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|The central Balkans were part of the Roman and Byzantine Empires before ethnic Serbs migrated to the territories of modern Kosovo in the 7th century. During the medieval period, Kosovo became the center of a Serbian Empire and saw the construction of many important Serb religious sites, including many architecturally significant Serbian Orthodox monasteries. The defeat of Serbian forces at the Battle of Kosovo in 1389 led to five centuries of Ottoman rule during which large numbers of Turks and Albanians moved to Kosovo. By the end of the 19th century, Albanians replaced Serbs as the dominant ethnic group in Kosovo. Serbia reacquired control over the region from the Ottoman Empire during the First Balkan War of 1912. After World War II, Kosovo's present-day boundaries were established when Kosovo became an autonomous province of Serbia in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (S.F.R.Y.). Despite legislative concessions, Albanian nationalism increased in the 1980s, which led to riots and calls for Kosovo's independence. The Serbs - many of whom viewed Kosovo as their cultural heartland - instituted a new constitution in 1989 revoking Kosovo's autonomous status. Kosovo's Albanian leaders responded in 1991 by organizing a referendum declaring Kosovo independent. Serbia undertook repressive measures against the Kosovar Albanians in the 1990s, provoking a Kosovar Albanian insurgency. Beginning in 1998, Serbia conducted a brutal counterinsurgency campaign that resulted in massacres and massive expulsions of ethnic Albanians (some 800,000 ethnic Albanians were forced from their homes in Kosovo). After international attempts to mediate the conflict failed, a three-month NATO military operation against Serbia beginning in March 1999 forced the Serbs to agree to withdraw their military and police forces from Kosovo. UN Security Council Resolution 1244 (1999) placed Kosovo under a transitional administration, the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), pending a determination of Kosovo's future status. A UN-led process began in late 2005 to determine Kosovo's final status. The 2006-07 negotiations ended without agreement between Belgrade and Pristina, though the UN issued a comprehensive report on Kosovo's final status that endorsed independence. On 17 February 2008, the Kosovo Assembly declared Kosovo independent. Since then, over 100 countries have recognized Kosovo, and it has joined numerous international organizations. In October 2008, Serbia sought an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the legality under international law of Kosovo's declaration of independence. The ICJ released the advisory opinion in July 2010 affirming that Kosovo's declaration of independence did not violate general principles of international law, UN Security Council Resolution 1244, or the Constitutive Framework. The opinion was closely tailored to Kosovo's unique history and circumstances. Serbia continues to reject Kosovo's independence, but the two countries reached an agreement to normalize their relations in April 2013 through EU-facilitated talks and are currently engaged in the implementation process. Kosovo seeks full integration into the international community, and has pursued bilateral recognitions and eventual membership in international organizations, such as the UN, EU, and NATO.
The 41-km long Nerodimka River divides into two branches each of which flows into a different sea: the northern branch flows into the Sitnica River, which via the Ibar, Morava, and Danube Rivers ultimately flows into the Black Sea; the southern branch flows via the Lepenac and Vardar Rivers into the Aegean Sea
|Southeast Europe, between Serbia and Macedonia
|Geographic coordinates:
| total: 10,887 sq km
land: 10,887 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Size comparison: slightly larger than Delaware
|Land Boundaries:
|total: 714 km border countries (4): Albania 112 km, Macedonia 160 km, Montenegro 76 km, Serbia 366 km
|0 km (landlocked)
|Maritime claims:
|none (landlocked)
|influenced by continental air masses resulting in relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall and hot, dry summers and autumns; Mediterranean and alpine influences create regional variation; maximum rainfall between October and December
|flat fluvial basin at an elevation of 400-700 m above sea level surrounded by several high mountain ranges with elevations of 2,000 to 2,500 m
|Elevation extremes:
|Natural resources:
|nickel, lead, zinc, magnesium, lignite, kaolin, chrome, bauxite
|Land use:
| agricultural land: 52.8% arable land 27.4%; permanent crops 1.9%; permanent pasture 23.5% forest: 41.7%
other: 5.5% (2001 est.)
|Irrigated land:
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| noun: Kosovar (Albanian), Kosovac (Serbian)
adjective: Kosovar (Albanian), Kosovski (Serbian) note: Kosovan, a neutral term, is sometimes also used as a noun or adjective
|Ethnic groups:
|Albanians 92.9%, Bosniaks 1.6%, Serbs 1.5%, Turk 1.1%, Ashkali 0.9%, Egyptian 0.7%, Gorani 0.6%, Roma 0.5%, other/unspecified 0.2% note: these estimates may under-represent Serb, Roma, and some other ethnic minorities because they are based on the 2011 Kosovo national census, which excluded northern Kosovo (a largely Serb-inhabited region) and was partially boycotted by Serb and Roma communities in southern Kosovo (2011 est.)
|Albanian (official) 94.5%, Bosnian 1.7%, Serbian (official) 1.6%, Turkish 1.1%, other 0.9% (includes Romani), unspecified 0.1% note: in municipalities where a community's mother tongue is not one of Kosovo's official languages, the language of that community may be given official status according to the 2006 Law on the Use of Languages (2011 est.)
|Muslim 95.6%, Roman Catholic 2.2%, Orthodox 1.5%, other 0.07%, none 0.07%, unspecified 0.6% (2011 est.)
|1,883,018 (July 2016 est.)
|Age structure:
| 0-14 years: 25.39% (male 248,366/female 229,732)
15-24 years: 17.38% (male 171,363/female 155,928)
25-54 years: 42.43% (male 421,620/female 377,362)
55-64 years: 7.65% (male 72,444/female 71,659)
65 years and over: 7.15% (male 56,407/female 78,137) (2016 est.)
|Median age:
| total: 28.7 years
male: 28.3 years
female: 29 years (2016 est.)
|Population growth rate:
|Major urban areas - population:
|PRISTINA (capital) 207,062 (2014)
|Sex ratio:
| at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.1 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.12 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female
total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2016 est.)
| definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91.9%
male: 96.6%
female: 87.5% (2003 est.)
|Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:
| total: 55.3% male: 52%
female: 63.8% (2012 est.)
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|Country name:
| conventional long form: Republic of Kosovo
conventional short form: Kosovo
local long form: Republika e Kosoves (Republika Kosovo)
local short form: Kosova (Kosovo)
etymology: name derives from the Serbian "kos" meaning "blackbird," an ellipsis (linguistic omission) for "kosove polje" or "field of the blackbirds"
|Government type:
|parliamentary republic
| name: Pristina (Prishtine, Prishtina)
geographic coordinates: 42 40 N, 21 10 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
|Administrative divisions:
|38 municipalities (komunat, singular - komuna (Albanian); opstine, singular - opstina (Serbian)); Decan (Decani), Dragash (Dragas), Ferizaj (Urosevac), Fushe Kosove (Kosovo Polje), Gjakove (Dakovica), Gjilan (Gnjilane), Gllogovc (Glogovac), Gracanice (Gracanica), Hani i Elezit (Deneral Jankovic), Istog (Istok), Junik, Kacanik, Kamenice (Kamenica), Kline (Klina), Kllokot (Klokot), Leposaviq (Leposavic), Lipjan (Lipljan), Malisheve (Malisevo), Mamushe (Mamusa), Mitrovice e Jug (Juzna Mitrovica) [South Mitrovica], Mitrovice e Veriut (Severna Mitrovica) [North Mitrovica], Novoberde (Novo Brdo), Obiliq (Obilic), Partesh (Partes), Peje (Pec), Podujeve (Podujevo), Prishtine (Pristina), Prizren, Rahovec (Orahovac), Ranillug (Ranilug), Shterpce (Strpce), Shtime (Stimlje), Skenderaj (Srbica), Suhareke (Suva Reka), Viti (Vitina), Vushtrri (Vucitrn), Zubin Potok, Zvecan
|17 February 2008 (from Serbia)
|National holiday:
|Independence Day, 17 February (2008)
|history: previous 1974, 1990; latest (postindependence) draft finalized 2 April 2008, signed 7 April 2008, ratified 9 April 2008, entered into force 15 June 2008; note - amendment 24, passed by the Assembly in August 2015, established the Kosovo Relocated Specialist Institution, a court established to try war crimes allegedly committed by the Kosovo Liberation Army in the late 1990s amendments: proposed by the government, by the president of the republic, or by one-fourth of Assembly deputies; passage requires two-thirds majority vote of the Assembly, including two-thirds majority vote of deputies representing non-majority communities, followed by a favorable Constitutional Court assessment; amended several times, last in 2016 (2016)
|Legal system:
|civil law system; note- the European Union Rule of Law Mission (EULEX) retains limited executive powers related to the investigation of such issues as war crimes
|18 years of age; universal
|Executive branch:
| chief of state: President Hashim THACI (since 7 April 2016)
head of government: Prime Minister Isa MUSTAFA (since 9 December 2014)
cabinet: Cabinet elected by the Assembly elections/appointments: president indirectly elected by two-thirds majority vote of the Assembly for a 5-year term; if a candidate does not receive a two-third majority in the first two ballots, the candidate receiving a simple majority of votes in the third ballot is elected (eligible for a second term); election last held on 26 February 2016 (next to be held in 2021); prime minister indirectly elected by the Assembly
election results: Hashim THACI elected president; Assembly vote - Hashim THACI (PDK) 71, Rafet RAMA (PDK) 0 in the third round (10 votes invalid); Isa MUSTAFA (LDK) selected prime minister by the President in consultation with the LDK/PDK/PD/LB/PSHDK/PK coalition
|Legislative branch:
| description: unicameral Assembly or Kuvendi i Kosoves/Skupstina Kosova (120 seats; 100 members directly elected by proportional representation vote with 20 seats reserved for ethnic minorities - 10 for Serbs and 10 for other ethnic minorities; members serve 4-year terms)
elections: last held on 8 June 2014 (next expected to be held in 2018)
election results: percent of vote by party/coalition - PDK/PD/LB/PSHDK/PK 30.4%, LDK 25.2%, VV 13.6%, AAK 9.5%, Serb List 5.2%, NISMA 5.2%, KDTP 1.0%, other 9.9%; seats by party/coalition - PDK/PD/LB/PSHDK/PK 37, LDK 30, VV 16, AAK 11, Serb List 9, NISMA 6, KDTP 2, VAKAT 2, other 7
|Judicial branch:
| highest court(s): Supreme Court (consists of the court president and NA judges); Constitutional Court (consists of the court president, vice president, and 7 judges) judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court judges nominated by the Kosovo Judicial Council, a 13-member independent body staffed by judges and lay members, and also responsible for overall administration of Kosovo's judicial system; judges appointed by the president of the Republic of Kosovo; judges appointed until mandatory retirement age; Constitutional Court judges nominated by the Kosovo Assembly and appointed by the president of the republic to serve single, 9-year terms
subordinate courts: subordinate courts: Court of Appeals (organized into 4 departments: General, Serious Crime, Commercial Matters, and Administrative Matters; Basic Court (located in 7 municipalities, each with several branches) note: in August 2015, the Kosovo Assembly approved a constitutional amendment that establishes the Kosovo Relocated Specialist Judicial Institution; the court - to be located at the Hague in the Netherlands and expected to be in operation by early 2017 - will try alleged crimes by members of the Kosovo Liberation Army during the late 1990s; the court will be attached to each level of the Kosovo court system and consist of 4 Specialist Chambers with international judges and the Prosecutor's Office
|Political parties and leaders:
|Albanian Christian Democratic Party of Kosovo or PSHDK [Uke BERISHA] Alliance for the Future of Kosovo or AAK [Ramush HARADINAJ] Conservative Party of Kosovo or PK [Munir BASHA] Democratic League of Kosovo or LDK [Isa MUSTAFA] Democratic Party of Kosovo or PDK [Kadri VESELI] Initiative for Kosovo or NISMA [Fatmir LIMAJ] Justice Party of Kosovo or PD [Ferid AGANI] Movement for Self-Determination (Vetevendosje) or VV [Visar YMERI] Movement for Unification or LB [Valon MURATI] Serb List [Slavko SIMIC] Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo or KDTP [Mahir YAGCILAR] Vakat Coalition or VAKAT [Rasim DEMIRI]
|Political pressure groups and leaders:
|CiviKos Platform [Valdete IDRIZI] Council for the Defense of Human Rights and Freedom (human rights) [Behxhet SHALA] Group for Political and Legal Studies [Fisnik KORENICA] KLA War Veterans Organization [Muharrem XHEMAJLI] Kosova Women's Network [Igballe ROGOVA] Kosovar Civil Society Foundation [Venera HAJRULLAHU] Kosovo Democratic Institute [Ismet KRYEZIU] Organization for Democracy, Anti-Corruption and Dignity Rise! [Arton DEMHASAJ, acting chairman] Serb National Council (SNV) Speak Up [Petrit ZOGAJ, executive director]
|International organization participation:
|IBRD, IDA, IFC, IMF, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, OIF (observer)
|National symbol(s):
|six, five-pointed, white stars; national colors: blue, gold, white
|National anthem:
| name: "Europe"
lyrics/music: no lyrics/Mendi MENGJIQI
note: adopted 2008; Kosovo chose to exclude lyrics in its anthem so as not to offend the country's minority ethnic groups
|Diplomatic representation in the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador Vlora CITAKU (since 17 September 2015)
chancery: 2175 K Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20037
telephone: 202-450-2130
consulate(s) general: New York consulate(s): Des Moines (IA)
|Diplomatic representation from the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador Gregory T. DELAWIE (since 21 August 2015)
embassy: Arberia/Dragodan, Nazim Hikmet 30, Pristina, Kosovo
mailing address: use embassy street address
telephone: [381] 38 59 59 3000
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Kosovo's economy has shown progress in transitioning to a market-based system and maintaining macroeconomic stability, but it is still highly dependent on the international community and the diaspora for financial and technical assistance. Remittances from the diaspora - located mainly in Germany, Switzerland, and the Nordic countries - are estimated to account for about 15% of GDP and international donor assistance accounts for approximately 10% of GDP. With international assistance, Kosovo has been able to privatize a majority of its state-owned enterprises. Kosovo's citizens are the poorest in Europe with a per capita GDP (PPP) of $8,000 in 2014. An unemployment rate of 31%, and a youth unemployment rate near 60%, in a country where the average age is 26, encourages emigration and fuels a significant informal, unreported economy. Most of Kosovo's population lives in rural towns outside of the capital, Pristina. Inefficient, near-subsistence farming is common - the result of small plots, limited mechanization, and a lack of technical expertise. Kosovo enjoys lower labor costs than the rest of the region. However, high levels of corruption, little contract enforcement, and unreliable electricity supply have discouraged potential investors. Minerals and metals production - including lignite, lead, zinc, nickel, chrome, aluminum, magnesium, and a wide variety of construction materials - once the backbone of industry, has declined because of ageing equipment and insufficient investment. A limited and unreliable electricity supply is a major impediment to economic development, but Kosovo has received technical assistance to help improve the sector's performance. In 2012, Kosovo privatized its electricity supply and distribution network. The US Government is cooperating with the Ministry of Economic Development (MED) and the World Bank to conclude a commercial tender for the construction of a new power plant, Kosovo C. MED also has plans for the rehabilitation of an older coal power plant, Kosovo B, and the development of a coal mine that could supply both plants. In June 2009, Kosovo joined the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, and began servicing its share of the former Yugoslavia's debt. In order to help integrate Kosovo into regional economic structures, UNMIK signed (on behalf of Kosovo) its accession to the Central Europe Free Trade Area (CEFTA) in 2006. Serbia and Bosnia previously had refused to recognize Kosovo's customs stamp or extend reduced tariff privileges for Kosovo products under CEFTA, but both countries resumed trade with Kosovo in 2011. Kosovo joined the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in 2012 and the Council of Europe Development Bank in 2013. In 2014, Kosovo concluded the Stabilization and Association Agreement negotiations (SAA) with the EU, focused on trade liberalization, and signed it into law in 2015. In 2015, Kosovo negotiated a $185 million Stand-by Arrangement (SBA) with the IMF following the conclusion of its previous SBA in 2014. The official currency of Kosovo is the euro, but the Serbian dinar is also used illegally in Serb majority communities. Kosovo's tie to the euro has helped keep core inflation low. Kosovo experienced its first federal budget deficit in 2012, when government expenditures climbed sharply. In May 2014, the government introduced a 25% salary increase for public sector employees and an equal increase in certain social benefits. Central revenues could not sustain these increases, and the government was forced to reduce its planned capital investments. The government, led by Prime Minister MUSTAFA - a trained economist - recently made several changes to its fiscal policy, expanding the list of duty-free imports, decreasing the Value Added Tax (VAT) for basic food items and public utilities, and increasing the VAT for all other goods. In August 2015, as part of its EU-facilitated normalization process with Serbia, Kosovo signed agreements on telecommunications and energy distribution, but disagreements over who owns economic assets within Kosovo continue.
|GDP (purchasing power parity):
| GDP (purchasing power parity): $18.49 billion (2016 est.) $17.77 billion (2015 est.) $17.09 billion (2014 est.)
note: data are in 2016 dollars
|GDP (official exchange rate):
|GDP (official exchange rate): $6.56 billion (2015 est.)
|GDP - real growth rate:
|4.1% (2016 est.) 4% (2015 est.) 1.2% (2014 est.)
|GDP - per capita (PPP):
| GDP - per capita (PPP): $10,000 (2016 est.) $9,500 (2015 est.) $9,100 (2014 est.)
note: data are in 2016 US dollars
|Gross national saving:
|12.5% of GDP (2016 est.) 12.7% of GDP (2015 est.) 12.5% of GDP (2014 est.)
|GDP - composition, by end use:
| household consumption: 90.5%
government consumption: 16%
investment in fixed capital: 28.2%
investment in inventories: 3%
exports of goods and services: 5.8%
imports of goods and services: -43.5% (2014 est.)
|GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
| household consumption: 90.5%
government consumption: 16%
investment in fixed capital: 28.2%
investment in inventories: 3%
exports of goods and services: 5.8%
imports of goods and services: -43.5% (2014 est.)
|Agriculture - products:
|wheat, corn, berries, potatoes, peppers, fruit; dairy, livestock; fish
|mineral mining, construction materials, base metals, leather, machinery, appliances, foodstuffs and beverages, textiles
|Labor force:
|483,200 note: includes those estimated to be employed in the grey economy (2013 est.)
|Labor force - by occupation:
| agriculture: 5.9%
industry: 16.8%
services: 77.3% (2013)
|Unemployment rate:
|35.3% (2014 est.) 30.9% (2013 est.) note: Kosovo has a large informal sector that may not be reflected in these data
|Population below poverty line:
|30% (2013 est.)
|Distribution of family income - Gini index:
| revenues: $1.396 billion
expenditures: $1.61 billion (2014 est.)
|Taxes and other revenues:
|21.3% of GDP (2014 est.)
|Public debt:
|10.6% of GDP (2014 est.) 9.1% of GDP (2013)
|Inflation rate (consumer prices):
|Inflation rate (consumer prices): 0.2% (2016 est.) -0.5% (2015 est.)
|Current account balance:
|-$629 million (2016 est.) -$560 million (2015 est.)
|$349 million (2014 est.) $408 million (2013 est.)
|Exports - commodities:
|mining and processed metal products, scrap metals, leather products, machinery, appliances, prepared foodstuffs, beverages and tobacco, vegetable products, textiles and apparel
|Exports - partners:
|Italy 25.8%, Albania 14.6%, Macedonia 9.6%, China 5.5%, Germany 5.4%, Switzerland 5.4%, Turkey 4.1% (2012 est.)
|$2.687 billion (2014 est.) $3.398 billion (2013 est.)
|Imports - commodities:
|foodstuffs, livestock, wood, petroleum, chemicals, machinery, minerals, textiles, stone, ceramic and glass products, electrical equipment
|Imports - partners:
|Germany 11.9%, Macedonia 11.5%, Serbia 11.1%, Italy 8.5%, Turkey 9%, China 6.4%, Albania 4.4% (2012 est.)
|Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
|Debt - external:
|$411.6 million (2014 est.) $448.2 million (2013 est.)
|Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
|$21.2 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $36.67 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
|Exchange rates:
|euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.9214 (2016 est.) 0.885 (2015 est.) 0.885 (2014 est.) 0.7634 (2013 est.) 0.78 (2012 est.)
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|Electricity - production:
|5.324 billion kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - consumption:
|2.887 billion kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - exports:
|474.8 million kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - imports:
|875 million kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - installed generating capacity:
|1.6 million kW (2014 est.)
|Electricity - from fossil fuels:
|97.1% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from nuclear fuels:
|0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:
|2.9% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from other renewable sources:
|0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Crude oil - production:
|0 bbl/day (2015 est.)
|Crude oil - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Crude oil - imports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Crude oil - proved reserves:
|NA bbl (1 January 2016 es)
|Refined petroleum products - production:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - consumption:
|13,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - exports:
|16.6 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - imports:
|12,160 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - production:
|0 cu m (2007)
|Natural gas - consumption:
|0 cu m (2007)
|Natural gas - proved reserves:
|NA cu m
|Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
|7.576 million Mt (2012 est.)
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|Cellular Phones in use:
|total: 562,000 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 31 (July 2015 est.)
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|6 (2013)
|Airports (paved runways):
| total 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2013)
|Airports (unpaved runways):
| total 3
under 914 m: 3 (2013)
|2 (2013)
| total 333 km
standard gauge: 333 km 1.435-m gauge (2014)
| total 2,003 km
paved: 1,883 km (includes 38 km of expressways)
unpaved: 120 km (2014)
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|Military branches:
|Kosovo does not have a military force; the Kosovo Security Force was established in 2009 and maintains a non-military mandate in four core competencies: search-and-rescue, firefighting, demining, and hazardous material response (2015)
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|Transnational Issues
|Disputes - International:
|Serbia with several other states protest the US and other states' recognition of Kosovo's declaration of its status as a sovereign and independent state in February 2008; ethnic Serbian municipalities along Kosovo's northern border challenge final status of Kosovo-Serbia boundary; several thousand NATO-led Kosovo Force peacekeepers under UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo authority continue to keep the peace within Kosovo between the ethnic Albanian majority and the Serb minority in Kosovo; Kosovo and Macedonia completed demarcation of their boundary in September 2008
|Refugees and internally displaced persons:
|IDPs: 17,000 (primarily ethnic Serbs displaced during the 1998-1999 war fearing reprisals from the majority ethnic-Albanian population; a smaller number of ethnic Serbs, Roma, Ashkali, and Egyptians fled their homes in 2004 as a result of violence) (2015)
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Tennessee Tech (8-13, 2-7) shot just 38.3 percent (18 of 47), compared to 48 percent (24 of 50) for Belmont, and committed 21 turnovers.
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"A Maine man against violence against women."
You may notice this nontraditional slogan on my car and on a growing number of bumpers, laptops and tool cabinets in your neck of the woods. That's because I am part of a growing number of men and boys who are bucking tradition. We believe that standing up and speaking out against domestic and sexual violence is the duty of every Mainer — and especially, us guys.
Why? Because men have deep connections to the women and girls who are victims and survivors — former, current and future. They are our classmates, co-workers, wives, girlfriends, mothers, sisters and daughters — the women we love.
Because men are confined by a society that most often defines "real men" by how tough, aggressive, athletic or wealthy we can be. Vulnerability and emotions (other than anger) are seen as weaknesses. We learn that power, dominance and even violence are valuable tools for "success." And lest we not silence and push them to the margins: because men are abused and raped, too.
Because when we get really honest about the reality of who is perpetrating the vast majority of sexual and intimate partner violence in this world, it becomes obvious that we men have the most ability to do something about ending it!
In my five years as a Young Adult Abuse Prevention Program educator for Family Crisis Services — Cumberland County's domestic violence resource center — one of the most consistent challenges I face is engaging men and boys in a way that transforms the acknowledgment of men's violence against women into the actions that will prevent it.
That's exactly what the Young Adult Abuse Prevention Program has been focusing on through our recent "Guys & Pies" and "Coaching Boys Into Men" initiatives at South Portland High School. It's proven an amazingly fertile ground where students and faculty are motivated to be part of the solution.
Since 2010, Matthew Perry, my mentor and co-worker, and I have been bringing pizzas to a weekly, lunchtime boys' group (hence "Guys & Pies"). We create a space where they can openly and honestly explore these issues as they directly, and theoretically, relate to their own lives and experiences.
The South Portland High School athletic department has found enormous success in implementing "Coaching Boys Into Men." So much so, that they have committed to involving every one of the boys' sports. "Coaching Boys Into Men" is a coach-led curriculum that progresses student-athletes through a series of guided discussions. As a team, they examine the virtues of respect, integrity and nonviolence through the lens of sportsmanship, teamwork, accountability and their relationships with peers and significant others.
It isn't enough to be one of the "good guys." Merely conceding that any form of abuse in relationships is wrong still falls far short of the goal. The call for all men to reevaluate our influence and impact on the safety and well-being of women and girls has never been louder.
"Guys & Pies," among so many others, have answered that call and defined their mission: "To inspire awareness and critical thinking around the issues of relationships, masculinity, reducing sexism, and reducing violence — especially men's violence against women. To develop as leaders who are beneficially impacting our communities."
How many of you are willing to man up and join them in making this your mission, too?
Carlin Whitehouse of Portland is a prevention program educator for Family Crisis Services in Bridgton. People may call 767-4952 to receive a free bumper sticker. This is part of a series of OpEds about domestic violence that will appear during October, which is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.


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Yesterday, Van Jones' bestselling book, The Green Collar Economy, came out in paperback. This was hands down my favorite non-fiction book of all the books I've read in the past year (and I read a lot), so to celebrate its paperback release, I'm offering to give away a copy of The Green Collar Economy to one lucky reader of The Green Phone Booth. To be entered, simply leave a comment on this post. I'll announce the randomly selected winner on my post next Wednesday.
And to whet your reading appetite, here's my review of this book from my personal blog.
The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems
by Van Jones
Rating: *****
Van Jones proposes that establishing a strong green collar economy is the solution for both the climate change crisis and the economic crisis. His subject is timely as the economy continues to stagnate, prices continue to rise, and the effects of climate change become more and more evident. Ironically, Jones notes in his afterword that when he first began writing the book, "very few people had heard the term 'green collar job'," but by the time the book was published, it was a political buzzword.
I've been seeing this book mentioned all over the Internet, and at first I thought, "That is not a book that would interest me." I figured it would be a heavy read full of economic jargon (read: boring). I don't know why I had that impression because I was completely wrong. Just shy of 200 pages, this book is brisk and pleasant, but at the same time, thought-provoking and inspirational.
Jones proposes that to revive the collapsing economy, the government should establish a Green New Deal by building up the green collar jobs sector in energy, food, waste, water, and transportation. He details how investment in each category would lead to thousands of jobs in technology and labor, and as an added benefit, we would save the planet. Some examples:
- A group in Milwaukee has come up with a way "to retrofit practically every building in the city to save money and put lots of people to work...Property owners or renters (with landlords' cooperation) receive an audit listing all conservation measures that can be paid for out of energy savings in a given period. They repay the cost of the measures via their utility bill."
- "The first turbine on Native lands was installed in early 2003 on the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Reservation in South Dakota. It produces enough clean electricity to power over two hundred homes...Rosebud alone aims to produce 50 megawatts by 2010."
- LaDonna Redmond turned her backyard in Chicago into an urban farm. Neighbors got involved, "one thing led to another, and today the Redmonds' organization, the Institute for Community Resource Development, secures empty lots from the city, oversees a whole network of lots-turned gardens, manages a farmers market, provides technical support and nutritional education, and is planning the opening of a retail store."
- "A nonprofit in Baltimore called Second Chance launched its architectural salvage and deconstruction services in 2003. Over the next four years, the company grew quickly, filling a 120,000-square foot warehouse space and engaging more than 50 employees - three deconstruction crews and a retail store crew."
My only criticism of this book is that it focused so much on how the government (rather than the average joe) can build up the green jobs sector, boost the economy, and solve the climate crisis. Jones' ideas would make a great handbook for President Obama, Governor Bev Perdue, or Mayor Meeker, but they are less useful for the average person, like me, for example. I kept waiting for him to say, "If you want to see this kind of change in your area, you should..." Write letters to my congressman? Lobby my mayor? Establish my own non-profit? Go door to door handing out copies of The Green Collar Economy? Or just keep doing what I've been doing...
Overall, this was a great book, and I strongly recommend that you read it. And then maybe mail a copy to your mayor.
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Shooting nerve pain and tingling lasting up to 6 months from injecting close to large nerves or near joints, and bruising and/or collections of blood under the skin have been reported with use of the Biojector 2000 needle-free device to inject FUZEON. If you are taking any blood thinners, or have hemophilia or any other bleeding disorder, you may be at higher risk of bruising or bleeding after using the Biojector.
Patients with HIV get bacterial pneumonia more often than patients without HIV. Patients taking FUZEON with other HIV medicines may get bacterial pneumonia more often than patients not receiving FUZEON. It is unclear if this is related to the use of FUZEON. You should contact your healthcare provider right away if you have a cough, fever or trouble breathing. Patients are more likely to get bacterial pneumonia if they had a low number of CD4 cells, increased amount of HIV in the blood, intravenous (injected into the vein) drug use, smoking or had experienced lung disease in the past. It is unclear if pneumonia is related to FUZEON.
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Yes, I know it's late notice but we will be having a Turkey Burn ride this year. It will be 11-26-11. That's Saturday! It will be from 9am to 12pm. This year we will be having the ride on the South side of camp....there are some reopened trails that we will be riding too so if you haven't been to the camp lately you're missing out! If you need directions just call, text or email me. Rob Walters 319-415-6302 or firstname.lastname@example.com, I will whip up a batch of Chili for us to eat after we ride.Thanks and hope to see you there!
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NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA-The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's men's lacrosse team raced to a 5-1 first quarter lead and went on to defeat visiting Clark, 10-4, in a non-conference match at Cressy Field Saturday afternoon.
The Corsairs got on top early, as senior midfielder Matt Swirbalus (Weymouth, MA/Weymouth HS) scored on UMD's first shot of the game, with 12:49 to go in the first quarter. Senior attackman Matt Leary (Framingham, MA/Framingham HS) made it 2-0 just over four minutes later before senior attackman Shawn Roche (Centerport, NY/Harborfields HS) scored at 6:08 to make it 2-1. UMass Dartmouth got a goal from junior attackman Andrew Foster (Newbury, MA/Danvers HS) and two more from Swirbalus to take a 5-1 lead into the second quarter.
Roche and junior midfielder Chris Adams (Bradford, NH/Kearsarge Regional HS) scored the first two goals of the second quarter to bring the Cougars to within 5-3 before Leary scored with 5:08 remaining to give the Corsairs a 6-3 halftime advantage.
UMass Dartmouth broke the game open with four goals in the third period. Leary, Foster, sophomore midfielder Josh Arsenault (Revere, MA/Malden Catholic HS) and senior midfielder Steve Colella (Wakefield, MA/ Wakefield HS) scored to give the Corsairs a 10-3 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
Leary led the way for UMD with three goals and two assists, while Swirbalus scored three goals, Foster added two, and Arsenault had a goal and an assist. Roche led the Cougars with two goals.
"We took a step in the right direction," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Kevin Mahoney. "We started off well, we got a good effort on defense, and we were able to capitalize on some of their mistakes. We improved defensively, and we improved on face-offs, and our goalkeeper, (freshman) Cameron Crown (Walpole, MA/Walpole HS), did a phenomenal job. We have a young team, and we want to keep improving."
UMass Dartmouth out shot Clark, 31-23. Senior goalkeeper Tyler Cameron (Portland, OR/Lincoln HS) made 10 saves for the Cougars, while Crown made eight and freshman Kevin Pelsinski (Merrimack, NH/Merrimack HS) made three for UMD.
The Corsairs improved to 2-3 with the victory, while Clark dropped to 0-5 with the defeat. UMass Dartmouth will return to action when they host Mass Maritime on Monday, while the Cougars will visit the University of New England Tuesday.


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Clement Clarke Moore is said to have died bitter that he would be remembered for "The Night Before Christmas," and not his massive scholarly works on religion and the classics. By contrast, Adam Mansbach is delighted to be risking a similar fate.
Mansbach was already a serious and well-reviewed novelist when he wrote "Go the F*** to Sleep," an instant classic for frustrated parents of young children. Now that his new novel is out, he's still happy to embrace the trifle that made him a household name.
"I'm not at all getting tired of being asked about 'Go the F*** to Sleep,' " Mansbach says by phone from his home in Berkeley, Calif. "In this publishing climate I'm grateful to have any kind of success with any book."
Mansbach hopes readers can see that his children's book parody, born of "loving your kids but wanting to throw them out the window" is not separate from his novels.
Mansbach's new novel, "Rage Is Back," is set in the world of New York graffiti artists. Told by the disaffected biracial son of two legendary artists, it's an ambitious book that unites the heyday of graffiti art, the 1980s and today.
"I have almost a lifelong passion for graffiti," Mansbach says. "I grew up as a kid defined by hip-hop. I was a DJ and a rapper, and I realized graffiti writers were the weirdos of the movement, the most interesting."
The war on graffiti, dated by Mansbach to 1972, set the tone for a war on youth, and especially on people of color. Law-enforcement tactics — three-strikes laws, gang databases — used to put a large proportion of young black men in prison were pioneered then, he says.
"I always thought there was a great American graffiti novel to be written," Mansbach says. "I don't know if this is it, but it's my attempt to capture something of this modern urban shamanism."
Early reviewers have praised the book. The Washington Post and the San Francisco Chronicle have likened it to the work of Michael Chabon and Junot Diaz, and both Amazon and Barnes and Noble named it "best book" for January.
Mansbach's first three novels, "Shackling Water," "Angry Black White Boy" and "The End of the Jews," also received favorable notices. But they didn't have the publicity wind of a modern meme such as "Go the F*** to Sleep" to fill their sails.
"I'm finding some doors open, and some opportunities that didn't used to be there," the writer says. "I don't worry too much about my 'brand.' I would just like to be versatile and write what I want."
Adam Mansbach will appear 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18, at the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, 1 E. Las Olas. At 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, he'll be at Books and Books, 265 Aragon Ave., in Coral Gables. Both events are free. Go to BooksAndBooks.com.


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Tonight's State of the Union address is Obama's first of his second and last term in office. Speculation is rampant about the focus and tone of the speech given the changes apparent in the inauguration address to the nation. We've already seen that many of the invited guests tonight will victims of gun violence. Another guest of FLOTUS will be the 102 year old woman who represents voting rights in America. Ensuring the right to vote may be central a central them in tonight's address to the nation.
President Barack Obama will announce a bipartisan presidential voting commission to focus on improving the Election Day experience, The Huffington Post has learned from two sources outside the White House with knowledge of the plans.
The commission is one of a number of efforts the Obama administration is making to address the problems that plagued voting on Election Day 2012. The commission, which will focus specifically on Election Day issues and not broader voting reform, will likely be co-chaired by one Republican and one Democratic lawyer, according to one of the sources.
The White House announced Tuesday that 102-year-old Miami resident Desiline Victor will be a guest of first lady Michelle Obama during the president's State of the Union address on Tuesday night, during which Obama is expected to discuss voting reforms. Victor is a naturalized U.S. citizen who stood in line for three hours at a local library on the first Sunday of early voting until workers told her to come back later that evening. A crowd of thousands of people erupted in applause when she emerged with an "I Voted" sticker, the White House said.
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Draft dodger and confessed pedophile gun nut Ted Nugent is coming as a guest of nutty Texas Rep Steve Stockman. The Nuge is well known for threatening the president and calling women leaders misogynistic slurs.
NUGENT: I was in Chicago last week. I was in Chicago and said, "Hey, Obama you might want to suck on one of these you punk." Obama, he's a piece of shit, and I told him to suck on my machine gun. Let's hear it for him. And then I was in New York. I said, "Hey, Hillary, you might want to ride one of these into the sunset, you worthless bitch. Since I'm in California, how about [Senator] Barbara Boxer [D-CA], she might want to suck on my machine gun. And [Senator] Dianne Feinstein [D-CA], ride one of these you worthless whore. Any questions? [Ted Nugent via LiveLeak.com, accessed 10/1/12]
Our hope is that some one will come to their senses and disinvite him. You'll probably see him surrounded by the Capitol Police and the Secret Service. Here's hoping he's ignored by the press.
An enhanced version of the SOTU is available from the White House and will include stats and charts. The channel is on now with a lot of interesting historical background on the address, on previous presidents, and on the event itself. There's also a chance to get on a mail list plus an after speech chat with a group of white house policy experts. You should look at it just because it's really interesting and has some interesting background on the speech writing process too.
So, the speech starts tonight and can also be watched at the C-SPAN site.
Tonight, C-SPAN brings you President Obama's fourth State of the Union address before a Joint Session of Congress. Our coverage begins at 8pm ET with comments from Frank Newport of Gallup and reporters from National Review and Huffington Post.
At 9pm ET, C-SPAN & C-SPAN Radio broadcast President Obama's address and the GOP response from Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL). (Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) speaks at 10pm, C-SPAN.org). Then, viewer reactions via calls, Twitter & Facebook.
This post kicks off the first part of our live blogging sessions. Please join us through out the night!
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Why have I heard this before……………I certainly have.
Heat wave – must do
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How to Make Sweater Dog Toyscomments (11) March 3rd, 2011
I have been lucky enough to become the foster mom of a super-skittish three-year-old mutt named Gracie. She had had a hard life. Two years on the street, hit by a car, three months in a shelter, nearly put down, and finally saved by a no-kill shelter where she lived for another six months. Then she met me. . . now she's the most spoiled mutt in town! She was scared at first (rightly so!), but she's slowly warmed up and now we're the best of friends. I sometimes cook her dinner (I know!), I run wih her, and I play with her. And boy, does she love toys! So while looking at my pile of sweater bits left from last month's projects, I could think of only one thing. . . toys for Gracie! What's more, they're so much more affordable than the store-bought toys. Win-win!
Want to make some?
Here's what you'll need:
- Old sweater (I used acrylic sweaters so I could wash the toy when it gets dirty)
- Pack of squeaks (I found mine at Petsmart; they come four to a pack)
- Sewing machine
- Thread
- Stuffing
- Hand needle
First, gather your sweater or sweater parts.
You can use any part of a sweater to make your dog toys. If you're using a full large sweater, you should get about four toys: one from each of the sleeves, one from the back, and one from the front.
Once your toy is sewn up, it's ready for play! As with all toys, it's best to supervise your dog when he/she is playing with the new sweater toy.
After you make this project, show off your work to other members!
Post your project in the gallery
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I still have a boxer and 2 pit bulls, and they don't necessarily like the squeakers, but the firmly stuffed SWEATER toy would take them a while to chew up....thanks for the idea.
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I may change the shape, stuff it with catnip.
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As it turns out, Tan Mom came into our lives for a reason. It wasn't all for nothing.
Chris Christie, the governor of Tan Mom's home state of New Jersey, has signed a bill into law banning children under 17 from using commercial tanning beds. Score, as we know well that tanning beds can cause skin cancer and are generally terrible for your health.
Tan Mom—whose real name is actually Patricia Krentcil—got the quaint nickname from the tabloids after she was accused by officials of taking her 5-year-old daughter into a tanning booth after the girl showed up to school with burns on her skin. Krentcil herself sports a year-round bright orange "glow."
Tan Mom denied the accusations and she was let off the hook by the jury, but not with Gov. Christie, apparently.
"The new restrictions imposed by this bill followed a single but breathlessly reported incident of a parent bringing a minor child into a tanning facility," Governor Christie said.
Previously, New Jersey was one of several states that prohibited individuals under 14 from hopping under UV lights to get a faux-glow because of the risk of skin cancer. But Christie is upping that ante. The new law even bans tweens under 14 from getting spray tans in tanning salons.
We're thrilled with the law, even if the sight of Krentcil alone was enough to keep us away from the tanning salon for the rest of our days.
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Last night, I worked out the new Apple Push remote notifications for iPhone 3.0. I cobbled together a system that allows you to subscribe to an RSS feed from search.twitter.com and push new updates to your phone as they appear. Now, in what's going to be a more remarkable task, I'm going to tell you how to do this while staying within the limitations of the NDA. Here are the steps.
Create your provisioning
Push provisioning requires a slightly different approach than provisioning for normal iPhone applications. Apple has posted complete details on doing this at its developer program site. Go there, log in, and head over to the application identifier tab. There you'll find what you need to get started and Apple will walk you through the process of obtaining your certificate. After that, create a mobile provision file as instructed. You can't use your normal wildcard development provision to build your client.
Build a client
Creating the client application requires just a few methods. The client methods are discussed in Apple's documentation. Make sure you implement all the necessary delegate callbacks and that you follow the directions on the developer forums to retrieve the required identifier. Getting the identifier is critical for making the process work. Your client needs do nothing more than let the system know that it wants to participate and produce that identifier. Make sure to sign your client with the non-wildcard provision.
Install the Perl client
Again on the developer forum, look for the brilliant and easy-to-use Perl script that has been posted. Make sure to follow the set-up instructions exactly for downloading the required module from CPAN. Substitute your identifier in where you are instructed to do so. The script tells you how to convert your .cer certificate into p12 and then pem. Do this and place the files into a new subfolder named certs.
After this, you should be able to test out your connection, which has worked flawlessly for pretty much everyone I know who has tried this. The utility, which I called push.pl, takes one argument, a JSON data string which is sent to the push server. Again, see the Apple docs for how to build that data string.
Create the Twitter utility
Once you have confirmed that you have Push working, download a copy of my push-tweet source. You'll need to make a bunch of edits to this source. Change TWEET_FILE to point to your home folder, set URL_STRING to the actual twitter search you want to use, and finally you must add your own JSON push request. It's not hard to create, especially if you just need a single string (the tweet/user) and an Okay button. Since Apple's docs are under NDA, I can't show you exactly how to construct this, but it isn't hard.
The push-tweet utility, when compiled, takes one argument, the number of seconds to wait between each scrape attempt. Push-tweet downloads the latest RSS page, extracts the first tweet found and compares it to the most recently pushed tweet. If they differ, it pushes that new tweet and saves the new tweet for comparison.
As I learned last night, you probably want to turn off the script (and possibly push altogether) at night. Push notifications can be very bright indeed.


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There was plenty of controversy to go around in the 2017 GAA season and here we pick some of the stand out moments from the past 12 months.
Here are the 10 we've selected:
Keegan throws GPS unit at Rock
It seems everyone was talking about this incident in the days and weeks that followed Dublin's three-in-a-row All-Ireland success.
Dean Rock's free proved the difference between the Dubs and Mayo after an enthralling finale at Croke Park - even despite Lee Keegan's best efforts to throw the Ballymun sharpshooter off as he struck the winning free in the sixth minute of injury-time.
Three months on, the opinion over the Westport man's tactics to prevent Rock sailing over still remains as divided as ever.
Connolly gets 12 weeks for linesman push
Dublin star Diarmuid Connolly missed three months of championship action as a result of a push on linesman Ciaran Brannigan during the capital men's Leinster championship victory over Carlow.
While the St Vincent's man didn't face any punishment referee Sean Hurson during the game itself, he'd be cited by the CCC and eventually handed a 12-week suspension.
The Dubs went about their business without Connolly's services and come the big day in September it was his wizardry that earned Dean Rock what proved the winning free against Mayo at Croke Park.
Gleeson escapes ban after ripping off Meade's helmet
Former Hurler of the Year Austin Gleeson was a lucky boy not to miss this year's All-Ireland final for this one.
Following a tussle with Luke Meade in the first-half of the semi-final, the Cork forward's helmet left his head and was clearly in the Mount Sion man's hand. There had been speculation that Gleeson would face a suspension for the incident but nothing came of it and he got to play in the decider against Galway.
His namesake Conor would not be so lucky.
De Búrca gets banned for All-Ireland semi
Waterford fans were up in arms over this one and it's not hard to understand why.
Tadhg de Búrca missed his county's All-Ireland semi-final against Cork as a result of this clash below with Wexford's Harry Kehoe in the latter stages of the game at Pairc Ui Chaoimh.
Fortunately for Tadgh, his team mates overcame Cork's challenge the next day and he was able to line-out in an All-Ireland final.
Davy Fitz clashes with Tipperary players
He's never one to back down and in April Wexford boss Davy Fitzgerald earned himself an eight-suspension for that high passion that makes Davy, Davy.
A clash with some of the Tipperary players during his side's Allianz League semi-final defeat was caught by TG4's cameras (see below) and earned the Clare man the hefty touch-line suspension.
Tipp's Jason Forde also picked up a one-match ban for his part in the incident.
Super 8 motion passes
On the morning of February 25th, it was decided at annual Congress that a round-robin system at the All-Ireland SFC quarter-final stage would be introduced for 2018.
Cork and the GPA were the only speakers against the controversial Motion 4, which passed by a margin of 76%-24%. Kerry, Meath, Galway, Donegal, Mayo, Monaghan and former GAA president Sean Kelly all spoke in favour of its introduction. So one-sided was the debate that it prompted GAA president Aogan O Fearghail to ask if any of the delegates at Croke Park would like to speak against the motion.
The new structure will see the introduction of two four-team groups to replace the All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals for the next three years.
O'Shea's 'selfie' storm
In May, two-time All-Ireland winner and RTE pundit Bernard Flynn took aim at Mayo's Aidan O'Shea over taking 'photographs and selfies' with kids after a challenge game against Meath.
Flynn described the scene at the end of the game in Mullingar, saying that O'Shea signed autographs and took pictures with kids while his team mates were in a huddle after the game.
"I helped organise the challenge," Flynn told the RTE podcast. "At the very end of the match, the Mayo players got around in the circle. O'Shea had finished the match. There were 15-20 kids around, he signed autographs. The team was in a circle about ten yards away. No-one asked him to leave what he was doing, every other player was in a huddle, talking. He was left outside and allowed to do as he wanted.
"That happened. He decided to come into the ring when all the photographs were finished, which I found absolutely incredible."
O'Shea later responded to Flynn's comments in July, by saying: "When I became an inter-county footballer, I made a conscious decision to make sure I was obedient, especially to kids. It's an important part of what the GAA is about, what we're all about as a community. Sometimes that gets lost in the overall thing."
Roscommon ref escorted off pitch
July's All-Ireland SFC Round 3B qualifier between Armagh and Tipperary seen match referee Paddy Neilan having to be escorted off the field of play at Semple Stadium after the full-time whistle.
The Roscommon official came in for some heavy criticism for some of his decisions during the game, which the Orchard men won on a 1-17 to 1-15 score-line in the end.
See what you make of this one:
Mayo's Moran gets booed by Rossie fans
It may have been his best season to date in a Mayo jersey but 'Footballer of the Year' Andy Moran came in for some rough treatment from some Roscommon fans at the end of July.
Hailing from Ballaghaderreen, a town which is geographically located in Roscommon but is associated with Mayo when it comes to the GAA, Moran was booed consistently by a section of Rossies fans during the two counties' drawn All-Ireland SFC quarter-final until he was substituted in the 58th minute.
Moran did not endear himself to the Roscommon faithful when he kissed the crest on his Mayo jersey after scoring the winning goal in last January's FBD Connacht League encounter between the neighbouring counties and it seems they didn't forgiven him for it.
In the days after the drawn derby, the Roscommon management and players issued a statement condemning the fans that had booed Moran.
A first testimonial dinner for a GAA player
All-time Kerry great Colm Cooper caused a bit of a stir in September when he announced that he'd be having a testimonial dinner in Dublin.
The Dr Crokes star would be the first GAA player to hold such an occasion and, needless to say, it drew some criticism along the way - none more so than from his fellow RTE pundit Joe Brolly.
Brolly described the testimonial "as cheap and self-serving" while Cooper's fellow Kerry man Pat Spillane said it set a "dangerous precedent" and was "another step away from the roots of the GAA".
The event itself took place on October 27th at the Intercontinental Hotel in Ballsbridge, where the cost of booking a table of 10 for the dinner was €5,000.
Former Ireland soccer international Niall Quinn and jockeys Ruby Walsh and Barry Geraghty were just some of the sports stars that attended, with Cooper's former team mates Kieran Donaghy and Paul Galvin also turning out as well as Dublin's Bernard Brogan. Radio presenter Matt Cooper hosted.
Half time. pic.twitter.com/YavtbdwnXX- Matt Cooper (@cooper_m) October 27, 2017


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Conversation Piece: Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman
Find your inner superhero!
Video art captures and demands viewers' attention in ways other media cannot. Often presented as immersive experiences, video installations engage multiple senses while requiring a commitment of time to view and appreciate.
During NMWA's weekly "Conversation Pieces" series, view selected videos featured in the special exhibition, Total Art: Contemporary Video, and then join NMWA staff and fellow participants for a conversation about what you saw, heard, felt, and thought.
This week, Director of Education Deborah Gaston facilitates a conversation about Dara Birnbaum's classic video installation, Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman (1978–79).
Featuring recently acquired works in NMWA's collection as well as loans from private and public collections, the exhibition highlights the inventive processes that sustain women artists' position at the forefront of video. Total Art reflects the continued global scope of video. The exhibition features works by Dara Birnbaum, Kimsooja, Mariko Mori, Mwangi Hutter, Alex Prager, Pipilotti Rist, Michal Rovner, Margaret Salmon, Eve Sussman, and Janaina Tschäpe.


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Harrison, N.J. – Dwayne De Rosario came back to haunt his former team in heroic fashion Saturday night, scoring the game-winning goal early in the second half as D.C. United beat the New York Red Bulls 1-0 on Saturday night at Red Bull Arena.
De Roasrio's winner was his first for DC since he was traded from New York two weeks ago, and his fourth of the season. With the win, United improve to 5-5-7, good for 22 points. The Red Bulls suffered their second loss in their last three games, dropping their record to 6-4-10 as they stay on 28 points. The two Atlantic Cup rivals split the season series, with New York winning the first game at RFK Stadium earlier this year.
The goal came as the Red Bulls were building pressure in the attacking third and seemed ready to score. But United grabbed the game's lone goal on the counterattack in the 61st minute thanks to steady work from Andy Najar.
The DC midfielder fed a ball to De Rosario, who dummied his run to elude midfielder Dax McCarty, the player shipped to New York in exhange for De Rosario in the recent trade. The ball ended up on the foot of forward Josh Wolff, who fed a streaking De Rosario in the box, and the five-time MLS Best XI selection promptly buried a left-footed shot off the far post and in.
New York, typical for their style, held the edge in possession, but the majority of their chances came in the game's opening 20 minutes. In the sixth minute, Joel Lindpere sent his shot from the edge of the area well over goal and two minutes later, a Thierry Henry effort from 12 yards away slowly rolled past Bill Hamid's far post. Then in the 17thminute a Red Bulls corner kick was partially cleared by United and Hamid managed a save on a knuckling Jan Gunnar Solli shot.
Despite their underwhelming time on the ball, the visitors seemingly won every second ball, giving them a small handful of chances.
The best chance of the first half for either side came in the 43rdminute from United's ability to quickly hit on the counterattack. Collecting a feed from Chris Pontius, Charlie Davies was sent in alone on Sutton's goal. Davies rounded the hard-charging keeper but he ended up carrying the ball towards the byline. With a sharp angle, Davies fired towards the open net but his effort was cleared by a diving Tim Ream.
The second half saw a more determined and cohesive attack from the Red Bulls, with Hamid doing well in the 50th-minute to save a Thierry Henry shot from 12 yards out. Just minutes later, he snuffed out a deflected Mehdi Ballouchy shot before Luke Rodgers could re-direct it. Shots by Henry and Lindpere in the 57thminute were blocked as well by a United defense that was forced to scramble throughout the second half.
D.C. United travel to Texas on July 16 to play MLS Cup runner-ups F.C. Dallas, while New York make their final trip of the regular season to California when they play Chivas USA the same night.
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Scoring Summary:
DC -- Dwayne De Rosario 1 (Josh Wolff 5) 61
D.C. United -- Bill Hamid, Perry Kitchen, Ethan White, Brandon McDonald, Daniel Woolard, Andy Najar, Dwayne De Rosario, Clyde Simms, Chris Pontius (Fred 79), Charlie Davies (Blake Brettschneider 87), Josh Wolff (Joseph Ngwenya 74).
Substitutes Not Used: Marc Burch, Chris Korb, Steve Cronin, Stephen King.
New York Red Bulls -- Greg Sutton, Jan Gunnar Solli, Carlos Mendes, Tim Ream, Roy Miller, Dane Richards (Austin Da Luz 82), Mehdi Ballouchy (Juan Agudelo 66), Dax McCarty, Joel Lindpere, Luke Rodgers, Thierry Henry.
Substitutes Not Used: Mike Jones, Matt Kassel, Stephen Keel, John Rooney, Bouna Coundoul.
Misconduct Summary:
NY -- Dane Richards (caution; Tactical Foul) 82
DC -- Charlie Davies (caution; Reckless Foul) 85
NY -- Roy Miller (caution; Dissent) 85
Referee: Jair Marrufo
Referee's Assistants: C.J. Morgante; Corey Rockwell
4th Official: Jose Carlos Rivero
Attendance: 22,200
Time of Game: 1:51
Weather: Clear-and-87-degrees


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Simplicity is the result of lots of hard work.
This is how I feel about my work on distributed objects. First of all, let me say that CORBA, RMI, and DCOM are pretty much complete failures. Ok, Ok. I know that some big systems have been built with CORBA. How could these fancy technologies have been stomped by something as whimpy as Web Services and REST? Have people lost their minds? Is there no answer at all?
I think that both CORBA and Web Services are fundamentally flawed. But that is not the interesting point. The interesting point is that they both have gotten something right. If you combine the good parts of each, and avoid the flaws, then the combination might actually be a good solution. So, what are the problems?
The problem with CORBA/RMI is granularity. Clean object-oriented design encourages fine-grained methods. But these are death to distributed systems. So you have to use Data Transfer Objects and Remote Facades to make things work. Its a mess. Automatic proxies are an invitation to poor performance.
Web Services can use document-oriented approach, which encourage large-granularity designs. But the programming model is terrible. You spend all your time creating documents that describe the actions you want to perform and decoding results. Its the opposite of direct manipulation.
The hidden assumption behind both these approaches is that distribution can be implemented as a library. This is such a deep assumption that we don't even realize its there. We say, if you are going to implement distributed computing, you have to create a library to do it... and so you create proxies, documents, etc... but you haven't realized that you've already lost the game before you started. Its similar to the arguments that threads cannot be expressed as a library. I'll add to that my assertion that regular expressions cannot (effectively) be implemented as a library.
What happens if you drop this assumption? We started with a simple observation. If the problem with CORBA/RMI is granularity, lets look at that. The problem is that one call is one round-trip, and two calls is two round-trips. CORBA/RMI is not compositional from the viewpoint of communication. There is no reason why two calls should take two round-trips. So we invented an a language notation for specifying groups of calls that should be performed together:
batch (r) {
print( r.op(3) );
print( r.get() );
In this example, "r" refers to a remote object. The calls to "op" and "get" are both executed in one round trip to the server. Voila! Compositional remote services. You can also execute programs with complex dependencies among the remote parts:
batch (r) {
Foo x = r.locate(3);
print( x.get() );
In this case the remote method returns a Foo object, which is then used in the next call. But since all of the action happens on the server within a batch, there is no need for the client to ever refer directly to "x". No proxies! What happens is that the program is partitioned into a remote part and a local part. The remote part is a script, which runs on the server and returns a result:
REMOTE: result = r.locate(3).get();
The local part then uses the result for the local computation:
LOCAL: print( result );
The result can be multiple values, and the script can contain loops and conditionals. See the papers for more examples. It turns out that these "remote scripts" are isomorphic to documents in document-oriented web services. Thus our new idea of "batches" combines the best parts of CORBA (objects!) and Web Servies (documents!) into one.
We took us so long to discover it? Simplicity is the result of hard work.
Here are some papers with details:
- Remote Batch Invocation for Web Services: Document-Oriented Web Services with Object-Oriented Interfaces
Ali Ibrahim, Yang Jiao, Marc Fisher II, William R. Cook, Eli Tilevich
(submitted for publication)
- Remote Batch Invocation for Compositional Object Services
Ali Ibrahim, Yang Jiao, Eli Tilevich, William R. Cook
(to appear)ECOOP 2009
- Explicit Batching for Distributed Objects
Eli Tilevich, William R. Cook, Yang Jiao
(to appear) Int'l Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS 2009).


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'73 C10 "Short Fleet"
When Chuck Korfanta and his wife, Dixie, got married in August of '72, they had one pastime that rose above the rest: camping. Both grew up camping with a tent and had always envied those with a trailer to camp in. Seeing that they were in charge of their finances now, they decided to buy a 16-foot camping trailer for themselves.
They soon discovered they wouldn't be able to pull the trailer with their '68 427 Corvette. Therefore, they decided to outfit their '55 Chevy with a hitch. But when Chuck almost burnt the clutch up on the '55 just pulling the trailer home, it was obvious a truck was in order. Chuck and Dixie ended up purchasing a brand-new '73 Chevy.
During their first trip, Chuck realized the truck was way under power at a bone-chilling 155 horsepower. At 18,000 miles he dropped in a 327ci Corvette crate motor with 375 hp. From that point on, the '73 went through an onslaught of modifications including a custom camper shell with bubble windows; carpet and bucket seats in the bed; and tangerine, yellow, and gold flames. When the truck had served its camping duties, the Korfanta's daughters then used it as their first ride.
In 2001, with 265,000 miles on the odometer, the truck was finally returned back to Chuck. At that point he figured the only thing left to do was to turn the truck into a show truck. Chuck wanted to keep an overall '70's theme, but at the same time give it a fresh look. The first thing he did was lower the truck. Up front he cut 1 1/2 coils from the springs, and he cut the bump stops to bring the front end down to a respectable level. In the rear, he removed three leaf springs, and added 2-inch drop shackles to get it down to the ground. The rest of the chassis was solid; however, he did go through and strip everything down to bare metal so he could paint the underside with 23 cans of spray paint.
When he gave the truck to his daughters, he dropped in a much milder motor, but seeing as how things were back in his hands, it was time to up the horsepower. Orange County Engines, in Santa Ana, California, built a 383 stroker motor with '73 Z28 ported and polished heads. They also threw in a Comp Cams Xtreme Energy camshaft, Scorpion billet aluminum rockers, and a Holley 650-cfm carburetor. The Turbo 350 tranny was rebuilt by United Engine and Trans. Chuck then upped the ante by installing a Hurst floor shifter and a B&M converter.
Chuck had always loved the flames on his truck, but for his new paintjob he wanted to mix things up a bit, color wise that is. First, he had Maaco of Orange strip down the truck and work the body. They also filled the bed stakes (no more camper shell for this Chevy), cargo light, and body molding holes. The truck was then taken to Pete Santini, in Westminster, California, where he laid down the PPG two-stage black. "I also told Pete I wanted flames, and that I wanted them to be purple. Pete then recommended I add another color, and that he had the perfect color in mind. In the end, I wound up with House of Kolor Passion Purple and Cobalt Blue flames," said Chuck. Santini also suggested Chuck update the wheels. Wanting to keep a '70's style, Chuck went with a set of Stockton Wheel 15-inch TQs. The front received BFGoodrich 245/60/15 rubber, while the rear received Goodyear 275/60/15 rubber.
Inside the cab Chuck ordered a set of later-model '81-87 Chevy door panels. In other areas where various replacement interior parts were needed, Brothers and Classic Industries were given a call. From there he dyed the entire interior with Sherwin-Williams' dye, so he could get the exact color he was after. To match the interior components a Graphite Gray vinyl seat cover, that Chuck installed himself, was thrown in the truck. Bringing some life into the cab is an assortment of billet accessories, which include an APC billet steering wheel. When we asked Chuck what was next for the '73 he told us, "I'm still working on my truck, and I figure it will never be done. Yet, my biggest challenge is that my daughters are already fighting over who gets the truck when I'm gone!"