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text: Some 30 years ago, astronomers found that regions of ionized gas around young high mass stars remain small (under a third of a light-year) for ten times longer than they should if they were to expand as expected in simple models. Recent supercomputer simulations predicted that these regions actually flicker in brightness over this period rather than grow continuously. Observations from a team of researchers using the Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) over a 23-year period have confirmed that such flickering actually occurs. Read More →

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'I Don't Dance' album hits on Sept. 9, and the singer is amping up excitement with a brand new single. Brice stopped by 'The Late Show With David Letterman' to debut 'Drinking Class' on Tuesday (Sept. 2).
But before Brice performed on the late night TV show, Letterman took a few minutes to introduce the singer — and it was quite an introduction!
"Our next guest is a Grammy-nominated country singer-songwriter and musician," the host begins in the clip. "His forthcoming album entitled 'I Don't Dance' will be in stores next week. Please welcome Lee Brice."
For his performance, Brice stood with his band wearing what we can only assume is his favorite material: denim. For a casual appearance, the singer sported denim jeans with a denim jacket and a backwards ball cap, strumming a couple of chords on his guitar, accompanied by a piano, before pausing to start 'Drinking Class' live.
Brice's song celebrates hardworking men and women who get up early and work hard every day. Although the song starts out mellow, the chorus allows the country star to pick up speed and energy and really get the celebration going. It's one of the songs on Brice's new album that lets his vocals take the spotlight.
After finishing the song on 'Letterman,' Brice's smile said it all. And apparently he and Letterman have a thing or two in common.
"I don't dance either, for God's sake," Letterman says before telling
the crowd that he, Brice, and the band, would be hitting the town "to
fight." Too bad there's not video footage of that!
To watch the performance and to read the original article, click HERE.


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Jump-Start Smoothies
This smoothie would be great with a variety of other fruit. Try substituting the same quantity of fresh or frozen blackberries, raspberries, or even chopped mango.
Total Time:
Level: Easy
Yield: 2 servings
Serves: 2
- 1 c. frozen strawberries
- ½ c. fresh blueberries
- ½ c. fresh orange juice
- 2 tsp. chopped and peeled fresh ginger
- ¼ c. plain low-fat (1-percent) yogurt
- 2 cube ice
- In blender, combine strawberries, blueberries, orange juice, ginger, yogurt, and ice cubes.
- Blend until smooth, scraping down side of container occasionally.
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What does fulminate mean?
Definitions for fulminateˈfʌl məˌneɪt
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word fulminate.
Princeton's WordNet
a salt or ester of fulminic acid
fulminate, rail(verb)
criticize severely
"He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"
come on suddenly and intensely
"the disease fulminated"
cause to explode violently and with loud noise
Any salt or ester of fulminic acid; mostly explosive.
To make a verbal attack.
To issue a denunciation.
To strike with lightning; to cause to explode.
Origin: From fulminatus, past participle of fulmino, from fulmen, from earlier , , from fulgo, fulgeo. More at fulgent.
Webster Dictionary
to thunder; hence, to make a loud, sudden noise; to detonate; to explode with a violent report
to issue or send forth decrees or censures with the assumption of supreme authority; to thunder forth menaces
to cause to explode
to utter or send out with denunciations or censures; -- said especially of menaces or censures uttered by ecclesiastical authority
a salt of fulminic acid. See under Fulminic
a fulminating powder
Origin: [L. fulminatus, p. p. of fulminare to lighten, strike with lightning, fr. fulmen thunderbolt, fr. fulgere to shine. See Fulgent, and cf. Fulmine.]
Fulminates are chemical compounds which include the fulminate ion. The fulminate ion, CNO− is a pseudohalic ion, acting like a halogen with its charge and reactivity. Due to the instability of the ion, fulminate salts are friction-sensitive explosives. The best known is mercury fulminate, which has been used as a primary explosive in detonators. Fulminates can be formed from metals, such as silver and mercury, dissolved in nitric acid and reacted with ethanol. It is largely the presence of the weak single nitrogen-oxygen bond which leads to its instability. Nitrogen very easily forms a stable triple bond to another nitrogen atom, forming gaseous nitrogen.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
ful′min-āt, v.i. to thunder or make a loud noise: to issue decrees with violence, or with menaces of grave censure.—v.t. to cause to explode: to send forth, as a denunciation—(Milt.) Ful′mine.—n. a compound of fulminic acid with mercury, &c.—adj. Ful′minant, fulminating: (path.) developing suddenly.—n. a thunderbolt, explosive.—adj. Ful′minating, crackling, exploding, detonating.—n. Fulminā′tion, act of fulminating, thundering, or issuing forth: a chemical explosion: a denunciation.—adjs. Ful′minatory; Fulmin′eous, Ful′minous, pertaining to thunder and lightning; Fulmin′ic, pertaining to an acid used in preparing explosive compounds. [L. fulmināre, -ātum—fulmen (for fulgimen), lightning—fulgēre, to shine.]
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fulminate in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fulminate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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Advanced Argument Parser for WikiMacros
Table of Contents
This plug-in provides an advanced version of the
parse_args function for WikiMacros.
This function is used in WikiMacros to parse the macro arguments. This enhanced version is meant as a replacement of
trac.wiki.macros.parse_args and supports several advanced options (see section #Parameters). The most important feature is the support for quoting the delimiter, e.g. '
key1=val1,key2="some,text",key3=val3' will correctly return '
some,text' as the value of
key2. The original
parse_args function would return '
"some' and handle '
text"' as separate argument.
def parse_args (args, strict = True, multi = False, listonly = False, minlen = 0, quotechar = '"', escchar = '\\', delim = ',', delquotes = False)
Usage Example
# Instead of: from trac.wiki.macros import parse_args # Use: from tracadvparseargs import * class SomeMacro(WikiMacroBase): def expand_macro(self, formatter, name, args): largs, kwargs = parse_args( args, <options> )
- The argument string; 'content' in `expand_macro. This is the only mandatory argument.
- Enables strict checking of keys.
- Enables folding of muliple given keys into list.
If set to
True, values of multiple given keys will be returned as list, but single given keys will return a scalar.
If set to a list, only the values of the listed keys will be returned as list, but always as list even when there is only one value.
If this list contains
'*', all values are always returned as list.
- If true only a list is returned, no directionary.
- Extend returned list to given minimum length. Only used when
Parser parameters
- The quote character to be used.
- The escape character to be used.
- The delimiter character to be used.
- Selects if quotes should be removed.
TracHacks Macros which use this Function
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For the first time, representatives of the city and Florida Power & Light are scheduled to debate the pros and cons of the proposed $12.1 million sale of the company's electrical distribution system.
SOUTH DAYTONA — For the first time, representatives of the city and Florida Power & Light are scheduled to debate the pros and cons of the proposed $12.1 million sale of the company's electrical distribution system.
City Councilman Brandon Young will represent South Daytona and Pamela Rauch, a FPL vice president, will present the company's position Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the White Chapel Church of God at Warner Christian Academy, 1730 S. Ridgewood Ave.
The debate is sponsored and will be moderated by the League of Women Voters of Volusia County.
"We were asked if we'd do an unbiased informational forum," said Ann H. Smith, voter service chair of the local organization. "We just want to open it up so the public can listen to the two sides and ask questions. We have no position."
The issue of buying FPL's system is on the city's Nov. 6 ballot.
Smith said Young and Rauch will get five minutes each for opening remarks, followed by two-minute responses to questions from the moderator — Smith — and the public. The two speakers will receive five minutes for closing remarks.
"They will be the only two people allowed to respond," Smith said of the forum. "And no campaign literature will be allowed in the hall."
For several years, the fight between South Daytona and FPL has divided the community.
City leaders refused to sign a 30-year franchise renewal agreement in 2008 that would have eliminated, without compensation, what was considered the best buyout option in the state. After years of debate over the price of the system, the city went to court in 2011 before Circuit Judge William Parsons, who set a sale price, which currently stands at $12.1 million.
The City Council in July 2011 voted 4-1 to buy FPL's system. While negotiations with Parsons have proceeded on finalizing the sale, FPL has contributed about $250,000 to a political action committee — Take Back Our Power, which was successful in getting the issue before voters.
City Manager Joe Yarbrough said he hopes residents come away from the forum with "facts, not the same scare tactics and misrepresentations people have been inundated with from FPL."
"Our residents are being drowned with PR. Robo calls, mailings and full page ads. I feel like Jonah in the whale, getting swallowed up," Yarbrough said. "But it's in the public's hands. When all is said and done, FPL will pick up its tent and go back to Tallahassee and Juno (Florida headquarters). And we're still here."
Pam Rauch, vice president of development and external affairs, said FPL's focus before the election was to inform residents of the company's "reliable, affordable service and best-in-class service" for many decades.
"This is a major issue for South Daytona, one that could impact its citizens for decades to come," she said. "It's important for our customers to get the facts so that they can make an informed decision about the future of their electric system."
She added: "Owning and operating an electric system is a complex undertaking that requires assuming a significant amount of risk."
As for the forum, Smith said it will comply with the nonpartisan policy of the League of Women Voters, which doesn't endorse candidates or political parties.
"Our goal is to provide the citizens of South Daytona with a forum where they can gather additional information to help them make an informed decision when they vote on this most critical issue," she said.


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First Day Report from Krakow
The Club's squash teams are representing England at the European Club Championships
Here is a summary of Day One
After losing all luggage on route to Krakow, our squash settled in to the rented villa by the old town and found a fantastic coffee shop. After the players and managers meeting, the players got an early first night.
The first day of matches have been fantastic, with both men's and women's winning their two fixtures. This wasn't a foregone conclusion for the women as all the team were taken to five sets this morning, with Nicolette and Alicia both saving match balls to win in five.
Both of the men's fixtures were pretty straight forward, so much so Chris Ryder managed a 'bagel' in his second match!
Tough matches ahead tomorrow, Thursday.


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The Director of the Executive Bureau of the GCC Councils of Ministers of Labour and Social Affairs, Aqeel Al-Jassim stressed that Gulf countries have allocated a special concern for the social policies to achieve prosperity for all segments of society and protect them socially, economically and culturally. This is done through the involvement of citizen in the development and planning for it, as well as developing its policy and strategy as it is considered an aim and means for development in the same time.
Al-Jassim highlighted that Kingdom of Bahrain has greatly achieved long strides in the area of social policies in a way to accomplish the goals of Bahrain's Economic Vision 2030.
Al-Jassim said "The Experience of social policies in Kingdom of Bahrain has been characterized with its future vision to build a society based on solidarity, cohesion, partnership and justice in the work based on interacting and integrated partnership between the government sector, civil sector and private sector. This society found its reflection in sectorial social policies concerned with children, the elderly, persons with disabilities, productive families, social security, social responsibility, civil society and childhood."
Marking the intention of the Executive Bureau to issue a book within a series of social studies titled "Issues of Gulf Social Policies, Concepts, Fields and Problems," Al-Jassim pointed out that the issuance, through work papers and researches, addresses the concept of social policies in the light of the general community course, and the ministerial sectorial course. He also highlighted the importance of integrating community responsibility in the social policies, and the way to manage social risks, in addition to the social policy to empower the Gulf family, rehabilitate its development role outside the scope of the traditional care, and review the pioneering international experiences in the social policies.
Al-Jassim stressed that the GCC countries should provide the requirements for managing social risks, comes in the forefront, the vision and philosophy to strengthen human capital, and social capital. He also said that the policy makers should have readiness to be critically reviewed for the concept of social policy which currently exists. This also includes the analysis of social inequality on one side, and the gaps between those who own and the others who do not own on the other side.
Al-Jassim also pointed out the need to have a protection umbrella from the clear dangers and mechanisms to manage the social dangers in the GCC states.
Al-Jassim highlighted that GCC countries are convinced with achieving the principle of sustainable development for their people, and this is embodied in their concern with developing the projects and programmes, and implementing them to establish a secure society on a way to ensure confidence and stability for the present and future of citizens, developing plans that ensure facing any danger that might occur.
Al-Jassim said that "The Council of Ministers for Social Affairs is fully aware of the importance of including risk management in developing social policies, and that the council holds scientific and academic activities which shed light on the issue of managing social risks in the social policies, through knowing about the concept of social risks, and how to integrate it in social policies.
Al-Jassim stressed that "Achieving full awareness concerning the management of social risks in social policies contribute to the management of planning and monitoring of social risks in social policies and translate them in work departments at ministries of social affairs."


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- Albania
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Kosovo
- Macedonia
- Montenegro
- Romania
- Serbia
- All Balkan Countries
The Albanian media faces a battle to defend its independence in an environment where corporate and government advertising effectively dictates the rules.
On July 8, 2010 former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife, Cherie Booth, touched down in Tirana in a private jet to cut the red ribbon for a new TV Station, guest of Albanian oil tycoon Rezart Taci.
Taci had bought Alsat TV six months earlier, but was now in a bind following allegations of corruption and charges of assault, relating to accusations of beating up a journalist in a bar.
Cherie Booth's endorsement provided a good opportunity for the multi-millionaire to brush up his image.
Taci described her visit as "priceless" and even dubbed Booth the "godmother" of the broadcaster.
A high-profile judge and human rights lawyer, Booth participated in the ceremony, underlining the importance of a free and independent media in a democratic society.
Three years on, Alsat TV, which was later renamed Albania Screen, is bankrupt, however, and the fortune of the oil tycoon has dwindled.
Some of the reporters that Booth met that day are now fighting Taci in court, after being laid-off following months in which they received no salaries and after the company failed to pay their social security contributions.
Alsat TV's case is not unusual in Albania, where dozens of media outlets are owned by tycoons or MPs who use them to advance their businesses and political careers.
The journalists who work for them find themselves squeezed between a rock and hard place by political interests and financial pressures - in a market that is too poor and overcrowded to sustain so many independent outlets.
Most Albanian media are dependent on big corporate advertisers as their main source of revenue and internal emails show that they can easily skew editorial policy.
Government-sponsored ads are also an important source of income.
Data collected by Balkan Insight show that the bulk of state advertising has not gone TV stations with better ratings but to those who supported its policies.
All work and little pay:
Albania was ranked in 102nd place out of 173 countries in the Reporters without Borders "Freedom of the Press Index" for 2013.
This represents a marked drop since 2003, when Albania was ranked in 34th place and was the best performer in the Western Balkans.
The country of only 2.8 million supports 25 daily newspapers, more than 100 TV channels, 36 monthly magazines and 69 quarterly publications.
According to the Albanian Union of Journalists, 90 per cent of the private media are late in paying their staff salaries by between two and six months.
"This is the worst situation we have seen in a decade and things can only get worse in the near future, before they get better."
Apart from late salaries, another disturbing trend is the failure of many media companies to pay their staff's social security and health contributions.
Documents obtained by Balkan Insight from the state Social Insurance Institute show that Alsat TV did not pay any contributions for some of its journalists from the start of 2013.
The union estimates that about 60 per cent of media outlets in the country do not regularly pay contributions for their employees.
Currently, 67 cases brought by journalists and media employees, claiming "unfair dismissal", are before the Tirana District Court, involving 12 media outlets; the majority were filed by Alsat TV's former employees.
"This is the worst situation we have seen in a decade and things can only get worse in the near future, before they get better," Aleksander Cipa, head of the Union of Journalists, said.
Axel Kronholm, a Finnish journalist who has conducted in-depth studies of media freedom in Albania, says Albanian journalists work in a market with little job security, which encourages a culture of self-censorship.
"It is quite a difficult media environment, where journalists face insecurity over jobs, the labour code is not upheld… and even people with work contracts are unsure whether those contracts will hold up if they get in a fight with management," Kronholm explained.
He noted that although few reporters have been the victims of physical assaults in recent years, it is still something that they have to take into account.
"If you are uncertain about your job security and about your personal security, there is a risk of self-censorship being fostered," he added.
The situation is even more difficult for investigative journalists, Artan Hoxha, a crime reporter and author of the "Jungle" show on Albania's News 24 TV, said.
Hoxha says some media owners use investigative reporting as a weapon to attack political and business rivals, with little concern for the public interest.
"If you accept their terms, you are offered money, means and human resources - with the caveat that they determine what you investigate," Hoxha said.
According to Hoxha, the interests of media owners seldom coincide with those of the public.
"In most cases, media owners shy away completely from investigative reporting because they cannot find experienced journalists to work on their terms," he added.
Corruption allegations:
In Albania's polarized media market, TV stations are divided along political lines, and those that are closer to the government often receive rewards through the government's advertising budget.
Data collected by Balkan Insight from the treasury department database in the Finance Ministry show that the state spent at least 110 million lek (€780,000) between June 2012 and the end of 2013 on TV adverts.
The Defence Ministry was the biggest spender, responsible for 82.2 million lek. (€584,000).
Almost all the public advertisement budget went to TV stations and agencies owned by or tied to Aleksander Frangaj.
Frangaj is the owner of Media 6, the parent company of TV Klan, one of Albania's largest broadcasters, and is closely tied to the 24-hour news station, ABC News.
A former foe of Berisha's, Frangaj later cultivated close relations with former Prime Minister Sali Berisha and his Democratic Party.
Four major ad campaigns run by the Defence Ministry, worth €584,000, went to two advertisement agencies linked to Frangaj.
Treasury records show that on June 6 and June 14, during the campaign for the parliamentary elections, the Defence Ministry issued two contracts to Zoom Events, worth 40 million lek (€284,000).
Business register records show that the director of Zoom Events, which was established on January 30, 2013, is Eptan Lohja.
Lohja is a marketing manager for TV Klan and also sits on the supervisory board of both TV Klan and ABC News.
The same ministry awarded two other contracts for 42.7 million lek (€300,000), to Promo Sh.p.k, an advertising agency owned by Eduart Frangaj, Aleksander Frangaj's brother.
Treasury records also show that the ministry distributed ads via direct contracts rather than through open tenders, which is the norm for the procurement of goods and services.
On December 9, at a dramatic press conference, Defence Minister Mimi Kodheli announced that she had just referred her predecessor, Arben Imami, to the prosecutor's office.
|A May 12, 2013 photo from files showing Albania's former Defense Minister Arben Imami at a press conference in Tirana, Albania. Imami denied Monday, Dec. 9, 2013, accusations of abuse of post and public funding following a request for his prosecution from existing Defense Minsiter Mimi Kodheli saying they were personal revengeful acts. (AP Photo/Hektor Pustina, File
Kodheli said an internal audit had uncovered major irregularities in tenders issued under Imami, and she was pressing charges for abuse of power, breaching tendering rules and embezzlement.
"I urge the general prosecutor to investigate these procedures that have led to the massive abuse of state money," she said.
Imami was Defence Minister from 2009 to 2013 in the centre-right government of Berisha.
He is accused of conducting illegal tenders to broadcast TV adverts for the Ministry of Defence and if found guilty, faces up to seven years' imprisonment.
Imami has called the charges filed against him politically motivated.
It was an "an act of personal revenge," he said. Socialist Prime Minister Edi Rama had "crossed a political and ethical red line but his threats scare no one, much less me," Imami told a press conference.
Other ministries and state institutions have also been generous to Promo Sh.p.k, and to other companies linked with Frangaj.
Promo Sh.p.k received two other contracts, one from the National Drug Center and another from the Interior Ministry, respectively worth 3.9 million lek (€27,700) and 9.97 million lek (€71,000).
Media 6 received two contracts from the Agriculture Ministry plus a contract from the Justice Ministry in the last two years, worth 3.6 million lek (€26,000) in total.
Three smaller contracts were also awarded to ABC News by two Democratic Party-run municipalities and by the Agriculture Ministry for a total of 2.7 million lek (€19,800).
Another advertising agency owned by Aleksander Frangaj, Media 66, received a contract for 1.4 million lek (€10,000) from the Justice Ministry.
The five companies linked to Frangaj received a total of 103 million lek (€730,000) in advertising from state institutions over two years.
By comparison, Top Channel TV, Albania's largest private broadcaster, received a modest 1.3 million lek (€9,940) over the same period.
Treasury data on advertisements do not include money spent by state-owned companies, which means that the public money channeled toward the network of companies tied with Frangaj is even larger than the sums mentioned.
According to a monitoring report by the Energy Regulatory Agency, ERE, the utility distributor CEZ Shperndarje spent 6.4 million lek (€45,000) in TV ads in one month alone, May 2013.
The lion's share went to ABC News, followed by News 24, Ora News and UTV Education.
Corporate heavyweights:
According to Freedom House's annual report published on October 3, Albanian media outlets typically rely on financial support from owners and a few major advertisers, and a culture of self-censorship designed to suit the interests of the benefactors is common.
No public data exist on the size of the size of the advertising market in Albania. However, an internal report obtained by Balkan Insight, prepared by a marketing agency, puts the value of the TV advertising market for the first 11 months of 2011 at 4.2 billion lek (€29.8 million).
Ads as propaganda:
While the state's share of the advertising market in Albania is only a small portion of a market dominated by the big telecommunications companies, it is these ads that have caused the fiercest debates.
This is because many were broadcast on the eve of elections, and their content often amounted to little more than commercials for the incumbent government.
Documents obtained by Balkan Insight from the Integration Ministry, through a freedom of information request, show that in 2009, for example, the ministry awarded a contract to an advertising agency, MC sh.p.k, to promote "Youth Day", for 16.1 million lek.
The spending on the ad was part of a bigger fund of 88.7 million lek (€630,000), which, apart from the ads, paid for cultural activities and material to host the event.
However, the event turned out to be a front for a Democratic Party rally, complete with a speech by Prime Minster Berisha and a crowd of supporters weaving the party flag.
During the same year, MC sh.p.k, which ironically stands for "Ministry of Communication," produced four similar state-sponsored ads.
Data from Idramedia, a media research company in Tirana, show that from January to June 2012 the top five TV advertisers - all telecommunication companies - spent 18.75 million euro on adverts.
The highest-spending advertiser was the mobile phone operator Vodafone, which spent 6.3 million euro, followed by AMC Mobile, Eagle Mobile, Albtelekom, and Plus Communications.
In 2011, the telecommunications sector accounted for 69 per cent of TV advertising market, followed by coffee, which accounted for 14 per cent.
Owing to the size of the telecommunication companies as a source of revenue for TV and print outlets, there is almost no critical reporting in the media on mobile operators.
When the Competition Authority fined the country's two biggest mobile operators, Vodafone and AMC, for uncompetitive behaviour in 2007, few outlets even reported on the story.
Little has changed since then. In September, when the Competition Authority opened a new probe against Vodafone, which is accused of abusing its dominant position in the market, the story again found little space in the media.
Instead, it was the Competition Authority that found itself battling tabloid media criticism of the probe.
Gjergj Erebara, editor of the daily newspaper Shqip, says a few big companies, which serve as a lifeline for TV stations and newspapers, dominate the advertising market completely.
"Some of these companies are only advertising to keep the media's mouth shut… using their ad budget as leverage in the editorial room," Erebara said.
According to him, corporate pressure in the editorial rooms is so significant that reporters hardly ever investigate and report critical stories about big business.
Several internal emails obtained by Balkan Insight corroborate claims that big companies sway editorial policy in newsrooms.
An email sent on May 17, 2012 by a PR agency representing CEZ Shperndarje, the electricity distributor, asked a reporter to put a spin on a report from a parliamentary hearing.
CEZ Shperndarje, which was owned by the Czech power giant CEZ group at the time, lost its operations license in January 2013 and is under temporary administration of the Energy Regulatory Agency.
"As a company responsible for safeguarding the image of CEZ Shperndarje, considering we have a service contract with your newspaper in this regard, and without censoring your independence, we ask you to protect the image of the company in this debate," the email read.
A marketing manager from the low-cost carrier Belle Air was less diplomatic in an email sent to the same newspaper on August 14, 2013.
An Albanian airline founded in 2005, Belle Air went bankrupt on November 18, and is now under investigation for fraud.
Following a critical story in the newspaper, the company sent PR material, insisting that it be published as a news report – and on the PR company's right to vet the contents.
"The communication should be in the form of an article and not an advertisement, like last time," the email said. "Before you go to print, please send me the draft," it added.
In a statement for Balkan Insight, Barbora Pulpanova, a spokesperson for CEZ Group, said that "it hasn't happened so far that anyone would complain about any cooperation with an agency that we hired."
Erebara said media do not complain outside about this undue influence because they themselves also are corrupt.
"Some media use their power to blackmail companies for advertising," he said. "It's a negative relationship on both sides."
This article has been produced with the financial assistance of the project South East European Media Observatory, supported by the European Union. The contents of this article are the sole responsibility of Besar Likmeta and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union.


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On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on gun violence featuring testimony from the NRA's Wayne LaPierre, as well as Mark Kelly, the husband of former Representative Gabrielle Giffords, Democrat of Arizona, who was shot in the head while holding a public meeting in her district two years ago.
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You've probably seen Josh Kornbluth before. He's a Bay Area-based monologist, a comedian, and a KQED regular. But you'd be forgiven if you don't remember him for his break-out role in a barely-remembered Scorsese movie called Jack.
He played a pack of cigarettes. It's right there on IMDB. "Pack of Cigarettes." Not exactly a dramatic turn as Sonny Corleone, but SAG minimum is SAG minimum.
Josh's story takes us through a first experience in Hollywood, conversing with a giant martini, and having a man in a frilly blouse call him a sell-out. And as an added bonus, you'll learn how to pratfall without grevious injury. (Note: it helps to have a large Pack-of-Cigarettes-get-up to cushion your fall).
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Cambridge opens its arms, offering high-tech capabilities and new housing development
Cambridge is the kind of town where canopies of maple, ash and oak trees shade sturdy wood-sided homes and walkers, bicyclists and runners enjoy wide sidewalks, a park with a creek, and miles of well-kept trails. It's a town known for a friendly, front-porch culture and a healthy lifestyle, opportunities to prosper in business, quality schools, and a strong sense of community.
At the same time, some of the latest and best internet technology available between Omaha and Denver fuels business start-ups, telecommuters and entrepreneurs. PinPoint Communications, headquartered in Cambridge, made fiber optic cable available to every home and business in Cambridge and brought wireless access to the public park and campgrounds.
Cambridge's main street is a portrait of productivity in small town America. Every store front is currently leased and open for business.
"Main street is thriving," says Ashley Rice-Gerlach, Cambridge Economic Development director. "Cambridge applies a policy of economic gardening, meaning we nurture each business in the community and focus on attracting one job at a time."
Cambridge is not only business-friendly, it's just plain friendly. Newcomers quickly integrate into the Cambridge community, in no small part due to the welcoming atmosphere they find in places like Shirley K's coffee shop and the TownTalk Restaurant down the street.
"Visitors and tourists may stop by for coffee or Shirley K's famous sweet rolls or maybe lunch but they will always find conversation," Rice-Gerlach said.
A drive for constant improvement
One of the problems many rural communities experience is a shortage of adequate housing — but not in Cambridge. Cambridge leaders looked into the future and planned for the growth of Cambridge. Today the Harvest Meadows subdivision, a 77-acre development on the east side of Cambridge, greets highway travelers. The new subdivision is centered by a newly opened Anew Travel Center, open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The new development includes new houses built or planned by local residents and construction companies. And the 18 residential lots were free.
"Lots were free, streets were poured and the sewer, water and electric was all ready to hook up," Rice-Gerlach said.
Cambridge continues to move forward. Those in economic development continue to focus on one job at a time and anticipate the announcement of a new enterprise near Harvest Meadows in the very near future. In 2013, Cambridge was awarded a grant to build a truck fueling station, including a truck wash, convenience store, restaurant, and showers. Cambridge was awarded the grant because of grain-based fuel products produced in Cambridge.
Cambridge is ideally located midway between Denver and Omaha, between the scenic Republican River and Medicine Creek and only nine miles from the dramatic views and recreation opportunities in and around Harry Strunk Lake and the Medicine Creek State Park.
A good place to raise children
Rice-Gerlach talks about Cambridge from the perspective of a 30-year-old who moved here with an eye to buy a business and raise her family. While she took a job with Cambridge Economic Development, her husband, Cody, took over the Cambridge Clarion newspaper.
"We saw opportunity here," she said. "Cody and I moved because we were offered an opportunity to buy a business and we both appreciate our childhood memories of growing up in small towns. In Cambridge you will see young people riding their bikes, walking to the softball field or playing in the park, and when we became parents we wanted our children to enjoy similar experiences."
Lush, leafy cottonwood and oak trees shade McKinley Park where kids can take advantage of a swimming pool, ball diamonds, a brand new splash pad — like a mini water park for young children — and two miles of walking and bicycling trails alongside scenic Medicine Creek.
Adults aren't forgotten either. Cambridge is justly proud of the beautiful Cross Creek 18-hole golf course. As the longest public golf course in the state — 7,205 yards — Cross Creek offers a variety of teeing areas, wide fairways, and large greens.
Cutting edge schools
Cambridge is small enough to be close-knit, but it's surprisingly cutting-edge in many ways. In addition to being home to at least three world-class sculptors and a state-of-the-art ethanol production facility, Cambridge schools are among the best in the state.
According to Cambridge School Superintendent Robert Gregory, the staff-to-student ratio is approximately 1:15 and the Cambridge School Board and the Cambridge School Foundation support a program which provides every student in grades 9 through 12 with a laptop computer to use as their own for the school year. Middle School and younger students share one laptop for every two students and teaching is geared to using the most current wireless Apple technology.
Graduation rate is nearly 100%. Superintendent Gregory said, "I have been here three years, and I don't remember a year when we didn't graduate 100% of our students." Generous scholarships are also available for graduates. Gregory said, "Last year for a graduating class of 23, the community provided $300,000 in scholarships."
A strong athletic tradition as well as music, speech, the arts, and school-sponsored activities balance school life for the students.
Every student is encouraged to participate in the school activities, Gregory said. "The school sponsors one-act plays, band, choir, quiz bowl, football, volleyball, cross-country running and track, and due to Cambridge Schools high rating academically and our strong tradition in sports and the arts, 60 students opted into the Cambridge School District in 2013."
Newly remodeled hospital
Tri-Valley Health System serves Cambridge as well as a number of communities in southwest Nebraska and northwest Kansas.
In 2011, Tri-Valley celebrated the completion of a new Healthy Living Center and the renovation of the residential services and senior living buildings in Cambridge. The hospital's architecture and use of materials are specifically designed to support a healing, comfortable environment for patients and their families by including soft colors, curves and rounded corners, and live, green plants both inside and in peaceful meditation gardens outside.
The Healthy Living Center includes an indoor fitness facility equipped with the latest exercise equipment and programs for all fitness levels. The center opens early morning and closes in late evening and is always staffed.
Tri-Valley CEO Roger Steinkruger emphasizes preventive health and healthy communities when he describes the mission of Tri-Valley Health System.
"Along with responding to the sick and injured, we offer programs to promote healthy living and preventive care, and we keep health care as close to home as possible," Steinkruger said. "Prevention is important, and it applies to all ages."
For all that, Tri-Valley offers top-grade technology in the hospital and clinic and their claim of one of only two 16-slice CT scanners in Nebraska is a source of pride in the community.
"The CT scanner enables doctors to see soft tissues very quickly and in great detail," says Steinkruger. "It's a tremendous aid not only in the emergency room but in a number of diagnostic procedures."
A special appeal to artists
Beyond business opportunities and lifestyle advantages, there's something about Cambridge that attracts artists. The city is home to three artists with national and international reputations.
Sondra Jonson of S.L. Jonson Studios has created sculptures from miniatures to monuments for clients throughout the United States and in Europe. Jonson is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College and a former student of world-renowned sculptor EvAngelos Frudakis. Her most recent project in Nebraska is a life-size sculpture of a World War II veteran at the Veteran's Memorial in North Platte.
Gary Ginther graduated from McCook High school and left Nebraska to work as a fishing and hunting guide in Colorado where he developed his hobby of drawing into a career. Major organizations, among which are Ted Turner Enterprises and Universal Studios, have commissioned Ginther's sculptures, but his work is also featured locally at the High Plains Museum in McCook, the Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Oxford, and the Archway Monument in Kearney.
With artist Jon Leitner, also a Cambridge area resident, Ginther created a life-size sculpture of Senator George Norris which can be seen in front of the historic Norris Home in McCook.
If a healthy lifestyle, opportunities to prosper in business, quality schools and healthcare and a strong sense of community rate high on your dream list, Cambridge is your town.
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Spell Out Your L-O-V-E with Mod Podge
We're all for investing in art for kids' rooms, but if all you have to invest is a few bucks and a few minutes, this art project will be right up your alley.
Anna of the blog My Life with Kids recently wrote about this project on Mod Podge Rocks (a great place for MP-related info and inspiration). Her LOVE canvas is a takeoff on one she saw on Pottery Barn Kids and only requires a canvas, scrapbook paper (or try fabric), Mod Podge and a computer to make the letters. Super simple with a lovely result.
Check out her guest post on this project on Mod Podge Rocks and find many of her other crafty endeavors at My Life with Kids.
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It's one thing to predict a winner–it's another thing to quantify how likely a player is to become that winner.
In most tennis tournaments, it's not hard to pick a favorite. For most of the last year, it was Novak Djokovic, no matter the surface or who he might face. Before that, it was Federer on hard courts, Nadal on clay courts. While every one likes to identify a dark horse, there's rarely much debate at the top.
Given that agreement, though, what odds would you have placed on Novak Djokovic winning Wimbledon? Or the French? Or an in-form Federer winning the tour finals over an injured Djokovic and a tired Nadal? Usually, my numbers spit out something between 20 and 30 percent–in theory, even the best player in the tournament has a better than two-thirds chance of going home a loser.
Intuitively, this is difficult to believe. Djokovic seemed so dominant for much of the year that his slam victories felt like foregone conclusions. Anyone who watched Novak on a good day found it impossible to imagine anyone outplaying him. When Carl Bialik wrote a column asking whether Djokovic could keep up his dominance for the entire season, most responses were some variation of "What are you, stupid? Numbers are irrelevant when someone is so good."
But, all good things must come to end, and a combination of injuries and good opponents proved that even Djokovic is human.
That said, Djokovic's dominance–and Nadal's before him, and Federer's before him–raises questions about forecasting tennis matches. The questions are complicated, but rest easy: today's attempt at an answer will be simple.
Do the rules apply to the very best?
My ranking and forecasting system starts by assigning a number to every player, not unlike ATP ranking points. To keep things simple, let's use ranking points. If we want to predict the outcome of, say, Mardy Fish against Feliciano Lopez, we take their point totals (2965 and 1755) and divide one by the sum of the others: 2965/(2965+1755) = 62.8%. (It's a little more complicated than that, but not much.) Setting aside concerns like home court advantage and surface, that sounds about right to me.
Do the same with Djokovic and Lopez, and you get 88.6%. Work the numbers with Djokovic and world #100 Michael Berrer, and you get 96.0%. That's pretty dominant, suggesting that Berrer would win only 1 in 25 matchups, but wait a minute–we're saying Berrer's going to beat Djokovic, ever?
And therein lies the problem. The formulas I use to generate points and generate predictions are reasonably accurate, tested against years of ATP results. And in the aggregate, individual match percentages pass the smell test. But at the extremes, the numbers seem questionable.
And it is at the extremes where the exact percentages matter the most. Consider my pre-tournament predictions for Wimbledon this year. While Nadal was the top seed, I picked Djokovic as the favorite, giving him a 21.6% chance of winning. But look at those first few rounds: I gave him only an 87% chance of getting past Jeremy Chardy (Jeremy Chardy!) in the first round, then only an 88% chance of beating Kevin Anderson or Ilya Marchenko, then only an 85% chance of winning against (probably) Marcos Baghdatis.
Only the last of those three numbers is plausible. And when combined, they meant that I gave Djokovic less than a 65% chance of reaching the round of 16. With all due respect to myself, that was almost as ridiculous then as it it sounds now.
It's those early-round numbers that result in such minute chances that the favorite will win the tournament. Even if we give a player a 90% chance of winning all his matches, he'll still only win the seven consecutive matches required for a grand slam 48% of the time. Lower it to 80%, and we're down to 21% for the tournament. Since the odds of winning a semifinal match against the likes of Murray, Federer, or Nadal is probably much lower, it seems that early round odds should be much more favorable.
To summarize, one of two things is going on here. Either (1) my numbers underestimate the likelihood that the pre-tournament favorite wins a grand slam; or (2) our intuition overestimates the likelihood that the favorite takes home the trophy.
Forecasting for dummies
One way to pick between the two is to look at the recent past. Are pre-tournament favorites winning more or less than expected?
For now, let's set aside the question of the likelihood that Djokovic beats Chardy or Marchenko, and look only at winning the tournament. We're going to make two major assumptions here: (1) it's possible to identify the pre-tournament favorite years later, and (2) favorites are generally created equal–Djokovic towers over his competitors to the same degree that Courier, or Lendl, or Sampras, or Federer towered over his. As usual, both of these assumptions probably aren't true, but they aren't so hideously wrong that they'll stop us from reaching some worthwhile conclusions.
There are three easy ways of picking the pre-tournament favorite for a grand slam: using (a) the winner of the last slam; (b) the defending champion, and (c) the top seed–almost always the world #1. The top seed is probably best, while the defending champion might identify a player who is particularly good on the surface, and the winner of the last slam might pick out someone who is riding a hot streak.
The last 21 years (back to 1991, inclusive), give us 84 slams to work with. Our sample is a bit smaller than that, because occasionally the winner of the last slam or the defending champion did not play, and on three occasions, the top seed pulled out before the tournament began. Here is how the favorites did:
- Of the 75 players who had won the previous slam, 18 (24%) won the tournament.
- Of the 76 defending champions, 26 (34%) won the tournament.
- Of the 81 top seeds, 29 (36%) won the tournament. If we exclude the French (where the top seed is often #1 on the basis of hard court performance), we get a more dramatic result here–26 of 60 (43.3%) won the tournament.
All of these measures are much higher than the 21.6% shot I gave Djokovic at Wimbledon. And most are higher than the 27-28% chances I gave him at the French and US Open. The 43.3% likelihood that the top seed wins a hard-court slam (thank you, Pete and Roger!) suggests that a more sophisticated measure of identifying the favorite might allow us to predict slam champions with, say, 40% accuracy.
40% is considerably higher than my models are spitting out right now, but I suspect it is much lower than many fans imagine for their favorite. It suggests that, at the extremes, my predictions aren't quite one-sided enough. It might take Michael Berrer more than 25 chances before he finally catches Djokovic on a bad day.


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This is starting to become old hat, but still worth mentioning. ESPN's Keith Law (Insider Subscribers) posted his annual Top 100 Prospects and the Mets' Zack Wheeler checked in at #27 while Matt Harvey cruised in at #38.
Zack Wheeler:
"He will touch 97 mph and sit at least 91-94 with an above-average curveball that has shown it can miss bats. He has a fringy changeup that's a little too firm, giving up a .283/.375/.452 line to left-handed hitters as a result (although that improved after the trade in a small sample). His control is still below-average, and he'll have to show durability to match his frame, as he retired more than 18 batters just twice all year."
Matt Harvey:
"He will sit 91-97 mph as a starter with good downhill plane, and his changeup is a weapon for him against both left- and right-handed hitters. His curve and slider tend to run together, and he'd probably be better off just picking one or the other and using it exclusively to avoid throwing in-between pitches that will get hammered at higher levels"
Jeurys Familia missed the cut, but did get an honorable mention:
"If I thought there was any chance he could start, he would have made the list, but he's headed for the bullpen with a plus fastball and not enough command or secondary stuff to remain in the rotation."
What's important to note here is that we've seen about a dozen of these lists now and it's not just one or two experts hitting on Wheeler and Harvey, it's all of them. Some might have one higher than the other, but the consensus is that they are both high ceiling top of the rotation guys oozing with loads of potential.
We haven't developed a 20-game winner in so long I don't even remember. Doc Gooden? Anyway, I think all that is about to change when these two finally arrive.


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Sonnet today introduced the xMac(TM) mini Server 2H, a second model of the company's xMac mini Server Thunderbolt-to-PCI Express(R) (PCIe(R)) expansion system and 1U rackmount enclosure for a Mac(R) mini with a Thunderbolt(TM) port. The new xMac mini Server 2H enables the use of two half-length, full-height PCIe cards, allowing users to select from and install the majority of Thunderbolt-compatible cards into either slot. The original xMac mini Server accommodates one full-length, full-height PCIe card and one half-length, half-height (low-profile) card.
Sonnet Technologies today announced the launch of its Presto(TM) 10GbE 1-Port and Presto 10GbE Server 2-Port 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) PCIe cards. These Sonnet adapter cards enable users to connect their computers and servers to high-speed infrastructure and storage systems using the 10GbE standard, which offers up to 10 times the performance of Gigabit Ethernet, the common wired network connection included with most computers today.


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Atlanta has a lot of restaurants, below are just a few that are easily accessible from campus.
Where to Eat - on Campus
The Student Center has several eatiers including the thrid floor Ferst Room.
Where to Eat - off Campus
Midtown Market (food/drinks, sundries)
225 10th St NE
Publix (supermarket)
950 W Peachtree St NW
CVS (pharmacy)
842 Peachtree St
Music, Fun, etc
Blind Willie's, Blues Bar
Manuel's Tavern (Also the site of Astrophysics unplugged)


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How to Root Nexus One with Superboot
by Haris on December 31, 2009
in Android, Tips and Tricks
Just read Paul's tweet that, MoDaCo 3.1 ROM for HTC Hero will have a new optimization system which will be worth waiting for. Now I can't wait to give it a try.
Coming back to the topic, the tutorial on how to root Nexus One using Superboot on Windows, Linux and Mac is there on the Modaco forums and I'm posting it for the readers here as well.


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Gulf Coast's Rewards For Bird Watchers
By JILL MASON; JILL MASON is a writer and editor who recently returned to New York after a three-year stay in Houston.
Published: February 19, 1989
IT was a brilliant morning on a two-lane farm road about 50 miles southeast of Houston, not far inland from the Gulf of Mexico. The big Texas sky was bright and blue, the air still except for the occasional passing of a clanky pickup truck. We had stopped our car along the side of the road to show out-of-state guests a spectacle worthy of a cowboy's boast. An unsown rice field, muddy from the winter rain, had been transformed into a shimmering white mass by 50,000 snow geese culling every bit of seed. Pecking for food, their large white bodies and black-tipped wings moved like a fluttering blanket across the land. My husband and I waited for the moment we knew would leave our visitors breathless, and soon it arrived. The flock took flight and the sun played on the thousands of white-and-black wings, creating a vast checkerboard against the sky. For several moments, the amount of time it took for every bird to leave the ground, the huge mass hung suspended above the field, then slowly moved off toward other seed-strewn acres, wings and bodies glinting in the sun.
Every friend from the East who visited us during our stay in Houston came with notions of the Texas of myth: they wanted to see cowboys, sagebrush, dusty towns and honky-tonks. Instead, we showed them birds. And in Texas, the supply is never ending. Along the northern, or upper, Texas coast, a roughly 250-mile stretch from Sabine Pass, near the Louisiana border to Aransas Bay, about midway down, there are 445 species of birds, more than in most states. Of the 70 species of shorebirds commonly seen in North America, 36 may be seen along the Texas coast. Of the 49 species of warblers in the United States, it is possible to see 23 in one group of hackberry trees.
Diversity, quantity and the possibility of seeing Mexican and tropical species set the Texas coast apart from other well-known birding spots like Point Pelee, Ontario, and Cape May, N.J. According to Houston Audubon Society officials, the upper coast, particularly High Island, a town 80 miles southeast of Houston and just a mile in from the Gulf, is the premier birding spot in the country for viewing spring migration. During March, April and May hundreds of thousands of birds are moving from winter homes in Central and South America to summer grounds in the United States and Canada.
Thus it was that springtime guests, who came with thoughts of leisurely strolls through gardens of blooming azaleas, found themselves packed in our Honda heading south on State Route 124 to High Island. Fifth Street, just off the highway, is lined with small houses and large oak trees, a hometown look. Two blocks in is the Louis Smith Bird Sanctuary, known also as Scout Woods, a group of hackberry and live oak trees owned by the Houston Audubon Society. Colorful woodlands birds - tanagers, orioles, thrushes, buntings and warblers - flock to these trees by the hundreds.
On one visit last spring, our carload had barely stretched its legs and sprayed on insect repellent when a rainbow of color lighted in a hackberry tree outside the sanctuary entrance. There was a scarlet tanager, unmistakable because of its brilliant red color; an indigo bunting, a songbird that looked as if it had been dipped in blue ink, and a Western tanager, a bright yellow bird whose spring breeding plumage included a flaming red head. We told our guests that they were seeing a combination of colors that birders sometimes describe as a ''Christmas tree with bird ornaments.''
High Island is also favored by tropical rarities like the greenish elaenia, a central American flycatcher spotted several years ago.
Another group of visitors last spring, who thought we were going on an architectural tour of Galveston, found themselves staring at warblers dropping out of the sky. Stormy weather over the Gulf had created a phenomenon known as a fallout, a birder's version of nirvana. Migrating birds become so weary crossing the Gulf during a storm that they drop the minute they reach land. There at our feet, on the corner of 17th and Sealy, in Galveston's East End Historical District, were 50 warblers of 17 different species: bay-breasted, black-and-white, blackpoll, Blackburnian, blue-winged, Canadian, cerulean, chestnut-sided, golden-winged, hooded, Kentucky, magnolia, Nashville, prothonotary, Tennessee, worm-eating and yellow. The 1890's stucco and brick gabled house across from the warblers received scant notice.
We later learned the fallout that day was one of the best in years. In a 12-hour period, between the towns of High Island and Sabine Pass, there were sightings of 2,700 warblers, 2,000 indigo buntings, and 2,100 tanagers, orioles, thrushes, vireos and grosbeaks. That day, Elric and Doris Jean McHenry, bird watchers from Dickinson, Tex., had stood on the beach along Route 87, near the town of Gilchrist, and counted birds flying in from the Gulf at a rate of 100 a minute; the rate continued for hours.
Because fallouts occur only when there has been rainy, cold weather over the Gulf, their timing is completely unpredictable. Some years there is not one significant fallout, while other years there may be several.


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AgentLink, the European Network of Excellence for Agent Based Computing, is a network of researchers and developers with a common interest in agent technology.
ESSA, the European Social Simulation Association, was formed in 2003 in order to promote the development of social simulation research, education and application in Europe.
SWITS, the Swedish IT-security Network for PhD Students
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FoodTankers, a trading partner which provides services in the form of tanker transport.
Karlshamns AB, is one of the world´s leading manufacturers of high value-added speciality vegetable fats.
Karlshamn Energi AB, a local powercompany with the Municipality of Karlshamn as domestic market.
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Telling tales of two lives
Ann Hood's latest novel weaves the stories of a writer and housewife
Published 5:24 pm, Thursday, February 21, 2013
Novelist, short story writer, and essayist Ann Hood loves obituaries. She says that they are a difficult form to write, since they must bring a character "back to life" in a very compressed space.
In her new novel, "The Obituary Writer" (W. W. Norton, March 2013), she weaves together stories of two women. One is an obituary writer living alone in 1919, searching for the lover who has been missing since the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906, and the other is an early 1960s-housewife in a suburb of Washington, trapped in a loveless marriage. Both stories are compelling and suspenseful in their own right until, near the end, the stories are suddenly and unexpectedly brought together in a twist that brings both characters renewed hope.
Among Ann Hood's previous works are the novels "The Knitting Circle" and "The Red Thread" and the searing memoir "Comfort," about her daughter's death at age 5 from a virulent form of strep throat.
Hood will be in Albany on Tuesday to read from her work, as part of the New York State Writers Institute Visiting Writers Program. She spoke recently by phone from the home she shares in Providence, R.I., with her husband and their 8-year-old daughter. They also have a son who's 19.
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What: Ann Hood reads from her new novel, "The Obituary Writer." She is joined by critically acclaimed novelist and University at Albany professor emeritus Eugene Mirabelli, who will read from his 2012 novel "Renato the Painter."
When and where: 4:15 p.m. seminar, 8 p.m. reading Tuesday, Feb. 26. Both events will be held in the Assembly Hall, Campus Center, Uptown Campus of the University at Albany
Q: How did the story in "The Obituary Writer" occur to you? Did you start from the ending?
A: Oh no, not at all. It came to me in a few different ways, and I decided to meld them together.
I had gone to a dinner party and been seated next to a charming and funny man I had never met before. Several days later, the hostess of the party called to tell me that he had died suddenly from a heart attack. She said, "You told him that you would write his obituary." I said, "If I did, I wasn't thinking that it was going to happen this week." She said, "He was a big fan of your work, and on the way home he told his partner, 'If anything ever happens to me, she's going to write my obituary.'"
So naturally, I agreed to do it. I'm a huge fan of obituaries. I even have a favorite obituary writer. But that's different than actually writing one. I took very seriously the responsibility of summing up someone's life in a few words and making him come to life. I wrote it like a short story. And I knew in that moment that I was going to write about someone who writes obituaries. Another seed of the idea was learning that April 18, which is the anniversary of my daughter's death, was also the date of the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco. This made me start thinking about universal earthquakes and private earthquakes, and worlds shaken. In that moment, the two ideas — the obituary writer and the earthquake — settled into my brain, and I started to kind of plan out a book. I completely knew the first chapter. But I was busy with other projects and didn't start writing right away.
Another element was Obama's first inauguration. The hopefulness of that time brought back a long-forgotten memory for me, that I had actually been at JFK's inauguration. I was a very young child, but have distinct memories, particularly of my father leaning over and saying, "Never forget this. This is history."
I thought that I could juxtapose a story with a lot of grief and despair in it against a story that takes place amid the hopefulness of JFK's inauguration.
I had to do a lot of math to make sure the numbers would work, that I could have a woman in each of those times whose lives would intersect. And it made the first woman very old, but I realized, "I can do this."
Q: Throughout your career you've written a lot of short and several full-length essays in addition to your fiction. Do you feel more at home with one or the other?
A: I like writing fiction best. The essays, in a way, come to me kind of fully developed. I think because I write both, when something presents itself to me as an essay, it's kind of complete in my mind, I think, "Oh this is something I could write about." Whereas in fiction, you sort of lose yourself, you have to develop and work on so much more. It's more time-consuming and sort of heart-consuming.
Q: You said you have a favorite obituary writer?
A: Yes. He's passed on, unfortunately. His name is Robert McG. Thomas, and he was the head obituary writer for The New York Times for many years. ... There's a wonderful little book that collects some of his obits, called "52 McGs."
Q: Have you written your own obituary?
A: No. I'm in no rush. And having written that one, I don't think I'll write many others.
Elizabeth Floyd Mair is a freelance writer living in Guilderland. Reach her at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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High school softball: O'Connor pair earns honor
Published 10:53 pm, Monday, June 27, 2011
O'Connor sophomore pitcher Kenedy Urbany and senior outfielder Taylor Vidrine were named first-team All-State by the Texas Sports Writers Association.
Urbany, the Express-News Area Player of the Year, went 21-1 with 143 strikeouts and a 1.19 ERA while also batting .422 with 38 RBIs. Vidrine, a St. Mary's signee, batted .492 with five home runs and 44 RBIs. The pair led the Panthers to a runner-up finish in the Class 5A softball tournament earlier this month.


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Toshiba CEO: SED cannot compete against LCD
Atsutoshi Nishida, president and CEO of Toshiba, recently admitted that SED (surface conduction electron emitter display) TV is not able to compete against LCD TV due to a high price level and limited shipments, according to a Japanese-language report in Mainichi Newspapers.
Nishida also stated SED TV will target the business market in the future and the CEO has revised his forecast made in 2004 that SED TV will grab 20-30% of global 50" and-larger flat-panel TV market, the paper said.
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I used today's Table Hopping column as an opportunity to remind people of the extraordinary amount of charity donations that the local food-and-beverage industry gives each year. Short version:
Though the benefit/gala/fundraising scene takes its grandest, most visible form during the Saratoga racing season, it runs all year, and the scope of giving by the Capital Region's hospitality industry runs into millions of dollars for hundreds of events.
In conversations with just eight area restaurateurs, I identified donations — of food, gift cards, dinners and other items for auction, etc. — worth more than $125,000 annually, and that doesn't factor in associated labor costs.


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Posted by Jarret Bencks July 12, 2013 12:30 PM
A longtime administrative assistant at Medford City Hall has been appointed the city's assistant city solicitor, according to an announcement.
Kim Scanlon has worked in city hall for over 10 years, first as an intern, then an administrative assistant in the Health, Community Development and Law departments. She was sworn into the new post on July 8.
Scanlon has a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice from Salem State and a law degree from Massachusetts School of Law, the announcement said.
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Need some suggestions on the Spectrum Sludge I just put on this morning. On the areas that I am touching up over the original sound deadener, it looks to be much more like what I saw originally on that area. Other areas, where the product is much thicker, the peaks on it are in my opinion too high.Question. While the product is still somewhat solvent, are there any suggestions that I should follow to help level things off to appear more like original?( a couple of sideways pictures are attached, rotate them 90 degrees right)
Though the actual Sound Deadener is supposed to be applied much later, weather and heated conditions in my garage suggest this week is a good time to get some of this done a little out of order. I figured touching up later over the items that are missing (e.g. steering box bolts etc.) Then eventually, I was going to spray undercoating over the sound deadener, this after I shoot the whole engine bay semi-gloss paint, figuring the undercoating would finish it over nicely.Any other thoughts or suggestions?
Sound deadener was applied (67 San Jose) at at least two points.First before paint in the trunk, interior and rear wheel wells
Second when the car was pretty much completely assembled (fenders, front panels, parts, suspension.... installed) minus wheel and tires it appears, to the front wheel wells Spray on seam sealer and brushed on was prior to exterior paint and engine comparment black
1- the spray passing through all the open holes and gaps into the air raining down on the exterior of the car and into the engine compartment. 2- You will not get the sound deadener to the splash shield to fender meeting edges as originally done. 3- You will have dozens of screws, electrical straps, bolts, rubber plugs, wire looms and other items that may chip off the sound deadener when installed and then will need to be each coated if within (the complete surface of the inner panels were not coated with the product originally) sprau pattern of the sound deadener. Most of the time it appears there are four to 6 passes in each front wheel well normally4- Also the sound deadener (like the rear wheel well) was applied from below the car, worker standing in the pit shooting upward and outward. This might be difficult to do, replicate original and (as mentioned before if spraying) will rain down on other things around the shop Just some thoughts and concerns I've seen on when others have tried similar applications. Sometimes it's just easier and quicker to reproduce the factory methods rather than do things multiple times Hope this helps.
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The book that I am working through does an absolutely pitiful job explaining what to do in these types of problems. I have no clue as to where to begin, if someone could please walk me through and explain why each step works it would be much appreciated, or if you have an easier method other than the book entirely.
Other than this the only hint the book gives me is to "factor out each expression raised to the lowest power", but if that were the case wouldn't be the lowest?


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A change in the plan of the fieldwork trip – we decided to take the train from Delhi to Bareilly. My suitcase was obviously a wrong form of luggage in the jam-packed Delhi train station on Sunday. We could not even dare to find the platform through the wall of people. A 'coolie' was found and I knew it from the moment I saw him that he was our savier for the journey: He not only carried our bags in 40+ degree temperature, but also made space for us to move forward, and guided us to find the platform and the right compartment. I could barely keep up the pace with him to follow. Without him, I am sure our 30-min spare time till the departure would have been a futile struggle.
When we got near the train, it was even more difficult to move. There was a long queue of people waiting indefinitely to get into the 2nd class compartments. It was first-come, first-serve basis, so they had no idea whether they could possibly get in or not. When the train finally started to move my mind was racing through the indecisive emotion wave of relief, discomfort and pity – looking at the solid human line of those who were waiting patiently in standstill without the success of getting in.
What I found out later was that even for 1st class where passengers are given pre-assigned seats, if you are on waiting list, you have to wait at the station. Because there is no way for anyone or any online system to know which seats would actually be available in the train until the physical train arrives. The reserved seat passenger names are listed on a printout outside each compartment. The fact that you could make reservation online didn't mean much unless you get the confirmed seats at the time of reservation. As there is no obligation to buy the ticket before the train leaves, people have the mentality of just booking the train first anyway. Cancellation fee is too small to make people cancel the reservation they no longer need. So everyone has to wait at the station if you want to travel. If the train gets late, the station officers would tell you 'its coming in 5 minutes'. After hearing the '5 minutes' answer for about 10 times and the actual waiting time of 2 hours, your romantic image associated with the train journey starts to diminish dramatically. 'In 5 min' in India is highly metaphorical. It is a lip service of the person who is in the position to answer you despite the uncertainty of the situation, or the lack of information source available to that person. Alternatively 'In 5 min' is an answer simply used by the person who has no sense of time or empathy to understand the urgency you are faced with. I often feel that I am silently mocked by those who watch me get frustrated with delays: "What's the hurry? You can just watch the world goes by, like me.†I am learning to live with IST (Indian Standard Time) for my mental health.
What I also found out furthermore was that there is an exception to this reservation system. Our 'luxury' 1st class compartment had four full passengers to begin with. After a few stations, a family of 6 turned up, guided by a gunned guard in the train. According to the translation, the man heading the group told us in Hindi: "Make space for usâ€. He or any of his companions obviously did not say 'sorry' or 'thank you' for accommodating his family and himself, making the 4-person compartment a 10-person discomfort zone. All Indian passengers fell silent after they got on board. The compartment was only filled with two men's loud voices of phone calls and conversations. When the baby of the family started to cry, the same guard came over, took the baby in his available arm that was not holding the gun and left.
Implications of dysfunctional infrastructure are multifold. The important question is whether the society and those who are in power both have shared motivations to improve it. Habits and everyday behaviors that people have become used to and take for granted are most difficult to change.


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I searched faq, but no luck. I use the default style, aka Kubrick, because i like the layout, but all of my posts run together, one into the next. can I break them up, so that to see the previous post a reader has to click to it?
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First, in this forum we don't answer questions unless we make sure we're talking about a wp.COM and not a wp.ORG blog.
Second, in this forum we answer in a helpful way. If chrisgilsenan knew HOW to "put them on different pages" he wouldn't be asking.
Please stop fooling around here.
hello again, thanks for the patience here. I dont know what the .org is. my site is
just trying to separate the pages, and havent been able to figure it out. thanks.
Display one post at a time:
Dashboard > Settings (on the top right) >Reading > Blog pages show at most > type in 1
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Pay attention to the formatting issues when using this tag.
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Cute tilt-shift time-lapse video
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Beached from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.
This cute video by Keith Loutit shows tilt-shifted beach scenes that make everyone look like mini-mes on a mission. The technique, which uses reduced depth of field tricks to make things look "tiny" is actually on optical illusion. We're used to "focusing" on things close up and leaving the rest of the field of vision blurry so by recreating this on film or video we essentially convince our brains that we're watching something amazingly tiny.


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Letter: Democrats the cause of logjam in D.C.
Updated 7:39 am, Saturday, November 3, 2012
The editorial "Our picks for Congress," Oct. 30, is misleading. You accuse the Republican House of Representatives of inaction when the Democratic Senate is the Washington logjam.
The House has passed a budget bill in each of the last two years; the Senate hasn't passed one in almost three, ignoring their constitutional obligation. The Senate also hasn't passed appropriations bills.
The Senate is waiting and praying that, after Nov. 6, they continue to control the Senate and President Barack Obama is re-elected. They will then declare disaster and blame the coming "fiscal cliff" on the GOP (the House passed a bill this summer to address it).
We all should pray that whichever party is in control that they cross the aisle and start working for all of us.