Santiago Catholics eye big day with pope visit

People walk past posters with images of Pope Benedict XVI in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, Sunday, March, 25, 2012. Benedict XVI will arrive to Cuba on Monday. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

People walk past posters with images of Pope Benedict XVI in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, Sunday, March, 25, 2012. Benedict XVI will arrive to Cuba on Monday. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

A man wears a neckerchief that reads in Spanish "Welcome Pope Benedict XVI" in front of a billboard with an image of Cuba's leader Fidel Castro that reads in Spanish "Santiago, yesterday rebel, today hospitable, always heroic" in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, Sunday, March, 25, 2012. Pope Benedict XVI will arrive to Cuba on Monday. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

A man smiles in front of posters with images of Pope Benedict XVI in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, Sunday, March, 25, 2012. Benedict XVI will arrive to Cuba on Monday. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

A man sits on a fence at the Antonio Maceo Revolution Square where Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate Mass in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, Sunday, March 25, 2012. Benedict XVI will arrive to Cuba on Monday. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

A girl wearing a ballet dress plays on the street in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, Sunday, March. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

SANTIAGO, Cuba (AP) ? This sun-scorched city is accustomed to playing second fiddle to Havana at the other end of Cuba. On Monday, Santiago de Cuba gets a real day in the sun because Pope Benedict XVI is beginning his Cuba trip here.

Authorities have built huge steel arches in the shape of a papal miter above a blue-and-white temporary altar where Benedict will celebrate Mass on Monday and urge residents of this communist-run country to seek salvation in faith.

Roman Catholic youth held a prayer vigil Sunday night to celebrate the pontiff's arrival, and workers buzzed about Revolution Square putting final touches on the stage, testing power cables and setting out chairs under the direction of priests. Some people hung welcome posters in their windows.

The pope's decision to make this city on the eastern end of Cuba his first stop on the island has ensured the world's spotlight will be fixed on this coastal city of a half million inhabitants that is often overlooked by outsiders.

"As a Santiagan, I am very proud to be able to receive him with joy," said 35-year-old Luzmilka Barza. Although she described herself as only "a little bit Catholic," she said that "it will be something that moves us all for a person such as him to visit."

Cuba's second city has been overshadowed by the more storied Havana ever since the Spaniards moved the colonial capital there, even though Santiago is considered the cradle of the revolution and was an intellectual and artistic center since long before Fidel and Raul Castro were born.

Fidel Castro proclaimed the triumph of his 1959 revolution from the balcony of Santiago's city hall on Jan. 1, 1959, but promptly set out for the capital to claim power. Havana now dominates Cuban industry and politics and occupies a singular space in the imaginations of people around the world, even those who have never strolled its famed seafront.

But this time around Santiago is first.

While some residents express disinterest in the pope, and Cuba is Latin America's least Roman Catholic country, the faithful in Santiago have eagerly awaited the arrival of the city's most prominent visitor since the last time a pontiff came calling 14 years ago.

"I hope that after this visit the Cuban people have more faith," said an emotional Mayra Corona, 63, who along with a dozen other people worked for weeks readying the ornaments, vestments and sacred utensils to be used by priests during the Mass.

Benedict will bring "peace, tranquility, forgiveness," she said.

A key reason the pope chose Santiago as his first stop is the nearby sanctuary of the Virgin of Charity of El Cobre, dedicated to Cuba's patron saint. Benedict has cited the 400th anniversary of the icon's discovery as the main reason for his trip to the island.

Cuban authorities have given the sanctuary a $236,000 makeover of everything from its drainage system to the stained glass. Workers even built a humble but air-conditioned house where the pope will spend the night, made with reinforced concrete designed to withstand a magnitude-8 earthquake.

But most of the action ahead of the pope's visit has centered on Revolution Square, which Catholic Church officials say can hold up to 100,000 people.

The pope's backdrop there will be a a 50-foot (16-meter) statue of independence hero Antonio Maceo on horseback, arm outstretched as if beckoning his countrymen to follow him to battle. Twenty-three rusty-colored machetes spike into the air commemorating the 23rd of March, 1878, an important date in Cuba's struggle to break free from Spanish colonial rule.

Havana at the western end of Cuba has also been busy sprucing up to host Benedict after he leaves Santiago.

A huge altar on the capital's own Revolution Square is finished, and workers have been making eleventh-hour touchups to deteriorating streets. Prominent avenues were resurfaced, and potholes filled. Workers repainted faded curbs, and many streets got fresh striping over the weekend.

Authorities put on an attractive show of lights, music and slides projected onto the facade of the cathedral in colonial Old Havana on Sunday evening. They also took down the scaffolding that for months shrouded a Christ statue overlooking the bay.

Havana also is hoping to grab the world's gaze, with Benedict's every move transmitted in urgent dispatches and beamed by satellite around the globe. Officials said 797 journalists for 295 media outlets in 33 countries were granted visas to cover the visit.

"It is a great privilege to have the pope visit us," said Graciela Hernandez, a 59-year-old retiree in the capital. "For me, as a Catholic, it's something that moves me, and the most important thing is that the pope comes with a message of love, peace and brotherhood."

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Associated Press writer Anne-Marie Garcia in Havana contributed to this report.

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Study compares traits of autism, schizophrenia

ScienceDaily (Feb. 28, 2012) ? A UT Dallas professor is studying the differences between the social impairments found in autism and schizophrenia to help develop better treatments for people with both disorders.

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and schizophrenia are distinct disorders with unique characteristics, but they share similarities in social dysfunction. For many years, this similarity resulted in confusion in diagnosis. Many young people with ASD were thought to have a childhood version of schizophrenia, said Dr. Noah Sasson, assistant professor in the UT Dallas School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

Sasson points out that clear differences exist between people diagnosed with schizophrenia and ASD. Symptoms of ASD can be seen from very early in life, while the onset of schizophrenia typically occurs in young adulthood. And individuals who have schizophrenia often experience hallucinations and delusional thoughts, which are far less common in individuals with ASD.

An overlapping problem for both clinical groups is a difficulty with social interaction. Both groups are known to be poor at recognizing social cues. They often have difficulty identifying emotion in other people, so their reactions may seem inappropriate. By not picking up on the subtle cues in interactions, adults with ASD or schizophrenia may alienate other people and have trouble making friends or getting along with classmates or co-workers.

Along with collaborators at Southern Methodist University, Sasson is conducting new research at the UT Dallas Callier Center for Communication Disorders that compares the basis for social interaction impairments between adults with ASD and adults with schizophrenia. He is attempting to understand the mechanisms that underlie their social limitations.

"Because the two disorders are different in so many ways, it is likely that the basis for their social impairments differs as well," he said. "Understanding these differences will be key for developing effective treatments. What works well for individuals with ASD might be very different than those with schizophrenia."

In previous research, Sasson and his colleagues used eye-tracking technology and found that neither adults with ASD nor adults with schizophrenia look at social information in the same way as those without either disorder. His colleagues also found that parts of the brain that process social information are underactive in those with ASD and schizophrenia. But the researchers have also found differences. Individuals with ASD do not spontaneously orient to emotional information, while individuals with schizophrenia do. While both groups show aspects of paranoia in social situations, Sasson and his colleagues are discovering that the root cause of the paranoia is different for each disorder.

"People with schizophrenia have a much higher likelihood than the general population to attribute ill will to others, and this is likely tied to their delusions," he said. "On the other hand, people with autism are more 'socially cynical.' They seem to be exhibiting fairly realistic responses to people as a result of the challenges they've faced in life because of their condition."

By differentiating between schizophrenia and autism, and by examining how patients react in social settings, Sasson said he hopes researchers can develop new ways to counteract the negative social experiences of patients. This could result in a profound improvement in their ability to navigate life successfully.

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An alternative personal computer keeping track of strategy allows corporations to maintain track of the time an employee spends from the personal computer or lazy time at the terminal. A new key logger documents a great owner?s computer keyboard swings like passwords. Superior computer users might believe their supervised reputation and continue to setup anti-keylogger programs using the pc. The ability to avoid consumers through putting in applications as well as bypassing your keylogger?s characteristics is a second important characteristic of security programs. Extra demands consist of info safe-keeping, programmed screenshots of the customer?s computer?s desktop, file monitoring and timetabled consumer entry. Checking software program may record huge volumes of knowledge. A new improperly developed confirming user interface will make the best programs worthless. Reporting techniques need to be an easy task to understand. It?s quite for that application to have several built-in document features with the capacity to implement customized searches.Any person attempting to preserve ahead of technological innovation for Investigating Mistrust should be thinking about ground-breaking spy mobile phone computer programs in which utilize web to gather as well as keep SMS texts, find mobile phone Gps navigation area, inward as well as outward bound cellphone get in touch with firewood data along with send the idea to a internet safe web site. These plans allow the average joe in order to quickly modify common mobile phones in to a remote control being attentive gadget simply by shifting text messages to from another location management it?s mic, stimulate the idea, and keep track of the cell phone area or even Indentify Telephone calls along with confidentially tap into cellular phone telephone calls and also tune in to chats. The largest issue isn?t technical, it?s legal. Unless of course you?ve agreement you happen to be ignoring the law to work with that. Mobile phone tracking software applications are becoming incredibly well-liked and quite often do much more when compared with identify mobile phones.Text doesn?t have to have a one on one connection between mobiles; the actual marketing and sales communications facilities to the method is already prepared, and yes it features over the majority of portable agencies. If you feel that is actually incredible, mull over that you could customize the mobile phone right into a rural being attentive gadget simply by delivering communications to be able to from another location control the telephone mic, activate this, and also keep track of the actual cellular phone atmosphere. Believe can be surprising as well as astounding why don?t you consider the concept that you can also Indentify Calls as well as surreptitiously tap into phone calls and monitor interactions. Will be our boss permitted to look at precisely what is in fact on my small airport terminal as i am working?Generally, yes. Not only theoretically, however lawfully as allowed with the Electric Sales and marketing communications Level of privacy Behave. Since clients are the master of the computer technique as well as the terminals, they?re totally free the crooks to monitor staff. Personnel are offered some protection against pc and other sorts of digital camera following beneath specific situations. Unification deals, for example, may well constrain the particular manager?s to certainly check. In addition, general public industry employees might have some bare minimum protection under the law within the United states of america Make-up, particularly the 4th Variation which blocks versus silly look for and also seizure, along with anticipation regarding level of privacy.

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Instead of typing a new lease agreement, find templates online that correspond to the state, as these template leases stand better in court if there is a breach of contract. Find state-specific rental contracts with helpful information from an experienced real estate agent in this free video on renting a home. Expert: James Kurkela Bio: James Kurkela, together with his wife Judy Kurkela, are licensed real estate agents who have been serving Putnam, Westchester, Orange and Dutchess counties for more than 20 years. Filmmaker: Kefa Olang
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Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket HD vs. Nokia Lumia 900 ? AT&T Smartphone Battle to Intensify in Coming Days

Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket HD, which was unveiled at the Consumer Electronic Show 2012 and is expected to be launched within a few months, is a 9.27-millimeter sliver of a smartphone with an HD Super AMOLED screen (1280x720).

The HD iteration of Samsung's Galaxy S2 Skyrocket, however, will have to face fierce competition from Nokia's third Lumia smartphone - Lumia 900, which is expected to be launched during the same time.

The Nokia Lumia 900, launched at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on Monday, is the first of Nokia's Windows Phone-based range to feature high-speed LTE connectivity. The phone has already received rave reviews about its head-turning design, bigger screen and a better battery than the Lumia 800. This time Nokia has packed a front-facing camera too (a feature missing in the previous model).

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Let's check out the features of Lumia 900 as compared to the Skyrocket HD to see which smartphone has the potential to create more fan-following.

Display: The Nokia Lumia 900 will sport a 4.3-inch 800 x 480 pixels Super AMOLED Plus capacitive ClearBlack touch-screen with 252 ppi density, compared to the Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket HD, which will have a 4.65-inch screen sporting an HD 1280 x 720 pixels Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touch-screen with 316 ppi pixel density and TouchWiz user interface. Both the smartphones have used the same Corning Gorilla Glass for screen protection.

Size: The Nokia Lumia 900 will have dimensions of 127.8 x 68.5 x 11.5 mm and will weigh 160g, while the size of the Skyrocket HD is still unknown. But its predecessor has dimensions of 129.8 x 68.8 x 9.5 mm and weighs 130.5 grams and according to various rumors, the HD version will be 9.3 mm thinner than the predecessor. Samsung, however, has not disclosed information about the size of the Skyrocket HD phone.

Processor and Memory: The Lumia 900 will come with a 1.4GHz Scorpion processor, an Adreno 205 GPU and will feature 16GB of internal storage and 512MB of RAM. The Lumia 900 comes with the latest Qualcomm APQ8055 Snapdragon chipset. Nokia has not provided the microSD card slot again with its new Lumia phone. Skyrocket HD, on the other hand, is expected to come with a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor. The Samsung Galaxy S2 phone will feature 16GB storage, 1 GB RAM and the memory of the phone can be expanded up to 32 GB via micro SD card slot.

Operating System: The Lumia will run on the latest Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Operating Systems and offer one-touch access to social networking sites, along with features like easy grouping of contacts, communication threads and Internet Explorer 9. Samsung's latest phone will have Android OS, version 2.3.5 Gingerbread. But Samsung smartphone users can expect an update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich later this year.

Camera: Nokia Lumia 900 will sport a rear-facing 8 megapixel 3264x2448 pixels unit autofocus and dual-LED flash camera. Unlike the Lumia 800, which does not have a secondary camera for video calling, the new Lumia will have a 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera for video calling. Nokia has used Carl Zeiss optics for its Lumia cameras.

Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket HD too will have an 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash camera. But the 1080p video capture capabilities are more in the Samsung phone as compared to the 720p video capture capabilities of Nokia Lumia 900. Samsung has integrated a more powerful secondary camera of 2 MP for video calling than Nokia.

3G/4G: The Nokia Lumia 900 3G will come with HSPA+ support that will translate into download speeds of 21 Mbps and upload speeds of 5.76 Mbps. Unlike the Lumia 800, the newer phone will support 4G LTE connectivity for AT&T. The 4G network will allow speeds of up to 50Mbps for downlink and 25Mbps for uplink. The Samsung Skyrocket HD will have the same download speed of 21 Mbps and upload speed of 5.76 Mbps like Lumia 900 and will support 4G LTE connectivity for AT&T.

WLAN/Bluetooth/USB: The Lumia 900 will have Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, NFC, Bluetooth 2.1 version with A2DP and EDR and microUSB version 2.0 while the Skyrocket HD will have Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth version 3.0 with A2DP, EDR and microUSB version 2.0.

Battery: The Lumia 900 will have an improved and longer-lasting standard Li-Ion 1830 mAh (BP-6EW) battery, compared to the Li-Ion 1450 mAh battery of the Lumia 800. But Samsung is yet to reveal the battery information of Skyrocket HD.

Other Features: Lumia 900 will boast features like HTML5, Adobe Flash, A-GPS support, an Accelerometer, gyro, proximity and a compass, as well as active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic, MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA player, MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player, Xbox Live Hub, voice navigation and a document viewer/editor, predictive text input, video/photo editor, voice memo/command/dial.

Galaxy S2 Skyrocket HD will also have a range of features like NFS, active noise cancellation with dedicated mic, SNS integration, MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player, MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player, Organizer, image/video editor, document editor, Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration, voice memo/dial/commands and predictive text input (Swype) to offer to its users.

The Galaxy S2 Skyrocket is sold at $200 with a new two-year contract by the AT&T and The HD version is expected to debut at $250 or more. It is rumored that the Nokia Lumia 900 can come at an amazingly cheap price of $99 from AT&T under a two-year contract.

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Tasty Tuesdays - Bermuda Blog

Hey guys, whats going on? First post in a while so here's something that you can try. Have you ever seen those recipes on the backs of condiments or other foods like chicken? If you answer no then you probably have never bought a bottle of?ketchup or mustard. If you have seen them but never been inclined to try and make one, you're like me, until yesterday. Eating dinner yesterday night, I was reading the back of a ketchup bottle and it had the recipe for 'Pizza Dogs'. It sounded actually quite nice, but I didn't like what they put into it, like processed cheese along with quite a bit of ketchup (because, of coarse, it was on a bottle of ketchup). So after a little searching, I found this recipe at?Betty Crocker, that was much better. So here it is:

Ingredients:

• 8 hot dogs
• 1/2 cup pizza sauce. You can make your own with tomato sauce by boiling the sauce until it has sufficiently reduced to the consistency you like.?
• 8 hot dog buns,?split in half. (Or one tube of?crescent?rolls, containing 8 rolls if your really fancy.)
• 4 ounces of block?mozzarella cheese.?
• ?4 medium green onions, diced into cubes. Should make around a 1/4 of a cup.?

Preparation:

• If you haven't already, dice your green onions now and split your hot dog buns.
• Shred all of your cheese and keep in a bowl on the side
• You can cook your dogs any way you want, I personally prefer to cook on a grill outside, but you can use your oven or boil them. If your grilling, turn your grill on and close lid to preheat, preheat your oven to around 350F - 400F or get a medium pot and fill with water and place on stove top on high until water boils.?
• Put pizza sauce into a pot and put on medium heat, to keep it warm for later.

Cooking:

• Cook your hot dogs, any way that you decide to cook them, you will know they are done when the ends start to split (10 minutes approx.) If you use a grill or oven, make sure you constantly turn them, to avoid sticking and burning.?
• If you decide to use?crescent?rolls, you can ONLY use your oven so the rolls rise. About 13 minutes cooking at 400F
• When cooked to liking, take off the heat and put dogs into buns.
• Top with pizza sauce, followed by cheese then onions.
• At this point, anything can be put onto the hot dogs.?Personally, I prefer green olives, cut in half, or pieces of bacon. Anything.?
• For?crescent?rolls, just top them with the sauce and toppings, use a knife and fork for this. Not finger food. Unless you don't mind getting everything dirty.?

Prep time: 10 minutes

Cook time:?20 minutes (approx.)

Total time: 30 minutes

If you liked this don't forget to leave a comment below, email me at casianbda@gmail.com or follow me on twitter @BermudaBlog. Recipe and picture taken from?http://www.bettycrocker.com/.

Source: http://casiansblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/tasty-tuesdays-pizza-hot-dogs.html

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Honoring Real Heroes Who Help Domestic Violence Victims

Posted By: Donald P. Schweitzer? | ?Posted On: 2012-02-14? | ? Article Category: Legal

The politicalization of domestic violence legislation can make anyone feel a little jaded about such a serious and pervasive issue. Fortunately, there are people who have not forgotten that domestic violence is still a societal ill, and who have dedicated their lives to actually helping victims of domestic violence. These individuals have created innovative methods of breaking the cycle of violence.

In recognizing these heroes, I'm not referring to those in Sacramento who churn out new laws like funnel cakes at the state fair. Most of these laws, passed by self-serving politicians, do nothing for victims of domestic violence, as they are redundant and often unenforceable. Nevertheless, these laws continue to pass because no one has the courage to call them what they really are; cheap badges of honor for politicians whose campaign M.O. is to be "tough on crime."

As a family law attorney, however, I have not lost sight of the fact that domestic violence still needs to be fought, as it is committed every minute of every day in this country. I also recognize that domestic violence victims need, more than anything, people who will protect them and assist them in getting out of dysfunctional relationships.

As Chairman of the Pasadena Bar Association, Family Law Section, I wanted to honor "Domestic Violence Awareness" month and recognize the real heroes in the fight against domestic violence. The goal was also to educate my section members of all of the great things that are being done on behalf of victims.

I invited guest speakers to our section meeting who are actually involved in the day-to-day effort to help domestic violence victims. The first speaker we were fortunate to hear from was Sara Rondon. Sara is the coordinator of the Domestic Violence Project, which is located on the first floor of the Pasadena Courthouse. The Domestic Violence Project is a program created and sponsored by the Los Angeles County Bar Association. Sara and her small staff are in the trenches every day assisting victims in preparing the requisite paperwork to obtain restraining orders. As you can imagine, they see the worst types of cases. Most victims do not understand the legal process and cannot afford legal representation. Thus, without the assistance of Sara and the Domestic Violence Project, these victims would be unable to proceed effectively through the legal process.

Although Sara's staff is quite small, there are a number of paralegals and attorneys who volunteer their time to work with the victims (during the past year one of the paralegals from my office served as a volunteer, which is how I came to meet Sara). An interesting point that Sara made during her presentation, is that studies show that the issuance of restraining orders significantly curtails repeat offenses. It would seem, consequently, that Sara's work is having a meaningful impact against domestic violence.

The second speaker at our section meeting was Trish Steele, who is the founder of "Safe Passages," a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting domestic violence victims. Trish's approach to rescuing domestic violence victims is very innovative, and it goes further than providing temporary shelter. Safe Passages has found a method to get victims back on their feet by giving them a complete "makeover." For example, Trish has recruited numerous doctors and dentists to volunteer their time to perform cosmetic surgery on the many victims who have suffered injuries to the facial area. With a little help from Trish's volunteers, these individuals are able to re-boost their confidence so that they can go out and market themselves for work.

As Trish points out, victims of domestic violence are frequently caught in a cycle of violence because they are financially unable to "get out" of their current circumstances. For this reason, Trish's approach addresses the physical, emotional as well as the financial aspects of rebuilding one's life after leaving an abusive relationship. Trish is constantly looking for professionals willing to volunteer their time and donate resources to victims of domestic violence.

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