Surviving the Holocaust by living underground
Chris Nicola talks about finding the artifacts in the cave, while Janet Tobias, the director of the documentary talks about hearing the story for the first time, and Sonia Dodyk, who was 10 years-old when she went to those caves with her family, talks about living in the caves.
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Getty ImagesLast year, none of the 42 restricted free agents signed offers sheets with new teams.? This year, none of nearly 40 restricted free agents have signed offer sheets with new teams.
At a certain point, the existence of an informal understanding among NFL teams to lay off each other?s restricted free agents becomes the only reasonable conclusion.? If that?s the case, it?s a clear case of collusion.
Since the uncapped year of 2010, in which restricted free agency dramatically expanded on a one-time basis to include players with four or five years of service, only one RFA has signed an offer sheet with a new team.? That was running back Mike Bell, a restricted free agent with the Saints who signed an offer sheet with the Eagles.
In four years of restricted free agency classes ? four years ? no other player has signed an offer sheet.
Last year?s 0-fer was explained away by the exorbitant contract that former Steelers receiver Mike Wallace wanted.? And, generally, some believe that teams shouldn?t waste their time negotiating a contract that the player?s current team can match.
But with more and more teams having cap trouble and a large cluster of teams having more than $10 million remaining, it?s easier than ever to craft a front-loaded offer sheet that, say, the Giants would have a hard time matching for receiver Victor Cruz (who has a first-round tender), the Ravens would have a hard time matching for tight end Dennis Pitta (who has a second-round tender), and/or the Steelers would have a hard time matching for receiver Emmanuel Sanders (who has a third-round tender).
Coincidentally (or not), the league?s in-house media company reported before the start of free agency that, as to Cruz, ?there is already a ton of interest and plenty of teams just waiting for their opening.?? Since March 12, Cruz has been doing the salsa to the sound of crickets.? Pitta likewise drew ?preliminary interest? from several unnamed teams.
Still, only one RFA ? Sanders ? took a visit, three weeks ago to the Patriots.? And it?s hard not to at least wonder whether the normally ultra-secretive Patriots, who routinely insist on full discretion from players in whom they are interested, allowed the Sanders visit to be reported in order to help create the sense that restricted free agency has not gone the way of the dodo bird.
Regardless of any interest ? real, imagined, or exaggerated ? that teams have in Cruz, Pitta, Sanders, it hasn?t translated into an offer sheet being signed (or, as far as anyone knows, even offered) to a single restricted free agent since Mike Bell in 2010.
With the league recently defending the relative lack of activity in unrestricted free agency by claiming that ?[p]layer signings in 2013 have been characterized by robust spending and intense competition,? there has been no spending and no competition for restricted free agents.
If that?s not the result of collusion, then why is it happening?
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WHEN Gayle Killilea linked her fortunes to Sean Dunne, it's unlikely she, as any other bride, anticipated any downside. Here was a man - like so many others in Celtic Tiger Ireland - who shared her taste for fine living, and could afford to indulge it.
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By Jason Lange
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American employers hired at the weakest pace in nine months in March, a sign that tax hikes that kicked in early this year as part of Washington's austerity drive could be stealing momentum from the economy.
The economy added just 88,000 nonfarm jobs last month, the Labor Department said on Friday.
That was well below market expectations for a 200,000 increase and lower than even the most pessimistic forecast in a Reuters poll. The jobless rate ticked a tenth of a point lower to 7.6 percent largely due to people dropping out of the work force.
"The U.S. economy just hit a major speed bump," said Marcus Bullus, trading director at MB Capital in London.
Some of the weakness appeared due to tax hikes enacted in January. While prior reports have pointed to relatively buoyant retail sales in January and February, Friday's data showed retailers actually cut staff in March by 24,100, making it the hardest-hit sector last month.
Moreover, the government said hiring in the retail sector was weaker in January and February than initially thought.
The report rattled investors, sending U.S. stocks lower and putting them on pace for their poorest weekly performance this year. Benchmark Treasury debt yields fell to their lowest this year and the dollar declined against a basket of currencies.
It was unclear whether across-the-board federal budget cuts that began in March played a role in the weak pace of hiring, although nervousness over the cuts might have made businesses shy about taking on more staff.
Some economists cautioned against reading too much into the report, though the data nonetheless raised questions over whether the strong hiring seen in the winter actually meant the economy had shifted into a higher gear.
"We don't think there is enough signal here to conclude the U.S. economy is wobbling. Rather, it appears that the underlying trend has not improved as much as the January-February data suggested," said Julia Coronado, chief North America economist at BNP Paribas in New York.
AMMUNITION FOR THE FED
March's slowdown in job growth could make policymakers at the Federal Reserve more confident about continuing a bond-buying stimulus program. Prior advances in the labor market recovery had fueled discussion at the central bank over whether to dial back the purchases, perhaps as soon as this summer.
"This could give them the green light to stay with this policy longer," said Brian Rehling, chief fixed income strategist at Wells Fargo Advisors in St. Louis.
The report did have some positive news for the economy. The Labor Department revised readings for January and February to show 61,000 more jobs added than previously estimated. The average workweek rose to its highest level in a year.
"Companies ramped up working hours instead of hiring additional people. The fact that labor demand kept rising should bode well for future job gains," said Harm Bandholz, chief U.S. economist at UniCredit Research in New York.
The construction sector added 18,000 jobs despite cold weather in parts of the country, reinforcing the view that a recovery in the housing sector has become entrenched.
Also suggesting that weather didn't play a big role in the weak pace of hiring, Labor Department data showed the number of people out of work due to bad weather was below the 10-year average for March.
Analysts have noted that the federal spending cuts have only just begun and will be a more substantial drag on the economy between April and June, when many government workers begin taking days off work without pay.
The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that tighter fiscal policy will subtract about 1.5 percentage points from economic growth this year.
"The trend in payrolls is consistent with our expectation that employment growth will slow somewhat in coming months (due to) the large, and increasing, fiscal drag," said Michael Gapen, an economist at Barclays in New York.
Government payrolls fell only 7,000 in March, partly reversing the 14,000-job gain from February.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, who has said the labor market must show sustained improvement before monetary stimulus is eased, has voiced concern about the spending cuts.
The jobless rate fell to its lowest since December 2008, but the report showed that much of the drop was due to the labor force shrinking by 496,000 people.
That pushed the labor force participation rate -- the percentage of working-age Americans either with a job or looking for one -- to 63.3 percent, its lowest since 1979.
The unemployment rate is derived from a survey of households which is separate from the survey of employer payrolls. That survey actually showed employment fell by 206,000 in March.
Some of the people dropping out of the labor force are retiring or going back to school, but others have given up the job hunt out of discouragement.
Separately, Commerce Department data showed the U.S. trade gap narrowed unexpectedly in February as crude oil imports fell to their lowest level since March 1996 and overall exports increased slightly.
The deficit narrowed to $43.0 billion. The consensus estimate of analysts surveyed before the report was for the trade gap to widen slightly to $44.6 billion.
(Additional reporting by Doug Palmer and Lucia Mutikani in Washington; and by Richard Leong in New York; Editing by Andrea Ricci)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/steady-job-gains-seen-bolstering-economy-040319942--business.html
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Will Boyd and Ava ever get to be happy? Photo by Prashant Gupta/FX
I admit it. I?m a sucker. If a show or movie is told from the bad guy?s point of view, I?m rooting for the bad guy. When I watch a heist movie, I?m rooting for the thieves. When I watch Dexter, I want Dexter to keep his dark passenger close by and busy. But when it comes to Justified and Boyd Crowder, well, it?s complicated. You can?t root for Raylan and Boyd, can you?
This season, both were hot after Drew Thompson, a fugitive with mysterious connections to Arlo Givens and Bo Crowder. Raylan, of course, wanted to send Thompson to prison. Boyd wanted to hand him over to Theo Tonin to curry favor with the Detroit mafia. I knew both couldn?t win, and it was pretty entertaining watching Raylan solve a mystery by threatening low-lifes, scaring prisoners on their way to Supermax, and smacking himself on the head when he realizes that he?s been riding around with Drew Thompson for two days while ? looking for Drew Thompson. But Raylan winning means Boyd losing, and so I could only hope that that Justified?s best bad guy didn?t end up dead at the hands of Tonin.
And even outside of his direct confrontations with Raylan, Boyd inspires complex feelings. He?s not without his charms. His intellect, his cunning, and his genuine affection for Ava draw me in. When I found out he?d been hiding money so that he could propose to Ava and buy a house, I totally forgave him for the fact that, to get some of that money, he wired Hiram with explosives (and then showed zero remorse when Colt mistakenly killed him).
When the Clover Hill Gang tried to make Boyd do their bidding, I cheered when Boyd played them for fools, used Tonin?s assassin to do his dirty work, and then extorted them for $100,000 each. Who could blame him? He just wanted to go legit and give future generations of Crowders a respectable name. He just wanted to buy a Dairy Queen.
But, but, but ? There?s always been something or another that?s made me withhold unconditional affection for Boyd. There?s his skinhead past (and the tattoos that won?t let him or us forget it). There?s the callousness that shows through at times, like when he tried to have Ellen May killed even though it would have been enough to send her away.
Until, that is, the Season 4 finale, when Ava ended up caught red-handed with Delroy?s body.
It was heartbreaking when Boyd saw Ava in the back of the police cruiser, and when he made his futile plea to have her out within 24 hours. It was inspiring when he wrestled Deputy Mooney to the ground, and infuriating when Paxton waved off the other deputies beating Boyd up. ?He?s not going to be any more trouble,? Paxton said, all smug and obnoxious. ?Let this white trash piece of shit go.?
Boyd looked so broken, so defeated right at that moment, that I went right back with him to his childhood, where the constant abuse heaped on him for being a Crowder helped mold his ambitions. And so next year, when Boyd goes after Paxton?and let?s face it, it?s gotta happen?I?ll be rooting for Boyd. Unabashedly. I?m on Team Boyd now?at least until the next time he goes eye-to-eye with Raylan.
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Last month Private First Class Bradley Manning pled guilty to charges that could land him 20 years in prison for his role in releasing thousands of classified documents obtained and published by WikiLeaks.
Twenty years might seem like adequate punishment for a whistleblower, particularly one who exposed a trove of wrongdoing in America?s war in Iraq and its dealings around the world?exemplified by a 2007 viral video showing a U.S. Apache helicopter gunning down civilians and a Reuters journalist in Baghdad, a revelation extensively covered by The New York Times.
Two decades, however, apparently isn?t good enough for the government. Prosecutors are pursuing a life sentence for Manning, for the far-reaching charge of ?aiding the enemy.?
Noted lawyers and constitutional scholars Floyd Abrams and Yochai Benkler summed up the military?s argument against Manning in a New York Times op-ed titled ?Death to Whistleblowers?:
Under the prosecution?s theory, because Private Manning knew the materials would be published and that Al Qaeda could read them once published, he indirectly communicated with the enemy. But in this theory, whether publication is by WikiLeaks or The Times is entirely beside the point. Defendants are guilty of ?aiding the enemy? for leaking to a publishing medium simply because that publication can be read by anyone with an Internet connection.
In effect, Manning is being formally tried as a traitor because Al Queda can read the information he leaked on the Internet.
?This charge is incredibly troubling,? Trevor Timm, cofounder and executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, tells TakePart. ?The charge is so vague, it doesn?t exclusively encompass classified information. It?s any information that could be accessed by ?the enemy.? That means it doesn?t just affect Manning, or even just future whistleblowers. Any active military member who writes an op-ed critical of U.S. policy could be aiding an enemy. It could affect military members on Twitter or Facebook.?
?It is troubling to see how much the mainstream media has ignored the Manning case,? says Timm. ?Manning gave the media a treasure trove of information that they have been using for the past two years. Yet many in the press have been ignoring the ?aiding the enemy? charge and how it could affect their work going forward.?
The charge, if upheld, could also fundamentally alter journalists? ability to uncover wrongdoing by the military, or the government at large. After all, newspapers are on the Internet too.
?Osama bin Laden once told all of his followers to read Bob Woodward?s book?one of the most esteemed journalists in America?for information,? says Timm. ?Woodward?s sources are high-ranking military members. He?s talking about top-secret information?often far more classified than what Manning shared.
?By this logic, Woodward?s sources are aiding the enemy.?
Despite the seemingly ominous potential consequences Manning?s case could have on future whistleblowers and the ability of journalists to conduct high-profile investigations using anonymous sources, the many news outlets are only now picking up on the broader implications of Manning?s case.
?It is troubling to see how much the mainstream media has ignored the Manning case,? says Timm. ?Manning gave the media a treasure trove of information that they have been using for the past two years. Almost every day you see a story that originated from Manning?s leak. It has enriched the public?s knowledge of what the government is doing in their name. Yet many in the press have been ignoring the ?aiding the enemy? charge and how it could affect their work going forward.?
Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, the man behind the Pentagon Papers, is revered in media circles and among government transparency and First Amendment advocates as a paragon of virtue. Why not Manning? Especially after news broke last year that the military was virtually torturing him in captivity.
The reason may be simple generational pettiness and old media snobbery.
?I do feel that, unfortunately, if Manning had given information directly to The New York Times [instead of the upstart WikiLeaks], his case would receive more attention,? says Timm. ?And that?s a shame, because this case will affect the world of journalism regardless of who broke the story.?
Now, with the military pursuing aiding the enemy charges full bore, it may be too late to stop the case?s chilling effect on the First Amendment.
?If the media made noise about this earlier, the prosecution may not have pursued it,? says Timm. ?Hopefully, as the trial comes close, the chorus will get louder and louder and the charges will be dropped.?
In your mind, is Bradley Manning a patriot, a traitor or something in between? Stake out a position in COMMENTS.
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? 5 Funniest, Juiciest and Most Salacious WikiLeaks Revelations
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Matthew Fleischer is a former LA Weekly staff writer and an award-winning social justice reporter in Los Angeles. Email Matt
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