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Republic of Guinea
Area: 245,860 sq. km. (95,000 sq. mi.), about the size of Oregon.
Cities: Capital--Conakry. Other cities--Gu�ck�dou, Bok�, Kindia, N'Z�r�kor�, Macenta, Mamou, Kankan, Faranah, Siguiri, Dalaba, Labe, Pita, Kamsar.
Terrain: Generally flat along the coast and mountainous in the interior. The country's four geographic regions include a narrow coastal belt; pastoral highlands (the source of West Africa's major rivers); the northern savanna; and the southeastern rain forest.
Climate: Tropical.
Nationality: Noun and adjective--Guinean(s).
Population (2002 census): 8,444,559, including refugees and foreign residents. Refugee population (June 2002 est.): 180,000-200,000 Liberians and Sierra Leoneans. Population of Conakry: 2 million. Population of largest prefectures--Gu�ck�dou (487,017), Bok� (366,915), Kindia (361,117), N'Z�r�kor� (328,347), Macenta (365,559).
Annual growth rate (2002 census): 3.5%.
Ethnic groups: Peuhl 40%, Malinke 30%, Soussou 20%, other ethnic groups 10%.
Religions: Muslim 85%, Christian 8%, traditional beliefs 7%.
Languages: French (official), national languages.
Education: Years compulsory--8. Enrollment--primary school, 64.32% (male 78.71%, female 69.03%); secondary, 15%; and post secondary, 3%. Literacy (total population over age 15 that can read and write)--44.2% (male 58.74%, female 26.38%).
Health (2002): Life expectancy--total population 54 years. Infant mortality rate (2002)--98/1000.
Work force (2002, 4.5 million): Agriculture--76%; industry and commerce--18%; services--6%.
Type: Republic.
Constitution: 1990; amended 2001.
Independence: October 2, 1958. Anniversary of the Second Republic, April 3, 1984.
Branches: Executive--elected president (chief of state); 25 appointed civilian ministers. Legislative--elected National Assembly (114 seats). Judicial--Supreme Court.
Administrative subdivisions: Region, prefecture, subprefecture, rural district.
Political parties: Legalized on 1 April 1992. Seven parties, of the more than 40 with legal status, won seats in the June 1995 legislative elections. Pro-government--Party for Unity and Progress (PUP). Opposition--Rally for the Guinean People (RPG), Union for Renewal and Progress (UPR), Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea (UFDG), Union for Progress of Guinea (UPG), Union of Republican Forces (UFR).
Suffrage: Universal over age 18.
Central government budget (2002): $394.76 million.
GDP (2003 est.): $4.72 billion.
Annual economic growth rate (2003): 2.1%.
Per capita GDP (2003 est.): $376.3.
Avg. inflation rate (2003): 15.4%.
Natural resources: Bauxite, iron ore, diamonds, gold, water power, uranium, fisheries.
Industry (31.12% of GDP): Types--mining, light manufacturing, construction.
Agriculture (18.43% of GDP): Products--rice, cassava, fonio, millet, corn, coffee, cocoa, bananas, palm products, pineapples, livestock, forestry. Arable land--35%. Cultivated land--4.5%.
Trade (45.4% of GDP): Exports (2002)--$835 million: bauxite, alumina, diamonds, gold, coffee, pineapples, bananas, palm products, coffee. Major markets--European Union, U.S., Commonwealth of Independent States, China, Eastern Europe, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco.
Official exchange rate (2003): Approximately 2000 Guinean francs=U.S.$1.
Fiscal year: January 1-December 31.
Guinea is located on the Atlantic Coast of West Africa and is bordered by Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Mali, C�te d'Ivoire, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The country is divided into four geographic regions: A narrow coastal belt (Lower Guinea); the pastoral Fouta Djallon highlands (Middle Guinea); the northern savannah (Upper Guinea); and a southeastern rain-forest region (Forest Guinea). The Niger, Gambia, and Senegal Rivers are among the 22 West African rivers that have their origins in Guinea.
The coastal region of Guinea and most of the inland have a tropical climate, with a rainy season lasting from April to November, relatively high and uniform temperatures, and high humidity. Conakry's year-round average high is 29oC (85oF), and the low is 23oC (74oF); its average annual rainfall is 430 centimeters (169 inches). Sahelian Upper Guinea has a shorter rainy season and greater daily temperature variations.
Guinea has four main ethnic groups:
West Africans make up the largest non-Guinean population. Non-Africans total about 10,000 (mostly Lebanese, French, and other Europeans). Seven national languages are used extensively; major written languages are French, Peuhl, and Arabic.
The area occupied by Guinea today was included in several large West African political groupings, including the Ghana, Mali, and Songhai empires, at various times from the 10th to the 15th century, when the region came into contact with European commerce. Guinea's colonial period began with French military penetration into the area in the mid-19th century. French domination was assured by the defeat in 1898 of the armies of Almamy Samory Tour�, warlord and leader of Malinke descent, which gave France control of what today is Guinea and adjacent areas.
France negotiated Guinea's present boundaries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries with the British for Sierra Leone, the Portuguese for their Guinea colony (now Guinea-Bissau), and the Liberia. Under the French, the country formed the Territory of Guinea within French West Africa, administered by a governor general resident in Dakar. Lieutenant governors administered the individual colonies, including Guinea.
Led by Ahmed S�kou Tour�, head of the Democratic Party of Guinea (PDG), which won 56 of 60 seats in 1957 territorial elections, the people of Guinea in a September 1958 plebiscite overwhelmingly rejected membership in the proposed French Community. The French withdrew quickly, and on October 2, 1958, Guinea proclaimed itself a sovereign and independent republic, with S�kou Tour� as President.
Under Tour�, Guinea became a one-party dictatorship, with a closed, socialized economy and no tolerance for human rights, free expression, or political opposition, which was ruthlessly suppressed. Originally credited for his advocacy of cross-ethnic nationalism, Tour� gradually came to rely on his own Malinke ethnic group to fill positions in the party and government. Alleging plots and conspiracies against him at home and abroad, Tour�'s regime targeted real and imagined opponents, imprisoning many thousands in Soviet-style prison gulags, where hundreds perished. The regime's repression drove more than a million Guineans into exile, and Tour�'s paranoia ruined relations with foreign nations, including neighboring African states, increasing Guinea's isolation and further devastating its economy.
S�kou Tour� and the PDG remained in power until his death on April 3, 1984. A military junta--the Military Committee of National Recovery (CMRN)--headed by then-Lt. Col. Lansana Conte, seized power just one week after the death of S�kou Tour�. The CMRN immediately abolished the constitution, the sole political party (PDG) and its mass youth and women's organizations, and announced the establishment of the Second Republic. In lieu of a constitution, the government was initially based on ordinances, decrees, and decisions issued by the president and various ministers.
Political parties were proscribed. The new government also released all prisoners and declared the protection of human rights as one of its primary objectives. It reorganized the judicial system and decentralized the administration. The CMRN also announced its intention to liberalize the economy, promote private enterprise, and encourage foreign investment in order to develop the country's rich natural resources.
The CMRN formed a transitional parliament, the "Transitional Council for National Recovery" (CTRN), which created a new constitution (La Loi Fundamental) and Supreme Court in 1990. The country's first multi-party presidential election took place in 1993. These elections were marred by irregularities and lack of transparency on the part of the government. Legislative and municipal elections were held in 1995. Conte's ruling Party for Unity and Progress (PUP) won 76 of 114 seats in the National Assembly, amid opposition claims of irregularities and government tampering. The new National Assembly held its first session in October 1995.
Several thousand malcontent troops mutinied in Conakry in February 1996, destroying the presidential offices and killing several dozen civilians. Mid-level officers attempted, unsuccessfully, to turn the rebellion into a coup d'etat. The Government of Guinea made hundreds of arrests in connection to the mutiny, and put 98 soldiers and civilians on trial in 1998.
In mid-1996, in response to the coup attempt and a faltering economy, President Cont� appointed a new government as part of a flurry of reform activity. He selected Sidya Tour�, former chief of staff for the Prime Minster of the Cote d'Ivoire, as Prime Minister, and appointed other technically minded ministers. Tour� was charged with coordinating all government action, taking charge of leadership and management, as well as economic planning and finance functions. In early 1997, Cont� shifted many of the financial responsibilities to a newly named Minister of Budget and Finance.
In December 1998, Cont� was re-elected to another 5-year term in a flawed election that was, nevertheless, an improvement over 1993. Following his reelection and the improvement of economic conditions through 1999, Cont� reversed direction, making wholesale and regressive changes to his cabinet. He replaced many technocrats and members of the Guinean Diaspora that had previously held important positions with "homegrown" ministers, particularly from his own Soussou ethnic group. These changes led to increased cronyism, corruption, and a retrenchment on economic and political reforms.
Beginning in September 2000, the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebel army, backed by Liberian President Charles Taylor, commenced large-scale attacks into Guinea from Sierra Leone and Liberia. The RUF, known for their brutal tactics in the near decade-long civil war in Sierra Leone, operated with financial and material support from the Liberian Government and its allies. These attacks destroyed the town of Gueckedou as well as a number of villages, causing large-scale damage and the displacement of tens of thousands of Guineans from their homes. The attacks also forced the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to relocate many of the 200,000 Sierra Leonean and Liberian refugees residing in Guinea. As a result of the attacks, legislative elections scheduled for 2000 were postponed.
After the initial attacks in September 2000, President Cont�, in a radio address, accused Liberian and Sierra Leonean refugees living in the country of fomenting war against the government. Soldiers, police, and civilian militia groups rounded up thousands of refugees, some of whom they beat and raped. Approximately 3,000 refugees were detained, although most were released by year's end.
In November 2001, a nationwide referendum, which some observers believe was flawed, amended the constitution to permit the president to run for an unlimited number of terms, and to extend the presidential term from 5 to 7 years. The country's second legislative election, originally scheduled for 2000, was held in June 2002. President Cont�'s Party of Unity and Progress (PUP) and associated parties won 91 of the 114 seats. Most major opposition parties boycotted the legislative elections, objecting to inequities in the existing electoral system.
Guinea is a constitutional republic in which effective power is concentrated in a strong presidency. The president governs Guinea assisted by his appointed council of civilian ministers. Government administration is carried out at several levels; in descending order, they are: eight regions, 33 prefectures, over 100 subprefectures, and many districts (known as communes in Conakry and other large cities, and villages or "quartiers" in the interior). District-level leaders are elected; the president appoints officials to all other levels of the highly centralized administration.
Opposition political parties are severely hampered by their lack of access to the electronic media. The independent print media reports on both sides of issues, but since Guinea's literacy rate is only 35%, a large majority of the population hears only the official government side.
During a trip to Japan in late 2003, President Cont� fell ill and returned to Guinea after medical treatment in Morocco. Despite his illness, Cont� ran for president a third time in elections held in December 2003. Opposition parties boycotted the election, and Cont� easily won a third term against a single, relatively unknown candidate. In February 2004, President Cont� made changes to his government by firing unpopular ministers and appointing more technocrats. On January 19, 2005, President Conte's motorcade was fired upon by unknown assailants. Two bodyguards were wounded but the President was not harmed.
Principal Government Officials
President--Gen. Lansana Cont�
Prime Minister--Elhadj Cellou Dalein Diallo
Minister of Foreign Affairs--Fatoumata Sidibe
Minister of Finance--Mady Kaba Camara
Minister of Justice--Mamadou Sylla
Minister of Transport--Aliou Conde
Minister of Mines--Ahmed Tidiane Souare
Minister of Security--Ousmane Camara
Minister of Defense--currently under the President
Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization--Kiridi Bangoura
Ambassador to the United States--Alpha Oumar Rafiou Barry
Ambassador to the United Nations--Alpha Ibrahima Sow
Guinea maintains an embassy in the United States at 2112 Leroy Place, NW, Washington, DC 20008 (tel. 202-483-9420) and a mission to the United Nations at 140 E. 39th St., New York, NY 10016 (tel. 212-687-8115/16/17).
Richly endowed with minerals, Guinea possesses over 25 billion metric tons (MT) of bauxite--and perhaps up to one half of the world's reserves. In addition, Guinea's mineral wealth includes more than 4 billion tons of high-grade iron ore, significant diamond and gold deposits, and undetermined quantities of uranium. Guinea has considerable potential for growth in the agricultural and fishing sectors. Soil, water, and climatic conditions provide opportunities for large-scale irrigated farming and agro industry. Possibilities for investment and commercial activities exist in all these areas, but Guinea's poorly developed infrastructure and rampant corruption continue to present obstacles to large-scale investment projects.
Joint venture bauxite mining and alumina operations in northwest Guinea historically provide about 80% of Guinea's foreign exchange. The Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinea (CBG) is the main player in the bauxite industry. CBG is a joint venture, in which 49% of the shares are owned by the Guinean Government and 51% by an international consortium led by Alcoa and Alcan. CBG exports about 14 million metric tons of high-grade bauxite every year. The Compagnie des Bauxites de Kindia (CBK), a joint venture between the Government of Guinea and Russki Alumina, produces some 2.5 million MT annually, nearly all of which is exported to Russia and Eastern Europe. Dian Dian, a Guinean/Ukrainian joint bauxite venture, has a projected production rate of 1 million MT per year, but is not expected to begin operations for several years. The Alumina Compagnie de Guin�e (ACG), which took over the former Friguia Consortium, produced about 2.4 million tons of bauxite in 2003, which is used as raw material for its alumina refinery. The refinery supplies about one million MT of alumina for export to world markets. Currently, there are two proposed refinery projects under development that would boost Guinea's alumina production substantially.
Diamonds and gold also are mined and exported on a large scale. AREDOR, a joint diamond-mining venture between the Guinean Government (50%) and an Australian, British, and Swiss consortium, began production in 1984 and mined diamonds that are 90% gem quality. Production stopped from 1993 until 1996, when First City Mining of Canada purchased the international portion of the consortium. The largest gold mining operation in Guinea is a joint venture between the government and Ashanti Gold Fields of Ghana. SMD also has a large gold mining facility in Lero near the Malian border. Other concession agreements have been signed for iron ore, but these projects are still awaiting preliminary exploration and financing results.
The Guinean Government adopted policies in the 1990s to return commercial activity to the private sector, promote investment, reduce the role of the state in the economy, and improve the administrative and judicial framework. Guinea has the potential to develop, if the government carries out its announced policy reforms, and if the private sector responds appropriately. So far, corruption and favoritism, lack of long-term political stability, and lack of a transparent budgeting process continue to dampen foreign investor interest in major projects in Guinea.
Reforms since 1985 include eliminating restrictions on agriculture and foreign trade, liquidation of some parastatals, the creation of a realistic exchange rate, increased spending on education, and cutting the government bureaucracy. In July 1996, President Lansana Cont� appointed a new government, which promised major economic reforms, including financial and judicial reform, rationalization of public expenditures, and improved government revenue collection. Under 1996 and 1998 International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank agreements, Guinea continued fiscal reforms and privatizations, and shifted governmental expenditures and internal reforms to the education, health, infrastructure, banking, and justice sectors. Cabinet changes in 1999 as well increasing corruption, economic mismanagement, and excessive government spending combined to slow the momentum for economic reform. The informal sector continues to be a major contributor to the economy.
The government revised the private investment code in 1998 to stimulate economic activity in the spirit of free enterprise. The code does not discriminate between foreigners and nationals and provides for repatriation of profits. While the code restricts development of Guinea's hydraulic resources to projects in which Guineans have majority shareholdings and management control, it does contain a clause permitting negotiations of more favorable conditions for investors in specific agreements. Foreign investments outside Conakry are entitled to more favorable benefits. A national investment commission has been formed to review all investment proposals. The United States and Guinea have signed an investment guarantee agreement that offers political risk insurance to American investors through the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). In addition, Guinea has inaugurated an arbitration court system, which allows for the quick resolution of commercial disputes.
Until June 2001, private operators managed the production, distribution, and fee-collection operations of water and electricity under performance-based contracts with the Government of Guinea. However, both utilities are plagued by inefficiency and corruption. Foreign private investors in these operations departed the country in frustration.
In 2002, the IMF suspended Guinea's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) because the government failed to meet key performance criteria. In reviews of the PRGF, the World Bank noted that Guinea had met its spending goals in targeted social priority sectors. However, spending in other areas, primarily defense, contributed to a significant fiscal deficit. The loss of IMF funds forced the government to finance its debts through Central Bank advances. The pursuit of unsound economic policies, like increased money generation, have created severe economic imbalances including rampant inflation.
Starting in December 2004, the government has pursued a rigorous reform agenda designed to return Guinea to a PRGF with the IMF. Exchange rates have been allowed to float, price controls on gasoline have been loosened, and government spending has been reduced while tax collection has been improved. These reforms have not slowed down inflation, which hit 27% in 2004 and has maintained that rate in 2005. In addition, the Guinea franc has depreciated about 50% to the dollar since the beginning of 2005.
Despite the opening in 2005 of a new road connecting Guinea and Mali, most major roadways connecting the country's trade centers remain in poor repair, slowing the delivery of goods to local markets. Electricity and water shortages are frequent and sustained, and many businesses are forced to use expensive power generators and fuel to stay open.
Even though there are many problems plaguing Guinea's economy, not all foreign investors are reluctant to come to Guinea. Global Alumina has proposed construction of an alumina refinery with a price tag above $2 billion. Alcoa and Alcan are proposing a slightly smaller refinery at about $1.5 billion. Taken together, they represent the largest private investment in sub-Saharan Africa since the Chad-Cameroun oil pipeline.
Guinea's armed forces are divided into four branches--army, navy, air force, and gendarmerie--whose chiefs report to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Col. Kerfalla Camara. The Chairman reports directly to the President, who took responsibility for the Ministry of Defense in early 2000. The 10,000-member army is the largest of the four services. The navy has about 900 personnel and operates several small patrol craft and barges. Air force personnel total about 700; its equipment includes several Russian-supplied fighter planes and transport planes. Several thousand gendarmes are responsible for internal security.
Guinea's relations with other countries, including with her West African neighbors, have improved steadily since 1985. Guinea reestablished relations with France and Germany in 1975, and with neighboring C�te d'Ivoire and Senegal in 1978. Guinea has been active in efforts toward regional integration and cooperation, especially regarding the Organization of African Unity (now the African Union) and the Economic Organization of West African States (ECOWAS). Guinea takes its role in a variety of international organizations seriously and participates actively in their deliberations and decisions. Guinea has participated in both diplomatic and military efforts to resolve conflicts in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea-Bissau, and contributed contingents of troops to peacekeeping operations in all three countries as part of ECOMOG, the Military Observer Group of ECOWAS. Guinea has offered asylum to more than 700,000 Liberian, Sierra Leonean, and Bissauan refugees since 1990, despite the economic and environmental costs involved.
The civil wars that engulfed Liberia and then Sierra Leone during the 1990s have negatively affected relations between Guinea and these two fellow Mano River Union member countries. Guinea and Liberia accused each other of supporting opposition dissidents, and in late 2000 and early 2001, Guinean dissidents backed by the Liberian government and RUF rebels from Sierra Leone brutally attacked Guinea. These attacks caused over 1,000 Guinean deaths and displaced more than 100,000 Guineans. The attacks led to Guinea's support for the LURD (Liberians United For Reconciliation and Democracy) rebels in their attacks against the Liberian government of Charles Taylor. Taylor's departure for exile in August 2003 and the establishment of an interim government has led to friendlier relations between the two countries and lower tension on Guinea's southern border.
Guinea belongs to the UN and most of its specialized related agencies; Organization of African Unity (OAU--now the African Union); International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD); African Development Bank (AFDB); Niger River Basin (NRB); Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS); Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC); Mano River Union (MRU); Gambia River Basin Organization (OMVG); and Nonaligned Movement (NAM). Guinea relinquished a seat on the UN Security Council after serving a 2-year term beginning October 2001.
The United States maintains close relations with Guinea. U.S. policy seeks to encourage Guinea's sustainable economic and social development, and its full integration into regional cooperative institutions, to achieve economic, social, political, and environmental objectives. The U.S. also seeks to promote increased U.S. private investment in Guinea's emerging economy.
The U.S. Mission in Guinea is composed of five agencies--Department of State, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Peace Corps, the Treasury Department, and the Department of Defense. In addition to providing the full range of diplomatic functions, the Embassy obligated in FY 2004 $57,100 for Self-Help projects and $75,000 for Democracy and Human Rights projects. The U.S. Mission also manages a military assistance program that provided nearly $627,000 for military education, language training, and humanitarian assistance programs.
USAID Guinea is now one of only five sustainable development missions in West Africa, with current core program areas in primary education, family health, democracy and governance, and natural resources management.
The Peace Corps has more than 100 volunteers throughout the country. Volunteers teach English and mathematics in high schools, assist in village development and health education, and collaborate with USAID on a natural resources management project. Guinea was the first country to inaugurate a full-fledged Crisis Corps program, a new Peace Corps initiative developed to address natural and manmade disasters.
Principal U.S. Officials
Ambassador--Jackson McDonald
Deputy Chief of Mission--Julie B. Winn
USAID Director--Jack Winn
Peace Corps Director--Steven Peterson
Public Affairs Officer--Louise Bedichek
The U.S. Embassy is located at 2d Blvd. and 9th Avenue, Conakry. The mailing address is B.P. 603, Conakry, Guinea (tel: 41-15-20/21/23; fax: 41-15-22).


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Images: Operation Toy Drop [Image 15 of 17]
Photo by Staff Sgt. Sharilyn Wells
Paratroopers pass the time as they wait for the doors to open during the 16th Annual Randy Oler Operation Toy Drop lottery, Dec. 6, at Pope Field, N.C. There were more than 500 parachutes up for the lottery. They will join 4,000 other paratroopers participating in the operation over the next few days. Hosted by the U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), Operation Toy Drop is the largest combined airborne operation in the world with nine countries participating this year. The donated toys will be distributed to children's homes and social service in the local community. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Sharilyn Wells/USACAPOC(A) PAO)
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Santa's helpers wear parachutes: Paratroopers jump into the clouds to give children around the community a holiday they won't forget

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By Halloween, the city of Rifle's ill-fated compost operations in West Rifle are to be removed, under the terms of an amended agreement with the compost contractor.
City Council approved a second amendment to the contract with Cacaloco owner Jim Duke on Jan. 16. The city and Duke first agreed to a contract to operate the site in the spring of 2011.
The compost operation - an estimated 10,000 cubic yards of materials were collected at the site - generated numerous odor complaints from nearby residents and businesses last year and the city issued a cease and desist order.
The city leases five acres of land adjacent to the city wastewater treatment plant on U.S. Highway 6 to Cacaloco, and Duke will work with Johnson Construction to help manage the remaining materials, said City Attorney Jim Neu.
Detailed steps
The amendment requires that the bulking materials and trash that are not part of the current compost piles be removed in April, and Cacaloco shall keep the site free of litter and debris and pick up trash at least weekly.
Cacaloco cannot sell finished compost until next planting season, and the amendment calls for the lease to expire on Oct. 31 so there is an opportunity to finish and sell the compost, Neu said.
The amendment sets operational requirements to address any new complaints the city may receive as the site is reclaimed, Neu said.
"We want to proceed cautiously to try to prevent odors," he told council. "But I'm sure we won't have anything like we had last year."
To mitigate odors, Cacaloco shall only screen materials and disturb or turn piles when prevailing winds are favorable and not out of the west, southwest or south, the amendment reads. If the city receives odor complaints from neighboring residents, Cacaloco will be limited to disturbing piles between 6 to 10 a.m., or take other efforts approved by the city to resolve the complaints.
Cacaloco shall operate at least weekly to show progress in screening and completing the composting of the existing piles to create a marketable debris-free product by the end of October, the amendment continues.
To make the removal of the existing piles economically feasible, the city waived any past due rent or future rent, as long as Cacaloco follows the terms of the amendment and the lease.
The city will also receive $20,000 worth of compost for its use next season, which equals 750 cubic yards.
Duke lists operational problems
Duke wrote a more than 2,000-word letter to the city, detailing his experience operating the compost piles and with the city and affected neighbors. In it, Duke said he ended up investing close to $350,000 in the site due to cost overruns, lengthy permitting processes, miscommunications with the city and other involved entities.
Duke noted several times that he did not intend to lay blame for the compost operation problems on the city or anyone else.
"I reiterate how great the city of Rifle has been to work with, and most especially the wastewater facility staff," Duke wrote. "I don't believe anyone with the city to be at fault or to bear ill-intent in relation to this situation. I believe the same is true of Cacaloco. Nonetheless, mistakes were made. I believe that mistakes were made to some degree by all the numerous agencies involved, often compounding the mistakes of others. My point is that I believe the city of Rifle also shares at least a little of the responsibility for the whole situation."
Duke said he tried to reduce the odors and spent $30,000 on odor control agents. He also noted he had operated a successful compost operation at the city of Glenwood Springs' South Canyon landfill for 15 years when Rifle contacted him about the West Rifle plans.
"Since that time, I've had to sell most of my equipment just to pay immediate debts and remain over $300,000 in debt with no significant source of income and closure/post-closure expenses ahead," Duke wrote.


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What do you get when you combine a pair of plush kitty ears, M2M, an Arduino development board, and cloud-based call management? If you're neuroscientist Ruggero Scorcioni, you get a mobile app called Good Times and the $30,000 first prize in the Fast Pitch competition at the 2013 AT&T Developer Summit.
Scorcioni poured his twin careers in neuroscience and software engineering into the AT&T and Axeda M2M Challenges at the recent Summit Hackathon. The resulting Good Times app performs inbound filtering to let callers know, based on the mobile user's current mental state, whether or not it's a good time to talk.
There's really an App for That?
Scorcioni was among the first 100 developers to arrive at the two-day Hackathon on Saturday morning, January 5, which entitled him to a free pair of Necomimi Brainwave Cat Ears from NeuroSky that wiggle when you're interested in something and fold down when you're relaxed.
To most, it looked like the kind of quirky gadget you'd expect to see at a hackathon, but Scorcioni looked at it through his background in neuroscience and saw it for what it is: a mobile electroencephalogram (EEG).
The Necomimi electrode on the forehead picks up electrical signals from your brain and transmits them by wire. A microcontroller discards electrical noise and uses NeuroSky's algorithms to interpret the brainwave data, then translates your mental state – relaxed, focused, both, neither – and sends it to servomotors that rotate the ears like a cat's ears. Scorcioni started getting the idea to do something fun with the signal from the electrode.
"I thought about how addicted I'm becoming to my smartphone," he explained, "and how much easier it would be to focus on a project – reading an article, painting a picture, writing software – if my phone were smart enough to know when I'm 'in the zone' and hold my calls automatically. Like a personal assistant who knows when it's a 'Good Time' to reach me."
Seeding an idea in fertile ground at the hackathon
At the hackathon, Scorcioni began fitting his concept to all the free resources at his disposal to bring his vision to life:
- Necomimi Brainwave Cat Ears: He tapped into the cable going from the microcontroller to one of the ears, and sent the person's mental state to the Arduino board. When the Necomimi ears droop, the person wearing them is relaxed, signaling that it's a good time take a phone call; all other times are not.
- Arduino Leonardo board with 3G shield: He saw an opportunity to tinker with 3G without worrying about SIMs and data plans.
- AT&T M2M Application Platform powered by Axeda: He moved his data onto the Arduino board and uploaded it onto an M2M platform to work on.
- AT&T Call Management API: He determined that telling this API it was not a good time to talk would make it hold the call and play a message to the caller.
- Experts, experts, experts: He mined the gold at the hackathon – human expertise. "With almost any technology, platform or API you wanted to use, the person who developed it was in the room for consultation," Scorcioni explained.
Good Times is born – Are you ready to talk?
By Sunday, Scorcioni had mapped out Good Times, as shown in the accompanying diagram.
The resulting app automatically screens each call based on your mental state. If you're not relaxed, your phone will not even ring because the AT&T Call Management API intercepts the call before it reaches your cell phone. The API works on the call in the cloud, before the call goes to the 3G link to your cell phone.
Making Good Times great
As a contestant in the M2M Challenge of the Hackathon, Scorcioni won third place – and went on to take home the grand prize of $30,000 at the Developer Summit. But Scorcioni sees additional potential in the AT&T Call Management API.
"How many things can we do when we have the ability to intercept a call?" he asks. "Good Times is a tiny step toward pausing the distractions from email, text and phone calls that keep us from focusing."
It's a cool M2M hack, too.


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Note: The revised version of this proposal has now been posted on the JSC website (and is linked above). It removes ISBN 0‐7225‐0344‐X (pbk.) as an example in the marked up proposed revision section; this particular ISBN is not present in the clean copy section. Kathy Glennan (talk) 05:35, 7 August 2013 (PDT)
Disagree with the implication of the proposal that abbreviations can only be supplied if they are found in that form on the resource. The formatting of the proposal makes it unclear if ACOC is asserting that fact for all of the initial examples in 184.108.40.206, or just the last (new set). It's possible that libraries choosing to supply abbreviations in this element are actually applying B.5.11, which uses the term "generally". Kathy Glennan (talk) 14:37, 6 August 2013 (PDT)
I do appreciate the addition of ISBN-13 and e-ISBN examples. Kathy Glennan (talk) 14:37, 6 August 2013 (PDT)
Are they just proposing changes to the examples to conform with their interpretation that the recording function applies both to the identifier and the qualifier? I was going to suggest fast-tracking, but that was already rejected by the JSC. I'm also confused by the conflict between the statements that identifiers are NOT transcribed BUT recorded, but then that App.B does not allow abbreviation in the identifier element (which reduces the recording to transcription after all?!). I get the argument, such as it is, but it still seems a bit of tilting at windmills. LC and the CCM obtained approval to record such qualifiers as a new subfield in the MARC21 standard. I'm not quite convinced the tight association of identifier with qualifier that underlies ACOC's argument is warranted. MYERS/CCDA Liaison to the MAC, 2013/08/06
I share John Myers' confusion regarding the issue of record/transcribe.
As a side note, I think this element is begging to be divided into subelements, to make the data more machine actionable. I see three distinct data elements: identifier scheme/agency, identifier, qualifier. The first and third could (conceivably) be tied to controlled vocabularies. -- Francis Lapka, RBMS Liaison, 2013 Aug 7
I agree with all that has been written so far about this confusing proposal. The whole recording/transcribing issue needs to be more clearly formulated. By the way 184.108.40.206 does not say to record an abbreviation but a "brief qualification" so I never thought it had anything to do with Appendix B. Maybe the phrase "brief qualification" is what needs to be better defined or changed since this is the only time in RDA where this phrase is used—Dominique Bourassa, CC:DA, August 9, 2013
My summary of the discussion to date is that the RDA instructions here are not clear, and therefore this issue cannot be solved simply by adding an example. B.5.11 applies only by default (because there are no specific instructions); if we want to provide justification for abbreviating qualifiers to identifiers, then there needs to be a proposal to add a specific instructions. I'm not sure we are clear on what those instructions should be, so I would be inclined simply to disagree with the ACOC proposal. -- John Attig, 2013/08/09.
A further note on the proposed new examples: Doesn't the presence of the three ISBNs imply that all three apply to a single resource? I think it could be argued that each of these is in fact a distinct manifestation according to RDA. So I would argue against the addition of such an example. -- John Attig, 2013/08/09
I can't seem to find any specific instructions for those assigning ISBNs about what to supply as a qualifier. For example, how do publishers know whether to supply "(pbk.)" or "(paperback)"? Knowing what the expectations are in the first place would help us know what the RDA instructions should be. Kathy Glennan (talk) 13:51, 9 August 2013 (PDT)
Kathy, ISBD information about recording ISBN numbers and qualifiers can be found in the following document: http://www.ifla.org/files/assets/cataloguing/isbd/isbd-cons_2007-en.pdf (in particular, p. 8-2 and 8.4-1--Dominique Bourassa, CC:DA, August 12, 2013
Thanks Dominique; however, I think the ISBD instructions are geared toward what catalogers should do when they need to differentiate formats or physical carriers for a given resource. The examples there are useful and the text does use the "brief statement" language that appears in RDA, so I guess we know where that came from now! But ISBD doesn't tell us what qualifying term(s) might actually be supplied by the publisher in the resource in the first place. That knowledge would help us in figuring out whether the instruction could change to "transcribe" rather than "record", for example. Kathy Glennan (talk) 12:14, 12 August 2013 (PDT)
Kathy, would the the ISBN Users' Manual produced by the International ISBN Agency, London be a better source? http://www.kb.se/dokument/ISBN/ISBN%20Manual%202012.pdf (see p. 17: called abbreviated format but still not very instructive).--Dominique Bourassa, CC:DA, Augst 13, 2013
Thanks Dominique! I agree that the PDF doesn't really answer my question, but I think that's the best we're going to do. And, I think that other parts of this document support John's assertion above that the separate ISBNs really represent separate manifestations. Kathy Glennan (talk) 12:46, 13 August 2013 (PDT)
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We do not see a compelling need to eliminate the use of abbreviations in qualifiers, and we have no evidence that the form of the qualifier poses a difficulty for the public. We also note that ISBD 8.1.3 allows both spelled-out forms and "standard abbreviations in the language chosen by the cataloging agency" in ISBN qualifiers.
We are not opposed to the example revisions but believe 1) that an example "explanation" should be added to the first 2 sets of examples in 18.104.22.168; 2) that a modification is needed for the explanation for the third set of examples in the 1st example box; 3) that the last example box needs an explanation that the qualifiers were found on the source; 4) that an error in spacing exists in the proposal in the last example box at 188.8.131.52.
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Terhar compares Obama to Hitler, Cincinnati unemployment drops, Portman's deficit plan
Ohio State Board of Education President Debe Terhar posted an image of Adolf Hitler on Facebook that said, "Never forget what this tyrant said: 'To conquer a nation, first disarm its citizens.' — Adolf Hitler." But the Cincinnati Republican, who was referencing President Barack Obama's gun control proposals, now insists she was not comparing Obama to Hitler. It's pretty obvious she was, though. Cincinnati's seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate dropped to 6.7 percent in December, down from 6.9 percent in November. The drop is largely attributed to a decrease in the civilian labor force, which could imply less people are looking for work or seasonal changes are having an impact. Whatever the case, the amount of people who are employed and unemployed both dropped. Hamilton County's seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate dropped to 6.2 percent in December, down from 6.4 percent in November, but that drop was also attributed to a declining labor force or seasonal factors. Greater Cincinnati's seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate was unchanged from 6.4 percent, despite 2,600 less people working. In comparison, Ohio's seasonally unadjusted rate was 6.6 percent in December, up from 6.5 percent in November, and the U.S. rate was 7.6 percent, up from 7.4 percent. U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, an Ohio Republican, suggested the Dollar-for-Dollar Deficit Reduction Act. The plan requires debt ceiling increases to be matched by an equal amount of spending cuts. Increasing the debt ceiling is essentially Congress agreeing to pay its bills. During the budget process and while passing other legislation, Congress agrees to a certain amount of spending. Increasing the debt ceiling just makes it possible for the president to pay those bills, even if it means surpassing a set debt level. If the debt ceiling isn't raised by May 18, the United States will default on its debts, plunging the country into depression. But the threat of destroying the U.S. economy has not stopped Republicans from using the debt ceiling as a negotiation tool to get the spending cuts they so badly want. Public employees are avoiding changes to Ohio's public pension system by retiring before the changes kick in. The changes make it so any teacher who retires before July 1 will get a 2 percent cost of living increase to their pensions in 2015. Anyone who retires after July 1 will not get the increase until 2018. After that, retirees will get a pension increase every five years. Experts are also expecting a rush of retirees in 2015, when age and years-of-service requirements for full benefits are set to gradually rise. A new report found Ohio's graduation rate is still improving. The U.S. Department of Education report found the state's graduation rate was 81.4 percent in the 2009-10 school year, higher than the nation's rate of 78.2 percent, and an increase from 78.7 percent rate in the 2006-2007 school year. A study found a link between hourly workers at Hamilton County's Fernald Feed Materials Production Center and intestinal cancer. As Ohio cuts back its solar program, Canada is shutting down the rest of its coal-fired power plants by the end of 2013. The Cincinnati Reds may get to host the 2015 All-Stars Game. Scientists are rushing to build robots that save lives in disaster zones. Will John Connor please stand up?
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Local governments hopeful, Kasich state of state in Lima, Union Terminal needs repairs
It's Martin Luther King Jr. Day. On this day, it's worth re-watching his I Have a Dream speech. Local governments are hopeful they won't see big budget cuts in Gov. John Kasich's 2014-2015 budget. Townships, municipalities and counties were economically hit by big cuts in the last budget. The local government cuts added up to $1 billion on a state level, and Hamilton County shared $105 million — more than 10 percent — of the cuts, according to Cuts Hurt Ohio. Education saw $1.8 billion in cuts statewide, with Hamilton County taking $117 million of those cuts. Gov. Kasich announced that his state of the state address will take place in Lima, Ohio. Kasich's speech last year was labeled "bizarre" by outlets like The Hill. During the speech, Kasich imitated a person with severe Parkinson's disorder and called Californians "wackadoodles." Union Terminal is falling apart. Cincinnati Museum Center executives say they need nearly $180 million for repairs. The damages are largely due to how the building was constructed. Its design lets moisture get behind bricks, which then causes supporting steel beams to rust.The judge in the Miami University rape flier case gave a deposition Jan. 15. The document outlines Judge Robert Lyons' reasoning for letting the rape flier case go: "What I remember about him is that there was certainly concern about his, say, his mental health and there were grounds stated on the record for the necessity of sealing the record. It had to do with his — probably as I recall, more so mental well-being than anything else." Former governor Ted Strickland is tired of raising campaign money, but that didn't stop him from joining City Council candidate Greg Landsman Friday. Landsman was Strickland's field director for his congressional campaign, and when Strickland was governor, Landsman was director of the Governor's Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.Rumor has it the Carew Tower will be going residential, but the owners are denying it all. The denial letter, which assured current tenants they won't be kicked out, makes reference to a "softness in the general downtown office market." The Greater Cincinnati Foundation made $1.3 million in grants. The grants will help a variety of businesses and groups. A $225,000 grant will go to Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber's Minority Business Accelerator, which helps local businesses owned by minorities. Garbage collection will be delayed by a day this week due to Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Will the first neanderthal in 30,000 years be given birth by a human mother? A Harvard geneticist says he's close to making it possible.
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Study Finds Cancer Link Among Fernald Hourly Workers
Researchers tracked more than 6,000 workers through 2004; salaried workers fared better
More than 18 years later, Hamilton County's Fernald Feed Materials Production Center is in the news again. This time, a study found a correlation between higher rates of cancer mortality and hourly workers, with some evidence of radiation causing intestinal cancer. The study from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) found salaried workers fared much better than hourly workers, and all-cause mortality was below expectations for them despite increased malignancies in blood, bone marrow, spleen, lymph nodes and thymus cells. Hourly workers weren't so lucky, according to the study. They had above-average cancer mortality rates in comparison to the rest of the U.S. population, but tests only provided evidence for a connection between hourly workers and intestinal cancer. Previous studies also found a link between non-malignant respiratory disease and exposure to radiation, but the NIOSH study found no such connection. The discrepancy could be due to "improved exposure assessment, different outcome groupings and extended follow-up" in the NIOSH study, according to the study's abstract. The NIOSH study followed 6,409 workers who were employed at Fernald for at least 30 days between 1951 and 1985, following them through 2004. Fernald was initially surrounded by controversy in 1984 when it was revealed that it was releasing millions of pounds of uranium dust into the atmosphere, causing radioactive contamination in surrounding areas. The controversy was elevated when Dave Bocks, an employee at the factory, mysteriously disappeared and was later found dead at a uranium processing furnace. Some suspected Bocks was murdered for allegedly being a whistleblower, but no evidence of foul play was ever officially recorded.
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Judge Explains Rape Flier Case Sealing in Deposition
Cites concern for defendant's mental health, says sealings are common in "college town"
If the adverse publicity from pleading guilty to a minor crime — say indecent exposure or public intoxication — is likely to cause you mental anguish, pray that you go before a judge like Robert Lyons in Oxford. Lyons is the Butler County judge who took the guilty plea from the former Miami University student who posted the "Top Ten Ways to Get Away with Rape" flier in a dormitory bathroom. Lyons sealed the file in November, shielding the young man's name from public view. Facing an Ohio Supreme Court challenge from the Cincinnati Enquirer, the judge dropped the disorderly conduct rap a month later and sealed the case again. Lyons recounts those events in a deposition taken by Enquirer lawyer Jack Greiner Jan. 15. (Download the full deposition by clicking here.) For starters, he swears he doesn't remember the defendant's name, even "if I was tortured." And here's why he locked away the case file and kept the Miami U. administration and campus police from disclosing his name: "What I remember about him is that there was certainly concern about his, say, his mental health and there were grounds stated on the record for the necessity of sealing the record. It had to do with his — probably as I recall, more so mental well-being than anything else." The student wasn't the first, nor the last, to be convicted of a crime in Lyons' courtroom as leave as John Doe. As the part-time judge said under oath, "This is a college town. Record sealings, you know, I would say if I do 10 record sealings in a week, that is not many."Lyons is represented by Butler County Prosecuting Attorney Mike Gmoser, who originally prosecuted John Doe, convicting him of disorderly conduct. Gmoser has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the case against Lyons. The Enquirer has other ideas. In a new pleading Friday, the paper says Lyons improperly dismissed the conviction without a statutorily necessary finding of "manifest injustice." It wants to amend its lawsuit, while sticking with its contention that, in Ohio, judges must do a document-by-document review and conduct a public hearing before sealing case records.
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State unemployment drops, GOP embraces redistricting, Cincinnati climate-friendly
Ohio's unemployment rate dropped to 6.7 percent in December, down from 6.8 percent in November, according to new numbers from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. In comparison, the U.S. unemployment rate was at 7.8 percent in December. The amount of unemployed dropped from 391,000 to 388,000. Unfortunately, the amount of employed also dropped, indicating that some people are leaving the labor force. The Republican State Leadership Committee admitted the only reason Republicans kept a House majority was politicized redistricting. The admission from a memo titled "How a Strategy of Targeting State Legislative Races in 2010 Led to a Republican U.S. House Majority in 2013." The report even singled out Ohio as a state that benefited Republicans due to redistricting. CityBeat previously covered the issue in-depth here. Cincinnati is among three finalists in the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) Earth Hour City Challenge. The contest judges efforts to combat global warming. Cincinnati, Chicago and San Francisco were chosen by WWF and global management consultancy Accenture for preparing their cities for a "climate-friendly future," according to a statement from WWF. At this point, it's looking like Gov. John Kasich's budget proposals will take months for legislators to sort through. The proposals include major changes to taxes, the Ohio Turnpike, education and Medicaid. Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky signed a landmark water agreement to leverage Greater Cincinnati's water technologies. The agreement seeks to spur legislation, according to the Business Courier. The Cincinnati Zoo may need a levy to stay afloat. Ohio hospitals spent $3.1 billion in free health care in 2010, up from $2.9 billion in 2009, according to an Ohio Hospital Association report. On the bright side, overall crime is down in Cincinnati. Bad news, everyone. Chipotle is likely to raise prices this year. To avoid Obamacare's health care requirements for businesses, some businesses may begin cutting jobs. Some in the scientific community want to establish national parks on Mars.
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Secretary of state race underway, bridge may need private funding, sewer policy dismissed
Is the race for Ohio secretary of state already underway? Ohio Sen. Nina Turner, who is considering a run against Secretary of State Jon Husted in 2014, says she will introduce legislation to protect voters against Republican efforts to limit ballot access. She also criticized Husted for how he handled the 2012 election, which CityBeat covered here. Husted responded by asking Turner to "dial down political rhetoric." Build Our New Bridge Now, an organization dedicated to building the Brent Spence Bridge, says the best approach is private financing. The organization claims a public-private partnership is the only way to get the bridge built by 2018, rather than 2022. But critics are worried the partnership and private financing would lead to tolls. The Hamilton County Board of Commissioners threw out a Metropolitan Sewer District competitive bidding policy yesterday. The policy, which was originally passed by City Council, was called unfair and illegal by county commissioners due to apprenticeship requirements and rules that favor contractors within city limits. Councilman Chris Seelbach is now pushing for compromise for the rules. Believe it or not, Cincinnati's economy will continue outpacing the national economy this year, says Julie Heath, director of the University of Cincinnati's Economics Center. Three Cincinnati-area hospitals are among the best in the nation, according to new rankings from Healthgrades. The winners: Christ Hospital, Bethesda North Hospital and St. Elizabeth Healthcare-Edgewood. Democrat David Mann, former Cincinnati mayor and congressman, may re-enter politics with an attempt at City Council. In its 2013 State of Tobacco report, the American Lung Association gave Ohio an F for anti-smoking policies. The organization said the state is doing a poor job by relying exclusively on federal money for its $3.3 million anti-tobacco program. The Centers for Disease Control says Ohio should be spending $145 million. The Air Force is gearing up for massive spending cuts currently set to kick in March. The cuts will likely affect Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Dennis Kucinich, who used to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, will soon appear on Fox News as a regular contributor. For anyone who's ever been worried about getting attacked by a drone, there's now a hoodie and scarf for that.
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New restrooms stalled, Medicaid expansion saves money, there is no "climate debate"
City Council wants to do more research before it proceeds with freestanding public restrooms in downtown and Over-the-Rhine. The vote has been delayed. Critics say the restrooms are too expensive at $130,000, but supporters, particularly Councilman Chris Seelbach, insist the restrooms will not be that expensive. A majority of City Council argues the restrooms are necessary because increasing populations and growth in downtown have made 24-hour facilities necessary. A new report found Ohio's budget would benefit from a Medicaid expansion. The expansion would mostly save money by letting the federal government pick up a much larger share of the cost for Ohio's population, particularly prison inmates. A previous study found Medicaid expansions were correlated with better health results, including decreased mortality rates, in some states. Another study from the Arkansas Department of Human Services found the state would save $378 million by 2025 with the Medicaid expansion. Most of the savings from the Arkansas study would come from uncompensated care — costs that are placed on health institutions and state and local governments when uninsured patients that can't and don't pay use medical services. The Dayton Daily News has a wonderful example of how not to do journalism. In an article on the supposed "climate debate," the newspaper ignored the near-unanimous scientific consensus on global warming and decided to give credence to people who deny all scientific reasoning. To be clear, there is no climate debate. There's the overwhelming majority of scientists, climatologists and data on one side, and there's the pro-oil, pro-coal lobby and stubborn, irrational conservatives who will deny anything that hurts their interests on the other side. The Ohio Board of Education approved policies for seclusion rooms. The non-binding policy requires parents to be notified if their children are placed in a seclusion room, and the Ohio Department of Education can also request data, even though it won't be made public. More stringent policies may come in the spring. Seclusion rooms are supposed to be used to hold out-of-control kids, but an investigation from The Columbus Dispatch and StateImpact Ohio found the rooms were being abused by teachers and school staff for their convenience. If the city wants to buy Tower Place, the mall will have to be cleared out, according to City Manager Milton Dohoney. Last week, the remaining businesses at Tower Place were evicted, and Dohoney said the city did not sign off on the eviction orders. Apparently, the city really didn't agree to or enforce eviction orders, but the city's buyout requires evictions. Dohoney said the eviction notices should signify the deal to buy Tower Place is moving forward. Dohoney appointed Captain Paul Humphries to the assistant chief position for the Cincinnati Police Department. Humphries has been on the force for 26 years, and he currently serves as the chief of staff to Chief James Craig. Cincinnati's Neighborhood Enhancement Program (NEP) is targeting Mt. Airy and Carthage. Starting March 1, police, businesses and civic groups will begin putting together accelerated revitalization and reinvestment plans for the communities. NEP emphasizes building code enforcement, crime, neighborhood cleanup and beautification. Good news, everyone. Cincinnati is no longer the bedbug capital. Bob Castellini, owner of the Reds, was named the region's master entrepreneur by Northern Kentucky University. The Ohio Department of Transportation released a website that has real-time traffic information. Some people really suck at political slogans. Oh, science. Apparently, particle physics could improve Netflix's suggestions.
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Casino Fee Bill Faces Opposition
Some delegates want tracks' financial information
April 5, 2013
WHEELING — Delegate Erikka Storch knows how important Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack is to the local economy, but she also knows many of her fellow Republican lawmakers oppose the fundamenta......
The daily partisan edition of Pravda. Never both sides and always bashing racing. Every job is sacred, but do we need to babysit a casino that has taken hundreds of millions in profits from WV. If we don't give them what they want they'll take their vice and go home. 105 miminum wage tip jobs of people in which most of the 105 live in Pa. and Oh. Don't research that though lack of intelligencer! Does anyone, who has seen how horribly managed that casino is, really believe that the out of State owners really care about 105 minimum wage tip jobs? Now their President has gone to the competition in Oh. to hurt WV even more by stealing customers. If you don't make money on table games, get rid of them. It's a proven fact and stated by management that racing makes them money.
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you sell what there is a demand for.minimum wage jobs are all over the place.close it down if your truly losing money.the greedy don't want to lose their money.they'll go somewhere else.plenty of sins out there to make a profit from.
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It does not matter whether This passes or not,come July the table games will be gone. The bill is not giving Delaware North anything. If passed, it will lower the fee for table games and lower what if gives the casino for new slot machines by 50 per cent.The removal of table games at Wheeling Island has been two years in the making and will be done in July. This fee is just a way for Delaware North to blame the state. The casino in Ohio where Simms went to run, is also owned by Delaware North.
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Every one wants their taxes cut. Some states have no income tax. Some sates have no taxes on pensions. But, with the big boom in natual gas and oil you would think the WV could start cutting the individuals taxes. What party is for cutting my taxes will get my vote in the future.
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State government is mostly concerned with getting money for the bottomless pitt that is southern West Virginia. They could care less about jobs in Ohio County, or anywhere north of Sutton.
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Did management at the casino take a pay cut to keep their job? Something I doubt. Everybody and I mean all want a hand out from the Gov. City, state and fed. It all depends on who cries the loudest and has the most leverage.
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Since no one else wants to post common sense, I'll do it for all of you. Table gaming at Wheeling Island Casino operates at a substantial loss. Four competitive Casinos -Scioto Downs, Mountaineer Racetrack, The Meadows, and The Rivers Casino - are all within a 2-hour drive of Wheeling, WV. All of them offer table gaming, creating a very high level of competition for table gaming dollars and slot dollars.
Now for some common sense: A business has several different "profit centers". In this case, Wheeling Island has dog racing, slots, table games, a gift shop, and restaurants to help drive profit. If, or when, one of those "profit centers" begins to operate at a substantial loss, businesses typically cut that portion of their business to salvage the profit that is being lost.
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In this particular case, reducing the table games fee would help Wheeling Island Casino financially justify maintaining the table games. Even though they would not be operating that portion of their business at a significant profit, a small loss or break-even could be justified by the potential revenue being gained on the other "profit centers" in the casino by the table games guests.
What I know is this: I frequent Wheeling Casino as a guest, and once served as a sales rep who had the casino as a client. Table games patrons typically DO NOT spend their time and money on the slots as most of you would think. Table games brought them, and their money, to the casino, and playing the table games is where they stay. So, the collateral profit isn't going to be as high as most of you probably think.
Wheeling Island Casino is justified in seeking the reduction, and for cutting loose the table games if it doesn't happen.
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Meridian police officers gathered Thursday afternoon for their first union meeting since 1996.
Dozens of officers made their way into a closed door meeting to discuss numerous issues that have come to light within the Meridian Police Department in recent months. The police union also re-elected Lt. Dean Harper as its president.
"The issues that came up are pretty much confidential because they were held behind closed doors," Harper says. "The matter discussed will be worked on in committee and the results of those will be released at a later time."
As for when exactly these issues started, Harper wouldn't say. But multiple sources have told Newscenter 11 that the problems started after former Chief Lee Shelbourn retired this past summer and current Chief James Reed assumed the post.
Newscenter 11contacted Reed Thursday afternoon about the meeting. He said he is on personal leave until Tuesday, but he said everyone has a right to voice their concerns and he is hopeful things can be worked out.
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