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</td> <td valign="top" height=390 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B>World News 02 13 2010</B></I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>World News Headlines</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B> Saturday </B></FONT><B>February </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>13 2010</B></FONT></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="10" CELLSPACING="4" WIDTH="720" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#BF0000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#0000FF" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#EEEEEE > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 3115 WIDTH="330"><div> <B>Canada welcomes the world with torch at Winter Olympics</B></div> <div> By <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >Tom Weir</FONT>,VANCOUVER —</div> <div> Culled from <A HREF="http://www.usatoday.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.usatoday.com/">USA TODAY</A></div> <bR> <div> Neither protesters nor the pall of an athlete's death could halt the beginning of a Winter Olympics that host Canada hopes will end with its first victory in the medal count.</div> <bR> <div> But the night's crowning moment ended on an embarrassing note when there was a malfunction during the lighting of the <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >Olympic</FONT> flame.</div> <bR> <div> Four pillars were supposed to rise at angles from the stadium floor and surround the caldron.</div> <bR> <div> But after a delay of about three minutes, one pillar never rose.</div> <bR> <div> The show still went on, with a foursome of Canadian athletes that included <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >Wayne Gretzky</FONT> and <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >Steve Nash</FONT> lighting the caldron in unison.</div> <bR> <div> Despite the rocky conclusion, Friday night's opening ceremonies still reverberated louder than ever at a Winter Olympics, even if only because it was the first time the event was held indoors.</div> <bR> <div> A crowd of about 60,000 made its way into <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >BC Place</FONT> despite long lines for security checks and the traffic-clogging efforts of about 1,500 demonstrators who protested the economic drain of the Games.</div> <bR> <div> Their reward was seeing such Canadian musical stars as <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >Nelly Furtado</FONT>, <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >Bryan Adams</FONT>, <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >Sarah McLachlan</FONT> and <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >k.d. lang</FONT> perform, albeit mostly while lip-synching.</div> <bR> <div> They also cheered the 2,500 athletes who entered during the Parade of Nations, and naturally saved the loudest roar for the Canadian delegation that entered last behind flag-bearer <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >Clara Hughes</FONT>, a 2006 gold medalist in speedskating.</div> <bR> <div> Seconds before the program began with a snowboarder gliding down an artificial slope in the stadium's upper deck, solemn notice was taken of Friday's tragedy at the Vancouver Olympics.</div> <bR> <div> A video board announcement informed the crowd the opening ceremonies were dedicated to the memory of Nodar Kumaritashvili, the luger from the nation of Georgia who died after a crash during a practice run.</div> <bR> <div> The crowd conveyed its sympathy by giving the small Georgia contingent a standing ovation as it entered during the Parade of Nations. Dancers representing Canada's indigenous people also came to a stop as the Georgians circled the stadium floor, and understandably were the only contingent not to wave excitedly at spectators.</div> <bR> <div> Kumaritashvili was memorialized later with a minute of silence and also when International Olympic Committee President <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >Jacques Rogge</FONT> said, "We extend our deep sympathies to his family, his friends and his countrymen."</div> <bR> <div> In the same manner that many Canadians have been predicting a Canadian medals victory, the entertainment included a rapping poet who tried to put the host nation in perspective.</div> <bR> <div> He told the audience that "Some people say what defines us is something as simple as trees and thank you," and that, "Yes, we say zed instead of zee." He added that "We believe in generations beyond our own," that "We are more than a laundry list of things to do and places to see," and that "Canada is the what in what's new."</div> <bR> <div> The most dramatic performance came when a symbolic mountain rose from the stadium floor and became a movie screen for Olympic highlights.</div> <bR> <div> If the entertainment segments of Vancouver's opening ceremonies don't find a place in Olympic lore it perhaps will be because they follow those of the <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >2008 Beijing</FONT> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >Summer Olympics</FONT>, where 2008 drummers got the performance off to a thundering start.</div> <bR> <div> Vancouver's stadium floor was covered with a coat of make-believe snow, and there was a shower of maple leaves, a national symbol. Special effects revolved mostly around dancers seemingly floating into the air, another staple of Beijing's show.</div> <bR> <div> But there was no signature moment, like when U.S. athletes carried an American flag from the World Trade Center into the <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >2002 Salt Lake City</FONT> Olympics, or when Barcelona lighted its Olympic caldron with a flaming arrow fired by an archer in 1992.</div> <bR> <div> And even with the flame-lighting snafu, Vancouver did stage a more memorable opening ceremony than Canada's two previous efforts.</div> <bR> <div> At the 1988 Winter Olympics, the highlight was a rodeo segment that evoked the Calgary Stampede. And the opening of the 1976 Summer Olympics is remembered mostly for all the building cranes that dotted the Montreal skyline, marking unfinished projects.</div> <bR> <div> The U.S. team filed in behind flag-bearer <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >Mark Grimmette</FONT>, 39, of Muskegon, Mich., who is competing in his fifth Olympics in the luge doubles.</div> <bR> <div> Missing from the U.S. delegation was skiing star <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >Lindsey Vonn</FONT>, who decided not to attend because of the shin injury that threatens to keep her out of competition.</div> <bR> <div> "I'll be watching on TV at home, probably while doing therapy," Vonn told the Associated Press. "I have to be thinking about my races and my leg and trying to make my shin feel as good as possible before the races. I'm disappointed I won't be there with my teammates but I'm sure they will represent their country really well."</div> <bR> <div> Several other athletes didn't take part because of concerns about fatigue from standing outside the stadium while waiting to take part in the three-hour ceremony. But U.S. speedskater <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >Chad Hedrick</FONT> wasn't among them, even though he will defend his gold medal in the 5,000-meter race Saturday.</div> <bR> <div> "From my experience last time, I can't skip it," said Hedrick, explaining that he drew inspiration from marching in the Opening Ceremonies the night before winning his gold at Torino, Italy, in 2006.</div> <bR> <div> About 2,500 athletes from a record 82 nations are taking part in the XXI Winter Olympics, including first-time participants the Cayman Islands, Colombia, Ghana, Montenegro, Pakistan, Peru and Serbia.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-</div> <bR> <div> <B>Impact of Exported Electronic Waste</B></div> <div> impact of exported electronic waste has grown, there have been efforts to certify recyclers. State regulations have also led to an increase in <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >local electronics recycling options</FONT></div> <div> see link below for full story</div> <div>  <A HREF="http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10435193-54.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-104351">E-waste showdown unearths deeper questions</A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="330"><div> <B>ESPN </B><B>2010 VANCOUVER OLYMPICS</B></div> <div> Jennifer Williams recaps a memorable Opening Ceremony</div> <div> <A HREF="http://espn.go.com/olympics/winter/2010/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://espn.go.com/olympics/winter/2010/">Culled from ESPN Winter olympics 2010</A></div> <bR> <div> VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The first day of the Winter Games didn't turn out as everyone hoped, or as anyone planned.</div> <bR> <div> A wicked crash claimed a life before competition could even begin. Hundreds of protesters forced a detour in the torch relay. And the moment Canada spent seven years building toward -- the lighting of the Olympic cauldron -- was tarnished by a technical glitch.</div> <bR> <div> With hours to go before the opening ceremony, a luger from the nation of Georgia was killed after he lost control of his sled on the infamously fast track at Whistler and crashed into a steel pole.</div> <bR> <div> The death of Nodar Kumaritashvili hung over the usually festive first day of the Games. Inside BC Place Stadium, the ceremony was punctuated by somber pauses, sorrowful speeches and flags lowered to half-staff. The 21-year-old slider's grief-stricken teammates marched with black armbands and scarves.</div> <bR> <div> Then, at the climax of the three-hour show, with four torch-bearing Canadian sports heroes in the spotlight, a technical error ruined the symmetry. One of four pillars designed to rise from the stadium floor and form the Olympic cauldron malfunctioned, leaving speedskater Catriona LeMay Doan unable to join in the lighting.</div> <bR> <div> Hockey great Wayne Gretzky, skier Nancy Greene and NBA All-Star <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" >Steve Nash</FONT> proceeded as planned; LeMay Doan saluted the crowd with her torch.</div> <bR> <div> Things went off-course outside the stadium, too. Hundreds of anti-Olympic protesters forced organizers to change the route of the last leg of the trans-Canada torch relay, then confronted police -- and threw debris -- outside the stadium hosting the opening ceremony.</div> <bR> <div> And as a backdrop to all this, relentlessly bad weather continued to beset the two Olympic skiing venues, forcing cancellations of training runs and the delay of the first two alpine events -- the men's downhill on Saturday and the women's super-combined Sunday. If the Games were seen in part as a means of luring vacationing skiers in the future, the reports so far of rain and mud haven't helped.</div> <bR> <div> It was a rough day in particular for John Furlong, the earnest CEO of the Vancouver Organizing Committee, who started working to bring the Games here years before the bid was approved by the International Olympic Committee in 2003. He and his team had strived to be ready for every contingency, but Friday did not go as planned.</div> <bR> <div> "I am so sorry to be in this position and to be reporting this to you," Furlong told reporters as he confirmed Kumaritashvili's death. "It's not something I had prepared for, never thought I would need to be prepared for."</div> <bR> <div> Later, at the opening ceremony, he urged the athletes to compete in the Georgian luger's honor.</div> <bR> <div> "May you carry his Olympic dream on your shoulders and compete with his spirit in your heart," Furlong said.</div> <div> The sorrow contrasted starkly with the jubilation of the Canadian team- and their thousands of red-and-white clad fans -- as they exultantly entered the stadium.</div> <bR> <div> This is the third Olympics held in Canada, but the previous home teams won no gold medals in 1976 and 1988 -- while this talented, 206-athlete squad has proclaimed its intention to win the overall medal race. Gold medals for Canada, especially in the next few days, would likely ease any Olympic misgivings for much of the country.</div> <bR> <div> The opening ceremonies were dedicated to Kumaritashvili, and the seven remaining members of the Georgian team, who decided to stay and compete, wore black armbands as they marched behind a black-trimmed flag. Most of the crowd rose to give respectful applause.</div> <bR> <div> More than 60,000 people packed into the stadium for the extravaganza, the first Olympic opening or closing ceremony ever held indoors.</div> <bR> <div> Rain fell lightly during the evening and was forecast through the weekend, with high temperatures near 50 degrees, prompting some to dub these the Spring Olympics.</div> <bR> <div> About 2,500 athletes from a record 82 countries are participating in the Games, vying for medals in 86 events -- including the newly added ski-cross competition. First-time Winter Olympic participants include the Cayman Islands, Columbia, Ghana, Montenegro, Pakistan, Peru and Serbia.</div> <bR> <div> The cultural segment of ceremony featured many of Canada's best-known musical stars -- including Bryan Adams, Nelly Furtado, Sarah McLachlan and k.d. lang.</div> <bR> <div> It also highlighted performers and traditions from Canada's aboriginal communities. And the highest-ranking official delegation at the ceremony -- amid dignitaries from around the world -- included the four chiefs of the First Nations whose traditional native territory overlaps the Olympic region.</div> <bR> <div> Several well-known Canadians received the honor of carrying the Olympic flag at a high-profile moment near the end of the ceremony. Among them were hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Orr, singer Anne Murray, race car driver Jacques Villeneuve and Betty Fox, mother of national hero Terry Fox.</div> <bR> <div> Terry Fox lost a leg to bone cancer as a youngster, then set off in 1980 on a fundraising trek across Canada. He had to give up after covering more than 3,000 miles, and died in 1981 at age 22, but remains revered by his compatriots as a symbol of courage and perseverance.</div> <bR> <div> The flame reached the stadium after a 106-day torch relay across Canada, passing through more than 1,000 communities in every province and territory.</div> <bR> <div> The relay was the occasional target for protesters, and Friday was no exception.</div> <bR> <div> Activists espousing a variety of causes prompted the relay to change course twice as it passed near Vancouver's skid-row neighborhood, the Downtown Eastside.</div> <bR> <div> Later, several thousand protesters marched to the stadium, where hundreds of police were waiting for them. 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