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Source of Light (SoL) Center at University Presbyterian Church, 300 Bushnell, is offering a variety of community courses, covering topics such as race, yogaia peace yoga, interfaith issues, social justice, writing, ecology and environmentalism. “Plotting Your Personal Story: Discovering Your Myth” is offered 7-9 p.m. Saturday, and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday ($85). Contact: or 732-9927.

Apply by Thursday for Gardening Volunteers of South Texas' Watersaver Landscape Design School, set for 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday at Barshop Jewish Community Center, 12500 N.W. Military Highway. Four presentations will focus on the basics of low-water landscaping, contemporary design ideas, plants that thrive in San Antonio, and drip irrigation installation and management. Also, one-on-one idea consultations with experienced gardeners will be offered. Costs: $25-$40 (fee includes three full-color plant and landscape guides and the CD version of “Drip-Line Gardening”). Contact: 251-8101, or

San Antonio Feral Cat Coalition holds a public, free workshop 2-4 p.m. March 1 at San Antonio Humane Society, 4804 Fredericksburg Road, on how to properly trap, neuter and release feral cats. Visit:

“Breaking the Silence: Drug Trends Among Teenagers,” a discussion for Alamo Heights Independent School District parents and guardians, will be held 5:30-7 p.m. March 3 at Alamo Heights Junior School, 7607 N. New Braunfels Ave. Mayra T. de Hoyos, coordinator of school support services for Education Service Center, Region 20, will be the guest speaker. Admission is free. RSVP to: Michelli Ramon, or 824-2483.

The next round of the North East ISD's community engagement process, “Transforming the Future,” continues with a 6 p.m. public forum Tuesday, March 4, at MacArthur High School, 2923 MacArthur View. For the past several months, community members, students, parents, teachers, and campus and district administrators, have been working on Transforming the Future strategic plan. The plan will be shared through these public events. Visit:

Inspire Fine Art Center, 200 Queen Anne Court, hosts free “Passport to Inspiration”/ Family Art Day 10 a.m.-1 p.m. second Saturdays. Participants pick a stamp, stamp their “passport,” create art projects and have a snack. When the child has four stamps in their passport, he/she receives a free T-shirt and when a child has seven stamps, he/she receives 50 percent off the registration fee for an art class. Contact: 829-5592 or

Alamo KidSports is a sport development company teaching soccer, baseball and basketball to children 18 months to 6 years in a non-competitive, fun environment. Alamo KidSports offers weekly 50-minute classes at Spectrum Athletic Club at Alamo Heights. Visit:

The Playhouse, 800 W. Ashby Place, hosts live theatrical workshops and classes. Contact: 733-7258 or

Land of Virtuosity youth performing arts academy, Scottish Rite Auditorium, 305 Avenue E, offers a variety of classes and special seasonal camps related to all aspects of live theater, film and dance. Contact: 844-4298 or

Learn chanting “hu,” an ancient name for God, during a free class discussion at 6 p.m. Fridays at the Eckankar Spiritual Center of San Antonio, 1603 W. Lullwood. Regardless of your beliefs or religion, you are invited sing hu with the Texas Satsang Society. Contact: or 737-6863.

Pinot's Palette-Alamo Heights, 7959 Broadway, Suite 402, hosts painting classes and special events. Contact: 832-8004 or

Viva! Bookstore at Viva Galleria, 8407 Broadway, hosts classes, workshops and special events, ranging from exercise and meditation to writing and art. Contact: 826-1143 or

Unlimited Thought Life Enrichment Center, 5525 Blanco Road, hosts Hatha yoga classes 7-8:30 p.m. Thursdays. Cost: $12 per drop-in, $40 for one month. This is open to all ages and levels. Call: 525-0693.

The Josephine Theater, 339 W. Josephine St., is hosting Inish Free School of Irish Dancing classes. Visit: Call: 842-6407.

Art Works, 1840 Nacogdoches Road, hosts art classes for ages 2-18, as well as occasional Arts Night Out (parents' night out). Contact: 826-2787 or

Piranha Killer Sushi, 260 E. Basse Road, Suite 101, hosts a sake-tasting event each first and third Tuesday night. Cost: $25 (includes five different sakes paired with a small tasting as well as dessert). Today, Piranha offers active and retired military personnel a 15 percent discount on all food items, and all military receive a complimentary beverage.

Barriba Cantina, 111 Crockett St., open 11 a.m.-2 p.m. daily, offers Mexican street food available until closing time. There's live music 9 p.m. daily, and during the day Fridays through Sundays. Admission is free. Visit:

Clubs/special interest/business

Join the Alamo Metro Chorus' Sweet Adelines, the world's largest women's singing group, for voice lessons and high-energy performance techniques at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays at Beitel Memorial Lutheran Church, 2515 Austin Highway. Contact: 514-0976 or

Alamo Heights United Methodist Church, 825 E. Basse Road, hosts Thursday Lunch Bunch at 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Thursdays. People age 50 and older are invited to eat lunch in or takeout. Cost: $5. Call: 805-3215 for reservations.

BNI=Stone Oak Business Network meets 11:30 a.m. Thursdays at The Club at Sonterra, 901 Sonterra Blvd. Contact:

Alamo Heights Chamber of Commerce has a luncheon 11:30 a.m. first Wednesdays at Paesano's, 555 E. Basse Road. Mixers are held third Thursdays at various member locations. Visit:

San Antonio Area Retired Teachers Association hold its monthly meeting 1 p.m. today at the San Antonio Garden Center, 3310 N. New Braunfels Ave.

Greater San Antonio Camera Club meets at 7:30 p.m. each first and third Thursdays at the Lions Field Adult Center, 2809 Broadway. The first gathering is an educational meeting, the third Thursday is a competition with members presenting alternating digital and print photographs for peer judging and commentary. Admission is free and all skill levels of photographers are welcome. Visit: or!/pages/Greater-San-Antonio-Camera-Club/121865424504012.

Northeast Bexar County Democrats meet at noon first Saturdays at Grady's BBQ, 6510 San Pedro Ave. Lunch will be available. Admission is free and open to the public. Visit: NEBCD will have a dinner fundraiser 6-10 p.m. this Saturday at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Community Center, Building 1395, Chaffee Road. Rosie Castro, long-time community activist and mother of San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro and U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, will be the featured speaker. There also will be auctions, a chance to meet with local candidates and elected officials, and more. Contact: Gloria Dew, 538-5320

Leah Goot Group of the San Antonio Chapter of Hadassah holds its annual “blue box” meeting at 3 p.m. Sunday at Adante Senior Living, 2739 Cembalo Blvd. Members are encouraged to bring their Jewish National Fund collection boxes in order to purchase trees in Israel. Also, master gardener Sylvie Rogers will discuss container gardening. Light refreshments will be served. Anyone may attend. Contact: Marge Present, 492-5133, or Debbie Linck, 391-3594.

Alamo Sierra Club meets at 6:30 p.m. third Tuesdays at the Witte Museum, 3801 Broadway. Admission is free and open to the public. Socializing and snacks begin at 6 p.m. Contact: 828-1233 or

San Antonio Chapter, Sons of The American Revolution, holds its monthly meeting and luncheon at 11:30 a.m. third Wednesdays at The Petroleum Club, 8620 N. New Braunfels Ave. Cost: $23. There will be a guest speaker. Guests and prospective members are welcome. RSVP by the preceding Monday to treasurer Bob Clark, or 402-0871.

San Antonio Calligraphers Guild meets 7 p.m. first Thursdays at Christ Episcopal Church, 510 Belknap Place (except for the summer). Visitors are welcome and may attend two meetings without paying memberships dues. Visit:

San Antonio Audubon Society holds its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. first Thursdays at The First Tee, 915 E. Mulberry Ave. Contact: 308-6788 or

San Antonio Audubon Society presents its second Saturday beginners' bird walk, starting at 7:30 a.m. Meet trip leader Georgina Schwartz at the Judson Nature Trails in Alamo Heights, 246 Viesca. Non-members are welcome and binoculars with instructions can be provided. Contact Schwartz for details: 342-2073 or

National Association of Women Business Owners-San Antonio Chapter (NAWBO-SA) holds its 15th annual Entrepreneurial Spirit Awards Gala 6:30 p.m. March 19 at Oak Hills Country Club, 5403 Fredericksburg Road. This includes dinner, live and silent auctions, and live music. Tickets: $85 per person. Contact: 408-1220 or

Alamo Chapter of MOAA (Military Officers Association of America) has a Solitaires' Sunday brunch once a month at the Randolph Officers' Club. This monthly gathering of single officers (active and retired) or widow(er)s of officers is an opportunity to socialize and just have fun. No registration is necessary; pay as you go. Must be a member of the Alamo-MOAA chapter or be willing to join at the meeting. Visit:

Los Bexareños Genealogical and Historical Society holds its monthly meeting at 9:30 a.m. first Saturdays with a social coffee at Central Library, 600 Soledad, first floor auditorium. Contact: Louis Benavides, 735-8717.

Newcomers of San Antonio is a non-for-profit social organization founded in 1981. Membership is open to anyone residing in the greater San Antonio area for two years or less. The group sponsors social events (monthly luncheons each first Thursday, and monthly morning coffees each third Thursday), interest groups (games, book club, evening groups and local day trips), and opportunities for community involvement. Visit:

Rotary Clubs: Alamo Heights, noon Tuesdays at The Petroleum Club, 8620 N. New Braunfels Ave. (

Lions Clubs: Alamo Heights, 7 p.m. first and third Wednesdays at the Magic Time Machine, 902 N.E. Loop 410. Visit:

Optimist Clubs: Alamo Heights, 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays at The Barn Door; Towne and Country, 7:30 p.m. Thursdays at Grady's BBQ on San Pedro Avenue. Visit:

Toastmasters Clubs (learn how to get ahead by improving your communication and leadership skills): Alamo Heights, 7 p.m. Wednesdays at University of the Incarnate Word - administrative building Room 265 (

San Antonio Astronomical Association meets at 6:30 p.m. each second Friday at Christ Lutheran Church, 6720 Broadway. Visit:

Olmos Park residents are free to take part in Cycle at the Circle 9-11 a.m. first Saturdays around Alameda Circle. Nearby streets are closed to through traffic during those two hours while bicyclists enjoy the scenery and other activities.

San Antonio Aggie Moms Club holds its second annual Texas Freedom Scholarship Gala 6:30-11:30 p.m. March 1 at the Fort Sam Houston Golf Club to benefit the scholarship fund for Bexar County students attending Texas A&M University in College Station or Galveston. This includes dinner, live music, and a silent auction. Tickets: $60 per person. Sponsorships available. Contact: Christi Forestier 391-0634 or; or Katy Gawlik 573-7653 or; or

St Anthony de Padua's annual ACTS golf tournament benefit is to be held April 6 at The Republic Golf Club, 4226 S.E. Military Drive. The event will include “Dress Like Johnny” contest in honor of the death of longtime golf committee member, Johnny Frausto. Contact: Bob Cardenas, 972-342-5886, or George Sanchez 273-5501.

San Antonio Gaelic Athletic Club's football practices are open to men and women ages 18 and up, from all backgrounds, at 6 p.m. Wednesdays and 9 a.m. Saturdays at the Olmos Basin Park rugby pitch. SAGAC last year competed in national competition, where it won the Junior D Gaelic Football Shield. Visit: or see the club at Facebook.

Geeks Who Drink presents trivia games at 8 p.m. Tuesdays at Lion and Rose Pub, 5148 Broadway. Prizes and free pints are up for grabs. Visit:

Pearl Brewery, 200 E. Grayson St., holds First Thursdays 5-8 p.m., featuring special deals from Pearl shops along with pop-up sidewalk sales, music and refreshments. Admission is free and open to the public.

Boiler House Texas Grill and Wine Garden, Pearl Brewery, donates 20 percent of net proceeds from dinners each third Monday night to the San Antonio River Foundation. Visit:

Child Advocates San Antonio (CASA), 406 San Pedro Ave., is a nonprofit that recruits and trains volunteers who are appointed by courts to advocate for the “best interest” of abused and neglected children. Volunteers visit with the children and gather information to help a court make informed decisions and ensure that children are placed in safe, permanent homes. CASA offers free volunteer training throughout the year; daytime, evening and weekend training available. Contact: Belinda Cox, or 225-7070; or

Animal welfare

San Antonio Pets Alive! seeks volunteers to work with shelter dogs and cats, as well as qualified individuals willing to foster animals awaiting permanent homes. SAPA also seeks donated items to help support animals in its care. SAPA works with San Antonio Animal Care Services. SAPA offers 50 percent off adoption fees of participating fosters noon-4 p.m. second Saturdays at Paul Jolly Center for Adoptions, 210 Tuleta. Visit:

San Antonio Animal Care Services, 4710 Texas 151, is accepting donations of dog and cat food 11 a.m.-7 p.m. weekdays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays and noon-4 p.m. Sundays, for its pet pantry program. Pet owners in need can obtain pet food with proof of government assistance, a current driver's license or picture ID and proof of their pet's sterilization status and current rabies vaccination. Contact: or 207-4738.

Spay-Neuter-Inject-Project San Antonio seeks donations of resources to help benefit volunteers and adoptable animals. Needed items include paper towels, bleach, trash bags, laundry detergent, collars, leashes, metal crates, cat carriers, copy paper, and gift cards to Office Max or Office Depot. Visit:

Pet Supplies Plus, 1248 Austin Highway, hosts: pet nail clippings for tips 4-7 p.m. third Tuesdays; adoption opportunities with Austin Boxer Rescue 10 a.m.-1 p.m. third Saturdays; adoptions with Alamo Heights Animal Care Services 10 a.m.-1 p.m. fourth Saturdays.

Tejas Rescued Pet Adoptions seeks donations of dry cat and dog food, dog leashes and collars. Monetary donations also are accepted. Visit to donate via PayPal. Donations can also be mailed to TRPA, P.O. Box 790372, San Antonio, Texas 78279. Call 416-3947 or email for a donation pick-up at your chosen site.

Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation has domestic cats available for adoption 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sundays at Sherman Animal Care Complex, 137 Earl St. near Olmos Park. Contact: or 830-336-2725.

Non-profit Guide Dogs of Texas seeks area dog lovers to volunteer as puppy raisers and brood holders. Contact: Susana Dias, 366-4081 or

Farmers' markets

San Antonio Farmers Market Association —7:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesdays and Saturdays at Olmos Basin Park, 100 Jackson-Keller Road. Visit:

Pearl Brewery Farmers Market Association — 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays at 220 E. Grayson St. Visit:

Quarry Farmers and Ranchers Market — 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sundays at Alamo Quarry Market, 255 E. Basse Road. This includes live music, food trucks and the occasional cooking demonstration. Contact: or 722-5077.

REM Gallery, 219 E. Park Ave., hosts “Concrete Poetry and Other Poems in Gray” by Kent Rush, and Victoria Suescum's new works through Saturday. Call: 224-1227.

Witte Museum, 3801 Broadway, hosts these exhibits: “The World Through Magic Lanterns” through June; “Maximilian and Carlota: Last Empire of Mexico” through March 30; “Alien Worlds and Androids” Saturday-May 27. Contact: or 357-1910.

Cathedral House Gallery, Bishop Jones Center, 111 Torcido Drive, hosts “Illumination,” an exhibit that celebrates the season of Epiphany with works by several artists through February. Call: 824-5387.

Centro Cultural Aztlan, 1800 Fredericksburg Road, hosts “Tierra y Libertad: Segundo de Febrero,” an exhibit commemorating the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexico/U.S. war. Contact: 432-1896 or

McNay Art Museum, 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave., hosts these exhibits: “Constructing the Stage: Artists from the Theatre Collection” through June 1; “Robert Indiana: Beyond LOVE” through May 25; “Robert Indiana: The Mother Of Us All” through May 25; “Robert Indiana's Hartley Elegies” through May 25; “The Full Monty: Male Nudes from the Collection” through May 25. Contact: 805-1768 or

San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W. Jones Ave., hosts these exhibits: “Fray Antonio Margil de Jesús: “Patron Saint of Texas” through March 23; “Eldzier Cortor: Master Printmaker” through March 2; “Thomas Sully: Painted Performance” through May 11. Contact: 978-8100 or

Lyn Belisle Studio, 1824 Nacogdoches Road, hosts art exhibits and special workshops. Contact: or Lyn Belisle, 860-9468.

PSG Fine Art, 7726 Broadway, hosts “Go West!” an exhibit of works by eight local artists. Call: 824-8990.

San Antonio Botanical Garden, 555 Funston Place, hosts: its annual Art in the Garden, featuring sculptures by members of the Texas Sculpture Group, the Mid-South Alliance and the Chicago Sculpture International, through March 1. Family Flashlight Night is 6-8:30 p.m. this Friday. Contact: 829-5100 or

U.S. Army Medical Department Museum Foundation at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston hosts “Men Without Guns,” an exhibit of more than 30 works from the Abbott Laboratories' 1945 collection of paintings of U.S. Army medicine, through March 8 and is free to the public. Visit:

Graduating high school senior women and a parent are invited to a Panhellenic Association of San Antonio sorority recruitment information forum 6:30-8 p.m. at Alamo Heights United Methodist Church/Christian Life Center, 825 E. Basse Road. San Antonio Panhellenic member sororities will each have a display table with alumnae and a collegian available to answer general and specific questions. A Panhellenic presentation will also have information with correct recruitment processes and procedures. Visit:

Interventional Cardiologist Dr. Keith Nguyen leads a free, public program, “Innovations in Cardiovascular Disease,” at noon at Group Room, TriPoint YMCA, 3233 N. St. Mary's St. Register at: 575-0355. Visit:

The dark comedy “Crimes of the Heart” is performed by Trinity (University) Theater 7 p.m. today and Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Taylor Theater building on campus. Tickets: $6-$10. Call: 999-8515.

The drama “When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder” is performed by San Antonio College theater students 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday at McCreless Theater on campus, 1300 San Pedro Ave. Set in a small roadside diner in New Mexico in the late 1960s, the drama is about a few locals and some tourists who intersect one Sunday morning as a sadistic Vietnam veteran holds them all hostage waiting to get his van repaired. Visit:

College students are invited to learn about communications careers during a “Meet the Pros” event 6-8 p.m. in the Nursing and Allied Health Complex, Room 218, at San Antonio College, 1300 San Pedro Ave. San Antonio Chapter of the Association for Women in Communications (AWC) and the SAC Media Communications Department are helping future communicators learn about what they will do in their chosen careers during this networking event. Cost: $5. Register at: Visit:

Performances of “Dial M for Murder” are offered 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays through March 1 at Harlequin Dinner Theater, 2652 Harney Road, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. Dinner is served at 6:15 p.m. Admission: $16.50-$35. Call: 222-9694.

Performances of “Dead Man's Cell Phone” is presented by University of the Incarnate Word theater arts students 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through March 1 at Coates Theatre on campus, 4301 Broadway. Tickets: $8-$10. Call: 829-3800.

Final performances of “Portmanteaux” are presented 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Overtime Theater, 1203 Camden. Tickets: $10-$14. Contact: 557-7562 or

Final performances of Arthur Miller's “Death of a Salesman” are presented by Classic Theatre 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 3 p.m. Sundays at the Woodlawn Theatre, 1920 Fredericksburg Road. Contact: 589-8450 or

Performances of Stephen Sondheim's fractured fairy tale “Into the Woods” are presented 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 3 p.m. Sundays through March 16 at the Woodlawn Theater, 1920 Fredericksburg Road. On March 9, only a 7:30 p.m. show. Contact: or 267-8388.

Opening reception for the seventh annual On and Off Fredericksburg Road Studio Tour takes place 6-9 p.m. Friday at Bihl Haus Arts, 2803 Fredericksburg. The reception features hors d'oeuvres, wine, live music and the opportunity to mingle with artists, event sponsors and community leaders. Then take advantage of free tours of artisans' home studios, cooperatives and pop-up storefronts in the Deco District 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Other special events are scheduled in the area during the weekend, leading up to a closing reception 6-8 p.m. Sunday at Woodlawn Theatre, 1920 Fredericksburg. For more, visit:

The 90th annual Junior League of San Antonio Rummage Around event 9 a.m.-9 p.m. will draw thousands of shoppers to eight different Goodwill stores throughout San Antonio in a treasure-hunt for new and gently used, high-quality items including clothing, accessories and housewares. Area Goodwill stores include 727 N.W. Loop 410, 1533 Austin Highway, and 3401 Fredericksburg Road. Proceeds benefit JLSA and Goodwill programs. Additionally, the Fredericksburg Road location will host free and low-cost services such as job searches, health care information and financial literacy assistance 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

RAM gas station, 6510 N. New Braunfels Ave., hosts a barbecue supper sale 11 a.m.-2 p.m. to benefit the Alamo Heights Fort Sam Houston 01G Fire Red soccer team. The team is traveling to Wales this summer to participate in the Super Welsh Cup.

The Children's Shelter benefits from the second annual 5K Love Run and Walk at 8 a.m. at Woodlawn Lake Park 1103 Cincinnati Ave. The Scholastic Bus will be on hand for children to read books. Fees: $25-$35. Contact: or 212-2512.

Petco, 13909 Nacogdoches Road, hosts a pet adoption event 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

San Antonio Animal Care Services offers pet adoptions noon-4 p.m. at Pet Supplies Plus, 1248 Austin Highway.

PetSmart, 12960 Park Centra;, hosts a pet adoption event 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

San Antonio Academy boys' choir performs at 5 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church, 510 Belknap Place. A reception follows. Admission is free to the public.

World Affairs Council of San Antonio announces that former San Antonio Mayor and ex-Secretary of Housing and Urban Affairs Henry G. Cisneros will receive its International Citizen Award at a dinner 6 p.m. at Marriott Rivercenter, 101 Bowie. Former President Bill Clinton will be the evening's keynote speaker. Contact: 308-9494 or

“A Taste of St. Anthony's,” a benefit for St. Anthony Catholic High School, begins at 6 p.m. at Whitley Theological Center, 285 Oblate Drive. The event includes a catered dinner, Joe Posada among featured live entertainers, a silent auction, and drawings. Admission: $50. Visit:

Third annual Fête du Cuvée Fine Wine Auction, benefiting Junior League of San Antonio, is to be held at The Bright Shawl, 723 Brooklyn Ave. Contact: or 225-1861.


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NAACP Statement on the Death of 18-Year-Old Michael Brown of Ferguson, MO

(Washington, DC) – The NAACP has released the following statement on the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown of Ferguson, MO.

From Cornell William Brooks, President & CEO, NAACP:

"Our prayers go out to the family and friends of 18-year-old Michael Brown of Ferguson, Missouri. The death of yet another African-American at the hands of those sworn to protect and serve the community where he lived is heartbreaking. Michael Brown was preparing to begin college, and now his family is preparing to bury their child – his life cut short in a tragic encounter with the police.

As the NAACP’s Missouri State Conference and St. Louis Branches seek answers about the circumstances surrounding Michael Brown’s death, the National office will remain vigilant until accountability and justice are served for the countless individuals who lose their lives to misguided police practices throughout the country. Even as we call for accountability by those charged with protecting the community, we call on the community to act--collectively and calmly until we secure justice for the family of Michael Brown."

Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest and largest nonpartisan civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities.  You can read more about the NAACP’s work and our five “Game Changer” issue areas here.

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Bureau of Prisons Revamps Prison Designation Process

By Alan Ellis; J. Michael Henderson; James H. Feldman Jr.

Since our April 2006 Champion article, Securing a Favorable Federal Prison Placement, the Federal Bureau of Prisons has made several changes to the process utilized to determine the appropriate prison for a particular defendant. This update describes the most important changes.

In 2005, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) began to phase out its regional designators — the people who decided where inmates were sent. That process is now complete. When the U.S. Marshal receives the judgment in a criminal case, he or she no longer requests a designation from the BOP’s local Community Corrections Management (CCM). The BOP now processes initial designations, transfers, and inmate sentence computations from its consolidated Designation and Sentence Computation Center (DSCC) in Grand Prairie, Texas.

As before, the judgment generally includes any recommendation by the sentencing judge with respect to place of confinement. If the Statement of Reasons (SOR) has not been includ

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So what? Your business is still running. It doesn't really matter if your customers are unhappy. They still have to use your services or pay you even if they go to one of your competitors. Why worry about complaints?

The scenario I've just described is the situation that our nation's public school systems are in. For more than half a century critics have pointed out that American public schools are not delivering quality education. School dropout rates are high, universities complain that incoming freshmen have difficulties reading and writing. Among the top 30 industrialized nations, the United States ranks 21st in science and 25th in mathematics.

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Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the TESCO Corporation Third Quarter 2013 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. I will now turn the call over to your host Julio Quintana, President and Chief Executive Officer. Please go ahead.

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Thank you, Stephanie. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to TESCO's Third Quarter 2013 Earnings Conference Call. I'm Julio Quintana, TESCO's President and CEO, and I'll be hosting our call today. Bob Kayl, our Chief Financial Officer, is with me on the call. I'll begin with some general comments on the quarter, then Bob will give you an overview of our financial results. Following Bob's remarks, I'll return and provide an update on our business and plans for the future.

Before I begin, it is important to note that during the course of this call, Bob and I will make forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995 and Canadian Securities Legislation. These statements are based on current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties, which could cause results to vary from those anticipated. These risks and uncertainties have been and are more fully described in our annual reports and quarterly reports filed with the SEC and with the Securities Regulatory Authorities in Canada. You should not place any undue reliance on these forward-looking statements made in the conference call nor do we intend to update these forward-looking statements.

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Now on to our third quarter results. We reported net income and EPS in Q3 of $11.7 million or $0.29 per share on $132 million of revenue compared to $10.2 million of net income or $0.26 per share in Q2 of 2013 on $129 million of revenue. Operating income increased during the quarter to $17.8 million, up from operating income of $13.8 million for Q2. This represents a 29% increase in operating income over the second quarter.

Given our current drilling activity levels in North America, we are pleased with our results for the third quarter. With strengthening activity in our international business units, our Tubular Services business enjoyed the highest quarterly revenue in the company's history and exceeded 1,000 automated jobs in the quarter for the first time, closing the quarter with 1,063 jobs performed.

Although our Top Drive business has continued to be negatively impacted by the decreased activity -- active rig count in North America, our Top Drives strategy is shift to international markets, especially to Russia and Latin America has mostly offset the decline we experienced in North America. Today, our Top Drive backlog stands at 27 units. With the increased focus on our base businesses and continuous improvement in our operational efficiency, we are well positioned to meet the challenges and opportunities for the rest of 2013 and beyond. I'll go into this in more detail after Bob summarizes the financial results. Bob?

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Thank you, Julio. I will discuss our third quarter operating results by business segment, and then give some comments on our corporate and research and engineering expenses.

Starting with Top Drives. Revenue totaled $78 million for the quarter, a slight increase sequentially from Q2. The increase from Q2 is primarily a result of increased Top Drive sales and rental services. We sold 26 units in Q3 compared to 24 units in Q2 and 28 units in Q3 2012. Of the 26 units sold in Q3, there were 21 new units and 5 used units from our rental fleet.

In Q2, the 24 units consisted of 21 new units and 3 used units. With the 21 new units delivered to customers in Q3, we ended the quarter with a backlog of 26 Top Drive units with a potential value of $37.6 million, up from 10 units with a potential value of $12.9 million at the end of Q2.

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Infection With Resistant Virus More Than Doubles Risk of Virologic Failure
  XVIII International AIDS Conference, July 18-23, 2010, Vienna
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Primary infection with HIV bearing one or more resistance mutations more than doubled the risk of first-line virologic failure in a 10,000-person cohort study [1]. Among people with one or more mutations but predicted by the Stanford system to be taking a fully active regimen, those taking a nonnucleoside (NNRTI)-based regimen rather than a protease inhibitor (PI) regimen tended to have a higher failure rate.
Antiretroviral treatment guidelines in Europe and the United States call for genotyping to uncover transmitted resistance mutations before a person starts antiretroviral therapy. But the standard genotyping assays used cannot detect resistance mutations that make up a small part of a person's viral population. This study tried to account for that lack of assay sensitivity by dividing cohort members into three groups: (1) people with no evidence of resistance mutations (as defined by the World Health Organization surveillance list), (2) people with one or more transmitted resistance mutations but predicted by the Stanford algorithm to be taking a fully active regimen, and (3) people with one or more resistance mutations predicted to be taking a regimen compromised by those mutations.
The 10,485 people studied came from four large cohorts (CASCADE, COHERE, EuroSIDA, and PENTA-EPPICC), and they could be any age. Everyone began combination antiretroviral therapy after January 1, 1998, was taking two nucleosides with either an NNRTI or a boosted PI, and had at least one plasma sample available for standard genotypic resistance testing.
Genotyping revealed that 953 people (9.1%) had been infected with virus harboring one or more resistance mutations. The Stanford system classified 476 people (4.5%) as receiving a fully active regimen despite their resistance mutation(s) and 477 (4.6%) as having at least low-level resistance to one or more of the drugs they were taking.
Defining virologic failure as two consecutive viral loads above 500 copies after 6 months of first-line treatment, the investigators devised a multivariate model to predict failure risk. That model considered gender, age, pretreatment viral load and CD4 count, year treatment began, previous AIDS diagnosis, HIV transmission risk group, and country of origin.
People with at least one transmitted resistance mutation and Stanford-predicted resistance to one or more drugs in their regimen had a 2.6-fold higher risk of virologic failure than did people who had no detectable resistance mutations (95% confidence interval [CI] 2.0 to 3.4, P < 10(-4). People with one or more resistance mutations but with a Stanford-predicted fully active regimen did not differ from people with no detectable mutations in risk of virologic failure.
Among people with one or more detectable mutations but taking a regimen predicted to be fully active, those taking an NNRTI regimen had a higher risk of failure than those taking a PI regimen. This risk difference fell just short of statistical significance (P = 0.08). That finding may mean some people with one or more detectable mutations before starting an NNRTI regimen had additional mutations undetectable by standard genotyping that rendered their regimen ineffective.
The investigators concluded that infection with resistant virus raises the risk of first-line virologic failure if the regimen is not tailored to be active against detected resistance mutations. They proposed that "in regions where genotypic testing is not routinely available but high prevalence of transmitted drug resistance is suspected, first-line regimens containing [a] boosted PI should be discussed."
1. Wittkop L, on behalf of the EuroCoord-CHAIN Joint Project Team. Impact of transmitted drug resistance (TDR) on virological and immunological response to initial combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) - EuroCoord-CHAIN joint project. XVIII International AIDS Conference. July 18-23, 2010. Vienna. Abstract THLBB108.
From Jules: after the talk Dan Kuritzkes commented at the microphone that results seen in NNRTI receiving patients confirm the fear that many clinicians have had that if you find resistance to one drug there may be undetected resistance to another drug and that giving a NNRTI in that setting would be giving an insufficiently potent regimen, your data very nicely supports that hypothesis", in response the presenter said "when transmitted drug resistance is present probably there are some minority mutations present that could cause some effect on the prescribed regimen".
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Why this man holds vital clues to Shabaab

29-year-old British citizen Jermaine Grant, stands inside the dock at the Mombasa Law court on January 12, 2012

AFP PHOTO/SIMON MAINA 29-year-old British citizen Jermaine Grant, stands inside the dock at the Mombasa Law court on January 12, 2012 as he awaits the opening of his trial on charges of possessing explosive materials and conspiracy to commit a felony, following his arrest in December 2011 in the Kenyan coastal resort of Mombasa.

By FRED MUKINDA [email protected]

Police have reported a breakthrough in counter-terrorism, following the arrest of a British national in Mombasa last month.

Security officials say information they got after interrogating Jermaine Grant, 29, has shed light on previously unknown facts about Al-Shabaab and would be used to cripple the Somalia-based terrorist group.

Police officers privy to the contents of the statements, however, declined to divulge the details, saying it could compromise the war against terrorism.

Grant alias Ali Mohamed is serving three years in jail after a Mombasa court convicted him of being in Kenya illegally and giving false information to police.

He was sentenced after pleading guilty to the charges but denied two other terrorism related charges. The case is scheduled to resume in court on Friday.

Another security official told the Nation that Grant would face more charges after interrogations linked him to a raid on Dadajabula police station in Wajir three years ago.

During the raid, a police officer was shot and injured, and guns stolen. Grant was among suspects rescued from custody.

And when police officers arrested him on December 20, they did not realise initially that they had caught a most wanted suspect until his picture was published by the Daily Nation on December 28 last year.

A hawk-eyed police officer, who had booked him at the Dadajabula station in 2008, recognised his face.

He immediately informed his boss, who then phoned the anti-terrorism unit headquarters in Nairobi and Grant was recalled from jail for further investigation.

Besides lying to police that he was a Canadian called Peter Joseph — the charge that landed him the sentence — the other pending charges he denied include being in possession of explosive materials and conspiracy to improvise an explosive device with the intent to kill.

During the 2008 raid, two other Al-shabaab suspects, who had been arrested together with Grant, also escaped. The trio had been arrested while trying to enter Somalia disguised as women.

Scotland Yard detectives arrived in Kenya days after his arrest and the detectives, together with their Kenyan counterparts, interrogated him.

In the UK, the Sunday Times traced his home to Newham. The newspaper reported that he had served a seven-year jail term after being convicted of rape when he was a 14-year-old.

“Grant was jailed for seven years and started his sentence at Feltham young offenders’ institution in West London.

His mother Michelle revealed that he converted to Islam while behind bars,” the Sunday Times reported.

The media report also mentioned Reid, a self-confessed Al-Qaeda recruit who is serving a life sentence for trying to blow up a transatlantic passenger jet in 2001, also converted to Islam while serving a stint at the prison.

Mr Fuad Abubakar and Ms Warda Breik were charged alongside Jermaine. The woman was identified as Grant’s wife, whom he had married two days before he was arrested.


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If Buffalo Bills wide receiver Mike Williams doesn't pick it up, he apparently might not make the roster.

Acquired from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers via trade for as sixth-round draft pick, Williams hasn't looked great in organized team activities, according to ESPN.

The Bills already have four wide receivers who are set to make the team, including Sammy Watkins, Marquise Goodwin, Robert Woods and Marcus Easley.

Williams is competing with T.J. Graham and Chris Hogan for a roster spot.

Williams has to play better and stay out of trouble, unlike what he did off the field in Tampa Bay.

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Stanford travels to Seattle on Thursday night for a Pac-12 clash with Washington at CenturyLink Field.

The Cardinal and the Huskies are both coming off of bye weeks, so both teams have had extra time to prepare. Of course, Stanford already has a signature win over USC, while Washington fell in its showcase game against LSU.

Stanford has dominated Washington since Steve Sarkisian became head coach in 2009. Can the Huskies stop the bleeding this time around?

Let's take a look at three things to watch in the clash between the Cardinal and the Huskies on Thursday evening.

Stanford (3-0, 1-0 Pac-12) at Washington (2-1, 0-0), 9 p.m. ET on ESPN
Line: Stanford by 7
Series: Washington holds a 40-38-4 edge

Stepfan Taylor US PRESSWIREStanford's offense is centered around Stepfan Taylor and the ground game.

1. Cardinal offensive line vs. Huskies defensive front: Stanford has perfected the formula of stout defense + strong run game = victory. And Washington has been on the receiving end of this equation the last three seasons, with the Cardinal rushing for an average of nearly 350 yards per game against Sarkisian's bunch, including 446 last season. Under first-year coordinator Justin Wilcox, UW hopes that it has solved those issues against the run. But against LSU, the Huskies allowed 274 yards and four touchdowns on 52 carries, and the front seven was just overmatched throughout the game. Stanford will look to establish star running back Stepfan Taylor and Co. early, hoping to put first-year starting quarterback Josh Nunes in manageable third-down situations.

2. Cardinal defense vs. Huskies QB Keith Price: The Cardinal defense will offer a real challenge for a Washington offensive line that is wounded after losing four of five starters since fall camp. Stanford leads the country in rush defense, allowing just over 41 rushing yards per game. The ground game was already a bit of a concern for the Huskies coming into the year, and they managed just 28 yards on 24 rushing attempts against LSU. If quarterback Keith Price has to carry the load offensively, it could be a long night for Sarkisian's squad. And Price may also find himself on the run a lot, as Washington allows over 2.5 sacks per game. Stanford defensive end Ben Gardner has five tackles for loss and two sacks this fall, so he will look to take advantage of a young Huskies O-Line. Price will want to get the football out of his hands quickly and find his top playmakers like Kasen Williams, who has 15 receptions for 163 yards and two scores this fall.

3. Will Nunes have to make plays?: So far this season, Cardinal quarterback Josh Nunes has been able to rely on a strong run game to help carry the offensive load. And that's what they were able to do in four straight wins against the Huskies in recent years. If the ground game is rolling Thursday night, Nunes will be able to rely on rather safe passes, especially on third down. But if the Huskies load up and stop the run, will Nunes be able to make plays on third-and-long? Third-down conversions has been an area of weakness for Stanford thus far, and Nunes will be making his first career road start. Plus, the environment will be raucous for the road team.

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Their bloody appetite is no Halloween myth. Vampire bats use sonar and their sensitive ears to search for prey in dense cover. With a target acquired, superpowered noses help them locate blood beneath a peccary's skin ... and the feast begins.

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And they work in astonishing ways.

At dusk, when the day ends for many creatures, the vampire bat's day begins.

They leave their roost in search of food.

To navigate, they rely on a special trick of hearing, called echolocation.

To understand what's around them...bats produce a high-pitched noise.

The noise registers beyond the range of human hearing.

But it travels outward...from the bat's mouth...hits the objects around it...and bounces back.

These sounds then tell the bat what's around it.

Fast enough to let it fly through jungles without hitting trees...and fast enough to find prey...like the peccary.

This bat sizes up its prey...and decides to wait for the 40-pound beast to go to sleep.

Once the peccaries turn in, the bat cozies up to a likely spot where the feast can begin.

Along with super-powered ears, these vampires have heat sensors in their noses.

This guides them to where warm blood flows just beneath the victim's skin.

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SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- Mitt Romney, an opponent of the DREAM Act, says he would veto it if it came across his desk as president.

The question was posed Saturday by a voter at the Family Table Restaurant in Le Mars. It was the first time Romney had been asked directly if he would veto the act and  he responded that the “answer is yes.”

The DREAM Act would allow children brought here illegally by their parents to earn citizenship by taking a number of steps that include completing college or serving two years in the military. It has been considered several times by Congress but has never passed.

Romney said he is open to military service -- with appropriate requirements -- as a way for people to earn permanent residency, as it currently is a way for people to earn citizenship.  "I am delighted with the idea that people who come to this country and wish to serve in the military can be given a path to become permanent residents in this country. Those who serve in our military and fulfill those requirements, I respect and acknowledge that path,” he said. He does not support a path to citizenship through education.

David Axelrod, President Obama’s top campaign adviser, tweeted that Romney's comments Saturday were "Wrong on principle & politics." Juan Sepulveda, the Democratic National Committee’s senior adviser for Hispanic Affairs, called Romney’s veto threat “appalling.” He said it removed any doubt that his “far-right views on immigration would make him the most extreme presidential nominee in recent memory.”

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This frame grab from the Saudi-owned television network MBC, the Middle East Broadcasting Center, shows alleged terror mastermind Osama bin Laden in an undated videotape broadcast by the Dubai-based MBC in 2002.(AFP/Getty Images)

President Obama's decision to withhold the visual evidence of Osama bin Laden's death has created a fundamental disagreement between the White House and one of the largest journalism organizations in the world. "This information is important for the historical record," said Michael Oreskes, senior managing editor at The Associated Press. "That's our view."

Last Monday, the AP filed a Freedom of Information Act request for the photographic and video evidence taken during the raid on bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.  The organization's FOIA request included a reminder of the president's campaign pledge and a plea to be more transparent than his predecessor. "The Obama White House 'pledged to be the most transparent government in U.S. history," wrote the AP,  "and to comply much more closely with the Freedom of Information Act than the Bush administration did.'"

Two days later, the president told 60 Minutes he would not release any of the footage related to the raid, including video of bin Laden's deep sea burial and photographs of his slain corpse. Though Oreskes voices his disagreement diplomatically, there's no way around it: The AP believes the president is wrong to maintain exclusive ownership of the evidence. "We're asking to see it," said Oreskes in an interview with The Atlantic Wire. "It's about us saying we would like to make our own news judgements about news worthy material."

The president insists that releasing bin Laden's photograph violates common decency and puts U.S. troops in harm's ways. "We don't trot out this stuff as trophies," he told Steve Kroft on 60 Minutes. "I think that given the graphic nature of these photos, it would create some national security risk."

Many in the press have agreed. "To put his head on a digital spike and display his mangled head is, indeed, not the Western way," wrote Andrew Sullivan on Wednesday.

But a journalist's prerogative is to ask questions and find answers, said Oreskes. "It's our job as journalists to seek this material."

"We're not deciding in advance to publish this material," he pledged.  "We would like our journalists, who are working very hard, to see this material and then we'll decide what's publishable and what's not publishable based on the possibliy that it's inflammatory."

Senator Lindsey Graham, Senator Susan Collins, Rep. Peter King and The Wall Street Journal's Peggy Noonan have each sought the photos release at one point or another. They each maintained that bin Laden, of course, is dead and the White House's narrative is to be believed. But photos should be released to tamp down conspiracy theories.

For Oreskes, the photo is an important piece of evidence to establish what happened during the Navy SEALs raid on bin Laden's Abbottabad compound. "In the week since the raid there's been a whole series of story-lines about what happened in this raid," said Oreskes. "At this point, anything that might shed more light on what occurred is potentially quite newsworthy. So we would like this imagery to fully understand what happened during this event."

"I can't tell you what understanding we would get," he prefaced. "But we would like to see it and compare it with other things we're being told about this raid both by U.S. officials and officials in other countries."

The AP isn't alone in wanting more insight on the specifics of the raid. When it eventually surfaced that bin Laden was not killed in a firefight, his wife wasn't used as a human shield, there was no live footage of the event and the "mansion" where he lived was only worth between $250,000 and $480,000, many became skeptical of the White House's narrative. Other organizations that have filed FOIAs include Politico, Fox News, Judicial Watch and Citizens United. Oreskes sympathizes with the president. "This is obviously one of his most difficult decisions and we understand that."

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Other than the economy and jobs, which issue will be the most important in the 2012 election cycle?

Democrats (113 votes)

Deficit and taxes: 68%
Education: 1%
Energy/environment: 3%
Health care: 14%
Immigration: 3%
National security/foreign policy: 4%
Other: 8%

Deficit and taxes

“The congressional debate is so dominated by deficit and taxes that this debate will have a major influence in every campaign for federal office.”

“The deficit and the unavoidable need to increase governmental revenues to reduce it will be front and center out of necessity.”

“Independent voters see the economy and fiscal responsibility as totally interconnected.”

“Obama should find a way to embrace Simpson-Bowles and take the middle ground away from the Republicans.”

“Not sure which side wins this debate, but Democrats are in their best position in a long time (forever) to compete on it.”

Health care

“Health care is a weakness for Obama and will certainly be used against him by the Republican presidential candidate.”

“The Supreme Court will be deciding the issue by June, right in the middle of the campaign.”

National security/foreign policy

“There’s too much smoke—Iran, Pakistan, the Middle East, even the [European Union]—for there not to be fire in the next 11 months. It’s a much more fundamental test of presidential leadership than a tiresome debate about taxes and the budget.”

“Given the volatility of today’s world, it could be Obama’s strength or greatest vulnerability.”

“American exceptionalism. The very concept of what makes America special—that goes to the core of the American Dream—is being challenged as the result of globalization, economic inequality, and political paralysis. This will be the issue into which the economy, jobs, etc. are wrapped.”

“Trust. Voters are cynical of institutions and politicians and will reward candidates they trust, but disagree with, over those they agree with on policy but do not trust.”

Other than the economy and jobs, which issue will be the most important in the 2012 election cycle?

Republicans (105 votes)

Deficit and taxes: 78%
Education: 0%
Energy/environment:  3%
Health care: 8%
Immigration: 3%
National security/foreign policy: 3%
Other: 6%

Deficit and taxes

“The ‘red-ink issue’ will loom large in 2012, given our credit rating problems and the eurozone crisis, and the impact of both on voters’ anxiety.”

“Each party thinks it has a decisive political advantage on deficit and taxes. This guarantees it will play prominently in the election.”

“We as a country need realism on the deficit, which includes very significant budget cuts but also a willingness to consider tax increases and the willingness not to procrastinate until the next election.”

“Obama’s punting on [the Keystone oil pipeline] will become a major issue. It runs against his argument that he’s focused on job creation, and it runs contrary to his notion that Congress is standing in the way of job creation. It’s about energy—but it’s really about jobs.”

Health care

“The president’s health care law is the great substantive uniter of the Republican majority coalition.”

“[Mitt] Romney is playing with Electoral College fire by using immigration to take down Newt [Gingrich]. Hard to find a winning map that does not include Nevada or Colorado.”

National security/foreign policy

“Iran and the Middle East are going to be the crises that drive more attention than we care to think about right now.”

“Anti-Washington populism. Get Washington’s hands off the economy’s throat so we can create jobs and growth.”

“Fairness. Voters want to believe that what is done is fair, and this applies to each and every issue highlighted.”

Who has a better chance of beating President Obama in 2012—Newt Gingrich or Mitt Romney?

Democrats (110 votes)

Newt Gingrich: 14%
Mitt Romney: 86%

“He can keep the ‘red-meat’ rhetoric going for the base while also showing competence and success from the Clinton-Gingrich years.”

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This week I participated in a panel at the Personal Democracy Forum in New York, and my assigned topic was "How Not to Be Fooled by Polls." My No. 1 suggestion: Look at many polls, not just one.

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At about the same time as my talk, Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg released a new poll [PDF] showing Barack Obama leading John McCain by a 12-point margin (49 percent to 37 percent). Immediately, reporters and political junkies were asking, "Is this result real?" Once again, we started focusing intently on just one poll, overlooking other recent surveys showing a closer race.

On Wednesday, the McCain campaign distributed a memo from its pollsters, Bill McInturff, Liz Harrington and David Kanevsky, arguing that the Arizona Republican's "double digit deficit," as measured by the poll, "is not a reflection of reality."

The culprit, they argue, is the poll's partisan composition. Thirty-nine percent of the voters surveyed identified themselves as Democrats, 22 percent as Republicans and 27 percent as independents; 12 percent were either unsure or identified with another party. The McCain pollsters pointed to other recent polls showing higher percentages of Republicans and argued that if the LAT/Bloomberg survey had been weighted to a "more normalized range for party identification," Obama's lead would have been narrower.

Welcome to the 2008 edition of an election-year perennial: the party ID wars. Pollsters have been asking respondents the party ID question ("Generally speaking, do you consider yourself a Republican, a Democrat, an independent or what?") for more than 50 years. They differ, sometimes heatedly, about whether it is ever appropriate to weight or "normalize" their samples based on it.

The reason is that party ID is attitude, unlike purely demographic traits such as gender, age or race. Attitudes can change. It's true that most Americans tend to form attachments to a particular party, or to a sense of independence from parties, that persist for a lifetime. But some individuals will change (typically shifting between one party and the independent category) in response to the larger political climate.

Over the last four years, for example, surveys by the Pew Research Center show [PDF] the Democratic advantage in party ID among adults growing from 3 percentage points in 2004 (33 percent Democrat to 30 percent Republican) to an average of 9 points so far in 2008 (36 percent Democrat to 25 percent Republican).

We might also remember that in 2004, just after the Republican convention, five national survey organizations released polls showing net shifts in party identification of 4 to 10 points in the Republican direction. Democratic partisans protested that the result could not possibly reflect reality, and the Republican shift did abate slightly in October. However, when the votes were cast, the national exit poll indicated both parties were tied at 37 percent in identification, the strongest Republican showing (as the McCain memo demonstrates) in at least 30 years.

So were the LAT/Bloomberg pollsters right in putting out a survey showing a bigger Democratic advantage than many other recent surveys? The answer is not as obvious as the McCain pollsters' memo implies.

The memo lists party identification results in 10 polls from May and June that average out to 38 percent Democrat and 29 percent Republican. LAT/Bloomberg had roughly the same proportion of Democrats (39 percent) but far fewer Republicans (22 percent).

The problem with that comparison is that four of the most recent polls -- by Newsweek, AP/Ipsos, ABC News/Washington Post and NBC News/Wall Street Journal -- all reported a Republican identification in the range of 23 percent to 24 percent and Democratic ID ranging from 33 percent to 37 percent. While the Democratic advantage on the LAT/Bloomberg poll is bigger, it is not wildly different.

Also, most of these pollsters ask party identification at the end of their interviews, and experimental research has shown that questions asked in the middle of the survey may lead some respondents to change or withhold their partisan leanings by the end of the survey.

Consider that this particular LAT/Bloomberg survey included a series of questions describing the candidates' positions on health care, tax cuts and home foreclosures, and ended with President Bush's job rating. It also had a double-digit "don't know or refused" result for party ID, which the McCain polling memo described as "unusual." It is possible that the lower-than-average Republican identification on this poll was partly an artifact of the content of the interview and not necessarily an indicator of a skewed sample.

I agree completely with McInturff and his colleagues on their bottom line. "It is important," they write, "that both the campaign, as well as reporters covering the campaign not over-react to every single survey that is released."

So let's follow that advice and look at the chart of all the national polls on It displays the usual wide band of variation in individual polls, but we also see Obama's percentage rising steadily in recent weeks and McCain's falling. Our trend estimates show Obama now holding a 6-point lead over McCain (48 percent to 42 percent), the largest so far for the Illinois Democrat in 2008.

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