They're cute. They're bouncy. And they're angry. Introducing "Angry Birds Toons". Seriously. Rovio has long teased the existence of Angry Birds cartoon series but held most of the details secret. Well, all will be revealed come March 16th, when the first episode premieres.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/j3hZOYqtKq0/
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February 26 will mark one year since 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was killed by a gun wielded by self-appointed neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman after he saw Trayvon walking home from a 7-Eleven with a bag of Skittles and bottle of Arizona iced tea.
Black children, youths, and families know first-hand that the killing of Black children by gun violence is not new but a relentlessly unreported and under-reported plague that has been disproportionately snuffing out Black child lives for a very long time. Fifteen percent of children and teens are Black but 45 percent of all children and youths killed by guns in 2010 were Black. Black boys 15 to 19 years old were 28 times more likely than White boys the same age to be killed in a gun homicide.
Shortly after President Kennedy?s assassination, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote that it was time for our nation to do some soul-searching, and while the question ?Who killed President Kennedy?? was important, answering the question ?What killed President Kennedy?? was even more critical. Dr. King believed the answer was that ?our late president was assassinated by a morally inclement climate?: ?It is a climate filled with heavy torrents of false accusation, jostling winds of hatred, and raging storms of violence. It is a climate where men cannot disagree without being disagreeable, and where they express dissent through violence and murder. It is the same climate that murdered Medgar Evers in Mississippi and six innocent Negro children in Birmingham, Alabama.? Dr. King further noted that the undercurrents of hatred and violence that made up this morally inclement climate were fueled by our cultural embrace of guns: ?By our readiness to allow arms to be purchased at will and fired at whim, by allowing our movie and television screens to teach our children that the hero is one who masters the art of shooting and the technique of killing, by allowing all these developments, we have created an atmosphere in which violence and hatred have become popular pastimes.?
The same winds of hatred, storms of violence, and easy access to and glorification of guns that Dr. King believed killed President Kennedy would soon also kill Dr. King. Fifty years after Dr. King described our morally inclement climate, the outward signs of racial intolerance and hatred have undoubtedly diminished but there are still far too many reminders of the dangers lurking everywhere that devastate us all ? like Trayvon?s senseless death for walking home while Black. Between 1963, when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, and 2010, nearly 60,000 Black children and teens were killed by guns, over 1,200 every year for 48 years. This is 17 times the number of reported lynchings of Black Americans of all ages since 1882 but we have not had an equivalent Black community anti-lynching movement to save our children from gun violence.
While there are troubling undertones of racial suspicion and fear in Trayvon Martin?s killing which must be addressed as justice is sought, the fact is that most Black young people murdered by guns are killed by Black shooters ? just as most White children and teens murdered by guns are killed by White shooters. Sadly the tragedies of Tucson, Aurora, Newtown and elsewhere made clear that none of us are safe anywhere or immune to the pervasive threat of gun violence.
We are all in the same boat and must act together to stop the plague of violence. Gun safety laws that only apply in one city or state can?t fully stop our national epidemic of gun proliferation and violence any better than we can stop a flu epidemic by vaccinating one family. We must struggle together to stop gun violence and to change the morally inclement climate that Dr. King warned about if we are going to protect all of our nation?s children everywhere.
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<strong>Lose It:</strong> "The thing at the moment is Adele. She is a little too fat, but she has a beautiful face and a divine voice," <a href="http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-body/news/karl-lagerfeld-adele-is-too-fat-201262">Karl Lagerfield snarked</a> about the British singing sensation. Grammy-award-winning singer, Grammy winner, Oscar nominee and poster girl for bringing back the bouffant. <strong>Love It:</strong> Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, who admits the Spice Girls were her first inspiration, was first discovered on MySpace in 2006. From there, she went on to become one of the most successful singers of all time, winning nine Grammy Awards, 12 Billboard Music Awards (including Artist of the Year twice), a Golden Globe Award, and an Oscar nomination. But that's not even the best part: The new mom requires all backstage visitors to make a minimum $20 donation to Sands, a British charity that helps people deal with the death of a baby. Who cares what her dress size is when she collects $13,000 for charity -- in one night? <strong>Live It:</strong> Don't let the big (or little) people bring you down. People's words only have as much power as you give them.
<strong>Lose It:</strong> First called "too fat" for Hollywood, <em>American Idol</em> finalist Jennifer Hudson made headlines when she dropped more than 80 pounds as a spokeswoman for Weight Watchers. Then, proving that nothing is ever good enough, critics called her "too thin." With so much buzz about her body, we might remember the talented singer best for the 20 seconds of "Believe" she belts out in the commercial. <strong>Love It: </strong>With an Oscar, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, a NAACP image, and a Screen Actors Guild award tucked under her chic belt, the singer-actress proves she is so much more powerful than a number on the scale. When a personal tragedy rocked Hudson's world (her mother, brother and nephew brutally murdered in 2008), she showed us her true mettle as she dealt with a private tragedy in a very public way. In 2012 she released her autobiography that focuses partly on how she stays optimistic no matter what life throws at her. <strong>Live It:</strong> Sometimes we aim to change the world only to find the world has changed us; the trick is how you deal with it. Optimism is a gift worth far more than a designer dress in a sample size.
<strong>Lose It:</strong> Ever since <em>Titanic</em> launched Kate Winslet into the spotlight, her weight has been a popular topic of discussion, mainly because she refuses to apologize for any "imperfections" and goes out of her way to publicly promote a healthy body image. In 2003, when she appeared on the cover of GQ looking trimmed down to Barbie proportions, Winslet issued a statement decrying the photo as fake, saying, "I just didn't want people to think I was a hypocrite and that I'd suddenly lost 30 pounds or whatever." <strong>Love It:</strong> The multiple Academy Award winner has received accolades not just for her acting but also for her work in children's literacy. She also showed her bravery when she helped rescue several people from a burning home during a vacation on Necker Island in 2011. Then, inspired by <em>A Mother's Courage: Talking Back to Autism</em>, the 2010 documentary she narrated, she founded the Golden Hat foundation, a charity that aims to "eliminate barriers for people with autism." <strong>Live It:</strong> Find something to be passionate about and then immerse yourself in it. It won't feel like work if you love it.
<strong>Lose It:</strong> The rumors of starvation diets, surgery, and eating disorders have swirled around Victoria Beckham for years, as people speculate about how she maintains her super slim figure. While the singer-turned-fashion-designer is fairly tight-lipped about the subject, she did say that she's not perfect and tends to get "obsessive" about her six-days-a-week fitness regimen. <strong>Love It:</strong> Beckham has worked incredibly hard to establish her fashion brand and has gotten many accolades in recent years for her creative designs, but it's with children where she really shines. Being a mum of four is an accomplishment in its own right, but over the past five years, she and her soccer legend husband, David Beckham, have donated more than 1 million dollars to buy specialized wheelchairs for disabled children. <strong>Live It:</strong> Don't be afraid to try something new, even when everyone tells you that you shouldn't. And then don't apologize when you prove them all wrong.
<strong>Lose It:</strong> Pregnant. Not pregnant. Pregnant again. With a highly publicized deal with Weight Watchers to lose her baby weight, Jessica Simpson's body has been the topic of more conversations than the number of hair extensions she's sold. Does anyone even remember she started out as a singer? <strong>Love It:</strong> While the world has been discussing the implications of her speedy second pregnancy on her weight-loss deal (she broke up with Weight Watchers), Simpson has been quietly building an empire of clothing, shoes, handbags, and her eponymous hair line. Not to mention launching her show <em>Fashion Star</em>. But the fashion star herself is about more than just heels and hair; the mom of one (with number two on the way!) sponsors an orphanage in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico which she visits often, once even giving them her own SUV as a gift. <strong>Live It</strong>: Life is about balance but you can be a mom, have a job you love, and be healthy. It's not about perfection, it's about being happy.
<strong>Lose It:</strong> Oprah Winfrey defined the relationship between celebrity scales and the media, being one of the first to publicly put her own dieting and body image struggles up for discussion. Of her famous Vogue cover shoot (she was the first black woman to land the coveted spot) she explained, "If you want to be on the cover of Vogue and editor-in-chief Anna Wintour says you have to be down to 150 pounds -- that's what you gotta do." <strong>Love It:</strong> While the talk-show host admits to many painful moments, she was also at the forefront of teaching women how to love their bodies and take care of them by establishing a respected cadre of experts, doctors, nutritionists, and life coaches, including the now-famous Dr. Oz, Dr. Weil, and Dr. Phil. She's also known for her hugely generous spirit and many philanthropic activities, including a girl's school in South Africa. <strong>Live It:</strong> Life is not a competition. Bringing others up only lifts us as well.
<strong>Lose It:</strong> Criticized for not looking ?hungry enough? to be the star of the action franchise <em>The Hunger Games</em>, actress Jennifer Lawrence has embraced all the body talk with humor and placidity. "In Hollywood, I'm obese,? the gorgeous Oscar nominee said in one interview while simultaneously dismissing any idea of dieting. <strong>Love It:</strong> Lawrence, while still maintaining a busy and diverse career as an actress, also strives to be a healthy role model to other girls. And she walks her own talk. Showing girls that they'll get further by focusing on their dreams than their waistlines, she said dryly, "I'd rather look chubby on screen and like a person in real life." <strong>Live It:</strong> Worry more about what you do and less about how you look doing it.
<strong>Lose It:</strong> Just like her mother-in-law, Princess Diana, before her, Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton is subjected to media scrutiny over every ounce she gains or loses. Her apparent slim-down right before her 2011 ?wedding of the century? to heir apparent Prince William, was decried as an eating disorder by countless newspaper and magazine articles (Stress from having to plan the "wedding of the century," perhaps?). But when the private princess recently announced her pregnancy, tabloids responded by stalking her on holiday until they got photos of her protruding belly. <strong>Love It:</strong> Middleton, like many of her royal clan, is known for her humanitarian work and is often photographed visiting sick children or helping improve art programs in British schools. But what's even more telling of her generous nature is that when she got married, rather than accepting lavish gifts from admirers worldwide, she and William instead started a gift fund that supported 26 of their favorite charities, benefiting everything from the armed forces, children, and the elderly, to art, sports and conservation. <strong>Live It:</strong> It?s wonderful to recieve, but it feels even better to be able to give! And you don?t have to be a Duchess to help out your local school or veteran?s association.
<strong>Lose It: </strong>Justice Sonia Sotomayor got a lot of attention when President Obama first nominated her for the US Supreme Court in 2009. She would be the court?s first Hispanic and third female justice. Unfortunately rather than dwell on her many accomplishments, many people focused in on her weight. One Salon.com article asked ?How do you say 55, overweight, and diabetic in Spanish?? and implied she would be unfit to rule because of her ill health prospects. (Sotomayor was diagnosed with Type I diabetes as a child and it is not caused by weight gain.) <strong>Love It:</strong> Since becoming a public figure, Justice Sotomayor has given hundreds of speeches, mainly to women?s and ethnic groups, encouraging them to overcome negative stereotypes and be smart, strong, and politically active. Her 2013 memoir, <em>My Beloved World</em>, is published in both Spanish and English and details her difficult childhood in the New York housing projects. Today she lives in the U-Street Corridor, a neighborhood in Washington D.C. that was once known as ?the black broadway? and today is still one of the most ethnically and economically diverse areas in the region, because she says it reminds her of home. <strong>Live It: </strong>Never be ashamed of your roots. You are who you are because of your past, not in spite of it.
<strong>Lose It:</strong> By the end of his life Steve Jobs was more talked about for his obsession with eating apples than for his genius making Apple. Ashton Kutcher, who plays the tech wizard in an upcoming movie, has said that eating Jobs' strict vegetarian diet put him in the hospital. And even before news of his terminal cancer surfaced, Jobs was often singled out for his gaunt appearance. <strong>Love It:</strong> During his 56 years, Jobs was credited as being the "father of the personal computer" and for revolutionizing the tech, phone, music, and movie industries. So next time you pull up Finding Nemo on your iPad to keep your kid occupied while you get some work e-mails answered on your iPhone, remember Jobs for his genius and not his jeans. <strong>Live It: </strong>Think big thoughts. Don't dismiss anything as "crazy".
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/24/celebrity-bodies-weight_n_2725636.html
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CAIRO (AP) ? Egypt's Islamist president has called parliamentary elections for April in an effort to assuage mounting frustration over continued turmoil on the streets and a political impasse that has gripped the nation.
A decree by President Mohammed Morsi issued late Thursday set the start of a staggered, four-stage voting process for April 27, with the last round to be held in June. The newly elected parliament would then convene for its first session on July 6, the decree said.
Since the 2011 ouster of longtime authoritarian President Hosni Mubarak in a popular uprising that was part of the Arab Spring revolts, Egyptians have gone through a series of referendums, presidential and parliamentary elections. The first elected parliament was disbanded by a court order last June and Morsi, the nation's first freely elected president, assumed his post in July.
Morsi and his highly organized Muslim Brotherhood, which was a banned opposition group under Mubarak, emerged from the uprising and the various elections as the country's dominant political group with the largest grass root support.
But the divisions in Egypt have only grown, pitting the Brotherhood and their fundamentalist Islamists allies on one side and the mostly secular, liberal political parties and youth groups on the other.
The opposition accuses Morsi of monopolizing power and going back on campaign promises to have an inclusive government and introduce far reaching reforms. Morsi's supporters say the new government cannot immediately fix years of neglect and poor administration from Mubarak's 29-year rule, and cite the legitimacy of the ballot box in their favor.
The turmoil deepened with the second anniversary of the Jan. 25 uprising when anger spilled out onto the streets and violence again engulfed the nation.
The most recent show of unrest came in the restive city of Port Said, where a general strike entered its six day on Friday. Factory workers, activists and laborers have held street rallies that brought the coastal city on the northern tip of the Suez Canal to a halt, though shipping in the international waterway has not been affected.
Meanwhile, rights groups have complained of widespread police abuse, saying in a joint statement Wednesday that brutality is on the rise in detention centers and at demonstrations. The groups said they hold Morsi responsible for failing to stop such practices, which have claimed 60 lives since the end of January.
For its part, Egypt's powerful military has shown signs of growing impatience with Morsi, issuing thinly veiled threats that it might seize power again as it did after Mubarak stepped down and the army generals took over, remaining in control until Morsi's election.
After several spasms of deadly violence on the streets, a decimated economy and depleted foreign reserves, many hold Morsi responsible for the turmoil.
His critics say he is not much different from Mubarak, pointing to a highly controversial presidential decree from November in which Morsi gave himself near absolute powers. The decree has since been rescinded but Morsi and the Brotherhood in the meantime managed to push through a constitution ? drafted by an Islamist-dominated panel ? that was approved in a referendum late last year.
According to Thursday's decree, Egypt's 27 provinces will be divided into four groups that will vote separately over two days over a period ending on June 27. This is allegedly to give the more than 50 million voters enough time to participate in the balloting.
Egypt's previous, Islamist-dominated parliament was disbanded on June 14, after the Supreme Constitutional Court ruled on the grounds that a third of the chamber members were elected illegally.
The country's biggest opposition grouping, The National Salvation Front, has said it will not take part in the elections unless Morsi meets their demands to form a national unity government that would guarantee fair and free elections.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/egypts-morsi-calls-parliament-elections-april-064321594.html
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A fuel leak on the jet during maintenance at Narita International Airport on January 13 was due to flaws in the valve?s coating, the Transport Ministry said.
That led to a false signal that the valve was closed when it was actually open, the investigators said.
On January 8, the same jet had to return to the terminal at Boston?s Logan International Airport after a fuel leak was detected while taxiing. The ministry said that a different valve failed to close because a foreign substance was believed to have been trapped.
On Friday, the ministry ordered Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways, which also operates Dreamliners, to double check fuel systems and valves before flights.
Boeing?s most sophisticated aircraft is also under investigation for possible battery problems after a Dreamliner jet made an emergency landing at an airport in western Japan in mid-January.
The incidents and others prompted the worldwide grounding of all Boeing 787s.//DPA
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WASHINGTON (AP) ? The fierce Republican opposition to President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary is personal and business.
The nasty fight long has been seen as a proxy for the never-ending scuffles between the Democratic president and congressional Republicans, with barely any reservoir of good will between the White House and lawmakers, and the GOP still smarting over the November election results.
Barring any surprises, the drawn-out battle over Hagel's nomination probably will end this coming week with his Senate confirmation. But his fellow Republicans have roughed him up.
A vote is expected on Tuesday.
In the weeks after Obama secured a second term, Republicans knocked out a presidential favorite, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, and dashed her secretary of state hopes over her widely debunked remarks about protests precipitating the assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya on Sept. 11.
Emboldened Republicans then set their sights on Hagel, whose GOP classification won him no points with the party.
The former two-term Nebraska senator was widely viewed as a political heretic. He disagreed with President George W. Bush over the Iraq war, stayed on the sidelines in the 2008 president race between Obama and the Republican nominee, Arizona Sen. John McCain, and endorsed fellow Vietnam veteran and former Democratic Sen. Bob Kerrey in last year's Nebraska Senate race.
Republicans remember it well.
"There's a lot of ill will toward Sen. Hagel because when he was a Republican, he attacked President Bush mercilessly, at one point said he was the worst president since Herbert Hoover, said the surge (of U.S. troops in Iraq) was the worst blunder since the Vietnam War, which is nonsense, and was anti-his own party and people," McCain said in an interview on Fox News on the day Republicans stalled Hagel's nomination.
Hagel didn't help his cause with his past opposition to unilateral penalties against Iran, his comment about the influence of the "Jewish lobby" in Washington, his support for reducing the nation's nuclear arsenal and remarks that created widespread doubts about his backing for Israel.
His halting and uneven performance at his confirmation hearing also hurt his nomination.
McCain, one of Hagel's friends during their years in the Senate, would have been a crucial vote to help sway other Republicans to back the nominee. Instead, he is one of more than a dozen opposing Hagel.
"I think he will have been weakened, but having said that, the job that he has is too important," McCain told reporters Friday during a visit to Mexico. "I know that I and my other colleagues, if he's confirmed, and he very likely will be, will do everything we can to work with him."
The nomination fight also is about the business of re-electing Republicans in 2014. Challenging the Democratic president over his nominations and policies is clearly a winner with the conservative base, a point not lost on GOP incumbents wary of challenges from the tea party.
South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, who's up for re-election next year, is getting high marks from Republicans for his relentless effort to get more information about the Sept. 11 attack in Benghazi, Libya, and his fierce opposition to Hagel.
"Most people down here think he's dead-on in his arguments and hope that he continues to press the issues," said Warren Tompkins, a longtime GOP strategist.
The Libya attack that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans has been a political flashpoint for Republicans who accused the Obama administration of an election-year cover-up of a terrorist assault.
An independent review conducted by respected former diplomats failed to mollify the GOP, who demanded testimony from Hillary Rodham Clinton, secretary of state when the attack occurred, and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.
Graham has been at the forefront in seeking emails, communiques and videos while threatening to delay both Hagel's nomination and that of CIA Director-nominee John Brennan, who also has become entangled in the Libya dispute.
During a stop in Easley, S.C., this past week, Graham insisted that his effort has nothing to do with politics.
"It's not because he's a Democrat and I'm a Republican," he said, referring to Obama. "It's because it really was system failure and we need learn from it. We have not gotten the information, and we're going to get it if I have to die trying."
The White House has agreed to give the Senate Intelligence Committee additional documents related to the Benghazi attack, according to a congressional aide said. The material includes emails between national security officials showing the debate within the administration over how to describe the attack.
Graham also has been intense in opposing Hagel, portraying the former GOP senator as an out-of-the-mainstream radical. Some of the toughest questions of Hagel during his confirmation hearing last month came from Graham, who seized on Hagel's "Jewish lobby" remark and asked him to "name one dumb thing we've been goaded into doing due to pressure by the Israeli, Jewish lobby."
Hagel was often tentative in his response in the face of GOP grilling.
"He's leading, he's governing," Glenn McCall, the chairman of the York (S.C.) County Republican Party and a GOP committeeman, said of Graham. "More and more I talk to Republicans ? and even those that are conservative Democrats ? I think folks are looking for leadership."
Both Tompkins and McCall cited a Winthrop University poll released last week that showed Graham with strong support from registered Republicans in the state, with 72 percent holding a favorable opinion of the senator.
It's a turnaround from several years ago when Graham's work with Democrats on climate change and immigration as well as his votes for Obama's nominees for the Supreme Court angered South Carolina Republicans, with some calling him out of touch and Charleston and Lexington counties voting to censure him over his bipartisan work.
"It might be the right thing to do ... but when you partner with Hillary Clinton or you partner with John Kerry, you're going to be looked upon with a lot of suspicion in South Carolina," Tompkins said. "You have to be careful who you dance with."
Kerry, a former Democratic senator from Massachusetts, has just replaced Clinton as secretary of state.
Graham still may face a primary challenge, but he and other GOP incumbents are determined to head off any conservative uprising as Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch successfully did in his 2012 race. They want to avoid the fate of the only GOP primary loser last year ? Indiana's longtime Sen. Dick Lugar.
Texas Sen. John Cornyn, the No. 2 Republican and a candidate next year, took the lead on the Senate floor to block a vote on Hagel on Feb. 14 and was one of 15 Republicans last week to call for Obama to withdraw the nomination.
Cornyn got a primary challenger last week.
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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/personal-business-gop-fight-over-hagel-135227159.html
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Many gamers keeping up with the rumors of the next generation consoles feared the worst- used games being denied access when put into another machine. However, we can all stop hyperventilating as Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has confirmed this will not be the case. In an interview with Eurogamer, Yoshida responded to the blatant question with a flat out "So, used games can play on PS4. How is that?" Doesn?t get more concrete than that, huh? Remember, these rumors also applied to the next Xbox, so we all still need to keep our fingers crossed on that one...Gamestop especially.
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Source: http://www.gamefocus.ca/news/19252.html
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