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From FB: Dozens in Sacramento Cal. DFS have criminal records
Posted on February 29, 2020 by jmdenison
https://www.sacbee.com/news/investigations/article2572308.html
BY MARJIE LUNDSTROM AND SAM STANTON – MLUNDSTROM@SACBEE.COM
Drug possession, domestic violence, repeatedly driving drunk, assault with a deadly weapon – any one of these charges or convictions could lead child protective services workers to remove children from a home or force a parent into counseling.
But all of those crimes and many others appear in the backgrounds of employees of Sacramento County's Child Protective Services, a Bee investigation has found.
A review of the agency's 969 workers employed as of Oct. 1 found that at least 68 individuals – 7 percent of the work force – have criminal records in Sacramento County alone. The number is likely to be even higher because some names were too common to retrieve all criminal complaints linked to them, and records in other counties were not searched.
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Although the county child protection agency has a policy to perform criminal background checks on prospective employees – and says it is alerted by the state if a current employee is arrested – the ranks at CPS include offenders convicted of such crimes as possession of heroin for sale, theft, embezzlement, spousal abuse, obstructing an officer, prostitution and identity theft.
One county worker who was a receptionist at two CPS offices is a registered sex offender. One social worker has a pending court case over claims that she harassed her neighbors with laser beams and obscene tirades. A family service worker was charged in August with stealing gas from a county pump.
CPS Director Laura Coulthard and her boss at the county, Lynn Frank, declined to be interviewed. But The Bee's examination prompted Coulthard to issue two memos to agency employees in the past month, warning that their names and criminal histories might be published.
Neither she nor other top county officials would discuss their policies for deciding what kind of criminal background would preclude someone from being hired or when and why exceptions are made.
CPS workers are entrusted with Sacramento's most vulnerable residents: abused and neglected children, living in broken families. These workers are charged with passing judgment on parents' fitness. They testify under oath, serving as the eyes and ears of the juvenile court system.
"Just because they don't carry a gun doesn't mean they don't exercise extraordinary power over children and families," said William Grimm, an attorney at the Oakland-based National Center for Youth Law. "Forcing them to adhere to the highest level of conduct seems legitimate to me."
Some Sacramento CPS employees' arrests date back years, while others are current. Some committed serious crimes while working for the agency but remained on the job for months and even years – sometimes on paid leave.
Among The Bee's findings:
Six CPS family service workers who go into people's homes to help families have been convicted or face charges of drug possession, theft, embezzlement or possession of heroin for sale.
Many of the convictions are for driving under the influence and reckless driving, including 15 workers who have close contact with children and families. Some of their jobs require them to transport children to safe locations, often in the middle of the night. Three CPS social workers have multiple DUI convictions, including one arrested three times between 1999 and 2005.
At least 17 CPS office assistants who handle sensitive case files have faced some of the most serious charges, including spousal abuse, illegal weapons possession, witness tampering, failure to provide for a child, identity theft, grand theft, embezzlement of county resources, welfare fraud, injury to a spouse and obstructing an officer.
Repeated arrests – even for violence – do not appear to be an automatic impediment to CPS employment. One office worker employed since 2001 faces spousal abuse charges in a pending case and has previous arrests for DUI, gambling, spousal abuse and witness tampering, court documents state. A police report taken in that worker's 1993 spousal abuse case states that "he admitted association with the Sacramento Blood Brothers, which is a violent gang."
One worker, who prepares legal documents for children and families in crisis, faced charges between 1994 and 2000 that included two DUIs, assault with a deadly weapon, spousal abuse, theft and check fraud. She was hired in 2000, the same year she faced felony charges of forgery, fraud and methamphetamine possession.
ADVOCATE STUNNED
Criminal background checks for public and private employees are increasingly common, raising questions of fairness, privacy and the notion of rehabilitation.
And hundreds of CPS workers stay clean and do their jobs well, propping up fragile families and venturing into the toughest neighborhoods.
But one prominent child advocate believes the arrest histories uncovered by The Bee suggest deeply systemic problems.
"My sense is that this is the result of a leadership vacuum at CPS and a failure to demand accountability among the workers," said Robert Wilson, executive director of Sacramento Child Advocates, whose attorneys represent children in dependency court.
One 36-year-old Sacramento mother, whose two children were removed from her care by CPS, said she is outraged that some agency workers have criminal pasts – yet may be in a position to testify against parents like her.
"I'm very angry," said Desiree McCarthy, whose 6- and 14-year-old kids were taken amid allegations of drug use. McCarthy denies abusing illegal drugs but said she has struggled with prescription painkillers, and the aftereffects of head surgery.
"I think this is a disgrace – an outrage," she said. "The bottom line is, they're hypocrites."
The Bee's study of workers' criminal histories stems from its ongoing investigation of problems at CPS, which began 18 months ago and has sparked a county grand jury investigation and an independent, county-ordered audit.
While investigating the death of a 3-year-old girl who died after being under CPS' watch, The Bee found that the social worker in the case had problems of her own.
That social worker, Alexis Hince, said she believes her brushes with the law were an asset to the agency, helping her relate better to clients.
"I related to my clients in such a way that it is more than book knowledge or resource-related," she said.
Hince was assigned to what became one of the agency's most controversial cases last year, in which 3-year-old Valeeya Brazile was beaten to death after her CPS case was closed.
Valeeya's mother and her mother's boyfriend face charges in the death of the girl, who suffered a series of suspicious injuries before the fatal beating. Court records obtained by The Bee indicate Hince failed to report those injuries to the court or to the girl's court-appointed attorney.
A review of Superior Court files shows Hince's problems began before she was hired by the agency – and continued.
She was charged in 2000 with failing to report all her income and receiving overpayments of $7,509 in food stamps and welfare. She pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor and received probation, court records show.
CPS hired Hince in January 2005. A year later, she again was charged with welfare fraud stemming from payments received in 2002 and 2003. She pleaded no contest to two misdemeanors and was ordered to repay $6,368.
In that case, Hince was accused of taking money from Child Action, a program that administers child care subsidies to needy families – and is often recommended by CPS to its struggling families.
In January, a Sacramento judge dismissed the cases.
Hince, 35, said she was never asked about the 2000 case when she was hired and that she didn't have to disclose it because it did not involve a felony conviction.
"The reality is, the department does background checks," she said, "they were aware of my background and I would even go as far as saying my ability to be able to relate to the clients we serve is very important."
Hince said she was never disciplined for her work at CPS, but added that she has been on paid leave since Oct. 2, the day a Bee story about her handling of Valeeya's case appeared. She said she never was told why she was placed on leave, and that her superiors had told her not to talk to The Bee.
"If it's your desire to create change, social workers are not the problem," Hince said. "Your targets should be upper management, the courts, the Board of Supervisors."
LINKED TO PRISON DRUGS
Hince was not the only social worker charged with a crime while employed by the agency.
Deanna Bennett was celebrating her 28th birthday when she drove onto the grounds of Folsom State Prison in April 2006 at about 6 p.m.
An associate warden watching her red BMW saw a plastic grocery bag tossed from the window and later discovered it contained 4 grams of methamphetamine, 30 grams of marijuana, two bags of tobacco and numerous lighters and rolling papers, court documents state.
Prison officials set up a stakeout and watched as two inmates mowing grass scooped up the contraband.
Bennett initially told investigators she ended up at the prison because she got lost after shopping at the Folsom Premium Outlets. She said she didn't know anything about the package, court records say.
Investigators later identified Bennett's passenger as a woman on felony probation for taking narcotics into the Mule Creek State Prison in Amador County. She was married to a Folsom prison inmate and told authorities she had prepared the package for delivery to him.
Bennett was charged with two felonies. In an interview, she denied knowing that her friend planned to throw the contraband onto the prison grounds, but she acknowledged that she pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor in 2007 and got three years of probation.
The social worker remained on the job for more than two years after the incident and, in the midst of management efforts to discipline or fire her, she was commended in writing at least twice for her work.
A Nov. 9, 2007, letter from Director Coulthard congratulated Bennett for "the tremendous contribution you make to children and families every day."
Bennett said she was placed on paid leave last April. County documents cited "poor judgment" and "dishonesty" that show "you cannot be trusted to make decisions or provide credible sworn testimony on behalf of Sacramento County."
She resigned last August but she said she thought it was unfair that she lost her job.
"I personally know other people in my department who have misdemeanor convictions, so I really didn't think they could dismiss me for that," she said. "I know people who had gang affiliations who were working there."
ON THE JOB AFTER HARASSMENT
Another CPS social worker remains on the job after being convicted in El Dorado County for violating court orders that she stay away from neighbors she had allegedly harassed since 1999 with tirades, laser beams and other abuse.
Cynthia Lee Quinn was accused of harassing one family by "constantly flipping they and their friends off, repeatedly making obscene telephone calls, training a laser pointer or sight from a gun onto victims, videotaping victims, shining lights into the interior of the (victim's) residence" and videotaping them, according to El Dorado Superior Court documents.
Her actions, which allegedly included repeatedly placing nails in one family's driveway, continued despite restraining orders issued by the court, the documents indicate.
Sacramento CPS eventually found itself involved with the El Dorado County case. One family that moved to escape the harassment reported that six months later, Sacramento CPS workers came to their new home investigating an anonymous report that they "were beating their young daughter in the front yard," court documents state.
"It should be noted that Defendant QUINN was at that time and is still, employed by the agency as a Family Maintenance Social Worker," the records state.
Prosecutor Gloria Mas said she believes that Quinn, 49, was responsible for the call to CPS, adding that the social worker had sent angry letters to people using a Sacramento CPS fax machine. Quinn received probation in the original case, but Mas said she filed a petition in court Feb. 27 to revoke it.
Quinn, who could not be reached for comment, contended in court documents that she was the victim of harassment by neighbors who shouted at her and annoyed animals living on her property. She claimed that sheriff's deputies were "rude and belligerent."
HISTORIES ALARM COLLEAGUES
Some criminal histories uncovered in The Bee's review of hundreds of court files are years old. Most of the older misdemeanors have been purged from county files, while other records show that defendants later returned to court, proved to a judge they had been rehabilitated and had the original charges dismissed.
Even after such dismissals, legal experts say applicants for public jobs or licensure by a state or local agency must reveal past convictions, if asked.
Within the agency, some workers expressed alarm about their co-workers' pasts – and, in one instance, a 23-year-old case expunged in 1997 generated concern.
Until early this year, families arriving at Sacramento's Child Protective Services office on Power Inn Road were greeted in the waiting area by receptionist Sandra Diane Queen, who is registered on the state's Megan's Law Web site as a sex offender with a conviction for lewd and lascivious behavior with a child under 14.
The roomy waiting area often is packed with children, playing on colorful wooden-bead tables while families await classes or meetings.
A CPS employee, who contacted The Bee in January after learning of Queen's background, said her listing on the Megan's Law site became known around the office last year and was particularly upsetting to social workers.
The county's solution was to move Queen to the front reception desk in the administrative offices on East Parkway, which house Coulthard and Lynn Frank, director of the county Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees CPS.
In her new location, the 52-year-old county worker assigned to CPS continued to be among the first people members of the public met.
Court records show that Queen, then known as Sandra Diane Williams, pleaded guilty in Sacramento Superior Court on Sept. 16, 1986, to a felony count involving sexual acts with a child and was sentenced to a year in jail and four years of probation.
She petitioned the court in 1995 to declare the offense a misdemeanor to help her find work and to acknowledge that she had been rehabilitated.
Friends, co-workers and fellow church members wrote letters testifying to her good character, while the District Attorney's Office and probation department opposed the move.
The court approved her motion in June 1997, records indicate. However, she still must register with law enforcement as a convicted sex offender.
Queen, who declined to comment, does not face restrictions on where she can live or on contact with minors.
A CPS spokeswoman acknowledged Queen's employment with the county since December 2007 but pointed out that she is an assistant for the Office of the Director and technically not a CPS employee.
CRIMINAL CHECKS NOT UNIFORM
Office assistants at CPS are on the county's list of positions subject to criminal history checks. That list includes other obvious positions, such as family service workers and social workers who have daily contact with children.
But the county's policy allows each department discretion in deciding whether a conviction "will affect the applicant's or employee's qualification for the position" – or whether it can "be disregarded on the basis of mitigating circumstances."
Before coming to CPS, office assistant Brian Matthew Foster, 40, worked with a company that contracts with the county to run community service programs for defendants.
Court documents allege that while in that job, Foster took cash payments from defendants, entered a lower amount in the books, then pocketed the difference.
He also offered to complete documents showing defendants had completed community service hours – even if they had not – in exchange for payments, the documents allege.
An investigator's statement filed in court says more than $38,000 was lost in the scam, which ended when Foster called in sick and his replacement discovered the alleged ruse.
Hired at CPS in July 2000 while his case was being investigated, Foster ultimately pleaded no contest to a felony count in 2002 and was sentenced to 120 days in jail.
Contacted by The Bee, Foster denied the allegations and blamed clerical errors rather than criminal intent.
"It was more like it was an error in putting the paperwork in the wrong place," he said.
Foster was ordered to pay more than $18,000 in restitution, documents state. He said he repaid the money and has had no other legal problems.
In 2005, a Sacramento judge agreed Foster had fulfilled the requirements of his sentence and dismissed the case.
Foster said one CPS supervisor indicated the agency was aware of his case, but nothing else was discussed about it.
In placing Foster on informal probation on Dec. 19, 2002, the judge ordered him to obey laws and "see and/or maintain regular and steady employment."
By then, Foster already was working for CPS.
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As a fitting reflection of the world's whisky scene, London's Whisky Show scaled up dramatically for its 10th anniversary last weekend (29-30 September). Angus MacRaild reports from a plastic-free show that explored future trends and gave a guest spotlight to rum.
If this year's Whisky Exchange Whisky Show was meant to represent the future of whisky then perhaps the most notable thing we should expect is scale and expansion. This year was notably bigger and busier than previous shows – a fitting and purposeful statement to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Whisky Show. Not to mention a remarkable feat of behind-the-scenes organisation, logistical nuance and expertise.
Over the past couple of years at London's Old Billingsgate the show has made good use of the space on the venue's ground floor. An ordered sprawl of exhibitors lined beneath the lofty brickwork, which was airy and navigable; a long way from the hemmed sweat box of previous venue Vinopolis. This year saw the show assimilate the upper level where food was served in previous years, as well as the lower floors. It is perhaps a neat metaphor for the slow but steady cultural expanse of whisky.
There was a moment at the start on Saturday where there might have been temptation to think that it was perhaps too much. That it was getting to that 'slightly too busy' point. However, the use of the space remained smart and functional. Visitors rarely coagulated around one stand or jammed up a key route. There was still a free-flowing and logical nature to everything – something which works on multiple levels as it keeps exhibitors happy and makes for a better and more comfortable environment for everyone, which is conducive to tasting and enjoying whisky.
While the theme of the show might have been future trends, one aspect of whisky's future, which is already very much here to stay and was in evidence throughout the show, was investment. Bottlings such as the Chichibu London Edition and a show exclusive Ardbeg 18-year-old sold out at the shop about as quickly as staff could process transactions, the latter with a price tag of £300.
There were discussions about investment between exhibitors and consumers, ones which demonstrated an increasing recognition of the complexity and depths of the subject. People clearly still have a ravenous hunger for whisky, not least for sought-after bottles with clear lucrative potential, but there also seems to be a more relaxed philosophical mentality about it. One which recognises that this new environment is here to stay and that it is possible to try to participate in whisky financially while also enjoying it for what it is: a drink.
It is understandable that The Whisky Exchange would seek to format each show in terms of themes: art, legends, the future etc. Such categorisation is useful for the essential promotion and marketing which underpins the show's success financially. However, there is a tendency for these themes to smack of novelty on occasion, to feel forced rather than natural.
Exploring the future of whisky is all well and good, but futurism is haphazard at the best of times. Whisky's future cannot be represented by novelty cartons, which were being handed out in the Future Trends Lab. Whisky's future is surely the people attending the show and the vast multitude of exhibitors, independent bottlers and distillers, both old and new, that come together to celebrate and promote the spirit.
This is a minor criticism though. The increasingly thematic nature of the show is a neat way to inject some fun. But going from stand to stand, dram to dram, conversation to conversation, you are reminded that the nuts and bolts of this show are what make it a success.
Its on-going strength lies not in its efforts to change and drape itself in new clothes, but that it succeeds each year in what it does best. That is what people keep coming back for. It is social, open, inclusive, positive – it does not sneer at the new, pander to the wealthy or exclude the expert. It tries to be the broad church – all things to all whisky lovers. It is in this guise that it succeeds. The efforts to inject themes are at worst a novelty distraction and at best amusing and fun. But the core of the show remains stalwart and undimmed and long may that be the case.
Where the future trends aspects really worked tended to be in ways that placed whisky in context of the wider world. This was the first plastic-free show for instance, a vital and progressive step that reminds us that whisky, like all industries and products, must transform its environmental impact. This was further underscored by the rather dazzling charity auction bottles on display in the vaults beneath the exhibition floor, the proceeds of which will go to Plastic Oceans.
Elsewhere in the Future Trends Lab run by Scotchwhisky.com, there were other genuinely intriguing insights into things such as non-alcoholic whisky – something which might sound oxymoronic but as increasing numbers of younger people eschew alcohol from their lives, this offered a glimpse into how whisky might find a place for itself amongst teetotallers. Although for more traditional whisky lovers, perhaps the best thing in the Lab was the chance to taste InchDairnie's maturing Scottish rye – a grain which seems to increasingly be charming its way into European distilleries.
However, it wasn't just cask samples that nodded to the future. This show had more new whiskies available than any before it. From Karuizawas to a bewilderingly heavily peated Kilkerran (due to launch early next year) there was almost too much to try. Enough that The Whisky Exchange might want to offer empty sample bottles for sale next year so visitors can take drams away with them. The 1cl examples sold at the company's Old & Rare show in Glasgow would likely be a popular addition given the sheer volume of exciting whiskies on offer.
The tastings were similarly rich in variety. From Port Ellen with Georgie Crawford and Colin Dunn, to Signatory with its lesser-spotted owner Andrew Symington – on vocal and amusing form. Similarly it was great to see the likes of Jackie Thompson of Ardbeg get a chance to enjoy a little limelight and recognition beyond the distillery visitor centre. Also notable was the fact that The Whisky Exchange co-founder Sukhinder Singh took to the stage with Velier owner Luca Gargano for a Rum vs. Whisky debate.
In the end, the Rum vs. Whisky contest was declared a draw, perhaps too easy a conclusion but it leaves the space open for rematches. Given that rum is increasingly being drawn into whisky's cultural gravity this is perhaps no bad thing. It was good to see rum seriously represented at the show this year as a guest spirit, illustrating that it is beginning to encroach on the mind and palate of the whisky drinker. Indeed, a pair of official Longponds in particular stood out as personal highlight drams.
The debut show in Glasgow was overflowing with some truly once-in-a-lifetime drams.


There's a debate whether where you come from (nature) or what you're exposed to (nurture) is more influential. Ultimately for most parents, they just do their best. You're not simply a "slave" to your genes (those "tiny letters" are very influential though) but the decisions you make are just as important. What you inherited from your parents is a starting point and not the final conclusion (as some believe). You can build on what you have and be conscious about certain things. While it's true that a fruit doesn't fall far from the tree, with some "luck" and effort you can "hack" your life.
My son is more into the arts (although he doesn't struggle with maths.) My wife and I have a bachelors and masters from La Salle in computing- she even got her doctorate. That said, I did pass architecture at UP but chose computer science instead; and my father-in-law was both an architect and civil engineer. I'm also interested in design and currently taking a Ph.D. in another field. In an interdiciplinary work environment, I think our proclivity for science is a boon for him rather than the bane it was once. I don't expect him to be a doctor, lawyer,or engineer but whatever he's passionate about.


Are you persisting trying to turn off airplane mode in Windows 10 PC and still it stuck? Check out these few tips to fix Windows 10 airplane mode stuck problem.
Since the arrival of Windows 10 upgrade, people have been finding lots of errors. Among all issues, Windows 10 stuck in airplane mode is one of the frustrating error that shows up in a laptop and Surface Pro. Those who have installed Windows 10 Creators Update are persisting receiving the automatic turning on airplane mode which can turn off computer's Wi-Fi and other wireless networks. In this post, we are going to show you few methods to fix Windows 10 stuck in airplane mode error.
Windows 10 update has always been surrounding with a number of problems like "something happened," "USB Device Not Recognized," "This Copy of Windows is Not Genuine", and other. Likewise, "Windows 10 airplane mode keeps turning on", "Windows 10 airplane mode desktop", and "Windows 10 airplane mode stuck on" are mostly asked questions by Windows 10 users on various forums. If you have not found any solution yet then, you can follow below tips and tricks to get rid of Windows 10 airplane mode turn on and off problem.
The first thing is you should update the network adapter drivers to the latest update version. Because most of the problem can be solved by just this simple updates of the system and drivers. Hence, here we are going to update the network adapter drivers.
Step #1. Press Windows + X key simultaneously and select Device Manager.
Step #2. Next, double-click on Network Adaptor.
Step #3. Right-click in the first adaptor under Network Adaptor and select "Update Driver Software…." And then 'Search automatically for updated driver software' and wait for windows to find and install new drivers.
Step #4. Repeat the process for the next Network Adapter if there are more.
Step #5. Now, restart your computer and check the problem vanishes.
Step #1. Press Windows + X key at simultaneously and select Device Manager.
Step #2. Next up, double-click on Network Adapter.
Step #3. Double-click on wireless modem from the list and select Properties.
Step #5. Finally, hit the Ok button.
Normally, some of the laptops come with the physical button that we use to quickly turn ON or Off Wi-Fi or airplane mode. Hence, sometimes unintentionally people switch the toggle and turn the airplane mode ON. But they don't have any idea about it. Thus, if you are stuck at airplane mode in Windows 10 then, you should check the toggle is turned on or off.
Step #1. Click on Start Button and select Settings.
Step #2. Select Network & Internet.
Step #3. Click on Airplane mode.
Step #4. Now, Turn it ON or OFF.
Step #1. Press Windows + A key at same time to launch Action Center.
Step #2. Check, if the Airplay Mode icon is ON then, click on it to turn it off.
Non-Microsoft settings to fix the Windows 10 stuck airplane modem issue.
Step #1. Press Windows Key + R key at the simultaneously to open RUN.
Step #2. Type "msconfig" into the RUN box and hit the enter key.
Step #4. Next, click on "Disable All" and hit Apply.
Step #5. Now, select Startup and then click on Open Task Manager.
Step #6. Here, disable all startup items that are enabled.
Once you followed this step, just reboot your system and re-enabled the services again.
After following all above solutions, if you are still struggling with the same issue then you can update your Windows system and install the latest driver. Here's how to do it.
Step #1. Enter Windows Update in the Windows search box.
Step #2. Select Windows Update Settings.
Step #3. In the right panel of the Windows Updates, click on "Check for update".
Step #4. If you found any update then install it and restart your computer. You won't see the error again.
Step #1. Press Windows + R key at the simultaneously to open RUN.
Step #2. Type "regedit" into the RUN box and hit the enter key.
Step #3. Now, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class and find Radioenable and modify the value to 1.
Step #4. That's it! Now, restart your PC.
Well, these were some tips and tricks can help to get rid of Windows 10 stuck in airplane mode error. While performing these actions, if you meet any problem then you can ask your questions in the comments.


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•	Must be able to work using a microscope.
•	Control costs within the department.
•	Ensure that all documentation is available and organized.
•	Report any material or chemical needed for the vapor degreaser equipment to supervisor or Manufacturing Engineer.
•	Support and assist other assembly department when needed.
•	Be present for meetings when the SMT Supervisor is planning the schedule.
•	Provide daily Excel spread sheet/e-mail jobs status reports.
•	Remove all finished kits and return them to Stockroom.
•	Report any special tooling or fixture needs to Manufacturing Engineer or SMT Supervisor.
•	Operation of the cleaning equipment (Vapor Degreaser) to clean the assembled boards.
•	Record daily, monthly, quarterly, 6 month and yearly maintenance performed to the SMT equipment in their log book.
•	Ensure the work is done efficiently and effectively.
•	Communicate all material shortages affecting assemblies to Stockroom Clerk and SMT Supervisor.
•	During job, communicate progress to SMT Supervisor.
•	Communicate with SMT machine operators and SMT Supervisor any process indicator from pick and place that affect the assembly process.
•	Complete assigned projects, as needed.
•	Maintain close security and protect the company's assets from damage, theft, or misuse.
•	Ensure that the procedures are followed within the SMT department.
•	Ensure that the policies and practices of the employee handbook are followed within the department.
•	Ensure company compliance in accordance with AS9100.
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•	IPC-A-610 Acceptability of Electronics Assemblies. Newest revision (preferred).
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Experience with SMT soldering and related equipment.
High school diploma or general education degree (GED); Associates degree (A. A.) from two-year college or technical school preferred; and two plus years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to read and interpret documents written in English such as work instructions, blueprints, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Ability to add, subtract, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
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Newark Mayor At MTV VMAs Announcement: 'People Still Watch MTV?'
Published May 6, 2019 • Updated on May 6, 2019 at 5:27 pm
Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Ras Baraka said 'People still watch MTV?' at a news event announcing the VMAs coming to the Prudential Center
The Video Music Awards will be held in the Garden State for the first time ever on Aug. 26
The awards show has only ever been hosted outside of New York City or Los Angeles three times
The MTV Video Music Awards are heading to Newark, New Jersey, for the first time ever -- which prompted Mayor Ras Baraka to ask: "people still watch MTV?"
Baraka made the gaffe at a ceremony alongside Gov. Phil Murphy at the Prudential Center, which is set to host the VMAs on Aug. 26.
"The MTV music awards that I knew about was probably Run-DMC and Aerosmith, 'Walk This Way," he said. "That's my age group.
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He continued, "When they said the Video Music Awards were coming, I said 'Is MTV still arou- people still watch MTV?'
In a statement Monday afternoon, Baraka called his remark "a joke about my generation."
"Please do not take my comments out of context," he said. "Of course people still watch MTV — as I mentioned, my kids are excited."
"We are very much looking forward to the MTV Video Music Awards coming here to Newark," he added. "The fact that people continue to watch enthusiastically goes to show how MTV's impact spans across generations."
The VMAs are typically held in New York, though it has also taken place in Los Angeles, Miami and Las Vegas.
Last year's show was at Radio City Music Hall.
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Metrovías est une société privée argentine de transport ferroviaire exploitant de la ligne dite Urquiza du chemin de fer General Urquiza. Entre 1994 et 2021, elle a exploité directement le réseau du métro de Buenos Aires (et continue de le faire indirectement puisque le nouveau concessionnaire, Emova, est détenu par Metrovías elle-même et son groupe mère, Roggio SA).

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Au début des années 1990, le président de l'époque, Carlos Saúl Menem, a lancé un processus de privatisation des services publics qui, jusqu'alors, étaient détenus par l'État argentin.

Metrovías commence à exploiter l'ensemble du réseau souterrain le , lorsque cette responsabilité a été retirée à Subterráneos de Buenos Aires (SBASE), une entreprise publique du gouvernement de la ville de Buenos Aires, propriétaire du réseau et de la ligne Urquiza, qui était exploitée par l'État argentin par le biais de Ferrocarriles Metropolitanos (FEMESA) et, auparavant, par Ferrocarriles Argentinos.

En 2004, le gouvernement argentin retire à Metropolitano son activité sur le chemin de fer General San Martín pour cause de mauvais service et de manque d'investissement. Pour exploiter cette ligne, la Unidad de Gestión Operativa Ferroviaria de Emergencia (UGOFE) est créée et reprend le service le . L'UGOFE est composée du gouvernement national, de Metrovías et des concessionnaires des lignes restantes dans la zone métropolitaine : Ferrovías et Trenes de Buenos Aires (TBA).

Le , Metropolitano a également vu son contrat pour les lignes Belgrano Sur et Roca résilié. L'UGOFE a ensuite repris la concession du service de transport de passagers pour les deux lignes par les décrets 591/2007 et 592/2007.

Le , le gouvernement argentin officialise le transfert des lignes ferroviaires métropolitaines Mitre et San Martín (qui, au cours de l'année 2013, ont été transférées à la SOFSE, mais ont continué à être exploitées par l'UGOFE) au groupe Roggio, dont Metrovías est membre.

Interruptions de service
Le service est fréquemment interrompu par des manifestations syndicales ou des incidents (accidents, personnes en panne). En 2009, il y avait un conflit syndical par semaine, tandis qu'on comptait un conflit tous les neuf jours ouvrables en 2012. Le , le décès d'un opérateur par électrocution entraîne un arrêt total du service pendant 24 heures.

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 Chemin de fer General Urquiza
 Ligne Urquiza

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[S-VC41] Active Volcanism
Wed. May 23, 2018 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Convention Hall A (CH-A) (2F International Conference Hall, Makuhari Messe)
convener:Yuta Maeda(Nagoya University), Takahiro Miwa(National research institute for earth science and disaster prevention), Yosuke Aoki(東京大学地震研究所, 共同), Takeshi Nishimura(Department of Geophysics, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University), Takahiro Ohkura(Aso Volcanological Laboratory, Institute for Geothermal Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University), Satoshi Okumura(Division of Earth and Planetary Materials Science, Department of Earth Science, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University), Tomofumi Kozono(Department of Geophysics, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University), Chairperson:Terada Akihiko, Yamada Taishi
[SVC41-41] The eruption of Kusatsu-Shirane volcano on 23 January, 2018, observed by V-net of the NIED
*Taishi Yamada1, Hideki Ueda1, Toshikazu Tanada1 (1.National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience)
Keywords:Kusatsu-Shirane volcano, volcanic eruption
Kusatsu-Shirane volcano is known as a particular field of volcano hydrothermal system consisting of the Yugama crater lake and a plenty of hot springs. On 23 January, 2018, an eruption occurred near the summit of Motoshirane, where is about 2 km apart from the Yugama lake. Although some swarms of VT earthquakes and ground inflation events have been reported near the Yugama lake (Terada et al., 2011), no considerable volcanic activities were reported at Motoshirane area. To understand the volcanic system, it is important to understand the dynamics of this eruption. The National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) operated three permanent stations (V-net) at Kusatsu-Shirane volcano. Each station has a borehole short period seismometer and tiltmeter (ABS-143, Mitsutoyo), a broadband seismometer (Trillium 240, Nanometrics), and a microbarometer (F-401, Yokogawa). We report the data obtained by the V-net accompanying the eruption.
The eruption signal begins with a tremor on seismograms at 9:59 (JST) on 23 January, which has a duration of 2 minutes. Second wave group (SWG) with a large amplitude follows at 10:02 with a duration with 10 seconds. We see the tremor is consisting of seismic signals of 0.5–2.5 Hz and 2.5–20 Hz. The SWG has a peak frequency of 1.2 Hz. It is interesting that the SWG has no considerable signals at the high frequency band (2.5–20 Hz) of the tremor.
Accompanying the tremor, borehole tiltmeters detect an inflation of the flank of Motoshirane. The tilt change vector at each station roughly points to the summit of Motoshirane. The ground inflation turns to deflation associated with the excitation of the SWG on seismograms.
An microbarogram at KSHV, the closest station to the summit of Motoshirane, shows slight pressure change accompanying the SWG. Assuming the sound source is locate at the summit of Motoshirane (Kagamiike crater), arrival time difference of observed seismic and infrasound signals at KSHV can roughly be explained with possible seismic and infrasound wave velocity and horizontal distance between the source and KSHV. However, since the S/N ratio is not sufficient for the infrasound signal, more detail analyses are needed to determine the infrasound signals accompanying the eruption.
The characteristics of broadband seismic data are described below. Since considerable background noise of 0.2 Hz is recorded on the broadband seismogram, we focus on the signals within a band of 0.01–0.1 Hz. As the tremor signals appear, considerable very-long period (0.02–0.05 Hz) signals are also recorded broadband seismograms. Subsequently, a pulse (VLP pulse) with a large amplitude and a peak frequency of 0.07 Hz follows. From band-pass waveforms with an acausal filter, we see that that excitation of the VLP pulse is simultaneous with amplitude decreasing of the tremor. No considerable very-long period signals are seen accompanying the SWG. We investigate particle motions of these very-long period signals to examine the source location. Since no considerable amplitude difference is seen from each component of the coda of an earthquake at Alaska (M 7.9) on 23 January, we regard the site effect on the very-long period signals is negligible. Horizontal particle motions of the signals (0.02–0.05 Hz) accompanying the tremor show a straight movement along with each station and the summit of Motoshirane. From vertical cross sections, we see the seismic wave propagates from the beneath the summit, which has an elevation about 2000 m. At KSNV, where is the elevation is about 845 m, the incident angle of the very-long period signals is almost horizontal. Therefore, it suggests the source depth of the very-long period signals is located about 1 km beneath the surface. Particle motions of the VLP pulse shows a complex behavior, that makes difficult to estimate the source location. More detail analyses are needed to examine the source location and mechanism of the VLP pulse.
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Oil Leak May be 5 Times Worse than Initial Claim
April 29, 2010 / 12:19 AM / CBS/AP
Updated at 3:51 p.m. Eastern.
A massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that has become far worse than initially thought crept toward the coast Thursday as government officials offered help from the military to prevent a disaster that could destroy fragile marshlands along the shore.
Speaking Thursday morning to CBS News, Doug Suttles, chief operating officer for BP PLC, which leased the sunken rig, backed away from his company's denial of Coast Guard claims a day earlier suggesting the five-fold jump, telling "Early Show" co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez, "we think the range has increased" to "somewhere between 1,000 and 5,000 barrels" per day.
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Speaking to NBC, Suttles said BP was "happy" to accept an offer for military help containing the oil slick from the federal government, which his company had politely declined on Wednesday.
The federal government made the offer after it was determined the slick now poses a direct threat to the U.S. shoreline, with some of the sticky crude forecast to make landfall as soon as Friday.
Coast Guard Rear Adm. Sally Brice-O'Hara said at the White House that the government's priority was to support the oil company BP PLC in employing booms, skimmers, chemical dispersants and controlled burns to fight the oil surging from the seabed.
The Coast Guard has urged the company to formally request more resources from the Defense Department. President Obama has dispatched Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson to help with the spill. The president said his administration will use "every single available resource at our disposal" to respond to the spill.
The Navy is sending 66,000 feet of inflatable boom and seven skimming systems, and using its bases in the region as staging areas for the operation.
But time may be running out: Oil from the spill had crept to within 12 miles of the coast.
If the well cannot be closed, almost 100,000 barrels of oil, or 4.2 million gallons, could spill into the Gulf before crews can drill a relief well to alleviate the pressure. By comparison, the Exxon Valdez, the worst oil spill in U.S. history, leaked 11 million gallons into Alaska's Prince William Sound in 1989.
Meanwhile, the Obama administration said the cost of cleaning up the spill will fall on BP.
As dawn broke Thursday in the oil industry hub of Venice, about 75 miles from New Orleans and not far from the mouth of the Mississippi River, crews loaded an orange oil boom aboard a supply boat at Bud's Boat Launch. There, local officials expressed frustration with the pace of the government's response and the communication they were getting from the Coast Guard and BP officials.
"We're not doing everything we can do," said Billy Nungesser, president of Plaquemines Parish, which straddles the Mississippi River at the tip of Louisiana.
"Give us the worst-case scenario. How far inland is this supposed to go?" Nungesser said. He has suggested enlisting the local fishing fleet to spread booms to halt the oil, which threatens some of the nation's most fertile seafood grounds.
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Michael Nguyen, 58, was aboard his 82-foot shrimp boat, the Night Star III, waiting for news Thursday morning on what has happening with the slick.
"My boat is ready: New nets, did repairs. I'm ready to go," he said.
He wasn't panicking, but was clearly worried.
"The oil come in everywhere, the shrimp die, the crabs die, the fish die. What do I do? Stay home a long time?"
The spill has moved steadily toward the mouth of the Mississippi River and the wetland areas east of it, home to hundreds of species of wildlife and near some rich oyster grounds.
A federal class-action lawsuit was filed late Wednesday over the oil spill on behalf of two commercial shrimpers from Louisiana, Acy J. Cooper Jr. and Ronnie Louis Anderson.
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Jim Klick, a lawyer for Cooper and Anderson, said the oil spill already is disrupting the commercial shrimping industry.
"They should be preparing themselves for the upcoming shrimp season," he said. "Now they're very much concerned that the whole shrimp season is out."
Mike Brewer, 40, who lost his oil spill response company in the devastation of Hurricane Katrina nearly five years ago, said the area was accustomed to the occassional minor spill. But he feared the scale of the escaping oil was beyond the capacity of existing resources.
"You're pumping out a massive amount of oil. There is no way to stop it," he said.
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Louisiana State Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Robert Barham told lawmakers federal government projections show a "high probability" oil could reach the Pass a Loutre wildlife area Friday night, Breton Sound on Saturday and the Chandeleur Islands on Sunday.
The sinking of the Deepwater Horizon rig has re-ignited the debate over offshore drilling, reports CBS News Correspondent Don Teague. In the Gulf alone, there are more than 3,500 oil and gas platforms with about 35,000 offshore workers. They produce more than 1.7 million barrels of oil per day, almost 30 percent of total domestic production.
Environmental groups say the disaster proves offshore drilling isn't worth the risk, Teague reports.
In a reversal of his stance on the topic, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist said Thursday after flying over the oil slick in the Gulf that he would no longer seek offshore drilling for his state.
Crist said the disaster proved that oil rigs are "the opposite of safe."
First published on April 29, 2010 / 12:19 AM
© 2010 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Six Senses Bhutan opens "Forest Within A Forest" lodge
by Stu Robarts | 17 Mar 2020
The lodge is set in a pine forest on a hillside above a stream
The ambition for Six Senses Bumthang was to immerse guests in the natural beauty of its surroundings, history and traditions, honoring the natural environment rather than impacting it.
– Sally Baughen
Six Senses has opened the fifth and final lodge in its multi-location Bhutan project, with the Six Senses Bumthang "Forest Within A Forest" lodge, designed by Habita Architects.
The five-lodge, five-valley Six Senses khamsa or "journey" will take guests on a circuit of locations in the western and central valleys of Bhutan.
The idea for the concept was first unveiled in 2016, with details of the first three lodges revealed in 2018.
The opening of Six Senses Bumthang follows that of Six Senses Gangtey – the "Traditional Bird Watching Bridge" – in October 2019.
Six Senses said of the location for its latest addition: "As the gateway to the east and the site of some of the country's earliest settlements, Bumthang is considered as Bhutan's spiritual heartland and is home to some of its most ancient monasteries and sacred monuments."
Comprising four valleys with forests, rivers, pastures and fields, the region is well suited to providing a location for guests to slow down and unwind.
"The brief for the masterplan had the architects chewing their pencils in deep thought," said Sally Baughen, general manager of Six Senses Bhutan. "The ambition for Six Senses Bumthang was to immerse guests in the natural beauty of its surroundings, history and traditions, honouring the natural environment rather than impacting it."
The lodge is set in a pine forest on a hillside above a stream, with its wooden structure constructed around the trees and landscaping by P Landscape.
It contains eight suites, each with balconies, forest views and a pine sapling planted in an open-air vestibule at the centre.
Weathered timber floors, walls and ceilings feature hand-carved details and are complemented by a palette of earth tones and handwoven fabrics.
Guests can also enjoy a cosy restaurant with a fireplace, a traditional Dotsho hot stone bath and a Hingsangsa Zoni bathing ritual.
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It contains eight suites, each with balconies and forest views
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The interiors feature a palette of earth tones and handwoven fabrics
The region is well suited to providing a location for guests to slow down and unwind
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Details of Six Senses Bhutan revealed ahead of November debut
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