Ahmadinejad Wants to "Sacrifice" Himself in Space for Iran

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has a serious resume: nuclear fearmonger, snazzy dresser, Israel-denier, and soon, maybe, his country's first astronaut. A quasi-insane dictator, in space, hovering over America, manically laughing. More »

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5-Year-Old Ethan Will Remember Kidnap Trauma

The 5-year-old named Ethan who was held in an underground bunker for a week in Alabama after his captor pulled the boy from a school bus and killed the driver, will likely remember the trauma.

"Will this child remember this? The answer is absolutely," said Rahil Briggs, a psychologist and director of the Healthy Steps program at Children's Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City. "We know across the board that memories attached to a highly emotional situation seem to have the most staying power in our minds. It will have quite an impact." Briggs has not seen or treated the child.

Ethan was rescued physically unharmed in an FBI raid of the underground bunker near Midland, Ala., on Tuesday, where he was being held hostage by 65-year-old Jimmy Lee Dykes, who was killed in the raid.

The boy's great uncle, Berlin Enfinger, told Good Morning America today that Ethan was "happy to be home" and was already playing with his toy dinosaurs. The boy turns 6 on Wednesday.

READ: Ethan's family says they are doing 'cartwheels' over his release.

"He's very excited and he looks good," said Enfinger. "He was our Ethan. He seemed to be as normal as a child could be with a situation like that."

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Ethan was still unable to tell his parents what transpired during the week he was held captive, according to Debra Cook, who with the rest of the family calls her great nephew, "little buddy."

Neighbors reported that Ethan may have Asperger's syndrome, which is on the autism spectrum. But that would have had little bearing on how the boy coped with his captivity, according to experts.

"My guess is that it was not a major feature," said Kenneth Dodge, a clinical psychologist and professor of public policy at Duke University. "Any 5- or 6-year-old going through this kind of experience -- let alone an adult -- would be traumatized."

The images of little Ethan sparked memories in Katie Beers, who was only 10 when she was held in an underground bunker in Long Island by a family friend for 17 days in 1993. Today, at 30, she looks back on the ordeal in a new book, "Buried Memories."

"I'm really hoping that he's going to be able to get the privacy and counseling he is ultimately going to need to return to some kind of normalcy," Beers, who is now married with two children, 3 and 18-months, and lives in Pennsylvania, told ABCNews.com today. "For me, I had no normalcy before my ordeal. I went from one abnormalcy to another."

Beers was abused as a child and then sexually assaulted by her captor, John Esposito. She said in a previous interview with ABC, "I would never say you are 100 percent recovered."

Read about Katie Beers' 1993 kidnapping.

Ethan's great aunt said the family had no idea what Dykes may have done with the boy during his captivity. "As far as he goes, we were given just very little information on him," said Cook.

Even though many of the details are not clear, what Ethan experienced was likely "quite scary and traumatic," according to psychologist Dodge. "I can only imagine what it was like for him."

"Children go through all kinds of trauma and this sounds pretty acute and severe," he said. "What we know about these kinds of general experiences is that there is a lot of temporary anxiety."

Source: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/kidnapped-ethan-traumatized-aspergers-syndrome/story?id=18409435

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Enjoy Family Game Night and Save - Allowanceless: What Do You ...

Entertainment is not cheap these days. The price of movie tickets has risen steadily for several years. With the increased popularity of even more expensive 3-D movies, going to the theatre can cost an average of $8.06 per ticket. As teens, we may be willing to pay for a single movie ticket every week or two. However, this becomes an expensive habit once we become adults and go to the movies with a family in tow. Going out to eat can also create a significant dent in your bank account. One family meal at a sit-down restaurant can easily cost $50 or more. Dinner, movies, and other weekend activities like shopping at the mall may seem like the family-time mainstays; however, there is a more budget-friendly alternative. Family game nights have been growing in popularity since the beginning of the economic downturn. By staying home with your family and friends, you can avoid the rising costs of outside entertainment. Board and card games are a much better investment than movie tickets or an evening shopping at the mall because you can get repeated use out of a single game. Game nights can help you save money and develop a money-smart habit that will last a lifetime.
Instead of going out this weekend, stay in and try these activities for a fun family game night at home:

????????? Play a favorite game or learn a new one. You can look up new board and card games online. Try selecting several different games to give you variety during your game night.

????????? Invent your own game! Design a board or cards, and write the rules. Creating the game can be a fun activity in itself.

????????? Learn to make an at-home version of your favorite take-out food (pizza, stir-fry, barbeque, etc.). Recipes and instructional videos can be found on the Internet. You may like your version more than costly restaurant food!

????????? Watch a favorite DVD as a family, or find something new from a DVD rental service.
????????? Do crafts together. Many crafts projects, such as origami, are free or almost free. You can also check out crafting books from your local library. Give these suggestions a try. If family game night becomes a weekly tradition, the savings will add up impressively.

Source: http://allowanceless.blogspot.com/2013/02/enjoy-family-game-night-and-save.html

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Iron Man Makes Super Bowl-Sized Comeback In New Trailer

Tony Stark rescues a plane-full of people from an explosion in the latest preview for 'Iron Man 3.'
By Ryan Rigley

"Iron Man 3"
Photo: Marvel

Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1701283/iron-man-3-super-bowl-game-day-spot.jhtml

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Microsoft Blink Windows Phone Lens app gives users perfect photographical timing

It's no secret that Microsoft and Nokia are aiming to make Windows Phone the OS of choice when it comes to mobile photography, whether through optical image stabilization or the Lens app lineup. The latest camera augmentation code to come down the pike is Blink, an app built by Microsoft Research that brings a special burst mode to WP8 devices. Blink works by snapping a series of 16 shots each time you take a photo, and lets you choose which picture's worth keeping. It's an an excellent tool for those looking to take action photos, but there's a catch -- the pictures taken by Blink are of less-than-impressive quality, with a max resolution of 800 x 488. That said, if such an imaging safety net sounds good to you, there's a video showing it off in action after the break, and you can grab the app at the source below.

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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/04/microsoft-blink-windows-phone-lens-app/

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After Seducing 1M Little Monsters For Lady Gaga, Backplane Expands To Spawn More Fan Clubs

Geeking out about your favorite things can be embarrassing or annoying on the big social networks. But Lady Gaga?s tech team Backplane proved with her Little Monsters site that fans want an online home. Now it?s branching out to create communities for 10 more bands and brands, starting with Conde Nast?s photography magazine, and Guns?N?Roses. Backplane?s ready to take you down to Paradise City.

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Syria opposition chief meets Russia's Lavrov in Munich

MUNICH (Reuters) - The head of the Syrian opposition Moaz Alkhatib told Reuters he had met Russia's foreign minister on Saturday on the sidelines of a conference in Munich and had been invited to visit Moscow.

Alkhatib, president of the Syrian National Coalition, said he had received a "clear invitation" from Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to visit Moscow, a breakthrough in relations that could help pave the way for a solution to the Syrian crisis.

"Russia has a certain vision but we welcome negotiations to alleviate the crisis and there are lots of details that need to be discussed," Alkhatib said after the talks.

(Reporting by Khaled Yacoub Oweis; Writing by Stephen Brown)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/syria-opposition-chief-meets-russias-lavrov-munich-155128473.html

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