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Coe College defeated Luther 4-2 and 5-1 this afternoon here in Decorah.
Entering the top of the fifth, The Kohawks trailed the Norse 2-1. Thanks to four walks, the Kohawks scored three runs on just one hit, en route to the final tally. The Norse pitching staff had a hard time finding the plate as they gave up 11 walks.
Eric Pittman and Aldon Severson both tallied two hits, while Zach Hendrikson and Mitch Knippenberg were both credited with an RBI.
Danny Smith (1-2) pitched seven full innings. Smith allowed five runs on 10 hits, walked three and struck out one. Andrew Withers did not allow a run and gave up one hit while facing seven batters in the final two frames.
The two losses drops Luther's league record to 3-3, 7-7 overall. Coe improved to 5-1 in the IIAC, 10-6 overall.
These two teams will wrap up the four game series with a double header tomorrow here in Decorah. First pitch is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.
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Marie Jasmin, a reading/literacy coach at Pioneer Park Elementary School and 2011 graduate of Barry University's EdS in Reading program, recently planned and implemented a young authors event for more than 335 students at the Palm Beach County school.
The focus of the "Young Authors Garden Party" was to encourage literacy. Students in all five grade levels wrote and illustrated original stories or researched information and presented in book form using the Bare Books format.
The event was open to the community, including parents, school district and community leaders and university professors. Attendees were pleased to see an extraordinary effort and production from a whole school of elementary students. Associate Professor of Reading and participant Dr. Joyce Warner commented, "This event is a testimony to Ms. Jasmin's work as a literacy leader."


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Amtrak work keeping Niantic residents awake
East Lyme - Residents who live by the railroad tracks near Crescent Beach have been burning the midnight oil lately.
"No one is sleeping," said Ron Staskelunas, who lives on Terrace Avenue. "There are families, a lot of families with kids in the neighborhood, and nobody is getting rest, and we are just kind of up in arms and upset about it."
Amtrak has been replacing defective concrete railroad ties - the concrete that goes beneath the rails - along the 457-mile Northeast corridor for a couple of years now, Cliff Cole, spokesman for Amtrak, said.
The railroad did not notify East Lyme First Selectman Paul Formica or Niantic residents in advance of the noisy night work on Track 1 and apologized Thursday for the oversight.
"We should have notified the residents," Cole said. "We apologize for not making the advanced notification in this case."
The work will continue on the Niantic side of the Amtrak Niantic River Bridge through Tuesday night. No work will take place on Sunday night.
Concrete tie replacement on Track 1 is expected to begin on the Waterford side of the bridge next week but should take place only during the day, according to Amtrak.
The whole process will be repeated for Track 2. Work on the Niantic side will begin sometime between Oct. 25 and Oct. 28. There will be about four nights of work near the Crescent Beach area.
Work will progress east to Shaw's Cove in New London and should be completed by Nov. 25, according to an email from William Hollister, principal officer of Amtrak Government Affairs.
Staskelunas said the noise was echoing from block to block in the neighborhood Wednesday night. The machinery, the engines, the unloading of concrete ties, the backup alarms from trucks, and horns that sounded every time a train approached, all conspired to keep the neighborhood up all night, he said. The construction crew also used lights that lit up the place like Fenway Park, Staskelunas said.
"No one ever warned us, told us, gave us a heads-up. No one told us when they would work so we could all find another place to sleep for the night," he said. "Why can't they supply us with rooms?"
Cole said that during longer-term projects, if residents come forward, Amtrak does on occasion put neighbors up in hotel rooms for the night.
"But for projects that last a week or two, while I am not diminishing anyone's comfort level, that is not something we usually get into," Cole said.
Jessica Fitzgerald, another Terrance Avenue resident, said she doesn't understand why Amtrak has to do the work at night.
She said she couldn't reduce the construction noises - not by closing her windows or running the fan, air-conditioning or heat.
"It's so loud," she said. "Just the crushing of the cement shakes your house."
Nighttime work is preferable because that's when fewer trains are running, Cole said.
Formica said he has received complaints from 10 different people in recent days. He said he emailed state Rep. Ed Jutila, D-East Lyme, for help, as well as Amtrak to find out why residents weren't notified. Formica also asked for a security guard at the work site because of complaints of foul language and littering. Amtrak has agreed to place a guard at the site, Cole said.
He also said Amtrak staff recently had notified Waterford First Selectman Dan Steward about the upcoming construction in his town. Amtrak's policy is to notify the first selectman of a town far enough in advance so that he or she may notify the residents, he said.
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Taft College defeats Reeley by five
Taft College got both solid pitching and timely hitting Saturday to earn a 7-2 Central Valley Conference victory over visiting Reedley College.
That win gave the Cougars a best two-out-of-three series over the Tigers heading into spring break week. TC will take a few days off from action before heading south to play Mt. San Jacinto in a pair of non-conference games – Friday at 3 p.m. and Saturday at noon.
Kevin Little and Brandon Van Stone combined to keep Reedley hitters in check and Travis Tessandori continued his hot hitting as the Cougars improved to 4-8 in the CVC and 7-14-1 overall.
Little, a freshman from Kern Valley, worked the first five innings, giving up two runs on seven hits, striking out four and walking one as he evened his record at 2-2.
Van Stone, a freshman from Las Vegas, got his first save of the season by limiting the Tigers to just one hit. He struck out two and did not walk a batter.
Tessandori once again led the Cougars at the plate by going 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI. He's currently hitting .356.
Luis Trinidad, who is hitting .325, went 2-for-4 and drove in two runs.
Roman Testani also had two hits and an RBI and Shane Sudsbury had a double and RBI.
Leading 3-1 after four, the Cougars broke it open with four runs in the fifth by combining hits from Testani and Tessandori with two walks, two hit batters and a Reedley error.
Heading into spring break, conference standings look like this:
Fresno 10-2 (15-6)
Merced 8-4 (12-9)
West Hills 7-5 (10-11)
Sequoias 8-7 (12-12)
Taft 4-8 (7-14-1)
Reedley 4-8 (7-14)
Porterville 4-11 (8-14)
TC split a pair of games Sunday with West Valley College in Saratoga.
The Cougars won the first game 9-7 and lost the second 12-6.
Details were unavailable by press time.
West Valley (23-6-1) is ranked No. 6 in the state and No. 3 in northern California.
The Cougars (6-3 CVC, 15-16 overall) are in Merced today for a Central Valley Conference doubleheader against the Merced Blue Devils.


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Frequently asked questions on the proposals to recast the first railway package
1. What was the first railway package?
The first railway package consists of three directives (2001/12/EC, 2001/13/EC and 2001/14/EC) which were substantially amended in 2004 (second package) and 2007 (third package). Its purpose was to revitalise railway transport (still largely in the hands of state monopolies confined to their national markets) by gradually opening it to competition at Europe-wide level. The market for rail freight transport has been completely opened since 2007 and for international passenger services since January 2010.
The level of success of this policy is demonstrated by the stabilisation of rail's modal share during the last decade after a long period of decline (its share among inland modes has remained around 17.1% in tonne kilometres for rail freight and between 8.6 and 8.4% in passenger kilometres for rail passenger transport since 2002). But, despite this achievement, which was difficult to arrive at, the establishment of a single rail market is a fragile construction and is hampered by several problems.
And why do we need a recast?
The proposal to recast the first railway package is: firstly an exercise in legislative simplification and consolidation ("codification") with the merger of the three directives in force and their successive amendments (all in all nine directives, one decision and two acts of accession).
The recast also aims to modernise the legislation and tackle key problems areas which have been indentified on the market over the last 10 years.
2. What are the main problems that need to be addressed?
The EU railway market suffers in particular from three major problems:
(a) A low level of competition due to market access conditions which are not sufficiently precise and therefore still biased in favour of the incumbents.
The persistence of conflicts of interest in particular for access to rail related services (access to terminals, maintenance and servicing of trains etc…) between different market players and discriminatory practices.
Concrete examples of discriminatory practices on access to tracks and rail-related services include: km-based infrastructure charging or kWh-based charging for electricity that give disproportionate discounts to the largest operator (incumbent); insufficient information on requirements for newcomers' access given in "network statements" (the document setting out the characteristics of the infrastructure and the conditions for its use); denied access to central stations for international passenger trains competing with those of the incumbent , no information nor ticketing facilities in stations for these same trains; denied or very limited access to freight terminals when no alternatives are available.
(b) Inadequate regulatory oversight by national authorities, often with insufficient independence, competences and powers. With a small number of exceptions, regulators' offices in most other Member States are understaffed, have limited investigating powers and cannot enforce their decisions with financial penalties. When appeals against decisions by the regulator have suspensive effect, these decisions can be challenged through the entire judicial system and it can take years before a decision putting an end to an anti-competitive practice is enforced. Under present legislation cases concerning access to services (the most sensitive and frequent ones in the domain of competition on the rail market) may not be brought to the regulator. In several Member States the office of the rail regulator belongs to the ministry of transport, which also owns or controls the incumbent railway undertaking – a clear case of conflict of interest.
(c) Low levels of public and private investment as the quality of infrastructure is declining in many Member States because of insufficient funding, investment in railway services becomes less attractive both for incumbent and new operators. Underinvestment at national level is partly due to the absence of a clear "financial architecture" (investment plans, long term strategies, transparent and state-aid compatible relations between the state – nearly always the infrastructure owner and often the owner of the incumbent railway company – and infrastructure managers and railway undertakings).
In this context a new forward step in rail reform is necessary to remove these obstacles and create a genuine Single Railway Area, which would provide a key contribution to the effective completion of the internal market and the development of an efficient and competitive transport system in line with the EU 2020 Strategy objective of smart, inclusive and sustainable growth.
What is the link with the on-going infringement procedures
The persistence of these problems is partly due to the incorrect or incomplete transposition of the existing EU rail market access legislation by Member States. The on-going infringement procedures on the transposition of the Directives of the first railway package address these shortcomings. However, the Commission recognises that other parts of that legislation need to be modernised, clarified and adapted to become more effective. The Commission proposal has therefore been designed to address the 3 key problem areas mentioned above, as well as consolidating all the existing legal texts. It has no direct connection with the infringement procedures. The objective behind this two-track approach is however the same, i.e. that of establishing a Single Railway Area in Europe
3. What are the key elements of the new proposal?
The proposal to recast the first railway package:
In particular, concerning the issues referred to in the second bullet point, the proposed changes address the problems identified above as follows:
(a) Competition issues: the proposal will improve transparency of the rail market access conditions for example by
(2) Regulatory oversight: The proposal strengthens the power of national rail regulators including:
(3) Investment: the proposals aims to strengthen the "financial architecture" to encourage investment including by
4. Other issues
Does the Commission propose to extend the scope of market opening to domestic passenger rail services?
This Commission proposal is conceived to ensure fair competition on the rail market segments that have already been opened to competition, i.e. rail freight services and international passenger transport, not to extend the scope of market opening. As far as domestic passenger rail services are concerned, the Communication attached to the legislative proposal makes it clear that the Commission will present an overall evaluation of the costs and benefits of competition for domestic passenger transport in 2011 and then adopt a new initiative to facilitate further market opening by 2012, as required by the EU legislation in force.
Facts and figures –the potential of rail in Europe
Between 2000 and 2007 the European railway industry has managed to increase the number of passengers and quantity of freight volumes transported, from 370.7 to 395.3 billion passenger-kilometres in 2007 (+6 %) and from 403.7 to 453.1 billion tonne-kilometres in 2007 (+12.2 %) respectively. Rail has thereby stabilised its modal share. In freight transport, rail continues to account for more than 17. % of all intra-EU inland transport activity. On the passenger side, the rail share of intra-EU inland transport remains between 8.4 and 8.6 %. However, these percentages do not properly reflect the role that rail plays in carrying freight and passengers over medium-long distances. On some rail corridors, its modal share can in fact reach up to 35% (such as for freight transport on the Rotterdam-Genoa rail line) or even 80% (such as for passenger transport on the Lyon-Paris rail line). This is indicative of the potential of rail transport if well organised and managed. While rail passenger transport managed to gain some ground, rail freight experienced a bigger drop in activity than other modes during the deepening economic crisis in 2009.
See also: http://ec.europa.eu/transport/rail/market/market_en.htm and IP/10/1139
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With the end of summer nearing and the days growing shorter the longer hours of night bring with them there own kind of magic in Sweet November land. You see, when the sun goes down and all of the Fairy Sweets have gone to bed, that is the time when the Twisted Sisters come out to play. These fairies love the night life and are all about being mysterious and fabulous in their own quirky kind of way. And even though each one is named after a poisonous flower these batty winged little fairies wouldn't hurt a fly.
Meet Caladium, she is quite the little mistress of magic around Sweet November Land with her regal demeanor and impeccable sense of style. And even though she never leaves her mushroom manor looking anything less than perfect that doesn't mean that she doesn't know how to let loose and enjoy herself. Caladium is elegant and nimble and she loves nothing more than to dance with the dragonflies as the sun sets on another autumn day. When she gets lost in the music of the night doves it is always quite the sight to behold. :)
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The Boulder City Council on Tuesday will hold the first in a series of planned conversations aimed at developing a policy that will help create more diverse, affordable housing options in the city.
The scheduled two-hour study session marks city officials' first steps toward developing an updated comprehensive community housing strategy since the late 1990s, when Boulder's affordable housing program was developed, according to a city staff memo.
The discussion is likely to cover a number of items brought up by council members in 2012. Topics outlined in the staff memo include the need to study density and distribution of affordable housing across the city, and possible updates to the city's inclusionary housing requirements--which mandates contributions to affordable housing by developers on larger projects-- as they relate to rental units.
Jeff Yegian, Boulder's acting housing division manager, last week noted that with such a heavy emphasis on affordable housing over the past 10 to 15 years, city staff are hearing more and more from the Council that a wider-reaching discussion on housing needs to be had. Tuesday's hearing will be the first step in that direction, giving city staff an idea of what strategies to study and what information to collect in advance of a more in-depth study session planned for May 14.
"The goal for Tuesday night is for the City Council to have the opportunity to better define the parameters for developing a comprehensive community housing strategy," Yegian said. "With a little bit better definition we will be better able to prepare options for the council to meet its goals for the strategy."
Boulder Deputy Mayor Lisa Morzel has a long list of ideas she would like to go over during the session. Morzel said Boulder has done a poor job of addressing housing for the middle class.
"We want to be a inclusive community," Morzel said. "We do a great job with low income and very high income, so what do we need with the middle?"
One of the ideas Morzel feels might create more housing for middle income people is encouraging development of "owner accessory units." An example Morzel outlined on Friday would be a detached garage that had been remodeled into a separate residence on the same plot as a single-family home. She sees encouraging development of such units as a good way to bring in more support from the private sector when it comes to addressing the city's housing needs.
"That way the property owner is able to provide a unit to somebody who otherwise might not be able to live in Boulder," Morzel said. "(It) would be great for a senior, or single parent or a young couple."
When it comes to higher level policy issues, Morzel thinks land use should be part of the housing discussion, especially the amount of city-owner property that has been developed as parking lots.
"The city owns a lot of land but quite a bit of this land is in the parking lots," she said "That is a ridiculous use of land in this day and age in an urban center."
One person sure to be in the audience Tuesday night is Betsey Martens, executive director of Boulder Housing Partners, they city's housing authority and primary engine for the development of affordable housing.
"It will be interesting to see what about a comprehensive housing strategy isn't about affordable housing," Martens said. "We're only becoming more expensive as a community and it's only getting harder to do what we do as affordable housing developers."
Items Martens hopes will be taken up during the discussion include consideration of thoughtful density solutions to housing needs, the increasing need for senior housing and where to look for future funding streams to increase the city's affordable housing trust fund.
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"This is just a critical issue and it really reflects on who we are as a community," Morzel said.
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LONGMONT -- The Longmont man who killed three people Tuesday was arrested Sunday on suspicion of domestic violence against his ex-girlfriend, who was one of his victims in the early morning murder-suicide.
Daniel Sanchez, 31, was arrested on suspicion of false imprisonment, second-degree kidnapping, harassment and domestic violence after he threatened and attacked his ex-girlfriend on Saturday after learning she was seeing someone else, according to a Longmont police arrest report.
The woman, 25-year-old Beatriz Cintora-Silva, was among those Sanchez killed Tuesday. Sanchez also shot and killed his ex-girlfriend's sister, Maria Cintora-Silva, 22, as well as her husband, Max Aguirre Ojeda, 32, at the couple's home at 11464 Hot Spring.
Sanchez was released from the Boulder County Jail on bond just hours before the shooting, according to records.
According to a Longmont police arrest report, Sanchez met Beatriz Cintora-Silva near Longmont's Best Buy parking lot on Saturday to discuss repaying a $1,000 loan she gave him to fix his truck.
Sanchez drove that truck -- a white Dodge Ram with Texas license plates -- to the modular home where he shot three people and then himself around 4 a.m. Tuesday.
On Saturday, Sanchez reportedly became angry with Beatriz Cintora-Silva when she received a text message from her new boyfriend, according to the Longmont police report. Cintora-Silva told police that Sanchez drove her to a "dirt farm road" near what she thought was the Walmart Supercenter, 2285 Ken Pratt Blvd., and slammed her against the dashboard when she tried to leave. Eventually, Sanchez dropped her back at the Best Buy parking lot, according to the report.
Cintora-Silva told police that Sanchez had been verbally and physically abusive during their four-year relationship.
"He has threatened to hurt her if she ever contacted police or told anyone about him being abusive," according to Sanchez's arrest report. "Beatriz stated she has lived in fear and could not get away from Daniel during their relationship."
The report also mentions an incident on Thanksgiving in which Sanchez, who was drunk, got angry with Cintora-Silva for going to the basement to nap. According to the report, he pulled her out of bed, threw her against the wall and threw food at her, telling her to leave, according to the report.
Sanchez's home at 174 Mount Massive Way, in northeast Longmont, was wrapped in police tape on Tuesday, and a patrol car watched over the scene.
Boulder County property records show that Christopher White owns the home. He declined to speak with a reporter Tuesday afternoon. Neighbors said that White rents rooms to two other men, including Sanchez, who lived in the basement.
Neighbor David Pierce, who lives across the street from 174 Mount Massive Way, woke up at 6 a.m. and saw yellow crime scene tape around the home. Patrol cars remained at the scene in the morning and early afternoon. At about 1:30 p.m. officers searched the home and took out several bags of items.
The two-story, cream-colored home with red trim and a brick faade, sits on a quiet street in northeast Longmont. Neighbors said the community is close.
Pierce said he interacted with Sanchez a few times.
"He seemed like a nice guy to me. He seemed pretty mellow," he said.
Donna Gissel, who also lives across the street from 174 Mount Massive Way, said that Sanchez moved into the home about 11/2 years ago. She called Sanchez a "wonderful guy" who was "really, really nice."
"I've never seen a bad side of him. Never seen him angry. He was a happy guy, fun to be around," she said.
Gissel said that Cintora-Silva moved into the home about six months ago. The couple enjoyed cooking and baking, she said, and invited neighbors over for dinner.
"As a couple, they seemed really happy," she said. "They seemed like they were in love a lot."
Gissel said Sanchez shared with her that the couple had broken up around Thanksgiving, and Beatriz Cintora-Silva moved out of the home and was staying with her sister and brother-in-law.
"It's breaking my heart," she said, tearing up. "I can't believe he took it that hard. (Cintora-Silva) didn't deserve it. He didn't seem like that type of person."
Gissel said she did not know of abuse in the relationship. She said she witnessed one tense moment between the couple once while watching a Broncos game at their home. She said the incident made her uncomfortable enough to leave.
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I cover Indian Country as a reporter for NPR member station KJZZ from a base in Flagstaff, which is on the edge of the country's largest reservation. So, I've educated myself about Navajo and Hopi cultural practices. This story, though, really tested me as a reporter and as a member of my community.
Back in April, I reported on a Paris auction house that sold 70 Hopi sacred items. The tribe asked that the sale be halted, saying the items were stolen and belonged on its reservation in northern Arizona. The Hopi religion is shrouded in secrecy, so the tribe was in a bind. Tribal leaders wanted the media's help to bring attention to the sale, but they didn't want to talk about what those items were.
When the news of the auction first broke, photos of the ceremonial objects were widely published online. The sacred objects were described by journalists as masks or artifacts. This angered tribal leaders and led them to issue a statement:
"These sacred objects should be referred to only as sacred objects. Incorrectly labeling them is very disrespectful to the entire American Indian community and the Hopi Tribe.
"The following terms are deemed highly offensive and disrespectful when referring to sacred objects:
"It is also highly offensive and disrespectful to the Hopi Tribe for any images of the sacred objects to appear in print, on television or online."
I made a promise to Leigh Kuwanwisiwma, the director of the Hopi Cultural Preservation Office, that I wouldn't use the previously mentioned words. He said Hopi children cannot know what they are. So in the first report I wrote for my local station (and for Fronteras, which is a network of public radio stations in the Southwest), I didn't use those words.
Instead, I said, "The Hopi call the [sacred objects] Katsina friends, and they are treated as such. The Hopi people use them in ceremonies and dances to call upon the spirits to bring them rainfall, healing and protection."
After the initial story aired, friends wrote to ask me about these sacred objects. I realized in order to explain why the tribe did not want the items sold, I had to explain to people what these objects were.
My second chance at the story was a feature for NPR. I told my editor Jason DeRose about my dilemma. He told me that a reporter's job is not to advocate. I am responsible to my audience. He said, you can explain that they don't want us using these words. So I still tried to find a way to explain what these items are without saying what they were.
I asked the Hopi chairman and council at a press event to explain how important these items are. But they were resolute. I asked in several different ways, and I'm pretty sure I offended them in my persistence. The chairman finally explained that it would be as if he went into a church, stole a cross and used it as a fencepost. That was helpful, but it still didn't say what they were.
I talked to my husband about it. He said, "it's like saying who Santa Claus is." Hopis wouldn't use that analogy, but I thought he's kind of right.
I turned to Robert Breunig, director of the Museum of Northern Arizona, for help. He's an anthropologist who has been going to Hopi dances for 40 years. I shared with him the Santa Claus analogy. And he said, "that's exactly what it is. That's trivializing it but [unlike Santa] the Katsinas are real."
So I started the first draft of my story with a disclaimer at the top so Hopis had a chance to turn the radio off. I wrote, "This story contains language sensitive to the Hopi people."
My editor said NPR uses that kind of disclaimer for graphic descriptions of issues like sexual violence. I told him, I live here. I cannot live with myself and use these words, if we don't have at least a disclaimer. Also, I talk to the Hopi tribe often for stories. I cannot burn bridges.
We compromised, and I wrote, "This story contains language so sensitive to the Hopi people that the tribe doesn't even want us to describe what the sacred objects are."
So I used the word "masks" for the sake of clarity even though Hopi tribal leaders asked us not to use the term. But I asked NPR — and NPR agreed — to take down its photo of a sacred object in its disembodied form and replace it with one of the photos I had taken of the Katsina dolls, which are allowed to be sold and displayed.
Many years ago the tribe made the decision to sell Katsina dolls to help the tribe's meager economy. And paintings of the Katsinas are sold all over Flagstaff. Both the dolls and the paintings look a lot like they are dressed for a religious ceremony. I found it perplexing that they were okay with selling the paintings and dolls but not OK with selling the, let's call them, headdresses.
But, the tribe argues the Katsina dolls and paintings do not embody the spirit of their ancestors in the same way as the sacred objects. Breunig told me that for the Hopi, selling one of these sacred items would be like auctioning off one of your children. OK, I get it.
In Monday's story, an update to the April reports, we learn how art dealer Monroe Warshaw purchased two of the items at auction and later returned them to the reservation. That wasn't his original plan. Warshaw says he came to understand they belonged on the reservation after attending a Hopi ceremony on tribal lands. He had been invited to the ceremony by a doll carver. Warsaw was enchanted with the Hopi and very much moved by what he saw.
"To see these pieces being used, you realized that you couldn't own them because to them they are living beings," he said. "To own it was like ripping the heart out of an animal or something because these are sacred to them."
Even discussing the topic is hard for the tribal vice chairman who tells me he feels like he's eroding his culture every time he's asked to talk about it. Still, he hopes the publicity will bring more sacred items back home.
You're listening to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News.
Now an update on a story from earlier this year. Last April, an auction house in Paris sold a pair of ceremonial Hopi headdresses to an art dealer despite objections from the tribe. Hopi leaders say the items are sacred and belong on the reservation. Well, after visiting the tribe, the buyer agrees. Laurel Morales of member station KJZZ reports from Flagstaff.
LAUREL MORALES, BYLINE: A lot of secrecy surrounds the Hopi religious practices and the tribe does not want these objects described. However, you have to understand what they are and how they're used to understand why they're so important. The Hopi believe they are living beings. To most everyone else, they look like tribal masks used in ceremonial dances.
The Neret-Minet auction house in Paris sold 70 of them last April.
MONROE WARSHAW: I walked in, saw them, and they were visually incredible.
MORALES: Monroe Warshaw, a photographer and an art dealer from New York, happened to be at the auction house for a sale of master drawings. While there, he saw the Hopi masks and bought two of them, paying about 26,000 euros or $34,000.
WARSHAW: You wanted to see the whole - if this is just one part of something, you wanted to see everything.
MORALES: Warshaw says even though he collects art, he knew these items didn't belong above someone's sofa.
WARSHAW: I was buying the ones that I bought to give them to a responsible museum or institution that would properly care for them because sometimes the culture that made something is not necessarily the one best to preserve it. I did not know that they were sacred.
MORALES: But when he walked out of the auction house, reporters asked him about buying them. He says he felt vilified by the media and has received a lot of hate mail. With some trepidation, he decided to visit the Hopi Reservation. While there, he was invited to a ceremonial dance.
WARSHAW: To see these pieces being used, you realize that you couldn't own them because they were still to them living beings. And to own it was like ripping the heart out of an animal or something because these are sacred to them.
MORALES: After witnessing the Hopi dance, Warshaw understood how special these items, which the tribe calls katsinas, are.
WARSHAW: Something was there guiding me, in a way, to make the right decision. And I never would have, in my life, imagined that.
HERMAN HONANIE: The return of these katsinas back to Hopi does mean a lot to us to have them back home.
MORALES: Hopi Vice Chairman Herman Honanie says even talking about these objects feels like he's dissecting his religion and eroding his way of life.
HONANIE: There's a whole and total disconnect and a lack of understanding and even maybe lack of respect for who we are and what the significance is of these sacred items and what it means to Hopi.
MORALES: At the same time, he understands in order to get them back, the tribe had to explain to outsiders why these were important.
HONANIE: We hold a very strong and tight position that, you know, nothing like this should happen. It can't happen and must not be repeated. And so we just wonder where are the other friends, where are the other katsinas.
MORALES: At least one other katsina from the auction this spring has been returned to the tribe, but another Paris auction house plans a sale of more sacred objects this fall. For NPR News, I'm Laurel Morales in Flagstaff.
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The five-member council voted March 4 to amend the ordinance to establish the new standards for oil and gas operations.
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"We, as council, signed a lease with Rex Energy," he said. "We, as a council, took their money. You have a five-year lease with that company."
Council signed a five-year deal with Rex Energy in 2010 to lease the mineral rights on 21 of its acres for about $21,000.
There is one gas well pad in the borough. It is on property at the intersection of Route 68 and Constitution Avenue. One of the three horizontal wells extending from the pad runs under borough property.
Councilman Francis Smith said the borough had no say in whether companies would drill in the borough when council made the deal.
"Back before Christmas, before they overturned Act 13, we didn't have any say in it," he said. "Now we are in a position where we can at least mitigate how much harm will come from these wells."
Council President Lloyd Leslie said the ordinance simply gives the borough the ability to regulate the industry.
"All we're doing in the ordinance is setting up parameters," he said. "It doesn't say you can't drill, you can't frack, just that we want some say in setting these parameters up."
Council voted 5-0 to overturn the mayor's veto and to approve the amended ordinance.
The changes in the ordinance will give the borough power in regulating drilling.
Companies can only place wells on agricultural zones on lots at least 10 acres, although horizontal wells can pass under any zone.
The ordinance outlines a list of safety regulations that must be met, and dictates that the borough engineer be allowed to inspect wells.
One of the biggest safety regulations in the ordinance prevents conventional flaring of wells. Instead, wells must follow reduced emission completion, which minimizes the release of natural gas and vapors during the completion phase of the pad.
"That's actually a DEP requirement set to begin in 2015," Leslie said. "We just moved it up a year."
Leslie said he recently told the land manager at Rex Energy about the ordinance.
The company is set to begin fracking the three wells next week, he said.


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The Bard described death as "the undiscovere'd country, from whose bourn no traveller returns." I guess we can't fault him for not knowing about this awesome keyboard shortcut, courtesy of Business Insider's Melia Robinson:
Command [plus] shift [plus] t reopens the last tab.
Ctrl [plus] Shift [plus] T.
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Colorado football players say they want a voice in who the school hires to succeed Jon Embree as coach.
Multiple players interviewed Wednesday said athletic director Mike Bohn and the search committee did not ask their opinions in 2010 when the school hired Embree and they would have liked to have had the opportunity to share what they value most in a coach.
"Definitely, especially with me being on offense, I would like to know what we might be doing offensively," wide receiver Paul Richardson said. "...We can't really tell the administration to find a coach to coach us how we want to be coached. So whatever coach we get, I just hope we have mutual respect as players and coaches and be able to work together and finish turning this program around."
Defensive back Parker Orms said the mood inside the program three days after Embree was fired was still one of shock on Wednesday. He said players were expecting changes to be made in the offseason but no one expected Embree to lose his job after just two seasons.
Orms and Richardson said they disagreed with the decision but they have no choice but to move on at this point hoping they will be consulted about who replaces Embree.
"I definitely hope they include the players and especially the seniors on who they bring in and we can help them make the best decision for us and the program," Orms said.
There is a possibility offensive lineman David Bakhtiari won't return to the team in 2013. Bakhtiari, who has been named to the Pac-12 Conference all-conference team two years in a row, said he plans to consult seek advice regarding where he would be selected in the April NFL Draft if he decided to turn pro.
For now, Bakhtiari said all his focus is on returning for his senior season and trying to make it the best season in his career. He also hopes to be able to share his thoughts on who the next coach should be or what characteristics the school should be looking for in a coach.
"I think at the end of the day, the coach is going to be coaching us players and we're the ones out on the field," Bakhtiari said. "So I believe that we should have at least a little say. I'm definitely going to voice my opinion on how I think it should happen, not only for myself but the future of the Colorado program and all these freshmen. I think that they deserve the utmost respect and responsibility of the hired coach."
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I've been saying it all season. Defense wins championships.
At this point in the season, you need every edge you can get. A few extra points out of your team defense can be the difference between advancing to the next round or getting sent packing.
Before I get to the Week 13 matchups, let's take a look at the best plug-and-play defenses for the fantasy playoffs (Weeks 14-16).
Three to Grab
New York Jets – Yes, the Patriots just spanked them on Thanksgiving, but come on. It's the Patriots. The fact is that the Jets have an extremely strong schedule over the next four games, starting with the Cardinals this week (which I'll get to in a moment). From there they get Jacksonville, Tennessee, and San Diego during the fantasy playoffs. As crazy as it sounds, the Jets are a phenomenal plug-and-play for the stretch run.
Cincinnati – If they haven't already been snatched up in your league, the Bengals make for a very strong D/ST in the fantasy playoffs. With games against Dallas and Philly in the first two rounds, Cincinnati sets up well for fantasy owners. In Week 16 they get the Steelers, who could prove a much tougher matchup with Big Ben in the lineup.
San Diego – The Chargers are one of the most up and down fantasy defenses in the league, but the stars align for them in the fantasy playoffs. Next week, they face a Pittsburgh team that could still be without Ben Roethlisberger. We saw how that worked out for the Browns last week. From there the Chargers have the Panthers and Jets. There's only one or two other matchups I like more than the Jets for the fantasy championships in Week 16.
One to Avoid
Oakland – The Week 14 matchup against the Broncos isn't exactly the most desirable, but from there they get two top-ten matchups in the Chiefs and Panthers. However, the Raiders have scored negative fantasy points in each of their last four games, so this would be an extreme gamble that you may not want to stake your fantasy playoff life on.
The Usual Suspects
Teams you're not even thinking about benching this week include – Chicago (vs. Seattle), San Francisco (at St. Louis), Houston (at Tennessee), Seattle (at Chicago)
Preferred Plays
Your solid D/STs with a weekly matchup upgrade. They're just below the Usual Suspects tier.
1. New England (at Miami) – In their last two games, the Patriots defense have recorded eight turnovers and five touchdowns, scoring a combined 45 fantasy points. Wow. Miami held the strong Seahawks D/ST to just 6 fantasy points last week, but they gave up 19 to the Bills and 21 to the Titans in their previous two games. The Pats D/ST continues to roll in this one.
2. Cincinnati (at San Diego) – Don't look now, but the Bengals have put up double-digit fantasy points in each of their last three games. In that stretch, they have recorded 12 sacks and seven turnovers, while holding their opponents to an average of 9.7 points per game. This week the Bengals get a struggling Chargers offense that gives up the sixth-most fantasy points per game to opposing D/STs.
3. Arizona (at New York Jets) – The Jets have given up double-digit fantasy points in six of their last eight games, and are coming off a five-turnover, two-touchdown thumping from the Patriots on Thanksgiving. Arizona hasn't shown a very high ceiling this season, but they should have no problem against Mark Sanchez and the Jets' offense.
4. Baltimore (vs. Pittsburgh) – With Charlie Batch at the helm, the Steelers turned the ball over eight times last week to the Browns. It's looking like there's a good chance he get the nod again this weekend. If Ben Roethlisberger sits, get the Ravens in your lineup.
Your don't want to rely on these D/STs on a weekly basis, but their matchup is too juicy to pass up.
1. New York Jets (vs. Arizona) – Arizona currently yields the second-most fantasy points to D/STs on a per game basis, and have let up double-digit points in seven of their last eight games. The Jets have motivation to redeem themselves after their Thanksgiving debacle, and Ryan Lindley traveling east is just the guy to help them out with that.
2. Dallas (vs. Philadelphia) – The last time these two teams met, the Cowboys D/ST went nuts, scoring three touchdowns and 23 fantasy points. This one may not be as big, but an inexperienced Eagles offense led by Nick Foles makes for a very strong fantasy matchup.
3. Buffalo (vs. Jacksonville) – Sure, the Jaguars do look like a better team with Chad Henne at quarterback (I can't believe I just said that), but they still gave up seven sacks to the Titans last week. Buffalo has been solid over their last two games with a combined seven sacks, five turnovers, and a punt return touchdown. With their pass rush finally starting the produce, the Bills should have no problem putting together a productive fantasy day this weekend.
4. Carolina (at Kansas City) – Carolina put up a solid, but unspectacular seven fantasy points on Monday night against the Eagles. It's not what you may have hoped for, but you'll take it. They face another nice matchup here against the fantasy friendly Chiefs offense. It may not be a huge game, but the Panthers will get you solid points in this one.
Matchup Downgrade
They shouldn't be dropped, but a tough matchup limits the fantasy upside of these D/STs.
1. San Diego (vs. Cincinnati) – San Diego has been one of the better scoring D/STs this season, and currently rank sixth in standard scoring leagues. It's tough to drop them due to their playoff schedule, but they do get a downgrade this week. The Bengals have given up negative fantasy points in each of their last two games and did not turn the ball over during that span. Donald Butler likely being sidelined for this one certainly doesn't help the Chargers' cause.
2. Denver (vs. Tampa Bay) – Only the Texans and Patriots yield less fantasy points per game than the Bucs do to opposing D/STs. Tampa has turned the ball over just four times in the last six games, and just one team has reached double-digit fantasy points on the Bucs during that span. This matchup bodes quite poorly for the red hot Broncos D/ST, so be sure to temper your expectations for them this week.
3. New York Giants (at Washington) – The Giants are another hot team defense, scoring double-digit fantasy points in four of their last six. Last week, they held the always-dangerous Packers offense to just ten points. However, they get a matchup downgrade this week against a Redskins team that seems to be hitting their stride on offense. They've yielded zero fantasy points in each of the last two weeks, and have only turned the ball over once in their last four games.
Can I Kick it?
Here's my top-12 kickers for Week 13:
1. Stephen Gostkowski (at MIA)
2. Matt Bryant (vs. NO)
3. Shayne Graham (at TEN)
4. Dan Bailey (vs. PHI)
5. Sebastian Janikowski (OAK vs CLE)
6. Lawrence Tynes (at WAS)
7. Matt Prater (vs. TB)
8. Jason Hanson (vs. IND)
9. David Akers (at STL)
10. Justin Tucker (vs. PIT)
11. Garrett Hartley (at ATL)
12. Rian Lindell (vs. JAC)
D/ST Standard Scoring System
Any Touchdown
6 pts
0 points allowed
5 pts
Under 100 yards allowed
2 pts
1-6 points allowed
4 pts
101 to 199 yards allowed
3 pts
Fumble Recovery
7-13 points allowed
200 to 299 yards allowed
Blocked Kick
14-17 points allowed
1 pt
300 to 349 yards allowed
0 pts
18-27 points allowed
350 to 399 yards allowed
-1 pts
28-34 points allowed
400 to 449 yards allowed
-3 pts
35-45 points allowed
450 to 499 yards allowed
-5 pts
46+ points allowed
500- 549 yards allowed
-6 pts
550+ yards allowed
-7 pts


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