Canada's native side | Brand X | Los Angeles Times

Just a few hours' flight from the freeway frenzy of Los Angeles, dancers in ornate costumes portraying mythical beasts, ravens and bears swirl to a hypnotic drumbeat in a vast longhouse. This isn't British Columbia's rendition of blissed-out Burning Man; it's a performance given by Komok's tribal members on Vancouver Island. These native dances were practiced long before Europeans arrived and spoiled the party, outlawing such gatherings, but now these sorts of festivities are fueling a new tribal tourism in the area.

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Today's work station is Squaw Valley

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Will be working from the cabin in Squaw Valley. Beautiful day, chance
of snow flurries later today.

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Jeremy Lin - Asian America's first NBA draft prospect?

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ESPN's Dana O'Neil wrote an article about Chinese American basketball player Jeremy Lin, the star and caption of Harvard's basketball team. Lin has a real shot at being drafted by the NBA. He's not only one of the top players in the Ivy League, he's proving that he can perform with the best players in the NCAA Division I. Last week, he put up 30 against powerhouse UConn.

The Palo Alto native will make a rare home-coming appearance here in the Bay Area. Join 500+ community members as we support his triumphant return and watch his Harvard Crimson take on the Santa Clara Broncos on Jan 4, 2010! Check out the Dream League page for tickets.

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4 Ways News Organizations are Using Twitter Lists

Though Twitter Lists are new to most users, some news organizations are trying to stay ahead of the curve by taking advantage of the new feature and implementing it quickly. Whether by creating staff directories to make their journalists easier to find, or recommending tweeps to follow on specific subjects, Twitter lists are giving news sites the ability to curate news and further open up to Twitter users that can help them to gather news.

News (news) organizations are beginning to learn the fundamental characteristic of social media: it’s social. This is an interesting departure for news organizations that were primarily using Twitter (Twitter) as a service for self-promotion, such as the case with ESPN, whose social media policies serve ESPN efforts first. Or like policies of The Wall Street Journal, which were criticized for being too restrictive. The list of ways news organizations are using Twitter Lists is expanding. If you come across a creative way that lists are being used, please share in the comments below.

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Lady Blue Devils Sign Five; Class Ranked No. 1 Nationally - Duke University Blue Devils | Official Athletics Site - GoDuke.com

The five-member group is ranked No. 1 nationally by ESPN HoopGurlz in the class rankings and is the best recruiting class in Duke's school history with four student-athletes in the top 33 of the ESPN HoopGurlz rankings, including No. 4 Gray and No. 6 Jackson.

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