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Goof: Near the end of the episode, when Alex talks to Izzie outside of the hospital, there are discontinuities between shots with the directions Izzie is looking in.
This scene opens with a threesome and ends with a threesome, similar to the Superbowl episodes in season 2, "It's the End of the World" and "As We Know It". This episode opens with Meredith's dream of a threesome between her, McDreamy (Derek) and McVet (Finn). It ends with a more realistic scene of her in bed with Izzie and George. This of course is non- sexual, as we have often seen these 3 in bed with each other in a sibling sort of way. In the superbowl episodes, George has a dream that he is taking a shower with Izzie, Meredith, and Cristina. The episode closes with Izzie and Cristina showering Meredith after she has been through the trauma of seeing the bomb squad leader blown to bits, ala pink mist.
Goof: During Megan's surgery, you can see Abigail Breslin's eyes almost about to open.
Addison: It's a cloudless sky that happens, like, twice a year in Seattle.
Mark: Yeah, but there's a typhoon in New York.
In reality, typhoons happen in the Pacific region west of the dateline. Everywhere else, it's called a hurricane or a cyclone. Mark probably just said this to be a joke. He probably knows there's no such thing as a typhoon in New York, he just wanted to make something up so he could stay with Addison.
Bailey: Haven't seen you since you were sucking down Martini's at Joe's.
Addison: Uh, yeah, that was just... I'm over him now.
Bailey: Good.
Addison: We talked about...
Bailey: A lot of things.
Addison: I remember...
Bailey: None of them.
Addison: Is that for the best?
Bailey: I think so.
Meredith (closing voiceover): The fantasy is simple. Pleasure is good, and twice as much pleasure is better. That pain is bad, and no pain is better. But the reality is different. The reality is that pain is there to tell us something, and there's only so much pleasure we can take without getting a stomach ache. And maybe that's okay. Maybe some fantasies are only supposed to live in our dreams.
George: Callie just called my house home. Where does she get that? It's not her home.
Cristina: Shh!
George: It's not her home! (seeing the pile of money laying on the table) What're you doing?
Alex: Meredith and Finn. (camera pulls back to show Meredith and Finn sitting a few tables away)
Cristina: We're betting on whether or not Shepherd shows up to challenge Finn to a duel.
George: Ooh. Can I be in with five?
Alex: Dude, that's not a bet. That's milk money.
Cristina: Oh look, she's laughing. Because he made a joke, which probably wasn't funny. Ooh, you funny vet! (Meredith hears her and gives her a look)
George: I left the rest of my cash at home, which I can call it because I live there. I'm not a visitor.
Alex: Hey, you're a loser. You like comic books, right?
George (guiltily): No…
Alex: I got this kid, this patient. She thinks she's a superhero. What's up with that?
George: Superhero? Well, superheroes look like anyone, like you or me. Maybe they're not someone that people necessarily notice as extraordinary. Maybe in their daily life they get walked on. But then, there's a moment they get hit by a cosmic ray or bitten by a radioactive spider, and then suddenly something that has been inside them all this times comes raging out -
Alex: Dude, forget I asked.
Cristina: Oh, here we go. (Derek walks right by the table and gets coffee) Oh, come on, come on.
Alex (grabbing the money): Ah, takes it like a man and walks away.
George: He's coming back.
Cristina: Oh. Oh! Yes, he is. (shows Derek smiling and walking over toward Meredith and Finn) Mm. Gimme my money. (Cristina takes it from him) Told you.
Addison: Here's the thing: We both really enjoy each other. Before...and now again and I think that's a healthy release and I...I think it's healthy (Mark starts stroking Addison's shoulder) for everyone involved but I do think just because I made what can only be considered a transcontinental booty call, doesn't mean we should be trying to make something out of this and we...Stop doing that! (slaps his hand away)
Mark: Why?
Addison: Because I can't think.
Mark: We're good together.
Addison: We aren't. You need to go home.
Mark: Come back with me. (Mark moves closer to her)
Addison: You're insane. I'm not going--- I'm not going back to New York.
Mark: 'Cause it was just about the sex? (they almost kiss then Addison slaps him and he smiles)
Addison: Oh! (stands up) Um...okay, uh, well goodbye.
Mark: Goodbye. (Addison walks out of the bar, but looks back at Mark)
(during Meredith's dream, Derek, Finn and her are all in bed together)
Derek: Good morning.
Meredith: Good morning. (kisses Derek)
Derek (to Finn): Good morning.
Finn: It is a good morning. (Meredith turns to face Finn) Hi.
Meredith: Hi. (kisses Finn)
Finn: Did you get any sleep last night?
Meredith: Not really.
Derek: Do you want to get some now?
Meredith: Not really.
Richard: I didn't ask you to convince her to come in.
Bailey: But I did. I did convince her.
Richard: There is a whole series of disciplinary and rehabilitated steps that Izzie Stevens will have to take before---
Bailey: You can explain them to her.
Richard: I never agreed to that.
Bailey: She didn't commit a crime. She's an intern. My intern. If you wanna blame someone, blame me. Look, but that girl is coming in here today and you are going to talk to her and you're going to remember all the other surgeons that you've known who've had a lapse in judgment that lead to someone dying or---or someone's arm falling off. Most importantly you're going to remember all the mistakes that you've made when you were young and stupid, and you're going to be filled with patience and compassion.
Izzie: I'll see you guys in there.
Meredith: Everything is gonna be fine. Bailey is on your side. And the chief is---well, he's going to put on his angry face but he's on your side too.
George: Everybody wants you back in that building.
Meredith: Well, do I get to scrub in on that too? Or do I have to be in on a date with somebody else.
Derek: I wouldn't consider lunch in the cafeteria a date.
Meredith: Don't downgrade the competition.
Derek: I have nothing but respect for Dr. Dandridge. It shows courage to woo a woman with a tuna salad.
(After Derek got her to leave her date with Finn)
Meredith: That was brilliant. Really.
Derek: I thought so, yes.
Meredith: But it wasn't because now I owe Finn another date.
Derek: That's okay, he needs all the help he can get. This isn't going to be easy for him.
Meredith: Oh, you think he can't take the heat?
Derek: I think he's out of his league. But you gotta hand it to the guy for trying.
Meredith: Oh, God. I'm so sorry about this.
Finn: What?
Derek: Hi. You havin' lunch?
Meredith: In fact we are.
Derek: Look, I'm sorry to interrupt but I'm doing a corpus-callosotomy and I thought that you might like to scrub in.
Meredith: Are you serious?
Derek: Mmhmm.
Meredith: When?
Finn: I'm gonna guess now.
Derek: Look, if you're busy, don't bother, but it's not something that happens every day.
Meredith (to Finn): He's cutting a man's brain in half. I'm sorry, I'm and intern and I have a lot to learn.
Finn: Apparently, so do I. It's okay.
Meredith (whispering to Finn): I'll call you tonight.
Derek: Oh, you're busy tonight. (to Finn) She has a date.
Alex: Izzie's back, that's good. Ooh, coffee cake.
Meredith: It comes with dating.
Cristina (to Alex): Eat that piece and you'll loose a hand.
Bailey (walks up): Morning people. Grey, we're clearing the decks. I need you writing discharge forms. Yang, you're with Doctor Shepherd. Karev, as usual, you're with Doctor Montgomery Shepherd in OBGYN. O'Malley, Doctor Torres has requested you today in Ortho. (walks away)
Cristina: Was she smiling?
Alex: Izzie's back. (they both walk away)
George: 'Doctor Torres has requested you'?
Meredith: Just tell her George. Tell her you're not ready to move in together. And then try dating. Dating is fun.
George: I'm not ready to move in together.
Callie: Well, if you weren't such a toddler and you used your words then you would have said that the first 4 times that I asked. Then I would say "Oh, that's funny, me neither. I'm looking for a place, I'll be out in a week."
George: Really? Because you--
Callie: George save it, I'll be out in an hour.
Richard: What're you doing in Seattle?
Mark: I don't know. (Richard gives him a look) I have a thing for ferry boats.
(Cristina is putting raw chickens on the counter)
Burke: Are you cooking for me?
Cristina: No, I am not. You can take a leave of absence if you want to. But you're not gonna sit on your ass all day. You're gonna work hard. You're gonna get every bit of your strength and dexterity back.
Cristina: I'm on my knees in a puddle of coffee, and he's laying on the sofa playing with himself, you know? And not in a good way.
Meredith: But he's recovering from surgery and you've read the studies on recovery and depression in surgical patients.
Cristina: Well, he's not a patient, he's Preston Burke. He's just milking it. You know, he's got me fetching his food and the paper, like I'm a dog.
Derek (walks up): Hey.
Meredith: Hi. I had a dream about you last night.
Derek (handing her a cup of coffee): You did? What was I doing, bringing you coffee?
Meredith: You were definitely not bringing me coffee. But coffee is good.
Derek: I'm told that dating starts with a casual invitation over a cup of coffee.
Meredith: Does it?
Derek: So, Meredith, would you like to go out to dinner with me tonight? How was that? Was that good? Casual enough? (Cristina shakes her as if to say "not too good, but not bad")
Meredith: So we're dating.
Derek: We're dating. Pick you up at 8. (Derek leaves and Finn appears)
Meredith (surprised): Hey.
Finn: I was in the neighborhood. Actually, I wasn't, but you are worth the detour.
Meredith: I had a dream about you last night.
Finn: You did? Was it a good dream?
Meredith: It was.
Finn: What was I doing?
Cristina: Yeah Mer, what was he doing?
Meredith: Uh... What's that?
Finn: It's for you. It's coffee cake, best in the Northwest. I thought I would soften you up. So when I'm asking you for dinner tonight you have to say yes.
Cristina: Dinner? Tonight? How about that. Are you free tonight? Are you?
Meredith: Actually, I'm not free tonight.
Finn: Well, how about lunch? I'll come here.
Meredith: You're volunteering to eat hospital food?
Finn: I love crappy food.
Meredith: One o'clock?
Finn: I'll be here. (leaves)
Cristina: You had a dream about the both of them. Threesome? Nice. Just when I think you're boring, you rise.
Meredith: I'm dating. And, it comes with snacks.
Cristina: A recovery's hell on a spouse. It's gonna be harder for you then for him.
Leanna: My mom's staying with us for a week, maybe she should stay longer.
Cristina: No, it's brutal being a caretaker. Fetching the paper, and then cleaning the carpet. And oh, oh he wants ice in a cup, not a mug. It never stops. (coming to a realization) It's the caretakers that are the silent victims. You know, and what do you ever hear about them? Nothing, I never hear anything about them. And it's always, the patient this, the patient that. The silent victims.
Meredith (seeing Izzie standing outside the hospital): Hey, Izzie. You done with the chief?
Izzie: Not yet.
Meredith: Are you okay?
Izzie: I'm fine. What are you guys doin'?
Cristina: Uh, she's dating everyone with a pulse and I'm trying to get Burke out of the bell jar.
Meredith: Crap. I'm late for Finn. Gotta go. You sure you're okay?
Izzie: Yeah. (Meredith leaves)
Cristina (scoffs): She's playin' the field and I have a wife.
Burke (outside the hospital): Coming or going?
Izzie: I don't know.
Burke: Me either.
George: You've been standing out here for a while.
Izzie: For a while I stood over there.
George: Maybe you should sit down.
Izzie: I don't wanna sit down.
George: Maybe you should sit down anyway.
Izzie: Go inside, George.
George: Izzie, seriously…
Izzie: I hate the bride thing. I hate the pictures in the magazines with the girl with the veil and the flowers that she's sniffing. Like it never occurred to stick her nose in there until there was a camera pointed at her. I hate the idea of bridesmaids. And the colors. And does the bustle make my ass look bigger or smaller. I hate the whole thing. And I never wanted to be that girl, that girl is stupid. And shallow. Why the hell is that girl still running through my head?
George: Izzie…
Izzie: I'm going to do it, George. I'm going to walk through those doors. I just need to make sure that when I'm standing in front of the chief of surgery, I am not thinking about my wedding dress. And that's gonna take a minute.
Bailey (operating on Megan): Look at this. Everybody wants a life without pain. What does it get you? She needs to be on a poster somewhere, to remind people pain's there for a reason.
Meredith (opening voiceover): Surgeons usually fantasize about wild and improbable surgeries. Someone collapses in a restaurant, slice them open with a butter knife, replace a valve with a hollowed-out stick of carrot. But every now and then, another kind of fantasy slips in. Most of our fantasies dissolve when we wake up, banished to the back of our mind. But sometimes we're sure, if we try hard enough, we can live the dream.
Alex: We need to run a CT on this kid's abdomen. This superhero stuff's way outta hand.
Bailey: So what if she thinks she's a superhero? I believed in Santa Claus 'til I was 11.
Alex: Really? Did Santa ever hit you in the gut with a baseball bat?
Addison: Karev, you ready?
Alex: Isn't this getting old for you?
Addison: Nope. Makes my whole day, actually.
Callie: You were weird this morning.
George: I wasn't weird, anymore than I usually am in the morning. (Callie gives him a strange look) It's a weird time of the day for a lot of people. It's bright, and crowded in our house. Just a lotta people runnin' around.
Mark: You know, I don't have to leave today. I could change my flight.
Addison: No. No, you can't. 'Cause I'm sober now and there's work to get to and planes to be caught and real lives to be led. Thank you, truly, Mark, for all of the sex. Really, I feel much better now. I do. And I'm, um... well, now I have to go. And so do you. So, uh, do you want me to call you a cab to the airport? (Mark pulls her onto the bed)
Meredith: I was having a really good dream and you ruined it.
George: Sorry. There's, ah, these boxes. All these boxes. Callie said she's bringing her stuff over, and ah... it's all here.
Meredith: It's okay George, I don't mind.
George: I don't mind either. Nah. I don't mind a bit... kick her out.
Meredith: What? I can't kick her out. You said she could move in.
George: I said she could stay for a couple of days, a couple of days. It's been over a week! Now there are boxes and she's using my computer and she's here all the time! Would you kick her out? Kick her out now.
Callie (comes out of the bathroom): Hey you guys might wanna wait a little while, there's no more hot water.
George (whispering to Meredith): Do it.
Alex: Megan, these bruises and these cuts all over you? This isn't normal.
Megan: I get in fights a lot, ok? 'Cause I'm stronger than some of the other kids, and I end up defending the ones who are whimpy or small or whatever.
Alex: You know you're scrawny, right? You're not one of the big kids.
Megan: Yeah, but I can take them in a fight.
Addison: You missed your plane.
Mark: Grounded on account of bad weather.
Addison: It's a cloudless sky, that happens, like, twice a year in Seattle.
Mark: Yeah, but there's a typhoon in New York.
Meredith (opening supply closet door): Megan? (sees Addison) Oh. Hi.
Addison: Weren't you just on 3?
Meredith: I was. We lost a patient, a little girl and I was just-
Addison: Look, why don't you pick a floor and stay on it, and I'll pick a floor and stay on that. Because I really need a moment or two without you. Your face shows up in my head, your panties show up in my husband's pocket. Really, you're everywhere, and I need a moment or two without you.
Meredith: I get that.
Addison (sarcastically): Thanks.
Alex: We got half the hospital lookin' for you. Your powers of invisibility are well intact. Get up.
Megan: You're a hosebag, you know that?
Alex: And you have a potty mouth.
Megan: Nobody's cutting me open.
Alex: It's surgery, we do it all the time. In fact, it's all we do.
Megan: You can't keep telling my foster parents I'm defective. They can't afford surgery. It's too expensive.
Alex: They can handle it.
Megan: They'll send me back!
Alex: Dude, that's stupid. They got their own personal superhero. Nobody sends back a superhero.
Megan: I thought you said I didn't have superpowers?
Alex: Yeah, well, you don't. But take away Green Lantern's ring, guy's still a superhero, right?
Finn: Strawberry ice cream. A patient of mine made it.
Derek: Patient's owner.
Finn: It's made from scratch with real strawberries.
Meredith: I love strawberry ice cream.
Derek: And he remembered.
Finn: I did. I was gonna leave it by the door.
Derek: You didn't think it would melt?
Finn: Well, you take your chances.
Derek: Worked out for 'ya.
Meredith: What exactly is going on here?
Derek: He's crashing our date.
Finn: Well, where do you think I got that idea?
Derek: I didn't crash your date, it was professional.
Finn: You can't operate without her?
Derek: I certainly operate well with her.
Meredith: Enough! This is not dating. I want moonlight, and flowers, and candy and people trying to feel me up. Nobody is trying to feel me up. Nobody is even looking at me. I'm an intern, do the two of you have any idea how much effort it takes to do all this? I am waxed and plucked and I have a clean top on. And the two of you are looking at each other---
Derek: Meredith---
Meredith: No, my fantasy is not two men looking at each other.
Finn: We didn't---
Meredith: No. No talking until one of you figures out how to put on a date. I want heat! I want romance! Damn it, I want to feel like a freaking lady! (she goes inside and shuts the door, but quickly turns around, opens up the door and grabs the ice cream from Finn then slams the door again)
Alex: Does it hurt?
Izzie: Yeah.
Alex: Where does it hurt?
Izzie: Everywhere.
Alex: Maybe it hurts for a reason.
The doctors never say exactly what disease Megan has but it is most likely CIPA, (Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis) a rare disorder which prevents the sensation of pain, heat, and cold. The odds of being born with this condition are 1 in 125 million.
Original International Air Dates:
The Netherlands: January 22, 2007 on Net 5
Brazil: February 19, 2007 on Sony Entertainment Television
New Zealand: February 22, 2007 on TV3
Belgium: March 1, 2007 on VijfTV
Australia: March 4, 2007 on 7
Switzerland: March 26, 2007 on SF 2
Italy: February 19, 2007 on Foxlife
Germany: April 17, 2007 on Pro 7
Israel: March 26, 2007 on Yes Stars 1
U.K.: March 24, 2007 on Living TV
South Africa: July 2, 2007 on Mnet
Ireland: July 31, 2007 on RTE2
Croatia: September 24, 2007, on NOVA TV
Norway: August 28, 2007 on TV2
Romania: February 5th, 2008, on TVR1
Music Featured In This Episode:
1. Idlewild Blues by Outkast plays during Meredith's threesome fantasy
2. Take What You Take by Lily Allen plays when Alex is doing the ice water test
3. Dirty Mind by The Pipettes plays when Cristina is leaving Izzie standing in front of the hospital
4. Step It Up by The Bamboos
5. Ballad of a Bitter End by The Poems plays when Izzie talks about her wedding dress
6. Can't Get It Right Today by Joe Purdy plays when Mark, Webber, Callie and Addison are checking into the hotel
7. How Much It Hurts by Just Off Turner
George: Well, superheroes look like anyone, like you or me. Maybe they're not someone that people necessarily notice as extraordinary. Maybe in their daily life they get walked on. But then, there's a moment they get hit by a cosmic ray or bitten by a radioactive spider, and then suddenly something that has been inside them all this times comes raging out.
George is alluding to the origin stories of the Fantastic Four and Spider-Man, respectively. The Fantastic Four were hit by cosmic rays during an experimental space flight in Fantastic Four #1 (1961). Spider-Man was bitten by a radioactive spider in Amazing Fantasy #15 (1962).
George: You take away Green Lantern's ring, Hal Jordan is still a hero.
DC comics superhero Green Lantern had a special ring that could turn his will power into tangible forms. His alter ego was daring test pilot Hal Jordan.
Cristina: Uh, she's dating everyone with a pulse and I'm trying to get Burke out of the bell jar.
This is a reference to the 1963 novel "The Bell Jar", written by Sylvia Plath.
Episode Title: Sometimes a Fantasy
Sometimes a Fantasy is a song by Billy Joel on his album, Glass Houses.
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1111. Lewd or Lascivious Act: By Force or Fear
The defendant is charged [in Count ______] with a lewd or lascivious act by force or fear on a child under the age of 14 years.
To prove that the defendant is guilty of this crime, the People must prove that:
<Alternative 1A—defendant touched child>
[1A. The defendant willfully touched any part of a child's body either on the bare skin or through the clothing;]
<Alternative 1B—child touched defendant>
[1B. The defendant willfully caused a child to touch (his/her) own body, the defendant's body, or the body of someone else, either on the bare skin or through the clothing;]
2. In committing the act, the defendant used force, violence, duress, menace, or fear of immediate and unlawful bodily injury to the child or someone else;
3. The defendant committed the act with the intent of arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust, passions, or sexual desires of (himself/herself) or the child;
4. The child was under the age of 14 years at the time of the act.
Someone commits an act willfully when he or she does it willingly or on purpose. It is not required that he or she intend to break the law, hurt someone else, or gain any advantage.
[Actually arousing, appealing to, or gratifying the lust, passions, or sexual desires of the perpetrator or the child is not required.]
The force used must be substantially different from or substantially greater than the force needed to accomplish the act itself.
[Duress means a direct or implied threat of force, violence, danger, hardship, or retribution that causes a reasonable person to do [or submit to] something that he or she would not otherwise do [or submit to]. When deciding whether the act was accomplished by duress, consider all the circumstances, including the age of the child and (his/her) relationship to the defendant.]
[Retribution is a form of payback or revenge.]
[Menace means a threat, statement, or act showing an intent to injure someone.]
[An act is accomplished by fear if the child is actually and reasonably afraid [or (he/she) is actually but unreasonably afraid and the defendant knows of (his/her) fear and takes advantage of it].]
[It is not a defense that the child may have consented to the act.]
[Under the law, a person becomes one year older as soon as the first minute of his or her birthday has begun.]
Bench Notes
Instructional Duty
The court has a sua sponte duty to give this instruction defining the elements of the crime.
If the defendant is charged in a single count with multiple alleged acts, the court has a sua sponte duty to instruct on unanimity. (People v. Jones (1990) 51 Cal.3d 294, 321-322 [270 Cal.Rptr. 611, 792 P.2d 643].) The court must determine whether it is appropriate to give the standard unanimity instruction, CALCRIM No. 3500, Unanimity, or the modified unanimity instruction, CALCRIM No. 3501, Unanimity: When Generic Testimony of Offense Presented. Review the discussion in the bench notes to these two instructions and People v. Jones, supra, 51 Cal.3d at pp. 321-322.
Give the bracketed sentence that begins, "Actually arousing, appealing to," on request. (People v. McCurdy (1923) 60 Cal.App. 499, 502 [213 P. 59].)
Give the bracketed paragraph about calculating age if requested. (Fam. Code, § 6500; In re Harris (1993) 5 Cal.4th 813, 849-850 [21 Cal.Rptr.2d 373, 855 P.2d 391].)
Defenses—Instructional Duty
There is disagreement as to whether knowing consent by a minor is an affirmative defense to a lewd act accomplished by force. (See People v. Cicero (1984) 157 Cal.App.3d 465, 484-485 [204 Cal.Rptr. 582] [when no physical harm, knowing consent of minor is an affirmative defense]; People v. Quinones (1988) 202 Cal.App.3d 1154, 1158 [249 Cal.Rptr. 435] [lewd act need not be against will of victim, following dissent in Cicero, supra, 157 Cal.App.3d at pp. 487-488 [204 Cal.Rptr. 582], dis. opn. of Regan, Acting P.J.]; People v. Cardenas (1994) 21 Cal.App.4th 927, 937, fn. 7 [26 Cal.Rptr.2d 567] [dicta].) The bracketed paragraph that begins with "It is not a defense that the child" may be given on request if there is evidence of consent and the court concludes that consent is not a defense to a charge under section 288(b)(1). If the court concludes that consent is a defense and there is sufficient evidence, the court has a sua sponte duty to instruct on the defense. (See consent defense instructions in CALCRIM No. 1000, Rape or Spousal Rape by Force, Fear, or Threats.)
Elements. Pen. Code, § 288(b)(1).
Duress Defined. People v. Leal (2004) 33 Cal.4th 999, 1001-1002 [16 Cal.Rptr.3d 869, 94 P.3d 1071]; People v. Pitmon (1985) 170 Cal.App.3d 38, 50 [216 Cal.Rptr. 221]; People v. Cochran (2002) 103 Cal.App.4th 8, 13-14 [126 Cal.Rptr.2d 416].
Menace Defined. Pen. Code, § 261(c) [in context of rape].
Actual Arousal Not Required. People v. McCurdy (1923) 60 Cal.App. 499, 502 [213 P. 59].
Any Touching of Child With Intent to Arouse. People v. Martinez (1995) 11 Cal.4th 434, 444, 452 [45 Cal.Rptr.2d 905, 903 P.2d 1037] [disapproving People v. Wallace (1992) 11 Cal.App.4th 568, 574-580 [14 Cal.Rptr.2d 67] and its progeny]; see People v. Diaz (1996) 41 Cal.App.4th 1424, 1427-1428 [49 Cal.Rptr.2d 252] [list of examples].
Child Touching Own Body Parts at Defendant's Instigation. People v. Meacham (1984) 152 Cal.App.3d 142, 152-153 [199 Cal.Rptr. 586] ["constructive" touching; approving Austin instruction]; People v. Austin (1980) 111 Cal.App.3d 110, 114-115 [168 Cal.Rptr. 401].
Fear Defined. People v. Cardenas (1994) 21 Cal.App.4th 927, 939-940 [26 Cal.Rptr.2d 567]; People v. Iniguez (1994) 7 Cal.4th 847 [30 Cal.Rptr.2d 258, 872 P.2d 1183] [in context of rape].
Force Defined. People v. Cicero (1984) 157 Cal.App.3d 465, 474 [204 Cal.Rptr. 582]; People v. Pitmon (1985) 170 Cal.App.3d 38, 52 [216 Cal.Rptr. 221]; see also People v. Griffin (2004) 33 Cal.4th 1015, 1018-1019 [16 Cal.Rptr.3d 891, 94 P.3d 1089] [discussing Cicero and Pitmon].
Lewd Defined. In re Smith (1972) 7 Cal.3d 362, 365 [102 Cal.Rptr. 335, 497 P.2d 807] [in context of indecent exposure]; see Pryor v. Municipal Court (1979) 25 Cal.3d 238, 256-257, fn. 13 [158 Cal.Rptr. 330, 599 P.2d 636].
Secondary Sources
2 Witkin & Epstein, California Criminal Law (3d ed. 2000) Sex Offenses and Crimes Against Decency, §§ 37-38.
6 Millman, Sevilla & Tarlow, California Criminal Defense Practice, Ch. 142, Crimes Against the Person, § 142.21[1][a][ii], [b]-[d] (Matthew Bender).
The instruction includes definitions of "force" and "fear" because those terms have meanings in the context of the crime of lewd acts by force that are technical and may not be readily apparent to jurors. (People v. Pitmon (1985) 170 Cal.App.3d 38, 52 [216 Cal.Rptr. 221] [force]; see People v. Cardenas (1994) 21 Cal.App.4th 927, 939-940 [26 Cal.Rptr.2d 567] [fear]; People v. Iniguez (1994) 7 Cal.4th 847, 856-857 [30 Cal.Rptr.2d 258, 872 P.2d 1183] [fear in context of rape].) The definition of "force" as used in Penal Code section 288(b)(1) is different from the meaning of "force" as used in other sex offense statutes. (People v. Cicero (1984) 157 Cal.App.3d 465, 474 [204 Cal.Rptr. 582].) In other sex offense statutes, such as Penal Code section 261 defining rape, "force" does not have a technical meaning and there is no requirement to define the term. (People v. Griffin (2004) 33 Cal.4th 1015, 1018-1019 [16 Cal.Rptr.3d 891 94 P.3d 1089].) In Penal Code section 288(b)(1), on the other hand, "force" means force "substantially different from or substantially greater than" the physical force normally inherent in the sexual act. (Id. at p. 1018 [quoting People v. Cicero (1984) 157 Cal.App.3d 465, 474 [204 Cal.Rptr. 582]] [emphasis in Griffin].) The court is required to instruct sua sponte in this special definition of "force." (People v. Pitmon, supra, 170 Cal.App.3d at p. 52; see also People v. Griffin, supra, 33 Cal.4th at pp. 1026-1028.)
The court is not required to instruct sua sponte on the definition of "duress" or "menace" and Penal Code section 288 does not define either term. (People v. Pitmon (1985) 170 Cal.App.3d 38, 52 [216 Cal.Rptr. 221] [duress]). Optional definitions are provided for the court to use at its discretion. The definition of "duress" is based on People v. Leal (2004) 33 Cal.4th 999, 1001-1002 [16 Cal.Rptr.3d 869, 94 P.3d 1071] and People v. Pitmon (1985) 170 Cal.App.3d 38, 50 [216 Cal.Rptr. 221]. The definition of "menace" is based on the statutory definitions contained in Penal Code sections 261 and 262 [rape]. (See People v. Cochran (2002) 103 Cal.App.4th 8, 13-14 [126 Cal.Rptr.2d 416] [using rape definition in case involving forcible lewd acts].) In People v. Leal, supra, 33 Cal.4th at p. 1007, the court held that the statutory definition of "duress" contained in Penal Code sections 261 and 262 does not apply to the use of that term in any other statute. The court did not discuss the statutory definition of "menace." The court should consider the Leal opinion before giving the definition of "menace."
Lesser Included Offenses
Attempted Lewd Act by Force With Child Under 14. Pen. Code, §§ 664, 288(b).
Simple Assault. Pen. Code, § 240.
Simple Battery. Pen. Code, § 242.
Related Issues
Evidence of Duress
In looking at the totality of the circumstances to determine if duress was used to commit forcible lewd acts on a child, "relevant factors include threats to harm the victim, physically controlling the victim when the victim attempts to resist, and warnings to the victim that revealing the molestation would result in jeopardizing the family. . . . The fact that the victim testifies the defendant did not use force or threats does not require a finding of no duress; the victim's testimony must be considered in light of her age and her relationship to the defendant." (People v. Cochran, supra, 103 Cal.App.4th at p. 14.)
See the Related Issues section of the Bench Notes for CALCRIM No. 1110, Lewd or Lascivious Act: Child Under 14 Years.
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The 2014 FIFA World Cup is just days away and there's only four teams to focus on this week in MLS Fantasy, but now is not the time to relax.
If you're looking to make up ground on the rest of the competition Wednesday's fixtures will be key for you. The captain's armband still remains the most difficult decision to make as Federico Higuaín -- the most-captained player in Round 14 -- left fantasy owners extremely disappointed with an overall score of -1.
- Power Rankings: Timbers shoot up the list, but Cascadia rivals still ahead
Most fantasy managers will have very similar lineups in Round 15 and your captain selections will be limited as well. There are however two ways to differentiate yourself from the rest of the pack if you're looking to take a risk.
- Go all in on one defensive unit in hopes of a shutout
- Choose a captain that is not a common name
Looking at the top six scorers from the previous round there is only one player who will be taking the field this week: Portland's Fanendo Adi.
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Adi is one of the top three most-transferred IN players this week, but is still only owned by less than 10 percent of owners.
With four goals, one assist and 28 points in his last three matches, the Timbers striker is in great form at the moment and could prove to be a great differential pick this week.
Here are five players who will likely be receiving the captain's armband in Round 15...
Diego Valeri
The Argentinian playmaker has one goal, eight assists and 55 points in his last seven games. He hasn't scored since May 11, but five of his eight assists have come in the last three matches (203 minutes played). Valeri could very well be the most-captained player this week, especially with FC Dallas dealing with several injuries on their backline at the moment. Expect a little bit of this Wednesday night at Providence Park.
Fabian Espindola
Prior to last week's game, Espindola had at least one goal or an assists in nine of his last 11 games. He is one of the most in-form strikers in MLS and should probably be on every manger's team this week. He takes corners, free kicks and penalties, although he did miss a crucial PK vs. Columbus that could've earned the team three points at home. Regardless, Espindola is a dangerous player and a proven goal-scorer/playmaker.
Fabian Castillo
Last weekend, we saw what Castillo could do with the ball at his feet when he shredded multiple Colorado Rapids players on his way to scoring the game-winning goal. The 21-year-old Columbian leaves a lot to be desired at times, and sometimes fades from the game, but the potential is there. He'll have a tough road matchup this week against a Timbers side that has rebounded since its poor start. Castillo hasn't tallied more than eight points in a game this season, so don't expect a double-digit performance anytime soon.
Jack McInerney
Montreal have left a lot to be desired in 2015. They currently sit in last place in the Eastern Conference (10 points) and last in the Supporters' Shield race. On Wednesday, they'll take on D.C. United at home in hopes on notching down back-to-back wins and back-to-back clean sheets for the first time this season. Other than Justin Mapp, McInerney has been one of the few bright spots for the Impact as of late. He has two goals and 17 points in his last three matches. If you want to invest in Montreal, Jack Mac should be the guy.
Fanendo Adi
The Nigerian target man has four goals and two assists in 229 total minutes since joining the team in mid-May. If you have to pair someone with Espíndola up top, Adi should be that guy. Blas Pérez and Marco Di Vaio have each struggled with consistency so if you have them in your starting XI this week you've either got guts or you know something I don't. I'm going with Adi and Espíndola up top. Jack Mac is my third choice.
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Hi, I am an International Student but fell out of status since last July because I dropped out of one of my classes due to medical reasons. Me and my boyfriend of almost a year are getting married now (he's a citizen) and our marriage is bona fide. We've been living together since last December as well. Should I anticipate having any trouble adjusting my status?
Not because you fell out of status. There may be other reasons but one cannot tell from the information you posted.
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What other reasons? That's the only thing I can think of. I have still been going to school all this time as well...
Criminal convictions. Misrepresentations to gain immigration benefits. False claim to US citizenship. The list goes on and on. But if you have a "clean record" and have been a "good person," you should be okay.
I understand. Yes, I do have a clean record. Thank you Mr. Maina.
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Not on the basis that you fell out of status.
You should retain an experienced immigration lawyer to review all the facts, advise you, and handle the case. You can find one through http://www.ailalawyer.com.
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Provided you entered lawfully and you are adjusting status as the spouse of a U.S. citizen, the fact that you fell out of status isn't going to affect whether you are eligible to adjust. I agree with my colleagues, however, that you should have a thorough analysis of the case with an experienced immigration attorney to make sure there isn't a different problem that you weren't aware of.
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Nice cruise but we will stick with Princess: Celebrity Summit Cruise Review by CruiseWizz
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Nice cruise but we will stick with Princess
Destination: Bermuda
Embarkation: Bayonne (Cape Liberty)
Embarkation/Disembarkation -
We hadn't been to the Bayonne cruise port in 10 years so we were surprised to see it was still an ugly construction zone. We pulled up to a tent to unload luggage then park the vehicles. The lines moved along fairly quickly into the security check point. Everything was going fine until my husband's hand held FRS radio was confiscated by the security officers. Never in 14 post-9/11 cruises (including one on RCCL) did we ever have an issue More with any of his radios. Eventually it was given to the onboard security for inspection (and we were able to retrieve it the next day). We noticed also that they were confiscating other items like Swiss army knives, scissors, corkscrews and such. All this seems a little bit of overkill. After all, the dining rooms are loaded with sharp knives with much larger blades that could be easily taken elsewhere and pairs of FRS radios were sold in the gift shop. So don't carry any of these items in your pockets or carry-on luggage… pack them in your checked luggage.
After security we waited only about 15 minutes on line to check-in. After passing through the photography and sales gauntlet, we boarded a shuttle for the 2 minute drive to the ship. We boarded about 1:15 so the whole embarkation process took just about an hour. When we boarded we were told the rooms were ready so we went straight there to drop off our carry-ons.
Disembarkation was very easy although they were running a bit behind schedule. We debarked about ½ hour after our scheduled time. However, it didn't matter to us since we were driving home from there.
The Ship -
The Summit was very clean and well maintained, but definitely showing her age. The décor is just blah with too much brown and beige everywhere. The seating in the lounges and theater seemed dated and a little beat. The "Grand Foyer" was not so grand. It seemed very small and closed in. They need to lose the 3-deck long drapes - it would open up the space a bit and brighten it up. The 2-story dining room was very beautiful with a huge wall of glass at the aft end and large round windows on either side. Select dining was on the upper level so we had a great view of the wake.
Captain Kafetzis was very personable and visible aboard his ship. He played (rather competively) on the officers' pool volleyball team (and was disappointed that the guests won both games). He also participated in the Welcome Show and the Liars' Club game. He had a very good sense of humor. Cruise Director Ken and his sidekick Luigi were excellent, always out and about talking to passengers as well as hosting most of the entertainment events.
The Staterooms -
We had a balcony stateroom on Deck 7 midship, my brother-in-law and his wife were next door to us and their 2 children were across the hall in an inside cabin. The inside cabin seemed quite spacious, plenty of room for the kids. We were disappointed that the dividers between balconies no longer open so we could not move between balconies as we would have liked. Our stateroom was very clean and well-appointed. There was plenty of storage with a closet, six drawers and shelves in a cabinet above the TV. I was happy I brought some hangers from home as there were not enough of those annoying hookless hangers. The bed was very comfortable with a duvet and separate top sheet (it was usually too warm in the room to use the duvet even though we had the thermostat set for the lowest temperature). The pillows were small and flat. But our stateroom steward Noel provided me with an additional fluffier one the second day so it was fine. The drapes are not heavy enough to block the light and heat if you are on the sunny side of the ship. The early morning sun woke me up and when we had the sun in the afternoon the a/c could not keep up.
The bathroom was a good size and very well laid-out with plenty of storage. It even had a built-in night light so I didn't need to use the flameless candles I brought with me. The shower worked well with a hand sprayer, good temperature control and decent pressure.
The refrigerator (aka minibar) hardly kept water cold and there was only about enough room for a bottle of wine and a couple of bottles of water (unless you remove all of the minibar items). The minibar prices were ridiculous - $5 for a small can of Pringles or a couple of bags of M&Ms! So of course we never used any of it.
Our stateroom steward Noel was excellent, always a smile and a greeting whenever we saw him in the hallway, very pleasant and efficient. He found an extra softer pillow for me, kept our ice bucket filled and the correct number of towels in the bathroom at all times.
The Pools -
I was disappointed in the pools on this ship. First, I'm not really crazy about salt water pools. We tried going into the Thalassotherapy pool on Wednesday and there was a brown, bubbly scum on the surface. Needless to say, we did not go in. We tried again the next day and the scum was still there. The hot tubs were very nice and clean (thanks to the chlorine). Second, the age restrictions were not very fair to teenage children. Both the Thalassotherapy pool and the main outdoor pool were "adults only". So the only pool available to passengers under age 18 was the smaller splash pool. My nephew and niece are 16 and 14 respectively and are very good swimmers. The splash pool was too shallow and too crowded with small children for them so they never were able to use it. I think well-behaved children over 12 should be allowed to use the main pool if accompanied by a parent.
Bars and Lounges -
The Pool bars (decks 10 & 11) and the Sunset Bar (Deck 10 aft) were very nice places to while away an afternoon. The bartenders, the most popular crew members on the ship, provided excellent service. They were always friendly and very efficient. My brother-in-law had the classic alcohol package and never waited for anything. We did not have the package and we received the same excellent service.
The Cellar Masters bar seemed awkwardly arranged and I never saw many people in there. The Rendezvous Lounge offered some fine entertainment – singer/piano player Jordan Petersen was particularly good with his renditions of Billy Joel and Elton John songs, among others. I don't see why they bothered to make Michael's Pub into a private lounge for suite passengers. Any time I passed by, there was no one there except for one couple once and some officers on the phone another time. What a waste of a venue.
The drink prices were on the high side compared with Princess. Excluding the 15% gratuity, a bottle of Blue Moon was $6.50, a bucket of 5 Miller Lites was $23.50 and a single shot of Amaretto Di Saronno was $8.00, compared to $4.95, $17.00 and $5.75, respectively on Princess. The drink packages are worth it if you drink enough but for people like us who only have a few drinks in the evening the packages are not cost effective.
Entertainment -
The entertainment was the best part of the cruise. There were excellent production shows (although Siren was a little strange), very talented musicians, hilarious comedians and even some "adult-only" shows late in the evening. We particularly enjoyed Michele Balan (both her regular and late night shows) and the Sin City Comedy show. There were the usual cruise-ship game shows as well like the Not-so-Newlywed game and the Liars Club. The nice thing was it if you missed them you could see them on your stateroom TV later. Movies were also available on demand on the stateroom TV. There were so many different types of entertainment in various venues at various times that you could not possibly see them all.
The Food -
The food in the MDR was excellent, very tasty and well-presented. The menus were varied and offered something for everyone's taste. The soups, especially the always available onion soup, were very good as were the salads. I don't eat shrimp but everyone else raved about the shrimp cocktail and ordered it every night. The main courses of special note were the beef tournedos, turkey parmesan and a lamb dish my nephew thought was the best thing he ever ate. Of course, the desserts were delicious. The service in the MDR was also excellent. The waiters were very attentive and efficient as were the sommelier and bar service waiter.
The poolside grill had very tasty burgers, hot dogs and fries. We ended up having lunch here nearly every day because the buffet food was just boring and more or less the same every day. The quality of the food in the café was very good but after Day 2 you had enough of it.
My issue with the food in the Oceanview Café was not the quality of it but the availability. The Café consisted of the main buffet area and separate stations toward the back of the ship: pizza, pasta, stir-fry and sandwiches. You could get fresh-made sandwiches and paninis at the very back of the ship. These were pretty good and the wait wasn't too bad. The pizza was very good when you were able to get it. There usually was a long line and they did not replenish the small pizzas quickly enough, especially at peak times. There was also a long wait at the pasta and stir-fry stations since there was only one person cooking everything to order. It was the same thing at breakfast when these stations became egg and omelet stations. One morning all I wanted was a plain egg but I would have to stand on the omelet line to get it (all of the eggs on the buffet had other things mixed in or were buried in bacon and sausage). You would think they would put two people at the station to move things along. Again, only one cook making everything to order – very inefficient.
On Thursday we had a late excursion in Bermuda (Bermuda Triangle Nightlife Glass-bottom Boat tour). It started at 8pm so it ended up being a very nice "sunset tour". We did not want to rush dinner in the MDR so we opted for dinner in the buffet that evening. It was disappointing to say the least. There was the exact same selection as during lunch (which had been a poolside burger day because nothing at the buffet was appealing) and, at 6:00, half of each side of the buffet was empty. After circling around the buffet several times, I ended up having salad and pasta from the pasta station. The pasta was just OK, not very satisfying.
The Oceanview Café hours need to be expanded. Breakfast opens way too late (7:00) and you can't even get a croissant with your coffee if you are an early riser like me (and many other people I saw milling around waiting for the food to be put out). The main lunch closes at 2:30 and dinner doesn't start until 5:30. The sandwich bar closed at 4:00 so only the pizza and pasta stations are open until dinner time. On the last day in Bermuda, we sailed at 4:30 so many people were just getting back from shore and were looking for a bite to eat. We walked around the entire buffet and there was nothing but pizza and pasta – how much pizza and pasta can you eat? We just wanted a pastry or something to eat on the outdoor deck (10, aft) but there was nothing available. The only place to get anything at that time of day was on deck 5 at Café al Bacio but who wants to go down there when you are wearing a wet bathing suit?
As good as the service in the MDR was, the service in the cafe was quite the opposite. Except for one occasion, at both lunch and dinner there was no one around to serve drinks so we had to go outside to the Sunset Bar to get our own. If they came around to clear our dirty dishes, never once did they ask if we needed any more drinks. They are not too on top of clearing tables either. Many times we were looking for a table and they were all cluttered with used trays of dishes. We had to wonder where were the headwaiters who are supposed to supervise the wait staff – we didn't see any the entire time. One afternoon we did receive attentive service in the aft area of the café. If fact several of them were falling over themselves to clear our dishes and replenish our drinks. We weren't surprised to find that we were sitting two tables away from a group of officers including the cruise director and the F&B manager. Hmmm…
A word on the alternative restaurants…expensive. I thought $45 per person was ridiculously high, especially for what amounts to be appetizers in Qsine ($45 for sliders and fish & chips…really?). Good thing the MDR food was so good.
Bermuda -
Having cruised to Bermuda on several occasions, we knew our way around so we did not take any shore excursions except for the evening Glass Bottom boat cruise. The public ferry dock is just a short walk from the cruise ship dock. On Wednesday, my husband and I took the ferry to St. George and walked around the quaint town a bit while the rest of the family went to the beach at Tobacco Bay. After a relaxing lunch at a waterside restaurant we took the ferry back to the ship. On Thursday we took the ferry to Hamilton and did some shopping. Then on Friday we just walked around the Dockyard area, watched the glass blowers and sampled the rum cake.
Conclusion -
Overall, we all enjoyed our cruise very much. In spite of the negative aspects, we were able to take advantage of the positives and have a great vacation. But will I go back on Celebrity again? Definitely not the Summit but perhaps one of the newer ships. However, for the foreseeable future, we will stick with Princess. Less
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Warning to parents!Be careful of schools who try to push vaccines on your children. Jenny was 16 1/2 years old when the school nurse called wanting to vaccinate my daughter who had already been given all of her shots...
I asked the school nurse questions about these vaccines teling herI wanted to do some research. Within days CPS took my daughter from school and she was vaccinated without being given a choice. My daughter who was a very healthy child has been having health problems ever since she was vaccinated so I'm warning other parents to the dangers of vaccines..!!!!
This incident occured right after Jenny and I had just moved to San Luis Obispo County and it was her first year at this new school. I suspect my ex-husband who worked for my daughter's previous school had some involvement. I had just won the SECOND custody battle and he wanted to get out of paying back child support, so he lied to social workers. It didn't help matters when my daughter mouthed off to the office when she was out past cerfew one night to be with her boyfriend. I was trying to keep the two lovebirds separated so that my daughter would stop skipping school to be with Adam. The day after the officer brought her home with a stern warning is when I decided to go Christmas shopping but I didn't want to leave Jenny home alone. I felt Adam was a bad influence on my daughter so I wanted to take her with me.
But Jenny put her PJ's on and pretended to be sick, and I knew that she was planning on sneaking out to be with Adam, so I told her to get dressed but she locked her bedroom door. After several hours of pleading with my daughter to get ready so we could leave I finally had enough. I ended up damaging the door while tryng to open it from the outside.
While I was out shopping the very same officer Jenny made angry the night before showed up and he contacted CPS who placed Jenny into foster care. She was returned 3 days later and I thought that was the end of it. We had a wonderful Christmas. We rented a limosine and I took Jenny and her friend to stay at the Madonna Inn. Six weeks later Jenny didn't come home from school and I discovered she was taken by CPS. Once she placed into fostercare she was taken she was vaccinatinated with Gardisil which made her really sick. She began having memory problems, fatigue, and developed a blood disorder, with an array of other symptoms.
I'll never know what happened during that 6 week period. I suspect that during this time my ex-husband and his family lied to social workers. CPS wanted us to attend therapy, which I had no problem with. However, since were planning on going back up north to our other home in Mt. Shasta over the summer I asked the Social workers if the the Judge would allow us to transfer our, to which they stated yes. The very next day Jenny's therapist fabricated a report which granted an emergency removal and Jenny was taken from school. Later on I discovered numerous children non-profits under mental health connected to our case that had familiar names listed as Board of Directors and I realized that my daughter had been taken to obtain Federal Funds.
That's when our nightmare began...
One of the reasons I wanted to transfer the case is because Jenny already had a therapist located in Mt. Shasta who she had seen during our recent custody battle. During this 6 weeks that Jenny attended "therapy" I noticed something very different about the Theraists that CPS uses. They were writing false reports and giving my daughter false mental conditions so I wanted to get her away from this bad situation and to a Therapist we knew we could trust. After Jenny was placed into fostercare they used these therapists to traumatise her to the point where she became suicidal she started cutting on herself . As a Mother it was horrifying to watch for there was nothing I could do. I snuck my cell phone in and took pictures of what Jenny was doing. They would use MK-Ultra and reward-punishment techniques in order to get my daughter to comply. They would promise to take Jenny to Mc Donalds if she didn't mention my name and they would constantly put me down to my daughter to instill negative thoughts into her head. They do this to break the bond between parent and child and I assume to make them loyal to the Government. Whatever CPS is doing to children is pure EVIL.
Even though this happened 8 years ago the memory still haunts me. My daughter is now 25 and messed up in the head. She has false memory syndrome because of the repeated trauma she suffered.
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1. Re: Push Replication Pattern - Possibility of memory exhaustion?Brian Oliver-Oracle Mar 12, 2013 1:26 PM (in response to 994349)Great question.
There are numerous approaches to this challenge. It's important to understand that this challenge exists in all solutions where by queues of information are held in some manner while another system is "off-line".
Ultimately the solution depends on your application and business DR strategy. For example:
1. How long (really) is a system going to be offline? "Forever" is not really reasonable as people in general can't purchase and infinite amount of storage. "Days" might be reasonable, but what in practice this is unlikely. Hours or minutes is the usual scenario.
2. When it is offline for a long time (many hours/days), what is the recovery strategy? Do you want to "replay" all those hours/days/months/years worth of events? Or alternatively do you want to rebuild/copy the cluster and ignore/drop the events?
The choice of what do you really depends more on the application SLA than anything else, however here's some pointers with respect to Push Replication.
If you've configured the Event Distribution pattern to use the Coherence Messaging solution as the infrastructure for queuing replication events, then by default, the size of your cluster is the limit to your queues. If you need more memory ie: more time, then you can increase the size of your cluster. Alternatively you can change the queue (messages) cache to use off heap storage, or flash storage, in which case you're bound by disk size, but at the same time increase application latency.
Alternatively you may like to configure the Event Distribution pattern to use a JMS-based solution (as part of the Push Replication build we test JMS compliant ActiveMQ). In this scenario there's no cost on the cluster storage or size. You're only limited by disk capacity. This is an attractive option if you already have "enterprise class messaging" in-place. There's no need to introduce more "messaging" layers into your application stack - simply use what your enterprise already has available.
I think in reality most people simply "stop" event distribution when a site is lost for a long time - which should be rare. That is, after a long period of time they know it may take them longer to replicate the events than simply rebuild the cache from scratch. Furthermore, for longer outages there's ofter other issues - like database replication - that have higher priority for recovery. These systems will often have precedence over caches. This decision often has more to do with the physics of the connection and the type, duration, frequency and size of updates and application is making than anything else.
Hope this helps.
-- Brian
PS: While we could have a simple "write-everything-to-disk" approach, this essentially makes the caches disk-based. ie: way less performant and generally not the reason you'd be using Coherence. If performance is not a problem, simply use database replication :)
Brian Oliver | Architect | Oracle Coherence
2. Re: Push Replication Pattern - Possibility of memory exhaustion?701681 Apr 22, 2013 12:45 PM (in response to 994349)Hey GG,
Keeping in mind going OOM is one part of the equation. If you are using the default coherence messaging to queue your replication data, it's implemented as single cache entry (i.e. the queue). This means every time you add an item to your cache, it needs to deserialize the whole queue and add the entry and then reserialize (via the publishing cache store). If you have frequent writes to that cache while the remote site is down, your local cluster will start to grind to a halt, whereby even the jmx controls to suspend/drain the queue do not respond. Or indeed if you have a very large cache, and someone does a cache.clear() it can also kill your cluster.
In short, a word of caution with using Coherence as your messaging middleware:
- Cohernece messaging works well when all sites are up an running, and writes/deletes are not very concentrated or frequent. Or indeed when there is a "temporary" network blip.
- if the remote site goes down for a prolonged period, and writes are frequent, your local site will start to degrade in performance rapidly (not really what you want!).
Of course you have the option to use an alternative messaging provider, you just need to weigh up the pros and cons.
3. Re: Push Replication Pattern - Possibility of memory exhaustion?Brian Oliver-Oracle Aug 15, 2013 7:07 PM (in response to 701681)
Slight correction here:
... it's implemented as single cache entry (i.e. the queue). This means every time you add an item to your cache, it needs to deserialize the whole queue and add the entry and then reserialize (via the publishing cache store).
The Coherence Messaging Pattern does not write or queue each entry to be queued into a single Cache Entry. Only the identities of Messages are queued, not the actual entries.
As with all deployments, the amount of memory required is based on the number of updates occurring while one or more devices (they may not be sites) are unavailable. These things should be tested not assumed. The same happens if you back your caches by disk, but have no limits on them. The amount of memory consumed is application specific.
The alternative approach (supported out-of-the-box) is to use a store-and-forward messaging provider, like something that implements the JMS specification. All releases of Push Replication are testing with both Coherence Messaging and JMS-based providers.
Hope this helps
-- Brian
Brian Oliver | Architect | Oracle Coherence


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|Jeffs Go Undefeated at Wesleyan Invitational
Jeffs Go Undefeated at Wesleyan Invitational
September 30, 2006
The Jeffs rode the strong offensive play of senior co-captain Kristin Quinn (Pacific Palisades, CA) and junior hitter Jacyln DeMais (Hillsdale, NJ), who relied on the virtually prefect setting of sophomore Sara Heller (La Canada, CA).
In the opening match of the tournament, Amherst avenged their only loss of the season as they beat NESCAC rival, and tournament host, Wesleyan College in three straight 30-23, 30-27, 30-18. The Jeffs followed that up with another conference victory over Trinity College, who gave them a run for their money in a five-game match. Closing out the weekend on a successful note, they returned to typical form as they swept Wheaton College in convincing fashion, posting scores of 30-9, 30-9, and 30-12.
Quinn and DeMais absolutely pounded the opposition posting 41 and 44 kills, respectively, by tournament's end. Quinn also posted a team-high 11 blocks through the three matches, further demonstrating her versatility and presence as a defensive force at the net. Amherst's offensive superstars couldn't have done it without the light touch of Heller, who dished out 110 assists in the three victories.
At the tournament's end, both Quinn and DeMais were named to the Wesleyan Invitational All-Tournament Team.
Amherst will enjoy a nice week off before taking the court again next Saturday as they host NESCAC rival Tufts University at 12 p.m. at LeFrak Gymnasium.
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Well, I did exercise 4 times last week--but not 4 full work-outs. On the days that I was still feeling the effects of my cold, I made myself at least do one or two T-Tapp moves (hoe-downs, OIP/HF ). This week: 4 full work-outs! I've plateaued (is that how you spell that word?) on … [Read more...]
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Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - While diplomats talk about peace in the Middle East, some of the worst violence in years is happening in disputed parts of the West Bank, where Israeli soldiers tangled again on Tuesday with Palestinians throwing rocks and firebombs.
In other developments on Tuesday, US envoy Dennis Ross continued mediating talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, but reports that secret peace talks are taking place in Stockholm, Sweden so infuriated one Palestinian Authority negotiator, that he resigned on Monday.
Yasser Abed Rabbo had been leading the Palestinians in their talks with Israel on permanent status issues.
The PA Ministry of Information told CNSNews.com that PA Chairman Yasser Arafat had rejected Abed Rabbo's resignation after a meeting of the PLO Executive Committee on Monday evening.
According to a statement from ministry, Abed Rabbo sent a letter to Arafat, saying that he was resigning in order to prevent "the existence of more than one negotiating channel."
Abed Rabbo said he hoped to "abort" an "Israeli ploy" to create "loopholes" in the Palestinian position, particularly after the PA rejected Israeli maps, which offered the PA a state comprising three separate cantons.
State Department spokesman Richard Boucher told a press briefing the Clinton administration had a "great deal of respect" for Abed Rabbo and hoped he would continue in the negotiations.
Boucher would not confirm or deny that secret talks were taking place but he did say the U.S. had been "involved in helping the Israelis and Palestinians work through a variety of interim and permanent status issues ... in a variety of ways."
However, a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, Larry Schwartz, told CNSNews.com the Stockholm talks were "clearly trying to make progress on issues out of the limelight."
Schwartz said he could not confirm reports that Ross was involved in the talks in Sweden, but he said Ross was trying help the sides achieve a "framework" agreement within the next few weeks.
Ross is due to return to Washington this week to brief President Clinton and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, ahead of a trip to Washington by Barak next week.
According to the State Department, Albright may yet travel to the Middle East although no dates have been set for her trip.
Rioting Continues
No casualties were immediately reported Tuesday, in the violence that erupted between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians throwing rocks and firebombs in disputed West Bank locations.
But at least three Palestinians were killed and more than 320 injured as they rioted throughout the disputed West Bank and in PA-controlled cities on Monday, hurling stones and firebombs at Israeli soldiers who responded by firing rubber bullets and teargas.
The Palestinians were marking al-Nakba, Arabic for "the Catastrophe," which they say befell the Palestinian people when the State of Israel was established 52 years ago.
Battles quickly escalated when PA police fired live ammunition at Israeli soldiers, who responded in kind. Fourteen Israelis were injured in various battles, including several wounded by the live fire.
The State Department expressed concern about the violence but said it remained convinced that both Israel and the PA are committed to peace negotiations.
Boucher admitted that Arafat had "obviously faced some difficulties" in controlling the organized demonstrations.
It was widely believed in Israel that the protests of recent days have been an attempt by the PA at muscle-flexing, intended as a warning to the Israelis. Analysts disagreed on the question of whether Arafat had actually lost control.
Calm Must Precede Transfer
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak contacted Arafat after the rioting and told him the transfer of three Arab villages alongside Jerusalem - approved by the Knesset on Monday night - would not take place until the violence of the past few days was completely investigated, according to a statement from his office.
Barak told Arafat that the villages would not be transferred until order was restored in the territories, Israel television reported.
Israeli lawmakers voted 56-48 to hand over the villages of Abu Dis, Eizariya and Suwahara to full PA-control. Until now, the PA has maintained civilian control while Israel has held onto security control in the villages.
Coalition In Danger
Barak saw the vote to transfer the Arab villages as a vote of confidence in the government, calling it a victory for his coalition. In his speech to the Knesset, he tried to persuade opponents that giving away the villages would not weaken the capital.
Barak already has lost one coalition partner over the deal. The five-member National Religious Party announced its intention to leave the government over the Abu Dis concession, narrowing his majority.
The four-member Israel B'Aliya faction may also leave the government. Spokesman David Shechter told CNSNews.com the party's branch heads would meet next week to decide the matter.
While giving away the three villages might seem a "small step" as far as total territory was concerned, Shechter said, it was a "giant step" at this time for security and other reasons.
Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered for a peaceful rally in central Jerusalem on Monday evening to protest further land concessions. Israel B'Aliya leader Natan Sharansky was among those who addressed the crowd.


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Filmed in Fall Creek, Wisconsin, the music video sees young boys and the girls exploring a rather mythic world.
Bon Iver have just dropped a music video in support of his latest single "Calgary". The dark, yet romantic and enigmatic clip follows a young woman as she wakes up in an underground bed, makes her way out of the ground, and meets sun with the other youngsters.
The video was directed by Andre Durand and Dan Huiting. Produced by Daniel Cummings and Picture Machine Productions, it was filmed in April 2011 in Fall Creek, WI. The single itself is taken from the band's self-titled studio album "Bon Iver" which is due in the U.S. on June 21.
When talking to Pitchfork recently, lead singer Justin Vernon said the song is one of the materials in the album which he is proud of lyrically. He explained, "[It] really feels like an accomplishment to me. It has a form, a repetitive idea, and a good cadence."
"I really like the opening line: 'Don't you cherish me to sleep.' There's that whole thing that happens in relationships-- you can love someone but, as soon as they stop loving you so unconditionally that they stop being themselves, it can be so dangerous."
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Rain welcome, but not deemed drought-buster
Published 10:05 pm, Saturday, September 21, 2013
AUSTIN — Central Texas welcomed a day of steady, sometimes heavy rain. But a meteorologist says it will take more than that to break a long and persistent drought that has parched the region and largely dried up its lakes.
The rain came from the combined remnants of Hurricanes Manuel and Ingrid, both of which came ashore in Mexico. Starting Thursday evening, rain continued to fall over much of Texas throughout Friday before abating late Friday night and early Saturday.
Southeast Texas reported the most rainfall Friday afternoon through Saturday morning, topped by 6.30 inches in Liberty. But more critical was the rainfall in the Central Texas river watersheds.
Camp Mabry in Austin reported 2.61 inches of rain on Friday while Burnet, upstream on the Colorado River, reported 2.07 inches.
It wasn't enough to break the drought that has drained and evaporated the region's lakes to a fraction of their usual water levels. Nevertheless, it will offer short-term relief, Lower Colorado River Authority meteorologist Bob Rose said.
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"A lot of this rain is falling right over the watershed to the Highland Lakes. We're getting a lot of good rain from western Gillespie County all the way to Lampasas, from 2 to 5 inches," he told the Austin American-Statesman.
The National Weather Service recorded just over 3 inches of rain in Waco on Friday, with some nearby locales receiving more than 6 inches. The Lake Waco water level rose about 3 inches but was still 71/2 feet below normal, according to the Texas Water Development Board, lower than measured during the record 2011 drought.
"So far, I don't think we've had any lake come up more than 6 or 8 inches," Brad Brunett, Brazos River Authority water services manager, told the Waco Tribune-Herald.
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Despite recent off-field controversies, Perth Glory continues to secure its on-field future by re-signing key players.
Young striker Chris Harold is the latest to extend his contract with the A-League club, following keeper Danny Vukovic, Scott Jamieson, Brandon O'Neill, Sidnei Sciola Moraes, Michael Thwaite and Jack Clisby in committing to the club.
Harold, 21, has scored two goals for Glory this season, his latest coming in Saturday's much-needed 0-1 away win at Newcastle.
His pace on the wings has made him difficult to defend this season, particularly since new coach Kenny Lowe took the reins late last year.
And it appears the Glory has beaten opposition sides to the punch in winning his signature.
"We're playing a little more direct than what we did under Alistair Edwards," Harold said.
"The goal I scored was a result of us pressing the team and they coughed the ball up.
"I'm really excited. I've really enjoyed my time so far in Perth. I've settled down, made a life for myself here.
"I did have other offers there, but I think it [Perth] is a good fit for me."
Perth could see Harold accept at least one more contract extension beyond this new one which expires at the end of the 2015/16 season.
He's currently studying law part-time at Murdoch University and hopes to complete will take at least another four years to complete his course.
And he seems happy to stay while he's getting a game in attack.
"I've played a lot on the wing this year and last. Whether scoring goals or creating goals, that's what I want to be doing," he said.
"[Injured striker Shane] Smeltz is the greatest goal scorer in A-League history so it's pretty hard to keep him out of the team.
"If I want to keep playing that position I have to keep scoring goals - as the number 9, that's your major job - so if I keep doing that I am confident I can keep my spot in the team.
"It's good I can adapt and play centre forward or out wide too. As long as I am playing, in that front three, I am happy."
Harold said that he took confidence from the fact some of his teammates have also recently penned new contracts.
And he wasn't put off by Edwards' controversial and sudden sacking. It doesn't bother him that Lowe is only an interim coach and that the club could have yet another new person in charge by the start of next season.
"It's not an ideal situation, not knowing who the coach is going to be - but that's modern football, the turnover of coaches is really high," he said.
"Look at the guys who have re-signed, they are all really good players, key player for the club.
"I was looking for the future when I was looking at re-signing, it's good - it was a major incentive to play on."
The immediate future of Glory as far as this season is concerned is interestingly poised.
They are in seventh position on the A-League table with four wins and four draws from 13 games.
Perth host the Melbourne Heart at nib Stadium on Friday night, who sit bottom of the A-League table, without a win.
However, they also showed some immediate under their new coach John van't Schip in recording a nil-all away draw to Central Coast Mariners at Bluetongue Stadium on Sunday.
"When a new coach comes in, same thing happened here a couple of weeks ago - they're going to be really up for it. You try to impress," Harold said of this week's game.
"They don't need any incentive at the moment, they haven't won a game, so they'll be really fired up."


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Health Summit Chiropractic Conference Room
1075 W. Horsetooth Road
(Above Bank of the West at Horsetooth and Shields)
Fort Collins,
Thursday, December 5, 2013 from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
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The Warwick Melrose holds a free wine tasting the second Tuesday of every month from 7 to 9 p.m. — and that's tonight. Trust me, I could use a bit of fermented grape juice right about now. This month is a selection of sauvignon blancs: a Chateau de Sancerre from the Loire Valley, a Chilean and an Australian.
I need a drink. And you're welcome to join me
Posted on 11 Aug 2009 at 4:27pm