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By Karl Kiser
Apr 2, 2008
rating: 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
|FA by Paul Wohlt and Dick Ingraham. They rated it 5.7 but 5.8 is probably a more fair rating. Harder and straighter variation pitches below the top overhangs have been climbed.
By Doug Roberts
From: Santa Fe
Jan 18, 2011
|This is my favorite climb in the Organs. The triple overhangs had to have been a spectacular first ascent. The FA was done with the belayer around the corner, out of sight of the leader. The final pitch hanging belay on the slab beneath the overhangs was put in later.
By Steven Reneau
May 18, 2011
|Great climb, once the nasty >2 hr approach is behind you. Crux for me was pulling past the p3 piton, which seemed harder than 5.8. Exhilarating is a good way to describe the end of p5 (fun). Hanging belay below p6 consists of 2 ¼ bolts that can be backed up with gear.
By E Wydeven
From: Austin, TX
Feb 22, 2012
|How are the bolts on the hanging belay. I am planning on climbing this route in April, but I have never done a hanging belay and hanging off of two old 1/4 inchers seems kind of sketchy. What's up there to back them up? If there are a bunch of cracks, are they good? If so, why the bolts?
By Chris Wenker
From: Santa Fe
Feb 24, 2012
The hanging belay isn't truly a 'hanging' belay, if that's defined as an anchor where you're fully weighting the bolts and there are no other options on a purely blank vertical face. I recall it as a ramplike setting, pretty exposed, with decent options for backing up the bolts with gear; we had no problems there.
It's the rappel stations in the south descent gully that will get your attention though. The first consists of a rusty pair of ~5/16" (?) bolts (which can be backed up for the first descender). The second station is a newer single ~3/8" bolt, which can also be backed up for the heavier person going first.
Great route though.
By E Wydeven
From: Austin, TX
Apr 20, 2012
|Thanks Chris. Our date got pushed back and we are now set to go in a couple of weeks. One more question though: due to the extra long approach -- and previous visits have shown us that we can about double the times listed to get to the base of most Organ climbs -- I'm hoping to go as light as possible, and I'm wondering what pro is essential to the climb. Our rack is pretty large and contains doubles in some of the mid sizes (BD .75 through #3). With that in mind, is there need for us to bring a #4 on up? Is there placement potential for a BD 4, 5, or 6?
By Forrest Wilcox
From: Las Cruces, NM
Sep 30, 2012
|there are a few hard parts on this climb but nothing a 5.8-5.9 leader cant handle. In the decsent gully on the south, the chains are hidden behind a big slab, once you get to the bottom of all the bushes in the gully follow the stream bed all the way down until it is a straight down cliff, the chains are right on the edge
By Forrest Wilcox
From: Las Cruces, NM
Sep 30, 2012
|approach on west side involves brutal bushwack for miles, east side approach might be doable but i have not tried it.
By Robert Cort
Oct 5, 2012
|East side approach would be okay to the top of Big Windy Canyon, but the descent through the canyon to the base of the climb is pretty brushy (but at least not as much cat-claw).
By Reed Cundiff
Nov 23, 2012
|This is one of the easiest approaches and descents in the Organs. We just walked off the backside and down Big Windy Canyon in the 50s through 70s. I noted a really big black rattlesnake on a boulder right along the descent around 1969 (it was cold and he wasn't doing much) and remarked to Bill Hackett that he shouldn't put his hand on the boulder. I received an end of the day blistering for BS'ing him and then he saw the snake. Of course we sometimes stumbled across the desert in the dark as we achieved what Dick Ingram would called "Organ Sainthood" e.g. 'to embrace the cholla and stumble flat onto the prickly pear.
By Dan Carter
From: Las Cruces, NM
Mar 2, 2013
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
Approach: from Aquirre Springs. Time to the Big Windy Canyon Saddle, below low horn 1, was about an hour. Down the canyon and to the base of the climb, another 2 hrs. Classic Organs bushwacking but from the east there is less cat claw to battle. One could probably do this fast but this our first time to approach Gertch.
Most of the pitches are around 5.7-5.8 but the last pitch had a 5.9 move or two, especially if you're shorter. The pitch descriptions on this page are spot on. 6 pitches is a good break to prevent rope drag. Communication can be difficult between 3 and 4 and 5 and 6. Good exposure and classic Organs climbing on mostly good rock.
Descent: Walk off the north side of Low Horn 1 back to the Big Windy Saddle to where we left our packs. Finding the trail was easier going down and we were back at the car in under an hour.
I think the west approach would be shorter if there was a trail and one didn't have to wade through cat claw.
By Bill Lawry
From: New Mexico
Nov 3, 2013
rating: 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
Chris Wenker remarked about the westward descent that is south of Gertch: "It's the rappel stations in the south descent gully that will get your attention though."
Agreed! (as of 1 Nov 2013) And they are NOT readily/easily backed up but can be with some effort.
By Justin.Hall
From: Honolulu, Hawaii
Dec 16, 2013
|Awesome climb every pitch has something new and interesting to climb. Went with 3 other people from car to car 10 hours.
By Marta Reece
From: Las Cruces, NM
Dec 17, 2013
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
East side approach: Go up the north fork of the Pine Tree Trail up to a gully with a short, thick, black log in the middle of it at the bottom. Almost immediately take off to the left of the gully and go up a shallow draw. When the vegetation starts to be too thick to be comfortable ahead, go right and up the gully from there. It will be mostly rock rubble and decent this high up. Drop your packs at the Big Windy Saddle. Bushwhack down the west side. Go down the gully and then over discontinuous fields of large boulders marked occasionally with cairns and overgrown in places.
Dan Carters directions: Go down just far enough until you can cross over towards the south and into the canyon leading up to Gertch. Hike up this canyon towards. As you get close to the formation you'll see a big alcove straight ahead, this is on the south side of Gertch. When you get close to the alcove, head to the left and up a smaller canyon at the base of Gertch. Follow this up and over some boulders and look for the start on the left. It is just above a boulder you have to climb up. You should be able to see a piton above the start. (Our party went a bit higher, I think, by a more complicated route which involved some significant scrambling, but the bottom of the route, with its tree in a corner, was plainly visible and easy to navigate toward.)
Deproach: Go to the top of Gertch, such as it is (btw, there is an actual summit register here), and continue along the ridge about half way to the base of Low Horn 1 where a ramp takes off and provides a shortcut. Alternatively, you can go along the ridge until you are north of Low Horn 1 and then drop along the ridge line to the Big Windy Saddle. No rapping required.
The approach took a fairly strong team 3 and half hours. (For comparison the same team, going as a party of four, did the entire climb in 3 and half hours as well.)
By Marta Reece
From: Las Cruces, NM
Dec 17, 2013
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
A way to avoid the hanging belay, along with the possibility of loose rocks hitting said belay:
(As described, this works only with a 70m rope, but with 60m all you have to change is split pitch 4.)
Take Pitch 3 to the ledge which goes right from the bottom of the obvious right facing corner. The ledge is about 15 feet long, and youll be coming up at the right end of it.
Pitch 4, about 220 feet: Go up the dihedral to where a stretch of consistent-angle slab opens up on the right. Climb up this slab to near its upper right corner. Belay from a small ledge there. Make sure to place your anchor far enough to the right to avoid an excessive rope drag on the following pitch when you will turn the roof above on the right.
Pitch 5 will then be the crux, and last, pitch. It will include the airy traverse on the nearly vertical left side of the right facing corner you will move into once past the overhang. It will pass the old hanging belay (two old bolts), and go up the vertical to slightly overhanging corner with a jumble of thick flakes sticking into it and making into a series of overlap problems (the three rooflets of the description and the crux of the climb). There is at least one good-sized block there that looks loose and some smaller loose stuff is likely in spite of what we already cleaned.
By Marta Reece
From: Las Cruces, NM
Jan 1, 2014
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
West side approach: More painful, but definitely far less strenuous and shorter in terms of both distance and time (with much route finding, a long break, and plenty of gear, we made it in two and half hours).
Take off from Topp Hut Road at a stake just short of the hut. The trail, going more south than east and heading left of the small hill, is well marked with cairns and crosses terrain with low, harmless vegetation. The greenery gets worse after a while and the cairns disappear just as you need to cross a gully. The best way to do this seems to be to cross into the gully early, as soon as there is a row of large boulders to your right, even before the last of the cairns. Down in the gully is a wide cow trail you can follow for a bit before deciding on a good way up the other side. (We didn't really find a good one, just blasted through it.)
Once there, the cairns reappear and vegetation calms down. Life is good until the next gully, a wider one and without the cow trail. Again: no cairns, catclaw heaven, and this time large numbers of boulders. The best crossing we found was again on the west end of possibilities. The gully was wider there and the boulders large, but boulder hopping with some walk in the middle made it possible.
From the gully go straight for the hill to your south and go left on the trail at its base. It is a beauty - smooth, surrounded by soft grass and otherwise harmless greens. And it takes you all the way to the saddle.
From there the path of least resistance, according to Charlie Cundiff, is to stay low on the south side of the ridge heading for Gertch. I started that way and found an animal trail worth following and relatively little resistance even if the amount of prickly pear above me increased substantially. Eventually I gave it up and joined my partners who followed a line of cairns on the ridge line. This trail was well marked, but the catclaw density was high. Even weaving through it, we were getting marked heavily.
Staying low or high for the first stretch, eventually you do go onto the ridge where it gets steep. Once only couple hundred feet or so off the rock, traverse/drop into the gully on your left (the one coming out of the Escape Gully of Gertch) and take it to the cliff. Leave packs there and continue left along the rock to the climb.
By Marta Reece
From: Las Cruces, NM
Jan 12, 2014
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
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By Marta Reece
From: Las Cruces, NM
Mar 22, 2014
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
West side deproach: follow the ridge line of Gertch practically all the way to Low Horn 1. Drop down on the south side and continue down through the vegetation (mostly Apache plume). Curve slightly to the right and drop down into a steep gully. Several hundred feet of this and the gully will become more rocky. Look for a lone tree on the right with rap slings on it. It will be still well short of the drop off. A single, two-rope rappel with a pair of 70m ropes will take you to the ground below. With two 60m's, use either the lone bolt or the mid-size tree on a ramp below as an intermediate rap station. (Two ropes are required for descent.) Go down the gully. In the area of large trees cut to the right to reach the ridge line used for an approach, and your packs.
There is supposed to be a more direct rap line as well, but with questionable bolts. Going down Big Windy Canyon is possible but not recommended as reaching any part of the approach trail from there is cumbersome and time consuming.
By Bill Lawry
From: New Mexico
Oct 31, 2015
rating: 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
Well written deproach, Marta. Good to know that double ropes have some utility.
From experience and if one is up for gambling on a pair of quarter inch bolts followed by a single bolt for the second rap, find the pair of bad boys just over the edge on skiers left (very nice ledge to stand on). A single 60m rope works. ... if only those anchors were upgraded with modern bolts (they were not as of Nov 2013).


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In the 1960s Cognitive Psychology emerged as one of the most dynamic and fruitful areas of research in the behavioural sciences. Important models of memory, language, and perception, to name but a few, were developed over the next 30 years. Although this work provided many important insights about the behavioural and computational processes underlying perception and cognition no account was made about how these processes were actually instantiated in the brain. To gain a complete understanding of how people think one needs to understand the brain processes that are ultimately responsible for the various processes identified by Cognitive Psychology over the past four decades. Up until the 1990s adequate functional neuroimaging tools to answer such questions were not available. This all changed in the 1990s with the advent of a series of remarkable techniques that make it possible to observe brain events. Brain imaging techniques such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), high density evoked potentials (EP), and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) have literally transformed the field of Cognitive Psychology. Indeed, in the 1990s a hybrid field emerged Cognitive Neuroscience. This field brought together Cognitive Psychologists interested in how the brain brought about the various phenomena they studied, and neuroscientists who had interests in Cognitive Psychology. At present, Cognitive Neuroscience is one of the most exciting fields in the life sciences. Models of cognitive processes can now be constrained and informed by the neural events that give birth to them. In turn, brain imaging studies are guided by the discoveries and hypotheses generated by cognitive approaches.
Laurier is very fortunate to have a group of superb researchers whose research interests and techniques lie at the heart of Cognitive Neuroscience. Currently six researchers form the core of the Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience: Todd Ferretti, Bill Hockley, Jeffery Jones, Sukhvinder Obhi, Elizabeth Olds, and Philip Servos. All researchers are NSERC funded.
The research interests of this group of investigators spans a broad range of cognitive neuroscience topics: visual and auditory perception, motor control, attention, memory, and language. Although each scientist brings a unique research strength to the Centre, there are many complementary research themes that will facilitate collaboration. To this end, PhD graduate students will have the opportunity to conduct research projects in two labs in addition to conducting their thesis research in their advisors laboratory.


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JERSEY BOYS Cast to Perform on TODAY SHOW This Morning
Cast members from the Broadway company of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS will perform a selection of songs from the new Rhino CD, Seasons Greetings: A JERSEY BOYS Christmas on NBC's "The Today Show" this morning from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Check local listings for times outside the New York metro area.
JERSEY BOYS opened on Broadway to critical acclaim on November 6, 2005 at the August Wilson Theatre. The show is currently playing in New York; Las Vegas; London; Sydney, Australia; in cities across the U.S. on two National tours and it will open in Auckland, New Zealand in April, 2012.
Performing on the Today Show will be Andy Karl (Tommy DeVito), Nathan Scherich (Nick Massi), Jarrod Spector (Frankie Valli) and Quinn VanAntwerp (Bob Gaudio).
JERSEY BOYS is written by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice, with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe, and is directed by two-time Tony Award-winner Des McAnuff and choreographed by Sergio Trujillo.
JERSEY BOYS is the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi, about a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the tracks who became one of the biggest American pop music sensations of all time. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds and sold 175 million records worldwide - all before they were thirty. The show features all their hits including "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Oh What A Night," "Walk Like A Man," "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" and "Working My Way Back To You."
JERSEY BOYS is the recipient of the 2006 Tony Award for Best Musical and the 2009 Olivier Award for Best Musical. The Original Broadway Cast Recording, produced by Bob Gaudio, received the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album and has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The Broadway production also won the 2006 Outer Critics Circle & Drama League Awards for Best Musical. The London production also won the 2009 UK People's Choice and What's on Stage Awards for Best New Musical. The Toronto production won three Dora Awards, including the Audience Choice Award for Outstanding Production. The Australian production is 2010 recipient of the Helpmann Award for Australia's Best Musical and seven Victorian Green Room Awards.


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Fairfax County Sponsors Community Watershed Forum for Little Hunting Creek
Office of Public Affairs
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
June 30, 2003
Fairfax County Sponsors Community
Forum for Little Hunting Creek
On July 19, Fairfax County will sponsor a free Community Watershed Forum to seek citizen input on a watershed management plan for Little Hunting Creek. The watershed forum will be held from 12 to 4:30 p.m. in the cafeteria of Carl Sandburg Middle School, 8428 Fort Hunt Road, Mount Vernon.
The county plans to develop watershed management plans for all 30 county watersheds, the areas that drain to particular streams, all of which empty into the Potomac River and eventually the Chesapeake Bay. The Little Hunting Creek watershed management plan will provide a consistent basis for evaluating problems and implementing solutions. The goal is to protect and restore the stream and related natural resources, such as wildlife habitat.
Paul Shirey of the county's Stormwater Management Branch explains, "The watershed forum is a key opportunity for the community to participate in the watershed planning process and to help shape the outcome of the plan."
As part of the development of each management plan, county staff members are working with local communities to generate solutions to problems in their watersheds that have been identified. The Little Hunting Creek watershed planning process began in December 2002 and will be completed by spring 2004. The county has hired the team of Woolpert L.L.P. and the University of Virginia's Institute for Environmental Negotiation to encourage community involvement, analyze data on existing watershed problems and provide recommendations on how to solve them. The community involvement process includes a steering committee comprised of 16 community representatives from neighborhoods, businesses, conservation groups and other local interests. In addition to seeking input from the steering committee, the county has planned four public workshops, including the July 19 watershed forum.
Little Hunting Creek originates in Huntley Meadows Park and flows into the Potomac River at Mount Vernon. With its major tributaries, North Branch and Paul Spring Branch, it drains an 11.25-square mile watershed that is primarily residential and commercial, including the Route 1 corridor. A recently completed physical assessment of over 800 miles of streams in Fairfax County, combined with ongoing biological monitoring by local volunteers, has provided valuable information on current conditions in Little Hunting Creek. This watershed suffers from problems common to older, developed urban watersheds, such as paved land cover, loss of natural buffers, flooding, stream bank erosion, polluted runoff and trash.
"As a community, we've been treating these streams like sewers," said steering committee member Paul Phelps, "but if we put our heads together, we can find ways to undo 50 years of mistreatment."
The first part of the community watershed forum will include a watershed academy to teach participants about watershed planning issues. The second part of the forum will solicit the community's input on the most effective ways to improve the condition of Little Hunting Creek. Advance registration is not required but will help coordinators to ensure adequate space. To RSVP, send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com or call 703-684-4460, ext. 3, TTY 711.
The watershed planning program is administered by the Stormwater
Planning Division of the Fairfax County Department of Public Works and
Environmental Services. Information can be found on the program's Web
site by clicking on Little Hunting Creek Watershed at www.fairfaxcounty-watersheds.net.
For additional information, contact Fred A. Rose, P.E., chief, Stormwater
Management Branch or Paul Shirey, P.E., program manager, at 703-324-5500,


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Did you know that Cambridge households can bring food scraps to the Recycling Center? Local farms mix food scraps with leaves and make compost, which is available to residents in small quantities Apr-Nov at the Center during open hours. Among other materials, the Center also takes scrap metal including wire clothing hangers, bed frames, nuts, bolts & screws, bicycles, window screens, empty paint cans (dried out, a little dry residue is OK), and more! We are at 147 Hampshire St. Open Hours: Tues/Thurs 4-7:30pm and Sat 9-4pm.
Cambridge Recycling needs volunteers at the Cambridge Winter Farmers Market on 3/3 (and maybe 3/31, 4/14, 4/21 and 4/28). We'll have a education table, and want to recruit people to sign up for this enewsletter! The market is every Saturday from 10am-2pm at the Cambridge Community Center at 5 Calendar Street through 4/28. Volunteer is always interesting and fun – and you can buy local produce. Email firstname.lastname@example.com if you can help for 2-4 hours, and thanks!
The average household in Cambridge could recycle up to 300 more pounds of material each year! Did you know we accept empty paper coffee cups and the plastic top? We also take empty pizza boxes, frozen food boxes, aseptic containers (juice / soup boxes), plastic takeout clamshells (usually clear or black, but no Styrofoam), aluminum foil and pie plates… review the Yes/No list of what to recycle in the curbside program. Food packaging doesn't need to be squeaky clean, but please rinse to remove food residue. Take the pledge to recycle at least 50% of your trash and get a free sticker!
2012 dates: April 21, July 21 and October 20 from 9am-1pm at the parking lot on Field Street at Fern Street by Danehy Park. Cambridge residents only. Click here for info on materials accepted, alternative options and items you can bring to the Recycling Center during open hours.
Cambridge residents and City employees are invited to tour the Casella recycling facility in Charlestown and the Waste Management incinerator in Saugus. No children under 14. Tour last about 2 hours. They involved a lot of walking on narrow catwalks and stairs, close to heavy equipment. If you can't keep up with a group walking at a steady pace, unfortunately this tour is not for you. We meet at DPW and carpool. Let us know if can drive and how many people you can take. Email firstname.lastname@example.com to sign up and we'll send you more info.
Recycling Tours: April 10 (early afternoon), May 17 (early afternoon), June 6 (morning).
Trash Tours: Stay tuned for dates – we're awaiting confirmation for April, May & June.
Cambridge citizen requests, now online & on the go! Report issues here.
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TWO Southampton poachers have had their dogs confiscated in a legal first in Hampshire.
Lee Cooper, 31, and Water Smith, 25, were caught with the dogs at Quarley near Andover, magistrates heard.
Cooper, of Lebanon Road, Redbridge, and Smith, of Ringwood Road, Totton, admitted entering land at night as a trespasser with the intention of taking game.
Aldershot magistrates fined Cooper £825 and Smith £620.
The two dogs involved were ordered to be forfeited and re-homed by the police, the court was told.
A not guilty plea was accepted by a third defendant.
Last week, Basingstoke magistrates fined Morris Cole, aged 46, from Fallowfield, Yateley, £165 plus court costs after he admitted daytime poaching in Whitchurch. The court ordered the fortfeiture of two of his three dogs.
These are the first prosecutions by officers in Hampshire where courts have ordered the forfeiture of dogs used in poaching or hare coursing activity.
Hampshire police Countrywatch officers have worked to establish contacts that allows forfeited canines to be re-homed across the UK.
Poaching is a chronic problem across Hampshire. It causes criminal damage to fences on farmland, destroys crops, and creates fear in isolated communities.
In addition, it hits the hare population. The Brown Hare is a species that has declined markedly in numbers in the UK over the last century.
Chief Inspector Simon Dodds, strategic lead for rural policing, said: "These fines and forfeitures are an excellent result for these types of offences and provide a significant punishment and deterrent to these offenders.
"By taking robust action we can prevent further offences being committed and give a strong message to those that commit these offences. If we catch you, your dogs and vehicles will be forfeited. This zero tolerance approach will continue to be our response to this type of crime to support rural communities and make Hampshire a hostile place for criminals. It also supports our wider plan to disrupt criminal activity."
Assistant Police and Crime Commissioner Judy Venables said: "We are delighted with the outcome of these court cases. The Commissioner's Police and Crime Plan sets challenges to the Chief Constable to reduce the gap in the solved crime rate between rural and urban areas. These prosecutions relate directly to the constabulary's rural crime strategy and it reflects the efforts of all those involved in successfully bringing this case to court, demonstrating the effectiveness of the criminal justice system. The outcome sends out a strong message to criminals who commit crime in Hampshire's rural communities, that the police are steadfast in their pursuit to identify offenders, bring them to justice and ensure victim satisfaction."


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Reaction to Friday's Connecticut school massacre continued Tuesday as several companies and others announced immediate steps in the fallout of the slayings.
Dick's Sporting Goods halted sales of certain rifles, the release of violent motion pictures continued to be delayed and investors turned against gunmakers.
In Washington, some former opponents of gun control signaled that they may change their position, potentially giving stricter gun laws their best chance of passage in years, while the National Rifle Association issued its first statement about the shooting.
Adam Lanza, the gunman in the shooting rampage, fatally shot 26 children and adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. A 27th person, the gunman's mother, was found dead at a home in Newtown. The death total does not include the gunman, who committed suicide after the school attack.
Here's a roundup of the fallout from the shooting that continued Tuesday:
Dick's Sporting Goods said it's suspending sales of modern rifles nationwide because of the school shooting in Connecticut. The company also says it's removing all guns from display at its store closest to Newtown, where the massacre took place. A statement posted on Dick's website expresses sympathy for the victims' families. It says sales of modern sporting rifles will be suspended during "this time of national mourning."
Walmart.com removed its information page on the Bushmaster .223, a semi-automatic rifle said to be used by Lanza. The nation's largest retailer said it removed the information page on Bushmaster "in light of the tragic events." However, it said it had made no changes to its sales policies on guns and ammunition.
Kory Lundberg, director of National Media Relations for Wal-Mart, said the company does not sell guns online and there have been no changes to the assortment of guns sold in stores. "We remain dedicated to the safe and responsible sale of firearms in areas of the country where they are sold," Lundberg said.
Movie studios and television programmers continued to postpone or cancel violent films and TV shows after Friday's shooting. Tuesday's planned premiere of the movie "Django Unchained," which was filled with bloody scenes and gun violence, was canceled. Viacom Inc.'s Paramount studios has already delayed the premiere of "Jack Reacher," an action-thriller based on the Lee Child novels starring Tom Cruise that was scheduled for Saturday the day after the school killings. Separately, Discovery Communications Inc. canceled the new season of "American Guns," a reality-based serial about a family of gunmakers, Fox News reported.
The most notable rejection of the gun industry came when the private-equity firm Cerberus Capital Management announced it would sell the maker of the rifle used in the massacre, which it called a "watershed event." The shooting "raised the national debate on gun control to an unprecedented level," Cerberus said in papers announcing the planned sale. "We are investors, not statesmen or policy makers."
Bushmaster, Remington and DPMS are among the brands made by Freedom Group Inc., the largest firearms maker in the U.S. The Madison, N.C., company sold 1.1 million rifles and shotguns last year, along with 2 billion rounds of ammunition. Its products are sold to law enforcement and military customers, as well as retailers who serve hunters and gun enthusiasts.
Shares in publicly traded gunmakers dropped for a third-straight day on Tuesday. Shares of Sturm, Ruger & Co. dropped 7.7 percent to close at $40.60. They're down almost 11 percent since Thursday, the day before the shooting. Shares of Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. fell 10 percent to $7.79 - down almost 15 percent from their Thursday close. Outdoor goods retailer Cabela's Inc. fell almost 6 percent to close at $38.77.
The National Rifle Association issued a statement extending its condolences to the victims of the shooting in Newtown and announcing it will hold a "major" news conference on Friday.
The Associated Press and Staff Writer Sandra Emerson contributed to this report.


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Many states use awards programs as an incentive to reward companies who adopt pollution prevention (P2) strategies. In 1981, North Carolina began the first pollution prevention awards program, calling it the Governor's Award for Excellence in Waste Reduction. The Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (formerly the Illinois Hazardous Waste Research and Information Center, then renamed the Illinois Waste Management and Research Center) began giving Governor's Pollution Prevention Awards in 1987 and has the oldest continuing program.
Some other interesting facts about environmental awards programs:
E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com with comments, questions, or corrections.
Name: Awards in Pollution Prevention
Started: 2000?
Sponsored by: Alabama Department of Environmental Management P2 Unit
WWW: http://www.adem.state.al.us/Education%20Div/P2%20Program/P2Winners.htm
Notes: They don't seem to have presented awards in 2003 or 2004. There is a 2005 application on the web site.
AZ DEQ discontinued the Arizona Pollution Prevention Leadership Enhancement Awards. Arizona Clean & Beautiful (the Arizona affiliate of Keep America Beautiful) added a pollution prevention category to their Governor's Pride in Arizona Awards program in 1998.
None. They promote EPA's National Environmental Performance Track program to Arkansas businesses (http://www.adeq.state.ar.us/poa/performancetrack.htm). Case studies from Arkansas companies participating in the National Performance Track are at http://www.adeq.state.ar.us/techsvs/prog_dev.htm.
Name: Governor's Environmental and Economic Leadership Awards
Started: 1993
Sponsored by: California Environmental Protection Agency and Governor's Office (Governor's Office issues the press release announcing the winners)
WWW: http://www.calepa.ca.gov/Awards/GEELA/default.htm
Notes: Award categories include Children's Environmental Education, Ecosystem and Watershed Stewardship, Sustainable Practices or Facilities, Environmental and Economic Partnerships, Comprehensive Land Use Planning, Technological and Market Innovation, and Sustainable Communities.
Name: Pollution Prevention Champions
Started: 1997
Sponsored by: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's Pollution Prevention Program and the Colorado Environmetal Partnership
WWW: http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/el/documents/general/awrdfrm2.pdf (links to 2005 application), http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/el/documents/general/pastawrd.pdf (links to winners 1997-2004), http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/el/p2_program/chmpion5.pdf (links to 2005 winners).
Notes: State also has an environmental leadership program (http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/el/elp/elphom.asp), which is tiered like EPA's National Performance Track.
Name: GreenCircle Awards Program
Started: 1998
Sponsored by: Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
WWW: http://www.dep.state.ct.us/pao/grncrc/greencircle.htm
Notes: Does not appear to be competitive. There is an application process but anyone who implements one of the suggested projects receives an award. Project categories include energy conservation, transportation, pollution prevention & recycling, and promotion of natural resource conservation or environmental awareness. Descriptions of winning projects are at http://www.dep.state.ct.us/pao/grncrc/awardrecip.htm.
No pollution prevention awards, but they do have a Young Environmentalist of the Year award. See http://www.dnrec.state.de.us/DNREC2000/admin/education/youngenvironmentalist.htm for information about the 2005 program and http://www.dnrec.state.de.us/DNREC2000/Admin/Press/ Story1.asp?offset=50&PRID=1733 for information about the 2005 winner.
No specific P2 awards program. Awards programs appear to be administered by various offices within the Department of Environmental Protection and other state agencies. Programs include:
Domestic Wastewater Program Excellence Awards, which are given to wastewater treatment plants and POTWs and include P2 (see http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/wastewater/dom/domaward.htm)
Commissioner's Agricultural-Environmental Awards, given through the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (see http://www.florida-agriculture.com/agenvironmental/index.htm)
Jiminy Cricket's Environmentality Challenge, given through the Department of Environmental Protection and co-sponsored by the Walt Disney World Company (http://www.dep.state.fl.us/secretary/ed/ environmentality_challenge/04/default.htm). Open to fifth grade classes. For infomation about the 2005 award winners, see http://www.dep.state.fl.us/secretary/news/2005/04/0428_02.htm.
Name: P2AD Partnership Program
Started: 1997
Sponsored by: Georgia Department of Natural Resources Pollution Prevention Assistance Division
WWW: http://www.p2ad.org/Assets/Documents/pp_home.html
Notes: This program is similar to the National Performance Track. Used to have the Governor's Pollution Prevention Awards, but these are no longer listed on the website as of October 2005.
No awards program. The state does have the Hawaii Green Business Program, a partnership between the Departments of Health; and Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; and the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii (see http://www.hawaii.gov/dbedt/ert/greenbusiness/). It's performance track type program. Includes water conservation, energy efficiency, and pollution prevention.
Name: Idaho GemStars
Started: 1999
Sponsored by: Governor's Pollution Prevention Advisory Committee
WWW: http://www.idahogemstars.org/
Notes: Membership program with three tiers of participation. No annual awards.
Name: Governor's Pollution Prevention Awards
Started: 1987
Sponsored by: Illinois Sustainable Technology Center
WWW: http://www.istc.illinois.edu/info/govs_awards.cfm
Notes: Oldest continuing program in the U.S.
Name: Governor's Awards for Environmental Excellence
Started: 1994
Sponsored by: The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM), in cooperation with the Governor's Office, Lieutenant Governor's Office of Energy Policy, the Indiana Department of Administration, and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources
WWW: http://www.in.gov/idem/oppta/govawards/
Notes: Also sponsors the Indiana CLEAN Community Challenge program, which is a voluntary recognition program for local governments within the state. The program began in 2004 and is administered by IDEM in partnership with several other state agencies. The CLEAN Community Challenge asks local governments to implement environmental management systems, called Quality of Life Plans, with support from local residents and businesses. More information can be found at http://www.in.gov/idem/oppta/clean/.
Name: Governor's Iowa Environmental Excellence Awards
Started: 2000?
Sponsored by: Coordinated by the Governor's Office, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, the Iowa Department of Economic Development, the Iowa Department of Education, the Iowa Department of Public Health, and the Iowa Waste Reduction Center.
WWW: http://www.iowadnr.com/other/ee/index.html
Notes: Includes energy efficiency, pollution prevention, technological innovation, natural resources protection and conservation, and environmental education.
Name: Kansas Pollution Prevention Awards and Recognition Program
Started: 1994
Sponsored by: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
WWW: http://www.kdheks.gov/sbcs/p2_pollution_prevention_awards.html
Name: Governor's Environmental Excellence Awards
Started: 1997?
Sponsored by: Kentucky Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet
WWW: http://www.environment.ky.gov/homepage_repository/ 2003+and+2002+EEA+winners.htm
Notes: It's unclear whether awards have been presented since 2003.
Name: Governor's Environmental Leadership Awards
Started: 1997?
Sponsored by: Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. Governor hosts the program.
WWW: http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/assistance/elp/index.htm
Notes: Companies must be members of the Louisiana Environmental Leadership P2 Program.
Name: Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence
Started: 1994
Sponsored by: Maine Department of Environmental Protection
WWW: http://www.state.me.us/dep/oia/govaward.htm
Notes: Includes awards for STEP-UP (performance track program), environmental stewardship, public health & the environment, educational outreach, greenhouse gas reduction, and pollution prevention.
Name: Tawes Award for a Clean Environment
Started: 1977
Sponsored by: Maryland Department of Environment and Maryland Petroleum Council
WWW: http://www.mde.state.md.us/citizensinfocenter/ citizen_participation/tawes_awards2003.asp
Notes: The Tawes Award is an environmental recognition program sponsored by the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) and the Maryland Petroleum Council (MPC) in the name of late Maryland Governor J. Millard Tawes, who was also the state's first secretary of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The award is open to any individual, civic, community, or non-profit entity that has demonstrated outstanding efforts to enhance Maryland's environment over a period of time or with a single project. More of an environmental stewardship award than a pollution prevention award.
Name: Governor's Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Toxics Use Reduction
Started: 1994
Sponsored by: Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute
WWW: http://www.turi.org/turadata/Success/GovernorsAwards.html
Notes: Established in 1994 to recognize and award outstanding achievement in Toxics Use Reduction. Awards go to industrial or commercial businesses, public or private institutions, nonprofit organizations, community groups or other public and private enterprises or individuals who have demonstrated leadership and outstanding results in toxics use reduction. Winners are recognized for their role in reducing at the source the use, generation or release of toxic substances. Not clear if this is still an active program. Last winners listed are from 1998.
Name: Clean Corporate Citizen
Started: 1996
Sponsored by: Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
WWW: http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3307_3666_4134-9922--,00.html
Notes: Established by statute. Isn't an awards program per se. Rather, companies participate on an ongoing basis and receive public recognition of their participation. DEQ also has an award for DEQ staff to encourage regulatory integration of P2.
Name: Green Chemistry Governor's Award
Started: 2008
Sponsored by: Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
WWW: http://www.michigan.gov/greenchemistry
Notes: The Governor's Awards recognize advances that incorporate the principles of green chemistry into chemical design, manufacture, or use, or that promote activities which support or implement those technologies and efforts. Awards are open to individuals, groups, and organizations, both non-profit and for profit. The program was established by the Michigan Green Chemistry Roundtable, and it celebrates innovations using green chemistry in Michigan. Eleven awards have been presented in the first three years of the program.
Name: The Governor's Awards for Excellence in Waste and Pollution Prevention
Started: 1991
Sponsored by: Governor's Office (by statue (1990 Minnesota Toxic Pollution Prevention Act) the award comes from here) and the Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance
WWW: http://www.moea.state.mn.us/p2/govaward.cfm
Name: Minnesota Environmental Initiative Awards
Started: 1994
Sponsored by: Minnesota Environmental Initiative
WWW: http://www.mn-ei.org/awards/about.html
Notes: The Environmental Initiative Awards honor innovative projects that have achieved extraordinary environmental outcomes by harnessing the power of partnership. MEI believes that partnership is an effective way to find solutions to Minnesota's environmental problems. Many of Minnesota's most innovative environmental projects have succeeded through collaboration, often involving partners from business, nonprofit, and government sectors. MEI established the Environmental Initiative Awards in 1994 to honor these projects and their many partners, to inspire other organizations to create similar successful projects, and to encourage innovative collaborative approaches to environmental problem solving. Awards are given in five categories: Energy and Climate Protection; Environmental Education; Green Building, Development, and Land Use; Green Business and Environmental Management; and Natural Resource Protection and Restoration.
Name: Governor's Environmental Excellence and Pollution Prevention Awards
Started: 2000?
Sponsored by: Missouri Chamber of Commerce (applications go here), Missouri Department of Natural Resources, and Choose Environmental Excellence
WWW: http://www.mochamber.org/moccdocs/Environmental/Pollutionprevention.pdf
Notes: Has a technology innovation category. Other categories include statewide P2, management systems, market development, outreach and education, technical assistance, and land use. Not clear if this is still an active program. Last application available is for the 2004 awards.
Name: EcoStar Awards
Started: 1996
Sponsored by: Montana Pollution Prevention Program
WWW: http://www.montana.edu/wwwated/ecostar.shtml
Notes: A P2 certification/recognition program. Includes energy efficiency and pollution prevention.
Name: Governor's Award for Pollution Prevention
Started: 1993
Sponsored by: New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services P2 Program
WWW: http://www.des.state.nh.us/nhppp/GovAward/
Notes: Includes a technology category. Descriptions of eligible projects include energy efficiency and recycling.
Name: New Jersey Environmental Excellence Awards
Started: 1999
Sponsored by: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, the New Jersey Corporation for Advanced Technology, and the New Jersey State League of Municipalities
WWW: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/eeawards/index.html
Notes: Categories include clean air, clean water, environmental education, environmental leadership, environmental stewardship, health ecosystems, innovative technology, land conservation, and safe & healthy communities.
Name: Green Zia Environmental Excellence Program
Started: 1999?
Sponsored by: New Mexico Environmental Alliance
WWW: http://www.nmenv.state.nm.us/Green_Zia_website/index.html
Notes: Participants in the program are eligible for awards from the governor each year.
Name: New York State Environmental Excellence Awards
Started: 2004
Sponsored by: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
WWW: http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/ppu/eea/index.html
Notes: Started in 1994 as the New York State Governor's Awards for Pollution Prevention (see http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/ppu/p2gov.html). In 2004, incorporated into the Environmental Excellence Awards. Looks for projects that demonstrate innovation, sustainability, and partnership. Includes projects that address pollution prevention, waste reduction and recycling, stormwater management, watershed planning, energy efficiency, brownfield redevelopment, habitat protection and restoration, land conservation, and other environmental protection initiatives.
Name: North Carolina Environmental Stewardship Initiative
Started: 2000?
Sponsored by: North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of P2 and Environmental Assistance
WWW: http://www.p2pays.org/esi/
Notes: A performance based program similar to EPA's National Performance Track. North Carolina's Governor's Awards for Excellence in Waste Reduction were awarded from 1981-1999. See http://www.p2pays.org/main/govawards.asp for more information.
Name: Governor's Pollution Prevention Awards
Started: 1993-1999 (don't appear to be any awarded since then)
Sponsored by: Ohio EPA Office of P2?
WWW: http://www.epa.state.oh.us/opp/gov.html (Has case studies and factsheets but no info about awards program)
Name: Governor's Award for Excellence in Energy
Started: 1994
Sponsored by: Ohio Department of Development, Office of Energy Efficiency
WWW: http://www.odod.state.oh.us/cdd/oee/Governor'sAward.htm; Summaries of previous award recipients at http://www.odod.state.oh.us/cdd/oee/GovAwardPastParticipants.htm and http://www.odod.state.oh.us/cms/uploadedfiles/CDD/OEE/GAXN%20 04%20WINNERS%20TEMPLATE%20MASTER%20DOC.pdf (2004).
Notes: Honors individuals, businesses, industries and organizations that have improved Ohio's economic competitiveness and its environment through the effective, efficient, and innovative use of energy.
Name: Environmental Performance and Recognition Program
Started: ?
Sponsored by: Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality Customer Service Division Pollution Prevention Program
WWW: http://www.deq.state.ok.us/CSDnew/EPRP/whatis.htm
Notes: Performance track program based on the Malcolm Baldrige Business Performance Excellence Criteria and the Oklahoma Quality Award Foundation (http://www.oklahomaquality.com/) program. Used to have Excellence in Pollution Prevention Awards and Recognition (http://www.deq.state.ok.us/CSDnew/P2/2002Award.PDF), which appears to have ceased in 2002.
No P2 awards. However, they do give Waste Reduction Awareness Program Awards to schools and individuals to encourage recycling, in partnership with the Association of Oregon Recyclers (see http://www.deq.state.or.us/wmc/solwaste/wrap/wrap.html). Also has a page of links to recognition programs within Oregon as well as nationally (http://www.deq.state.or.us/wmc/solwaste/cwrc/orrec1.html). Most of these deal with recycling.
Name: Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence (1994-1995 -- Governor's Waste Minimizations Awards)
Started: 1996
Sponsored by: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Office of Pollution Prevention and Compliance Assistance (applications go here but the governor's office gets top billing on the application).
WWW: Applications located on the Pennsylvania DEP web site. Search for "awards" in the search box on the main page to locate the current year's application. The 2001 award winners are at http://www.greenworks.tv/govawards2001/index.asp. For a list of winners, see http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/pollprev/gov-awards-redesign/default.htm. Latest awards appear to be from 2004.
Notes: In 2001, started Governor's Award for Sustainability. Award categories include resource protection, land use, energy efficiency, and education & outreach. Pennsylvania DEP also awards the Phoenix Awards for Brownfields Redevelopment.
Name: Governor's Pollution Prevention Award
Started: 1991
Sponsored by: The Technical Advisory Committee for the Hazardous Waste Management Research Fund (within the University of South Carolina Institute for Public Service and Policy Research ) reviews entries, select finalists and recommends winners to the Office of the Governor.
Name: South Carolina Environmental Excellence Program (SCEEP)
Started: 1998
Sponsored by: SCEEP Advisory Committee made up of SC Department of Health and Environmental Control, Sierra Club, Woman League of Voters, Trade Associations, Chamber of Commerce and academia; oversight is with the University of South Carolina Institute for Public Service and Policy Research.
WWW: http://www.iopa.sc.edu
Notes: Membership is based on a 2 year renewal cycle.
Name: Governor's Environmental Stewardship Awards
Started: 1986
Sponsored by: Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. Supported by the Governor's Office
WWW: http://www.tn.gov/environment/awards/
Notes: The awards are presented to individuals and organizations making significant contributions to the protection and improvement of Tennessee's natural resources and wildlife.
Name: Texas Environmental Excellence Awards
Started: 1993
Sponsored by: Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission. Presented on behalf of the Governor of Texas and the TNRCC Commissioners.
WWW: http://www.tnrcc.state.tx.us/exec/oppr/txawd/txawd.html
Name: Environmentalist of the Year
Sponsored by: Environmental Research and Education Foundation
WWW: http://www.erefdn.org/galanominationleadsht.htm
Notes: $50,000 cash award. Nominations are sought internationally. Both individuals and corporations are eligible.
Name: Vermont Governor's Awards for Environ


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A man spotted by eagle-eyed CCTV operators selling drugs in Trowbridge town centre has thanked a judge for giving him a second chance.
'Big Brother' was watching as Jamie Taylor, 21, carried out a deal in the garden behind Trowbridge Town Hall.
And staff in the control room then directed police to Taylor as he cycled off along Silver Street, not knowing he was being watched.
Taylor then tried to get away and he and a police officer narrowly escaped injury when struck a glancing blow by a car when falling from he pavement as they grappled.
Colin Meeke, prosecuting, told Swindon Crown Court last week that the CCTV operator saw the deal taking place shortly before noon on Friday, December 13.
"They saw the defendant clearly involved in an exchange of money for an object: they were almost certainly aware it was a drug deal," he said.
When officers approached he struggled and was restrained after the incident with a passing car and found to have cannabis and cash in his bag.
Mr Meeke said he had 18 street deals of cannabis, worth about £200, and £92 in cash as well as a mobile phone which had texts on it relating to trading in drugs.
Taylor, of Summerleaze, Trowbridge, pleaded guilty to possessing a class-B drug with intent to supply.
Tony Bignall, defending, said he had run up a debt because of a drug problem and his dealer suggested he could pay it off by doing a bit of dealing for him.
He said all of his previous convictions were of an impulsive nature and he could do with some help from the probation service.
Passing sentence, judge Tim Mousley QC said: "You have previous convictions but nothing for drugs.
"You have responded pretty well to past community orders. You are now going to be responsible for a family in a few months' time. As we say, you are at a crossroads.
"You have to face up to your responsibilities and behave in a way to support your family so I am going to give you a chance."
He imposed a 12-month community order with supervision, five sessions of education and training and 18 hours at an attendance centre.
As he left the dock, Taylor said: "Thank you for the chance, Your Honour."


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With jails bursting at the seams, Los Angeles County justice and public safety officials are seriously considering a gradual release of potentially thousands of low-level inmates - mostly those awaiting trial on petty theft and drug charges - starting with a few hundred next month.
In a report to the Board of Supervisors, county Chief Executive Officer William Fujioka recommended alternatives to jail that include a pilot pretrial release program that would let inmates out without posting bail - if they can pass a risk-assessment analysis and get court approval.
Under the plan, proposed for implementation Nov. 1, the court could also order some inmates released on their own recognizance.
Others inmates could be placed under electronic monitoring via GPS-enabled ankle bracelet; or required to check in with sheriff's deputies, probation officers, work release programs, community detention facilities, or treatment facilities for mental health and substance abuse.
"With the use of a risk assessment instrument and appropriate supervision and services during release, an effective pretrial release program may be implemented," Fujioka said in the report.
"This program will reduce pre-trial detention, ensure that defendants appear in court, and maintain public safety," he added.
Chief Richard Barrantes, commander of the Sheriff's Department's Court Services Division, said the plan is to conduct risk assessment analysis on five to 10 inmates daily from November through January.
The Superior Court's Central District, which covers downtown and East L.A., would be the final authority on which inmates are released, and whether and how they would be monitored.
"The risk to public safety is nonexistent at all, because those being released have gone through a risk-assessment process," Barrantes said.
"These are very low-level inmates, who have no prior violent history, no prior escape issues."
He said most of the inmates were probably eligible for bail but could not come up with the money.
The pretrial release program drew praise from the American Civil Liberties Union - and outrage from a leader of Justice for Homicide Victims, whose 16-year-old daughter was murdered by gang members in Monrovia in 2008.
Hanna Dershowitz, criminal justice and drug policy reform advocate for the ACLU, said pretrial release has proven successful in New York, Washington, D.C., Santa Cruz and many other places.
"The important thing is to recognize that there has been enormous success with very accurately and carefully screening, with validated risk assessment tools, people who are accused of crimes at the pretrial stage," she said.
"Of course, there are people who are a danger and we're not saying those people should be let out pretrial," she added. "But there are also people who are not a danger and not a flight risk, and they are being released pretrial all over the country without negative repercussions."
Jeanette Chavez, who sits on the board of Justice for Homicide Victims, countered that the gang members who opened fire on her daughter, Sammantha, with an Uzi probably started out as low-level offenders, too.
As an alternative to pretrial release, she recommended that the court require they go into the military and better themselves.
"I'm worried these low-risk offenders mostly will go out there and do another crime," Chavez said. "They could end up murdering someone, raping someone, and we don't need that."
The jail population has soared to 18,900 - almost 90 percent of capacity - in the year since Gov. Jerry Brown implemented public safety realignment, which put inmates sentenced after Oct. 1, 2011, for nonviolent, nonserious and nonsexual offenses in county jails instead of state prisons.
About 10,000 inmates in the jail population are pretrial, but Fujioka estimated about half of them are automatically disqualified for release because of their criminal record.
Fujioka said the courts have estimated up to 1,000 inmates could qualify for the pretrial release program each year.
Recent research by corrections expert James Austin and the VERA Institute of Justice both recommended pretrial release. The latter noted the county detains a higher number of pretrial inmates - 55 percent of the jail population - compared with the national average of 39 percent.
County public information officer David Sommers said realignment and budget cuts to the courts are putting pressure on the inmate population, and the county cannot afford to build new jails.
"Since realignment, we've got almost 6,000 additional inmates in our jail population," he said. "With all the budget cuts to the courts, the time it takes for cases to work through the court system is increasing, meaning an inmate could be sitting in jail for an even longer period of time."
Sommers added, "For someone with a DUI, does it make sense for them to sit in jail for an extended length of time before their trial comes up, versus letting that low-level nonviolent offender out on their own recognizance or diverting them into some type of program?"


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Yankees send righty Claiborne to Triple-A
TAMPA, Fla. -- Right-hander Preston Claiborne made 44 appearances at the big league level last season for the Yankees, but his stuff never appeared to be quite as crisp this spring, manager Joe Girardi said.
Claiborne was optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre after Wednesday's appearance against the Blue Jays in Dunedin, Fla. Claiborne faced six batters and did not record an out, charged with six earned runs on four hits with a walk and hit-by-pitch.
"With what he did last year, we thought that he would have a really good chance of being in our bullpen," Girardi said. "He just really never got on a roll in Spring Training. As we told him, we know he's capable of pitching much better than he did. It's his job just to go get ready."
Claiborne, 26, posted a 4.11 ERA in 50 1/3 big league innings last season. His ERA in seven Grapefruit League appearances this spring was 14.29 (nine runs in 5 2/3 innings), and Girardi said that Claiborne seemed disappointed by the demotion.
"I don't think anyone ever takes the news well," Girardi said. "I think he understood, and he understood that he was not throwing the ball the way that he was capable of. But he was very determined to go fix that."
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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This letter opener is remarkably similar to one posted by scottvez:
It is almost 11 inches long. Engraved on the front of the blade is a monument with a cross on top and lions at the base, with the initials LG. On the back are the dates 1914 and 1918. On the front near where the blade connects to the handle (not visible in the photo) are initials that looked like IMT to me, but are probably JMT as shown more clearly in scottvez's item.
A few relatives served in the US military during WWI, and I suspect one of them picked this up somewhere.
Any idea of what the LG on the front refers to?


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GLENDALE, Ariz.—The Los Angeles Angels weren't necessarily trying to snatch Southern California from the grasp of the Los Angeles Dodgers, but their busy offseason could have that effect.
Signing Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson on one December day took the Angels from the back seat to at least co-pilot when it comes to popularity in Los Angeles and Orange counties.
The Angels have mostly downplayed the rivalry, but the Dodgers, the area's most popular baseball team since arriving in 1958, believe they will always control fan loyalty in the region, even when they're struggling in the standings.
"Honestly, it's like the Mets and the Yankees. The Yankees are the team, no matter what the Mets did," says Dodgers manager Don Mattingly, who played 14 seasons with the Yankees. "They are going to have their years that they play well, but the Yankees are the team.
"And I don't want to bad-mouth the Angels at all. I know (Angels owner) Mr. (Arte) Moreno does a great job down there in Anaheim and (manager) Mike (Scioscia) does a great job and they've had a great run, but we're the Dodgers and that's not going to change."
The Dodgers have almost always been the more successful team on and off the field, but over the past 10 years, that hasn't been the case. The Dodgers are coming off two disappointing seasons and an ownership soap opera that caused fans to basically boycott Dodger Stadium last season. The news that Frank McCourt has agreed to sell the franchise to a group featuring Magic Johnson and Stan Kasten undoubtedly should resurrect and re-energize the Dodgers' fan base.
If the Angels are ever were going to grab the headlines in Southern California, this past offseason was the time, even if they won't openly say it.
"I'm not even touching that one," Angels right fielder Torii Hunter says with a laugh. "We still have to do it on the field or it won't matter."
The Dodgers' most outspoken outfielder, and one of the league's best players, agrees with Mattingly that the Boys in Blue will always run the Los Angeles area.
"There is only one Los Angeles team, and that's the L.A. Dodgers," Matt Kemp says.
Angels ace Jered Weaver grew up in the L.A. area and had a brother, Jeff, who pitched for the Dodgers. Both grew up Dodgers fans, and Weaver was much more diplomatic on the subject than Kemp.
"There is room (for both teams)," Weaver says. "They've had some tough times lately … but I don't think they'll be down that long. They have great players there with Kemp and (Clayton) Kershaw. If you ask me, they really haven't lost that much of their shine."
At least some of the shine is back, thanks in part to Magic Johnson's smile.


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A question for everyone though: I know I mentioned earlier in this thread that one of the cannons on my TIE was partially unpainted (one is silver with a red tip and the other just has the red tip on the unpainted blue plastic) and I wondered if it was a factory error on mine. The other day, I was looking at the photos accompanying the GH review (presumably of Mike Sullenger's TIE) and his had this same "flaw." Does everyone else's TIE have this same problem, and if so, is it really a flaw in the toy and not an accuracy that I just never noticed on the film props themselves?
Close-up views of the cockpit balls of a standard TIE fighter and a TIE X1. The laser cannons are the twin apertures immediately beneath the main viewport. The cannons on the X1 end in orange structures which were used on all the fighters based at the first Death Star. The laser cannons of TIEs in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi are simpler and colourless.
So, that's a total of $120 plus tax Hasbro and Target have made off my weak soul.
Can someone clear something up for me? Is this a Target exclusive or not?
Isn't this TIE rumored to be a Target exclusive? I thought I heard that somewhere.
I can't wait to become infuriated, I mean, shop, at Target for this.
Actually, yes - at the moment, it is planned to be a Target Exclusive item.
I can't wait to get my hands on it!
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SAN JOSE — Joe Thornton did not waste any time.
Fifteen hours after a day-long journey from Switzerland to his South Bay home, the captain was skating at Sharks Ice on Thursday, reacquainting himself with the smaller North American rink as well as his teammates after almost four months in Europe.
He also was answering questions about what special challenges the Sharks and every other NHL team will face once a lockout-shortened 48-game season gets under way Jan. 19.
"I think everybody knows how important it's going to be just getting off to a quick start," he said. "You definitely don't want to lose three or four in a row or you're behind the eight-ball."
The hard work begins Sunday. That's when camps will open if everything goes as expected and a majority of the more than 700 NHL players have ratified their new labor agreement when online voting ends Saturday morning.
Thursday, it was more of a reunion skate as Thornton and four others — Marc-Edouard Vlasic, TJ Galiardi, Adam Burish and Andrew Desjardins — shared the ice with teammates who either stayed in San Jose for most of the 113-day shutdown or arrived earlier in the week.
"You have a bond with these guys and to be away from them for so long and not be sure when you're going to see them again, it's tough," said Thornton. "It's a good feeling to be back."
Thornton was his usual genial self. And he hasn't changed his habit of taking the time to unlace and remove his skates before answering media questions. "You waited about four months," he said smiling. "What's another five minutes?"
Thornton had been playing for Davos in the Swiss Elite League, just as he did in the previous lockout eight years ago when he met his future wife, Tabea. The family owns a house there, so this was an easy transition for the couple and their 2-year-old daughter, who can speak Swiss-German as well as English.
"It was good for my wife," said Thornton, who noted they're expecting their second child in late June. "She doesn't see her family too much, so she got to see her family quite a bit and see quite a bit of her friends."
Thornton led Davos in scoring with 12 goals and 24 assists in 33 games.
— including two against Sharks teammate Logan Couture, who signed with Geneva after consulting with the captain.
"It was definitely weird playing against each other," Thornton said, "but it was fun."
Thornton also competed against Sharks defenseman Jason Demers when Davos lost 7-1 to Team Canada in the finals of the Spengler Cup, a game in which another Davos player fractured Demers' right wrist with a slash.
Unlike Demers, Thornton came home with no lingering ailments.
"I feel good. I feel healthy," he said. "I've played some games so hopefully I'll have an advantage over some guys."
Thornton did acknowledge that he competed more cautiously over there, fully aware of the big picture.
"You're careful. You're competing hard and you're in games, but you have your head up and you know what's around," he said. "You play hard, but you know what situation you're in over there for sure."
Thornton said he followed lockout developments more at the beginning than at the end.
"I got excited about two or three times, so then after that I was disappointed and didn't really follow it for the last month and a half," he said. "When I got the call we were going to go back, I was ecstatic."
Does Thornton see the extended time off helping or hurting his team?
"Until you play, you don't know, but hopefully it helps," he said. "We've played a lot of hockey in the past. Hopefully guys that had injuries, that were banged up, got healthy with these three or four months off."


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It's been nearly two decades since Lambchop released its first album, at the time pronouncing itself "Nashville's most fucked-up country band." Provocative it may have been, but the description made sense: at the heart of all that ruckus was a band at once defying and embracing the musical legacy of its hometown.
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Since then, Lambchop has evolved into an accomplished ensemble, adding palpable depth and substance to singer-songwriter-guitarist Kurt Wagner's songs — and the band sounds as commanding as ever on its 11th album, Mr. M, a collection of meditations on love and loss and the detritus of everyday existence.
Even so, something of that playful boast from long ago remains at the heart of everything the group has done since then. Lambchop may not sound in any conventional way like a country band (even the steel guitar, once prominent, is long gone from the band's lineup), and yet the essential spirit of country music — the sound of someone just trying to make sense of life's little ups and downs — remains present in its music.
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Security and Safety at New England Law | Boston
New England Law | Boston seeks to maintain a crime-free environment in which students, faculty, staff, and visitors feel secure and safe. Despite its downtown location, the school has been fortunate to have largely been spared serious crimes on its premises or in the immediate vicinity. However, in an effort to prepare and protect its community, the school has implemented the following policies and procedures.
Reporting crime and safety concerns
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Messages are also sent through the New England Law e-mail system to provide additional details about notices sent through e2Campus and to keep members of the community updated on non-emergency developments.
Safety and security in downtown Boston
The law school is located in the downtown of an urban area, which presents both professional and personal opportunities for our students. Boston is largely a safe city, but our urban location exposes us to the same public safety issues that exist in any major city. Being in a city demands vigilance, and awareness and common sense are the best protections against crime.
These tips will help you stay safe in the city:
- Remain alert to your surroundings and to other people at all times, and when you can, walk in a group as you travel between our buildings and to garages and T-stops. As much as possible, choose well-traveled and well-lit areas.
- Talking on cell phones or wearing headphones can distract you from what is going on around you; your cell phone or audio equipment may also make you an attractive target for theft. If you take a taxi, be sure that the cab you enter displays a medallion that indicates that it is licensed.
- If you feel unsafe walking to your destination from any law school building, you may request that a member of our security staff walk with you to a parked car, garage, or T-stop, during hours when the staff is on duty. Call 617-422-7287 during building hours.
Although we monitor entrance to the law school buildings and experience very few thefts, we advise students not to leave laptops or other valuables unattended while at school.
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Annual Security Report
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Annual Security Report (2013-2015)
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- New England Law Security Desk/Church Street – 617-422-7262
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