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  • 15
    Feb

MidwayUSA Named Official Sponsor of the 2012 NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits

MidwayUSA Named Official Sponsor of the 2012 NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits Read the original: MidwayUSA Named Official Sponsor of the 2012 NRA Annual Meetings and Exhibits

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  • 14
    Feb

Social Media and Employers

Employers keep running into social media trouble. Sometimes, it starts with an employee. He decides to bad mouth his employer on his personal Facebook... Read more from the original source: Social Media and Employers

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  • 14
    Feb

THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending February 10, 2012

by Al Menaster, Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office DEATH VERDICT REVERSED FOR INSTRUCTIONAL ERROR The jury was told that it could find the kidnapping special-circumstance allegation true only if it ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Claraweb-CpdaMembersWebsite/~5/1YBcla2fqT8/12-02-10_wc.mp3 See the original post here: THE WEEK’S CASES: for the week ending February 10, 2012

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  • 14
    Feb

Am I Legally Required to Approve Doctor Appointments?

There's always that employee -- the one that tells you last-minute about a doctor's appointment, or schedules one when he has no more paid time off. It's usually during a busy time, too. Before you respond and decline the request, stop and think about the situation. Ask yourself whether you are legally required to give that employee time...

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  • 14
    Feb

California – New Vacaville prison mental health center opens

By Catherine Bowen/The Reporter, Vacaville – Published By Times Herald In a long-awaited move to comply with state guidelines, a mental health care center has opened at California Medical Facility on the Vacaville prison’s grounds. The ... Excerpt from: California – New Vacaville prison mental health center opens

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  • 14
    Feb

Caifornia – Report: Counties’ modern secure facilities have enough institutional capacity for juvenile justice realignment

Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice - By Selena Teji, J.D. Communications Specialist In January 2012, California’s Governor Brown released a proposed budget for fiscal year 2012-2013 including a plan to eliminate the state’s Division of Juvenile ... Read more: Caifornia – Report: Counties’ modern secure facilities have enough institutional capacity for juvenile justice realignment

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  • 14
    Feb

B.C. killer whale habitat protection ruled a legal duty

The federal minister of fisheries has no discretion when it comes to protecting the critical habitat of B.C.'s southern resident killer whales, the Federal Court of Appeal has ruled. Read the rest here: B.C. killer whale habitat protection ruled a legal duty

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  • 14
    Feb

Dread Reckoning: H5N1 Bird Flu May Be Less Deadly to Humans Than Previously Thought–or Not

Are fears of human-to-human transmitted bird flu overblown or does it make sense, based on current fatality rates, to anticipate a worst-case scenario for a future outbreak of H5N1 flu? See the article here: Dread Reckoning: H5N1 Bird Flu May Be Less Deadly to Humans Than Previously Thought--or Not

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    Feb

U.N. highlights pressing green issues

UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- A U.N. report identifies soil depletion and the rising number of end-of-life nuclear power reactors as pressing environmental issues, officials in New York say. See the original post: U.N. highlights pressing green issues

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  • 14
    Feb

EU vote on tar sands law expected on February 23

Reuters) - European Union officials are expected to vote on February 23 on a draft law that would label fuel produced from tar sands as more polluting than that from other forms of oil, according to a draft agenda seen by Reuters. See the original post here: EU vote on tar sands law expected on February 23

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