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I love glossy magazines, celebrity gossip and the likes...ok I admit it. Yes its pretty pointless reading lets be honest about it but with a nice cuppa and a bar of chocolate for me its a relaxing read that you don't need a degree to read through!
New! is a magazine I buy often. Sure if you look at other magazines on the shelf it covers most of the same celebrity news and so on but for me this is a top magazine because of the layout.
I'm sat here now with a September issue I bought yesterday. Its quite thick this edition with 83 pages to it. What I like about New! is there isn't all that much avertising within it and what there is is places like Morrisons baby products on offer and yogurts, affordable things not Gucci and Chanel and things the majority of us can't afford!
So what do you get in New?
Upon opening it you get the editor letter you see in most magazines of this type and an at a glance content list. Then we move on to lots of celebrities papped, a style section and someone rating the celebrities dress sense, then stories of celebrities and what they up to. Chantelle Houghton writes a page of her opinions and filling us in on her life, theres lots of news on the now ended Celebrity Big Brother and some Towie stories (personally I skip all that!), we are shown who is now dating who, this week Peter Andre telling us about his new younger girlfriend and nice photographs and Amy Childs man half naked talking about his romance with her.
Once again kate Middleton features highly with fashion pages on how to depict her style from the high steet and a celebrity tells us all about her favourite beauty products. Peter Andre also writes a page of his news for the magazine and to break up all the celebrity stuff there is a true life story or two in every issue. Our stars are also included as is one or two competitions and we are told what to look out for coming up in the soaps.
My Opinion:
All this is, is celebrity fodder in the main and I like it! I like the numerous photographs of celebrities at their best and worst and its a light, easy read that never takes above an hour for me to read the entire thing but whilst I read it I chill and enjoy. It is what it is a womans magazine really aimed at the over 20's and I like it so there!
This review is also posted on Ciao under this same username.
New is my favourite celebrity magazine.
For a start i am pretty sure it is the cheapest on the market at 95p. Heat, Closer and Now are all around the £1.30/40 mark.
Secondly it has a good mix of celebrity gossip, columns by celebrities, fashion, diet stuff, real life stories and what's on TV.
It comes out every week on a Tuesday and can be bought in pretty much every newsagents or supermarket. It usually has about 90 pages which is probably a tiny bit thinner than the other celeb magazines but i find that many magazines in particular Heat, which i used to love, have far too many advertisements.
The celebrities who have columns at the moment are Amy Childs from the Only Way Is Essex and Peter Andre. Up until a few weeks ago Natalie Cassidy also had a column which focused on her becoming a first time mother.
I bought a copy today and on the front page is Lily Allen's wedding, Lucy from the Only Way Is Essex talking about how she kissed Mark who is also from the Only Way Is Essex and is engaged (scandal) and a picture of Danni Minogue and her boyfriend with the caption ' Why it's make or break for them.'
There is a 10-page style section which looks at the latest swimwear trends, what the celebs are wearing from the high-street this week etc.
There is a page where a different celeb each week will say what she had to eat in a typical day and a nutritionist will explain how this can be improved upon, which i find quite interesting.
There is only a tiny bit on horoscopes in the magazine which doesn't bother me, but if could be annoying for those who are really into their horoscopes.
But for 95p you can't go wrong!
With any celeb mag, you have to accept that no literacy prizes are going to be awarded...however, when comparing them, I feel there are huge differences in the quality and content. I buy New most weeks, even though my other half can't figure out why...(having said that, I have caught him having a sneaky peak on more than one occasion!)
I have a four month old baby and when I pop New into my shopping trolley, I genuinely look forward to when I can read it and relax along with a cup of tea. Escapism perhaps But nothing wrong with that.
The magazine features regular celebrity columists and at the moment these include Peter Andre, Amy Childs and Kym Marsh. They pass comment on what has been happening in the week but you find that they also plug things that are in the pipeline for them.
New contains so much content which is easily readable. I like this magazine because it's not cover to cover of adverts with scantily clad models advertising perfumes and such like. Yes, the bigger stories are generally about the same people...mainly Jordan and her current love interests but there's also alot of other articles about a wide variety of celebs both scandal and feel good stories.
Readers get a chance to write in with their points of view, with one reader getting a prize for their efforts. And of course, there are the horoscopes. These are pretty simple and are clearly meant to be taken with a pinch of salt.
There are always a couple of true life stories though these tend to be quite sad (family abuse) or gross (strippers who eat thousands of calories, weigh 30 plus stone and get paid ridiculous money for passing wind on mens faces?!) But there is no doubt that we love human interest stories...that's why they are in there.
In closing, I really enjoy this mag. With plenty to read, it makes it a worthwhile purchase...and in my opinion is the best of the celeb mags and also the cheapest which is a brucey bonus!
I only buy this magazine every now and then cause usually these magazines tend to talk about the same celebrity over and over, like Katie Price, Posh and Cheryl Cole.
However, the magazine used to be sixty pence, but over the past few years it went to eighty but it slogan is 'eighty things for 80p' but i'm not sure if it does have eighty things in the magazine as it sometimes has less , sometimes more depending what issue you buy.
This magazine is sold weekly and a new one changes every Tuesday.
The magazine is more about celebrity news, gossip and interviews however at times it does get boring and drag on a little.
On the back page of the magazine it mentions one celebrity a week to talk about their favorite things, but that's kind of boring as it almost the same thing every celebrity likes. But you may have something in common with certain celebs.
This magazine also includes fashion and beauty so you can always keep up the seasonal trend and find out what's hot on the high street. Beauty also does the same, you can keep your make-up fashionable as well as your clothes!
It also has horoscopes, but they aren't actually true even though an expert is explaining them.
Personally, this magazine is not worth buying every week as it can be too expensive and also if the magazine isn't that good that week it's a waste of a pound almost. But they do have some good issues (these are the ones I tend to buy!)
Product: New Magazine
Price: 90p
How often: Weekly
I'm an avid reader of magazines, infact I buy at least three magazines per week, eek. One of my favourite weekly magazines is New magazine, it as all that I want in a magazine and much, much more. What's best is that it's only 90p, which in my opinion is a reasonable price, especially for all that it contains.
One of my favourite parts of the magazine is the celebrity columns. The weekly columns are written by Peter Andre, Kate Garraway, Kym Marsh and agony aunt column Dear Fiona. Each brings something different to their columns, an insight into their lives, kind of like a little diary. My favourite is of course Mr Andre who is very honest and interesting, his column as me hooked and is the first page I turn to when reading the magazine.
Not only that but the magazine contains, Health & Beauty pages, Fashion with the latest on season trends, the latest celebrity gossips (at the moment Cheryl Cole and Katie Price aka Jordan are strong contenders), Celebrity interviews, Horoscopes, TV Guide, Puzzles, Letter pages which are always an interesting read, Celeb food diary feature which is another favourite of mine, Healthy eating, Recipes and diets which also as advice from a nutritionist, Celebrities papped out and about and readers true life stories which are always a gripping read.
The magazine consists of little advertisements, well certainly not as many as some well known monthly glossy magazines which is always a bonus in my books. I don't want to buy a magazine only to find that half is filled with advertising on almost every page.
The only negative read for me in the magazine is the hot/not page. It shows whose on/off relationship wise, many are unknown celebrities who I don't recognise half the time, dull and pointless.
You can also subscribe to New which costs £42.00 for 50 issues and £21.00 for 26 issues, which works out cheaper than buying weekly.
New is a definite read for me which I totally recommend.
Apart from Glamour magazine witch i have on subscribtion, im not a big magazine buyer. To be honest i think its a bit of a waste of money to buy a magazine to read it once and chuck it away. BUT.. saying that if recycled and more than a few people read it than i spose they have there uses, esespially during long waiting periods for example on the train, aeroplane, at the hairdressers or doctors.
Back to the magazine itself, its good for people who are in to the celeb culture, obsessed with diets and the way they look, and dont mind loads of cosmetic adverts, Lucky for me i dont! :) haha.
For some reason i prefer Mags like these with celeb gossip in them, to those with stories about normal people. I think these kinda of magazines are very influencial on young girls and teenagers, and encourage diets and weightloss too much!
I dont think ive ever read through New Magazine or any simialar magazine without seeing at least two new diets, or quick promising ways to lose weight. For me this is a negative but for alot of people its the only reason they buy the magazine.
The good thing about this paticular magazine is that it is normally always under a pound, so a good cheap way to pass half an hour on the tarin if you like to be up to date with the best celeb goss, although the front page normally makes the articles seem more exciting than they are.
Those of you who are a regular readers of my reviews , will probably have noticed that I am a massive magazine fan. I read a lot of magazines from teen ones to womens ones , celeb ones to lifestyle ones. You can easily say I love my magazines. One magazine which I buy on a fairly regular basis is one called New magazine, which is a weekly celebrity gossip magazine which sells for 80p although just recently I have started buying it a pack along with three other magazines ( OK , OK! USA and Star magazine) for a price of £2.95 , which works out at a cheaper price than the price you would pay if you were to buy the magazines individually.
First of all , one of the main reasons I started to buy this magazine was because of the price , at the time it was just 60p , (but it has now gone up (like everything else) to 90p.) and I think that is a fantastic price to pay for something so entertaining. It is also a glossy mag which just makes it more appealing. One of the main things which stands out for me is that the magazine always features my favourite celebrities on the cover , such as Cheryl Cole , Katie Price and Leona Lewis.
There are lots of things I love about this magazine , especially the Celebrity features. I love seeing what celebrities have been doing on their day off , by looking at the photo album of 'papped' stars. I also love the news and gossip stories about the stars. Unlike some magazines , the news stories are not too long which make them short and sweet and they are always acompanied by great photos. The main story of this issue is about Cheryl and Ashley Cole's marriage , which includes a two page , photo album of their times together , as well as stories from other people such as an interview with one of Ashley's ex girlfriends who claims that Ashley cheated on her several times too. I love the 'Gossip To Go' section which features very short stories from the stars , I like these short stories as sometimes I can't be bothered to reach a page all about one celebrity , but here I get three or four stories on one page , so it's good.
One page which I am not overly keen on is the hot or not section , which is all about celebrity couples as the magazine calls it , 'who's hot and who's not'. I sometimes I enjoy reading this bit especially if the celebrities mentioned are ones which I know of and like , although more often than not , they are often celebrities which I don't really know, and so it doesn't make it a very interesting read for me.
There are one or two celebrities in this magazine who have their own columns. Such celebrities include Peter Andre , GMTV's Kate and Kym Marsh who joined the magazine a few weeks ago. I have a few opinions regarding the whole 'celebrity column' thing. Take for example , a couple of months back I heard that Kym was joining team , my first reaction was a bit like 'oh another so-called-celebrity jumping on the bandwagon' and thought that it was simply an easy way to make money , especially when half of celebrities with columns don't actually write them themselves ,they just put their names to it. Although , when I do read the columns , I must admit that I do enjoy reading them and Kym's column is definetely my favourite in New magazine , with Kate in second place. As for Peter Andre , when he was with Katie Price I liked him , he annoyed me a little bit but there was something that I liked about him , although ever since their split , I can't stand the man , yes I feel sorry for him , but on the other hand it seems that his management are trying to make him out to be the good guy , and we aren't really sure of the exact facts to judge who's fault or who's not fault it is. So with his column (which takes up two whole pages....he's not that interesting) , he brings up a story and says 'you might have heard last week that Katie said ...about me. For the record I don't want to talk about it' and it's the same every week , and so I think what's the point of mentioning something then saying you don't want to talk about it. Talk about something else then rather than waste a box explaining you don't want to talk about it. It would be ok once or twice but not all the time , and so for this reason , I do not like his column.
There is a tiny chunk of the mag dedicated to dieting , although it is isn't really about serious dieting. Each week , a celebrity is feautured along with a food diary. Usually I find such things boring , although I like this feature in this magazine as the celebrity gives a comment like 'I had an early start this morning , so I just had a banana' , rather than just listing the names of the food they had. I also like how a nutrionist gives their opinion on the stars diet , including tips on how to improve their diet.
This magazine has horoscopes which are something I love. I enjoy reading what's coming up for me in the week ahead. Although the horoscopes are sometimes vauge , they are sometimes accurate and so that is enough for me.
The last page is a good one. The feature is called ' My FavouriteThings' , which includes a different celebrity each week , where they discuss their favouite things such as their favourite foods/celebrities/places/things to do/food etc , along with a comment about why they like it and so on. I like this feature because it nearly always features celebrities I like and know and so for this reason I think it is a great way to end the magazine.
If you love a bit of celebrity-based-everything then I would definetely recommend this magazine to you , especially at such a great price. It features most things that magazines of the similar genre offer , sometimes more , and sometimes better , and for a snip of the price it's fantastic. As the magazine says on the cover '90 things for 90' , at 1p per 'thing' it's excellent value.
Thanks for reading
March 12th 2010
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I am a bit of a sucker for celebrity gossip. However there are one or two magazines out there that rely on rubbish z list celebrities and lots of advertisments to fill there magazines. I have been a fan of new magazine for quite some time now. As i find it a thoroughly good read.
In the picture above it states that new magazine sells for 80p, unfortunately this is not the case any more an an issue of this magazine will set you back a very reasonable 90p. For this you get 83 pages groaning under the strain of celebrity gossip and up to date news from the crazy world that is showbiz. This weeks magazine is literally taken over by the katie price marriage to cage fighter Alex Reid. Now I particularly can not be bothered with Katie Price but love her or loathe her I have to admit I have found this marriage very bizzare and compelling.
Within the pages of this glossy magazine there are three celebrity columns. These I personally love as they are written by celebrities, and give an insight into the world they live in. The celebrity writers for this magazine are Peter Andre, Kate Garraway and Kim Marsh. I particularly like Kate Garraways column as she is very honest and amusing with her stories regarding juggling motherhood with her high profile journalistic role on GMTV. She occasionally divulges some seriously juicy gossip regarding diva celebrity guests. The other two columnists offer a degree of information in their columns, but I think it is Kate who is the most honest.
One feature of this magazine that I love is the readers letters. Many magazines have scrapped this tradition in favour of newer and more quirky ideas. However the inclusion of a readers letters page conveys to me that the magazine is indeed intrested in what its readers have to say. For those who do not have time to sit and construct a letter, they also have a small section on the letters page called 'u texty things' In which readers can text in short and concise statements regarding the showbiz news that week.
Not only have you got all these great feature but there is also a good proportion of the magazine dedicated to fashion. There is a great page in this magazine which displays a huge array of geek glasses (which are all the fashion at the moment, though heaven knows why old national health glasses have become cool.)
Just when you think there is no more that can be crammed into this magazine. You will find readers true life and quite harrowing stories. There are also celebrity interviews and even a delicious and tasty recipe section.
So lets be honest, this magazine is not shakespeare!! It is not going to win awards for its literary genius. However for a good coffee time read it is just fantastic. If you are a bit of a media mogul you will love this. It is packed full of juicy celebrity gossip and star studded interviews.
No i admit, most of the celebs who grace the covers of this magazine are not A listers. Infact this weeks interviews come from the cringeworthy Jedward and Coleen Nolan. But although these are far from the hollywood glitteratzy they are still quite light hearted yet intresting in what they have to say.
One thing I would say regarding this magazine is it is packed full of fantastic celebrity pictures. The quality of the glossy pages are excellent. It is also a pure joy to see a glamorous celeb being papped with no make up on and looking just like a normal human being. It really helps to give me a spring to my step when I see a picture of Amanda Holden wearing spandex pants!!! I almost feel like crying for joy. And it certainly helps with the guilt regarding eating that extra biccie.
If i had to sum up this magazine in three words i would say great gossip friend. You know the type of friend who can always provide you with the juicy titbits of gossip that will having you oohing and arrrhhhing in all the right places. We all have a mate like that, well this magazine is the literary equivelent of that mate!!
I love it.. stick the kettle on.... Im reading about posh's bunions!!
New Magazine is my favourite celebrity mag!
New Magazine is a weekly magazine which offers so much more than celebrity news and gossip.
Front page - pictures and titles of what to expect from this weeks magazine
1st page - contents and a bit from the editor
Main pages- lots of pictures of celebrities and their outfits which are rated. You then have special interviews with various celebrities and shocking scandals and stories of what they have been up to this week.
The Hot or Not page shows which celebrity relationships are going strong and which are on the rocks!
Columns - there are 3 main columnists in new! including Kym Marsh, Peter Andre and Kate Garraway. Each week they tell us what is going on in their lives, their views on the latest news and responding to any stories that have came out regarding them or their family.
The new! style pages keep us upto date on all of the latest fashion and footwear trends and there is also a beauty section detailing the best beauty buys on the market,
There is a page where readers can send in comments on stories and texts, The best comment has the opportunity to win a pamper pack which varies from week to week.
New! also has a few real life stories where individuals can speak about something within their lives.
There is also a healthy eating page where a different celebrity details a daily log of their food intake and it is analysed by a profession nutritionist.
Towards the back of the magazine there is a section dedicated to whats on television this week and what new releases of films are in the cinema and dvd chart. There is also a Dear Fiona page for readers to send in their problems and a horoscope page.
New! is released every Tuesday and used to cost 85p but i have noticed it has went up to 90p from last week. It is available at most convenience stores and supermarkets.
Can i recommend?
I love this magazine and find that it has everything i could possibly want to read. At 90p it is very cheap compared to other similar magazines that mainly concentrate on celebrities. My favourite parts are the columnists pages and the healthy eating information pages.
New! Magazine is a celebrity magazine along similar lines to Heat which is a much better known magazine. I'm not actually sure how new New! is, its probably been around for a long time but I only came across it very recently. Now I have to say that I don't normally buy celebrity magazines, the only time I ever really read them is if someone brings one in to the staffroom at work or if I am sitting in the doctors waiting room and trying to pass the time. However recently I have been off work after having surgery and a friend from work popped round with some magazines for me to read.
The New! magazine retails for 85p but if you buy the special OK! Pack you can get the OK! and several other magazines including New! for a lower price (not sure what this is as my friend had bought me).
The first thing that strikes me about this magazine when you compare it to the likes of Ok! is that it is not as classy as Ok! Now I know many of you will say that OK! is not very classy but relatively speaking compared to New! it is. The magazine is smaller and less glossy than the OK! magazine but then again it is a lot cheaper.
The magazine is produced weekly. On the front cover there are pictures of some celebrities (and some not so celebrities) and some headlines designed to catch your eye and make you want to buy. On the front cover of the edition I have which is for November 2nd there is Stacey from X-Factor, Ricky Whittle from Strictly Come Dancing and oh what a surprise its Peter and Katie!!
Inside the magazine there are lots of photos and some stories. You don't get any of the nice photo shoots that you get in the Ok! magazine which I do like. However for those of you who like some celeb gossip there is plenty of that along with some interviews. There are various photos of celebs out and about and comments on what they are wearing. There are a few pages of true stories, with things that have happened to "real" people and some pages of beauty and fashion.
Personally this magazine isn't for me and I wouldn't go out and buy it for myself even if it is only 85p. Its good to flick through but personally I like a magazine with something in it to read and tend to buy magazines like Red or Glamour that have better articles and more in-depth interviews with people. For me New! would stay on the shelf but for those who like gossip about B and C list celebs then New! might just be for you!
I buy new religiously every week because it is great value for money. It's only 85p and some magazines, such as heat and ok! cost nearly three times this and they are full of stories from 'insiders' that don't compare to new!.
Peter Andre has a column too which is becoming increasingly bigger as everyone is joinging team Andre! but is well worth the read and he is actually really interesting.
Like most magazines it has horoscopes and agony aunt pages. New! also has pages to tell you which celebrities are dating and where you can find their EXACT clothes if they have been bought from the highstreet at reasonable prices. It also has a couple of real life stories in, recipes and diet ideas.
I would definitely recommend this magazine... it has everything that heat has and more....and it costs only a fraction of the price. I think it is a great read and it keeps me amused for an hour :)
Im totally loving the New magazine and boy do i do some reading. I read every magazine out there and to be fair i wouldnt have been a big lover of celebrity gossip etc. But with New i find there is just enough without going overboard, just enough to give you that fix of knowing whats going on in the celeb world without feeling that your celebrity mad!
I find there is always a big interview with some celeb which i find lightheated and interesting to read. There is also a mix of other celeb minor stories and other true life stories. I love reading these also.
At the minute im also loving the planet pete pages , its peter andre telling us all what hes doing at the minute and how hes getting on with his kids and i think its great as it helps us all relate to celebs and shows in essence we are all the same and doing the same kind of job for our kids.
Dont want to say too much more as i feel im waffling and i feel that the best review i can give the magazine is that its cheap, it isnt too bulky and is lighthearted and fun and gives you that hour away from the world to chill out and relax and in my opinion thats what we want our perfect magazine to do.
New Magazine is great to buy when you have time to kill and some change in your pocket. I find that most gossip magazines have the same stories in them and borrow celebrity interviews from each other so I usually go for the cheapest magazine. New Magazine is one of the cheapest celebrity magazines and the cover is always graced by Jordan, Kerry Katona or Victoria Beckham.
I generally don't pay too much attention to the fashion pages in New! Magazine but the clothes they show are mostly high street and affordable. The beauty articles can be interesting but not as interesting as celebrity gossip.
Peter Andre writes a column for New! Magazine called Planet Pete, I don't usually like columns written by celebrities as they seem a bit pretentious. Peter Andres column however has something quite real about it, the column, well page really is split into sections and I particularly like his Pete the Parent section as he seems to have so much love for his children.
I am not however as much of a fan of Kate Garraways column, she seems quite self rightious commenting on celebrities she does not even know or who she has just met once.
New magazine is a must for anyone with a love for celebrity gossip. Every week the magazine never fails to provide an invaluable insight into the world of celebrity, fashion and real life stories.
Price: At 85p, New is a real bargain and is perfect for a quick celebrity fix when you don't want to spend loads. 85p is definitely great value for money and as the magazine is weekly, you can afford to buy it frequently. The price has increased a little over the last couple of years, but only by around 5p each time and is still very good value.
What's in it: Obviously there are different news stories every week depending on the goings on in the celeb world, however the range of features that are included each week are what makes the magazine such a good read.
Celebrities: As the magazine is weekly, with New you can get the most up to date celebrity stories really soon after they happen. I am often suprised at just how quickly the latest news appears in the magazine! Standard celeb features include weekly columns from Peter Andre, Kate Garraway and Alex Gerrard and I look forward to reading their views on the latest stories. Fiona Phillips also provides advice on her problem page and there are also weekly updates on whatever reality tv show is gracing our screens at the time.
Fashion: Often, celebrity magazines only have a very small amount of fashion coverage, possibly one or two pages, however, New's style section is often 11-12 pages long. The vast majority of the fashion pieces featured are straight from the high street, great if you are sick of some magazines thinking everyone is willing to pay £100 for a T-shirt, and you can pick up some great tips.
Beauty: There is also a great beauty section in new, giving the latest hair and makeup advice from experts. The best products are reviewed and the latest hairstyles explained. I have picked up numerous tips on which products to buy from this section.
Health: I am a bit of a health freak and love reading about new diets and healthy living tips. Every week, a top nutritionist reviews the daily diet of a celebrity and suggests improvements that they could make. I like comparing my own diet to the celebs and seeing how I compare on the healthy eating front. There are also weekly articles on current health related news stories, from the dangers of sunbeds to warnings on certain diets.
Real life: Every week, readers real life stories are also included in the magazine. These give a real insight into current news stories and are often very inspiring.
Tv/Film/Music: A common feature of most magazines is a section where the latest songs,albums,films and tv programmes are reviewed and New is no exception. The best tv picks of the week are reviewed, as well as the top rated albums, perfect for keeping up to date with the tv and music scenes. For soap fans such as myself, there is also a section on the week in soap world which is also great if you miss an episode or simply can't wait to watch the programme.
All of the standard features of a celeb magazine are also present, including horoscopes and recipes, however there are just too many other great sections to list them all!
Disadvantages: I honestly can't really think of any disadvantages...maybe the fact that the magazine isn't that thick could be a disadvantage as I can read the whole thing in one sitting, however there is so much packed into the magazine that, for 85p, you really can't complain. If you are looking for serious articles on political issues I probably wouldn't recommend this magazine, however for everything else New is perfect.
Overall a great magazine for a celebrity quick fix.
New magazine has been out for a couple of years and I've bought it since it was first published. It is the cheapest celebrity gossip magazine but to me, definitely the best.
Magazine Sections
View the celebs of today being papped with the best pictures of the week
'We like your style'
Celeb style that is rated out of 10
'Stories of the week'
Celebrity stories that have got the press talking this week
'Gossip to go'
Short snippets ideal to read when in a rush and when you want to save the bigger stories until later on (maybe that's just me?!)
'Hot or Not'
The stars who are making up and breaking up
'Planet Pete'
Peter Andres very own column keeping us up to date with what is happening in his life
'Kate Garraway'
Kate Garraway's very own column also keeping us up to date with her life
'New! Exclusive Interview'
Interview with a different celebrity each week
'New! style'
-An assortment of the weeks hottest fashion with all the latest trends and accessories.
-A page on where to buy the actual items we have seen celebs wearing recently.
-Alex Gerrard has her own column in the style section keeping us up to date with her life and talking us through her favourite outfits.
- Bad clothes day - celebs who haven't quit been looking their best!
- 'new! Beauty' with the latest beauty products usually at a reasonable price too.
- 'We tried...' review of assorted products eg shampoo mascara etc.
Showing their pick of new! readers letters and e-mails.
'Dear Fiona'
Fiona Philips with her very own agony aunt style column offering great advice
'Licensed to spill'
The weeks hottest celeb scoops!
'New! you'
- 'A day in the diet of...' showing a celebs every day diet with an experts verdict on this.
- 'Diet' Showing the latest fad diets and tried and tested methods of losing weight.
- 'true life' Readers own true life stories
'The new review'
A weekly review of the weeks television soaps and films. Also a weekly voucher for £1.50 off OK! magazine is in this section.
'Celeb watch'
- 'guy candy' showing their man of the week so to speak (this is usually topless!)
- 'eagle eye' the pictures that celebs DONT want you to see, fashion mistakes, flashing and just general embarrassing photos!
'Justin Topers horoscopes'
Weekly horoscopes with an option to phone for further details..
'Analyse this'
An expert analyses a celeb couple body language to see whether they are actually the real thing
'new1 recipe'
Different weekly recipe which always look delicious!
'........favourite things'
A different celeb each week gives descriptions of their favourite things
As you can see you get a lot for your money. When it was first out it did cost 60p but at the time of writing this it is now 85p which I'm sure you will agree is a great price compared with other magazines on the market. There is around 90 pages in each issue of new! and the paper is very high quality with not a great deal of adverts which I find can often spoil a magazine.
If you've not tried new! give it a go, at only 85p you just can't go wrong.
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The pre-orders are starting to come in for "Down at the Golden Coin" by Kim Strickland. We'll be shipping out those orders on March 20th.
Chicago writer and film critic Paige Wiser ("Windy City Live"/ABC-TV) said that the book features "the most eccentric spiritual guide since Clarence the Angel."
That spiritual guide is named Violet, and without giving too much away or telling you more about Violet than Paige has already told you, we can tell you positively that this Violet is far more interesting and compelling than the following Violets...
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And even the immortal (but let's face it, supplementary character) Violet Gray.
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Written on: 28/10/2013 by philrstein (1 review written)
Excellent service. Jacket arrived within 36 hours of being ordered and was as described.
As for the jacket the only point I would make is that you may need to go up two sizes. According to the size guide I have a small chest, but it did mention that for different styles of fit that you need to adjust the sizings and so I went for a medium.
It does fit, but with a couple of layers underneath it will be a snug fit. However I appreciate that fit is a very personal thing.


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A psychic from Mystic has been convicted of bamboozling clients out of more than $100,000 by pledging to solve problems she traced to previous lives.
Sylvia Mitchell, who practices in New York City, was found guilty Friday of grand larceny and scheming to defraud. She's jailed without bail ahead of an Oct. 29 sentencing.
The Manhattan district attorney's office portrayed Mitchell as a fortune-telling fraudster who preyed on vulnerable people.
A Singaporean woman testified she paid more than $120,000 after Mitchell said she'd help get rid of "negative energy."
A Florida ballroom dancing instructor testified she gave Mitchell $27,000 after being told she needed to break her attachment to money.
Defense lawyer William Aronwald says Mitchell was hired to try to help people and there's no evidence she didn't.


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Oliver Mtukudzi represents all that is right in Zimbabwe. In all honestly I had no idea what he and his group, The Black Spirits were saying as I do not understand the language but once I listened to the album again and read the liner notes from each song, I understood with my own minded pictures and thoughts.
The album is called 'Nhava' which is the Zimbabwean word for 'carrying bag'. The album like a carrying bag does contain an assortment of items (rhythms, harmonies) commonplace to some and newly discovered for others like finding that twenty dollar bill you had searched for the other day. Most of the songs are about guidance, the environment, struggle and redemption through taking from the traditional styles of mbira and the South African mbaqanga and incorporating the popular style of Zimbabwean music, jiti.
Track six on the album is called 'Hope' and even though one may not understand the lyrics you can feel 'hope' that this brings, a fresh start, a cleansing for a new day. Overall this is a good album. The Black Spirits provide us with good rhythms and harmonies and a rock guitar solo too! Oliver Mtukudzi through his career issues about two albums a year for the past 30 years and if you had to buy one of them, get this one.... Its about hope and redemption no matter what you have on your plate or in your nhava.


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Happy New Year 2017 for Everyone,This article is wrote for the people are choosing a good keyword research tool.I am an seoer for about 10 years.Niche Keyword research is surely a task any seoer should handle frequently. Assuming you want to setup a website to sell your products or service. you need to know how to choose the best keywords for your website, that was including the main keywords, long tail keywords and many more relevant keywords for making your website or online store more findable.Today,I am sharing you the seo keyword tool of secockpit.
Secockpit Special Discount Information & Bonus
Keyword Research Tool
As you know that niche keyword research is part of a superior Search engine marketing technique. However, It doesn't mean that the task should take you lots of time and money. Don't worry,choosing a good Keyword Research Tool will help you do that easily.
When using a keyword research tool, you type a seed keyword,click search button then you can get a directory of results. Here I suggest you use secockpit.With the SECockpit special built-in features which allow you to receive an large number of details about search trends, normal levels of competition and website traffic estimates.
SECockpit — It is also called Search Engine Cockpit,It's a great Search engine optimization niche research application for webmasters. SECockpit give you niche keyword suggestions by an typed seed keyword. SECockpit subsequently collects and blends data from various providers
Seo management project
Search engine marketing management and the execution of seo is very hard because of the large number of steps required — It includes niche research and management, to developing the site's framework, prioritizing content material, and calculating results.
The first step is that make using of the secockpit tool to build and start a Pay per click campaign. With the PPC stats will allow you to strengthen and channel your Search engine optimization work as it will reveal what terms are receiving from, and what website pages are delivering the greatest results. So it helps you determine the best way to prioritize your articles as well as your website's design, so you can go forward to directly target your articles on niche keyword you won't have considered.
Considering that a effective Search engine optimization program doesn't stop with getting the good niche keywords, SECockpit helps you quickly create unique promotions, record the activities and also the back-links.
My personal experience with secockpit.
Ok,let me tell you the story myslef, I have been at Search engine marketing for more than 10 years.I had made lots of website projects,from "wow gold" to "wedding dresses" online shop,and know I just manage lots of small affiliate marketing websites.Why I change the online marketing methods?It is because I can find niche keywords to make money easily.
I had read lots of seo articles told me that market and keyword research is very important, in the event that you screw it up, you're doomed to start with. I usually understood that I had to get higher search, lower level of competition key terms along with buying intention.Yes,It is a very easy job for me,but If I don't use any software and do the job manually, It takes me more than 1 hours for choosing good keywords.I mean that keywords research task isn't very hard,It is just a time consuming task.
So I have to buy a keywords tool to help me do this work.I picked the Market Samurai the first time, and I have been mostly satisfied with that in past times. But, A year later I've found various matters. It is very slow when collectting data, and I have found that I need to do lots of manual steps for deeper studies. Eventually,I stopped to use that software.
This time,I choosing swissmademarketing secockpit keyword tool.All things changed now.
It is very easy to get several niche keywords with more than 10,000 visitors every month in few mins, along with websites offered and competition that I understand I can defeat even without the need for backlinks. I had tested this seo methods for many time,I found niche keywords first, bought an Exact Match Domain, made a wordpress blog and had a website ranked on NO1 in just one week.But I have to say that this method isn't work today because google had made lots of updates during the past 10 years.
Why can I use this method to rank a keyword with a new domain in just a week?
It is because I'd the right market research application, I didn't understand tips on how to utilize it correctly. You actually can do niche research using the totally free Google Adwords Search System, but it is likely to get freaking permanently! So I would rather invest a couple of bucks for saving time.
Yes,I know you want to make money,but we also should think about how to make money quickly.We spend time to make money,If we can use a short time to make more money,why care so much for the investing some great tools?
The only most critical Search engine optimization System Now I had is the niche research program – Secockpit. Yes, It is a little expensive, but It is really worth the money,trust me.
What's secockpit?
The concept regarding SECockpit is very common. Based on the website, internet search engine features are just like an aircraft?Secockpit – Complicated and hard to grasp. But, by using check-lists, aircraft pilots can do easy jobs.
SECockpit can help you determine keywords and phrases to help you improve results from your internet marketing and advertising campaigns. It is very easy to find good Google adsense keywords for your website, and get an perfect "buying keyword" so you aren't wasting your money on irrelevant key terms which will not do.
Who made secockpit?
SECockpit is known as a system belonging to the SwissMadeMarketing group of Shane Melaugh and Sam Haenni.
If you search "Shane Melaugh and Sam Haenni".You will find the details that Shane hisslef is a software engineer,and he previously launched solutions including Backlink Battleplan and Sam has recently coworked with Shane as the outstanding technical man.
SECockpit was made offered by party invitation, therefore it has received plenty of real-world testing before the public release on July 5th.
Secockpit features and functions.
Take a look at these functions before you start buy secockpit tool:
Niche research at fast speed
Worldwide: For any countries and languages
Outstanding & unlimited keywords research data
Get the most beneficial key words within minutes
Discover ever better keywords alternatives than your competitors
Amazing Bonus offer: RankTracker (SECockpit Pro & Up)
Additional Features Summary
Basic package currently reveals monthly exact match searches
Basic package currently displays described competitors value for the top ten websites with the Google and yahoo results for every search term
Daily targeted traffic estimates and separated competitors' results are also accessible
Much more accurate report on the top 10 resulting web pages with the in-depth key phrases view
Color-coding with the in depth contest view
Different Columns:
Google Places listing in top 10 results
Google News listing in top 10 results
Google Photos listed in top 10 results
Google Items listed in top 10 results
Online video (with thumbnail) listed in top 10 results
Pros of secockpit
Speed — It is easy to do the in-depth niche research on 100s of key terms within a minute
Hosted in the cloud and you can login from any web browser therefore in the event you that have an assistant they can get access and utilize it at the same time
You don't need to update the keword software, because it is web based application.
It is easy to expand on the keyword research simply by entering additional key phrases or sticking a lot 100 additional key phrases directly into an active search
It is easy to filter the results
You can save the keyword data as an Excel file for deeper study or reorganization outside of SECockpit
For every keyword, you can find a complete research into the top 10 ranking websites for the keywords, such as the Page rank, on-page optimisation aspects, backlink number and much more!
Basic, Professional and Agency versions to choose from
Rank Tracker is included along with your SECockpit membership (Pro & Agency Edition),yes it is great bonus.
Any keyword can be turned into a project that generates a todo list of jobs to help you with the steps involved in boosting your position for the picked keyword
User specified Assignments can be applied
Wide-ranging video coaching archives and data base
Absolutely free Tech Support Team to help you if you have any question with the secockpit tool
Both monthly and annual subscriptions to choose
Don't worry, 30-day money-back guarantee on any products of swissmademarketing official website
Cons of Secockpit
It is a bit expensive;
The seockcpit keyword tool is fairly expensive when compare with some other tools in the same functions. Because there are many benefits to using it, there are many programs with similarly precisely the same features that charge you a lower premium for the program that makes for a dilemma in terms of economizing the Search engine marketing promotions is involved.
Regular Search engine marketing analysis functions:
It is a major disadvantage particularly when the strong Search engine optimization industry is regarded. The SEO research capabilities that SECockpit has aren't sophisticated which means factors such as competitors researching aren't developed efficiently. This not just restricts the strength of the software but forms a flat-line so that your competition can smash the Search engine optimization industry through suitable plug-in that a consumer won't discover because of a poor program that's designed to deal with the same problem.
What's Swissmademarketing Team?
Of course, Swissmademarketing.ltd is a real corporation headquartered in a good office by the capital of Switzerland, Berne. They develop a "core team" working in Europe, And they also have a team of freelance workers from different areas worldwide.
Sam Haenni is a Webmaster who has a adoration for Internet Marketing (particularly everything to do with Search engine marketing). He co-founded SwissMadeMarketing and it is now investing the majority of his energy focusing on SECockpit.
If you have your question regarding your secockpit account, require assistance using one of swissmademarketing tools, or you are in city and would like to visit their office – They will welcome you!
Inquiries associated with SECockpit and RankTracker .
What's the price for the secockpit offers?
There are 3 packages to choose from secockpit official website.They are Personal version,Pro version and Agency version.you can buy the tool with the options of Monthly or Yearly.If you buy it with the second option,you can get more discount offer.In my opinion,If you are new to this software,you can have try first option of Monthly membership & Personal version;
Here I list the prices for all packages below;
$40 / month $80 / month $120 / month
$480 / year $960 / year $1440 / year
As I mentioned before,If you want to buy this software,The Yearly membership is the best offer,That can save you more than 40% off.You can check the below for more details of the secockpit discount coupon information;
Secockpit vs Everything
As you know,There are lots of keywords tools.Some are free software,for example,you can use google keywords tool,and some are paid application,that including keyword canine,market samurai,Long Tail Pro,etc. but what's is the best one and which one to choose,let me sharing you secockpit vs everything;
In the event you adopted my previous Workout session and discover why I wouldn't want to contest with Mike Tyson? then I think it's wise that learning your competitors is vital and for myself probably the most important analytics.
Personally, I feel that Market Samurai is an excellent tool. However I willn't suggest this tool for the newbie. The volume of data that's drawn is fairly large so you have to know and realize just what that data tells you. It is important for an effective Search engine marketing project.And the software of Market Samurai doesn't get a function that tells you a statistic data concerning strength of the competitors.
Bottom line for Market Samurai:
For those who began with Search engine optimization. Personally, I wouldn't suggest you to buy Market Samurai when getting started. If you're a expert and you focus on a regular base with data studies.Then, well, I think it is fit for you. I enjoy the competition style very much, because you can find the back links of the competition additionally they provide you with the data of Flow and Trust Flow. That's really helpful for a pro seo plan.
The next application I am going to tell is the Long Tail Pro by Spencer Haws. Ok,the first thing I want to tell you is that it is very easy tool to use.So,It is fit for the seo beginner.The target of this program is made for Market And Keyword Research.
I would like to tell you that you need to go through a 2 STEP PROCESS for getting niche keywords and studying their competitors. It means that you get the data to make your niche research, and then, you choose several key phrases you believe might have a prospective market value for you personally then you choose the keywords for your website or online store.Yes,it just like the tool of Market Samurai, You need to run TWO STEPS to check the competitors. You will find, this procedure can be time-consuming.So,I don't like the softare.
Bottom line for Long Tail Pro
General I'd choose Long Tail Pro if there just two options. Particularly if you're a newbie. It's faster and easier to master,also the user dash panel is very good.
Okay, It is time to take a look at SECockpit from the Swissmademarketing.
First of all,you should know that secockpit is a keyword tool that is different compared from Market Samurai and Long Tail Pro.You don't have to install any application on you computer,Because it is a cloud based software.you use the account to login on the swissmademarketing official website.
The secockpit isn't a program you must download and install on your pc. Just register on swissmademarketing official webpage, receive an account so you can make use of SECockpit at any time you want. You just need internet connection,and the user name and password, so you can use the software anyplace.
It means, don't worry about upgrades, and re-installing or updating the local computer.because I said that it is cloud based tool.
With Long Tail Pro you detect the competition by calculating the KC value,yes,I have to admit that it is really cool, however, you also need to take action after you chose the Keywords.
And that is the actual most effective and different from SECockpit. It is easy to do search with just one click. In this video I will explain to you how it works. You simply enter the keyword and SECockpit provides you with 2 primary signal.
Summary of Secockpit:
SECockpit is definitely cool, because of this unique ONE STEP PROCESS Function. It really helps you save lots of time. And, the graphic bars shows the data by itself even if you're the beginner to begin with Keyphrase Research and Competition.You can fetch all seo metrics very easily. I tested the software by myself and was trying to find a niche market keyword.Use the method i got Very good traffic and fairly weak competitors. Alright, so what I did was obvious. I told myself, let me test a very easy keyword to check if SECockpit offers me the right data and if I've possibilities to rank for the TOP10 of search engines.
How to use Secockpit?
You can start a new key phrase study by hitting the button on the toolbar.
Then you can either provide a keyword or perhaps a website link.
In case you enter a web site, SECockpit may hunt for key phrases that are like the site's topic.
It is easy to pick region and language and add a few filters. As an example you can just choose the place of USA and English to search the result.
You can also choose the search the data with or without your maked keyword. And you can also filter key phrases by the monthly amount of searches.
All these filters can be utilized in the primary checklist too.
Mouse click on save and close to begin with the keyword research. This might take a couple of minutes.
When the checklist is shown, you'll see the standard sorting of the checklist.
This list is categorized with the niche value, that is depending on the monthly search results and on the Search engine marketing competition value.
In case you visit the final page you will see those keyword phrases having a low niche value.
What's real user saying about secockpit?
Here I quotes some of the real user's words from secockpit offical website belows;
SECockpit is probably the most advanced keyword research tool on the market. Yes, you enter a seed keyword and get suggestions like any other tool.
But SECockpit can do so much more than list out a list of related keywords. It can spit out low competition keywords. It can show you keywords that get a minimum CPC in Adwords. It can even show you keywords that have YouTube, Ebay or Amazon results on the first page.
– Brian Dean, backlinko.com
I have studied keyword research for many years now and have used just about every tool out there. Some are good but there is nothing that comes close to SECockpit. Using SECockpit has been a turn around for our business where we previously spend a lot of time on keyword research and were still not certain we now have a solution that is fast, simple to use and very reliable.
I use SECockpit every day and absolutely love it.
– Andreas,nzseo.com
Is there any seocckpit discount coupon?
Where to buy secockpit? & Is there any discount coupon promo code for this secockpit?If you want to buy this keyword tool,I am sure you will ask the question.And I am glad to share you the best deal here – Click Here For your Best deal Of Secockpit!


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Discussion in 'The Okie Corral' started by Peace Warrior, Mar 28, 2009.
Gorgeous cat!
Have at you!...
Coming home? Or a hospital?.'08.Mi' Lady.
This is my favorite of the three..
Sooooo pretty!
Got any more pics?
She just turned 11 last month.
What is that angel's name?
Her name is namaste, but it should be fat cat. She is about 14.5 lbs.
She kinda looks like your cat with longer fur.
Pretty name too. I could look at pics of her all day.
Does she smile like my kitty does when you scratch her nose?
Tony I see that you are owned by a beautiful cat too.


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Bentley Continental GT
History may repeat itself, but in the case of Bentley, not very often. The venerable marque built its reputation upon a succession of striking victories at the 24 Heures du Mans in the 1920s, but when the legendary Bentley Boys retired, so did the automaker's on-track aspirations.
Last June, Bentley once again dominated the grand and grueling circuit, a fitting comeback for a company that spent decades as little more than "the other brand" sitting in the shadows of its illustrious sibling, Rolls-Royce, and offering little more than thinly disguised Royces, badged with the flying B hood ornament. But that ended when Bentley was subsumed by Volkswagen AG's expansive luxury lineup (see story on page 98).
The first measure of this odd alliance, the Continental GT, belongs to a new class of automobile: the affordable supercar. At $150,000, that's a relative term. Bentley's entry is a sleek and elegant sports coupe that pays homage to the brand's distinguished heritage, from 1928's revolutionary Speed Six to the broad-shouldered 1952 R Type Continental.
The GT delivers a satisfying blend of top-line luxury and incredible performance. With its twin-turbo, 6.0-liter W-12 engine pumping out a neck-snapping 552 horsepower and 479 pound-feet of torque, the Continental GT is among the most powerful vehicles on the road. Tip the pedal to the proverbial metal and you'll feel as if you were launching off an aircraft carrier catapult.
True to form, this Bentley is synonymous with bespoke. Each car, on average, requires 20 hours of labor—just for the interior woodwork. That's more time than it takes mass manufacturers to build an entire car. All told, each GT involves 200 hours of labor.
The GT's graceful lines belie the size of this vehicle. You can actually fit two people in the back seat, unlike most traditional 2+2s, and there's more than enough room for luggage. Despite weighing in at more than 5,300 pounds, the GT is spry, nimble and responsive.
With the Continental GT, Bentley takes aim at the sort of affluent motorist who thinks there are simply too many Bimmers and Benzes on the road. And the GT's price tag isn't much of a reach from the likes of a loaded SL600.
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D.C. United hosts Eastern Conference adversary Toronto FC tomorrow, which promises another classic battle as the three-game series between the two sides is currently split. Just four points out of first place, United is determined to earn the W at home.
"It's going to be a tough game again," said D.C. United midfielder Davy Arnaud. "They have a lot of quality on their team. We all look at the standings, and we see how important this game is. We know just like they do."
One key to winning this important showdown - shut down Jermain Defoe. The talented Englishman is one of the most dangerous forwards in MLS, currently third in the League in goals (11). Thus far, he's tallied once against United in TFC's 1-0 win in March and had a hand in the home side's goal in the Black-and-Red's 2-1 victory on July 5th.
"They've got good movement up top from the forwards, Defoe and [Luke] Moore last time we played them up in Toronto," said United defender Steven Birnbaum. "So, I think as a back line, we need to just keep track of them and defend the box really well. We just need to track our runners."
With Michael Bradley directing traffic in the midfield, Toronto will keep United on its collective toes. The Black-and-Red, though, have been earning three points against quality sides all season.
"We know it's going be tough, but we have to approach these games the same way," said Arnaud. "We've had success for a large part of the season just going about our business the same way. So, in terms of that, we try not to change too much."
Last match, D.C. overcame Chivas USA 3-1, with goals from Eddie Johnson, Perry Kitchen and Luis Silva. It will need to be another team effort tomorrow, but that's exactly what has defined DCU in 2014. Ahead of another road stint, that teamwork will have to be in full effect.
"It's a big game for us, to start the away trip on a good note," Birnbaum said.
Arnaud added: "We're going to hit a stretch now where we have a lot of games coming up, but our approach can't change, especially at home. We're going to be fresh."
Come watch a fresh DCU host TFC tomorrow at 7 p.m. Buy your tickets now!


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Scholarships are considered "gift aid" because they generally do not have to be repaid. In medical school gift aid is sometimes accompanied by service requirements.
Loans and employment are considered "self-help aid" because loans have to be repaid and by working you earn money for educational expenses. Loans are by far the largest source of financial aid for the majority of students and families.
Most grants and Federal Work-Study are need-based financial aid programs.
The Direct Unsubsidized Loan, GRAD Plus and alternative loans are considered non-need-based.
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SGA sponsors 18th annual Fenwick Open Charity Golf Outing on Saturday, Sept. 29
Event takes place at Cincinnati's Pebble Creek Golf Course; benefits Cincinnati's ProKids | September 17, 2007
The outing begins with a shotgun start at 1:00 p.m. Lunch from Subway and dinner from Outback Steakhouse are provided, as well as chances to buy raffle tickets, with prizes ranging from gift certificates for the Xavier bookstore to golf memorabilia.
All students, faculty, staff and alumni are invited to attend, as well as all other interested members of the Cincinnati community. Alumni, faculty and staff pay $275 per foursome, or $75 for a single, while students receive a discounted rate of $120 per foursome, or $30 for a single.
Last year's Fenwick Open collected $5,500 for the ALS Association, and SGA administrative vice president and Fenwick chair Kailin Borton is optimistic about this year's success. "The student government association hopes to give another significant donation to this year's charity, Cincinnati's ProKids," she says. "We also want to encourage more education about the foster care system and this wonderful organization."
The golf outing is the largest student-run charity event at Xavier and is named in honor of Cincinnati's first Archbishop and founding father of the University, Edward Dominic Fenwick, S.J. For more information on how to sign-up contact the student government association office at 513 745-4250. Registration deadline is Sept. 24.


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There was a strong contingent of wide receivers at the Illinois NIKE Camp on Sunday. Some were heavily recruited stars, while others were trying to make their mark. One who elevated his stock was Madison (Wis.) Memorial's Jester Weah.
"I felt I did pretty good, but I could have done way better," Weah said. "This [offseason] I've just been trying to get faster, work on my 40 time and trying to put on a few pounds before the season."
At 6-foot-3 and 190 pounds, Weah was one of the more physically impressive wide receiver prospects in attendance Sunday. He's hoping to make an impression with his size and game at several college camps this summer.
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"I am camping at Wisconsin, Pittsburgh, Purdue and I think Illinois," Weah said. "I also told my coach to send out my highlight video to Michigan State because I have been hearing from them the last couple weeks. They sent me some camp information, so I might camp out there, too."
Hailing from Madison, Weah obviously is familiar with Wisconsin's program, and the Badgers' coaching staff has been familiar with him since the start of his recruitment.
"They really like me and really want me to go to their camp," Weah said. "They told me when I was at their junior day that most of the players they sign get offers from attending their summer camp."
Several former Wisconsin coaches are now on head coach Paul Chryst's staff at Pitt, including offensive coordinator Joe Rudolph, who is Weah's primary contact at the school.
"The coach from Pittsburgh, I talk to him basically weekly," Weah said. "I know that they put a couple players into the pros, and I am looking forward to going out there and learning more from their campus."
Weah is just starting to get back into football shape after playing basketball this past winter. He averaged 12 points and eight rebounds a game for Memorial as a junior.


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Matz: Home-Based CUs Are History
In an exclusive interview with CU Times, NCUA Board Chairman Debbie Matz said the days of credit unions operating out of homes are over.
The NCUA approved a proposed rule by a 2-1 vote at the agency's December board meeting that would require home-based credit unions to move into commercial office space within two years.
"For an industry that is growing and becoming more and more sophisticated and is concerned about the reputation of the industry, I don't think that there is any justification for having a financial institution in somebody's home," Matz said. "I really think that those days are over."
The text of the proposed rule said the NCUA had contacted each home-based credit union to offer assistance.
Some home-based credit unions told CU Times they were not contacted by the NCUA.
"It's interesting you should say that because there clearly is a misunderstanding," Matz told CU Times. "In June of this past year, our office of small credit union initiatives sent all home-based credit unions information about relocation services that we offer including a re-location guide, grant assistance, consulting assistance and these notices were provided via email if the credit union had e-mail or by phone and also that information has been available online and in the newsletter," she added.
Matz also said home-based credit unions should take responsibility for getting information instead of solely relying on the NCUA.
"We did try to get in touch with all of these credit unions. We basically know which are the home-based credit unions and we think we know how many there are but they don't necessarily have to self-identify that on the call report. If they don't have e-mail and if they don't have voicemail, it's very hard to get in touch with them," Matz said.
"If these home-based credit unions have the wherewithal and the desire to grow and to serve as many members as possible, then they can find commercial space or other space that's publicly available but being in their home is in many cases a credit union that has not grown and does not offer many services. I feel very strongly that examiners are not going to be going into another person's home. There are safety issues but also protecting the privacy of the data is an issue," she added.
In some cases, Matz pointed out that the credit union's manager is paid a rental income for use of their home, which could be applied to commercial space.
In response to those that argue home-based credit unions are a part of history that should be honored, Matz said credit unions have to change with the times.
"I think that's what it is – history. You know, the buggy whip was useful in its time. It's not useful anymore and I think for financial institutions especially, if you don't change with the times and stay ahead of the curve, you and your members become very vulnerable – both in terms of privacy and in terms of cyber threats and safety issues," she said.
"Yes, they were part of the credit union history, but we're in 2014 now and times have changed and financial institutions have changed as well. If you are stuck in the past, that means that you are not growing, you are not serving your members well, and they would probably receive better services from a different credit union."


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But Not for Jews
Sephardi Chief Rabbi Amar, who is serving as president of the Rabbinical High Court, surprised the chair of the Committee for the Advancement of Women, MK Eti Livni of Shinui, saying that he was willing to introduce civil marriage for non-Jews and people who have no religion.
Several weeks ago, the Knesset's Committee for the Advancement of Women and the State Control Committee met with chief rabbis Shlomo Amar and Yona Metzger and discussed the State Comptroller's Report on the rabbinical courts. Sephardi Chief Rabbi Amar, who is serving as president of the Rabbinical High Court, surprised the chair of the Committee for the Advancement of Women, MK Eti Livni of Shinui, saying that he was willing to introduce civil marriage for non-Jews and people who have no religion.
Last year, when former chief rabbi Eliahu Bakshi-Doron proposed the introduction of civil marriage, his words created a storm. At the time, rabbi Amar voiced sharp opposition to the idea. It should be noted that Amar's current proposal, interesting as it may be, is very limited. It relates only to marriage of non-Jews with each other.
Amar told Haaretz this week that his suggestion is intended to solve the problem of 300,000 religionless, non-Jewish immigrants. "We can conduct a Noahide marriage ceremony for them in the offices of the rabbinate or the religious council. We would do it in a dignified, easy and relaxing manner, and they would not have to go abroad to get married."
Amar invited representatives of non-Jewish immigrants to discuss the matter with representatives of the rabbinate. "If they would want to do a ceremony or put on a ring, then why not? We're open to any idea." The chief rabbi believes this would solve 90 percent of the problem of those people who cannot marry in Israel. "For anyone who seriously and earnestly wants to solve the problem," he said, "I think this is an excellent, balanced and logical way to go."
Lapid sees retreat
At the same time, he stresses that he is not prepared for civil marriage between Jews and religionless individuals. "We have enough troubles with assimilation all over the world. This may be the most terrible blow that is attacking the Jewish people from the rear. We don't have to be a party to assimilation in Israel, as well, and encourage it...Help assimilation? Are you kidding?"
Livni relates that she sent Amar's proposal on to Shinui chair Yosef Lapid. Lapid was not enthusiastic. He is afraid that discussion of rabbi Amar's proposal would amount to a retreat, since there are rabbis who have already agreed to a suggestion of a marriage contract, a sort civil marriage substitute for all interested parties. Livni feels that Amar's proposal is nevertheless worthy of public debate, "even if it is not worthy of adopting."
Collecting addresses
Two weeks ago, the partner of Carolina Martinez applied to the local Population Registry office, asking that she be granted a residency permit in Israel, by virtue of their relationship. Until recently, Martinez, 22, had immunity from deportation as the daughter of foreign workers. But the legalization arrangement for children of foreign workers on which the government eventually decided does not apply to her because she was not born here, even though she is Israeli through-and-through and does not at all know the land of her birth, Colombia.
For Carolina Martinez, the only way to remain in the only country she knows is through the request of a spouse. Her boyfriend says he was warned by a clerk at the Population Registry that if he filed the request, she would transfer his address to the Immigration Police. Alarmed, he decided against doing so. Martinez will continue to live in Israel unlawfully.
A few days later, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) met with Sassi Katzir, director of the Population Registry, and asked if his office transfers addresses of applicants for legal status in Israel to the enforcement unit of the Immigration Police. Katzir answered in the affirmative, says ACRI attorney Oded Feller. The Population Registry issued a directive that forbids calling the Immigration Police to arrest illegal aliens in the Registry's offices. What's more, the organization is usually careful about observing this directive. Attorney Michal Pinchuk of ACRI is unable to understand the difference between an arrest in the Registry office and submitting the current address of illegal aliens to the Immigration Police.
Population Registry officials assert that they want to encourage the children of foreign workers to file applications to regulate their status. Now the question is raised if one of their objectives is gathering the addresses of those whose applications will be rejected, which would make it easy to deport them. Without a doubt, this policy would deter many individuals who are not certain that they meet the criteria for naturalization, from applying and trying their luck. Pinchuk says that the state has a decided interest in encouraging illegal aliens to regulate their status. But the Population Registry is sabotaging this effort.
Population Registry spokeswoman Sabine Haddad said in response, "The Population Registry is obligated to transfer information to the Immigration Police only in cases where the application of a foreign citizen residing in Israel unlawfully is denied, and he is asked to leave the country. That is to say, the Interior Ministry does not transfer information to the Immigration Police on every application filed by an alien residing unlawfully in the country. The conclusion that we `deter people from regulating their status' is indiscriminate, and is certainly inexact."
As for the case of Carolina Martinez, the director of the Population Registry sent a response to the interior minister, stating that the Kfar Sava bureau was unfamiliar with the case, that the clerk did not carry on such a conversation on the telephone, and that Population Registry employees are not in the practice of issuing threats in the name of the Immigration Police.
The Festivities Law
In the last days of each Knesset session, dozens of legislative bills are debated in the plenum, assembly-line fashion. Most of them receive no media coverage. One of the proposals that was approved in a preliminary vote last week was put forward by MK Michael Eitan, which says the State Comptroller Law would apply to the Jewish National Fund, the World Zionist Organization and the Jewish Agency. The bill enjoys the support of the government, and it will be debated in the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, which is chaired by Eitan, meaning that there is a reasonable chance that the law will be approved in this Knesset. Now we are only left to wonder how it is that these three foreign travel-intensive bodies were not subject to such oversight until now.
A bill drafted by MKs Ahmed Tibi, Mohammed Barakeh and Issam Makhoul, which passed its first reading this week, defines a new criminal violation: "Use of explosives or a gun at a celebration or ceremony." Not that until now the law permitted shooting at weddings or at other Arab festivities. This legislative initiative, however, makes an express statement, raises the maximum punishment from three years to four years and defines the violation as a crime rather than a misdemeanor.
In the Knesset debate, Tibi said that the result of the firing of weapons is often tragic. "Every year, people are killed and injured at weddings. Sometimes it's the bride, sometimes it's the groom, sometimes it's one of the guests," he said. "The law enforcement establishment does not apply the law with these people. If anyone wants to express happiness, he should dance, but he shouldn't use weapons and cause injury or death, and turn the joy into sadness and grief for so many families."
The bill enjoys wall-to-wall support. It may be assumed that Tibi's satisfaction at the advancement of the bill was spoiled by the compliments heaped on him by MK Nissim Zeev, one of the more right-wing legislators, along the lines of, "I am truly amazed. I thought Tibi would be against such a law."
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One way to approach the life of a great but controversial subject is to ignore the latest biographies and go back to the records themselves. For minor figures this might take a lifetime, but for certain major ones (such as Shakespeare or Mozart) the work has been done for us and there are handy single volumes setting out all the evidence there is. Such "documentary lives" are no doubt compiled with scholars in mind, but I see no reason why they should not, in a few cases, appeal to the general reader.
It is partly a matter of temperament. Readers of this column will already know that I like short lives. I like documents, and I like to be able to see the document whole, to judge for myself what it is trying, as a whole, to say. So when I saw that a book I needed, Blake Records, had been reprinted by Yale in 2004 in an enlarged edition, I was happy to buy it at £60. You can get it now for less on Amazon.
The compiler is GE Bentley Jr, and it is the work of 50 years, which began, the author tells us, with what he had expected to be an article on contemporary references to the poet, but which has resulted in a volume of more than 900 pages. It gives every reference to Blake and his known family from 1714 to the last in 1841. The genealogical material doesn't interest me. Nor does the astonishing appendix in which Bentley has assembled details of babies christened William Blake in London (1740-1827) - this is for people who think they might have come across an unknown reference to Blake, but are mistaken.
On the other hand, the opening section, called "Seven Red Herrings", correcting previous errors, brings one popular legend crashing down. When Blake was living in Hercules Buildings in Lambeth, a visitor was supposed to have found him and his wife sitting naked in the summer-house at the bottom of the garden, reciting passages from Paradise Lost. "Come in!" Blake is supposed to have cried, "It's only Adam and Eve, you know!" If you passionately want Blake to have been a naturist, Bentley may not convince you, but this story was denied by the supposed visitor. The notes cite this newspaper's Charlotte Higgins, speaking of it as "Your (and most papers') favourite Blake anecdote".
Likewise, a story of Blake removing his hat and bowing low to a figure in Cheapside, and saying afterwards to a friend, "Oh! That was the Apostle Paul", appears to have been told by Leigh Hunt about Blake and by Southey about Swedenborg. On the other hand, the text of the beautiful song "How sweet I roamed from field to field", appears in the first of the early essays on Blake, by Benjamin Heath Malkin (1806), with the reliable information that Blake wrote it before the age of 14.
You can read Malkin's essay in full (along with several other short early lives). At the end we discover that Dorothy and William Wordsworth, some time in the early 1800s, copied out Blake poems from a borrowed copy of Malkin. This, for instance, is where they would have first come across "The Tyger" - one of those poems which commanded attention from the start, even when most people thought of Blake as a mad artist who had a sideline in poetry. Anyway, a little window opens on the Wordsworths, as they first read, and value, Blake the poet.
There are hundreds of such moments to be found. Here you can read Coleridge's letter of 1818 returning a copy of Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience in which he marks the poems according to a system of signs meaning "It gave me great pleasure" and "still greater" and "and greater still" and "in the highest degree". "The little Black Boy" scores the top mark twice over.
Alexander Gilchrist's Life of William Blake, Pictor Ignotus (1863), was not, as the current cover would have it, the first biography of Blake ever written, but it was the first at what we would call full length, and the new reprint, in Richard Holmes's series of "Classic Biographies" (Harper Collins, £7.99) is very welcome, especially for its introduction telling us who Gilchrist was, how he died during the composition of the great work, and how his wife took on the task of completing it. He tells us how it was Samuel Palmer who disabused Gilchrist of the idea that Blake was mad, that he was "a man without a mask; his aim was single, his path straight-forwards, and his wants few ..." Put Gilchrist alongside Blake Records and you already have an amazing library.


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Born: Early 80's, OK 70's, oh all right, the early 60's. In a town in North Central Florida now known as Gainesville (though some of us still use the term "Hog Town".)
Vices: Admitted Gator fan, but I'm trying my best to portray myself as objective. (I don't know you well enough to admit anything else..)
Virtues: Proudly a member of the Gator Nation. If you are one as well, you surely realize that the "objective portrayal" remark above is disingenuous at best.
Interests: Numerous, including jumping up and down in either celebration or lamentation at venues such as Ben Hill Griffin Stadium or the nearest big screen TV showing the Fightin' Gators.
Favorite Cheerleader: Mr. Two-Bits.
All the Rest About Me: Hints will be provided, cloaked in prose.
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Please, critique this.
You say you want to "count letters in a string" but you are counting all characters.
You shouldn't use prototypes. And besides you are just copying the contents of the hash anyway which you could do more simply as:
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Navneet Daga : Reliance is looking in better shape this time around, its quitely moved on its upper band resistance zone near 860 levels. Creating a bull call spread on reliance make sense to us, where buying 860 call and selling 880 Call options with spread of 5 points is good risk and reward strategy. We expect 880/890 levels to be achieved on reliance once 860 is broken.
Smartinvestor : The Bank Nifty is trading near 12,500 levels. What is your call on the index in the options segment for Jan expiry?


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Richard Huddy is now Intel Inside. Well I'll be d'AMD.
Subject: General Tech, Graphics Cards | December 28, 2011 - 05:04 PM | Scott Michaud
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There are a few individuals in the video game industry who attract news articles when their employers change; Richard Huddy is one. Experience with 3DLabs and executive positions at NVIDIA and ATI/AMD firmly suggests that he is in touch with graphics processing. Huddy completes his tour of the current PC GPU triangle by signing on with Intel. Given said GPU background, it would be interesting to speculate what plans Intel has for their presence in the graphics market -- and some already are.
Matrox… isn't a part of that triangle…
KitGuru speculates that Intel realizes their attempts in developing graphics accelerators, such as Larrabee and their integrated GPUs, are lackluster; I personally believe that is a fairly safe speculation to make. Hiring the person who has dealt with developer relations throughout Europe for NVIDIA and worldwide for AMD would give you a good sense of what directions you need to be heading as a company. KitGuru also speculates that Intel desires to be placed in the consoles -- while developing a console GPU would be desirable for Intel as there would be no pressure to get huge numbers in random benchmarks, I doubt that is a core focus of Intel. If I was to speculate, and I am, my personal expectation would be to keep up with AMD and NVIDIA in the GPGPU war as well as tablet GPUs.
If you were to speculate: what do you think Intel's motives are? Sane or crazy -- if it's legal, comment away!
Not to be cynical, but I think their motive is to increase profits.
Considering that the 'integrated graphics' of the Sandy Bridge processors are at the level of "Hey, at least you can browse the web while waiting for your new video card to show up", you'd have to assume that they're looking for improvements along there (Maybe Llano had the right idea, after all).
I suspect this will all end up in court at some point. Justified or not that's where I see all this going.
Intel APU
"APU is described as a processing device which integrates a CPU and a GPU on the same die, thus improving data transfer rates between these components while reducing power consumption."
Intel won't do anything stand alone, aka discrete GPU, they will just use this guy to add to their arsenal to make a better igpu.
That said I wouldn't expect Intel to give u the latest and greatest when it comes to driver support/profiles
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Your Views: Defend Christmas spirit lest guiding light goes out
Christmas! A time of hope and redemption. Amongst all our conflicts, defeats and sorrows, there's still a yearning to connect with others and a seeking after our creator, our God. Why, then, do some actively seek to reject and ban this yearning and spiritual renewal? Christmas songs are stricken from our schools and the beloved Christmas tree banished from the public square.
"Congress shall make no law … prohibiting the free exercise" of religion. These endearing words of our U.S. Constitution represent one of three foundational supports for our country, our society, our families; the Christian religion. Now under attack is our Christian faith that our founding generation lived by: Washington, Adams, Franklin Roosevelt and so many others.
Now we have the infamous and insidious "separation of church and state" concept that has deceived and misinformed so many. The phrase is not in the U.S. Constitution; check with a communist nation. Does America want a godless nation? I pray not! However, the ACLU and atheists continue to attack and eat away at our religious freedom and the faith of our Founding Fathers. The U.S .Constitution specifically prohibits Congress from establishing a (national) religion but certainly not the expression of religion.
It's time to recognize the brink of disaster we are moving toward in our rejection and banishment of our heritage of faith. The guiding light is going out and will, unless we have the courage to stand and defend the Christmas spirit in our society and institutions.


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By EARTHA TERRELL
Eerie creatures, monsters and bedazzled princesses covered almost every inch of Austintown Bounce Oct. 19. The facility welcomed countless children and their families to celebrate during its annual Halloween Bash.
Screams and laughter filled the rooms of the Austintown Bounce as children showed off their costumes, all hoping to win the costume contest.
The theme of the event was simply to have as much fun as possible, according to facility owner, Bruce Shepas, who was just happy to see everyone enjoying themselves.
"My business partner and I are parents and we know how important our kids are to us so we just wanted to give families and kids a fun outing. Every child that comes in gets a free hot dog and a beverage. There's a variety of costume contests, raffles prizes and giveaways," Shepas said.
Some parents also came dressed in costume and weren't afraid to let their inner child out during the celebration. Halloween enthusiast, Karen Piper, was just excited about the event as her daughter.
"We come here for all the events; it's awesome. I'm just so excited. I love Halloween. I get all involved with decorations. I do the works," Piper said.
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Lynx Handle Mercury In 105-83 Opening Day Win
Andrea Allis
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Feature: Lynx Handle Pregame Emotions, Come Through With Win
The Mercury led for much of the first quarter by as many as five points and were tied 20-20 with the Lynx at the end of the first. But Minnesota came to life in the second, collecting points off of steals thanks to their full-court pressure and outscoring Phoenix 36-23 for a 56-43 halftime lead.
We kind of found our rhythm there, we got after it, started making some hustle plays, were aggressive, said Maya Moore. And whenever were aggressive and locked in together, things like that can happen.
Moores 13 points made her one of six Lynx scoring in double digits, including Seimone Augustus (19), Monica Wright (15), Lindsay Whalen (13), Rebekkah Brunson (12) and Candice Wiggins (11). Brunson also pulled down nine rebounds, and Taj McWilliams-Franklin, Whalen and Wright each dished out five assists.
Augustus left the floor with a rib injury toward the end of the third quarter after she landed on a courtside seat after diving for a loose ball. She returned to the bench with six minutes remaining in the game to a standing ovation from Lynx fans.
But her teammates were ready to step up in her absence, with Whalen scoring 10 of her 13 points in the games final 11 minutes, and Minnesotas reserves outscoring Phoenixs bench 40-8.
Having most of our team [from last season] back, everybody is pretty clear about what their role is and whats expected of them, said forward Maya Moore. I thought the balance with the scoringyou know, we share the ball very wellis exactly who we are, and thats what we want to continue to do.
The Mercury, who were missing Diana Taurasi today due to a strained left hip flexor, were led by former Lynx Charde Houstons 24 points and DeWanna Bonners 22 points.
Leader of the Pack
Veteran Lynx guard Seimone Augustus opened the game by addressing the crowd during the championship ceremony, thanking the coaches, the league and the Lynx faithful who supported the squad throughout the 2011 season. Fans got a chance to again show their pride in Augustus as she led the Lynx in scoring despite having to leave the game due to her rib injury during the third quarter. Augustus scored 19 points in just under 24 minutes.
Reeve said that Augustus will make the trip with the team to New York Tuesday.
Highlight to Remember
To start their run in the second quarter, Taj found Moore under the basket for two, and Whalen followed it up with a fast break off a steal which she dished to Moore for the layup.
The Numbers Game
Minnesota shot 57.1 percent from the field, compared with Phoenixs 40 percent. The Lynx's starters shot 28-for-54 from the field on the day. On the boards, Minnesota outrebounded the Mercury 40-28.
Quote of the Game
"I tried to do a little razzle-dazzle and lost the ball. From that point I just tried to save the ball and ran into the back of the chair. Just bruised my ribsI'll be fine. ... The initial pain was probably worse than it is right now." Seimone Augustus talking about her third quarter injury
Looking Ahead
The Lynx head to New York for a 6 p.m. game Tuesday, May 22. They then return home to face the Los Angeles Sparks on Thursday, May 24, at 7 p.m. at Target Center.
For more news and notes on the team follow the Minnesota Lynx on Twitter.