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	<title>Umar&#039;s Blog</title>
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		<title>Seaworld Orlando</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wiji</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An incident involving an orca left a SeaWorld Orlando marine mammal trainer dead Wednesday. The identity of the victim has not been released, although SeaWorld president Dan Brown confirmed during a news conference that it was a senior female trainer at the park.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An incident involving an orca left a SeaWorld Orlando marine mammal trainer dead Wednesday. The identity of the victim has not been released, although SeaWorld president Dan Brown confirmed during a news conference that it was a senior female trainer at the park.</p>
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		<title>Shamu</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wiji</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There have been dozens of orcas, or &#8220;killer whales,&#8221; at SeaWorld affectionately dubbed Shamu since the first one died in 1971. But until today, none of them had ever actually killed a trainer.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There have been dozens of orcas, or &#8220;killer whales,&#8221; at SeaWorld affectionately dubbed Shamu since the first one died in 1971. But until today, none of them had ever actually killed a trainer.</p>
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		<title>Miss Jessie S</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wiji</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Miss Jessie reviews curly pudding, Miss Jessie products and store updates; Miss Jessie “Cookinist Woman”, Miko and Titi Branch, Miss Jessie products and Salon founder of Miss Jessie was grandma. A proud Southern matriarch, Miss Jessie was the “tell it like – a woman his family knows. He was cookinist Poughkeepsie for “women, his grandson Titi clucked.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 180%;"><strong><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-45" title="Miss Jessie" src="http://www.umarsweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/MissJessies_forBloggers_val08-300x243.jpg" alt="Miss Jessie" width="300" height="243" />Miss Jessie </strong>reviews curly pudding, Miss Jessie products and store updates; Miss Jessie <strong>“Cookinist Woman”</strong>, Miko and Titi Branch, Miss Jessie products and Salon founder of Miss Jessie was <strong>grandma</strong>. A proud Southern matriarch, Miss Jessie was the “tell it like – a woman his family knows. He was cookinist Poughkeepsie for “women, his grandson Titi clucked.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 180%;">Kitchen table when she learned Branch Jessie good food that mind, body and soul fed with nutrition. Collard Greens, chopped barbecue, sweet potato pie and peach cobbler was something of his property. In the kitchen was her favorite room. Recipe books and sometimes a good thing Miss Jessie had skills. He was a kind of sense of common man. Her grandchildren live in the summer with <strong>Miko</strong> and Titi Miss Jessie and sitting around the table for her kitchen, while a collection of knowledge. To identify a problem and a solution to that one egg and mayonnaise treatment use Miss Jessie grandson hair when making a complaint whips. Hair and beauty treatments, which he shared with his entire family, including many of its preparation.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; line-height: 180%;">Branch is a unique woman who believes Jessie others that they were eligible. She encouraged women to do their best and follow their dreams. In 2004, Titi and create and Miko Branch Saloon and product name of their beloved his grandmother, Miss Jessie offerings to happen.</p>
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		<title>Amanda Knox</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wiji</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today’s Oprah featured the parents of Amanda Knox defending their daughter who was sentenced to 26 years in prison for the death of her British roommate Meredith Kercher. I didn’t follow Amanda’s murder trial in Perugia, Italy closely enough to have an opinion on whether evidence proved her guilty or murdering her roommate. And as [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today’s Oprah featured the parents of Amanda Knox defending their daughter who was sentenced to 26 years in prison for the death of her British roommate Meredith Kercher. I didn’t follow Amanda’s murder trial in Perugia, Italy closely enough to have an opinion on whether evidence proved her guilty or murdering her roommate. And as unsettling as it was to hear the guilty verdict last December, deep down I wasn’t surprised. I never thought she’d get off, even if she was innocent. As much as I love Italy — I’d move back in a heartbeat if I could afford it — the warm and fuzzy feelings aren’t always reciprocated toward foreign women.</p>
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		<title>Brian Westbrook</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wiji</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Eagles released running back Brian Westbrook on Tuesday. Westbrook, a versatile veteran, has battled injuries in recent years, including two concussions. An ankle injury sidelined him for eight games last season. Heading into 2009, Westbrook was already showing signs of decline. Given that he’ll be 31 in September, it’s doubtful he’ll be on a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Eagles released running back Brian Westbrook on Tuesday. Westbrook, a versatile veteran, has battled injuries in recent years, including two concussions. An ankle injury sidelined him for eight games last season. Heading into 2009, Westbrook was already showing signs of decline. Given that he’ll be 31 in September, it’s doubtful he’ll be on a roster for Week 1.</p>
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		<title>Hannah Storm</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wiji</dc:creator>
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For a cable network that is far and away the leader in sports television &#8212; so much so that they&#8217;ve called themselves &#8220;The Worldwide Leader in Sports&#8221; for over 30 years now &#8212; ESPN seems to be quite the tight-assed organization. 
Despite forging a reputation for opinionated sports coverage via TV, radio, and internet, they have [...]]]></description>
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<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">For a cable network that is far and away the leader in sports television &#8212; so much so that they&#8217;ve called themselves &#8220;The Worldwide Leader in Sports&#8221; for over 30 years now &#8212; ESPN seems to be quite the tight-assed organization. </div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Despite forging a reputation for opinionated sports coverage via TV, radio, and internet, they have issued an edict to their employees to not say anything critical about fellow ESPNers, under threat of suspension or other finger-wagging punishment. Bill Simmons has chafed the most under these regulations, but Tony Kornheiser isn&#8217;t far behind.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">So when Kornheiser opened his radio show last week by criticizing the semi-revealing outfit &#8216;SportsCenter&#8217; anchor Hannah Storm wore that morning, you knew something was coming. Sure enough, ESPN has suspended Kornheiser from &#8216;Pardon the Interruption&#8217; for an indeterminate period of time, according to FanHouse.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Kornheiser did apologize to Storm, whom he said wore &#8220;red go-go boots&#8221; and a sweater he thought was too tight. Even the apology seemed more than necessary, so a suspension seems to be a bit extreme on ESPN&#8217;s part. </div>
<p>For a cable network that is far and away the leader in sports television &#8212; so much so that they&#8217;ve called themselves &#8220;The Worldwide Leader in Sports&#8221; for over 30 years now &#8212; ESPN seems to be quite the tight-assed organization. </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Despite forging a reputation for opinionated sports coverage via TV, radio, and internet, they have issued an edict to their employees to not say anything critical about fellow ESPNers, under threat of suspension or other finger-wagging punishment. Bill Simmons has chafed the most under these regulations, but Tony Kornheiser isn&#8217;t far behind.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>So when Kornheiser opened his radio show last week by criticizing the semi-revealing outfit &#8216;SportsCenter&#8217; anchor Hannah Storm wore that morning, you knew something was coming. Sure enough, ESPN has suspended Kornheiser from &#8216;Pardon the Interruption&#8217; for an indeterminate period of time, according to FanHouse.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Kornheiser did apologize to Storm, whom he said wore &#8220;red go-go boots&#8221; and a sweater he thought was too tight. Even the apology seemed more than necessary, so a suspension seems to be a bit extreme on ESPN&#8217;s part.</p>
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		<title>Olympics Schedule Vancouver 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Superior</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2010 Winter Olympics has finally arrived. It was announced that there will be a total of 15 winter sports events that will be part of the 2010 Winter Olympics which include alpine skiing, Biathlon, bobsleigh, cross-country skiing, curling, figure skating, freestyle skiing, ice hockey, luge, nordic combined, short track speed skating, skeleton, ski jumping, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-34" title="Olympics-Schedule-Vancouver-2010" src="http://www.umarsweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Olympics-Schedule-Vancouver-2010.jpg" alt="Olympics-Schedule-Vancouver-2010" width="241" height="207" />The <strong>2010 Winter Olympics</strong> has finally arrived. It was announced that there will be a total of 15 winter sports events that will be part of the 2010 Winter Olympics which include alpine skiing, Biathlon, bobsleigh, cross-country skiing, curling, figure skating, freestyle skiing, ice hockey, luge, nordic combined, short track speed skating, skeleton, ski jumping, snowboarding, and Speed skating. 82 participating countries will compete in these games. Peru, Pakistan, Montenegro, Serbia, Ghana, Colombia, and Cayman Islands, will make their winter Olympic debuts but other countries like Venezuela, Virgin Islands, Thailand, Madagascar, Luxembourg, Kenya, and Costa Rica, which competed at the previous Winter Games in Turin will not participate in Vancouver.</p>
<p><span>You can visit the other website for the <strong>Olympics Schedule Vancouver </strong>on<strong> NBC Olympic Coverage</strong> live telecast of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. There are lots of sports event today. Watch the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics live on sports channels, also available in internet via live streaming.</span></p>
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		<title>Oil hovers above $74 in Asia</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Superior</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SINGAPORE: Oil prices hovered above $74 a barrel Monday inAsia amid light trading volume for the Lunar New Year holiday.
Benchmark crude for March delivery was up 6 cents at $74.19 a barrel at midday Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell $1.15 to settle at$74.13 on Friday.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-30" title="080516_oil_drilling_generic" src="http://www.umarsweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/080516_oil_drilling_generic-300x158.jpg" alt="080516_oil_drilling_generic" width="300" height="158" />SINGAPORE: Oil prices hovered above $74 a barrel Monday inAsia amid light trading volume for the Lunar New Year holiday.</p>
<p>Benchmark crude for March delivery was up 6 cents at $74.19 a barrel at midday Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell $1.15 to settle at$74.13 on Friday.</p>
<p>Oil has crisscrossed the $75 a barrel level in recent months jumping to $84 last month before dropping to $69.59 earlier this month _ as investors’ eye weak crude demand from the U.S. and Europe offset by growing consumption in developing countries such as China.</p>
<p>In other Nymex trading in March contracts, heating oil rose 0.78cent to $1.9267 a gallon, and gasoline gained 0.33 cent to $1.9328 a gallon. Natural gas was steady at $5.47 per 1,000 cubic feet. In London, Brent crude was up 15 cents at $73.05 on the ICE futures exchange.</p>
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		<title>Windows Phone 7 Launched By Microsoft</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has launched the latest version of its mobile phone operating system, called Windows Phone 7 series.
The software has a redesigned user interface and incorporates many Microsoft services such as Xbox LIVE games and the Zune music service.
The software was introduced at an event at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-26" title="windows-7 mobile" src="http://www.umarsweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/windows-7-mobile-300x260.jpg" alt="windows-7 mobile" width="300" height="260" />Microsoft has launched the latest version of its mobile phone operating system, called Windows Phone 7 series.</strong></p>
<p>The software has a redesigned user interface and incorporates many Microsoft services such as Xbox LIVE games and the Zune music service.</p>
<p>The software was introduced at an event at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.</p>
<p>According to research firm Canalys, Microsoft&#8217;s software currently has around 9% of the smartphone market.</p>
<p><!-- E SF -->That puts it fourth in the global market behind Symbian, Rim (makers of the Blackberry) and Apple&#8217;s iPhone OS.</p>
<p>The new system follows the launch of Windows Mobile 6.5 in October 2009.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is obviously a huge step forward,&#8221; analyst Pete Cunningham of Canalys told BBC News.</p>
<p>&#8220;Microsoft have really struggled with windows mobile 6 and 6.5 and have been losing market share off the back of it.&#8221;</p>
<p>However, he said, the firm could not &#8220;rest on its laurels&#8221;.</p>
<p>&#8220;Although it looks good today and competitive today, the other other firms haven&#8217;t revealed their hand.</p>
<p>&#8220;It doesn&#8217;t launch for another eight or nine months and that&#8217;s a long time in the mobile world.&#8221;</p>
<p>For example, in a little over 30 months Apple has claimed 15% of the smartphone market, according to Canalys figures, whilst Google&#8217;s Android operating system has claimed 5% of the market in around two years.</p>
<p><strong>Games machine</strong></p>
<p>Microsoft&#8217;s new operating system is built around a series of so-called &#8216;live tiles&#8217;, which pull in real time content from a users web sites and social networks.</p>
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<p><!-- E IIMA -->User can create their own tiles, for example, to keep tabs on the latest posts and pictures from friends or relatives on social networks.</p>
<p>&#8220;We wanted the software experience to fundamentally focus on what is most important to each individual user,&#8221; said Joe Belfiore of the firm at the launch.</p>
<p>The new interface also has a series of &#8220;hubs&#8221;, which bring together related content from the web, applications and services into a single view.</p>
<p>The six hubs are people, pictures, games, marketplace, music and office.</p>
<p>The games hub, for example, incorporates elements of the firm&#8217;s online gaming network Xbox live, including games and the ability for gamers to access their online profiles.</p>
<p>The music hub brings together music and video content from a user&#8217;s PC, online music services and an in-built FM radio.</p>
<p>The first phones using the new operating system will be available later this year from manufacturers including Samsung, LG, HTC and Sony Ericsson.</p>
<p>&#8220;We have a chance to make an impact on the market,&#8221; said Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer.</p>
<p>Although Microsoft will only provide the software for the phones, it will specify certain hardware requirements to manufacturers.</p>
<p>For example, all handsets will be multi-touch and will come with a dedicated hardware button for Microsoft&#8217;s search engine Bing.</p>
<p>Manufacturers will also be restricted to the smart tile user interface, according to Mr Cunningham. Other operating systems &#8211; such as Android &#8211; allow manufacturers to customise the look and feel of the interface.</p>
<p>&#8220;That may make [Windows Phone 7] less attractive in the long term,&#8221; he said.</p>
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		<title>Madonna turns “Marriage Ref” for TV</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Pop star Madonna is joining British funnyman Ricky Gervais for an upcoming small screen series “The Marriage Ref” about domestic disputes.
The show is being produced by Jerry Seinfeld and will see a panel of celebrities judge the winner of domestic disputes between feuding couples.
Madonna is listed alongside Gervais as one of the panellists due [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-20" title="Madonna turns “Marriage Ref” for TV" src="http://www.umarsweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Madonna-turns-“Marriage-Ref”-for-TV.jpg" alt="Madonna turns “Marriage Ref” for TV" width="246" height="349" /> Pop star Madonna is joining British funnyman Ricky Gervais for an upcoming small screen series “The Marriage Ref” about domestic disputes.</p>
<p>The show is being produced by Jerry Seinfeld and will see a panel of celebrities judge the winner of domestic disputes between feuding couples.</p>
<p>Madonna is listed alongside Gervais as one of the panellists due to film an episode in New York next week.</p>
<p>“Jerry’’s doing a new show about marriage guidance and he wants me to be involved. I pointed out that my ambition was to one day be nearly as good as him. It was amazing,” the Daily Star quoted Geravis as saying.</p>
<p>The show is also expected to feature guest appearances from stars including Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey and “Desperate Housewives” actress Eva Longoria Parker.</p>
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