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CONCEPT DOCUMENT ON CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE 1. INTRODUCTION The Department of Correctional Services has identified Correctional Centres across various Regions to serve as Centres of Excellence where an environment will be created for the provision of holistic integrated programmes and services to the offender in order to produce socially responsible individuals. In a Centre of Excellence, the Department is committed to the adequate provision of all correctional programmes and services directed at the offender. Subsequently, the following Concept Document on Centres of Excellence was drafted, unpacking the concept of Centres of Excellence into key components like the purpose of the correctional system, service range, offender assessment, profiling, sentence planning, the design, development and provisioning of needs based programmes targeting offending behavior in the form of an integrated service system for correctional services. 2. THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM AND CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE CONCEPT 2.1 Purpose of the Correctional System The purpose of the correctional system is to contribute to maintaining and protecting a just, peaceful and safe society by- (a) enforcing sentences of the courts in the manner prescribed by the Act; (b) detaining all prisoners in safe custody whilst ensuring their human dignity; and (c) promoting the social responsibility and human development of all prisoners and persons subject to community corrections. Subsection (C) of the Act makes provision for the promotion of social responsibility and humane detention of all prisoners and persons subjected to community corrections. It addresses the rendering of treatment and rehabilitation services aimed at the correction of the offender in order to prepare the offender for the successful return to society. 2.2 Context of the Correctional Services Mandate The function of safe custody to protect the public makes the Department of Correctional Services a state security institution. The promotion of social responsibility and human development position the Department of Correctional Services both as a social development and correctional institution. 2.3 What is a centre of excellence? A Centre of Excellence can be described as a Correctional Centre where all services, programmes, resources and human potential and capital are directed at providing a place of new beginnings for each and every offender, a place where every member is motivated, resourced, skilled, developed and supported to become a rehabilitator. The centre of excellence concept is an attempt to create an environment that helps in providing holistic integrated services to the offender to produce a socially responsible person. The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) seeks to eliminate in these centres overcrowding as an inhibitor of effective service provision to the offender. The DCS also seeks to guarantee the existence of competent personnel to provide the range of services that have to be delivered to an offender. In essence, the centre of excellence concept represents the fundamental starting phase in which the end objective is to transform all South Africa's Correctional Centres into effective Rehabilitation-Centred institutions. The Department intends achieving this through a systematic process to successfully pilot (and then translate) the prescripts and ideals of the White Paper on Corrections into sustainable practice in selected centres through the creation of conducive correctional environments, which are characterized by the: Provision of holistic, integrated and needs-based services to offenders within needs-driven facilities aimed at producing socially responsible persons; C:\Docstoc\Working\pdf\a17bf8b0-1d7f-4076-9ee1-806045b7c326.doc Page 1 of 6 Effective management and control over all critical challenges that could have a significant impact on rehabilitation; Presence of competent Rehabilitation- orientated personnel who are recruited, trained, retrained and developed in the "Ideal Correctional Official"; Meaningful support for its overall Corrections-mandate from highly functional external partnerships with families, communities and society at large 3. AN IDEAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE In an Ideal Centre of Excellence the ideals of the White Paper will only be achieved in measurable and sustainable fashion if the following aspects are in place: 3.1 Integrated Offender Management System A centre of excellence must be run on unit management principles to enable adequate attention to each offender. Every centre of excellence must have a structured day programme to account for daily activities and every inmate in a centre of excellence must have a correctional sentence plan. In an ideal centre of excellence there must be an appropriately staffed and trained Case Management Committees that must also serve as a correction intervention team. The identity, roles and performance levels of external service providers must be clearly related to the service delivery areas and philosophy of the DCS. 3.2 Comprehensive Offender Assessment & Risk Profiling Assessment of why offences may have occurred and what problem areas, needs and/or risks must be dealt with during intervention. Assessment guides intervention and tells you what you need to know to help and manage the offender effectively both in a correctional centre –and community corrections setting. Without accurate assessment, you are left to fumble around using trial and error until you find an effective method of helping and managing the offender. The following aspects forms part of the admission assessment: a) An assessment of risk level, for the purposes of security classification b) Risk of self-harm and harm of others c) Offence-specific (correcting offending behavior) and offence-related (providing care and development) program needs, d) Readiness-to-change in terms of motivation to engage in programs, e) Any special needs e.g. medical, dietary, etc. f) An initial Exit Plan focused on needs upon release and social integration services 3.3 Provision of Needs-based Rehabilitation Programmes / Services Factors associated with offending behavior must be targeted through needs-based rehabilitation programmes and services delivered in a holistic and integrated fashion. Programmes and services can be unpacked in offence-specific and offence-related programmes and/or services: Offence-specific programs that address offending needs and risks like violent offending, sexual offending, and drug and alcohol programs in order to deal with offences committed, offences suffered and harmful addictions Offence-related programs address areas related to offending like family support, harm from drug use, accommodation needs, development, care, education and employment as well as sports and recreation 3.4 Value & Integrity Driven Staff The ideal correctional official should embody the values that the DCS hopes to instil in the correctional client, as it is this member who is to assist and facilitate the rehabilitation processes of the correctional clients. An attitude of serving with excellence, a principled way of relating to others and above all a just and caring attitude are essential ingredients of the behaviour of a correctional official. The desire to achieve a level of excellence in any field through self and team development; desire to encourage a focus on productivity and efficiency through the implementation of best work methods, procedures and systems in order to lead to efficiency in service delivery; to recognise the need to take responsibility for assigned tasks and the be accountable for one's own omissions or actions; the appreciation C:\Docstoc\Working\pdf\a17bf8b0-1d7f-4076-9ee1-806045b7c326.doc Page 2 of 6 of security through vigilance of the need for ensuring the safety of employees, correctional clients and the community should inform the competencies of the ideal correctional official. The Department has asserted that "every member is a rehabilitator" and shown that the manner in which each and every staff member performs his or her task either contributes to creating a rehabilitation-encouraging environment or militates against rehabilitation and the correction of offending behaviour. Staff who interact with the correctional clients must treat them with decency, humanity and fairness, ensure that all correctional clients are safe, ensure that dangerous individuals do not escape, ensure good order and control in correctional centres and provide correctional clients with opportunities to use the time that they are incarcerated positively so that they will be able to reintegrate into their communities when they are released. The history of the Department has not trained correctional officials in this practice, and as a result the Department faces a major challenge to retrain the members in the new paradigm of rehabilitation through correction and development in a secure, safe and humane environment. Employees in a centre of excellence must undergo a compulsory security or integrity vetting, must match appropriate job requirements and be socially responsible. 3.5 Excellent Human Resourcing The structure of an ideal correctional centre of excellence must be characterised by: (a) The filling of all vacant posts within three months of them becoming vacant; (b) The existence of performance contracts and job descriptions for all employees; (c) existence of accurate records on management of inmate complaints and requests; (d) Effective management of relations with service providers. 3.6 Partnership with the Community The rehabilitation of offenders can only be truly successful and their reintegration into the society meaningful, if all stakeholders are allowed to participate in the process. To this effect the participation of the community in strengthening and enhancing rehabilitation is crucial. The needs of the Department shall have to be marketed to the community so as to enable it to know what expertise and services it can provide. An environment that encourages and promotes the participation of community-based service providers must be created. Entry into the Department for purposes of rendering services must be regulated yet made easy. Structures that facilitate ease of access into the Department need to be put in place. 4. SERVICE DELIVERY TO ACHIEVE IDEAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE The above mentioned ideals will only be achieved if the DCS is committed at all levels to aggressively put the following services, programmes and resources in place: 4.1 Offender Services In a centre of excellence the DCS is committed to adequate provision of all the services – mandatory or optional, directed at the offender. These services range from security, development, care, correction, facilities and after care. Each offender under correction receives a correctional sentence plan that explains how to deal with and help the person from admission through his/her sentence period to release back into the community. The information gathered from the admission assessment is used to design the following components that form part of the sentence plan: a) Security Plan: based on the offender's security classification and risk profile (self harm/ harm of others) a security management plan is developed to facilitate a safe and stable environment which will support humane incarceration and rehabilitation of offenders. b) Correction Plan: based on the offender's offence-specific needs, a correction plan that target offending needs and risks e.g. sexual aggression, violence, and drug and alcohol-related offending is developed C:\Docstoc\Working\pdf\a17bf8b0-1d7f-4076-9ee1-806045b7c326.doc Page 3 of 6 c) Care Plan: based on the offender's offence-related needs, a care plan that target offender well-being e.g. physical fitness, nutrition, family support, spiritual and psychological well-being is developed d) Development Plan: based on the offender's developmental needs, a development plan that address offender development e.g. vocational and technical training, education, recreation, sports and employment skills is developed e) Facilities Plan: based on the offender's housing/facilities needs, a facilities plan that address prison construction, the nature and number of facilities required, and the types of services to be made available within such facilities is developed. Knowing the types of offenders to be housed or accommodated and whether sufficient facilities exist for their particular needs is an important consideration for DCS f) After Care Plan: based on the offender's reintegration/after release needs, an after care plan that support pre-release for prisoners (re-integration) and post-release / community-based support (aftercare) for offenders through the expansion of partnerships with NGO's, CBO's to facilitate social acceptance & curb re-offending 4.2 DCS Personnel Services The DCS is also committed to professional management of employees in a centre of excellence. This professional management ranges from recruitment, maintenance, supervision, training and exit management. A professional Human Resource management approach will consist of the: 4.2.1 Provision of new personnel based on: appointment-criteria consistent with the "Ideal Correctional Official Model"; a sound and balanced staff-offender ratio emanating from international best practice and a long-term departmental staffing strategy based on UNIT MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES; a thorough analysis of departmental needs with regard to the different categories required for the range of functions; a perceived higher (changed) societal status of the job and role of correctional officials 4.2.2 Maintenance & supervision of personnel in line with the objective of: The "Ideal Correctional Official Model"; "Every member is a rehabilitator", demanding a high level of cooperation between custodial officials and those officials professionally trained (social workers, psychologists, etc.); Creating an ethically-centred environment characterized by a zero tolerance for corruption, mal- administration and general misconduct and which is enforced by an effective Disciplinary Code and Disciplinary Procedures; Constantly revitalizing and sustaining the Departmental Core Values; and Of fostering a Socio-security Orientation through balancing security and Correction. A pro-active exit management strategy guaranteeing the sufficient and constant availability of all categories of staff. 4.2.3 Training, retraining and development of personnel based on: Developing & sustaining of skills and knowledge consistent with the "Ideal Correctional Official Model" & "Every member is a rehabilitator"; Specialist and functional training for differentiated groups and levels of employees, in line with best practices Realistic and effective Career Path. 4.3 Management of Offenders Management of offenders in a centre of excellence must consist of: (a) clearly defined admission activities; (b) induction of offenders; (c) in-depth profiling of each offender; (d) security risk rating of each offender; (e) determination of a sentence plan for each offender C:\Docstoc\Working\pdf\a17bf8b0-1d7f-4076-9ee1-806045b7c326.doc Page 4 of 6 (f) participation in official personal correction interventions; (g) behaviour modelling – participation in development and care activities as part of sentence plan; (h) formal evaluation of offender in relation to social responsibility, taking into account the court sentence, participation in personal correction interventions, and participation in development and care activities; (i) After Care: Offender in a centre of excellence must benefit from pre-release programmes to prepare them for parole. It is also vital for the DCS to take measures to minimise hurdles to effective integration to communities of graduates of a centre of excellence, who shall have gone through official DCS correction programmes and formally considered by the DCS to be socially responsible. 4.4 Management of External Role Players The DCS wants to see relations with all external stake holders managed in a professional manner. In the case of service providers, the DCS wants to see to it that every service provider is seen to be providing a service that can be related to one or more of the DCS recognised budget programmes. Such services have to be provided at agreed levels and must be seen to be furthering the strategic goals of the DCS and where applicable must be seen to be full value for money. Some of the above mentioned key external relationships that must be cultivated at centres of excellence are discussed next: 4.4.1 Families The content of the relationship that needs proper management, are: Visits and communication with inmates in Centres (Care Programme) Participation in Community Forums, e.g. the Integrated Support System; Security (protection against inmates as part of the community) 4.4.2 Communities The content of the relationship that needs formal arrangements (to be consolidated in a Community Participation Policy), are: Participation in community forums, e.g. the Community and Parole Boards, Integrated Support System, Community Consultative Forum, etc.; Provision of Service/ programmes by Service providers: Services provided should be related to one or more of the DCS recognised budget programmes. Such services have to be provided at agreed levels and must be seen to be furthering the strategic goals of the DCS and where applicable must be seen to be full value for money. Healing the broken relationship between victim (as part of the community), the community itself and the offender. Participation of community via accredited NGO, CBO and FBO programmes and services 4.4.3 Other Government Departments Relations needing formal arrangements, are: Participation in community forums Collective and individual responsibility with regard to Corrections as Societal Responsibility Roles/ tasks in offender-profiling Roles/ tasks in relation to crime-prevention & broader safety & security matters. Cooperation with Institutions / Organisations at Local Government Level e.g. municipalities, forums Cooperation with Institutions / Organisations at Provincial and National Level e.g. Provincial Government Structures and Offices C:\Docstoc\Working\pdf\a17bf8b0-1d7f-4076-9ee1-806045b7c326.doc Page 5 of 6 Approved 36 Centres of Excellence The following table provides an indication as to where these centres are situated; Regions Selected Sites Western Cape Malmesbury Medium A Correctional Centre Goodwood Correctional Centre Dwarsrivier Correctional Centre Drakenstein Medium B Juvenile Correctional Centre Pollsmoor Female Correctional Centre Voorberg Medium B Correctional Centre (Blue Print) Eastern Cape Cradock Correctional Centre Idutywa Correctional Centre Stutterheim Correctional Centre East London Medium C Correctional Centre (Blue Print) Kirkwood Correctional Centre Umtata Maximum Correctional Centre Queenstown Correctional Centre KwaZulu/Natal Ebongweni Maximum Correctional Centre Kokstad Durban Juvenile Correctional Centre Durban Female Correctional Centre Pietermaritzburg Correctional Centre Ekuseni Youth Development Correctional Centre Empangeni Community Corrections (Blue Print) Free State & Northern Cape Groenpunt Juvenile Correctional Centre(Blue Print) Goedemoed Medium A Correctional Centre Douglas Correctional Centre Sasolburg Correctional Centre Kroonstad Medium C Kuruman Correctional Centre Mpumalanga, Limpopo & North West Middelburg Correctional Centre Ermelo Correctional Centre Rustenburg Juvenile Correctional Centre Makhado Correctional Centre Klerksdorp Correctional Centre(Blue Print) Modimolle Correctional Centre Gauteng Emthonjeni Juvenile Correctional Centre (Bavianspoort) Leeuwkop Juvenile Correctional Centre Johannesburg Medium Correctional Centre Johannesburg Female Correctional Centre Pretoria Central Correctional Centre(Blue Print) C:\Docstoc\Working\pdf\a17bf8b0-1d7f-4076-9ee1-806045b7c326.doc Page 6 of 6


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ill second that,ive had to sell both prior quads due to needing funds,but would like to teach my daughter how to fly one
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Sid3ways, VERY nice freebie! I'm sure the lucky recipient will appreciate it very much. I don't understand why typing a few sentences is viewed as an unreasonable request. How lazy can a person get? They won't type more than "I'll take it" -- yet they expect the OP to list the freebie, package it up nicely, take it to the post office, pay for shipping, etc.
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Contrary to what others have posted I'm not looking for anything in return or recognition, just figure it should go to a good home vs. sitting in my garage. It would be nice though to see whoever gets it at least post a picture of two of them flying it after they build it. |
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I think the ideal candidate would be a newbie who has already invested a little time to read up on MultiWi and the Naze32 board so they understand what they are getting into but maybe don't have the funds to try. Or like you said a teacher to use for a class project or a scout master for a boy scout project. Whoever you decide on, I will gladly volunteer my time to help with setup and walking them through the use of the Naze32. I have 3 of them and love them. Carlos |
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I sent you a PM as well but I might as well post it here too. I am a flyer but have yet to obtain a multi-rotor. I've been looking to get one but being a college kid money is a bit tight around my hobby. My true interest in getting a multi-rotor is to teach my father how to fly, he has flown multiple things on the simulator and overall he feels he could master these. Radio and other electronics would not be a problem for me to get. Thanks!
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"A glittering occasion"?….a little over the top for the Orkneys.There are bigger issues for the the likes of Messrs Tatchell and Cashman to weigh in on than this….or is there loads of publicity because it is the "Mastre of the Queen's Musick" and his partner.Sounds like a storm in a tea-cup to me…In the words of Simon Heffer – "meretricious celebrities"?Sir Peter Maxwell-Davies ought to know better. A "glittering" bash in London with some high – profile guests would have been a better choice with some respect for the albeit mistaken sensibilities of the Orcadian neighbours.Softly ,softly catchee – monkee.
Having by law to give legal notice of three weeks before a Civil Registration can take place, surely the Orkney Registrar or Registrars had sufficient notice to conduct this Civil Partnership ceremony.
I visited the Orkneys with my partner last August/September, including Sanday, and I have to say that we were treated very well by the Orcadians. They (along with the Shetlanders) were absolutely lovely by comparison with a lot of folk in our home city of London. To the point that we are thinking of buying a place in the islands!Based on my experience of several of the Orkney Islands (LoganAir, great for island-hopping) I absolutely cannot envisiage homophobia as being a major problem there. We were quite open about our status as a couple and had absolutely no problem with appropriate accommodation, services etc.From the sound of things Peter Maxwell-Davies may have "gone off on one" when he found that his pal, the local "home-based" registrar, was not a designated registrar for civil partnerships. His pal should have been able to tell him this when initial enquiries were made and should have directed him correctly!There is nothing unusual about the senior registrar travelling to Sanday to carry out the ceremony. People go back and forth between the islands every day on the local 15-minute flights to carry out various duties.Based on my personal experiences I for one shall not be joining Peter Tatchell's suggested tourism boycott, instead I shall be supporting the non-homophobic Orcadian majority by continued tourism in response to the great way we were treated when we were island-hopping.I strongly recommend the Orkneys (and Shetlands) as tourism destinations and believe that we gay folk can make a difference by our travelling to these destinations.
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Sir Peter Maxwell-Davies has decided to shelve plans to marry his partner on the Orkney Islands, his pal Charlie Ridley who is the Sanday registrar and a friend of Sir Peter, has resigned his post in protest at being told he could not perform the civil partnership ceremony, which he WOULD HAVE KNOWN WELL IN ADVANCE that he personally could not "perform" as he is not the designated registrar for civil partnerships…it all sounds like a bunch of manic kweens having a huge and pointless kafuffle to me!A storm in a bra-cup doesn't begin to describe it! Totally daft and pointless twaddle by kweens who should know better!
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Mid-infrared spectroscopy of erbium doped chloride laser crystals
Optics Express, Vol. 1, Issue 4, pp. 78-86 (1997)
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We report on a spectroscopic analysis of ErCl3 and 1% Er3+:YCl3 to determine their potential as possible laser sources at 3.5 and 4.5 μm. Concentration quenching of the low lying excited states is reported to be surprisingly very weak in this system. Although some shortening of the lifetimes is measured in the fully concentrated system, they retain lifetimes that are of order several milliseconds or more. A Judd-Ofelt analysis is performed and the projected gains for the 3.5 and 4.5 μm transitions are calculated. Successful growth techniques of erbium doped chlorides are also described.
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(140.3500) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, erbium
(300.6340) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, infrared
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Focus Issue: Mid-IR laser materials
Original Manuscript: July 30, 1997
Published: August 18, 1997
Sean Kirkpatrick, L. Shaw, Steven Bowman, Stuart Searles, Barry Feldman, and Joseph Ganem, "Mid-infrared spectroscopy of
erbium doped chloride laser crystals," Opt. Express 1, 78-86 (1997)
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The icyenic greathammer is a cosmetic override from the Battle of Lumbridge. It can be obtained by combining 1,000 sacred metal fragments with a icyenic greathammer head.
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- Though this cosmetic override became available for acquisition by F2P players during the seventh week of the event, there are few F2P weapons it is compatible with. These weapons are:
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-Rob Lowe is moving from ABC family drama Brothers & Sisters to NBC mockumentary Parks and Recreation. Not really the straightest of lines… Lowe has been playing Senator Robert McCallister, ambitious husband of Calista Flockhart's Kitty, for the past four years, until he recently asked to be released from the show. It came as a surprise to many that he would jump back into another series so soon, but he seems to be comfortable playing the charming politician, a la The West Wing and B&S. Rumor has it that his Parks and Recreation role will be a similar political leader-type character, except, you know, funnier. He is scheduled to appear in the last couple of episodes in Season 2 with a storyline that carries over into next season. (Fancast)
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-Adam Scott, who has been starring in Party Down on Starz, has accepted a role as a series regular on Parks and Recreation for Season 3. If Party Down were renewed for a third season, Scott would appear with the misfit band of caterers in up to three episodes, but he seems to be tying himself creatively to NBC for the foreseeable future. (LA Times Show Tracker)
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-HBO announced its pickup of the highly-anticipated fantasy series Game of Thrones. Based on the books by George R.R. Martin, the cast includes Sean Bean (Lord of the Rings), Jennifer Ehle (Pride & Prejudice), Lena Headey (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (New Amsterdam). The pilot has already been filmed, and production will resume this summer in Northern Ireland, with episodes expected to begin airing in 2011. It's a long time to wait but will probably be so worth it.
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If you're an agent, this is the absolute WORST time to demand a trade in a shortened year where many FA who thought they were worth x found out they weren't as much in demand as they assumed. There's no way a team is going to give the 49ers anything above a 4th for Gore at this point - a RB with a lot of touches coming off a major injury. And then you have to ask what team is in dire need of a RB at that position AND would be willing to pay DeAngelo Williams money? Not too many.
Furthermore, the 49ers are not in an absolute position to win/go to the play-offs this year. If we have a losing record and miss the play-offs again, Harbaugh and staff will be given a pass - and they should. There's no pressure on the 49ers to win it all now. Come on let's admit it that the possibility of replacing Josh Johnson with Alex Smith will make all of you forget about the Gore stuff if he were to leave because contrary to what was posted previously, this IS a QB-driven league.
We need Gore, yes, but again over-paying a player simply because he demands it is not good football sense. Again, players should in my opinion finish the contract they agreed to play for - that's what AGREEING TO THE CONTRACT means. If you want a clause in your contract that says "my contract will immediately readjust to reflect no less than the 5th highest salary at my position" then your agent should be negotiating that and as a player you shouldn't agree until you get it. I'm just so repeatedly sick of this situation as if players are duped into signing for millions of dollars and suddenly realize in the final year of their contract they are being "ripped off".


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LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- International Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2013) -- G-Technology, a leading developer of innovative storage solutions engineered specifically to meet the needs of the content creation and Apple® Mac® communities, today announced that it is now shipping its popular G-Technology G-DRIVE mini and G-RAID mini external storage solutions with new high-quality, 1TB, 2.5-inch 7,200RPM hard disk drives from HGST.
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