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SAN'A, YEMEN - An explosion that allegedly emerged from a car and the line of fire occurred in the building outside the U.S. embassy in Yemen this Wednesday. Reportedly many fall victim.

U.S. Embassy spokesperson is quoted as CNN, on Wednesday (17/9/2008) is not yet clear how the victims of the fall due to the attack occurred in the morning at 07.00 local time. However, there is no explanation of the number of victims killed or injured.

An eyewitness said, the security of the local area was clean. They also claim to hear gunshot.

A British citizen said to CNN, they hear a loud explosion accompanied with a large ball of fire. He also witnessed the many victims.

"We hear heavy weapons. Then I lock the window. Fire ball is very close to the U.S. embassy," said Mason. According to him, gunshot heard during the 10 to 15 minutes. Followed with two sound explosion.

Mason also states, parties successfully put out the fire in the vicinity of the location. Conditions are also quiet, though still visible citizens who want to see the location.

SLAMABAD - Action suicide bombing happened in Pakistan and killed 20 people as much. Bombs that have occurred after the funeral ceremony member Syiah Muslims.

In addition to killing 20 people who explode bombs in the capital city of northwestern Pakistan, Islamabad is also wound as much 50. As informed the local police to Reuters, Friday (20/2/2009).

Violence between the sects and Suni Syiah continue happening in the city of whipping Ismail Khan in the west border river Indus. Region is also the base support for the Taliban and Al Qaeda.


"The explosion that occurs when there obsequies Syiah members who died on the day before," said the head of administration Syed Mohsin Shah.

Police said they found the body of the suicide bombing. "This is certain suicide bombing. We found a few snippets of feet belonging to suspected perpetrators," said the head of the police Sanaullah.

Police on duty in the region whipping RS Ismail Khan said the number of victims is still likely increase. "We receive Jasad that killed 20 people while many are still critical," said Deen Mohammad.

Due to explosion, the authorities apply the curfew in the city as much that is located 270 kilometers from Islamabad that.

"We apply a curfew and ask the army to stop the violence because it is feared will be out to other areas," said the Pakistan government officials Syed Mohsin Shah

Nokia to add music via mobile phone in the series XPRESSMUSIC 5630. Device with the Symbian operating system 60 has an ultra-slim design and taste Ngage.

Although family tradition XPRESSMUSIC, 5630 claimed not only want to show advantages in terms of sound. But want to give more to the entertainment experience in a handheld device with the ability to strengthen and video games.

View only 5630 comes with N-Gage experience that complete and its N-Gage shortcuts in the main screen. N-Gage game offers all the catalogs from various providers, multi-player features, and ability to learn about the development, as a friend to add to play together.

In addition, through the feature 'Say & Play', the user only needs to mention the song title or name performers to play the song automatically on the phone.

While the 3.2 megapixel camera with a full focus with the flash on this phone, picture, or video and can be taken directly through sharing favorite online community, such as Ovi, Flickr, or Facebook.

Nokia 5630 XPRESSMUSIC scheduled to be present in the market began the second quarter 2009. And in some countries, the Nokia 5630 will be sold as XPRESSMUSIC Comes With Music device.

WASHINGTON - A poll conducted by USDA Today / Gallup says, the majority of respondents agree the United States, former President George W Bush is examined on the crimes alleged in the government.

Poll results reveal, as much as 41 percent of respondents agree conducted criminal investigations over alleged crimes during the Bush reign. While 30 percent of states, formed the independent panel to investigate Bush, and 25 percent other states it does not need to be done.


Besides USA Today / Gallup also gave respondents a question related to the descendants of the alleged crimes of the Bush. Some 38 percent of respondents feel need to be related to the investigation without the permission of phone tapping the Bush government. While 25 percent of the investigations need to be independent states and 34 percent do not have to.

For alleged violent conduct when a tragedy such as Guantanamo cases, 38 percent agree criminal investigation, as much as 24 percent feel it should be independent, and 34 percent do not have to.

In addition, almost two-thirds of respondents also felt that a formal investigation should be carried out against government policies of Bush, although not in the form of a criminal investigation.

Survey involving 1,027 respondents was conducted in a way to contact via phone starting January 30 to February 1.

Meanwhile, The American Civil Liberties groups and various other human rights, next weekend will be doing a campaign for Bush and urged the parliament to conduct a full investigation on the policy? ~ War on terror 'the Bush government.

Meanwhile, Amnesty International also demanded U.S. President Barack Obama and members of Congress established the independent and impartial commission to investigate the possibility of violence, illegal detention, and other illegal actions in the name of war against the Bush done.

MELBOURNE - The survivors of the worst bush fires in Australia will return home for the first time to Marysville, a city that is almost "scorched" from the map.

As much 100 people feared killed in Marysville when bush fires, which triggered the gale and dry area, up the hill was filled ago Eucalyptus trees in the area. Fire that killed more than 180 people and burn some of the city in the state of Victoria, but Marysville fixed location as in the crime when police are still searching for evidence of the victim killed and burning.

A local police spokesman said, some bus will take as much 300 people, most of which fled from the city when the fire occurred, for a small tour so they could see the fire was due to head with their own eyes. However, he said, they will not be allowed out of the city bus because the location is still a crime.

"There will be a leader in assisting residents in the bus," he said. Marysville residents, Merran Guest, thinks the tour will be emotional in the city. "I feel anxious, but I think this part of sorrow. This is something we should do. This is the first step," said the former nurse said to the newspaper The Australian.

At least 12 people confirmed killed in Marysville, but the victims of the soul is more so in the area of investigation is completed. Only 14 buildings still standing in the city that had 500 people as much it.

Tel Aviv - Israel will be reported immediately to free 1,000 Palestinian prisoners to be exchanged with a prajuritnya arrested in the 2006, Gilad Shalit.

Be as Press TV, Tuesday (10/2/2009) the Jerusalem Post quoted the report, the plan will be realized before the new government of Israel created.

Two days before the general election of Israel, government officials provided new requirements for Hamas, the exemption Shalit and exchanged with the 1000 Palestinian prisoners. One of the so-called free-will is a Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti.

Jerusalem Post, Sunday edition (8 / 2) report, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has reached an agreement to release more prisoners before the new government of Israel created.

Israel agrees to free 350 was reported from the 372 names of prisoners that Hamas asked. One is Borghouti that already is in prison since 2002 Israel ago.

This plan the more strengthened with the statement of Defense Minister Ehud Barak of Israel that the close agreement with Hamas to reach the exemption issue Shalit.

"Business continues to be hard, night and day to bring Shalit home in safe condition," said Barak. At this time as much 12,000 Palestinian citizens in Israel in areas that are not known.

In addition to the exemption prisoners, Israel also appears to agree to open the border that have been diblokade for 19 months and make permanent ceasefire.

Baghdad - Iraq and France already have trade relations arms of government since Saddam Hussein. No wonder if the country had rejected the U.S. request to send troops to Iraq.

French relations with Iraq have been stranded since long. During the Saddam Hussein government, France is a major arms supplier that has been ongoing since the 1980s.

Previous French and Iraqi officials have also been talking to possible re-sale of military equipment, including helicopter spare parts and weapons.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy also ask the European countries to rebuild relations with Iraq. Sarkozy also praised the election that took place in the relatively peaceful Iraq. "We want to encourage all European countries untuik come (to Iraq). This is part of the interest of Europe to support the coupled hand and peace," Sarkozy said.

In the first visit to Iraq Tuesday yesterday, Sarkozy a meeting with President Jalal Talabani. In pembicaraannya, Sarkozy promised political and economic support pascapemilu Iraq.

"Election-held sangata very successful. France believed that Iraq was united and the world need a strong Iraq," said Sarkozy in a press conference with Talabani as quoted Associated Press, Wednesday (11/2/2009).

Sarkozy said his side wanted to rebuild relations with Iraq that has been built with great difficulty by preceding the former president Jacque Chirac. Chirac had rejected the U.S. request for military assistance when the invasion overthrow Saddam Hussein in 2003 ago.

At that time, France had become a U.S. citizen gunjingan not even a bit of U.S. calls for boycott of French products.

Sarkozy visits accompanied Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner. Kouchner itself is the first French government official who visited Iraq, which in August 2007. Kouchner said at the time, that open the back side of the relationship and to contemplate the future. Kouchner visited Iraq back in June 2008.

Show me the money
How did Obama get Crist’s support?
We’d like to think the conversation went something like the phone call between Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Tom Cruise in the movie “Jerry McGuire.”
A Bay Village man let a $10 parking ticket issued in May snowball into a warrant arrest on Feb. 7. He pled on Nov. 25, but did not pay his then-$126 fine and costs. In December, he sent up a payment plan, but then defaulted. A warrant was issued in January.

Oh, joy. President Obama said last night that the federal government is the ONLY institution with the wherewithal to pull our economy out of the pit (that’s a socialistic mantra if I’ve ever heard one). Today the Senate brainiacs in Washington passed the 850 Billion dollar “spendulous” package. And the markets jumped for joy, right?
Wrong. They plummeted. Again.

When he was stopped in Bay Village, the contempt warrant was served on him. In a remarkable show of alacrity, Mr. McFeely's Speedy Delivery rushed the now-$216 fine and costs to our station before he was booked into the jail.

Show Me The Money! Andy McDonald Signs Extension.
Not exactly a Zetterberg - ish type contract and salary, but McDonald has reportedly signed on for another 4 year tour of duty with the young, but talented Blues. The deal is worth $18.8 million. St. Louis has been decimated by injuries this season, with Andy

“The first thing early-stage businesses need to do before they seek investment is develop their business plans, protect their intellectual property and generally assure potential investors that the concept has legs,” says Michael Sippitt of Environmental Investment Network (www.environmentalinvest.com), a joint venture between the Environmental Industries Commission and Clarkslegal, a specialist legal firm in the environmental sector. The Technology Strategy Board (www.innovateuk.org) has also set up several Knowledge Transfer Networks for various business sectors. The environmental one is at www.tinyurl.com/c3q9mc.

Patenting an invention is a tricky business. Although it can cost only a few thousand pounds initially, that can escalate to tens of thousands. Advice on best strategy is essential before diving into the market. The Carbon Trust (www.carbontrust. co.uk) Incubator Scheme offers up to £70,000 of advice to qualifying schemes and free access to legal and business services at Grant Thornton and Mills & Reeve. The advantage of getting advice from eco-sector specialists is that they have access to networks of like-minded businesses and investors and can give your concept credibility – a crucial factor for success.

NEW YORK - Not satisfied with the browser and search engines only, Mozilla is planning to create a special email service is for Mac OS X and Windows.

Email service called Postbox being tested in beta, will be used only in private. According to Mozilla, Postbox specifically devoted to the Mac and Windows users. There are some who served in the service, especially in organizing email, location, and others in 'one way'.

Postbox is a form of software, will automatically facilitate the user's computer will automatically detect and analyze all the data. Start of the image, the URL of the site, up to a text document. This can facilitate the use of data with a simple navigation. So that the Mac World, Tuesday (10/2/2009).

For those who want to , Mozilla provide free beta version. But of course, it is temporary, because the later Postbox will be paying special services for the company.

California - Hewlett Packard (HP) official spawn notebook based on the Linux operating system. label with the HP Mini 1000 Mi Edition, try this vendor's target market is different.

Ubuntu Linux system itself is designed specifically for the HP 1000 Mini Edition Mi. Variants based on this version of Ubuntu Long Term Support (LTS) is the latest Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8:04. HP Mini 1000 in Mi Edition, there are some applications that such as Open Office, Firefox, Thunderbird, Sunbird and Pidgin, including different other features.

'New Start Program' which is similar to the EePC, also presents the application is available to each category, such as the Internet, Media, Utilities, Work, Play, and others. In addition, a custom media player called HP MediaStyle will appear for the full music.

PC Magazine, on Tuesday (10/2/2009), said if the operating system is already in one bundle to the HP Mini, but HP also plans to publish a tool that allows users to create a system that can be changed from Windows to Linux.

Size for the price, HP 1000 Mini Edition Mi with the price as much Rp4 or USD379 million, including property cheap HP Notebook for the Windows-based. (srn)

A former spy (Neeson) relies on his old skills to save his daughter (Grace), who was kidnapped by slave traders during her vacation in Paris.
Former government operative Bryan Mills begins the longest 96-hours of his life--and the hunt for the fearsome organization that has taken his daughter Kim. Mills had only recently given up his government career as what he calls a preventerâ to be near Kim, who lives with Bryanâs ex-wife Lenore and her new husband.

Director Pierre Morel's follow up to the nouveau classique District B13 is looking stressful! And yet how awesome will it be to watch Liam Neeson throw a punch in pursuit of the baddies who made off with Maggie Grace? You have to leave it to Luc Besson and his Transporter cronies (Morel was the cinematographer for the first two Frank Martin chapters and co-screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen has had a hand in all three movies) for making a real-life scenario so freaky/engaging, though I'm hoping I won't be spoiled as to the story's twists and resolution before it comes out Stateside since the movie has been out in Asia and Europe for months. Though I will say Ms. Grace, who looks a bit like Jennifer Connelly here, does not do a full reveal for her legion of followers.

Production Status: Released
Genres: Action/Adventure, Art/Foreign, Drama and Thriller
Running Time: 1 hr. 34 min.
Release Date: January 30th, 2009 (wide)
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, disturbing thematic material, sexual content, some drug references and language.
Distributors:
20th Century Fox Distribution
Production Co.:
EuropaCorp, M6 Films, Grive Productions
Financiers:
Studio Canal, TPS Star
U.S. Box Office: $53,363,598
Filming Locations:
Paris, France
Produced in: France

Tokyo - Sony Computer Entertainment will distribute the device
multimedia portable game machine as well as their Playstation Portable (PSP) with the color variants ngejreng. Carnival Colors labeled, PSP color will be present with Vibrant Blue, Radiant Red, Bright Yellow and Green Spirited, which will start circulating in Japan in March 2009.

For the type of PSP Vibrant Radiant Red and Blue will be available starting on 5 March 2009 and for the Bright Yellow and Green Spirited be available starting on 19 March 2009 in the country Sakura. But not yet clear when these products will world.

Sony also introduced a package "Carnival Colors PSP Value Pack" in which the new PSP will full accessories such as Memory Stick PRO Duo 4GB capacity. Then there are also "Battery Pack (2200mAh)" which contains a 2200mAh battery cover below the battery. (Eno / fyk)

Biography:

Paris Hilton got the nickname Queen of the World Party. Sosialita who now begin the pull voice, often seen money for the party nearly every night walk.

Paris, who was born in New York City on 17 February 1981 is one of the heir to the throne an international hotel network, in addition to his brothers Nicky Hilton, Barron Nicholas Hilton and Conrad Hughes Hilton.

Stars who have the full name is Paris Whitney Hilton, famous also change frequently
changing partners, among men who had been the girlfriend is Stavros Niarchos, Paris

Latsis, Nick Carter, Jason Shaw, Leonardo DiCaprio and Rick Salomon.

While performance in the world related acting, Paris stars as the famous reality show THE SIMPLE LIFE (2003) with
Nicole Richie.

Romantic woes affect an interconnected group of Baltimore singles and marrieds.
A group of interconnected, Baltimore-based twenty- and thirtysomethings navigate their various relationships from the shallow end of the dating pool through the deep, murky waters of married life, trying to read the signs of the opposite sex--and hoping to be the exceptions to the "no-exceptions"; rule. Gigi just wants a man who says he'll call--and does--while Alex advises her to stop sitting by the phone.

We thought 2008 was all about 80s retro, but this movie looks to kick up the breezy nostalgia of the late 90s -- back when most of Into You's cast was in ascension. The source material here, the best-selling book by former Sex and the City story editor Greg Behrendt, is also responsible for the wayback effect. We wish star/producer Drew Barrymore would have shelled out for more reliable behind-the-camera talent, since the writer-direction trio makes us say yikes. Speaking of Ms. Barrymore, who is directing her first feature with Ellen Page in the lead role, she hooked up with co-star Justin Long during filming (and then they broke up -- old news!); elsewhere, Jennifer Aniston was linked to Bradley Cooper for a bit. But no one wanted to even flirt with Ben Affleck. Here'zzzzz the trailer.


Actors
Jennifer Aniston Beth
Scarlett Johansson Anna
Jennifer Connelly Janine
Kevin Connolly Conor
Bradley Cooper Ben
Justin Long Alex
Ginnifer Goodwin Gigi
Drew Barrymore Mary
Ben Affleck Neil
Kris Kristofferson Ken Murphy
Corey Pearson Jude
Wilson Cruz Nathan
Brandon Keener Jarrad Montrose
Angela V. Shelton Angela
Alia Rhiana Eckerman Sorority Girl
Julia Pennington (II) Sous Chef
Carmen Perez Army Recruit
Niki J. Crawford (II) Waitress #1
Joan Blair Emotionless Cashier
Busy Philipps Kelli Ann
Leonardo Nam Joshua
Brooke Bloom Paige
Hedy Burress Laura
Sasha Alexander Catherine
Cory C. Hardrict Tyrone
Annie Ilonzeh Hot Girl
Mike Beaver Cousin Jay
Kai Lennox Devon
Shane Edelman George
Stephen Jared (II) Steven
Alex Dodd (II) Skip
Bill Brochtrup Larry
John Ross Bowie Dan the Wiccan
Googy Gress Cousin Dominic
Derek Waters Party Guest
Nana Hill Party Guest

21. judeo christian
22. m.i.a. pregnant
23. robert plant
24. sports improper
25. robyn fenty
26. gilliland ranch
27. grammy winners
28. amano chocolate
29. allison krauss
30. static major

31. elkhart indiana
32. momofuku
33. elin woods
34. gace scores
35. appendix
36. irish wolfhound
37. voluntown ct
38. mission federal credit union
39. obama press conference
40. tiger woods wife

1. americans for prosperity
2. no stimulus petition
3. super adventure club
4. selena roberts
5. nostimulus
6. helen thomas
7. all eyes on me
8. angel on a leash
9. blink 182 back together
10. selena roberts sports illustrated

11. dub magazine
12. gace
13. chris brown arrested
14. presidential news conference
15. mia pregnant
16. anita baker
17. mike detjen
18. raising sand
19. betsy mccoy
20. smokey robinson

how to make a free ad in blogger? after I see examples given in the blog, it seems I also can create a blog like that. After doing a little experiment, so eventually also create an ad free blog at blogger. You want to know ? see full review!

How blogs are ad free blog provides the owner a message form that can be filled in by visitors to blog, the contents of the message will automatically appear in the post and on the blog. ago on how to create a blog like this?

On the blogger, to make a posting there are several alternatives, with directly through blogger post editor, using third party tools such as Windows Live Writer, scribe fire and others. Besides, there's more ways to post to blogger with an email. This is the email alternative that allows us to create a blog post that receive automatically.

Things to think about the need in a facility that can automatically send a message to the email address, and this fall in the contact form that is usually able to send messages automatically to email us. Still confused? become garbled. Yes already, complete the following steps do not get confused still.

* Create a new blog

To practice what I will , you please create a new blog specifically for the facilities free ad.
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FIRST STEP

First you need to open the site: https: / / www.blogger.com / start. Then click on the word CREATE YOUR BLOG NOW.
If the shelf is a new show, then you fill in only what is in the boxes:
email address so that the word verification.
If you have filled all, you live click on Continue.

Opening AKAUN YOUR BLOG

Once you click Continue it will be like on the shelf. Akaun you open the first email is to fill you, and repeat once more. Then create your password and fill in the password again.
You can not forget your email and password, as is required when you want to fill any posts on your blog and add or edit anything in your blog.
Then write the letter in the word verification, and click Continue.

Second STEP

Once you click Continue it will be like on the shelf. You called your blog. Like this blog, my name HOW MAKE BLOG. You can designate only follow what your taste.
Underneath you write your blog address. I like this blog, the address: http://www.cara-buat-blog.blogspot.com/. Nah you can only call what your blog address, provided there are no other people who make more of the same name beginning with the address you enter. So record again so that the name is received. If accepted it will be marked "available".
Then write the letter in the word verification, and click Continue

Step

The next step you need to select one of tamplate will be used by your blog. You can select the color and model you like.
After you select one, then you continue by clicking Continue.
You do not need to tamplate worried about this because if you do not fit with your choice of yesteryear, then you can replace tamplate at any time you want.
In fact, many sites that provide free tamplate than is in this blogger site.



YOU HAVE BEEN BERHASIL MAKE A BLOG

Before the third step is the last step in creating a basic blog. After you click Continue on the third step, the shelf muncullah as on the image. Thus you have successfully created your blog. Then you can write only on what you blog. Congratulations and tahniah.


To add a variation on your blog, then I will continue in the future. Please practice on the first lessons that I have already provided.

The Arkansas State Police, in conjunction with www. arkansas.gov (Information Network of Arkansas, INA), is working to get missing children back to their families through the improved Morgan Nick Amber Alert activation system.
"Nick exemplifies the spirit of 'America's Got Talent' with his talent, originality and an infectious love of performing and creating," NBC head of alternative programming Paul Telegdy said. "His popularity and appeal are sure to take the series to a new level of success."

The alert system is named after Morgan Nick, a six-year-old girl who was abducted June 9, 1995, while she was playing at a baseball field in Alma, Ark., with her friends. According to the Morgan Nick Amber Alert Field Operations Manuel, Morgan was catching fireflies with her friends at the baseball park when she went missing. "Although Morgan has not been located, from the search for this child grew a spirit of dedication from state and community leaders, law enforcement agencies across the state and Colleen Nick, Morgan's mother, to insure Arkansas parents and law enforcement have a means to quickly spread the word when a child is abducted," according to the Morgan Nick Amber Alert Web site.


Cannon brings a younger face to "Talent," whose celebrity judges are Sharon Osbourne, Piers Morgan and David Hasselhoff. Though "Talent" is the most-watched show in the summer among total viewers, NBC wouldn't mind boosting its 18-49 demographic.
Nick Cannon to host 'Talent'
Replacing Jerry Springer on NBC's reality series

By Nellie Andreeva and James Hibberd

Feb 9, 2009, 03:36 PM ET
Actor-singer Nick Cannon has signed a deal with NBC that includes hosting its summer reality show "America's Got Talent."

On the series' upcoming fourth season, Cannon will succeed Jerry Springer, who bowed out last week.

Cannon is the third host for "Talent," which launched in 2006 with Regis Philbin as emcee.

"Nick exemplifies the spirit of 'America's Got Talent' with his talent, originality and an infectious love of performing and creating," NBC head of alternative programming Paul Telegdy said. "His popularity and appeal are sure to take the series to a new level of success."

The hosting gig is part of deal Cannon negotiated with NBC that involves unspecified future projects.

"This is just the first of multiple projects we are looking to do with Nick at NBC," NBC co-chair Ben Silverman said. "He's a true triple threat: a multitalented producer, actor and musician."

Cannon brings a younger face to "Talent," whose celebrity judges are Sharon Osbourne, Piers Morgan and David Hasselhoff. Though "Talent" is the most-watched show in the summer among total viewers, NBC wouldn't mind boosting its 18-49 demographic.

Nick asks Jack where Sharon is saying he is surprised she isn’t here. Jack tells him she went to the cemetery to pay her respects herself. Nick is worried saying that is where Phyllis is.

High Point University's Nick Barbour has been named the Big South Conference New Balance Freshman of the Week in men's basketball for games played Feb. 2-8, it was announced today by the Conference office.

Nick Cannon isn't short on talent, and now Talent isn't short on Nick Cannon.

Mariah Carey's mister has signed on to replace Jerry Springer as the new host of America's Got Talent, NBC announced today.

So why, you ask, was Chris Brown booked for making criminal threats rather than domestic abuse, given the victim -- we're told Rihanna -- had "visible injuries"?
* Chris Brown and Rihanna -- Before the Arrest
* Chris Brown Arrested -- Caught On Tape
* Chris Brown Investigated for Alleged Assault
New reports today confirm that Brown's superstar girlfriend, Rihanna, was the victim of the alleged attack -- and suffered bruises, scratches and even a bite mark (some reports have said she has a broken jaw), but her people are not commenting except to say "she is well."

This morning, Rihanna's father told Splash News that his daughter told him she was in a car wreck. "She told him the reason she was pulling out of the Grammys was because of a shoulder injury," Sam from Splash News dishes to "Extra."
Los Angeles - Chris Brown was arrested Sunday night on suspicion of alleged domestic violence, then released after posting $50,000 bail. The fact that the singer missed attending and performing at the Grammys, and lost both awards he was nominated for was clearly the least of his worries.
Earlier that evening Chris and Rihanna were hanging out at Clive Davis’ annual pre-Grammy party. Both singers cancelled their scheduled performances at the Grammys and did not attend the glitzy bash.
Rihanna and Brown attended Saturday night’s Clive Davis pre-Grammy bash together. The alleged incident happened shortly after the event ended. When reached for comment, Rihanna’s publicist issued the statement “Rihanna is well. Thank you for the care and support.”

Gearing Up For GACE - Georgia Teacher Candidates Start Your Engines
Georgia teaching candidates must prepare for the GACE exam before they are able to accept a position in any public school. As economic conditions continue to decline, individuals who are interested in becoming school teachers want to pass the exam the first time and avoid delay in starting their teaching career. Teaching Solutions Test Mentoring gives them the tools they need to do so.
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As potential GACE exam test takers prepare, Teaching Solutions Test Mentoring is gearing up for GACE coaching and mentoring to help expedite getting qualified, enthusiastic people in to these jobs. The company offers both specific GACE preparation materials and individual one-on-one coaching to help test-takers pass their exam the first time.

Teaching Solutions Test Mentoring founder Mark R. Buckingham tells about his personal experience with GACE: "It was like jumping out of a plane without a parachute. I had to cut-out my social life and fun. You wonder if you're studying real GACE test content or if you're wasting weeks in vain. I was chained to my inferior GACE study guide and a slave to this exam. This misery went on for 3 months of late nights and weekends of studying."
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I was supposed to meet a friend for waffles at Jace Gace (2045 SE Belmont) this morning, but we got there to find them closed for good. I never made it in there, but I heard all sorts of conflicting views, and like somebody said in an internet post, if you have a goofy name that nobody knows how to pronounce, that’s generally a bad sign.

The GACE Test is being offered on October 25, 2008. The Regular Registration Deadline is this Friday, September 12th and the Late Registration Deadline (additional fees will apply) is October 3rd. Scores will be reported on November 24th. If you are planning to be admitted to Candidacy for Spring 2009, this is the last chance to take the GACE Basic Skills test. Please contact your academic advisor regarding Admission to Candidacy requirements.

Jace Gace has great art, great beers, waffles, and an all-around great staff.

This is about fun, and I hope you will come have fun with us.
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Numerous commenters have pointed out they’ve had problems getting on the site linked below to sign the No Stimulus petition. Site hosts confirmed to me that a sudden and dramatic increase in traffic occurred after a mention on Rush Limbaugh’s show, causing a temporary crash. Please check back again shortly.
Stimulus Backers Face Growing Skepticism Over Need for Government Action
A Gallup poll released Tuesday finds a strong majority of Americans want Congress to pass some form of stimulus, but have severe doubts about the measures currently being considered to boost the economy.

“Congress should not enact an expensive spending bill under the pretense of stimulus or recovery. Reckless spending of borrowed money was at the root of the financial crisis, and this bill is more of the same. We cannot spend our way to prosperity, and such an expansion of the federal government will put a crushing burden on taxpayers in the long-term.” "
Americans For Prosperity is dong a great job opposing the stimulus with their NoStimulus.com website. Visit there for information about the dangers of what President Obama and Congressional leaders are doing. Sign the petition, too.

Other articles about the stimulus:

AFP Works to Oppose Stimulus
Explaining Again Why Obamanian, or Keynesian, Stimulus Won’t Work
Stimulus Bill Payoff to Wrong Education Interests
An Austrian Recommendation for President Obama
The True Danger of the Current Economic Crisis
Government Spending Is No Free Lunch
The Bailout Reader

No Stimulus- Americans for Prosperity
Before last fall’s election, an organization prominent in the news was “Americans for Prosperity.” Hey, we’re all for prosperity, especially our own prosperity. You’d think its cause would have won in a landslide.

Like many of you, I have a gmail account. At the top of the inbox are paid ad's. It looks like the right-wing group, Americans for Prosperity has a website called "No Stimulus" (kinda funny because you'd think that with the economy cratering a group that is for prosperity would be all for stimulating the economy).

Jamal Anderson went from seventh-round afterthought to 1,800-yard rusher during the Falcons 1998 Super Bowl run. He would play three more injury-plagued seasons before leaving the game to carve out a post-NFL career niche as a television analyst, most recently with ESPN's Cold Pizza 2.0.
(WSB Radio) Former Atlanta Falcons Star Jamal Anderson was arrested Saturday night on drug charges. Anderson was booked into the Fulton County jail and charged with possession-of-cocaine and possession-of-marijuana. Both charges are felonies.

ATLANTA Former Atlanta Falcons running back Jamal Anderson has been charged with felony cocaine possession and misdemeanor marijuana possession after being arrested at an Atlanta nightclub, authorities said Sunday.
Ten years later, some of the names come to mind easily. Chris Chandler and Jamal Anderson, Chuck Smith and Travis Hall, Jessie Tuggle and Ray Buchanan.

he NFL has lifted the local TV blackout for Sunday's Pro Bowl, with the all-star game close to being sold out for the 30th straight year.
Here's a little story about Ben Roethlisberger, one that hints at the skills required to make the kind of precision passes the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback made in the Super Bowl last Sunday.

There's not much magic to the Pro Bowl anymore, despite the presence of the best players from the NFC and AFC facing off against each other ... well, the best players that felt like playing an extra, meaningless exhibition after the season ended.


Today will mark the last football until next fall as the Pro Bowl is held.

Use this as an Open Thread. Talk about the Pro Bowl, including the players' whining about losing their vacations to Hawaii next season.

Talk about A-Rod. Talk about whatever you want. Enjoy!

Potfest movie
After the movie Beerfest received so much positive feedback, it turns out that the Broken Lizard team has decided to make a sequel called Potfest. Awesome. There's something to look forward to.
Here's the skinny: at the end of the movie Beerfest, it hinted that there would be a Potfest movie, but the producers only implied that as a joke. Turns out that they got so much feedback that they're considering really making the movie and it might be animated and R-rated at that.

And they’re busy too, looking to finish up the script for Super Troopers 2 and actually making Potfest. Potfest is alluded to at the end of Beerfest, and it was originally intended as a joke. But so many people have come up to them to ask about it that the Broken Lizard boys say, “So we’re actually giving some serious thought to it.”

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Saturday night, NASCAR will roar back to life with the annual season-opening, non-points race -- the Budweiser Shootout at Daytona. Here's a guide to help you understand the new rules involving driver eligibility as well as the slightly tweaked race format.

Ice floe breaks free, hundreds of fishermen stranded
UPDATE: One dead, 100 rescued from Lake Erie ice floe
1 Dead, Hundreds Stranded on Ice Floe Floating Away From Lake Erie Shore
At least 200 people stranded on ice floe; 1 dead
Up to 500 being rescued from ice floe

Officials feared the ice would quickly melt since temperatures in the area were expected to reach up to 50 degrees F. Winds of 20-30 mph were moving the ice floe farther out into Lake Erie.

One of the two anabolic steroids that Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez tested positive for while with the Texas Rangers in 2003 -- Primobolan -- is a commonly used one.
Specifically, A-Rod tested positive for Primobolan, a steroid that allows players to gain muscle without appearing cartoonishly big, and (of all things) testosterone!

Primobolan is one of those anabolic steroids which has a cult following not unlike the old original version of Masteron. Actually, as you can easily see from it´s anabolic:androgenic ratio below in the profile, it´s a pretty weak steroid but actually stronger(!) than Masteron in both regards. I don´t know anyone who has run both compounds at the same dose.

Bobby Dunbar; Hypocrisy and Misdirection
(I jump right in with the spoilers, before I list either the name or the link. I apparently think suspense, while not without upsides, is completely dominated by downsides and is therefore a waste of time. If you disagree, I suggest finding a workaround.)

The Ghost of Bobby Dunbar
In 1912 a four year-old boy named Bobby Dunbar went missing in a swamp in Louisiana. Eight months later, he was found in the hands of a wandering handyman in Mississippi. (The picture at left was taken just days later.) In 2004, his granddaughter discovered a secret beneath the legend of her grandfather's kidnapping, a secret whose revelation would divide her own family, bring redemption to another, and become the answer to a third family's century-old prayer. We devote our entire episode to the story.

A Century of Gunga Din Plus Eight
In only 32 days the world will celebrate the 108th birthday of actor Sam Jaffe.
Monarchies, patri­cians and kings ruled the world. History in my time covered the Spanish, the French, Britain, Portugal and Belgium. The sun never set on the United Kingdom but my most vivid memory of English rule was the slo-motion death of Gunga Din, in the final scene of the epic 30s movie. I certainly couldn’t relate to Cary Grant or Walter McGlaughlan but the little ole Indian water boy? Yeah, I could make a connection there, even with bullet holes in him.

Horne, who died Dec. 29 of cancer, also enjoyed a mildly successful film career, appearing in "Gunga Din" and "A Place in the Sun."

OK, so it's no "Gunga Din." At least the subject matter is something most of us can relate to. And "Paul Blart" has topped the box office list for the past two weekends. In fact, it's well on its to reaching $100 million at the box office.

Alex Kelly enjoyed natural
Mr Kelly, former Scottish amateur heavyweight boxing champion, died at Edenhall Hospital in Musselburgh on January 7, following a five-year battle with dementia and Parkinson's disease.
SI.com's Jimmy Traina spoke with Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter late Tuesday from the Gillette-EA SPORTS Champions of Gaming Global Finals. This is Traina's third attempt at harassing Jeter about his relationship with Friday Night Lights star Minka Kelly. He interviewed Jeter last July and last October. Jeter also discusses the current state of his relationship with Alex Rodriguez, the Yankees' upcoming season and more.

Kelly Clarkson is becoming a regular at the blogging thing. Her latest official blog has a post written to her fans, thanking them for requesting and voting for her latest single ‘My Life Would Suck Without You’

“On the Waterfront,” AMC, Sat., Feb. 7, 2009, 6:30 a.m. (EST)
Elia Kazan and Marlon Brando were one of Hollywood’s great director/actor teams on a par with John Ford/John Wayne and Billy Wilder/Jack Lemon. Kazan and Brando’s best and last collaboration was the gritty 1954 melodrama “On the Waterfront.”

How do today's fires compare with the Ash Wednesday fdores in 1983?

* 47 people were killed, 2,800 homes destroyed and 210,000 hectares burnt when more than 100 fires started on February 16, 1983, which became known as Ash Wednesday.

Fire experts have said that today's predicted temperatures of 44C degrees and severe northerly winds present a worse fire danger than Ash Wednesday.

GRACE member Terry sent an e-mail to the rest of the gang soliciting Ash Wednesday service ideas. Several in the group shared ways their churches have observed Ash Wednesday services in the past. But I enjoyed the response from GRACE member Pat who not only offered some pretty nifty ideas, but a funny story to boot. Here is Pat’s response with ideas for Ash Wednesday services:

On Ash Wednesday, we usually use the liturgy to set the entire theme for Lent, and we give away an item that the participants take home with them.

On Thursday, the Cardinals lost offensive coordinator Todd Haley to the Chiefs. Today, they're also without a defensive coordinator, but not because Clancy Pendergast got a new gig. Instead, the two sides have decided to part ways. Which, I imagine, is a lot like a mutual break-up in that it never actually happens that way.

Things are getting a little shaky in Arizona after their Super Bowl appearance last week. First their offensive coordinator Todd Haley leaves to coach the Kansas City Chiefs. Then Anquan Boldin says he doesn't think he'll be back. Now defensive coordinator Clancy Pendergast is fired.

Phoenix, AZ (Sports Network) - The Arizona Cardinals have reportedly parted ways with defensive coordinator Clancy Pendergast.

Five days after their defeat in Super Bowl XLIII, the Cardinals find themselves in need of not only a new offensive coordinator but a defensive coordinator as well. Clancy Pendergast, the team's defensive coordinator since he was hired on Jan. 15, 2004, was one of two assistants retained by head coach Ken Whisenhunt when Whisenhunt got the job two years ago. Cardinals sources confirm today that he and the team are parting ways.

Arizona defensive coordinator Clancy Pendergast was a graduate assistant at the University of Oklahoma in 1993, young and thirsty to learn, when he began diagramming plays and jotting notes in an 8½ x11-inch spiral notebook.

In Hong Kong, a trio of young people with special abilities are pursued by a clandestine U.S. government agency who wants the gifted ones back in their fold.

I think director Paul McGuigan (Wicker Park, Lucky Number Slevin) has a thing for too-intricate storylines; during Push's 2008 Comic-Con panel, poor Camilla Belle stumbled through a plot explanation that began to sound like playing rounds of Magic: The Gathering.
Djimon Hounsou, meanwhile, could barely remember his role in the movie. Good thing Dakotah Fanning then popped out to, like, tell the crowd she finally lost all of her baby teeth. Or something.
push movie & trailer

Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser the USS Port Royal has run aground off Hawaii.
The ship hit sand approximately half mile off one of Honolulu International Airport’s main runways Thursday evening.
Navy tug boats tried to get the ship off the sand Friday morning, but were unsuccessful.

Navy tugs tried early in the morning to nudge the 9,600-ton and 567-foot guided missile cruiser USS Port Royal off the sandy bottom, but were unsuccessful, officials said.

A year ago, the crew of the USS Port Royal had to be roused at 2 a.m. to catch the Super Bowl live via satellite in the Persian Gulf.

His dishes were two Sansei specialties -- King Crab Ramen with Asian Truffle Broth and Crispy Shrimp Tempura Hand Roll. Dizor was named winner among five civilian chefs, then took the top prize over the military's champion, Nathan Weaver of USS Port Royal, who also bested five of his compatriots.

Today I went to an advance screening for the forthcoming new movie, Coraline. Adapted and directed by Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas) from the Neil Gaiman book, Coraline is just simply a fantastic movie for most ages. 3D goodness! 3D goodness! 3D goodness! I will be writing a much longer review here in a few days when it is allowed, but all I can say is I loved it.

To begin with, the visuals in Coraline are more than anyone could ever ask for. From the minut stitching’s on Coraline’s sweater that you literally feel like you can touch to the wide shots of the gardens filled with flowers and lights. This film is definitely a feast for the eyes. The way that Selick chose to use 3-D is artistic as opposed to gimmicky. Instead of using it to scare you or jump out at you (although there are a couple of moments where that happens) he uses it to give the film more depth. It feels as if you are actually on the set, able to touch the the characters walking around. It helps to add a whole new dimension (literally).

They key film this weekend is Coraline, Henry Selick's stop-motion (and 3-D!) adaptation of Neil Gaiman's children's book. Interestingly this one has no involvement from Tim Burton, so when we think of creepy-looking stop-motion we should probably think of it as "Selicky" rather than "Burtonesque." Though its trailers make it look like little more than a 3-D thrill ride (characters constantly reaching into the screen, waving their hands about, etc.) Gaiman's stories adapt well to the screen—we were pleasantly surprised with Stardust when we finally saw it—and NOW's Norm Wilner admits certain moments gave him "the heebie-jeebies," so we're looking forward to seeing it.

Coraline. (2009, 100 minutes, PG, animated fantasy, trailer) Based on a story by Neil Gaiman and directed by Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach), this looks like a winner. It is a stop motion animated feature that tells the story of a bored girl who discovers a doorway to an alternate universe that is quite similar to the real world, only better.

One thing is for sure, (Papa) John Schnatter doesn't try to hide the fact that moderation is the key to staying healthy. The founder of Papa John's, the third biggest pizza chain in the U.S., went on
Papa John's Founder John Schnatter Urges Customers Not to Eat Whole Pizzas
the air in the United Kingdom to discuss his pizza.


During an interview on BBC's Radio Four program in the United Kingdom, John Schnatter, said, "you can't eat five or six slices."

Papa John's, the UK's third-biggest pizza delivery operator, with 118 outlets, said yesterday that it had enjoyed a 60 per cent jump in comparable sales on Monday, as one in five of us opted to take a “snow day” rather than struggle in to work. Pizza Hut reported a 20 per cent increase in online orders, while the day before was its second-busiest Sunday on record - despite the need to withdraw some of its mopeds from service because of rider safety concerns.

John Schnatter founded Papa John's in 1984, in the broom closet of his father's tavern in Jeffersonville, Ind.

Papa John’s International, Inc. (NASDAQ: PZZA) today announced that its Board of Directors has named John H. Schnatter, the Company’s Founder and Chairman, as Interim Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Schnatter succeeds Nigel Travis, who has served as Papa John’s President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors since 2005.

Why did not one tell me Feb 6th was officially World Nude Day? Not that it’s easy to even put pants on me, but this excuse is as good at any to get ‘em off. Yay World Nude Day!

World Nude Day is apparently run by some Kiwi’s (that’s the term for New Zealanders in case you’re not as culturally in the know as I) where they ask people to shed their inhibitions and clothes. They also encourage folk to film themselves doing all sorts of tasks while in the nude. I strongly recommend the site, but only if you’re of strong constitution. Models these are not.

Fri 6th Feb is World Nude Day. It's an opportunity to celebrate the beauty of the human body and to rid society of the outdated Judeo-Christian belief that 'nudity is bad.' "On the contrary! There is nothing more natural or beautiful than the human body!", states Mark Woodgate, National Guide for New Zealand.

Oh those clever Kiwis, celebrating their world nude day by asking for video submissions of the nude doing funny things such as cooking french fries and riding on the outside of a car through a car wash… and ostridge riding? yes!

Layla Reaves Kiffin is the beautiful wife of newly appointed at the University of Tennessee Vols coach Lane Kiffin. At 33 years old, the youngest coach in Division 1-A, after defeating Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald for six months. The UT Vols Kiffin called to replace Phil Fulmer, who was expelled in early November.

Tennessee Vols Football Coach Lane Kiffin is off to a great start with a solid signing of recruits despite only being on the job for a few months.

Lane Kiffin had to come off the recruiting trail one week in January, something about needing to be back home in Oakland.

Kiffin's wife, Layla, gave birth Tuesday to Monte Knox Kiffin. The news was announced at the Kentucky-Tennessee basketball game.

As you probably heard, Lane Kiffin has agreed to a deal with the Tennessee Volunteers to be the head coach next season. Kiffin had a press conference on Monday with Tennessee that confirmed as much.

"Moore's style was middle-class, whereas Squeaky Fromme was a genuine cultist. Moore represented the individual derangement of the period and Squeaky the social derangement," said Starr. The assassination attempts — Fromme's in Sacramento and Moore's in San Francisco — also contributed to "an atmosphere of lawlessness" in Northern California, Starr said, compounded by such 1970s events as the Patty Hearst kidnapping, the slaying of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and the mass suicide of the Jonestown cultists.

I find it interesting that Squeaky Fromme, the most devoted of Manson's disciples - she is in prison today for bumrushing President Ford with a gun in 1975, obscurely pursuing Charlie's program of saving the Redwoods - would end up in West Virginia, where Manson was (in his words) "razed" in the towns of McMechen and Wheeling.

Sometimes the songs' plots overwhelm and dampen the music. “Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter” is arguably one of the catchiest tracks on Dworkin’s Bastards, but man is it a stupid song. The main character, Gretchen, pulls a Squeaky Fromme by pointing a gun without any bullets in the chamber at a politician. Oddly, in gun-toting America, Squeaky was arrested and sent to prison. In the UK, however, Gretchen eats lead. Turns out she sacrificed herself to get a note read on the news about how society holds us all down. The note itself is kind of catchy; the steps this Catcher in the Rye enthusiast took to get it on the air are kind of juvenile. But while “Daughter” is the Sorrows of Young Werther of folk-punk songs -- romantically suicidal to the point of idiocy -- it goes out on a rousing note.

Once upon a time, Microsoft crowed that Windows Vista would be twice as popular as XP. Research firm Ovum, Ltd., predicted a more modest 15 percent switchover in the first year, but gushed that Vista would be "the fastest-moving operating system ever." IDC forecast 10 percent, relatively anemic compared to XP's 14 percent in the first year, but a decent showing

Microsoft Sees Anemic Q4 Revenue, Lays Off 5,000

Along with Sony, it looks like Microsoft is going to be heavily cutting jobs. The Redmond based software-maker is looking to cut nearly 5,000 jobs (or 5 percent of their workforce) over the next 18 months. Nearly 1,400 of these layoffs happened immediately.

The sport's national governing body also cut off its financial support to Phelps for the same three-month period.
Phelps acknowledged "regrettable" behaviour and "bad judgement" after a photograph in a newspaper showed him apparently smoking cannabis.

The latest fallout from the photo showing Michael Phelps smoking marijuana at a party at the University of South Carolina is costing him some cash and some time in the pool.

After Michael Phelps acknowledged inhaling marijuana from a pipe as depicted in a photo, the Olympic great has lost swimming competition privileges and a major endorsement deal.The Associated Press reports that USA Swimming has suspended Phelps for three months of competition and cut off his financial support during that period.
Michael Phelps was suspended from competition for three months by USA Swimming on Thursday, the latest fallout from a photo of the Olympic great with a marijuana pipe.

Pat Summitt, the women’s basketball coach, won her 1,000th game, which many feel is a milestone that will not be reached by another college basketball coach. The chant “One thousand” from the crowd of 16,058 started with 40 seconds to play. When the horn sounded in a 73-43 win over Georgia, orange and white streamers fell from the ceiling, and the throng roared again.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Second-ranked Oklahoma's women's Basketball team won its 15th straight game, 80-70 over Pat Summitt's 15th-ranked Tennessee Lady Vols. The loss denied what would have been the 1,000 career victory for Summitt, whose next chance at the milestone will be Thursday night when the Lady Vols host Georgia.

Tennessee women's coach Pat Summitt one game away from 1,000

Pat Summitt now has 1,000 victories, an unprecedented height even she finds dizzying.

And I love this horsing around picture of her. Congrats from the Jesus Creed community to Pat Summitt and the Lady Vols!

Next week is the 2009 edition of the world-famous Westminster Kennel Club dog show at Madison Square Garden. While Kobe Bryant and LeBron James lit up the Garden with their scoring feats this week, next Monday and Tuesday the canines will reign supreme at the World's Most Famous Arena.

Westminster Kennel Club 2008 Best in Show Champion Uno the beagle (L) greets RJ (R) another beagle at a preview for the 133rd annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Thursday in New York. The show will take place Monday and Tuesday at Madison Square Garden. RJ was lost for a week in Santa Ana, California, was eventually found and will compete in the show.
(February 05, 2009)


The Westminster Dog Show begins Monday in New York.

Joining "Good Day" on Thursday were Margery Good, of Cochranville, Chester County, and Kara Kammond, of Media, along with their champions, Charmin and Darco

Next week, she and her dog will go to New York City to compete in the Westminster Kennel Club 133rd Annual Dog Show.

The Indiana Genealogical Society welcomes Deborah Gentit as the new editor of its newsletter. Deborah is a technical writer and editor who is active with the Wabash Valley Genealogy Society in Terre Haute. IGS thanks all those who expressed interest in the editor position and gives a special thanks to Indiana Genealogist editor Annette Harper, who stepped in as editor pro tem for the February issue. Video

"Indiana Civil War Soldier Lorenzo Judkins," by Annette Harper

"Indiana Civil War Surgeons, 6th Cavalry, 7th Cavalry, 8th Cavalry," tr. Wayne C. Klusman from Alphabetical List of Battles and Roster of Regimental Surgeons and Assistant Surgeons during the War of the Rebellion (Washington, DC: GM Van Buren, 1883)

Jet Set Sports, along with its sister company CoSport, and the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) have formed a new partnership to develop exclusive hospitality packages for the 2010 Winter Games.

Jet Set Sports along with its affiliate company CoSport today become Official Supporters of the 2010 Winter Games and will begin working with VANOC to develop and supply official hospitality packages that will provide spectators with “one stop” to book exclusive packages for the 2010 Winter Games. The hospitality packages will be made available in Canada and in countries where Jet Set Sports has acquired ticket selling rights. Packages will be developed and available for booking towards the end of 2008.



Fresh in our inbox from your favorite Olympic ticket vendor, CoSport, is a note that remaining tickets from the (meager) U.S. allotment will be made available online starting next Thursday (Feb. 5). This is the promised second round for those who made ticket requests in the first round and registered on CoSport's Web site.

You will note a couple things right off the bat:

1) There's no indication of how many tickets remain. Could be 10,000. Could be 10.

2) There's no actual start time for the sale. Just go online at 7 a.m. PT on Feb. 5 and await further directions. They will get to it at some point.

Good luck.

Keep this high level of customer service in mind the next time you get a donations solicitation in the mail from the U.S. Olympic Committee, which hires CoSport to handle ticketing on its behalf. And if you have a problem with the U.S. ticketing process, or have questions or comments about the arrangement for the exclusive U.S. ticketing agency, we suggest directing them to:

Larry Probst, Chairman, Board of Directors
United States Olympic Committee
One Olympic Plaza
Colorado Springs, CO 80909-5760
Tel: (719) 632-5551

Also, here is a fill-in-the-blank comment form from the USOC's Web site.


Here's the CoSport e-mail (emphasis mine):

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You are receiving this email because you participated in the CoSport - Phase
1 Ticket Lottery Phase for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games and you are therefore eligible to participate in the forthcoming Phase 2 - Ticket Pre-Sale. This special pre-sale will commence on February 5th 2009 and conclude when all tickets are sold out or February 10th 2009, 10am US EST, whichever is first. Individual Tickets will be available for purchase on a first-come, first serve basis, from a 'live, real-time' inventory.

CoSport will also commence the sale of Tickets and Hospitality Pass Packages on February 5th 2009. Tickets and Hospitality Pass Packages include a pre-selected 'primary' event ticket, a secondary sporting event ticket selectable by the customer, a Vancouver Victory Ceremony ticket selectable by the customer and a Hospitality Pass selectable by the customer. These Hospitality Passes provide customers access to CoSport's Hospitality Center located in downtown Vancouver, not available to Individual Ticket purchasers.

Customers will also have the option of adding accommodations to their Tickets and Hospitality Pass Package if required. Tickets and Hospitality Pass Packages will also be available for purchase on a first-come, first serve basis from a 'live, real-time'' inventory. All tickets contained within the Tickets and Hospitality Pass Packages are obtained through CoSport's sister company, Jet Set Sport's own Olympic sponsor allocation and will include predominately category A tickets.

Please note the following important points:

. CoSport will not announce the exact time the pre-sale will
commence, however, the pre-sale will NOT commence before 10am US EST on February 5th 2009.

. All ticket sales will be conducted directly at www.cosport.com.
We are not able to take ticket orders via phone, fax or email.

. CoSport cannot announce ahead of the pre-sale commencement what
events tickets or how many will be available.

. CoSport can announce however, that Individual Tickets for the
following events will definitely NOT be available

o Opening Ceremony (All Categories)

o Closing Ceremony (All Categories)

o All Figure Skating Sessions (All Categories)

o Men's Gold Medal Hockey (All Categories)

o Men's Semi Final Hockey (All Categories)

. In order to access the pre-sales area of the CoSport website on
February 5th, you must first login to your CoSport Account with your email address and password.

. Prior to the commencement of the pre-sale period, you will NOT
have access to the Individual Tickets or Tickets and Hospitality Pass Packages section.

. It is not possible to combine Individual Tickets with Tickets and
Hospitality Pass Packages in the same order.

On Tuesday, February 3rd, CoSport will post the "Need to Know" and "Terms and Conditions", on our website for Phase 2 - Individual Tickets, as well as the Tickets and Hospitality Pass Packages. We recommend that you review these documents before the commencement of the pre-sales phase, in order to save time once the website goes live on February 5th. You will be able to access these documents by logging into your account and selecting the "Terms and Conditions" option on the left side menu.

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(End CoSport release)

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www.london2012.com: London 2012 Summer Games site.
www.sochi2014.com: Sochi, Russia's 2014 Winter Games site.
www.chicago2016.org: Candidate city Chicago's summer 2016 bid committee site.
Olympic swimmer Tara Kirk's highly entertaining WCSN blog
Bellevue Olympian Scott Macartney's WCSN alpine ski-racing blog
Other WCSN Olympic athlete blogs.

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