move your money

Move Your Money is a campaign launched by American University students, other universities and financial institutes in the Washington Dc to assist local communities to develop businesses and overcome the gross wealth inequality in the city.

The idea is to move some of the university's $312 million endowment money to local financial institutes like local banks and credit unions which will lend out to help local businesses and help revitalize the community. Specifically the students are campaigning to move 5% of the cash assets from the school's endowment into Community Development Financial Institution like the City First Bank.

Move your money in Washington is not a lone event. Actually in some other cities a similar move has been initiated.

In New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has pledged to move 425 million of municipal tax dollars to local credit unions.

In Los Angeles City, the city Council is reportedly considering a measure to move all government money out of big banks that routinely foreclose on citizen's without mercy or trying to keep them in their homes.

Move your money should be a national campaign to encourage individuals and governments to move cash to financial institutions that are more friendly to the local communities and citizens. We have read news stories saying that some big banks are taking foreclosed homes from home owners and sell the homes for their own interest - in a way to take the equity from the owners.

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Fred Schneider, B-52s

The Fred Schneider has been partying out of bounds as the male mouthpiece of the B-52s since the late ’70s. Through that band’s commercial success and longevity, Schneider’s goofy, new-wave jester shtick has evolved into an iconic voice that’s now an inspiration to younger artists. Schneider’s latest project, the Superions, showcases both his supreme silliness (”Who Threw That Ham At Me?” is one of his most riotous efforts) and influence (the Superions’ debut EP, Totally Nude Island, features remixes by four Athens, Ga., bands).

Along with fellow Superions Noah Brodie and Dan Marshall, Schneider has delivered a handful of songs that combine sex, sci-fi, shoplifting and a dance called the Disco Garbage Can. Schneider will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our Q&A with him.

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Tamil Newspaper in Toronto Vandalized After Reporting on Sri Lanka President Visit

The offices of a Tamil newspaper in Toronto were vandalized over the weekend after the paper received a phone call threatening it for its reporting on the visit of Sri Lanka's president.

The newspaper, Uthayan, said it was threatened after reporting on a meeting between Kula Sellathurai, the president of the Canada-Sri Lanka Business Council and the United Tamil Council of Canada, had with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, The Toronto Star reported in an article by John Rieti.

The Star quoted Sellathurai as saying the threatening call made to Uthayan Editor Logan Logendralingam said, "Your friends went and met the president, now you go and see what happened to your store." The entire front of the office was described as smashed, but there were no immediate estimates of the cost of the damage.

Uthayan has a reputation as a moderate paper carrying news about the Tamil community, an ethnic minority in Sri Lanka which includes a rebel army recently defeated by the government, which is mostly ethnic Sinhalese.

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Richard Burton’s Night of the Iguana

Earlier in the day is Night of the Iguana, but debauched priests. well it just seems too close to Richard Burtons real life though it is a good film. Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is also on and if you like to see two drunk people yell at each other for two hours knock yo-self out. It also seems too close to Thanksgiving Day at the Burton/Taylor household to be great for some reason. Professors are either louts or potheads or rapists in movies. Im also a lawyer so I at least have Atticus Finch.
Does anyone do desperate better than Richard Dreyfuss? I totally got the potato Devils Tower and I have a errr soft spot for Teri Garr too. Earlier in the day is 2001 and 2010 back to back. I like sci-fi and HAL 9000 is ground breaking, etc., but I dont even care to figure it out or chew on it and I blame that on the director. After Third Kind is a Neil Simon doubleheader The Goodbye Girl and Chapter Two. Marsha Simon has relationship diffizzzzzzzzzzzz..

Splendor in the Grass is also on if you like movies about repressed Midwesterners and how they need to open their minds and their legs to be truly happy. Wow that was all positive wasnt it? To be fair to Neil Simon I did like Goodbye Girl when I saw it 20 years ago Chapter Two not so much.

Did I mention Im not a fan of 2001: A Space Odyssey starring Keir Dullea as Prince Valium?

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FDA report says Avandia should be taken off market: report

GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK, GSK.LN) diabetes medicine Avandia weakens the heart sufficiently to increase users' chances of the heart attacks and heart failure, according to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration report obtained by the New York Times, the paper reported on its Web site Friday night for its Saturday edition.

Citing the FDA report, the Times said that "if every diabetic now taking Avandia were instead given a similar pill named Actos, about 500 heart attacks and 300 cases of heart failure would be averted every month because Avandia can hurt the heart."

"[The drug] should be removed from the market," the FDA report said, according to the Times.

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Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Medal Count: US leads with 18

The Americans are back on top in the medal count race in the Winter Olympics 2010. The United States now has 18 medals with 6 gold, 5 silver, and 7 bronze. Germany is now on the second spot with 11 medals (4 gold, 4 silver, and 3 bronze). In third spot is Norway with 8 medals (3 gold, 3 silver, and 2 bronze). Host nation Canada shares fourth place with France. Canada has 3 gold, 3 silver, and 1 bronze. France has 2 gold, 1 silver, and 4 bronze.

Korea and Austria on the sixth place with 5 medals each. Korea has 3 gold and 2 silver. Austria has 1 gold, 2 silver, and 2 bronze. For the United States: Evan Lysacek won the gold medal in Men’s Figure Skating. Shaun White won the gold medal in Men’s Halfpipe Snowboard. Shani Davis picked up the gold medal in Men’s 1000m SpeedSkating. Lindsey Vonn won the gold medal in Ladies’ Downhill Alpine Skiing. Seth Wescott picked up the gold medal Men’s SnowBoard Cross. Hannah Kearney won the gold medal in Ladies’ Moguls FreeStyle Skiing.

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NIU Shooting Leaves 1 Hurt, 1 in Custody

One person has been injured and another is in custody after an early morning shooting near a campus residence hall at Northern Illinois University.

One student, 22-year-old Daniela Bedolla, says she heard a gunshot while studying in her dorm room. Bedolla says the sound "was really loud" and the school later sent a text alert about the shooting.

Friday's shooting happened near Stevenson Hall. And police believe it was an isolated incident between two individuals.

Police say the victim was taken to Kishwaukee Community Hospital. There are no details yet about that person's condition.

Last week marked the two-year anniversary of a shooting rampage at NIU that left five students dead before the gunman killed himself.

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NBC Olympics Shaun White, Sean White Olympics 2010 and Shaun White Olympics 2010 pictures, photos.

The men’s halfpipe competition was won by the Shaun White. He bagged the gold medal at Cypress Mountain in front of thousands of fans. This was his first run score of 46.8. Besides, he also created history as his back-to-back Olympic gold medals.

The other player to throw a challenge to him was Peetu Piiroinen of Finland. He put some pressure on White during the competition with a second run score of 45.0. He ended up with the silver medal.

The third position was occupied by Scotty Lago of the United States. He used a big first run to win the bronze medal. It was a surprise win.

From the beginning of the game White was the favorite to win the gold. In his event he is a celebrity and it is difficult for others to defeat him. He was known figure inside the athletes’ village, which was occupied by other halfpipe players. He had moved to Cypress Mountain after the opening ceremony of the game was over. Besides, his story has grabbed headlines. And reporters and magazines have unfailingly carried his stories. Many sports magazine ran his picture on the cover.

After winning the gold, White said: “It feels good. Heavy lies the crown.”

Of his second run: “I felt it was such a miracle run … I just felt like I didn’t come all the way to Vancouver not to pull out the big guns. I put down the tricks I’ve worked so hard on. My coach said at the top, ‘Don’t do this unless you’re gonna stomp it.’ ”

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Great Britain vs Sweden Curling Live Streaming and Highlights On PC

Watch Great Britain vs Sweden Curling live streaming Vancouver Winter Olympic 2010 game online through internet tv. The live streaming of Great Britain vs Sweden Curling game will be kicked off on Tuesday February 16 at 9:00 PST.
You are a great fan of this event, isn’t it? If it is, you shouldn’t miss it. You can watch the live streaming of Great Britain vs Sweden Curling through a HD internet TV with crystal clear video and smooth sound. Don’t waste your time. Go through the link below, check it out and choose it.

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Now start watching Great Britain vs Sweden Curling live streaming Vancouver Winter Olympic 2010 Game.

Watch Great Britain vs Sweden Curling
Event: The Vancouver Olympics 2010
Venue: Whistler Olympic Park
Date: Tuesday 16 February 2010

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Chrono-challenged NBC great for Canada

The following should probably come with some kind of the warning: The words you are about to read are probably a bit late.

Then again, we are discussing the gorilla Olympic network, NBC, so you could say we're right on time.

Just as they have done for the better part of two decades, the network that spent $820 million US for rights fees is taking a prepackaged view of the Vancouver Olympics.

It's no biggie in most of the United States, especially with the network spilling more of its coverage to ancillary channels, which are not available in Canada, and showing a limited amount of live streaming.

But it's got to be hell for viewers on the U.S. west coast once again, waiting for hours to watch events which have already taken place. What worked 20 years ago is apparently still good now.

At least we've gone past the point where announcers no longer warn viewers not to plug their ears if they don't want to hear the results of an event before they are shown.

NBC's Olympics is supposed to be a time of network soothing, perhaps not for parent company shareholders, who were told months ago the Games wouldn't lose $200 million US, but $250 million.

The spin is that American audiences are supposed to forget the Jay Leno-Conan O'Brien faceplant during the next two weeks.

And if it works for NBC, why should we care? Think of NBC as the replay show; the world version of Hockey Night's After Hours.

If there's any reason to watch the American coverage -- and frankly CTV's early work has been so superior there doesn't seem as if there's a need -- it's only because of our curious nature as Canadians to check out how were are being portrayed.

So far, though, NBC has more than gone out of its way to get it right.

We're guessing the network might want to have back the suggestion at the opening ceremony that Olympic flag carrier Betty Fox was the mother of Michael J. Fox.

Otherwise, NBC has been hitting doubles and triples if not home runs the first few days. U.S. ratings are up 25 per cent over four years ago from the less time-friendly Winter Games in Turin.

The netwok's flagship Today show dragged Alexandre Bilodeau up to Grouse Mountain to be interviewed at 4 a.m. Monday even before they talked to American medallists. There wasn't a single moment of cringing, even during the yummy food segments.

Hours after some parts of the continent are discovering the best we have to offer, Americans are getting the right message.

"You all put up a fantastic show of the opening night. Keep it up," an emailer wrote from Orlando, Fla.

Maybe later can be better. Experiencing the Olympics only through TV and the Internet and see something amusing or outrageous? Drop Armchair Olympian a line at lullrich@theprovince.com during the Winter Games.

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In Madison Square Garden the Westminster Dog Show kicks off today. This is the 134th Dog Show that includes 173 breeds plus three newly recognized by the American Kennel Club. All of them are competing in show for the honor of best. Typically the term ” dogs of Wall Street refers to the year’s worst stocks but on Tuesday it will have the different meaning. During a televised stock exchange tradition some of the nation’s finest canines will be featured including Lola, a Pyrenean shepherd from Salisbury Township owned by Maggie Emmell and Nan Frantz.

New breeds are being spotlighted by the NASDAQ. The dogs are recently accepted in the American Kennel Club and for the first time they are competing for the show. On Tuesday at the NASDAQ Stock Market, Westminster dogs have been invited to ring the closing bell. Now it is to see that at the closure of the market at 4 p.m. which dog will ring the bell? Co-owner and handler of Lola, Emmell said that it was unknown even to the owner of the dogs that who would be the dog that will rang the bell.

CEOs of NASDAQ-listed companies are invited as guest bell ringers. They will sign their name on the electronic board that projects their name on the seven-story-high screen of NASDAQ in Times Square. On the thoroughbred canine calendar the most influential event in the show is that this weekend how the New York Times characterized the show in an article and how bucks and hype determine the winner by playing large roles. CNN and CNBC will televised the closing ceremony.

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Printable Valentine’s Day Cards for Free – Print Greeting Cards Online for Her on February 14th

One of the most heavily searched keywords this morning is printable Valentine’s Day cards for free. Many American men will be looking to print greeting cards online for her on February 14th. With the advancements in technology it is easier now than ever to print your Valentine’s day card online for free and save a significant amount of money. There are many websites that do this so it should be very easy to find these resources.

The Google Insights for Search chart for “print cards” escalates during the Holidays especially Christmas and Valentine’s Day. Make sure to get your printable Valentine’s Day card for free now. It will be very interesting to see how this trend drops off as the day moves forward. Most couples are likely to give each other cards first thing this Sunday morning, February 14th.

venereal disease

There’s a great opportunity for the everyone to learn about Venereal Disease that is ‘STD’ or ‘sexually transmitted disease. The 16th International Conference on Venereal Diseases and AIDS is scheduled to be hosted by Ethiopia for the year 2010. The news was released in a statement by Government Communication Affairs Office on Wednesday.

The African Association for HIV/AIDS has selected Ethiopia to host the aforementioned conference since the country has already shown commitment with regards to fight against the cruel most disease known as HIV/AIDS, further elaborated in the official statement. No tentative dates for the conference, however, confirmed yet.

With regards to Ethiopia’s being selected as the host country, it was further evident from the statement that this particular region has already successfully held many international conferences thus fully capable of handling the matters yet again, being an experienced host.

Directorate also seemed pretty satisfied with reference to the availability of essential characteristics such as media outlets, peace and stability and a suitable and convenient atmosphere. Thus it appears that taking into consideration the above, the directorate made the venue selection.

The main focus of above stated conference remains to conduct collective research to create awareness about the STD or VD i.e. sexually transmitted diseases and venereal diseases, respectively. STD is also referred to as STI i.e. sexually transmitted infection and all these diseases are kind of illness, transmitted between humans or even animals.

The probability of such transmission largely depends on human sexual behaviors thus can be transmitted even through vaginal intercourse alongside oral sex and most likely through anal sex. An infected person becomes a source to infect others potentially while there are no obvious or visible sings of these diseases.

Philips Arena

This mornings 11:00 AM performance of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® at Philips Arena will commence as planned. Ticket holders who cannot make this morning's performance due to inclement weather may exchange unused tickets to this morning’s show for any of the remaining performances Feb 13-21 listed. To exchange unused tickets for the Feb.

13, 11:00 AM performance for tickets to one of these other performances, ticket holders must bring their unused tickets to the Philips Arena box office.

Customers are encouraged to exchange tickets as soon as possible for best seating options. Every attempt will be made to place ticket holders in a location comparable to their original tickets, but seating locations cannot be guaranteed. Ticket holders with questions should check the Philips Arena website at www.philipsarena.com or call 404-878-3000.

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KD Lang Hallelujah Vancouver 2010 Olympics

The Winter Olympics has finally started and guess who sang at the opening ceremony? None other than talented Canadian singer KD Lang. For those who haven’t heard of her KD Lang is multi awarded singer winning the Grammy Awards four times and Juno Awards eight times! She sang the song made by Leonard Cohen’s (a renowned poet and songwriter) “Hallelujah”. KD Lang has again captured the audience’s heart and mesmerized about three billion television viewers around the globe with her own rendition of Hallelujah.

KD Lang has first recorded this song way back 2004 for her album called Hymns of the 49th Parallel and performed at the Juno Awards in 2005 singing the same song. She’s been all out with her sexuality and never was ashamed of letting the world know she is indeed a lesbian proving the world that homosexuality is never a hindrance of becoming famous and respected everywhere! More about this woman is that she is an animal rights advocate and vegetarian that was born in Edmonton, Alberta.

Her singing career was highly influenced by Patsy Cline which made KD go the extra mile and form a band called The Reclines way back 1983.

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Agilent Technologies Net Up 23%; Ingersoll-Rand Sales Down 10%

Agilent Technologies, Inc first quarter revenues rose 4% to $1.21 billion and net income rose 23% to $79 million or 22 cents a share.

Ingersoll-Rand plc fourth quarter revenues fell 10% to $3.31 billion and net income was $139.4 million or 42 cents a share.

Agilent Technologies, Inc revenue rose 4% and net income rose 23%. Ingersoll-Rand plc revenue fell 10% and net income was $139.4 million.

Agilent Technologies, Inc, the electronic-measurement-solutions company reported first quarter revenues rose 4% to $1.21 billion from $1.17 billion a year ago. Net income in the quarter rose 23% to $79 million or 22 cents per diluted share compared to net income of $64 million or 18 cents per share a year ago.

Agilent Technologies, Inc (A) in the last one year traded as high as $31.77 in December 2009 and as low as $12.02 in March 2009. Based on the yesterday’s closing price of $29.36 the company has market cap of $10.24 billion.

ALLETE, Inc, the provider of energy services reported fourth quarter revenues rose 10% to $296.0 million from $196.1 million a year ago. Net income in the quarter fell 20% to $18.7 million or 56 cents per diluted share compared to net income of $23.5 million or 78 cents per share a year ago.

Revenues for the fiscal year 2009 fell 5.2% to $759.1 million from $801.0 million a year ago. Net income for the year fell 26% to $61.0 million or $1.76 per diluted share compared to net income of $82.5 million or $1.72 per share a year ago.

ALLETE, Inc (ALE) in the last one year traded as high as $35.29 in December 2009 and as low as $23.35 in March 2009. Based on the yesterday’s closing price of $31.27 the company has market cap of $1.09 billion.

Eni SpA, an oil company reported fourth quarter revenues fell 9.6% to €22.19 billion from €24.55 billion a year ago. Net profit for the quarter was €641 million or €0.18 per diluted share compared to net loss of €874 million or €0.24 per share a year ago.

Revenues for the fiscal year 2009 fell 22.9% to €83.3 billion from €108.1 billion a year ago. Net income for the year fell 47.7% to €4.62 billion or €1.27 per diluted share compared to net income of €8.82 billion or €2.43 per share a year ago.

Eni SpA (E) in the last one year traded as high as $54.81 in October 2009 and as low as $30.37 in March 2009. Based on the yesterday’s closing price of $44.82 the company has market cap of $81.18 billion.

Ingersoll-Rand plc, the maker of heating and cooling systems for homes reported fourth quarter revenues fell 10% to $3.31 billion from $3.67 billion a year ago. Net income in the quarter was $139.4 million or 42 cents per diluted share compared to net loss of $3.29 billion or $10.27 per share a year ago.

Revenues for the fiscal year 2009 were flat at $13.2 billion from $13.2 billion a year ago. Net income for the year was $451.3 million or $1.37 per diluted share compared to net loss of $2.62 billion or $8.73 per share a year ago.

Ingersoll-Rand plc (IR) in the last one year traded as high as $37.86 in January 2009 and as low as $11.46 in March 2009. Based on the yesterday’s closing price of $33.98 the company has market cap of $10.88 billion.

Precision Drilling Trust , the land drilling company reported fourth quarter revenues fell 14.6% to $286.1 million from $335 million a year ago. Net income in the quarter fell 31% to $92.6 million or 9 cents per diluted share compared to net income of $134.8 million or 66 cents per share a year ago.

Revenues for the fiscal year 2009 rose 8.7% to $1.20 billion from $1.10 billion a year ago. Net income for the year fell 6.8% to $407.0 million or 63 cents per diluted share compared to net income of $436.5 million or $2.23 per share a year ago.

Precision Drilling Trust (PDS) in the last one year traded as high as $9.34 in January 2010 and as low as $2.00 in March 2009. Based on the yesterday’s closing price of $8.38 the company has market cap of $2.31 billion.

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Rare earthquake rattles northern Ill.; no damage

A small pre-dawn earthquake has hit northern Illinois, startling residents as far away as Michigan and the Iowa, but no damage or injuries were immediately reported.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the 3.8-magnitude earthquake hit about 45 miles northwest of Chicago at 4 a.m. Wednesday. Scientists say the epicenter was southwest of the village of Gilberts in Kane County.

The USGS initially reported the magnitude as 4.3 but later downgraded it. USGS geophysicist Amy Vaughan says such quakes are rare in northern Illinois.

She says residents in Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan also reported feeling the quake.

In Kane County, sheriff's dispatchers were overwhelmed with calls, and several residential and business alarms were triggered. But spokesman Lt. Pat Gengler says no injuries or damage have been reported.

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Brooklyn Decker Scores 2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Cover

The Brooklyn Decker has made the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. The 22-year-old model and wife of tennis star Andy Roddick was revealed as the 2010 cover girl on Monday's Late Show with David Letterman when a sheet was removed to unveil a billboard version of the cover in Times Square.

Posing in yellow bikini bottoms with her arms crossed over her chest and a bikini top hanging over her shoulder, Decker, who's scheduled to appear on Letterman's show Tuesday, is touted on the magazine cover as "a perfect '10" who "sizzles in the Maldives."

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Steve Phillips admits 'mistakes'

Steve Phillips, the former ESPN baseball analyst and New York Mets general manager, said Monday that he knew he had a sex addiction problem in August -- 2 months before he was fired from his role with the network.

"What I want to do is take ownership," he said in an interview with Matt Lauer on NBC's Today Show. "I made some mistakes ... I'm fully responsible for what I did."

Phillips spoke publicly for the first time since he left the Pine Grove Behavioral Health and Addiction Services clinic in Hattiesburg, Miss., the same clinic golfer Tiger Woods reportedly attended.

Phillips didn't talk extensively about his time at Pine Grove, but did say that it is a place for people who are "broken" and "struggling to find answers."

Phillips said he realized he had a sexual addiction problem in August, while he was having an affair with ESPN production assistant Brooke Hundley. That affair eventually included Hundley contacting Phillips' wife at their home. It made its way to the New York tabloids, where Phillips was front-page fodder, in October.

"I recognized in August, I needed help," Phillips said. "I started calling facilities."

He said he had made the decision on Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, to attend the sexual addiction clinic. He was fired by ESPN two days later. Hundley was also let go by ESPN.

At the time, a representative for Phillips said he was entering a treatment facility "to address his personal issues."

"I couldn't stop myself from doing the things I was doing, even knowing the consequences," Phillips told Lauer on Monday.

A month earlier, Phillips wife, Marni, had filed for divorce. The couple had been married for 19 years. He has four children.

He said he has returned to his home, but doesn't know if his marriage can be saved. He declined to say if he had anything to tell Hundley.

"All of that is in the past," he said. "My focus is moving forward, trying to save my family."

Hundley, in a taped piece that preceded the Phillips interview, said that she was "young" and had made mistakes as well.

Phillips was the general manager of the Mets from 1997-2003. He said during that time, while taking a leave of absence from the team after a sexual harassment allegation, he had counseling locally for sexual issues, but didn't enter a treatment facility.

He worked at ESPN from 2005 through October.

the who drummer

The English rock band “The Who” is well known for their energetic live performances. The band was formed in 1964 and that time it was consisted of vocalist Roger Daltrey, guitarist Pete Townshend, bassist John Entwistle, and drummer Keith Moon. Roger Daltrey is not only the lead singer of “The Who” but he is also the founder of the rock band.

In 1978, the band ‘s drummer Keith Moon died at the age of 32 and after his death “The Who” released two studio albums the UK and U.S. top five Face Dances (1981) and the U.S. top ten It’s Hard (1982) with drummer Kenney Jones. In 2002 they planned to record an album of new material but they couldn’t fulfil it due to Entwistle’s death at the age of 57.

The two surviving original members continued there journey as “The Who” and in 2006 they released studio album Endless Wire. Endless wire reached on the top of top ten charts in the UK and U.S.

In February 1988, Jones played with them last time. Recently, Zak Starkey is The Who’s drummer and plays with them on live and occasionally.

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1st Mariner Arena Baltimore

1st Mariner Arena, formerly known as the Baltimore Arena and as the Baltimore Civic Center, is an arena located in the Baltimore, Maryland. In 2003, it was renamed by 1st Mariner Bank, which purchased naming rights to the arena for 10 years. It was reported that 1st Mariner Bank will need to pay the city $75,000 for the next ten years to keep thenaming rights to the complex. 1st Mariner Bank Arena is located about a block away from the Baltimore Convention Center on the corner of Baltimore Street and Hopkins Place; it is also only a short distance from the Inner Harbor. It seats up to approximately 14,000 people though this number varies depending on the type of event.

The arena officially opened in 1962 as the Baltimore Civic Center. It was built on the site of "Old Congress Hall," where the Continental Congress met in 1776. As a major cornerstone for the Inner Harbor redevelopment during the 1980s, it was reopened after renovations and was renamed the Baltimore Arena in 1986. It is owned by the city and is managed by SMG, a private management company. Annually, the 1st Mariner Bank Arena is host to 800,000 people.

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Tanglewood Jazz Festival: Tickets Go On Sale

The famous Tanglewood Jazz Festival will be selling tickets to the public on the 14 Febuary, however anticipation has led to the ticket hotline crashing and the Boston Symbony Orchestra website being overrun with record levels of traffic.

In a season that offers a rich array of artists and repertoire representing the best of the classical music world and beyond, the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 2010 Tanglewood season will open on July 9 with BSO Music Director James Levine leading Mahler’s titanic Symphony No. 2, Resurrection, featuring soprano Layla Claire*, mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe* and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus.

Levine, marking his sixth season as BSO Music Director, will lead eight Tanglewood programs, including a BSO concert performance of Mozart’s delightful comic opera The Abduction from the Seraglio (July 23), with a cast to include sopranos Lisette Oropesa and Ashley Emerson and bass Morris Robinson, and fully-staged Tanglewood Music Center performances of Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos (August 1 and 4).

About Tanglewood

Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 1937, is located in Lenox, MA. Considered one of the world’s internationally acclaimed and preeminent summer music festivals, Tanglewood attracts more than 300,000 music lovers for 10 weeks of concerts and recitals by the BSO, visiting orchestras, internationally acclaimed guest musicians, and popular artists; the season ends each year with a Jazz Festival over Labor Day weekend.

Tanglewood is also home to the Tanglewood Music Center, an intensive summer training program for emerging professional musicians of exceptional ability and a vital component of the BSO’s ongoing educational mission.

state of emergency new jersey

State Of Emergency New Jersey, the snowstorm is moving slow toward the East Coast and is expected to create a wintry mess in the Garden State Today. The State Of Emergency was declared as state of emergency Maryland and state of emergency Delaware also. Packing strong winds and heavy moisture, the winter weather system activated flight cancellations, office closures, blizzard warnings in parts of the state many other required actions.

Highway crews and hospital workers remained open on high alert, and police were advising drivers to stay off the roads.

Whiteout conditions are projected Saturday morning along the southern stretch of the Shore. Snow was predicted to reach 20 to 30 inches or more in coastal areas, and nearly as high in theState of emergency Philadelphia suburbs, with less in central and northern New Jersey.

“Hopefully, most people will wake up, pull the covers over their heads and decide not to go out on the road,” State Police Superintendent Rick Fuentes said. “The less cars we have on the road, the less accidents.”

todd leary

Todd Leary, who is previous Indiana University basketball player, was under arrest Thursday night earlier than the IU-Purdue game on a warrant accusing deception through the genuine land money.

Leary, IU’s radio psychoanalyst, is said to pay 18 counts of misappropriations of escrow money, The Indiana Daily Student remarked. IU police hand out the warrant as of Allen County.

“Leary is currently at Monroe County Jail waiting to be extradited to Allen County,” expressed IU police Capt. Jerry

Manger informed the Daily student.

Leary performed on IU as of the year 1989 toward 1994, making a journey toward the Final 4 in the year 1992. While a Hoosier, Leary sunk 77 3-point baskets, setting him on 11th putting in the IU evidence books, as well as he is at rest in IU’s top-10 for 3-point letting off proportion on .423.

Court papers show to Leary’s previous coworker, Brian Evans, helped through position investigators to expose the system, along with the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette.

Leary once made effort for previous name indemnity agent Joseph Garretson, who was accused in a $2.7 million deception plan. Garretson begged culpable this week in Allen Superior Court to change otherwise misuse of title insurance escrow money; dishonest trade pressure as well as illegal credit inauguration behavior.

Leary, 39, of Carmel, is blamed of scheming through Garretson between July 2008 as well as February 2009 to assign a range of felonies, counting

powerball winning numbers

The winning numbers for tonight’s $115 million jackpot for the Powerball lottery are: 17, 22, 36, 37, 52. The Powerball is 24 and Power Play is 2.

Tonight’s drawing was the first one involving New Jersey lottery players. New Jersey started selling Powerball tickets on Sunday.

Powerball lottery tickets were a popular item on their first day of sale in the Garden State on Sunday, according to New Jersey lottery officials and retailers. About 10,000 to 15,000 tickets per hour were sold for the multistate lottery that day, said Dominick DeMarco, the state’s lottery spokesman.

State officials said revenue earned from Powerball sales will benefit the cash-strapped state Treasury. They said other state lotteries have seen increased sales after adding Powerball with very little impact on existing lottery games.

Powerball is available in 41 states, as well as the District of Columbia and Virgin Islands, with drawings held on Wednesday and Saturday nights at 11 p.m.

New Jersey is already part of the multistate Mega Millions game, which is drawn on Tuesday and Friday nights.

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Miramar WR Ivan McCartney signs with West Virginia -- not Miami

He has plenty of teammates -- including his former quarterback -- at the West Virginia.

He spent his final official visit at Miami and has spoken very highly about Florida.

For weeks, there's been plenty of speculation about where Miramar receiver Ivan McCartney would choose to play college football.

Wednesday morning, the U.S. Army All-American made it official and signed with West Virginia.

McCartney, who helped lead Miramar to the Class 6A state football championship, was one of the few players in South Florida who opted to wait until National Signing Day to announce his college plans.

The 6-foot-2, 175-pound McCartney was a Sun Sentinel first-team All-County selection after making 37 catches for 747 yards with 10 touchdowns.

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"Boston Legal" Actor Justin Mentell Dies In Car Accident

"Boston Legal" actor Justin Mentell has died from a one-car accident in the Wisconsin around 3 a.m. on Monday. He was driving alone without a seatbelt on when he struck two trees and was thrown from his ride.

The accident report obtained by eonline.com states that Mentell was driving a gray 2005 Jeep when he struck two large trees. The airbag was deployed but as he wasn't wearing a seatbelt, he was ejected from the vehicle.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The accident was reported around 8:30 a.m. when a passerby spotted the crash. His funeral is expected to take place in his native Texas.

Mentell was best known for playing the young attorney Garrett Wells on "Boston Legal."

Co-Star William Shatner wrote his sympathies on Twitter, "I'm deeply saddened to hear about Justin Mentell. There's no telling how far up the ladder he may have climbed. My sympathies to his family."

The Day The Music Died

Today, we remember the death of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and Big Bopper. This day is commonly known as "The Day the Music Died." It is the inspiration for the song "American Pie." This is the 50th anniversary of this event.

In 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper made what ended up being their last public appearances at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. They died in a plane crash the next day.

Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll. Although his success lasted only a year and a half before his death in an airplane crash, Holly is described by critic Bruce Eder as "the single most influential creative force in early rock and roll." His works and innovations inspired and influenced both his contemporaries and later musicians, notably The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, Don McLean, and Bob Dylan, and exerted a profound influence on popular music.

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Today, we remember the death of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and Big Bopper. This day is commonly known as "The Day the Music Died." It is the inspiration for the song "American Pie." This is the 50th anniversary of this event.

In 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper made what ended up being their last public appearances at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. They died in a plane crash the next day.

Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll. Although his success lasted only a year and a half before his death in an airplane crash, Holly is described by critic Bruce Eder as "the single most influential creative force in early rock and roll." His works and innovations inspired and influenced both his contemporaries and later musicians, notably The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, Don McLean, and Bob Dylan, and exerted a profound influence on popular music.

Holly was in the first group of inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Holly #13 among "The Fifty Greatest Artists of All Time".

Buddy Holly released only three albums in his lifetime. Nonetheless, he recorded so prolifically that Coral Records was able to release brand-new albums and singles for 10 years after his death, although the technical quality was very mixed, some being studio quality and others home recordings. Holly's simple demonstration recordings were overdubbed by studio musicians to bring them up to then-commercial standards.

The best of these overdubbed records is often considered to be the first posthumous single, the 1959 coupling of "Peggy Sue Got Married" and "Crying, Waiting, Hoping", produced by Jack Hansen, with added backing vocals by the Ray Charles Singers in simulation of an authentic Crickets record. "Crying, Waiting, Hoping" was actually supposed to be the "A" side of the 45, with the backup group effectively echoing Buddy's call-and-response vocal. The Hansen session, in which Holly's last six original compositions were overdubbed, was issued on the 1960 Coral LP TheBuddy Holly Story, Vol. 2. But the best "posthumous" records were the studio recordings, which included "Wishing" and "Reminiscing".

Buddy Holly continued to be promoted and sold as an "active" artist, and his records had a loyal following, especially in Europe. The demand for unissued Holly material was so great that Norman Petty resorted to overdubbing whatever he could find: alternate takes of studio recordings, originally rejected masters, "Crying, Waiting, Hoping" and the other five 1959 tracks (adding new surf-guitar arrangements), and even Holly's amateur demos from 1954 (where the low-fidelity vocals are often muffled behind the new orchestrations).

The last newBuddy Holly album was Giant (featuring the single "Love Is Strange"), issued in 1969. Between the 1959–60 Jack Hansen overdubs, the 1960s Norman Petty overdubs, various alternate takes, and Holly's undubbed originals, collectors can often choose from multiple versions of the same song.

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Oscar nominations 2010: Jeff Bridges is best actor frontrunner

The 60-year-old is considered 1 of the best actors never to win an Academy Award. He was nominated for The Contender (2001), Starman (1985), Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1975), and The Last Picture Show (1972), and his role as The Dude in The Big Lebowski has become a cult classic.

In Crazy Heart he plays Bad Blake, a washed-up, alcoholic country singer. He also sings, and doesn't do a bad job of it.

Bridges comes from Hollywood stock - he is son of the late Lloyd Bridges and brother of Beau, who appeared with him in The Fabulous Baker Boys.

Clooney fits effortlessly into the role of Ryan Bingham, a "corporate downsizer" whose job it is to fire people as smoothly and painlessly as possible.

An Oscars regular, Clooney was a best actor nominee in 2008 for Michael Clayton but lost out to Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood.

The 48-year-old has one Academy Award to his name - best supporting actor for Syriana in 2006. It was one of three nominations that year - the others were best director and best original screenplay for Good Night and Good Luck.

This is Firth's first Oscar nomination and his performance as a gay English professor grieving for the death of his lover (Matthew Goode) is considered the best work of his career.

Although he has received good notices in the past for serious dramas, he remains best known for two things - playing a wet-shirted Mr Darcy in the TV adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, and his comic, uptight Englishman act in everything from Bridget Jones's Diary to Mamma Mia!

The buzz around A Single Man began at the Venice Film Festival in September, when Firth, 49, won the best actor prize. He was also nominated for a Golden Globe.

When Nelson Mandela was asked 15 years ago who should play him in a film version of his life, his reply was instant: Morgan Freeman.

The star of The Shawshank Redemption and Driving Miss Daisy wanted to adapt Mandela's autobiography, Long Walk To Freedom, but the book was too big. Invictus, which focused on Mandela's role in South Africa's 1995 Rugby World Cup victory, was the perfect vehicle.

Freeman, 72, has three Oscar nominations and one win under his belt: best supporting acting for Million Dollar Baby in 2005.

Renner, 39, is a relative unknown.

Although he has worked in film and TV for over a decade, this is his breakthrough role.

In The Hurt Locker he plays Staff Sergeant William James, a bomb disposal expert in Iraq who is addicted to the risks of the job.

Renner fell into acting at college. He was studying computer science and criminology when he decided to try an acting class, and found he had a talent for it.

He has appeared in 28 Weeks Later and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, plus TV series SWAT and Angel. Forthcoming projects include Marvel blockbuster The Avengers and Ben Affleck's Boston crime drama The Town.

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Buckeye Chuck: Spring Will Arrive Early

The handlers of Ohio's official groundhog, Buckeye Chuck, said the groundhog failed to see his shadow on the Tuesday morning.

According to legend, if a groundhog fails to see its shadow, spring will arrive early.

Chuck made his prediction amid overcast skies and spitting snow.

In western Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney Phil emerged to see his shadow before chilly revelers in Pennsylvania, meaning winter will last another six weeks.

The Inner Circle of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club annually announces Phil's forecast at dawn on Gobbler's Knob, about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.

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“American Idiot” Musical Gets Previewed At Grammy’s

Green Day on Sunday night previewed their American Idiot Musical during the Grammy’s award show, with Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong singing along with the cast of Broadway show.

Armstrong sung “21 Guns” off the “21st Century Breakdown” album which won the Best Rock Album Grammy that same night.

The American Idiot Musical is directed by Tony award winning director Michael Mayer, who won his Tony for “Spring Awakening.” The musical started it’s run at the Berkeley Repertory Theater in September 2009 and tells the story of “love, loss and war” according to MTV, while incorporating Green Days American Idiot and some of 21st Century Breakdown, plus a never before released track named “When It’s Time”.

The musical will begin a run at Manhattan’s St. James Theater March 24th, then officially open to Broadway visitors on April 20th 2010.