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Sailing the Blue Skies since 2001.
Everyone has a different opinion on what the greatest games of all time are. Such lists that state "The Best Games of All Time...Ever!" can't truly be 100% accurate, because it is the union of a staff at a said place, not so much the general populace. So, I slap a disclaimer on mine. This is MY personal opinion on what I think the Top 15 Gamecube games are. These are the ones I've gotten the most enjoyment and the most inspiration from. The games that have left an impact on me. The ones that have helped me love gaming as much as I do. So, without any further ado, here's the 15 games that have left a deep impression on me. A new feature is expanded views on games already on my Top 30 list or I have written an opinion about them. Just click the link to get more enriched with details...or something like that. For games that I don't have on my list, I'll try to get into more detail here.
1. Skies of Arcadia Legends
It shouldn't come to be a surprise to most anyone who knows me that this leads my Gamecube list...since it leads my Top 30 list. :p This updated port of the DC classic adds in more subquests and battle options into an already rich and rewarding RPG, making it the definitive version of Skies (despite those who say the music took a little blow, which, to be honest, I haven't noticed :p ). For more on my opinion, read my favorite games notes.
2. Resident Evil 4
RE4 is certainly one of the greatest games of all time, an excellent reinvention of the Resident Evil franchise, and a delightful gaming experience all the way around. The modifications to the camera, enemy designs and gameplay make RE4 a fantastic experience that I heartily recommend. You can get the Wii Edition for $30, which lets you play with the Gamecube controller as well as the Wiimote, or pay a little less for the standard GC rev. It's worth it either way. For more on my opinion, read my favorite games notes.
3. Beyond Good & Evil
This somewhat overlooked gem is one of the best multiplatform games ever done. The GC rev looks as good as GC-only games do, the musical score is incredible, the gameplay takes a basic Zelda-like core and tweaks it to fit its own gameplay mechanics, the dungeons (although few) are delightfully polished and challenging, has one of the best narratives I've ever experienced...and simply is a game that needs to be played. It's one of the greatest tragedies in gaming that I can think of that BG&E practically died in the stores the way it did. For more on my opinion, read my favorite games notes or my article on Jade.
4. Tales of Symphonia
RPG fans, here is another fantastic gaming experience for you. The battle system is set in real time, but the combo system is well done and fun to use. With 9 characters to play as, there's something for everybody. You can even get friends to join you as you battle!...granted, they don't get the chance to do much anything else, but the option is nice. ^^ The game looks great, has a wonderful voice cast, a mildly clichéd but overall well told storyline, offers up tons of sidequests and replay options, and the aforementioned battle system makes fighting more of a joy than a bother. For more on my opinion, read my favorite games notes.
5. Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime is a perfect example of not judging a game before it comes out. It silenced most of the doubters, won over the gaming populace and stands as one of the best GC games you can own. Retro masterfully converted the Metroid feel from the 2D realm into 3D with very few transition errors. They created an excellent game world to explore, with plenty of enemies to blast, secrets to find and clues to scan. The power-ups are all well-implimented (and if you're like me, you love the Ice Beam and Grapple Beam), the game still is one of the most impressive looking GC games, and offers nice rewards to persistent players. Great work Retro. For more on my opinion, read my favorite games notes.
6. Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
A fitting end to the Gamecube's life cycle, Twilight Princess learns from Wind Waker's design flaws and instead offers up a world easy to travel, explore and discover. The game pulls a lot of influence from Link to the Past (light and dark worlds, a mirror to traverse them) and Ocarina of Time (the races of Hyrule, the overall layout of the world), but manages to mix them up into being a unique experience all its own. The game is rich in art design and detail, has the great controls Wind Waker pioneered, has the best storyline the series has ever had, and introduces one of the most intriguing characters into the series yet - Midna. Despite it also being on the Wii, I heartily recommend it as a GC title as well. It's a great game either way.
7. Super Smash Bros. Melee
HAL took the N64 concept and really shook it up for the better. Doubling the playable characters, tripling the amount of stages and heavily increasing the amount of cameos through new items and the awesome trophies was ingenious. This was the reason to buy a GC at launch for me. The graphics were spellbinding, the gameplay mesmerizing, and the Nintendo factor has never been so prominent (until Brawl came out, but the trophy selection here is much more diverse). This game launched the SSB franchise into the stratosphere, putting it along Mario, Zelda and Metroid as one of the keys to Nintendo success. Brawl is better, but Melee is still a good choice.
8. Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
The last of the three great RPG's (Baten Kaitos fans, you can begin throwing tomatoes now...I didn't like it) on the GC, Intelligent Systems took what they started with in the N64 title and improved upon every single facet of it. Offering up inventive levels, crazy dialogue, awesome partners in Mario's quest, better battles thanks to the improved battle engine that takes place on a stage, and some gorgeous graphics that feature some of the nicest spritework I've witnessed, they all add up into a wonderful game. Ignore Game Informer's "It's too easy and kiddish" garbage and pick this up.
9. Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
Miyamoto considers the relative commercial failure of FSA as one of the disappointments in his career. I can see why, because this adventure is fantastic and is overall superior to Wind Waker. Granted, the Zelda formula is mixed around significantly here, removing the usual keeping of items and hearts in favor of more competitive resets for every chapter. But with one or two players (I've yet to take on the game with four people), this game is really enjoyable. I have no gripes about it at all.
10. Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction
The best super hero game ever? You betcha. Radical finally nailed the difficult super hero license title with this fantastic game that lets you go on a rampage with the big green Hulk. This is what Midway's classic Rampage done in 3D should feel like - sheer chaos. The control scheme is perfect, the gameplay is delightful and the game has a solid plot following it too. It's sheer joy to plop this into the GC and totally destroy stuff. A great stress reliever.
11. Metroid Prime 2 Echoes
Retro's second stab with Metroid is a fantastic title as well, but a few design faults cripple it. The new ammo system, for one. This is Metroid. There's never been a cap on beam ammo. There shouldn't be a cap on beam ammo. Also, the game's increase in difficulty may alienate newbies to the franchise (go with Prime first to get a grip on the controls). Lastly, the multiplayer mode is a gimmicky add-on that shouldn't have been put in over a more lengthy single-player quest. Outside of these gripes, the game exceeds Prime in graphical detail, has a nice musical score and offers up more solid gameplay. It just has some design flaws.
12. Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
This will more than likely climb up when I get deeper through it, but the wonderful FE gameplay is here in spades. It's a fun game, has a great musical score, breath stealing movies and the plot is pretty good so far. The graphics are passable, but it's certainly not the prettiest game in the GC lineup. However, if you're not wrapped up in graphical prowess and want a large adventure with tons of strategy, here you go. I'm not finished with it yet, so I can't go into too much more detail.
13. Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
Like Echoes, Wind Waker suffers from some design issues that muck up the great parts. The sailing is novel for a while, but once the Tingle Triforce Shard Parade starts, you'll be wishing for more dungeons and less oceans. The partner setup here is also clunky (BG&E pulled it off much better), somewhat crippling two of the dungeons. Even with these two problems though, Link's first GC game is still fantastic. Link has never controlled better (Twilight Princess notwithstanding) before in 3D. The versatile battle engine offers players tons of ways to take on the enemies seamlessly. The game's look is one of the best cel-shaded offerings ever. And, most of the time, playing as Link is a blast. Twilight Princess has fixed these shortcomings with a lot more dungeons (9 in total, although two of them are rather short) and minimized boat use (only when fishing or in a minigame).
14. Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
UBI Soft's relaunch of the old Prince of Persia franchise is among some of the best 3D platforming you'll ever encounter. The game lets you fly around like an acrobat better than any other game I've touched (except for Sly Cooper), and the game's puzzles and traps make for some skillful maneuvering that makes one proud to get through. The game's best part however is the awesome Dagger of Time, which lets you rewind those nasty screw ups, rip through enemies and provides the focal point for the game's excellent storyline and voice work. However, the game isn't perfect. A level near the end takes away your dagger for a time, testing your patience with some of the more dangerous platforming in the game. The combat engine is adequate, but the enemies never seem like they stop coming sometimes, and they get in cheap hits when you can't do much about it. But the sweet platforming grace this game offers you makes up for these shortcomings.
15. Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
Konami's premiere franchise's lone stop on the Gamecube is a great ride. MGS purists may scoff at some of the new additions, like first person shooting making the game easier or the new superhuman clips replacing the more realistic ones, but I, as a newbie to the series with this title, loved both of these features. My argument for the first person part is this - you don't have to use it if you don't want to. As for the movies...I love them. Over the top with violence and sheer impossibility, they have made me drop my jaw more than once. Silicon Knights revived the game quite well from what I can see, giving it a nice graphical polish, subtle gameplay tweaks, re-recorded dialogue that sound excellent, and leaving the stealth-fueled excellence for the most part alone (I could be wrong...). Alas, MGS has flown back over to Sony's camp, so for now this may be the only way to enjoy a modern MGS title on a Nintendo system.


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Our Founders
As a result of the formation of the Glass Ceiling Commission in 1991 (a U.S. Dept. of Labor initiative that studied artificial "glass ceiling" barriers that prevented qualified women and minorities from advancing into management-level positions), women were given an opportunity to advance in corporate America. At the time, Hispanic women had been searching for their place as key influencers in the business world.
Delia Reyes, Patricia V. Asip and Bertha Outler realized there was a need for a group in the D/FW area that supported Hispanic women, so they joined forces while attending the George W. Bush Jr. gubernatorial inauguration ball in January of 1995. And, the idea for the Hispanic 50 was born. The brain child of these three respected Latina community leaders strived to unite Hispanic women leaders as catalysts for increased participation in private and public sectors.
Delia Reyes, a Dallas business woman, has been fighting for the halt of discrimination for years. Through her Dallas-based business, Mrs. Reyes became an advocate for Hispanic rights. Her extensive involvement in the Hispanic community merited her an appointment to the Glass Ceiling Commission. And her voice has been heard nationally, as well as locally, through the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce where she attained the highest position as the first female Chair. Her belief that Hispanic women were not part of the corporate mainstream strengthened her resolve to form the Hispanic 50.
Bertha Outler, Director of Community Relations for the Lone Star Gas Co. at the time, was also an active community leader. She served on the Board of Directors for several professional and civic organizations in Dallas, including the Dallas Concilio, Headstart of Greater Dallas, Dallas Sesquicentennial Committee, Dallas Commissioners Court, YWCA and the Dallas Historical Society. Ms. Outler believed that a group like the Hispanic 50 could pave the road for Latina leaders.
Patricia V. Asip, Manager of Multicultural Affairs for J.C. Penney Co., Inc. at the time, was a big catalyst in the growth of Hispanic marketing at the Dallas-based retailer. Her experience serving on various boards across the country, including the National Council of La Raza, also merited an appointment by President George W. Bush to the Glass Ceiling Commission. Mrs. Asip's commitment to the Hispanic community nationally led her to also form the Hispanic 50 in an effort to strengthen the local impact of the Hispanic women.
Delia Reyes, Bertha Outler and Patricia V. Asip created the foundation today's Hispanic 100 has been built on. Today, the women that comprise the Hispanic 100 represent various professional fields such as banking, communications, entrepreneurship, education, retail, marketing and advertising, public service, medicine, law, corporate and government.
The Hispanic 100 continues to be a resource for other organizations and corporations in search for Hispanic women leaders to serve on boards and commissions.

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Homestead-Miami preview: NASCAR's new rules raise competition, emotions
Robin Pemberton arrived on the NASCAR scene as a mechanic and engine fabricator for Petty Enterprises in 1979. That longevity clearly stamps him as a traditionalist in stock car racing.
But even the remotest temptation to hold onto the old way of doing things has been greatly superseded by the duties Pemberton has performed for the sanctioning body since 2004.
As director of competition for all three national series, he has been at the forefront of executive actions intended to encourage fiercer competition and, not coincidentally, create greater theater.
NASCAR is in the entertainment business, after all. And the radically revised Chase for the Sprint Cup elimination format Pemberton and "easily three dozen" other officials hashed out last winter has evolved explosively.
The Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday, with four championship contenders engaging in a winner-take-all race within a race, will climax a 10-race Chase that has exponentially intensified competition and repeatedly brought emotions to the boiling point.
Kevin Harvick, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano and Ryan Newman are the Championship 4 survivors from which a first-time Sprint Cup champion will emerge Sunday night. The name of the highest finisher among the quartet will be engraved onto the trophy.
Contrast that to the Homestead finales in 2012 and 2013. Brad Keselowski needed only to finish 15th or better two seasons ago to wrap up a championship season no matter how challenger Jimmie Johnson fared. And last year Johnson had 23rd as a goal to protect a near-insurmountable lead over Matt Kenseth for his sixth Cup crown over an eight-year period of unprecedented dominance.
Neither is it disingenuous to point out that the least dramatic season finale in the 10 years since NASCAR went to a 10-race Chase "playoff" has been far more captivating than the 2003 season culminating in Kenseth's Cup championship.
His points advantage from midseason forward made that a foregone conclusion. It was as if NASCAR threw a New Year's Eve party but sent everybody home and turned out the lights before 10 p.m.
The new format built upon three three-race miniseasons paring contenders from 16 to 12 to eight to four has provided race-after-race pyrotechnics.
"The elimination [aspect] really put an extra emphasis on winning races and performing at a high level throughout the Chase," Pemberton said by telephone Sunday night from Phoenix. "Guys are driving every lap of every race like it's a qualifying lap. There's not a lot of [strategic] laying back right now."
Previously, a driver atop championship points standings often, and prudently, shifted into conservation gear, a prevent defense at 190 mph. That has not been entirely regulated out of the sport. But in this format, it rarely would make sense.
Naturally, emotions stirred on the track have spilled over onto pit road and in the garage area. Keselowski has been at the eye of the storm in skirmishes after Chase races at Charlotte, North Carolina, and Fort Worth, Texas.
Pemberton admitted to a "little bit of a surprise" at the volatility.
"But you could see the tension building," he said. Evident was "how the competitors adjusted their strategies, how hard they ran, the risks they [were willing to take] every lap of every race to try to get to the next level."
The pressure on drivers and teams has focused a spotlight on Pemberton and his team of officials as well.
"We knew that going in," he said. "We knew there would be a lot of scrutiny. It has been hard on everybody. But I think the officials have done an outstanding job."
Punishments typically are assessed the Tuesday after a race. The post-Texas brawl ignited after Keselowski's bold move in closing laps cut Gordon's tire and sent him spinning from a likely first- or second-place finish to 29th and, a week later at Phoenix, out of title contention by a single point.
Pemberton and Co. did not punish Keselowski, Gordon or Harvick — who had a significant part as instigator of actual physical combat — but did hand down $185,000 in total fines to six Hendrick Motorsports crew members. (Team owner Rick Hendrick paid the fines.)
Pembroke explained the thin line NASCAR officials walk in determining punitive action.
"Everybody pretty much understands that you can grab and you can push around and you can raise voices, all of that. But the minute you close your fist and strike someone, that's out of bounds."
Undeniable is that the elimination Chase format appears not to have tightened or squeezed the boundaries but loosened and extended them. And as a consequence, stock car racing expanded on occasion from ESPN onto network newscasts. That's a bonus.


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My last post , about the challenges of making it as an acoustic singer/songwriter, got read a lot. So, rather than going back to writing about my marriage, religion, battling football mascots and Wallace Shawn's penis, I'm giving Solly one more turn on his bully pulpit. After fourteen years as a concert presenter, here are five things your Uncle Sol has figured out.
Who the heck is Sol to blow hot air about concert presenting? Look: Don Kirshner I ain't. But, then, Don Kirshner never had to figure out how to draw a crowd to a folk music concert in a rented suburban church, with a minuscule budget and a staff of aging volunteers. So, listen up!
Here's my story. Fourteen years ago I got the "Hey kids! Let's put on a show!" bug. I started by taking over a local folk series in a 100-seat converted schoolhouse. Now, our series is in a 450-seat venue and we sell out about 3/4 of our concerts, with a 9,000-person mailing list and 600 multi-show subscribers. How'd that happen? Well, it doesn't hurt to be in a crowded, wealthy, entertainment-hungry suburb. But, dumb luck isn't the whole story. Here, then, are five things your Uncle Sol has learned about running a concert series. Care for a cigar?
1. You Don't Know Shit (But, You Can Learn)
Admit this to yourself: You know the music you like, but you don't know what's going to succeed in your space. You can listen to piles of CDs, stay up all night at music conference "guerilla showcases," hear that "special something" in that gal who plays the ukulele…but unless Rosanne Cash is asking to play your church basement coffeehouse, you have no idea which new artists are going to sell tickets for you. Neither do I.
Thankfully, there is a solution to this lack-of-shit-knowingness: Hard work.
Get on the mailing lists of all the venues you respect, and watch who they're booking (take note of who's selling out). Subscribe to SingOut! (please…they need us now more than ever, plus they pay old Solly to write their CD reviews), No Depression, Acoustic Live, and see who's getting the buzz. Ask your audience, over and over again, who they want to see (we do this by having every audience member fill out a questionnaire at every concert, then drawing two winners at random to get signed CDs from the performer). Listen to the radio.
Once you're intrigued by a particular artist, watch her live videos on YouTube. Study her past and future tour schedule to see the kind of places she's playing, the ticket prices, and also whether she's overexposed in your area. See if there are any concert reviews on line (taking note of any mentions of the "sparse crowd"). See if her Web site includes active social networking and mentions a publicist. Look up her attendance history on Pollstar (a coupla hundred bucks to subscribe, money well spent). Track the timing of her next CD release if she gets good radio play.
Sure, you can book your artists the way some of my neighboring presenters do. One books only performers she's "discovered" at Folk Alliance conferences. One books only artists who tickle his personal fancy (usually English harmony groups and virtuoso flatpicking guitarists) and only those he's seen perform live. One won't book blues, zydeco, Klezmer, or anything else that's not "his kind" of music. Guess what? These guys don't sell tickets.
2. Buy Low, Sell Low (and give the rest away)
Didja see the article in the Times Sunday Magazine today, about how people will spend hundreds of dollars to see the musical acts they crave? Didja see any folk acts mentioned? Nope. Fact is, we folk presenters can succeed only by always giving a sucker an even break.
First, buy low. Not for profit, as they say, is a tax status, not a business plan. Focus on artists who have a good draw but don't charge a premium for it. Smart performers who like to stay busy (Christine Lavin, The Kennedys, Patty Larkin, Red Molly, Susan Werner…) will always fill your room at a reasonable guarantee. But don't be a Chazer, Bubbie: Give them a generous bonus (percentage) after your break-even point, so they have skin in the game and get a fair share of the door. And if sales went really well, give them a little extra or a voucher for breakfast the next morning at their hotel.
Second, sell low. Our market is price-sensitive. F'rinstance, this weekend my local folk venue had a triple bill of "emerging" artists, priced at $27. Too much, guys. In our series, we charge $15-20 for an emerging artist, $25 to see a Tom Paxton or Richard Shindell, and a top price of $30 for a Marc Cohn or Nick Lowe. No parking costs, no ticketing fees, no tax. Listen to Solly: giving value is a big part of our biz.
Third, give the rest away. Figure out what else you can manage to give your audience. We give free refreshments at intermission, we hand out mints to the audience as they leave (along with a quick personal thanks-for-coming to each audience member), and three times a year we swallow most of the costs and charge $10 admission to see emerging artists like David Wax Museum or Treasa Leveasseur. As P.T. Barnum Guthrie once said, you'll never go broke overestimating your audience's love of a good bargain.
And, trust Solly: You won't go broke. As Sam-boy Walton would say, you're making it up on volume. And, since "volume" in our biz means more people coming to your concerts, you're going to be one happy boychick.
3. There's No Crying In Folk Music
A volunteer-run folk concert can be a fraught thing. The performer is driving for hours, often not knowing how he'll be treated once he arrives. The volunteers are giving up prime weekend nights to work for the pure love of music (and an occasional free CD). Your job is make everyone walk out happy.
So, here are Solly's secrets to happiness: Food, recognition, and community.
First, everybody eats! In our series, everyone eats like Fershlugginer lumberjacks. We put out a big communal dinner for the volunteers and performers to share. They freakin' LOVE that: The performers will often mention the dinner during their sets, and the volunteers always call ahead of time to find out what's on the menu. We fill the green room with snacks. THEN, all the volunteers go out to a diner after the show, on us. Yes, this adds about $250 to our expenses, which might not be in your budget; but take it from Solly, a little bit of chow makes a big difference. Anyone remember that concert presenter whose trademark was free banana pudding at every concert?
Second, don't forget a little lagniappe. Our volunteers get thank-you gifts, maybe some mail-order cakes or gift certificates, during our winter break. Our performers get a little canvas bag filled with local artisanal foods to snack on during the long drive to the next gig. Warning: you will get hugged for this.
Finally, it's no fun unless you all get along. So, we organize parties and concert outings for our volunteers. Hey, it's good to be part of the audience sometimes.
Didja ever hear the episode of This American Life, about the gift shop at the Smithsonian that kept losing cash and merchandise? Turned out the volunteers were just taking whatever they wanted. Their theory was that they were working for free, so they were entitled. Moral? Make your volunteers feel rewarded. They deserve it. And, they won't steal your favorite coffee mug.
4. Be Mister Cellophane
Okay, here's where Solly gets to complain about his friends. (Ya know I love ya, right?).
At one local folk venue, the volunteers distract the audience by constantly moving around the concert room. At another, the sound crew chatters throughout the concert. At one nearby venue, the presenter introduces the performer by putting on about five minutes of jokey schtick, including an interview of the artist; in another (which divides its evenings into two opener sets and two feature sets), there are long jokey emcee announcements before and after each Fershlugginer segment. The presenter at one of my neighbor venues owns a specialty-food business and frequently uses his concerts, and his concert mailing list, to pitch his products. Finally, MANY venues are run by presenters who are also performers, who book themselves to open most of the shows.
Don't be those guys. Like a baseball umpire or a good sound guy, if you're doing your job right no one will notice you. Keep the artist announcement down to two sentences. Mingle amiably with your audience during intermission and ask how they're enjoying the concert. Be Mister Cellophane.
5. They Like Us! They Really Like Us!
They say in business school that it takes 8 times more effort to find a new customer than to keep an old one. For us, that means making new audience members into "regulars."
You know the basics. Have a great sound system. Create a comfortable and pleasant environment. Book consistently incredible acts. Don't let anyone leave without signing up for the mailing list.
Here's one more thing: Get your audience members invested in your concert series. I see more and more series offering memberships: For a nominal amount (say $100 for a season), patrons become "members," and are entitled to perks like VIP seating or advance ticketing or freebies. Then, when Saturday night comes around, they're likely to choose to go to the place where they've put down some money for special treatment. We now have six hundred members. Six. Freaking. Hundred. Kinda handy when we have to fill another 100 seats for Cherish The Ladies, knowwhattimean?
Also, I run an online group called "The Booking Club." The members are our series' oldest and most loyal patrons. When a new booking opportunity comes up, I post a message to the Club, asking for their opinions. It's a great help to me, and it makes every member of the Club feel invested in the series and in the bookings they recommended. By the way, it's amazing how many shows your audience members see, and how much knowledge they have. Tap that, Bubbie.
Okay. As they say in show business, always leave 'em wanting more. Solly, out.


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What we love about the Bainimarama propaganda machine is the way it always reveals Frank the Fearful's nightmares. So when the propaganda machine cranks out a report about landowners receiving rent, we know landowners are asking him about land. Accoridng to the propaganda, the rent paid to landowners is all down to "the Committee on Better Utilization of Land initiated by Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama". The report doesn't say that the subsidy is temporary or that the Land Bank gives Bainimarama the right, so long as he's PM, to do whatever he wants about land. Unlike the NLTA, it doesn't tell him he's got to act in the best interests of the landowners. It says he should act in the interests of the economy. Up till now, to keep the sugar industry working the regime has been kicking in money to top rents up to reasonably fair levels. But once he's confirmed as PM by winning an election, watch out landowners, the subsidy comes to an end. Bainimarama has eyes on your land, just as he has eyes on every other asset in the country. And the Land Bank gives him an iron grip over tenants rights as well.
Fiji Village: 30/04/2014 Land owners earn over $33.27 million since 2008


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The States of Christ
In this chapter we learn about Christ's various states, that is, His various roles in which He acts at various times.
His pre-incarnate state is His state before His conception and birth.
Christ existed before His conception and birth. His divine nature as the Son of God is eternal with the Father. In the OT, He appeared in the form of a man (Joshua 5:13-15). He became a real man at His conception as a little baby. During His earthly ministry Jesus often made reference to His pre-incarnate state: "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM" (John 8:58). "Father, glorify Me in Your own presence with the glory that I had with You before the world existed" (John 17:5).
Theologians typically speak of the life of Jesus as following a progression from humiliation (His birth, His sufferings, His death, His burial) to exaltation (His resurrection, His ascension, His rule in heaven, His second coming to judge the living and the dead).
It is important to realize that in the midst of His humiliation, glory attended key moments of His earthly life. John wrote, "We have seen His glory" (John 1:14).
For example, despite the humble circumstances of His birth, the glory of God shone around a group of shepherds (Luke 2:8-14). At His baptism, He humbled Himself to become one with His people, to assume the obligation to obey every aspect of the law. At the same time, the heavens opened and the Holy Spirit descended like a dove upon Him (Matt. 3:16). We could also mention His transfiguration (Matt. 17:2-8).
His exaltation began at His resurrection, when God shook the whole earth and brought His Son back from the dead in order to indicate that He was completely satisfied with His Son's work. In His resurrected state, Jesus came out of the grave with the same body that had been put into the grave, but the body was changed. It was in a glorified state, which was a foreshadowing of our resurrection bodies (1 Cor. 15:42-45).
His ascension was His elevation to His coronation. The Son of Man was received into heaven and crowned as the King of kings and the Lord of lords (Acts 2:34-36). He is not only ruling as King but also ministering as our Great High Priest. He is interceding perpetually for His people in the heavenly Holy of Holies (His offices of Priest and King will be discussed in the next chapter). It is from that place of exaltation that He will return in glory to consummate His kingdom.
[Adapted from Everyone's a Theologian by R.C. Sproul]


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Today, 8 January 2012, is the 9th birthday of TaoSecurity Blog. I wrote my first post on 8 January 2003 while working as an incident response consultant for Foundstone. 2843 posts later, I am still blogging. Looking at all 9 years of blogging, I averaged 315 per year, but in the age of Twitter (2009-2011) I averaged only 171 blog posts per year.
I plan to continue blogging, but I expect around the same number as last year -- somewhere in the 60 to 100 post range. I spend a lot more time expressing my views to the press and market researchers and analysts, so I'm often less inclined to do more of that in my free time through this blog. I plan to devote any decent chunks of free time to more traditional writing. I love to use Twitter for quick commentary. Thanks for joining me these 9 years -- I hope to have a 10 year post in 2013!
If you're a security blogger, and you like this blog, please consider voting for me via the 2012 Social Security Bloggers Awards. I'm nominated for "Most Educational Security Blog" and the Hall of Fame. Thank you again!
Don't forget -- today is Elvis Presley's birthday. Coincidence? You decide.
The image shows Elvis training with Ed Parker, founder of American Kenpo. As I like to tell my students, Elvis' stance is so wide it would take him a week to react to an attack. Then again, he's Elvis.
I studied Kenpo in San Antonio, TX but I'm going to try Tai Chi again, something I first practiced about 16 years ago in Billerica, MA during grad school.
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I fucking love The Kills. And dogs. So for me, it doesn't get any cooler than Alison Mosshart's sex voice singing I'm loyal, I got the heart of a dog.
This must be the second single from the forthcoming Ash & Ice, following Doing It To Death. The video was directed by Sophie Muller. The song is up on Spotify as well.
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The earliest reference to Lampeter is believed to be 1187, when Owain Gwynedd destroyed the King's castle of Pont Steffan (Stephen's Bridge in English). The remains of this castle later became the foundations for C. R. Cockerell's college building, and still form part of the university campus.
Lampeter and its surroundings are home to a theatre, a museum and a number of locally-owned shops rather than national chain stores.
Although Lampeter is in the heart of rural Ceredigion it has a reasonable bus service to the larger towns of Carmarthen and Aberystwyth.
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Located in rural Florida between the communities of Ellenton and Parrish on Hwy 301, C & K Smoke House BBQ has been turning out pulled pork, ribs, and chicken since 2003. It's an unassuming and simple white building, but it's pretty popular with local residents.
From CKSmokeHouseBBQ.com:
"...dry rubbed with an elite blend of flavorful seasonings and spices. The meat is slow-smoked over aged oak wood for the perfect flavoring that makes every meal, a mouth-watering, lip smacking experience...Our restaurant offers old fashion BBQ cuisine, side dishes, in a charming little Smoke House that is clean and friendly with a stunning country view."
My only regret is that I haven't been able to try the food. I've driven by the restaurant several times, but it's always been before or after lunch time. :-(


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Guantánamo lawyers want to photograph scars of waterboarded Sept. 11 'mastermind'
A U.S. Marine attorney defending alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed asked a military judge Friday to let lawyers photograph scars on the ankles and wrists of the man who U.S. agents waterboarded 183 times.
Marine Maj. Derek Poteet sought a court order to collect the photos as evidence on the same day that he and other Sept. 11 defense lawyers revealed they wrote President Barack Obama seeking declassification of the CIA program that snatched, interrogated and secretly locked up their clients for years in secret "black site" prisons.
Defense lawyers argue that what the CIA did to the men, from 2002-2006, should be made public at the death-penalty tribunal, which the prosecution proposed on Friday should start with selection of a military jury in January 2015.
The current classification restrictions of the so-called Rendition, Detention and Interrogation program "only facilitate further concealment of war crimes committed by agents of our government," they wrote.
The letter was signed by nine military and four civilian lawyers, all paid by the Pentagon to defend the five men accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11, 2001 hijackings that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, the Pentagon and Pennsylvania.
The plea to the commander in chief capped four days of pretrial hearings that focused on allegations of torture by the CIA.
And Poteet cast the photography request as a bid to collect proof of scars left on his client's wrists and ankles.
Later, the brother of Vicki Costanzo Yancy, who was killed aboard Flight 77 at the Pentagon on 9/11, called an encounter he had with the defense lawyers "one of the most distasteful events of my life." Richard Costanzo, who attended the hearing with his twin brother Raymond, said he couldn't "point to the marks on my sister's wrists because they couldn't find her wrists."
Victims observing the proceedings as guests of the Pentagon accused the defense lawyers of focusing on alleged torture as a delaying tactic.
"They've lost sight of the true goal here," said Costanzo. "We're not here to change America. We're here to get justice."
At issue in the photography motion was not if, but who would take the photos "to preserve evidence in this case."
Prosecutor Jeffrey Groharing argued the photos should be taken by Combat Camera, an elite military photography unit whose website boasts that soldiers take photos for the Secretary of Defense for use in both "public affairs" and "information warfare."
Poteet argued that team members should make the photos and subject them to a security review, while his client, Mohammed, listened nearby attired as a self-styled warrior for Islam. He wore a green camouflage jacket draped with a white headscarf atop a white gown, his beard dyed rusty red.
Cheryl Bormann, defense lawyer for co-defendant Walid bin Attash, similarly asked to have a team member photograph something on her client, a Yemeni man whose lawyers says they indicate he was tortured in CIA custody. Bin Attash, who lost a leg before Sept. 11 in a battle in Afghanistan, was sporting a camouflage jacket in desert colors not the Woodland pattern favored by Mohammed.
Prosecutors don't concede the U.S. tortured the men, who got to Guantánamo in 2006, three and four years after they were captured in Pakistan and held in different secret sites around the world out of reach of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Instead, Groharing argued that given a Defense Department restriction on the dissemination of detainee photos, the special Pentagon unit should photograph and maintain them.
The 9/11 case judge, Army Col. James Pohl, did not rule on the request. But it emerged in court arguments that a day earlier the judge allowed the military and civilian defense lawyers to pose for Combat Camera with their clients.
Defense lawyers said they took the group photos to take abroad and vouch for the attorney-client relationship as they do investigations and preparations for the death-penalty trials of the five men accused of hatching the 9/11 plot or training, funding and making travel arrangements for the 19 terrorist hijackers.
In other developments Friday:
• Defense lawyers asked the judge to order the U.S. government to return non-networked laptops to the five alleged 9/11 conspirators that they had used in trial preparation during the Bush administration. They argued it was privileged defense work product. Case prosecutor Bob Swann said the lawyers could get the laptops but not Mohammed and his alleged accomplices, who have been issued e-readers.
• Cmdr Walter Ruiz, lawyer for alleged conspirator Mustafa al Hawsawi, who fasts, asked Pohl to order the prison staff to notify Hawsawi's legal team if the prison intends to force-feed his client. Ruiz noted some world medical groups oppose Guantánamo's practice of forced-feeding, and asked to be given time to meet with his client if such a procedure is being considered.
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My September fundraising event for my Guitars 4 Good project (re. childhood cancer awareness) is called 'Gigging 4 Gold': it's a play on words (digging for gold); gold is the colour of the ribbon for childhood cancer awareness and the bands will in fact be gigging for gold (i.e., money).
Stereophonics' PA, Natalie, has sent me an autographed photo of the band to sell/raffle on behalf of Guitars 4 Good. Aberdare of course is Stereophonics' home town.
The bands performing at the fundraiser are being interviewed over the 3 weeks leading up to the gig, on Radio Tircoed, an FM radio station (Swansea) which has a large audience.
I also have Solving Kids' Cancer wristbands which will be sold on the night. The proceeds from which will go to a 5 year old Mia Chambers from the town next to mine, Merthyr Tydfil, who is suffering from neuroblastoma.


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It has been a great Sunday. As I write this I am sitting on my back patio under the ceiling fan, rocking on my wooden bench with Stanley by my side. The temperature reads 90 but where I'm sitting it feels 75. Nice! Blue skies, clear sunny day with a slight breeze.
It is at times like these that I have confidence that the oppressive heat of summer is dissipating. Although we may have some scorching days over the next month, it is bearable because I know that cooler weather is just around the corner.
The heat of a Texas summer is like certain times in our lives when we are on the hot seat. It is at those times when unrest, discomfort and hard times oppress us and we begin to think that our lives forever will be stuck in the Texas summer heat. Whatever your hot seat is...whatever your hard time is I encourage you to look up. God is faithful and He hears our prayers. When your hope is in God you most certainly will see cooler weather ahead. The hard times of your life will pass and the next season will come.
We've been blessed this week and have received abundant rain. A soaking rain, actually. The trees, flowers and plants on my patio are rejoicing, I know! As I walk around and drive around I smile to see nature coming back to life and turning back to green! A sigh of relief. Nothing like a cool glass of water (or a summer soaker rain) to refresh us....
Well, Stanley is asleep and I'm starting to get sleepy, so we are going inside to take a nap. :) Yes, this Sunday is simply wonderful and nice.
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By Dr. Ink
Much has changed at what used to be The Wellington Steak & Martini Lounge in Mission Hills.
For starters, you can actually see inside the place from the sidewalk, thanks to the installation of big, front windows. The interior is exceptionally brighter with its freshly painted white walls, light-wood table tops, and live greenery dropping from the center of a tall ceiling.
It's now called Bar by Red Door, which remains under the ownership of Trish Watlington. She also runs the adjoining farm-to-fork restaurant, The Red Door.
Gone are the swanky chandeliers and heavy fabrics that defined the dim, loungy setting for eating steaks wrapped in puff pastry. Though still intact is the six-seat bar, now fronted by river stones, and a crafty cocktail list that doesn't exclude martinis.
Happy hour extends to a few different cocktails that change daily, plus a couple of wines and beers that rotate less frequently. Several items from the small-plates menu are also discounted.
The drink specials are written on a mirrored wall in removable paint markers, which makes for tricky reading against the reflecting daylight.
The food bargains of the day aren't listed anywhere. They were rattled off to me by a chipper, fast-talking bartender, which tested the memory banks of my strained brain after a long workday. I craved a printed menu listing all of the offerings as much as I did a beer and nosh.
Skipping over the various cocktails, such as a strawberry daiquiri and "blushing mule" with gin and pomegranate — at least on this initial visit — I caved into my ongoing quest for a palatable sour beer, and found one here.
Served in a can and priced at $5 during happy hour, the organic "Ready Set Gose" by Uinta Brewing Company in Utah offered a smooth, dry finish without the funky sourness that can sometimes taste like rancid white wine in other brands I've tried.
This is brewed with salt and coriander, which added complexity while teasing out the malt.
Watlington is known for sourcing produce from local farmers as well as from her home garden, so you can bet that any dish involving vegetables here or at The Red Door will taste fresh and bright.
Such was the case in the garden veggies I ordered for $7 (normally $8). The medley featured snap peas, zucchini, radishes, baby carrots and sprouts, all flash-sautéed and dressed in a light chimichurri vinaigrette speckled with red chili flakes.
Had I grown up eating vegetables this way, and with a cold beer to wash them down, my parents would have never found smashed peas and carrots hiding under my plate at the end of dinner.
Drinks: 4
The drink specials are limited to a few cocktails, which I didn't try, plus a couple of wines by the glass and canned beer. The latter included a drinkable sour beer by Uinta Brewing Company, which the bartender said will stick around for the coming weeks.
Food: 5
The discounted options change daily. On this visit they included carrot-pesto flatbread, vegan nachos, free-range chicken wings, and a terrific "farm-to-fork" medley of garden veggies.
Value: 4
Though the discounts are nominal, many of the drinks and food items are made with organic ingredients.
Service: 4
The bartender on duty was attentive and doubled as the server. He was also tasked with reciting the daily specials. A printout listing them would work better.
Atmosphere: 5
The remodeled space is quaint and bright, and looks out to the street. It features a small liquor-stocked bar, several tables and a few booths.
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- A heart-opening five-day experience that begins with a welcome dinner and opening ceremony on Tuesday evening and ends with a closing ceremony Friday evening and farewell breakfast and one more gathering Saturday morning.
- Daily group gatherings led by Liz where we'll dive into our bold moves + journals + conversation.
- Time in community to explore meditation, ritual, and everyday sacredness as ways to be more present in your daily life.
- Daily meals* and snacks that will nourish you and invite you to see food as a form of soul care. You'll have one lunch on your own to explore the area and have time to yourself.
- The opportunity to connect with kindred spirits who might just become life-long friends.
- Time away from your day-to-day roles where you can just show up as you.
- A chance to practice making your small moves so you can begin to truly implement them when you go home.
- A care package that will come to your mailbox before the retreat that includes goodies to get you excited and focused before we gather.
- One-on-one coaching with Liz before and after the retreat (details below).
- A One Move toolkit.
- A Soul Talisman necklace that we'll create together.
- A lip-sync off (For real!)
- Evening activities: Opening and closing gatherings, an art & soul brunch, and other activities.
- Snacks and hot tea/coffee provided daily.
- Surprises and treats throughout our time together.
One-on-One coaching with Liz will include a 20-minute individual session before the retreat where we'll discuss the One Bold Move you're thinking about and come up with a focus for your journey at the retreat. Then after the retreat, we'll schedule a one-hour coaching call for follow-up, connection, and further brainstorming. The opportunity for further coaching will be available.
Note: There are just 10 spots available at the Summer One Move Retreat (2 are left), which will provide a lot of opportunity for deep connection and space for alone time too.
*GF and vegetarian options will be provided at every meal. Please share any food allergies on the registration form and we will take those into consideration as much as possible when planning meals and snacks. If you have food concerns, we will communicate with you or provide a sample menu if needed as we get closer to the retreat so you can decide where you might need to supplement based on your individual needs.


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Frederick in Frederick County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Historic Frederick Barracks
War of 1812 Period
In addition to serving as a military command center and arsenal, the barracks aided in safeguarding Maryland state documents during the war, and holding captured British soldiers after the Battles of Bladensburg and Baltimore.
1777 — As the American Revolution unfolded, the Maryland General Assembly authorized construction of the Barracks.
1782 - 1783 — German prisoners of war captured by the Americans were quartered here at what later became known as the "Hessian Barracks."
1802 — Lewis and Clark used the barracks as a depot for supplies gathered to outfit their Corps of Discovery expedition to the American West.
1812 - 1815 — By April 1812 United States troops were
1850s — The Agricultural Society of Frederick County held their annual exposition here. This evolved into what is now the Great Frederick Fair.
1861 - 1865 — Doctors nurses and volunteers cared for soldiers wounded at South Mountain, Antietam, Gettysburg, Monocacy, and other Civil War battles.
1868 — The Maryland School for the Deaf occupied the barracks and surrounding property. To make way for the school's Main Building, the west wing of the barracks were dismantled.
Location. 39° 24.533′ N, 77° 24.582′ W. Marker is in Frederick, Maryland, in Frederick County. Marker is at the intersection of Clarke Place on Clarke Place. Touch for map. At the Maryland School for the Deaf. Marker is at or near this postal address: 101 Clarke Place, Frederick MD 21701, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The Frederick Town Barracks (here, next to this marker); United States Army General Hospital #1 (here, next to this marker); "The Great Baby Waker" (a few steps from this marker); Hessian Barracks - Witness to History (a few steps from this marker); These Barracks Frederick Town Barracks (within shouting distance of this marker); The Frederick Brick Works (approx. ¼ mile away); Gen. Bradley T. Johnson (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Frederick.
Categories. • Notable Buildings • War of 1812 • War, US Civil • War, US Revolutionary •
Credits. This page was last revised on May 14, 2017. This page originally submitted on May 12, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. This page has been viewed 147 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on May 12, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.


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About Lingaraj Appa Engineering College Bidar
Lingaraj Appa Engineering College (LAEC), Bidar, was established in 2011 with 5 UG and 3 PG courses. LAEC has a serene campus life to provide technical education in Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Computer Science Engineering of B.E./B.Tech and M.E./M. Tech. All courses are approved by AICTE and the college is affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum. The campus has an active Training and Placement Centre with good placement record in recent past The Training and Placement Centre is headed by a placement officer and a faculty member to coordinator from every department along with one student as a co-coordinator from each department. With good reputation, our Training and Placement Cell enthusiastically brings many Indian and MNC companies for the recruitment of on-campus and off-campus placements. The campus is facilitated with EDUSAT for teaching renderings. LAEC organizes regular training programs as a part of continuous learning to both faculty and students.
LAEC believes not only providing quality education in technical education, but also encourages the students to enthusiastically participate in games and sports, this makes our college as one of the destination colleges to the students. Eco-friendly atmosphere with lush green vicinity creates zeal and enthusiasm among all the pursuing graduates. The placement cell is well equipped with staff and infrastructure to ensure smooth placement process. LAEC has a strong sexual harassment prevention and grievance redressal programmes. Also, LAEC does not tolerate ragging and proposed to implement strict anti-ragging department. The college's alumni association is registered and provides a platform for aluminous to interact with the college also to update the students regarding new trends in the career opportunities. LAEC takes up special measures to monitor the slow learners and drop out students. It also monitors the career growth of the students. The students are always encouraged to participate in different administrative responsibilities to build leadership qualities in them.
Admissions are based on ranks obtained in Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) for Karnataka domicile candidates, COMEDK admission process for both Karnataka and non-Karnataka candidates, and of course some Management quota seats. Our college takes part in conducting regular job fairs each academic year in the campus and many MNC's and also Indian-based companies are being invited to benefit our students. Each department is in harmonic coalition to better share the knowledge for benefitting students of all engineering departments. College also offers various facilities like auditorium, gym, separate hostel for boys and girls, central computer laboratory along with individual departmental labs, a 24-hour medical surveillance, sports and games, cafeteria, central library along with and a separate departmental libraries, and transport facility.
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- Training and Placement Cell of our college is in constant touch with alumni in utilizing their expertise and to have better industry-institute interactions.
- Faculty members take initiative to give soft skill training along with our placement office to make them succeed in the campus drives.
- Special assistance will be given to the graduates who are not placed through campus interviews, to take up jobs through off-campus mode.
- The institute has an independent Training and Placement Office headed by a professor designated as a placement officer and supported by a placement coordinator from each department.
- Language lab is established in the department of T&P to provide soft skill and English language training.
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The Question:
Can a gay man who will likely never be married wear a Tallit Gadol during Shacharit and a Kittel during Rosh Hashonah , Yom Kippur, and for those who have that custom, on the night of Pesach?
Halachic problems:
Rabbi Shmuel Gelbrad in his Otzer Taamei Haminhagim (Rite and Reason in English, translated by Rabbi Nachman Bulman and published by Mifal Rashi Publishing) brings down that the majority of Ashkenazic communities are accustomed that men may wear a tallit gadol only after they get married and brings several reasons for this custom. He similarly explains that this is the custom as well with regard to a kittel though he avoids directly dealing with the reason of why only married men wear one.
The Svora:
There is a very clear and accepted precedent in halacha, brought in numerous sources for accepting extra minhagim (customs) on oneself. A classic example is wearing a gartel (a ritual belt worn by most chassidik Jews). While many are not born into a family with this custom, it is clearly accepted that there is no problem with taking it on.
Further, the Mishna Brura (17:3) clearly paskins that a man should wear a tallit gadol from the age of 13 onwards and is very surprised by the minhag some ashkenazi communities have of waiting for the time of marriage.
Therefore, it would seem that if someone wanted to take on this minhug, there would clearly be no halachik difficulties given that many sephardic and even some ashkenazik communities already accept it.
The question of a kittel however is somewhat more difficult. While Rabbi Gelbrad does not discuss any reasons why unmarried men do not wear a kittel (the only reason I have ever heard is related to one reason he explains for wearing one at all: The kittel will remind a person of the garments that a person is wrapped in at the time of death and will cause him to remember that death could be close by and to do teshuva. Since a married man has a family to support, he will feel this closeness much more than the single man who has fewer responsibilities.), it would seem clear that there are no communities which are accustomed to allowing unmarried men to wear a kittel.
While technically it is not prohibited to do so, we have a general rule of minhagim that we do not accept new ones on ourselves which no one else does unless the person is a leader of the generation. A classic example is Rabbi Sheinberg, Shlita, one of the leaders of the generation who lives in Jerusalem. He is accustomed to wearing almost 300 pairs of tzitzit with every single different twist and turn of every single different custom. However, if the average person were to do such a thing, people would look at him as someone who is haughty and showy, as if to say, "I'm so much holier than the rest of you that I do things no one else does." Therefore, when there are no communities that allow such a minhug, we generally do not allow a person to take it on.
However, the case of a kittel is slightly different.
The talmud in tractate Brachot 17:B brings the case of a man who wishes to recite the Shema on the night of his wedding. The rabbis (majority opinion) say he may do so while Rabbi Shimon Ben Gamliel uses the above principle to say that he should not be showing off to say I can do things that most people wouldn't do. The talmud goes on to explain that the reason the rabbis permitted saying shema on the night of the wedding is because he would simply be doing what everyone else is doing and therefore would not stand out even though technically he should not be required to do this.
A parallel may be drawn to our case. Even though technically an unmarried man has no requirement to wear a kittel, since he would simply be doing what everyone else was doing and so would not especially stand out, it may be permissible for him to wear a kittel if he so desires. An important piece of information to remember however is that when accepting upon yourself these minhugim, you are making an oath to always follow them which may never be changed unless you specifically have in mind that this should not be an oath or if you go before a special rabbinical court to ask for permission to remove this oath.
As with all my svorot l'halacha, I must ask that as much as possible, you please do not take this on face value and first look into the sources and see if this makes sense to you and only then decide whether to follow this or not.
Bhatzlacha Raba.
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The CLS 63 was introduced back in 2006 and Mercedes decided to change some the exterior elements. The changes also appear on the non-AMG models.
Compared with the current model, the new model gets:
– New front-end with only 2 grilles instead of 3
– Different wheels, similar in style to the 911 Turbo. Upgraded from 18in to 19in
– Rear LED lighting
– Carbon spoiler
– Different exhaust
Mercedes CLS AMG wouldn't be getting a power boost beyond 514 HP under the hood but since the information doesn't come straight from the German manufacturer, we're hoping that it was just a rumor and indeed the CLS will be getting some horsepowers.


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