The Artist won five Academy Awards on Sunday including best picture, becoming the first silent film to triumph at Hollywood’s highest honors since the original Oscar ceremony 83 years ago. Among other prizes for the black-and-white comic melodrama were best actor for Jean Dujardin and director for Michel Hazanavicius.(Associated Press). Here are the winners of the 84th Annual Academy Awards (Oscars Awards) 2012.
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Source: India Syndicate
Angry Birds is a strategy puzzle mobile game developed by Finnish computer game developer Rovio Mobile. Inspired primarily by a sketch of stylized wingless birds, the game was first developed for Apple’s iOS in December 2009. Since that time, over 12 million copies of the game have been purchased from Apple’s App Store, which has prompted the company to design versions for other touchscreen-based smartphones, such as those using the Android operating system, among others. (Wikipedia)
Sometime, when a group of friends are loyal fans to the game, they love to make a race on how can collect the highest point and rank in one round. It is a true excitement to do either when you are all alone by yourself and your smart phone, or when you are with your friends in the middle on your break time activities.
The game has been successfully stolen the attention of children, teenagers, and even adult to stay tune in front of their smartphone to defeat the green pigs, and open the stage for the hidden superbowl level by collecting the 21 golden eggs.
With Angry Birds plush toys, iPhone cases, and t-shirts already available this cake just shows how the little game will slowly begin to take over the rest of our society. I want a slice topped with that darn pig clan.
Angry Birds is a great physics game for your iPhone, iPad and PC. For playing the game you have to fire your Angry Birds at those naughty piglets and get buildings to collapse on them. The survival of the Angry Birds is at stake. Dish out revenge on the green pigs who stole the Birds’ eggs. Use the unique destructive powers of the Angry Birds to lay waste to the pigs’ fortified castles.
Angry Birds – this is the most popular iPhone game. And no wonder why – this game is very fun and easy to play, and the graphics are colorful and well done. This game is about chickens, eggs and pigs – and you have to help the birds get rid of the pigs by fighting with the eggs. Play Angry Birds when you had a tough day at work and you need to unwind!
Samsung has officially unveiled its seventh Android tablet – the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2, which is the first to come with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich from day one.
The Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) will be one of the first tablets available with Ice Cream Sandwich, which has a haltingly beautiful design and tons of new features like facial recognition unlocking that make using Android elegant and fun. The Galaxy Tab 2 will join Samsung’s diverse family of tablets like the Tab 8.9 and 10.1, which compete the best they can against Apple’s iPad, the most popular tablet in the world.
Like the original Galaxy Tab P1000 and the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, the Galaxy Tab 2 has a 7 inch display with 1024 x 600 pixels. Measuring 193.7 x 122.4 x 10.5 mm and weighing 344 grams.
One of the big selling points of the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 will be that it’ll come running Android 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich) straight out of the box come March. The Galaxy Tab 2 we fondled was sometimes laggy to unlock or while booting up the hubs but on the whole, the 1GHz dual-core processor (and 1GB of RAM) coped just fine with Ice Cream Sandwich-flavoured multi-tasking.
Now Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 has three easily accessible hubs – Music Hub, Reader Hub and the new Video hub, to launch you into your digital world. The Video hub has 1000 movie and TV titles to rent or buy and we reckon it’ll easily take on similar entertainment offerings from Sammy’s competitors. Plus the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 is one of the first tablets to get in on ‘allshare play’, Samsung’s entertainment-sharing set-up.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2’s 3MP rear facing camera takes surprisingly decent snaps with fairly realistic colours, though we should point out that it’s hard to be an exact judge under the unflattering lights of a convention centre. There’s also a VGA snapper on the front that’s good enough for video calls.
Following are the summary of Samsung Galaxy Tab 2’s features:
* TouchWiz / L!ve Panel UX
* HSPA+ 21Mbps (850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz)
* Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct
* A-GPS
* Bluetooth v 3.0
* 3.5mm headset jack
* USB 2.0
* Samsung Hub
* Samsung ChatON
* 3MP rear camera
* VGA front-facing camera
* 1GHz dual-core processor
* 1GB (RAM)
* 8 / 16 / 32GB user memory
* microSD (up to 32GB)
* 4,000 mAh battery
(Bloomberg) – Adele won six Grammy awards, sweeping the major categories of song, record and album of the year, on a night the music industry mourned the loss of singer Whitney Houston.
Adele’s “21” was named album of the year, and “Rolling in the Deep” won song and record of the year at the 54th Grammy Awards, telecast by CBS Corp. last night from Los Angeles. Foo Fighters won five awards including best rock album, and Kanye West took home four including best rap album for “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.”
Photograph: Danny Moloshok/Reuters
“Mom, gold is good!” Adele shouted as she took the album of the year trophy.
(Reuters)
The celebration of Adele, a big-voiced, soulful singer, came on a night where the Grammys marked the loss of one of music’s great female voices – and one of its most prized talents overall. Whitney Houston died the night before the Grammys, casting a shadow over music’s biggest night. (AP)
Adele played a captivating sold-out show at the Ogden Theatre in May. Photos by Joe McCabe, heyreverb.com.
(Reuters)
“I can’t believe I’m getting emotional already. My life changed when I wrote [“Someone Like You”], and I felt it before anyone even heard it,” she said while accepting the pop vocal performance award. “And seeing as it’s a vocal performance, I need to thank my doctors, I suppose, who brought my voice back.”
Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images North America
“Heavenly father, we thank you for sharing our sister Whitney with us,” he said. “Though she is gone too soon, we remain truly blessed to have been touched by her beautiful spirit.”
Following is a list of key winners:
RECORD OF THE YEAR – “Rolling In The Deep” Adele
ALBUM OF THE YEAR – “21” Adele
SONG OF THE YEAR – “Rolling In The Deep” Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth (song writer award)
BEST NEW ARTIST – Bon Iver
BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE – Adele “Someone Like You”
BEST ROCK ALBUM – Foo Fighters “Wasting Light”
BEST POP DUO – Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse “Body and Soul”
BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM – Adele “21”
BEST RAP ALBUM – Kanye West “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy”
BEST POP INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM – Booker T. Jones “The Road From Memphis”
BEST DANCE RECORDING – Skrillex “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites”
BEST DANCE/ELECTRONICA ALBUM – Skrillex “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites”
BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM – Tony Bennett & Various Artists “Duets II”
BEST ROCK PERFORMANCE – Foo Fighters “Walk”
BEST HARD ROCK/METAL PERFORMANCE – Foo Fighters “White Limo”
BEST ROCK SONG – Foo Fighters (songwriters) “Walk”
BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM – Bon Iver “Bon Iver”
BEST R&B PERFORMANCE – Corinne Bailey Rae “Is This Love”
BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE – Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona “Fool for You”
BEST R&B SONG – Cee Lo Green, Melanie Hallim, Jack Splash (songwriters) “Fool for You”
BEST R&B ALBUM – Chris Brown “F.A.M.E”
BEST RAP PERFORMANCE – Jay-Z & Kanye West “Otis”
BEST RAP/SUNG COLLABORATION – Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie “All of the Lights”
BEST RAP SONG – Jeff Bhasker, Stacy Ferguson, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West (songwriters) “All of the Lights”
BEST COUNTRY SOLO PERFORMANCE – Taylor Swift “Mean”
BEST COUNTRY DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE – The Civil Wars “Barton Hollow”
BEST COUNTRY SONG – Taylor Swift (songwriter) “Mean”
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM – Lady Antebellum “Own The Night”
BEST NEW AGE ALBUM – Pat Metheny “What’s It All About”
BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO – Chick Corea “500 Miles High”
BEST JAZZ VOCAL ALBUM – Terri Lyne Carrington & Various Artists “The Mosaic Project”
BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM – Corea, Clarke & White “Forever”
BEST LARGE JAZZ ENSEMBLE ALBUM – Christian McBride Big Band “The Good Feeling”
BEST GOSPEL/CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE – Le’Andria Johnson “Jesus”
BEST GOSPEL SONG – Kirk Franklin (songwriter) “Hello Fear”
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC SONG – Laura Story (songwriter) “Blessings”
BEST GOSPEL ALBUM – Kirk Franklin “Hello Fear”
BEST CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC ALBUM – Chris Tomlin “And If Our God Is for Us…”
BEST LATIN POP, ROCK, OR URBAN ALBUM – Mana “Drama y Luz”
BEST REGIONAL MEXICAN OR TEJANO ALBUM – Pepe Aguilar “Bicentenario”
BEST BANDA OR NORTENO ALBUM – Los Tigres Del Norte “Los Tigres Del Norte and Friends”
BEST TROPICAL LATIN ALBUM – Cachao “The Last Mambo”
BEST AMERICANA ALBUM – Levon Helm “Ramble at the Ryman”
BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM – Alison Krauss & Union Station “Paper Airplane”
BEST BLUES ALBUM – Tedeschi Trucks Band “Revelator”
BEST FOLK ALBUM – The Civil Wars “Barton Hollow”
BEST REGIONAL ROOTS MUSIC ALBUM – Rebirth Brass Band “Rebirth of New Orleans”
BEST REGGAE ALBUM – Stephen Marley “Revelation Pt. 1: The Root of Life”
BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM – Tinariwen “Tassili”
BEST CHILDREN’S ALBUM – Various Artists “All About Bullies … Big and Small”
BEST SPOKEN WORD ALBUM – Betty White “If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won’t)
BEST COMEDY ALBUM – Louis C.K. “Hilarious”
BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM – “The Book of Mormon”
BEST SHORT FORM MUSIC VIDEO – Adele “Rolling in the Deep”
BEST LONG FORM MUSIC VIDEO – Foo Fighters “Foo Fighters: Back and Forth”
I’ll be your first and you’ll be my last.
My world, my everything, till my time has past.
I will always love you until the end of time. MY LOVE, MY SWEETHEART, MY VALENTINE! – by Sokea Meas
For all the hurt and all the tears,
The good times throughout the years.
For all the time you have been mine,
Darling, won’t you be my Valentine? – Ronald Doe
You’re funny, sweet and you’re always true.
That’s why you’re a part of me
I love you, you’re my valentine.
And 4 ever I’m and yours and you are mine. – by Tasha M. Andrews
I found the best friend and the best
lover I could ever have hoped for… When
I found you
Happy Valentine’s day
to my dreams come true. – Pauline L. Howard
Valentines, valentines
Red, white and blue
I’ll make a nice one
And send it to you.
Love is a circle,
Round and round, Love goes up,
And love comes down, Love is on the inside,
Trying to get out,
Love is whirling and twirling about!
A friend is like a Valentine,
Heartwarming, bringing pleasure,
Connected to good feelings,
With memories to treasure.
Seeing a special Valentine
Brings happiness to stay,
And that’s what you do, friend,
You brighten every day!
By Joanna Fuchs
Valentines, valentines, how many do I see?
Valentines, valentines, count them with me.
I have red ones, orange ones, yellow ones, too.
I have green ones, purple ones, and some that are blue.
Valentines, valentines, how many do I see?
Count them with me! 1-2-3-4-5…..
Friendship is a wondrous thing;
There’s so much happiness it can bring.
I’m really glad that you’re my friend,
And I hope our friendship will never end.
Happy Valentines Day friend!
By Karl Fuchs
If I could be the postman
For just one single time,
I’d choose to carry Valentines
So lovely and so fine.
I would not mind the heavy load,
Or mind my tired feet.
If I could scatter happiness
All up and down the street.
You’re in my thoughts and in my heart
Wherever I may go;
On Valentine’s Day I’d like to say
I care more than you know.
– By Joanna Fuchs
On Valentine’s Day,
I’m thinking about
the special ways
you have made my life better.
The little things,
the not-so-little things…
Your kindness,
the way you always listen
and pay attention to me.
You make my world brighter and richer.
You’re a gift to me,
and I thank you for being you.
– By Joanna Fuchs
Red roses were her favourites, her name was also Rose.
And every year her husband sent them, tied with pretty bows.
The year he died, the roses were delivered to her door.
The card said, “Be my Valentine,” like all the years before.
Each year he sent her roses, and the note would always say,
“I love you even more this year, than last year on this day.”
“My love for you will always grow, with every passing year.”
She knew this was the last time that the roses would appear.
She thought, he ordered roses in advance before this day.
Her loving husband did not know that he would pass away.
He always liked to do things early, way before the time.
Then, if he got too busy, everything would work out fine.
She trimmed the stems, and placed them in a very special vase.
Then, sat the vase beside the portrait of his smiling face.
She would sit for hours, in her husband’s favorite chair.
While staring at his picture, and the roses sitting there.
A year went by, and it was hard to live without her mate.
With loneliness and solitude, that had become her fate.
Then, the very hour, as on Valentines before,
The doorbell rang, and there were roses, sitting by her door
“You were my friend and lover, you fulfilled my every need.
I know it’s only been a year, but please try not to grieve.
I want you to be happy, even when you shed your tears.
That is why the roses will be sent to you for years.”
“Please…try to find happiness, while living out your days.
I know it is not easy, but I hope you find some ways.
The roses will come every year, and they will only stop,
When your door’s not answered, when the florist stops to knock.”
“He will come five times that day, in case you have gone out.
But after his last visit, he will know without a doubt,
To take the roses to the place, where I’ve instructed him,
And place the roses where we are, together once again.”
“I know it must be lonely, and the pain is very real.
For if it was the other way, I know how I would feel.
The love we shared made everything so beautiful in life. I loved you more than words can say, you were the perfect wife.”
You are the sun in my day, the wind in my sky,
the waves in my ocean, and the beat in my heart. (Helena)
When I gaze in rapturous admiration
At your perfection and beauty
And stare in wonder and longing
At your swaying, feline grace,
Oh, how it is better to remain silent
Than attempt in total futility
To describe the awe I feel
About matters that speech is incompetent to express
Or strive to convey in vain my wondrous elation,
As I immerse myself in your cerulean eyes
And with utmost joy, tell you,
Just how much I love you.
– Jed –
Love is not needing a snooze button on your alarm clock
because when it goes off the first time in the morning
the thoughts of your loved one
make it impossible to fall back asleep.
– Natasha Harris –
Life is short,
but love is forever.
– Derek Probizanski –
Year Round Valentine
I love you all through February,
Not just on Valentine’s Day;
I cherish you when flowers of spring
Appear in the midst of May.
I adore you in the summer,
When the air is filled with heat;
Without you in my life each day,
I wouldn’t be complete.
I treasure you in fall,
When leaves are turning gold;
I loved you when you were younger;
I’ll love you when you’re old.
I prize you in the winter,
When colder days are here;
I love you, love you all the time,
Every minute of the year.
So I’ll give to you this Valentine,
But I want to let you know,
It’s not just today, but always,
That I will love you so.
– Joanna Fuchs –
The way to love anything
is to realize that it might be lost.
– G.K. Chesterton –
Love means the warmth of the sun,
the aroma of a rose,
the breeze of the sea,
but as you can see
it never means the same for anyone.
Love acquires its true meaning
by experiencing it for the first time
because only then can you define it.
– Nestor Gallardo –
Beloved
You are forever loved
though this life fades away
and all mortal bodies decay.
You will forever be my beloved,
my imortal betrothed,
my enduring flame,
my guiding light,
my compass rose.
– Thomas Earl Hopson Jr. –
Finding love
is like finding one answer
to all of your prayers.
– Jennifer Regimbald –
Unsaid
Sometimes
lips are sealed
tongue is tied
sometimes
hands can’t reach
the feelings are locked
Into these eyes
read the words unsaid
the feelings not laid
plunge deeply into my heart
every time
love is there
love is there…
– Gladys Paño-Huraño –
It’s Valentines Day,
The day about love.
The angels are singing,
Loud up above.
Will you be my angel,
Want to be mine? I love you so much,
You’re my Valentine!
To the one who owns this heart of mine
Comes this lovely wish dear valentine
That you’ll feel special all day through
Because I think the world of you!
– Joanne Griffiths –
I Will Love You Forever
I love you so deeply, I love you so much,
I love the sound of your voice
And the way that we touch.
I love your warm smile
And your kind, thoughtful way,
The joy that you bring
To my life every day.
I love you today
As I have from the start,
And I’ll love you forever
With all of my heart.
So often when I am embracing you,
It seems that you exist in this world
only because of me and I exist because of you.
It’s not easy to wander in this world
and not lose one’s way,
but the greatest happiness of all
is in giving joy to one’s beloved.
And if the king can have his throne,
and if the bird can have his Spring nest,
and God can have his heaven,
then I, my sweetheart, I can have you!
– Jonathan Townsend –
If There’s…
If there’s one face I want to see,
so beautiful, so true,
one smile that makes a difference,
to everything I do.
If there’s one touch I long to feel,
one voice I long to hear,
whenever I am happy,
or just needing someone near.
If there’s one joy, one love,
from which I never want to part,
it’s you, my very special love,
my world, my life, my heart.
– John Ragland –
Day by day
Night by night
Kiss by kiss
Touch by touch
Step by step
I fall in love
A love so incomprehensible
So vivid
So unique
So wild, that not even the reign of God could control
A passion so deep
A need so necessary
A want so strong
The universe would not handle
I love you today
I’ll love you tomorrow
I’ll love you forever
– Julio Patino –
Sun Rise
The grey began to fade,
As the colors filled the sky,
The chill began to warm,
As the sun began to rise.
A lost girl found direction,
As the eastern orb rose high,
The dark sky turned to blue,
Like the color of his eyes.
Dark turned to light,
Grey turned to blue,
Lost became found,
That’s when I met you.
– Keri Jolly –
When it comes to lovin’ couples,
don’t we make the perfect pair-
There’s romance, love, and laughter
in the friendship that we share.
We care enough to listen,
to trust and understand.
To build a life together,
side by side and hand in hand.
We both know that we’re lucky
and we’ve got a good thing going.
Through ups and downs
and give and take,
our love just keeps on growing…
‘Cause I bring out the best in you,
and you the best in me-
I guess it takes the two of us
to make the perfect “we.”
– Author Unknown –
Simple Valentine
Hearts Are Red
Oceans Are Blue
The Perfect Day
Is Being With You
A Day Of Love
A Basket Of Flowers
Barefoot On The Beach
With You For Hours
Tossing A Blanket
Down On The Sand
Enjoying The View
While Holding Your Hand
It’s All About
Simplicity
You & Me For
Eternity.
– Brandy Fenner –
It’s Valentines Day,
The day about love.
The angels are singing,
Loud up above.
Will you be my angel,
Want to be mine?
I love you so much,
You’re my Valentine!
