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"Serious Incident" Unfolds As NATO Jet Accidentally Launches Secret Missile Near Russian Border
Estonia's defense minister has halted a NATO war exercise in Estonia pending an investigation after a fighter jet deployed in northeast Europe accidentally fired a secret missile during training. Authorities are now searching for the rocket, which was shot over the Baltic country's airspace by a Spanish fighter jet this week near the Russian border.
Minister of Defense Juri Luik said Thursday during a press conference in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, the air-to-air missile was mistakenly launched Tuesday over southern Estonia has not been found nor did it injure any civilians.
#Estonia / #Russia : A Spanish eurofighter accidentally fire a missile near Otepaa, at around 65 kilometer of the russian border v @TheArabSource pic.twitter.com/QwQEkgbRKc
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"The Spanish defense minister has apologized and expressed deep regret," Luik said, adding that the commander of the Spanish Armed Forces has apologized for the mishap.
According to Fox News, Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas communicated with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday, expressing Estonia's concern over the "serious incident."
The Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) is a modern beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) capable of all-weather day-and-night operations with a range of up to 100 kilometers (62 miles). Luik told reporters the AMRAAM might have crashed into a remote nature reserve in the eastern Jogeva region — not far from Estonia's border with Russia.
"The air-to-air missile has not hit any aircraft," the Spanish Defense Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. It added that three other fighter jets flew alongside the Spanish Eurofighter before the missile was launched. "After the incident, the planes returned safely to the Siauliai Air Base."
On Friday, the Spanish Defense Ministry told Sputnik News that it would not change its pilots serving in Lithuania over the recent incident.
"The composition of a Spanish squad deployed in Lithuania, jets and crews will not be changed until the end of their mission," the spokesperson said.
The ministry said NATO, not Spain authorized the flight plan of their planes. The spokesperson noted that an investigation would have to occur before he could give more details about the incident.
"An investigation into the causes of this incident has been launched. The probe is underway and there are no preliminary results [of the investigation]," the ministry added.
Luik urged Spain to conduct a careful investigation of the incident. He also launched a separate internal probe to review the safety regulations of arranging military air exercises in the country.
Until the investigation is complete, Luik said: "I have suspended all NATO exercises in the Estonian airspace."
And now it seems Russia's top brass has complained to TASS News Agency about the incident.
An official in the alliance's military structure told TASS on condition of anonymity on Wednesday:
"At the present moment, we cannot confirm the existence of any contacts between the NATO Operations Command and the Russian military on this incident. However, after saying this, I will add that many civilian and military organizations play their role in ensuring international air security. We cannot say anything more on this incident as long as the investigation is going on."
Well, at least social media has turned this NATO embarrassment into a laugh…
This is why I love #Estonia and estonians. Somebody in Võrumaa's Kaagu village made a wooden statue about the AIM-120 #missile that escaped and disappeared from Spain's air force over the country.https://t.co/iW6zaQ8i3d pic.twitter.com/R2XQOzJgNa
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New Delhi, September 17 2014 – We all know the 3 steps to make a consumer friendly website: ease in finding the product, showcasing the product, easy check out! But these days, it is equally important to have an interactive home page. FabFurnish.com, India's largest home décor portal became the first Indian e-commerce company to launch banners with products to click from banners.
Great ecommerce websites successfully connect a user to a product with a system that is efficient, easy and fun. While there are many aspects that go into creating conversions, this one is specifically important for user experience design. Large visuals have a deeper impact on customers and further enabling the customer to enlarge every product on the banner increases engagement.
Keeping the online shopping experience fresh does not require a complex and costly tear-down every year, what it requires is good ideation. The company has been paying close attention to the website details to make the website more and more interactive. The banners no more only have picturesque beauty but every product in it can be looked at with specification. Also, it is keeping in harmony with the overall feel of the website. While it is important to keep the website simple, the simplicity can be played around in many ways and FabFurnish has exactly shown how. Interestingly, in a span of just 3 days, the traffic of the website increased by 11%. With great attention being paid on marketing strategies, creating effective creative content is just another step in the direction.


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Echinacea Angustifolia root extracts have many benefits and have been used for years for a number of medicinal purposes. Echinacea Angustifolia is a wonderful herbal tincture for staving off colds, pneumonia, and flu-like symptoms and is used today to for its influence on immune cell proliferation, antibody production, and antiviral activities. Echinacea Angustifolia extract is considered to be an antibiotic and antiseptic and it also fights off inflammation and blood impurities.
Echinacea purpurea has been widely used against many infections of the upper respiratory system, especially the common cold. It is not commonly used as a preventative against colds, however, Echinacea purpurea has been found to be quite effective in fighting the symptoms once you have been infected. Echinacea extracts have also been used for other infections and related conditions of infection.
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Eco-Tourism 2.0 Takes Root in Costa Rica
By Stephen Munshin| September 24, 2017 | Photos by Lindsay Morris
This article appears in September/October 2017: Issue No. 62 of Edible East End.
Playa Nicuesa Rainforest Lodge takes eco-tourism to the next level.
Playa Nicuesa Rainforest Lodge offers a master's class in pura vida.
When Donna and Michael Butler began building their eco-lodge in the Costa Rican rainforest, a friend gave them a copy of Don't Stop the Carnival, Herman Wouk's tale of a New Yorker who thinks running a Caribbean hotel will be paradise but turns out to be a tropical disaster. Thankfully, they didn't heed the book's warning because the Butlers' story has a much happier ending. Fifteen years, two boys and numerous adventures later, Playa Nicuesa Rainforest Lodge in southern Costa Rica has become a paradise and vacation destination where visitors learn to coexist with nature, have great meals and participate in more activities than could possibly fit into a week's stay.
My family and I learned this from experience. While we were originally drawn to Costa Rica by the same gravity that attracts so many of its visitors—the opportunity to experience pura vida in a nation that prioritizes ecology above all else (to the extent that it doesn't even have an army)—what we found at Nicuesa was so much more than the typical trimmings of ecotourism we've come to expect. (We also discovered a craft beer movement that has grown up in Costa Rica in the years since we first visited. See below.)
"The cause of many global problems is that we are so removed from nature," said Eduardo Valverde Chaves, Nicuesa's naturalist, bio-architect and guide.
Our arrival at Playa Nicuesa Rainforest Lodge, located on the Osa Peninsula on the shore of the blue-green Golfo Dulce in southwest Costa Rica, was met with a welcome mango smoothie and followed by activities that emphasized the conscious experience that was to follow: a communal lunch of empanadas; a guided tour of the lodge's edible garden; a fishing expedition; yoga; a cocktail of the day, fish stew dinner and passion fruit ice cream—all made with locally foraged ingredients.
"The cause of many global problems is that we are so removed from nature," said Eduardo Valverde Chaves, Nicuesa's naturalist, bio-architect and guide. "Nicuesa makes people more conscious about how everything is connected."
"Nicuesa makes people more conscious about how everything is connected."
The truth of Eduardo's words became more apparent with every passing hour. As we fished with our children and then ate their fresh catches for dinner. As we learned how to forage our way through the rainforest, pausing to sample (with Eduardo's guidance and encouragement) native fruits like pejibaye, wild cashew, mimbro, manzana de agua (water apple) and even termites straight from a decomposing log. As we hiked to waterfalls and surfed and kayaked, swam and snorkeled and zip-lined. All the activities we enjoyed were ones that leave almost no footprint—carbon or otherwise—and combine fun, exercise and the opportunity to appreciate a special place intimately and firsthand.
Even the beautiful open-air cabins at Nicuesa, like the rest of the lodge, are built of wood and materials found in the immediate area, and all other aspects of life there—from composting to solar clothes-drying to eating what they grow, catch and make—are as sustainable as possible.
All the activities we enjoyed were ones that leave almost no footprint—carbon or otherwise.
"Every tour we take our guests on is designed to inspire, educate and show how all the parts of the ecosystem fit together from an environmental standpoint," said Donna Butler, who owns and operates Nicuesa with her husband. "The lodge is designed with no walls, as a metaphor for the connectedness of everything."
"Some guests are knowledgeable, some come to experience the jungle," continued Donna. "Either way, we give them tools to take home. I've heard people say they are going to go home and start their own compost, grow their own gardens, reduce their use of plastic and buy organic. Even our employees take away knowledge when they leave, which in turn educates the local community."
Signs of Nicuesa's emphasis on connectedness—and dedication to sustainability—can be seen everywhere at the lodge.
Signs of Nicuesa's emphasis on connectedness—and dedication to sustainability—can be seen everywhere at the lodge: In its design, in how the lodge and its staff encourage children to take part in everything from cooking to foraging to hiking, in how they introduce every guest to the ongoing significance of medicinal plants like begonia for nausea and wild senna for sunburns and bug bites (see glossary online for more), in how they go out of their way to provide a simultaneously fun and educational experience for every guest—no matter the length of their stay.
And then there are the cocktails of the day, the locally sourced meals and the nightly conversations. All reinforce the lodge's ethos and sense of community—and my conclusion that what Nicuesa offers is not really "ecotourism," but instead "Ecotourism 2.0."
"We want to bring back the knowledge we have been losing due to technology," said Eduardo. "It's not obsolete knowledge. A lot of the answers are there. So here we present an example of how life could work. We make people more conscious."
This is what differentiates Nicuesa from the rest of the Costa Rican pack. Because the lodge certainly doesn't have a monopoly on the rainforest or ecotourism or surfing, hiking and snorkeling; there are plenty of places in Costa Rica—and beyond—that offer all of that. What Nicuesa offers alone, however, is the chance to experience and enjoy the rainforest while supporting the people who call it home and learning how to live in a way that will help to ensure their, and ultimately our, survival.
So, yes, if you're looking for a tropical vacation with great food, fun activities and beautiful accommodations, you have lots of choices. But if you want all that and you want to it to be there in the future, check out Nicuesa.
Follow in Edible's Footsteps
Begin your Costa Rican journey with an easy flight on Copa Airlines from JFK to San Jose, where you can pick up a rental SUV from the super helpful team at the airport Europcar office. From there, with the help of Google Maps, drive to the Studio Hotel in the Santa Ana district.
The Studio Hotel is a world unto itself with a contemporary art gallery showcasing local artists, a rooftop pool and an open air restaurant. Our first meal there featured the two constants we were to encounter throughout our trip—ceviche and craft beer! Not quite Costa Rica's ubiquitous gallo pinto, but we didn't complain (and neither will you).
Next, head to the Barrio Escalante neighborhood of San Jose. This is where the best food and drink are to be found. Grab dinner at Agüizotes Gastro Pub, where we enjoyed ceviche, grilled steak, beer and a giant burger (for our son). Proteins definitely dominate the plate here.
After dinner, stop in an ice cream shop up Calle 33, still in Barrio Escalante. Follow your nose to the back of the shop (toward the scent of brewing beer) and revel in the fact that it's connected to a craft brew pub. Walk past stacked cases of Brooklyn-favorite Evil Twin beer and you'll find the Wilk Craft Beer Bar with multiple rooms and a wall mounted with handwritten tap handles. Further exploration will reveal a small but sophisticated brewing system that supplies their lines with 10 different varieties. During our visit, Alexis, the house brewer, told us that the Costa Rican craft beer scene took off in 2010 and that there are now over 60 breweries in the country. Don't be surprised if, like us, you find yourself planning your next trip—to sample more—before you even touch down in New York.
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From Dust Review
by Mary Goodden on July 26, 2011
Game: From Dust
Developer: Ubisoft Montpellier
Available on: PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 (Xbox 360 Version Reviewed)
Taking cues from "tribal" God games such as Populous and Black & White, From Dust puts players in control of a prehistoric world and its people. However, unlike previous examples of the genre, From Dust does not allow the player to reign over civilization. Instead, it gives players power over the land itself, letting them manipulate the land and sea in the hopes of giving the tiny tribespeople a safe place to live. Tsunamis, volcanoes and bush fires threaten the human villages, and it's up to the player to transform the landscape so that the people survive.
STORY: The game follows a nameless nomadic tribe making their way between various islands in search of home and enlightenment. Scattered throughout the world are totems, some of which hold the key to long-lost knowledge which the tribe must gain if they are to survive the onslaught of the elements. At the beginning of the game, the tribe invoke the power of The Breath, a god who has power over the environment, and ask for its help in guiding them through the hostile land.
As The Breath, you are responsible for leading the people through the world, and shaping it for them so that it can support life. Able to suck up and hold quantities of various elements (water, earth, lava and some plants), The Breath can mould the landscape and summon the tribespeople to the totems. As the tribespeople gain knowledge and reproduce, The Breath grows stronger.
GRAPHICS: From Dust is an absolutely stunning game. The textures of the different elements are richly coloured and beautifully textured, and the water especially will make you want to go swimming. The Breath appears as a tube of light which skims over the landscape smoothly, regardless of how rough the terrain is. When it sucks up the elements, the substance in question appears in a swirling ball above The Breath, which can then be trickled slowly down into place. As you would hope, different elements fall in different ways. Whilst water splashes down into a puddle, earth forms a shifting pile, and lava solidifies quickly.
The behaviour of the different elements makes the world feel solid and dynamic, a feeling amplified by the fact that the world changes as each level progresses. The tribal villages grow and develop, with mushroom-like pods springing up from the ground, and strings of flags stretching from village to village. Although the earth is initially barren, if you introduce water, it begins to grow green and lush, sprouting foliage and palm trees. Whilst the tribespeople themselves look very much alike, this doesn't matter as you will spend much of the game with the camera suspended so far above them that they rarely appear bigger than ants.
SOUND: The sound design in From Dust is nothing revolutionary, and if you've played anything remotely similar than the tribal instruments will sound instantly familiar. The tribespeople mumble made-up words, and scream in terror when their villages are threatened by various natural disasters. As the settlements grow, you'll start to hear the introduction of more instruments, which is a nice touch, but the sound is only ever a backdrop to the spectacular graphics.
GAMEPLAY: The simplicity of From Dust's premise and control scheme belies a deceptively tricky strategy puzzler that lurks within. The first few levels are gentle, easing you into the beautiful world with some simple tasks. At first, all you're able to do is suck up quantities of earth and water, and transfer them to other areas of the landscape in order to create land bridges and dry areas for the tribespeople to navigate and build upon. But as you guide the tribespeople to more totems, you obtain more powers, and you'll eventually be able to change the properties of water, increase the capacity and speed of The Breath, and cause the evaporation of all liquid on the map.
Of course, as you become more powerful, the environment becomes more hostile, and you'll need to carefully consider how best to deploy these powers if you're going to prevent the tribespeople being washed away by floods, destroyed by volcanic eruptions, or burned to death in a bush fire. In general, you must have at least five tribespeople alive at any one time, and although they reproduce quickly (levels will usually end with hundreds in play), they die quickly too. Lose too many, and it's back to the beginning of the level. The levels get longer as the game progresses too, meaning that you'll need to be vigilant if you're going to prevent an hour's careful work being washed away by a tsunami.
As you uncover new totems and village sites, you'll need to create paths for the tribespeople so that they can reach them and learn (or teach you) their powers. Sometimes you'll need to build sturdy rock walls with lava to shield settlements from waves, whilst other situations will require you to divert a river to halt a spreading fire. Although there are some points (generally near the beginning of the game) where the method is obvious, later levels will require some lateral thinking and a great deal of forward planning. The game elements get steadily more complex, and you'll eventually need to uproot certain plants which emit fire, water or explosions in order to protect your people or create new paths. The aptly-named "Challenge Mode" will test even the most confident players, and makes full use of the various mechanics on show.
Yet despite From Dust's solid puzzle core, the game's greatest joy comes from simply playing with the landscape. Watching how the different substances interact with each other is a tactile joy, and slowly dropping a large quantity of water onto the top of a mountain is delightful. What's more, the landscape gradually changes over time, so your actions have both long-term and short-term consequences. Diverting the course of a vast river will make a village safe, but it will also slowly erode both the earth below it and, at a slower rate, the harder rock beneath.
Further to this, allowing water to remain in close proximity to land will result in a gradual spread of lush foliage which eventually makes the earth more stable. If you allow the greenery to proliferate for long enough, strange creatures will eventually make their way on to the landscape. Watching these features grow alongside the tribespeople's developing villages is an absolute joy, and the slow transformation of the landscape is one of From Dust's greatest strengths.
LONGEVITY: The story mode will last for around six hours and once finished, demands a second play-through, if only so you can spend more time diverting the course of rivers and watching the long-term effects of your actions. A nice feature is the fact that you are rewarded for spreading plant life across the land by having more of the world's background revealed to you, which encourages you to take a slower, more leisurely approach to gameplay. From Dust is so utterly delightful that you will want to return to it again and again, just to see how the landscape differs each time. Along with the addition of a hefty Challenge Mode, this is a game that has plenty of mileage.
VERDICT: From Dust gives new meaning to the term "sandbox". Although it is possible (especially in the later levels) to experience a frustrating "Game Over", this can be avoided with careful planning, leaving you free to play with the world. Ubisoft said that they wished to recreate the feeling of "building sandcastles at the beach", and with From Dust, they have achieved this in a vivid, tactile way. The game's strategic elements are challenging without being unfair, and are deep enough to warrant multiple attempts, just to see whether things could have played out differently. The care and attention to detail in its execution is matched by the depth of its puzzles, making this one of the best-value games on the download market. A fresh take on an old genre, From Dust is a beautiful triumph.
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My favourite games have plots, and love exploring the ways games tell stories. I've been "exploring" this on God is a Geek since January 2011, taking the odd break to play Super Smash TV, drink fine ale and rock out.
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Colic is a condition that usually appears between the 3rd and 6th week after birth, and is characterized by excessive crying. Most cases resolve after 3 months old. Babies with colic can often be seen drawing their arms and legs in as though in pain, and may turn bright red. It is not known exactly what causes colic, but it is thought that certain conditions may contribute to it, such as an immature and irritated nervous system, food sensitivities, and gastrointestinal upset.
As the state of the spine affects the nervous system, gentle chiropractic adjustments are one suggested course of action, and babies with colic treated by chiropractic frequently show improvement as the spinal irritation eases. Given the traumatic experience of child birth, it is not surprising that babies may experience spinal subluxations that cause problems with their delicate nervous systems. Colic is also seen to provoke an increased need for attention in babies, and more sensitivity to the world around them, both of which suggest a neurological cause.
Colic may also be the result of the diet of both mother and baby. Cow's milk and other dairy products are one of the chief offenders in the development of colic. Human milk and cow's milk are not at all interchangeable, and cow's milk is not a suitable substitute. Cow's milk contains the sugar lactose which is difficult for newborn babies to digest, plus many proteins that are detrimental to a young digestive system.
Similarly, the food that a baby ends up absorbing from natural breastfeeding may cause colic if the mother is indulging in unsuitable foods, such as those that are spicy or dairy-based. It hopefully goes without saying that alcohol and tobacco should be totally out of the question for a breastfeeding mother. The best diet is one that is quite bland, and high in (non-dairy) protein, at least for the first three or four months of breastfeeding.


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Free market capitalism is based on the idea that "the invisible hand" of the market will create the best possible outcome for the most people.
Adam Smith … may have been the father of free-market economics, but he argued that bank regulation was as necessary as fire codes on urban buildings, and called for a ban on high-risk, high-interest lending, the 18th-century version of subprime.
One of the leaders of the new science of financial modeling – Rama Cont – points out that Adam Smith was wrong about the "Invisible Hand".
No. And I'm not sure that there is any better alternative.
But capitalism has to grow up and become less naive, relying less on a blind faith in "the invisible hand" and more on an understanding of human nature, including insights from the field of behavioral economics.
It must include sophisticated checks and balances to make sure that the system is not gamed, instead of childish ideas about the "inherent stability" of the market.
And it must make sure that the poker game doesn't suddenly end when one of the players gets all of the chips.
Of course, with high-frequency trading dominating the market (and see this), frontrunning, permanent bailouts (and see this), government-sponsored credit rating scams and enterprises, the creation and maintenance by the government of banks so big that their very size warps the entire system, socialism for the big boys, and all of the other shenanigans going on, we don't currently have free market capitalism.


50 Chestnut Street in Byram.
On Tuesday night the Planning & Zoning commission will entertain an application from "Étourdissant LLC" who seek a Final Coastal Site Plan to use a 25,000 sq ft portion of a 50,000 sq ft warehouse at 50 Chestnut Street in Byram for the storage of exotic, antique and collector's motor vehicles.
The warehouse is located off Delavan Rd, but also has access off Byram Rd to the east.
The warehouse was built in 1972 on 5.89 acres in the GB zone.
In 1980 a special exception was granted by the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) to permit the building to be used as a single-tenant light industrial warehouse. Use Group 5 permits this use in the GB zone, but requires a special exception from ZBA.
The back story is that the applicant's proposal for a special exception was denied on April 16 by the ZBA during a public hearing.
During that meeting ZBA member John Vecchiolla discussed his views on the merits of the application, but then abstained from voting after a motion to approve was made by Ken Rogozinski and seconded by chair Patricia Kirkpatrick.
That left only four ZBA members to decide the application. Four affirmative votes are needed for a motion to be approved.
Ken Rogozinski, Patricia Kirkpatrick and Arthur Delmhorst voted in favor of the application. Frank O'Connor voted no. Mr. Vecchiolla abstained.
Étourdissant, represented by Christopher Bristol, filed lawsuit shortly afterward saying a ZBA alternate should have been chosen to vote in Vecchiolla's absence.
Étourdissant later settled and received a special exception with stipulations, including that the number of stored cars will be limited to 296, access to the building will only be from Byram Road, that no more than an average of 50 cars leave the property per day computed on an annual basis, with a cap of no more than 65 cars leaving the property on a single day, and that cars exiting onto Byram Rd only turn right.
The court retains jurisdiction over any future disputes of the stipulation of settlement.
On Monday June 25, the P&Z commission held a briefing that was open to the public. They said the town's traffic consultant, Beta, wants to see a striping plan for parking and see how vehicles larger than SU 30 would turn and exit the property.
Given the stipulations, the commissioners discussed the possibility of 296 cars arriving at the same time, or 65 cars leaving at the same time.
They wondered what would happen if cars were to arrive via car carrier. Or, if a car carrier came off I95 and parked on Frontage Rd to shuttle cars to the facility.
Commissioners noted that there have been many issues with car dealers storing their inventories in Town.
Concerns were expressed that what the applicant describes as a reception and waiting area plus small office space, are described on the company's website differently.
In their letter Kilgallen, vonBrachel and Rodriguez suggest that if the parking plan was submitted based on a warehouse use, with the additional "club" use, the parking plan should be revised.
They also note that applicant's website says members can "Schedule a custom detailing," and suggest that represents an automotive service and a separate use under Use Group 5, not included in the application.
The letter writers say that the business is a service business and private club, and therefore inconsistent with the neighborhood.
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Andranik Hakobyan () (born November 26, 1959, Madina, Martuni Region, ASSR) is an Armenian poet, publicist, statesman and public figure.

Biography
Andranik Hakobyan was born in the village of Madina of Martuni Region. He graduated from the secondary school N.1 of Artashat, afterwards the department of philosophy and sociology of Yerevan State University. Hakobyan taught history and social sciences in schools, worked as a school supervisor in Artashat District National Educational Department, later in AKP Ararat district commissariat. In 1991-1999 he served in the Armed Forces of Armenia, from 1999 to 2004 he worked in the Government of Armenia. From 2004 to 2008 he served in the Police of Armenia. Hakobyan is the Chief Adviser of the Minister of Emergency Situations of Armenia. He has been awarded with state medals, commemorative medals.
Hakobyan is the author of poems, short stories, essays, novelettes, journalistic publications.

Bibliography of works
 "Alone against the wind" poems, 2001
 "Feeling hot" short stories, essays, 2004
 "The country with the blue sky" novelette, 2016
 "A talk with the mountain" short stories, essays, novelette, 2016
 "The rising sun" poems, 2017
 "A talk between three" memoirs written with Ashot
 "Vardanyan as the co-author", 2019

References about A. Hakobyan
 Roland Sharoyan   "The  poet who has saddled the stars" Azg, 3 April 2001
 Arevik Harutjunyan "Voice of anxiety and love"    Garun, N.4, 2001
 Tevos Petrosyan "Poets' time" Grakan Tert, 1–15 May 2001
 Martin Gilavyan "Not in spite of but in the name of" Hajastani Hanrapetutjun, N.60, 04,07,2001
 Anahit Tadevosyan "Time creates words" Introductory notes and translation, Novaya Vremia, N.749, 19.05.2001
 Martin Gilavyan "Poetry and time motion" Yerevan, 2003, p. 153
 Nerses Atabekyan "The planet of  the strong  lonely", "World of Geghama" 4 November 2004
 Naghash Martirosyan " Feeling hot" an open letter for the reader" thoughts instead of review, Azg, 28 January 2005
 Felix Bakhchinyan "With  memories about the world of  Taron" Grakan Tert,  24,11,2006
 Nerses Atabekyan "Tempting like mountain climbing"
 Felix Bakhchinyan "Saga about family cult" Hraparak, 16 September 2016
 Vanush Shermazanyan "Secret code of our blood", "Trial to decipher Andranik Hakobyan's "Country with the blue sky" after reading it without a moment's respite. On Facebook, 30 September 2016
 Felix Bakhchinyan "World of Andranik Hakobyan's creations" Yerevan, 2017
 Petros Demirchyan "Memory the roots of which come from the depth" Grakan Tert, 3 November 2017
 Felix Bakhchinyan "The cross we have to bear" Yerevan, 2017
 Hovik Hoveyan " Spacial charm of the nation's silence " Hraparak
 Arthur Andranikyan "Let's uncover our face to our soul"  Irates de facto, 24 February 2018
 Grigor Janikyan "Our How and Why"
 Hovhannes Ayvazyan "Mediations on Andranik Hakobyan's "A talk with the mountain" and "The rising sun" collections, 2019

References

External links
 Չակերտներ․ Անդրանիկ Հակոբյան
 Andranik Hakobyan's poems on youtube

Armenian male poets
1959 births
Living people
People from Gegharkunik Province
Armenian male writers

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Q: Create a Chrome instance in WatiN I have been using WatiN with IE with great success, however am now wanting to move onto Chrome. It seems to me that if I can just create an instance of a Chrome browser it should be a similar process, but creating an instance of Chrome is proving to be a tricky task.
I am currently looking at:
WatiN.Core.Native.Chrome.ChromeBrowser
Am I on the right track? Or am I missing assemblies for a WatiN.Core.Chrome?
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I have now investigated Selenium and am using it with some success for Chrome, Firefox and IE. For those requiring multiple browser support I would suggest Selenium over WatiN, at least till they have finalised their Firefox and Chrome implementations. Both are very handy for UI testing in general though!

A: Official website states that only supported browsers are IE 6-9 and FF 2-3. Chrome browser is only in experimental mode and isn't yet supported. There are couple of so posts stating that there was no success using chrome in Watin.

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The venue changes annually, but the challenge always remains constant. As the USGA sets up for this week's U.S. Open at Pennsylvania's historic Oakmont, you can be sure that we will witness four of the most physically and mentally taxing rounds players will face all year.
Jeff Shain, writer for PGATOUR.com, offers some compelling insights into this year's venue:
Oakmont Country Club, 7,254 yards, par 70. With a well-honed standing as America's toughest test, Oakmont serves as the U.S. Open stage for a record ninth time and almost always identifies golf royalty. Built 112 years ago out of farmland just east of Pittsburgh, Oakmont is the only course ever built by Henry C. Fownes and unforgiving by design. The Pittsburgh industrialist and his son, William, believed a poor shot should be penalized and found a membership who shared that vision. Even today, the Oakmont membership's average handicap is 11.2. Six of the Open's eight previous champions are in the World Golf Hall of Fame, as are winners from two PGA Championships, a U.S. Women's Open and a U.S. Amateur held at the club. Here's a look at some players to keep an eye on during the second major of the season.
Jason Day - With the way he is currently playing, it doesn't look like there is a tournament he can't win. Currently the number one player in the world, and he has more than established himself in this role.
Rory McIlroy - Already a U.S. Open winner, and looks to be returning to form after winning the Irish Open a couple weeks ago.
Justin Rose - Played well the last time the U.S. Open was held at Oakmont (2007), and the last year and a half has seen him consistently perform on golf's biggest stages.
Jordan Spieth - Has been an interesting season so far for Spieth. A win a few weeks ago in Texas, and disappointing runner up finish at Augusta, all while seeming to struggle to maintain a level of consistency. His scrambling strengths will certainly be an advantage at Oakmont.
Bubba Watson - Doesn't traditionally play U.S. Open courses well, but he did manage a T5 finish at Oakmont in 2007. The fact that he has recently been playing some of the best golf of his career allows for the argument that this could be a big week for Bubba.
Adam Scott - Has only one major championship crown (2013 Masters), but plays these championships well. Would not be the least bit surprised to see him claim the title this week. Consistently puts himself in the mix at big events.
Branden Grace - Last year's U.S Open at Chambers Bay served as a sort of "coming out" party for Branden as it relates to his career on U.S. soil. He has since won (RBC Heritage) and continues to establish himself as a threat in each and every event he plays.
Matt Kuchar - Next to Jason Day, Kuchar is currently one of the hottest players on the planet. In his last six events, he has finished outside the top-10 only once.
Dustin Johnson - Solid play last week at the St. Jude Classic. If he can get out of his own way, he could claim this title, and possibly a few more U.S. Opens in the years to come.
Phil Mickelson - Has been playing very well this season, and coming off a T2 finish last week. Will be a crowd favourite this week as he seeks to complete the career grand slam.
Sleeper Picks
Zach Johnson - Doesn't hit the ball a mile, but is an accurate ball striker, which is exactly what you need at any U.S. Open, but especially Oakmont.
Jim Furyk - Coming off an extended layoff due to injury. Jim has ties to the Pittsburgh area, almost claimed the title in 2007 at this venue, is a U.S. Open champion (2003), and has contended multiple times.
And now for a look at my DraftKings lineups for the week, where $1,000,000 is up for grabs!
While there are almost always surprises on U.S. Open leaderboards, the opposite is also true. Courses are set up to ensure that the best rise to the top. Jason Day and Rory McIlroy both lead my teams for this week, while Matt Kuchar has been drafted twice. Kuchar has simply been playing too well to believe that he won't make a run. At $8,500 he is a steal, allowing me to afford to take him twice. Toms & Smith may come as a bit of a surprise on Team B. In taking both McIlroy & Mickelson, I was running out of funds and needed to take some valuable low picks. I like Toms & Smith, for Toms played well at this U.S. Open venue in 2007, while Smith finished two shots back at last year's championship at Chambers Bay.
Starting Lineup:
Jason Day - $12,100
Branden Grace - $8,700
Matt Kuchar - $8,500
Graeme McDowell - $7,100
Bill Haas - $6,900
Charley Hoffman - $6,700
Alternate Lineup:
Rory McIlroy - $12,000
Phil Mickelson - $9,300
Zach Johnson - $7,800
David Toms - $6,300
Cameron Smith - $6,100
This article was written by Jonathan Carr (@jonathanwcarr) as part of our weekly #FantasyGolf series. Each week we preview the upcoming PGA Tour event and highlight some of the players we'll be keeping an eye on. As a scratch golfer himself, Jonathan has a keen eye for what it takes to be successful on and off the golf course. His passion for golf is surpassed only by his passion for his faith and his family.
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Era il pronipote dei poeti Ōe no Masahira e Akazome Emon. Suo padre era Ōe no Narihira, rettore del Daigaku-ryō (un'antica istituzione educativa imperiale in Giappone) e sua madre era la figlia di Tachibana no Takachika. Ha raggiunto il grado di Shōnii () e Gonchūnagon. Era conosciuto anche come Gō no Sochi (江帥). Masafusa divenne principalmente noto per essere l'autore del Gōke Shidai, che è una delle fonti più preziose di informazioni storiche relative alle funzioni pubbliche e ai cerimoniali dell'XI secolo.

Biografia
Secondo la sua autobiografia, iniziò a imparare a scrivere all'età di 4 anni e all'età di 11 anni era considerato un bambino prodigio , a 18 anni aveva già imparato la composizione poetica al Daigaku-ryō . Nel 1060 ricevette il grado di Jugoinoge e gli fu assegnata una posizione all'interno dello Shikibu-shō.

Poco dopo, insoddisfatto del suo status poiché non era stato nominato a un posto di governo di rilievo, prese in considerazione l'idea di ritirarsi e diventare un monaco buddhista, tuttavia l'allora Chūnagon Fujiwara no Tsunetō riuscì a convincerlo a non farlo. Accettando il suggerimento di Tsunetō, decise di diventare un servitore del principe Takahito (futuro imperatore Go-Sanjō) e fu incaricato come Tōgū Gakushi (tutore) del principe imperiale. Quando l'imperatore Go-Sanjō salì al trono nel 1068, Masafusa fu promosso Goikurodo e membro del Nakatsukasa-shō (ministero centrale), in seguito nominato Ushōben e nominato tutore del principe Sadahito (futuro imperatore Shirakawa).

Nel 1073, in occasione dell'ascesa al trono dell'imperatore Shirakawa, Masafusa divenne suo confidente e fu promosso a sadaiben, direttore del kageyushi e dello shikibu Taifu. Nel 1086 fu elevato al rango di jusanmi (), nel 1088 a quello di sangi e fu chūnagon nel 1094. Nel 1098 fu assegnato come Dazaigon no Sochi della provincia di Tsukushi e gli conferì il rango di junii (). Alla fine divenne ministro delle finanze nel 1111 ma morì pochi mesi dopo.

Durante il regno dell'imperatore Shirakawa, sia Masafusa che Fujiwara no Korefusa e Fujiwara no Tamefusa erano considerati i suoi migliori vassalli e ricevettero il soprannome di Mae no San-fusa (), perché tutti e tre possedevano il kanji fusa (房) nei loro nomi. Era anche un vassallo dell'imperatore Go-Sanjo e aveva un rapporto amichevole con il Kampaku Fujiwara no Moromichi.

Uno dei suoi studenti nell'arte della guerra era Minamoto no Yoshiie.

Opere
Masafusa era considerato un grande studioso durante l'era Heian e le sue abilità sono eguagliate solo da Sugawara no Michizane. Apparteneva a una famiglia di accademici appartenenti al clan Ōe e scrisse un gran numero di opere letterarie tra le quali spiccano:

 Gōke Shidai (江家次第) (inizio del XII secolo)
 Gōto Tokugan Monshū (江都督願文集) (dalla metà alla fine dell'XI secolo)
 Yujoki (遊女記)
 Kairaishiki (傀儡子記)
 Rakuyo Dengakuki (洛陽田楽記)
 Zoku Honchō Ōjōden (続本朝往生伝)
 Gōdanshō (江談抄)
 Rōei gōchū (朗詠江註; un commento a Wakan rōeishū di Fujiwara no Kintō)
 Honchō shinsenden (本朝神仙伝)

Masafusa partecipò a vari uta-awase (gare di waka) nel 1078 e nel 1094. Appare per la prima volta nell'antologia imperiale Goshūi Wakashū. Nello Shika Wakashū, è il terzo poeta con le poesie di maggior successo dopo Sone no Yoshitada e Izumi Shikibu. Masafusa è citato in una registrazione di conversazione fatta da Fujiwara no Sanekane e chiamata Ōdanshō (江談抄). Una delle sue poesie è inclusa nell'antologia poetica Ogura Hyakunin Isshu:

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In the war of words in the run-up to Catalan referendum, the language has grown increasingly intemperate, amid talk of dictatorship and "occupation" forces. The Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, has even compared Spain to Turkey.
But for some Catalans who lived through the dictatorship and were beaten and jailed for demanding basic rights, such talk seems overblown.
Jiménez, 61, comes from Cornellà, one of a string of satellite towns thrown up around Barcelona to accommodate the mass migration from the south and west of Spain in the 1960s and 1970s. The towns are known as the cinturón rojo, the red belt, because of their history of radical politics.
As the Baix Llobregat area south of Barcelona began to industrialise, hundreds of thousands of Spaniards abandoned the countryside in search of a better life up north. The factories and housing estates became a crucible of leftwing politics and to this day the cinturón rojo has never voted for nationalist candidates.
"El Baix Llobregat was the laboratory where we learned all about communism," says Pepe Martínez, 64, who led the first general strike in the area in 1974. "For example, while we were still deciding whether to strike, one guy grabbed the microphone and shouted: 'Workers of the Baix Llobregat, don't fall for the siren voices of these revisionists. Now's the time to establish a government of the workers and peasants'. There were people like that here," he says, laughing at the memory.
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All four dismiss the independence movement as a distraction from more pressing social issues, claiming it has proved a useful smokescreen for the Catalan government's spending cuts.
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Son of mob boss 'Chin' Gigante free on costly $9.8M bond backed largely by mom's Upper East Side townhouse
By Laura Dimon, VICTORIA BEKIEMPIS and Larry McShane
Vincent Gigante, with his son Vincent Esposito (l.), leaves the $8.3 million E. 77th St. townhouse, a home with a long mob history. (Maisel, Todd)
A taste of freedom was hardly free for the son of late mob boss Vincent (Chin) Gigante.
The former Genovese family leader's namesake love child was released last week on a $9.8 million bond backed by $1 million cash and his mom's Upper East Side townhouse, the Daily News has learned.
Vincent Esposito, 50, was jailed immediately after his January arrest on charges linked to a long-running Mafia shakedown of local unions. He pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Esposito was "obviously thrilled to be out" after his three-month stay inside the Metropolitan Correctional Center, said his attorney Jeffrey Lichtman.
He is now back living with his mother under house arrest inside her $8.3 million E. 77th St. townhouse, a home with a long mob history.
"No comment, no thank you," said Esposito, in a white T-shirt and pajamas pants, when he answered the door Thursday. "Please don't come back here."
His mother Olympia Esposito, the Chin's longtime mistress, took ownership of the property in 1983 when mobbed-up record company executive Morris Levy transferred the building into her name for $16,000.
Even then, the building was valued at $1 million.
According to court filings, Esposito's bail terms also include the hiring of a round-the-clock armed security guard "in order to prevent any unauthorized exit." The defendant would pay for the guard.
Lichtman said they will fight the costly requirement, which he estimated could run as high as $500,000. Esposito's trial is set for a Sept 24. start.
Real-time video surveillance at the front and back doors is another requirement of his release, allowing 24-hour federal monitoring, court filings indicated.
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It's OK To Say "No," Right?
Have you had one of those days where your schedule is packed from the moment you wake up until the time you go to bed? It's filled with appointments, tasks, and errands – some fun while others are not so fun. Nonetheless, they all have to get done. Yesterday was one of those days for me.
The part of the day I most looked forward to was the Dining for Women get together and finally meeting the women in the local chapter. This group meets monthly with the mission of changing the world one dinner at a time. As the day moved along and my task list looked more complete than incomplete, I realized my exhaustion from being off my sleep schedule really was too much to handle. However, I kept trying to convince myself that I could make it. "Yes," I thought, "I can indeed do it all today." I did not want to back out on a commitment, especially when it would be my first time meeting the group.
Finally, at about 5 PM, I decided to stop and listen to my body. I knew I was tired and needed sleep. I acknowledged I could not be my best self at this meeting, and another night of little sleep was not going to help me, my job, or any other responsibility I had. I forced myself to open my email and send a note. I canceled. Admittedly, I knew it was the right thing to do, but I was frustrated with myself for doing too much earlier in the week that caused me to be this exhausted in the first place!
Today, I am happy with my decision. I feel well-rested, clear-headed, and calmer than yesterday.
I am curious whether others wrestle with their daily schedules. We all have 24 hours in a day. Some have more outside help than others, but in many cases, the outside help only gives us more time to create a larger list! How do we get it all done – take care of the house, our loved ones, see our friends, take care of ourselves!?


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Even with a half-dozen unbeaten teams remaining, this season has officially become the biggest clusterf—k in the sport's history.
It started with the mayhem in the Top 10 two weeks ago. Last week, USC lost at home to Stanford. This week, Cal lost that shocker at home to Oregon State, just hours after it was all but assured of ascending to No. 1, because LSU went from Gator-slaying imperviousness to being on the wrong end of "Bluegrass Miracle 2: Electric Boogaloo."
Ohio State might be No. 1 today, both in the polls and Sunday's initial BCS results, but who can't see coming a Buckeyes season-ending loss at Michigan, in the perfect bookend to the Wolverines' sorry start to this season (and equally pathetic end to 2006). It's a karmic lock.
Kansas may be the last unbeaten team in the underrated Big 12, but I doubt I'm offending anyone to say that I won't buy KU until I see "13-0," following a Big 12 Championship Game win over Oklahoma. Yeah, sure.
Least offensive are the 1-loss teams that lost on the road at highly ranked opponents (West Virginia, Virginia Tech, Missouri).
Here's the point: With the dwindling number of unbeatens, their sketchy prospects to stay that way and a logjam of worthy 1-loss teams, the BCS Apocalypse is finally upon us.
Remember in my first Bandwagoneer post of the season, how I laid out that "Four Unbeaten Teams Will Tilt The BCS" scenario?
Yeah, um, about that: It is infinitely more complicated — more clusterfuckish — when there are NO unbeaten teams, replaced by not just three 1-loss teams, but four... or five... or six... or seven... or eight... or nine... or even 10. For once, I'm not using hyperbole.
The good news is that even just four 1-loss teams — hardly a stretch — and the process will be so tilted that if there was ever an event to trigger the reform of a playoff, it would be this.
This Week's Bandwagon: The BCS Computer Polls. I have no problems admitting that I favor the BCS' computer polls to their human counterparts. And I'm not just saying that because they rank South Florida at No. 1, which was absolutely the right place to put them.
It's also because the computers value the SEC's Big Three of LSU, South Carolina and Kentucky — each with one loss apiece — ahead of Ohio State, Arizona State and BC, who have zero losses between them. The computers didn't even need to see the six teams play "with their own eyes" — a typical human-poll "advantage" — to know the SEC trio is better.
The computer polls have become anthropomorphic; fans and critics treat them like people, rather than recognize that the computers merely take the on-field results and make off-field sense of them. Griping about the computers is like yelling at your Google results.
But tracking how the computers will calculate their weekly rankings sure beats the truly mystifying process of understanding the decisions made in the far sketchier Harris and Coaches Polls.
Only team playing like they're not scared to lose.
Try not to preen until AFTER Michigan.
Ohio State would go .500 in the SEC.
Need teams ahead to lose, and more.
The Arizona State of the East.
At least they lost to a ranked team.
Bye week the only safe route these days.
Here's a link to the entire Top 25 ballot</>.
South Florida at Rutgers (Thursday): I love the USF story this season enough to rank them No. 1 this week. But Rutgers knows a little something about being a national Cinderella.
Auburn at LSU: LSU and Oklahoma are battling to be the top-ranked 1-loss team. Here's where the SEC schedule helps LSU: Beating Auburn is a hell of a lot more impressive than OU beating Iowa State.
Michigan State at Ohio State: I can't help but wonder if newly anointed No. 1 Ohio State can get caught looking ahead five weeks to the Michigan game?
Florida at Kentucky: Florida lost to LSU. One week later, LSU lost to Kentucky. In the cannibalized world of the SEC, one week later, Kentucky will surely lose to Florida.
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