At last night’s Oscar Awards, Bret McKenzie took home the award for best original song. Here he is singing a different song with Kermit.
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Life's a Happy Song – from Bret McKenzie (Oscar winner) and Kermit the Frog
At last night’s Oscar Awards, Bret McKenzie took home the award for best original song. Here he is singing a different song with Kermit.
“All my friends know the low rider” – but do you know the culture of the classic ride?
On the premiere episode of The Downshift, Joe Ray, custom car legend and editor in chief of Lowrider magazine, guides you through the culture, history and trends of the world of Lowrider. Riding shotgun is technical editor Saul Vargas, who reveals the true global reach of the Lowrider movement.
"All my friends know the low rider" – but do you know the culture of the classic ride?
On the premiere episode of The Downshift, Joe Ray, custom car legend and editor in chief of Lowrider magazine, guides you through the culture, history and trends of the world of Lowrider. Riding shotgun is technical editor Saul Vargas, who reveals the true global reach of the Lowrider movement.
iPads for every kindergartener – early results show a positive trend
This is the nation’s first public school district to give every kindergartener an iPad. And the implementation was done very carefully, with the research component built in from the start, not added as an after-thought. — This fall, the district randomly selected 8 of its 16 kindergarten classes to receive iPads. There’s been ongoing professional …
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A real Moneyball story – the reinvention of pitcher Brandon McCarthy
SEVEN PITCHES. That’s how long it took for the verdict to come in. On April 5, in the first inning of his first start in an A’s uniform, Brandon McCarthy went groundout, groundout, groundout. It was a one-inning sabermetric masterpiece. For the game, he lasted eight innings — the second-longest start of his career — …
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Amazing photos of a seal birth on the beach
// Photos via Save La Jolla Seals
Facts and statistics on the coming plastic bag ban in California
Plastic bags contribute to the pollution of California’s ocean and beaches. Californians use approximately 16 billion plastic bags per year – more than 400 annually per person. Less than 5 percent of plastic bags are recycled. Instead, they end up sitting in landfills, littering streets, clogging streams, fouling beaches, or floating out to sea. Plastic …
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MLB to test out new ‘Live In-Game Audio during Spring Training
“We’ve pretty much pushed the limits of video, but audio is untapped,” said Tony Petitti, the president of MLB Network. On March 7, the network will try to take a leap in audio, televising a spring training game between the Indians and Diamondbacks in which up to six players a team will wear microphones. What …
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MLB to test out new 'Live In-Game Audio during Spring Training
“We’ve pretty much pushed the limits of video, but audio is untapped,” said Tony Petitti, the president of MLB Network. On March 7, the network will try to take a leap in audio, televising a spring training game between the Indians and Diamondbacks in which up to six players a team will wear microphones. What …
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