Fiesta Parade Floats And Its Clients Take Home Eight Rose Parade? Trophies

Premier Float Builder Continues Its Award-Winning Track Record With Its 19th Consecutive Sweepstakes Trophy For Its Dole Foods Float Entry

PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fiesta Parade Floats, the leading award winning float-builder for the?Tournament of Roses Parade, has added to its already impressive float building track record as eight of its client?s float entries were named award-winners by a panel of Rose Parade judges at the 123rd Tournament of Roses Parade, held earlier today in Pasadena, California.

?It?s a long process that began back in January of 2011 and we are very excited to have the opportunity to be able to once again celebrate the New Year in award winning fashion.?

Among the Fiesta-built floats receiving awards today were the Dole Foods float entry, ?Preserving Paradise? which was awarded the 2012 Sweepstakes Trophy, the Parade?s top prize, given to the parade?s most beautiful float entry. The 2012 award marks the 19^th straight year that Fiesta Parade Floats has built the Parade?s Sweepstakes Trophy winning float entry.

In addition to the 2012 Sweepstakes Trophy, seven other Fiesta-built floats received awards, including:

• Kaiser Permanente: ?Every Body Walk? ? Lathrop K. Leishman Trophy for the most beautiful non-commercial float
• Discover Card: ?The Dream Believers? ??Grand Marshal?s Trophy?for excellence in creative concept and design
• Ministry of Tourism & Creative Economy, Republic of Indonesia: ?Wonderful Indonesia? ? President?s Trophy for most effective floral use and presentation
• AIDS Healthcare Foundation: ?Our Champion? ??Queen?s Trophy?for best use of roses
• City of Torrance: ?Looking Back ? Moving Forward? ? Governor?s Trophy for best depiction of California life
• Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles: ?100 Years of Girl Scouts ? What Will You Do Today?? ? Past Presidents? Trophy for most creative design and use of both floral and non-floral materials
• Dick Van Patten?s Natural Balance Pet Foods: ?Surf?s Up!? ? Extraordinaire Trophy for most spectacular float

?This year?s combination of unique, creative float sponsors combined with Fiesta Parade Floats? ability to continually push the bounds of float design, engineering and floral presentation resulted in a spectacular line-up of float entries that were recognized by parade judges and captured the attention of millions of viewers as they made their way down Colorado Blvd. earlier today,? said Tim Estes, president of Fiesta Parade Floats. ?It?s a long process that began back in January of 2011 and we are very excited to have the opportunity to be able to once again celebrate the New Year in award winning fashion.?

Working hand-in-hand with vice president and floral director, Jim Hynd and world renowned float designer, Raul Rodriguez, Fiesta Parade Floats? 2012 line up of Rose Parade floats raised the bar for float design, construction and floral presentation and included a little bit of everything from children?s dreams to high-flying Girl Scouts and surfing dogs to movie magic, timeless fun, environmental action, the Royal Court and more, Fiesta?s 2012 line-up of float entries features a little bit of everything.

In addition to the award recipients, Fiesta Parade Floats delighted parade goers with its entries for?Paramount Pictures celebrating 100 years, Macy?s, and Kit-Cat Clocks, celebrating its 80th anniversary.

Become a fan of Fiesta Parade Floats on?Facebook and follow the Fiesta Parade Float?Twitter feed, @fiestafloats.

About Fiesta Parade Floats

Based in Irwindale, CA, Fiesta boasts an impressive track record with the highest award win rate in the Rose Parade industry and, together with its clients, has won the parade?s highest honor, the Sweepstakes Trophy, eighteen consecutive times. Fiesta Parade Floats is considered a leader in both floral technology and floral application within both, the float and floral industries. Fiesta also builds custom props for television commercials, feature films, exhibits and theme parks. Major exhibits include: Sunset Magazine Spring Garden Show, Crystal Court South Coast Plaza, American Institute of Floral Design National Symposium, Feature Exhibits and the Flower/Garden Pavilion at the Los Angeles County Fair, Bellagio and Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Innoventions, Disneyland?s popular attraction in Tomorrowland and Venus Fort Shopping Mall in Tokyo, Japan. For more information, visit, http://www.fiestaparadefloats.com.

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Tennessee assistants leaving for Washington

Updated: January 2, 2012, 8:14 PM ET

Tennessee is losing two key members of its defensive coaching staff, as coordinator Justin Wilcox and linebackers coach Peter Sirmon have agreed to join Steve Sarkisian's staff at Washington.

Sarkisian gutted his defensive staff following a 67-56 loss to Baylor in last week's Valero Alamo Bowl. Defensive coordinator Nick Holt, linebackers coach Mike Cox and safeties coach Jeff Mills were fired after the Huskies allowed 777 total yards, the most in school history.

It didn't take Sarkisian long to find two of the three replacements as he scooped up a pair of coaches with strong West Coast and Pac-12 ties. Wilcox and Sirmon were teammates at Oregon, and Wilcox was the defensive coordinator at Boise State for four seasons before joining coach Derek Dooley at Tennessee two years ago.

Not a lot went right for Tennessee this season, but the Vols finished 28th nationally in total defense, and Wilcox and his staff were able to hold their own with one of the youngest defenses in the country. Three true freshmen -- linebackers A.J. Johnson and Curt Maggitt and safety Brian Randolph -- started most of the season.

Wilcox, 35, has been a hot commodity since his red-hot run at Boise State. He was wooed by Texas last season, but elected to stay at Tennessee.

Sirmon, a Wenatchee, Wash., native, played seven seasons with the Tennessee Titans as a linebacker. He spent the 2009 season as a graduate assistant at Oregon before coming to Tennessee in 2010 as a grad assistant working under Wilcox. In addition to being one of the Vols' top assistant coaches, Sirmon also was one of the program's best recruiters.

Tennessee, which suffered through its second straight losing season, has now had four coaching changes since a 10-7 loss to Kentucky on Nov. 26 ended its season.

Charlie Baggett, the Vols' assistant head coach/receivers coach, wasn't retained, while special teams coordinator/tight ends coach Eric Russell left to take a job on the Washington State staff when Mike Leach was hired as coach.

Dooley already has filled one of the openings, luring former star running back Jay Graham away from South Carolina to return to his alma mater and coach the running backs.

Chris Low covers SEC football for ESPN.com.

Follow Chris Low on Twitter: @ESPN_SEC

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North Korea says names Kim Jong-un top military commander (Reuters)

SEOUL (Reuters) ? North Korea announced on Saturday it has appointed Kim Jong-un, the anointed successor and youngest son of Kim Jong-il, as supreme commander of its 1.2 million-strong military, two days after official mourning for the late leader ended.

The North's state news agency KCNA said the appointment was made at a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the ruling Workers' Party on Friday.

KCNA said the Political Bureau members "courteously proclaimed the dear comrade Kim Jong-un, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea, assumed the supreme commandership of the Korean People's Army," according to a will made by Kim Jong-il on October 8.

It did not elaborate on the will.

Since Kim Jong-il's death on December 17, the North's state media have dubbed Kim Jong-un "supreme commander." Some Korea-watchers say it may take Kim Jong-un some months to assume the full panoply of official titles held by his father.

But the announcement of the politburo's decision not only meant official approval of his control of one of the world's most powerful armed forces but also indicated the consolidation of his power could be much faster than expected.

Footage aired recently by the North's state TV has shown Kim Jong-un, believed to be in his 20s, flanked or followed by the North's top military officers and a coterie of leaders during a series of mourning ceremonies for his father.

This signaled a smooth transfer of power to Kim Jong-un, the third generation of his family to rule the unpredictable and reclusive communist state since shortly after World War Two.

"Faced with the sudden death of his father, Kim Jong-un and his supporters, who appear to be less prepared and insecure, may think they do not have much time in solidifying the young Kim's position," Professor Koh Yu-hwan, an expert on the North's leadership from Seoul's Dongguk University, told Reuters.

"The approval (of his supreme leadership of the military) should be one of the fastest ways to allow him the sovereign ruler position," Koh said. This ties in with the North's "military-first" policies on which Kim Jong-il relied heavily.

Kim Jong-un was named a four-star general and given the vice-chairmanship of the ruling party's Central Military Commission by his father in 2010.

Many Korea-watchers also expect the inexperienced new leader, who had only been groomed for rule since 2009, to lead with the aid of a close coterie around him that includes his uncle and key power-broker, Jang Song-thaek, at least in the early stages of the power transition.

Jang, husband of Kim Jong-il's younger sister, Kim Kyong-hui, stood behind his nephew in Wednesday's mass funeral parade, escorting the hearse carrying Kim's body.

Despite Pyongyang's determination to project an unbroken line from Kim Jong-un's iron-fisted predecessors, which began with his grandfather, Kim Il-sung, there have been questions among outsiders about his capacity to lead the country.

North Korea, whose military is pursuing a nuclear arms program, is technically still at war with the South and is suffering from chronic food shortages.

Labeling its opponents "foolish," North Korea warned the South on Friday it would stick to its hardline policies and said

Pyongyang would never engage with the current government of South Korea.

(Reporting by Sung-won Shim; Editing by Paul Tait)

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Nasa telescopes capture image of galaxy resembling eye

The three telescopes were able to create the image of the galaxy NGC 4151 showing gas interacting with the growing black hole at its centre.

The white spot which looks like the eye?s pupil is the black hole and the red circumference is hydrogen.

The blue is created by X-rays which scientists are studying to understand how such black holes interact with the gas around them.

NGC 4151 is one of the nearest galaxies which contains an actively growing black hole.

It offers one of the best chances of studying the interaction between an active supermassive black hole and the surrounding gas of its host galaxy.

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Roaches take over on 'Hoarding: Buried Alive'

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By Ree Hines

Get ready to get bugged out!

On the next episode of "Hoarding: Buried Alive," viewers will meet Sherry, a woman who's coped with depression and the loss of her mother by not coping with the growing mess in her own home. It's driven her husband out of the house and provided the perfect environment for a slew of creepy crawly tenants.

See for yourself in this sneak peek, but roach-phobes be warned: the bugs get plenty of screen time.

"We've got a roach infestation that is very large," Sherry explained in one major understatement.

The insects were, in fact, skittering across surfaces throughout the house. An open can of food in the kitchen alone was filled three inches deep with roaches. Even the refrigerator, or what one exterminator called "an incubator," was packed with them.

And as it turned out, unbeknownst to Sherry, roaches weren't her only pest problem. Hidden beneath trash on her kitchen floor, exterminators found a nest of black widow spiders.

"I'm really concerned about the safety of you and your kids in that house," a psychologist warned Sherry after the spider discovery. "This is a really disturbing environment. It's not safe."

Sherry wasn't particularly responsive to the warning.

"I don't know what you want me to say," she muttered shortly before storming off.

Later, as members of a hazmat team removed bag after bag of garbarge from the home, Sherry told another expert she wanted nothing to do with the psychologist.

"She's a b----. I don't like her. I don't want her around me," she said while crying in her car.

Find out whether Sherry was able to fully confront her hoarding problems when "Hoarding: Buried Alive" airs Sunday night at 9 p.m. ET on TLC.

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