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Barony of Polop
|Barony of Polop and Benidorm (in Spanish, Señorío de la Baronía de Polop y Benidorm or simply, Señorío de Polop y Benidorm)
|Creation date
|13th century (±1268); Granted to the Fajardo de Mendoza family in the 15th century (1429)
|King Jaume I of Aragon
|Crown of Aragon
|First holder
|Doña Berenguela Alfonso of Castile and León
|Remainder to
|the 1st Baron's male (or female heirs since 1654) lawfully begotten
|Subsidiary titles
|Barony of Benidorm and Lordship of La Raya, La Ñora, Ávalos and Ceutí
|The coat of arms of The Barons of Polop
|Ave Maria Gratia Plena, Latin for "Hail Mary Full of Grace"
The Barony of Polop and Benidorm is an ancient Spanish hereditary lordship in the Kingdom of Valencia under the Crown of Aragon (in Spanish, baronía señorial aragonesa). The barony, including its castle and extensive land, is located in the province of Alicante, Valencia, Spain, only a few miles from the Mediterranean Sea.
After being possessed by the Crown of Aragon, in 1429 the barony was bestowed by King John II of Aragon, father of King Ferdinand of Spain the Catholic upon the Fajardo de Mendoza family. The most notable Barons of Polop are the Infantes of Aragon and Doña Beatriz Fajardo de Mendoza y Guzmán, Lady of Albudeyte. Other people associated with the Barony include the Castilian nobleman Don Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, better known as El Cid Campeador.
- 1 History
- 2 Jurisdiction
- 3 Order of succession
- 4 Armorial
- 5 The Barons of Polop
- 6 Barons of Polop
- 7 Location
- 8 See also
- 9 References
- 10 External links
Its origins date back to the conquest of Hispania by the Moors who occupied the Iberian Peninsula in the 10th century, when a fortress was built and named Polop.[1] In the 11th century, as it is related in the Historia Roderici ("History of Rodrigo"), El Cid Campeador occupied Polop Castle in 1089–1090 before conquering the city of Valencia in 1094.[2] Following his conquest of the Kingdom of Valencia, King James I of Aragon offered Polop Castle to the Muslim leader Mohammad Abu Abdallah Ben Hudzail al Sahuir until 1258 when the latter was defeated during a failed attempt against the life of the monarch.[3]
In the 13th century, Polop became a feudal barony[4] under the Charter of Sobrarbe.[5] In 1268 the barony was granted by King James I to his distant cousin, Berenguela Alfonso, who had become his concubine after his wife, Teresa Gil de Vidaure, allegedly developed leprosy, but returned to the Crown upon her death without issue.[6] In 1271 the King revived it for the knight Don Beltran de Bellpuig and, upon his death without issue, for Admiral Don Bernat de Sarrià.
During most of the 14th century the infantes of Aragon administered the lordship and were styled as Barons of Polop. In those years, Polop Castle continued being a strategic place to prevent the invasion of the large Muslim population.
Since the 15th century until the present days, the lordship has passed by personal descent through several generations of the Fajardo de Mendoza family and its heirs. It was on 17 December 1430 when the Infante John II of Aragon, King of Navarre through his marriage to Queen Blanche I of Navarre, granted it to his Lord-in-Waiting and Chamberlain Don Rodrigo Díaz de Mendoza and his heirs. Such grant was confirmed by his brother King Alfonso V of Aragon by Royal Charter of 1437. In 1727 King Philip V of Spain issued a Royal Charter allowing baronies in the Crown of Aragon to become titles of nobility in their own right. For instance, the Barony of la Pobadilla and the Barony of Bellpuig made use of such privilege in 1728 and 1923 respectively.
Following the abolition of the feudal system in the 19th century, Polop, like other Spanish feudal baronies and lordships, became obsolete but never extinct. In particular, the Abolition of Feudal Tenure (Spain) Act 1820 (Ley de Desvinculaciones de 1820) simply took away the legal and juridical rights pertaining to these lordships but preserved the property rights attached to them and the dignity of their honours including the right to use the feudal title and the coat of arms. In the present days, despite having no political power as such, lordships, like titles of nobility, simply remain rights held as prerogative of honour.
In the Low Middle Ages and until 1820, the Barony of Polop was a form of feudal land tenure according to the classic definition of feudalism, similar in some respects to the English feudal barony and the Scottish feudal lordship. It involved a set of reciprocal legal and military obligations among the warrior nobility. The baron was the nobleman who held the land or fief, including Benidorm, Chirles and La Nuncia, originally given by the king, and granted possession to the vassal in exchange for benefits, protection and other services. The Barons of Polop administered laws, waged war, established markets in towns, and maintained their own chanceries that kept their records. They also had their own deputies, or sheriffs and jurisdiction over all cases at laws sitting in their own courts. They could declare and wage war, establish boroughs, and grant extensive charters of liberties. They could confiscate the estates of traitors and felons, and regrant these at will. Finally, they could claim any and every feudal due, aid, grant, and relief. In contrast to titles of nobility in the Spanish peerage, no baronial relief was payable in order to lawfully take possession of the lordship.
The Barony of Polop is not to be confused with a manorial lordship in England and Wales. While manorial lordships can be sold, Polop, like other Spanish baronies, is hereditary in nature and under no circumstances can it be traded by the lineage family.
Those holding the lordship have held aristocratic rank and control over the land and been addressed and styled not only as lord but also as baron, as in the Crown of Aragon, lordships were called baronies, so namely, Lord of the Barony of Polop, Baron of Polop or simply Lord Polop (in Spanish, Señor de la Baronía de Polop, o shortly Barón de Polop or Señor de Polop).
Order of succession[edit]
Polop, like most other lordships, was hereditary in nature. In the Low Middle Ages and until 1654, it was only allowed to pass down by inheritance through the male line under Royal Charter of 1448. When Don Diego Fajardo de Mendoza y Guzmán died in 1643 without a male heir and with a sole sister, the Royal Audience of Valencia had to administer the lordship for 11 years until by Royal Charter of 1654 King Philip IV of Spain allowed it to be passed to an heir of either gender. Since then and until the present days, the barony has continued to be held by members of the Fajardo de Mendoza family and his blood relatives in the direct line of descent. Unlike titles of nobility in the Spanish peerage, each new baron is not required to be confirmed in the lordship by Royal Charter issued and signed by the monarch.[7]
As the Barons of Polop never made use of their right to let the lordship become a title of nobility under the Royal Charter of 1727 issued by King Philip V of Spain, Polop has remained a feudal barony with aristocratic rank. Therefore, following the enactment of the Abolition of Feudal Tenure (Spain) Act 1820, its transmission from generation to generation is not subject to the current revival legal provisions for titles of nobility but rather to the provisions of the original grants in the light of the Spanish historic law and the current civil procedure rules. In the 21st century, the rights of the holder of the barony should be confirmed by the Spanish courts of justice.
|Name and blazon
|Historic Coat of Arms of the Crown of Aragon
|Following the wishes of Don Luis Fajardo de Mendoza y López de Ayala in 1593, the Shield was divided vertically with one half Fajardo and the other half Mendoza
|In addition to the Lords of Polop, the family Fajardo included other prominent members such as Pedro Fajardo, Viceroy of Valencia, Navarre and Sicily, 5th Marquess of the Vélez and Grandee of Spain
|The unofficial Arms of the municipality of Polop de la Marina display the arms of the Crown of Aragon and those of the Fajardo de Mendoza family. The Spanish Royal Academy of History proposed a different shield in 1990 but never approved.[8]
The Barons of Polop[edit]
The first life holders in the Crown of Aragon[edit]
The lordship was first granted by King James I of Aragon to his cousin Berenguela Alfonso of Castile and León in 1268, and upon her death without issue, revived for the knight Beltrán de Bellpuig in 1271 and for Admiral Bernat de Sarrià in 1291.
|Doña Berenguela Alfonso of Castile
|1235 †1272
|Don Beltran de Bellpuig, Baron of Castellmontant and Lord-Lieutenant to King James I
|Don Bernat de Sarrià, Admiral and nobleman in the service of King James II of Aragon
|1266 †1335
The Infantes of Aragon as Royal Hereditary Barons of Polop[edit]
The Infantes of Aragon were styled as Barons of Polop during the Low Middle Ages until 1430.
|Infante Don Pere of Aragon d'Anjou, Count of Ribagorça, Ampúries and Prades
|1305 †1381
|Infante Don Alfonso of Aragon Foix, Duke of Gandia and Count of Dénia and Ribagorça
|1305 †1381
|Infante Don Alfonso of Aragon Arenós, Duke of Gandia and Count of Dénia
|1355 †1425
The Fajardo de Mendoza family as Hereditary Barons of Polop[edit]
In 1430 the Infante John II of Aragon, King of Navarre and Duke of Peñafiel and Montblanch, revived the lordship for his Lord-in-Waiting don Rodrigo Díaz de Mendoza, who died without male issue, and bequeathed it to his niece's husband Don Juan Alonso Fajardo and his heirs, the Fajardo de Mendoza family.
|Don Rodrigo Díaz de Mendoza, Lord-in-Waiting to Infante John II of Aragon, King of Navarre[9]
|Don Juan Alonso Fajardo
|Don Diego Fajardo y Díaz de Mendoza
|Don Alonso Fajardo de Mendoza y Heredia
|Don Alonso Fajardo de Mendoza y Soto
|1491 †1562
|Don Luis Fajardo de Mendoza y López de Ayala
|Don Pedro Fajardo de Mendoza y López de Ayala
|Don Alonso Fajardo de Mendoza y Fajardo de Medina[10]
|Don Juan Fajardo de Mendoza y de la Cueva
|1583 †1622
|Don Alonso Fajardo de Mendoza y Guzmán
|Don Diego Fajardo de Mendoza y Guzmán
|Doña Beatriz Fajardo de Mendoza y Guzmán, Lady of Albudeyte
|1619 †1678
|Don Gaspar de Puixmarín y Fajardo de Mendoza[11]
|1654 †1687
|Don José Rodrigo Baltasar de Puxmarín y Fajardo de Mendoza, Marquess of Albudeyte[12]
|Doña Josefa de Puixmarín y Fajardo de Mendoza, Countess of Montealegre
|1716 †1791
|Doña María Antonia Teijeiro de Valcárce y Puxmarín, Marchioness of Albudeyte, Grandee of Spain
|1754 †1805
|Doña Ana Agapita de Valda y Teijeiro de Valcárce, Marchioness of Albudeyte, Grandee of Spain
|1781 †1854
Usage following the abolition of feudal tenure in Spain in the 19th century[edit]
Post-1820, there is evidence in the archives of the Spanish Royal Academy of History that the following descendants of the Fajardo de Mendoza family were called to the title of honour of Barón de Polop and the use of the Arms of the barony.:[13]
|Don José Eusebio Bernuy y Valda, Marquess of Valparaíso
|1804 †1856
|Don Francisco de Paula Bernuy y Osorio de Moscoso, Marquess of Valparaíso
|1824 †1875
|Doña María Bernuy y Osorio de Moscoso, Marchioness of Valparaíso and Marchioness of Villafuerte
|1830 †1899
Following the death of Doña María Bernuy y Osorio de Moscoso in 1899, the barony has been represented by Lord Julian Benito Lopez-chavarri y Febrero, a descendant of the Fajardo de Mendoza family.[14]
Barons of Polop[edit]
Infantes of Aragon is an appellation commonly used by Spanish historians to refer to a group of infantes (princes) of the House of Trastámara in the 15th century.
Admiral Don Bernat de Sarrià
Doña Beatriz Fajardo de Mendoza y Guzmán also inherited the lordship of Benidorm, a half-destroyed town, depopulated, that had lost its category of municipality after having been absorbed by Polop. But in 1666 the baroness repopulated Benidorm, granted a new Puebla Letter to it and established limits for the municipality very similar to the existing ones today. By guaranteeing the supply of water through the construction of the Reg Major of l'Alfàs, she transformed Benidorm into an economically viable city, the embryo of the present city.[15] By deed granted in April 1666 in Polop Castle, the baroness also founded the Nou Reg to irrigate 1,207 hectares of land.[16] She lived an eventful life.
The municipality of Polop is located in the province of Alicante, Valencia, Spain, only a few miles from the Mediterranean Sea.[17]
See also[edit]
- ^ Fuster Pérez, Joaquín. Baronía de Polop, Ayuntamiento de Polop de la Marina, Polop de la Marina, 1992.
- ^ Der Islam. Al-Azraq's Surrender Treaty with Jaume I and Prince Alfonso in 1245.
- ^ Burns, Robert I. S.J. "The Crusade against Al-Azraq: A Thirteenth-Century Mudejar Revolt in International Perspective" in the The American Historical Review, Vol. 93, No. 1, The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the American Historical Association, February 1988.
- ^ Madramaní Calatayud, Mariano. Tratado de la Nobleza de la Corona de Aragón, Valencia, 1787.
- ^ Giesey, Ralph E. If not, not. The Oath of the Aragonese and the Legendary Laws of Sobrarbe, Princeton, New Jersey, 1968.
- ^ Delgado, Angel y Dieste, José Damian. El Rey Conquistador: La Crónica Oculta de Jaime I, Edhasa, Barcelona, 2008.
- ^ Orts, Pere María y Amillo, Francisco. "Los Señores de Polop" (Siglos XV- XIX), Festes del Porrat, Ayuntamiento de Polop de la Marina, Polop de la Marina, 2007.
- ^ Proposal coat of arms of Polop de la Marina by the Royal Spanish Academy.
- ^ López Rodríguez, Carlos. Nobleza y Poder Político en el Reino de Valencia: 1416–1446, Pubücacions de la Universitat de Valencia, Valencia, 2005.
- ^ Losa Serrano, Francisco Javier. El Señorío de Montealegre, Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 1998.
- ^ Catalá Sanz, Jorge Antonio. Rentas y Patrimonios de la Nobleza Valenciana en el Siglo XVIII, Siglo XXI Editores.
- ^ Cárdenas Piera, Emilio (de) and Cadenas y Vicent, Vicente (de). Caballeros de la Orden de Santiago, Siglo XVIII, Hidalguía, Madrid, 1996.
- ^ El Marqués de Siete Iglesias. Boletín de la Real Academica de la Historia, Tomo CLXXI. Número III, Madrid, 1974.
- ^ Sebastián Elián, Juan. El Gran Libro de los Apellidos y la Heráldica, Ediciones Robinbook, Barcelona, 2001.
- ^ Amillo Alegre, Francisco. Beatriu Fajardo de Mendoza, I La Carta de Poblament de Benidorm (1666), Benidorm, 2003.
- ^ Yáñez, Antonio. Historia y Descripción de Benidorm, Gráficas Díaz, Alicante, 2000.
- ^ Consellería de Cultura, Educació i Esport – Direcció General de Patrimoni Cultural Valencià y Paisajes Españoles, Generalitat Valenciana.
External links[edit]
- Spanish National Historical Archive, Section of Nobility
- Royal Archives of the Kingdom of Valencia
- Castles of Spain
- Biblioteca Virtual de Derecho Aragonés
- Instituto Beatriz Fajardo de Mendoza


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Restoration Potential: Areas that have been invaded by Phragmites have excellent potential for recovery. Management programs have proven that phragmites can be controlled, and natural vegetation will return. However, monitoring is imperative because Phragmites tends to reinvade and control techniques may need to be applied several times or, perhaps, in perpetuity. It is also important to note that some areas have been so heavily manipulated and degraded that it may be impossible to eliminate Phragmites from them. For example, it may be especially difficult to control Phragmites in freshwater impoundments that were previously salt marshes.
Management Requirements: Invasive populations of Phragmites must be managed in order to protect rare plants that it might outcompete, valued animals whose habitat it might dominate and degrade, and healthy ecosystems that it might greatly alter.
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL: Biological control does not appear to be an option at this time. No organisms which significantly damage Phragmites australis but do not feed on other plant species have been identified. In addition, some of the arthropods that feed on Phragmites are killed by winter fires and thus would likely be eliminated from the systems where prescribed fires are used. Coots, nutria, and muskrats may feed on Phragmites but appear to have limited impacts on its populations (Cross and Fleming 1989).
BURNING: Prescribed burning has
BURNING: Prescribed burning does not reduce the growing ability of Phragmites unless root burn occurs. Root burn seldom occurs, however, because the rhizomes are usually covered by a layer of soil, mud and/or water. Fires in Phragmites stands are dangerous because this species can cause spot-fires over 100 feet away (Beall 1984). Burning does remove accumulated Phragmites leaf litter, giving the seeds of other species area to germinate.
CHEMICAL: Rodeo TM, a water solution of the isopropylamine salt of glyphosate is commonly used for Phragmites control. This herbicide is not, however, selective and will kill grasses and broadleaved plants alike. Toxicity tests indicate that it is virtually non-toxic to all aquatic animals tested. It should be noted that many of these tests were performed by or for Monsanto, the company which manufactures Rodeo.
Rodeo must be mixed with water and a surfactant which allows it to stick to and subsequently be absorbed by the plant (Beall 1984). Instructions for application are on the Rodeo label.
Application of Rodeo must take place after the tasseling stage when the plant is supplying nutrients to the rhizome.
CUTTING: Cutting has been used successfully to control phragmites. Since it is a grass, cutting several times during a season, at the wrong times, may increase stand density (Osterbrock 1984). However, if cut just before the end of July, most of the food reserves produced that season are removed with the aerial portion of the plant, reducing the plant's vigor. This regime may eliminate a colony if carried out annually for several years. Care must be taken to remove cut shoots to prevent their sprouting and forming stolons (Osterbrock 1984).
GRAZING, DREDGING, AND DRAINING: Grazing, dredging, and draining are other methods that have often been used to reduce stand vigor (Howard, Rhodes and Simmers 1978). However, draining and dredging are not appropriate for use on most preserves (Osterbrock, 1984).
Grazing may trample the rhizomes and reduce vigor but the results are limited (Cross and Fleming 1989). Van Deursen and Drost (1990) found that cattle consumed 67-98% of above-ground biomass; in a four year study, they found that reed populations may reach new equilibria under grazing regimes.
MANIPULATION OF WATER LEVEL AND SALINITY: Reintroduced tidal action and salinity can reduce Phragmites vigor and restore the community's integrity.
MOWING, DISKING, AND PULLING: Beall (1984) discourages mowing and disking. Mowing only affects the above ground portion of the plant, so mowing would have to occur annually. To remove the rhizome, disking could be employed. However, discing could potentially result in an increase of Phragmites since pieces of the rhizome can produce new plants. Cross and Fleming (1989) describe successful mowing regimes of several year duration during the summer (August and September) and disking in summer or fall.
Management Programs: BURNING: Prescribed burning has been used with success after chemical treatment at The Brigantine National Wildlife Refuge, NJ (Beall 1984) and in Delaware (Lehman, pers. comm. 1992). Occasional burning has been used in Delaware in conjunction with intensive spraying and water level management. This helps remove old canes and allows other vegetation to grow (Daly, pers. comm. 1991).
According to Cross and Fleming (1989), late summer burns may be effective, but winter and spring burning may in fact increase the densities of spring crops.
CHEMICAL: At the Brigantine National Wildlife Refuge, Rodeo was applied aerially after the plants tasseled in late August. The application resulted in a 90% success. The following February, a fast moving prescribed burn was carried out to remove litter, exposing the seed bed for re-establishment of marsh vegetation.
Aerial spraying has been used since 1983 in many Delaware state wildlife refuges (Lehman, pers. comm. 1992). Using Rodeo, the state sprays freshwater and brackish impoundments, brackish marshes, and salt marshes from early September to early October; this is combined with winter burns between the first and second year of spraying.
In more fragile situations where Phragmites is threatening a rare plant or community, aerial spray techniques are inappropriate because such large-scale application could kill the community that the entire operation was designed to protect. Glyphosate can be applied to specific plants and areas by hand with a backpack sprayer. Wayne Klockner of The Nature Conservancy's Maryland Field Office has been successful in eliminating most Phragmites at the Nassawango preserve by applying glyphosate by hand with a backpack sprayer (Klockner, pers. comm. 1985).
CUTTING: In the Arcola Creek Preserve in Ohio, cutting reduced the vigor of the Phragmites colony.
Cutting an area 25' x 25' to waist height with a hedge clippers and the applying one drop of Roundup with a syringe with a large needle into the top of the plant in a brackish- freshwater marsh was begun in Constitution Marsh in New York in 1991 (Keene, pers. comm. 1991). Initial results indicate 90% eradication.
MANIPULATION OF WATER LEVEL AND SALINITY: A self-regulating tide gate which reintroduced saltwater tidal action was used to help restore a diked marsh in Fairfield, Connecticut (Thomas Steinke pers. comm. 1992; Bongiorno et al. 1984); plant density declined dramatically the following year.
Flooding can be used to control Phragmites when 3 feet of water covers the rhizome for an extended period during the growing season, usually four months (Beall 1984). However, many areas can not be flooded to such depths. Furthermore, flooding could destroy the communities or plants targeted for protection.
Open Marsh Water Management (OMWM) has been used as a method to control Phragmites (Niniviaggi, pers. comm. 1991; Rozsa, pers. comm. 1992).
Monitoring Programs: The programs listed below used various methods to control Phragmites populations and are monitoring the success of these actions including the degree of recovery of native species and the longevity of the control.
CONNECTICUT Monitoring phragmites reduction and replacement vegetation after reintroducing tidal flow, using transects and line intercept. Contact: Charles T. Roman, William Niering, Scott Warren Dept of Botany Connecticut College New London, CT 06320
Monitoring Phragmites reaction to reintroduction of tidal flow and salinity. Contact: Tom Steinke Fairfield Conservation Commission, Independence Hall 725 Old Post Road Fairfield, CT 06430 203-256-3071
Annual cutting of perimeter of one-acre stand and monitoring with aerial photos on five-year basis; herbicide application on small patch at edge of salt marsh. Contact: Beth Lapin The Nature Conservancy 55 High Street Middletown, CT 06457 203-344-0716
DELAWARE Aerial spraying of RodeoTM (glyphosate) and water management plan using stoplogs and vegetation analyses of replacement species. Contact: Paul Daly Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge RD #1 Box 147 Smyrna, DE 19977 302-653-9345
Monitoring the ecological factors (water table level, PH, salinity) governing the growth of Phragmites in 4 habitats; 1) open high salt marsh, 2) open low salt marsh, 3) brackish water impoundment, 4) freshwater impoundment. Investigating Phragmites control with glyphosate. Contact: Wayne Lehman and Bill Jones Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife P.O. Box 1401 Dover, DE 19903 302-653-2079.
MASSACHUSETTS Cutting three times in one season, followed by opening of tidal flood gate. Contact: Mike Wheelwright Department of Public Works Town of Quincy Quincy, MA 02169 617-773-1380 x210 Contact: Ross Dobberteen Lelito Environmental Consultants 2 Bourbon St. #102 Peabody, MA 01960 508-535-7861
MARYLAND Nassawango Creek, A Nature Conservancy Preserve RodeoTM (glyphosate) applied with backpack sprayer. Contact: Wayne Klockner The Nature Conservancy Chevy Chase Center Office Building 35 Wisconsin Circle, Suite 304 Chevy Chase Maryland 20815 301-656-8073
Spraying with RodeoTM (glyphosate), burning. Contact: Steve Ailstock Environmental Center Anne Arundel Community College Arnold, MD
NEW JERSEY Aerial spraying with RodeoTM (glyphosate), prescribed burn to remove litter. Contact: David Beall Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge Brigantine Division PO Box 72, Great Creek RD Oceanville, NJ 08231 609-652-1665
Pulling rhizomes, chemical spray. Contact: Liz Johnson The Nature Conservancy 17 Fairmont Road Pottersville, NJ 07979 908-439-3007 NEW YORK:
Using water level manipulation and burning. Contact: Bob Parris Wertheim NWR P.O. Box 21 Smith Road Shirley, NY 11967 516-286-0485
PENNSYLVANIA Chemical application. Contact: Dick Nugent Tinicum Environmental Center Scott Plaza 2 Philadelphia, PA 19113 215-521-0663
OHIO Arcola Creek Wetland, Morgan Marsh Controlling Phragmites by cutting. Contact: Terry Seidel The Nature Conservancy Ohio Field Office 1504 West 1st Ave. Columbus, Ohio 43212 614-486-6789
VIRGINIA RodeoTM (glyphosate) application and monitoring program. Contact: Irvin Ailes Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge Chincoteague, VA 23336 804-336-6122
Winter burns. Contact: Marilyn Ailes Public Works Office Building Q29 Aegis Combat System Center Wallops Island, VA 23337 804-824-2082
Management Research Programs: LOUISIANA Aerial photographs of the Mississippi River Delta indicated that different stands of Phragmites had different infrared signatures. Isozyme analyses were performed on samples from these stands in order to determine whether they differed genetically and constituted different clones. Two distinct clones were found and both differed from stands elsewhere on the Gulf coast. Additional isozymal work is planned on populations from elsewhere on the Gulf coast and, if time allows, from populations in the eastern and Great Lakes states as well
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September 10, 2016 to December 4, 2016The evolution of the chair has depended upon the human body and the history of previous designs. The challenge of chair design is to balance form and function; it is as important to look at a chair as it is to sit in it. This exhibition explores the morphology of chair design and the 'object ness' of the chair as a sculptural statement....
September 10, 2016 to December 4, 2016Irving J. Gill (1870–1936) created a distinctive
architecture in Southern California, using a refined and
abstracted architectural vocabulary which he described
as "the straight line, the cube, the arch, and the circle."
This exhibition examines Gill's architectural language
and his experiments with materials and...
September 10, 2016 to December 4, 2016Through sketches, masks and prosthetics, LIFEFORMS: The
Makeup Art of Michael Westmore, explores this legendary makeup
artist's process of creating singular film and television characters
and creatures. This is the first exhibition to display the designs of
Westmore (BA 1961, Art History) through the development of
September 29, 2016Poetry Reading:
Jodie Hollander, the poet in residence at the
Morris Squire Foundation, will read from her
debut collection, The Humane Society. Her
collection has been described as, "romantic,
surreal and tender, it paints a family portrait
that is a mixture of memoir, ghost story and
artistic obsession,...
September 29, 2016Set in nineteen-eighties Tehran during the almost decade-long span of the Iran-Iraq War, horror thriller UNDER THE SHADOW (2016) follows a mother and daughter as they struggle to cope with the terrors of the post-revolutionary period, only to find that a mysterious evil haunts their home. A special post-screening discussion with UCSB Alumnus Nate...
September 30, 2016TALK: The Heart of the Declaration: The Founders' Case for an Activist Government
Steven Pincus (History, Yale University)
Friday, September 30, 2016/1:00 PM
Historian Steven Pincus speaks on his recently published book, The Heart of the Declaration, which revises our understanding of the Declaration of...
September 30, 2016Magic Lantern Films presents:
Friday, Sept 30 and Monday, Oct 3
Isla Vista Theater
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September 30, 2016 to October 2, 2016After last season's epic saga The Death of Kings, NAKED SHAKES now turns to
one of Shakespeare's most beloved comedies and crowd pleasers, Much Ado About
Nothing. This timeless story of two of literature's all-time greatest lovers, Beatrice
and Benedick, features some of the wittiest banter in all of Shakespeare. We are
October 1, 2016Join guest speakers Céline & Jean-Michel Cousteau for an afternoon event consisting of a private screening of the inaugural The Céline Cousteau Film Fellowship short film, Poverty of Perception (2016). This will be followed by a Q&A with Céline & Jean-Michel Cousteau.
October 3, 2016Magic Lantern Films presents:
Friday, Sept 30 and Monday, Oct 3
Isla Vista Theater
$4 Visit http://magiclanterniv.com for more movies!
TALK: Connecting the Dots Between Livestock, Their Environmental Burdens, Bietary Preferences and Food Security in the USOctober 5, 2016Feeding a growing population while minimizing environmental degradation is a global challenge. It is now clear that because of the enormous regional to global impacts of livestock on air and water quality, ocean health, land use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, adequately feeding 9 plus billion humans will require thoroughly rethinking food...
October 6, 2016A Night with
Michael Westmore
Reception with Michael Westmore at AD&A
Museum followed by a screening of Star Trek:
First Contact at Pollock Theater. Afterward,
join us for a Q & A with Theater Director Matt
Ryan and Michael Westmore to learn more about
the man behind the masks as they...
October 6, 2016Join us to celebrate the career of the legendary, award-winning make-up artist and UCSB Alumnus Michael Westmore. The evening begins with the 20th anniversary screening of Star Trek: First Contact. We meet the man behind the masks in a post-screening conversation as we talk about his film work (Raging Bull, Rocky, and his Academy Award® for Mask...
October 7, 2016TALK: The Specter of Social Engineering: Scientism and its Critics in the Long 1950s
Andrew Jewett (History, Harvard University)
Friday, October 7, 2016/1:00 PM
Andrew Jewett's talk traces fears about science's cultural impact among intellectual and political leaders and ordinary citizens in postwar America....
October 7, 2016Magic Lantern Films presents:
Friday, Oct 7th
Isla Vista Theater
SPECIAL GUEST: Director Daniel Scheinert
Q&A with the Director after the 7 pm screening!
$4 Visit http://magiclanterniv.com for more movies!
October 12, 2016Highlighting serial print projects featured in the
exhibition The Serial Impulse at Gemini G.E.L.,
currently on view at LACMA, this presentation
will examine the history and culture of seriality at
the renowned Los Angeles artists' workshop
and print publisher as well as how the impact,
effect, and meaning of...
TALK: The Color Line and the Borderline: Locating William Ellis, the Texas Slave who Became a Mexican Millionaire, in the Archives and in Family HistoryOctober 13, 2016TALK: The Color Line and the Borderline: Locating William Ellis, the Texas Slave who Became a Mexican Millionaire, in the Archives and in Family History
Karl Jacoby (History, Columbia University)
Members of the Ellis family
Thursday, October 13, 2016 / 1:00 PM
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB
To his contemporaries in...
October 13, 2016INAUGURAL LECTURE: Insubordinate Spaces for Intemperate Times: Why Civic Engagement Matters Now
George Lipsitz (Black Studies, UCSB)
Barbara Tomlinson (Feminist Studies, UCSB)
Thursday, October 13, 2016 / 4:00 PM
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB What is a university and why does the work we do here matter? What is the...
October 13, 2016What makes for a meaningful chair? How might
it be the site for the convergence of form,
function, environment, and intentionality? Join
international collector and designer Michael
Boyd and Lilit Sadoyan, Curatorial Fellow
and Doctoral Candidate, History of Art and
Architecture, in an intimate conversation...
October 16, 2016Flutist Jill Felber has been hailed for her "beautifully finished performances" by The Detroit News and has been praised by Musical America for her "handsome performance." The British journal PAN writes, "Felber was stunning...not only refined but also full of fun." Ms. Felber will be joined by several of her...
October 19, 2016John Nava (BA 1969 CCS Art) will use test
swatches and his newly completed work, Lizzie
with a Knit Cap, to discuss the process for making
his extraordinary tapestries. Join us for this
informal, seminar–like format discussion which
allows participants to see these tapestries up
close and handle them where...
October 20, 2016An eclectic/electroacoustic mix of Middle Eastern
instrumentalists, the poetry of Rumi, and music
of the "24th century" featuring Kavi Alexander,
Scott Fraser, Ziyad Marcus, Daniel Moltke-
Mogtaderi, Sally Mosher, Ben Seilhamer, and a
special guest artist.
October 25, 2016TALK: Driving Richmond: From Pop-up Public Art Exhibition to University Class—and Transit Museum
Laura Browder (English, University of Richmond)
Tuesday, October 25, 2016 / 4:00 PM
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB
In 2013, Laura Browder was commissioned by the city of Richmond to produce a piece for the RVA Street Art...
October 27, 2016This exhibition will explore the political, cultural, and social struggles of Isla Vista to become an independent, cohesive community, from 1970 to the present day. Since the protests of the 1970s, grassroots activism has improved conditions in the area, but Isla Vista, populated mainly by UCSB students, still faces difficulties as an...
October 27, 2016The science fiction genre is fertile ground for
exploring the boundaries of human nature and
the truly alien. Irwin Appel, Professor of Theater
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The excitement of a 3-0 start by the Chicago Bears was tempered today with the news that defensive tackle Henry Melton tore his ACL and is out for the rest of the season.
ESPN's Adam Schefter was first to report the news.
Melton earned his first trip to the Pro Bowl last season after emerging as one of the top pass-rushing defensive tackles in the game. Over the last two years, he has 13.0 sacks, which is second most behind only Julius Peppers. His presence along the interior of the defensive line will be sorely missed.
Nate Collins will take over as the starter at defensive tackle, with Stephen Paea likely moving from nose tackle to 3-technique. Both players can play either position. Zach Minter, an undrafted free agent who has been inactive the first three weeks, will also have his role expanded significantly.
In addition, expect the Bears to sign a veteran free agent this week to add to the defensive line rotation. Chicago's coaching staff also has the option of sliding Corey Wootton or Julius Peppers inside on passing down to replace Melton's in nickel sets.
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It's a pain to animate the different modifiers such as the bend, twist etc. But by adding the Attribute Holder to the top of the stack you can easily animate everything there with some sliders and spinners. Total control over your modifiers makes it fun!
Pro tip incoming - If you want to animate the Edit Poly values remember to not add any extra details to it afterwards since that will break things.
Great! Very usefull, and time saving. Thanks Tiner
Great tutorial. I do have a question . I would like to ideally use this technique for a character rig. My character is a cylinder shape and being able to use a the bend and twist modifier is preferred opposed to rigging with bones. The dilemma I have is linking arms and legs to the modified object. Is there a way to link another object to the modified object, so if it bends the objects position stays relative to the bend. Any suggestions?
Thanks for the quick response! I will try this out and let you know if it works. Keep up the good work.


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On Tap Today: All things Chesney, and a bit of Bilbo
It's a rare sound indeed: a country music concert at Miller Park. The stadium hasn't played host to any full-scale concert since 2010, but now country stages a comeback when Kenny Chesney's "No Shoes Nation" tour stops there Saturday.
If your memories grow dim about how the park's concert experience works, we're here to help. We give you a look at how Chesney changed country music. If you think you already know all this, we offer a quiz you can take on Chesney, one of country's music's biggest stars. And your score is...? Never mind. We also provide a practical guide to enjoying the Chesney show. »Read Full Blog Post
Theatre Unchained pays bent homage to Williams in 'Durang Durang'
Next year's Milwaukee theater season includes an In Tandem Theatre production of "The Glass Menagerie" with Angela Iaonne and a rare production of "Camino Real" from Dale Gutzman's Off the Wall Theatre.
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Always look both ways when running a red light
This week Allstate Insurance released its 10th annual Best Drivers Report for the 200 largest US cities. It's wicked pissah being at the bottom (again). [more inside]
Higgins Armory Museum to close
Worc. Telegram: "Higgins Armory Museum to close after 82 years; Collection to find home at WAM; END OF AN ERA" The Higgins Armory in Worcester, Mass., will close on Dec. 31, 2013. Uncounted children will be saddened, as will modern swordsmen, when most of the museum's programs -- from educational "OverKnight" sleep-overs to the Academy of the Sword -- will come to a halt. Until then, though, the planned events will run full-tilt through 12/31/2013. [more inside]
"I'm not lying!"
This past August a murder charge was dismissed against Nga Truong, a young mother who had confessed to Worcester, MA Police interrogators in 2008 that she had smothered and killed her 13 month-old baby, Khyle. A judge later concluded that confession was coerced -- extracted in part by police "deception," "trickery and implied promises" -- and the case was dropped. (pdf). Her case raises questions: What coercive power do detectives have who are driven to extract confessions? Under what circumstances might someone admit to a crime they have not committed? WBUR (Boston's NPR station) investigated Truong's case and has an extensive report, Anatomy of a Bad Confession: Part One and Two [more inside]
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Box 5-1438: Report of a structure fire at 266 Franklin St. 10 years ago this evening in Worcester, MA, the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Fire started when two people living in the abandoned building, Julie Barnes and Thomas Levesque, knocked over a candle during an argument and then fled. Upon arrival at the quickly growing fire, reports were received about two people living in the building, and firefighters entered the building to rescue them. During the primary search, Rescue 1 firefighters Paul Brotherton and Jeremiah Lucey were the first to report trouble. They were lost on the 4th floor and running out of air. Soon after, a four man rescue crew of Lt. Thomas Spencer (Ladder 2), firefighter Timothy Jackson (Ladder 2), Lt. James Lyons (Engine 3), and firefighter Joseph McGuirk (Engine 3) reports that they have also become disoriented while searching the 5th floor. All six men died that night, they are known as the Worcester Six or W6. [more inside]
Defying Demographics
Defying Demographics: A look at University Park Campus School, a 7-12th grade school located in the poorest neighborhood in blue-collar Worcester, MA. Approximately 73% of students hover at or below the poverty line and 61% are minorities, yet over 80% go on to college and 99% pass the Massachusetts graduation exams. The partnership between Clark University and Worcester Public Schools has created an environment so successful that a number of cities are looking to emulate it. Have they discovered the key to closing the achievement gap?
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PCLN has had a nice run of over $100 per share over the past couple of weeks, but $810 is the best it will do right now. Take your profit and let it drop at least 3 percent before diving back in. The shorts are not going to get squeezed forever....they will have their way going forward in the short term.
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At any sign of weakness from anywhere in the world of finance, wealth managers will start unloading PCLN in droves and this stock will drop $50 - 70 in a heartbeat. Go back and look at its history. Over 95% of the stock is institutionally owned, and those guys always run this stock up quickly before unloading it on retail investors. Europe in recession, payroll taxes increased 2% on working people, and America barely gaining strength in employment: this is the formula for a successful year of online spending for summer getaways? Where is the money coming from? Why do you think PCLN management decreased their earnings forecast for this quarter? Don't fall prey to the hype. I've shorted 200 shares @ $812 today. Next week, this stock goes below $800, no problem. If we have any bad news, it goes below $750. Don't say I didn't warn you.
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Jim Boeheim has made a habit of turning his Syracuse basketball players in NBA ballers, and his current team has seven players with hopes of going pro.
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If anyone around wants to talk Oscars today and tonight, let this be the place. The ceremony's official start time on ABC is 5:30 p.m. You can also follow all my colleagues at Variety here.
From January: My favorite films of 2011.
Does the World Wide Web get any better than this? Howard Cosell analyzes Jan Smithers while she sits in a dunk tank at the mercy of Dick Van Patten in 1979 on Battle of the Network Stars.
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Smash depicts the making of a Broadway show based on the life of Marilyn Monroe, and her relationship with Joe DiMaggio is apparently one key part of the fictional fiction. That explains the genesis of the above number, which despite the enthusiastic performances (and barely bridled sexuality) of Megan Hilty and friends, is kind of a nightmare. Corny doesn't begin to describe it.
When I watched it a second time Sunday, months after seeing the screener last summer, to see if I had been too harsh in my initial assessment, I decided that I was – that it only ranked about an 8 on the nightmare scale, as opposed to a 10. But what still bothered me the most was how beside herself with joy Debra Messing's character, the songwriter, was at the number. Her revelry at seeing "The National Pastime" wrapped in this kind of glory made me fear for the musical she was co-creating in the show.
I mean, in the world of this musical, you've got about two hours to tell the story of Marilyn in a meaningful way, and you're going to spend three precious minutes with this? Surely there's a better way that doesn't involve making me wish baseball had never been born.
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This film is one of my early inspirations: so funny and so poignant. Here's how the story begins …
"Diner," written and directed by Barry Levinson, is a wonderful movie.
That simple sentence began a lengthy, thoughtful review by Pauline Kael in the April 5, 1982, New Yorker, a review that saved a cinematic gem from quick extinction — and, as it turned out, helped pave the way for a Broadway musical decades later.
This spring will mark the 30th anniversary of "Diner," Levinson's inaugural effort as a helmer, which simultaneously celebrated and deconstructed the late-1950s Baltimore of his youth. Come the fall, Levinson's "Diner" tuner adaptation, with music and lyrics by Sheryl Crow, and with Kathleen Marshall directing, will bow on the Rialto.
Set design has begun, with final casting to take place in the spring in advance of what will be an out-of-town test run in the summer.
The rebirth of "Diner" has stirred excitement about the musical (mixed with guarded curiosity) from those who remember the film for both its comedy, centered on the exploits of six Baltimore buddies, and its insightful commentary on communication bumps and bruises between the sexes.
In an age of four-quadrant blockbuster mindsets, the blossoming of what was such a personal project into a franchise is noteworthy. Though movies of such intimate scale often disappear, a few can pay off for decades.
Still, if the legit adaptation has any naysayers, that would only make sense. Ultimately nominated for an original screenplay Oscar, a Writers Guild award and a Golden Globe, "Diner" would have been relegated to an MGM dustbin if not for the power of Kael's pen, say Levinson and his colleagues.
I watched this movie on a regular basis in my teens and 20s, but when I checked it out again last month in preparation for this story, it was heartening to how fresh and vibrant it was. It holds up remarkably well, something I would attribute to Levinson's absolute precision with the material and the great work by the cast, which made a moment in time so timeless.
In a sense, this was Seinfeld before Seinfeld: light on plot but heavy on conversation and just trying to make it through the simple and the ridiculous parts of life. But it has a yearning that Seinfeld dropped pretty much by its second season. These guys (and Beth) want something better for themselves, but they don't really know how to get it — in fact, most of them can't even admit they want it.
Seinfeld would have the equivalent of the football quiz, the Carol Heathrow bet at the movie theater, "Are you gonna eat that?" But it wouldn't have had Shrieve's at once hilarious and harrowing verbal beatdown of Beth over his records. It didn't, and wouldn't, have had the ending that Diner had.
Not that I intended this to be a Diner vs. Seinfeld discussion. Both are classics. But while I loved Seinfeld, writing my own Diner would be my dream. There's hardly a moment in the film that isn't kinda quietly brilliant.
They made it look so easy, Levinson and his gang. They're just stories, right? Just people talking. And yet it's so rich. Most of the stuff I've ever written on my own has aspired to be like some combination of "Diner" and a few other movies like "The Misfits" mixed in. Someday …
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This song, "Here Come the Geese," is on a Barenaked Ladies album for kids, but I really dig it for some reason.
It's from the album Snacktime, which I would include on any recommendations for kids' music.
One of these days I might post a desert-island discs list for parents. For starters, They Might Be Giants would be on there as well.
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Offenders in Texas prisons don't have to ask "Where's the beef?"
It's usually on their plates, thanks to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Box Beef Plant in Amarillo.
Located at the William P. Clements Jr. prison unit between Lakeside and Folsom on N.E.24th, the plant is operated by inmates from the Clements unit and the adjacent "Nat" Neal unit. The plant produces all the beef products sent to state prison system kitchens.
A staff of 20 state employees and about 125 prisoners annually produce more than 12 million pounds of hamburger, bologna, salami, hot dogs and beef loaf to feed a statewide prison population of between 145,000 to 150,000 offenders plus on-duty prison employees.
The yearly payroll for the operation is about $750,000 for the state employees. While offenders are not paid for their work, they get "good time" credit off their sentences.
"We supply the beef for about 170,000 meals a day statewide at an average cost of about 60 to 70 cents a pound, which is quite economical," said Doug Sparkman, program administrator for the Texas prison agriculture division, food processing, in Huntsville. "And you'd be surprised at the variety you can coax out of things like hamburger and beef loaf. You might not think so, but beef loaf pizza is quite tasty. The meat has a consistency and flavor like roast beef."
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice's Box Beef Plant in Amarillo by the numbers:
The $10.5 million plant opened in Amarillo in 1996;
A staff of 20 state employees and about 125 inmates annually produce more than 12 million pounds of hamburger, bologna, salami, hot dogs and beef loaf.
Each day the plant can produce 80,000 pounds of ground beef; 50,000 pounds of salami and bologna; 20,000 pounds of franks; and 50,000 pounds of beef loaf;
At least 95 percent of the beef comes from Friona and Spearman;
The Amarillo prison beef plant is inspected daily by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Last year, Sparkman left as manager of the Amarillo beef plant to accept the administrator job in Huntsville. Keith Cunningham, a box beef plant superintendent - and a former meat cutter and market manager who joined the prison system in Pampa in 1994 - moved up to plant manager.
Both men have worked together closely since the $10.5 million plant opened in Amarillo in 1996. It replaced the box beef operation that closed that same year at the Tennessee Colony plant at Palestine.
The Tennessee Colony plant continues to produce all pork products consumed by the prison system, about one-third of the total meat menu. While Amarillo produces the beef, a third of the meat, the final third - chicken, turkey for holidays only, and fish - is purchased from outside the system.
"Fridays are fish day in the system," Sparkman said.
Sparkman and Cunningham are proud of the Clements operation.
"It's much easier to manage offenders when they are kept busy, and this operation provides at least 120 jobs that are marketable skills on the outside.
"While we are providing food to the system at a reasonable cost, it's also important to teach these men a useful job skill as well as a work ethic," Sparkman said. "Some of them have never held a regular job until now."
Inmates learn a variety of skills at the plant including processing room operations, smokehouse operations, packaging, shipping and receiving. They can learn clerk, janitorial, welding, carpentry, refrigeration, electricity, plumbing and general maintenance skills.
At the plant, beef is turned into five different products, cooked and smoked - except for the ground beef, which is shipped raw.
Prisoners, working under close supervision, grind the beef to various consistencies depending on the product being made.
Everything but the ground meat is mixed with seasoning, soy protein and water to produce beef franks, beef bologna, beef salami and beef loaf. Ground beef is a mixture of beef, soy protein, salt and water.
The prepared grind is processed into one of four products and placed in one of two cookers, each capable of handling up to 10,000 pounds of meat at a time. After the meat is cooked and smoked, it is cooled, packaged and frozen for shipment.
Each day, the plant can produce up to 80,000 pounds of ground beef; 50,000 pounds of salami and bologna; 20,000 pounds of franks; and 50,000 pounds of beef loaf.
The beef is weighed and labeled, placed on pallets, frozen and shipped in prison trucks to one of three distribution centers in Palestine, Houston or Snyder. The meat is distributed throughout the state system to more than 100 institutional units.
U.S. Department of Agriculture inspector Kit Fowler checks the box beef plant daily.
Trucks loaded with raw trimmed beef arrive almost daily at Clements. An average of seven trucks a week leave the Clements plant with 40,000 pounds of beef in each truck.
"Unlike the pork packing plant in Tennessee Colony, we don't slaughter animals here," Sparkman said.
The Texas prison system stopped slaughtering its own cows in the late 1980s. Sparkman said it is more economical to buy trimmed meat than to grind up ribeye and other expensive cuts from the prison herds.
The prison cattle herds, located at various units throughout the state, are sold at auction and the proceeds go into the system's general fund.
Of the $7 million annual budget for the Clements box beef plant, a one-year meat supply contract is awarded to the lowest bidder to provide the system with 65 percent lean beef trim in addition to the leaner beef cap for the beef loaf.
"This year, the contract went to Excel Country Fresh Meats Inc. based in Wichita, Kan. The meat orders go to the company's San Antonio office and at least 95 percent of the meat actually comes from Friona and Spearman," Sparkman said.
"We try to purchase as much as we can locally to keep the dollars spent here in Amarillo and the Panhandle. We spend about $4 million a year on meat alone."
Inmates work in two five-hour weekday shifts at the beef plant. About 65 men from the Clements unit work the morning shift and 60 from the Neal unit work the afternoon shift.
"This way, offenders from both units get an opportunity to work in the plant. It's considered a privilege to work here," Cunningham said.
There are about 3,100 offenders in the Clements unit and another 1,300 in the Neal unit, said Clements warden Keith Price.
During May, another 900 inmates will be added when the new high security unit opens at Clements.
Box beef operations aren't the only jobs available to inmates at the Clements unit. The unit has a shoe factory as well as cattle management. Vocational classes include electrical, auto mechanics, plumbing, computerized drafting, janitorial, computer skills and horticulture.
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