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By Emily Pearce
Monday, January 14, 2013
COUNCIL taxpayers will be able to pay their bill in 12 monthly instalments rather than the current ten months.
Taxpayers will need to opt into the new system, for the 2013/14 financial year, by notifying the Isle of Wight Council in writing as soon as possible.
"This is something to be welcomed because it gives householders the choice to spread their payments across the year, allowing for better financial management. We would be very keen to give Island residents that opportunity," said council leader Cllr David Pugh.
The plans were included in a series of budget recommendations agreed by the cabinet, due to come before full council next month.
As previously reported, council tax is due to be frozen and further redundancies are likely as the authority looks to plug a £15m hole in its finances over the next two years. The council is looking to save £6m during 2013/14, and £9.4m during the following year, by making further efficiencies and spending cuts.
A final decision on plans to cut council tax benefit and scrap the second home discount is also due to be made by full council. Vulnerable people, including pensioners, disabled people and those with children, will be protected, but thousands of working-age claimants face an 8.5 per cent cut from April, then a 20 per cent cut the following year.
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by geoffrey clynch
15th January 2013, at 15:28:16
KBJ, again im afraid i have to agree with you
by Jake Gully
15th January 2013, at 09:40:45
I like the two month holiday at the end of the year, but its nice to have the choice and will help many to budget better.Over the last 24 months I have frequently had to chase up late payments from the Council, often not receiving payments for 3 months or more. Mainly due to inefficiencies within the LEA, rather than Council Payments. Withold your Council tax for 3 months and you will have the bayliffs at the door! Re postponing the County Hall Refurbishment, this work has now already been substantially completed. I can't claim to be unbiased on this one, but the project was run very well and delivered to budget and timescale by largely local contractors.
by Kevin Barclay-Jay
15th January 2013, at 00:14:18
I am sickened by this council and its attacks on the most needy in society..but then they are Tories. Each month we read in the CP how the council has 'found' another million pound, made profit fromparking, sold loads of our assets and still have the front to claim they have a £15million pound hole in their budget. This is not a hole createed by the governement in their pointless drive to plug the deficit...this is a hole created by our own council with its overspend on stupid wages and consultants, pointless consultations and PFI contracts and usless councillors who fail to operate within the law.They try to hide behind central cuts to cover their own **** ups and we end up paying for it.This is without doubt the worst council this Island has ever seen...I hope we survive until its removal
by Barry Sowerby
14th January 2013, at 19:30:27
I am all for it, but a Postal Address, Email Address or Phone Number would have been usefull in this article
by Martin Heath
14th January 2013, at 16:48:17
Tony, are you suggesting the council uses common sense? Dangerous ground indeed.:-)
by tony white
14th January 2013, at 16:39:36
If they delay the renovation of the town hall in newport they will immediately save £3.5 million and then do the work in the future when they can afford it
14th January 2013, at 16:05:07
I appreciate this will be welcomed by a lot of hard pressed people, but I actually like paying in 10 installments. I budget the amount of 10 monthly payments over all 12 months this then leaves the two 'Free' months to give the household budget a welcome boost..
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Detroit � The Tigers have had more than their fair share of quality postseason victories over the last few seasons, including back-to-back-to-back Division Series-clinching games on the road.
But, man, it�s so hard to imagine anything tops what went down at Fenway Park in Boston on Saturday night � a 1-0, one-hit thrill ride that had more nerve-wracking moments than probably are healthy for a legion of Tigers fans.
Here�s one look back at one special evening.
News: Anibal Sanchez was wild, and then dominant, and then wild, and then dominant. Rinse, and repeat. Rinse, and repeat.
Views: And this, folks, is the Tigers� No. 3 starting pitcher.
Of course, Sanchez is that in name only � and he�s certainly not looked at as such in that clubhouse, which more than knows the value of a man who opened some eyes this offseason after the Tigers� handed him an $80 million payday.
You could tell early on this wasn�t the Sanchez that, oddly, was off his game during his ALDS clunker against the A�s. This was a guy who brought to Boston his full arsenal of pitches � and make no mistake, it�s a deep bag of tricks from this guy, who, all night long, had the Red Sox guessing, and guessing miserably wrong.
He walked six, sure. He also was as nasty as can be. Forget the Red Sox hitters who couldn�t touch him. His own catcher, Alex Avila, didn�t look like he could catch him.
Avila allowed one sick pitch to go five-hole during the first inning, allowing Sanchez the unthinkable � a four-strikeout frame. Later on, Avila couldn�t handle a fastball � right down the middle.
Sanchez brought the complete package, from a dialed-up fastball to a Bugs Bunny change piece. He also brought one other weapon: His makeup. In trouble way more than a guy twirling a no-hitter should be in, and a raucous Boston crowd breathing down his neck, the right-hander didn�t buckle, but rather buckled the Red Sox�s knees.
It speaks to the man�s makeup, which the Tigers were well aware of when they traded for him last summer � then made him a very rich man over the winter.
The Tigers are known around baseball as the team with Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer � or Scherlander as one ESPN Radio host mistakenly referred to them.
Then another host added to the earlier Freudian Slip, amending it to: Anibal Scherlander.
The Tigers just won a grueling first-round series against the A�s, a series that went five games, in which they were forced to pitch Scherzer and Verlander in Games 1 and 2 just to move on. So while the Red Sox closed out the Rays early and were able to set up their rotation to start their ace, Jon Lester, the Tigers had no choice but to start Sanchez.
Some problem, eh?
�Their No. 3,� ESPN�s Manny Acta said on air after the game, �which happened to be the guy that led the league in ERA (2.57). That speaks very loud of their pitching staff.�
News: Sanchez will steal the headlines, but the Tigers bullpen � a point of serious contention much of the year � sure held up its end of the bargain, too.
Views: No walks.
That�s all you need to know about the effort, Saturday night from, first, Al Alburquerque, then Jose Veras (where�s he been?), then Drew Smyly, and finally Joaquin Benoit.
What that tells me is this: The Tigers relievers weren�t hung up on the no-hitter, which would�ve been awesome to be a part of � but far from what mattered most.
This team has hauled its fair share of individual honors in recent years. Justin Verlander won an MVP and Cy Young. Miguel Cabrera won an MVP. Max Scherzer is about to claim the Cy Young, and Cabrera another MVP.
All fine and dandy, but this team hasn�t done what it�s been assembled to do: win the franchise�s first World Series since 1984.
That�s the goal. And you got the sense the relievers, to a man, understood it.
They weren�t thinking about a no-hitter. If they were, they would�ve been cautious, they would�ve nibbled. You saw none of that. What you saw were four Tigers relievers come in, one right after another, and go right after the Red Sox hitters.
They were supremely aggressive. Alburqerque pounded the strike zone like you�ve never seen before. Veras busted out heat and curves � admit it � you didn�t know he had. Smyly went after David Ortiz like he was David Eckstein. And Benoit was Benoit, always in control, even if it seemed otherwise to you and I. Those four wanted to pile up nine precious outs far more than they wanted to be a footnote in history.
That�s because this team knew full well what a Game 1 victory might mean, given they have Verlander pitching Sunday, and then Scherzer on Tuesday. It was absolutely huge.
And it�s why when Benoit gave up the one-out single to Daniel Nava in the ninth inning, you barely even saw a grimace. Just win the game. That might as well have been the mantra. And it�s why Benoit might just be the happiest man ever who just cost his teammates a chance to be a part of a no-hitter.
News: Tigers pitchers finished the night with 17 more strikeouts.
Views: Big surprise, eh?
They set a major league record for strikeouts in a regular season by a pitching staff (1,428). Then they set a Division Series record (57).
And they appear well on their way to adding to the record books, against a Red Sox team that, for all that firepower, does tend to swing a miss a bunch, too.
Not every Red Sox hitter, it appeared, was willing to give them full credit for what went down Saturday night, however. Many openly took issue with �Country� Joe West�s zone behind the plate, though by my count he only missed two calls badly � one against Lester, and another, later, against Sanchez.
In fact, West, actually, was less of a storyline than you expect him to be when the eyes of the nation are � as he prefers � upon him.
It�s why I was mighty impressed with the response given by Red Sox manager John Farrell afterward, when the topic of umpiring came up. He refused to point blame, emphasizing it�d be �shortsighted� to take away what the Tigers pitching staff accomplished � with all those power arms they have, as he also noted.
As for the Red Sox players, they danced around the West discussion � and that�s a smart move. There�s no sense rocking the boat, especially when West, who�s been believed to hold a grudge or two, could be behind the plate again if the series goes to a Game 7.
News: Miguel Cabrera came out of the game early again.
Views: And it nearly cost the Tigers.
His replacement, Don Kelly, got to bat in the ninth inning, with runners on the corner, one out � and a chance for an insurance run that�s always important, but especially in Fenway Park, where that vaunted Green Monster stands barely 300 feet from home.
And, predictably, Kelly, facing Red Sox closer, Koji Uehara, was flat-out overmatched, and he struck out. Then Prince Fielder hit a looper to short center that looked like trouble, until shortstop Stephen Drew made, outside that old Willie Mays highlight, as good an over-the-shoulder catch as you�ll see under the circumstances.
So the Tigers lead stayed at just one.
It proved not to matter, of course, as did taking Jhonny Peralta�s bat out of the lineup for a pinch-runner (Ramon Santiago).
But you�ve got to be oh, so careful in these situations. If the Red Sox managed to tie the game and the Tigers were stuck without two pivotal bats heading to extras, it�s tough to imagine a circumstance where they seize that all-important 1-0 lead in the series.
The Dodgers got caught in a similar bind Friday, when manager Don Mattingly pinch-ran for Adrian Gonzalez in the eighth inning of Game 1, then was without one of his best hitters the next five innings of a game the Cardinals eventually won in 13.
Mattingly, afterward, said he�d make the move again.
Leyland? Well, we�ll see.


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I just received my tuner today, and have spent the last several hours installing and familiarizizing myself with it. I have run into alot of things that either don't work, or I simply don't understand. I have read the manual...what little it offers, and have scoured the FusionHDTV website without finding the answers that I need. Instead of writing a book on questions, I shall try to keep it brief. First, almost everything that is available is for older models of the tuner, just how much cross compatability is there between them...Not in terms of drivers, because that doesn't seem to be a problem, but for the software and remote settings, etc.? It came version 3.64 on the CD, which is higher than anything found on their website...is this beta?
I haven't determined the proper functioning of it for TV functions much yet, because I only have an analog antenna at the moment, and the only stations that it found scanning were analog, and only 4 out of 15 stations available, of which only 2 actually displayed. I could probably improve that some by playiing with the antenna, but don't really see the point in it as it is going so far. I could really use some advise on choosing a HDTV antenna. The only things that I know that I want are 1. an outdoor multi-direction antenna which I can mount without attaching it to the property (My complex prohibits it). 2. An antenna that will also receive analog stations. 3. A price between $50 - $100. I realize that my questions don't offer too much to go on, but I would appreciate any advise. |
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I don't live in Australia, I live in the US. It's curious that the FusionHDTV website displays a logo claiming to be Australia's top tuner, but that doesn't include my tuner. However, it is very difficult to sort out what applies to one tuner or another in all of their information.
Your remark about antennas in very interesting, I may do some more playing with it to see if I can make it work. I intend to buy a HDTV antenna anyway...when I figure out which one to buy? I have asked a number of people around here about this, but I have never gotten any clear answers. |
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Autonomic networking aims to solve the mounting problems created by increasingly complex networks, by enabling devices and service-providers to decide, preferably without human intervention, what to do at any given moment, and ultimately to create self-managing networks that can interface with each other, adapting their behavior to provide the best service to the end-user in all situations.
This book gives both an understanding and an assessment of the principles, methods and architectures in autonomous network management, as well as lessons learned from, the ongoing initiatives in the field. It includes contributions from industry groups at Orange Labs, Motorola, Ericsson, the ANA EU Project and leading universities. These groups all provide chapters examining the international research projects to which they are contributing, such as the EU Autonomic Network Architecture Project and Ambient Networks EU Project, reviewing current developments and demonstrating how autonomic management principles are used to define new architectures, models, protocols, and mechanisms for future network equipment.
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Definition and Scope
Epidemiological Definition of Autonomics
The Need for Autonomic SystemsAutomatic, Autonomous and Autonomic Systems
IBM's Application of Autonomics to ComputersIBM Autonomics Computing
From Autonomic Computing to Autonomics NetworksAutonomic (Networking) Design Principles
Living Systems Inspired DesignPolicy-Based Design
Context Awareness DesignSelf-similarity Design Principle
Adaptive Design 18Knowledge-Based Design
From Autonomic Networking to Autonomic Networking Management
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Automated Management for Overlay NetworksAutonomic Management
Smart Media Routing and Transport (SMART)Media Processing Functions
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Overlay Node (ONode) ArchitectureService-Specific Overlay Networks Management
An Autonomic Service ArchitectureIntroduction
Autonomic OverlaysDistributed Knowledge
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IntroductionAutonomic Network Management Overview
ANEMA: Architecture and ConceptsNUF and Management Strategies Specification
Goal Policies SpecificationBehavioral Policies Specification
Policies Transformation and RelationshipAutonomic Qos/QoE Management in Multiservice IP Networks
Step 1: Identification of High-Level Requirements and NFUStep 2: NUF Analytical Description
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IntroductionAutonomic Network Management: Avoiding New Management Silos
Our View of FederationFederation of Networks
Federation of Management SystemsFederation of Organizations and their Customers
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Federating Network and IPTV Provider Management SystemsInterprovider and Provider-User Federations for IPTV Services
Summary and OutlookReferences
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Principles of Self-OrganizationDefinition of Self-Organization
Self-Organization in Biological SystemsProposal of a Self-Organizing Network Architecture
Network ArchitectureNode Architecture
Self-Organization ModulesPulse-Coupled Oscillator Model
Reaction-Diffusion ModelAttractor Selection Model
Inter/Intra-Layer InteractionsIntralayer Interactions
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Autonomics and Self-Organizing Radio Access NetworksRadio Resource Management
Self-Organizing NetworkSelf-Configuration
Overview of SON in RANsSON in GSM
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SON in Heterogeneous NetworksSON in IEEE 1900 Standard
Control and Learning Techniques in SONThe Agent Concept
SON Use of Case in LTE Network: Intercell Interference Coordination (ICIC)Interference Management in LTE system
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Simulation ResultsConclusions
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User-Defined Data Aggregation OperatorsChronus Implementation
Visual MacroprogrammingChronus Runtime Environment
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Validation of Expected Risk (ER)Validation of QoPM
Running Time Evaluation of the Attack Propagation MetricConclusions
Chapter 10: The Design of the FOCALE Automatic Networking ArchitectureIntroduction and Background
Current Network Management ProblemsDifferent Forms of Complexity
The Inherent Heterogeneity of Management DataThe Purpose of Autonomic Systems
Representing KnowledgeThe Role of Information and Data Models in FOCALE
Choosing an Information ModelOrganizing Knowledge Using the DEN-ng Information Model
Using the DEN-ng Information Model to Communicate with DevicesGovernance Using the DEN-ng Context-Aware Policy Model
Chapter 11: Knowledge Representation, Processing and Governance in the FOCALE Autonomic ArchitectureIntroduction and Background
Knowledge Processing in FOCALEWhy UML-Based Models are Insufficient to Represent Network Knowledge
The Role of Ontologies in FOCALEOrganizing Knowledge Using Ontologies
Knowledge IntegrationKnowledge-Based Governance
The Evolution of the FOCALE Control LoopsThe IBM MAPE Control Loop
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Dec 11, 2013When Resident Evil 6 first released back 2012, Gameplay turn from Good to Worst since became Noobish, Story was BS there was no good part, Series is even more Dead thanks to Ada Wong Voice Actor Getting Recast Same Goes for Leon Voice Actor..
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Nov 22, 2013Crapcom has done it again! Releasing half-assed games and sell it for $60 because they're a dying company. Everything about this game is garbage. The story, gameplay, characters,graphics you name it.
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Nov 17, 2013i loved re6. i got it from play staion store for full 69.99 and it was well worth it with all dlcs. one of the most grapgical games iv played. hate when im away from the ps3, pc just dont run all these game man. i miss this re6. havent played it in about a half year, and i miss it bad.
Oct 30, 2013..Definitely RE series are going down .This game looks like more like a CoD game than a RE game ¡¿WHY ARE UPGRADES?! That's the most stupid new "innovation" uhhh whatever this is a another ordinary "shooter" game...DON'T SPEND YOUR MONEY IS THIS "GAME" just a honest review.
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Sep 30, 2013It´s a good game, but for a numbered title of the franchise, that make part of chronology of Resident Evil, this is a worst of all.
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Sep 26, 2013its ok but its not survival horror anymore it is way too action heavy and the only real good campaign is the Leon campaign hell its not as bad as operation raccoon city
Sep 19, 2013Une immondicité video ludique. Je n'éprouve même pas l'envie de me justifier je pence que tout a été dit dans ses autre commentaire. 0/10 sens aucun hésitation.
Sep 14, 2013Awesome game. i just do not get all those negative 1 point ratings. the game is awrsome. hours of gameplay. i am at 20 hrs now and i still have a lot to go. co-op is spectacular. graphics, story line are great. this is still survival horror game.....just do nor play it in easy mode. capcon put a lot of effort into this game and it shows. great title.
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Jul 24, 2013This game might have been one of the worst game of the series but still I don't get it why critics and users hate this game I mean it has a good story and a game play.
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Jul 6, 2013Had such high hopes for this game. Love the Resident Evil series, and this game although good just did not live up to expectations. Also liked to play as different characters, but did not like the overlapping story line and seeing the sames cut scenes over again and just got confusing.
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Jun 23, 2013This game has a great story and great gameplay its not the best game ever but why does have a mixed or average critic and user score? I mean seriously just because the and cover system sucks does not mean its a bad game.
Jun 23, 2013It ain't resident evil game but it is a good game. Leon's and Ada's campaigns are the best ones but the other ones are awful. This classic survival horror game has turned in to action shooter game. It is a fun ride but not so entertaining as the old RE games.
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May 28, 2013Simply worst games of RE.Conami is a bunch sinful maslatays that care only about money.They will burn in Abdulovhell for ruining RE series.
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May 28, 2013I loved this game! The mix of action, adventure, and mystery was so well thought-out! I've beaten the game and gone back for more at the harder levels (which I rarely do!) I'd recommend this game to anyone looking for a perfect mix of gameplay! And the move and shoot aspect, Wahoo!!!
May 25, 2013What the was Capcom thinking when they made this? There's absolutely nothing scary here, just action! The aiming is GOD AWFUL, the ally A.i. is stupid and never seem to stop unnecessary QTE's that are almost impossible to do right, unless you have superhuman speed, and the whole "separate campaigns" is just plain dumb. Save your money for something else! Do NOT buy RE6 at all!
May 17, 2013O pior jogo da série ,perdeu o gênero de survival horror ficou muito ruim a camera e os personagens como Leon que parece com Dante do Devil May Cry .Tá na hora da Capcom fazer um Reboot do jogo, Deixa-lo bem do estilo survival Horror.
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Nov 16, 2012Capcom continues to thumb its nose at long time series fans. Not only have they abandoned any pretense of tension and fear, they've dredged up tired old storylines and shifted the game solidly into Gears of War territory. Let the series die!
Nov 4, 2012It's expanded beyond any plausible scientific explanation, with what is left being a cumbersome, grotesque mish-mash of disparate elements, barely strung together and about as subtle as a hammer to the thumb.
Oct 30, 2012Resident Evil takes another step towards the action genre, and by doing so loses even more of the atmosphere from the beginning of the series. It's an ok action game, but the lack of focus is the real problem. Probably not for fans of the first games.


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A kindly aristocrat suffering from an unsightly curse breaks free from her extravagant, prison-like estate to seek adventure and discover her true self in a romantic, modern-day fairy tale directed by Mark Palansky and starring Christina Ricci, James McAvoy, Peter Dinklage, and Reese Witherspoon. Generations ago, a witch placed a curse on the Wilhelm family that would result in the next girl being born into the clan having a porcine snout -- and now young Penelope (Ricci) has fallen victim to the vengeful hag's unsightly grudge. When tabloid reporter Lemon (Dinklage) runs a misleadingly frightening photograph of the kind-hearted Penelope, her parents, Jessica (Catherine O'Hara) and Franklin (Richard E. Grant), lock the girl away in a sprawling mansion. Though it is said that the curse can be lifted if a man of Penelope's status takes her hand in marriage, every man who lays eyes on the girl takes flight at first sight, never to return -- until the arrival of Max (McAvoy), that is. An unrepentant gambler with a heavy heart and an ulterior motive for meeting Penelope, Max is unexpectedly caught off guard by the pig-nosed girl's disarming charm, and suddenly flees before carrying out his nefarious plan. Now determined to throw caution to the wind and explore the world on her own terms, Penelope makes the acquaintance of independent-minded delivery girl Annie (Witherspoon), who fast agrees to join her newfound friend on the ultimate journey of self-discovery. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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The often-troubled life of one of the greatest comic actors in the history of the British cinema provides the basis for this biopic. Peter Sellers (Geoffrey Rush) was raised by a domineering mother (Miriam Margolyes) and meek father (Peter Vaughan), and at an early age discovered he liked to hide behind the emotional curtain of playing a character. In time, Sellers put this skill to use as an actor, and discovered he had a great gift for comedy. In the late '50s, Sellers rose to fame on the wildly popular radio series
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This British TV "dramedy" has been described as "Sex and the City with Men," and allegedly was pitched as such to the BBC2 executives. Each episode dwelt upon the lives of four middle-aged Britishers, who gathered once a week to compare notes at their local sauna. Put simply, the premise was: You may be half a century old in body, but if you're a male you've never really gotten past childhood. The four principal characters were James (Anthony Head), a prosperous, divorced 45-year-old dentist who still doggedly pursued young ladies but was no longer able to "perform" on a regular basis; Terry (Nigel Havers), a divorced stockbroker who had buried himself in his hobbies, specifically fast cars and motorbikes (he also served as the series' narrator); Gary (Ray Burdis), surprisingly still married, who told himself and everyone else that he was happy in his dull, cozy domesticity, but was fooling no one; and the enigmatic, never-married Patrick (Don Warrington), who apparently upheld his lavish lifestyle by selling off his seemingly limitless collection of Beatles memorabilia. Premiering in the U.K. on February 19, 2002, Manchild became an international hit when it was picked up by the BBC America satellite service on April 18 of that same year. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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The Glass Virgin is a 1995 UK television miniseries directed by Sarah Hellings, adapted from the best-selling novel by Catherine Cookson. In 19th century England, wealthy young Annabella Lagrange lives a comfortable and secluded life on her family's country estate, where her parents (Nigel Havers and Christine Kavanagh) own a glass works. As a child (played by Samantha Glenn), she develops a special friendship with the charming stable boy Manuel Mendoza (Brendan Coyle). When she turns 18 (played by Emily Mortimer), she marries her cousin Stephen (Anthony Walters) and sees what the world is really like. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
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The life of Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor is told in this made-for-television drama. Sherilyn Fenn stars as Oscar-winning actress Liz Taylor, whose career began when her mother pushed her into acting as a child in the 1940s. Her tumultuous career ups and downs, and her turbulent personal life are chronicled in the film, which was based on the book by C. David Heymann. ~ Bernadette McCallion, Rovi
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This highly acclaimed made-for-cable movie tells the real-life story of one man's battle to save his land. Raul Julia stars as Chico Mendes, the Brazilian union leader who rallied his people to rise up and fight the exploitation of the rainforest. Mendes called on the locals to protest land developers building a road through the Amazon in an effort to make it more accessible for business. Julia is outstanding in his portrayal of the impassioned worker, who was subsequently assassinated in 1990. Nominated for many awards, the film took the Golden Globe for "Best Mini-series for TV" and several Emmy awards. Raul Julia won the Golden Globe and the Emmy for his inspiring lead performance. ~ Bernadette McCallion, Rovi
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This four-part British miniseries took place just after the fall of the Soviet Union. Going through Kremlin files, a team of Soviet bureaucrats discover that two KGB "sleepers," or secret agents, were assigned to England 20 years before, and had been there ever since. One of the sleepers was a shop steward in the North, the other an urban professional in London, and neither man had any desire to return to Moscow. The Kremlin dispatched an attractive female agent to retrieve the renegade duo, thereby setting the stage for a maddening procession of double-crosses, multi-pronged conspiracies, and other assorted mayhem perpetrated by both the "good" and the "bad" guys. As much a comedy as a thriller, Sleepers was broadcast over BBC2 in 1991. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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A Perfect Hero, Christopher Matthews' novel about a grotesquely disfigured war hero, was transformed into a six-part British TV drama in 1991. Nigel Havers starred as Hugh Flemming, a Cambridge-educated bomber pilot who was shot down in flames during the 1940 Battle of Britain. The rest of the drama dealt with Flemming's Herculean efforts to adjust to his horrific wounds -- both actual and psychological -- in the postwar era. According to studio publicity, actress Fiona Gillies' terrified reaction to Havers' facial makeup was genuine; she was not permitted to see his "remade" face until the cameras started turning. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Though officially based on Pierre Schoendoerffer's novel L'Adieu au Roi, Farewell to the King also bears echoes of Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim--with a lot of filmmaker John Milius' own Hemingwayesque slant thrown in. During World War II, American POW Learoyd (Nick Nolte) escapes a Japanese firing squad. Hiding himself in the wilds of Borneo, Learoyd is adopted by a head-hunting tribe of Nyak Indians, who consider him "divine" because of his elaborate tattoos. Before long, Learoyd is the reigning king of the Nyaks. When British soldiers approach him to rejoin the war against the Japanese, Learoyd resists (in language so flowery that it could have been written by Sir Walter Scott). But when his own tribe is threatened by the invaders, the "king" deigns to fight for their rights. Farewell to the King is breathtakingly photographed and quite exciting at times. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Henry Miller's novels were almost entirely autobiographical, and concerned not only his environment and friends, but also recorded his many sexual exploits - which he apparently viewed with something like spiritual awe. Despite his sexual obsessions, his novels are respected worldwide for their brilliant depictions of time and place, and have occasionally been made into movies. This 1990 film by Claude Chabrol makes a reportedly poor effort to bring the novel Quiet Days In Clichy to the screen, and transforms the seedy exploits of a penniless expatriate in Paris to the boyish pleasures of a couple of sweet-faced middle class lads who hang out in expensive whorehouses and go to cocktail parties with fashionable people. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
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Sara embodies all the hopes and fears of young girls in this adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic A Little Princess. Placed in a boarding school by her doting father, Sara seems to have it all. She sleeps in the best room and wears costly dresses. But her fortune cannot rival Sara's generosity. Soon she is the favorite of the school. Then, tragedy strikes. Sara's father dies and she is faced with the jealousy of the headmistress. Plunged into poverty, the little princess becomes a pauper, forced to work off her debts. Through it all, Sara's optimism is unwavering. She perseveres and eventually becomes an inspiration for the other girls at the school. This two-part series is a moving tale of strength and imagination. There's no wonder why the story is a favorite of young readers all over the world. ~ Sarah Ing, Rovi
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Based on J.G. Ballard's autobiographical novel, Empire of the Sun stars Christian Bale as a spoiled young British boy, living with his wealthy family in pre-World War II Shanghai. During the Japanese invasion, Bale is separated from his parents. With the help of soldier-of-fortune John Malkovich, Bale learns to survive without a retinue of servants at his beck and call. By the time Malkovich and Bale are tossed into a Japanese prison camp, the boy has picked up enough street-smarts and developed enough intestinal fortitude to regard his imprisonment as an exciting adventure. The story ends during the 1945 liberation: on the verge of manhood, the 13-year-old Bale will never again be the pampered, privileged brat whom we met in the early scenes. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Death of the Heart
Based on what some consider to be Elizabeth Bowen's best novel, The Death of the Heart focuses on one of her primary themes, a young woman's first love. Portia Quayne (Jojo Cole) is orphaned, and at the age of 16 she must go live with her relatives, Anna (Patricia Hodge) and Thomas Quayne (Nigel Havers). The time is 1937, and this upper-crust couple are a bit too selfish and amoral (Anna) or just aloof (Thomas) for Portia; she cannot relate to them. Complicating matters is young Eddie (Daniel Chatto), a high-society do-nothing who awakens Portia's romantic ardor and then makes fun of her in front of her friends. Besides, he is interested in Anna. Portia cannot tolerate either her home environment or her mistreatment at the hands of Eddie, and she runs away looking for help from a sympathic Major Brutt (Robert Hardy). ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
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Based on a true story, this film tells the tale of Robert O'Hara Burke (Jack Thompson) and William John Wills (Nigel Havers), who in 1860 set forth to create the first accurate maps of the interior region of the Australian continent. To this end, Irish explorer Burke and British scientist Wills journeyed from the Southern coast of Carpenteria to the North. While they succeeded with the first part of their voyage, on the return trip they and their compatriots fell victim to intense heat and diminishing supplies of food; of the 19 men who began the expedition, only one survived to tell the tale. However, while fate was cruel to Burke and Wills, history was kind, and their story is still taught in every Australian classroom. Graeme Clifford's biopic was praised for its striking visuals and realistic portrayal of Burke and Wills' difficult journey. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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This television mini-series sequel to A Woman of Substance finds aging businesswoman Emma Harte (Deborah Kerr) preparing to hand over her empire to granddaughter Paula Fairley (Jenny Seagrave), much to the dismay of the rest of the family. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
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A Passage to India, director David Lean's final film (for which he also received editing credit), breaks no new ground cinematically, but remains an exquisitely assembled harkback to such earlier Lean epics as Doctor Zhivago and Ryan's Daughter. Based on the novel by E. M. Forster, the film is set in colonial India in 1924. Adela Quested (Judy Davis), a sheltered, well-educated British woman, arrives in the town of Chandrapore, where she hopes to experience "the real India". Here she meets and befriends Dr. Aziz (Victor Banerjee), who, despite longstanding racial and social taboos, moves with relative ease and freedom amongst highborn British circles. Feeling comfortable with Adela, Aziz invites her to accompany him on a visit to the Marabar caves. Adela has previously exhibited bizarre, almost mystical behavior during other ventures into the Indian wilderness: this time, she emerges from the caves showing signs of injury and ill usage. To Aziz' horror, he is accused by Adela of raping her. Typically, the British ruling class rallies to Adela's defense, virtually convicting Aziz before the trial ever begins. Though he is eventually acquitted due to lack of evidence (in fact, director Lean never shows us what really happened), Aziz is ruined in the eyes of both the British and his own people-as is Adela. Woven into these proceedings is a subplot involving Adela's elderly travelling companion Mrs. Moore (Peggy Ashcroft), who through a series of plot twists too complex to describe here becomes a heroine of the Indian Independence movement. A Passage to India was nominated for several Academy Awards, scoring wins in the categories of Best Supporting Actress (Peggy Ashcroft) and Best Original Score (Maurice Jarre). A theatrical version of A Passage to India, written by Santha Rama Rau, was previously adapted for television by the BBC in the mid-1970s. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Based on a true story, Chariots of Fire is the internationally acclaimed Oscar-winning drama of two very different men who compete as runners in the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell (Ian Charleson), a serious Christian Scotsman, believes that he has to succeed as a testament to his undying religious faith. Harold Abrahams (Ben Cross), is a Jewish Englishman who wants desperately to be accepted and prove to the world that Jews are not inferior. The film crosscuts between each man's life as he trains for the competition, fueled by these very different desires. As compelling as the racing scenes are, it's really the depth of the two main characters that touches the viewer, as they forcefully drive home the theme that victory attained through devotion, commitment, integrity, and sacrifice is the most admirable feat that one can achieve. (Ian Holm was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor in his role as Abrahams' coach), and this powerful film ended up with four Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Costume Design, and Best Original Score. ~ Don Kaye, Rovi
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Arizona Congressman Jeff Flake concerned about President Obama pouring money into Arizona
Friday, April 27th, 2012Whatever happened to the Republican 'mantra' of personal responsibility?
Rep. Jeff Flake of Arizona should have been concerned about how Arizona swing voters will vote during 2012 when he decided to cast a vote AGAINST the youth. According to a poll, Arizona voters support the DREAM Act. In other words, Flake should have voted in
support of the DREAM Act in December 2010, but he failed to do so.
Sorry, Mr. Flake.
You flaked out against the DREAMers in December of 2010 because you succumbed to Tea Party extremist pressure, therefore, key swing Independent Latino voters will flake out in voting for you in 2012. But our reason for not voting for you has much to do with us succumbing to the hurt we see from My People.
Perhaps you should make a full blown apology for not voting in support of the DREAM Act before Cinco de Mayo 2012, or forever lose the bulk of the Mexican-American eligible voter. Your apology will show us that you will get on the right side of things before the 2012 primary election day based on PRINCIPLE and not doing things for political expediency in an era where Latinos have been once bitten twice shy with flip-floppers.
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Thorunna florens
(Baba, 1949)
Photographed by: Jeffrey de Guzman
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Opisthobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Family: | Chromodorididae |
Species: | Thorunna florens |
Comment from Richard Willan on photo #33252
What a marvellous mimic for a nudibranch!Comment from Scott Johnson on photo #2277
I'm pretty the characteristics of this animal match the Thorunna florens group rather than T. australis. T. australis has just a single orange band on the rhinophores while T. florens has two. T. australis has only one white line per side, rather than the two of T. florens--the two on the left side of the animal are most visible in this photo. T. australis gills are more orange-red banded rather than red-tipped, which is typical of T. florens. T. australis also lacks the orange patch on the anterior margin so characteristic of all those we are currently calling Thorunna florens and which is visible only as a red edge to the anterior margin in this frontal view. However, T. florens is so variable that I strongly suspect there are several different species currently being lumped under that name.Comment from Richard Willan on photo #24522
A juvenile individual.Comment from Richard Willan on photo #8970
An extremely nice photo of a typical individual. Note the orange streak mid-anteriorly on the mantle which is characteristic of Thorunna florens.Comment from Richard Willan on photo #5677
This small chromodorid is characterised by the violet blue marginal to submarginal spots interrupted by an orange stripe at the front of the mantle, the two yellow or orange longitudinal stripes that loop around the rhinophores and gills, and by the orange rhinophores and gills.Comment from Richard Willan on photo #3859
This photo seems to show two individuals.Comment from Richard Willan on photo #2219
The distinctive feature is the golden bar that interrupts the purple marginal markings mid-anteriorly. All the other elements of the coloration are very variable intraspecifically, but this golden bar is consistent. Thorunna florens is already known from Western Australia.Locality:
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When Miami officials announced toxic soil had been found at a popular park in the heart of Coconut Grove, a spot in the compact neighborhood where moms and nannies gathered daily, Dr. Gary Kramers phone began ringing.
Two weeks later, when a second park just down the street from his pediatric practice tested positive for similar chemicals, another round of frantic calling began.
Ultimately, Kramer sent about a dozen kids for testing. Not because of what he knew about the contamination. But because of what he didnt know. No kids were coming in sick, but some parents were deeply worried.
With so little to go on, Kramer could only suggest the kids be tested to determine whether they had been exposed to heavy metals.
But then what? There is no one magic number to look for. To put it simply, Kramer said, Its hard to quantify. Its hard to know from one child to another what the exposure has been. How long have they lived there? Do they play there every day? Do the kids go in the dirt? Do they eat the dirt? Its hard to normalize what the exposure is from one child to another.
When parks test positive for toxic chemicals, concern can quickly turn into panic. Fences go up and neighbors freak out. In the absence of conclusive facts, parents are left with nothing but worry. Whether the contamination found at the two parks caused any health problems could take years, if ever, to determine.
Some sites have the potential for exposures. They have big scary numbers, but in reality, nobody is exposed, explained Donna Vorhees, an adjunct professor in public health at Boston University who has studied chemical spills and soil contaminations around the world.
So thats the kind of investigation you need: Where is the contamination relative to where people are spending their time? From there you can figure out if anybodys health is at risk.
In September, after contamination was found at the Groves Blanche Park, 3045 Shipping Ave., nearly 200 people attended a meeting held by the city and the countys environmental chief to answer questions.
When the city found similar contaminants about two miles away at Merrie Christmas Park, concern intensified as the county ordered the city to close the park for testing and to test all of its 112 parks.
The findings came amid increasing complaints over the two-year delay in investigating contamination at the citys old municipal incinerator on nearby Jefferson Street in the West Grove, which may have produced the ash found at the parks.
In 1943, the city purchased the land at what is now Blanche Park, using the site as a trash and ash dump before converting it to a park in 1962. Merrie Christmas was once a limestone quarry, producing the rock used for streets in the South Grove. The city purchased the site from what was then Dade County for $1 in 1954. In 1958, the city says, records show it was rechristened Merrie Christmas Park. Neighbors whove lived in the area since the 1940s and 50s dont ever recall it being used as a dump.
While a larger study of spots around the neighborhood show safe levels of heavy metals, the two parks churned up more interest.
Word of a pancreatic cancer cluster also surfaced. Then a Facebook page dedicated to Merrie Christmas Park began posting sampling results from the county: one sample taken from six inches below the soil showed arsenic at 23.6 mg/KG, about 10 times allowable levels set by the county. At Blanche Park, arsenic levels were even higher, detected at 63.6 mg/KG just below the surface and at 72.9 mg/KG at six to 12 inches beneath soil or 30 to 35 times the countys allowable levels.


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Thanks Antonis!
Some minor problems though...
Tried generating a Doku^6 (36×36), saw that it extended beyond the size of the screen, but without scrollbars!!!
Maximized the window, but still couldn't see the whole thing.
Selected Preferences->Cells->small
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Workaround: don't maximize the window, just change the cell size.
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Social media hit new heights this year; Facebook reached 1 billion users, many people in developing nations are logging in to social networks as soon as they get Internet access, and the companies behind these digital communities are starting to make money off the sites.
The big players of social, namely Facebook and Twitter, are ubiquitous in everyday life. Mainstream news outlets cite the social networks as sources of information and commentary on live events. The Olympics, the presidential election, disasters such as Hurricane Sandy -- social media has become an integral part of how such events are recorded and … Read more


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Sunday, February 14, 2010
A Bold and Terrifying Endeavor
I read once that our sugar addictions are far more powerful than even a heroin addiction, that my body might completely revolt if I try this. I did a preparatory sweep of the house (which means I consumed all the candy) and read all the ingredients on our non-candy things. I was shocked to discover how much refined sugar we have, and we make great efforts to eat healthfully. Heck, our hippie corn chips have refined cane juice in them! Even Corey's beloved Peanut Butter & Co products have been "newly improved" to include cane sugar--the ingredients used to be just peanuts and salt. Luckily I stopped using "regular" toothpaste, or I'd have to cut that out, too, what with the saccharine and all.
In order to make sure I survive, I wanted to ensure I could still eat desserts while I detox. Fruit and yogurt parfait, here I come. Honey and agave nectar are totally cool with me and I made a concession for cane syrup only so that I could eat the wheat crackers I bought to accompany my snack foods (cheese and hummus). But no ketchup. And no dark chocolate. That's what's killing me.
I can forgo all other things without difficulty. But dark chocolate? What will a day be like without eating a square of that?? I shudder to think, but will soon be able to report.
Why am I doing this? I was inspired by the Rookie Moms, who did something similar a few weeks ago. And, after a few weeks confined to my house eating junk food, I feel the need to cleanse my insides. I feel sluggish and gross and I know that my days spent staring angrily at the snow, consuming muffins and candy, are largely to blame.
So, for the next fortnight, I attempt to go where I have never gone, and that is a place without artificial sweetener, without refined sugar. Hopefully I will emerge refreshed and with sparkling teeth!
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- Kelly said...
So I shouldn't expect a repeat of the day you and I consumed an entire bag of Doritos ourselves in a matter of hours! I wish you luck!
- Katy said...
totally just realized that lent begins tomorrow. this was pure coincidence, i assure you all.
- kk said...
jumping in front of a moving bus might be less painful:)
- Valtastic said...
Lent never begins on a Tuesday! It's Wednesday...
- Katy said...
clearly i am not a catholic
saccharine isn't sugar, but i know you use Tom's anyway
Why doesn't Lent ever begin on a Tuesday? And does it always begin on a Wednesday.
Katy-have you tried unsweetened chocolate? Doesn't taste that great but might satisfy a chocolate craving.
Last question: what is the difference between how refined sugar acts in your system versus honey or agave nectar? - 8:25 PM
It has to do with the gylcemic index, and which sugars are processed by your body at what rate into blood glucose. Typical "table sugar" sucrose is higher than other forms like lactose or fructose, and honey and agave are said to be lower on that index. This is why the term complex carbohydrates exist, because your blood glucose goes up faster if you eat a snickers bar v. carrots even though they both have sugar in them, but then there is also glycemic load, which is the amount of total carbs and their GI rate which is influenced by things like fats, fiber etc. Hope that helps.
Honey and Agave aren't SUPER low on the scale next to sugar, but are a bit lower and many people feel that their more "natural" state makes them "better". But when you start thinking about how you feel if you're hungry and you pop candy and then 30 mins later you'll kill someone for food, vs the same scenario with say a saltine with peanut butter on it, it will make sense...your body really does tell you things if you're listening.
this has been an episode of - hey, even though i don't practice anymore i still remember crap i learned when i became a dietitian - 9:59 PM
Wow! That was good. Thanks for the answer.


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Universität Basel (Switzerland) Habilitation in Modern History, April 2003.
Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts Ph.D. in Comparative European History in May 1993.
Universität Zürich (Switzerland) Lizentiat (equivalent to the M.A.), May 1988.
Konservatorium und Musikakademie Zürich Musical training as a cello student, 1980-1981.
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My last book dealt with massacres of Black African soldiers from the French army by the German army in 1940 (Hitler's African Victims). It is being translated into French. Earlier, I published a book on right-wing women in the bourgeois parties of Weimar Germany and a book on Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz's involvement in German right-wing politics (1914-1930). I have also written more than a dozen articles and book chapters on the history of childhood, on German putschists and right-wing women, on Hitler's Swiss funding, and on the execution of Black soldiers by the German army during the invasion of France in 1940.
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Prisoners of War from the French colonies in German camps 1940-1945
Hitler's African Victims (Cambridge University Press)
"This is a well-written tale of how ordinary men become brutal killers and how racism can corrupt their moral sensibilities." Martin Klein, University of Toronto
"This elegant, slender volume describes a forgotten war crime: the murder by the German soldiers of thousands of Black African soldiers in the French Army in June 1940." Jonathan Steinberg, University of Pennsylvania
"Professor Scheck has provided a great service by carefully researching this vile episode and also placing it into the context of a military descending step by step into an abyss of ever worse criminality." Gerhard Weinberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (emeritus)
"Professor Scheck's excellent and original study details instances during the French campaign of 1940 when German Army and Waffen SS units killed French colonial troops after they had surrendered ..." Charles W. Sydnor, Jr.
What role did right-wing women play in the Nazi rise to power? Mothers of the Nation analyzes the work of women in the German People's Party and the German National People's Party - parties that covered the range from the moderate to the radical right. Looking at politics on both the local and national level, the author discusses issues ranging from social welfare to foreign policy. He shows that right-wing women, in keeping with the tradition of the German bourgeois women's movement, refused to stand up primarily for women's interests and instead invoked the Volksgemeinschaft (community of the people), a vision of harmony and cooperation of the groups involved in production.
"In this excellent study, Raffael Scheck explores a series of fateful paradoxes that imperiled Weimar democracy: attachments to household and motherhood propelled women into the public arena; the mobilization of female voters strengthened the nationalist, anti-democratic Right; the effort to imbue middle-class parties with the virtues of the people's community only helped the Nazis; and the campaign to protect Christianity legitimized eugenic legislation. Scheck's great contribution is to trace so well the seams of Germany's political culture between 1918 and 1933." Peter Fritzsche, author of Reading Berlin 1900 and Germans Into Nazis.


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