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An employee at Confluence Fly Shop in Bend's Old Mill District demonstrates the
new card readers. See a graphic on A5for more on how the chip system works.
By TaylorW. Anderson eThe Bulletin
Pius: More outdoorsGoogleTrekker (like Street View for places that don't have streets) is in the Northwest.B1
SALEM — State officials are at a crossroads: finishing one costly fire season while preparing to pay for and prevent future ones. T he circles below represent large Oregonfires in the 2015 season, relative to their cost* 0 Human-caused
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state's Land Protection Fund. The total including federal agencies' costs was much higher. While the state is still tallying up the costs
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agers and fire officials said Tuesday the state and federal government need to actively log
Fire, which started last month, cost more than $31 million to fight.
forests to prevent fires that cost the federal
nation's first marijuana resort on its reservation.
government, state and companies money. "We' re rebuilding our forests a day at a
The experiment could offeranew money-making model for tribes nationwide seeking economic opportunities beyond casinos.
time, a tree at a time, an acre at a time. My
overarching message (is) we' re really advocating active management," Phil Adams, timber manager for Roseburg Forest Products, a large Oregon timber company, told legislators.
Santee Sioux leaders
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plan to grow their own pot and sell it in a smoking
eventually, slot machines
and an outdoor music venue. "We want it to be an
adult playground," tribal President Anthony Reider said. "There's nowhere else in American that has
something like this." The project, according to the tribe, could generate up to $2 million a month
TV adswi mimicWeb targeting By Gerry Smith Bloomberfp News
A phone company's ad reaches a consumer looking for a new wireless plan. A car commercial is seen
by a driver whose auto lease is about to expire. A bank gets its message in front of a small-business owner who needs a loan. Such surgical marketing messages are taken for granted on the Internet. Yet, they are just now
lounge that includes a
nightclub, arcade games, bar and food service, and
stores through fraudulent credit card transactions.
Americans.
in 2015 before reimbursements from federal agencies, according to Tim Keith, who manages the
temperatures in 2015, forestry business man-
readers, or face liability for losses committed at their
aboveconventionalswipe cards familiar to most
The Oregon Department of Forestry spent more than $74 million fighting fires on state lands
Reces-
chants to install chip-card
to each transaction, a step
The costs Oregon would need to pay -- after federal reimbursement
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Oct. 1 as a deadline for mer-
Chip technology, known as EMV technology, enhancescreditcard security by assigning unique codes
LARGEFIREGROSS COSTS IN OREGON
94,979 acrestotal
new, $350 card reader and make room for it on the giftshop countertop.
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She may not be ready on the day, she said Monday, but will be by the end of the week. She just needed
Spencer said, "I'm very last minute."
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enue, in Bend, is gearing up for the era of microchip-embedded credit and debit
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SMART CARDS
Putin' sendgame inSyria?Maybenone By Andrew Roth
ing for an international coali-
The Washington Post
tion against the Islamic State, and finally by announcing an intelligence-sharing deal with Syria, Iraq and Iran.
MOSCOW — In recent weeks, Russian President
Vladimir Putin has surprised the West repeatedly: first by deploying warplanes and tanks to Syria, then by call-
Russian officials cast the
announcementsaspartof a new campaign against Is-
ANALYSIS
Web where ads are more was returning to the world
stage with bold plans. lamic State insurgents, who
control parts of Iraq and Syria. After a year in which Russia was isolated internationally over its infiltration of Ukraine, it seemed that Putin
finding their way onto television, where the audience is big though harder to target. As brands shift more of their spending to the precise, the TV industry is pushing back.
But Russia has limited
The methods use data
capacity to influence the cha-
from cable set-top boxes
otic situation in the Middle East, officials and analysts
that track TV viewing, credit cards and other
say.
sources.
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in profit, and work is al-
ready underway on the growing facility. The first joints are expected to go on sale Dec. 31 at a New Year's Eve party. SeeMarijuana/A5
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