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North Liberty Leader
IOWA CITY– Tears of sorrow and tears of joy bookended Tuesday night on the West High volleyball court.
West High's gym filled to honor its volleyball seniors Oct. 18, as the number one and number four teams battled to five sets for the Valley Division Championship.
IOWA CITY– Tears of sorrow and tears of joy bookended Tuesday night on the West High volleyball court.
West High's gym filled to honor its volleyball seniors Oct. 18, as the number one and number four teams battled to five sets for the Valley Division Championship.
By Chris Umscheid
North Liberty Leader
ANAMOSA– Tragedy and triumph came in the same week for Clear Creek Amana's (CCA) cross country team. Last Monday (Oct. 17), a car carrying six members of the squad was involved in a collision on US Highway 6 just west of the high school. Five students were injured and freshman Mackenzie Lown was killed.
On Tuesday, the team decided they wanted to practice, to "run for Mackenzie," they said.
TIFFIN– Four candidates have filed to run for two Tiffin City Council seats in this Johnson County community, and voters will pick among them Tuesday, Nov. 8. The Tiffin Fire Station is the polling place and will be open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m.
Mark A. Petersen will defend his seat while Michael C. Ryan, Jim Schmidt and Peggy Knowling Upton are also seeking positions. The council positions are four-year terms. Voters will only be able to select two candidates.
NORTH LIBERTY– The third annual Stone Soup Supper to benefit the North Liberty Food & Clothing Pantry will take place on Sunday, Oct. 30, at the South Slope Community Center, 980 N. Front St., North Liberty, from 5-7 p.m. A meal and silent auction will occur during the event. Proceeds will go toward pantry operations.
CEDAR RAPIDS– On Saturday, Oct. 29, fun seekers can get their fix for a cause at the Miracles in Motion Spooktacular Mini Golf FUNdraiser. The benefit event for all ages takes place at Airport National Golf Course, 3001 Wright Brothers Blvd. E SW, Cedar Rapids, rain or shine, with tee times from 11 a.m. through 2 p.m. Get details and register now at www.miraclesinmotion.net. Everyone is encouraged to wear a costume so they can get a treat.
Participants must register in advance. Find the link on www.miraclesinmotion.net and register online or download a registration form.
NORTH LIBERTY– The First United Methodist Church of North Liberty will hold an All You Can Eat Spaghetti Dinner on Friday, Oct. 28, from 5-8 p.m. at the church, located at 85 N. Jones Blvd. The cost is $8 for adults and $5 for kids.
Proceeds will go to Donnie Bergthold and his family to help with medical expenses incurred from his motorcycle accident on July 16, 2011. Bergthold sustained several serious injuries to his bones and organs.
NORTH LIBERTY– Haunted Happenings at the North Liberty Recreation Center is Thursday, Oct. 27, and Friday, Oct. 28, from 6:30-8 p.m. No pre-registration is required; just pay $2 at the door.
Event includes a maze, trick-or-treat candy and games. Kids should wear costumes to get photos in the photo area. The event is presented by the North Liberty Optimists and the North Liberty Recreation Center.
Parts of the Recreation Center will be closed starting at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. For more information, call 626-5716.
NORTH LIBERTY– Halloween is coming and the First United Methodist Church is offering an alternative to Trick-or-Treat.


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Fred VanVleet has gone from a star on Auburn's third-place team at state last year to the unsung hero of Wichita State, which has shot into the national spotlight with a surprising berth to the Sweet 16.
Former Auburn star guard Fred VanVleet spent his entire college freshman season earning respect. After paying his dues by playing a little over 16 minutes per game during the regular season, it certainly seems to be paying off now, as proven by his big role in helping lift his Wichita State men's basketball team to the Sweet 16 last weekend.
Van Vleet was prevalent in crunch time, scoring seven of his 13 points down the stretch, including four clutch free throws that went through in the final 40 seconds of a 76-70 upset victory over No. 1-ranked Gonzaga on Saturday night.
When the team needed a play, the ball was in VanVleet's hands. When the team needed someone to drain clutch free throws, it was again thrust onto VanVleet's young shoulders.
And with No. 13-seeded LaSalle up next (at 9:17 p.m. Thursday), VanVleet has to believe the ride could continue. He's not the only one.
With the way the tourney has gone so far, the Shockers could shock plenty by making the Final Four. It will most likely take a victory over No. 2-seed Ohio State in the Elite Eight, but even one of the Big Ten's best is beatable.
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EXETER — Hometown pride was on display at Exeter Town Hall Wednesday night during a reception in honor of Gov.-elect Maggie Hassan.
The local Democrat was feted by roughly 200 people at an informal gathering sponsored by the Exeter Board of Selectmen. The upbeat crowd of well-wishers included many people who came to know Hassan during her time living and working in the community, as well as many other longtime political allies.
"It really all started here," said Karen Prior, Hassan's fiscal agent during the campaign, and a friend of 20 years.
After launching her political career in Exeter a decade ago, Hassan captured New Hampshire's top elected office last week, winning the race to become the state's next governor.
Hassan served three terms in the state Senate before seeking the governor's post. She defeated Republican Ovide Lamontagne in the Nov. 6 election, winning about 55 percent of the vote.
Hassan will become the 81st governor of New Hampshire, and the fourth governor to hail from Exeter, following in the footsteps of John Taylor Gilman, who served from 1794 to 1805, and again from 1813 to 1816.
Exeter Board of Selectmen Clerk Dan Chartrand said Wednesday's event was an effort to transcend politics and offer congratulations to a neighbor who has ascended to prominence.
After circulating through the crowd, stopping to embrace and kiss many of her friends, Hassan briefly took to the stage, leading the small crowd to burst into applause.
Don Clement, vice chairman of the Board of Selectmen, read an official proclamation from the board, which was signed earlier in the day.
Clement said Hassan has brought an example of leadership crafted in Exeter to the statewide political arena, and offered congratulations and wishes for a successful tenure in office on behalf of the board.
During brief remarks, Hassan said New Hampshire residents showed once again this year that citizen democracy is alive and well in the state.
"When I have the opportunity to talk with people in the rest of the country … I will be bragging about this state," she said.
She thanked her neighbors for teaching her family lessons about the importance of community in New Hampshire, and said the election was an affirmation of the idea that individual identity matters more than party membership in the state.
"You made me stronger every day, and I am so, so grateful," she said.
Hassan was first elected to the state Senate in 2004, when she won the District 23 seat. During six years in office, she represented 10 communities: East Kingston, Exeter, Kensington, Kingston, Newfields, Newmarket, Newton, Seabrook, South Hampton and Stratham.
Hassan went on to become Senate president pro tempore, and was elected the Senate majority leader in 2008 during her third term in office.
A mother of two adult children, Hassan earned a bachelor's degree from Brown University and earned her J.D. from Northeastern University Law School. She currently lives in Exeter with her husband, Tom Hassan, the principal of Phillips Exeter Academy.
She was unseated in the 2010 election by Kingston Republican Russell Prescott, paving the way for her successful bid for governor this year.
Former Exeter resident Bette Henneberry was among those in the crowd Wednesday. Henneberry said she has been a Hassan supporter for a number of years, and has the political signs from past campaigns to prove it.
Henneberry said issues of importance to women, such as the right to make decisions about having an abortion, were her principal concerns during this year's election. Henneberry traveled to Concord earlier this year to march at a rally opposing the agenda of Republican House Speaker William O'Brien. She was motivated by concern that O'Brien and other Republican lawmakers would tamper with existing state laws surrounding so-called women's issues.
"They can't put us down, and I felt that's what Republicans were doing," Henneberry said.
Also in attendance was the Rev. Nancy Rockwell of the Congregational Church in Exeter. Hassan and her family have attended the church for a number of years, Rockwell said.
Although the congregation includes parishioners of all political stripes, Rockwell said support for Hassan's gubernatorial bid was strong.
"I think the world of Maggie Hassan," Rockwell said. "I think she's superb — a clear thinker."
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EXETER — Hometown pride was on display at Exeter Town Hall Wednesday night during a reception in honor of Gov.-elect Maggie Hassan.


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DICE may not be releasing Battlefield 3's End Game downloadable content until March 2013, but that doesn't mean they can't share some details about what will be included.
End Game, the final of five DLC packs that comprise Battlefield 3 Premium, is still on track to make its March release date. Until now though, little was known about what the DLC would entail. Perhaps because developer DICE is concerned about the world ending, it's decided to spill some crucial intel on the upcoming content.
Dirt bikes will make their debut in End Game, along with four new multiplayer maps designed for "high speed combat and action." Two more new vehicles are planned, though they weren't explained. The only thing we know is that they'll be new lightweight anti-aircraft vehicles. Dropships will also be added to the mix, meaning troops and vehicles can be deployed anywhere on the field when active.
The biggest addition coming though is the return of Capture the Flag. A staple of just about every multiplayer shooter, that it's been absent from Battlefield 3 this long is baffling. At least DICE will be incorporating it into playlists next spring.
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Flora & Fauna
November 28, 2020 - January 29, 2021
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Silversmith House - Fredericksburg, VA
Flora and Fauna themed juried exhibition of all media 2-D and 3-D fine art, fine craft and photography. Juror: Diego Sanchez. Cash awards. Juror Talk online, December 4, 2020.
Virginia Beach Spring Craft Market
April 16 - 18, 2021
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Virginia Beach Convention Center - Virginia Beach, VA
The Virginia Beach Spring Craft Market features 200 fine artists and craftspeople from across the nation offering fine arts, handcrafted jewelry, wood, glass, photography, candles, woven baskets, clothing, toys, folk art, specialty foods, Virginia wines, and home & garden decor. The Heritage Celebration! will return featuring live on-going demonstrations of traditional crafts by local craft guilds.
Festival Argentino
May 15, 2021
Festival Argentino USA
(703) 212-5850
Thomas Jefferson Theatre - Arlington, VA
Argentine Festival 2021, Sat May 15, 4pm–10:30pm. Presented by: Festival Argentino USA. Venue: Thomas Jefferson Theatre Tickets · $15-30. Todos Celebremos Argentina May Revolution 1810 with a spectacular show for the whole family featuring folk music, tango, and dance and pop music with artists coming from Argentina and with the great locals, and Exhibitor Booths plus New ECatalog in the Fest. 34vo Festival Argentino 2021.
Cookie and Craft Show
June 3 - 5, 2021
(757) 817-8125
Founders Inn and Spa - Virginia Beach, VA
The Cookie Cutter Collector's Club (CCCC) is announcing our 2021 Convention plus our Cookie and Craft Show. The show will be indoor at the Founders Inn and Spa. The Cookie and Craft Show is open and free to the public. Guests are invited to visit us over the 3 days of the event and spend a hot day strolling in the AC looking at wonderful hand-made products. Don't forget to visit Julia Usher, published cookie author and decorator!
Occoquan Spring RiverFest and Crafts Show
June 5 - 6, 2021
(703) 491-2168
Downtown - Occoquan, VA
This famous craft show in the streets of Occoquan features about 300 vendors with arts and crafts, live entertainment, and plenty of delicious food and fun for the whole family. Rain or shine. Free admission. Shuttle services are available for a minimal fee to patrons and free to vendors. Thanks to our strong community support and loyal customers, the Occoquan Arts and Crafts Shows bring in about 10,000 visitors each season.
Horse and Hound Wine Festival
July 10, 2021
(540) 586-3707
Johnson's Orchards Farm & Peaks Winery - Bedford, VA
Enjoy wine from some of Virginia's finest wineries while listening to good music and visiting art, craft and food vendors. VA's most unique wine festival has events throughout the day with horses and dogs as attractions such as the Parade of Horses, agility dogs and muskrat racing. Also kids' events. Families will enjoy this festival because it appeals to both young and old. Some proceeds will benefit 501-3c organizations. Online ticket sales.
Chincoteague Blueberry Festival
July 22 - 24, 2021
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Chincoteague Center - Chincoteague Island, VA
The Chincoteague Island Blueberry Festival is the Largest Fine arts and crafts event on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. A midsummer celebration of fine food, arts, crafts and nature's tastiest and most healthy gift...the blueberry. This event is held on the beautiful island of Chincoteague on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. The CIBBFl is the opening act for the Pony Penning Week and the Chincoteague Pony Swim.
Taste of the Mountains Main Street Festival
September 4, 2021
(540) 948-4455
Main Street - Madison, VA
Come celebrate the 28th Annual Taste of the Mountains Main Street Festival in the beautiful and historic town of Madison. Enjoy the arts, crafts, music, delicious Madison County foods, pony rides, antique autos, living history including Civil War camp, and magic shows. Held annually the Saturday before Labor Day
Occoquan Fall RiverFest Craft Show
September 25 - 26, 2021
(703) 491-2168
Downtown - Occoquan, VA
We look forward to the new Occoquan RiverFest & Craft Show being a fantastic celebration to the end of Summer 2021. It will be a weekend full of fresh air, hope and family fun on our beloved Occoquan River. There is no better way to harness the might and savvy of Occoquan, than to combine two events that bring together our American pride, our people, and our culture into one amazing festival weekend.
Virginia Beach Christmas Market
November 26 - 28, 2021
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It's Virginia Beach's grand opening celebration of the holiday season! The Virginia Beach Christmas Market will feature more than 250 art & craft exhibitors from more than 25 states. Discover a diverse selection of fine arts, pottery, jewelry, stained glass, wood, photography, fiber arts, Virginia wines, as well as thousands of one-of-kind Christmas collectibles. Readers of Sunshine Artist Magazine just voted this show #17 in the nation.
Events in Sterling, VA — upcoming
March 2021 (dates not updated)
Park View High School Spring Craft & Vendor Show
Park View High School, Sterling, VA
Status: Updated 2/11/2020
This Virginia Craft Show will have fine craft, crafts, homegrown products and antique/collectibles exhibitors, and no food booths. There will be 1 stage with Local talent and the hours will be Sat 10am-3pm. This event will also include student performances.
April 23 - 25, 2021
Dulles Town Center Spring Home and Garden Show
Dulles Town Center Mall, Sterling, VA
Status: Updated 7/23/2020
This Virginia Home and Garden Show will have fine art, fine craft, commercial/retail and corp./information exhibitors, and no food booths.
September 18, 2021
Fall Festival
Claude Moore Park, Sterling, VA
Status: Updated 9/16/2020
This Virginia Festival will have fine art, fine craft and crafts exhibitors, and no food booths. There will be 1 stage with Local talent and the hours will be Sat 10am-4pm. This event will also include: photography expo, petting farm, spinning weaving demo, pumpkin painting.
November 2021 (dates not updated)
Park View Fall Craft & Vendor Show
Park View High School, Sterling, VA
Status: Updated 10/31/2019
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because I usually use this screen name, so simple but explain everything for me and not really a long screen name, and i use this screen name in my another social network, if you want to know me better, just tell me that you want to know my other social network. Let's be friends^^
How did you come to read Twilight and which book is your favorite?
It's been 3 years I like Twilight, I know I'm late but I don't care. For the first time, I saw The Twilight Saga Movie and so interested then I continued to read the books. I swear, Twilight Saga it's the best thing I've ever like.
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I prefer Edward and Bella, they meant to be always together. FYI, I always be Ed Bell shipper.
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I'm pretty good, how about you? I guess I am and I'm a RobSten shipper either. Are you a fan of Rob too? It's nice to know you
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LG Electronics has posted losses within its fourth-quarter 2012 results due to a heavy fine imposed by the European Union over price-fixing allegations.
The world's second-largest television set maker by revenue posted its Q4 2012 financial report today, detailing its first loss-making quarter in a year. Net losses accounted for 468 billion won ($429 million) in the fourth quarter of 2012, in comparison to a loss of 112 billion won in 2011.
Consolidated revenues currently stand at 13.50 trillion won ($12.4 billion).
LG also posted an operating profit of 107 billion won ($98.84 million) in the quarter, which is up 25 percent year over year, based on record smartphone sales of 8.6 million in comparison to third-quarter sales of 7 million. Overall handset sales -- including both feature phones and smartphones -- rose 7 percent to 15.4 million units.
The electronics firm's mobile business achieved overall revenue of 2.81 trillion won ($2.58 billion), up 15 percent quarter over quarter. LG also says that its customer base for "premium 4G devices" -- such as the Optimus G -- grew in the fourth quarter, and the company intends to capitalize on the expanding 4G market in Europe and in emerging markets this year.
However, profit margins in the television industry continue to slide. LG reported another quarter of losses within its television sector; 5.7 percent in the second quarter, 0.8 percent in the third quarter, and 0.3 percent in the fourth quarter. The firm says that it is not only strong competition from local rivals that has almost flatlined the television sector, but a weak yen has also contributed, despite "aggressive marketing efforts." LG plans to try and reinvigorate its decaying business by tapping into the premium television market and offer OLED and Ultra HD television sets in 2013, along with the sales of 3D and Smart TVs.
In December, LG was fined 492 million euros ($664 million) by the European Commission as part of one of the largest antitrust fines in history. Philips, LG Electronics, Panasonic, Toshiba, Samsung SDI and Technicolor were all fined individually for an overall penalty of over 1 billion euros, after the EU decided that the companies had all been involved in a scheme to rig the prices of cathode ray tubes, used in both computer monitors and television screens. Panasonic plans to appeal the ruling.
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All new episodes to premiere on Wednesday, February 29 at 10/9c
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New York - December 15, 2011 - In Scotland it is unlucky to be born on a leap year day but PSYCH fans fear not, for on that day in 2012, the winter season of USA Network's hit show premieres in celebratory fashion! PSYCH, the fan favorite that chronicles the zany capers of a faux psychic and his best friend, portayed so awesomely by James Roday and Dulé Hill, who assist the Santa Barbara Police Department on their cases, will resume on Wednesday, February 29 at 10/9c with "Indiana Shawn and the Temple of the Kinda Crappy, Rusty Old Dagger." In the final seven episodes that will complete PSYCH's sixth season, get ready for more fun-filled storylines and A-list guest stars that represent the finest that pop culture has to offer. The show also stars Corbin Bernsen, Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson and Kirsten Nelson.
This February on PSYCH, Shawn (Roday) goes undercover on a reality dating show (hosted by guest star Wayne Brady); goes on an epic Indiana Jones-fueled adventure with returning master thief Despereaux (guest star Cary Elwes); investigates Detective Lassiter's (Timothy Omundson) new condo, which happens to be the site of a murder ... and is as possessed as the hotel in "The Shining;" gets involved in a case with the former mentor (guest star Cheech Marin) of Gus and his college a'capella group (guest stars Mekhi Pfeiffer and Jaleel White); scours the after-hours underground of Santa Barbara with an overzealous murder expert (guest star French Stewart); and he and Gus (Hill) go deep into a past case with Henry (Bernsen) that opens some dangerous wounds. Additional guest stars this winter include Madchen Amick, Lou Gossett, Jr., Sara Rue, The Miz, Greg Grunberg, John Rhys Davies, Lindsay Sloane, Glen Headley, Ivana Milicevic, Rob Estes, Lolita Davidovich and Max Gall.
PSYCH creator Steve Franks pens and directs the winter season premiere and Roday directs "Heeeeere's Lassie," which airs on Wednesday, March 7. Additional guest directors include Timothy Busfield, Jay Chandrasekhar and Jennifer Lynch.
PSYCH is executive produced by Steve Franks, Kelly Kulchak and Chris Henze, from Universal Cable Productions in association with Tagline Pictures. Mel Damski serves as executive producer/director. Bill Callahan is executive producer. Saladin K. Patterson and Andy Berman are co-executive producers/writers. Todd Harthan is consulting producer.
Rounding out the remaining episodes for PSYCH's winter season include "Shawn and the Real Girl" on Wednesday, March 14; "Let's Doo-Wop It Again" on Wednesday, March 21; "Autopsy Turvy" on Wednesday, March 28; "True Grits" on Wednesday, April 4; and "Santabarbaratown" on Wednesday, April 11.
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'Glee' Gets Disco Fever in 'Saturday Night Glee-ver' Preview
Next week, 'Glee' is turning back the clock — way back to the days of disco. A preview clip of the 'Saturday Night Glee-ver' episode shows the cast performing disco classics, even though Mr. Schuester seems to be the only one who's truly excited about the idea.
Mr. Schuester announces, "We are going back in time!," but the kids all shout, "Disco sucks!" Still, we see the kids perform 'Stayin' Alive' and 'Disco Inferno' surrounded by flashing lights and disco balls, which means they ultimately embrace the disco idea, whether they like it or not.
The episode is based around 'Saturday Night Fever' and is expected to feature eight songs from that legendary soundtrack, according to Amazon. The 'Glee' Cast will take on five Bee Gees hits, including 'More Than a Woman,' 'Night Fever' and 'How Deep Is Your Love,' as well as KC & the Sunshine Band's 'Boogie Shoes' and Yvonne Elliman's 'If I Can't Have You.'
There's one potentially scandalous moment in the teaser, when Brittany tells a shocked Santana, "Everyone's loving the sex tape of us." Things are about to get really interesting! 'Saturday Night Glee-ver' airs on FOX on April 17.
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If you're going to the beach this summer but don't have a lot of spare change, then head over to your local discount store. The Dollar Tree has an unlimited amount of $1 items, so you could potentially purchase everything you need for your next vacation — without breaking the bank.
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To get started, choose a large tote to serve as your beach bag, and then fill it up with sunscreen, lip balm, and any drinks or snacks you may want. Don't forget to throw in your favorite beach towel, as well! And even better, the popular discount store carries several sunglasses and flip flops for customers so that you can be stylish while you hang by the ocean.
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I'm a Podcaster and publishing podcasts since 2005. In my first few episodes I used a Music Track as an opener which seems to have a copyright on it, so I got a mail from a lawyer. First of all: Yep, i didn't check the license in detail so I have to pay for this now. I appreciate the work of musicians and I never wanted to do piracy - the website I got the track from seemed to have free tracks and so I used them.
Anyway: I have to commit myself to never ever republish this copyrighted track again. But in The mass of episodes I have created it would be hard work to check of I used the track even after changing the opener to a (real) free track. Is there a possibility to scan my library automatically against a short part of the copyrighted track?
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Graffiti artists Edertron Onerski and Kid NES have teamed up to present this awesome mural. But for the sake of hilarity and a little bit of fun, they danced around in Wario and Waluigi costumes while painting it. Even Gumby makes an appearance to spin tracks for the painting/dancing party.
The mural was made as a promotion for an upcoming vinyl toy art show in Dallas, Vinyl Thoughts Art Show. The theme this event is "Next Level," a tip of the hat to video games. As you can see by the entries on their Facebook page, video game characters abound, including a heavy emphasis on Mario.
If you're in Dallas next week, be sure to swing by the event. If not for the toys, artists, and hopefully dancing to beatbox video game themes, then maybe for the cosplayers one and two?
- WATCH: Wario and a gas-masked Waluigi paint the walls 8-Bit in the video above.
- WATCH: The Tetris theme song is played on a single guitar with 5 people. Also there are wigs and lipstick on men, and it is funny.
- PLAY: NFL Kicker is our Gaming App of the Day.
- WATCH: Let's take a closer look at a famous song from Final Fantasy VII.
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Results from nearly 750 summer accreditation visits are in, and despite some anxiety about moving to the new system, ACA camps, visitors, and sections did a fine job with the first visits in the new standards! Preliminary statistics and feedback show:
The number of camps whose initial scores did not meet minimum accreditation criteria was no higher than usual — about 6 percent of those visited. ACA camps were well-prepared!
The number of calls made to visitors to resolve score form questions was slightly higher than the last few years, but lower than the number necessary the last time standards were revised. ACA visitors were well-prepared!
The total number of camps visited was slightly lower than the last few years, but camps needed only one visit to evaluate their year-round program this year.
At their September meeting, the National Standards Board evaluated feedback from sections as well as preliminary statistical data from visits. They found:
Visits to camps who had documentation reviewed prior to the on-site visit were shorter and resulted in fewer problems on the day of the visit — and higher scores. Contact between visitors and directors prior to the visit has always helped camps succeed!
Most sections felt the visits went well — much smoother than originally anticipated.
Lack of documentation, again, is the primary reason for No scores on visits. For example, camps evaluated the skills of specialized staff, but failed to document that verification.
The new standards support products were well-received and helpful to many.
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The last time (above) ESPN College Gameday came to Athens was the 1998 Tennessee game. UGA fans were riding high coming off a road win over Top 10 LSU in Baton Rouge. We had a freshman QB who had just set the bayou on fire under the lights, and Champ Bailey was totally unstoppable on both sides of the ball.
Tennessee was playing the game without Peyton Manning, who was the Bulldog Anti-Christ for 4 years, and Jamal Lewis was out of the game with an injury suffered at Auburn the week before.
Gameday opened with WCW Champion Bill Goldberg looking into the camera and saying something like, "Tennessee...You're Next."
Things looked great...well...until the game started and Tennessee physically beat the ever living hell out of Georgia. The 22-3 score doesn't remotely begin to reveal the physical difference between the two teams. Today's underclassmen students were 8-9 years old on that painful day.
We enter the game tomorrow with superior or equal talent at every position except one (Left Tackle). Just as importantly, we have a world class coach who has instilled a work ethic that breeds success. Big wins aren't shocking anymore to Georgia fans.
On the other side of the field is Bama. This is NOT the Alabama program of the 60s, 70s and 80s. Not yet anyway. This is an Alabama team that lost to Louisiana-Monroe last year. This group of players has yet to face an elite SEC opponent in a game with this much build-up and come out the other side a winner. Dealing with that spotlight isn't easy.
All the intangibles favor Georgia.
Most of the personnel match-ups favors Georgia.
And it's a home game.
If Georgia protects the ball like it has all season and covers kicks at least as well as they did versus Arizona State, we're going to win this thing by 7 points or more.
In 2008, Georgia doesn't hope to win. Georgia expects to win. It's going to be a war, and Bama isn't going to roll over for us. But, I can't wait for Saturday.


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The Canadian founders of mobile gaming company A Thinking Ape embarked on a make-it-or-break-it quest to source first-rate tech wizards when they left Silicon Valley in 2010 to put down roots in Vancouver.
The three-man startup was striving for billion-dollar valuation after a windfall of cash developing chart-topping apps, and a global scan signalled that heading north was the likeliest route.
"As soon as we landed in Vancouver we started a recruiting pipeline," said co-founder Kenshi Arasaki, explaining they'd identified the problem of finding the best and brightest as one of their biggest issues. "We spent a lot of time thinking about it."
That careful planning gained A Thinking Ape its foothold, and the attention of its peers, in a city where veterans caution that high-tech growth must be rigorously cultivated to ensure staying power.
Read: Inside Kenshi Arasaki's App Empire
The rising costs of living in Vancouver, a fickle investor market, the ongoing global scarcity of talent and struggle for startups to match salaries offered by heavyweights are all threatened snags to success.
As the arrival of tech giants like Facebook, Microsoft and Amazon generates buzz of a budding Silicon Valley North, startup and mid-sized tech companies are balancing enthusiasm against the challenges.
Some in the industry warn that if players fail to think strategically, confront obstacles or build a cohesive vision as the sector blooms, Vancouver could amount to a "tech bubble" burst.
Read: Who Needs Silicon Valley?
"I am afraid," said Joseph Nakhla, CEO of bazinga!, a social networking company of 40 employees he founded in January 2012. "At the end of the day, Vancouver is an amazing place. We pray that we stay here for as long as we can.
If we don't fix the funding problems, if there isn't more capital available for these startups here, they will eventually go
"But the problem we have is, if we don't fix the funding problems, if there isn't more capital available for these startups here—where they can actually not only attract but retain this talent—they will eventually go."
That's why industry newcomers must think long-term and thriving ventures should endeavor to become anchors, said Nakhla, a 15-year veteran of the city's tech scene.
"A lot of little startups are popping up here. I'm wary of young entrepreneurs just completely being focused on the geographical presence."
Read: Essential Startup Advice from the PROFIT 500
Another concern is the admission that Facebook eventually plans to pack up its temporary Vancouver office of about 150 computer engineers, many who were blocked from getting U.S. green cards. Other companies, such as Social Chorus, have similarly sprouted offices as a consequence of the hamstrung U.S. immigration system, and some may retreat when visas are sorted.
Asked recently whether Canada's more progressive visa requirements could brand the country a thoroughfare, federal Employment Minister Jason Kenney said economic migrants are "not prisoners to Canada."
The government doesn't "underestimate the power of attraction of Silicon Valley," said Immigration Minister Chris Alexander while promoting a visa stream in Vancouver last month targeting young entrepreneurs.
"That's why we need to be nimble and agile. That's why we need to have the best business environment in the world."
Proponents of the Vancouver industry remain realistic about its bid to compete globally.
Hootsuite founder Ryan Holmes has long championed the city's potential to become a fully-formed tech hub, but he agreed more work is required.
"Selling out early is always a big temptation," Holmes wrote in an email.
Read: How HootSuite's Scored a Massive Venture Capital Round
Measures to boost stability include enticing investors who offer "a big vision" and a concerted effort by Canadian educators to counter the loss of talent to the U.S. by quickly and "exponentially increasing" the number of tech graduates, wrote Holmes.
"We really need the educational system to understand the importance of encouraging students into engineering programs now and send the message that the jobs of tomorrow are in tech."
Some 18,750 "emerging" tech companies are counted by the provincial government arm Invest BC. The Vancouver Economic Commission said the city's three most popular tech job websites list more than 1,320 jobs—a figure likely smaller than actual openings, as many go unpublished.
British Columbia's statistical agency tallied 9,010 tech companies and 84,070 jobs overall in the province in an April 2014 report.
Charlyne Fothergill, program director with startup accelerator GrowLab, said that in the "war for talent worldwide," the sentiment isn't about "hoarding talent or companies up here," but about promoting expansion.
"Business has to grow. Whether you grow that business from Vancouver and then grow that into the States, you're still in Vancouver setting up roots," she said.
"What we're likely to see is absolutely companies expand across Canada and across North America."
Departures shouldn't be interpreted as a brain drain, said a professor at the University of California Berkeley.
"Trying to keep everyone in your borders is nice, but that doesn't actually reflect how business is being done — especially not in the high-tech sector," said Canadian Studies chair Irene Bloemraad, originally from Saskatoon.
She said Canada benefits even if the tech wizards only reside in Vancouver for a spell.
"(They) build relationships in Canada they might never have had if they moved directly to the United States."
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Friday, May 10, 2013
Dodgers Announce April Winners of Dodger Pride Awards
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The Los Angeles Dodgers today announced the April winners of the Dodger Pride Awards. The Dodger Pride Awards were created in 2008 by General Manager Ned Colletti, and are issued on a monthly basis to the players at each level of the club's minor league system who play the game with a hustling, smart, aggressive style. The players and staff on each respective club vote for the awards.
The winners for April are as follows:
Triple-A Albuquerque Isotopes
Pitcher – RHP Chris Withrow did not allow a run in eight relief appearances for the Isotopes in April, going 2-0 while striking out 14 and walking five in 9.2 innings. The 24-year-old limited opponents to a .125 batting average and did not allow a hit in three road appearances (3.1 IP). Overall, the Odessa, Texas, native is holding right-handers to a .160 batting average (4-for-25) and has excelled with runners in scoring position, limiting the opposition to a .188 average (3-for-16). Withrow was selected by the Dodgers in the first round (20th overall) of the 2007 First-Year Player Draft.
Player – 1B/OF Scott Van Slyke's eight homers led the Pacific Coast League during April and he also ranked among the league leaders in nearly every offensive category during the month, including batting average (.419, 3rd), runs (24, T-3rd), hits (39, 2nd), extra-base hits (16, T-1st), total bases (72, 1st), RBI (26, 4th), on-base percentage (.477, 5th), slugging percentage (.774, 2nd) and OPS (1.251, 2nd). To start the month, the slugger strung together a 10-game hitting streak from April 4-13, hitting .559 (19-for-34) during that span and recorded 13 multi-hit performances in April, including six games with three or more hits. Van Slyke made his Major League debut last year after being drafted by the Dodgers in the 14th round of the 2005 First-Year Player Draft.
Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts
Player – OF Joc Pederson ranked tied for seventh in the Southern League with a .304 batting average while hitting a Southern League-leading six home runs in 24 games in the month of April. Pederson also ranked among the league's best in several other offensive categories, including RBI (16, 6th), hits (28, T-3rd), doubles (7, T-5th) and stolen bases (7, T-6th) while leading the league in both slugging percentage (.620) and OPS (1.001). The 21-year-old posted a 17-game hitting streak from April 7-24 and hit safely in 19 of 24 April games. Pederson was named the Southern League Offensive Player of the Week for April 15-21, batting .407 (11-for-27) with five RBI in seven games during the stretch. The Palo Alto native was selected by the Dodgers in the 11th round of the 2010 First-Year Player Draft.
Pitcher – RHP Zach Lee posted a 2-1 record with 2.42 ERA, striking out 23 against seven walks in five April starts. Lee posted quality starts in three out of five April games, allowing just one earned run or less in four of those starts. On the year, Lee ranks sixth in the Southern League in ERA (2.15), ninth in innings (37.2) and 10th in strikeouts (30). The 21-year-old was selected 28th overall by the Dodgers in the 2010 First-Year Player Draft.
Single-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes
Player - 1B O'Koyea Dickson batted .305 (29-for-95) with three home runs and 16 RBI in 25 April games. Dickson ranked among the best in the California League in both doubles (9, T-3rd) and hits (29, T-5th) last month. The 23-year-old is in his third professional season after being selected by the Dodgers in the 12th round the 2011 First-Year Player Draft.
Pitcher – LHP Michael Thomas led the California league with eight saves in the month of April, going a perfect 8-for-8 in save opportunities. The left-handed reliever posted a 0.87 ERA (1 ER/10.1 IP) while limiting opposing batters to a .184 batting average and striking out 15 without surrendering a walk in 10.1 innings. The Maryland native is in his third professional season after being selected in the 35th round of the 2011 First-Year Player Draft.
Single-A Great Lakes Loons
Player – C Tyler Ogle batted .338 (22-for-65) with four homers and 15 RBI in 22 April games, leading the Great Lakes Loons in all three categories. Overall, the 22-year-old ranks fifth in the Midwest League with a .463 on-base percentage and is hitting .309 in 30 games, including a .296 mark with runners in scoring position (8-for-27). The Portland, Maine native is in his third professional season after being selected in the ninth round of the 2011 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Oklahoma.
Pitcher – RHP Carlos Frias posted a 3-0 record with a 1.14 ERA (3 ER/23.2 IP) and 21 strikeouts in four April starts, tying for the most wins in the Midwest League. Overall, the 23-year-old has posted a 0.91 ERA (1st, Midwest League) and is limiting opposing hitters to a .210 batting average, having yet to allow a home run in 29.2 innings this season. Frias is in his seventh professional season after signing with the Dodgers as a non-drafted free agent out of the Dominican Republic on Jan. 3, 2007.
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Joan Rivers on The Ed Sullivan Show with host Ed Sullivan, Sept. 11, 1966.
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Popular night club comedienne Joan Rivers, shown in her Bel Air home, tells of her problems to get financial backing for her directorial effort, "Rabbit Test" in Los Angeles, April 14, 1978. The feature length movie is an extra black comedy about a man who flunks his test and winds up headed for a maternity ward.
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British singer Tom Jones, center, blows out candles at a surprise birthday party at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, June 6, 1974. Guests include, from left to right, Joan Rivers, Sonny Bono, Jones, Debbie Reynolds, and Liberace.
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Comedienne Joan Rivers talks about her upcoming Broadway play, "Fun City," in New York City, Nov. 4, 1971. Rivers will star in the play, which she co-wrote.
Joan Rivers performing on The Carol Burnett Show, Sept. 25, 1970.
Joan Rivers makes it quite clear - she?s starting a new syndicated talk show and its name is "The Joan Rivers Show," in Los Angeles, Aug. 15, 1989
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Joan Rivers, right, talks with guest, first lady Nancy Reagan, during her appearance on "The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers," on Fox TV, Oct. 30, 1986. The role of female talk-show hosts in late-night TV network history, all 50-plus years of it, can be summed up in two words: Joan Rivers. It takes just another two _ Arsenio Hall _ to do the same for minorities. There's no indication that's going to change in the latest round of musical chairs involving "Tonight" and "Late Night."
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Members attending the NBC affiliates meeting at the Century Plaza Hotel in Century City, Calif., June 2, 1987, don masks of Joan Rivers, poking fun at the demise of the entertainer from the late night talk show circuit.
Joan Rivers' sole credit as a film director was the 1978 comedy "Rabbit Test," starring Billy Crystal as the world's first pregnant man.
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New York Post columnist Joey Adams gets a birthday kiss from comedienne Joan Rivers at his 80th birthday celebration at the Helmsley Hotel in New York, Jan. 8, 1991.
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Joan Rivers (left, with Miss Piggy) in "The Muppets Take Manhattan" (1984).
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Performers on the first episode of ?The Late Show? pose with star Joan Rivers, Oct. 9, 1986. From left: Elton John, Joan Rivers, Cher, and Pee Wee Herman.
Joan Rivers provided voiceovers for several cartoons, including "Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist," "Shrek 2," "Arthur" and "The Simpsons." But her most famous vocal performance was as Dot Matrix, the robot, in Mel Brooks' "Star Wars" parody, "Spaceballs."
She repeated the character in the 2008 cartoon series based on the film.
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Comedian Joan Rivers and Barry Diller, chairman of Fox Inc., arrive for news conference in Los Angeles to announce that she will host a live talk show on Fox Broadcasting Co. that will compete with late night king Johnny Carson, May 6, 1986. Miss Rivers will lead the attack for Fox Broadcasting Corp's new fourth network.
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Joan Rivers attends Global Green USA's 11th annual pre-Oscar party at Avalon on Feb. 26, 2014, in Hollywood, California.
Rivers, the raucous, acid-tongued comedian who crashed the male-dominated realm of late-night talk shows and turned Hollywood red carpets into danger zones for badly dressed celebrities, died Sept. 4, 2014. She was 81.
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Joan Rivers visits "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" at Rockefeller Center on February 15, 2013, in New York.
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Joan Rivers is seen around Lincoln Center on Day 6 of Fall 2012 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on Feb. 14, 2012, in New York.
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Comedian Joan Rivers shares a laugh with Dave when she visits the Late Show with David Letterman, Feb. 26, 2013.
In 2003 Joan Rivers guest-starred on the TV series "Nip/Tuck" (pictured with Julian McMahon and Dylan Walsh).
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Entertainer RuPaul, left, sings a number from his debut album "Supermodel of the World" with Joan Rivers during taping of her show in New York, July 28, 1993. The drag queen also discussed his soon-to-be released book "My Supermodel" on the show.
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Joan Rivers speaks during the "Joan Knows Best" panel at the WE tv portion of the 2011 Winter TCA press tour held at the Langham Hotel on January 7, 2011, in Pasadena, California.
Joan Rivers attends the premiere of "Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work" at Angelika Film Center on May 26, 2010, in New York.
Comedian Joan Rivers, right, the subject of the documentary film "Joan Rivers -- A Piece of Work," poses for a photo with a fan on Main Street during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010.
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TV personality Joan Rivers poses for photographers as she presents "Comedy Roast with Joan Rivers " during the 25th MIPCOM (International Film and Programe Market for TV, Video, Cable and Satellite) in Cannes, southeastern France, Monday, Oct 5, 2009.
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Comedian Joan Rivers, left, and poker player Norm Zada are seen at Michael's Restaurant in New York on Monday, Aug. 17, 2009. Rivers recently went to millionaire Norm Zada's Los Angeles mansion to tape an episode of her new TV Land reality series, "How'd You Get So Rich." Zada surprised Rivers by flying into Manhattan and taking her to lunch and giving her a friendship ring.
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Joan Rivers, left, Katie Couric, center, and Hoda Kotb attend a party celebrating the premiere of Rivers' show "How'd You Get So Rich" on TV Land PRIME at Rivers' residence in New York on Monday, Aug. 3, 2009.
Joan Rivers Goes Inside Lives of Newly Rich
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Actor Tom Arnold, left, kisses comedienne and roastee Joan Rivers hand at the "Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers" in Los Angeles on Sunday, July 26, 2009.
Joan Rivers, winner of Donald Trump's "Celebrity Apprentice" show, appears on the NBC "Today" television program in New York's Rockefeller Center Monday, May 11, 2009.
Joan Rivers participates in the annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade on Oxford Street on March 7, 2009, in Sydney, Australia.
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Joan Rivers looks at beads during the Krewe of Orpheus parade in the Uptown area of New Orleans Monday, Feb. 23, 2009.
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Joan Rivers and Robin Williams backstage at the Wimbledon Theatre after a charity performance in aid of the Prince's Trust charity, in London, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008. The event is one of a number to celebrate the Prince's 60th birthday on Nov. 14. Both Williams and Rivers took part in the show.
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Joan Rivers arrives for the 11th annual Mark Twain Prize for Humor, honoring the late George Carlin, at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Nov. 10, 2008.
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Larry King stands next to Joan Rivers at a party held by CNN celebrating King's fifty years of broadcasting, New York, April 18, 2007.
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If Joan had been there, she would have had much more to say about all this. But this is Joan Rivers impersonator Frank Marino, arriving at the 2006 Billboard Music Awards Dec. 4, 2006 in Las Vegas.
Joan Rivers and her daughter Melissa Rivers attend TV Guide's Launch of New Magazine at Home & Guest House on Oct. 11, 2005, in New York.
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Tony-nominated actress and fashion maven, Joan Rivers, left, receives a key to the city by Miami Beach Mayor David Dermer at the Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami Beach, Fla., March 25, 2004. Rivers was inducted into the Gleason's Walk of Stars.
Melissa and Joan Rivers attend the 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel Jan. 20, 2002, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Joan Rivers attends the 53rd Primetime Emmy Awards at The Shubert Theater November 4, 2001, in Los Angeles.
From left to right, singer Adam Lambert, comedian Joan Rivers, television personality Kelly Osbourne, and television personality Melissa Rivers pose together at the "Glamorous By George" book launch in Los Angeles hosted by Joan and Melissa Rivers, Jan. 13, 2014.
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There are all kinds of reasons to be annoyed by Deion Sanders. Here's a more damning one: He asked a woman whose daughter was allegedly raped not to file a police report.
According to the Dallas Morning News, Loretta Sheppard testified yesterday that Sanders told her to "hold off on doing anything" after her daughter accused Arlington pastor Terry Hornbuckle of raping her. Hornbuckle is on trial for three separate sexual assaults and has also been accused of tampering with a witness and possession of methamphetamine.
Sanders, according to lawyers, "counseled Defendant as a Christian and fellow pastor, and for no other reason." This all came up because the woman's daughter delayed filing charges; her mother is using Deion's pleas as the reason.
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Samsung's JK Shin Pans Windows Phone Sales
When it comes to mobile platforms, we like to think it's a topic the CEO of one of the world's largest smartphone makers knows a thing or two about. And, unfortunately for Microsoft, in a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal one of the three Samsung CEOs, JK Shin, has put it rather bluntly: "Smartphones and tablets based on Microsoft's Windows operating system aren't selling very well."
"There is a preference in the market for Android. In Europe, we're also seeing lackluster demand for Windows-based products," added Shin, twisting the knife some more.
The numbers don't lie though. Microsoft's market share in the U.S. has been lingering around 3% for a while, with no sign of recovery. On the other hand, Samsung's Android business is booming.
Asked about the Samsung's relationship with Google, who is both a partner and a competitor to Samsung, Shin dismisses any notions about friction between the two companies. "We like Android and we plan to continue our good relations with Google. I don't think it's correct to say that there's friction," he said.
Other highlights from the interview include Samsung's plans to ship more than "400 million units" this year. Shin said the company has already sold 50 million Galaxy S III units since its launch last year.
Shin all but dodges the question about Samsung's ongoing patent litigation with Apple. Instead, he merely says that Samsung's new Galaxy S 4 has "unique features," and that Samung has filed "around 120 patents related to user interface and software."
On the topic of smartphones with flexible displays, Shin doesn't think we'll see those very soon. "It'll take some time and I cannot disclose the timing," he said.
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Hearst Hosts Its First Fashion Hackathon
Hearst hosted its first-ever "Fashion Hack," teaming designers with developers for a 24-hour competition. The collaboration of the fashion and tech industries brought more than 150 developers to New York City to create innovative, fashion-focused apps using Hearst brands' APIs.
The international media company launched the weekend event in an effort to tap into the quick growth of the mobile market and redefine reader interaction. Hearst has the content, Hearst Magazines President David Carey says, but needs to adapt to changes in the industry.
"We're the largest publisher of fashion magazines and the chance to work with people with some fresh perspective, thinking about the technology first, is a fantastic connection for us," Carey tells Mashable. "Shame on us for not considering it sooner but I'm glad we started it this year."
The event combined computers with couture — Hearsts' Chief Technology Officer Phil Wiser sported Google Glass while kicking off the event. Out of the 42 projects presented, the stand-outs mixed fashion choices with musical taste using Spotify, pulled data from social networks such as Twitter and Instagram, and brought the magazine format to user-curated online platforms.
Drobe, an online outfitter, won the $10,000 prize and an opportunity to work with Hearst Digital Media. Drobe's app allows users to mix and match outfits in an Instagram-like style, and links directly to retail outlets.
Hearst isn't the only one showing tech interest during New York Fashion Week. Condé Nast is hosting "Decoded Fashion," a hackathon that puts tech teams on the runway to present their best apps.
Google Venture's Wesley Chan appeared at Hearst's Fashion Hack, speaking about the importance of mixing the two industries. Hackathon collaborations between two unlikely industries can build the next billion-dollar innovation, Chan says.
"It's happening. It's proof that we're moving towards a world where high tech and high fashion make a difference in people's lives," Chan says. "You're starting to see companies paying attention to this ... more creativity comes out of more chances, and maybe the next Google or Facebook will be found in the world of fashion."
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Wilkyns Nuñez, better known by his ring name Joe Bravo, is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler best known for performing with the International Wrestling Association and World Wrestling Council.
On July 29, 2006, Bravo won the first José Miguel Pérez Cup. On January 6, 2007, he made a heel turn, joining a stable known as Caballeros dela Revolución along El Diamante, Diabolico and La Morena. The team feuded with La Calle, the company's dominant face group. On April 21, 2007, Bravo began an angle with Chicano over the World Heavyweight Championship, losing to him on April 28, 2007. After several months outside of the company, Bravo returned to the company on the second José Miguel Pérez Cup, awarding the cup to the tournament winner, before attacking him during the ceremony. He would subsecuently leave the company.
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In the beginning, there was creationism, which assumed we had never evolved.
Then came the theory of evolution through random mutation and natural selection.
Then came a new hypothesis: Once our ancestors had developed agriculture and stable societies and no longer lived at nature's mercy, human evolution had ceased.
Now we're in the midst of the next mutation in evolutionary theory: Human evolution didn't slow as we advanced from nature to culture. It accelerated and changed. Culture, born of natural selection, became natural selection's driving force.
This is the message of a new study of the human genome. If true, it radically complicates the debate between nature and nurture. The question is no longer simply whether our genes are the source of civilization, but whether they're also its product.
The study, published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and based on DNA samples from around the world, concludes that human evolution has accelerated in the last 40,000 years and particularly in the last 10,000. One reason is that population growth has increased the temporal rate of mutations and selections. But in the case of humans, the authors note, "Rapid population growth has been coupled with vast changes in cultures and ecology … creating new opportunities for adaptation." Such "rapid cultural evolution" has "created vastly more opportunities for further genetic change, not fewer, as new avenues emerged for communication, social interactions, and creativity."
Conceptually, the argument is straightforward. Organisms evolve in response to changing environments. This can lead, paradoxically, to the evolution of traits that change the environment. Once that happens, the process becomes dialectical, and its speed increases, because culture changes more rapidly than nature does.
The authors offer a few simple examples. Dairy cultivation made the ability to drink milk in adulthood advantageous, which in turn led to the genetic spread of lactose tolerance. Settlement elevated the threat of diseases such as malaria and cholera, which in turn caused the dissemination of genes for resisting such diseases. * And the transition from hunting and gathering to growing corn produced new dietary threats such as diabetes, to which our DNA is still adapting.
Many of these genetic trends, while influenced by culture, still fit what we think of as natural selection. In epidemics and dietary diseases, it's nature that does the killing. But the study points out that cultural evolution transforms social systems as well as diets. And new social systems can create reproductive dynamics in which nature plays only a pro forma part.
In particular, the authors cite a previous study, co-authored by two of them, that argued that Jewish IQs rose in medieval Europe due to literacy, inbreeding, and confinement to cognitively demanding jobs. They titled that study "Natural History of Ashkenazi Intelligence." In it, they repeatedly attributed the rise of Jewish intelligence to "natural selection." But the factors they identified—values, religion, and discrimination—were far more cultural than natural. At best, what had happened to Jews was, as the authors put it, "natural selection, stemming from their occupation of an unusual social niche."
You can accept or reject these particular evolutionary explanations as you like. But the underlying message is worth taking home: Much of what now passes for "natural selection" isn't exactly natural. It's social. As such, it deserves no presumptive respect as a validator or promulgator of objective fitness. Nor does the discovery of a genetic basis for this or that trait prove it's more than a social construct. In the era of cultural selection, many genes are a social construct. Which makes them no less real.
All of which poses a problem for anyone who equates genes with human nature, or who expects evolution to take God's place as judge and perfecter of humankind. It may be true that today's God a human creation. But so, in a way, is today's evolution.
Correction, Dec. 14, 2007: The article originally referred to malaria and cholera as viral diseases. They are microbial but not viral. (Return to the corrected sentence.)


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Circles Around The Sun
"We've been called the biggest band nobody's ever heard of," says Brad Corrigan, one of Dispatch's three singers and multi-instrumentalists. "People either know everything about us or they know nothing. There never seems to be any middle ground."
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"We've been called the biggest band nobody's ever heard of," says Brad Corrigan, one of Dispatch's three singers and multi-instrumentalists. "People either know everything about us or they know nothing. There never seems to be any middle ground."
How Corrigan, Chad Stokes, and Pete Francis met in college, formed a band, and — with no radio airplay, major-label support, or significant press coverage — became one of the biggest draws on the live music scene, and arguably the biggest independent rock band in history, is a remarkable story. Though Dispatch hadn't released a full-length album since 2000, and even officially called it quits in 2004, its music continued to capture the hearts and minds of new generations of rock fans through pure word-of-mouth. A 2004 farewell show at the Hatch Shell in Boston drew 110,000 people, including fans from Europe, South America, and Australia. Not one, but three 2007 shows at New York City's Madison Square Garden sold-out immediately. A 2009 all-acoustic show, held at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., at the request of Zimbabwe's prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai, sold out in less than two minutes.
Having repaired their friendships and reconciled the issues that led to their break-up, Dispatch regrouped for a sold-out U.S. tour last June that included three shows at Boston's fabled TD Garden Arena, three shows at Red Rocks in Colorado, and the first-ever concert at New Jersey's 25,000-seat Red Bull Arena. They also released a six-song EP and recommitted to touring and recording, honoring not only the alchemy that occurs whenever these three gather to make music together, but also the powerful bond they have forged with their fans over the last decade.
In March 2012, Dispatch embarked on its first-ever European tour, performing at theatres in London, Paris, Berlin, and Zurich, before appearing at the Bonnaroo Festival in June, followed by the August release of the band's first full-length studio album in 12 years, Circles Around the Sun. Featuring cinematic, expansive production by Peter Katis (Interpol, Jonsi, The National), the album is an eclectic all-American rock and roll record that delivers the gutsy storytelling, radiant harmonies, and good-time grooves that Dispatch are loved for. Kicking things off is Stokes' rootsy "Circles Around the Sun," followed by the swaggering "Not Messin'" (composed by all three members), the jangly "Get Ready Boy," and the bluesy "Josaphine" before the album closes out with two down-tempo tracks, Corrigan's "We Hold A Gun" and Francis' "Feels So Good."
"We all bring different influences to the table, whether it be Led Zeppelin, Traffic, Radiohead, or Cat Stevens, and just kind of throw it all together," Stokes says. "The harmonies are definitely a focal point. I personally like to tell stories within my songs. All three of us appreciate meaningful lyrics, whether they're more direct, like in Brad's songs, or more poetic, like in Pete's songs."
Stokes, Corrigan, and Francis, who each sing lead vocals and trade instruments on stage, met at Middlebury College in Vermont in the early '90s. "We were all athletes, but we really bonded over our voices," Francis says. "There was this real lock that happened when we sang together that was undeniable." After playing together in various duos, the three joined forces as Dispatch, performing shows at Middlebury and neighboring colleges in New England. In 1996 they released their debut album, an acoustic-driven folk-pop affair called Silent Steeples, on their own Bomber Records label, followed by 1998's reggae-flavored Bang Bang. "From Bang Bang on we started hearing that the music was being handed off to people's friends and siblings," Corrigan says. "We thought it was so cool that there was a family of fans developing."
The 1999 release of Dispatch's third album, Four-Day Trials coincided with the launch of then-illegal file-sharing service Napster, which enabled the band's young, tech-savvy audience to freely share MP3's of Dispatch songs like "The General" and "Bang Bang" and grow the audience in the process. "We played a show at a college in Pomona, California — a state we'd never visited, and a thousand kids turned up and sang along to every word," Francis says.
Naturally, once Dispatch had established itself as a profitable touring entity, the major labels began sniffing around. "Not one time in any label meeting did anyone say, 'We love your music and we just want to give wings to what you're doing,'" Corrigan says. "It was always 'We'll make you into the next Dave Matthews Band.' It was the exact opposite of what we wanted to hear. We knew it would kill our creativity. We don't have a desire to be anything other than the first Dispatch."
And yet at the height of their popularity, the members of Dispatch walked away. "We were just incredibly burned out," Corrigan says. "We had no real friendships outside of each other and we wanted to have lives outside of the band and be part of our communities again." "It actually felt dishonest to play for our audience when the relationships within the band were breaking down," Stokes says. "It just didn't feel right."
The band members each pursued their own projects, with the Denver-based Corrigan forming the band Braddigan, Francis performing as an acoustic singer-songwriter, and the Boston-based Stokes, recording and touring with his band State Radio. In 2004, the three decided they owed it to the fans to give Dispatch a proper send-off and organized a free show in Boston on the Esplanade, anticipating perhaps 20,000 people would turn up. The concert became the largest independent music event in history (documented in a feature film The Last Dispatch). A contest that awarded backstage passes to the fan who traveled the furthest distance attracted responses from Portugal, Peru, and the United Arab Emirates.
In 2007, Dispatch came together once again to raise money for humanitarian organizations working in Zimbabwe, a country suffering from issues that resonated deeply with Francis, Corrigan, and especially Stokes, who lived there for six months after high school. After tickets to the first Garden show disappeared within minutes during the fan pre-sale, Dispatch added two more shows and became the first independent band to sell out the storied venue. The three-night-stand grossed more than two million dollars and raised hundreds-of-thousands of dollars for charities in Zimbabwe.
Social responsibility has always been a major component of the Dispatch culture. During its June 2011 tour, the band rolled out its Amplifying Education campaign, which focused on educational issues in the U.S. Not only did one dollar from each ticket sold go to benefit education in each local market, but audience members were encouraged to sign up to volunteer, which they did eagerly. "I'm always amazed when people show up for these volunteer events, because everyone's busy and has a lot going on in their
lives," Stokes says. "But our fans are so passionate about the band, and that seems to lend itself to their wanting to do more than just come to the show."
Not wanting to let down those fervent souls, Dispatch decided to record new music, which led to last year's Dispatch EP and now Circles Around The Sun. "We all write so we knew there was material out there," Stokes says. "If we were going to do a tour, we wanted to play new songs."
Another motivator was knowing that they were giving back to the fans who had given so much to them. "It's a dream to know that your music is actually a part of people's experiences and becomes tied to special moments in their life," Corrigan says. "That makes it all worth it. Also, it all just feels fun again. We're so fired up to be great friends and to travel the world and see places we've never been before. I mean, come on. It doesn't get much better than that."
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Of all the blurbs I've come across in recent years claiming to be "like Game of Thrones", I have to admit Luna: New Moon came quite close – if you can imagine the Starks and Lannisters as two rival families with competing mining operations on the moon. The first book was like an epiphany; I loved it. That I'm looking forward to this sequel and conclusion (the series is just going to be a duology, I hear) is a massive understatement. I'm hoping Luna: Wolf Moon will be just as amazing.
Corta Helio, one of the five family corporations that rule the Moon, has fallen. Its riches are divided up among its many enemies, its survivors scattered. Eighteen months have passed .
The remaining Helio children, Lucasinho and Luna, are under the protection of the powerful Asamoahs, while Robson, still reeling from witnessing his parent's violent deaths, is now a ward–virtually a hostage– of Mackenzie Metals. And the last appointed heir, Lucas, has vanished of the surface of the moon.
Only Lady Sun, dowager of Taiyang, suspects that Lucas Corta is not dead, and more to the point—that he is still a major player in the game. After all, Lucas always was the Schemer, and even in death, he would go to any lengths to take back everything and build a new Corta Helio, more powerful than before. But Corta Helio needs allies, and to find them, the fleeing son undertakes an audacious, impossible journey–to Earth.
In an unstable lunar environment, the shifting loyalties and political machinations of each family reach the zenith of their most fertile plots as outright war erupts.
Luna: Wolf Moon continues Ian McDonald's saga of the Five Dragons."
Not sure it's for me I confess. But I'm curious to see reviews
Ooh nice! That's a totally new to me one! Not sure that it's my kind of read but I hope you positively love it once you read it!
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