HTC is doing all it can to maximize its efforts in order to continue growing as a smartphone maker. And, although the newly announced Desire series may not exactly fit the company's flagship type, the 709d (China Telecom), 7060 (China Unicom) and 7088 (China Mobile) are part of HTC's promise to ...
Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/aKE1gGE59TE/Newark Mayor Cory Booker talks to supporters during an election night victory party after winning a special election for the U.S. Senate, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, in Newark, N.J. Booker and Republican Steve Lonegan faced off to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Frank Lautenberg. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Newark Mayor Cory Booker talks to supporters during an election night victory party after winning a special election for the U.S. Senate, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, in Newark, N.J. Booker and Republican Steve Lonegan faced off to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Frank Lautenberg. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Newark Mayor Cory Booker talks to supporters during an election night victory party after winning a special election for the U.S. Senate, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, in Newark, N.J. Booker and Republican Steve Lonegan faced off to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Frank Lautenberg. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Newark Mayor Cory Booker, top left, hugs his mother Carolyn Booker after giving his victory speech during an election night party, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, in Newark, N.J. Booker and Republican Steve Lonegan faced off during a special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Frank Lautenberg. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Republican senate candidate Steve Lonegan and wife Lorraine Rossi Lonegan, wave during his concession speech in Bridgewater, N.J., Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, after Democrat Cory Booker was declared winner. Lonegan and Booker were vying to fill the Senate seat left vacant after the death of Frank Lautenberg. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's U.S. senator-elect says he's ready to go to Washington and channel Americans' frustration with Congress into energy for change.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker appeared on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Thursday, hours after he defeated Republican Steve Lonegan in a special Senate election. Booker will fill the seat left vacant by the June death of Frank Lautenberg.
Booker says some of the comments people have made to him about the state of affairs in Washington mimic what people told him when he was elected Newark's mayor in 2006.
Booker called himself "a scrapper" and says he was still able to make positive changes in New Jersey's largest city. He says the current climate of frustration in Washington creates a climate for change.
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Nikon's been peddling a variety of wireless adapters throughout the last few DSLR refresh cycles. Little dongles like the $50 WU-1a enable WiFi connectivity for photographers who really need it, but it's hardly an elegant solution. Now, we finally have a Nikon digital SLR with 802.11 built in. It's ...
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker greets a supporter after casting his vote in a special U.S. Senate election on Wednesday in Newark, New Jersey.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker greets a supporter after casting his vote in a special U.S. Senate election on Wednesday in Newark, New Jersey.
The Associated Press projects that Newark Mayor Cory Booker will win a special election for the New Jersey Senate seat left vacant after the death of Frank Lautenberg.
With 55 percent of the precincts counted, Booker, a Democrat, has a commanding 11-point lead over Steven Lonegan.
Booker will succeed Gov. Chris Christie's interim appointee, Republican Jeff Chiesa, and will have to run again in 2014 for a full six-year term.
The AP adds:
"Booker, 44, will become the first black senator from New Jersey and heads to Washington with an unusual political resume. He was raised in suburban Harington Park as the son of two of the first black IBM executives, and graduated from Stanford and law school at Yale with a stint in between as a Rhodes Scholar before moving to one of Newark's toughest neighborhoods with the intent of doing good.
"He's been an unconventional politician, a vegetarian with a Twitter following of 1.4 million — or five times the population of the city he governs. With dwindling state funding, he has used private fundraising, including a $100 million pledge from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, to run programs in Newark, a strategy that has brought his city resources and him both fame and criticism."
Booker is also a rising star in the Democratic party.
By Victoria Cavaliere
NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - Democrat Cory Booker, the charismatic mayor of Newark, was the unofficial winner of a New Jersey special election on Wednesday, handily defeating a conservative Republican to fill the state's vacant U.S. Senate seat.
Booker, who had been heavily favored in polls, defeated conservative Republican Steve Lonegan, a former small-town mayor, according to tallies published online by The New York Times, Politico and the Star-Ledger newspaper.
The tallies showed Booker with an 11 point lead over Lonegan with more than 90 percent of the votes counted.
Booker, 44, spoke to cheering supporters in Newark where he thanked them for turning out to vote against the backdrop of the 16-day government shutdown and partisan battling in Washington.
"It would have been easy to listen to this frustrating negativity and stay home today. But here in New Jersey, more than a million people rejected cynicism and came out on a Wednesday, in the middle of October, three weeks before we have another election, to fight the cynicism," he said.
"You didn't just vote, you believed that your vote and choice mattered," he said.
Booker becomes the first black U.S. senator from New Jersey. In Washington, Booker will join Republican Tim Scott of South Carolina as the nation's only two black senators.
He will fill the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Frank Lautenberg, who died in June at age 89.
Booker, a Rhodes scholar and Yale Law School graduate, rocketed to fame as a booster for the state's largest city, 12 miles from Manhattan, which has struggled with poverty and persistently high crime.
His first run for mayor was documented in the Oscar-nominated film "Street Fight." Booker is known to rub shoulders with celebrities and is a near-constant presence on Twitter.
During Booker's tenure as mayor, Newark received a $100 million gift to its schools from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who said he had met Booker and was impressed by his plans.
Lonegan is the former mayor of Bogota and former state director of Americans for Prosperity, a political advocacy group funded by the conservative Koch brothers.
He has said he opposed federal aid to victims of Superstorm Sandy and more recently voiced support for the Republican House members who forced the government shutdown.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a Republican seeking re-election and a possible White House contender in 2016, chose October 16 as the special election date.
Democrats said he could have scheduled the special election for November 5, the day of the general election, and accused him of self-interest and wasteful spending.
They said he was avoiding being on the same ballot as Booker, who could attract Democratic and minority turnout and cut into Christie's chances of winning re-election by a large margin.
Christie, who said politics did not play a role in the decision, said he wanted to let New Jersey voters have a permanent voice in the Senate as soon as possible.
(Additional reporting by Edith Honan and Barbara Goldberg; Writing by Ellen Wulfhorst; Editing by Ken Wills, Douglas Royalty and Stacey Joyce)
2:44 PM PDT 10/16/2013 by Shawn Kotzen, Chris Godley
Whether it be on an ocean-cutting schooner, a galaxy-traveling spaceship, or, most recently, a hijacked merchant vessel, pop culture has always been enamored with these heroic figures. Here's a gallery of brave commanders with wind on their backs and eyes fixed on the next port of call.
Captain Phillips
Back in April 2009, Richard Philips was the captain of the Merchant Vessel Maersk Alabama when it was attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia. The ship was boarded by four machine gun-carrying hijackers, but the crew somehow managed to fight them off, forcing them to leave the ship empty-handed. However, it turned out to be a Pyrrhic victory, as Captain Phillips was captured by the pirates as they fled and held hostage on a lifeboat. Three days later, Phillips was freed and four years after that his harrowing ordeal was adapted into a thinking person's action film, directed by Paul Greengrass (United 93, The Bourne Ultimatum and The Bourne Supremacy) and starring Tom Hanks.
Captain Kirk
James Tiberius Kirk is the captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise – a starship in the fictional Starfleet, which exists in Gene Rodenberry’s Star Trek universe. Kirk was born in Iowa in the year 2233 and led the Enterprise and their beloved crew on countless expeditions and adventures -- “boldly going where no man has gone before.” Unforgettably portrayed by William Shatner in the original Star Trek television show, as well as seven Star Trek films and numerous other endeavors, the character was most recently played by Chris Pine in J.J. Abrams’ 2009 Star Trek reboot, as well as this year’s sequel Star Trek Into Darkness.
Captain America
This Marvel superhero was created in the World War II era by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby and has taken on everyone from Adolf Hitler to the Red Skull to Saddam Hussein. Recently thrust back into the Hollywood limelight, courtesy of a pair of films starring Chris Evans – 2010’s Captain America: The First Avenger and the upcoming Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Cap can also be seen in 2012’s Marvel's The Avengers and the upcoming The Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Captain Han Solo
This vest-wearing, Greedo-blasting, Wookiee-lovin’ Corellian rebel is one of the most beloved and well-known science fiction characters, ranked number 14 on the American Film Institutes’ list of “Greatest Film Heroes” and number 4 on the list of “Greatest Movie Character of All Time” by Empire magazine. Created by George Lucas and brought to life by Harrison Ford, Solo traveled the Star Wars universe in the Millennium Falcon and was also responsible for making the “Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs,” lest you forget.
Captain Hook
The nasty leader of a boat full of dirty pirates, Jim Hook likes to spend his days sailing around the seas of the fictional Neverland realm, searching for his nemesis Peter Pan and his wily group of Lost Boy buds. Possessing the prophetic surname of Hook, he saw his greatest fears come to fruition after Peter lopped off his hand and fed it to a crocodile, who has had a taste for Jim and followed him around ever since. This epic literary character has been immortalized by Hollywood in countless projects – including Disney’s 1953 animated classic Peter Pan and played by Dustin Hoffman in 1991’s Hook and Jason Isaacs in 2003’s live action version.
Captain Jack Sparrow
In a lifetime of memorable cinematic achievements, Captain Jack Sparrow might be Johnny Depp’s most famous film role. Stealing the show in all four movies in the Pirates of the Caribbean quadrilogy (soon to return in Part 5), this dreadlock-sporting scurvy dog with a gold tooth and Keith Richards accent managed to get eaten by a mythical sea beast, escape Davy Jones’ Locker AND find the Fountain of Youth ... without spilling a drop of rum. This character and Depp’s likeness will forever be immortalized, as they now bid buccaneers farewell on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney parks.
Captain Kangaroo
The title character of a weekday morning children’s show, which aired from 1955 to 1984, the Captain (who was played and conceived by Bob Keeshan) was a pioneer in the creation of kids-themed morning television shows and a certified pop culture icon. He wore a signature red coat with big pockets – hence the name Captain Kangaroo. After a short hiatus, the show was reformatted in 1985 and ran again until 1993, giving the Captain and company 38 seasons of quality children’s television programming. Keeshan passed away in 2004 at age 76.
Captain Nemo
Nemo is the brilliant yet misunderstood villain from Jules Verne’s timeless sci-fi novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. He's also the captain of the menacing and monstrous-looking submarine the Nautilus, and the son of an Indian Raja who roamed the seas looking for blood and vengeance on the British Empire. But much like Ahab, he found some ornery sea life instead, in the form of a giant squid. Portrayed by a myriad of actors (James Mason, Michael Caine and Ben Cross – just to name a few) in countless remakes of Verne’s classic tale, the character was even immortalized in Alan Moore’s comic book (and the 2003 film adaptation) series, The League of Extraordinary Gentleman.
Captain Caveman
This furry little club-wielding cartoon character from the 1970s and '80s was created by Hanna-Barbera and was originally paired with a trio of crime-solving girls called the Teen Angels. Voiced by the one-of-a-kind Mel Blanc, “Cavey” was known for uttering the nonsensical phrase “unga bunga,” speaking in “caveman talk” and yelling his name at the top of his lungs when he was ready for action. Everybody: “CAPTAIN ... CAAAAVEMAAAAN!!!!”
Captain Ahab
The crazed seafarer from Herman Melville’s classic novel Moby Dick, whose obsession with a big white whale ended up costing him more than his leg in the end. Melville’s tale of revenge and madness has been adapted into countless movies, made-for-TV movies and even a musical over the years, with William Hurt’s portrayal in Encore’s $25-million cable television miniseries in 2011 the most recent.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Born in France in 2305, Jean-Luc Picard was Captain Kirk’s predecessor as head of the Starship U.S.S. Enterprise. Famously portrayed by English thespian Patrick Stewart in his breakout performance, Picard led the Enterprise and her crew through seven seasons of interstellar adventure (from 1987 to 1994) on Star Trek: The Next Generation, as well as four films and an appearance on the pilot episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Captain Planet
“By your powers combined, I am Captain Planet!” An eco-friendly superhero who had his own cartoon in the 1990s called Captain Planet and the Planeteers, this blue-skinned, green mullet-sporting, ancient champion of justice would travel around modern-day Earth, with his five ring-wearing Planeteers, and fight pollution, toxic waste, smog, etc... There aren’t too many “powers” he doesn’t possess, of which include shape-shifting, flying (even through space!) and telepathy. In June of this year, Sony Pictures announced that a live-action Captain Planet movie was in the works. The power is yours, moviegoers.
Captain Spaulding
Initially made famous by Groucho Marx in the 1930 film Animal Crackers, where Marx played Captain Jeffery T. Spaulding – the famous explorer and adventurer. The name was later used by filmmaker Rob Zombie as a character in both 2003’s House of 1000 Corpses and 2005’s The Devil’s Rejects, where James Cutter (deliciously played by Sid Haig) is the deranged, psychopathic patriarch of the murderous Firefly family. That is, when he’s not calling himself Captain Spaulding, wearing clown makeup, and slinging fried chicken and tickets to his infamous “Murder Ride.”
Captain Steve Zissou
Created by director Wes Anderson, along with screenwriter Noah Baumbach, and brought to life by a surprisingly melancholy Bill Murray, this oceanographer- documentarian, from 2004's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, is a moody mixture of Captain Ahab, Jacques Cousteau, Captain Nemo, Ernest Hemingway and Quint from Jaws ... with a little bit of Murray's sarcastic wit thrown in. Captain of a research vessel called the Belafonte, Zissou and his eccentric crew members encounter everything from pirates, familial issues and the choppy seas of love while on their quest to capture the deadly and enigmatic "Jaguar shark."
Captain Stubing
He was known as "Your Captain” on Aaron Spelling’s ode to the cruise ship crowd – the hour-long TV comedy, The Love Boat. Played by Gavin McLeod, Merrill Stubing served as the ship’s Captain for all ten seasons on ABC, in addition to three made-for-TV movies, from 1976 to 1986. At this exact moment, you’re probably just getting into that addictive opening theme song. No? Well, you are now. Climb aboard...
The Sea Captain
Yarr! Sporting a peg leg, a corncob pipe and a glass eye (possibly even two!), this recurring character on Fox’s The Simpsons is a stereotypical pirate and owns one of Springfield’s most popular seafood restaurants, The Frying Dutchman. Despite his nickname, Horatio McCallister is not an official sea captain and has attempted numerous business ventures in the past, such as releasing an album full of sea shanties and starting up a school for pet lobsters. Voiced by Hank Azaria, who provides the voice for many of Springfield’s citizens.
