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Centene Corp. cut its 2012 earnings forecast again Friday, as the Medicaid coverage provider cited higher-than-expected health care use in Texas, problems with coverage in Kentucky and the flu season.
The St. Louis company's stock plunged in midday trading and after it made the announcement.
Centene now expects 2012 earnings of 10 to 20 cents per share, down from a forecast it made in October for earnings of 56 cents to 66 cents per share. That already represented a steep drop from a forecast it made in April for full year earnings of $2.64 to $2.84 per share.
The insurer still expects 2012 premium and service revenue to range between $8.1 billion and $8.3 billion.
Analysts surveyed by FactSet expect, on average, earnings of $1.50 per share on $8.57 billion in revenue. Their earnings estimates do not count the company's losses in Kentucky.
Company shares dropped 8.2 percent, or $3.67, to $41.30 in Friday afternoon trading.
Centene administers Medicaid coverage in several states. Medicaid is the state and federally funded program that provides health coverage to poor and disabled people.
The company said it saw higher-than-expected use in part of its Texas business, and its performance there also was hurt by another health plan's efforts to shift expensive patients to competitors. Centene didn't name the health plan.
Centene also has struggled this year with claims in Kentucky. The insurer said in October it was suing Kentucky over the state's "failure to completely and accurately disclose material information," and it was planning to end its Medicaid contract there.
The lawsuit alleged, among other things, that Kentucky officials misrepresented the volume of Medicaid neonatal intensive care admissions and emergency room use when the subsidiary was preparing a bid to cover the population. Those categories generate expensive claims for insurers. The state of Kentucky declined comment on Centene's claims at the time.
Centene also has said it was struggling with a large amount of retroactively assigned members in Kentucky. Those are uninsured patients who are assigned to a Medicaid coverage provider after they show up at a hospital to seek care.
The insurer also said Friday it cut its forecast again due to "an earlier and more intensive" flu season in its biggest markets. The onset of the flu season can drive up claims or costs for insurers.
Centene will report 2012 earnings on Feb. 5.
For 2013, Centene expects earnings to range between $2.60 and $2.90 per share on premium and service revenue of between $9.7 billion and $10 billion.
Analysts expect, on average, earnings of $2.85 per share on about $10.29 billion in revenue.
BMO Capital analyst Dave Shove said in a research note the company's 2013 forecast shows that Centene officials believe they can move past the cost problems early next year. However, he also said that that could prove challenging since Medicaid is scheduled to expand starting in 2014 under the health care overhaul.

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Five West Winfield area artists, including two painters, two potters and a sculptress whose life-size work has graced the Glimmerglass Festival's front lawn in Cooperstown, invite the public to tour their private work spaces from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
The 2013 Artist Studio Tour, sponsored by the nonprofit Upper Unadilla Valley Association, will give visitors an opportunity to talk with the artists and view their work. Some artists also will demonstrate their techniques and sell their artwork.
Admission is $5 per person, with children younger than 12 admitted free. The cost includes entry to all five locations. Tickets are in the form of informational booklets, with maps and GPS addresses included. These may be purchased in advance from Davis Hardware on South Street in West Winfield.
On the day of the tour, the ticket-booklets will be available only at studio tour location 6949 County Highway 18 in Unadilla Forks. Tour sites will be marked with roadside "Tour Today" signs.
The following artists will be featured:
Sculptress Beth Schoonmaker, 377 South Road, West Winfield.
Painters Patty Purcell and Martha Murphy, 6949 County Highway 18, Unadilla Forks.
Potter Jim Burke, 937 Millers Mills Road, West Winfield.
Potter Kylie Spooner, 5954 Coounty Highway 18, Edmeston.
For more information, call Larraine McNulty, Upper Unadilla Valley Association president, at (315) 855-4368.


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3:30 PM EDT, August 17, 2013
Monica Raymund of "Chicago Fire" and Jon Huertas of "Castle" won the lead actress and actor prizes Friday at the 28th annual Imagen Awards, honoring positive portrayals of Latinos and Latino culture in entertainment.
"Castle" was named top primetime TV series at the event, held at the Beverly Hilton. Journalist Elizabeth Espinosa hosted the event.
Supporting actor and actress honors went to Carlos Gomez of "The Glades" and Constance Marie of "Switched at Birth." Entrepeneur and philanthropist Christy Walton won the Imagen Foundation's President's Award, while writer/producer Jesus Salvador Trevino received the Lifetime Achievement Award and writing and directing brothers Michael and Gerald Cuesta earned the Norman Lear Writing Award.
"This year, we received 200 entries which really continues to enhance the market value of our community and we are pleased that these creative efforts are once again being acknowledged," Imagen Foundation prexy Helen Hernandez said.
Winners were selected in 20 different categories from film, television and the internet, and judged by an independent panel of entertainment industry executives and Latino community leaders. The full list of honorees:
Best Primetime Television Program: Castle (ABC Studios)
Best Primetime Program: Special or Movie-of-the-Week: We Love Jenni Special (Blank Paige Productions/mun2)
Best Actor/Television: Jon Huertas, Castle (ABC)
Best Actress/Television: Monica Raymund, Chicago Fire (NBC)
Best Supporting Actor/Television: Carlos Gómez, The Glades (A&E)
Best Supporting Actress/Television: Constance Marie, Switched at Birth (ABC Family)
Best Young Actress/Television: Raini Rodriguez, Austin & Ally (Disney Channel)
Best Children's Programming: Handy Manny (Nelvana/Disney Channel)
Best Documentary/Film or Television: Harvest of Empire (Onyx Films/ EVS Communications/ Loquito Productions)
Best National Informational Program: Oprah's Next Chapter (Harpo Studios)
Best Local Informational Program: Vista L.A. (ABC7/Los Angeles, California)
Best On-Air Advertising: Univision Educate! - De Pandilleros a Panaderos (Univision)
Best Variety or Reality Show: 24/7 Chavez Jr./Martinez (HBO Sports)
Best Feature Film: Bless Me, Ultima (Monkey Hill Films/Gran Via Productions/Monarch Pictures/Tenaja Productions)
Best Actor/Supporting Actor - Feature Film: Luke Ganalon, Bless Me, Ultima (Monkey Hill Films/Gran Via Productions/Monarch Pictures/Tenaja Productions)
Best Actress/Supporting Actress - Feature Film: Miriam Colon, Bless Me, Ultima (Monkey Hill Films/Gran Via Productions/Monarch Pictures/Tenaja Productions)
Best Theatrical Short or Student Film: POV: Sin Pais (American Documentary | POV)
Best Web Series: Drama: Caribe Road (Helu Films Entertainment)
Best Web Series: Comedy: Oh Noah! (Thirteen/WNET)
Best Web Series: Reality or Informational: Sin Vergüenza (Kavich Reynolds/Altamed)
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One employee at the Apple Store in Seattle's University Village got a little too excited. Watch the guy in the red cap as the employees are all running into the store.
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Google has been quietly making some changes to the way they display search results to the user. All of the changes are predicated on the fact they believe, as do I, that search results need to take into consideration the person who is searching for the information. With so much personal information available to search engines on the internet, Google has been able to capitalize on this idea.
Google has been taking the location of the searcher into consideration for years now. This is easily notice when search for location sensitive queries like "bakery" for instance. You can see the local results in the search results with information like their phone number and address. This was Google's first step in personalizing your search results.
Now they are pulling from even more personal information to provide you with the best possible search results. They take into consideration what your friends and followers on Facebook and twitter have considered useful information by either "liking it" or "tweeting" it. This information is only available to Google if you have a Google Profile account where you link all of your social networks.
Also, they are now factoring the newly implemented +1 button stats into the search results. You can now see the button on the side of every search results page in Google. This allows users to help Google with their ranking algorithm. With this, there is now a human element to recognizing quality content. As you use the +1 button you will begin to see you search results change to be more comparable to the sites that you have +1'ed.
Now, what does think mean for search engine optimization? I believe that in the world of SEO that quality unique content has never been more important. Computer algorithms have never been great about recognizing good articles or websites but, people have always had a keen eye for it. They know crap when they see it.
This is a welcomed change to many because the quality of searches has been lacking in recent years. Google has been catching flak for displaying terrible sites in top results for a while now. Now is the time to focus on who matters; the searchers. I believe that clean websites with simple user interfaces will prosper in this new environment. Also, sites that are consistently producing good, fresh articles will reap benefits from personalized search.
Only the future will tell what the future of search and SEO will look like. But, I think that those focused on quality will see the most results.


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Drachma reintroduction 'would mean social explosion'
» General News 2012-05-31
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» General News 2012-05-31
Austria has been criticised for its high public debts.
Labour market leader urged to increase pension age
» Business 2012-05-31
The European Commission (EC) has praised Austria�s employment policies.
Greece can survive, says Schieder
» General News 2012-05-30
Social Democratic (SP�) Finance Secretary Andreas Schieder has claimed that Greece has the chance to rebuild its economy.
Austrians at odds about Sch�nborn
» General News 2012-05-30
One in five Austrians consider Viennese Archbishop Christoph Cardinal Sch�nborn as a reactionary clergyman.
Best of the bookshelf in May, part three
» Panorama 2012-05-30
A long-lost urban photography collection, an excellent new travel guide for Croatia and a new book about growing up in Austria in the 19th century are out now.
AUA under pressure as pilots quit
» Business 2012-05-30
The number of pilots and stewardesses leaving Austrian Airlines (AUA) because of the upcoming pay cuts is on the rise.
Faymann fears Greek exit costs
» General News 2012-05-29
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Austrian skiers create overnight stay record
» Business 2012-05-29
The number of winter season overnight stays by Austrians has reached a new record.
» Business 2012-05-24
Telekom Austria (TA) investor Ronny Pecik has declared himself a team player.
IV demands focus on industry in crisis
» Business 2012-05-24
The general secretary of the Federation of Austrian Industries (IV) has appealed on Europe�s political leaders to strengthen the continent�s industry.
» Business 2012-05-24
Austria�s biggest airport has managed to increase its profit.
» General News 2012-05-24
Another top-tier representative of the Austrian Church has warned the Preachers� Initiative from consequences.
Austrian economy recovers, says OECD
» Business 2012-05-23
The Austrian economy will manage to grow by nearly one per cent this year, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
AUA rules out Whitsun travel chaos
» Business 2012-05-23
The current conflict with the works committee does not negatively affect Austrian Airlines� (AUA) booking figures, according to a spokesman.
» Business 2012-05-23
People�s Party (�VP) Economy Minister Reinhold Mitterlehner has admitted difficulties in introducing the Red White Red Card (RWR Card, Rot-Wei�-Rot Card).
Liechtenstein 'is turning into a haven of stability'
» General News 2012-05-22
The prime minister of Liechtenstein has defended his country against accusations of being a tax haven.
» Panorama 2012-05-22
The Austrian Times has once again searched the book publishing market of German-speaking Europe to list some of the most interesting releases of the past weeks and months.
Hollande's growth appeal 'nonsense', says Fekter
» General News 2012-05-22
Austrian People�s Party (�VP) Finance Minister Maria Fekter has launched an attack on the new French president.
Rebel priest deplores Church's 'leadership crisis'
» General News 2012-05-22
A Catholic preacher who established a group of "disobedient" priests reacted coolly to Viennese Archbishop Christoph Cardinal Sch�nborn�s warnings.
Amb�hl at the ready for AUA affiliate
» Business 2012-05-22
Gaudenz Amb�hl has been named new head of Austrian Airlines (AUA) Group member Tyrolean Airways.
Sch�nborn warns disobedient priests
» General News 2012-05-18
Viennese Archbishop Christoph Cardinal Sch�nborn is upping the pressure on Helmut Sch�ller�s Preachers� Initiative.
Austrians concerned about EU unemployment
» Business 2012-05-18
Joblessness is what worries Austrians the most, a poll regarding European issues shows.
Incoming IHS boss says pension age must rise
» Business 2012-05-18
The designated chief of the Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) has called for an increase of the retirement age.
Foreign minister rules out stop of support for Greece
» General News 2012-05-18
Austrian Vice Chancellor Michael Spindelegger has promised that the European Union (EU) will not let Greece down.
» Business 2012-05-17
The Austrian economy keeps recovering, according to the Institute for Economic Research (WIFO).
Petrol traders plan legal action
» Business 2012-05-17
The domestic mineral oil industry plans to sue the government about plans to set up a tool regulating fuel prices.
» Business 2012-05-17
Prices climbed by more than two per cent last month.
Post AG turnover up by six per cent
» Business 2012-05-17
Austrian postal services company Post AG has managed to increase its turnover and earnings.
Teen Dying Of Cancer Killed At Charity Event After Ride In Porsche Goes Wrong
The family of a sick boy who was offered a trip in a high-performance Porsche because he was dying of cancer is suing the charity after the Porsche he was travelling in crashed head-on into oncoming traffic.
Japanese Pervert Planned Natascha Kampusch Style Kidnap
A Japanese man inspired by Austrian pervert Wolfgang Priklopil kidnapped a 10-year-old girl and kept her in a purpose-built cellar where he planned to train her to become the perfect wife.
German Hiker Yodels For Help After Getting Trapped In Cattle Grid
A portly hiker dressed in traditional Lederhosen was rescued after he yodeled for help after getting stuck for three hours in a cattle grid.
Austrian Wine Grower Sets New Record For Maturing Grapes
An award-winning Austrian winegrower is believed to have set a new record after leaving harvested grapes for an incredible nine months before fermenting them to create an ultra-sweet white and red wine.
Austrian Castle Owner Shocked By Airplane Wheel In Duck Pond
An Austrian castle owner got a shock after discovering this massive aircraft wheel had landed in his duck pond.
Glock Receives Austrian Award At Birthday Party
Austrian gun maker Gaston Glock has celebrated his 85th birthday with a huge ceremony in which the charitable work of himself and his wife Kathrin was honoured with a top Austrian award, and confirmation that this year two streets and a business park are to be named after him.
Sausage Surprise As Giant Wurst Is Pinched
Austrian police are hunting crooks who broke open a market stall and stole a 1.5 metre sausage worth over 2,000 EUR in the picture postcard village of St Michael in the region of Lungau.
Multi Coloured UFOs In Formation Over Austria
Austrian officials say they are baffled to explain a UFO sighting in which dozens of people reported seeing between 50 and 100 objects flying in formation.
Priests Furious After Porn Films Shot In Local Parish Church
A furious Austrian Catholic priest has complained to police after discovering a local woman had apparently been using his church as a studio to make porn films.
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It appears the race to succeed Leonard R. Lenihan as chairman of the Erie County Democratic Party is only beginning, as more names enter the mix.
One interesting new entry receiving attention on Wednesday is Jeremy J. Zellner, the chief of staff of the County Legislature and longtime Lenihan assistant in Democratic Headquarters. He is known to maintain close times with Lenihan as well as County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz, who has indicated he expects to play a key role in helping select the new party chairman.
Several critics question how Zellner could serve as chairman of the party while working in the Legislature at the same time, but Zellner proponents say it is too early to even consider such details. In fact, just about all those familiar with the developing contest say it is too early to arrive at any conclusions.
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How we design companies is important.
The way our organizations are layered and interconnected makes a big difference in how information flows through those systems. For better or for worse, deliberate thought into how those systems are designed is vital to a business' success.
But let's take it down to a more individual level, and talk about how we design our personal networks, more specifically using social media tools.
There are a million ways to classify and define the different types of connections you make online. By affinity, interest, geography, level of familiarity, the list goes on. But I think of my connections in terms of depth more than anything else, and I leverage the capabilities and functions of my chosen platforms in order to manage them. I'm sharing this because it might help someone make sense of how they design their own networks, or suggest one or two new lenses through which to view what you're building. Your mileage, of course, will vary.
Layer 1: Passive
Passive connections are the surface layer, and they're beautifully suited to open networks like Twitter or Google+, or something like Chatter inside a firewall. The reason is that connections on those networks don't require reciprocation to be active. Someone can solely be in the role of observer or consumer of information. The connection can be unidirectional.
They still allow for reactionary, directed communication, however. It's an open dial tone. If I tag someone in Google+ post or send an @user reply to a person or business on Twitter, they'll still receive it in their stream even if they've not connected back to me. Just like I can call you if I have your phone number, but you don't have to have mine in order to receive the incoming call.
So I can follow people or businesses that interest me, but their following me back doesn't really matter. If all I want to do it be able to see what they post publicly and have the ability to send them an open message if I choose, a passive connection works just fine.
Layer 2: Reciprocal
In open systems like Twitter or Google+, what a reciprocal connection allows me to do is "get closer" in technical terms. On Twitter, a mutual follow (meaning two users both follow one another) means that we can exchange Direct Messages, or communicate off the public timeline. So, my reciprocating a connection there, I'm giving someone the ability to message me in that capacity (and vice versa).
It's opening up the communication possibilities just a little bit. It's also why I follow so many people; it's a courtesy especially because of my professional role, allowing customers and contacts to reach me quickly and privately. It's got a downside too, thanks to those that abuse the open doorway. Either way, it's a choice (and an emotionally charged one, sometimes, for those that equate reciprocal attention with some kind of validation).
On Google+, a reciprocal connection gives someone access to updates and posts that are just shared with connections in circles, rather than the public at large. And of course, on something that demands reciprocity, like Facebook or LinkedIn, it's the *only* way someone gets behind the wall to share in certain content and updates. It's much closer to a one-to-one connection and implies some intent to be in touch at a deliberate level.
Layer 3: Focused
Nearly every network these days allows for grouping and filtering of some kind. Twitter lists, Google+ Circles, Facebook groups or friend lists, Chatter groups, LinkedIn groups. It's the network within the network, and to me, what it allows is focused attention.
This is exactly how I answer one of the questions I'm asked most often: How do you manage tens of thousands of connections across your social networks? Filters, filters, filters.
The large quantity of connections is fine to enable both of the first two layers, and facilitate preliminary ties with a lot of people. But the third one helps me narrow my attention to smaller groups that are easier to manage and actively engage with. The cool thing is that layers 1 and 2 feed this layer; something stops holding my interest and I can replace it with something or someone that I've found through the first two layers of connection.
Working Together
The reason connective layers work like this is because they feed each other, and they're all interconnected. This is how weak ties *become* strong ties eventually, as circumstances bring someone or a business to the fore and move them to a deeper layer of connection and back out again. Listening programs help with this, as does active participation and exposure to networks that are connected to your own via a node or two, but that reach beyond them via the connections of others.
The idea that the state of online networks are permanent, fixed, and only viewable through a single context is what paralyzes us when we're trying to design either our individual social media systems or the ones we're building for our business. That's why it's not quantity OR quality that matters, but a deliberate interconnection of both. Take that to a macro scale and start talking about organizational design or communication or making an entire business social and…well…perhaps we'll tackle that in another post. Or several.
Systems are dynamic, and there is no one ring to rule them all anymore. But keeping in mind how connection layers work can help you make more sense of a world that has limitless – and exciting – possibilities.


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Yongyi Yang, Ph.D.Perlstein Chair Professor
Office: Technology Business Center M-118, Siegel Hall 140
3301 South Dearborn Chicago, IL 60616
Phone: 312.567.3423
Fax: 312.567.8976
Email: email@example.com
- Image and signal processing, data compression, applied mathematical and statistical methods.
- B.S.E.E., Northern Jiaotong University, Beijing, China,1985
- M.S.E.E., Northern Jiaotong University, Beijing, China,1988
- M.S., AM, Illinois Institute of Technology,1992
- Ph.D., Illinois Institute of Technology, 1994
Dr. Yang's research interests are in signal and image processing, medical imaging, computer vision, and applied mathematical methods.
For more information, please visit the Image Processing Laboratories website.
Current Projects
Selected Publications
"Vector Space Projections: A Numerical Approach to Signal and Image Processing, Neural Nets, and Optics" with H. Stark, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1998.
"Segmentation of dynamic PET or fMRI images based on a similarity measure,", J. Brankov, N. P. Galatsanos, Y. Yang, and M. Wernick, IEEE Trans. on Nuclear Science, vol. 50, no. 5, 2003.
"A computationally efficient approach for accurate content-adaptive mesh generation," Y. Yang, J. Brankov, and M. Wernick, IEEE Trans. on Image Processing, vol. 12, no. 8, pp. 866-881, 2003.
"A support vector machine approach for detection of microcalcifications," I. El-Naqa, Y. Yang, M. Wernick, N. P. Galatsanos, and R. Nishikawa, IEEE Trans. on Medical Imaging, vol. 21, no. 12, pp. 1552-1563, 2002.
"Multichannel regularized recovery of compressed video sequences," M. Choi, Y. Yang, and N. P. Galatsanos, IEEE Trans. on Circuits and Systems II, vol. 48, no. 4 , pp. 376-387, 2001.
"Design of self-healing arrays using vector space projections," Y. Yang and H. Stark, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 526-534, 2001.
"High-diffraction-efficiency pseudorandom encoding," Y. Yang, H. Stark, D. Gurkan, C. L. Lawson, and R. W. Cohen, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 285-293, 2000.
"Factors affecting Convergence in the Design of Diffractive Optics By Iterative Vector-Space Methods'', H. Stark, Y. Yang, and D. Gurkan, Journal of the Optical Society of America. A. vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 149--159,1999.
"Removal of Compression Artifacts Using Projections onto Convex Sets and Line Process Modeling'', Y. Yang and N. P. Galatsanos, IEEE Trans. on Image Processing, vol. 6, no. 10, pp. 1345--1357, Oct. 1997.
"Restoration of Quantum-Limited Images by Convex Projections", H. Stark, J. L. Wurster, and Y. Yang, Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, vol. 12, pp. 2586--2592, 1995.
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Bobby Guthrie, who directed high school athletics for the Wake County School System for the past 17 years, announced his retirement Tuesday during a monthly meeting of the systems 20 high school athletic directors.
Guthrie, 60, said he was stepping down to spend more time with his family and wanted the athletic directors to be among the first to know.
It has been wonderful, Guthrie said. This is a great, great system and we have incredible kids in our schools and amazing teachers and coaches. I couldnt have asked for a better place to work.
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The N.C. High School Athletic Association began requiring national certification of its coaches last year, but Guthries efforts already had led to hundreds of North Carolina coaches gaining national accreditation before then.
He is a national leader in coaches education, said Tim Flannery of the National Federation of State High School Associations. Bobby has worked tirelessly. He helped set the example in North Carolina and throughout the country. He has helped train more than 5,000 coaches. Bobby is just a class act.
Jack Spain, the Broughton High athletics director, said Guthrie has handled a difficult job well. Spain is the only high school or middle school athletic director in the county who was an AD before Guthrie assumed the position on August 11, 1995.
There has been tremendous change, Spain said. Looking around the room, you see ADs from Green Hope, Middle Creek, Panther Creek, Southeast Raleigh, Heritage and Holly Springs. None of those schools existed when Bobby got here.
We have had tremendous growth and expansion of the program in the county. He has had the unenviable job of hearing the concerns and complaints from our level and passing them on the administration and school board. But there was never any question that Bobby wanted whatever was best for our students.
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He has helped us have outstanding programs athletically and academically.
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I could have remained at Wilmington, but I wanted more time with my family, just like I do now, he said.
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Ratliff is unlikely to play again this season after undergoing sports hernia surgery.||||||| Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said Ratliff had the surgery Thursday in Philadelphia and would be out three to six weeks, meaning he would only have a chance to play if Dallas makes the playoffs. Ratliff has played in just six games. He missed the first four with a sprained ankle before a groin injury sidelined him last month.
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A weekend of fear and mourning in Italy.
Early this Sunday morning, an earthquake struck near Bologna: at least six killed (ceramic workers, and a hundred year old person), and big material damage in the region. The US Geological Survey heard the tremor: a magnitude-6.0 quake struck at 4:04 a.m. Sunday between Modena and Mantova, about 35 kilometers north-northwest of Bologna. Civil defence says that the quake was the strongest in the region since the 1300s. And the damaged building are valuable historical sites. In Italy such loss goes without saying.
We felt the earthquake in Torino, 260 kilometers from Modena at dawn. The apartment building shook and the late-night party people yelped with alarm in the streets. As I write this we hear the building crack and we tremble: I am checking on twitter. Yes, it' s an aftershock at 15.19.
Not unusual for Italy to deal with deadly earthquakes, but what comes afterward can be nearly as troublesome: state neglect and real estate speculation. Those who are not under earth may have the skies as a roof forever! The last big earthquake in Aquila in 2009 speaks about that.
On Saturday morning, a bomb exploded in front of a high school, killing a 16 year old girl and injuring several other students seriously. This school bears the name of an antimafia activist, but it seems this was a terror attack. As if this distinction mattered: what cruel frame of mind, what political activism wants to bomb teenage schoolgirls? What is this message supposed to convey?
Fear and anger among citizens: standings all over Italian towns in solidarity with bombing victims in the southern Italian town Brindisi, and loud opposition to the reign of terror of anonymous bombs against civilians. The "strategy of tension" was notorious during the "lead years" in the seventies and eighties.
Italy in these days is targeted as the next country after Greece to be tumbled out of the euro zone into severe recession and collapse. The new Monti government, struggling to undo Berlusconi's long unruly reign in mere months, is imposing grim economic measures. Monti was a banker, and now is a prime minister: the trade unions blame his approach as inspired by and for the financiers rather than the population. Even Italian lighthouses auctioned off to tackle public debt pile.
"They stand on imposing headlands with spectacular views of isolated bays and white sandy beaches, some of the most picturesque in the Mediterranean." (Telegraph, UK)
The rate of unemployment among young people is 40 percent.
Italian flags are at half staff for three days of mourning. The international press has been reporting on the school killing as well as the earthquake: the social networks are full of useful news and active support for concrete initiatives. This awareness doesn't stop the Italian earth from shaking, the euro from falling, or criminals from killing the innocent, but it's a vital sign in our modest domain of life.
23 Responses to "Earthquake and bombs in Italy: An eyewitness report from Jasmina Tesanovic"
Adam Orford says:
For the curious, the people in the video are saying fairly typical post-earthquake things. The earth shook, these buildings have fallen down, I ran out into the street with my children. Very sad. Best of luck to my Italian amici in these trying times.
Actually nobody knows who and why attacked the school. It could be anything, literally. Some say it was the mafia, some say it was the intelligence, some say it was the jealous boyfriend of the girl killed. But nobody knows yet. Period.
Calling this a "terror attack" is just preposterous right now.
Also, it is not true that people loose everything forever after an earthquake in Italy. It happened, but not all the time. You also have to consider that most of the towns and cities in Italy have been built even 700 years ago. You can't fix a medieval building just like this. When you have hundreds of such buildings falling down, it's quite complicated to build entire districts or towns again.
Every time I read an article of Ms Tesanovic on BB, I am impressed by the level of bias she is able to put into it. Maybe American readers don't realise it, but she is extremely biased.
I mean, who on Earth could possibly link an hearthquake, a bomb, the political unrest of the Seventies, Berlusconi and the present Prime Minister in the same article?
Paul Downs says:
I for one would like to 'like' this more than once:
"Actually nobody knows who and why attacked the school. It could be anything, literally. Some say it was the mafia, some say it was the intelligence, some say it was the jealous boyfriend of the girl killed. But nobody knows yet. Period."
For the rest, I cannot comment.
Decio Biavati says:
I wonder why you boingboing people link italian news from Jasmina. Her tone is usually sad, Italian-hating, and catastrophistic. I am not an optimistic (or opportunistic) fool, but I don't bear her being so toxic.
For example, "[...] the damaged building are valuable historical sites. In Italy such loss goes without saying." This is both incorrect and unfair, our region (Emilia-Romagna) is a welfare excellence and a world-class example; we usually chose our government wisely: the major of my city (Forli) is an History Faculty Professor, and such losses doesn't pass unnoticed to his eyes, and to my fellow citizens neither.
Likewise her totally superficial comparison between L'Aquila and Bologna earthquakes: we are speaking of 308 vs 6 deaths, and although we mourn them one by one, these events are apart by two orders of magnitude (even if the Richter magnitude was roughly the same).
And this recession, and the fear of, are slowly eroding our hopes, but Italy is not Greece, and really no one can say how this is going to end, neither Jasmina.
I am too angry to comment the second part of her article, regarding the Brindisi school, so I will restrain myself until my head will cool down.
GagHalfrunt says:
Perhaps you misunderstood "goes without saying", which means something so obvious that it does not need to be pointed out, not something that people don't talk about.
Jasmina is not saying that the authorities don't care about the loss of historic buildings, just that earthquakes in Italy often damage historic sites.
Decio Biavati says:
Thanks GagHalfrunt, you're right. This don't change basically the criticism to her post in the mentioned section: we're not all the same, don't store us all in the same folder.
Jasmina Tesanovic says:
why don't you expatriates, so much in love with idillic memories of your beloved Italy, never come here to live and see italians on the ground speak for themselves! you would understand my tone much better and even find it mild! I am too upset myself to engage in a polemics with you!
I don't think this kind of ad personam arguments are helping the discussion.
This is about the content of your article, not about the reason why I don't live in Italy nor your current mood.
Unless you meant that your article is based on your mood rather than the facts, which would be an interesting statement for a journalist…
Decio Biavati says:
Maybe you are too upset to engage reading before reply: I live in Italy (Forli, see above), after 30+ yrs spent in Bologna, so I am an "Italian on the ground speaking for myself"; and again, I agree with Tommy: your argument is not relevant for the discussion.
I guess she just had a look at my blog and saw that I live in Germany. But she mixed up our comments, so we both turned into expatriates that have idillic memories of Italy.
Jasmina Tesanovic says:
great guys, the two of you sound just like one voice unisono! wherever you are!
my arguments, my essays, my choice, you have your blogs your opinions…btw i love your photo Tommy, makes my mood better!
I believe I missed your point here…
Wow…. Jasmina's articles always seems to bring out a lot of anger and resentment… she must be doing something right. But as always, I find you thought provoking and informative on the history and politics of the Balkans (and adjacent regions, like Italy). Keep up the good work, Jasmina!
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Speaking as an Italian journalist living in Italy, I'd like to add my two cents to this comments thread.
* An error by the reporter
"Strategy of tension" is a term with a very specific meaning, which is not simply 'let's bomb something', but indicates a state-sanctioned fake terrorist bombing with the purpose of scaring the people into forgetting other, more destabilizing, political events. In this case, Italy is going through a period of local elections which are considered a test for the upcoming 2013 central government election. Since a new, very independent, young and possibly non-corrupted party is rapidly gaining ground, it is quite possible that this latest tragedy was in fact part of such a strategy.
* A manipulation by the posters
Mr. Angelo is using in his posts the very specific wording employed by the supporters of ex-premier Berlusconi, who is notorious for using media manipulation in his favour. While it is possible that Angelo is just a spontaneous fan of the man (currently under trial for about a dozen different crimes including child prostitution, tax fraud and misuse of authority for personal gain), his comments should better be considered in view of said upcoming elections.
* The "anti-Italy" slant
While mr. Biavati is correct in saying that a part of the Italian society is just as civil and educated as any other country, the admittedly uncompromising view of mrs. Tesanovic is in fact shared by the large majority of the Italian people. However, it is not a form of hate towards our own country, but the tragic realization (supported by countless trials and evidences, including a slew of phone recordings between politicians which are being released right in these days) that the entire Italian government and ruling class is deeply corrupted, and that the citizens have absolutely no power of changing anything. Cases in point: elections where we can't actually decide the person to represent us, referendums being ignored, popular laws being upturned. It's all in the news, and no opinion.
Thank you for reading.
I lol'd to this comment, really. What do local elections have to do with the article we are commenting?
And what kind of 'specific words' am I using, given the fact that I am not even writing in my own language? And how could I share such words with Berlusconi's supporters? As far as I know they speak in Italian when doing their berlusconish stuff.
Paranoia is not good for your health :-)
Decio Biavati says:
Thank you "mr. info" for your contribution, and thank you to partially support my point of view. Jasmina lacks objectiveness in her interpretation, i.e. when she argues that there will be another real estate speculation after the earthquake(*).
She is not new to similar "scappate": for example, she wrote that Italy was "on the verge of bankruptcy and social disorder" on the past Jan, 17 (source: BB). Four months are past, and I saw no bankruptcy nor social disorder. And I live in Italy, not in a My Little Pony House.
Possibly will come bankruptcy, or social disorder, or them both: technically, given enough time, this will happen in every country of the World… Jasmina, you may be right, but I don't need another bad omen prophet, thanks.
Be uncompromising as you like, but I would like also to read from you: the way you suggest for the citizens to change their powerless state, or the way you feel something tiny change for the better. There's no hope for Italy in your column, and I simply cannot accept it.
(*): I cannot guarantee you that the speculation seen after L'Aquila earthquake will not repeat itself, but having different "boundary conditions" (less damage, less casualties, a different landscape), it is likely that the problem will have a different solution.
Rosin Ffield says:
Anyone remember Operation Gladio: English MI6 and CIA arranged bombings in Bologna Italy to blame it on the "leftists". They decided to tear the flesh of some 50 children so that the public would react.
I'm not aware of this, but am not surprised…. when was the time period?
wibbled_pig says:
Operation Gladio was in effect from the end of WWII til the fall of the berlin wall.. basically.
I figured it was Cold War, just wasn't sure if there was a specific period it was in effect. Seems like Rosin was referring to a particular event though, out of this larger operation? I was curious about specific dates on that (or rough dates, year or what have you).
I'll have to read up on this some more. I wonder if there are any good books on this? I'll have to ask around.
Your comment oversimplifies the facts.
Gladio was the Italian name of the NATO operation called 'Stay Behind'. Its purpose was to organise and maintain a resistance in case of Soviet invasion of Europe.
We know that members of this organisation were involved in terrorist attacks during the 60′s, 70′s and early 80′s. We don't know precisely to what extent though.
The bombing in Bologna are still an obscure matter that has not been completely solved yet.
I think that Rosin's point was that the CIA and M16 were involved in these things, not that they were the only ones involved. There always seems to be a public part and then a submerged part to these operations. The CIA had it's hands in many pies during the cold war, in fact in almost all the pies. It's kind of what they did. Turn over a rock, find a CIA agent. I don't think that is controversial in the least.
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Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton fought for years to get people greeters positioned at the front of each entrance of his retail stores, but now customers have to say a slow and sure goodbye to the 32-year run of those greeters.
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An article about this topic in Huffington Post on Wednesday stated Walton first stumbled onto a greeter at a small Walmart in Louisiana in 1980. The greeter explained to Walton he had a "dual purpose: to make people feel good about coming in, and to make sure people weren't walking back out the entrance with merchandise they hadn't paid for."
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Amesbury — Richard L. Newton, 73, of Amesbury passed away Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at the Beth Israel – Deaconess Hospital in Boston. He was born in Lynn and was the son of the late Fred and Dorothy (Mader) Newton.
Dick was raised in Swampscott, and was a graduate of Tilton Prep School in Tilton, N.H., where he was a member of the Alumni Council. He was also a graduate of Nichols College in Dudley. He retired from Nike Corporation in Saco, Maine where he worked as the Director of Personnel. He was a former police officer in Newbury and for the past five years had worked for Riverfront Marine in Salisbury.
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Dick was a selfless man with a huge heart who was always ready to lend a helping hand to those in need. He was much loved by family and friends and our memories of his many acts of kindness and of his spirit shall remain with us always.
Dick is survived by his beloved wife of 34 years, Mary (Kent) Newton of Amesbury; his children, Sarah Scolforo of Great Barrington, Richard Newton and his wife, Irene of East Chatham, N.Y., Amanda DelMonte and her husband, Wayne of Harwinton, Conn., Cynthia Miller and her husband, William of Exeter, N.H., Robert "Scott" Everette of Amesbury and Steven Everette of Barrington, N.H.; and his siblings, James Newton and Elizabeth Tulley. He is also survived by 11 grandchildren.
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Lockport Union-Sun & Journal — Western New Yorkers' predisposition to be negative is starting to get out of control.
I was reading Facebook today and one of the news outlets announced that the University at Buffalo is finally ready to break ground on its $325 million medical complex that the school has been talking about for years.
Just so everyone understands, this is an incredibly good thing for Western New York. We already have nationally recognized medical facilities in Women & Children's Hospital and Roswell Park Cancer Institute, and UB is really starting to assert itself in the medical research and training industry. If this keeps up, the people of Western New York will literally enjoy (as the sign on MASH said) the best care anywhere.
Now, I understand that there are a few empty hospital buildings in the downtown Buffalo area. But that has nothing to do with UB. It is also not an indication of the direction in which our local healthcare industry is headed. Metropolitan Buffalo is rapidly becoming a hub for significant medical research and treatment in the United States. There are even some parts of our medical community that are becoming world-famous.
Our medical community is something that we should take great pride in. It is a beacon of hope in an otherwise dismal economic picture, promising to bring jobs, recognition and prestige to our area. It is an accomplishment that every person who lives in this part of the world should be proud of.
That is why the first run of comments on this particular news story was so depressing. Off the top, someone insisted that building a medical campus is useless because Obamacare is destined to eliminate the healthcare industry completely. It wasn't put exactly in those words, but honestly, I cannot dumb down my writing enough to better paraphrase what was said.
No. 2 lamented the fact that there is an empty hospital facility downtown and suggested building more medical buildings is a waste of time and money.
Now, it seems to me that that UB is going to have to look outside of our area to recruit students and researchers to this new campus. I do not see the current citizenry taking up the medical profession anytime soon. Well, let me qualify that: I do not see any of the current citizenry that comment on Facebook taking up the medical profession anytime soon.
It is OK to be proud of our region once in a while, Western New Yorkers. I know that we sometimes make bad decisions (Niagara Falls), and we don't always put ourselves in the best light when we're on a national stage (Buffalo Bills), but it's not all negative. Some things are actually worth getting excited about ...
Like the new sports and business complex that Sabres owner Terry Pegula is building down by the F'N Center. Pegula has no idea how to own a hockey team, but the guy is still a brilliant businessman. Building a sports complex that can host international hockey tournaments so close to the Canadian border is brilliant. There is much more to HarborCenter, so I encourage you to do some reading and see for yourself exactly what T-Pegs has up his sleeve.
Let's stop identifying our area with our sports teams. Not just because they're a laughing stock, but because there is so much going on here that people are missing while they're complaining about the Bills and the Sabres. Our teams not having winning seasons does not mean that everything in this area is dismal.
Let's celebrate HarborCenter and UB's new medical campus and huge achievements for our area. Remember that Children's Hospital does amazing work and that Roswell Park is an internationally recognized cancer research and treatment center.
Years from now, the Bills may be gone and the Sabres will probably still be terrible, but we will all still be here. Let's latch onto the good things and trust that life in Western New York will get better.George N. Root III is a Lockport resident and UB graduate. His column is published every Wednesday and is probably not read by Terry Pegula. Contact him at email@example.com.


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Longboat Key Public Tennis Center Manager John Mracheck says his staff is "holding its breath" in the hopes the new tennis center building will be functional in time for two back-to-back tournaments in December.
The Longboat Key Town Commission approved a site plan amendment to the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center last year for a $732,000 project that includes a larger 1,750-square-foot tennis building/pro shop.
Besides creating retail space, the new building will provide a larger check-in space for tennis players, more office space, larger restroom facilities and a tennis observation viewing deck.
Although the commission budgeted $732,000 for the project, lower bids will most likely make the projected cost $584,144, or $147,856 cheaper than the project's original cost estimate.
The town is funding the project, but the intent is to use Sarasota County infrastructure surtax monies to pay back the town.
The two-story building is already looming over the town's U.S. Post Office location on Bay Isles Road, and construction workers are working to finish the building as soon as possible.
"Our goal and the town's goal is to make every effort to get the facility not completely done, but done at least to the point where we can utilize portions of the building and the reconfigured parking lot by Dec. 1," Mracheck said.
The improved tennis center is set to host the United States Tennis Association (USTA) National Senior Clay Courts Tournament Dec. 2. It's the fourth time the clay-court tournament has been held at the tennis center and the first time the event is deemed a national event.
And, the following week, the tennis center will host the 10th anniversary of The Observer Challenge, a team-tennis tournament sponsored by The Longboat Observer.
Mracheck said the town hopes the major aspects of the project will be complete before the clay-court tournament.
"Only the landscaping and teaching court will not be finished," Mracheck said.
The tennis center's new outdoor viewing deck is scheduled to be complete this week.
If the new building cannot be utilized in time for the tournaments, Mracheck said a plan is in place to organize and operate the tournament out of the makeshift trailer that his staff currently uses.
But Public Works Director Juan Florensa is hopeful plan B will never have to be utilized.
"We are hoping to be completely finished and ready for the tournament," Florensa said.
The Longboat Key Public Tennis Center, 590 Bay Isles Road, opened in November 1998 on 2.3 acres of land that Arvida donated to the town.
The tennis center has grown from approximately 300 cardholders who pay $300 per year, or $450 per family, to more than 400 cardholders who pay $550 a year, or $750 per family.
Rates increased last year for the first time since 2005 to pay for the addition of four courts. The tennis center has grown from six courts to 10 courts and will add an additional teaching court this winter as part of the new project.
The tennis center has three full-time employees and eight part-time employees.
The new tennis center building will replace the current 280-square-foot Longboat Key Public Tennis Center office and check-in building, which tennis officials and players have said is too cramped.
The project also includes 31 additional parking spaces.
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