| Gilmore's gold in first round
WORLD champion Stephanie Gilmore swooped into the new season as the pacesetter in round 1 of the Roxy Pro surfing tournament on the Gold Coast yesterday. The 20-year-old Snapper Rocks board rider posted 15.84 points, the day's top heat score, which included the best ride in good 1.2m waves at Duranbah Beach. Gilmore was the outstanding surfer of the 2008 world tour launch, beating 15-year-old Hawaiian prodigy and Roxy Trials winner Carissa Moore. She said she was relieved to finally don a contest shirt after a blur of commitments as world champion. "It's been a bit crazy with all the awards and activities and stuff, but it felt good to get back in the water," Gilmore said. "I guess I was a bit rusty at the beginning, but I started gaining more and more confidence throughout the heat and felt pretty good by the end." Local knowledge helped Gilmore pick the best waves and take command of the heat.
Young People’s Press: Tips on finding Santa Claus and Homer Simpson
It's Christmas 365 days a year at www.claus.com and everyone is invited. You'll feel like a kid again after spending a few minutes on the site trying out all the fun activities. You can officially graduate from elf school, create your own elves and even e-mail the big guy yourself. And if malls are the last place you want to spend the holidays, you can take care of some of your Christmas shopping while you're there. There are tons of great gift ideas that are sure to brighten anyone's Christmas morning. You can also download screen savers and instant message icons to keep you in the Christmas spirit. — CHRIS CURRY BEHIND THE SIMPSONS Anything you could ever need or need to know about America's favorite family, "The Simpsons," can be found on www.thesimpsons.com.
Super Kids: Waimalu's Multimedia Class
Today Malika Dudley introduces us to not just one Super Kid, but a group of them. We met this class of GT, or gifted and talented 6th graders, right here on Sunrise. They're learning about multi-media technology and came to see us to learn more. But it all started when Malika visited their school and discovered a gold mine. Thirteen Super Kids, all in one place. .
LG Receives 13 Top Awards at CES 2008 Digital leader presents over 570 ...
Global and regional digital leader LG Electronics unveiled its latest products and technologies at the 2008 edition of the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), being held at Las Vegas Convention Centre from January 7-10, 2008. --/24-7PressRelease/ - AMMAN, JORDAN, January 29, 2008 - This year, LG received CES Innovations Awards for 13 products (five flat panel TVs, four mobile handsets, two home electronics products, one audio product and one video product), including the Best of Innovations Award in the video display category for its single-layer (frameless) plasma TV, the PG60. LG's five Innovation Awards for its flat panel TV line-up was exceptional; by receiving more than 60 CES Innovations Awards over the past four years, LG has become one of the most-honoured companies at the exhibition.
GDC to become invitation only for press in '09
It can be hard if you're a writer who isn't with one of the larger sites like IGN or one of the more popular blogs like Joystiq: E3's going invitation-only last year meant many gaming writers were scrambling for their golden ticket, and the show had a much different feel from previous E3s Ars has attended. Last year the Game Developers Conference picked up the slack in many ways, but with so many stories coming out of the GDC, and so many press members there, were the actual developers able to do their job without being harassed by the press? During our interview with GDC Executive Director Jamil Moledina, we asked this questions, among others. Moledina agreed that the press presence at GDC had been growing. "At GDC '07, there were around 1,000 press passes handed out, which for a 16,000-person show is quite a lot," he told Ars.
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