buying stock in your cheese bar. Offering contributors a share of future financial returns, after all, usually triggers the application of federal securities regulations. However, thanks to these new rules proposed by the SEC, pushed forward by 2012's Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, this may now change. Subject, of course, to some oversight by the Feds. Let's take a look at the rules and see if they are likely to Kickstart, er, jumpstart our nation's business startups….
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In Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film Pulp Fiction, the character Winston "The Wolf" Wolfe, played by Harvey Keitel, famously (albeit fictionally) drove across Los Angeles in 9 minutes and 37 seconds.
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The slinky shapes and innovative mechanical configurations of exotic cars often end up leaving odd pockets for luggage, so custom-fitted leather bags have long accompanied such vehicles.
Each year in August, California's Monterey Peninsula plays host to one of the most impressive gatherings of automobiles in the world.
Last year, Infiniti initiated a brand overhaul by assigning the "Q" designation to its entire stable of vehicles.
When the Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupé first rolled off the production line in 2007, it made waves around the globe.
X-Technology, in Wollerau, Switzerland, has launched a new line of performance wear called X-Bionic for Automobili Lamborghini, which is engineered to enhance the performance of runners, cyclists, skiers, golfers, and even drivers.
In the latest in a series of collaborations that began in 1965, the Italian carrozzeria Zagato has teamed up with Lamborghini to reinterpret the marque's most successful model to date, the Gallardo.
With a fleet of cars that includes top performers from Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren, Aston Martin, and others, Exotics Racing offers the opportunity to race these high-performance vehicles at its 1.2-mile, seven-turn course at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where the company offers fun and instructional sessions.
Loudly proclaiming its presence, a 1965 Ford GT40 Roadster Prototype will cross RM Auctions' ramp during Monterey Car Week, at a sale that takes place August 15 and 16.
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By Dan Harrison
---- — LYNN — It doesn't matter the time on the clock or their location on the court, a shooter never hesitates.
After Lynn English's Brian Redondo missed the back-end of his double-bonus free throw, visiting Beverly grabbed the rebound with just seconds left in the fourth quarter, trailing by a pair.
Like most of the game, it was a scramble. But Beverly was able to get the ball across half court and into Nick Cross' hands with time for a contested, desperation three-pointer.
All in one motion Cross corralled a tough pass, raised up over his defender and knocked down the game-winning jumper with two seconds left as Beverly escaped with the 74-73 win.
"It felt like I had it," explained Cross, who hadn't hit a field goal in the second half before the game-winner. "I was just playing
defense. My team was scoring and then I just had to get it going."
Panthers (12-5) head coach Scott Lewis was still sorting it all out after the game.
"It was crazy. It all happened so fast I'm not even really sure how it went," he said. "For Nicky to bang that three-it was a big shot."
Cross certainly had it going in the first half when he recorded 11 points. But it was big buckets from Jon Berchoff (17 points) in the paint that had Beverly out to an early lead. Lynn English was pressing and trapping all over the court so the Panthers knew to look to the guy right underneath the basket. This strategy worked in the second half too, only it was Zach Duguid (seven points) reaping the benefits.
"We knew they were trapping all over the court so we told (the kids) the guy underneath is going to be open because that's the last option and they are sagging on everybody," said Lewis.
However, Berchoff would pick up his second foul early in the second quarter when he stepped in to take the charge but was whistled for a block on a bang-bang play. With Berchoff out, Lynn English gained momentum and the lead, 37-33 at the half.
Going into the second half the Panthers needed another scoring option outside of Cross and Berchoff, who accounted for 31 of Beverly's 33 first half points. Enter Jonangel Franco, who handled the Bulldog guards and attacked the basket fearlessly.
"He (Franco) was fantastic. He is such a good player and we've been saying it all season that he is what makes us go. If he has a great game, we are tough to beat," said Lewis.
Franco scored all 14 of his points after the break as Beverly built its lead to as many as eight points in the fourth quarter.
"I don't know if anything changed (from the first half). We didn't play very well in the first half either. We came out flat and didn't play the defensive style we play," said English head coach Mike Carr. "To their (Beverly's) credit they did a very good job of beating the pressure."
The pressure did eventually get to the Panthers late in the fourth quarter when some bad turnovers and quick buckets for the Bulldogs turned the table on the game. It was back-and-forth for the last four minutes before English went back on top in the final minute off a Stevie Collins three-pointers.
However guys like Berchoff, Duguid, Franco, Cam Rogers (13 points) and Chris Sinclair (eight points) had been resilient all game for Beverly and Cross rewarded everyone with his late game heroics.


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On the solution-space geometry of random constraint satisfaction problems
Achlioptas, Dimitris, Coja-Oghlan, Amin and Ricci-Tersenghi, F. (Federico). (2011) On the solution-space geometry of random constraint satisfaction problems. Random Structures & Algorithms, Volume 38 (Number 3). pp. 251-268. ISSN 10429832Full text not available from this repository.
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For various random constraint satisfaction problems there is a significant gap between the largest constraint density for which solutions exist and the largest density for which any polynomial time algorithm is known to find solutions. Examples of this phenomenon include random k-SAT, random graph coloring, and a number of other random constraint satisfaction problems. To understand this gap, we study the structure of the solution space of random k-SAT (i.e., the set of all satisfying assignments viewed as a subgraph of the Hamming cube). We prove that for densities well below the satisfiability threshold, the solution space decomposes into an exponential number of connected components and give quantitative bounds for the diameter, volume, and number.© 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Random Struct. Alg., 38, 251–268, 2011
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|Statistical mechanics, Computational complexity, Constraints (Artificial intelligence) -- Mathematics
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|Random Structures & Algorithms
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|May 2011
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