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4A Daily News ��� Thursday, December 13, 2012 Pastimes & Arts entertainment Most Googled in 2012: Whitney, PSY, Sandy LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� The world���s attention wavered between the tragic and the silly in 2012, and along the way, millions of people searched the Web to find out about a royal princess, the latest iPad, and a record-breaking skydiver. Whitney Houston was the ������top trending������ search of the year, according to Google Inc.���s year-end ������zeitgeist������ report. Google���s 12th annual roundup is ������an in-depth look at the spirit of the times as seen through the billions of searches on Google over the past year,������ the company said in a blog post Wednesday. People around the globe searched en masse for news about Houston���s accidental drowning in a bathtub just before she was to perform at a pre-Grammy Awards party in February. Google defines topics as ������trending������ when they garner a high amount of traffic over a sustained period of time. Korean rapper PSY���s ������Gangnam Style������ music video trotted into second spot, a testament to his selfdeprecating giddy-up dance move. The video is approaching a billion views on YouTube. Superstorm Sandy, the damaging storm that knocked out power and flooded parts of the East Coast in the midst of a U.S. presidential campaign, was third. MCT photo Psy performs at the Washington DC Jingle Ball concert at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Va. The next biggest trending searches globally were a pair of threes: the iPad 3 tablet from Apple Inc. and Diablo 3, a popular video game. Rounding out the Top 10 were Kate Middleton, who made news with scandalous photos and a royal pregnancy; the 2012 Olympics in London; Amanda Todd, a Canadian teen who was found dead of an apparent suicide in October after being bullied online; Michael Clarke Duncan, the ������Green Mile������ actor who died of a heart attack in September at age 54; and ������BBB12,������ the 12th edition of ������Big Brother Brasil,������ a reality show featuring scantily clad men and women living together. Some trending people, according to Google, were: ��� Felix Baumgartner, an Austrian skydiver who became the first to break the sound barrier without a vehicle with a 24-mile plummet from Earth���s stratosphere; ��� Jeremy Lin, the undrafted NBA star who exploded off the New York Knicks bench and sparked a wave of ������Linsanity������; ��� Morgan Freeman, the actor whose untimely death turned out not to be In and around Corning Upcoming Corning events are as follows: ��� Live Music from 68 p.m. Friday at House of Brews Specialty Coffees, 615 Fourth St. Charlie Troughton, high school principal and accomplished singer, guitarist and song writer will be performing a special concert with special guest, Jake Johnson. House of Brews is also having a Canned Food Drive Friday to benefit Corning Christian Assistance, so bring donations and non-perishable goods. Concert is free. ��� Christmas Concert Saturday, Dec. 15, 7:30 p.m. at the State Theatre in Red Bluff, the North State Symphony will perform a traditional Christmas concert. There will be selections from Bach���s Christmas Oratorio, featuring Young Artist Audition Winner Heather Rice. The baroque ensemble will play other gorgeous Christmas works and beautiful arrangements of favorite carols. At the end of the concert everyone is invited for a carol sing. ��� Lighted House Contest and TRAX Tour There is still time to enter the Lighted House Contest. The deadline is 5 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 17. Those who enter have a chance to win $200, $75 or $50 respectively and it is free to enter. Come by the Chamber at 1110 Solano to pick up an entry. Houses will be judged on the same night as the TRAX Lighted House Tour, Friday, Dec. 21. This bus tour is also free but seating is limited so you must call to make reservations at 385-2877 by Dec. 19. ��� The election of Chamber Directors has been finished and results will be in next week���s paper. The new directors will be installed at the Installation Dinner Saturday, Jan. 19. Invitations will be sent the first part of January. true. The Internet also continued its rise as a popular tool for spreading addictive ideas and phrases known as ������memes.������ Remember LOL? If you don���t know what it means by now, someone may ������Laugh Out Loud������ at you. This year, Facebook said its top memes included ������TBH (To Be Honest),������ ������YOLO (You Only Live Once),������ and ������SMH (Shake My Head).������ Thanks to an endlessly fascinating U.S. presidential campaign, ������Big Bird������ made the list after Republican candidate Mitt Romney said he might consider cutting some funds for public broadcasting. Yahoo said its own topsearched memes for the year included ������Kony 2012,������ a reference to the short film and campaign against Ugandan militia leader Joseph Kony; ������stingray photobomb������ for an unusual vacation snapshot that went viral; and ������binders full of women,������ another nod to Romney for his awkward description of his search for women cabinet members as Massachusetts��� governor. Ask.com said the top trending news question was related the 2012 Olympics: ������How many medals did the U.S. gymnastics team win?������ Other top queries on Ask.com included ������When is the Facebook IPO?������ and ������Why was Trayvon Martin shot?������ And people were happy to pass on popular Twitter posts by retweeting them. According to Twitter, the year���s most popular retweets were President Barack Obama���s ������Four more years,������ and Justin Bieber���s farewell to sixyear-old fan Avalanna Routh, who died of a rare form of brain cancer: ������RIP Avalanna. i love you������. Tehama On Tap Symphony Saturday The North State Symphony Holiday Concert is set for 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 15, at the State Theatre, 333 Oak St., in Red Bluff. For more information call 7278727. The North State Symphony���s annual holiday concerts feature two female singers and beautiful Baroque and classical selections for the season. ���Experience the Season!��� also marks the NSS��� annual appearance in Red Bluff.. Poulenc���s ���Gloria��� Shasta College Arts, Communications and Social Sciences division announces the upcoming holiday concert featuring the Shasta College Chorale accompanied by members of the Shasta Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m.on Saturday, December 15, in the Shasta College Theatre. 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The Sona Trio, a group of local musicians who are familiar to the Redding area, will be performing Poulenc���s Trio for piano, oboe and bassoon. Ellen Southard, Piano, will be joined by Cherie Gans, Violin and Bruce Belton, Bass Clarinet. Tickets are available online through the Shasta College website (www.shastacollege.edu) or at the door for $10 - general admission and $7 - seniors and students. For more information call the Division of Arts, Communications and Social Sciences at 242-7730. Experience the Blessing of Giving this Holiday Season Christmas for A Cause Collecting Wish List items through December 15th *For *Wish list* www.manttus.com/christmasforacause Gold Exchange 423 Walnut St. Red Bluff 528-8000 Manicure ��� Pedicure Gel Polish Manicure Fiberglass ��� Acrylic Air Brush ��� Nail Design Pink & White Acrylic Glitter walk-ins welcome 492 Antelope Blvd. 530���527���2786 Mon.-Sat. 9am-7pm