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San Francisco civic leaders are on the edges of yet-to-be-built stadium seats as they wait to learn Tuesday if the city has made a short list of potential hosts for the Super Bowl in 2016 or 2017.

A version of the list had been drawn up by Monday by a special advisory committee to the National Football League, according to sources familiar with the matter. But the final selections - and official release of the list - won't happen until NFL team owners vote on it Tuesday during their annual fall meeting in Chicago.

"The owners will make their choice Tuesday, and the announcement will take place later in the afternoon," said league spokesman Brian McCarthy.

Nobody is saying San Francisco is a sure winner to be on the list - but nobody is saying it's a longshot, either.

"We believe San Francisco is ideally suited for the Super Bowl," said Nathan Ballard, spokesman for the group of leaders that has been quietly pushing for the city's inclusion on the NFL's list.

"We have the hotel rooms, we have the restaurants, we have the Wine Country - and most importantly, we will have a great new stadium just down the road in Santa Clara," Ballard said. "We are very optimistic about our chances."

A new $1.2 billion stadium in Santa Clara is expected to open in time for the 49ers' 2014 season. However, the team will still keep San Francisco in its name after it moves, and team CEO Jed York told The Chronicle last week the team will still consider San Francisco "our home."

Mayor Ed Lee and philanthropist Daniel Lurie are among those who have been working together for months on the effort to attract the Super Bowl. The group submitted its application to the NFL's advisory committee Aug. 9.

After the potential list of bidders is finalized, the selected cities will have until May to press their cases. That's when the NFL's 32 team owners will pick the winners at their annual spring meeting.

A spokeswoman for Lee said he is confident. "The mayor doesn't think there is any city better suited to host the Super Bowl," said Christine Falvey.

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Less than 10 youth members of militant group Anakbayan stage a lightning rally at the press conference of party-list group Akbayan. Photo by Fat Reyes/INQUIRER.net

MANILA, PhilippinesAround five youth members of the Anakbayan organization staged a rally at the Akbayan press conference held in Manila Tuesday morning.

In the middle of the press conference where members of the Akbayan coalition were explaining why their party-list should not be disqualified from the 2013 polls, youth members of the Anakbayan organization shouted disqualify Akbayan, fake partylist.

The youth members of the Anakbayan questioned why Akbayan Representative Walden Bello, back in 2007, was protesting that pro-admin partylists should be disqualified when they were now tuta ng administrasyon ni Noynoy (lapdogs of the Aquino administration).

The protesters carried photos of Bello back in 2007.

As tensions rose, members of the Akbayan in turn shouted KSP, utak pulbura, and branded what they described as the extreme leftist groups as drifting into irrelevance who did not like the reformist stance of Akbayan.

Left-wing Anakbayan party-list had been pushing for the Commission on Elections to disqualify Akbayan, saying Akbayan was not marginalized since it was favored by President Benigno Aquino III. It said that Akbayans members held key positions in the present administration.

Bello, who engaged in a word-war with the protesters, said that they did not respect groups rights to freedom of assembly.

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Disney has put the entire Partysaurus Rex short online, and I have to admit, it's like a mini rave combined with a foam party. Did Pixar do their annual corporate retreat at a gay bar in Ibiza?

I really can't say enough good things about P!nk's new album. I love everything about it, and probably should thank the label for the copy they sent me, because I never would have bought it, and I really would have missed out. The whole album is a really raw honest look at how irrational and tumultuous relationships can be, and the video for "Try" is the beautiful, dancing representation of that. I had no idea she could dance like this. I do have a vague concern someone is going to try and take the dance moves literally rather than figuratively and decide that she's advocating violence in relationships, which is exactly not what she's doing.

The first five minutes of American Horror Story are out, and centers around Adam Levine and his girlfriend trying to screw in the top twelve most haunted places in the country. There's a distinct lack of Adam's backside in this preview that I hope is remedied on television. Still, I'm going to think twice if someone tries to make me a deal for a blowie. I'll still take it, but I will think twice.

I have to admit, the promos for Christina Applegate's hosting gig on Saturday Night Live are not filling me with a lot of hope. I found Daniel Craig's promos to be funny, and the show a disaster, and these promos are a disaster to start with.

Pizza Hut has enraged some folks by offering free pizza for life to anyone at the Town Hall presidential debate coming up to ask the candidates "sausage or pepperoni?" Who wants to bet if it did happen, Mitt Romney would ask for both?

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After a report on the New York Daily News that social media sites served as a job searching tool, online marketing company fishbat Inc. weighs in.

Bohemia, NY (PRWEB) October 15, 2012

According to the New York Daily News, As well as being the place to go to share photos of cats, catch up with friends, discuss the day's news, interact with consumer brands and even choose a college or university, Facebook is now the social media destination for job seekers. The article goes on to report, Though LinkedIn is usually considered the go-to site for building up business contacts and identifying job opportunities, only 38 percent of jobseekers surveyed by Jobvite said they used the site to help them find work, compared with 52 percent of respondents who use Facebook (up from 48 percent in the 2011 survey).

All social media platforms have their merits in terms of communication and opportunity. Its important to note that despite the fact that this survey has found that Facebook has become an asset in terms of finding work, someone using the Internet to seek employment should not neglect their LinkedIn or Twitter accounts in favor of Facebook, or vice versa, states Sida Li, VP of Internal Operations for web marketing company, fishbat, Inc. An employment opportunity is an opportunity to market yourself, and if you are going to do that through social media, its important to put your best foot forward across your digital presence and all platforms just like you would if you were a brand or business establishing a presence on social media.

fishbat, Inc. is a full service online marketing firm. With social media management, search engine optimization (SEO), web design, and public relations, fish bat comes together as a marketing agency to raise awareness about your brand and strengthen your corporate image.

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COLOGNE, Germany A change to the law governing takeovers in the tiny European nation of Luxembourg could be big news global media giant Bertelsmann allowing it to fulfill its years-long ambition to take full control of Europe's number one broadcaster, RTL Group.

Revised takeover rules, which took effect this month, allow owners of more than 95 percent of a publicly traded Luxembourg company to squeeze out minority shareholders by forcing them to take a fair price buyout. Bertelsmann currently holds 92.3 percent of Luxembourg-based RTL. A buyout would give Bertelsmann full control over RTL's annual cash flow of some $1.3 billion (1 billion) money Bertelsmann desperately needs if it is to finance its ambitious international expansion plans.

The new takeover law introducing a clear rule for the squeezing out of minority shareholders is a game-changer, Margo Joris, an analyst at KBC Securities in Brussels told Bloomberg News. The law now offers Bertelsmann the possibility to take RTL private."

If Bertelsmann took full control of RTL, it could also give the German conglomerate more options as it considers a initial public offering. Last year, RTL, which had a net income of $900 million (696 million) last year, accounted for some 60 percent of Bertelsmann's total earnings before interest and taxes.

Bertelsmann recently changed its legal structure, a move interpreted by many as a first step towards an IPO for the group, which is privately controlled by the Mohn Family. The Mohns, descendants of company founder Carl Bertelsmann, have in the past resisted taking the company public.

Last month, Bertelsmann CEO Thomas Rabe presented the company's growth strategy, which would see Bertelsmann shift focus from the low-growth territories of Western Europe, to emerging markets in Asia and North America as well as putting a greater focus on digital businesses and content production. Bertelsmann has not said how it plans to finance this shift which will likely involve a number of acquisitions. Rabe recently acknowledged that the company does not have the skills required to benefit from the digital age."

In July, Bertelsmann issued 10-year bonds worth $969 million (750 million). The company currently hold around $4.65 billion (3.6 billion) in debt.

Bertelsmann has twice in 2002 and 2007 moved to take full control of RTL but withdrew both times. In 2002 a Luxembourg shareholder group rejected Bertelsmann's buyout offer as too low while uncertainty about the country's takeover laws torpedoed the 2007 attempt.

Under the new law, Bertelsmann could buy up the remaining 1.94 percent of RTL shares it requires to cross the 95 percent threshold. An independent advisor would then set a fair price for the remaining shares, a price minority shareholders would be required to accept.

Another option open to Bertelsmann would be to sell RTL shares to finance its global expansion, something the company has hinted at in the past. For its part, Bertelsmann only says it is keeping all options open regarding its stake in RTL.

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