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Lyrics Revolt. Directed by Shannon Farhoud, Melanie Fridgant, Rana Khaled, and Ashlene Ramadan. Torath Productions, 2012.
The film is titled Lyrics Revolt. But, as the women from Torath Productions have demonstrated in their documentary, lyrics do much more than just revolt. They have played a significant role in the contemporary history of the Arab world. Lyrics unite. Lyrics express. Lyrics enrage. Lyrics communicate. These modes of expression are not ordered in a hierarchy of significance, as the film makes evident. Rather, they are simultaneous, cohesive, and integral functions of the music that Lyrics Revolt features. This multi-layered significance renders the art political and the political artistic. The music cannot be situated in a binary assessment of art as either a social message or art simply for art's sake. Rap and hip-hop are neither passive superfluities nor political tools. As Qusai, a Saudi Arabian artist, put it: "We're not politicians. We're not businessmen. We're not soldiers. We are hip-hop artists."
Using clips from nearly a dozen interviews with artists, the filmmakers splice these with the artists' own music and videos, along with video and stills of the recent uprisings in the region. In these clips, the artists explore both the personal significance of their craft (hip-hop, rap, DJing, beatboxing, and graffiti art are all featured) as well as their views on its social context. In various instances, they describe the music as a method of communication with their fellow citizens, as a vehicle to express frustration during times of crisis, and as a form of documenting and witnessing social realities: revolution, poverty, authoritarianism, repression, police brutality, and occupation (specifically of Palestine.)
Since it does not include narration, the film relies heavily on interview segments. These take place in various locations: in the artists' homes or studios, in parks or in the street. The segments are grouped into chapters. The first is entitled "Artists and the Arab Spring," the second "History of Arab Hip-Hop," and the third "Arab Spring." The titles themselves are somewhat problematic, as the term "Arab Spring" does not adequately capture the experiences of the artists, who were making music and addressing issues before, during, and after uprisings. Nor do these titles adequately capture the experiences of those (in Palestine, Lebanon, or Saudi Arabia, for instance) who did not see significant changes in the political situation in their countries as part of an "Arab Spring."
Additionally, the clips in each chapter do not necessarily correspond to these overarching themes. The film does not follow any particular storyline, and so the chapters and organization seem a bit arbitrary and meandering. However, this is made up for by the richness of the interview content and the fantastic choice of interlocutors. The film features a diversity of locations and experiences. The artists are from Lebanon, Palestine, Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, Libya, and Saudi Arabia, and come from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds. Most were born and raised in these countries, though others grew up or were educated abroad.
Of particular note is the strong representation of female artists in the film. In an otherwise male-dominated genre, these women are included not as a special category of "female artists," as tokens or as a subset of masculinity. The filmmakers include these women as equal contributors, offering their own unique views—undoubtedly, but not explicitly, informed by their experiences as women—as citizens and individuals living through tumultuous times. For example, Farah Abdel Latif, an Egyptian beatboxer, describes using music to express emotion: "For the first time [the people] say the truth and they say what they feel, without fear."
The diversity of interviews demonstrates the robustness of Arabic hip-hop. If any doubts existed as to whether it might be considered a legitimate genre in its own right, these are dispelled in the film. While rooted in a lineage of hip-hop from the US and Europe (particularly France, as several of the artists make reference to the maghrebin rap that emanated from the banlieues to North Africa), Arabic hip-hop is distinct.
Of course, as the title of the film suggests, one of the most distinctive features of Arabic hip-hop is its political embeddedness. Several of the artists in the film describe this as distinguishing them from "habibi" or "pop" music in the region. While hip-hop music has historically had strong political underpinnings, this feature is particularly salient given the continued unrest in the artists' home countries. At the time when the film was being made, the artists faced (and continue to face) various degrees of political and economic instability. Kareem Edel Eissa, of the group Arabian Knightz, explained that life in Egypt is like a soap opera. Egyptian rappers have enough material in the news, in political life, he said, that they do not need to rhyme about personal problems. Tareq Abu Kwalik, a Palestinian artist, adds: "Arabic rap reflects people's feelings from the street."
This particular political embeddedness—the embrace of street politics—is shared by all of the artists featured in the film. The uprisings themselves were enacted in the street, not only as a physical location, but as an ideological venue. The film demonstrates how hip-hop took its place as a mode of articulation of these politics. While all of the rappers and hip-hop artists in the film were active in their respective rap/hip-hop scene before 2011, those from Libya, Tunisia and Egypt specifically reference the downfall of authoritarian regimes in these countries as influencing these scenes. Khaled M, a Libyan rapper, explains that prior to the revolution in Libya, "you could only get popular if you were making pro-Gaddafi music—pro-Gaddafi propaganda." Crack, a Tunisian group, references the revolution as emboldening new artists to enter the scene. For all of the artists, the political changes had significance for each of them as individual critical citizens, offering new inspiration for the content of their performances and providing an opening for greater freedom of expression.
But the music was not only informed by what happened in the street, it informed the street as well. Mohamed El-Deeb performed in Tahrir; El General's "Rayes El Bled" inspired demonstrations; a remix of Lauryn Hill's "Rebel" by Kareem of Arabian Knightz' was played on a protester's cell phone during the first uprisings in Egypt. These are not tangential anecdotes, and the film narrates not only the personal stories of these artists, but also the development of the genre and its relationship to the political uprising.
During these uprisings, the street became important as a political venue where the multitude of voices rendered subaltern by an authoritarian regime recognized one another and engaged in discourse and action. Hip-hop music too has always been present as an artistic venue where radical views, often marginalized in the mainstream, are developed (often literally) in concert with one another. Because of the alignment between the state and nationalist pop acts, Eissa explained that after 25 January, those in Tahrir turned to hip-hop. Its underground nature, outside of and antithetical to the regime, expressed and recorded the events in a way that spoke directly to those who were confronting the regime.
A second feature treated in the film is the artists' consciousness of the language that they are using. For while the artists refer to the genre as such—Arabic—the language is often combined with other languages (predominantly English or French). The artists explain their use English or French explicitly as conduits to communicate with the West and to confront stereotypes of Arabs. Rather than framing this tactic in terms of marketing to a Western audience, or as replication of American or European hip-hop, Eissa says: "It's very important for us to do English songs because nothing will change our image in the Western world…unless we start doing stuff in their language."
This perspective on the use of Western languages is not shared by all artists in the film. Many of the artists believe that Arabic is sufficient to express the depth of feeling and sentiment of the artists, and as a way to build solidarity in the region (while many may speak either English or French, most often even a local dialect would be easier to understand for the majority of those living in the Middle East/North Africa). Malikah, a Lebanese rap artist, described first rapping in English before switching to Arabic after the war in Lebanon in 2005. She asked herself:
Why am I writing in English? I've never heard any American rapper trying to rap in Arabic. Even if most Lebanese people speak English…Arabic is a beautiful language [that] everybody from the Arab world can understand. It's a way for us to communicate.
Fareeq El Atrash of Lebanese Crew also explains that mixing local dialect with fusha Arabic allows a wider range of Arabic-speaking population to access their music.
By forgoing narration throughout the documentary, the filmmakers also emphasize the importance of the artists' voices in their music. Although it is never stated explicitly, at a time where the contours and implementations of democracy are being reimagined and reformed, the motifs of plurality, inclusion, and voice are subtly present in the film through the words of the artists. This makes the work important not only for those interested in a study of music and culture, but also those seeking to better understand from where social and political changes originates.
As Abu Kwaik explains, rap and hip-hop did something that no group of politicians, academics, analysts, or journalists could have done in the region: "Rap predicted the revolutions."


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UK-based trade mag Just-Auto yesterday reported FoMoCo is considering bringing models from Ford Europe to the US market, a practice the company has employed in the past to fill holes in its stateside line. Among models it's considering are the Mondeo, Focus, S-Max, and Galaxy minivan, which many Jalopnik readers agree are more appealing than their counterparts (if any) in the US. So which ones should they bring? The much-coveted Euro Focus, which shares its underpinnings with the Volvo S40 and Mazda3? Maybe the S-Max, a higher-performance version of the Galaxy minivan? How about the Tourneo utility wagon (young, quirk-addicted parents call the front desk)? Maybe something else? Enough with the talk. Take our poll already.
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More on the Mondeo; When Dave Met Bruce: Ford Europe's C-Max Debuts in Bologna; Ford's Hottest Hatch: Euro-Only Ford Focus ST [internal]

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Here is what I am thinking of trying to hide wp-content from the urls of files included in page source.
defining the following in wp-settings.php
define ('WP_CONTENT_URL','http://example.com/myownfoldername');
and adding this to
RewriteRule ^myownfoldername/(.*) /wp-content/$1 [QSA,L]
This seems to work fine with no additional plugins on localhost `but will it work seamlessly on the online site with a few plugins. I am more concerned about w3 total cache.
I guess I need now worry about a few reference of wp-content in database as even if it exists there it is still a valid link?


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Shacking up, gay marriage and now wed leases.
Given all this, I'm inclined to say as so many people do these days Why bother?
A reader sent me a copy of the Washington Post opinion piece excerpted below. The author, who is a divorce attorney, suggests that, given today's revolving door marriages, we just set up marriage as a lease arrangement and forego all that "til death do us part" nonsense at the get-go. He sees it as a simplification of the court-laden bitterness of today's divorce culture.
My first thought was that the guy deserves a couple of stars for innovative thinking and his willingness to legislate himself out of a job. But then I thought that he's probably as sick of doing divorces as every other attorney I ever met. Setting up wed leases for his clients (His suggestions would require quite a bit of personalized legal tailoring for each couple.) would probably end up being, if not as lucrative as a high-dollar divorce, still a good living for an attorney, and without the need to Xanax.
So, I guess he's not being entirely selfless.
However, he has put his finger on the truth of what is happening in our society.
We've trashed marriage to the point that it no longer means much of anything. Gay marriage is the end of marriage as a legitimate institution. Now the flood gates on redefining marriage are open and you can bet that a lot of garbage is going to trot through them. Of course, none of this would have happened if heterosexuals hadn't trashed their marriages (and their kids, homes and finances along with their marriages) for so many years.
Christians who want to follow Jesus instead of the world are going to have to make a decision about their marriages. Are they entering into Holy Matrimony, which is a life-long union on which God rains down sacramental graces? Or, are they entering into an elastic "so long as we both dig it" legal contract endowed by the state with nothing much but a lot of misery and legal gas?
The truth is, marriage, as it is practiced today has nothing — and I mean nothing — to do with the sacrament of Holy Matrimony as Jesus created it and as the Church has provided it for 2,000 years.
Which is it Christians?
Have you and your spouse entered into a Covenant before God Almighty that bonds you together in sickness and health, for richer and poorer until death does you part? Or are you just play-acting with some legally created contract that you can breach or nullify anytime there is sickness or poverty or you just don't feel like it today?
For centuries, the legal definition of marriage corresponded closely enough to the Christian understanding of Holy Matrimony that the two could function almost as the same thing.
No more.
In today's brave new world, "marriage" is a legal construct. At best, it is a contract. At worst, it is a sham. Many times it is both — a sham contract.
Holy Matrimony, at least as the Catholic Church and some other denominations do it, remains unchanged. Outside of those churches that still treat marriage as the life-long Covenantal relationship between a man and a woman that God intended, there is no Holy Matrimony in our society today.
Christians who want to follow Jesus are going to have to learn to make this distinction, first in their own lives, and second as they regard the "marriages" in the wider world. There are things that redefining the law cannot change, and this is one of them.
True marriage, which, to distinguish it from the legal contracts of the wider society, I have decided to call Holy Matrimony, is a sacrament instituted by Our Lord Jesus Christ.
It is up to you, my Christian brothers and sisters, if you want to be married in the eyes of God in Holy Matrimony, or you want a legal contract for sex and shared finances. If you want Holy Matrimony, then you must begin with the Church as the cornerstone of your marriage. By that I mean you must be married in the Church and you must make Christ the head of your home.
I do not think it will be possible for Christians to be the light the world so badly needs if we continue down this path of half Christian/half worldly.
More and more the world itself is demanding that we, as Joshua demanded thousands of years ago, choose this day whom we will serve.
Choosing to follow Christ begins in the individual heart, and it is first acted out in the home. The creator of home is Holy Matrimony.
Everything else is dead legalism.
From the Washington Post:
We all know that far too many marriages end in divorce, yet this institution does not adapt. Indeed, most Americans today want to expand conventional marriage to include same-sex couples.
So why is there no effort to improve the legal structure of marriage, when it shows itself to be deficient?
Marriage is a legal partnership that lasts a lifetime — one lifetime to be exact, that of the first of the spouses to die. Generally speaking, that is a long time for any partnership. People, circumstances and all sorts of other things change. The compatibility of any two people over decades may decline with these changes to the point of extinction.
In real estate, one may own a life estate in a piece of property. This is comparable to the term of a marriage — a lifetime. And in real estate, one may hold possession of property for shorter terms through a lease.
Why don't we borrow from real estate and create a marital lease? Instead of wedlock, a "wedlease."
Here's how a marital lease could work: Two people commit themselves to marriage for a period of years — one year, five years, 10 years, whatever term suits them. The marital lease could be renewed at the end of the term however many times a couple likes. It could end up lasting a lifetime if the relationship is good and worth continuing. But if the relationship is bad, the couple could go their separate ways at the end of the term. The messiness of divorce is avoided and the end can be as simple as vacating a rental unit.


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The acclaimed singing actress, who played the intimate venue in May, is again offering Beneath the Dress Sept. 16 at 7 PM and Sept. 18 at 9:30 PM. There is a $35-$45 cover charge and a $25 food and beverage minimum.
In a statement Ruffelle said her new show "certainly reveals more of the real me than anything I've ever done. The songs are inspired by people I admire, situations with which I associate and women who just love to entertain."
Frances Ruffelle's many stage appearances include Dinah in Trevor Nunn's Starlight Express, Yonah in the original West End production of Children of Eden, Roxie Hart in Chicago and, most recently, the title role in Piaf. She also made a cameo appearance in the "Les Misérables" film.
Read a recent interview with the Tony-winning actress here.
54 Below is located at 254 W. 54th Street. Tickets and additional information are available at 54Below.com.


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stakes on Capitol Hill
by Barry
What a picture! More
than 3,000 co-op members — men and women
from every corner of the country and all walks of life — gathered
in one room preparing for meetings on Capitol Hill. More than 3,000 members
united by a single purpose: urging Congress to protect safe, reliable
and affordable electricity for 40 million Americans.
It was a beautiful
time to be in Washington, D.C. The roses had bloomed and the air was
still cool. But even more beautiful was the sight of true grassroots
democracy thriving, just as the founders intended.
The 2007 Legislative
Conference was hosted by the National Rural Electric Cooperative
Association, and NRECA's CEO Glenn English told us this year's
conference was one of the most important lobbying efforts for electric
cooperatives in decades.
From promoting the
continued use of Rural Utilities Service financing, to supporting tax
and loan incentives for renewable energy, to educating members of Congress
on the potential impact of various climate change proposals, the co-ops' representatives
had a lot of work to do.
The 55 members from
Missouri visited the offices of our entire congressional delegation.
They were glad to see us. They wanted to hear from us because they
know we are the grassroots voice of rural consumers.
Our senior U.S. Senator,
Kit Bond, had just returned from a fact-finding mission to Iraq. With
just five hours sleep over two days, he put everything else on hold
to meet with us. We expected Rep. Ike Skelton to be too busy to see
us since he now chairs the Armed Services Committee and his committee
was working on the Defense budget. Instead, he kept powerful people
waiting while he gave us his undivided attention.
We got to know our
newest senator, Claire McCaskill, a lot better and learned she is
committed to preserving the quality of life in rural Missouri. She
also told us she had signed a letter with Sen. Bond supporting low-cost
hydropower for rural electric co-op members. We had excellent visits
with our urban Congressmen, Reps. Emmanuel Cleaver, Bill Clay, Jr.,
Russ Carnahan and Todd Akin. This year Rep. Roy Blunt, who is House
Minority Floor Leader, heard an update on restoration efforts following
the devastating January ice storm that hit his district in southwest
In addition to wearing
out shoe leather, we took our message to the airwaves. I went on "Agritalk," a
radio program devoted to rural issues that is broadcast in 16 states.
My conversation with host Mike Adams focused on some of the climate
change proposals being debated in Congress. Some of these proposals,
particularly those that would create a "carbon tax," could
lead to rate shock for co-op members.
There's a temptation
in Congress to latch onto a single, easy solution to reducing
carbon emissions, such as energy efficiency or more renewable
energy or drastically raising the cost of electricity to force
conservation. The reality is we need to do a lot of things
if we're going to reduce carbon.
Missouri is developing
150 megawatts of wind power, and we're justifiably
proud of this award-winning project. But wind energy is just
a part of the solution. Co-ops have to have reliable baseload generation,
which means we need new power plants that generate electric power
from different fuel sources. Given the surging demand for power, Congress
cannot afford to take coal-fired generation off the table — as
some bills propose to do.
As I said on the
radio and in meetings on Capitol Hill: The key will be for Congress
to devote the resources necessary to research, develop and deploy new
carbon control technologies.
Congress needs to
come up with legislation that all Americans can
rally around, including those of us who live and do business in
rural America. You can be confident the nation's electric cooperatives will do our part
to help find a legislative solution that won't put an undue burden
on you.
Hart is executive vice president of the Association
of Missouri Electric Cooperatives.
Barry Hart
Barry Hart
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SEATTLE — After a nearly 23-hour standoff, police blew up the top of an elaborate bunker in the Cascade Mountains on Saturday and found the body of a man inside — believed to be that of a survivalist wanted in the deaths of his wife and daughter last weekend.
The suspect appeared to have shot himself, King County sheriff's Sgt. Katie Larson said. Officials were awaiting positive identification of the body.
The raid ended a tense week for law enforcement officials who tried to track down 41-year-old Peter Keller, a gun enthusiast described by his family as having a "survivalist mentality." That Keller was likely armed and on the loose in an extremely popular hiking and mountain-biking area east of Seattle kept many people on edge.
Keller had spent eight years building the bunker into the side of Rattlesnake Ridge, police said. It was thoroughly camouflaged and had multiple levels.
SWAT teams spent a grueling seven hours on the mountainside Friday morning, virtually crawling over dangerously steep terrain slick with mud from recent rains, before they found the bunker. A number of officers were treated intravenously for dehydration, and one broke his ankle, said sheriff's Sgt. Cindi West said.
After long shifts, the officers appeared exhausted, their faces smeared with camouflage paint, as they rode down the mountain in sport-utility vehicles or armored carriers to be replaced by fresher teams.
SWAT officers who kept watch on the bunker through Friday night said they saw lights going on and off, and they believed its occupant had everything necessary to remain inside for a long time — including a generator, food, gas mask, bullet-resistant vest and many guns.
Photographs found in Keller's home after the killings gave authorities an idea of where it was; in one picture that they enhanced, detectives could make out buildings in nearby North Bend. Combined with reports from alert hikers who remembered seeing his faded red pickup truck at the Rattlesnake Ridge trailhead, the sheriff's office sent experienced trackers to the area, where they found off-trail boot prints confirming their belief that he was somewhere on the ridge.
They could smell smoke from its woodstove before they found it.
Authorities pumped tear gas into the structure Friday, but it failed to flush the occupant — either because it didn't penetrate deep enough into the structure, or because the person had a gas mask.
Officers described the bunker as "amazingly fortified" and said the photos recovered from Keller's house don't do it justice, West said.
The bunker was found at about the 1,350-foot level, several hundred yards due east of a trailhead at Rattlesnake Ridge. It had several entryways and ladders.
Court documents described Keller as a loner who has a survivalist mentality and has been stockpiling supplies in the woods.
An arrest warrant issued Wednesday accuses him of two counts of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree arson; the home was set on fire after Keller's wife and daughter were shot.
The fire at Keller's home was stopped before the house burned down, and authorities said they found seven gasoline cans placed in different areas of the home.
The King County medical examiner has determined Kaylene Keller, 18, and her mother, Lynnettee Keller, 41, both died from gunshots to the head. Their bodies were found in their bedrooms.
Kaylene's boyfriend told detectives that Peter Keller had shown him his gun collection and several large-caliber rifles and handguns, court documents said. The boyfriend, who was not identified, said Kaylene had told him her father took long hikes on the weekends and was stockpiling supplies at a fort in the woods.
Peter Keller withdrew $6,200 from a bank last week and told one of his co-workers at a computer refurbishing store in Preston that he might not return, according to court documents.


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Maricopa County taxpayers have paid for the training of 2,694 badge-carrying men and women who make up Sheriff Joe Arpaio's posse. They have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to train 800 of those posse members to shoot straight.
Yet only 21 warm bodies fill chairs this morning at the Durango Complex.
It's the second Saturday of Arpaio's posse drug-bust program, Operation Rolling Thunder, but few posse members have rolled out of bed.
They're scattered sparsely in a sea of folding chairs, some in plain clothes, others dressed to look exactly like sheriff's deputies. Most carry sidearms.
Sergeant Rich Rosky of the narcotics division is shuffling papers at a podium. It's the sworn officer's job to give the posse morning assignments, and he looks like he'd rather be elsewhere.
He asks the 19 men and two women if anyone would volunteer to answer phones. There's an agonized silence and some squirming in the folding chairs, and Rosky must cajole them. Finally, a volunteer raises his hand.
The rest, hoping for meatier assignments, breathe a collective sigh of relief.
Rosky then gets the attention of the two women, who sit several rows away from each other.
"I'm going to pair you two together. It's not a sexist thing, but I figure you two can talk to each other," he says.
"That is a sexist thing," one of the women answers.
Giggles wash over the room. The women end up paired together, but they take it good-naturedly, filing out with the rest of the posse to the unmarked cars waiting outside.
Rosky has grouped them into teams that will transport suspects arrested by narcotics officers. Other teams will roam freely, waiting to hear about busts going down. Then they'll speed to the scene to back up the sworn deputies.
The posse members lucky enough to get this detail are introducing themselves to one another and shaking hands. They tend to be the ones dressed most like deputies, and they stride out of the building in anticipation.
You can almost feel the sworn officers crossing their fingers.
In the three years since Arpaio announced his intention to build up the county's civilian posse and put it in law enforcement situations, critics have warned of the day that a rash volunteer pulls his weapon and kills someone.
That probably won't happen soon. Only a small number of the most dedicated volunteers actually turn up regularly for posse programs, and most of the time they're simply transporting prisoners, answering telephones or selling pink underwear.
Besides, the posse's already caused plenty of damage without firing a shot. At least that's what some of the sheriff's severest critics say.
They say Arpaio has misled the public about the cost and effectiveness of the posse, and that he's done it solely to boost his popularity. He's crassly cashed in on the volunteerism of thousands of concerned citizens while putting real law enforcement in jeopardy, particularly in the county's unincorporated areas.
These critics should know what they're talking about. They work for Arpaio.
In the past six months, New Times has interviewed dozens of deputies, both active and recently retired, from every division of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. They tell of a severe and widespread crisis in morale and a general lack of respect for "America's toughest sheriff."
Arpaio's sworn officers say that law enforcement has taken a back seat to public relations and the posse.
Public records bear them out. Between 1992, the last year of Sheriff Tom Agnos' administration, and 1994, Arpaio's second year as sheriff, training hours for posse members increased 6,000 percent. Training the posse has become the primary task of the department's training division, displacing instruction for enforcement officers, jail detention officers and civilian staff.
Deputies say that while Arpaio tells the public the posse saves the county millions, the opposite--that it has actually cost taxpayers millions--is true. After Arpaio launched his first Christmas season mall patrol in 1993, sworn officers were sufficiently concerned about this duplicity that some of them leaked news about it to the press. Pressured by the leaks, Arpaio called for an internal audit of the program: It showed that the "free" six-week holiday program cost the county $160,000.
Deputies also charge that most of the money spent for posse training is wasted. Officers heavily involved in training say that eight in ten posse members disappear after finishing training and never donate any time to the department. A dedicated posse man who donates more than 1,000 hours of his time each year calls 80 percent a conservative figure, and says getting posse members out for what they call "Joe shows"--posse events staged for media--is like pulling teeth.
Arpaio predicted that Operation Rolling Thunder would mobilize 1,000 posse members; records show that 100 turned out on the first day and the numbers dwindled quickly thereafter. By the fourth week of the highly publicized program, an average of nine posse members was showing up each day to help bust drug dealers. That's nine of 2,694, or 0.3 percent.
Perhaps most important, the shift in Sheriff's Office resources to the posse--"Joe's sacred cow," according to one retired deputy--has come just as the agency has been put under severe budget restraints. At a time when Arpaio has complained about budget cuts threatening his ability to perform mandated functions (he went so far as to sue the county Board of Supervisors in 1994, saying that he'd have to close jails unless he got more money), he has poured the department's energy into building up his private civilian army.
Deputies say that shift of resources has had real impact for sworn officers. Advanced training programs have been cut and pay increases are on hold. They say the shift has also put the county's residents in unincorporated areas at risk: Patrol districts are asked to donate men and vehicles to posse programs targeting incorporated areas where more voters live, and where the press is more likely to pay attention.
And the press has obliged, responding uncritically and perpetuating the notion that Arpaio's "2,700-strong posse" is acting en masse, throwing bad guys in jail left and right, saving the county millions.
Now the sheriff is holding up his posse as a model for the rest of the country. His book, America's Toughest Sheriff, repeats his bogus claims for a nationwide audience, encouraging readers to start posses in their own hometowns. At book signings, Arpaio is congratulated and adored, the champion of a public that thinks his programs are effective at fighting crime.
Arpaio's employees say it isn't so. And they're letting him know it.
When Joe Arpaio sits down for an interview, he can't wait to describe the gun battles he's survived. Turkey. Mexico. Panama. Name the country, he dodged bullets there when he was an agent for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
What he's less apt to discuss are the pot shots his own employees have taken at him.
Like the time he and his wife, Ava, returned from a European vacation. It was 1976 or 1977 (Arpaio's unsure on that point after so many years), and the couple had landed at Boston's Logan Airport after a flight from Rome. Customs officials, alerted by someone inside DEA to look for a drug runner named Joe Arpaio, detained the couple and interrogated them.
The Arpaios' luggage was searched and it was some time before Arpaio's story--that he was a narcotics agent, not a smuggler--checked out.
Arpaio's former DEA colleagues say he spent the rest of his career there trying to find out which of his employees set him up for the humiliating prank. He still doesn't know.
"These things you go through when you're a manager quite often, or when you're a sheriff or the head of an agency and so on, so that didn't bother me. But it was a little comical," he says, sounding more annoyed than amused.
Arpaio is sitting behind his desk, looking haggard; the night before, he was in California to film an episode of Comedy Central's Politically Incorrect. Never mind that the host called him America's "stupidest sheriff"--the cable-TV program provided the national exposure he craves. And Arpaio makes it plain that the next journalist is champing to get into his large, wood-paneled office to interview "America's toughest sheriff."
But he has enough time to acknowledge that, yes, the Logan Airport story is true. "Yeah, yeah, it was a prank. Yeah, okay. So what?" he asks. He's incredulous that his men are spreading this story around. "In 1996 someone mentioned that happened, that someone searched my luggage? How the hell? Was it in my book?" (It isn't.)
If Arpaio were truly the toughest sheriff in America, few of his employees would likely find fault with him. In the mock-military culture of law enforcement, where majors and captains give orders to lieutenants and sergeants, there's no shortage of machismo. But Maricopa County's deputies, like anyone who spends more than a few minutes with Joseph M. Arpaio, know that the labels attached to him--variations on the "mean" and "tough" themes--are completely inappropriate.
Arpaio isn't tough or mean. Bellicose, maybe. In person, the pudgy 62-year-old seems more frail than frightening. Deputies say they've been instructed to take it easy if they're ever transporting the sheriff in their patrol cars.
The toughness thing is an act, and even Arpaio seems fully aware of it. One minute he's an avuncular paisan who misses the old days when a lawman and a reporter could talk over cigars in a dimly lit tavern. The next minute he's a self-righteous social reformer shouting most of the get-tough slogans he shouted at four other reporters earlier that day.
That his deputies are talking about him, and not in the kindest terms, doesn't seem to faze him. Arpaio brushes it off as the grumblings of "two or three disgruntled employees."
"That's normal in any organization. But since the deputies association, the Fraternal Order of Police, and the AFSCME, all the unions support the sheriff, I feel pretty good that I have the major support of my troops."
But when it comes to disgruntled employees--armed, no less--the U.S. Postal Service has nothing on the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.
"I can't believe the people of this county think this guy is as great as they do," says retired deputy chief Bill Miller. "They never sit in morning staff meetings and listen to this guy slapping and pounding the table, acting like an idiot and chewing people out because one of his men talked to the media at a crime scene." Arpaio's obsession with controlling press coverage--so that it focuses entirely on him--has worn down the people around him, Miller says.
Miller and other present and former officers portray Arpaio as so consumed with the fear of news leaks that he pursues "dime droppers"--law enforcement cant for officers who speak privately with reporters--with a single-minded viciousness. (When a copy of the Sheriff's Office internal video magazine was leaked to the press in 1994, Arpaio reportedly went ballistic. He fired staff videographer Gary Josephson, saying publicly that budget shortfalls were to blame. News reports contend Arpaio got the wrong man--another source had leaked the tape--and Josephson is still fighting to get his job back.)
But as Arpaio scrambles to plug the leaks, an increasing number of deputies are coming forward to speak--albeit anonymously--about the crisis facing the Sheriff's Office. Few are in as good a position as Miller to judge how widely the discontent had spread in the ranks.
"Morale was shitty. It was bad. I was working as watch commander at night. I was out there with the deputies. I was in the jails. I was all over this county. . . . There was just no respect for this man."
Morale has deteriorated so badly that even Arpaio can't ignore it, Miller says. In January, at the same time opinion polls identified Arpaio as the state's most popular elected official, he was so unpopular with his own deputies that he embarked on a four-week, morale-boosting tour in his patrol districts.
At the first stop on his tour--the District 2 substation in Avondale--Arpaio miscalculated badly, giving his deputies essentially the same tough-on-crime stump speech he gives to reporters or Rotary Clubs every day.
"He bangs his chest for 45 minutes and says, 'You owe your jobs to me,'" says one officer. Arpaio's arrogance, he says, made the deputies madder than ever.
Attendance at the meeting was mandatory. "If it wasn't," says another District 2 deputy, "we wouldn't have shown up. Arpaio's lost all respect with us."
News that the meeting had been a tense one, and that several deputies had made their frustrations plain, spread to the other districts. Things were smoother during the next week's meeting--in Mesa's substation--but a deputy there says the district's captain had made it clear that his men weren't to embarrass Arpaio, as the Avondale law officers had.
Arpaio's third stop took him to Sun City and patrol District 3. Concerned about confronting the sheriff directly, District 3 officers anonymously printed up a list of questions for the sheriff. New Times obtained a copy of the list several days before the meeting.
"Why do we have to constantly do their job?" reads one question, referring to the Phoenix Police Department. "Why can't we concentrate on criminal activity in the county? Contrary to what you tell the press, you aren't chasing hookers out of Arizona, only to adjacent streets," a reference to the sheriff's use of the posse to target prostitutes on Van Buren Street in 1994 and 1995.
"Will the $380,000 profit from those awful pink shorts be used to train posse, so the sworn people can have their training budget back?" reads another. Deputies say that the posse's moneymaker--souvenir pink shorts that commemorate Arpaio's gimmick of dyeing inmate underwear pink, ostensibly to keep it from being stolen--is an embarrassment to the department. They're wildly popular with the public, but the deputy who wrote this question exaggerated their profitability (as does Arpaio every chance he gets). It's true that gross sales of the pink underwear have exceeded $400,000, but profits have only reached about $170,000.
Still, that's quite a pile of cash. Arpaio says the Posse Foundation plans to use it to reimburse the posse for such expenses as gasoline used in the mall patrols, but it's only spent $3,000 for that so far. Twice as much was spent on a half-page ad that appeared in the Arizona Republic during Super Bowl week; the ad warned visitors not to commit crimes. It was widely seen as more political ad than crime deterrent.
The sheriff says he doesn't remember being presented with questions at District 3. When a reporter hands him a copy of the list, Arpaio says he's never seen it.
Two District 3 deputies tell New Times that Arpaio did read from the questions, but only the less controversial ones--such as a concern about overweight members of the command staff and the posse hurting the agency's image.
At one point, a deputy stood up and put it directly to the sheriff--what was he going to do about their concerns about the posse? The deputy said that he and his colleagues had no quarrel with the traditional "mission" posses--the search-and-rescue organizations and community watchdog groups which existed before Arpaio took office--but with the "Arpaio posses," which were created recently and have drained the department's precious resources.
The District 3 deputies say Arpaio launched into a long justification of his posses, telling the men and women that they should be proud of them, especially with the posse concept poised to spread all over the globe. Deputies quote Arpaio as saying, "When you use the word 'posse,' automatically you get the headlines. Automatically. It's that magic word, 'posse.'"
During a subsequent interview, Arpaio elaborates on his response: "I did mention that every time we use the posse for a program, the press seems to emphasize the posse." But he denies saying it in the context of justifying the posse's existence. "We were talking about the news media and my response was, unfortunately, every time the posse does something, the press seems to pick up on it. But when a deputy does something, they don't even print it. . . . That was what I was saying. It wasn't that we were using posses to get the press."
The deputies say Arpaio made it clear the posse program would proceed at full tilt. They say he did throw them a bone, however, promising to work hard to get them a long-awaited raise.
Right after he's reelected, that is.
Arpaio denies the charge, saying he's never used a pay raise as a bargaining chip to get his deputies' support.
Later, during the District 3 meeting, Arpaio asked a retired officer in the front row if he'd concealed a tape recorder. Deputies say the man responded by standing, unzipping his trousers and exposing himself.
The incident produced some nervous laughter, which increased after the retiree delivered the punch line: "It wanted your autograph."
As was the case with the deputies' questions--and is the case with almost any unflattering event--Arpaio doesn't recall being flashed in front of the District 3 deputies. "I don't remember a guy exposing himself, no. If they did, they did. They were having a barbecue and beer, I believe, just prior to that. I don't know if the guy had too many beers, if he did that. But why would a retired deputy be there? I don't know. And if he's retired, maybe that tells you something. If he did that, he should be retired."
About a quarter of the book America's Toughest Sheriff is devoted to Maricopa County's posse, sandwiched between a section on Arpaio's famous tent jail and shoot-'em-up stories from his narc days.
Len Sherman, the co-author, approached his neighbor Joe Arpaio about a book in 1994, shortly after he had moved to Arizona from his native New York. He found Arpaio wary. Not, he says, because the sheriff wasn't ready for national exposure, but because, well, Arpaio doesn't have much use for books.
"Why is anyone going to buy this book?" Sherman says Arpaio asked him. "You go to bookstores and they're filled with books--nobody's buying them."
Sherman finally convinced the sheriff that the book would give him a way to spread his message about fighting crime without having to go through pesky reporters. (The two of them are particularly proud of a chapter that rails against the media, which is ironic, given that local media have been unabashed cheerleaders for Arpaio.)
The toughest task that faced Sherman, and the one at which he was ultimately most successful, was putting the sheriff's ideas into writing while preserving the sheriff's inimitable voice. Occasionally, however, Sherman's own ideas take over.
It was his notion, for example, to begin the posse section with a chapter on search-and-rescue missions. He says he wrote it for the book's national audience, which he guessed would appreciate an introduction to the traditional sense of the posse.
The chapter contains a heartwarming story of a posse man flying his own plane--on his own time and at his own expense--to find two travelers stranded in the desert.
This is not an Arpaio innovation.
A volunteer search-and-rescue force was the role of the posse before Joe Arpaio took office on January 1, 1993. And, unanimously, deputies and other employees who agreed to talk with New Times say that, unlike "Joe's posses," the so-called "mission posses" continue to fulfill their roles admirably. They include the men and women who scour the desert for missing people, the retirees who patrol Sun City, and the divers who can be counted on to plunge into the county's lakes on a moment's notice.
Arpaio changed this traditional posse focus with a massive redirection of agency resources that puts volunteers in actual law enforcement situations and makes them as much like real deputies as possible. The idea stirred the Arizona imagination, and soon volunteers were flooding the department to get into training programs.
So many joined that new posses had to be invented to take them. Maricopa County's posse is actually 53 separate posses of varying size, all under the authority of the sheriff. "Joe's posses" were created to bring in the new kind of volunteer--the gung-ho crime fighter who wants to wear a gun and a badge. They include the "operations" and "community services" posses, two generically named groups that typify the new influx of volunteers. Arpaio aggressively recruited new posse members with billboards and splashy media events, proudly trumpeting how many Valley residents were answering his call.
What he didn't tell the public, deputies say, is how much of a burden the flood of volunteers put on the department.
"The bigger the posse gets, the more resources it requires," says John Thompson, who retired with the rank of major in 1994. "You end up pulling sworn officers away from what they should be doing. Then you're in deep kimchee."
The posse buildup was in full swing when he left, Thompson says, and he could see that it was taking its toll on the sworn personnel.
It gives him a sense of deja vu.
In the mid-'70s, Thompson worked for Paul Blubaum, another sheriff who increased the role of the posse. Blubaum gave posse members rank and allowed them to wear insignia during ride-alongs with deputies. Thompson says that gave the impression that posse members outranked the sworn officers, causing considerable friction. It was one of several factors that sent relations between the sheriff and his deputies south.
The latest in a long line of colorful and dubious Maricopa County sheriffs, Arpaio was the seventh that Thompson worked for. None, he says, has had such a negative impact on the agency's professionalism.
Nor has any sheriff allocated so many resources and trained so many volunteers with such abandon.
Under Tom Agnos, the previous sheriff, 5 percent of the training division's efforts benefited the posse. Detention officers received the majority of training in 1991 and 1992, with about a 70 percent share; enforcement personnel--deputies--took a 24 percent slice of the training pie.
In 1993, Arpaio's first year as sheriff, those numbers changed very little.
The shift of training hours to the posse in 1994, however, is remarkable.
Total training hours increased from 356,486 to 609,561 in 1994, and the posse's share exploded from 5 percent to 71 percent. Meanwhile, training for enforcement, jail detention and civilian employees decreased dramatically, both in total hours and as percentages. Detention officers, for example, saw their share go from 68 percent to only 23 percent. Enforcement employees, meanwhile, saw their total hours go from 91,254 in 1993 to 37,048 in 1994.
While posse training increased, the training division budget didn't. So advanced programs for enforcement officers--such as classes at the prestigious Bondurant driving school--were cut.
In 1995, training for the posse continued to explode, trebling to a total of more than 1.3 million hours, or almost six times more than all personnel--sworn, civilian, volunteer--received in 1992. Civilian training--classes for clerks and secretaries who must keep on top of a mountain of paper and changing technology--has vanished entirely. Training for detention officers continued to slide, but, in a reversal of the trend--and perhaps because of deputies' complaints--enforcement employees enjoyed a sharp increase in training last year, to 200,408 hours.
Still, deputies say, they continue to feel the effects of the posse's virtual takeover of the training division: During 1995, eight out of every ten training hours at the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office were expended on posse members.
It's another morning at the Durango Complex in the same room where Sergeant Rich Rosky had handed out drug-busting assignments a few weeks earlier. This time 45 posse hopefuls await the start of a CPR class. They seem to fall into two distinct groups: White men in their 20s and white men in their 50s.
"Morning!" exclaims Gary Niki, instructor and posse member.
"Good morning!" the troops bellow back, and it feels like summer camp. Niki talks and gestures to the class like it's filled with third graders.
"How many people have seen a heart attack, seen someone go down?" he asks. Ten people raise their hands.
"How many have been to a real bad accident?"
About 20 respond.
"Good! I'm glad to see that!" Niki exclaims with Richard Simmonslike enthusiasm. He's nearly as patronizing as well, and the class proceeds at a glacial rate. The subject is interesting, but it's hard to gain confidence in an instructor who butchers the word "arteriosclerosis" four times in as many sentences.
Niki's trying to generate interest in saving lives with humor. Most of it's insensitive--he's making cracks about fat people when most of his audience carries hefty spare tires and Niki's no rail himself. He gets off a zinger about answering calls in "Seizure World" and laughs heartily at his own joke.
"Why do we call it Seizure World? Because there are a lot of seizures out there," he explains.
Niki turns to the differences in heart-attack risks for men and women, and he asks if anyone can tell him how sex-change operations change those risk factors. Remarkably, no one can.
To get to this point in their crime-fighting education, the posse members in Niki's class must first submit applications and go through background checks. Sheriff Arpaio has insisted that those checks are as thorough as any deputies face.
Deputies disagree. With the sudden influx of so many volunteers, they say, standards were relaxed to handle the overflow. "The posse applicants have some backgrounds--Jesus Christ, you couldn't believe they were letting these people in," retired major John Thompson says.
Those charges are reflected in a memo produced by a former posse supervisor. Lieutenant Roy Reyer's five-page memo, written in 1994, charged that application standards were dangerously lax, and he cited numerous examples of embarrassing posse fiascos:
"In one instance," Reyer wrote, "a new posse man was given the assignment of treasurer of the Operations Posse. Over five thousand dollars of this posse's fund were in his control. A background check of this individual later showed that he had an outstanding out-of-state warrant for fraud."
The posse man was asked to turn in his badge.
Other posse members, Reyer charged, showed up to class drunk or carrying concealed weapons. Some slept in class.
And there's the posse member "who was late for boarding a commercial aircraft, flashed his badge and was permitted to board after identifying himself as a deputy sheriff on official business." The Sheriff's Office claims that the posse man had accidentally laid his wallet on a ticket counter with his badge showing. The agency insists that it works aggressively to oust undesirables, and says the number of bad apples is remarkably low for an organization its size.
But the posse continues to have problems with some of its members. Notable ex-posse members include:
* Richard Mysliwiec, 1994 Jeep Posse Man of the Year. The Sheriff's Office says he was asked to leave the posse after officials realized their original background check had failed to turn up a 1993 arrest for theft.
* Sandor Benyik, who was kicked out of the Operations Posse in January when the Mesa Police Department informed the Sheriff's Office that he had been arrested for child molestation.
* Mike Donnelly, a member of the Litchfield Park Posse, was found in possession of a stolen 1995 GMC Jimmy that he'd outfitted with an emergency light bar. Stolen hand-held radios--their serial numbers scratched off--were also found in the vehicle. Donnelly told investigators he didn't think it was unusual that he'd paid only $250 to somebody in a river bottom for a $30,000 automobile. The vehicle was returned to its owner and, despite a deputy's report that in his opinion Donnelly knew the vehicle was stolen, the county attorney returned the case for more investigation.
Although a list of posse members released by the Sheriff's Office five months later still includes Donnelly, a spokesman says that's because of a computer error, and that Donnelly was asked to leave the posse immediately after he was found in possession of the vehicle.
It's apparent that Joe Arpaio believes there's no such thing as bad publicity. Arpaio craves publicity like a smoker craves nicotine.
Attorney General Grant Woods was livid in 1993 when he discovered that New Times had lured him to be photographed buying a hot dog from an escapee from Arpaio's jail system. The embarrassing photo was reprinted in several national publications.
A short time later, Arpaio cornered a New Times writer to complain that he hadn't been asked to pose.
Arpaio has built a well-paid staff that's consumed with the task of getting him press coverage. It's another story, however, when a reporter asks for facts to back up what the sheriff says.
"You're burying us with your [records] requests," Lisa Allen gripes to a New Times reporter one sunny March morning.
Behind her, the Sheriff's Office is doing some burying of its own--a chain gang is filling in the last foot of soil on the grave of some nameless pauper at the county's potter's field.
Allen, a former TV reporter, is the sheriff's "community relations coordinator," and she's paid $46,000 a year to massage national and international media.
Arpaio's executive assistant, Tom Bearup, gets a whopping $76,000 to "coordinate public affairs activity," and two public information officers make $50,000 each to handle local press.
Allen and Bearup watch contentedly as reporters swarm over Arpaio's cemetery media event. Journalists have been summoned in an attempt to quell clergy criticism of Arpaio's latest PR stunt--a program dubbed "Scared Stiff," which uses chain gangs to bury indigents (something jail inmates have done for years). Allen had written to the clergy members, inviting them to the burial and explaining that the Sheriff's Office couldn't prevent journalists from photographing them with the sheriff. The ministers recognized that Allen was attempting to use them as props in a photo opportunity, and although two attend the burials, they refuse to be photographed with the sheriff.
That doesn't prevent the interments from turning into another Arpaio media love fest. Camera operators jockey for the best angles; one drops prone to get the best shot of chains jangling as the inmates walk by. "I saw one of the inmates cry!" a reporter says excitedly, scribbling in a notepad.
On that evening's news, the chain-gang controversy will be told on Arpaio's terms. No reporters will raise thornier questions about the political motivations behind "Scared Stiff," which, not coincidentally, was unveiled the day America's Toughest Sheriff hit the bookshelves.
News organizations have been slow to report developments that disparage Arpaio, even if the reporting would have required a single phone call.
Last August, the Department of Justice notified Arpaio that it would investigate charges of abuse in his jails, including allegations of physical abuse of inmates by staff, covering up instances of abuse, and withholding access to lawyers and medical care.
After New Times broke the story of the investigation, however, other Valley media waited ten days before deciding it was newsworthy.
Arpaio says he isn't concerned about the investigation, but when it comes to shielding himself from lawsuits, he says he needs all the protection he can get.
Protection from lawsuits is the pretext under which the Sheriff's Office purchases video compilations of Arpaio's TV appearances, at a cost to taxpayers of about $900 each month.
Arpaio pays for this service from state funds earmarked specifically for jail facilities. After New Times disclosed that the Jail Enhancement Fund was being tapped to pay for the videos--among other questionable uses--the county attorney asked the state auditor general to investigate.
Arpaio claims the video service protects his agency from litigation. But when he's asked what criteria the video service use to decide which shows to record, he answers: "When I talk."
Sheriff Arpaio not only acknowledges the huge amount of training going to the posse, he boasts about it. A particularly tedious chapter in his book dwells on the stages of a posse member's education, from the initial interview, background check and legal-issues classes to advanced weapons training. It's all free, Arpaio says, with volunteers teaching volunteers, so the more's the better.
Public records say otherwise. The county does expend funds to train posse members and to deploy them. Quite a lot of money, actually.
The explosion in posse training in 1994 was accompanied by a huge jump in ammunition purchases. And unless the sworn deputies suddenly found themselves in the mother of all gun battles, that increase came because of the truly incredible amount of lead fired by posse members in training.
About three in ten posse volunteers go on to complete weapons training, enabling them to carry firearms during posse operations. To attain that status--called QAP for qualified armed posse man--volunteers must complete 70 hours of training at the county firing range. Bullets are provided by the taxpayers of Maricopa County.
Under the previous administration, the Sheriff's Office purchased $32,000 in ammunition in 1991 and $41,000 in 1992.
Under Arpaio, ammunition purchases have averaged $160,000 per year. During his three years as sheriff, Arpaio has expended $359,000 more than if he'd maintained ammunition purchases at the 1992 level.
In his book, Arpaio says county residents shouldn't begrudge posse members the few bullets they receive as a kind of graduation present for completing QAP training.
But that coy statement can't obscure that the sheriff is fully aware how much money goes to posse firearms training.
"I save millions and millions and millions and millions of dollars on this county budget, and no one ever talks about it," Arpaio told the committee drawing up the county's new charter in February. "If you want a list of the millions that I saved as sheriff, I'll be glad to give it to you."
Arpaio claims that the posse saved the county $10 million in 1995.
A deputy who has worked closely with the posse says those numbers are bogus. He says he knows because he's helped fudge them in the past.
"Those are phantom figures," he says. "We calculated them from what it would cost to pay for the cars and horses the posse members provided on their own. We wouldn't have bought that shit anyway."
The Sheriff's Office insists that it calculates the money saved by the posse in the man-hours donated by volunteers. In other words, the sheriff asks the public to believe that the county would otherwise pay $10 million yearly for the services of faux deputies with no real law enforcement powers. (Arpaio applies similarly twisted justification for his claim, made on Tom Snyder's national Late Late Show, that he's saved Maricopa County taxpayers $100 million. When New Times asked Arpaio to document the savings, he explained that a new jail would cost $100 million, and that because he hasn't demanded a new jail, he has saved $100 million.)
On their own, posse men and women have no more ability to do police work than any other citizen. It's only when they're in the presence of sworn officers that posse members attain a sort of quasi-deputyhood, and can assist in detaining suspects, transporting prisoners and taking fingerprints. In the major "Joe shows," then, there are often as many sworn personnel present as volunteers, and the cost of Arpaio's "free" posse shoots upward.
During Operation Rolling Thunder, the recently completed posse drug program, sworn man-hours outnumbered volunteer hours 8,840 to 5,356. But when Arpaio brags about the success of the operation--346 arrests and seizures of two kilos of methamphetamine, one of cocaine, and 388 marijuana plants--it's not the sworn officers who get the credit. Valley media cooperate willingly, giving the public the impression that the arrests and seizures would never happen without Arpaio's volunteers.
In fact, Arpaio deploys his paid employees so as to exaggerate the effectiveness of the posse.
Spokesmen for the sheriff deny the charge. They do acknowledge, however, that paid personnel outnumbered volunteers in the "posse" operation. And that's something Arpaio knows is the biggest problem with his grand plan for the posse.
Although he continues to claim that the posse is cost-free, in his book he calls for using pink-underwear money to pay off-duty officers to do what they do now: baby-sit posse members on county time.
Much of it is overtime.
A memo obtained by New Times shows that deputies in the patrol districts were asked to sign up for shifts during Operation Rolling Thunder, but only on their regularly scheduled days off. In other words, deputies were called in from the county's unincorporated areas to provide law enforcement for the City of Phoenix, and were paid overtime by the county to do so.
At time and a half, the 8,840 hours expended in Operation Rolling Thunder would have cost county taxpayers approximately $200,000.
Chief David Hendershott oversees Sheriff Arpaio's posse program, and he still insists it doesn't cost a dime. "I think that's a matter of semantics," he says. "The posse is free."
That's not what posse members themselves are told, however. Potential QAP trainees are told they'd better be serious about becoming arms-qualified because it costs the county so much to train them.
Posse man Donald Sroufe says a deputy made that clear to him when he decided to qualify with a weapon.
"He told me it cost so much to train posse men to go through QAP training that they want to make sure we were going to stick with it. I told him I would," says Sroufe, a bartender and college student.
In return for the resources expended on his behalf, Sroufe says the Sheriff's Office asked him to donate eight hours each month to posse activities.
He says he would like to have followed through on that commitment. If only he didn't have such a full work schedule behind the bar, and so much schoolwork as well.
In the eight months since his graduation, Sroufe had donated only 20 hours to the posse, with about eight hours going to activities directly related to law enforcement.
According to a deputy who was heavily involved in posse deployment, that's a high rate of return. The deputy says that officers who work with the posse expect the bulk of posse members to disappear without a trace after they earn their badges.
A dedicated posse man who logs more than 1,000 hours each year thinks the situation is actually bleaker. He wouldn't allow his name to be used because there's no appeal mechanism for the posse--if he's kicked out for talking to New Times, he'll have no recourse. He even asked that the name of his posse be kept out.
He says that the number of truly dedicated posse members is embarrassingly small. Maybe 50 hard-core souls keep the "Joe shows" going, he says. And getting the large numbers out, especially when Arpaio wants them for the cameras, well, that's gotten increasingly difficult.
"I couldn't figure it out," he says. "We tried everything. We tried hammering them, telling them, 'If you don't come out, you'll lose your badge.'" He says many of the people who enter the posse full of enthusiasm burn out quickly as the monotony of police work becomes evident.
"Some get disenchanted when they realize it's not all red lights and sirens," he says.
It's not news to him that the sworn deputies are unhappy with the posse. "You have to prove yourself to the deputies. I can't blame them for how they feel. I blame the posse," the posse man says.
After thousands of volunteer hours, he says he's earned the respect of several deputies who are glad to let him ride as a second man.
A deputy from one of the patrol districts says that posse ride-alongs are mostly unwelcome among his colleagues. As for himself, he refuses to let a posse member ride shotgun.
"In a serious call, we have to concentrate on this asshole sitting next to us with a gun," he says. "You have to keep an eye on him to make sure he doesn't shoot you in the back or trip and kill himself."
The dedicated posse man says he understands the deputy's frustration. "One of the biggest problems with the guys in charge of us is that they're very good people, but they don't have the skills to run a large volunteer organization," he says.
That's just what Arpaio has tried to turn the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office into.
Posse men Kent Keller and Jeff Grossman patrol 27th Avenue, inside Phoenix, waiting to hear of a drug bust going down. Operation Rolling Thunder is in its second week, and Keller and Grossman have been selected to roam freely, ready to back up sworn deputies making arrests.
Keller, a retired Phoenix police officer, says he and Grossman often ride together, and they've been targeting the prostitution on 27th Avenue. Keller says they've heard stories of a "watch house" in the neighborhood; the prostitutes tell them it's an underground place where people pay to watch couples have sex.
"It'll be fun to find that one day," Keller says.
Saturday morning seems to be a slow time for hookers. The only prostitute on the street is talking to some abortion protesters outside a clinic.
Keller's Bronco is a posse member's dream. It's equipped with two police radios, grill-mounted red and blue lights, and Sheriff's Office decals. The mounted police radios aren't working properly, so Keller fiddles with them and then gives up. Luckily, he and Grossman have hand-helds and they stay in radio contact with headquarters.
But there's nothing happening. It's been two hours since they got their assignments, and Keller and Grossman haven't heard a peep out of the sworn deputies who are supposed to be sweeping down on crack houses.
Keller decides to stop and do some surveillance on two drunks sitting on the sidewalk outside a 7-Eleven. Keller says he's pretty sure the younger one is dealing crack, and he's been videotaping the suspect, hoping to catch him doing it. Today Keller and Grossman are just going to sit and see what they can see.
Keller parks his Bronco at a curb about 50 yards away in a no-parking zone, in full view of the quarry, who appear to be Native Americans. But the suspects look totally blitzed, and don't notice that they're being watched. They seem to be hitting up passers-by for smokes and striking out.
As Keller and Grossman settle in for the stakeout, a motorcycle missing its license plate pulls up next to the Bronco and stops for a red light.
"What's this?" Keller says as he starts the Bronco. He waits for the motorcyclist, a young black man, to make a left onto 27th Avenue, then guns the Bronco in hot pursuit.
As a rule, posse members aren't supposed to take enforcement action unless a sworn officer is present. Deputies say they've tried to make the volunteers understand they have no authority to make traffic stops, but some of them can't seem to help themselves. Chief Hendershott says that Keller is an exception because he's a retired police officer who's retained his law enforcement certification.
Keller turns on the red and blue flashing lights, but the motorcyclist, even after looking back, doesn't seem to understand that Keller wants him to pull over. He pulls the bike into the parking lot of a Circle K and doubles back around some fuel pumps.
It's a brilliant move, and all he has to do is punch it and he's scot-free. There's no way the Bronco can turn around quickly in the postage-stamp-size parking lot.
Instead, the motorcyclist gets off his bike and pulls off the lid of the gas tank. He still doesn't seem to realize that he's wanted by Sheriff Joe's posse, and he's surprised when Keller and Grossman rush over to him, their badges prominently displayed.
The motorcyclist is apologetic, and explains that he bought the bike that morning. He produces a bill of sale and Keller calls it in on his radio while Grossman stands watch. Nearby, a Phoenix police officer drives off after stopping briefly to watch the bust. And only a few feet away, a pickup truck full of little Latino boys in soccer uniforms is pointing at the posse men and can't stop laughing.
Facts keep getting in the way of the myth of Sheriff Joe. Crime statistics, for example, don't support the notion that Arpaio's policies are having any real effect. The nation's crime rate has fallen gradually for five straight years, as has the rate for Western states in general. But Maricopa County's crime rate, after falling in 1992, turned sharply upward in 1993 and 1994. (Department of Justice figures for 1995 won't be available for several more months.)
Although the upward trend coincides with Arpaio's tenure, it would be unfair to blame the sheriff, because crime rates often follow demographic shifts--such as Maricopa County's recent growth spurt--over which a sheriff has no control. At the same time, it's unfair for Arpaio to imply that his policies deter crime, something he has not hesitated to do.
More facts explode another central myth: that Arpaio's highest priority is fighting the proliferation of drugs in Maricopa County.
When budget shortfalls forced difficult decisions for Enforcement Support--the division that runs the posse, search-and-rescue operations and the DARE program--it was the DARE program, which sends deputies to schools to educate kids about the dangers of drugs, that got the ax. It was suspended for a semester in the spring of 1995 just as posse training experienced the single-largest quarterly increase.
Arpaio feigns shock when it's suggested that his posse buildup was politically expedient. He says the posse is apolitical, and that he couldn't use Posse Foundation money for political ends even if he wanted to.
To friendlier audiences, however, Arpaio lets his guard down. In February, he told KFYI's Barry Young, "I just need to sell more pink underwear and I'll get reelected."
There's little doubt that he will. With his polls showing an approval rating exceeding 70 percent, he expects to face little challenge in November.
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And he can expect little scrutiny from the media. More often than not, his stories are printed with a minimum of checking. Stories like the one he's repeated dozens of times, of how he and a reporter spent the night in his tent jail without any added security.
It's one of the most celebrated chapters of the Sheriff Joe myth.
And it's untrue.
The Sheriff's Office admits that several members of the Tactical Operations Unit--Maricopa County's version of SWAT--were stationed in a building nearby all night, ready in case Arpaio needed to be bailed out.
Arpaio says, "They may have been on call, but I'm going to tell you one thing. I told my staff I didn't want any protection. I say that all the time, even when I have threats. Because I don't want to tie up the deputies, okay? Now whether someone had TOU on call, you'll have to ask the staff on that. But there was no TOU in the tents or around the tents that I know of. . . . It's my staff. I went in there as things were.
"I presume any other sheriff would have had an army surrounding the tents."
The problem with that being, Joe Arpaio is the only sheriff who has an army.
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Search "Sochi Olympics" in the App and Google Play stores and you're going to find dozens of various Olympic-themed apps, some from reputable outlets and others merely trying to squeeze out a buck from the world's most popular sporting event. The main NBC-branded Olympic apps will be your primary source for live event streaming and video highlights in the U.S., but here are a few other apps that will provide you with a wealth of extras like in-depth recaps, stunning photos, and on-the-ground updates to keep you in the know, even when you're not on your couch at home.
NBC's app suite
NBC will be broadcasting more than 1000 hours of live Olympic footage to NBCOlympics.com and its app NBC Sports Live Extra (free; iOS and Android). Just like NBC's Olympics page, you can watch every event live straight through the app, and catch up on things you missed through highlights and event replays. It even has a handy calendar of events, so you can create your own viewing schedule and set reminders. To really take advantage of NBC Sports Live Extra, you need to verify that you have a cable or satellite TV subscription. Without one, you can still watch event replays, but you'll be locked out of watching Shani Davis race for speed-skating gold in real time.
For less of a sports-spewing firehose, NBC Olympics Highlights and Results (free; iOS and Android) shows you what you really need to know: Event highlight clips and results. Cord-cutters will probably find this offering a bit more to their liking, as its content isn't limited to cable subscribers, though the app has a second-screen guide that pairs with NBC's TV coverage.
Olympic Athletes' Hub
Listen, there are a lot of athletes competing in the Olympics, and while I'm sure all of their tweets and Instagram pics are amusing, I don't think I want them clogging up my personal feeds.
That's why the Olympic Athletes' Hub (free; iOS and Android) is a handy resource: It pulls all of the Olympians' verified Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook accounts into one app. Pick your favorite athletes, teams, or sports to follow, and you'll get up-to-date posts from their social media accounts.
Popular sports news site theScoreA (free; iOS and Android) recently updated its app to support Winter Olympics coverage, and its content is gorgeous--especially if viewed on a tablet.
With frequently updated articles written by theScore's own staff, photo slideshows, videos, and integrated social media feeds, this app will provide you with tons of Olympics bites. Its designated pages for medal counts and podium ranks help you easily keep track of how Team USA (and the other teams, I guess) is doing. You can even curate your own feed by picking your favorite sports and events to follow, which then gets saved in a special tab.
2014 Team USA Road to Sochi
Produced by the United States Olympic Committee, the 2014 Team USA Road to Sochi app (free; iOS and Android) could've come off as some form of PR-minded hokum (just ignore the Smucker's branding), but its true value is that it can serve as an info-packed resource even after the Olympics commence.
With a continually updating set of bios and news updates, the USOC's app features athlete Twitter updates, venue photo galleries, videos of events, and even a donation button to let users contribute to Team USA. This user-friendly design serves as a one-stop resource for anyone cheering the red, white, and blue.
Not so awesome apps
Apple featured a handful of Olympic-themed apps in the App Store as its recommended pics, yet I found two of the apps mentioned to be total duds. Users, beware.
The official Sochi 2014 Guide promises a calendar of events with news and info about all-things Sochi, but much like the city itself, the app isn't quite ready for the masses. It is buggy, crashes frequently, and doesn't have any event information you can't find in other apps. However, it has a map of the Olympic Village and event ticket information, so maybe this app will be of use if you happen to beA in Sochi. Maybe Sochi 2014 Guide works better on Android devices, seeing as Samsung is an official sponsor this year.
Another app is Medal Alert, a no-frills app with the sole purpose of sending you a notification when a medal is awarded for the events of your choosing. However, in order to set up notifications, you need to select which countries, teams, or events to follow, and the app hasn't been able to load the event schedule during any of my attempts. Tapping on any sport icon yields a message: "There are no scheduled events." (Really? Because I'm pretty sure there are scheduled Olympic events this week.) This would be a great app if it worked, but it doesn't on my iPhone 5s and my Samsung Galaxy Note II, and the user reviews on both platforms suggest I'm not alone.
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The atheists, in arrogance, say man evolved from slime
From nothingness to everything, and all you need is time
With no one there to witness it, they simply cannot know
The truth is, they are idiots… the bible tells me so.
I may not know my science, but I know my holy book
It's got all the truthful answers there; you simply have to look
Its authors took dictation from Almighty God Himself
That's a sample of omniscience you've got sitting on your shelf.
The bible is, we all agree, God's perfect, holy word
The scholars say it's error-free; it's what the ancients heard
With no one there to witness it, they simply cannot know
But you can trust the bible's word… the bible tells me so.
So I was looking around on some CNN story–it isn't even really relevant which story it is–and in the comments (very typical for CNN) someone said that they had a hard time seeing how anyone could still believe in God in these modern times… and in response came the very predictable "and you expect me to believe that everything came from nothing, and man evolved from slime?"… These squabbles (you can't call them debates, and even "argument" implies more effort) show up on at least a weekly basis on CNN–usually more frequently, but predictably pop up on any story involving religion, faith, or the lack of either.
Two thoughts. First, the asymmetry of the demands for evidence is striking. We have amazing evidence for both evolution and the big bang, but if we don't have a notarized eyewitness account, nothing–from DNA to fossils, from red-shifts to a cosmic "echo"–nothing will be accepted. No one was there watching. Just like no one was there watching the writers of the early works that were collected into the bible, except that bit is completely trustworthy, and can be believed even in the face of evidence that this bit or that bit was changed later on. (I love it when I find a religious believer who is actually knowledgeable about the history of the bible, although it puzzles me that, so far, they have invariably continued to view it as unchanging and inerrant, immediately after acknowledging the evidence that it is not.)
Second…once again, a false dichotomy. Always, the assumption that if they can poke holes in the scientific understanding, the only possible alternative is their own particular theology. Logically, of course, this is the equivalent of claiming that if we are not 100% certain today is the Fourth of July, it must then necessarily be Christmas. Sorry, but even if every bit of our evidence for a naturalistic world view turns out to be false, that doesn't make Genesis true. You need your own evidence.
The good news is, there actually is evidence regarding the writing of the bible. The various ages of books, the authors, the revisions, the decisions, there is evidence for it all–it's not like somebody pulled it all out of a hat in the early 1800s. Unfortunately, none of that evidence supports its being divinely inspired; rather, it reflects the knowledge and superstition of its time–pretty much exactly like somebody pulled it all out of a hat, but a bit earlier than the 1800s.
See, it's good to be skeptical about important things. Follow the evidence. If it's not that important, you can take the word of scientists about evolution, but if it's important–if you are going to make serious decisions based on it–take the time to understand the evidence, so you are not taking the scientists' word on faith alone. The evidence is there; you can understand it. And if religion is important to you–if you are going to make serious decisions based on it–take the time to look at the evidence there as well. There are libraries full of it. Archaeologists, historians, biblical scholars actually have things they can agree on, and physical evidence you actually can look at. Anthropologists, sociologists, and psychologists can add important bits about the functions religion serves–you may decide you want to "be religious" even if you don't believe their narrative (not me, though, thanks!).
But my goodness… if you're going to go to the trouble of commenting for the whole world to see you on some online site, please take the time to see if maybe there might be some evidence you can look at. Ignorance may be a reason, but it's no excuse, for misrepresenting either your opponent's or your own position.


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in a patient, the physician primarily notes down the health history of the patient. Then they make note of the signs of this disease. Further, the medical professional would auscultate and/or listen to the chest of the patient with the help of a stethoscope, to hear sounds of inflammation, wheezing in the lungs. The sounds vary largely as these could be - crackling, moist wails and wheezing.
It is the oil from the leaves of the eucalyptus tree which are used for medicinal purposes. The medicinal properties of the eucalyptus oil are: Anti-septic
10. The commonly known viruses that make
contagious are adenovirus, influenza virus, and mycoplasma pneumoniae. 11. Bronchitis can occur due to 2 types of influenza strains. These are - influenza A & influenza B. Both these strains are avoidable in case the patient takes an yearly doze of the influenza virus vaccine. This helps the individual become immunized against the virus.
The antispasmodic property of eucalyptus oil helps to dilate the small airways, known as the bronchioles, of the lungs. How To Use Eucalyptus As A Bronchitis Remedy?
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12. Adenovirus can be one among the 49 medium sized viruses that belong to the family of Adenoviridae. These are pathogenic (that is disease causing) for the human body. These pathogens not only cause ailments in the human body's respiratory tract, but also become the reason for conjunctivitis, cystitis, and gastro-intestinal infections.
15. In case the
is caused due to some underlying bacterial infection, the physician would most probably prescribe the antibiotics so as to kill the bacteria & prevent it from spreading towards the neighboring organs. Usually, the patients take the anti-biotic medications just as prescribed by the doctor and readily accept the side effects.
13. Mycplasma pneumoniae is known for being the most contagious for young children & adults. 14. Antibiotics are not effective by any means when the
is caused due to the virus. The viral infections are self-limiting. These might clear out with in 14 days only if the bronchitis has not yet become complicated.
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of both the types acute as well as chronic can be contagious depending on their cause of occurrence. When
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16. It is always possible to keep away form such contagious ailments with a simple trick - live a healthy & hygienic lifestyle. The individuals must take the adequate amount of nutrition in their diet. Take rest when you feel low, especially in the cold season. Wash your hands more often and regularly as this would prevent the spread of bacteria and viruses. You must have very clean and hygienic surroundings to avoid
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5. The sputum culture is ordered by the medical experts when they observe a suspicious color and/or streaks of blood. This test helps to identify the kind of infection and the type of bacteria and/or virus present in the patients' respiratory tracts. This way they are able to plan the treatment of the patient in a better way. To collect the sputum for this test the lab personnel tell the patient to breathe deeply. Then the patient has to cough out that phlegm in to a container. It is best done right in the morning prior to having breakfast and/or any sort of food intake. The results of this test come form the lab in about three days.
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Bronchitis mans the chronic or acute soreness of our mucous membrane or the swelling in the tracheobronchial tree of our respiratory system. Tracheobronchial tree refers to the trachea or the windpipe & the bronchial tubes. This disease might be or might not be contagious, depending on some circumstances.
The anti-inflammatory property of the eucalyptus oil helps to reduce inflammation within your respiratory system. The expectorant property of eucalyptus oil helps to loosen phlegm within your respiratory system.
Antibacterial Anti-inflammatory Expectorant (helps to loosen phlegm) Antispasmodic Why Is Eucalyptus A Good
Remedy? It is the anti-inflammatory, expectorant and antispasmodic properties of eucalyptus, which makes it a good bronchitis remedy.
There are different ways in which you can use eucalyptus as a
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4. Wheezing is the sign of the narrowing of your air passages. Sound produced by the hair being rubbed with one another is called crackling. Moist wails are heard when bubbling of fluid secretions in our bronchial tubes takes place.
But please don't spend a lot of money on homeopathic cold pills, though... or any vitamins for that matter.?? I have bought homeopathic cold pills as well as other vitamins at my local health stores and spent way too much on them... for way too long.?? You can buy them for a lot cheaper online.??
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She told me to do 2 things... 1. to start drinking fresh carrot juice and 2. to go buy "homeopathic cold pills" from my local health store. In the back of my mind, I still thought this was crazy but I did it anyway.?? I went to the local health store for a few days and bought carrot juice and I bought the "cold pills" as well.
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1. The solemn features of acute
are productive cough, fever, hypertrophy and/or increased mucus secreting tissues, chills, sore throat, headache, runny nose, back aches and general malaise. On the other hand, chronic
is the incapacitating ailment that is often caused by the persistent coughing along with a lot of production of phlegm and/or mucus by our glands of bronchi & trachea. In order to be called as the chronic
, the cough along with phlegm must persist continuously for nothing less than 3 months to two successive years.
In 3 days, I was a new person!?? My cough was GONE. ??I couldn't believe it.?? 3 months of taking drug after drug... and paying money after money!?? After that, I went out and bought a juicer and started juicing carrots every day.?? Since then, I have gotten married and had a child so I have been limited on time and the last thing I feel like doing at the end of the day is cleaning up a juicer... so I have stuck with the homeopathic cold pills as well as chewable Esther Vitamin C.?? They both work really well to stop bronchitis naturally.?? And again, I have never had a problem like I did 12 years ago.
Triterpenes in the mushroom are what is believed to assist in lowering blood pressure. The side effects experienced by eating the Reishi mushroom are generally rare, but they can include dry mouth, nausea, upset stomach, diarrhea, skin rashes, and nosebleeds in a small amount of the population. If any of these symptoms arise in you, you should reduce your dosage or discontinue your use of the Reishi mushroom. Guidelines as far as dosage go as follows:
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Ok, I will continue with my story. ????So I had had it at this point.?? I was talking on the phone at work to some stranger and she couldn't help but comment on my chronic cough.?? I had told her I had bronchitis for 3 months and she told me exactly what to do.?? Had it been 3 months earlier, I would have thought she was nuts but at this point, I was willing to try anything.
Initially you must understand that there are two types of bronchitis - Chronic or the long term one and acute
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Are you looking for a natural cure for
? Well, I am going to tell you what worked for me. About 12 years ago, I had a horrible case of bronchitis.?? I never believed in natural cures back then so I went to the doctor... and then back to the doctor... and then back to the doctor because it never went away. For 3 months, I had this horrific cough that was making me nuts.?? The doctor put me on antibiotic after antibiotic and then he put me on steroids.?? I was only about 28 years old... way too young for all of that.
In this article on the bronchitis remedy eucalyptus, you will discover: What is eucalyptus? Why is eucalyptus a good bronchitis remedy? How to use eucalyptus as a bronchitis remedy?
Eucalyptus oil comes from the eucalyptus tree, which is native to Australia. Eucalyptus has been used for thousands of years for its medicinal properties.
both acute and chronic occur due to infections arising from bacteria, virus, and the environmental pollution (like chemical fumes, cigarette smoking, etc).
Well, I am happy to say, I am 41 now (ok, that's not the good news.. ha, ha) and I haven't had a case of
since then.?? Nor have I hardly had a cold... and when I do have one, it is always a short version because I now know how to cure it naturally.
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You can inhale eucalyptus vapours, to help loosen phlegm within your chest. The following are the different types of doses of eucalyptus treatments which you can take as a
What Is Eucalyptus? The eucalyptus tree is native to Australia, it is also known as the fever tree. It has been used for thousands of years by the aborigines in Australia for its medicinal properties.
7. Further, the medical expert may also suggest to for a chest x-ray done followed by blood tests. 8. With the results of these test the medical experts determine the right type of treatment for the patient and that his
is contagious or not. In case it is contagious, the medical experts there on employ the precautionary measures.
6. In case of the chronic bronchitis patients sometimes the doctors use bronchoscopy. This is a method of collecting sputum for testing but in an advanced manner. In this method, the patient is given a local anesthesia. Then a tube is inserted in to the respiratory tract of the patient in order to collect his/her sputum.
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