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Here is the latest report that Germany won the 2014th edition of Fifa World Cup and this no Brazil, no Italy, no Spain because it is all Germany and Germans.
As we all know that Germany is one of the finest and top teams of Fifa world cup and soccer sport but other Argentina and its captain Lionel Messi was a big star in this match and even majority of people around the Globe had faith in Argentina to win this cup and expected from Messi to recreate the magic of Maradonna.
But in the end, match went in favor of Germany with 1-0 victory against Argentina with the help of only goal from Mario Gotze in 113th minute of extra time from German side and it was the only goal of world cup final which helped Germany to wear the title of world cup champions for forth time after 1990.
Apart from these facts, If we're talking about the summarized review of this match so from the beginning of match Argentina seemed low in performance as Messi also had some bad lucks and missed few goal chances and similar thing was applied by Germany and later game goes for extra time but Mario's goal in middle of extra time helped their team to win this title.
Watch all happenings, highlights, fun moments and live streaming of the Fifa World Cup 2014 at www.livsports.in

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Sitting with the Father: The Intimacy of Prayer
Ok, so you've probably never heard the Lord's prayer quite like that before have you? I think most of us have probably just quoted it or rattled it off without much thought to what we were saying, but have you ever thought about what that prayer requires? It's a pretty heavy requirement, actually. When you understand what's really being said, you might have a few objections of your own.
It's a rather curious story, really. One of the places you find this prayer in the New Testament occurs when Jesus' disciples approach Him and ask Him . . . "teach us to pray." Now, if it had been me, I'd of probably told them the typical "Pastoral" thing. I'd have said, "You don't need to be "taught" how to pray; just focus your mind, open your mouth and talk to God. That's what I'd have said.
But Jesus doesn't hesitate. He answers them by saying, "When you pray, pray like this." That's pretty amazing to think that the Creator the Universe, robed it failing flesh would take the time to tell us how we can best talk with God. What's even more incredible is that so many of His children, after He has taken the time to tell us how to pray, never even really comprehend the depths of the prayer that He gave us.
So our goal is to change all of that. We want, over the next few weeks, to dig into this prayer He gave us and really come to understand it. We're going to do that phrase by phrase. Today, we begin with what you might call, "the Invocation." Jesus tells us that, when we pray, we should begin by saying, "Our Father in Heaven."
Now, we've heard that so often, that it goes right over our heads. If you'd have said that to the average Jew of Jesus day, he would have thought that you were rather irreverent. The term Jesus uses here is not in Hebrew nor in Greek. It is in Aramaic. He uses the term abba. This was the "everyday language of the family." It was very familiar language. To the Jewish mind, it was so familiar that it would have been considered disrespectful, yet Jesus didn't hesitate to speak like a child would to its father: simply, inwardly, confidently.
And I don't think that Jesus just stumbled upon the term. For one thing, Jesus used that term a lot to talk to address His Father. For another, I think He intended for you and I to be familiar with the Father as well. It wasn't that He wanted us to rob God's respect, but to learn that, even though God was the Maker of the Universe, He was also the Father of His children and we could experience real intimacy with Him.
Now, when I use that term "intimacy," you might wonder what I mean. In fact, you might wonder how it is possible to have a close relationship with God at all. After all, He's a Spirit and we are flesh and blood. He is infinite and we are limited. He is sovereign and we just think we're in control. How can mortal man relate to the immortal, invisible God at all. Well, there's another passage of Scripture that so clearly describes the intimacy we are to have in prayer and, indeed, the means by which we can have that closeness with Father. You find that description over in the book of Hebrews, chapter 4, verse 14. There it says
14 Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need'
We enter the presence of God and get close to Him through what the Bible calls our "great High Priest," Jesus Christ the Son of God. You see, we really can have an intimate relationship with God Himself.
And some may be saying, "Well, that's fine, Rusty, and maybe its important to you, but it's really not that relevant to my life. How is intimacy with God going to help me pay my light bill this month or keep me from losing it with my mouthy teenager who is extremely confident he knows absolutely everything?"
Well, let me ask you: Don't you seek the kind of relationship with God that gives you real hope for the future? Don't you want to pray and feel like your prayers are getting higher than the ceiling? Don't you want to have a deep down, genuine connection with God? Wouldn't you like to be so vitally connected to God that, when it comes time to die, you can face it with confidence? I want you to listen today because experiencing intimacy with the Living God can bring you a genuine reality of His presence to your life.
Listen because you seek a genuine reality, but also listen too because you may be seeing the wrong reward. Apart from experiencing intimacy with the Father, prayer is reduced to a cosmic coke machine. You know, you put in a prayer wish, hit the button, and out pops what you asked for. The truth is, that kind of praying actually does more to hinder intimacy with God rather than help it. That's why this message is so important. Only intimacy with God can break you from pursuing the wrong reward when you pray.
And when it comes to this intimacy in prayer, there are really three truths you need to know about it. In the first place, to experience intimate prayer with God you must believe that:
It's almost as if the writer of Hebrews anticipates our objection. Intimacy in prayer with a God you can't see, who's never suffered physical pain nor lacked for anything might be hard. You see, intimacy is based upon understanding. I have a hard time getting close to someone who doesn't "get" me.
But that's just it. Hebrews 4 makes it clear that Jesus does "get" me. He gets me because of the reality of our shared experience. V. 15 says that "he was in all points tempted as we are . . ." Hey, Jesus can relate: He's been hungry; he's been sleepy; he's angry; he's been sad. He wept at funerals; laughed at jokes; enjoyed desserts; and celebrated at weddings. Through it all, he was tried in all the many ways we are tried. He has shared our experience.
And because He has shared our experience, He, v. 15 says, knows how to "sympathize" with our weaknesses. That verb, sympathize was the same word used of the way a mother felt for her children or one brother felt for another. But this sympathy went beyond just feeling sorry for someone else. It also included the element of "active help." Since Jesus is called the "High Priest," He doesn't just feel compassion, He actually enters into our suffering and makes it His own.
You see, intimacy is possible because He shares our experience.
There's a question mark in my mind after every Discovery Class. (By the way, if you don't know what the Discovery class is, it's the class that allows you to discover more about Peace Church and whether or not you want to join our church family.) That question mark is always there. Know what I'm asking myself? I'm asking, "which one of these people will really connect and be here five years from now serving God, and which will not be?"
You see, as much as I would like for everyone to "stick," I know that some will not. Now the reason I have a question mark is not because I am mystified about how to make sure new members hang around. That answer is pretty clear. The way that new members become old members is for them to discover intimacy within this body. They have to really get connected.
And the question mark is not about how to get them connected . . . not really. You see, I know that the way that people really develop intimacy is through shared experience. So I watch. Here's what I find: People who go through a Christmas theater or do a stint at summer camp usually stick. Know why? Because they "share an experience." And its not just any experience. It's often a gruelling experience, but it is always spiritually rewarding. When you're going through hours of rehearsal or sweating through humid nights without electricity, you begin to get close to those people who are rehearsing or sweating with you. And what happens? Intimacy. There is a real connection that takes place.
It's the same in our spiritual lives. Jesus came to this earth and shared our experience with us. He wept and laughed with us. He saw loved ones die and friends betray. He knows what it is like to hurt. And the way to intimacy with God is through Christ. He shared our experience and made it possible for us to connect with Him. When we say "Our Father in Heaven," we are speaking through a High Priest who has felt everything we are feeling.
Please do not miss this opportunity! God the Father genuinely wants to relate to you! You must realize that and focus on it. He wants to relate to you so badly that He sent His Son to live with us and die for us. I know you've sinned; I know you don't deserve it; I know you think that, if there was anyone God wanted, it certainly would not be you, but that's not true. God wants to relate to you!
And that's not the only amazing thing. Not only does God want to relate to you, God also truly accepts you. Just like you are. You don't have to clean yourself up; You couldn't do that even if you tried. You'll never make yourself perfect enough for God. You have to accept the righteousness He has provided through Christ. But through Christ, God completely accepts you.
And that's still not the most amazing thing. This God who wants to relate to you and Who completely accepts you, also completely understands you. Now, I'm not speaking of an understanding that happens just because God is God and knows all things. I'm speaking of an understanding that happens because God, through His Son, Jesus, also experienced all things with us. Intimate prayer is possible because Jesus has shared our experience. But there's something else we must know about this prayer. Not only is intimate prayer possible, but
One of the cliches we use, which has a bad reputation is this one: It's not what you know its (what?) That's right! It's WHO you know. That saying just echoes, for better or worse, an unalterable fact of life: It pays to be "well-connected." Well, when it comes to prayer, this is definitely a good thing. In prayer, its all about "who you know!" In fact, if you are a follower of Jesus Christ, Who you know makes intimate prayer profitable. These verses give us 5 distinct reasons why this is so:
In the first place, knowing Christ makes infinite prayer profitable because of His Position. In the Old Testament, only the High Priest could actually come into the Presence of God to make atonement for the people. Jesus, though is the GREAT High Priest. He can, thus, offer us unique and continuous access to God the Father. His position makes intimate prayer profitable.
But, then, knowing Christ makes infinite prayer profitable because of His Authority. V. 14 says that He is the Great High Priest (note!) Who has passed through the heavens. What is spoken of here is His exaltation. Phil 2 Tells us that because of His sacrifice, God has given Christ the name that is above all names and that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. His authority makes intimate prayer profitable.
Third, knowing Christ makes infinite prayer profitable because of His Identity. v 14 goes on to say that the one Who has been exalted is none other than the Son of God, the second person of the Triune Godhead. The one we experience intimacy in prayer with is none other than God, the Son. Talking to Him and through Him to the Father is profitable because of Who He is. His identity makes intimate prayer profitable.
And that's not all. Not only is intimate prayer profitable because of His position, His Authority, and His Identity, it is also profitable because of His Power. In v 15 we are told that Jesus was tempted in every way that we are tempted, but there is a key phrase at the end of the verse. It says, "Yet, without sin." That's a powerful phrase. If Jesus had not been the sinless Son, He could not have been the great High Priest. Hebrews 2:18 says, For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted. His final triumph occurred when, on the third day, He arose with all victory over death, hell, and the grave. Rom 8:3 says: For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh. His power makes intimate prayer profitable.
Which just leads me to this last one. Knowing Christ makes intimate prayer profitable because of His help. v 16 says that we are to come boldly to the thrown of grace to obtain mercy. That is to get the forgiveness we need for the sin we've committed and to have our judgment revoked. And then it goes on to say: and to find grace to help in time of need. That's what our great High Priest gives us. He gives us just the right help at just the right time. Intimate prayer is profitable!
In his book The Pressure's Off, psychologist Larry Crabb uses a story from his childhood to illustrate our need to delight in God through adversity:
One Saturday afternoon, I decided I was a big boy and could use the bathroom without anyone's help. So I climbed the stairs, closed and locked the door behind me, and for the next few minutes felt very self-sufficient.
Then it was time to leave. I couldn't unlock the door. I tried with every ounce of my three-year-old strength, but I couldn't do it. I panicked. I felt again like a very little boy as the thought went through my head, "I might spend the rest of my life in this bathroom."
My parents—and likely the neighbors—heard my desperate scream.
"Are you okay?" Mother shouted through the door she couldn't open from the outside. "Did you fall? Have you hit your head?"
"I can't unlock the door!" I yelled. "Get me out of here!"
I wasn't aware of it right then, but Dad raced down the stairs, ran to the garage to find the ladder, hauled it off the hooks, and leaned it against the side of the house just beneath the bedroom window. With adult strength, he pried it open, then climbed into my prison, walked past me, and with that same strength, turned the lock and opened the door.
"Thanks, Dad," I said—and ran out to play.
That's how I thought the Christian life was supposed to work. When I get stuck in a tight place, I should do all I can to free myself. When I can't, I should pray. Then God shows up. He hears my cry—"Get me out of here! I want to play!"—and unlocks the door to the blessings I desire.
Sometimes he does. But now, no longer three years old and approaching sixty, I'm realizing the Christian life doesn't work that way. And I wonder, are any of us content with God? Do we even like him when he doesn't open the door we most want opened—when a marriage doesn't heal, when rebellious kids still rebel, when friends betray, when financial reverses threaten our comfortable way of life, when the prospect of terrorism looms, when health worsens despite much prayer, when loneliness intensifies and depression deepens, when ministries die?
God has climbed through the small window into my dark room. But he doesn't walk by me to turn the lock that I couldn't budge. Instead, he sits down on the bathroom floor and says, "Come sit with me!" He seems to think that climbing into the room to be with me matters more than letting me out to play.
I don't always see it that way. "Get me out of here!" I scream. "If you love me, unlock the door!"
Dear friend, the choice is ours. Either we can keep asking him to give us what we think will make us happy—to escape our dark room and run to the playground of blessings—or we can accept his invitation to sit with him, for now, perhaps, in darkness, and to seize the opportunity to know him better and represent him well in this difficult world.
Which just leads me to this observation: Not only is intimacy with Christ make prayer profitable, the real profit of prayer is intimacy with Christ. This is why so many Christians spend so much of life angry with God. I'm reminded of Ted Turner who said he used to be a believer until he prayed that his sister would be healed from cancer and she ended up dying. He said that it was that unanswered prayer that caused him to doubt and eventually deny God.
Well, while you may not have gone that far, it is certainly possible to have a lot of distance between you and the Lord because of anger and resentment. This is just a symptom of the fact that you have the wrong concept of prayer. Primarily prayer is not about relief but about intimacy. Have you been screaming for God to unlock the door? Maybe, instead, you should just crawl up in His lap and just forget about the door.
And if you're here today and you really aren't a follower of Christ yet. Maybe you've come to church this morning with a problem you want Christ to solve. It might be a marriage that is falling apart or a financial difficulty you're facing. You may have some issue that has driven you to seek God like addiction or a bitterness you can't let go of. I am glad you're here. I really am! But don't make the mistake of thinking that you can pray some magic prayer that will take all the pain away. I want you to know that God loves you and will accept you if you come to Him and receive His Son, but you must understand that the real profit of a relationship with Christ is not a marriage that gets salvaged or a bankruptcy that gets avoided. The real profit of a relationship with Christ is . . . a relationship with Christ. The real profit is knowing Him.
The Lord's prayer begins by Invoking God: "Our Father in Heaven." That title implies intimacy with God. There are some things we must know about this intimacy. First, intimacy is possible. Second, intimacy is profitable. And last of all,
Now, what I mean by that is that this kind of intimacy with God is not automatic. In fact, I would go so far as to say that it is really pretty rare. Now, don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that it is rare to make you think that it's some big mystery, or that God just chooses a few rare people to reveal Himself to. That's not it at all. In fact, just the opposite is true. Jesus said that He wanted all of us to "come unto Him . . . and find rest for our souls."
No the reason intimacy is rare is not because God is hard to find. It's because finding Him requires a couple of decisions we must make. They are right here in these verses. The first one is Salvation. v 14 says: Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. What confession are we to hold fast? It's right there before the command. It is the confession that Jesus Christ is the (one and only) Son of God. You see, intimacy only comes to those who know Christ.
No wonder, then, that you say you don't get anything out of prayer! No wonder you look at people who talk about praying and think they're a little "touched." There's a very good reason for it: Since you do not really know God; since you've never believed and made that "confession" that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, at least not in any meaningful way that impacted your life, you get nothing out of prayer. You see, you're not supposed to. If you don't know Christ, there's only one prayer God has promised to hear from you: "God be merciful to me a sinner and save me for Jesus sake!" That's the first decision that makes intimacy possible.
But there are a lot of people who've made that confession and seem to have meant it, who are not enjoying intimate fellowship with the Father. Well, there's a good reason for that. You see, there's another decision which must be made. Not only must there be a decision to confess Christ in order to enjoy intimate prayer, there must also be a decision to seek Him.
Read these verses one more time: Hebrews 4:14–16 Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.(Notice! Here it is! Here's the second decision we must make. It says) 16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
The theme of "drawing near to God" occurs over and over again in Hebrews. For instance in 11:6 we are told that anyone who "draws near" to God must believe that He rewards those who seek Him. In 7:25 we are told that Jesus is able to save "those who come to God through Him." In 7:19, we are told that, while the law could make nothing perfect, Jesus brought us a better hope through which we "draw near to God.
This is a decision we, as followers of Christ, must make. It is not automatic. If we are to have grace to help in time of need, we must come boldly to the throne. We must seek after God. That requires a priority in our lives. That requires a spiritual hunger in our hearts. So many of us don't have it!
The president of Great Lakes Christian College says that when he was a kid playing Little League baseball, his coach had a picnic at the beginning of the season. After they'd pigged out on hot dogs and burgers, it was time for the pep talk. He says that the coach always asked them, "How many of you have a dream to one day play in the Major Leagues?" Almost every hand shot up. Every kid with his hand up believed he could do it. You could see it in their eyes. He then told us, "If that is to happen?that dream begins now!"
Well, Larry, some 25 years later, became a Little League Coach. He tried the same ritual: Hot dogs, Hamburgers and the big question. "How many of you have a dream to one day play in the Major Leagues?" But when he tried it, he was shocked. He said, not one hand was raised. Not one kid believed he could do it. You could see it in their eyes. It left him speechless.
He said that, at that point, anything else in his pep talk was meaningless. He just stood there and said, "Really!?? Well. . . . ok. . . . go get your gloves and let's throw." He says,
I thought about that day for a long time. What had happened in the 25 years since I was a kid? What had come into their lives to steal their dreams? What had convinced them they would never be more than what they were?
I'll tell you what it was. They weren't believing it because they probably were not seeking it. It didn't motivate them and so they had their dreams about winning fantasy baseball or wii bowling.
That's so much like us: We have so much potential! We could be so much for God. We could have so much joy we're missing! We could have such an impact on this world, but we miss it because we miss the intimacy of our relationship with Christ. Why?
Well, its because we've never really made the decision to seek Him and that's probably because of at least a couple of things. In the first place, we lack the time. At least, that's the way we say it. We say we lack the time, but do we really? I want you to remember this and never forget it: Time is a function of priorities. You never lack the time to do anything: you simply lack the priority to put first things first. If intimacy with God is a "first thing," and by the way, it is the very first thing for a Christian, then there is always time for it!
So if the problem isn't time what is it? Well, perhaps it's a lack of desire. I think this is probably the more likely suspect, isn't it? Most of us just have no desire to pay the price to have intimacy with Christ. If that's so, let me give you three quick applications about your desire, and I'll be done: First, desire for God is a work of the Spirit. Eph. 2:1 says, "And you has He made alive who were dead in trespasses and sins." We, apart from the Spirit have no desire for God. WE must ask Him to give us the desire to know him like this.
Second, desire for God must be cultivated by our attention. We must daily refocus ourselves on God through a focused time of prayer and interaction with His Word.
Third, desire for God must be protected from worldly distraction. I don't have to tell you that all the media and TV in this world innundates our minds, seeking to drag us away. If we are to seek Him, we must shut down the distractions.
There awaits for the seeking believer and incredible relationship with God through Christ. It can bring a lasting peace that disease can't kill and trouble can't stop. It can bring an awareness of God that you never thought possible. It can sustain you through the worst difficulty and give you a real passion for life. It is the intimacy that is reflected in that first phrase of the Lord's Prayer. It comes from knowing "Our Father in Heaven."
Matt Proctor writes:
My 5-year-old, Carl, and my 3-year-old, Conrad, love it when I dress like them. After they put on jeans and a blue T-shirt, they'll come ask me to wear jeans and a blue T-shirt. When I do, they have a saying. They will survey me, survey themselves, and say, "Look, Dad—same, same." For my birthday, Carl bought me a North Carolina blue mesh shirt … because he has a North Carolina blue mesh shirt. We could be "same, same."
When I play living room football with my boys, Conrad will not let me play standing—so big and scary and towering above him. The theological term for this is "completely Other." Instead he insists I get on my knees. When I am down at eye-level, Conrad puts his hand on my shoulder and says, "There. See, Dad—same, same." They like it when I enter their world ….
This summer, I scraped my leg working on my house. When Conrad fell down and scraped his leg, he pointed at my scab, then showed me his and said, "Hey, Dad—same, same."
Here's the point … God himself has felt what we feel. In the Incarnation, he chose not to stay "completely Other." He got down at eye-level, and in the Incarnation, God experienced what it's like to be tired and discouraged …. He knows what it's like to hurt and bleed. On the cross, Jesus himself prayed a psalm of lament: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (Psalm 22:1).
In your pain, you may be tempted to say, "God, you have no idea what I'm going through. You have no idea how bad I'm hurting." But God can respond, "Yes, I do." He can point to your wounds and then to his own and say, "Look: same, same. Me too. I have entered your world, and I know how you feel. I have been there, I am with you now, I care, and I can help."
I know this is what you and I are really looking for. We're looking for a "same, same," God Who understands us and with whom we can have real intimacy. But knowing Him requires that we belong to Him, that we have made Him our Lord. Then it also requires that we come boldly to the throne of Grace to discover "Our Father in Heaven."


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Mega Man V – Game Boy (3DS Virtual Console)
Platform: Game Boy (3DS Virtual Console)
Developer: Minakuchi Engineering
Publisher: Capcom
Release Date: September 10, 1994
Genre: Platformer, Action
Nerd Rating: 8/10
Reviewed by Gunsavior
In Christmas of 1993, Mega Man X debuted in epic, 16-bit fashion single-handedly restoring the franchise to its former glory. It was obvious that the Blue Bomber's 8-bit legacy was winding down but not before one final performance. The portable sub-series (known as Rockman World in Japan) had started as little more than monochromatic remixes of the console adventures, but would eventually step out from their shadow with Mega Man V and cast a shadow of its own. It was a bold move by Capcom and its rarity has helped it to achieve holy grail status for collectors and fans. With the game's 3DS eShop release imminent, the question becomes "is Mega Man V worthy of its status"?
In the year 20XX (which is technically the past at this point) Mega Man and his robotic sister, Roll, are on a mid-afternoon stroll. Suddenly, they get mugged by an alien robot named Terra. Mega Man refuses to hand over his wallet and responds to the attacker with a face full of mega buster. The act is laughed off by Terra who knocks Mega Man unconscious with little effort. An army of evil alien robots promptly invades the planet and takes out all opposition. In what may be his most questionable decision since creating a robot with scissors on its face, Dr. Light swaps out Mega Man's buster for a powered up fist projectile. With this (odd) new weapon, the Blue Bomber must free the earth and track the evil back to its source in the far reaches of our solar system.
By 1994, it appeared that Mega Man's innovation tree had been picked clean. There are only so many random nouns you can put in front of "man" and call it a robot master. Mega Man V alleviates this issue by naming its bosses after planets but then goes one step further by throwing in all four Mega Man Killers (Enker, Quint, Punk, and Ballade) from the previous portable iterations. This bit of fan service plays out a lot like Mega Man 3's resurrection of Mega Man 2's bosses: you face them all in one epic boss rush-esque level but don't inherit their powers.
With the team at Minakuchi Engineering no longer shackled to the console games, they were free to fix an issue that plagued all the portable Mega Mans: claustrophobic levels. The team had done an admirable job of cramming the NES levels and graphics onto the Game Boy's tiny, blurry screen but it was hardly ideal. The tight quarters (and regular slowdown) made these games even harder than the NES counterparts. Mega Man V's levels were designed specifically for the small screen and were nowhere near as hostile toward players. Despite the added playability, the levels here do seem less ambitious, a bit on the easy side and their cut and paste nature may have you feeling deja vu. Mega Man always shined much brighter on consoles than on portables (until the GBA at least) but MMV shows how to tailor to a portable without losing the magic.
Let's face it, levels are great but the real draw of Mega Man is the weapons. In addition to the powers of the eight robot masters (which are generally useless) you now have a new pet: Tango the Cat. Your robotic feline acts as an assist character and will attack anything and everything not bolted down when you call upon him. Within the in-game shop you can pick up health refills and extra lives as well as two useful weapon upgrades: one that allows your flying fist to grab onto enemies and deal multiple hits while the other can snatch out of reach items. The Mega Fist is actually a pretty versatile weapon (once you get the upgrades) and it adds an element of strategy to the gameplay.
The Game Boy wasn't known for its processing power but Capcom had a knack for working graphical/musical magic with its modest hardware. Arguably the game's best feature is its music. Even when the Blue Bomber started to LOOK dated in the latter days of the NES, his games never SOUNDED dated. The music has that classic Mega Man magic and makes great use of the Game Boy's modest sound chip. The varied soundtrack shows a spark of creativity that can stand alongside some of Mega Man's 8-bit best. Graphics are also solid in a charmingly primitive way (it liberally borrows assets from the previous four games). Mega Man V's Super Game Boy support looks about as lazy as SGB "enhancements" usually go but since 3DS eShop doesn't support it, no harm no foul.
When it was released in 1994, MMV was a game that nobody wanted, on a system that few people seriously played anymore (Pokemon was still a few years away). It received middling reviews and sales were abysmal so Capcom only produced the game in limited quantities. Twenty years later, it now sells for over $100 on the aftermarket! It hurts to say this, but Mega Man V is NOT worth $100 to anyone but collectors. It IS, however, worth the $3.99 of an eShop download. With save states and a bright, beautiful screen (especially on 3DS XL) this is the ideal way to play this obscure little gem without breaking the bank.
In hindsight, this may be one of the most charming titles in the earliest era of the Mega Man franchise. It's a love letter to fans of his portable adventures and lets this series end on a high note rarely extended to the Blue Bomber's other console finales. Mega Man V is a surprising oddity in a long running franchise that is definitely worth your time and attention.
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This is a discussion on Facebook shutting down! within the Entertainment board part of the General category; Good!...
nowait, now I can't stalk hot chicks picture D: NOO
haha there no way this is even a slight truth. he said he was stressed out. then ppl blew up and freaked out.
hehehehe, facebook shut down, lol. what are the bored office workers going to do during their working hours if facebook is gone?
This has since been confirmed fake, along with most of the news that comes out of that site.
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This is really fake. Dont you think a website worth more than $1m is shutting down? i dont think so
Grrh if facebook will close alot of people will destroy their life;o
No cause theres always MySpace hahah, speaking of which, I logged into my myspace a couple days ago after being inactive on there for about year or so .. it looks SOOO lame now


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But Thomas, when pressed about what hed say if Dolan called, said he could never rule anything out.
Theres an old saying in this media [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] that Im learning, never speculate on speculation. That hasnt happened, Thomas said of Dolan calling him. And you never say never about anything, and all my doors are open and you never burn bridges. We were taught that at a very young age, too.


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Welfare Rights Committee | Call Dayton @ 651.201.3400 – Tell him to say NO to the Republican cuts to the poor!
At 5:00 p.m. Thursday, Dayton and the Republicans reached a very bad budget deal. They let the rich off the hook again – no tax increase on the rich, even though it was years of tax breaks to the rich that created the deficit.
Now is the time to make sure that the poor are not sold out even more. All of the Republican attacks are back on the table during the upcoming negotiations. Call Dayton and make sure the poor, disabled and elderly are not on the chopping block.
Please tell Governor Dayton to say NO to these things.
- Dayton must say NO to the Republican elimination of General Assistance and emergency assistance programs. The $203 per month from GA is not a "supplement" to other income, it all people have; it's GA or zilch. These programs are there to keep disabled people alive based on clear need.
- Dayton must say NO to the Republicans taking cash from families with disabilities. The Republicans proposal cuts the MFIP (welfare for families with children) grant by $50 per adult SSI recipient who resides in the household. This uses disabled people's federal SSI funds as a bludgeon against their impoverished family members. A cut such as this has never been carried out in any other state in the country. Also, it basically forces parents to break federal law by using the federal SSI grant for living expenses for the entire family rather than for the disabled family member as intended.
- Dayton must say NO to Republican cuts to PCA services and cuts to physical, speech and other therapies. "Our homes, not nursing homes!"
- Dayton must say NO to Republicans plans to privatize health care for low-income people. Look at the facts. A family of 3 on MFIP gets only $532 per month – far below the federal poverty level. A disabled person on GA gets a whopping $203 to live on. When we are forced onto assistance, life is already a miserable struggle, 24-7. We don't need any more hate-driven laws to make things even worse.
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The ongoing life and times of a computer scientist in his quest for happiness and a good-looking paycheck ... and all the BS that follows.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Still Alive: 6/21/2008 (original post date 6/22 2:31am)
It's getting closer to 11:00pm. I stop at a red light, westbound on River and Swan, thinking that it'll be too late to pick up any SQL or scripting books at Borders (I have a promotion interview on Tuesday), but I may still have enough time to see if Best Buy closes at 11 so I can grab that Wacom Graphire4 drawing tablet, or at least to see if I can pick up some apple juice at Albertson's. I notice that the light is one of those awful new ones that prevent you from seeing the color on the cross-street traffic lights if you're at the through-street position. I look down momentarily to see what time it is. I glance back up and the light is green! I wonder, how long has the light been green?! I hesitate, looking over my shoulder at the people in the car behind me waiting ever-so patiently. I shrug; the light must have just turned green. I realize I'm just edgy and that it'll be best if I just drive home. I accelerate into the intersection.
Halfway through, I reach 15mph. I see something out of the corner of my left eye - and two distinct thoughts coalesce upon my head instantaneously: Oh god, is that a truck? and Damn, this is going to hurt. In the following split second, a Toyota RAV4 t-bones my driver's side door, and hits me (ME!) at 40mph.
The traffic signal mocks me with its green glow.
I don't hear the impact, so much as I feel it. my car suddenly turns 90 degrees to the left. Shattered glass knocks into my head and leaps into the comfort of my lap. My head shakes and my knees rattle against each other like maracas.
Literally a second later, I am sharing half of my seat with the door. My broken window is aligned right next to that of the woman in the RAV4. She and her passenger both ask if I'm okay.
I say, "Aaaaaaaah! Damn! Yeah, I think ... I'm alive. That's a start, right? Are you okay? How are you?"
She says, "Yeah," nodding her head.
"We're all alive. And that's what matters." I hunch over my right side, holding the back of my head. I blink several times, and look around to make sure all of my body parts are with me and still intact. My knees pulsate. I stare up at her. "What were you thinking?!"
She replies, "I have a problem with my eye!"
I know that's just the shock speaking, but in my head, I'm thinking, yeah, I'd definitely call that a problem.
I can't help but feel sorry for her. She is very concerned with making sure everyone was okay. Her right shoulder seems to bother her, but she shakes it off. Her friend is just as polite.
My Saturn is now a "compact". I tell the woman it's vital that she turns her car off immediately. MY air bag has not yet deployed, and I realize I'd better get the hell out of the car before that thing punches me in the face. I unbuckle my seatbelt and slide over to the passenger-side door. Once out of the car, I nearly fall over, dizzy and excited. My head hurts, but it's not throbbing. my knees have bruises, but I feel like I can run a marathon if necessary. I walk around, and I get overwhelmed with what's going on around me. People ask if everything is all right, and I nod & echo their questions back at them. I look at the damage to both cars. Mine looks ... interesting. I realize that I'm lucky to be alive and uninjured.
The police arrive almost instantly. I believe the officer first on the scene was Officer Farmer. (I think that's his name ...) If he had been any sooner, he would've been a great witness. In the meantime, I'm still holding my head, conjuring up all those horror stories that my step-father has shared about his time as a fire-fighter. (example: Once-upon-a-real incident about 20 years ago, a man was involved in a car accident, and looked just fine. The medics arrived and asked the guy if he was all right, and he nodded, but just walked around as if in shock. The medics rushed on to check everyone else out. 3 minutes later, right in the middle of the commotion, the man everyone wrote off as lucky and unharmed drops dead from internal bleeding.)
I'm grateful to be alive, and despite shattered glass raining over me, and my driver's side door knocking into me as if to take the wheel, I don't even require hospitalization. I just hope it stays that way. I'm going to seek physical therapy, because I can't imagine that this is good for my scoliosis.
I called my family and roommates to let them know what's going on.
USAA was painfully absent from the whole insurance claim process because I was calling "off-hours" :-p can you believe that? That's the first time I've been unable to reach an insurance company during inconvenient hours of the week. All the messages tell me is that I must file my claim online. So now I've just finally done that. I've got car rental service, which I'll at least have by the end of Monday.
In other news, I registered my new domain. I'm looking for one more domain name now, since this one is a bit silly. What sucks is that between now and last year, someone registered one of the two domain names I was planning on registering. And the registration expires in just one month. the 23rd of July. I just have to spring into action on that day. So I'll work on the site and get it up to speed, and in the meantime hope that this other guy (who hasn't done anything with his site yet) doesn't renew.
I just need to figure out a good email domain name. something with class, so that I can be professional about creating firstname.lastname@example.com
Hey, my head stopped hurting!
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As we all know that there is MOSC that Mozilla will be part of their event. Therefore, we managed to setup our lovely booth with the beautiful decorations and put some sway to win or to have it home. We love to give freebies. Hopefully, there will be a new Mozillian coming all the way.
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At the end of April 2013 I achieved the milestone of 100,000 (100K) overall page views after 7 months with 52 featured hubs and also reached $150+ in April compared to below $100 in March. Very satisfied with performance and rewards.
Well done nifty! That's a great achievement.
I keep going on about why keyword research is a fundamental skill for success with online content. This is why!!!
Maybe those who read about your success will be inclined to listen lol
I still hate keyword research! But there are other ways to make Google give you traffic ideas... Google suggest anyone? Then again I usually plug it into the keyword tool before writing anything anyway...
It can be tiresome, but I love it when I find something with loads of traffic and/or plenty of income potential and rubbish competition
And yep, there are a tonne of ways to get keyword ideas!
Google's related searches
Competitors (other sites)
Yahoo answers
...to name a few.
I usually do a double check in the keyword tool too.
Well done! That is truly inspirational. I actually got my first payout for Google AdSense this month. Whoo hoo!
I had a quick look at some of your hubs and I think you may be overdoing it a little with the keywords. Yes, the research is important to find phrases that get good search traffic, but If you want to panda proof your content you might consider toning it down a bit? In my experience it's just not worth the risk of going overboard.
These are my thoughts should you chose to read them
There's no need to have your exact title in the text of the hub. It reads funny and could well put readers off (causing lots of "back button clicks" which you really don't want). Nowadays, it's enough to have a strong title which contains your main phrases/s and plenty of related phrases in the text body & subheadings. We don't do the kind of onpage optimization that was popular a few years ago anymore. A more subtle approach works just as well.
Using the same phrase e.g. "home remedies", in lots of the page titles in your subdomain could get you panda'd. This could well be seen, from an algorithmic point of view, as an attempt to over-optimize, which is exactly one of the main things that Panda penalises.
Congrats on that!
That's good traffic etc and clearly popular subjects like Pimples, Bed Bugs, Head Lice and Facial Hair are constantly streaming... so you deserve the rewards!
Props on the achievement, mcxniftycalls! It's no small feat to get to that level of views and earnings. I hope you'll do something fun to celebrate!
Thanks Simone and everyone to join me. I didn't publish a single hub in March and April but traffic is still increasing and its really fun to see that. One hour of keyword research, analysis and writing original content really pay the rewards ...
Congratulations on this milestone. It's an inspiration to others.
That's awesome, congrats! if you have any tips for others, please feel free to share!
Hi Mcxnifty, whaaaaaa . . . woohoo . . . . I'm always glad to hear about your progress. Your enthusiasm is a great motivator. I look forward to my first payout this month. Congratulations to you!
Congratulations, I'm going to have to visit some of your Hubs to see if I am capable of improving my own. I've been on here for 6 or 7 months and I'm only about to reach 47,000 so good on you for doing so well. My goal for now is to shoot for $50 a month but am still pretty far from that so I'm off to sift your content.
I don't find keyword research as exhausting since they had eliminated tags from Hubs. But, perhaps that's what separates you from others (Investing that much time into keyword research). Which really stresses the importance of knowing the search engines.
Okay, while visiting your profile the first thing I noticed was that you take Long Tail Keywords to a new level. Next, you have created yourself a niche in a specific category creating many backlinks. When reading your articles I noticed that you utilize many text capsules and emphasize keywords periodically throughout your article.
You've put in a lot of hard work into your content for which I applaud you.
That may very well be but everyone should be cautious. His hubs are obviously not grammatically correct. I take it English is not his first language. I give him credit for good titles but who wants to work so hard to make sense of the words. I'm surprised they haven't all been flagged.
This is inspirational. One day I may be in your status.
Perseverance is very important. I am proud of your success as a fellow hubber here. How many keyword do you actually include in very hub?
Just around 1% to 1.5% but not more than that. But those keywords should make sense ...
Two words for you, my friend. THANK YOU! Good job!
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There are tons of hubs on keyword selection and the various tools one could use to make the process easier.But, like most things 'net - they are mostly copies of copies of copies or poorly strewn together theories by...
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Somewhere in the middle of the Google algorithm dance, my Hub views managed to reach the much awaited figure. I've crossed 1000 now. Took me a bit too long, but it's fine as long as it comes. Hoping to achieve many more...
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I was looking through a few of the HubChallenge Hubs and I wanted to give you all a little advice on how to use the Google Keyword Tool to give your high-quality Hub it's highest traffic and earnings potential possible....
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Discussion in 'UPS Discussions' started by jimmy0785, Jul 21, 2014.
How much longer do I have to wait to be called for sat air? An How fast does the list move ?
Sorry crystal ball is in the shop
Checked crystal ball Ok to run
Ask sat supervisor how many drivers they typically run
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I use my Saturdays to drink booze. I drive too much all week.
Just to be clear, I don't work for FedEx. Crazy I know.
So you mean there are 19 people ahead of you who are waiting to drive on Saturdays?? I'm thinking it'll be awhile....
Just show up on Saturday and see
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"Jimmy 0785, what the hell are you doing here? Go home"
You can deliver Saturday Air on Thursday.
You would get a more accurate answer either asking a magic 8ball or going to the UPS facebook page and asking there.
8Ball says.....Outlook does not look good.
I picked up a Saturday air today---hope we deliver it on time.
Resident know-it-all.
I pick up Sat air everyday. Normally stuff getting sent for Lab work
That's what it was.
Resident know-it-all.
Maybe the shipper processed the Saturday air package last Friday but didn't get picked up, so got picked up today?
No---it was a medical sample which had the label included. It is not uncommon to get those throughout the week.
Resident know-it-all.
This. The lab paks. I pick up a few on my route. They all have rs labels.
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You ever try one of those magic 8 balls?
I used to get the ODP/OCA to pickup those styrafoam packages from doctors a couple times a week on a different route. Only time I've seen an early am return label.
Most of the SAT AIR guys are waiting to go fulltime.
The speed in which you'll get a Saturday spot depends on the number of fulltime jobs being offered at your hub.
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Shipboard 'Crossing the Line' Certificate
Collection Highlights | Updated 4 years ago
"Crossing the Line" certificates were given to passengers who cross the equator. This particular certificate was issued to Mr Knight in 1955 when he crossed the equator aboard the T.V Fairsky. Migrated from England in September 1966, Qualified Tradesman.
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Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers is the 1st ranked quarterback in this year's 2013 fantasy draft standings. With an Average Draft Position (ADP) of 11, he's likely to be a middle to late first round pick in standard fantasy formats.
There is no doubt that Aaron Rodgers could be put in the conversation for the best quarterback in the league, but he most definitely is not the most valuable in terms of fantasy production. Rodgers showed an impressive touchdown to interception ratio a year ago at 39 to 8, but other QBs have put up better fantasy numbers. Rodgers is a rather safe choice for fantasy owners, but he should not be taken before the Saints quarterback Drew Brees or Peyton Manning of the Broncos.
Though Rodgers is certainly one of the greatest today, there are some definite issues in what might be described as a patchwork group of receivers. Wide receiver Jordy Nelson is trying to battle back from minor knee surgery and Greg Jennings left town for Minnesota. That leaves the Packers with Randall Cobb and James Jones. Jones came out and claimed that all 3 of these receivers would go for 1,000 receiving yards in 2013, but that seems highly unlikely.
Aaron Rodgers is one of the most talented quarterbacks in the NFL at this time, but Brees and Manning might be better choices in standard 12 team fantasy formats.


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Sep 18, 2011 • Review of Sigma 120-300mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM
Having owned the previous version of this lens I was expecting decent performance but nothing spectacular. In fact this lens is really truly sharp wide open by any measure. Like the Canon 70-200 II it genuinely rivals quality prime lenses for sharpness.
OS seems to live up to its billing and build quality is night and day compared with its predecessor-it really feels like a quality product. It focuses just like a Canon L and so far tracking seems accurate too. Results with a 1.4XIII are superb. Great value and a 3year warranty but it would be a bargain at twice the price IMO.
It's heavy (but still manageable for hand held use). I suppose a titanium body is too much to ask at this price point!
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Reflection on our Faith House "Tour Bus" visit to a Romemu Shabbat, November 11, 2011 by Frank Fredericks, Faith House Community Development Administrator A bit late, I briskly walked into the West End Presbyterian Church to escape the piercing cold that juxtaposed sharply to the unusually warm weather we'd been having this November. It was Friday night, […]Continue Reading →
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Kabbalat Shabbat Service and Potluck With Rabbi David Ingber, Shir Yaakov Feinstein Feit, and the Romemu Community 6:30 -8:15 pm – Shabbat Service 8:30 pm – Potluck (bring a vegetarian or kosher dish, desert or drink to share) Romemu is attempting to transform the way Judaism is practiced and experienced by infusing aspects of Eastern […]Continue Reading →
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By Bowie Snodgrass Faith House and Romemu have collaborated in many ways over the last three years and we are excited to be working with them again this year on the Faith House Tour Bus and the fourth annual Interfaith Seder on April 1, 2012. "It's About Time" was Romemu's theme for the High Holidays this year […]Continue Reading →
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From an experience of worship at a Hindu temple, to a Jewish Shabbat service, to a Sufi Dhikr at a downtown Dergah, to midweek "Space for Grace" at a major Protestant church – either as "Interfaith 101" or an opportunity for seasoned pilgrims to be hosts and guests in their own setting and city – […]Continue Reading →
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[by Todd] This short item in the WSJ today will hit like a bomb in the halls of television and cable networks:
TiVo Inc. announced a new service that will let marketers place ads at the end of recorded programs and track how many people watch them. The company, which makes digital video recorders, said Tuesday it would insert the ads after a television show has played, when there is nothing left to fast-forward, offering a way for advertisers to reach audiences who record shows and are more likely to skip through traditional commercials.
Can you hear the shrieks yet? Don't want to pay a couple hundred grand for a spot on Lost? For a lot less TiVo will tag your commercial at the end. Then again, why drop in a commercial at all?
Suddenly every creative director who was claiming the 30-second spot still has legs will be pitching long-form messages to clients. And why not? Based on the show it will be easy to understand the psychographics are of any given audience, so why not offer them extended content to present your client's product?
Then there was this little tidbit:
TiVo said it will give marketers in the new program access to its audience measurement data, so they'll be able to track how many viewers play the ads at the end of the program.
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Stephanie is one of my inspirations, no doubt about it! This is true for so many reasons I probably couldn't even count them all. For instance, Hallyu Back started when she was still only 25 years old, and since then I've watched her work her butt off. Me at 25? I was living in California and spending nearly all my free time at the beach or looking for a party.
I feel lucky to know her and have her in my life. But to be truly honest, experiencing the feeling of success for me is a fleeting sentiment. In my life since beginning YouTube, the feeling I get sometimes feels more like failure than success. Why? I'm not exactly sure. It's just how I feel and the more I think about it, the more it seems unexplainable.
I was just watching Pewdiepie with Steph. In the video we watched he talked a little bit about what it's like for him to be the biggest YouTube channel on Earth. I suppose it could be easy for any of us who watch YouTube videos to point to him and say he's successful, or that he's made it. And essentially he has. But Pewds works his butt off every single day to keep those videos coming. I'm sure he makes mistakes and sometimes feels like a failure too. I can't know for sure unless I ask him, but he's human right? We all have this problem to some extent.. right?
Pewdiepie is the largest channel on YouTube, and despite all that he still edits his own videos. He said so in that video. That's impressive. Take a look at his channel and it's clear: he uploads at least 1 video a day if not two or three. And he edits all of them? From one editor to another, that's props bro! BIG BRO FIST from Korea!
Long story short: Whatever you want in life, you have to work hard for it. What's more, be ready to experience a whole bunch of what some consider 'failure' in order to achieve it. Nothing worth having ever comes easy for anyone.
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Islamabad: A key militant of the banned
Lashker-e-Taiba and his 34 Afghan followers have been arrested
by Pakistani authorities in the Nowshera area in the country`s
northwest, from where some wanted top Taliban commanders were
LeT leader Matiullah alias Abu Tallah and his
followers were arrested during a pre-dawn raid on his
`madrassa` or seminary at New Dagai village in Nowshera
district yesterday, police told the media.
From the same district, Pakistani intelligence had
captured some top Taliban commanders, including members of
so-called `Quetta Shura`.
LeT is blamed for the Mumbai terror attacks that
killed 166 people.
Police sealed Matiullah`s illegal FM radio channel
during the raid. An anti-terrorism court later remanded
Matiullah to police custody for 30 days while another court
fined his followers and ordered their deportation.
The 34 Afghans were taken to the Central Jail in
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Police registered a case under the Anti-Terrorism Act
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Police said they took action against Matiullah after
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Dreams Of Trespass Report Essay, Research Paper
Mernissi seemed to have a happy childhood. She spoke fondly of many of the
memories she shared in Dreams of Trespass. This happiness was threatened though, by
the more liberal women that lived on the terrace. In their quest for women's liberation,
Mernissi's freedom was jepardized.
One of the things Merniss spoke most fondly of was the amount of freedom the
children had. Since they saw everything the women on the terrace did, the children
had a lot of leverage, which Mernissi speaks of in chapter 18, American Cigarettes:
Grownups committed worse crimes[than fooling around in olive jars], such
as chewing gum, putting on red fingernail polish, and smoking cigarettes, although theses
last two took place rarely, given the dificullty of attaining such foreign items in the furst
place…Since we children could have gotten any of the adult criminals in trouble with
Father,Uncle, and Llala Mani if we described what we saw, we were treatted with
exceptional indulgence, and enjoyed an unusually comfortalbe position on the terrace. No
grown up could boss us around without us threatening to realiate by informing the
authorities. And indeed, the authorities relied heavily on us when they suspected
something fishy was going on, for they belived that "children tell the truth." All the
trespassers, therfore, gaveus VIP treatment, showering us with cookies, roasted almonds,
and sfinge (doughnuts), and never forgetting to hand us our tea before every one
This power over the adult women was in danger of disolving with the more liberal
women pushing for more freedom. If the women succede in getting more freedoms then
they are liberated from the blackamiling children. But this in turn takes the freedom from
the children who needed the women to keep getting what they want. Mernissi and the
other children of the terrace needed the adult women to commit "crimes", and without
them they would have had the "VIP treatment" they were used to having. It would have
been a rude awakening for Mernissi and Samir to not to have the luxurious treatment, but
It would also be better for them not to blackmail their mothers and aunts. Children should
not be aloud to manipulate the situation to always get their way.
Another one of the things Mernissi seemed to enjoy alot from her childhood was
the time she spent with her divorced aunt, Habiba. Since her divorce Aunt Habiba has
lived at the Mernissi household, and has served as the designated story teller.
Upstairs was also the place to go for storytelling. You would climb the
hundreds of glazed stepps that led all the way up to the third and top floor of the house,
and the terrace which lay before it all whitewhashed, spacious and enviting. That was
where Aunt Habiba had her room, small and quite empty. (17) She knew how to talk in
the night. With words alone she could put us onto a large ship sailing from Aden to the
Maldives, or take us to an island where the birds spoke like human beings. Riding on her
words we traveled past Sind and Hind (India), leaving muslim territory behind, living
dangerously, and making friends with Christians and Jews, who shared their strange foods
with us and watched us do our prayers, while we watch them do theirs. Sometimes we
traveled so far that no gods were found, only sun- and fire-worshipers, but even they
seemed friendly when introduced by Aunt Habiba. Her tails amde me long to become an
adult and an expert storyteller myself. I wanted to learn how to talk in the night.(19)
The times Mernissi spent up stairs with Aunt Habiba were some of her favorite
times. It gave her a chance to explore without having to leave the terrace. Without the
traditional family structure that they have in their family Aunt Habiba would have not lived
at the Mernissi house. Being of a rebelious nature, if it were socially permissible, like
some of the more liberal women would like, including Aunt Habiba, she would be out on
her own, exploring the world and living her stories.
Going to the movies was also one of the things from her childhood Mernissi loved.
One of the things that made it so exciting was the rarety of any of the women getting to
go. The young men of the house went frequently which made it even harder for Mernissi
and the rest of the women and children.
Only when a film was a big hit, and the entire population of Fez turned out
to see it, were the Mernissi women allowed to go too(116)….And going to the movies
was a thrill, from begining to end(117)….Once in the cinema, the whole harem would sit in
two rows having tickets for four,in order to leave the row in front, as well as the one
behind unoccupied. We did not want some mischievous, irreverent cinema-goer to take
advantage of the darkness and pinch one of the ladieswhile she was engrossed in the movie
The whole reason the movies were so exciting was that just going was a huge
production requiring hours of preparation, followed by a large procession through the
street. If the act of going to the movies were to have become acceptable, like the way
Mother and Chama campaigned for, it would have soon lost the magic and excitement
that it held for Mernissi. It would make the trip common place. There wouldn't be any
freedoms lost,as with the balckmail on the terrace, but freedom gained, the only loss being
the way it had been so special.
Mernissi's companion throughout her childhood was her cousin Samir. She spends
most of her time whith him since the two of them are the same age, and beacuse they are
best of friends, until Mernissi "grows up". She looks up to him for his skills in rebelion.
One of my weekly pleasures was to admire Samir as he staged his mutinies
against the grownups, and I felt that if I only kept following him that nothing bad could
happen to me(8)…And then we would scream [when it was time for bed] , and the most
spoiled of my cousins, like Samir, would roll on the floor, and shout that they did not feel
sleepy, not at all.(18)
Samir and Mernissi don't stay friends though. As they begin to "grow up" they
start to grow apart, when the differences between men and women begin efecting thier
lives more and more. They argue over Mernissi's new infatuation with becoming a
ghazala, how men have more rights than women, and the amount of play time they have
Finally one day, our conflict reached a crisis point, and Samir summoned
an emergency meeting on the forbidden terrace, where he explained to me that if I kept
dropping out for two days in a row to take part in the grownup's beauty treatments, and
attend our terrace sessions with smelly oily masks allover my face and hair, he was going
to look for another games partner.(220)
This tension caused Mernissi alot of worry in how to handle her conflict with
Samir, when he tells her that what she thinks is incredibly important, he find to be trivial.
Finaly he gives her an ultimatum "You have to choose now. I can't go on being lonely for
two days at a time with no one to play with."(220) She then quickly replies "Skin first!
Samir." "With those fatal words which were to bring about big changes in my life, I
proceeded down the shakey laundry poles. Samir held them for me without a word. Once
down, I held them for him, and he slid down in silence. We stood facing each other for a
while, and then shook hands with a great deal of solemnity, just as we had seen Father and
Uncle do…Then we parted in awesome silence."(221)
Mernissi and Samir's friendship is not so much threatened by the liberal women of
the Mernissi household, but hindered by the lack of it. If there had been a little more of a
push from the liberals towards the two children not to let their differences seperate them,
then they would have had an easier time saying close friends.
Many of Mernissi's fond memories of childhood were jepardized by a great deal
by the liberal women at her home. Through all the struggle she still has a happy childhood.
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My boss just told me that she thinks my new coworker has an interest in me. As if that wasn't weird enough, the guy is 11 years older than me. I know for some people that isn't a big age gap but considering my mom is only 16 years older than me I find this to be weird. I definitely like older guys but I'm not sure what my limit is. Anyways, guys do you consider age gaps? If so, what is your age gap limit?
Guys, how young is too young?
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Age gaps don't say much. Age gaps in relation to age of the youngest say a lot. Keep the gap under 1/4th of your age.00|00|0
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half the age of the guy +7 is a good rule of thumb.10|10|0
I personally wouldn't have a problem shagging like an 18 yr old or up if we having fun but to actually start a relationship, at this point, I would aim for 25 and up. I'm 32... I'm old 😢00|00|1
I think 6 years is where it stops. Honestly, I say nay.20|20|0
I don't know like 6?10|10|0
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Wow 21 and having a 32 year old into you. I think you guys are at different times in your life and that does seem like waaaaaay too much of a gap.10|10|0
I never said I was into him. Just knowing a much older guy likes me got me thinking about this stuff
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I've done this age gap before.
19 & 30
Not the greatest idea in the world in my opinion.00|00|0
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Religious intolerance in India would have shocked Mahatma Gandhi, says Obama
US President Barack Obama has said that the acts of intolerance experienced by religious faiths of all types in India in the past few years would have shocked Mahatma Gandhi.
The US President, who has just returned from India, was referring to violence against followers of various religions in India in the past few years.
However, Obama did not name any particular religion and said the violence is not unique to one group or one religion.
In his remarks at the high-profile National Prayer Breakfast, Obama said, humanity has been grappling with these questions throughout human history.
In a US-style Town Hall address in New Delhi on January 27, the last day of his India trip, Obama had made a strong pitch for religious tolerance, cautioning that India will succeed so long as it is not splintered along the lines of religious faith.
The White House yesterday strongly refuted allegations that Obama's remarks on religious tolerance was aimed at the ruling BJP, saying the speech in its entirety was about the "core democratic values and principles"of both the US and India.
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Editor IndiaReligious intolerance in India would have shocked Mahatma Gandhi, says Obama
by Editor India ( Author at Spirit India )
Posted on February 6th, 2015 at 10:55 am.
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