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Portugal country overview — a summary of the national drug situation
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Portugal country overview
A summary of the national drug situation
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The Portuguese national focal point is located within the General-Directorate for Intervention on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies (SICAD). Attached to the Ministry of Health, SICAD's mission is to promote a reduction in the use of psychoactive substances, the prevention of addictive behaviours and a reduction in dependencies.Read more »
Serviço de Intervenção nos Comportamentos Aditivos e nas Dependências (SICAD)
Avenida da República, n°61-8°
P - 1064-808 Lisboa
Tel. +351 211119000
Fax +351 211112790 to 98
Head of focal point: Mr João Goulão
Our partner in Portugal
Serviço de Intervenção nos Comportamentos Aditivos e nas Dependências (SICAD)
Avenida da República, n°61-8°
P - 1064-808 Lisboa
Tel. +351 211119000
Fax +351 211112790 to 98
Head of focal point: Mr João Goulão
The Portuguese national focal point is located within the General-Directorate for Intervention on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies (SICAD). Attached to the Ministry of Health, SICAD's mission is to promote a reduction in the use of psychoactive substances, the prevention of addictive behaviours and a reduction in dependencies.
SICAD is the EMCDDA's national focal point and it is directly responsible for the implementation of the National Plan. It plans, implements and coordinates drug demand reduction interventions, and collects, analyses and disseminates information on drug use and its responses.
The Director General of SICAD is also the National Coordinator for Drugs, Drug Addiction and Alcohol-Related Problems.
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Drug use among the general population and young people
The first general population survey on drug use was conducted in Portugal in 2001 on a sample of 15 000 individuals representative of the Portuguese population. The second general population survey was conducted in 2007 on a sample of 12 202. In 2012, a third general population survey was conducted on a sample of 5 355 inhabitants aged 15–64. Although cannabis remains the most frequently used illicit substance, followed by ecstasy and cocaine, the latest study indicates that the use of illicit substances in Portugal since 2007 might be on the decline (lifetime prevalence of any illicit substance among adults was 12.0 % in 2007 and 9.5 % in 2012; among young adults in 2007 it was 17.4 % and in 2012 it was 14.5 %). In 2012 about 9.4 % of 15- to 64-year-olds had ever tried cannabis, 2.7 % had used cannabis in the last 12 month and 1.7 % in the past month, compared to 2007 when cannabis use prevalence rates were reported at 11.7 %, 3.6 % and 2.4 % respectively. Ecstasy and cocaine have emerged as the second and third most prevalent illicit substances, with lifetime prevalence rates at 1.3 % and 1.2 %, and broader differentiation in prevalence rates among young adults is noted. Use of illicit substances in general is more prevalent among 15- to 34-year-olds. The latest study indicates a slight increase in recent use of LSD among all adults, and also among 15- to 34-year-olds; however, the overall prevalence of LSD remains low. All studies confirmed that males more frequently than females use illicit substances; however, there are some indications that females present higher continuity rates for cannabis, ecstasy and hallucinogenic mushrooms use than men. The latest study also examined prevalence of non-controlled new psychoactive substances. In 2012 around 0.4 % of all respondents and 0.9 % of young adults reported trying a new psychoactive substance at least once in their lifetime.
Surveys among schoolchildren are currently carried out in Portugal nearly every two years: the National School Survey (Inquérito Nacional em Meio Escolar, INME) was carried out in 2001 and 2006 (a previous version of this survey was done in 1989 and 1995); and the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) has been completed every four years since 1995 (with students aged 15–16). The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey is repeated every four years in Portugal and targets young people in school settings (6th, 8th and 10th grades).
In 2006 results from the national studies of school populations showed a decrease in drug consumption between 2002–06 (HBSC) and 2001–06 (INME). Cannabis maintained its position as the drug with the highest prevalence of use. The latest HBSC study from 2009/10 indicated an increase in the prevalence of cannabis use in the period 2006–10.The ESPAD survey results for 2011 showed that lifetime prevalence of cannabis use was 16 % (13 % in 2007; 15 % in 2003; 8 % in 1999). Lifetime prevalence for inhalants was 6 % (4 % in 2007; 8 % in 2003; 3 % in 1999), and for all other substances lifetime prevalence was reported at 3 %. The results indicated 16 % for last year prevalence of cannabis use (10 % in 2007; 13 % in 2003; 9 % in 1999), and 9 % for last month prevalence (6 % in 2007; 8 % in 2003; 5 % in 1999). Despite the downward trend observed during 2002–06, the most recent ESPAD study corroborates the findings of the HBSC study, showing an increase in consumption of illicit substances since 2006. This trend is observed among both male and female students.
Look for Prevalence of drug use in the 'Statistical bulletin' for more information
The new Portuguese National Plan for Reduction of Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies 2013–20 recognises a need for age-specific prevention in the contexts of family, school, recreational and sports settings, community, workplaces, road safety and prisons. At the national level, prevention is a task of the Division of Prevention and Community Intervention of the General Directorate for Intervention on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies (SICAD), while the Regional Health Administrations have a further role in the operational health policies.
In the framework of the National Plan, the Operational Plan of Integrated Responses (PORI) is an intervention framework targeted at drug demand reduction and organised at the local/regional level. In each specific territory, an intervention may address problems particular to local needs by bringing together relevant partners, and working in different settings. Within PORI, the most vulnerable territories have been mapped in order to prioritise them for resource and intervention allocation. In continental Portugal, 163 territories were identified for the development of integrated intervention responses at several levels (prevention, treatment, harm and risk reduction, and reintegration). In 2011 some 62 integrated response prevention projects were implemented in the framework of the Operational Plan, covering nearly 56 400 people, mainly through awareness raising, information activities and educational interventions.
Universal drug prevention is part of the Portuguese school curriculum and is implemented mainly in sciences, biology and civic education studies. Prevention programmes are delivered through training sessions, awareness-raising activities and dissemination of printed information. In the Safe School programme law enforcement agents patrol the areas surrounding schools to prevent and protect the school from criminal activities in the surrounding area, such as drug trafficking. The agents are also involved in awareness and training activities in teaching establishments (targeting students, parents and school staff). The programme Me and Others has been implemented since 2006 across various educational settings and focuses on promoting a child's healthy development. In the 2012/13 school year, 87 institutions were enrolled on the programme, covering about 6 000 young people aged 9–23. The programme is evaluated annually in pre-post design only, and the evaluations suggest an increase in self-efficacy among the participants that might be due to the programme. At regional and local levels, other standardised school-based prevention programmes are available. Drug prevention activities aimed at university students, in vocational education settings, in workplaces and the military are also designed and implemented.
Searching for the Family Treasure is a well-researched selective programme for vulnerable families, and Kosmicare is a new intervention to tackle crisis events related to the use of psychedelic substances at music festivals.
Indicated prevention activities are mainly carried out by community support services or in integrated response centres. They focus on individual psychological and psychosocial support for young people who have experimented with drugs.
Counselling and information on psychoactive substances are also provided via a helpline, and recently via the Internet. In 2013 cannabis and opioids were the most frequent topics of the helpline calls.
All government-financed prevention interventions are monitored. Moreover, new guideline documents to support design and implementation of prevention programmes are constantly being developed. Thus in 2013 new guidelines for preventive interventions for addictive behaviours and dependencies were adopted.
See the Prevention profile for Portugal for more information.
High-risk drug use
Up to 2012 the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) defined problem drug use as injecting drug use (IDU) or long duration/regular use of opiates, cocaine and/or amphetamines. However, in 2012 a new definition of 'high-risk drug use' was adopted. The new definition includes 'problem drug use', but is broader (mainly in its inclusion of high-risk use of more substances). Details are available here.
Portugal has carried out four multiplier-method estimates based on 2005 data, which were then compared to previous estimates based on 2000 data. The size of the population of long-term and/or regular users of opiates, cocaine and/or amphetamines was estimated to be between 4.3 and 5.0 per 1 000 inhabitants aged 15–64 (30 833–35 576 individuals), using an outreach team multiplier in 2005. A broader definition, not restricting the population to long-term and regular users, calculated using a treatment multiplier, suggested a higher rate of 6.2–7.4 cases per 1 000 aged 15–64. Injecting drug users were estimated at 1.8–2.2 per 1 000 inhabitants aged 15–64 using a treatment multiplier, and 1.5–3.0 per 1 000 inhabitants aged 15–64 using a mortality multiplier. The comparison with 2000 data indicated a decline in the estimated number of high-risk drug users and injecting drug users between the years 2000 and 2005.
Based on general population survey data from 2012, it has been estimated that approximately 0.5 % of 15- to 64-year-olds used cannabis daily or almost daily.
Look for High risk drug-use in the Statistical bulletin for more information.
Treatment demand
Treatment demand data in Portugal is collected through the outpatient public network via the Multidisciplinary Information System (SIM), which was launched in 2010. The SIM enables treatment demand data to be collected from all 78 outpatient public treatment centres across Portugal. In 2013 a total of 4 138 clients entered treatment, of which 1 983 were new clients entering treatment for the first time.
The primary drug of abuse among all treatment clients was opioids, mainly heroin, at 54 %, followed by cannabis at 27 % and cocaine at 13 %. Among new treatment clients, 48 % reported cannabis, followed by 27 % for opioids, and 17 % for cocaine. In the most recent years an upward trend in the proportion new treatment clients reporting cannabis or cocaine as their primary substance of concern has been noted for Portugal. Overall, about 14 % of all treatment clients who reported an injectable substance as their primary drug used them by injection, and the rate among new treatment clients was even smaller at 8 %. The mean age of all treatment clients was 36 years, while new treatment clients were on average 31 years old. With respect to gender, 88 % of all and 87 % of new treatment clients were males.
Look for Treatment demand indicator in the Statistical bulletin for more information.
Drug-related infectious diseases
In Portugal, global estimates of the prevalence of infectious diseases among drug users are not available. However, some data based on clients of some treatment facilities are available, and these can provide information on rates among some sub-groups of drug users: (i) those demanding treatment for the first time at the public network of outpatient treatment facilities; (ii) those admitted to public detoxification treatment units or certified private detoxification units; or (iii) those in treatment in public or certified private therapeutic communities.
In 2013, some 17.1 % of drug users who ever injected drugs and were treated at outpatient treatment services were human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive. For the injecting drug users admitted to the same treatment environment, the rate of acute hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection (399 tested) was 6.3 %, and for hepatitis C virus (HCV) the rate was 84.3 % (414 tested). When interpreting these results, the fact that the sample of tested drug users at various services is not always representative of the group should be taken into consideration. It should also be mentioned that some of the treatment samples included people who inject drugs (PWID) and people who do not inject drugs, and consequently the rates only calculated among PWID will probably be higher than those presented.
In general, a decreasing trend in the total number of notifications of HIV and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases has continued to be registered since the early 2000s. In 2013 a total of 1 093 new HIV and 322 new AIDS cases were reported, for all risk groups together. Likewise, a decline in the incidence of HIV and AIDS with injecting drugs as the risk group has also been registered since 1999–2000 (78 new HIV cases in 2013 and 1 482 in 2000; 74 new AIDS cases in 2013 and 675 in 1999).
Look for Drug-related infectious diseases in the Statistical bulletin for more information.
Drug-induced deaths and mortality among drug users
There are two sources of information about drug-related deaths in Portugal: the General Mortality Registry of the Statistics National Institute, and the Special Registry of the National Institute of Forensic Medicine.
In 2012, the General Mortality Registry of the Statistics National Institute registered 16 cases of drug-related deaths, which is an increase on the 10 deaths reported in 2011 but remains below the number of deaths registered annually between 2008–10.
Provisional data from the Special Registry of the National Institute of Forensic Medicine show 22 drug-related death cases (selection D) in 2013 (29 in 2012; 19 in 2011; 52 in 2010; 56 in 2009; 94 in 2008). In 2013 the majority of deaths occurred among men, at a mean age of 42 years. All the provisionally reported drug-related death cases were toxicologically confirmed and around 72 % involved opioids (heroin or methadone). More than one substance was involved in more than two-thirds of all deaths.
The drug-induced mortality rate among adults (aged 15–64) was 3.0 deaths per million in 2012, lower than the current (2013) European average of 17.2 deaths per million.
Look for Drug-related deaths in the Statistical bulletin for more information.
Treatment responses
Healthcare for drug users is organised in Portugal mainly through the public network services of treatment for illicit substance dependence, under Regional Health Administrations of the Ministry of Health. In addition to public services, certification and protocols between non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and other public or private treatment services ensure a wide access to quality-controlled services encompassing several treatment modalities. The public services are provided free of charge and are accessible to all drug users who seek treatment.
Drug treatment in Portugal can be classified into four main categories: (i) outpatient drug treatment; (ii) day-care centres; (iii) detoxification units; and (iv) therapeutic communities. Treatment teams, mainly in outpatient units, are usually entry points for the clients, where a client's situation is assessed and the treatment plan is designed. From there, referrals are made to public or private detoxification units or therapeutic communities. All centres provide both psychosocial and substitution treatment. Day-care centres offering outpatient care are provided by public and non-governmental services. Withdrawal treatment is available in public and private detoxification units. Inpatient psychosocial treatment mostly consists of therapeutic communities and is mainly available in private services. Short-term and long-term residential psychosocial drug treatment is also available. There are 61 specialised treatment facilities (public and certified private therapeutic communities), eight detoxification units, 78 public outpatient facilities and eight accredited day-care centres. Although treatment of opioid addiction remains a main focus of the drug treatment system, during the period 2005–10 special programmes for cannabis and cocaine users have also been created.
Continuous efforts are also taken to systematise the best practice experience and promote new treatment approaches. Thus in 2011 guidelines defining the early treatment of youth at risk and adolescent users and on treatment and rehabilitation in a therapeutic community were published.
Opioid substitution treatment (OST) is widely available in Portugal through public services such as specialised treatment centres, health centres, hospitals, pharmacies, NGOs and non-profit organisations. Methadone has been available since 1977, buprenorphine since 1999, and the buprenorphine/naloxone combination has recently been approved for use.
Decree Law 183/2001 Article 44.1 and Decree Law 15/93 Article 15.1–3 stipulate that methadone treatment can be initiated by treatment centres, and that buprenorphine treatment can be initiated by any medical doctor, specialised medical doctors and treatment centres. The provision of buprenorphine in pharmacies started in 2004.
In 2013, some 16 858 clients were registered in opioid substitution programmes (29 325 in 2010), 67 % of whom were in methadone maintenance treatment and the remaining 33 % in high-dosage buprenorphine treatment. OST is also available in prison settings.
See the Treatment profile for Portugal for additional information.
Harm reduction responses
The main priority established by the National Plan Against Drugs and Drug Addictions 2013–20 in the area of risk and harm reduction is to promote and develop the existing risk and harm reduction intervention model and to adapt it to the evolution of the drug use phenomenon through promotion of effective and integrated responses.
A network of harm reduction programmes (syringe exchange, low-threshold substitution programmes, etc.) and structures, including drop-in centres, refuges, shelters, contact units and mobile centres, has been consolidated throughout the country in critical zones of intensive drug use, with the aim of preventing drug-related risks such as infectious diseases, social exclusion and delinquency.
The National Commission for the Fight Against AIDS (Comissão Nacional de Luta Contra a SIDA), in cooperation with the National Association of Pharmacies (Associação Nacional de Farmácias), implements the national needle and syringe programme Say No to a Second-Hand Syringe, which was set up more than twenty years ago to prevent HIV amongst IDUs. The programme involves pharmacies, primary care health centres and NGOs, and includes several mobile units. At the end of 2012 the contract with the Association ended and the programme was implemented in the following years by health centres and NGOs alone. However, following the signing of a new agreement with the Association in 2014, pharmacies have re-initiated the programme. Approximately 51.5 million syringes have been given out under this programme between its launch in October 1993 and December 2013. In 2013 some 951 000 syringes were distributed by the programme. Overall trends in syringe exchange show an increase in syringe numbers until 2001 (3.5 million), followed by stabilisation at a lower level (2.7 million) until 2005, and a decline thereafter. An evaluation of the programme in 2002 concluded that it had been successful in preventing HIV infections among people who inject drugs. Districts such as Lisbon, Porto, Setúbal and Faro are places with a higher number of exchanged syringes, and have taken part in the programme since it started. In addition to needles, syringes and other injecting paraphernalia, the programmes also provide information services, psychosocial support and referrals, while pipes for inhalative drug use are being distributed in a pilot project.
Treatments for HIV and AIDS, HBV and HCV are included in the range of services of the National Health Service of Portugal and are available free of charge.
See the Harm reduction overview for Portugal for additional information.
Drug markets and drug-law offences
Portugal remains an important transit point of international drug trafficking, mainly for cocaine, while a large proportion of other drugs seized in Portugal are destined for the local market. The majority of illicit substances enter Portugal via sea routes, while land (from Spain) and air routes are used to a lesser extent. The postal service has emerged as the preferred transportation route for ecstasy. In 2013, most cocaine was trafficked from Colombia, Brazil and Venezuela. Heroin and ecstasy seized in Portugal comes from the Netherlands and cannabis products come from Morocco. As in the previous 10 years, the highest number of seizures involved cannabis resin (3 087 in 2013; 3 298 in 2012; 3 093 in 2011), followed by cocaine and heroin (1 108 and 792 respectively). The number of herbal cannabis (liamba) and ecstasy seizures continued to be lower than for the other illicit drugs. The numbers of heroin and cocaine seizures continued to decline in 2013 and were the lowest registered since 2002 and 2005 respectively.
In 2013, there was an increase in the quantity of herbal cannabis (liamba) and cannabis plants seized compared to 2012 (95.71 kg of liamba and 8 462 cannabis plants in 2013). The quantity of cannabis resin and cocaine halved when compared to 2012 (18 304 kg in 2012 and 8 681 kg in 2013 for cannabis resin; 4 020 kg in 2012 and 2 440 kg in 2013 for cocaine). In 2013 the amounts of ecstasy and heroin seized were lower than in previous years. It is worth mentioning that a record 4.39 kg of methamphetamine was seized in 2013, in a single seizure when the substance was passing through Lisbon Airport in transit to other European Union countries.
In 2013, a total of 14 288 people were reported to be involved in drug-law offences. The majority of drug-law offenders were linked to cannabis-related offences, followed by cocaine-related offences and heroin-related offences.
Look for Drug law offences in the Statistical bulletin for additional data.
National drug laws
The main drug law in Portugal is Decree Law 15/93 of 22 January 1993, which defines the legal regime applicable to the trafficking and consumption of narcotic drugs and psychoactive substances.
The Portuguese legal framework on drugs changed in November 2000 with the adoption of Law 30/2000, in place since July 2001, which decriminalised illicit drug use and related acts, but maintained drug use as an illegal behaviour, with respect to all drugs included in the relevant United Nations conventions. However, a person caught using or possessing a small quantity of drugs for personal use (established by law, this shall not exceed the quantity required for average individual consumption over a period of 10 days), where there is no suspicion of involvement in drug trafficking, will be evaluated by a local Commission for the Dissuasion of Drug Addiction, composed of a lawyer, a doctor and a social worker. Sanctions can be applied, but the main objective is to explore the need for treatment and to promote healthy recovery.
Drug trafficking may incur a sentence of 1–5 or 4–12 years' imprisonment, depending on specific criteria, one of them being the nature of the substance supplied. The penalty is reduced for users who sell drugs to finance their own consumption.
A new Decree Law 54/2013 was adopted in April 2013. It prohibits the production, export, advertisement, distribution, sale or simple dispensing of new psychoactive substances (NPS) named in the list accompanying the Decree Law and sets up a control mechanism for NPS. Administrative sanctions including fines of up to EUR 45 000 are anticipated for offences against this law, while a person caught using NPS, without a suspicion of another offence, is referred to a local Commission for the Dissuasion of Drug Addiction.
Go to the European Legal Database on Drugs (ELDD) for additional information.
National drug strategy
Portuguese drug policy is detailed in three strategic documents. Launched in 1999 and envisaged as a long-term policy document, the National Strategy for the Fight Against Drugs defines the general objectives in the drugs field. The strategy is built around eight principles: (i) international cooperation; (ii) prevention; (iii) the humanistic principle; (iv) pragmatism; (v) security; (vi) coordination and rationalisation of resources; (vii) subsidiarity; and (viii) participation. Six general objectives are set out in the strategy:
- To contribute to an appropriate and efficient international and European strategy for the world drug problem, with regard to demand and supply reduction and which includes the fight against illicit trafficking and money laundering.
- To provide Portuguese society with better information about the phenomenon of drugs and drug addiction, and the dangers of particular drugs, from a preventive perspective.
- To reduce the use of drugs, especially among younger members of the population.
- To guarantee the necessary resources for treatment and social reintegration of drug addicts.
- To protect public health and the security of people and property.
- To repress the illicit traffic of drugs and money laundering.
These objectives are elaborated through a set of 13 strategic options.
Portugal's current National Plan for the Reduction of Addictive Behaviours and Dependences 2013–20 builds on the principles of the 1999 strategy and the external evaluation of the National Plan Against Drugs and Drug Addiction 2005–12. It takes a broad and integrated view of drug and addiction problems and addresses a range of areas, including illicit drug use, new psychoactive substances, alcohol, prescription medications, doping, and gambling. The National Plan is guided by five overarching objectives:
- Prevent, deter, reduce and minimise the problems associated with the consumption of psychoactive substances, addictive behaviours and dependencies.
- Reduce the availability of illicit drugs and new psychoactive substances.
- Ensure the availability, sale and consumption of legal psychoactive substances is safe and does not induce harmful use.
- Ensure legal gambling is safe and does not induce addictive behaviour.
- Ensure the quality of services provided to citizens and the sustainability of policies and interventions.
The National Plan is built around the two pillars of drug demand reduction and drug supply reduction. It consists of two structural measures (the Operational Plan of Integrated Responses (PORI); and the referral network); and four transversal themes (information and research; training and communication; international relations and cooperation; and quality). Under the demand reduction pillar, the strategy is conceptualised around the lifecycle of the individual based on eleven age brackets. Strategic action under the supply reduction pillar is centred on reducing illicit drug markets and regulating licit gambling. The National Plan defines a set of indicators and targets to be achieved during the strategy's timeframe.
The National Plan is being implemented through two action plans covering the periods 2013–16 and 2017–20.
Coordination mechanism in the field of drugs
An integrated approach is taken towards the coordination of policy on licit and illicit drugs in Portugal. After the adoption of a National Plan for the Reduction of Alcohol-Related Problems, the Interministerial Council for Drugs, Drug Addiction and Alcohol Related Problems approved extending the existing scope of the collective coordination structures in the drugs field. This resulted in the creation of the National Coordination Structure for Drugs, Drug Addiction and Alcohol-related Problems, as expressed in Decree-Law 40/2010 of 28 April 2010. Accordingly, the monitoring of action plans on licit and illicit drugs, their evaluation and policy development in general now takes place in an integrated manner.
Several structures comprise the National Coordination Structure for Drugs, Drug Addiction and Alcohol-Related Problems. At an interministerial level, the overall responsibility for the endorsement, coordination and evaluation of drug policy rests with the Interministerial Council for Drugs, Drug Addiction and Alcohol Related Problems. It is chaired by the Prime Minister and comprised of the Ministers for Justice, Health, Education, Science and Higher Education, Labour, Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, National Defence, Finance, Environment, Agriculture, Economy and Social Security. The National Drug Coordinator is also a member of the Council.
The Interministerial Council is supported in its work by the Interministerial Technical Commission, which is chaired by the National Coordinator and composed of representatives designated by the different ministers. Its main function is to design, monitor and evaluate the National Plan and support action plans on illicit drugs, as well as the National Plan for alcohol.
Following a government decision in 2011 based on the Plano de Redução e Melhoria da Administração Central, the Institute on Drugs and Drug Addiction (IDT) was disestablished. A new structure, the Directorate General for Intervention on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies (SICAD), was established. Attached to the Ministry of Health, SICAD's mission is to promote a reduction in the use of psychoactive substances, the prevention of addictive behaviours and a reduction in dependencies. Its specific tasks include supporting government to deliver the National Strategy and planning and evaluating programmes of interventions in the demand reduction area. SICAD functions as the EMCDDA's national focal point and collects data on drug issues. It also provides technical and administrative support to the Commissions for Dissuasion. The Director General of SICAD is also the National Coordinator for Drugs, Drug Addiction and Alcohol-Related Problems.
The National Council for the Fight Against Drugs and Drug Addiction is an advisory body, chaired by the Prime Minister, who can delegate to the Minister of Health. It has a broad membership, which includes representatives from 23 institutions, public or private: Governments of the Autonomous Regions of Madeira and Azores, the Mayors' Association, the Judges' Council, the general public prosecutor, university deans, churches and religious communities, care services and NGOs, the Youth Council, students, parenting associations, the Family Federation, the Journalists Union, and, since 2010, representatives from the alcohol industry and commerce. It advises the Government on the National Strategy and the Action Plan and monitors the implementation reports.
The Criminal Police (Polícia Judiciária) at the Ministry of Justice coordinate interventions and information in the area of supply reduction.
Public expenditure
The Portuguese Action Plan for 2006–08 had a comprehensive associated budget. This budget forecasted labelled drug-related expenditure to represent 0.05 % of gross domestic product (GDP) (1,2), with a 3 % annual nominal growth rate. The implementation of that budget was never fully assessed. A first attempt to estimate the total drug-related expenditure was made for the year 2005, and in 2013 another attempt was made within the evaluation of the Action Plan 2005–12, but no estimates are available (3). Currently, there are no specific budget lines financing drug policy, and public entities are provided with funds within their global budget on an annual basis, notwithstanding the creation of a sub-commission on Public Expenditures within the Plan Council for Drugs, Drug Addictions and the Harmful Use of Alcohol.
The evaluation of the Action Plan 2009–12 focused on labelled drug-related expenditure. Estimates were not fully accurate because data for some types of expenditure were missing (e.g. prisons, social security, etc.), and in other areas spending on alcohol initiatives had also been included. Taking these limitations into account, labelled drug-related public expenditure was estimated to represent between 0.06 % and 0.05 % of GDP over the period 2009–11.
The available information does not allow the current total size of and trends in drug-related public expenditure in Portugal to be reported.
- (1) Some of the funds allocated by governments for expenditure on tasks related to drugs are identified as such in the budget ('labelled'). Often, however, the bulk of drug-related expenditure is not identified ('unlabelled') and must be estimated by modelling approaches. The total budget is the sum of labelled and unlabelled drug-related expenditures.
- (2) Source: EMCDDA (2008), Selected issue 2008: Towards a better understanding of drug-related public expenditure in Europe, European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Lisbon.
- (3) S.A. Gesaworld (2013), 'External evaluation national plan against drugs and drug addictions 2005-2012: executive summary'.
Drug-related research
The National Plan for the Reduction of Addictive Behaviours and Dependences 2013–20 includes the topics of monitoring, research and evaluation of results at national and international level, to contribute to a better understanding of the phenomenon of addictive behaviours and dependencies, and to assess the impact of the measures adopted at national, regional and local levels. This is done on the basis of a global and integrated information system (the National Information System on Psychoactive Substances, Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies).
The Portuguese National Focal Point, SICAD, uses its website and reports, and national scientific journals, as the main dissemination channels for drug-related research findings. Recent drug-related studies mentioned in the 2014 Portuguese National report mainly focused on aspects related to the prevalence, incidence and patterns of drug use, but research on responses to the drug situation was also mentioned.
Key national figures and statistics
b Break in time series.
e Estimated.
p Eurostat provisional value.
1 Gross domestic product (GDP) is a measure of economic activity. It is defined as the value of all goods and services produced less the value of any goods or services used in their creation. The volume index of GDP per capita in Purchasing Power Standards (PPS) is expressed in relation to the European Union (EU-27) average set to equal 100. If the index of a country is higher than 100, this country's level of GDP per head is higher than the EU average and vice versa.
2 Expenditure on social protection contains: benefits, which consist of transfers, in cash or in kind to households and individuals to relieve them of the burden of a defined set of risks or needs.
3 Unemployment rates represent unemployed persons as a percentage of the labour force. Unemployed persons comprise persons aged 15 to 74 who were: (a) without work during the reference week; (b) currently available for work; (c) actively seeking work.
4 Situation of penal institutions on 1 September, 2012.
5 Share of persons aged 0+ with an equivalent disposable income below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold, which is set at 60 % of the national median equivalised disposable income (after social transfers).
|EU (28 countries)
|10 427 301 e
|506 824 509 ep
|Population by age classes
|10.7 % e
|11.3 % bep
|34.9 % e
|34.7 % bep
|20.0 % e
|19.9 % bep
|GDP per capita in PPS (Purchasing Power Standards) 1
|Total expenditure on social protection (% of GDP) 2
|26.9 %
|29.5 % p
|Unemployment rate 3
|14.1 %
|10.2 %
|Unemployment rate of population aged under 25 years
|34.7 %
|22.2 %
|Prison population rate (per 100 000 of national population) 4
|Council of Europe, SPACE I-2013
|At risk of poverty rate 5
|18.7 %
Data sheet — key statistics on the drug situation
|EU range
|Country data
|Reporting Countries
|Problem opioid use (rate/1 000)
|All clients entering treatment (%)
|New clients entering treatment (%)
|Purity — heroin brown (%)
|Price per gram — heroin brown (EUR)
|Prevalence of drug use — schools (%)
|Prevalence of drug use — young adults (%)
|Prevalence of drug use — all adults (%)
|All clients entering treatment (%)
|New clients entering treatment (%)
|Purity (%)
|Price per gram (EUR)
|Prevalence of drug use — schools (%)
|Prevalence of drug use — young adults (%)
|Prevalence of drug use — all adults (%)
|All clients entering treatment (%)
|New clients entering treatment (%)
|Purity (%)
|Price per gram (EUR)
|Prevalence of drug use — schools (%)
|Prevalence of drug use — young adults (%)
|Prevalence of drug use — all adults (%)
|All clients entering treatment (%)
|New clients entering treatment (%)
|Purity (mg of MDMA base per unit)
|77 mg
|26 mg
|144 mg
|Price per tablet (EUR)
|Prevalence of drug use — schools (%)
|Prevalence of drug use — young adults (%)
|Prevalence of drug use — all adults (%)
|All clients entering treatment (%)
|New clients entering treatment (%)
|Potency — herbal (%)
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Why was Curtis pushed back?
In Hollywood, when hardly anyone is interested in an upcoming film, they say it isn't "tracking" well. I'm assuming that's what's going on with the new 50 Cent album. In case you haven't heard, Curtis was recently pushed way the fuck back to September from its original release date next month.
Of course the official reason Fiddy gave this site is that there was some snafu on the manufacturing end that's going to take another month or so to fix.
To wit:
"Yes it's true my album has been pushed back because it wasn't delivered to the plant in order to be distributed and delivered world wide so it has to be pushed back," 50 told XXLMag.com.
Which sounds like a buncha BS to me, no offense to my benefactor or anything.
The reason we know it only takes a few days to print up a buncha copies of an album is because that's when a lot of these albums end up getting bootlegged. On the rare occasion that an album makes it through its entire promotional cycle without being leaked, like with the last T.I. album, it still ends up hitting the streets a few days before it hits the stores, because that's when it's being manufactured.
Once you send an album off to be manufactured, there's basically no way to keep it from being leaked. You'll recall that this is why I had to call bullshit last year when Lupe Fiasco announced that he was going to prevent his album from being bootlegged by waiting until the last minute to record it. (Haven't parts of that shit been bootlegged already?)
Speaking of which, I can only imagine the fallout if Curtis somehow ended up on the Internets some time next month, a couple of months still before its new street date. Granted album sales are already down so much these days, but if Linkin Park can sell 700,000 of its new… um, release, then I'm sure that Jimmy et al. over at Interscope are counting on the Fiddy album to be able to pull something similar.
Part of the reason it's being pushed back is because they want to release it on the same day worldwide. A lot of bands these days will release their album on one day in Europe and then wait six months later to release it here in the US, but obviously that's not an option with Curtis. If they tried anything like that with Fiddy's album, people would just bootleg the shit out of it everywhere it's not already out.
At any rate, the longer the new Fiddy album sits around waiting to be released, the more likely it is to end up in the hands of Arabs, and you know what that means. Curtis could single handedly end up funding the next 9/11. No but really, if I'm 50 Cent, and obviously I'm not (have you seen my abs lately?), I'm not sure if I'd even want to take the chance of having my shit so widely bootlegged.
So obviously the problem with the new 50 Cent album has to do with marketing more so than manufacturing. My guess is that the TIs at Interscope are aware that basically no one at all likes any of the umpteen singles so far, and so far this beef with Cam'ron, from which the album received its title, even, has been more sad than it's been genuinely amusing, so they're gonna try to do something between now and September to generate some more interest.
It'll be interesting to see what that is.
I wonder if this means Fiddy will stil be on the cover of the next issue of XXL, after this dumbass T.I. vs. T.I.P. cover. You'll recall that the next issue is supposed to be some special 10th anniversary, but let's keep it real. Why wouldn't 50 Cent be on the 10th anniversary issue anyway? He's already been on half of the other issues?


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The following is a release from the Northwest Montana Fair:
The Chris Young concert scheduled for 7:30 tonight at the NW Montana Fair & Rodeo has been cancelled due to the hospitalization of Young late last night in Colorado. No further details are available about his health status.
"Everybody at the NW Montana Fair sends our thoughts and prayers to Chris for a speedy recovery," said Fairgrounds Manager Mark Campbell.
In place of the Young performance, a free concert featuring The Red Head Express, Bruce and Betsy Mullen, and John Dunnigan is scheduled tonight at 7:30 pm. "We sincerely regret this inconvenience and the short timing of notice," said Campbell.
The refund process will begin Tuesday, Aug. 20 at the fairgrounds for those who purchased tickets with cash or check. Credit card purchases will be refunded automatically beginning Aug. 20. Campbell encourages customers to hold onto their tickets as proof of purchase. More details regarding refunds will be forthcoming.
For more information about the 2013 NW Montana Fair and Rodeo, visit www.nwmtfair.com.


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UNCF Mayor's Masked Ball
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The 29th annual UNCF Mayor's Masked Ball is
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Stoves is giving is giving its popular British made Richmond Mini Range cookers a colourful makeover in time for summer. Richmond 55cm Mini Ranges are now available in selected shades from the Colour Boutique collection. Stoves has added Day's Break, Wild Berry, Icy Brook and Hot Jalapeno to the existing options of Black and Champagne across both dual fuel and gas options.
Combining range cooker styling with smaller dimensions, each Richmond Mini Range offers a total cooking capacity of 98 litres, combining a main oven with the flexibility of a top oven with grill. The Richmond sturdy, cast iron hob is now further improved with the addition of a central 4.0 kW wok burner.
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On 2/10 Evelyn wrote: by Rick M. Streight** (2 stars out of 5)Let me start by saying that I really wanted to enjoy this book. The title intrigued me because my whole goal in life is to know God intimately in this lifetime in preparation for my eternity with Him so this book seemed to be right on point. But I just found that ... Preparation for Eternity with God
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Public meeting over home charges
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THE campaign against household and water charges is coming to Swords this week in a public meeting hosted by Clare Daly TD.
The public meeting will take place at the Carnegie Court Hotel in Swords on Thursday, September 20, at 8 p.m. The campaign against household and water taxes is calling a major public meeting at what they say is 'a crucial time when the Government are trying to fast track plans for a property tax next year on the family home of anything between €400 to €800 for an average house'.
The campaign has warned that Fingal has been selected as a pilot scheme area for the introduction of water meters as a first step in the imposition of water charges. Deputy Daly said: 'Eighty per cent of people are opposed to these charges and 50 per cent have still not registered for the household tax. 'I am calling on people to stand firm and make a stand. As the Government prepares to send out a third threatening letter to non-payers it is time for a new show of strength hold firm, don't be bullied and come to the information meeting.'
A pilot survey to establish the number and location of stopcocks in three local authority areas is set to begin in October. Fingal, Kerry and Wexford are understood to be the first counties to be surveyed in an attempt to establish how many stopcocks, which are located underground, generally just outside property boundaries, are serving homes across the State. The pilot surveys alone are likely to take several months to complete. It is not known when the remaining 30 local authorities will begin assessing the location of their stopcocks.


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Gogol Bordello: Multi Kontra Culti vs. Irony
Multi Kontra Culti vs. Irony
Gogol Bordello's second full-length album is an ecstatic drunken stagger across the globe, from the post-Soviet Union refugee camps of Eastern Europe to the slums of São Paolo. The six-piece band of Russian, Ukrainian, and Israeli immigrants takes polka and Gypsy rhythms and runs them through a punk-rock blender. The result is a celebration of globalization through carnality and hedonism that would make Thomas Friedman--or Paul Simon--blush.
The album opens innocently enough, with a lovely, fragile accordion flourish. "When the Trickster Starts A-Poking (Bordello Kind of Guy)" quickly layers on violin, saxophone, guitar, and drums, with the tempo steadily building until it evokes a gypsy wedding gone slightly haywire. Then Eugene Hütz opens his mouth. His broken-English snarl bites into the melody, chews it up, and spits it out, as if he can't stand the sonic order that his bandmates have created. "As I walked into the bar," Hütz snorts, "A man came up to me and said/You know the older you will get/The more perverted you will get."
Hütz's fragmented, profane, often hilarious lyrics are bellowed in both English and Russian, with the two languages often colliding and overlapping. "Smarkatch" is an infectious oom-pah number cut through with Hütz's lascivious yearnings: "So daddy, dear mister/I am a phallic trickster/And on your place I would be watching twice as much." "Punk Rock Parranda" is a gleeful call to (female) arms with Hütz warning that "in this kind of town, the women, they never get wet." But the album's centerpiece is "Bara Foro," nine staggering minutes of ever-escalating punk fury accented with bursts of flamenco guitar. "Future Kings" is the only misstep, with Hütz shrieking and wailing mournfully over a chaotic, melody-free soundscape of cymbal crashes and guitar distortion. It sounds like something Bauhaus might have recorded if they'd had an accordion player.
Gogol Bordello's booze-fueled shows are legendary in New York for Hütz's hypnotic intensity and stage antics involving ballet dancers and Mongolian throat singers. That mischievous energy courses through the album. What's most remarkable about Gogol Bordello is that, for all the band's strangeness, the music never feels like some calculated exercise in avant-garde multi-cultural chic. Instead it feels inevitable, as if this punk-gypsy-cabaret mélange were the only possible result of the band members' border-hopping journeys.
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It is possible England could lose tomorrow against Uruguay and remain with a chance of qualification. As long as Costa Rica lose to Italy in Recife on Friday it is mathematically possible to go down to the South Americans and not yet be eliminated. But the reality is England need to win. In order to keep the permutations in their own hands, in order for potential qualification to be something more than fanciful, they need to gain three points. Even one is not enough.
And frankly, after seeing Uruguay falter against Costa Rica, any other result than a victory would constitute unnecessary failure. The fact is, without Luis Suarez the two-time champions looked what they are: a country of very limited playing resources.
Roy Hodgson will have studied footage of Uruguay's defeat and seen precisely how they can be beaten. First he will recognise that he needs to unleash the pace he has at his disposal. Against the speedy Costa Rican No. 9 Joel Campbell, the man who made Arsenal fans purr at the sight of his powerful direct running, Uruguay's back line looked horribly exposed.
West Bromwich fans will not have been surprised to see Diego Lugano floundering around like a man not so much waving as drowning. But alongside him Atletico Madrid's Diego Godin was surprisingly frail; he looked exhausted by a magnificent, long domestic campaign and was equally culpable for the mistakes at the back.
By the end, he and Lugano and the full-back Maxi Pereira had reverted to type and were engaged in a cynical process of trying to chop down Campbell every time he ran with the ball. Raheem Sterling has the ability to scramble the pair's blood. So does Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Hodgson will need to utilise both during the course of the game.
Then England must target the goalkeeper. Though he could not be blamed for Campbell's smartly struck equaliser last week, Fernando Muslera, the Galatasaray custodian, was too easily beaten for Costa Rica's other two goals. He looked particularly flimsy at set-pieces, twice crucially failing to connect with attempted punches from corners.
To get at the keeper, Hodgson needs to exploit the left side of his attack. The red card Pereira drew for his ugly kick at Campbell in the last couple of minutes of Saturday's game has deprived Uruguay of their best defender. Pereira is a flying full-back, quick and agile. Without him, the South Americans could be exposed. England need to station someone of real pace on the left side of attack to take real advantage of his absence. Which means Danny Welbeck or Oxlade-Chamberlain, not Wayne Rooney.
Plus, England need to target set pieces. Costa Rica had noticed the Uruguayan deficiency under a well struck high ball and ruthlessly used the tactic. Corners delivered by Leighton Baines and Steven Gerrard could unleash equal havoc in the sky blue defence. Gary Cahill and Phil Jagielka have the potential to rise well above defenders who appeared incapable against Costa Rica of leaving the ground to head a ball. It could also be an opportunity for Rickie Lambert to come on in the later stages.
But most of all, Hodgson must hope that Suarez's miraculous recovery remains on hold. As if the Liverpool man's already vaunted reputation needed any further bolstering, his absence on Saturday night as his team sank to defeat in their opening game of the 2014 World Cup merely confirmed what many have thought about this Uruguay: they are half the team without him.
He is now claiming he is 100 per cent fit. But if that was the case, you wonder why, with his side trailing 3-1 to a spirited, adventurous, pacey Costa Rica side, the man who scored 11 goals in qualification, more than any other player in South America, remained an unused substitute, sitting sullen on the bench, unable to affect change. Even a half fit Suarez would surely have been risked in the urgent requirement to reverse the result. Were he remotely as ready as he says, surely he would have featured, even for 10 minutes.
His return from knee surgery on May 22 has clearly not been as speedy and convention-defying as advertised. England cannot be complacent, he may yet feature as substitute, but, just five days on from not being used at all, the chances of him starting on Thursday are now negligible.
And there is no doubt about it, Suarez would make the difference. If he is not available, England will have no excuses if they fail to win. If he is, well that changes the landscape. But even so, if they are to have any prospect of proper advancement in this competition, if they are to be recognised as something other than plucky losers, then Roy Hodgson's men have to see the job through. We are reaching the stage where nothing less than victory will do.
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People interested in the future of the Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge have until the end of the month to comment on a draft conservation plan and environmental assessment.
Located in southern Randall County, the refuge consists of more than 7,600 acres, including 175 acres of shortgrass prairie designated a National Natural Landmark. It is managed to be a home for endangered wildlife like bald eagles and peregrine falcons and other native species like deer, prairie dogs, bobcats, turkey and quail, according to the Fish & Wildlife Service's website.
Winter sees thousands of ducks and geese staying in the refuge in specially managed marshes that are flooded in the spring and fall. Other migrating birds that pass through include warblers, flycatchers, tanagers and orioles.
The draft plan can be seen at the Fish & Wildlife Service website, http://1.usa.gov/RMbS0Y.
The final plan will set goals and define strategies for management decisions over the next 15 years, according to a news release from the agency. It also will set the Service's best estimate of future needs.
Comments will be accepted through Nov. 30. To submit comments, write Joseph Lujan, Natural Resource Planner, Fish & Wildlife Service, NWRS, Division of Planning, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM 87103. He also can be contacted at 505-248-7458 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Bryan Steam will exhibit its high efficiency Triple-Flex Series of hot water condensing boilers at AHR Expo 2013, January 28-30 at the Dallas Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, the company has announced.
The line delivers a minimum 90 percent operating efficiency with 160° return, 180° supply at maximum input, the company says. Triple-Flex also features UL environmental claims validation.
Bryan Steam will also be presenting its Universal Communication Gateway, an external, high performance, low cost building automation multi-protocol gateway for integrating boiler/burner controls into building management systems. This gateway is preprogrammed to support several protocols and boiler configurations with no additional software, downloads or programming required at the job site.
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July 13, 2012
For a Chance at Love and Sparkle,
Portland Couples Use Mobile Gaming Technology
Locals search for a diamond engagement ring using their cell phones
Portland, Oregon, 7/13/2012 — Finding the perfect engagement ring can be a big challenge. Ben Bridge Jeweler is turning the "hunt" for an engagement ring into an interactive real-world scavenger hunt using location-based mobile gaming technology.
On Saturday, August 4th, Ben Bridge will award a $15,000 ArtCarved diamond ring to the winners of a digital scavenger hunt on the streets of Portland. Runners-up will receive a pair of Tissot watches and everyone who participates will go home with a prize package from Ben Bridge.
"We wanted to do something for the community to celebrate our 100th Anniversary," said Lisa Bridge of Ben Bridge Jeweler. "By embracing this new technology, we're able to have a little fun while giving away a beautiful diamond ring."
Ben Bridge Jeweler is the first Portland jeweler to partner with the Google-backed mobile gaming company, SCVNGR. By developing a location-based game accessible via mobile phone, Ben Bridge Jeweler is giving couples the ability to solve challenges from their cell phones at locations all over the city to earn points for the chance to win a $15,000 ArtCarved diamond ring.
To sign up, couples are required to submit their love stories at BenBridgeDiamondDash.com. The grand prize diamond ring is currently on display at Ben Bridge Jeweler along with details of how to play. Ben Bridge Jeweler has locations in Downtown Portland at 5th & Yamhill, Washington Square Mall, Lloyd Center, and Clackamas Town Center.
About Ben Bridge Jeweler
In 1912 Ben Bridge Jeweler was founded on a simple promise: to offer the finest jewelry and the most knowledgeable service. Family-run for five generations, Ben Bridge Jeweler operates more than 70 retail stores in 11 states including Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, and Washington.
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Founded in 2008 by a 19 year old Princeton drop-out, SCVNGR has grown into a mobile gaming company with partners in over 12,000 locations. SCVNGR is played by completing challenges from your cell phone at different locations to earn points that can be redeemed for real-world rewards. SCVNGR is funded by Google Ventures, Highland Capital Partners and Balderton Capital.
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As a means to provide an overview of HMT-West 2006 and start to make plans for HMT-West 2007, we would like to hold a workshop in the May-June timeframe, preferably in the Sacramento area. Please provide me your thoughts on this issue (via email or phone). This issue will also be discussed during HMT Advisory Panel conference calls along with other HMT issues of interest. These call will probably begin again in the next month or so.
Many thanks to the forecasters, engineers, instrument operators and coordinators, chief scientists, program managers and other key individuals that made HMT-West 2006 a huge success.
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In the longer term the next system is a fast-moving one arriving late Wed night into Thursday followed by a series of waves with progressively colder and showery conditions. By the beginning of next week an extended period of drier weather moves in as the mean ridge developes over the West Coast.
Therefore, IOP-14 will continue at least through noon PST tomorrow.
An announcement on the continuation or termination of HMT field activities will be made on tomorrow's call.
Equipment status: The Alta S-band vertical pointing radar is again working OK as of 5 March 20 UTC. Apparantly a layer of ice on the radome that had been attenuating the signal has melted. The Slough House supplementary soundings ran out at 18 UTC this morning (there were 2 sonde failures last night). The XPOL is working fine and can continue collecting data for at least another 24 hours or so.
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XPOL scanning radar is up and running as are the Slough House supplementary soundings since no reports have been received to the contrary.
Longer range outlook still has another shot of precip Wed-Thurs as a series of short waves impacts the west coast but under much colder conditions.
There are 14 Slough House supplementary sondes left and once those are exhaused the HMT Slough House sounding operations are complete. Assuming no sonde failures those sondes, deployed every 3 hours, would run to 00 UTC Tuesday (4 PM PST Monday afternoon) which should cover the fropa.
Sensor Status: The Alta S-band vertical pointing radar is showing evidence of attentuation. Although the antenna cover was brushed off of snow, perhaps some ice buildup is attenuating the beam.
The Blue Canyon precip gage is showing much lower readings that the other gages at the site and is suspect. Other precip sensors (including the ALERT gage) appear to be OK.
A decision on terminating HMT operations after IOP-14 or perhaps after the next precip event later in the week will be made following IOP-14
Attention now turns to the next event that is bearing down on northern California. The timing for this event has evolved quite a bit over the last couple forecast cycles, with earlier onsets in evidence for each succeeding forecast. At present, the forecast calls for light precipitation to begin in our target area Saturday night into Sunday morning. Precipitation intensity is forecast to increase during the day on Sunday into Sunday night, with cold frontal passage sometime between 06-12 UTC Monday (Sunday night into Monday morning). Thereafter, the precipitation will linger quite a while, being helped by a few postfrontal cold surges. Precipitation will probably continue into Tuesday. Snow levels will start out around 5-6 kft on Sunday, then descend to 3-4 kft during the Monday-Tuesday time period.
There will be HMT-West operations for this event, which will be IOP-14. Ellen Sukovich will deploy to the area on Saturday to operate XPOL starting Saturday evening. The desired plan for Sloughhouse soundings is to begin operations at 09 UTC Sunday (i.e., Sunday morning) and continue through 00 UTC Tuesday (i.e., Monday afternoon). Dave White is attempting to line up the students to perform these launches. If executed as desired, this plan would exhaust the Sloughhouse sounding resources for the project.
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The x-band will continue at the operator's discretion through the showery daytime weather today, but will definitely be collecting continuous data from this evening and through tomorrow morning, when the precipitation is expected to have a second surge.
The next storm is shaping up to be a fairly good one in the forecasts. It should arrive in the ARB around Sunday afternoon and coud last for 36-48 hours or so into Tuesday. A decision on whether to conduct IOP-14 on that storm will probably be made at tomorrow's conference call. If so, it would involve the X-band radar and the Slough House soundings. The SMART-R radar is now finished for the project and is heading back to Oklahoma. The Oakland supplemental soundings will be finished for the project by tomorow morning.
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Instrument Status: The SMART-R scanning radar suffered a major transmitter failure soon after midnight. Problem cannot be easily fixed in Foresthill so the radar will depart HMT on Thursday for its return home.
Oakland (OAK) supplemental soundings will commence at 09 UTC Thursday morning and end at 09 UTC Friday morning. That will exhause all available NWS supplementary soundings.
Sloughhouse soundings--will commence at 09 UTC Thursday and will continue at 3-hourly intervals to 12 UTC Friday.
The may be a precip lull Thursday mid-day before a second round of heavier rain Thursday night to Friday. Rain should taper off by 18 UTC Friday.
Total QPF for the system(s) may exceed 2.5". Freezing levels will start out around 5 kft and then descend to 2 kft toward the end of the event.
Looking farther ahead there maybe another shot of precip 6-7 March, and again on 10-11 March, but the good tropical feed of PW is drying up beginning now.
However, both GFS and NAM model guidance indicates a short wave will rotate around the strong low off the Pacific Northwest early Thursday morning and bring upslope and baroclinic lift conditions once more to the ARB. So, IOP-13 will begin at 09 UTC Thursday morning (1 AM PST) to catch the expected rain maximum beginning around 12 UTC Thursday. NAM QPF is about 1.5 inches of precip. HPC is also predicting about 2 inches for the period 12 UTC Thursday to 12 UTC Friday.
The current plan for IOP 13:
Scanning radar operations--XPOL and SMART-R should be ready to start operations by 09 UTC 2 Mar. The SMART-R must depart HMT for home no later than 6 AM (PST) Friday, so the latest it could operate is 12 UTC Friday. Should radar echoes linger over the ARB the XPOL could continue to collect data.
Oakland (OAK) supplemental soundings--will commence at 09 UTC 2 Mar and end at 09 UTC 3 Mar (a total of 7 3-hourly supplemental launches. That will exhause all available NWS supplementary soundings.
Sloughhouse soundings--will commence at 09 UTC 2 Mar and will continue at 3-hourly intervals to 12 UTC Friday.
Instrument status issue:
The Colfax (CFC) S-band profiler thought to be repaired is not yet functional. The other S-band profiler at Alta did not get displayed for the last IOP so its status for IOP-13 is uncertain.
The Colfax S-band profiler, thought to be fixed, has suffered a problem and the data will be removed from the real-time web page until further notice.


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Besides releasing new albums on the same day, each act is also known for their community works. Till is a part of non-profit organization the Walnut Hills Fellowship, which helps Walnut Hills residents in need; Little has taught a course for aspiring Hip Hop artists in Evansville, Ind.; and MC Forty has assisted with Cincinnati's Elementz youth outreach, serving as a mentor for young Hip Hop performers.
Here's a little on each artist and their latest recording efforts:
• MC Till has been a positive force in local Hip Hop for the past several years, promoting a tight, fun style that is laced with smartly delivered, uplifting messages that never come off corny or didactic (Till's religious beliefs serve as the basis for many of his songs). Till's latest is The Beautiful Shining, a remixed re-recording of 10 songs off of his last album, A Beautiful Break. The tracks pay tribute to legendary Hip Hop producer J Dilla, Till's "favorite beat maker of all time" who died in 2006 at the age of 32. Till collaborates with the modern Hip Hop hero on the new release (the name inspired by Dilla second album, The Shining) by taking his original album tracks and blending them with Dilla's beats.
• Like Till, Wonder Brown & MC Forty leave the materialistic bragging and violence glorification to others in favor of thoughtful lyrics that are constructive and, most importantly, honest and real.
The duo's Walking Words album features a lot of Cincinnati shout-outs and references while the lyrics veer from the personal to the socially aware (often simultaneously). The pair's distinct flows and vocal tones work well together as they trade off or intertwine rhymes, while the production is dazzling, combining choice samples and loops to create a radiant backdrop of Soul vocals, strings, piano, horns and more. Mixed with fluid, funky beats, the album is a wonderfully satisfying listen from start to finish.
• Sean Little — who was born and raised in Cincinnati and currently resides in Evansville, Ind. — has worked with Wonder Brown (member of the Scribbling Idiots collective) previously on the collaborative album a love aPhiliated, and it's easy to see how the two bonded. With a similarly crafted mix of tastefully integrated R&B and Soul samples (as well as a nice Reggae groove on "Shame"), Little is releasing his latest, VS, at Rohs. Little seems to thrive on collaboration — the new album features several guests, including Braille, Cas One, Playdough and others (Little appears on the new Wonder Brown/MC Forty release, as well). VS seems to focus on how to deal with adversity, relationship issues and staying true to yourself and it includes each track's instrumental version for aspiring remixers or Sean Little karaoke hopefuls. Highlights include "Zenith," the fantastic closer that is built over a compelling Electro synth riff and includes some turntable pyrotechnics from DJ Aslan.
Expatriates Come Home
• Singer/songwriter Holly Spears celebrates the release of her first full-length album, Heartache to Hope, at the 20th Century Theater in Oakley this Friday. Spears is a West Virginia native who met Eliot Sloan of Cincinnati's Blessid Union of Souls while interning at a radio station. Sloan worked with Spears to craft and sharpen her sound, leading Spears to eventually move to Cincinnati after high school. Produced by Mitch Dane and featuring contributions from the members of hit Christian AltRock band Jars of Clay, Heartache to Hope showcases Spears' acoustic-based, exceptionally catchy songwriting and magnetic voice. Alas, recording in Nashville must have rubbed off on Spears — she has recently relocated to Music City to pursue her career. Friday's showtime is 8:30 p.m. and tickets are $10 (from brownpapertickets.com) or $12 at the door. Carole Walker and Maureen Murphy open. (hollyspears.com)
• Singer/songwriter and visual artist Matthew Shelton recorded a handful of songs in Cincinnati before relocating to Chicago, so this Sunday he's returning to town to host a free release party at MOTR Pub (with an early start time of 7 p.m.). The Waltz EP showcases Shelton's eclectic brand of Indie Folk and has a lot of local connections. The EP was recorded in Cincinnati with Dwight Dyer (soundman at Mayday and leader of the Sexy Time Live Band Karaoke band) and mastered by Austin Brown (Staggering Statistics, High Heels), while Lisa Walker of Wussy sings backup on "Our Better Selves," a song written by local Folk singer/songwriter Chris Haubner (The Sheds). The record also includes a cover of Wussy's "Jonah."
Shelton is working on new recordings in Chicago and his latest series of "lightboxes" (the visual art medium he's most known for) is a collaborative project with Jad Fair (Indie Rock pioneer with Half Japanese) that will be exhibited later this year. Check flexyourlovemuscles.com for more on Shelton's recent works.
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I have a 1996 Klein Pulse II hardtail frame. It has the integrated bottom bracket which is in need of service. Unlike conventional bottom brackets, these BBs are pressed in.
This frameset was one of the last of the Chehalis Washington made framesets before they were acquired by Trek. I've been on the Klein website but there is no technical info on items prior to '99. In addition, they are referring me to my local dealers which don't offer much in the way of insight on the older framesets.
There was once a local bike shop in my area that was authorized Klein and was properly equipped to deal with these BBs, but that shop has since gone out of business.
Anyone have any tech info on how to service/replace these bearings?
I do have access to a hydraulic press and the currently installed cartridge bearings clearly have visable part #s.
Is this as simple as pressing out the old bearings and replacing with new cartridge bearings? Is there any special tools necessary?
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Warriors sink Crestwood
Elk Lake's boys' and girls' swimming and diving teams picked up a pair of wins over Crestwood at home on Thursday.
The Warrior girls grabbed 101-85 win as Abby Zdancewicz set a school record in the 200 IM at 2:31.42, while the boys' team picked up a 93-54 victory over the Comets.
First place finishes on the girls' side came from Zdancewicz in the 200 IM at 2:31.42 and 500 free at 5:57.44, Rina Nikolaidis in the 50 free at :27.73, Stephanie LaPera in diving, Chelsea Karabin in the 100 free at :59.52, the 200 free relay team of Nikolaidis, Emmie Gibson, Maria Trowbridge and Karabin at 1:52.49 and the 400 free relay team of Bri Hollenbeck, Gibson, Heather Wimmer and Zdancewicz at 4:33.97.
Seconds were recorded by the 200 medley relay team (Zdancewicz, Karabin, Hollenebeck, Nikolaidis), Rachel Grosvenor (100 fly and 200 free), Wimmer (diving), Nikolaidis (100 back) and Karabin (100 breast).
Thirds came from Hannah Cave (200 free), Gibson (50 and 100 free), Wimmer (500 free), the 200 free relay team of (Riley, Farnelli, Wimmer, Cave) and the 400 free relay team (Trowbridge, Grosvenor, Hamernick, Cave).
On the boys' side, firsts came from Adam Phillips in the 200 free at 1:52.50 and 500 free at 5:19.16, Dylan Simmons in diving, Alex Manzek in the 100 free at 1:01.25, the 200 free relay team of Cody Mowry, Manzek, Jon Krieg and Phillips at 1:39.90, Mowry in the 100 back at 1:08.39 and the 400 free relay team of Brad Grosvenor, Manzek, Krieg and Mowry at 3:59.77.
Seconds were recorded by the 200 medley relay team ((Sterner, Jordan, Grosvenor, Malloy), Chris Jordan (200 IM), Grosvenor (50 free and 100 fly), Krieg (100 free), Jordan (100 breast) and the 400 free relay team (Phillips, Malloy, Jordan, Sterner).
Thirds came from Mowry (200 free), Chris Hollenbeck (50 free), Sterner (100 fly), Malloy (500 free) and Manzek (100 breast).


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Edisto Island Swing – Charleston, South Carolina
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This swing hanging from the boughs of a large old oak tree on Edisto Island is definitely one-of-a-kind. Rusty Williamson of North Charleston provided an interesting story about this unique swing.
He writes: "Where that tree stands was once a run-down mobile home, owned by a native of the island we called 'Tish.' My uncle befriended him over the years and we got to know him fairly well. He would take us shrimping back in the creeks behind his property, land left to him by his mother, a direct descendant of the original slaves on the island. Many years ago, a highway patrol officer plowed his car through the mobile home after failing to maneuver the curve in the road. My uncle gave Tish materials to help repair the damage [along with] the first mattress that ever hung from that tree. The story I remember is that Tish's wife would make him sleep outside in the summer when he took to fits of drinking and not bathing for a few days."
The swing is located off of SC 174 – the same road as Edisto's Mystery Tree.
SCIWAY thanks Joan Perry for allowing us to use her picture. She has a wonderful blog about the Lowcountry that we enjoy following.
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Jay-Z is just "Jay Z" now
Get the dash out!
AV Club reports that Jay-Z has now officially become Jay Z, dropping the hyphen that's been riding shotgun with him on his journey from the streets of Brooklyn to the Iron Throne of the entertainment business. The rapper was first listed as "Jay Z" in the liner notes for 2011's Watch The Throne, but the change hadn't become publicized until only recently, when his name was officially changed on iTunes, which gained notice when his sales began popping up on Billboard under the new punctuation. The publication received official confirmation of the change directly from the rapper's label.
So I suppose you're now free to call him Mr. Z. As for all the others who never spelled it with a hyphen because they just didn't realize the name had one, carry on.


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