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Nokia and Zynga announced a new partnership to bring Zynga's hit games to Nokia Lumia smartphones and Windows Phones, including Words With Friends and Draw Something.

"We're delighted to bring these two key games to Nokia Lumia and Windows Phone consumers. The Windows Phone Metro UI will deliver an outstanding user experience to consumers, adding more great gaming titles to our rapidly growing portfolio from leading publishers," said Bryan Biniak, VP, Global Partnering & Application Development, Nokia.

For a two-month period following launch, the titles will be available only through 'Nokia Collection' to Nokia consumers, after which both games will be made available to all Windows Phone consumers via Marketplace.

The announcement underlines Nokia's focus on delivering great, exclusive app and gaming experiences to Nokia Lumia consumers around the world. With 100,000 apps available today in Windows Phone Marketplace, Zynga's Words With Friends and Draw Something will join other great mobile gaming experiences available on the Windows Phone platform.

After launching in February 2012, Draw Something quickly and organically grew to become an international hit. The game is built for collaboration between friends -- one player draws a picture of a chosen word and the other must guess the word correctly before taking their turn at drawing. Players earn coins by guessing pictures correctly and can earn new shades of color to draw even brighter, more eye-popping pictures. Draw Something recently launched in 12 additional languages. At its launch, Draw Something for Windows Phone will be available in Traditional and Simplified Chinese as well as English.

Words With Friends is a word building game that challenges players to create the highest-scoring words while playing against family and friends or random opponents. Players can be engaged in up to 20 games at once and are able to communicate with each other through an in-game chat feature. Words With Friends is a part of the With Friends franchise of mobile social games by Zynga.

"Zynga focuses on bringing fun, social, and high-quality mobile social games across platforms and devices so players can enrich their play anywhere and anytime," said David Ko, Chief Mobile Officer for Zynga. "We constantly strive to listen to our players who help us focus on the platforms where they want to play. By partnering with top global brands such as Nokia and Windows Phone, we are able to reach more players with our franchise games."

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By Lisa Brown, Special to CNN

updated 11:14 AM EDT, Thu June 21, 2012

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Editor's note: Lisa Brown is serving her second term as a state representative for Michigan, representing the 39th District, which includes Commerce Township, West Bloomfield and Wolverine Lake.

(CNN) -- One week ago, the Michigan House of Representatives was taking up some of the most restrictive anti-choice legislation in the country. It was in the context of this bill that I said, "Finally Mr. Speaker, I'm flattered that you're all so interested in my vagina, but 'no' means 'no.'"

You can watch me say that here. My comment is made around the 1:50 mark, and you can see exactly how the legislators seated behind me reacted. While there was a scatter of applause from my colleagues, there were no dropped jaws, bulging eyes or fainting. In fact, the only remarkable thing about their response is that there was virtually no response at all.

Not until the next day. That's when I got word that Republican House leaders had banned me and my colleague Rep. Barb Byrum from speaking on the House floor. I was shocked.

Given my speech, I could only assume it was because I spoke to my Jewish values or because I had said vagina. But later that day, Rep. Mike Callton told the press that what I had said was so vile, so disgusting, that he could never bear to mention it in front of women or "mixed company."

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Since we share the same religion, I'm guessing he wasn't referring to my kosher sets of dishes. Even though Callton has a bachelor's degree in biology and worked as a chiropractor, it was the word "vagina" that did him in.

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Several Jefferson County law enforcement agencies have rolled out Smart911, a system designed to improve their response to emergency calls.

Rave Mobile Safety's Smart911 is a database that links phone numbers with user-generated profiles containing such information as medical conditions, family contacts and photos.

Westminster, Lakewood and Arvada police and the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department started using the system Tuesday.

Officials said the system will save time and lives.

"Say you have a child who is missing: if you had a picture of them in your profile, that could be sent to our cars within seconds," Lakewood police spokesman Steve Davis said.

Likewise, if a dispatcher received a call and no one was speaking, he or she could still send out a crew if the caller's medical information was posted on the system.

The program is voluntary and the information in the profiles is stored on an encrypted Smart911 server. Profiles are displayed only to emergency personnel when they are called, Davis said.

The Jefferson County 911 Authority Board is paying for the service.

Lakewood police received nearly 105,000 calls to 911 last year. The Jefferson County sheriff received 67,000.

"This service provides far richer information than is currently available and will give the call taker a more complete understanding of the situation at hand," Jefferson County Sheriff Ted Mink said.

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Visitors to Germany should head to the Summer Lounge at both Ingolstadt Village and Wertheim Village to enjoy live music events, street art and cocktails all summer long. One of the highlights will be the White Chic celebration on 8 June featuring special performances by headline DJs.

Located close to Cologne and Brussels, Maasmechelen Village will host a series of exciting events in parallel with Manifesta 9, the European Biennial of Contemporary Art. Throughout the summer, guests will be able to visit the art walk starting at the Tuinwijk UNESCO World Heritage site- and featuring sculptures by world-renowned artists including Jan Fabre. Those with more creative tendencies wont want to miss participating in Rereate alongside famous artists who will be creating banners to be hung along a red wire connecting Maasmechelen Village with the former mine site of Eisden, in a gigantic statement of eclectic creativity.

Creativity continues as La Valle Village turns fashionably kitsch! Through a unique exhibition featuring French icons reinterpreted in an unexpected way using Instagram and Kinect 3D technology, visitors will be able to interact with this live exhibition full of surprises. If its a touch of la dolce vita that you seek, the summer season kicks off in style at Fidenza Village with music and cocktails in an exclusive lounge bar, with live performances from Arena di Verona and late night shopping every Thursday.

It is not for nothing that the nine Chic Outlet Shopping Villages orbit Europes most dynamic cities. These are places celebrated for their culture and history, cities to include on your European itinerary this summer and discover a world of fun, festivities and chic shopping, with the worlds leading luxury brands offering savings of up to 60%*, and sometimes more, all year round.

At the Chic Outlet Shopping Villages summer is festivity, it is celebration, it is energy, it is culture It is truly chic.

*on the recommended retail price of previous seasons collections.

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Las Chic Outlet Shopping® Villages estrenan "Chic Summer"

LONDON, June 21 /PRNewswire/ -This year, the Chic Outlet Shopping Villages by Value Retail premiere Chic Summer; a celebration of authentic European culture distilled into each Villages open-air shopping promenade, complementing the luxury outlet boutiques, restaurants and cafs with a lively programme of summer fun showcasing the very best of local fashion, art, gastronomy and music.

Each of the nine Villages will be decked out with giant topiary sculptures in the shape of European icons to bring a touch of whimsy during the summer months. Look out for an Eiffel Tower in La Valle Village a reminder that Paris, the home of couture, is just 35 minutes away. Maasmechelen Village pays homage to The Atomium, the Belgium monument built on the occasion of the Word Exposition of 1958, Kildare Village will showcase a unique garden of delights designed by award winning floral designer Joe Massie, whilst Fidenza Villages greenery will be reminding us of the musical theme of the Arena di Verona, the stage for many of Verdis operas. And so the scene is truly set for a very Chic Summer.

The Chic Outlet Shopping Villages have delved into the DNA of the local regions to offer the most delicious and refreshing summer dip into Europes brightest and best. La Roca Village channels Barcelonas remarkable gastronomy with Michelin-starred Catalan cooking as well as fashionably chic cocktails by internationally renown mixologist Javier de las Muelas, served on a cool summer terrace whilst Las Rozas Village will be luring some of the worlds hottest DJs to take a break from their decks in Ibiza and come to the Village. Here, fashion turns fiesta and late night shopping acquires a whole new vibe when played out to the beats of summers best tunes.

Bicester Villages celebrations, inspired by the Diamond Jubilee, will honour the traditional British tea party and will take place against the backdrop of Englands most distinguished designers. Kildare Village near Dublin presents the very best of Irish hospitality, courtesy of Good Food Ireland, which will be tantalising taste buds with the countrys finest artisan produce. Throughout the summer visitors will also be able to follow the Heritage & Genealogy Trail around Kildare town to discover the fascinating heritage of one of the oldest towns in Ireland and then journey back in time with the Irish Family History Foundation to trace their Irish ancestry.

Visitors to Germany should head to the Summer Lounge at both Ingolstadt Village and Wertheim Village to enjoy live music events, street art and cocktails all summer long. One of the highlights will be the White Chic celebration on 8 June featuring special performances by headline DJs.

Located close to Cologne and Brussels, Maasmechelen Village will host a series of exciting events in parallel with Manifesta 9, the European Biennial of Contemporary Art. Throughout the summer, guests will be able to visit the art walk starting at the Tuinwijk UNESCO World Heritage site- and featuring sculptures by world-renowned artists including Jan Fabre. Those with more creative tendencies wont want to miss participating in Rereate alongside famous artists who will be creating banners to be hung along a red wire connecting Maasmechelen Village with the former mine site of Eisden, in a gigantic statement of eclectic creativity.

Creativity continues as La Valle Village turns fashionably kitsch! Through a unique exhibition featuring French icons reinterpreted in an unexpected way using Instagram and Kinect 3D technology, visitors will be able to interact with this live exhibition full of surprises. If its a touch of la dolce vita that you seek, the summer season kicks off in style at Fidenza Village with music and cocktails in an exclusive lounge bar, with live performances from Arena di Verona and late night shopping every Thursday.

It is not for nothing that the nine Chic Outlet Shopping Villages orbit Europes most dynamic cities. These are places celebrated for their culture and history, cities to include on your European itinerary this summer and discover a world of fun, festivities and chic shopping, with the worlds leading luxury brands offering savings of up to 60%*, and sometimes more, all year round.

At the Chic Outlet Shopping Villages summer is festivity, it is celebration, it is energy, it is culture It is truly chic.

*on the recommended retail price of previous seasons collections.

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"Chic Summer" in den Chic Outlet Shopping® Villages