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US court throws out $655 m. terrorism judgment against PA
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Tel Aviv University calls abuse accusations by animal rights group 'outrageous, ridiculous'
Celebrating Kedumim's 40th, Bennett calls to annex Area C
Liberman: We remain committed to bringing our captives home
Police do damage control after Alsheich remarks
The Tel Aviv Soloists Ensemble kicks off its new season
THE SUGAR HILL GANG Barby Club, Tel Aviv, August 30
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Mac TA smashes transfer record with Kjartansson signing
Dudi Sela ousted in 1st round in New York
Israeli Olympic medalist raises over $50,000 for charity in eBay auction
Website launched to inform country's Holocaust survivors of their rights
Misgav Ladach CT institute to reopen
Burnout because of family obligations hits female oncologists more than it does males
100-year-old Israeli with 'golden hands and big heart' spends birthday volunteering
Pedometers handed out to principals
Newcomer Energean will attract other int'l firms to explore for gas in Israel
Animals from Gaza's 'worst zoo in the world' reach their new homes
As summer draws to a close, beaches still plagued by garbage
Agriculture Ministry, Parents Forum team up for healthy eating campaign
Candidly Speaking: The accelerating erosion of the post-Zionist Hebrew media
Hope for change in Lithuania
JPost Editorial: Education values
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Palestinian officials accused of torturing, jailing journalists
US calls Iran's actions in Arabian Gulf 'unsafe' and 'provocative'
'Iran's rapid deployment of S-300 to Fordow reveals importance of site'
Israeli who dealt arms to Iran to be extradited to US
US drone enters Iran's airspace, leaves after warning
Iran deploys latest long-range missile system at nuclear facility
Confiscated ISIS documents provide glimpse into terror group's inner workings
Turkey, US-led coalition launch large-scale border offensive against ISIS
Iran talks up Russia cooperation, predicts Islamic State's downfall
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German lawmaker investigates aid for Palestinian terrorism
Jewish college freshmen prepared to defend Israel on campus
Holocaust survivor of 9 concentration camps dies at age 91
Gruesome discovery in Germany raises questions about Holocaust-era experiments
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MILAN - A strong earthquake struck northern Italy on Tuesday, killing at
least 10 people and spreading panic among residents still living in
tents after a tremor shook the region just over a week ago, destroying
their homes.Officials and a source from the Italian Red Cross said several people were trapped under the rubble of houses and warehouses in the Emilia-Romagna region. Police said 10 people were confirmed dead but the toll was likely to rise.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- At the start of this month, Sergio Romo looked headed for his second All-Star game. On Sunday, he was removed from the closer role.
A day after Romo blew his third save in his last five chances, manager Bruce Bochy met with the struggling right-hander and told him the Giants would go with a committee in the ninth inning. For the most part, it's a committee of two: Santiago Casilla and Jeremy Affeldt.
Romo was told he would help get the final six outs instead of the final three, and he could see time in the seventh inning if the matchup calls for it.
"Sometimes you've got to change things," Bochy said. "Sometimes it's good for the player. Back him off and let him catch his breath."
Romo said he doesn't need to pitch the ninth to contribute.
"It is what it is," he said after a 4-0 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. "I'm going to get a chance, and when I get a chance I'm going to be ready to rock."
Bochy said he's not sure how long the current arrangement will last. Day 1 didn't go well, although the Giants didn't have a save situation. Affeldt entered in a one-run game and gave up three hits and two earned runs in a third of an inning. Still, he has a 1.98 ERA. Casilla has not given up a hit in five appearances since coming off the disabled list June 15 and got two outs Sunday to lower his ERA to 1.15.
Affeldt has 28 career saves; Casilla has 40, most of which came in 2012 when he replaced Brian Wilson. A blister derailed Casilla's run that season, and Romo took over as closer, eventually throwing the final pitch of the World Series.
He's a far cry from that pitcher these days, regularly hanging his signature slider. Romo threw six of them to Brandon Phillips late Saturday night, and the final one was crushed over the left-field fence for a go-ahead two-run homer.
Romo had only five blown saves last season while making his first All-Star game, but he has five already this season. He has allowed six homers, tying his career-high, and is 0-3 with a 10.64 ERA in his last 12 appearances. Romo entered June with 17 saves in 19 chances and a 3.52 ERA. Romo's ERA is now 5.17, and opponents are hitting .455 off him in the past five games, repeatedly pounding his slider.
"You can go back and look at pitch sequences where he gets a little predictable, but with Sergio, I think it's fair to say most teams know he's going with his slider," Bochy said. "It's his bread and butter. Recently, particularly when innings get stretched out, he's making mistakes."
Bochy said the hypercompetitive Romo took the news well.
"He was fine. I'm sure it wasn't what he wanted to hear, but he's a team guy," Bochy said. "I just think it's time to lighten the load little bit."
For more on the Giants, see Alex Pavlovic's Giants Extra blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/Giants. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/AlexPavlovic.

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Central Intake
Central Intake Division Construction of the newly designed Central Intake Jail was completed in 2005. The
facility is located within the 4th Ave. Jail. With a monthly average of between 7,400 and 8,900 inmates processed
and an annual average of between 89,000 and 107,000, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is the fourth largest
booking institute with in the country.
As the 'gateway' to the Maricopa County Sheriff's
Office jail system, Central Intake processes inmates from a multitude of Law Enforcement Agencies, ranging from;
local police departments and county offices, to state and federal agencies. Because of the limited amount of time
an arrestee spends in the Central Intake Jail (less than 24 hours), they are not afforded the same accommodations
as those inmates housed in full custody facilities. Specifically, they are not provided regular visitation
privileges, recreation, programs, and inmates are only fed sack meals.
The processing of an arrestee at Central Intake is
extensive and time consuming. The booking process begins with the completion of a medical assessment to determine
the medical needs an inmate may have. Utilizing a computerized booking process, an inmate's personal information,
charges, holds, a probable cause statement (utilized by the courts), personal property and monies that the prisoner
was arrested with are entered into a Pre-Booking System.
Additionally, inmates are photographed and fingerprinted
for identification verification. All inmates with new charges must be seen in an Initial Appearance (IA) Court within
twenty-four hours of arrest, as mandated by law. There are two IA courtrooms
located within the Central Intake Division and are utilized by the City of Phoenix Municipal Court, Superior Court,
Justice Courts and a few other municipal courts. After receiving an Initial Appearance in the IA Court, an inmate
may either be processed for release from the Sheriff's custody or may be remanded to remain in custody.
If an inmate is to remain in custody, the Central Intake Division must ensure that inmate is dressed out into
MCSO issued black and white stripes and interviewed by civilian personnel assigned to the Classification Division.
This process incorporates the inmate's prior booking history, institutional behavior and current charges to
establish the inmate's security level which is referred to as their classification. This classification is used
to determine the inmate's security level and where the inmate will be housed during their incarceration.
Many factors contribute to the challenging and unpredictable behaviors of those inmates who are booked into
Central Intake. Many prisoners are under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol or have a history of mental illness
when they arrive at Central Intake. Once these inmates are processed and accepted by the Sheriff's Office, they are
managed in Central Intake by detention officers and monitored by medical staff until their transition into a custody
housing facility or release.
Central Intake incorporates a fully functional medical
clinic located within it. Doctors, nurses and psychiatric counselors offer a variety of medical needs for inmates
processing throughout the initial booking process. With the necessity to control large numbers of both male and female
inmates with various psychological, institutional and behavioral issues, Central Intake is equipped with tools which
enable the staff to maintain order.
There are 23 holding tanks for the majority of inmates; this is referred to as general population. There are 17
isolation cells for inmates who may need to be isolated because of the nature of their charges, for their own safety,
for the safety of MCSO officers, or for medical reasons. Additionally Central Intake has 10 safe cells for inmates
with severe psychological issues and are deemed to be suicidal or homicidal. The safe cells are completely padded
and offer no fixtures which an inmate can harm themselves or anyone else with.
The Central Intake Division is a critical component within the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, and those
officers assigned to this unique and challenging duty post demonstrate on a daily basis their professionalism
and dedication.
Classification is an objective process by which inmates are systematically subdivided
into categories for security and programmatic reasons to ensure the safety of community, staff and inmates.
The classification assessment evaluates the risk the inmate may present to the security of the facility along with the
requirements of the MCSO Detention Bureau and the needs of inmates. The 1981 U.S. District Court decision Hart v. Hill
mandates that inmates are promptly classified, managed and housed according to several factors.
An inmate's current offender status and arrest and conviction history are reviewed and scored in order to assign
a specific security level. Several non-scored factors are also considered when determining housing or determining the
need for intervention or classification level override. Non-scored factors include institutional behavior, special
housing assessment, medical needs, psychiatric needs, mental or learning disabilities and suicide risk.
Classification is the custodial information network for the Detention Bureau. Data collected during the
Classification Process provides the basis for decisions regarding an inmate's security level, custody status,
housing requirements, program needs and housing in the least restrictive custody level necessary to maintain safety
and security.
During the initial classification assessment or while the inmate is already in custody, it
may be determined that an inmate requires special housing. Special housing is a
category of housing reserved for inmates whose introduction or continued presence in general population would pose a
substantial threat to the inmate, other inmates, staff or security of the institution. Special housing includes Close
Custody, Administrative Segregation, NOC and Juvenile Housing. Directed Housing is for those inmates
with significant disabilities that require wheelchairs, assist bars, shower and restroom
accommodations, but still afford the inmate the ability to be housed in general population.
Once the classification assessment is completed and the custody level determined, the inmate is
assigned to a facility with the appropriate security level.
The Classification Section of the MCSO consists of forty four (44) civilian employees many of
whom have prior experience in the detention or correctional field. These 44 Inmate Classification
Specialists have college degrees with education and training in the
behavioral and social sciences. The specialist will conduct their initial assessments in
Central Intake of the 4th Ave Jail. Many specialists are assigned to the various jail
facilities for reclassification and special housing assignments. In the calendar year 2010
the section classified in excess of 66,000 inmates.
Hearing Services
A Detention Officer Lieutenant commands the Hearing Services Section. The Lieutenant is assisted
by eleven specially trained and experienced detention Sergeants, and is responsible for reviewing the grievances and
complaints submitted by the inmates of the Maricopa County Jail System. The Hearing Sergeants are also
responsible for reviewing inmate disciplinary measures, to make sure that the discipline is fair and
appropriate, and that inmates are given a chance to be heard in the process.
Inmates may file grievances on any of the conditions of their incarceration. When they do file grievances,
it is most commonly on conditions such as their food, where they are housed, what they can receive from the
Commissary, their medical care, or what they perceive as restrictive jail rules.
When inmates receive sanctions for disobedience of jail rules, or "discipline", it usually means that they
will be placed in restrictive custody for a given number of hours or days, depending upon the severity of the
infraction. When they are placed in restrictive custody, inmates may not be able to make phone calls, have
visitors, or attend programs. They may also be restricted to their own cell for longer hours in the day, and
not be able to socialize with other inmates in the dayroom areas.
The Hearing Section is a multi-functional unit dealing with all aspects of inmate discipline and complaints.
The Hearing Officers must remain unbiased, and they must make reasonable determinations on issues ranging from
implementing sanctions on inmate disciplinary issues to providing avenues to resolve inmate complaints. The
Section ensures that inmates retain their rights of due process while in custody of the Maricopa County Jail
System. This helps to extend an open line of communication between inmates and staff, as well as between the
various Bureaus and staff members, including the Legal Services Division, Correctional Health Services, Food
Services, and Religious Services.
Note: The Hearing Unit is also tasked with maintaining, follow-up and storage of all documentation that
pertains to incidents of Detention Use of Force.
Note: The Hearing Unit is also tasked with PREA.
On April 20th, 2009, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office installed TouchPay Systems' cash kiosks at each jail facility. Using these kiosks, depositors can place money on an inmate's account using either the booking number or the inmate's name.
The machines will accept VISA and MasterCard, as well as cash. Once the deposited amount has been validated through the TouchPay System, which takes about an hour, the money will be immediately placed on the inmate's account for use.
In addition to the payment kiosks, deposits can be made via telephone, the Internet, or at select retail locations.
To make a deposit via telephone, please call toll free 1-866-355-9593. To make an online deposit, visit the TouchPay website at:http://maricopa.touchpaydirect.net.
To find retail locations where you can make a cash deposit, visit: http://touchpaydirect.com/locator
NOTE: There are fees for using this service.
Institutional Food Services
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Food Services, Food Factory is a one of a kind,
state-of-the-art food production facility. This huge facility is 145,000 square feet and
encompasses several production areas such as a Bakery, Cook Chill Kitchen, Bulk Production,
and Tray Assembly. Food Services bakes all of the bread served to inmates, processes fresh
and frozen produce, prepares hot meal items on site, and assembles each meal. Inmates receive
two meals a day, and staff must follow very strict guidelines to ensure meals meet USDA dietary
recommendations. Despite the rules and regulations, the Sheriff's Office feeds inmates cheaper
than any other jail system in the country.
The Food Services Section is a complex operation which is governed by all current rules of
safety, sanitation, security and supervision. Staff are required to directly supervise inmate
workers in the preparation and service of meals, and the cleaning and sanitation of Food Service
facilities. In addition to supervision, staff must also educate working inmates in proper food
handling techniques and sanitation in accordance with the Maricopa County Health Code. The
Sheriff's Office employs sanitarians to regularly inspect all kitchen facilities and train
the production staff on food safety and compliance with the food code. A registered dietician
is on staff to create the regular menu and modified diet menus, and provides dietary guidance.
Food Service staff are trained to properly supervise the preparation and service of medical
and religious diets.
Jail systems throughout the country look upon the Maricopa County Jail system as the leader
in institutional food services. The Sheriff's Office entered into the Arizona Gleaning Coalition
in February 1994. The mission of the Coalition is to reduce hunger in our state through the
gleaning of usable produce and food products from various corporations, growers, food banks,
and government agencies. Our entry into the coalition provided the necessary transport and
labor through the Distribution Services Section and Inmate Work Programs to dramatically impact
the Coalition's efforts toward the elimination of hunger. In return for our services, portions
of the products gleaned and excess food from the food banks are given to the Sheriff's Office
for use by the Food Services Section. Fresh and frozen produce obtained through the program is
assimilated into the inmate menu and reduces food costs by replacing menu items which would
otherwise be purchased.
Food Services has also adopted a program for cost savings through selective purchasing, also
known as "special buy opportunities." This program enables vendors to actively solicit product
overruns and seconds at specially reduced prices. In many cases, these items are purchased at
prices fifty percent less than current comparable items. These items are utilized in our inmate
meal service and replace items which would be otherwise purchased at significantly higher prices.
All food received by Food Services is inspected by professional Quality Assurance staff to ensure
it is safe, meets nutritional requirements and is in wholesome condition before it is accepted for
use in inmate meals.
The Food Factory recycling program recovers almost every item that can be recycled, such as
cans, plastic, metals, peanut butter tubs, and detergent buckets. Food waste items are processed
through a pulper, which reduces it to liquid and produces a small amount of biodegradable waste.
These steps have resulted in cutting our footprint at the landfill by nearly 4,000,000 pounds a
year, and significantly reduced our waste disposal costs. Currently 80 - 85% of all Food Services
waste is recycled. The recycling program has been so successful it has now been implemented
throughout the entire Sheriff's Office.
Food Service operations are accomplished through the hard work and dedication of Food Service
professionals and detention staff.
Laundry Services
Believe it or not, Maricopa County inmates did not always wear black and white striped uniforms
and pink underwear!
Until 1976, each jail facility had small washers and dryers to wash inmates' clothing. In 1976,
a central laundry was built at Durango Jail for sorting, washing, drying, folding and filling new
orders. MCSO inmates were issued blue jeans and t-shirts as their uniform.
In 1978, the inmate uniforms were changed to a style similar to hospital scrubs. The original
uniform pants were blue and the shirts came in a variety of colors. Blue shirts were issued to
the non-working or unsentenced inmates. Juveniles wore yellow shirts. Orange, green and white
shirts were issued to working inmates according to their job assignment. The colors made it easier
to recognize the inmates and their work status.
In 1982, a laundry facility was built at the new Towers Jail. The machines consisted of multiple
industrial-sized washers and dryers. Even with the new equipment, laundry operations were labor
intensive and time-consuming. Each machine had to be loaded and unloaded manually using inmate labor.
With the exception of one small machine used to fold the towels, everything was hand folded by working
Sheriff Joe Arpaio implemented the current inmate uniform of black and white stripes for every
inmate, as well as our world-famous pink boxer shorts. The striped uniforms make it much easier to
identify inmates for security purposes. The boxer shorts were dyed pink to prevent inmates from
stealing the white shorts. Now that the boxers are pink, it is easy to determine if an inmate is
stealing underwear at the time of his release. With the theft of jail underwear down, county
taxpayers saved over $70,000 the first year the pink underwear were issued.
In 2003, a new laundry facility opened with a state-of-the-art computer-controlled laundry system.
Sorting is done in bins that automatically load into bags and move to an overhead rail. The bags are
sent to one of four 450-pound washers that have direct injection detergents, ensuring a precise degree
of hygienic control. Once the wash cycle is completed, a shuttle moves into place and the laundry is
transported to one of the four 400-pound dryers. Dry laundry is either mechanically folded or hand
folded by inmates. A team of detention officers and civilian staff oversees up to 45 working inmates
each shift, and another team of officers distributes laundry to inmates at the jail facilities.
Under Sheriff Arpaio's direction, using the "economy of scale," the Inmate Laundry handles the
laundry needs of Juvenile Probation's Juvenile Detention Centers. This represents a cost savings to
the citizens of Maricopa County.
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Inmate Laundry processes over 4.3 million pounds of laundry
per year to meet the demand of providing bedding, clothing and linens to Maricopa County's jails and
juvenile detention centers.
Inmate Legal Services
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office provides legal services to inmates who represent
themselves in their criminal cases, or are involved in a civil rights action for conditions of
confinement or where the inmate is the respondent in a civil/domestic action, or petition for
writ of habeas corpus.
Inmates are not permitted to visit the Inmate Legal Services Unit, but may request legal forms,
case law, statutes, court rules and information for habeas corpus, civil rights and civil cases
from the Inmate Legal Services Unit via an Inmate Legal Request Form.
Inmate Legal Services will research the requests for civil statutes, court rules and case
law and file motions for habeas corpus, civil rights and civil response matters for inmates
with the appropriate courts.
Inmates who are representing themselves (which is sometimes referred to as acting Pro Per)
in their criminal cases may order court rules, statutes, case law and legal research from
Inmate Legal Services. The staff in the Inmate Legal Services Office works 40 hours a week
to research and file criminal, civil rights and civil cases for inmates.
Inmate Legal Services does not maintain a Law Library as such, but utilizes the internet
to access legal research. Any material which is not available from Inmate Legal Services is
obtained for the inmates from the Maricopa County Superior Court Law Library.
All lawsuits filed by the inmates are presented to the court, where the judge ultimately
decides whether the suit has merit.
Inmate Library
The Inmate Library's mission is to provide reading material to all inmates in the county jail
system. The Inmate Library's professional staff offers reference service to both inmates and jail
staff. The librarians also coordinate with various inmate programs, including AA and NA, Hard Knocks
High School, Special Education, Literacy, GED, and Sheriff Arpaio's Bedtime Stories, to acquire and
distribute books in support of those programs.
Foreign language books and magazines are provided for inmates who are not proficient in English.
The library offers selections in Spanish, French, German, Japanese and Vietnamese. Textbooks are also
available for those who are learning to speak English/Spanish.
Jail inmates do not visit the library; rather, books are distributed on a monthly basis to all
jails according to a regularly scheduled delivery procedure. The selection of materials varies daily,
since the majority of library stock is donated by the community. A network of regular donors includes
public libraries, schools, churches and charities, bookstores, and citizens who are interested in
encouraging inmates to read.
Certain publications, deemed inappropriate for reasons of safety or security, are prohibited in the
jails. Magazines depicting nudity or violence, books promoting illegal activity, and subjects such as
"locksmithing" and "winemaking" are not allowed. The most popular books are westerns, especially by
author Louis L'Amour; horror stories by such authors as Stephen King and Dean Koontz; and romance
novels by Nora Roberts and Danielle Steele.
The LBJ Medical Services Division consists of two sections, the Medical Services Section
and the Hearing Services Section, and is commanded by a Detention Officer Captain.
Medical Services Section
The Medical Services Section is commanded by a Detention Lieutenant, and is responsible for coordinating
all medical services within the Maricopa County Jail System with Correctional Health Services (CHS).
The Medical Services Section is located at the Lower Buckeye Jail, and is licensed by the State of Arizona.
It is comprised of a 60 bed inmate infirmary, a fully staffed Medical Clinic, and a 268 bed Psychiatric
Unit. Detention and Medical personnel work closely to provide optimum care for all of the inmates housed
within the Infirmary and Psychiatric unit. The main objective of these units is to provide progressive
treatment to both the mentally and physically handicapped inmates within the Maricopa County Jail system.
Continual efforts are made to treat and stabilize these inmates so that they may again be housed in the
jail's general population, when feasible, and eventually be reintegrated into the community upon release.
Hearing Services Section
A Detention Officer Sergeant commands the Hearing Services Section. The Sergeant is assisted by six specially
trained and experienced detention officers, and is responsible for reviewing the grievances and complaints
submitted by the inmates of the Maricopa County Jail System. The Hearing Officers are also responsible for
reviewing inmate disciplinary measures, to make sure that the discipline is fair and appropriate, and that
inmates are given a chance to be heard in the process.
Inmates may file grievances on any of the conditions of their incarceration. When they do file grievances,
it is most commonly on conditions such as their food, where they are housed, what they can receive from the
Commissary, their medical care, or what they perceive as restrictive jail rules.
When inmates receive sanctions for disobedience of jail rules, or "discipline", it usually means
that they will be placed in restrictive custody for a given number of hours or days, depending upon the severity
of the infraction. When they are placed in restrictive custody, inmates may not be able to make phone calls,
have visitors, or attend programs. They may also be restricted to their own cell for longer hours in the day,
and not be able to socialize with other inmates in the dayroom areas.
The Hearing Section is a multi-functional unit dealing with all aspects of inmate discipline and complaints.
The Hearing Officers must remain unbiased, and they must make reasonable determinations on issues ranging from
implementing sanctions on inmate disciplinary issues to providing avenues to resolve inmate complaints. The
Section ensures that inmates retain their rights of due process while in custody of the Maricopa County Jail
System. This helps to extend an open line of communication between inmates and staff, as well as between the
various Bureaus and staff members, including the Legal Services Division, Correctional Health Services, Food
Services, and Religious Services.
Sheriff's Information Management Services (SIMS) Division
SIMS Division staff converts information from legal source documents and enters the
information into the Jail Management Computer System (JMS). This starts with the initial booking into jail and continues
until the defendant is released from custody of the Sheriff's Office. During 2010 SIMS processed approximately 500,000
court documents.
SIMS is responsible for the continuous updating in the JMS for each defendant's judicial data throughout the
entire period of incarceration and for the dissemination of that information to the public and federal, state, and local
criminal justice agencies. The JMS provides current and timely responses to inquiries. SIMS handles telephone calls
concerning informational inquiries on defendants. Even though the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) telephone system
is available, SIMS also maintains a staff of telephone operators to respond to callers.
SIMS also processes defendant transfers and transportation instructions within the JMS for court appearances and the
Arizona Department of Corrections. During 2010 there were 140,000 defendants scheduled for the Superior Courts, the
Justice Courts, and city courts.
SIMS handles thousands of transactions and processing of inmate money deposits, money and property releases, and the
collection of millions of dollars in bonds and fines. During 2010 SIMS processed 19,381 bonds and fines and 19,275
inmate money deposits.
In August 2001, Sheriff Joseph Arpaio created and implemented the Special Response Team.
This Unit was trained and equipped with specialized tactical equipment to reinforce the safety and
security of the Maricopa County jail system for officers, inmates, and civilian staff.
SRT officers are trained to utilize several types of firearms and less lethal diversion, impact,
chemical, and electronic control devices. This includes Remington Model 870 12 gauge shotguns,
37mm launchers, Pepperball and FN303 launchers and X-26 Tasers. Some of the munitions used include
flashbangs, bore thunder, smoke and CS grenades and hydro-kinetics.
The primary function of SRT is searching for administrative and criminal contraband. The Special
Response Team addresses many different concerns dealing with officer safety and the safety of sentenced
and unsentenced inmates. SRT is also utilized to suppress inmate disturbances, perform cell
extractions and forced moves, assist in the administration of medications, and provide security for
high profile inmates attending court or outside medial appointments.
By specializing in searching and tactical response within the jail environment, SRT provides an
enhancement to the operation of each jail facility. SRT provides on-call, 24-hour coverage and is
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WASHINGTON (October 5, 2012)—A new Congressional Budget Office estimate puts the deficit for the just-completed 2012 budget year at $1.1 trillion, the fourth straight year of trillion dollar deficits on President Barack Obama's watch, but a slight improvement from the 2011 deficit of $1.3 trillion.
The bleak figures from the CBO, while expected, add fodder for the heated presidential campaign, in which Mr. Obama's handling of the economy and the budget is a main topic.
Friday's release came as the government announced that the unemployment rate dropped to 7.8 percent last month, matching the rate when Mr. Obama took office.
The administration will release the official deficit numbers in mid-October, but they should line up closely with the CBO estimate, which shows that the government borrowed 32 cents for every dollar it spent.


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Go! Our picks for the best events (April 4-10)
Published: Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, April 2, 2013 at 6:16 p.m.
Friday — Science inspires art exhibit
The Artists' Guild of Spartanburg presents the work of member Ralph Paquin through April 27 in the Guild Gallery at Chapman Cultural Center. Paquin's "Genes and Chromosomes" will include both drawings and sculptures that explore the artistry of cellular-level biology.
This free exhibit is open daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and on Sunday, 1-5 p.m. A public reception will take place from 5:30-8 p.m. today. Call 542-ARTS (2787.
Saturday — Get gross at Walnut Grove
"Colonial Grossology" at Walnut Grove Plantation features kid-friendly, hands-on activities for the adventurous, including tasting pigs' ears, learning about the treatment of sickness during Colonial times and other "gross" education experiences.
The event will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $6 for adults, $4 for ages 5-17, and free for ages 4 and younger.
In the days leading up to "Colonial Grossology," families looking for spring break activities can get a taste of the late 1700s during Walnut Grove's "Spring Into History." Guides in period dress will share the history of the Moore family and the South Carolina Backcountry. On select days, a Revolutionary War re-enactor will share the latest news in the fight for independence from Great Britain, and a daily hands-on activity will be offered.
"Spring Into History" takes place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Friday. Admission is $6 for adults, $3 for ages 5-17, and free for ages 4 and younger. Walnut Grove Plantation is at 1200 Otts Shoals Road in Roebuck.
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Sunday — USC Upstate musicians to perform
The Chapman Cultural Center presents the University of South Carolina Upstate Commercial Music Honors Concert at 2:30 p.m. in the David W. Reid Theater.
The program will include music in various genres including pop, jazz, baroque, folk and contemporary original songs performed by selected soloists and small ensembles within the Commercial Music major.
The USC Upstate Guitar Ensemble and Vocal Jazz Combo will also be featured.
The performance will culminate with award-winning songs from the first USC Upstate Songwriting Competition adjudicated by songwriting professor and internationally-acclaimed singer/songwriter Tish Oney. The concert is free. For more information, call 542-ARTS (2787).
Sunday — Chapman open Sundays for free
The Chapman Cultural Center is now open 1-5 p.m. Sundays. The public can visit Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg Regional History Museum and Spartanburg Science Center. Available free of charge are the student galleries and the Artists' Guild of Spartanburg Gallery.
Adding to the afternoon of culture, a different local musician plays a free mini-concert from 2 to 4 p.m. The lineup for April includes Rohn Jewell, Not Even Brothers, and the Lovely Jodie. Call 542-ARTS (2787).
Wednesday — Guitar duo at library for lunch
Spartanburg Philharmonic Orchestra presents free lunchtime concerts at the Spartanburg library downtown on Wednesdays called Music Sandwiched In. This week, Portland Guitar Duo, James Manuele and Foti Lycouridis, will be the featured artist. The music starts at 12:15. Bring your lunch or buy one there. Call 948-9020.
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Leanne Suter, a reporter for KABC in Los Angeles, was shot in the hand with a BB gun yesterday while doing a segment on weather. We can't find video of the incident itself, but apparently Leanne is such a bad-ass that "viewers could not tell" she was shot.
In any event, Suter "was taken to the hospital for treatment and will be OK." Cops arrested a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old. But were they just bored kids firing the general direction of the news van? Or are they patsies for Big Weather, trying to intimidate Suter off this bombshell heat wave story?


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Proposition 38, which would have increased taxes on the middle class to pump more money into California classrooms, lost resoundingly Tuesday, as expected.
Despite $44 million in personal donations, civil rights attorney Molly Munger's measure lost about 3-1 with all of the state's precincts reporting, according to the Secretary of State's Office. The margin on Wednesday evening was roughly 72.3 percent "no" and 27.7 percent "yes."
"Transformational change takes time and we are committed to staying the course until our state truly does truly does tackle this school funding crisis," Munger said in a statement. "So the fight will continue. Whether we are back at the ballot, in Sacramento working on legislation, or finding other, new innovative ways to tackle this incredibly important issue, you can count on us to be there."
Los Altos Hills parent Susan Canty was sad that the measure failed.
"It's a disappointment and it's problematic that California has trouble fixing its own budget issues and has trouble choosing to invest in kids," she said.
Proposition 38 would have raised income taxes on 60 percent of California earners, down to some people making as little as $7,455, for 12 years. The tax hike would have depended on how much you earn, with the increase ranging from 0.4 percent to 2.2 percent.
It planned to raise an estimated $10 billion annually. Depending on the year, K-12 public schools were to get 60 percent to 85 percent of the revenue, with pre-kindergarten schools getting 10 percent to 15 percent, and up to 30 percent going to pay off state debt.
It was backed not only by Munger, the daughter of billionaire Charles Munger, but the PTA and most school districts.
Butshe faced an uphill battle from the beginning, and polls showed the measure didn't have much of a chance. She was not only asking Californians to tax themselves, a proposition they have routinely rejected, but she also was competing with Gov. Jerry Brown's Proposition 30, a separate tax-hike for education measure that mostly hit wealthy people.
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I spotted my first mosquito last weekend, which means spring has finally sprung. And this, in turn, means that fiber festival season is almost upon us!
A quick glance at our 2007 calendar of events tells me this is an extremely busy year for fiber festivals. To help you navigate your options, I'll walk you through the festival highlights of the season and give you some time-tested festival survival tips.
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HAYWARD -- In a matchup of Bay Area high school basketball heavyweights Saturday night, Salesian and Jabari Bird simply were too much for Aaron Gordon and Archbishop Mitty.
Two-time defending Division II state champion Mitty raced out to an early seven-point lead. But once the cushion dissolved, Salesian, the reigning Division IV state champ, never looked back as the Pride cruised to a surprisingly easy 72-51 victory in the first Catholic Schools Winter Classic at Cal State East Bay.
Salesian led by eight points at halftime and knocked out Mitty with a 22-2 run to start the second half.
Mitty came into the game ranked No. 2 in the state by Cal-Hi Sports, one spot ahead of Salesian.
But the showdown ended up being a mismatch, one that sent fans headed for the exits midway through the fourth quarter as Salesian (7-1) opened a 66-36 lead.
Asked if he could have imagined such a one-sided outcome, Bird said, "I only dreamed of it. I never imagined it would be like this. We came out in the third quarter and went on that run. It felt amazing."
Bird led Salesian with 19 points and nine rebounds. Aaron Gordon led Mitty with 18 points and 10 rebounds.
"We just didn't come out ready to go on defense," Gordon said. "That's the main thing. At halftime we were only down eight. They come out and got three quick buckets on us and put us away."
The matchup brought a near capacity crowd to the Hayward school and a handful area college coaches to courtside seats, including Cal's Mike Montgomery, who will coach Bird next season.
The first half was entertaining as both Bird and Gordon -- two of nation's top players -- provided enough highlights to fill a reel.
At one point, Bird stole the ball from Gordon underneath the basket at one end and glided for a dunk at the other.
Moments later, Gordon soared above the rim -- and a pack of Salesian defenders -- on an inbounds pass and dunked it with force.
But the highlights for Mitty (3-2) were few and far between.
"We just didn't come out ready," said the 6-foot-8 Gordon, who has narrowed his college choices Arizona, Kentucky and Washington.
It hardly looked that way in the opening minutes, however.
Mitty led 9-2, forcing Salesian to call a timeout. The Pride responded, scoring the next 12 points to end the opening quarter with a 14-9 advantage.
During the timeout, Salesian coach Bill Mellis told his players, including Bird, that they were playing too tentatively and to play as if it were just another game.
His team -- and Bird -- heeded the call.
"I came back into the game, I got a few easy buckets, a couple of free throws," Bird said. "My teammates had a real great game, had my back tonight."
Salesian stretched the lead to 10 in the second quarter before taking a 31-23 lead into the locker room.
But any opportunity for a dramatic second half ended in the first few minutes of the third quarter. Jermaine Edmonds Jr. scored two easy baskets, then Mario Dunn scored, followed by two baskets by Sean O'Neal.
Game over. Dunn finished with 15 points and Edmonds 13.
When it was over, Gordon and Bird, AAU teammates the past three summers, exchanged pleasantries at midcourt.
"At the end of the day, he's still one of my friends," Bird said. "I didn't really have too much trash talk. Hopefully I can see him again later in the year."
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Archbishop Riordan 79, Moreau Catholic 63
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The event will start on: Fri, Oct 18, 2013 | 4:15 pm
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Join the Chair, Bonnie Bassler, for an update on the department on Friday, October 18, 2013 at 4:15 p.m. Followed by graduate student guided laboratory tours and an Alumni Reception.
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- Oct 7:
- Grant Balfour gives A's what they need
- Oakland A's notebook: Dan Otero gets 'six biggest outs of my life'
- Grant Balfour, Victor Martinez detail altercation in Game 3 of ALDS
- Purdy: Grant Balfour did NOT wake up sleeping Tigers
- Hickey: Balfour-Martinez confab was great theatre
- Oakland A's one win away from advancing after beating Detroit Tigers 6-3
DETROIT -- If you spent a single minute watching replays of Monday's silly non-brawl between A's reliever Grant Balfour and Tigers batter Victor Martinez ... well, that's your problem.
Consider it a wasted minute, if mildly entertaining. The kerfuffle had no effect on the result. Although you might have had fun reading the lips of Balfour as he, according to teammate Josh Reddick, uttered language that was "not very age-appropriate."
You know what was the real story Monday? The A's batters were very, very, very Detroit-appropriate.
Consider: In their 6-3 victory, the A's outhit the best-hitting team in the American League, in its home ballpark. The A's banged out 10 hits -- including three home runs -- to the Tigers' seven hits, six of which were singles.
And this was no one-day fluke. During the A's last visit here to Comerica Park, in August, they scored 34 runs in a four-game series, winning three of those four games and losing the other only when Balfour had a rare blown save.
The A's obviously love hitting at Comerica Park, pure and simple.
Probably because it's nothing like hitting at O.co Coliseum.
"I feel like guys are just comfortable here," A's third baseman Josh Donaldson said. "Playing in the Coliseum all the time ... it's such a sense of relief when you go somewhere else -- with hitting, I mean."
He was being specifically cautious in addressing the topic. The A's players love the Coliseum atmosphere in terms of their screaming Let's-Go-Oakland tribe and the ballpark's quirky playing conditions and the fact that opponents generally hate visiting the antiquated facility.
However, the Coliseum is what you might call not batter-friendly. It is not even batter-mildly-courteous. Especially after sundown.
"I was watching the Raiders game last night on television, and I noticed how it was darker than the other football games I normally watch," Donaldson said. "I didn't notice that when I've been playing in the Coliseum. But I noticed it while watching that Raider game. It's our place -- but it's a tough place to hit."
Derek Norris, the A's catcher, had similar thoughts about the O.co climatology.
"You've got the marine layer out there, and in night games, it's damp and can get dark," said Norris. "Here today, we had a day game, overcast with the sun not shining directly but pretty bright, and the air was clear with the wind blowing to left field ... it's just the conditions."
Comerica conditions, by contrast, are a slice of heaven. You could sense that things Monday would go well for the A's hitters when Coco Crisp led off with a double to right-center field against the American League's ERA leader, Anibal Sanchez.
That was the beginning of a three-hit game for Crisp -- and a setup for home runs by Reddick, Brandon Moss and Seth Smith.
Moss' homer was especially timely, because it came after the Tigers had tied the score at 3-3 in the bottom of the fourth inning and woke up the home crowd for the first time all day. Moss promptly answered by smashing a Sanchez changeup through a stiff breeze over the right-field wall and silencing the noise.
"That's a huge swing in momentum for us," A's manager Bob Melvin confirmed. "At the time, it felt like it was more than just a solo home run. So big of a swing for us -- and then we continued to swing the bat well after that."
Reddick was not certain why the A's have clobbered the ball so magnificently in Detroit this season. But those 34 runs during that series victory in August led Tigers manager Jim Leyland to vaguely imply that the A's might be stealing signs, an implication denied by everyone in an Oakland uniform.
"We don't know what it is," Reddick said. "If it's something in the water here, we've got to keep drinking the water. If it's something in the air ... well, you've got to breathe, so you've got to take it all in."
Some of the A's win-loss success is due to their pitching, of course. The Tigers finished first in the American League with a .283 batting average during the season but are hitting just .219 over the three games in this series. Can that continue? The A's have two opportunities to close out the Tigers, beginning with Game 4 here Tuesday. A worst-case scenario would be a Game 5 on Thursday.
"But you don't want to settle for that," Donaldson said. "We want to get our business done here tomorrow. If it goes to a Game 5, they have a pretty good guy throwing for them."
That would be Max Scherzer, the presumptive Cy Young Award winner of the American League. And, gulp, that Game 5 would be played in Oakland at the Coliseum, probably in the early evening for a marine-layer special.
"If we get to a Game 5, we get to a Game 5," said Moss. "But that's a terrible way to look at it -- that we've got two games to win one game? This team we're playing against is too good. You can't give them any momentum."
No question that the momentum belongs to the A's, who have one more round of swings coming in their favorite Comerica neighborhood, against the Tigers' fourth starter, Doug Fister. If you could transplant the A's wild home crowds here for Tuesday's game, the A's might win by five touchdowns.
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People often wonder how the IRB world rankings work, well, it's fairly simple. I was fortunate enough to once witness an IRB world rankings meeting take place, and this is exactly what happened:
1. First, the IRB inner sanctum (herein known as the Council of the Inner Sanctum) all gather in a great hall. They all dress in black, with a sort of silver fern thing on the front of their clothes.
2. Next, they start doing a funny dance which involves them pulling silly faces and slapping themselves.
3. The funny dance summons the spirit of Austin The Rude, who rises from a pit of fire, and has a ginormous forehead
4. The Council of the Inner Sanctum then make sacrifices to Austin The Rude, in the form of insults which are no more than 140 characters long.
5. They all have a 5 minute break
6. Austin The Rude logs on to twitter and randomly dishes out the insults to Welsh rugby supporters.
7. For every angry response Austin The Rude receives, England are rewarded 10 points, and Wales have 10 points deducted.
8. England and Ireland are also awarded 10 extra bonus points if Wales do better than them in any competition
9. If Wales beat any team more than 2 times consecutively, that team is automatically promoted above Wales in the IRB world rankings.
10. Australia, South Africa and New Zealand are each awarded 100 points, regardless.
And that's it really. The process for selecting the World cup pools is equally simple:
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Every day, the Devils Lake Journal publishes a selection of stories both in print and on the web you can't find anywhere else.
Today, Wednesday, December 12, 2012, found only in print in the pages of the Devils Lake Journal will be Local couple engaged page 3, Tony Bender's column on page 4 and area business news and briefs on page 8.
Found only on the web will be Today in history - 12-12-12 and a video from the Minnie H program Tuesday evening.
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Taxi Fleet Owners Siding With City in App Lawsuit
A coalition of taxi fleet owners is headed to court over a looming change in the city's laws governing the industry. The only unusual part: this time, the fleet owners are on the city's side.
The Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade will file as an intervener on the side of the city and the Taxi and Limousine Commission on Tuesday, joining a lawsuit in which the owners of black and livery car companies have tried to block the launch of smartphone apps for hailing yellow cabs.
The yellow cab industry has found much to object to in the past two years under Mayor Michael Bloomberg and TLC Chairman David Yassky. Medallion owners have fretted about a plan to let livery cabs take street hail customers outside Manhattan's central business district. They have griped about plans to require a new van-like Nissan for all taxi fleets later this year. And, eventually, they have filed suit to block the administration's plans.
This time, the yellow cab companies find themselves on the side of both the regulators and the tech industry firms that are vying to be the first to offer customers a way to flag down a yellow cab with a touch of a smartphone screen.
The lawsuit by the livery cars seeks to block the TLC from launching a pilot program that would allow those apps to be used to hail yellow cabs, on the grounds that the use of a smartphone to flag down a yellow cab violates the existing ban on letting cabbies "prearrange" a ride with a customer. (That policy dates to the removal of radios from cabs in the administration of Mayor Ed Koch.)
The case was scheduled for argument on Feb. 28 before Judge Arthur Engoron, who had previously struck down the plan for street-hailing of liveries in boroughs outside Manhattan. An administrative judge agreed with a city motion to shift the e-hailing lawsuit to a different judge last week.
Yellow fleets don't want to miss out on potential business coming from e-hail apps like Hailo, Taxi Magic, Flywheel or Uber, a spokesman for the Board of Trade said.
In a message sent to members of the group Tuesday morning, Michael Woloz, who also serves as a lobbyist for the group, said that the board of trade would join the suit to prevent yellow cabs from being left out as technology allowing electronic hailing becomes ever more prevalent.


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The Devils Lake Police say with the holidays approaching, more scams are making the rounds.
Police report on Friday a resident received an e-mail saying their free American Airlines tickets were enclosed. Before clicking on the attachment the resident contacted a travel agent who in turn contacted American Airlines who said it was a common scam.
A second fraud case was reported Friday, as well. Police say a resident lost $100 after responding to a message saying his computer had a virus. Police say once the resident sent the money, the scammers asked for more money, then the victim realized it was a scam.
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Frozen puff pastry is like right up there with the wheel, microwaves and stretch pants in the "greatest invention ever" category. I'm not even going to talk about sliced bread here because I think whoever coined the expression "greatest thing since sliced bread" must have meant "greatest thing since a knife." I mean really, how hard is it to slice bread? Anyway, gotta pick your battles, yes?
I place the puff pastry in the fridge overnight to thaw and I even set the cream cheese on the counter to soften before I go to bed. (does this mean I live dangerously?) Then, the next morning I can have this danish on the table in about 45 minutes.
2 sheets (one box) frozen puff pastry dough, defrosted
6 oz cream cheese, softened
3 tbsp sugar
1 egg yolk
1 2/3 cups cinnamon chips, divided
1 egg beaten with 1 TBSP of water (for egg wash)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
In a small mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, and egg yolk until well blended. Set aside three tablespoons of the cinnamon chips for garnish. Stir the remaining cinnamon chips into the cream cheese mixture. Set aside.
Unfold each piece of dough and place each on a parchment lined baking sheet. With rolling pin, gently roll each piece of dough into a 10"x10" square. Spread the cream cheese mixture lengthwise down the center third of the dough rectangle. Cut 1-inch wide strips from the edges of the dough almost to the filling. Brush the dough edges with the beaten egg wash.
Begin the braid by folding the top row toward the filling. Alternately fold the strips at an angle from each side across the filling toward the opposite side. Fold bottom row toward the filling and finish by stretching last strip and tucking under to seal. (Sorry for the lack of photo for this part.) Brush entire loaf with the rest of the beaten egg wash. Bake in preheated oven for 25-30 minutes or until pastry is browned and puffed. Remove from oven and garnish with reserved cinnamon chips.


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The Heavy Pets writes its music collectively
Published: Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
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It's hard to pin down an exact sound for The Heavy Pets and that's because each of the members writes songs.
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Who: Perpetual Groove with The Heavy Pets
Where: Asheville Music Hall, Asheville, N.C.
When: 10 p.m. Saturday
Tickets: $12 advance, $15 at door
Info: 828-255-7777 or www.ashevillemusichall.com
Thinking of themselves as more of a "song writing collective" than anything else, each member will bring new material to the group.
When asked about their musical direction it can be hard to nail down a specific answer.
"It can make it easier to get a song together, but makes it harder for us to have a definitive sound. That's the one downside," vocalist and guitarist Jeff Lloyd said.
The Heavy Pets, made up of Lloyd, Mike Garulli (guitar, harmonica, vocals), Jim Wuest (keyboards, vocals), Tony D'Amato (bass) and Jamie Newitt (drums) will open for Perpetual Groove at 10 p.m. Saturday at the Asheville Music Hall.
The group, which is big on the festival scene, got heavy play on Sirius' Jam-On station when they first debuted and their self-titled 2010 release was named one of the Huffington Post's top albums of that year.
When members of the Florida-based band has a new idea, there's a method to working on the new song.
"As a rule everyone gets a chance to hear their song the way they want it played without personal edits," Lloyd said.
Their long-standing friendships (most of them have known one another for more than a decade) helps push past any problems in the writing process.
When the group, then a quartet, first began in 2005 they were more into longer jams, instead of the jazz-funk, reggae-tinged rock 'n' roll they now perform.
"We started off as more of a traditional jam band, for lack of a better term," Lloyd said. "We were writing these long-winded pieces with sections and segments."
Maturation, lineup changes and personal preference has pushed the band in other directions. Lloyd said he doesn't listen to jam music, but is into more new disco now.
Last month the group performed with a DJ, who began the show spinning tunes only to be joined one-by-one by members of The Heavy Pets. It's a concept that Lloyd is interested in trying again.
The DJs "music fit in with that kick that we're on. It allowed us to do something new," he said.
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TORONTO - Ontario's three major party leaders have been campaigning since last week, but the buses officially hit the road today as they seek votes in the June 12 provincial election.
Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne visits businesses in Kitchener and Brampton and helps open a campaign office in Ottawa.
Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak plans to visit businesses in Mississauga, Burlington and Brantford today.
New Democratic Party Leader Andrea Horwath has two events in Toronto, followed by a campaign stops in Kitchener and Niagara Falls.
There was some controversy Tuesday over the use of images from Russia in a Progressive Conservative election TV ad promoting job creation in Ontario.
Hudak didn't immediately comment, but a party spokesman said he had no idea where the footage came from but defended the commercial as current practice.
Will Stewart, the party's media director, said it was the way advertising works in the 21st century, and accused the Liberals of playing "gotcha" politics by planting the story.
Wynne didn't immediately comment but a party spokesperson called the Tories' claim "baseless and totally false."
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Wynne pulled the plug on the legislature last Friday when the New Democrats said they'd join the Tories in rejecting her minority government's budget.


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There are new details in the case of missing Nelson County teenager Alexis Murphy.
A bond hearing has been scheduled for Murphy's accused kidnapper, Randy Taylor. The hearing will be held 1 p.m. Aug. 22.
Randy Taylor's attorney will ask for his client to be granted bond during a hearing next week, WDBJ7 has learned.
Taylor is expected to appear via video conference at 1 p.m. August 22 to ask for bond in Nelson County court. He's been charged in connection to the disappearance of 17-year-old Alexis Murphy. She has not been seen since August 3.
Meanwhile, FBI agents are not at Taylor's Nelson County home. There is crime scene tape around his home.
Also new Thursday, WDBJ7's Nadine Maeser has learned that on August 7, Judge Leyburn Mosby signed off on a court order to seal all affidavits and search warrants pertaining to Randy Taylor's case and the address of 10506 Thomas Nelson highway.
We're also hearing from the lawyer representing Taylor. Police say Taylor was the last person to see Murphy. Taylor's attorney, Michael Hallahan, spoke on camera to CNN affiliate WVIR. Hallahan says he has doubts about the case against his client.
"I think their case may be quite weak to have a court date to be requested to be set that far out," Taylor's attorney, Michael Hallahan said.
Hallahan used to be a police officer in Albemarle and Greene counties, so he knows firsthand about law enforcement investigations. Now, Hallahan is the court-appointed attorney for Taylor.
"This is a Class 5 felony. It carries anything for punishment to up to 10 years. There's another type of abduction, abduction with the intent to defile That is a much more serious charge that carries up to life in prison. But, they don't have him charged with that. They have him charged with simple abduction."
Not only does the charge suggest to Hallahan that law enforcement doesn't have a lot of evidence, he says most defendants see the court in 30 days. But Taylor isn't due in court until January 9. That's nearly five months for the prosecution to prepare its case, Hallahan says.
Hallahan believes that, if left to their own devices, law enforcement and the commonwealth won't give him what evidence they do have until next spring. but he intends to get more information sooner than that.
"The best way to get information is to schedule a bond hearing because the Commonwealth is required to tell why they need to be held in jail and why they're a danger," Hallahan said.
He asks the public not to rush to judgment on Taylor.
"I don't like the way that people are already saying bad things about Mr. Taylor and they don't know anything about the case," Hallahan said. "Hundreds and hundreds of cars go from the Liberty every afternoon and every morning. A lot of them are heading north. I could be a suspect. I get gas there and go back to my office all the time."
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Gloves can come in any color, so long as it's black. This is a popular sentiment, one by which His Lanceness -- and by extension, all his teams -- lived. There is an undeniable businesslike air to all-black, and one that hews to a timeless aesthetic. Giordana called on these intangibles when designing its Sport Gloves.
Three different kinds of microfiber are used to build this comfortable, long-wearing glove that will not only stand up to sweat, and dirt, and gravel, but epic battles with your washing machine. Thin, stretchy microfiber covers most of the back to give the glove a snug feel. The thumb down to the cuff is covered with a thicker terry-like wicking microfiber for wiping your nose and forehead, while the palm has a thicker, suede-like microfiber for durability, shock absorption, and crash protection. It is strategically padded so that there's just enough cushion.
A hook-and-loop tab at the wrist secures the glove, while on the palm side of the cuff there is an Italian tricolor pull tab for both flavor and an easy way to tug the glove.
The Giordana Sport Gloves come in one color, Black. Sizes run from Small to X-Large.
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Following a stint of cooler than normal weather, the Bay Area was in for the summer's first significant scorcher on Friday, forecasters said. A high-pressure system moving into the region will push temperatures to 106 degrees in some areas, including Livermore and Brentwood, National Weather Service meteorologist Mark Strudley said.
Meanwhile, Concord is forecast for 104 on Friday, San Jose was expected to hit 96 degrees and Oakland was forecast to reach a high of 88. By Saturday, temperatures should begin to drop in most regions, Strudley said. Livermore was expected to cool about six degrees Saturday, to 100, and then down to 98 on Sunday. Brentwood was forecast to dip to 103 on both Saturday and Sunday.
Concord's high temperature from Friday was expected to drop more than 10 degrees Saturday and Sunday to 93. Oakland's high on Saturday and Sunday was forecast for 78 while San Jose's expected high on those days was as 86.
Ocean air and scattered low-hanging clouds were expected to keep temperatures cooler along the coast. Although San Francisco was expected to hit 83 on Friday, Saturday's high temperature was expected to be 76 and forecast at 74 on Sunday.
With plenty of hot weather in the forecast, Strudley said it's important to stay hydrated during outdoor activities.
Contact Natalie Neysa Alund at 510-293-2469. Follow her at Twitter.com/nataliealund.


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A police standoff that snarled freeway traffic for hours ended when authorities took a suspected gunman into custody about 10:40 p.m. Wednesday, said Sgt. Jodie Estarziau, a spokesman for the Manteca Police Department. Estarziau said the alleged gunman shot a man and fired at police officers before barricading himself in a tanker truck, beginning a standoff that lasted more than four hours.
Police initially responded to a report that a vehicle had crashed into a propane tank about 6:25 p.m. at Van Unen Miersma Propane, Inc., which is located at 20504 South 99 Frontage Road in Ripon. Before officers arrived, authorities received additional reports that someone had been shot at that location, Estarziau said.
When they arrived, authorities located a victim suffering from a non-life-threatening gunshot wound, Estarziau said. The gunman pointed a handgun at officers, who then fired shots at the man, Estarziau said. It was not immediately known whether the man was struck, but no officers were injured, Estarziau said.
The man fled into the cab of a tanker truck and barricaded himself inside, Estarziau said. Representatives of the Manteca Police Department, San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office and California Highway Patrol converged on the scene. Given the possibility of more gunfire and the presence of flammable propane, authorities closed northbound and southbound lanes of Highway 99 for more than three hours, leaving hundreds of motorists stranded, Estarziau said.
Authorities were able to establish a dialogue with the gunman, who finally surrendered after about an hour of negotiations, Estarziau said.
The names of the gunman and the officers involved in the shooting were not available Wednesday night, Estarziau said.
Contact reporter Jason Anderson at (209) 546-7279 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/crimeblog.
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Tribal representatives to the Montana Inter-Tribal Policy Board, Coun-cilmen Tom Pablo and Sonny Morigeau voted at a meeting in Billings to support the Governors Task Force on Indian Affairs. They were joined in support by representatives from the Crow Reservation. Three Tribal nations have withdrawn their support. The Blackfeet Council voted in November to withdraw support charging the task force with discussing why states rights should supercede Indian authority on reser- TRIBE SUPPORTS TASK FORCE vations, which are federal enclaves within the state. Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy Reservations have also withdrawn support. The Task Force was formed early in 1975, with 4 Indian representatives from Reservations and 4 non-Indian representatives from throughout the state. Of the seven reservations in Montana only four had representatives on the task force. Because of the significant affect of the task force's topics of discussion on all the Indian population, the three Indian Nations who have no representation on the task force feel that they should have had from it's beginning. Blackfeet Councilman, Roland Kennerly, stated that his Tribe might reconsider its opposition if the Task Force were expanded to include representatives from each of the seven Reservations. _ NEWSPAPER OF THE SALISH, PEND D'ORIELLES AND KOOTENAI TRIBES OF THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION 9 I fji Volume 5 Numbar 19jjflg New Moon Of Bands Spread AHOveT WHITWORTH PLEADS GUILTY Lloyd Whitworth pleaded guilty in Tribal Court on a citation for carrying a bull elk out of the hills for Dean Brockway, 29, of Arlee, after Brockway shot it. The five-point bull was killed January 4 in the Finley Lake area on the south end of the reservation. Whitworth pleaded guilty to the charge of protecting a non-member from state game laws, which carries a maximum of six months and/or $300.00. Judge Don Dupuis heard testimony from Lloyd Jackson recommending leniency because Whitworth evidently realized the seriousness of his crime and had cooperated fully with Tribal police in seeking prosecution of Brockway by the state. (In a pre-trial comment Jackson had indicated state prosecution was chosen due to the great amount of time and difficulty in seeking Federal prosecui tion-) Continued on page 2 February 1, 1976 DELAGATION IN WASH. D.C. A Tribal delegation sent to Washington D.C. this past week, has received some action from B.I.A. Commissioner Morris Thompson. The delegation made the trip to speak with the Bureau's Commissioner and Solicitor General regarding the Flathead Irrigation Project construction at the Kerr Dam Sub-station. They requested that a 1968 Solicitors opinion be reviewed. The '68 opinion declared that all reservations sites regulated under the 1904 STUMPAGE REDUCTION UNFAIR A reduction of stumpage rates for two tribal logging contractors, Kendall Dupuis and Robert Fouty, approved by the Tribal Council in December has created quite a controversy between the Indian loggers and the Council. Dupuis and Fouty were awarded logging sales in the Welcome Springs and Hot Springs logging Units in 1975 after bidding a record high stumpage rate. They were both selling timber to the Pack River Company Mills in Plains and Poison, until the company shut down operations of the two mills. Forced to seek new buyers at lower stumpage rates, Dupuis and Fouty requested that the Council reduce their stumpage amounts paid to the tribe. Fouty, who has the Welcome Springs Unit was paying the Tribe $119.63 per million board ft. for Pon-derosa Pine, and $81.54/MBM for other species. Dupuis has the Hot Springs Unit and was paying $119.07/MBM for Pon-derosa Pine and $72.23 for other species. The Council had the BIA Forestry department investigate the problem and recommend solutions. Forestry came up with three solutions-Re-bid the two sales.....Give Dupuis and Fouty an- extension enabling them to wait until timber market r4-ses ....or grant them a stumpage reduction of 15.00/MBM off the present rate for Ponderosa Pine and $20.00/MBM for Continued on Page 4 act would fall under a 1948 permanent F.I.P. lease of Tribal lands. The Tribe contends that the Sub-station area now under construction was not in use when the 1948 lease went into effect, therefore a new lease agreement should have been negociated with the Tribe. Commissioner Thompson has agreed to a review of the '68 Solicitors Opinion. The delegation of Council-men, Harold Mitchell, Vic Stinger, E. W. Morigeau, Noel Pich-ette, John Malatare and Tribal Secretary Fred Houle was also slated to attend the "Cigarette Tax" hearing scheduled for Wednesday January 21st. Results of the hearing were not reported at the time we went to press. A full report will be given in the next issue of the Char-Koosta. OOP'S! We made a mistake in last week's issue. In our article about the Tribal Complex the amount of land should have read less than 20 acres instead of 40 acs and the $550,000 is a gant from the EDA, conomic Development Administration, only 100,-000 came from revenue sharing funds.
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"I'm here to win a ring," Garnett said after sitting down at the podium to a standing-room-only crowd in the media room. "That's the reason we came to Brooklyn."
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Organizational change, employee surveys, organizational communication, consulting, training new consultants and students as consultants, leadership assessment and development, training and development, performance assessments, group leadership and learning
Troper, J., and Smith, C. B. (1997). Workplace readiness portfolios. Book chapter in Workforce Readiness: Competencies and Assessment, ed. by H. O'Neil. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Webb, N.M., Troper, J. D., and Fall, J. R. (September 1995). Constructive activity and learning in collaborative small groups. Journal of Educational Psychology, 87(3), 406-423.
Troper, J., Baker, E.L., and Smith, C. B. (June 1994). Workplace readiness portfolios: An "adequate evidence" strategy shows evidence of high reliability and validity. Study based on assessment data presented at the annual Council of Chief State School Officers National Conference on Large Scale Assessment, Albuquerque, NM.
Troper, J. D. and Weiner, B. (April 1993). Does perception of personal control influence expectation of success? Study based on experimental data presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Atlanta, GA.
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Shipyard union happy to dodge furloughs, but feels for other government workers
"It's good news for us at the shipyard but we can't forget there are still hundreds of thousands of federal employees who will be furloughed because of this congressionally manufactured crisis," said Paul O'Connor, president of the Portsmouth Metal Trades Council, an umbrella group that represents several of the shipyard's labor unions.
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Polishing applications in antibody purification are dominated by traditional anion exchange chromatography (AEX), which typically is based on strong quaternary amine (Q) ligands. Because AEX is performed in flow-through mode, membrane chromatography is steadily encroaching on the ground formerly occupied by traditional AEX columns, a change that has significantly increased the overall speed and productivity of manufacturing. However, Q membranes have not addressed any intrinsic limitations of the ligand chemistry. The binding capacity of Q ligands is reduced at high conductivities, so concentrated feed streams must be diluted to remove contaminants efficiently. To address this limitation, we have developed a novel membrane concept based on weak anion exchange chemistry that features a high charge density covalently linked to a second-generation macroporous membrane. We have named the new method salt tolerant interaction chromatography (STIC), and it is based on pure ion exchange chromatography principles. A model virus (ΦX174) was used to represent weak acidic contaminants, and showed that stable removal (LRV >5) was possible in the presence of 150-mM NaCl (16.8 mS/cm). This result was confirmed in a virus clearance study where the quantitative removal of minute virus of mice (MVM) was demonstrated under the same conditions (LRV >4.96). This new method could be incorporated into existing processes with no requirement for eluate dilution from the capture column.
We sought to address the challenge of polishing under high-salt conditions by developing a salt-resistant AEX chemistry that meets all existing capabilities of Q ligands and can be adapted to a membrane chromatography format for polishing applications. We chose target ionic strength of approximately 16.8 mS/cm to increase the design space in process development.


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A presentation by Mark H.X. Glenshaw about Forest Park owls will take place at the monthly meeting of the Ozark Rivers Audubon Chapter of Rolla scheduled for Thursday May 9, at 7 p.m. in the Eugene Northern Hall, 400 West Fourth St. in Rolla.
Glenshaw will give a 30- to 40-minute presentation called "Forest Park Owls: Hiding In Plain Sight," which will cover how he found these owls, basic facts about the species and the different behaviors he has been able to see and document with photos and videos to illustrate these behaviors.
You do not need to be a member to attend. All ages — even Harry Potter fans — are welcome.
Glenshaw is an award-winning, amateur naturalist who has closely observed and documented the lives of a mated pair of Great Horned Owls in Forest Park in St. Louis since December 2005.
During this time, he has observed and documented a vast range of behaviors including hunting, mating, nest-site selection and rearing of young. He shares his work on his blog, Forest Park Owls, http://forestparkowls.blogspot.com/
His work has been featured in The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis Magazine, KTVI Fox 2, The West End Word and Show-Me Missouri. He leads tours of the owls' territory called owl prowls for interested individuals and small groups as well as for formal events and groups such as The St. Louis Bioblitz, Wonders of Wildlife-St. Louis, Missouri Department of Conservation and Washington University in St. Louis.
Glenshaw also gives talks on the owls and his work with them and has done so for St. Louis Audubon Society, the Webster Groves Natures Study Society, Missouri Nature & Environmental Photographers, and the Maplewood Public Library among others. He was awarded the Citizen Scientist Award for the 2006 St. Louis Bioblitz by the Academy of Science-St. Louis.
While this will be the chapter's last regular meeting until Fall, the Audubon Trails Nature Center is open from dawn to dusk everyday, so people are still welcome to visit the center for a hike or leisurely walk.
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