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PSF-2.03 - Graffiti
Administrative Rules Adopted by Police Bureau Pursuant to Rule-Making Authority
Directive Specific Definitions
Graffiti: Unauthorized markings, visible from premises open to the public, that have been placed upon any real or personal property such as buildings, fences, structures or similar types of surfaces, through the use of spray paint, ink, chalk or dye or any other similar substance or the unauthorized etching or scratching of such described surfaces.
Graffiti nuisance property: Property upon which graffiti has been placed and is visible from premises open to the public and permitted to remain for more than ten days after the property owner of record and/or responsible party or occupant has been given a written notification requesting that the graffiti be re-moved as well as referrals to an organization(s) which supply a low cost graffiti cleanup.
Precinct Commander Responsibilities (630.29)
When a precinct commander has been advised by the following specific set of people, members of the Neighborhood Response Team (NRT) Neighborhood Liaison Officer (NLO), neighborhood coalition, or the Mayor's Task Force on Graffiti, that a property has become a potential Graffiti Nuisance Property, the problem has been substantiated by PPDS statistics for Information and Referral's (I&R) Graffiti Hotline, and he/she believes that a property is a potential Graffiti Nuisance Property, the commander may appoint a sworn member to pursue remedy as defined in City Code 22.
Notifications/Enforcement (630.29)
At the direction of the commander, the owner(s) of record and/or the responsible party, may be notified in writing using the Graffiti Nuisance Property Warning Letter, delivered by mail or in person, that their property has been identified as a potential Graffiti Nuisance Property. The Graffiti Nuisance Prop-erty Warning Letter, which explains that abatement attempts have been unsuccessful, and provides directions for assistance in graffiti removal, will be issued.
Notification in Person (630.29)
If, after initial notification, ten days have elapsed and the graffiti remains on the property, the commander may order a sworn member(s) to re-contact the owner/responsible party in person. Upon contact the member should investigate why the nuisance has not been abated. If the member finds that the owner/responsible party has not taken reasonable steps to abate the nuisance, the member may initiate a Notice of Hearing.
Notification by Mail (630.29)
In the event members are unable to contact the owner/responsible party in person, a certified letter may be sent to the owner of record and/or the tenants. This letter names the property as a Graffiti Nuisance Property, the precise conditions leading to this finding and requires removal of the graffiti within 72 hours.
If the owner fails to respond to the certified letter, and/or the member finds that the owner/responsible party has not taken reasonable steps to abate the nuisance, the member may initiate a Notice of Hearing.
Notice of Hearing (630.29)
To initiate a hearing before a City's Hearing Officer, a Hearings Notice must be filed with the Hearings Office, either in person or by mail. The Hearings Office will assign a date. With this date the notice can then be served to the owner/responsible party to appear before the Hearings Officer in accordance with City Code 22.
City Code 14B.80 Graffiti Nuisance Property
City Code 22 Hearings Officer
City of Portland Graffiti Handbook (ONI)
City of Portland Notice of Hearing
Graffiti Nuisance Property Certified Letter (Operations Branch)
Graffiti Nuisance Property Warning Letter (Operations Branch)
Revised document effective January 20, 2006 and filed in PPD April 21, 2006.
Submitted for inclusion in PPD March 6, 2002.
Originally published as Directive 630.29 of the Portland Police Bureau Manual of Policy and Procedure, August 2001.
Table of Contents
PSF-2.01 - Release of Information
PSF-2.02 - Harbor Responsibilities
PSF-2.03 - Graffiti
PSF-2.04 - Partnership Agreements
PSF-2.05 - Vehicle Disposition - Towing, Recovered, Abandoned
PSF-2.06 - Drug Free Zone Ordinance
PSF-2.07 - Alcohol in Parks
PSF-2.08 - Vehicle Collision Review Board
PSF-2.09 - Mandatory Bias/ Prejudice Crime Reporting
PSF-2.10 - Search, Seizures & Inventories
PSF-2.11 - Pawnshop/ Second Hand Stores, Property Procedures
PSF-2.12 - Unclaimed & Surplus Property, Transfer or Donation Of
PSF-2.13 - Release of Evidence - Money
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As local track closes, about 100 dogs will need homes
CORPUS CHRISTI - Odds are, if you meet one of the sleek racing machines headquartered at the Corpus Christi Greyhound Race Track, you just might fall in love, greyhound adoption advocates said.
More than 100 greyhounds will be in need of homes when the track closes at the end of this year, and the Texas Greyhound Adoption Program, a Seguin-based nonprofit agency aimed at finding homes for the runners, hopes South Texans will bet on them as new pets.
The greyhounds are different sizes and colors, and most are good around children, advocates said. The dogs range from 2 to 4 years old, have short hair, good temperaments, don't bark much and make excellent family companions, according to those trying to find them homes. Some never have run a race, and others are lightning fast.
The greyhounds belong to individual owners who lease them to one of the track's nine kennels, each of which has 40 to 60 dogs and an operator who cares for them. The owners profit comes if a dog wins or performs well.
At the end of each racing season, or in this case, when the Corpus Christi Greyhound Race Track closes Dec. 31 after years of financial losses, individual owners decide what to do with their dogs, said track general manager Rick Pimental.
"They come to the kennel to run for the racing season, and once they are finished it is up to the owner," Pimental said. "The owner keeps them, adopts them out or sends them on to another track."
Many of the dogs still are active, so some likely will go on to other tracks to finish their careers. Because the Corpus Christi track is considered a mid-level track, they can compete at other mid-level tracks or smaller tracks, Pimental said, but he estimated that 100 will need to retire and be adopted.
The dogs up for adoption here are not fast enough to be relocated to another track but would make great additions to local families, said Texas Greyhound Adoption Program coordinator Patsy Massey.
The adoption group is trying to get the word out through its Web site, www.txgap.org, and by having adoption days at the track Dec. 15-16.
Some of the state's roughly 20 greyhound adoption groups have expressed interest in taking some of the dogs and will do so under the supervision of the Texas Greyhound Adoption Program, Pimental said. Others will go to individuals.
The Corpus Christi Greyhound Race Track and the Texas Greyhound Association, a greyhound owners and breeders group, will keep the dog kennel at the track open until each dog is placed, said Texas Greyhound Association executive director Diane Whiteley. The two will split the cost, roughly $3,000 a month to house the dogs until homes are found.
"I can't tell you how pleased I am," Whiteley said of the cooperative effort to save the dogs. "It has turned a bad situation into a positive statement on greyhound racing."
Catherine Herndon, who adopted 4-year-old Driver from the Texas Greyhound Adoption Program more than a year ago, adopted a second greyhound, Valletta, from the track within the past two weeks. She also signed up as a volunteer with the adoption program to work on getting homes for the other local dogs.
"Our motto is, 'No greyhound left behind,' " she said. "We will be there until every one is adopted."
To adopt a Greyhound
More information, including photos of available greyhounds:
Texas Greyhound Adoption Program
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Heart of Texas Greyhound Adoption
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Adoption days
Texas Greyhound Adoption Program
When: noon to 4 p.m. Dec. 15-16
Where: Corpus Christi Greyhound Race Track, 5302 Leopard St.
Cost: $100 adoption fee, which pays for microchipping and spaying or neutering the dogs
Information: 830-305-0041
Heart of Texas Greyhound Adoption
When: noon to 4 p.m. the third Saturday of each month
Where: PetSmart, 5214 Blanche Moore Drive
Cost: $200, includes spaying or neutering and other veterinary services prior to adoption
Contact Jaime Powell at 886-3716 or firstname.lastname@example.com
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A new program developed by the North Dakota Game and Fish Department and North Dakota Department of Agriculture aims to connect landowners with hunters and trappers to help control the population.
Jeb Williams, assistant chief of wildlife division for the NDGF, said, "The goal of the program is to identify interested landowners who have been seeing or have coyotes on their property and would like to get rid of them. The goal is to provide a database of sportsmen interested in hunting coyotes."
Read more in Tuesday's Times-Record.
Legislation aimed at tougher penalties for DUIs failed in the North Dakota Senate last week with opponents saying it would tie up the court system. Local law enforcement believe stiffer penalties could help reduce the incidence of drunk-driving in and around Valley City. Education aimed at reducing DUIs is also necessary.
For more on this story, read Tuesday's Times-Record.
North Dakota's Superintendent of Public Instruction Kirsten Baesler met Thursday with key education stakeholders to develop plans to assist educators across the state as they transition to the new Common Core State Standards and new assessment system. The meeting took place at the Ramada Hotel and Conference Center in Bismarck.
Valley City High School Principal Kristi Brandt was in Bismarck learning more about how to move to the newly state-required Common Core Standards.
More in Tuesday's issue of the Times-Record.
Victor M. Roderiguez Dominguez, professor and former chairman of the department of Chicano and Latino Studies, California State University at Long Beach, will lead an anti-racism workshop April 19 at Valley City State University.
The workshop, "Building Anti-Racist Educational Leadership in Higher Education," will take place 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the VCSU student center.
The planned anti-racism workshop is for regional colleges and universities.
Valley City State University is sponsoring a "What in the World is Going On?" panel discussion about the potential for residential and business solar energy in Valley City and surrounding areas Tuesday, April 23.
A question and answer session will be included in the presentation, which will take place at 7 p.m. at Epworth United Methodist Church.
The panel will be moderated by the Rev. Dayne Zachirson of Epworth United Methodist Church.
All students at Jefferson Elementary School met their On The Move activity goals, and will be rewarded for their efforts Tuesday and Wednesday.
Sharon Buhr of the On The Move program said Friday principals were given autonomy in setting goals, and Miller chose classroom and individual goals. "We are excited all classrooms at Jefferson met their physical activity goal," Buhr said.
More in Monday's issue of the Times-Record
Nine local students participated in a state-wide coloring contest sponsored by the North Dakota Farm Bureau. Participants were supposed to create a colored art piece representing what agriculture means to them. Valley City fifth-grader Alexis Triebold was the state-wide first place winner.
Read more in Monday's Times-Record.
During a recent meeting of the Barnes County Commission, commissioner Phil Leitner expressed concern with the rising costs involved with the county's separation from Valley City. Times-Record reporter Bonnie Jo Hanson looked at various possible scenarios, and has estimated what it may cost residents of Barnes County to separate from the city.
For the entire story, read Friday's Times-Record.
Interpretations of whether North Dakota''s initiated law banning smoking within 20 feet of public buildings applies to apartment buildings vary in Valley City.
Vicki Roseneau, tobacco prevention coordinator for the City-County Health District, said the law does not include multi-unit apartment buildings, while Greg Thompson believes it does.
More in Friday's issue of the Times Record
U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp came to Valley City Thursday to talk with local officials and business people about a housing shortage in Valley City, Jamestown, Barnes County and Stutsman County.
Heitkamp said she planned to return to Valley City to talk about the housing shortage, and plans to bring federal regulators on a future visit so they can learn from local residents what regulators can do to lessen the housing shortage.
More in Friday's issue of the Times-Record.


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Schools still losers in PPT elimination
A major sticking point in SB 1072—eliminating the Personal Property Tax (PPT)—has been no plan for replacing the lost revenue for local governments and school districts. Last week the Senate approved Republican amendments that would remedy the situation—at least in part.
A major change puts future Legislatures on the hook if they fail to reimburse local governments for lost revenue. The punishment is a return to the current form of the PPT. Amendments allowing more local governments to qualify for reimbursement and another forcing the state to cover the costs for millages for fire service or libraries until 2016 were passed.
While school districts get 100 percent reimbursement for school bonded debts, they are still pretty much left out of the equation. Democrats call the legislation a continued attack on Michigan workers while business continues to enjoy special favors. They lost two amendments—one requiring businesses to show they were creating jobs with this tax break and another that would have disqualified businesses if they have outsourced jobs outside of the United States.
The bill now moves to the House.


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Because creating a true perpetual motion machine may require us to reevaluate the fundamental laws of physics on a cosmological scale, I would rank perpetual motion machines as a Class III impossibility; that is, either they are truly impossible, or we would need to fundamentally change our understanding of fundamental physics on a cosmological scale in order to make such a machine possible.
Wow, I have to say I have seen a of so called free energy devices that swear they work, but you can't see a demonstration. I am going to build one of these to verify it works, but I am convinced!


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Critical FACTS
The NEED - Critical Lack of Accessible Housing
There is a growing gap between the need for and the supply of accessible housing in this country. According to the Journal of the American Planning Association " 90% of the housing units in the U.S. are inaccessible to people with disabilities". The ADA does NOT apply to private residences.
Lack of accessible housing has serious consequences including a greater risk of injury and danger of falls, a greater burden on caregivers, a negative impact on health, reduced employment and poverty. As a result, many people are forced either to remain in dangerous homes ill-equipped to meet their needs or to move prematurely into nursing homes or institutions.
There are 34.3 million Americans who have limitations in usual daily activities due to chronic conditions and disabilities. Source; Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2003,
There are 11.5 million Americans who have a " go – outside – the – home" disability and 5.6 million of those are under the age of 64. Source: US Cenus Bureau, 2005 Amercian Community Survey
The roadside bomb is the signature weapon of the Iraq war, racking up the kind of body count caused by heavy artillery in past conflicts. Limb loss has occurred twice as often in Iraq as in any conflict of the past century. The extraordinary rates of survival in this war (9 out of 10 wounded soldiers survive, compared to 7.5 out of 10 in Vietnam) explains the larger number of casualties who survive with severe and lasting disabilities. In 2006, nearly a quarter of the 128 amputees lost more than one limb. Source: Time magazine, Jan 18, 2007, Another Grim Milestone: 500 Amputees by Michael Weisskopf
More than 50 million people, provide care for a chronically ill, disabled or aged family member or friend during any given year. Source: National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA) Random Sample Survey of Family Caregivers, Summer 2000, Unpublished.
Caregiving is no longer predominantly a women's issue. Men now make up 44% of the caregiving population . Source: National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA) Random Sample Survey of Family Caregivers, Summer 2000, Unpublished.
Of the estimated 2.5 million Americans who need assistive technology such as wheelchairs, 61% can't afford it. Source: Lisa I. Iezzoni, M.D., M.Sc., 'When Walking Fails: Personal and Health Policy Considerations,' Research in Profile, a National Program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, March 2002
Families that have a disabled member who needs help with activites of daily living, have lower household incomes. Approximately 43% of these households have yearly incomes under $30,000. Source: National Family Caregivers Assoc., Random Sample Survey of Family Caregivers, 2000
UNIVERSAL DESIGN and ADA Facts
Universal design is the design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design.
The intent of universal design is to simplify life for everyone by making products, communications, and the built environment usable by as many people as possible at little or no extra cost. Universal design benefits people of all ages and abilities.
The ADA – Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in 1990. The ADA prohibits discrimination and ensures equal opportunities for persons with disabilities. The ADA code sets minimum standards for ensuring accessibility for "places of public accommodation," businesses and commercial facilities. The ADA does not apply to private residences.


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Producer Bob Belden is one of the most successful jazz arrangers of the past 20 years, and effortlessly takes music of any genre and turns it into jazz. Belden was born in 1956 in South Carolina. After graduating from college in Texas, he worked with both the Woody Herman Orchestra and Donald Byrd (as an arranger and composer) and the Mel Lewis Orchesra (on tenor sax). In 1983 he moved to New York to be a studio writer for music sessions, where he ended up doing some of his best work. Jazz was always his calling though and by his second album, he began arranging non-jazz songs into jazz. His other accolades include being called upon by Columbia Records to assist with a Grammy Award–winning Miles Davis reissue project, as well as trumpet playing with Tim Hagans.
His record Miles from India depicts Belden's expert handling of the works of Miles Davis, alongside collaborator Louiz Banks (an arranger and keyboardist from India). The two team up to create a fantasy album of what one of the most lauded names in jazz history would have sounded like had he been from India. No authenticity is spared, and as many original session players who had collaborated with Davis were included as possible; as a result the album boasts artists such as guitarist Mick Stern, keyboardists Chick Corea and Adam Holzman, and many more. Additionally, Banks culls an impressive roster of Indian players for a perfect east meets west collaboration. Belden boldly kicks off the record with an interpretation of one of Davis' most famous tunes, "Spanish Key." His version retains the element of nocturnal cool, but slows it down, and adds a touch of ethereal with staccato pianos, layered horns, and distant chants that echo the main melody through an ethereal haze.
On "So What," Belden frames the recognizable, impossibly chilled melody line with rhythmic vocals and ornate piano flourishes around each note for a sense of depth and color typically associated with India. Added sounds create a relaxed vibe often associated with bossa nova, while tablas help the song stay rooted in a fantastical India. "Blue in Green" keeps the mournful winds and piano that make the original so perfectly mournful, but inventively inserts Indian strings to fill some of the quieter spaces, as well as chanting and piano, for a noticeable burst of spice that refrains from being overpowering.
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Starkville Daily News
By MATTHEW STEVENS
Cody Freeman apparently did it all Tuesday on the diamond for Mississippi State.
By DANNY P. SMITH
Sports Editor
Toy tractor fans can make their way to the Mississippi Horse Park Friday and Saturday for the 10th Annual Mississippi Farm Toy Show.
From Staff Reports
WESSON – Starkville Academy fell into an early deficit and couldn't recover as the Volunteers dropped their baseball season opener 7-4 to Brookhaven Tuesday night.
Friends and family say Ruth Ann Bishop was always ready to lend a hand.
And on Tuesday, autopsy reports were released, and officials ruled her death as accidental in Saturday night's house fire.
With less than a week left to qualify, 44 candidates have now been added to the ballot for the statewide and countywide elections.
City officials are in the early stages of taking steps to inventory the community's three existing historic districts, with plans to begin talks about design standards for these types of properties.
Brooksville — Mr. A. Rex Parker, 95, of Brooksville gently passed away Monday, Feb. 21, 2011 at Trinity Place Personal Care Center in Columbus.
Judith Carol Austin Taylor Spurgeon, 62, of Winona, died Sunday, February 20, 2011, at Tyler Holmes Memorial Hospital in Winona. Funeral services will be held Thursday, Feb. 24, at 10 a.m.


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Looking at buying one of these / similar; to hook my laptop upto my TV so I can get shot of my expensive tv package.
Does anyone have any recommendations on which of these things are best?
Or see any problems I might be missing, my laptop is a Dell Precision M4300 (no hdmi port) and my HD Panny doesn't have vga/dvi ports.
Thanks in advance!


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WhaleRock Luxury Lodge is located on a half a hectare premises in Westcliff, Hermanus, known as the Rivièra of the Cape and the Whale Watching Capital of the world. Owners Dave and Anouk Bakker are glad to inform that your host Melanie Musson, together with the WhaleRock team, will continue to look after you during your stay the best way possible and will also welcome your business meeting or other events.
Great news! Bientang's Cave Seafood Restaurant reopening! Enjoy a nice glass of wine, great seafood and awesome... fb.me/7lsy796QX


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Good content is at the heart of any content marketing campaign. It's what draws the consumer to your online real estate and keeps them coming back for more. If you want your website, blog or app to lend your website authority, increase sales and draw more leads, you need to make sure your content is top notch. Read on for five things great content will do for your web presence.
Search engines
Experts estimate that up to 85% of web visits are generated through search engines. While many things affect your search rankings, content plays a major role. If people are visiting your website to view or read your content, this will boost your blog or website's position in the search engine rankings. If they share this information over social media, this will further boost your SEO. Where Google frequently updates its algorithms to outsmart people who try to "cheat" their way up the SEO rankings, the type of content used in content marketing campaigns, written for people rather than computers, isn't generally affected by this.
Fresh, original content on a subject you're familiar with will establish you as an expert in your field. It would make sense to stick with a topic related to your brand or your industry - one your consumer is likely to look to you for information on. If your audience knows that they can count on you for regularly updated content they won't find anywhere else, as well as curated content that will save them time searching the web for information, they will consider you a "thought leader" in your chosen field. This will draw an audience to you and keep it growing as you share your content over social channels.
Brand exposure
Good SEO and establishing authority both result in brand exposure. Content marketing works by finding ways to connect with the consumer despite the challenges of competing in the busy social media sphere, cut-through in a crowded online market, and the fragmentation of audiences. Brand exposure happens naturally as the consumer is drawn to a company's web real estate as a useful resource, which then in turn builds brand loyalty.
Create relationships
Think of your content as your language. This is your tool to speak to your consumers. See what they share, what they read and interact with, what they dislike, and build up an understanding of who they are.
Create insights
All this sharing and reading! Now what? Well if you've set yourself up properly, you should now be sitting on top of a big pile of data. This is great news for any brand or publisher who is actually interested in their audience. This data can take the form of topics, timings, etc, and allow you to then create what we like to call 'insights driven content', meaning you will be more relevant to your audience than ever before.