People gathered at airports around the country to protest President Trump's immigration ban from seven Muslim-majority countries.Those all happened on Saturday. Michigan was a little slower to get organized, but Sunday saw protests across the state. MLive showed the largest in Thousands fill Detroit Metro Airport in protest.
Thousands gathered Sunday afternoon, Jan. 29 at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in one of at least four protests statewide to President Donald Trump's executive order to ban entry into the U.S. of people from seven Muslim-majority countries and the entry of refugees.WXYZ captured even more images showing the size of the protest at the beginning and near the end of Delta planes taking off after system outage.
There were at least four protests in the Detroit area Sunday in response to the controversial executive order, one in Hamtramck, which has one of the highest concentrations of Muslim residents in Michigan, including many who came from Yemen, one of the countries Trump named in the ban; another at Dearborn's Henry Ford Centennial Library; the largest took place at Detroit Metro Airport's international terminal; and a sit-in was planned at Wayne State University in Detroit.Ann Arbor's was relatively small, as seen in MLive's Ann Arbor residents protest immigration ban.
Protesters gathered in Ann Arbor and planned a demonstration at Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids Sunday.
Ann Arbor residents protested on Jan. 29, 2017, outside the Federal Building against President Donald Trump's executive order limiting immigration. Video by Matt Weigand.WOOD-TV showed a much better attended protest at Grand Rapids in Protesters at Ford Airport: ‘Refugees welcome’.
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside Ford Airport to show their disapproval of President Trump’s ban on travel from several nations.Unlike the other protests, it looks like this demonstration had more participants than the Women's March in Grand Rapids or other Women's Marches in Michigan; the other Women's Marches had tens of thousands attending instead of a few thousand to protest the immigration ban, but some of the same people showed up for both. The Detroit Free Press noted the overlap, quoting someone who organized the Women's March on Washington as well as the protest at Detroit Metropolitan Airport.
"This is where the march became a movement," said Phoebe Hopps, one of the Michigan coordinators for the Women's March on Washington, who also organized Sunday's airport protest. "Rooted in the promise of America’s call for huddled masses yearning to breathe free, we believe in immigrant and refugee rights regardless of status or country of origin. We believe migration is a human right and that no human being is illegal. We stand with our Muslim sisters and brothers, and reject the path of xenophobia and extreme vetting.”One of the signs from the Women's March also made an appearance, the poster of Linda Sarsour, one of the chairs of the Women's March on Washington. It works just as well for these protests as for the Women's March.
Hopps, who lives in Traverse City, scrambled Saturday evening for a permit from the Wayne County Airport Authority to stage the protest.
For many workers in China this time of year means a month long holiday.Even the Chinese can't escape Donald Trump, although caricaturing him as a rooster is a response I appreciate.
Saturday will officially mark the beginning of the Year of the Rooster, under the Chinese zodiac.
Al Jazeera’s Adrian Brown reports from Beijing.
Catastrophe is now 30 seconds closer than it was last week, according to the editors for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. The Bulletin has published a graphic of the Clock every year since 1947, when the threat of nuclear war was the biggest threat to humanity. The Bulletin cited several reasons for the decision to change the clock, including a a rise in strident nationalism worldwide in 2016, and Donald Trump's entire presidential campaign, where he made disturbing comments about the use and proliferation of nuclear weapons, while expressing disbelief in the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change.USA Today quoted the Atomic Scientists on their reasons for the change, and all of them referenced Trump.
While many threats played into the decision to move the clock 30 seconds forward from where it was in 2016, one person in particular prompted the scientists to act.I've covered the Doomsday Clock twice before and neither time did the actions of a single person get mentioned, let alone play such a prominent role in the decision to move the clock. That's probably why it was advanced 30 seconds instead of some multiple of a whole minute, which had also never happened before.
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“This year’s Clock deliberations felt more urgent than usual…as trusted sources of information came under attack, fake news was on the rise, and words were used by a President-elect of the United States in cavalier and often reckless ways to address the twin threats of nuclear weapons and climate change,” Rachel Bronson, the executive director and publisher of Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, said in a statement.
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"Never before has the Bulletin decided to advance the clock largely because of the statements of a single person. But when that person is the new president of the United States, his words matter," David Titley and Lawrence M. Krauss of the Bulletin wrote in an New York Times op-ed.
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“Current political situation in the U.S. is of particular concern,” Titley of the Bulletin Science and Security Board said. “The Trump administration needs to state clearly, unequivocally it accepts climate change caused by human activity…There are no alternative facts here.”
Protesters with the environmental organization Greenpeace hung a large banner from the crane that people could see from the White House lawn.This action alone has made me a bigger fan of Greenpeace. Resist!
Native Americans and environmentalists have strongly opposed both projects.The reaction was swift and predictable, as Newsy also reported Anti-pipeline movements unite against Trump.
After President Trump signed memorandums to move forward on the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines, activists met at the White House.Good luck to them. They'll need it.
The Trump administration has reportedly restricted press access and social media use for some agencies.Ugh. This is enough to make me write about the Oscars. At least I can find good news there.
I wouldn't be surprised of 'Gods of Egypt' gets nominated for a half-dozen Razzies next year; it looks like their kind of film.The second was in the follow-up 'Superman vs. Batman' buries 'Zootopia' in rubble.
"Dawn of Justice" may end up with the same kind of dubious distinction "Fifty Shades of Grey" earned--nominated for both an Oscar (Special Effects) and at least one Razzie (Worst Reboot/Ripoff/Sequel).I tossed the third off in the middle of Speculative fiction movie nominees at the 2016 Teen Choice Awards, Part 2.
That's one prediction. The other isn't about these awards, but the Razzies. Four of these movies are sequels or remakes and at least two of them will be nominated for "Worst Remake/Ripoff or Sequel." My money is on "Ghostbusters" and "Independence Day: Resurgence." "Ghostbusters" will be undeserved as the work of misogynists stuffing the ballot box, while "Independence Day" will deserve the dishonor.It turns out I called all but "Ghostbusters," which I didn't want to be nominated for a Razzie in the first place. Wochit Entertainment has the story in Golden Razzies Name And Shame Crappiest Movies, Actors Of 2017.
The Oscars are the most celebrated awards during this season of praise. However, Oscars season also marks the arrival of the annual Golden Raspberry Awards, otherwise known as The Razzies. The Razzies mark the worst movies of the past year. So, which pictures were nominated? According to ScreenRant.com, 'Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice,' 'Dirty Grandpa,' 'Gods of Egypt', 'Independence Day: Resurgence,' 'Zoolander No. 2', and the documentary 'Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party' were deemed the worst of the worst of 2017. And Ben Affleck, Ben Stiller, and even Robert DeNiro got nods for the Worst Actor category. Ouch!I managed to forecast all the speculative fiction nominees for worst film. Following the Razzies closely since 2014 has certainly given me a good sense of what the Razzie voters "like!"
Note the mention of Michigan locations mentioned in both of the last two videos. My wife and I won't be traveling to Washington, but we do plan to attend one of the Michigan events, most likely the one in Ann Arbor. If so, I'll report on it next week.My wife did not feel up to marching in Ann Arbor, but I did, so she sent me to march for both of us. Based on the event's Facebook page, I expected at least 5,000 people, including several of my colleagues and Facebook friends. I knew their cars would clog up downtown streets and parking structures, so I left early. It turned out I didn't leave early enough. The freeway along the north side of town experienced backups, as did the offramp to Main Street, and traffic into downtown was bumper-to-bumper. Just from that, I could tell that more people would show up than anticipated.
More than 11,000 people joined the Women's March in Ann Arbor on Jan. 21, 2017. Several people spoke at the rally, including Cindy Estrada of the UAW and U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell.That was just one march in Michigan. Follow over the jump for news about three other events in the state along with Michigan women participating in the Women's March on Washington.
I just finished showing my students "An Inconvenient Truth" last week. It's a very good movie, and it's holding up better than "The End of Suburbia," which I've really had enough of for reasons beyond the age of the film.*While I was in Utah visiting my mother and middle sister at the same time President Obama declared Bears Ears National Monument, I watched NOVA's "Treasures of the Earth: Power" on PBS at my mom's house. Here is the preview.
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*I've become more and more disenchanted with Kunstler. He's developed a terrible case of "Get off my lawn" over the past couple of years. I'm less inclined to give his ideas a captive audience in my students.
Drill underground to see the treasures that power our world—today and into the future.As I watched, I decided this was the video to replace the doomers, including Kunstler. It's up-to-date, it reinforces my lecture material, it has lots of interesting examples, it's shorter, and it's optimistic. As I mentioned, ironically enough, in a comment to Kustler's entry Discovery a year ago, "the presentation they really enjoyed was about self-driving cars. The feedback was that they'd had enough of doom and gloom and wanted something hopeful." I'm going to give them what they want, which is also what I want. That's a win-win for us, but a loss for Kunstler. As I told my students last week, they will be the last ones I subject to Kunstler and the rest of the Prophets of Doom.*
It might become the biggest protest event in US history. This Saturday, tens of thousands of people or more are supposed to take to the streets of Washington DC to join the "Women's march", an anti-Trump protest event supporting solidarity for minorities.The pussyhats will show up in other reports, but not the next one from PBS NewsHour, Women’s March leaders aim for ‘solidarity against misogyny’.
On Saturday, another crowd will gather on the National Mall -- not to celebrate, but to advocate. William Brangham talks with Bob Bland and Carmen Perez, co-chairs of the Women's March On Washington, about the organization’s mission to protect women’s rights, creating a safe space for difficult conversations on sensitive issues and remembering that “we’re all people first.”Women and men from Michigan are coming to the event. WOOD-TV of Grand Rapids reported Local protesters head to Washington for women’s march. Pussyhats make an appearance.
A march likely to have historic turnout will ask President Donald Trump to respect women’s rights as he begins his presidency.The distinctive pink headgear also appear in WXYZ's More than 100 metro Detroit women heading to Washington for Women's March.
Nothing irks Trump more than you not paying attention to him.I second this emotion. To assist my readers who agree with Keith and me, I'm posting videos with music that one can watch and listen to instead of watching
Recap of the 22 marching bands that performed in the 128th Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade on Monday, January 2, 2017.Next, listen to "The President's Own" play "March of the Resistance" from "Star Wars, The Force Awakens."
"The President's Own" United States Marine Band performs John Williams' Suite from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, transcribed by Paul Lavender, on March 14, 2016, at The Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda, Md. Conducted by Lt. Col. Jason K. Fettig.Finally, instead of listening to the acts in concert, listen to Muse playing "Resistance."
CNN's John Sutter was in Shishmaref, Alaska, to explain how climate change has affected the world this year.This is the third consecutive year a new average temperature record has been set for the planet.
Poll expert Sam Wang said he would eat a bug if Donald Trump got more than 240 electoral votes. President-elect Donald Trump got 290 electoral votes and Wang held up his end of the deal.His meal wasn't what I suggested...
Eat a mescal worm. They’re already dead, they’re pickled so the are safe and they taste like booze, and they’re an insect, specifically a caterpillar. I’ve eaten them and they’re OK. If you need any help, take a shot of the mescal first....but it fits with the recommendation to eat crickets from Entomophagy: Student Sustainability Video Festival 62. At least it was nutritious and Wang figured out a way to make it tasty while he was eating
"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" continued its massive run at the box office in its fifth week in theaters. According to data at Box Office Mojo, the movie earned more than 3.2 million dollars on Friday at the domestic box office. That pushed the standalone film's domestic total over 488 million dollars. Rogue One is now the Number one-grossing movie of all titles that came out in the U.S. in 2016, beating out Finding Dory, which made 486 million dollars at the box office domestically. Both movies opened to critical acclaim this year.Box Office Mojo now lists the film as grossing $502 million at the domestic box office. All that's left of my predictions is the final box office number, which I initially set at $600 million and later followed Forbes' lead and revised down to $540 million. Stay tuned.
The crowd-pleasing NASA drama "Hidden Figures" has topped the box office for the second straight week, while a pair of high-priced prestige releases sputtered. Estimates on Sunday say "Hidden Figures," a tale about African-American mathematicians in the 1960s space race, sold $20.5 million in tickets in North American theaters over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. Fox anticipates it will make $25.3 million when Monday is included. In a crowded field that included the "Star Wars" hit "Rogue One," the Oscar favorite "La La Land" and the surprisingly strong supernatural thriller "The Bye Bye Man," several big-name directors flopped.So far, the movie has been the "good news" I was hoping for in Seasons Greetings from NASA plus NASA on 'Passengers' and 'Hidden Figures'. In addition to the nominations I listed in December, it just earned a nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the BAFTA Awards last week. Here's to hoping it gets more nominations at the Academy Awards next week.
I'm single-handedly keeping alive a fake holiday called Wester, which is the first Sunday following the first Full Moon after the Autumnal Equinox. When I first posted about it, my Discordian friend claimed it for Discordianism. As far as I'm concerned, it's still a Discordian holiday.So that's the story of how I'm celebrating a fake holiday that the Archdruid came up with. Oh, well, the Norther Lemming approves.
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Wester is funny; presumably that was the day that some messiah or other descended from the living?
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>I agree, Wester is funny. As for an anointed one descending from the living, sorry, that wasn't part of the Wester story that I heard. However, the holiday has its own animal mascot, the Wester Squirrel, which goes around and gathers goodies to hide instead of hiding goodies to pass out like the Easter Bunny.
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Druids would likely demand a Souther and a Norther, too, with a Souther Wombat and a Norther Lemming as animal mascots; I'll leave you to decide what if anything they do with goodies.
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Ah, but which solstice gets which holiday? At first, I was not amused by your suggestion, as I thought one parody holiday was enough. Then I slept on it and not only was I OK with it, I decided that Norther would come after the Winter Solstice and Souther would come after the Summer Solstice. Why would a lemming visit in the middle of summer? Norther would usually have little competition for holidays, at least in the U.S., most of the time. Next year, it would fall on January 15th, the day before MLK Day. Not a bad three-day weekend!
This week it has been declared that the rusty patched bumblebee is endangered in the United States. It is the first bee species to ever be put on the endangered list. The rusty patched bumblebee has seen it’s population diminish significantly over the past 20 years. Tom Melius, the regional director of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, stated, “Pollinators are small but might parts of the natural mechanism that sustains us and our world. Without them, our forests, parks, meadows, and scrublands, and the abundant, vibrant life they support, cannot survive, and our crops require laborious, costly pollination by hand.” Environmentalists are ready to fight for the lives of rusty patched bumblebees.While these are both the first bumblebees and mainland bees to be placed on the endangered species list, they aren't the first U.S. bees on the list. Last September, several species of Hawaiian bees earned that dubious distinction. KHON reports in Native bee species now protected under Endangered Species Act.
Seven yellow-faced bee species are now under protection, a first for any bees in the nation.While these are not honeybees, this is still bad news.
WSJ's Elva Ramirez takes to the streets of New York to find out how many people know what triskaidekaphobia (fear of the number 13) is - and if they can spell it.So in Spain, the unlucky day is Tuesday the 13th. That's not any stranger than Garfield the Cat hating Monday the 13th.
President Obama officially created the Gold Butte National Monument and the Bears Ears National Monument.Just as I was in southern California for the Rose Parade, I was in Utah when this news broke and the local media covered the story intently. KSL provides an example in Fight on over Bears Ears monument in Utah.
Utah's top leaders are seething over President Barack Obama's proclamation Wednesday to designate 1.35 million acres in southeast Utah as the Bears Ears National Monument, vowing to do everything they can to undo the presidential action. Andrew Adams reports.I'm with the art store owner, both that the monument will be a good thing and that it will last.
President Obama designated the first-ever marine monument in the Atlantic Ocean, 4,913 square miles off the coast of New England. "It’s been said that we don’t inherit the Earth from our parents so much as we borrow it from our children."Thank you, Mr. President, for your efforts on behalf of a sustainable future.
Donald Trump was a target at this year’s Golden Globes, with a handful of actors voicing their opposition to his presidency.That's not all. Fallon also joked that “What would it be like if King Joffrey had lived? Well, in 12 days we’re going to find out.” He isn't the first to make that comparison. I quoted a YouTube user saying "Donald Trump is Joffrey all grown up." My response was "I can see the resemblance."
Meryl Streep railed against Donald Trump as she accepted a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes. The President-elect later hit back on Twitter against the actress.Trump may have hated the attack, but many of those in the entertainment industry appreciated it. MSNBC captured a representative response in Barbra Streisand Sounds Off On Donald Trump.
Legendary singer and actress Barbra Streisand joins Chris Matthews to discuss Meryl Streep's Golden Globes speech that criticized President-elect Donald Trump.When I wrote that this blog would "resume its regular programming, which will likely be about entertainment awards shows and coping with the election of Donald Trump," I had no idea I would do both in one post!
"Zootopia" has won the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Motion Picture at the 74th Golden Globe Awards. The film made more than a billion dollars worldwide, and received critical acclaim, with a 98 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. The animated film stars Idris Elba, Jason Bateman and Octavia Spencer. Zootopia beat other highly acclaimed animated films for the award, including Disney's Moana, which starred Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.NBC on YouTube shows the creators accepting their award.
Directors Jared Bush, Rich Moore and Byron Howard accept the award for Best Motion Picture, Animated at the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards.The positive message about diversity showed up in all the reviews of the movie I quoted in 'Zootopia' remains on top of the box office for a second week after displacing 'Deadpool', so I'm pleased that the movie is being rewarded and the message being heard.
I also expect it to finish in the top five movies of the year. In fact, if it brings in only half the gross of "The Force Awakens," it would still be the second highest grossing movie released this year, right behind "Finding Dory."Wochit Entertainment reports that's exactly where it is in 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' Wins Box Office Again.
"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" has now been the number one movie at the box office for four consecutive weekends, earning $21.9 million this past weekend, raising its domestic box office gross to $477 million. The standalone 'Star Wars' installment was nearly ousted from its top spot this week from "Hidden Figures," which opened to $21.8 million. "Rogue One" is now the second-highest grossing film in the "Star Wars" franchise and the second-highest domestic box office earner of 2016.Two-and one half down, one to go, the last being "I think it might just barely come in first with $600M." Forbes is not as optimistic about the final number as I was or it used to be, but still confident it will be the top grossing movie released in 2016.
Yes, it’s falling faster than the likes of Sherlock: Holmes: A Game of Shadows and King Kong, and it may even start to act like The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies regarding legs. But it will still end next weekend just under $500 million, and it may end up just over/under the $534m (unadjusted) domestic cume of The Dark Knight.Looks like the "barely come in first" part of the prediction is secure, even if my original final number was too high. What's not secure is "Rogue One" ending the weekend in first place, as Business Insider reported in In photo finish, 'Rogue One' wins weekend box office but 'Hidden Figures' shows staying power.
Oh, and with $477 million, it has passed the (unadjusted) domestic total of Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace. That means it is the second-biggest Star Wars movie ever in North America, behind only The Force Awakens. And it will pass the $486m domestic total of Finding Dory within a few days to become the top domestic hit of 2016.
With just an estimated $100,000 difference between "Rogue One" and "Hidden Figures," it's possible that "Hidden Figures" could win out the weekend when final weekend box office figures are reported on Monday.If "Hidden Figures" ends up winning this weekend's box office, I'll report that news as well. I already have high hopes for the docudrama, as I wrote in Seasons Greetings from NASA plus NASA on 'Passengers' and 'Hidden Figures'.
Vox has a review of the movie: Hidden Figures, about 3 black women at NASA in the 1960s, is the best kind of historical drama. That's high praise from Vox.I won't be writing about diversity in Oscar nominees a week from tomorrow because the nominations won't be announced until January 24, eight days later. Instead, it might be about Oscar predictions or the best political films and TV shows of the past year. Stay tuned.
Speaking of high praise, IMDB lists "Hidden Figures" as having been nominated for 42 awards, including two each at the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild Awards. It had also been nominated for three awards at the Critics' Choice Awards, but won none of them. Still, I expect the film to receive at least one nomination at the Academy Awards for Octavia Spencer or Janelle Monae (more likely Spencer) as Best Actress in a Supporting Role. If so, I won't have to repeat Hollywood's diversity issues for MLK Day next year. I'd find that to be a relief, as I want to report good news every now and then.
"Travel on all roads and streets changed by +1.6% (+4.4 billion vehicle miles) for October 2016 as compared with October 2015. Travel for the month is estimated to be 276.0 billion vehicle miles." The less volatile 12-month moving average was up 0.13% month-over-month and 2.9% year-over-year. If we factor in population growth, the 12-month MA of the civilian population-adjusted data (age 16-and-over) is up a scant 0.04% month-over-month and up only 1.8% year-over-year.Here is the graph showing the 12-month moving average.
Here's my angle of an awesome Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit, dropping down toward Colorado Blvd in Pasadena, CA. There's no better way to kick off the new year than watching this marvel fly over. I apologize for the overcast and darkness, it's usually very clear for this occasion. For the record, the Parade was held on the 2nd, instead of the traditional January 1, due to a 'never on Sunday' policy. So at upload time, this was recorded just one hour prior.The plane then cruised over the surrounding area, which is where my mother and I saw it about 1:30 P.M. flying over my sister's house in the western San Fernando Valley. It circled overhead three or four times before flying back east to Pasadena to pass over the Rose Bowl.
B-2 Stealth Bomber returns for a fly by over the pre-game at The Rose Bowl after previously flying over The Rose Parade earlier this morning.While I had seen pictures of the B-2 stealth bomber before, I had never seen one in person until Monday. It was an awe-inspiring sight. I felt very lucky to have been able to look at it in (relative) peacetime.
As spring makes its slow return to the hemisphere, the Smithsonian Institution's Natural History Museum in Washington, D.C., is marking the occasion with one of its most popular exhibits - the Live Butterfly Pavilion. Now in its fifth year, the Pavilion is a warm, lush enclosure filled with beautiful flowering plants, in which visitors interact with hundreds of live butterflies, representing species from around the world. As VOA's Julie Taboh discovered, it's an exhilarating experience.I write a lot about bees, but Monarch butterflies are in trouble, too, as I've mentioned once. Perhaps I should write more about their plight.
I used to live close enough to Michigan International Speedway that I could not only hear the cars race, I could tell what kind of cars were on the track. Stock cars produced a low roar, while open-wheel (Indy) cars gave off a high-pitched whine. I got a good deal of the race experience just from where I used to live, although I never went to the track. Just watching the traffic, which took nearly 24 hours to clear out, was enough for me. It was worse than living in Ann Arbor and dealing with football game traffic, and I coped with that for 10 years. Just the same, I got a bit of dopamine and adrenaline boost just from living near MIS.Despite my complaining, it was better than the other experiences I listed in Science confirms my opinion of life in the country.
Cigarette butts are one of the most common kinds of litter, found everywhere from land to waterways. The tobacco and paper in them will break down, so those can be composted. But the filters contain a plastic, and that can take years to decompose. Yet if the butts are carefully processed, the cellulose acetate can be used to make things such as park benches and pallets. Recycling companies like TerraCycle are also refining their processing methods to create higher-end plastic products.That's good news worth spreading.
List of Rose Parade 2017 Marching Bands:In addition to the above, the marching bands of the universities participating in the Rose Bowl, the University of Southern California Trojans and the Pennsylvania State University Nittany Lions, will march down Colorado Boulevard. However, this entry is not about either of them (I don't like either college and will root for PSU only because I dislike USC more). Instead, it's about four competitive units, Arcadia High School, Broken Arrow High School, Pride of Lawrence Township, and the Santa Clara Vanguard. Follow over the jump for videos of each of them.
Arcadia High School – Arcadia High School Apache Marching Band and Color Guard, Arcadia, CA
Bands of America Honor Band (Representing all 50 States) – Indianapolis, IN
Broken Arrow High School – The Pride of Broken Arrow, Broken Arrow, OK
Escuela Secundaria Tecnica Industrial No. 3 – Buhos Marching Band, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
Foothill High School – Falcon Marching Band, Henderson, NV
Gifusho Green Band - Gifu, Japan
Grove City High School – The Grove City High School Marching Band, Grove City, OH
Lawrence Township – Marching Pride of Lawrence Township, Indianapolis, IN
Los Angeles Unified School District – All District High School Honor Band, Los Angeles, CA
Martin Luther King, Jr. High School – MLK "Kings of Halftime," Lithonia, GA
Niceville High School – Eagle Pride, Niceville, FL
Ooltewah High School – Ooltewah High School Marching Band, Ooltewah, TN
Pasadena City College Tournament of Roses Honor Band & Herald Trumpets – Pasadena, CA
Pulaski High School – Red Raider Marching Band, Pulaski, WI
The Salvation Army Tournament of Roses Band – Los Angeles, CA
Santa Clara Vanguard – Santa Clara, CA
United States Marine Corps West Coast Composite Band – MCAS Miramar, MCRD San Diego and Camp Pendleton, CA
United States Air Force Total Force Band - Travis Air Force Base, CA
Westlake High School – Chaparral Band, Austin, TX
YouTube Rewind 2016. Celebrating the videos, people, music and moves that made 2016.I promised "a New Year's Day post that contains more joy and hope both about last year and for the new year" and I think that delivered.
Behind the scenes of YouTube Rewind 2016, the epic year-end celebration of the videos, people, music and moves that made 2016 on YouTube.The New Year's celebration continues, as the Rose Parade will be held tomorrow, not today. Never on a Sunday!