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ATHENS (Reuters) – In front of a rundown building in central Athens Cheap windows 7 key, four men and a young woman pull a huge pot and bottle of gas from the trunk of a car and set them up on the pavement.

Oblivious to their crumbling surroundings, they fill the pot with water and bring it to a simmer by the side of a busy road, stirring in pasta to feed those driven to poverty by Greece’s debt crisis.

They are stepping in where the politicians have failed, they say, even though they, like one in five Greeks and half of all the nation’s young people, are unemployed.

Every day, through an informal group they call “O Allos Anthropos”, or The Fellow Man, they feed all comers – mostly immigrants and others without jobs – thanks to donations, whether from a pensioner handing over half a loaf or market vendors stumping up unsold vegetables.

A few blocks away, workers are building a stage to hold campaign rallies for the May 6 elections. The pasta crew shake their heads in scorn.

“Those who are running in the election will just be wasting money to make campaign posters. They should be ashamed of themselves,” said Constantinos Polychronopoulos, 47, a jobless marketing man in a black apron, as he added zucchinis and onions to the mix.

“They have never gone hungry in their lives.”

Like many of the people they feed, he lost his job in a deep recession, now into its fifth year, that has claimed hundreds of thousands of jobs. Many in this new army of the destitute, angry with the tax hikes and wage cuts that were a condition of the international bailout that saved the country from bankruptcy, are likely to abstain or back small parties opposed to austerity measures.

“The new poor will vote in great anger and disappointment for smaller or protest parties,” said Costas Panagopoulos, at ALCO pollsters. “It’s a vote against the system.”

The election will decide who steers the nation through the tough times after an emergency government secured the rescue funds from the European Union and International Monetary Fund, but it is not expected to change much.

Parties who object to the bailout also mostly object to each other, so there is no prospect of them coming together to rule. That leaves a renewal of the fragile coalition between the conservative New Democracy party and PASOK, the socialists, as the only viable option.

It is likely to hold only a weak majority, while the growing ranks of the disaffected split their vote between as many as 10 opposition parties.

HUNGRY

The bitterness towards politicians was shared not far away in a quiet churchyard, where a few dozen men and women queued up clutching empty plastic bags and boxes.

They arrived one by one at the yellow-stone Agia Zonis Orthodox church to pick up a warm meal of potatoes and peas to take home to their families. There were no smiles, barely any talking and even less hope.

“I will be homeless in a few days. Does any politician have a solution to that?” said Costas Smaragdis, 60, a carpenter whose public sector job disappeared in 2010 when the state stopped renewing temporary contracts to save money.

He has just found a job at a funeral home Office 2010 Key, but that pays only 400 euros a month, not enough to avoid eviction. He will vote for a small party – it’s his “democratic duty” – but believes the election will solve nothing.

Most of those gathered in the churchyard, old and young, were shocked to find themselves in such circumstances.

They used to be taxi drivers Windows 7 product key free, shop owners or public servants, before their lives were sucked into the country’s deepest economic crisis since World War II. Now the basics are beyond their means.

After collecting food, a young mother also facing eviction took the black-robed priest aside and asked him softly if he could help her and her two children find a place to stay.

NO HOPE

The Agia Zonis church has seen the numbers coming for food more than double to over 100 a day since the crisis began. Three quarters of Greeks say they are struggling to keep up with bills, a Eurostat poll showed.

Pensioner Costas Yiakouvakis had owned a shop and driven a cab in his 67 years. Now his social benefits are lower than the rent for the flat he shares with his unemployed son.

He is angry to find himself depending on charity to eat.

“I am disgusted by politicians. I will not vote,” he said.

He was once a Socialist party official, too, but lost faith in politics when wages and benefits were slashed to plug the fiscal gap. Pensions have been cut by an average 25 percent since the beginning of the crisis.

Average private sector wages have also tumbled, falling by nearly a quarter last year alone.

“There can be no hope from politicians, even after the elections,” he said. “I have no reason to go vote.”

He knows that whoever governs will have to find another 11 billion euros of spending cuts to satisfy lenders, and the economy, 16 percent smaller than when the crisis began, will shrink again this year and next, and maybe beyond.

(Additional reporting by Lefteris Papadimas and Gina Kalovyrna; Writing by Ingrid Melander; Editing by Dina Kyriakidou and Will Waterman)

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MEXICO CITY, May 6, 2012 (Reuters) — Mexico’s presidential hopefuls square off in a televised debate on Sunday with the trailing candidates seeking to land heavy blows against hot favorite Enrique Pena Nieto to spoil his chances of victory in the July 1 election.

Polls show Pena Nieto, of the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), is heading for a comfortable victory, and could capture as many votes as his two main rivals combined.

Though the gap has lately narrowed slightly, second-placed Josefina Vazquez Mota of the ruling conservative National Action Party (PAN) and leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the 2006 runner-up, are running out of time to catch up with Pena Nieto.

After a number of embarrassing public gaffes at the turn of the year, Pena Nieto has ducked several invitations to debate with his rivals, prompting accusations from critics that he cannot think on his feet and will be vulnerable on Sunday.

However, his campaign has been preparing the telegenic 45-year-old for the contest, and the planned questions have already been published by electoral authorities.

“If Pena Nieto doesn’t lose or mess up in a big way, then the debate will be a success for him,” said Jorge Buendia, director of polling firm Buendia & Laredo.

Since the election campaign began some five weeks ago, opinion polla have shown Pena Nieto could win close to 50 percent of the vote in the presidential contest, sweeping the PRI back to power 12 years after it was ousted by the PAN.

The handsome former governor of the State of Mexico, a populous region flanking the capital, built up a reputation for efficiency with a series of public works he pledged and checked off during his 2005-2011 administration.

His PRI governed Latin America’s second biggest economy for 71 years until 2000, though the final decades were marred by frequent accusations of misrule and authoritarianism.

Vazquez Mota’s campaign has sought to brand Pena Nieto as a liar who did not keep his pledges, and has wasted no opportunity to suggest the PRI is complicit with criminal gangs, which have menaced the country under President Felipe Calderon.

Calderon sought to bring Mexico’s drug gangs to heel by sending in the army after he took office in December 2006, but violence has spiraled since then replica watches, damaging support for the PAN.

The Mexican constitution does not allow the president to seek a second term.

All the candidates have promised to restore peace to Mexico, and create more jobs for the country’s growing population, issues that will feature prominently in the two hour debate.

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The showdown also features a fourth candidate, Gabriel Quadri of the New Alliance Party, a group with strong ties to the powerful teachers’ union in Mexico. Though polls give him no hope of winning the presidency, he could stir up trouble for other candidates if he goes on the attack.

Voters have paid little heed to attacks on the PRI, which has tried to stay aloof from the fray. Instead replica watches, it has spread a message that it is the only party with the experience to revive the economy and put a stop to the violence plaguing Mexico.

For the debate replica watches, the PRI has managed expectations by doing little to dispel claims that Pena Nieto is “just a pretty boy with an empty head” who relies on a teleprompter, said Federico Estevez, a political scientist at the private ITAM University.

“Which means that heading into the debate, I think all Pena Nieto has to do is hold his own,” said Estevez.

Rivals say Pena Nieto’s popularity owes a lot to his productive relationship with dominant broadcaster Televisa, which will air the debate from 8 p.m. (9 p.m. EDT/0100 GMT on Monday).

Even if he does slip up, it may not cost him dearly.

A recent survey by polling firm Consulta Mitofsky showed only about a third of voters said they were interested in the debate, which will be followed by another next month.

Mexico’s other main television network, TV Azteca, may have helped to further underplay the debate’s impact by deciding to broadcast a top flight soccer match during the exchange.

And far from being just a potential trap for Pena Nieto, the debate is a chance for Lopez Obrador to challenge Vazquez Mota for second place in the race, said pollster Buendia.

“They haven’t really attacked the government yet and this is the elephant in the room. They can criticize the poor economic performance and the growing wave of violence,” he said.

Polls have shown Lopez Obrador closing on Vazquez Mota and the passionate orator could offer some of the liveliest attacks on rivals during the exchanges, said Estevez at ITAM.

(Additional reporting by Mica Rosenberg, Lorne Matalon and Ioan Grillo; Editing by Sandra Maler)

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc aims to raise about $10.6 billion in Silicon Valley’s largest IPO, dwarfing the coming-out parties of tech companies like Google Inc and granting the world’s largest social network a market value close to Amazon.com’s.

The eight-year-old social network that began as Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard dorm room project indicated an initial public offering price range of between $28 and $35 a share on Thursday, which would value the company at $77 billion to $96 billion.

The valuation reflects the company’s growth and bullish expectations about its money-making potential as a hub for everything from advertising to commerce.

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Buyer, who worked on Google’s 2004 IPO, said the question about a company “that’s already this big and that is raising this much money is how many of the glory days of growth are in the past versus how many are ahead.”

Facebook stands to raise as much as $12 billion at the upper end of its planned range. If an over-allotment or “greenshoe” option is triggered, the company could sweep up a maximum of $13.6 billion, according to a Thursday prospectus.

Facebook is only getting about half, or $5.6 billion, of the estimated $10.6 billion that it would raise at the midpoint of its planned IPO range. About $4.9 billon will go to some existing shareholders.

The offering’s price range can be adjusted depending on Wall Street’s response.

Investors are expected to flock to the highly anticipated IPO, though there have been growing concerns about the social network’s longer-term growth and Zuckerberg’s majority control.

“People are going to be very comfortable with this valuation,” said Sam Schwerin of Millennium Technology Value Partners, which owns Facebook shares worth roughly $200 million. The firm is not selling in the IPO.

“A price range of $28 to $35 will be a relief to some people who are concerned that they may try to take the highest possible price because of high demand.

“The amount being raised is noteworthy. Selling stockholders are raising about $5 billion in the IPO, which is a lot,” Schwerin said.

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Zuckerberg is expected to participate in the two-week road show, a source has said, though Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and Finance Chief David Ebersman will lead the briefings.

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Last week, Facebook reported its first quarter-to-quarter revenue slide in at least two years, a sign that the social network’s sizzling growth may be cooling just as it prepares to go public. Its stock should begin trading in about a week or two.

In a 31-minute road show video posted online on Thursday, Zuckerberg predicted that in five years almost every software app would be integrated with Facebook.

Facebook, which plans to list its stock on the Nasdaq under the ticker “FB”, has long tantalized investors with the prospect of a mega IPO.

Its capital-raising target far outstrips big Internet IPOs that came before it. Google raised just shy of $2 billion in 2004, while last year Groupon tapped investors for $700 million and Zynga raked in $1 billion.

At the maximum end of the range, Facebook’s value would be close to $100 billion. That would rival Amazon.com’s and Cisco Systems Inc’s market values of just over $100 billion, while surpassing the combined market value of older technology companies Hewlett-Packard Co and Dell Inc.

In its prospectus, Facebook said the “lock-up” period, during which employees cannot sell shares after the IPO, would range from 151 days to 181 days.

Among existing shareholders, the largest seller in the IPO will be venture capital firm Accel Partners, which will make about $1.2 billion assuming the shares sell at the $31.5 mid-point. Zuckerberg is selling the next largest chunk of shares, worth a little under $1 billion.

Some investors think Facebook, which touts 845 million users worldwide, is setting itself a fairly conservative target.

“The price range may be tactical. They will likely walk the range up,” Schwerin argued.

(Writing by Edwin Chan, additional reporting by Poornima Gupta, Gerry Shih and Sarah McBride in San Francisco and Olivia Oran in New York; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick, Bernadette Baum and Matthew Lewis)

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“The plain fact is that the world does not need more successful people, but it does desperately need more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers Top Tattoo Inks, and lovers of every kind. It needs people who live well in their places. It needs people of moral courage willing to join the fight to make the world habitable and humane. And these qualities have little to do with success as our culture has defined it.” – David Orr

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And since many of us are parents, it’s also helpful to consider what it means for our kids to be successful. What does a successful child look like to you? Picture him, please.

One of my best friends and I had a long talk recently regarding kid bragging. She asked me why I never spoke about my kids’ accomplishments, on the blog or on Facebook or even with her. She knows that Craig and I have a steadfast rule — no bragging to anyone except each other or the grandparents. Basically, our rule means that we keep our mouths shut in public and then we talk in bed about how our kids are better than anyone else’s kids in the whole entire world.

My friend said that she thought this rule was a mistake. She explained that some of her happiest moments as a child were hearing her mother brag about her to her friends. She was afraid my kids were missing out on that childhood delight. She really made me think, because she’s one of my best friends and an incredible mom.

I think my friend brought up a really interesting point, and I don’t know what the right answer is. I do know that the decision Craig and I made was based upon two factors.

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My parents were teachers, and they placed a lot of importance on good grades. I never got perfect grades. I wasn’t a genius, and I was very disorganized and not all that great at following directions. So I always felt like a bit of a failure at report card time, because I knew that to my parents, good grades meant success. So I felt unsuccessful. My parents weren’t proud of average grades — but lack of pride didn’t mean lack of love. I think that’s hard for a kid to understand, though. I think kids get pride and love mixed up all the time.

Craig and I don’t place a lot of emphasis on grades. Our kids do fine. We know they’re trying, so when we get their report cards we scan over the left side — the math, science, etc. — and then we look harder the right side. The citizenship grades. While these grades certainly don’t equal success, we care about them more. We never do perfectly on that side, because no Melton really knows how to exhibit self control … but then again, perfection’s not what we’re going for. Things usually look pretty decent overall, so we give out some high fives, ask the kids if they’re proud of themselves, and get on to dinner. Sometimes we ask if there’s anything they’d like to work harder on next quarter. If they say yes, we ask them to write a note to their teacher explaining what grade they’re trying to raise Pulse Tattoo, so the teacher can offer pointers and look out for improvement. Mostly, we feel grateful. Even when things could look better on that report, we feel grateful.

Moving from pride to gratitude is a small shift, but an important one to us. We’re grateful that so far, school is a safe place for them, that they can do the lion’s share of what they’re asked to do, that they are learning how to be good citizens. Grateful we got lucky enough to raise them in this country, during this time.

It’s like when I write an essay that I know is GOOD and I hit publish. Proud is not the right word to describe how I feel at that moment. Grateful is a better word. I feel grateful that I was blessed with another thing to say, and another nice way to say it. I feel grateful for the gifts of inspiration and time and health and energy that were necessary to get that essay done.

When I got the “Carry On, Warrior” book deal, everyone said, “Aren’t you proud?” And my answer was no, not really. Because the book deal was something that was given to me, like grades are given. Sure, it can be argued that grades and book deals are earned, too — but all of that can be a bit arbitrary. For example, I know some fantastic writers who’ve never gotten a book deal and let us be clear that Snooki did get a book deal. She’s a New York Times Best Seller. SO.

And there are plenty of kids who coast and bring home straight As and plenty more who work their tails off and bring home Cs. So.

I’ll tell you what I AM proud of. I’m proud that I showed up at my computer everyday so God could do his work. I’m proud that I kept showing up, even when I was sick or tired or BLAH. I’m proud of that. That’s a choice I made and a discipline I kept. And I’m proud of my kids for showing up. Whatever happens after that, whether they win a trophy or not, get an A or not, score ten goals or not — I probably won’t praise them much. High fives and hugs all around, but not too much praise, and not too much criticism. Because praise is really just the flip side of criticism. They’re both judgments. As soon as someone tells you how AWESOME you are at something, you immediately start worrying about what will happen if you stop being awesome at that thing. We all get pride mixed up with love.

So we tell our kids — there’s nothing you can do to make us love you anymore or any less. That was done and decided the second you born. So if my kids are still living in my basement in their late thirties, we’ll all know that my “redefinition” of success and lack of praise and criticism backfired. I’ll keep you updated.

The second reason we don’t brag about our kids:

2. Our love and respect for other parents.
Every time I see a friend’s Facebook post about their child’s straight As, it pings my heart a bit. Because I’ve been a teacher, and I know that for the vast majority of parents, report card night is a difficult and confusing one. Some kids try hard and still miss the mark. Parents wonder why. Parents worry that there’s something wrong with their kid, that they’re doing something wrong as a parent. It’s tough. And I fear that logging on to Facebook and seeing all the public celebration might make that evening even tougher.

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And every time I see someone post about their child’s seven goals, I think about my mama friends at home, struggling with their children who have Lyme, or PANDAS, or cerebral palsy, whose kids have a hard time making it up the stairs much less up and down a soccer field.

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This piece is adapted from Jon Katz’s new book, Dog Days: Dispatches From Bedlam Farm, published this month by Villard.

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When it comes to sheep, there are a few I know and feel fond of, and they come up to me for scratches or to angle for some of the snacks I’m taking to the donkeys. There are two or three good mothers I respect. But mostly, their lack of individuality—they behave like sheep!—and their one-dimensional personalities don’t make it easy for me to attach to them.

Some people—including Annie—argue I’m underestimating the sheep because I encounter them only when I am with my dog. I regard them from a border collie perspective, and they associate me with being herded. Could be true. But I have only so much time and affection to share, I tell Annie. I have to make choices. Dogs come first, donkeys close behind Tattoo Supplies, then the steer, then sheep, and then chickens.

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