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bwin.party Invests $50 in Social Gambling Games - Online Casino ...
Last week the online gambling group bwin.party announced plans to invest $50 million in social games over the next two years. The money will be used to set up a new game studio called ?Win? and develop and launch a number of new social gambling games.
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Win will be run by Barak Rabinowitz, the former CEO of Mytopia. The company?s technology unit will be led by Alex Usach, previously of Flextronics International and Aricent Group. A game produce from Electroinc Arts, Dan Matkowski, will be the lead game producer and Willi Kalisky will be the head of publishing having worked with social game companies at venture capital firm Greylock Partners. Finally, in charge of prototype development will be Dennis Hettema whose company Hettema & Bergsten developed Aces Hangout for bwin.party on Google+.
Game developers are increasingly turning to social casino games on Facebook as they tend to have stronger user conversion and retention rates. A number of land based casino companies, such as Caesar?s Entertainment and MGM Resorts, are striving for dominance in the social gambling world while known social gaming companies, such as Zynga, continue to release gambling themed social games.
Recent data shows that the top gambling game on Facebook is Zynga?s Texas HoldEm Poker which attracts 6.9 million daily active users; this is followed by Zynga Slingo with 3.5 million and then Playtika?s Slotomania with 2 million. There is a high chance that bwin.party?s $50 million investment could give them a real advantage as other studios have been relying on previous success to build in the social gaming market.
bwin.party is one of the world?s largest online gambling networks formed after the merge of bwin and PartyGaming last year. It would not be surprising if they manage to find an original approach, and breathe new life into the world of social gambling.
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The New York Film Academy is situated in thriving Greater Noida. Located in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh near Delhi, Greater Noida is one of the largest industrial townships in Asia. Send Feedback to filmmaking
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Click here for Program Description, Dates and Tuition * One Year Filmmaking * One Year Photography * One Year Acting * 8-Week Film and Digital * 8-Week Acting for Film * 8-Week Photography * 4-Week Photography * 4-Week Digital Filmmaking * 4-Week Acting for Film * Evening Filmmaking * Evening Acting for Film
Greater Noida, New Delhi The New York Film Academy is situated in thriving Greater Noida. Located in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh near Delhi, Greater Noida is one of the largest industrial townships in Asia. It is a fast growing region, on a trajectory to be one of the largest industrial and cultural hubs of India. Visitors to greater Noida will find a Formula 1 Racetrack, ICC Cricket Stadium, the world's 4th largest Night Safari, Expo Mart, and Asia's largest Gautama Buddha University. Greater Noida is also home to many great schools including Noida International University, Shiv Nadar University, Galgotia University, Gautama Buddha University, and now the New York Film Academy.
Enrollment The one-year and short-term workshops have an open enrollment. No previous experience is required. However, all programs are extremely intensive. Students who enroll should be prepared to live and breathe their work during the course of their studies. Given the nature of filmmaking and the necessity of working in crews, students must be willing to devote themselves not only to their own projects, but to their classmates' projects as well.
As space is limited, we recommend early application to guarantee a place in the program of your choice. All courses are taught in English.
Equipment Filmmaking students shoot films on HD, RED EPIC digital and 35mm cameras depending on the program. Students in all filmmaking programs and workshops edit using Final Cut Pro on Apple computers. The Acting for Film programs work hand-in-hand with the Filmmaking program, and share resources including film production equipment. Acting students peform in filmed scenes that utilize all the equipment used in the Filmmaking program. In classes and in student production, the acting students perform in film shoots, and develop a network of directors, writers, producers, and editors that is developed before entering the real world. Photography students (depending on the length program) receive a state-of-the-art digital SLR cameras (currently Canon 5D Mark iii or Nikon D800) to keep, and have access to a wide variety of lenses to shoot assignments on location and in the studio every day. In-depth instruction is also provided using professional studio and portable strobe lighting and grip equipment with a full range of light shaping accessories: softboxes, diffusers, reflectors, flags, gels, umbrellas, etc. Wireless systems are provided to trigger multiple off-camera strobes.
Photography Students edit their images in a fully equipped digital lab using Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom on large screen Apple iMac computers, and also shoot studio assignments tethered using Capture One for live RAW processing. Gicle? (inkjet) printing is taught in depth using Epson large format and desktop printers. Multimedia and HD filmmaking lessons incorporate digital recorders, shotgun and lavalier microphones, non-linear digital video and audio editing software, tripods with fluid heads, and a full array of professional tungsten and florescent lighting and grip equipment.
Faculty New York Film Academy instructors are professionals from around the world who have a passion for communicating their knowledge and mentoring aspiring filmmakers and actors. The faculty is comprised of working veterans of Hollywood and independent films, Broadway and Off-Broadway.
School Location Plot no. 9 Tech Zone, Opp. Gautama Buddha University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh -- 201301
Contact Ms. Kitty Koo Vice President New York Film Academy - New Delhi +91-997-1292591 kitty.koo@nyfa.edu india@nyfa.edu
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Same-sex marriage cases loom for Supreme Court
(Reuters) - For advocates and foes of same-sex marriage, two names have suddenly taken center stage in the legal universe: Kennedy and Romer.
Kennedy - that would be associate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy - is the court's perennial swing vote. Romer - as in Romer v. Evans - is the 1996 decision penned by Kennedy that struck down a Colorado amendment barring the state from passing laws to protect homosexuals and bisexuals.
The two names are in the spotlight because last Thursday a federal appeals court panel in Boston found that a central provision of the Defense of Marriage Act - which defines marriage as between a man and a woman - is unconstitutional. The ruling propels the DOMA case toward the high court, where Kennedy's interpretation of Romer, a case that turned on the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause, will be pivotal.
The clause prohibits the states from denying citizens equal protection under the law. Over time the Supreme Court has carved out more rigorous protection for groups that have faced discrimination over such fixed characteristics as race, religion, and gender. In the jargon of the court, these factors deserve a higher level of scrutiny than other claims of discrimination - claims based on, say, weight or economic status.
The notable development in Romer was that the court appeared to open the door to including sexual orientation as one of those special categories. "From the time Romer came out, a lot of people believed the court was applying a higher level of scrutiny ... but just not saying so," said Steve Sanders, who teaches constitutional law at the University of Michigan Law School.
In the DOMA case, the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, while relying on Romer, was explicit about the fact that it was applying a more searching level of scrutiny. According to Yale Law School Professor William Eskridge, attention will now turn to the author of Romer. "I'm tempted to say everything will hinge on whether Justice Kennedy reads Romer as broadly," said Eskridge.
The Supreme Court could choose to overturn Romer. "This court is not shy about overturning decisions that are just a few years old," said Daryl Lapp, a lawyer with Edwards Wildman Palmer in Boston who submitted a joint amicus brief with the American Civil Liberties Union against DOMA in the Massachusetts case.
PROP 8 PLAYS A ROLE, TOO
Romer is at the heart of another same-sex marriage case, the challenge to Proposition 8, the California law banning gay marriage. In that case, too, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco defined Romer broadly when ruling that California had denied its citizens rights when it allowed, then banned, same-sex marriage. The judges of the Ninth Circuit, where the case is pending, have allowed Proposition 8 to remain in effect while they mull how to proceed.
Lawyers on both sides in both cases will present arguments about the role of Romer. Same-sex marriage proponents will seek to convince the high court that a broad reading of Romer should guide the rulings - in other words, that the decision should apply beyond the facts of the Colorado case. Opponents of same-sex marriage will argue for a narrow interpretation, saying the issues at stake in the Proposition 8 and DOMA cases are different from those of Romer.
When considering Romer, the Supreme Court found the Colorado constitutional amendment to be extremely broad and unjustified because it took away even the most basic protections for homosexuals. "That's not the case with marriage," said Dale Schowengerdt, a lawyer with the Alliance Defense Fund, which has supported the prohibition on same-sex marriage in California.
THE STATES' RIGHTS ARGUMENT
The reasoning of Romer is not the only factor here. The First Circuit, in its ruling, also broke ground by weaving the issue of states' rights into its equal protection analysis.
In its ruling last week the three-judge First Circuit panel found that because DOMA intrudes on states' traditional right to regulate marriages, the law deserved greater skepticism from the court. States' rights entered as an issue when the state of Massachusetts filed its own challenge to DOMA and the state's case was consolidated with a separate suit brought by seven married same-sex couples and three widowers on appeal.
Now the same-sex couples fighting the law hope that argument will resonate with the more conservative Supreme Court justices - who typically are sympathetic to states' rights arguments - and help them win the case.
"The federalism aspect of the decision makes it a stronger case to bring some conservatives along," said Paul Smith, a lawyer for the same-sex couples.
The Supreme Court has become increasingly concerned with states' rights over the past 10 years, striking down numerous federal laws that intrude on state authority, said New York Law School professor Arthur Leonard. The conservative justices have tended to defend traditional areas of state control. Justice Antonin Scalia, for example, criticized the majority decision in Romer for creating a new level of equal protection for gays and lesbians, but he based his argument on a defense of states' rights.
The DOMA litigation is clearly presented as a battle between federal and state powers. The plaintiffs only challenged the law's central provision that denies federal economic benefits to married same-sex couples. They left alone the part of the law that says a state doesn't have to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.
While the focus on states' rights could lead the Supreme Court to strike down DOMA, it could also make it more difficult for gay rights advocates to achieve their ultimate goal: making same-sex marriage a federal constitutional right.
The focus on federalism could also undercut arguments against state laws like Proposition 8 that ban same-sex marriage. Schowengerdt, the lawyer from the Alliance Defense Fund who is currently defending gay marriage bans in Hawaii and Oklahoma, said he plans to cite the recent Massachusetts ruling to support his position that the definition of marriage should be left up to the states.
He points out that 31 states have passed constitutional amendments defining marriage as between a man and a woman. "At the end of the day, federalism helps proponents of traditional marriage," said Schowengerdt.
(Reporting By Terry Baynes and Rebecca Hamilton; Editing by Douglas Royalty)
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Florida St. slides into Super Regionals
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.?? Florida State (46-15) is headed back to the Super Regionals for the 12th time in school history following its 5-2 victory against Samford (41-23) on Sunday evening in the championship game of Tallahassee Regional on Mike Martin Field inside Dick Howser Stadium.
Behind a solid outing from starter Mike Compton (11-2), the Seminoles swept through the Tallahassee Regional allowing just four runs over the three games en route to their 16th consecutive victory in regional play. The four runs marked the fewest allowed in any Seminole postseason tournament.?
Compton was sharp in the early going as he retired 13 of the first 15 batters that he faced as just one batter reached second base through the first four innings. The freshman right hander went 6.0 plus innings on Sunday night allowing two runs, one earned, on five hits as he struck out five and did not issue a walk.?
Gage Smith and Robert Benincasa combined to work the final three innings to preserve the win. Smith entered the game in the seventh and worked two scoreless innings as he faced the minimum.?
Benincasa worked a 1-2-3 ninth inning for his second save of the Tallahassee Regional and 15th save of the season, moving him into a tie for second place on the FSU single-season saves list with Daniel Bennett and Tyler Chambliss.?
Florida State did all its damage early scoring all five runs in the second and third innings combined. Stephen McGee and Josh Delph each drove in two runs, while Jose Brizuela recorded an RBI on a sac-fly in FSU?s three-run second.?
Delph led all hitters on Sunday night with two hits on a pair of singles in his first two at-bats of the game. The freshman right fielder finished the game 2-for-3 with a run scored, a walk and a stolen base.?
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Devon Travis, Jayce Boyd, McGee and John Holland all had a hit apiece in the win. Boyd?s single in the second extended his streak of reaching base in consecutive games to 22, a season-best.?
James Ramsey, who was named MVP of the Tallahassee Regional, walked twice on Sunday and scored a run. Ramsey finished the tournament hitting .444 (4-for-9) with a double, a home run, three runs scored and a team-high six RBI. The senior captain walked four times and did not strikeout while converting on all four fielding chances in centerfield.?
Florida State struck first scoring three runs in the bottom of the second to take an early 3-0 lead.? Boyd and McGee opened the inning with a single and a walk, respectively, off Samford starter C.K. Irby (5-2). After a sac-bunt by Justin Gonzalez moved both runners up 90 feet, Delph brought them both home on his first hit of the evening, a two-run single back up the middle. He would later score the third run of the inning on a sac-fly to right off the bat of Brizuela to give the Seminoles a three-run advantage.?
Irby would last just two innings in his second start of the season. The sophomore right hander was charged with three runs on three hits as he walked one and struck out one.
The Seminoles added to their lead in the third on a two-run single by McGee. Tyler Vanderheiden started the inning on the hill for the Bulldogs and allowed the first four batters to reach before recording an out. Travis began the inning with a single to left followed by a walk to Ramsey and a hit-by-pitch to Boyd. McGee stepped in with the bases loaded and ripped a two-run single to right center to give FSU a 5-0 lead.?
Samford cut into the Florida State lead with two runs in the fifth on a two-run single by Tommy Corbin. The Bulldogs took advantage of the second Seminole error of the game as one of the two runs in the inning was unearned. Irby reached to lead-off the inning on an errant thrown by Gonzalez at short. Christiaan Durdaller followed with a double off the wall in right center as Irby scampered into third. Both would score two batters later on Corbin?s two-run single to right. Compton would get out of the inning without further damage as Zeth Stone grounded into an inning ending double play.?
The Seminoles turned away a great scoring chance from Samford in the seventh as the Bulldogs got a lead-off double from Brandon Miller ending the evening for Compton. Smith entered and issued a walk to Irby, but got a big out when he picked off Miller at second for the first out of the inning. Smith then got Durdaller to ground into a fielder?s choice put out at second and then Austin Allison to groundout to second to end the inning and keep FSU?s three-run lead intact.
Smith and Benincasa proceeded to retire the next six Samford batters to wrap-up the Tallahassee Regional for the Seminoles.?
With the win, Florida State improved to 15-5 in the regional championship game dating back to 1999.?
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