Prepare for Arctic air

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High pressure sliding down from Canada will bring a surge of Arctic air into the northern Plains on Tuesday...which will spread south and east across the central U.S. on Wednesday. At the leading edge of the Arctic air...a cold front will trigger light snow showers while it crosses the
Great Lakes Tuesday night into Wednesday.

Assorted Attractions and Events

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Event: Taking Twitter to the Next Level
When: February 6, 2015, 9:30-11:00 a.m.
Where: National Press Club Journalism Institute, Washington D.C.
Now that you have the hang of tweeting, learn the easy way to adopt strategies that can boost your followers and engagement. Topics to be covered include: the optimum ways to tweet when news breaks, reaching the communities you're covering, and how to trend on Twitter. This session will be taught by Mark Luckie, Creative Content Manager for Journalism & News at Twitter. Registration is $5 NPC members; $10 public http://www.press.org/events/taking-twitter-next-level.

Event: Southern New England Association of Black Journalists General Meeting and Free Social Media Training Session
When: February 7, 2015, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Where: NBC CT (WVIT-TV), 1422 New Britain Avenue, West Hartford, CT 06110
Come enjoy great food, drinks and conversations while networking and learning with the Southern New England Association of Black Journalists at their first general body meeting of 2015. The meeting will include a free training session covering the latest and most advanced social media and web tool strategies used by the most accomplish journalists. Your host will be longtime NABJ member and NBC Universal O&O Television Stations Social Media Manager Sarah Glover. Please RSVP at SNEABJ@gmail.com. Space is limited. You will not be allowed inside NBC CT without an RSVP. For additional information on upcoming programs and events, follow @SNEABJ on Twitter or head to their website at www.SNEABJ.weebly.com. For questions email SNEABJ@gmail.com. See you there!

Event: ASBPE’s Three-part Webinar Series: Multimedia Storytelling for Journalists
When: February 10, 2015, 1:00-2:00pmET / 12:00-1:00pm CT
Where: Online
Learn to create compelling multimedia content over lunch, using nothing more than your smartphone or tablet. Think it’s impossible or too difficult? Think again. In ASBPE’s three-part webcast series on multimedia storytelling, you’ll learn how from Sarah Redohl, managing editor of Columbia Business Times, an Azbee Award-winning publication that won the 2014 Gold Award for visual storytelling. Each session is free for ASBPE members or $35 for non-members. To learn More and register, click here
Session: Video—it’s easier than you think - Tuesday, Feb. 10, 1-2 p.m. ET/12-1 p.m. CT

Monday Morning Quarterback

The Seattle Seahawks blew it big time at the end of Superbowl. They could have had three opportunities to gain three feet. They had 26 seconds to win the big game with a strong backfield, but decided to pass the ball.

What were Seahawks thinking on Russell Wilson's goal-line pass? Explanations make little sense http://sports.yahoo.com/news/what-were-seahawks-thinking-on-russell-wil…

Takeaways from Super Bowl XLIX http://a.msn.com/02/en-us/AA8SNHi

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SUPERBOWL SUNDAY

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With 100 million fans watching the game today, Superbowl may be the most exciting Super Bowl ever. All the news that's fit to download: Dose Of News * www.doseofnews.com

Food: Is it beer, chips, or chicken Wings. On #SuperBowlSunday, veggies are most popular food. http://nbcbay.com/n6DtETg pic.twitter.com/y2Qu1FK60r

Today Americans will eat 1.2 billion wings, enough to give everyone 3 wings apiece: http://on.mash.to/1v4on2y #SuperBowl

Commercials:
Watch the #SuperBowl XLIX ads now — and vote for the funniest and best http://on.mktw.net/1DtOdvX
Watch the ads from this year's #SuperBowl - and vote for the best and worst: http://on.wsj.com/1yZPoPj

History:
Sorry #Bills, 'Wide Right' made our list of shocking #SuperBowl moments: http://aol.it/1wBBzFP #AOLSportsSuperBowl

Stats:
Who do you want to win the #SuperBowl tonight? Vote in our poll here! http://buff.ly/1EXBz9u
How big can the NFL grow? How many? How much? How large? How far? How often? #SuperBowlXLIX http://bit.ly/1HsiaCT

OSVALDO SOTO: CABA LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

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Dear Godfather. You are the last living son from five fabulous children of our grandparents Antoñico Soto y Tete Polo, and the youngest son (my late dad was the oldest).

You are a loving family man, devoted professor, community leader, attorney and founding father of SALAD (Spanish American League Against Discrimination), as well as having earned so many other acclaims, that it would literally take forever to gratefully acknowledge and declare with enthusiastic approval what you signify to me and for that matter, for all of us, who are members of The Soto Polo Family.

Vatican Video * Not For Holy See

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A new Vatican video designed to generate support for the need to listen to women has hit a not so bright rev before it even got off the ground.

The sexy blonde on its Internet promo video came under such ridicule that it was quickly deleyed from the Website.

But the promotional program will go ahead, and they will be studying issues dealing with issues that are totally innovative for the Holy See. However, there is no talk of ordaining women priests.

http://www.cultura.va/content/cultura/en/plenarie/2015-women/prep.html

Another journalist beheaded

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Islamic State appears to have carried out beheading of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto

Islamic State group beheads another journalist. The AP -www.ap.org http://hosted2.ap.org/…/id-45…/recordType-Spot%20Development CAIRO (AP) — An online video released Saturday night purported to show an Islamic State group militant behead Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, ending days of negotiations by diplomats to save the man.

BBC News - Kenji Goto: Video 'shows IS beheading Japan hostage' http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-31075769

KEYSTONE GOP$

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The Republican-controlled US Senate has passed a bill to build Keystone XL oil pipeline. However, the
measure passed 62-36 and President Obama has threatened to veto it.

The bipartisan bill builds the Keystone XL oil pipeline, and therefore defying a presidential veto threat. This sets up the first of many future battles over energy and the environment.

The 62-36 vote advanced a top priority of the newly empowered GOP and marked the first time the Senate passed a bill authorizing the pipeline, despite numerous attempts to force President Obama's hand on the issue.