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From monitoring air quality and testing drinking water to responding to environmental disasters, the Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) laboratory enterprise produces scientific research, technical support, and analytical services that underpin many of the policies and regulations the agency implements to protect human health and our nations environment. In the present atmosphere of constrained budgets, EPA, along with its state partners, will need to more effectively use its scientific and laboratory resources and effectively integrate these activities to ensure the agency is best positioned to fulfill its core mission, including responsibilities for responding to a large-scale environmental incident. EPAs laboratory enterprise includes 37 laboratories that are housed in about 170 buildings and facilities located in 30 cities across the nation.
As GAO reported in July 2011, EPA has an uncoordinated approach to managing its laboratory enterpriseincluding the scientific work, workforce, and facilitiesand identified the potential for missed cost-savings opportunities, due in part to fragmentation and overlap of activities. However, GAO was not able to calculate the cost associated with this potential fragmentation and overlapor the corresponding savings from reducing fragmentation and overlapbecause EPA did not have sufficiently complete and reliable operating cost data for its laboratories. EPA also lacked information on the number of federal and contract employees working in its 37 laboratories and the related costs associated with its laboratory workforce. GAOs report found that EPAs uncoordinated approach is due in part to the lack of a top science official with the responsibility or authority to coordinate, oversee, and make management decisions regarding major scientific activities throughout the agencyincluding the work of all 37 laboratories.
EPAs laboratories operate under the direction of 15 different senior officials using 15 different organizational and management structures. EPA has also not fully addressed recommendations from a 1994 independent evaluation by the MITRE Corporation to consolidate and realign its laboratory facilities and workforce[1]even though this evaluation found that the geographic separation of laboratories hampered their efficiency and technical operations and that consolidation and realignment could improve planning and coordination issues that have hampered its science and technical community for decades. We found that these problems are evident today and MITREs past recommendations may still be relevant.
Scientific work. EPA does not have a planning process that integrates and coordinates scientific work throughout the agency, including potentially overlapping functions performed by its 37 laboratories. Consequently, EPA has a limited ability to know if scientific activities are being unintentionally duplicated among the laboratories or if opportunities exist to collaborate and share scientific expertise, equipment, and facilities across EPAs fragmented laboratory enterprise. For example, many of EPAs 10 regional laboratories provide the same or similar types of analytical and technical support functions, such as routine and specialized testing of air samples. In addition, the agencys nine program laboratories provide their respective program offices[2] with research and analytical services that may overlap with research and development performed by the Office of Research and Developments (ORD) 18 laboratories. For example, an Office of Air and Radiation program laboratory located in Michigan does emissions testing, while a separate ORD laboratory located in North Carolina does emissions testing research.
In addition to potential overlap in the work performed by these two laboratories, the fragmentation across the laboratory enterprise may fail to provide the agency with opportunities for laboratories to share subject matter expertise and scientific equipment. For example, both the Office of Air and Radiation and ORD laboratories utilize the same kind of specialized equipment, called truck dynamometers, yet each separately requested funding in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 that totaled over $4 million to expand or modify their facilities for emissions testing. While the agency funded only one of the two potentially duplicative requests, the net result is that the second laboratorys facility and equipment needs were not met. In addition to potential lost opportunities to share facilities and equipment, the agency may also be missing opportunities to share expertise, such as technical knowledge pertaining to the use of specialized equipment.
In addition, to support the implementation of both state and federal environmental statutes, various state agencies and public universities operate over 70 separate environmental laboratories (see fig. below) that may perform functions similar to those performed by EPA laboratories. Similar to the work of some EPA regional laboratories, state environmental laboratories conduct regular testing of air, water, soil, food, and other media for signs of contamination. State laboratories also perform analytical and method development functions that may be similar to those performed by ORD laboratories. EPA has partnered with some state laboratories for specific programs, but to fully leverage these state scientific resources EPA will first need to integrate and coordinate the activities of its own laboratories agencywide.
Potential Overlap among Federal and State Environmental Laboratories
Workforce. EPA does not use a comprehensive planning process for managing its laboratories workforce and may be missing opportunities to work across organizational boundaries to integrate, share, or coordinate laboratory workforces that perform potentially overlapping functions. For example, many of the 10 regional laboratories provide the same or similar core analytical capabilitiesincluding a full range of routine and specialized chemical and biological testing of air, water, soil, sediment, tissue, and hazardous wastebut each region independently determines and attempts to address its individual workforce needs. EPA also lacks basic demographic information needed to know how many scientific and technical employees it has working in its laboratories, where they are located, what functions they perform, or what specialized skills they may have. In addition, the agency does not have a workload analysis for the laboratories to help determine the optimal numbers and distribution of staff throughout the enterprise. GAO believes that such information is essential for EPA to prepare a comprehensive laboratory workforce plan to achieve the agencys mission with limited resources.
Facilities. EPA manages its laboratory facilities in a way that may fail to achieve operating efficiencies that could be gained by colocating laboratories with overlapping activities and facility needs. EPA manages laboratories on a site-by-site basis and does not make capital improvement or other decisions for each site in the context of all the agencys laboratory properties. Because decisions regarding laboratory facilities are made independently of one another, opportunities to improve operating efficiencies can be lost. For example, GAO found cases where laboratories that were previously colocated moved into separate space without considering the potential benefits of remaining colocated. In one case, GAO found that the relocation increased some operating costs because the laboratories then had two facility managers and two security contracts and associated personnel because of different requirements for the leased facility.Moreover, EPA lacks sufficiently complete and reliable data to make informed decisions for managing its laboratory facilities. Among other things, EPA lacks reliable information on laboratory usage, which is needed to inform both capital investment and property disposal decisions. For example, EPA does not have reliable data on space utilization because its data are either out of date or not based on objective criteria such as public and commercial space usage benchmarks. Instead, EPA measures laboratory usage on the basis of subjective interviews with local laboratory officials.
[1]MITRE Corporation, Center for Environment, Resources, and Space, Assessment of the Scientific and Technical Laboratories and Facilities of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (McLean, Va.: May 1994).
[2]The four national program offices that operate laboratories are the Office of Air and Radiation, the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, and the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response.
To improve cohesion and efficiency in the management and operation of EPAs laboratories, GAO recommended in July 2011 that the Administrator of EPA
To address potentially overlapping laboratory activities and achieve efficiencies by sharing workforce expertise, GAO recommended in July 2011 that the Administrator of EPA
To identify opportunities to reduce costs associated with maintaining a footprint of 170 laboratory buildings and facilities that support organizations with potentially overlapping functions, facility, and equipment needs, GAO recommended in July 2011 that the Administrator of EPA
The information contained in this analysis is based on findings from the products listed in the related GAO products section. Information regarding state environmental laboratories is based on analysis of a May 2011 Environmental Council of States Green Report, a 2007 report on the capability and capacity of state environmental laboratories conducted by the Association of Public Health Laboratories, and information obtained from state environmental laboratory websites and EPAs Environmental Response Laboratory Network website.
GAO provided a draft of its July 2011 report to EPA for review and comment. EPA generally agreed with GAOs recommendations. In November 2011, EPA noted that current efforts to reduce the federal budget deficit require EPA to more effectively use its laboratory enterprise to help ensure that its scientific activities respond to the agencys highest-priority needs. The agency also acknowledged the demand for sharing facilities and equipment, as well as expertise and human resources. EPA agreed that it should (1) include alternate approaches for organizing the laboratory workforce and infrastructure in any future studies of its laboratories, such as the long-term study for which the agency requested $2 million in the Presidents fiscal year 2012 budget; (2) develop an overarching planning process that better reflects the collective goals, objectives, and priorities of its laboratories; (3) develop a comprehensive workforce-planning process for its laboratories; (4) improve physical infrastructure and real property planning and investment decisions by managing laboratory facilities as part of an interrelated portfolio of facilities; (5) maintain up-to-date master plans that include objective benchmarks; and (6) improve the completeness and reliability of operating cost and other data needed to manage its real property.
In response to our recommendation to establish a top-level science official with the authority and responsibility to coordinate, oversee, and make management decisions regarding major scientific activities throughout the agency, EPA proposed to increase the responsibilities of its science advisor. However, it is not clear that this will fully address the issue and it may ultimately introduce additional challenges for EPA. We note that in 2000, the National Research Council reported no single individual could reasonably be expected to direct a world-class research program in ORD while also trying to improve scientific practices and performance throughout the rest of the agency, stating that these jobs are inherently different. The Council cautioned that assigning agency-wide scientific authority to the assistant administrator for ORD might produce a conflict of responsibilities, because many decisions about science in the regulatory programs could affect ORDs budget or favor ORDs research over research done elsewhere. EPA managers need to ensure that there is sustained attention on these issues in order to assure its efforts are carried out and achieve the intended results.
GAO also provided a draft of new information included in this report section that was not previously reported in the July 2011 report, such as information pertaining to state environmental laboratories, to EPA for review and comment. EPA provided technical comments, which were incorporated as appropriate.
As part of its routine audit work, GAO will track the extent to which progress has been made to address the identified actions and report to Congress.
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Arma 3 Task Enhancements
- 1 System Overview
- 2 Current and Future State
- 3 Core
- 4 3D Markers
- 5 Task Sharing (MP)
- 6 Task Propagation (MP)
System Overview
In addition to the task framework optimizations and improvements that were done through 1.42-1.48 releases there are 4 new extra task related plugins being developed under the Task Enhancements label:
- Core
- 3D Markers
- Task Sharing
- Task Propagation
The main goal of the task enhancement plugins is to extend the functionality of the task framework and improve the UX by making the interaction with tasks more intuitive, rewarding and quick. The task enhancements are fully SP and MP compatible.
Controlling plugins
All enhancements are disabled by default. To override that, add CfgTaskEnhancements class into the mission's description.ext file and add at least the enable = 1; parameter to the class. The enable = 1; parameter will activate the core plugin. If you want to add the 3d markers, task sharing or propagation, you need to define the corresponding parameters (check the example below for more info).
class CfgTaskEnhancements { enable = 1; //0: disable new task features (default), 1: enable new task features & add new task markers and task widgets into the map 3d = 1; //0: do not use new 3D markers (default), 1: replace task waypoints with new 3D markers 3dDrawDist = 10000; //3d marker draw distance (default: 2000) share = 1; //0: do not count assigned players (default), 1: count how many players have the task assigned propagate = 1; //0: do not propagate (default), 1: propagate shared tasks to subordinates };
The Core plugin, as name suggests, is a prerequisite of all task enhancement plugins. But there are more logical links between the plugins:
- the Core handles whole task type detection and visualization and because of that, they are required for 3D Markers.
- the Task Sharing gathers and delivers task assignment data to all clients and feeds those data to Core (its in map visualization) and 3D Markers.
- because Task Propagation works only on task that are shared and that's why having Task Sharing enabled is required for Task Propagation to work.
Current and Future State
The current version is more or less scripted prototype and is still being in active development. There are some limitations due to being scripted system, but it works quite well and its network traffic is optimized.
Because the Task Enhancement plugins are used and tested in the End Game MP scenarios, the community is more or less aware about their existence. We felt like we should explain how the system works and how it should be properly used in case someone wants to try it even in the early development phase.
The target state is to move most of the system into the engine while keeping the frontend definition as much intact as possible. We cannot assure there won't be any changes at all, as there most likely be, but they will most likely be in form of simplifications, improvements and new (optional) features.
The functionality and purpose of Core plugin can be divided into 2 parts.
First, the plugin creates the shell for all task enhancement plugins to work and visualize properly by tweaking the task related scripts and extending the data structures to accommodate for additional task attributes.
Second, the Core plugin handles the improved visualization of tasks in 2D - in map, briefing and respawn dialog. This is considered to be a minimal version of tasks enhancements to be used. That's why it is baked into the functionality of Core plugin.
If you toggle on the Core plugin, the 2D task markers will be replaced by new task markers with the task type icons. If the task doesn't have the type associated (see parameters of [BIS_fnc_taskCreate]), the default task type and icon will used. In addition the task tooltip widget will now appear if you mouse over the task marker. The tooltip widget displays up to 3 information about the given task and can be used to quickly assign or unassign the player to resp. from the task.
The new 2D task marker created by the Core plugin consists of black square background and task type icon colored white, which is displayed over it. This is a default visual state. The state changes according to task and interaction states.
Check the table below for preview of different visual states.
Task type
There are several new task attributes, but the most visual and significant attribute is the task type. The task type defines the nature or let's say category of the task. It is visualized through Core and 3D Markers plugins in 2D resp. 3D environment and it should give player very quick overview what is the particular task most likely about.
How are the task types defined?
The task type attribute is defined in CfgTaskTypes (see example below) as a class that currently has these 2 attributes:
- icon - path to the task type icon used in 2D
- icon3D - path to the task type icon used in 3D
class CfgTaskTypes { class Attack { icon = \A3\UI_F_MP_Mark\Data\Tasks\Types\Attack_ca.paa; icon3D = \A3\UI_F_MP_Mark\Data\Tasks\Types3D\Attack_ca.paa; }; class Defend { icon = \A3\UI_F_MP_Mark\Data\Tasks\Types\Defend_ca.paa; icon3D = \A3\UI_F_MP_Mark\Data\Tasks\Types3D\Defend_ca.paa; }; … … };
What task types are available?
There are currently these 8 archetype task types defined:
- Default
- Attack
- Defend
- Destroy
- Interact
- Move
- Search
- Support
And there is a pre-defined task type for every capital letter in latin alphabet.
How to extend the list of task types?
The list of available task types can be extended through new CfgTaskTypes definition in mission description.ext, campaign description.ext or global (addon) config.
- Even if the system was designed to be easy to extend, be careful with adding and using too many task types. If there will be 20 different task types used in the scenario, players might get confused by all the different icons in the map/on the screen.
How to create the new task type textures?
There are currently 2 textures needed to define a task type. This is due to limitation of the scripted solution. When the feature will be moved into the engine, only single texture will most likely be needed.
- texture size is 64x64
- format .paa
- texture is centered, positioned in the middle of the canvas area, with approx. 4 px margins
- foreground (texture) color is white
- alpha 100%
- background transparent
- texture size is 128x128
- format .paa
- texture is positioned in the top half of the canvas area, bottom half is empty
- foreground (texture) color is white
- alpha 100%
- background transparent
System, network traffic & BattlEye filters
The system doesn't create any network traffic, all is done locally. If Task Sharing is used, the system reuses the data provided by the Task Sharing plugin.
3D Markers
The 3D Markers plugin extends functionality of the Core plugin by bringing the new task markers with task type icons into 3D environment. The 3D Markers if active replace the classic task waypoints with markers consisting of task type texture and distance indicator.
The goal of 3D Markers is to provide player with more useful, functional and visually appealing info about the tasks around him.
The current visualization is subject to change and some extra control mechanics can be put on top of it. Currently the system shows all tasks in set radius, define by config parameter 3dDrawDist=10000; (default 10km). Depending on the circumstances, this can feel like too much of the screen clutter. To counter that the draw distance can be lowered or even set to 0.
- The currently assigned task is always visible. The draw distance doesn't matter.
System, network traffic & BattlEye filters
The system doesn't create any network traffic, all is done locally. If Task Sharing is used, the system reuses the data provided by the Task Sharing plugin.
Task Sharing (MP)
The goal of Task sharing is to handle gathering and distribution of information about task assignments - who is assigned to what task. Visualization This information is visualized in 2 ways:
- by 2D markers as the counter of players assigned to particular task in its map widget
- by 3D markers by colorizing task 3D marker icon, if the task is assigned to at least one friendly player
Controlling task sharing
Task sharing is controlled in two levels:
- global level - by setting the config property
- local level - by flagging the task for sharing when it is created (see the BIS_fnc_taskCreate)
The global settings takes the precedence. If the description.ext param share=0;, the task sharing will be completely disabled. If share=1; sharing will be unlocked and the local - per task - setting kicks in.
By default all tasks are allowed for sharing, so all what is needed is to set the global config property.
System, network traffic & BattlEye filters
The information about player's assigned task is stored in the player's namespace under variable @. This variable get broadcasted every time player's assigns himself or is assigned to different task.
- All changes of assigned tasks are processed immediately, but the broadcast is slightly postponed and only the last/final value is being send.
- The variable used for storing and broadcasting of the player's assigned task is only 1 char long to save the network data size.
- Processing of information about who and how many people are assigned to given task is handled locally.
- If the task sharing is being used, server admins should setup a filter exception for the player's variable @ to allow broadcast of the task assignment data.
Task Propagation (MP)
The goal of Task Propagation plugin is to support the squad based team play by allowing only the squad leader to assign tasks.
If squad leader assigned task changes, the plugin automatically updates the assigned task on all his subordinates.
Known issues:
- Subordinates can assign tasks to them from the task description panel by clicking the "Assign as current" link.
System, network traffic & BattlEye filters
The system doesn't create any network traffic, all is done locally. If Task Sharing is used, the system re-uses the data provided by the Task Sharing plugin.

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This is the only photograph I have of my mother as a baby. I am sure there are more out there, but they have not been shared with me. This photograph was in an album of my Great Grandmother, Lillian Coley Jonas (Mom's paternal Grandmother). It was in an album that had the plastic stick pages and you can see the effects of that and a little moisture on the photograph. Hopefully some day another version will emerge. I am sure my Grandmother had some more pictures but nobody seems to know where they went in 1999.
Sandra Jonas was born 16 March 1954 in Logan Hospital in Logan, Utah. She weighed in at 6 pounds, 11 ounces and I do not have a record of how long. Her parents were Colleen Mary Andra and Wilburn Norwood Jonas. They resided at the home Grandpa built at 142 N. State Street in Richmond, Utah (someone update me so I can correct this). I do not know the exact address. She was delivered by Dr. Willard Goodwin Noble. An interesting note about her birth certificate, Dr. Noble made out the certificate of birth on the 24th of March and was probably filed the next day, but the certificate says it was filed on the 15th of March, the day before she was born! L. K. Gates was the Registrar. That is all from the State Certificate of Birth. The Logan City Certificate of Birth all states the same except signed by H. R. Pedersen as City Recorder with W. W. Nyman as deputy.
Sandra, who had a strong dislike for the name Sandra, has always gone by Sandy. Sandra is not a family name and was popular at the time.
Wilburn went by the name of Norwood (or "Nor") because he did not like Wilburn. He is shown as a laborer on the birth certificate and worked on and off at various jobs through the years. The majority of the time he worked for Sego Milk (aka Pet Milk) in Richmond. When the plant closed in the late '60's, that is why the Jonas family moved to Burley, Cassia, Idaho. Norwood then began work helping construct the new Del Monte Plant in Burley. Colleen also worked through the years at various jobs, usually working at the at the pea and other packing plants in Franklin, Idaho and Smithfield, Utah.
Sandy was the second child of Norwood and Colleen, the older being a boy born in 1952, Douglas Norwood. Mom was later followed in 1960 by Jackie. Neither Douglas or Jackie are family names and the family appears to used names that suited their fancy than having any tie to ancestry.
As I look at the picture, I see a happy baby. She continued to grow into a happy little girl.
I look at our new baby, Aliza, and I see much of my mother. While I never knew my Mom's real face because it was rebuilt cosmetically after a wreck threw her into some barbed wire than nearly removed her face and her life, I see in this photo many features of Aliza. Everything from the long hair on the baby, the smile and build of the face, the wrinkles in the skin of the neck, and more. Little Aliza does not have the ears or the plumpness of this baby. Perhaps the plumpness will arrive when she is able to sit up as Mom is able to in this photo. We will just have to wait and see.


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You can have my gun when you pry it from this cold, dead paradoxDecember 23, 2012
"So one of the NRA's answers to school shootings is to arm teachers with guns," says Tina the Lesbian.
"Correct," I say.
"But according to the emails I get from my conservative relatives, teachers are communist sleeper agents indoctrinating our youth to become socialist freedom-haters," says Tina the Lesbian. "And they all belong to unions, which are sucking the freedom out of this country."
"Correct," I say. "They are filthy godless commies, and we must give them guns to protect the children they are indoctrinating to hate freedom."
"And the NRA wants a national database of people who are mentally ill so that they don't get a gun," says Tina the Lesbian.
"Correct," I say.
"But the NRA also believes that a national database of gun owners would be a threat to freedom in America," says Tina the Lesbian.
"Correct,' I say. "If you know who owns a gun, then the government can target them when the Great Un-Freedoming begins."
"But in regards to the database, it would be safe to say the NRA would like more mental health services available to American citizens, right?" says Tina the Lesbian.
"It would seem so," I say.
"But then that would be socialized health care from government," says Tina the Lesbian. "Which would turn us into evil socialists."
"Correct again," I say.
"Now the NRA wants more armed police presence in our schools," says Tina the Lesbian.
"Correct," I say.
"But wouldn't that mean more government intrusion for people who don't much care for government intrusion?" says Tina the Lesbian.
"Which is why they also press for more home-schooling," I say. "Police state for thee, not for me."
"And that brings up another thing I'm confused about," says Tina the Lesbian. "I'm always being told we have to support the cops and support the troops."
"Support them or you hate freedom, right you are," I say.
"But those same people fear the government coming to take away their guns and freedom," says Tina the Lesbian. "And when the government goes to take those things they're going to send cops and soldiers."
"And cops belong to dirty commie unions too," I say. "Which makes them perfect to take away your guns and freedom to create a one-world government controlled by the Illuminati from their offices at the UN."
Tina the Lesbian pauses to stare at her margarita. "I don't understand anything anymore."
"Because you don't own a gun," I say.
"Why would that make a difference?" says Tina.
"Because when you have a gun, you can resolve these logical inconsistencies rather easily," I say. "All you do is wave the gun around and no one argues with you."
"If it works for R Kelly in that Trapped in the Closet series…" says Tina the Lesbian.
"Should I buy you a gun for Christmas?" I say.
"No, that's all right," says Tina the Lesbian.
"Good, because you're getting booze, like everyone else I'm giving gifts to," I say.
Three boxes of box wine make for a Merry Christmas indeed.
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A definition of Arraignment Hearings, and their part in our legal system
Under American common law a basic tenet of due process is to make sure that the
accused party in a criminal proceeding knows exactly what he or she is being
charged with. The arraignment process provides the fundamental right and
explanation to the accused in a court of law and also allows the accused to make
a plea before the rest of the trial proceedings begin. To the layman, this procedure
may seem ceremonial and meaningless for the accused. In fact, the American
process which is modeled on the English court system provides a very important
hearing process that isn't always guaranteed in other countries.
Definition of Arraignment
The term "arraignment" comes from old practices of legal mistreatment. Originally,
a defendant in old French courts that didn't agree with the prosecution but didn't say anything else was punished
under a doctrine of peine forte et dure (strong and hard punishment).
The process and beginning court phase of arraignment provides a formal hearing in court. This hearing allows the
accused party to hear and obtain a written copy of the accusations being charged by the prosecution. It also specifies
who is bringing the charges against the party. The accused then gets a chance to make a plea, either agreeing with
the charges or disagreeing notably. Alternatively, if the accused does not have capacity to go to trial (i.e. insanity) then the arraignment is the
moment when this challenge occurs as well.
Under U.S. law, both in federal and state courts, the process of arraignment must occur within
one to two days. A person is not allowed to be jailed indefinitely in the U.S. without being
brought to court to be formally charged. This is one of the reasons, for example, why U.S.
forces keep alleged Al Qaida prisoners in Guantanamo; if they are not within a U.S. territory the
government is not obligated to bring them to an immediate arraignment to be charged.
The short timeline of the arraignment process is intentional. It forces the government to get its
details and prosecutorial case together quickly after it decides to charge someone. If the
government doesn't have a case, then it shouldn't be running around charging and arresting
people needlessly. In such cases where the government turns out to not have enough to make
a viable charge, the arrested person then has to be freed immediately without any charges filed.
Another aspect of arraignment is the process of setting bail. The U.S. court system generally
does not keep an accused person in jail until trial unless the person is an immediate threat to
the public or an obvious flight risk. To make sure the accused party doesn't disappear arbitrarily
when it comes time for trial, a monetary deposit (bail) is provided to the court by the accused
Typically ranging in the thousands to as much as a million U.S. dollars in some cases, bail ensures that the party won't skip town without
knowing a huge financial loss will occur in addition to being hunted down (not to mention having bounty hunters from the bail bondsman
company chasing the person as well).
The judge hearing the arraignment makes the final decision on the bail that must be paid. Both sides
will make their arguments that either the accused party is no risk and good community member, or
such a heinous criminal jail is the only safe place to be if not secured with a high bail amount. The
judge then considers the type of charge, the accused party's status in the community, and the risk of
flight before making a decision on if bail is approved and how much.
Afterwards, if bail is allowed, the accused either puts up the cash personally with the court clerk or relies on a bail bondsman service to pay
the deposit to the court.
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FARMINGTON — Tigers do indeed remember.
Playing the last team to beat them, the Farmington High School volleyball team dispatched Moultonborough Academy in three Division III games Monday to stay unbeaten at 9-0.
Moultonborough, which fell to 8-2, beat the Tigers for the 2011 D-III championship in five games.
There was less suspense this time around as Farmington won by game scores of 25-23, 25-17 and 25-17.
Less suspense? Yes. But there were still some tense moments for the Tigers, who had to battle back from a late four-point deficit in Game 1 to win and needed Kayla Squires' service in Game 3 to break a 14-all tie and roll to victory.
"We came out ready to play," said Farmington's Kelsey Gregoire. "We just wanted to beat them and we were ready."
Up 2-0, Farmington led MA 15-14 in the third game when Squires stepped to the service line and served for six straight points. The Panthers called two timeouts during the run and Tiger outside hitter Marissa Peart contributed two of her match-high 19 kills.
An ace by Squires got their lead to 21-14, forcing MA's second timeout.
Out of the timeout, Squires hit the net, but Farmington ended the game with a flourish. Peart had three kills and Gregoire's kill accentuated the win on the final point.
"I stayed really focused because I knew we really needed the points," Kayla Squires said. "Even during the timeouts I had to make sure I kept my mind on what I have to do next time I get behind the line, keeping my elbow up."
Peart added eight digs, Shannon Cardinal contributed eight kills, setter Kasey Memmolo had 41 assists, 11 digs and two aces. Kayla Squires chipped in with 10 digs, four kills, four aces and served 24 for 25.
"Kayla's our most consistent server and we score a lot of points in that rotation," said Farmington coach Jenn Kuehl. "She was able to exploit their serve receive a little bit the way they were set up, and Marissa was in the front row and she hit great tonight."
For the Panthers, Kaitlin Slippy, who haunted Farmington in last year's final, had a strong match with 16 kills and nine digs. Rachel Duddy added 21 assists and served 11 for 11, while Erica Gilson had 19 digs and Kim Delaney served 11 for 11 with four aces.
"They played much better than we did," said Moultonborough coach John Garneau, whose team lost three key players from its championship team. "We had new players at new positions and they didn't step forward.
"Against a good team like that, we can't play defense over and over," Garneau added. "(Peart) hit the ball all night against us and we hardly touched the ball on blocks. We'll go home and hopefully we'll get better at that."
Game 1 proved pivotal as Moultonborough had an 18-14 lead and the serve after a Duddy place shot.
Farmington called time and from there it was all Tigers.
Back-to-back kills by Cardinal and Peart and a Panther violation tied the game at 19-all. Peart gave the Tigers a 20-19 lead with a kill.
Slippy, who effectively mixed up her hitting game with hard and soft hits, answered for Moultonborough with a kill to tie the game at 20-all.
Farmington got the lead to 23-21, but the Panthers came back to tie it up on a Peart hitting error after a great MA save on a deep free ball, and then Jen Lively's kill.
Enter Peart. She shook off her error and her hard kill put Farmington up one and her serve won it when MA's return was just out along the left sideline.
"One of the big differences from last year's team to this year's team, they never let the scoreboard get in their heads," coach Kuehl added. "It doesn't matter what the score is, they just keep playing their game. If we're down, they don't get down. They're a lot more mentally tough."
Game 2 was mostly Farmington. The Tigers jumped out to a 15-7 lead that eventually climbed to 19-10, thanks to four Peart kills and three from Kayla Squires.
But MA's Slippy, who had 10 of her kills during the game, fashioned four during a 7-1 run that cut the lead to 20-17.
A Peart kill got it to 21-17 and Emily Squires served for the final four points to secure the win.
Farmington hosts Portsmouth Christian Friday and will see Moultonborough the last match of the season on Oct. 19.
Focused Tigers take down MA in three
FARMINGTON — Tigers do indeed remember.


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John J. Dowling, 43, of 100 Hope St., Stamford, a volunteer Darien firefighter, was arrested Aug. 11 on charges of operating under the influence and failure to obey a stop sign.
An officer on patrol saw Dowling, who was driving a 2013 Jeep Wrangler, travel through a stop sign on Ledge Road at the entrance ramp to Interstate 95 south around 1 a.m., according to the report.
Dowling appeared confused when he was pulled over and smelled of alcohol, according to the report. He told police he was coming from a picnic.
Dowling also told police that he was from Darien and that he has "been running that stop sign for over 20 years," according to the report.
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Contributed by Monica Takacs, Director of Marketing & Membership, MEMS Industry Group
Last week during SEMICON West, MIG staff and members, EV Group, Acuity Incorporated, and NIST attended the SEMI MEMS standards task force and committee meeting at the Marriott Marquis. This was my first time attending a SEMI standards meeting and I wasn't sure what to expect. Standards have always been such a controversial subject at MEMS Industry Group meetings. My impression of the general consensus of our members' view of MEMS standards is that standards may benefit the industry, but no company wants to implement standards if it means that they lose competitive advantage.
SEMI (www.semi.org/standards) has been working hard in development standards for MEMS reliability, microfluidics, micro tubes, materials characterization, wafer bonding, and terminology. They already have a list of published standards for sale. MIG encourages its members to get involved and join the conversation.
This is my forth year attending SEMICON West and each year there seems to be more emphasis on the enabling capabilities of MEMS and less explaining the definition of MEMS. As the MEMS Industry matures, standards are becoming inevitable. MIG's charter is to advance the global MEMS market, and as an industry group we feel like the conversation about MEMS standards is very important. Standards may demonstrate the maturity of the MEMS industry by proving the reliability of MEMS to new customers in existing and new industries, thus expanding its reach to systems integrators.
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Considering the Bugatti Veyron in Super Sport trim stickered for a whopping $2.4 million and a mere 30 were made, it's not surprising there are a whole lot of people in the world who want one but don't have one. Sometimes this unfulfilled desire can push people to do pretty crazy things, like dressing up your older full size Mercedes with a Veyron "body kit".
There is certainly no shame in not being able to afford the fastest car in the world. "Normal" Bugatti Veyrons sold new for nearly 2 million dollars—that is of course if you were lucky enough to be able to find one that hadn't been spoken for. Prices have dropped for used examples, but not much (we hear sometimes they go cheap at auction).
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Recommended Citation: Mary Pat Dwyer, Petition of the Day, SCOTUSblog (Jan. 17, 2013, 10:00 PM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2013/01/petition-of-the-day-388/


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Weekend Projects maker Chuck writes in with his version of the Optical Tremolo Box, a homemade effects box. Unlike the version above by Sean Ragan, Chuck opted for a more spacious box, with the intent of extending his build in the future. He also modded up the project with some of his own designs, including a custom light source. He writes:
I used an electrical 'dry box' from Home Depot because it's heavy duty, it's easy to drill, and it has a lot of room. I used a hub from an old Discman but the attached motor didn't have enough clearance so I used a beefier one with a longer shaft… I used a DPST switch since the discs can be flipped instead of reversing the direction. I used a rheostat for now but I want to add a PWM speed control and a circuit to fade the LED on and off.
Watch his video below to both see and hear his custom effects box in action. I think his re-use of those clear polycarbonate dummy discs is great on so many levels. He makes use of an otherwise "blank" (and would-be discarded) object, they're ideal for transferring light through, and of course they snap directly onto the disc drive!
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|This article forms part of the series on the
The Old Testament - Septuagint
| or simply "LXX", the Koine Greek version
of the Hebrew Bible.
|Pentateuch or "the Law"
| 1.Genesis | 2.Exodus | 3.Leviticus | 4.Numbers | 5.Deuteronomy
|Historical Books
| 6.Joshua | 7.Judges | 8.Ruth
9.I Kingdoms | 10.II Kingdoms | 11.III Kingdoms | 12.IV Kingdoms
|Books of Wisdom
| 24.Book of Psalms | 25.Job | 26.Proverbs
27.Ecclesiastes | 28.Song of Solomon
29.Wisdom of Solomon | 30.Wisdom of Sirach
|The Prophets
| The Minor Prophets, or "The Twelve"
31.Hosea | 32.Amos | 33.Micah | 34.Joel | 35.Obadiah | 36.Jonah
| The Major Prophets
43.Isaiah | 44.Jeremiah | 45.Baruch | 46.Lamentations
| IV Maccabees
The Old Testament is first of the two divisions of Holy Scripture. According to historians, the Old Testament was composed between the 5th century BC and the 2nd century BC, though parts of it, such as the Torah, and Song of Deborah (Judges 5), date back much earlier.
Traditionally the Old Testament is divided into the law books (the Pentateuch and historical books), the Psalms and other wisdom books, and the prophets because of what Christ said in Luke 24:44:
- And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be
- fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. (KJV)
The term Old Testament itself is a translation of the Latin Vetus Testamentum, from the Greek Ἡ Παλαιά Διαθήκη (hē Palaia Diathēkē), all meaning "The Old Covenant" (or "Testament"). The Latin rendered testament in English originally came from the Latin for "witness" and from there expanded to mean "to make a will"; thus, though it is purported to be synonymous with "covenant," it has a distinct legal flavoring. Further semantic extensions in English have made the English term more ambiguous[1].
The Orthodox Church also numbers among the genuine books of the Old Testament the so-called apocryphal books, literally meaning the "secret" or "hidden" writings. A less Protestant-biased term for these parts of Scripture is the deuterocanonical writings.
- 1 The Five Books of the Law
- 2 The Books of History
- 3 Wisdom books
- 4 Prophets
- 5 Others
- 6 God's possible interpretation
- 7 God in Old Testament
- 8 Jesus or Word of God or Messiah in Old Testament
- 9 Holy Spirit in Old Testament
- 10 Icons in Old Testament
- 11 Holy relics in Old Testament
- 12 Incense in Old Testament
- 13 External links
The Five Books of the Law
The Five Books of the Law are the first five books of the Old Testament, known jointly as the Pentateuch (Gr. Πεντάτευχος, literally five volumes), and they describe God's creation of the world, the rebellion of Adam and Eve and the fall of man. These books are also called the Books of Moses. They detail the early history of God's people of Israel from the days of Abraham (ca. 2000 BC) right through to the era of Moses (ca. 1250 BC).
The Five Books of the Law are:
- Genesis, meaning "beginning"
- Exodus, meaning "exit" or "departure"
- Leviticus
- Numbers
- Deuteronomy, meaning "second law"
Although scholars believe that the Law was not written by the personal hand of Moses, and that the books show evidence of being the result of a number of oral and written traditions and time periods, the Church connects the Law with Moses, the great man of God to whom "the Lord used to speak ... face to face, as a man speaks to his friend" (Exodus 33:11).
The Books of History
The second section of the LXX Old Testament is known as the Historical Books. This group covers the history of Israel from the settlement in the promised land of Canaan to the first centuries before Christ.
They include:
- I Kingdoms (I Samuel)
- II Kingdoms (II Samuel)
- Third and Fourth Kingdoms
- III Kingdoms (I Kings)
- IV Kingdoms (II Kings)
- First and Second Chronicles
- I Paraleipomenon (I Chronicles)
- II Paraleipomenon (II Chronicles)
- Nehemiah
- I Esdras
- II Esdras (Ezra)
- The Final Books
- Tobit (Tobias)
- Judith
- Esther
- I Maccabees
- II Maccabees
- III Maccabees (English bible)
In the canon of the Orthodox Church—which is generally that of the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible—1 & 2 Samuel are called 1 & 2 Kings; and 1 & 2 Kings are called 3 & 4 Kings. Also, the so-called apocryphal books, listed above (I Esdras, II Esdras, Tobit, Judith, I Maccabees, II Maccabees, III Maccabees, IV Maccabees), are considered by the Orthodox as genuine parts of the Bible. The Old Testament apocrypha is a body of writings considered by the non-Orthodox to be of close association with the Bible, but not actually part of its official canonical contents.
The historical books of the Bible were written well after the events described in them actually took place.
Wisdom books
The Wisdom books include Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon, as well as the Wisdom of Jesus, Son of Sirach, also called Ecclesiasticus, and the Wisdom of Solomon from the so-called apocrypha.
- Psalms
- Prayer of Manasseh
- Job
- Proverbs
- Ecclesiastes
- Song of Solomon (Song of Songs or Canticle of Canticles)
- Wisdom of Solomon
- Wisdom of Sirach (Wisdom of Jesus, Son of Sirach, also called Ecclesiasticus)
Although not technically a wisdom book, the Prayer of Manasseh from the so-called apocrypha, is a penitential prayer of the King of Judah, which for the Orthodox is part of the Bible. (It is included in the Great Compline service of the Orthodox Church.)
16 books in the Old Testament are called by the names of prophets, although not necessarily written by their hands. A prophet is one who speaks the word of God by direct divine inspiration, not just one who foretells the future.
Major prophets
Four of the prophetic books are those of the so-called major prophets:
Minor prophets
The books of the 12 so-called minor prophets:
Some Orthodox Churches include:
God's possible interpretation
Matthew 7:12: Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
Possible interpretation of Matthew 7:12 Love your neighbor or pray for the neighbor to be loved to be loved by your neighbor. Give money or pray for others to have money to receive money. Give salvation or pray for salvation of others to receive salvation . Give food or pray for people to receive food to receive food. Give knowledge to receive knowledge. Give help to receive help. It may not be by chance that Fr Ilarion Argatu advice for having money was to give 3% to the poor and 10% for building churches. Also it may not be by chance that most richest countries are the ones helping other countries or that saints are helping many people with their salvation. It may not be by chance that countries having many jobs have a culture of volunteering.
God in Old Testament
The main point of Bible, that includes the Old Testament, is to describe the relation between God and humanity. In Old Testament we see God making the Creation and the interaction between God and Creation until the incarnation of the Word of God.
In the Old Testament we see that God does not allow people to see him, anyhow in Jeremiah 31:31-34 God speaks about a New Law and that at that time everybody will know God . Even if the interpretation was not this, today many know Word of God or Jesus from icons. Also the only religion that has Holy Book describing both the Old and New Law, conforming probably with Jeremiah 31:31 is Christianity.
A New Law may mean another Law, thus Old Law may not be forever according with Jeremiah 31:31. Also based on Jeremiah 31:31 we know about a New Law and new may mean that restrictions of the Old Law may not be considered anymore including restrictions on food. Also a New Law may have another celebration day of Sunday instead of Saturday.
Jesus or Word of God or Messiah in Old Testament
Jesus was known as Word of God before taking human flesh , see John 1 where Jesus is declared to be the Word , to be God and Messiah. We can see teachings about Word of God in Genesis 15:1, in III Kings 6:11 or in Zechariah 12:1.
Messiah in Old Testament
In Old Testament we see prophecies about the coming of Messiah. Interestingly enough these prophecies speak about two endings, once Messiah dying and once Messiah coming as a leader and peace being restored. So these two endings may be impossible at the same time. So the assumption of one event being described by all prophecies can add great confusion.
The Psalm describing the coming of Messiah use the word describing the coming twice.
In Christian interpretation there are possibly two events, two comings described by the prophecies. Once when Messiah comes as a Savior to save humanity that is to bring back entrance to Heaven through Baptism and immortality through Holy Communion. In this event a part of the prophecies are fulfilled. The second event describes the second coming when probably the remaining prophecies will be fulfilled.
Holy Spirit in Old Testament
We can see teachings about Holy Spirit in Genesis 1:2.
Icons in Old Testament
Pictures of cherubim on temple door, on temple walls are mentioned in III Kings 6:29.
Holy relics in Old Testament
In 4 Kings 13:21 is mentioned the power of the Holy relics. In this book is mentioned that a dead person is thrown over the relics of Prophet Elisha and the dead person becomes alive. In 4 Kings 2:14 we see that belongings of Holy people can perform miracles, for example in this verse we see a cloth of Prophet Elijah being thrown into a river, that would retreat his waters making a clear passage for Prophet Elisha.
Incense in Old Testament
We see incense being mentioned multiple times in Old Testament for example in Exodus 30:7-9 and in Exodus 30:1.
External links
- Old Testament Survey, by Douglas Stuart (seminary class)
- About the Deuterocanon (Second Canonical Books)
- Wikipedia: Old Testament


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The Papua New Guineans in the very remote village of Megau have been working for many years to finish an airstrip. This is the only way they can travel out of the area and will allow them to get goods and supplies into the village that they have not had access to before. An SIL translation has been in progress in this language area for many years. With an open airstrip, we hope someday Bibles in their language will be brought in by airplane!
On Friday, I made my third visit to Megau in the helicopter, bringing two other pilots, Jonathan Federwitz and James Nelson. We checked the progress of their work and the surveying pilot in charge decided it was ready for an airplane to land. While we were there, the people were very excited to show us the work they had done and were dressed up in traditional "bilas" (decorations)-- faces painted, bird of paradise feathers on their heads, tree branches and leaves around the waist, pig tusks around their necks, etc.
I took the two pilots back to their plane at another airstrip 9 miles away and they returned to do the first landing. It was a big day for the Megau people.
I continued on from there to deliver 3 different single women to their areas where they are doing translation and literacy work in the northern part of PNG.
This picture below is the Sepik River, a large river running for hundreds of miles starting in the rugged mountains and then traveling through severe swampland. The only practical ways to travel long distances is by the river (filled with crocodiles) or by air.


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MONTREAL – Netflix is about to get another competitor in Canada, but it won't be very good unless you understand French.
Videotron announced on Thursday the launch of Illico Club Unlimited, an online on-demand video subscription service that will offer the largest collection of French-language television and movie titles available in Canada, with about 20 television series and 800 to 900 movies.
The Quebecor-owned company also announced that it will be increasing Internet speeds, offering unlimited Internet usage options and adding popular U.S. channel AMC to its television lineup.
Illico Club Unlimited, which launches on Saturday and accepts registrations starting Friday, will cost $9.99 a month, with the first month free. As its name implies, users will be able to watch an unlimited amount of the programming available on the service, whenever they want.
The catalog includes movies such as Spider-Man 3, The Social Network and Salt (in general, movies will be added to the service between the time they air on pay TV channels and when they air on broadcast television). It will also air children's programming, TV series and concerts.
Videotron CEO Robert Depatie said the focus is on providing a superior service for francophone households, so all of its content will be available in French, with 90 per cent only in French and the rest in both languages.
Netflix, which is available to Canadians for $8 a month, has little French-language content.
Though Videotron has acquired rights to its programming for all of Canada, the service will debut only in Quebec and Ontario. Manon Brouillette, Videotron's president of consumer services, said this was for technical reasons, including dealing with different tax systems in different provinces. "We'll see how Ontarians react," she said, and possibly expand to other provinces if reception is good.
Households don't need to be in a Videotron service area nor subscribe to any other Videotron service to take advantage of Illico Club Unlimited.
Like Netflix, Illico Club Unlimited can be streamed over the Internet to computers. Videotron is also promising a new application for Android-based tablets (an iPad app won't be available right away, because of issues with its digital rights management system, and a mobile app is also still being worked on and will launch in the coming months). Unlike Netflix, Videotron will also make the service available through its new-generation set-top boxes, which will allow users to see programming on their TVs without additional equipment and without using up their Internet bandwidth. The terminals, introduced less than a year ago, have reached the 500,000-subscriber mark, out of 1.46 million total digital cable subscribers, Vidéotron announced. Older terminals won't be able to access the service, which uses the MPEG4 encoding standard.
Since it arrived in Canada in 2010, Netflix and other Internet video streaming services have been seen as a threat to Canadian cable and satellite providers, who are licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission and must follow regulations in terms of Canadian content, packaging and pricing. As an unlicensed service, Netflix needs only to worry about acquiring the Canadian rights to programming it wishes to distribute in Canada.
According to a CRTC report last year, about 10 per cent of Canadian households have a Netflix subscription.
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Being the first active male athlete in one of the major professional sports to come out was a pretty big hurdle in itself, according to Jason Collins, who revealed that he's gay in an essay for Sports Illustrated last week. But doing so as an African-American added "another dimension" to his revelation, the NBA player tells Oprah Winfrey.
Winfrey asked Collins if he had considered the "stigma" attached to being gay within the African-American culture.
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"I think that has to do with a lot of just how hand-in-hand the church is with the African-American community. And trust me, I grew up in a very religious family," Collins said in an interview for Oprah's Next Chapter. "I knew as an African-American that it adds another dimension to the discussion."
Collins said he looked to his uncle, who's gay, as a role model — but also got unconditional support from the rest of his family when he came out to them at age 33, even though his parents never suspected he was gay.
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Detroit slugger Miguel Cabrera's 10th inning at-bat against Tampa Bay closer Fernando Rodney overshadowed the Rays' comeback victory.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) ? Detroit slugger Miguel Cabrera's 10th inning at-bat against Tampa Bay closer Fernando Rodney overshadowed the Rays' comeback victory.
Yunel Escobar had an RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Rays rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Tigers on Saturday night.
But most of the attention after the game centered on Cabrera yelling at the Tampa Bay dugout after he struck out against Rodney. The Rays right-hander threw an in-tight and up pitch to back Cabrera off the plate during the at-bat.
"I don't know what he's saying," Rodney said. "I'm trying to do my job. You have to pitch inside sometimes. You have to pitch inside, outside, everywhere. You don't want to hit nobody because the game is on the line.
"That's what I got on my mind, try to move (him) a little bit because the guy is a dangerous hitter."
Cabrera declined to comment about the confrontation, but Tigers manager Jim Leyland talked about it in a strong way.
"I don't care about throwing inside, but I don't like it up there, and we will not tolerate that," Leyland said. "I'm not accusing anybody of anything but we won't tolerate that. If you're going to just rare back and throw it, you can't throw it there. That'll cause a lot of problems for people. That's not a good idea. That's not acceptable.
"We lost a tough game. They earned the win, they got the win, and OK, more power to them, but throwing in that area is not acceptable, and somebody pays the price for that throughout baseball. That's just the way baseball is. That's not free. There's no free lunch. That won't be tolerated. You can take that to the bank"
Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said he had no idea why Cabrera was upset.
"You'd have to ask him why," Maddon said. "I was kind of surprised, actually."
Rodney (3-2) threw two scoreless innings for the win
Cabrera went 1 for 4 with a walk, but his major league-leading batting average dropped two points to .375. He has a 14-game hitting streak.
James Loney had a one-out single in the 10th off Bruce Rondon (0-1). Pinch-runner Sam Fuld went to second on Wil Myers' single, and after Luke Scott struck out, both runners advanced on a wild pitch.
Escobar won it for the Rays with a line drive that sailed over the head of center fielder Austin Jackson.
"I'm very happy that I was able to help the team win," Escobar said through an interpreter.
Scott tied it at 3 on a solo homer with one out in the eighth off Tigers starter Justin Verlander, who allowed three runs, nine hits and four walks during a season-high eight innings. Verlander is winless in his last four starts.
"This is the game we've talked about that we have to start winning, and we won it tonight against a really good team," Maddon said.
Rays slugger Evan Longoria was out of the starting lineup for the first time this season due to a sore right foot. The third baseman, who left Friday night's game, is also expected to sit out on Sunday against the Tigers.
Jackson hit an opposite-field solo homer to right, and Jhonny Peralta had a two-run single off Chris Archer that put the Tigers ahead 3-0 in the third.
Archer gave up three runs, five hits, three walks and had three strikeouts in five innings.
Loney had an RBI single during the fifth to get the Rays within 3-2. Verlander avoided further damage by getting a double-play grounder from rookie Myers with two on and one out.
Loney grounded into a double play with runners on the corners and one out in the seventh. Myers flied out with two runners on to end the first.
Tampa Bay's Desmond Jennings tripled and scored on Ben Zobrist's grounder in the third. Jennings, playing in center, was charged with an error in the eighth, which snapped a streak of 262 games in the outfield without a miscue.
NOTES: Detroit RHP Anibal Sanchez (right shoulder strain) will pitch Monday in Florida for either Class A Lakeland or the rookie level Gulf Coast League Tigers. ... Loney extended his hitting streak to 10 games with a single in the first. ... The Rays recalled INF Ryan Roberts from Triple-A Durham and optioned RHP Alex Colome to the International League club. ... Home plate umpire Dan Iassogna remained in the game after he appeared to get hit near the right wrist by a pitch from Rodney in the ninth that partially deflected off C Jose Molina's glove.


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Lawsuit filed by family of Connecticut man who died in custody in Rhode Island
WESTERLY, R.I. -- The family of a Connecticut man who died after his arrest says Westerly police used unreasonable and excessive force that amounted to cruel and unusual punishment during the arrest.
The Westerly Sun reports that the lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Providence by the family of Ryan O'Loughlin. It seeks unspecified monetary damages and names officers and the town as defendants.
O'Loughlin, of Mystic, Conn., died in June 2011, about 16 hours after he was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest outside a Westerly bar. The Connecticut medical examiner ruled his death a homicide from a blow to the abdomen.
A Rhode Island grand jury determined the officers acted lawfully.
Town Manager Steven Hartford cited the grand jury decision and said a lawsuit will not change the facts.


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Larry has been publishing an annual listing of the best web2.0 applications since 2007. Websites, will only be on Larry's list if they are accessible to English Language Learners and non-tech savvy users, free of charge, appropriate for classroom use and my favourite, completely browser-based with no download required.
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Arjun Rampal spends 40th birthday on 'D Day' sets in Kutch
Model-turned-actor Arjun Rampal was busy shooting in Kutch on his 40th birthday Monday, and says that he is clueless about his wife's plans to celebrate it in Marrakech, Morocco.
"I am shooting right now. I am in Kutch. There are no celebration or plans as such. I am busy with my shoot," Arjun told IANS by phone from the marshlands of the Gujarat district.
Arjun is shooting for Nikhil Advani's "D Day" in Kutch.
Recent media reports indicated that Arjun's wife Mehr has planned to organise a special birthday bash for her husband in Marrakech Nov 29.
Asked if the news is true, Arjun said: "I have no clue about that. Let's see how things shape up. As of now, there has been no celebration as such."
If news reports are to be believed, all women from the exclusive star-wives' clubs are expected to be in Marrakech for Arjun's 40th birthday bash.
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Reports earlier this week that some state lawmakers had given out plum scholarships at state universities to the children of campaign donors and political allies came as no surprise. In fact, the examination done by The Associated Press turned up pretty much the same results that prior investigations over the years had produced. But that doesn't mean the discoveries are uninteresting, or that they don't provoke yet another wave of frustration at these century-old benefits that the folks we send to Springfield are allowed to dole out.
Reports earlier this week that some state lawmakers had given out plum scholarships at state universities to the children of campaign donors and political allies came as no surprise. In fact, the examination done by The Associated Press turned up pretty much the same results that prior investigations over the years had produced.
But that doesn't mean the discoveries are uninteresting, or that they don't provoke yet another wave of frustration at these century-old benefits that the folks we send to Springfield are allowed to dole out. Each time the light has been shined on these little legislative gifts, we have staunchly opposed them and called for them to be ended. This year, with frustration at politics as usual in Illinois, perhaps something can finally be done.
It is, after all, a program that carries a $12.5 million price tag - up almost $5 million in five years - and ends up costing us all, directly and indirectly. Each year, every legislator is permitted to give out what amounts to two, four-year scholarships to any state university in any way they choose. The only caveat is that the students have to live in the lawmaker's home district. Most officials divide up the prizes, spreading them into eight full-year free rides, for example. The money isn't earmarked in the state budget; the universities - funded by the Legislature, and by tuition dollars coming from other students - end up picking up the tab. It's still done mostly on our dime, just a little more cleverly tucked away.
To give our politicians their due, many have crafted ways to pass out these benefits as fairly as they can. Sen. Bill Brady of Bloomington, for example, has a committee of local educators set up to review applications for these scholarships and independently decide who should get the money. Many local lawmakers have similar groups set up. In Brady's case, one of his awards went to the daughter of a prominent campaign contributor, a decision he says was out of his hands.
Certainly not all the scholarships that are handed out end up going to people associated with a candidate - and in Brady's case, unlike other lawmakers, there's certainly no evidence he tried to steer the cash to the donor's daughter. A mere handful either are, or end up looking, sketchy in any given year. But those few end up raising eyebrows and reminding us of the dangers of programs with a scant number of built-in controls. Effectively we rely on the honor system to keep politicians from aiding campaign donors, political cronies or kinsmen.
Enough outrage was generated the last few times these scholarships got a look by the media that lawmakers tried to kill them, with Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan taking the lead when the effort nearly succeeded a decade ago. Then-Senate President Pate Philip was fiercely protective of the perk and wouldn't let it come to a vote. Of course that Republican leader is gone now, yet this week Madigan has come to the defense of the awards through a spokesman and says that no changes are needed. Pity. He had it right before.
If lawmakers truly feel strongly about keeping the program, then they ought to make the rules for it uniform - based on a combination of academic merit and financial need, with the decisions in the hands of independent scholarship committees. The children of campaign donors or lobbyists shouldn't necessarily be barred. It isn't fair to punish them for what their parents do for a living, or who their relatives pal around with - but neither should they get any kind of advantage because of it.
But while that might curb some of the persistent abuses, it isn't the ideal solution. For that, we'd say what we have for decades: Eliminate the program completely. State universities will save money, and need to take less from the state budget. Any savings can help fill the state's budget gap or, better yet, be redirected into other grant programs for college-bound students - like the Monetary Assistance Program, which gives money to college kids on the basis of need. It saw $170 million hacked out of its budget this year. There is more need there than for a couple free college passes in each legislative district.
That case shouldn't be hard to make to the lawmakers who have already set up local committees to review applications for these waivers. By doing so, they tacitly admit this isn't the kind of program lawmakers should operate. This isn't like directing state money home for construction projects, many of which at least benefit residents and employers across a district as a whole. These awards simply help individuals.
The ones who get in hot water by passing out checks to children of campaign benefactors, of course, prove why a change is needed in a different way.
In both cases, it's clear that handing out this aid is something better left to foundations, charities, universities, and even to professionally run state programs targeting people who need the money. Anybody but legislators.
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