2012 Summer Olympics

The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad,^[1] also known informally as London 2012, began in London, United Kingdom, on 27 July and will continue until 12 August 2012.

The first event, the group stages in women's football, began two days earlier on 25 July.^[2][3] Around 10,500 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) are expected to participate.^[4]
Following a bid headed by former Olympic champion Lord Coe and the then Mayor of London Ken Livingstone, London was selected as the host city on 6 July 2005 during the 117th IOC Session in Singapore, defeating bids from Moscow, New York City, Madrid and Paris.^[5] London is the first city to officially host the modern Olympic Games three times,^[6][7] having previously done so in 1908 and in 1948.^[8][9]

Construction in preparation for the Games has involved considerable redevelopment, particularly themed towards sustainability.^[10] The main focus of this is a new 200-hectare Olympic Park, constructed on a former industrial site at Stratford in the east of London.^[11] The Games also make use of many venues which were already in place before the bid.

Ryukendo

Madan Senki Ryukendo (魔弾戦記リュウケンドー Madan Senki Ryūkendō^?, translated as Magic Bullet Chronicles Ryukendo), is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It was Takara and We've Inc's first attempt at a tokusatsu show. The program aired at 7:00 JST on TV Aichi from January 8 to December 31, 2006. It is also a partial prequel to the Tomica Hero Series, the cast reprising their characters in the Tomica Hero Rescue Force movie.

Plot

Akebono City is a peaceful community overflowing with humanity. Since there was a Power Spot that released magical power in the community, the people were distressed by the threat of the demon army Jamanga who are gathering Minus Energy (マイナスエネルギー Mainasu Enerugī^?) from the frightened masses for a sinister purpose. The secret organization SHOT was formed to protect the people of the community from the Jamanga, concealing their existence as ordinary members of the Akebono Police Station, which considers demons beyond their jurisdiction. Kenji Narukami, a student of the Narukami Dragon God Style (鳴神龍神流 Narukami Ryūjinryū^?) for fighting demons, arrives to Akebono to fight the demons, eventually getting his wish when he is transformed to Ryukendo and faces off against Jamanga's forces together with his friends in order to restore peace in the community.

Angry Birds is a strategy puzzle video game developed by Finnish computer game developer Rovio Mobile. Inspired primarily by a sketch of stylized wingless birds, the game was first released for Apple's iOS in December 2009.^[3] Since that time, over 12 million copies of the game have been purchased from Apple's App Store,^[4] which has prompted the company to design versions for other touchscreen-based smartphones, such as those using the Android operating system, among others.

In the game, players use a slingshot to launch birds at pigs stationed on or within various structures, with the intent of destroying all the pigs on the playing field. As players advance through the game, new birds appear, some with special abilities that can be activated by the player. Rovio Mobile has supported Angry Birds with numerous free updates that add additional game content, and the company has also released stand-alone holiday and promotional versions of the game.

Angry Birds has been praised for its successful combination of addictive gameplay, comical style, and low price. Its popularity led to versions of Angry Birds being created for personal computers and gaming consoles, a market for merchandise featuring its characters and even long-term plans for a feature film or television series. With a combined 1 billion downloads across all platforms and including both regular and special editions,^[5] the game has been called "one of the most mainstream games out right now",^[6] "one of the great runaway hits of 2010",^[7] and "the largest mobile app success the world has seen so far"