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Deer Ridge — from a guard, a counselor who has done time himself and an inmate with a college-bound daughter
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By turning off a few valves and adding some new pipes to Bend’s water system, the city can save between 23 percent and 67 percent on those electricity bills, a recent study found. If fully realized, these savings could shave a couple of hundred thousand dollars off the city’s roughly $700,000-a-year energy costs for operating its water system. It’s unlikely, though, that ratepayers will see any changes in their monthly bills. “In order to have any significant impact on rates, the savings would have to be in the millions,” Bend Finance Director Sonia Andrews said. “You would need savings of over a million dollars for sure. A hundred thousand or less in savings is not going to be noticeable.” The study was performed by Optimatics, an international firm specializing in finding the most efficient ways to operate water systems. The company analyzed Bend’s entire water infrastructure, from pipes to pump stations to groundwater wells, to determine the most effective way to operate it. It aimed to maximize Bend’s use of its surface water supply, which comes from Bridge Creek near Tumalo Falls, and is brought by gravity down to the city. By opening or closing some valves and adding more pipe connections to the system, the Optimatics report concludes, the city can change the way water flows through its system and cut down on energy costs for pumping and wells. See Water / A4
n 2007, the first 35 minimum-security inmates arrived at the state’s newest prison, Deer Ridge Correctional Institution in Madras. They came shackled from other prisons across the state and were picked for skills they could bring the institution, such as food preparation. It had taken 11 years of planning and $220 million in construction to build Deer Ridge. Some who work at Deer Ridge refer to it as its own city within a city — here’s a glimpse into that city. There are 172 Oregon Department of Corrections staff who work at Deer Ridge, and 19 contractors, such as Central Oregon Community College professors. More than 80 of the employees work in security. Originally, the minimum-security portion of the prison was said to be at capacity with 644 inmates. Due to budget cuts, there are 751 inmates living at Deer Ridge’s minimum facility now. All of the inmates have four years or less to serve on their sentences. They work various jobs and are paid anywhere from $25 a month for orderlies to $80 a month for tutors. Their ages and crimes range from murder to sexual assaults to property crimes and robbery. The three youngest inmates are 20 years old. The three oldest are in their 70s. The 1,224-bed mediumsecurity portion of the prison has been mothballed. See Deer Ridge / A4
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WASHINGTON — A cache of a quarter-million confidential U.S. diplomatic cables, most of them from the past three years, provides an unprecedented look at backroom bargaining by embassies around the world, brutally candid views of foreign leadInside ers and frank • Officials assessments try to curb of nuclear further and terrorist damage, threats. Page A5 Some of the cables, made available to The New York Times and several other news organizations, were written as recently as late February, revealing the Obama administration’s exchanges over crises and conflicts. The material was originally obtained by WikiLeaks, an organization devoted to revealing secret documents. WikiLeaks posted 220 cables, some redacted to protect diplomatic sources, in the first installment of the archive on its website Sunday. The disclosure of the cables is sending shudders through the diplomatic establishment, and could strain relations with some countries, influencing international affairs in ways that are impossible to predict. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. ambassadors around the world have been contacting foreign officials in recent days to alert them to the expected disclosures. See WikiLeaks / A5
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Timothy Warren, 34, who will get out of prison in January 2013 for a gangrelated attempted murder in 1996, at the Deer Ridge Correctional Institution in Madras. His original 39-year sentence was reduced by 22 years after he appealed and won. He said returning to prison is not an option for him. One of his main motivations to turn his life around is his 17-year-old daughter. Mark Evans is the 2010 Deer Ridge Correctional Institution employee of the year. A correctional counselor at the facility, he spent time locked up himself.
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In five years, Google has grown to 23,000 employees from 5,000 and to $23.7 billion in revenue from $3.2 billion.
A giant struggles to retain nimble minds By Clair Cain Miller New York Times News Service
KOREAS: China seeks meeting, but U.S., South cool to idea, Page A3
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When a product manager at Google told his bosses this year that he was quitting to take a job at Facebook, they offered him a large raise. When he said it was not about the money, they told him he could have a promotion, work in a different area or even start his own company inside Google. He turned down all the inducements and joined Google’s newest rival. “Google’s gotten to be a lot bigger and slower-moving of a company,” said the former manager, who would speak only anonymously to protect business relationships. “At Facebook, I could see how quickly I could get things done compared to Google.” See Google / A6
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Bombing suspect changed of late, friends say By Jesse McKinley and William Yardley New York Times News Service
CORVALLIS — Mohamed Osman Mohamud had seemed to be a well-adjusted young American teenager: a solid student whose interests included basketball, girls and the nightlife at Oregon State University,
where he studied engineering. But those who know him say he changed in recent months. He dropped out of school and stopped attending mosque. And, perhaps most tellingly, he began lying about his plans for the future. “He seemed to be in a state of confusion,” said Yosof Wanly, the imam
at the Salman Al-Farisi Islamic Center in Corvallis, which Mohamud attended while at college. “He would say things that weren’t true. ‘I’m going to go get married,’ for example. But he wasn’t getting married.” A possible explanation for his erratic behavior came as Mohamud, a 19-year-old naturalized Somali-
American, was arrested Friday by federal agents and charged with plotting to set off a bomb at a Christmastree-lighting ceremony in Portland. The device the authorities say Mohamud sought to detonate was a fake bomb supplied by FBI agents who had orchestrated a sting operation. See Bomb plot / A4
Inside • Muslims fear backlash following Islamic center fire, Page A3