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The first in-depth examination of the impact of austerity policies on people in the five EU countries worst affected by the economic crisis concludes that the policy of prioritising austerity is not working.
Ireland, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain are the focus of the Caritas Europa study, entitled "The Impact of the European Crisis", published today.
Using EU statistics, the report highlights historically high levels of unemployment in Europe, with more than 10% of the labour force out of work.
Among them is an entire generation of young people, with one in two unemployed in Greece and Spain.
It points to children being at a greater risk of poverty or social exclusion than the rest of the population in 21 of the 25 member states.
The study strongly challenges current official suggestions that the worst of the economic crisis is over.
It presents a picture of a Europe in which social risks are increasing, social systems are being tested and individuals and families are under stress.
The report highlights the extremely negative impact austerity policies have on the lives of vulnerable people, and reveals that many others are being driven into poverty for the first time.
The report's main conclusion is that austerity is not working and an alternative is needed.
It points out that the authorities have choices that they can make in deciding what policy approaches to use, and how various measures are targeted.
It makes a series of recommendations, including that EU funds play a bigger role in addressing poverty, and that social monitoring should be put in place for countries in EU/IMF programmes.
The Caritas group represents 49 Catholic relief, development and social service organisations in 46 countries.
Secretary General of Caritas Europe Jorge Nuño Mayer warned that austerity policies are creating structural poverty in Europe, leaving a younger generation with poor prospects of future employment.
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Edition, Mr Mayer said it shows the austerity policies are not working.
"Through these political austerity measures politicians are creating a structural poverty, a structural unemployment and we will have a lost generation of young people who won't find a job because they have no possibility to work and no possibility to develop their employability," he said.
The report makes a series of recommendations including that EU funds play a bigger role in addressing poverty.
Mr Mayer said that a Europe-wide approach is essential.
"We need a new European leadership, we need a European solution, the crisis is now a European crisis. There are main effects in these five countries, in Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece, but we see that the problems are swooping over to the other countries," he said.
"There are solutions. We need structural funds to be invested in more employment and anti-poverty measures, but also we need a better solution of the debt crisis, we need that the decisions are not simply cutback, cutback, cutback."


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Well, truth be told, it's very very nice. Smooth, good weight, excellent screen, great touch-sensitive panel, responsive QWERTY keys that are well spaced out making texting a breeze. Looks wonderful in every respect.
Overall then - a winner. Except...
The battery life is the one major failing.
I have to charge it twice a day sometimes. That is terrible really. Why only a battery at 1230mAh?


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Natives of the Commonwealth State of Virginia on America's east coast are enormously proud of their local history and have put a great deal of effort into preserving their historical landmarks, homes and public buildings. The bountiful land of Virginia is where America's first permanent English colonists put down roots, founding the town of Jamestown in 1607. They stepped ashore originally on a sandy beach at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, a large estuary that became their gateway to the scenic hinterland.
Following the rivers inland, the early pioneers found rolling hills and then the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains towering over fertile valleys in the western part of the state. Today, 400 years later, a great deal of Virginia's wilderness areas remain in their untouched pristine condition, making it the perfect destination for lovers of the outdoors as well as for those intent on discovering some living history.
Virginia has not just preserved its historic relics, it actually uses them as settings for living history displays. Historic parks and even whole towns, like Williamsburg, act as time machines to transport visitors to a bygone age, where bewigged gentlemen stroll the streets and craftsmen ply their trades along cobblestone streets.
The State has also preserved numerous battlefields and monuments associated with the Civil War, in which Virginia played a central role, with its capital, Richmond, being the seat of the Confederacy. Many of Virginia's sons have played a vital role in politics during the centuries: the state has produced eight United States presidents, including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, whose homes are national treasures and open to the public.
Even Virginia's popular seaside resort city of Virginia Beach is steeped in history, so visitors who come simply to enjoy the State's many miles of Atlantic Coast sandy beaches cannot help but absorb some of the region's historic importance along with their suntans.
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Area students to get hands-on ag education
Educating students on the impact of Nebraska agriculture is the focus of Ag Fest 2014 on Tuesday, April 29, at the Dawson County Fairgrounds in Lexington and Wednesday, April 30, at the Custer County Fairgrounds in Broken Bow. The day-long events are designed for fourth and fifth grade students. Each will feature hands-on crop and livestock educational exhibits and three concurrent sessions. The sessions will include "The Miracle of Corn," "Wow That Cow," and "The H2O Show," according to Andrea Nisley, UN-L Extension Educator in Dawson County. Students will observe the miraculous growth of a corn plant and learn the story of corn as a source of fuel and food; how cattle affect our lives in Nebraska and all over the world from production and ranching practices to health and nutrition and to the products and by-products used each day; and learn basic river and groundwater systems in Nebraska, Nisley said. Ag Fest 2014 begins at 8:45 a.m. and runs through 2:45 p.m. The sessions are 30 minutes in length. There are 825 students, teachers and helpers registered for the event. The event is coordinated and presented by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension in Custer and Dawson counties. Ag Fest 2014 is sponsored in part by area agri-businesses and commodity groups.


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BOULDER -- A Boulder District judge on Friday sentenced a former Longmont man to three years in prison for possession of a weapon by a previous offender.
A Boulder County jury convicted Chester Smalley of the crime in September. Three years was the maximum possible sentence.
"In the current gun control debate, one thing nearly everyone agrees on is the importance of keeping firearms out of the hands of dangerous felons," said Boulder County prosecutor Sean Finn. "This case demonstrates the importance of that goal to both the Longmont Police Department and the office of the District Attorney."
Smalley, a felon, was accused of possessing both a .45-caliber handgun and a knife with a 10-inch-long blade in his home on the 300 block of Southridge Place. Police found the knife, a gun holster and photos of a gun and other weaponry after they served a search warrant on the home he shared with his girlfriend, Anaiah Mitten, who has since died.
The jury found him guilty of possession of the gun, but not the knife.
According to testimony during his trial, Smalley told police he had the weapons to defend himself because his home had twice been robbed in 2010 by three brothers, all of whom have been convicted and sentenced to between 15 and 64 years in prison. He claimed they had taken out a contract on his life and he was scared.
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Wells Fargo and Bank of America have finally come back to their BlackBerry Apps, and updated them. Both of these apps have been made faster, easier to use and more secure. BOA or Bank of America made a VERY large jump as they went from version number 1.11 to 3.0.24. I currently use this new version for my banking and it rocks.
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Once Again, You Don't Compete With Innovative New Services By Being Lame
from the in-case-you-weren't-paying-attention dept
The first comes from Josh in CharlotteNC, who points out that Blockbuster is trying to compete with Redbox and its widely available kiosks (and Netflix with its larger library of downloadable movies) by setting up kiosks in its stores where you can download movies. But... you can only download them to proprietary SD cards, and then it can only play on special proprietary hardware that participants in this program need to have. How is that a better experience then, well, anything? If you want a movie that can be downloaded, why not just let people download it at home? Why have people go out to download it?
Then we have a story sent in by Loydster, about how Sony Pictures is offering owners of new Sony/Bravia HDTV's the chance to download and watch the movie Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs before the DVD release. While that is actually a nice tie-in between Sony's content business and its consumer electronics business, Sony (of course) has to screw it up. That's because the company thinks it can charge $25 to download the movie. The company seems to admit that it's charging this much because it doesn't want to piss off its retail partners (like WalMart), but it's difficult to see why it's worth doing the project at all if the pricing is going to be so ridiculous.
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DeKALB – Sacramento, Calif. is 2,044 miles from Chicago.
A flight is roughly four hours, and that's if one is lucky enough to find a non-stop trip.
Eventually, it became too much for Pete Rakocevic.
The 6-foot-11 Northern Illinois junior center played two seasons at Sacramento State, but the long distance from the Windy City – he grew up near Midway Airport – was a big reason he decided to transfer from Sacramento State to NIU after the 2011-12 season.
During his two years out in northern California, the trips back home for holidays were rare. Now, his parents, Momo and Denise Rakocevic, are able to make it out to pretty much every home game and watch him in some road contests as well.
"It really is true, there's no place like home," Rakocevic said. "Being able to go out to dinner with my family after games, seeing them in the stands, playing for a guy like coach Montgomery, it's really relaxing."
DeKalb is the third stop in Rakocevic's post-high school career.
After graduating from St. Laurence in 2009, he spent a year of postgraduate prep school out at Wilbraham & Monson Academy in Massachusetts.
He was just 17 when he graduated, and figured he could draw some higher interest after a year of prep school after being recruited by mid-major programs in high school.
There was interest from Michigan and Notre Dame, but it eventually cooled off. Rakocevic wanted a place where he could avoid redshirting and step in. He went out to California, where he averaged 1.9 points per game as a freshman at Sacramento State and 1.3 points per contest as a sophomore.
Rakocevic was forced to sit out last season due to NCAA transfer rules, but brought some much-needed size to the Huskies this season. He's playing 16.6 minutes per game after sitting out the 2012-13 campaign, averaging 4.4 points through the Huskies' first 14 games.
"I think if he puts on another 15 pounds in the offseason and keeps working on his explosion, he has a chance to play some basketball after college," NIU head coach Mark Montgomery said. "You don't find 6-11, 6-10, 7-foot guys walking around."
Rakocevic has helped provide depth behind fellow transfer Jordan Threloff, but will play some power forward at times when Threloff is on the floor.
He's glad to finally be back on the floor after his long journey.
"Last year was tough because there were so many nail-biters and games within five points that we lost, and I felt like we could have won," Rakocevic said. "We were relatively young. Last year was tough for me, not playing, especially since we were struggling. That's when most guys want to be on the court because they feel like they can help."
When Rakocevic's career is over following next season, there could be another Rakocevic heading in to DeKalb. His younger brother, Nick, is a sophomore at St. Joseph High in Westchester. He's already received an offer from NIU among other Division-I interest, and has been able to make it out to a number of home games.
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Eyewitnesses have been giving their accounts of the chaos following the explosion by government buildings in the Norwegian capital Oslo....."I see that some windows of the VG [a popular Norwegian tabloid newspaper] building and the government headquarters have been broken," Ingunn Andersen, a journalist with Norwegian public radio NRK, said from the scene....."Some people covered with blood are lying in the street. There is glass everywhere. It is total chaos. The windows of the all the surrounding buildings have been blown out."
Ole Tommy Pedersen, who was standing at a bus stop about 100m (yds) from the blast scene, said he had seen almost all the windows in a 20-storey government building shatter, with smoke billowing from the bottom floors....."I saw three or four injured people being carried out of the building a few minutes later," he told the Associated Press news agency.
"The political centre of Oslo just exploded," wrote one Twitter user in the city, finansakrobat, who said he had narrowly missed being at the scene of the blast. ....I should have been standing in front of the blast. Just chance that I was late. I should be dead."
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Siv Hartvigsen, who was visiting the city on holiday, said she had fled from the danger as soon as she could. ..."We were shopping at Eger Torget which is just above the Stortinget [Norway's parliament], and we just heard a big bang," she told the BBC.
"The whole building was shaking big time. We could see the hairdressers on the second floor of the building next door.
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Scholarship support celebrated at annual luncheon
Penn State DuBois students who have received scholarships to help fund their education had the chance to personally thank many of the people who make those scholarships possible April 9 at the campus' annual Scholarship Luncheon, held at Lifetime Celebrations in DuBois. Each year, donors and scholars alike are invited to the event to get to know one another over lunch. Donors get to see, first hand, the kind of impact they've had in the lives of students, and the students have the chance to explain how critical the scholarships have been in their educational pursuits.
"It definitely helps out, what they give to you," said scholarship recipient Jordan Fairman, of DuBois. "It's great to see that there are people out there willing to support us in getting an education. It means a lot that there are people in the community willing to do this and be so generous."
A returning adult student from DuBois, Howard Hartzfeld said scholarship support has made it possible for him to pursue higher education. He said, "I have a house, a mortgage, bills; without the scholarship I wouldn't be able to take enough time off from work to go to school. It's amazing because you don't always hear about people giving back these days, but it's awesome that these people who have the ability to do it do give back."
One of those people dedicated to giving back is Robert Umbaugh. He and his wife, Joyce, established a scholarship at Penn State DuBois more than 20 years ago, and have continued to support campus students in a variety of ways since. Umbaugh spoke at the luncheon to offer a donors perspective, and shared his philosophy on giving. He recalled receiving a scholarship when he was a freshman at Penn State DuBois, and the impact it had on him.
"I made a commitment at that time that if I were ever able, I was going to help other people go to Penn State," Umbaugh said. "I don't give money to Penn State, I invest in students. So you can get an education."
Umbaugh also urged students to realize the significance of philanthropy and remember to one day give back themselves. He said, "Remember that someone invested in you when you were young. You have a moral obligation to pay it back."
Each year, more than $300,000 in scholarship dollars is awarded to Penn State DuBois students through more than 50 individual scholarship funds.


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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Gov. Martin O'Malley is highlighting some initiatives he hopes will spur job growth.
The governor on Thursday outlined plans to help people get training for jobs that are in high demand. O'Malley has put $2.5 million in his budget proposal to create a competitive grant process to help get people the skills for jobs that are in high demand. He's calling it the Employment Advancement Now Initiative.
He's also backing a measure to speed up the professional licensing process for military families who move to Maryland from other states.
The governor also announced a plan with 25 actions the state can take to help federal facilities drive innovation and create jobs in the state.
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A Bismarck State College team of Process Plant Technology students has qualified to compete with teams from seven other colleges in a troubleshooting competition funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Sophomores Jon Reis of Bismarck, Jared Reinisch of Mandan, and Courtney Hausauer of Mercer earned a place at the second annual National Simulation Troubleshooting "Shootout" May 11 at Kilgore College in Kilgore, Texas. This marks the second consecutive year that BSC process technology students have qualified.
"It's a chance for them to fine tune troubleshooting and math skills and build relationships with other students," said Kyren Miller, BSC National Energy Center of Excellence (NECE) associate professor who coached the team.
The qualifying round on April 9 set the BSC team against students from 17 process technology colleges across the country. All students took a written test proctored at their various colleges. Teams evaluated problem scenarios using their knowledge of process troubleshooting methods and tools. The national test will use computerized scenarios.
"We have a great opportunity to represent BSC," said Courtney Hausauer, whose preparation has given her an edge in classes. "It looks great when we go on interviews, and I've already had people ask me about it. Hopefully, we can go further."
The scenario exercises are part of an open source curriculum under development by a consortium that requested funding from the NSF Advanced Technical Education granting program. The consortium is engaged in year two of the three-year grant titled "Developing Students' Troubleshooting Skills in Energy Programs."
BSC is one of the seven colleges involved in the Process Troubleshooting Skills in Energy (PTSE) consortium along with several process industry companies. Through the NSF-ATE grant, a set of troubleshooting learning materials is underway, including equipment and process system modules, evaluation instruments, hands-on activities and other resources. College instructors will pilot test these materials in their classrooms.
BSC's consortium representative is Dan Schmidt, a NECE program manager. Other participating colleges are Northern Oklahoma College, Tonkawa, Okla.; South Central Louisiana Technical College, Morgan City, La.; ITI Technical College, Baton Rouge, La.; Kilgore College, Kilgore, Texas; Kenai Peninsula College, Anchorage, Alaska; and University of Alaska, Anchorage and Fairbanks campuses.
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Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert says it is unclear how long he will be without striker Darren Bent, who has suffered an ankle injury.
Lambert will again be without the services of Villa's record signing when Manchester United visit Villa Park on Saturday.
Bent suffered the injury in training last week, forcing him out of the 1-0 victory at Sunderland and the striker has since undergone scans to determine the extent of the damage. He missed the last three months of last season with an injury to the same ankle.
"Darren had a scan on Wednesday, and it's still too early so we will have to go with the same squad of players," Lambert said. "He's doing okay at the minute, but we'll have to wait and see.
"It is the ankle he injured against Wigan [last season], so we will wait and see. It is not right at the moment."
Lambert has called on his players to be brave enough to rise to the challenge of taking on the Premier League leaders.
"Manchester United are a top side, but you don't want to be buried in your own half for 90 minutes. You have to try to do something in the game," he said. "I think every game is really tough, but when Man United come it is a special game. Everyone wants to beat them because they are the top of the tree. It is a great occasion for us.
"You need a bit of luck, too. We have to believe that we can win. The belief in the football team at the minute is there. The stadium will be vibrant. There will be a massive crowd, and it will be up to us to try and give them a problem.
"But if you go gung-ho against Manchester United, they will pick you off. That's me being realistic, but you got to give it a go as well. We're at home, and will do everything we can to try and win."


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NowGamer: Ubisoft's ambitious adventure didn't quite work out as planned but what went wrong?
The pacing was just awful. That's my biggest complaint about the game. To me, it just felt like a chore to play through the story. The side content was excellent, but by the time I had chugged through the terrible story, I was burnt out, and didn't really feel like going back to it.
I absolutely love this game, i don't know what everyone is griping on about.
I liked Haytham Kenway more than Connor, which is a problem because you play as Haytham for only a few hours. He had way more personality and charm
This game left a bad taste in my mouth in terms of Assassins Creed games.
It had an interesting start but then it was followed by a boring story, boring characters, huge open areas land that were just uninteresting to explore, confusing political babel and historical figures who turned out to be complete dicks and an ending that just ended to quickly!
Worse game in the series if you ask me. Im glad i traded it in for Ubisofts far better and more satisfying game released a month after this garbage.


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Cisco Tablet: Rumour becomes Truth
Two month ago I've written an article about some rumour saying that Cisco is working on their own tablet. This rumour became truth today: Cisco announced a new business tablet called Cius. The 7-inch screen device is powered by an Intel Atom processor running at 1.6 GHz and weighs 0,5 kg. According to Cisco the battery should run for 8 hours, which is 2h less then the iPad. As the iPhone 4, the Cius comes with two cameras. The front-facing cam records in high definition and the camera at the back does 5 megapixel. Video conferencing shouldn't be a problem with that. It supports Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, Bluetooth and 3G. 4G should be available at a later time. I really like the micro USB port which definitely and the SD card slot. The OS is Android and with that it has access to the Android Marketplace which offers thousands of applications. The price is targeted for less then $1000. Will this be the next Boom in the tablet market? Possibly companies see this device more in the business space then the iPad which comes in my eyes as a consumer tablet. I'm looking forward to see it live once! This could be a great way to access your virtual desktop.


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Placenta abruptio
Placenta abruptio is the separation of the placenta (the organ that nourishes the fetus) from its attachment to the uterus wall before the baby is delivered.
Causes of Placenta abruptio
The exact cause of a placental abruption may be hard to determine.
Direct causes are rare, but include:
- Injury to the belly area (abdomen) from a fall, hit to the abdomen, or automobile accident
- Sudden loss of uterine volume (can occur with rapid loss of amniotic fluid or after a first twin is delivered)
Risk factors include:
- Blood clotting disorders (thrombophilias)
- Cigarette smoking
- Cocaine use
- Diabetes
- Drinking more than 14 alcoholic drinks per week during pregnancy
- High blood pressure during pregnancy (about half of placental abruptions that lead to the baby's death are linked to high blood pressure)
- History of placenta abruptio
- Increased uterine distention (may occur with multiple pregnancies or very large volume of amniotic fluid)
- Large number of past deliveries
- Older mother
- Premature rupture of membranes (the bag of water breaks before 37 weeks into the pregnancy)
- Uterine fibroids
Placental abruption, which includes any amount of placental separation before delivery, occurs in about 1 out of 150 deliveries. The severe form, which can cause the baby to die, occurs only in about 1 out of 800 to 1,600 deliveries.
Placenta abruptio Symptoms
- Abdominal pain
- Back pain
- Frequent uterine contractions
- Uterine contractions with no relaxation in between
- Vaginal bleeding
Tests and Exams
Tests may include:
- Abdominal ultrasound
- Complete blood count
- Fetal monitoring
- Fibrinogen level
- Partial thromboplastin time
- Pelvic exam
- Platelet count
- Prothrombin time
- Vaginal ultrasound
Treatment of Placenta abruptio
Treatment may include fluids through a vein (IV) and blood transfusions. The mother will be carefully monitored for symptoms of shock. The unborn baby will be watched for signs of distress, which includes an abnormal heart rate.
An emergency cesarean section may be needed. If the baby is very premature and there is only a small placental separation, the mother may be kept in the hospital for close observation. She may be released after several days if the condition does not get worse and any bleeding stops.
If the fetus is developed enough, vaginal delivery may be done if it is safe for the mother and child. Otherwise, a cesarean section will be done.
Prognosis (Outlook)
The mother does not usually die of this condition. But any of the following increases the risk of death for both the mother and baby:
- Closed cervix
- Delayed diagnosis and treatment of placental abruption
- Excessive blood loss, leading to shock
- Hidden (concealed) uterine bleeding in pregnancy
- No labor
Fetal distress occurs early in the condition in about half of all cases. Infants who live have a 40-50% chance of complications, which range from mild to severe.
Potential Complications
Excess blood loss can lead to shock and possible death of the mother or baby. If bleeding occurs after the delivery and blood loss cannot be controlled in other ways, the mother may need a hysterectomy (removal of the uterus).
When to Contact a Health Professional
Call your health care provider right away if:
- You are in an auto accident, even if the accident is minor.
- You fall and hit your abdomen.
- You have vaginal bleeding during pregnancy.
See your health care provider right away, call your local emergency number (such as 911), or go to the emergency room if you have vaginal bleeding and severe abdominal pain or contractions during your pregnancy. Placental abruption can quickly become an emergency condition that threatens the life of both the mother and baby.
Prevention of Placenta abruptio
Do not drink any alcohol, such as beer and wine. Do not smoke or use recreational drugs during pregnancy. Get early and regular prenatal care.
Recognizing and managing conditions in the mother such as diabetes and high blood pressure also decrease the risk of placental abruption.
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Houry DE, Salhi BA. Acute complications of pregnancy. In: Marx J, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, et al, eds. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 7th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Mosby; 2009:chap 176.
Cunningham FG, Leveno KL, Bloom SL, et al. Obstetrical hemorrhage. In: Cunningham FG, Leveno KL, Bloom SL, et al., eds. Williams Obstetrics. 23rd ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2010:chap 35.
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DU PLESSIS, Rory. Social class and psychotherapy: a critical reading of Thomas Szasz's The ethics of psychoanalysis. Psychol. Soc. [online]. 2011, n.42, pp.21-34. ISSN 2309-8708.
This paper aims to offer a critical reading of Thomas S. Szasz's The ethics of psychoanalysis: The theory and method of autonomous psychotherapy (1965 / 1988a). In particular, the critical reading is focused on revealing and investigating the presence of attitudinal biases and beliefs pertaining to the social class of psychotherapy. It will be argued that in Szasz forwarding his thesis, a number of statements regarding social class are raised. In particular, and for the purposes of this paper, the key focus will be an investigation of Szasz's proclamation that the poor and uneducated do not need psychoanalysis but require freedom, knowledge and skills. The paper will argue that this statement may not necessarily be presenting an attitudinal bias or belief against the poor and uneducated. Rather, Szasz is professing the nature and limitations of psychotherapy. Nonetheless, Szasz's text still reflects attitudinal biases through the disapproval of the efforts made by Sigmund Freud to make psychotherapy available to all people.
Keywords : Psychoanalysis; psychotherapy; social class; Thomas Szasz; Sigmund Freud.


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On the latest episode of web series THE TROUBLE MAN, ONE LIFE TO LIVE alum Karen Lorre (formerly Karen Witter) guest stars as Janet Nooley. Lorre played Tina Lord Roberts on OLTL from 1990 to 1994. Check out a clip of Lorre from the new episode of THE TROUBLE MAN below:
Lorre was previously married to TWO AND A HALF MEN producer Chuck Lorre.
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Java and XML: Web Publishing Frameworks
Pages: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Selecting a Framework
If you're getting an idea of the importance of the web publishing framework, you might expect to find a list of hundreds of possible solutions. This is because the Java language offers an easy interface into the various XML tools used by web publishing frameworks. Additionally, Java servlets offer a simple means of handling web requests and responses. However, the list of frameworks is small, and the list of good and stable ones is even smaller. One of the best resources for seeing what products are currently available is XML Software's list at http://xmlsoftware.com/publishing/. This list changes frequently enough that it is not worth repeating here. Still, some important criteria for determining what framework is right for you are worth mentioning.
Don't be surprised if you have a hard time finding a product whose version tag is greater than 2.x. In fact, you may have to search diligently to even find a second-generation framework. While a higher version number is not a guarantee of stability, it often reflects the amount of time, effort, and review that a framework has undergone. The XML publishing system is such a new beast that the market is being flooded with 1.0 and 1.1 products that simply are not stable enough for practical use.
You can also often ascertain stability of a product by the stability of other products from the same vendor. Often, an entire suite of tools is released by a vendor; if their other tools do not offer SAX 2.0 and DOM Level 2 support, or are all also 1.0 and 1.1 products, you might be wise to pass on the framework until it has matured a little more, and has conformed to newer XML standards. You should also try to steer away from platform-specific technologies -- if the framework is tied to a platform (such as Windows), you aren't dealing with a pure Java solution. Remember that a publishing framework must serve clients on any platform; why be happy with a product that can't also run on any platform?
Integration with Other XML Tools and APIs
Once you have ensured that your framework is stable enough for your needs, you should make sure that it has support for a variety of XML parsers and processors. If a framework is tied to a specific parser or processor, you are really just buying an XML version of Microsoft -- you have tied yourself to one specific implementation of a technology. Although frameworks often integrate well with a particular parser vendor, determine if parsers can be interchanged. If you have a favorite processor (or one left to you from previous projects), make sure that processor can still be used.
Support for SAX and DOM is a must. Also, try to find a framework whose developers are monitoring the specifications of XML Schema, XLink, XPointer, and other emerging XML technologies. This will indicate if you can expect to see revisions of the framework add support for these XML specifications, an important indication of the framework's longevity. Don't be afraid to ask questions about how quickly new specifications can be expected to be integrated into the product, and insist on a firm answer.
Production Presence
The last, and perhaps most important, question to answer when looking for a web publishing framework is determining if it is used in production applications. If you cannot be supplied with at least a few reference applications or sites that are using the framework, don't be surprised if there aren't any. Vendors (and developers, in the open source realm) should be happy and proud to let you know where you can check out their frameworks in action. Hesitance in this area is a sign that you may be more of a pioneer with a product than you wish to be.
Making the Decision
Once you have evaluated these criteria, you will probably have a clear answer. Very few frameworks can positively answer all the questions raised here, not to mention your application specific concerns. In fact, at the time of this writing, less than five publishing frameworks exist that support the latest versions of SAX, DOM, and JAXP, are in production at even one application site, and have at least three significant revisions of code under their belt. These are not listed here because, honestly, in six months they may not exist, or may be radically changed. The world of web publishing frameworks is in such flux that trying to recommend you to four or five options and be assured they will be in existence months from now has a greater chance of misleading you than helping you.
However, one publishing framework has consistently succeeded and received notice within the Java and XML community; when considering the open source community in particular, this framework is often the choice of Java developers. The Apache Cocoon project, founded by Stefano Mazzocchi, has been a solid framework since its inception. Developed while most of us were still trying to figure out what XML was, Cocoon is now entering its second generation as an XML publishing framework based completely in Java. It also is part of the Apache XML project, and has default support for Apache Xerces and Apache Xalan. It allows any conformant XML parser to be used, and is based on the immensely popular Java servlet architecture. In addition, there are several production sites using Apache Cocoon (in its 1.x form) that push the boundaries of traditional web application development yet still perform extremely well. For this reason, and again in keeping with the spirit of open source software, we use Apache Cocoon as the framework of choice in this chapter.
In previous chapters, our choice of XML parser and processor was fairly open; in other words, examples would work with only small modifications to code when using different vendor implementations. However, the web publishing framework is not standardized, and each framework implements wildly different features and conventions. For this reason, the examples in this chapter using Apache Cocoon are not portable; however, the popularity of the concepts and design patterns used within Cocoon merit an entire chapter on using the framework. If you do not choose Cocoon, you should at least look over the examples, as the concepts in web publishing are usable across any vendor implementation, even though the specifics of the code are not.


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Homeowners beware
March 16, 2013
To the editor: The city of Cape Coral, in its own mission statement both on its Web site as well as the intent in their zoning regulations, has pages upon pages of zoning regulations and ordinances......
I'll trade you a sewage plant.
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What about the citizens that support this ampi-theater and lives in that neighborbood? don't they have the right to enjoy a vision involving their church and city?it's time to stop the negative out look of "I Don't Want That" and ask: What can I do to help my City grow ?
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Linda53: Here is the main problem. This area is zoned residential, not business. We also have laws on the books concerning loud music. There is a place for this and it is not in a residential neighborhood.
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Grumpy, the problem is all of the Cape is residential, so something has to give. We can't just be a giant suburb. The city will not thrive if that is the case. The church is doing a good thing. Let's give it a chance.
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Rocco, Grumpy is just a grumpy old man that is against everything except Bingo, shuffle board, and Velcro shoes.
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Haninginthere: you don't know me and always make derogatory remarks when I post something. If you have nothing constructive to say, keep your comments to yourself. I like concerts and other things too. I am not concerned about anything you mentioned either.
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A park. A park. My kingdom for a park!
Festival Park, Amphitheater Park. BASEBALL PARK.
The city spent a lot of money on a venue type park for various events such as music.
The city missed the boat on construction of a Major League Baseball Park. Reasons given too much traffic, too expensive, only used for a short period of time each year. Some other reason illogical at best. We might not want to get involved with a National Corporation like Major League Baseball? Look at the failures in the Cactus League in the Southwest? The sport may be short lived and just a fad? We would rather set our star on Hula Hoops or Leisure Suits. We would rather force the development of a Swim Complex with a phantom board of directors, no money to put up to build the facility. (The wanna be resident backers did not even want to pursue this after they found out the developers were a myth). This weekend we have a Jazz & Blues Fest being held at Westin which I do not hold that against that new b
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contd. They should promote and be promoted by the city. But it is an event that would be better served by being held at a park. Here is the rub if there are two parks. Which one? Festival Park or the Amphitheater Park? Who gets the business to support payment and upkeep of the park? Why cannibalize potential business? Why not promote the hotel, restaurant, marina business in a way to provide what the park couldn't. A place to stay, have meals and beverage, have docking for boaters wanting a destination, etc., etc. Also just a sidebar what about the band shell at Four Freedoms Park? It could be another venue for music and the ailing CRA district? How much land was taken off the tax rolls for Festival Park? This being an investment do you ever see the tax dollars coming back to pay us for this venture? When? Once again a plan that is a figment of a few wild imaginations.
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Greenwich football team cruises past Central
Updated 10:09 pm, Saturday, October 20, 2012
Greenwich High School senior quarterback Liam O'Neil completed 14-of-15 passes for 261 yards and five touchdowns in Saturday's game against Bridgeport Central -- and that was just in the first half.
O'Neil didn't need to throw a single pass during the second half for the Cardinals, who much to the dismay of the opposition, keep improving each week.
Scoring 42 first-half points, the virtually unstoppable Cardinals amassed 487 total yards of offense in a 56-6 Homecoming Day rout of Bridgeport Central at Cardinal Stadium.
Senior running back Mark Bernstein caught two touchdown passes and ran for a score, while senior backfield mate Alex McMurray caught a pair of scoring strikes for Greenwich (5-0).
"Forty-two points in the first half -- that was amazing," said Bernstein, who had 44 yards rushing and 45 yards receiving. "The offensive line was opening up huge holes and really did a great job."
Greenwich, which entered the season with a new-look offensive line, received another strong game from its players in the trenches.
"The offense was clicking on everything we ran today," O'Neil said. "This was the greatest game this offensive line played. There was a lot of time for me to throw, I wasn't sacked the entire game."
Senior center Bob Decker, the only returning starter from last season's offensive line, leads a unit that's gaining more cohesion each week.
"I feel like we're improving," Decker said. "Our running game is picking up and Liam and Jose (Melo) are getting time to get the ball into our receiver's hands."
Greenwich drove 54 yards in seven plays on its first possession, which was capped by Bernstein's 4-yard touchdown run up the middle 2:24 into the game.
After senior defensive back Mike Longo intercepted Central senior quarterback Xavier Hardison, GHS went 70 yards in four plays on its next drive. Senior tight end Joe Kelly (4 receptions, 91 yards) put the Cards two scores ahead, reaching the end zone on a 52-yard catch-and-run midway through the first quarter.
"Liam made all the right calls, all the right plays and all of our receivers caught the ball," Kelly said. "There wasn't very many mistakes from us at all today."
The Cardinals continued to victimize the Hilltoppers through the air. McMurray scored on a 7-yard pass in the flat from O'Neil, senior wideout Vincent Ferraro caught a 50-yard touchdown off a slant-and-go route, and Bernstein took passes of 25 and 20 yards out of the backfield to the house, making it a 42-0 game.
"I thought Liam threw the ball very well," GHS coach Rich Albonizio said. "He made some good reads on his passes and received very good protection from our guys up front."
Senior Shawn Dunster had a interception and senior Taylor Olmstead recovered a fumble in the first half for GHS, which saw Alex McGee, Pat Callahan, Jack Wynne, Kelly and Dan Claroni register sacks.
"For the seniors, this was our last Homecoming game," Olmstead said. "The whole team has been working hard all week for this game and we came out with a lot of intensity and played great football."
While the Cards excelled offensively, yards were hard to come by for the Hilltoppers (1-5) against Greenwich's defense. Hardison completed 4-of-13 passes for 34 yards for Central, which finally reached the end zone on Keyshaun Thomas' 13-yard run with 34 seconds left in the third quarter.
"We were undermanned and overmatched in this game," Central coach Dave Cadelina said. "Our team should be playing better at this point of the season. I knew we were a big underdog coming in here, but three turnovers, missed assignments -- we could have done better."
After backup quarterback KJ Whitaker scored on a 6-yard run late in the final quarter, Albonizio had a tough decision to make. With his team leading 55-6, Albonizio sent junior guard Justin Gaccione to kick the extra point in place of Jesse Adelberg. Gaccione converted the extra point and Greenwich had a 50-point lead. The CIAC has a 50-point rule, which mandates that coaches of teams that beat an opponent by 50 or more points be suspended the following game.
Several coaches have appealed their possible suspension over the years and some have had them overturned.
"I didn't go over 50, I'm right at 50 and we scored 42 points in the first half," Albonizio said. "We only had two touchdowns in the second half and I can't tell young kids who are in there not to score. I have never been in this predicament before. We could have taken a knee after scoring the last touchdown, but to me, that's embarrassing for the opponent."
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GREENWICH 56, Central 6
G -- Mark Bernstein 4 run (Jesse Adelberg kick)
G -- Joe Kelly 52 pass from Liam O'Neil (Adelberg kick)
G -- Alex McMurray 7 pass from O'Neil (Adelberg kick)
G -- Vincent Ferraro 50 pass from O'Neil (Adelberg kick)
G -- Bernstein 25 pass from O'Neil (Adelberg kick)
G -- Bernstein 20 pass from O'Neil (Adelberg kick)
G -- Jose Melo 16 pass to McMurray (Adelberg kick)
BC --Keyshaun Thomas 13 run (pass failed)
G -- KJ Whitaker 6 run (Justin Gaccione kick)
Records: BC 1-5, G 5-0


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Officials didn't say much today in a press conference about who she is because of privacy laws. In fact, they wouldn't even identify her.
The El Paso County Coroner's office did give out her name. She is Kalpana Dangol, better known as Anna.
Officials say each year Colorado has about 120 cases of TB each year. They also say they can't remember the last time someone died of TB.
Anna is an international student at the Colorado State University in Pueblo. This location has about 4,000 students.
Officials believe she contracted TB in her native country, but wouldn't say what country that is.
Right now they have narrowed down a window and are looking for the names of those who have been in contact with her since February. Health officials say the possibilities of someone being infected with TB are rare.
TB is not a new thing and they all have more than enough experience with this disease and plan on using the same techniques they've been using since the 1940's to track down possible victims.
The state of Colorado does not require students to be tested for TB. That decision is left up to the school. As of now, it is not known if Colorado State University requires TB testing.
This case is not related to the other case in the news coming out of Denver where an Atlanta lawyer was quarantined at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center.
Stay with 11 News for the latest.


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The Lake Placid community took a loss with the destruction of the building on Station Street that housed three businesses last week - but in that loss, the community can take away an appreciation of the place we live.
First, kudos to the volunteer fire departments and other emergency personnel who braved sub-zero temperatures to battle the blaze. And it wasn't just the Lake Placid Fire Department, it was the fire departments of the surrounding area as well - all answering the call of duty while most of us slept in the warmth of our homes.
These departments protect our community, and thanks to everyone who was out that night, either at the scene or at the station, trying their best to save the property at 263 Station St.
In the aftermath of that fire, Lake Placid Boatworks, Cake Placid and Rick's Taxi will have to find a way to begin again. And stepping up to help is the Lake Placid community.
By the time most readers see this page, the benefit at the Lake Placid Pub and Brewery will have ended. But that does not depreciate the level of commitment to this community by that establishment and all those who attended. For the record, the Pub scheduled a benefit on Thursday, Jan. 31 and plans to donate $2 from every pint sold to help the business owners who lost their property on that cold night.
But that's not all. There were many local businesses who stepped up to the plate and donated goods or services for a silent auction at that benefit - with all proceeds going to help the aforementioned businesses.
And the outpouring of support by this community will not end there. Dmitry Feld has announced a fundraising event will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 13 during the next I Love Local Eats Cooking Series at the Shipman Youth Center - an event that Cake Placid has regularly donated desserts.
During the next few weeks, there may be other events aimed to help these businesses. Hopefully, they are well-attended.
Even in bad times, one must take a moment to reflect on the positive. In the case of a fire that destroyed, the power of community shines bright.
Thank you to all those who will attend and those who will contribute to any upcoming benefit. These community efforts are truly something to be proud of.


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PRINCETON — Returning golfers for Saturday's Princeton Invitational golf meet found things to be a little reversed at Chapel Hill Golf Course.
Along with a recent change of ownership and new name, the Princeton golf course, formerly named Hunter's Ridge and Bureau Valley Country Club before that, has flipped flopped its front and back nine holes. While that led to some confusion at the start of the day, good golf prevailed in the end.
Rock Falls and meet medalist Andrew Tichler beat out St. Bede 321-330 for team honors. IVC came in third; Mendota (350) was fifth; and Princeton (351), the defending champion, was fifth.
"The P.I.T. has been fortunate to have kept most of the same teams playing each year. With that said, the coaches and players who have participated in the past were naturally a little confused with the two nines being reversed," PHS coach Duane Price said. "Since the tournament uses a shotgun start, it didn't matter for scoring. However, it created a few errors in getting players to their correct starting holes.
"Once all the players had teed off, the tournament ran smoothly. The course was set up well for scoring, and the players appeared to have enjoyed the challenge."
IVC's Jarom Hutson, who shot a 76, but lost to Tichler in a two-hole, sudden death playoff for medalist honors, didn't mind the course change. He shot better on the tougher front 9 (35) than he did on the back (41).
"It kind of confused the numbers, that's for sure. I kept getting them flipped," he said. "(But) I thought it was nice to end on the easier side; that way it kind of allowed you to recover from the mistakes you had on the front 9."
St. Bede scored two golfers in the Top 7 with both sophomore Jarret Olson and junior Joey Dudek shooting 79s. Olson was awarded fifth place by a scorecard tiebreaker over both Dudek and Princeton's Zach Hicks, who also shot a 79.
Dudek, who shot a 36 on the front and 43 on the back, said the course change didn't really bother him,
"You're always looking at the stones to see what holes you were on, but I'm familiar with it," he said.
Bureau Valley's Ryan Young also walked away with a ninth-place medal, shooting an 82. L-P's Kyle Hanck was 10th at 83.
Princeton had a case of the "what-ifs," competing without No. 2 man Ian Nichols, who was sick, Price said. Along with Hicks, the Tigers scored with freshman Colby Robbins (88), Miles Rose (90) and Derec Roberson (94). Colin Pierson added a 95 and Colton Erven a 103.
"In all, I feel we were fairly competitive despite our fifth-place finish," he said. "As a team, we depend on (Nichols') score every time we compete, so we knew our score was going to be a bit higher than we'd normally expect. With that in mind, I will impress upon the guys that we competed with many of the teams who will be in the LaSalle-Peru Regional. We'll use that as motivation to get better in the next few weeks to, hopefully, be ready to compete for a sectional-qualifying spot as a team."
Price knows Hicks was disappointed with his putting, but he said his 79 was
"still very competitive." A few of the other Tiger golfers shot 18-hole personal bests, he said, which is encouraging since the postseason begins next week.
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Conservative News Update:
Politicians and the media are constantly lying to cover up the link between 'Liberal brainwashing' and these mass shooters. This was another case where police reports state 'the suspect was into politics', but nobody mentions what type of politics.
Sandy Hook shooter, Adam Lanza was into politics and mass murder? Gee, that sounds a lot like Che Guevara to me, but that part of the police investigation mysteriously isn't reported.
There were reports that Karl Halverson Pierson was very anti-Republican on his Facebook Page and that page was mysterious removed from the Internet. The answer is that nobody wants it known; these mass shooters are a product of Liberal academia that is brainwashing kids to be Marxists. Some kids take that to the next level and that is 'violent Marxist revolutionary'.
CO Gov Hickenlooper stated:
"He didn't seem to have a mental illness. He had a lot of friends. He was outspoken. There have been a couple stories that he was bullied, and that's a recurring theme we see sometimes with these shootings. But, again, there's no rhyme or reason," Hickenlooper said.
Hickenlooper is wrong, because there was plenty of evidence that Karl Halverson Pierson was an 'extreme left winger' that was getting angrier each day since he had an argument with his debate teacher.
The Democrats are inciting extremists to become mass shooters with their 'take no prisoners' method of politics that was reborn during the GW Bush years. Karl Halverson Pierson is a perfect example of that.
I tried to warn the NYPD back in 2007 about the risk of 'Marxist Revolutionaries' such as these mass shooters, but they had no clue what I was talking about.
Marxist Revolutionary? Does Arapahoe High Mass Shooter Karl H. Pierson fit the same profile as past mass shooters?


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In Settings > Window Manager Tweaks > Placement, I have set "Minimum size of windows to trigger smart placement:" at the maximum "Large" setting and set "By default, place windows:" to "At the center of screen". After setting this, it usually works fine, however after rebooting the computer, these settings are still shown in Settings > Window Manager Tweaks > Placement, but the the windows no longer center on the screen, they load at the top left or in another open area. I have to change the placement settings to something else and then change them back where I want for it to start again with centering windows.
How can I make it remember my settings through reboot, so that I don't have to reset them after every reboot?
As mentioned by the below post I am adding that I am running Manjaro 0.8.6 and Xfce 4.10 and xfwm4 4.10.1-1 xfce4-session 4.10.1-2 xfce4-settings 4.10.1-1 and xfconf 4.10.0-3
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What version of Xfce, xfwm4, xfce4-session, xfce4-settings, and xfconf do you have on your system? It's probably a good idea to list those for an issue of this type. It wouldn't hurt to list the distro/version you're running, too. You never know when something like this might be a bug that got squashed in a newer version of something. If you aren't sure what versions they are, you could run Synaptic Package Manager (or whatever packaging tool you have installed) and type them (or just xf to get a list of all of them (along with other components) into its search box).
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Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota delivers a highly theatrical version of Eugene Ionesco's still-relevant absurdist classic at BAM.
Any piece of theater in which one human after another turns into a thundering African mammal inherently requires as much theatricality as a director can lavish, and that's exactly what Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota abundantly brings to this welcome revival of Rhinoceros, Eugene Ionesco's 1959 allegory, now in a brief run at BAM Howard Gilman Opera House.
For this production, Demarcy-Mota precedes the play with actor Hugues Quester, round-shouldered and downtrodden, delivering lines from Ionesco's novel, Solitaire, about loss of belief in the future. It comes off as both a meaningful introduction to the renowned playwright's increasing despair and a preview of the play to come.
The central figure in Rhinoceros is Berenger (Serge Maggiani), who through three charged sequences watches everyone he knows — including good friend Jean (Quester) and longed-for girlfriend Daisy (Celine Carrere) — lose themselves while he struggles to retain his autonomy.
In the opening segment, when the first rhinoceros is spotted outside a café, Berenger and Jean are attempting to have a convivial drink while talking over Berenger's romantic interest in Daisy — who is being wooed by mutual friend Dudard (Philippe Demarle) —when the men are thrown about the place along with the other startled denizens.
In the second segment, a group of office workers — attired by Corinne Baudelot in matching blue suits, white shirts and red ties — perch on a raised platform that ramps up even higher when one of their number succumbs to rhinodom. Throughout Ionesco's fever dream, Demarcy-Mota never loses sight of the need for humor, and here the continuing sight gag of office workers in extremis keeps audiences giggling.
In the third segment, Berenger goes into high-grade alarm when Jean, who has been holding out from her seemingly inevitable fate, gives into the song of the intruders -- as does Daisy just after she and Berenger declare their love for each other.
When Ionesco wrote the short story from which he developed Rhinoceros, it didn't take much to understand he was responding to the kind of galloping fascism happening throughout Europe, particularly as it manifested itself in his Romanian homeland. Now, many decades later, the work's continuing pertinence can't be dismissed in any society threatened by repression.
Still, much of the credit belongs to these exceptional artists, including designer Yves Collet, whose sets provide eerie surroundings and whose atmospheric lighting increases the eeriness; the (uncredited) sound design provides that frightening suggestions of animals running wild in the streets; and, especially, the skill of Demarcy-Mota's 13-member troupe who make the work consistently vital.


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Spinach-Mushroom Beef Patties Recipe
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Whether grilled or broiled, these juicy, flavorful burgers flecked with spinach and cheese were always a yummy summertime favorite with Jan Komarek from Friendswood, Texas. With or without a bun, they're sure to bring raves!
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- 1 package (10 ounces) frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
- 1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
- 1 cup chopped fresh mushrooms
- 1 envelope onion mushroom soup mix
- 2 pounds ground beef
- In a large bowl, combine the spinach, cheese, mushrooms and soup mix. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well.
- Shape into eight patties. Grill, covered, over medium-high heat for 5-7 minutes on each side or until a thermometer reads 160° and meat juices run clear. Yield: 8 servings.
Originally published as Spinach-Mushroom Beef Patties in Simple & Delicious May/June 2007, p55
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"had to use fresh spinach because I didn't have frozen. Ate without bun. Excellent!"
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Residents in Western German Town Fight Over District Named for Nazi
Residents in Western German Town Fight Over District Named for Nazi
V├Člklingen, a town in the western German state of Saarland, has had a district named after a Nazi war criminal for the past 56 years. Many residents are fighting passionately to make sure that it stays that way.
People donŌĆÖt say hello to Christoph Gottschalk on the street anymore, and his wife gets snapped at when she is at the local athletic club. Another resident who shares his opinions is ignored in some bars, and the gardening club refuses to rent him a wood chipper. Gottschalk, 61, and his comrades-in-arms feel like outcasts in their own neighborhood, all because they are fighting to change the name of their district from that of a convicted Nazi war criminal.
In 1956, V├Člklingen, a town in the western German state of Saarland, decided to dedicate a memorial to Hermann R├Čchling (1872-1955), an industrialist and a Nazi, and to name a district after him. Today, about 1,300 people live in Hermann R├Čchling Heights, an idyllic hilltop neighborhood built next to a forest. The neighborhood is well-removed from the townŌĆÖs trouble spots, and everything there would be just fine ŌĆö if it werenŌĆÖt for Gottschalk and his handful of kindred spirits.
They persistently point out that Hermann R├Čchling was a Nazi convicted of crimes against humanity, who approached Adolf Hitler in 1933 to ask him to prevent the Saar region, which was still being administered by the League of Nations at the time, from becoming a ŌĆ£Jewish conservation area.ŌĆØ As a businessman, he exploited thousands of forced laborers during World War II, and had the insubordinate workers sent to a labor camp near his plant.


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Los Angeles (March 22, 2010) — The California Legislature Assembly Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism and Internet Media held a hearing on Friday regarding legislative efforts to combat digital theft. Entitled "Stemming the Tide of Media Piracy: What is Working? What is Not? What is Left to be Done?" the hearing brought together representatives from SAG, DGA, IATSE, RIAA, MPAA and others to detail the impact of digital theft on the entertainment industry in the form of lost earnings and jobs.
"The issue of digital theft is of paramount importance to actors," Jennifer Heater, SAG manager of government relations and policy, told the members of the committee. "What is at stake is not just the compensation which our members are directly paid for their work, but also the subsequent earnings they receive from residuals which are generated by sales to secondary markets. The reality is 43% of an actor's income is derived from residuals." In addition, she reported, 36% of SAG's Health and Pension plan is derived by residuals.
"At stake for Screen Actors Guild members are not simply economic considerations. While concerned about their finances, we are also worried about the future of our art and our craft," Heater said. "The works we create — a home-grown American product — is increasingly at risk from Internet theft. The question for us is whether our legislature is going to help protect content in our society."
Combating the destructive practice of online theft of copyrighted motion pictures and TV shows is a top priority for Screen Actors Guild, which has worked with labor allies and industry partners to engage in intense activity designed to combat this destructive practice. For a snapshot of some of this work from the past year, click here.


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Lawmakers Vow Tougher Gun Laws as Obama Weighs Next Steps
President Barack Obama would support legislation restoring a ban on assault weapons and requiring background checks of buyers at gun shows as steps toward preventing more mass shootings, his spokesman said today.
Obama also would consider backing restrictions on high- capacity ammunition magazines like the one used by the gunman who killed 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school, White House press secretary Jay Carney said.
As part of his vow to pursue solutions to gun violence in the aftermath of the Dec. 14 shooting in Newtown, the president plans to involve a mental health professionals, law enforcement officials and educators in developing a response.
"It's clear that as a nation we haven't done enough to address the scourge of gun violence in this country," Carney said at a briefing. "It's a complex problem that requires more than one solution."
- Obama Pledges Focus on Preventing Newtown-Like Tragedies
- Connecticut Ban on 30-Round Gun Magazine Failed After Pressure
- Schools Safer Than 1990s as Educators Anticipate Killers
- Funerals Begin for Victims of Connecticut School Massacre
The president met yesterday with Vice President Joe Biden, senior aides and Cabinet members including Attorney General Eric Holder, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Education Secretary Arne Duncan to discuss ways to respond to the shooting. Carney said there was no timetable for any recommendations.
New Support
Obama also talked with Senator Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat who yesterday became one of the first pro-gun rights lawmakers to say that some restrictions on firearms should be discussed in responding to the Connecticut killings.
Other Democratic lawmakers today pressed for restoring restrictions on certain military-style assault weapons. The law was enacted in 1994 when Democrats controlled the White House and Congress. It expired in 2004, and wasn't renewed as Republicans held the presidency and congressional majorities.
One particular area of focus for restrictions is the ammunition capacity of weapons. The shooter at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Adam Lanza, 20, used a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle with 30-round magazines as his main weapon, Connecticut State Police Lieutenant Paul Vance said at a Dec. 16 news conference.
"There is only one use for high-capacity magazines and that is to kill a lot of people quickly," Representative Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the second-ranking Democrat in the House, told reporters today.
In another sign that the debate over firearms may be shifting, the New York-based investment firm Cerberus Capital Management LP said it would sell gunmaker Freedom Group Inc., which manufactures the Bushmaster AR-15.
Pension Funds
Cerberus made its announcement just hours after California Treasurer Bill Lockyer said he'll propose that the state's public pension funds, the two largest in the U.S., divest investments in firearm manufacturers that make guns prohibited under state law.
Congressional proposals for tightening access to firearms may be bolstered by policy options from the Justice Department. Obama has vowed to "use whatever power this office holds" to prevent another mass shooting.
Senior Justice Department officials spent much of 2011 drafting recommendations to reduce gun violence. Those options, which have been presented to the agency's leadership though not the White House, included enhancements to the national background-check database, harsher sentences for people who serve as "straw" buyers of weapons, and increased funding for states that improve their background check submissions, according to two people briefed on the activities.
'Spur Change'
The latest attack has the potential to shift the national debate in favor of gun control, said Richard Primus, a law professor at the University of Michigan.
"Policy is often made in reaction to perceived disaster," said Primus, a constitutional law specialist. "This is certainly the sort of thing that can spur change."
Congressional Democrats also plan hearings in the wake of the mass shooting, the deadliest in the U.S. since the 2007 rampage at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University that claimed 33 lives.
U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat, earlier said she'll introduce legislation in the new Congress convening in January that would reinstate the assault-weapons ban. Senator Frank Lautenberg, a New Jersey Democrat, said he plans to reintroduce his bill banning high-capacity gun magazines, which have been used in several mass shootings, including at the Newtown elementary school.
Efforts to tighten restrictions on firearms after other recent mass shootings have been stymied by opposition from gun- rights group. While Obama has supported the assault-weapons ban, he hasn't moved to renew it since taking office in 2009.
Poll Results
An ABC News/Washington Post survey released yesterday found 54 percent of respondents backing new limits on gun rights, with 43 percent opposed. When asked about banning ammunition clips that contain more than 10 bullets, 59 percent supported the idea, while 38 percent opposed it.
In addition, 52 percent backed a ban on semiautomatic handguns, with 44 percent in opposition. The Dec. 14-16 survey of 602 adults had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.
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Time travel: Jeffersonian Festival recreates history
Those who venture downtown this weekend may feel as if they've been caught in a time warp. Governor Thomas Jefferson has proclaimed a Day of Thanksgiving in this year 1781, and asks for citizens to gather and give thanks to God for His blessings on the army and on the harvest. The seventh annual Thanksgiving Festival will be celebrated in historic downtown Charlottesville November 22-24.
More than 60 events and activities at various locations in the downtown area will transport visitors back to the 18th century where they can experience the flavor of our fair city during the Revolutionary War. Modern folks can mingle with nearly 150 costumed historic figures, including Thomas and Martha Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Daniel and Rebecca Boone, George Gilmer, and other statesmen, soldiers, craftspeople, clergymen, and citizens of the time.
American Revolutionary soldiers will set up camp in Jackson Park, while the British and Hessians, with their artillery and cavalry, will encamp at Lee Park. Throughout the weekend, visitors can gather around the tents and campfires as the soldiers, their wives, and other camp followers tell of their lives during the War for Independence. Young recruits can also join the "Little Militia" and participate in military drills and hear war stories from General George Washington, James Monroe, George Rogers Clark, Jack Jouett, and African-American soldier Shadrack Battle.
Citizens can join the debate with Governor Jefferson, James Madison, and other statesmen as the displaced Virginia General Assembly meets in emergency session. Jefferson and Washington will be in attendance at the Court House as well during a "shocking" sermon delivered by the Reverend Charles Clay.
Tavern-keeper William Michie will lead period folk music and dancing. Lucy Lewis, mother of young Meriwether, will teach colonial children's games. Blacksmiths, candlemakers, woodworkers, dressmakers, basketweavers, and others will demonstrate their crafts and sell their goods in the market on the Mall. American troops will escort new British and Hessian prisoners of war along Three-Notch'd Road (the Downtown Mall) with a fife and drum corps presentation and a demonstration of the soldiers' weapons to be reviewed by General Washington.
Guests are invited to dress in long skirts, knee pants, and tri-cornered hats to really get into the spirit of the times. Even if you choose not to go in costume, this weekend will truly bring history to life.
A schedule of events for Governor Jefferson's Thanksgiving Festival can be found at jeffersonthanksgiving.org and at information tables at various locations throughout the festival including Lee and Jackson Parks, Court Square, and on the Downtown Mall. For more information, call 249-4032.


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US President Barack Obama will build his annual State of the Union address tomorrow around a push for job creation as the fragile economy, which dogged his first term, threatens to hamper his second.
Obama will lay out a governing program that he hopes to squeeze through a divided US Congress, so as to complement the soaring progressive vision he sketched for history in his inaugural address last month.
Aides said Obama would seek to build support for new laws to curb gun violence, as the horror of December's massacre of 20 school children begins to fade, at least outside the town of Newtown, Connecticut that it blighted.
The president also told Democratic lawmakers last week he would focus on job creation, new forms of energy and education reform in his ceremonial annual address delivered from the House of Representatives.
Moreover, he will make a pitch for immigration reform, the centerpiece of his second-term agenda, amid signs that Republicans keen to ease the distrust they suffer from among Hispanic voters may be ready for some rare cross-party compromise.
With political capital renewed by his re-election triumph in November, Obama will retool some old suggestions for jobs programs that never made it past Republicans in Congress and add some new ideas, advisers said.
After a sluggish economic recovery, there are new signs of alarm in the flat economy, after GDP contracted at an annual rate of 0.1 percent in the final quarter of last year and the unemployment rate has ticked up to 7.9 percent.
Obama will not shun conflict with Republicans over taxes and spending, a spat currently being waged over huge budget cuts due to come into force on March 1, with potential to hammer the economy.
"We're going to talk about, yes, deficits and taxes and sequesters and potential government shutdowns and [the] debt ceiling," Obama told the Democrats.
"But all from the perspective of how are we making sure that somebody who works hard in this country — a cop, or a teacher, or a construction worker, or a receptionist — that they can make it if they work hard," he said.
Obama has fashioned his crusade for a more equitable economy for the middle class around higher taxes for the rich — a stance that Republicans oppose, arguing unsustainable public spending should be issue No. 1.
The president barely mentioned foreign policy in the inaugural address, which enshrined his second White House term on Jan. 21, but the watching world may get a window into his thinking tomorrow night.
Aides expect Obama to note the impending return home of the remaining 60,000 US troops in Afghanistan next year, but it is unclear if he will offer more details on the pace of their withdrawal.
US Vice President Joe Biden gave a few hints on the State of the Union address on a recent trip to Munich, Germany.
He said Obama would mention his bid to reduce global nuclear stockpiles and halt the proliferation of the components of weapons of mass destruction.
Biden also previewed initiatives on climate change, global poverty and a new effort to reduce trade barriers, including with Europe, plus a commitment to Middle East peace and the US pivot to Asia.
Obama's speech will also be watched for any response to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has rejected a US offer for direct nuclear talks.
The US president is required by the Constitution to report to the Congress on the State of the Union "from time to time."


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Military Couple Weds with $40,000 Giveaway | News
A military couple is finally able to walk down the aisle in an all-expense paid wedding of their dreams.
Three months ago Meghan Weekley applied for the Salute to Love wedding giveaway and won. Now, she's tying the knot with Marshall Glass, her high school sweet heart.
"It's very nice to have a big weight lifted off of us and get married a whole year earlier than what we expected," says Weekley.
Vendors from all across Georgia teamed up to make a dream wedding possible for one military couple by donating everything from make-up to catering. The prize package adds up to $40,000.
"We were originally going off of a $5,000 budget," says Glass.
"It's very humbling. Both of us, we don't win things, we don't get things. We've taught to earn what we do get, work hard," adds Weekley.
Mishael Young, mother of the bride, says, "It's not everyday that you find people who are willing to give their time, their amazing talent or efforts towards someone that they don't even know."
The wedding was set at Plantation Farms in Byron and housed 100 guests. Glass, who joined the Navy in 2006, says winning this prize came as a shock.
"Never won anything in my life, why not a wedding," he says.


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