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How the city plans to use data to keep kids safe
Chicago's data efforts are expanding beyond pothole reports to more complex issues of community policing and predicting where to direct city services, including safety issues involved in school closings, the city's top data guru says.
"Our job is not to make pretty pictures and pie charts — it's to make decisions," Brett Goldstein, Chicago's chief information and chief data officer, told the City Club of Chicago on Monday at its public policy luncheon. The audience featured notables such as former Playboy CEO Christie Hefner, former Daley administration senior staffer John Doerrer, Chicago Chief Technology Officer John Tolva and city Chief Financial Officer Lois Scott.
The city's Department of Innovation and Technology is developing the technologies themselves, rather than what Goldstein calls the "old way" of issuing a request for an outside agency to do the job for millions of dollars over a period of years.
The key is nimbleness, says Goldstein, who spent his early career developing the OpenTable restaurant reservation system and then switching to public service as a commander in the Chicago Police Department. Mayor Rahm Emanuel appointed Goldstein to his current position in June.
Goldstein says he and his team developed two open-source projects that put Chicago in the forefront of municipal technology innovation:
• The WindyGrid project combines GPS location data with data from across the city's departments to provide real-time information about what's going on anywhere, anytime. That means the city could determine that when alley lights go out, garbage cans in those alleys tend to get stolen, Goldstein says. The city could then see in which neighborhoods that's a problem, and how long it takes to fix the lights.
• The Smart Data Platform, which is now being developed to predict behavior down to a block-by-block level and creates models to try to prevent problems rather than react to them.
The city will use data analysis to answer the mayor's call for all departments to support police efforts to provide safe passage for children who will attend new schools this fall after the closing of 54 public schools.
It's not clear what data will contribute to that effort, but it includes making sure vacant buildings are secure and vacant lots are clear, ensuring street markings, such as street and bus signs, are clear and unobstructed, and confirming appropriate lighting is in place.
The city also held its second "hackathon" with Google on Saturday in which community developers proposed smartphone apps to let residents text questions, photos and information to their local CAPS (Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy) police teams about problems in their neighborhoods, and to access the CAPS calendar and post information to it.
The efforts are what Goldstein calls analytics that are "sustainable, real and a game changer."
"It should not be hard to get data out of government," he says. "It's your data."
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Community Sanitation Overview:
Water is derived from a shallow aquifer at the base of Sivuokuk Mountain, and is treated and stored in three storage tanks. One hundred twenty-one homes and 13 public and commercial buildings, including the school and washeteria, are now connected to the piped water and sewer system. Forty three homes in the original townsite still are not connected to the piped system; their residents haul water and use honeybuckets. A feasibility study is complete. A new water source and additional water storage tanks are needed to ensure no shortages will occur. Significant infrastructure growth is proposed over the next 5 years. The first phase of improvements upgraded the existing infrastructure, including water treatment, lift station upgrades, and a 2.2 million gallon water storage tank. The second phase will be to develop a well field 2 miles outside of town at the south end of Troutman Lake, and construct a summer only raw water transmission line. The third phase will be to provide water and wastewater service to Old Town (approximately 43 service connections). Ultimately, there will be 174 service connections.
RUBA Status & Activities This Qtr:
Nome RUBA staff, Steve Brock and Leroy Seppilu, travelled to Gambell to perform a RUBA managment assessment on May 5-6. Gambell utilities did not meet five essential indicators. Nome RUBA staff returned to Gambell on May 26-27 at the request of the city to provide assistance with completing a U.S. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant application for funds to match a VSW grant to repair water and wastewater mains that freeze up during the winter. RUBA staff reveiwed the grant requirements and searched city records to find necessary documentation. RUBA staff also discussed fuel and food issues with the mayor and other community members. Mayor Booshu said the assistance provided by the local Native Corporation to lower the cost of fuel was running out and that the store was setting the fuel price at $9.70 per gallon until the barge arrives with new fuel. The concern is that high fuel prices may affect the ability of residents to pay their water and wastewater bills. The trip proved unsuccessful because there was a death in the utility clerk's family and RUBA staff was not able to obtain the necessary information to complete the sanitation grant application.
RUBA Activities for the Coming Qtr:
The City of Gambell does not meet all of the essential capacity indicators. In order to meet them, the utility must take the following actions: amend the FY10 budget to balance the revenues and expenditures for the water and sewer utility, washeteria and landfill, secure workers compensation coverage, locate the preventative maintenance plan or develop a new one. The rates charged to all customers should be sufficient to cover any unforseen emergencies, such as the incidents with gasoline and grease in the water mains and the increase in water sampling costs. The utility should include funds in the utility budget for parts and labor due to unscheduled events. The total past due receivables are over $18,000, including $10,000 that is past due more than a year. The utility clerk has contacted a collections agency and the utility is expecting to pay the agency about 30% of the past dues collected. This may or may not be effective. Another collection method is to have the utility take the customers to small claims court. Once the judgment is made in favor of the utility, the utility can try to garnish some of the customers Permanent Fund Dividend checks. It may take a while and cost some money, but the utility can get its money back for water and sewer services provided. ' Pay the past due of $7,000 to AML-JIA for workers compensation coverage and renew workers comp. coverage or piggy-back with the City of Gambell with its workers compensation coverage to save on general liability insurance and workers compensation coverage. State law requires employers to have workers compensation coverage for its employees. ' Work with the DECs Village Safe Water engineer or Norton Sound Health Corporations Remote Maintenance Worker Program to set up a preventative maintenance plan for the water and sewer facilities. ' Develop a contingency fund in the utility budget for parts and labor due to unscheduled events.
Essential Indicators:
24 of 27
Sustainable Indicators:
19 of 27
Total Score:
43 of 54
Essential Indicators
All revenues and expenses for the utility are listed in the utility budget.
The utility has adopted a balanced realistic budget.
Monthly financial reports are prepared and submitted to the policy making board.
The utility is current in paying all water/wastewater electric bills.
The utility has on hand a year's adequate fuel supply or it has a financial plan to purchase an adequate supply.
The utility is receiving revenues (user fees or other sources) sufficient to cover operating expenses.
Sustainable Indicators
The utility is receiving revenues (user fees or other sources sufficient to cover operating expenses and Repair & Replacement (R) costs.
YTD revenues are at a level equal to or above those budgeted.
YTD expenditures are at a level equal to or below those budgeted.
A monthly manager's report is prepared.
Budget amendments are completed and adopted as necessary.
Finances Comments
The Gambell City Council passed the water and sewer utility's FY10 budget:expenditures of ($193,750) exceed expected revenues ($188,000) by $5,750. The washeteria's expenditures ($17,700) exceed expected revenues ($8,400) by $9,300. Overall, the combined water/wastewater/washeteria budget has a deficit of $15,050. The Garbage/Landfill budget has zero revenues and expenditures of $12,250. One of the council members RUBA staff talked to said that it was very important for the city to provide washeteria and landfill services. The utility's past due account receivables are $10,000 annually. The utility has contacted a collections agency to collect some of the past due amounts. The collection agency will keep at least 30% of the amounts collected. Currently 110 residential customers are billed $97 a month for water and wastewater services. Six commercial customers pay $185 a month. Sivuqaq Lodge pays $850 a month. The school district pays $0.22 a gallon for treated water. The city uses all of its $100,000 from Norton Sound Economic Development Community Benefits Share Program to purchase heating oil for the washeteria and the water and wastewater utilities use.
Accounting Systems
Essential Indicators
The utility has adopted a collection policy and actively follows it.
The utility bills customers on a regular basis.
An accounts receivable system is in place which tracks customers and reports past due accounts and amounts.
An accounts payable system is in place.
The payroll system correctly calculates payroll and keeps records.
A cash receipt system is in place that records incoming money and how it was spent.
The utility has a cash disbursement system that records how money was spent.
Sustainable Indicators
A chart of accounts is used that identifies categories in a reasonable, usable manner.
Monthly bank reconciliations have been completed for all utility accounts.
The utility has a purchasing system that requires approval prior to purchase, and the approval process compares proposed purchases to budgeted amounts.
Accounting Systems Comments
The Gambell Water and Wastewater Department has referred past due accounts to a collections agency. The agency will be paid 30% of the past due amounts collected. QuickBooks Pro is used for billing and for most others aspects of financial management of the utility.
Tax Problems
Essential Indicators
The utility has a system to accurately calculate, track, and report payroll tax liabilities.
The utility is current on filing tax reports.
The utility is current on making tax deposits.
If there are any past due tax liabilities or recorded tax liens, a lien release has been issued or a repayment agreement has been signed and repayments are current.
Tax Problems Comments
The utility uses QuickBooks Pro for payroll, payroll reports and taxes. The city is current on filing federal and state tax reports and tax deposits. The city's Employment Security Contribution (ESC) rate for 2010 is 1.15%. IRS and DOL have deemed Gambell to be compliant at this time.
Personnel System
Essential Indicators
The utility has a posted workers compensation insurance policy in effect.
Sustainable Indicators
The utility has adopted and uses a Personnel Policy, which has been reviewed by an attorney, AML or Commerce for topics and language.
The utility has adequate written job descriptions for all positions.
The utility has adopted and follows a written personnel evaluation process that ties the job description to the evaluation.
The utility has an adequate written hiring process.
The utility has personnel folders on every employee that contain at least: I-9, Job Application and Letter of Acceptance.
The utility has a probationary period for new hires that includes orientation, job training/oversight, and evaluations.
The utility provides training opportunities to staff as needed and available.
Personnel System Comments
The utility department's workers compensation coverage and general liability insurance has lapsed. The utility's insurer was Alaska Municipal League Joint Insurance Association (AMLJIA). The city stated that the lapse in insurance is due to lack of funds to pay for the coverage.
Organizational Management
Essential Indicators
The entity that owns the utility is known; the entity that will operate the utility is set.
The policy making body is active in policy making of the utility.
The policy making body enforces utility policy.
The utility has an adequately trained manager.
The utility has an adequately trained bookkeeper.
The utility has an adequately trained operator or operators.
The utility has adopted the necessary ordinances (or rules and regulations) necessary to give it the authority to operate.
Sustainable Indicators
The utility has adopted an organizational chart that reflects the current structure.
The policy making body meets as required.
The utility complies with the open meeting act for all meetings.
Organizational Management Comments
The Gambell Utility Board, which was created by the city council through Chapter 36 of the city's code of ordinances, is currently not active and has not met for months. The Gambell City Council, however, is very involved with the utility issues and has utility issues in its regular monthly meeting agenda.
Operation of Utility
Essential Indicators
The utility operator(s) are actively working towards necessary certification.
The utility has a preventative maintenance plan developed for the existing sanitation facilities.
Sustainable Indicators
The manager receives a monthly O&M report from the utility operator and routinely "spot checks" the facilities to see that the maintenance items are being completed.
The utility has a safety manual and holds safety meetings.
Utility facilities have not suffered any major problems/outages due to management issues that are unresolved.
The utility is operating at the level of service that was proposed.
The operator provides status reports to the manager on a routine basis.
The utility has completed and distributed its "Consumer Confidence Report".
The utility is not on the "Significant Non-Complier" (SNC) list.
The utility maintains an inventory control list.
The utility maintains a critical spare parts list.
Operation of Utility Comments
The water plant operator is certified at the level necessary to operate and maintain the utility facilities and has several certifications from passing Remote Maintenance Worker training programs. A preventative maintenance plan was unable to be located at this time.
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How often are we told that open travel systems will fuel innovation and then spearhead how the engine room behind the industry (ie technology) will evolve over time.
Quite a lot.
Open APIs, developer networks, hackathons, access to code and then create apps on global platforms (Facebook et al)
Here, author Don Tapscott takes a step back to outline how at a philosophical level this wider acceptance of openness in the digital world (and a generation with the open web running through their veins and psyche) might play out in the wider economy, socially and culturally.
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About the Writer :: Kevin May
Kevin May is editor and a co-founder of Tnooz. He was previously editor of UK-based magazine Travolution for nearly four years and web editor of Media Week UK from 2003 to 2005.
He has also worked in regional newspapers (Essex Enquirer) and started his career in journalism at the Police Gazette at New Scotland Yard in London. He has a degree in criminology and a postgraduate diploma in magazine journalism.
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THE VES Production Summit and how Visual Effects Artists are Disregarded
Digital effects artists and technicians are still struggling to find their rightful place in the motion picture industry. VFX are perhaps still not fully understood by our colleagues in the other trades of cinema. Probably a subject to address in more details later; for the moment, some interesting comments from Visual Effects Society Chairman Jeffery Okun in today's San Francisco Chronicle:
"Visual-effects artists in general are treated like interchangeable parts," Okun says, "and are not regarded as an equal to the cinematographer, the editor, the writer or the production designer."
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"The perception is that visual effects are driven by really smart computers with cool buttons that make things go faster or look better," Okun says. "There's a lack of understanding that the process is driven by artists." The film industry's faster-cheaper mantra has caused "tremendous stress and strain"
You can read the full article here.
Also mentioned in the short article, the Visual Effects Society is preparing this year's Production Summit in Los Angeles where all areas of the industry can convene to discuss the challenges they face in an effort to open communication and move the industry forward.
The VES Production Summit will take place on October 24.
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VA dodges budget cuts; veterans will feel effects of the sequester
WASHINGTON — One federal department stands conspicuously protected from the automatic budget cuts falling across the government: the Department of Veterans Affairs with its 300,000 employees and $140 billion budget, a mammoth agency second in size only to the Defense Department.
The exemption, carved out in the 2011 legislation establishing the cuts, reflected rare bipartisan agreement in Washington that the VA should be spared the threatened budget turmoil.
But while the VA is protected from the budgetary ax known as sequestration, veterans are not.
Programs supporting veterans — on issues from housing to mental health — that are operated by agencies other than the VA are subject to the cuts.
They include the Department of Labor's VETS job-training program, which was being revamped and has been touted by the Obama administration as a key weapon in reducing high unemployment among post- 9/11 era veterans. In February, that unemployment rate was 9.4 percent, higher than the overall rate of 7.7 percent.
Acting Labor Secretary Seth Harris said last month that about 55,000 veterans and 44,000 service members would not receive employment and other transition assistance to help them find civilian jobs because of sequestration; Labor officials now say the exact number s are unknown but will amount to "tens of thousands." In addition, the department said, cuts to the Jobs for Veterans state grants program will mean an estimated 33,000 fewer veterans will be served.
A program using Housing and Urban Development vouchers that is credited with reducing the number of homeless veterans by 17 percent since 2009 will be harmed, officials warn. While the vouchers are exempt, administrative funding is being cut, which HUD fears will have a "serious effect" on the number of local housing authorities willing to accept the vouchers because they would have to make up the deficit, according to Sandra Henriquez, assistant secretary for public housing.
Moreover, many Defense Department programs that support veterans, wounded servicemembers and their families are not exempt. The number of mental health counselors assisting service members returning from combat zones with issues such as post-traumatic stress disorder may be cut, Gen. Raymond Odierno, the Army chief of staff, told Congress last month.
Forty percent of the Defense Department's medical providers working at military hospitals and clinics are civilians subject to furlough.
"This may mean a decrease in clinic appointment availability or longer wait times to see providers," Jonathan Woodson, the Pentagon's assistant secretary for health affairs, wrote Tuesday on the department's military health system blog.
Even deceased veterans may face longer waits. The Army has warned that sequestration cuts will increase the already lengthy, month-or-more waiting time for burial at Arlington National Cemetery, with the number of daily burials expected to drop from 31 to 24.
Veterans make up 44 percent of the Defense Department's 800,000 civilian employee workforce, which may face furloughs starting in April. About 27.3 percent of the approximately 2 million employees making up the federal workforce are veterans, and more than a quarter of them are disabled, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
Despite the VA's exemption, sequestration is a top concern for veterans groups presenting their legislative priorities to Congress.
"The VFW is deeply concerned about the impact sequestration will have on the departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense budgets," John E. Hamilton, commander in chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, told a joint hearing of the House and Senate Veterans Affairs committees on Tuesday, adding that the group fears cuts will hurt services for "our troops returning from Afghanistan, our veterans and their families."
The groups are backing a bipartisan bill introduced by the House committee leadership last week to fully fund the VA one year in advance, giving the department predictable funding amidst the budget uncertainty.
Hamilton said the VFW is worried that sequestration will stunt the VA's daunting, multibillion-dollar task of fixing its aging, 60-plus-year-old infrastructure around the country.
The White House and congressional Republicans are trading blame for the situation.
"Unfortunately, veterans services outside the VA are not exempt under the law, yet another reason why Republicans in Congress should come to the table and compromise to end the sequester," said Jessica Santillo, spokeswoman for the White House's Office of Management and Budget.
Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Fla.), chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, accused the White House of trying to use veterans as a political football, and noted that "the vast majority" of programs for veterans are protected from sequestration.
The bipartisan agreement in 2011 to exempt the VA has been followed by more than a year of political maneuvering and uncertainty.
The Budget Control Act, signed into law in August 2011, exempted various programs and benefits across the government, among them Social Security, while certain "self-funding" agencies such as the U.S. Postal Service were not subject to cuts from sequestration. The legislation also exempted "all programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs," a level of protection unique among federal agencies.
But it was not long before veterans groups noticed contradictory language in the law. The 2011 legislation amended the 1985 Gramm-Rudman-Hollings deficit reduction act, which included still-intact language specifying that funding for veterans medical care would be subject to cuts of up to 2 percent.
"We asked for clarification, and we didn't get any," recalled Raymond Kelley, the VFW's legislative director.
At the behest of the veterans groups, Miller took up the issue.
At a hearing in November 2011, W. Todd Grams, the VA's chief financial officer, told the committee the department was consulting with OMB, and the issue was unresolved. "We are researching those ambiguities," Grams testified.
When no clarification followed, Miller sent the White House a letter in January 2012 asking the administration to resolve the issue. A response sent by the VA the next month left the question unanswered, noting only that the administration was opposed to sequestration.
"It appeared no one in the administration was willing to make a decision," Miller said in an interview, accusing the administration of being deliberately vague. "They wanted political pressure to try to get sequestration off the front burner," he said.
The veterans groups were unhappy as well.
"Anytime you ask a direct question and get a vague answer, it makes you nervous," Kelley said. "We didn't want to be held hostage."
Nonetheless, speaking of the administration Kelley added, "I think it was an honest attempt to make sure they were following the rule of law."
OMB spokeswoman Santillo said a decision was reached "after careful examination of the law."
In April, OMB issued a letter affirming that "all programs administered by the VA, including Veterans' Medical Care, are exempt from sequestration."
But this time the letter held open the possibility that VA's administrative expenses could be subject to the automatic cuts.
"No sooner did OMB seemingly close the door on the sequester question and its impact on VA, it has now opened several others," Miller complained in a letter sent in response.
VA Secretary Eric Shinseki reiterated the uncertainty in an appearance before Congress on July 25. "We have been informed that VA is exempt from sequestration except for administrative costs," he testified. "I don't have a definition of administrative costs right now."
In September, OMB delivered a sequestration report to Congress that the administration said put the issue to rest.
"After even further analysis, OMB made clear that VA's administrative costs are also exempt," Santillo said.
But after Miller complained that the OMB report was not definitive, Shinseki sent a letter Dec. 14 reaffirming that all VA programs were exempt, "including administrative expenses."
"This exemption acknowledges the nation's obligation to provide care and benefits to our veterans who earned them, their eligible family members, and our survivors," Shinseki told VA employees in a message Monday. "Even in a time of difficult economic choices, this obligation to veterans must endure."
For veterans groups, there is relief that the VA is exempt from sequestration, but alarm at what may lie ahead for veterans.
Said the VFW's Kelley, "We apparently dodged a bullet in the short term, but the bullets are still flying."
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Washington Post staff writer Eric Yoder contributed to this report.
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Almost five months after the election some Republican voters in Wisconsin are having doubts about voting for Republican Scott Walker for governor. They consider themselves fiscal conservatives, but many voters who put Walker and other GOP leaders into office are now regretting their votes, largely because the cuts they are seeking could put the quality of local schools at risk. Continue Reading


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The Forest Footprint Disclosure Project released its fourth annual report this week. The report includes 100 companies that have voluntarily disclosed their "forest footprint", up from 87 last year. First time reporters include Colgate-Palmolive Co., Groupe Danone, Gucci and HJ Heinz Company, among others.
FFD focuses on five key commodities whose production can be tied to deforestation — soy, palm oil, timber and pulp, cattle products, and biofuels — and ranks companies on various criteria. The top performers within each 12 sectors are highlighted. The new report lists New Britain Palm Oil Ltd (Agricultural Products), Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd (Food and Staples Retailing), Marks and Spencer Plc (General Retailers), Dalhoff Larsen & Horneman (Industrials, Construction and Autos), British Sky Broadcasting (Media), Greenergy International Ltd. (Oil and Gas), Marfrig Group and Unilever (Packaged Foods and Meats), Mondi PLC (Paper and Forest Products), L'Oréal (Personal Products & Household Products), PrimeAsia Leather Corporation (Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods), British Airways (Travel & Leisure), and Drax Group (Utilities) as leaders. The report notes that some sectors are more forest-friendly than others.
"Two sectors, Industrials, Construction & Autos and Utilities had significant variances and came in for particular criticism as active corporate social responsibility in procurement appears not to be the norm," said FFD in a statement.
FFD aims to encourage companies to source these commodities without deforestation using approaches like certification and supply chain policies.
"Whilst we are heartened by the significant increase in the number of disclosers in this fourth FFD annual cycle and the contribution of new, global entities, it is not just about disclosing - we are calling on companies to make a step change in their behavior to ensure that responsible policies are integrated throughout their supply chains," said James Hulse, Director of FFD, in a statement. "This makes business sense and is what the investment community expects."
FFD comes in response to a global shift in drivers of tropical deforestation. Whereas 30-50 years ago most deforestation was to product of subsistence agriculture, today the bulk of forest loss is linked to commodity production and trade. The transition makes it ever more important for consumers and businesses to encourage a shift toward less damaging practices in the world's forests.
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3 bodies found in Cleveland suburb, police search for more victims
Suspect might be influenced by serial killer
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio - Police have resumed searching for possibly more victims after three bodies were found wrapped in plastic bags in a Cleveland suburb. The bodies, believed to be female, were found about 100 to 200 yards apart
On Sunday morning, authorities walked through knee-high weeds in yards near where the bodies were found in East Cleveland and went door-to-door asking neighbors for any information that could help the case.
Mayor Gary Norton says a 35-year-old registered sex offender arrested after a police standoff Friday is a suspect in the three deaths. The mayor says the suspect has indicated he might have been influenced by Cleveland serial killer Anthony Sowell.
Sowell was found guilty in 2011 of killing 11 women and hiding their remains around his Cleveland home from June 2007 to July 2009. Police found their mostly nude bodies throughout the house after a woman escaped and said she had been raped in there.
Sowell's victims ranged in age from 24 to 52, all were recovering or current drug addicts and most died of strangulation; some had been decapitated, and others were so badly decomposed that coroners couldn't say with certainty how they died.
Prosecutors described him in court papers as "the worst offender in the history of Cuyahoga County and arguably the State of Ohio." He was sentenced to death.
On Saturday, Police Commander Mike Cardilli announced that a woman's body had been found Friday in a garage and two other bodies were found a day later -- one in a backyard and the other in the basement of a vacant house.
All three people are believed to have been killed in the last six to 10 days.
Police did not know the identities of the three victims. Norton said police believe the three were female, although the bodies had not yet been examined by the medical examiner.
Norton said the bodies were each in the fetal position, wrapped in several layers of trash bags. He said detectives continue to interview the suspect, who used his mother's address in Cleveland in registering as a sex offender, the mayor said.
Cardilli said the man was arrested after a standoff with police Friday. Police did not immediately release the suspect's name. He was jailed in East Cleveland, the mayor said.
"The person in custody, some of the things he said to investigators made us go back today," the mayor said.
The police, FBI, the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Department went through yards and abandoned houses and used dogs trained to find cadavers.
The neighborhood in East Cleveland, which has some 17,000 residents, has many abandoned houses and authorities want to be thorough, the mayor said. "Hopefully, we pray to God, this is it," he said.


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PTOLEMUS, an international consulting firm recognised as the go-to source of information on Usage-based Insurance (UBI), is announcing the launch of the 2013 edition of its UBI Global Study.
Previewed at the world's largest conference on insurance telematics, the hefty 720-page study is by far the most complete analysis available worldwide on the exploding UBI market.
The fruit of more than 200 interviews and three years of research, it brings together:
The 2013 edition is also the only truly Global UBI market assessment to come with a bottom-up market model and forecasts to 2020 in Europe, Russia, North America, LATAM and Asia.
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