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Whatever Attorney General Kathleen Kane was thinking when she clammed up about a convoluted corruption case in Philadelphia, she should think again.
The Philadelphia Inquirer published a story March 17 about a sting operation in which four state representatives from Philadelphia and a traffic court judge allegedly had accepted cash or other gifts from an informant. That investigation was conducted by the previous administration of the attorney general's office.
Kane dropped the case. She contended that it could not be prosecuted successfully because of her predecessors' mishandling of the investigation and that it possibly had been tainted by racial profiling and entrapment - the suspects had not been accused of any crimes until the investigation itself created one.
Last week Kane appeared at an Inquirer editorial board meeting, which her office had requested, in the company of attorney Richard Sprague. Sprague, a renowned litigator, announced that Kane is his client and that she would not speak.
Kane is Pennsylvania's top lawyer. The matter in question - alleged corruption and the dropped case - are matters of public importance that she should address in that capacity. Regardless of her intentions, asking for the editorial board meeting and then remaining silent on advice of a personal libel lawyer has the appearance of attempting to intimidate the news media.
The approach is all the more curious because Kane effectively had used elements of the media to defend her decision to drop the case. Especially compelling is that the previous administration moved to dismiss, secretly, more than 2,000 fraud charges against the flipped informant, Tyron Ali. He had been charged with skimming more than $430,000 from nutrition programs for needy children and older Philadelphians - alleged conduct even more despicable than that of the allegedly corrupt public officials.
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This year's spring play at Union College features students along with area residents. The production of "Beau Jest," written by James Sherman, is set to open at the end of February.
The cast and crew consists of Terie Lynn Smith of Corbin, playing the part of JoAnn Goldman; Vanessa Grubb of Corbin, playing the part of Abe Goldman; Chessa Fernandez of Corbin, playing the part of Miriam Goldman; Alix Smith of Corbin, playing the part of Sarah Goldman; James Becknell a freshman from Booneville playing the part of Bob Schroeder, Neil Jones, a freshmen from Bowling Green, playing the part of Chris Cringle; Alexandra Estes, a sophomore from Barbourville, acting as stage manager; Krista Tuta, a junior from London, who will serve as understudy; Maggie Watkins, a freshman at Union, who will be painting the set; Aaron Farmer, a senior at Union, who will work construction and lights; and Rebekah Seifu, a junior at Union from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, who will work as deck crew.
The play is scheduled for five performances, Feb. 21-23 and March 1 and 2. Diane Montgomery, Ph.D., assistant professor of theater, is directing.
According to Montogmery, "Beau Jest" is "a play about family, honesty and growing up." It tells the story of Sarah Goldman, a Jewish kindergarten teacher, who is in love with the non-Jewish Chris Cringle. After enduring criticism from her devout parents, Goldman brings home a paid actor, Bob, pretending to be her new Jewish boygfriend, Dr. David Steinburg. However, Goldman's siter, JoAnn, starts to suspect something is up, and the play unfolds.
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Brussels, 22 November 2012
Mergers: Commission approves Glencore's acquisition of Xstrata, subject to conditions
The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Xstrata, the world's fifth largest metals and mining group, by Glencore, the world's leading metals and thermal coal trader. The clearance is conditional on the termination of Glencore's off-take arrangements for zinc metal in the European Economic Area (EEA) with Nyrstar, the world's largest zinc metal producer, and the divestiture of Glencore's minority shareholding in Nyrstar. The Commission had concerns that the merged entity would have the ability and incentive to raise prices for zinc metal, an important input for many EU industries. The commitments address these concerns.
Commission Vice President in charge of competition policy Joaquín Almunia stated: "The merger will bring together two major global players in key commodities. The proposed remedy ensures that competition in the European zinc metal market is preserved, so that European customers such as steel galvanisers and car makers can continue to produce valuable consumer goods at low prices and good quality".
The Commission's preliminary investigation found that the proposed merger, as initially notified, would have raised competition concerns for the supply of zinc metal in Europe, as the transaction risked to significantly strengthen Glencore's already strong position in the EEA.
Currently, Glencore is the largest supplier of zinc metal in the EEA on the basis of an exclusive off-take agreement with Nyrstar, an off-take relation for some of Xstrata's EEA output, production from Glencore's own smelter in Italy and imports. Glencore also controls (i) Pacorini, an owner of London Metal Exchange (LME) approved warehouses notably in New Orleans, where a large amount of zinc metal is stored, and (ii) a large amount of exports and storage of EEA produced zinc metal. Xstrata is the second largest producer of zinc metal in the EEA, owning a large smelter in Spain and a smaller smelter in Germany. Together Glencore and Xstrata are the world's largest supplier of upstream zinc concentrate.
Following the merger the merged entity would have even more than today the ability and incentive to control the level of zinc metal supplies in the EEA, for example by exporting material to LME-certified warehouses outside the EEA or otherwise withholding supplies from the EEA market. Reaction from competitors, including imports, would not be sufficient to prevent the risk of a significant price increase for zinc metal.
In order to remove these concerns Glencore committed (a) to terminate its exclusive long-term off-take agreement with Nyrstar, the largest European zinc metal producer, in so far as the agreement relates to commodity zinc products produced by Nyrstar in the EEA, (b) not to buy directly or indirectly any EEA zinc metal quantities from Nyrstar for a period of ten years, (c) not to engage, for ten years, in any other practices which have the effect of materially restricting Nyrstar's ability or incentive to compete effectively with Glencore in zinc metal in the EEA, and (d) to divest Glencore's minority shareholding in Nyrstar of around 7.79 %.
The Commission concluded that the transaction, as modified by the commitments, would not raise competition concerns anymore. This decision is conditional upon the full implementation of the commitments.
The Commission's investigation found that the proposed transaction was unlikely to raise competition concerns as regards the production or supply of: zinc concentrate; thermal coal and coking coal; copper and copper concentrate; lead and lead concentrate; nickel and nickel intermediates; cobalt and cobalt intermediates; ferrochrome; and other "non-core" products (gold, molybdenum, platinum, palladium, sulphuric acid, vanadium, ferrovanadium, and silver).
The transaction was notified to the Commission on 2 October 2012, after a pre-notification phase that lasted several months. Throughout its investigation the Commission has cooperated closely with other competition authorities.
When assessing its jurisdiction to review the proposed transaction the Commission found that, despite its minority shareholding of 34% and certain contractual relations between the two companies, pre-merger Glencore does not exercise de jure or de facto control over Xstrata.
The substantive assessment of the merger has presented a number of challenging issues: (a) Glencore's trading and production business covers all steps in the commodities value chain i.e. mining, off-take agreements, freight, refining and smelting, metal warehousing, financing services and its hedging and trading activities on commodities exchanges such as the London Metal Exchange ("LME"); (b) the merger brings together an integrated trader/producer (Glencore) with a producer active at the mining and refining level (Xstrata) and has thus vertical and horizontal effects in many different product markets; (c) the existing minority shareholding relationship between the parties.
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Glencore produces and trades a wide range of commodities and raw materials. Glencore's business is organised around three segments: (i) metals and minerals – e.g. aluminium, alumina, zinc, copper, lead, ferroalloys, nickel, cobalt, and iron ore; (ii) energy products – e.g. crude oil, oil products, coal and coke; (iii) agricultural products – e.g. wheat, maize, barley, edible oils, oilseeds, cotton and sugar.
Xstrata is a natural resources group, which comprises five major businesses: (i) an alloys business, comprising ferrochrome and vanadium operations and a platinum group metals business; (ii) a coal business; (iii) a copper business; (iv) a nickel business; (v) a zinc-lead business.
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The Commission has the duty to assess mergers and acquisitions involving companies with a turnover above certain thresholds (see Article 1 of the Merger Regulation) and to prevent concentrations that would significantly impede effective competition in the EEA or any substantial part of it.
The vast majority of notified mergers do not pose competition problems and are cleared after a routine review. From the moment a transaction is notified, the Commission generally has a total of 25 working days to decide whether to grant approval (Phase I) or to start an in-depth investigation (Phase II).
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I only recently discovered the Scottish National Gallery, wandering in after visiting the Warhol show at the neighboring Scottish Academy. I was blown away by two pictures. One is listed above.
The other was John Knox, View from Ben Lomond. (Thanks to Anonymous for the correct link!)
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The Landscape... link does not seem to work, i.e. seems not to be a permalink. Here are direct links to John Knox'es pictures, hopefully working: View from Ben Lomond (is it it?), Landscape with Tourists at Loch Katrine.
Mt first visit to Edinburgh last weekend, and I too was blown away by this picture. My partner and I both instantly looked at the ceiling of the gallery room toward what we expected were down-lights shining on the glossy oils. But he's actually captured that light on he hillside. Amazing. Voltaire by Orchardson also struck a chord - smoky and full of action.Post a Comment
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I Love You in 130 Languages
Fun design for Valentine's Day from GlobalNova. The I Love You Map, shows the phrase "I Love You" translated into 130 different languages and positioned on the map based on the primary language spoken in that country or region of the world.
When setting out on any language-related project, one can count on unexpected discoveriesandchanging perspectives. Our World Valentine project seemed simple to me at the outset– just map'I love you" in100 or solanguagesonto a world map. I thought of it pretty simply as a Valentine card for my wife.
But the real blow landed in choice of languages. Setting out with no goal beyond rendering a selection of languages geographically, I quickly wandered into a thicket. Where did Mongolian go? And many others? Were we bounded by chance and limited space, or less forgivably prey to political naiveté?
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I'm about to board a flight to Nashville in a bit to cover the Winter Meetings, where Dan Connolly and I will be spending countless hours inside the Opryland Hotel reporting on all things regarding the Orioles.
You'll hear a lot of names this week. You may hear about the Orioles' revived interest in Josh Hamilton. Don't believe it.
Covering my first Winter Meetings in Dallas, I don't think I left the hotel once. It's that hectic chasing down all the rumors.
So while I'm on my way to Nashville, here's some hot stove breakfast. Several players joined the free-agent crop Friday after they were non-tendered contracts.
Here are my thoughts on a few and whether they'd fit into the Orioles plans:
Jair Jurrjens, RHP: The Orioles kicked the tires on Jurrjens this time last season when the Braves were showing interest in Adam Jones. It's a good thing the Orioles didn't bite. Jurrjens has battled groin and knee injuries over the past two seasons. Last year, he was horrible, going 3-4 with a 6.89 ERA in 11 starts, even receiving a midseason demotion to Triple-A. While the Orioles believe that changes of scenery can do some good, they won't touch Jurrjens. They already saw regression last season -- a drop in velocity, a lower strikeout-per-nine innings ratio and a shaky walk total -- that indicated he wasn't a pitcher with some risk.
Jeff Karstens, RHP: Karstens is intriguing because he's a veteran arm who could replace the likes of Joe Saunders if the Orioles are unable to resign him. But Karstens also suffered from some injuries in 2012. He hit the disabled list with right shoulder inflammation and also had a hip flexor injury, limiting him to 90 innings last season and ending the season in the bullpen. Still, Karstens threw 162 1/3 innings and pitched to a 3.38 ERA in 2011. Still, he's a fly-ball pitcher who gives up a lot of homers. He will come cheap, but the Orioles don't know if he's better than the pitching depth they already have.
John Lannan, LHP: Lannan is very interesting. He's left-handed and only 28. Despite losing his rotation spot in the Nats' pitching-rich rotation, he stood to make around $5 million in arbitration. He spent most of the season in Triple-A (9-11, 4.30), but was 4-1 with a 4.13 ERA in six big league starts. He's a proven innings eater who would be a nice addition to the Orioles rotation. The Orioles are interested, but Lannan figures to draw a lot of interest and could even draw a multi-year deal, which the Orioles likely aren't willing to offer.


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Jamil Dakwar (@jdakwar [2]) is the director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Human Rights Program (HRP) which is dedicated to holding the U.S. government accountable to its international human rights obligations and commitments. He leads a team of lawyers and advocates who use a human rights framework to complement existing ACLU legal and legislative advocacy primarily in the areas of counter-terrorism, racial justice, immigrants' rights, women's rights, and criminal and juvenile justice. HRP conducts human rights research, documentation and public education, as well as engages in litigation and advocacy before U.S. courts and international human rights bodies.
HRP's docket includes both domestic lawsuits and petitions before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on behalf of individuals sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for crimes committed when they were children; victims and survivors of torture, forced disappearance, trafficking and domestic violence; disenfranchised felons; domestic workers and low-wage undocumented immigrants; as well as a challenge on behalf of death row prisoners challenging methods of execution. Jamil also serves as the ACLU main representative to the United Nations, and has testified before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, United Nations human rights bodies, and the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE), about human rights violations in the U.S.
Prior to joining the ACLU in 2004, Jamil worked at Human Rights Watch, where he conducted research, advocated, and published reports on issues of torture and detention in Egypt, Morocco, Israel, and the occupied Palestinian territory. Before coming to the United States, he was a senior attorney with Adalah, a leading human rights group in Israel, where he filed and argued human rights cases before Israeli courts and advocated before international forums. He is a graduate of Tel Aviv University and NYU School of Law. He is adjunct lecturer at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY).


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Community Rallies to Raise Money for Nine-Month-Old's Prosthetic Arms
(SPOKANE, Wash.) -- At 20 weeks pregnant, Brooke and Jim Davis of Spokane, Wash., knew their son, Jameson, would be born without arms months before he would come into this world.
"They basically said the ultrasound was inconclusive, that some things were inconclusive," said Jim."And they left the room and that was it. We didn't know for a week. Were his arms hiding? Were they in a funny position? Did he have any arms whatsoever?"
After a week, a geneticist expert explained to the Davis' that their son would be born a bilateral trans-radial congenital amputee or born without forearms or hands. After two miscarriages, Brooke was excited to finally be carrying for a third time--only to find her son would be born with difficulties.
"I have had a hard time coming to the realization that I will never ever get to hold my child's little hand in mine. I worry about how he will be able to pick up a spoon, a tooth brush, and someday ride a bike. The list goes on," said Brooke. "It was tough information to swallow when they told us he'd be missing the lower parts of his arm."
"He did have arms, he just didn't have any hands or fingers or digits," said Jim. "His arms stopped growing at the end of the humerus bones. He has a bit of soft tissue but no bones past the humorous."
As the first-time parents began to process the news, Jim says doctors wanted to send them to a place in Seattle to "look at their options" but Jim says abortion was "never, ever the answer."
"We turned that news into, 'This is our baby. This is what God gave us and we're going to raise him the best we can,'" said Jim. "For us, that's providing him with the best tools that are available for him to have the fullest life possible."
"We found out that they recommend starting prosthetics as soon as possible," said Brooke. "We decided to go that route and started pursuing prosthetic children's companies."
Throughout the rest of her pregnancy, Brooke and Jim began researching prosthetic options for their son. After a few failed options, Jim eventually found Advanced Arm Dynamics, a Texas clinic that specializes in upper limb prosthetic rehabilitation.
"They were wonderful and they specialize in upper extremity prosthetics," said Brooke. "It seemed like the perfect fit, so to speak."
Upper limb prosthetics for bilateral amputees can vary in price and cost between $10,000 and $25,000. In this instance, Jameson's prosthetics would cost the Davis' $25,000. Their insurance would only cover the cost up to 44 percent. To garner financial support and awareness, Brooke started a blog called, Davis Day 2 Day. The blog features updates on Jameson and a section called Hands for Jameson where visitors can donate to help purchase Jameson prosthetic arms.
"The first set of prosthetics will cost around $25,000. He will need a set every year until he is finished growing and each set will progressively get more expensive," said Brooke on a Nov. blog post. "We are unable to finance that kind of treatment, so we need to raise funds in order to complete our mission."
Brooke says that she and her husband are "on a very important mission to have Jameson fitted for both lower arm and hand prosthesis." She said they will be a "much-needed tool to help give him a better chance at a fuller, more normal life."
Brooke continued blogging and soon set up a donation section called "Hands for Jameson" where visitors can give money through a PayPal system. Once "Hands for Jameson" was posted on the site, the donations began pouring in.
"College friends I hadn't seen in 10 years sent us $200 and local people we've never met started sending money," said Jim. "We had a family mail us $100 and said they didn't need Christmas presents this year and wanted to give that money to Jameson instead of buying presents for each other. The stories go on."
Last year, baby Jameson was born on April 12, in Spokane, Wash. weighing six pounds 13 ounces. With her third prenancy, Brooke describes the beginning of this one as "a little rocky." Brooke bled daily throughout the first 13 weeks.
"Luckily, it was just one of those things and did not affect the baby. Thank goodness! After that it was smooth sailing," said Brooke. "When we hit 20 weeks our extreme excitement and happiness took an abrupt turn for the worst."
With enough money for a down payment on Jameson's first set of custom-made prosthetics, the Davis' drove seven hours with a teething toddler to Portland, Ore., to AAD's Northwest Center of Excellence. Over the course of three days, the Davis' met and eventually worked with certified prosthetist Mac Juilian Lang to fit baby Jameson who was only six months at the time.
"Jameson is the youngest patient I have personally worked with," said Lang. "I've worked with pediatric patients before but rarely do the parents have the foresight to search out care for their child that soon."
Lang said Jameson's passive arms prosthesis, which only move with the help of his parents, are comprised of three parts including a silicon liner, a socket and frame. Lang explains the liner takes up some of the excess room between Jameson's arm and the prosthetic. The other pieces are a socket and frame, which is the part that goes right up against the liner. "This creates the stability in the prosthetic and is the connection between his arm and the prosthetic." Lang says it's important for the prosthetic to be comfortable and stable "otherwise he won't use it."
"It's rare to have your child missing one hand, it's really rare to have them missing both," said Jim. "We're just giving him the options to do both--use prosthetics now or just his God-given arms later."
Now Jameson is 9-months-old and the Davis' say he's hitting all his regular milestones and "uses his short arms just like had fingers." As Jim and Brooke watch Jameson with his first set of prosthesis, they see he's able to hold his toys while exercising hand-eye coordination and balance all while strengthening his back muscles.
When Jameson is about a year and a half old, he will have outgrown his current set of prosthesis. The next set will feature at least one Myoelectric arm, which is a prosthetic that will be fully operated by Jameson himself. His current set are passive arms which must be manually adjusted for him by Jim and Brooke.
In the meantime, the Davis' are planning ahead and organizing fundraising efforts over the following months. Next month, the Davis' will hold an event called High 5's and a Thousand Hearts for Jameson.
"Jameson is beautiful, healthy and perfect in every way to us. We have to look at doing things a little bit differently," said Brooke. "We have to stay positive and be role models for him. I think kids and adults will look up to him and be inspired by him."
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PRINCIPLES OF INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS places an emphasis on the theoretical basis of each type of instrument, its optimal area of application, its sensitivity, its precision, and its limitations.You'll also learn about elementary analog and digital electronics, computers, and treatment of analytical datA. Visit the book companion website for tutorials on instrumental methods, Excel files of data analysis and simulations of analytical techniques to help you visualize important concepts in this course, and selected papers from the chemical literature to stimulate interest and provide background information for study.
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Tallahassee – The Florida Commission on Human Relations (Commission) is now accepting nominations for the Florida Civil Rights Hall of Fame. The deadline for submission of nominations is July 15, 2016. The judges will be looking for individuals who have made significant contributions and provided leadership toward Florida's progress and achievements in civil rights.
"We are once again excited to be accepting nominations for next year's Civil Rights Hall of Fame. This program honors leaders and advocates who have tirelessly worked to protect the rights of various populations throughout Florida," said Michelle Wilson, Commission Executive Director. "We must continue our efforts to honor the civil rights pioneers who came before us and use their heroic stories as a way to educate and empower our next generation."
Contributions of nominees can include community empowerment, legislative advocacy, grassroots organizing, coalition building, authored publications, organizational leadership, private and governmental entity diversity efforts and multicultural educational initiatives in any area of human and civil rights or related areas. Please visit http://fchr.state.fl.us/outreach/florida_civil_rights_hall_of_fame to view the rules, criteria, nomination form and other relevant information.
The Florida Commission on Human Relations, established in 1969, is the state agency charged with administering the Florida Civil Rights Act and Florida Fair Housing Act. Fair treatment, equal access and mutual respect are the benchmarks of the Commission's commitment. Through education and partnerships, the Commission works to prevent discrimination and costly litigation through teaching best business practices and fostering understanding amongst Floridians about their rights and responsibilities under both state and federal discrimination laws.
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On a day crammed with rising and falling hopes, President BarackObama and congressional Republicans groped inconclusively Thursday for common ground that could avert an economy-tanking default and possibly end the 10-day-old partial government shutdown.
"We expect further conversations tonight," Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., said cryptically at nightfall, after he, Speaker John Boehner and a delegation of House Republicans had met for more than an hour with Obama at the White House.
The White House issued a statement describing the session as a good one, but adding, that "no specific determination was made."
The up-and-down day also featured a dour warning from Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, who told lawmakers that the prospect of default had already caused interest rates to rise — and that worse lay ahead.
Appearing before the Senate Finance Committee, Lew said the Treasury must pay Social Security and veterans benefits as well as salaries to active duty military troops during the second half of this month. He said failure to raise the debt limit by Oct. 17 "could put timely payment of all of these at risk."
Whatever the outcome, it seemed the endgame was at hand in a pair of crises that had bedeviled divided government for two weeks, rattled markets in the U.S. and overseas and locked 350,000 furloughed federal workers out of their jobs.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid advanced legislation in that chamber to simply raise the debt limit and stave off the threat of an unprecedented federal financial default — a measure that Republicans are likely to block unless he agrees to change it.
In the House, Boehner left open the possibility of launching a rival measure on Friday.
As he described it for his rank and file in a closed-door morning session in the Capitol, it would leave the shutdown in place while raising the nation's $16.7 trillion debt limit and setting up negotiations between the GOP and the president over spending cuts and other issues.
At the White House, spokesman Jay Carney told reporters the president would "likely sign" a short-term extension in the debt ceiling, and did not rule out his doing so even if it left the shutdown intact.
Reid wasn't nearly as amenable. "Ain't gonna happen," he said brusquely.
By the time House Republicans had returned from the White House hours later, Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Ky., said part of their hope was to "quickly settle" on legislation to permit the government to reopen.
Heartened by any hint of progress, Wall Street chose to accentuate the positive. After days of decline, the Dow Jones industrial average soared 323 points on hopes that the divided government was taking steps to avoid a default. Reid's dismissive comments at the White House came at the end of the trading day.
After more than a week of lost tourism, some governors prevailed on the Obama administration to let states use their own money to pay for national parks to reopen, Grand Canyon and Zion among them. There was a catch — the Interior Department made it clear it didn't plan to reimburse the states after the shutdown ends.
Obama invited the House Democratic caucus to the White House Wednesday afternoon. There, he spoke to representatives such as Ventura County's Julia Brownley, who spoke with KPCC's Nick Roman.
"We're willing to negotiate really any time, anywhere on any subject, but first we want to reopen government and we want to pay our obligations and our bills, and then we can sit down and negotiate," Brownley said.
Brownley said she also carried her own message to the president.
"I am concerned with creating a new normal, if you will, to negotiate over important policy issues on a six-week by six-week, potentially, basis," Brownley said.
Senate Republicans forged ahead on an alternative of their own Thursday that would ease both the debt-limit and shutdown crises at once. Officials said that it would require Obama to agree to some relatively modest changes to the health care law that stands as his signature domestic achievement.
Some tea party-aligned lawmakers claimed partial credit for the GOP retreat, casting it as a way of finessing one problem so they could quickly resume their own campaign to deny operating funds for the national health care overhaul known as "Obamacare."
Ironically, Boehner's plan stirred grumbling among relatively moderate Republicans who said the shutdown should end, but little if any unhappiness among the staunch conservatives who often part company with party leaders.
One Republican said he and fellow tea party allies deserved at least partial recognition for the plan that would raise the debt limit without reopening the government.
"I actually went to (Majority Leader) Eric Cantor a couple days ago and I proposed this. I said, 'You're going to think this is crazy but I, as a conservative, would be willing to vote for a debt ceiling for six weeks.," said Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho.
Additionally, Sen. Ted Cruz, the conservative Texan who has played a prominent role in this fall's budget struggles, raised no objections.
Interviewed on radio KFYO in Lubbock, Texas, he said, "My understanding is this is being driven by House conservatives who are quite reasonably saying, 'Listen, let's focus on Obamacare, on winning the fight on Obamacare ... and let's push the debt ceiling a little further down the road so that it doesn't distract us from the fight we are in the middle of right now."
For his part, Reid has proposed no-strings-attached legislation to raise the debt limit by $1.1 trillion, enough to prevent a recurrence of the current standoff until after the 2014 elections.
In remarks on the Senate floor during the day, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the GOP leader, said that Democratic measure "just won't fly. ... The American people can be persuaded to raise the debt ceiling, but they're not in any mood to simply hand over a blank check."
Since the current standoff began more than two weeks ago, Republican demands have shifted continuously, while the president's position has remained essentially unchanged.
The shutdown began on Oct. 1 after Obama ruled out any concessions that would defund, delay or otherwise change the new health care law. He said he would be willing to negotiate on a range of issues, but only after the shutdown was ended and the debt limit raised.
For their part, Republicans drafted a long list of demands to accompany any increase in the debt limit, including some that would raise the cost of Medicare for better-off beneficiaries, make changes to the health care law and roll back several environmental regulations either issued or in the planning stages by the administration.
In recent days, the focus has shifted from the shutdown to the threat of default, and Republicans have spoken less and less frequently about insisting on concessions in the health care law.
The call for negotiations on long-term deficit cuts would mark a return to basics for the House Republican majority.
Shortly after taking control in 2011, the rank and file initiated a series of demands to cut spending, culminating in an agreement with Obama that cut more than $2 trillion over a decade.
After four years of trillion-dollar deficits, the 2013 shortfall is expected to register below $700 billion.
At the same time, the nation's debt rises inexorably. It was $10.6 trillion when Obamatook office during the worst recession in decades, and has grown by $6.1 trillion in the years since.
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Many people think that to earn enormous amounts of money one needs to be a super star. An actor, a rock star or even a business mogul that created an innovative and life changing product. It is good to note that in this article, where we list the top 5 highest paying jobs, none of these professions are listed. We will evaluate these professions and take a look at what the general salary is and what exactly it is they are. It is also good to note that the highest paying professions from 2010 have not changed to 2012 explaining a somewhat sustainable career path.
The top 5 highest paying professions in the world
5. Dentist
The highest salary of a dentist can be up to $132,660. Although this, one of the highest paying health professions has had a negative stigma attached to it for being incredibly boring, it seems that with a pay check as high as this, it should ease the boredom somewhat. The studying time to become a dentist is about 8 years and it entails receiving a bachelor's degree and then being accepted into dentistry school. You are able to further specialize into different field of dentistry and many dentists opt to have a private general practice.
4. Airline pilot
This is one highest paying profession that inspires awe from both small children dreaming big and adults alike. The highest salary can be up to $134,090. It is an incredibly responsible job as you have an entire plane full of lives in your hands. Pilots need to be very focused and be highly knowledgeable about aviation. The stresses are evident and that may also add to the high pay check. The studying time of a pilot can be between 5 to 10 years depending on what airplane you would like to fly and if you would like to become a pilot. There is also much flying time needed before you can take on becoming a commercial pilot.
3. Engineering manager
Engineering managers are mostly involved in determining technical or scientific goals and are sometimes involved in the financial aspect of a project. An engineering manager, someone who one of the highest has paid professions, can get a salary of up to $140,210. The studying process is quite a long one and can be between 6 to 7 years. One will have to complete a bachelor's degree and then further specialize in an MBA, a Master of Science or a doctorate.
This has not come as a shock as one of the highest paid professions. To be a CEO (chief executive officer) holds much responsibility. They are the highest ranking person within a company and oversee the company as a whole with the board of directors. The highest salary a CEO can acquire is around $140,880. Although there is no set degree to become a CEO, knowledge on business and entrepreneurship is key.
1. Surgeon
This is the highest paid medical profession. An acclaimed surgeon can make up to $181,850. There are many different fields a surgeon can practice in but all of these avenues take up to 10 to 15 years of training and studying. The road is long but in the end it is worth it and not only would you have the honor of receiving the title win of the highest paid professions but it is a well respected career.
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58 FLRA No. 4
August 12, 2002
Before the Authority: Dale Cabaniss, Chairman, and
Carol Waller Pope and Tony Armendariz, Members [n1]
I. Statement of the Case
This case is before the Authority on a negotiability appeal filed by the Union under § 7105(a)(2)(E) of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (the Statute), and concerns the negotiability of one proposal. The Agency filed a statement of position, and the Union filed a response. For the reasons that follow, we find that the Union's proposal is outside the duty to bargain, and we dismiss the petition for review.
II. Proposal
When performance-based-interviewing is used for Title 5 bargaining unit positions, the local Union will be given the opportunity for an observer throughout the interviewing process.[ [n2] ]
III. Meaning of the Proposal
At the post-petition conference, the parties agreed that the proposal would allow the Union to have an observer present at PBIs conducted to fill unit positions, even over a candidate's objection. The parties also agreed that the proposal would not require the Agency to either fill a position or use PBIs once it decides to fill [ v58 p9 ] a position, and that the proposal would apply only after candidates have been properly rated and ranked.
IV. Preliminary Matters
A. The Union's Request For a Hearing Is Denied
In its petition for review, the Union requested a hearing. Because we find the record sufficient to assess the negotiability of the Union's proposal, we deny the Union's request. See, e.g., Fed. Prof'l Nurses Assoc., Local 2707, 43 FLRA 385, 385 n.1 (1991).
B. A Disputed Agency Argument Is Properly Before the Authority
The Union asserts that one of the Agency's arguments is untimely because the Agency did not raise it at the post-petition conference. The Authority's Regulations provide that, at a post-petition conference, parties "must be prepared to discuss, clarify and resolve matters." 5 C.F.R. § 2424.23(b)(3). However, the Regulations do not require an agency to raise specific claims at the conference. Rather, § 2424.24 of the Regulations requires an agency to set forth its position "in full" in its statement of position. The Agency raised the disputed argument in its statement of position. Therefore, the disputed Agency argument is properly before the Authority.
V. Positions of the Parties
A. Agency's Statement of Position
The Agency contends that the proposal violates its right to make selections under § 7106(a)(2)(C) of the Statute. In this regard, the Agency asserts that, during PBIs, it is "engaging in dialogue and deliberations on the relevant factors upon which decisions concerning management's right to select" are made. Statement of Position at 3. The Agency claims that the Union's presence at PBIs, without a candidate's permission, hinders its ability to engage freely in discussions and deliberations.
The Agency further claims that the proposal is not a negotiable procedure or an appropriate arrangement. As to the former, the Agency argues that the proposal concerns only management's substantive decision-making process. As to the latter, the Agency argues that unit employees are not adversely affected by PBIs because candidates have sufficient notice of, and information about, PBIs, and because the Union may receive an advance copy of PBI questions and consult with the candidates after the interview to ensure that appropriate questions were asked.
Alternatively, the Agency contends that, even though Article 44 of the parties' agreement permits negotiations over matters covered by the agreement, it is not obligated to bargain over the proposal because it conflicts with Article 22 of the agreement. [n3]
B. Union's Response
The Union argues that the proposal does not violate management's right to select. In this regard, the Union argues that a PBI occurs only after candidates have been rated and ranked by the Agency and is merely "a method for obtaining information for later use in management's deliberations." Response at 7. The Union further argues that the Agency's agreement during negotiations that a Union observer could be present during PBIs at a candidate's request contradicts its argument that such presence violates management's right to select.
Alternatively, the Union claims that the proposal is negotiable as a procedure or as an appropriate arrangement under § 7106(b) of the Statute. In claiming that the proposal is a negotiable procedure, the Union asserts that the proposal is consistent with § 7114(a)(2) of the Statute, and, under Assoc. of Civ. Tech., Volunteer Chapter 103, 55 FLRA 562 (1999) (ACT), the proposal concerns the "mechanics" of the selection process. Response at 9. In asserting that the proposal is an appropriate arrangement, the Union claims that unit employees could be adversely affected by inappropriate and inconsistent PBI questions and that the proposal would ameliorate those adverse effects. The Union also asserts that PBIs are more complex than typical interviews and that the proposal is intended to "lessen the stress" on employees. Id. at 16.
Finally, the Union asserts that the proposal does not conflict with Article 22 of the parties' agreement.
VI. Analysis and Conclusions
A. The Proposal Affects Management's Right to Make Selections For Appointments
The Authority has long held that proposals providing for union participation in "discussions and deliberations leading to decisions" involving the exercise of management's rights affect those rights. AFGE, Local 1923, 44 FLRA 1405, 1442 (1992) (AFGE) (citing NFFE, Local 1437, 35 FLRA 1052 (1990) (NFFE)). In particular, where management establishes "a decision-making process through which to exercise its rights . . . a proposal requiring that union representatives participate in that process" affects those rights. Id. Applying these principles, the Authority has held that proposals [ v58 p10 ] permitting union representatives to observe rating and ranking panels affect the right to make selections for appointments under § 7106(a)(2)(C). See, e.g., NFFE, 35 FLRA at 1061-62.
It is clear that, when conducting PBIs, the Agency is involved in the decision-making process for making selections for appointments. In particular, when conducting PBIs, management gathers information about the candidates and, based on the information gathered, makes evaluations concerning them. These information-gathering and evaluative aspects of PBIs demonstrate that PBIs are an integral part of the "discussions and deliberations" that lead to selection decisions. [n4] AFGE, 44 FLRA at 1442. Consequently, the Union's proposal affects management's right to make selections for appointments.
B. The Proposal Is Not a Negotiable Procedure
The Authority has held that proposals that require union participation in discussions and deliberations pertaining to the exercise of management's rights are not procedures under §7106(b)(2) of the Statute, but concern management's substantive decision-making process. See NTEU, 28 FLRA 647, 649 (1987). The proposal requires Union participation in management's discussions and deliberations pertaining to selections. Therefore, under our precedent, the proposal is not a negotiable procedure.
The Union's claim that the proposal is a negotiable procedure because it is consistent with § 7114(a)(2) of the Statute is without merit. Nothing in § 7114 mandates the Union's presence during PBIs and, although unions may negotiate rights exceeding those set out in § 7114(a)(2), see AFGE, AFL-CIO, Local 3354, 34 FLRA 919, 924 (1990), proposals doing so must be consistent with law, including management rights. See Patent Office Prof'l Assoc., 48 FLRA 129, 136 (1993). Similarly, the Union's reliance on ACT, 55 FLRA 562, for its assertion that the proposal concerns the "mechanics" of selection and, therefore, is a negotiable procedure is misplaced. The proposal in ACT required the Agency to make selections in a particular way "only if the Agency decides to do so." Id. at 565 (emphasis added). The proposal here requires the Agency to permit Union observers even in situations where both the Agency and a candidate would prefer not to do so.
C. The Proposal Is Not an Appropriate Arrangement
In determining whether a proposal is an appropriate arrangement, the Authority follows the analysis set forth in NAGE, Local R14-87, 21 FLRA 24 (1986) (KANG). Under this analysis, the Authority first determines whether the proposal is intended to be an arrangement for employees adversely affected by the exercise of a management right. See id. at 31; see also United States Dep't of the Treasury, Office of the Chief Counsel, IRS v. FLRA, 960 F.2d 1068, 1073 (D.C. Cir. 1992). To establish that a proposal is an arrangement, a union must identify the effects or reasonably foreseeable effects on employees that flow from the exercise of management's rights and how those effects are adverse. See KANG, 21 FLRA at 31. The claimed arrangement must be sufficiently tailored to compensate employees suffering adverse effects attributable to the exercise of management's rights. See, e.g., NAGE, Local R1-100, 39 FLRA 762, 766 (1991). If the proposal is an arrangement, then the Authority determines whether it is appropriate, or whether it is inappropriate because it excessively interferes with the relevant management right(s). See KANG, 21 FLRA at 31-33. In doing so, the Authority weighs the benefits afforded to employees under the arrangement against the intrusion on the exercise of management's rights. See id.
The Union claims that the proposal would ameliorate adverse effects such as stress and improper consideration for selection as a result of inappropriate and inconsistent interview questions. With respect to the claimed stress, even assuming that PBIs are more stressful than other types of interviews, the Union has not demonstrated that a Union observer would ameliorate this adverse effect. Indeed, it is reasonable to conclude that, for candidates who do not want a Union observer present, such presence would increase stress. Moreover, as agreed to by the parties, any candidate who so desires may have a Union observer present during the PBI. The Union also has not demonstrated that the proposal would ameliorate the adverse effects from inappropriate and/or inconsistent questions. In this regard, there is no dispute that the Union will be provided an advance copy of PBI questions and will be allowed to consult with candidates after PBIs to ensure that appropriate questions were asked.
In these circumstances, we conclude that the Union has failed to demonstrate that the proposal ameliorates adverse effects flowing from the exercise of a management right. Accordingly, the proposal is not an appropriate arrangement under § 7106(b)(3) of the Statute and, as a result, is outside the Agency's duty to bargain. As such, it is unnecessary to address the Agency's "covered by" argument. [n5]
VII. Order
The petition for review is dismissed.
File 1: Authority's Decision in 58 FLRA No.
File 2: Opinion of Member Pope
Footnote # 1 for 58 FLRA No. 4 - Authority's Decision
Member Pope's dissenting opinion is set forth at the end of this decision.
Footnote # 2 for 58 FLRA No. 4 - Authority's Decision
A performance based interview (PBI) is designed to obtain behavioral examples of knowledge, skills, and abilities of candidates. See Statement of Position, Attachment 1.
Footnote # 3 for 58 FLRA No. 4 - Authority's Decision
Article 44 provides that mid-term agreements "may include substantive bargaining on all subjects covered in the Master Agreement, so long as they do not conflict [with], interfere with, or impair implementation of the Master Agreement." Statement of Position, Attachment 3. Article 22 provides that interviews "must be job-related, reasonably consistent, and fair . . . [and that] [i]f more than one management official is conducting the interview, a union representative may be present upon the employee's request." Statement of Position, Attachment 2.
Footnote # 4 for 58 FLRA No. 4 - Authority's Decision
We note that while the Authority has held that union attendance at public meetings where the exercise of management's rights is discussed does not affect those rights, NFFE, Local 1263, 14 FLRA 761, 762 (1984), that does not lead to a conclusion that meetings involving any non-managers are necessarily open to union participation.
Footnote # 5 for 58 FLRA No. 4 - Authority's Decision
Chairman Cabaniss would find that the Agency's "covered by" defense also precludes any duty to bargain over the proposal.


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Sprouts And Spuds
I have added Brussel sprouts to my garden this year; it will be my first time planting them. I have always loved them so it will be especially nice to enjoy them fresh picked right from my own back yard. Brussel sprouts can be prepared in a hundred different ways from simple to over the top and turn out delicious every time. I like this recipe because it reminds me a little of the English bubble and squeak (cabbage and mashed potatoes). I guess you could mash this up and pretty much have the same thing either way it is just good eating made simple.
Brussel Sprouts and New Potatoes
About a dozen sm. red potatoes washed and quartered
A dozen or so Brussels sprouts, trimmed with X cut in stem for quicker cooking
Tablespoon of butter
Tablespoon of olive oil
3/4 c. of chicken broth or water
Salt and pepper to taste
2 tbsp. chopped fresh parsley
2 tbsp. chopped fresh chives or green onion tops
Place Brussel sprouts and potatoes in large sauté pan with olive oil and butter set to medium high heat. Once sprouts and potatoes are nicely coated with the butter and oil add the chicken broth. Bring to a boil for 5 minutes then lower heat, cover and let simmer for another 20 to 30 minutes. Turn off heat, add salt, pepper, herbs and onion tops, give it a good stir and serve.
The addition of crumbled bacon or a dollop of sour cream is a welcome touch.


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Tiny Tower is the hot new tower simulation game where you get free rein over your very own tower block! Build offices, restaurants and more. Good luck!
I agree
iits okay
i lost
It was not the game i was looking for, but i gave it a go.
i lost the first 2 games then i have won all the others. once again,
Thank u for making this
You is spelled: you, not u! get your grammar straighnted
It is spelled "straightned, not "straighnted".
And after an exclamation point you have to write the first letter big.
Straightened is spelled: straightened, not straighnted! get your grammar straightened
Straighnted? Maybe you should check your own grammar.
Said the guy who spelt 'straightened' 'straighnted', used it in the wrong context, and forgot the capital letter in the second sentence.
"Spelt" lol..
You all need to get your grammar under control, except those of you who can actually spell! This is sad….
It's called "SLANG"!
check you grammar before you tell someone else about the way they write…..
very time consuming
Not my favourite but you have made quite a success here! <3
Fun but you have to download for the full version
I need more floors I love this game please send more floors
I love the game
tiny towers is so fun people
I love tiny tower
Tiny tower is the best app
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Best game ever
this game is boring boo
I don't even know how to play it is boring who loves it I know how many people love but I don't I care for myself not for other people I don't care what people say
I am a prepper and when it comes to survival I only play the best.
i like
"Awosome" is spelled "Awesome"
Love this game. I would give it 4/5 because it gets confusing when you have a lot of workers, also the elevators in the offices bothers me. :3
I don't think it's boring
I like the elevators
It would be great if we would pay a tower buck to have a floor be 'open' even when the food runs out. I love the look of places like the sushi store, but it sells out so quickly that it seems to almost constantly be closed – even after stocking all three items.
when the stock is too little u can upgrade the store's level to have a greater amount of stuff ^^
well, that's on the ipad anyways.
How do you get stores and such?
I hate ipads
very addictive
Yeah, true. The game is very addictive!
Love it
i have wanted to play this for so long now i can thanks
great game love it
This is great! My kids love this game. My job is time consuming but the kids ALWAYS find a way to get me to play!
why is it that i cannot place the cafeteria/gym
It is so cool that you can billd 9 feet tall billdings tall.
I hate it and I like10 feet
I can't get it to work
i love this game i play it on my ipod
I cant get a cafe or gym but good game
just get some researchers and they will research these after a while
super cooooooolllllllllllll
I hate this game
Good game
its stupid whenever i come back to the game the buttons for building the freakin desk and seeing the research DOESN'T WORK
Tiny tower is a really fun game they need to get it for windows I really miss it
Fantastic but make it on surface store pls
Nice plus awesome game
This game is addicting.
If you hate this game and you would not like a second opinion, then GO to hell.
this game is great have it on my iPhone its so fun! ***** 5 stars
I love this game so much I play it all day. On my iPad I am up to level 24 or 25


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BEREA, Ohio -- Browns starting cornerback Joe Haden will be a game-time decision on Sunday against Dallas with an oblique injury.
Haden, arguably the team's best defensive player, missed his second straight day of practice Friday. Afterward, coach Pat Shurmur expressed hope Haden will be able to play against the Cowboys.
"We'll just have to see," Shurmur said. "We'll get him ready to go and if he can play, he will. If not, then we'll adjust."
Shurmur said Haden felt better and the injury is "something that can happen with a very harmless movement."
Haden was not in the locker room during the period it was open to the media for player interviews.
Haden, who was suspended four games earlier this season, got hurt during a drill in Wednesday's practice and sat out Thursday. The Browns (2-7) went 0-4 while Haden served his suspension for violating the NFL's policy on performance-enhancing substances.
Haden's injury comes just as the Browns' defense was getting as healthy as it has been all season. Tackle Ahtyba Rubin practiced all week after missing three games with a calf injury and should be able to play alongside Phil Taylor for the first time this season. Taylor missed Cleveland's first seven games after undergoing surgery on a chest muscle he tore while lifting weights in May.
Rubin was encouraged by a strong week of practice and is excited about getting back on the field.
"I feel great," he said. "I can't wait to get back out there."
If Haden is ruled out against the Cowboys, Buster Skrine would likely start in his place opposite Sheldon Brown with rookie Trevin Wade moving into the nickel back position. Special teams star Johnson Bademosi could also get time at cornerback.
Shurmur is confident the Browns will be able to compete -- with or without Haden.
"Then the next guy will do a terrific job, that's what's going to happen," he said. "Let's not everybody get worried now. We're going to load up the plane with our guys, go down there and play a football game. I'm excited about the work we put in. I'm excited about the team we're going to take down there, and we're going to make every effort to do what it takes to win the game."


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Steven Spielberg's "War Horse" is shaping up to be a big hit for DreamWorks.
The film tugs on our heartstrings by highlighting the love between a man, Albert, and his horse, Joey — a love so deep that Albert joins the service to get his horse back after it is sold to the cavalry.
But "War Horse" does much more. It reminds us of the role these majestic animals have played in the history of war. Horses were first used in warfare 5,000 years ago, and the cavalry was a cornerstone of warfare during World War I, the war featured in "War Horse."
They were warriors and heroes. But audiences leaving theaters with a newfound appreciation for horses would be saddened to know just how far from grace these once-regaled heroes have fallen.
Today, commoditized by overbreeding to the point of being seen as virtually worthless, horses are sold to slaughter for pennies a pound. Even Thoroughbreds, like Joey, often are sold for nearly nothing. The rest are simply left for dead by their owners, turned out to fend for themselves. Unable to turn our backs on a group of starving and abandoned horses, we founded Red Bucket Equine Rescue in 2009. Some days, the number of horses in the U.S. facing neglect, starvation or impending death seems insurmountable, but we press on — the horses need us and rely on us.
Today we are proud to say that we have saved nearly 100 horses. Many are abandoned, while others are taken from owners desperate to unload their animals because they can no longer afford to care for them.
One hundred may not seem like much on its face, but rescuing, rehabilitating and placing 1,000-pound animals is not easy. It's a complex problem — one that stands to get more complicated in the U.S. now that Congress has lifted its five-year ban on horse slaughter, which allows horses to legally be butchered for human consumption in the U.S.
The problem won't be solved overnight, but educating people on the state of horses today is an important first step to ending the war on horses. Spielberg said, "I also hope this movie brings an awareness to the plight of horses both after World War I and the plight today in a very sad turn of events in which the slaughtering of horses is being permitted for food as a renewed export industry, which makes us all very sad."
We at Red Bucket Equine Rescue could not agree more.
SUSAN PIERCE is president and co-founder of Red Bucket Equine Rescue in Huntington Beach.


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George Zimmerman had a broken nose, a bruised head and passed two voice-stress lie-detector tests in the wake of his deadly fight with Miami Gardens high school junior Trayvon Martin.
But police records released Tuesday show in greater detail how the Sanford detective investigating the case was unconvinced that Zimmerman was legally justified when he shot Martin. Detective Chris Serino believed Zimmerman jumped to a "faulty conclusion" about Martin, an unarmed teen who he said never used deadly force when he battered Zimmerman and caused him to frantically scream for help 14 times.
Days after several recorded interviews between Serino and Zimmerman were made public, the detective got a new job: On July 7, he starts in his new assignment as a uniformed patrolman on the graveyard shift, at the same pay.
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"It's not a demotion," Sanford Police spokesman Sgt. David Morgenstern said of Serino, 45, who has been with the department for 15 years.
"There isn't any more prestige in being a detective. We have officers who love uniform patrol. This was of his own free will."
The new assignment was announced less than a week after former Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee was fired over the public outcry that resulted from the department's handling of the case. And it was revealed hours after State Attorney Angela Corey released another batch of evidence in Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial, raising speculation that Serino's move to patrol was directly related to the controversial case.
Serino "got demoted because he told the truth," said Benjamin Crump, an attorney for Martin's family.
On Tuesday, prosecutors released several videos and audio tapes, most of which had already been made public last week by Zimmerman's attorney, Mark O'Mara. One video released Tuesday shows several minutes of previously unseen footage of Zimmerman discussing with police his doctor's diagnosis of his injuries.
"I have a broken nose. She says I could use stitches, but she'd rather not put them in — as long as I didn't mess with my head. My skin is already healing nicely," Zimmerman said at the end of a video where he walked through the scene with investigators the day after the Feb. 26 shooting. "She says I didn't need to put stitches in right away."
As to the absence of wounds on other parts of his body, Zimmerman said: Martin "was just focused on my head."
Zimmerman said that his doctor also advised that he needed to let the swelling in his nose go down before it could be treated. Sanford Detective Doris Singleton noticed that the inflammation on the side of Zimmerman's bruised head had gone down.
"My wife is an RN student, so she went to work," Zimmerman said. "Good to keep her busy, I guess."
An unedited version of Serino's sworn statement shows he believed the injuries were "marginally consistent with a life-threatening violent episode described by him, during which neither a deadly weapon nor deadly force was deployed by Trayvon Martin."
Serino recommended a manslaughter charge, and explained in his report that Zimmerman was initially released because his account "appeared generally consistent with the facts and circumstances known at the time."
His sworn statement recommending a manslaughter charge was signed March 13, before the anti-Zimmerman protests had swept the nation — and after his chief publicly said there was no probable cause to make an arrest.
Serino said the relative size of the two fighters, coupled with the fact that neither had specialized training in hand-to-hand combat, meant Zimmerman was not at any "exceptional disadvantage" when the two scuffled on the ground.
But he acknowledged that no one could refute Zimmerman's story that Martin attacked him without provocation.
Serino's statement made note of the fact that Zimmerman had called police to report the "suspicious" presence of a black male on at least four prior occasions. Just a few weeks before the killing, one of the black men had broken into a neighbor's home.
"Zimmerman, by his statements made to the call taker and recorded for review and his statements made to investigators following the shooting death of Martin, made it clear that he had already reached a faulty conclusion as to Martin's purpose for being in the neighborhood," Serino wrote.
He said Zimmerman spotted Martin twice, but didn't use the opportunity to introduce himself. Zimmerman said he was afraid, but Serino was skeptical.
"His actions are inconsistent with those of a person who has stated he was in fear of another subject," Serino added. "Investigative findings show that George Michael Zimmerman had at least two opportunities to speak with Trayvon Benjamin Martin in order to defuse the circumstances surrounding the encounter. On at least two occasions, George Michael Zimmerman failed to identify himself as a concerned resident or a neighborhood watch member to Trayvon Benjamin Martin."
Prosecutors released a video of Zimmerman taking a computerized analysis that measured the stress in his voice. In it, he answered a brief series of questions such as "Is the wall green?" and "Were you in fear for your life when you shot the guy?"
"Mr. Zimmerman was subjected to two exams and was found to be classified as 'no deception indicated,'" Sanford Police investigator William Erwin wrote.
After a media firestorm and rallies nationwide, Zimmerman's case was taken away from the Sanford Police and reassigned to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Records show that a month after Martin's death, Zimmerman gave the FDLE permission to search his Blackberry cellphone.
The special prosecutor assigned to the case by the governor charged Zimmerman with second-degree murder, which carries a possible life sentence. He is currently being held without bond in a Seminole County Jail. A hearing will be held Friday to determine whether he should be released pending trial.
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