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EDINBURG — A new exhibit can give Rio Grande Valley residents a chance to interact with the history of sports in communities across the country and in their own backyard.
In conjunction with the Texas State Historical Association, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is hosting “Hometown Teams: How Sports Shape America” at its library now through Aug. 25. The traveling exhibit is a part of the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street series.
UTRGV’s presentation goes beyond the primary physical exhibit on the library’s second floor. The first floor includes a local companion exhibition called “Hometown Teams: Football in the Upper Valley,” in which the McAllen, Edinburg and Mission school districts and others donated some of their football relics from then and now.
Another exhibition called “Rio Grande Valley Hometown Teams” is a digital-only showcase in which visitors can browse the Valley’s past championship glories, read profiles on outstanding athletes and hear oral histories of teams from the people who played on, coached or covered them. The online exhibit can be found at hometownteamsrgv.omeka.net.
The exhibit had a soft opening Monday and will officially ring in the multi-platform presentation today. The UTRGV Library will throw the exhibit’s opening reception at 6 p.m. tonight, featuring talks from former Brownsville High baseball player and local baseball historian Rene Torres and UTRGV journalism professor Greg Selber.
Selber has covered the Rio Grande Valley’s ever-changing sports landscape for decades. He also wrote “Border Ball: The History of High School Football in the Rio Grande Valley,” among other books.
“I think I have a decent timeline of things that happened in sports in the Valley, but what I’ll touch on is the universal significance of sport in general,” Selber said. “Competition, instincts, aggression, excellence — these are the things that are taught in sports. There hasn’t been a football state champion in a long time, but people here seriously care about football. The games are phenomenally competitive. The fans are rabid. Places like Elsa or Rio Grande City will empty the town and fill up the football stadium on a Friday night.
WHEN: Monday– Thursday: 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.; Friday: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Saturday: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Sunday: noon – 8 p.m. through Aug. 25.
WHERE: UTRGV Library, 1201 W University Dr., Edinburg.
For more information, call (956) 665-2726.
David Moyes has been charged for misconduct by the Football Association for swearing at fourth official James Adcock during Sunderland's defeat to Southampton and is facing a one-match touchline ban.
The Scot was furiously protesting that referee Chris Kavanagh did not award his side, trailing 1-0, a last-minute penalty when his striker Victor Anichebe went down under pressure from Southampton defender Maya Yoshida inside the penalty area and left his technical area.
But he took exception to Adcock following him down the touchline and directed an expletive at him, forcing Kavanagh to send him to the St Mary's stands.
Moyes later said he felt the official 'chased' him down the sideline which was why he reacted so aggressively.
Moyes freely admitted after the match that he deserved to be punished for his actions.
But he has until 6pm on Tuesday to respond to the charge and could avoid missing Sunderland's difficult Premier League match against Arsenal on Saturday if he waits until after the match.
A ban would not then begin until they travel to Bournemouth the following weekend.
The FA said in a statement: 'David Moyes has been charged with misconduct by The FA in relation to Sunderland's EFL Cup tie against Southampton.
Moyes said after the game on Wednesday night: 'I was sent off for leaving my box and swearing,' he said.
The BBC is bringing back Sherlock for a Christmas special, Martin Freeman has disclosed.
Unfortunately for fans eager to see the next instalment of the BBC One show, Freeman has admitted it is not likely to be aired until Christmas 2015.
The actor, who plays Dr Watson, and his co-star, Benedict Cumberbatch, are so in demand that they cannot find time to resume work on the show until next year.
The BBC likes to keep all announcements about Sherlock shrouded in secrecy.
But Freeman told the Telegraph that a period of filming in early 2015 “looks pretty likely”.
“If that’s going to be a special - I’m speaking off-message here; if this was New Labour I’d get fired - I think that might be for next Christmas. A Christmas special. That’s what I understand,” he said, indicating that a full-blown series is unlikely.
Freeman’s wife, Amanda Abbington, joined the last series as Watson’s on-screen wife.
Asked if she would be returning to the BBC One drama, he said: “Certainly, yes, for the foreseeable future,” and added a spoiler which should not be read by any viewers unfamiliar with Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories.
“While we play fast and loose with the original stories, we generally follow the trajectory of what Conan Doyle did. So he [Watson] gets married, and then Mary dies - so at some point presumably she’ll die,” Freeman said.
Freeman, 42, stars in Richard III at London's Trafalgar Studios next month, his first stage appearance in four years and his first professional Shakespearean role.
The production is set in an "imaginary dystopia" linked to a real-life political event of the 20th century.
Freeman said: "I'll have physical deformities - a dodgy arm, a hump and a limp. I think people would want their money back if you just gave him a twitch."
He likened the character to Gollum in The Lord of the Rings films. "It's absolutely Gollum. It's like Shakespeare invented Gollum 400 years ago," he said.
However, he is resigned to one particular response from critics and audiences: "I know that because I’m playing it, it’ll be, ‘Oh, he’s a bit like Tim from The Office.'"
Cumberbatch is also taking on the Richard III role, in a BBC production to be broadcast next year.
The two actors have seen their careers soar since Sherlock began in 2010.
Freeman was cast as Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit films and starred in the acclaimed US drama Fargo, recently shown on Channel 4.
Cumberbatch appeared in the Oscar-winning 12 Years A Slave and will star later this year opposite Keira Knightley in a film about the Second World War codebreaker Alan Turing.
Weak guidance overshadowed an otherwise solid quarter for the electronics manufacturing services specialist.
What: Shares of Sanmina Corp. (NASDAQ:SANM) dropped 15.2% Tuesday after the electronics manufacturing services company reported in-line fiscal third-quarter 2016 results, but followed with disappointing forward guidance.
So what: Quarterly revenue climbed 8.5% year over year, to $1.67 billion, which translated to a 6.9% increase in adjusted net income, to $48.2 million, and 18.9% growth in adjusted net income per share, to $0.63. Sanmina repurchased 0.4 million shares during the quarter for $9.9 million.
Sanmina CEO Jure Sola noted the results were within his company's guidance, and attributed the performance to the ramp of new programs.
"Executing our business plan, expanding our existing customer relationships and growing with new customers positions Sanmina for a better future," Sola elaborated. "We will continue to invest in technologies and capabilities that strengthen our value proposition and enhance shareholder value."
Now what: For the current quarter, however, Sanmina anticipates revenue between $1.675 billion and $1.725 billion, which should translate to adjusted earnings per diluted share between $0.64 and $0.68. Analysts, on average, were looking for revenue of $1.72 billion and adjusted earnings of $0.67 per share, both near the high ends of Sanmina's guidance.
During the subsequent conference call, Sola explained, "The way we see, [the] global economy is still challenging, but stable and slowly moving in the right direction. I believe in this environment, we'll continue to make improvements to both the top and bottom line."
That's fair enough, even if our fickle market hates being effectively told to hurry up and wait for more impressive results down the road. But while I applaud Sanmina's focus on the long-term health and direction of the company, it's no surprise to see shares trading down Tuesday given its underwhelming outlook.
It's a well-known fact that when it comes to Essex style... less is more.
But TOWIE star Frankie Essex found herself revealing a bit too much on Sunday night when she wore a super-short babydoll dress.
The 24-year-old star accidentally displayed her polkadot underwear as she ended her evening out in the most unsophisticated manner.
However, Frankie seemed entirely unaware of her wardrobe malfunction, smiling widely as she headed home toting her dog following the big night out.
Frankie had clearly dressed to impress for the evening out, but decided to swap the sky-high heels she wore earlier in the night for comfy sheepskin boots for the walk home.
The reality star finished off her outfit by wearing her blonde hair up in a large, high, bun-style 'do.
Earlier in the evening, Frankie had appeared slightly worse for wear as she was spotted waving her legs high in the air while lying on a sofa inside LuXe bar in Loughton.
But despite seemingly having overindulged in the drinks on offer, Frankie did manage to maintain her modesty by ensuring she held her dress to cover herself - something she failed to do a little later.
Joey's sister was just one of the reality stars enjoying a night out on a bar crawl around their home county.
However, Frankie didn't appear to be the only tipsy one, as Chloe Sims and Danni-Park Dempsey were also seen looking a little under the influence as they propped each other up following the night out.
Chloe was dressed in a figure hugging white bandage dress from stylemeceleb.co.uk while Danni stepped out in a gold number.
Frankie wasn't the only cast member getting attention for all the wrong reasons either Lauren Pope and Billi Mucklow were seen trying to steal the limelight in LuXe by kissing each other.
The pair were seen vying for attention as they flirted, cuddling and stroking each other as they danced away - in full view of the cameras (of course).
Lauren showed off her shape in a white ribbed dress while Billi opted for a silver frock with a low scoop back.
It seems the girl gang had been filming scenes for the reality show and left the venue with various bits of baggage.
Jessica Wright's boyfriend Ricky Rayment was also out and about and the pair were spied wearing matching geek chic glasses for the evening.
Universal Studios Brazil very stealthily confirmed yesterday that our assumptions on just when we'll be seeing a Jurassic World trailer are true. And they did so with a video perfect for throwback Thursday, which you can watch below.
Post by Universal Pictures Brasil.
So besides the big message on the video's posting that states, "Something big is coming ...#JurassicWorld trailer next Friday," the video actually finds a clever way to signal the coming of our first look at the next stage of unnatural evolution. In case you need a refresher, you can watch the classic clip from Jurassic Park that inspired this announcement trailer below.
Now if you go back and watch the Jurassic World trailer announcement, you'll notice that the noise of the water is slightly tweaked to be more audible. It also just happens to consist of seven tones. Seven tones, seven days, Jurassic World trailer confirmed! At least, that's what it looks like, considering the trailer itself is devoid of any sort of official notice or logos and just consists of the water. Make no mistake, the announcement video on its own is enough to say, "Something big is coming," but it'd be nice to know what or when without having to look at the original post – especially considering most news sources are going to run that video on its own, minus the Facebook embed.
But what else is the trailer trying to tell us, without really telling us outright? One way to look at it is that director Colin Trevorrow and his marketing team want to assure the audience that Jurassic World has more in common with the series' progenitor than it does with either of the sequels that came after it. To showcase a scene from Jurassic Park makes a promise of a return to when "an adventure 65 million years in the making" didn't end with a slapdash ending involving a platoon of Marines arriving on the shores of a dinosaur creation lab. In case you forgot that moment even happened, you might want to borrow a friend's copy of Jurassic Park III and just skip to the end. Also, ask that friend why they have a copy of Jurassic Park III.
The perfect trailer should give you an idea of what to expect, while not giving away the whole movie. A perfect sequel trailer does that, while at the same time giving you a hint of what's different this time around. While Jurassic World's teaser announcement trailer isn't exactly perfect, it's an effective flashback to a moment we all remember, with a promise that there's more memories in store when we return to Isla Nublar.
Jurassic World opens its doors on June 12, 2015; with a teaser trailer more than likely arriving next Thursday at 9 PM EST. Which just happens to be 12 AM Friday in Brazil's local time.
Even as consumers shift more and more of their daily tasks and chores to the Web, one famous form of online communication is losing its luster.
E-mail, that staple of your daily work and social life, is withering from a combination of excessive spam and the onslaught of "instant" messaging services for the attention-challenged.
A survey conducted by e-mail marketing company ReturnPath claimed that of the 20 million machines it was monitoring, 96.7 percent scored poorly on the company's "reputation" score for generating spam.
The computers were mostly unprotected personal PC's that were "hijacked" by hackers and virus writers to spread spam and other malware.
Companies such as ReturnPath and Postini sell themselves as providing e-mail security for businesses, through providing "whitelists" of approved senders, blocking spam, and providing better management of e-mail lists.
But while many enterprising companies have stepped into the breach for business, consumers may be retreating from e-mail to avoid the onslaught of Viagra ads, phisher e-mails, and Nigerian scams that can sneak through even the best spam blockers.
As far back as 2004, tech pundits and analysts were noting reduced usage of personal e-mail due to security and spam concerns.
Research conducted by the Pew Internet and American Life Project found that despite the passage of the CAN-SPAM legislation in 2003, 63 percent of Internet users were "less trusting" of the Web due to spam concerns, and 29 percent had reduced their overall usage of the Internet to avoid spam.
When Pew conducted a similar survey in 2005, 28 percent of e-mail users were getting slightly more spam in their inboxes than before, but it "bothered them less." However, phishing was a new and more dangerous concern, with 35 percent of those polled saying they received an e-mail that could have potentially compromised their personal information.
Meanwhile, the rise of instant messaging services, blogs, social networking sites, and mobile text messaging has given the younger set a much quicker option to communicate than e-mail, and opened a new goldmine for wireless companies and advertisers.
Business 2.0 magazine reported that teen usage of Web-based e-mail services dropped by 8 percent in 2005, while mobile providers raked in $70 million in profit from text messaging charges.
Of course, mobile communications has its own share of demons to contend with.
Mobile content provider Jamster has been criticized and sued for spamming cellphone users with unwanted text messages when they download a ringtone or screensaver from the service.
Arizona businessman Rodney Joffe recently won a court case against a mortgage company for sending him unsolicited text messages. Joffe himself is in the business of helping companies fortify their e-mail against spam and other threats.
And MySpace may be the world's most popular Web site, but when it comes to teens, it's becoming synonymous with a danger zone. A Texas teenager is suing the site for $30 million after being sexually assaulted by a 19-year-old she met through the site.
Much as CD's supplanted vinyl and DVD's replaced cassettes (for better or worse), we may be looking at a wave of new technologies that will eclipse e-mail as the communication standard.
E-mail is certainly in no danger of going away, but it may end up filling more of a niche function as a business communication tool, or a service geared towards older Web surfers.
Teenagers and criminals, are, ironically, two of the sharpest population segments when it comes to analyzing trends and moving on to what's hot. Spammers are already adapting tactics to move their wares from e-mail to mobile, and teens already think e-mail is, like, so lame.
But the need for instant communication isn't just limited to the younger set, as evidenced by the legions of businesspeople and influence-peddlers you see clacking away on their Blackberries on any given day.
Eventually, e-mail will join faxing and snail mail in that part of history reserved for technologies that were all the rage, but just couldn't keep up with consumers' obsessive need to stay in touch constantly.
Paramore’s giant hooks and soaring vocals have often been accompanied by a withering worldview – their rip-roaring breakthrough single “Misery Business” was a poison-pen letter to a romantic rival, while “Ain’t It Fun,” the Top Ten single from their 2013 self-titled album, blended the gospel-assisted bounce of “Like a Prayer” with a firm trust-no-one stance. The tension between sugar-spun pop hooks, the acrobatic soprano of lead singer Hayley Williams and an arm’s-length take on the world has placed Paramore at the head of music’s post-millennial class. They simmer on After Laughter, their first album since that 2013 offering and their reunion with drummer Zac Farro, whose acrimonious departure from the band in 2010 presaged their fuller turn from the rock world into pop.
What “pop” can be in 2017 is open to question, and on After Laughter Paramore thankfully decides to junk large chunks of the concept as it’s currently practiced. (“I can’t imagine getting up there and playing a Max Martin song – at that point we might as well just stop,” guitarist Taylor York told The New York Times in April, shortly after the album was announced.) Instead, they embrace “pop” as a musical vibe, with a record that’s so sunshine-bright it gives off a glare at times, rooted in fleet basslines and beats made for open-road drives and solo bedroom dance parties. The hooks are big and the detailing is sublime, at times borrowing from unexpected sources. York’s highlife-inspired arpeggios add bursts of color to the manic “Told You So” and the freestyle-jam-in-disguise “Hard Times”; “Rose-Colored Boy” nicks its swinging synthpop from Scritti Politti’s Cupid & Psyche 85 arsenal; “Pool” shimmers like a mirage on a blazing day, its countermelody recalling a Doppler-ed ice-cream truck’s chime. The ballad “26” sighs into its lush strings, an older-and-wiser version of the twangy 2009 track “The Only Exception.” “No Friend,” the menacing second-to-last track that lets Williams off the hook on vocal duties and hands the mic to MeWithoutYou frontman Aaron Weiss before burying him in a cacophony of rumbling bass and frantic guitars, has a persistent lightness.
After “No Friend,” where Weiss shouts doom-and-gloom metaphors from beneath the band’s noisy rubble, After Laughter comes down with “Tell Me How,” a stutter-step ballad that allows Williams’ voice to curl around and into expressions of anxiety that sound impossible to quiet. It’s a fitting closer for After Laughter, a gorgeously produced, hook-studded record with cocked-eyebrow trepidation adding a jittery edge – a combination that’s very of-the-moment in 2017, even if it veers outside of pop’s rigid lines.
Ever since the social video market boomed through 2006, some video services have sought to differentiate themselves by adding online editors. Jumpcut and Motionbox launched their editors last April and Jumpcut was acquired by Yahoo! 5 months later. Eyespot launched its editor a month before Jumpcut, last March. Last December Gotuit launched their SceneMaker video mashup app. Photobucket recently coming launched its own video/audio/photo editor for premium members (full release next month). Today, Cuts is launching its editor into public beta.
If you’re already working with video on the web, an online editor is fast, easy and free. In theory, these services could bring video editing to people who would otherwise never engage in it. People already engaging in video editing can benefit from automatic software updates and the sharing made possible by online communities.
Here’s a look at each of the services, followed by a more in depth chart comparing features.
Cuts is the new kid on the block and is all about remixing viral video. They don’t host content, but instead take videos from other sites (YouTube, Google, Myspace). With Cuts you can trim, loop, add preloaded sound effects, and insert captions to enhance the original. Editing is straightforward, consisting of changes to the sound, caption, and navigation levels for the video. Every edit can be re-cut, embedded, and emailed. In the future, Cuts will be expanding into simple editing for digital movies and TV shows. See also our early look at Cuts a few weeks ago.
Gotuit Scenemaker is for slicing out scenes from videos on other networks. After importing a video into the program via URL, you can select a start and end for one or more scenes on the video, title, tag, and email the scenes to friends. Unfortunately I couldn’t use it to slice up Gotuit content.
Eyespot is a solid editor that lets you mix together your own Motionbox content or scenes from their promotional media packs. It has a simple drag and drop interface that lets you manage a wide variety of effects and transitions for both the audio and video layers. Eyespot lets you add your own audio and mix in photos as well. While you can’t grab video from other networks, Eyespot’s white label editor is becoming available on more and more sites. The NBA is one of the most recent additions.
Jumpcut is the most developed of the editors, allowing you to add a long list of effects, transitions, and captions to the videos. It also incorporates fine grained control of trimming and audio levels (uploaded background audio and voice). The complexity of the interface makes it great for detailed edits and mashups, but borders on being too heavy an application for the internet.
Photobucket just released a new video editing product that leverages the most recent Adobe Flash tools. Unlike any of the other services, users can “mash up” video clips with audio files and photos, and add effects and transitions.
Motionbox is best known for deep tagging videos, but they also have an editor that is ideal for trimming your Motionbox content and joining the videos together.