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WESTMINSTER, CO (KDVR) - Describing her as a 10-year-old who "can't wait to be a teenager," Sarah Ridgeway talked about her daughter Jessica Ridgeway — and the last morning she saw her.
Surrounded by members of her extended family and speaking publicly for the first time since Jessica went missing four days earlier, Sarah was mostly composed.
Sarah described the alarm clock Jessica begged her to buy going off at 7:45 a.m. — "she wanted to be able to get up on her own," Sarah said. The worried mother described seeing her daughter coming down the stars, watching T.V., eating a granola bar, getting dressed, peeling an orange for a snack later that day and walking out the front door.
"It was like any other morning," Sarah said, breaking down in tears. "I watched her walk out the door. Her friend says she's walking too. That was the last time I saw her.
"I want her to walk back through that door. I need her to walk back through that door."
Appearing more consistently broken up than his ex-wife, Jessica's father Jeremy Bryant was also on hand. He described getting the news in Missouri that investigators had found his daughter's abandoned backpack and water bottle on Sunday.
It remains the biggest break in the nationwide search for his daughter. But for a father, the phone call caused him to break down.
"It was about time to get off work when I got that phone call," Bryant said. "I told my boss I had to leave. I couldn't stay. I've been lost ever since."
All of Jessica's seven other family members on hand for the recorded statement at the Westminster Police Department were draped in purple, which they say is Jessica's favorite color. The child's great aunt Gay Moore described missing a bubbly girl who was excited to take care of her neighbors cats over the weekend before she went missing.
"She's a giggler," Moore said of Jessica. "She giggles a lot — that's all she ever does. She loves to try out jokes on the family, and she's actually got some pretty good ones.
"Jessica is the light of our life. She's a special girl."
The family also described the community from which Jessica was taken. They called it a safe place — one so safe, in fact, that most of the children in the neighborhood made the mile-and-a-half walk to Witt Elementary School together every morning.
"Our neighborhood is safe," Sarah said. "The kids go down and play at the park all the time. I've never seen anybody suspicions. There have never been burglaries.
"All the police activity (stemming from the search for Jessica) is very unusual."
Sarah described a conversation she had with Jessica about taking a recently-introduced bus service to school this year. Instead, Sarah said, Jessica made a plan with her older cousin Jeremy to walk to school every day.
Saying that her cell phone was downstairs because she has been getting pestering calls from a college to which she has applied, Sarah said she did not immediately receive the notifications from the elementary school that Jessica had not shown up for class.
When she did get the calls, Sarah said she "knew right away that something was wrong."
"Jessica loves school," Sarah said. "I checked some of the places I knew she wouldn't be just to make sure. But I knew if she wasn't at school, something was wrong."
The tough questions asked of Jessica's family didn't end there.
The family was also asked about their rather unorthodox approach to wait until the fifth day of the search for Jessica before coming forward with a public statement.
Sarah fielded that question, saying the group had planned to come forward on Sunday before they got the news that Jessica's backpack had been discovered.
"That's when we knew Jeremy was coming (from Missouri) on Sunday," Sarah said. "He's a part of this family, so we wanted to wait for him."
Jeremy and Sarah are divorced and also involved in a custody dispute regarding Jessica. Jeremy is also currently on felony probation after being convicted of second degree domestic assault.
Neither Jeremy nor Sarah have been named as a person of interest in the search for Jessica, and both said there is a reason for that.
"I know I didn't do anything," Sarah said. "Everybody in this room knows I didn't do anything. I know Jeremy didn't do anything. Everybody who knows me, knows her and knows our family knows we didn't do anything."
When he was asked by the FBI if he thought Sarah had kidnapped Jessica, Jeremy said he offered a similar response.
"I said, 'There's no way she did it,' — the same way she'd tell them there's no way I would do anything like that," Jeremy said. "I don't see how anyone could do that to their child."
The family concluded their 38-minute statement by thanking the hundreds who have showed up and continue to show up — both locally and around the nation — to aid in the search for Jessica. The family also called for that group's continued help and support.
Sarah described being overwhelmed by the group of volunteers who were bused in to the search area near her Westminster home, saying a nearby parking lot was filled with more cars than it had been for the popular Rocky Mountain Air Show earlier in the year.
"That's not something I would have every expected," Sarah said. "I want to thank everyone who helped look for her and is still looking for her."
If you have any information regarding the investigation, Westminster police are asking you to call the tip line at 303-658-4336, or email firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also find more information on a Facebook page that has been set up by Ridgeway's family.
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text: The diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) relies on three core features: impairments in language, impairments in social skills, and the presence of stereotyped or restricted interests. Of these three features, an individual's language ability distinguishes itself as one of the key factors predicting their long-term outcome. However, there exists a large range of language outcomes, with estimates of up to 50% of children with ASD having little to no language. Standardized clinical examinations have been successful at characterizing these children, but they are unable to explain the development of, or the underlying biological causes of, language dysfunction. The application of a more brain-based indicator, also known as a biomarker, holds great promise to characterize the various types of language function and to educate scientists on the different pathways through which language progresses. Electroencephalography (EEG) represents a promising biomarker, as it records the electrical activity within the brain and provides exquisite information about brain processing in real-time both at rest and while a child is engaged in a task. This study will couple behavioral testing with EEG to identify biomarkers of language function in children with ASD. The researchers will apply two measures that should provide insight into language ability. The first measurement, called event related potentials, estimates the brain's electrical activity while an individual learns an artificial language through pattern recognition. The second analysis measures patterns of the brain's activity while a child is at rest (watching bubbles). Each measure has been shown to predict language function in typical developing children, but neither has been studied in children with ASD. These biomarkers of language function will facilitate our characterization of subtypes within the autism spectrum and, ultimately, will allow for the design and implementation of targeted therapies that are specific to these subtypes.

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Mrs. Louise R. Hoden, 81, died at 5:35 a.m., Monday, Jan. 31 at Hamot Medical Center, following an extended illness. She was born in Leroy to the late Paul and Isodene Smiley Rockwell. Her family moved to Sheffield when she was 7 years old and Louise has been a resident since then.She enjoyed playing cards, dancing and camping and was a member of Warren Moose Lodge, Sheffield VFW Ladies Auxiliary and Kane Eagles Club Ladies Auxiliary.Louise is survived by two sons, Michael "Mike" Hoden, Sheffield and Matt "Houdini" Hoden, Sheffield; one daughter, Tina Hoden, Sheffield; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.In addition to her parents, Louise was preceded in death by two brothers, Tom and Paul Rockwell; one sister, Isodene Rockwell; one son, Mark Hoden; and one daughter, Lisa Hoden.A Memorial Service will be held Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011 at the Sheffield United Methodist Church. Rev. Dennis Johnson, pastor, will officiate at the 11:30 a.m. service. Friends will be received at the church one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in Sheffield Cemetery.Memorial donations may be made to the Kidney or Cancer Societies.The Borden-Lloyd Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.


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Prayer Focus: October 2012
Jesus' articulation of his mission on earth is best expressed in his inaugural address delivered in his hometown synagogue. Again, he identifies with the poor.
'When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written:
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favour."
'And he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. Then he began to say to them, "Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing"' (Luke 4:16‐21 New Revised Standard Version).
Early in his ministry, Jesus returned home to Nazareth. Rumours were spreading about his teaching and miraculous powers. He was invited to speak at the local synagogue where he had worshipped as a child. Jesus' audience that morning was filled with sceptics. 'What is Mary and Joseph's son doing now? Can anything good come out of Nazareth?'
Sensing a special moment, Jesus took the occasion to lay out his mission. He read the Hebrew text from the revered prophet Isaiah (61:1‐2). And when he finished, Jesus rolled up the scroll and essentially said, 'Let me tell you what this means'.
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What is our mission?
Not what congregation we worship with, not what group we serve with, not what training we have or what job is ours; all of these and more are vehicles through which we may work out our mission, but what is my mission, your mission?
Jesus was very clear on what he was about and, as a result, used all opportunities and situations to further his mission. He was not dependent on another to establish a framework through which he could work out his mission, but instead he was aware, available, ready and committed to mission.
What is your mission?
Lord, may your Spirit be upon me to bring good news to the poor.
Lord, please give me a sense of mission that is worthy of you and that I can purposely action. Give me insight, wisdom and energy to fulfil the mission you guide me to, and faith and trust to work with you and for you and the people I meet. Lord, where I lose hope or begin to fear, help me to remember that you gave the mission and you are with me at all times. I may sometimes feel lonely, but I will never be alone. God, please give me determination and let me find partners with whom to share my mission. Lord, I choose not to be a receiver only of your forgiveness, grace, mercy and love, but also a missioner who serves through love with grace so that all people may know your forgiveness and mercy.
Take time for reflection:
Lord: What do you require of me? What is or will be my mission?
Lord: What insight or vision do you choose to give me concerning that mission?
Lord: Lead me to obedience and trust so that I may fulfil the mission you have given to me.
Thought: Take time to consciously sit in the presence of God and allow him to impact your thinking and planning. Often we respond to the great need of our age and ask God to bless the activity, but here is an opportunity to ask God to 'direct our paths' and move to mission.
Lord, we, your Church, engage in mission. We seek to serve you with our tithes and offerings and our time and talents. We ask that those actions will not become an end in themselves, but rather we will do all those things out of a sense of love and compassion, expressed through mission. Lord, it is not enough to be a passive actor in a group achieving good things. Help each member of our congregation to be active in mission, seeking your direction to become as involved as they are able and being a people of prayer who love and care for those they serve.
Creator God:
WHEN: Eight‐year‐olds cannot read; families cannot drink water without getting sick; HIV‐positive women cannot protect their newborn babies; funerals displace preventable deaths,
WHEN: Children go to bed hungry seven nights a week; parents bury their children because they died of malaria; women, young girls and boys are exploited as sex slaves; workers labour for scandalous wages to fashion designer clothes,
WHEN: The earth is abused without regard for future generations; skin colour and social status padlock doors of opportunity; the healthy and educated cannot use their strengths to work,
WHEN: The righteous and holy disregard the impoverished and unclean; God's compassion is closeted in sanctuaries and temples; the strong and privileged disregard the weak and the oppressed.
THEN: Injustice rules; countless lives are squandered; our shared humanity is disgraced; and darkness prevails.
THEN: We are part of the solution. Lord, grant us vision and purpose expressed through mission.
Lord, I choose to be a person of mission and purpose! Lead me…


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Basically, genealogy is an activity for individuals. Unless we are lucky enough to have a relative sharing the same research goals, we family historians pursue our ancestors by ourselves, online or at archives or libraries. And, for those seeking ancestors of most nationalities and ethnicities, genealogy research can be accomplished alone because their research is dependent on records and written materials. I am often envious when I meet an Italian or English or Polish researcher who was able to discover, in one church or town, ancestors all the way back to the Middle Ages. Rare is the Irish researcher who is so lucky.
I have written often about the reasons why Irish research is so difficult. History, rebellions, fires, and oral traditions have all played a role in disrupting our ancestors' paper trail.
I know Irish researchers who have an impressive knowledge of records and borders and boundaries, but still can't find their ancestors. You can't always find your Irish ancestors on a film or a census, or at the NLI or GRO. Sometimes you have to leave the library.
Sometimes you need a Beatles' song: "I get by with a little help from my friends."
Irish records can be so very local, and so very scattered, that it is virtually impossible to find them without the help of fellow researchers or Irish locals.
I am constantly amazed by the discoveries that are made when Irish family historians come together, online or in person, to share their successes and frustrations. There is a group of researchers in the Philadelphia area that meet monthly (we now call ourselves the Irish American Family History Society), and almost every month at least one person is helped by another. Our meetings often include a formal presentation, but we try to keep our format "seminar-styled," with most of the time devoted to sharing.
I will share some of the tips that the members reported as helpful at this week's meeting:
1. If you are researching or traveling, ask the locals, perhaps in a library or a pub, for the oldest resident or the local historian. One of our members did so in Co. Tipperary and was taken to the oldest woman in the townland, who happened to remember the member's cousin. Other members have asked for introductions to local historians and were able to advance their research considerably. Even here in the US, there is often a person who "keeps" the history of the town or urban neighborhood.
2. Sign those guestbooks when you travel! Some members have been helped by contacting persons they found in guestbooks at bed and breakfasts, museums, and heritage centers. I, myself, was found by a cousin who saw my name in a guestbook I signed in Donaghmore, Co. Tyrone.
3. Ask others to look at the records you have found. There is no substitute for a fresh set of eyes. You never know the details you are missing until someone else points them out. One member had a record that mentioned that her ancestor was a "brushmaker." Once another person pointed out to her that she might want to begin researching brushmakers, she embarked on that route. When she went to Ireland, she met a researcher who knew that her brushmaker ancestor would have been an urban fellow, and they began to look in Waterford City records first before looking at those of the countryside. Not only did she find her ancestor via this research route, her discovery led to other generations.
So, don't be a wallflower, join the dance! If there is no local genealogical society near you, try to get a few fellow researchers to meet at a local library or coffeeshop. If you go to Ireland, talk to the locals and to the staff at libraries and museums. You are Irish, you have the gift of gab, so use it!
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Onyx, March 2002, 6.99, 368 pp. ISBN 0451416238 She was a homicide detective in the Sheriff's department but she became sick of dealing with death all the time so she transferred over to the State of California of Department of Justice working mainly with abuse victims. At the same time she transferred jobs Sam Chase unexpectedly gained guardianship of her twin eight-year-old nephews. Their parents died in a car crash and their deceased mot...
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A Connecticut man has been charged for allegedly making threats against the New York Mets.
Aryn Leroux, 42, of West Haven, was arrested Wednesday for making threats against the baseball team's players, coaches, executives as well as Citi Field, according to the AP, and charged with misdemeanor threatening and breach of peace.
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April 3, 2013 --When the first at-home test for HIV came out , health professionals approached it with caution.
There were concerns people who got positive results wouldn't follow up for health care. But now there is word that having people test themselves for HIV is effective and could help bring the worldwide epidemic under control.
Experts say the best method is a self-test combined with counseling, and that could improve rates of early detection and treatment, which is key.
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Aleona's Tales is a free cross-platform real-time strategy game built using the Stratagus engine. It includes support for playing against the AI, as well as against other players over LAN or the internet. Multiplayer matches started in Aleona's Tales can also be connected to by Wargus players.
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Linux binary ?
I downloaded AT_2-2-7_R1.zip, but it seems there is no Linux binary included.
To play in Linux you'll need to install the Stratagus engine. If you are running Ubuntu add ppa:stratagus/ppa to your system's Software Sources, then sudo apt-get install stratagus.
When you have Stratagus installed you can run Aleona's Tales with the following command: stratagus -d /home/user/location/of/game
You can grab a tarball of the source code to compile yourself at the Stratagus launchpad page: https://launchpad.net/stratagus


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June is an important month in Belize for festivals. It also marks the start of the lobster harvesting season which happens each year on June 15th. The harvesting of the Caribbean Spiny Lobster is only allowed from June 15 to February 14.


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PITTSBURGH, Jan. 30, 2012 – Of the growing number of businesses promoting hookah tobacco smoking on the Internet, fewer than 1 percent included a tobacco-related warning about the practice on the first page of their websites, according to a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine study available online in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The study also found that, while cigarette-related web pages often are required to verify users' ages, none of the hookah tobacco web pages required any type of age verification. Researchers say the findings suggest more health education may be valuable in countering misinformation about smoking tobacco through hookahs.
Brian Primack, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of medicine and pediatrics at Pitt's School of Medicine, who led the study, said many websites stated or implied that smoking tobacco through the pipes was safer than cigarette smoking. In fact, only 26 percent of the websites included the word "tobacco" somewhere on opening web pages.
"Hookah tobacco smoking is growing in popularity in the United States, but many people are unaware of the health risks. It's believed that one session of smoking tobacco through a hookah can deliver about 50 to 100 times the smoke volume, 40 times the tar and twice the nicotine usually delivered by a single cigarette," Dr. Primack said. "Hookah smoking has been linked to serious diseases like cancer and cardiovascular disease, and people should be aware of these risks."
The researchers examined the contents of U.S.-based websites that promote hookah smoking establishments. They scrutinized 144 websites and coded them for their content and format. Researchers found many of the hookah businesses had similar characteristics that glamorized hookah tobacco smoking as a fun, social activity: 79 percent served food, 41 percent served alcohol, 53 percent offered dancing and 37 percent offered live music. Many also had a social media presence, with 31 percent having Facebook pages and 15 percent having Twitter.
"Many people seem to have the misconception there is no tar or nicotine associated with this type of tobacco use. I think we need to step up our educational efforts to help them understand what the risks may be," Dr. Primack said.
Collaborators on the study include Kristen R. Rice, M.P.H.; Ariel S. Shensa, M.S.; Mary V. Carroll, B.A.; and Erica J. DePenna, all of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Rima Nakkash, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., American University, Beirut, Lebanon; and Tracey Barnett, Ph.D., University of Florida.
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WASHINGTON – The Senate has voted to kill a GOP measure preventing immigrants here illegally from taking the first steps toward citizenship until the U.S.-Mexico border has been under control for six months.
The vote was 57 to 43 to defeat the measure offered by Sen. Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican. It was the first amendment voted on regarding the far-reaching legislation that would remake the U.S. immigration system and open the door to citizenship for millions.
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an ex-believer in Greek mythology. This is such uncommon that I think that there are maybe more pagans of all kind that we think.
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Via Katha Pollitt on Twitter – an Italian priest explains things to women.
Italian media reported that parish priest Piero Corsi fixed a text to the bulletin board of his church in the northern village of San Terenzo di Lerici, which said women should engage in "healthy self criticism" over the issue of femicide, or men murdering women.
Healthy self-criticism! Good thinking. It is a just world, so if a women is murdered, it has to be because she did something so bad that it deserves murder. (There is that whole pesky "sanctity of life" thing, so you would think a Catholic priest wouldn't write a text saying that anything deserves murder, but maybe that's just before birth. I'm not a theologian, so I'm not sure.) So what are these bad things that women should be healthily criticizing themselves for?
"Let's ask ourselves. Is it possible that men have all gone mad at one stroke? We don't think so," said the text, which was reproduced in several newspapers.
"The core of the problem is in the fact that women are more and more provocative, they yield to arrogance, they believe they can do everything themselves and they end up exacerbating tensions," it said.
"How often do we see girls and even mature women walking on the streets in provocative and tight clothing?"
"Babies left to themselves, dirty houses, cold meals and fast food at home, soiled clothes. So if a family ends up in a mess and turns into crime (a form of violence which should be condemned and punished firmly) often the responsibility is shared," it said.
Oh. Women are arrogant. They walk on the street. Something something dirty something cold something fast something soiled. So men murder them. What can you expect?
It's probably just a small thing though, right? Not many women are that cold and soiled and arrogant and murdered.
A third of women in Italy had reported being victim of serious domestic violence, a UN report citing data from Italian statistics agency ISTAT said.
It said that as many as 127 women had been murdered by men in 2010, often as a result of "honor, men's unemployment and jealousy by the perpetrator".
And fast food, and women walking on the street.
People are annoyed with the priest, but he doesn't mind.
"After everything that's happened, which has certainly been well beyond what I intended or expected, I think there's need for calm, rest and silence to respond with the serenity and harmony required to carry on," he said.
For him. He's a guy, so he's allowed to be arrogant. Women who are arrogant – well they need to be murdered, obviously.


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TEMPE, Ariz. -- 3TV has obtained the 911 call made from a luxury apartment complex in Tempe after a fight between ASU frat brothers left one student seriously injured.
"I just found a kid who's..I think someone just beat him up," the caller told the dispatcher. "He's bleeding from his mouth."
Surveillance video shows several guys surrounding the victim, forcing him towards the elevator.
Two of the men step inside, and the door shuts. Witnesses snapped a picture of blood on the elevator floor and reported seeing the victim, on the ground, not able to talk, with serious injuries to his face and the back of his head.
"Literally, I came out of my room, and some girl was yelling, 'there's a kid who got beat up,'" said the caller.
"Dude, this kid is seriously hurt. I already called an ambulance," the 911 caller can be heard saying.
Court records reveal the victim suffered multiple facial fractures, requiring his jaw to be wired shut.
Witnesses say at least two men had blood on their hands. So far, Tempe police have arrested only one of the suspects.
Kiernan Bates, who now faces a charge of aggravated assault, made his first court appearance on Wednesday.
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A video posted several months ago on Vimeo celebrated his success in sports. He's heard talking in the video about his dedication to athletics.
Kenneth Bates, Kiernan's father, declined an interview. However, he told 3TV "more information is being disclosed daily that is shedding a completely different light on what happened."
He said in the meantime, he wishes the victim a speedy recovery.
Police say the suspect and a couple of the other boys involved were associated with the fraternity Pi Kappa Alpha, generally known as PIKE. National Headquarters released a statement saying they're aware of the incident which did not occur at a fraternity sanctioned event.
"In the interim, the individuals allegedly involved in the altercation have been administratively suspended by the Colony, pending the outcome of the police and university investigations," said a spokesman.
The victim was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon, known as SigEp. The fraternity president of the ASU chapter told 3TV the frat is cooperating fully with the investigation.
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Post subject: Turkey and Syria at war?
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Turkey strikes back at Syria after mortar kills five
By Seyhmus Cakan and Kadir Celikcan | Reuters 2 hrs 31 mins ago
AKCAKALE, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish artillery hit targets inside Syria on Wednesday after a mortar bomb fired from Syrian territory killed five Turkish civilians, while NATO called for an immediate end to Syria's "aggressive acts".
In the most serious cross-border escalation of the 18-month uprising in Syria, Turkey hit back at what it called "the last straw" when a mortar hit a residential neighborhood of the southern border town of Akcakale.
NATO said it stood by member-nation Turkey and urged Syria to put an end to "flagrant violations of international law".
The U.S.-led Western military alliance held an urgent late-night meeting in Brussels to discuss the matter and later on Tuesday in New York, Turkey asked the U.N. Security Council to take the "necessary action" to stop Syrian aggression.
In a letter to the president of the 15-nation Security Council, Turkish U.N. Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan called the firing of the mortar bomb "a flagrant violation of international law as well as a breach of international peace and security."
There were no immediate details of the Turkish strikes against Syria, nor was it clear who had fired the mortar into Turkish territory, but security sources said Turkey was increasing the number of troops along its border.
"Our armed forces in the border region responded immediately to this abominable attack in line with their rules of engagement; targets were struck through artillery fire against places in Syria identified by radar," Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's office said in a statement.
"Turkey will never leave unanswered such kinds of provocation by the Syrian regime against our national security."
Syria said it was investigating the source of the mortar bomb and urged restraint. Information Minister Omran Zoabi conveyed his condolences to the Turkish people, saying his country respected the sovereignty of neighboring countries.
Turkey's parliament was due to vote on Thursday on extending a five-year-old authorization for its military to carry out cross-border operations, an agreement originally intended to allow strikes on Kurdish militant bases in northern Iraq.
That vote would now be extended to include operations in Syria, a ruling party deputy told Turkish television.
Residents of Akcakale gathered outside the local mayor's office, afraid to return to their homes as the dull thud of distant artillery fire rumbled across the town.
"We haven't been able to sleep in our own homes for 15 days, we had to sleep in our relatives' houses further away from the border because it's not safe down there," said shopkeeper Hadi Celik, 42, a father of five who was among the crowd outside the mayor's office.
Washington sees Turkey as a pivotal player in backing Syria's opposition and planning for the post-Assad era. The White House said on Wednesday it stood by "our Turkish ally". But Ankara has found itself increasingly isolated and frustrated by a lack of international consensus on how to end the conflict.
Erdogan long cultivated good relations with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but became a harsh critic after Syria's popular revolt began last year, accusing him of creating a "terrorist state". Erdogan has allowed Syrian rebels to organize on Turkish soil and pushed for a foreign-protected safe zone inside Syria.
On Monday, Syria's foreign minister accused Turkey, the United States, France, Saudi Arabia and Qatar of arming and funding rebels intent on toppling Assad, a charge Ankara has repeatedly denied.
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It's only a war if there are a hundred dead.*
*unless it's Israel. Then you can call it whatever you like no matter the death-count.
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They're probably just going to handle this like they handle Iraq: make the occasional cross-border raid to ensure security in Turkey itself, to kill Kurds and to send a message to Syria itself. That message being: do it again and we'll crush you. Which they could easily do.
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Yeah, this probably isn't going to escalate to a full blown war. Turkey hasn't much to gain from actually invading the shitpile that Syria is at the moment.
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90% chance it will not go beyond Turkey engaging in border defense and savagely hammering at ANYTHING that endangers their border, because fuck if they want to have anything to do with the shitpile that is syria. Ofc if groups like NATO make it seem beneficial to their image to participate in liberation shit, they may just go for it.
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Yup, nothing beyond sabre rattling and cross border bombing in repisal.
Parliament votes to approve cross-border military action after deaths of five civilians in shelling.
but they'll be hard pressed to prove any attack came from this or that side.
As for NATO getting involved, forget it. Not during US election time.
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As for NATO getting involved, forget it. Not during US election time.
My first thought was, "check again come January." Then it occurred to me: a new war would allow Congressional Republicans to both continue to stall budget talks and bypass sequestration. Huh.
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 11:53 am
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The forced landing issue is giving another twist on this one.
Of all the news I read, there is still none that convincingly explains how the Turks knew in the first place.
After all it looks like it, from
, was radar' spares parts. I'm not discussing the legality of this transport, treaties that runs those issues sometime are creatively interpretated.
Aside the "how did they know in the first place", the "Who' interests are best served by raising tension between Syria and Turkey" question comes to mind too. For once, Russia comes at the bottom of the list, the black sea is vital for it. Turkey doesn't need a nearby ennemy either if it still want to be a local power. I could see Damas' regime trying to unite some tribes under it's flag, along with the allawi clans, as nationalism works everywhere, but somehow it feels a little bit late for that.
There is always the "après moi le déluge" option. Coming from a power that actually has chemical weapons this time and is in the process of loosing it's grasp on his country, that doesn't bode well.
On related news: Barhain is clashing again. I'm giving good odds the protesters are shia daring to ask for equal rights again.
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Hartsville, S.C. –The Lady Cobras softball evened their Conference Carolinas record to 2-2, as they dropped their doubleheader to Anderson University on Sunday afternoon. Anderson won with ease in game one 9-3, but it took late inning heroics to pull out the win in game two, 3-2.
The wins improve the Lady Trojans to 12-5 overall, and 2-0 in the conference, while Coker falls to 5-6 overall and 2-2 in the conference.
Game One
Anderson's Amber Duncan allowed just three runs on five hits, while keeping the Lady Cobra hitters off balance throughout the game, including fanning six Coker batters, on their way to a 9-3 win.
Shelly Catlett (Orangeburg, SC) (4-3) took the loss, allowing six runs on eight hits, with six strikeouts in four innings of work.
At the plate, Anna Oswald (Lexington, SC) had a pair of hits, including a double with a run scored and an RBI, while Brittany Owens (Johnsonville, SC), Shannon Mitchell (Virginia Beach, VA) and Julia Nelson-Abbott (Evans, GA) each had a hit for the Lady Cobras.
For Anderson in game one, Kayla Williams was 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, two RBIs and three runs scored, while Emily Monteith was 2-for-3 with a home run, a double and two RBIs and Amber Sutherland was 2-for-4 with a run scored.
Game Two
A one run double down the left field line by Meredith Knox in the top of the seventh inning, broke a 2-2 tie and gave Anderson all the runs they would need to bring home the doubleheader sweep of the Lady Cobras, 3-2.
Donya Cobb tossed a complete game for the Lady Trojans, allowing two runs on five hits with four strikeouts, while Coker's Catlett (4-4) took the loss, allowing three runs on six hits, with six strikeouts.
Knox finished the game 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI, while Amber Sutherland and Lora Daniel each picked up two hits for Anderson as well.
For Coker, Mitchell had an RBI double, while Oswald, Becky Dillon (West Palm Beach, FL) and Haleigh Rogers (Ward, SC) each picked up a hit.
Coker returns to action next week when they travel to Spartanburg, S.C. for a spring tournament Feb. 27- Mar. 1.


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In recent years, there's been a concerted push at the local and national levels to expand access to healthy food, particularly in low-income areas.
This is one focus of national Food Day, which local food groups and advocates are celebrating across the U.S today. But while programs and systems are gradually putting fresh food front and center, changing eating habits can be even more complicated.
Over the last few years, leaders around Kansas City, Kan., have been opening farmers markets, urban gardens and other projects focused on improving overall health and access to food. They see Food Day as a way to recognize the ongoing efforts and draw attention to community needs.
To kick off the occasion, some civic leaders and food advocates met earlier in the week at Juniper Gardens, a 9-acre training farm surrounded by public housing in the northeast part of the city. Mayor Joe Reardon signed a proclamation there endorsing the day.
"You know, my great grandparents on my mom's side came to Wyandotte County as farmers. And so my mom got to grow up a little bit on the farm in the summers," Reardon said. "Fast forward to me, and that experience is much more removed and my kids don't have that connection to farming at all in the same way. And so we have to revisit that, and so we have to orient ourselves again to the importance of that."
But in a county like this one, where an estimated 32,000 residents live in areas with poor access to a grocery store and fresh produce and where many suffer from chronic diseasesthat can be linked to poor nutrition, how well is this message catching on?
Reardon said the process has been "organic," as urban farms like Juniper work to supply fresh produce all over the metro and to the surrounding neighborhoods.
"So it means that the homes that are around here when you open your door now, it's not a weeded lot that was abandoned," Reardon said. "There's a farm, right outside your door, right in the middle of our city
After Reardon and others leave the farm, Judith Smith, an area resident, pointed out the garden plot that she and other families have been cultivating over the last two years.
"We have greens, peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, basil," Smith said, walking through the patch and gesturing at flowering plants. "It's an edible plant that you can eat. I didn't think I would eat a flower, but it's an edible flower."
Smith said before the farm started up here, local produce - and produce in general - wasn't a part of her or other friends and families' mindsets.
"I was eating greasy food, food that wasn't healthy, from a can," Smith said. "Now, I won't eat nothing but salads. Nothing with fat, like fried chicken. None of that."
Smith said her transformation actually came pretty easily.
"What changed for me was learning how to plant vegetables," she said. "We went to a farm and I got to see how different people were doing different things. I didn't know plants were edible. I was like, 'Ooo, yuck. That's grass!' But it's actually edible vegetables that you can walk up and eat…Once I started doing it [planting vegetables] and tasting it, I liked it."
Smith is involved with a lot at Juniper Gardens now, from doing cooking demonstrations to working with parents and kids on garden plots. What's she learned is people really connect with seeing her pick vegetables right on site and then showing how they can be cooked.
"We see people pulling to the side, getting all their 'What's this, what's cooking?'" Smith said. "And we'll tell them, and say, 'Don't say you don't like it, try it.'"
But drawing a crowd to check out new food isn't always an easy process.
This mobile market, part of a program called Beans & Greens, travels throughout the Kansas City metro area selling local produce, meats and eggs. Operator Eugene Brown says the markets have seen increases in the number of transactions, number of dollars spent on average and weekly sales. (Elana Gordon for Harvest Public Media)
About five miles south of Juniper Gardens, Eugene Brown wrapped up a farm stand on a recent Sunday morning on the corner of 29th Street and Strong Avenue in Kansas City, Kan. Just a handful of people stopped by.
"It feels like a failing effort today," Brown said, half-jokingly.
The market Brown operates is a mobile one. He stores local produce, meats and eggs inside a refrigerated truck, and then parks it throughout the metro at set times during the week. The market, now wrapping up its second year, is also part of a program called Beans & Greens, which provides discounts to seniors and food stamp recipients shopping at local farmers markets.
Mario Escobar, a neighborhood volunteer at this location, said the market is a big service.
"We used to have a store here, but it has been several years," Escobar said. "Basically, you'll have to go at least two or three miles away to the closest grocery store."
Escobar said that can be especially hard for elderly people who live around here. There's also no public transit on weekends. Brown, meanwhile, said he's learning that finding the right time and place for these markets can be a challenge, even when they're in a place where they've identified a need.
"We look to be a reliable source," Brown said. "But knowing that the traffic is low, that tells us that somewhere earlier in the week people shopped somewhere else," whether that be an Aldi's or Walmart in neighboring Roeland Park, or a nearby convenience store.
Brown said one reason he's parked at this spot is there's a big church across the street. When things get slow, he explained while smiling, sometimes he'll take measures into his own hands.
"Once in a while what we'll do is we'll run over to the church and as people come out we'll kind of hound them, which is kind of bad," Brown said, laughing. "Because we're standing there next to the Father, we're like, 'You don't mind if we stand next to you, do you?'"
Even on a slow day Brown is upbeat thanks to recent sales trends.
"The majority of the markets that we had this year all grew in numbers, whether it was the number of transactions, whether it was the number of dollars spent on average by customer, or even the weekly sales," Brown said. "We saw so much success."
Brown sees more recurring customers, too. And similar to Smith's experience at Juniper gardens, Brown said hands-on guidance making a huge difference. Kale is a great example.
"I can't count the number of customers came though the mobile market this year – if I had to make a broad generalization were between their low 20s and mid 30s – that had no idea what kale was," Brown said. "And so, it was a long process. It wasn't an easy sell. Whether it was handing a recipe, following up, trying it. Even in some instances offering some kale. Saying, 'Take one as a freebee, try it, come back and talk to us about it.' And once they realized it, then of course it was fantastic."
The big question, as Brown said, is whether these new experiences and eating habits will stick.
This story was produced with Harvest Public Media, a reporting collaboration of KCUR and other public media stations.


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Crews taking soil samples to look for pollution
Crews taking soil samples to look for pollution
LOUISVILLE, Ky. —
Crews from the Kentucky Division of Waste Management have taken soil samples at a former toxic waste dump in Louisville to check for contaminants.
The move on Monday came after inspectors from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency found once-buried debris coming up from the ground last year at the 112-acre site in the western part of the city.
Sheri Adkins, a Division of Waste Management supervisor, told The Courier-Journal that officials want to see if people could readily "come into contact" with any contaminants on the site.
Tim Hubbard, assistant director of the Division of Waste Management, says 40 samples were taken from 28 locations that weren't covered with a protective cap when state officials shut down the dump in the 1970s.


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Careers in Nutrition
Graduates of the Teachers College Program in Nutrition have gone on to pursue a variety of careers. Below is a list that provides a snapshot of where some of the Program's graduates are today:
Community Nutrition:
- EB is a nutrition educator at Cornell Cooperative Extension and presents nutrition workshops to low-income families throughout Westchester County.
- CR is the community nutritionist for the Food Bank of New York City.
- JJ is the creator and performer of "Jump with Jill" an innovative program designed to teach school-aged children about nutrition. JJ is a singer/songwriter who recently recorded her first children's CD.
- RC is program officer for the Food and Nutrition Department of FoodChange, where she manages the "School Food Plus Cafeteria" and "Wellness Council" programs.
- ES is the nutrition education coordinator of The CHOICE Project, which is a nutrition education and research initiative of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Corporate & Media Nutrition:
- MB is the senior health specialist at Health Management Corporation-Wellpoint, Inc., and is responsible for the nutrition and health education of members and employees.
- KB developed a nutrition communication company, is a nutrition expert on prime-time television, and is a contributing nutrition expert to publications such as SELF Magazine and MetroParent. Previously, she was a corporate nutritionist at The Dannon Company.
- EV is the corporate nutritionist for FreshDirect.
- MM is a nutrition communications specialist at Pollock Communications Inc., which is a full-service public relations company.
- FS is a media spokesperson, journalist and nutrition consultant.
- EK is a nutritionist and Food Network star who hosts "Healthy Appetite" and is the author of the bestselling books "The Food You Crave: Luscious Recipes for a Healthy Life" and "Small Changes, Big Results."
Public Health Nutrition:
- ES is the coordinator for the "Eat Well, Play Hard in Child Care Settings" program at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
- RS is a nutrition consultant with Head Start, and is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Nutrition at New York University and serves as the chairperson of New York City Nutrition. Education Network.
- EH is a nutrition education consultant with the WIC Program at the Texas Department of State Health Services and is an instructor at the Texas Culinary Academy.
- RT is a nutrition information specialist at "Food Stamp Nutrition Connection," which is part of the USDA National Agricultural Library. She manages the resource center, reviews nutrition education and training materials, and manages online nutrition content.
- CC is a senior program officer for the International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Program.
- VM is a health educator with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and produces a local cable-access nutrition show.
- LM is a nutritionist at God's Love We Deliver, which is a non-profit program that provides nutritious meals and nutrition education to individuals living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other serious illnesses.
Clinical, Research & Sports Nutrition:
- WS is a nutritionist at Schneider Children's Hospital and is a team nutritionist for the New York Jets.
- AS is a clinical dietitian for Sodexho and is a nutrition consultant for a sports complex in New Jersey where she counsels high school and college athletes.
- RF is the owner of Nutrition and Exercise Consulting, which provides nutrition and exercise counseling to private clients and businesses.
- RM operates a private practice that specializes in eating disorders and general nutrition issues.
- SF is the clinical nutrition manager and patient services manager at the National Rehabilitation Hospital.
- CL is the senior nutritionist at New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases.
- SS is a dietitian and nutrition education coordinator at Hebrew Home for the Aged.
- DG is a pediatric nutritionist and diabetes educator at the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center.
- KD is a nutrition consultant in private practice where she counsels physically active individuals and athletes from competitive kids and teens to elites and professionals.
- MS is the owner of Body Connections, a company that specializes in sports nutrition and the treatment of eating disorders.
- CW is a research nutritionist at the Obesity Research Center of St. Luke's Hospital.
- RR is a Sports Nutritionist/Dietitian at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
For an additional resource for people with interest and expertise in food, nutrition and/or health, individuals can consult Untangling the Nutrition Web in Career Development, a book written by Jennifer A. Ernst, a graduate of the Program in Nutrition. Untangling the Nutrition Web in Career Development provides valuable information about career options in the fields of food, nutrition, dietetics, and health. This book will guide you through a self-assessment of interests, experiences and abilities as you reflect on your past, present and future. Choose a career in food, nutrition, dietetics and/or health that most suits your skills and interests. Visit http://www.nutritioncareers.com for more information and to order a copy of Untangling the Nutrition Web in Career Development.


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UC Hastings and Hastings Law Journal are co-hosting a symposium on Atlantic Marine Construction Co. v. United States District Court, a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that held forum-selection clauses to be enforceable under Section 1404(a)'s authorization of venue transfer. The symposium will bring renowned scholars from across the country to discuss the decision and its implications.
"The Court's decision in Atlantic Marine is important for virtually everyone engaged in civil litigation," says UC Hastings Professor Scott Dodson, who helped organize the symposium. "Forum-selection clauses are ubiquitous. If you have a cell phone or a credit card, if you have flown on an airplane, or if you have parked a car in a public garage, you likely have agreed to litigate certain disputes in the vendor's chosen forum. This symposium will explore how those agreements can, and whether those agreements should, be enforced."
"Professor Dodson has helped assemble a remarkable group for this symposium," noted Professor Geoff Hazard. "The prominence of the panels reflects the high reputation UC Hastings has in the area of civil procedure."
Panelists include some of the most important procedure scholars in the nation. From UC Hastings, participants include Dodson, Professor Rick Marcus, and Professor and Emerita Dean & Chancellor Mary Kay Kane. Jim Wagstaffe, an adjunct professor at UC Hastings and a partner at the firm Kerr & Wagstaffe, will offer concluding remarks.
The symposium is free and open to faculty, students, practitioners, and judges, and will be held in the LBM from 1:00–4:30pm on Friday, September 19, 2014. A reception for all attendees will immediately follow.


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At last! Some good news for hard-pressed motorists
Is the cost of running your car getting a little too expensive?
Well, for a change, there's some good news as motorists are enjoying some fuel and insurance price cuts.
Asda is slashing 3p off fuel at its filling stations, meaning petrol will fall to 135.7p and diesel to 139.7p.
The supermarket giant, well-known for priding itself on good value, says it is cutting prices due to a drop in the price of crude oil worldwide.
The move has sparked a price war among supermarkets as Morrisons has also snipped its petrol and diesel prices by 3p as have Sainsbury's and Tesco.
The latest price moves come just weeks after the Office of Fair Trading launched a report into the prices motorists are paying at the pumps.
Meanwhile, comparison site Moneysupermarket.com has found the average car insurance premium has fallen 10 per cent to £478.
The firm looked at more than 16 million quotes over the last 12 months and has found that on average, insurance prices are now falling after reaching a high of £525 in 2011.
Moneysupermarket.com's Kevin Pratt said: "The main factor influencing the cost of car insurance is competition in the market between insurers. A few key insurance providers are looking to take on new business and are willing to offer low premiums to attract customers. While this competition continues, drivers will benefit but there is no guarantee how long it will last."


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CDF's mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities. That is why CDF educates the nation about the needs of children and encourages preventive investments before they get sick, drop out of school, get into trouble or suffer family breakdown.
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Suffolk, ss. Division of Administrative Law Appeals
Board of Registration in Medicine,
Docket No. RM-08-403
Barry Poret, M.D.,
Appearance for Petitioner:
Amy B. Sharff, Esq.
Board of Registration in Medicine
200 Harvard Mill Square, Suite 330
Wakefield, MA 01880
Appearance for Respondent:
Michael Rawson, Esq.
Rawson, Merrigan, & Litner
185 Devonshire Street - 11th Floor
Boston, MA 02110
Administrative Magistrate:
Joan Freiman Fink, Esq.
On June 18, 2008, the Petitioner, Board of Registration in Medicine (Board), issued a Statement of Allegations ordering the Respondent, Dr. Barry Poret, to show cause why he should not be disciplined for misconduct in the practice of medicine as well as engaging in conduct which places into question his competence to practice medicine and undermines the public confidence in the integrity of the medical profession.
On June 18, 2008, the matter was referred to the Division of Administrative Law Appeals (DALA).
A pre-hearing conference was held on September 15, 2008 at the offices of DALA, 98 North Washington Street, 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02114. As a result of this pre-hearing conference, an Order to File Status Report was issued with an effective reporting date on or before December 10, 2008. By agreement of the parties, the Order to File Status Report was extended to March 12, 2009. On March 12, 2009, the parties notified DALA that they wished to schedule an additional pre-hearing conference. A second pre-hearing conference was held on April 6, 2009 at the offices of DALA. At that time, a hearing on the merits was scheduled for July 13th and July 14th, 2009.
On July 13, 2009, the parties notified the Division that they have agreed to resolve this matter and on that same date they jointly filed a Stipulation executed by Dr. Poret, his counsel, and Board counsel. In the Stipulation, a copy of which is attached as Attachment A, the parties have agreed to certain Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law.
The Stipulation is incorporated herein by reference. Other than the Stipulation and the admissions contained therein, I have not taken evidence with respect to this matter. Based on the facts as stipulated, I conclude that the Conclusions of Law set forth in the Stipulation are warranted and I hereby adopt them.
Based on the foregoing I recommend that the Board impose such discipline on Dr. Barry Poret as it deems appropriate in light of the facts and conclusions of law as stipulated by the parties.
Joan Freiman Fink, Esq.
Administrative Magistrate
Dated: 8/18/08


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Kitzhaber against tribal casino in Medford
MEDFORD — Gov. John Kitzhaber has asked the federal government to reject a proposal by an Oregon tribe to start a casino in Medford.
An expansion of casino gambling raises concerns such as increased crime and alcohol, drug and gambling abuse, he said Monday in letters to the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs.
He also said the proposal from the Coquille Indian Tribe violates an agreement that limits casinos to one per tribe. There are nine tribal casinos in the state.
"I do not believe that expansion of casinos is good for Oregon, and to safeguard against an unprecedented expansion of gambling in this state, it should be of no surprise that I oppose this application," Kitzhaber wrote to Stan Speaks, northwest regional director of the bureau.
The Coquille tribe has a casino in North Bend in Coos County.
It has bought a Medford bowling alley and a restaurant building and asked the bureau to put the land in a trust, a step toward reservation status, the Medford Mail Tribune reported.
The casino would offer video gambling but not table games. The tribe also has agreed to lease an adjacent golf course.
Kitzhaber said concerns raised by both Jackson County and the city of Medford went into his thinking.
A tribal spokesman, Ray Doering, said Kitzhaber's opposition was disappointing but not surprising.
The one-per-tribe policy dates to 1997 and was to last for five years, Doering said. "That period has long since ended," he said.
He said communities take a few years to warm up to the introduction of gambling.
"Never has the first introduction of gaming into a community been embraced," he said.
The Cow Creek Band of the Umpqua Tribe of Indians operates a casino in Canyonville, 70 miles north of Medford, and also opposes the Coquilles' proposal as an opening to a "casino arms race."
Information from: Mail Tribune, http://www.mailtribune.com/


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