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The Auschwitz Avengers: inside the Holocaust revenge plot to kill six million Germans	January 24, 2018
Of all the stories that have been told of the Holocaust and its horrors, perhaps this is one you won't have heard. At the close of the Second World War, dozens of survivors plotted a titanic act of revenge: the mass murder of six million Germans.
It was 1945 and Europe's Jewish population had been tortured and decimated. Abba Kovner, who later became one of Israel's eminent poets, united 50 survivors who had cheated death in ghettos and concentration camps, and called them Nakam, or the Avengers.
Determined not to let the Holocaust pass without retribution – only a tiny fraction of those complicit in the greatest crime in human history were ever tried or punished – the Avengers concocted an astonishing plan to poison the water supply in Munich, Nuremberg, Hamburg and Frankfurt.
The little-known tale of revenge and betrayal, which threatened the lives of innocent civilians and implicates Israel's first leaders, is told for the first time this week in my documentary Holocaust: The Revenge Plot.
"Though it may have been unprecedented, our act as a group was not a personal vendetta," Kovner said himself, in never-before-heard tapes he recorded before his death, in the late Eighties. They were unearthed when his grandson moved to his house and passed it on to The Moreshet museum. It was astonishing to listen to them decades later, and hear Kovner explain the desire for revenge that news of the Holocaust brought: "It was something horrible and new, [to] try and get even with the Germans in an unconventional act of vengeance and make them pay for the six million Jews."
He's right: it was a horrible plan, to poison the water supply of four German cities, thereby killing millions of citizens indiscriminately in one go. But it was also a response to a magnitude of extermination that extends beyond the bounds of comprehension.
I have spoken to many Holocaust survivors and take particular interest in their stories, given my work as a tutor in Representation of History in Films at the Open University of Israel. But it was only when a student asked me if there were any Israeli films, like Inglorious Basterds, which tackled the idea of Jewish revenge that – while hunting for an answer – I stumbled upon this astonishing plot.
Having watched as family and friends were killed, many Holocaust survivors sought solace in reaching the Holy Land, where they could build a new life. Some vowed to never return to Europe, others chose to bury the memories. Survival had been so difficult that very few had a desire to fight back. Simcha Rotem, nicknamed Kazik, is one of the six surviving members of the 50 Avengers who chose to seek revenge.
The last surviving member of the Jewish Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto, Rotem, now 93, told me a story of the poverty and death he witnessed there, that will never leave me.
On one evening, like any other in the ghetto, Rotem had heard a baby crying as he walked down the street. The baby was cradled in its mother's arms, the pair sitting on the floor. Rotem told me he moved towards them and saw the mother was dead.
He looked me straight in the eyes; I could feel how angry he was, even after more than 75 years. "What do you do?" he asked. A tense silence formed around my loss for words. "You don't know? Okay good, it's better you don't know."
Rotem ran from the tearful, orphaned baby; after the interview I buried my head in my hands and sobbed. His question haunts the documentary. How do you respond to such unconscionable malice?
Rotem, Kovner and other vengeful survivors who met in Bucharest, Romania, en route to Palestine at the end of the war decided to form the Avengers and plan the eye-for-an-eye attack; a plot that went to the heart of the nascent Israeli state.
Kovner first sought the poison from Chaim Weizmann, a biochemist who would become Israel's first president. According to the tapes I found, Weizmann referred Kovner to another chemist, Ephraim Katzir, who allegedly helped make the substance – and went on to become Israel's fourth president in 1973.
Despite being educated about the Holocaust, I was astonished to learn of the scheme: the story has been largely left out of the history books in Israel and abroad. This is partly because vengeance is a tricky thing to talk about, and moral boundaries are not always clear cut as one would like, in particular when relating to unprecedented events such as the Holocaust.
But revenge is a primal emotion and we should discuss it. That isn't to say I condone the Avengers, but I can understand Kovner's burning desire, once the scale of the concentration camps became clear, to make the perpetrators pay.
The plan has also remained secret because it failed. British military police intercepted Kovner's journey back to Europe and – though he managed to dispose of the poison before he was captured – he was jailed for four months, first in Toluene, France, and later in Alexandria, Egypt.
The Avengers had been betrayed. The remainders abandoned the mass murder plan and decided to move to Plan B: poisoning SS officers who were imprisoned in Nuremberg and Dachau, infiltrating the prisons' bakeries and lacing the bread with arsenic.
Only the Nuremberg operation succeeded. On April 23, 1946, the New York Times reported 2,283 German prisoners of war had been poisoned and were sick, 207 of whom were hospitalised. It's not clear how many SS officers died. One Avenger, Joseph Harmatz, claimed 300 to 400 perished; the Associated Press in 2016 said there were no known deaths.
Although they felt disappointment, in many ways, the casualties were immaterial to the Avengers. The Holocaust couldn't pass without a response from the Jewish people. Even a failed attempt at revenge meant they could now live with their consciences.
The members have been afraid to talk about their actions ever since, for fear that they would be misunderstood and branded terrorists. I hope that's not the case. In reality, I don't think they would have committed mass murder, it was more wishful thinking.
Nevertheless, I want viewers to ask themselves what they would have done, in their place. I tried to be impartial and raise the question without judgement, because it's such a unique moment in time. I still don't know how I would have acted in their position; but I do have empathy for them.
The filmmaking process has shown me Kovner was an intelligent, philosophical man who I wish I could have met.
No charges were ever brought against the Avengers and, following Kovner's brief spell in prison, they decided they should focus on building new lives for themselves in Israel. Most of them had been left completely alone in the world; now, at least, they had one another.
To this day, the final six survivors, now in their 90s, act like family and are in touch daily. They know everything about one another. Each Avenger will be haunted forever by their experiences, but they're not depressed. They raised families and kept living. That's not to say they have forgiven or forgotten, how could they? But life goes on.
Holocaust: The Revenge Plot is on Channel 4 at 9pm on January 27, Holocaust Memorial Day
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You know massages have therapeutic effects, right? But did you know that there's not just Swedish, Thai or Shiatsu? There's ice massage, too! And this one has no "relaxing" effect. What it does is, it gives you pain relief and at the same time, provides you with the therapy that can help your body win the fight against bursitis.
Ice massage is so effective when used as bursitis home treatment. In fact, an ice pack has long been part of pain management approaches for many painful aches or injuries including sprains, injuries due to overuse of muscles, and of course bursitis. Icing helps ease the pain and inflammation and is often regarded as a good and quick relief bursitis home treatment.
But you have to do it right to prevent any negative side effect. In actuality, it is most effective when done immediately after you have just suffered an injury. Thus it is best when performed quickly. Applying ice directly onto the swollen area, moving it around and then not letting it stay steady on one surface for too long is the correct way of doing it.
Using a circular motion, rub a pack of ice cubes gently on the surface of the affected area. To further reduce the swelling, it is advisable to elevate that specific body part that you are icing to a level higher than the heart. It is also important to keep track the time while you are doing this. Icing should only be done for 15 to 20 minutes, never more.
Overdoing it could cause further tissue damage or even frostbite. However, you can repeat the ice massage as often as you like as long as you allow at least a 45-minute break in between the icing sessions. It's also important for the affected area to remain warm to the touch and to have regular, normal sensations before giving it the massage.
Also read benefits of hyaluronic acid.
Aside from bursitis home treatment mentioned above, the pain caused by this condition can also be minimized by allowing your body time to rebuild the damaged tissues. There are in fact many medications that you can buy from the drugstore or you can consult with your doctor for a proper medication too. Read also about home remedies for knee pain here.


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Feds: No issues with Brattleboro Retreat
BRATTLEBORO — Officials with a Brattleboro psychiatric hospital say they have been found to be in full compliance with a federal agency's conditions, which were instituted in October 2014 after the hospital failed a survey.
Brattleboro Retreat officials tell The Brattleboro Reformer that representatives from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finished surveying the hospital last week.
The agency says they found nothing that might have stripped the private psychiatric hospital of its certification. A report is expected in the next two weeks.
Surveyors looked at areas such as patient rights, hospital leadership, staff, and quality assessment and performance improvement systems.
The hospital opened as part of efforts to replace the Vermont State Hospital. It has struggled to stay in compliance with federal safety regulations.


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About Us » Our Story » Our Story
Our story begins with the opening of Intellectual Virtues Academy middle school (IVA) in 2013-14. IVA is a successful non-profit authorized by the Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) in 2012. This school was founded by a group of close friends, which include, Dr. Jason Baehr, a professor at Loyola Marymount University, and leading expert in intellectual virtue epistemology, and Dr. Steve Porter, an associate professor at Biola University's Rosemead Graduate School of Psychology, whose research focuses on the dynamics of personal formation and change. Both schools (IVA and the Academy) have been designed to implement an intellectual virtues model as a dynamic demonstration of 21st century education, based on cutting edge research and the "best thinking" in education, psychology, neuroscience, and more.
In 2015, Founding Director James McGrath, Dr. Baehr, and Board Chairman Dr. Eric Churchill secured a generous grant from the John Templeton Foundation, whose goal was to expand the success of the middle school into a new Long Beach public high school. Intellectual Virtues Academy, A Long Beach Public High School (Academy) was designed to leverage numerous university partnerships – including researchers from Harvard, Calvin College, Loyola, Boston University, and Biola – to provide a comprehensive college preparatory curriculum to equip students beginning in ninth grade with the skills, judgment, knowledge, and dispositions needed to be successful for college. We ultimately seek to foster intellectual character growth in all of our students, closing the achievement gap for our high school students. The Academy is charted by Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE).
In 2016, the Academy opened its doors to its first ninth grade class, the Class of 2020. The Academy is closely connected to cutting-edge educational research on intellectual character education. Founder and board member Dr. Jason Baehr is director of the Intellectual Virtues and Education Project at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. The Academy and IVA's curriculum and teaching model make significant use of Harvard's Project Zero research, especially the work of Ron Ritchhart and his colleagues.
The Academy and IVA middle school was founded by a group of parents, educators, and community members who love Long Beach and are passionate about public education. Founders and board members include public school teachers, a charter school administrator and social worker, four university professors, a scientist, a university administrator, a marketing and advertising expert, a graphic designer, a human resources expert, a corporate VP, a finance and real estate expert, and an attorney.


The FacePrint project has been approved for funding by the Eurostars Programme, a joint programme between EUREKA and the European Commission.
μRoboptics is part of the international consortium, alongside Nanotecmarin Gmbh, Vu Medical Center, Oceanz B.v. and Mediafarm Aps. Congratulations to all partners!
The FacePrint project will develop a market-ready, rapid, and low-cost 3D printing service for facial prosthetics. The consortium will initially develop this service for auricular and nasal prostheses that perfectly matches facial features such as shape, rigidity, and the skin tone of patients. A cloud-based interface is used to design the patient-specific ear and nose prosthesis. Subsequently, a unique 3D print process and biocompatible material is used to construct the prosthesis.


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Q: Render Form Data to the Same Page The form works. The input is displayed on the rule. But the template displays a blank page. Help!
views.py
class StandingsView(FormView):
    form_class = SelectTeam
    template_name = 'teamsports/standings.html'
    model = Teams
    success_url = None

    def form_valid(self, form):
        form=SelectTeam
        data = self.request.GET.get('team_name')
        team = Teams.objects.filter(team_name__icontains=data).values()
        return render(self.request, 'teamsports/standings.html', {'team': team})

template.html
{% extends 'teamsports/base.html' %}

    {% block content %}

Pick your team, chump

<form form_name = SelectTeam action="" method="GET">
    {{ form }}
    <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
    {{ form.errors }}
</form>

 {{ team }}

    {% for team in Teams %}

{{ team.team_name }}

    {% endfor %}
{% endblock %}

UPDATE from settings.py - My base and home templates expand although I don't pass any variables.
TEMPLATES = [
{
    'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
    'DIRS': [
        '/home/mrsaltz/thepub/teamsports/templates/teamsports',
        ],
    'APP_DIRS': True,
    'OPTIONS': {
        'context_processors': [
            'django.template.context_processors.debug',
            'django.template.context_processors.request',
            'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
            'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
                    ],
    },
},
]

A: i just try to iterate your situation in my environment and everything works. I mean i have form and models in my template. Maybe something wrong with naming of your template.
You have already dictionary {'team:team'} in your view. So your view should looks like this:
url(r'^standings/$', views.StandingsView.as_view()),

Your template thread should looks like that:
TEMPLATES = [
    {
        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
        'DIRS': [
                        os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates'),
                ],
        'APP_DIRS': True,
        'OPTIONS': {
            'context_processors': [
                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                'django.template.context_processors.request',
                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
            ],
        },
    },
]

Then it root of your project you have to have template folder.
In template folder you have to have base.html file that looks something like this:

   {% block main %}{% endblock %}

Then in template folder create folder that calls same as your app in your case as i understan its teamsports, then your standings.html file should looks like this:
{% extends 'base.html' %}
{% block main %}

Pick your team, chump

<form form_name = SelectTeam action="" method="GET">
    {{ form }}
    <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
    {{ form.errors }}
</form>

 {{ team }}

    {% for team in Teams %}

{{ team.team_name }}

    {% endfor %}
{% endblock %}

Pay attention that if you have {% block main %}{% endblock %} in base.html same tags should be in the standings.html.

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Second Suspect Arrested in Infant Shooting
Teen and his niece were were shot in Liberty City in gang warfare
By Todd Wright	• Published at 3:47 pm on September 22, 2010
Miami Police have arrested another man in connection with the Liberty City shooting of a 17-year-old boy and his 1-year-old niece last month.
Jean Francios Pierre, 22, has been charged with attempted murder for the Aug. 2 shooting, but police aren't sure if he is the one that pulled the trigger.
Police had said 16-year-old Luis Hernandez was the triggerman and arrested the teen on Aug. 5. Hernandez was accused of shooting James Taylor in the head on his mom's front porch.
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A second bullet entered the house and struck 1-year-old Janaisiah Hudson in the leg.
Hernandez denied shooting Taylor, but remains in Miami-Dade jail on attempted murder charges. Now he has company.
All authorities are saying is that Pierre was involved in the shooting. Police are also looking for Duslee "Black" Jones.
Authorities believe the shooting was gang-related. Taylor is still in the hospital.


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L'AT&T Tower est un gratte-ciel de 141 mètres de hauteur construit à Minneapolis de 1989 à 1991.

Il abrite des bureaux sur 34 étages.

L'architecte est l'agence Walsh Bishop Associates, Inc.

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Liste des plus hauts gratte-ciel de Minneapolis

Liens externes
 AT&T Tower sur Emporis
 AT&T Tower sur Skyscraperpage

Gratte-ciel à Minneapolis
Gratte-ciel mesurant entre 100 et 149 mètres
Gratte-ciel construit en 1991

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Q: When we start windows, how do windows assign letter to partition? Some partition is C: usually the C partition. Another disk got another letter.
There has to be some file in windows where this thing is specified.
Where?
Is it in C:\Boot?

A: Yes these information is there in registry files,
go to this location you will find the information.
first type regedit in run it will open registry editor for you.
then browse to the location depicted in below picture.

-You can only assign the letters D to Z to each drive on your computer.
-The letters A and B are usually reserved for floppy disk drives. If you do not have a floppy disk drive installed, then you could assign A and B to a drive, partition, or volume if you like. However, it's not recommended to assign A and B to anything other than a floppy or floppy substitute.
-The letter C is reserved for the drive or partition that the operating system (Windows 7 or Vista) is installed on. If you multi boot operating systems, then whatever OS that you happen to startup in will always show as the C drive by default. You do not want to change or remove the C: drive letter.
-If you change or remove a drive letter of a drive, partition, or volume that a shortcut or installed program references as their target location, then that shortcut or program may not work afterwards since it can no longer find that drive letter. Source

Steps for changing drive name from Microsoft official site.

You must be logged on as an administrator to perform these steps.
Windows typically assigns a letter of the alphabet to most drives. If you want to organize your drives in a certain way, you can change the drive letter.
You can assign any letter to a drive as long as long as the letter isn't already in use by a different drive.

To see which drive letters are in use

Open Computer by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, and then clicking Computer.

Picture of the Computer folder showing hard disk and removable media information
Drive letters will appear next to the name of each drive.
To change, add, or remove a drive letter

1-Open Computer Management by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Security, clicking Administrative Tools, and then double-clicking Computer Management.  Administrator permission required If you're prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
2-In the left pane, click Disk Management.
Right-click the drive that you want to change, and then click Change Drive Letter and Paths.
3-Do one of the following:
To assign a drive letter if one has not already been assigned, click Add, click the letter that you want to use, and then click OK.
To change a drive letter, click Change, click Assign the following drive letter, click the letter that you want to use, and then click OK.
To remove a drive letter, click Remove, and then click Yes to confirm that you want to remove it.

Notes
Some programs make references to specific drive letters. If you change a drive letter, these programs might not work correctly.
If you get an error, the drive you are trying to change might be in use. Close any program or window that is using the drive and try again.
You can't change a drive letter if the drive is either a system partition or a boot partition. For more information, see What are system partitions and boot partitions?


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Q: Does shell script invoked by java get killed when the java process is killed? I have a few doubts on process termination. My use case is such that

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*Java process invokes a shell script process through Process Builder

*The shell script invokes a new process x

Does process.destroy() in java also kill the process x along with shell script?
What happens when the Java process is killed while x is running? Is both shell script process and process x killed?

A: There is no tie between a child process and its parent.
Both process can know each other ids, but there is not a hard link between them.
Generally what happens to children of a process when it is killed is platform dependent, so there is not guarantee that when you kill a process created from java also the children of that process will be killed too. Additionally you program can have different behaviour on different operating systems.


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Deacon Blue är en skotsk poprock-grupp bildad 1985. De har haft stora framgångar i Storbritannien med bland annat albumettan When the Worlds Know Your Name (1989) och nitton låtar på UK Singles Chart, varav tre på topp 10.

Biografi

Bakgrund, tidiga framgångar
Gruppen presenterade sitt debutalbum Raintown våren 1987. Den Glasgow-baserade gruppen, som tagit sitt namn från Steely Dan-låten "Deacon Blues" (från 1977 års Aja), hade då funnits i två års tid. Man debuterade samtidigt som en mängd andra skotska grupper – inklusive Aztec Camera, Lloyd Cole and Commotions och Hue and Cry – började synas i de brittiska topplistorna.

Deacon Blues andra album, 1989 års When the World Knows Your Name, toppade de brittiska albumlistorna under två veckors tid. Singellåten "Real Gone Kid" från albumet blev gruppens första brittiska topp-10-låt.

1991 kom det tredje albumet, Fellow Hoodlums. Det fjärde albumet, Whatever You Say, Say Nothing from 1993, var mer experimentellt i stilen. Året därpå splittrades bandet, varefter trummisen Vipond påbörjade en TV-karriär.

Nystart
Fyra år senare arrangerade man ett återföreningskonsert, vilket ledde till ett nytt album – Walking Back Home. Bandet var nu verksamt på deltidsbasis. 2001 kom albumet Homesick.

Trots att bandmedlemmen Graeme Kelling avled i cancer 2004, fortsatte Deacon Blue som grupp. 2006 kom samlingsalbumet Singles, kompletterade med tre nyinspelade låtar.

Nästa studioalbum blev 2012 års The Hipsters. Därefter dröjde det två år till nästa album (A New House) och ytterligare två till nästa (Believers, 2016).

Betydelse och sammansättning
Deacon Blues sammanlagda skivförsäljning inkluderade sex miljoner album fram till 2012. Man har fått tolv brittiska topp-40-låtar och två brittiska listtoppande album.

Gruppen är numera ofta en sextett. Kärnan i gruppen är sångaren Ricky Ross och körsångaren och slagverkaren Lorraine McIntosh – gifta sedan 1990 och med tre barn tillsammans. McIntochs andrasång (hon hyrdes ursprungligen in som bakgrundssångare på debutalbumet) har genom åren varit en viktig del av gruppens karaktär. I den nuvarande gruppen finns även grundarmedlemmarna James Prime (keyboards) och Dougie Vipond (trummor).

Diskografi
Studioalbum
 Raintown (1987)
 When the World Knows Your Name (1989)
 Fellow Hoodlums (1991)
 Whatever You Say, Say Nothing (1993)
 Walking Back Home (1999)
 Homesick (2001)
 The Hipsters (2012)
 A New House (2014)
 Believers (2016)

Referenser

Skotska popgrupper
Musikgrupper bildade 1985


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Politics and International Relations: Public Opinion: Polls & Surveys
This is just a small selection of the resources available at the University of Oxford.
The Bodleian Data Library Socio-Political Behaviour and Attitudes section and Data and Statistics for Social Sciences libguide provide further suggestions.
British Polling Council (BPC)
An association of polling organisations that publish polls to assist journalists, and through them, the general public and politicians, in the understanding, interpreting and reporting of polls.
European Commission: PUBLIC OPINION
Surveys and studies address major topics concerning European citizenship: enlargement, social situation, health, culture, information technology, environment, the Euro, defence, etc.
A searchable resource of unique public opinion data and analysis. Analysis of new data and historical trends at country, state and city levels is available via the Gallup World Poll, Gallup Daily Tracking and Gallup Brain databases.
Global Indicators Database
Pew Research Center conducts public opinion surveys around the world on a broad array of subjects ranging from people's assessments of their own lives to their views about the current state of the world and important issues of the day. The database contains data from 64 countries.
International Social Survey Programme (ISSP)
A cross-national collaboration programme conducting annual surveys on diverse topics relevant to social sciences.
A comprehensive, up-to-date source for US nationwide public opinion published by the ROPER center. A full-text retrieval system, the online database is organized at the question-level, providing the tools to sift through nearly half a million questions asked on national public opinion surveys since 1935.
Ipsos MORI
Looks at public attitudes to key public services, and so informing social policy on issues such as identity, social cohesion, physical capital and the impact of place on attitudes.
English translations of opinion polls - data from major media organizations and other agencies in Japan, Korea and China.
An association of polling organizations setting professional standards for public opinion pollsters, and disseminating information on how to conduct polls and interpret poll results.
Polling the Nations
A compilation of full-text questions and responses from over 14,000 national, state, and local surveys conducted since 1986 by more than 1,400 polling organisations in 100 countries. It is described by Choice as "a resource beyond compare in the polling field".
PollingReport.com
An independent, nonpartisan resource on trends in American public opinion.
Russian Public Opinion Research Center
Conducts research - from instrument design and data collection to analysis and presentation of results in the fields politics, business and social affairs.
WorldPublicOpinion.org
An international collaborative project by a consortium of research centers studying public opinion on international issues in their respective countries with the aim to present public opinion around the world on international issues.
What do people think about politics?
Audit of Political Engagement from the Hansard Society
An annual survey of public attitudes towards politics in Great Britain, conducted by Ipsos MORI..
Political disengagement in the UK: Who is disengaged
A House of Commons library briefing summarises recent research on the topic.
UK Data Service [UKDS]
UK Data Service
The large-scale UK, cross-national, and cohort and longitudinal surveys are key data resources for understanding population structure and change.
Global and regional barometers
AfroBarometer
An African-led series of national public attitude surveys on democracy and governance in Africa.
AmericasBarometer
A periodic study of 34 Latin American countries, with stratified nationally representative samples drawn in each country, a common questionnaire core, and country-specific modules.
Arab Barometer
Arab Barometer surveys are conducted in 12 countries in the Middle East region. The first round of surveys began in 2006/07 and the latest (Wave 3) from 2012-2014.
Asian Barometer
Asian Barometer surveys cover 13 countries and territories in East and Southeast Asia and 5 countries in South Asia. The first wave of surveys was conducted in 2001 in East Asia and in 2005 in South Asia. The latest wave (Wave 3) was completed in 2010.
Eurasia Barometer
This new survey project plans to conduct the module of Global Barometer Surveys in several Central Asian countries.
Global Barometer Surveys (GBS)
The first comprehensive effort to measure, at a mass level, the current social, political, and economic atmosphere around the world. It provides an independent, non-partisan, multidisciplinary view of public opinion on a range of policy-relevant issues.
Latinobarómetro
An annual public opinion survey that involves some 20,000 interviews in 18 Latin American countries, representing more than 600 million inhabitants. The first surveys were conducted in 1995 and the latest in 2014.
UK Polling Report updates
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" ghetto flower " adj. describes someone from the ghetto who doesn't let the negativity of the rough environment around them taint their beauty, dreams, and intelligence.
I randomly decided to make THE GHETTO FLOWER so that I can give those people who don't know much about me some insight into my busy life. I have many dreams and aspirations, and would like you to witness the journey as I plan to achieve them.
I plan to post my "Day in the Life" activities to the blog. Posts will revolve around my hobbies and interests.
My inspiration for THE GHETTO FLOWER comes from a song titled 'Of Course We Ghetto Flowers' off of Lil Uzi Vert's Latest LIL UZI vs The World Mixtape.
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Note: We're auctioning off the bag used in this review with all of the proceeds going to the Shivas Irons Society. The auction will be held until 7/15/2012 and is available on the Shivas Auction website.
There aren't many golf companies out there that command the respect of the legendary MacKenzie Golf Bag Company. Just about anywhere you find individuals that are deeply devoted to the game – you'll find people that are singing the praises of custom-made MacKenzie golf bags.
Although the bags are rarely seen or used by the occasional golfer, you'll find an entire subculture of both traditional and progressive golfers that wouldn't be caught anywhere without their MacKenzie bag.
When I made a commitment at the beginning of the year to walk every round, I found a dedicated group of golfers throughout the world that had taken on the same commitment. Some of those golfers have made the commitment explicitly and some have never really taken a cart in the first place. One of the things that I noticed while immersing myself into this way of thinking was that the majority of these dedicated walkers were deeply dedicated to using MacKenzie bags.
It's not that this group of walking golfers waited anxiously for the latest products to be released from MacKenzie, they all appeared to be using the same bag that they had purchased many years ago. Many even talked of their intention of handing down their bags through the generations. This naturally sparked my interest and started a chain of events that led to using a MacKenzie Ballistic Walker during my recent Hundred Hole Hike.
All the MacKenzie bags have a dedicated focus on simplicity. On initial inspection of these bags, the first thing that stands out to those that are unfamiliar with the company is the lack of features. There are no stands, no towel loops, no dividers, only one or two pockets (depending on the model), no water bottle holder, no valuables pouch, no high-tech gadgets, and only one strap. In short, it's a minimalist bag, something that is fittingly viewed by many as the golfer's golf bag.
The bags are all hand crafted and there are under 1,000 bags produced every year. These aren't bags that are churned off of an assembly line in China, they are all hand made in Portland, Oregon. Each bag is made to order and gives the purchaser the ability to customize colors and embroidery. Each bag is intended to be your perfect companion – a bag that you will likely have forever.
When I first heard of the bags I went to directly to eBay to see if I could find any used bags and noticed that they are rarely listed. Given that the company has been around for a while I thought I would easily be able to find bags for sale. The reality is that people don't want to get rid of these bags, they are viewed by their owners as true works of art – and they are. Not only are the bags exceptionally well crafted, they also get better with age. These are bags that are built to last and with that durability comes an ability to collect a lifetime of golfing memories.
The specific bag that I used for the Hundred Holed Hike was a Ballistic Walker. This is a ballistic nylon version of the Sunday MacKenzie Walker with leather and suede accents throughout the bag. The ballistic material is a great option for material and the durability appears to be excellent. While the bag comes in at a much lower price point than the leather version – the material appears to be a good compromise if you're looking for a way to get one of these great bags at a lower price point. The Ballistic Walkers still offer the customization options of the leather bags, they simply have the ballistic nylon instead of the leather.
The bag can technically hold a full bag of clubs, but the majority of golfers (including myself) tend to remove clubs and play with a limited set. As you switch to the minimalist aesthetic with the bag, it just makes sense to drop some clubs out of your bag. I've found that I can remove quite a few clubs from my bag and still have plenty of clubs for a round of golf at any course. I tend to carry 9 clubs and since dropping all of those extra clubs has resulted in me playing better and stressing less over club selection on each shot.
The Sunday version of the bag has one tall pocket for the entire bag. This single pocket can store everything that you need for a typical round of golf. I was able to easily fit a valuables pouch, a few sleeves of balls, and two waters while still having plenty of room left over. I was initially worried about the one pocket during the Hundred Hole Hike (the routing for Dormie Club, where I played, does not return to the club house until the end of the round), but it was big enough to hold everything that I needed round after round.
The Ballistic Walker is an all-around excellent bag. The only bag that I expect can match the Ballistic Walker is MacKenzie's very own Leather Walker. I haven't had the opportunity to play with one of the leather MacKenzie Walkers yet, but it's certainly at the top of my wish list.
I have to say that I'm going to really miss this bag. We will be auctioning this bag off with the proceeds going directly to the Shivas Irons Society. If you're looking for a minimalist golf bag, then I encourage you to check out the auction and to check out the MacKenzie web site.
Interested in more pictures? Check out the MacKenzie Ballistic Walker photo album that we have on the Fresh Facebook page.


SANTA ANA (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) — The 550 seat Galaxy Theatre in Santa Ana is closing after losing its lease at the end of February to make way for a new nightclub to be called RevolveR.
In its 13 year history, the club has been a staple of the local music scene, playing host to the Orange County Music Awards and providing a performance space for a diverse array of artists from Lucinda Williams to The Misfits.
"The landlord got other offers and we could not compete with those," Folgner told the OC Register "We pay about $18,000 a month in rent and the offers he got were $50,000 a month, so there's no way we could possibly compete with that."
Several upcoming dates after February have been canceled and others have been moved to Folgner's other club, The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano.
The L.A. Times is reporting that the new leasees of the space will be the restaurant/nightclub management firm the Mor Project, headed up by Anton Posniak. The Mor Project is also working on a few other venues in California, including the Rustic Vine in the Irving Spectrum and the Irezumi Sushi Lounge.


SAN FRANCISCO'S SUMMER FOG As warm summer air moves over California's cold coastal waters, it cools and condenses into low clouds and fog. At the same time, Central Valley air heats and rises, creating low pressure at ground level that pulls moist marine air in from the coast. The fog thickens as it moves over San Francisco, the coastal side of Bay Area mountains, and lowlands all the way to the San Joaquin Delta, where the air warms and the fog clears. This process creates San Francisco's cool summers—great for everbearing strawberries like 'Seascape', rhododen- drons, camellias, New Zealand Christmas tree, and cool-season vegetables and fl owers. It also stretches out the perennial bloom season, but is disas- trous for corn, melons, peppers, and other heat-loving plants.


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Brooks Brannon Stats & Scouting Report - Baseball America
Brooks Brannon
#71 | C | Red SoxBOS
FCL Red Sox
Name: Brooks Paul Brannon
Born: May 4, 2004 in Greensboro, NC United States
Drafted in the 9th round (279th overall) by the Boston Red Sox in 2022 (signed for $712,500)
Brannon was a standout at Perfect Game's WWBA World Championship in Jupiter, Fla., during the fall of 2021. At the event, he hit .429 (6-for-14) with a double and three walks. He continued that sort of standout performance this spring, where he homered 20 times and drove in 91 runs to help push Randleman (N.C.) High to a 2A North Carolina state championship over N.C. powerhouse Whiteville. A physical, 6-foot-1, 210-pound backstop who is close to physically maxed out, Brannon has plus raw power in the tank and swings like someone who knows he does—constantly looking to do damage. He wasn't on the summer showcase circuit and so scouts don't have much track record with him facing high-end velocity, and he has also expanded the zone and swung and missed at times with noncompetitive swings against below-average secondaries. Behind the plate, he shows above-average arm strength and clocked pop times around 1.95 seconds last fall, but he needs to improve his actions behind the plate as both a receiver and pitch blocker. There are tools here for Brannon to be an impactful player, but he needs to iron out some of the details of his game to fully capitalize on them. He's committed to North Carolina but could fit in the third-to-fifth round range.


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Does the empty follicle syndrome occur in cases of low number of maturing follicles in assisted reproduction?
Shiran Yakovi, Ido Izhaki, Moshe Ben-Ami, Johnny S. Younis
Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology
The pathophysiology of the genuine empty follicle syndrome (EFS) is still debated. Ovarian aging has been contested as a cause of this condition. Our aim was to investigate the occurrence of the genuine EFS in cases of a low number of mature follicles in a prospective manner. Ninety-five infertile women were recruited and evaluated following conventional controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) with ≤ six follicles of ≥14 mm diameter on the day of hCG administration. Enrolled women were 37.5 ± 5.2 years of age with basal FSH level of 9.1 ± 3.7 mIU/L, antral follicle count (AFC) of 6.9 ± 4.6, and number of ≥14 mm follicles (on the day of hCG) of 3.4 ± 1.5. Among the 95 women, four were complicated by the genuine EFS (4.2%) with features of the depleted ovarian reserve. Comparison between these four cases and the 91 controls revealed significant differences between age, AFC, number of ≥14 mm follicles, and serum E 2 level corresponding to 41.8 ± 1.7 versus 37.4 ± 5.2 years, 1.7 ± 0.6 versus 7.1 ± 4.5, 2.0 ± 0.8 versus 3.4 ± 1.5 follicles, and 356 ± 200 versus 975 ± 557 pg/mL, respectively. Post hoc analysis revealed that 56 among the 95 women fulfilled the Bologna criteria for poor ovarian response and all four cases matched the definition of the genuine EFS raising its incidence to 7.1% in this group. A logistic regression analysis showed that AFC was a significant factor in the development of the genuine EFS. We conclude that the genuine EFS complicates infertile women characterized by a low number of mature follicles. Our findings suggest that the mechanism behind this occurrence is associated with a more exhausted ovarian reserve.
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Yakovi, S., Izhaki, I., Ben-Ami, M., & Younis, J. S. (2019). Does the empty follicle syndrome occur in cases of low number of maturing follicles in assisted reproduction? Gynecological Endocrinology, 35(4), 305-308. https://doi.org/10.1080/09513590.2018.1519793
Yakovi, Shiran ; Izhaki, Ido ; Ben-Ami, Moshe et al. / Does the empty follicle syndrome occur in cases of low number of maturing follicles in assisted reproduction?. In: Gynecological Endocrinology. 2019 ; Vol. 35, No. 4. pp. 305-308.
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The Buzz | Floyd Central's 'Scarlet Pimpernel' to raise money for Riley Children's Hospital
Floyd Central High School in Floyds Knobs is performing "The Scarlet Pimpernel." The musical was widely acclaimed whe...
The Buzz | Floyd Central's 'Scarlet Pimpernel' to raise money for Riley Children's Hospital Floyd Central High School in Floyds Knobs is performing "The Scarlet Pimpernel." The musical was widely acclaimed whe... Check out this story on courier-journal.com: http://cjky.it/1fjhATE
Cast members rehearse for Floyd Central High School's production of "The Scarlet Pimpernel." (Photo: Photo courtesy of Floyd Central High School )
Floyd Central High School in Floyds Knobs is performing "The Scarlet Pimpernel." The musical was widely acclaimed when it opened on Broadway and toured the United States in the late 1990s.
"My favorite thing about 'The Scarlet Pimpernel' is that it blends several different styles of musical theater together seamlessly," says senior Collin Jackson, who plays Percy Blakeney (also known as the Scarlet Pimpernel).
An added perk to seeing Floyd Central's production: the price of your ticket (adults $12, senior citizens $10, students $6) also supports Riley Children's Hospital. For the past four years, Floyd Central students have raised thousands of dollars for Riley.
The show runs March 7-16. For specific days, times and tickets: www.floydcentraltheatre.org or call the box office, (812) 542-2284.
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There are two groups of the people in the world, the people that know about the city of Esfahan, and the those that do not. Esfahan? It used to be the capital of Persian Empire, one of the biggest global powers, and an important industrial city of contemporary Islamic Republic of Iran. The city has one of the highest historical values in the world. Not many people outside of the Middle East know about the city for a simple reason: the Islamic Republic of Iran is still the rebellious destination for the brave. Visitors to Iran have to look past the negative stereotypes of the area to see it for the beautiful destination that it is.
Situated in the centre of the city, Naqsh-e-Jahan is a stunning must-see square-garden. Locals spend time chilling, while tourists, among many are professional photographers, lower their bodies to the ground to capture the next big shot of the Shah Mosque with sunset.
Chehel Sotoun, the old palace where the great Shah Abbas welcomed ambassadors, still shines bright today. Inside of the palace, there were vivid wall paintings of wars and peace. Visitors can see the grand wars against the Indians and the luxurious parties hosted with the Ottoman heirs. Many Ottoman heirs who had fled their own empire due to cruel power fight took refuge at Chehel Sotoun with Shah Abbas.
Khaju Bridge, the old royal bridge, has opened its path to the pedestrians. One of the iconic two bridges, in parallel to Shi-o-She Po, Khaju Bridge used to allow high-status people to walk above and pedestrians below. At the two sides of the bridge, visitors can see two lion eyes reflecting the lights from the other side. Ballads and singers tend to group together and chant through the night.
Safavid House is a reconstructed piece from an old residential house of Safavid Empire, the strongest dynasty Persians ever had. The historical house is perfect for a winter date. They have a pleasant garden, where visitors and diners can look at the stars, eat authentic Persian food, and warm up their hands with the fireplace / in their lovers palms.
Rag Rug Hostel, viewable on ragrughostel.com, is one of the most renowned hostels in Iran. It is hard to believe that Rag Rug was an empty building with a few bricks and plain walls just a few months ago. Now, Rag Rug has welcomed and enchanted many tourists from all over the world. Rag Rug is both a home for travelers and an inspiration symbol for the entrepreneurial spirit and the never-give-up attitude.
This picture came from my second day on my first expedition to Esfahan. The picture features my travel style, which is modest with quiet chicness. I later learned that Persian girls rarely wrap their whole head in the scarf. Instead, they always put hijab on the sides of the shoulder. Similarly, I have also explored more of Persian fashion, which is topped with luxury items and fresh color, on later expeditions, shopping, and Instagram following of prominent Persian fashion leaders. Persian fashion style is itself a blend of modern boho and pursuit of class.
Before venturing into Iran, I was scared for I had heard too many bad things about the country. Even though I had gathered enough traveling experiences and lived in various places, I had barely heard any good news about this mysterious country. After the expeditions, my world expanded dramatically. Years of segregation from the world allows Iran to manage its own fashion, food, cultures, ideas, and philosophy. In a way, it is one of the last countries with relatively modern facility yet such distinctive stories from the worlds we are used to live, whether it is the democratic Western ideal or the attractive Eastern destinations.
Zhu is a fashion and travel YouTuber and influencer based in New York. She talks about elegant styles and under-discovered cultures. Born in the East and educated in the West, she dissects the profound stories in simple vlog and image form.
Follow her Instagram @zhuthegirl (instagram.com/zhuthegirl) to see her timeless style in transportation of geo-locations.
This looks so beautiful. Would love to visit Iran one day, it's high on my bucketlist!
For sure thank you for your support Martine!


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Q: How to check if md5 is empty? I am using md5 hash to store password into the database. I know empty string also have md5 hash.

 My question is how I can check if user give me a empty string?
I mean:
user can give "" and it can also give me a space "  " how will I differentiate between them. Yes I can use trim for normal php code and then check if it is empty or not. but how can I check if it is md5?

A: Why don't you check if your string is empty first before you encrypt it?
anyway this piece of code will do the trick
<?php
$md5 = 'd67c5cbf5b01c9f91932e3b8def5e5f8';
$flag = Check_Valid_Md5_String($md5);
if ($flag){ // flag true means string is a valid md5 encrypation
echo 'valid md5 string';
}else{
echo 'invalid md5 string or empty string';
}

//this function will check the string
function Check_Valid_Md5_String($md5=''){
if(empty($md5)) return false;
return preg_match('/^[a-f0-9]{32}$/', $md5);
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When I expressed an interest in writing a blog post for Ballarat Writers, I was asked if I would consider writing about tertiary education for writers, and whether it was worth it. As a current student, I focused on my present situation in my initial drafts: the thought of structured study triggers nausea. The thought of endless curricula with a limited number of specified assignments tempted me to concede that tertiary education may not be crucial.
After taking time to gain perspective, I could not deny the benefits of my tertiary education as a writer. I felt this question required consideration of the many qualities needed to develop as a successful working writer. I was given permission to have a crack at writing this blog because I barged my way into it, which highlights something else: audacity – a quality needed to be a professional writer.
After consideration, my answer to the title is 'yes,' with one disclaimer: you reduce the effectiveness of a professional course if you are unwilling to network and collaborate. In my first few years, I didn't do enough networking, but I believe the degree to which I did do it exponentially increased the value of my assignments. Networking is key to any writer's ability to grow and progress in their work, and courses. Why do I say that?
Writing courses are a great place to meet people with mutual interests and work together 'whatever the weather'—personality clashes and disappointing work standards do occur, including your own. Writing courses allow you to experience the ups and downs of the publishing process, as I did in my editing (producing three anthologies) and desktop publishing courses. Oh, the joy of finishing a book!
People who want to talk shop: despite stereotypes most writers are not so introspective that they won't talk about your work as well as theirs. Allow yourself to discover the enormous amount you get out of listening.
People who think it's fun and necessary to get up and read their work out loud. My course forced me to face some of my crippling anxieties. Many people are terrified of public speaking. Exposing your own writing can feel like being naked in front of an audience, but it is crucial to read your work out loud. You should know how it sounds. You should come to appreciate the rhythm of your voice and your work. You should allow yourself to feel when you connect with an audience, and when you do not. Give yourself the experience of staring down fear — it makes you a better writer and a better person.
Most writers know what it is like to look at life from one step removed, to feel like an outsider. Thus, for the most part, they are the type of people who practice accepting others. They are also generally honest. If you ask for honest, constructive feedback (you'll learn the difference) you will get it.
Tertiary writing classes are effective places of learning. They are a doorway to professional development — an ongoing practice paramount for working writers. Your teachers in writing courses are (surprise) real people, and in general, working writers as well. You can network with them. I know you don't feel like it when you've seen their recognition of the weaknesses in your work, but I found my teachers, lecturers and tutors at Federation University to be approachable.
All the major universities in Victoria have writing courses, full of aspiring writers. If your passionate desire is to be a professional writer, or a serious hobbyist, completing a course is a worthwhile experience. Meeting deadlines, creating the correct tone, unlearning and relearning correct English grammar are important skills that make the professional stand out, but remember to network and workshop.
Most of all, be generous, kind and honest. You will find a wealth of collaborative knowledge beyond your course structure.
Danielle O'Donnell is a 2015 graduate of the double award program Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing/Bachelor of Arts. This program was previously offered by the University of Ballarat TAFE in association with University of Ballarat Higher Education, and Federation University. She is doing further study at Master's level. She served as Ballarat Writers treasurer and membership coordinator in 2018. She spends a lot of her time exploring the questions of a writing life: How can I get something published to a wider audience? Which A+ gig will allow me the flexibility and financial reward to have time to write?


PDA Football brings Premiership Football Academy level training into the community. We are committed to youth player development with an emphasis on technique. We create high intensity sessions that are fun, competitive and accompanied with positive reinforcement. This creates what we believe is an ideal learning environment where players can push themselves and fulfil their potential. All our coaches work for premiership football academies and are CRB checked. We cater for all abilities and all sessions are designed around that particular players needs.
PDA Football has used the experience gained by its coaches working within the Academy system of a Premiership Club and also of experiences of working around the world to produce a coaching philosophy which puts technical development as the most important aspect of the game. Players should be encouraged to become masters of the ball, to follow in the footsteps of Zidane, Maradonna, Cryuff and Pele. We want to give players the tools to replicate the way football should be played, to entertain, to inspire and to capture the imagination. The PDA way.
Saul has coached in America, England and Spain. Saul has been personal football coach for over 15 years. He also been coached in Premier League Academy Football for 10 years as a Technical Coach at Chelsea FC's and Tottenham Hotspur FC's Academies.
Saul has also developed MyPersonalFootballCoach.com , the worlds leading online technical training programme, used in over 20 different countries in the world, by individuals, grass root clubs and pro club's academies.
He has also regular featured in the press, including 442 magazine, The Times as well as presenting at conferences around the world. He is regarded as one of the worlds leading figures in technical football coaching.


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Their Parents Deported, Arizona Children Get Christmas Gifts from Churches
Children of deported parents get Christmas gifts from an Arizona church. (Photo: Valeria Fernández)
MESA, Arizona — There's not a lot of reasons to celebrate Christmas at Maria Montoya's home this year. Ever since her husband, the father of her five children, was deported, she is more concerned with paying bills than buying gifts.
But Montoya heard on a Spanish-language TV station that a church in Mesa would be giving toys to the children of deported parents and decided to check out the event.
She wasn't the only one who responded to the call last Saturday: about 500 people showed up, half of them toddlers and teenagers.
"We were expecting large numbers of people," said organizer Magdalena Schwartz, a pastor with the Disciples of the Kingdom Free United Methodist Church.
On the face of an increase in the number of parents deported from Maricopa County, the church decided to organize the event "Un regalo, una sonrisa" (A Gift, A Smile) for the first time this year. Arizona is also seeing stiffer penalties for undocumented workers and increased cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities. This includes a federal program known as Secure Communities, which allows jailers to identify and put a hold on pre-sentenced undocumented detainees who enter the jail system.
"They're victims of these anti-immigrant laws that have separated them from their parents," Schwartz said of the kids. "We can't blame them because their parents chose to come to the U.S. to give them a better life."
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Elvia, 6, one of Montoya's youngest children, rushed to pick up her Christmas gift: a pink box with a huge notepad and some color markers. She held it as if someone might take it away.
Her father José Rendón was deported four months ago.
The family had left Arizona in 2008 fearing a new employer sanctions law imposing civil penalties on businesses that knowingly hired undocumented labor.
They settled in La Vegas, where they felt safer. But Rendon found a job in construction back in Arizona and decided to commute weekly.
One weekend he didn't come back. Montoya expected the worse and spent three days calling hospitals until she got a call from Nogales, Mexico. Rendon had been deported. The Highway Patrol had stopped him on his way home for not having a working light fixture on the car's license plate.
Montoya decided to stay in the U.S. because of Elvia, who has a heart condition and needs constant medical supervision.
"What are we going to do back there?" she said. Her husband already has a job in Mexico, but he makes so little money that it's not enough to support the children. She fears the only choice would be for him to cross the border illegally.
Pleasant View Church pastor Arturo López, another of the event's organizers, said the afternoon was bittersweet, because he knows these children are in need of basic things like food, a place to live and sometimes even clothes.
"There's great spiritual need, but there's great need for many of these families to also pay the rent," he said.
Ileana Maldonado, whose husband was detained by police on his way to work and later deported, was hoping to get her daughters some gifts. They had given her a list: Michele, 12, wanted a bicycle and Gaby, 6, a toy kitchen. Her 2-year-old is too young to notice.
Maldonado has a Christmas wish herself: to be able to stay in the U.S. for as long as possible.
Agustín Camacho, 48, attended the gift-giving with three of his oldest children.
"We're just coming back from visiting my wife, who is in the Eloy Detention Center," Camacho, an American citizen, said.
His wife, Maricruz Beltrán, has been detained for almost three months after being arrested for using someone else's name and Social Security number to work at a restaurant.
"She had only been working there for a month and a half," he said.
Camacho said they hadn't realized the seriousness of the charges she could face. She decided to take a part-time job to help out because Camacho's work as a cook had slowed down. Since his wife was detained, Camacho's 14-year-old daughter is babysitting the youngest in the family.
He said he has paid thousands of dollars in attorney's fees but he doesn't think there's much hope, since his wife now has a felony on her record.
"I don't really think there'll be immigration reform," said Camacho, who voted for Republican presidential candidate John McCain in last year's elections.
"The government needs to realize these charges are not against her," he said. "They're against her children."
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About Valeria Fernández
Valeria Fernández is an independent journalist from Uruguay with more than a 14 years experience as a bilingual documentary producer and reporter on Arizona's immigrant community and the US-Mexico borderlands. She co-directed and produced "Two Americans," a documentary that parallels the stories of Sheriff Joe Arpaio and a 9-year-old U.S. citizen whose parents were arrested by the sheriff's deputies that aired in Al Jazeera America. Her work as reporter for the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting on the economic and social impacts of a mine spill in Northern Mexico broadcast in PBS, San Diego and won an Arizona Press Club recognition for environmental reporting in 2016. She freelances for a number of print, digital and broadcast media outlets, including Feet in 2 Worlds, CNN Español, Radio Bilingue, PRI's Global Nation, Al Jazeera, and Discovery Spanish.
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