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Joined: 10 Mar 2007
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Location: Ireland
Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 8:16 pm
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Heh, finished College the other day and celebrated by buying a bunch of games I've been wanting for ages, plus one that just came out:
Final Fantasy III:
The recently released DS version of the NES/SNES classic. For me, this is where Final Fantasy really started, this is the game that introduced Job switching and proper characters with backgrounds and stories. The storyline is classic Final Fantasy: four heroes chosen by light to prevent their world from sinking into darkness.
The game is rock-hard - almost on par with the insane difficulty of Final Fantasy XII - and it's nicely refreshing in this age of games that can be finished in a matter of hours, where the single player mode is just an excuse to add online multiplayer. It's nice to have a challenge for a change ;)
Blazing Angels:
Saw this a while back, then recently discovered it lying in the pre-owned section of 360 games with a pleasingly low price tag :p
Anyone who used to waste coins on the great old flying games in arcades - like Afterburner - will have a blast with this thing. With 42 actual WWII fighter planes and bombers to fly, arcade-style survival and dogfight modes, online play and of course, single player missions that are actual battles from WWII, what more do you want?
The controls are very tight, and the planes actually feel like real planes, as opposed to either lumps of lead with wings or pieces of paper. Banking, rolling, climbing and maneuvering all feel very realistic, and thankfully not much time is wasted with take-off and landing. You spin your rotors a few times and you're in the sky, no fuss.
For me, this game also has a certain sentimental value, since my great-uncle was shot down while on a bombing run during WWII, so I'm completely lapping this up.
Note: The German pilot voices are
, they sound like cheesy cartoon voices or something. Since I lived in Germany for quite a few years, and speak fluent German, I actually find them even more grating. Doesn't help that they're almost constant, but at least it's good incentive to shoot them down faster :p
Double Note: The main pilots are all Americans... I hate it when WWII games are made by American companies, want me some good ol' RAF boys :)
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland:
This is the first Tony Hawk's game I've bought since Pro Skater 3, and I have to say I'm very happy with it. Haven't spent much time with it yet, but the controls are sharp as a pin, skating feels very natural, and it's basically 2 games in one since they threw in classic Tony Hawk's mode as well as the free-roaming story mode. Well worth the money.
Need For Speed Carbon:
Again, haven't picked up a NFS game since Underground 2, but this baby practically screamed 'Buy Me!' I've hardly put it down since I got it, except for one other game which I'll get to later >.>
More race-modes, more cars, more tuning options... heck, more
than any other NFS game, and it looks wonderful as well.
Metal Gear Solid - The Twin Snakes:
I've been after this for a long time, and one of my local game stores recently got it in again, so how could I resist?
To me, this is the best of the Metal Gear series. Best story, best characters, best gameplay. I do miss over-the-shoulder aiming though...
Resident Evil Zero:
Another game I've been after for ages that finally came back into local stores. This was the only Resi Evil title I didn't own, so I just had to snap it up :)
Loving the original story, but again, where's my beloved ots aiming?
And finally, the BIG one:
Legend Of Zelda - Twilight Princess:
As a huge Zelda fan I've wanted this since the day it came out, however, one thing stopped me from buying it: the fact that the price tag for the Gamecube version is the same as the one on the Wii version. Why should I pay that much money for a last-gen console game? I got a good deal on a trade-in though that let me pick this up for half-price, and now I'm seeing just what I've been missing. Seriously, I'm just drunk on Zelda right now, and this game is bloody massive. Nine temples total, and I'm already 10 hours in and just about to start the third temple... that's a lot of play time :p
Anyway, definitely the best Zelda title and as always with these games, fantastic fun to play.
"There will be no white flag above my door,
I'm in love and always will be"
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Location: USAFA
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 2:11 am
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Wow. Some good choices, but I can't imagine spending that much.
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Joined: 10 Mar 2007
Posts: 161
Location: Ireland
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 8:56 am
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Actually, I only spent about £50. I traded in a lot of old stuff, and only Zelda cost more than £25 to begin with. I effectively got 3 games 'free' on trade-in, Zelda half-price and Final Fantasy for £10 because of a special offer. Neat huh?
"There will be no white flag above my door,
I'm in love and always will be"
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Joined: 05 Feb 2006
Posts: 1456
Location: Finland
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 9:44 am
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chaos-drone wrote:
Actually, I only spent about £50 pounds. I traded in a lot of old stuff, and only Zelda cost more than £25 to begin with. I effectively got 3 games 'free' on trade-in, Zelda half-price and Final Fantasy for £10 because of a special offer. Neat huh?
Pretty neat deal, indeed. I like scavenging all those sales bins at stores, because sometimes you get good games almost free. Of course that means that the games aren't the latest ones, but since they're new to me it doesn't matter.
And congratulations for finishing the college ^_^
Who keeps the Five Worlds off the maps? Who keeps the lostech under wraps? We do, we do.
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Joined: 11 May 2007
Posts: 7
Location: California, United States
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 1:40 pm
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Right now, I'm living it up as a Nintendo fanatic, which means-
Super Paper Mario (Wii): The consequences of it being a RPG-Platforming hybrid is that it's incredibly quick for an RPG, and incredibly dialogue-packed for a platformer. But the story is quirky and there are hours worth of extras.
Phoenix Wright- Ace Attorney (DS): I almost missed this gem of a game. Objections! Cross-examinations! The judicial process has never been more exciting! I sound like a promoter! Yippee!
Fire Emblem- Path of Radiance (GameCube): A turn-based tactics game from the makers of Advanced Wars. Emphasis on weapons, character classes, and throwing the controller in frustration because units that die stay dead (except when reseting).
I finished Zelda: Twilight Princess, and it's awesome yet so similar to the other Zelda games and I don't want to spoil it.
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Joined: 10 Mar 2007
Posts: 161
Location: Ireland
Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 9:04 am
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Finished Twilight Princess last night (not completed yet, but finished the main storyline)
I loved the Ganondorf fight at the end, definitely the best battle against him they've ever done. OK, so the whole game was by far the best Zelda, but there were
of the other games I liked better, but man, that boss battle was fantastic.
In other news:
Starcraft 2
This is just sorta starting to sink in with me
since I've been on a Zelda high all week
I highly recommend watching the awesome trailer... now, excuse me while I go and give praise before the altar of gaming awesomeness >.>
"There will be no white flag above my door,
I'm in love and always will be"
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Joined: 03 May 2007
Posts: 118
Location: USAFA
Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 4:35 pm
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I don't even play many RTSs and I'm psyched for Starcraft II... Is that bad?
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Joined: 10 Mar 2007
Posts: 161
Location: Ireland
Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 7:20 pm
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imreader wrote:
I don't even play many RTSs and I'm psyched for Starcraft II... Is that bad?
Actually, I think it's a common virus called Starcraftitis. In Korea they apparently use it to create Starcraftiagra >.>
Kingdom Hearts 2
for £10 in a clear-out sale yesterday... now if I can finally get around to finishing the first one, I'll start 2 tonight...
"There will be no white flag above my door,
I'm in love and always will be"
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Location: my mind....i have no clue. ask him.
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:50 pm
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if ya see a game called lord strickers world keep in mind i made it with a friend... :)
if you can't see what happend you can't blame me. your fired.
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The Bracero Program began in 1942, and was an agreement between the United States and Mexico, which started the legalization and control of Mexican migrant workers along America's southern border area. The US was recovering from the social and economic damages caused by the Great Depression, while also sending many of its potential laborers off to war in Europe. So there was a serious need for workers in the country. The program lasted until 1964, and it is estimated that in this 22 year period, approximately 4.6 million Mexican nationals came to work in the U.S. as braceros. In the first year of its creation, the Bracero program led to the US importing roughly 215,000 Mexican nationals to work as agricultural laborers and then another 75,000 would be sent to work of the Southern Pacific railroad along with 20 or so other railroads.
In this continuation of our series on immigration, Dan and Elizabeth focus on the Mexican-American experience within the United States: instances of racism, the importation of Mexican workers, and how Mexican-Americans were intentionally excluded from the welfare state.
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Show Notes & Further Reading
Zamora, Emilio. The World of the Mexican Worker in Texas. College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 2009.
Katznelson, Ira. When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America. Reprint edition. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2006.
Cohen, Lizabeth. Making a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919-1939. 2nd edition. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Fox, Cybelle. Three Worlds of Relief: Race, Immigration, and the American Welfare State from the Progressive Era to the New Deal. Princeton N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2012.
Ngai, Mai. Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America. Updated edition. Princeton University Press, 2014.
Feature Image: "Mexican Farm Workers Who have been Accepted for Farm Labor in the U.S. through the Braceros Program"


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Best Buy Will Now Be Home to 600 Microsoft Stores (Online Too)June 13, 2013 No Comments
In one genious move by Microsoft, the Microsoft Store will automatically be blanketed over the united states in over 600 locations. Microsoft has teamed up with Best Buy to bring the Microsoft Store to Best Buy. They even have a dedicated webpage on the Best Buy website http://www.bestbuy.com/windowsstore.
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Microsoft and Best Buy announce the Windows Store only at Best Buy
June 13, 2013
Store-within-a-store will launch this summer at more than 600 Best Buy locations, offering Windows-based PCs, tablets, accessories and support from dedicated, Microsoft-trained staff.
REDMOND, Wash. — June 13, 2013 — Microsoft Corp. and Best Buy Co. Inc. today announced a strategic partnership to create the Windows Store only at Best Buy. The comprehensive store-within-a-store will be in 500 Best Buy locations across the United States and in more than 100 Best Buy and Future Shop locations in Canada.
Ranging in size from 1,500 square feet to 2,200 square feet, the Windows Store will be the premier destination for consumers to see, try, compare and purchase a range of products and accessories, including Windows-based tablets and PCs, Windows Phones, Microsoft Office, Xbox, and more. Each store will feature an innovation space highlighting a variety of Windows scenarios across devices; a showcase section with the latest Windows-based PC form factors such as ultrabooks, convertibles, detachables and all-in-ones — including portable devices; and a standalone area featuring Microsoft Surface.
"The Windows Store offers a large-scale, hands-on customer experience that will show customers how Windows and Microsoft devices and services can make it easier for them to work and play," said Tami Reller, chief marketing officer and chief financial officer of the Windows Division at Microsoft. "We're pleased to partner with Best Buy in bringing the latest technologies to consumers at scale in a unique environment where they can explore how Microsoft products fit together across entertainment, travel, music and other scenarios."
In addition to the dedicated Microsoft specialists already working across Best Buy locations, the alliance will add more than 1,200 Best Buy Microsoft-trained sales associates to create an engaging customer experience at scale.
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I have been testing a great new viewfinder for the Panasonic GH4 that fits onto the GH4 LCD itself.
You can purchase VARY-i from www.vary-i.com for 278 euros. I get to keep my review loupe which will come in very handy for filming with my GH4.
This is my first attempt at a video review since my mini stroke.
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Great to see you out and about. Looks like a good piece of kit doesn't it. Would it fit another Panasonic product like the GX8 do you think?
Nice discover, thank you Philip!
Great Idea.
Thanks Philip
FYI: I contacted Vary-i and they said no GX8 hood at the moment. Depends on demand.
Looks good. Glad to see you back reviewing gear.
Hello Philip, I wonder if I may suggest a few improvements to the Sony FS5,
1. Stop the continuous warning signs to tell you that the card is finished all over the camera.
2. If you change the zoom direction on the lens, the monitor display is the opposite.
3. The worst one is the focusing indicator, why does it go off? It would be nice if it stayed on when in manual mode or stayed on all the time.
Is it possible for you to pass this to Sony?
Also can you advise me which lens will fully function with the camera, thank you.
Hi, yes good to see you are active again and presumably very much better. I ordered a VARY-i for my GH4 which arrived a couple of days ago. I liked what I saw in your blog and can confirm that it is exactly what I have been looking for. It is very specific for the GH4 but I suspect that it would not take much for the brackets to be re-designed for other cameras with identically sized screens. OK, it is not easy to touch the screen with it on, but if you are using the camera manually as I do for focus most of the time, that does not matter.


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May 26th, 2020
One of the limitations of standard agile methodologies is that they are designed to operate primarily at the team level, with product owners, developers, testers, and other disciplines working together as a single team. So when you want to adopt agile practices on large programs or within large organizations, a scaled agile approach may be more appropriate. Learn how to scale agile with SpiraPlan.Read More
May 22nd, 2020
On May 13, 2020, Inflectra's agile champion - Sriram Rajagopalan, Ph.D. hosted a live webinar in the Risk Management webinar series. This second webinar in the series explored the how-tos of Leveraging a risk register to manage risks in programs and portfolios.
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On May 13, 2020, Inflectra's automation champion - Alexey Grinevich, Ph.D. hosted a live webinar in the UI Automation 101 webinar series. This second webinar in the series explored the hows-to of leveraging Rapise Visual Language (RVL).
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May 7th, 2020
It was only about six weeks ago that we wrote our first article on TeleTesting, our suggestions for dealing with the sudden move to teleworking and distributed agile teams, and how to ensure that high-quality, well tested software is still released. It seems like an age since that article was released, with changes in lifestyles and working patterns that will probably persist for most of this year. In this article we check in to see how it has been going.Read More
May 5th, 2020
Often we get asked the question, how do you determine the Return on Investment (ROI) of purchasing and using SpiraTest to manage a team's requirements, test cases and defects. If the organization in question is using another tool (for example Micro Focus / HP ALM) it is easy, you simply compare features and license cost. However what is the ROI and business case for teams that are using manual methods, using MS-Word and MS-Excel instead of a tool? This is a bit trickier to calculate, so don't worry - we've put together a handy spreadsheet to help you out!Read More
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On April 29th, 2020, our automation champion - Denis Markovtsev, Ph.D took us on a journey exploring the testing of MS Dynamics 365 for Sales Through the UI. The webinar focusing on the following how-to's:
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When you're as big as this cruise ship—and it's really big at 964 feet long, 105 feet wide, and 91,000 tons—it can be hard to stop. So you have to make sure you slow down in time or you'll destroy things because once again, you're a really big ship. This cruise ship, the Celebrity Infinity, didn't stop in time and slammed into the side of a dock at Ketchikan Harbor in Alaska, downing part of the barge and busting up a few mooring dolphins.
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Your marketing or SEO team should already be familiar with Moz as a resource for tools and information. Their SERP analysis tool is one of the best around. In particular, you should make sure that your team is paying attention to the following metrics.
Difficulty – also called ranking difficulty or keyword difficulty, this metric will tell your team how hard it might be to achieve a page one ranking for the search term being analyzed. The larger the number, the harder it will be to achieve a ranking that is better than that of the page being analyzed.
With a high number here, i.e., a high keyword difficulty or ranking difficulty, it might be worth making a tactical retreat from joining an aggressive fight. It might be more favorable overall to pursue a keyword that is more targeted and has a better opportunity for ranking well.
Opportunity – you'll want to see a large number here. To ascertain this score, Moz Explorer looks at the first ten links on page one of search engine results and estimates the average clickthrough rate. If a lot of people are clicking these links, opportunity is good.
Potential – the mother of all metrics. This combines all metrics to suggest whether this keyword is worth pursuing. Low keyword difficulty in combination with good opportunity will give you a higher score for potential.
Page Authority – here, you can learn the authority of your competition's pages. It produces this score by looking at link metrics. The higher the score, the more the authority for that page.
Domain Authority – this uses similar algorithms to determine the authority for the root domain. To simplify, you might consider this the authority of the homepage or an estimate of the perceived authority of the website in general.
Moz's tool is easy to use so head there if you want results fast.
3. Ahrefs Keyword Explorer
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Ahrefs describes its keyword explorer as 'the most complete keyword research tool on the market.' With its 14-day free trial, you can easily judge for yourself. One of the reasons we like it is that it allows you to enter more than one keyword at a time and you can see how the traffic is shared. It will come up with plenty of suggestions and variations to enhance your SEO research and analysis.
Quick, convenient, and powerful, this tool delivers a great combination for analyzing your keywords and making actionable decisions.
Metrics to pay particular attention to include:
Difficulty – not every keyword worth using has to lead to a fight to the death. Targeting or stumbling across keywords that Ahrefs predicts will be easy to rank for is a good thing.
Clicks – other competitive analysis tools will give you an idea of how many people are searching for keywords and how the top sites are ranking. With Ahrefs, however, you will also see actual clickthrough data, which tells you how many people are clicking on those links.
SERP Features – check out the SEO metrics of top-ranking pages, as well as how well they have ranked over the last year. This gives you more than a snapshot of a business's performance, but a story of their journey over time. This information can be very useful for forming your content and SEO strategy.
You may also be interested in reading "How to Get Google to Index Your Blog Content More Quickly"
4. SpyFu SERP Analysis
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Users of SpyFu will see that it's not only an easy to use tool for SERP, but that it also provides clear information regarding rank worth, which can be described as the dollar value of monthly clicks.
When it comes to keyword ranking difficulty, SpyFu reminds us that the domain strength (the presence of keywords in domain names) needs to be taken into account. For example, the as of yet imaginary domain 'PlungersinOhio.com' is likely to dominate for the keyphrase 'plungers in Ohio,' Because the coveted keyphrase is in the domain name – and the page title and meta description too if they're smart.
It might be difficult, though not impossible, to compete with them for this keyphrase if their business appears multiple times on the first page of search results. A marketing department might decide that it's prudent to search for an alternate keyphrase with less competition. When multiple homepages appear on page one, this is also a sign that it will be more difficult to rank for this keyword or keyphrase.
Rank worth – the estimated number of monthly clicks is based on analysis of the top organic result. Rank worth is the estimated value of these clicks. It is measured regarding equivalent Adwords dollars.
Note that this estimate is not the same as cost per click multiplied by the number of clicks. SpyFu makes adjustments for SEO.
Domain Diversity – this refers to whether a single domain dominates the selected keyword. Alternatively, there may be a variety of sites with top ranking frequently changing hands.
Which is better? Marketing and SEO teams should be cautious of either extreme. This is one metric where a moderate result bodes best.
Rank History – this tool will allow users to build up a picture of the performance of a competitor for any keyword over the last year. This can provide an insight into the firm's strengths and weaknesses and opportunities for your business to rank better.
Your marketing or SEO team will also see clearly where the top ranking pages put their keywords, estimated clicks, and domain strength.
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SEOQuake is a toolbox for browsers, which makes it a very convenient tool for your SEO or marketing team. It can provide users with influential insights, even when they are not specifically performing SERP analysis. With a tool like this, your team will not miss a trick when it comes to getting ahead of the competition.
It installs in seconds, works on the fly, and has been designed to do so with no interruption to your surfing. This doesn't make it lightweight, however. Users can perform thorough audits. It provides a lot of information at a glance, including page ranking, internal and external links, and social stats. It will also allow users to compare the stats of domains and URLS very easily.
Perform a search in Google and SEOQuake provides useful stats beneath every search result. It will very quickly communicate a range of information including the wealth, or otherwise, of any site's backlinks.
For a more in-depth look at any of the metrics, you can click the metric, and it will take you to a more detailed report.
SEOQuake's parameters include Facebook Likes, Alexa Rank, and the age of the domain. If your team is savvy enough, it can extend SEOQuake to include custom parameters. Ever used a web resource and wished it did just a couple more things? SEOQuake might be the SERP analysis tool to satisfy your desires.
The speed and accessibility of SEOQuake's SERP overlay make it very useful as a rank checker. It will enable your marketing or SEO team to see the results of its SEO efforts straight away. For example, it will very quickly provide users with an updated Google index (the information is based on how many pages Google has indexed), and evidence of social proof on Facebook (in the form of likes) and Google+ (in the form of pluses). It will also provide ranking information with regards to top marketing site Alexa, a heavyweight in competitor analysis, keyword research, and site and content audits.
You may also be interested in reading "5 Effective Content Analysis Tools You Need to Try"
SERP Analysis Conclusion
Competitor analysis is integral to SEO. For most small businesses, there's not much point going directly after keywords and keyphrases that are dominated by big players with strong domain authority and impressive backlinks. It can be wiser, more efficient, and cost effective to go down the road less traveled and pick up potential customers who are using more specific search terms.
If you don't know who your competitors are and what they are doing, your marketing efforts might be for nothing. It's not enough to be better than the competition. You need to be smart too. And any of these smart SERP tools will help.
You may also be interested in viewing our handpicked blogging tools.
If you are running a business attached to a geographical location, you may refine your efforts to include localization, making the most of local search and mobile search.
With these SERP resources, your marketing or SEO team will be able to make informed decisions about how it spends its time. It can use real, up-to-date data to work out a strategy that will propel your business up the rankings and land you that coveted page one SERP ranking, or more than one. It might find that the best course of action is to stop chasing down particular keywords because they are very difficult to rank for, and don't provide much opportunity either – a killer combination.
Whatever your SEO goals, give these tools a try and see how they focus your efforts and streamline your strategy.
Related: The Best Blogging Tools Handpicked by Blogging Experts
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Iran's constitutional watchdog said on Sunday it would seek possible charges against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for allegedly violating rules by accompanying his chief adviser to the election registry office the previous day.
The dispute appears to stem from an ongoing confrontation between Ahmadinejad and the ruling clerics in Iran following years of power struggles.
It could also herald potential difficulties for Ahmadinejad's protege, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, to be cleared for the presidential election on 14 June to choose Ahmadinejad's successor.
The president himself is not running since Iran's constitution bars him from seeking a third term in office.
The group that complained on Sunday, the Guardian Council, also vets all candidates for the presidency. Mashaei is among more than 680 hopefuls, but no more than a handful will be selected for the final ballot.
State TV quoted Guardian Council spokesman Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei as saying the claims against Ahmadinejad will be referred to the country's judiciary for possible charges.
The council's members said public fund rules were broken when Ahmadinejad accompanied Mashaei to the election registration office on Saturday, said Kadkhodaei.
A conviction could bring a maximum punishment of six months in jail or 74 lashes. Kadkhodaei did not elaborate.
Ahmadinejad has strongly pushed Mashaei as his political heir, but there are serious obstacles to his protege making the final ballot. Mashaei has been denounced by hardline clerics as leader of a "deviant current" that seeks to undermine Islamic rule.
Mashaei has long been Ahmadinejad's close confidant, and the president's son is married to Mashaei's daughter. State TV on Saturday showed a smiling Ahmadinejad accompanying Mashaei as he submitted his papers at the registry office, and the president raised his aide's hand in a gesture of support.
Ahmadinejad's opponents have repeatedly accused him of using public funds to promote Mashaei.
So far, the race for the presidential vote is almost certainly to include many of those considered loyal to the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has been angered by challenges to his authority by Ahmadinejad and the president's allies.
Among the presumed frontrunners is senior Khamenei adviser Ali Akbar Velayati, Tehran mayor Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, prominent lawmaker Hadad Adel and leading nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili.
Another powerful and divisive figure registered on Saturday – Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former president who still wields enormous influence.
In other election-related developments, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman has stepped down after joining the race.
A report by the semi-official Mehr news agency said Ramin Mehmanparast resigned from the post. It gave no reason, but the report late on Saturday came just hours after the deadline to register for the election expired.
Mehmanparast will be replaced by Abbas Araghchi, a member of Iran's nuclear negotiators team, the Mehr agency reported. Araghchi would also continue his current job as deputy foreign minister in charge of Asia and Oceania.
The British-educated Araghchi, 50, served as Iran's ambassador to Japan from 2008 until 2011.


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Most of us are not experts in auto-body repair. So it's crucial for a used-car shopper to do their homework before buying.
"If you buy a car that has damage that you don't know about, it could not only become unreliable, but it could endanger your family," said Becky Warren, Car Safety First Coalition.
A random group of people were asked recently to pick, just by looking, which of three used cars sustained previous damage. No one picked up on the damage. One person picked the correct car because it was her preferred color. Liking the color, or guessing, are certainly not the best ways to shop for a used car.
There are several vehicle-history-report services available online. Your car dealer might offer one to you. However, if it's the government's NMVTIS (National Motor Vehicle Title Information System) report, be careful.
For example, on the damaged car in the test, the NMVTIS report shows there's no problem. It comes up clean with no red flags to warn against purchasing. But the CARFAX report shows accident damage reported for the same vehicle.
Another option is to have a certified mechanic examine the vehicle.
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NFL tight end Aaron Hernandez was charged with murder Wednesday afternoon in the death of an acquaintance, a semi-pro football player from Boston, the dramatic culmination of several days of what appeared to be patient evidence-gathering by investigators.
Mr. Hernandez was arrested at his home Wednesday morning following an investigation that began last week with the discovery of a body, later identified as a Odin Lloyd, in a North Attleborough, Mass., industrial park near Hernandez's home.
In a hearing Wednesday at a district court in Attleboro, Mass., prosecutors alleged that Hernandez had "orchestrated [Mr. Lloyd's] execution" after a disagreement at a Boston nightclub June 17, citing evidence from surveillance videos taken the night of the murder, according to Boston.com.
Shortly after video of a handcuffed Hernandez being led out of his home was broadcast, the New England Patriots issued a statement saying he had been cut from the team.
"A young man was murdered last week and we extend our sympathies to the family and friends who mourn his loss," the team wrote. "Words cannot express the disappointment we feel knowing that one of our players was arrested as a result of this investigation…. At this time, we believe this transaction is simply the right thing to do."
As the investigation into the 23-year-old's alleged involvement in Lloyd's death progressed, police made repeated searches of the Hernandez home and surrounding areas, and a daunting list of potential links between Hernandez and the murder mounted.
The player had been with Lloyd on the night of his murder, and reportedly had his home professionally cleaned just hours after Lloyd was shot. Authorities also reported that Hernandez had intentionally smashed his cell phone and home security system following the death.
The Patriots drafted Hernandez from the University of Florida in 2010, and in 2012 he was awarded a five-year, $40 million contract from the team.
But his time as a college and professional football player had been marred by repeated allegations of violence and drug abuse.
Most recently, a Connecticut man filed suit this month alleging that Hernandez shot him outside a Florida strip club in February, destroying his right eye and leaving him "substantially disabled," according to the Boston Globe.
Prosecutors said in court Wednesday that on the night of the murder Hernandez and two others drove Lloyd to the industrial park and shot him five times. Surveillance cameras at the industrial park captured the arrival of the car with Lloyd and his shooting, and video taken in Hernandez's own home showed the player entering the house with a pistol around 3:30 a.m., the prosecution alleged.
For Hernandez's part, his attorney, Michael Fee, said the evidence against his client is "circumstantial ... not strong. However, Judge Daniel J. O'Shea ruled to hold Hernandez without bail, according to Boston.com.
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said in a statement that Hernandez's ties to the murder investigation were "deeply troubling."
"The Patriots have released Aaron Hernandez, who will have his day in court. At the same time, we should not forget the young man who was the victim in this case and take this opportunity to extend our deepest sympathy to Odin Lloyd's family and friends," he said.


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One of the things I have to do on a regular basis is to make decisions for which I am unsure of the outcome. I guess you have to do that as well.
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We all find ourselves in situations where we have to make use of historical information mixed with our best guessed or researched outlook of the future to make a decision today that has implications for our tomorrow.
You may have heard it said that:
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That's the disclaimer you will get when investing your hard-earned money but then you still have to take a decision. Might I also add that doing nothing is also a decision.
So when faced with a decision, are you going to choose faith or fear?
For example, I recently made a big ticket purchase and the question I wrestled with was not whether I should buy but why I should buy.
Was I buying because of the prospects of growth and expansion (faith) or was it so I could keep out the competition (fear).
The faith argument says that "this infrastructural investment is needed to support our growth and expansion plans" and fear tell us that "if we don't do this, we are going to lose out to the competition". Both decisions will be driven by the same historical facts and can seem logical.
Is faith or fear the driver of your decisions?
Fear can be driven by factors such as:
- A lack of faith in our own abilities
- Negative external circumstances
- Change
- Possible conflict
- Attitude to risk
Fear makes us reactive. When you act out of fear there is the tendency to dwell on the negative facts and resort to escapism, paralysis or aggression.
For example, you may feel that you are not a good public speaker and as such you shy away from all speaking engagements (escape). Or you stay in a job that you don't like or find fulfilling because finding a new job would mean that you would have to give up a comfortable schedule (paralysis). Or you can become defensive in your position and refuse to step forward to explore new opportunities (aggression).
How can you choose faith?
Faith does not have to be blind. The person who acts out of faith may recognise negative circumstances and still move forward in faith.
Faith is proactive and recognises the challenges that the future presents but believes that the chances for success are high. People who act in faith do not allow the negatives to overpower their chances of success, happiness and reward.
How to eliminate fear and decide in faith
It is highly unlikely that you can eliminate fear, but you can reduce its influence on your actions and decisions.
Here are 5 simple actions to practise.
#1. Stop being a perfectionist
The drive to succeed and become perfect or the best often leads to the fear of making mistakes and hence procrastination and inaction. Mistakes are an inevitable part of being human. Mistakes are a fact of life.
#2. Embrace failure
Look at failure as an opportunity to learn, improve and grow. Asking for feedback from other people involved can turn up valuable lessons that can be applied in the future. It's also good not to take failure personal so that it has no impact on your self-esteem.
#3. Accept that you can't control everything
You can't always control what happens to you but you can certainly control how you react to it. There are times when you have crossed all the "T's" and dotted the "i's", everything seems perfect but yet things end up not going according to plan.
#4. Focus on your strengths
Opportunity lies in the future and not in the past. Instead of focusing on the negatives that scare you, focus on what you are good at. Let this strength be your source of energy and enthusiasm.
#5. Ask for support
Don't wait until everything fails before you ask for help. Being alone can magnify fear. It's easier to act in faith when you have people you can go to for advice, or simply to act as listening ears. Support can also be in the form of a trusted friend, a coach or a mentor.
The next time you make a decision, remember that you always have the choice to move forward in faith and be proactive.


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Friday May 3, 2019
80 West Broad Street, Hopewell - 609-466-075 - www.hopewellpresbyterian.org
Gently used housewares, china, furniture, linens, jewelry, clothes, small appliances, books, toys, seasonal, and more. Benefits the church's local and international mission projects.
Friday May 3, 2019
May 3 - May 5
Under the guidance of workshop facilitator Jean Robinson, LPC, learn how to explore difficulties while enhancing the quality of your relationship in a safe environment. You will learn tools to build a strong, supportive connection, heal repetitive disagreements, and understand each other's perspective. Please contact the front desk at (609) email@example.com for more information or to register.
Friday May 3, 2019
7pm - Friday Dance Party - American Ballroom 1523 Parkway Avenue, Ewing - 609-931-0149 - www.americanballroomco.com, $10.
7:45pm - Friday Dance Social - Jersey Dance West Windsor Arts Center, 952 Alexander Road, West Windsor - 609-375-8468 - www.jerseydance.com, $15.
8pm - Folk Dance - Princeton Folk Dance - Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton Street, Princeton - 609-912-1272 - www.princetonfolkdance.org, Beginners welcome. Lesson followed by dance. No partner needed. $5.
Friday May 3, 2019
A spaceship with Captain Tempest at the helm makes an emergency landing on the uncharted planet of D'Illyria. The only residents are the mad scientist Dr. Prospero, his daughter, Miranda, and their retro robot, Ariel. They were banished into hyperspace when Miranda was just a baby, and she has known no other world than this one. This tale of unrequited love, a scary space monster, dialogue in iambic pentameter, and lots of fun songs all adds up to one groovy show! Loosely based on Shakespeare's The Tempest and the 1956 sci-fi film "Forbidden Planet," the show parodies 1950s sci fi, while paying homage to Shakespeare and much-loved rock 'n roll classics such as "Great Balls of Fire," "The Monster Mash" and "Good Vibrations," among others.
Tickets are $20 for adults, $18 for seniors, and $16 for students/children and may be purchased online at www.KelseyTheatre.net or by calling the Kelsey Box Office at 609-570-3333. Kelsey Theatre is wheelchair accessible, with free parking next to the theater. For a complete listing of adult and children's events, visit the Kelsey website or call the box office for a brochure.


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We can finally announce the availability of the first release candidate of phpBB 3.0.8 aimed at experienced users in an effort to increase the quality of final releases.
Please scrutinise this release in-depth and report issues to the bug tracker. Critical bugs halting the board's operation should be reported immediately. Feel free to contact developers directly about such problems.
We recommend that international support sites update their sites to RC1 too. We are able to provide direct support to them within our international support sites forums.
Tagging/Reviewing fixes
On our new tracker QA team members can still mark bug fixes as verified. Use the "Verify Solution" button from the button set at the top of the ticket. Of course prior to clicking you should have properly checked whether the bug was really fixed. Comment on the respective bug if you find problems so the fix can be corrected.
You can find a list of unverified fixes at http://tracker.phpbb.com/secure/IssueNa ... stId=10055
Language Packs and Styles
We already gave out instructions to language pack authors to let them update their language packs in a timely manner. The changes are provided with the code changes package (see downloads section below). Style authors should also download the code changes package and adjust their styles accordingly. Please post within our Styles forums if you have questions or encounter problems.
New features, changes, bug fixes
phpBB 3.0.8 is a maintenance release fixing a number of bugs as well as solving a few usability issues. The release fixes a problem with the recaptcha plugin which could have helped spammers circumvent the captcha in some cases. A thank you goes to Evilzone.org for highlighting a few bugs and giving us an overall good security rating. A misbehaviour of message queuing has been fixed in this release. If you experience delayed notification messages after the update, please increase the queue package size in e-mail settings.
The full changelog is available at http://tracker.phpbb.com/secure/Release ... ctId=10010 or in the changelog file within the docs folder contained in the package which includes previous releases.
Available packages
If you experience problems with the automatic update (white screens, timeouts, etc.) we recommend using the "changed files only" or "patch" method for updating.
- Full Package:
Full phpBB 3 source code and english language files.
- Automatic Update Package:
Update package for the automatic updater, contains changes from previous release to this release.
- Changed Files Only:
Complete files, but only those that were changed since previous releases of phpBB 3. This archive contains changed files for every previous release.
- Patch Files:
This file contains diffs against the previous phpBB 3 release, which can be applied with the patch utility.
- Code Changes Package:
This package contains MOD instructions for changes to the following sections: Language changes, prosilver style changes and subsilver2 style changes.
- For new installations you should use the Full Package
- For updates of boards without modifications you can use the Automatic Update Package (guided update) or the Changed Files Only package (manual update).
- For updates of boards with modifications you should use the Automatic Update Package. If you are confident with patch files and patching you can use the Patch Files Package.
- Style Authors and Translators may use the Code Changes Package to update their styles or language packs.
- International Support Teams may use the Patch Package in conjunction with the Code Changes to better support users with problematic conflicts during their update process or to help them update code sections.
- If you are a hoster/provider, you may want to use the Patch Files Package to update all of your client installations.
Download Locations
The download is of course available on our downloads page.
Our release archive provides all packages we build. If you do not find your desired package you can probably find it in the release archive.
These are the files with their md5 sums:
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To correctly perform an update, do not forget to re-enable the PHPBB_QA constant in your includes/constants.php file. Otherwise you are not prompted for an update in the ACP and the automatic update will eventually fail.
Download & Documentation
- phpBB Downloads
- phpBB Projects page @ ohloh
- phpBB 3 Documentation
- phpBB 3 support forum
- phpBB 3 bug tracker
- phpBB Code Forge
- phpBB Code Wiki
Have fun with the release,
the phpBB Team


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On Thursday 19th October 2010 The Kutumbh Centre Project was presented before the Northampton Borough Council Planning Meeting. Neelam Aggarwal (chairperson) and a number of IHWO committee members attended the meeting to give support to our project. IHWO is pleased to report that all eleven Councillors gave overwhelming support for the go ahead of our project and they recommended to WNDC to hastily grant planning approval. IHWO expect our project to be heard by the WNDC planning committee in November.
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Meet Our New Program Director!
Chien-Hsin Tsai is the new Program Director for World Languages at Washington Academy of Languages....READ MORE
Edgar Schein, the notable author on organizational culture claimed that all his important life lessons stem from recognizing that those from other cultures view things differently. I like to think of this simple, yet profound statement as an encapsulation of the theme of diverse leadership, and to a bigger extent, the theme of human diversity.
Much of the discussion today around human diversity stems from an equity and social justice lens. What this is primarily concerned with is that there are complex and structural systems of power that impact the human condition. By addressing these systems and then shifting the historic inequalities that have been built up over time, a sense of justice is achieved.
While I continue work to make the human condition better both through my work both professionally and in the community, as a person who studies and teaches about leadership, I always ask what I call, "The Leadership Question."
That is, how does diversity fit into your own view of leadership?
One example that I can think of is when I served on the board of a local nonprofit community organization. This organization's focus was to help train and develop civic capacity in under-resourced communities. This consisted of teaching and training leaders, many of whom spoke little to no English.
During one board meeting in the initial weeks after the organization was formed, one of the conversations centered on having a diverse board and ensuring that the board represented the community that the organization served. The short answer is that it did not, so efforts were undertaken to make better inroads into the community and be intentional about finding potential leaders who might be interested in serving on the board.
Diverse leadership at the board level not only ensures that more ideas are brought forth, but that differing perspectives, experiences, and abilities can be leveraged to help the organization.
While it is one thing to work to achieve diversity in the first place, the deeper question that blends the equity and leadership perspectives is: What is the impact of human diversity (in all its forms— ethnically, socio-economically, linguistically, ability-wise, gender, orientation, experience, perspective, etc.) on the mission and the organizational as a whole?
Think about your organizations, schools, associations, corporations, businesses, or even official public entities and services. Do your leaders account for the myriad wisdom, talent, skills, and energies that exists in the communities that they serve and if so how? If not, why not? For you as a leader, how do you go about making that happen?
That is why this subject of human diversity, at least to me, is a leadership issue. Leaders who recognize the need for change (in this case, a change in the makeup of the leadership group) and can bring other leaders in the conversation about change and diversity are one of the biggest assets to any organization.
It's a small step to a more fair and just world.
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As we dive further into earnings season, investors will do their best to focus on relatively strong U.S. data, as opposed to decisions by the Fed, the Greek debt crisis, and other factors hindering the recovery. On Tuesday, investors saw Apple (AAPL) crush market estimates with their quarterly earnings. The shares soared the most in three years as iPhone and iPad sales doubled that of last year's holiday season. What's more, Apple has now narrowly taken over Exxon Mobil (XOM) for the world's most valuable company by market capitalization. While it is unclear how long the firm will remain in first place, Apple's rally is certainly helping to prop up markets amid investor concerns [see also The Ten Commandments of Commodity Investing].
Today will follow suit with more bellwether earnings as AT&T (T) will be releasing their most recent quarter's results. The telecom giant will look to make a statement as its largest competitor, Verizon Wireless, missed analyst estimates on Tuesday and saw its share price tumble. Investors will be especially curious to see how AT&T's quarter turned out given the news that Apple sold a record number of iPhones last quarter. Though AT&T is no longer the exclusive iPhone provider, this will still account for a good chunk of their revenues and it could mean a strong quarter for the firm [see also How To Invest Like UBS In 2012 (Using Only ETFs)].
Analysts are calling for EPS of $0.43 with revenues just below the $32 billion mark. If all figures are met, this will represent a 1.5% growth in sales for all of 2011 with total revenues eclipsing the $125 billion line. Investors will note that T has either met or surpassed its last four earnings estimates, which bodes well for a good report today. The firm will report before market open so look for the stock to gap at opening depending on which way the report goes.
With this major announcement on tap, today's ETF to watch will be the Telecom ETF (VOX) from Vanguard. This fund seeks to replicate a benchmark that consists of stocks of large, medium, and small U.S. companies in the telecommunication services sector. Top holdings include none other than AT&T (22.9%), along with Verizon, Sprint Nextel, and a number of other household names. This fund has been relatively flat over the past year, but with a dividend yield of 3.2%, that may be just fine for those utilizing this ETF for its income stream. As far as today's trading is concerned, VOX will rely heavily on AT&T's earnings and will likely move in line with the announcement [see also Three ETFs For Smart Phone Exposure].
[For more ETF analysis, make sure to sign up for our free ETF newsletter or try a free seven day trial to ETFdb Pro]
Disclosure: No positions at time of writing.


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A healthy alternative to ice cream or sugary ice lollies on a hot summer's day.
Is it just my child or do all kids start shouting for ice cream once the temperature gets over 10 degrees? The weather is a bit unpredictable here lately and last week I got caught out on a sunny day with no ice lollies in the freezer (bad bad mum!). I did have a large tub of yoghurt in the fridge so I decided to make some frozen yoghurt bark.
Now usually if I tried to offer the fussy eater a yoghurt instead of an ice lolly I would get the mother of all tantrums in response, but the novelty factor of this yoghurt bark went down well and she even ate the nuts and dried fruit. Incredible!
I used a low fat strawberry yoghurt for this but it would work just as well with full fat or fat free varieties of any flavour. I will definitely be making this again and will probably experiment with the toppings. Freeze dried strawberries and raspberries would be lovely and maybe some chocolate chips too.Print
Frozen Yoghurt Bark
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 3 mins
- Total Time: 8 minutes
- Yield: 8 1x
- Category: Snacks
- Cuisine: European
A healthy alternative to ice cream or sugary ice lollies on a hot summer's day
- 450g yoghurt
- 25g flaked almonds
- 25g dried cranberries
- Mix the yoghurt and half the almonds and cranberries in a freeer-proof dish. I used an 8in square dish but you could use a bigger one if you want thinner pieces of bark.
- Sprinkle the remainder of the almonds and cranberries on top.
- Freeze for 2-3 hours until the bark is solid. Remove from the freezer and break into pieces. I let the yoghurt thaw for around the edges to make it easier to remove from the dish.
- Eat immediately or store in freezer bags for up to one month.


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National Siblings Day: 21 Celebrity Brothers & Sisters We Loveby Tattle Taylor at . Updated at .
Ahhh, siblings. You can't live with them, you can't kill them.
Today is National Siblings Day! The other day a year we pretend to like our built-in best friends because social media tells us to. (The first day is Christmas, because presents, obvs.)
In honor of National Siblings Day, which is probably a totally made up day created by someone attempting to bury the hatchet with a brother or sister by publicly professing that Imma let you finish by my sibling is the best sibling ever, our celebrity gossip editors thought it would be grand to take a look at some of our favorite star siblings:
From the fabulous to the feuding to the famewhores, Hollywood is rife with celebrity siblings. Now to decide if you and your siblings are more or less dysfunctional than they are.


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Marina Berlusconi: Feminist Icon?
He's been counted down-and-out prematurely before, so those predicting that a decision on a tax-fraud conviction — slated to come down from Italy's Supreme Court as early as Thursday — will finally spell the end for the resilient Silvio Berlusconi may want to hold back. But even if the former prime minister really is temporarily ...
He's been counted down-and-out prematurely before, so those predicting that a decision on a tax-fraud conviction — slated to come down from Italy's Supreme Court as early as Thursday — will finally spell the end for the resilient Silvio Berlusconi may want to hold back. But even if the former prime minister really is temporarily banned from holding public office — as this conviction, in theory, requires him to be — those who fear that the Italian political scene will grow too boring (or too functional) without him need not worry: there's another Berlusconi waiting in the wings to carry on the family name.
Reports say Il Cavaliere is eyeing eldest daughter Marina Berlusconi to take over leadership of his center-right People of Liberty party — perhaps as part of a larger rebranding of the party slated for this fall, when Berlusconi plans to change its name back to the original "Forza Italia" and "focus on young people." Marina, 46, is seen as better equipped to challenge Florence's dynamic 38-year-old mayor Matteo Renzi, a likely leader of the center-left in Italy's next elections.
So far, Marina maintains she doesn't want to succeed her father, professing that her heart is in business. But even without holding elected office, as head of the Berlusconi family holding company, Fininvest, and its publishing arm, Mondadori, Marina has become one of the most powerful people in a country where hardly any women have real clout in the realms of politics and business. Does that make the daughter of the man who brought Bunga Bunga into our vocabulary a lean in-style feminist?
Marina is the daughter of Silvio and his first wife, Carla Elvira Dall'Oglio. She was inducted early into the Berlusconi family's media empire and she rose fast — becoming a vice-chair when she was just 30 and chairwoman fewer than 10 years later. She's described in some reports as a "determined manager … both feared and respected." The Italian Huffington Post called her an "iron sergeant" who "did not hesitate" to freeze out her half-sister Barbara when the latter began expressing an interest in the publishing business. The hardworking Marina reportedly puts in long hours at the office, from dawn until late at night, only taking breaks for trips to the gym. (She's also a mother of two, married to a former dancer with La Scala opera.)
Marina's famous father, of course, has contributed to her professional success. But her lofty position was by no means guaranteed — many in male-dominated Italy once believed that Silvio Berlusconi would be succeeded as head of Fininvest by Marina's brother, Pier Silvio.
"In Italy, where women usually 'sit in the second row', this is a huge leap forward," wrote the Financial Times Deutschland in 2005, when Marina was tapped to lead Fininvest.
Indeed, Italy remains one of the most gender-unequal countries in Europe — a place where many women are encouraged to stay at home rather than pursue careers. One survey found that 81 percent of Italians believe that children will suffer when the mother works, compared to the European average of 55 percent. Italian women have complained that they are either seen as sexy veline (scantily-clad showgirls) or housewives; Marina Berlusconi is a prominent and powerful Italian woman who doesn't fit neatly into either category.
And yet Marina Berlusconi the career woman is also Marina Berlusconi, Italian tabloid magazine staple; one publication, Chi magazine, which just happens to be published by Mondadori, featured (notably flattering) photos of her topless in a 2010 special report on the Berlusconi family that included rapturous descriptions of her beauty: "She reminds us of Galatea, the most beautiful among the Nereids, with her milk white skin," one man is quoted as saying. (In 2010, Vogue Italy said Marina had "a penchant for plastic surgery" — like father, like daughter?) Britain's Daily Mail published these (notably less flattering) pictures of a "swaying and staggering" Marina who appears close to having a wardrobe malfunction.
It also happens that the media empire she sits atop is often held to be complicit in perpetuating the very stereotypes she manages to break through herself: the Berlusconi media brand is inextricably linked to the perky, giggling presenters in tiny dresses who populate its programming (and were controversially selected by Silvio after their showgirl careers were over to run for positions in European parliament.) And of course, there's her father, whom she has consistently defended — often forcefully — and who many argue has done as much as anyone to hold back women's progress in Italy, with his steady stream of sexist jokes and his distinct tendency to value beauty over brains.
So would putting Marina in power mean progress for Italian women? Or reverting to an era that some hoped they'd finally seen the last of? Could Italy's most important feminist turn out to be … a Berlusconi?
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Wishcasting: Renew
I wish to renew my living space. My home has become cluttered and unfriendly in certain (ok, many) places. I find that my favorite spaces are those that have the least amount of stuff- few knick knacks, only things that we really use or love, cleared surfaces, open space.
I wish to renew the spaces that feel overloaded, busy, or draining. I wish to repair, replace, or discard anything that isn't working properly. I wish to clear out the items that aren't contributing to our happiness or well-being. I wish to freshen up paint and carpets.
I wish to bring a renewed energy to my home because I believe the way we surround ourselves truly affects our energy.
What do you wish to renew?


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Congressman Ashford Visits Green Plains' Omaha Office
U.S. Congressman Brad Ashford, who represents the 2nd Congressional District of Nebraska, visited the Omaha office on the afternoon of Friday, Jan. 29.
During his visit to the Omaha office, Rep. Ashford met with Green Plains' management team, including our CEO Todd Becker. Rep. Ashford expressed support for our growing Company and was happy to see that our growth will move the headquarters to a new Omaha location.
Rep. Ashford finished his visit by talking with Omaha employees about his passion for representing Nebraska' 2nd District, his commitment to veterans and his work to ensure the growth of Nebraska businesses, including Green Plains.
In Congress, Rep. Ashford has been a staunch supporter of Nebraska's ethanol industry and the RFS. Last September, he was awarded Growth Energy's "Fueling Growth" award to recognize his ethanol leadership in Congress.


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During Playoffs, Poll Shows New Yorkers Back the Yankees Above All
On the eve of Game 3 between the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles on the Yankees' home turf, NY1 announced the Bronx team the definitive winners of New Yorkers' hearts in a poll on local sports teams.Conducted in partnership with the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, the poll asked men and women across all five boroughs about nine area teams, including the former New Jersey Nets, Newark's Devils and the Islanders (based in Uniondale, Long Island).
Sixty-three percent of the city's residents say that the Bronx Bombers are the best team of the last 20 years. The Giants, with two Super Bowl titles, rank a distant second, with only 15 percent of the vote.
The stats on the Yankees' hometown rival, the New York Mets, are interesting. While a rare 4 percent of New Yorkers called the Queens-based team the "best area sports team" of the past two decades, 52 percent are optimistic and say it's likely or very likely that in the next 20 years, the Mets will win their first World Series since 1986, when they forced a seventh game against the Boston Red Sox.
On MetroFocus, Marty Appel, author of "Pinstripe Empire: The New York Yankees From Before the Babe to After the Boss," shares the history of the Yankees-Mets rivalry and how the Bombers rivalry with the Boston Red Sox began in the first place.
Coming up on the October episode of MetroFocus, anchor Rafael Pi Roman talks baseball with Marty Appel, former PR director of the New York Yankees and author of "Pinstripe Empire: The New York Yankees from Before the Babe to After the Boss." Here, Appel describes the development of rivalries between the Yankees and the Mets, and the Yankees and the Red Sox.


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John 4:23 King James Version (KJV)
23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
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One of the hardest things I've ever attempted is being present with my kids when I have an agenda.
I don't think I've ever successfully pulled it off.
It is, of course, a completely inappropriate goal in the first place.
And yet I persist in attempting to pull off the impossible.
I have three amazing littles who often want to linger with daddy before bed: more books, longer-than-usual teethbrushing (as if that were a bad thing!), "daddy, I want a pink monster story"… my baby loves being held when going to sleep, etc…
But my mind can so easily be somewhere else– work, writing, housework, sex, sleep, relaxing, a snack, entertainment, introvert time… anything can be an "agenda" that pulls me out of presence.
It's not that I'm not physically present. I'm there in body.
And when my mind and my body are in two different places, I easily get frustrated, even angry. Which is odd, no? You think they'd be the ones to get mad at me. But it's usually my iceberg-under-the-water agenda that stops me from being present. On more than one occasion in my life I've had to apologize to my kids for my behavior. And usually, if not always, I misbehaved because I had an agenda.
A friend of mine and I were talking recently about parenting and she said that one of the most important skill-sets she's had to learn as a parent is the skill of apologizing. In a book about parenting, Christian author Gary Smalley apparently polled youth and young adults and asked them what's the one thing they wish they'd heard more from mom and dad. The #1 answer surprised me. It was an apology.
Our kids want and need to hear us apologize. When our minds wonder, when our agenda crowds out our capacity to be present with our kids, when our behavior suffers because of it– we need to learn to apologize.
Well, at least that's what I'm coming to understand for myself!
Author Cari Jackson calls this the 90% Rule. That most of what we say and do to each other is actually based on what's inside of us, rather than what's between us at the moment. In reference to how this rule applies to others, she says
"Ninety percent of what other people say or do in relation to you is not about you, but about themselves. This is true even if every sentence they say has your name in it, even if the examples they cite describe some of your less-than-glowing moments and illustrate areas in your life that need attention and healing." Cari Jackson, The Gift of Listening, pg 76.
But I find it most helpful to look at this 90% Rule as it works in my own life.
Though it's not the pattern I'm committed to living, Nor is it the pattern of God's behavior towards us. God, Immanuel (meaning God with us) is fully present with us. I'm finding more and more energy out of the simplicity of God's presence with me in transforming my capacity to be non-anxious, present, and engaged with my kids.
May it be so for you as well!
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Marty Troyer is the pastor of Houston Mennonite Church: The Church of the Sermon on the Mount, a church seeking the peace of Houston. You can join us anytime in Spring Branch, or visit us online athoustonmennonite.org. Marty tweets @thepeacepastor and is on Facebook as ThePeacePastor.


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By Go-Repairs
It's a good idea to be prepared for anything, but in a situation where you've been caught short, it's those that can adapt who will survive.
In this article we're going to show you how to make 6 forms of emergency candles with stuff you may have around your home.
These aren't going to be pretty, but they will give you light and heat. These designs are based around the same idea as the candle and when looking for materials to make your candle from remember - wax and fat are your friends.
STAY SAFE. Remember to take necessary safety precautions, as fire can cause damage to you, others and property.
Candles need wicks to maintain their flame, so here we have three improvised wicks you could make.
Cotton string: You may have this to wrap presents, do crafts or tie up a roast. But they make great little wicks.
Cotton strips: Find an old t shirt or similar piece of material that you know is 100% cotton and simply cut a strip to use as a candle wick.
Soft tissue paper: In a pinch you can use toilet paper, paper tissues or even kitchen roll. Their absorbent qualities mean they are good wicks. Simply twist the paper to make a wick.
If you want your wick to stand up then use a metal paper clip. Bend the clip so it has a steady base and a point that sticks out. Skewer your wick over the part that sticks out and your wick will stay up.